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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30

r The petticoat :s crocheted in gray and brown,
bite and blue red. or black. Use No. 4 wooden
hook II is worked III three parts-the petucoat
itself. and wide border and the edge.
For the back of the petticOat make q chain OF 81
kttches this chain is the length of peticoat from
the waist to the border; on it crochet 90 rows in
crochet tricotee afghan stitch with white wool.
You now begin to decrease for the gore. Take up
bill the stitches, work back all but d. take up the
stitches a0ain. work back all but 8, and 80 on,
leaving more each time the right hand of the
work. until you have only SO stitches on the needle,
then work back a., the so stitches, work 10 rows
plain. Repeat this gore twice more, then work 81
Rows plain for the front.
The gore must now be reversed, Take mp t. work
back, take up g. work back. and so on. until all arc
raised but 80; work 10 plain rows Oh all the
stitches. work cores. and finish with 20 pian
rows for the next half of the back breadth
You work round the bottom of the petticOat with
the colored wool. rows purled crochet trlcotee :
this is worked by keeping the wool in the front Of
the needle in taking up the stitch. rows plain
crochet tricOtee with white wool, 10 rows purled
trcotee with dark WOOL rows plain with white, .
rows pnrled with the dark WOOL
You row work the striped border round the bot
tom. To prepare the petticoat for it. work row OF
DC on the last row of the border. Make a cham of
IS stitches, turn the work. and take up IL of the
stitches for crochet trioOtee: with the last stitch
take up the half loop of the first DC, work back
make rows of pured crochet tricotee like the last
and taking up the last loop of each row with DC
ON the bottom of the pettcoat; then with blue
rows plain crochet triCotee: work in this manner
all round the pettcoat. After it is finished join the
work aud add this edge.
Edge DC on the first row, ch., l treble on
the last DC, DC on the next row of the petticoat
When flushed, fasen of securely, sew up the petit
coat, leaving an opening for the pocket hole on the
sides of the work crochet row of DC, then rows
round the top Of double crochet; add a band. and
fasteh Oft.
The ground Of the petticoat is very warm worked
in the following stitch: LIST Tow.-Piain DC, work
back. I'd row-"Take the wool round the needle,
take up the next long loop. repeat from y on each
stitch. work back. draw the wool through loops,
then through each stitch; this is the stitch just
made on the last loop and the next double stitch.
3D. row-Take the wool on the needle, take up the
knot at the top of the double loop. draw through
fall the stitches are taken up in the same manner
work back the I'd row. 4th row-Like the Sd
row. 9th row-Plain crochet tricotee, take up the
knot III the other rows then repeat rows rs be-
bre
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30

A ,,ool deal OF harmless enjoyment; AMI amn'c-
,nnf may often he derived from " lat - COMMONLY
inn'ym AZ a sell" am at a loss t. discover any
-" orthrIox word To convoy my meaning.
,m1st therefore, stick to the old expression Oh
- SELF One Of the Oldest aud best hno"n ahec-
.,otns calculated 10 produce this pleasing elect ~
~, al tho younQ Ciuardsman returning ir0lIi the
Grimean War, who Iubbcd his hands WITH glee on
Soant ship, and in so doing. rubbed on ring pre-
",ed Tn him bY his inoBOidtd which Tell INTO the
ses Ills position was an awkward one as she d
ToWed she would never marry him If he lost that
Illg' ~ ,yas eating some Dish at dinner when he
anddenly felt something hart IN his mouth lie re-
what do yGg thnt ,h S
eer Ix s "a 9TH ona yNco. The Ring Your rs.
fi einder IS: no only fshbone. -iWhitehal Re-
view.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30
1HE EDEL- WEISS.

was horn in NY little shroud,
Nh wOolly warm. and white;
llycIn the mist and tho cloud.
lYc foT my Own delight.
| see far beneath me crowd
hr Alpine roses red,
hud the Gcutian blue. -un-fed.
That makes the valleys brigHt.
bloom for the cnglts eye.
! bloom for The dariuc hand.
1--we but for God, and die
Unto him. aud ut his command!
DOKA G.lKENWFLL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30
THE DEPHOSPHORIZING PROCESS.

