The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1905.

pot without water for five even sys. When taken
for at the end of that time it is lively and
fresh as when first caught.
This fish actually climbs trees and was mentioned
more than 900 The Travels of Two Moham-
medans, where the compiler says he told by Suey
man, who visited India in the ninth century, Of fish that
left the climb cocoanut palms to drink their sap
and then the The fish climbs, making
of the rough of trees wherein he fasten his toothed
and then bends his tail and fins into the cefts
of the bark and by stretching out his body urges upward
'sThe Shooting fish is found little nearer
home being in the West Indies; but he is remarkable
who derives his from the way he catches
his prey. This has hollow, cylindrical beak and
frequents the rivers the seashore search OF food
When the fish spies fly or toothsome insect sitting
plant in shallow water he swims away distance
of four five Feet takes aim and with amazing accu-
racy elects of his tubeke mouth single drop OF
water which is well directed and swiftly shot forth
that the is thrown into the water where he COB
bles it up.
- Unless you fisherman and sup on the habits
of brook trout probably do not know that
that game fighter has besides his and strength
another gift of nature which is to protect him from his
enemesthat of changing his color to correspond with
his surroundings Put living trout from black burn
into basin of water and you II find within half an hour
it begins to grow lighter in color Keep 1t living IN
white jar for days and the change continues until
the fish is absolutely white. Put it back into dark
colored or black vessel within half hour you will
find has grown darker until it has assumed nearly the
color of the bottom of the jar and dcu TO see
readily Anglers must have observed that usually a
trout is Of the color of the sand on the bottom OF
their stream but that the fish has the to change
color over wide range fact generally known.
tsHere IS story that may shake your faith in every
thing have you far, but it's gospel truth and
after all, shows only that fish, the same as warm
booded animal is affected by alcohol and why shouldn
it be? The incident occurred on the Miami river IN
lucky The proprietors of distilery located nthat
river stock enough in their pens to drink the
ssop residue left after making the whisky and SO
they let quantity of it into the river with the
result that it demoraized every fish in the stream TOR
the whole bunch went off grand old bender by
the time the fluid reached Planve the entire river pre-
scented scene of wild revelry Bass, salmon and white
perch surface of the river and wed with
Tho xvotar in Mai
sightseers Entire shoals from their usual tran
quill depths toward the surface into shallow water
and many jumped up dry land where they caught
by natives An entire CARLOAD of fish was secured
at the time sent to the nearest markets An aged
resident living the of the orgy recalled nav
seen similar performance once before and the case
became enough to have the state fish
further pollution of the water as it was feared
this might seriously affect the fish in more than just
harmless spree.
81 could go all day telling you about the extra.
ordinary fish found many quarters of the globe ot
all animals we know least about the fshes and what
few gimpses into their lives seems to me they
are the most interesting. ''-Commercal Advertiser