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WILLAMETTE FARMER Qood Hk4lTH A New Medicinal Plant. A Brazilian plant bearing the savage same of " Jaborandi " appears to be the coming drag. Itwas first introdnced into Europe about one year ago, but has grown rapidly in estimation with the medical fraternity since tbat time, so much so that the English wholesale drag honses are ordering immeose quantities of it from Peinambuco, near which port it abounds. It is a shrnb which grows about five feet high, with a cylindrical, tapering root, very sparingly branched, the bark of a pale yellowish color and very brittle. Experiments with tho drug suggest a onrioas relation, partly of analogy but mainly of oppo sition, between jaborandi and belladonna. It resemb'es atropia in quickening the pnlse, flushing the face, and exerting a more decided influence on adults than on children. On the other hand, it is diametrically opposed to atropia in its actions on the salivary, sudoral, and mammary secretions, on the pupil, and on the minute arteries. Further, the tendency of belladonna to cause delirium contrasts with that of jaborandi to cbueo prostration and sleepiness. It has been proved tbat atropia is able to arrest tho flow of saliva caused by jabo randi; and Singer found that a dose of the lat ter drug speedily removed the dryness of the mouth in a case of accidental poisoning by ' atropia. Sweating after jaborandi may be pre vented or checked by the subcutaneous injec tion of one-hundreth of a grain of atropia. As a sudoriflo the drug is likely to prove of great value. It may also turn out to be a trust worthy antidote in poisoning by belladonna; . and other virtues, unsuspected as yet, may be found to exist in the plant when it becomes better known. Hence pharmaceutical, medi cinal, and chemical investigators are turning their attention to jaborandi. iDr. Ringer and some of bis associates at the London Univer sity College hospital have been experimenting with the medicine therapeutically. To adults they have administered doses of from sixty to . ninety grains in tho form of infusion, and in nearly all cases profuse perspiration and most enormous salivation ensued very rapidly. The 'saliva collected from the patients averaged about an Imperial pint, and in one instance , amounted to twenty-seven fluid ounces. Evi dently tho medicine is possessed of very im portant properties, and it now becomes a ques tion of considerable interest to ascertain the preiiso principle of the plant to which these effects are duo. Several chemists are working at the subject, and this doubt will thertfore probably be soon cleared up. Don't Eat Mathematically. Persons in good health should not eat any article of food simply because it is "healthy," nor avoid any nrtiole because gome one says it is "unhealthy;" nature's instincts are a better and safer guide, for she craves food, the dis tinctive elements of which are needed in the system; honee no man's likes or dislikes of an article of diet should bo the guide of another, any more than all soils should require the same fertilizer, in quality and quantity. Sometimes, indeed out rarely in good health a man may crave earnestly an article of food, and after eating it feel uncomfortable; yet, rather than conclude it did not agreo with him, and discard it, a smaller quantity should do tanen next time, ana very often that smaller quantity, well divided, prepared properly and eaten slowly will "agroo," simply because tho system needed only that smaller quantity. Brown bread is said to be good for many persons by ita kooping the system open and free; but if a man is well enough in that respoct, ho would do well not to eat brown bread, unless he was fond of it, so as to have it to fall back upon, should ho need its medi cinal effect. In short, eat according to the natural appetite as to quantity and quality, and not according to artificial rules and regulations If a man is an invalid and has a family pliy filcian, it is safer and better to put himself nndor that physician s guidanco; if ho him no physician, let him feel his own way, taking small quantities at regular intervals, and closely observe tho effects. But for both sick and well, it is just a9 unwise to measure and weigh eaoh meal day after day, as it would bo to wear the same amount of clothing ami consume the same amount of fuel every day in the year, winter and summer. In ninturd life wo oat for two reasons, to repair wastes and to keep the body warm; the wastes are in proportion to the preceding exeroise, and the internal warmth needed is in proportion to the temper ature of the atmosphere about the body. If iron eai io-aay wuue wio, ami tue tuermomoter is at sixty, as much as vou did vesterdav. when it was at zero, and you worked hard, jou will certainly bo siok to morrow. After all, don't moke a god of your belly, but accustom your self to think of