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ATLANTA, GA., MARCH 15, 1883.
Ocrninn Carp.
The German carp is greatly inferior to the
white fish, lake trout, black bass, or even
pickerel. The flesh is white but not very
firm, and is generally deficient in fat. The
fish grow to large site and increase very rap
idly if allowed sufficient food. They are de
sirable chiefly for the reasons that they are
easily propagated, that they will do well in
water too warm and too impure to support
other and more valuable fish, that they will
eat a great variety of substances that are of lit
tle value, and that the small fry will endure
transportation long distances with little li
ability to injury. Experiments show that
the fish thrive in almost any latitude, and
they are not molested by noises and distur
bances that operate to exterminate many
varieties. On these accounts the German carp
is a very desirable fish for persons who live
remote from markets, for farmers, and village
people who have water on their own grounds
and can raise the food required for feeding
them. The German Carp has been called
“the fish of civilization,” “the farmers’ fish,"
and from its propensity to eat almost any
thing placed at its disposal, the “aquatic
pig.” It is not likely that this fish will ever
be a favorite in city markets, but it is likely
that it will prove a great boon to people liv
ing in the country.
The fish were first brought to this coun
try by the United States fish commissioners
seueral years ago, and have been propagated
at their hatchery near Washington. The
fish commissioners of each state have been
supplied with them, and several of them
hove been engaged in propagating
them. The proper way to obtain a limited
number gratuitously is to apply to the fish
commissioners of the state where one lives.
Several persons who are engaged in fish farm
ing on their own account have them for sale
in large and small quantities. The small fry
can be transported in milk cans or other
suitable vessels. The fish commissioners of
several states have arranged to send them by
express to persons ordering them. They
may be kept in tubs or barrels of water a
short time after tbelrarrival, but it is desira
ble to have a pond In readiness for them.
The German carp will live in water that is
somewhat impure, but with little doubt
they will thrive best in water that is nearly
pure. A small natural lake that is free
from other kinds of fish, or from those kinds
that will devour them, is suitable for carp.
Jt\i artificial pond can often be prepared for
them with little cost. It should be In the
'main three or four feet decp.and should con
tain several deep holes for the accommoda
tion of the fish during the cold weather.
The fish are not active during the winter,
but lie in a sort of dormant state, covered
or parly covered in the mud. Thepond should
contain a few islands and should have part
of the water shaded by flat rocks or plonk
extended from the banks. It is also desira
ble to plant some trees on the banks of the
pond and on islands. Tho carp pond can
easily bo made attractive as well as useful.
The pond can be supplied with water
drawn from a stream through a pipe, or can
be filled by water issuing from a spring or
raised from a well by means of a wind-pump.
An artesian well will supply sufficient wa-
.ter for several carp ponds A small stream
running from aspring can be utilized to ex
cellent advantage for tilling the pond Pro
vision should be made for letting the water
outof tho pond after it has become some
what dirty and for preventing the fish from
escaping with it. One can commence the
business of raising carp with quite a
small pond, and can make additions to it as
his stock incteases. As soon us he begins
to raise fish from eggs one pond will
be desirable for the young fish and' another
for those that are more mature. The two
]onds may he connected, the water going
over a slight fall in possingfrom one to the
other. Care must be taken to keep minks
and muskrats away from the ponds. The
fish will eat nearly all kinds of animal and
vegetable matter that gips will. From the
Kama* State Reporter.
Wlint the Weather Will be.
Prof. Bcerner, of Yevay, Ind., translates
tor the Indiana Farmer the following from
the Latin, showing observations gathered
from the most reliable sources in England,
embracing years from 1677 to 1709, being 122,
as follows:
1. When the vernal equinox is not pre
ceded or followed by the usual equinoctial
storms, the succeeding summer will be dry
at least five times in six.
2. If easterly storms occur on the 19th,
20th or 21st of May the ensuing summer will
likewise be dry; the same characteristic-ap
plies to storms, from whatever direction, on
the 25th, 26th or 27th of March, vis., a dry
summer will follow.
8. When storms happen from or between
the 17th and 23d of March, having directions
from the west southwest, the succeeding
summer will be wet five times out of six.
