_.1•;; AYE tg• • . . t c. 4" Far the Presityterinn Baunbr Flowers which Never Die. BY J. 'WILKINS MOOSE „C? ;_ l thpre are lowers Whi(111 fic)l4llBh `Fariil33fogd f h id < tale r tee& t” Flowers which angel hearts will cherish In the Ileyep. of-nonsing %ears. The raiment on the poor bestowed, Aft wa.ter - Are fragrant blossoms on the road We tread, to enter! eaven. A ohs thVeaTßwhigh aiient fior, :PArnAuCthe pi4ingleye— Shod at a brother's,tale of woe— Ate fragrant floaters on high. Sweet buds, they bloom beytind'ilm'sky, In an ethereal clime; Vlowers that wire het rbdrn to die, dlfireP,'#FtFe'rsl.lo.t!Yok.7 ~+ ♦ ti c J . XI Family P9ty9; Under Difficulties. A TRUE STORY. Ellen was the oldest of children who had beap given. to ~thAr ',lvan - tem : lady at 'the rate of two every three years. It had pleased -her heavenly Father. to •assign her home •in , the middling classes .of society: The arrangements of her father's house, were simple• and comfortable. There was no-laels of thrift, neatness or economy in• that small but well-filled- dwelling. The two children, next. to Ellen, were boys, and maid, uot be depended on to lighten the labor. of , their suother, • so Ellen was at once, nurse-girl, .daughter and lady. , From suns rise to endear. bell, she. performed more luhor than any maidservant in the village,, and the, beauty of it was, that she did all cheerfully, and gracefully, just as if, it were nothing worth mentioning. Her dress was always becoming, her manners cultivated, and her appearance respectable. Almest,ev t erywat able to ateentren the Wor'd of triith,-and once or twice a week she added to her Sabbath privileges an evening at the prayer and conference room. Industry and .filial duty do not hinder the heart from going forth to God. Touched by the Holy Spirit, she listened to the truth, read her Bible at home, and tried to pray for herself in her little rooms:` ; 7,Sinhetinies ' , She' Ventured to hope that she had been born again, but still She was perplexed, ' uncertain, and not happy in view of her relations to God. She was without any free communion with believers, enjoyed neither'religion nor the world, and was -in doubt whether to class herself with 'God's people or with the int . penitent.", " Ellen was naturally apt at a book, and she ]earned •to read slowly. Her mother could so ill spare her from household du ties, that she bad been cut off in a great measure from early opportunities at school. While nooneseould Sooner 'or better quiet a crying child, bind up ~a bleeding finger, make a howl of gruel, prepare a meal for a dozen people or do a week's ironing, it is very doubtful whether she could bound the State of .Penristslyatia r tell, a peal:111-9m a verb; or SPellinisinese or Separate, as -Well as her fair-haired sister whose years num bered but half her own. She had literally devoted her days to ministering to the bod ily wants of the circle in which her lot was cast. Skillful, industrious, and affection ate, she was the comfort of her mother, the joy of her fatiser; and the dependence of all the lesser slips of the house, and they never thought or cared what she knew, or did, not know,, of geography, grammar, arithmetic. Her soul did not grovel in the ashes. Her aspiri rigs were ,high. She had wit enough to know when to be silent, and silence not only frequently passes for sense, but often indicates it. Keeping her .ears open, she was aesvell:farnisbed with general information as , girlssef her 'age who had spent all their years in the school-room. No one who met herin company, and saw, her quiet, modest, attentive demeanor, and heard her say just the right thing when she spoke at all; would have dreamed that she did not know the tnultinlication table, or could not Write a short letter without mistakes in the orthography: Ellen's father was a sensible, 'energetic' man. When he waked to a sense of the fact that she had attained seventeen Sum mers without acquiring that " good learn ing" which: every old-fashioned Yankee values for his children more than houses or lands, he made arrangements ,at once te. release her from household labor, and give her "the schooling" she needed. When this resolution was carried out, and Ellen found herself in the school-room, her mor tifieation '1A119: extreme. Fier senT ; of shaine was strong and livelY. Here she was, a woman in size and capacity, as well able to take the charge of a house as her excellent mother, her judgment in practical matters uncommonly mature, and accus tomed for years,,,to the„resneet.and consid eration of older - than herself; but in' her new position, she found herself be low-the level of childrets eight or ten years old.- The trial seemed• at first greater. than bare sensitive.