eating aud what you shall eat, only when tho time for eating comes; a beast or a glutton may do otherwise, u man will not. Hall's Journal. Summer Salad. At our leading hotels and restaurants, indeed on the tables of the distinguished, it is very rare, says the Gormnntown TtUgraph, to find lettuce, as a salad, worthy of the name. Green and bitter, by the aid of mnstard, eggs oil, or occasionally a scald, it is rendered just passa ble, but as unlike what cool delicious salad ought to be as is possible. It seems practically to be forgotten by those who grow salad tbat lettuce was never intended to be eaten unless blanched. In Europe they grow a long broad leaved kind, called the Roman or Cos lettuce, which, after having attained considerable de velopment, has the leaves drawn up and tied together at the top. The interior continuing to grow, and of oonrse in the dark, by the tying up of the outer leaves, makes a hard mass like an elongated cabbage, which cuts up as white and crisp and sweet as a stick of celery. This kind has never found a place in American gar dens, because our climate induces' it to run to seed too quickly. The various kinds of cab bage lettuce are preferred, because they close in their leaves naturally, and are supposed to blanch themselves. But this is, as we have shown, a pleasant fiction, as there is very little of the white about any that we see, except where mere la great care in tne culture. Of course onr country is not so well adapted to the growth of good lettuce as, England is. It will not stand extreme cold, nor does It like warm days and not suns, it wants to go to seed as soon as the temperature goes over sixty five degrees. But we could have much better than we do.; In the spring we sometimes get a tolerable article. Started oy a little protection from frames, it is brought to perfection before tho warm weather comes. To have it good later is not difficult, by employing very rich land and ns cool a spot ftB can be obtained. All vegetables that we valne for their succu lence require a rich soil to their best develop ment,' but 'it is an essential to good summer lettuce. Of course varieties will assist. Some of American origin have been found to stand our heats, without running to seed much better than the English varieties, which are better suited to that cooler summer climate. Of these the Indian lettuces are examples. Some of these have been improved, and of these the Hanson'bears a good reputation. The New Glass Another Producing It. Process of Drink Milk and Gkow Fat. -Livingstono found that in Africa the uso of soar milk pro moted the growth of the muscle and fatty mat ters, and it also Appeared to be a preventive of biliousness, while sweet milk had the oppo site effect. It is stated that a pinch of salt in sweet milk will prevent any disordered stom ach, drowsiness or other ailment, and that if any one wishes to grow fleshy, a pint, slightly salted, taken before retiring at night, will soon cover the scrawniest bones. In cases of fever und summer complaint milk is now criven with excellent results. The idea that milk is "feverish" has exploded, and it is now the physician's great reliance in brine ns thronch typhoid patients, or those in too low state to h nourished by solid food.' , It is announced that Mr. Charles Pieper, a German inventor, has devised a way of toughening glass, which the German papers pronounce superior to that of M. de la Bastie,' already described In these columns. The Pieper class is said to be fully as strong as that of the latter inventor, and its appearance is much pnrer and clearer. Extended experi ments upon it have begun in Germany. Trie Association of German Glass Maker has al ready entered into negotiations with Mr. Pieper for the nse of his invention, suspending similar dealings with M. de la Bastie, on acconrt of the immense price asked by him, over eight million dollars. Hardening Glass. In Connection With the abovn thn fnilnnlnrv will be read with interest: A process of hard ening glass "hag been patented by Mr. Macin tosh, of Westminster, Eng., a civil) engineer who bug 'devoted much time und attention to the hardening of iron, steel and alloys. Start ing on the broad ground that, the lower the degree of temperature of the liquid in which certain heated bodies were plunged, the harder such bodies became, Mr. Macintosh has found that class, 'eranhite. unervntnllfzeri mrhnn slag and other analogous substances may be rendered exceedingly hard by means which are usually Indicated for metals. Colored glass may. by this treatment, be rendered so hard an to be effectively used is a substitute for gems, and, what is curious, may be pulverized and used in the same way as diamond dust or emery ponder. In hardening the substance, the method pursued by the patentee is to place a small quantity of fused or nearly fused clear or col ored glass in iron or. other mnlrla in