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The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1880-11-27

An exchange says that Weayeris
occupation . not entirely gone,
be has quit claiming States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11
FrEUss's DIVING HELMET.

Some months ago considerable attention was
excited in England by tn" performances Oh
voun0 man named Fleuss, who went INTO the
water in a new diving dress and .enhIned there
for hours without any external COMMUNICATION
with the air. The manner OF accomplishing
this result has been recently made known III
consists in purifying the ar eXhaleu Dy INC
diver and reVivifying it with oxygen, the same
air being breathed over aud over again minus
tbe carbonic acid and plus fresh oxygen at each
inspiration. To this end close hitting leather
shield provided with only two outlet waves u
held i'm pOsitiOn over the mouth aud nostrls OF
tbe diver Inv elastic fastenings. The eXhaed
breath passes out through II flexible tube, ccm-
municating with u purifier when Is carried i'll
front of the diver and under the drcSs' Inns
nnrifer il a flat metallic chamber having
perforated inLer false bottom, and being divided
vertically from the top TO the false bottom INTO
two COMPARTMENTS. Each OF these c0Inpaft-
ments il fitted with i'm india rubber sponge
saturated with a solution of caustic hlkall.
The exhibitions enter ut the top ca one coh-
nartmrut pass down and out Though the la Sc
bOttom and I'D the second compartment, by
which time the air has been deprived OF nj lts
delcteriois absOFpiOIlS. IL then cntrlS the III
terror of the helmet and surrounds the diver !
bead, where il Is revIvliied by the addition oi
oxygen. This gas IS contained III 'he hrlhiet
itself which is made double Tor that purpose,
aud consists of an inner and outer casing 50
that il is somewhat larger externally than an
ordinary divers helmet. The oxygen Is stored
in the helmet under n pressure OF about 700
nouuds Der SQUARE inch, and its admission INTO
The air space is regulated by the diver by means
of a small valve worked from ,oniside the
helmet. The storage space III the helmet Is OF
sufficient CAPACITY to contain Tour CUBIC lecl Oh
oxygen. THIS supply Will last for Tour hours,
the longest time diver would be required 10
remain under water In ordinary pfActCe. In
like manner the purifiers CODtain sufficient
quantity of the caustie alkall 10 serve LOT Il
similar period.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11

This fancy stitch in crochet is easily learned. and
IL pretty for shawIs. clouds. etc. Make chain OF
any length you wish. Wind your thread five times
around the needle-put the needle through the I'd
loop of the foundation chainpass the needle under
the thread, draw the thread through the loop, and
then draw the thread through all the loops upon the
needle. This makes group of threads like grains
of rice Make a chain stitch before proceeding to
make the next group. In the next row the groups
are to be placed in the cham stitch Of the preceding
row, as shown IN the cut.
This pattern is easily understood but 1t will take
good deal of practice before it can be done quickly
Another pattern which admits of more rapid manip-
ulation is worked thus:
Make a foundation chain. Wind the thread
around the needle, put the needle through the I'd
loop of tho chan pass the needle under the thread
draw it through the loop of the chain only; repeat
this movement twice more through the same loop
There will now be threads or loops on the needle
pass the needle under the thread. draw it through
of the loops, pass the needle under the thread,
draw it through the loops left on the needle This
makes group. Make chain stitch before making
another group; and in the next row put the groups
In the chain stitches of the preceding row.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11
KNITTED LACE.

