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I I I - - " AURIC ULTU. lt A L ' ' GUANO. " Jltmetrt to Inaiirte. To the Editors of the Richmond Whig Since the publication in the Whig i month 01 two past or the article on guano. 1 have received variotn enquiries relative to its dm, on points which were not treated Sorhnps with sufuctenl clearness, I hav een asked 1. What is the bet time to pot it on the land; Should the ground be first fal lowed, or may it be spread on grass land ana ttien turnea in' Li.ll 1 J t viianv vuuuiu uc appuea aa nearly as possible at the time of seeding; If the land has been already fallowed, it should bt got in wwn the wheat, and by the same vel plough or trowel hoe should be used.? These implements stir the soil to the depth pf three or four inches, and thoroughly in corporate the guano with it. The action of the harrow is too superficial. Much of the guana would unavoidably be left on rhe porfjee, and its volatile ingiedienls pass off into tne air. a beautiful preparation would . be to Te-fallow with ainffleihoTse,logl), covering tne seea ana guano at the same time. All land ploughed for Wheat in Sep. ternber and subsequently, might have the guano turned in at that time, for at such e depth there would be little or no loss. m s est I I I I , . . . ' . onouio me guano oe ploughed in as soon as it is put on the land, or will it re main Ontire-sntfaceTit sh'orr 'iSmeWilhouT Iocs? " ' - Ii should be covered or mixed with tnt soil aa speedily. as po?siWr The carbo nate of ammonia is exceedingly volatile, and it constitutes one oi the most active ingrt dients of guano 3. Does guano afford a permanent im provement to the soil, or doea it hct op the fift erop, and then leave the land as poor as li was oeioret If guano ia used injudiciously or in inade quale quantities, the effect will riot remain , 3 ., ,. . . . . . . HTMjm.9Bum. it. is -used - int u diciouily when not sufficiently mired with the soil, or covered at a depth of several incnes' it win m no case answer as a top-dressing for wheat or onus., ia our clU mate If it is only applied to land'in small quantities, though it may be used in the , .btstjnanner, the first crop wil take up the whole. " If p?rmmeVtTtfr7not less than zoo or 20 pounds to the acre should be used, and the wXeat should invariably . - ue succeenea oy ciove-. it weeds alone ate permitted to occupy the land after the wheal has been removed, even this quantity of i?u- ano will fail to add any decided improve- aid of clover, which establishes iuelf du ring the growth of the wheat, a raDid svs ten of improvement is within the reach of every farmer. Guano will not only pay tr itself twice over in the crop of wheat, not will also produce a luxuriant crop of lor uie Denent oi alter crops ol grain as has been . proved in hundreds of instan res. By this means one application ofgu ana at the commencement ot every rota. tion, will amply serve for every cropdu- xmg.ine cotiunuaaee e that rotation.- if the course of cropping be wheat, clover, corn, it ia readily perceived how the corn crop is benefitted. Or if the faimer would pre fer a rotation of five years which would certainly be more profitable and put hji corn-ground in oats, there would lie strength enough in the soil to perfect the three crops -of grain, provided the land has the benefit of two years of do v. r: for any land in tolerable heart will yield a good crop of oats after eorn. . ., ' But with the assistance of gnano there Is no necessity to have any regular rotation. A grain crop may be taken Iro.n the land every year, if yearly applications of gnano are made. I know for instance, of a lot which has been seeded - to wheat for seve ral years in succession, the product of which has been greater and greater every year. Thus, if a farmer wishes to change bis oure of cropping or if he wishes to seed an extra quantity of land in w fie at or nake an alteration whieh may be flesjfaTjle it is entirely within his power tollo si by thnrdof gmno, at ihr asmr tS that his outlay in that article will be repaid by one hundred per cent of nett "profit. , AH "''tilings"' taken Into consideration, there neve has been i peiiod ih tlie Kwiory of our Country when the farmer has had it in his power to realize so much clear profit from hie land