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Farming the Water.

Mr.. George Jerome. one Of the Fish
Commissioners of Michigan, cOmmuni-
Gates to the National Granger the following
data in relation to the value of fish-breeding
as one of the industries connected with ag-
riculture:
When the sea, the lake, and those I'M
numbered rivers and streams that bear
their never-ceasing flood seward, shall
make such returns as they are capable of
making, the immense increase in cheap,
abundantfoOd will tend greatly to harmon
ize the relations Ofcapital and labor. 1t is
estimated that the yearly catch, cOnsump-
ton and value of fish in these countries
alone is equal TO Sl20,000'000. Now sup
pose we put the fish at three cents per
pound, and it will give us 4,0O0,000,0 900
pounds of food. Suppose that we estimate
the weight of neat cattle at 200 pounds
each, and pound of fish to be equal to a
pound of meat, and we have here as much
food, as the uncostly yield of the sea, as dis
equal to 5,750,000 of cattle.
Now to this add the yield of the whole
sea, the lake, the river, the lakelet and the
rivulet, and we have an amount of good
brain, bone and muscle food almost beyond
the range of calculation. If we except
China, Japan and small part of Europe,
not a 1.-THE of our great water farm has yet
been subjected to cultivation. Let it be
cleared up, plowed, MANFRED, so to speak,
scientifically TILED. and the choicer varie-
ties of stock introduced, and we will prove
given acreage of water to be equal in pro-
duction and value to the same acreage of
land. In the good time coming. we may
possibly hold our fairs, build our stalls,
make our exhibits, wear our badges, ap-
point our " tasting and smelling" commit
tees, and feel big generally, according to
the fashion of tho land
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A School Boy FlOgs the Master-And
Served Him Right.

W. j. Weber has been teaching the
young idea how to shoot" at the vii
lage of Palos, some thirty miles south of
Chicago.
One day last week some of the mischiev-
ously inclined pupils captured about half
a dozen squirrels, and carried them into the
schOOl-roOm. and waiting until the eyes of
the teacher were not upon them, turned
one Ofdhe risky little animals loose. Ii i'm
mediately perched upon the nearest vacant
desks and with its antics created great mer-
riment among the children.
Mr.. Weber left his chair, and while he
was attempting to capture the intruder an
other was turned loose, and another, until
one after another the whole six were run
ming wildly around the room. The mas
ter striving vainly to dispose of the innO-
cent cause of the confusion, only added
more to the excitement, until the whole
school was in uproar and confusion, the
girls joining with the boys in their pre-
tended attempts to capture the squirrels.
At last order was restored and silence
reigned supreme, except an occasional tit
ter from some far-Otf seat in the corner.
Weebernow proposed TO have settlement
with the culprit or culprits, but as he had
not seen the parties at the time the squir-
rels were liberated, he did not know where
TO commence. He called on the offender,
whoever he was, to walk up. No one
walked up. He then asked some of the
smaller scholars to name the guilty one.
There were no informers present. Finally,
his patience becoming exhausted. he called
in loud tones, Who did it?' Echo an
swered, Who"
He next resorted TO the schoolbov's ter
ror-the ferule-and said he would fog the
whole school, and as the innocent would
not inform. they should suffer with the
guilty. Thereupon he began the ardueus
task of inflicting corporal punishment upon
no less than forty boys.
After having gone about half way
through the school he met with setback
in one of the boys, Michael Cavenaugh.
who was bleSt with strong arm, sinew,
nerve, and courage. When Caven-
augh's name was called he stepped boldly
up, and with a resolute demeanOr, and
with an eve that looked dangerous, in
formed the master that he had no hand in
causing the merriment, and, therefore. he
would not suffer himself to be disgraced
by quietly submitting to a thrashing.
This was more than the irate Weber
could stand, so he walked into Cavenaugh
with a vengeance, which the children
stated was terrible to behold, and here it
was that the boy found his strong arm of
value, as he knocked the master down, and
punished him severely for the assault.
Weber feeling that his dignity was out
ragged. boarded the first train for Chicago,
and, arriving here, swore out a warrant
for the arrest of Cavenaugh for assault
and battery. Justice Hillsdale heard the
evidence against the lad and discharged
him. stating that the boy had only acted
in self defense.-ChlcGqo Tribune.
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How a Teacher Stopped Train.

