JULY 19. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ffwjpnto attli ftatton. 
LESSON OP FLOWERS TO THE CITY. 
R1MEDY FOR GIRDLED FRUIT TREES. 
^ U The world loves flowers. Children especial- “The sovereignest thing on earth was par- 
-:- lj who are flowers themselves have this feeling, maceti, for an inward bruise.” I never knew a 
the chestnut and its congeners. strongly proving the passion to be natural.— disease, from the itch to the cholera —from the 
The common chestnut, (Custanea vesca.) This we have oftcn tested b y takiri S a hand ' meas ] les to CODSU ^P tio11 - for wbich somebody 
Chincapin, (Dwarf chestnut,) and the Horse some bouquet with us to New York. A recent could not prescribe a certain remedy. You 
chestnut, of the genus uEsculus, are all the kinds experiment of this sort, in addition to several may save the girdled tree, by following the 
familiarly known in this country, and are all heretofore, is * point. We happened to be prescription of Mr. Lumm, for a few years; but 
f n iit be i r carrying in hand up town from the ferry a where the bark is eaten clean off, the trunk will 
The “uttf the common chestnut contains a duster of early lilacs, roses, magnolias, and decay, and leave a deformed, defective body.- 
lar nf milrifinna fnnrl na tlio various other flowers of the season. The nose- better at once root it out, if you want a perma- 
fruit bearing. 
The nut of the common chestnut contains a 
large proportion of nutritious food, as does the vai 101,8 OUier 110 w 018 01 8ta8 ° u - nose ' ~ ““ "7 7 J “ 
large Spanish variety cultivated in Europe, and ga 7 created a 6ensatlon a11 the wa ?- 0ae ^ttle tree, than attempt to patch a thing that is 
so Important is the crop considered in some bo 7 be 88 ed a flower ’ aaother a l liece of one > a f. 88 * 1 " 6 ?’ Under ° rdlnar / c^ um Jances, to out- 
parts of France, Germany, and the Netherlands, very little girl a branch, while some of both jve both you and your family I have tried all 
that its abundance materially affects the price sexes ’ of a P retty respectable growth, did not these nostrums with mice-bitten trees, when 
of grain and the quantity that can be exported scru P le to ask for some sma11 s P ecimen ’ at least the girdling has been thorough, and know them, 
to other countries a sme11 of tbe fascinating products of the couu- lor a11 efficient purposes, to be a temporary ben- 
The flour from the But after boiling, or being Had we possessed a bushel ef them, »ot If a strip of living bark is left, er osly the 
, . ,, , ... ,, . one of them, without good generalship, would ovter 8Rin > je eaten off, binding up with cloth, 
ground in the dry state, is capable of producing . , ’ woum 6 . r . 
„„„ • 1 ^ . a, a- a ■ , have reached home. It required nice manage- or the application of a salve, will restore it in 
some very nice and palatable dishes, in cakes, , , , . s , • ,7 ,, , . , , ... 
pies and puddings ; their principle consistency ™ as " ure 7“ u - f ' Iude I> lcar00M “ d ““e. as the sap, throagh even a hairs-brsadth 
is starch and s„iar, the elements of most no- that infested the „»y. Some were of con muons bark w. l do wondeia; but, as a 
tritious vegetable f-.od content to obtain the prize by compliment and rule > cleanly girdled trees are not worth the 
tritious vegetable food. ooulC111 ' w ooiaili uutJ P rize oompnmeni and 
The Chincapin is a small nut, rich in sacclia- ° thc [ S f ore bold or ardent tried 
rine matter, and the tree very productive and ° Ca P ture by grab law wbafc was nofc y ielded 
insinuation ; others more bold or ardent tried trouble of nursing.— Jeffreys, in Horticulturist. 
grafts on the common kind, and is worthy of a 
place in the garden and shrubbery. 
The Horse Chestuut is one of the most beau¬ 
tiful shade trees that grace our streets, and a 
very prolific bearer; but the nuts are bitter 
and astringent, and no animal will eat them.— 
From their beauty and great size, it seems 
to importunity. 
