The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-01-02

| if travellers or explorers, to institutions
of learning and museums. of natural
science.
But what is the best protection fol
such in conveying them through the
mails If living plants, they should
be very carefully spread out SO that the
roots should be as little disturbed as
possible. Line box o: the proper size
with fresh moss from the woods, free
| from eart., or stones. Then pla G them
on this messy led, and cover carefully
with the same. Dampen it slightly.
Close the lid of the box tight cigar
box is best for these trail. delicate OBJ
jects. as paSteboard one Is best for
other things. Put an elastic band
round the box, tie up in stout paper
with piece of Irvine. and mark it dis
tinctiy us before directed and in one
corner put the words: plants only"
When il can be procured. the Soui hern
Spanish moss is the very best thing &c
use in packing plants.
seeds need only be put in dry. tight
loN, and as you can not put any writ ne
inside, let III M be done up in different
colored papers. For instance, blue.
seeds of larkspur; pink, petunias; yell
low, mas; uritum, etc: and then on a
postal card sent Sc, arate,g designate
what flowers are in such or such pa
perS. There will then be no trouble.
Or YOU might gum on the outside of
your papers printed numbers of letters
cut from newspapers, ;. :, or a, b,
C. for insiance-an then send the
glossary b. mail on postal card.
Cut flowers are often sent by nail.
How refreshing in a sick-room in the
depth of winter is the fragrant box of
hot-hou>e flowers coming in and std
denly changing the whole atmosphere
by one mage spell! Have box, and
place therein a damp-not wet-piece
of tissue paper, or, better still. part
of a sheet of wadding split and
sprinkled. On these lay some grape
leaves slightly dampened. Arrange your
flowers W thin, cover with grape leaves,
lastly with wadding similarly damp
ened. Put your GOV, on your boX and
tasten securely, observing the directions
given for packages. We have heard Of
plants being sent securely and fresh
from Portland, Gre ron, TO New York.
in scooped-o~t potato. Cut the top
of large potato, SO as to make it like
the lii of box. Scoop out the potato
entirely. leaving only rim half an
inch thick around. and scoop out the
lid in the same way. tut your prec, Gus :.
plant in tn s natural box, cover with
the lid, tie up with an elastic. and then
wrap the potato up in st ut paper well
tied up, and it will 60 safely, and the
moisture of the potato supplies nourish-
ment enough to the plant to PREVENTS
wilt ny. his is worth trying with
small. plants that have to go any Dis
lance.
EookS are often sent by mail, and
they should invariably be lett open on
one end in order to show what they c,
ut it is not necessary 10 leave the COW
erS of the book ont so as to ave their
freshness rubbed Off Fold neat piece
Of paper on the book as if you were go
ing to cover it, shut down the covers.
then cut one end If the paper, and fold
that in. The rest can be wrapped |
around and the end left open. showing
the leaves of the book, but even they |
are protected By the paper covering
and the string coming securely around,
and folding that over in such way as
to project the inside w thout holding it.
, ONE do the book up entirely in q
wra ?per. then with penknife or pair
Of scissors cut slit In one end SO as to |
show the Enclosure.
In nding Christmas or Easter cards |
b. mail, if they are of larger size than
will go in a letter emf elope, ALWAYS in
close them first in fold of pasteboard.
IL hey are otherwise very apt to be |
broken. and thus all their beauty
spoiled. The same may he said of anv |
pictures or engravings, which should |
Lirst have tissue or silver paper placed |
over them for protection, if OF
any size; be very particular to secure
them from break ng by cardboard be-
fore tying up. If you roll them up.
there should be cylinder Of ca, d -board
provided to 70 them over to prevent
their being cracked in the mails
Be very careful exactly to prepay
your letters and packages, for many
have been lost through carelessness i'm
his res ect. In many instances | tiers
really are properly stamped. but being
lone at the last moment, the stamp
i0es not have time to dry, and conse-
luently drops oil or adheres to some
oreign substance, and is spoiled.
Many persons keep neat little pair
If scales on their writing table, and
,hus are able to weigh their own mail
natter. which is an excellent plan. as
hen they can put on the stamps at lei
'nre. and there is no danger either OF
heir dropping off or being over or un-
Ter stamped.
To conclude, in all packages and
documents sent by mail remember as
IN invariable rule that unless the ad-
lress and the Enclosure keep together
here is no hope of identifying the
FOODS sent. For instance, if the ad-
iress is by accident either entirely or
PARTIALLY torn off from parcel sent by
express, you may recover it, because
he express agent is responsible, and
has duplicate address on his
looks; but if such thing happens in
hemail, it can never be traced.-Harp.
rs BG:0r.
The Durham (Ct) correspondent
the New York Register says: ..Dick,
ne horse which drew he late Beacon
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