Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 20, 1875, Page 4

Lie ya 4 THE LAND OF THE GREASERS. Arizona and New Mexico as Seen by an Explorer, Tecturo of an Attache of the Wheoler Expedition, Tho Gila, the Canons of the Colorado, and Sierra, Blanca. Tho Peaceful Pueblos and the Sanguinary Apaches, Special Correspondence of The Chieasa Tribune, Wirxeapanne, Pa., March 16.—Dr. J. D. Roth- rock, a resident of this city, and a mombor of tho Wheoler Expedition, lately gave a lecture horo atthe request of many Jonding citizens. Dr. Rothrock is an able man, ® clono observar, enthusinstic and ontorprising im his chosen pro~ fossion of eclontifio research, aud has hold sev- eral important positions undor the Government, Ho was PBotanist and Acting Assistant Surgeon in the Wheeler Expodition, and returned in Do- comber last wilh a very fine collection of botan- ical speclmens, which were forwarded to Wash- ington. Ho is now ongaged ina detailed report of tho botany of tho Bouthwostorn Territories, and isto return with au expedition at au early date. Tho following is av incompieto report of the locturo, the subject being ANIZONA AND NEW MEXICO, Of our country wost of the 100th meridinn nothing was accurately known prior to the timo of Fremont in 1842. It is truothat, in 1807, Pike headed an oxpedition into our southvwostern boundaries, then limited by tho Arkaneos. By milatake ho croasad tuo Ito Grando near ita hoad- waters, and with bis command was. takon pria- oner by tho Mexicans. Hla recorda were cap- ‘tured and taken to tho City of Mexico, whore thoy possibly remain in some obacuro corner to this day. From 1832lo 1836, Capt. Bonnarillo added Inrgoly to our kuowledgo of tho public do- malin, Ho was absent so long that his nome wea dropped from the rollaof the army, A born ox- plorer, ho hag foundin tho facilo pou of our most charming historian, Irving, 9 blographor worthy to commemorate his oxploits. But Fre- mont, for hardibood and tonacity of purpose, for o clear perception of tho work to bo done, for an enthusiasm which graspod all facta in rbatovor department of knowledge, stands confesaedly ot the hoad of our Jater oxplorora, Since his time, adventurous prospectors, in companios of thras or four, with oach a donkey to pick bedding, provisions, and mining-tools, haye penetrated to almost every mountain fast- nesa of our territory. Arrested by no danger, they haye, in great monsuro, made known tho nifvor lodew, the gold loads, and tho placer dig~ sins. Dut this isnot snough; before invitlog thither tho immigration of the world, itis do- sirable to know JOST WHAT WE HAVE TO OFTTI. It is now demanded of those oxplorations that they locate accurately important points by re- ported astronomical obeorvations ; take reliablo observations on magnetic variations, general and ocat, to avold subsequent litigation oyor claima; _ map tho couruo of avery etronm, and ostimate -nnd bring famine to tho inhabitants. Vand mor its yolumo of water, with reference to wants of agriculture in » region whero irrigation is absotntely onsontial; tocato correctly mountain chains and = porks; measure thoir altitudes, and find practicable and direct routes through tholr intricacies. Tho geologist reports upon the wealth of minos, collects thoir etaliatica, discovers tho proper pointy for muk- jog artesian wells, and defines tho limita of tho coal-beda. Tua Beolopin must furnish Hate of all animals and detail their bapits. To illustrate tho utility of this, it ia o fact that sclonce how within a fow years paved milllons of dollars to tho itussian Government by finding the ermall areas in which the grasshoppors deposit their eggs, and destroying thom before tho brood can svarm out, ovorrun the land, destroy tho crops, A moro Niboral policy may oro long mako this fonsiblo on tho plaine of Kansas and Nebraska. It is for tho botanist to give the kinds, quality, and quantity of timber, and tha forage- grassos. ‘Lo indicato tho ugricuitural resources; to report upon the proba- ble incroasa in agricultusal area under the ¢nfluences of treo-culture and Irrigation, Asan illuctration of the importanco of this, i may be sald that tho waters of Groat Salt Luke ufand 18 feet higher than at tho advent of the Blor- mong, antl that, st 6 point whero there was onl: water for twolvo familica, 8 population of 1,50 souls iinds enough to most all its wants. All theuo resuits ure duc to decreasing tho areas of evaporation by increaving thoso of cultivation, Ours is the only Governinent that horotofore could afford to negloct its forests; but under tho present ratos of decreaso our pine woods will Lavo boon exhausted insido of oighteen rears. Count Von Moltke, Ficld-Marshal and hier of Stall of tho Prussian army, haa paid a high compliment to tho work: as now being car- ried onin the United States by the War Do- partment, STAUT OF THE WHEELEI EXPEDITION, Ta Juno, 1874, our umall division utarted from Santo ke, Now Moxico, for 8 polnton the Sonora, line, a little eant of Tucson, Arizona, about 450 milieu from our starting-point in a south-south- west direction, As ouo approaches the Volley of tho Gila the sceuery is so “utrikingly unlike any other on tho conti. nout that its affect is positively painful. ‘Tho surface ty rivon and intoniocted in evory direction by canons sui gulches. Ssndy bills, with not asinglo familiar form of plant-life, thrust thor desolate outlines overywhore bo- tiroon yon and the sky. Immeuea ‘tracta coy- ered with water-washod rocks and the general debris from the country ocenpy the lower ground, only serving to complete the scons of utter wreck ond ruin, Wbroughout nino months tho subtropical sun glares down upon tho dosolate surface, untit surcharged with beut the soil radiates it baok, giving the air & transparency tiuged with roilected roduess from tho sand that ia actually unearthly. Av day after day tho journoy londs over this ehoorleas waste, the morning ‘light only brings back an miawelcome vision of this ghostly atmosphore, forvid onough to bo seen rising in wavou, Think of tho thermomoter nevor yoiny below 112 do- rees for woeks ata timo; yet, when irrigation is resorted to, the soll produces good crops of barloy, corn, and melona, In former timus, THE VALERY OF THE GILA was tho sent of a large keml-civilization, On the Dlutta avorlaokite 0 river remaluy of adobo and oven stone buildings testify to the number of thriving towne onco occupyiug tho valloy, It is more than probable that tho first march of the Spaniards into the country weakonod thexo wat- tlod tribes and left them ppen to inroads from the rostlees Apachos that still swarm about tho some region, Au early ne 1540 Coronndo loft theCity offMex- feo with a small army, aud, after wandering for years through tho desert rogions of the Sonth- west, through the canons aud mountaina of Colo~ rado, and over tho plains of Kansas, reached the progent gite of ory Leavenworth, on tho hin. court Tuver, The expudition returned vis tho northwestern portion of Texusto the prosont site of Santa Ve, and thonce to Mexico. Poot at this Journey, from my presont knowledge oftho country, I must regard {t wa ono of the most re- markable marches on record, ‘The dominant idea was conquest and plunder, but, as usual at that time,thocommandoryapperlod to the massou ugh the clergy aud made roligion ono of tho outonrible objecta. ‘The trail was marked by Diood and tire, the advent of the troops boing slurply a ropotition of the atrocities whlch evorvs whore on this continout has Unked the Spanlats name with infamy, ‘The Gila ina Lnholary of tho Colorado, but ite canons Bre smi y eomparivon wwith th through which ae ee THE COLORADO flows to tho ocosu, When itr are told that the latter river bas for miles of {ta lougth worn out achanuel 6,000 fect doop in wolia rock, you can comprobeud neither the depth of that chasm nor the Immenuity of she forces that, acting through iutnite tue, have produced jt, You have no starting point of comparivon for the image vou would formin your mind. You aust stand on the brink of the Brecipice and look down through a vista darkening as it decpons, uutil the rooky promiueticos f.de away into the smooth surfaces of bisckoeas, and the great river flowing ot the