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The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26
Fish Culture.

TIE subject of Fish Culture is one
that Is receiving increasing attention
IN the United States and elsewhere,
and important movements have been
made looking toward the multipli-
cation of useful food fishes in the
waters of this country. An appro-
priation of $1,000 was. made by
Congress FOR this purpose, with
special reference to the increase of
shad and salmon. The late date at
which the appropriation was avail
able prevented the possibility of
doing much In regard to shad during
the current year; but lTr. Seth
Green and Mr.. William Gift, under
the direction of the United States
Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries,
have succeeded in introducing in
good condition large numbers Of
shad into the Allegheny River; into
the White River, in Indiana; into
the Upper Mississippi at St. Paul;
aad igto the Platte at Denver, Ia
Colorado, A much more extensive
work IN the same direction is con-
templated for the coming year; aud
l. IL hoped that the waters OF the
Mississippi Valley viii be made to
abound ip this fish as fully as those
of the Atlantic sea-board. Much
encouragement IN this direction is
derived from the>act that shad are
now obtained in the upper waters Of
the Alabama AMI Escambia rivers,
III Alabama, and IN the Ouachita, at
lhs Hot Springs. in Arkansas, the
latter locality being over thousand
miles from the mouth of the Missis-
ppi
Arrangements have been made by
the United States commissioner for
securing salmon eggs on large scale;
some from the Sacramento River, in
California, some from the Penobscot,
IN Maine, anG others from the Rhine,
e c. These viii be introduced into
the waters of the New England |
States, the Hudson, the Delaware,
the S1squehanna, the Potomac, and I
perhaps even the james, and into the /
great lakes
Slad, under the direction of the
Ssase comm issioners of New York
and Vermons, have been introduced
into Lake Champlain, the Genesee
River, OnoDdaga Lake, and the Hud-
son. Private enterprise has also
placed a number of young salmon IL
the Delaware. Black bass have been
taken, under the direction Of the
Califofnit commissioners, from New
York, and placed in suitable waters
in California and other parties have
carried the same fish to England
EDroR's SCIENTIFIC RxcoRD, 10 Hor-
per's Afo9azine foT. November.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26
Orchard Grass.

The value of the orchard grass is
becoming more and better under
stood by the farmers of this coun-
try, and particularly of the South.
1t offers a great advantage to dairy
men for early pasture and quick af-
ter-growth. although the hay IS far
Inferior to timothy; indeed it is
doubtful whether any other of the
grasses is equal to the latter for hay.
Orchard grass IS suitable both for
hay and pasturage; its root is per-
epnial, and the stem IS of q rapid
growth, maturing It's seed as early
as clover, with which it can be
sown, but it does not answer as well
with timothy, being too early for it.
1t grows quickly after being mown,
and yields a luxuriant after-growth !;
when it is intended for hay, it must
be cut early, otherwise the straw be-
ing woody. it is of much less value,
and consequently when intended for
pasture, from this peculiar habit of
growth and its rapid maturity OF
seed, the stock should be turned on
early, and thus the stem will be eat
en- of, before it becomes hard and
woody. A farmer of the South
( (Arkansas) sends to the Country
Gentleman a specimen of the orchard
grass cut on the 11th of April,
twenty-four to TWEEN Y eight inches
long, and another sGecimen, from
the roots Of the first which was cut
on the lst OF June, 49, inches long,
this being the product of ffty-two
days, one of them characterized bv
frost severe enough 10 form ice.
4 still additional specimen, being
TIE first and only cutting from the
same roots, cut 31s5 May, was five
feet two inches long. The same
party says that he has in former
years cut blades of this grass early
as the Sd of April, measuring from
thirty-seven to forty-one inches, and
on the Both of March q single blade
measuring thirty-threc inches. It
viii be seed before or whilst timothy
is III blossom, and for this reason
viii not do to be sown with it for
hay as with clover. Hay OF every
kind should be cut early TEE Glow
er and orchard grass coming early
can be the more readily gotten out
of the way to give attention to the
tim othy; If the former is cut whilst
the red heads of the clover are Ia
foil bloom, the food for stock will be
found far more valuable, and will
add much more largely to the yield
Of milk than when LETT till the stem S
become tough, black, and dead ripe
The aftermath of the fields is also
much greater, and is a protection to
he fields from the hot suns of the
months Of July and August.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26
Points for Farmers.

