Show edito BRITO editorials RIALS are informed by one who follows fishing as aa a partial means of livelihood that the river jordan Is ia very destitute or of nish ash at the present time trout especially pae pac lally ally are po BO searce scarce that days ma may he be repent in trying to catch them without a bite he bays says it Is freety treely free tree y asserted by m men n who profess to be acquainted with the subject that the dam daul aich which has been lately erected at the outlet of the lake is ia the cause of this scarcity this dam is ia so open that the water flows through it dut out the fish cannot pass through and to surmount it would require on their part a leap of twelve feet the fish will probably take to the canals cannis which will lead from this dam deim for the want of any other outlet and awid perish our informant himself does not vouch for the da dam m being the cause of the scarcity of fish but he knows that since the dam was built they have become scarce and there bre are those atio say they know it to be the cause cause we mention this to call the attention of the authorities who have had the dam erected to the subject fish flah are a valuable article of food and great reat interest has been taken in their culture in this thit community in building dams therefore across our streams Bt reams particular pains should be taken to not interfere with their habits and ani aul not to place obstructions which will prevent them from passing up and down at their pleasure it if the dam referred to has this latter effect there should be a constructed so that they may pass to and fro freetly fre eely THE monthly report of the department ment of agriculture for ney mey and june has come to hand it con eon contain taing a review of the condition of the crops ciopa june a eulogy of tennessee as a most desirable location for settlers change in texas cattle cattie raising british imports agricultural productions of wurtem burg southern planting northern farming deterioration or of cotton and sugar cane among swine entomological Record Chemical memoranda botanical notes microscopic investigation scientific notes noles faeta fact s from various sources ees eeg and markel market prices of farm products from the report of dr bouley an eminent and veterinarian to the academy of Scie scle sciences nebs at paris it appears that the recent international sanitary convention held hoid at vienna and attended by able veterinarian and barli sanitarian tarlan delegates from germany austro henary EE belgium france great B britain ri taint italy the doumanian Rou manian princia principalities al atles ausna russia ervia ervis fi switzerland and turkey to determine the best beet methods of preventing the cattle plague C and consider proper sanitary regulations in regard to international cattle traffic concluded that the plague never develops itself spontaneously outside of its native home in the neighborhood of the asiatic dependencies of russia that it is only propagated by contagion and conse couse consequently que gue antly is not an epidemic that it ibb has always become extinct when the conditions favorable to its propagation cease to exist the measures concluded on as the most essen ebsen ial ial fal to prevent the introduction or spread odthe of the disease were first the immediate slaughtering of all animals that had come in contact with the plague as also of those which might be considered as under suspicion of having the di sease in I 1 n consequence of the influences to which they had had bad been exposed this being accompanied by it a proper compensation pensa tion to the owners secondly the burial of the dead bodies adles of all animals affected with the glague without attempting to utilize them in any way whatever thirdly the utilization of the flesh of sound animals killed under suspicion but proved after death to have been perfectly healthy this to be permitted only under special conditions rigorously determined fourthly the destruction of the germs germa of the contagion wherever they can be found in ia the slaughterhouses slaughter houses on harness in pastures in railway trains ac as als ais also 0 the of all objects with which they have been brought in contact fifthly isolation as complete as possible of the places where the plague has been found to exist so that no animal believed to be capable of carrying the contagion or of receiving it shall eliell be allowed to enter the infected districts this isolation to be put into practice on farms anet and all other localities and to be of greater or less lesa extent according to the extension of the disease sixthly the lish ment around the places in wilh which the isolation bas has been ordered ind hend which have been declared infected of a zone where the movements of cattle are forbidden as well as all co commerce minered in anything that may serve us as a vehicle of the contagion such buch as hla fodder dung duhg and animal products and materials or of every evory hind seventhly the suspension of fairs and abd movements of eattle eattie in the infected locality and the suspected zone so that the authorities may have a guarantee that animals have not been moved by clandestine tragic traffic from the place which they originally occupied eighthly as soon as a case of plague has