MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER; AN AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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GENESEE VALLEY HORT. SOCIETY. 
The Annual Meeting of this Society was. 
held on the 10th inst., IT. P. Norton, Esq., of 
Brockport, President, in the Chair. The 
meeting was well attended, and there was a 
fair display of Winter Fruits. The following 
board of officers was elected for the current 
year: 
President — Wm. A. Reynolds. 
Vice Presidents —II. N. Langworthy ; D. 0. 
Greeuleaf, Brockport; N. Haywrad, Brigh¬ 
ton ; John F. Bush, Rochester; James Upton, 
Greece ; Asa Rowe, Sweden. 
Corresponding Secretary —IT. E. Hooker. 
Recording Secretary — >J. Vick, Jr. 
Treasurer —J. H. Watts. 
It was resolved to hold two exhibitions the 
ensuing year. The first in June and the second 
in September. Besides these, the Executive 
Committee were authorized to appoint such 
others as they may deem advisable. 
The Fruit Committee were instructed to re¬ 
port a list of Fruits for general cultivation in 
this locality, the report to be presented at the 
next annual meeting. 
The following Standing Committees were 
appointed : 
On Fruits —J. J. Thomas, II. P. Norton, 
Austin Pinney, P. Barry. Edward Frost, L. 
A. Ward, Charles Powis, George Ellwanger, 
II. E. Hooker, Selah Mathews. 
On Flowers —C. J. Ryan, J. A. Eastman, 
R. Donellan, J. Slater, Wm. Webster, C. F. 
Van Doom, James Frost. 
On Vegetables —James Vick. Jr., James P. 
Fogg, II. N. Langworthy, C. M. Hooker. 
On Botany —P. Cooney, Francis Trentwain. 
THE EXTREME COLD OF FEBRUARY, 1855. 
Mr. Moore : — During a residence in Roch¬ 
ester and its vicinity for thirty years past, 
there has never been a temperature as low as 
during this month. Fcr the first ten or twelve 
years of my experience, the thermometer never 
registered lower than 5 ° below zero. During 
the next ten years it advanced at one period 
to 11, and by some instruments, to 13 below 
zero. On the 6th instant the mercury stood at 
19, and on the 1th, at 21 below, at 6 o’clock 
A. M., at my house on the Ridge Road, four 
miles from Lake Ontario. It i3 a degree of' 
cold entirely unknown in this region, I think, 
ever before. 
I have inferred from observed facts, and so 
have published several times, a conviction that 
•we are undergoing a gradual change of cli¬ 
mate, approximating the points of cold pre¬ 
vailing in the same latitudes east of us, and 
that the period was not distant when we should 
not be able to produce the peach, apricot, or 
nectarine ; and, if the assumption of our east¬ 
ern pomologists is correct, that a temperature 
of 15 to 20 ° below zero is fatal to the vitali¬ 
ty of the fruit bud, we are likely to endure 
that infliction this year. 
The peach bud i3 perfectly formed during 
summer, and the fruit and flower, with all its 
concomitants of stamen, pistil, Ac., are nicely 
and curiously folded in a space not larger than 
a pin’s head, and which is the portion the ex¬ 
treme cold destroys. There is no climate in 
any region in the United States in which the 
peach tree will not grow ; but in some portion 
of the Eastern and Northern States they never 
blossom, owing to the destruction of the germ 
of the bud by cold. 
It is a popular hypothesis, that the clearing 
up of a country and denuding it of forest trees, 
thereby admitting a free sweep of the wind, 
has a tendency to increase the cold of new 
countries ; but I cannot readily comprehend 
how such a contingency should affect any¬ 
thing more than mere animal sensation. The 
specific temperature would not be changed, as 
the thermometer is insensible to currents of 
air, and stands at the same point in an enclosed 
out-building as in the open air and wind. 
Greece, Feb., 1855. h. B. Langwoetuy. 
P. S.—Since waiting the above, I have ex¬ 
amined branches from ten different kinds of 
peach trees, from the earliest varieties to the 
latest clings, and in over one hundred buds 
found the germ black and dry, and not one 
alive,—from which fact I am persuaded that 
the peach crop in this region is lost, for this 
year at any rate. l. b. l. 
