The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-30
Selections.

EG tPIlAN SOlsN.- iiiuoSJ,
dates from Abingdon, Va, has been ad
vertising Egyptian corn, and farmers
have been buying it, paying five dollars
for ten grains, sent in letter. what
WAS the great merit claimed by tho ven
dor for the Egyptian corn seed we know
not but certainly the farmers aforesaid
have been able to discover none. The
experience q Mr.. John w. McCue, OF
Albemarle, is rs follows: He planted
the ten grains in rich land half a mile
from other corn. Nine grains came up,
growing each to a single straight stalk,
like other corn, and each having one
single ear of corn-very Indifferent vel
low corn. SO much for Egyptian corn
at five dollars for ten grains
Colonel J. Marshall McCue, of Au'
gusta, whom we all know, had SINH,
lar experience with Mr.. Lindsay at five
dollars for ten grains. Now, Lindsay
presumes upon these grains of success,
and tantalizes the cultivators of the
Egyptian with further proposal,
through a pamphlet which comes along
with the corn, to cure any kind of dis
ease, and, furthermore, for twenty-five
cents to give instructions by which
the 'commonest metals can be convert
ed into "goldr' This Lindsay is great
wag. Mr.. McCue says he has learned
that L. is 4 farmer i'll easy circumstances,
living near Abingdon, and thst he re-
sorts to these tricks upon the credulous
"merely for amusement" Now, he is a
capitol fellow-this Lindsay. He has
certainly great talents. He should not
hide his light under bushel in the OBJ
scure part of the world from which he
dates his advertisements, but should
appear on theatre more worthy Of his
genius.-Richmona Dispatch.
RESTOCKING RIVERS WITH FISH,
Legislatures in the Eastern States are
oil cooperating heartily in the effort to
restore choice varieties of fish to those
rivers in which they have been c1ter-
miasted through the agency of mill
dams and other artificial barriers. In
almost every State commissioners have
been appointed to study the habits of
fish in the ascent of rivers to their spawn
ing beds, and laws have been passed to
secure the piscatory tribes in the rights
of propagating their species. In MAssa-
chusetts, with the approval of the New
Hampshire commissioners, substantial
progress has been made by construct
ing fish-ways on the Mcrrimsc River
1T Lowell and Lawrence. That at
Lowell is Of the kind known rs the
"double STAIR" consisting of parallel
lines of tanks, each of which is twelve
feet square and foot higher than the
one next below, all built Of masonry
and timber, to resist the ice and freshets.
The fish-way at Lawrence is kind Of
sloping dam, twelve feet wide, with
tanks in which the fish may rest. On
the Connecticut no tish-ways have yet
been built, but the proprietors of the
new dam building at Turner's Falls
have been notified that fish have rights
that must be respected, and a fish-way
At Hadley Falls is in contemplation.
The New Hampshire commissioners
have planted about 10000 salmon ova
in the Pemigewasset. These are eX-
pected to hatch next spring.
CRoUP.-1n the early part of spring
many children die of Group. In only
forty-eight hours it may carry child
from perfect health to the grave. 1t
originates in cold, and in majority
of the cases, is the result of exposure to
dampness, either of the clothing or of
the atmosphere.
HaPs Journal Of Health says they
should be kept as warm clad, at least
until May, rs in the depth of winter,
they should not be allowed to remain
out of doors later than shutdown, when
they should be brought into . warm
room, their feet examined and made
dry and warm, their suppers taken and
then sent to bed, not to 90 outside the
doors until the next morning after
breakfast. During February, March,
and until the middle of April, especial |
ly when snow is on the ground, chill
dren under eight years of age should |
not be allowed to be out of doors at all |
later than four o'clock in the afternoon,
unless the sun is shining, or unless they
are kept in bodily motion so as to keep |
off a feeling of chilliness. The COM
monest sense dictates the instant send
AHS lOI u pIly SiClth III Ease VI all SGIdck |
from Group, but the moment messen-
ger is dispatched have three or four
tiannels, dip them in water as hot as
your hand can bear, and apply them
successfully to the throat of the child,
hot all the time, so as to evaporate the |
matters, which, if retained, cause the
clogging up inside which soon stops the
breath. Hot water should constantly
be added to that in which the fannels
are thrown, so as to keep it all the time
hot. Keep the water from dribbling
on the clothing of the child, and see to
it that the feet are dry and warm.
Most likely the child will be out of dan
ger before the physician arrives, and it
is pleasant to be able to turn over the
responsibility on him. Loose cough,
freer breathing and copious discharge |
of phlegm indicate relief and safety.
PEACE OR WAR IN EUROPEAN
almost universal apprehension seems to |
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