The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-06
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his trunk; man but 81 in his whole body.
The waters Of the ocean contain every
element that can be distilled from the
human body.
The bottom Of 2.s27 foot coal bore at
Cremorne, Australia, has temperature
Of l97 degrees
There are 10000 beekeepers in the Unit
ed States and they own 100000 stands or
hives Of bees
The embryo officers OF the British
army at the government military colleges
are not now compelled to have knowl-
edge of Latin or Greek in order TO pass
their final examination. One critic in COM
menting on this change says; "Presuma-
bly, the campaigns of Julius Caesar are at
last regarded by the war office as not
being sufficiently up to date TO warrant
our officers studying their details in the
original languages"
Bishop Fallow's Home Saloon in
Chicago. which was started some months
ago in tine cause of temperance, has proved
to be by no means the failure which was
predicted. On the contrary, organizers of
the new temperance movement are hope
full of its ultimate great success. In ap-
pearance the establishment faithfully rep
resents a first-class saloon. There is
big bar, with a substantial rail. from
which half dozen towels hang. Back of
the bar stands a jOvial white-cOated bar
tender, and back of him are mirrors and
shelves of bottles interspersed with lem
ons. The deception comes when the thirs-
" customer orders beer. He gets glass
of foaming liquid that cools and cheers,
usually walks. slowly out wondering
whether he has lost his taste for drink.
The use of poisoned arrows in primi-
tive warfare is undoubtedly of very an
Gent origin, says the ST. Louis Republic.
The The custom Is ment.oned by stra6o,
that II was well known in both prehistor
&c Europe and Asia. In later times the
Cells and Gauls enyenomed their arrow
and spear shafts with the juices of helle-
bore, and the American and Australian
savages with serpent venom and virus
from decaying flesh. The very earliest
mention of the Scythians refers to them
as "a people who prepare arrow poison
by mixing serpent venom with the virus
of putrid blood serum" At the time of
the discovery of America the Indians
were as well skilled in the science of pre-
pairing arrow poison as the Scythians, or
any other early tribe of European or Ash
attic people. The faVOrite mode, as prac-
ticed by the American abOrigines, was TO
kill some wild animal Ga deer or buffalo
was preferred), remove its liver and cause
heavily enVenOmed reptile to strike its
fangs into ii until the meat turned green
with poison. If one serpent did not sup
ply enough others were obtained and the
work of engaging the creatures and cauS-
ing them to strike the liver was kept up
until the desired result was obtained.
one large liver thus prepared would furn-
ish poison enough to coat the shafts of
10000 arrows. The Smithsonian institute
has hundreds Of these poisoned arrows
the microscope showing the most of them
venom.
There is nothing new under the sun
is an axiom that IS as true to-day as it
was when uttered by King Solomon a
thousand years before the birth of Christ,
says the st. Louis Republic. The above
remark is suggested by reading catalogues
OF the British museum and our own Smith
sonian Institute, from which we learn
that many. If not all, supposed modern in
ventiOns were thought out and applied cen
turtles and scores of centuries ago. EX-
amples are 50 numerous that we hardly
know which to select for our first illustra-
ton. Hat pins with glass heads, lead pipes
and burned clay tiles for conveying water.
stamps for making pottery ware, safety
pins with little coiled spring at one end
ana eaten at the other were as well
known in the Pompeii of 2G00 years ago as
they are in the st. Louis or Chicago of
1895. RaZOrs, with modern handles, tele-
scopes, nsh hooks exactly like those of
to-day, with their barbed points and fiat
tened or loop-end shanks, were known and
in general use in the Babylon OIL 500 years
Is. {. Thimbles. which are usually refer
red to as inventions of the Middle Ages,
when they were called 'thumb-bells."
have been found in prehistoric mounds and
graves of the bronze age. Not something
that resembles thimbles but the real
bronze articles of that character contain
ing the customary indentations so nicely
done that II appears to be the work of
machinery In the Smithsonian collection
are variety of combs, hair pins, tweez-
ers, strauers, door hinges locks and kitch-
over twenty centuries. Lamps exactly
like those used in colonial times were in
use in Egypt 1900 years ago, and knives,
hatchetS, sickleS scythes, etc, were made
then IN exact resemblance to those in use
to-day Bronze beads, avis, bodkins,
needles, etc, were made and used by the
men and women of the bronze age, which
probably began 5000 years ago. The
Observation-Disclosures" machine was used in
ancient Egypt, the telephone in China
thousand years ago, and the magnetic
telegraph in England and France nearly
800 years ago.
During the season that has just closed
/ we have Matched 15,VU0,OUJ Holsters, $685.
| 900 Goldfish and G,000,Q0l fiat fish, or foun-
/ ders," stated Supt. John Maxwell, of the
United States fish hatchery station at
Woods Hcn according to the Boston
! Globe. The lobster eggs are put into
glass jars, each of which holds seventy-fiVe
ounces; they are placed upon a table very
| similar to the one used to hold the cod
! Matching boxes. There are two glass tubes
| which enter the jars al the top which
| is closed with a porcelain cap. lone of
| these tubes goes to within a fraction of
an inch of the bottom of the jar, while
| the other enters only short distance from
the top and just above the eggs of the
| lobster. The one which goes nearly to the
| bottom conveys the water into the jar
/ while the other is a Siphon and conducts
| the overflow into another jar. The water
| entering the jar at the bottom keeps
| the eggs moving about at a lively rate
| and it Is this moving about that matches
| them. As soon as an egg is Matched the
young lobster swimming about rises to
the top of the Jar, and by the siphon is
| drawn into the receiving jar which is
| covered with linen scrim, which allows the
| water to escape when 1t becomes filled and
| still hold the young Holsters captive The
| eggs are kept stirred up by the fresh
supply Of water until all that are alive
/ have been Matched and drawn into the big
| jar 1t depends upon the temperature Of
| the water in the bay, the same as with
| the cod egg. The required tempera ture
! is So degrees, and the time usually required
! is from two to four days. We commence
TO hatch the lobster eggs on April l. Sew
| eral years ago an experiment in Matching
| eggs received during the winter months
was tried at this station. Eggs We're re
/ ceived on Dec. u and continued to be
taken until jan %. During this period
| 14S Holsters were stripped, yielding LII. 700
! eggs, which were placed in the Matching
! jars. the temperature of the water being
| about As degrees. One of these eggs, how
| ever, began Matching until May % follow
| ing, the water being "a degrees, and on the
/ 9Th and 7th of June $50, 800 fry were releas ed
| in local waters" The period of incubation
| therefore, ranged from about five and one
! half to four and one-half months, the loss
| being over 50 per cent.
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