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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07
MILK AND BUTTERMILK IN SUMMER.

While milk and buttermilk are excel
lent for fowls and chickens, it will not
be beneficial to give either unless fresh
and unchanged. To place milk where it
is liable to be fermented Tor become
sour) may be the cause of bowel disease.
1t is true that some persons feed sour
milk to poultry, but we have known it
to kill chicks when given too literally.
SKINNED milk is very cheap article in
some sections, and there is no necessity
for giving it in any condition except
fresh, especially in the summer season.
The hens will not drink sour milk if
they can get milk that is fresh. For
chicks, the best method is to mix the
food with milk, let the chicks eat all
they desire at one time, and clean away
that which is left. For fowls that have
a range, a pan of fresh milk at night
will be all that they will need in the
shape of food, as they will find all that
they wish on the range. Milk is highly
heterogeneous and answers a purpose as a
part of the ration, bat, like all other
substances allowed, it gives the best re-
suits when in fresh and wholesome
cond and FGreside.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07

Almighty. this morning License you. 60
preach this Gospel-preach it in the Sabbath
schools. in the prayar-meatlngS In the high
ways in the hedges. Woe be unto you IL
you preach it not.
remark, again. that in order to be quail
fed to meet your duty in this particular age
you want unbOunded faith In the triumph OF
the truth and the overthrow OF wickedness.
How dare the Christian church ever get dis
couraged? Have you not the Lori Almighty
on our side: How long did it take God 10
slay the hosts of Sennacnerib or burn So
dom or shake down Jericho? How long will
it take God, when He once arises in His
strength to overthrow all the forces OF iniQ
uity? Between this time and that there
may be long Sc Sons OF darkneSs-She char
lot wheels Of Gods Gospel may seem to drag
heavily, but here is the promise, and yonder
is the throne; and when Ominiscience has
lost its eyesight and Omnipotence falls back
impotant and Jehovah is driven from His
throne then the church OF Jesus Christ can
afford TO be respondent, but never until
then. DespotS may plan and armies may
march, ana the congresses o. the nation may
seem TO think they are adjusting all the at
fairs of the world, but the mighty men OF
the earth ara only the dust Of the chariot
wheels of Gods providence.
think that before the sun OF this century
shall set, the last tyranny may fall, and
with splen tor of demonstration that shall
be the establishment of the universe God will
set forth the brightness and pomp and glory
and perpetuity of His eternal government
Out Of the starry flags and emblazoned in
sigma of this world God will make path for
HIS own triumph, ana returning from UNI
versal conquest He will sit down, the grand
est, strongest, highest throne Of earth His
footstool.
Then shall all nations song ascend,
To Thee. our Ruler, Father, Friend,
Till heavens high arch resounds again
With "Peace on eacGh, good will to men,.
preach this sermon because | want to
encourage all Christian workers in every
possible department. Hosts Of the living
God, march on march on! His spirit will
bless you. His shield will defend you. His
sword will strike for you. March on march
on! The last despotism will fall, and pagan
ism will burn it's idols and Mohammedanism
will give up its false prophet and the great
thunder and wreck at the long. loud blast Of
the Gospel trumpet. March oni March on!
The besiegement will soon be ended. Only
a few more steps on the long way; only a
few more sturdy blows; only few more bat
tie cries. tn IN God will put the laurel upon
your brow, and from the living fountains OF
heaven will battle off the sweat and the heat
and the dust of the conflict.
March onl March on. For you the time
for work will soon be past. and amid the
outhashings of the Judgment throne and the
trumpeting of resurrection angels and the
upheaving of a world Of graves and the
hosanna of the saved and the groaning of the
lost, we shall be rewarded for our faithful
ness or punished for our stupidity. Blessed
be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting
to everlasting, and let the whole earth be
filed with His glory. Amen and amen.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07
POINTS IN FAVOR OF THE SHEEP

