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~ Curious Agricultural Experiment.
The following novel and interesting
xperiment has lately been successfully
nadc by 3lr. A. Palmer, of Cheam, Sur-
V : In July 18-12, he put one grain of
vhent in a common garden pot. In Au
gust the same was divided into four plants,
rhich in three weeks were again divided
nto twelve plants. In September these
welve plants were divided into thirty
wo, which in November were divided in
o fifty plants, and then placed in open
ground. In July, 1843, twelve oi the
ilants failed, but the remaining thirty
sight were healthy. On the 18th of Au
rusf they were cut down, and counted
1972 steins, with an average of 50 grains
o a stem, giving an increase of 08,600!
<vow if this be a practicable measure of
•(anting wheat, it follows that most of the
grain now used for seed may be saved,
ind will infinitely more than cover the
■xtra expense of sowing, as the wheat
>lants can bo raised by the laborer in his
garden, his wife and children being ein
iloyed in dividing and transplanting
hem. One of the stems has been sent
o us as a sample, which is rather more
han six feet long, and stoat in propor
ion.—London paper.
Proper Depth l'or Seeds.
Burger’s “ Economy of Farming ,” (re
:ently translated from the German, by
he Rev. E. G. Smith, of New York,)
talcs the following as the result of an
ixpcrimont tried with Indian Corn, to de
ermino the proper depfh at which seeds
houldbc put. That which was planted
it the depth of
S T o. I.—l inch, came up in 8j days.
2. inches, came up in 91 “
3 2 inches, came up in 10 “
4 inches, came up in 11J “
5 3 inches, came up in 12 “
631 inches, came up in 13 “
7 4 inches, came up in 12£ “
8 — 4$ inches, came up in “
9 5 inches, came up in “
10— 5J inches, came up in 17 A “
11— 6 inches, came up in “
The Nos. 8,9, and 11, were dug up af
er twenty-two days, and it was found
lat No. 8 had an inch more to grow to
each the surface of the earth. Nos. 9
nd 11 had just sprouted, but were short,
nd three inches below the surface. No.
0 came up in seventeen days and a half;
ut the tender leaf remained only six
ays green, and then withered. There
i no experiment which shows more clear
r the advantage of shallow planting in a
ail not too loose, and trodden down, than
iis—The more shallow the seed was co
vered with earth, the more rapidly the
irout made its appearance, and the
ronger afterwards was the stalk. The
seper the seed lay, the longer it re
tained before it came to the surface,
our inches was too deep for the maize,
ad must therefore be for yetsmaller grain
smels.
Phosphate of Lime.
It has been computed that every person
ho consumes 1 lb. of wheat bread dai
, will in the course of one year, take
ito his system 3 1-2 bearlv of phosphate
" lime. “This circumstance (says the
lbanv Cultivator,) is supposed to explain
le reason why wheat bread is so superi
■ to that made of other kinds of grain,
i phosphate of lime forms a principal
ement of human bodies. It is found
t milk, where nature soems to indicate
that it is contained for the nourishment
of the young animal, from the remarka-j
ble fact that, when they are able to take;
other food, the milk loses its proportion
of this substance.—Although phosphate;
. of lime is contained in considerable quan
tities in the adult secretions, it is not
known in those of the young:, beinjj all
taken up for the purposes of nutriment.
jTheshellaof eggs are formed of thissub-:
stance, and Dr. Paris has ascertained the
{singular fact, that if the legs of a hen
ihe broken, she will lay her eggs without!
{shells until these are repaired, for which
{the lime is required. Hens will also layi
their eggs without shells if there is a de-
Ificiency of lime in the yard in which they
{roam. It is a remarkable circumstance,!
; that although the grain contains the car-!
Ibonateof lime, Carbon is, next to water,
the principal support of vegetation.”—
Farmer's Encyclopedia.
Peacock's Pickle for Meat.
