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AGRICULTURAL. XATTEB PREPARED SPECIALLY FOR THE " KECOf.D - OSION." Distance ol Fruit Trees Apart — The Au tumn Spring — A Boom In Hop Culture— Ltc. In our remarks upon the But ject of plant ing out fruit orcnards we have heretofore omitted any reference to the important sub ject of the distance apart they sbou'.d be planted. It is evident that some kiuds of trees may be planted much nearer than oth ers. It is also evident that the hB may be an important fact ir in deciding the di-tauct apart tries should be planted. Anothtr c,n iideration may be ths system adopted and carried out as to pruning the trees. As to the kind ti trees, apple treas should be plant ed further apart than pear treep, for the reason that apple trees grow larger th.n pear trees, and lor the f ;rther reason that the habit of the apple i« to spread much more than the pear tree. The roots of apple tress also run farther, atd ex tract more moisture from the soil than pear trees do, and require more nourishment. For these reasons they should be planted further apart. Both pear and apple trees should be planted further apart than tree*, fur the reason that tht. ars longer lived trees and grow to be larger than does the peach. Aa to the apricot and nectarine their habits of growth are similar to thoae of the peach, and the rule that applif a to the former may also bj properly appaed to the latter. The question of soil ia a complicated one aa to the distance apart that trees should be planted. If on a deep, rich soil, it is evi dent that trees of all kinds will teed to grow longer than on a shallow, poor soil. And it is also evident that there is greater fertility in a small space on such rich soil than ia a larger apace on such p.or soil. The one feet, therefore, should seem to be a reason why tree* should be planted further apart, so that their spreading and luxuriantly-growing branches should not intertwine and shadc aach other and the fruit they bear. The same fact, viz. : the richners of the soil, would seem on the other hand to bo a reiwn why they might be planted nearer together, for the reason that there U fertility sufficient in the noil to support in a luxuriant state any number cf trees to a given •pace. On the other hand, in shallow and poor soil, trees will remain comparatively Bmall, and it w..uld seem, therefore, that they might without ir jury be planted nearer together. There is, however, another and contrary reas.n in this question, to wit : if the soil is shallow and Itau it wiil not give to trees sufficient Eourishsneutif they be planted near together, and therefore it would be policy to plant them at a good distance apart. Experience has solved these seeming con tradictory propositions by adopting a medium course iw to distance, and by adding fertiliz ing ingredients to the poor soil as the trees become <i age and ret pure arrificial assist ance. There is generally an indication to plant all kinds of trees too near together, and hence we feel called upon to caution all against this inclination. We may remark, however, that in uur dry, sunshiny climate trees se?m to hear closer planting than in a climate where shady and damp weather pre vails during the time of ri[euic« of fruit, providing alwajs that tbere is sufficient fertility and moitture in the soil to Rive the fruit all the nourishment needed to complete their full s:ze and brine; out their natural color atd flivor. Practice has shown that about 24 t« '.Mi feet is the pro|>er distance at which anple trees should be planted Pear trees will bear to be planted at about 20 ti 24 feet, and peach, apricot, nectarine and plum trees may be planted from 16 to 20 feet apart. S^nae very successful orcuardists have sometimes planted peach and nectarine trees alternately with apple trees, plar.tic the appla trees the above distsuc.-. They have adapted this plan for the reason that the peach being so much eherter-lived than the »ppl», it will have arrived at full size and at its best bearing stage, and begun on its decay before the apple will have attained to its full nze and bearing age. There is no doubt but this j.Kn will bring quicker and better returns from the laud, provided that the soil be adapted both to the app'.e and the peach. O;her» adopt the pinn of plant ing vegetables, as corn orp.itatcee, between the rows of their fruit trees while they are young — -say for from four or five years "after being first set out. In this way the cultivation neces sary to keep down the weeds in the orchard ana to fetain the moisture in the soil at the same time, cultivates the vegetables, and the crop of vegetables may be made to more than pay for the labor of cultivating the oroiiard. This practice should not be adopted, how ever, if the vegetables are likely to take co much moisture from the soil as to rob the trses of any of the necessary quantity to keep them in a vigorous growing condition. With plenty of water and means for artificial irri- j gation, there can be no objection to making i use of the space between the trees for vegeta ble culture, providing the fertility ot the soil be kept up to a good standard. It is very difficult to keep the Bap suffi ciently plenty and in circulation lively enough the first summer after transplanting, in the itemß or bodies of fruit trees, to prevent the hot afternoon sun from burning the bark on ! the south or southwest side. Mulching, as we have before remarked, will help to ward off the danger very much, and »m will plenty of