The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-18
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! Inc I-ElUCbSs OF W dAtS anu MISS hHulb
Paterson, Of Dublin, are the only honorary.
musical doctors in the United Kingdom.
Andrew J. Corcoran, Of New York, has just
finished the highest windmill tower in the
world. It is located at st. James L. L, and
| is $50 feet in height from the ground to the
apex.
In the last analysis probably everything is
dirt, says the Philadelphia Record. But there
are wonderful dirts. Coal tar is one Of the
! most unprOmlsing TO look at but what mag
| azlne OF possibilities there are in coal tar af-
ter II has passed through the inquiring hands
/ OF the chemist! One of the latest uses to which
( a coal tar derivative is applied is as a subSti-
/ tute for quicksilver in the bulbs of thermom-
/ eters- This substance IS called tulnol. 1t con
| talns no water, can stand much lower tenn
/ perature than quicksilver without freezing,
and when exposed to warmth expands with
/ great regularity. Besides possessing these
qualities it is cheap: and as it is much lighter
/ than quicksilver thu tube of the thermometer
| can be made much larger than IS now usual,
and thus it Will not only be much easier to
/ read the record, but greater exactitude in
/ registration will be secured. The dark blue
color Of tulnol is another element which Will
| contribute to the ease of reading the Their
| mometer.
! The Oldest steamboat company in the world
1 organized in 1918. is stlu in existence, and
runs boats between Cincinnati. Louisville and
| ST Louis, under the title Of the United States
I Mail Line. says the New York Advertiser.
| dhls concern built the first steamboat de-
/ signed exclusively Tor passengers. she was
/ named the General Pike. 1t took her thirty
/ one hours TO make her trips between Louis
| vile and Cincinnati, a trip that is made at
/ the present time in nine hours. In 1928 there
/ were public reJoiclngs at Louisville. KY
! when a steamboat arrived there in fifteen
! days and SIX hours from New Orleans. The
/ captain, answering a complimentary toast,
graVely stated that the upward passage
might possibly be accomplished in fifteen
| days or six hours less than the time he
! had just made. Within twenty years the
/ passage was performed in few hours over
-FOUR days, and at the present time, the dis
lance, 1850 miles, can be made by the fast
packets in little over three days.
A recently published story criticises the no
ton that cat sucks away child's breath"
| This is merely an expression erroneous in its
| form OF physiological fact. says the Brook
| Ign Standard Union. All the felidae possess
| poisonous breathS, intended by nature to act
| as an anfeSthetlC on their prey. II a person
/ cares to experiment by inhaling. for instance,
a car breath, they can easily realize the
| truth Of this statement. Carefully watch
cat playing with captured mouse. You viii
| discover that the mouse does not suffer hut
| is sort of Stupehed as If by chloroform. In
| the Life OF Livingstone written by him
! self, OF explorations in Africa, he states that
/ once, when he was seized by lion anG his
1 arm broken, the cfunchlng OF the broken arm
| gave him no pain. so benumted were his
| senses ~ the animals breath. A cat seeks
/ the chlld. It's soft bed and the warmth OF Its
UOIAt anu IFS uOWIl on the ClGSb OF Inc infant.
Its wels hit lnpedes respiration, its breath an
| s3SthetiZeS the child ana death follows. Ihis
| circumstance has actually occurred and med
| zeal records conclusiVely prove it.