as at this time. It is true that agricultural products have sometimes, irom temporary causes brought, enormous y high prices, but the1 farmer has seldom leWsd any permanent benefit from them, j l'yiog hlajown wants at prices proportion-. Wy high. Itisno longer indispensible "to1 be the owner of fmile lands to- make the -'ihivl onol the earths profitable business U winns af fuano and the various artifl. jl fcriiltxers which the Spirit of the sgs ha. brooghUnto requisj ion, all distinctions between a poor sod and a rich one between a poor soil and a rich one are ca .i.i. . t l , n-, . . in orjng leveueu. ue who uses none of these agents, is absolutely behind the times; and it makes no odds hew soon he ia laid upon the shelf, thst he may give piaca v outers more active man lumped. , As applicable to thrse remarks, and for the encouragement of those who may not nave ueirrminea io use guano mis fall, on their wheat, will state the results of one or two trials on the crop lately harvested, wnien were fnsde by some ol my nearest neighbors. One of them put guano on a portion of his field at the rate of 50 pounds per acre. The wheat was not seeded till the last of November, and did not vegetate until the warm wether immediately pre ceding , Chriaimaa By accurate measure ment with the chain, the quantity of land is ll acres; and by the receipts of the miller the product, was 342 bushels, being 20f busheU.tp the acreHad tjie crop been sowed At the best season, we are at liberty to conclude it would have been greaU er 10n the land immediately joining, to which no guano was applied, the product eould not have exceeded 5, or at most 6 bushels to the acre. A part of the gusno portion was sowed in cldvefrw"hicl has taken well, and now presents - a- luxuriant appearance. Another of my neighbors, whose land isTight and sandy, end who h not been in the hnblt of growing wheat, sowed 1 1 acres, the greater part was very poor, and none pi it rich. lie had .600 lbs- cfoanorwbiBhi hecattererrver the thin eat parts. The product waa 130 bushels being nearly ; 12 to the acre. Let these products .bo Compared-with-the r-roo of anouier genueman, immeaiateiy adjoining, who has for a number of years been care fully improving his farm by liberal appli .1 .t ' i- . . cations of manure, until he has brought it io nign siaieoi leiuiuy. ue used no gnano; and though hia wheat was beautiful and luxuriant, and hichlv creditable to his skill as ji farmer, yet he reaped only 1 4 1 ousiicis io tne acre. vv.tir not racia iiko tnese induce everv larmer wno can possioiy spare the money: ... . ' or even borrow iu to make a liberal nse of guanoT J. 8. PLEASANTS. J'etertburg, Sept. 1849. On the Mismax aocmekt or Stabli-Dcxo Mancbk, xspeciallv as REOAutm Expos hrk to UAta. Whilst, at a vast expense, meiarmer is importins bones from theshorea ottne lllack bea, nitrate of soda from South America, guano from the cost of Peru and from the African coast, he Is, in oo many instances, neeliffent of the manure that iua ataoie am stalls supply This negligence Bit ben, pointed , out, and emphaiicalJy a wen on, oy every recent writer of author. liv en agriculture. Aa regards exposure to rain, and the injurious effects of it on ih una oi manure just alluded to, examples i ih in mis part or England ( westmore land;, where an unusual quantity of rain laiis, are ot every-day occurrence, and al most every where to be met with: the in' stances of neglect constitute the rule of care and attention, the rare exception to the moniy on dechvites; the Dunff-hean is usually placed on a declivity, often by the sine oi a roaa. and. in conseouenee --- . . . after every shower of ram. the water that runs off, percolating through the manure. nioa oi some oi lis most valuaDie lnsre- ! - a aa dients, especially its soluble salts', and so luble animal and vegetable matter, tending to starve the fields and polute the roads. I have had the curiosity to collect portions of such drainage, and subject them to ex- awinauoni-afld I now purpoee to giyothe the results, as they show, in a verv mark. eo manner, tne injurious effect and how great ia the loss to the farmer in consequence. The first portion collected was fiom a heap of Stable dungitesbXtom th-stabJo just before a heavy fall of, rain, tlis accompa niment by