moisture. But even iv the most favorabie circumstances of moisture and mulching, the Bun is sometimes too hut fir the tender burk of the young tree. When the leant acald or cheeking of the circulation of the sap taken place, then there ie a strong ii.vitati v for the borer to deposit her egns there, and the next step we find that the little larva h making its way into tLe wood of the tret, leaving a dead patch on the surface. The safest plan for preventitg this trouble is to shade the stem of the tree the first season after plant ing with a thin board set up so as to shade the stem, say from 2to 4 o'clock P. M. In stead of a board, if not handy, then the stem may be wound with an old sack or any old cloth, so that the sun can not bit it fairly. We have heretofore recom mended that the stems of fruit trees he kept as short as possible, by inducing the limbs to start as near the ground as they can. It is sometimes objected to this plan that the low Umbs prevent cultivating near the trees with horse and plow or cultivator. We recognize j the fullest force of this objection, but do not consider it an offset to the advantages it sc- j cures in the protection of the stems of the i trees from ir jury from the sun and borers, and in keeping the fruit near the ground to make handy and economical pickii g. It is too often the case that summer Boltiratioa of orchards is suspended too early in the sea ■on. Cultivation should be continued as long as weed seed of any kind continues to ger minate. Weeds growing in a your g orchard in j the f»ll injure and retard tha growth cf the • trees more than they do in the spring of the j year. In the latter part of summer and the autumn i. the season thatyi.ungtreesought to ' and will, if the soil is properly cultivated and kept clean of weed*, make the best and mest rapid growth. Especially will they do *o the first season after traarplanticg, or rather the same Bason of transplanting. The spring and early summer is occupied in overcoming the shock of removing and replanting, and the latter part of summer arid fall should be the season of rapid and heailhy growth, and if properly cared for will be. The Autumn- spring a Reality, When cur first rains came this fall we sug gested the probability that we should have one of those warm, Browing autumns which have onca or twice before occurred in this State since 1841. Our suggestion has been realized to a decree we did not then dare to anticipate. While the rains coming so early did considerable damage to wheat in the stack and sack, and icjured a considerable quantity of hay in most all parts of the State, the fine, warm, damp, growing weather since has to a great extent repaired the dam ages, and perhaps more than repaired them. It is vow the 10th day of November, and tbe new grain sown en summer-fallowed land is as large and covers the soil as well as it gen erally does in March and April. Feed is luxuriant everywhere, and, except milch cows and wotking teams, no stock has required to be fed hay or grain in any of the valley or foothill portions of the State. Tue rairs bo far have nearly all beea in the nature j of spring showers richer Ibu wiuter storms. Between showers the sun shines out bright and warm, and as it f..il< □p n the moist, warm soil it has more of me color and effect of tbe sunshine < f April than the ordinary slanting and pale rays cf November. We have in this vicinity had out two or three nights of a frosty character, »nd in these cases Jack came and went 1 ke a htranger, leaving but a slight impression of <ii» visit behind him. Forest and orchard trees hold their leaves yet to greater extent than at any time heretofore ai this tince of the ytar within our recollec'ion, and thU ex tends back to the fall of 49. Thess leaves have more than usually put on the bright colors they assume in ordinary seasons in the New Eugland ani Northern St»tee >n the Atlantic dope and in portions of the Eastern Continent, where tha rains generally come as they have here this year before the frost ra, stopped the growth of the trees and driven the sap from the foliage. A ride a'on^ tbe bankaof most any of our California rivers at tfeii time cannot fail to remind one of that charming effect produced by the highly col ored foliage to be teen in similar drives along the bdnks of the Hudson or Connecti cut rivers in the months of September and Wctober. The effect of the California sct-nery ia comparatively'more pleating and delijh'ful than tnat of the Eastern scenery on ace unt i f the greater profusion here of bright green in the landscape. As before stated, all cur fields now present the appearanca < f being carpeted with the green colors of April, and eip.-ci&lly the aif 'lfa meadows at this ti': i are clothed with the dark green so peculiar •jy this clover when in luxuriant growib. The contrast between the variegated colors of the forests and orchards and the deep grteu of the alfalfa meadows at the pretext time in peculiarly pleasing and delightful. But U&ving the beautiful of tbe landscapes vow everywhere presented to the California trav eler and turning again to the practically use ful side of the suVject under consideration, we may remark that never before in Califor nia was there so early in the fall so great an. area cf wheat in the ground, and cever before at this time was sowing going on so rapidily as now. The pre«ent indications are that the crop of 18^3 will be not only one of the largest, but the largest ever prodused in the State. A Boom In Hop Culture. It v very natural, considering