The meadow lark, which is termed per
| haps with some exaggeration, the only song
| bird in northern and central California, is
| being eXterminated by the pot hun ter, who
| sells his bag to marketmen and the keepers
| OF restaurants, says the New York Post.
| The closed season for quail, wild doves,
I 40 10 AfaF sf4kN
| !, since which time the lark has been served
| at the table as game bird, the law giving it
| no protection lover OF this charming
SOngSter writes: Every Californian knows
| the meadow lark. He is closely identified
| with every rural scene in this state. We see
| him everywhere. In the early spring time he
| Is industfoIsly investigating the hooks and
cranntes Of our fruit trees, looking for insect
| pests, for the lark is a leader among our in
sectlverouS birds, and every one is worth his
| tiny weight ia gold to the orchardist if the
later did but know II. Later in the season he
swarms over the meadows still in search of
insects and his Old-tlme prey, the cut-wOrm
and as summer advances you can hardly pass
through a neld without seeing score or more
OF bustling mother larks flying about every
one Of them bent upon deceivinR you as to the
whereabouts o. her nest The larkS are now
exhibited for sale In tempting rows" on
every pOulterer slab, selling as low as a
dollar dozen AT a convention of Californian
sportsmen this spring To revise the game laws
the claims OF the lark 10 protection will be
urged. California is one of the very few
states that do not make it a misdemeanor to
Kill their song birds
In Mr.. Warburton's work on Egypt he de-
scribes his experience with a famous magi-
clan Of that country. He, being sent for
came to Mr. Warburton's hotel to give him
an exhibition OF his skill, The magician calls
boy from the street and makes mysterious
mark upon the palm Of his hand, requesting
him to LOOK steadfastly upon the mark. This
the boy did for ten minutes without any eff
map1Hi1n Iar hCvr a
repeated the same thing This bow being
sus teptible to the influence, was soon in a
semi mesmerc condition, the object of the
mysterious mark on the palm OF the boy
hand being the means OF putting the boy in
passive condition. Tie magician now re-
| quested Mr.. WarOurton to call up whom he
wished. and stated the toy would see him.
Mr.. Warburton called for the late Lord
| Derby. The boy instantly cried out: Here
! he is! see an old man. with speltacles,
! living on couch, having on a long black
robe Mr.. WarCurton next calledfor the
| late Lord Nelson The boy said Here he is
| see soldier with one arm" After calling
| for several others, the boy mnuteIy de
| scribed them, to the establishment of Mr.
| Warburton and his friends Now the trick
consisted in getting the boy to suspend his
| thinking faculties. so that he would become
| in a semi mesmeric condition. and thus tie in
| sympathy with the mind of Mr.. WarDurton
when he called for the different individuals
The toy saw in a kind OF vision The very
picture that was passing through Mr.. War
burton mind when he called for these indi-
vlduals This is a high development of n
| clairvoyant condition,
Pure putty is made of whiting and hnseod
OIL says the New York Sun. Whiting is
| made of chalk which is imported from
England and ground in this country
| Barytes mixed with the whiting. is used as
an adulterant of putty, and cottonseed Oils
mixed with the linseed oil. Cottonseed oil is
cheaper, and slower dryer than linseed: lis
use is advantageous to small customers for
putty mixed with part cottonseed oil keeps in
order longer. Linseed oil putty is used more
| by decorators and painters and other LARGE
consume who use up putty quickly Putty
sells at wholesale from ! y to cents a noDnd
| 1t IS put up for the trade in barrels of 300
| pounds, kegs of 300 pounds tubs of 100 TO lin
| pounds, IN cans of 1 to 100 pounds, and in
bladders; 1t keeps best in bladders and the
! bulk Of the putty exported goes in that form
Putty made in the eastern cities of the limited
States is sold on the Atlantic seaboard
and In the south. but not much east
ern putty is sold in the west for there are
putty manufactures in the northern and Wet
ern cities. We export putty TO Canada Mex-
leo, the Yves, Indies. South America and tbo
Sandwich Islands. Manufacturers make roIJ
ored puttles TO order, and white brown and
black putt1es are kept in stock. Putty has a
variety of uses besides those already men.
| toned, ana the very familiar one is setting
glass. Brown putty is used to point brown
stone buildings. and putty is sometimes nsed
| in pointing up brick buildings. Black puttv
| is used in stove foundries. Plumbers use
putty. Sometimes scene pafptars y.