Admiral Peacock's pickle for meat is
preferable to most others when applied to
family beef, pork or mutton. It is thus!
made—Water 4 gallons ; Sugar, (or nio
-1 lasses) Saltpetre 2 ounces;
Salt, (the bay or largest sort,) 6 pounds.
Boil all together, and skiin, &c. Then
let it cool. The meat being placed in a
• vessel intended to hold it, pour the cold
pickle on the meat till it is covered. In
’ that state keep it for family use.—The
beef, after lying in the pickle for ten
weeks, has been found as good as if it
’ had been salted three days, and tender as
ja chicken. If the meat is to be preserv
' ed for a considerable time, the pickle must
he boiled and skimmed once in 2 months,
throwing in during the boiling two oun
ces of sugar, and a‘half pound of salt.
Thus the same pickle is incomparable for
"Icorning hams, tongues, and hung beef.
j When tongues and hung beef arc taken
out of the pickle, cleanse and dry the
. pieces, then put them in paper bags, and
• hang them in a dry, warm place. Some
who have tried the method choose their
mi at salter, and instead of G, use 8 or 9
,’ pounds of salt. In very hot weather it is
| necessary before the meat is put to the
pickle, to rub it well over with salt and let
it lie one, two, or three hours, till the
bloody juices run off. If the meat, in
j this case, is the least tainted before it is
put to the pickle, it will be entirely spoil
ed in a day’s time, in hot weather. Pea
cock’s pickle is found so valuable, that
no family ought to be without it.—Far
mer's Gazelle.
i The deg:ailing habit of Swearing.
It is not easy to perceive what honor
s or credit is connected with swearing.
I Does any man receive promotion because
he is a notable blusterer ? Or does any
. man advance to dignity because he is ex
pert at profane swearing ? No !—low
must be the character which such imper
tinence will not degrade. Inexcusable,
therefore, must be the practice which has
neither reason nor passion to support it.
The drunkard has his cups; the leecher
his mistress ; the satirist, his revenge :
the ambitious man, his preferments ; the
miser his gold ; but the common swearer
ihas nothing; he is a fool at large ; sells
-|soul for nought, and drudges continually
II in the service of the devil gratis. Swear
ing is void of all plea. It is not the na
) tive offspring of the soul, nor interwoven
, with the texture of the body, nor any
, how allied to our frame, for, as a great
; man (Tillotson) expresses it, ‘tho’ some
ilinen pour out oaths as if it was natural,
;jyet no man was ever born of a swearing
■ constitution.’ But it is a custom, a low,
i! paltry custom picked up by low and pal
i try spirits, who have no sense of honor,
•I no regard to decency', but are forced to
i substitute some rhapsody of nonsense to
> supply the vacancy of good sense. Hence
; the silliness of those that adopt it.— Dr.
• Lamont.
.
The Rights of Women,
i A bill has passed the Senate of the
Tennessee Legislature by a large majori
ty securing to married women the use of
their own property. This is as it should
be.—The justice of such a law is appar
ent to all. It is a matter of surprise that
every State in the Union has not hereto
fore acted on this subject. The Union,
holds the following language:—“Under
the old law, which has been miscalled the
“perfection of wisdom,” how many wor
thy women have been reduced from com
petency to beggary! how many have
been the victims of worthless fortune
hunters ! how many have suffered cruel
AUGUSTA, GA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1843.
| privations from miserly husbands! hows
| many have been left penniless widows! 1
their property being taken to pay their \
| husband’s debts ! The law now propos- i
ed simply provides that the wife shall r
have the same undisturbed control of her I
jown estate after marriage which she had t
before. It prevents her property from
passing out of her hands, on marriage,
by mere operation of law, without her
consent. It elevates women one step
higher in the scale of being, and gives t
her a rank which in all Christian coun-j
tries she has proved herself to deserve.{,
And besides all this, the measure injures t
no one—it takes from no man anything f
that belongs to him—it will prevent frauds ,
and the smuggling of property; and last ,
{though not least, important in its conse- ]
jquerices, it will decrease the number of ,
jold maids, who now refuse to many lest (
their effects should he squandered.
