The Trinity journal., 1856-11-01
Granada.

1t is surprising with what rapidity Ora.
NADIA is assuming the air and appearance Of
an American city. But one short year ago
there were but very few white persons living
here, but now nearly every face seen in the
streets is white Were it not that the In.
dlanS from the country bring in daily their
commodities for the market, he would scarce
ly he conscious Of an absence from the Uni
ted States. A change is also perceptable
III the manners of the people They now pay
some attention to their dress and, indeed
SO stylish are the garments of some of the
SenoraS, that it will be necessary before long
to import fashions When the latest New
York and Paris fashions are adopted here,
we trust they will be confined to the more
wealthy of the inhabitants, as, for a poor
mans wife it would be hard to improve the
present styles One of the most marked
and useful innovations upon Spanish Gus
toms is the application of wheels to carts.
Hitherto things have been trundled along
upon rollers, somewhat similar to those used
in moving houses in the United Stutes-the
only difference was slight increase in the
diameter Of the wheel, and moderate con.
traction in its breadth. With the old STYLE
OF carts it required two yokes of oxen. two
men to drive them, and hoy to walk in
front with something in his hands to coax
the cattle along, to move any burden too
heavy for an Indian to carry ON his back or
head, but now we are beginning to have the
regular American cart, running on regular
American wheels in regular American style.
1t is somewhat amusing to see the Amcri-
can drivers rush past the eombrc looking ma
tive, and melancholy looking oxen and lis
ten to the jolly "ga' lang as the old com
petitors are left behind Before another year
ends we expect to see the American style of
cdliceS cmbelliShing our city with their
graceful forms.-H Ncarogaeasc.
BEAurIFuL EXrGRmENr-W While making
some investigations on the chemical forces
Of plants, and the circulation Of sap we
made some experiments, for the purpose of
seeing how far the coors Of the flowers was
dependant on the various salts, contained in
the earth, and which are taken up by the
forces which are necessary to convey tho
SAP.
We took beautiful white rose, and
placed the stem Of it in solution of yellow
prusiate Of potash, and let it remain there
four or five hours. We then placed it in
solution Of sulphate Of iron, where it remain
ed until morning
On examining it the next morning we
found the petals changed Of delicate prim-
rose color, the leaves to n dark blush green,
and the wood Of the stem to deep buc.-
The veins in the petals were also Of deep
blue color The fragrance Of the flower re.
NAMED unchanged and il looked as fresh MS
one that was pIucked at the same time, and
which had been kept in a vase Of water
The rationale Of these singular changes
seems to be as follows
The pru5ate Of potash is taken up by
capillary attraction and distributed through
every part Of The plant The same is the
case with the sulplate Of iron. AS soon as
two soutioms are brought in contact, the
iron, acting as a rc-agent rcviyes the Prus-
sian blue, that forms the base of prusiatc
potash This beautiful experiment can be
tried by any one, care being taken tha: the
solutions are none too strong
The effects noted above will not take
place if the solutions are mixed in a vessel
before using. The experiment may be va
rled, using any metallic solutions the result
ing colors of course depending upon the
salts mnde use Of lVarery lagaene.