LEWIS BURG CHRONICLE BY 0. N. WOEDEN & J. It. CORNELIUS. ESTABLISHED IN 181 3.... WHOLE NO., C87. At 1,50 Per Year, always is Advance. LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA.; FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1857. An Independent Family News Journal. A MOTHKirS LOVK. How paltry all atlrciion seems. Contrasted with a mother's love! Anil ail those rapiJ, transient dreams Ol" youthful passion, who can preve? (Such love, oft but a meteor glare, Consuming a'l it rests upon; Its only product, blank despair, And keen reiaorsc.wlien all is done. II ii : this burns on so calm and pure. This is so sweet, by virtue led, This is so steadfast and so sure. Increasing still, as life is sped This is so beautiful, so true. It seems a spirit home of heaven For every sorrow finds its due. And every sin can be forgiven. flliclmONICLE ruin vv, jtxi; vt, is.Y7. Building Associations. Id many cities and towns, associations arc formed, of individuals contributing a certain sum monthly to a general fund, Which is loaned at certain periods to tho parson offering the largest premium and giving tho Association ample first security on real estate for the money. The sums ttus raised, are devoted solely to paying fjr or LuildiDg dwellings. In this manner, cay ono dollar per month is contributed by eaoh member, in a way that insures for some one a dwelliug monthly, or in that proportion ; and in addition to the improvement effected, the premi ums, fines, ic, are put in the general fund. When the fund reaches a certain eum, it is divided, and each member rea lizes an equal sharo of the profits each one's loans, of course., being returned to him as his share. Good houses are often thus secured by persons of small capital. Many youtij and old, male and female are induced in this way to save what would otherwise be lost, and those who in vest realize more than simple interest. Money deposited can be withdrawn if desi red, with littlo difficulty. The effect of those Associations (if well managed) can but be beneficial, to individ uals and to a town. We have heard a de sire expressed for something of tho kind in Lcwisburg, and solicit from any person who has had experience, a statement of facts and of views respecting the plan. Antxccr to Kiddle in Chronicle ult. 7'ite great u-halc that swallowed Jonah. A !-ader of the Evangelical Messenger." A Fish.-M.A A.-' Answer to QUERY in last Chronicle. A dozen dozens is 864 A half dozen of dozens (Ml) is 72 The "difference," then, is 79J Answered by C It, Lewisburg j R F B, Eat Uuffaloe; and H P A. KIDDLE. There was a man of Adam's race Who had a certain dwelling place. It neither was in heaven, earth, or hell, Nor any other place where man doth dwell. Puzzling friend, can you conceive Who he was, and where did he live? Answer is requested. M. A. A, ACROSTICAL ENIGMA. I am composed of 18 letters My 17 1 I s a kme f his k'n 19 T 10 1 1 2 IS, a town in Florida 3 2 17 5 11, a mountain in Pennsylvania 15 8 13 11, a metal 5 13 7 It Jl 13 11 9, a kind of tea fi S 12 1 4 14, a city in Prussia 7 11 15 13 14, a county in Pennsylvania 12 13 2, an animal 9 9 IS 2 II, a county in Wisconsin 1C 11 IS 14 2 5 Irt.an empire 1 1 7 12 13 1 1, a lake in the United States 8 4 10 2, a kind of grain 13 5 3 1 9 13, a town in New York 1 1 15 1 2, a river in Africa 4 12 15 5 1 1, a sea in Europe 10 11 l.'i 17 4,a State in South America 1 18 3 15 5, a river in the United States 2 7 14 IS 10 18, a female name My whole s one of the best periodicals published in Pennsylvania. R F B , East Buffaloe PROBLEMS. 1. Required the length (ia feet) of a wire 1-K.th of an inch in diameter drawn from a brass bullet six inches in diameter, no allow ance being made for waste! 2 If from my ae you take half a score. Square the remaindered add five times four. It will answer in the same degree As if you multiply my as;e by three. C R -, Lewisburg We have on hand several other favors si milar to the above, for insertion hereafter. cf 11)4 IfKrinoiiKto' qf HctoisVg, MAT, 1857. 9 p m. Dai 7 a at. If. In 47.1 IT 43.0 41.4 65.1 15 US o. 61.7 43.1 61.0 riuetwes jSS .bowing that tfis month jurt closed iia less than a dearae colder than tie correspond in montta of last year. The mouth of May, 1S67, U remarkable for thequanUty of Kir, more baring fallen than for the r-ur months next preceding. The aeoonnt for this year so far stands as flloas: quantity of rain In Inches January 1.