oltpm becomes a mere line of silyer, the brightor from tho immouse,loom (hat bems it in on ether aide, Oryon must from the bottom look up sloug the ledges indistinctly sou, along cliffs gooutly in the whade,—but sach a utudy infinite Aa graudonr,—aud seo the Ught beconilng more trong af it uears the surface, reveal- og to you with wturiling clearness the rents, tho gece and the aiclisa in the preat wall, THE CHICAGO TRIBUN. SATURDAY, MARCH 20, Nothing short of sight or inspiration can impress upon you tho fnll force of such strange sur- roundings. Accliffs thousand foot high, with flood of light iituminating ita whole face, givos birth to emotions too grand for utterance, and one can only sit In silonce and admiro the de- tails, But those canons, so fall of horri- ble blackness, yet too cutrancing to turn away from,—Who can picture thom! No canvas can ombraco their {mprossive festurea; no pencit from the snn ean transfor their gloomy outlines to the sonaitive papar: avy sketch muet fail to make thoir wolrd shapes realasthoreality. But stand in thoir shactow, give yourself to the powers of tho econo, and forget if youcan the feclings produced. What- evar olac may be obliterated ly timo, that view will bo ongravod forover on tho tablets of tho mind. Whatever olse may fai] to improsa you, that vision of the Black Canon will, 88 long 26 you Itve, come looming wp out of the past, araln and again, in aj] itafdotsils, Oblivion may clond other scenes, but tavmory wilt keep this ono cloar ctornally. WARDEN BPO? OF ARIZONA, Thero is slong the Sonora line ® country strongly contrasting with the Valley of the Gila, It 1s fortile, woll waterod, and, with an abundance ofgrass and timbor, ia tho garden spot of Arizona, ‘This valloy posscasoa all the requialtea for supporting an immense population. In fact, itdidsoin no distant past, Givo reasonable bones of a pormanont peaco, and immigration will Sock into it. Valuablo mines of ailvor, cop- por, and gold exist in tho adjacent mountains, and if worked wonld make abundant market for tho produce of tho valley, Further north, along tho Valloy of tho T.ittfo Colorado, thoro is a strip of land 100 milos wido from north to nouth, and av much from east to west, with a diversi- fied wurfaco, bere lovol, there billy, and ageln towering toa peak 12.000 fent abovo tho sca levol. It has good pasture, imagnificont forests of oak and pine, and abundance of wator, Much of it can ba mado avallablo for aprieiittoral pnrpores, and 2till more for grazing. In almost any part of Arizona or Now Mexico where water can be had in quanti- ties sufiiciont for irrigation, crops can be raised. The batrevness is due not so much to want of plant fool in the roil as to drought ;-indeed, in mony places the soll is rich iu tho clomenta of fertility. I havo etood on thosummita of the Penk Mountains, in Southoagtern Alaska, in inidwin- tor, and looked off ona landscape of awful im- pressivonoas, whore sll the clomenta of tho grand and sublime in nature appearcd to havo concentrated themeslves in the forests, moun- tains, and otornal snows about me; Ihave em- braced fn ono viow from tho summit of Mount Evans, in Colorado, iifty of the highest p oake of the Rocky Mountains, and taken in thelr world of miagnificout cliffs, eanons, and torrente ; but T havo nover econ sucha combination of plains, forests, aud mountains as from THE SUMMIT OF SIERRA DLANCA in Arizona, Tho human mind, joalous of its supremacy, in wearied by the couetant oxhtbition of facca 0 muck bevoud. ita conception, aud at last roguils absolutely from further contempla- tion of objects that continually romind it of {is own insignificance. Honco, after a while, the positive ruggedness and grandour of itomanse monutain-chains becomes wearisome, and, lator still, actually repulsive, A blonding of loss aus- tority and moro of tho softer hnes bocomos roothing to hia wounded vanity, and man then lingers over such 8 econo a8 wis sprend out to viow from the summit of Sierra Blanca with ten- doernesg. Hore, too, were mountains 12,000 feot high, and imposmg enongh to ll tho soul with an overwholming sense of itn presence ;-but betwoen them Jay spread out in that cleat, dolicious sunshine, miles of grassy plains inal! the glory thats woalth of sutumu coloring cold givo thom. Volts of sombro- colored pines contrasted, yet harmonized, with belts of goldon-tinted cottonwoods, sud tho whole viow improssed itaolf on the beholder as tho one perfect, finishod part of earth. - Acivilization probably alder thau ours still lingera on m portions of New Moxico and Arizona. It is doomed to extinction, and thatin no distant future. Tho war of races, of oppos- ing lines of thought and modon of action, tho contest botweon % woak raeo contont to do aa ita isthora did, and a power intolorant of roposo and thirating after invovations, will soon leave ‘us nothing but tho history of . TUE PEACEFUL PUENLG INDIANS. This may .bo just and in conformity with the universal progroas to which humanity geema pledged, but it is nono tha less a source of rogret for all that. Just in time to praveat onr knowleage of these Aztec races from pusalug ont of tho domain of roliable history aud into that of tradition, tho Government hus inter. posed witha helping hand, and wo uow have thelr languages, thoir traditions, and can yet study their primitive habits. Whilo thay woro foarfully decimated under Spanish rule, their modos of fifo do not appear to bave beon sonsibly chauged. Though efforts as heroic, aa nelf-sacrificiug, were mado by tho carly Jesuits, Nomo never succeeded in converting thom to her faith, and was content to ongraft a fow of her forma of worship ou tho provailing roligion of tho Montezumas. ‘There aro Bald to be good ethnological rossona for rogarding thos Puoblo Indians na the blood relatives of the Apschos that roam about thom, Mr. Bancroft, in 9 most painstaking work that ig hurdly yet dry from tho press, asserts most posi- tively that thoy aro partially-reclaimed Apachos, To my mind such # conception in sony ‘an itn. possible ono, Tho ono feature of Apache char- acter which appesrs to nnderlio and permento all othera is cold-blooded, relentloes cruelty, I could name so many instances whore it won evinced with no motivo, that 1 am compelled to regard it ns inatiuctivo, Juat ag marked on tho othor hand is the con- trastiog featuro of tho Puoblos. ‘hore Is auhouest frankness combined with an ozpres- sion of gentleness that at once strikes all ol ecrvors, aud a closer acquaintanco only sorves to confirm tho frat impression. Heuldos there dif- fereuces of physiognomy, the Puoblo traditions all point directly totho character wo know ag Montezuma, and they oven locate his birthpiace in Now Mexico, Montezuma is not the real name of thia personage; his Aztec appellation is the pasuword to thoir seoret fratornity, and as such is to this day zealously guarded. CONTRANT OF THE APACHES AND PUETLOH, BofarasIam aware, tho Apaches have no traditions that in any way associate them with Mexico, eave in the light of encmics. In fur- ther confirmation of my viow, allow Mr. Bancroft himself to doscriba the two racca: ‘The Apachea aro elim, ill-developed, but ver Re, ‘Thee height inf feet dinchies Co es ; eat tt " Fepulaive, omotiouleas, Hat, and approaching thy Alon go n caat, whilo the bead fs’ covered with au unkempt anage of coarse, shocky, ruaty-Viack halr, uot unlike ‘rial ‘The women ora nut Lebind the men in ugli- ness, and a pleasing face {au rarity, ‘Tho Puoblos and Moguis villagers are a race of small people, tho men averaging about 5 fect in height, with small hands and feet, well-cut foatures, bright oyos, anda yonerally pleaslug expression of countenaice, ‘Choir hair in duck, softand of @ fine texture, and thelr akin aclear stiads of brown. ‘The women’ ecl- dom exceed 4 fect ia height, with Sgure rotund, but a taceful curringe, aud a face full, with pretty, intelli~ went features and good teoth, Those sro Mr. Bancroft'a descriptions, which are accurate, and I ask whether races so difforont in instinct, tradition, modos of lifo, and goneral appearance, cau in justice bo ro- garded au belonging to the samo family. Lan- Gitege alono is the clement considered by those who think