toil  and  Paris  our  famiors  pay  more  attention  to 
flue  and  blooded  stock.  Near  LexiiigUui  Mi'. 
Alexander  has  an  iminense  fann  and  has  blooded 
hormea.  Near  Pai'i.i  .Mr.  Bedford  lias  cattle  that 
ai'O  of  the  finest  blood,  their  sales  eveiy  fall 
attracting  enstomers  from  all  parts  of  the  world. 
Not  long  sinco  some  of  our  Kentucky  cattle  were 
exported  to  Europe.  We  export  now  instead  of 
import,  as  formerly.  —7ap  in  Tribune. 
eter,  by  carefully  cutting  out  all  the  affected 
■wood,  which  extended  to  the  heart.  The  ■wound 
healed  over,  and  the  tree  made  sound  growth 
after  that.  The  grape  knot  attacks  the  -vine 
usually  near  the  crown,  though,  sometimes  six 
or  eight  feet  above,  and  if  left  alone,  the  sap  is 
choked,  the  vine  above  tlie  knot  dies.  It  appears 
on  branches  an  inch  or  more  in  diameter,  and  on 
those  of  smaller  growtli,  down  to  that  of  a  single 
year's  production.  Last  spring  I  noticed  a  choice 
vine  that  kept  its  wikkI  green  to  the  middle  of 
June  withont  pushing  a  Imd,  and  finally  a  shoot 
burst  forth  near  the  root.  Examining  the  old 
stem,  1  saw  a  knot  forming  on  it  below  the  buds, 
ami  treating  it  as  I  did  my  plum  tree,  I  cured  it. 
and  obtained  a  vigorous  growth  from  buds 
above,  as  well  as  from  the  sprout  at  the  base, 
the  knot  wound  healing  over. 
But  this  cult*  Is  not  satisfactory  as  a  general 
principle,  whatever  may  bci  said  of  a  single  case. 
Usually,  befoie  discovered,  it  encircles  the  entire 
vine,  leaving  no  remedy  but  amputation,  and  I 
don't  Uke  hi  l^e  forced  into  the  *•  renewed  system  ” 
in  this  way !  What  say  you  ‘i  What  says  your 
man  of  “  daily  rural  life  i'"  The  sample  I  send 
was  cut  from  a  btaiich  that  fniiUd  wcU  last 
season  and  1  knew  not  tlmt  it  was  doomed  till  to¬ 
day,  when  I  found  it  diseased  from  near  the  root 
upward,  and  cut  the  siaallci'  bit  1  send  you  at  a 
distance  of  some  ten  feet  from  Uic  crown.  Is  it 
an  insect  1  Is  it  fungus  or  pninsitc  ?  Or  is  it, 
like  the  pear  blight,  chargeable  to— you  tell 
what?  Perhaps  I  should  add  that  this  graiie 
knot  is  no  rospocter  of  varieties.  The  tender 
and  the  hardy  arc  stricken  alike. — B.  Folsom. 
AUica,  A',  y. 
Tins  disease  is  far  from  being  a  new  one.  for 
specimens  identical  with  those  yon  send  have 
been  received  at  this  office  from  various  parts  of 
the  country,  during  the  past  five  or  six  years. 
But  we  neitlicr  know  the  cause  of  the  ilisease  or 
that  it  has  any  specific  uamo.  Like  the  black 
knot  on  the  plum  and  Worello  cherry,  it  appears 
to  Ik*  of  fungoid  origin,  sometimes  showing  itself 
on  the  young  shoots  but  more  frequently  on  the 
old  canes  or  main  stem.  This  disease  is  doubt¬ 
less  closely  allied  to  the  one  which  appeared  in 
the  vineyards  ol  Europe  several  years  ago  and 
was  supiiosod  to  be  one  form  or  stage  of  the 
(/idiiiro  TueJeeri.  Lime  and  sulphur  applied  to 
the  soil  would  doubtless  be  of  benefit  in  checking 
the  sjiread  of  this  disease. 
WORK,  WORK,  WORK! 
