yeisal. It Is shown that these wools can ho no loncef 
pmtltahly grown m Kurupe, and thut In nil counlnci 
ini? proiluvtloa i* docltnimr ruthor than ungmoutim;. 
i Again, it i,« complained that American wool 
growers art' #acmii.-tiig quality to quantity, lu seeking 
to dwow too h.Mwii "j '(!os. The sumo IfOudoriey is 
ptvvnil in Kqropo, tho most tutelhgnnt 
tlui merino mew* sooking to products iinl- 
1 '---- -». it. u 
ixmtl AxtlnUtintt 
to grow too in'ii v y Uoiv 
shown to |-- 
friotnls of tim merino mew* necking 
noils which will furnleh uior« abundant iteecun. t, u 
louui.i thorn that this wool responds much hotter to 
“nci from its length, strength and 
elasticity,Is suited equally lu tho curd uml tho Coluber. 
a ‘ } l appear* ostahllkbt'd iu Franco, where wools 
are admitted free of duty, that wools are tifinspurtiui 
by sen from Countries more favorably situated, with 
buch extreme fiidiity a* to render It. luipossible for 
thepoRMesmirsof the most proilueMreOoe-woo) sheep 
1 ‘ 'T 1 f *? foreign wools. The requirements of 
fu, > f e « < ‘M f*acles by American line-wool growers. 
‘.5',Y um 0IH of rates of interest and emit of labor 
uiMea* inahi l}r °’ therefore, be regarded as 
"0. Where Hun. wool husbundry ceases to be profit¬ 
able, recourse-must be had to the production of moat, 
m. 1 l< for. r . un ‘ l ° l '1° transported with facility, ils it is lql 
cii aiinji in price us line wool declines. Wherever 
K 11111 too hot. ami there is n pri ntable 
market lor mutton, the culture of even tho best me¬ 
rino 9heep must be abandoned, except for raising 
breeding uni main, for the culture of mutton sheep, 
producing the long, glossy combing wools. Those 
wools arc not produced to any extent out of Buropo, 
and arc, at present, more in demand than any other 
H. 9. RASDAIJi, Lb. D., EDITOR, 
Or Cortland Tillage, Cortland Cotrxrv, New York. 
A ROOMY HOUSE 
I inclose plan of a house. There are 
many, especially in the rural districts, who 
wish plans combining convenience and room 
without the expense of a Hall. To such this 
plan may bo useful. Convenience in the 
working department has been In tills plan, 
and should be in nil plans, particularly 
studied—the kitchen, pantry and dining¬ 
room being In such position as to secure the 
most convenient communication between 
the three. Both convenience and cheerful¬ 
ness are secured by being able to open the 
parlors and dining-room together. 
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HON. 
WILLIAM JARVIS. 
Ix some of our works on sheep we re¬ 
marked that the farmers of New England 
ought, to build a monument to the memory 
ot “ Consul Jarvis” —as lie is generally 
designated in agricultural publications and 
by popular usage. But at length a better 
memorial than one of marble or granite, a 
more appropriate tribute to his just fame and 
useful public services, has been prepared by 
the pious hands of a daughter, Mrs. Mary 
Pepperrell Sparhawk Cutts. Her bi¬ 
ography of her father has just been pub¬ 
lished. 
Consul Jarvis was bora iu 1770. His 
ancestors for several generations were re¬ 
putable merchants in Boston. His father, 
Dr. Charles Jarvis, was a highly educated 
physician and able man, who took a promi¬ 
nent and patriotic part iu politics during 
aud after the Revolution. His mother was 
a grand-daughter of General Sir Willum 
Pepperrell, the hero of Lottisburg. Wil¬ 
liam Jarvis received the best educational 
advantages until sixteen, and then entered a 
store in Virginia as a clerk. lie became 
a merchant in Boston at twenty-one, and 
was very successful in business until sud¬ 
denly reduced to bankruptcy by the failure 
of a firm for which he was a heavy indorser. 
M ith characteristic decision, Ue wasted no 
time In idle regrets. His energy aud probity 
were so well known, that his creditors readi¬ 
ly gave him time, and accepted his own 
notes, payable In five annual installments. 
