The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-09-21

the north OF Africa 10 Sweueii, IL oC'"P'eu
too, a large part of North America, but it
did no. extend over the sea. 1t rose above
the oftiest mountains. 1t did not appear to
be carried by wind, and the most abundant
rains, the strongest winds, were unable TO
di sipate it. 1t gave out a disagreeable odor;
was very dry, did not at all affect the hy,
grome,er and possessed the property OF
phosphoresence Here was case for come
tary conjec,ure; and if entrance into
tail of comet could produce SUCH results,
it is quite possible we might be annlhiated
without the horrors OF anticipating our fate,
as binding fog would disarm the telesco
pic explorers.
IA still more exciting suggestion, however,
has been gravely discussed whether an ap-
proachinr comet may not some day come
so near us as to catch away the earth as its
satellite, and carry us with it into the very
uncomfortable extremes of heat and cold
which these wandering bodies visit. New
ton calculated our fate if the comet of 1860
had fetched us away with it toward the sun.
He held that in that case on the Sth of De-
cember, ls6O we should be sustaining a
heat two thousand times greater than that OF
red hot iron; and that if we could have
qeen accimatzed, like Shadrach, Meshach
and Abedncgo, to this warm temperature,
then, bv the time we had reached the aphel
ion of the comet, we should be at the tenn
pera,ure Of empty space, that is, one hun
dred and twenty two degrees below the zero
of Fahrenheit, AS it is computed. M. Ara,
60 however. entering with zeal into the con
troversv rebukes Newton. Doubtless, he
says, it would grow very hot on approaching
the sun, but soon all the liquid masses that
cover the earth being converted into vapor,
will produce thick layers of clouds that will
diminish the action of the sun in a proper
ton impossible to assign numerically
Again, as to the cold and dark period of
aphelion, experience proves that man can
sustain degrees of cold from fifty six to fifty
eight degrees below the zero of Fahrenheit.
and a heat of two hundred and sXty'siX
,legyees if he is placed in certain hygrome
tric conditions. There is nothing, therefore,
to prove that in the hypothesis that the
the human race must necessarily perish from
thelmometric changes
There is true grandeur in this steady IA
cling of such destiny. To pass, first,
through the very blaze of The sun fire. and
then for couple of centuries to be losing
ligh, and heat till not a ray of either could
reac,, us from it, might not, the astrono-
mers maintain, be fatal to human civi'iza-
lion 1t is a magnificent dream; and what
ever we may think of the disadvantages of
so drearv Journey into world where our
coal and gas would certalnly y not last us very
long until the supply were replenlshed dur
ing the fiery section of it, the sense that
such an event is even one of the possbili
ties must continue to lend good deal Of in
lerest to astronomy, and flavor our conjec
lures with something Of practical interest
that no mere fire works could give
The AprLE.BonER-W are troubled
much in this section with the Apple borer,
and great precanion should be taken to pre-
vent Injury by them. My plan is to remove
the earth around the tree, say one inch IN
DEPTH Then take a piece Of Old cotton
CLOTH four by six inches, wind it around, tie
with wooden yarn, and pack the dirt at the
bottom to revent the insects from deposit
ing their eggs. Keep the cloths there until
fall aud then take them otl.
If that is too much trouble, keep weeds
and grass away, and once in two or three
weeks grub around the trees with the hand.
That will dslo,lga them. AT any rate, do
not let one of them get in, Trees left IN
the grass are sure to be DESTROYED lhs
has all been written and read before, but
the only way is to keep the fact before the
people. There is another important thing
When the tree is transp anted, the tor
should be reduced. Cut back to five OF
seven buAs. Farmers do not allow any one
to plow your orchards unless you are pres
en,. Many fine trees are ruined by plow
inc deep and close up to the trunks, the
bark being torn off, and the roots aud fibers
mutilated. A few years treatment of this
kind and your orchard is gone up. Another
item Of great Importance is to wash them
with weak ley. After the women are done
| making soap throw some boiling water on
the leach, and use an old broom, or swab
made of CLOTH This will destroy eggs and
larvae, and make them smooth and healthy.
Rural New YORKER.
a correspondent writes: "Were you ev'
er at a darkey camp mee,ing" Well, they
"hol'ow" some An old daIkey of my ac-
quaintance was reproved one day by his ma
ter for shouting so at his ''priva'e devotons."
Pompey, with a very grave face, said; Il
guess massa don't read de Scripters wild
much 'tention." "Ah! how's that? said the
master. why" said Pomp, with know
ing look, don't de Scripter say. 'Hollered
be thy name!'" The master gave III, and
Pompey bad his hollerin' unmolested.
SINGuLAR-O Saturday the worknen in
cleaning away the rubbish of the Neil
House, at the depth of about Is feet en-
o,orol o,,o ,;,phors that still retained