Let any one attempt a similar experiment.— 
He will find every eye turned upon his beauti¬ 
ful flowers even more intensely than they are 
Artificial Manures' for Fruit Trees. —The 
best manures for fruit trees, under usual cir¬ 
cumstances, are composts made of stable ma¬ 
nure, turf, muck or loam, with a small quantity 
on the fruits, with which the hats of the ladies asbes ’ and 8t, Bl l ess lime. The addition of cessful steamer was launchec 
are loaded. The fact proves how the general § uano > bone manure, <fcc., increases its value.— tire steam voyage across the 1 
heart prizes the country, the home of these The proportions may be one-third manure, over within the past twenty years 
UKHed from ! ho Cnlted Sta^p^f Office Tor the 
° week ending July 1, 1856, 
STEAMSHIPS. tinTon whett.*’ Y ° rk ’ improved modc of securing 
- 1 ftatchelder, West Fairlee, Vt., improvement in 
Probably in no department of the arts has ' "avW Kn, Wadesvil.e, Va„ improved machine for 
greater progress been made than in that of na- sawin e felloes. 
val architecture. Since the time when the wa ^ R ranklin Breed > Fulton > N - Y -> ^proved brake for 
great navigator, Columbus, first crossed the Jeremiah Carhart, N. Y., improvement in melodeons. 
Atlantic, up to the present day, a gradual en- for reaming ffipptag^filtt 88 '’ impr ° Ved 
largement of the dimensions, and an improve- • K ' c i ap . p ’- Mon,ag 7’ Maas > improved method of fram- 
° . ,, . r ingand straining wood saws, 
ment m model, appointments and finish of sea- Charles N. Clow, Port Byron, improvement in rotary- 
going ships have been going on. The fleet of pU wm’T rion.u v. i • 
n ... ... 6 . . Wm..T. Clough, Newark, improvement in concentrating 
Golumbus consisted of three vessels, some of apparatus for sulphuric acid. 8 
them only half-decked, and none of greater Co&dI^ 
dimensions than the boats which at the present tlD £ an( * coring apples. 
day navigate the Erie Canal. The speed too, ofW " theb&Se pieCe 
both of sail vessels and of steamers, has been Samuel B. Fay, New York, metallic hook for labels, 
vastly accelerated. The first boat navigating eratin^va^Vrol^^mS’ impr ° V8d m€ ‘ h ° d ° f ° P ‘ 
the Hudson, was deemed “ fast ” at four miles . Arasm u s French and Charles Frost, WaterbOTy, Conn., 
i , - , . . improved method of making boxes of paper pulp, 
an hour under favorable circumstances; now, Wm. s. Gale, New York, improvement in steam pres- 
on the same river, boats of vastly greater ca- BUr e regulators. 
., , . . ., .. b Joan Grasen, Queenstown, Md., improved machines for 
pacity run as high as eighteen miles an hour. sawing stone. 
The progress in steam navigation is greater eratin^pUcben? 311 ’ philadelphia > improvement in refrig- 
than that of sail vessels, both in consequence of John L. Harvey and C. A. Mills, Dubuque, improved 
the greater dimensions which have been at- pa ?®!7 ll I !'r’ „ „ . , . „ . , ., _ 
. 6 John Hennon, Brighton, Pa., improved method of tum- 
tained by the former, and the short time com- ing carriage, etc., axle-trees. 
paratively in which they have been used. Less carriage Springs?’ 1 en ° YaD ’ improved mode of a(1 j uatiD g 
than fifty years have elapsed since the first sue- t ® iIas Huddleston, Cottage Grove, Ind., improvement in 
, . i i. j , ,, c . bedsteads, 
cessful steamer was launched, and the first en- John C. Hennermann and Jonathan Reeves, Camden, N. 
tire steam voyage across the Atlantic was made J ' , r\'iI pr n ve 7? e i Dt l? harvesters. 