&S1 lMiruary 1.114 Slarrh l.-JUS April iJT. Total for first four months C0I8 , Uoj 6.700 In MT,lSiO, the quantity of rain vat S.OJO O.S.J. odinmr i omit Land speculation at tho weet has become a perfect madncs.. At a land office in Iowa, to open on Monday of last week, sev eral men planted themselves at the door on the Saturday previous, remaining there Bight and day until Monday, and when the door opcued fifteen hundred men ruth t J in, s:mc receiving serii'us injuries. dai 7 am. 2 m. 1 11 U 4 7.2 Si.7 3 MJI 1.5 4 I l'i.7 M.7 S oil Ml 2 j S H S5 t l:l.S (4 S 1;. 1,1,3 ii.4 li M.S 1.2 fill 6 T5.8 en.T a eon st.a vjo 10 67.2 7i. 62.7 2ti tl 84.7 log 11 3H.0 4IV 40J 27 87.0 77.7 fr.i.8 12 37.1 W.2 47 i 2ft GuJ 71.8 :o 13 lit 68.5 CI.l 211 HI (Hi 616 14 614 111 61.S SO 513 73.8 6U.1 li 610 67 4 H.8 31 US 72.2 1:,2.2 87.4 M.6 UuotMy means 6u7 6491 tiki slean t May, 1858 toll do do 17 67.23 ORIQINAL E8SAYS. Communicated for the Lewisburg Chronicle. IIIVINO. Among the numerous writers of modern times, few arc regarded with inoro favor in this country than Washington Irving, while none perhaps arc deserving of greater honor. True, there are others who in par ticular fields of literary effort far surpass him. As an essayist and historian, Macuu- Icy occupies a higher position,and exhibits more profundity of thought and correctness of opiuion. Of the pocts,a Scott, a Byron perchance a Tennyson or Longfellow, may captivate our minds, move and elicit from us the acknowledgment of superior ity ; and iu the line of travel, a Bayard Taylor or a Curtis may especially delight us ; but nowhere, in the whole extensive circle of literary men, can we find one whose writings are calculated to please more generally, or are in reality more pop ular, than Irving's. It would be as diffi cult to discover one who would refuse him honor, as to find among tho tottering hu man relics of our Revolution one who docs not love and venerate the name of "tho Father of his Country." Every true heart ed American is proud to claim him as his fellow citizen ;' and were the custom of ancient times still in vogue, many would be eager to extend to him the laurel wreath of literary supremacy. And well docs he merit the many proofs of popular esteem, which he is constantly witnessing in the extensive sale and wide diffusion of his numerous works ; for who does not revel in such descriptions of men and scenery and events as his ? There is a life, a spirit in them, which can not fail to rivet our attention, and, by giving full play to the imagination, interest it to the highest degree. We are sensible of a sort of magical influence extended upon our minds by bis flowing, graceful stylo, and are carried away with delight almost with out knowing the cause. No sooner have we taken up one of bis volumes, than we are convinced that the author is no ordi nary man, but one surpassingly gifted by Nature, deeply versed in the tendencies and preferences of the human heart, and skilled in the "ways and means' of arou sing the sluggish fancy. There is so much animation in nil Lin wr.pjo su muwi variety in the scenes and, withal, a vein of such quiet good humor, and witty, half hidden satire, in the expression of his views, that to acknowledge that wo arc not charmed by them, would be to confess that we possess no taste for vivacity and beauty in style. Even what aro usually consid ered the most ordinary subjects, when clothed with the fantastic drapery of his pen, appear beautiful, and assume a won derful importance. It would bo difficult to name a work ca pable of producing more inward merriment even tho' professing to be witty than our author's "New York," that master piece of historical burlesque, which, how ever much pleasure its production may have afforded him, and its perusal may render us, seems to have incensed the aristocratic Dutchmen of the New Nether lands to such an extent that ho was com pelled to undergo a species of exile for several years. In the "Conquest of Gra nada," too, wo discover (in the occasional observations of the sage Agapida) a trace of that same splendid satire which sparkles upon