MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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APPLE TREE BARK-LOUSE. 
This troublesome insect and its habits 
are not extensively woll known, though 
many people havo observed tho curious ap¬ 
pearance of tho limbs upon which they are 
found, looking very much like a part of the 
bark itself. Harris, in his excellent treatise 
on insects, spoaks of it as follows : 
“Young apple trees, and the extremities 
of tho limbs of older troos aro very much 
subject to the attacks of a small specios of 
bark-louse. The limbs and smooth parts of 
the trunks are somotimos completely cover¬ 
ed with theso insects, and present a very 
singularly wrinkled and rough appearance 
from the bodies which are crowded closoly 
together. In tho winter those insects aro 
torpid, and apparently dead. They meas¬ 
ure about one-tenth of an inch in length, are 
of an oblong oval shapo, gradually decreas¬ 
ing, to a point at one end and are of a 
brownish color, very near to that of the 
bark of tho tree. 
Those insects have now become extremo- 
ly common, and infest our nurseries and 
young trees to a very great extent. In the 
spring tho eggs aro readily to bo seon on 
raising tho little muscle-shaped scales be¬ 
neath which thoy aro concealed. Those 
eggs aro of a white color, and in shapo near¬ 
ly like those of snakes. Every shell con¬ 
tains from thirty to forty of them, imbedded 
in a small quantity of whitish friable down. 
They begin to hatch about tho 25th of May, 
and finish about tho 10th of June, according 
to Mr. Perley. Tho young, on their first 
appearance, aro nearly white, very minute, 
and nearly oval in form. In about ton days 
they becomo stationary, and early in Juno 
throw out a quantity of bluish white down, 
soon after which their transformations are 
completed, and the females becomo fertilo, 
and doposite thoir eggs. Theso, it seems, 
aro hatched in tho course of the summer, 
and tho young como to their growth and 
provide for a new brood before tho ensuing 
winter. 
Among tho natural means which aro pro¬ 
vided to check tho increase of theso bark- 
lice, are birds, many of which, especially 
thoso of tho genera Parus and Regulus, 
containing tho chickadee and our wrens, de¬ 
vour great quantities of theso lice. I have 
also found that those insects are preyed up¬ 
on by internal parasites, minuto ichneumon 
flies, and tho holes (which are as small as if 
made with a fine needle,) through which 
theso little insects como forth, may bo seen 
on tho backs of a groat many of the lice 
which havo boon destroyed by their intes¬ 
tine foes. Tho best application for tho de¬ 
struction of the lice is a wash made of two 
parts of soft soap and eight of water, with 
which is mixed lime enough to bring it to 
tho consistence of thick whitewash. This 
is to bo put upon tho trunks and limbs of 
tho trees with a brush, and as high as 
practicable, so as to cover tho whole sur¬ 
face, and fill all tho cracks in the bark.— 
The proper time for washing over tho trees 
is in tho early part of Juno, whon the insocts 
are young and tender. Theso insects may 
also be killed by using in tho same way a 
solution of two pounds of potash in seven 
quarts of water, or a pickle consisting of a 
quart of common salt in two gallons of 
water.” 
GOOSEBERRY CULTURE- 
Tho qualities of this fruit aro too general¬ 
ly and fully known to nood commendation. 
Tho groat obstacle to its general cultivation 
appears to be its liability to mildew, when 
tho fruit is one-half or two-thirds grown, a 
misfortune which, whon it has onco fallen 
upon it, renders tho fruit ontiroly worthless. 
Yet, it is a matter of congratulation that 
this evil, in most cases, is not without a remo- 
dy, and arises, probably, oftoner from ovor 
exertion in cultivation than from any natu¬ 
ral cause. Wo infer this from tho fact that 
the shrub is found growing spontaneously in 
nearly all tho northorn parts of tho Union 
and in tho Canadas; and that, when feund 
so growing, tho evil we lament is not to bo 
mot with. Whon growing wild, it is often 
found in cool, moist places; consequently 
giving it a locality similar has a tendency to 
prevent disease. Wo havo found proof to 
sustain this fact in our own experience. 
