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New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
SOCIETY IN BOLIVIA.
From The Saturday R<pfe,o.

S0uTnnf
Travellers who bring no introduction. or who are
not recommended by their evident quality. can find
quarters In the tdmbOs which resemble more nearly
the carayanserai of the East than the Indian bungs
low. They supply nothing but small dark rooms
with shelf of brick that may serve for sleeping ;
and even tho BRICK and mud ale swarming with YER
min. They are cheap enough, the charge being but
nIpepence a day: but you have 10 bring your own
attendance and furniture and undertake your own
cooking. Mr. Mathews had established himself IN
the tambO at Cecbabamba. the richest and most pop
ulous city OF Bolivia. No sooner. however bad lie
presented his letter of introduction, than he received
80 many pressing invitations that in the difficulty
of choice he felt constrained to accept none of them
The society of the place seems TO be ovlal aud cor
dial with a strong dash of barbarism: The native
Boiyians who have mixed little with foreigners,
shy of asking anybody to their houses, being con-
scous that their habits open 10 criticism AT their
halls they have favOrite country dance or cOtiOn,
in which the dancers of both sexes vie with each
other in counterfeitng all the extravagances of i'll
toxcation.
does not set it's face against bard drinking;
and indeed General DaZa, who had recently
usurped the Presidency, had always been notorious
for his convivial habits. An English political sup
porter of his told Mr.. Mathews very seriously that
Daza made an admirable ruler and was being literally
sobered by the responsibilities OF Office for whereas
he used to be IN the habit OF getting drunk every
evening now he made a rule of keeping sober four
nights in the week. MIR. Mathews mentions q
characteristic National trait III the case OF another
General and Minister Quevedo, VITO would have
been regarded in England as decidedly more re-
spectable. MIR. Mathews was invited TO banquet
given in the Generals honor, which, after the usual
drinking and speechmal1ng, the guests proposed TO
turn into ball. Only gentlemen were present and
the statesman whom they had all assembled to
honor Acknowledged the civilities of which he had
been the object by dancing pas de dedr with each
of his entertainers in turn.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
CON NGRESSMAN MORTON'S flashing TON
HOME

Washington Letter 10 The Albany Erening Journal
Mr. Morton's choice of home has fallen upon the
stately old Hooper Mansion" corner Of Fifteenth
and H-sts once owned bv The Adams family, who
10 this day full of land-greed and rarely sell
ne has paid for it, but they high and for the re-
pairing and furnishing he has expended $4,000. 1t
TO have here a refined and whoe-souled centre of
hospitabe influences. in the home of one of your
leading representative men, Fernando Wood bias
magniGed his social prestige one hundred fold IN
this way, and am glad he Is not to have monopoly
of IT, for his home bears little relation TO the better
influences that radate hither from your State; One
Of your foremost representatives said to me during
the extra session. "This Is q vagabond life that
congressman lead in Washington" 1t ought not so
to be /; and the air of peImanency and domesticiy
is more marked this Winter than have ever known
it before by the number of pleasant homes that are
established 1t is a step in the right direction even
to live In ones i" own hired house y" but only your
richer members can afford even to do that here.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
KANSAS NATIVE LINE.

Considerable beds of calcined lime, or Of a sin
gular substance closely resembling burned lime
in its qualities, are found in Kansas. This ''nn-
tive lime," as il Is called, is described by corre
spondent of The american Architect as possess
ing beautiful white color and very fine
grained texture. 1t is SOFT smooth, and read
lily made into plastic condition 10y the admx-
ture of a suitable quantity OF sand and water.
The mortar thus made has seemingly identical
qualities TO the best mortar as made from su-
perior lines. The native lime is a sort OF
whitish aud pure white clay. lying disposed
favorably in beds more or less horizontal.
These beds are seen 10 be outcrOpplng along
the borders of certain streams and In the
breaks of hills, and in such places the beds
can be worked entirely above the water-level.
Experiments have exhibited the fact that Kan
sas lime mortar serves as good purposes as any
other usual styles or kinds of mortar, and
even better than some of the artificial m0rtars,
especially for nice inside work. The tendency
of this newly discovered deposit of pseudo
lime, when made into mortar for walls and stone
work or plastering. is to set and harden soon.
Another remarkable quality then noticed Is its
tuning Immediately to an intense whittness.
The beds are very thick and easily dug. so
that large quantities of the substance can be
thrown up, and at once applied TO use: These
immense beds of pseudo-lims occur IN local
tiles where railways IN Eastern Kansas can
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11