every pago of tho "New York," and runs through most of his writicg?,forming one of their most attractive features ; while "The Alhambra" is a brilliant effort of his genius sweet as the soft music of tho guitar in the hands of a Spanish cavalier, and yet lively as the click of the castinot at a moonlight danco in the gardens of Granada. It would be folly to enumerate the vari ous beauties of stylc,mattcr, and language, for which Irving's works historical, bio graphical, and otherwise are so justly celebrated, or to add another word in tes timony of their general excellence. They are conceded to be "beyond criticism," and the reviewer roads only to admire, while his pen, to others usually bo terrible on account of its fault finding propensities, is laid aside in reverential courtesy. In short, as Americans we have no writer to whom wo can look with stronger emotions of pride, than to the hale old bachelor of Sunnyside, who has done more perhaps to establish the litarary reputation which our country enjoys, than any other man. T. c. Whistli.no. The man who don't be lieve in whistling, should go a step furth er, and put a muzzle on bobolinks and mocking birds. Whistling is a great in stitution. It oils the wheels of care, and supplies tho place of tdnsbine. A man who whistles has a good heart under bis shirt front. Such a man not only works more willingly than any other man, but he works more constantly. A whistling cobbler will earn as much mon ey as a cordwainor who gives way to low spirits and indigestion. Moan or avari cious men never whistle. Who ever heard of a whistler among the sharp practition ers of Wall street ? We pause for an an swer. Tho man who attacks whistling, throws a stone at the head of hilarity, and would, if be could, rob June of its roses August of its meadow larks. Such a man savuM Ic I'.'cJtcd tt.JLUttry Tims. The California Elk-Horn Chair. Sell, ?!ii)ii)qnj(ji rjnioi) Coii)lj U(i)iji NINETY YEARS AOO. Tho most interesting feature of the past week, was the presentation, on Saturday, of an elk horn chair to Prcsid't Buchanan by Seth Kinnian, a California trapper. At two o'clock 1'. M., in the Ivist Koom of the Executive Man-ion, was witnessed for the first time tie attractive scene of a spe cial putlic interview between a trapper of the far-distant Western wilds of the Paci fic and tho President of the United Stutes. Mr. Kinman was escorted to the Wbito IIouso by Gen. Denver of California, Col. Statubcau, and Maj. Arnold Harris. The chair had been previously deposited in the East Koom, where a large concourse of ladies and gentleman had assembled. The logs of the chair nro mado of the horns of tho stag or elk, with the antlers forming the back and arms, being highly polished ; and the scat of a soft, heauti fully dressed white skin. It is very com modious, and seems especially made for easo and comfort. The trapper entered the lloom, accompanied by his escort, dressed in his deer-skin hunting shirt and trowscrs, with his rifle on his shoulder. Ho wore his hunting shirt open at tho neck, exposing a red flannel waistcoat, and the legs of bis boots outsido of his trow scrs. He is about fire feet eleven inches in height, spare but well made, and of great muscular power and activity. His features are regular, and rather preposses sing, lie bas a sharp, keen, blue eye, dark chestnut hair, inclined to curl, with full beard and moustache, a shade lighter than his hair. On his entering, he was immediately surrounded, and several per sons were introduced to him. Col. Bu chanan, U. S. A., who has been for some time in California, approached the trapper and said, "Setb, do you know me ?" The trapper, after scanning his features, mado a movement of surprise and pleas ure towards the Colonel, and said, " Yes, it is not easy to forget your sign you are CoL Buchanan, and I am right glad to see yon." Ine two heartily shook bands, and inquiries were mado after mutual friends. " Da vou Minsnliw "ir i pouch.' ' asi;ca too trapper, putting nis hand upon a square leather bag which hung, with other trappings, over his shoulder. " I do woll," replied the Colonel, "and while I acknowledge its services, I have no longing to be one of its companions again, under similar circumstances. I can fully endorse you, Seth." The