.... ,, J , John U. Hicks, Rockaway, N. Y., improvement in rak- 
wit hin t,hp nafit t.wpnt.v ypa. rs mir attao.hmpnt 
JL AVJLLl IrUCli UCdUiy dUU idlUtlD 01Z.U, 1L SUUIIlft . * x v • i i . / l , , . , 
almost a waste of vital energy in so elegant and beautlful creatures, and gems for the sight and one third turf, loam or peat, and a tenth ashes, 
, , , 6 smell of the earth, which is the lovino-rnotlior a twentieth guano or bone manure. Ihe spe- 
luxurious a ti smell of the earth, which is the loving mother a twentieth guano or bone manure. Ihe spe¬ 
lt has been lately discovered that one to one ° f Human bein g S were Dever meaat f 1 TT,’ f**™? 1 * P I°' 
and a half pounds of carbonate of soda, ground to be a11 or most of ihe time ™P™°»ed by da ce decided results, but not usually.-^ry 
with a hundred pounds of the nut, and then 8t ° De brlck Walls ' The 7 need to roam Gentleman L -_ 
washed out, gives sixty pounds of flour fit for ° Ter tbe broad eartb ’ bke Tiids in the cage.- Pepper Grass vs. Striped Bugs.— It is said 
making bread, the soda combining with and Tloweis seem to city prisoners to be little chil- that a few plants of pepper grass in a cucumber 
carrying ofF the entire bitter principle, which 11Ca comc bom tbe C0U Htiy to tell them of its w jjj k ee p 0 ff tfi e yellow bugs. Have any 
will render this now useless article an impor- ' 61 ant S rass > prattling rivulets, soft dews 0 f our rea( j ers tried it ? 
tant item for the sustenance of both man and and waV1Dg fcrees ’ Would tbat the 7 mi S ht =-■ — ■ — 
animal—at least in times of great scarcity, a pr ° Ve to be elo q°cnt missionaries persuading , ♦ 
contingency that may some day overtake the th 1 ° USands t0 ^ corrupt holes and alleys ; 
most prosperous communities. where the purity of nature is unknown and 
THE great western. 
most prosperous communities. ^ wbere tbe P urit ^ of -known and* 
_ i __ unfelt, and fly to fields and pastures, where 
HORTICULTURAL LITERATURE. beaven lies all around, and temptation abashed, MEDICAL USE OF SALT. 
- either sinks away, or loses some of its disguises - 
It has been frequently observed that there is and fatal arts ! This is the benevolent mission lN many Ca8eS ° f disordered stomach, a tea- 
a want of support for journals devoted to Hor- of the flowers to the city. They speak of sim- s P OOBful of salfc is a certain cure. In the violent 
ticulture exclusively, and that this branch of plicity, comfort, health, quiet and content internal aching, termed colic, add a teaspoonful 
useful literature meets with but little encour- which the city has not, but for which it lan- ° f Salt l ° apint ° f C ° ld water > drink i4 and S° 
agement among the American people. In a guishes, and for want of which it dwindles t0 bed ’ ifc is 0De ° f the s P eediesfc remedies 
recent notice of the failure of a New York sickens, dies. They bring in their sweet smiles kn0WD ' The 8ame wil1 revive a P er s° a who 
journal devoted to Horticulture, by the contem- and delicious odors intelligence of places where SeemS alm ° St dfcad f ' 0m i eceivin g a heavy fall, 
porary into which it had been merged, several these abound, and suggests a melancholy con- In an a P°P lectic fit > 110 tim e should be lost in 
very illogical conclusions were drawn from the trast between these bright images and the rank P ourin S down salt and water ’ if s uffi cient sensi- 
circumstance of its failure. Will you permit exhalations from city filth, and the ranker pro- biUty remain to allow of swallowing; if not, 
me to refer to one or two points not fully clear ducts of vice and corruption which such a tbe head mUSt be s P 0D S ed with cold water Xln ’ 
to me. The notice may be found in the May poisonous soil quickens into premature and tU the SenSC return ’ when Salfc wiU completely 
No. of the Horticulturist, page 238. It is there monstrous growth. Will not the anxious un- re8t ° re the P atient fl0rn the le thargy. 
stated that 175 subscribers only were on the happy and unhealthy population of 1,1 a fit ’ the feefc sbould be P laced in warm 
MEDICAL USE OF SALT. 
In many cases of disordered stomach, a tea- 
. - -A., UlipiUYClilCUl in taa- 
mg attachment for reapers. 
Lawrence Holms, Paterson, N. J., improved match ma~ 
chines. 
H. Isham, New Britain, Conn., improvement in locks, 
ri. b. Joslyn, Worcester, improvement in breech-load- 
mg firearms. 
Cyrus Kenney and Wm. Gurley, Troy, improved ma- 
chine for grinding butt hinges. 
Henry Lawrence, New York, improved marble eawinir 
machine. 6 
paetiles eW Lanergan ’ Boston > improvement in disinfecting 
John Laurens, Charleston, improved gun carriage. 