Somo dozen years ago, a friend gavo us 
somo bushes of a very fino variety, which he 
was about to remove from his garden on ac¬ 
count of mildew. Thoy wore placed by us 
in a moist, cool soil, and tho second yoar 
producod an abundant crop of large, deli¬ 
cious borrios. Such crops woro given for 
somo sovon or eight yoars, whon tho mildew 
again attacked thorn. Supposing an ex¬ 
haustion of soil might havo something to do 
in tho matter, wo gavo somo a liberal sup¬ 
ply of well-rotted manure, forking it in ; 
and others wo restored by giving a heavy 
mulching of loaves around tho bushes in 
autumn. Others woro removed and placed 
the north side ot a board fonco, whore thoy 
woro shadod from tho sun from nino o’clock 
a. m. to three o’clock F. m., and whore, of 
courso, tho ground was always moist, and 
comparatively cool. In oach experiment wo 
succeodod in restoring our bushes. 
We would rocommond tho shady yet airy 
locality as tho first best; and for tho second 
specific, mulching every fall. If a handful 
of salt is appliod round each bush in tho 
spring, a good offbet will bo visible. Wo 
know of no cultivated variety oxompt from 
this plaguo. “ Houghton’s Seedling,” so 
loudly applauded as mildew-proof with us, 
is no more exempt than tho “Roaring Lion,” 
“ Crown Bob,” or any other varioty. Tho 
same causo produces it on that, and tho samo 
preventives save it.— Cor. Conn. Valley 
Farmer. 
TOWN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES, 
-“ To deck the shnpely knoll 
That softly swell’d, and gaily dress’d appear* 
A flow’ry island from the dark green lawn 
Emerging, must be deemed a labor due 
To no mean hand, and asks the touch of taste.” 
Mr. Editor:— Conversing with a friend 
in Massachusetts, a few days ago, I was 
much interested with his plan for tho for¬ 
mation of Town Horticultural Socioties. 
Thtjmgh his agency, such a society exists 
in Andover, Mass., which has been found 
both useful and pleasant to its members.— 
Before tho existence of this society, little 
interest was felt in ornamental flowers and 
shrubs or in scientific gardening. Through 
tho agency of a single individual, Dr. East¬ 
man Sanborn, of that village, a warm inter¬ 
est has been awakened in horticulture. Dr. 
Sanborn is enthusiastic in tho culturo of 
fruits and flowors; and like every other ear¬ 
nest and true patriot, ho imparts both of 
his zeal and his choice flowers to others.— 
When his neighbors see tho beauty and in¬ 
halo tho fragranco of tho beautiful prodoc.s 
of his industry and skill, thoy admire his 
plan of creating comfort and happiness at 
homo, and “go and do likewise.” It is not 
enough to see and smell a beautiful flower 
whilo it lasts, one likes to havo it with him; 
and when a person has enjoyed the society 
and sweet language of a single flower, ho, 
like Oliver Twist, always “asks for more.” 
Tho Andover Society holds regular meet¬ 
ings, and furnishes occasional exhibitions of 
fruits and flowors. Each member saves 
seeds from his own garden, for exchango 
with other societies and with the Patent 
Office at Washington. Thus thoy securo to 
themselves the most valuable specimens of 
flowers, fruits, plants, shrubs, and edible 
roots, which the gardens of the world afford. 
They may mako horticulture a source of 
income, if they choose ; they cannot fail to 
mako it a source of pleasure. The love of 
flowers is one of the most innocent, pure, 
and healthy affections of tho human soul.— 
There is no rivalry or loss of love in it.— 
Tho passion never docays, but actually 
“grows by what it foods on.” It interferes 
with no duties, domestic or public, but adds 
a new charm to both and gilds with “ the 
purple light of lovo” all tho asporities and 
inequalities of life. 
Tho biographor of tho Empress Josephino 
montions it, to her credit, that she was fond 
of flowers; and adds that this passion in 
females usually indicates a gentle temper 
and a loving heart. If this be the fact, in 
relation to females, tho cultivation of flow¬ 
ers may havo very important bearings upon 
their prospects in life. 
