VOL. XV. XO. 3S. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



221 



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THE AGUE AXD FEVER. 



Why should any one have tlie ague when it is 

 80 easy to get clear of it? ]t is the scourge of all 

 the low country tVnm New Jersey, along the east- 

 ern coast, to Florida and Louisiana, and hatigs on 

 its victim for months. The following course of 

 treatment is simiile in itself, can be attended to in 

 any family without inconvenience, has never been 

 known to fail in a single instance out of many in I 

 which it has been emjWoyed during the last twenty | 

 years, and costs very little money. This last, nl- I 

 though operating against it with some, will propi- 

 tiate many in its fivor. fn addition, we will add 

 that it is a very pleasant remedy. 



The cold stage often commences one or two, 

 and perhaps three hours before the patient is him- 

 self a ware of it. !t first shows itself in the retreat 

 of the bloofl from the extremities, to the internal 

 parts of the body. The blood visible, generally, 

 under the nails, will sometimes disappear one and 

 two hours before the sensations of the patient 

 warn him that the chill isconung on. It is, there- 

 fore, all-important to commence in time, and about 

 four hours before the chill is expected, take three 

 grains of the sulphate of quinine, an 1 if conven- 

 ient, keep out of the cold. Take the same quan- 

 tity two hours afterwards, then go to bed, and ap- 

 ply a hot brick to the feet, and another to the 

 back, and after the lapse of fifteen or twenty min- 

 utes, commence taking, at short intervals, a few 

 spoonfuls of very weak punch, as hot as it can be 

 drank. It is indispcnsablethat the punch be very 

 weak, and that it be drank very hot. In a very 

 short time n glow conies over the body, followed 

 by u gentle perspiration, which must be kept up, 

 in a gentle njanner, for at least two hours, (three 

 is better) after the usual time of the access of the 

 chill. Care must be taken to prevent any exces- 

 sive perspiration, and when a perspiration has 

 continued a short time, it is best to remove the 

 bricks, to heimmediately returned if their removal 

 produces the slightest uneasiness, or any chilly 

 sensation. 



When the ague has been of short standing, the 

 first attempt at cure almost invariably succeeds. 

 Where it has existed for any length of time, it 

 will be necessary to commence earlier, and con- 

 tinue the perspiration longer, so as completely to 

 arrest and break tip the habit, the associatiim or 

 connexion of motions on which the disease de- 

 pends. In the latter case it will be most prudent 

 to pursue the same plan on the return of the next 

 regular period. This has never failed to prevent 

 the return of the next paroxysm, as well as of all 

 subsequent ones. 



But will not the ague return ? It may, and so 

 it may do under any mode of cure, hut it is not 

 more likely to return than when cured by other 

 remedies. We think it less apt. — U. S. Tel. 



THE WHOOPING COUGH. 



Mr Hawi.ey : — As the Whooping Cough is 

 now prevailing, I am induced to send you the fol- 

 lowing facts : 



The late Rev. Samuel Worcester, D. D., of Sa- 

 letn, called on a family in this vicinity, where there 

 were three children laboring under this disease. 

 He inquired of the mother if she had given them 

 molasses freely ? She answered no, not at all ; 

 he related the following fact. "A certain man 

 went to a grocery store to buy a gallon of molas- 



ses ; by mistake, it was drawn in an oil measure. 

 The grocer when finding his mistake, oliserved 

 he must throw it away, for it was com[>lK!ely spoil- 

 ed. The man said — " Oh no ; ffive it to mc, and 

 I will feed niy children with it, for they have the 

 whi. oping cough, and the molasses will be good 

 for them, and the Linseed oil will do them no 

 harm. Accordingly it was <lone. He took it home, 

 and set it before his children, they feasted upon 

 it, and the courh disappeared in a very short 

 time." This said, the mother inmiediately com- 

 menced givingit for breakfast, dinner and supper ; 

 and as often as they asked for ii, on bread, pud- 

 ding, in candy, and in water for drink. The el- 

 dest child was soon cloyed ; the second child 

 continued it nuich longer, the third child, an in- 

 fant could take but little. The result was^the el- 

 dest had it so light as not to whoop but little ; 

 the second did not wlio.ip at all ; the infant had 

 it as usual. — Hampshire Gaz. 