a thunder-storm, nearly an inch falling in three hours.: The water which ran from tha dune hean was of the color of a weak diffusion of coffee, of an. er. 1002,10 pure water as 1000- With the peculiar smell of stable dung, it had just perceptible smell of ammonia, which was rendered more distinct by the addition of ime. Under the microscope, it was fouod to contain, besides a fine trraniitar matter. and many minute Vegetable Gbres and scales, particles resembling grains of pollen, and two or three different kinds of animalcules. Evaporated to dryness, it yielded 2.6 per 1000 of brown matter, which BartU III y deliquesced on exposure loa moit atmos phere; emitted a very faint smell of ammo nia when mixed with lime, jndicaiin? that in the frocesi of evaporation, most of the ammoniacal salt had been expelled, and was therefore carbonate of ammonia; and when incinerated afforded as much as SI 6 per cent of grey ash 48.4 per cent of the extract having been destroyed by the fire, which may be considered as animal and vegetable jiatter. The ash was found to contain the sulphuric, phosphoric" arid cr- oonic acids, and cnionne, wit n potash, sods, un sua magnesia, cnieny in tne iorm, it may be inferred, of carbonate ot potash. phoephat, o inie,,,ttlph pnate ot magnesia, and common salt The proportional quantity of the sulphaui ibf lime was targe, as was also that ot the fixed a kaline salts, whilst that of the phos phate of lime and the maenesian salt was J small. Tb aext specimen examined was J from a much larger and older dung-heap .ri. r.u . .2 . . 5 r: after a fall ol 1-12 inch of rain in aknul 14 nours i he Hutdjras of a darket brown man tne preceding, yerjr similar in its an. pearance under the roieroscope, of higher r' B'- wc3, ana yet less rich in ammoniacal salts for when, mixed' with "m h gave only a very faint smell of smmonij and its extract obtained by evap. oration, when mixed with lime, had no smell oi the volatile alkali. It yielded, on mrauop, iu. per itjoo solid matter. mijar genenuy to that obtained from the first portion in its qualities, abounding, in like manner, in salts, and those of the same description. The third specimen collected lor examination was from the same dung heap, after a fall of 2-79 inches of ruin, in ?1 hours It difllred eo little from the preceding, that it ia not necessarv in nV. efibe It particuliirly. As mieht have been fxperted. it was mo.e dillute, its rn. er. being 1004. The last specimen IsJul notice was one nrocu red -from tl nm. dung-heap, after four days of dry weather lollowingthe heavy ra:n last mentioned. It was ooz n? out in small Dilantin-! tv ftr dark brown hue, iiearly transparent, and al most dest itute of nmll UrHlt-r t he mi- crocope it rxhib ted a few particles and fi bres, very few minute crystals, without any animalcules. 1 hail exneeted it a ebhenirtied inliiion bftfie diinp'- hefln. as such, of niirh specific sravitv: but it was otherwise; itssperific gravity exceeded very than that of the second portion, lieing only 1005, leading to the conclusion that the matter.. The weather, during the font days without rain, was nnmparativrly cold for die season (it was in Seplembei) With a northerly wind the thermometer, even hy day, below 68, and at night once or twice approaching the freeaing point This low temperature must have ehecked or put iio lermemaiion. which, in iisturn might he iirevenie.l iImj furthee formation ot solouJmai;ter,.j.Theinfusiiin. mixed ...:.l. j: .j . .i "im iiiiib niuicaieu uie presence nl am moniacal salu; it emitted s pretty strong men nniinnni.; ana. judging Irom the effects of other reagents, its composition was very similar to ibl of the preceding. portions, it probably contained a Jarger proportion rf vegetable matter, humus, humic acid, than the earlier dreinings, it gave a very copious precipitate wuh the acetate of lead The bearing and applicj Hon of these results hardly require to .be pointed out. As the drainage of the du ng heap exposed to rain contains same of the best the chief-ingredients of active manure, (excepting always the insoluble phos phates,) it follows, that the more the dung is exposed the 1mfr'1l'WubjeeitecT-is)r the washing and percolation. of rain water- the ereatermust bails loss, the more exhaua. k4Jniut4sMRns rain ia essential