these tribes tho same. Thoro aro, howover, other elamonts in the problem quite aa Taxpar lang in dociding betwoon tribal afluitres, and thoy aro the ones that cau palpbe gained by pemoual acqualutance with the tribos. How far ack into tho past THR CIVILIZATION O¥ THE PUEBLOS 008, wo havo ut prevent no moans of determin- ing. Tuo older mombors of tho tribo atill cling fondly to the dolusiou that Montezuma will again roturn to hia poopto and restore to them the lost Riorios of his ancient Emplre, but they will tell ou that the younger mombera of tho tribo bave lost thoir faith in the long-clierished hopo ; that they nolongor stand with faces to tho east to welcomo the rising sun, trusting that inthe In- creasing Glory of the now day their lost ruler will visibly appear to govern and open up for his pooplo & fresh path of glory. ‘I'nere is some- what of a molaucholy tuge inthe thought that tho contrul idea which has ¢hus far unitied thevo peoplo and been producilye of so much good should passing oway with nothing to take its placo, At present numborlous ruins ecattored over tho country attest how wido-sproad their civilization was, We find thom in all stages of decay,—from the micra outlines of their homes, with frag = ments of broken fottery, up to houses atlil btanding, and only jesorted within the memory of man, thus making complote tho vonnection between the ancient Aztecs and the prosent Pueblos, One markod foature distiuguluhes this people from tho roving tribes about them, They have tixed abodes, cultivate the coll, thomon doing the farm work and the womou that of tho housdbold, while the bove attend tho hords aud du such lighter work as thoir ages will allow ; but no ond is idle. In many places thoy lave cou- atractod ditches miles long to bring tho water to thelr farms for irrigating purposes. Iudustrious, frugal, and virtuous, thoy have abundance, au are -content. ‘heir houses, which aro built of adobes, or san-driod brick, rise three stories high, The eutranco is from above, by means of a ladder—s custom adopted for protection from attacks of the Apaches. Tho uagte is a sacrod bird with theso'Indiaus, and scores of thom ee bo seen perched on tho-housstops lazily ps ing their foathers or cating meat from the ude of the boys, a prosont these are about thirty villoges re 4) | ; maining, Sevcrat particularly thrifty nettlomonts ato found in tho valley of tho Rio Grande. END Of EXPLORATION PROPER. Exploration proper in North Amories {8 com- Into, So faran pathtinders aro concomed we fave ‘probably seen the fant of tho line oxtond- ing from Coronado, DeSoto, Marquette, Ladallo, Champlain, Breboof, Escalanto, Lewis and Otark Mackenzie, ta men still living, Fromont snd Powell, Tho opportunities which developed there charactors havo passed away. ‘The lecturer then paid a glowing tribute to these hereon, of their fron wills, their moral courage, self-rollanco and nolf-sacrifico, and tholr glorioun achiovements in tho interests of human- ity, and closed as follows: ‘Thoy wero horocs ovorsywhers. Burdoned with anzioty for the onfety of the partios committed to their caro, alwayain poril from savage natures and till more savage mon, often without food, froquontly with starvation’ staring them in tho faco, and doa and dying companions around thom, they still porsovered, ‘Thoy. wore mon cast in the ald heroic mold. To ma tha ground thoy tro upon is eacred voll. ‘To-day we havo helts of civilization betweon botts of mnoccupied territory, and, in tho service of humanity, it is the task of such mon as Wheoler to oarn tho na- tlon's support and gratitude in mapping our broad domain, in revealing to us and the world the goodness of our heritage, FG J. HOW HAM WAS OURED, ‘This wan in slavo times. It was also imme- dintoly after dinnor, and tho genticmon bad gone to the east plazza. Afr. Smith was walking back aud forth, tulking somowhat oxeitedly for him, whilo "Dr. Rutherford eat with his feat on tho railing, thoughtfully executing the sentimental performance of outting his nalls. Dr. Ruther- ford was an old friend of Mr, Smith who had Ucon studying surgory in Philadelphis, and now, on his way back to South Carolina, had tarried to mako us a visit, “You seo," Mr. Smith was saying, about » weok ago one of our old nogroes dicd undur tho impression that be was ‘tricked’ or bewitched, and the consequence hes been that the entire plantation is demoralized. You novor saw any- thing like it.” “Many time," sald Dr. Rutherford, aud calmly cut his naita, “'Phore is nob a nogro on the place,” contin- nod Extward, “who docs not lio down at night in terror of the Evil Eyo, and go to his work in the morning paralyzed by dread of what tho day may bring. Why, thera is & perfect panic among them, Thoy aro falling about like a sot of ten- pins. This morning Leont for Wash (best hand on tho place) to sve about setting out tobacco- plants, aud behofd Wash curled up undor a hay- stack getting roady to dio. It's enough to— 80, ad soon a6 you camo this morning, s plan entored my head for putting a atop to the thing. It will be neccssary to acknowledge that two or throo of thom are undor tho spoll, and 1b is bot- tor to soloct thos who really fancy thomselvos so, Rosalio!” I appoared at the window. ‘Ara any of tho house-eervants 'witched 2” * Morey ia,” said I, and I presume Mammy is polug to be. I saw her make a curtsey to tho lack cat this morning.” “Woil, what ia your plan?” inquired Dr. Rutherford. Mr, Smith soated himnelf on the piazza railing, angling his fect theraagninst, rounding bla shouldera in the moat attractive and engaging manner, s8 you soe mon do, and prococded to de- volop hia idea. I was called off at the momiont, and did vot rotnra for an nour ortwo, Ast did sol heard Dr, Itutherford say, * Allright! Blow tho horn ;" and the ovorsecr down in tho yard. ilow np Dlart as loud and abril As the wild-boar heard on Teinple Will— an event thivh at this unusual hour of the day produced perfect constornation among the al- ready excited negroos. Thoy no doubt mipnoned ittho musical oxerciuo set apart for the por- formancs of the angel Gabriol on tho day of jndgmont, and in foag than ten minutes ali with- out oxception had como pell-moll, lieiter-ukeltor, runuing to “tho houge.” ‘The dairymald loft herchurn, and the bhousemaid put down her broom; tho plows stood atill, and whon the horses turned their heads to neo what wae tho matter thoy found they had no driver; sho also who was cooking for the hands ‘fled from tho ath of duty" (no Casabiauca nonsense for her !), caving the “middling” to sputtor nto blackness and the corn-pones toshare ita fate. Mothors heal gathorod up thelr childven of both sexca, and grouped them in little terrified companies about tho yard ad around the plazza-atops, Edward was uow among thom, endeayoring to subdue tho excitement, und, having to somo ox- tent succoedod, he madea signal to Dr. Ruther- ford, who camo forward to address the negroos, ‘Throwing his shoulders back and looking aronod. with dignity, he oxclaimod, ‘I am tho groat Dr. Rutherford, the witch-doctor of Hoston! I was for away In tho North, hundreds of milos from hore, and I saw a spot on the sun, and it looked Ike the Evil Eye! And I found it was a arent black smoke. Thon I know that witch- Hires wore burning in the monntains, and witches were daucing in tho valloya; sad tho light of tho hye wasrod! 