Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 17, 1875, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1875 THE FARM AND GARDEN. The Cultivation of Corn---Kcono- my in Culture. Stra‘ght Rows Esential---Thick Plante ing Injuricus. Somothing Akout CulllvalorseeCost of the Crop. Economic Entomology---The Round- Hendod Apple-Troo Borar, Prepared for The Chicasn Trilune, ECONOMY IN COLTURE. To tl:e cu'tivation of tho crops 1 ihe great eorn region of the West. fower integors have to o takeu into considoration than in nny other eonntry In the woild. ‘fho moib is rich beyond. cavil. and casily worked, the climate admirably sdapted to the erop, aud the sutiumns ail that 20ald Lo desired for exfoly barvesting tho prode uet- On fall-plowedd land, as nrule, we bavo not found it necersery to replow in the spring, un. lesn in excentionsl cases, whore the #ail bay been rondera:d compact and hard daring tue ninter 2ud sprine, This witl #0 dom bo the caze on Inuds ouited to falleplowing, or wpon rvolling fand. I (eft rougl, ®o that it may re- «2ive tho continned sction af tho air, tho reins, aud (e frost, it will usually be in such condi. Plaring 2 timer, 3% d: Husking and R Tolal, 20 dngi..oc oo ] By 600 bushels corn, nt ¢u., it serresnensennses$310.00 Cash BAIARCR. coescessrusiens <8 L8 Thus wo find that the cnlilvation has cost About onn and one-third daya' work per cro Lo make the crop, or two nnd one-third days' work when_cribbed. ‘Tho gross profit per acra was £12,1714 ; tho net profit, doducting ront of tand. 717173 auld tho cost of working [, €12.8317 or acre. Apan, wa find the cost per lmabol, nelitding vont, woar aud tear, autd otfior expona- o#, to ba 257 centa per hushel, or, exclusiva of rent, 15% cents pee bushel, dr, Again, {f wo ea. timato tho valno of the stalks at 31 per aors,— and ther are sorth more if fod early,—wo have tho niet proiit par acre, #8.17}¢ ; to ba raided or fowered according to the season, price, clc. Some farmors claim that the crop can be mido #nd taid by at o cost of ona day's Iabor per arre. In exceptionnl cancs it may be. but it will a3 of- ten exceed tho fignren wo bLave given asit will gaunder thom. « Wo might varry tho investiga- tion still furthiar, avd aliow, for “tho heuclit of thoso Ny remote from market, tho valne per acro when fod 1o cattio and lioes. Wo may pos- sibly do wo at somo fuzara time, Lt want af #paco forbids our golug further nto tho matter ot prozent, 1, ROUND-BEAPLD APPLE-TRER TOREN, Pronta, IH.—The Sapoda birdliala (Rav), is known as ono of tha Coleaptera, Tha bontle iy sometimes_ gpowen ol a8 tho Two-striped Sanerdn, It is soldom seen, unless by tho en- tomologists, a3, durng the day, i liea hiddon from the comman obsarver, anvl flios only during the night, 1t vas twolongitudinal white stripes, batweon three of a light brown eglor, During the mouth of June, the femnla dapority Lior cips | goverally near the fcot of tho tree, althsngh swomotime in tho croteh. After tho lapso of two woeks, the eggs haleh, snd tho young T il farrmo reromble tha full-grown Jarvie in tion tuat n good tilth may bo harrawed up. | [EERD SNCTRGR IR, (R CKIONTE (R e Then, by thouse of the harrow bull-longues, | myis ™ fyat wear fhey meho Lub littld a3 lorotofors 1ecommended, & deep HIth | progross, (nding snatonanea an Lhe sajwood and may bo oblalned, Dut 1f, fiom any | inner bark; theie presenco being detected by the rewson, tho land becomds jmpnefed, | dorfioved Appearanco of tho bark under shich 1t will be found checaper toreplow the land light- Iy, say 3 or 4 inches. thau to nttempt to get tho ooil in edndition with ealtivators, Tho greatest mirlako that we have found among wavy cullivators in the West 18, that the Aol is worlied whilo so wet that it becomoy limpy.—Lhtis adding to the cost of cuitivation, and 2 8> damaging tho vield in sure prozortion to tho rpughness of the eoil. On all #uily liable to this coulingoney, the valus of fall- plowing, without epring veplowing, will le duly eppreciated, and upon no sofls shoald the fand to plowed uoniil the furrow sfil cast from ths mold-board In a perfuctly friablo atate, Neither shondd fall-plowed land Le harrowad natil ke eorl is firm enongh go that it will har- tow oven aud smooils. It ix tino that occasiam- allv nepring will beso wob that tho tand will not como jito proper condition for plowing be- fore it is again soaked, Novertholess, the farmor | who toiches his land whilo our of edudition warely payn for his temority, Tho only comyro. miso’ alionabls, if not in roally pgood eondl-icn, Is to Barrow, aud roil emooth, faime- dint=1y afier plowing, or bofore the land is suf- fiziently air-deiod to bako. And bere, agun, the ulility of fatl-plowmng will be npparent, xinco the 1op ot the woil will Lo fit for harrowing befors 1t inrealls it to plov. Thua wo have lonched apron tho mnin pofuts up ta the time when the suilis plowed, barroacd, and ready for planting. BIRALUIIT NOWS DOTH WAYS pol only show tha carefnl farmer, but, without this, >ou cannot auccasfully raiso corm, fur tho Teuaon that you cannot, caltivate evenly of uniformly cloze to the hill while the corn is yet young, and. ir not, no after-cullivation will " economically destray tho woods. Fuily oue-kalf the com- fiells of tho conntry, when macked evenly and B bt ono way, are unavenly checked round the other. To drop the cotn just nghi.re- quires that the machioo be in perfoct order, and wlso that it bo s0 srranged that the corn s beld at tho proper point, 8o that 1t mav bo deposited when tho com {8 wet fhoo for itho mext bil. To do thin perfuctly roquires cal- culation; and the dropyer caunot do it unjess firat instrueted. * To do this, the levor must bo moved so that the corn will reach the ground jusias toe hoelof the shos reachies the marked epsce. A carsful examina- tion of this subjoct will unablo the operator to #0 ttn the moving of the lever, Just Lefore the pianter reachies the marlk, to insure accurate drovpme inth wosy, Wo bave saon inen utterly fuil 1z +nia, and a girl of 13 succecd peotfoctly. In fact, pars, un o rule, are more wncconzful than hayh, 1or 110 reanon that thov attend moro cloko- Iy to what thoy havo to do tloz boys, It is no mean itom in the cost of cultivation, since the qnestion of ‘woeds or no weeitn will make s dilferenco often of balf the piodact. DLEP OR BUALLOW PLANTING in & question that has beon variously discitasod, The fact 18, thar here the individual plautor miust excrcise judgment accerding to tho con- dition sud unture of bia soil. On vory dry, aud eopecially locse solls, deoper planting i3 noces- #ary lo_eccure due motsture than on heavier xoi. TFor ourscives, we prefar ehallow plauting, sny not more than 3 jnches deep; and also confess we like thoso planters which ralse & sight ridge over the planting. They cannot, however, bo succorsfuliy used on trashv laod, or that in bad cuondhition, “1f thus plauted, the harrow is protty wure to kill tho weeds effectually i the row’; and the next cuitivation with tho larcow-shares 2anbios you to work closo to the coin wittiont danger of covering. Cora will gorniinate nod come up healthy at o depth of 3 juches. Boyond this depth it un- cartain, If the conditfuna of moisturs are per- fect. the yroper dopth is from 1 to 13¢ ifucles; but horo again the hariowing must be tuken into account ; aud thuy, in pracdce, from 4 to8 inchens baa beon found to Lo protty nearsy rigot, oua yoar with another, THICK AND THIN PLANTING is another Integer that must ba taken into aoe coutit. As a rule, the ricticr the fard, tho closer the rows inay bo, aud the thicker the plauting, In