John McMullen, Baltimore, improvement in nettine 
machine. 6 
“ ilIer - Canton, 0., improvement in steam gauges. 
0. W. Minard, Waterbury, Conn., improved brass kettle 
machine. 
meat 60 M ° SeS > MaIone > improved machine for mincing 
Ansel Moon, Bristol, Wis., bedstead. 
M. Painter and C. Painter, Owings Mills, Md., improve¬ 
ment in swinging spout, for feeding mill stones. 
Geo. P. Reed, Waltham, Mass., improvement in inde- 
uiatmuc. 
We give herewith the comparative dimen- Oren Moses, Malone, improved machine for 
sions of three steamers, two of which have been Moon, Bristol. Wis., bedstead, 
successful ocean voyagers, and the third is now M - Fainter and c. Painter, Owings Mills, Md, 
in process of construction. The Great Western 
was built in the year 1838, and at the time was P endent seconds’ movement for watches. 
considered a triumph of naval architecture, inland WiS ” improvemellt 
both as to her model and size. She was 138 . H. H Richards, Georgetown, Mass., machine for sweep¬ 
ing streets. 
feet long, 35 feet six inches wide, with a steam Socrates M. Ridgaway, St. Michaels, Md., improvement 
power commensurate to her size. Her first ar- 5n ™ achi £e« <°r making and kneading dough. 
. , . _ __ Lyiu8 Roberts, Belleville, Ill., improvement in corn and 
, . __ vjriuH iwoeris, iseiievme, ill., improvement in corn and 
rival in JNew lork caused great excitement, cob mill. 
and she was visited by thousands. This steam- fo^flumes^nwatw’ power!^ 116 ’ Pa ’’ improved balance gate 
er, however, magnificent as she was then ac- w ™- Silver, Jr , Wapwollopen, Pa., improvement in 
knowled to be, was soon after displaced by the b 'jame g fl Stephens, New York, improvement in curtain 
Cunarders, whose trips, at first monthly, were fix l“ res h. 
„ i __ ii i , , .. T . Wm. Alt. Storm, New York, improvement in uteam pres- 
subsennent v mane wppL'W TVJnw finmnotitavo _7___’ r ^ 
No. of the Horticulturist, page 238. It is there monstrous growth. Will not the anxious, un¬ 
stated that 175 subscribers only -were on the happy and unhealthy population of the crowd- 
New York Journal’s list, at a cost of C>1 * ^ ■ . 
ed seaports listen to their eloquent, though wibb ™ 8 ta>'d added, and the legs brisk- 
... , . _ _ ^ O lv mViKorl nil bn rwl n rroa vyj mnTrorl 
It failed. From these two ‘ facts we are to con- si i eil t preaching ? If not, will they not hearken ly ™ hhed ’ aU bandages removcd the neck, «ciea is me iron ste 
elude that there is no room for another Horti- tr, : _and a cool apartment procured, if possible. In Ulj g ln the Gunaid line 
ciuue mac mere is no room lor another Horti- to the terrible menaces of inevitable death or and a C ° o1 a P artment procured, if possible. In 
cultural Journal at the present time ; or,rather, starvation denounced in the weekly bills of many CaSGS ° f Severe bleeding at the lun g 8 ’ 
that it is not required. This notice goes on to mortality, or in the records of every winter’s and wbeQ ° ther reraedies fail » Dr - Rusb fouad 
show what is required of a Horticultural Jour- charity on hundreds who persist in burrowing tbat tW ° teas P 00nfuls of s aR completely stayed 
nal, and aims to prove that it alone possesses all a nd dying in city dens, refusing to go to the tbe bl ° 0CL 
the indispensable qualifications-and claims to country, where they could earn a living and be In CaSG ° f & bUe fr ° m & mad d ° g ’ Wash the 
possess the market exclusively. This is very happy ? The voice of the flower cluster from paft Wltb a Str ° Dg bnnG f ° r 3D h0Ur ’ a ° d then 
reasonable, when we discover that a kind spirit the country, which dies so soon in the city calls bind ° n S ° me Salt ’ Whh a mg - 
of benevolence prompts the advice, to all who on its inhabitants, its children especially to Ia tootbache ’ warm salfc and water held to 
have any intention of embarking in such a pro- depart. FW then the fields and forests-vou the part ’ and removed two or three tiraes > wili 
ject, to abandon it for the present, or expect to that can—never to return \—Newark Adv rel ‘ eVe ^ m m ° st cases ' If the gums be affect ' 
lose whatever capital they may invest. As I _. _ ’ ed, wash the mouth with brine. If the teeth 
. L. 
