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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-10-04
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

"There is no clover seed in the world so
good as that raised on a sandy SOIL" af-
firms Wisconsin farmer.
There is perhaps no place on the farm
where a good dressing of manure will do
greater good than in an old apple orchard
where the trees seem to be RAINING out.
SCOT has considerable value as ferti-
lizer. AS much as so, 900 tons of it are
taken from the chimneys of London in a
year. 1t is estimated to be worth $780,
600, and is used as a fertilizer, half
ton to an acre.
A good system Of rotation enables the
farmer to grow, at little or no expense,
his fertilizers in the soil where they are
needed. 1t also more than doubles the
value of the manure applied if used in
diligently and judiciously.
Rye straw, cut short, is the best ma
terial for packing eggs in barrels. Wheat
and oats are more susceptible of retain
ing moisture, and of course this moisture
has a tendency to mold, and III time to
injure the flavor of the eggs.
1t has been demonstrated that horses
can be fed on ensilage with advantage,
and that where they are not required to
do service, as in winter, an allowance of
thirty pounds of ensilage per day will
keep horses in good condition.
Any method of preparation that will
make one acre Of compact soil capable of
producing three, four or five times as
much as before, and the improvement
continued, is worthy of adoption, even
though first cost be much more than for
the land itself
Over feeding is the common bane of
the pig, according to the american Agri-
cuItstrist, which advises pint of milk and
two ounces of boiled cOrnmeal mixed as
daily ration for the first week, and
gradual increase may be made, substitu-
ting raw COrnmeal.
A well-knOwn New jersey nurseryman
has declared that ''crowding is one cause
of peach yellOws. If your trees are too
thick pull out every other row, and as
rule you will cure the yellows. Trees are
sometimes set as close as eight or ten feet,
but should be eighteen or twenty feet
apart"
On a recent morning every can of milk
coming into New York city was exam
ined by the State dairy inspectors. The
total number of cans inspected was 5728,
and of this number only fifteen of
doubtful character were found. Samples
of these were taken for analysis. They
showed light percentage Of cream, in
dicating that the milk had been skinned.
The result of the inspection shows that
the milk now sent to that city over the
railroads is OF better quality than ever
before.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-10-04

lore other troops we have no means of
knowing. The few Egyptian regiments
who were led to dire defeat by the ex-
Khedive's son in the Turkish and Russian
war were largely composed of these black
slaves, then newly imported by the
jellabs, hastily drilled, ed by Turkish or
Egyptian officers, and exposed to the
one elemental condition of which
they had previously known
nothing g intense cold. They had
been parboiled under the equator
and roasted in the desert, but snow and
frost were too much for them. They
had, moreover, no special grudge against
the Russian-On the contrary, if they
had been long enough in Egypt, thes
cannot but have learned to hate the
Turk.
'Their MoSlem fanaticism if it has
ever existed, had not had time to grow;
and, unlike the jellabs, the soldiers OF
the Gar had never injured them. With
the soldiers of Sir Francis Grenfeil it is
different. Their own recollections Of
early life-what they have heard from
their comrades-what has been told to
them by the unhappy refugees on Nubian
territory of the vengeance wreaked by the
'dervishes' on the unresisting villagers
of the Upper Nile after the fall of Khar-
toum-these and many other considera-
tions, which it is not very easy for the
English traveller to fathom, make the
black soldier an implacable foe to the
white-faced jellab who murdered his
mother and burned his village, and sub
jected himself to every indignity and
bodily torment that the most refined
system of cruelty could invent. "
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-10-04

