The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-22
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air, such as wsuld be found on the sum
nit of a high mountain, was as complete
as at ordinary pressures, a series of ex-
periments have been made by Prof. Ben
edicenu, and a lamp fed with olive oil
was burned under various atmospheric
pressures. The results showed that the
combustion was as complete under 800
m. m. pressure, which corresponds to an
altitude of $500 meters as with normal
conditions, but the speed of combustion
was considerably less. In addition it was
found that there is no appreciate in
crease in the quantity of carbon monox-
ide as the pressure decreases.
The Lancet is authority for the state
ment that there has been invented recently
new variety of false teeth which grow
into the jaw and in the experiments al
ready tried both with men and dogs, the
device has attained considerable success.
The teeth are made of gutta-percha, por-
celaln, or metal, and at their roots have
holes Holes are also drilled upward into
the jaw and the tooth placed in the cav
ity. From the patients jaw a soft gran
ulated growth makes its way into the
holes of the tooth, which gradually hard
ems and holds the tooth in firm position.
Dr. Zamesky is the originator of this new
method, and claims that his experiments
have met with success.
ity of the visual Authorizations accompa-
nying cases of delrium tremiens consist
of the appearance with the ophthalmo-
| scope were recently made and brought to
| light some interesting facts. In sixteen
cases examined, there was found in every
| case an abnormal condition of the blood
| vessels of the retina Instead of having
| their usual appearance and being pale and
but slightly visible, they were dark with
| congested blood. Normally, these small
/ blood vessels are so small and semi-trans-
| parent that they are not projected into
| the field of vision, but in the case of this
| disease they assume great prominence,
! and their movements seem like the twist
| ing of snakes,
| Among the rats kept for experimental
purposes in the psychological laboratory
of the department of agriculture of Russia
an epidemic disease recently broke out
and one of the officials of the laboratory
was able to Isolate the bacillus. This form
| of organism was found to be particularly
fatal to rats and mice, but has no effect
upon pigeons and rabbits. The investiga-
tions have been carried on further with a
| view to the utilization of the bacillus 40
destroy rats and mice in the household,
| but additional experiments are necessary
| to demonstrate its success from practical
| standpoint. The bacillus, however is
easily cultivated, and viii grow readily on
all the ordinary culture media except po-
| tato
A demonstration Of the Marconi system
of wireless telegraphy was recently made
at the House of Commons at London, and
messages were sent from a room just off
| the terrace to st. Thomas Hospital on the
opposite side of the Thames. The wires
used st each end were let fall from win
1 In, hot and IN
posts. Numerous messages were sent in
the presence of the speaker and members
of the House. A more important test of
this system of telegraphing was made at
the Isle of Wight, where messages were
sent and received by Lord Kelvin, who
expressed his satisfaction of the CONNER
cial success of the method by insisting on
paying the regular tariff of one shilling
for each message transmitted
The Philippine Islands furnish the hemp
fiber used in the manufacture of Manila
rope, which has recently been advanced in
price on account of the scarcity of the raw
material both in This country and Europe,
and the uncertainty of the length of the
war, The fiber is obtained from a plant
that in many ways resembles the banana
| 1t grows from seeds, and also from shoots
or suckers, reaching often hight of TWEEN
| ty to twenty-five feet, with a tuft of leaves
|
10 the bottom of the tree and the fiber
is then separated dried, and tied in hanks
The hemp is shipped in bales of 270 pounds
to Europe and America, beng used extern
sively in this country for binder Irvine
as well as rope. In 1887 there was import
ed into the United States from Manila 49,
949, 500 pounds of this variety of hemp.
1t has been decided by the department
of Agriculture to locate a number of ex.
pertinent stations in Alaska, and increas
ed appropriations have been received from
Congress for this purpose Prof. C. c
Georgeson, who formerly occupied the
chair of agriculture at the Kansas Agri
cultural College, has been appointed t.
take charge of the work, and will make
his headquarters at Sitka, conducting il
the vicinity a number of experiments witt
various crops Points north of Sitka viii
also be visited and a thorough investiga
ton made of the agricultural condition.
and possibilities of the territory. Add
tional scientific work in the line of meteor
: ology is also to be done in Alaska by tht
weather bureau and, besides locating
station at Alaska, instruments will be dis
) tributed to voluntary observers, who vii
make regular observations at differen
places and forward the results to the chic
station. Considerable work has been don'
in Alaska by the geological survey, anC
the results of this attempt by the depart
ment of agriculture to improve and ex
S tend agricultural interests win operate t
the great benefit of the territory.
Ria Kittridge, aged IS years, of Belfast
has just succeeded in writing $4,000 words
= on a postal card, says the Boston Jour
= nal of Commerce. Mr. IIittridge's love fol
the practice of miniature chirography com
j menced in his early life; twelve or fifteeI
years ago, postal card was received b!
one of the local papers, on which some ont
had written 800 words and dehed its dupli
cate. This was when Mr.. Kittridge com
menced to diminish the size of his writing
He put 1000 words on a postal card anG
gave it to a paper but this was beaten
. and he wrote another with 5000 words
! The record stood unbeaten, but he contin
ued 10 crowd more and more words int
the smallest possible space, 5000, 10000
=, 10000 all these marks were passed unit
.