£~i- 
claim to know something of this subject from 
actual experience, I think I could show, on the 
contrary, that another good, reliable Horticul- 
FLOWERS FOR ENGLAND. 
We find the following in the New York Com- 
In toothache, warm salt and water held to 
Y to 
the part, and removed two or three times, will 
^ 011 relieve it in most cases. If the gums be affect¬ 
ed, wash the mouth with brine. If the teeth 
be covered with tartar, wash them twice a day 
with salt and water. 
om- In swelled neck, wash the part with brine, 
tural Journal is just now required, more than it mercbd : —evidence of the facilities of in- and drink it,also, twice a day, until cured, 
ever was, though not perhaps as much as it may tercourse between this country and Great Salt will expel worms, if used in food in a 
be. But first let me assure my friend and ad- RrRa i n presented by the steamship lines was moderate degree, and aids digestion, but salt 
viser, that I have no intention to embark in afForded by the last trip of the Persia. A gen- meat is injurious, if used much.— Selected. 
such an enterprise, though I am acquainted of Brooklyn, who takes considerable--- 
with one who has, if the opportunity would interest in floriculture, had a beautiful boquet To Make Fruit Pies.— No under-crust should 
only present itself. prepared for the purpose of presenting to a be made to apple or any fruit pie. It is always 
Without wishing in the least to disparage the blend and commercial correspondent in Liver- heavy and not fit to eat. Place a narrow rim 
talented editor of the only Horticultural Journal P 0(d similar tastes. This was boxed and °* paste around the edge of the plate, and fill 
now in the country—I mean that one which has prepared for the voyage by Mr. Walter Park, w i tb the fruit, either raw or stewed, and cover 
“ the whole American market and the ablest the well-known florist of the same city. A The juices will be retained much better, 
contributors and writers on Horticulture in the letter has been received from Liverpool which and R w iH 8ave a sight of butter and flour, 
Union”—I must give it as my unqualified opin- states that the flowers came to hand apparently which is no trifling consideration in these days, 
ion that it is not just up to the mark, in many as fresh a ud fragrant as if they had been gath- and what is of more consequence, save dyspepsia, 
points, and can show the opinions of eminent ered only the day previous, and remained in which costs more. Alter cutting, they are taken 
horticulturists in support of the assertion. In good condition for a full week after their recep- 0ld with a spoon, 
short, another Horticultural Journal is wanted, The letter says that the boquet was much _ 
or two more, if of the right stamp—one for the admired for its tasteful arrangement, and the bEM0>,T 1 adding.—T ake the yolks of six eggs 
South and Southwest, and one for the North and beauty of the flowers of which it was composed.” WGl1 beater ’ Wltb a ( l uarter of a pound of sugar; 
Northwest-leaving the old and favorite Hor- -.. | ak f a < l uarter of a P ouad of butter melted ia a8 
ticvlturist to its many warm friends and sup- Pear Trke Blight.—A s a last resort for llUle water as possible; be careful not to oil it; 
porters in the Middle aud Eastern States. young trees, affected with the blight, cut down keep stimng ll ll11 cold '> then mix all together 
The idea that one Horticultural Journal could tbe body of the tree until you find it perfectly w ^ tb tbe J ldce ol two lemons, and the peelgra- 
supply the wants of Gardeners, Nurserymen, sound, then cut it off smoothly and cut the baik, 1 - edin ; Cover your dish with a thin puff paste 
Fruit Growers, Amateurs and Rural Architects two inches or less, down the tree on each side_ p0m tbe mixture, and bake it for halt an 
all over the States and Territories of thisUnion, take a graft of some of the hardier varieties, such bour * _ 4 _ # _ 
with its dissimilar climates, extremes of lati- a » Seckel or Virgalieu— shave it down on one Batter Pudding.—B eat up six eg«s, take a 
tude, variety of tastes, <fcc., is surely too absurd side diagonally as you would for slip grafting, quart of milk, six spoonfuls of flour, eight Dit¬ 
to be believed. Nor are all our best writers and P ush 11 8 entl y d °wn in the bark at the cut; ter almonds blanched aud grated, a teaspoonful 
absorbed or engaged in its interest. Con- ami with a coating of the stump aud the cuts of salt, aud one of ground ginger; mix all to- 
tributors who have never written a line for it, 80 made, the work is done, the bark holding the gether, butter your basin, and pour it in ; put a 
are ready to communicate their experience on g*' aft sufficiently tight. This remedy may still cloth over it and boil it an hour and a quarter- 
topics not of paramount interest to the mass of be a PPj ied with grafts cut at the proper sea- When it is done, turn it into a dish aud pour 
the readers of the Journal in question. son.—S. N. Holmes. melted butter aud sugar over it. 