• nature could bear. It was quite an alleviation -when she•found one of her own age in a, similar condition.. A. common suffering bound them in sympathy and , friendship ; They wisely encouraged one'another to 'hold on saying One •to the other, , 4• Weshallasev,etise ;younger ; better mortified now than all our lives hereafter." Unfolding the napkin in which their mem ories and understandings had' been so long hidden, they set themselves bravely to mak ing', their one talent twis,` arid' - verY otjai showed that theywere, not too old tcr learn. The. teacher kept' her eye and; 'heart on these forlorn oils: She saw th,em,often and , gavathein,more assistance• than if they had been lounger and leis needy!: 'The principal teacher in that schOol was a sincere Christian lady, who tried to lead her scholar/ inl the path of heavenly viatne ,as well. ,as, earthly seience, Ste vented access to the l heart of Allen, aid soon learned,Where she Stood. `She found that her young friend was imprisoned in - Doubting Castle, and had lost the key to its huge and cumbrous gate: The teacher held tip the lamp of liivine truth, until the dark,,gallesies were so ,illtunined that Ellen found ithe, key, ,un,bolted the, „prison gate, and • walked forth into the clear light -of heaven. That Gospel within a Gospel, sthe story of the Prodigal Scin t .encouraged Ilia timid heart'to ; approach the bleed 4ied, and ,rest,. in unwavering leve. Who teasherliayeTviith'her and for her, until thriat upon. the tree became the ac cepted' rikliteettiness and 'justification '• of her young friend, and love s peace, and Iscipe sgtO z lineeded to„,,darknesa, fear, and des pondency. „ 5 The oldesti-danghter in large family • was thus i brought near to. Christ,' and made ready to , follow Nilitheisonver; he should - li4A - tainest desires 'for the salvation of her ihthelYs household filled her soul.. Hap. piness stick as the , Werld can nover give nor take away, gave her 'courage. Her father's Thusinesa„ toot, him away frinn home for weeks end, months ttmethew Iteaf*:s two brothers neit Younger together:, 'hersel had :Ankh „toyleain trades, In„ their r ab sence sue gathgted i strength to say to -ter r AV email have prayers in parafinfile& iiThe T•ropherxstiht apon God fireAOltiV Mittfart•;oll ktke •familieslithat Arkay r /isilVe.' wrnr. • t such a one. I would, try and conduct our devotions, if you were willing and thought it was best for us to try." What could the mother say F A tear : good in her eye ; a slight inclination of her head gave the answer that stayed in her throat. This young. girl of eighteen, ever after, when her father was• away from home, while she remained in his house, gathered that group of children around her, and en couraged by the countenance and silent ap proval of the mother, read with them a portion of God's Holy Word, and bore them on wings of faith to the mercy seat. Ellen had been early betrothedto a mechan ic but little older than herself. Prayer and interchange of thought on the most sacred of all subjects had iv e I dpsl their - heartaito ðer. To this young man . she had „con= fided her l 4 - fpwriNoniittithis of 'dilly. He was living at his father's, and stimulated by her words and her example,,he proposed to his aged parents, for he was one of their younger children, that they should unite in calling-upon,God and making . known,their requests , to, hin3 every evening. He. we's their darling:, and they could have denied him nothing reasonable. While his father was unable to speak, his mother found words to reply, " I am sure we , shall be glad to have a prayer in the house." Thus in two families were household altars raised, ,fand• sweet incense `offered thereon daily. It is 'now nearly thirty years since that young man and maiden thus honored Christ before ..the families in, which they-had-their births and their homes. Those young and tender slips who knelt with Ellen around the mercy seat'are men and 'women with with families of their own. They all move in the best circles of society. ' Five of those children are sealed to the Lord in the same covenant into which their, elder sister so heartily entered, and we hope the rest are not very far from the kingdom. The aged parents of the young man, long since borne to their final resting-place, were cheere& in the dark valley by the words and prayers of their beloved son. In due time this young couple, joined hand before the man of God and set up a family altar, for %themselves.. :Their ,nnw bailie and `furniture were consecrated to God from the first, and the abundance of good things which he has since given them, have been sanctified daily by the Word of God, and the voice of prayer. They 'set= tied hundreds of miles from their , early homes. That heloved father, for whom Ellen had so ,many times prayed alone or in company with some kindred spirit, went one Winter not long after their marriage, to pass a month..with his children. Their lovely walk and holy example opened his eyes to the power and beauty of religion pure and .undefiled.. He was led to con sider his ways. The sins of fifty years were set before him with a vividness that well-nigh drove him to despair. To his daughter he went with the solemn question, " What shall I do ; ?" Hers were the hon ored-lips which God appointed to commu nicate to a father's inquiring ,mind, -the only way in which a sinful man can be just with Go'd.