THE ARMY WoRN The methods OF
combating the army worm may be
briefly summed up as follows:
Frst-Dnrn over the meadows,
especially the slouShs and low
groun DIS, in the neigh borhood of the
place whore the worms stopped their
devastatiJns, and where, of course,
thy went iuto the ground to trans
form, and where the moths must first
appear. The eggs are deposited af-
ter mid summer, and the burning
may be performed in the fall or win
ter, or before the Matching of the
eggs in the spring.
Second-Fall plowing in the same
situations would undoubtedly de-
stroy most of the eggs by burying
them SO deeply that either they would
not hatch, or the young worms would
starve
Third-The progress of the worms,
when partially or fully grown, can be
checked by plowing deep furrows
across their path, and if the pains
were taken to Dig under the upright
side of the furrow with a spade IT
would make it much more efectual.
Fourth-Hogs and poultry are
fond of them, and may be instru-
mental in reducing their numbers
PrdiI1e Farmer
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26
Beef and Wool.

On the 24th of June, when the
thermometer indicated 100 degrees
heat in Albany, New York, ll,0OO
head of fat cattle arrived IN that city
from the West. The Country Gentle
man says:
The greater part of the offerings
were Illinois-fed steers, and were IL
good condition. The heavy receipts,
which would have caused a panic IN
the market a few years ago, gave no
uneasiness TO dealers, and were all
taken to meet the demands of the
New York and Eastern butchers.
The best sold at q cents per
pound, live weight. Texas cattle
averaged 1000 pounds, and sold ut
from 81 to 81 cents.
On lame grasses, Georgia and
/ Tennessee farmers can easily rival
Illinois aud Kentucky in the produc-
/ ton OF choice beef. The wild grass
/ of Illinois and Texas Is fast disap-
pe4ring, as It is grazed and trodden
/ down by stock. A few wild butfa-
! Ioes NAV subsist on such natural
products, bat European grasses for
| their perfect development. The
sooner Texas stock-rGisers act on
this principle, the earlier their steers
+ VIII cease to sell two cents a pound
lower in market than cattle raised
on tame grasses. Pure water, good
shelter from "northers" and other
storms, and rich blue grass and
orchard grass must precede better
blood in Texas as IN Kentucky and
Ohio.
On the 22d June, twelve thousand
I pounds OF Georgia wool were SOLD
in Boston at sixty-two cents a pound
IL q pound of wool can be grown al
easily as one of cotton IN GeOrgi;
(as Mr.. Howard and others believe
cotton culture should rest awhile
till sheep husbaEdry fertilizes the
soil up to au average of one bale O
cotton to the acre. Then there vii
be good sense IN raising cotton SC
far as it can be done without injury
to the plantation, and at good
price for the staple. Nothing i
easier than to raise grass and woo
in the South, if the people say i
shall be done.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26
Cooley Corn in Florida.

The Department Report says
Cooley corn has succeeded we'll in
Florida Mr. J. d. Wolfe, OF Pensa-
cola. SAYS that lie marketed his pro
duet two weeks IN advance OF all
other corn, and that for early ma u
rity and productiveness it i unrival-
led in that section. On one-sixth OF
an acre, although the season was
unfavorable, he ruised one hundred
aud ten dozen ears of good size,
whicl. netted in marked $24.75, or
ut the race Of $l4S so per acre. Mr..
w. planted his corn at different
timer, with reference to having roast
ing ears until the frosts in Novem-
Der Having planted peas between
the rows, he would have, in addition
to his corn aud pea product, corn
fodder and forage at the rate of two
tons to the acre, the ground being
cleared in time for Il crop of turnips,
ready for the market in January"
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26
THE USURER.

A usurer n princely fortune made,
Though not by fraud or even tricks OF trade
But-as he vowed-because Heaven designed
TO bless
His honest toll and give him great success
Eager to show the gratitude that filled
His swelling breast he now began to build
An aIms-house, doubtless hoping that the
Lord
This pious undertaking would reward.
When all was ready, in exultant mood,
viewing the goodIy pile. the miser stood
Thin king how well the work OF love would
pay,
When a shrewd neighbor CHANGED to pass
that way.
The nliser, who most ardently desired
To hear his stately hospital admired
Now in a tone OF triumph asked his friend
If Il were large enough TO suit the emu
Why not,'' was the reply; It's noDiy
planned,
\ welcome refuge for a glorious band
But il you mean II as a home for all
Whom you've made poor. the building
Far too small -
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26

