Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-21
OLD WINE.

the boreIIy museum AT SIatSe''II''
Among the antiquities there ne iouha Il
glass vessel Whlch had been taken rom
an ancient roman cemetery al ares
Inc vessel han oeeh ci4seu D! melting
the upper .Portlo1' u cohIalIcG Il"
coIoreu Ilquiu wnich analysis SLoMeu 70
he VINE, WIN a l"lr percentage Oh "IConol
ana thG oIher usual CONSTITUENTS Oh 'er'
lleh'Gu grape JnlCe' IL Is SHPPoSeu u
nave Oeen al oNerIn8 10 'ue ue"u
EGYPTIAN PETROLEUM.
1t appears from the experiments of DR.,
Well that Egyptian petroleum has a
specific gravity OF O.953. The PennsyI-
y"IIIaIl anu a o IGo n"'e Z Sa sPeT TL.
gtaNl'y i"'slnS to"l 9l''o " o,'2o' In'
EgyyPli'h variety E'ygS a very Ile III,
@pn'cay'ns Gii3 tTe u, an u S"ii{ Hl ,,. .
puV as al N1uu''i'It'H5 o't ~ ~ iu'Ji,ol "
american OILS ~ Is oeIlfF "u'pVeu'
however, " Sei'J "S " 'uti lGI 'ae"4i
s~eneIalois' aa II uoeS "oL ' ,53 me "H'''
II aV'a'n' " V~eHPei"'uieol l'''o'
ARTIFICIAL BUTTER.
Oleamarrarine. when sold as butter or
employed to adulterate it, a easily be
detected by the following simple methods
suggested by Prof. G. Lechartter: Ex-
anime the butter under the microscope,
and if it appears to be composed of oyoid
|granules without any crystals it is both
fresh and genuine. and it has never been
melted to be mixed with grease. Melt
the butter, and il it turns at once to a
clear oil, 1t IS pure, but o~leamargarlne, or
butter containing it, will melt slowly at
the same temperature and first form a
whitish sort of sauce.
LoCUsTs AND DEAD FISHES.
This is aroo+ ,oor Gor tho ytra, or
natural bi.tory iTbo Iatest intoroyi in~
nrobIom ia wbothor tLoro 10 omn oonnao
tfnn bntwoon tLo annoa =. "a? 90 H.,
sev-rnteon.vea ,onnstY and tbo n,ortolitr
omonr tbo f.b IN ,bo ~ Doinu,n' i, ,i;n,'!
In $50 Il i, .to+oJ h f.L IN tLa, r;,,a,
and tLo nonds n + = tL =, S nai ,aor,
%voIlo, d;od 10 Iara" r n'n,bnr. ' o,,T a.. H.
ycor with tho rotSrr nf tLo i,",t tLa
yyisn5+ ",,i o :, ii;;'"'H W o ~ 9O"9r t'.e
o tLoo.v tLat tbo G.h di, fsa, aa'.
i,a,,s 't''o"' i'L - J m3 1n U u IiVln '"yI"E
i"r|a n"mhnr " 'f 9,a ,I'J f y"' H. ,mS,' Tu, !"
ovan,imod ~ onI,, % To ug'I'
Iacnst fonnJ 60 ,bat il would ""1 q"
that the recurrence Of the fsh-alI i)!6nlv
a coincidence.
FERN LORE,
The Fern World" is the title Of a
new book by Mr.. Heath, author Of "The
Fern Paradise" The volume, which is
in the pless, deals with the structure,
classification, distribution, uses, and
folklore OF ferns, fern culture, ''fern
hunting, etc, IT will include descrip-
tions OF rambIes through the comhes and
gIcns of north Devon, Considerable
space will be devoted to the description,
distribution, and culture OF British ferns,
and the text will be illustrated through
~ ny cploreu~ lItlograPtS Of fern groups,
f''~' ''0"' '''"''' 'N'
olVis'BILiIf OF Gold
The divisibility OF gold almost sur.
passes belief. Mr.. A. f, Outerbridge, Jr.,
Of the PhiIadelphia assay office, recently
exhibited before the Franklin institute
some thin films of gold obtained by cleo
trio deposition upon copper and alter
ward detached. These pieces of gold
leaf were transparent, and gave a green
color to transmitted light, Mr., Outer
bridge has thus produced films of gold so
thin that one grain of the metal would
cover nearly four square feet, This is
tom tbDngupl t;p,n tb;,,or ill., -.1.