the South, ou some of the worn landy, & feat or moto 18 somotimes givon, Care must, how- cever, be taken tuat tho land be not over-cropped wih stallis, However rich the soil—aud we lnva warked eome heavily-manurod ooes,—we bave nover succeedud posfactly with fiaid-corn at Ters than 8 feat 8 fnches between rows, or with mare thon thres stalks in tho hifll. If the corn i drilled, tho grains may be 1 foot apart, It is tiue that about tho samo yield ay bs ob- tained with four stalks in the hill, but the cars wifl be sbortor, and thus loss will onkio in the Tusting, Throa feet 10 tnches, the usnal width of Western machines, wall bo found to Lo about tho right distanco apart. \Whun corn 1 dilled, and carefully cw'tivated, the Kinlxl will usuaily bo from ove-fifth to ono- aixth greator than it in hLills; bat, except on now or very clean land, tis is mors than conn- terbatancod by the inoteased cost ot cultivation, I will, fndead, pay to hoo o feld of cor rather than bave it weedy: but it muet be rvomoem- bored that it will double tho cost of cultivation, | ~nq mean item when tields are oflen counred by hund. ads of scres. ‘Liors is, kowevar, oo noed to tauch a Loo to the fleld, as u rule, if the culti- vation has beon proper. ) THIS MAY LE 6DMNED UP thua: Uave tho labd 1n proper tith; harrow both ways, if uocotssry,—and juat as tue corn ia goiminating, and agam just as s blade 14 horo uad ihers padbiug shrough the soll ; keep tho cultivator gung, 8s heretoforo directed, unul the corn 8 4 fect bigh, and then continue with a s npla-horse imploment, 1f weeds uprear that arg likely to go to seed, “Fho fle.d should be pasted auer dailng the growing-scason at least once in tendays. Even uoder thus system, G0 ucren may bo nocked to the team, and sull ullow for o:di- nuzy loss from wot weatlior, ANOUT CULTIVATODS thore 1s not wucli to say nowudays; they aro all p:elty good,—at fcaet thoss mauvufactured by the muie tesrectsbio nokers. OF course, no e thivks of using a ridiug culivator now, Ru- 1uss it Lo those whiom, from some disability, cans not walk eaxily, The princjpal things to be con- wdersd in buying corn-plows are: osee of draft ; adjuatability ; that (helongus does nat pnil ar beur on the borsos' necks, sud tho Roxibikity of tue ploang stiachment; good workmanehip, stinphicity of coustiuction, sud cheapuess. Not cheapneas from inferior workmanship, bat con- ronuent urou the rimple natarg of the machine; 1ur thore 18 110 neod of mylh:;-l-,; intricato abuut soimplo a thing as a corn-cullivator, Ciivs and cr?hblng sy 8ifely be loft until luter in the season. TUK CORT OF CULTIVATION, This is & subjert that especially intercats avory farmer, for thereon prinelpully depend tho protiz aud loss of the crop. Kor-this we muat tutu to the farm-rocord. We find, by refercuce beck to tus year 1470, that thie cash coat of work- Ing was $12.8¢3f per acre. 1% may be- tubulated tuus s 3 ‘ PRDIT. Rent of 10 acres of Jand, at $ Doy rectation oa lwpicuisuts. &t d-corn. T.auting, (bre oy dropy 1ug. Eém. day.. rowtug wice, thos lie. Tha Lark eomtracts anl forms smal erazks, Thao holo male by the minue wora closes by tho growth of the tree, bat n.t until sawdust i1ko oasting s have faflon feom it. Aftor the wammor's wotk, the !arvm descend 08 near the ground as they ean, anJ probably 1e- main quiet during tho wintor mantha, On’ the aprroach of tha eecond winter, tae horar is one- half grown, still livine on tho sapwood; and, slioufd four or five boin ona trec, taoy will ene tirely pivdle the tree, and tha fnjury 14 then very uprarent, The uext.or thind, summer, is the Iast ia_ which it remams in tho Iarval state, Duting the wsnmmer. it cuts ity way uptard imte the wolid wool, often dirvectly throngh tho (reo to tas opucsite lark from which 1t ooterod, bat simutities turning bA“k to the samo sida, Havang becomo fally grown at the end of the third suninor, it (i'is the uppar and {ower part of tho passage with sawe dust-like powdor and small fibrea of wood ; then it ceasen alt nction, It romajus motionless in the Iarval state during the third wiater, When spriog approacles, it ensts off its pkin and boromes A Jufa; afler threo weeks it changes to the bectlo, At fltst it i3 soft and woak, Lat at tha close of peraaps two weeka It has becamo hard, and raady 1o cut 1ta way from thoe treo. It emorgos from a perfectly roumd and emooth Lole. Krom tho time tho ege is 1aid natil tho beatls anpears, nearly thres vears havo elapsed,—tho farval being o continual injury to tho tree the whalo time, This iusect does not conflue fteolf to the ap- pPle-trea alono, but attacks the gquince, moun- tain-asly, bawthorn, pear, sud June-berry, No benotlt fa derived by, plugziag the hotes ; for, wlien tho Intge ones are fouuy, it is a tiuo indi- cation that the evemy Lias cacaped, und they snffor 5o infary by (e amallos ahee bolaz cload, siney it was only tsed as the entrance-way. Experimonty have proved that, where alkaline washien have bern applied to tho trunk of the tree, the beetlo wifl not bo ma Tiablo to doposit its eggs; therefore, it in advisable, during tho wonth of May, to rub a ploce of soap over the trunkof cach tree, Common Lar or eoft soap will answer all purposes; but tho nowar the bostor: aud, ay thev will somaotimes de. pomit the the crotch, it wiil co of woap there, nhero it 1 by tho zaina. It is also necorsary (o keep all weeds from the base of the tree. If, howcver, the borsr matwok in the autimo, {8 can bo cut away with a pocket-knita with fittle or po injnty to the treo, since 1t then lics diractly under the butk, and 18 easily dotect- cd by tho ~ sawdust-hke tilings thrown'ont., It hins somo natural enenues in the irds, who will devour them; but must ba corofuliv attended tu by tho orchardist if Lio desirea succosr. Tn my nest article, [ intond giving & descrip- tion of the Fint-fleaded. Apple-Treo Boror, shiich is oqually deatructivey, but of different kabis. ApzLra, U — LLAS FOR IT! Twish T wers dead, and stowad awiy To slumberin peaca B} tho Judgment-Dsy, With otlier respoctable sinners; For life 18 becoming burden of woo,~ My apratite fuils, and vainly I go Yo the mont {rreproachable diLners, . 1 cannot etifoy what T cannot digeat, T'm lorfug iy reason, T'm luslug uay rest, U fauiui awuy by ucuess I'ny drawnied In & flood of moral alueb, Into walch Women unid parsons rush, And chatter like lunstle finches, ‘The thing that has clouded'my sunny daye, Until my soul's etlercal ruys Aud fafnt na & tullow caidie, In whispered, aud shouted, and mosned, sod sung, 15 every mortal, in overy longue. ‘Aud f3 kuown us the Broakiyn Scandal, At home or abroad, "ts all tho same, That cursed mixtute of folly sud shame Is ever before our fuces; Aud puns, and riddies, aud wretched rhymes, Are gald and sung gt ail sorta of titues, And In most Jusppropriats plaves, ¥ 31y wife was a prade, and steraly frownod 0n words of jmproper ur doubtéul sound, With wornenly judignation ; Bhs glanced at Boceaceln's taica one day, Ttead but a page, then fainted away, o virtuous agitation, - And as for Rabelala’ Jolly Lonk, 1 thoughit I would die wiren { wuw (hs look % Hle vust ot (] wd ol fellow; ‘The halr 802 up on boer graceti | head, Hieroyes turued green, and her noo was red, And her cleals of a'deceut yellow, But now, God help us! you'd acicely know Uuleen al angel told yoi 00— “Tiaat my wifn §s b mndest crenture! Far all day long, by the parlor e, Bhe dabblea sway in tho Brookiyn nire, And gloats o'er each prurtent teature, Or with anmio spinster nour end thig, Who reads the Mible bu search of sl And grosns ab the Tovolations, EBo talkn of