Gallantly tendering \mfianci& freedom from 
her engagement to him, (which, like a true 
woman, she refused to accept,) lie donned 
tiie rough garments of a sailor and went out 
as the supercargo of a vessel. His voyages 
in this capacity, and as Captain of a vessel, 
continued until 1802. He met with many 
adventures and encountered a multitude of 
dangers, but won his reward, and was ouce 
more a free man. 
In 1802, President Jefferson appointed 
him Consul-General for Portugal and Charge 
cl' Affaires at Lisbon. He occupied those po¬ 
sitions until 1810, discharging, in reality, the 
duties of a resident Minister. The times 
preceding our last war with England, were 
peculiarly difficult and trying ones for our 
diplomatic agents in Europe, aud especially 
in Portugal, dominated over by British influ¬ 
ence. It required large capacity, knowledge, 
judgment, promptitude and courage to pro¬ 
tect the interests of his couutry and the ' 
rights of his countrymen subjected to voxa- 
tious and unfair regulations by officials, and 1 
often torn from our ships and impressed into 1 
English cruisers. All these qualities were \ 
found in Consul Jarvis. 
During his stay in Portugal (1808) he was ’ 
married to his early love, Mary Pepper- * 
HELL Spariiawk — “ tho beautiful Miss 1 
Sparhawk.” She belonged to a very dis- \ 
tiugulahed New England family, and was a . 
most accomplished, lovely and estimable 
woman. ' 
la 1809 Mr. Jarvis commenced purchas- 1 
ing and sending Merino sheep to the United e 
States. The general outlines of these trans- J 
actions have been already made known to ~ 
the public by bis letters printed in agricul¬ 
tural journals and works on sheep. More ? 
minute details appear in the biography, to¬ 
gether with copies of official certificates, S 
passports, &c., thoroughly establishing the 11 
WOOL STATISTICS. 
In the Wool Report to the Boston Board 
of Trade for 1808, prepared by Georoe W. 
Bond, Esq., we find the following tables: 
understand that to bring out or heighten the 
effect of an object It is ueeessary to place in 
contrast with it that which is the most op¬ 
posite in character; while toning down is 
accomplished by the reverse act of using 
harmonizing influences. For illustration, if 
desirable to deepen a pink or red , place its 
complementary color, green, near it,and tho 
former is intensified, the green being also ef¬ 
fected by the same law of contrast. It is there¬ 
fore easy to see how a person with n surplus 
of red In the face should avoid green, ancl 
how one too pale needs the green, to deepen 
the slight pink of the complexion. 
Houm-n, 
I suggest, as a starting point, that, except 
when tho excessive cost of land seems to 
requiro tail building, a house ought not to be 
so high as to be looked up at iu viewing it, 
conveying an idea of ostentation, and giving 
an unpleasant impression of danger from 
strong winds, and trying efforts in climbing 
to its top. It should rather be spread well 
over the ground, expressive of ■easy comfort 
and hospitality, with firmness and stability, 
which is not the case with n tall structure. By 
all means don’t make a stiff, flat, city roof, as 
It tho roof iiad been carried away by the wind 
or burnt off. If the structure is a low ono, 
Its dignity may be increased, raid height 
math* to appear greater, by introducing vor¬ 
tical lines to carry the eye up and down; 
and If too high to look well, the apparent 
loftiness will be lessened by adding horizon¬ 
tal lines. 
Builders are apt to scatter ornamentation 
too equally over all parts of a bouse, instead 
of following nature, which furnishes the 
finest forms and details and richest colors in 
small portions, leaving the larger portions 
ou masses less attractive In more general 
soberness. Bo house ornaments should not 
be too lavishly spread over the whole sur¬ 
face, distracting tho eyo and mind and 
diverting the attention from the main fea¬ 
tures, ns entrance, porch, bay window, bal¬ 
cony, cornice, Ac., where the principal en¬ 
richments ought to be bestowed. Simple, 
bold projections, casting prominent shadows, 
look iu most cases better than the elaborate 
“fussy” or “ginger-bread work” too often 
depended on, the shadows adding more than 
anything else to the pleasing picture the 
house presents. The color of a building k 
of no small importance, yet is often chosen, 
or by chance adapted, without due consid¬ 
eration. Unless a house stands In the shadow 
of trees, which modify the dazzling and 
hurtful glare of sunshine, use almost any 
color in preference to white. Brown, gray, 
drab, or any such quiet color, is nearly 
always pleasing. w. a. 