The phrase ''taking cold" is not found
in standard medical works. Physicians
regard it as inexact, and therefore, I'M
scientific. By general use and common
consent, however, it has become part Of
our language.
People in all walks of life, and in all
climes, take cold. Those who live at a
high altitude in the West Indies, where
the mercury varies but ten degrees in a
year, feel a change of two degrees as
much as we do a variation of ten times
as many.
Anything which impairs the nutrition
of the body, the nervous system, or the
circulation of the blood renders us more
susceptible to the influences which pro-
duce colds.
First, then, one should see that his
diet, exercise, clothing and general hab-
its are such as will keep the bodily health
and strength up to the highest possible
standard.
Given the susceptibility, there are three
ways in which people most often take
cold: by allowing draughts of cold air to
strike the back of the neck, by getting
the feet cold or wet, and by becoming
suddenly chilled when heated either
from exercise or from sitting in a close,
warm room.
Doctor Brown Sequard, of Paris, recog-
nizing these facts, proposes to renderthe
nerves of the neck and feet less sensitive
to sudden changes of temperature, by
blowing cool air on them, and then colder
and still colder air day by day, till they
can stand air Of very low temperature
without discomfort or injury.
But this method has the disadvantage
of requiring extensive apparatus. The
same beneficial results may be obtained
by much simpler process. Pour rock
salt, or, still better, sea salt, into a two
quart fruit jar till it is half full. Fill
the jar with water. Let it stand in your
bedroom for twenty-four hours, shaking
it few times, and you will have a strong
brine in the jar above the salt.
Pour pint Of this brine into bowl,
and battle the throat and neck thorough
ly with it, wiping with a towel. Now
follow by rubbing hard with piece Of
very coarse flannel till the skin CLOVIS.
Serve the feet in the same way. Repeat
this night and morning, and you will
very soon find that you are less liable
than before to take cold.
Add water each time after you have
used from the jar, SO as to have guam
tity of brine in it continually. A person
whose circulation is very inactive should
bath the neck and feet in hot water first,
then follow with the cold brine and the
rubbing.
If one will follow the above directions,
and protect himself properly, especially
his feet, when going out into the open
air, he will rarely or never take cold from
the first two causes we have named
Y0uths C0mpanion.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-10-04
A Squirrel That Throws Well.

The gray squirrel in Phalon's tree on
Cemetery avenue has been at his old tricks
again. He had so much fun the other
afternoon that he could not resist the
experience, and one afternoon he was
practicing sharpshooting once more. The
first intimation any one had that he had
returned to his perch in the hemlock was
when number of girls who were walk
ING under the tree were struck with
several cones. Their shrieks attracted
the attention of several people in that
neighborhood, and the squirrels delighted
chatter quickly informed them as to the
cause OF the hubbub. A crowd Of boys
gathered to chase the little animal away,
and thew had nice time doing it. They
used stones and the squirrel used cones.
One of the boys wears black eye as
proof that the animal can throw accu-
ratelv, while there is no record that the
squirrel was struck by any of the numer-
Gus small quarrics that went sailing
through the branches. After about an
hours sport the frisky little fellow con-
Guided that he had had enough, and
skipped from tree to tree to his home In
the cemetery.-Bi rminghGsa (Ala.)
transcript.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-10-04
Cricket i'm England.

The American rage for basebn,
is after all weak compared to
the British rage for cricket.
At the last match between the two great.
est of the county elevens, Surrey and
Nottingham, which took three days to
play, nearly 60, 600 people went to see il
and Surveys victory. The batting OF
Lockwood and Able, who together made
159 in Surveys second inning, was SO
important toward winning the match thai
the collection taken up for their beneth
amounted TO over $500.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-10-04
FIVE PERSONS KILLED,
A Freight Train Crashes Into Pass
ing Coach

Afrightful disaster to a suburban passenger
train has occurred in the southern outskirts
Of Chicago, III. The Chicago Rock Island
and Pacific train was crashed into by a
freight train n the Lake Shore and Pan
Handle crossing near Eighty street,
Enslewood- Five persons were killei and
four seriously injured The passenger train
was at a stand-Still, one coach projecting over
the crossing. Into this coach containing
abont sixty persons, plunged the freight train
travelling rapidly at right angles TO the Rock
Island train. The wreck Of the passenger
coach was instant and complete The acct
dent WAS clearly due - the careleSsna<s ~ tha
engineer
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-10-04

WATER RIGHTS.