been officially ally aily established in any locality an immediate declaration is to be made of every now case as boon soon as known by tha keepers of animals ninthly after the disappearance of the disease from the localities suitable precautions and methods of are to be prescribed preliminary to the re stocking of the stables and pastures and the re establishment of the liberty of trade in cattle it was recommended that whenever the disease had broken out in a country the fact should be immediately announced by telegraph telegram p b and d a weekly omm off lelal official bulletin be pu published b il gh e d showing the stage of the disease the preventive measures measure i adopted and the nature and terms of the regulations introduced germany gormany had the moet moat satisfactory arrangements range ments fordis infecting catt cattle cattie ledars earb carb by deluging them with water from a consid considerable erabio elevation elev aon of at least P F as soon as emptied of cattle the principal point established by the convention ven tion according accord ipg to bouley boulay was waa the necessity of an all obligation to slaughter all animals as soon as aa the disease made mado itself manifest or as soon al a there seemed a probability that an animal would bp b attacked in this way the plague would be arrest arrested td by the sacrifice of the smallest number of animals we append some extracts from the report INFLUENCE OF VARIOUSLY COLORED LIGHT night ON vegetation agthe As the result of a series of experiments upon the in fluence of variously colored vegetation dr bert has hag arrived at the following conclusions I 1 that green light is almost as aa fatal t to vegetation as darkness 2 that red light is 14 very detrimental to plants though ina in a less degree than green light 3 that though yellow light Is ia far less detrimental than the preceding it is more inore ida injurious urious arlous than blue light 4 that all the colors taken singly are injurious to fo plants and that their union in the proportion to form white light is necessary for healthy growth destroying caterpillars OATER PILLARS according to schmidt an excellent remedy against caterpillars consists in a dilute solution fio lution 1 part in sulphide of f potassium the infested tree being d with this means of a small hand syringe this method has been used on a lr large rge scale in southern france and it is said without any injury to vegetation CHROMIC ACID AS AN antiseptic dr dougall states that chromic acid add a aan san an antiseptic is 18 far beyond carbolic acid and in fact may be considered as standing at the very head of the list it coagulates hardens and oxidizes decomposing organic matter and when added to putrid flesh urine or fco aceal al matter the offensive odor ia 13 soon boon absolutely sol removed the mixture remaining fresh for an all indefinite time preventing bows FROM DEVOURING THEIR YOUNG it is welt weil known that sows bows not attack and devour their own young or it if prevented from this will not let down their milk so that the young pigs necessarily die for want of nourishment when this state df things is not caused by a diseased condition of the thle uterus it is said that the BOW sow can be broucht brought to terms by pouring a mixture of ten io 6 twenty tyrenty grains of spirits of camphor with one to three of tincture of opium into the ear the sow will immediately lie down on the side of the ear to which the application was made and remain quiet for several hours in this position without interfering with her pigs and on recovery from the stupor will have lost t iier iler er irritability in fe regard ard to them the experiment has b been en tried in germany hundreds of timea times according to one of the agricultural journals without any injurious effects it is a also said that the eating of pigs by the parent BOW ow can be readily prevented by rubbing them all over with brandy and making the same bame application about the nose of the sow herself SUGAR IN SAINT MARYS PARISH loui Lout LOUISIANA siANA slana iiii it is rep reported oried that mr 0 E etienne lienne alenne maynard who after the war began without a dollar and with one row of beed seed eane cane in a garden made the second year 41 hogsheads hog of sugar and now dow as the fruit of that small beginning owns a plantation fully stocked and worth at least the secrets of M mr r maynardi May narda success are industry economy and good implements implement EFFECT OF SNOW ON THE temperature OF THE SOIL BENEATH IT mr 0 G prindle of chittenden county vermont has made an experiment aes aeb designed to ascertain how far soil eoll la Is protected from cold by snow for four successive winter days there being four inches of snow on a level lovei lie he found the average temperature immediately abbe tho the bilow snow 18 below zero immediately beneath igo 19 above zero under a drift two feet deep 27 above zero NEW Zt daland sALAND FLAX mr A carr of carbondale pennsylvania who had for some years resided in new zealand and gave special attention to the va variety 1 r of flax cultivated in that island thinks it could be profitably produced produced produce a inthis in this thib country the dressed fiber commands the present year ar in the english market 25 per ton too and iu in new york 9 cents per pound