New Seedling Camellia.— The “large 
gold medal” of the Mass. Hort. Society, has 
been awarded to the Messrs. novEY,for a new 
Camellia, on trial for several years past. Its 
flowers are very large, nearly four and a half 
inches in diameter, full, and perfectly double 
to the centre. Their color is a vivid crimson 
scarlet. The habit of the plant is robust and 
vigorous, and it flowers freely. It is said to 
be the most showy and beautiful of the Ca¬ 
mellia Seedlings, and a valuable floral acquisi¬ 
tion. 
Apples in Kansas. —The Baldwin, Hub- 
bardston, Fall and Newtown Pippin, have 
been tested in Kansas, and specimens of each 
were shown at one of the Boston Pomological 
Exhibitions. They w r ere about the same in 
size, fully equal to the like kiuds grown here, 
and of remarkable density. 
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LIST OF PATENTS 
CONDENSATION OF STEAM. 
Contradictory opinions have been express¬ 
ed by writers on the steam engine, respecting 
the value of the condenser in engines ; Scott 
Russel contends that a vacuum may be too 
Issued from the United Stales Patent Office for the week good, and a decided loss of power ; and Bourne 
ending February 6, 1855. asserts that in a locomotive working at a 
T . „ , _ _ , pressure of from 120 to 150 lbs. on the square 
John Bean an/? Penj. Wright, Hudson, Mich., improve- * ,.l • n • ./ .» 
mont in pimit machine^. ‘ inch, the. efficiency of a given quantity ot 
w. C. k .T. S. Burnham, New York, improvements in -- u -- ;J -— 
double acting force-pomps. 
John II. Bioorigood. New York, improvement in manu¬ 
facturing seamless felt goods. 
hoHer * N R Jr- ’ T,ynn > irnpr0v0,i daguerreotype lbs. on the square inch) is about one-eighih of 
°Ne1son B. Carpenter and John rowers, New A or k im- ° f tbe wbo]e l )ress ? re in tfce forlner engine; 
proved lifting jack for moving rail bars. and the rare vapor in the condenser (2 lbs. on 
wbeeis. ard reenng ’ Pr -' I - ouisville > for current water the square inch) of a low pressure engine, 
Geo. W. Geisendorir, Indianapolis, and Jacob C. Geisen- amounts to the Same resistance in proportion 
water, raised into steam, may be considered 
about the same as in the condensing engine, 
because the resistance of the atmosphere (15 
dorfT, Cincinnati. O.. improvement in axle box rollers. to its pressure. 
John S. Griffiths, Huntington, Ba., improved corn and 1 
cob crusher. Ibis is asserted on page 3t> of his catechism, 
ed^wire ciothToit! 21113 Nordyke ’ Elchmond ’ Ind -> ini P r °v- while on page 32 he says, “ In a high pressure, 
rotary pump. 
Holly, Seneca Fails, improvement in elliptical as conti asted with condensing engines, there is 
®P- always the loss of the vacuum, which will gen- 
THE WINTER NELIS PEAR. 
We gave in the first No. of this volume, an ! 
article on winter pears, with an engraving of j 
the Easter Beurre, one of the finest varieties. 
Mention was also made of the Winter Nells, 
figured above, also an excellent winter pear. 
Downing says :—“ The Winter Nehs holds, in ' 
our estimation, nearly the same rank among 
winter pears, that the Seckel does among the 
autumnal varieties. We consider it unsur¬ 
passed in rich, delicious flavor, and indispensa¬ 
ble to every garden, however small. It is a 
very hardy and thrifty tree, and bears regular 
crops of pears which always ripen well, and in 
succession. Branches diverging, rather slen¬ 
der, light olive. Fruit of medium size, or , , ,, , , ,, 
° . # combined chair and crib tor children, 
usually a little below it, roundish-obovate, John Cochrane, Baltimore, improvement in locomotive 
nar.rowed-in near the stalk. Skin yellowish- Corbet, Corbetsvilie, n. y., improvement in con- 
green at maturity, dotted with tn ay russet, structing ships and other vessels.. 
