MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL 
THE CURCULIO, 
GURLED PEACH LEAVES. 
For several years, I have observed that 
our peach trees, at a certain season of the 
year assume a curious appearance, said to 
be the effect of frost. The change or crisp¬ 
ing of the leaves, takes place apparently 
immediately after cold winds and rains; and 
the question will naturally arise ut der this 
head,—Is not the, curling of the leaves at¬ 
tributable to bleak winds instead of frost, as 
is represented by J. J. Thomas, in his work 
on Fruit Culture? Much discussion has 
taken place relative to the effect of the 
curling. Some are of opinion that where 
trees are affected in this way, it has a ten¬ 
dency to retard their growth, &c. There 
is one thing sure, it makes them appear un¬ 
natural as well twisted in their aspect, and, 
with the rest, causes perhaps a great deal 
of unnecessary alarm among those not ac¬ 
quainted with the phenomenon. The crisp ¬ 
ed state of the leaves is not only prevalent 
in this section, but I believe it extends 
throughout the State, 
Along in the fall, the trees appear to as¬ 
sume a healthy and vigorous appearance, 
and any one would naturally suppose that 
they never had been troubled with any 
thing in the line of frost or wind. By ex¬ 
hen in a curled con- 
PAGE’S TATERT WIND 
PAPIER MACHE. 
tube, which conducts them to the point 
where the impression is given, viz: between 
the two dies, one of which is stationary un¬ 
der the peice and the other descends with 
the motion of the machinery, and stamps 
the top of the coin. We saw $20 gold 
pieces stamped, as we should judge, at the 
rate of forty in a minute. 
The next and final operation, is the “ mil¬ 
ling,” which is the ornamenting of the 
edges of the coin. The steam engine which 
supplies the power for these various opera¬ 
tions, is of the most perfect finish, a re: 1 
bijou, polished like watch work in every 
part, and operating without the least per¬ 
ceptible noise. —Farmer & Mechanic. 
mm 
The manner of manufacturing this ma¬ 
terial, of which so great a variety of beau¬ 
tiful articles are made, is thus described by 
the Evening Post: 
The article obtains its name from the 
prepared paper which forms the principal 
material in its composition. This paper, 
which is cut into the required size and 
shape, is made of the consistency of the 
hardest wood by steeping in oil, after which 
it is left to dry in an oven. When the re¬ 
quired time has elapsed it is removed, and 
left in the open air for some minutes, when 
a coat of refined black varnish is laid over 
the surface. Before this varnish has become 
dry, pieces of pearl, cut in the form of 
leaves, roses 
of the artist 
amining the leaves, w 
dition, I find that they do hot appear 
£ to be badly injured — only distorted. — 
They 'contain all the juice necessary to 
) make them appear natural and agreeable; 
But by some cause or other, it does not ap- 
; pear to work in harmony with the law gov¬ 
erning healthy peach leaves, and hence their 
brittle and odious appearance. It strikes 
me, from considerable observation relative 
to the leaves, that the peaches are not fair 
and handsome as they would be were the 
> trees and leaves to assume a thrifty-and 
healthy appearance during the growing- 
season. At all events there appears to be 
something connected with the distorted 
leaves not at all agreeable nor favorable; 
and by the way, can the editor of the Ru- 
■ ual give any information relative to the 
; effect, <fec., of the curling of the leaves ? 
M. Taffeny. 
Baldwinsville, N. Y., May, 1851. 
Wf. give this week another engraving of 
a wind mill, in use quite extensively at the 
west, foi raising water, <fcc. It is said to 
answer the purpose intended very well,— 
They are manufactured and sold by Geo. 
Page, the patentee, Baltimore Md., full- 
rigged with pump Ac., for about $100 each. ; 
Fig. 1 is the vane or tail-piece; 2 the I 
main wheel 16 feet in diameter; 3 the tow- j 
er or supporting frame'; 4 the pump. 
The Ohio Cultivator, of last June, speaks I 
of them as follows; 
On the plains of Ohio, and especially on ! 
* lams 
t the prairies of the West, farmers find much 
need of some kind of machinery for raising- 
water from wells for the supply of stock in 
summer by means of wind power. Quite 
a number of attempts have been made to 
attain this object by means of ordinary 
wind mills; but they have all failed, owing 
to the difficulty of preventing the machinery 
from being torn to pieces by a strong gale. 
We know of no mill for the purpose that 
promises to obviate this difficulty, except the 
one above represented; which is so contriv¬ 
ed as to regulate itself—the wings being- 
attached by springs which yield to the force 
of the breeze so as to present less surface 
for its action. We have great confidence 
that it will be found to answer the purpose 
fully, and prove quite durable. 
may dictate, or the character 
of the article may require, are laid on the 
paper to which they adhere, and which is 
again placed in the oven. When it has 
been removed the second time, another coat 
of varnish is applied on the surface of the 
pearl and paper indiscriminately The var¬ 
nish when it has had sufficient time to dry, 
is scraped off the pearl, and the same pro¬ 
cess is repeated several times,until all parts 
of the surface are made quite even. This 
gives the pearl the appearance of having 
been inlaid. 
