Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1869 — Page 4

The Opinion of Butler In New Orleans.

“PUmbkll " writ** to the Boiton Trnt *tr that when In Now OrleaM recently 1m went to the ennele and drain* which General Batler ordered dag when he kept the peOtUenttel fellow fever oat of the »Wewud them partially filled with fflhj mod, while on the top of the black water Via a thick scum of yellow-blue color. The atench from them ia nearly suffocating; we made a haste to get on the windware aide, to avoid a retreat toward the cftf. The city ia on a marsh that ia lower then the river, and stagnant water would stand here at eny time of the year, making it sickly if there ware no other aggravating causes. Bat whan tha offal ana filth of the city is oerelessly thrown into mee fever-breeding slough* and left to deoompoae, the effect la terrible. One of the most rabid rebels we have met in the South went with ns to visit the suburbs, and although he said all the bad things and toid all the lies he could get into the hoar we were with him, about General Butler, he expreased hi* idea of the incompetency of the city government in very strong term*. -

“1 heartily wish he were, back here,” said he, “ to pull these city officials over the coals. Why, the only healthy year this city ever saw was when he was here to make these lazy fellows toe the mark. As much as I hate him I wish he were back, and woald vote for him in a minute.” “ 1 hardly think he wohld run well for Mayor,” said we jokingly. “ Ye* he would, though,” said he. “ The people would all vote for him Just to spite the present Incompetents." * Later in the day af'er we had returned to the St. Charles Hotel, we had some conversation with another hater of Butler, when we referred to the recent action " of the Legislature in licensing gambling homes, lottery schemes, and such places, he explained it: “Well, after all is said, Butler did one good thing for the city in suppressing crime. You may not believe it, sir, but he renovated this ciiv, and a rowdy dare not stay here. Really, I wish he could be in command hire long enough to clean out these gambling dens.” So il was everywhere We went. Men cursed Butler; wished him ail manner of evil; wanting to fight us for refusing to see it in that light; yet each admitted that he wished the General was back to summarily cure Borne evil they hated. But ao two agreed on the same thing.

False Pretenses.

The Democrat ic managers are evidently fit mly persuaded that to call a cabbage a rose makes it a rose, or that if you only persist long enough you can at lean fatigue people into acquiescence. The Ohio and the California Democratic Conventions have both solemnly resolved, the first, that “ the Democratic party of the United States have always been pro eminently friendly to the rights and interests of the laboring manand the second, “ that the Democratic party ever has been, ia now,and ever will be, the champion Of the rights of the mechanic and the workingman.”

These be brave word a What are the facts? There is not a person in the country who is in the least familiar with oug political history who does not know that the great policy of the Democratic party for a generation was the aggrandizement of the slave system of the Southern States —a system which imbruted the laboring populatiou of those States, denying them even the common personal rights of humanity; and when the Southern leaders oi the Democratic party claimed the right of carrying their slaves into the free Territories of the West, whereby a Democratic leader, like Jefferson Davis or Robert Toombs, with a horde of laborers whom he kept like cattle, became the immediate rival of every free laborer from the East, it was the Democratic party that supported the demand. It was Ik cause the great mass of intelligent laboring men of every kind in the free States saw that the Democratic policy was one that disgraced labor and degraded the laborer that they threw that party from the power it had so long and foully misused; and it was the great slave-holders who were the chiefs of that party who then attempted to overthrow the Government, in order to perpetuate the abject slavery of the laboring population ol half the country. There was never a haughtier aristocarcy than the old slave lords m this country ; and their interests and will determined the policy of the party that “ has always been pre-eminently friendly to the rights and interests of the laboring men,” and “the champion of the rights of the me chanic and the working-man-"— Harper's Weekly.

The Internal Revenue.