1 am the great Dr. Nuthorford, the witch-doctor of Boston! I called my binck cat up and told her to smell for blood, and she smelled, sud sho smolled, aud sho smelled! She emolied, and sho smolled, and she emelled! And prosently ber bair stood up fike bratles, aud her oyes ‘shot out sparks of fire, and her tail was ss stiff asiron!” Ho throw his shoulders back, looked imposingly around, and ropoated: ‘I am tho grant Dr, Mutherford, the witch-doctor of Boston! My black cat telismo that tho witch Is hero—that. she has bung the doadly nightshado at your cabin-doors, sud your blood is turning to water. You are beginning to withor Git ‘ou ubiver in thosnushine; you don't wantto oat; your hearts aro hoayy and you don't fool ike work; and whon you como from tho flold you don't take down the banjo and pat and shufilo and dance, but you sit down in the corner with your heads on your hnnde, and would go to eleop, but you know that aw soon ax you ehut your eyes ahe will cast hers on you through tho chinks in the cabln-wall,” “Dat'sinol” anid Morcy—" dat certuy is mo |" “Grot day indo mornin’, maa’ witch-doctor ! How you know? Ys sow beon tricked 2” ine quired Martha, who, having boon reared on the plautatton, wee unacqualoted with the etiquette observed at locturas., + Wash groaned heavily, and shook his head from sido to side in wilent commendation of the doctor's lore. “My black eat tolla me that tho witch is here ; and sho is here!” (Immenso sonsation among the children of Ham.) “But,” continued he with o mojeatio wave of the arm, "she can do you no harm, for I aiso am here, tho groat Dr, Juutherford, the witch-doctor of Boston!” “Doctor.” inquired Edward ins loud yoico, “ean you tell who ts conjured and who ie not 2” “T cannot tell unlosa robod in the blandish- montis of plagiariem and tho satellites of hyglonio art as expunged by, the gyrations of uobuiar hypothesis. Await yo!” He and Mr, Smith wont into tha houso. ‘Tho negroos woro very much impressed, Thoy havo excovsive reverence for grandiloquent lan gtiage, and the less they understand of it tho better they like it. “What dat hossy, honoy ?" asked old Mammy. “1 onn't hoer like f used ter." “He eaysho will be back soon, Mammy, aod toll if auy of you are tricked,” sald 1; and just thon Mdward and the Doctor reappeared, boarlug botwoon them s pine table, On this table wo: arranged atout forty little pyramide of whitial looking powder, and in their midst stood a bottle containing Home clear Iquid, lke water, Dr, Rutherford seated himaeit bohind it, robed in the black gown he had used in the dissecting- zoom, ant! crowned by a conical hoad-nieco about 2 feet Ingh, manufactured by Kdwi and him. golf, and’ Which thoy bad completed by placin; on the pinhead, thoreof a human skulle ‘Tho effect of this plcturesquoe costume waa heightoned by two large red circles around tho Doctor's cyou—whother Gbtained from tho Juleo of the pokeberry or the inkstand on Ed- ward's dosk need not be determined. In front of the table stood tho negroes, men, women, and children, Thoro was the preacher, deckod in the clorical ivory of a standing collar and white cravat, but, perhaps in deference to tho day of tho woek, thes wore modified by tho secular apparel of a yollow cotton shirt sud homespun pantatoons attachod to » pair of old *gatlusos,” which had boon mended with twine, and pieced with tosther, and leogthoned with string, till, if avy of the original remained, nono could tell the color thereof nor what they had been in tho day of their youth. The effoct was not harmonious ‘There was Mammy, with bor Jow wrinkled forehond and white turban, aud toothless yume, and sidn of sbiolug blackness, which teutitied that her material wants were not noglocted. ‘There was Wagh, a Brest, stalwart negro, who ordinarily ecamod able to cope with any ton men you might mect, now looking so subdued and dis- pirited, aud of acomploxicm so asby, that hereally Sppoared old, sud shrunken, and wosk. Thero was Willlam Wirt, the plow-boy, affected by a chronic grin which not even the solemnity of this occasion could dlasipate, but the character of which seemed sheneed by the awo-atruck oyas that rolled abovo tho heavy red lips and buge white tooth. These was Apollo—in aocist and domestle circles known as 'Poller—there was pollo, his lair stanlivg avout Lis head im black tufts or horns wrapped with cotton cord to mako } it grow, one brawny black shoulder protruding fram a rent in his yoliow cotton shirt, hte panta- loons banging looscly around bis hipa, and bags ging around that wonderful foot which did not Buggest his name, untess his sponsors in baptinar woro of savory natiricalturn. Thora wero Martha, and Susan, atid Minerva, and Cinderella, and Chase terflold, and Pitt, and a great many othor grown onas, bosides a crowd of childron, tho smallost among the inttor being clad in tho dishabille of asingio garmont, which roached, perhaps, to tho Kons, but had littlo to boast in tho way of lati- ude, ‘There thoy all stood in littto groups about tho yard, looking with swe and reveronco at tho groat Dr, Rutherford, who eat behind the table with bis black gown and frightful eyes and ekull- crowned cap, “You seo these little heaps of powdor and this bottle of wator, You will come forward ou at o timo and pour a few drops of tho wator in thia bottle on one of thoro littic heaps of powder. If tho powdor turoa black, tho person who pours on the wator fe 'witched. If tho powder remains white, the person who pours on the wator is not ‘witched, Xow may all oxamine tho powders aud soo for yourscivos whether thore is any diffor- enco between thom, and you will each pour from the same bottle.” During a silonco so intonso that nothing was heard save tho hum of two great " bumbloboes” that darted in and out among tho trees and flaw aterratic angles above our Lends, tho negroes came forward and stretched their nooks over each other's shoulders, pooring curlously at tho little mounds of powdor tbat Iay bofore them, at tho innocont-looking battle that stood in their midst, and tho groat High Priest who nat Dobiud. ‘Chey strotched their necks over oach othor'’s shoulders, and each endeavored to pts his noighbor the front; but those in front, with due roverenco for tho uncanny nature of tho table, were detormined not to be foreed too near it, aud the result was & quict struggle, a ailont wrostlo, an wudertoue of wriggly, that waa itromatibly funny, ‘Then arowe tho great High Priest: ‘ Range ye! Not knowing tha naturo of this order, tho nogroes acatterod instanter and then collected on masuo around Mr. Smith. “Rango yo! range!” repeated the doctor with dignity, and Edward proceeded to arrange thom in a long, straggling row, urging upon thom that thera was no cause for alarm, as, oven should y of them provo 'witchad, tho doctor nad rms with bim by which to cast off tho spoll. “Como, Martha,” said Edward; but Martha was dismayed, aud, giving har noighbor a hauy shove, oxclaimad ; “You go fus', preacher.” Unclo Humphrey disengaged hia clbow with an augry hitch ; “Idon't keor if Lia; go ‘long On0'f."” 2 “Well, do Lora kaows I'm ‘foerd to go,” said Martha; “but of I not up for preachin’, 'peors to mo woulda’ be 'feord to wna mitehos uor yosea, nor nuflin' cleo.” “I don’t preach no time but Sundays, an’ dis ain't Sunday,” ssid Unclo Humphroy. “Hy, olggor !" exclaimod Martha in despera- tion, *1a you grine to go back onde Lord cos "taiu't Sunday? How come you don’t trus’ on Him weok-a-days ?” “J dues trus' on Him fur as enny eeoso in do- in’ uvit; butof1go to cony my foolishness, fas’ thing I know do Lord gwine lenve mo to take keor uy myve'f, proachor or no proachor—samo as of Ile waa toruay, ‘Dat’s all slight, cap'n ef you gwine to boss dis job, bos it;" an den whar bo? Mas' Nod tole you togo; go on, sn! lomme 'lono.” “Unclo Humphrey,” said Edward, ‘‘thoro is uothisg whatever to bo afrald of, and you must aot the reat anexamnple. Como!" Unele Humptiroy. cboyed, but as ho did so hoe turned hia head and rolled—or, as tho nogroca say, walled—his oyos at Mattha Ina maunor which convinced bor, whatover hor doubts in other matters portaining to theology, that there is such a thing as future punishment. Tho old fellow odvouced, and andor direction of the Rroat High Priost poured some of the contents of the bottle on tho puwder indicated to him, and it remained white. “Phang Gord!" ho orclaimed with a ferroncy which left no doubt of his sincerity, and haston- od away. B ‘Iwo or three others followed with similar result, Then came Afercy, the Lousomaid, and as hor trombling fingers poured the liquid forth, bobold tho powder changed and turned to black The commotion was indescribable, aud Mercy ‘yas sbout to have s uervous fit whon Dr. Ruther- ford, tixiug his eyes on hor, said in a toue of command, ** Be quiet—be perfectly quiet, aud in two hours I will destroy the spell. Go over thore ond ett down,” Bho trotted to 8 seat under oneof tho treen, One or two moro took their turn, among them Mammy,. but tho powders remainad white. I had outreatod Edward not to pronounce hier "watchod, Decaugo