In paper read before the Kansas I'm
proved Stockbreeders' Association by MIR.
Z. D. King, of Burlington, the sheep in
dustry was considered by the essayist
from the practical standpoint of pro-
fitable returns. He said that no indiyi-
dual farmer can prosper for a series OF
years by growing grain alone and selling
it. We must diversity ouE produts. OF
the great staples. fax and linen, sorghum
and beet-sugar, wool and mutton, we
cannot have surplus for years to come.
The sheep is the poor mans best stock,
because one can get start moe cheaply
than with any other stock and they make
much quicker returns, paying their way
as they go. II he dies as birth he has
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-18
a MODEL PIGEON LOFT.

rect and lightning-like course to the
one spot on earth which they love be-
cause it is their only home-all these
things make hOming pigeons culture a
pursuit which grows III interest with
every additional day. 1t Is u pursuit
which may be advautageously taken
up by the young people of any
family whose home is so ar
ranged that loft will not be in the
way. The loft is easily constructed.
1t may be built out OF doors, or in a
corner of q barn, or shed, or garnet
may be wired offfor the purpose. Some
of the most extensive lofts in the
United States are built upon the fiat
roofs OF city homes. A loft six fee t
square and six or seven feet high will
comfortably accommodate a flock of
forty birds and would not be too
large for q beginners few young
| birds. Nothing is worse for homing
I pigeons thar 0vercrowding, and it is
| lust as easy at the start to construct
q spacious loft as to build one that
will soon prove too small. SSH more
I important is it to see that your loft is
] free from draughts and dampness. At
I tention to details of this kind at the
/ beginning is the best kind Of insurance
| against bird diseases in the flock you
hope to own. With the loft dry and
free from draughts, no artificial heat
in winter is required. Indeed it should
be avoided.
Lofts can be low-priced or expensive,
according to taste. A simple enclos-
ure could bemade almost without ex-
pense by any clever boy oryoungman
of mechanical skill Shelves devided
into compartments, should be placed
along the walls for future nesting, and
such compartment should have one
half of it's front enclosed, for homins
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-18

loft on the roof of his private house is
one OF the best in the country. The
"DufTer' early became famous as u
prize winner in races OF from one hum
bred to five hund ed miles, easily de
feating numerous nd nDtablecompeti-
tors. Nine first prizes in all it won for
its owner, and it would probably be
winning prizes still but for the fact
that is has become too valuable as q
breeder to risk it now upon the
road"
Messages to be carried by a homing
pigeon are written on slips OF thin pa
per and are attached to two OF the
tail feathers by fine strands of cop
per wire Ii the paper is so fastened
as TO tit closely to the feathers it will
not impede the progress OF the bird.
Many homing pigeons which have
been lost OH long trips. or perhaps
captured, have found their way home
after many months, or even years
have passed One bird released in
Louisiana was given up for lost by it's
owner, who had lot near New York.
Four years afterwards it flew into its
loft, made directly for its old favorite
peg, and seeing q young bird perching
there coolly showed it OFT. Eyen.the
birds owner failed to recognize the re-
turned truant, but its identity was es-
tablished by the number onits leg band.
\ bird on returning from n long flight
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-18

takes first long drink, then eats
hearty meal, next combs down its
feathers with it's bill and then hoI 8
about with the other birds as though
nothing remarkable had happened.
On its liberation it first circles in wide
sweeps, as though searching for a land
mark, before starting homeward. II q
bird has once become familiar with a
land mark hundreds OF miles from
home it will head directly for that be-
fore searching iorthe next one. Great
cities often puzzle it in it's honeward
flight, and it will sometimes circle over
one for hours before proceeding on it's
course
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-18