The new administration Ik redeeming its promises of retrenchment in expenditure and of reform in the collection of the revenue. The doubt which existed in the minds of many, whether the corruption of the internal revenue system, especially, had not proceeded too far to allow of any other remedy than excision, must give way to the demonstrations of figures. The prompt and rapid increase of receipts from all sources is a guarantee that the last two years are to remain a miserable and shameful fact by themselves. It is well that it should be so. Another such two years might have sunk the vice of official corruption too deeply into the constitution of the public body for any peaceful remedy There has, indeed, been reason to fear that the country was approaching the condition where legal penalties and executive vigilance are helpless to prevent fraud and peculation, and that the President of the United States might became as impotent as formerly was the Czar of all the Rnssias to bring the proceeds of a tax into the Treasury, secure the honest performance of a contract to victual a ship-of-war, or devise bonds and conditions effectual for the execution of any public trust We seemed in the way to illustrate the melancholy lesson of Rome in her last days, and of Russia in the Crimean war—that nothing is so helpless as corrupt strength. The increase in the Treasury receipts is a matter of gratulation therefore, not became the treasury balance is at present of great consequence, but as Indicating that the floods of cor motion are at last fairly stayed.— Lippincott'i Magazine for August. Jj” A correspondent of the New York Tribune administers the following anecdote as applicable to Andy’s case : “The persistence with which this individua! hangs on to the idea that somehow or other the people want his services, or at least his opinions, reminds me of the man who persisted in going to a ball where he was neither invited nor wanted. All sects of hints were given him to leave, but in vain. He was the* forcibly put a kicked down several flights of stairs, out into the middle of the street, where, seated in the mod, be was heard to sxclaim, *1 don’t much believe they want me up there.’ It is true, A. J. has not come to the same conclusion with regard to himself yet, but let us have frith that he will in time. As there is a limit to ell things here below, probably his self conceit has bounds somewhere. Thirty-five against nineteen on impeachment was a gentle hint that might have made some men distrust their popularity, but it had an opposite effect on him, and he evident, ly expected that the dear people would make him President for the next four

Rluck and Plod.

In a recent extemporaneous address delivered by Mayor Hall before a class of business college graduates, the following paresge occurs; “ Tnere is no better word in the English language than ' plod.' If you would rosily and trnly tucoeed in life, young men, you must plod. ‘Oh,’ says eomeWly, ‘John Brown—a snap of the finger for him; he is only a • plodder ! ’ Only a ploiUler ! There never was a man, though he was the mist brilliant genius in she world, who did not owe whatever of real success he may have achieved to being a plodder as well. It is all very well to coruscate and light the path of life, but it must be i-lcck and. ri.oo that carries a man successfully over.” Worse things than that have been said in the pulpit; and we do not doubt that this liUle fay sermon will be productive of as mnch good as many a more elaborate disquisition flanked on either side with ritual pomp and ceremony. The world has recently gone into raptures over the completion of the Pacific Railroad, which is aptly termed the greatest achievement of the century. How much would genius

alone have done towards planting a highway Across'this mighty continent? Of what use would have been -Congressional appropriations, the right of way, prelimi nary surveys and spread-eagleism, without the *• pluck and plod” or the sturdy workmen, who,|tnch by inch and foot by foot, levelled the mountains and filled up the valleys for the “path of empire ? ” All honor to the men who conceived this great enterprise, and equal honor to the willing hands and sturdy hearts that made its achievement possible. Fortune and fame which come without the requisite toil are rarely blessings in themselves, and rarely come to slay. The law of compensation ts beneficent in ltd action, and much more universal in its application than we are apt to believe. Courage, sobriety, trust in God, and a steady perseverance in right doing carry with them continual blessings, and lesd to the only legitimate Bucceaa. — Pack<vr<T> Monthly.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. “We frequently hear of gonerafcreapturing pieces of artillery. What's the use of capturing ‘pieces,’ " says Mrs. Parting ton. “ Why not capture whole ones ?" In the largest Episcopal church is Mobile, after a contribution is taken up, it js ceremoniously banned to the pastor, who asks all who have contributed to rise, .when he solemnly consecrates the col lection with prayer. Every one gives something. Recently a lady residing in Boston had oocasion to correct her little girl, and was somewhat ytonishod and amused a few hours afterward, when putting her daughter to bed. After her usual prayer she added: “God blcs* good papa, aud God bless mamma, aud make her a good mamma.” A man who had been placed on the commission of the peace in a rural district, declared on taking his seat as a magistrate, that it would be “ his most anxious endeavor to do justice without fear, favor, or affection. In short,” added he, " I will tkke care that on this bench I will never be either partial or impartial.” A todno man of New Orleans agreed to become a prize in a lottery at a ladies’ fair, upon the understanding that it should be arranged for a very nice young woman to “draw” him. There was some mistake, by whioh an elderly spinster claims the prize, and talks of a breach of promise. The Progress Up.— Tim oak tree boughs once touchod the grass, Bat every year ihey grew A little farther from the ground And nearer towards the bine. So live that you each year may he. While time gltdos awlftly by, A little farther from the earth, And nearer to the »ky.