One day recently, says the Albany Ar
gus, there was an occurrence on the Har-
lem Extension Railroad that is worth re-
counting. About nine in the morning of
that day a serious cOllision-a collision be-
tween a girl and a train of cars-was avoid
ed in a very. singular and daring wav. The
girl is schOOl-teacher, and she was on her
way to school. The train was from Chat
ham. on its way to Rutland. Both met on
the trestle-wOrk, near Brainard's station.
The girl stood still, while the alarmed en-
gineer whistlcd down brakes. and managed
to stop the train only when his engine was
within ten feet of the obstruction. The
trestle-wOrk is thirty feet high, and bears
only one course of ties and only one ira k.
- What do you mean-dO you want to be
killed." inquired the engineer. No."
said the girl, :" | am going to school"
well, go back until the train crosses the
trestle," said the engineer. 81 can't"
said the girl, Pm late" Step aside,
them" and she stepped aside. outside the
track, and on the edge of the ties. But the
space was too narrow; the engines wheels
could not clear her expanded skirts. Her
next plan was to sit down, with her legs
dangling beneath the ties, but thus the
hoops spread all the wider. Provoking
delay for the engineer-humiliating fail
ure and posture for the schOOl-marm.
" Hold on" said she, IN fix it" and
then, gathering up her limbs and her
skirts, she stretched herself at full length
upon the outer edge of the ties, seized I'M
derneath with enc hand the string-piece to
which the rail is spiked, and cOOlly babe
the train to pass on! In a minute the
train passed over the PROSTATE form with
out jar or jolt, and the next instant the
girl was on her feet, fastening toward her
expectant pupils, before whom she was
to be ION time" though she
disarranged a dozen railway timetables.
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A Tree that Keeps a Standing Army.

Among the varied means of defense de-
veloped by plants in their ceaseless strug-
gle for existence, there is perhaps none
more wonderful or effective than that of a
species of acacia which abounds on the dry
savannahs of Central America. 1t is called
the bulls horn thorn, from the strong
curved thorns like bulls horns, set in pairs
all over the trank and branches. These no
doubt help to protect the tree from the at
tacks of browsing animals; but it has
more dangerous enemies in the leaf-cutting
ants and other insects. Against these the
tree maintains a numerous standing army,
for which it provides snug houses stored
with food, nectar to drink, and abundance
of luscious fruit for dessert.
When first developed, the thorns are soft
and filled with a sweetish pulp, much rel
ished by species of small springing ants,
never found except on these trees. Max
ing a hole near the point of one of each
pair of thOrns, these ants eat out the in
terror, then burrow through the thin par
titiOn at the base into the other thorn, and
treat il in the same manner. The hollow
shells thus formed make admirable dwell
ings, none of which are left untenanted,
as any one may discover by disturbing the
plant, when the little warriors swarm out
in force and attack the aggressOr with jaws
and stings.
The leaves of the plant are two-winged,
and at the base of each pair of leaflets, on
the mid rib, is gland which, when the
leaf is young, secretes honey-like liquid,
of which the ants are very fond. This in
sures their constant presence on the young
leaves, and their most jealous service i'll
driving off other insects.
A still more wonderful provision of
solid food is made for a similar purpose.
At the end of each of the small divisions
of the compound leaflet, there grows a
small fruit-like body, which, under the
microscope. looks like golden pear.
When the leaf first unfolds, the little pears
are not quite ripe, and the ants are cOntin-
ually employed going from one TO another
to see how they come on. AS these fruit
like bodies-which appear to have no 9th
er use than as ant food-do not all ripen
at once. the ants are kept about the young
leaves for n considerable time. When an
ant finds one sufficiently advanced, it bites
the point of attachment, then, bending
down the prize, breaks it off and bears ii
away in triumph to the nest.
These ants, species of pSeUdOmy7naa,
are found, as already noticed, only on
these trees; and that the trees really keef:
them as body guard seems evident from
the fact that, when planted in localities
where their little protectors do not exist,
they are speedily defoliated by leaf cutters,
which let them severely alone on the sa-
vannahs, while their honey glands and
golden pears offer no attractions to the
ants of the forest.
Apparently both acacias and pseudomyT-
mas have been mutually modified in the
course of time, until they are now quite
dependent on each other for support and
Observation-Disclosures american.
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Mechanical MaryelS.

