MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
Editors Rural :— Did you know that 
Lima boans ought to bo planted “right sido 
up with care,” in order that they may come 
up and do well ? Perhaps you may bo 
aware of this fact, but possibly many of the 
readers of the Rural may not bo. If how¬ 
ever, you happen to bo in the dark on this 
question, you will of course laugh at the 
idea at first, as I did, and call it all humbug. 
But notwithstanding the palpable absurdity 
of the idea, at first view, I assure you it is 
so. I planted an acre of those beans this 
season, and probably not less than two hun¬ 
dred hills were entirely or partially ruined 
on account of their being planted lurong 
side up! Nearly or quite every bean that 
happened to be dropped into the hill with 
the eye up, was spoiled in its attempt to 
come up. 
It happoned in this way:—The roots start 
first (as is the case always with beans.) and 
grow downwards on all sides of the bean— 
or straddle of it, if you ploaso — binding it 
down, so that when the upward shoot grows 
it cannot carry the bean out of the ground, 
but the shoot comes out doubled up in the 
form of a ring, and after straining itself 
with its utmost might to got out into the 
world with its burthon, it breaks in two, 
leaving the roots, bean and all, in the ground 
with their “ prospects for a crop ” utterly 
blasted. 
But use a little care and place them in 
the ground with the eyes downwards, and 
no such catastrophe can befall them. If 
you will bo particular to stop the growth of 
the vines by pinching them off at about six 
foot from the ground, there will be no dif¬ 
ficulty in ripening thorn in this latitude. 
Guano is an excellent manure for thorn, 
as I have learned from actual experiment. 
I apply to au acre tho following mixture 
placing a good sized handful in each hill 
just before hoeing: 60 lbs. of pulverized Pe¬ 
ruvian Guano, 60 lbs. of coal dust, and 120 
lbs. of loached ashes. I mix them thor¬ 
oughly together, three or foyr days before 
using. E. A. McKay. 
Naples, June 30, 1853. 
BOILING WATER FOR THE PEACH GRUB 
Friend Moore : — In a late number of tho 
Rural, “ L. N.” asks at what time tho “hot 
water” should bo applied to the peach tree. 
In tho case referred to, it was done early 
in spring; ir,3 effect was to kill the grubs, 
and secure a bountiful crop of peaches.— 
This season, tho peaches so far as I have ob¬ 
served. need no stimulant, but tho grub de¬ 
serves scalding at any time, and, as Mary 
assured me, her trees were very much bene¬ 
fited by the application, I ventured a trial 
of it a few days ago. No effect from it is 
now discernable, but tho scalded treos are 
as thrifty as the others; benco in treating 
for tho grub, I infer that tho present timo, 
without regard to season, is the timo for de¬ 
stroying them.—I. W. B., Macedon, JY. y., 
iuno 20, 1853. 
DO NOT PLANT TREE3 TOO DEEP. 
While enjoying tho hospitalities of a far¬ 
mer a few days since, in Worcester county, 
he took occasion to show us bis farm and 
garden. We observed some English cherry 
trees that were planted somo throe or four 
years ago, that did not appear to bo grow¬ 
ing very thriftily. The thought occurred to 
our mind that perhaps they were planted 
too deep. Wo obtained a hoe, and on ex¬ 
amination, soon found our suspicion true. 
Tho tree that appeared the most sickly, 
was planted moro than a foot deeper than 
it should have been. The one that had out¬ 
grown all the others, was set moro nearly as 
they all should have boon. Wo no longer 
wondered at tho unpromising appearance of 
his cherry trees. The marvel was, that 
they looked so well, after having boon buriod 
alive as it wore, for so long a time. 
Though tho natural direction of the roots 
be downward, thoy do not extend far below 
the surface of tho earth, usually. Thoy 
grow in a horizontal rather than a porpon- 
dicular direction. The summit of the roots, 
which connects it to that part of the tree or 
plant growing above the surface of tho earth 
is called tho Collum, or neck. This, in 
planting trees, should bo placod near the 
earth’s surface.— Amherst Express. 