as a prevention; such shelter aa can only be well secured by n.4.. ...u:.I. .1 . iibu, uuuci wii en uie manure, n too urv, may be watered with the liquid that may have run from it, received into a tank; and be subjected to such treatment, from ad mixture or otherwise, as has Iwen found bv experience likely t render it more efficient. I hese results, moreover. I need hardiv r. . u r .i . . ' iiinra, are penecuy in accordance with the experience of intelligent farmers, in many instances on record, ofthe extraordi nary fertilizing effects of iirtealion wiih waters the wsshintre and diainaire of the farm yard and dung heap. fJohn Davie. M. D in theEdin. Phil Journal. The Oaks, Ambleside, October 12,1844. "I M ANUitk FOit UN iiQN'ULI or the information of 'J. C. C" ,J Exeter, (p. 225.) I beg to sav that I mi i eM4;b4 one .of the finrt crops of Onions I ever saw; thy were cultivated as follows: tiie ground (which is iff loam ohllie lower oolne,) was ridged up before winter In the middle of March the r:dra . levelled, and about 3 inches in thickness of compost wjs spread and pointed in So shallow ns to he only barely covered with earth, The seed waa immodialely after, wards sowu in drills 0 inches apart, and between every five rows was an alley 18 inches in width. Wateringa Were frequent, ly applied during the. early growth of , the crop; and it was twice watered with water in which guano was dissolved, The com post consisted of about one.third well sotted hot-bed dung, one-third old night-soil, and the remainder of wood ashes, and black woollen manure, from clothing facto ry in equal quantities; the latter contained a considerable quantity of oil. The whole had been well mixed together soma months before it was applied. fCuItor. t r- Cork for Cancer. Perhaps I can con fer a favoe on aome of your subscribers, by giving a very simple and effectual cure for cancer l he extract of wood sorrel, used Is plaster through the dav. and slirmerv elm at night, will cure any cancer that has ulcerated, or that has hot live skin over It; in mat case the Skin should be broken in some wajr. To burn a piece of punk on the place is a good method, then apply the saIe.-belbro-diref4ed-'& obtained fimply by pounding the common sorrel In a moiler of olhrvtise9niP ingouimejuiee, wen put it In a pewter dish or basin, and place it in the sun until it ones w uie consisience of tar, when it is fit for use. - -- f Indiana Stutt Journal. "-'"' iociuaw. -vnen ono runs a nan or sharp iron in any part of the hotly, take a common smoke-pipe, fill it with to- oacco, nght it well, lake a thin cloth or sUk handkerchief, place it over the bowl of the pipe, and blow the smoke through the stem into the wound; two or three pipes full will be sufficient to start the wound discharging. I have tried it on myself and five others, and lound it to give me immediate relief. If tne wound has been some days standing.it "... ,i again u me tobacco be good. T ry it, any one who may chalice to get such a wound. Crni? ro Rheumatism. The following arc said to be good lotions for the evils of riieumatism. As t hcv are aimnle. tlinv can be fairly tried by those afflicted with unifc PVIH. Intlamatorv. Half an ouniA of lnm half an ounce of pulvenzed salt -ntr. mil in half a pint of sweet oil; Bathe the parts affected. Common Rheumatism. Tk the spirits ot turpentine to which add half an ounce of camphor. When dissolved rub I it on the part affected, and it will never Tail of rempvThg iKTe rcompKint.""" Flannel should ueappueu alter Ue part is well fomented tth turpentine. Repeat the anolieation inorning andevening......,.; Curb roe, tub Piles. The following simple application will Mtrtainlxuf-.thi trteti by many and found successful x Jake three ounces of pulverized alum, anrpla two inches in width, and wear the belt around the body hbow the loins. It should be worn next the skin. Its operation. Js slow but certain.Alef m 04. THE "JSK Or FLOWERS, if Ma HOWITT. Gwl mifht b the earth bring tiitpv Kit-Trits and irnall The ak tree and the cedar tree " " Without a flower at all. We might hare had enough, enough ' Far evary want of ours, Tor luxury, medicine and toil, And yet have had no flowers. T??1?, wjTCh;inountaiB mine":V Requireth none to grow, Nor does il need the lotus flower Tb make the