The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-31
PARAGRAPHS OF All SORTS.


place during the months of September
and October, besides State Fair al
:, indianapolis. Mississippi can't even
y afford State Fair.
= The st. Louis Fair comes off this
p season from October 4th to the 9th, in
+, elusive.
n Mr.. VIM. Heron, of Indiana, recent
It ly lost Is sheep from stroke of light
d ming When killed they We're under
! beech tree. 1t is not common for a
beech to be struck by lightning.
A farm near Dayton, Indiana, this
1 year yielded $3.50 bushels of wheat
| from 70 acres, over so bushels to the
e acre. This is a splendid average.
1t will soon be time to make your
compost heaps. During the fall, when
the weather is dry, is the best time.
Make the pile about five feet wide,
and as long as you wish. The Prairie
Farmer gives the following instruc-
tons, which are very good:
Place about foot of manure in the
bottom pack it well and sprinkle the
surface literally with land plaster and
, cover it with six inches of swamp
muck. This muck should be hauled
in the fall, when the drouth has dried
the muck and made it light and pleas
ant to handle, and should be kept I'M
der shelter, ready for use at any time.
If no swamp muck is convenient, you
can use loan from your black ground,
and if you have not this, use common
clay we'll pulverized. Add any waste
material. 1t should have rain, to keep
it moist. Some persons
use quicklime to hasten the decompo-
sition of the manure. This practice is
Objectionable, as it robs the ammonia
of the carbonic acid, and sets it free.
Use sulphate of lime or land plaster, as
it fixes the ammonia.
The annual cost of each soldier in
the English army isS7OO apiece, while
in France it only costs $255 to sustain
each solder. When we consider that
these two countries have tremendous
standing armies, what drain it must
be on the treasury, besides the thou
sands of laborers kept from the fields.
The pruning hook is better than the
sword.
We return thanks for catalogues of
the University of Michigan. The
catalogues embrace Medical, Law and
Dental departments, besides school
of Pharmacy; and the large catalogue
of the Literary department, which
contains IS pages. The total number
of students for 1S79-S0 is l ,427-a small
army. They are soon to build mag
nificent museum of Neo-Gothic style,
100 feet long and four stories high.
Peaches are now quoted in Chicago
at % cents box, and tomatoes at Is
cents box. The quantity of an az
ticle governs the price.
Have had splendid rains around
Crystal Springs during the last few
days, which have been very BENEFICIAL
to all crops. After the rain the weather
turned exceedingly cool and pleasant,
the thermometer going down to GA de-
grees. Crops are fine, and the farmers
have smiling faces.
Peaches are being shipped from
Crystal Springs to New Orleans, from
50 to 100 boxes day, but of most in
ferior quality. Tomatoes are also ship
ed to the same place, and bring good
prices.
Mr. LeDuc, the United States Com {
missioner of Agriculture, has been
down in South Carolina prospecting,
with the view of introducing tea cul- !
ture.
In the Southern States the price of
labor ranges from Sl2.26 to 1872 per
month. The average cost of subsist- y
irg laborer in 1880 is SLY a month, :
and $7.14in 1876. I
There is great complaintin the West =
of harvesting the wheat in a too damp +
owing to the heavy rains. Il
Mr.. Thos. J. Spear, of New Orleans, G
has exhibited fine specimens of fibre b
from the banana plant. He estimates =
hat an acre will yield 1O,33O pounds i
Of fibre, worth $3.50; this, added to the
'ruit, will make the cultivation of this
splendid plant very profitable.
On the Dist inst, $4,000 bales of
uture cotton changed hands in New h
orleans. This is large business at y
his season of the year, and is ruin Il
'us to farmers and spectators. is
Ice has advanced to $40 a ton in New IL
FORK. s
The army worm has at last reached s.
california. We suppose lie is on his W
1ay to China. w
During this season 200 Mississippi W
rocking birds have found their way sc
D Buffalo, New York. Rev. VIM. III
copper, who left here some time ago lii
II Japan, carried six with him, where w
e proposes to introduce them to the =, ~
aIanese. eli
Cheese has declined 43 per cent. in w
he Boston market during the last ten ~
avs. Sc
The census of 1880 will show that W.
Ir national wealth is $4,000, 600, 900, Il
yainst $4,000, OOO,OO for Great Brit n,
n, and s46,OOO,OOO,OOO for France. do
he United Statesis a wealthy, power Pc
] country. iat
The wool clip, corn and cotton crops as as
i'll be unusually large this season. 40,
After many failures, the Fish Com lar
issiOners have succeeded in hatch Uni
g Spanish maekerel, the finest fish In,
the deep blue sea. it,
The forthcoming repsrt Of the Com s ga