The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

action toward the Slflcl elLOiCeiliSilt "a 49,
law regarding the sale of poisons. There
have been many cases of SUICIDE lateiy
by carbolic acid poisoning. and II TINS
chemical we're more difficult to obtain IL
would doubtless decrease the number or
cases.
On the shore of the promontory of Ski
mari on The Ionian Island Zante blue
grotto like that of the Island OF Capri
has been discovered. The entrance Is
from the sea and is larger than in the
Capri grottc, but the interior IS sma ler-
Fishing toats can make their way IN
when the water is calm.
Fruit is now being shipped from New
South Wales packed in the bark OF the Il
tree and the outer bark of the melaleuca
leucadendron which is shredded into a
sort of coarse ohaff. These barks seem
to have some peculiar power of preserv-
ing oranges during carriage. This may
be owing to the elasticity of the pack
ing and the fact that it permits of ventila-
tion. Unless the bark is cut too fine there
is no sweating possible. The bark costs
only $40 a ton.
Work of the Egyptian exploration fund
for the year has lain in the same district
as before, a short distance down the Nile
from Dendereh Altogether about 1,250
graves of prehistoric age and about as
many historic graves-mainiy about the
twelfth dynaSty-were opened and record
ed. The society has already received
from the Egyptian government the prom
Use of a permission to work at Abydos, one
of the most important sites in Egypt.
Prof. Maspero will return to Egypt to re-
sumo the direction of the department of
antiquities.
Two Englishmen who have recently Sc
cured a method of producing water marks
by means of electrolysis thus describe the
process: In producing disappearing and
repeatedly revlvable translucent water
mark in or on manu- sactured paper we pro
coed as follows: Upon a platinum sheet or
plate forming the positive conducting sur
face we place a layer of absorbent ma
terial such as blotting paper previously
moistened with water. on this material we
place the paper which is to receive the
water mark, the paper having been pre-
Niously moistened thl ough with water. We
then press. face downward on the paper
platinum design of the water mark, aud
this design forms the negative electrode.
We keep this negative electrode in con-
tact with the paper for from five to ten
seconds, according to the nature of the
paper and the amount of electric current
used. The result on removal of the cleo
trode is a distinct and translucent image
of the design, which gradually fades as
the paper dries, and lrally becomes invisi-
Bile. The mark, however, can be revived
and made visible as often as the paper is
immersed in water or moistened in any
other way"
The Hohenzollern, the German En-
perors yacht, is by far the most splendid
of royal floating homes, for in it His I'M
perial Majesty has been able to indulge to
the full his instinct for gorgeousness of
coloring-an instinct, or taste, which he
certainly does not inherit from his mother
or from her relations, for nothing can be
palmer in their general fittings than the
various boats owned by them. His recep-
ton room on the Hohenzolern is uphol-
stored in blue and white brocade, even
the walls being covered with silk tapestry
in the same colors. Mirrors and a few wa
ter colors form the only actual decoration
but some palms and fresh flowers give the
apartment a euriously unyachtlike look
Even the dining saloon. with its ten small
tables, each accommodating eight people
looks as if it had been lifted out of one of
the newer German palaces. Statero0ms
are owned by the Emperor and Empress
far more splendidly furnished and arrang-
ed than are their apartments at Potsdam:
the bedsteads, which are of aluminium. are
hung with dove-colored satin. and all the
furniture is of birdseye maple. In this
connection it is rather curious to reflect
that the Hohenzolern is, first aud fore
most, a warship; that is to say she has
full complement of modern guns ami
Krupp cannon, and could be turned. at
very few hours notice, into a formidable
cruiser.
Stoves of the Bolivian Indians are cu-
rious things. A hole is dug in the ground
about eighteen inches deep and a foot
square and over this is built a roof of
clay, with holes of different sizes to re-
ceive the various cooking pots. Roasting
is done on spits passed through the holes
so that the meat comes out very much
smoked unless great care is taken to have
only live Goals al the bottom of the oven
The national dish and the common food of
the masses is "chupe," a sort of first cous-
in to the Irish stew. 1t is a conglomer-
ale composed of irregular constituents
from the animal and vegetable Kingdoms
a mess of mutton and such other meata
as are available; chicken fish. fruits mo-
tatoes, carrots barley, corn, rice, onions
yams, ETC., chopped up highly seasoned
with peppers and herbs and stewed 10 a
consistency of porridge. What bapnens
TO be left from one meal SINNERS in tha
POT uhth the next If the fire goes our
lhe chupe Is allowed to cool, but 1t il
warmed up again and new SUNNY of
the ingredients added to the wa ter-1osoe5
ana greasy stuff for the next meal in
'he cities, at the hotels and restaurants
where there are French or Swiss cooks
me chupe' is savory and palatable hui
.ie larther you go from the centers az
civilization the worse it gets. one eats II
nrst under protest then from neceseit,,
s ano only to escape starvation; but finalv
1 NE stomach rebels, and you limit vo,,r
u'el 10 Dolled eggs and fruit. which ar
usually to be obtained; but the experiepcad
traVeIer always takes canned meal go
bread with him. meat ana
Both as condiment ana as a medicine
mustard has been known from very oa..i,.
days says an exchange. II was az, -,
oy the SaXons, mixed with honey 90 u Is
eegar' after which it was slmnIy % na,, rin,
IN a mortar and passed through : Sue
IN me reign Of George l. a woman of Dnr.
i nam MT H., on the idea of grinding the Sea-
IN mill and sitting the flour from, 't tsa
Tl,sl and this method is stln emnlove e,Ie
Two varieties of mustard used az ~ 81
black and the white. The bach is t the
annual with bright yellow flowers "a ea,'
lowed by seed pods a half-incb lo,,r' ioi-
n 4 I'll.