Legal Adviser says in the New
York 1riJuHe: 1t is a general principle
that every owner of land upon a natural
stream of water has a right to use the wa
ter for any reasonable purpose not incon-
sistent with similar right in the owners
of the land above, below and opposite TO
him. He may take the water To supply
his dwelling, TO irrigate his land or to
quench the thirst of his cattle; TO use it
for manufacturing purposes, such rs the
supplying Of steam boilers or the running
of water wheels or other hydraulic works,
SO long as such use does not affect its vol
ume. But this IS mere privilege run
ming with the land, not a property in the
water itself. Where the stream is small,
and does not supply water more than suf-
ticlent to answer the wants Of the differ
ent proprietors living on the stream, none
of the prOprietOrs can use the water for
either irrigation or manufacturing, but
for domestic purposes and watering
stock one proprietor will be justified in
consuming all the water. Twenty years
use adverse to the right Of another will
give the person using the the stream the
right to continue to use, regardless of
the others rights.
And as to the division of water, every
one who owns land situated upon a
stream has the following rights: To the
natural flow of the stream. That it shall
continue to run in it's accustomed chan
nels. That it shall flow upon his land in
its usual quantity, natural place and usual
height. That it shall flow off his land
upon the land of his neighbor below in
accustomed place and at its usual level.
These rights he has as an incident to his
property on the land, and he cannot be
deprived of it by grant or description
If any one shall make any change in the
natural flow of stream, to the material
injury of any owner situated upon it, or
by any interference shall prevent the
stream from flowing as it was wont to
flow, he is responsible for the damage he
may occasion. These rights are subject
to the privilege of each one to make a
reasonable use of the water upon his own
land while it is passing along the same.
1t matters not what the source of the wa
ter may be, whether it be backward or
the f1Owage of the same, or the water of
another stream. Still, the diversion Of a
stream may be made by any one if it be
returned to its natural channel before it
leaves his premises.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-10-04

CONDITIONS FOR LONG KEEPING OF FRUIT.
In what condition can fruit be placed
to best preserve its good qualities and
retard its decay? There seem to be two
distinct active processes in the growth
and development of fruit. The first is
the growth-the collecting and building
up of compound of comparatively solid
structure which is unpalatable and in
digestible as al article of food. The
second is the ripening process; kind Of
organic ferment; a breaking down, soft
enlng, dissolving, rendering palatable,
easily d1gested and valuable as food. In
this change the volatile oils are gener-
ated, giving flavor and character to fruit.
The time required in building up fruit
preparatory to ripening has not been
delegated to man to control to any great
extent, whether a variety is to ripen in
May, July or September. Yet if man
cannot control the time of completed
growth, he can, during this period, by
good care and cultivation increase greatly
its size and value.
In the second stage of development
ripening can be fastened or retarded, and
when fully ripe, decay can be delayed.
In the second stage fruit should not be
changes of temperature or moisture.
Flavor is lost by evaporation. If the pur
pose is to hasten ripening, the fruit should
be inclosed in a tight box or barrel, or
wrapped in flannel, to prevent evapora-
ton, and left in a warm room of uniform
temperature.
The greatest advantage to the fruit
grower will result from checking too early
maturity, and from preventing early de-
cay after harvesting. His success de-
mands a place for storage with surround
ings favorable for preservation. One con-
dition is conceded by all--that the tenn
perature must be lower than that required
for growth. That thirty-two degrees is
too low, seems to be the conclusion
of those best qualified to judge.
Fruit kept long at that tenn
perature, although apparently I'M
changed, when removed soon sinks to
decay, not apparently from over-ripeness,
but from the permanent suspension of all
active forces. The process of decay, not
that Of ripening, takes possession. Cali
fornia shippers of oranges have come to
the conclusion that refrigerator cars 90
not pay; in fact that they have occa-
stoned great loss. 1t seems that the con-
ditions most favorable for the preserva-
ton of fruit without loss in quality would
be secured by store-room having the
temperature so low as to check mot
wholly Destroy the forces at work in
fruit, whether those forces be chemical
or organic-so low that spores would
not be active; the air so damp that
moisture would not escape, while the
temperature and moisture should remain
uniform. Apples, as we'll as potatoes,
buried in the ground and so covered as
to be protected from heat and frost, come
out in the spring as fresh and bright as
when buried in the fall.
Grapes picked and wilted, then buried
in stone jars three to four feet below the
surface, will come out with stems green
and fruit plump and bright. In these two
cases the temperature remains more uni
form than could result with atmospheric
exposure. Cellars having springs in
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-10
CAD SPRING WATERS.
Dr.. Young Considers Typhoid Fever
Due to Them.