Excuse these remarks. The field of Horti- -- -♦-- 
cultural Literature is far, very far, from being * rimming Grape Vines.—F or many years we Batter Pudding without Eggs.—U se a quart 
furnished with sufficient laborers. The harvest b ave raised grapes by the bushel from a single of milk, mix six teaspoonfuls of flour with a 
is rich, though perhaps no one may be found ' ine > a,ld 0Rr trimming is done in the following little of the milk first, add the rest by degrees, 
ready to reap it. r. r. s. manner, ihe first week in July we commence with a teaspoonful of salt, two of beaten ginger, 
Rochester, June 23,1856. aild cllt back to the second leaf or bud of the and two of the tincture of saffrou ; mix all°to- 
„ * 77 . . present season s growth. Have a sharp knife gether quite smooth, and boil it for an hour 
Natural BAROMETERS -Chickweed is an ex- and trim a portion every day (a little at a time) either in a buttered cloth or basin. 
cellent barometer. When the flower expands until the whole vine has been gone over. Au- _ 4 4 _ 
fully, we are not to expect rain for several hours, tumn, winter and spring pruning are avoided ; Sealing-wax for Cans—A very good seal- 
Should it continue in that state, no rain will but we have large, nice, smooth grapes in ing-wax is made by melting and stimng well 
disturb the summer’s d # y. When it half con- abundance.-O. G. L.,North Bloomfield, NY. together one ounce of Venice turpentine four 
cenis its miniature flower the day is generally -, ounces common resin, and six ounces of gum 
showery ; but if it entirely shuts up, or veils Age of the Rose TREE.-Shengel mentions a shellac. A beautiful red color may be given 
the white flower with its green mantle, let the rose tree; still living, which is upwards of one by adding one quarter of an ounce or less of 
traveler put ou his great coat. thousand years old. vermillion. 
by adding one quarter of an ounce or less of 
vermillion. 
knowled to be, was soon after displaced by the Jamfs Stephens, New York, improvement in curtain 
Cunarders, whose trips, at first monthly, were fiX w res bi 
_j .1 i i i twt .. W m. Alt. Storm, New York, improvement in uteam Dres- 
subsequently made weekly. New competitors sure indicators and regulators. V P 
soon after came into the field, such as the Col- „„ J i A' s fe wart > Franklin, Ky., improvement in cotton 
i * tt i t» seed planters. 
tins, the Havre, the Bremen, the Glasgow, and Joeeph Thomas. Brooklyn, improvement in machinery 
other lines, until at the present day the ocean is f ° james^Ward, UMted States Army, improved maga- 
made a great highway. zlQ e hammer for firearms. 
The latest and most perfect vessel yet con- for^aucets.' WHght ’ ^ Yo rk > ^proved filter attachment 
structed, is the iron steamer Persia, now run- Walter a. Wood, Hoosick Fails, improved guard finger 
• . 7 for harvesters ° 
ning in the Cunard line. Anson S. Hathaway, Columbia, Me.,assignor to himself 
• , atul Frederick Ruggles, same place, improvement in ma- 
—•— __ __ ' chine for mowing grass and cutting grain. 
ll 4 r.u AI1 ?* rt V Ij ‘ Lincoln, Boston, assignor to himself and 
i "T It _ Charles I 1 oss, same place, macaroni server. 
\ 1 i _ Chas. Werner, New York, and Chas. Deutschmann, Buf- 
-f_ _^_ ialo, improvement in dry lime gas purifyers. 
\ i n n I H. Walton, Brooklyn, assignor to himself and J. 
_ 1 Aisy \\ 1 __ Wwants, same place, improvement in machinery for 
•ygBT.srr-— N-~r£ - combing wool. 
