The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-09


DisHgreeabIe 10 Others-The o.
factory and Gustatory Nerves.
From the New York Times.
ION, il is MISUNDERSTANDING! horrible,
L5uibler' said the veteran ex-cavalry off,
-ar. in the most plaintive tones Of one who
suffers and without hope.
Il came up in the elevator with her She
stood just beside me and she was sat
uraJed with musk If she had not left
-He car soon 1 should have done so, and
waited for the next one 10 take me up"
II should have done the same under sim
Uar circumstances, said the officer Of the
pen welding corps, with decision. The
odor Of chloride Of lime would be infinitely
more preferable"
1t was against the uncivnized or over
civilized wearers of musk that the CONVEX
sauon in general was directed. and par
ticularly against the strongly perfumed
woman passenger in the elevator. And
the two men who We're conversing are men
with strong nerves.
Cannot something be done?" continued
the ex-cavalryman. You come across
the streets, in the theater and in the cars.
don't know whether it is the capacity Of
my nose or what. but the dislike of strong
odors is a real olfactory idlosyncrasy with
me. 1t is the only weakness that have,
I think. A strong odor-not always nee
essarily a so called dlsagreeable one, but
a strong perfume-win remain with me
for hours, "a day twenty-four hours after
II has been inhaled Sometimes l viii
awaken I'm the night and the impression
OF that odor still in my mind.
"Disagreeable associations are connect
ed with some odors in my case. The odor
Of pennyrOyal always brings TO my mini
the idea of suicide. When 1 was a boy.
about or years old. wandered into
lonely place i'm the woods thick with un-
darhrush. The place and the air were I'M
pregnated with the odor Of pennyroyal
then wet with dew. And there l saw the
horribly distorted body of a mana sui
cide-hauging from tree, where it prob
ably had been for a number of days.
THE odor of musk to me is insidious;
altar or rose and heliotrope are cloyng.
I don't like violet, unless it is very deli
cate, but there is nothing disagreeable 20
me about bay rum or cologne. ! have
few drops of the latter on my handkerchief
now. The oil of lavender is not disagree
able.
Il have not the same feeling for the
odor of fresh flowers. I bury my face in
bunch of sweet peas. Heliorope? 1t is not
so pleasant but the OdOr of the flower is
evanescent. 1t does not come to you like
a blow or a shock, as it does in the per-
fume- The misunderstanding cereus will give
ne the qualms.
Il have asked my wife and daughters
what they would do i'm a case where they
came in such unpleasant proximity to a
musk-perfumed individual They all ex-
claimed with one accord that they would
not stay a minute that was not necessary
beside such u person. I could not as il
would make me sick said one of my
daughters. So l am not alone in my dis
Ike
1.-THE sense of smell is by no means as
much understood it should be. Without
ii the sense OF taste would be almost OBJ
liberated. The finest wines in the world
would be nothing without the bouquet. The
pleasure in them comes more from the
sense OF smei than from the taste. The
Chateau-Yquem IS nothing without the
fragrance, and without its bouquet the
Johannesberger is only sour wine"
Musk" said a Maiden Lane manufac-
turer of fine perfumes, when asked re-
garding the use and history of that sub
stance. Yes, the odOr that you notice in
all public places is offensive to all people
OF refined tastes, but the musk that you
smell on the street is not the real musk,
but a manufactured product. We have
very little call for musk as a perfume by
itself. Our customers are of the best
class, and there IS no demand for q pro-
nounced odor Musk is used in perfumes,
but it is very doubtful If any one could de-
tect its presence.
To what extent IS it used? Well we
sometimes have 5000 worth of it in use.
Did you ever see the musk deer? I can
show you a couple of stuffed animals in
q we IA ha vi
exposition. They eat their food in its natu-
raj state. even reptiles. They are pretty
little animals"
On the top of the manufacturers safe
are two pretty stuffed musk deer. They
are small, mouse colored, and very slen-
derby built. The male deer has two long
tusks on either side of the mouth that
must play havoc with its reptile prey. In
side the safe is a closely covered glass
jar containing a number of precious musk
sacks. They are of skin, perhaps two
inches or more in diameter, and half an
inch in thickness.
They are expensive" said the manufac-
turer. They have cost as much as $25
apiece They are to be found only in the
male deer, and there is only one sack in
an animal. At times musk is very scarce.
The best musk comes from China. The
deer are to be found in Russia, but the
musk from those animals is of an entirely
ulherent quality. 1t is the same with some
flowers growing in different localities.
The work of supplying the dealers with
musk is all in the hands of the Chinese,
anu Shey are great tricksters. The sacks
are bought by weight. With a hypodermic
syringe the Chinese will inject blood into
ths sack, or put in sand, lead, coffee
grounds-anything to increase the weight.
II takes very experienced person to buy
musk. If the purchasers do not know
what they are doing, they are going to
nave bad time Of it.
The musk inside of the sack resembles
coilee grounds. The quality varies very
greatly, even in the best musk. Some is
much stronger than others. L suppose it
depends upon the age of the animal. We
are not allowed to cut open each sack to
see and smell the musk, but are only al
lowed to make punctures with a needle.
You see this sack which | keep in tinfoil?
put the needle into it, ana then you get
The odor. l have had it for five or six
years. The tinfoil is all in rags, you see.
the other sacks are kept shut up air tight
The odor which came from the sack as
II was punctured with the needle was soft
and delicate. and as different from the