The formation of village societies for 
improvement in oxperimontal gardening is, 
certainly, worthy of consideration. If our 
citizens aro indifferent to tho ornamental 
part of horticulture, they cannot bo so, with 
reference to tho useful and 'productive de¬ 
partment. Tho berries, fruits, plums, cur¬ 
rants and edible roots of a well cultivated 
gardon add very essentially to the substan¬ 
tial enjoyments of life. Thoy also contri¬ 
bute greatly to tho ordinary support of a 
family. 
Tho quantity and quality of theso com¬ 
forts of a farmer’s life may be materilly im¬ 
proved by skill and industry. Tho skill may 
bo acquired by comparing notes at a horti¬ 
cultural meeting and by personal experi¬ 
ments. Tho reward is cortain. Lot thoso 
who feel any interest in tho welfare of their 
respective communities, consider theso sug¬ 
gestions and resolve to act .—Granite Far. 
CULTURE OF BLACKERRIES. 
In New England they aro making a groat 
deal of tho blackberry, which bids fair to 
take a high rank among tho smaller fruits. 
Hovey’s Magazine, in treating on this subject, 
says : 
Since the introduction of the improved va¬ 
riety, about six or seven years ago, of which 
we have heretofore given several accounts, 
and whoso cultivation has been so well de¬ 
tailed in our last volume by Captain Lovett, 
who has been one of the most successful 
growers of the fruit, it has been very gene¬ 
rally disseminated, and, the past year, many 
remarkably fine specimens wero exhibited 
before the Horticultural Society. 
The liboral premiums offered for this 
fruit, by tho Society, have had the good ef¬ 
fect of producing very general competition; 
and so superior havo boon somo of tho spe¬ 
cimens, so much larger than when first ex¬ 
hibited, evidently showing what care and at¬ 
tention will do for this as well as othor 
fruits ; that tho society havo deomed it ad¬ 
visable to offer a high prizo for a seedling, 
with tho hope of a still further improve¬ 
ment, for although what few attempts have 
boon inado in this way havo not boon attend¬ 
ed vory favorable results, there is still good 
reason to believe that it will yield to tho 
ameliorating influences of cultivation, as 
woll as the strawberry, thogoosborry, or tho 
raspberry. 
So productive is this variety that, accord¬ 
ing to the authority we havo quoted, a dozon 
of plants, when well established, yield suffi¬ 
cient fruit for a family of tho ordinary num¬ 
ber. Among tho borrios exibited in public 
by Captain Lovett and others, wero somo 
over an inch and a half long.” 
DECAY IN FRUIT TREES. 
We have often hoard the practice recom- 
mendod of driving nails into decaying fruit 
trees, to restore their vigor. But we havo 
never seen the result sot forth so strikingly 
as in tho following from the Southern Plan- 
tor : 
A singular fact, and one worthy of being 
recorded, was mentioned to us a few days 
since by Mr. Aloxandor Duke, of Albe¬ 
marle. Ho stated, that whilst on a visit to 
a noighbor, his attention was callod to a 
largo poach orchard, every treo in which 
had boon totally destroyed by tho ravages 
of tho worm, with tho exception of throe, 
and theso three were probably tho most CLf 
thrifty and flourishing peach trees ho ever 
saw. Tho only causo of their superiority 
known to his host, was an experiment made 
in consequenco of observing that those 
parts of worm eaten timber into which nails ISSI 
had been driven wero generally sound.— 
When his trees woro abont a yoar old, ho 
had selected three of them and driven a ( 
jfYY Y * 1 P' and * ess numerous, and the sphere of glass 
III r r it 1) 111 ^ ITT $ IX f which thoy form, enclosing the lamp, is of a 
^ f ' * far simpler and more solid construction, and 
,_■_ .. . _ a more perfect transparancy. 
