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Show 0 AQUARIUM FOR THE FAIR. An aquarium which will conatin several sev-eral hundred varieties of fish will bo a feature of tho United States government gov-ernment exhibit at the Lewis and Clark Centennial. Tho exposition authorities havo received a communication communi-cation from tho government commission commis-sion asking that a supply of fresh, cold water of 200 gallons a minute he provided for tho fisheries wing of the government building. Hugo glass tanks from six to twelve feet long will bo erected In tho fisheries fisher-ies section, containing all known members mem-bers of tho finny tribe that the gov-, eminent can collect. The tanks will ho abovo tho level of the floor, and tho light will come from abovo, so that tho visitors to tho exhibit can see the fish swimming about in their natural element. Several hundred feet of glass walls will bo necessary to display dis-play tho fish true to life. The department depart-ment will bo In charge of experts from tho government department, who will attend to tho proper caro and foeding of tho fish. It Is said that special arrangements will have to bo mado for tho accommodation accom-modation of tho chlnook salmon, as ho will butt his head against tho wall If confined in a llmltr tank, causing his own death. Imp. .mt of restraint, tho salmon would, It allowed, commit suicide by charging against iho walls of his prison. It is believed that to overcome this suicidal propensity of tho salmon that smaller circular tanks will need to bo provided for the accom- modation of the chlnooks. in bin I quarters tho fish could not get sum I cient headway, and tho curved wall I would not offer enough resistance for I him to kill himself by Impact with th I walls. 0 - r H |