trapper then passed on, and took his position by tho side of the elk-horn chair, leaning upon his rifle, and the as sembly formed a large circle around him. Tho President, entering from the main corridor, was then announced, and the cir cle opened to receive him. Gen. Denver stepped forward, and formerly presented Mr. Kinman to the President. Mr. uo- chanan took the trapper by the hand, and cordially welcomed him, saying, "I be lieve you aro from Berks county, Penn sylvania." ".No, sir, replica tne trapper, iu low and modest tunc, " I am from old Union. That's my native county. I left it, in 1830, for the West, and have since then twice crossed the Rocky Moun tains. I return to the States, for tho first time, with the only purposo of presenting to you, sir, this chair. I killed the elks myself four of 'om and it took some time before I could get tho antlers that I wanted. This, sir, is the first picco of cabinet-making that I ever tried my hand at. Great laughter by tho audience. You will find it steadfast and true, put-1 ting his band upon the chair, and it is bound together by tto native iron of Cali fornia. I assure yon, sir, it will give you a safe support to the end of your life, which I hope will bo a prolonged and a happy one." The President, in reply, said : " I ac cept this chair with great pleasure. I shall value it highly. It will serve to re mind me of the wilds of California and the Californians. .They arc men that can be coaxed, but ean not be driven. I will carry it home with me to Pennsylvania, after I retiro front tho Presidency, and prize it as one of the most pleasing reminiscences of my official career." Then, turning bis attention to tho rifle of the trapper, Mr. Buchanan said, "What do you call your gun 1" " Long Tom," answered tho trapper, "and many a time has my life depended on her and a steady nerve, or I would have been wipal out long ago I" Again reverting to the chair, the trap per said : " I have never permitted any man to sit in this chair, as I determined you should be the first I hope, Mr. President, yon will now take a scat in it, that I may tell my friends that I saw you sitting in it." Mr. Buchanan smilingly acquiesced, saying, "Certainly, I must gratify yon in this as woll as myself hero Mr. Bu chanan reclined on tbe chair, and it will give me great pleasure in the reflection of having received it at your Hands. While seated, an elJ r1-'"11 w-A the President's band, and attempted to have a parley, but Mr. Buchanan shook him off, and turned to the trapper, who said : " You will find, Mr. President, that one fork of tho antlers at the foot of the chair will make you a good boot jack, so that you can draw your boots with case, and put on your slippers." Great mer riment. Mr. Buchanan having risen from the chair, a Dr. Wozcncraft, of California, was presented to tho President. Tho Doctor toak the occasion to niaka a little speech, and alluding to the California iron which bound the chair, reminded the President of his promise to carry out tho iron bands of the Pacific Itallroad. Mr. Buchanan replied that he always kept his promises, and referring to his services as Secretary of State during the war with Mexico, said ho had done his best to acquiro California, and it would bo his greatest wish to sec her more closely bound to the Union with rails of iron and wires of electricity. The audience being over, tho people, and the trapper and his frionds, dispersed, highly gratified with the interview. In connection with this incident, must mention a historical reminiscence of Gen. Phincas Lyman, to show his remark' able foresight and statesmanship. In 1767 he applied to the British Parliament for an extensive grant of land on the Ohio, contending that if the Colonists were con fined to agricultural pursuits, there would be but little danger of their becoming in dependent ! But, said he, a period will no doubt arrive, when North America will no longer acknowledge a dependence on any part of Europe. lie thought it to be so remote, however, at that time, as not to be an object of national policy, or human prevention, and that it would be made still more so by opening new schemes of agriculture, and widening space, which the Colonists must first occupy. Space has indeed been widened to tho