The process OF dephosphOrizing iron known
in England az the Gilchrist- Thomas process.
seems to be meeting with considerable favor
both In that country and Oh the Continent. In
England eight firms are now using 1t. In Ger
many, the process is said to be gaining ground
rapldly, and several new works specially con-
strccted for carrying it on are soon to be in
operation. At three works in Austria the pIO-
cess Is also carried on, and in France licenses
have been taken cut by five firms, besides that
or NJ. Schneider, at CreusOt, where the new
process has been employed for some time with
success. Belgian has its proportion of con-
verters at work on the process, and 1t will
shortly he introduced into Russia. According
to MI. Jacob Reese, of Pittsburg, who claims
priority OF invention in all its essential elc-
ments, the dephosphorizing process is likely to
work revolution in the iron trade, and will
ultimately enable the United States to become
the greatest exporter OF iron and steel in tho
world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30

Slightly sarcastic was the clergyman who
pnnsai and addressed man coming into church AFTER
ssrnDn had beguo. with tae romarA 70 G"v TO-, yS h
cant come cary And decidedly selfpossesscd was te
man thus addressed IN lac presence VI al ',J
congregation, as he reBpOnueu' AuanA J'N' "N
YOU favor me With the teXtf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30
DRAWING WITH TIE MICROSCOPE.

DR.. Beale gives the following 0s the simplest
method OF copying an object magniiied in the
microscope: Arrange the paper Oa piece OF
stif cardboard, 50 that il may be upon the same
level rs the stage upon which the object Is sit
uatcd on the lett side, il the right eye is the
one used Tor observation. Ii We now look
steadily at the object with the li2ht eye it will
he found that tlc object appears to be thrown,
as 1t were, upon tie paper and it may he clearly
seen by the left eye, and It's outline be very
readily traced, the movements Of the pencil be-
ing executed by he right hand, if Tie observer is
lot able to use the left. BY far the best course,
however, is Tor the observer 10 acquire Tue habit
oi observing with The lett ego, in which casc
the paper can no placed on the right hand of
the stage, ard the right hand used for drawing.
with 4 little practice the relative position and
corrccr sizr Of objects may be insured IN this
manner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30

little pressure is needed, the current from the
bellows of an enameler's lamp being quite
sufficient. In this way The divisions on gradu
be engraved in laboratories with but little
trouble. The portions of the glass which are to
lemain clear are covered with paper, or with an
elastic-varnsh, these substances being sufficient
protection against the abrading action of the
sand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30

A gentleman who is fond of horses attended,
church recenIiy where there Is soms ~nzt pru"nAs.
aeryioe before they to the " dow ua-o
You pleased with The s.ryees9" ssket :riead. o.,
very much though It did strike me that rere was todd
deal OF scoring before they Kot Oh"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.
CURlOUS CRATER-LIKE PITS.

Mr.. T. Mellard Reade explains in Nature some
curious subsidenceG which occur over the Ches-
hire salt beds, near NOrthwich, England. At this
point there are two beds of rock salt in the
Triassic mari. The upper bed. twenty five
yards thick. is from forty TO sixty yards below
the surface the lower, thirtY-five yards thick,
is separated from the upper by about ten yards
of hard mari. The greater bulk of the sat II
obtained in the form of brine pumped up from
the upper bed. The lower bed is TO a smaller
extent worked as a salt mine. From these
operations two classes If subsidences result: the
one general and gradual, due to the removal in
solution of the rock salt of the upper bed by
percolation of water and pumping, by which the
surface of the ground sinks III fluctuations the
other, sudden falllngs in Of the ground into the
Mines forming craterllke pits. =,
Mr.. Readc saw one of these pits before 1t had
become filed with water. 1t WAS, he says
about seventy feet deep, $50 feet diameter at the
TOP, and twenty or thirty at the bottom, where
is how such an inverted cone of mari capped
with bOuider-clay and dIift-sand could appa-
rently have disappeared Though 80 small
hole ? The explanation appears to he this: l'y
percOlatiOn of water the root OF the mime bcgin'
locally TO give way ana fall into the mine, grad :
ually working its way to the surface, where it
FIRST appears in the form Of hole about the size
of il well. The yacuty will no doubt take
conical form, the base beng at the roof or the
mine: Oncp the hole is formed, the surface
ground begins to slip and fall in around. grad
uallv enlarginG the Oliiice, the material disaD-
nearing into the mine below. This continues
until the bottom is filled up and the sides OF tie
"clAte! attain the angle OF rCp0sc. The whole
thing will occur IN night The subSidenccS
tsrut q iCmarkable apVcuan'r rom the reg
ulnrity ol their circular or clliptlct form and
funnel CtAtcr-ht" shape. IT IL evident they
could not happen except under special condi-
tons. such - are provided bv salt-mnlng and
pun.pinG il these kcupcr mails.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30
SCRAP-BAG.