Huntsville Democrat
Conversational Powers.
1 Fluency in conversation must he as
’ cribed as a test of talent. Men of geni
us and wisdom have often been found de
; ficient in its graces. Adam Smith ever
retained in company the embarrassed
1 manner of a student. Neither Boffon
| nor Rousseau carried their eloquence in
‘to society. Tho silence of the poet
1 1 Chaucer was held more desirable than
'{his speech. The conversation of Gold
’{smith did not evince the grace and ten
-1 derness that characterise his composi
tions. Thompson was diffident and un
‘ interesting. Descartes seemed for soli
-1 tude. Cowley was a quaint observer;
’! his conversation was slow and dull, and
’ his humor reserved. Hogarth and Smith
• were absent minded, and the studious
r Thomas Parker said that he was fit for
• no communion, save with the dead. Our
’own Hamilton, Franklin, and a host of
‘ others were deficient in that fluency
which often fascinates a promiscuous cir
- ele.
r
) Death,
s A few days may, a few days must—
? Repose us in the silent dust.—Burns.
t How seldom do mortals think of the
? short duration of life? Every day’s ex
i perience forcibly reminds us that our bo.
s dies must soon return to the earth, anc
- commingle with the dust from whence
- they spring. We appear upon the stage
t of life, and chase the phantom of earth
- ly happiness, which eludes our grasp at
every step, until we find ourselves de
i scending with rapid strides into the house
appointed for all living—to slumber upon
tho “rocky pavement of tho tomb,” unti
lime shall have been lost in eternity, and
r chaos shall cover the face of the earth !
. “What shadows we are, and what sha
clows we persue !”
, When we look at the duration of life
. we are forcibly struck*with its shortness.
r The sojourner on earth has but a few years
. allotted him to work out his own salvation;
, and how prodigal is he of his precious
s time ! A few years that “hang on the
, swift wing of time,” witness him “pass
r away as a tale that is told,” and his
: friends mourn for him a season, but it
j will soon lie over, and he will in a short
- time bo “forgotten and clean out of mind.”
5 This is the way of life.
I How often have we been called upon
. to witness the fact that man’s days are
. few! That youth who now sleeps his
i last sleep, was but a few days ago full of
promise. Wayward, unthinking mortal
I remember this. A few days more—a few
i years at farthest—and the place that now
. knows you will know you no more for
r ever. What a solemn thought! You
, may revel in the dissipations of the world,
. with the promise of reformation after a
, while, but the impartial conquerer has his
i time, and you must go at his bidding,
j Fancy not to yourself that many years
will be yours, for the hope may be deeeit
, ful, and your frail bark may be “wrecked
upon the unknown shores of eternity,”
ere the gray hairs shall have come upon
your head.
i “ The important vow employ.
And live as those who never die.”
Reader, when a few more years shall
have been numbered with those that pre
ceded the flood, von will have passed
away to that “undiscovered country be- i
yond the land of death, from whose mys- <
terious bourn no traveller returns.”— «
Your life is short—but as a span, and it ]
behooves you to employ it in the most I
useful manner. The grave will soon j
cover you up, but with the countless >
millions that now sleep in the peaceful |
bosom of their mother earth, you will *
hear the voicp of your Saviour when he <
speaks, and will go forth to meet him atH
his coming. God grant that you maybe]
prepared for that august occasion when |
it shall be proclaimed that time shall be.i
no more, and “the sun shall slumber be-; <
hind a cloud, forgetful of the voice of the i|
morning. ” — Highland Messenger,
From the Knickerbocker.
The Printer.
