The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-19
RALEIGH. n. c.. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1884

NAL material such as wool. is made by
nature to protect animal liie,-and vii
not prevent, but assist the evaporation
ot the emanatiOus from the body This
can readily be proved by the sense u
smell. From these facts DR. Jaegt.
deduces his medical theory. which las
won innumerable disciples in an lncred..
bic short time.''
The reason why his opinions are re-
ceiyed so readily is, that other scientists,
Huxley, PettenkOfer and kreiger, had
each been making experiments 10 prove
the same thing, but in different ways.
Huxley in his Elements Of Physiology,
page l28, calls our attention to the fact
that the skin IS a breathing organ like
the lungs, but in less degree. There
fore il must have air-aud if deprived
entirely Of air the temperature OF the
body rapidly falls and death takes place.
tie goes no further-he does not tell Us
v What clothing transmits tie greatest
amount OF air in proportion TO its
warmth, but here Pettcukofer takes up
the subject and gives the world the re-
suit Of his class Of Investigations. lie
asserts chat ''au essential condition OF a
good garment is that it shall not inter-
pose 2u obstacle to ventilation. He
found that the warme1t clothes let the
air pass more readily than those that
are considered cool. He demonstrated
this fact by measuring the volumes OF
air, which, under the same pressure and
in the same time, passed through series
OF tubes stopped BY pieces OF different
kinds Of cloth. The numbers represent
ing tie volumes were for the different
goods. flannel, 100, linen, 30; silk, 40;
buckskin, 81; glazed skin, /. Flannel
is, then, a hundred times more perme-
able to the air than glazed glove, and
we know, at the same time, that Il IS
infinitely warmer. And also more beau
tiful as the following clipping shows:
The Princess Of Wales, the leader OF
the elite" not only by right oi her rank
and beauty, but by her uuerrlng taste,
has boldly inaugurated new era III the
annals OF fashion. III the teeth ol the
long established rules oi etiquette,
under the eeVero aad III ob.gtrln- eye
of the Queen, the Princess has ahjured
silks ami satins and appeared III wool I.
A court dress made OF wool-a court
train lined with brown wool! Under
the feathers and lappcts, under the dla-
monds and orders lay the dull. dead,
lustreless fabric, wool brown wool,
of British manufacture, as the court
Cireuiar patriotically informs those OF
It's readers not happy enough to have
toasted their eyes on the startling 10
novation. Her Royal Highncss had
stoutly resisted the crusade made by
Lady Becton to induce all Euglisii wo-
men TO wear no materials save those OF
home extraction. She continued to
obtain her bewtching toilets from Paris
and to make every country contribute
its spoils to enhance her lOYeliuess; 50
perhaps the bold venture OF yesterday
was only tried to prove that with costly
accessories and consummate taste, APP
parent simplicity becomes the triumph
of artistic splendor.
As Marx Coquerell, OF Tennessee,
after thirty five years experience, said
he could grow a pound OF wool at less
expense than pound OF otcctton and al
ways obtained a better price for the
wool. Cur planters need not dread the
coming change; but if they are wise men
they VIII prepare for it. 1t caunot. OF
course, be Effected IN one year nor ten,
nor perhaps even IN twenty. But 1t IS
probable that the immediate effect Will
be to raise the wool. He will have rea-
son to again repeat the old Spanish
proyerb, "Ihe sleeps foot turns every
thing into gold.' ii NJ. L