sn,s sI, ~ 1 pun "A + @ En,, ?, pun IN" !. Os'T. ~.
SIs,1 0si "a, | ,s's, iSEs Ill
puFi 2 together three times. knit all but
1esMsis 1sss par puSl ses,sses ssss'shif fn. a'r e.
P%Il P !, knit Knit pTF I r init S,,s PIT paa i1ts
purl together 1.cstIA rogaMaks 4, pu{l 2 t9-
make @ and pur s :si Together fo"r t times now sp
but the last stitch Of the left-hspd needle over
yosr-Make !. purl together. knit and Durl fonr
tlInes knItZ. rylecata row-oup l. AMI AL out iast
2, make 1. purl together. Saxteenh rOw-Make 1
purl 2 together, knit the rest.
In making one before a plain stitch bring the
thread forward as In pur1ng; in making two be-
fore plain stitch, bring the thread forward and
carry it once around the right needle. In making a
stitch at the beginning Of needle before a purl
stitch. place the needle under the thread, then
pass the thread around TO the front in making
one before plain stitch simply put the needle un-
der the thread. In making one before pqrl stitch
in the body of the work, bring the thread forward
and pass It once around the right needle to make
two before purl stitch bring the thread to the
front and pass il twice around the needle In work
ing sahis pattern finely tapered needles arc almost
ess ssential-purling two together with blunt needle
tight knitting would be rather exasperating.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
FORESTS AND RAINFALL.

Much has been said and written, says The
Scientific American, by those who have studied
the subject carefully, about the diminished
rainfall in countries and sections where the
forests have been cut down, and how the
character of the streams III such localities
has undergone radical change, they being more
subject to sudden freshets. while iOr the
greater portion OF the year the volume of water
they carry is largely reduced. But such con-
sideratiOns as these seem to have had little
weight with our manufacturers. They know
that our timber lands are being used up with the
most wastefu prodigality. but they have hardly
given the matter thought. III the light OF It's
probable effect upon their business.
The past Summer has been particularly sug-
oestiyc of Thoughtful reflection and more care
fol calculation for the future, in regard to
this whole question, by manufacturers who
would avoid investing large amounts of cap-
tai III buildings and machinery whose value
may at no distant time be greatly impaired
by the falling OIL in the water supply on which
they depend for their power. The entire sec
tion of country of which the Adirondack
Mountains form the centre has been greatly
changed i'll the past few years by the whole
sale cutting down of trees which has been
pushed on every side. Ii Is natural, there
fore, that the water courses which are fed
from tins region should begin to show the
effects which everywhere follow such causes,
and it is not at all surprising that the
manufacturing establishments IN the Valley OF
the Mohawk should this year have had create
reason than ever before To complain OF a de-
iiciency OF water. The character Of the Della
ware River. and the streams which fall into II,
has for many years been undergoing a similar
change, and now like causes have commenced
to operate throughout the Valley of the Sus-
quehanna, i'll Pennsylvania and New II Ork,
where are some of the largest tanning and
numbering establishments IN the country. Ii
behooves all manufacturers, therefore, who are
dependent upon water power to run their ma
chlnery, TO look this question squarely in the
face. 1t is not very likely that any stop can OF
will be put to the destruction of our forests, Sc
long as we have any, while individuals or trims
can make money III this way; but those who
are tying up their capital in enterprises where
the amount and permancnce OF the water supply
are prime considerations, should take heed
while they have time, of the changes they have
every reason TO look for.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
A WIDE INSERTION.