Pacific shores, and could Gen. Lyman but have witnessed the scene between Mr. Bu chanan and tho trapper, ho would Lave seen his prophecy fulfilled to his utmost astonishment, so far as his prediction of our independence, hut not as to the poli cy of opening new schemes of agricul- Normal Schools. A proposition is on foot for tho establishment of Normal Schools, for the instruction and qualifica tion of Teachers for tbe duties of their profession. A bill for that purpose, divi ding the State into twelve Normal School districts, passed. Tho schools arc to pos sess the following requisites : An area of ground of not less than ten acres the necessary building to contain a Hall of sufficient size to comfortably scat one thousand persons lodging rooms and re fectories for the accommodation of at least 300 students. Each school is to contain a library for the free use of tho students; also, a philosophical apparatus, &c. The faculty is to be composed of six Professors of known ability and education; the school to be under tho supervision of a board of Trustees. Monument to a Slave. The stu dents of Howard College, Alabama, assis ted by the Baptist Convention, have erec ted a monument, with a suitablo inscrip tion, over the remains of Harry, a slave belonging to the President of tho institu tion, who, when the college burnt down in j 1854, lost his life in arousing the sleeping students, saving many from death, but j perishing in his devotion to them. Harry was 23 years old, and was a member of j tho Baptist church. This is one of that class that Judge Taney says " have no rights which a white man is bound to re spect," but which the Ohio Statesman amends by saying that they "have the rijkt to he tued." Cool. The Now York Erprcu, which during the last Presidential election was continually boasting of Fillmore't tri umph, has the following paragraph in re ply to a fling of tbe New York Acta, as to the folly of "Sam:" "The JVt'iM ought to know that the nomination of Mr. Fillmore, and the votes cast for him, by a party and citizens who had no prospect of success, and no hope of reward, gave its own candidate the ascen dency, and its own party tho victory. Perhaps that may be put down as one of 'Sam's absurdities,' but it doos not look woll for tho Aisir to say so." It may probably be better termed ono of "eSuaV rascalities." A Wabniko. Tho Pension office has received information that James G. Nes bit, who was convicted, in 1853, of forg ing pension papers, and sentenced to six years' imprisonment, died in the State's prison, at Auburn, N. Y., a few days since. It is understood that his death was caused by grief and mortification, as, before his conviction of this offence, he had been highly respected for his integri ty and talents, and was quite distinguish ed as a lawyer. His history furnishes a sad lesson upon tho danger of swerving from the strictest integrity. At an OU Folks' Couccr in East Wil ton, N. II., Caleb Putman, about eighty years cf sg", K'd tho choir. Kaunas Matters. A Soutuebn OriNioa Upon an Im roiiTA.NT Question. The Iticbmond South scouts the suggestion of Governors Walker and Stanton that the Constitution to be formed by the approaching ex parte Convention for Kansas, will be submitted to the pe2le. It says: " The Contention haAio authority to submit its work to the popular approval. Nor can Congress jeet its Constitution, except on the condi tion that it is incompatible with a rcpub lican form of government. Such being the absurdity and illcjalitj of the proposi tion to submit the Constitution of Kansas to tho inhabitants of the Territory, we havo a right to affirm, in view of the fact that the Convention is under tho absolute control of the Pro-Slavery party, that if Kansas be lost to the South, it will be tho result of the unjust and unwarrantable interference of tbe Federal Government." J7te Border Rvjjian Democracy ia Kan sas, is not yet extinct. The following no tice was put under the door of a Mr. Sut ton, at Willow Springs : a put 21 IS67. Ma.Srmx: Yon will ohlice DMsion 4. Couneil 11. national democratic party, ty leaving- tine dV, or abide ue cuueequcueue. n. BUKUWJ1, secretary. On tho back of tbe letter was the draw ing of a pistol. Mr. Sutton is one of threo brothers who were driven from their