The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-24

camphor The ceiluioid thus produced
the paper adds, is just good as, II not
better than that in which camphor forms
one of the ingredients.
In the famous cellars of the Hotel de
Vile. in Bremen there are a dozen cases
of holy wine which have been preserved
for 25o years. 1t has been estimated that
the expense of maintaining the cellars.
payment of rent interest upon the origi-
nal value of the wine and other incidental
charges bring the cost of this choice Ma
deira up 10 $2,000.0o0 bottle. Each glass
ful has cost $4,000 and a single drop
could not be sold without loss under $500.
in view of the repeated warnings by
the doctors in regard to boiling water
used for drinking or cooking purposes, it
is interesting to note that Cyrus the
Great had all his drinking water boiled
and carried to him in silver vessels Even
Nero according to Plny, the Elder
strictly observed this precaution against
disease, and ordered that the water
should be iced by placing it in glass
tasks and then packing it in snow. Even
at this late day one cannot but wonder
whether the world might not have been
better off If the microbes had been al
lowed to flourish without let or hind
rance in the water served to the famous
tyrant of Rome.
For many years our school geogra-
phies have given the supposed pronuncia-
ton of the name Popocatepetl as the
name of the famous volcano of Mexico
has been spelled. Children have been
taught that the last syllable was pro-
nounced as though it were spelled "pel,"
and they have pronounced the whole name
with the accent on the "cat" According
e. nf% ha
leo, who have written to the board on
geographic names, Washington, in refer
ence to the pronunciation of the name
the old usage encouraged by the geopra-
plies is incorrect. The name consists of
two words. The first word, Popoca, is ac-
cented on the second syllable, 20. The
second word, tepetl, is accented on the
first syllable and is pronounced as though
It were spelled "taypel."
The st. Marys Avenue Christian
Church of Parkersburg, w. Va, which is
to be dedicated on May 26, is to have an
upper story with twenty-five windows in
it. so arranged that when open the sides
of the structure practically disappear en-
tirely, leaving only enough In the way of
walls to support the roof with the sides
open to every breeze that blows. The
church will be used partly as a religious
club will contain reading rooms and sit
ting rooms, and will be kept open at all
times. The pastor, the Rev. o. G. White
would never be taken for a minister. He
wears a sack coat and a red necktie. He
is graduate of Bethany College, where
he took the Bachelor of Arts and Master
of Arts degrees, and of the West Vir-
ginia University. He never studied theol-
ogy Theology and smallpox" said he,
''are two things I want nothing to do
with"
"A new poison is to be guarded against,
says the New York independent the
acids of selenium. 1t was very hard to
understand why the very little arsenic in
the British beer could have done so much
hurt, when we consider that taken in
small doses, as by the Syrian peasants,
it is pretty well endured, and indeed gives
the appearance of ruddy health. But now
the chemists have found that beside ar
senic there was selenium, another similar
minueral poison, in the sulphuric acid,
out of which was made the glucose that
entered into the composition of the beer;
and selenium is more dangerous than ar
senic. Some of those who were seriously
poisoned by the beer could not have TAX
en- more than 1-200th of a gram a day,
scarce enough to get fat on; but it seems
to be a fact that the system never gets
tolerant of selenium as it does of arsenic,
and that repeated doses will produce a
fatal accumulation of the poison.
John Widgeon, the field collector of the
Maryland Academy of Science, has had
many experiences while collecting the
specimens for the museu, says the Balti-
more American. He has captured almost
every species of reptile, both poisonous
and otherwise, to be found in the state,
and in their persuit has noticed many pc
culiaritieS. at is remarkable" he says,
how some of the deadliest enemies live
in close proximity to each other. Several
years ago while exploring Kent Island
ventured up a forty-foot hickory tree to
inspect a large fishhawk's nest. When
almost to the nest l was surprised to see
an enormous blacksnake wrapped around
the heavy sticks at the bottom of the
bulky nest. The snake, although at such
an unusual distance from the ground, did
not lose its presence of mind, but dropped
gracefully from limb to limb until it
reached the ground Continuing to the
nest l found large family of field mice.
Above this was a nest fun of sparrows,
and upon the top of the hawk s nest were
three young hawks just Matching"
"A manufacturing firm in Connecticut
that sells hammocks offers several excel
lent suggestions liz regard to suspending
the same Too much slack converts the
hammock into a mere loop. A very
straight arrangement leaves it too unsta-
bic for security. 1t is a common error
to suppose that the head of a hammock
should be fastened az the same hight as
the foot, or higher The best way is to
keep the ring al the foot end from three
to five inches higher than that at the
head. When the hammock is stretched
QUE nearly straight the difference may be
Kept down to three inches. Four makes
a fair medium. But with a good deal
of curvature, the fastening at the foot
ought to be five inches above the head
fastening. The reason for this is that
when the head end is elevated, the whole
body tends to slide down in the ham
mock. What is called position of equili-
brium-one on which the body will re-
main where it isis one in which the
hips rest at the lowest point. If the head
seems too low, under these circumstances,
1t should be bolstered with pillow.
A leading life insurance company,
says the New York Medical Times. has
recently published its monthly records.
covering a period of 80 years. Notwith-
standing the utmost care is observed in
securing only good risks free from Or
ganic diseases, the cause of death in the
insured and uninsured is probably mucn
alike out of A. 1853 deaths, a trihe over
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