Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-12
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/ ~ irsioh "i the earth. Tie yeTy nesegt n,
| ".".h SAt> signs tina; IL was once a vyrg
= Natfed pi3iC. 1Iipoli row slpnnSt 49,, ,na
'"1td Nnd containing only about 4s0s, jub,Sss
~, 81 .hS carry part of the Christian err
hSh ENPEtailoA "i about 6nbl on Tha -
safe. once like southern yirrinj, rir ch
lntokn me 'Eat steamships passing thaT -
have "a WeP Gp an artificial shower of wais,
an their dtNskS 10 save The lives oC fheir ,...s
while SA land 10 out of door work can he 80.
hetNeSe nine a. M. and five D. m ana ~.
change - directly attributable 10 the dr~tt,.r
non OF theT forests, The downward tendcncs
IN AlgcTiS has becs arrested by the cpn
guest oi Ire country ny The FTe0ch Tie
frtnch gave Immediate attention 10 This am
poria point aud the forests received prapsS.
protection, aud are yielding the result oi ten
ptiihg lhe heaE and drNDeSs ~ the climate
aho adding value 10 The country ~ A colouy
spain Portugal AMI Italy have lost their Pope
.'.tl"li diiu Tue power oi Sustaining II, lust in
proportion 10 the destruction of their forrsts
uhttl now their governments are taking me-.
IN Iats Va restore them. The great chemist Lie
zig Il SAID to have oppressed The tap;nion ,h.,
The decay of ancient empires, of t;rs,sre sna
Rome, was due more or leSs 10 the oerlerf ot
smctn peoPie !" take care al their land and a..
GiIil.ef ana climate regulator, the FOREST
lhere II now no European nation tina, 4, M.
giving attention To this branch of cIItiy,tia.
necau>e their lands have been losing their fer
tlhty and their climate its moisture. All
minor, ono" most populuuS and fertile Coup
Try. IL now comparatively a desert, almo,,
!iteie>S, anu has only thin, scattered pupua-
condition until within the last fifty wear, o,
ensiNe plantations have been made To Srry
as Ter against the sands of the desert
been marked GiIlions {" o' trees abr oy IA
planted, with the effect of nearly domb,iu% m.
annual a. ram tau This is demonstration, aad
suffer more by decreasing than a Ieyei one
IKE Egypt. For when the trees are cut on
mere being nothing To hold the soil the richer
and lower portions. the mold washes down Ia
the valleys and streams and i carried on an
tre>hetS 10 the sea. This il ilIu>trared in
large tract of mountainous country in Au>tri.
called NInstenlaEd or karStland north oT
Trieste. This was heavily Wooded untjl "a
was stripped 10y The NenetianS and the Iimb>y
carried away some centuries ago, when the
sterile, showing nothing but a covering Of
rough. loose bouldeTS This continued until
lateif, when the Austrian government com
menccd vigorously Ia reforcSt it, They have
panied there million Of trees annually t,r
some years past. and its condition and aSppcI
nave materially improved. I'm our own c6un
tfH We have hardly lived long enough a. a
people 10 know the full effects of I.Irarjn.
ihe E.hd extensively. The springs and smaller
streams. however, are dricT in summer ami
IN IN many places the soil is washed away
lEtse effects appear in The famous blue grass
regions OF kentucky. There the stock farm
erS are moving toward the Cumberland mana
lalhS because The creeks and spring, dried up
ahd their wells became too low 10 SUNNY sui
hclent water for the cattle of late wears aI>e
very marked diminutiOn of the annual raj.
IAN Is manifested in the upper part of Yer
mont, heretofore one OF the finest agricultural
sections. III shows itself in the drying IN of
Wells and springs and in the diminutiun of the
annual crops 1t IS, To say the least, remark
ably colncident with the great waste dcstruc
ton and consumption OF the forests of the
Adirondacks on the west of the Green noun
taliS on the east and along the line, of the
railroads connecting Lake Ontario and I'm.
liver 81 Lawrence with Lake Champlain Os
The south shores OF Lake Superior There il n
ptrceptlble dimlnutiOn of the annual snow
lall, contempOraneouSlyw with or following the
great destruction of the forest by fires aHi Tar
numbering. furnace and railroad purposes
A Question for Anglers
A few years since our townSman Mr.. Seth
Green Introduced to the notice of sport ~uea a
novelty in this region i'm the way of fishhooLs
namely, needle point" hooks without 4 barb
Inns novelty III angling, however, we believe.
mas not met with laEnr among anglers gene.
rally: and has been ridicued "a a sheer alb
SuTdlty by many. At first we were also in
clined to doubt the merits of hooks without
tails, but an experiment with them on ''edu
Gated waters where trout are shy and do moi
average large convinced us that they are
very killing. The virtue OF the hook consists
IN It's extreme sharpness and in ills pa rticular
bend, which Is quite deep and turned out
ward. somewhat similar Ia the Sneck bend
Ihe nercSt touch sticks the steel into a risiae
hSh; He can scarcely approach his nose Ia II
without getting a scratching. from which il a.
difilcult Tor him To See his way clear of ths.
creel The peculiar bend of the hook keeps the
OF amy pretentiouS TO skill. How the barbless
hook would work in strong large fish we are
not prepared to say. But for small trout tht,
needle point fShhOOk Is a success
III would appear. however. that the piaiu
barbleSs hook is not new, they having long
been In use 10y Japanese piscatOrs by whom
the art OF angling and fish culture both are
well understood. The London Field OF recent
date announces the receipt 10y the editor OF a
large number al Japanese artificial flies which,
are pronounced nearly If not equal i'm poin{ OF
neatnesS TO English tied flies. The small flies
are all tied Oh barbiess hooks on single horse
halr OF a cream color. but the larger flies are
all tied on hooks with a barb. For waters
where the trout do not run large and are well
educated. a needlepOint fishhoOk, such as Mr.
treen processes partiality. to. We can speak
from experience. is decided acquisition ia IA
fShing.-t Rochester Express.
RELIEF FOR NERVOUS ADMINISTRATIONS.
observed that bromide of potassium in 20 or
~ grain doses, and tincture of aconite rost
separately, relieved more eases than auV
remedies had previously exhibited / expert
mented with large doses of the drugs con.
blned For several years have been in the
hablt OF giving in, these eases 90 grains OF the
bromide OF potassium and 10 drops of the tine
ture OF aconite root in wineglaSsful of water
the same to he repeated in an hour or two az
The head lie not relieved but a repetition OF
the dose is very seldom required. In the case
OF ladies and others who wish TO have a remedy
al hand, or who are about to start on a Jour
ney- supply them with the following mix
lure:-
X Bromide of potassium Ssruples ii
Tinctlre of acOnite root, Grains l.
Distilled water.
Simple syrup, IA scrupIeS, ii.
hour until releyed.-[ American Practitioner