in gold it can be used as a substitute in all products manufactured from the common variety as linen cordage paper ac and is extensively used for stuffing chairs mattress mattresses s as being as aa suitable and and durable for that mat purpose as horsehair borse barse hair THE rich elch family held a erand crand reunion at truro mass mayb on wednesday and thursday june 26 and 27 the norfolk county gazette of june 29 09 published at deed harn bam and hyde park mass gives i a lengthy account of the affair b we extract upwards of twelve years ago mr john F rich of ware mass begun the prepa ration of a genealogy of the rich family during all these years ho he has spent much of his time on the work and by dint of hard work and at large expense lie he has at last completed his hla ar arduous labors having accomplished this he conceived the idea of polding holding a family reunion and accordingly invitations were extended to every k known no vy n person by the namo of rich in the united states it was decided that truro M maas aass aggs should be the place of meeting a spot made sacred to the hearts of those glorying in the name of rich from the fact that it was here that their early ancestors first landed in this thia country wednesday and thursday of tho the present week were selected as the time on wednesday morning some four cir loads of the riches embarked on the old colony road and at the stations along the route the numbers were largely augmented it was a jolly crowd all for mality being dus drs di dispensed p eased with in passing r through the cars ears one was perfectly safe to pause and address any member of the party arnd annd call him or her ber rich at wellfleet Well fleet the termini of the tho railroad the party was compelled to take stages for truro some seven or eight miles distant the stage accommodations were totally inadequate for so vast a number and vehicles of every description quaint and ancient were brought into requisition and after an hours delay the procession moved along in slow siow and aud steady pace forming a sight abight that brought every living being in the pleasant little village of wellfleet Well fleet to the streets streeta all gazing in wonder and atthe at the rich spec spee spectacle facie gacie and the journey was as one never to be forgotten by those unfortunate kwelty sweltering ering human beings who were compelled to participate in it those who have had the misfortune to travel this reador road or in fac fact t any road on cape cod can fully understand the sufferings Buffe rings endured by these excursionists coupled with the fact that every conveyance was crowded to its utmost capacity the wheels of which went groaning through the sand to the depth of six or eight inches the procession was three hours in traveling the short distance of seven miles when it finally reached its destination it was wa met by the committee of arrangements and every courtesy possible extended small cards bards assigning places at the various farmhouses were furnished by mr john F rich chairman of the committee and the riches scattered to their various abodes for miles around where they were received with the most distinguished courtesy and made to feel fezi quite at home homo at three abarge number of the party assembled at the town hall where they he were furnished with a genuine cape co cod dinner which was partaker partaken par taken ot of with a zest known only to famishing humanity at tour exercises the were opened in the orthodox church and commenced with kith ith prayer by bythe the rev J A L rich of maine the church was densely packed with the riches the citizens of the tho town very considerately remaining outside in order to give the visitors AU an opportunity of gaining admittance so far as ai the church would accommodate them thea when followed the old and familiar tune of nearer my roy god to thee the chairman of the selectmen of truro mr smith K hopkins followed lowed coed in an address of welcome and extended the tho hospitalities of the town to the visitors hon Math mathias lasRich rich of boston was chosen president of the gathering and an executive and financial commit tee was appointed by the president to hava bava general mana management ement of thi sandall future gatherings of the kind the meeting reassembled in the methodist church in the tho evening which was filled to tog overflowing hundreds being unable to gain admittance the exercises consisted of prayers singing a poem well written and linely finely delivered by mrs helen rlph of new now york and an hour of social converse we extract again from the gazette on thursday the exer exercises ases 1 w were ero opened in a large tent erected on the historical spot where the riches were supposed to have hale first pitched their tent in yo ye olden time after the singing of a familiar hymn in which the audience joined mr john P F rich bich delivered the genealogical address in commencing his remarks mr rich said you have been cordially welcomed to the hearts and homes of this good old town having come together from all parts parta of our country to do honor at our sacred shrine erom prom the pacific slopes the western prairies atries the beautiful valleys of the south sout tr ithe the lake regions of the northwest north west and the rugged coast |