BWEET  AND  ACID  GRAPES, 
This  is  about  nil  a  great  many  can  talk  about, 
as  if  the  creator  intended  man  to  do  naught  but 
work.  Industiw  is  essential  to  success  in  life, 
but  the  mind  must  guide  the  liodily  work  or  a 
life-time  of  drudging  and  constant,  never-ceasing 
labor  will  not  amount  to  much.  Biaius  will  save 
tho  mnseles  very  much,  and  it  was  intended  the 
mind  should  nilo  and  save  the  body.  Religions 
people  have  a  gieat  faith  in  real,  hard  labor,  but 
there  is  notliing  said  by  any  wjiter  to  show  that 
those,  most  in  i  avor  uitli  Ood.  wore  such  wonder¬ 
ful  workers.  There  is  a  groat  antipathy  expressed 
toward  rich  men,  osiiociully  such  as  filled  their 
barns  and  gloried  in  their  wcnltli.  The  ones 
nearest  to  God's  liking  were  those  who  had  flocks 
and  herds,  the  attendance  on  which  was  not  hard 
work.  In  tho  new  Testament  this  eternal  yearn¬ 
ing  for  “laying  by  for  rainy  days"  is  often 
rebuked  and  the  Son  of  God  Buys  “take  no 
thought  fur  the  morrow,"  and  in  the  model 
prayer,  the  Lord  s  prayer  in  tho  biblo,  published 
ill  England  it  is,  “give  us  this  day  our  daily 
bread.”  Tliero  an*  many  more  cautions,  etc., 
against  laying  np  worldly  possessions,  but  putting 
on  one  side  religious  teachings,  tlie  common 
sense  given  to  mankind,  ought  to  show  that  the 
gi'eed  of  those  who  work  I  work  !  work  !  tlirough 
the  prime  of  llicir  lives  in  such  an  uiimiturul  way, 
crying  “  Come  on"  to  others,  must  be  tremend¬ 
ous  fools  for  tlieir  pains,  as  not  one  man  in  a 
thousand  ever  enjoys  his  hard-ear;iod  gains. 
Homo  are  puisonod  by  relatives  to  hasten  the 
getting  possession  of  theii'  wealth,  some  are 
murdered  by  straugiTs,  and  the  majoiity  of 
those  left,  know  full  well  it  is  tlieir  money  which 
conmiaads  tho  liomage  of  Uie  luiblic,  and  if  that 
were  gone  they  might  die  in  a  ditch. 
Who  arc  those  who  cry  “  work,  work,  work” 
by  day  and  by  night?  It  is  those  who  make  a 
great  talk  of  working  but  who  live  on  other 
people’s  work,  and  who  arc  Ixxlilytlic  very  laziest 
men  in  the  ivoikl ;  like  those  who  make  laws  to 
punish  dishonesty,  and  the  lawyer  and  judges 
w  10  udmirnstcr  or  pr<it<;nd  to  spply  tho  law,  who 
altogctlicr,  iawinakors  imd  lawgivers,  are  the 
most  conujil  and  most  outragoous  rogues  in  ex- 
istenoe;  for  it  is  known  not  only  to  all  the 
Ainerioan  pcojile  but  to  every  nation  in  Europe 
tiial  those  who  ai'o  elected  liy  the  people  to 
olfices  iu  the  Qovcnunoul  and  under  can  be 
bought  to  vote  for  the  highest  bidder,  and  New 
York  City,  to  wit.  see  how  those  who  work  are 
robbed  by  those  wlio  crj'  to  Uiem  to  •'  work  1 
work!  work!” 
Tnero  is  not  much  made  by  real  hard  work,  it 
is  the  seheming,  forecasting  man  who  makes 
money  and  those  who  possess  talent,  for  they 
can  make  it  by  other  ix-ople's  work.  Nature  is 
capricious,  at  least  it  looks  so  to  mortal  eyes,  for 
Olio  is  gifted  to  an  extraordinary  degree  and  for 
no  reason  which  can  be  discovered  by  man,  the 
parents  and  all  anoestiw  as  far  as  knoini  having 
exhibited  no  Riipurlor  abiUties ;  yet  tliei-e  will 
every  once  in  a  while  arise  from  a  mass  of 
kindred  all  Is'.low  mediocrity,  a  liriiliaiit  goiiius 
outshining  all  around,  even  in  the  learned  circles 
of  men  who  have  devoted  lifetimes  to  tlie  actpii- 
sition  of  knowledge,  and  it  is  useless  for  tlie 
sober,  slow-tliiiikiug  men  to  stato-that  no  man 
can  rise  to  ilLstinction  without  work,  work,  work, 
for  those  gifted  men  can  RCcompUsU  as  mucli  in 
one  year  as  some  of  them  can  in  fifty  years. 
Now  and  tlioii  these  meteor  kind  of  men  be¬ 
come  proud  of  their  distinguished  f  acid  ties  and 
ill  endeavoring  to  still  farther  attain  celebrity 
oversti'ain  t  he  mind,  and  a  wreck  and  death  at  the 
conunencement  of  life  ciikuch  ;  consequently,  it 
i.s  be.stto  steer  clear  of  oxti'omes  and  instead  of  so 
much  work,  work,  work,  have  some  play,  for 
“  all  work  and  no  play  makes  Jack  a  dull  boy," 
A  WonKiNQ  Pabmer. 