Plan of Second Floor. 
A, A, A, A, bed-rooms; B, Hall; C, clothes 
press. 
OUTSIDE BRICK WORK. 
I have knowui bricks outside a frame 
such as your correspondent, Georoe W. 
Squier of Michigan seems to require. Mr. 
S. docs not say to what use he is going to 
put the building, and ns that is an important 
consideration, ho has omitted from his ques¬ 
tion wlmt would materially affect the answer. 
Ho would not be likely to wish to make 
tills addition to any frame building liable to 
be much Jarred, so I need not prescribe a 
remedy In such case for any fulling disease. 
The best way is to manufacture enough 
■wooden bricks to come into place one on 
every other stud, and again every two feet 
of the rising wall, alternating throughout. 
The bricks should be paint-soaked and 
dashed over with brick dust while wet. Nail 
these to the studs, aud there will be no fear 
of any serious disaster. 
To make such a brick facing ornamental, 
diagonal or upright studding may be at¬ 
tached to these wooden bricks in such a way 
as to carry roses or other climbers com¬ 
pletely over the wall of the diagonal, 
especially admitting very beautiful trainers, 
with the blooms all vertical, and at the same 
time adding to the strength of the structure. 
Vineland, N. .T. C. B. Bagster. 
W00L3 AT PARIS EXPOSITION. 
Draft of Roof. 
Elevation to be finished fashionably. Or¬ 
nament on upright a, a, a, a. Heavy cornice, 
brackets, &c. Windows low. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. II. P. Van Dcsen. 
We have been waiting for space to re¬ 
publish M. Moll's report entire, or an 
abridgment of it by ourselves,—but finding 
the following compact and well stated syn¬ 
opsis of the “conclusions to be legitimately 
drawn” from it, prepared by the editor of 
the Ohio Farmer, we give it to our readers: 
“In tho Bulletin of tho National Association of 
Wool Manufacturer)) for April. Is tt translation of tHe 
Official reports or M. Moll, the chairman of Inc* Jury 
upon wools, which lj worthy of careful consideration 
by producers and manufactures* of wool in this 
country. Tho position accorded to M. Moll, ft? the 
organ of Oho of the most cherished Industries of Eu¬ 
rope, give* authority to Ills opinions, which are en¬ 
forced by the good Ddhae and clmirucM, though 
brevit y of staoemonl .with wblnlt they are prwatMi 
“We will biieily M.-to some of the conclusions to 
be legitimately drawn from this report, which aro 
of interest to American wool growers and manu¬ 
facturer? : 
“1. With the improved processes of machinery In- 
trod need in the wool industry, and the Increased cost 
of the prod notion of cotton and sulk, the teruleuey 
throughout the world ij for wool to become, a? it wuu 
In Prnniiiye times, the principal material for tho 
clothing of man. 
All the wools of the world are naturally and 
philosophically classified into three vreur. groups. 
These groups correspond very nearly with the classes 
adopted In our present wool tariff. 
“5. The complaint Is frequently urged by certain 
dealer* and manufacturer* here, that American wool 
growers hare ceased to produce ‘Uperflne wools. It 
appears that the falling off of th.s production la um- 
PRACTiCAL TASTE. 
Taste, even in the ordinary acceptation 
of the word, is but little understood, and 
perhaps less thought of, except as a vague, 
mysterious principle not to be comprehend¬ 
ed. Especially la this the case with many 
residents of the country, who live comfort¬ 
ably and contentedly in rural simplicity, 
deeming taste a matter belonging tocity and 
town-people only, not realizing that the 
country home is Just the place in which to 
have the sensibilities quickened, and to gain 
enlarged appreciations of beauty in any 
3hape, and is consequently more favorable to 
the cultivation of taste than the harassing , 
cares and struggles of a city existence. It is, 
nevertheless, of interest to its all; for it has 
