The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-10-25
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chine In the whpip r;Ht extent of Ma
C ,incry Hall iu,v,,,ted me more thai
an embroidery machine IN the Swis
, department.. will cudcnv"r to Civ
,I you - l"I'iplv, VI Is r"ustru''tl"i
and manner Of working, The cioll
which Is to he cm!lr. tilclci is s'rcl"l
ed upon vertical 'famc ahht hih'
! tcct long. A,our We 'wn-- j IT TIM
/ 'un,r, rG ritnN side ,aJrnd, - Fow &"
little CLAMPS, each Of wh!cl i. made Il
grasp II needle, like ,hc thnOt hnt
finger. These clamp have MN one
motion, forward aHd harE" a'd, 80
that Willie the cloth remain, station
ary the needles will aiwaps pas:
through the same hole. As one row
of clamps holding needles advances
the other empty row also advances
seizes the needles AZ they pass throug
the cloth and retreats with them. Thi'
putting of the needles through ant
through is tho whole business Of thes'
iron fingers.
But that would never cmbroider, ;
design and so the cloth frame is by ;
! simple device made movable up and
down, to the right " left, at any angie
| nut never forward or backward. II
accomplish tl,i>, IL lever is forced to the
upper and middle part of the clothes
frame, aud an iron pin about six inches
long passes through the outer end OF
this lever One end of this is sharp
cncd; the other end has II handle OF
wood and is held in the left hand hy
the operator, before win NJ hangs |;
pattern of the design that he wishes
to embroider. Supposing that one fig
ure or section of the design is fuul
inches long, it will be seen that each
clamp must not hold needle, but only
one at every four inches, that is, TWEEN
| ty-sc\ cn needles in the whole distance
surprising il t. be exactly nine feet.
! Tie picratur places the point ot 'h,
! irl..,. wu.ch he holds in his ie.i
iluilh upon the pattern ut the plac,
place where he wishes to begin, ano
aends the needles through the cloth
by moving crank backward and for.
ward with his right hand. Then
moving his hand to the next proper
point on the pattern, you perceive the
cloth frame moves in a corresponding
| direction, and SO up or down. ia the
right or TO the left, moves his iuiid and
the cloth follows, and the Hceri'es &c
through and through, the flower gf'.Ws
! Before your eyes, and not one au'y, hut
| twenty-sevcn all exactly alike, and
although he lnay make but one stitch
while a girl could make one with her
| hand, hers remains but one and his is
multiplied more or less according to
the space occupied by the section OF The
design, and therefore by the number OF
needles employed.
During The extreme heat which has
for some time prevailed, ice has been
10 luxury but u necessity, and an
added interest has been felt in the
machines which manufacture ice.
1t l. comfort ia tIuw thai =" mat
49, uW gJra. t,,e .tc,i ", "tlull'sf "t
i,t. !ui.duo.- a. Wii.ttt, v" uHN. ih's
IS, at!.,t,,-s uai own i'i;. =. BON II
DAYS, AID arc siM wholly AT the mercy
Of wind and weather, or OF inpr"V!-
dent icr-dealels. There are two or
three ice-n,;iciiErs exhibited, huf ms
yet have oily examined the working
of one. The water t. he frozen is
placed in tin cylinders, about two feet
in length by Two i'y six inches in
thickness. These cylinders are placed
in bath of chloride of calcium in
solution, which has the property of
remaining in solution at a much lower
temperature than thirty two degrees,
the freezing point of water. Among
email nlnIllG ltnIinininY
the chloride of calcium wind SER
pentine tubes filed with ammoniai
gas which is formed by heating liquid
ammonia up to siXty-nine degrees, at
which point it bols. AS in the pass
ing OF substance from Il denser to Il
rarer forn,- heat is absorbed, SO the
ammonia becoming gas, absorbs heat
| from the chloride OF calcium, and this in
turn from the water until the water in
about two hours is frozen solid, the
chloride of calcium remaining still
| liquid. Passing further on, the am
mortal gas is again condensed, re-
| turned to the reservoir and the play
| begins anew. One attendant is suffi-
cient for a machine that packs fifty
pounds of ice in an hour, and costs
with all its belongings, about twelve
| thousand dollars.
This method of manufacturing Ice is
of French origin, and this brings US
naturally to the French department,
where have not yet taken you, but
once there, we shall find SO much OF
| interest that it will he difficult to get
away. The French division of the
main building is divided from the
English on one side, and the Italian on
the other by heavy curtains of crimson
velvet gracefully looped back and
hanging in massive folds. Over the
one are the words Porte d d'Angleterre-
Gate of England the other Porte
d'Italie.
SnLt in thus from the bewilderment
Of the general scene, one still finds
herein enough of beauty, magniiicence
| aud rarity to weary tie eyes and daz-
| zle the brain. Here OH one side are
paper hangings that think may merit
the adjective magnificent. Cfon ii
foundation OF heavy tut ine paper, Il
pressed II thin, lilmy covering Uf attn,
and still upon thi raised flowers Or de
signs in velvet, aud the etlcc is that 81
the mos; elegant satin tap stry. Ga.
design will be a crimson ground viii
gold figures, another green and eIiil
Or if this is too gaudy for your a,te
there is beautiful deep blue thai
looks like the waters of n lovely lak,
under brilliant azure sky just riprled
10y passing breeze. Or If you like
something still more subdued, i am
sure you will be pleased with this deli
cate pearl gray, just the tint of the haze
that envelops distant mountain.
That the French have exquisite
taste there can be no question. One
room in the Pavilion fitted up for the
French President plcases meexceeding
The upper tbrcefourths of the walli
are crimson panels set in gilt frames
the lower fourth is draped with Q
heavy buff linen caught up into fes-
toons at regular intervals fy crimson
cords and tasselz The carpet is n
crimson and the furniture of the heavy
buff linen, with crimson figures in ap
plique. The form of the chairs and
sofas is go simple that a common car
penter could make the frames, and ar
American woman could upholstel
them, hut the effect was charming
and to my eye far more elegal than