where petroleum or other mineral oils are 
used as fuel, from shot and other accents to 
which they are exposed. The reservoir is 
enclosed in a double easing, leaving a large 
hollow space to be tilled with sawdust which 
has first been thoroughly saturated with a 
concentrated solution of some Incombustible 
salt, like chloride of calcium, and then 
reduced by heat to a light charcoal, if a 
shot penetrates this substance, it is incom¬ 
bustible, and the blow is designed to be so 
deadened in passing through it, as to leave 
the reservoir uuiujured. But If the shot 
should break through and reach the reservoir, 
then this dry and calcined saw-dust is ready 
to take up and absorb the fluid. 
Effect of Charcoal on Flowers ,—The Pci* 
entitle American says that a horticulturist in 
England purchased a rose bush full of prom¬ 
ising buds—the flowers, however, were of a 
faded hue. He covered the earth in the pot 
israssions 
arhentr 
HARVESTING CORN. 
PARSLEY FOR WINTER USE. 
It does not seem to us that Parsley is ap¬ 
preciated as it deserves to be by housewives 
and cooks, for garnishing and flavoring. 
We should as soon think of excluding from 
the kitchen garden the commonest vegeta¬ 
bles as parsley. For garnishing meats and 
dishes of vegetables and for flavoring soups 
and stews it is indispensable, we think; and 
the cook who omits to use it could not fur¬ 
nish us better evidence that he or she does 
not rightly understand the business. Buist 
says it counteracts the smell of the breath 
after eating onions. We do not know 
whether this is so or not; but it may be 
regarded important information now that 
It is becoming so fashionable in “ the best 
circles ” to eat the wholesome, healthful and 
The Western New York Farmer's Club, at Its 
last meeting, discussed “The best method of 
Harvesting und Curing' for the Com Crop "—a 
tlinfill and Important subject. A* the Rural's 
reporter was not present, wo glvo tho Rochester 
Chronicle's synopsis of the discussion: 
Mr. President REYNOLDS—Ttaoro is not much 
diversity now in ihe practice of harvesting, 
though formerly this varied considerably. Tho 
value of the norn crop can luridly ho over esti¬ 
mated. But a portion tiudslts way to market, 
though the aggregate is large. It Is largely con¬ 
sumed on the farm ir> feeding stock of various 
kinds. In old times the tops were cut oil, while 
the oorn was allowed to stand till ripe or killed 
by frost, when the butts were plowed under for 
manure. Latterly, to avoid damage from frost 
and to save fodder, corn Is very generally cut up 
just, as It commences to glims urnl placed In 
shocks, where It matures. This involves a little 
more labor In husking, but thcro is u counter¬ 
balancing of thoaccount in the amount of stock 
food which tho plow secures for the farmor. 
Tho number of oorn hills to the acre Is about 
4,840 —about 040 shocks, worth as fodder fully 
$7.60 por acre. This is an important Item in tho 
crop account. It. is a most valuable food for 
to its action. It always gave great vigor to 
the red or violet colors of the flowers, and 
the while petunias became veined with red 
or violet tints; tho violets became covered 
with irregular spots of a bluish or almost 
black tint. Many persons who admired 
thorn thought they were choice new varie¬ 
ties from the seed. Yellow flowers appear 
to be insensible to the influence of charcoal. 
Small-Pox Cure ,—A great discovery is 
reported to have been recently made by a 
surgeon of the English army in China, in the 
way of an effectual cure for the small-pox. 
The mode of treatment is as follows -.—When 
the preceding fever is at ilk height, and just 
before the eruption appears, the cheat is rub¬ 
bed with croton oil and tartaric ointment. 
This causes the whole ot the eruption to ap¬ 
pear on that part of the body, to the relief ot 
the rest. It also secures a full and complete 
eruption, and thus prevents the disease from 
attacking the internal organs. ThiB is said 
COMMON X’A.RSIL.ITiY 
They are evidently, 
September. If some of the roots be taken cftr n e st in my garden 
up early in November aud laid in a frame when favored by soil and season, very thrifty I 
or light cellar, the leaves will keep green a cl i n ,t, erai 
longtime. The remainder may be covered Like the wax, they are long-podded—very 
up with straw in the place where it grows. i 0Dg _and, under favorable circumstances 
If parsley seed be sown on frames in spring t j u ,y -vvoulcl perhaps win the sobriquet of 
or summer, it may lie preserved tor winter perpetual bearers. At present, the 10th of 
use without the trouble of removing it.” August, they have buds, blooms, young 
Henderson says tho practice near New ; jeans from half an inch to several inches in 
York is generally to cut off the tops close to length, some being ready for the table, while 
the ground the first week in September, and j j iave gathered and shelled a quantity very 
throw them away; then it is hoed, makes a lcceu tly. As I could hear no name for 
short, healthy growth, suitable for keeping them) \ callfi-d them “ Lombardy Beaus." 