juwardness: ol of ‘spberes, Hpfrilual lovo snd clerieal tears, ‘And oluer sbomlnstions, Tler pleasure, however, Is miixed with pita Thae irlal mst Distats, and she would (ain hriling Snys utoruy), e, us 10 for e ter gu by und iioa, and luwda, And perury iulernal, : of Hfe, udd sitifo, & Ob 1 wonld I might fly to the reatms of gloom, And live nlune il the dsy of dvom— A& modernized sort of Alustar s With trsusjorts of blizs I would bid adten "o Tilton ausl Waodhull, atud all their crew, Aua thelr well-loved lymonth Lastor, —=C, }. G, 1nthe New Yurk Sun. ——— Biy Words. A citizen of Daltimoro has been hunting np some bix words, aud pibishes thom in ths Awmericaa for the benolit of the gettars-up ot spelling-matehos, ‘Lhe flist word affered 18 sald to bo the fungest word fu the Enzi:sh language, uscd aften 1 old plays, and placed in the mouth of Costard, the clown ju ** Love's Lavar Lost,” Act 5, Beengo 1,—** llonorificalalitudinitatibu: Tho vext in ** Pliarims of the Rhine,” by Buls wor, ** Amorouthologosnliorus," > The nost from Rabela s, * Antiparicatameta- nanaparbougedamphis - Kibrationestvordecantt. ‘Phe next {8 the name of an officer now in Madrid, Dan Jusu Nepomcceeno do Burionagon- atorecagageazicclia, i Tho next ig a town {u tiie Isie of Alull, * Drim- taiduvrickhillichattan,” The next, * Jungfrauonzimmerdurchechwind- suchttoedinneegegonverein,” * Nitrophenyencatammiue™ and * Polyphrastic. ontinomimezalondulation” are two words that rocently appoared fu tho London Zimesuud Star, S Bankashtachaturthiveatodyapans.” * Swapauchulshanimanamantiastora.,” The uawes of two productiony of Banscrit lit- e ro. L.epadotemachosslachogaleokranleieiphano. drimupotrimmatokichlorikoss nonophattoperire- ridisutsuunoptepkephlokigkiop eletolaguossiralo- Laphetragauvol terugon,” This Iset word |8 the longeat in auy langusge, It may be found m the * Ekldealazourai® of Acintonbunes, o very exceleut comoedy, and piaced in the momli of oue of tho actors. It consists of 169 tetters, nnd makes revonty-novey mrllabl ad mnre Lave eroated scme laughter when gpolica. Hono gelord of tho proscat duy would hardly ik 1t I FLOWERS. How to Mako Home Attractivo with Them at Little Cast. Denefits Derived from tho Culti. vation of Flowers, List of Anunals aad Others That Grow Well in Thiy Vicinity, : To the Eilitor f The Chicano Tridune? Citicado, April 15.—This being mv third an- aunl fotter 0 vou, or tather to the fachos (rone tlomen alsn), throitgh your papar, on the aubject of “Plowers," [ bopa to ha n'lowed ta digress frown the text for a moment or two, I have alivays thought that for to'muah enter- prige as our paoplo show, we neglocted their cul- turo entirely to much for our own benefit and rooern! good hoalth, Asa iy, repressnted by forty oo men and firve, i tha Common Coun- ¢il. wo have dong lesa in tho beautifying of our parka thau any eity of onc-fourth enr nopuiation woild bave dono In either Germany, Irance. or Auatria: snd why? Bocause when thero hns been o man who dared ask for a faw dolinrs, ho hes boen attacked as though ho were a thief, and was golug to make a ‘g0 Who remembery ponr Montromerr, esking the Couneil to anppro. priate n 2um s diciont £ improve tho take front, trom Park Bow to Van Buron' strest? Ife was hampered In more waye than une, and at last got about ono-lalf of whas hs had asked for, That was oxpended very foolishly by tho thon Board of Public Werke, which conceived the plan of digging doen vallays and builling coslly fonn- taius that were not noedol. How the Aldermen from tho Ninth and Tenth Warls hd ¢y by for small guma to imorave Vernon asd [-faraon Parka? The farmeris not yst In tho eanditlon Jt shioutd ba, nnd tho ta*ter hins a fence that 18 n imurace to the netehborhoyd. Wo nra in tha 1ibit of maving that Union and Livcols I'arl are beantiful, as they each e in some flosnrs; It what. =npposn von, worllt a siranger {rom Parts, Barlin. or Vienna t'nni of 14 na a nanla, hwlcing fon the meagrenoss of the flowar. beds? 1Ie hias como from n place wheta tlowers a0 not os'e grown by thocity in abnndineo, Imt by all tho opeaplo. rich and poar, Littlo JeTorron Park, Inst» suminer, bad mota flawera fhan oithor Union or Lincoln Packs, thangh only one-fonrth a1 larro ay tho former aud one-fortioth a3 lavge na tho 'attor. ‘Tho Amaran:has canlatng varioty the maangors af Jelferson Pack mitht leave ont of the park entirelz, asthey mar the beauty of the fins uwnrs thov havo there, Union 'ark lias soveral fine Irts arouud the carves (73x50 leot ) that might bo bleesad with 2 fow sceds and plants, Lincoln Tatk might gparo § or G acrea In different paris of itn largo domnin without detriment, Womust not. hawavar, forget to mentlon that the dav is coming when wo el have perbapa wore flowers thau any city in a0 four times as large a8 ouca, for, i the Councll has horn negligent in making appe priatione, our Weat and South Park Commicloners lave bogun nuhtlv, taking tho ehow of flowers ns mado on Drexel heulevard and {n Central Park 1ast sumne mar as a erityaion f.r what thoy intend fo do. “Wo hope also that gent'emoun who own large lots who can by simnlysaving that thoy waut ea aud ro, and it will ba done. will fmprove ¥em by adding trees and shrads if thoy hove any, if not, then sta't jmmadiatols and ®ot out few treow, as it will not ouly add beanty bt wealth to tho premises. Have weuot aroti laus»s rent for morothat had trres. ete., around them, than those that were withont them ? llave we not nleo geen that lots full of {rees aold for more than the ona near at hand njthont auvthine ? Leet un Teol that God made the flowers and Lroos for aur nnjovmont. ‘Che posteas Mary Iowitt, sings on tho uno of flowers : Qod might have brdo tie earh hring forth Enouuh tor great and amll, The oiketree nud the rodur-tree, Without a Gower ut ull, Wo mtuht liave bad enavigh, enough | Tor every want of ours, For luxury, medicine, and toll, And yet bave lad no flowers, ‘Tarn whercfore, whorefore tero they mido, All dvad with reiubow lgnt, , All tasifoned with apremust grace Upaprinzing duy aud night, Spriuging in vallevs preen add 1y, And on the mountains hig, Anl In the silent wildernesy Whero no man passes by 7 Qnr ontward Jife reqniren thom 1oy, — Then wherefore bid they Liethd~ To vyintster delight to min, To eawtify the earth To romfort man,—towlisper bozo Whezo'er hin faith fa dlm, For who £0 carcth for tha Howars Will care tauch more for hlm, = NOT" TQ DUSINESS, Tha question 18 anked, * Waere and what ehail Lplaut 2" und as wo eald Inst vear, * Plnnt nuf'- whera whoro suu and air will meot vonr plata. In almost nn( 8oil, an1 of such seeds ad by a little youwill foarn oro lest sdapted for your pur- poses.” If you win: flowers of all colors to bloom nearly the whola souson, remember the Dianthus, the beautyaof the heautles, Some puopla call a variety of this, lowa Pink (which ia a dark red color, and does not come up to tho real Diantbus, some of the flowors mwasuring_ 2 to 214 inches wide, The Dianthus Hodlawigl (two™ varietios) aro amongst tha flnest, Thoe o:her varietira nro also fine, and to mako a grand displav_get from threo to five papors and plaat e abel about 16322 feet, aud vou will to surprisod at tho num- bes of dowers that can bocut. Thoy are used in bougueta tofine sdvantage. The simplort scedy to rtart can Lo wown iy 1lio gpew groind, the lat- ter part of this mouth, a:ud u uro satistactory plant cannet be named. The Portulaca, both sincle and doubls, need a sunny location, and will bloom nearly the whiolo season. Whero seed in once sown it mill always cime in aftor vears. Sow soedw of ninzle now