- . L-Ufti ttE 7 -'-y- -~; ' i Oliver D. Stevens, Cleveland, improvement in machines 
THE PERSIA f ° r bulling arid SC0U1 ' in g grain, seed, &c. 
She is 390 feet long, by 45 feet wide, and pro- Coal-Burning Locomotives.—T he Schenec- 
pe led by the most powerful and perfect marine tady Locomotive Works have completed a coal- 
engines ever constructed. The new Collins burning locomotive for a Western road. She 
s earner Adriatic, now receiving her machinery has been run several days on the New York 
at ew Yoik, is intended, however, to dispute Central Road, between Albany and Schenecta- 
^ tb , 6 sll P remac y °f the seas. dy, with freight and passenger trains, and works 
l vi a 1 ese yessels sink into insignificance admirably, making the time of express messen- 
esit e t at leviathan of the deep, the Great ger trains with ease. The coal intended to be 
as ern, now in process of construction on the used in this engine is the Illinois and Ohio 
ames. tie dimensions of which, compared i bituminous. The coal used here was Cumber- 
wi i etvoa o\e giveD, may be seen below. I land. The construction of the engine is similar to 
. __ the ordinary wood- 
_I_ j burning engine, 
. r . T I | with the exception 
S. 'v 'V |- \ 1]—\j of a larger fire box, a 
> X 7 X l_shaking and dump- 
| ^ ing grate, and some 
“ ' oial is very moder- 
riiE great eastern. ate, being only thirty to forty pounds per mile 
This vessel will be, when finished, 680 feet when running with heavy freight or express 
long and 83 feet wide, constructed entirely of trains .—Albany Journal. 
iron, and divided into water-tight compartments —----- 
by ten bulkheads, running across her, 60 feet Photography under Water. _An English- 
apart; while two longitudinal walls of iron lun man by the name of Thompson, recently took 
also through 350 feet of her length. She is to a very good photograph of the rocks and weeds 
be propelled both by paddle-wheels and screw, at the bottom of Weymouth Bay, in England, 
of which an article in the London Quarterly, He placed his camera obscura in a box with a 
whence these facts are gathered, says :—Her plate glass front and a movable shutter, to be 
paddle-wheels, 56 feet in diameter, or consider- drawn up as soon as the camera had been sunk 
ably larger than the circus at Astley’s, will be to the bottom. The apparatus was then let 
propelled by four engines, the cylinders of down from a boat, carrying with it the collo- 
which arc 6 feet 2 inches in diameter, and the dion plate prepared in the ordinary way.— 
stroke 14 feet. The motive power of these will When at the bottom, the shutter of the box was 
be generated by four boilers. Enormous as are raised aud the plate exposed for a period of ten 
these engines, having a normal power of 1,000 minutes, with a successful result. It is be- 
horses, and standing nearly 50 feet high, they lieved that this method will prove a ready and 
will be far infeiioi to those devoted to the screw, inexpensive means of arriving at a knowledge 
These, the largest ever constructed for marine of the condition of piers, bridges, piles, struc- 
puiposes, will be supplied with steam by six tures, and rocks under water, 
boilers, working to a force of 1,600 horses—the __ 
ieal the 6DgineS beiDg Tk * Cylinder Press-H is stated that R. 
equal to 3000 horses. When the spectator looks Hoe <fc Co. are to build a ten cylinder type-re- 
upon the ponderous shaft of metal, 160 feet in volving press _ a press capa £ le of $ nting 
length and 60 tuns in weight, destined to move 30)0 00 sheets per hour, or 500 a minute! If 
the screw, and the screw itself of 24 feet in di- success ful, this will be one of the most astonish- 
ameter, the four tans of which, as they lie on ing raec hanical feats that has ever been at- 
the ground, remind him of the blade-bones of tempted . Twenty years ago a press that could 
some huge animal of the pre-Adamite world, prinfc 3 ,000 sheets in hour was considered a 
he better comprehends the gigantic nature of wonder; but what are we to thiuk of the en- 
the labor to be done, and the ample means taken terprise of a firm which, having demonstrated 
^ ^ * that a press can be built that can readily print 
The Great Eastern is designed for the Aus- 20,000 sheets, are now about to add to their 
tralian trade, and is capable of carrying with fame another triumph, and prove that «impos- 
ease four thousand passengers. sibilities” are probabilities.— Selected. 
THE GREAT EASTERN. 
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