The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-02
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stance as is usually done, Mr.. Haskin
submits the wood 10 sUpsrneated air, under
a pressure Of fourteen atmosphere By
this process, 1t IS ayerred, the sap is chem
ically changed into a powerful anttseptic
mixture, which, by consolidating with the
foer, strengthens as well as preserves the
wood.
The observations of earth currents at
Greenwich observatory, according to an
exchange, have been made practically use
less for several years by the electric rail-
way from Stockwell TO London, modern
instruments being 50 sensitive that indi-
cations of the current of this railway have
been detected more than 100 miles away
An early effect of the railway led to d
funny experience. The generating station
was visited by the magnetic superlntend-
ent of the observatory, and on his return
10 work the tracings of his magnets show
ed curious detection, which continued
day after day, but only during the hours
of his attendance. The idea that he was
magnetized was a startling one But one
day, he left his umbrella at home and
there was no disturbance, the umbrella
having been a permanent magnet since the
visit to the power station.
The latest development of the use Of
aceylene as on the medical side. 1t has
treatment of the terrible disease known as
cancer, and, it is said, with results which
have not only been highly satisfactory 50
far, but which almost seem to indicate
that an actual cure for the complaint has
been discovered. The importance of this
cannot be overes timated. There appears
al least to be no doubt that acetylene is
the most efficient agent against cancer
known at present The method of its APP
| plication is perfectly simple: The cancer
GUS surface is coated with carbide of cal
cium and then moistened all over with
| water. Acetylene as at once evolved in
contact with tho diseased tissues. The APP
| plication can, Of course, be renewed at
| pleasure A burning sensation is felt by
the patient and the symptoms are immedi-
| ately abated. A specific for cancer would
no doubt, stamp out in time one of our
| most formidable malades, and there is at
least nope that it has now been found.
Queen Victoria is the first sovereign of
England who ever had anything to leave
says the The Chautauqua. All of her pre-
| decessors upon the throne bequeathed fine
! assortments of debts to their posterity,
which Parliament was called upon to pay,
| and while Victoria permitted the people
| to be taxed to settle the private obliga-
! tons of her uncles, George ", and Will
! liam w, she herself paid the debts of
| her father, the Duke of Kent, with full
| interest and has several times settled the
liabilities of the Prince of Wales to the
! extent of several millions of dollars. There
is a great deal of gossip and specula-
| ton in England as to the disposition the
| Queen has made of her immense property.
| The bulk of il Will undoubtedly go to the
| Prince of Wales, and it Is supposed that
her best estates are entailed upon her
| successors with the condition that they
| shall never be mortgaged or alienated in
/ any way. 1t is also assumed that the
| palace at Osborne and a liberal amount
| of bonds and leases will be left to her
! favorite daughter the Princess Beatrice,
! who is also expecting to inherit the for
| tune of Empress Eugene, whose son, the
| Inflated Prince Imperial was TO have
| been her husband. Princess Louise, the
wife of the Marquis of Lorne, has no
children and her husband will inherit the
| immense estates of the Duke of Argyll,
so that she will be well provided for.
However lacking in intelligence the ma
tves of the Philippines generally may be,
they could not with truth be characterized
as savages, says the Review of Reviews.
There are in the Philippines be-
tween 100000 and 100000 people,
probably about 100000. Nearly half
! this number inhabt Luzon, the principal
island of the group. The Tagals of Lu-
| zone are a copper colOred people, and,
| like all people of the Malay family, are
short of stature These TagaIs are the
most advanced and influential element
| in the whole population of the islands.
/ There are great many very intelligent
! and ambitious men among them-men
/ who got their start in the schools estab-
| lshed by the mOnastic friars, whose po-
| ltical domination furnishes one of the
| many grievances which have given rise
| IN
| are as industrious as the Chinese and
| Japanese, and more easily controlled ana
! less criminally disposed than the latter.
That they are entirely amenable TO dis
| ciplne when they have confidence in and
respect for their leaders and advisers is
| evidenced by the fact that for over a year
Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, their acknoWl-
edged leader, was able to maintain good
order and comparatively good discipline
| among his 10000 to $1,000 followers, and
| under circumstances where chaos and
disorder would be the most natural con-
dtions. l am not a sentimentalist, not
the sort of man to go into OBSTACLES of de-
light over the profuse politeness and ko-
towing of the Japanese, but I have OBJ
| served in the leading men and women
| charmingly courteous manner. Such
| characteristics as rudeness, assumption or
| boisterousness are entirely lacking in their
| temperament.
Here are some amusing particulars OF
| legacies with strange conditions attached,
as given by the Brooklyn Citizen. Early
last year a peculiar probate suit, involving
some $4,000, was imminent, the disin-
| herited relations wishing to upset an Old
| gentleman's will because he had left the
| sum named to found and endow church
on the condition that every Sunday before
the service the whole of the thirty-nue
! articles were to be read by the clergyman
outside the church door. a strange condi-
| ton was attached to the legacy of the late
Sir Edward Bates, who died last year, left
to his married daughter. lie stated that he
had seen his son-iu-law's Scotch property,
| and he stated he consideTed il would be a
gross injury to his daughter and her chill
| dren, considering there are no neighbors
within miles, and there is no medical man
within six or seven miles" ii she lived
| there any considerable time. So he ar
| ranged that, If his daughter stayed more
than six months in any year, "and those
six months not in winter" at the spot, the