the price of hops this season, and the financial success that tins come to those engaged in the busi ness, that there should be something of a I boom in their cultivation for a y.rar or two at least in this St;tJ. We have noticed in the vicinity that an unusual number of hop poles are being cut and prepared for use next 6C33in. A number of farms containing good hop lands and willow thickets have also chvsr?d hands lately about here at prices very satisfactory to the seller?, and We sup pose also to the buyer?. The?e preparationi", we think, are mostly being made by thete who have been in the business, and who are extending their operations, though there are some new beginners to he noted among the proposed hop-raisers for next year. There is gocd reason to believe that bops will bring good prices for at least two seasons yet, and they may much longer. It will be impos sible, !■■> those who are in the bu-iuees say, to overstock the markets with hops short of two very good crops, and it is improbable that the markets will be so overstocked with three good crops an to put prices below good paying rites. When a man can raise his own piles and hops in California, he is in ary event able to make a good average paying business of it, and certainly has an excellent proi-pect of getting a good start within the next three years. At the pres ent prices oce crop may be made to pay the full cost cf the land al:ove all ex penses. Certainly no other culture ctftis so f od a prospect in this or any other State. With thete facts acknowledged it is not sur prising that there should be something of a b i u:i in the hop business. The greatest won der is that the boom has not exhibited itself more fully than it has. There Uno difficulty shunt obtaining plenty of good roots and plenty of good land to set them out on, and there is plenty of idle capital th»t might be profitably employed in building up hop yards in this vicinity. There is also plenty of labor at cheap rates seeking such employment as an increase in the hop business would bring. We see no reason, than fore, why this is not a good time for a hop boom about Sacramento. Begin a Vegetable Garden. Every farmer and every housekeeper who has a spot of land large enough should em brace this favorable weather to make a be ginning for a vegetable garden. Lettuce, onions, carrots, beets, parsnips, cabbage, tur nips atd radishes may all be planted now, with a certainty that they will grow well and produce a good variety of fr*vh home- raised vegetables for the table. Why, then, not plaut them ': A GREEK VILLAGE CHURCH. On Sunday, almost before daylight, the bells began to ring for morning service, and the peasants, who are early risers, were B<>3n docking into the little church. Not only the villagers came ; but the people from surrounding farms ; and from my window I saw the priest, who had come from a distance, dismounting from his horse and answering the salutations of his parish ioners, who perhaps had the more regard for him because he did not live among them, but came only once in a fortnight to conduct services. I had been told that there waß to be a second Liturgia said at 7 o'clock for the master and family ; so I waited till that hour, when we all walked down together. On entering the church we found there a goodly number of peasants who had not been able to get to the early mass. As is the custom in the Greek church, the congregation remained standing during the entire Bervice, the men on the right and the women on the left. They were very devout in manner, looking toward the picture of the Virgin near the altar, and to her they addressed their prayers in a low voice, their only mo tion being the frequent sign of the cross. Several mothers were there, holding ba bies in their arms, with small children clinging to their skirts. The little ones crossed themselves with their tiny fingers in imitation of their elders. Sometimes a person coming in would step forward, put down a small coin and light a little taper, which he would put into the candle stick, saying a prayer for the soul of a dead iriend, or would kiss tbe picture of the Virgin. The priest, who officiated at th« altar, had exchanged his usual black robe for a gaylyeolored one of some com mon stuff, and his hair, always concealed under his high cap, except in church, hung down in heavy black curls over bis shoulders. He went through the prayers in a loud, nasal chant, and read the Gospel in the same tone, with great speed, assisted in his duties, by a peasant lad, whom he had trained, and who was probably des tined to be a priest. Toe worshipers made their responses with fervor, and after tbe doxology was said went up and kissed the priest's hand, and the Bible which he held. This was handsomely bound in Bilver and gold, set with colored stones, and was a family relic ; so also was the sacred picture, worn and effaced, as if it dated from Byzantine days. The Greeks often have these valuable religious pictures hanging on the wall, at the head of the bed, and a devout soul keeps a Sighted taper burning day and night before them. As we came out of church, the people all crowded about Mr. and Mrs. X., who shook hands with each one, and made inquiries after all their concerns. The peasants were dressed in their best clothes, and looked neat and thrifty ; and what especially struck me was the entire ease and dignity of their bearing ; there was no apparent shyness, and their greeting to us, the strangers, was most cordial and hearty, eich putting out hie hand to shake ours.