New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-27
BERLIN FISH EXHIBITION.
DESCRIPTION OF AMERICAN. EXHIBITS.

-, on h,t q, ia only month since Congress voted tho
necessary appropriation 10 aid eXhlhitoiS. this sNo
utte time for The work OF collecting and preparing
snec,m.ns but Professor Spencer f. Baird ehe of The
70, co to Fish C,nn,s SION has the collection OF the
National Museum which he has been gathering during
the last ten year, fall back upon aud Win thS III"
be hopes 20 make the finest and perhaps the most co"
nete exhibit NJ Berlin. lie weight Il 100 IONS anu ~
catalogue will III $50 pages IN small type. lac Not"
German LLOYD steamship Company has offered 10 t'Ao
over the whole OF this large freight and bring 1t back
fro NJ coat Some has already been shipped from la'ti-
H. re- and thirty tons were sent by the NecKar "hl'"
left tins port last Saturday 20 tons beng reservoir o
nnoft ~ steamer Tho PeDuFylyauia kM'roau' 'he HI"
Aelrbia. wilmington ard Baltimore and the bai'imo''
ana Ohio Companies. also. have Transporter uo hO'
from Washington without thafgo
Professor Baird who was appointed by Congress a.
commissioner 70 this fsh exhibition at Berlin hh' 'h"
bis other duues at Washington VIII I' zen, ~"
going sud h has therefore "ppchto" Ir"i'''''
g. Brown G0odo, Of the 0ini'i'""''" '"', ~ ~
a. DAINTY Commissioners lie started Tor b'ihu
,r rho Nooser ard was accompanied nv F'ederc
Nafncr Of the Anprcan Fish Cuturi"j- ASsoci'u"u'
n True Natural History Department 81 'in''nsoul'"
Institutions. Juius H., well, secretary ana D. H. w"
Inns ~ Gloucester Nr. Collin u gong over - " ~ p
American A-hrrmar and to show inr ""fAlAN % '''
dorv which is SAID to b. the b-s -c boat n7ed IN h'-
p,es g. he ~ .s n 5uis city ii-' Friday 'Jne ING ana
b,vr, Inn, ah,,ii and f o! excitement - 20 me cf'.'
| shopping Of the numerous eNhintS.
81 .luk wc have lore prr'ty vel H. ''p 10 In
me rrporrf Ne have loo tons oil 'Nn"tf' S"' tH''
!. 10 very snail pared iu ny opinion. " ''"'Se ~
had had moro time should nave been 'bc 10 mas
far hotr exhibition We nave OILY had ao'"t m"H'n
~ winch to Dc evcrvtAnE. II has been terrible rn'h'
We nave nnd nity rurn work day and hiGht iof INC
/ rast three weeks
"W.H taa approp. iation BE- sufficient 8
elf MIL pnvc tob. Yc-. think u Will be, nechn"'
H. hos NOT been nc-o~-nry 10 buy very much l"e COZ
lection sent oyer could not nave been made Tor S'"ooo
IN fins rr,o IN rac' would have been utterly mI"'-
sitlp e. make il 81 all for snch SUN 1914 we 'n ' '"
op,rati,n Of The National Museum, ana most I" Tue SP
,mers we have mere fr IN mat collection I''y H'e
lent tor tho purpose, aud when returned "l' Ne 'c'"
In the NV National Museum building at "ashl'gton'
,yiioh g. il., abont beng finished. We have nlic""
M trost fishery collection the world, ana we intend
! to max, lt better"
" Then Won have no; had time to prepare zoe a goo"
show At Berlin f" ..
Oh We shall make hrs;-riass -ho" lh lAcl' oo'
know airy Nation tbat going 10 beat 49, except per
,,, ,,.r,p,pv merely say that y we had had more
ro,c ~, would have been able make ~ exhibit moro
complete ia certain respect
The Exhibition viii be Ged IN IN immense ne" Du''-
ing wnlrn has erected on the site ~ the Imperial
Iron Foundry, IN ia, Ac0rr ~ tb" cry q BERN" lh'
e1fGre has prrn specially designed Tor ~ acrlcuiHa'
museum aud VIII used for that purpose as soon rs
t,e ',,iop which VIII only Inst ten weehs comes To
on end. The American exhibit has %" best situation
esteemed to H. next L. thai o. Germany, aud probably
tbc largest fl. rcr' 5000 square feet ln extent
This so,cr Professor Good, believes VIII he vel hlei
Tho exhibit VIII b. elias, 1ed dIdcr seven heads
s,uatc animals: where and how fhey live; apparatus
FOR c,pturipk them: preparation ~ h-h products Tor
fond. manufacture o. proaucte INT" vrio, articles;
op,gation and artificial culture ~ fish; governmental
aud and protection. Under the irsi hc1d "H nr SHOW"
all aquatic creatures indigenous 90 The waters" OF il'
conurrv including every spcce-. rom Tie my little