can illustrate my declarations right
here; or at least one Of them, The
man in the seat over there's afarmer. "
II should say so.
And he's one OF the sort who sus-
poets every stranger Watch me try
him"
He took a cake OF toilet soap from
his satchel and going over 10 the
farmer saluted him ia a pleasant
manner, and added;
II have a new make Of soap here
which am introducing to the public.
1t is worth fifteen centsa cake, but III
make the price only five,
Don't want it" was the gruff r.
ply
with every cake goes a So green
bank, gold bracelet, the deed Of a
town lot ia Kansas. pocket knife, IA
pair OF eyeglasses, and a solid gold
ring.
Don want ttu sir
As want your opinion oil the
soap will give it 10 you.
II won't take it,
but. sir, IN order 10 introduce il
into your ncighborhood | will give
you 100 cakes free and ut the same
time leave i've watches and I've deeds
TO town lots
Look a. here" shouted the farmer
rs he jumped up and spat on his
hands. You 20 away from me or LII
smash you I'm on 70 your tricks,
old man and ii you think you have
picked up hay--red you are barking
up the wrong tree
And the hav fork man had 70 move
lively 90 escape the blow leyelytl az his
nose NcN York sun
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-18
We shan,t be AIlve Then.

81 was once asked by lady" says
n well known jeweler, ''if there were
many precious stones found in the
Uuited States She meant minerals.
She was of the same opinion of many
others in this country, that every
thing precious in that line was found
only in the old world There is / be-
lieve, little mining here for precious
gems, but 1t is not because we do not
have them. Rock crystal, which adj
mits OF such high polish, and which
is much used in jewelry now, is found
in large quantities in North Carolina,
Virginia, Georgia and Arkansas.
There is jet in Colorado that is
equal to any ] ever saw, and believe
there is some in Texas. In Maine
there is a mountain called Mount
Mica, out of which tourmalines to
the value OF 100000 year are tak-
en-. Moonstone is fonnd in Virginia,
and the soil Of New Mexico is inriched
with sapphires, rubies and garnets /
wish could come back to the United
States 100 years from now We
think this is glorious country now.
In another century the cities Of this
country will surpass the descriptions
we have OF the New Jerusalem, and
millionaires will be as common as
poor relations. You and are living
too soon, believe me-"
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-18

find the way to their loft and soon
afterward five-mile toss may be
made and then ten-mile toss and so
ON, until some day, perhaps, if you
keep up the practice to that extent,
one of your birds becomes n record
breaker and can fly 500 miles between
dawn and dusk. Ii long distance
homes have no temptation for you
the short distance homeward flights
of your flock will afford yourself and
your friends much pleasure. Anordin-
airy grabbing net or a muslin net with
a handle kept in the loft will be found
useful when you desire to catch artic-
ular birds for trip. Sometimes in
a Jog or in storm you will lose q
bird-generally Il young bird. With
hawks and gunners proving about
even old birds are not always safe.
The ''Duffer is four years old, and is
owned bv Louis w. Spadgehl,a New
York business man, whose Brooklyn
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-18
GLASS MADE ~ LIGHTNING.
Tubes In the Sand That Tell the
Diameter of the Fiery Bolt.

Tubes In the Sand That Toll the
Diameter Of the Fiery Bolt.
did you ever see the diameter OF
lightning flash measured" asked n
geologist OF Washington Star man.
well, here is the case which once On.
closed a flash Of lightning, fitting it
exactly, so that you can see just how
big it was. This is called a 'iulgurite
or .lightning-hole, and the material it
is made offs glass. will tell you how
it was manufactured, though Il took
only a fraction OF second to turn
it out.
when bolt OF lightning strikes n
bed OF sand it plungcs downward into
the sand for distance less or greater,
Transforming simultaneously into
glass the silica in the material through
which it passes. Thus, by it's great
heat, it forms at once q glass tube of
precisely its own size. Now aud then
such tube, known as 'fulgirite.
is found and dug up. Fulgnrites have
been followed into the sand by exCava-
ton for nearly thirty feet; they vary
in interior diameter from the size OF u
quill to three inches or more, accord
ing to the bore. OF the fash.
But fulgurities are not alone pro-
duced in sand; they are found also IN
solid rock. though very naturally OF
slight depth and frequently existing
merely as a CLASSY coating on the sur
face. Such fulgurites occur in
astonishing abundance on the sum
init of Little Ararat in Armenia. The
rock is soft and so porous that blocks
a foot longcan beobtained, perforated
in all directions by little tubes filled
with bottle-green glass, formed from
the fused rock. There ~ small speci.
men in the National museum which
has the appearance OF having beer
bored by the teredo, the holes mad,
by the worm subsequently filled Will
glass.
Some wonderful fulgirites wer,
found by Humboldt on the high Nevada
, de Toluca in Mexico. Masses OF tn,
rock were covered with thin layel
of green glass. Its peculiar Simmer
in the sun led Humboldt to ascend tn,
precipitous peak at the risk ofhis life
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-18