LIST OF PATENT CLAIMS I was taken afterwards to the work-shop 
sued from the uxited states patent office where these prisms are made, and whence 
For the week ending June 14,1853. the western coast of Europo is supplied 
_ with the apparatus for its light-houses.— 
Charles 15. Fitch, of Galena, HI., for Improve- Here large wheel-shaped masses of glass, 
ent in mode of Cutting Tenons. flxed upon tables revolving horizontally, 
Wm. G. Huyett, of Williamsburg, Pa., for Im- were ground with sand to the proper angle, 
. • TT . f .,,,,1 n ,.nc. 0 and then finally polished. In another part 
ovement in Harvesters ot Grain anu Grass. ,, ., , J 1 . , . ,. J 
0 , , T , • tt . r r, , ot building artisans were at work fram- 
SbermanS Jewettand Francis II. Root, of Buf- ing the turrets 0 f metal and glass, in which 
.o, N. Y ioi Improvement m fetoves. Ante- tho apparatus of Fresnel is enclosed. These 
ted Dec. 14, 1852. are roofed with copper, and tho iron ribs in 
Harvey Mureh, of Lebanon, N. H., for Improve- which tho glass is set aro covered on tho 
ent in Mop Heads. outside with thin copper bars, so that no 
LIST OF PATENT CLAIMS 
ISSUED FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 
For tile week ending June 14,1853. 
tenpenny nail through the body, as near the men t in mode of Cutting Tenons. flxed u P on ttd >les revolving horizontally, 
ground as possible 5 whilst the balance of Wm Q H of wju iamsburg , Pa., for Im- were ground with sand to tho proper angle, 
his orchard had gradually tailed and finally . “' * m ■ 7 1 n and then finally polished. In another part 
yielded entirely to tho ravages of the pr»™nent,.a Harvester, of Gram and Gras of the building’artisans were at work fram- 
worms; theso three troes, selected at ran- Shei man b. Jewett and FiaucisH. Root, of u- ing the turrets of metal and glass, in which 
dom, treated precisely in the same manner, f a l°> N. Y., for Improvement in Stoves. Ante- the apparatus of Fresnel is enclosed. These 
with the exception of tho nailing, had al- dated Dec. 14, 1852. are roofed with copper, and tho iron ribs in 
ways been vigorous and healthy, furnishing Harvey Mureh, of Lebanon, NT. H., for Improve- which tho glass is set are covered on tho 
him at that very period with tho greatest ment in Mop Heads. outside with thin copper bars, so that no 
profusion of tho most luscious fruit. It is Geo. F. Muntz, Jr.,of Birmingham, England, fbj part of tho iron is in danger of corrosion by 
supposed that the salt of iion aifoi dod by Improvement in the Manufacture of Metal Tubes. exposed to tho external air. 
the nail is offensive to the worm whilst it is Patented in E Dg i and> May 8, 1852. The great advantage of Fresnel’s appa- 
harmless, or perhaps oven mne cia o 10 Lea Persey> of Patt erson, Pa., for Improvement , rata3 lies . in the strength of the light which 
wvRnr „non this subieot savs • in Self-waiting Dinner Tables. it throws in the direction where it is want- 
A chemical wntor upon this subject, says. , con- , T ed, but it has two other important recom- 
“ Tho oxydation or rusting of tho iron by Fergus Purden, of Baltimore, McL, for Improve- mendations—its economy and the ease with 
tho sap evolves ammonia, which, as tho sap ment in Mortising Machines. which it is kept in order. With a single 
rises, will of courso impregnate every part Alexander A. Sampson, of New Orleans, La., l amp j t does what in tho old method ro¬ 
of tho foliago, and prove too severe a dose for Improvement in Brick Machines. quired thirty, and it dispenses altogether 
for tho delicate palate ot intruding insects. E. H. Smith, of New York, N.Y., for Improve- with the clumsy contrivance of reflectors, 
This writer recommends driving halt a dozen ment in Copying Presses. 
nails into the trunk. Several experiments 
of this kind havo resulted successfully. 
POTTING STRAWBERSIES. 
Mr. Rivers, in London, raises strawberries 
which are constantly becoming tarnished 
John H. Sturgis, of New York, N. Y., for an and wearing out. The supply of oil which 
Improvement in Type-casting Machines. 
Giles F. Filley, of St. Louis, Mo., for Imjirove- 
ment in Cooking Stoves. 