HORTICULTURAL ITEMS. 
At tho Horticultural Exhibition in Boston, 
on Saturday, thoro was a curious prodigy of 
nature in the shape of a stalk of asparagus, 
about 16 inches long, nearly two inches in 
breadth, and less than half an incliin thick¬ 
ness—tho whole being twisted spirally in a 
singular manner. It was the result of two 
days’ growth in tho garden of T. G. Gun¬ 
derson, of Nowton. 
A Frenchman, M. Herbert, has recontly 
exhibited somo curious experiments, by 
which plants are made to blow instantane¬ 
ously. Tho means used was a chemical 
mixture with which ho watered the gerani¬ 
ums, which immediately began to opon their 
buds, and in ten minutes the plants woro in 
full bloom. With a rose-tree bo was, how¬ 
ever, less successful. 
THE PALMER WORM.-WHALE OIL SOAP. 
We make the following extracts from the 
JYew England Farmer, and The Farmer’s 
Encyclopedia. The first gives an account 
of tho palmer worm, and the latter, informa¬ 
tion and use of Whale Oil Soap : 
“ The Palmer Worm* a wanderer, as its 
name signifies. This is a small worm, about 
half an inch in length, with many logs, and 
extremely nimble. It appears at different 
times in different parts of tiio country.— 
I have observod thorn however only on ap¬ 
ple trees and oak trees, in any great abund¬ 
ance. They give trees the same appear¬ 
ance the canker worm does. They appear¬ 
ed in the county of Cumberland in tho 
year 1791, about the middle of June, eating 
off the covering of the leaves on both sides, 
and leaving tho membranous part entire.— 
The following year there were none to be 
seen : and I havo not known them in any 
place two years in succession. The seeds of 
them may bo constant, wanting only a par¬ 
ticular stato of weather to produce thorn.— 
Tho spring which preceded their appear¬ 
ance has boon remarkably dry, both in April 
and May. The history of this little insect 
is so little known, that I will not undertake 
to say how thoy may bo successfully oppos¬ 
ed. I made smokes under tho fruit treos, 
without any apparent effect. As they let 
themselves down by threads, they may 
bo thinned by shaking tho trees, and striking 
off the threads. Their ravages had not any 
lasting effect, for the orchards that had been 
visited by thorn boro plentifully the follow¬ 
ing year.” 
•• A solution of whale oil soap, in tho pro¬ 
portion of two pounds of soap to fifteen gal¬ 
lons of water, is recommended as the best 
known means of destroying plant-lice, and 
other insects injurious to plants, flowers, 
and fruits. It was first made known by Mr. 
Haggerston, of Boston, who designed it 
originally for tho destruction of the rose- 
slug. and received a premium of $125 from 
the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for 
his discovery. In preparing tho solution of 
soap, the weight required for use is to be 
taken and dissolved in boiling water in tho 
proportion of a pound to a quart. Strain 
this strong solution through a fine wire 
or hair siove, which takes out tho dirt, and 
prevents its stopping tho valves of the 
engine, or rose of tho syringe. Then add 
cohl water to bring it to tho proper strength, 
namely about two pounds of the soap to 
fifteen gallons of water, and apply to the 
roso b isb, or other plant, with a hand engine 
or a syringe, using as much force as practi¬ 
cable, saturating every part of the foliage. 
What falls on the ground will not bo lost, 
but do much good in destroying worms and 
enriching tho soil. From its trifling cost, it 
can bo used with profusion, a hogshead of 
136 gallons costing only about 45 cents.— 
Tho soap sells for 6 or 7 cents per pound. 
Early in the morning, or in tho ovening, is 
the proper time for making the application. 
Among other insects mentioned by Mr. 