— [E. W. Felton in November Atlantic. Mra. Booth, wife and active coadjutor of the General of the Salvation Army, is the daughter of an English lady of rank, who was banished from friends and home be cause she chose to marry a Methodist preacher instead of a man of wealth and position, who was a suitor for her hand. For the punishment of certain crimes in China it is provided that the culprit shall be bent over a growing bamboo. Tbe re sut is said to be a gra-iual impalement, since the plant grows at the rate of from two to four feet in a day, and the joang a uot cannot be turned aside. THE ART PRESERVATIVE AND ITS HISTORY It is difficult to say at what period of the world's history people did to', have ideas open this subject, which were the ierms of what was to come in after ages. The impression of the hand or foot, or of some other object, made in soft mud or clay and then hardened by time, or hiked hy the heat of tie sun, must have mg gested a simple and intelligent mo<le of conveying an idea, before the invention of any kind of writing. Accordingly these and other signs are found to compose the chief characters of the earliest writincs of which we have any knowledge, and which are called symbolic. We tind certain evidence that more than 2 000 years before onr era a method of multiplying impressions, or, in other words, printing existed ; and if we come down to the time of the great c:ty of Baby lon, which owed its chief Br»»tn»ss to Nebuchadnezzar, who died 561 year- be fore Christ, we see the brick with which every important structure wag composed the name of that wicked king is stamped thereon ; and the stamping must have been done with a die or type, on .which was raised characters capable of producing an impression". Toeruinsof Bibylon at this day consist mainly of three mounna : 1. Bihil, probably the tern Die cf Belos. 2 The Kasr, or palace of Nebuchadnezzar. Thie is an irregular Bqaare, about 700 yards each wsy, surmounted with the remains of a square structure, the walls of which are composed of burnt brink of a Dale yellow color, of excellent quality, bound together with lime cement and stamped with the name of Nebuchadnezzsr. 3 A mound now called Annan, of irregular triangular shape, and supposed to be the ruins of a palace older than. Nebuchadnezzar's, for bricks have been found there inscribed with the names of more ancient kings than he. That it should hava been thought worth while to print inscriptions upon ma terial destined to be built into their dwell ings, argues that the process was not only an uncommon one, but also that there probably existed at the same. time a more advanced and more elegant mode of im printing in their domestic and ornamental arts. In fact, we have specimen* existing of articles of different form and siz-s, from a foot high to the siz>of a signet— to which purpose the latter were probably applied, as their shape indicated they had been worn as finger rings, or hung about the neck like a charm or amulet — and all stamped with some characters. After this a long time elapsed before the practice of transferring characters from a die to any substance, or, in other word*, printing was known to any, even comparatively civilized people. There is reason to believe that printing from characters engraved upon wooden blocks was known to the Cninese in the sixth century, though we scarcely hear anything of its application for four centu ries after, until the advantages of the art hecame so manifest that we are told that in <.»32 Fung Taou and Le Vn, two ministers of the Litter Han, momoralized the throne to have the "Nine I 'lassies"— which had hitherto existed only in the manuscript revised and printed, and in about twenty years copies were in circulation. But it was not until the close ot the thirteenth century that most of the literatnre of formei liges, which had also existed only as writing upon manuscripts, had been printed. The original method of printing was from blocks of woods. Tue subject to be printed was wiitten upon paper, which was then laid face downward upon a smooth block of hard wood, to the surface of which the ink was transferred. All of the wood, except the inked lines, was then cut away with a sharp instrument, leaving the letters or characters in relief. X ich plate thus made formed a page, and the printing was done by first inking the char acters and then pressing a sheet of paper upon thtm, either with the hand or ■ soft brush, thus giving the impieeaion. Block printing, after the Chinese method, was practiced in Italy, Spain and Sicily for de signs on fabrics of silk and cotton, which were printed in ink, as early aa the last years of the twelfth century. The next obvious advance was tic en graving of pictures upon wooden blocks, and it is generally agreed that the art was invented toward the end of the thirteenth century by a member of the family of Cuniolords of Imola in Italy. Movable type, such as are now used in printing, were a European invention ; and practically the art of printing waited for the development of the manufacture of paper, which was not a staple of commerce before the close of the fourteenth century. And again we find the Chinese in the ad vance here, for they were the first to form from vegetable- fiber the web which consti tutes modern papsr. They used the bark of several trees, especially the mulberry, the bamboo, reduced to pulp by beating, the straw ot rice and other grain, silk, cot ton and rags of different kinds. It is still a question