The article, which is still in an unfinished 
state, after a thorough polish, has to be sub¬ 
mitted to the hands of an artist, upon whose 
skill its beauty in a great degree depends. 
Under his hands the piece of pearl, but 
roughly formed, is soon converted into a i 
full blown flower, surrounded by its leaves | 
and buds. The branches are first traced : 
out by a camel’s hair pencil, dipped in size 
upon which gold leaf is afterwards la'd.— 
Then follows the painting of the flowers 
and leaves, the colors of which are render¬ 
ed almost indelible by the application of a 
second coat of refined white varnish. Per¬ 
sons who have seen papier mache ar¬ 
ticles-have no doubt been struck with the 
natural appearance given to the leaves and 
flowers by the pearl, the brilliancy of which 
endures an incredible length of time. 
CLEANING RIBBONS AND GLOVES. 
Mix in a saucer some molasses, soft soap, 
and alcohol — a tablespoonful of each.—■ 
Have ready a large basin of warm soft wa¬ 
ter. After laying your ribbon on a clean 
board, hold it over the basin, and rub on 
the preparation gently, with a soft brush, 
now and then dashing the water on to the 
silk. Repeat this process until it is perfect¬ 
ly clean, and then rinse it in soft water, be¬ 
ing careful not to wrinkle it. Lay it be¬ 
tween the folds ot clean cloth, and iron on 
the wrong side before it is dry. Plain or 
figured satin, cleaned in this * way, some¬ 
times looks as well as new. Lustring does 
not clean quite so well. Never wring your 
’ribbons. W 
Gloves may be lubbed gently with India 
rubber, or bread; but the best way to 
cleanse white, or light-colored kid gloves, is 
to wash them in camphene. It is not ex¬ 
pensive. Pour it in a saucer, (as a shallow 
dish is the best,) and wAsh them with your 
hands. Two saucers a little more than 
hall full will clean them thoroughly. Wash 
RAISING LIMA BEANS. - AGAIN. 
Editors Rural:— I notice in your last 
paper a communication signed A, which 
states that planting Lima beans in the ordi¬ 
nary way, with the addition of 3 inches of 
stable manure, is a much easier and as 
sure a method as the one given by me.— 
In the first place, I can get Limas 2 weeks 
earlier in the season by my method than it 
is possible with his. planted in open ground; 
which all will concede to be an advantage. 
In the second place, there is no risk of fail- 
their growing, 
A “practical mulcher,” writing from 
Dedham, Massachusetts, whose communica¬ 
tion is published in the Horticulturist for 
May, says: 
I regard mulching as our 
pecial necessity, 
thing in North American 
For in the first place, 
mulching,—or cov 
prime and es- 
the most indispensable 
Agriculture.— 
the operation of 
ering over the surface of 
the ground—prevents the evaporation of 
the moisture that is so requisite to the 
rooting of new plantations to the develop¬ 
ment of luxuriant foliage, and the produc¬ 
tion of perfect flowers, and fair, juicy, large 
sized fruits. Again : the operation of 
mulching not only prevents, to a great ex¬ 
tent, the escape of moisture, but also, and 
what is of greater importance, the passing 
away from the earth of the volatile gases 
that are held in solution in the water, and 
which, sucked in by by the minute mouths 
ot the radicle or spongioles, give nourish¬ 
ment to the plant or tree. 
That mulching is of great value in the 
LIST OF PATENT CLAIMS 
ISSUED FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICI 
For the week ending Mta/ 27, 1851. 
To Bolivar Newbury, of Catskill, N. Y. 
improvement in lifting jacks. 
To Henry Brunk, of Albany, N. Y., for 
provement in lap anvils for shoemakers. 
To John Robertson, of Brooklyn, N, Y. 
improved combination of dies for sheet lead 
chines. 
To G. W. Putnam of Moreau, N. Y., for 
proved vice jaw for saw filing machinery. 
To Otis Boyden, of Newark, N. J.. forimpr 
ment”in alloys of iron, zinc, and nickel. 
To Henry Waterman, Williamsburg, N. Y. 
improvements in machinery for hardening 
straightening saws, &c. 
To Jacob Barnhill, of Circleville, Ohio, for 
provement in seed planters. 
ToE. S. Farson, of Philadelphia, Pa., for 
provement in portable swings. 
To G. B. Durkee, of Alden, N. Y., for 
ure in their growing, as is apt to be the 
case when planted too early, before the 
ground has been sufficiently warmed by 
the sun. And further, by the plants hav¬ 
ing two weeks the start in spring, more of 
the crop will be fit for the table than would 
in ordinary cases, if planted the 20th of 
June. 