shinn trin glass; and the Bubitanceisitaken out of the molds'arid placed inplatinum molds, and f aged or nearly fused, and suddenly deprived of its caloric, by .fiigoiiflo mixtures of iced water and salt, or any of -the1 freezing compounds that produce extreme oold; the sum and substance of which is tbat the glass is heated to a very high decree of temneratnrn und tVinn rapidly cooled in a very frigid fluid. A start ling statement is made by Mr. Macintosh when ne asserts tnat when tne component parts of gems are treated by the above process, he is enabled to produce thereby fictitious gems even harder than real diamonds. English Oak for Spokes vs. Hickory. Asi-abacics and Beans. Cut the tender parts of the aspttregus'iuto 'quarter Mnoh lengths, boil in anrequalquantityv of water, .adding about an equal amount of well cooked Lima beans. Cook until the asparagus is tender, and serve warm. Iustead of the beans the asparagus may be thickened with flour or with cracker crumbs. ZllSCELLitJiEOUs. I Domestic EcoftoMy- Cookino lluuuiim. lluubarb is best cut in lengths, boiled in water and sugar and servod with boilid rico round tho dish; or, it maybe treated like "gooseberry fool." A little good cream gives it a delioate taste, which it never has in a pudding or tart. The following are excellent recipes for making rhubarb jam and marmalade: Out the rhubarb as if for tarts, aud to every quart give one pound of good mdist sugar; put the sugar over the rhubarb and leave it twenty-four hours to draw out the juice. By this method the pieces of rhubarb remain separate from each other when the pre serve is done. It keeps good a year if kept in jars well dried, aud in it dry place. For the marmalade procuro six oranges, peelilheni and take away the white rind and pip, then slice the pulp into a stewpau along with the peel; cut vvry Buiuui nun luurwo one quart or run barb cut finely, and from one pound to one pound and a half of sugar. Boil the whole down in the uanal way as for other preserves. Made in this manner it in nearly equal to Scotch marmalade, which is regarded Jon all hand to be the finest an where made, Box Measures. Farmers and gardeners will find a sorics of box measures very useful; and they can read ily bo made by any one who understands the two-foot rule and oan handle the saw and ham mer. A box 1G by Id1, inches, square and 8 inches deep, will contain a bu9bel. nr S.lfin.4 cubic inches, each inch in depth holding ono tjnuuu, A box 21 by 11 1-5 inches square and 8 inches deep, will also contain u bushel, or 2,160.4 cubic inches, each inch in depth hold ing ono gallon. A box 12 by 11 1-5 inches square and 8 inches deep, will contain half a bushel or 1,075.2 cubic inches, each inch in depth hold ing half a gallon. A box 8 by 8 inobea Bqunre and 8 inohos deep, will contain half a peck or 298.8 cubio inches. The gallon dry measure. A box 4 by 4 incheB square and 4 1-5 inches deep, will contain one quart, or 67.2 cubio inches. Weight ol Grain, Etc. Wheat, pounds per bushel, CO; rye, 60; corn, 6G; oats, 82; barley, 48; buckwheat, 42; clover tood, COf timothy Beed, 45; flax seed, 5C;bemp seed, 44; bluegrass seed, 14; apples, dried, 28; peaches, 28; coarse salt, 50; fine salt, 60; pota toes, CO; peas, GO; beans, GO; castor beans, 4G; onions, 67; cornmeal, 50; mineral coal, 70. Glazing of Pottery Without lead. SiftATOcu Potato w. The following is said to be all there it of the cook's secret iu pro ducing those world-renowned potatoes served t Moou'a Lake House, Saratoga Springs, every aummer: Peel good sited potatoes, and alios them a evenly impossible; drop them into ioe water. Have a kettle of lard, a for fried cakes, and very hot. Put a few at time into a towel, shake them about to dry them, and then drop into the hot lard. Stfr them occasionally; and when of light brown take them oat with a skimmer. If properly done, they will not be at all grtuj, bit crisp with oat, and mealy within. A mixturoof feldspar, sllex, kaolin and fluor spar may bo used to glaze bricks aud pottery in a manner ss perfect as the common load glazing, and mnoh more safe in a sanitary point of view. nen tho ingredients are once mixed, they are ground in cylinders to a powder, which is passed through a very fine sieve. This powder, of which the natural color is white, but to which all tho tiuts can bo given, is mixed with water in a tnb. till it nrnnnii noarly the conaisteuoy of molding plastor. Tho brick, or pieoe of pottery which is to be glazed, is then pluugtd into the mixture. It adheres, on acoouut of the porosity of the material, with whioh it incorporates while dry ing. Being placed in earthen forms, they are exposed in ovens to 1,6000 Fahrenheit. The heat melts the preparation, aud the glazing spreads uniformly over the surface of the objects, .which only have to be taken out of the oveu tocool. Brick treated iu this way have great advant age They are