in border.. The PLlox Drammondiy, Verbena, Pansy, Balpiglossis, and Stocks aro also fino color plauts, ULlocms ing tho ontive scawon, ~If yon nre after fragranks tlowors, got the. Caruation Diuk, (Wa find it about as Rat guod healthy plants from tho flo, doren aud svt them out early ‘in Muy) Leep tus towera well cut, and, 1f apt o beak tho bud, tin a littlo yatu vory solily, around thom, and keep the plants always tied 10 nuat hittlo etakes tirmly tnsen i the gronud, Also Mignoietio (will not bear tiansplanting), Tea-rozes, Tuborosos, and tho Bweet Pea, If vou desirs climbing plauts take the Ipomaes Quamoclit E(Jyure-m Vine),— one of tho most pesutiful, huving finely-cut folinro and flowers),—pour boiling Wator uron tho secds, and It them siand tor o fow minutes, Tho Cobcs fs o fino plunt, but veory difiemt to ralen from seed, and will repay tho trouble takon with it. Couvolvulus Majur (Morniug Glory), ‘I'ropacolum, nnid not forpetting that htels Leanty, Tropacolum Deregrinum (the Cauary-Bird Floacr). o 73 3 . AVNUALS. Annuals ore planta toat aro ralsed from seed, flower, matnre the r ecods, aud pensu, the same 8agon, Boms can be hod 0 fluwer tho second raukon by praventing them tlowering tho frst, Thoy arn dividad into thres clasned, au also Bi- antials and Perennials,—into hurd-, balf-hanly, and tonder, Must bacdy aunfials may bo sawn Ly the 1t of May (out of duors),—peihips this yoar by April 207 Inif-hardy not 1l June. I dud that the safost modu 1a to siart hati-haray aud fondor ia grounbouse or box (uover wusing flower-p:ots) tu warm room, remombering always to adinit plenty of ar (not cold), us better plants aro produced. Vhen 1 commonced to plant soeds, used | oarthon flowor-pots, aud, a8 a auloe, eaw tho tioy plant 1iso for a wock, and them, all of & sudden, Porlnh. which 1 thought was the scedman's fanlt 1 not weod.ng govd soets, violated Nature's law in cither lotting them **diy " too much, or ‘. watering " thomn tvo much,. tho ex- tremes that always happon in 1ho houso, 1 naw use sha'low hoxes, ubout 4 itches deop, 12 wile, and from 13 to 20 leng,—tilhng then with good, Liack enith. Ilave thieo boges already sturied. coutainiug Miznonette iu one, Verbenas in anathor, and Zeuniss, Ilollybooks, sud Daturas in the third, of cuch about thirty eeeds, All wern plauted ob the 10th iver, and sro wp and domyg nicely, \When the fourth or fifth l2af ap- peard, 1 traneplant the boxes one incl deoper, 1 hiave ordered aud received the fullgwing g BELEOT LIST OF ANKCALY, & which [ kuow will prave true bluw, sud give our frionds groat pleasurs in g thom In tho form of buuquats, plauts, x Abrouls nmballata. Az ratnin Mealeauum, white wud biue, Altieralution Cuajedrdgons, sl colurs, Aster, Teatfunt Peony-fawere ] Pefoction, Yialiamy (lady-alippet), duubie, best, milved, Hrouailm handsous, eseatin (ajnt-Bruek), mised, Callioyedsy Dwuif, mar.d -1, ( n:r.mulu ‘Bpe ulum, mized, Cndytatt, all volory, ized, Cauny, aately follsgge, pants for lawn, ¢ Golani {Cockeeoun ) Gruatat, il Culoeds Cristata Kermesins, dwarl, Clarigtu, vingie said doulle, vreity, Cauvolvulue SNk, tri-calor, Dutura Humiiia 4, pl, snd Wrightil, Delpbinlaw Chivsnats Heddewiyll, atngle. —TWELVE PAGES. Diatthus Chineaosia L‘leln:n Diavthiia Gatdasciantia, fra . 10¥ill not harm togol n fow papars extr, as they are charming, res nemblidg somewhat tho Fink, bt belug of difterent colorn, Erysimum Arkansanum, Feuzlla Dianthiflors, charining little anoual, (il Nivalla, white and pargle, Holishock, Chlneas Doubls, belaht 234 faet. Flowers first seanon, Il neds arn sowi early, Totella dracilin, fin for hanaing barkets Ipinua Subearnotua (Geals co or), Lopdnun, tdwarf, all colges miseil, nrigold, French doubis dse., striped. Merembrinnthemuny, tri.color. Mesembrisuthonutm, Cryatallinum (Tes plant), Mignonstte, grandiflora. Miknoneite new, cnmpact, HMimuta, superh, nitad, i:\lmrllvlm. dwarl, all colors, emneein, mited, . blue snd whits mized, fcelia (Love 1 3 Joiana, all srlors mixed, Tanty, extra Cnglish and Goeman varietiss, mized, 1 gzew ane Duisten on the north shils of 3 4-foot fence Iant year. and thoy ware well shaded and did ependtdly, Stuafie, double aud atwats, mivel, I runmonail, all coler mixad, roorm, plant te: papers, and are splendid, you whi enjoy Toppy, daubls onty, all colnrs, Rictnns (Cantor Of1-B2an) for lawn, Salpictassls, Anest, mised, - 3<htzinthua, Snost colors mited, Stock, ten weeks, beat tierman varletien of any dedred color, Verbena, One paper of thie finest colom, mized, will Rize probably sixty differsnt shadas, Verbens Montans, almowt as {1y tnn ¢ wil) fAower Inte ; but it ro. during winter, will fower rarly the 1 planted s9ma verhenas in pure s, and svch growth - wan surpssios, They aro natires #f Brazl), and love the hint sun, IF plantad In sand, they must bo watered at least caoo I tiva daga; In dry warnber, daly ¢ and, §tyoiean water them with soi-sials, €0 much the hetter, Those livtng on or nn v the Iikn-ahoro shionld plnnt many seads of this bosutiful family. Zonnia Elogans, i, pl. CLIMBING PLANTS. Cr'ampe’in Ssatra, Golen Seand e, Barl In Lot with cavs, Conyolvalng Mdjor (Moruing (lory), In @il eolors § demieable to lido on old barn or snythtng {hat ueed: cavneing, Dollchon (fyacinthe Dean) Hablah, « Tpomas Baand, bing and vio'eh, 1ronma Quantocllt (CypresseVine). 8yama (Lerberi, Muurandyn, finest miset, Poan, 11 wering, of all shides, 1 hasealne (Romutng Flowering Besns), Trugseotnn Sahbisnum (FireFly). Tiopcolum Peregrinum (Canary-Bird Plowar), TYERLASTING FLOWERS, No parden Is completo without. s faw of these, Thoy may bo treated ny annuala, Flowora that avo deeirod to dovorate the mantel-picca or the tab'o shaild ha et befoo fully expanded, Soma of the Evalastings maks finoconirast with oroa. mental geassea, Arzoclinium Noseum. Acoslinlum Aibum. Gomphrcna Glolosa Siriata, He'te: rysum Blanstro: nay, doutls pnrpla, Helipternm Anthoinotiles. oo blosmer, ik b rom Saufordl, Ehednthe 3snulosd, for bouso ealture, ncans Iylrl y (omy). herauin, double varloties, all aotors, OnANENTIL ARASSES, Thero aro un intorest nz ¢wsy of plants,— thoir follazo 1n nppearanco being vary beautifal, "Thoy are chielly usod in the covstruction of win. ter-bouquots, and aro indisponsablo whers you bave Everlantinga: Anaran‘is Nobulosa, ¥ Nriza Muzima, Lrizy Comoacta, Briza M'nima, ranthie Live Erdanthun trie Stina Peunata (¥ Stipa Tordlas, tas the earna. e, eather Grars), tecond weason, nuLDs. Tho cultivation of Luits is becoming mors onornl each year. There are two kinda: the folland hnlbs, comprising tho Hvncintle, Tulip, Crocuw, ote.; and tho Capo bults, comprising tho Gladiolus (tho most beautiful), Amaryllis, Nerino, otc. TIE GLADIOLTH, This, to begin with, stands at the head of tho family, 1t produces long, briliiant snikes of ehiony flowers, of uearly every shade. It is one of tho easlest c'ture, All Lulbs over throo- quattors of an jueh will producs flowers: but, tho lager tha bulb. the larzerthio apikes of fow- ert. Thoy should bo started about the middly of March, nnd a fow planted onch week il the Iutter part of June, to keep upa nucceeslon of bloam. 