The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-05

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e !, .sts,n ,ashiouable society IL dlspossnn
ART ersisne among married people q Da insa.
The wife arrays herself In SILK. ana .ss.sd n
her Angers and ears with jewery, ana ....,.,.a
ounces and laces lays siege 10 some 20. s,,.,,
srrsyed ia broadrloth, who has more money sasn
brains, and very little Of either. IN s.s, ma
hand the husband plays on n,s !, ~ smai ~ frssh
-. "A she exSibitons OF maudin and peurile
nonsense sicken him of the track.
In acme respecf this Il quite harmless and be-
meath notice. In others, i becomes nealy impor-
S.isi lie has much TO do with our national cha.
s.ar md movements As are the people will
a The "A tion as matter OF course, and If there Is
ro,tenness in socalled high society" Il viii faint
the whole mass.
This Il . growing evil It has increased to that
extent that half the heroes and heroines in our
popular novels are representations Of this class
one Of the characters In Fanny Ferns late book
IA an offender of this SORT and we have no doubt
she has many prototypes In society.
II is selfevident truth that married people
have no business to "fiirt.n This disposition
once INDUCED, the green-eyed monster takes ad
vantage Of open doors, and finds an easy access
The husband and the wife have, by the most So
lemn VOWS devoted their lives and their all to each
others happiness and those who array themselves
for the popular eye more than for those who are
theirs, and theirs only, by the marriage relation
are traitors.
Another thing Filtration carried ON by married
people, not only destroys the sanctity of welded
life to great degree, but is vastly destructive OF
common virtue. What man that beholds such ex
hbitions can have the least faith in that love
which Is tabled to exist around the family hearth
stone.
This is no trivial matter. 1t one of the radical
evils of society. 1t is tester at the foundation OF
the social system, which unless destroyed IN It's
incipiency will rot down the whole system. The
distinguishing difference between heathendom and
civilization is the marriage relation. Let people
beware how that relation is affected by the false
morality and a false system of Hving.-Swingfeid
NonpareH.
THE MANUFACTURE OF HORN CoMBs-Butfew
of our readers are aware, perhaps, of the amount
of labor acquired to manufacture horn combs and
the kind of material from which they are wrought
The butcher, after killing a steer sends the hide
to the tanner or those who purchase for him, and
from them the comb maker obtains the horns and
hoofs, paying so much a hundred for them and the
following mode is adopted to make beautiful combs
from crooked horns and unsightly hoofs The horns,
when taken TO the factory, have the tips sawed off
which tips are sold to the cane and umbrella man
ufacturers If the comb to be made is q back one,
for children the horn is sawed spiraly, by hand if
straight combs the horn is cut from end to end af
ter which they are placed in cold water to soak,
and after remaining there for some time, arc
moved and scraped with steel scrapers. The
pre- then take them in hand and after boiling
them in water sperm oil, places them in a press
composed of iron boxes, heat d with charcoal and
when the horns are fattel cd they are cut with
shears into the proper size fol- combs.
From this room they 60 into the manufacturing
department. and after being soaked again, are
shaved down TO the proper thickness for twinning
or cutting the teeth. The machine for cutting the
teeth is exceedingly ingenious and complicated
The horn is placed upon moderately heated bed
under the tooth cutter, and at each pressing down
of the lever the piece Of horn is cut into two combs
They are then taken out and pulled apart while
warm, and placed in the hands of the maker, who
grails them or shapes the teeth, after which they
90 to the finisher, who smooths them by rubbing
the surface with powdered brick obtained from
Bath, England
After being carefully washed, the stainer takes
them in hand, and with chemical preparation.
spots them according to his fancy which spots
brought out after the comb has been placed in
8 dye made of Nicaragua wood. The dye having
the most powerful effect on the part chemically
prepared, the comb is made to assume somewhat
the appearance of tortoise she'll The combs
then placed in the sun, and after being thoroughly
dried are polished The combs not yet ready
for sale they have to pass through the hands OF
the bender, who, after heating them on an iron
plate, ties them upon block, fashioned into the
shape desirable for the comb to assume. They are
then placed into the hands of girls, who give
them the finishing touch by oiling and wiping
them carefully, when they are passed to the hands
of the packer, who puts them in packages tor the
market
The sole of the hoof is cut out and manufactured
in pocket and puff combs, and the upper part 2t
the hoof after going through the same process OF
the horn, is turned into combs of various kinds
The clippings from the horns and hoofs are sold to
the burners, who manufacture them into potash
and Prussian blue.
Notwithstanding many of the combs are sold as
low as eight cents per dozen each one has TO pass
through nine or ten distinct processes and new
hands, each time, before they are ready for the
market. and it is only owing to the rapidly with
which they made that'any profit can be realized
upon the manufacture.
COLD JANUARY.-It is said the average Of cold
for the month OF January, 1856, in New York, was
greater than any that has occurred for 20 years.
SAILED FOR EUROPE.-I. Brown, of Richmond,
and w. $. Ellison. of Lynchburg Va, sailed from
Boston last week, in the steamer America, for Lv-
erpool.
The dwelling kitchen and smoke house of DR.. ].
w. Wilson, in Hampshire county, Va were de-
stroyed by fire last week.
Sarah Haycroft, keeper of house of ill-fame in
st. Louis, and who killed man in that city, has
been convicted of murder in the first degree.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.