It Is customary with most wool
growers ut the time OF trimming
lambs, to save a number of the most
promising males with 4 view Of their
possible capabilities as stock-getters.
Afterward, when time has developed
their real qualities, they are used or
rejected GB their merits become APP
parent.
The first and most important
qualification of stock ram is con-
stitution. No matter how perfect
he may be in every other particular,
if he is defective in this one point
he is worthless. His stock viii be
feeble, short-lived. poor breeders,
and always ailiug. Constitution is
to be determined 10y the full, robust
physical development, the deep, full
chest, giving ample room for the
vital organs, a uniform development
Of all the parts, giving a look OF
strength and vIgor. The ram should
not only be all right himself, but lie
should come from healthy, vigorous
families on both sides, else he may
have lurking in his system the germs
Of weakness and disease, to be de-
veloped IN his stock
In size. a stock ram. ike that Of a
bul or stallion, should not be over
large, but Of the most perfectly ripe
and symmetrical form of his kind
lie should exhibit masculiuity oI
appearance IN both form and fleece
quite distinct from female Of the
same breed. A ram with a eve 5
fleece or ewes face, would soon run
a stock Of sheep into the ground
Rural Nete I57IeF.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.


THE artificial production of ice In
New Orleans has reduced the price
to IS per ton.
Within radius of six miles Of
Forage Lake, Michigan, there is
available metallic wealth sufficient to
sustain 100000 people, and pay a
handsome interest on 500, 900, 900
A NEW pavement is being made in
Union Square, New York, chiefly Of
rock imported from Switzerland,
which is first ground to powder,
then heated to three hundred de-
grees, and while in that state spread
upon bed Of cement II is said to
form Slid surface, alike impervi-
Gus to heat and water.
THERE is lake among the Cas-
cade mountains in Oregon, the walls
around which are nearly perpen-
dicular, and 1000 feet high. The
depth of the lake is unknown, its
length is twelve and breadth ten
miles. No man has ever yet reached
the waters edge, and it is not likely
any will.
a MACHINE has lately been devised
in Europe for testing the richness of
milk by means of its transparency.
Two polished plates of glass are so
arranged that their distance apart
can be varied at viii by means Of a
screw. These are placed in front of
a candle, and the milk is poured in
between them. They are then
screwed together until the light Of
the candle becomes visible through
the mass and of course the poorer
and more transparent the milk is,
the sooner this viii be the case.
THE opinion that light was abso-
lutely necessary to the existence of
life, which formerly prevailed among
scientific men, has en- modified by
the view of Agassiz, that the animals
of the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky,
including the blind fish, are abort
ginal inhabitants of their present
abode. Sir Humphrey Davy, who
studied the hab tat of the eyeless
reptiles found In the caves of the
Austrian province of Garniola, came
to the conclusion that these crea-
lures are brought from surfaco lakes
through hssuIes IL the limestone
rocks.
There is a music box at Geneva
that plays thirty-six tunes with
flute, bell, drum and castinet accom-
paniments. The cost OF it COM
plete was seven thousand francs, or
about fourteen hundred dollars, the
purchaser to have tie privilege of
naming twelve airs TO be arranged
on two of the cylinders that were
blank The instruments made in
Geneva range from five francs to
seveIf thousand. The high priced
ones are III elegant rose wood cases,
but the most of them are surpris-
ingly low when we consider the
prices at which the smaller boxes are
so q in the United States.
GEORGE RoBINsoX, NJ. D., of New
York, has invented mode of saw
ing or cutting wood without saw or
ak, by electricity. The galvanic cur
rent, when passed ever platinum
wire in sufficient quantity, heats the
wire to a white heat. This wire
thus heated does the work OF saw or
ax, without any appre ciable muscu-
lar force. BY arranging the wires
with handles or other means by
which it may be guided, any kind OF |
lumber, whether in trees, logs or
planks, may be cut as desired. The
battery need be only of the simplest
zind, as quantity, not intensity, of
,urrens is required. A child by this
means may fell the largest tree in
be forest, divide it into logs or cut
t into boards, without saw or ax. |
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26

Frederick Kemp writes from the
silver mines of Montana, giving the
following hint in reference to cure
for bald -headedness "A friend OF
mine who had the misfortune to be
bald-headed, knowing that there is
a wonderful inyigorating power IN
the suns rays, last spring threw
away his hat, and worked in the
gulch al Spring. Summer and Fall.
barehe ,ded, and also for the first
lew days at midday. For a few
days the rays of the hot sun on his
head were almost uDbearable; after
that time he experienced no uneas
ness Whatever. The result was that
in the Fall he had n good head OF
hair. And in this experiment be
was not alone-several of his ac-
quaintances who were bald-headed
having followed the same plan, they
were all foctuna;e enough to ex-
pcrience ihe same result.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26