Cast on 34 stitches. First row slip one, knit 2,
over, knit together twist etitch) knit g. knit
together over. repeat from twicej knit 2, over.
knit 2 together. repeat from twice. knit 7. over,
knit together twist stitch, knit twist stitch
Second row: Slip /, knit 2, over, knit two together
gether. knit twist stitehl. Third row: Slip l.,
Knit q over, knit together. knit d, knit 2 to-
gether. over, repeat from twice, Knit 4 ovor
Slip l. knit 3. over. knit together. .purl "a. knit
knit 2n sSssSst knit knit. %s scs:hs4 st. knit
knit 2 together. over, repeat from three
times, knit I, over, knit together repsat
from twice knit o. over. Knit together KNIT
SIKH, Sixth, ~ eighth. tenth, twelfth, fourteenth.
sixteenth eighteenth. twentieth. aud twenty Sec
s'Tsata tsassh.1 se" knit s0 Knit knit o'ss sssosF .
over. repeat from. three times. knit 4. over
knit d. over. Knit 2 together, knit Twist ST.
Ninth row; Slip 1. knit Q, over. knit together,
tns timss knit knit toset6er repeat
three times. knit 8, over knit 2 together knit
" Eleventh row. slip /, knit 2. over, kni. 7
from f three times, knit B. over, knit toGeti e.,
knit tw,st ST. Thirteenth row ss l. kn
from three times, knit g. knit together, over,
repeat from three times. knit 2. over, knit to-
retber knit twist ST. Fifteenth row Slip l.,
Knit q knit 2 together. knit !. over, knit 2 to-
aether repeat from three times. knit O, knit 2
Sogether, over repeat from three times. knit 3,
over knit together. knit twist ST. Seventet b
row. Slip /, Knit 2, over, knit together, kp 2.
over knit 2 together, repeat from three uInes,
knit A. knit 2 together, over. repeat from ee
times knit A. over, knit together. knit twst ST.
Nineteenth row Slip knit q over, knit together,
knit g. over knit together, repeat from three
times, knit 2, knit together over, repeat from .
three times knit 5. over. knit 2 together. KNIT l
Twist st.) Twenty-hrst row Slip il knit = OYer'
Knit together knit 4, over. knit together. re-
peat from three times. knit together over, re-
peat from three times, knit o, over, Knit to-
eether knit / twist stitch. Iwenty-tw9 rows
Complete one pattern, and must be repeated.
/ The twist stitoh Is plain stitch knit from the cK
part rof the loop. that is the n"eue is put IN
Aom the right to the left behind the left needle
VOyer5 is the same as make one" and means
10 bring the wool or cotton forward In front c the
needle lust as in puring before knitting the next
stitch The open work in the pattern Is msdo by
the common stitch (already gwen In this column =
1make one Tor over knit together" The repeti-
ton of this stitch forms rows Of holes. BY euin.
ishing gradually the number OF plaln stltebss az
the edges and increasing those In the mi9eo t % oi
the pattern, these rows slant outward. lhen oS
Increasing the outside plain stitches and dimin'
lshing those In the centre the lines again bend IN
ward. and as the pattern is repeated tney 'nn' 1n
assume a xigzag shape, with border on each " ie
little study Of the pattern WAL snow no" eas ~
may be modified ny an expert knitter'
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
readily be utilized for shipping the material
to all parts Of the country.
THE ADULTERATIoN OF OLIVE OH

