MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
f v V /jM V stone. The crop is destroyed. The trees ad- 
C)rc!liu "W (illy (DnV0Crt* join the apricots and plums, so that access to 
O them is easy and convenient. Not aware that 
the curculio ever attacked the peach, I have 
niNTS AND GLEANINGS. 
“ Scraping and Washig Trees.” —The Re¬ 
port on this subject by a Committee of the 
TIME FOR BUDDING. 
The nurseryman meets with but few, if any, 
more difficult tasks than that of deciding the 
best time for budding his young trees. As no 
been ignorant of the fact till perhaps too late two seasons are alike, no particular time can 
to apply this remedy, so as to be effectual for 
the next season. I have confidence, however, 
be established for performing the operation; 
but, if the seasons were alike, the locations of 
nurseries, and their treatment, are so various, I 
pu., uu in diminishing the evil bv collectimr and des- nuraene9 - ana Uieir treatment, are so various, 
Mass. Horticultural Society, is ridiculed and . n ° „ . that while some would have advanced to a 
condemned by the Pa. Farm Journal, Bos- f'W’ ? ven now ’ the in J ared fra * 80 far f lfc proper stage of growth several weeks before 
ton Cultivator, and the Horticulturist, on the 18 p0Sri,b!e ‘ IarMER D ‘ tbe stated time others would be as many weeks 
e-round of its contradictions and want of sense Remarks.— The above remedy is an old one a,,er > 11 therefore depends, almost entirely, 
ground or its contradictions, ana want oi sense. J < upon the judgment of the cultivator, as to the 
In our opinion, the report originated in the aild valuable, though not always effectual.— best time t0 c „ mm ence budding. 
abuses of the practice, and will be useful in planting the trees over running water, paving Experience has proved to me that there is a 
opinion, the report originated in the and valuable, though not always eff’ectual.- 
if the nraetiee. and will be useful in * 1 anting the trees over running water, pavii 
calling attention to the subject. Don’t scrape ^ ie g round beneath them, or using the plum certain stage of growth which is most prefera- 
or smear your trees till they need it, and you garden as a yard lor pigs and poultry, are all ble to all others for setting buds; many sup- 
will not waste your labor. In the matter of recommendations founded on the same princi- P 08(i that any time will do, if the trees are in a 
will not waste your labor. In the matter of j recommendations tounded on the same princi- 
mosses, the true remedy, it will be found, must j P' e > and prove, like this, in some instances, el- 
go more than bark-deep. I factual remedies. The ravages of the curculio 
pose that any time will do, if the trees are in a 
thriving condition. It is true, buds can beset 
whenever the bark will peel, but it is equally 
factual remedies. I he ravages of the curculio true, that there but a few days that they can 
are not confined to the plum and apricot.— he budded to advantage; if set at the proper 
Gooseberry Mildew.— Another remedy for Cherries, peaches, and apples often suffer seri- time, a skillful operator will make 75 per cent. 
this disease is oiven in the Jim Agriculturist ously from them.—n. '. ve ' iee f budded early, so fur as my expe- 
this disease is given in the Jim. Jigt icuuunst, j ^ nence teaches, do not take so well as those 
from R. T. Haines, of N. J. It is to remove > budded later in the season. 
the earth from around the roots, thickly mulch i obacco for Peach Grubs. Inquiry. —J. Trees intended for budding should be kept 
with salt meadow hay, and then cover it with AV. C., of Lafayetteville, IS. Y., wishes infor- in a good state of cultivation, and well mulch- 
the earth. He has tried many other methods, niation about the use of tobacco as a preven- previous to the commencement ol the dry 
but this has been the only one generally sue- tive of the worm in the peach tree; and asks weatb f r in Ju! Y> th,ls securing a good August 
cesstul. His favorite variety is \\ oodward’s if it has been practically tried? what quantity § ed apples from th J 7th t0 t h e 20th of August 
Whitesmith, and it is very productive. Query, needs to be applied? when? how? &c. Can He who fails to make his young trees grow in 
Where salt hay is not to be had, would not any of our readers elighten him? 
salt be found equally useful? Meanwhile we would refer Mr. C. to an arti- cesstul nurseryman. 
- cle in the Rural of April 29, 1854, on . The strings on trees budded at the right 
Growing Cedars from Cuttings.-A cor- “ Peach-Grub Treatment ” We opine that in spHn^this lean^Va 'proTecUon 1 for budTdiD 
respondent of the Home Journal, writing from large orchards, this will be found the only nng the winter, i have found nothing better 
Louisiana, says the cedar can be readily grown practicable remedy. for strings than cotton wickiug; the cost is but 
August, will, in my opinion, never make a suc¬ 
cessful nurseryman. 
