The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-09-03
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nsacsa an1 EMbrsidefses.
InneoaeAftis,es peshaps, 2 esm s,e - ~
sance a. d. carried 70 . CREATOR ien9.n -.
n ~ ~ NfeseeAat and costly sces - -. s.,ns.
bro, bro. 4 ~ sssn The rich lacea II sAis
,snrS s1E ~ iiruofted pfincipAfly from kr.aee'
snd WNle4uul The ceetlfest specimens y l-so
At twsn snasetas yard-, Inv mn r.srh.ssrr
Ths demand for rich faces q constantly M
1890. out-ranatnx the supply. shus apgre.s
cisttes IL prices; esd conssQnently tAe eenu-
inc afsieas can only y worn y n MeAssny.
Al, ~ conntrscs Of Europe togeshsr, and laces
Of the rares, kiuds. fineet quality and most
sr,istic design In fact lace 10 indigenous 70
Beixlau. ana his hecn 30 ter. genesastnns. In
separately. and thsa worked into the ground.
wriie alzfs carry On H. pattern And the DE-
sign 1pGssAer TIE division Of labor y very
Tia labor u washing lace Y almost an art,
raxsd IL ill., Amer washing, lace is spread out
to dry on cushioned table. and pins Of Pc
cuiiaf SORT are run through each hole 10 pre-
vent IL from shrinking when very ane, or the
pastsrn intricate On entire Gay viii III. - ser rp@.
~ tne sQmesn lace but Point de Venice an
tiqtae now occupies the first place II Is very
old lAce, iiGht and open, raises Ia SONY %. -
like euhsssed work, and has rare anuqutsy
is esltd 10 te entirely abandoned, and II Is only
found now As hsirlooms in families, exceP1
when stray specimen finds its wayInlo mar
ket, In which case there Is a great e9mpeuIao ~
for III possession. The Point de Venice an
tio ue a seen more frequently in Italy than IN
any other. for the high dignitaries OF the
Catholic Church have their oMciai roDes
trimmed with founces Of this costly ma,efiai.
Il, fuds its way into this country chieny
through the medium of travellers, who seize
Of saeisns hsElon. =.
Next IL Point d'Alencon, Of which 1t is
said nearly three thousand pounds worm was
has a tiinRy hue, and the flrst idea connected
with il BY unsophisiica:ed minds Is, that II
necds washing Fashion, however, corrects
this notion. Point de Glaze rs as hne as
spiders web, and as light rs thistle down.
Brussels Poiat d'Appiique ranks very hign.
1t is formed BY sewing sprigs of the real point
upon Illusion or any other KIND OF pain lace.
II u very much used for hounces, ana COST
from SIX 10 eight pounds per yard, five eighths
wide. II syery pure in color. which Is owing
to a white powder with which ii Is saturated,
and which II continues to retain, and obviafes
the necessity Of washing.
Honiton lace came into iasnion In isa2, ana
owes its present position to Queen Victoria.
Communicating the miserable condition of the
laeeworkers Of Devon, she determined TO assist
them by bringing their manufacture into
fashion, and in futherance OF this landable
purpose Ind her wedding dress made Of it,
Aonitoh at once became the rage and has con-
tinned popular and expensive ever since, al
though previously purchasers could hardly
be found for IL. Chantilly lace ID always black,
is exceedingly fine, aad AZ much used Tor wells
and Gounces.
Our supply Of the most elaborate specimens
Of embroideries is derived from France and
Switzerland. Although the Swiss laces are
really superior to the French, yet 50 despoti-
caiiy do French fabrics rule the fashionable
world. that they are obliged to be sold as
Frsnch.-Sharpe's London Magazine
OBSERVATIONS on SOLAR SPoTs.-In a re-
cent number of the "Transactions'of the Roy
nj Astronomical Society," Mr.. Darlington.
the distinguished author and astronomer
gives some account of his solar spot observa-
tons. lie states that during the past three
years the surface of the sun has exhibited
comparative state of quiescence, the outbreak
Of Spots being few and often FAR between,
the spots themselves being, for the most part,
small. From the OBJ ervations made during
1858 and 1856, which fix the date of minimum
with some degree of certainty, it appears that
the date OF the minimum of energy, as exhib-
tied by the spots, may be assigned, WIN 1oier-
able certainty, to the beginning OF the month
of February. 1885, the ratios increasing slowly
and perceptibly from that time. the year
1856 was characterize by the rather frequent
occurrence of low South spots, the ATTITUDES
twenty seven and thirty-fiye degrees South
having been more than once visited. As q
general thing, when an outbreak occurs on a
parallel not affected for several months, IL is
mostly found that two or three other out
breaks succeed at moderate intervals of time, |
though not at the corresponding longitudes, |
when the rotation Of the earth is allowed for. |
THE DURATION OF LIFE.-MedicalS Science, or |
perhaps increased intelligence and social com |
fort. arising from the increased wealth of civil
iized nations, have done something towards
the term of mans existence. 1t is |
shown in the official returns of the life insur-
ance companies of Great Britain, that the aver
age duration of human life is sufficiently upon
the increase to quire CONSTANT eyisal of the
rates of insurance. If this is the fact, with all
the various "pathes'' of the medical schools in
full operation, we do not think the doctors are
of half the abuse they popularity re-
ceive. 9a 4
LAW AND MEDICAL CARDS.