The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


that cooking can be done with cold as we'll as
with heat. He applied his method to the pres
ervation OF meats, first by subjecting them to q
temperature of $50 b9low zero, Fahrenheit, and
then sealing them up Theoretically in tin vessels.
Animals and substances which had been so
treated, and for some time kept in these boxes,
on examination proved to be extremely palata-
Bile, and, being partially cooked, required very
little heat to prepare them for the table.
ALTHOUGH the coming of age of the French
republic has not been celebrated by any political
demonstration. it is a noteworthy fact. accord
ing to the Paris correspondent of the London
Standard, that 1t has been marked by a sort of
official recognition of existing institutions by
society" For the first time since the days of
President MacMahon the titled and wealthy
asses which formed the world of court and
fashion during the empire have ceased to ignore
the head Of the government and his ministers in
matters of social courtesy. This result, the
correspondent says, is due largely to
the dignity, tact and personal charm
OF NJ Carnot and bis wife, and to
the hospitality Of the British En-
bassy, where the members of all political par
ties have met upon neutral ground, but most of
all to the pope, whose recognition Of the re-
public has had wonderful effect. The season
which has just closed, according to this au-
thortty, has been the most brilliant since the
fall of the third Napoleon. and the socia enter
tainments in the fashionable quarter have been
as frequent and as luxurious as in the palmy
days of the empire The festivities have been
brought to a rather premature end by the scare
of cholera but hereafter Paris is to be its gay
old self once more The anarchist nightmare
has vanished as completely as other bad
dreams.
BYRON BAKER. a Denver Commercial tour
ist," at the Richelieu hotel in st. Louis
Wednesday. In . most romantic manner, was
reunited to his lost f1ance, Miss Anna McKin-
ney Of Petersburg, Va. Some seven years ago
Miss Mckinney and Mr.. Baker, during exercises
at Washington and Lee University at Lexington
DacAn9 aud1anlV n
other. An engagement was the result OF their
meeting, and their marriage was to have been
turned to her home and Baker left for Colorado
to accept a position as = commercial tourist for
a boot and shoe house. When the appointed
time for their marriage rolled around,
OF the death Of Miss McKinney's
mother. The young lady left her old home
after the death of her mother to reside with
her aunt, Mrs. c. Is. Boxler Of Dubuque la.
Mr.. Baker was constantly on the road and, not
being advised Of the change in the address of
his intended they lost sight Of each other until
Richelieu from Denver on his way back to Vir-
glnia to pay visit to friends, learned that his
long lost love had arrived at the Richelieu
Wednesday evening Two hours later there
was Il happy meeting in the parlor, and as Miss
Mchlnney en- route home, the happy pair
left this morning together for Richmond
1T is remarkable how a man in our business
manages to recognize a scent" said a maker OF
pertumery to a New York Mail and Express
writer the other day. It takes time, though,
and the man mustn't use too much tobacco. In
testing a sweet-smeling liquid the expert moist
ems the base Of his left thumb with the per
fume and rubs the place with the palm of his
right hand. The friction produced evaporates
the alcohol and what remains of the essence
gives the odor which tells the purity and quail
lty OF the brand. 1t is easy 20 ascertain the
brands OF perfumes which are in use regularly,
but when they are mixed the tester has little
q ma nnz han ha In mad for
trained man can tell almost at a single sniff
just what grades of perfume are in the mkt
ure and can tell almost to a certainty the rel
atlve proportions OF each. | have made a
study of this peculiar thing, and l have found
that in ali lines of trade there are men who
employ their delicate senses in business opera
tions. have q friend in England who is known
as the best cotton or wool expert in the United
Kingdom, and he uses his eyes and can tell the
quality of colored or dyed goods at a glance
1t is not generally known, but cotton or wool
can be distinguished by their colors notwith-
standlng that they have been dipped in the
same dye. But you have to know how to do It,
A person with an unframed eye could be de-
ceived, but an expert never. | have friend
who Is in one of the large downtown publish
ing houses who can tell a foreign made book
by the sense Of smell, even il he be blindfolded
during the test"
ONE of the most wonderful discoveries ever
recorded Was made few days ago by some
parties about ten miles north Of Hot Springs,
prospecting in the hills, and coming down into
a ravine saw what appeared to be fossil of
some kind. similar to those found down in the
Bad Lands east Of here. They proceeded TO
unearth it, and, TO their great astonshment
found it TO be the petrifaction of man The
specimen il that of a young man 25 TO 80 years
of age. well formed and fully developed physie-
ally. In hight it is feet n inches, and belongs
to the neutrality-suspicious. or round headed race or
human beings. The head is 2laz in horizontal
circumference and 271b in vertical circumfer-
ence over crown and ears and under the chin
The forehead recedes very much; the nose ia
slightly aquillDe aud broad. The lips are
rather thick and the chin and cheek
bones well formed The neck is 10 inches
in crcumferences, the chest 1854 inches the
hips 1874 the biceps 13h inches and the length
of the arm from shoulder to elbow is 16 and
from the elbow to the middle of the digit is 2OI1
making the length of the arm 31lf inches. The
hand is long and narrow; the middle digit is Az
inches long. The leg at its Junction. with the
body IS 212s inches the knee is and the calf IS,
The foot is 1919 long and l0IS inches in
circumference at the instep. The left arm ia
brought down the side, with the hand resting on
the alb iomen. Ths right arm has disappeared
about inches from tue shoulder, and it GER
talnly appears to have been lost prior to the in
terTnent. The lips and eyes are closed. On the
left arm, extending inches above and inches
below, is what appears to be huge scar. The
SIX is perfect in its minute lines, and. except a
foxxy AZ nhabI Cd h.