The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

rOuEneOus acid and gases. In order TO
properly bring this change about il is
necessary TO place the wood in a kiln
and apply the heat gradually for four or
nVe Gays. At the end Of that time the
residu viii be l.0o pounds Of charcoal
2,oc0 pounds of pyroligneOus acid and 600
pounds OF uncondensed gases. The ag
gregate weight Of these products IS eX-
actly equal 10 the original weight of the
wood.
In his address before the Society Of
AntaropOlOgy. Paris. NJ. Captain, quoting
from an address before the same society
by NJ BrOca, referred 10 the gradual over
croWding Of our planet, and Of death as
necessary 10 insure room for the coming
generau tons, and the necessity also Of the
decomposition Of dead matter in preparing
Tor new life, this process being the work
OF microbes. The latter. according TO n
captain. have an important role in diges-
tlon-that is, ordinary digestion taking
place in the stomach and intestines by
means of soluble ferments secreted by or
eanic cells. which attack the foods, sBpa-
rate them and make them fit TO be assim-
Hated This is, in fact, work similar TO
that OF microbes.
M. S Gregory. sheriff OF Amador was
telling some friends the other evening in
the Grand about plucky deputy. says the
oan Ianclsco Call, and wound Up BY say
ing; When you find a man as cool and
steady as a rock in the face of danger YOU
can bet on him. But the most DANGEROUS
men are those who laugh oFcry when they
have a dispute on hand / knew man
named Drew down in Texas. who was
uoleG as 4 very bad man. When ne was
doing any shooting he would laugh loudly
"a hard, Economical laugh, without any
merriment in 1t. Up at Indian Diggings
many years ago, two men named Archer
ana PaWson had dispute with German
about a claim. When they claimed the
property and said they would take pos
session he broke down and cried. and they
supposing that they would have no trouble
IN taking possession, marched on the
ground. The German took up a broken pick
and laid them both out. Archer was badly
and
injuries. After that whenever he saw a
man start to cry he got out Of the way"
Almost a year ago. says the St. Louis
Republic, the editor of this department. re-
clested information concerning the le-
gendary najakallu, or cobra stone"
Within the past week the following has
been received from a Republic leader
who requests that both his name ana
postoffice address be withheld: According
TO Prof Hensoldt, the naja-kallu is a field
spar pebble, which emits a greenish white
light. much resembling that thrown out
by the female fire-hies of India. The
cobra snakes eat insects, anti being very
wise, they have learned to use this shin
ing stone as a decoy for the male of the
FREELY family. Thousands of years ago.
perhaps that deadly species of serpent
noticed that fire-fiies were more easily
caught in the vicinity of the shining naja-
kallu than anywhere else. This being the
case he would habitually return to il or
an evening In the course of time other
cobras took advantage of the little man.
! mate decoy. Then there was a fight for
the ownership of the stone Selling the
valuable little phOsphOrescent mineral
the successful serpent made off with il;
and ever after treasured il as an easy
means Of getting a living. Generations
CT cobras seeing the stones in use gradu,
ally learned their value, and Prof Hen
soldt says that at present there are but
rev cobra dens which do not possess
from two to half dozen naja-kallus.
The Osages. in common with many 9th
er tribes believe that the consultations
are gods and goddesses. They have
tradition to the effect that once upon
time the Os&ges possessed neither bodies
nor souls. They appealed to a divinity
known as the Male Red Bird who fur
| nished them with souls in the bodies of
| blrds; Thus they pursued existence for
aWhlle IN the likeness of feathered crea-
lures. In this guise they first visited the
earth; There they met another divinity
called the Black Bear. He offered to serve
them, and they asked him 10 visit the va
| rious consultations with a petition in their
behalf. They wanted human bodies for
themselves. The Black Bear went success
slNely TO the sun, to the moon. to the
| morning star, to the constellation of the
deer head-meaning the pleiades-to the
| constellation of the goose foot and finally
proodlng on her nest. She it was who
| granted the request which others had re-
fused, giving to the Osages the bodies in
which they have since dwelt.
The sun is a god devoutly worshiped by
| most Indians The ceremony of the sun
dance as performed by the Sioux and
erybody has heard how the warriors for
ture themselves, one part of the perform
ance gone through by the young brave
consisting in attaching himself to tho
dance pole by lariats passed through looms
of his own skin, then freeing himself by
dashing away on horseback or otherwise
For three days and nights they dance
gazing continually al the sun by day and
the moon by night, while it is supposed
they swallow neither food nor water AS
a matter of fact. however the dance mole
NH a1,
certain succulent roots grow These they
| pluck up slyly, eating them and sucking
IN me juices ;, Among the Sioux Indians the
nuf1alo bull is Importantly associated with
the dance Oddly enough, in ancient
EGYPT, the sun god Ra was associated with
the deifed bull called Apis
Tennessee is one of the few states that
have not been stripped of their tinober
without concern for future needs and eli
matte conditions, says the New York Post
ABOUT % per cent: of the land in Tennessee
IS sun wooded. There are 26.SS0 90 acres in
| the state altogether, of which nearly IA
100000 are timbered. Only three states in
the south have greater timber acreage
North Carolina, and South Carolina and
Georgia. As the altitude of the forest of
| tennessee varies from 200 to 5000 feet
| ABOVE the seas level, woods of every kind
| known to the United States are to be found
there. In value the oak has the first Mace
but the ash. of which there are two Variel
tles, the white and the blue, is hardly less
important. Even in Tennessee the forests
OF ash are now found only in district re-
mote from the railroads. but so RAPIDLY is
the growth of this tree that it is being
planted as an investment. A farmer who
set out grove of ash trees covering ten
acres twelve years ago now has 10 900 trnes
| eight inches in diameter on an aVerar sc
and thirty-fve feet high There was no -e1-
penses of cultivating, and the ten acres Of
l2UO trees are worth at the present time
between $1,000 and $1,000. Besides oak and
ash, Tennessee possesses three varieties Of
elm, two of gum, two of fir three of bick
Dry. Two OF locust three of maple, two of
pine, three of poplar and two of walnut
Among other trees found in abundance arc
the beech, birch, buckeye, red cedar wild
cherry, cottonwood, cypress, dogwood.
Eastwood, mulberry, tupelo. sycamore and
the sassafras. OF oaks there are no less
than twelve varieties. Cedar, unforf1Inate7
ly, is going very fast Bucket factories in
the state use 100000 feet of this timber
every year. telegraph companies use il
almost exclusively for poles. Nearly / ONa
900 feet goes each year to St Louis WHERE
| II IS made into fence rails The raniditt,
with which the cedar is being consumes
has opened the eyes of some Of the friards
OF the forests in Tennessee, and a warning
has been sounded. -4iis
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