1f planted in February, ther will, with suficient heat, flowar 1n April in"the house, Tuey shonld bo nlanted ahnt 3 inches deep, and G to 10 inches apart onch way ; and, whilo grow- ing. havo plenty of water (sos that the grounn) Lias rood drninage). Their prica varies from $4 ta 4 ceuts anlaco, tho price bels no criterion of their beauty; in fact, {hose eold at from 70cents to £2 n dozen giving the most satisfaction, Last summer wo had ono that cost 1,25 growing alongaidp of ona that culy cost 8 centa; aud, if yo't had ealled at ourrplace and taken your choiee, nineteen chiancns out of twouty tho epike of the cheap ouo would havo Leen taken, DANLIAS, Thie Dablins of to.davare far superior to thota af ton veats ago, being more globular in enwpa, while the colors are mare bright and beantsful, Where vou Lava alarge lawn, and wish to exhibit flowora for effect, do not forget thero. Thoy ahonld ko planted ont a8 snon ns al) dapier from frost s past, in, good soll, not tno rich and wet, or von will have nothing but leaves, If you ean ehada thom from tho burn. in7 run between 12 and 2 o'clock, thelr flawers wil Inst mudh longer, Plant sbont 6 inchos deep and 4 feot apart: and, when planting, put a neat stick alongslda tho tubar, #o that, when your plant is & foot or two high, it can bo tied toit, i MADEMRA VINE, ‘I's0 Madolra Viuo is & valuabla climbing plant, Laving tino, gloasy foliage, and euccosds in al- mosc any eoil (expechally if dry); and, if planted early onough, will flower profusely. It in woll adnpted for dwulling-houses, baskoe:s, ete, Pilco, 8 t010 conis per buib, TUrENOBLS. - *The tuhe roso produces a ariko of beaut!fal, awent-kconted, wax-hko flowers, of alabnetor whitonssa, on a stem 2 to 4 foet high, flowering i the enilv fall and is to be recommenden as tho most desivablo of all flowora {or wroaths, crosses, bougqueta, ot Wo gonerall7 stark them back of the Litehen-atave 1n 5-inch pots. from tho 1st of Mnarch till tha 15th of Anril, and keep tbem in & niglt temporatute of not le-s than 60 dorress, About_the 15th of Mnyto the 1st of Juno, sva teaneplant them info the yaid on the south ride of the fenca. We bave had 83 many as thirly- eight flowerots on one utom. DICENTRA $ PECTANILIH (DR BLEEDING TEART.) A ntitul and dorirably, harly plant, pro- dueing lone, drioping racemes of pluk and white heart-shavad flowers, Plant sinzly, and leavo it numolested for thres to five vears, by which time it will attain o largossize and presont a fino appsarauco. LILIES, All tno varistien'of litles do wall in almost an; soll, and will rocomponso tio nmateur as much as—yes, parhara mota . than—any plant sbove nnmed. Neatly all bulna of tho Jily family should be planted to tho depth of 4 10 & inohes, singly or in groups, and alinwed to remaln undlsturbed for five yens, by which timo thay will have in- creasod both I quality and quantity. ) WATCRING. Alwava usa cold wator ; do not put veursolves to the inconvasience,of gotling * tho water narm to tho hand.” Wo have used tho lake water df. 16et from the hydiant, and fnd that our plants do woll, TLANTING SEEDA, A'l small scods cover hightly, not ovor the thicinas of the beed. 1f thoydo not come up tho first time yon plant, trv nealn, WIERE T0 NUY SEEDS, ET0, Ifind thut Mewsra, Hover & 05, on State stroet, nosr Mudisn, and Mr, loffron, on tha sama stroet, near Jaoksan, ars relinble, oud can Btve ugeful informatlon whan desired, WIHAT TG DUY PROM THE FLOMS: Tiny noting whaiover that yoa can ralso st a notninal cest, for thora is really more cave (akon of the plant {f vou lave reared 163 for, lave vou not watchod {t whon it put focth its tiny leaves? Did you not wator and’ shado it from 1hio sum, and whon it docs blcom will you not ho dolighted ? Somotimes s paper of seed at 10 conta will give vou all “tho plounts you and o dozen others oan use; whereas, if you bouehi ono plat comlug in- to Dboom eoonor than yows, ¥you would bo ob'iged to pay 30 to 10 cents for it. Fume eay they *‘don’t rara to ralss planty for othiers,” but the old saving, *It is more blessed to glve than veceive," holds good in the flawer line, nud, aftor all. wo ghall not eay that our reward is not given {n us immedistely in the klud * Byor so much obliged.” And, sfter tho summer i8 over, and flowers have pono to sleup, wo still hicar, *'Thoss plants blonmed until the last (rost, and I almost cried to meo thewn noxt morniug,—dead, What ialite, vfter al}, bue tho sead to the sternal tlower that shall never perish, but blaem for ever mora, HUNUTS, ET0 T.omon verbena (alovsia citriodora) ia prown for tho fragrance of il foliape, aud wo find it iediapeneable for bouquetd. Kino on lawn, tied fArmly to stake, P 1ardy Horbaceous Plante~Ths following will dn well, aud, with ono or two oxceptions, will stand perhlg: 40 degroes below zero: Adonis Yarpalis, Aatilbo Javonica, Arundo Dowax, Ansmone Japonlca, Aster Discolar, Anemone Japonica Alba, Coromlla Montaua, Dirnttius Deitoides, Corous Cauadensly, Daotvlis Glomer- ;)'ln,“l'uuumh Alba, Balvls Argoutes, Bpirass sitata, Hardy Oroamental Shrubs—Rubus Japovlons Albs, Doutaa Orcaata Pleus, Deutzla Gracilis, Deutzia Beabra, Hrdrbngea Deutzisofolia, Pyrog Japonica, Weigala, all varloties. ONAPE VI We find that the Martha and Concord Grape do finely, and in five or aix yoars (gotting throo- Lnlrn'o d roots) will cover up an old barn aud 08T 80mo fiue grapes. Youts, Astarson. et WOMAN. In tho brizht texican of feminina fashion there 8 auch & word aa fwille, A mpruce-gum_famino is threatencd in Maa. eachucetts, anl Doston nirls are aaving up thoir old Tudia-rubber® aliocs, That's honeat. Whena Cnlmuck lasa mar. riageab'o daughter, lis thea n flag from the top of his bonee. A Milwaukoo Iady who pald 250 to havo n wart romoyod fiom lier nosa, aow wants to kuow What's becomo of the nose. A crnety bacholor'a objeotion to Indies with beautiful teeth ts, that nino out of ten of thom would laugh at & lusetal, A reason for ealling—Visitor (naivoly) : “Weoll, I corrainly never dranmt [ shosld find you at howo ont ‘euck o lovely afternoon as thi The third husband of n fascinating woman apent his lnst bresth in impluring her not to marry il aftor tho funersl, At lanca place of rofuge has beon found for bald-hoadod men. InTonys Tabou ouly thoatern. er sox s allowed to woar falso hair, A bereaved fomale who bas rrad overy word of the testimony, aud Jost ner tmith iu insakind, ponsively obsorvos: **Ive s real comlfort tu ha & wigow now." **Don't call on ma for tarco divs,” {8 what an Asblund gl postod un tue front gats, and sie furthor added : ** I goin to eat some onions this week it 1 nover bave auoihor boaw." “T toved Charles,” aald sho, wining her oyes with the hem of ber ovarskirt,—* 1 loved Charlos as muoh a8 any wommn could love a man; but whon ho commenced woaring spiteurls I droppodt bim." A Sunten Island married man, having heard that Jock]aw was #uro to tesnit fzom an atlempt to proaounce cortaln Russdan names, hassccured thosurvices ot o teachior of thad laaguage, sud :m; set lum to work upon his wifo and inother- lny. An Amorican theatrleal managnr, whois not vouy forstinate ather in bin bus.noss ar hls mas- rimonial rolations, 4, it ia stated. nbons to s2are for Chion. Ho has been toil that Chinreo firmuwu can selzo a baukrupt's wifo snd eoll er. Au old, old bachelor, upen readlag that *Two lovars will sit up ball “tho night with only ono chair {n thio room," sid i coulitn’t bo done, nn- less one_of thom etauds or sita upon the floor, And guch paintul ignorance protty plainly iodie cates thiat lio Lns nover beon thore. i “Whoh can I gat a alianea to put thin baby te sleop?” onco askod a lady emigrant of Kit Careop, who was condusting tho bratn, ** Wel, ma’am,” suss Kit, rotloctivelv, “ I don't just ox- actly know, but T should think it would bo whoa wo got to tho Rooky Mounzalas,” Barrator (to witnesa)—Now, alr, what {3thn charactor of the plastilt in this swit? Witness —Hor chavacter i8 shelitly mutrimoninl, Iar- ristor—What o _you mean by a slghtly matri- monial character? Whinees—She's basn ‘married threa