The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-12-19
the sulpbate that is converted into the

/ SulpnlCc, DuJ Cuc 80 ~.
The sulphite of lime is combination
Of suIphurous acid and lime, while sui.
nburic acid and lime combine to form
the sulphate of lime. Sulphurous acid
is a combination Of one equivalent OF
sulphur with two of oxygen IS 0 p and
it has an intense affinity for oxygen,
readily combining with one more equiv
alent to form sulphuric acid IS 0 81. 80
The fermentation of wine is the process
OF combination by the atoms Of wine
with oxygen; but as oxygen prefers sui
phurous acid to wine, when sulphurOus
acid is present in the cask, the oxygen
combines with it instead of with the
wine, and thus the fermentation is ar
rested. Wine makers are in the prac-
tice of burning little sulphur IN the
casks to check fermentation.
Sulphite of lime put into cider has the
same effect; and from the same proper
ty of sui phurous acid. This acid COM
bines with the oxygen in the cask, be-
coming sulphuric acid and forming the
sulphate of lime. = Scientific Am.
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The Rrsnze Doors for the National Cap
ftOI.
1t is known that the artist, Rogers,
was commissioned some years ago by
our government to model and have cast
in bronze, folding doors for the Capitol.
The doors have just been cast at MuL'
ieh, and an English writer who has seen
them gives the following description OF
the designs which ornament them:
"The bronze doors intended for the
Capitol at Washington, designed and
modelled at Rome, by the American
artist, Rogers, have lately been on view
at the Royal Foundry, where they were
cast The workmanship, as is always
the case with whatever emanates from
the Munich foundry, is admirable
There is a sharpness in the lines and a
finish in the minutest detail which are
in the highest degree creditable. OF
the doors themselves it is not easy to
convey an adequate idea by a mere de-
scription; for an enumeration of all that
is represented might induce the belief
that there was a crowding of objects,
and that the allotted space is oyerfilled;
and this is not the case. Each door
the whole forms folding DOORS di-
vided into four compartments orpanels.
Thus, with a semi-circle space above,
which has the breadth of both the doors
together, there are nine divisions, in
each Of which an important moment of
Columbus life is represented.
The figures stand out in full relief,
and some Of the groups are eminently
successful. The GROWING event of the
discoveries career occupies the COM
handing spot over the top Of the doors.
Here, Columbus standing on mound,
forms the central figure. He has just
landed from a boat, and with the stand
ard of Arragon and CASTLE planted up
on the new soil, and with sword uprais-
ed in his right hand, he takes possess
sion Of the land in the name of his SOW
ereigns. Some boatmen are still in the
skiff, others are kneeling on the shore,
while group of Indians, peeping from
behind tree on the opposite side, look
on in wondering establishment. In one
yum IJdI CulSHI 10 lc plCoC1GCd CLS Cii-
umphal entry of Columbus into Madrid
on his first return from America, amid
crowds Of gazers at him, the hero of
the triumph, and at the Indians, who
precede the procession, with paroquets
on their appraised arms.
The next panel is occupied with a
sadder story. Here Columbus in chains
surrounded by powerful population,
is about to embark for Europe. Then,
the last scene of all, accomplishing
his strange eyentful history we see
him on MS death>bed, attended by a
nun and some priests, who administer
to him the consultations Of religion
His son stands beside him. In the
thickness Of the door itself inches are
formed at certain intervals, land in these
are small whole-length figures Of the
great contemporaries of Columbus
kings, statesmen, ecclesiastics and war
riors. In the centre, close to each oth>
err, are two such lines Of inches, while
on both sides q single row of figures,
one above the other, fills up the inter-
mediate space between the outer edge
of the pannels and the door>post. TIE
large bosses, so often seen on doors,
are here the heads of those historians
who have written on the discovery OF
America.
The ornaments below each Mich are
heads of animals indigenous to the
country, with fruits and flowers en-
twined, also characteristic of the New
World. Every ornament is appropriate
and though they are manifold there is
mo confusion. AS there will be no
chance of the work being forwarded
to the place Of its destination for some
time to come, it might be possible to
induce the authorities to allow it to be
sent to England meanwhile, where it
could not fail to be looked at with the
greatest interest. The Exhibition of
next year might present the desired
opportunity for taking such a step
The artist would be glad that SO good
an occasion be offered for making his
work known; and the Americans would
surely not be unwilling to show the
world how munifcently they had come
forward to erect grand national mon>
ument."