undecided as to the person who invented, the place and the time of the invention, ot movable types, and the bringing of them into practical use. The honor rests between the Dutch, who claim the honor for Laurence Coster, of Haarlem, who died in 1440, and the Germans, who claim it for Johann Guten berg, of Mentz, who died in 14(")S ; Johann Faust, or Fust, of Mentz, who died in 14tH> ; and his son-in-law, Peter Schoffer, who died in 15*>"2. The Dutch place the date of invention in 1423, and generally hold that Coster was the real inventor, and that Gutenberg, one of his workmen, stole the invention and claimed it as his own. In 14oG Johana Gutcnburg completed the printing of the Bible in Litin, a folio vol ume of 037 leaves, printed on vellum — a fine kind of parchment made from the skin of calves, kids or lambs— and the work must have occupied several year?. The art of printing was first practiced in Italy in 1465, in France in 1409, in Eng land in 1474, in Spain in 1475. In 1500 there wtre only about two hundred print ing offices in all Europe — scarcely more than are now found in one of our larger cities. It is not necessary in this article to speak of the manufacture of type, of the art of stereotyping and other things of recent date of value to the printer ; but a few words may properly be said about the power used in printing. Tbe tirst and earliest impressions were taken, as by the Chinese, with light pressure of the hand or brush upon very thin paper on which their printing was done. Then impressions were made by laying the paper on type and placing on it o planer or smooth-faced block of hard wood used for leveling the type before priLting, and striking it with the mallet, as proof slips are now often taken. Pressps, however, were soon invented for the purpose. There are engravings which represent presses as they existed as far back aa 1520. They were small and the force was applied by means of a simple screw and lever. In HV.'O, or 282 years ago, Blaeuw, of Amsterdam, produced a greatly im proved press, a kind which, with but little alteration, continued in use 150 years. The press upon which Ben>min Franklin worked in London in 172.5, and is pre served in the Patent Otfice in Washington, is of clumsy construction, almost entirely of wood, and is known by the maker's name as the Raroage press. There were many of them in use as late aa 182S, and a few a good deal later. After this iron was used in some parts of the presi, and about the year 1800 Earl Stanhope invented a press entirely of iron, the frame cut in one piece, and the power imparted by a combinati m of the toggle-joint and lever. The Columbian press, invented by George Clymer, of Philadelphia, about 1817, was the first important American improvement, the power being applied by a compound lever, consisting of three simple ones. Printing presses were introduced into America as follows : In Mexico in 1536 ; in Lima in 1556 ; in Cambridge, Mass., in 1C30 ; in New London, C">nn., in 1709 ; in Charleston, S. C, in 1730; in Newport, It. I, in 1732? west of the Alleghanies, in Cincinnati, in 1703; west of tbe Mis sissippi, at St. I,- xin. in ISOB. Daniel Seals, of Cleveland, is said to be the wealthiest co-lured man in America. AN INN IN AN OBSCURE SPANISH TOWN. We entered the usual stable, a place that would delight a farmer in seared of fer tilizers, and climbed up the broken stone stairs, through the reek, to the apart ments above. After some search we roused an ancient crone, who hospitably offered us the best the house afforded. The room that I obtained was a small chamber with a stone floor, and it did not take me long to make an inventory of the furniture. There was a cot bedstead, with horse blankets, but clean sheets, a tripod with a washbowl and a chair. I forgot — the room had a good coat of white wash. The window was a small opening, < withont glass, and an iron grating out side ; when I shut the wooden blind, the only method of closing the window, the room was totally dark. When, after we were installed, we approached the kind old woman on the subject of something to eat, she seemed a little surprised that anything of that sort should be expected of an 11. v. Tnere was no ni'.'.k to be had at this time of night, nor in the morning ; milk was only to be procured about noon. She could send out and buy some meat if it was absolutely necessary, but it was late. As to bread, the old entertainer's face brightened up at once ; bread, cer tainly ; wine, yes ; perhaps eggs ; may be cheese. We were reminded of a dialogue, which Gautier quotes, in a Spanisn mc : Traveler — "I should like to take some thing." Landlord— "Take a chair." Trav eler — " I should like something more nourishing." Lindlord — "What have you brought with you ?" Traveler — "Nothing.'" Landlord—" Well, thebaktr is dowu the street there, and the butcher is just around the corner. " While our prov ident hostess was looking for a ii.-n s nest we sallied out to view the town. It is aa neat as whitewash can make it, has several large churches, a spacious public sijuare, and better houses than one would ex peat to see here. The plaza was a gen uine surprise for its aize, amart appearance and animation. The oblong center, ele vated slightly, and surrounded by a low I parapet, is the place of promenade and of shows. At one end ia a lofty uhurcb, and at the other a prosperous jail. Tbis in stitution is contrived for the pleasure as well aa the detention of criminals ; the barred windows open upon the square, and the prisoners on the ground rljor were chatting with their friends. Oar advent was received with marked attentions. The young mr.j i.