claims last summer by the border Ruffians, who burned one of their houses, stole their horses, and confiscated their crops. They wintered in Illinois, and this spring returned to take possession of their old claims. They are said to be peaceable men, members of the Methodist Church. After tho people of Lawrence told act ing Gov. Stanton, that they would never obey the bogus laws he was sent to the Territory to enforce, he has been examin ing those laws, and emphatically pronoun ced bis opinion that " many of them aro damnable" lie concluded to "wait till Walker comes, and let Walker manage it" There are now eleven English and one German Free State papers in Kansas. Looki.nq Guiltt. Nothing ean be more absurd than the idea of "looking guilty" proving guilt An honest man charged with crime is muoh more likely to fender, who is cenorallj prepared for the event, and has his face " ready made" for the occasion. The very thought of being suspected of anything criminal will bring tho blood to an innocent's man check in nine cases out of ten. The most " guilty looking" person wo ever saw was a man arrested for stealing a horse which turn ed out to be his own property ! Boston 1'apcr. P. T. Barnum, wc see it stated in the New York Tribune, bas bad a run of bad luck on his recent visit to England. He took with him on that adventuro " little Cordelia Howard," the Eva of the play of Uncle Tom, and Tom Thumb. But both " Eva" and "tbe General" were as good as failures. To add to his misfortunes, Barnum took sick, debts followed in bis wake, and bailiffs pressed him on all sides. It is Mr. B's intension to return home, take the benefit of tho Bankrupt law, and then, liko Mr. Micawbcr, wait for " some thing to turn up." Brigham Young, the hoary old polyga mic of Utah, is a member, in full fellow ship, of the Democratic party; and Bcrn hcisscl, the many-wived delegate from the Mormon country, participated as an activo and accepted Democrat in the ceremonies of the Inauguration of Buchanan. Per haps the staunch Democracy of these pol ygamists may account for the supincness of the administration in punishing the crimes and rascalities known to have been com mitted by the MoTmons in Utah. Small Business. Shortly after the induction of tbe present P. M. General, the Barre Post Office was taken from a lady and given to Ephroim E.Frcncb, Esq. This nngallant and ungenerous act pro duced universal dissatisfaction, and every voter in town, eighteen (out of about four hundred) excepted, petitioned for a resto ration of tho lady to the office but in vain 1 N. B. The President is a crusty old bach. Vermont Watchman. Judge Pears oa of Ilarrisburg, has deci ded that landlords were bound to accom modate all persons who asked for it, so long as they bad room ; that it made no difference if tbe applicant was a person of mistrustful appearance taverns were re garded by the law as places for the accom modation of travelers, and their proprie tors had no right to turn any away, no matter whether they thought them able to pay for their lodging or not. A Bumscilcr was lately hauled up in Vermont and fined. He grumbled bitter ly at the Temperance men as being very short sighted. He said ho had really been at work in their cause that ho already had got tbe old soakers to drink liquor that was at least half water, and would after a while, if let alone, have had them drinking pure water without knowing it The highest price ever given for a horse of which there U any authentic account, was paid in 1851, for a rsce horse that brought $32,500. Maj. M'Cullough has again emphati cally declined the Governorship of Utah. The President appointed Joseph A Wright of Indiana, M 'mister to Berlin, in place of Mr. Koon. Henry C. Murphy, of New York, Minister to Netherlands vice Bel mont. Win. A. Richardson, of Illinois, Governor of Nebraska, vice Izard ; Liac R. Dilhr, of Illiii0i, Consul at Bremen, vice Hildcrbrand ; .Wm. Thompson, of New York, Consul at Southampton, vice Croskey ; Gabriel G. l'lcurot, of Now York, Consul at Bordeaux. The editor of tho Iowa lirportcr calls, with a stentorian voice, for ladies to conic West. He says : " The last census re port shows that there are 33,710 more males than females in Iowa. This was taken in June, and docs not include the spring or fall emigration. Wc arc now minus at least 60,000 ladies to make up our quota !" 