In England, when both winter and spring
are dry, they are always cold, but when
these two seasons are wot they are usually
warm: on the contrary, dry summers and
autumns are most always hot, and wet sum
mers cold; hence, if the humidity of any
special season be determined an approxi
mately correct idea may be formed what the
prevailing temperaturo will be.
4. A wet autumn, succeeded by a mild
winter, is generally followed by a dry and
cold spring, which will be unfavorable to
the growth of vegetation.
5. A wet summer is almost always suc
ceeded by a severe cold winter, because the
terrestrial heat has been carried off by evap
oration; it has also been observed that wet
summers promote great proficiency on the
white thorn, so that an unnsual fruitfulness
of the shrubs is considered a presage of an
intensely cold winter.
6. A severely cold winter is also Indicated
by the early departure in the autumn of
cranes and other migratory birds, because
these birds never leave for a southern cli
mate until the cold has commenced in the
higher northern regions.
7. When the month of September is show
ery it seldom rains during the coming month
of May, and the contrary, should September
pass without showers, the following May will
be rainy and wet.
8. When, in summerand autumn, the pre
ponderating wind is from the southwest, or
when the temperature is unusually low,
profuse rain may certainly be expected at
the end of the season. ,.
9. Tempestuous storms and other violent
commotions of tho clonds produce a crisis in
the atmosphere, which is followed by a suc
cession of several months of fine or boister
ous weather, of whatever the incoming
change may be.
10. A mild and rainy winter Is always fol
lowed by on unproductive(7) summer.
lL When rainy weather prevails during
a moon, the change succeeding will be fair
weather for several days, after which rain
will again set in; bat when fair weather pre
vails during the moon, and the succeeding
change be rain, fair weather will again re
turn afterthe fourth or fifth day of the moon
and continue os before.
12. The most decided indication for fair
weather is the apparently great elevation of
the celestial concave and an evident disposi
tion of the clouds to dissolve and vanish
away.
THE HEUTIONS AND HARMONIES
OF COI.OR.
Sib: I came across many years ago some rhyme*
embodying the principles of harmony In color. In
lees than a hundred lines. It I rember right, they
gives vast amount ot Information In'such a simple
form that even a child oould easily commit It to
memory. If yon know what I refer to I wish yon
would let me know where I could Hnd the lines; and
if not asking too much, I wish yon would publish
them. M. E. 8.. New London, Conn.
Answbb.—The Unas referred to by our correspond-
.entare doubtless the following by Henry Hopley
White. They were originally published In London
to accompany a diagram Illustrating the relation of
tbeoolors:
"Blue— Yellow-Bed—pure simple oolors *11
(By mixture unobtalned) we Pbimabiss call;
From these. In varlons combinations blent.
All the colors trace their on* desoent.
Each mixed with each—their powers combined dif
fuse
New colon forming Secohdaby hues;
Yellow with red makes Oronpr.with blue-Green;
In bine with red admixed, ls^Funpte seen.
Each of these hues In Harmony we And,
When with Its complementary combined;
Orange with bine, and green with red agrees,
And purple tints, near yellow always please.
These secondaries Taan abixs produce,
And CUrine-OOoe-Busset—lntroduce:
Thus green with orange blended forms citrine,
And olive comes with purple mixed with green;
Orange, with purple mixed, will russet prove;
And, being subject to the rule above,
Harmonious with each tertiary we view
The complements! secondary hue.
Thus dtrlne-ollve—russet harmonise
With purple-orango-green, their true allies.
These hues, by white diluted. Tint! are mad*;
By black, are deepened Into darkest Shade.
Pur* or combined, the primaries all three,
To satisfy the eye most present he;
It the support Is wanting but of one,
In that proportion harmony Is gone;
Shonld red be unsupported by due share
Of blue and yellow pure-combined they aro
In green-wbloh secondary, thus we see,
The harmonising medium of all three.
Yellow for light contrasts dark purple’s hue,
Its complements!, formed of red and blue.
Red most exciting Is—let nature tell
now grateful Is, and soothing, green's soft apeU.
Bo blue rrMre-t-bcyond all colors cold,
While orange warm—advancing yon behold.