Haggerston as destroyed by the solution of 
whale oil soap, are the Aphis, or plant-louse, 
which goes by tho name of the brown fly ; 
an insect not quick in motion, very abund¬ 
ant on, and destructive to, tho young shoots 
of tho roso, peach tree, anil many other 
plants; and tho black fly, a very trouble¬ 
some and destructive insect, that infests tho 
young shoots of tho cherry and the snow¬ 
ball troe. “I have never,” ho says, “known 
any positive enro for this insect until this 
time.” 
See Joel, 1 :4—2 :25. Amos, 4 :0. 
CLEAN CULTIVATION CF TREES. 
The importance of a deep, mellow soil for 
young treos. kept clean by constant culti¬ 
vation, is well understood by skillful fruit- 
raisers, and should be fully appreciated by 
all, and acted upon at tho present season of 
rapid growth. 
Somo years since, T. G. Yeomans, of 
Walworth, N. Y., well known as a very suc¬ 
cessful culturist, informed us that his young 
standard troos, which stood among his smal¬ 
ler trees in his nursery, where they were sub¬ 
jected to continual cultivation, and where 
tho young nursery trees mado but little 
draught on tho soil, made twice tho growth 
of those in a field of beets, which were kept 
hoed well through tho early part of tho sea¬ 
son only, and which, precisely like a largo 
growth of weeds, drew freely on the soil.— 
A similar statement is made in the Genesee 
Farmer, of an experiment in sowing carrots 
between the rows of young apple trees.— 
The rows of trees were 3 h feet apart and a 
single row of carrots was sowed between 
them. Although thoy were all kept clean 
during the summer, yet other trees of the 
same age and treatment, without carrots, 
made twice the growth. 
The ownors of orchards, in their great 
anxiety to get something in the shape of 
annual crops from the land, often loso ten 
times as much in tho value of fruit. A cer¬ 
tain farmer (rather uncertain , however, in 
this instance,) would not sacrifice five dol¬ 
lars worth of pasturage by plowing up and 
leaving bare the ground of his orchard, al¬ 
though it already afforded him fifty dollars 
per acre in crops, and would havo paid him 
ovor one hundred per acre in better fruit 
and more of it, if he had only kept it mel¬ 
low by plowing and harrowing. Tho finest 
market poach orchard we ever saw, in full 
bearing with very largo and delicious fruit, 
was kept as mellow as an ash-hoap tho sea¬ 
son through, and no crop allowed to grow 
upon the soil, which the proprietor found 
by far tho best and most economical mode 
of management.— Albany Cultivator. 
The Elms of New' Haven. —The noble 
elms of New Haven have this year been 
saved from the ravages of worms, by placing 
lead troughs around them with oil. Such 
as have been neglected are strippod as bare 
as in winter. Tho hint is worth the notice 
of all who have shade trees. 
A GOOD WORD FOR THE BIRDS. 
If gardeners and farmers were moro ful¬ 
ly aware how much they were indebted to 
birds, they would take all possible care to 
protect them from injury, and would en¬ 
courage them in building nests, and rearing 
their young about their fields and orchards, 
instead of shooting them, because they eat 
the cherries and other fruits. If theso per¬ 
sons would observe and enquire moro deep¬ 
ly into the matter, they would become con¬ 
vinced, that these very birds which they 
are disposed to shoot as nuisances, cleanse 
their trees from slugs, canker worms and 
other insects, which, if let alone would soon 
destroy the tree itself. And tho cultivator 
may be well content to pay the yearly tax 
of a few cherries to these guardians of his 
fruit trees. 
Barton, the naturalist, says something to 
this effect, (wo have not tho book at hand ) 
that we are guilty of great injustice to birds. 
Many of thorn, when seen at a distance, ap¬ 
pear to bo stealing the seed from tho earth, 
when, in fact, thoy are zealously employed 
in grubbing up the eggs and larvee of worms 
which, if left undisturbed, would destroy tho 
grain. 
