Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-06

THE FISHERIES SOCIETY.
Papers Read at the National Museum
The "Boss" Clam Of North America
Proceedings of the Society.
AT the afternoon session of the American
FISHERIES Society, at the National Museum yes
terday, number of papers were read. Prof r.
4. =. Stearns read an interesting account Of the
giant clam OF Puget Sound, and the manner of
catcnlng This monstrous bivalve. He exhibited
one small specimen, which measured about one
loot In length. After giving it's scientific and
Indlan names Prof. Stearns remarked that it
was the boss clam of North America" The
range Oh distribution of this clam along the Pa
clnc coast, he said, was quite extensive, though
1t was apparently more abundant towards the
north Its excellence as an article of food, he
s:,lu was attested by all who had tasted 1t, and
IL ntu place IN the first rank in the opinion Of
eplcures. Three persons he said, were required
10, 10 remove one from its bed without mutiatiOn.
MI; freo Mather read a paper by DIR. James
A. HenShall on the "Hibernation of the Black
basS. me writer said Information did not neces-
sarllylmplyastateo of profound torpidity. The fact
lhat wniie black bass hibernated other fishes
were active In the same waters, he accounted
top fd on I'll the ground that there was no supply Of
loou lor tne alternating fish. In the extreme
south where crawfish were abundant in the
waters the bass did not hibernate. His con-
u
innuenced more by the food supply than by
temperature, and that both species of black
bass hibernate in the northern waters of
America.
Mt. Goode was unwilling to accept DR.. Hen
sMhaIl M conclusions without experiment. He held
that Information depended entirely upon the
depth OF water and the presence of warm spots
IN lhe water. He thought the effect of food
supply was rather exaggerated by DR.. .Henshall.
teresting account of successful experiments
mace, mace Dy MN this spring on Long Island in
a.ong smeit In which the conditions usually
Mr.. Fred'k w. True gave "a verbal description
OF OF the porpoise fishery off Cape Hatteras where
the porpoise are captured, which are used now
lor IOod, as well as for oil and leather.
PROCEEDINGS TODAY.
When the society met this morning Mr..
Mather, from the committee appointed yester-
day to revise the constitution, submitted its
report. The proposed new constitution retains
the name the American Fisheries Association
adopted last year. The object is stated to be to
promote the cause of fish culture; to gather and
diftuse information bearing upon practical fish
culture and all matters relating to it, and unite
the interests of fish culture.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The committee on nominations reported the
following names oc officers for the ensuing year
and they were duly elected: President, Col
Marshall Mcdonald, Washington: vice presi-
dent, DR.. VIM. NJ. Hudson, Hartford, Conn.,
treasurer, Eugene G. Blackford, New York
corresponding secretary, W. v. Cox. Ohio; re-
Executive committee-G. Brown Goode. Wash
ington; F; l.: May, Frem ont, Nebraska; Roland
tbana Few Fsank fSrk or A Mensha
s. q. Worth, Raleigh, n. c.; George Shepard
Page, Stanley, New Jersey.
NEW MEMBERS
New active members were elected as follows
A. Howard Clark and w. W.. Murphy, United
States Fish commissions; Major G. ]. :ydecker
I iauf NJ
commanding the Fish Hawk. Hon. George NJ
Robson, of New Jersey, and Hon. Spencer
WolpOle, governor of the Isle of Man, were
elected corresponding members.
bers ne tS soefety then listened to papers by men,
Results of Artificial Propagation and Plant
ing of White Fish in the Great Lakes, Frank
or Game Qualities of Certain Fishes? A. Nelson
Cheney; How to Restore Our Trout Streams, ].
8. Van Cleft Exhibition of Complete Series of
Salmon and Trout of N,rth America, Tarleton
81. Bean: Objective Points in Fish Culture NJ.
Mcdonald; A Glance at Billingsgate, w. v. Cox;
Work at Cold Spring HarbOr, Fred. Mather;
Oyster Beds of New York, Eugene G. Blackiord:
On some of the Protective COntrivances Devel-
oped by and in Connection with the Ova of
Use of the Throwing-Stick by Eskimo in Fish
ing, Q. T. Mason; The Chief characteristics Of
North American Fish Fauna, Theodore Gin;
Suggestions as to the Development of oyster
Culture in the Chesapeake Area, NJ. Mcdonald;
Biennial Spawning of Salmon, Charles G. At
kins.
The society took recess a little before until
halfpast O'Clock, to enable the members to
call at the White II ouse.
CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT.
At one O'Clock today the members of the
society called at the White House and were re-
celved by the President At five o'clock this
afternoon the society will visit the carp pond
and observe the method followed there of feed
ing the carp.
PROPOSED TRIP DOWN THE POTOMAC
Tomorrow afternoon the members of the So
Getty will take a trip down the river on the fish
commissions steamer Fish Hawk, visiting the
chad-hatching station and some of the Potomac
the old armory building is now in full opera
tfOn, and the members Of the society take much
interest in the work going on.
A WARNING TO Boys WHO CARRY PISTOLS
George Courtney, the small boy who shot one
of his companions named Walter Gardner
about a month ago, was tried in the Police
Court to-day for assault and battery. The testi-
mony showed that the shooting was accidental,
charging him with carrying the pistol, and init
mated that a fine OF $50 would be imposed.
TIE CHORAL SOCIETY INcREAs1NG.-The
rapid growth of the Choral society, as at present
organized, to which reference was made In THE
STAR last Saturday, is evidenced by the follow
come members in addition to the list already
published: SoPrani-Mrs: 2: L. Bugbee, Mrs.
W oora H. Ma Mazard Miss Mssd Bell Nib Hunt Miss Mamie
Miss Kate Bradley, Miss Alma Johnson, Miss
Miss Hattie Gaipin, Miss Mamie Hogg, Mrs. E.
King. Mrs J: 8. Powell, Miss Mary Saxton,
Miss Anna NJ. Nixon, Mrs. C. S. Clark, Mrs. W.
E. Earle, Miss Mae Morrow, Miss JEANNE Mox-
on. Tenori-E. L. Bugbee, Geo. G. Collegiate, w.
D; Maciarland, Howard McGill, s: B. Oids, j. L.
Richardson, i;a son, J. F. Rule, s; Il. Witherow, Ran
A. Al H; ;Galt' Dr. E. F. King, b. h. Law, R. McMqr-
La Fetra, J. c. Heald, J. F. Blackmar.
TWO WILLS FILED.-The will of the late W.
H. johnson has been filed. To his wife, Anna
f., he leaves his estate during her life and the
remainder in fee to his children, James W.,
Annie NJ, Albert L. and Elizabeth, and re-
quests his wife, out of his insurance moneys
about 30, $50, to pay off the trust on his prop
erty, on g street, between 9th and 7th streets,
and his debts, and names his partner, George
I. Dearing, as executor. The will of the late
Alfred Collins has also been fled 1t bequeaths
his household furniture and house and lot to
his wife, Amelia; and to his two daughters and
son he leaves $50 each.
THE JACKSON DEMoCRATs.-At the regular
fK 4t