timou. * 0, your shamoful lawn!"” said Mrs, Houry, when slie fonud sbe couldn't sell her properiy without Johu Honry's joining in the decd, woman can't own lor own eonl” * Madam,” snld fohn Henty, gravely, *you arn mustaken. Inthis Iroo cuunlry a waman'ean own auything but her ago.” A parasgraph {8 golng the rounds of the uewspape:s to this eff~ct: **Thero 18 ono good wifo {n tho country, niul svery man thinka ho has her.” Old Brown, wha Jives on Olive stroct, who Is tald, and whoso wife haa red hair and a wicked eyo, road this, and murmurod a8 he meditativaly passd hig hoand over his head, *“Idunno! I dunno! "5t Louls Repuldican. At last thera is a now fanoy in the prestidipi- tation Tine. 1o horrowod » bonnet from s .lady intho andicngo, and, as Lo was abont to return it, it eaught slre in tho gas, and he had to stamp onit with boih feot to eoxtinguish tho flame, Misory of tholady, It was for hest bonnot, Then e fired o ristol, aud o bounet just lke i¢ t’fi“ 'tmm tha chandolier in tho middlo of the eatro. A box, containing fifty fominine hats of the Intest atyles, Lus just been exproszed from Patin to tho Shah of Persda. ' Teheran-fragile.” Thero utenails ara dostined to_oxporimentation by tha fitty legitimate wives of His Mujesty, tho rreatent favoriten to enjov the flrst ick and choico. Persia fooled the thonsand-dellar bill withont a gruns, owiug to the late great famine'’s BavIngs, At a large dinner party recontly, ‘the cool weather hnd dune conelderablo duty in supple- iog coaversation, when a plump, happy-looklog married 1sdv mado » romark about cold foet, * Burelv,” said n lady oppotlte, * Mra, —, you are not tcoubled Wil cold feet?" Amidan awful paudo etie nailvoly answored: ¢ Yes, in- dgod, Tam very much troubled—but then thoy are not my own,” Her hunbaud blushed scarlot. Yestorday morning a_policeman wan ealled in to quell a family disturbanco on Noventh stroet, and, a8 hie looked ot the broken furaiture, ruined stuve, and bleoding man and wife, ho askod of tho man: “Do you have theso spells often? " “Woll, no," answered the mau; **my wife's hoaltls is 5o poor that rho will oniy sérike back oceaslonnlly."—Detroil Free Press. “ Iair gettin’ a littlo thin, eir,” enld the har- ber,. Young man,” esld John Houry, loaking duwn upon lim from the height of a solemu espeionce ; **young 1an, whon you nare mnar- rlod you will nover allude, {u thet thouglitioss manner, to domestic afitictions, No; don't apologize. By foellugs ars blunred, But s thero no} somo mystorious unpnent—some soft, so- duotjve cnm[:nlud—lhnt makes tho har moro slippery to tho grasp.”—Cincinnall T'imes, A lndy eorraspondont inquires of an_Eaatora apor: **How shall I keop my husbaud at bome n tho evening? ¥ Womon nro constaytly ask- ing this gucetion ; but cvery woman of sensa ought to know that sho oau keep hior husband at bome eanily onough by mmply apoping o firat- olass boor-garden in tho back yard. Itis hardly nocassacy ta eay thiat a fow rrotty waiter-cirls thrown 1n, by way of supplementary dlvertise- ment, might Lave a tendency to dilve him atrond, but {t would bo tidiculous to omit thom, noverthicloss,—Loulsvilie Courier-Journal. RELIGION AND DOCTRINE. He 8tnod before the Baphedrim § ‘The scowling rabld1 gazed at him, Lo rockod not of their praiss or bisms; Bliers wan no fear, ihers was uo shuias, or one upou whose dazzled oyes ‘The whols world pourad Ite vast surprizs, Tue open heaven wae fur Loo neae, 1l Orat duy's light oo sweet and elesr, To let him wastc bis now-gai:d ken On the Late-cloudad fice of mea, But eti(l they queatfoned, Who art thou ? MWt hust thots Ueen 7 What art thou uow ¢ Thon urt 1oz he who yenterday sat here and begged beade tho way § For be was blind, —=dAnd Tambs; For I waa dlind, but now J aca, Tle told the story o'or and o'er 1t was bia full Ledit's only lage 3 A'propact o the al bitb-day Ttad Witehed bla olzbticss evcs with elay, And nuade bim aea who liad b.en bifud, Toelr words pussed by bim [ike the wini Which raves un bowls, but can not shock The hundrod-fatuom-rooted rook, Thelr throatsand fury sll weot wide; “Thoy could not touch hls Lebrew prida, Thcir scera at Jesus and his bnd, Numeless und humolesa {1 tho lani, ‘Phielr boasta of Sloves and bis Lond, Al'could uot chiange him by oue ward. 1 know not ichat this man may be, Sinver ut attint i bul as Jor e, Qe thing I know, that 1 i he Wo once tous BIsnd, and 1aw [ sea, They were all doctors of renown, The great men of A fumous towu, Witls doop biows, wilukied, hruad, and wiss, Tieneath thelr wido pbylacterios ; Thu wisdows off tho East was thele: And hunar crowued their silver hatrs, T wan thoy jeered and laughul 1o weorn Was unlearned, poor, aud biimbly bora 3 Hut bo kuaw better far thau they What came to bim that Sabbatb-day ¢ Aud what the Curlat bud dune for blm e kuuw, and not thy Banbedrim, —John Luy i Harper's Hugazine for Say, —_—— Fitteon in Five Thmes 'Tryiug. slateazile (N, C,) Landmark, e male the utatoment upon unquestionablo authority that 8 woinan dn Wilkes Couoby liag ‘}lv-u birth to triplats five times in wuccession, i cluldren of each birth have boon rasod, wud the whole number aro now aliyo. oltldcen resemible aich otber in auy marked de- 'gfi-su—excam the colr of the the female [fired owiuatos Iargely. The children are all well doveloped, aud whtbiout the least malformation. Tlus is certainly oue of the most gemarkablo casea ou recasd. No twa of tLe SPARKS OF SCIENCE. GIAN™ POWDER, Dymamite, or glant-posdor, may bo transports od by ull ordloary means of converance in overy climata aud temperatiro without dauger of oxe plosfon. Beveral European Governmonta nliow it to rass as common frelght., The secrat of it saloly lies in tho fact thatthe absorbent Is roft, compreasible, aud olastic, and Is no moro effect~ ed by ablow than in acushifon, [¢ has baon sub- Jected to tho sovorest tests by eciontifia men and exportn of every sort, and las proved by tta conduct that the only means of oxploding it ta by a Iargs and otveriul poroussioiscap. In contact with firo it buroa to ashes lika saltpotre papor. A ot of 8,000 pounds has Lieer: burned atonce withont ekploding. Tt may bo pouredupan a rod-hot plate, or a red-hot poker may be thrust toity abox of it may bo thrown upon rooka from any Loight, so that the box s rhattored; heavy welghtsa may bo thrown upon it3 it may be Leaton with & tledge-lammer; it may bo held fu tho hand sod sot on firo, and when half-consumed bo extingnishiod with swator ¢ all tlis may be done and the powder will rofuse to exylede. Thore ars two kinda of dynamit Ono {s composed of 75 per cent of nitra-glycors fre and 26 per cont of infuaoriat eatth. Tho other hne much leas vitio-glyeorine, tha dafletens ev tolng suprliod by witre, maltsetre, nnd rosin, Tho nocond 18 not 80 nirongs ea the first and [s only hinlf aa contlv. Tho subataoce han the look of dirty coru-meal. * Its axplosion does uot takeninca ko gunpowder, buraing from point ta point, but the entiro mars, bowever large, buikts at once, s {f the band chat hold f: wore cut and tho recoll of ench graln took placo ny tho eamno inalant. Tt ehintters tho hardest rock agif jt wore tho most fiazl'e of thurs, nad ronds wronglit-iron and solid stos] a4 if thov, voio rncs. The lightast ehatgo of It o tho hoaviest riflo or caunon tears the mnn inta a thonrrud pieces, It I 88 poud in water a8 out, If furned looso into & thoro-holy fitled with water It sluks lo the botiom— in tatnped by tho wator and explodas with full of - fecl.” " As dvoamito contams nitro. oring, it insupposed £3 ho dangarens to transport, vet it in {u truth quito othormire, Congroes