pattern. wishes to know the meaning of the term
over" in onr knitting patterns. 1t means simply
Throwing thread forward" The thread is brought
forward over the needle and the next stitch being
knitted PLAIN this over makes al extra stitch.
SACQUE.-Mrs. A. |. D. asks for directions for
making "a crOcheted long sacque or street garment
for a child of year and half or two years old
viii some one of our contributors obige her
IA. B's FANCHoN HooD-Miss J. II. has not
succeeded IN working out this pattern. She saws:
81 am trying 10 make fanchon hood like the one de-
scribed in Knitting Department December Il, $50.
and don't seem TO have very good success. ] have
used very nearly half my yarn, but the fanchOn is
not nearly half done. 1t only half yard long and
inches across, whereas II should he three iOurths
of yard long aud inches acrOas / have the best
Germantown, but am using large steel needles instead
differenceY don't know whether It should he KNIT
quite firm or very loose, and should like To know
how it ought to look when finished Is II to he leit
in long strip and tied around tine head or IS II
TO be closed in the back with strings drawn IN
around the neck and face, and does it need ribbon
for ties and bowsf am teaching and 10 not nave
much time 10 experiment on such things, anc l
would he very thankful for exphci! directions. As
the writer says 1t Is born warm ana hahN-
some thought it was IIit VIM Wnittinc T Dngrt
ment, and hove learned many nse,ui inns tinih II.
friend ont of her difficulty
CENILEMAN's KNITTED JACKCr.-R. Il. O.. asks
for directions for making this garment: AID the
amount Of Germantown wool needed. We will be
glad to receive the desired pattern
PURLING IN CROCHET.-1O purl in crochet is to
keep the wool in front oil the needle III dnnE up me
stitch instead of behind IT.
KNITTED DoI1.-We shall he very happy to print
Mrs q. w. LIS directions for knitted dol' ana
will do so Immediately upon rece ipt of the same.
KNITTED BOnCE OR SLEEVELESS JACNRr-E. j.
b. OF Philadelphia. viii fluid the pattern she
wants IN TRBU<E LXIRA 80. d" pT;Ge tea ScH,S. IL
isa sleeveless bodice III the SIMPLE and pretty
br0che stitch. With Germantown wool ard coarsc
needles she will probably find that 203 stitches Will
make a sufficiently largo jacket If not she can cut
a correct paper pattern ard knit by that. being
careful keen the three plain stitches exactly in
the middle oi the back.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30
STREET LIGHTING 81 ELECTRICITY.

SOME timely suggestions for the Improvement
Ct the Urrs, lat attempts to light the streets 0y
electricity, alc made in Tie Seattle Imcr3cdH.
What il required, it says, Is that al the ilEht
which i now lost ny passing upward s'all, Oy
means of Il bright radHting surface Oi q tOcr-
ably large area. he arrested and projected down
ward in the direction where 1t IL lcily required.
Dimension in tic radiator IL Oi lnpV tducr III
a5milCl as t,is forms Il Condition OF sDtt"cs5
and di1u>iVcnrsS or the liIAt From Sci cal
experiments which have ben tICd on Shllll
scale il i believed that y VallIiio means Tor
utilizing in thc most efficient manncr tine llSht
tom the electric lamp Is TO have erected over
and ut no great distance from II Il nearly nat
circular pate 0f OaIscly gIOund Ela:" c0.:t' q
with silver. The ground surface sAoGld be lar
tlcst from the |. -ht, and The doi oSlt oil silver
protected first by coating oi N1rnl u ana aitel-
ward 10y a easing OF thin metal. Tins lh'lcS
the rejecting surface AGAINST becoming mn
paircd by atmospheric Ol other dcittcllouS IN
Iucnccs.
but it Il also an essential part q his radlt-
ing ST, ilector' THAT il hr surrounded by adrfp
edge, also of ,lycrrd glass, hrye'!td outward
in such % degree a. 10 prevent any rays llOnl
passing out in a horizontal direction Chat Is, 81
the electric lamp be erected high overheard, Eut
90 as 10 arrest and diluSc them downward,
Which, 10y proper selection al the angie III
which tie bowel j. given 90 the edge, can be
done - ~ 10 cars" the great. St benefit 10 I've
received hY those pants nj Il dist0nr' away from
the lamD. In such cases where II l. dc-ltaiilc
10 hide the light Itself from the eye tiis may Jc
done in the best manner by ia" lEtcrpo,iiloI 81
a plate of ground LASS. Which. oi AL "thrI
diiiuscls OF radiatorS J. fulrd 10 absorb les OF
the light than any other lnuhan0nS hOcy.
Some l.ndS Of pniCclain shuGC7 ~" Known To
absorb so Iri cent of the licht ~ .,rUuud ~lt.s
such an objection cannot apply.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30

edge Of the top row. Work a single on the LIST
stitch or the stltch after the join. miss stitch.
treble in the next miss 1 stitch. single on the
next, repeat from.
Work down the two sides of the front of the ankle
in the same manner mot the fooD then finish the
round. Take the blue WOOL work single on each
stitch of the last round fasten Off Join to the row
of DC worked on the edge DC. 3 ch., miss
DC. / DC in the next. repeat from >
I'd round.-'1 DC on the stitch missed last
round. ch, repeat from .. working at the back of
the last round. Down the front some little blue
silk buttons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30

