The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-27
Will PROPAGATE
ALB|N0 BROWN TROUT
New York Fish H%atcheries Max
ing Experiments Along
This Line.
Extraordinary among fish freaks is a

Extraordinary among fish freaks is q
lot OF 1873 albino brown trout now at
the aquarium. These queer little
fishes. now about two inches in
length, were Matched out in the aquar-
ium's hatchery in February. Origi-
nally there were $50 Of them, of which
fifteen died in the first two months. In
the last -four months only two have
been lost, one Of these by accident in
the tank and the other by jumping out
OF the tank to fall on the floor. Some
hin OF the success thai has thus far
attended the rearing Of the fishes
Matched from them must be attributed
to the facilities which this model
hatchery affords for looking after both
eggs and fishes; for here with compar
atively small lots of egg 1t is possible
to give them almost individual care
and to insure that all the little fishes
shall be properly fed.
Another extraordinary thing about
these little albino brown trout is their
number as compared with the total
number Of the batch of eggs from
which they were Matched. Aibino
fishes are not very common among such
varieties as brook trout and lake trout.
and among brown trout they are very
rare, but these $50 albino brown trout
were Matched out Of a lot Of 5000 eggs;
a very remarkable proportion of al
binos.
The little albinos are here to be seen
all in n tank. while near them is an
other tank of brown trout of their nat
ural color Matched from the same lot Of
eggs. Seen thus the little lbino with
their almost colorless bodies but with
dark set eyes become all the more
striking.
The alblnos are now growing faster
than their little brown brothers, but
what will happen TO them later nobody
can tell, for albino fishes are not SO
long lived as fishes OF their natural
color; they are more delicate and as a
rule they die young. II an albino trou,
should survive after six months and
should grow to maturity 1t could not be
expected to live more han half the life
of a fish of natural color.
The aquarium has now four albinc
lake trout surviving out of q lot OF
eleven albinos of this species received
cry 1t Saranac axe. The largest OF
these four albino lake trout, which are
now between two and three years old
is now about ten inches in length. They
are all striking albino specimens.
A Boomerang Joke.
"On our return trip to New York on tn,
Minnetonka,' said a Chicagoan, some ont
told Mark Twain, on a rough, wind,
! morning, that he looked seasick.
lin not seas.ck, said the humnrist.
"'You look it, the other persisted.
, Then Mark Twain laughed his short
sruff laugh and told us all a story.
HE began by saying that 1t never paid
either In jest or earnest, to tell peopl,
I tina they did not look well.
He said there was a practical joke
4 in a certain New York office. This youn.
V man put up a practical joke on the book
: keeper, a quiet, steady, serious chap. Tn,
. joke was for every one to tell the book
s keeper that he looked very, very bad in
$ deed. 1t was wondered what effect tn.
n would have.
e 1T was a hot August morning whe1
$ the joke began. The office boy starte,
8 it.
O ".Ain't We well, Mr.. Quin? he said.
e Yes; of course. WhyY Qucill asked
why, We look so pale said the boy
IL feel al! right. said Quill calmly. an
e he put on his seersucker office coat an
sc: to work.
n but when the shipping clerk told hi1
n he looked Ill, Quill frowned and SAID h
n had had a bad night-that was all.
when the cashier asked him what mad
Is him have such a queer color. he said hi
heart felt strange.
so. for an hour or SO, Quill was 10,
mented with anxious inquiries, full t
gloomy forebod.ng. about his health. ~.
he threw down his per and fastened
the office Of the chief.
* He was gone perhaps five minute
Then he came back again in the chief
hit company.
Men said the chief. raising his tnr
* to command the attention of all. as y
Quill is most unwell. l nave granted hi
as a ten days leave of absence Please "a
d. range to divide his work equally amor
eS you TIL he returns
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q. From the Baltimore American
CT How beautifully the poet -.
They also serve who only stana n.
er wait"
IN Not mueh lhcy 90. IF it's a a.I.