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Consider the salmon. He. ranks fourth?next to mackerel, a high-seas fish?and would by this time have been driven from the Atlantic Coast except for artificial propagation. For the salmon must come to life in a trough excavated by his parent in the gravelly bed of a river. Thence he makes his way to the ocean and returns, steel blue, to increase his tribe. If estuaries are foul and filled with commerce, the salmon expires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hoover on Fish | 5/18/1925 | See Source »

...Square miles of water, colored purple by hosts of jellyfish; hundreds of paper nautili, attached to one another in long strings; transparent flounders with lacy fins; deep-sea mackerel flashing blue and yellow lights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Beebe | 4/27/1925 | See Source »

...inwardly. Thus, of the nouveaux riches: "They may spend their money giving fetes, parties, balls, and use every device to get into society, or what is left of it, but all their doings will only be a sham. You cannot make a silk purse out of a soused mackerel, neither will they command the same respect." Which leaves the reader somewhat in doubt as to the object of the comparison-and the respect. A book quite without guile, absolutely without discretion, for the most part mildly amusing, on some few occasions, penetrating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: New Books: Mar. 24, 1924 | 3/24/1924 | See Source »

MENU of today's Table d'hote dinner at the French Restaurant, 3 Linden street, from 12 to 2 and 6 to 7 p. m.; 50c. Soup: Puree de tomates aux croutons. Fish: Fresh Mackerel au gratin. Joints: Roast leg of Lamb Mint Sauce, Roast loins of fresh Pork, Apple Sauce. Entree: Chicken Croquette a la Creme. Vegetables: French peas, potatoes. Dessert: Ice Cream and Cakes. First class board. Club room and tables...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notice. | 12/8/1896 | See Source »

MENU of today's Table d'hote dinner at the French Restaurant, 3 Linden street, from 12 to 2 and 6 to 7 p. m.; 50c. Soups: Fish Chowder, Consomme Julienne. Fish: Broiled Mackerel. Joint: Roast rib of beef. Entree: Breast of Lamb, tomato sauce. Vegetables: Spinach and potatoes. Dessert: Compotte of Peaches and Cakes. Coffee. First class board. Club room and table...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notice. | 12/4/1896 | See Source »

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