MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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VEGETABLE SECRETIONS. 
Vegetable secretions may be defined as 
tho “ separation of a peculiar matter, from 
the general mass of fluids by somo particu¬ 
lar structure, and which may cither retain 
its fluid state, or become solid.” 
How wonderful are the processes that 
bring about such widely different results, 
though to the eyo and tho other organs of 
sense, the mass of fluids may seem identi¬ 
cal and the secreting organs appear to bo in 
tho same condition. The essential oil of 
tho orange is secreted in the rind. The al¬ 
mond secretes its fatty oil only in tho kernel 
of its fruit. So with tho walnut, butternut, 
&c. Tho astringent principle, so useful in 
tho manufacture of leather is, secreted by 
tho oak, hemlock and somo others in tho 
bark. The poach socrotes its prussic acid 
in tho leaf and tho kcrnol of its fruit. So 
with most of tho sccrotions; they exist only 
in ccrtian parts of tho plant, and among 
these secretions may be found acids,alkalies, 
earths, and even minerals. Chemists num¬ 
ber somo forty or more products of vegeta¬ 
tion, that possess distinct chemical qualities. 
Of those there are numerous combinations, 
so that thero are many chemical varieties of 
the products of vegetable seci’etions. 
Thoso chemical combinations display such 
an infinity of wisdom, that the compi'ehon- 
sion of man is too feeble to fully grasp tho 
subject and fathom its mystories. Who can 
explain how it is that the simple elements 
of oxygen and nitrogen shall, in ono pro¬ 
portion constitute the air which supports 
all life, and in another proportion tho dead¬ 
ly nitric acid ? So tho same elements may 
in one form bo our food, and in anothor our 
poison. The same elements may form dif¬ 
ferent substances, of marked difference of 
qualities, and yet vary but slightly in their 
proportions. Thus gum arabic. dried starch, 
crystalized sugar, and lignin from boxwood 
have been found to vary but a little in the 
combination of their elements. 
But the most remarkable of all the veg¬ 
etable secretions, is tho mucilaginous fluid 
termed cambium, which, without much 
stretch of fancy may bo considered, in its 
ofiico to tho vegetable as analogous to tho 
chyle of tho animal system. However much 
color and taste tho proper juice of tho plant 
may possess, tho cambium elaborated thero- 
from, is void of thorn all. Tho former 
flows, or passes through tho proper vessels 
of tho plant upward to the loavos, whoro it 
is elaborated into tho latter, and thcnco is 
passed downward, where it transudes to 
supply tho waste of nature or add to the 
growth of tho plant. Thus it is from the 
saccharine juice of the maple, the resinous 
juico of the pine, cambium is formed which 
makes tho wood and bark of their respective 
species. Tho cambium, white in all plants, 
transudos beneath tho bark, tho most of it 
going to form a new layer of wood, the re¬ 
mainder to keep up the waste of bark.— 
While this process is going forward and tho 
depositions of cambium aro being made, tho 
bark readily separates from the wood, but, 
as the cambium solidifies and forms the now 
layer, or circle of wood, tho bark adheres 
again. As tho yearly accumulations in- 
crease, tho outor bark, which has become 
dead or lifeloss is cracked, and benco tho 
jagged appearance which the barks of most 
of our aged forest trees present. A few 
trees like the American Sycamore, annually 
east off their dead circles of bark. 
Nurserymen and others take advantage 
of this working of naturos laws, and, while 
the deposition of cambium is going forward, 
make incisions through the bark and insert 
a freshly cut bud, when the cambium readily 
unites tho inserted bud to the stock and it 
flourishes with as much vigor as the natural 
buds. Tho insertion of scions, by grafting, 
is on tho samo principle, though the latter 
may be done when there is no separation of 
bark. The union of tho barks of tho two 
parts being necessary, that thero bo a con¬ 
nection of vessels,—so soon as the leaves 
expand on tho scion and commence their 
functions, cambium may bo elaborated suf¬ 
ficiently to cement the union and make tho 
two indissolubly one. Hence it is that man, 
by his observation, has brought nature to 
bear upon his interests and aid him in con¬ 
verting worthless products into thoso of the 
best quality. 