Even hawks and crows, although thoy do 
indeed, eat some of the corn, and occasion¬ 
ally steal a chicken or two, are, nevertheless, 
of great use. They not only destroy mul¬ 
titudes of insects, but do much to preserve 
the purity of tho air, by devouring tho car¬ 
casses of dead animals. 
All birds of the sparrow family, are very 
industrious insect-exterminators. They in¬ 
deed, eat a portion of the grain from the 
fields, and the seed from tho garden; but 
the injury is very slight, when weighed 
against tho advantage of their uncoasing 
war against all the insect tribe. 
In some sections of the country, one of 
the most useiul birds is the wren, the friend 
and companion of man, who delights to 
build his nest under the eaves, or in the 
nearest proximity to a quiet, human dwell¬ 
ing. In some places his usefulness is so 
well understood and appreciated, that small 
wooden boxes are nailed to trees, and other 
convenient places prepared, whore they 
may build their nests. 
As soon as the young brood are hatchod, 
the parents begin to fly abroad in search of 
food for their family. 
An observing lover of birds counted fif¬ 
ty times in one hour that one pair of wrens 
went forth to bring food for their nestlings, 
and he says they never returned without an 
insect in their bills. This perpetual flying 
forth and returning is repeated, without in¬ 
termission, from morning tonight, and con¬ 
tinued till the young birds are able to fly 
forth themselves In this ratio, one pair of 
wrens must destroy a vast number of ver¬ 
min, and even if they sometimes nip the 
side of a strawberry, or cherry, a reasonable 
gardener will consider this sweet morsel but 
the honest duo of tho zealous and faithful 
guardians of his trees.— American Trav. 
THE ENBIC0TT PEAR TEEES. 
A Pear tree is is standing in Danvers, 
Mass., which is often said to have been im¬ 
ported by Gov. Endicott in 1630. The pub¬ 
lic, however, are not generally aware of the 
facts relating to the history of the tree. C. 
M. Endicott, Esq., of Salem, in a communi¬ 
cation to Honeys Magazine, has gone into 
tho matter elaborately, and has made out a 
strong case in support of the traditionary 
account, showing that this is the “oldest 
living and fruit-bearing tree in this country, 
having rounded out a period of 223 years !” 
Mr. Endicott adds that tho American fruit 
trees which “ approach tho nearest to it in 
ago, are tho pear tree of Gov. Stuyvesant, 
in New York, which claims to have been 
imported from Holland in 1697; an apple tree 
of the Pearmain variety, imported into Con¬ 
necticut in 1638, by Gov. Geo. YVyckoy 
[Wyllys,] and bore fruit last season, on tho 
“ Charter Oak ” place, owned by Hon. T. 
W. Stuart, of Hartford ; tho pear troe of 
Gov. Prince, of the Plymouth Colony, at 
Chatham, which was brought from England 
by him somewhere betweenthe years 1649 
and 1545 ; the apple tree planted according 
to tradition, in 1640, at Marshfield, in this 
State, by Peregrine White, the first English 
child born in New England. After these, 
by dropping down more than a century of 
time, we find tho * Lady Petro ’ pear tree in 
Bertram’s garden in Philadelphia, which is 
said to be 116 years of age.”— Boston Cult. 
Special Manure for Grapes. —The wine 
committee, at the exhibition of the Cincin¬ 
nati Horticultural Society, reported that of 
two specimens of wine, one from grapes to I 
which a special manuring of potash had 
been given, tho wine from the manured 
grapes was “ bright, clear, and mellow, like 
an old wine.” The other was declarod to 
bo loss matured in all its qualities, nor was 
it clear. The grapes themselves, from the 
two portions of ground, woro also presented 
to the committee. “ Both wero delicious 
and woll ripenod, but it was considered that 
thoso from the manured land were sweeter, 
and that the pulp was softer.” 