27oic to make Time jtats Quickly. Get a note in bank for ninety days, and you will bo astonished at the velocity of timo ! By doing this in December, winter will seem remarkably short, and spring ap pear quite as soon as you are ready for it. Any person who docs not bclicvo this, can experiment for himself. An Austrian priest, (M. Braun, of the diocese of Passu,) has been excommuni cated for refusing to read in his church the bull in reference to the Immaculate Conception. He has published a book, in which he states that " thousands of priests," if they dared, would speak and act as ho bas. At Cleveland, Tcnnesscc,on tho evening of nit, Mr. W. D. M'Kco, principal of tbe Georgetown Academy, in that State, was married to Mis3 Mary Roberts ; and at midnight, during the rejoicing of the bridal party prcsont, he fell dead in their midst. A pocket-book containing 80,000 was found in Montreal, and being American money, the American consul in that city sent a communication to Mayor Yaux, of Philadelphia, notifying him of the fact Who is tho owner ? is now owing to that paper the enormous Sum uft-TO,T00 rue iraea. tawvuuifus. It announces that hereafter the business of the establishment will bo conducted on strict cash principles. A man whose appearance indicated that bo was staggering from the excessive weight of a brick in bis hat, being asked if be was a Son of Temperance, replied, " (hie) no, no relation not even a (hie) acquaintance V Tho mercantile failures in the United States in the yoar 1S56, are reported at 2,705 ; swindling failures, 138 ; merchants in a precarious condition, 400. This of course embraces only the most prominent classes of merchants. TH2 FABSfl--- Tbe Garden---The Orchard. Fur tbe Ltwfeburg Chronicle. iscrn receipts. clothing recipes. 1. I ixiiy Colors of Calico, If a fading picco of calico be put into four ! quarts of boiling water containing three gills of salt, and left thcro till tbe water is cold, it will render tho calico's colors per manent. So a saturation of the artiele in an ox's gall will also fix tbe colors in silk and woolen goods as well as cotton. 2. Shrinking of Flanml. If new flan nel is put into a bag, tho bag into cold water, and the water then gradually heat ed up to the boiling point, the flannel it is said will not shrink afterwards. 3. Extracting Greats out of Silk and other Dresses, Bonks, dr. Rub a little powdered magnesia on the greased spot, i then cover it with a picco of clean ppcr, ; and put a warm iron on it, the grease will i combine with the magnesia and so be re-! moved. Fine chalk will also do it,iut not so well. ! 4. Extracting Od out of a Dress, dc Soak tbe oiled article iu a tub of cold , water, and pour off the water when its! surface presents an oily appearance ; put in fresh water until no more oil can be 1 seen on the surface, then rinse, dry, and iron the article as usual, when it will bo ' nice again. Tar can be removed from a , white dress by simply washing and boil- ing it. 1 5. Extracting Ink Stains out oj Linen and Books. Dip the ink-stained part of tho linen in melted tallow, and after leav ing it stand a while, wash it, and tho stains will disappear without injuring the j linen. In the case of an ink-staine J bouk, apply a solution of oxalic acid, nitric acid or tartaric acid to the stain, and it will re move it without cither injuting tho print or the paper. 6. Cleaning Kid Gloves. Put on your gloves, and wash them in turpentine, just as if yon were washing your hands, until the gloves are quite clean, and then bang them up to dry in an airy place to remove the turpentine smell. This is tho French modo of cleaning this glove. TROUBLESOME BUOS, INSECTS, IC. 1. Bed-Bugs may be destroyed by rub bing bedsteads occasionally with sweet oil, or mixing an ounce of quicksilver in the whites of two eggs and applying portions of it to tho bugs and their nests with a feather. The Blue Ointment, to be bad in our Drug Stores, is equally efficacious if not better than the above. 2. M'jtis. Rub sonio camphene oil over your moth-infested carpet, sofa,chair, cost, &c, or, if this bo too troublesome, sprinkle sonio of this oil over it, and it will destroy the moth and its worms with out injuring your article. 