Jas. M. Brookfield and Ephraim V. White, of 
is needed is, of course, comparatively tri¬ 
fling. I hope, for my part, that no time will 
be lost in lighting tho wholo coast of tho 
United States, through all its degrees of 
latitude, on both sides of the Atlantic and 
in Dots bv a peculiar process, thus desribed: y T ' ' ' , T , „ . . ’ latitude, on noth sides ot the Atlantic and 
in pots oy potu i i • t i \ Honesdale, Pa., (and Jacob Faatz, having been Pacific with the anmrahis of TLn 
About tho second week in July, he says, , ’ .... , .’ ., *.. . ra cinc, witn tne apparatus otPresnel. I ho 
he fillod a number of six inch pots with a decided to be a J oint niveutoT with said White,) outlay at first would be considerable, but it 
and a full handful of tho compost put in : a John L. Kingsley, of New York, N. Y., for Im- P? 3 ° made at °nco, would be an act of the 
stout wooden pestlo was then used with all provement in Moulding Gutta Percha Stereotype ^ CS ,, , ru * tl *^3 01 } P u } ! c titasuiy, to 
the force of a man’s arm to pound it, and plates * say nothing ot the lives it might preserve, 
then another handful and a pounding, and John j Gre h f Boston Magg f j and the car g oes lfc mi S ht sav ° from wreck, 
another, till the pot was brimful!, and the . f ’ I have been told that Captain Forbes, of 
compressed mould as hard as a barn floor. P™^ment m the Manufacture of Plate Glass. Boston, not long since took out with him to 
Tho pots were then taken to tho strawberry- re-issue. America, two ship-lanterns constructed on 
bed and a runnor placed in tho center of Patrick S. Delvan, of Reading, Pa.,for Improved Fresnel’s plan. They were found to answer 
each, with a small stone to keep it steady. Lubricating Compound. Patented Jan. 1G, 1849 their purpose admirably, as I hear, but tho 
They wero watered in dry weather and have James A. Bowie and Charles Carr, of Philadel- Yankees, with their usual doxterity in ap- 
had no other care or culturo. For two or hi Pa>> assigne es of Robt. B. Goodyear, of same p¥ n g ™ch resources as they have at hand, 
three years, l have had the very finest crops, for j emont iu Apparatus for 0pe rat- im ™ diatel y u P° n a substitute for Fres- 
from plants after this method, and those un- f ’ f nel s prisms, of cut-glass, which is a great 
der notice promise woll. If tho pots are mg Shuttle-bores of Looms. Patented March 13, deal Reaper and suocoeds almost equally 
liFfrarl It will ho n nnfl.rftn r. that a large 0 uan- Ante-ddtcu btpt. 1J, H U. well. Thov torm tho Mass into nrisms with 
dor notice promise well. If the pots aro 
lifted, it will be apparent that a largo quan¬ 
tity of food is in a small space. I may add 
that from somo recent experiments with 
compressed earth to potted fruit trees I have 
a high opinion ot its effect, and I fully bc- 
lievo that we have yot much to learn on the 
subject. 
’ . j T * *p ‘ ,. 1 ‘ nel’s prisms, of cut-glass, which is a great 
, Shu tie-boxes of Looms. Patented March 13, deal choapcr and 8u * ceeds alrnost equally 
49. Ante-dated Sept. 13, 1849. we ip They form the glass into prisms, with 
.. . tbe necessary curve, by pressure, and in this 
TIl_, FRESNEL LIGHTS. wa y construct a lantern but very little in- 
T , , ,. v „ t, ferior in the strength of its light to thoso 
In a recent letter from Europo, Mr. Bry- mado in the Fren( f h way . 
ant says: 
I have just returned from a visit to one of 
the government officos, in which tho Fresnel 
lights, designed for the light-houses on the 
TO LIGHT GAS WITH YOUR FINGER. 
The Philadelphia Ledger suggests anoth- 
TO PREVENT MILK FROM SOURING. 