In regard to the cancellation of revenue stamps it would be well for all to remember that the law clearly requires of all parties using stamps that the entire surface of each and every stamp shall be exposed to view, and that each shall be cancelled by Writing or imprinting the name of the user or the initials and the complete date. RA member of the late Connecticut igislatnre was sold, the other day, by a fellow who told him it was a “ good day for the race." “What race'?” said the shad eater. “Human race,” said the joker. The shad eater was tickeled with the sell, and tried it himself on a fellow member thus: 11 It's a good day for the trot.” “What trot?” asked the other. “ The human race,” shouted sjnarty, and flattered himself he had said a good thing. Experiments in France and Holland have shown that sunflowers, when planted on an extensive scale, will neutralize the deleterious effects of exhalations from marshes. This plan has been tried with great success in ’the fenny districts near Rochefort, France, and the authorities of Holland assert that intermittent fever has entirely disappeared from districts where the sunflowers have been planted. Though the above facts appear to be proved, it is not yet ascertained what effect thb sunflower produces on the atmosphere, whether it generates oxygen, like other plants of rapid growth, or whether, like the cone-bearers, it omits ozone, and de stroys the animal and vegetable germs of miasms producing fever. At a meeting of the Polytechnic Association of tne American Institute, a fe w days ago, the chairman exhibited a letter which was certainly a curiosity. The letter and envelope were made of sheetiron, and yet weighed less than the regular letter rate, one-half ounce. The envelope measures four and seven-eighths by two and three fourths inches, and the letter is eight by five inches. Careful measurement with a micrometer gave one five hundreth of an inch as the thickness of the sheet. Letters have been written on sheet-iron before, and an iron book <>f* three hundred pages which measured less than one inch in thickness was sh'own at the World’s Fair. The book was printed with elastic lype, made especially for the purpose.— Manufacturer and Builder.

At the performance of “ Dora ” the other night in a Westerh city, when Mary Morrison made her exit to bring on her little Willie of four years, she was shocked to find a lubberly boy of at least 14, and as he was theody Willie at band, on he must go, though he was well nigh as b ! g as his mother. The Farmer Allen of the play, being equal |to the emergency, instead bf inquiring “How old are you, my little m&n?" endeavored to remedy the matter by saying, “ How old are you, my strapping boy ?” But he failed; for the boy, who was instructed to say from “ four to six,” said it in such a coarse, sepulchral tone as to drive the good-natured grandfather to exclaim, “ Forty six! You look Jt, my boy, you look it I” In Hanover, Mass., the Rov Mr. Freeman was settled a pastor of the First Congregational Church and Society some fifteen yean ago. Mr. F. made himself o,broxious to some of the young men by strenuously opposing the use of the Town Hall for balls and kindred gatherings. Thereupon the young men sought revenge in a novel manner. Not having sufficient grace to join the church, they applied for admisaion to Abe parish, where grace is nokconsidered a requisite for membership, They were received, and all went smooth ly until the annual parish meeting, whin the new members voted not to raise anything the coming year for the payment of ihe pastors salary, thnsjvirtually aud-sum-inarily dismissing tjjf gentleman from the duties of his office

Farm and Houschold.

USEFUL RECIPES, ETC. RAsruknßV SnonTCAXE—Made the same way as the strawberry cake, only cooking the berries a Utile while, with the sugar, before spreading them on the cake. This is nice and mpfe healthful than pie. Raspberry vinegar.—One pint of vinegar to two quarts of berries, washed. Let stand two or three days, then strain, and add a pint of white sugar to each pint of juice. Boil ten minutes after it begins to JMUe when cold.