river flow. Kui clouos might give abundant rain, Tba nightly daws might bit, And the barb ihalkeepeth lib in saan" V "'""Wign'yirtlhiw'"afun " Then wherefore, wherefore wars thty Bade, AM,4yl wkh tajnaewlMthU.;,r;;. . , a All filiinned wiih aupremast graet Up-springing day and night Springing in valleys graen and low. And on tha mountain high, And in tba sth ut wildernrss. Where no man ptsutb byl Our nu?rsrd life requires them not Then wheriifore lud Ihey birtht Te in nitr dulight to man To eaautify the earth To comfort man, to whisper bnpa Wbsn'er his faith k diai Far, whoso careth for tba flowers. Will much mors ears for Him. Tho following facuiare worth tho consid crmion of the Members of Clubs. Destruction of Sparrows . ai other Birrs. Mr. Bradley; in his ireneral treat. iae oa. llusbatulry aivd Gardening,- sho Wi uiat a pair oi sparrows during the time they have their young to feed, destroy on an av erage every week 3,360 caterpillars. The calculation he founded on actual observation, having remarked that the two parents carry to the nest forty caterpillars,&c. &c, in an hour. I hese birds likewise feed their young with butterflies, and other winged in sects, each of which, if not 'destroyed ia this, manner,,' would be the narent of hundreds " of caterpillars. f A corres- i i e .. i . t . - p mucin ui ours, wno nas paiu mucn atten tion to tlio rearing of butterflies, Sec. in or der to obtain perfect specimens for entomo logical cabinet, had 840 caterpillars hatched from the eggs laid by one female,' of this tribe of insects, in the course of a few days. A gentleman writing on the use of birds, tn the "Horticultural Register," states that the gold-crested wren, willow-wren, or ha v- birds, and chiff-ehaff, eat "insects '"ih1yv neje incy may oe pientitui they may be of great use in rhinn'mg, on their first ap pearance, wheat-flies, blue-dolphin,hop-flies and the tea-plant aphides. This is impor tant, for one of these insects killed on their first appearance wilt prevent the breeding of thousands, 1 Gardeners are prejudiced against tho hay bird or cherry chopper, but it does not taste either cherries or , straw- ravages cnerry leaves tn April. . K jrhun- galea t, ina d,yi 't jo thwitMihit, , the stone-chat, wheat-ear, pipnits and wa? tails. Every means should, therefore, be taken to encourage them to breed, by pro tecting their nesuF. The principal iiisect cating birds, which partially eat fruita or a hedge-eparrows, red-breast chaffinch, black cap, gardetuwarbler, andthe greater and leaser white throats, also the tomtits. The march-tits cat insects chiefly, but slab eat lannaccous seeds aa those of the sun-flower, or pecu a bit ol ripe pair or apple; but such damage is trifling, and is a reward which should not be grudircd. considering th Rreai Koou which they do both to Uie farm er anu garaent r. A" BOMMER METHOD, Fnm tht GermanLut Tclterapk c i- VV.UMIWU VEGETABLE A1ATTEB IVTn Mamjrk. -Vsrious methods have been d. vised ol late for converting leaves, haulm ana otner yegetihle aubaliusei into rnaiiuro. These, doubtless may be rendered of im mense importance to the farmer, bv' their conversion Into the food of Dlanti-a result which; by the ordinary process of outre. Indian and decomposition, ia apeomilili,l 'Jowly, and not unfreqiiently with great loss to thofarmer as much of what in reali ty constitutes the most valuable Part or ea. voiuamy dissipated antf, borne off. The system of Bommcr, together with numberless others of a cognate character. prpmisses to be orreaf advantage to the' affieititampmltl is, in my opinion, entitled una mucn higher degree of consideration !ie?iJecU;tlian it.haa jeteie4It Kt nevertlffelCTS trucrial those who avail themselves trf the benefits of thtssystem, are"rrquire4 to pay, a smaH-atnoult fiif tTie right; hut in this catchpenny world, o things of real value, as well as many th intra of no value have their price; butjin recommend ing ,a systeitt.Uy which a farmer ii enabled to secure to himself an immediate and im. questionable advantage from what is usually considered a useless incumbrance to the soil e ven though Uauhjeet Him operator to soine expense in jprocuring M.?xtehEl I fuel that I am amendable to no charge or impuiaiion wnicn a single breath is not suf ficient to refute. I am persuaded