of an uuusual streuglh, and resist as well the influences of the atmosphere as the action of the acids. They can success fully be. employed to cover walla on the insula or outside, which they preserve completely from dampness. This method of glazing may " uiio uTuuuuia ror many luuuatuai appuca- Cor-viNO) Makcscbift, The following it a ilniple way of obtainiug copies of writing with out the use of acopjing press: Mix white sugar with the ink, out and a half drama sugar to one ounce ink. Use this with an ordinary pen, and place over the writing a moistened sheet of un sized paper. Lay both leaves between two lay. e;sof carpet; put the whole under1 a piece of board large enough to cover. Then ttaud on the board for a few seconds. An excellent im pre aiion will be fonnd on the copying paper. Tat bett pin wood evaporates five pounds of water par pound of wood consumed in a steam boiler furnace. One cord of wood can be consumed per hour on sixty square feet of grate. One pound carbon burnt to carbonio aeid requires the oivcsn of 153 cnbla f f atiaotpherio air. The Cold Steam Motor. We have mads several allusions to what is olaimed by a Philadelphia inventor as a new motive power which is to supersede steam, by virtue of its being far more powerful and very much oheaper. It is olaimed that its cost is a mere trifle, compared to the cost of steam, while it is capable of being used with the ut most safety at a pressure many times that of the urumury use oi steam. , The discoverer refuses to tell, even the capi talists associated .with him, how he obtains big power; although'' hafreely permits bis associates and some of, their friends, as experts, to gee tho machine both' at rest and at wprkr Accord ing to,rtpbrta, they find that it actually, po sessos wonderful power.dayeloped in a manner which they cannot explain. They have taken the machine to pieces, watched the discoverer, Keoley, while putting in water, and blowing in air,-examined the vapor which issues from the machine when in operation, and found that the power amounts to a pressure of several thous and pounds to the square inch. There is no fire, no heat, and, so far as they can disoover, no cneimcni; ana tuey suppose that tue power is obtained by decomposing water into its con stituent gages by gome process not canerallv understood. Keeley says he must keep his se cret till he gets his patents. He refuses to give u iiuiuo iu mo motor; out others, led by guess, call it "cold steam." The machine is described as about three feet high, two long, and a foot wide ; and contains a number of pipes of wrought l-on connected by valves. It has been seen at worK by Mr. ltutherford, Chief Engineer of the United States Navy, and he, with others, signed an opinion which has been published in a pamphlet for the use of the stockholders. Wo understand that neither Mr. K. nor the parties associated with him desire to part with any stock in the invention, and they express the belief that within a short time trains will be driven by the now motor on some one or more of our principal railroads. While me chanics and others are on the tiptoe of expec tation, nil prefer to wait for a practical rinmrm. titration, on the principal that only seeing will lead to full confidence iu the reality of the in- Y0UUUU, Amkbican Tka. Georgia is going to try her hand once more at tea growing. Those who have investigated the subject assure us that the obstacle to the culture of tea successfully as an article of commerce in the Southern States is the want of experience, but chiefly of cheap labor. The tea tree of China has been grown by several persons in Georgia, from the Pied mont region to the sea ooast. The shrub is a hardy and vigorous evergreen and thrives as well with us as it does in China or Japan. It grows from three to five feet high a neat, compact, laurel-leaved shrub, with pretty, white flowers in spring, and is quite ornamental. It is perfectly hardy and will stand any exposure to the climato, aa has been tested in Athens aud many other localities in Georgia. We are told It would be an easy matter for any family that has a home and a few feet of ground to produce their own tea and a little to sell. Its general introduction for home use would most likely lead to its production for the market. There will be many things for the people to learn before they are able to manufacture the article as we get it from China; but, it is said, a very good tea, and free from adulteration, can be made by simply picking and drying the leaves iu the same manner that sage leaves are cured. ,Y. Y. bulletin. A great deal of the mistrust which is often to be found in the minds of workmen, respecting the information to be derived from books and papers, upon their own trades, is not withou some foundation. If this mWrust be traced to its annree. it will be found that the writers in question are oftentimes not acquainted witn