Mr.. William Webb, of London, has pro-
duced curiosity in microscopic writing
He has accomplished the feat by means of
machinery on glass with the aid of a
diamond. The writing consists of the
Lords Prayer, which is written upon glass
within space equal TO one two-hundred
and ninety-fourth part of an inch in length,
by one four-hundred and fortieth part of
an inch in width, space corresponding to
the dot over the printed letter i. The dot
of writing has been enlarged by means of
the photograph so as TO occupy space of
about two inches long by one and half
inches broad. The photograph brings the
words out legibly, the number of letters
being 227. Such is the fineness of the
original writing that %, 43l, 45S letters writ
ten in the same way would only cover one
square inch of glass surface. The whole
Bible, including the Old and New Tesla
ments. contains 3. 500. $50 letters; therefore
Mr.. Webb could write the entire contents
of more than eight Bibles within the space
of one square inch. Two specimen plates
of this microscopic writing have been pro-
duced for the Museum at Washington. D.
c., at a cost of fifty dollars each. But this
does not equal in the tinenesS of
writing or the perfection il has attained a
similar machine. the invention of Mr..
Peters. wealthy banker of London. This
produced writing as long since as
1855 nearly three times as fine as that of
Mr. Webb. Ii was competent to engrave
the entire contents of the Bible. twenty
two times over, within the space of sin
gle square inch.
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HOME INTERESTS.

If women would spend less time in
making ruffies and tucks and more in
making flower-beds, they would look hand
sOmer.
CEMENT FOR BROKEN CHINA.-DissOlve
gum-arabic in water, making thick sOlu-
ton; stir in plaster of paris till the mix
ture becomes thick paste. Apply with a
brush to the broken edges and lay away
for two or three days.
COFFEE CAKE.-Take cups flour, cup
lard or butter, cup milk, l cup sugar, |
cup mOlasses. | teaspOonful saleratus, l
teaspoonful cinnamon and cup raisins.
1t is good without the raisins or sugar.
GOLDFISH BALLs.-2 cups of mashed pO-
tatoes, l cup of Goldfish chopped fine, the
whites of eggs beaten very light; then,
after mixing well, drop a tablespoonful at
a time in boiling lard and fry quickly. Let
the fish boil slowly from 20 to 80 minutes,
before being chopped.
To MAKE BLACK INK.-Beat fine ounces
of gall nuts and put them in quart OF
warm soft water. Let them soak eight or
nine days in the sun or by thetire, shaking
often. Then add ounces of cOpperaS, l
ounce of gum-arabic dissolved in warm
water and ounce Of pulyerized alum.
III INO vi lllACC lllC lin WIZ " IL AOA
use.
To MEND AND CLEAN KID GLOVES
Turn them on the wrong side and sew
them over and over i'm the ordinary way.
They will last longer and look better, if
mended on the wrong side. Turn them
back again, and 90 over them with clean
towel dipped in skim milk, wearing them
during the process and until they are quite
dry.
SOMETIMES the sad-iron will stick in Il
manner perfectly unaccountable if it is
rubbed on a board on which fine salt has
been sprinkled and then passe" over a
brown paper with wax in its folds, the
sticking prOpensities will be checked. a
bowl of clear water and clean old linen
cloth are useful to remove any specks the
linen may acquire before or while being
ironed.
To Bon EGGs.-When you select eggs
for boiling, test their freshness by put
ting them in pan of cold water. Those
that sink are the best. Always let the
water boil before putting your eggs in.
Three minutes will boil them soft four
minutes the whites will be completely
done. and i'm six minutes they will be sut-
ticiently hard for garnishing salads and
dishes requiring them.
MUCnAGE.-Take the gum that exudes
from the peach tree, put in vial and add
equal parts of water and alcohol, till Of the
right consistence. This is cheap and good
and easily obtained by any one having
peach trees. Another way is to place in a
wide-mouthed bottle some Ofthe best glue 4;
add one-eighth gum tragacanth, enough
cold water for the proper cOnsistence.
The warmer the weather the less water.
This mucilage will not dry up nor mold,
and will fasten paper, wood or earthen-
ware.-COr. Western Rural.
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Preparing for Burglars.