A few weeks ago Secretary Burgess oil the
Board of Health, forwarded two bottles OF
water for analysis taken from two springs
located on the dump at Washington and
Cove streets, to DIR. A. G. Young, secretary
State Board These springs were numbered
81 and "a in the doctors analysis, and this
analysis he has just sent to- Secretary Bur-
CESS. In his letter DIR. Young says No. 81 is
the upper spring and number 81 is the lower
one.
In spring 81 there Is an excess OF organic
ammonia for spring water, and an enormous
excess of free ammonia, and these results
taken together with the large quantity Of
nitrides and nitrates, indicate Enthusiastically
a serious pollution Of the spring.
In spring 81, the close proximity of the
spring TO the salt water, accounts for the ex-
cess of chlorine The water, disregarding
the unfayoIable location of the spring would
be considered fairly good drinking water.
owing to the location of these springs DR..
Young says he should look on the water for
drinking purposes with suspicion, whatever
the chemical results might be, and lie should
feel certain 1t has to do with any prevalence
OF typhoid fever in Portland.
These analysis were asked for by Mr.. Bur-
CESS since there are number of cases Of ty-
phoid fever in town, supposed to be due to
the water which has been used from these
springs for drinking purposes. In the families
of jeremiah Donahue, Fred Adams, Charles
Pettes and Hannah Bodwell, there are cases
of typhoid fever, and the families drank
water constantly from spring "a, near the
foot of Gould and Washington streets; and
there are cases In the families of Alexander
McDermot Frank McGuise ana Martin Du-
gan, who drank water from spring 81 at the
upper partof Cove street
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-10
Coroner's lnuuesl.

Coroner Gould will hol1 an inquest on the
body of Mr.. Wood, the Rockland man who
was run over by the train at the Scarboro
knownothing. at o'clock this afternoon.
Certain circumstances led to the suspicion
that Woods death was not wholly accident
al. A deep wound on the left side of the
neck which severed the carotid artery
cannot be accounted for except upon the
supposition that Wood inflicted it himself
with razor or some other sharp-edged in.
strument. 1t was too clean a cut to be made
by anything about the cars Whether it
was made before the fall from the train or
after. there is difference of opinion. One
view is that it was inflicted aftsrward, and
while the man was crazed with pain. On
the other hand, there are circumstances
which tend to show that 1t was inflicted be-
fore with the deliberate intention of suicide
and that after it was inflicted, Wood delib-
erately threw himself from the train. The
inquest may clear up the matter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-10
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
THE DALYS.

THE DALYs.
Get tickets now and see the Days in their
new play to be presented at Portland Thea
tire next Friday and Saturday. The New
Bedford Mercury says
evening and Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Daily (all that
are left of the original Days made great
hit In new drama entitled Irish Heads
and German Hearts," As Barty Boyle,
typical Irish lad. Tom DAILY was pleasing, as
he always is, and Lizzie Derious DAILY as
house by storm. Her many admirers who
remember this lady as "Virgie Vane of Vas
sar" in Vacation should see her in her
new part, where she has an opportunity to
show show her really extraordinary, talents
merchant, was all that could be desired,
while the connving villain of w. III. Currie
and the detective Of George Armstrong also
deserve special mention. The ladies In the
cast were all good. and play and company
Bedford.
SHADOWS OF A GREAT CITY.
This realistic melo- drama of life in the
metropolis drew a packed audience to Port
land Theatre last evening, and applause and
and encores were frequent, The play In its
production didn't differ from the same ex-
celient presentation always given here. Miss
Tiffany as Biddy was great as ever The
cast has only been changed in two particu-
lars, Mr.. Kidder taking the villains part,
and Mr.. Cullington the pawnbroker's. All
the chief scenes were recalled.
THE BOSToNIANs. a.f.s SD
Friday evening, October 18th, the Boston
ians will open the regular Stockbridge
course with ''Suzette." This opera is by
Louis Latour, with the libretto from the
French by Oscar We'll. On Saturday after
noon, the 10th, the Matinee course will open
with the "Poachers." La the evening the
Popular course will open with "Pygmalion
and Galatea, music by AMBROSE Thomas,
libretto adapted from w. S. Jilbert's come.
dy by Oscar We'll. Mr.. Stockbridge has just
received librettos of all these operas.
Z NOTES.
1t has been found necessary to again post
pone the opening of the new fremont Thea
tire, Boston. The date is now set for next
Monday night.
Sardou's "Exiles" at Boston Theatre will
be withdrawn at the close Of this week, as
Wilson Barrett will begin an engagement on
Monday with production of "Ben-My-
Chree."
Ine cnOlceSt prOScenlum DOX lOr Tile OPEN
ing performance of the fremont Theatre
was sold at a premium of $50 to the house of
John ii. Pray, Sons & Co.
The new Opera House at Lowell, erected
py Fay Bros q Hosford. on Central and
G0rham streets, was opened Tuesday night
with Clara Morris as Renee de Moray in
The Martyr" A large audience, including
many of the most fashionable people in tine
city, was present. Hon. f. T. Greenhalge
made the opening address and John S. Col
by read an appropriate poem.
The Great Kiralfy Spectacular Company
Will be here October Is and 16, next Tuesday
ard Wednesday. The ballets and the seen
cry, 1t Is said, are very fine, and Portland
Theatre will doubtless be crowded. The
company has 4S acting people.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-10
BRIEF JorTiNcs.