the practical parts of their subjects as practiced in the workshop; and therefore errors creep in, as almost every day's reading unfortunately proves. These, when observed by workmen as being directly opposed to experience gained by years of practice, are the first things laid bold of, and produce an unfavorable impression regarding all kinds of book learning, very diffi cult in eradicate. The snbiect of timber is one that has often been handled by scientific writers, and many extraordinary statements have been made respecting the various proper ties of the different kinds, which statements are entirely at variance with the teachings of overjr-utty me. iiuuirxuun luamuuco uiiguv w given, but my present intention is to give facts respecting British timber, gathered from prac tical observation, rather than a collection of errors. Out of the many different species of wood used in British carriage building, the oak and ash are usually taken as the representatives, and, together with a Blight spice of elm, form the principal woods used for the more important parts of carriage frame work. In England, no tree is held in such esteem as the oak, and there is none more deserving, for in whatever light oak may be considered, it appears to ad vantage. In carriage bnilding, the parts to which Eng lish oak is most adapted are the spokes, and no country has as yet produced a material to equal it in thia respect. Hickory mar excel in some respects, but for general good qualities nothing equals the oak. The way the oak is converted into timber at present is not gucb as to produce the most valuable wood, but to secure the most profit to the owner. If the tree were to be cut down in winter, as it ought to be, the bark would adhere ao firmly as to become almost part of the wood itself, but when the value of the bark is about a third or more of the timber, it makes it worth while to sacri fice some of the value of the timber to secure the bark, A cross-section of an oak tree shows, in addition to the growth, two distinct kinds of wood. Nearest the center the wood has a red aspeot, and is known as "heart of oak;" the outer part it called the sap, and as the tree is cut down in spring, when the sap is up or run ning, the heart and sap are as widely different in their natures as if they belonged to two dis tinct species. With the exception of oak and larch, scarcely any trees are here cut down in pring or sum mer lor timDer purposes, as these two trees are the principle if not the only ones whose bark is made use of. The bark of oak is of sufficient value to make it worth while peeling all parts, from the trunk down to almost the smallest sticks, and the wood or plantation where bark peeling is going on is a scone of lively anima tion, from the number of young persons of ootn sexes empioyea. The best method of preparing the oak wood for spokes is a subject whereof many various opinions are expressed by old experienced "onn1rA.linoMN ' UVUHV-MKQQH.H. borne recommend that the timber ought to be buried in dry soil for a short time, "while others hold that it ought to be soaked in fresh water; but the object in view is Bimolv to eet rid of the natural juices as expeditiously as possible, without injury to the wood in the shape of cracks or shakes. The simplest, and perhaps best way, is to cross-cut the tree into the required spoke leneths. and afterwards split np the pieces by wedges into sizes, which, after rough dressing and the shrinkage of dry ing, are large enough for ordinary spokes. The line of cleavage is very important, and to secure the best spokes it must not be taken at random, but must be through the medullary raya, or those easily discerned growths, which, in oak particularly, are found radiating from the pith like the spokes of a -wheel. While tho spokes are still green, they are roughly dressed up with an ax, and are ready for storing by to dry. The above is not so economical a method as sawing out the spokes, but it is without douDt tne best; for with the medullary rays running from back to front of spokes, the fiber is considered to be in the best position for strength. Sawn spokes have not this ad vantage; and, moreover, they have a bad name, through wood being often cut into spokes that is quite unfit, through crossness, for that pur pose. Carriage Maker, Black Walnut Finishing. Tms Ejtkct or Emotion. It is related by Sprengel in his "GeschichtederArzneikunde," that the Arabian physicians sometimes relied with great success on moral means, of whioh the following is a striking instance: One of Uaroun Al-ltaschid's wives suffered from par alysis of both arma. Dschibrail, the court Physician, induced the caliph to summon all me lending nooies to a large nail in his palace, and then introduced the lady to the assembled multitude. Without a word of preface he raised her veil, when feelings of shame and fear re stored ttrength to the palsied