hias mado it n misdemoanor puuisbiable by heavy fins or imntisnumant to FLip highty-inflammable or dan- gerously-oxploaive aabsfancos without (iaclosing thoir charactor by Jubals on tha hoxes or vessels containing them, A lato trinl bafore a Unired Staten Court established the fact that dvnunito cannos bo reckonod ono of these an . stances. A VENOMOUS SFRPENT, A apecimon of the Hamadryas claps, » ven. omous annke allied to the cobray, Lias beon added to tho co'lection of rarponts in the Zoologleal Gordons, London, Ths anaka ta foum? in India, tho Andaman aund Philippino Islands, ind o New Guinea. It preys habitualiy unon othior snnkay, attains o largo sizo, somatimes measuring 13 feet in lengtl, and {8 & bold and formidablo en- emy. Itsvenom is fatal in & fow minutes. Mr, Theabnld stated that hs heard of a woll-authen- ticated case of a powerful ma'e elopbiant bolng iilled by ita bite, Tuo clophant * was puliing down with his trunk somo crecpera or boughs, when n iarge Guan (the Indiat namo of tho ser- pent), waleh was disturbed in the treo, struck tho elephant in the trunk betweon th oyes, The clephant st ooce rotreated, beesms faint, and died inubont threo hours." Mr. Theobald ro. lutes of his poreonal Iknowledgo that a snoke-charmer was bliten by ono, aud died of tho wound Immediately. The specimon in the Zoological Gardeos ls over 7 fool In langth, and is in excallont hoalth, Shortly aflor Lis avrival Lo was fed whh an ordinary snake, which he quicily bo'ted hend first, The Hamadrvas resemulon tho cobra, but lLias a leas developed haod, that, whea soread, la ¥oou to ba markied with protty bands. Tho head Is somewbiot simond-slhiped, and mnch liso that of o lizard, When mitting up with hoad oxpand- od. the enaka ia conatantly Jorkiug its hoad (n a rostloss mannor. Itsoyo 18 clear’ and bright, Whion disturbed, it hiarza loud!ly and extends ity long, black, forked tongue, vibrating it with mntvolous celority, Dr. ¥ayer, in his work on tho * Venomons Snates of tho Indian Peunsula,” relatss an unocdoto illustrative of tho florce, agaressive vatura of the Hamadryas: *‘An fntelligent Burmau told mo that o fiiend of his ono day slumbled npon a nest of thesn serpsuts, and imnmediately rotreated, but tho old fomale gave cheee. Tho man flad with all epeed over hill and dale, dinglo ana glado, aa1 torror saomed (0 add witigs to his Uight, il roaching s amalt river ho plunged in, hoping ho hind encaped his flory onemy § but, lo! on reach. ing tho opporite bank, up reared the furions Hamadryss, its dilated cyeas glistening with rago, rendy to bury {ts fange in bis trembl ne body. In utter doapair hio betnanght himseif of bis turban, and in & moment dashed it npon tho sorpent, which daitod upon it It lizhtntng, and for som3 moments wreaked its vongeancs in farious bites, aftor which it roturned quietly to ito former hannts,” ; Tha Hamadrsaa lives in the forest and grasa jungles, is espectall fond of hollow trees, and {s n pgood climber, Tho euakecharmera prizo it hixhly, but say it is most dangeious to caich and difticult to handle. : SOME FAMOUS PINES, Oue of tho splendid apecies of tho Dammar pino troes grows ozclusively in New Zoaland, It i called tho Kauri Plue (Dammara australia), and is of great size nnd beauty. Bpecimens of the treo attam o beight of 140 feot, or more, The leuves of thetrco, nsin ali treesof tho genus to which it bolongs, are brendly lanceolste and leathery, ‘Cho Lranches are in whorls, the lower of which dio oft as they grow old. Tho tluber is olose-grained, durable, ond flexible, and s ighly vatued for masts, yards, and planks, One of tho most usefal products of thia pine {s the resin that fa fouud at a denth of from 2 to 8 foot from the surfaco where foresta of the troe liavo onco stood. A largo area of lind In Now 'Zealand bay been denuded of the Kaurl pino, and fa pow barren and almost unfit for cul- tivation. ‘Ibe ylold of somi-forsil resin from thoto lands 1y, howover, considerablo, It js catimated that 1o various paris of Auck. land a8 many as 2,000 men bavo lound omploy. went in dipging the rum. The best quality fetchoa in thn murkot at Anckland from 81,60 to #1,.66 perton, Atthia gwrlce, the dizgers aro ableto carn from 83 10 820 per week, In tha throo yenrs from 1870 to 1872 thoio wero oxport- ed- from Anckland 14,276 tons of Knuri rosin, valuod at 82,495,095, Piecesan large as nchild's lead si0 sometimes found. Tho fossil. rorin in of n dull amber color, but when newiy oxud.d it i neatly white, » A spocios of thaDammara, the D, orientalis, grows ou the helghuws of the Molncea Jelands, ‘This treo attaina o high altitude, and o dixmeter of U feet. The 1ower part of the (rink is bezel with Iarze kinotty pro'uberarcos. Tha timbor s of inferlor eizo, but the trea is vaiuably for its resfo, ‘Lhis often flons apon‘nnocausly from the tres in Auch quamitics thal it Langs in masags Like icicles, ~ eeversl inches wide and a foot v lengih. The gum s transpar- ert, and, ‘hardening in & faw days, becomes whits and ciyataline in appesranca, During & portion of tho year tho exudition fa vallow, and {a then interior fu quality, Whilo it is uofu it hay a etrong odor, woich it Joses on dryiog, Itlaused in Europs to form varnishes which dry quickly, aro transnaront, and have a bright lustre, bat, lacking permanct:co, are un- eqial to varniahes made of copai and ainber, Tua Fiji Is'ands, Now Uobtides, and Aunstra- lin produen other specices of 1hs Dammara, the timbar of which Is vol) for Kaurl pine, Al are disiuguishod by a denso, dark fullage. TROJAN ADDERS, Tn bis history of tho excavations at Hissariik, Dr. Schliensaun speaks of uuearthing vast uum- bers of addors that wore extremely polsonons, ilad they no on*mics to contenl agalnet,—in othior words, did mot m* riads af them sucermb fnthe strugglo for exietencs,—Dr. Bchliomaun thinke thoy must In tho waim uosson have ao swarmed in the plaing of Troy as to rendor {3 un- Inhabitable, Tlxar wero dimloutive lu nizo, scarcely gxcudim( n circumtaronce ths common earth.wabm. Notwithetanding their yvenom, tha wotkmon engaged v tho excavations hLandled the snakes \vi!fi muounity, On belng aasked the reason for such foolhardiness, the nien declared fuuey biad takon the precantion of drnking u do- cootlon of snake-root, which rendoted tuo poteon Inuocuous, = A GIANT SHARK, A tine spucimon of thg basking shark, Squalus maximug, lLas beea capturod off the Islo of Wighit, and {ta skin purciased for tho. British Musoum. Its total length {4 29 feet, und Its cir- cumference at the larzest part 10fuet, Ilstesth ars oxceedingly ewall, sbout tuo size of cst's testh, and are set with opew spaces between them. The oreaturo is called sa-Aud, hoo- wother, or homer of Ork:ucy, snd sun-fish 05 tho weal coast of Ireland, X§ lapsobably shz 1argest of the abarks, Dnt Mt {a known of It appen-s 1 con:1 1erabla numhors in ]-‘hm;x ‘ihlu n;rlh;‘uu]: t’:smnt v, Tho 8ut-Fisl Bank 18 siupponc: firat ahonl wator it mikos on 'ngmin‘;l?nbgr?u tho Atlantle, 1t s conjoctured that tha lish mam como thero Lo wpawn, pnaring the remajndar n; tho yesr in deep wator. hay DIOLALTS Aivailgwy their proy olive. Tho Jrieh fisberman opy them for the ol obtained from their fiven Whon tloating on tho water tho fah s Mk takon for n \ihisla on_nocount ‘of 1ts mige or rluggisl movemants. From thin halit of float. Ing on tho surface it receives ita name of banklug ahark, Conch staton thiat oue o (e flalt waken in Cornwal]l inonsurcd 81 feat 2 inohes fu longth, Theapocimen seoured by thy ritieh Maranm had probably lost iia way, geo boun for tho west .coast af Trelot, snd yd steandod at Bhanklin, In tho lelo of Wighy. "3 B!NDS OF BORNEO, Dr. Tomnso Salvaderi, of the Murenm of ‘Turla, has publ:shed an otaborate momoje of ths birds of Bornco. 