Ip wood screws are warmed and dipped in melted tallow, it will prevent their rusting, and they can always be unscrewed witli ease. A large quantity of screws can be greased in a few minutes, and the operation is one which will ultimately result in a great saving of time and labor. Strawberry on Kaki-heriit Ick -Mash a pint of fruit with two large spoonfuls of flue sugar; add a quart of cream, strain through a sieve, and l'rqor.u. If yyn have no cream, bojl a spoonful of arrow root or corn starch in a quart of milk and stir in a beaten egg, then add the fr uit, strain and freeze ' Erins hor Burns.—The white of an egg has proved of late the most efficacious remedy tor burns, tjeven or eight successive applications of this substance soothe pain and effectually exclude the burned parts from the air. This simple remedy seems far preferable to collodion or uven cotton.— Qermantown Telegraph. Caßi*h6b anh 'MosquiTOEs.— Camphor is the most powerful agent to drive away mosquitoes. A camphor bag hung up in an open casement will prove an effectual barrier to tlu-ir entrance. Camphorated spirits applied as a perfume to the face and hands will act as an effectual preventive ; but when bitten by them, aromatic vinegar is the best antidote. Rick Flour Cement.—Tnis cement, much used in China and Japan, is made by mixing fine, rice flour with cold water, and simmering over a slow tire until a thick paste is formed. This is said 1o be superior to any other paste either for pantor or workshop purposes. When made nf the musistence oT plasfeFcTaV.lnddeTß. busts, has reliefs, Ac., may be formed of it, and the articles, when dry, ate susceptible of high polish, aud very durahlo.

Currant Jelly.—Pick over the fruit, but leave it on the stems. Put it iDto the preserving keltic, mash it, and when hot strain through a coarse linen cloth till the juice is all out. Use a pound of sugar to a pint of juice, Sift the sugar and heat it as hot as possible without burning or melting. Boil the juice five minutes, and while boiling, add the. hot sugar, stir jt well, boil five minutes longer, then take it off. Be careful to observe the time, and you will h ive nice j- lly, ol a rich beautiful color. — Exchange. Mrs. William B. Hazleton, of Mali npac Falls, in the Michigan Farmer- , says:.l take the sweet or over-gu-etijEprh before it gets old, cut it from the cob, fill my cans full, pressed down, I then take a boiler, lay some sticks in the bottom for my cans to lay on, I then lay the covers of the cans on loose, fill the boiler with wa ter so that it will cover half way up the ! sides of the cans, put the cover on the boiler, boil for three hours briskly, take out and press the covers on tight. Will keep well aud have all the flavor of green corn.

Jht. Carriekk, of St. Jean du Card, in reply to the offer of the Marquis d’Orches, o: a premium o 1 twenty thousand.,francs, for a practical method of determining death, furnished the following, which he says he has practiced for forty years : Place the hand with the flngei s closelypressed one against the other, close to a lighted lamp or candle; if alive, the tissues will be observed to be of a transparent, or a ro&y hue, and the capillary circulation of life in full play; if, on the contrary, the hand oi a dead person be -placed in the same relation to light., none of the phenomena are observed—we see but a hand as of marble, without circulation, without life,— Jour, de Med. el de Chirurg. Tiie Grindstone. —The periphery of every griudstoue on which edge-tools arc ground should run as true as the dressed surface of a millstone, as it is impracticable to grind a tool correctly on a stone that revolves with an uneven motion. If the periphery of a stone varies half an inch in each revolution, the most expeditious way to put it in order is to loosen the wedges with which it is keyed to the journal, and rehang it. Then secure the bearings of the journal, so that they cannot be easily lifted out of. the boxes, and turn the periphery off true and smooth. Let a firm rest be fixed close to the periphery before attempting to turn off theprominent portions. The rest must be solid with the surface close to the stone, so that when the turning instrument comes in contact with the stone, it will remove a thin chip without springing away from the stone. Stone-turners always employ, for a turning-tool the end of a bar of very soft iron , drawn out to a point, and turned up at the end for gouging. A piece of soft iron is far more effective than steel.— Hearth and Home.