arms. The lady hastily drew her veil down again, and was cured from that hour. The Sand Blast New Applications. The sand blast has, in the four years it has been in operation, wrought a revolution in all kinds of ornamental stone cutting. For cut ting glass the pressure of an ordinary blower is sufficient to make either a plain, uniformly depolished surface, or copy the most delicate line engraving; while for stone and metal cut ting a pressure of from 90 to 100 pounds is em ployed. The contractor for furnishing 250, 000 bead stones to the government employs the blast; and by its use completes them at the rate of 300 per day, averaging eighteen letters each. One great use of the blast, at present, is in the manufacture of plain and colored glass signs, of all descriptions, as well as door lights of most srtistio aud beautiful designs. It is also beginning to be used in lapidary work of all kinds, especially in the manufacture of initial jewelry. It is also emploj ed very largely innlfl, "aatin finish" tr. biIo... The fashionable finish for black walnut work, particularly chamber sets, is what is known to the trade as the "dead oil finish." It is admired, perhaps, because it has a gloss, rather than a shine of the varnish stamp. There is no more labor required upon it than upon a bright finish, but tbe process of manip ulation is diuerent, and harder upon tne nn gera. It should be premised that the walnut work of the day bears upon its surface, to a greater or less extent, raised panels covered i lb French burl veneer. Aud upon this fact depends the beauty of the production to a very great extent. And tbe effort is, to so finish the article that there shall be a contrast between the panel and the ground work on which it is placed. In other words, the former should be of a light color, while the latter is of a darker shade. In that view the palest shellao should be used on the panels and darker pieces, liver colored, etc, on the body of the work. The darker grades of shellac are the cheaper end will an swer for the bulk of the work, but the clearest only for the panels. In commencing to finish a job direct from the cabinet maker's hand, rongb, and innocent of any knowledge of sandpaper, the panels should first be covered with a coat of shellac to prevent the oil in the filling from coloring them dark. Next, coyer the body of tbe work with a wood filling composed of whiting and plas ter of paris, mixed up with japan, benzine and raw linseed oil, or tbe lubricating oil made from petroleum; tbe whole colored with umber, to which, in rare cases, if a reddish shade is wanted. Venetian red is also added. This fill ing is then rubbed off with cloths, and by this process tends to close up the grain or tne wood and produce an even surface. More or less time should be allowed after each of the sev eral steps in the finishing prooess for tbe work, to dry and harden, though much less is re quired in working with shellao than with var nishes composed of turpentine, oil and gums. But the time allowed is often hurried by the desire to get the work through as soon as pos sible, to that no standard can be set up as to the number of hours required between each of the several processes. It would be well if twelve hours intervened, but if the work must be hurried through in three days, which ten. could well bo devoted to, obviously, the pro cesses must follow each other in a correspond ing haste. A coating of Bhellao is then given the whole work, light on the panels and dark on the body work, and when it has dried and hardened, which it does very soon, it may be rubbed down. This process of ' 'rubbing down" should be done evenly and carefully, so as not to rub through the shellac at any point, and is done with the finer grades of sandpaper for the cheaper class of work, particularly at first, but at a later period of the process, and for the better class of articles in all cases, hair cloth should be used; the material for the "rubbing; down" should be pumice stone moistened with, raw linseed oil for the best work, and the In. bricating oil, before mentioned, for cheaper work or the covered parts of the better grades. This rubbing down involves labor, wear of fingers and finger nails, and is carried on with an ordinary bit of hair cloth, tho smooth sur face next the wood, and not made in any par ticular shape, such as a wad, or ball, or other wise. In tbe corners and orevices where the hair cloth will not enter it will be necessary to. sandpaper; the finest grades, and worn pieces only. Three coats of shellao are pnt on, followed' each time by this "rubbing down" process,, each one giving the work a smoother feeling, and a more perfect appearance. Afterward, to complete tho whole, a coating of japan, thinned with Jjenzine, is applied, which cives a rWn appearance to the work, and the dead glossy uuiau, There is this objection to the above style