3. Jfmijuitoes. If your bed or other room is infested with musquitocs, Bet fire to and burn a piece of camphor for a min ute or so,and its odor will make them pass out of the open window or door in double quick time. 4. Fleas Fresh air-slacked lime,Fprin klcd over the floors of out-houses, &o.,will speedily remove this pest, as caustic limo i3 certain death to every flea that comes in contact with it It is equally efficacious in destroying chicken lice in hen-roosts. 5. Cock Roaches may easily be caught and destroyed by placing at or near their places of resort a tin basin with about a pint of molasses and some water in it, and putting a stick or two from the floor or ground to the top of tho basin for them to walk upon, as tho molasses will induce them to get into the basin,whcre they will either get drowned or may be caught, for, if once in, they can not get out again. This is no humbug try it 6. Hed Ants. This is a very trouble somo littlo insect when it has once gained a lodgement in cupboards, drawers, and the like, as no remedy has yet been found out to prevent its annual return. Observer. Keei-inu Flies out of Houses. la 1S3G, Mr. Spence communicated to the Transactions of tbe Entomological Society tho means of excluding flios from room with unclosed windows, by covering the openings of such windows with a net made of wbito or light colored thread, with meshes an inch or more in diameter. Now, there was no physical obstacle what ever to the entranc?cofthe JUjuy, WJg enough to admit one fly, but several even witn expsnaca wings to pass m rough at the same moment ; consequently both as to the free admission of air and of the flics, there was practically no greater im pediment than if the windows were en tirely open, the ties excluded simply from the dread of venturing across the thread work. The only condition is that light enters tbe room on one side only ; for, if there be a bright light from the opposite window, tbe flies will pass through the net. A simple remedy lika this, thcro is no harm in trying ; and if successful, wire nets, painted some light color, could be used advantageously in many eases, such as cellars, &e. Encouraging the Growth oj Sugar. A benevolent old gentleman in Massa chusetts, named Hurd, recently died and bequeathed by his will $5,000 to each of fonr New England States, viz. Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Ver mont, to bo judiciously invested and the income thereof to be applied yearly in giving prizes to promote and encourago the manufacture and refining of sugar with in those States. Lice on hogs show a careless fccdcr,and neglect of their comfort A pig wants) regular feeding, thrice daily by tbe clock. A dry lodging place, with plenty of clean straw, changed once a week. A pig thus treated never becomes lousy. But when they become lousy by neglect, a dose of sulphur iu the feed, and washing with tobacco water about tbe parts of the body most infested, will effect a ourc. Provipe tor tub Turnip Crop. Next month will bo tho time to put in seed for a large supply of roots for feeding next Winter. Do not use up all the ground for other purposes. Five hundred to a thousand bushels of rata baga turnips can be grown on an acre, and how can you get more or better Winter food for yonr stock F Destruction of Catebfillaks. Ia Andover, Mass., lust year, $5 were offered as a reward to the boy who would destroy the largest number of caterpillars' nests in consequence of whichever 20,000 nests were destroyed. This year, $15 are offer ed in similar premiums. Could not some thing of this kind be done clscwhcro T An intelligent and reliable friend, who visited the Kentucky State Exhibition last Autumn, says ho was there informed that the animals which took the first premium for "Fat Cattle," had been fattened oa the Chinese Sugar-cane. If this bo so, it is an important item of information. Tho toad is regarded by tbo French gardeners as au invaluable assistant Fonr or five of these fat, lazy fellows, will help keep a garden free from bug, warms and flics. Is it not mueh better to break colts to the halter while young, than to wait, a ia usually done, till they are nearly one yeai vl 1
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