-. "I can say no more, father," were her wordS, " film:L . lle Apostle; 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt he saved and I can say no less." Her father,believed, and he' has been spared for more than twenty years to walk in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless, to offer ipeense in hiS own family,, to sustain his minister, to as sist in the 'prayer-meeting, atid to give his hand" to every work calculated to edify the Church and convert the world. A new set of slips, meanwhile, have grown up around that family altar in a dis tant State.: Half of them have already been transplanted to God's nursery, the Church; and who thatoknows the worth of prayer can doubt that they will all prove trees of rightellusnessi , theplanting of the Lord, that he may be glorified?, I. there no praying soul located in a .prayerless house who will go and - do likewise ? Boston Recorder. ( *'ititte and Art The Union Arch. The Union arch over . the Potomac, at Cabin Joun Run, seven miles West of Washington, is a magnificent piece of ma sonry. It is a single arch thrown from the natural abutment of solid rock at the base of one hill to a corresponding one on the side. It isnne hundred feet abovee the bed 'of the river, an l has a span of two hundred and twenty feet, with 'rise of fifty-seven feet.and three inches. ,Geptain MOntgemery C. Meigs, now QUartermaster 7 General of the Federal army, planned- the structure. No other stone arch in this, coun try or in Europe exceeds it in beautiful pro portion and in length of span. That which apprOiChes nearest in magnificence is the famed bridge of sandstone across the river.,Dee, at „Chester, England—a. cirCular areti of two -hundred feet span and forty feet:rise. Iron Steamship. An 'iron steamship lias just been launch ed- in England which, it is said, cannot sink, no matter what accident or damage may befall her. She, has three distinct decks, each of which is air-tight, so that if a plate were removed, or a hole.knocked through the side in either deck, or even if her bottom, were torn away altogether, she would still float, there being no communi cation between either of the lower decks, each of which communicates with the up per deck by a separate shaft or hatchway. If a fire was to break out in the hold, or in either of the compartments, it would be only i necessary to close the communicating shaft, and leave it to die out of itself, as no'air Could get to it. The Enfield andMinie Rifles. Inds most generally supposed that the Enfields and Minies are peculiar rifles-the. one French and . the other _English, both in vented, by men, whose names have been given to those fire-arms. The Enfield de rives its name from the place where it is. Made namely; the Government armory, at Enfield, E. gland, and it is, inmost respects, like the American army rifles made at Springfield, Mass. The barrel of it is formed of the best charcoal iron ; its length is thirty-nine inches bore 58-100th of an inch; it has three:grooves, 1-16th of an inchwide, and 5-100th of an inch deep. The pitch of lbe grooves is 'Six feet six inches. :A hol low conical ball, with a plug _of boxwood placed lathe base, is used in, this rifle. A graduated back-sight, set for ranges from two hundred to one thousand yards, is fixed on all the Enfields. The Minie rifle derives its name from Lient. - Minie, of the French infantry, who first:applfed the hollow expanding bullet to the army rifle. The Freneh. rifts have four grooves, .02758 inches in width, .00,7p,in4pp,th,,and_ one tur - 4,in.* 'The 'loll* behind' 'find ir eonibal, and weighs four hundred and ninety-four grains; no wedge is now used': Formerly elevatingsightsmere, flied ott allthe Fiench rifles, but these have been dispensed •with, so as to render the arms more simple. The back sight of the rifles is elevated at .78 of an inch above , the barrel., A French soldier of-the-line aims at the waist r hand,of 4,he foe, and with his fixed rifle-sight he , is sure to strike hina,,,,within cr,,at, two i bultdred and eightl , yards dititant, _When Str o ipg,at ireTtekdiStk i tlCW,' lie. itiei IriAhtoiltb:tail for a back siglit,hypiticingie across ,fie; creel ! And by long, practice judging, of : dis tances by the eye, he- obtains .wonderful :precision in.his aim. The speeial =corps of (Masseurs and Zduaires have elevating sights on their rides.