well in winter, and is stowed away in nar- From j -\V. Bnioon I also purchased the 
row, shallow trenches, in the same manner 8Ced 0 f fRe Buena Vista Pea Bean, Small, 
*as celery is preserved, white, ver 
Buist says:—“ Keep it only from severe. sumi ner d 
frost; and it will grow the whole winter, ceedingly. 
to ripen In Its original position. Tho cutting up 
should bo done as soon as glazing commences. 
Tho oorn fodder Is worth fully half 08 much per 
aero as half a crop of ordinary hay. 
Mr. Slocum practiced husking his com In the 
barn. It gives the men a chance to busk while 
breakfast is preparing. The corn-cribs should 
have slats at the bottom as well 08 at the sldcB, 
as this gives a free circulation of air and pre¬ 
vents molding. Said It was important to grow 
and save all the oorn possible In the next two 
years, as. according to a prediction of Prof. 
Mouse, made in 1HM8 or 1829 at Falrport, lit tle or 
no corn will be grown In 1872, In consequence ot 
the ooldness of the season. 
Mr. QuiMitY commenced by saying that not 
one corn-crib in a hundred Is so constructed ns 
A recent writer says to afford protection from vermin. It should l>e 
placed on smooth posts or columns, capped with 
an Inverted tin pun, and the Bteps Into the crib 
detached from it. Corn-stalks were an import¬ 
ant feature With him in stock-feeding. Cut fine 
and mixed with shorts, they will be eaten up 
clean. Fed Ilia horses on them with good results. 
Coincided with the preceding spouker* as to the 
proper time of cutting up corn, nnd described 
his mode of doing it by the aid of a simple in¬ 
strument called a " Jack.” 1 f barn room Is lack¬ 
ing, tho stalks should bo stacked about two loads 
In each. 
II. O. Warner— The object of raising oorn Is 
for the pro 111, and tho Question ts which is the 
boat plan to secure this. Experiment had 
demonstrated that, corn cut up at tlio proper 
time waa better than that left untouched till 
killed by the frost. When thus killed, t.lio fod¬ 
der is not worth much. Old dairymen prefer 
such fodder for cows, as they give more milk 
and butter than when fed on hay. Unless frost 
la apprehended, do not cut loo early. 
Mr. Root thought a corn barn an essential 
feature in the management of the crop. His 
was a two-story oue—the hogs occupying the 
lower ono. 
Mr. Qcimbt objected to this, ns the effluvia 
from the pen would Injure the oorn and render 
It unfit for food. Had one of this character 
once, but discarded It for the reasons stated. 
Mr. Root said a tight bottom floor never had 
any such troubles as stated by Mr. Quxmuv. 
The subject was further discussed, and result¬ 
ed In u general concurrence of views In favor 
of cutting up and shocking corn as tho prefera¬ 
ble mode of harvesting. 
The Club decided to discuss the following 
The best prepa- 
cicntific anti 
in the English army in < 
orders, and is regarded as 
Efficacy of Onions, 
that wo arc troubled oltcn with severe 
coughs, tho result of colds of long standing, 
which may lead to consumption or prema¬ 
ture doatii. Hard coughs cause sleepless 
nights by constant irritation in the throat, 
and a strong effort to throw off offensive 
matter from the lungs. Tho remedy 1 pro¬ 
pose has been tried by me, ami recommend¬ 
ed by me with good result, which is to simply 
I like it ox- ' about three hundred and fifty foot-tons, 
.rnber. For That is to say, if all the pulses of a day and 
equal. I uight could be concent rated and wedded in- 
mentioned to one great throb, th&t throb would be 
xperiments. enough to throw a ton of iron one hundred 
A - b* and twenty feet into the air. And yet tho 
“ heart is never weary. 
