Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-08-13

workman, who shapes it with knife, and the
bowl, if intended to be round, is bored and
, turned on lathe. The hole in the stem is
then made and the pipe is turned over to a
girl, who smooths it first with sand-paper and
afterward with kind of grass brought from
Massachusetts,, which is called "shave grass" !"
possibly on account of cutting properties.
The pipe is then boiled in preparation of
wax, and polished with soft cloth. Carved
pipes are made somewhat differently. The
carving is first done roughly, only shaped, as
it were, and the meerschaum is boiled, and
the carving is afterward completed. 1t is
then boiled again, or left white at the option
of the smoker. The parings of the meer-
schaum, called "chips," are not used in this
country, but are shipped back to Germany,
where they are made into imitation meer-
schaum. They are also used to remove grease
spots from silk, being ground into powder,
which, mixed with water to the consistency Of
cream, is used for the purpose in the same
manner as fuller's EARTH
The meerschaum pipe trade in New York
is a tourishing institution, and all the manu-
facturers do good business. One of them
sent specimens of his workmanship to Paris
to the exhibition of 1867, and received a
bronze medal and di ploma. 1t may be
proper to say that bronze medal is the high
est prize awarded to this class of goods, gold
medals being given only for inventions and
devices of benefit to humanity, and not to ar
ticles of ornament or luxury. This gentle
man, before he was given the prize he had
earned, was obliged to furnish affilavits from
responsible gentlemen in this city to prove
that the work had been done here. He ex-
hibited some thirty pieces in all one of which,
a superb pipe, with Il group representing Mac
beths encounter with the witches on the
heath, composed Of five figures, two of which,
Macbeth and Banquo, are mounted, excited
universal admiration. 1t also has Il figure Of
Shakespeare, seated in an armchair, on the
lid or cover. Ten thousand francs were Of
fered for this pipe in Paris but were refused
by the exhibitor, as he wanted to exhibit it in
this country, having had no opportunity to do
80 previously, as it had been completed only
a few days before the sailing Of the United
States steamer which carried the goods Of the
American exhibitors.
One of the greatest pipe-fanciers in the
world-Major General Rafalovich, Of the
Russian army, is now in this country. lie
has a collection of more than 600 pipes.
Since he has been in this country he has pur-
chased number Of meerschaums, and there
is now in the hands of the most prominent
manufacturers in this city-the same who took
the bronze medal at Paris-a magnificent
meerschaum pipe made to his order. The
bowl forms the bust of very beautiful wo-
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wife, taken from life. The stem and mouth
piece are of amber, fifteen inches long. The
whole costs $3.50. This pipe will be taken to
Europe as curiosity, for it seems that Gen.
Raffalovich had an idea that such things could
not be made in this country. He is now trav.
cling in the West, and will doubtless enrich
his collection by adding to it some of The Gel
ebrated caumets. made of the famous red
pipe,srone by the Indians.
The manufacture of the amber stems and
mouth-peces forms an important part of the
business, and many beautiful and graceful de-
signs are produced. None but the best am
Der can be employed for this purpose, and
much skill is needed on the part of the work
man, owing to its extreme brittleness.
The prices Of pipes range from $3.50 to
$500, and even more. A good, plain, SER
viceable pipe may be bought at from $40 to
SIS. Carved pipes are higher, and bring
more in proportion, but great deal depends
on the style of carving. Some carved pipes
are really works Of art, and, Of course, are
paid for as such. The modelers are constant
ly on the lookout for new designs, and beauti-
full studies are continually being produced.
There is hardly anything in nature that can
not be copied in meerschaum, and in New
York man may have his own head repro
duced in the shape ola pipe-bowl fhe should
fancy it. The cigar-holders are also very
pretty, and bring high prices sometimes as
much as S75-but, as with the pipes, the
price depends altogether upon the style Of
carving.
When a pipe is injured in the smoking, or
burned, as it is technically called, it can be
much improved by being reboiled, which re-
stores to the meerschaum its power of absorp-
ton. The word improved" is used advised
ly, for nothing will ever makes burned meer-
schaum as good as new. This need never
happen, however, if proper care is taken not
to heat the pipe when first smoked
1t is very possible that the ladies of New
York will soon come to regard meerschaum
as indispensable to their comfort, not in the
shape Of pipes and cigar-holders, but as
beautifer Of the complexion, for it is pro-
posed to grind the chips to an impalp pable
powder to be used as cosmetic.
TRANSMISSION OF BLooD.-The Chicago
medical professors have been experimenting
with the TRANSMISSION of blood, for the benefit
of their students. On account Of the danger
in the old mode of direct TRANSMISSION of car
rying air in clotted blood into the vein which
is fatal, the instrument of Dr. Mcdonald was
used, by which the blood is deGbrinated by
beating with stick before it is put into the
tube for injection into the vein, the red cor
puscles, containing the life, only remaining.
The blood having been transferred to the
tube, the tube is then held upright and in
serted into the vein of the recipient. The
blood flows in naturally, and no air or clot is
admitted. The experiments were made with
a large dog, which was brought into the hall
and chloroformed for use The first was to
show the pressure of blood in the arteries.
An artery was opened and a tube inserted.
The blood mounted in the tube to the height
of over six feet, and rose and fell with the
pulsatons. The animal was then subjected
to drain of blood until respiration ceased,
and he was apparently dead dog. A prick
of needle between the toes, where a dogs
keenest sensibilties are, failed to produce any
responsive movement. In the meantime the
blood had been prepared, and the instrument
was adjusted to prove the process. When the
dog had received back four ounces of his
blood he kicked. Twenty ounces made him
quite liyely and he wagged his TAIL When