, 1877-10-28
The Monster Newcomer at
the Aquarium.
Forty Feet Of Fish with
Ten Arms.
Eow the "Bulls" We're Rugged by
the "Bears." "---High Honor On
the Street.
Still Prevalent Troubles Of Banks and
Bankexs---A Dime Run" Etc.

AQUARIUM mar be interesting, out u ccIIa1uit
not handsome. The sight OF it recalls the hol
rible things that have been written and tol
about sea tn monsters, and is admirably calculate
to disturb the dreams Of children and nurses
Victor Hugo says it is difficult for those Nh
have not seen 1t to believe the existence Of th
dcy:l-fsh. II is as difficult for those who llay
seen it to forget such existence, and know
store Of ]3djes who declare they never will ven
turc to bathe in the sea again. This monstc
has body two feet longer than the one &C
scribcd go blood-curd1ingly in & Tollcrs OF tn
Sea-" but iu very many respects that dcscrlp
ton answers as we'll as If this rcritable vampire
had gonc to the Frenchman for his portratt
Here is the same grayish form, the thickness
mans arm; the ragged outline, resembl'n!
IN umbrella closed aud without handle, ant
here arc the tcntaclcs or radii, ten in nun
bcr, which resemble the spokes OF :
wheel whose hub is face with twt
nonstrou5 eyes and yet u more mon
strous mouth. The two longest tcntaclcs
measure over thirty fret. Like the others, they
taper to the size of Two fingers at the end,
while they are perhaps seven or eight inches in
circumference at 1ho juncture with the body.
This body has no blood, no bones, no flesh. 1t
is soft and t1abby, illustrating the line "a glu~
tinous mass with malignant will,' save that
the Hlll WIS
EFFEcTrAL1T FOUNDED OCT
by the fishermen Of New Brunswick, who bad
IS little is possible to CO with the animal until
they made sure it YVES thoroughly dead.
In this they were emineut1y sensible and
human. The dcyll-:ish Is not the sort Of COM
I}anion the average man likes to triac with. In
the art Of embracing it probably has no equal,
and here displays the indisputable advantage
Of ten arms; but even from embraces some
would gladly fee Feeling, too, is admitted to
be an admirable quality in its place, but there
is altogether too much chance for feeling here.
70 be felt for by 400 "feelers" at q time has its
tragic side N. Hugo's hero, it is true,-that
is, if it is any Of it truc,--endurcd these
piercing feelings, and dexterously whipped
o1f the head Of the pieuyre at the instant
when not to have doGe SO would have cost his
life Very good.-hc was ! hero, and welcome
10 bis amusement. But, then, his deyl-tlsh had
no teeth! Ours, so 10 speak, discounts that
Its jaw forms powerful bcaa, resembling that
o1 Z parrot OF lawk, only the upper jaw shuts
into tnc lower. The color is dark-browu, deep
CHING to black towards the tip, where its SUBJ
sta1lct is thicker, and smooth externally The
arrangement OF The teeth is peculiar, and Yale
fro..sso gives it first prize an original III this
4Ls
ent'y haDhazard, over The surface OF broad,
Liin u.ellbranc. To trace. tho rows is not SO
easy as to catch potato-bugs, but there canuot
b. less 1han twenty rows. varying much iu size
and FORM The habits OF the party, therefore,
were not exemplary, Tor that hc or it i,nbibcd IS
10 more Or less certain than that 1e Or it
.hcwed.
Tic assertion that the
ASTESSAE CANNOT De CUT,
icing leathery htbst ance which slips under
I'M 41fTt1n
fhc flesh Of :hc back, however, d;sc1oscs
MO or three rents by fishers made. Whether
Lle antcnn:e tan te turned inside out like il
glove is another point which experiment has
1onc nothing to tell. Tic managers Of tue
Aquarium are not eXpermentalists iu this di-
-ec:ion. They contine their experiments to tile
}ubls- to testing Tnat will draw money, and
;ecp the fresh and unique specimen carefullv
llut up i'll dismal ease, soaked in gallon utter
-@llon of alcol:o'. Some 1ncn would scarcely
,tjcct to the same treatment; but tl2t is not to
Ic purpose.