Working Cabbage Plants. —If you have 
cabbage plants set out, see that they are 
regularly worked, and kept free from grass 
and weeds. There is no liquid manure that 
suits the cabbage better than soap suds.— 
Occasional waterings with it will ensure 
vigorous growth, and destroy vermin. Dust¬ 
ings at intervals with plaster sorve a good 
purpose. 
Profits op a Vine. —A late paper gives a 
statement of the cost and profits of an Isa¬ 
bella grape-vino—the cost is twenty-five 
cents in labor yearly in pruning and dress¬ 
ing, and one wheel-barrow load of manure. 
The profits are five to six bushels of grapes 
annually, and an ornamental effect in cov¬ 
ering an otherwise unsightly out-house. 
etjrank Jrls, 
LIST OF PATENT CLAIMS 
ISSUED FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 
For the week ending June 28,1853. 
Barnabas H. Bartol, of Philadelphia, Pa, for 
improvement in refrigerators for cooling liquids. 
Patented in Cuba, Oct. 8, 1852. 
Horatio Clarke, of Dedham, Mass., for improve¬ 
ment in bobbins. 
Christopher Duckworth, of Thompsonville, 
Conn., for improvement in shuttle-box motion in 
looms. 
Horatio NT. Goodman, of New Haven, Conn., 
for improvement in Melodeons. 
Daniel H. Hovey, of Kilbouru, Ohio, for im- 
piovementin machines for twisting Waxed-ends. 
Edmund Morwood and George Rogers, of 
London, England, for improvement in coating 
lead with zinc. Patented in England, Dec. I2tb, 
1850. 
Levi S. Reynolds, of Indianapolis, Ind., for 
improvement in bran dusters. 
Christian Sharp, of Hartford, Conn., for im¬ 
provement in percussion pellets. Patented in 
England, April 22,1852. 
E. E. Sbepardson and Edwin Lucas, of New 
Bedford, Mass., for improvement in timing melo¬ 
deons and other reed instruments. 
Lauren Ward, of Naugatauk, Conn., adminis- 
tiatorof Richard Ward, deceased, of same place > 
for improvement in machines for turning irregular 
forms. 
James Foster, jr., and Platt Evans, jr., of Cin¬ 
cinnati, Ohio, for improvement in metallic boxes 
for presses, <fce. 
Amzi C. Semple of Cincinnati, Ohio, assignor 
to Win. Semple, of the same place, for improve¬ 
ment in presses. 
Napoleon B. Lucas, of Otter Creek, Ill., for im¬ 
provement in thrashers and separators for grain. 
RE-ISSUE. 
Walter Kidder, of New York, N. Y., for im¬ 
provement in gas regulators. Patented Oct. 12th 
1852. Re-issued Juna 28th, 1853. 
DESIGNS. 
N. S. Veddor, of Troy, N. Y., for design for a 
cook stove. Dated June 28th, 1853. 
Samuel D. Vose, of Albany, N. Y., three designs 
for cooking stoves. Dated June 28th, 1853.— 
Ante-dated May 2d, 1853. 
Samuel D. Vose, of Albany, N. Y., for design 
for a parlor stove. Dated June 28th, 1853. Ante¬ 
dated May 2d, 1853. 
James Cowles, of Rochester, N. Y., assignor 
to Albert G. Bristol, of the same place, for design 
for a register face. 
COMPARATIVE ELASTICITY CF WROUGHT 
AND CAST IRON. 
Tiie mean ultimate resistance of wrbught 
iron to the force of compression, as useful 
in practice, is twelve tons to tho square inch, 
while the crushing weight of cast iron is 49 
tons per square inch : but for a considera¬ 
ble range, under equal weights, the cast, iron 
is twice as elastic or compresses twice as 
much as tho wrought iron. 
A remarkable illustration of the effect of 
intense strain on cast iron was witnessed by 
the author, at tho works of Messrs. Easton 
& Amos. Tho subject of the experiment 
was a cast iron cylinder 10£ inches thick, 
and 14£ inches high, the diameter being 18 
inches. 