, . , , ... o*' Thomas Champion, Washington, improvement in ma- 
and a good deal covered with russet patches king steam boilers. 
Henry Glynn, Baltimore, Improvement in manufacture 
of piper pulp. 
James A. Gray, Albany, improved sounding board for 
piano fortes. 
James H. Maydole and Albert W. Morse, Eaton, N. Y., 
^Danieiffiideman, Morgantown, Va., improved burglars erally amount to 12 or 13 lbs. on the square 
Aiphens Kimball, Fitchburg, Mass., improved machine inch.” This would seem to be a contradiction, 
for repairing raids. and yet it is not, when the effect of steam, in 
S. E. Pettee, Foxborough, Mass., improvement in pres- ■ . , . . , ’ . 
sing hats and bonnets. moving the piston, is taken into account in 
Robt. a. smith and Jno. Hartman, Jr., Philadelphia, high pressure enerines, and the saviner of fuel 
Wm. Mt. Storm, Now York, improvement in steam ® taken into ClCCOUUt in the condensing engine, 
generators. There is, however, another deduction to be 
grinding"mli] 3 ’ £wan Statlon ’ Pa ” improved rushing and made, from the useful saving of condensing the 
Wm. B. Carpenter, New York, improvement in the Steam, beside 2 lbs. generally allowed for the 
combined chair and crib for children. elastic air in it, viz., the power consumed in 
working the air pump. 
The practice of Watt was to allow 28.9 
Thomas Chamruon, Washington, improvement in ma- I CubiC inches of water, at 50 ® , for condensing 
and a good deal covered with russet patches | king steam boilers. one cubic inch of water raised into steam.— 
ofT'pur Sr Ba,timore> lmproyement in mani:facture The cold water pump of a land condensing en- 
Jamos A. Gray, Albany, improved sounding board for gine is l-48th the capacity of the Steam cylin- 
piano fortes. der and the air pump is l-6th the capacity.— 
short divisions nlaced in a shallow hasin_ improvement in grass harvesters. It it did not require these two pumps to sup- 
' ’ P‘ . 0 ” a " L Isaac m. singer, New York, improvement in sewing ply and free the condenser, the whole power of 
b Icsh J Cllowisn-White, fine ffminGdj buttery niachiD03. tbG Vliotuim opined ■mifidrfc bp ridded in jLnf 
1 “L_, .. e ... .’. ,. J James A. Taylor, Aldcn, N. Y., improvement in mop- vacuum amea migni De aauea iO inat _01 
and very melting, abounding with juice, ot a heads. the steam, when comparing a condensing with 
and streaks, especially on the sunny side.— 
Stalk an inch and a half long, bent, and plant¬ 
ed in a narrow cavity. Calyx open, with stiff, 
rich, saccharine, aromatic flavor. In perfec- b\!Uer a workers 1Iiam3 ’ B:anchester °-> improvement in anon-condensing engine. In marine engines 
tion in December, and keeps till the middle of cyrenus Whoeier, Jr., Venice, N. t., improvement in cold water pump is required, enly the air 
January” grain and grass harvesters. numn. ’['he estimated value nf the vne.mim. in 
RIPE GRAPES IN DECEMBER, 
In accordance with your request, 1 herewith 
give you the modus operandi of growing grapes 
under glas3, to ripen them by the December 
sun. My former practice, io ripen grapes 
about the first of April, was the same as prac¬ 
tised by others, say warming the. roots by hot 
manure in the middle of November, and con¬ 
tinuing the heat in the border, by fresh sup¬ 
plies of manure, until the grapes ripened. I 
noticed the roots are injured from this prac¬ 
tice, and the expense is very great, not only 
lor the manure, but also for the labor of look¬ 
ing after the border and replenishing it. Not 
being satisfied, I concluded to try the following- 
plan, which has proved quite successful, and 
gives me the grapes earlier. 