that if results are to be relied on, Uommer s manure is eminently deserving all the praise it has received, and mat uommer himself should be contempt ted, not by any means as a crafty specula tor, or empyiic in agricultural chemistry, as some preienu io designate him, but aa a man ot profound experience, and a perfect ue nas unuenaxen. Bull, no one can avail himself f the advantages resulting from the discoveries Inade by him without a disburs ment; and this I have no doubt, although a tmall objtction, in ititlf conndertd will be the means of deterring hundreds av thousands from participating in the good it is calculated to effect. In this way it is certainly possible for mo- tanner to ayan nrnlsetr or very etncien t anu valuable assistant, and at comparatively small expense. If, indeed, we look at the increased value of the pasture lands, which may be cleared of extraneous herbao-e. and deteriorating vegetables of all kinds to sup ply the decomposable organic materials for tnojmmnujtjjUr process will appear any thing but expensive. Many of our nas- lures are almost wholly covered over the ex tent of their surface with shrubs and other species of worthless vegetation, which greatly circumscribe the range of tood, and materially detract from their value all of which by this process, may be eon veiled to a valuable use and made to contribute an important I, . - , . . .. . ana tasting oeneiii to tne eon. - ; I hope the numerous readers of the Tele graph, who are interested in agricultural improvement, will candidly ponder this snggestion; it is worthy of their attention, and cannot be examined too Carefully, or too toon. '';';:'-,-.'.-, - ""-'A'MONtO'dMERV'CdTO PRECIOUS METALS. lhe amount of gold and silver in the world is generally estimated at ten thous and millions of dollars, whilst the annual consumption, er rather demand, is supposed to be dne half of one per' cent, of this sum, that is fifty millions dollars. Ttu-re ap pears to be no accurate date as to the annual protection of these metals; the whole is a subject of speculation. From tho best sour ces of information that are open to us, the yearly production of silver niy bo set down at twenty-five millions, and of gold from fifteen to twenty millions. Starting from this seeas, are the common wren, house andl point, whjch may be eonaidered aa anlltiJ T. volumeo' u,f VcwnWe Amcr- ,. froaching accuracy, the expecd TMds HfeBJ!- P1. crape r the California mines will only about keep the stock in the world good. No percepti ble change in the value of gold has ever been produced by the large quantities which have been hitherto acquired amounting to one hun dred and twenty-five millions from Russia aone, within a quarter of a century. What ever may be the amount raised from Call fornia, tho result will be to enlarge the con sumption forpurpues of art and luxury, whilst it commercial uses will remain un change. .- ' ' ' - . . nuu$ Wt Hank Note LUt. ALUM. Tho naea of alum a man ifnl.l I y - " ...wa. ..wn. . nortant? inenrDoratad with humiapmmi. .u. , Imwi.i,, WW ,,,, ubg wjf -tirC eitlS a bard smooth surface, fit for writing upon; furriers employ it in the preservation of lhe hairy covering of skint, it retards putre faction in attimal swbitancca, and hardens the ullow nsed far eatiUes. lis astringent . . : J ' al c rnuru in rnenic me. anil na costic properties, as calcined alum in sur gery. But it is in dying that the use of af.! urn is most importunt and most widely dif Tuaed. his rare that cJoring3 matters preset any affinity for the subsmnees to be died; most of thm would disappear wfth the firs washing were there no medium by which they eould be fixed. The substance employ for the purpose is called a mordant or Inter tn, and in this respect alum hold, a prt-em.eM k. This mmefal f, ifso made subservient to oilier Iris r.rni...l. purposes; bakers use it to ri. a i ..f. or to bad flour, and to swell a coroparsfive- ly small lurop 0f Jon-h inlo , , d ginger beer and le sale at railway aiationaaml oilier places in England, if narrowly inspected, will be found imbedded with lumna of alum -t.;..i. pass very well for ice, - - , , , , ', From M SeiftUile 1m i-. ' , , v There are nianv who Uie Canton Crape is made, and a short snetch may not be out of placeWhen the--mp shawl comes Irom the W?aver loom. ' it is perfectly smooth and reeemliles gum silk ; cloth. But the thread Twith wftich this cloth ut jormed are made with one thread harder than the otheand frit tleeper cra-" ing the warp is harder twiainl .i.