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CHINESE SUGAR CANE. 
A correspondent of the PrcdHe Fanner sends the edi- 
tors of that paper some molasses mace from the Chinese 
Sugar Cane, which is pronounced equal to the. ijest maple 
molasses. The mode of manufacture v.-as rude, Ivut show.s j 
how easy the molasses was obtained. He sa^vs; 
‘T cut five stalks, stripped off the leaves, and witii a 
h-animer pounded it into pumice. ' ] placed this in my 
cheese press, applied a little water, card gathered about a 
pint of the water and juice. This process was very im- 
perfect. — extracting but Ca small part of the juice. This 
my wife evaporated by pntiiog it in a basin on the top of 
the stove. From it d got five tabiespoonfuls, from the five 
stalks, of the very best molasses — equal to that made fron> 
the sugar maple. Pioud of my success, soon after, wiiich 
was about the raiddie'of August, I cut up and quaitered 
and split with my knife about a bushel of the stalks —put 
them into the boiler of the kitchen stove, added about one 
pail full of rain vvaiter, and steamed the stalks about an 
hour — then removed theni. Judging from the taste by 
chewing some of them, half or more of the juice yet re- 
mained in the stalk. This juice and v/ater we strained 
through a linen cloth, and boiled it away. No other 
cleansing or purifying process was tried. From . it we 
made a quart of molasses — a sample of wtiich I send 
you." 
Massachu.sktts MotiAssRs. — We are indebted toJ.,F. 
C. Hyde, Esq., ofNewton Centre, for a specimen of mo- 
lasses which he has manufactured from the Chinese Su- 
s:ar Cano, grown upon his farm in that town. - Mr. Hyde 
is confident that the cane can be successfully cultivated, 
and with as much ease a.s Indian corn, and produbing an 
article of molasse.s as good as that now selling in the mar- 
ket at sixty cents a gallon, and doubtless sugar of an 
equally good quality. We understand that this subject is 
now exciting general attention in this community, and that 
the experiment of its successful cuhure will be thoroughly 
tested . — BoiUm Journal. 
Self-Culture. — It is our business carefully to cultivate 
our minds, to rear to the utmost vigor and maturity every 
sort of generous and honest feeling that belongs to. our 
nature. To bring the dispositions that are lovely in pri- 
vate life, into the service and conduct of the. cornmon- 
wealth ; so to bo patriots as not io forget we are gentle- 
men. .To cultivate friendships, and not to iimur ev-nniies. 
To model our principles to our duties and situation. To 
be fully 'persuaded that all virtue which Is impracticable is 
spurious; and rather to run tlie risk of falling into faults, 
in a course whicii leads us to act with effect a n.d enefiiy, 
than to loiter out our d yvs v/ithout blame and witbdut use 
He trespasses against .'-.is duty' who sleeps upon his 
watch, as well as he thar goes over to the enemy'. — 
Hrsc-ription op a Paktv of Pleasurk.— '‘We went out 
clean — we came hoine dirty; we went out sober — we 
came home drunk: we v.'ent out v/eil — we eame home 
.sick; we went out laughing — we came 1 >me crying; we 
went cut vvitii cash — we came honte money itvss; we 
went out for air — we came home full of dust.'" 
Sugar Canp: in Nebraska. — The, Bellevue Gazclic, pub- 
lished at Bellevue, Nebraska Territory, has the folic w- 
ing ; 
“V/e acknowledge the receipt of a small quantity of 
molasses, which was manufactured from cane grown in 
our Territory’, Mr. Charles AIcRay intormed us that the 
cane is known as the ‘Chinese Sugar Cane,’ and’ that 
from the early' maturity of tiiis species there is every rea- 
son to think that its culture can be made profitabie." 
CRIN'EHE .SUOAE. C ANE— SECOND CSOE, 
A. friend, writing from the vicinity’ of Montgornery, 
Ala., under date of Dec. .3. say’s of the ssroii'J crop cJ 
rom his spring planting: 
"Or. the. 2!sr. of November, I cut catir. from the field, 
ci'u.'s bed out 100 gallons of juice; boiled it down to ‘J;j 
gallons of good svrup. This is doir.^ well, i think. 
A.J." 
Rath:-;;! . Fruity. — A celebrated comedian arranged 
with his .greengrocer, one. Berry, to pay’ him qu.nrterly; 
but the greengrocer sent in hi:^ account long beiore the 
quarter was due. The comedian, in great wrath, called 
upon the greengrocer, and, laboring under the impression 
that his credit, was doubted, said; "Isay, here’s a pretty 
mul, Berry; you have sent in your bill, Berry', before it 
is Berry. Your father, the elder Berry, would not 
have been such a i'r/t?5e. Berry; but you need not look 
bio.ck. Berry’, for I don't care a strav:, .Berry, and I .-^hiir't 
pay you till Cfirbinias, Berry.” 
Foot Ev'il, or "run round” on a Horse’s Foot. — 
Editors Southern OuUivator — Take soft soap and stir i a» 
fine salt, spread it on a rag 3 inchee wide, and twelve 
inches long, and smear it on the hoof so that the diseased 
part be covered, and over this sew a slip of osnabnrg 4 
indies wide, so as to be securely arranged. Put on fresh 
soap and salt and clean rags every 24 hours. It is a 
never-failing remedy'. 1 have stopped the disease so quick, 
that it only extended an inch long. It will also cure the- 
Scratches. Mecklenburg. 
Mississippi, 1S57. 
CiiiNESK Sugar Cane. — It is stated that a plan has been 
invented in France, that proves, successful in making sy'- 
rup by' cold m.^sceradcR, The cultivation of the plant is 
progressing in France, and meets with great favor. One 
variety has yielded 80 to 100 bushels ot seed per acre, and 
one half of the weigltt of the .stalks in syrup. The results 
in France show that tlie ripening of the seed of Sorghum 
does not detract from the value of the juice. 

A man’s true wealtii,” (said Mahomet, and it is a 
maxim th:\t Chri.stians may endor.se, if i '. is in the'Koran,) 
" a man’s true vveallh, liereafter. is the good lie does in 
this v/orld tO his feHow-raen.” When he dies, people 
may say, " v.'hat property has he left behind him I” but 
angels will ask. " wiiut good deeds hci.s lie sent before 
him ?” - . 
Georgia OuA-NOEg. — We were not nil ^ u.- -u- ■ ■ tluit 
oranges were cultivated as far north .a G lx .. . ki-ssrs. 
Curtis & Cobb, 348 Washington cjJrxtt h. v ■ ■- whi 'h 
were brought from Darien, Ga., by Jlr 8. Z Coiuns. '’nd 
which 'Are of a quality we have nevcV so . ’’ 
beside.^ being very large and haiuksom-c. in -appt t iCc 
They aeU readily at S‘2 per dozen. — Brsfor Cvld.rai-a'. 
Georgi.i -Sug.ar — ^^We havereceiv ul. s >■ ;■ >ri:.;inah 
Georgian, ivomS\x(\'gt'De.'Lyo\\, a .'-pcZ.,. Georgia 
Sugar, made by' him at Harrack, a few rnilc.s fiom th’s 
city. The iudge informs us that he de.signs going largely 
into iho business of sugar making the ensuing yoar. He 
will cultivate tlie Chinese Sugar Cane. 
O— • 
A Spanish peasant, when he eats a good apple, 
peach, pear, or any other fruit, in a forest or by the road 
side, plants the seed; and hence it is that the woods and 
road sides of Spain hav*e more fruit in andalong them than 
those of any other country. Csnmit we, in this country , 
j do the same ■ 