YVewill suppose the vines were started in 
November of last year, (1853.) To get them 
n this sta^e their habits have been changed 
from the natural time of starting. Now we 
will encroach still further, and start them in 
August, say the first. You will find no delay 
in the pushing of the bud after pruning, as 
the roots are warmed by the summer sun, and 
there is no danger of killing the young rootlets 
from hot manure. The progress of the vines 
will surprise you : in a week they will require 
tying up to the rafters, and very soon after 
you will be assured of a good crop of grapes 
from the fragrance of the bloom. 
It is now of the utmost importance to at¬ 
tend in season to keep the heat in the border 
which the sun has so generously supplied, and 
a plan suggested itself to me from the practice 
of keeping ourselves warm by a blanket, of 
which I have manufactured some 600 pairs a 
day for the past ten years. It is therefore 
very natural that I should have thought of a 
blanket to cover the border to keep the heat 
in ; but it would require a great many woolen 
blankets to cover a border one hundred feet 
long and forty feet wide, and a great many 
thicknesses to give sufficient protection.— 
However, we have the principle in the thought, 
and now for the practice. Instead of the 
woolen blankets, I substituted two tons of 
meadow hay, very dry ; this covered the border 
about one Toot in thickness, and in order to 
keep it dry, I placed upon the top of it about 
six inches of wool waste and manure, to ab¬ 
sorb the rain, until the frost should make it a 
more perfect protection. This has answered 
the purpose ; the heat has passed from the 
border about three degrees a week from the 
first of December, at which time it was 60 °, 
and the fruit has ripened perfectly. It was 
generally supposed by grape-growers that 1 
should fail in color and flavor, as well as size, 
from want of sun in December ; but my ex¬ 
periment proves that a plenty of pure air is 
quite as important. 
My mode of ventilating is entirely new, and 
appears favorable to the growth of the grape. 
The warming apparatus inside of the house is 
simply a stove at each end; consequently the 
ventilation is complete, as the heavy, bad air 
is constantly rushing to the stoves and passing 
out of the tunnels. I do not, in speaking of 
this mode of ventilation, recommend stoves for 
heating in preference to the common furnace 
and hot-water pipes, but refer only to the 
principle of ventilation, which can be applied 
to the common furnace by conducting the air 
from the house to supply the coal instead of 
the outside air. This plan would as effectually 
draw off the bad air as my stoves.— Corres¬ 
pondent Honey’s Magazine. 
Large Apples. —Thomas Pritchard, Esq., 
of this city, has shown us the finest specimens 
of apples we have ever seen in any country. 
Many of them measured fifteen and sixteen 
nclies in circumference, and weighed twenty- 
eight and twenty-nine ounces. Fifteen or six¬ 
teen fills a half-busliel measure. These apples 
were raised by Nathan Robinson of this coun¬ 
ty, on trees of only three years’ growth.— Or¬ 
egonian. 
It will be time to shorten-in fruit trees when 
the cold weather is past. 
RED ON COTTON. 
grain and grass harvesters. ' • pump. The estimated value of the vacuum, in 
for Y lea' eh'ing 6 an j stuffing i eat her" e m8n 1 in compositions a condensing engine, after deducting the power 
L. w. Fi-ike. Louisville, improvement in working iim- required to work the air, is about ten pounds 
ing vats and tanneries. on the square inch. The small amount of 
Hazen Webster, Ogdenstrargh, improvement m churns. , . . k „ , „ n _ ... 
Geo. B. Ketcham, Bedford, Ind., improvement in me- CllblC inches Ot water at .32 , will Convert a 
chanPm for retaining cars upon the track. cubic toot of steam into water, and the whole 
J. G. McFarlano, Perry Co., Fa., improvement in seed -n + 1 1PT1 L p a tpmr'PratnrP nf 919 0 
planters. Patented March 14 ,1854. wiu men De at a lempeiaiure 01 ziz — tne 
re-issue. boiling point—at which no vacuum could be 
Jordan l. Mott, Mott Haven, N. Y., improvement in maintained, the temperature of the condenser 
jiujj vii WJ.J.VH, Jordan L. Mott, Mott Haven, N. Y., improvement in maintained, tne temperature ot tne condenser 
the mode of constructing a combined caldron and furnace therefore has to be kept at about ICO ° , and 
Madder is employed for dyeing two kinds f 0th9r8, Patentcd Eec ’ this is the reason why so much water is require 
ot reds on cotton, one a dull brownish red ’_^ \. . 1 ^_ cd for condensing the steam rapidly. 