Manv of us are tired after but feeble 
FROM A SOUTHERN GARDEN. 
No. li — Beans. 
Last year the Lima beans which are com¬ 
monly cultivated in my section, lost their 
reputation. They could not adapt them¬ 
selves to the season—first dry and then wet. 
They grew luxuriantly, blossomed profusely 
and cast the germ with the blossom. I tried 
a few of the Giant Wax. Though planted 
late, they bore in great quantity, until the 
frosts and the calves made a demolishing 
raid upon them. Fortunately, I had gath¬ 
ered a few pods, though they were so young 
that the beans withered very much. 1 had 
also, through the Rural, been induced to 
try the Banana Bean, sold by I. W. B. at 
West Macedon, N. Y. They likewise shed 
the young p.">d with the bloom, until late in 
the season, when they bore enough to furnish 
me with seed, besides some for ray friends. 
This year I Ixmglit some large Lima from 
James Vick. They were prodigiously fine. 
The ground drying before they came up, 1 
amused my friends by telling them that the 
from time to time—simply a vine, like a just begun to beat. It does this because 
morning glory or honeysuckle. upon each stroke of work there follows a 
The fruit, of course, set first at the lower period, a brief hut a real period, ot rest; be- 
end of the vine, and as the season advanced cause the next stroke which comes is but 
higher up, until now there is fruit that bids the natural sequence of that rest, and made 
fair to ripen at the top of the poles. There to match it; because, in fact, each beat is, 
it hung in beautiful clusters, easily accessi- in force, in scope, in character, in evory- 
ble, with no obstruction whatever, and no thing, the simple expression of the hearts 
fruit rotting under a swamp of vines where own energy and state. 
the sun could not touch it. This is all open -*♦* " 
to the light and heat of the sun and to tho USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC ITEMS. 
wind. The plant, in short, has a fair chance , . . 
given it to develop itself and it was ready Bleaching Ivory .-Tim following recipe for 
and glad to avail itself of the privilege. bleaching ivory is said to be very satisfac- 
If there Is a worm on the vines, he cannot tory:-The ivory, when cut into plates of 
hide away, but can easily be found and de- th^ proper thickness for keys is P^edtna 
stroyed- and the ground can be worked and flat, vessel, and a solut ion of cat bom 
the ^weeds kept down through the whole soda, in the proportion of ten ounces of soda 
*»o„g corn 8 The grower <0 two pounds of sod river water to esc 
is “ master of the situation," and he feels it, pound of ivory is poured over It^ This u 
and the pleasure and profit derived are there- allowed to remain for thirty-six or foity- 
by enhanced. The plants may he set in eight hours, after which die solution is to ta 
rowiufour feet apart, and thirty inches apart poured «•**"«* 
question at. Its noxt mooting 
ration of tho ground for whoat.; the boat variety 
for sowing, aud tho amount of sood per acre 
proper to bo sowed." 
N. Y. FRUIT GROWERS’ CLUB, 
Fall Planting «rHtrawberrle«.—WARREN GALE, 
Barton Landing, Vt., asked whether ho had bet¬ 
ter plant straw berries this fall or next spring. 
Mr, Fullek replied that he did not think Mr. 
Gale would gain anything by netting out straw¬ 
berry plants this fall, and he might mako a com¬ 
plete failure. Those who have plums on their 
own grounds may transplant them in the full 
with safety; but If they are to come from the 
nurseries, he advised planting In tho ppring. 
Tree InvIgnrntorH. — A correspondent asked 
about the “tree invlgorators," when Mr. Oava- 
NAOH answeredTho best invigoratore for fruit 
trees are to be found hi our barnyards, and not 
ly designed for the benefit ot the draft- 
* horses of citv street cars. The bit of the 
bridle or headstall is made hollow, and has 
attached to it a flexible tube connected with 
a tank carried in or on the vehicle. By 
pulling a string the water is caused to flow 
into the bit, and thence through a suitable 
orifice into the horse’s mouth. 
Herbs Tor Medicinal nnd Flavoring Purposes.-If 
these have not been gathered and cured no time 
should be lost In doing It. Herbs should be 
gathered when they are In full bloom and 
spread in the shade to dry; then pulverize by 
rubbing in the hands, and pack in papers. Every 
good housewife knows the value of such a re¬ 
source in culinary matters. 
