The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-18 00:00:00

SCIENCE AND ART. How TO CATCH FLIES.—Take a number of vessels, such as jars or tumblers, and half fill them with soapy water, covering them with paper the same as you would preserves. The paper must be rubbed on the inside with something sweet, and a small hole left in the cen tre of each cover just large enough for a fly to enter. Place the vessels thus prepared in different parts of the room or other place infested with flies, and the insects, attracted by the smell inside the covers, will settle on the tops, crawl through the holes, and feed upon the sweets inside. Heat of the weather having caused the soapy water to ferment, a gas is thrown off which soon overpowers the flies, and they drop into the vessel. FRENCH COTTAGES OENEE.—I was much pleased with some newly-erected villas and cottages ornees which I saw at Passy and Auteuil, in which a highly picturesque effect was produced by the employment of black and red brick and stone without any elaborate decoration. Some of these were in the Late Domestic French Gothic style—a style peculiarly adapted, I think, for modern residences, and of which there are numerous specimens existing in good preservation. Its adoption and introduction to this country would give one more element for those new combinations of known forms which must henceforth in architecture take the place of originality.—The Builder. DANISH ANTIQUITIES.—COPENHAGEN, SEPT. B. The. King is now at Ringstad, the ancient capital of the kingdom, to be present at the opening of certain tumuli, containing, according to the popular legend, the graves of the first Kings of Denmark. The first that was opened was supposed to be that of King Canute Laward, but nothing of importance was found in it. The next tumulus opened was the grave of Canute VI., where was discovered a long box or coffin, with a leaden cover, which was immediately opened in the presence of the king. There is no doubt that the remains were those of the above-named king, from va rious regal emblems and the size of the skeleton---for history records him to have been a very tall and power ful man. In the grave of king Waldemar 1., a very interesting discovery was made. Under the head of the body, which . was enveloped in a monk's cowl, was found a square leaden slab, not only confirming this as the grave of King Waldemar, but recording the prin cipal acts of his life. THE STREETS OF PARIS.—The grand effect of the street architecture of Paris, arising from the immense height of the houses, is very striking to a Londoner, who rarely sees three stories exceeded. The new buildings in the extension of the Rue de Rivoli are quite palatial, and, unlike our new streets, are con structed of stone, and not brickbats cemented over. The balconies (of which there are two, one above the entre-sol, and a second formed by a bold projecting cornice, to the fourth story) are gilt, which mode is probably as. durable as paint in the pure air of Paris, and adds much to the gaiety of the general effect of the new street. Nothing can be more admirable than the arrangements for cleaning and watching the streets. — The Builder. CLAY AND BRICK IN ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE. — The art of the bricklayer is at a very low ebb in Eng land : compo and contracts have left us but little of it. Saying nothing of the rows beyond rows of unsubstan tial structures reared throughout the suburbs simply to sell, the existence of which might be most suffi ciently explained by supposing that— " Casual bricks in airy clime, Encountered casual horsehair, casual lime," in our most extensive and important buildings of brick, anything more than solid work is seldom if ever at tempted. From time to time, and • for a long time, we have sought to turn the attention of architects and brickmakers to the use of clay, to which we are restricted as a material for building in so many parts of the kingdom, in other and more ornamental forms than a would-be rectangular parallelo-piped 9 inches long, 4-1- inches wide, and 21 inches high, without a sharp arris, or a, square side. Here and there endeavours have been made, and are being made, to effect an improve ment in this respect. Hitch, of Ware, did something in this way very long ago ; then Bakewell's screw presses for the formation of moulded bricks, good and cheap, were looked forward to. Messrs. Bowers, of Tunstall, patented a method of making brick orna- SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STAN meets, and not to mention many others at the " Pool Architectural Pottery," experiments in mixing different sorts of clays, colouring, &c. are now being made preparatory to commencing operations. A lead ing architect in Nottingham, aided by the spirited owner of a fine bed of clay, and prompted admittedly by observations which have appeared in these pages, is introducing moulded brickwork to a considerable extent in that district.