The union of two primaries forms a hue
As perfect and decided as tls new;
But all the mixtures which all three befall
Ten to destroy and neutralise them all ;
Nay, mix them—three parts yellow, live of red,
And Eight of blue—then all color has fled.
When primaries are notpure, yon'll surely see
Their complements!* change In due degree;
If red (with yellow) to a scarlet tend,
Borne blue Us complements! green will blend;
Bo It your red be crimson, (blue with red),
Your green with yellow would be varied;
If yellow tends to orange, then you And
Purple (Its complement) to blue Inclined;
But If to bine It leans, then mark the change,
Nearer to red yon see the purple range.
If blue partakes of red, the orange then
To yellow tends; It yellowish, you ken
The secondary orange glows with red,
Reader, fareweU I my lesson now Is said.”
Legsllicd Mixtures.
The Now York Board of Health, under its
power of declaring what mixtures shall be
allowed, has adopted the following:
“1. Coffee and chicory mixture, to which
no other substance or article is added, and
in which mixture pure coffee shall not be
less than fifty per cent, of the whole com
pound mixture.
“2, Mustard and wheat or rice flour mix
ture, to which no other substance or article,
or any coloring matter, is added, and in
which mixture pure mustard shall not be
less than fifty per cent, of the whole com
pound or mixture.
“The labels on the above mixtures shall be
plainly and distinctly marked in letters of
the same size as in the whole name of the
mixture, so as to be read on one side of tbe
parcel or package containing the mixture, in
whatever quantity the same may be sold, and
the proportions of the two above designated
parts of the said mixtures shall in each case
be distinctly marked and published on the
said labels.
“Resolved, that the State Board of Health
hereby fixes the limits of variability in
cider vinegar, which shall not contain lew
than five per cent, of pure acetic acid, and
shall not leave on evaporation less than one
and one-half of solid matters, the same be
ing weighed after drying at 212 degrees
Fahr."
Old Saws and New.
There can be too much of a good thing.
Charity must not be trusted with too much
opportunity.
What matters it If they be true,
Whether their eyes be black or bine.
Like shells upon the changing shore,
For every tint we love them more.
Pope was one of the most intellectual of
poets; one has to see many governments be
fore he can appreciate:
"Let fools about forms of government contest;
Thst which Is best administered Is beet."
England rather likes Nihilism, because its
success would save her powder and ball in
Asia.
When the Finance-Minister of Russia oom-
plained of the waste of money on the ballet-
girls, Nicholas replie: “Cut thotr dresses
shorter.” »•
Great wealth is not to be encouraged, but
enough for independence Is highly to be rec
ommended. With most persons enough is
always a little more than they have.
Do you wish to get clear of a dull fellow,
loan him money.
Again prosperity may be likened to a ship
with all sail spread: it stands well in a calm,
but a storm is sure to capsize it.
The man on horseback never says, “let us
ride and tie."
Let no woman marry a man with the hops
of sobering him afterwords.
It is easy to find excuses for doing what
we much desire.
The most terrible of all words are, “it is
too late."
A man’s children are but the extension of
himself; a very selfish man may love his
own offtpring.
Cowards are ever cruel; the brave only aro
magnanimous.
Men are hut grown up children; the bau
bles change, but they are pleased with bau
bles all the Bame.
It is often easier to limit one’s desires, than
to find means of expanded gratification.
Have pity on the poor; for poverty comes
more of inability than a want of effort to
avoid it.
It is astonishing how deep seated is vanity
in the human heart; “misery loves com
pany,” because self-esteem is maintained by
the equal fall of others.
There are few who do not think them
selves a Caesar did opportunity favor.
We easily forgive those who offend for love
of us, as Shakespeare shows, the greatest
crimes even are then condoned.
The great basis of politeness Is to mako
yourself agreeable. All else Is “but leather
and prunella.”
The mind Is like an athlete, it most be
ever in training to achieve the highest re
sults.
Now is the time for action: no man can
count on the morrow.
Love of courtesy is noble, but love of the
human race is Godlike. Where liberty is,
there is my homo, where humanity extends
there is my family. G. M. Clay.
Ti7i ite Hall, Ay.