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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



York by the Roanoke. The Philadelphia steamer 

 received about 800 barrels of potatoes, principally. 

 The Baltimore steamers take away, says the Argus, 

 about 800 barrels daily. 



HOW TO KEEP GATHERED FrUIT AND FLOWERS 



always fresh. — A friend has just informed us 

 that fruit and flowers may be preserved from de- 

 cay and fading, by immersing them in a solution 

 of gum-arabic in water two or three times, waiting 

 a sufficient time between each immersion to allow 

 the gum to dry. This process covers the surface 

 of the fruit with a thin coating of the gum, which 

 is entirely impervious to the air, and thus prevents 

 the decay of the fruit, or the withering of the 

 flower. Our friend has roses thus preserved which 

 have all the beauty of freshly plucked ones, though 

 they have been separated from the parent stem 

 since June last. To insure success in experiments 

 of this kind, it should be borne in mind that the 

 whole surface must be completely covered ; for if 

 the air only gains entrance at a pin-hole, the labor 

 will all be lost. In preserving specimens of fruit, 

 particular care should be taken to cover the stem, 

 end and all, with the gum. A good way is to wind 

 a thread of silk about the stem, and then sink it 

 slowly in the solution, which should not be so 

 strong as to leave a particle of the gum undissolved. 

 The gum is so perfectly transparent, that you can 

 with difficulty detect its presence, except by the 

 touch. Here we have another simple method of 

 fixing the fleeting beauty of nature, and surround- 

 ing ourselves ever with those objects which do 

 most elevate the mind, refine the taste, and purify 

 the heart. — Country Gentleman. 



WEIGHT OF SEASONED WOOD. 



The following table shows the weigh t*of a cord 

 of seasoned wood : 



White ash 3450 lbs. 



Beach 3236 lbs. 



Chestnut 2333 lbs. 



White elm 2592 lbs. 



Scaly bark hickory 4469 lbs. 



Pig nut hickory 4241 lbs. 



Red heart hickory 3705 lbs. 



Iron wood 3218 lbs. 



Hard maple 2878 lbs. 



Soft maple 2668 lbs. 



White oak 3821 lbs. 



Pin oak 3339 lbs. 



Red oak 3254 lbs. 



Chestnut oak 3030 lbs. 



Pine 1900 lbs. 



Lombardy poplar 1774 lbs. 



Remedy for Toothache. — The London Lancet, 

 which is considered good authority in such matters, 

 states that a mixture of two parts of the liquid 

 ammonia of commerce with one of some simple 

 tincture, is recommended as a remedy for tooth- 

 ache, so often uncontrolable. A piece of lint is 

 dipped into this mixture, and then introduced into 

 the carious tooth, which immediately stops the 

 pain. It is stated to be eminently successful, and 

 in some cases is supposed to act by neutralizing 

 an acid product in the decayed tooth. 



PAYMENTS TO THE SOUTHERN PLANTER 



To the 2bth of July, 1854. 



Estate of Capt. Wm. Kidd to Jan. 1855 $1 00 



James P. Anderson to January 1855 2 00 



Matthew White to June 1854 1 00 



John Noble to January 1855 6 00 



S. Edmunds to January 1855 6 00 



A. W. Burruss to July 1855 1 00 

 Robert A. Hill to January 1855 2 00 

 C. J. Thompson to July 1855 77 

 William Hankins, Sr. to July 1855 • 77 

 Franklin Minor to July 1855 3 00 

 Nelson Talley to January 1855 1 00 

 John S. Adams to January 1855 1 00 

 M. B. Carrington to January 1855 1 00 

 Samuel E. Lee to January 1855 1 00 

 James M. Stout to July 1855 1 00 

 Dr. W. J. Harris to January 1855 1 00 

 James H. Ferguson to January 1855 1 00 

 Corbin Warwick to July 1855 1 00 

 James E. Tucker to July 1855 1 00 

 Goodrich Wilson to May 1855 2 00 

 S. P. Ryland to January 1855 1 00 

 H. St. George Harris to July 1854 1 00 

 John W. Bowles to July 1855 1 00 

 J. H. Etheridge to January 1856 2 00 

 Dr. William Meredith to July 1855 1 00 

 Carter H. Page to July 1855 1 00 

 Lewis Bailey to January 1855 1 00 

 Robert Daniel to April 1855 2 00 

 Joseph N. Goodman to April 1855 1 00 

 George A. Fleet to July 1855 3 00 

 Major George Wilson to January 1856 1 00 

 Fendall Chiles to January 1855 1 00 

 Dr. Enos F. Gunter to Januarv 1855 1 00 

 John H. Bibb to January 1855 - 1 00 

 William H. Jones to January 1855 1 00 

 William J. Shumate to September 1854 2 00 

 Samuel M. Teel to January 1855 1 00 

 Thomas Garland to July 1854 1 00 



B. T. Brown to July 1854 1 00 

 J. E. Smith to January 1855 1 00 



G. W. Macon to July 1855 1 00 

 W. H. Southall to July 1854 2 00 

 P. H. Goodloe to July 1854 1 00 

 J. Warwick Woods to January 1855 1 00 

 Willis M. White to September 1855 2 00 

 Robert Pollard to January 1855 1 00 



C. P. McKennie to April 1855 1 00 

 R. T. W. Duke to September 1854 1 00 

 AVilliam Ross to January 1855 1 00 

 John A. Thompson to July 1854 2 00 

 Robert Lucas, Jr. to July 1854 1 25 

 Richard Callaway to January 1855 1 00 

 Peter Quarles to January 1855 1 00 

 E. W. Burruss to July 1854 2 00 

 Albert Quisenbury to July 1855 1 00 



H. M. Dickinson to July 1855 1 00 

 James A. Walker to July 1855 1 00 

 Robert S. Bonham to January 1855 



George W. Houston to January 1855" 

 H. B. Jones to January 1855 

 Z. Johnson to January 1855 

 J. C. Willson to January 1855 

 T. H. Walker to January 1855 

 Samuel Willson to January 1855 



Shem Heatwool to July 1855 3 00 



Major R. P. Brown to August 1853 1 00 



Dr. P. R. Berkeley to January 1855 1 00 



Thomas K. Bridgeforth to May 1855 1 00 



Petersburg Library to January 1854 $1 00 