The adulteration of olive oil and Its various
substitutes have increased to such an extent
In late years that the French Academy OF
Sciences in its last sittings had under Its CON
sideration the best practical means of detect-
ing it. The celebrated chemist, Dumas, indi-
Gated some of the methods that can be en-
ployed. A simple method is to watch the
variety of shapes taken by different oils on the
surface of water poured into saucer. II the
oil Is genuine olive oil, the drop will take an
irregular shape, like an islet well indented and
marked with bays and promontories. IL 1t is
the product of the black garden poppy, the
form win be at first round, but quickly, fes- Is
edge. The same result will ensue with rape
oil, but the formations round the edge edge
will be more pronounced. Cola oil makes
a precise and well-defned circle. IL there
are one or more spurious oils mixed up
with the true olive juice, the, forms OF the
drops will resemble, more or less, the types
above indicated, according to the greater or
lesser proportion of the various adulterating
substances. Oil which, when shaken In the
bottle, assumes permanent chaplet or ar
bubbles Is not pure olive oil, for in the latter
air bubbles are only transitory 1t may, there.
fore, be set down as a mixture In which rape
oil predOminates.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
MAC4ULAY As A SINGER.
From leisure Hour.

Lord Macanlay after his elevation to the peerage,
desrons 10 acqhant himself with the ballad litera-
iUIc Of the day, bought handful OF songs from
strcet pnrterrr i'm Seven DIas. Ii is said that,
processing on Ills way home. he was astonshed, on
suddenly stopping. to find himself surrounded by
haIf-a-score of urcnins, their faces beaming with
rrnectntiop Now then" said the historian,
what IL It r. - ON that good un," replied the
boys after we've a-come ali this way" buI
tine ads familiarity. Waiting for Why. to hear
y0n sing, TO lie suieP
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
ONLY 4 DANCING GTRL.

Ry the author NJ "FiHdfore"
Only dancing girl
With an unrOmantic style.
With borrowed color aud cnrl,
With fixed. mechanical smile.
With many "A hackueyed wiie.
With uDgrsmmatical lips,
Aud corns that mar her trips.
No airy fairy she
As she hangs IN arsenic green
From highly Impossible tree.
In Il highly impossible scene
Herself not ovcr-clcanl
For fays don't suffer. I'm told
From bunions, coughs or cold.
But change her gold and green
For coarse mcrinO gown.
And see her upon tue scene
or her home when cOaXing down
Her drunken fathers frOwn
In his suualid. cherries den:
She's larry truly then.
". :. GILBERT
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
THE LIFE LEDGER.
From The kineteenh Century.

From The kinsteenth Century.
Our sufferings we reckon DER
With skill minute and formali
The cheerful ease that fills the score
We t,eat as merely normal.
Our list of ills, how full, how greatl
We mourn our LOT should fall so.
l wonder. do we calculate
Our happinesses also!
Were it not best TO keep account
OF all days, if of any!.
Perhaps the dark ones might amount
To not so very many.
Mems looks are nigh as often gay
As sad, or even solemn:
Behold. my ensry for to-day
Is in the happy column"
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
MARROW LACE-OPEN TWIST.

Cast on seven stitches. First row: plain, make
one narrow, make 2. 2 plain Second row plain.
purl one, 2 plain. make one. narrow. one plain.
Third row Slip one, plain, make one, narrow. 4
plain. Fourth row. Cast off 2 stitches, 3 plain,
make one, narrow, one plain. Begin again at first
TIE size Of the needles and the number of cotton
used must be regulated by the taste of the kntter
IL she wants hex lace fine and dslicate she must, OF
course, use lne needles and fine cotton. .sA--..s
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
A FOOLISH AND MLFATED TRIAL.


The Presbytery of Brooklyn at the rec0mmcnda-
ton of The synod of Long Island changed ls place
of ITS next stated meeting from the Tabernacle
Church. OF which DR.. Ia,mage is pastor, 10 the Gas
son Avenue Church, as measure OF psaccful con-
cination, because the latter church hal IN DO way
been mingled Up with the almage ease. IL appears
that the officers of tnis church have decided no "a
allow their edibee to be used by the PIesbytery Tor
the very reason oa account of which the Synod lie.
commended the use. Ibis makes IL necessary 10 eall
a special meeting of the Presbytery 70 change the
place again. The action OF the officers of the Gas
son Avenue Church. besides beIug dscouri eous 10
the Presbylery aud subjectng ii TO the inconveu-
euce Of special mecting, siikes us as being mora
nice than wise. IL 10 certainly a very curious opi
sode ia the history of the almage case. 1t is TO DO
hoped that tile case will find terminus somewhere,
and then be forgotten speedily as possible. Pres
byteranisn has suffered NO little rtproach from
this foolish and ii-fated trial.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11

