The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17


an English engineer, a car now requires
go pounds of cells, that two years ag5
needed 1000 pounds.
Small tanks of pure oxygen, TO be used
for resuscitating persons overcome b.
smoke or gas, have been suggested as part
of the desirable equiment of hook and-la L
der trucks going to fires.
Plants have been rendered artifcially
Alpine by VI. CASTOR BONNER by keepins
in an ice box at night and fully exp sed to
the sun by day. The leaves grow smalle
and thicker. frequently with a reddish
coloration, and the flowers become rela-
lively larger and more highly co o ed.
An English observer has called atten-
ton to a long overlooked source Of err or
in the magnetic compass. This is the nick
el Of which nearly all cases are made, the
suppositiOn that this metal is non-ma gnet-
ic seeming to be general, although as long
ago as 1915 Faraday referred 10 it's mag
netic character as well known.
Aluminium shoppers for bottles are now
being made at the rate of several thou
sand pounds per week The b anks are cut
from sheet metal, and after shaping rub
Der gaskets are forced over them. Such
shoppers have retained the gas of effer-
vescent fluids for four years, while they
are cheaper than cork, and easily removed.
The artificial coal of Montague
is claimed to cost only half as
much as the best Siles.an or Scotch
COAL while having three times the heat
ing power. Peat moss and a special clay,
with several residual substances, are I'M
derstood TO be constituents. Most of the e
materials exist in the soil in the suburbs
of Mannheim, and it is a this spot that
new coal factory is projected.
Eleven different fats in emulsion have
been tested TO determine whether they
would allay cough and increase weight.
The effects with cod liver oil proved to be
variable. The best results were given by
beef fat, olive, peanut and cocoanut oil,
and the eXperimenter has conclUd d that
mixture of these four fats, with the adj
dition of little Glove Oil, is much supe-
rior to cod liver oil.
"A possible cause of increase Of certain
intestinal troubles is found by DR.. Sharp
in in the use of cooking utensils of en9m-
elled iron. The enamel is liable to crack
and peel off in large flakes, which are very
sharp and are shown to be difficult 10
pick out of certain vegetab les, such as
spinach or cabbage, so that many pieces
are doubtless eaten. Care 10 discard such
is
vised.
"A promising new industry in Germany
is the manufacture of alcohol from saw
dust. The sawdust is first changed 10
glucose with 0.5 per cent. sulphuric ac d
at pressure of nine atmospheres, then
yeast is added. with a compound of mag
nesium and potassium sulphate. ammoni-
UNI nitrate and calcium phosphate and
the mixture is kept at % degrees c. for
two or three days. The resulting alcohol
is distilled and rectihed.
In the report of the SeismologicaI COM
mittee presented TO the meteorological
subsection of the British As ociation.
Prof. Milne says minute shiverings of the
earth recur on the average every half
hour, but the heavy bTea thing or true
ground swell does not occur oftener than
about once week. The minute SILVER
ings and the larger disturbances are prop
erly both earthquakes. but thew differ in
their character, in their duration, and as
they radiate, their life becomes less An
earthquake disturbance is often followed
by repetitions al definite intervals, but
with decreasing intensity. These rhythml-
cal decreasing impulses are Professionally
termed echoes.
No matter how poor a man is he can
now buy the New Testament in English
for nickel, and yet-strange contrast
perhaps the most sumptuous copy of the
New Testament in existence is that splen-
did edition de luxe presented to the D, w
ager Empress of China On the occasion of
her 69th birthday. the presentation having
been made in due form by the Bri ish ana
American ministers, says Lesl e's Weekly.
The book IS royal quarto volume by
10 by 10 inches in size, and was man fac
tured by the Presbyterian Press and Can
ton silversmiths. 1t has silver covers,
embossed with bamboo and b I'd designs,
and is printed on the finest paper with the
largest type. and with border of gold
encircling each page. 1t was incased in
a solid-silver casket, ornamenled W tn
symbolical designs, the whole weig ing
ten and half pounds, and upon the cover
of the casket there is a gold pla which
relates that the book is the gift of the
Christian women in China. Not long aft
er the presentation of this magnificent
volume messengers were sent fIom the
palace to the book store to ask for COM
mon copy, so that the Empress and her
ladies might compare the two texts.
The exhibit of the TransvaaI promises
to be enc of the most interest ng of the
Paris World exposition of 1900. The South
African Republic, which lis detractors
and despo' lels W, uld make appear as being
pie, presents by this time the mos. novel
display fl ON the ca k cent nent and. in
faci, the M ST advanced of any fo1eign
exhib IS at Paris. What effect the war
with England viii have upon ii is, of
course as yet inSefinable. But President
Kruger evidently p oposed 10 fill the 1900
square feet allotted TO his brave peoDle
with worthy AMI truthful representations
of rs natl nal fe. The pastoral life of the
Beers, with its peculiar originality, will be
shown under The aspect Of a Boer farm
and all the rustic Office S (or many wears
and II W in use. In the Boer farm w,rl he
exhibited wild animals of tie Transvaal
which the Ioers take great de light in
hunt ng ard shoo ing. The farm house will
be equipped with the cur Gus household
furniture, linen. d shes and kitchen II on
SIS. In t9ct, it will be picture Of home
lie exactly as it is seen in the Transvaal.
The means and me hos Of transportation
In the Transvaal will be displayed a so
In the matte nal p vi on Of Q Transvaa7
VII oh is built in the Dutch style of arcbi-
tee ure, p es.dent Kruger INTENDED ia dis
pay all geographical do uments: also ex-