Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-02
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discovered in Turkestan plant which is said
to be an excellent specific against cholera and
typhus Ii is used by the natives OF Central
Asia against ali kinds of maladies, and every
effort has been made to keep its properties
from the knowledge of Europeans. The plant,
which is named Fer1tId sW0t6Wl, has been
climatized in the Moscow botanical garden.
JEREMIAH HEAD, President of the Institute
OF Engineers in England, advocates the snb-
stitution of iron or steel for timbers as a ma
terial for railway sleepers. He makes two
points: First, metal is ter than wood for
the purpose; secondly, the employment OF
wood is wasteful. The same timber which
would become useless for sleepers, say in nine
wears, would last century in the roof or
flooring Of a house"
A LATE BULLETIN Of the New Jersey ex-
pertinent station sets forth that of l0i sam
pies Of fertilizers of guaranteed composition
by forty manufacturers, fifty eight con-
tanned moro potash, more nitrogen ana more
avail able phOsphOrle acid than the makers
claimed for hem twenty contained an excess
OF two elements seventeen an excess OF one,
and only live failed in all three of these most
important ingredients.
SOME sTATIsTICIAN, who seems to have been
'struck al-a-heap," thus exclaims: Just
think of it. The British Queen rules over
8lO,000,0O0 of people ian increase in 10 years
OF 55,0U0,000). occupying an area of almost
10000, 600 quar- miles. The trade carried on
b these 81 100000 amounts TO $500, 600
year Their nag floats over three his Of
all the Shipping on the seas London, their
capital city, has with its suburbs) popua-
ton Of j,250,OO0."
The RorHAMsTED EXPERIMENTAL WHEAT
PLOT, on which crop has been grown sue
cessively for forty-two years without any
fertilizer whatever. yielded l47s bushels to
the acre this season. and the grain weighed 81
pounds to the bushel. TIE average WELD
over the whole United States was this year
but lO12 bushels. The plot at Roi hamsted,
viii h mas been dressed with barn-yard
manure for forty years, vie ded this year
401s bushels per acre, while the average OF the
plots dressed with artificial manure for the
same period was bu. 331s bushels.
AT RECENT MEETING of the Oxford
farmers club Mr.. Lynn Bonham said: at is
a common form of explaining the destruction
of plants by frost to say that plants. shrubs
and trees are winter XII led by the bursting of
cells Cy frost. test of this has recently cen
made by Prof. Bailey, of Michigan. He has
repeatea y frozen plants stiff, anu has not vet
neen able 10 find any cells ruptured. He
t'nks the real cause is not yet known. This
much is believed, however severe freezing
renders the cell walls haccid, which all MS
the liquid contents of cells to oOze out into
spaces between the cells.
SUCH FEAR exists in Copenhagen, says the
London Wortd, that an attempt will there be
made on the life of the Car that nobody is
admitted within the precincts of Fredensborg
without King Christian's direct permission.
In consequence an artist Of one of the pTinci-
pal London pIctOrlals was refused admission,
although furnished with the highest creuen-
tials. that artist should come here and learn
from some of the draughtsmen of our daily
contemporaries how to make "a sketch on the
spot" at dl-tance Of 100 miles or more. II
was a reporter for the New York Herald who
taught those European correspondents how to
get at the private conversation OF the Gar
without being present al the time. 1t looks,
after al. as though all true enterprise origi-
mates here.
ENSIGN GEORGE c. FoULK, United States
navy, charge d'affaires at Seoul, Corea, In a
report to the Secretary OF State, describes the
-o-styled American farm" established by
The King of Corea in 1888, upon the return of
he Corean embassy from the United ST tes
The farm is in thrifty and Furnishing con-
dition. 1t was planted with seeds presente
to the EN- hassy by the american Comm issioner
IF Agriculture. Last year he entire crop
was allowed tn go to seed after a very sue
cessful season. Large quantities of all the
varieties OF seeds were thus obtained, which
were later distributed to more than 300 lOcali-
e., accompanied by directions for planting
and use. The farming of these see this
year has been very successful. The Ameri-
can farm has been successfully stocked with
CODED animals from California. and Mr..
FOulk believes but needs the advice OF a
competent Western farmer to become inf
nltey beneficial to this country"
On THE BODIES of almost every Japanese,
and sometimes on every part of the body. one
sees round white spots. These are the moxa
spots. produced by burning the flesh with a
species of plant with the object Of curing
some affection. This is a universal popular
specific in Japan, which is its home, although
mOXa is to be found used elsewhere. 1t was
introduced from Japan to Europe by the POr-
tuguese and Spaniards. and the name is ia
panese. In May the leaves of the ArteDlisiG
ChfnenSjs are powdered and dried, and the
mass cut into small blocks or pieces. One of
these is laid on the body and set on fire, burn
ing slowly away. At first it naturally pro-
duces sore. more or less deep, according to
the intensity of the heat. Soon this heals,
leaving the Gear for ever. The belief In the
efficacy of this process is universal. and, DR..
Baelz thinks, not altogether misplaced, for the
moXa acts much as our blisters do. More
over. from the accounts OF those who have
gone through the cure it is by no means so
painful as one wOult anticipate from the he
roic nature of the remedy.
The DALRYMPLE HOME FOR INKBRIATBs,
near London, which was established in order
to give the 'habtual drunkards' act" fair
trial, has been declared by the government
inspector to have given very satisfactory re-
suits. Forty-nine patients were admitted.
All but were well educated, having passed
through college; % were married, 20 single.
and widOWers; ID were men Of fortune,
were In the civil service, were lawyers,
doctors, clerks, l O librarian. and the re-
malnder in business. In % cases there had
been inebriety in the family; in 6 10 was in
the father or mother, IN in the grandparents
in the brothers, and in the uncles; in a
cases hereditary drunkenness was not estab-
lished; in cases there was insanity IN the
progenitOrs; rs were constant drink
ers, and q were periodical inc
hriates; ~ of the 90 used tobacco
and ? ehloral. One patient afterward be.
came insane, 3 died, ! was not heard from, |
WAS readmitted, were unimproved, were
improved, and IA were doing we'll That is,
OF life and 20 per cent. improved.
SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS of the worlds
population nave just been published which
contain tidings Of comfort and JOY for the fair
sex. It appears that women have a greater
tenacty of life than men. Nature very prop
erly worships the female in all ts varieties.
Among insects the male perishes AZ rea-
lively earlier period. Female Quadrupeds
have more endurance than males. In the
human race, dc-plte the intellectual and
physical strength Of the man. the woman en-
strongest man succumbs. Iymotic diseases
are more fatal 10 males. and more male chill
dren die than female. The proportion dying
suddenly Is one woman TO seven men. One
thousand anu eighty men in the United states
M 1870 committed suicide TO 2S5 women. In
temperance, apopleXy, govt, affections Of
the heart and liver are more fatal TO males
than females. Pulmonary consumption is
more deadly 20 the latter. All old countries,