--Sicientific Pluviometer, A new phaviotneter, or rain 'MeeSurer, has recently contrived by a French man, by.which-the number of showersoaot only, but .Vven'the number of (drops that have fallen oh, iegiveb spot may be neon rately determiiied. The principle„consists in the effect of the, rain on chemically-pre pared paper, which‘ is unwound in strips from a cylinder •TWorking 'by clock ma chinery. White litinpowderir. The following is. , the composition of Au-- r , endre's white gunpeivder : ferrocyanide of potassium, 28 parti:; chlorate Of potash, 23 parts; and sugar 49. parts::,_ One advan tage claimed for this o'Ver oidibary gunpow der is, that:the ,tetrkperature produced by the flame is lower, and that a gun cap there fore be dischargei a greater 'numbe,r of times without clanger,.,'. • Britia Railways.-' , Since 1831 the British have laid down ten thousand miles-,of Tailwa - y, at a cost of $1,650,000,000. , During. the. same period there have beep'- doWn ten thonsand miles of telegraph:with' fifty thonsand miles of communicatins : wire, by which there has been given to the people of-that country something like an earthly omni presence.—Scientific,American. Ocean Telegraphs. The number of subluarme-cables,that have been laid in shallow water is thirty one, their total length being upward of three thousand miles ; the deep sea' lines, fourteen in number, 'have a total length of eight thousand two hundred and ninety. Out of eleven thousand threg hundred miles lain, only a little over three thoueand miles are in working order. A Hitting -Rehm An impr6ved :knitting machin'e - lias been invents.: - containeffotn ninety A° one hundred and twenty-five needles, which arc not liable to break, - and takes rom twelve thousand to 'fifteen thousand stitches a minute. It makes stOckings, Shirts, coats, and all kinds of garments that are ordina . rily knit. The"Seve4 014= aid" the Seven New The'seven woridera of the world were Ist, the Egyptian Pyramids. The largest of these is six hundred and ninety-three feet square and four hundred and, sixty nine feet high, and its base .covers ;111 acres of. ground.; 2d, the Mausole.uni, erec ted to Mausolus, a king of Cana, by, his widow,. Artemisia.- It was shity-three-Seet long -and thirty-five high_ Temple of Diana, at Ephesus. This was four hundred and twenty-five, feet in length and two hundred and, twenty feet in. breadth; 4th, the Walls and Hanging Gardens „..of Babylon. .These- ,walls—are stated, by Herodotus, to have,been eighty seven feet thick, thfee hundred , and fifty' feet high, and 4 sixty 'Miles in -length ; and the statement is deemed creditable by modern antiquarians; sth, the Colossus of Rhodes. This was a brazen statue of Apollo, one hundred and• five feet in height, standing „at the mouth of the 'harbor of Rhodes:;,,6th, the Statue of Jupiter Olym pus, at Athens, which was made of ivory and gold, and was wonderful for its beauty rather than. for its size; 7th, the Pharos of Ptolemy Philadelphus. This was a light house, five hundred feet high, on the island of Pharos, at Alexandria: in Egypt. A fire of wood was kept burning on its 'sum nit . during the night, to guide ships to the harbor. The seven wonders of the world are ; The Art of Printing, Optical Instruments, such as the Telescope and Microscope, Gunpowder, the Steam-Engine, Labor-Sav ing Machinery, the Electric Telegraph, and the Photograph. Pisittliantogsi Charaiter of the Gentleman. f I have stated already that the forbearing use of power.is a sure attribute of the gen tlemenri„,indeed,•.as we, ay say,that,p,ower —physical, moral, purely social or political —is one of the, toichs ones of genuine gen tlemanship. Me power,' which the hus band has over the wife, in which we must include the impunity with:which be may be unkind to her; the teacher over his pupils; the old over the young, and the young over the,, aged,;, the strong over the weak; the officer. over-his men ;< the master of a,vessel over his hands; -the magistrate over the citizens; the employer over-the employed; the rich over the pobr; the educated. over the unlettered ; the experienced overothe Confiding; the keeper of a secret over him whom it touches; the gifted over the or dinary man; even the clever over the silly; the forbearing and inoffensive use of all this power or authority, or• a total abstiz nence from it, where the case adniits it, Will Show the gentleman in a plein ' Every traveller knows atnnce,whether a gentlemanly or rude officer is searching his trunk. But the'use of power does not, only form a touchstone; even the manner in which an individual enjoys certain advan tages