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IS PIMEISH ED Dnegbm 1 Tieet e e 0. -----o ab ve N.tm. ERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, .icretin,t a tri -- E and v e iem ents. i~ hs qie lt i1~ ri Newbery, S.C. -l Notices in Local columin 15 cent At Newberryl, 7. 1.o c.et,~n ae - - Ad ver:ieen not ma-ked with the uurr BY . - bREUoE inserin wmbe kept i. Editq.andProprietor. - ----- Terns, $2.00 per .Iummrn,e in Advnce. A, Family Companion, Devoted t LIeaue Miscella, NesRgiclueyares c invariably in Advance. R'DTe paper i atopped at the expiration of Iime for which it is paid. - gThe,4 markdenotes expiration of sub T O NEW BERRY, S.C., W DNESDAY, cripfloTR WWtcIaes, Joces Jwwelry. 'WTME& 1AM JEWELPtY1 -jt the Ntew Store on Hotel Lot, I h i'e now on hand a large and elegant assortment.of WATCIHES CLOCKS, JEWRRY, .-Silver and Plated Ware,. VTI!-AD QITAE -STBINGS, .SPECTACLES AD SPECTACLE GASE All orders by mail promptly attended to. WieTlnaUnrg 9d Repaiting Pone Gheapiy andwith bispatcL Cal idexamin'e my stock and p'rime. EIUBOSCHlLT ieY eous. MI TI iyDli -A -BAUTffU% BOOK BF'eTh ASKINO' fice of THE SINGER MANUFACTURING & . i'by prtal card ifata distance) any ADULr person will be presente~d with a beau ifully. illustrated copy 0'fa Ne w Book eti-. tred CENIUS REWARDED, -OR THE 't.iof ha ewiq~m-nhifle, containing a'hii4soTuwdn'destly el en graving fIrntispiece; also, 2q finely en graved wood cuts, and bound in an elabo rate blue and.-gold Jitbographed cover. No charge. whatever is made for this handsome. book, which can be obtained only by appli cation at the branch and subordinate offices of The Singer Manufacturing Co. THE SIMUER MANUFACTURING CO. PriDeipal Odie; 34 Union Square, May 18. 20-17 . New York. NEVER FAILS To Give Entire Satisfaction. A pill that has become standard and is having an unprecedented sale throughout the South, is GILDER'S They are honest,___ * They-are eertain, TJhey haveinoequlal, And are ricommnended byv thousands as be ing and doing all that the proprietors claim for them. - - They have never failid to have the de sised e-ffect where 6Ti4r'pills have been upin -cofully tried. - -AT tW. E. PELHAM'S. 1 ROTEU. 'ibi ~ imodios edice, situ:tted on MN STj ET, NEWBERRY, S. C., and known as tl BLEAiSE HOTEL, is now ope2l, and invites the people oiie and ilfocall and1k&dw what can be done at all hotfs, to wis: -At. Ext'ra (ood Zrestfast, DinneGT& Sa9pev,, fon TWEM-4[FM CENTS. - roty or ftfy. regular. boarder wl be spring water, well furnished table, etc., .ommend tiiehsgta everyPtt. Oct. 16, 42-tf. WlTYourselves by making money when a golden chance ..a offered NElEthereby always jkeeping poverty aM romi your door. Tioose who al ways take advanitage of the good chances for making money that are offered, gene rally becomeO wealthy. while those who (de not ituprove such chaneces remamn in pover ay. We want many men, women. boys and irls to work for us right in their own 10 calities. The business will pay more than ten r.imes ordinary wages. W e furnish ax epensive outtfit and all that yon need. 'ee. No one who engages fails, to make money very rapidly. You can devote your~ whole time to the work, or only y our spare inoments. Full infornlitionl and all that is needed1 sent free. Address Stinson & Co. Portland, Maine; Oct. 13, 42-17-______ BELOW COST. WORTH FOI1 MatumsJ of D)is --ine. Methodist.$L.uo $ .5( Paine's Li0fe , 1Kendree,2 vols. 4.00. *.O Ecce Eclesia...--....---.--.. 10' Rivers' Elements of Menl Phil osophy...-.--.....-..--------- J astoral Theologty........ --- .50 . Not her's Portrait.............i ..0 -. Methodism in Earnest. -.. ... 1-5 - Life of Robert Newto. ... -..... .0 . Life of Fletcher, Faine ...-.-...----10 - Christian Father's Present.... -.. - Life of John Wesley.--.- - - - - - - - 1-0' Apotolical Succession.. ------1' .istory of England, (cloth)3 vo&s ;. 