<, or loafers, decorated with the black saucer hat and red waist-scarf, who were lounging about the prison end of the square or leaning against the door-posts, b.-9towed '.lji.n us scowling and suspicious glances: people crowded to the doors to stare at us ; wonen, seated before their houses, or promenading iv groups of three or four, Budged each other and laughed ; and a crowd of unmannerly boys fol'owed ua and Inspected us with undisguised inter est. Aj we crossed the plazi toward the church, we were Btruck by a few pebbles ; but thty were small pebbles, and the b'jya ran to a safe distance when we turned rouud. Perhaps they were only trying to attract our attention, and see what a new kind of human being would do frben excited. Bjys are much the same the world over, and we bore them no malice ; indeed, we could not take in ill part a performance that seemed to entertain their haughty and courteous elders. Be sides, we were by this time so accustomed to Spanish civility that we did not mind it. I have no doubt that if we had been familiar with the language, and dressed so aa to pass for .Spaniards, we should have been spared these delicate attentions. The peo ple of a ahop into which we stepped were certainly polite. It was the only shop in which we saw anything characteristic of the country. The articles for sale were blinders of mule bridlta, and eaddle-cloths embroidered ia worsted of vivid colors and staring patterns. The Spaniards are fond of this sort of decoration.— [Atlantic Monthly. A SPANISH INN. All the region for mile* and miles around Arcos is thickly planted with olives, which give a pleasing aspect to this hilly country. It waa late twilight when wo came clatter iDg into the ancient town, and were set down at the house where the diligenca stopped, which seemed to be presided over by three old women. We were surrounded at once by a curious and helpful popula tion, all eager to seize our pieces of luggage and bear them to parts unknown. The driver, who was our friend, appeared to be having a conference with the old women as to whether they should have the plucking of us, or would send us to the regular posada, to which we wished to go. In the growing darkness it was impossible to see where we were, er where the posada wae, and it required all our vigilance to keep track «f our luggage. After a great deal of coufusion, we found ourselves transferred, bag and baggage to the posada, which was almost exactly opposite, in debt to half the loafers of Arena for their valuable assistance. The posada, the best in the place, showed no Bign of light or life. We entered the sta bles, and made our way up a stone stair case to the hotel apartments. >7o obse quious landlord or landlady welcomed us, but we at last discovered a tall, sour-faced maid-of-all-work, haughty and dirty, who condescended to show us a couple of clean but utterly bare little rooms, and under took to get us something to eat. We felt humbly obliged. The stranger in Spain, at most inns and elsewhere, is treated as if the most acceptable thing he could do would be to take himself speedily out of the country. Our apartments were fur nished with Spartan simplicity ; the guest is allowed a washbowl, but no pitcher, and the water given him in the bowl is sup posed to be quite enough for his needs ; but the bed, though the mattress is made of un comfortable lumps of wool, is scrupulously clean. Our repast was all that we could expect. The person who is fond of taste less beans will find Spain a paradise. In this land of oln-es, those served on the table are bitter and disagreeable, and the oil, in which everything is looked, is uni formly rancid. But it should be confessed that the oil is better than the butter, when the latter luxury is attainable. Something seems to be the matter with the cows. I do not wonder that the Spaniards are at table a temperate and abstemious rac?. It is no merit to be abstemious with such food and cooking. The wine at Arcos, however, wa9 a sort of Manzanilla, that made us re gard any food with favor. It was a medi cinal draught, with a very strong flavor of camomile ; a very useful sort, I believe, in the manipulation of the market sherry, and exceedingly wholesome. So long a? a man can drink this wine he will not die. I should recommend the total abstinence so ciety to introduce it into our country. — [Chas. Dudley Warren in the Atlantic Monthly. Casks of Stkel.— An English firm have recently turned their attention to the man. ufacture of caska and barrels of steel. The two edges of the sheet of steel which form the cask are brazed together in such a manner as to justify the- title of •' seam leas," which the patentees have supplied to these productions. The head of the barrel is also riveted to tho body, so as to leave no seam, and the end rims are shrunk on hot, thus making a very solid end, whilst, at the same time, the rims are thick enough to give a good purchase to the grappling- hooks of hoists and cranes for loading and unloading purposes. The bush for the tap does not project beyond the rim, so that the nozzle is not liable to be knocked about and injured. The casks are more durable than wood, less bulky, and, it is said, lighter — in eighteen-gallon steel cask weighing some ten pounds leas— a not unimportant consideration as regards tran sit. In point of shape the steel barrel is exactly that of a well-'ormed wood one. A sad story