A correspondent ot the Ohio Farmer Light, youknow, radiates in all uu W uuu, lerg upside down upon the floor or carpet, 
gives the following plan:—Agreeable to your I lace a lamp in a tower on a sea-coast and and u j 5Qn thesQ la 1 a board or other sab . 
request I will givo you an account of our a part of ns rays are wasted on the clouds gtance t stand upon witbin reach of the 
_ _r_:i- L ~ fthnvo if nfirf on tin oovth ho low ».T»H n-ll’t _ 1 / _ 
F rench coast, aro deposited. I ho invention er way of lighting gas by electricity, in ad- 
of Fresnel is ono of the most beautiful ex- d i t i C n to that before mentioned, 
amplea we have of that thill by which the Tho can bo hte(1 that 
apparently barren phenomena of science b trict f ona , c i ec tricftv, excited by a lady’s 
are forced into the service of man. r.,., 
T • i , , ordinary tur mutt. j.hus,placetourtumb- 
Light, youknow, radiates in all directions. „ U , a __ fu a ~ ~ . 
_ <=> 7 j j firs im flown ltnon rho floor or 
liquor will be fit for use. It must, however, J 5 r & . hole is drilled in the rock to any depth: 
bo 1 kept very salt. As fast as the liquor is J°gs and this tubo ia ftlled w5th charcoa1 ’ and j g nitcd 
used out, its place should be supplied by “ w tt ’Z in the P latinum » and inerted m the drill 
sweet whey. After awhile tho liquor will a o mmeico §_ . > hole. A blacksmith’s bellows is applied to 
become so reduced as to require throe times has also adcpttd to § • . > theupporendofthetubo,andthemostin- 
the quantity originally required to produce 011 tbo otber hanc, con on uiso ve wi tense heat is forced through the small holes 
Z LtecXi The old rennet? should "*** thc sides of tho rock sra,i "-" “ <« » 
then bo thrown awav, and new ones placed feebly when theiairis<j^ar and are ot no fine powdor at a rapid rat0 . When ihe 
in steep.— 
Telegraph. 
We have kept from fifty to a hundred and not wanted. Ly a most ingenious arrange- ; he muff and rub it a number ot r time3 do wn 
fifteen cows for several years, and have ment of prisms, Fresnel collected these use- the back of the coat of the first, by which 
milked seventy-two tho_ past season. We less rays and sent them forward in a hon- h(J or she (if it be a lady with a wo ’ ol( f n shawl 
strain the milk at night into atm vat set m zontal direction, parallel with the surface of } will becomo cha " ed with electricity 
a wooden one, into which we pump cold the ocean, where they must meet the eye ot sufficie ntlv to light the gas with the tip of a 
water for tho purpose ot cooling it. Thus the mariner An intense light, by his con- fi a8 effectullly as i? done with an ignit- 
it is kept sweet until morning, with very centration of its beams is obtained from a ed s match . To perform the experiment well 
little trouble, when wo strain m the morn- single lamp. I desired to see an example ire3 thrco perS0 ns, ono to turn on and 
ing’s milk, which is warmed sufficient y by of the effect produced and a lamp was off'thegas.forifdonebythepersoninsulat- 
hoating the water in tho wooden vat. ihus placed within ono ot Fresnels circles ot , and chare-ed he will not onlv ratrh a 
we proceed until Saturday night, when the prisms, while I stood at the distance of ghock but di f charge tho electricity before 
milk is set and the curd made which is kept twenty feet or more. It blazed into my a { • it to the gas. A number of per- 
until Monday morning and made into cheese, eyes like the rising sun, and I could not s “ s can participate in tho amusement at 
Sunday morning tho milk is stiained into bear to look at it. the samo time, by insulating themselves and 
wooden bowls, which are paintod inside and Lieutenant Bartlett, ot the United States : 0 j Di hands. Let the friction of the muff 
out with a thick coat ot paint, smooth and Navy, is now in Paris, superintending the be applied to the person furtherest from the 
hard, and sot in a cool place on the collar purchase ot two or three of these lights tor 5urne 1 r until all beC ome charged, and the 
bottom where it koops sweet until Monday, which appropriations have fortunately been on at the othor extreme g an light tho 
when it is skimmed and made into c loose, obtained trom Uongioss. Ono ot them is aas, all fooling a sensible shock at the time 
Tho result has been that we have not lost a shortly to be sent out to America, and will, ignition or discharge of tho fluid, 
bowl of milk tho past summer.” it is expected, bo exhibited for a time at the “ *_ a 