The Preservative Power of Ferns.

For many years, in England, ferns have been employed as a means of preserving fruit which is to be transported to any distance. Their use tends to prevent mould and decay. They are also much used in packing fish to send from the; coast to London; also to line the hampers! which contain fresh vegetables for the city markets. In this country there is. comparatively speaking, but little use made of them. Our fields and hillsides are covered with their bright green plumes; and in the economy of nature, there surely must be found some gap for them to fill. We be lieve that there is no plant growing on the earth which has not its utility. There can be little doubt but what ferns contain some peculiar preservative power. Both the bracken and the male fern abound in alkaline matter which was formerly used by soap and glass manufacturers in England ; aLd their astringent properties are well known to the dressers of leather.

The aroma of this genus of plants is repugnant to most insects, aud inimical to the growth of that species of fungi known as mould ; hence, the leaves couhi not but be of use in packing those fruits liable to its attack. They might be made available by our peaelvgiroWers in sending their fruit to market. If the baskets were lined with the leaves, and they were laid between the fruit, we think it would arrive at its destination in good order, and there would ,be no, complaints about its decay. The peculiar odor thrown off by ferns is familiar to all who have gathered and pressed their fronds. It is slightly aromatic, and very agreeable. Is it due to an essential oil contained therein ? AH if us who dabble in paste know well that a few drops ot essential oil of any kind will prevent, to a great extent, the growth of fungi upon its surface. Would not fern .eaves boiled with it prove equally preservative ? The root of the male fern {Lattrez filix mat), when administered in the form ot a powder, is a prompt anthelmintic, and, it is said, will destroy eyen the, Upe-worm. In some papts of Germany and Denmark, beech-leaves are used to stuff mattresses, because fleas and bugs cannot exist among them. Would not the dried

leaves of the bracki-n and fern which abound in all our farming districts be found a great Improvement upon the ryestraw so extensively in uses lor bedding? They would certainly fie preferable io ihq split corn busks and the “ Excelsior stuffing so extensively employed by the upholsterers. If they would prove deadly to bugs and moths, they would certainly create a new era in bedding and furniture, and might prove valuable to the lurrier. . The young fronds of the male fern, when cooked and served on toast, like asparagus, are said to greatly resemble that vegetable. Dried ferns would also be a valuable protection against cold, and would preserve delicSlc sfinthß and roses,-as well as the hemlock-branches, which are so extensively used fjr that purpose. In Somerset County, England, they are in great request for covering potato “ buries,^".in lieu of straw, and are said to resist all mould and dampness. We hope our readers in the coming season will test their preservative power, and secure this valuable remedy against the pests of mildew, moih, and mould.— Hearth and Home.

The Potato Bug and its Poison.

At a recont meeting of the Cook County (ill.) Homo- ipathic society, Dr. E. M. Hale read an interesting essay on the potato bug, giving a description of the insect, its habits, poison, and the antidotes. The doctor states that there are ten diflerent species of potato bugs, of which the " Colorado ” bug is most numerous and to be dreaded. In regard to the poison of this bug, and its effects, Dr. Hale says : Persons have been poisoned by this bug in various ways, namely : 1. By inhaling the fumes from the insects when placed in hot water : 2. Ity inhaling the fumes froiq, them when the bugs have been placed in pans and subjected to the action of dry heat. 3. From bruising them between the fingers or in the palms of the hands. The Colorado bug is peculiarly tenacious of lifts. They will live after being subjected to an amount of heat that would kill most insects. It is this tenacity otlife that makes the bug a greater annoyance to the agriculturist, and lias obliged him to retort to various severe expedients to destroy them after he lias collected them from the plants. From time to time the newspapers have contained cases of poisoning by this inscet, but many of the instances were doubtless exaggerations. One peculiarity, however, was noticed, that in all the cases the ill results occurred front killing the bugs by one of the methods just mentioned. Another peculiarity is, that the various reports do not mention any such results as local vesication from an application of this species. In the Canthoris and Lyon, and other blistering insects, the poison, doubtless, resides in the external portions of the insect, as their mere application without bruising will cause vesication. But the poison of the Doryghora appears to reside in the fluids of its body, which fluid, when volatilized by heat of as great or greater degree, is absorbed by the system, and results in a general blood poisoning. No experiments have yet been made to ascertain whether general poisoning Would result from inserting the liquid portions of the insect into the blood. Perhaps the cases of poisoning from bruising the bug in the hands may have resulted from inoculation, for the hands of hard-working laborers are very apt, to be covered with fissures or abrasions

