New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-20

vol known sbas for years past the use OF Ter
nented bread IN dyspeptc has been objected 10
by members ofthe medical profssson the debris OF tie
yeast being considered anwbolesome and liable TO in-
doce acidfy.
VI. Its economy. The cost Of carbonic acid is said
TO be less than that Of yeast. Moreover, in making
fermented bread there q small bat necessary waste
of the saceharne constituents which is avoided in tie
new process.
VII. The saving oflabor and health. 1t substitutes
machine labor lor manual labor Of very exhausting
kind. The sanitary condition Of bakers If most lament
able from their constant ngh,-wors and from the fat.
guing and unwrolesome character OF their labor par
iicalarly the kneading. In poitico-ecouomca point
OF view the process ia important as removing bre"c'
making fom domestic manual work 70 a manuiactuf'
ing work.
From the character Of the apparatus, it is evident
that the process can only be used pro6tsbly large
scale, and not in very small bah esies.
Sir Roderick !. Mnrchison in late letter to The
LOndo. Times, says that DR.. Livingstone, who has
turned to his work Of African exploration has revisited
King Sekeu,u at Sheskeke, journey of about J. 100
p.les, performed mostly on foot taking back his Maco-
olo escort, whom bis previous journey be promised
10 reconduc, 10 their homes. He wac accompanied by
Dr. XIX and Mr Caas. Livingstone. In this journey
he mas made considerable additions 10 geographical aud
geological knowledge. He has defined the course OF
me chief aiuents of the Zambesi the depth Of that
rver at different seasoIs and The nature and extent OF
ts rapids lie has also ascersned that the coal Of the
sundstonc region (which Sir Roderck believes 10 be the
true old coal! e vastly extended TO the East the min
Il in in
very wide area. ReyistiDg the celebrated Nictorr,
Falls and examining them in detail he has discovered
that be had greatly uDderra:ed their magnitude in his
published work Their breadth, which he had esti-
tlmated at about 900 yards il ascertained 10 be
1T least SO yards with sheer fall of 80 feet. In hs
last letters dated The let and I'd Of February last from
Koneonc, al The month Of the Zambes he announces
that the new steamboat the Pioneer which has beer
sent ont 20 him by Her Iajesty's Government was in
the otDg, and thus provided, he proposed to ascend
the river to beyond the Portuguese settlements, and
thence cany TIE ulerior objects Of his mission
During the gale of the DIST of March, in London,
the thermometer Al Loyds marked 80 pounds pressure
to the sqnsre foot, the greatest ever known there.
"A bin 10 before Parliament 10 regulate the use Of
locomotives on common roads. 1t provides for tolls.
hints the weight Of locomotives eompels them TO con-
their own smoke, requires two persons IN charge
AID ms their speed. No locomotive 10 be used In
London more than seven feet wide, with wheels
more than six inches wide.
The City Telegraph Company, in London has
opened 81 stations The charge Is Il cents for fifteen
words.
In London there were ,056 fires during the year
1850. Willie 232 of these known TO have been
cu.ed by the use Of candles, only 90 were attributed
to gas.
In Paris, large machine making establishment is
being constructed in which electricity will be the only
power employed.
An attempt at acclmating the alpaca Ia Australia
has met with complete snceess. A flock which num-
bered 80 on their arrival year ago. and was then in
70 bad condition thar 30 died after, now numbers
352.
-Oxvd Of chromium, when reduced to fine powder,
is one of the beet reducing and polishing substances for
n,.tas known; it il superior 10 the finest emery for
polishing steel. The best iridium-Ponted gold pens
become useless when used for writing signatures for a
few hours over The green chrome ink that is sometimes
printed on bank bills.
The Chemical Ners announces discovery by
which the new colors and Magenta are printed
not only with superior bloom and luster 10 anything
befor. Seen but also III coors which stand boiling soap
and hard rubbing.
The general theory Of chemists hitherto has been
thai tea essens the waste Of the body and 40 sustans
the bodily powers with less nourshment than Is other
wise required. DR.. l.. Smith, ut recent meeting OF
the Society OF Arts gave the result of some experi.
es be- had made 10 ascertain the truth Of this theory
He found that if there abundance OF food IN the
SYSTEM and that especially Of the farnaceous or fat
kinda t.a is powerful digestive agent, and by pro
noting the transformation OF food, IT aids IN noursh
ing the body; but with deficiency Of food il wastes
the ti.saes Of the body and lowers the vital powers
1t is perhaps not generally known that the finest,
neaiesi aud nutritious potatoes are always den-
GER and heavier than those which soft and waxy.
An English inventor has taken advantage Of this to
select the best by what be calls u " Patent Gravity
Potato Selecier' In order TO csssfy potatoes into
three qualtie. be two solutions of specific
gravity of LOO and one of loo. Only the best pota
toes will sink in the flint; the medium potatoes will
sink in the second while the poor will !oa, the
surface.
The Belgian Government has followed our own
in the use OF nickel in small coins. The Belgian
pieces are TO be OF the value of L. . and cents, and
and will contain at least % per cent Of nickel.
On raising portions of the Atlantic telegraph cable
in Trinity Bay, the iron wires were found partially
coated in many places with copper, supposed to have
come from veins of copper known to exist under water
off the Newfoundland coast
Tile largest gasometer in the world IL in London,
st Hackney; it holds 500 900 feet Tue next largest
is in Philadelphia, holding 81 500 900 feet.