Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-10


which are dipped in the deadly curare
Juice. During the operations of the re-
cent campaign against the kamnsiu
tribe many Of the English soldiers were
shot by the curare-tippcd shafts one
OF the army doctors. who devoted him-
self to the investigation OF the symp-
toms OF the patients. decided to attempt
the production In the healthy subject
of modified symptoms similar to those
they developed. one of the drugs ne
employed was strychninc. which ne
found so active and efficient that he I'D
minlstered an injection OF strychnine so
luton to the sufferers from the poison.
The experiment was completely sue,
cessful. The wounded men 80 treated
recovered in couple of hours where.
ns previously people struck by poisoned
arrows always had died. should TINS
remedy prove eflicacious sehefallS olle
of the chief risks OF savage warfare
in Africa will have been removed
Filibert Roth points out mat the
threatened exhaustion OF our great
staple In the wood market wnlte pine,
enslly can be avefted by the 1uuleious
action OF the owners Of pine forests
Tho conditions call for negative rather
than positiyr measures. The remedy
consists in putting less obstacles In ma
lures way In starting new growth
by cutting with due regard 10 the
young aftergrowth ana giving IL the
needed protection. Let everything be
cut that is over twelve inches. and
there still will remain . heavy body
OF pine, which, within thirty TO ntty
years, viii renew our supply, II ~ be
protected. Some years ago the lumber
men of Marinette and Menominee
| agreed to burn the tops and thus avoid
| forest fires. An imitation Of this wise
| and legislation. would put an end to
more than nine-tenths of our forest
| fires: where nature now succeeds IN
| stocking one acre n dozen would he
| covered, and for every young seeding
| now there would be 100. The pine seed
| ling OF today will be n most welcome
log for the pulp man in thirty years
| and for the saw man In sixty years.
| Some woods can he replaced without
| difficulty. hut 1t Is hard to conceive n
| good substitute for white pine. 1t Is
| in demand for everything whore wood
| Is wanted that is light, soft, easy to
| work and to season that shrinks and
| checks little is not eaten by insects.
| gives no odor or taste CLUES well and
takes paint. oil and stain. The remedy
| for the falling supply of white pine
| is not In trying to ind substitute,
| but in forming new and permanent for
| ests.
| A chemist has thrown curious light
| on the methods by which certain silks
|
utilities OF feminine dress. Being re-
quested to determine the value of q
| piece of black dress silk of medium
quality, he found that the material
contained n large quantity of sub
stance that was not silk ut all, being
considerably weighted" When sub
jeoted to heat 1t would not burn with
flame. but smoldered away like finder
and left great deal of ash, the princi-
pal ingredient of which was oxide OF
tin. OF real silk there were only
twenty-eight parts out of 100. Further
| analysis of store samples led to the
conclusion that silk dresses worn by
ladies' daily promenading the most
| fashionable streets OF any large city,
taken together, would represent the
| output of very prolific tin mine.
These analyses, however, established
a method of determining the durability
OF silk. Ordinary wearing silk is esti-
mated to last about three months; that
is, II should stand good wear for that
length of time without becoming tut
terly shabby, greasy-looking and show
ing the threads" 1t is said. however
that the public prefers the cheap pro-
duct, that makes a brave show. but
lasts no time. because the fashions
change so rapidly that. for their pur-
poses, 1t would be useless to buy silk
OF better quality.
established by Lord Rowton for tn,
! convenience of poor dodgers. Is a profit
! able investment. paying 8 per cent
This Is n very satisfactory result of {
social experiment that was attended
at first with a good deal of uncertainty
Everything about the place is clean ant
attractive. a man can stay two day.
and one night for sixpence. He may e
to he'd at any hour he likes in the even
ing, hut he must be down stairs by
o'clock In the morning. There are ter
fine bathrooms. A bath, hot or cold
with towel and soap, costs penny
! Tea or coffee costs a half-penny for
small cup and a penny for a large cup
a slice of bread costs n half-penny
eggs n penny each. bloaters and kip
, pers the same. Pudding costs penny
hot Joints fourpence, cold joints three
, pence and bacon twopence. The price
: of a shave is half-penny. There is
dodgers Mushroom, room for black
, Ing boots and a library containing
. standard works.