A. "A. a.. Canaan Vt, very kindly writes to the
department: II am so much pleased with the
Knitting Column that want to contribute a pat
tern which makes the prettegt knitted lace ever
saw, except the German pattern. which has already
been given" The TRIBUNE gladly gives
below this pretty pattern;
Cast on "a stitches. LIST row Knit 2. thread
over twice, pull 2 together, knit plain, thread
over twice and purl2 together4 times, plain.
threadover twice. purl together, knit l, thread
over twice and narrow times.
I'd row Knit 2 and purl four times. knit1 plain,
thread over twice. purl together, IL plain, plain
and purl four times, thread over twice. purl to-
geiher. two plain.
Sd row: Knit 9, thread over twice, purl To-
gether plain thread over twice and purl together
four times, plain. thread over twice, purl 2 to-
gether, IS plain.
4th row, Slip and bind 4. knit 8, thread over
twice. purl together. PLAIN, purl l and knit 1
-four times, plain, thread over twice, purl to-
gether. plain.
9th row: Knit 2. thread over twice, purl TO-
gether knit f. thread over twice purl together
times, plain thread over twice, purl together.
knit /. thread over twice and narrow 4 times.
9th row Same as I'd row.
9Th row Heading (which is plain. thread over
twice, purl togctheIl, PLAIN, thread over twice
and purl 2 together four times, plain faggott
(which is thread over twice, purl 2 togetherl, Is
plain.
9th row: Slip and bind 4, 8 plain, faggott'
q plain, purl and knit i four times, a
plain, thread over twice, purl 2. knit2.
9th: Heading, 6plain. thread lover twice and
pnrl together four times, plain faggott, knit l.
thread over twice and narrow four times.
10th: Same as second row.
1Ith Heading, plain, thread over twice and
purl together four tines 4pain. faggott 10 plain.
18th; Slip and bind 4, knit 8, fageott, plain,
puri and knit four times, plain, thread over
twice, purl 2, knit 2.
18th: Heading plain. thread over twice and
parl together four times, plain faggott, KNIT !,
thread over twice and narrow four times.
14th: Same as second row.
16sh: Heading, plain. thread over twice and
.purl together four times. 2 plain, fasgotts Is
plain.
1eths Slip and bind 4, knit 8. faggott. plain,
purl and knit four times 8 plain, thread oveI
twice. pnri 2. kurt 2. The pattern should be knit
st lsast three times through 70 show its beauty
The lower part slightly rutRea
Ii the above directions t" thread over twice. DO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11
DAISY PATTERN.
Fron TIE Keelrla Tribune.

This IL very useful pattern. as it can be en-
plOyed in making great variety of things-counter
names for chairs sofas and bureaus mats
piucushious aud lace IL can he worked in cotton,
silk or wool.
Each circle is made separately and Joined to the
others. az the last row is crocheted Begin III the
centre: make chain; insert the needle in the trst
stitch of the chain, and make long treble stitch
then make 3 chain. Repeat times from ', always
inserting the needle in the LIST chain stitch JOIN The
last chain to the 9th of the 1st chain to close the
round.
I'd round: Work DC; 80 chain, turn. work an
sc stitch In each of the chain; work round the
stem TINS made in DC. working stitches IN 70
turn at the point; miss l stitch of preceding row.
work De- this makes petal; repeat from o
times moro, making petals in ALL glance al the
cut will help to explain this.
Sd round. Work at the back of the last row. be-
hind the petals; make petal between each petal
in the last row, DC at the back of each (which
fastens the petal into its looped shapel and cut the
cotton at the end of the round.
4th row: Work DC at the point of each OF the
IL petals; chain between each petal.
9th round: Work 2 treble ct the point of each pc
tai and between each petal, connecting each group
of treble BY 8 chain.
9th and last rOund Work / DC in the centre OF
the 1st chain, chain, treble in the centre OF
the next chain. chain, / SC in the top OF the
treble stitch, chain, SC in the same place.
cham, third sc in the same place, chain; repeat
from to the end of the round. This forms the open
clover leaves surrounding each circle; there should
be IL of these leaves in tho round.
In making spread cOuvrette, etc, join the cir
cles together as shown in cut, in working the last
round. Use whatever number of circles you please.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.
ANIMALS OR PLANTS.

The Rev. w. H. Dallinger, a well known
English microscopic, in a recent lecture on
Plants that prey upon ANIMALS anu aIilit az
that fertiIize plants" drew attention to the
difficulty of deciding sometimes what were AM
mails and what plants. There were ANIMALS
definitely proved to be such, and with when
every zoolOgist was famlllar-that were 80
owly in their being they possessed no den nd,,
form. They revealed to the most rehneu scru-
tiny no organization. They moved, Dng WlInouC
muscle; they crept, but without lmpS; tley
felt, but without discoverable nerves tney ue.
yOured without mouths they digested WilhOuss
stOmachs; and they had all the properties OF
life, but were without trace OF organized stIuc-
ture 1t was their habit to associate WIN even
these lOwly creatures, because they were anlj
mails, a measure, at least, OF CONSCIOUSNESS anu
plants of the highest and most compact struc-
ture in which delieacy of organization, renne-
ment of mechanical cOntrlvances, anu auaptd-
ton of means to ends were combined; ana yet
because they were vegetables, they were accus-
toned to assume that tn were WIthot t Doro
sciOusness, and devoid or VIII. but "naV WIZ
the facts - ,,ot
Zoology at the present day was in the highest
sense a science. Its facts had q precision anu
value unrivalled, and from these they were vert
bound to saw that the old landmarks were Ut
terly incompetent. The animal and yegetaDIe
kingdoms cOuld not be separated, ana the TWO
marched on in one organic whole. 10 the pop
uIar mind be had no doubt this Wouiu appear
arrogant. o common ODStiNaClOH my
tion between he plant and the animal was be-
leyed to be sufficiently clear BG6wesh an ab ok
difference. A cabbage and swallow were not
very easily confounded.. This was quite true 1s
but if the whole of what was known as the
animal world were laid against the whole OF
what was known rs the vegetable Kingdom IL
would be seen that there were no tcatInes s DC,
longing to the one which we've not I'D some sense
shared bv the other. There were vegetables
controlled BY moyfmS4ts TTh could IN n moS
c,tc n nlont as they could intOxlcate man or
beast; they could paralSze it With pain nnt, or
chlorofo1m, and could kill 1t with an electIlc
shark. There were some plants which de-
pended Blended for existence OIL the animals they en-;
trapped, and to this end they were RE endowed 20
the human body, whilst they could distinguish
between food which would noqISR o them not a ton
much 10 saw that the extinction of insects would
lead to the szerm4Hon of the moS the Cea Eae
finn of these beautiful plants would, in like
manner be the ruin of the majority of insects
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11
COMETS.