Tho most of tho vegetable secretions aro 
carried on at, or near tho surface, and are 
found in the leaves, tho flowers, tho bark, 
fruit, &c. Their products are very diversi¬ 
fied and calculated to please tho eyo, tho 
taste, or tho smell, and bo of great practical 
utility in medicine, in tho arts, or as food 
for man and beast. 
Bits of refuse wool tied to the stems and 
stalks of dahlias, aro said to be an effectual 
preservation against earwigs, and a loss un¬ 
sightly one than pots on sticks. 
MANAGEMENT OF ORCHARDS. 
The management of orchards is a matter 
of no trival importance to this country at 
tho present time. Thousands of acres of 
tho best land are planted with fruit trees, 
and a largo amount of capital has been ex¬ 
pended in their purchase and planting, and 
whether this land has boon rightly appro¬ 
priated, and this money judiciously expend¬ 
ed, depends entirely upon future manage¬ 
ment. Many people have embarked in this 
as in other pursuits, with spirit and onthusi- i 
asm. They preparo their ground, plant 
their trees, take good caro of them proba¬ 
bly for a year or tvvo, until their enthusiasm 
begins to cool, when some new hobby is ta¬ 
ken up, and the orchard is lost sight of, 
probably “ seeded down,” and left to take 
caro of itself with the occasional assistance 
of cattle, sheep, or hogs, that may be turned 
in to pasture among them. Thus “seeded 
down,” and cropped, and bruised, and bark¬ 
ed by animals, starved for the want of suit¬ 
able and sufficient nutriment, tho trees be¬ 
come stunted, mossy, covered with insects, 
and, in short, a nuisance. 
* * We must bog of cultivators 
not to entertain for a single moment the ru¬ 
inous practice of “ seeding down.” If you 
think you cannot afford it, or that it will 
not pay to give your orchards good clean 
culture until they have at least attained a 
full bearing condition, dig them up and 
burn them, and convert your land at once 
and completely into corn fields or pastures, 
as it may seem fit. You may rely upon it, 
that you cannot have a moro unprofitable 
or discreditable piece of property than a 
starved, noglected fruit tree. IIow is it 
possible that a young tree can thrive in a 
pasture or tough sod ? The young roots 
near tho surface of the ground that are re¬ 
ally the most important as furnishing the 
better portion of tho food of tho tree, are 
robbed by tho grass and weeds, and dio 
out, leaving the tree to find its entire sup¬ 
port through tho deep roots that aro bedded 
in the pool’, cold subsoil. In such a situa¬ 
tion, a tree immediately looses its vigor.— 
It bogins to look feeble, old and knarly, fun¬ 
gi and insects take possession of it, and there 
it ends. 
It is surprising to people who have not 
obsorved very closely tho results of various 
modes of culture upon trees, how soon 
young trees show tho influence of plants 
growing around or near thoir roots. A fow 
yoars ago, in an economical mood, wo sowed 
carrots between some rows of young apple 
trees. Tho rows were 3 J feet apart, and we 
sowed only ono row of carrots in tho space 
—the ground, too, was kept cloan all sum¬ 
mer, and yet wo lost the season’s growth of 
the trees, and got a poor crop of carrots.— 
Other trees of the samo age, in tho samo soil 
without crrrot3, were twice as large in the 
antumn. That ended our carrot culture 
among trees. When an orchard is cropped, 
tho greatest caro should be taken to givo 
tho treo ample room. If tho nutrimont be 
drained from around tho roots by tho rapid 
growth of annual crops, or if tho tops bo ex¬ 
cluded from tho free circulation of the air 
and exposed to tho sun, tho rosult will bo a 
feeblo, sickly growth.— Genesee Farmer. 
MIXING SEEDS. 
Few farmers aro aware of tho difference 
in tho market value of an article pure in its 
kind, and a mixture of two or three kinds, 
each of which, separately, would bo as good 
as the pure article. For example, — the 
small white bean and tho long white, or Sha¬ 
ker bean, if in equal quality and condition, 
vary very little, if any, in price. But mix 
them half and half and you roduco the price 
ono or two shillings per bushel, as ordinary 
market beans, and throw them out of the 
market as a seed bean. But this is not the 
worst thing. If you plant ono pint of some 
colored bean, or somo late bean with a bush¬ 
el of pure long white, or with tho early Chi¬ 
na, or the round marrow, they will be green 
when you harvest tho other, and will be 
soft when you thresh them, be dirty, mash¬ 
ed, and probably mouldy when you sell 
them, and will injure the sale of your crop 
twice the whole cost of the seed. 