called “Indian,” and another the most bril- \QTDmsrnifTP*T mcooww --- 
ASTRONOMICAL DISCOYEEY, . 1 T -n TTr nmVTT n TrrnTfnvn n»-nT\n 
liant of all, “ named Turkey red.” The former 
is dyed by preparing cotton with a very light 
sumac, one pound to ten of cotton in yarn, in 
the same way as for bar-wood red ; then giv¬ 
ing it a strong mordant of the acetate of alum. 
This latter is prepared by dissolving one pound 
of alum for every ten pounds of cotton, to bp 
A NEW STYLE OF VISITING CARDS, 
The universally accredited theory, that the . - - 
moon is uninhabited, because she has no at- T JIE ' a ™ correspondent ol I he Journal of 
mosphere, has received, from a recent discovery, Commerce speaks ot a new styie ot visiting 
a blow that will unsettlpit at ^pnst That thp card w T hich is beginning to be m vogue among 
xuisnibwi-is prepai-eaoy dissolving one pound a wow mat will unsettle it at least, mat ree , h E] Ifc p 
of alum for every ten pounds of cotton to be m00n > as far 88 we have been able to examine 'f e tasmonab.es o ine B remen capuoi. n is 
dyed in a clean vessel, then adding in’ a dis- her ’ has n0 atmosphere, or at least none of thoroughly French, and if it ever finds its way 
solved state, one ounce of the acetate of lead safficient density to conform to our optical a J oss the wa J er > wlU doubtless be speedily 
stirring ail up, and allowing the sediment to laws > and the demands of any animal life adopted by all goed looking young maidens 
fall to the bottom. The clear is then used as known to us, is unquestionable. But this can and men. Hie new mede is thus described: 
a mordant, at a temperature of 160 ° The be Actively affirmed of only one Ude of our For the visiting cards distributed in profu- 
o-)ods are handled in thi 3 for about ten min- sab2b te ; 1'or, as will be remembered, although sion at New Years, ihere is anew style which 
ufes, then sunk under the liquor for six hours sbe rcv °lvcs upon her axis, she constantly pre- has produced a great sensation, and will, it is 
af.er which they are lifted, dripped and wash- sents but one s ^ de to tbe eartb - Now it has said, become the fashion with those who like 
ed thoroughly. They are then fit'to* receive been discovered by calculation, and demon- extraordinary novelties. Instead of the name 
the madder dye. This is done in a copper strate d a s a geometrical fact, that the moon’s printed on the card, the small piece of paste- 
kettle gradually brought up to a boil, and then centre f° rm ' s eight miles nearer to us than board has a photographic likeness of the visi- 
boiled for half "an hour, it takes about 114 her centre of gravity, through which, of course tor; the face appears in different aspects, ac- 
pounds of "round madder roots to dye one ber ax ‘ 3 revolution must pass; or, in other cording to the circumstances under which the 
pound of cotton fa little sumac is added* to the words > t^is side of the moon is sixteen miles visit is made. For instance, on ordinary o ca- 
madder.) This is an expensive color hntvcrv higher than the other. If, therefore, we sup- sions, your likeness will bear the habitual ex- 
be positively affirmed of only one Ude of our For the visiting cards distributed in profu- 
satelite ; for, as will be remembered, although sion at New Years, ihere is anew style which 
she revolves upon her axis, she constantly pre- has produced a great sensation, and will, it is 
last. No Turkey reds are dyed in our coun¬ 
try ; the process is tedious and expensive, and 
it would perhaps be a waste of space to de¬ 
scribe it. 