"Dance for me and I'll give you something
IN sad the man the colored tramp who mad come
TO his office "Can't you dance breskdqwn & or cut
farkey "You les try mo on pigeon wing, cniekcn
wing or any oder kind o. wing. aud see now quich III
get away Wild em. specially II deys eooAeu'
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
GERMAN LACE.

Cast on 81 stitches First row 3 plain stitches
,,sta one. with thread brought in front and over
ueed,c plain make one narrow, knitting two to-
gethsr one plain make one narrow, one plain, mar
foy. make one plain parrow srrow maks maks ai pan
Second row. knit back. all plain stitches. Ihlrd
row plain make plsp tt make assds \ napr1w ar 2Gbt
pesdle without knittingnar and pass the slipped
stitch over the narrowed make |. one plain mar
row make rs plain nnt bso pan naII h
row plain, make one, plain narrow; MAKE one
plain, make one, narrow, / plain, make one par
row. plain. narrow. make one PAN, nSmJw ,Ts
one. narrow, 2 plain, narrow, make one pa'n'
Sixth row: Knit back plain Seventh row - a.
%sKeSne narTe% plain. make one. narrow. plain mar
row, make one. 1 plain, marrow, make one, ors
plsin make one narrow1 t PIsn ,,n mage nsiS She'
Eighth Arow, Knit back plain. Nineth row
plain, make one plain, parrow. make one, one,
plain make ns9s Sns the Slipped stc over the
rowed one las in 3rd ow)make one plain naIIu w.
make one, plain, make one, narrow, piain' m's'
Tenth row Knit back plain. Eleventh row.:
plain. make one. narrow twice. MAKE make one
4 plain, narrow, make one, marrow; o.rL L
PS1pt PoM twioe an make U one. plain narrow make one
narrow, / plain, make one, plain. narrow. MAKE
one plain Twelfth row Ona naprow Mpe oaSn "ne p'u
make one narrow, enc plain, narrow, make one.
nne nlain narrow, make one, plain, make one,
narrow one plain, make one. narrow, one pIain,
Narrow make one. one plain, narrow make one, 2
yIaip. narrow make one, plain. 14th rows AMT
hack plain 10Th row plain. make one, narrow,
one plain, make one. slip one, narrow, pass me
slipped stitch over the narrowed one make One,
one plain, narrow, make one, plain, MAKE
one narrow. one plain, make one, slip one, narrow,
coss tho slipped stitch over the narrowed one,
make one, one plain. narrow make one, piail
narrow. make one, 3 plain. 10th row : Knit pacK
nth row: plain. make one marrow, D
plap narrow make one, one plain, narrow, MAKE
one, one plain, make one, narrow. one pIaln' nako
one. narrow, plain, narrow, make one, Piau
narrow, make one, plain. 18th row hnlt Deck
plain. 10th rowi z plain. make one narrow
one plain, narrow, make one, one pam, 4ario"'
make one, plain, make one narrow. one plain.
make one. narrow. one plain, narrow, make one, 0
plain, narrow. make one, plain, goth row Knit
back plain.
21st row: plain. make one, slip one, mar
row. pass the slipped stitch over the narrowed one
make one, one PLAIN, narrow, make one, o In,
make one, narrow, one plain, make one, slip one,
marrow, pass shipped stitch over the narrowed one,
make one plain, narrow, make one, plain 22d
row: sKnit back plain Esd. row; cast of
stitches, 2 plain, make one, one plain. make one,
one plain, narrow, make one. one plain, make one
marrow, plain, narrow, make one. . plain: There
should now be 81 stitches on the needle. The "a tn
row be knit back plan and then the patterD is
repeated from 1st row.
The cut only shows the lower half Of the lace.
The pointed squares repeated in the upper half
and narrow band runs along the top edge.
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
KNITTING.
From The Weekly Trib~~s.
.cC FOR PILLOW SHAMS.