she was so old and I loved her 80; Icould not bour that she should bo fright. ened. You should havo acen her when ele found that she was safo, Tho stiff, old Hibs bo- camo supplo, and tho torriflod countenance full of joy, and tho doar ridiculous old thing thraw her arms up in tho air, and laughed, and cried, and shouted, aud praised God, aud knocked off bor turban, and burst open her apron-atrings, and rofused to be quisted ull the ductor ordered hor‘to be removed from the scone of action, ‘The ides of rotiring tothe seclusion of har cab- in whilo all thia was going on was simply propos- torous, and Mammy atonce exhibited the soothin effect of the suggestion ; so the pla; procoodod: More whito powdors. Thon Apollo's turned black, and, poor fellow! whon it did 80, ho might duavo beon a god or a demon, or anything else you novor sar, for his faco looked little liko that of a human boing, giving you tho impression on); of wildly-rolliag eyoballe, and groat white tooth glistening in a ghastly, feeble, almost idiotic grin, Edward went upto him and Jald bis hand on Hisebouldor; That's all right, my boy, Wo'll have you atraight fu no tino, and you wil bo tho best man at the shucking to-morrow night,” Moro whito powders. Thon camo Wauh, groat big Waeh; and, whon bis powder changed, what do you suppoue he did? Woll, he just faintod outright, ‘Tho remaluing powders retaining thelr color, and Wash baving beeu rcatorad toconsciousucss, Dr. Rutherford dirocted him to sclamp of chiuq- uapio bushes noar tho “big gato” at tho on- trance of tho plantation. There ho would finda flat stono, Beneath this stone he would find thirteen grains of soln coru aud somo goat's halr, ‘Tnese ho was to bring back with him. Under tho firat ral near tho samo gato Morcy wonld find a dead frog with its cyes toro out, and across the rond in the hollow of a stump Avollo was to look for a muskrat’s tall ando woascl's paw, ‘hoy went off roluctantly, the entire corps do plautation following, and soon they all came seamporiugs back, trampling down tho ox-eyod daisles and jamming each othor against tho comers of tho rail fonce, for, aura enough, tho witoh’s trossures had been found, but not a soul dared to touch them, Dr. Ruthor- ford sternly orderod thom back, but all hauda hung fire, and their countonances evinced ro- sistance of such a atubborn charactor that Ed- ward at langth volunteered to go with thom. Then it waa all Hight, and prosently returnod tho most lsughablo procession that was ever seon—Waah with bis arma at right angles, boare ing bia graios of molting grain on a burdock leaf which bo held at as great 9 distance aw the size of tho loaf and tho length of his arma would admit, his nook craved out, and his eyes 80 glued to the uncanny corn that ho stumbled over every atick and atone that Iny in his path; Morcy next, with ludicrous solemnity, bearing her unsightly burden on tho end of acorn-stalk: Apollo jast, his woasel’s paw and muakrat's tai depouited in the too of an old brogsn which he lad found by the roadside, brown, and wrinkled, and atif, with ahole in the aide, and the earg curled back, and which he had hung by the hoel towlong, crooked stick, On they came, tho crowd around thom following at irregular dis- tancos, surging back and forth, advancing or ro- treating #5 they wore urged by curlouity or ro- pelted by fear, It was now gottiog dark, s0 Dr. Rutherford, having had tho table romoved, brought forth three large plates filled with different-coloredt powders. On ono he placed Morocy’s frog, on another Wash’s corn, aud on tho third the muskrat’s tail and weasels paw taken from Appliots shoe. ‘Then wo all waited iu silence whilo with hie hands behind him ho strode solemnly back and forth in front of tho throo plates, At lougth the becs liad coased to hum; the cattle had come homo of thomsolyes, and could be heard lowing in the distance; tho many shadows had deopoued into one; twilight had faded and darkness como, ‘Thon he stood still: ‘*Yam tho great witch-doctor of Boston | I will now set fire to those witch's eggu, and if they burn the flames will scorch ber. Bho will weroam and fy away, and it will bo'a bundrod years beforo another witch appoars fo this part of, the country.” ‘Ho applied s match to Apollo's plate and im- modiately the wholo place was tluminated by a fale blue glare which fell with ghustly effect on ihe awe-stricken countonauces around, while in the distauce, apparently near the hig 8,"* arose a succession of the most frightful sbricks evor heard or imagined, ‘Then the torch was ap- plied to Meroy's frog, and forthwith every nook and corner, every loaf aud covery biade of grays, was bathed in w ond of blood-red light, while tho orjes grow, if pousible, louder audforcer, ‘Thou came Wasb's corn, which burved with @ poluon- ous grecn glare, and flashed ate sickly Ught over the house aud yard aod crowd of black faces; and basdly Lad this died away whea from the die Unk’ Lumfroy; you’s de 1875.--TWELVE PAGES rection of the big gate thoro slowly ascended what appoared to bo a bloor-red ball. “Thore she goes |" sald tho groat Dr. Ruthor- ford, and wo all stood gazing mp into tho hoaveng, tll af length the thing burat into Hames, the sparks diod away and no more was to 0 NEO. “Now, that ia tho Inst of her!" impressively announced tho witch-doctor of Boston; “and noithor sho nor hor sistors will dare como to this country ogain for tho noxt hundred years, You can all mako your minda oasy about witcher.” ‘Then came triumph inatond of dread, and scorn took tho placo of foar. Thoro arose succession. of shouts and choors, laughter and joors. They patted thair kneos nud shuffled thoir foot anid Wagged tholr heads in doriston, “Hyart byart old galf Dono burnt up, fs you? Tako keor whar you lay yo' sigs arfor dist” advised William Wirt {n a“ loud’ voico, “Go ‘long, pizen saga!" said Martha, ** You dono Isy yo" Iss’ sig, you 1s!" * Toorny tag rag!" shouted Chostorileld, ‘Histo yo’ heols, olo Mra, Satan,” cried one. You ain't no bot- tor'n a freo nigger !"' said anothor. '' Yo" whcol done skotch itor good, olo skeor-faco! hyar! hyar! You better not conio foolin' ‘tong o” Mas’ {ed's niygers no mo't" The noxt night waa os gals ono, and a merrier sot of negroes nover Kang at s corn-shucking, nor dit s jollior leader than Wash ever trond tho pilo, while Morcy aston a throno of shucks re- coiving Sambo's homage, and, nnmolested by fear, coyly held a corncob betweon hor tecth as sho huug hor hond and bashfally consented that he sliould como next :dny to *ax Mos’ Nod do Mberty of do plantashun.” “But, Edward,” said I, “why did thor throo powdors turn black 2” ‘“Becanso they wore calomel, my dear, and it wan limo-water that was poured on them," sald Mr. Smith. ; eas but why did not tho othors turn blacts, 002” 2 ‘(Because tho others wore tartarized antimo- ny. eWhore did you get what was in the plates, that mado the light, you know 2” “ Tutherford had the material. Ho fa going to settle in s amall conniry town, so ho provided Limeclf with all sorts of drugs and chemicals bofora ho left Philadolphis.” “But, Edward,” porsisted I, pntting my hand ovor his book to make him stop roading, how camo thoso things whore thoy wore found? and. the balloon to ascond just at tho proper mo- niont? and who or what was it screaming so? Noithor you nor Dr. Ruthorford had left tho yard oxcept to go into the house.” “No, my doar; but you romombor Dick Kirby camo over just aftor dinnor, and ho would not ask any bottor fun than to fix all that.” joer sald; “mon aro not so stupid, aftor all.” Edward looked more amused than flattered, which shows how conceited menu are.