Madder is the best vegetable coloring mat¬ 
ter yet discovered tor dyeing red, and were it 
more generally cultivated in our country, so as 
to reduce its price, and vere the advice'of Mr. 
ish when compared with it .—Scientific Am. of the planet that rules the night. We an- 
„ L _’ nounce this discovery on the authority of one 
Indian Muffins.-A pint and a half of f the m03t eminent mathematicians and as- 
11 ow Indian meal, sifted. A handful of tronomers in the world. It will soon be fare 
icat flour. A quarter of a pound of fresh mal L 'declared m a scientific quarter.— Cour. 
tter. A nnart of milk L ™ f and Enquirer. 
) This is an expensive color butvery higher than the other. If, therefore, we sup- sions, your likeness will bear the habitual ex- 
, o Turkey reds are dyed in our coun- P ose tbat tbe moon bas an atmosphere such as pression of your countenance; on New Year's 
3 process is tedious and expensive and ours ’ ^ M’ould be of such extreme rarity on the day your face will be joyous and smile your fe- 
only side exposed to our observation, that, for licitations. If your visit be one of condolence, 
optical effect and animal life, it might as well your portrait will be melancholyandsorrowful. 
not exist. For mountains upon the earth, To take leave, instead of the symbolical letters 
none of which are over five miles above the P. P. C., the visitor will be represented on his 
level of the sea, have been ascended to a height card coifed with the traveling cap, and framed 
at which life could not be supported for any in the window of a railroad car. The art of 
Partridge, as given in former numbers of the ^ en o tb time > ar *d still mountains have photography has been so simplified that the 
Scientific American, followed, our country stretcbe( i above the panting traveler. What, cost of these portrait cards is but small. One 
might soon rival, if not surpass, all others in tben > mustbe the atmosphere at four times such hundred may be had for twenty-five francs, or 
dyeing red colors on cotton. As it is Scot- an elevation? The conclusion seems inevitable, five dollars, and are handsomely executed and 
and supplies us with Turkey"red yarn and tliat ’ altbou g b tbe hither side of the moon is embellished. 
plain red pieces, and France (if we are not un 'nhabitable for want of an atmosphere, the --—- 
imposed upon,) with Turkey red calicoes.— ren j 0 ,^ ^ may be perfectly adapted to am- Improvements in Puddling Iron.— James 
Speaking correctly, Turkey-red is the only mal . hfe ; L is at least certain that the mere N th of p atric r 0 ft, near Manchester, Eng- 
pure red dyed on cotton ; all the other reds- ™ nt of an atmosphere perceptible to us is no , d< ^ recentl teuted an improved op |. 
bar-wood and peach-wood—are dull and brown- !o f n ff c ? ncl " sl Tf as \° tbB uninhabitableness ratiou in iron manufacture, by subjecting the 
ish when compared with it .—Scientific Am. ot the P anek that rules tbe ni gJ t ^ c an- molten llieta l in the puddling or refining fur- 
« a- r Y , uu ' molten metal in the puddling or refining fur- 
X l 0n L aU + thority 0f , 0ne nace to the action ot a current of steam, in- 
inll™ Kir B m ir 118 troduced at its lower portion, difihsirg up- 
yellow Indian meal, sifted. A handful of FLii i i i • w )r ’ .... Wl1 ; + GOn b ® 01 ' wards, and thus mechanically agitating the 
wheat flour. A quarter of a pound of fresh , v, ■ , [ 111 a ^ 1 n i ,c quarter. Cent. }jq U ;d metal, and exposing fresh surface to the 
butter. A quart of milk. Four eggs. A am nc l uner ' oxygen of the turnace atmosphere, which 
very small tea-spoonful of salt. Put the milk L bs > perhaps, not improper to add that the chemically combines with the carbon and sul- 
into a saucepan ; cut the butter into it; set it discoverer of the above interesting fact in Pci- phur contained in the iron, and deprives it of 
over the fire and warm it until the butter is ence is Prof Peirce of Harvard GoIWp tbose impurities. The hydrogen set free is 
very soft, but not until it melts. Then take eirce , oi Harvard college. ^ ^ ^ ^ any ew£g of 
it off, stir it well, till all mixed, and set it away 0 m sulphur, whether present in the iron, or as a 
to cool. Beat four eggs very licrht; and when , BMARI ~ E l elegraph.-— k,peaking of the product of the combustion of the fuel.— Min- 
the milk is cold, stir them into it, alternately de P arture of a steamer with the wire for a sub- f JcurnaL 
with the meal, a little at a time of each. Add marine caole, intended to be .aid across the--- 
the salt Beat thp whnL vprxr Lnrri re io Black bea between Varna and Balaklava, a _ ... 