2.C Modern Classics.....-.-----.. - ife of Christ- -.------- -------- 1-0 Woodruff's Stories..--.- --....-- 100 .5 Scence in Story5 vols.........400 --0 Bible Dictionar-y......-. .-----.. She Woman in Battle...........-.>.00.5 Bedpath's Hlistory of United2 States.,(morocco).--..----......4.00 2.5 Centennmal Gazetteer of United 50 . States, (sheep)..-- ---- -- -- -- - 5.00 - .0 And many other Books in PROSE and POETRT EQUALLY AS LOW. AT ~T. F. GRENEJ(R BOO~K STORK~ Mar. 30. 13-tf. - d r So-thyseed,-oh basndman - Wbat ttougO OUra 7fape?. It will burst the shell and rise, Sit the dewand kiss the skie Sow thy seed and sleep. n In thy libors thou shalt live Dust alone Is dend Ter falls the-shine.and rain, - - Eversprings thegolden grai ; Ali the worlds are fed. P a i0ens. t -- Fron ne hicgo -VieM1 THlE CULTURI r CAR .AND ..CON PTTUQION OF o PONDS. BY RUDOLPHU I... PART I.L - 4.-sTo,xinQN TiJE. PONDS AND CAR.E% - ., -. .Oj,THE.WIS1ES..- - - -. -To: cery-Onl~'a--r-cltl'rifli a regulI-ar -end' a dieio-inaflan-er, s -e-rl-ponrds are. tequired, at f cording -t -' thov, ious purpose tbefare destiite4 for:s -'1. :Th~ehaehing-pon d. - - 2.1Efe breeie;g-por-ndr - -Thecrotwre.rregu4ar carp-, pond.- - ~ Thehatehi:ng-pond- sei!ves MoPe particuiarly-4or Utral;ilm preg nation awd -hatebhing or rater- for natural propagatio-4-getnerally, by placing: .; n4e,r-ber otate a-. fe ialo tishes into the:-pond.- Here the females drop tho aggs, dnripg te- spawning-- season, -U ponQ-.t.h1e -ae imopregnat,ed b.,e-.l. - In stoeekting- -poonds, th-ree foe males are calculated to two-nales, sometimes twice,that number, per acre.. Tbe females bear a great Is number of.eggs, as. has been re marked .pef're, .utt the smaller uunub-r .ouLy ary. impreghated; neitier dy all these come to lie. S The iostleral estima.te Will. 1o eed the number ot from 800 t.o 1,000 yoiung fishcs to one L Lpawner; he aggregate pqr acre amounting to from 4,000 to 5,000. n Sit is searcely possi.ble to say t w.hat is the most desirable num ber .of milters. and spawners for stucking ponds, as the Viows 0 r this subject differ widoly in Eu. rope. I believe, .however, the above to be correct, and it- is ac cepted as such by. all extensive p establishments.f Tb'e above-mentioned result will e ninch imore Thvo'rable ~if the d ruid, now nlntort4oately si modst'forn&tten, ii6bserdd to feed t1ie'carp which are in the spawing.pond, ebeitg before and t dai-ing ife ssas6n 6f'spiaviiing, so s to iivent their seui-chingk fort fod, which ~eheral ly leads theni to oat'their on eggs.~ After the fisi ha?ve laid t1'eir-eggs, they m-us t siply be rermoied'frbus the ponds,t whih yrenft theif &sting ~thet egg. ' ThiLs usefulfi-oe fo'rrerny meh practiced in Europe; his un fotn-ately falren irito dissse;/ in fat, it'has alibst been forgotten, pita bIy beca6use harp -natur'aily incrase very fast. Dy removing the spawners three times as many young fish are kept alive than by leaving them in the spawnmng ponds. On no account should teo great a quantity of young fish be placed in a pond. The above-men tioned number of 4.000 to 5,0 young fish to %he acre require~ts wat er which is very rich in natural food. If there are too many young ish in the spawning.pond they grow very slowly, as the pond 1 can not prod uce t1be necessaryi luantity of food. Sueb tish are sca cly one to two inches long when they are one to two years old; only' the head grco.vs a little, whilst the rest. of the body re mains small. As soon Os young ish feel the want of food for any length of time, the gristle and bone of the skeleton harden. thus 1 bringing its development to a close,, not all#wing nature fain play, and the fish remains a crip ple for the resi of its life, even if I tit is placed in p)onds affing un limited supply of food. It is terefore better either to place fewer young fish in the ponds or to make the ponds larger ; it will e fato to nwy. The young fish ,ill grow rapiJl* their devclop lar, ient wilf be healthy, a*nd even predi uring the firsityear they will yeare each the lenith of five to six Tl Iches. Strong and healthy fish are an thus be plaed in th- growing dnriir onds, and here, to', thej will they row rapidly. If t'here' :,e to large anV young fisb for Tie water T-h rea, it is bef.oi to place them in must 5me lako, irook;~ori'vrer. 