10 PREPARE RENfflCTsI Sfetfrybody mayTe?'il witZjlostl INVENTION FOEBLASIINO ioCK3. 
When taken from tho animal, ompty and * or 1 r . e S ard lfc as a matter of great jmpor- A correspondent well qualified to judge 
rinse them carefully in pure coid water, * ance that the per ec man ei in w uc le 0 £ sucb matters, sends us an account of a 
then fiuThom wit/saltfand pack them mvention fulfais»us purpose should begem n0w invention for b]asting rocks . H e 
away iu a close earthern jar—covering them ei ally known am ac'now <-g_ • h wa writes, after an examination of tho process l 
with^ftno salt When w aited for use, take ot § ood ] g ht % on f” “ The apparatus is the invention of Mr. A.* 
two or three of them, and place them in an our country. France, with a much smaller stickney; of Norwich, Vermont. It is a 
earthen vessel of tho capacity of two gal- H? armo , commerce t ion ouis, as erec et platinum tube about ten inches in length, 
lens or more, and pour in sweot whoy till it res o el lights at every part o er borders witb holes in its side. Connected with this 
! fun Allow the 1 rennets to remain sub- the Atlantic and the Mediterranean . an iron tube of an ired longth ._ 
s , ; ” , Y ....a fi,^ where the seaman needs the least notice ot rp. • • \ 
1 _ nearly as well lot our light-houses; fall to S. SfcU rf won a 
To Preserve Strawberries. —Look over ruin and lmitato t io examp o o ui 'ey, rock wbcn confined in such a way must bo 
with care. Weigh a pound of sugar to each which leaves its wholo coast m entire dark- tremondous . The experiment has been 
pound of fruit. Put a layer of fruit on the ne33 ' t. tt. , , tried with tho most porfect sueeess.—Ros- 
bottom ofthe preserving Kottlo, then a lay- gno or two of tl .0 French lighta have al- Tmn , cripl . 
r. P.. .. . ’ . , J mo,1 .r Kaon out tin in Amorirt-i huf-. t.hov ar« r 
If you wish to drive a sitt nail into seat- 
or ot uga a,S To onllaTS luthop-- ^y boon sot up in America, but they are 
Boil them about fifteen minutes. Put them «f«>« “ rl ? pattern -betore 1 res¬ 
in bottles, hot, and seal them. Then pot nel and Ins brother had perfected tho myen- 
thom in a box, and fill it in with dry said. twn. I saw ono of these at the repository 
Tho flavor of tho fruit is preserved more which I am speakmg, and the diftorenoe 
perfectly, by simply packing the fruit and between it and those which are at present 
sugar in alternate layers, and sealing the jar T Ll v nrism, will, 
SUtfiiL^ III iutui uatu UtYUiO, U-IIV* oortnng vug jrn, ' ’j “ T>)OWS, UUS 1ft U2 aUYaillftgO. JOT CflOV 
without cooking, but tho proservos do not > ] g 1 1 - -■ are generally tsado mostly of oak wood.— 
, , .... i, straight sides; ho had no apparatus tor ,, •. J , - . , . 
look so welh^^- making any other; they wero pit together In straightening old nmls before using, lot 
Salebatus is said to bo injurious to the in small ptecos; the ligit was ohstrmSed by ■* »» "'«!■ e»j M ews, 
human system, and that it destroys thou- the cement used to confine them in their u . , u . , 
sands of children and somo adults every yoar. places, and tho stray beams of light which T, ” at Acuity of th* nnncai wmeh mon call 
In New Brunswick, contiguous to Maine, the escaped through the space between the Reason is not able to atake us- do what it 
physicians are wont to say that half the prisms, were caught upon mirrors and re- J areas usto approve. 
children aro killed by tho uso of saleratus. fleeted in the desired direction. But, in the “ 
The evil is fast spreading throughout the new Fresnel lights, the mirrors are feM It is hotter to sit down with honor, than 
Union. Families of moderate size already aside as no longer necessary; tho prisms to attend the chajigss- of an in’ioasistant 
uso from ten to twenty-five pounds yoarly. have taken a curved shapo; thoy are larger lortune^ 
vantage, 