NJ. Hugo says the deyil-dsh has "no ,nuscu- ]
ar organization, no neuagi1lG CRY, no brvast- |
'!ate. sio f1oTn, ITO dart, no claw, NO tail viii, |
'hieh to hcld or 5:uiSe, no cutting fins, or wings
S1th nallS, no prlckles. sword NO electric dis
'hargc, no poison, no tAluus, no bcak.'' How |
lc2rly this shows What it is not. s.Iet It is Of
III creatures, the most torln;dably armed. It |
,arnoous its victims. 1t winds around tne suf- |
crcE' covering and eutan":lns him III its loug /
o!as. cnurrncath it is yellow; above, dull |
iuIri. lis. 0'S'A'''
MOST HORRIBLE CHARACTERISTIC
$ its soitncss. Its folds straaelc, Its contact
':ti a'yzes. 1t ad1cTes closely TO ITS prey. and
an:'o: be torn away.-a fact which is due to its
1owcr OF e1hausting air 1t is in the most
,cautitui azure depths Of the linpid water that
LIS h'ucous, voracious po!yp delights. It al
saYs conceais itse1f,-a TAFT which increases its
crr!hle associations. 1t is with the sucking ap-
1aratus that it attacks. The 1iscr can only
lcyour YOU; the dcyil-tish, horrible, sucks Your
ie-bood away" And yet, be it remarked, II.
iilliott behcaucd tht monster, shook oil the
entacles, and gut home ln season 1o marry the
'l1nt lady III the last bouk- Moreover, the
-iratlcs who stretch their long necks over the
sides Of their inclosure i few feet away either
:on't know What character they are looking
down GU, Of don't care for hard stories. To
that the picture OF the dcvi!-fsh, alive aud |
hrashiug OF Newfoundland, given in HurJrr'y !
Ibis week, looks about Is much like the devil |
ish dead and picked at the Aquarium as the |
painted cast Of the white whale, tupv up hirh
lnd dry, LOOKS like the white whale which usrtl |
10 blow about in the Aquarium tank.
THE *'ErLls" BEATEN.
The last week has proved lively euouph IN !
wrote fortnight ago, entered the ~ 1n"rtc.
with firm purpose to make Ionr a,,1 etror%
tun- There were numerous obstsr1cs IT. ,ha;1
'ray' however, aud the Uncertainty Of 1le teic-
= ao.'e eo4' o't,ise> together WITH the renera1
; Mari1:' anout Hannibal d St. 10, End Missis-
sippl q ohlo stocks, threw them into per,,1rho-
LION almost as GREAT as their capital- IVhcn fav
LIQUID got lack tgom tho West md fnean ~
s4o" tne paws OF 4 "bcar," the powerful nool |
lHateu weakness to perfection, and su,ltlrnly |
solo out: mr. Cammack, the turlmau, was iirst
.nS tac 1f1Shtcued, and some sorry tricks OF /
'.,'r t,auc-ll'e gamblers trade-aze laid to his
,,c;.':' Us VIA appear in the incident related |
e'"M. ~ elnec the bursting Of the combination
~ - t'sI.et mas been thoroughly unsettled and
oetaaeaiy u the best thing in stocks is to be out
" tnen,, 10 spe3k contradictor;ly. 1t is BE-
,leteu tlat Mr.. Vanderbilt and Mr. Eecnr were |
te4t 10 carry the heavy instal1ueuts: but
\, 50 tneY show no cyldences OF being burdcncd.
an, 'anderbilt has a singularly advantageous
s,oau On tts street, because of his immense re-
when Ills s:ocks rise, he is ready to
fhn. ~ 80 united extent, and turns money in
"a ~. Nhca the same stocks fall, Us they
~ 1,',, pE lofee DAYS uGo, he is equally rca,ly
~ uus Them IN to any extent, being ablc to n
+aia - ,.t uu Use, 10 matter how long that mar
T.. ~ toeotne- Thus, while be nets es lo1.n-'
+.eL .nc !atkes, he is sure to make moncr in ,nr
<,,s,.. t>etuet one party Nor another ;an ~:
W., ~ or lntnidate lin, anr more than ,s,a7
hI,a .,. pool large enough to buy or rlceI
quarantine island in the harnor. ~r ;rbes. ~ Tue
lea's seas out there, but it makes no ditieron.e
Ml.ltn way ihe winds blow or on what sd trc
waves qash highest, the Quarantine e.d .de
E1ai. Nr- anucrbil;'s main business is - ~
sefyc thc credit Of bis railroad lints, and IN th.s
W. w, ~ laltn'ui. At the same timc he is nnt
.:efze TO tue clearing Of few huudrrl tho,.I nU1
,.ao uoAals no" anu then, especially sitce II
'e9tHes 10 departure from prudenTr nr liz
c-S;'uaate line Of action to buv aud sc1 n,;ias |
circumstances which, while they r,l;,, o,h"rs
nut rn1ith him. oNAeies