comes from Melbourne. A fey weeks ago a "super" at one of the tlxa'ers there died well nigh friendless and alon?. it was only after his death that they knew at the theaters that the dead man was Frank L?moo, • son of Mirk Lemon, the tirst editor of Punch. FIGURE-T RAINING BY CORSET. Dr. Alfred Chadwick, an advocate of what he calls "figure-training by corset," says in KnoirM.je that he does not " be lieve for one moment that fully !H) percent of women are deformed by stays." "If such were the case," he adds, - I should not hesitate to say that 80 per cent, of women fcnow nothing of lacing, for if lacing the figure is practiced in a judicious manner, instead of deformity would come elegance and health. A well-applied corset leaves the upper part of the chest perfect ly free, and develops the capacity of the lungs in that situation— the most import ant situation, by the way, especially in the female aex. Tubercular consumption ueu ally attacks the apices of the ljuga, a part far removed from the pressure of a corset however tight— in fact, the tighter the coreet in the lower part of the chest, the greater amount of work and expansion in the upper part, but this would not iead to consumption. A similar state exists dariug pregnancy, when the uterus encroaches upon the lung space. There appears to be only one way in which tight-lacing directly can bring aboat consumption, and that is 'by so compressing the lung in its lower part that no fresh air can enter it, a sort of collapse and carnification ensuing, a diminished use leading to degeneration of lung tis3us. Snch a state of affairs would only take place when tight-lacing hss been suddenly performed and persisted in at an age when the figure lias become somewhat set." Dr. Chadwick believes a woman is in betttr health when wearing a proper-fitting corset and less liable to suffer from consumption, dyspepsia or tpinal curvature, but he depreciates the beginning of tight-lacing suddenly. "What I consider to be the perfection in the application of the corset to the female figure or to the male," he says, "is to begin early in lif-j, say at tr>e age of Beven or ten years, and then only with very yielding materials, permitting the corset simply to touch the contour of the body, though j. little iirmer at the waist. As the girl grows up aad the chest expands, the bust of the corset may be very properly made larger, the waist at the same time being kept within bounds. If such a system be carefully carried ou»-, there never would be any undue pressure anywhere, and the girl who reaches woman hood will possess the perfection of a figure with its rouLid and taper waist, broad shoulders and well developed chest. It always was and will be necessary to re (■train, limit and correct the growing ligure. \\ ithout aid nature seldom forms a good waist. Gradual and early correction, in? stead of violent and sudden reduction f deformity, ia the way to achieve success— no evil effects can possibly ensue. In the wearing of the corset, the degree of com fort with-wbioh it is borne should be tne test of utility. Eirly care and judicious management will in every case succeed in attaiuing elegance and in preserving health." THE MAN IN THE MOON. The common account of the maa in the moon, that he is the individual Tvhom the Israelites stoned for gathering sticks en the Sabbath, is probahly only a modernized version of a much older story. Th* earli est form of the many similar stories seems to be tnat the moon as a man, and a far seeirg one, has a power over mankind which he can exercise at will for th~ir hurt or punishment. In the Eida, the moon takes up two children, who v.-ere doing nothing mora than carrying water-pots on their shoulders. In Swabia, children who look out of window are still sometimes cautioned against being carried off by the man in the moon ; nor are they allowed, in imitation of the hare in the moon, to make the figure of a hare on the walla with their ringers. In the same district, the sin of the man in the moon wag simply that of working iv his vineyard by moonlight ; while, according to another version, a wo man was taken up for spinning at her win dow by moonlight, and her fhx and hair may still be seen there. To this day this primitive idea of sin agaiost the moon ex ists in Stvahia, where it is Btlll thought sinful to spin 01 sew in the moonlight, and it is a common thing tc hear it said, " Leave off working, or you will go to the moon." Stories therefore of the moon which con nect the punishment of a residence there with offenses against morality or Cnristian ordinances, may be supposed to have less antiquity than those which connect it with no siu at all or with sin against the moot, itself. For instance, sucu stories as the Bohemian one, that the moon, hiving warned a thief against stealing peas, took him up when he persisted in doing so ; for the Tyrolese and German tales, that the moon carried off a rascal who went about at night sticking sheep with a fork, or who held brambles before the moon to con. ceal his theft of a horse, of cabbages, cher ries, tish or cheese — seem to be the adap tation of a more primitive belief to a changed and somewhat advanced state of thought rather than the expression of the earliest notions on the snbject. Tne fur ther addition to these stories that the thief or profane Sabbath breaker bears his load of cabbages or sticks for all eternity, as an eternal warning to mankind, seems an additional corruboration of this hypothesis. [Coruhill Magazine. CAN SLEEP RELEASE THE