It was requisite for a specific purpose to 
reduce the internal diameter to 31, inches 
and this was effected by the insertion of a 
smaller cast iron cylinder into tho centre of 
the largo one; and to secure some initial 
strain, tho large cylinder was expanded by 
heating it, and tho internal cylinder being 
first turned too large, was thus powerfully 
compressed. 
Tho inner cylinder was partly filled with 
pewter, and a steel piston being fitted to 
the bore, a pressure of 972 tons was put on 
tho steel piston. The steel was “ upset ” 
bv tho pressure, and the internal diameter 
of tho .small cylinder was increase by full 
three-sixteenths of an inch ; i. e.. the diame¬ 
ter became three inches and 11-16 of an inch. 
A new piston was accordingly adapted to 
theso dimensions,—and to resist the pres¬ 
sure ; the external layers of tho inner cyl¬ 
inder was thus permanently extended eight 
inches and one-fiftieth of its length. In fact 
it can only be regarded as loose packing 
giving no additional strength to the cylinder. 
Under these high pressures, when confin¬ 
ed mechanically, cast iron as well as other 
metals appears, like liquids, to exert an 
equal pressure in every direction in which 
its motion is opposed.— Clark’s Britannia 
and Conway Tubular Bridges. 
SAWS WITHOUT A SAW SASH. 
CONDENSED HISTORY OF STEAM. 
About 200 years B. C.,IIoro, of Alexan¬ 
dria, formed a toy which exhibited some of 
tho powers of steam, and was moved by its 
power. 
A. D. 450, Athemius, an architect, ar¬ 
ranged several can’drons^of water, each cov¬ 
ered with the wide bottom of a leathern 
tube, which rose to a narrow top, with pipes 
extended to the rafters of the adjoining 
building. A fire was kindled beneath the 
cauldron, and the house was shaken by the 
efforts of the steam ascending the tubes.— 
This is the first notice of tho power of steam 
recorded. 
In 1543, Juno 17, Blasco D. Garoy tried 
a steamboat of 209 tons with tolerablo suc¬ 
cess, at Barcelona, Spain. It consisted of a 
cauldron of boiling water, and a movable 
wheel on each side of the ship. It was laid 
aside as impracticable. A present, however, 
was made to Garoy. 
In 1650 the first railroad was constructed 
at Newcastlo-on-Tyne. 
Tho first idea of a steam engine in Eng¬ 
land was in tho Marquis of Worcester’s 
“History of Inventions,” A. DJ16G3. 
In 1710 Newcomen mado tho first steam 
ongino in England. 
In 1718 patents were granted to Savary 
for the first application of the steam en¬ 
gine. 
In 1764 James Watt mado tho first per¬ 
fect steam engine in England. 
In 1736 Jonathan Hulls set forth tho idea 
of steam navigation. 
In 1778 Thomas Paine first proposed this 
application in America 
In 1781 Marquis Jouffroy constructed one 
on tho Saono. 
In 1785 two Americans published a work 
on it. 
In 1789 William Symington made a voy¬ 
age in one on the Forth and Clyde Canal. 
In 1 S 02 this experiment was repeated. 
In 1782 Ramsey propelled a boat by 
steam at Now York. 
In 1787 John Fitch, of Philadelphia, nav¬ 
igated a boat by a steam engine on tho Del¬ 
aware. 
In 1793 Robert Fulton first began to ap¬ 
ply his attention to steam. 
In 1793 Oliver Evans, a native of Phila¬ 
delphia, constructed a locomotive steam en¬ 
gine to travel on a turnpiko road. 
Tho first steam vessel that crossed tho 
Atlantic was the Savannah, in the month of 
June, 1819, from Charleston to Liverpool. 
— Hunt's Merchants Magazine. 