And this injury is not a fancy or notional 
concern. The long white and tho marrow 
aro both beautiful, valuablo beans. They 
look well in the basket and well on tho ta¬ 
ble, and sustain well tho sealing test, the 
palate of tho lover of baked pork and beans. 
But if you mix them, tho marrow bean in 
cooking, will become soft and fall in pieces, 
while the other is but half cookod. So that 
it is impossible to cook tho mixture and 
bring it to tho table in prime order. 
Tho general rule, although it has many ex¬ 
ceptions, is that tho mixture takes tho grade 
of tho cheaper ingredients. If you mix Car¬ 
ter potatoes and English whites together, 
half of each, tho price will be reduced very 
near the standard of tho least valuable.— 
They can never be sold on an order for Car¬ 
ters, and tho chance of salo at a price above 
tho lower grado is limited to a bantering 
bargain, faco to face with tho buyer. 
The same is true with almost every arti¬ 
cle. Tho pure, prime article commands a 
sale and commands a price. The mixture 
begs a purchaser and bogs a price. The 
dealer who stands between the producer 
and tho consumor barely pays a price sat¬ 
isfactory to the producer, and yet finds it 
hal’d to secure from tho consumer a fair per¬ 
centage for his labor. “ It is not what I 
wanted,” says tho consumer; “I will give 
you so much and no more.” 
As tho planting season is at hand, we 
ask tho attention of our farming commun ity 
to this subject. We are very confident that 
thoso who rogard this matter in its truo 
light, will find their reward, while those who 
consider it “all a notion ” will say, “ we can 
novel’ get what our things are worth.”— 
Cult, ij* Gazette. 
He who thinks too long will never do 
much. 
THE NEW-ROCHELLE BLACKBERRY, 
Mr. Lawton statos that ono of his neigh¬ 
bors discovered, some six or eight year ago, 
a bunch of blackberry vines by the side of 
the road, of different quality from tho com¬ 
mon high blackberries and so much superi¬ 
or that he was induced to transfer them to 
his garden. From this small beginning they 
have been propagated as much as possiblo. 
Mr. Lawton first obtained thorn in 1848.— 
It is his intention to set ten acres as soon as 
ho can get tho plants. He stated that the 
stalks exhibited had boon headed back, so 
that it resembled a bush about four and a 
half feet high, with a spreading head, which 
ho presumed, from his knowledge of the 
general yield, had borne a gallon of fruit. 
Tho character of theso berries is very un¬ 
like the fruit of tho common high blackber¬ 
ry vines, which is long and full of seeds, 
while tho now variety is nearly round, very 
pulpy, the pips being largo, in which tho 
seed aro entirely hid from view. Ho stated 
that he had measured many berries that 
were three inches round; that tho general 
size and shape were as near like Hovey’s 
seedling strawberries as anything he could 
comparo them to. Tho flavor of the fruit 
is sweet and rich to a remarkable degree, 
and vines long-bearing. His first crop ri¬ 
pened July 28th, and continued till the 
second week of September. The next Au¬ 
gust 4th, and continued four weeks. Last 
summer, owing to the groat drought, they 
only continued about three weeks in full 
bearing. The vines will grow almost equal¬ 
ly well in shado as in open ground, and if an 
opportunity is given, will climb, twenty feet 
into a tree. 
Mr. Lawton sold his berries last summer, 
to a Now York dealor, for ten cents a bas¬ 
ket—equal to about twonty-fivo cents a quart 
—tho buyer picking them himself. It is the 
opinion of Mr. Lawton that this is an entirely 
now variety of tho blackberry, and besides 
tho greater value of the fruit, they bear gar¬ 
den culturo much bettor than tho other 
or common variety. The demand for now 
plants is greater than can be supplied at 
m-esont, at moderate rate ; tho price now is 
fifty cents.— Vt. Chronicle. 
“A Farmer’s Daughter,” in tho Maine 
Farmer, says the common poppy, growing 
amono- the” onions, will prevent attacks of 
tho worm. When the poppy plants bocomo 
too numorous or strong, pull them up and 
leave tho uprooted stalks on the bod. 
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LIST OE PATENT CLAIMS 
rSSUED FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 
For the week ending May 17, 1853. 