It has been already intimated that it is more than probable that this virulent poison acts upon tne blood- In this respect it is probably analogous to the serpent poisons, as well as the results of poisoning by spiders, scorpions and the bee. Under its influence the blood becomes disorganized, a septic condition obtains, and inflammation of a low grade, simulating erysipelas, results. Dr. Hale also gave several cases of poisoning by this insect, of which one is as follows: “ A man picked the bugs from the vines and killed them by crushing them between the lingers. He did not wash his hands afterward. He was attacked in a few hours with a violent fever, bloated face, delirium, eyes protruding, pulse 123. These symptoms lasted from 9 a. m. to 11 p. m , when the whole body began to swell; the hands and feet became cold ; the pulse became weak; an irresistible stupor came on, with loud rumbling in the abdomen. At 2a. m. he awoke and vomited a brown dirty matter for a quarter of an hour, after which he fell back and expired. A post mortem examination revealed a dark congested spleen, the brain congested, and an uncoagulatcd state of the blood.”

The mode of treatment which the doctor suggests, is the following: “If the patient is seen as soon as it is known that the poison has been absorbed by any crack or abrasion, the part should be thoroughly washed with strong soap and water (using the common washing soap.) and afterward a solution of bromine should be applied to the poisoned portion, if the violent symptoms of cerebral excitement set in, the bromide of potassium should be given in the usual medicinal doses for a time, when if the condition do not improve, give lachesis, belladonna, apis, acoDite, or stramonium, as the case seems to demand. Several physicians have found baptsiea and lachesis in alternation, to act beneficially in severe cases. “As a local application to the enormous local swelling which occurs, there is probably nothing better than the extract of hamamelis; a weak solution of the spirits of ammonia, or a lotion of aconite, arnica, or veratrum viride. “If Budden and alarming prostration sets in, resoit should be had to ammonia, alcohol in some form, or a preparation of arsenic, given internally. “Jf the acute symptoms subside, and a typbola or, septic, condition obtains, the indications are to treat it in the same manner as we would a case of typhoid from any other cause. “In those cases where the fumes have been inhaled, it is probable that the vapor of bromine, of proper strength, inhaled soon after, would act as an tflicient antidote.”

Summer Care of Cows.

Cows require shade in summer, and if at liberty will travel a great distance to obtain it. It is reasonable to suppose that they are the best judges of their wants, and if deprived of this comfort and com pelled to stand or lie all day without any screen from the hot sun, a decline of flesh, loss of vital energy, and a marked de ’crease in the flow of milk must follow. The grazing times for cattle in hot weather are at night fall, and early in the morning when the grass is fresh with dew; and they should by no means be confined in the yard during the night time, and retained there no longer than is necessary at milking time. A good supply of fresh pure water is as essential as plenty of feed to keep up the yield of milk, and a very great error is- entertained by some who suppose that if cows get their fill once a day it il all they require. If a farmer is compelled to water his stock at the well in a dry time, a large trough should be furifi>hed, and kept filled so that they can driDk when they choose. The water is all the betterfor standing a sho/t time exposed to the atmosphere. Farmers some times get the idea that cattle do not want water bat once a day, for the reason that they will come to the welt only that often o get it. When drink first fails thefh in

the panture, cattle will visit the well two or three time* a day for a short time, bat ■oon learn that water is furnished only at certain times, and then they remain away, however thirsty they may become, until the hour arrives which has been set as a time to supply them. A great deal of trouble is experienced some seasons by the cow-pox getting into the dairy. This .pustule eruption usually first appears upon one cow, and many times may be kept from going any further by the exercise of caro. The beet way to prevent its spread is to always milk the cow having it last. This disorder is contagious and can easily be conveyed upon the hands of the milker from one cow to