The strings on trees budded at the right 
from cuttings. Cut from small trees or bushes 
twigs from twelve to fifteen inches long, trim 
North-Western Homological Convention. 
ring the winter. I have found nothing better 
for strings than cotton wicking; the cost is but 
25 cts. per thousand buds.—E. Heesey, inJY. 
E. Farmer. 
about half their length, and plant early in —The next Annual Meeting of this Associa- 
spring in a well prepared, pliable soil, which tion will be held at Burlington, Iow'a, com- 
PINCIIING CUCUMBER VINES. 
should be kept well-worked and moist during mencing on the last Tuesday (the 26th) of T , , , ,, 
the summer. Shoots from bushes which grow ^cpt., at 10 o clock A. M., and continuing four feet and a half wide( on the edge of a pave(] 
in or near water will succeed most readily. days. Communications on any or all branches yard, enclosed by a high fence. I planted 
- of Horticulture are solicited—which, together three cucumber hills in the border, and laid 
Saving Flower Seeds.—T he lovers of flow- with any boxes of specimens may be directed some brush (such as is used lor pea vines,) be- 
ejs should remember now, that many fine vari- to the “ N. W. Homological Convention, care twoeD tbein a ‘ ld tke te ' ice ‘ S00 ‘? tke y 
, . . , , crept U P to tae to P tiie brush, I pinched oil 
eties are ripening their seeds, and it is the best o Messrs. Avery, Burlington, Iowa. the ends of the vine which thickened rapidly 
time to secure them. Hut them up in neat 
papers, mark their names legibly upon them, 
and put them away in a dry place; and 
next spring you will be glad that you have ta¬ 
ken this slight trouble. 
F. K. Fikenix, Cor. Sec. 
^icssis. AVMCf, tuning ion, aowa. the ends of the vine which thickened rapidly 
By order. F. K. Fikenix, Cor. Sec. around the roots, and in every direction 
-- throwing out the most vigorous foliage and a 
iW-ROCIIELLE OR LAWTON BLACKBERRY. P r0 T fa ^n of flowers. 
_ I did not allow the cucumbers to grow, but 
The Am. Agriculturist gives the following ' vat « hed f them and such as I wished to reserve 
. . ° , ° for the table, I picked as soon as they became 
ormatiou on this valuable fruit; gathered in 0 f p r0 per size; all the rest were gathered every 
NEW-R0CI1ELLE OR LAWTON BLACKBERRY. 
information on this valuable fruit; gathered in 
The Lawton Blackberry. —The New Ha- the course of a visit to the grounds of Messrs, day for pickles; every day pinching off the bud 
veil Register in alluding to a late exhibition Geo. Seymour & Co., of Norfolk, Ct: a t the end of each shoot. In this way the 
of the Horticultural Society at that city, men- “They have fruited this variety for seven ^*lls continued fresh and productive until they 
_ ■L " , ; , ' anL v xor seven were touched by frost. Some judgment can 
tions some Lawton Blackberries which meas- years, and we think its value may now be con- be fonned of th e value of this practice when I 
ured four inches in circumference one way and 8ldered 80 tar settled, as to allow an expression add tbat more t ] liin a barrel 0 f pi ck i es were 
three and a half the other—“being nearly as u . op ' | n '! m U P)( U 1 8 ments. It is evidently Inade from the three hills, besides allowing a 
, . , „ ° J quite different from the common wild varieties, <. nnn]v for the table 
large as a common hen s egg. aud a i s0 diilei-ent from anv that have been cul- ^ TZci _,._. 
TIIE CURCULIO. 