—dJeanic Woodville in Lippincolt's Magazine for April. THE FARM AND GARDEN, £xposing Stock to Storms—Trimming Micels ef Earmeflorses—spring-Doxe ing—More About Hot-Heds—Planting ‘Thimning—Troanapionting— Econo. my of Space—Tho Vincyard—Injurcd Vines—The Colorado Potato-Reetle— Au Entomological Mayor—Rhe Ef- fects of Chronic Indigestion, Prepared for Ths Chicago Tribune, SPNING MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS, Spring is a critical time for all farm-stock that havo been wintored fu stables, unless caro is used botween the timo gray begins to start, and that season whon fond is flush and the woathor settled. Many farmers caro for their animals during tho winter with the greatest assldulty, giving thom plenty of feod and water, and warm stables; but, novorthelcas, as soon grass comes, turn thom out to shift for themaclyes, allowing them to lio out of nights, and often during tho sovoro storme #0 provalontin spring. Tho con- faquence js, auch cattle, and especially horses, contract diseasos, andofton tho foundation 1 latd for disability through lifo. The remedy is entirely simplo, and ought to snggest itaelf to overy roan who cares for stock. Stable thom as carefully avery night ss you would havo dono during the winter; and, until sho woathor is well sottlod, and thorcaftor, stablo thom whonover thoro aro indications of a storm, ‘This should iuvariably be done with horses and colts. Cattle aro not so liable to injury, and may be loft froo some time sooner, if they have ubeds to Ho under, tho roofs of which aro water- proof, Bucep should nover be exposed to driving storms; for, although the flocco docs not wet through casily, when it doca bo- como wot it {8 « long timo in drying; and = if, boing wot, another storm occurs before tho place {s dry, it again ao- cumulates mofoturo, and much moro easily than boforo; 80 tho shoop aro kopt cold, uncomforte- blo, and lable to disoago, ANOTHER REPUELENSIBLE PRACTICE, with many who dopend upon English works for information, fs trimming tho hair of tho pas- torns and fotlocka of farm-horses, carly in tho spring, to provent tho sccumulation of mud thercon, and to save washing when the teams are brought in from labor. This would bo no evil, or, at most, no serions one, If the heols of the horvo 80 trimmod wero well washed npow boing brought into the stablo, and thon wiped and rubbed dry ; ut this {s 80 nofdom dono im farmers’ stables that it is tho exception, and not tho rulo. Whore it is carefully practiced, thoro is but little neod of trimming, oxcopt with yory long-hsired ani- mals, since the act of washing tho heola and logs, and rubbing them thorouglily dry, roducos tho longth of tho hair, and keeps it short and thin enough. © Lot us look at this subject fora momont. Take, for instance, an animal clipped all ovor, as Js often practiced with pleasure-horses in city stables, The horeo is sweated, perhaps. Now, if left to stand in the wind without bian- kets, tho consequenco is apt to be o overs cold, or porhaps some inflammatory discaso attacks tho system. Lot him stand in the wind without sweating, and be soon bogins to shiver, Why? In the one caso evaporation goos on swift! and in just proportion to the force of tho evap- oration will the temporature of tho body be Jaw- cred. Tho pores of tho sku close, and tho anl- mal, If not taken dangerously sick, suffers ex- cosslve inconyonionce. If tho animal bo not heated with work, tho forco of the wind, or the oxtromity of the cold, carries away the hent of tho body fastor than tho vital onorgy of tho body can supply it, and thus another sourco of dangor ensues, If tho animal bo olothed snfiiciontly warm when standing, whother in the streot or tho stablo, and if the animal bo properly groomed when takon from work, no inconvanionco will result. {f, howovor, the hair of tho animal be long, as it atwaya is in winter when tho horaa is exposed to tho weather, tho hoat of the body is entanglod in tho hair, and thus evaporation goes on oqua- bly, and the heat of the body fs conserved. So with tha long hair on tho heola, It is placed thoro by Naturo, and serves a dauble purpose: First, it provents mud from sticking to tho skin to any eat dogrea; and, second, when onco wot, the hair pravonts chilling, by tho entanglo~ mento? heat next the skin, Bo also the tong heirs which grow in tho hollow undor tho jame, and oa tho neck, and along tho belly and flanks, should never be clipped or singed on farm- horses. They are placed there for # special’ purpose,—the protection of the animal, Ivis truo there iu a wido difference of opinion fo reward to trimming tho hools of horses, It ia contonded byeomo that the long hair koons tha skin wet and cold for a long time, thus giv- ing rigo to seurfy heels, acratches, groase, and other disosscs attendant upon this wtate. But those who will tako the troublo to oxamino the masttor impartially will find that, although tho outer hair may romain wot, or oven frozen, the halr next the akin will bo dry, aud the akin {taolf warmer. ‘Thus it je evident, if the limbs cannot bo carefully washed and dried after be- coming wet aud muddy, the hair had better be left long, and the longer tho botter ; but, if the reverse isto be tho rulo, thon the shortor the more easily the work will be done, ‘4 BPAPLY AND YAKY PLAN for farmers, and ono which has worked well with ues to havea set of tlaunel leggings for each horse,—long onough to wrap twice around tho toe, from tho knee or hock to the hoofs, and fastened with strape at top sod bottom, When the horscs are brought tnto tho stable at night, they should be immediately washed, and rubbed with a wisp of bay until the circulation ia active, ‘hen put on the logyin, food the teams, and you may go to supper with a consciousness that the teams are vot suffering, Your suppor eaten, you will have but. little dif- floulty iv rendering the teams comfortable for tho night, by s little additional rubbing, If thia plan were adopted, wo should sdviso, by all moans, not whearing tho heels ay closal} au though they had boon shaved, but thianin; the long hair of tho fatlocks fully one-half, s shortening the Temainder bs toe come propor tion. The reason is simple: It will asvo much time In ofoan tng. There is one thing moro in thin eonnection to bo ‘mentioned: In winter, and during tho spring, no tenms should be allowed to staud with sovon logs wot and unprotected, while ono te boing cloanod. 1f tho hair be long, while six aro being dried tho other two will have dried thomeelves, or neatly so, ‘This team will havo recotvod al] thoinjury possible, and tho othors a proportionate nmoant, If, on the othor band, the hair ia stort, thoy will have bocomo more quickly chilled, Bo there is danger in any event. ence, aftor cousideruble oxporimont, wo do- elded upon loggings for our own stablo many yoars einco, and found tho plan to work wall; eapectally for the hools of horses the hair of which was rather short, A VICIOUS FRACTICE, and one that willbe romemberod in the horo- after, if thoro is. a “horso-heaven,” is the plan, Rt porsistod in by mony, of giving tho horses continucd dosos of walls, or other = medicinos, = under tho —_ notion that humora gonorato during tho winter and must bo purged ont. Somo, whoso hairs aro gray enotgh, probably romomber tho spring- losing that thoy as children had to undorgo, to tho gamo sunposod ond,-—to get the humore out of tho blood. It protty offectually contracted an iil-humor In the poor, heart-broken urchins and. Inasiea who Wero obliged to swallow tho nauscous dozes, And for whist end wera thoy given? Well, wo uscd to think, to gratify the malignancy. or stupidity of some anuify old’ medical grauny. Howovor, {ntolligonce ia progressive, and mon sud women aro botter for tt; Gnd 80, pray, don't dose your horse becauso hia coat looks o little Tough in tho spring, It is the natural conse- quence of tho aeason. Iomomber, u horan may catry much robuat health under a rough ox- tortor. SEFDING UNDER GLANS. Tho pressure of goestlous lene week proventod our following up the article of tho previous wook on under-glnss culture; but tho season so holds off that thoro is plenty of time. Krom obsorvations lately mado, wo think it will bo dificult to obtain small plants this yoar, the ox- tremity of the wintor having proventod market- ardoners xoucrally from growing onough ovort for thomaolves, ut this necd not prevent auy ono from raising plants from goed. They wil bo a littto later; that is all. If you havo followed the directions proviously given, your bed should mark 70 or 80 deg, Faron- heit. ‘This temporaturo you can raiso or lower at will by keoping tho glass closo, or giving air. ‘Tho temporaturo for cabbage, cauliflowers, fottues, radish, celory, and other hardy plants, should not be groator than about 70 dog. For all