SOUL? In illustration of the mysterious brain or "will"' power supposed to exist, this story appears to be more remarkable than atiy of the narratives that have yet ap peared in your columns. A friend of mine told me that it was related to him many years ago by my mother — the "Ann Tay lor" of "Original Poems,''," Hymns of Infant Minds,' etc. — and she mentioned the name of the family concerned. Certain circumstances, led me to believe that the family referred to was the Watkinsons, resident of Ltvenham, in Suffolk. A son of the family had gone to America. One summer Sunday afternoon they were at tending service and occupying a large square pew near the pulpit, iv what I take to have been a meeting house. It was hot, the door of the small building wa» wide open, and one of the party, who sat lrok ing down the aisle, couid see out into the meeting-house yard, which »vaa shaded by tall trees. Suddenly, to his intense surprise, he saw the absent brother approaching through these trees, enter at the chapel door, walk up the aisle, come to the very door of the pew itself, and lay his hand upon it, as if to take a scat among them. At this mo ment others of the family, sitting so that he was only then within their sight, saw I him also, but at that moment he vanished. Tnis strange occurrence naturally raised sad forebodings, but in course A time a letter arrived trom the subject of them of later date than that of the vision, and it a; peared that he was btill alive and well. Ha was then written to and asked if any thing pecnliar had happened to him on that particular Sunday. He replied that it waa odd he should remember anything about a certain Sunday then so long past, but that certainly something peculiar had happened to him en that day. He had come in, overpowered with heat, and had thrown himself upon his bed, bad fallen into a sound sleep, and had a strange dream. He found himself among the trees before the country chapel ; service was going on ; he saw them all, the door being open, sitting in their pew ; he walked up the aisle, he put his hand on the pew door to open it, when he suddenly, and to his great chagrin, awoke. Tke question arises. Can sleep release the soul like death ?—[Lon don Spectator. An English brewer, observing one of his men wearing the total abstinence blue rib bon, suggested that it seemed somewhat inconsistent with his line of business. "Well, sir," he said, "yon see it lrukes folks like to tempt me, and then I suc cumbs." Some French chemists have succeeded in solidifying petroleum, in which state it burns like tallow. Thiß soliditicati. n is effected by adding to distilled petroleum 2rr per cent, of the purified juice of plant* belonging to the family of the Eiq>hjrbiac*.<t. ANIMALS NOT NECESSARILY MORTAL According to the Journal of Science all animal life is not, of necessity, subject to death. Let us suppose, says the Journal, that we are watching through a micro;cop» one of thoee minute aingle-cell creatures known as protozoan. We see it expanding mto an ellipsoidal figure, which becomes for a time longer and longer. It then be gins to contract about what we may, for the sake of popular intelligibility, call its equator. It assumes the form of two nearly globular bodies, connected, dumb bell like, by a narrow neck. This neck becomes narrower, and at last the two globes are set free, and appear aa two indi \iduals in place of one ! Wliat are the re 'atlons of these two new beings to the antecedent form and tn each other ? We examine them with care : they are ei|ua! in size, alike in complex, ity, or rather simplicity, of structure, We cannot cay that either of them is more mature or more rudimentary than the other. VV'e can find in their separation from each other no analogy to the separa tion of the young animal or the egg from its mother, or to the liberation of a seed from a plsnt. Neither of them is parent, aod neither offspring. Neither of them is older or younger than the o'.her. The pro cess of reproduction, orrathtrof multipli cation, must, so far as we can ?ef , be re pe.Med in the same manner forever. Acci dents exoepted, they are immortal : and frequent as such accidents must be, the in dividuals whom they strike might, or rather would, like the rest of their com munity, have cone on living and splitting themselves up forever. It is strange, when examining certain infusoria under the mtcroicope, to consider that these frail *nl tiny beings were living not potentially in their ancestors, but really in their persona, perhaps in the Laurent ian epoch. LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S TOETABLS COICPCU;\-D. A S»rp Cure for all VBKaXB WKAK. 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GOLEMAN, «.'■ J Strrrt SarmmeaU C^DWALADER & PARSONS, I> EAL ESTATE AXD INSUBAKCE AGENTS, Corurr Third hiiil J glreet*. UNION iNSORANCE CO. OF SAN FRANCISCO lire mil l Marine. EDW. CADWALADER, Notary Public, Commto aoner of IX'mls i t nd Conveyancer. Jt2-Sptl Pacific~ffießr fort J. F. HILL, Proprietor, MANtTFACTURER OK CARRIAGE AND Wagon Wheels, Gears, etc. The Trade fnrn at lowest price*. Br»l f'arrlacrit aad ""«"n< «f all klntl* made promptly to order md on h»nd. m2f-««iTuThS&swBtf CRACmtuWFECTJOIfS! H FISHER, .VOS. MX AND SIO J STREET • SacTamemo > ; m y.wt taken the Wholemli Auencvo* '.heCAL.FOItNIA CRACKEII COMPANY of San Francisco. CK^L'KEPS soid at lowert San Francisco prices, with difference In time and freight in favor of purchasers. Also, FISHERS CHOICK CONFECTIOMS, at lowe«t market rates. au22-3ije