Safety of Steam Boilers. — Mr Raub's twin 

 valve safety apparatus, to give notice of the defi- 

 ciency of water in a steam boiler, has already been 

 mentioned in our columns, and has been repeat- 

 edly exhibited in action, in one or more places in 

 the city. Understanding that it has been exam- 

 ined and tested by I'rof. Johnson, of the Fraid«li:i 

 Institute, we requested that gentleman to furnish 

 us with some account of the result, and of his im- 

 pressions in respect" to its utility. He has accor- 

 dingly authorized us to say, that the action is 

 prompt and effective — that whether the boiler 

 be hot or cold, that is, whether under a pressure 

 of steam or not, the float connected with the safe- 

 ty valve obeys immediately the force of gravity 

 when relieved from the buoyancy of the watei-, 

 and that as the two valves are of exactly the same 

 dimensions, and precisely counterpoise each oth- 

 er's efiects, they interpose no obstruction to the 

 movement of the float-rod, however high the pres- 

 sure of steam ; and as the adjustment of the two 

 valves to their respective seats is perfectly simple, 

 they may, when properly executed, be easily ap- 

 plied anil kept in order. The trinls were made 

 on the experimental boiler, under a pressure of 

 40 or 50 lbs. to the inch. The advantage of this 

 apparatus over those de[;ending on fusible melals, 

 which indicate when a tire surface of the boiler 

 or its plane is laid bare, is, that Mr Raub's inven- 

 tion indicates the approach of danger — the others 

 only note its actual arrival. It is applicable to 

 boilers with interior flues, as to those without 

 them, the form of the float only requiring a little 

 variation. The foaming of the water when sud- 

 denly relieved by opening the larger safety valve, 

 was not perceived to influence the action of the 

 twin valves. 



It is believed to be among the most simple plans 

 for indicating the commencement of a deficiency of 

 water, of giving the alarm, relieving from tlie ex- 

 cess of steam if any exists at the time, and (by a 

 proper arrangement) ol bringing into play the force 

 pump, supposing the action of the latter to have 

 been previously suispended by the engineer. — U. 

 S. Gazette. 



Speed of the Dog. — There is a dog belonging 

 to the conductor of the train on the Dcdham branch 

 road, which accompanies the train to and from the 

 city every trip, and always keeps a rod or two in 

 advance of the engine. His speed has been once 

 or twice tried, and he has beat the locomotive. 



Something Nkw. — A new, and, it uould ap- 

 pear, a most eflectual safeguard against fire has 

 been discovered by n gentleman of Washington. 

 It is a comfiosition o( the appearance and consis- 

 tence of paint, which when applied to wood ren- 

 ders it secure from damage or destruction by fire. 

 A public experiment (jf its utility was made la«t 

 week in Wasliington, in the presence of the May- 

 or, General Gratiot, Colonel Edwards. Mr Cun- 

 ningham, and several oilier gimtlemen, tlie surpris- 

 ing results of which are thus noticed in the George- 

 town Metropolitan : 



Two small houses had been constructed of dry 

 pine boards, the one open to i)ermit a free pas- 

 sage for the flames and air, and the other close 

 built and secure, 'i hirty barrels of pine shavings 

 were then placed around and in contact with both 

 the buildings, and six barrels of the same inflam- 

 mable matter were piled up on the floor of the 

 open house in contact also with the sides of the 

 interior. When the match was applied, the flames 

 rose to a considerable height above both struc- 

 tures, with much fierceness ; but on the decay of 

 the fire it was found that the house was not even 

 scorched, except in one or two places, where the 

 paint had not been well applied. The close hnilt 

 house, which had been properly prepared, escap- 

 ed entirely. The fire continued for nearly an hour 

 in a manner that would certsinly have reduced to 

 a heap of ashes any pine, oak, or other wooden 

 building covered with ordinary paint. 



Colonel Paimhoeuf declares that this composi- 

 tion will not cost more than common paint, that 

 it may be made as fine and beautiful, and various 

 in color, and that it possesses far greater dura- 

 biliiy. 



The gentlemen above mentioned, nn<l others 

 who witnessed the experiment, have issued a cer- 

 tificate expressive of their sati; l\iction, and strong- 

 ly recommending the ])aint to the attention of 

 Government. — Bait. Amer. 



Chinese Mulberry Trees We fine in one 



page of the Silk Culturist, the following quanti- 

 ties of this tree advertised, as also about to mil- 

 lions of plants of the White Italian Mulberry. — 

 Truly we are a propagating people. 



76,000 hy W. G. Comstock, Hartford. 



50,000 do. do. 



100,000 by W. Prince & Sou, Flushing. 



75,000 by W. Kenrick, near Boston. 



20,000 by A. Row, near Rochester. 



320,000 

 and a great many thousand more by D. Stebbins 

 of Northampton, Mass. C. B. Mellory, Westficid, 

 Thomas J. Bestor, Suffield, and Joseph Daven- 

 port of Colerain. Now allowing each plant to 

 occupy a space of three feet by one, which is the 

 fair nursery distance, 320,000 Multicaulis trees 

 would fill, in nursery order, about 40 acres, which 

 would average to the five proprietors, eight acres 

 each ; and if planted in orchards', at 15 feet apart, 

 would fill 1660 acres. The 2,C 00,(00 white Ital- 

 ian would plant, at the same distance, something 

 more than 10,0^0 acres. We seem in a fair way 

 to have at least mulberry trees. 



Death op Black Hawk. — The Galena, (Il- 

 linois) Advertiser says that the celebrated In- 

 dian warrior. Black Hawk, was recently drown- 

 ed in the Iowa river, by the upsetting of his ca- 

 noe, when returning from making a treaty. 