Thos. A. Chandler, of Rockford, Ill., for Im¬ 
provement in Pendulum Levels. 
Moses Coburn, of Savannah, Ga., for Improve¬ 
ment in Violins. 
Edwin Forbes, of Boston, Mass., for Improve¬ 
ment in Vertical Pianos. 
Samuel Fox, of (near) Sheffield, England, for 
Improvement in Umbrellas and Parasols. Pat¬ 
ented in England, April 6, 1853. 
Lewis L. Gilliland and Joseph R. Wagener, of 
Dayton, 0., for Improvement in Sofa Bedsteads. 
John II. H. Hawes, of Ithaca, N. Y., for Im¬ 
provement in Calendar Clocks. 
Matthias Heim, of Cincinnati, 0., for Improve¬ 
ment in Cooking Stoves. 
Abner II. Longley, of Lebanon, Ind., for Im- 
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EMERY’S PORTABLE HAY PRESS. 
The above cut represents tho external 
view of II. L. Emery’s Portablo Hay and 
Cotton Press, manufactured and sold by Em- 
provement in Machines for Cutting Wooden ery & Co., Albany, N. Y. As seen in tho 
Screws. cut, it is closed up, and about midway in pro- 
Fred’k Mathesius, of New York, N. Y., for Im- cess of pressing a bundle of hay. When fully 
provement in Upholstering Furniture. pressed, the ends of the level’s which are 
Julius A. Pease, of New York, N. 1., for Im- seen a fc oac h end extending above the box, 
provement in Seeding Hoes. 
Wm. J. Thorn, of Westbrook, Me., for Improve¬ 
ment in Pocket Combs. 
Wm. W. Wade, of Springfield, Mass., for Im¬ 
provement in Castors for Furniture. 
Halsey D. Walcott, of Boston, Mass., for Im- 
aro brought down by the chains and shelves 
until tho levers themselves are in a horizon¬ 
tal position. 
Tho press is provided with two followers, 
both working from tho ends towards tho 
provement in Graduated Cutters for Cloth and center > an d each other. The chains or 
other substances. ropes from tho lovers are connected by pass- 
Davis L. Weatherhead, of Philadelphia, Pa., for ing ono of them under the press, and joining 
Improvement in Cleansing and Cooling Block in a larger chain or rope; this larger one 
Dies in Rivet Machines. connected with a capstan, or blocks and 
Samuel J. Seely, of-New York, N. \ for Im- ropes, as is preferred, or most convenient. 
provement in Lime Kilns When the press is driven homo, the hay 
Wm. F. Ketchum, of Buffalo, N. N., Assignor to J 
^ T TT . ’ irr * becomes pressed into a bundle, standing on 
Rufus L. Howard, of same place, for Improvement 1 ’ 6 „ 
in Track Clearers to Harvesters. end * tho Sld ° doors are thrown °P en > whdo 
Richard Montgomery, of New York, N. Y„ As- ^0 bands are pressed round tho bundle and 
signor to Elizabeth Montgomery, of same place, secured ; when tho followers and top doors 
for Improvement in Cowugated Plates for Steam 
Boilers, efcc. Foreign patent, date Feb. 17, 1853’ 
are loosened, and the bundle thrown out.— 
For operation, the levers are raised and the 
Jame 3 A. Woodbury, of Winchester, Mass., followers drawn back, and tho top opened 
Joshua Merrill, of Boston, Mass., and Geo. Pat- by means of two doors, which are buttoned 
ten, of Charleston, Mass., for Improvements in Air down in the center by a crossbar, as seen in 
Engines. Patented in England, Jan. 5, 1853. tho cut. The opening on the top for receiv- 
Wm.Cressler, of Shippenburg, Pa., for Improve- ing the hay, is two feet wide and eight feet 
ment in Seed Planters. long. The press stands on the ground or 
NEW CARRIAGE^SPRINgT floor when in use, which makes it both con- 
- venient and capacious for filling and tread- 
A carriage spring of a novel construe- ing in the hay. 
tion by which the vehicle is allowed to havo The whole press is fourteen feet long, two 
A CHEAP AND HANDSOME SETTEE. 