of finish, that the japan catches all the dust which touches it and holds it permanently, so that many of the best workmen will not have work finished in this way for their own private, houses, preferring the brighter look made by shelloo and varnish without rubbiDg down the last coat, and saying that the work can be kept much cleaner. The large oval panels of desks, etc., covered with French veneer, are generally taken out and finished by thomselves. The process is similar to that above given, successive coats of shellac, and varnish also, with the oil and pumice stone "rubbing down"; but tbe final part of this latter process is a "rubbing down'1 with rotten stone; then a very trifle of sweet oil is applied all oyer the surface and wiped oS.-Cabinet Maker. P Tm ErrxcT or Bccxwueat oh tok Blood. Does it drive the impurity of the blood to the outside, or does it make the blood more im pure and, by reason of excess, mub impuri ties to come to the surface? Ana. The harm is not due to any injurious ingredient in the buckwheat. It is to be ascribed to tbe large amounts of butter and fatty matters eaten at the same time. Warn horn buttons may be made to imitate mother-of-pearl by being boiled in a saturated solution of sugar of lead and then laid in very dilute bydroohloric aeid. in giving the popular "satin finish" to silver plated ware, and, more recently, to tbe manu facture of glass globes, bearing elaborate and artistio patterns. The Ames shovel works, at Taunton. Mass. are proposing to apply tbe blast to the clu in ing of their iron from rust, etc., a process now attended with considerable labor ,and incon venience. A Tannton (Mass.) tack factory, which cleans 17,000 'square feet of tack' plate per diem, is also proposing to apply it to the same purpose. One of its most novel applica tions was the recent furnishing of 200, appo priately engraved glass cards, for the glass wedding of an eccentrio Englishman. Some twenty tons of five-eighth inch class for the dome of the New Orleans custom house were recently cleaned and depolished. Such thick glass is always fnll of little peoks of dirt, etc, on its surface; but by the nse of the blast a perfectly clean surface was obtained, which transmitted a clear, pleasant light. New Babbju, Machine. It is said tht u. J. W. Jones, of Wheeling, W, Va., has invented a erozier that cuts, gradea the thickness, squares the ends, champers and grooves a stave at one stroke. One machine is capable of turn ing out in a day eight hundred "stands" of staves, or kess, the labor required for feeding being that of a boy only. It is automatic, in fact, and is a self-feeder to a great extent. Tub leaves of the eucalyptus (bine gum) tree are found to be an excellent artieU tnrA,. dorixing water closets and vaults. .uGS,cf,5?." ' to ' ,tock lwwati the nsxiWlity of the paper. A New Artificial Lionr fob PnoToonArn-no.--The following is a description of a new artificial light for photographing, which ha been recently invented in France. A quart bot tle, with a somewhat large mouth, has a cork with two openings. Through one of these a tube pagses to near the bo:tom of the bottle through the geoond a larger tube, packed with iron scale, issues. Fragments of pumice fill the bottle, and on these carbon disulphide is poured. A current of nitrio oxide prepared bv Deville'smethod-by the action of nitrio and sulphuric, acids on metallio iron contained in a self.regnlating reservoir-is passed through the bottle, where it takes nn tho ."... disulphide. It is then led through the safety tube packed with iron scale to the burner. Ex cellent photographs were taken in five seconds with this light, the object being six feet distant In photographio power the light is asserted to be hupenor to the magnesium or calcium light. unit AVn In enmaoj tA -1 : ., ..... -....,.,,. luo clCi;lr0 ugjjt itself The products of combustion are noxious and must be got rid of. u The EaB; Mr. James Hinton, in his "Phvs i. logy." affirms that the paaage of the ear does not require cleaning by nBtb Nature nn dertakes that task, and in the healthy staf e Jw" filst perfectly. Her means for King 'he ear is the wax, which dries up into thin wales andpeels off and falls awa, impercepTibly? In health the passage of the ear isneverd.rly but an attempt tolTean it will infallibly nVae it ?. h1. vlng thlear ont witl P and water s bad; it keeps the wax moist when it oucht to become dry and scaly, and makes it absorb dust. But the most hurtful thing U the intro. duclon of the corner of a towe shewed ?and" twisted around. This proceeding irrUaUs the passage and presses down the tu and flakes of skin upon the membrane of the tympanum &Lm'D8 Pn a inflammatibn anddefness' Washing stould only extend to the outer s. face, as far as the finger can retch SSM?rJS.SSiSttS the keyhole. M . a "i": nser m To buy all the land one can It like a m. .bt tfSk SZStt MinV H...W i .