uiucitut iiuin LUC CDIllUlOU WllU varieties, „ nnn l„ for tViP t-ihlp 
and also different from any that have been cul- ‘ ^never a leaf began to look rusty or vel- 
tivated. It is much larger, more uniform in i owish , ic was removed, and every cucumber 
size, and more prolific than other varieties; it and leaf wa3 cut off wilh iarge sc J issorgi s0 M 
has less seeds, a good flavor, and is a good I10t to disturb or wound the vine. There 
keeper. It is also thought to be better adapt- is au ftdvaatage in having them run up on 
P.n In nrwir cm a 4 In thia r»nint xirn ... . ° F _ 
- bas less 8 f ds ’ a ^ od dav + or ’ and i8 a Sood not disturb or wound'the vine. There 
An effectual preventive to the ravages of , e P er ‘ ll w also thought to be better adapt- j g au advantage in having them run up ou 
this villainous little enemy, has long been a .. p001 . 8tM s .\ . u 111 s point we cannot brush instead of trailing over, the ground; be- 
desideratum universally desired Manv reme- ^ P 0 M,n j'om our own observation, cause they are much injured by being trodden 
desideratum universally desired. Many reme One thing seems certain, that it has not depre- on . and being kept '| tuv ^ the bushes they 
dfes have been proposed, aud each, perhaps, in mated by cultivation during eight or ten years. can be easily and thoroughly examined every 
some particular instances, may have been par- As to its size, it will surprise most persons day, which is essential, because if one or two 
tially successful. But a remedy, convenient, who see it for the first time. At Norwalk we cucumbers are overlooked, and grow very 
practicable, and uniformly successful, has not, saw severa ^ sfnlUs bearing five to eight quarts large, it stops the yield of that vine— Cor. 
so far as 1 can learn, hitherto been discovered, eacL f We , tned som . e ( that , had be « u g ather . ed Horticulturist. 
, , ’ over forty hours, and found the flavor quite -«- 
and made public. I have not succeeded, with- <rnnd 4 n , lnr t nf them nnmhprprl 111 
. . ... . . good._ a. quart 01 tnem numoered lit bei- r rir R Bitttfrpi.v Hrmw-R q n 
so far as I cau learn, hitherto been discovered, 
and made public. I have not succeeded, with- 
• „ • • • • , -. -nr -• 1 1 . . .. , , , Tiie Butterfly Flower. —There is a plant 
in the past five years, in raising a single crop nes. We picked a quart from vines which had growillg in the tropical regionSj which bears a 
of plums or apricots, from thrifty trees of the received no manure for tvvo years past, and tlower almost exactly resembling one of the 
finest sorts, and in the best bearing condition, ‘ ^m which the largest had just been selected i arges t an d most beautiful of the butterfly spe- 
Agreeably to the suggestions of the Rural, .. oi 1 Horbeultuml Society, and c j e3 _ ,, | las i llr g e poiuted wings, spotted and 
made at an early 1 have, this season ' 0 “"" ‘ 2 °* “T “ » ^ ™ curiously, varie|ate7. Its bo°dy i covered 
. , , ,, , , a,, the vines grow quite large—many of them with a soft silky down, similar to that upon the 
sprinkled water on the trees, and then dusted 0 ver an inch in diameter, and the fruit hangs insect; and the whole appearance of the fiovv- 
them over with ashes, twice a week, from the in thick clusters—in size more like very large er is so wonderfully like the butterfly as to 
first formation of fruit till it has attained half Green Gage plums, than like the ordinary completely deceive the eye at first sight, 
its full size. But the plum aud apricot have kD^kberry. Ihe flavor is not apparently di- 
, ,1 , , r , , • , mimshed by its large size, and the few seeds is 
fallen, and the ground hue been covered with uot iui least recommendation. We think this 39 (nnfHrf flPrftirftmtt 
the pertorated fruit. 1 know little of the hab- berry a valuable acquisition to our domestic /^OvUlts? IIC t-U il U ill U ♦ 
iln O.wl nlniwmin. .I.. - .. .J .. l .. _1 ... ' 
Stewed Apple Hudding. —Cover with ap- 
its full size. But the plum aud apricot have blackberry. Ihe flavor is not apparently di- /vwvN„.'vrvA.w\^vvA>%AAA.wt/wv 
z.,,,. , , r , , . , mimshed by its large size, and the few seeds is 
fallen, and the ground ban been covered with , 10t iB reconmendatioiL We think thia (ft f Cm amt) 
the perforated fruit 1 know little of the hab- berry a valuable acquisition to our domestic IIC vl^V-U il.U III U ♦ 
its aud character of this enemy; but under- fruits, and worthy of a place in every garden. 
stand that in the shape and appearance of the “’™* 1 Smnto Apru ProDim-Cover with ap- 
maggot, he leaves the fruit after it has fallen ^ in dcscriw , j f order to Answer the I*» P. ared »■>*! cored to the depth of two inch- 
and ceases to afford him sustenance, and enters numerous inquiries we are continually receiving a d ^p basin or pan; add water sufficient 
into the ground, from whence he emerges in in regard to it. " 8 ,' v taem - Make a crust as tor common 
the spring, and with the aid of wings, which he In transplanting it, Messrs. Seymour & Co. roll to ail inch in thickness, cut a hole 
receives in his vernal metamorphosis, ascends ^commend selecting plants from two to three “i ^ centre and cover with it the apples.— 
recuves in his vernal metamorphosis, ascends fect hi l aad tQ f hem about the first of bet the dl f h ? n / he stove , or coalrf ^ uook . 
the tree to renew his depredations. November or the middle of April, in this lati- ® over “S clo8el y to P revent th « escape of steam. 
