The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-11
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Pine oil and pine cones are now being i'm.
ported from Norway to be sold as disinfect-
ants against a possible cholera scare this sum
mer. The cone is placed in the mouth of a
sort OF lamp and the latter contains the oil
A wick communicates with the cone, and this
is sufficiently porous to permit the odor of the
oil to escape. Pine oil Is much used in Italy
as a diSinfectant in cases Of Roman fever. It's
penetrating odor is unpleasant to most per
sons, though some learn to like it.
1t is said that Andrew Irving, of Pembroke
Canada, has in his possession one Of the most
curious freaks of nature in the world Trees
often grow in strange forms, but this is the
strangeSt ever heard of. 1t bears an eXtraor
binary resemblance of a SquaW's head, and is
portion of a limb of a birch tree which grew
out OF an Indian grave many years ago on AL
lumette island The feature of the sQuaw S
face are well defined, growth around the
forehead and chin being raised above the
features as If by covering of cloth used for
winter protection. a portion of the original
bark IS still on the Uranium. About three
feet of the branch has been sawn off, making
with the head" ponderous staff. From the
appearance of the grave and the growth of the
tree, the portrait must be at least 100 years
old, and ii is believed that no person, either
Indian or white could have produced so re-
markable work.
A Michigan woman has taken out patent for
a new process of canning fruits, vegetables
and other things which she claims, and ap
parently with reason, is far in advance of the
old methods. All goods are first properly
cooked, and, as usual, put into cans, The
oritices in the cups are, however, not soldered
as the goods are to be subjected to a powerful
vacuum, instead of high heat which is usually
brought to bear at once. This vacuum is
quite prolonged, giving abundance of time for
complete breating out of all animal gases
and ferment-producing elements; after which
without any exposure to air cooking by
steam follows. When the goods are at boiling
heat they he at rpO0nVp6 and Safely
SOldered. No second heating is required. un.
less cooking has been insufficient, which is
not usual. The advantages of the method are
that purity and delicacy of flavor are secured
and substances very diff1cult to manage sue
cessfully by the old process, and impossible
without the use of heat deteriOrating to
their nutritiYe properties, are preserved in
perfection without trouble.
The question as to why all foam is white is
not an easy matter to understand, says the
Waverly Magazine, but the fact is that foam
is always white, whatever may be the color OF
the beverage itself. The froth produced on
bottle of the blacklist ink is white, and would
be perfectly so were it not tinged to a certain
extent by particles of the LIQUID which the
bubbles hold in mechanical suspension. AS
to the cause of this whiteneSS, it is sufficient
to say that it is due to the large number OF
rejecting surfaces formed by the foam, for it
is these surfaces which, by rejecting the
light, produce upon our eyes the impression
of white. If we remember that all bodies owe
their colorS to the rays of light which they
cannot absorb and all bodies which reflect all
the light they receive without absorbing any
appear perfectly white, we shall be pre- pared
to understand how the multitude of ref1ecting
surfaces formed by foam, and which do moi
absorb any light, must necessarily give the
froth white appearance, 1t is for the same
reason that any very fine powder appears
white; even the blacklist marble, when ground
to dust, losing every trace of its original color
On the ceiling of one of the rooms in Sans
Souci, the wOrld-renowned palace of Frederick
the Great, is painted great spider with it,
web, says t-5 Million. The origin of this
strange decoration is said to be as follows
| This apartment was the great kings break
fast room and adjoining his bed chamber
! Every morning when his majesty entered the
room he was accustomed to find cup o.
chocolate, but on one occasion. Just as he was
about to drink, he bethought himself of some
thing he had forgotten and returned to his
bedroom. When his majesty again entered
the breakfast room he discovered that a great
spider had in the meantime dropped from the
ceiling into the cup and he naturally cried out
| for fresh chocolate to be prepared. The next
moment the king was startled by the report
of pistol. No sooner had the cook received
! the order than he blew out mis- brains. Not
| because the king refused the chocolate did he
do this, but because he had poisoned the cup
and thought himself discovered. 1t was in
remembrance OF this narrow escape that his
majesty ordered the spider with its web to be
painted on the ceiling.
Ignatus Donnelly finds a supporter of his
Atlantis theory in Sir Daniel Wilson, pres
dent of the University of Toronto who de
clares, after great deal of search that the
lost Atlantis was not q myth, but that il was
really the continent of America. He accounts
for its disappearance from view in a different
way but that is merely incidental Don.
nelly's theory as summarized by the Mil
waukee Journal, was that the land was sub
merged by some great volcanic upheaval and
that from those who escaped to the continents
of Europe and Asia came the tradition of the
deluge Sir Daniel rejects this explanation as
being disproved by the fact that there are NO
traces of such volcanic action either on the
continent or in the ocean bed. He believes
that the ancient Egyptians, the most progress
i've and adventurous people of ancient times
discovered the continent, but that in the de.
cline of both their learning and power it be.
| came lost TO view and existed at the time our
| knowledge of Egypt begins merely as a
shadowy tradition. 1t is his opinion that
| traces of the Egyptians of those days are to
| be sought in the ruined cities of Central
America whose origin has never been deter
| mined or even been made the basis of any
| reasonable theory. Such a discovery would
| furnish a substantial basis for the legend OF
| the lost Atlantis and the theory invests those
wonderful ruins with new interest for the
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