- ....i. Weft as the crapes are twilled, forma all the cnmpmir of the rmn hut i:r is -V- 1 - . MI, .11 1, nnuenroca Ilia nm .t n . , . ... . - "vnnig. J Ilia ia dona by boilmsr the' shawl ,!,ri oap for aconaidorablo time, which removes Uie gum from the silk and by the warp awek hK more -man the weft the . ahawl. more come out of tlie boilef with that lino. pnain sin . srkvaiAik .a : . a ia aa-. T I' " aumireu. AU Una Cr st All can be shaken out again7 by stretching "" abawlswstnthenif lil Iho dres. sing operation care must be exercised not to ' . .... fhe embroidery of these ahiwlii ia peri ! . formed after the gum is removed. ? For this purpose tho naitera ia nrimmt a iu. shawl with fugitive blue, and the flowers are then wrought with the needle. After this the shawls are sent to Uie dyers to ber' dyed and dressed. - Sometimes they artf f esnbroided before the gum is boiled off, but 3 it . '"P0 method, a ssilk is detcriora- in lustre by boiling In soap ny lohgef 1 thjan merely to remove the guro,.and toi . twider wltripun silk on ihagummed laoricKj would require the embroidery silk " to receive two much boiling, and thus dim its lustre, i V The use of soap to remove to the gum of raw silk cannot .be rccommendcuV.bul it it---the best and the cheapest with which we are acquainted. Many of our fair ones s will no doubt be surprised to bo told that ' I vwla uiitu K Wu or three hours in sonp.' Many suppose that boiling in soap would 'utterly destroy" any silk fabric. This in a measure is true; the operation is a nice onebut there ' is not silk dress worn in our city" that has ' not in the yarn been boiled in aonp.' '. ! Tho reason why the .Chinese Jinished lilks have a finer luatro than the ' English and French, is owing to the gum being re-' moved by a tedious and expensive process ' of sleeping the silks in a cold spinous li. quor. In the raw slate before the gum is removed the csape is of a dirty yellow col- ! lor, but the boiling in soap removes the ' yellow gum, and the whitish silk appears. But still it is not vet white . It h.. k dyed for this purpose. Some may think. ', this strangc,bulitis a practical fact.- IttakeV" rod, blue and yellow rays of light to form a " white rsy a trinity, like tho great Author ' who created what Milton terms ',' , Holy light, " " ' " OiTapflngof IteXfeVs Hrxt dawn,"" The dyer, to make his crane shawl whiin?'.' uses in clean aoap for that purpoie a little archil and fine indigo ' atraiped through t ciotn. these colors, mingling with tho yellow of the shawl, form a white,' which ia further cleared up by the shawl's being ' washed out of tho soap 'in cold wa- tcr, and afterwards submitted to" the fumes of sulphur in a close room. ' ' -Crapo veils are very expensive, and coit- , taming, aa they do, ao little silk, this seems" ' unrnnannahln .t i1,n . .4 ? ..-.-v. " v. iiinHUIMU ture is in the hands of a few foreign hous- ' e, and the art of dressing the crape is both V a tedious and a troublesome process. t ) yin the last volume of the Scientific Amcr shawls was described. It waa to use a small quantity ot dissolved cum cooal and ho . along wjth liquid glue to stiffen the crape, " This composition ,if rightly made and applil ed.we havoroaaon to know, is good and is worthy the attention of those in this and othae '-- cities of our country, whoso business it ia to I , rearess uamagea goods. f i MAHRIAUK. -- -T.i I never knew amarriage expressly for mo ney that did not end unhaonilr. Yet man. 1 1 - aging mothers and heartless daughters are continually playing the same rsme; I '. halloa. .L l..-.;-.-..,. 4 Mf.:'. vim., unvnitn more irequentiy marry lor . Mian women because women think they will not have a better ehanea mt uicbu uemg injepenaciu. oueh marriages, j u nnuoi, prove eomiortaoie, but a greater number would have been far happier sin--gl If'l msy by observation of sueh ms Iters, marry ingfoif home mikes that homo . very ttrejome one, Mr$. Child, '
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 26, 1849, edition 1
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