over - the others, is a test No gentle man can. boast .of the delights of, superior health in the presence of a languid patient, or speak of great good luck when in hear ing of a man bent by habitual Misfortune, Leta man-who happily enjoys the ,advan tages of a pure and honest life speak of it to - a - fallen criiiiinal` fellew=hellig; an yen. will Sooniseelvaietlietheibe, inldditiOn to his honesty, a gentleman,or.not. The gen .tlenia,n does not needlessly‘and unceasingly remind' an offender of a wrong he inaitave committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness, of soul• and manliness of chiracter.which impart sufficient strength to let the past be trilly'past. He will never use the power which, the knowledge of an offense, a false step, or an unfortunate ex posure of weakness gives himonerely to en joy the power of humiliating his neighbor. A man oftr,ue honor feels, humbled himself when - he 'cannot help bumbling others! Dr. Leiber, Fortresg' Monroe. STILENOTW OF VILE I;6ST=ITS D'EFiNSES AND CAPACITY Comparatively few persons are - aware of the real strength of Fortress Nonroe, and of the powerful infuel:ken it, must, exert, if un-. der the right direation, all along the South -ern -bordpr. No careful Oserver,-who-he cornea ifteched'to this garriseiii And 4)i'd has"good opportunities of inspecting the auv rounding country and its approaches, can fail'p be impressed with the impregnabil ity of the position. With regard to the Fortress itself, the original point of attack and defenseis toward the sea. But little apprehension 'appears to have been enter; twined by our Government at the time of the constrizebieri andlequifinent'of Fbrkese: Monroe, thg it would ever ha : assailed On , the land side • and such infamous treason as we are now -upon to encounter doe's-ziot leeirOto have been eonte9plated • I siii .by our patriotic -fathers. The, war with England hadinspired our (rulers , of that day with the , etnivietibm that the, sea-board 'sec tion was: Or weak one', that its security *onid boit protectOni OoMMerce as it came into, Hat pton Itoadti, for, Safety; and ,thit from this'point our , ships of war could go out to clear the 'ocean, of the hostile craft. Tlie everitS 'of the last 'few months, hew ever, have shown the ii i nportance of this post as ::&.means of ,defenseugainst enemies . on the-land; so that the Fortress is • doubly serviceable' as a protection against foes with t - ou and foes *Rhin. • The principal, sea-front of the• Fortress toward the South-east; ,the next, toward Ilanipton •Roads, is South-west; that to Ward the James in. North-west; that toward' the Yerk River rand the tongue, of land running ',down frem the interior, is North and North-east. The: area inclosed within , the walls •is eighty-five acres, and the walls: are more than a mile inlength. On the sea front a large water-battery, in a commanding ;position; , and on the beach side, toward the nountry And sea, are .the salient points-of a series .of ,embrasures for outposts of the Most formidable character. The capture of' the water -battery and 'low einhanktuent by an enemy Would be a task of great difficulty and danger; and before they were carried, their defenders could spike all, their guns and retire by private passages into the Fortress. INTERIOR pF THE FORTRESS — Entering theinain gateway of the Fortress, the embankments, covered with grass, rise all around yon, .stretching .away grandly in, the distance. .Barbette guns, are- placed at= regular intervals along the parapets, and hekvy artillery occupies the embrasures. On the Jand side tbe great columbiadn and siege mortars are' in position. One a the letter bears this inscription : This' mortar was taken from the English : It was captured at Fort Geqrge, U. C.,, May 27, 1813." Passing arciund the ramparts to the point of starting, we find the gun positions capa ble of'being increased by hundreds at very short notice. The. cannon are all ready, and a railroad is now just completed for bringing i.along 'by the embankments as many' inorelarge cannon as may be desired:, Ali these barbiette guns are so ranged that they can sweep across the Fortress and all around it. 