Iam indebted to the call of a friend, aud tude. They may be put out on almost any weut . v oj" thirty minutes will be sufficient. 
the incidental mention of fruit,for a suggestion ordinary soil, at a distance of four to six feet. berve ?v h , sauC v U n of wa j er ’ )lltte ’'; a . nd 
on this subject that has imnressed me deenlv getting out, it is desirable to cut off the su f r ’ thicke f ned ™th flour, aud seasoned with 
on tins subject, that has impressed me deeply at four to six inches from the ground.- nutm eg.-Michigan Farmer. 
Indeed, I see no reason why the remedy should For field culture , they recommend K prepa ring -—- 
not be effectual, i he regret is, that it comes the ground by plowing in an ordinary coating To Destroy Bed-Bugs.— We have made 
perhaps too late to benefit the crop of the next of barn-yard manure: Two or three experi- use of the following simple, yet efficient means 
season. It has been practiced a few years by uients with guano, dug in around the hill, of destroying bed-bugs, and similar vermin, for 
my informant, who thus secured uniformly, and bav0 bcen f l u ' te successful. several years, and found it to be complete in 
without a single failure, fine crops of plums ’ ^ * its extermination. . 
„ , . . y. . . . , , ., New Mode op Flanting.— We read n Gal e- Remove from the room every thing which is 
aud apricots. It is, to pick up daily all the 
♦ L.v frillntulnd nf nlontlntr Vn.o not infested: then take a small ouantitv of Stll- 
New Mode of Planting. —We read in Galig- 
To Destroy Bed-Bugs. —We have made 
use of the following simple, yet efficient means 
of destroying bed-bugs, and similar vermin, for 
several years, and found it to be complete in 
its extermination. 
Remove from the room every thing which is 
I '. . ' . ... , ^ u ie nani that the following mode of planting has n °I infested; then take a small quantity of sul- 
pcifouitou iruit a 3 it fulls from the tree, and ef- acted on with success by a Bohemian ar- phur and set it burning in an old kettle, keep- 
factually to destroy it. To bo effectual, it has boriculturist. In place of using the process of Dig the room closed tight until the smoke has 
been burned in the furnace. The result is grafting, he takes an off-shoot of any fruit tree & D disappeared. After this, thoroughly ven- 
plain. No worm has entered the ground from “ an “PP}e far instance—and plants it in a po- tilate the room, and the smell of sulphur will 
u . . tato, both being carefully placed in the soil, so pass away.— 1 he Cultivator. 
the injured fruit, and no fly, of course, has that five or six inches of the shoot shall be ---- 
arisen in the spring Irom the ground, to aseftnd above ground. This latter takes root, grows To Kindle a Fire. —To start a fire in the 
the tree. And unless by the aid of its wings, with rapidity, and produces the finest fruits. morning, take a piece or two of rosin, the size 
which are small and not very efficient, it --ot an ounce ball, or chestnut; wrap it loosely 
is able to migrate from one orchard to anoth- Manure for Bear Ireks. If it is conced- in paper, and set the paper on fire. About 
„ / ,. , , „ . > T , ed (as it seems to be) that iron filings, black- one cents worth will last a week, 
cv (which can hardly be the c«»e), I cannot ^ cilldera , bo „c’du st , (or some constitu- --- 
see why this practice should not be an effectual ont oft he kind) and unslackcd lime, are the An Indian meal poultice covered with the 
remedy. best ingredients to apply to pears on quince leaves of young hyson tea softened in hot wa- 
To my great regret, I find this season the stocks, and we may add, pear trees generally; ter, will take the pain out of burns and scalds, 
curculio has attacked my peaches. The ground 8 riviu g tlie stems oidwart trees a S ood waging and prevent blisters from rising, if applied in 
• , ... r ~ n . .. with soap, oil, and lye, not too strong, will add time. 