'Tho work is based upay the collections mndo in 1863, and the follo, year, by Dorla and Dr. Bocears, dm)ngucie:- tile expodition to Botneo, aad facludes s com ploto account of the birds bithorto obtaingg on thoisiand, The entira list embracos 393 e <les, b8 of which aro poculisr to Dorneo, wlila Lo remalnder oxtend to Malacea and Sumaty; orliavo astill wider distribution. Dornoo lyy an intimato relation with theso last-tnmed £%10. tries, upwards of 250 apecles bolug common ta tho thiroo loca'itios, For tho grortor part of oyp knowlodeo af thio ornithology of Birneo wa arg indobted to the naturalinis formerly oml(:‘vq lea, ::'n Liabits, id of Doungal m;r&lg‘zs by tha Dutch National Mnsauta b Lar Sehwaner, Dand, Balomon, Mu'jer, nod Othery, mada collections fu thn torritarics of Pontunag sud Danjormassing, fiity yonrs azo. Mr, A, v, Wallueo was tae first_ornithological explo:cs of Sarawnh, but novar publizhod nn acoount of hig colloctionn. James Mottlor, an Foglsh narg. rahist, colleeted 1 the Island of Labnan aed g Davjcemasang, bt the drscrintion of Mo s «ica unthorad by tim, begun 1n 1855, was e rupted by his death, B ! lnm. TOADS IN TIGHT PLACES, Whilo Dr. Schliomann was maing ozeavalfosy an tha sunposed site of anclont Troy, {u 1873, ha camo upon two tanda prison~d among tho bloeky of atona nucarthed ntadenth of from 33541y b2} foot. Tho eveut furnishos somo pleasant morating from tho archmologist, upon the fact that theso toads had survived among the rajy of tho Homuris city for at loaat 3,000 yoars. Af tho samo time and plazo, a suall bat verp nalsonous nako wan uncovored. 'This oreatuig, bowarer, tho Ductor thunks mav Lave wiiggle] his way down from tho surfaco at 1 tator peniod, Shortly aftor this firet intoreating discorors, 4 socontd pair of toids was found botween jhy etones of old L'roy ak n dovth of 43¢ feol froq tho rurfaco. The venoiable antiou.ties hopred off aa saon na thoy wero et fiea. "Tho naturalist will rogret thar Dr. Schliomaun did qot mabs #uch caroful obssrvations with rogard to ths position of theso sxbumed animna's 18 10 sat |y all doutit an to tho thae and manner of thelr wotting into tbe tight place trom which thay ware appatontly llnnmteg. A PHILANTHROP C TREE In1350 tho Eacalyptus globulus was firt in. troduced into Spaln on account of its hygienia virtues, and now spleadid specimons of ths tron adorn the promouadas and pudlic gardony of Nico, Cannes, Hyora, aod Alziors. Dlaneations linve beon wado also in Corsiaa, Hicily, Callior mn, (nin, sui tho Capo of Gool Hops, Efforts ard hoing made to Introduce tho trea into Cey- lan, a8 en sutidots to Junsle fover. Among othor szbiomes, Ganbaldl {4 occurted in plaoting 1 around Romo with & view to subdulnz the me laria of tho surroundinz marshes. Tae tres promises to becomo a pnisersed hon>facs 1, and whorever, In chima‘es adautod to ils growth, duwstricts are renderad uuwliolesoma Ly the miasma gonornted e wet landy, thero it scomn to briug healing in irs hransises, dzainiog the scll, puiifving tho atmonphero, and yrolding & strong fobritnge in its juicos, COPAL TREEY INEUROPE, Wo gave, & short time ago, au account takey from tue reporc of Capt. Elton, of tho coph tzeca on the Zanzibar River, Africa. e now loarn that seeds takon from fruits collected by Capt. Elton, and so.t to tho 3lusoum at Eew, bave gorminated, and aro moking stout, hoalthy plants. Some of them ara already abovo & uchies bigh and have alx or rovon poirs of leat- fots. Tnoy nre interosting from tho fact that thoy are tho Brat plants of the kind grownlp Ea. rope, und also on account of the valualls fessil recin yiolded by tho old tross. Although tha domai:d for copal Lias Iong baon beavy, tbers I8 no doubt thas great quantities of the gum sall romalia beneath the African soil. In Loauvo, on thoe west cunst of tho continent, large deposits aro known to exist, but, owing to the auporstition fr t)l;:dmum, tho reein 13 not allowed ¢ bo i ur e ANOTHER'S, Bhn has tha moat alluring eyes, 0 wears (e hosh Lewitohing guizs, o weara thie iost Le Aud parti-colored hioso | A Hor touch can thrill one Atrangely whes 0 1he dunce At luu' Il?. l:rll -but tban, leax| ey tell me 80, ~but (! = T naver bat tho chansol Ter melting tonen, 50 peoplo eay, bl(uumg the Lrain, And luave, wheu tho Lisa gone away, A Joy aklu to putn, Her vulcs I4 likg eweet musio whea Tte atralus ara soft and low; 80 thiise wii0've heard {f say—but the, 1 never did, you kvow, Bhe malies the most auperh ragoulym Knita stockivgs by the scaro Fuowa Latin, aud Italfan { Greck, Freuch, and plenty inore! Bho's Just Lho kil to awealels lve,—~ Adorable {—tiviuo | 1n short, she 4+ a persect wit] But then ahe lsu’s mino} —DBrookiyn Sunduy Sun, ——— Draw Polcer with Navy Itevolver Ao COIpRnINICnt, amvmunication to Youngatowon (0.) Bannets An {ucldont ocauted on 8 recont trip wiiehk mado over the Union Pucifio which may bo ot i+ tereet to your reuderm, as it wau at one time uncommon {utocest to me. Wo wers polia? aloug betweon Salt Lakeand Omaha wheo I msds my way into the smoking-car to onjoy s cigst. Laoticed a group gathared la the cantre of st car, and crasding iny way “P found two msa gomblng. Oue bon wellulrersed man, bal earing the geueral sppearauce of o biacklegy tho otlior wax n veritable miner, juat aa Lo ciid from tho mauntais, with long, gnzzly besd rotgl, gusras, aud dirty clothes, bat with los el old. *The play was for quito larga atakes, 83 buard winapers thiat the gambler was anout @ flecze the miuer, and mush symyathy wes Bl Lested for bim. ib Tho game—draw-pokor—still went o3, Wt Liardly & word spoken by the players, ull tinally when s farga bum was un tho bourd, ho gamolels being calied toubow Lis hand, tarew down theed accs aud teo quoows, aud resched for the money 5 (ho mincr strotched ovor aud helibs hsud avd ald down bwo oces, sbowius, of wm::‘ Hive aces in the pack, v then roached L\m aud drow & largo nuvy tovolver, covsed ity pla 2 the muzzel diroctly” Lotweau thn oyes of ‘" gamblor, s} boldivg vis baud, Not s waud 2 spoken, but each looked stenclily futo tus fl.'l'l’ ot tio ouier, Koo tuo Laud begun to quel move from tha mouoy, the form of tho pis to draw Lack, aad still tho rovolver lul.onw Ite stepped fnto thoe ufule, and Lerathe mnnh (A came 8o uniuterosting to me and soveral otb jreseat that wo dronped under tho seats. it Kawblor plowly | acliad townrd tha door, with 15 1ovolvor following till tho door was reaclied, o o passed out. Luo minor cooly let dowd oty hausmor of hiw yovolver, ropliced 1t 1n bis Lo awajt the monoy from tis baard Into Lis peut quietly ligiied ais pipe, and ecitied tiacd seat as If nothmg had buppened. The ulunxm partor tho who'a busipaed was that not 'vrnu way gpokon from the thne the gambler hi! o xhr:,u aces on tho board till Lie passod out o car«joor, T took a poat near tho miuer aftorwart, 80¢ cbatted wizh hin atont lus experienco n:d - wonutalng, aud Lie ssemod plossiot sud o sout. L did uok roler ta big hittio opwolo tha blackiog. o 1 liove noyor witnesaad s mora thiilllog 8677 or one {u which such extrewo covluoss nu;fl festod by the miner, and, for that matier, bY gawbior. ————— Uatimely sympuathye Arizonu Jtner, Tim Burke, of Yuws, wad on tho E3N000 with & ropo avound iy neck, when 8 mOMERT ont of brewth apposred, aud, mounting lu 10 dor, bauded a document fo tho bhuril, tliought bt wau a reprisve, and boguo wsu-rlfl aud lsugh, aud hoot, but wheu iho walied up and read $o him a sorlod