Bweetness  has  long  been  considered  the  char¬ 
acteristic  excellence  of  grapes,  and  the  phrase 
“sour  grapes”  has  passed  into  a  proverb  of 
worthlessness.  If  the  .sourness  originates  from 
immaturity  nothing  ean  be  more  luipalatalile,  for 
immaturity  always  implies  lack  of  saccharine 
properties.  A  green  sour  grape  jHissesses  few 
attractions  for  any  one.  Many  jieople,  however, 
prefer  grapes  winch  when  fully  ripe  have  an 
BUFFALO  BONES, 
A  FEW  years  ago,  none  but  the  very  tit-bits 
from  the  carcasses  of  these  monarchs  of  the 
American  plains  were  thought  worthy  of  the 
^lloririiWural 
THE  OLEANDER, 
Make  cuttings  six  inches  long  of  old  wood  and 
place  them  in  shallow  water  until  they  emit  roots, 
then  pot  them. 
An  Oleander  is  never  so  pretty  as  when  con¬ 
fined  to  a  single  stem;  therefore  rub  off  all  side 
shoots  as  tliey  appear,  reserving  only  a  fohaoeous 
top  sufficient  to  carry  on  its  growtli.  At  the  end 
of  the  second  year  we  shall  have  a  stem,  say  three 
feet  high,  perfectly  straight  and  dividing  at  its 
top  into  three  branches.  If  now  it  be  pei-mitted 
to  grow  unchecked  it  will  soon  display  tlie  loose, 
naked  habit  which  so  mars  the  beauty  of  the 
Oleander  as  a  house  plant,  vviiile  it  demands  a 
space  that  it  scarcely  merits.  Let  us  cut  off  these 
tlu'oe  branches  to  within  four  inches  of  the  main 
stem.  Each  branch  will  at  once  push  a  verticil 
of  throe  buds,  so  that  we  sliall  have  nine  branches 
instead  of  three,  nicse,  when  again  cut  back  a 
few  months  later,  will  again  tiifm-cate,  producing 
twenty-seven,  and  so  on  until  a  thick  ball  of  foli¬ 
age  is  iii'ovidcd  that,  with  its  clean,  elastic  stem 
and  double  rose-colored  flowers — produced  more 
profusely  for  this  course  of  manipulation — will 
prove  a  plant  more  attractive  titan  any  one  could 
suppose  w  ho  has  never  tried  this  form  of  Oleander 
cultivatiou..  Afterwords  we  have  only  to  cut  it 
back  season  after  season  as  it  transgresses  desir^ 
limits. 
Oleanders  are  so  far  from  squeamish  that  they 
will  suffer  the  rudest  tieatment  without  resent 
ment.  We  have  tw  o  plants  about  eight  feet  high 
BO  closely  aUke  that  we  never  have  m.stinguished 
one  from  the  other.  They  are  planted  out  in  the 
sui'ing,  taken  np  in  tho  late  fall  with  all  the  earth 
tiiat  readily  adlieres,  placed  in  the  oeUar  and  tlie 
hall  of  earth  and  roots  covered  wiOi  sand.  Thns 
while  they  are  suitable  for  sLitibberies,  as  single 
MANUFACTURE  OF  TEA  IN  THE  SOUTH, 
The  editor  of  the  Soil  of  tlie  South 
Orleans)  has  experimented  hi  the  manufacture 
of  tea  from  home  grown  plants,  and  so  great  has 
been  his  success  that  he  has  received  tlie  highest 
praise  from  good  judges  both  in  Engbsud  and 
America;  he  has  been  offered  one  dollar  and 
a-half  iKjr  pound  for  his  tea.  The  following  is 
the  process : 
Before  the  leaves  are  fully  matuied.  or  have 
become  tough  by  age,  they  are  gathered  from 
the  plants  and  placed  in  an  oven,  where  they  re¬ 
main  only  a  few  minutes,  or  until  they  are  par¬ 
tially  heated,  hut  not  dried ;  iu  this  wilted  state, 
they  are  taken  and  placed  uixm  the  table,  where 
they  ai'c  rolled  and  beaten  with  tJie  hand  until 
they  are  thoroughly  bruised ;  this  process  being 
kept  up  until  the  leaves  a.ssnme  rather  a  dark  aii- 
pearaiice.  At  this  stage  they  emit  a  delighttul 
odor,  and  have  a  decidedly  oily  feeling  :  this  Ki, 
no  doubt,  duo  to  tlie  lltPirt.  or  essential  oil,  that 
gives  to  the  tea  its  delightful  flavor,  and  which 
is  liberated  or  expressed  by  this  luaiiipulatiOii, 
It  is  then  placed  in  a  moderately  heatid  oven 
and  frequently  stirred,  until  it  is  thoroughly 
dried,  care  being  taken  so  that  it  may  not  be 
scorched  or  burneii  It  is  now  placed  in  boxes  or 
cans,  and  is  ready  for  use.  This  is  a  genuine 
black  tea,  resembhug  om-  imported  sorts,  only 
finer  and  better  flavored. 
