New-York tribune., 1868-07-01
ELASTIC SPONGE
ELASTIC SPONGE

Natural Prouc. OF the Sea- purified BY chemicals cut 10 snsR
pieces BY machinery and rendered adestruby elastic By pateus
process
caOes Of Sponge for this maHucue the West Indies ssd
FLORIDA Coast where upward hundred negroes engaged
collecting the crude article.
OBSERVATION rs ESPECIALLY INVITED
RELATIVE COST of SPONGE aud HAIR IN their VARIOUS
APPLICATIONS. the BEST HAIR ONLY being
taken the standard Of comparison. for
ELASTIC SPONGE Is NOT TO BE COMPARED TO ANT
INFERIOR ARTICLE
Hair Mattress 1.-THE purchaser escapns tie RISK Of
aduerston and prsssues weighs say forty pounds. .na
costs $1 to so ASpODge Mattress full having all tue Tan
ges and free from all the Disadvantages Of hair weighs thirty
pounds and s9sts $50
pair Of Pillows made of Feathers weighs say pounds. s.d
costs made sPOpge and Of the bulk weighs four pounds
and costs 81 In other words Of the ELASTIC sPoNGEa
equal to feathers and Oaethd Of h aud
far agreeable.
GREAT SAVING IN GENERAL UPHOLSTERY
The history Of the bor Of inventors toward providing Substitutes
for Cured Hair and Feathers has valuable discovery been
record but partial Moss Tampco Pua Excel
sor etc. proved but ang Improvements % the o
fashioned and bed while Hair With ts ADuLrERAross
and weknown MorHBREEDrys hn been the Osa
approach perfection from is .Itavg.ni cost available c =
wsht In the ELASTIC SPONGE able to Offer ss
article superior anything hitherto presented for like puPOss Oas
that HAS BEEN TESTED AND INDORsED
by Thousands Of practical and scientific chemists phT'ias
carriage and manufacturer 'aiilers, uPhos.sr
eTs, and dSinterested individuals,
Samples expressed per order, &C. O. D."
Brands Of Elastic Sponge are &C., M" and "P"-CasbOu
Mattress. and Pillow
and Pillow Sponge sold only ia Manufactured goods
Liberal discount to the trade.
Cushion Sponge Manufacturers and Railroad Companies ia eoa
pressed bales pounds measuring from TO cubic feet
Special eushiouiug Churches Halls Thsates s'us
&c. - u..
Cable sample bales weighing half under presIrs O
1900 pounds mailed application and which, wden released By
cutting cords will expand ten times their compressed bulk ihu
proving indestructbiity OF elasticity.
Pamphlets containing extensive and reliable testimonials distributed
upon application
At oar salesroom may tue ELASTIC SPONGE itself snt
the sane in variety forms the inspection Of vhss
all persons interested or curious are Invited
THE sEvERRsT TEST PossIBLE-A cushion which
constant use repairs years Of the Broadway
Fhave Stage Line be seen at our sAesOon and VII
found in no way Also Sponge hAt" which
has been ,ep, upon every night for three showing 40 @
uutou Of falness or elasticity
The foowngone scientific the other praea-ae selected from
the number Of testimonials in our Possesson'
EXTRACTS FROM LETTER OF PROF R. OGDEN DOREMUs.
THB EMINENT CHEMIST.
PO the last eight mouths have been
les, engaged in examining your process adapting the dfeFen Vu
ties Of Sponge making Mattresses and Pillows for uhas Cuhoas
for Furniture, Carriages, &c
The basis Accomplishing your object dspeuds
the elasticity Sponge whsu have been da'ed or r0ss
BY liquid.
As is well known Sponge scquirss this property whsn nOiend vita
water this speedily evApOre cannot be employed for by
loss the Sponge shriDks and hardens
For this you have substituted Glyerns for water
on HE foFy
It is absorbed readily BY the tissues Of the Sponge IL does sd
evapOrate except at high temperatures
II does not rancid By exposure the air. VII
Il rot the Sponge
The practical application Of the liquid smp.- after euias
Washing and dryng Sponge saae with Gyrne sos
water press the and then sVapOte most OF the .0s
part. leaving sO and highly elastic state assd for use
To the relationship Of water Sponge thus prepared m
pieces were weighed daily delicate analytical balance foe seTe
weeks and though they openly exposed to the air ny bOfs
tory the end month they had precisely the weight
at the commencement
nj, impossible. that any injurious effects can result. delicate
and sensitive constitutions, from the use Of your beds
sleep night Sponge Mattresses and snd h
prngy and elastic dehghul hair mattress for
$ o compared With any inferior article
II superior elasticity for after being compressed reune'
It's original bulk readily than ba aud hence will not need as %
auen reirens beds Of the latter substance Epsr
meu extending longer period requisite to determine
would ever be necessary.
There another most decided advantage which Sponge O''r
hair moss that there Of insect life sPoa 10
developed warmth and other conditions favorable
Its perfect cleanliness high eOnmsndatoH. whether used
private residences and hotels or Tor ea'aoas
and beds 10 sleeping ears &e is superior TO hair IA ht
ness and ehespness.
II pos,essed likewise OF additional valuable qualities neither
dsutegrae nor does it decay. when saSaied With
cushion will Of moisture and be restored to m no
s,.iy.bs condition R. OGDEN DoRRMUs, NJ D.,
Professor of Chemistry Physics Coll City SswYork sAd Pro-
fsssOr Of Chemistry and TOIeoO Bellevue Hospital Med COL
Eex-York, June l. 1868.