An improvement in tho inode of hanging 
saws without a saw sash, and by which any 
amount of strain may be given them, has 
been constructed and the requisite steps ta¬ 
ken to secure a patent. This improvement 
is the invention of Charles Burleigh, of 
Fitchburg, Mass. Tho manner in which he 
accomplishes this object is by attaching to 
tho upper saw head two straps or chains, 
passing over straining and stationary pluleys 
attached to the upper part of "the bed 
frame. These straps or chains also passing 
under stationary pulleys beneath the saw, 
and are attached to the lower saw head or 
block. Levers may bo substituted for the 
pulleys, and tho cords or chains attached to 
the top ot the upper, and bottom of the 
lower saw head, and to tho ends of tho lev¬ 
ers; by this arrangement of the inventor 
the saw may bo perfectly strained, and tho 
weight and friction attending the working 
of the ordinary saw sash or frame avoided! 
— Sci. Am. 
WATER THROUGH LEAD PIPES. 
We are frequently told of the deleterious 
effect upon the system, of water which pas¬ 
ses through a lead pipe, but only occasion¬ 
ally are we made sensible of the extent of 
the danger. Several days ago a gentleman 
living a few miles out of the city, caught a 
couple of trout and placed them in a trough, 
tho water of which was supplied through a 
lead pipe, intending to keep them there.— 
In less than three hours they wero both 
dead. Suspicious of tho reason of this sud¬ 
den death, lie determined to make anothor 
trial, and placed in the trough anothor 
trout. 1 ho sumo result followed in less 
time, and ho made a third experiment. Tho 
result was still tho samo, and he considers 
it a settled fact that a trout, a native of the 
pure, sparkling stream, cannot live in a 
lead-impregnated water. If such water is 
poisonous enough to kill fishes, it cannot bo 
without its destructive effects upon the hu¬ 
man system.— Manchester (JY. E. ) Hem. 
India Rubber Tires. —The application of 
a solid band of India rubber oyer the wheel 
of a carriage, so as to prevent noise and the 
disagreeable concussion of the wheels upon 
the stones, is a very valuable invention, and 
deserving of being extensively patronized. 
These tires have by experience, been found 
to be loss expensive than iron ones, as they 
suffer little from friction, owing to their 
elasticity they are not unsightly, greatly 
reduce tho draught of tho carriage, and add 
materially to the comfort of the occupant 
by quiet, and a freedom from all jolting or 
shaking. 
For Pickling Eggs. —If the following 
pickle were generally known, it would be 
more genaraliy used. It is an excellent 
pickle to be eaten with cold meat, &c. The 
eggs should bo boiled hard (say ten isin- 
utes,) and divested of their shells j when 
quite cold put them in jars, and pour over 
them vinegar (sufficient to quite cover them) 
in which has been boiled the usual spices for 
pickling, tie the jars down tight, with blad¬ 
der, and keep them until they begin to 
change color.— Exchange. 
Fly Poison without Arsenic. —The fol¬ 
lowing preparation is much used in Europe 
for the destruction of flies :—Quassia, eight 
parts; water, five hundred parts ; molasses, 
one hundred and twenty-five parts. Boil 
the quassia and water ten minute^ strain 
and add the molasses.. The preparation 
can easily he made by any one. Flies are 
attracted by this and. soon kSilledL 
A Hint for Housekeepers. —While giv¬ 
ing to housekeepers the advice jotted down 
while attending to the very important mat¬ 
ter of house-cleaning, and the like arrange¬ 
ments, do not omit to inform housekeepers 
that a few drops of carbonate of ammonia, 
in a small quantity of warm rain water, will 
| prove a safe and easy anti-acid, &c., and 
| will change, if carefully applied, discolored 
spots upon carpets, and indeed all spots, 
whether produced by acids or alkalies. If 
ono has tho misfortune to have a carpet in¬ 
jured by whitewash, this will immediately 
restoie it.— Ohio Cultivator. 
