The morning news., 1894-06-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


! middle ages no woman was allowed to appear
in church unless her face was covered with a
! veil.
There are more than 900 girl students at
present in the London Guildhal school Of
music and of these about 300 are studying the
| violin.
Nelson's old battle ship, the Foudroyant. is
being exhibited at various ports in Great
Britain. 1t is said that every timber Of the
! old ship Is as sound to-day as when launched,
! 100 years ago.
In the annual parade of truck horses held
! in London recently there were two gigantic
animals, each measuring is hands-that is.
| standing Just six feet high at the shoulders
| and weighing at least ton.
The American school Of Athens, working on
the site Of Argos has laid bare large marble
| building, which is supposed to re the gymna-
/ SUM, and have uncovered many very early
| tombs like those which Schliemann found at
| Mycen8.
The San Francisco Bulletin says: The
crew of the schooner Undaunted. wrecked of
! Copper River, Alaska last March, hved on an
| ice toe nearly one month. The crew num-
| bered eighteen men. some OF the men were
| driven mad uy their suferin IS, some were de-
| prlved Of sight and all were BADLY frozen.
The latest Developments in the milk business
| in London is to drive the cows around the
! route and have them MIXED in presence of
| the cons amer The customer is thus able to
| judge for himself of the healthy appearance
| of the animal, and is sure of fresh milk. The
| practice is a common and ancient one in
| Egypt.
One of the many philanthropies of Worces-
| ter. Mass, is conducted by Mrs. Albertlns G.
| Cochrane a widow. 1t is an asylum for cats.
| The people of the neighoorhood take any
| vagrant feline that seems 10 desire place of
| shelter to the asylum. The animals receive
the best of food and the warmest of beds,
| and when it becomes necessary TO end their
| earthly existence the most humane means
| are employed.
The Cincinnati Times.Star announces that
a chemist of that city succeeded in making
fluid which has all the properties of ordinary
| COW milk, and Is equal to the best for all
purposes. 1t is a combination OF water.
solids and fats and is absolutely the same as,
| and indistinguishable form, pure milk, and
has the advantage of being absolutely free
| from the diseases and impurities that ale
| often found in milk This chemical milk will
| raise cream. Will sour tUrl to curd and
| water. and butter and cheese can be made
| from it the same as from COW milk. AT pres
ent the cost OF production IS more that al a
| gallon, but the chemist believes with few
| more experiments ne can reduce the price to
| 10 or 10 cents a gallon, and by making 1t in
| wholesale quantities can retail IL at the usual
| 6 cents quart. This story was probably in
! vented Tor the purpose Of entertaining the
| marines.
| 1t is reported that somebody in the town of
| Wolverhampton, England, has invented an
| entirely new sport, which has proved exces-
slvely popular among the golfers of the
Black Country The amusement consists
| in fight between'a man and a rat. The rat,
which is the largest and strongest to e had,
is fastened to peg set in the middle of a
large taOle by cord long enough to give him
| the run of the whole taIle, The man has his
hands tied behind him and has to hight the
rat with mis- teeth. According TO the local
| account of a recent match, the rat at first
tried to escape from his antagonist, but find
ing this impOss bic. turned on him and fought
with furious desperation. succeeding in in
ticting many severe wounds on his human
| enemy before the latter succeeded in killing
| him Some time ago the English papers had
an account of a fight something SINH ar 10
this etween a man and dog. That story
| was afterward declared a fake. but u J. ondon
| correspondent voucheS the truth of this
| man-rat conflict,
Natures laboratory is ceaselessly working,
developing, and storing up products for the
use Of mankind at large, says Chambers
| Journal In the vegetable kingdom this is
| especially noticeable, and if man sometimes
only succeeds after much experiment and
| work, in making the plant give up its useful
properties, at other timeS-and these are of
frequent occurrence-he tnds the product al
ready manufactured, and requiring, but
render it fit for utilization. 10 this
latter category of plants yielding ready
made products, the cream-of tartar
trees may be said to belong. They are mem
bers Of the genus ''Adansonia." OF the n4tu-
raj order ''Bomuaceae" Until within the
past few years, it thought that only one
species could rightly claim the title of the
cream-of tartar tree-the "Adansonia Gre
gorli," the gouty stem tree of Northern Aus
tralia. Recent researches have, howe YER,
proved that the Baobao (''Adansonia digl-
t ta') of Senegal contains nearly per cent
of btartrate OF potassium. he acid Is found
in the tarlnaceous pulp surround ng the seed
and has at all times been highly esteemed by
travellers, who mix 1t with little water in
order TO make refreshing beverage.
AS usual upon disputed points, says the
Gentleman's Magazine, speculation has Eeen
busy about the origin of the diamond and a
large number of theories, all more or less
| probable, have been propounded to set the
matter at rest The two most reasonable
| exposltions are. perhaps, the explanations
| put forward by NJ. Parrot and Baron Liebig
| The former scientist who has laDoriouSIv in
| VeSUigated the perplexing 81 ject is of the
| opinion that the diamond arises from the
| operation of violent vol anic heat on small
particles OF carbon contained in the rock or
on substance composed of large proper
| tlon OF carUon ana smaller quantity of
| hydrogen. By this theory as he concieyes we
| are best able to account for the cracks and
flaws so often noticed in the gem. and the
| frequent occurrence of included partic es of
| black carbonaceouS matter. Baron Iienio-
on the other hand. claims the credit OF offer
ing simple explanation OF the PROBABLE pro
cess which actually takes place in the forma-
| tion of the diamond His contention is that
science can point 10 no process capable of ac-
I
diamonds. except the powers of decay. If we
| suppose decay 10 proceed in a liquid contain
ing carbon and h, drogen. then a compound
| with still more carbon must Re formed: and
| if the compound thus formed were itself to
undergo further decay, the final result saws
this eminent authority, must be the separa-
tion of carbon in crystalline form.
The methods in vogue in barking and. har-
vesting the cork in Spain and Portugal are
pretty much the same, saws Chambers jour.
nal The barking operation is effected whe n
the tree has acquired sufficient siren yth 10
withstand the rough handling It re elves dur-
ing this operation. which takes place when IL
has attained the fifteenth year Of its growth.
After the first stripping, the tree is left in
this iuvenescent state to regenerate subse-
quent strippings being effected at intervals of
not less than three years; and under this pro-
cess the tree will continue to thrive and bear
for upward Of $50 years. II the bark is NOT
removed artidclally, it will on maturity. spif
and diSmantle itself: this is caused bv the
fresh growth OF bark forming underneath
The cork of the first barking is termed
corcho bornio-bornio, or virgin cork; the
cork of the second stripping is called nelas
or secondary cork. The work OF removing
the bark from the tree is performed in sum
Tner by men, who are paid at the rate of 2s
Cd. day. The instruments used for the
work are an ak, a lever, and a handsaw FOR
the cutting of transversal incisions he FIRST
process through which the lark Oasses aftar