The great Southern Comet discovered by DIE
Gould IS not to appear in the northern heavens.
From observations made at the Royal Observa
tory, Cape Town, South Africa, the following
clements of its orbit have been deduced:
perihelIon passage, 1880, Jan. 26 AGO. G. M. t.
Longitude Uf the prrnclOu, $3.50 Az -.
LONGITUDE OF the ascending node, 3J2' 30 o.
IncliLatiOn. 469 So u.
LogaritEm Of the perihelion distance, S59017.
Hcliocentric mutlou-Rer0grade
With these elements the comet would be
north of the ecliptc less than two days, and is
rapidly growing fainter. The elements have
certain features Of resemblance to the great
comet of 1913. NM. Langier and Mauvas
have shown that that comet may have as short
n period as thirty-seven years. Tho position OF
the comet for Berlin midnight on April 16, will
be h. 5. min. r. A., and g "a, S. Dec.
According to Professor Swift, of Rochester,
the comet discovered on Tuesday last ut Ann
Arbor may compensate for the absence of the
great Southerner. lie writes TO The DtmOcrat and
Chronicle " II is very FAINT and small, but has a
tail some 3 in length, and quite narrow. 1t
has a bright nucleus, which coupled with the
circumstance of its having q tail, augurs well
for brilliant future. At midnight it is some
six degrees to the left of the Pole Star. and
moving very slowly southwest toward the
plciadesn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11
MY LADY.

Upon her face
A Thousand dimples smile for me;
OF love the work. OF love the grace:
Beside the rest you cannot see
Upon her face.
Her pretty lips
Are full of laughter aOd of mirtb,
And all her words outwit eclipse:
Love makes his palace upon earth
Her pretty lips.
Her rounded throat
Of marble seems that lies beneath;
No mortal yet has dared 10 note
Save with the eyes Of love aud faith
Her rounded throat.
Her tender voice
So sweetly strikes on lovers ear:
Aud when she sings the notes rejoice
Once more the harmony to lear
Of her sweet voice. REGNARD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11
ELECTRICITY VERSUS GAS.

Messrs Henry Morton, Alfred NJ. Mayer, and
B. f. Thomas, of the Stevens Institute of Tech
nOlogy, HobOken, have been making an investi-
cation into the economic value Of Dir. Edison's
horseshoe electric lamp as compared with gas.
The result as given in The Scientific American,
may be summed up as follows.
Five pounds of gas coal will yield 25 cubic
feet of gas which, ii burned in five gas burners
of the best construction, will give from 20 to
% candles each, or 100 candles to 40 candles
in the aggregate. Twelve Edison lamps pro-
duce 120 candles and the five gas burners
produce 100 to 10 candles, with an equiva-
lent expenditure of fuel If each apparatus
and system could be worked with equal facility
and economy, this would of course show some
thing in favor of the electric light but when in
fact everything in this regard is against the
electric light, which demands vastly more
machinery, and that of a more delicate kind,
requires more skilful management, shows more
liability to disarrangement and waste, and pre-
sents anutter lack of the storage capacity which
secures such a vast efficiency, convenience and
economy in gas, then this relatively trihing
economy disappears or ceases to have any con-
trolling Importance i'll Che practical relations
OF the subject
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11
sHELLAC FROM CALIFORNIA.