HARD  TIMES  IN  KENTUCKY, 
We  aro  seeing  hard  times  in  Old  Kentucky. 
Our  farmers,  it  is  true,  have  raised  enormous 
crops  of  potatoes  and  com,  but  the  nioi-ket  is 
overmn  with  them,  and  jiotatoes  bring  only  36 
cents  a  bushel  and  corn  lO  cents.  The  rainy 
weather  injured  our  wheat,  so  that  there  is  not 
more  than  half  a  crop.  Tobacco  does  not  come  up 
to  the  standard,  although  it  is  better  than  we  ex¬ 
pected  it  would  be  during  the  Summer.  Our 
fruit  ci-np  was  a  fiorfcct  failure ;  small  fruit  was 
not  quite  so  bad.and  the  wild  was  quite  abundant. 
Our  crops  were  lato  maturing,  and  if  Jund  Provi¬ 
dence  had  not  given  us  so  lato  a  fall,  we  could 
not  have  housed  our  com  in  time  to  save  it. 
Plenty  of  corn  makes  fat  cattle  and  fine  beef,  as 
also,  I  am  ashamed  to  say,  fine  whislcy,  for  which 
our  State  is  already  too  woU  noted.  Around 
Cynthlana,  in  Harrison  County,  and  Paris  in 
Bombon  County,  distilleries  are  very  numerous ; 
in  fact,  in  driving  through  tliis  splendid  Blue 
Grass  region,  one  can  sometimes  count  three  or 
four  distilleries  at  one  sight  that  are  world-re- 
noAVned  for  theii'  firie  wliiskies.  Around  Lexing- 
lavvu  specimens,  or  iu  bordei'a  of  whatever 
Bcription,  displaying  anjwhere  niaiked  distinct¬ 
ness  of  aspect,  tliev  aie  really  of  no  trouble 
whatever.  If  it  is  preferred  to  pot  them  for  the 
conservatory  oi  sitting-room  it  is  well  to  know 
that  the  roots  may  ho  co-owded  into  the  smallest 
pot  that  Avill  iviceive  them,  working  in  as  much 
soil  as  possible  and  supplying  plenty  of  water. 
Oleanders  are  quite  hardy.  We  once  exposed 
a  plant  to  20  degi-ees  for  thii'ty  minutes  without 
injury  except  to  the  leaves.  We  remember  a  tree 
in  Savannah,  Ga.^  twenty  feet  high,  glowing  in  a 
court-yard,  and  it  may  be  that  they  are  hardy 
fiu'ther  Noith. 
If  a  unanimity  of  veracious  authors  did  not  so 
pronounce,  we  should  doubt  that  tliey  (the  A'e- 
rium  oleander  species  at  least)  were  ^cessiA'ely 
poisonous,  from  tlie  careless  maimer  in  which  we 
nave  pruned  and  handled  our  omi  specimens  for 
ten  veai'B  without  conaclous  injiny. 
The  accompaidng  little  cut  appeared  in  the 
London  Journal  of  Horticulture  last  October. 
E.  S.  Carman. 
AN  ENEMY  HATH  DONE  THIS, 
Fktend  Moore,  I  send  you  by  this  mail,  a 
sample  of  the  work  of  a  new  enemy  on  the  grape 
vine.  I  say  new,  because  I  bave  never  seen  it 
treated  of  in  books,  or  by  any  wiiter  in  the 
agricultural  or  horticultui  al  papei's,  nor  learned 
that  any  giajir-  giower  has  noticed  it.  It  first 
met  my  iihsirAatiun  on  iny  own  gremnds  some 
four  or  five  years  jigo  :  and.  at  first,  I  supposed 
it  might  result  from  attacks  of  .mme  insect  at 
the  root.  But,  finding  the  roots  apparently 
healthy,  I  am  in  the  dark  as  to  its  cause,  and 
fail  to  find  a  preventive.  It  somewhat  resembles 
the  black  knot  on  the  plum.  Is  the  disease  iden¬ 
tical  with  the  plum  knot?  Or— MTiat  is  it  ? 
I  once  saved  a  choice  plum  tree  from  attack 
of  knot  on  the  body,  when  near  an  inch  in  diam- 
So  soon  as  hogs  cease  to  fatten  they  should  be 
killed. 
