New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-15
CURI0SITlES OF TIE EXPOSITION
Fron Our Special Correspondent
DlrcctOr Sci. {
st. NiokaePs, X. I'm, Aug /,

Fron Our Special Correspondent
PARIS Oct is, 1857.
One of the most striking marvels of the Ex-
position is the Divan Piano with stool, "a combna-
ton and a form indeed" ne'er laid down in the
other than Yankee philosophy The applicant
claims that his piano can be used as bed, bureau,
wash-saud and bookcase stool also being fitted
with drawers, looking-glass work-box and writing
deskp Here is the theory of maltam IN pGrro en-
forced TO the verge of distraction, for tho human
mind grows dizzy III the attempt to realize so mar
| velous conception. Fancy the novel sensation oil
playing Beethoven one moment, going to bed on
your piano, the next putting your clothes away In
washstand and washing youg face in bureau! lit
orally setting withal on pins ard needles, 10 say
nothing of q loolSing-glass and bottle OF ink
What matters the high price of go'd when ono may
set ND housekeeping with Divan fianof BY the
addition of peerless cooking-stove," apatent COAL
scuttle "imperyious to dust and water, whose bot
tom will never rust out" and a coiec-roaster in
which "cOffee goes twice as far as that cooked by
ordinary methods" one may even aspire TO honse-
keeping. Complain not of the high price of coal,
for there is now an artificial fuel made from anthra
cite coal dust and though eggs be six cents piece
with an upward tendency" you peTennially rejoice
in o concentration Of the same, condensed so
az TO keep fresh and pure in any climate for
any number of years. Nor need you be econo-
mcal in the Of time when you can have all
there is and with no exerton whatever to yourself,
by the purchase Of O clock that may be kept in con-
slant motion "by the variation Of the atmospheric
pressure, which will act agent to wind mp the
saule." IT. however, you are spoiled by the Diyan
Piano for any article Of furniture which is not an in
animate all-trades, you can struggle for the
possession of tho American Combination Casket,
which contains six drawers, a writing-desk, table
i ,rr,nIr. Ia OBJ and
wreaths the latter formed Of the furs and skins of
American animals interlined with the feathers quilts
and eggs Of American birds productions of the mines,
of the forest and OF agriculture also hgure In ths
casket, the whole being sulmounted by the great
American eagle, accompanied with portraits; 90.
cont cannot give expression 10 our heafts 0eepielI
NJ the thongbt Of this ingenious masterpiece. and
already do we hear FTencbmcn CXclaim, Vat poo
plcsl vat peoples" In this Casket we view the
sequel Of tho Dvan Plano--One Is the complement
| and as it might not be particularly appetzlng 10
| make ones meals of O Wasll-Stand, the Casket
fills up the abhorrcd vacuum What " the rroduc-
| tons Of the mines OF Agriculture mean exactly,
We not prepared 10 cay, but Doubtless the
phrase is, is to be taken IN, in Piekwiek i,l
| wings in the face of no less than imperial majesty
! speaks for itself Doubtless those wings are wide
spread. and the accompanying portraits which of
course represent the Presidents OF the United States
| probably form patriotic festoOn about the noble
bird as practical illustration OF the nations motto,
| T. PtHTiOHS num-" TGOlle cannot jOng continue 10
| make excessively moist, uDconifcitaDle Dodes OF
! themselves for drowning will soon be leekoned
among the lost arts. How can 1t be Otherwise when
there patent hfe-pTeservlDg mattresses" on
| which, upon an emergency, one may mako the wy
age across the Atlantic. and hie-sayiug RATS that
in the short space Of seven minutes, can be nnAt
| and put in Teadinessi Mattresses and RATS how
ever viii he entirely unnecessary when we have be-
| come convinced Of tho feasibility Of tho 'unsub-
mersbe vesseln which can be raised ut will over
shoal bars, sand banks, etc, by the use and appca
ton Of apparatus already patented In the United
States Nor will it be unsafe TO go to sea in bowl
| in imitation OF the three wise men OF Gotham,
| when VIC shall have become Inprcgnated'
with tho idea of telescope" IN instrument
for indicating tie atmospheric changes pre-
cedng heavy weather, and TO DO used ultimately IN
predetermining all great storms Still nearer to the
! millennium shall We be upon the establishment OF
/ lines of revolving steamships" DO not your eyes
grow largo as sauceTs at the suggestion OF system
! of steam navigation III which tho Screws or paddle
wheels Teyove around the boat which 10 placed in
side and swings on axle-bearngs or triction-whees
IL is asserted that the speed viii be equal, If not
superior, 10 that OF railroads, and that these ships
viii either upon the ocean or upon glacial seas
ARIEL will have Formidable uvsl, ahd lncplent biz
John Franklins and Dr. hanes are destined TO COM
Portable ngiorious deaths. We shall trip across the
Atlantic TO pass night i'll London and run up To
Walrussia, via the North Pole, will be the most
Whether it is worth while TO he work of nature
unadOIned when II is so excessively easy TO be work
OF art, Is question which human mycltiOn seems TO
have settled in favor of itself. Nature has been
snubbed 10 such an extent MS to have given up the
contest and retired into the country, where after
long searching, she may be found. We have. how
ever always had prejudice in favor OF real over ar
tfcia eyes, but exquisltely are the latter made
now that no one need mourn the loss of tho former
Their color il brilliant, their luster grows dim.
Ii is true that you cannot seen ont OF the but as
there are blind those who tCOrst sec, and as
the majority of mankind may be classed in this cate
CORY artfce has a decided advantage even here, and
art dees nature to her very teeth; age IS cheated
of his former triumphs hollow cheeks are no
more distinguishable than hollow hearts, for
there be artificial teeth with continuous gums, as
also attachments for restoring the contour Of the
face.S But il there live those who prefer 70 grow
their own teeth and TO remain in consequence victims
of dentists these infatuated individuals VIII rejoice
TO hear Of an invention called the Saliva Pump"
The object OF this instrument Is to facilitate tho
dental operation OF filling or plugging the teeth OF
the lower jaw and to prevent tho saliva from wet
ting them while the work is going on. 1t consists in
means for holding The tongue away from the teeth,
also for supporting the upper jaws and so assisting
the muscles which keep the mouth open, and in
pumping the saliva out of the mouth fast it is
discharged by the glands. The several divers by
which these objects are brought about compose one
instrument The moment pain is accompanied by
excitement, it becomes modified form of pleasure;
To Sit with your head IN vice, one dentistlcal
arm COMPRISING, your brains, the other com
pressing your lungs, your mouth at the
same time being receptacle for napkin, a
napkin-holder, together with q variety Of in
stTIiments which, for want of technical nOmenca-
ture, we will appropriately call pile-drivers TO en-
dure all this, we repeat, is TO undergo martyrdom,
none the less heroic for having been eanOnzed
Add to il series of divers busily rushing in and
out of the mouth as also the possibility OF conse-
quent strangulation and the dentists chair becomes
the center Of a morbid fascination. Then there are
artificial limbs most admirably fashioned. 1T is the
intention. we believe 20 secure the services of the
most promising cripple in America for the purpose
of giving him an entire outfit of and legs, and
sending him 10 Paris as triumph OF art over accident
No longer need the South Of America live in fear of
its mortal enemy, Yellow Jack His reign of terror
has come to an untimely end. Who can doubt that
reads "a study on the incubation OF the dew OF To-
calties infested by the yellow fever aeclimatng
fla m m
- ~ tn Ina Vacciuated with dow