The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

suits III deNOi dllnS emma not only are
silver and gold and iron the principal
materials from which the paints are OBJ.
tanned for the purpose, bur that a pecu-
llar process, not so generally understood,
mas 10 be resorted to in order to extract
the available medium from the metal.
Thus, in the case of gold this curious
and interesting process is specially illus
trated. five-dollar gold piece is placed
IN a graduated glass, and upon il is
poured an ounce and a half of aqua
regia-a compond of equal volumes of
chlorohydric and nitrict acids-which dis
solves the gold by the next day, the metal
and acid forming a chloride of gold.
On the gold being entirely dissolved,
there appears a small deposit of white
powder in the bottom of the glass, which
is chloride of silver from the alloy in the
gold; the solution of gold is carefully
poured off into another vessel to get rid
of this deposit of silver. 1t is then di-
luted with water and proto-sulphate of
iron added to effect precipitation. Imme-
diately the liquid becomes clouded, and
the gold, in the form of a light powder,
begins TO fall to the bottom of the glass.
On the liquid being poured off and the
gold powder washed several times with
clear water, it is drained and placed in
a shallow plate before a fire to dry, after
which the powder is ground or rubbed
down and mixed with a preparation of
oil called fiux This is the primary ma
terial for The beautiful carmine, puppies
and all shades of red.
No doubt the appearance on the face
of the waters of the old monitors employed
In the civil war will arouse great deal
of sentimental enthusiasm, but it may Sc
riously be questioned whether they VIII
prove to be of any real value in these days.
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have been made of some use by the re-
moval of their old fifteen-inch smooth
bores and the substitution of modern eight
inch rifles but although such change has
often been recommended by naval experts,
1t has always been resolutely opposed by
some of those interior state congress smen
whose constituents did not, and do not
now, need naval protection and who are
now bowling in stentorian tones for war,
bloody war-east, west, north, and SOUTH
but especially south The monitors have
light iron armor and superb speed of four
knots an hour, while it is well known that
they steer so badly that, as yachtsmen
say, they cant get out of their own way"
OF course. they may be made to serve
purpose. What purpose is suggested by the
words of a Southern naval militia officer,
whose organization has had one of these
monitors for some time. well" said he,
II don't think we could do any damage
to another vessel, but she might sink us in
the channel, and in that way we could
protect the entrance to the port" Some of
the experts who furnish views to the news
papers, with the understanding that their
names shall be printed in large type, are
now declaring that the turrets of the old
monitors are not suited to modern guns.
Nonsense. The mounts and ammunICon
hoists are not, but these would have been
altered when the new guns were put in
The right of seIf-defense is by some
old writers declared TO be inherent in all
men by the law of nature Now these
natural rights" are all very well, but
they are not recognized by the law of
Great Britain, says the London Mail 1t
is the law that man may defend him
self, his wife child or servant from phys
ical aggression. He may also rePel by
force forcibe attack upon his prop
erty. When you or your wife, child or
servant is attacked or threatened with
violence in such a manner as reasonably
to lead you to beffeve that violence is
about to be used you may resist the ag-
gressor. And, as the best mode of resist
ance Is very often to attack, you may
lawfully follow the advice given by an old
prize fighter to a pupil. e.. get in the
first whack.' But self-defense must be
moderate. 1t must not be totally dispro-
portioned to the attack. For instance if
hulking ruffian runs at me with knife
(says the Family Lawyer for February.
1 may shoot him. But if he runs at me
merely with his'fists clinched and 1 shoot
him dead with a revolver l shall probably
be hanged by the neck. Not that the law
expects man to be calm and cool and
collected in all circumstances. Rv no
means For instance, if the said burly
ruthan PUSHES at me with clinched fists.
evidently meaning mischief, and 1 hit
him with a heavy stick on the back of
the ear, may kill him. But | shall NOT
be hanged for that. l had a right to use
the stick; and in the circumstances. I am
not supposed 10 be cool enough to aim for
a spot not likely to be fatal Again. self
destruction must not develop into revenge.
Ihus, If l am threatened with a,knife and
py the timely display of a pistol 1 brighten
my assailant so that he runs away l must
not shoot after him If l do I am iust
as liable as if he had never threatened
me, because | shoot at him not in self
defense but by way of punishment or
revenge.
-Frof.. Ewart is carrying out in England
series OF experiments on the crossing of
horses and zebras, in order to determine
II possible one of the most vexed prob
----~ VI OiOAOSSS, udLlely, me rrOOt dis
proof of "telegony.'l In The memorable
controversy between Prof Weismann and
Mr.. Herbert Spencer on THE Inadeouacv
OF Natural Selection" this question of tele
gony played a not unimportant part The
STOCK instance being that of Lord Nor
tons Arabian mare, which, after having
once been crossed with quagga. contin
ued to throw striped Offspring to a pura-
pred Arabian sire. Mr. Spencer himself
gave other instances, on being that of a
SOW which bore litter to wild boar and
subsequently produced mixed Offspring. of
which some showed the chestnut color
characteristic of the wild breed. In all
such reputed cases it is to be noted that
the dominant trace is due to a strong fxed
type acting on mixed unstable one-gen-
orally a wild on domesticated one. Rut
although the belief in such cases is suf
hclent to cause breeders to use great care
in the selection of first mate. MANY biol
ogists attach little importance to them. one
of the common explanations being thai the
cross upsets the highly complex and I'M
stable organism of the domestic animal
and causes it in righting itself to throw
back 10 the primitive atavistic TYNE Thai
is TO say, that when such cases occur If
they do occur, the cause is not the indt
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