At recent meeting of the California Acad-
envy Of Sciences, says The Scientific american,
Professor Stilman read paper on the gum and
coloring matter found on the Acacia Greg0ii and
the LdTTed MericdnG OF creOsOte plant. Tho
abundant, and Is the product known to COM
merce as shellac. The same plants produce lac
dive. Professor Stillman suggested that Cali
fornia might compete wi IN British India In sup
plging this valuable product. Mr., B. B. Red
ding said that these lae-yielding plants were ag
plentiful as sage-bruSh from Southern Utah to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11

He had been sitting still 30 long that the
mother expected to ind him asleep when she looked
around and asEed. Wen Hs;Ty what are you thinking
BIZ way Of reply. |" In one way are" she said your
father says values at three million dollars you at
two million dollars and the baby at one" That closed
the conversation that subject but next morning,
Harry getting bis oYercoat he examined the new
patch which bad bean added and cooly Obaeryed
WELL think father had better cell on about half OF You
tho whole OF the baby and gs the rest OF Us some de-
cent duds 70 put en-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11
ANDREW JACKSON AND HIS OLD RoRSE


From me Rev H. H. 0rver's Reaintsee,gees,
Though Duke grew feeble and almost helpless IN
his latter day. be not forgotten OF suHered 70
moro than once gone to the lot which contained
this living wreck of martial yalor and while the
old creature would reel and stagger IooKlnH WISH
saw 'Eh, poor fellow. we have seen hard times
together; we must shortly separate; your days Oh
sufferinR aud toll are well nigh ended
ON Que occasion, to try the General on tender
point the writer Of this article suggested the dss
Of putting on end to the suherings OF DUKE ~
said bis generous mater, never. never iet MIN
live, and while there 10 anything TO 60 upon on TINS
farm Duke shall have paRt"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11
INJURIOUS VULCANITE PLATES.

In an article in The american journal of The
Medical Sciences, DR.. Samuel Sexton, who Is an
authority on diseases Of the car, states that
vulcanitc plates pTOduce results that are more
freouently the source Of reflex aural disease
than any others worn. They have been in use
for over twenty years, and their adoption IL
very general The constituents of their plates
are caoutchOuc the sulphur required IN the
yulcanizing process, and vermillOn or the
suIpbide of mercury, used for the color 1t
imparts. The quantity Of the latter ingredient
is believed to be equal IN weight tO both tho
other substances mentioned; accurate knOwl-
edge, however, is Withheld by the manuidctur-
ers.
The gradual disintrgratiOn Of these plates, as
they are worn in the mouth, llbela.cs salt Of
mercury whose poisonous effects are we'll
known. But besides yielding a poison, they
are otherwise injurious 70 health. Inquiries
from dentists elicit The fact that mt least one
third of all those who attempt to wear them ex-
perience great irritation Of the mouth, an iIrlta-
ton that Is frequently accompanied by hyper
secretion of the buccal fluid. The sufferer usl-
ally lays aside the plate until informed of the
necessity of becoming accustomed to It's pres
euce by uninterrupted use. Yulcanite is non
conductor of heat, and the effect Of It's contact
with the highly sensitive tissues of the mouth
is TO produce bypergmia and inflammation.
Another source of injury is the very close con-
tac, of these plates which is maintained by
atmospheric pressure, and may favor the abb
sOrpliOn Of their substance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11

fore purl stitch means bring the thread forward
and turn it once only around the needle Where the
previous stitch has been puzzled. the thread is al-
ready forward, the "over'twi then means simply
put the thread once around the needle-these d.
rectons it will SEEM are misleading. but with tis
explanation the pattern can be correctly worked
mt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11
Nsw,Me1icO, and from the Colorado Desert to

New-Mexico, and from the Colorado Desert to
Western Texas.
The lac is most abundant around stations on
the MOjave and Colorado deserts, and exudes as
the result of an insects sting. Calcutta exports
a million pounds sterling IN value annually OF
shellac, selling at % to So cents O pound, and
almost as much more of lac dye, selling at 80 to
40 cents pound. In 1875 the United States
imported 100000 pounds Of shellac alone; To
collect this is simple work for boys, and may
prove an important industry. It win require
little or no capital. The twigs are boiled in hot
water. and the gum rises to the top, Is skinned
off, strained and dried on smooth stones, and
hand-pressed into flakes, ready to make sealing
wax or varnisb. The residue, when allowed to
settle, makes lac dye. The plants 1--we on q
rainfall of three inches year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11
A SIMPLE ELECTROPHORUS.