| li,tleoet" M 10 whales and seals ana sra-'lr
pnalt4 oysters clans aud also birds u aroaS 10 h-he-
ny used by the n.crmeu f,r bfit ar Otherwise. TIE
a.bes will be shown by the casts tln were USED 90
the Government Building 81 tho Philadelphia EAhiD-
t,ot and also Dy Pho. ographs ard coofch -kctchtf
Tuitio. terrapIs and 'dD, fross '" ,e SHOWN t' e.,
FIftr eat n7h-a spec'. unknown y Enru.-- vi. ne
sru ove- alive hy l.. g.. y achf,rd OF Patton haNr Joe
a transportation can -Itcat3 nesisu' p' III, III ny ~,
Tt- constitutes The most 81 10" we -"'h VIZ" % ~
cepllon ~ ~, .trr. Th~ American oyster. ami tho
,l,natlous gvrn ~ rcEaru o. - criihf' VI - OF 'r
cAl interest o. Europeans Inc "F-lTr ''n7 ~ i-u
! non ami the exceptionally iucrm'ni WINTER ho" '''
,,, i nrs OF France. Fresh oy-t'r' ere now
shipped H. ARE qnaniih"s nom t"i- country ,' -
to- amounted 10000 barrels ard sc'crh "ole.hi'
dealer, during tlc prc-eut S'is"n nav" ".' "a '"
ast.hi .nt,rf = m France. England aui 'f-iHi.y
5i.t5n +. 10 Illustrate he G-hius ground
OF Aner'l ..s prnriy" eAip', n"1g , 6,lanc d,
Inc ca.. 81 N,rtn America, extending roo ''' VI "
~ N,tr Ncq midland. 80. --c"lns IN hruS. ind th'
=" ,ni, ,nr .oxn T., tar fontn ~ 200 ftt lol1s
Ca Inns are shown the grounds rrqurut'd ny American
fishing vessels. and ,Le yArt-ic5 ~ .si eau n' 20
,,nir; inns enabling persons 10 uudrr- and the move
nent1 % IN ni.IA,oy spccles, such - no maoArfr
Two eet wide. aud has been made ur M ldnd'nN"h
| 81 the UGlted S,Ito' Coast iNry Nolu.t 81 ''.
kind IN nshins grounds mas ever D''h s'''
o before. - =,
maps are shown, on which M" oo''.d no"n lhe geo
srnhicl disribntion the various flames, The numb"
o. pgo' ofS he American whAiers and he
vess,s which ~ pursuit OF sea e''Phahts ana 'ea
The third DIVISION illustrates the methods used 10 cap
ture feb, aud tins mere ~ :err %! sp,ol
ens-nooks INES boa g. and ~ forth models ~ seine
nets all nets aud and pounds Used 10 rhofn H-h
ing desired 10 take the whaling boat rom lh'
lheu iIe Ausrc l.. '"I"1 Pyor5 ron.,sfIng o. @p1
It b,m,o rod ouy made this country WIN nne lines
uO, n ratsr or ssntrues Of the insects thcy ar
q made To represent aud the ationa are seen AT
ance be wonderfully clever. Bradford n Anihohy
p, Of HUSTON Conway, Bisseft & Ma esOn and AObe'
Imhrlr oil Nov YorL, arc promi"cnt rrmbi"fS H. IN
| department ADuuL hiiy argc models 81 'Stluu, Ah'
l. OF bont- aud schooners aud also models Of the men
haden fishing steamers, thr great lEAo Shti steamers
q whaling snips ana the peculiar b'ata us'd by me iilhi
and Chinese fishermen Of California number 81 ih'
J finest OF these vessels COMPOSED r"i oI ne eAhp
s ! OF the Ctv OF Gloucester Al the Centonhii
. Exhibition. and the others LAY" De'h iaue ny "Iu a.
OF thr Fishery Commission at different points along The
cont some II the smaller Dostohot iDOdels- belong
| them FIX aorles made by Iiggm- ford, o. G"urrs
Ter. These Dave been mlly rugged bl two ~ thc mos
errerepced Gouce iei fi.uerInen. This iul collector
a. dores ha. been sent Dcsu-e OF the curiosity mani
Europeans III " .h'H n"lfIi'i hh"ti
trs Among the other ful.-sZ-d boat tnkon sew
rral Indian barA sung boAs rom Alaska, anc
4 shadow canoe cXIhoitod b. the iusket-EycTsOn. 81
| Williamsburg. II should b II 'cd mere That. ~ thS
mailer 81; GOALS H. all other nsnng apparatus, h'
roI.cflon embraces usct from sac earliest times
inns ma in collection Of interest 10 Inc ethnOlOgis
a. Vol ~ tp the expert In fisheries.
= Tv,ye large figures, representing the costume al
i fishermen various points hLd In different seasons 81
Tie year shown, together WIN photographs % tb'
G.ncrs' dwellings. The charts. uau.ict iusiruIntn
medic M chests and the complete outht for VOYAGE
e even down to the customary demD'hh are also cNnb
u | tied
I'm the first department Of fishery production. are In
smoke bOu csr drNlHg apparatus, Ol
= facorr. glIauO fsctares, Otriorcauulng factories
rIr: and In second dcpar IN al ARE shown smokc'
L. nd pc Ell fish. gcarns, O-, ucH IVORY, urs tncrs
- u,r made from aud mussels In tns eparlmcn