'hey .command the only bridge leading: through the main entrance over the moat, and' two Shots from the eolumbiads would dash that to pieces in an instant. We now come down the, ramparts and pass~ along, the easernates. Here, again, .is another range of hundreds of• the largest olass of cannon—among them as many co hinibiads are`required. They command the level of .the sea, and• can be elevated or depressed, like the guns en iictrbette,, at the pleasure of the gunners. At intervals ,the great magazines' are sta tioned, ell protected and out of)aarm's way. It, s impossible . to reach them by an attack from without. The, powder is as secure as if it were stored in the Rock of Gibraltar,• while the proper precautions are l continued. In connekion with the general magazines are subordinate ones, all constantly supplied and ready tor instant use. Within hail , the projectiles lie in vast abanditnce, while they are constantly manufactured by tristworthy men and of the best materials:-' It is enough to say that, the, active,munftions of war are all that the •patriots of ;the land could de sire. I Such is Fortress Monroe. It is cabal& of receiving within its ail l ea five thousand soldiers and gunners, all larking its cannon and musketry. If necessary, ten thousand infantry , could he encamped on its grounds. Thus as it is a settled principle of war that one thousand men well eatrenehed are e,qual to ten thousand men in the open field, it would require. on4huixdred and fifty.thou sand fighting men to stand before the or ganized force' of this fortriess.--- Correspon dent Even. Post! , ' g Humility., The bird that soars on highest wing Builds on the ground hler , lowly nest; And she that doth most slweetly sing Sings in the shade, where all things rest; In lark and nightingale We see What honor hath humility • Whett Igary chose " the better part," She meekly sat at Jesiis' feet; And Lydia's gently opened heart Was made for God's own temple meet: Fairest and best adorned-is she. Whose clothing is humility. The saint that wears heaven's brightest crown In deepest adoration bends; The weight of glory bows.him down' Then most, when most his soul ascends: Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility. --James Montgomery. AgrialtnraL Orckard-Sitri. The time is near at hand when the farmer will be called in his own mind to decide upon his orchard-site ' . for the trees he is to plant the coining Vall or Spring. Be the planting done at either time, the sooner the ground is ploughed the better. In all see tions, Fall planting is not desirable; but whenever it can be done,'never fail of im proving the opportunity, for at that season the-firmer is mord at leisure than Spring, when, however good his intentions may have been to: " plant a good orchard;" by the pressure of Spring operations• dur ing the seed-qint, he is compelled by force of ,eircumstanees to, defer it a few days, and ere he: is aware of the fact, "tree-peddlers," with 4 the "best' selection of trees in the West,", are urging their wares upon him`, and he buys, net beciime` he wants their trees,.but must 'hive , some, and fearing his time is too precious to go to the nursery, he takes - sneh as are offered, perhaps an as sortment; ,perhaps all of one sort. • We did notin tend, giving a lecture. upon "tree,pqddlers" qr their, wares, but to give some suggestions, from our stand-point of observation, upon locality for the orchard, and preparations for_ planting Our obser vations have been' nothing . - more nor less than th.ose which every farmer in the State can Make, if •he would- but travel' with Ms eyeslopen, seeking knowledge in this direc tion'. The '"road to mill" .will furnish many lessons, for A, B, and C's orchards all be found different in aspqcts, soils; and successful growth of timber—all of , which diatinctions will te , so' visible, that in many instances, "he that runs may read.;" and these distinctions and:different deerrees e success are traceable to some prime cause, and , it becomes.every man who - intends to, plant' to look well to it ere he is 'misled' warm' sunny aspeets, uneedge nials, etc.; to see if the . pripta faciC 'of complaint is not in these ,very, aspects ec. anti - so i ls. : • For a large ' portion of the orchards planted in theearly Settlernent of the West, tbe,grounds seldetedwere'in a warm valley or on xa. sunny hill.side, thinking that trees couldn't help but , grow, in. so warm add fine_ a situation' tin's; - whoit!in short time the trees became blaelc. with ;the South west aide, caused days in. February, and. March, which' start the sap at mid-day, followed at night .hy, a :sudden "'"freeze? and perhaps which nvariibiy checks . and oft `en congeals tiie ,Apple-Trees. The practice of taking off .thei,old:.bart tfromi apple-trees:las .been use.nearly , two , centuries. The old, cracked and deadtbark .on tiu? stem and „thick branches affordsioil and, shelter for Irsrions:injarions i , and alio forms a.At receptacle for numerous larv.:T.,iNVhiph in time .devour the tender leaves and buds as they shocit forth: , sides, by removing the old bark the living bark is brought into contact with the"tur, and myriads of insects Prejudicial' trees, are destroyed. In performing this; operation, great care must'be. •taken' not to injure the live hark and layibeie lhe'elber 'Tram. As the dead bark: is more easily'de tached when it - is moist, the - best time to 'perform the operation is immediately after a heavy rain with an instrument 'having rather a' 'dull edge, in order ' that the Hie bark may not suffer any injury. After this, and especially= if the trees have been,scane what closely scraped, a wash of , soft mud -from the,bottom of puddles may be applied with a paint-brush. or a soft broom... 