'Un nio aud ocount shocrid they'be kept in the off . ond.- - Beginners in earp-entnre-! very s5alty consider it -qrite a sacrifice may > let so. many young fish -loose in now ie open river or lake; they keep temp iem, and lator.-they-wiL bitterly hakE 3gret their parsimony, er-rathcr their ieirimpredenc, by having weak scare r not-fklly.:dev-eoped -&-sh. su.me The- btching-pond should not oies. 3 as Isrge as the breeding-pond; hand s. depth o-t -to - exceed l-or P' injir ot. --Tbe -cuter -portion, or. as it disea termed, tbe .low-watwr -margin Th iould: general-y be:from two,to Sei C ve- inhes. ia.depth,.. and:- from imrgp iir-y-to .. for&y- .feet . in. :.wid tb., s'e'r1v, 'rovision- sioWld --be -made that I kttoi est-ca fuitas: grow there, plenti- The illy ;4br the frshes -gve the -pref- dC6ji rone-to-tia piantf.for- the 'depc- pOndi tiop- of, tbeeggaj--as- I ipefore ob-. dhiYtl med, ktv4he-bottoni of these the % atebing-pondsmust, be of similar' is ~ft' )nstruction to-tbat of-the4arger Tirh& nesyth-atis -they must be-provi- an-e ed with the abave-described -car- their ite,- or -kettles, - .coll6ctorm and igeh Alector ditches.- T.-he-ollectors! shold iust be -eleaned--from ;t-o: m.ad pondl vety $priang; they n.eed..ot be or si s deep in these ponds.as they are have a such as are intended for the re-, or se pption of larger fisbes; a depth Tb f from four to fire inches only pond eing required for fishes otf minor mcdi ize. The..hatcbi,ng ponds have of ti utlets and reserve-sluices in the from am, at the lower end or on the til A ide,. to guard against overflows. Fr !esu ponds. must be secured fishe ainst the. intrusion of pikes, Amm els, bass, catfishes, tritons, water- averf nakes, turtes and water-lizards, 100 r ats and water-fo Is, or any vora- most ious animals, an.d in,the Sou.tb are t, be alligator. A fine grating will In re.vent tbe. entrance of the. for- carp icr; against the latter various have raps are in use, and otherr means pdnj iight be devised. It is of the sial ighest irmpbrtance "that new whe, onds be assiduously kept cleair of will he animals mentioried, and of - I layothersnot named here.: In'small-''stabflshmen fs, embrac ig" - nly i 'few ~acres, it nill te a we xitididvantag6ons iri spite of the sa onmeliat greater expetise, if f.heth onds (bot-h natural gnd airtifcial); ve ither~ el or-singly, axle surrounded ol y a Very close board fence, three 6 four "feet-high, and goin-g four that o-six -ihohes into the -ground. ich a fe'nce will affor-d no pro. this etion -against aquatic *birds, - rater-snakes, and muskrats, but it . whic irl exclude the' snappin g-toirt,ine~ h-e'm~ost dangerous and Voracions be nerYiny of -th'4 fisN, which 1s-md6rO be feared'Tban'either cranes or ttrs. This - dotestab-le sofmalA ns been knownr to-efean ?i pord ,48 f fs, rrd then,- led b5itssgense teav f smell, to follow the fish-, goinji . en upahil- against tho strearm ta tt night it seizes the fish, which, seco this ot suspecting any danger, rest at r~ he bottom, with itr abarp fangs, ra esembling shears, and kills them. sw is a peenfrarity of carp to keep torn t the bottom (luring the night,fe 1nd likewise during cold and ioomy wveathaer, and the snap- man >ing-turtle would therefore have Gr nany an opportunity of destroy- PO nthcm. Large iron fisbhbooks, CC &ith a piece of meat fastened to t ,hemn as