“ C0Vered Wlth Wle “ lru,t - 0,1 «™„,al,o„, u tS’tteir health .—Maine Farm,,-. -—- 
I perceive the scur where he perforated the_. T ^ . . ,_To Dry Cherries and Flush.— Stone them 
peach; aud on cutting it open, have found the Shallow tilled gardens are among the signs and half - Pack the “ Di jars, strewing sugar 
worm at work in his chamber alongside the that “fail in a dry time.” between each layer. 
SMITH & FENWICK’S FRUIT SKINNING AND CUTTING MACHINE. 
Many a visitor at the Crystal Falace has no¬ 
ticed with interest a machine for paring, coring 
and slicing apples, peaches, pears, quinces and 
other fruits. You put an apple on the prongs, 
push a little handle, and in a twinkling the 
skin is taken off, the core extracted and the 
fruit cut into slices, the latter falling in one di¬ 
rection, the cores and skins in others. After 
being placed on the fork the apple is not 
touched again, but in an instant is stripped of 
its skin, and drops from the machine cored and 
quartered, ready for drying for pies! It is sel¬ 
dom that so much work is accomplished by so 
small a piece of mechanism. The machine is 
only 4 inches high and 16 in diameter. In our 
engraving, however, the machine looks much 
larger, by reason of its connection with sur¬ 
rounding objects. The machine is extremely 
simple in its parts, cannot easily get out of or¬ 
der, and is constructed entirely of metal.— 
There is no snapping of springs or turning of 1 
knives as in other implements for this purpose. 
It pares, cores, and slices three bushels of ap¬ 
ples in an hour! The machine is very rapidly 
coming into general use. 
The N. Y. Scientific American, the best 
possible authority, says: 
“ I his machine presents manifold advantages 
over anything of a similar nature, both with re¬ 
spect to cheapness, durability, and also saving 
of labor as well as time, it” being capable of 
performing almost double the amount of work 
in a given time that can be done by any other. 
Among its advantages is the use of a travers¬ 
ing handle instead of a crank, by w'hich it has 
a horizontal instead of a rotary motion, thus 
rendering the operation quicker and also easi¬ 
er to be effected. All the parts of this ma¬ 
chine can be made as strong as desired, and 
not one of them is liable to get out of order.” 
— People's Joural. 
xtlnmic Jrts, it. 
NEW PATENT.—MEAL BARRELS. 
Mr. Thos. Hears all, of Nichols, Owego, 
has discovered a means by which corn meal can 
be kept perfectly sweet and good for any 
length of time, and exported to any distant 
land and be received there in as good a state 
as the day it left the mill. Com meal, as al¬ 
most all know, is very liable to heat, and, in a 
few days, turn sour, and thus become altogeth¬ 
er useless for food, either for mau or other ani¬ 
mals. This has totally prevented the exporta¬ 
tion of meal, and consequently corn has been 
by no means as valuable a crop as it other¬ 
wise would have been, if meal could have been 
exported with the same safety as wheat flour.— 
But Mr. Fearsall has, by an invention in the 
formation of the barrel, entirely destroyed this 
tendency to heating, and thus he can ship corn 
meal flour to any country in perfect safety. 
The principle is, that any substance packed 
like meal or flour, begins to heat at the centre, 
the spot most distaut from the barrel, or that 
which contains it, and from that point extends 
outward until the whole mass is corrupted.— 
Now Mr. Fearsall’s invention very philosophi¬ 
cally meets the difficulty, just at the point of 
commencement. He inserts a tube of thin 
sheet-iron, 24 inches in diameter, open at both 
ends, through the whole length of the barrel, 
fixing it closely at either end through each 
head. Now iron is the best conductor of heat 
that ive know, and, this tube being open to the 
air through its whole length, it follows that the 
center of the barrel thus constructed is actual¬ 
ly the coolest place. 
Mr. Fearsall has tested his invention in the 
most satisfactory manner, having ground flour 
very fine from the commonest corn, and kept it 
barreled in the new kind of barrel some five or 
six months, and on opening, has invariably 
found it perfectly sweet and good. He has 
secured a patent not only here but also in Eng¬ 
land, and expects to do the same shortly in 
France.— Owego Times. 