No Person can take these BitteA accord-
ing directions, and remain long uuwen. provided
their bones destroyed by mineral poison oihes
means and The vital organs wasted beyond the roiHi
Of repair.
DyapepsIa or Indigestion. Headache. PaIs
In the Shoulders, Coughs Tighness Of the Chest, Dir
tiness, Sour Eruetatons Of the Stomach, lid Taste
Heart Inflammation Of the Lungs Pain IN the regions
the Kidneys. and hundred other painful symptoms.
are the ofspriugs Of Dyspepsia. In these complaints
il has equal, and bottle viii prove letter guar
aniee Of us merits than a lengthy advertisement.
For Female Complaints, IN young CID
married or single n the dawn Of womanhood o. the
ssrn Of life these Tonic Bitters display decided
influence that marked improvement IL sOon peroep-
nbe.
For InfIammatory and Chronic nheu-
mnttsna aud Cout. Bilious, Remitteut and lutcF-
mitent Fevefs, Diseases Of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys
and Bladder. these Bitters have equal. Such Dis
Eases are caused by Vated Blood, which y generally
produced by arrangement of the Digestive Organs
They are ~ Gentle IUrgattve as well =
n TOnsam possessing also the peculiar merit o. aeii1
a. a poWeNi agent in relieving Congestion or lnham.
nation Of the Liver and Vscera Organs and IN Bilious
Diseases.
For skin Diseases, Erupdous letter. Salt
Rhenm HOiches, Spots, Pimpes, Pusulea, Bois, Car
bunc'es Ring-Uorms, Scald-HeAd, Sore Eyes, Ery-
spess Itch scurfs, DscoloTatons Of the Skin Humofa
are literally dug up and earried Of the ysiem In
short time BY the use Of these Biers.
Grateful Thousands proclaim Va goAR Btr.
The most wonderful Invgcg7nf that eva sustained
! wNi.Fisi pra,'r. R.Tt-rC- ooNAI.u tco.
Duirgiata and feu. Agis. San frassco and y vfork-
~ SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS & Oh, ,ERs.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26
The Value of Time

When the Roman Emperor said, Il
have lost day" he uttered a sadder
truth than If he had exclaimed, ''I
have lost kingdom - Napoleon said
that the reason why he beat the
Austrians was that they did not
know the value of five minutes. At
the celebrated battle of Rivoh, the
conflict seemed on the point of being
decided against him. He saw the
critical state OF affairs, and instantly
took his resolution. He dispatched
a flag to the Austrian headquarters
with proposals for an aTmistiCe. The
unwary Austrians fell into snare :;
for few minutes the tkunders of
battle were bushed. Napoleon seized
the Precious moments, and, While
amusing the enemy with mock ne
gotiations, rearranged his line of
battle, changed his front, and in
few minutes was ready to renounce
the farce of a discussion for the
stern arbitrament of arms. The
splendid victory of Rivoli was the
result. The great moral victories
and defeats of the world often
turned on FIVE minutes. Men loiter,
time flies, and all the great interests
of lie are speeding on with the sure
and silent tread of destiny.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26
The Cost ana Profit OF Tobacco.


Says the Food Journal "fhe duly
on the imported tobacco leaf, IN
1870, yielded to the Br tish Govern
ment sc, $4,000; Cos manufacturers
were engaged in manufacturing it
for market, and 100000 retailers are
wholly or partially supported by the
sale of the commodity in its various
forms. We are accustomed to speak
Of the cost of tobacco by the time it
ge into the hands of its consumers,
with appendages for its employment,
including all sorts of pipes, snuff
boxes, and the general parapher-
nala, rs equal to the amount OF
duty, which together would be some
thing more than GI3,000, coo; but
DR.. SEurray's figures lead to some
calculations which are calculated to
excite CONSERVATION. If, for exam
ple. each of the 268, 000 retailers of
tobacco were annually supplied with
only G20 worth, exclusive of duty,
the manufacturers would have to
prepare for the markets 45. 100000
worth and if the average profits of
the retailers were G20 per annum,
that would be another G5,370.
Neither foreign cigars, nor append
ages for the employment of tobacco,
are included in these statistics; nor
is it possible to conjecture, within
some hundreds OF thousands of
pounds, what the expense of these
would be, but another million pounds
may ne safely added therefore, the
{, renamed items would stand thus
One years supply of tobacco, e5,-
100000 one years profit to re-
tallers, g5, 5,360,00O foreign cigars,
piE es. etc, 100000 one years
duty, So, ,54S, ,0O0-total, 916, ,268,000.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26

Not bad is this remark of a pastor:
''Two-t thirds of the members Of my
church are honorary members. Tbey
don't come to prayer meetings; taey
don't attend the Sabbath school; they
don't add to the life Of the church;
they are passengers on the gospel
ship; they bear no burdens; add no
strength; their names are on our
books; they are honorary members.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26
Remedy for POISON hr ivy.