all mixed. Then butter soir/mnffin-Hmrc nn distance of 400 miles, the London Times says: Improved Rifle.—A breech-loading rifle 
the inside. Set them in a hot oven" nr ™ Tbe Morse system of telegraphing is to be used, recently invented by Mr. J. C. Howe, of ^til- 
heated uridd'e • pour some rf the hatter into tbe end ot ' February a direct telegraphic waukee, can be loaded and fired twelve times 
each ' !nd bake fhe muffins wJf S 1 1 communication will be" opened betw^n the m a minute. The diameter of the barrel di- 
hot to table continuing to bake while a fLoi, head-quarters of the allies in the Crimea and minishes from the breech to the muzzle, caus- 
the western capitals, London and the ball or slug to fill the grooves exactly, 
finders aiTd eat 'them vi h^X To IS Paris; for the French and English Govern- thus destroying the windage. The cartridge 
you may add molasses or honor—Form Tmn- raents bave mad " such arrangements that the fits into the base ot the barrel, like the coun- 
* 7 . ' , ,, , ‘_ _ J gentlemen who are proceeding out to the Black ter-sunk head of a screw, preventing any ee- 
To Preserve Dead Game.—T ake out the Spa confidently expect, by the time their ves- cape of gas. The rifle is also self-capping— 
intestines, and fill the inside with unground f 1 reac r hes the ^ ux l ne ’ the ?^erlaiul telegraph At forty yards, it drove a ba 1 thirteen inches 
wheat, and place the fowl in a heap or cask of from , Vania 1 t0 Bucharest will be finished, thus ^to solid pine timber, and it is maimed that 
the same grain in such a manner as to insure completing the electric communication of the it will carry a mile and a had with force and 
its being completely covered. In this way, Crimea with England. precision, 
fowls may be preserved perfectly sweet for " "•**'**■- 
months. The feathers shou'd be removed. A French Railroad.—D ick Tinto, in the A Mr. Roberts, of Hartford, has invented 
---- New York Times, furnishes the following a nozzle for the pipe of fire engines, which can 
To Make Lemon Drops.—G rate three large Lem: ° be enlarged or contracted instantly, at pleas- 
lemons with a large piece of loaf sugar; then On the railroad between Paris and Lyons ure, while play'ng upon a fire—in that way 
scrape the sugar into a plate, and add half a tbe y travel a mile a minute, on the average.— regulating the height to which it is necessary 
aeaspoonful of flour ; mix well, and beat it into There is a resident guard at every mile, occu- the water should be thrown. The Times says 
it light paste, with the white of an egg ; drop pyiug a stone two story house, built by the it is called the “ revolver.” 
it upon white paper, and put in a moderate railroad upon its own territory. There are - -» >• • > «-——- 
oven, on a tin plate. four hundred miles of rail, with four hundred On the line of railroad now bui'ding from 
—-—- responsible inmates for the most part raising Konigsberg to the Lake of Constance, over 
Soap is greatly improved by standing, the families and cultivating ornamental patches, tht Alps, there are thirteen tunnels and twen- 
i free alkali remaining in the compound becom- The most serious accident that ever occurs is ty-five viaducts. Thirteen thousand horses are 
ing neutralized by age. that when an axletree gets hot. continually employed upon it. 
Improved Rifle.— A breech-loading rifle 
recently invented by Mr. J. C. Howe, of Mil- 
lemons with a large piece of loaf sugar ; then On the railroad between Paris and Lyons ure, while play ng i 
scrape the sugar into a plate, and add half a tbe y travel a mile a minute, on the average.— regulating the heigh 
aeaspoonful of flour ; mix well, and beat it into There is a resident guard at every mile, occu- the water should be 