'As soon' as the• trees have been scraped; all.the bark; moss, and other •kindred substances should be collected and !burnt:, for ,unless this .be. immediately attended, larvae the lar will not be long in taking shelter in the ground or in the grass around the bottom;of the tree. This process is a very easy, sini ple, and inexpensive one, requiring but' n small 'degree, of skill in the operator, and, if performed seasonably, will frequentlyhe found to have a most beneficial in re storing a tree to its original vigor and pro ductiveness. Salt for Swine. A correspondent of the Annate ciler Landwirdischaft, states some interesting experiments,. to test the use of salt in fat, tuning swine. He selected. , two pairs of barrow hogs, weighing two hundred pounds apiece. One pair received, with their daily allowaice of food two ounces of 'salt; the oiher pair, similarly fed, none. In the course ; of a week it was easily seen that the salted pair .had a much stronger appetite than the others, and after a'fortnight the salt was increased to two ounces apiece After four months the weight of the salted hogs was three liundred and fifty painids apiece ;while that Ofthe unsalted; five ' , meets later, reached only three hundred, pounds. This experiment was repeated with almost precisely the same results. The author feeds young pigs, according to their. age, a quarter to an ounce daily, hreeding-sows very little during pregnancy, And during, the heat of Summer, withholds,it in a: great de gree,frqm all, as it induces, thirst and, lia bility to ~clisease. Ventilatioß of -the Ipple-Barrel. By this we mean the boring, of holes an the head or staves of the, barrels. that. will alio* the escape, of the moisture that it constantly :patsing,ciff'from the newly gat& ered fruit. We hazard, nothing, in the statement „that one-half the fruit sent. to this.marketthis season, has been, materially injured from moisture. The effect of cob:. fined vapor upon the apple is not at 'once. apparent The fruit appears uncommonly bright on the first openino• b :. but a.sithelse.r, face driest off, the apple begins to grow dull lookinginnd if a 'light-Skinned apple, in• a day or two will present , the., appearance. - of half-biked fruit ‘!' But this steaming from confinementinot only injures the sale.of the fruit, but to the great disappointment of the)eonstimer his fruit does not keep as he supposed it would; and as the variety of- apple he purchased led him to sup posei t would. Premature decay is sure to folloWas a conseipence of this want orventilation.— Chicago _eruit-Dealer. Drains for Yards. If a barn is not set in a hollow it may al ways be driiiked and kept' 4iy; And *hp, would 'hive a wet cow-yard' if he dmild avoid it? Nothing , is gained by keePing Wet cow-yard. The Cavei of the barns and 'Sheds'should never pour their water into the yard 'to runoff through it---but 'the rains that fall from the clouds'into the yard.'Will do no harm, they are wanted"to mollify and mix the ingredients. This water should have, a. chance to drain . off and leave . the surface dry. = - It should he. allowed to extend .far into the - field or Mowing:ground. Let it run— it 'is the cheapest mode that we have le spread a fertilizer oven, the farm. It is slovenly and silly to.keep puddles of water in any cow-yard when' ther can be drained off.—Ploughman. ' • Frobetivoniss of Fowls. A French' journal states that -vexperh ments, to . ascertain the Cglif),afativeProditc tiveneas of the different 'breeds o 1 'poultry, were made, last Spring, in the Zoological Gardens• of the Bois, de; Boulogne: The number of eggs laid by'the fowls in' `that establishment, has been initaense, and: the sale of them produced, Aprili the sum of B,oBBf. It appears- that:; the Asiatic breeds• of Nankin and Brahmapootra are the best layers; - the French ''Crevenceurs come next; the Houdans third; the La Fleehe fourth ~,and after. them the Dark ings and a Dutch breed. The Nankins , and Brahmapootras are also remarkably preco cious, and, according to some'breeders,t,hey begin laying in February;; and keep on al most to:the end of the yeas. Foot-Growing Pork, The iN:evi-Eitglami..Parmer saw: do mot work our, /togs ; either in .harness , or, on the manure leaps. When-they have . taken their meals, and what . ex,efeise they please, theY i retire to a dry, roomy bed,,lie down and grow, and.make; business of it. An Jrishman clur, oVer-haul