Ny friend r would alwayz have il
that the rulers ~ men do do not
care Tor musit. that Napoleon only
knew one air which be uuumed as be-
jumped INTO his carriage for ht- last
campaign in Belgium, Malbrook
sen ya.t.eu glerrc miratou. ton ton,
ton tniuy Others have urged Gau,
brtta as another instance 81 this dc.
teiency Nno, Whcu sotne delicious
music was pending urged E0sstui. %
aIl men, 70 come into She next room
and take a hand AT billiards. W. little
rarod he for The crown 81 an the arts
have wondered whether there
was anything IN Tits charge against
the completeness II great urii, aul
whether harmony ia mans char.
aCtcr disqualified him Tor b, mastery
0i bis tallowrrebsttrr- Dr. whether
uiter all THERE is nothing jn Il and that
one rulers oi men have liked mR.ic
and other. not aui have ouIs reckon.
ri it rs u measured maiigr Bs Lamb
walls ii
II have at through 49, Itll.au pp~rA tiit
tur sheer payu and iurypt. ih'e anguish I
have rushed uus into tlss Ua.at & f4Arra 10
tile crowded street. al sllArr ufy.rlf utth
'uuada which I was NOT Obliged tp ttili1N
/ | take refuge iu thr unpgrtrHd.
ius asemhlagr IT honest common Tie
.1uu,h and thv purgntpry oG iturnfth :
/ Eurnscd Musician bgyoWrs wy paradise.
Thus Charles Lamb. ul,p employed
T his time at an oratorl1. watching its
effect ON the fncr~ Of the audience. aud
/ contrasting their seriousness with
I Hosnrth- laughing audience
/ Taliourd, IN his Memorials 81
Lamb why il there not Charles
I lamh socictyH remarks that *.
/ qul-ltitc huuorist
I was entirely destitute ~ what il common.
4 ~ called taste for music A few ola times
ran In hi- head nov and then thr rSprcs,
/ sion Of o sentiment though newer II song.
/ touched him with fare anil rgVuiaiie df.
I light but usually mttsir only
confused him and az opera was 10 him Z
maze Of sound IN which he almost lost his
wits
Whatever Lamb thought III music,
his friend Colerbridgp said TINT good
music never tired him n feel physic
Flly refreshed and strengthened Nv Il,
~ Milton said he did llcliked Becth
oven and Mozart. but loved Purcell
and was ] suppose. u mClodist rather
than harmOnist Temple Bar.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-18
ADD carbon to pure iron and Il h..

ADD carbon to pure iron and It be-
comes steel. Add a hydro-carbon to
iron, and steel itself becomes so extern
sively modified that its properties are
not recognizable. Thus steel may be
as soft as pure iron. Add hydrogen in
varying quantity, and it has the quail
ity of residence, as in the watch-spring,
or the quality Of tenacity, as in the
knife or razor, or may be given nearly
the hardness of diamond, as in file.
With steel at low temperature, from
400a to 1909 F., edge-tools are pro-
duced, the color in the yellow shades;
from 5000 to $3.50 various sorts Of
springs are produced, color blue; while
by heating iron to wilderness and plung-
ing it into water, which is mainly com
posed of hydrogen, files are produced
or forms even harder.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-18

ADVERTISING is the legitimate coad-
jutor Of any legitimate business. No
one occupation or set of men has mo-
nopoly of it by any code Of common
sense. When properly used and de-
veloped to its capacity for good it is as
honorable and as dignified in its appli-
cation to the professions mentioned as
it is TO the merchant, manufacturer,
publisher, playwright, tho artist or the
pulpit. Like anything else, ii can be
put 10 wrong ends; but that should not
discredit advertising as proper factor
for good purposes. As we'll denounce
religion because there are hypocrites,
or condemn water as drink because
men are drowned in the bay. Because
rascals and disreputable members of
the profession have invoked its aid.
does not limit its usefulness when put
10 good ends.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-18
The Paradise Fish.