—The Builder. HORTICULTURE. KITCHEN GARDEN.—Take advantage of the present dry state of the ground to get celery earthed up, first thoroughly soaking the lines with manure water, also apply quicklime where slugs are troublesome'. On heavy soils it is sometimes necessary to surround the plants with sand or sifted ashes to prevent their rot ting off in winter, which they are apt to do if surrounded with soil that holds much water. Where anything of this kind is necessary it will be advisable to defer earth ing up till later in the season, as frequent soilings of this sort would be very troublesome. Also pull onions where ripe, and get them dried while the weather is favourable. Thin young crops of turnips, spinach, &c. before they become weakly and drawn, through stand ing too closely together. Stir the surface of the soil deeply among growing crops, to admit air to the roots and keep down weeds.—Let nothing suffer from want of water, especially recently planted strawberries ; these will be benefited by liberal applications of manure water. Get spare ground manured and dug or trenched for another crop whenever time can be spared for this kind of work.—Gardeners' Chronicle. FLOWER GARDEN.- The stock of cuttings should be carefully looked over to see that nothing has been omitted, and that a sufficient quantity of everything is in a promising state for mating nice stocky plants before winter, and if it is found that the stock of any thing is insufficient, not a day must be lost in getting in cuttings, for it is already late in the season for this kind of work, and it will be well to bear in mind that plants of things which are at all difficult to winter rooted after this season may be considerably thinned before spring, and also that they will not be sufficiently strong to furnish many cuttings for spring propagation; and consequently to provide a larger quantity than would have been necessary had the cut tings been put in a month ago. But if there is a re serve stock of strong plants hi pots, which is a safe practice where there is a large quantity of bedding stuff required, and proper convenience for growing them and propagating in spring, these will furnish a large quantity of cuttings next March, which will form equally good plants by turning out time as cuttings put in now. In the case of such things as ageratums, heliotropes, and dwarf lobelias, it is useless wintering young stock, as these grow so freely in heat, and are so easily propagated from soft cuttings that a few good sized old plants which require but little room or atten tion in winter will furnish spring cuttings, that plenty are got in at once, so as to provide while it can be done against the risk of being short of stock at turning out time. See, however, where there are not plants to furnish spring cuttings, that plenty are got in at once, so as to provide while it can be done against the risk of being short of stock at turning out time. Attend to the potting of such cuttings as are sufficiently rooted, and give every after attention to these in order to get them well established before winter. Sow hardy annuals in the reserve ground for transplanting to assist in furnishing an early display next season, for which they are exceed ingly useful. AGRICULTURE. CARROTS FOR MILK Cows.