The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The editor of the American Journal of
Pharmacy. remarking upon the immunity
OF certain dones ic animals against paruc-
ular p1isons, suggests that medicinal roots.
fruits and seeds, being rich in nuuritive
materials may economically be turned TO
account as food for animals, instead of
being thrown away as being of no va.ue
after their medicinal constituents have
been extracted.
A letter in a Glasgow paper records a
phenomenon much too unique TO be re
served for Scottish consumption. The writ
er says. IAN acquaintance of mine who
lives up North has among others of the
feathered tribe a lille bantam cock. A
few weeks ago he noticed that it was
looking the worse for a slight difference of
opinion with a canine friend, but did not
examine it closely. till his mothers and
sisters vociferations brought him I'm in a
hurry. There was the bantam picking
away at corn, bur the corn was dropping
from a rent in the BIRDS chest just as
fast as il was lifted. Not wanting TO kin
the bird, my friend got a needle and some
horsehar and stitched up the tear, with
the result that the bird now is as good as
new
1t is likely that there win be a trolley
road in Pekn and another in Seoul Korea,
before there is one in London, says the
Chicago Record. The track is already
laid in Seoul and the cars have been
shipped. It was expected that the road
would be put in operation by June /, and
il isl probably running now unless some
thing has happened to delay matters.
Work was commenced on the track in Pc
kin about Jan. l. The rails had ar
IT.
all the way from Oregon. The cars had
been ordered and the power house was
in course of erection. The line of the
Pekin road will be quite circuitous and
traverse nearly all of the principal streets
of the city All the material for both
these roads comes from the United States.
1t seems pretty well authenticated that
the human voice is capable of starting an
avalanche, James Perehard, clerk of the
state Court of Appeals of one of our west
ern states was mining some years ago in
a mountainous region. The snow had fall
len TO an unusual depth and miners NOV
ing from one cabin TO another were warn
ed to look out for slides. He stopped on
one of his trips at the cabin of an ac-
quaintance and took dinner with him and
his wife. Al the close of the meal his host
Gus and started on mis- journey. Crossing
the canyon, he looked back at the cabin
where the man and his wife were standing
at the door. He waved his hand and shout
ed eood-by. Hardly had the echo of his
voice died away before a muffied noise
struck his cara noise like the boom of
cannon-and in five seconds the cabin was
buried under fifty feet of snow. Assistance
was summoned and finally the two dead
bodies were taken out. There is little ques-
ton that under certain conditions the vi
brations of the human voice viii produce
an avalanche.
J. B. Calvo, the Costa Rican minister,
who is an eminent philologist, tells me.
says the Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Record, that the word dom in
the Spanish language originated in the
same way as the word coop" The latter,
as was stated a few days ago, is composed
of the initials of the title constable of po-
lice" "A long time ago." said Mr.. Calvo,
in the church of Spain, a distinction was
made in the baptismal records of the no
bilty, by writing after the name the
words de origen noble (of noble origin
from which the initials don. now used
as title, were derived. 1t is customary
nowadays however, TO address every man
40 9CilOi dOil bul tudt Is not the end OF
the story. There IS a still more curious
compliment for lady in dona. which is
the feminine of don, just as sonora is the
feminine of the term senior, which means
gentleman or is equivalent to the English
sir Senior don means honorable gen
tieman- Sonora dona, Therefore means
honorable lady When the words are
used separately senior usually goes with
the family name, like Senior Quesada. or
Mr.. Pauncefote; and don with the first
name, as Don Gonzalo in a more familiar
way like the English Sir Julian"
Consul Hungartner writes from Catania
that the method generally used in Sicily
for the reduction of sulphur ore is verv
primitive. The kiln is built into the ground
to depth of six 10 nine feet. the walls
being of masonry and cylindrical in form
with a sloping floor of stone and evnsun,
When the calcarone, or kiln, is flied. the
ore at the bottom is in large pieces. So
mat there may be no impediment 10 the
ohu (olclhan term for molten sulphurl
running out, and the pieces of ore beoopa
gradually smaller until the top of the cal-
carohe is reached. The ore is then beaned
up In the form of large cone. and is COW
ered with turf, sand, and refuse from for
her 1uslons, in order to prevent loss and
protect 1t somewhat from the elements
during the filling process several air share
are placed into the ore by means of which
the hre is communicated thergto ana
through combustion of the mineral itseIt
the whole mass molts this process lasAne.
from ten 10 twenty days A small hole 10
mace at the lowest point of the WON
'hrough which the liqudized sulphur rms
ana Is taken off into square wooden forms
containing from 1870 to 10 pounds Of sn1
phur. Ihls is continued day by dsv min
an the sulphur is extracted. The canacit,,
OF the klins varies from Z, 900 TO 50 5Oo c,bi,
iee'' ana one fusion of large calcarono
ldsts three months. One great disadvant
age Oh this system is the damage ia vssa
lation by sulphur fumes. The calcar one i,
al'oWed by law to be in operation orl,,
from June Is 10 Dec. 81 i'
used to wonder often said Na,,
orleans art lover to the Times-Democrot
no" the ultra impressionist manaeed -
paint those pictures that seem sncb dorh,
c-ose at hand and such marvels Of det,n
a' distance. call 10 mind. for instance