tonder plants, as tho egg-plant, tomato, Pepper, cucumber, otc., tho hont may go to 00 deg. At night the temporature should not go. below 60 deg,, although 40 dog. or lowor will not injure hardy plants, jofuro kowing the bed, the earth muat bo raked in tho niccat manner, throwing out all lumps, however small, and bringing the soil per- fectly smooth and into five tilth, and witha slight doscout from rear to front, Proceed to sow your aced {n regular drills, 24¢ or 9 inches apart. Sow thickly, for tho surplis is casily thinned out, and you cavnot afford to haven poor stand, Covor the secd horstofore named, except cucumber, about three-sighths of an inch, and cucumber one-half inch, deep. Wator well after sowing, from o pot with a fine nose, 80 as not to drench or wash tho surfaco, sufficicntly 80 the water will reach tho bottom of tho soil, and yot not run down into the manura benosth. Sow all seeds of Lordy plants. following ono aftor another, so that tho hardy aud tho tendor sorta may not be togother, for the hardy must havo more ventilation and muoh loss hoat than tho tender. Tho abliity of pasts to atand cold, beginoiog with thoso most hardy, is as follown: Radish, ‘cabbage, cauliflower, lottuco, colery, tomato, cucumbor, and egg-plant, This latter is injured bya temperature much bolow 60 deg,, and aithor of tho three procoding will bo killed by whito frost. Alwaya hayo your drills run across the sash,— never jongthwiso, Wator always with topid water, or with that about the temporataro of tho bed. Water ofton and lightly while tho plants arc young, and moro reldom and moro heavily ag thoy attain ago and size; and, preforably, in tho afternoon, whion the glass is 10 be closed for the night. Romombor, in watering, that tho hoat of tho poll, the ventilation, and tho leaf surface of tho plants, combined, aru thomeasure of the evaporating power. Givoair at all favorable Limes -alna rts howov- er, avoiding o diract current upon tho plants, This may easily be done by tilting tho nosh against tho wind, rather than towards it; and tho atronger the forco of tho wind, tho Joss will be the opening neoded for ventilation. In fact, when the wind is strong, little or no ventilation wil bo required during the early part of tho soa- 00, CLOUE THE RED KANLY, 80 the hoat may bo raised sufliciontly to carry it through tho night; and, unless safely protected agalust dogs, al ntfors mutt be used in addition totho othor covering at night. Straw or cano mats are the best covering but slough-hay, laid ovor tho glasa and hold in place with boards, is oloan and oaaily raked off, Aftor raming, the pees should always be ewept with a broom. thus wo have protected oxtensive panies of glaus from frost, getting a full supply of lettuco aud othor vegatablos trom February until thoy could Le raiscd in tho open alr. Tain must never be ollowed to fall on the soil of the bed, excopt it be, perhaps, lato in the acagon when tho woatbor is fairly vetticd; and itis botcor not then, sinco tho bed Ia always much warmor than tho atmos- phoro, and thore is dangor of chilling tho plants and dronohing tho soil. Weoding tho bed and thinntug tho plants must Ledono with the thumb and fore-tingor, aud nothivg more will be nocded for looveuing tho earth betweon tho rows than a atcol-tinod-forlc anda table-kulfe, Thin tho plspts bofore thoy aro crowded, to abont half aninch apart. This is eesential, sinco, if it be not done, your plants will “draw,” and will become spindling and weok, Once spindled, it will be difficult there- after to make thom again etrong. In this con- nection, it will bo proper to say that tho closer yeu can grow the plants to tao glass tho better, t ie uaual, whon tho bed is planted, to havo tho class about 10 inches abova the earth, ‘Chis iss good distance, and, if pro- vided for, it will not be necessary to raise the frames, to givo more room, until tho Inst trans- planting. When this bocomon necessary, tho wholo, frame and sashes, can be pried up, and suitable blocks Jaid undornoath at proper intor- vals, PDIORING OUT PLANTS. Wo have advisod that you buy tomato, egg- planta, eto., if possible,.of somo market-gardon- or. If #o, take thom when tho plants aro about Binches high. Twenty-five to fiity, each, of to- taato, poppers, and ogg-jlant, will be sufficient. One hundred and fifty colery-plants will also bo smplo for an early supply of this vegotablo. ‘The othora named heretofore, and ench us you may wish, you may oasily raiso yourself, ‘To prick out plante in the bod, take on inch- pleco, 3 inches wide, and of a longth go that it will eaally go in tho bed when o sash is removed, or, say, & little chorter than the width of the sash, Along ono edge bore 5¢ holes, 21¢ inches apart, and along the other edge bore hofes of the same. sizo, 3 inches apart, Into those holes ft pins to project inches, This is your marker, avd will enablo you to plant correctly 23¢ and 8 inches apart, or double those distances. Preparo, also, @ board, s foot wide, that will go joasily into tho bed,—this to stand on while plautiog. Have also plocos of siding, Sand 6 inches wide, and you are ready for planting, Put in the wido board to stand on; Isy down tho 5 or 6 inch strip, as the caso may be, & inches from the rear of the bod; draw a light drillas a guido on cach side of the strip; turn the strip over twico, marl again, snd 80 prepare eix drills. ‘With the marker, press the holes for tho planta, and, if the planta are to be 2}¢ inches cach way, make intermediate marks betwoon thoso already mado. - ‘The planta for pricking out are best kept in a basin of water, ulnco {t insures tnolr ro- maining fresh, Take aplant by tho top; drop the root Inta ono of the holes, a Uttle deeper than it naturally grow, commonclog at tho loft side of tho bed,—enlarging the hole for the plant, if necessary, Prews the earth atout tho root, by inserting tho fore-fipger of tho right hand just beyond tho plant, aod pressing to the plant; or make a polatod dibble of tho proper sizo, with which to ontarge the holes, and preas tho earth to the plants, thrusting it in somowhat diagonally, and bolow tho bottom of the plant, in prossin; the earth to them,—boing careful to get the earth firmly about the roots, Wator 28 you proceud, and shado from the sun, always solecting & mild, atiil day for the work. Whon ono sash is planted, cover clove with the glags, and give no air until thoy ceaso to wilt uodor the sun. Covor with # pieco of thin muslin, or 8 lit- Ue hay, so a8 to admit light, but not tho direct rays of the sun, aud you will soon bave your plants growing nicely. All this may seem tedious, but it 1s more quickly accomplished than de- ecribed; indead, an expert hand will plant about au faut a8 OUO can count. EUONOMY OF SPACK in marking glaus iy a watter of especial impor- tance, After a duo knowludge of the proper con- ditions and treations of plauts is acquired, tho noxt thing of consequence is this quostion of distances at which planta shall be grown, Let- tuce ix the Principal orap rained. It iu not only & fashionable salad, but also ono .of the most gratetul to tho palate. Five inches cach way be- tween plants is ample, aod will give milder and tore succulent beads than will @ gresiex dim tance; and yot tho most of gnrdone: plving 6 inctics, and many. ot sem oven Satta upneo, Let ua figure a little on this: pe A nash G foot long by 8 fact 4 inches vido wi givo 2,880 equate ttisher. Plante & inches qt Will occupy, each, 25 square inches of ap ub Thus, fo wiksh, you may got 116 plantas eS {uchos apart, you got 80 plants; aud, at Ant? part, you have only 46 plants. ‘Thus you h sie moro thau two anda half times tho number ¢? Planin the Tensor distanco: than you" hate ho gronter. And, of courre, you Incroano act ‘value of your gland in oxact proportion to th +4 distaness. So, whore tho ona system mighe tually run you in dobt, tho otlior wonld give amplo profit. So mith all other plants, ye tOnOE on grow ther beaneplanting alwayy bie foro they crowd each other, the proflt, Z Hreator the Wo thinkit will bo found Unt ‘a thin! 0 found that the vinoyarde, ns wll as orcharde, will he fone {2 have been ovorestimated, Wo advanced thin oninion at tho timo the roports of “winter-killine wore