Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-21

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s saspesiing the sFssn N . eress
number a backres sft~ehea 10 r.lha.
and al crafty sai rug.riy sipping tAea
by mems Il saeaa nsrkisery. tins
ai~pes.sng With TIE scce~sify al cur
renss. and essbii.g the hsarki.e 10 %
On in Tie open -
By this i8Prvsed psucess the com
nt~.soa hss IN TIE psss yesr ksSeAess
=. 90. GO AZ sAaA. vhere. . il 10 sid
by Pruf- h~isa. The utmost nsnhse
sh.t eoaA have been ohA.insd By shs
old neshod vosid have heen 5. 60 .ese.
The Posss- sisa By tAe Fish Coanis.ios
of Q seannex 30 too 10 kaachine rsfs. q
pleasure froo Go placs 10 anoeher
vill. Il - thoaehs By The cooninsiua,
incresss In facility a vork a such sn
extent - 20 enable il 10 kasch ash aFsi-
6cially in unliaited nunbers. Expsri-
ments with oeher kinds Of Cab ipdicsse
that The process can Be applied With
equal succes 10 the hstchinG Of the
eggp of salmon and Of -everaf species
Of valuable go fish, especially Of cod,
mackeral and sea-hass. The Nor
wegian Government has Artificially i'm
pregnased the eggs Of the cod, and the
Smithsonian Institution has procured
from Norway specimens Of those eggs
and young fish mp 10 six weeks old.
The artificial reproduction OF the
cod, Professor Baird asserts. can ne
carried on with even greater facility
than that of shad, since an average cod.
fish will furnish 900, 900 eggs. while
the shad furnishes only 5000. SO
that il a hundred spawning fish could
be procured, there would be Matched
out from them 100. OOO. 900 of young
fish, and the sea would be rapidly
filled with them, along the whole
Atlantic coast from Newfoundland to
Florida. In this manner, the hard
ships now endured by fishermen in
fishing in the cold climates off the
northern coasts would be relieved by
their being able to fish at pleasure in
more southern waters. From expert
ments made by the commission, it has
been discovered that sea. bass also can
be enormously reproduced.
Professor Baird gives some interest
ing information in reference to the
inquiries made by other Governments
concerning fish. Norway, Germany,
Great Britain and the United States
are the only countries in which the
Governments have instituted such in
quiries. The former two Govern
ments. while they have made even
wider investigations in some directions
than have been pursued in the United
States, having made no experiments Of
artificial Matching. The Norwegian
Government has obtained the compile
test knowledge concerning the habits
of fish. Since 1869 it has kept q com.
mission of the most eminent naturalists
of the Kingdom constantly employed
in getting information about the habits
of the cod, herring and other fish.
That Government also maintains line
of telegraph along the coast to notify
to the fishermen the approach OF
schools Of Goldfish, and all fishing is
done under Government auspices and
instructions. There are no such fish
cries in America as in the Lofoden
islands. Once q year the cod leave
those islands, and from systematic
observation of them the naturalists have
reached the conclusion that they come
to the Banks of Newfoundland. The
cod, it is said, have also q singular
habit of retiring from locality and Of
returning to it after long period Of
years. Thus these fish have Just re-
on the coast Of Sweden after an
absence of seventy years. Instead Of
taking million barrels of cod annual
ly, as they had been accustomed to do,
the Swedes were obliged to import
these fish from America.
An old writer describes the human
hand as representing the life of the
universe. The thumb stands for deity,
without which the hand is powerless.
The foreinger is likened to the angelic
creation, the middle finger to man, the
ring finger to woman, and the little
finger to tie animal kingdom. These
Simiiies, if not very felicitous, are suf.
ticiently quaint. In many other ways
the hand has been supposed to be EN-.
blematic. This symbolism has pene.
trated to the nursery. A nurse will
make child put its two palms together,
knitting them by closing the two middle
fingers. In this position the child ID
told to separate the two thumbs, which
it does with ease, and tbereupon is told
that "brother and sister may part.
1t is next asked to separate the forelin'
ger which also it easily does. and 10 in.
formed that father and son may part, y
then it is required to separate tho two
little fingers, and upon doing this ID
told that mother and daughter may
part" And is now told to try to separ.
ate the two ring6ngers. This, - the