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a moderately-warm parlor. The seeds should be 
picked off as soon as they are formed.—HeEanrts- 
EASE, Hants. 

Remedy for Sprains.—Accidents of this sort 
are not unfrequent; and perhaps none are more 
liable to them than the laboring class of people. 
They happen most generally in the joints of either 
the upper or lower limbs, accompanied with much 
pain and swelling, and inability to use the limb. 
The remedy is simple, and within the reach of 
every one. Cloths, wet freely in a strong and cold 
solution of salt and water, applied and persevered 
in, generally effect a speedy cure. If necessary 
to make a shift, and the part is very painful, apply 
the leaves of garden wormwood, wet in spirits. 
Should the part injured remain weak, as it some- 
times does in severe sprains, a safe remedy is to 
pump or pour on cold water freely for a few 
mornings.— ANGELINA. 

The Weeping Cypress.—I have a plant of this 
celebrated Chinese tree in my garden, which is 
growing very vigorously. It is now about 2 feet 
high, but as yet shows no disposition to weep—a 
circumstance with which I am a little disap- 
pointed. Can any reader inform me whether it 
has been found to assume the weeping form in 
any garden in this country ?—H, H. C. 

Prolific Swarming of Bees.—I have lately 
noticed in the newspapers some account of an ex- 
traordinary hive of bees in the possession of R. 
Turner, of Fell House, near Whitton Gilbert, 
“‘ which cast four times in fifteen days.”’ I am most 
happy to inform you that not one of my hives has 
performed such an extraordinary feat. I have no 
desire for such an increase in my hives; on the 
contrary, | try my utmost to prevent my bees 
from swarming at all, and have so far succeeded 
as not to get on an average more than ONE swarm 
from eight stocks of bees. The most prominent 
feature in my Temple Hive isthe convenience for 
giving the bees access to four glass surplus hives ; 
thus enlarging the hive to double its size. These 
glass hives may be removed as they are filled, 
and replaced by empty ones. Thus, by enlarging 
the parent hive, I prevent the necessity of swarm- 
ing. It was on this same principle that I have 
taken seventy-four pounds of pure honey from one 
stock in the same season, leaving the parent hive 
well stored with honey for winter consumption ; 
and it is to this humane system of bee-culture that 
I invite the attention of all lovers and admirers of 
that truly interesting and valuable insect, the 
honey-bee.—W. J. Pertirr, Dover. 

Surprising ‘‘ Effects” of the Heat in America. 
—l have heard you say, Mr. Editor, that your 
mental workshopisat the extreme top of alofty house, 
in a private street. No doubt the sun, just now, 
‘streaming through your window, dries up, your 
brain. Should then your forthcoming JournaL 
not be so bright as usual, we can readily excuse 
you; and to help you out, I send you the follow- 
ing, “cut and dried.” It is copied from an 
American paper, just received.— Gentle readers! 
As you sprawl on your sofa this pleasant forenoon, 
or make an inverted Z of yourself by propping 
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think it must be ‘easy’ to read. Did you ever 
plough, hoe corn, or plant cabbages? We have 
been engaged in all these rural exercises ; and we 
have also swung the scythe and cradle under the 
sun of the hot south ; and we solemnly declare that 
the physical labors aforesaid are mere recreations, 
in comparison with the exhausting toil of writing 
for the press, in a close office with a south-western 
aspect, when the thermometer is in the neighbor- 
hood of the nineties. The vigorous ideas that 
should find their way by electric telegraph from 
the brain to the pen, liquify cn the road, and ooze 
out in big globules of perspiration ; while the more 
delicate fancies evaporate by the ‘insensible’ 
process. Excuse, therefore, the shortcomings of 
genius under the sudorific influence of the summer 
solstice ; for be assured that the vertical sun, 
however it may dulcify and mature cherries, 
plums, and other fruitful ‘plumpitudes,’ is by 
no means favorable to the development of intel- 
lectual products.”—I will not say the above is 
elegant, but it is “pithy.”"—Wurrtieie. 
[We are as thoroughly fried as our brother 
Editor, good Mr. Whirligig; but we defy any 
amount of heat to keep us from our work. Nothing 
but a special “invite” to superintend a pic-nic 
party could do that; unless indeed it were a snug 
little projected water-party, to certain meadows 
we wot of near Hampton Court. Such a temp- 
tation might peril the interests of the JournaL 
for a single day—more especially if the gentle 
freight, borne by that gliding skiff, were of our 
own selecting.] 

Oh, Tempora! Oh, Mores !—Did you ever see 
VENUS in petticoats, my dear Sir; or the Greek 
Slave tucked up in flounces—wearing our national 
dorsal excrescence as a ‘support ’’’—under her 
sufferings? If not, “go over in two ships” to 
New York, and visit the “Great Exhibition ” 
there. An appeai has been made to the autho- 
rities, by the delicate inhabitants of the city, to 
clothe in suitable apparel all the nude figures that 
have entered the building. This, they say, is 
needful, lest the morals of the people should be 
defiled, and the rising youth “‘ get used’’ to see 
Nature in her own dress. Every leg is to be 
covered, every neck to be cased, every body to be 
swaddled. No arms are to be exposed. So averse 
are the good citizens to nakedness in every form, 
that the bare-headed busts (the originals having 
had no hair) are to wear hats; and the words 
‘naked fact’ (used fifteen times in the printed 
Catalogue) are to be expunged forthwith. Jam 
going over on purpose to see this funny sight. 
Will you go with me ?—Watrter, Cambridge. 
[Watrer! you must not go. We will give 
you a “retainer ” of 100 guineas to remain where 
you are. We cannot do without you. That's 
a fact !] 

Thermometers.—Can you tell me the rule ob- 
served for the comparison of the three thermo- 
meters? If so, will you oblige me by so doing ?— 
James H. 
[To reduce degrees Centigrade above zero to 
degrees Fahr., multiply by 1.8, and add 32. To 
reduce degrees Cent. below zero to degrees Fahr., | 
multiply by 1.8 and subtract from 32. ‘To reduce 
degrees Reaumur above zero to degrees Fahr. 



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