I have heard of, and even seen cucum¬ 
bers, melons radishes, lettuce, &c., planted 
in a hot-bed in order to bring them forward 
early in the season, but according to the 
plan of A, it would be an easier and as 
sure a method to plant these in open ground 
with the addition of 3 inches of stable ma¬ 
nure, as wc all know that they would get 
ripe even if planted the 20th of June. But 
it- is not every one who would like to raise 
Lima beans that has ground of a proper 
nature to bring the plants forward so as to 
have the beans mature when planted the 
20th of June, so my plan will be useful to 
hurry them up in the spr 
the odor of camphene. If gloves are no 
badly soiled, dip a cloth in the camphene 
and rub the spots. — Mich. Farmer. 
[So many serious and fatal accidents oc. 
i cur from the use of camphene, that nom 
j but the most careful people should evei 
handle it—and we would hardly recom 
mend its use in a family for any purpose 
J It is a dangerous article.— Eds. Rural.] 
THE UNITED STATES MINT. 
As money making is a subject for study i 
v\i:h most people, it may be interesting to 
the majority to know how money is made 
literally. The mint is a handsome white 
stuccoed building, with a plain but not in¬ 
elegant portico. The visitor on entering 
the vestibule and asking permission to see 
the interior is requested to record his name 
in a book kept for that purpose. He is then 
conducted, first to a room in the rear, where 
the California dust is melted. The appear¬ 
ance of this room is as gloomy and dingy 
as that of an ordinary iron foundry. 
In the next two rooms, the silver and 
gold is cast in ingots. Passing from thence 
to the other side of the building, we saw a 
man engaged in examining and sorting a 
improve¬ 
ment in carriages. 
To W. H. Hoyt, of New York, N. Y. for im¬ 
provement in omnibus steps. 
To James C. Spencer, of Phelps N. Y., for im¬ 
provement in carriages. 
To Edward Hamilton, of Bridgeport, Conn., 
(assignor to Nelson Goodyear, of New York, N.Y.) 
for improvement in excluding dust from railroad 
cars. 
To P. M. Walker, of Marshall, Mo., for im¬ 
provements in hemp brakes. 
To Wm. Biddle, of La Fayette, Ind., for im¬ 
provement in self-weighing machines for grains. 
To Win. A, Me Farland, and T, C. Carpenter, 
of Wilmington, Del., for improvement in bran 
dusters. 
To Nelson Barlow, of St. Louis, Mo., for im¬ 
provement in planing machines. 
To Edward Maynard, of Washington, D. C., 
for improvement in breech-loading fire-arms. 
To N, Pawes &. H, Harrison, of Little York 
N. J., fpr improvement in hoot crimps. Ante¬ 
dated Jan., 31, 1§51. 
DESIGNS. 
To Wm, L. Hathaway, of Dighton, Mass., for 
design for stoves. 
To N. T; Richardson, of Portland, Me., for de¬ 
sign for stoves. 
To Ezra Ripley, of Troy, N. Y., (assignor to 
Stafford’^ Co.,) for design.for stoves. 
The earth is a magnet, with magnetic 
currents constantly playing. The human 
body is also a magnet, and when the body 
is placed in certain relations to the earth 
these currents harmonize—when in any 
other position they conflict. When one po¬ 
sition is to be maintained for some time, a 
position should be chosen in which the 
magnet current of the earth and body will 
not conflict. This position as indicated by 
theory and by experiment, is to lie with the 
head towards the north pole. Persons who 
sleep with their heads in the opposite direc¬ 
tions, or lying crosswise, are liable to foil in- 
•ing, independent 
of the soil that they arc to grow in after¬ 
wards, in order that they may ripen before 
early frost. i. 
Big Stream Point, N. Y., June 3, 1851. 
Singular.— Towards the end of autumn 
may be often observed m the fields mark* 
of footsteps, which appear to have scorched 
the grass like heated iron: this phenomenon 
; was formerly regarded with superstitions 
dread, but can now be explained upon very 
simple chemical principles. When the 
grass becomes crisp by frost, it is exceed- 
mgly brittle, and the foot of a man, or even 
; of a child, is sufficiently heavy to break it 
■; completely down, and effectually kill it: 
j therefore when the sun ha6 thawed the 
\ frosty rime from the fields, these foot-tracks 
appear brown and bare in the midst of the 
surrounding and flourishing green o-rass. 
Coal ashes can be applied with advan¬ 
tage as a top-dressing on grass land, or as 
mixed in a compost; the}- would a}$q be of 
service when thrown into IqpHs, qnd hoi- 
lows, to absorb liquid mqqures 
Washing Rees iq strong ley or soap suds, 
should be attended to again after planting. 
We warrant it’ td'flqy,— Mick. Farmer . 1 • • 
