The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-14
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In Germany sugar IS made entirely from
sleer roots. cIlr-a-el bE -ailtr-7 WIZ
have an interest in the fa-to--es- The aver
age yield of sugar iu the beet IS from
j. 70 j. Per cent. and ll lr-er 20 secure
a good yield the roots destined TOT cl.ll--
walton are selected solely WITH REGARD 20
The percentage OF their yield OF sugar
within few years Come ---cut farmers
have learned tEa- they can put up ice
10 keep well through the muer without
any sior most convenient. providing lor
good drainage al the bottom 4 tight
board fence is built around the pile al a
proper distance from the Ice The space
between the fence and the iea IS packed
with saWiust. the top Of the pile covered
thic6ly with the same material and the
thing is done roof Is considered ua-
necessary II IS found that ice VIII Keep
Well through the warm weather put up %
this manner.
The s-inch parrot gun. known as the
swamp Angel VIII he recalled by
those who were old enough 10 read ana
understand the skirmishes and raids and
battles during the civil war. The story
ot its construction is about as follows
The colonel Of a regiment Of New York
engineers was ordered nv Gen. Gilmore
IN 1855 % mount the gun on Morris
island. South Carolina. the place being
designated as about a mile ont in the
swamp, and TO make requisition for all
needed appliances. The colonel made
survey of the place designated. viewing
it from the nearest dry land. and then
sent in requisition for 900 men 30 feet
nigh 10 work in a swamp % feet deep.
Gen. Gilmore. not approaching this bit
OF nunor from his subordinate. placed
him under arrest. and the officer found
II hard task 10 get relieved. The gun
was subsequently, mounted by the colonel
and IL was dubbed the swamp Angel
after astonishing both federal and con-
ieqeratS by sending she'll from Norris
i l.ii.ll. 1900 feet. into The streets Of
charleston. II fred thirty-siX rounds
and then burst near the hreeCh. II is
now said to he in Trenton. y. j.. where
IL rs used as a drinking fountain.
Why the sun continues to give forth
light and heat in undiminished quantities
and ulVarying intensity after having
been in a state of combustion for untold
ages has long been puzzle 70 the as
tronomers as Well as TO the thoughtful
observer in a lower rank of the star
gazers- Those learned i'm sun lore tell
us that for every second of time the sun
ennis as much heat as would result
from the instant combustion of 1l.60o.-
ot2Wo,001 tons of coal Calculating from
these figures ii is easily shown that if
quality Of coal i'm a state of combustion
and that il could burn until the very
last ton We're consumed tmainCaininG
unHl then the rate OF heat emission
now kept up the supply could rot posi-
bly, last over 5.O00 years But il is be-
ieved that the sun has been in existence
for hundreds of thousands and probably
liIllohs or years. and that since the
ages of man" dawned the quantity of
heat emitted has not perCeptbly dImin-
lshed This being the case, there is but
heat is kept up. ViZ.-that il has an out
side store of fuel TO draw upon. The
latest theory is that the immense regions
or space are occupied by untold myriadS
of miniature bodies known as me-eors.
meteortes ana aerolites. which are being
constantly drawn 20 the sum- and that
these constantly ploughing its atmos-
phere, evolve numerous streams of both
heat and light.
Pure putty is made Of whiting and lin
seed oil says the New York Sun Whiting
IS made, OF chalk which is imported from
England and ground in this country Ba
rFteS, mixed with the whiting is used
an adulterant of putty. and cOttOnseed
OIL is mixed with the linseed oil Cotton
seed oil is cheaper and a slower dryer
than linseed; its use is advantageous to
small customers. for putty mixed with part
cottonseed oil keeps in order longer Lin
seed Oh putty is used more by decorators
and painters and other large consumers
who use up putty quickly Putty sells at
wholesale from ll2 70 cents q pound 1t
is put up for the trade in barrels of $40
pounds kegs of 800 pounds tubs of 100 to
40 pounds in cans of one to 100 pounds.
and in bladders: it keeps best in bladders.
and the bulk Of the putty exported goes
i'm that form. Putty made in the eastern
cities of the United States is sold on the
Atlantic seabcrd and in the south. but
not much eastern putty is sold in the west
Tor there are putty manufacturers in the
northern and western cities We export
putty to Canada, Mexico. the West Indies.
SCUM America. and the Sandwich Is
lands Manufacturers make colOred put
ties to order and white. brown. and black
puttes are kept in stock Putty has a va
riety of uses besides those already men
uohed, ana me very familiar one Is set
ting glass. Brown putty is used TO point
broWn-stone buildings and putty is some
times used in pointing up brick buildings.
Black putty is used in stove fOundries
Plumbers use putty. Sometimes scene
painters reduce it and put it on canvas
TO paint over. There are three or four
putty manufactures in New York and
more in Brooklyn A single firm of manu-
faetCrers in this city has sold more than
1900 tons in a year. These seem like
large figures. but they are less surpris-
ing from the fact that there are few ar
ucles of more common use.
NJ Barthelemy saint-Hilaire. the famous
French scholar and politician, VINO re-
Gently entered on his ninctieth year fun
OF PHYSICAL and Intellectual Vigor has
been telling the inevitable interviewer
how II Is his days have been so long in
the land, says the British Medical Jour
nal. Ii is we are told. the effect of adj
hercnce to the old precept, early to bed
ana early 10 rise, with steady work dur
ING waxing hours Every grand old man
seems to have secret of his own. Mr..
Gladstone, We believe, attributes his lon
geVlty to his habit of taking daily walk
IN all Weathers, and TO his giVinS % bites
dell Holmes pinned his faith on equa-
hlhty of temperature. The late Mai.
hIOA HOllQeS SWOre ny the tricycle., which
in the end was the cause of his death. DR.
T. H. Van der WeYde. an American octo-
genarian, not long ago offered himself las
an example Of the benign influence of the
study and practice of music" Some AGED
persons give the credit of their long lives
TO abstinence from tobacco, alcohol, meat
or what not: others to their indulgence in
al these things. one old lady, Of whom
we read not long ago as having reached
the age Of so or Whereabouts, maintained
that single blessedness is the real elixir
vitae, and she ascribed the death of a
brother at the tender age of
% to the fact that he COM
mitted matrimony in early life NJ
Ferdinand de Lesseps believed in horse
riding. Mr.. James Payn complains that in
his boyhood he got little bored with TOO
much horse The Grand Francois seems
to think that one can hardly have too
much horse" In a letter recently
published. NJ. de Lesseps delivered himself
on the subject as follows: Il shall always
feel deeply grateful 10 Larine my riding
master. who from my earliest years made
me share his keen passion for horses, and
/ am still convinced that daily horse exer-
else has in a large measure been the
means of enabling me to reach my eigh-
ty-fourth year in perfect health Carlyle
was also a great rider almost 10 the end
of his long life. and he not only rode, but
va believe eroOuad his horse himself