A popular preacher recently gave waning
before beginning lis sermon that it would take
wanted to 90 in advance he would wait few
minutes. lie then added that h. had been up
until o'clock that (Subday) morning. aud
had done his duty and he thought everybody
ought to stay. Everybody did STAY bat some
one ought 10 have asked him when lie had began
writing his seimOu.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30

Down WITH THE BlsnOrS.-Ihe Kcv. J. Z.
Gladstone, a cousin of the Premier, regards IT,
English bishops as cnmberers of the ground. IN
ina loudly called upon the Church Association
to make determined effort to get rid OK the
bishops altogether. The Archbishop OF Can
terbnry himself, no continued who was at one
time supposed 10 be defender Ut tho Piotest'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30

A college which the Jesuits iad hal at Bou-
lognc, and when they had to vac tie in August
last, under the operation Of the March DEGREES,
has been removed to canterbury, where large
proportion of the former pupils have Joined tho
MASTER OF the original institution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30

An English clergyman recently remarked
that he had been strongly opposed to the Builals
act, but some dozen funerals under it having
taken place in MS chnchyard without any did
clintd to think he occupied very grand posi-
ton, all the Dissenting ministers IN The town be-
ing his cnrates. They were exceedingly polite
to him and he TO them, though he made them
understand he should give them nothing thc
Act did not give them. IL tho clergy treated
Noncontormsts in a sensible. straightforward
way, they would have no difficulty With fhem
at all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30

The Rev. DR.. Ewer's sermon on the "lmpis,,
onment OF English Priests for Conscience SAKE,
recently published in THE TRIBUNE, has been
reprinted in pamphlet form.
The BAPTIST Year Book shows a membership
of 2,296327 in America, an increase OK
1863, 1913 during the year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30

The ConDcgati0aalist prints an article from
well-knOwn Methodist clergyman showing that
the membership of Evangelical churches an Old
Boston has held its Own during the last thirty
years az compared with the whole reputation,
been a positive increase of such membership.
At tic same time IS per cent of the population
within the I'D city limits, and = Ter cent
within the present city limits, is foreign born,
while the influence OF the Liberal Churches
is also gloatar heie than ia any other section OF
the country. THIS is Il much better showing
than many would expect ard indicates clearly
that Evangelical religion has DO; been declIn-
Ing even under these unfdvOrable circumstances
New-York tribune., 1881-03-30
TORLDS FAIR RU.uORS.

WISH or SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO ASK
CYRUS W. FIELD TO ACCEPT TIE PRESIDENCY
OF THE COMMISSION.
No definite action has been taken by the
Committee on Permanent Organization Of the Worlds
Fair toward electing president since Mr. JcwetPs re
fuaal Mr stebbins. the Rev. DR.. Newman and one
other commissioner met Monday after Mr. Jcwctts let
ter was received. and decided TO telegraph Their
responsibility Cyrus W. Field asking MIN n hc would
accept the position. Mr.. StebDns TO do this Last
night, however, no said 10 TRIBUNE reporter,
that he had not sent dispatch TO Mr..
Field and that he had intention OF doing unless
nc was authorised by the Executive Committee.
David Dudley Field declared yesterday that his brother
was expected home about May !. dispatch Mon.
day or yest rday would not have reached him until ast
night he was travelling and did not reach his desti.
nation until then. When asked II his brother would
cept the presidency OF inc hOrlus fHiF MI fIed re-
pied: ,,,, -, - , 81. - ,,, ,, - -,
do. knows more than j."
+ t. Tacott said yesterday that he should oppose tho
election Of Il president until the transportation cOmpa.
mes came forward and subs ribed ibefaY. There had
been no talk OF Offering the place 20 Mr. Field Alger
non g. Sullivan lad not beard any such rnmOr
IN reference to Mr.. Field. Ex-Governor Crawford
who would be the president He confident that
there was truth In tho TtlmJr. W. A. WhceOck had
not heard anyOne's mentioned for the presidency
of the Exhibition. Lewis May sluiar state OF
The following subscriptions werc received yesterday
nj No 3i7 Broadway: william Rhuclander, ~, 600 I;
j. Il. Bre Coz 81 600; j. NJ Horton, 500; step
pard Homans 300; f. JGOuoud 800 Walter Hart com
missioner from California, called at the rooms, ana
stated that his State had Appropriated $1,000 for the
preliminary expenses OF the B0lrd OF Commissioners.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-30