bait, will do good service,te distributed in suitable places on fst ,he banks. This should be done thou rem Spring to October. The laten iecs of meat should be of such a sate iizc that even large carps cannot >ite them ; they will then foirm a nost attractive bait fr the ugly to nonst ers. T hese hooks shouild he y ea astened with a strong brass wire,tra is the suapping turtle coul-d easily .on ite through twine, and should be scri spected every day.Sm In placing spawners in ponds, .il. retcautiOn must be practised in their- selection, so that only p really healthy fishes may be in mail .roduced, and not such as are iffected by fungus growths, -the sh elatinous polyp, or other- disease. creu in Europ~e the polyp, ini particu- RaIt Srafequieiy- uestroyed the ietiveness of ponds for many c ncivty obtaincd' yourg flry left in - the hatching;pond o ti Winter- -after which .are to be- transferred to the r.ponds. e catching of theyoungfishe be doDe, with great care, the. waLer must be draiied brough. the. grated outle t9 slowiy, so thatf. no fishes remain in the mud, for if a hatching operation is con. lated in the ~poud, the newky ed fishes will be retacd.ed in growth, on account of th ty of food, this being con I by any remaining larger The young fishes must b'e ed'carefIIlly, for the slightest i to the scales may cause ie and datb. Sb.reed,ing ponds have the coristruction we flie batch -ns'; they - '~dams, is *srn'-es, "outr.t etiauriels, coT -6, did ditcns in the M.ottom. d ly iff6F6ne fs in being rMid Tir;g-r (ai haTfchiiid h Tiy' hi'e an- aveidgd 6f6neofo0t i6e inc'nes, arid idth of their shallow borden )m ~sftedty to eighty feet. 'kettes' liav d6p~th~6f four >haff' fect rm~he siir'fac; borders a;e frgm.aix to eight s deep. The growth of grass d also be advanced in thes. 3. In small ones of about.fou x acres, the kettles' may a lerigth and width of sixty venty feet. o stocking of the breeding s takes. place in Spring, im itely after the emptying ou -e h'atching ponds; it laste the latter partPo March un. Dri. rm 800 to 1,000 breeding may be cal6ulatod to au -ican acre, 800 being th< ige. To cover possible risks aore may be added, as in the successful pond slight losse D be expected. favorable ponde, where tb is left to seek its food, it wil -gaw eight of about 1 d irf the eisuing Autumn. Ir pondg;about one acre in size -e feeding is practiced, thc3 vigh more. tho southern countries o: pe, in favorably situate< s, they will somewmes reac] igt of 2pounds.in tbe samn of time. This I found to b ase in Southern France ; ho w these favorabje results ar att.ributable to the mildnes 2e climate, and I doubt no proportionally, better result be arrived at in the South o country. ponds. of small capacity,.i h nourishing food is produce: all quantities, the results c ling are -not very encourag r advantage wilf be gained i iorthern,colder countries, b; og. the syoung shoe tw mors in the breedinig ponds is, they are transferred to nd, larger one, and only fror they pass into the culture o carp-ponds. This will ar -especially well if the bol of the pond is poor, ori og has not the desired effec1 is method is followed b; y competent culturi-stsi nany and Austria, who, in th ession of extensive lands an llent numerous ponids, findi heir advantage, as it. ena.ble ito place larger b reeding s in the carp-pohids, an gir this is done a whole yee ,the loss of time is co mpei i for by the large size of tb s produced in the carp-pond the Spring of the third yea fishes which have been on in the breeding-pond ar sferred to the carp-ponds. th traction of which I have de ed before. Fishes having bee in the breeding-pond for on mer only, without being fec be found to weigh, at the es Lion of that time, from l >ounds, while those which r< ed there two Summers wi v a proportionally greater ii se of weight. In Souther ,ai-- and (roatia the 6shr kept in the breeding.ponds t one Summer occasionally thrive more favorably. Differences in the ratio of weig,ht are commonly owing, as I observed before. to cLimatic influence, and the great est and most rapid increase will be fou-nd in localities where there is an early Spring, and where the pronths of September and October are warm.; but partieui-arly where the nights are still arid milff dur ing Spring and.Autumn. * Breeding-ponds t1.ould have - a certain -umber of fishes-- onlv placed in them when they are stoekQd, and that -number should nov-er be ex-ceeded.. -For the eu! turist -it is important - to bear in mi-nd that the younger the trans ferable- breeding-fishes are,- the lessexpense they will have caused and the sooner their noney-value may be realized. all -earpe weigh ing 2 pounds and more being for the market.1 To stock a culture-pond of one a.cre 4Q0 to 500 carp, of one pound in weight, will be required, and in th.e followng year, or rather in Autumn of the same year, when the. fishes are taken out for.the market, they will weigb, in a good pond, 24 to 3 pounds each, or. about 1,200 to 2,000 pounds in the aggregate. In some localities on ly.200 carp are taken.to one acre. of A.merican -squaro measure.;. in other-placo.s more. .Pike are. frequently put into carp-ponds- in Europe without re ducing the number of carp, oie pike being added to 25 or 30 of the former. This is an old prac. tice, which has been proved of great use by experience, assisting through the effectls exercised in the improvement of culture-that is,. the favorable progress of the fishes. The carp is a very indolent fish, which frequently. remains for many hours in the same place at the most favorable poriod for feeding-uamely, in.Summer. It is aware of .the pike's voracity and remains always cautiously at a distance from it. The introdue tion of the pike is practiced for I two reasons: (1.) That the carp may not constantly remain in the i same feeding place, but, frighti ed away by the pike, may visit r others also; (2.) It is done, and principally so, to prevent the r more mature carp from spawnin"; Sshould the spawning occur, a is I the case occasionally, the youngr a fry will devoured by the pikes, Swhich otherwise would have .deprived the large carps of' their food. .The pike will also destroy those fishes and their spawn Swhich had sreceeded in getting into . be -ponds. without the Sknowledge or schrongh the ina bility of tbe culturist to prevent it. Great care is required in the introductioni of the pikce; spci mens of' minor sizes than that of the carp must be selected. The growvth . of the pike being much more rapid than that of.the carp (300 per cent. per annum), the former should be younger by one year at least than the latter, sio thatit may rnot prove.dangerous to a the carp. if this pr-ecaution is taken in the introduction of the pike, it will be an actual boon to the carp colonies, for it will not only exterminate by degreces all those parasitical fishes which in trude themselves into the ponds, but it will devour frogs or the esmaller kinds of' its own sp)ecies d ias well as water snakes and tritons. SShould the pike suffer for wvant of food after having~ eleared the d ponds of' all these animals it must r b)e supp)liedi with it; small spoiled fishes, or such as have becn stunted e in their grow th, will answer the ,. uroe If this is neglected the r- hungry pike wi;i attack its comn e panions, the carps, and1 through it e will not devonir them. it will e mortally wound them with its .teeth. n I have so fari given t he principal e traits of' natural carp culture. andi I will speak inore explicitly of' the I artificial impregnation and hatch o ing of the carp's eggs in my next -report. So far' as I know, this I latter' method has bneen little, if' at 1all, employed