Mr. Moore :—Above I givo a plan for a 
settee, which though imperfectly represent¬ 
ed, may give you an idea of what I mean.— 
It consists of a rough board bench, that any 
ono withjja moderato share of ingenuity can 
construct. This being dono, take inch boards 
and shape them for arms—four of thorn as 
represented at B, B, in tho engraving; then 
tako two strips of the same board, A, A, 
perhaps four inches wide, and nail on tho 
arms, letting them in half an inch, by cut¬ 
ting that depth into tho arms, though this is 
not shown by the picture. Now cover the 
remaining part with half-inch stuff which 
will conform to tho curvature. It is a bet¬ 
tor way to mako theso ends separate and 
then attach thorn to the bench. 
The whole is designed to be covered, hence 
it is not necessary to bo very particular in 
its construction, only to mako it strong.— 
Tho plan is ono in which cheapness and beau¬ 
ty aro combined, making a good substitute 
for a couch or chair. It may not be a new 
thing to many, but I never have seen ono 
like it. Yours, truly, l. g. b. 
RHUBARB PIE. 
Cut the largo stalks off whero the loavos 
commence; strip off the outside skin, then 
cut tho stalks in pieces half an inch long, 
lino a pio dish with paste rollod thicker than 
a dollar piece, put in a layer of the rhubarb 
nearly an inch deep ; to a quart bowl of cut 
rhubarb, put a large tea-cup of sugar, strew 
it over with a spoonful of salt, and half a 
nutmeg grated ; cover with a rich pie crust, 
cut a slit in tho centre, trim off tho edge 
with a sharp knife, and bake in a quick oven, 
until tho pie loosens from tho dish. 
Rhubarb pios made in this way are alto¬ 
gether suporior to thoso made of the fruit 
stowod. 
Will somo of our female friends try good 
molasses instead of sugar for Rhubarb pie, 
and let us know whether it is not better?— 
Wo have been told that molasses is better 
than sugar—and wo know that for somo 
purposes it is. For instance, when cider and 
water are sweetenod, molasses is tho article 
in proferonce to sugar.— Mass. Plowman. 
Broiled Potatoes. —Cut cold boilod po¬ 
tatoes in slices lengthwise, quarter of an 
inch thick; dip oach slice in whoat flour, 
and lay thorn on a gridiron ovor a bright fire 
of coals : when both sidos are browned nico- 
ly, tako thorn on a hot dish, add a bit of but¬ 
ter, poppor and salt to taste, and sorve hot. 
a free and easy vertical motion, and at the f inche3 wide and four f eot ten inch- 
same time prevented from any side-swing- ’ 
ing, has boon invented by Nelson N. Titus, es hl g h > outside measurement. It weighs 
of Cherry Valley, N. Y., who has taken about twelve to sixteen hundred pounds, 
measures to socuro a patent. It consists of and is capablo of compressing two hundred 
a spiral spring wound round a spindle that and fifty pounds of timothy hay into sixteen 
passes vertically through a barrel, in which ,. ^ - u 
K . . J „ , 6 , „ , cubic teet, at the rate of five bundles per 
the spring is encased, and likewise through ’ 1 
a drum on which the straps, by which the h »ur, with two men and one horse; and 
apparatus is connected with tho carriage, heavier bales in proportion, as to size and 
are secured, tho spring and its attachments time. Price complete with chains and cap- 
thus serving to sustain the carriage, and s t an $ 1 36 and warranted to givo satis- 
regulate its action according to the burden. „ . 
To offect this latter purposo the spindle is ac 10n '_ „ . _ 
made square at the lower end to which a T . t> aw.,,™ wu- • xi „ 
1. _ . . ... . . livnTA K.tttvrf.rIrf.ttt— hisarriRlo in rhfl 
maue square acme lower enu to which a T „_-o__ nn.- f • (.1_ 
, L n.. , „ , » „ • India Rubber Teeth. —This article, m the 
key can be fitted for winding up the spring, „ ,, .„ , ... T , T 
so that, its tension may bo proportional wiffi f orm ot punftotl wh.to Ind,a rubber, has 
tho weight that it has to support. Tho been patented m England tor making art,- 
the woight that it has to support. The 
spring is likewise kept to its required po¬ 
sition by means of a pawl which catches in- 
ficial teeth, gums, and palates. By its adop¬ 
tion many advantages hitherto impossible to 
, 1 " * a. 1 ^ 1 *.1 be attained, have been introduced. The 
to ratchet teeth on one of the flanges 01 the ,, . . ’ , , ■ ,, a ... 