The Causes of Chain Lightning. —In a 
discourse recently delivered before the Royal 
Academy, by \Y. R Grove, it was stated and 
proved by experiments, that the effects of rare¬ 
factions upon gases, either as produced by the 
air pump or by heat tend to render discharges 
of electricity more facile, and to enable them 
to pass across much larger spaces than would 
otherwise be the case. So strikingly was this 
evidenced with flame, that when the flame of a 
spirit lamp was held near one of the terminal 
points of the coil apparatus of Rulimkorff, the 
terminals being separated to a distance far be¬ 
yond that at which the spark would pass in 
cold air, the spark darted to along the margin 
of the flame, and could be curved or twisted 
about in any direction at the will of the ex 
perimenter, giving a perfect illustration of the 
crooked form of lightning, aud the probable 
reason why it does not pass in straight lines— 
the temperature of the air being different at 
different points of its passage, and much of 
this variation of temperature being, in all prob¬ 
ability, occasioned by the mechanical effects of 
the discharge itself upon the air. 
Thin, light clouds are elevated above the 
tops of the highest mountains, and heavy ones 
touch tlio tops of steeples, trees, and even the 
ground; but the general height is one and two 
miles.. Thin streaky clouds, and those devoid 
of electricity, are sometimes five or six miles 
high; while clouds which contain electricity, 
will be higher or lower, according to the elec¬ 
tricity they contain. 
A NEW MOWING MACHINE. 
Mr. Fisk Russel, of Boston, a practical me¬ 
chanic of large experience, has invented a 
mowing machine which differs in several par¬ 
ticulars, both in principle and construction, 
from those now in successful operation, and de¬ 
cided advantages are claimed for it. The dri¬ 
ving wheel is the same as in Ketchum’s: but 
the vibratory motion is obtained from a wheel 
consisting of a series of cams, by the undula¬ 
ting riin of which a lever is made to move the 
knives. The knives are each separate, and 
play upon a steel pivot, acting as they vibrate, 
like a pair of shears, The frame of the ma¬ 
chine is supported by a second wheel ofthe same 
size and attached to the driving wheel, which 
renders the movement of the machine more 
steady, and obviates in a great measure the 
side draught. 
Ihe machine was tried last week on the 
farm of B. B. Kirtland of Greenbush, and did 
its work admirably. There was no clogging, 
and apparently less power was required to op¬ 
erate it than other machines. It is simple in 
its construction, and works with very little fric¬ 
tion. Mr. Russel intends to devote the remain¬ 
der of the hay season to experimenting with 
perfecting his machine, aud it will not be offer¬ 
ed tor sale till another year. Any judgment 
as to the superiority of the machine would be 
premature until further trial has been made, 
but it certainly promises to be a valuable la¬ 
bor-saving implement.— Bost. Cult. 
Another weapon of destruction has been 
invented in France. It was thus described be¬ 
fore the Academy of Science:—“ It consists of 
a long hollow lance, filled with some combusti¬ 
ble compound. To this lance is attached a 
buckler, which protects the head and breast of 
the soldier from the bullets of the enemy._ 
1 hus protected, the man may advance to with¬ 
in eight, ten, or twelve yards of the ene¬ 
my, and deliver his fire. The fire is commu¬ 
nicated to the lance with as great facility as to 
a gun. It exercises its action directly by fire 
properly speaking, and will cover with a sheet 
of flame a horizontal surface of ten or twelve 
yards. The fire tenaciously attaches itself to 
every thing and object it encounters, burns 
with rapidity, and gives so powerful a volume 
ot flame, that it is as dangerous to the second 
and third ranks ot the enemy as to those in 
front. Besides this first effect, the lance con¬ 
tinues for some time to give an uninterrupted 
jet of flame accompanied with a loud whistling 
An Improved Fiano. —I have hardly space 
left to allude to a new and remarkable inven¬ 
tion. It is a contrivance for giving to the pi¬ 
ano the only quality it wanted—a prolonged 
sound. For ten years it has been sought for 
in vain. It was impossible to make the piano 
sing, by obtaining from it a sustained note-, like 
the human voice or the violin. Thalberg’s 
great merit, besides his unrivaled execution, 
was his manner of at least approaching, upon 
the piano, the “sostenuto,” indispensable in 
many kinds of music. The invention is very 
simple, and it is efficient and infallible. The 
inventor is M. Alexander, the manufacturer o>f 
the Organ Melodeon, and the first specimen of 
it is intended for LiszL— Paris Letter to ike 
JV*. Y. Times. 
Heat for Fuel.— The Waterbury Ameri¬ 
can says that two beds of peat have recently 
been discovered about two miles from that 
city, and that two joint stock companies have 
been formed, with abundant capital, for the 
purpose of supplying it as a fuel for market. 
Fiano-Fortes were invented by J. C. Schro¬ 
der, of Breeden* 1717. 