in Eur'ope, although n it offers much greater advantageE -s for th rom-u.t i.m of vast qaanti. ties of spawn. .y own experi ments were rewarded by the be&t results. I intend.coutinuing them this Summer in Baltimre. and hope to eommninwate Mne resuLts bereafter. I now proceed to* give a few rnfes of general importance for the construction andmanagemert of earp-ponds. The ponds should have as shal low - a border as possible. Their depth should be in accordance-witi their size, one foot in the culture or regular carp:pouds Where large fishes a?te kept; one half foot in b-eei;ing, and or'e-quarLer to onc half foot in hatching ^ponds. The h:rde*r should be of considerable width ; it *Is desirable in any case that i great number of such shal lows be- contrived in ponds, as these are th-e principal feeding places ofthe carp. Another imp~ortant condition to considered is this, that the water in ponds must -be - of -the saiie depth all the year round, -acy variation in this having an in jurious irifluence apon the fishes. Ponds of smaller circumference, of from ten -to fifteen acres, are according t-,o resnits -obtained; better suitid for cai-p-cultare than very age ones 100 to I,000 acres in extent. These are frequently found in Cenv-al Europe upon tracts of land belonging to some princely domain. In the former the fish finds more scenrity, the bottom -of the pond being smooth er; it also suffers -ess frorn the waves; these being high and rough in large ponds, becoming very detiimentai -to the spawn and breeding fishes. especially during storms, wijen they are east ashore and become' the prey of water fowls or perish in som'e other man ner. The dirhinution 'of water by evaporation must' beA made up for by a fresh supply ; this, however, must not exceed*the quantity ac tually needed for maintenance of the regular height of water. Small pon.ls of from one to fifty acres area, which serve some commer. cial or industrial purpose, as mills, etc.. and % 'b are constantly varying the anght of their water cannot be considered as favorabik or regular culture-ponds. Al. though the dshes may grow to 9 pretty good size in them, they must still be regarded as belong ing to the category of waters foi 'freec fishing,' ~like lakes and rivers. In these neithcr th< height of water, nor the hatch ing of the eggs, nor yet the in crease of aquatic animals can be regulated at will. Still, leaving these waters to lie waste on thi: account would he a pity, for i stocked with carp they will, ir spite of all-disadvantages remun cr-ate the p)ropr-ietor-, and th< care which he bestows on then: will be a source of much pleasure I beg to make sonme remarks, ir conclusion, relative to the intro duction of the carp and its in~ crease in open waters, in which i is solely left to the c-arc of nature and to which subject I alluded a the commencement. We intr-oduce into our water migrating fishes, such as the sal mon and shad, and find it prolita bie for the r-eason that they coin sume but little food in the rivers growing up in the sea and ascend iginto fresh water as larg~ fishes. We also maintain in oui lakes white-fish, bass, pike, etc These are all ford of animal foot and belong, in parIt, to the clas: of fishes of prey. The car-p, or the contra2ry, lives upon ve-geta ble food. insects, iarv:e, an< worms, but it never attacks othe: 6.hes or their sp)awn. It can b< pr-oduiced in masses and then b transm1ferred into the waters de stined for its recep.ion. This cain b donae either lby artiia l impjregna tion anid hatchiig. or in thne nu o naturial in crease . F"or caTh of these methods twc ways of actionI aire opemn: . Trhe sp.~awn can be tr-ansferred in to open ivater as soon as it is fre from the egg ; or, (2.) the yonn; fishes may be kept in p.