---I have tried feeding carrots to milk cows, and will give you one of my experiments. I have (April 15) seven cows in milk -- ; one calved in June, the rest in September and Oc tober. I raised 80 bushels rutabages and 400 bushels carrots, and fed them to my cows, commencing the Ist of December. I gave them about 2* bushels per day, at noon, the rutabages first, and when they were all fed out,'the same quantity of carrots. I found when I had fed the latter a few days, that my cows were each giving from two to three pints of milk more per day, than when fed on rutabages. I was feeding my cows, meanwhile with cut hay ; and 21bs. oilcake and meal, and Webs. wheat screenings, ground. The thought of struck me that I should li ke to know the vallL carrots, for making milk, so I selected the eovi 7, calved last for the trial. I weighed the haY,,11;91, and carrots, and fed 271bs. of hay, 4lbs. raile u lt. of and 221bs. of carrots, and she gave 351bs. ofin'ot day. I then left off the carrots and ga ve the iiic amount of meal, and all the hay she would eat , ` r 4 1 was 331bs. per day. After feedinc, so for a w ,' c t found she gave 231bs. of milk per feeding theefot her the carrots as before, and in eight or ten,cl3lslloo came up again to 351bs. of milk per day. This is pe that carrots are worth to me to feed cows 82 ce ll o 1 lbs. Hay is worth 20 dollars per ton in the and at three cents per quart, or one cent per P° l ei l milk ; 61bs. less hay, and 121bs. more milk, 0 cents for 221bs. of carrots.—American Paper' FASHIONS. - .... .... - • e v i i iiitg SEVERAL objects in the French Palais de t _ v i c tif, attracted the particular attention of Que% a oi tif W Among them were the specimens of sh aw es pe. exhibited in the upper galleries, and, m ore of tlit;: some India shawls of incomparable beatk• iii , c i 1),,,, several are long shawls, having the : w ith; white, or black, and completely co vered f op. richest patterns ; others, of the ge r t a broi enriched by splendid borders, some being ti ai 4 in gold and silver. Her Majesty the (41.! Iv, 0 I press each purchased one of these shawl,;dolo l 4 , I gian lace exhibited in the Palais del' -` 1 sha se:i i eludes a mantelet of Venetian point , and •a ter` posed of Honiton lace and Venetian point ill Oil li ,y the pattern consisting of flowers Or o ce ce ! arranged. Venetian and Honiton poiT () floc° o,il names to the places in which those kinds /,'"iorce6l'. originally made ; and we need scarab:2 ; w ti? e i.ai * all the lace so designated is not neees-,ii duction of Venice or England --- excellent in these two kinds of lace are now ma les ? t iter The glass case containing the lace articcet.lo',Ai tioned also includes some collars, P X ;# 411 ,1. 0 ; chiefs, &c., admirably ornamented with I v 1 1 " besides a number of birds and bn u tfr,,,ie er worked singly and isolated, .so thati P 4 ' eil e l l r b , i `ti t , t f . out and intermingled, by the process trt:bo t " es'' . l Hon, with the needlework, on handkere,„ ? , 11 0,7, In the department of black Pbotv,'o "i bited some exquisite specimens d m ilo i ,"o, ° ' Alencon. Among the articles especi7b9o . the Queen, was a point, or half shawl ( i' d ,bot`prc, a superb pattern in pahn•leaves and '' V 4'; and also some flounces of Alencon laze . 1 410;00; of black-lace scarfs is excellent. Sq, e the ",'il!,,' form called the mantilla veil, worn P, 0 10 1 ,7 11 0," ladies, and which is fixed in the hair by '" 55 , ?Net roses. A popular portrait of the Enlo e fir t io, miniature by a French artist, represents ! O l e wearing a mantilla of the kind ab°lo o Bridal veils of white Alengon lace of e'' i are also numerous in the Paris Expositi J 1 ottt V On the second visit to the Palais a , o r e o, their Majesties the Queen and the ErnP f ,4o ' / a considerable time to examine the glass '7. i ' ing artificial flowers. In this branch (A d ~,,, must be admitted that the French At l i ° if The stall of Madame Tillman partieTart c c iti the notice of Queen Victoria. : 1 ,'„, 3 of? 1, fleuriste has conceived the hapPY i - A --- o f 0 4 1 1 very beautiful female" figure in wax an' o f it ri life, attired in a fashionable ball an' te i covered with bouillonne tulle. Bet w T r eY. lonnes, flowers of every variety are in' e o " il tOt l. the most artistic taste. The effect is.. so . o o o l' the small variegated bouquets, thus iloo t ,it posed, may be likened to a swarm of I) ;,iii ~ flies slumbering amidst a mass of 10 1 ' b. A German poet has compared b il OA animated flowers, and, inverting t 194 s flowers may be compared to dorn o o6 , This simile is forcibly suggested Woty,,, at the beautiful robe here alluded to. Act,. was evidently much pleased with it• e r, som, . pansies, fuchias, convolvuluses , a n ..., fr roses, spread out their many-hued corrolp'', so many brilliant winged butterflies. opvi LIVERPOOL : . bf ~i Printed and Published every Tuesday Mornin,Avrei 1 4 ,°* 19t ROBERT PEARSON THACKER, of No• n ctoC7 STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING,'' eP t * GEORGE'S CRESCENT, Liverpool —TtiesuaY, 112 , ARD [SEPTEMBER 18,,1855. p i , 1 444 . A %I