as..
The Mechanics Association are requested
to attend the funeral of Arthur Noble.
, The Benevolent, Society. didn't, organize
yesterday, as several OF the officers were alb
sent.
The steamer Portland, at the New Eng.
land yard, Bath. will be launched Monday,
weather permitting. 4
Fine day yesterday; bright and cold.
A petition for new lodge Of Red Men at
Cumberland Centre has received fifty-four
signatures.
The foliage In Evergreen cemetery is now
rich in color, and the flower beds are still
brilliant, being covered at nights to protect
them from the frost.
Mr.. Carl Weber, Of the First National
Bank, took hold Of the brass cap on an in
eandescent lamp In his Office yesterday, and
the electric current burned his thumb very
badly.
The only arrivals Of fish and Holsters yes
terday were the schooner Arizona with 90
600 pounds Of pollock, and the schooner En-
ma Clifton with 5000 Holsters.
= The Cumberland County Educational So
ciely viii hold Its annual meeting at South
Portland, Cape Elizabeth, on Friday and
Saturday, November LIST and I'd. President
Small, of Colby. win lecture ON Friday eve
ming.
Rev. E. Woodward, pastor of the Sec
ond Advent Church, will review the cele-
brated book, Looking Backward" next
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, In his sermon
on Labor and Capital; Mans Solution of
the Problem" The public are invited.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-10
PERSONAL.

d. +. Faber. representing Kiralfy. was IL
town last night.
The Senate committee on the Pacific roads
Of which Senator Frye is chairman, has
reached Omaha on its trip of investigation.
Mr.. w. l.. Bishop has been appointed
letter carrier at the post office from the lists
of the Civil Service Board of Examiners.
His rank was 90 per cent i.
One OF the best songs Of the year, called
rat the Tryst," is the composition of a well
known Wiscasset lady, Mrs. Richard Tucker.
The composers the sister of the clever au-
thoress, Patience Stap1eton."
Miss Alice G. Moses, graduate of Boston
Schooloi Oratory and a'pupil of Mrs, Har-
riet Webb in New York, and who studied
French at the Berlitz School of Languages,
is prepared to take pupils in the Delsarte
system and also in elocution.
At the annual election Of the Denver, Col
Real Estate Exchange. F. G. Patterson,
formerly Of this city, was reelected direc-
tor by vote of so to !, and at subsequent
meeting OF the board of directors. was unan
imously chosen first vice president of ne
Exchange. z
Trinity Church, Boston. was Tuesday eve
ming the scene of an interesting wedding In
the marriage of Miss Sophie Marie Apenes,
the Swedish singer, and Mr.. Edgar Cakes
Achorn, the Boston lawyer. There was
largo attendance. the body of the church be-
ing filled with invited guests, and the gal
leries and other parts Of the cdIfce thronged
with spectators. n" ~
Rev. w. w. Hooper, who has been pastor
of the Universalist church at Orono for
several years, rendered his resignation at
the parish meeting held Monday evening.
The resignation was accepted. Rev. Mr.
Hooper has recelveda very fattering call
from the Univetsalist church at Taunton,
Mass, and leaves soon to take church of his
new church. ,uor ,,nl..es,. ~ y.