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Show uu WHAT IS A FISH? What Is a fish? Tho question was raised tho other day in a St, Louis court when a ped-dlcr ped-dlcr was arraigned on a charge of cruelty to animals. He had been hawking his flshnbout the streots of the city, and, aa a means of advertising, had hung a live fish from a cord on his wagon in order or-der that its flopping might attract at-tention. at-tention. This constituted tho alleged But he was discharged. The city attorney refused to prose- protest of the magistrate, giving as I his reason that he did not believe ' a fish was an animal. , ' Tho magistrate argued that the die- ! lionary so defined fish, and that all scientific authorities were agreed ou the point, but the eminent attorney : declared: ! "There were no fish, in tho ark, and I refuso to prosecute " . But In suggesting a controversy be- tween Noah and modern naturalist1; ., on tho question, what is a fish? the at- , tomey has done the ancient navlga- ; i tor an injustice. We challenge trh ri St Louis legal luminary to prove that ; ; there were no fish in tho arlr True, . j the only authoritative record doi1 : j not say that fish wero among the crea- .;) tures taken on board by Noah; nor, , g however, does it say they were omit ,;s ted. Wo submit that tho St. Louis :j attorney cannot prove Noah was with- " out an aquarium, in addition to his , "t menagerie and aviary. It will Hit da '; to protest that taking fish Inlo the ark was needless, since they live in -' i the water. That is begging the who'o i i I question, because it concedes that ad- i mission to the ark may not be the f final and indisputable test of belong to ing to the animal kingdom, the .f- fk flnnatjon of which was our attorney's i I premise. ; I On tbe whole Noah Is an unsatisfac- - V tory authority. Wo prefer Darwin or Agasslz or Ike Walton. Louisville I 3 Herald : ij I |