The paradise fish, like the German
canary is u product ofcultivation. "a
there is no place where it is found in a
wild state, II is q native Of China.
There thy are cultivated and kept in
aquarin, ~ ornamental fish only.
The male il the larger oftho two sexes.
measuring when full grown, from the
mouth TO the end oi the caudal fin
three and one.half inches. The body
- shaped very much like that OF the
pumpkin seed sunGsh. It's colors
surpassin brillancy any fish heretofore
cultivated for the aquarium.
The head is ashy gray, notified with
irregular dark spots. The gills nre
azurine blue, bordercdwith brilliant
crimson. The eyes nre yellow and red
with black pupil Thee Of tho
pody and the crescent shaped fin are
deep crimson; the former having 10 or
u vertical blue stripes. while the lat
ter - bordered with blue.
Ihe under surface OF the bodv is
continually OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
u IS white, at others gray or black.
me dorsal and anal fins are remark.
ably large, hence the generic name ol
the hlish--macro, large; pondus, the foot
or I'm. Both fins are shnped nlike
Ihey are striped and dotted with
brown and bordercd with blue. The
dull-colored ventral fins are protected
" = brilliant scarlet-color spine. OK.
tending three-fourths Of nm inch behind
the fms. The pectornls situated al
rectly above the ventral fins, are well
shaped, but, being transparent. show
All these colors above described mr.,
most brilliant when the fish X excited
For instance, when engaged in combat
Tor the possession of female fish. q,
when counting he shows the moat bril-
hlnt colors, IN osder to attract thent
tenti0n OF his lady love, she being =,
pec,aliy fond Of bright colors.-.IIuo,
Mnlertt, IN Natures Realm.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-18

MEN have more confidence in each
other as they become BETTER acquainted
with each other. A comparison of
methods and results, comparison of
failures and successes, a comparison Of
customers, commission agents and
produce dealers, their methods. their
reputation, their integrity and their
promptness, is of the greatest value
among the farming classes. The very
isolation of farmers handicaps their
best efforts. It is so difficult to know
how to market produce, to whom to
consign the same, in what shape it will
sell best. that many farmers plod along
and do not receive full benefit from
their Industrious attempts to succeed.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-18

WHY is it that the rich man after he
has amassed a certain sum always likes
to pretend he is so poor and is eternally
harping about his poverty? Approach
him with any business proposition, and
no matter how favorably he be i'm
pressed he invariably has some fairy
story to tell regarding his financial con-
dition. Il like your scheme first rate, >
he may say, strikes me as being a
good thing, but never was so hard up
In life as am just now
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-18

DtFFEhs The IDEAL HOMER.
pigeons when nesting appreciate pri-
yacy. Perches, pegs and small plat
forms can be placed about the lott as
the owner pleases. Some, OF course,
are necessary.
With wholesome food, plenty OF
drinking and bathing water, and a
clean, dry, spacious loft, the young
birds will thrive, and daily open airex-
ercise will strengthen their wings and
give them confidence in their abilities.
Let them have plenty OF exercise tly-
ing around their home and some
bright day, when they are about four
months old, take them about two
miles from home in a basket and give
them their first "toss." You proba-
bly, could go five miles in safety, but it
is lust as well to be satisfied with two
at the start. See that the birds are
released in nm open space-not neces-
sarily elevated-and that no telegraph
wires are directly above to check their
upward flight. They will speedily