New Wrinkles In Grape-growing

Truly tliere is no aucuntiiig frutaste or méthpds, We have a statement from the San-latoo (Cal.) Journal, relativa to grape-growing on the "Alpine Ranche," whicli Ignotos pruning aiul fiilt i ;it iiifi -i)t the grape, ;is it "causas loo great a growth of rood, thus tlrawing away from the fruitbearing tendency," in the lirst place; aml in the second place the "pruning causea the ine.-i to have a high, straight slctii. (luis elevatiiig t fruit i . m ilu grmiiut nto u. , cool moisi touches af the fogs at times; vlüh latting the vines runcattsed them to spread out flat on the giound, and ) In grapea lyfitg iiniiit-cliait'ly upon the Wfinn eartli,:iinl in contact with it, are U1U9 aheltered trom thé adverse intliiences operating hïgher atxvve, and were tlms fully de clopril and ripened." This olie side. Tlie other side we lind in the Gardner's Monthly, from a correspondent, who saysthat the Cata Wba grape is rust "playod out," ás is generalij asserted, but that the fallare in grovdng it is beeanse we don't know hoy to do it( and tliat it is useless ti try and get good fruit rom it u ithout the vine is traincd high BQOUgh to have the fruit at least ten [eet from the ground;" enoe when 80. trained it gives plentj' of good fruit. Perhaps the variety of the grSpe and thelatitude may have all to do with it, as iu the casi' with luauv other fruits; ai(d the beat way 't,.. -ucc-eil with grapes and otlier fruils is toexperiment; and when having fotind out which are the lililí ways to do it, to hold fast to them. Ve all know liow it is with peacs, apples, plums, &o, G rmantoton Telerfrapn, - singular accidenl oocurred in Crtters Ule (Ga,) tbè other daj , gentleman walking onthe streel and smok inga cigarette was the vlcttm. A gusi of wlmlblew a spaik uto lús wbiskere, whictt, iiy somo nuknown cause but supposed lo be a chtngérous fiair-dye, wi-iv ignited. Thé üntíte comtnunicated to his li:iir and burned il al! oíf, leavi ii{ liim ms liald H8 ;m eagle and liailly lilistfifil. A party of sociuUstio ■■. les frooi CiiinaiiN iia b oae tn Té.as, th a view of buyhíg lan.l ín ihü soutliwfslerupart of Ure Stwte, and foumílnga iMiiiiiiiiiiii m a (ioojperative or communal cbatacter. They are ftccomp anied by tlieir families, and it s said will be jolned by otliei from st. Loulg, Chicago and Xi'w JTork. Four newspapi'i-s ín Teta are edlted by women. And vhen;i man guts mad at soinctliing one of these papers says, and goes in to larrup the editor aiul linds it's a woman, the way he feel mean te a terror.