drum, and there is a similar contrivance on ai,t f«complete;,tear, be moulded w.th 
tho other flange to prevent tho drum from perfection to suit every inequality ot the 
, . ...5 „ r ,, , _, , gums and teeth, and supplies an artificial pe- 
turnmg with the spindle, which can only be to . . . ’ , , .. , , J 
, p 1 , ■ _ „ , e J 1 ’iosteum, as it were, to the teeth, when they 
done by disconnecting tho pawl from its , ~ 
done by uiabumiwuHi; cuo ucim uvnu uo 1 , • x* 1 u i.u l* p ,v' 
, J ° r become paintul by the wasting away ot the 
P acL '_ _ _ gum. Added to those is the elasticity of tho 
.NAMENTAL LETTERS FOR DOOR PLATES. matenal > which completely obviates the jn- 
_. conveniences that arise from any motion 
C. L. Osborne, of New York city, has ta- with artificial teeth as made by other means. 
ORNAMENTAL LETTERS FOR DOOR PLATES. 
ken measures to secure a patent for an im¬ 
provement in articles of this description.— 
Detecting False Coin. —A certain Dr. 
The nature of tho invention consists in a Gideon B. Smith has invonted a very novel 
novel combination of stained glass, with a and ingenious contrivance for detecting 
mirror, for the purpose of representing, 
with a peculiar effect, letters, figures, and 
ornamental devices suitablo for door-plates. 
spurious coin of the gold dollar stamp. It 
is a small box with a slit in the lid, which 
will admit the genuine coin only. If a 
signs, and similar articles. Tho stained spurious coin passes through the slit, it will 
glass employed is of that description which not sink, because it is resisted by a weight 
is only stained on one surface, and on this inside, suporior to tho leverage by which the 
surface is engraved such lotters, figures, or truo coin overpoises the weight. And if the 
othor devices as aro desired, to such a depth spurious coin is made so large that its weight 
as to remove tho stain entirely from the equals the true coin, it will not pass thro’ 
glass ; behind the glass so engraved is then tho aperture. The article might be mado 
placed a mirror. The effect produced is, to sell at a low price, and thus come into 
that when tho plate is viewed in any posi- general use. 
tion except that perpendicular to tho line of ----- 
vision, tho reflection of the devices engraved A Warning. —A singular death occurred 
is seen on the mirror through the colored in Paris recently. A gontleman, feeling a 
part of tho glass, which appears illuminated, slight itching in his ear, took up a friction 
and tho reflection of tho colored portion of match in order to dispel it. In the ardor 
the glass is seen through tho colorless or of a conversation ho was sustaining, he in- 
engraved portion, and presents a very pecu- troduced tho sulphurous end. The contact 
liar and beautiful appearance.— Scientific soon produced ignition, and the downy lin- 
American. ing of the ear caught fire; a portion of the 
-—--- sulphur adhered to the flesh, and burnt 
Preventor Cars. —There should bo no there, persistently. I he unfortunate man 
I such thing as railroad collisions. There is n G y Gr spoke again. His suflorings were so 
no excuse for them. If conductors and agonizing that his tongue became powerless; 
and, after two days torment, and unavailing 
efforts of tho surgeons, he died. 
engineers would rigorously adhei’e to proper 
time tables, and if every road were proper¬ 
ly policod by a sufficient number of moa to 
thoroughly watch the track, collisions would A great deal ot embroidery on muslin is 
bo nearly impossible. But if it is tho pur- now dono by machinery ; about one hun- 
pose of railroad managers and engineers to erod and thirty noedles are worked by a 
continue to run trains hap-hazard as of late, grown person and two children. Tho ma- 
we suggest that two, or three, or four pro- chine copies tho pattern by means of a pen- 
ventor cars be placed on tho train between tagraph, and costs about £200. 
the baggage and passenger cars. They —--- 
might bo stoutly constructed, and by means A syphon for dairymen is now in use in 
of a stuffing of cotton, or tho use of Indian Scotland, by means of which the milk is 
rubbor, or some other elastic substance, be drawn away from the cream, instead of 
mado a perfect protection to the passengers skimming the cream off tho milk. 
in case like the late catastrophe near Chica- -~-- 
go, or tho moro recent deplorable plunge at It is useless to attempt to reason a man 
Norwalk.— Tribune. out of a tliingr he was never reasoned into. 