>nds for season until they have had time t riow-thmat is, for one Summem In the latter case, the rule, tha fisheos w bich are dle5tined for ope waters must. not he artiliciaily fAd is to be strictly adhered.to. Carps . hich have been used to fedinz in that manner will not be so nt to find -the food for thlem'selves which, Until then, bad bei supphed to thcm. Torment e by bunger, they will lose the fear of their enemies and-tbe-con sequeit caution.4ncss. falling an easy prey to thein before m'tany weCks wilH.haveeapsed. If artificial feeding is not ..in tanded. the- ponds for the recep tion of' the small fishes miust be proportio nately larger, so that they may find food in suiMcient quantitiesin,a natural way. Both met-iods- have their- advantages. If the young'fry is transfort-d in to open .wator. five or-six days afi ter hlatcing, there will -be no necessity for the establishing of lairrg ponds.' A gre:'t nrirnbi of eggs nust, howe-ver, be hal(,hed in thi, case,. for the smail fishes will be destroyed in vast-numbers by their erremies; The better method bf the two is c#rtainly this: to keep the young fishes in large ponds until the Fail when they -will have reached the age of five or -six months. During this tin They will have"had the opportanity to learn how to.find their fool. by their. own.efforts, such ponds, p-roducing it profusely to satisfy all their wants, and thus they will be prepared for their stay in open waters. To carry through the latter method, a lar. ger exteut of water is required, nature itself having, indicated"pre; cIsely the conditiorns under which and the limits in which the nat ural and unimpaired growth of the yonng fishes may beexpected. They do not require as exten Sive a pond during the first months of their develoument and growth. as those which have reached a more advanced age. For this reason it will be more advantageous to choose the mid dle way by retaining the young fishes in the ponds for about one or- two months and then to give them their liberty instead oftrans ferring them immediately after the hatwbing or keeping them for five or six. months.- By. acting upon this suggestion, incalculable advantage will'be gaiied that the fiesbe profit by the rich food of the open waters during the sea son, and will have grown strong einough to fight more sncc'essfully for their .existeuce.. ForL-his pur. p)ose, establishmenits t.or artificial breeding, constructed with a r gard to the demands of cliinate, are essentially needful in these open waters, so that the greatest possible number of eggs may be hatched. In Europ)e the subject of stock - ing open waters w. ti the carp ha been discussed, because there, in its :iative country, its excellent adaptatiou 1er this pur'pose has been recogniized. I observed above that this tish~ is found in grreat numbers in most of the European rivers, particu larly in the Rhine. Although this river has a very s wift current, which at times for'ms rapid s, here neither mud nor suitable ground is to be found which would qual. ify the'e localities f.>r feeding pinees for the rather indolent ear p ;still, there are numbers of shallowsb and smrall creeks, th( borders of' which are richly over grlown with grass and Festuca fluitans, where the fishes find food pleutiful. and multiply. fThe river carp is not as fleshy Ias the pond-carp; this is accounted - r by the great amiounit of bodi!y exercise which it is unaturau!!y corn pelled to take. Iin many'~ places it is more highly applreciated thai the pond r-carp. prob)ably because the r-~ ive water' does not impari to it the muly taste which ii -sometimesC- found with the car] -inihabitin g ponds situated in mar shy localities and mior'asses whiel have nrot a sffici2nt su pply 0 fresh water. The assertion in regard to th< preference given to the river-carl will be found to be correct, es pecially in regard to the river Rhine, Elbe, Wecser, Vistula, Loire