Cow-pox first appears in small yellow bunches upon the teats, which contain purulent matter and afterwards break out nto discharging ulcers, becoming very troublesome ana hard to heal. The teats should be washed clean with warm cas-tile-soap suds and di eased with some healing salve, oil or ointment. Jennings recommends citrine (not citron) ointment which may be obtained at any drug store; but we have never seen any greater benefit from the use of this, after giving it a thorough trial, than from the use of a#»ot oil alone, or from an ointment made of lard two parts, and ono part each of rosin and calamine (carbonate of zinc.) The calamine should be finely powdered and added after the first two have been melted together, and partly cooled.— American Stock Journal.

Cultivation of Dwarf Pear Trees.

Many fruit-growers complain that their dwarf pear trees fail after a few years, or at best produce only a small quantity of inferior fruit. The probability is that if the causes of failure was investigated it would be found that in nine cases out of ten the decline of the trees is occasioned by want of proper cultivation. It should be borne in mind, that the pear and quince are quite distinct in their habits, and re quire, different soils and different treatment. The wild pear tree grows in dry soil and semis its roots down to the hardest banks of clay, forming a large tree of very hard wood, living for centuries. The quince,' Cydonia vulgaris, was introduced into Burope from the Island of Crete, whose ancient name it bears, and in its native habitat it is still found growing in rich, moist soil on the banks of rivers, and in the opening* of the forest among the debris of decaying semitropical vege tattnn. In order to dwarf the pear it is grafted on the quince, but the habits of the stock are seldom taken into account Whenever they are there is no complaint of the failure of the trees. The soil for dwarf pears or the quince should he very deep and exceedingly rich; a thin, dry, hard soil, is totally unfit far them. The roots should be protected from drought, by a mulch of rotten straw, decomposed barn-yard manure, leaf-mould, or any other substance that will resist heat, and at the same time afford fertilizing ingredients to the soil.

In a garden in the city of Detroit may be seen dwarf pear trees growing in deep soil, which has been formed by filling up a hollow place with rich muck, street-sweepings, and barn-yard manure, to the height of nearly three feet above the original surface; these trees have continued to grow rap'dly from the time they were planted. They make a fine growth of healthy wood every year, and bear a large crop of fruit, while trees planted at the same time, in less favorable soil, have made very little growth and and have borne scarcely any fruit. In another garden in the same city may be seen a Louise Bonne de Jersey dwarf pear tree, which, although several years old, made very little growth until an asparagus bed was made adjoining to it, into which the roots extended; it then grew vigorously, and bears fruit annually. These facts, among others, prove the necessity of deep, rich soil, and Cafeful culture for the dwarf pear.— Western Rural. Chicago Times is seriously exercised in the effort to show that President Grant has Tylerized, but evidently does not know how to feign sincerity. In the same issue it styles him “ a man of no brains,” a “ tool of the Radicals,” and yet alleges that he has gone over to the Democracy. Had President Grant really “Tylerized,” the result would be announced by the Chicago Times, New York World, and LaCrosae Democrat prostrating themselves in an ecstacy of admiration and eulogy. We should then hear no more of the Dent family, or the gift enterprises, or the President’s profound knowledge of horses and dogs; but from every Democratic altar in the land there would arise an aromatic and odorous incense of elegant adjectives. They would style him, for a day or two, “ His Excellency, our clear-headed and able Executive.” In a week the stf ain would be pitched in a higher key—“ Our great and patriotic Chief Magistrate.” In a fortnight, ten thousand Democratic papers would hail him as “ The Country’s Deliverer,” “ The First Hero and Statesman of the Cpuntry.” In a month, especially if his policy had led to the slaughter of negroes, he would be no less than the “ Savior of the Constitution,” “ The Wise Ulysses,” “The God-like Grant.” This would continue, with variations, until the fourth year of his term. Then he would receive one and a half votes in the National Democratic Convention as their candidate for the Presidency, while the strength their party had gained through him would go to elect John T. Hoffman.— Chicago Tribune.

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