“The printer, in his folio, heraldethj 1
the world. Now come tidings of wed-; 1
lings, maskiugs, mummeries, entertain
ments, jubilees wars, fires, inundations,j 1
thefts, murders, massacres, meteors, com
ets, spectrums, prodigies, ship-wrecks, pi-1
racies, sea-fight law suits, pleas, procla- Sl
mations, embassies, trophies, triumphs,!
revels, sports, plays: then again, as in a
new-shifted scene, treasons, cheating
tricks, enormous villanies of all kinds,
robberies, funerals, burials, new discov-;
erics, expeditions; now comical, then
tragical matters. To-day we hear of
new offices, created, to-morrow, of great
men deposed, and then again of fresh hon
ors conferred; one is let loose, —another
prisoned; one purchaseth,—breaketh :
lie thrives—his neighbor turncth bank
rupt ; now plenty, then again, dearth and
famine: one runs: another rides, wran
gles, laughs, weeps, and so forth : Thus
do we daily hear such like, both public
and private news.”
Old Burton.
He stood there alone at that shadowy hour,
By the swinging lamp dimly burning,
All silent within save the ticking type,
All without, save the night watch turning;
And heavily echoed the solemn sound,
As slowly he paced o’er the frozen ground.
i Oh! dark were the mansions so lately that shone,
With joy and festivity gleaming,
And hearts that were beating in sympathy then,
Were now living it o’er in their dreaming;
Yet the Printer still worked at his lonely post,
As slowly he gathered his mighty host.
And there lay the merchant, all pillow’d in down,
And building bright hopes tor tho morrow;
Nor dreamed he Fate was then weaving a wand
That would bring him to fear and sorrow:
, Yet the Printer was there in his dim lit room.
And he set in his frame that rich man’s doom!
The young wife asleep, whom lately had hound
The ties death only can sever,
And dreaming started, yet woke with a smile,
For she thought they were parted forever!
■ The Printer was niching the types would tell
I On the morrow Z/ielrur/iofthatmidnightspell.
, And there lay the Statesman, whose fev’rish brow
i All restless the pillow was pressing;
For he felt thro’ the shadowy mist of his dream..
His loftiest h pes now possessing;
, Yet the Printer toil'd on ’mid silent gloom,
And dug for Ambition its lowly toinb!
And slowly that workman went gathering up
' His budget of grief and gladness.;
■ A grave for the noble—a wreath for the low;
> For the happy, a cup full of sadness;
; Strange stories of wonder, to startle the ear,
i And dark ones of terror, to curdle with fear.
. Full strange arc the talcs that sheet shall bear
)
To palace and cot on the morrow;
But welcome—thrice welcome to many a heart!
To many the bearer ofsorrow!
! It shall go like the wild and wandering air,
For life and its changes are printed there.
Royal Plate.
Every one, perhaps, is not aware of the
1 many useless expenses to which the peo
who exist under a monarchial Govern
ment—the free Government of Great
Britain, for instance, arc exposed. It is
said that the hare plate, at Windsor Cas
tle, is valued at $>8,500,000.
1 A single gold service of George 4th’s
contains all the utensils requisite to dine
one hundred and thirty guests. There is
in this collection a vessel which once be
longed to Charles XI of Sweden ; ano
ther taken from the King of Ava; oth
ers were taken from the Spanish Arma
da, and others again were brought from
China, Burmali, and India. There are
also thirty dozen gold plates, worth 8130
each, besides splendid gold shields for
snuffboxes, worth from 830,000 to 810,-
000.
Aphonia.