wont from tho various fruit-localition of 1 Wout, Tho opinion wan founded upon tho face that the drought, oxtending agit did up ty ict Umno of sovero froste, hid carried the trooy. «it vines into tho winter in the boat pousible condi. Yon, Had the fll boon warm and wer tho’ Weet would havo oxporlenceg”®® far _grontor “destruction” of" fruli'deqt vines, and other plants usually pact! than was avor bofore known. We boliov. +f bo found that thoro will bon fair share cy ples, hardy chorriea, grapes, otc., nntosa ‘tn. imoly frosts should injuro ‘tho ‘blossome cs young reali find, ‘id or ourxolves, wo find, upon oxaminat} blackborrien-—-Lawtons,—although nome eet and 'partiolly discolored, an killod at the tip fooavering, and bid fair tocome out all ri it. 08, Raspberrics,—purple-cano,—uodor — tho for of w belt of Norway spruce, ae Kalled to tho ground; — black-cap, tli exposed, too much {njurod for init ing. Chorrios,—Early Richmond,—alt Apples, tho samo; and grapes,—Conbord. ee though slightly discolored, are improving ove Say. ihe, at mudouhtedly Sonne ont sonng and bear n full crop, ay thoy havo fo1 threo yours. My y mF the haat WHERE VINER HAVE BEEN INgUnED so that thoy will not bear fruit the Prueent rey, #on, 68 no0n ag thoy have mado growth suftcient to provo tho fact, cut tho caves away, rosctyio, tureo or four ot the mont likoly shoots, bottom. As thoy gnin etrongth, all but the strongest, if you train he yines to .stakes. If to bs trained oy trollisog, loave two canes, and pinch the super, buudant growth, to induce stout, atrone foi m1 and wood, Thus you may ronow your vines, t thoy hove beon roperly Pruned heretofore, this will not be a dificult mattor. If thoy have bes allowed to grow pretty much at will, a8 too mioy aro, pureue tho anmo goneral coureo, varyingtty pruning to suit the circumstances of the case, OF course, no one acquainted with tho pecntis natura of the vino will priue iu tho spriz until the foliage i put font sinco such oxcesalyo blvediug of mp will onsuo au to seriously injure tho vines ; or may kill them outright. After tho vino ie a full loaf, this blooding from pruning will r longer ocour; but we should not then prnng away the wholo of the wood at once, but tan sufiiciont to carry tho sap tolerably, until ys canos intended for fruiting next yoar have ¢4 “tia wood of al ober frult, wh ¢ wood of all othor fruits, whother In: emall, should bo pruned boforo the leaves, pear; and, when injury lina occurred to th tips of branches of fruit-troos or tho canea cf borry-bushes, they should be cut buck at luastto tho live wood. COLORADO DELTLE—THE EUROPEAN ScAnz, Franco aud tho other wine-growing districts of Europo have bad their panic over the grave Vnylaxera, an insoct introduced from tho Usited States, or, at lenat, a native hero, For somo tiwo past several European conn fries, but ospecially England and Balgiun, have boen powerfully oxorciuod on accom of the Colorado ~ potuto-beotlo, which hoa now found its way to our seabosd, Thoy ecem to be afinid it will tale submarino armor, aud swim over tho pond to them, ‘Thoir Jast particular vourco of lum cooms to ba, that this post—which they calls bug whon it is a beotle~will bo introducod with Potatoes exported from henco to those countries, M.A. lo Hardy do Bolsliou, a Belgian, at dressed a lettor to tho Mayor of St. Louls fa | information and advice on tho subject of thy “bug "; ond tho agricultural authority refered to wrote him what ho “know about farming* and which was publishod in Colman's Ie World, with comments, as a good joke. Th following oxtract contains tho gist: Treating your letter, thoreforo, seriously, Lhatea ntato that thern never hus been a potato-bug ucen tycg about St. Loutn or auy other city in tho United Suter or Torritories; that’ the potato-bug never hae caved ony alarm: in sny city nor mn the coun(ry,—only lace tain seanona that secret to be favorable to the prods ton of thom, Ian not aware of tho potato-bug atuct- jug any other vegetable, I consider the fears of tt Peoplo of Lelgium entirely grotndiosa, oven if the nt ages of tho potato-buy lind Leen great in any loaity ‘tho past season (which {t las nol),. ond is a malterct nO apprehension or comment at the prosent tiaela this country. Josern Buown, Mayer, Our friends of the Rural World toust oot too hard on this now light in ontomical acleace as applied to Agriculture. “Tho Farm and Garden” insista that tho worthy Mayor of St. Louis {fs right, Tho potato-bug has’ not bee seon flying obont that rivor-town, neitht! has itcaused ony alarm: and tho foars of the people of Bolgium on that score aro therefor groundless, and forthe simple ronson that th ug that ho was talking abont was go bug atall Ho might havo added that the bug would econ to oat 8 potato, tup ar hottom, anyhow, But, on tho othor hand, tho ton-lined Colersdo beotlo has sat on every fonco, waiting for vam weather and potato-fops; flown over and tuto every city and villago; crawlod into erty parlor kitehon, wood-shed, and barn in the orthern and Biddle States of tho Union; boas for yoars destroyed potatoes enough to havo paid tho foterest on the national det; is creditod with Having poisoned innocent bucolia children without number, who Lave Inhalod the fumes of their burning bodies, a Professor of Horticultnra to tho contrary notwithstanding. Thoy are known to eat various plants of ibe solanum fainily, aud probably would fced on all, itdrivon to tt by lungor; and have been the subject of groat sappreliondion and comment would bo now if Paris-green had not proved s simple romody, Tho agrostic Mayor of St. Loui known all about bugs—and beetlos, of cours He only wanted to havoa Ittlo joko, OUR POTATO-LoVING NLIGIDORS over the pond nocd, howovor, give thermeelret ‘no trouble about importing thls fnuect In po tocs, ‘They don't travel that way, If thoy go tt all, thoy aro going in tho snloon-cablo, tint class, although somo of thom may consent take a eteorage passage, ‘The roal danger to our traueatlantlo friends iy, that, during the flying season,—and we baté aeon them cover the grotind aa thick as a cropol sown boang,—thoy will fly on board steamships and alll Yeuscle, and thus bo carriod In the latitude ‘of Now York, thelr srt flights would naturally occur early in Juoe. Now, it Huropean, authoritos would take pe have proporly-colorod ents of these insects with a short dexcription of thom, placed in! e hands of tho officers of vorscls trading in a rts, it might go a good way towards preven ng & visitstion. At all evonts, this pest ¥! hover bo takon over in potatoos, unless thes may bo secretod in the earth adhering noxt thy take am) thom, and this ia altogothor unlikely. since the mature beotle Is as it &o & Mmarrow-boan, Tho greater foar ¥ Europeans tony woll bo, that tho ogga oF arm may be imported upon somo fanc} eggplant, other growing solanumy or cleo that somo en! mological droamer may breed thou a8 Cael ty, and Tok thera escape, At all avonta, if they fo ctoss the pond, feod them Parie-grcou. death to “bugs.” AYROPOS OF ¥NTONOLOAT. While on tho subject of nugs, "The kits and Garden” would like to ask if the Bug: in: ter Gonoral of Alissouri lan’t sufforing frou Ihe digestion, Ho scoms to hays 6 obrot! idox that ho {6 tho worut-mierepresr ed man in America, Wo fod him athe right loft in various wari ‘al journals, like a yellow-neclted caterp! tat ae doo not even spare the ladies, His Tet tilt A at tho Hural New-Yorker, which gave qui he quo. We think it’ may bo Brag'd-ons be may get Fuller and—Bfo-o-ro, As 20 entomnon ribs suthority, Prof, Riley has faw superiore * bob country. The whole West is proud of bit sak megrims or big-hoad, both are uppicrly whethor in horse or—man. i‘ a BEYOND RECALL. ‘There was atime when Death asd Met face to face together: Twas but young Iudood to die, Aud tt waseummer weather} Ono bappy year awedded wifey Yet I was slipping out of life, « ‘You kuelt beside mo, and I heard, ‘As from voine far-off distance, A Littor ory that, dimly atirrod ‘soul to make reais You'tougnt me dead: you called may BARA And back from Death liself I cams, Bugoh | at ron For uow ¢} Y narnia valce le mine, ‘Aad (here fe no roplying? Bette tera yoo have peared pe mal eniery i, Sradiy tate atlas”