Rhone, Garonne, and tbe Dannbc tThe latter is celebrated in song a a :he I entiit blue Dannbe : ij reality its water has, duringthn greater part of the yeai,agra ish-wbite. maddy color, and av-ery -wift current. It bas, howk.er, particularly in Aestri*-* Hubgary and tbe lowlands in 'en'drt which border npon it, numerous iranches which creep along s.tg .ishly, arid also many smaltereek9s% with almosstagnant water.1 A grer niuinbr of fes of 'VA inliabit this river; the pike, per the rap'ciousJlcho (Salmo kvc aud. above all, .the never-stised Web (&ilurus gIanis). whiO, a.t& lower Danube, reaches a W 500 pounds. Its habits ein lar to those of the carp:it lies-onthe mud-banks or feeding-placee Ahis fish and beeemes its most dnger6 u enemy- and insatiable dfst'royer,a still the carp increases iiithe Danib-e From the. city of Ulm, where.ths river begins ta be navigablesfter .its escape from the Black Forest a -thoi4 sand miles downward' to its m'outh.5o the Black Sea, as also in this oehe -arp is found. 'To t,bis fact -allsion has. been made on a former ocessi o The carp thrives best in tiFosejwti of the Danube where the water. is' least elear, at the influof the. mud Y water of-its tributaries. At onetime- ' ' I was present at a draught ofa seide - which took place close to the qit-of the city of Pesth', in Huaryad44a aTrranged by Mr. Szihelsky Feraetz. At that point. the river is.constany plowed by steamers, st-eam..tugs, and and ferry boats, and- it wouIT seemed that there could not.be "a fishes there.yet300 ine carps,weighzg frog one to five Ponds .eeh: *e4 taken in one draught of th-ed within the distince of abo4t one quarter of a English zile. carp is partial to this locality beeasw it fiuds abundant food.there in the fromkitchens, slaughter-houses; beW eries and the sewers of both the ifes of Ofen and Pesth. 'th1 e Ep lakes for instance in the lakes of:Na .tance, Zurich, and Geneva, tho carp comes sometimes from these iptWthe ports to seek' for food.' Comparing the water of the'Danub with that of the Mississippi4fee convinced that I may safely -aseri that the earp would thrive excefeelt in the "latter, although its water i, pears to be even more muddy. and-p id than that of the Danubeyond E believe-thisto be true of the-Misur .and Ohio and many otherK of it tributaries. The Mississippi_ ia~ its borders many spots where the c r rent is slow and which are partially covered, with vegetation; there i also numerous creeks,where tfihe5s1 would 'hoid food plentifiully ia,ke alluvial mud on the banks. .f-hat has been said of Mjsisippi wilbj ? found to be the casetiith many Afithe or probably nearly all, Ameriiea rivers. They will be found' to b -.' adapted for the introduction, ofth carp, so long as they are-not-mon- T tain torrents which' have fto bresk their way through rocky' and etbbly ground. The increase of this fish of great imiportance. from an ecoos sai point of viewr,especiaRlyso in re I ard to the south-western waters. . Under the present circumstances$ is to be hoped that the endeavo which have been made for ia pI pose may before long be rewarded b success, and becomes a fait accompli. and that the difficulties which will Ihave to be overcome may not prevent - thie achievement of it. The effort - will and nmust meet with successat j last.j Tbe ever!astinig longing- for something we have not, ought to satisfy us that there are great things~ in store for us. The world would .b'e more hap wise, if they would whistle more and argue less. Themn is voted a bore who 1persists in talking about himself - when you wish to talk about yourself. 3 an kind in the gross is a gaping mons ter that loves to be deceived, and has seldom been disappointed. >Divine vengeance comes with. -feet of lead, burt atrikes,'with a hand of iron. He who can take advice is - sometime superior to him who can a give it.