PIdua suggested some time ago the employ
ment of cardboard covered with film of colo
dion in tie construction of the electrophorns.
The instrument yielded excellent results, the
sparks obtained from it being sensibly longer
than those derived from an ordinary electro
phorus of resin and shclac of the same size.
Colodlon is an extremely electrical substance;
and becomes negatively electrified when rubbed
with nll other known Substances
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11
HEATING RAILROAD CARRIAGES.

A French railway company is trying n new
method of heating express trains. The method
consists simply i'll the use OF acetate OF soda in
the foOt-wafmers in common use on French
trains. The substance has considerable latent
heat dssoving at n certain temperature. It
thus absOrbs large quantity Of heat, which
becomes sensible during crystallizatiOn in
cooling. All that is required is to I'll the Ordi-
nary cases with a sufficient quantity of the
acetate, close them and place them in a stove, at
about 100 degrees. The cooling of n case thus
charged and heated takes from twelve TO fifteen
hours. The warmers are thereafter taken from
the compartments and placed in Il bOye (where
the CRY stalls OF soda acetate are redissolved);
they are then ready for fresh use. The adv9n-
tages of such q system are obyiOps-no necessity
of changing warmers every two or three hours,
or of maintaining numerous body OF men at
stations to attend 10 them economy in cost of
heating, ETC. Moreover, most of the existing
foot-Warmers can be utilized. Acetate OF soda
Is not very expensive, and it could easily be
manufactured in much larger quantities than
at present if the demand required. The new
system has been tried on an express train leav-
ing Paris at 7:15 and reaching Perrache at 4:31.
The compartments wele each supplied at start:
ing with two warmers containing acetate OF
soda. At Perrache most of the warmers were
still so hot that one could not apply the back
of the hand to them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11
POLITICAL BooMs AND RELIGIONS.


The New-York Methodists boom for Grant We
suppose they have right TO their pretssfen{s
Though their taste 10 more than QUESTIONABLE, -
what Would be said If single Catholic prscse 49,
tured TO express his political prefersnees Wa
this would 10 said: That fome-N ~ twXs
Rome" that speaks through the moasa ,. q ~
obscurest clergyman-was trying 70 establish
in0nlaitlon in America. The daily and weekly
nress would be taken with spasms and every os4
vToman of either sex, in the country would IocE
mnder her bed that night for Jesuit armed s9 80
teeth and come to rob her OF her family bo1es
Rs;no Methodist boom, however, tis ma4ex "
passed by unnoticed. just as the hypotnetica! 49,.
chat romanophobia lie disease that 10 VERY cafens
ing and very foolish.
THE SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF uNITARlAEMA
From Tie NeE. York ChsHfidr ontos unesRyA =
To one who measures thought by the organixag09e
IL nronces and the professed disciples can cQunA
by statistics of either churches or e1ufen-ipen'p
~ Tn;tarianism of Dr. Charming Will not Docm ~
he other than failure. Even TO some o. - 49,
friends and most ardent supporters UnitoxiaQl1y
"a q distinct organized pody. seems spGns ~ ~
nnr,no tine past ten years 1t has organised lese H.
fortw new churches in the whole United State -
,nors than half OF these have grown up ~ new
and Terrifories In the Westi they have -
nrodnct az emigration, not OF conyefsacu. No. ~
tbers annarent any signs of new iife for the meur
yybile there are signs Of disiutegfat10n thaS az
,uisfnkable. Nevertheless, IS system o. ef1Qe
1t has achieved . manifesnt succees. ~. ~ ~ -;
feat aaainst mechanical and mathemAtlea4 -
tnai nrocesses applied TO spiritual trutnss q ~
against the conception Of God OF c0nscIenoe
pgr,ta mann seemed likely 70 Sales.--future Br
Testsment conception Of God Of lovei ~ u
far Freedom OF thought and opinion oQn5te4 &
Che traditions of the church, out accoEq1 W Is Ia
spirit Of the community ana tne censuly IA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-11
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION
sr.Nrrys INVITATION TO REMAIN.

From The NeW f0rE lhdsPsNde,N tVongEI ~
1t is not strange that Dean Stanley nas nuteo
tnrss in w. stn,inste Abbey. Ii Roman is not . ~
lever in historical Christianity 10 fts sqRcrnaturs
;nd1ns from what he saws and does not say, That to
him the sermon on the Mount exhausts Christianity.
and that .he miracles and the resurrection ne re-
CARDS as Legendary impossible and an
trns' There is place for such men in our respecti
but il 10 difficult to find it in high official station ~
the Christian Church of England.