some quarters thatthe movement was instigated by
Washington pension claim agents, who wished TO
make 1t the means of eiecting the removal of Com
missioner Bentley, and that the members of the
House of Representatives who secured the forna-
tion of the committee nnocently being led to
further this project. The following is copy of a
printed circular sent cut by Washington claim
agents at that time, which incidentally throws some
light on the subject:
In view OF the investigation to be made in the affairs
OF the Pension Bureau, the duty OF every attorney
or claimant having any definite charges against that
branch OF the public put the In present
able form as briefly and definitely possible, to demon
strate the unreasonable OF delay In the ADJUST
ment OF claims and TO show the necessity OF radical
change In the conduct OF this bureau Bentley has been
delaying and compcatng the business OF his Office to
secure the passage OF his StxtyDstrct BILL attorneys
well know, and they best acquainted with the out
rage that would be perDetrated by such enactment
Protests and letters should be seut to Senators
and Representatives.
The committee continued its sessions for year,
and heard at great length all the complaints of the
claim agents. Its report has now been published
accompanied with six hundred printed pages of tes-
timony The committee in its report expresses the
opinion that Court of Pensions or Board OF
Appeals and Review should be established. Commits
siOner Bentley had long before made similar recon-
mendations. The committee makes no recommen-
dation except that 1t he made of the permanent
committees of the House. under tire tito The Com
mittee on the Payment of Pensions, Bounty ana
Back Pay.'
New-York tribune., 1881-03-30
TAKING THEIR OWN LIVES.

Captain Charles Pannell of the thrce-masted
schooner Freddie Ebbe himself through tho head
Monday and died almost instantly. he had been talk
ing with his fathern-aw, John DI the vessels cabin
and according TO Dus account appeared TO be laDorDg
under great excitement, owing TO business troubles
About o'clock be stepped from tho cabin TO his own
room, and few minutes afterward Mr.. Duff. who had
remained in the cabin heard a pisto-shot. With
the mate, whom lie called from the
deck Mr. Duff went into tue room and
fonnd Captain Panne lying the floor with pistol
near him. The ball had entered his head Just over the
right eve and death was almost instantaneous
Lawrence Gulhardt, an unmarried German baker.
fofty.one old, committed suicide Sunday night w
hanging himself to beam In attic room at No. l22
Essexst and his dead body discovered there late
Monday afternoon. lie was known 10 bc Insane.
Louis Guthei age twebty-nine, barber. Of No. 436
West st. attempted suicide yesterday at Ills
fathers house, No. 2S2 East rnirdst Guthel was em
uloyed AstOr House barber shop lie was married
when only boy and did not 1--we happily with his wife,
Yesterday he swallowed the contents OF bottle OF
poison which he had previously procured lie was
iaKen 10 the hospital In dying condition.
New-York tribune., 1881-03-30
TRATEL LNPEDED.

CHICAGO. March 29.-A special dispatch from
Omaha to The Says The water has been fall
ing along submerged district the Unlon Pacific Rail-
road and beyond fremont it has receded from the
towns left Sunday in so much danger. General
Superintendent Clark, who left fremont yesterday
morning on o haudcar, heard from last night at
Schuyler He reports serious washous. Nearly 300 men
already working tho track will again be IN order
within four or ye days The Burlington and Missouri
did not yesterday attempt to trains; and conFe
quently the Union Pacific unable to send Its over
land train Kearney Junction. and had to send via
Council Bluffs st. Josephs and Western to Grand Island
on tue main line. This Is o circuit through Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska Of 500 miles to get
around the wasirout 100 miles west OF here. Yesterday
morning there we're about 1900 west5ound travellers
on the east side Of the river Some Of them Rad arrived
last Thursday others on Friday and Saturday and al
grumbling at the delay and expense ABOUT Zo0
men, caimng be destitute formed procession and
marched To the cOmmodous waiiincroOm OF the depot
and demanded that the Union Pacific, whose tlckets
they held should either forward them or fur1ish food
during their detention. The company conceded them
free dinner and promised to iced them until It began
running trains west Three hundred mealtlckets were
Issued. There was no Violence