The Rev. John N. Laws published in
the New York Commercial Advertiser a
statement ofa cure effected on him, which
seems to be worthy of consideration.—
He lost his voice so entirely as to be una
ble to utter a loud word. He was treated
a considerable time for bronchitis, but it i
was found that the disease was aphonia.
produced bv a paralysis of the muscles of
articulation. He was induced to apply
croton oil extensively to his throat— I
[One Dollar a Year.
| three or four drops were strongly rubbed
'on several times a day. These produced
.pustules, and finally sharp pains were felt
iin the seat of the disease, and in a few
jdays his voice returned, clear, loud and
permanent. He says:
On the sixth evening I felt shooting
pains through my throat—not very sc
jvere, but repeated at brief intervals.—
|This encouraged me, for down to this
time I had very little hope. The next
morning—-judge of my surprise and de
light—as l commenced reading the Scrip
tures in family worship, my voice came
i forth clear and distinct asever. Several
| more public experiments, within a few
jdays, were equally satisfactory.
On Sabbath, the Ist inst., (the first ap
plication was made on the 16th ult.,) it
was my privilege once more to preach the
| Gospel, in a voice full, clear, and strong.
I have preached several times since—
twice on last Sabbath; and though in
three instances the weather was very
damp and rainy, I find no reason to doubt
the completeness and permanence of the
. cure.
Ferocity of the Royal nengal Tiger,
i On the way from Balasorc to Bustom,
in Bengal, is a very extensive and dense
s jungle verging upon the high-road, and it
. is by no means an unusual circumstanco
lor travellers travelling by dark in the a
bovc tract, at dawn of day, to perceive
a huge tiger crossing the road from one
side of the jungle to the other, xvithm a
very short distance of their palanquin.
It very rarely happens, however, that any
molestation is offered by these ferocious
beasts of prey to a posse comilalus of peo
ple provided with lighted torches ; but if
a single passenger were progressing on
his route through these dreary wilds, he
i, would be inevitably carried off into the
jungle and devoured. It is calculated
that 370 natives, upon an average, are
destroyed annually by tigers on the dif
ferent farms of the Sunderbands, and so
exceedingly daring and intrepid are these
animals, that they will boldly swim the
estuaries of the bay of Bengal and at
, tack the dandees in their boats. In June
j last, during the rains, an instance of this
kind occurred near the estate of a Mr.
J Broadhead, of the Bombay marines. A
boat-man, in a “dingee,” was paddling a
short distance off from the shore, when
he esspied a royal Bengal tiger making
II after him. He immediately redoubled
I his speed, but finding his adversary gain
v ing rapidly upon him, he became alarm
ed for his safety, and abandoning his bark,
, plunged into the water. The sanguina
ry brute, nothing disappointed, still con
tinued to pursue his quarry, the man div
ing the instant ho found his enemy ap
proaching him. As the poor fellow rose
to the surface for the purpose of venting,
he was capable of distinguishing the re
lative position between himself and the
tiger, and contrived by that means to keep
at a safe distance from his pursuer, until
the latter, completely worn out and ex
hausted, and finally foiled in his sanguin
ary object, turned back towards the iun
-1 gle.
Laughable Adventure.
A winter since, a reverend clergyman
in Vermont, being apprehensive that the
accumulated weight of the snow upon
2 the roof of the barn might do some dam
- age, resolved to prevent it by seasonably
. shovelling it off He therefore ascend
t ed it, having first, for fear the snow might
3 all slide off at once, and himself with it,
. fastened to his waist one end of a rope,
and giving the other to his wife, he went
3 to work ; but fearing still for his safety,
; “my dear,” said he, “tie the rope around
s your waistno sooner had she done this,
- than off went the snow, poor minister
■ and all; up went his wife. Thus on one
. side of the barn, the astounded and con
- founded clergyman bung, but on theoth
i er side hung his wife, high and dry, in
i majesty sublime, dangling at the end of
I the rope. At that moment, however, a
■ gentleman luckily passing by, delivered
them from their perilous situation.
Lawyer’s Fee.—A young pert law
yer said to another that he received 25
guineas for speaking in a certain case.
•* And I,” said the other, received double
that sum for holding my tongue in the
same cause.
Five things are useless unless they aro
accompanied by one thing else : Words
without deeds, riches without economy,
learning without good manners, alms giv
ing without charity, and life without
health.