The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-19

view of the substitution Of molasses for GOAL ~
fuel which has now for some time been prac
tlced In certain parts of the south, saws the
flttsourg Dispatch. According to this the low
est grades of vacuum pan of molasses contain
from ~ TO 70 Per cent. of sugar which CANNOT
be extracted by existing machinery and eeti
mating a barrel of such molasses to he vvortb
net 50cents or 81, and that rarrel holds b56
pounds of molasses, the molasses would tins
be worth or cents gallon, and from one.
eleventh to one-ffth of a C mt per pound Now
Pittsburg coal brought to the sugar honss
furnace has for ten years cost one fifth of a cent
per pound. Molasses burns with high heat in
combination with wood or wood fiber so that
by sprtnkllng it on the bagasse-the dry stalks
or the sugar-cane after the saccharine Juice has
been pressed from tan excellent fuel of rrast
power is obtained. 1t would appear from these
simple data, and estimating that only one-balF
the quantity of molasses produced is used for
fuel, substitute is furnished for rs 900 to 100
900 tons of coal.
THE DESERT shall blossom like garden. r.
the civil engineer ROLAND, is right, this pronh.
coy rs near fulfllment. ROLAND has submitted
report to the Academy of France upon waters
found under ground in the Sahara. HIS exami.
nation OF the ground was confined to the region
about the oasis of FL Galeah, and proved ca
rich supply Of water that he believes the
whole desert can be converted into network
or fertile cases. He is at present engaged in
preparing a chart and a description of thu
region which will indicate the spots where an
artesian boring is, in his estimation, certain m
bring voluninous jet of water to the surface
Such creation of new wells the people in.
habiting the desert will look upon as a miracle
and they will be prepared to bow down before
and acknowledge the supremacy of the work.
ers of such miracles. 1t other words, the exc.
cutlon OF the scheme Of Mr.. ROLAND will do
more to conquer the desert for France than
any scientific or warlike expeditions ever couli
have done.
In the course Of his pastoral work a clergy.
man Of New York city recently called upon a
poor Englishwomsn who was living in a
wretched tenement, The neighbors had told
him how she had been for months outrageousIy
beaten and otherwise abused by drunken and
brutal husband, and. as she sometimes attended,
his church, he was anxious to do something for
her protection. When, after some hesitation
she finally admitted that her husband was cruel
to her, the indignant clergyman began to de-
nounce him In good, round terms, but was
quickly interrupted by the poor woman, who
exclaimed; Don't talk that way, sir; you see
my husbands gentleman born and bred and
l am not lady. l was in service when be
married me, and it isn't natural that he should
behave TO the likes of me as he would to a lady
OF his own order know you mean well, sir,
but have made my bed and must lie in IT, IL
is little hard. but know my place too well To
expect that gentleman will treat me like a
lady. II is not in nature that he should. was
taught in my catechism to order myself loWly
and reverently before my betters, and always
will. What lurid light this throws on the old
and happily decadent system OF social caste
that has so long obtained in England.
MRS. WHITE mentions as a great curiosity
the dress made from spiders webs presented
TO the queen by the Empress of Brazil in 1887,
says FIJI correspondent of Notes and Queries.
Most certainly it is and to most British minds
such thing might seem Incredible but if your
correspondent were to visit Fiji which is
famous for its magnificent spiders-he might
perhaps, have less cause for wonder The web
made by the big yellow spider here is very large
and strong; but in addition to the web proper,
In which flies, mosquitoes etc, are caught, it
spins cocoon of orange colored silky, gossa.
mer-like stuff, which, if taken up in the fin.
gers requires quite an effort to break This
stuff, can conceive, might be woven into ma.
terial for a dress. Might not the dress in ques-
ton have been composed of similar material
made by the Brazilian spiders? | can hardly
even now believe that it could have been com
posed or W. ct we understand to be
ordinary spiders web. l can quite imsg
Inc, however, that such material might be Of
some commercial value as one frequently
hears complaints at the present day Of want
OF hnenesS in dbers or materials used for scen-
tifc purposes. l may add that our cockroaches
are huge, too, but by merciful dispensation
OF providence cur spiders are in proportion.
The particular enemy of the cockroach here is
not the big yellow spider above mentioned, but
a lonR-leRged, formidable looking brown spider
called the hunting spider" l cannot find out
that this species spins any web, but apparently
depends upon its great activity for securing its
sharply, as once saw one draw blood from the
finger OF doctor friend Of mine who was
capturing it for me. II is often to be seen hug.
ging large, 6attened, circular, cream-colored
bag, which, / take il, contains its eggs. We
never kill spiders in FIJI.