To have good wife is in itself cause
enough to make man proud, and when
that wife adds to her good qualities the
capability of taking care of herself, then,
indeed, should the fortunate husband feel
dOubly happy. An Eastern man has such
a wife, and Juno's pet bird cannot feel
more proud than that man does. Having
occasion to take trip into the country,
while making his adieus, he told his wife
that in case 10 o'clock and himself should
fail to arrive together. not to expect to see
him until the next day. The day and even
ing passed away, and 10 o'clock came,
but no husband. After waiting a while to
give the husband ''lee way" as all good
wives should, she made preparations to
retire. Before doing so she made few
trivial arrangements in the way of pre-
cautions against burglars. She placed
pistol within reach of her bed and put
large butcher-knifp-a sort of hybrid
broad-sword-uuder her pillow. Scarcely
had she turned off the gas when sounds OF
some one fumbling at the street door
reached her ear. She listened and heard
the door open, and heavy footsteps sound
ed on the stairs. Now was the time for
action. ROusing her daughter and plac-
ing the knife in he- hand, she showed said
daughter into a corner. and, possessing
herself of pistol, took her position in the
opposite corner. Nearer and nearer came
the steps, and finally the bedroom door
swung open, a rasping sound was heard,
and the tiny flame of a match illumined
the scene, disclosing to the view of the
startled woman her liege lord, who had
returned by a late train. An examination
of the weapons of defense disclosed the
fact that the knife was duller than charity
sermon, and the pistol was devoid of a
load.
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Education of Farmers Wives.

Farmers wives should study economy
economy Of money, economy Of time and
economy of mind. Most all of us think
we know how TO save, but we do not. 1t
is not economy for farmers wives and
daughters TO stand out in the snow on
butchering day, and clean and wash hogs
entrails. Just TO save what little fat there is
on them for soap-grease. | have known
farmers wives and daughters 10 do this
when the whole amount saved would not
be worth twenty-five cents, and their hus-
bands and f.therS at that time were worth
$4,000.
| know farmers wives who are so anX-
ious to make money that they never allow
their children 10 have any cream or good,
rich milk 10 eat with their mush. They
give their little ones blue milk and sour
yeast, seven days old (they say it takes so
much fresh bread for a meal they only
bake once a week.. and the consequence Is,
the children are made sick. the doctor is
sent for and his bill has TO be paid. which
is often as much As all the butter will come
to that the mother will sell in six months.
Now all such methods as these are the very
reverse of economy. When farmers wives
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-14

are as intelligent as they should be, they
will consider the preservation of their own
health and the health of their families as
the greatest economy that can be practiced
on the farm. We must quit this stuffing
business; we must learn that neither good
taste nor good sense requires US TO prepare
fourteen different dishes every time a neigh
Dor comes TO visit us. If we would do less
of this fixing and fussing, preparing food
that no one dare eat if he hope tn have
long life-and put Cur time in in reading
and thinking-yes it is absolutely necessa-
~ that we have time to think. We must
give our friends and our families plain,
well-cOOked food, and then devote some
time each day to our own improvement
Prairie Farmer
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THE most stupendous enterprise on the
Continent for the relief of human woe, is the
National Surgical Institute of indianapolis,
Indiana. 1t has capital stock of S5O0.0O0.OO,
with over Fifty Surgeons, Assistants and In
strument makers, who are constantly en-
ployed in giving relief to thousands of suffer-
ers annually. They treat as specialties,
Crooked Feet, Legs, Spines and all other HUI
man deformities; also, Paralysis, Chronic
Diseases, Piles, Fistula, and Catarrh. Send
for circular.
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VINEGAR B1rrERs.-The great merit o

VINEGAR BITTERs.-The great merit of
VINEGAR BITTERs has made them the lead
ing medicine of the day, and respectable
druggists everywhere write: "They are
the best and most popular preparation IN the
market" They have stood the test of pub
lie opinion and won confidence. They sell
rapidly because they cure. If you are
sick you want reliable medicine VINEGAR
BITTERs commend themselves to the ailing
and afflicted, as they are deficient in one
thing alone, viz: the stjnluLdnt that undu-
ly excites the brain, and creates a morbid
thirst for spirits! There is no phase of
Indigestion, Biliousness, Nervous Disease,
or Physical Debility, in which they will
not effect cure. Invalids who are vast
ing away from want of proper action in
the liver, stomach and bowels, will find
them a constitutional specific, and a foun-
tain of vitality and vigOr as refreshing and
exhilarating as a cool, gushing spring of
wafer to the parcbed and tainting traveller
in the desert.
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Fruit Culture.