The best ieme5y for IVY poisoning
is said to be sweet spirits of nitIe.
Bathe the parts affected freeley with
this fluid three or four times a day.
and the next morning scarcely any
trace OF poison will be lound. If
the blisters be broken, SO as o allow
the nitre to penetrate the cut Gle, n
single application will be sufficient
The spirits o. EitRe may ce prepared
by dissolviag one part of nitrous
ether in parts ether of common al
cohol.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26
CAUSES Of Dew.

II the dew fell, it would fall for
the same reason that rain falls; but
dew does not fall, it is simply de-
posit of moisture, always contained
in the air to a greater or lesser de-
gree, and which, when there is
enough OF il, viii always form on
any cold body exposed to the moist
air, in precisely the same way that n
cold bottle or stone, taken from
cold cellar, and suddenly exposed in
the shade to the moist, warm, sum
mer air, viii become wet; this is not
sweating, nor is this moisture out
of the bottle or stone; rs many peO-
pie believe but from the air. 1t is
for the same reason that moisture
will condense against the window
panes, when the air is cold outside
and moist inside, the moisture slow
ly freezing while its deposits form
crystals of ice, which we so often ad
mire in winter. When the weather
IS cool enough, the moisture de-
posted Will even freeze on plants
and grass, and then We call it hoar
frost; If it does not freeze, it is
simply dew. The only point left to
be explained is, why does the ground
become so cool during the night;
50 much cooler than the air above it
as to cause the latter to deposit its
moisture This was for many
a vexed problem, till Wells first sug-
gested the radiation of obscure heat,
which takes place from the surface
of the earth through the clear atmos-
phere into the space above, and so
causes the surface to become much
cooler than the air itself He de-
mOnstrated this by means of the
thermometers placed at different
heights, and also by the fact that
dew IS only deposited on cloudless
nights When there are clouds, they
reflect the heat, or prevent it from
escaping The surface of the earth
thus being kept from coolipg,no
dew is deposited.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26
Wearing Green Kid Gloves.

An English medical journal gives
Il warning against wearing green
kid gloves, because physicians have
found that the hands of those wear
ing gloves Of this color soon became
covered with an eruption difficult to
cure, as the poison seems to enter
the system. These gloves were dyed
with arsenic, though not all kids are
so dyed yet it is regarded safer to
wear some other color.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26
Reeibe to Prevent Felons Heading.

Take black pepper in the kernel
and pulverize we'll; then soak the
pepper with spirits of turpentine,
and apply to the felon as poultice.
If this remedy is used when the
frlon first makes its appe rance, it
is a certain cure in few apph-
cations. 1 have known felons that
were almost headed cured by keep
ing this poultice on them, wei bath
ed with tutpentinc. l would like to
have you publish this recipe, for |
am sure it would relieve some suffer-
ing person,
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26
I'D nm EvInENcF-

HIHH COUNTY, "a, Aug. I9, ls7l.
Nsssrs. Dd'igHeld & Hi0Dee, Memphis, Tfan
DEAR 1fts: While attending the Commercial
convention held Ia your city Ia May last. pro-
% %cll,sd nom your house TWO bottles Of your Rneu-
been suffering for years with acute rheumntisIn.
am happy 10 state that they effected q perfect
clfe, the pains being ut all times almost Instantly
ahaf ed by tine Magic Ariiic Eminent used al the
same tine externally Having previously tried
many physicians without success, we can bui
pres TO you our thanks for the blessing gisen us
b4 the compound. Very truly yulr-.
DANIEL WILSON.
The Hickman courier., 1872-10-26

BLESSED are they who seek relief
from Liver Complaint" Bilious
ness" Bad Blood, Pimples, Blotches,
Eruptions, Rough Skin, Ralt Rheum,
Erysipelas and Scrofulous diseases, by
the use of DIR. Pierce's Alt. Ext or Col
den Medical Discovery, Tor they shall
be happy in knowing that the cure is
complete. Sold by all druggists. 594.