Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-14
YOUR CnOcEn srLIe
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at following pr,eca,


nncc. md for some time II was uncu ~
an emlgrant depot.
a. We enter we Ind the floor ON A
evel with the entrance ana The APPEAR.
ancc OF ncatners. order and hsiuty
Corresponds with that seen On the out.
side. The floor n Of inland work.
fiVe or six large columns standing IN
circular form support M many preat
arches and upon these rests tho dotne,
In the center OF the. tcsaelaicd rave
mont. door are two large eiip'icai
tanks with guards about breast liph
over which you look down intn the
clear wntcf. In one of these tanks IA
sturgeon elght feet long and weigh.
Ing $50 pounds. -Four smaller ones mr.,
his companions. In the other one are
$50 lirgc India seals. Six tanks sur
round these central ones and In thee,
are harbor seals. great turtles. schools
OF fiHh. etc. From our entrance iet 80
turn to the right ana sweep the $50
around the great arena. We sec the
walls before us living panorama. II
IL divided into about nifty comparg.
mcnis the front OF which arr glass IA
each of these compartments N "a dif.
fercnt kind of nsh. numbering from
ono to twenty individuals. To rive
the names or give q description ~ Nhat
N here seen would require pages 81
writing and hours OF time. The most
wonderful forms. markings, move.
mentr and indiHcribnblc colors arc
seen In thcse tanks whose waters are
constantly rcpleniHhed. In one Of the-,
are TO be seen sharks accompanied ~
n school or Pilot fish as "a body guard.
OF trout we Ind In the brook, rainbow
brown. hybrid and Htcelhcad. The
squirrel fish from bermuda. the nngcl
hsh. hind both with most beautiful col
ors. The fourcyea II beautiful iish
In shape and motion aH well ~ color,
Its natural eyes are placed M uaunl.
Its nnA are almost Transparent. AMI
Just at the root OF It's tail II rouni
jet black spot seen on both sides, these
are called IN. other two eyes. some
OF these fishes are six or eight Inches
In depth. that II from back 10 belly.
when facing you they are not NOM
than one quarter or onc-haif of an inch
In thickness and their colors are Of Tho
most delicate shades and almost trans
parent. Among the yellow perch We
see some spotted with red and black
and again others with black stripes
running like the stripes Of n tiger
Having completed the inspection at
this circle we arc brought to our start.
Ing point W. now ascend n bn1
stairway Of "a steps and the second
corridor extending around the building
and arranged and divided into COM
pnrtmcnts like those OF the first iiopr.
These tanks contain forms Of lower or
CARNATIONS such nr cornls, star IN,
etc. Wonderful and beautiful as they
are we must omit them for the present.
What u school for object teaching "a
this. although the day was overcast
nnd somewhat dark and the walks
slushy with snow and lee. about three
hundred people were gazing upon thesr
wonders. As member Of the great hu'
man family we rejoice 10 hear Of the
prosperity nnd happiness Of our ~.
low beings and We long for the time
when expenditures for war, prisons nni
GRIMES ~ al kinds win be- diverted by
intelligence into benevolent. refining
and elevntlng channels.