The morning news., 1894-08-13

tlon, so dryness prevents and destroys it,
as you may see by the preservation OF
fruit, by dessication. Watermelons have
this property of ABSORPTION, but they
grow Tor only very short time and no
matter how good for secondary batteries.
are not antiseptic or germicidal, for it is
said that in August, the malarial bugs
hold festivals, camp meetings and coun-
clls OF war, in their luscious interior: lay
ing for the guileless eater, and stealthy
smaA boy.
The globulus is absolutely free from all
insects, and the parasitic phylloxera Of
the grape refuses to go to work when un
der its own vine and eucalyptus tree.
The little fOur-legged mite that makes
the orange rusty, might also be caused to
.oin COxey's army, or go out on a strike;
or, even better, TO fold its tent, if the
eucalyptus tree is planted next TO the
orange. The oil and the camphors or
resin derived from it. are variously used
in medicine and the arts. Botany Bay
kino is obtained from one of the species.
The leaves have been used instead of lint
for mildly antiseptic surgical dressings.
The bark is prized for paper making
and furnishes a good material for that
purpose. One ton Of the leaves on de-
structive distillation, yields 10000 cubic
feet Of rich, hydrocarbonaceoQs gas for
fuel or light. The bark of some has be-
a tanning
purposes, as one variety is said TO be
twice as strong as oak bark in this prin-
ciple. The wood burns well, green or
dry, and makes as much heat as a like
amount Of coal. For marine work and
ship building it stands high, being classed
by Lloyds in line three, table a, of the reg
istry rules. The jarrah wood (E Margi-
nata) resists the Teredo navalis better
than any other timber; due, perhaps, like
m n nfai
but this jarrah wood is as hard as mahog-
any, hence its value for marine work,
pillng, dikes, bridges, and for railroad
ties, telegraph poles and for the manufac-
ture of carriages, as it is susceptible of a
beautiful polish. There is no tree like it
for rapidity of growth and hardness of
its wood.
The region of Savannah is temperate
enough and the soil favorable for nearly
all the species to grow to good maturity,
and there is no reason why 1t should not
be tried for few bushel of seed, cost
ing as few dollars, would plant Hutch
iDson's Island and most of the land in
Chatham county. If the tree lessened the
mosquitoes at Fezzara they would
certainly do the same at Tybee, for they
say it needs it, Mosquitoes and malaria
go hand in hand. Perhaps they were
created to so do, because some
scientists assert that when the
mosquito introduces his little hy-
podermic syringe to get your
blood he inadvertently leaves a
poison fatal to malarial organisms
and, so they say, 1.-The hair of the dog is
good for the bite" This is all not new,
but there is some virtue in old things.
However, should the reader not think so,
fortunately forgetfulness is easy; and
doesn't cost an effort 1t is to be hoped
however, that no one can say of this, as
Cuvier said to the members of the Royal
Academy of Sciences, who were framing
dictionary of natural history and had
defined the crab as red fish, that walked
backwards: when it was referred for his
comment, he said: Gentlemen there are
three slight objections to your express
sions; firstly, the crab is not red; sec
ondly, it is not a FISH and thirdly it does
not walk backwards" Selah.
JOSEPH BUFoRD GRAHAM,
Quarantine Station, Aug S, 1894