..ronse TO the requests Of many subscribers
sssoted herewith. several patterns for laces To
s' '.sad in the making of pillow-shams. These
W are handsome and easily worked, only re-
attentive reference to the directions. The
C"a.n lace and insertion go beautifully together
vo' TIN of cambria between should be about an
,Ish vide. The snams will be quite as pretty with
~ the insertion and finished with wide hem and
ths wide edging
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION.
IS THIS AN OLIVE BRANCHi

From. The Boston COn0regationdiisf tCon0)
The new year opens with q conversion which
puts Moody and Sankey's record in the SHADE. 1hd
IndependeRf says: We believe substantially IN the
good, old-fashioned views and doctrlnes OF the
early New-England fathers" Ihank the LORD LOT
that.
From The Ne,e- York Methodist nethodist Episcopab
Mr.. Hayden has finished his testimony IN the
case and after reading 1t carefully, and collstlDg
il with the testimony of the prosecution, we feel
bound to say that no guilty man has ever SO iar as
we know, been SO successful IN explaining his con-
duct It is not q part of any system OF education
TO qualify man to be tried for murder. The effect
of such a charge is to throw man back on bis III
nocence or his guilt and If ne tells his own story
he will have to tell the truth. or be convicted ON
his own testimony. Mr.. Hayden's testimony ac-
quits HIM, because 1t has the support OF all the
clearly known facts. The case against him disap-
pears under his simple and direct answers to the
LAWYERS. Mary Stannard committed suicide. or wac
killed by some in the gang of his accusers;
these are the only theories that Will mt the facts
TWO VIEWS OF 1T.
From The Netc- York Chrsitdn Iet9eneer tReormedl.
That goOdly knight Don z. BeecDer rode tiit
the other day against the American Bible Society,
supposing it to be windmill but hnding 1t q giant.
The same doughty champion now shuts down MS
visor with snap, and, the Editor OF Ihe Chrisfda
Tni0n sets bis lance in rest aneut also The ChlsfidH
Intellgencr and the Rev. DIR. i. ;. Porter; We re.
port that the giant still stands upon ms egs, ana
DR. Porter by last accounts was dong well A, Tor
The Christian IRtegencer, we fan 20 hnd ourselves
unhorsed aud, after feeling ourselves careIuily All
ings that Mr. Beecher whom we like, though we
often do not approve OF himD should charge ms with
being disingenuous" and even " msrveiioas.'
From, The Ne,r- York Christian Union Ind
DIR Porter IN an amiabe reply to Mr.. Beecher IN
THE NEw-YoHK TRIBUNE, January g. blames Mr..
Beecher for allowing himself . 10 be reported all
over the land as having said, The American Bible
Society prints Bible notorious.y false IN some
points, and which the Society knows 10 be false"
But ths statement is true. II was spoken where he
had right to speak. It was not circulated all over
the land by himself. bat by r,poters for the PRESS
whom Dr. Porter should address, and by such men
as Dr. Porter himself, who gave II great pubIc1y
by preaching il. and by The Obs9rcr and The In
tcilgcRcer, with more or less exclana,ory lnIIgna-
tion None of our religious societe axe sacred
None OF them will DE benefited by the discussion IT
their doings. Dr. Porter inquiries significantly ly what
version Mr.. Beecher has been circulating aud preach
ing from for forty years. if that touched the
pout IN debate. Are not good closhcs t0 be desired
because man Is too poor 10 get thcmi IL the
wearing Of ragged and patched clothes io be con:
srued as an admission thai they are good enOushf
FOOLISH AND ILLFATED TRIAL
New-York tribune., 1880-01-11

HER DEVOTION TO HER HUSBAND.
Letter. Just PRINTED 6or NE Grsf ime ia The Cincinnati
COHmtrci0L