1t is very strange that people will con-
tinue to grow trees year after year without
any fruit, and yet praise their system as
the best possible one against anything else
that can be done. We have cOntended for
wears that fruit culture will never be sue
cessful until some very different system
than that usuallypractised shall be adopted.
The ground must be so dry to grow good
fruit that water will not lie twenty-tOur
hours in summer lin winter it is of no
consequence without passing away; the
fibrOuS roots must be kept as near the sur
face as possible, and kept shaded from the
intense heat of summer. Then they must
be kept highly fed by occasional dressings
of surface manure. These are the princi-
piles without which, depend on it, Ameri-
can fruit culture will, with occasional eX-
captions. always be failure.
IfpOssibie, choose adry piece of ground.
If not naturally dry, it is best to throw the
earth up into banks or ridges and plant on
them. This is cheaper and better than I'M
der-draining. In planting, if the roots ap-
pear deep, cut away some Of the deeper
ones and shorten some of the top of the
tree at the same time. This is particularly
true of dwarf-pears, which are often grated
on rather long ounce stocks. Cut all
away of the ounce root but about SIX
inches. and if this should be found to leave
few roots. cut away the top corresponding
". Most of the failures with dwart-pearS
comes from bad ounce roots. SO deep in
the ground, the lower parts decay, and
this decay gradually communicates up
ward until the whole system becomes dis
eased. The more tenacious the sub-sOil,
the more necessary is it to attend to this
matter We spoke of pruning in proper
ton to injury. 1t will be found that all
trees are little injured by removal, there
fore all trees should be little pruaed at
tranSplating.
Trees that have long stems exposed to
hot suns, or drying wind, become what
gardeners call "hide bound" That is, the
old bark becomes ndurated-cannOt eX-
pand, and the tree suffers much in conse-
quence. Such an evil is usually indicated
by grey lichcns which feed on the decaying
bark. In these cases a washing Of weak
I've or of lime water is very useful; in
deed. where the bark is healthy. it is bene-
fetal thus to wash the trees, as many eggs
of insects are thereby destroyed.
Whitewash is frequently resOrted to by
farmers; but the great objection is its I'M
slightly appearance-the result is otherwise
good. The great opposition to washes
formerly was, that the pores of the bark
were closed by them-this was on the sup
position that the bark was alive, but the
external bark of most trees has been dead
years before the time of application; and
:" the breathing" if so the operations of
the pores can be called. is through the
crevices formed in the old bark by the eX-
pansiOn of the growing tree, by which the
living bark below has chance of contact
with the air. No matter what kind of coat
ing is applied to the bark of a tree, it will
soon crack sufficiently, by the expansion
of the trunk. to permit all the ''breathing"
nee essary. Gardeners Monthly.
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DON'T TANIPER WITH COUGH.-Perhaps
in the whole category of diseases to which hu
mainly is susceptible, the cough is most neg
lected in in its early stage. A simple cough is
generally regarded as temporary affection
unpleasant and nothing more; but to those
who have paid dearly for experience, it is the
signal for attack for the most fearful of all
Consumption. A cough will lead to
consumption-if not checked-so sure as the
rivulet leads to the river, yet is is an easy enc
my to thwart, if met by the proper remedy.
Aliens Lung BGJSdn1 is the great cough rem
edy of the age, and has earned its reputation
by merit alone. Sold by all good druggists.
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DR.. WILHoFT's ANTI-PERIoDIC OR FEVER
AND AGUE ToNIC!-Wilhoft's Tonic has es-
tablshed itself as the real infallible Chill cure.
1t is universally admitted to be the only reli-
able and harmless Chill medicine now in use.
Its efficacy is confirmed by thousands of GER
tifcates of the very best people from all parts
of the country. 1t cures malarious diseases
of every type, from the shaking agues of the
lakes and valleys to the raging fevers of the
torid zone. Try it! II has never been known
to fail. WHEELOCK, FINLAY & Co., Propri-
etors, New Orleans.
For sale by all Druggists.
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ATTEND to the first symptoms of Consump-
ton, and that disease may be checked in its
incipiency. Use Immediately DR.. Wishart'S
Pine Tree Tar Cordial, a safe remedy in all
diseases of the lungs.