The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-29

than the legal limit, and warned him to
slow down, as one of the Paris chronome-
ter policemen was posted further down
the street. The latter was a witness Of
the occurrence. however, and arrested the
pedestrian on the charge of interfering
with the police in the exercise of their
duty.
The London Lancet is authority for
the statement that bacteria are able to
break down a stone wall. Recent investi-
cations have shown that nitri flying bacte-
ria swarm infthe mud formed by the dis
indignation of cement in reservoirs. and
it is believed that the decay of the cement
is caused by the sstrous acid produced
by the bacteria. At the same time these
microscopic underminers are of incalcu-
able use, for they are the chief agents
in the publication of water.
AT a recent meeting of naturalists at
Chicago, Mr.. H. H. Donaldson described
experiments with frogs, tending to show
that those animals rapidly absorb water
through the pores of the skin, says the
Youths Companion He emphasized the
fact that frogs never take water by the
mouth On being exposed for several hours
a day to dry air the frogs experimental
with lost IA per cent. of their weight,
but this was nearly all regained within
twenty-four hours when they were placed
in a dish containing water only one cen
timeter in depth.
The medicinal properties of camomile
tea have recently been subjected to a new
test at the Schonbruan Menagerie. in
Vienna, says the Philadelphia Record A
rhlnoceros that had been sent to the EN-
peror of Austria from the Malay Peninsu-
la was taken sick on the long sea voyage
To favor her the van in which she travel
ed from Trieste to Vienna was heated
with sixty hot-water tins, but the chilly
weather when she reached her destination
increased her cold. She has been dieting
on six quarts of camomile tea daily, and
several quarts of red wine. The beverage
seemed TO please her greatly, for she has
swallowed it readily and is now recover
ing rapidly. She is remarkably strong
creature of three and one-hah years and
has excited great interest in the city The
Crown Prince of Germany has been
among her visitors.
The Supreme Court of California has
decided in a contest between next of kin
on the one hand and claimants under a
Wall on the other for the possession of
a corpse, that a man cannot by will dis
pose of that which after his death will
De his corpse, says the Chicago Chronicle
The custody of the corpse belongs to the
next or kin In preference to the admins
TRAITOR This view is based on the fact
that the general English and American
legal authorities establish the rule that
IN the absence of statutory provisions,
there is no property in a dead body If
TINS ruling is correct, the sooner statute
ry provisions are obtained enabling a man
who feels that great benefit to human
ltV will fiarn1IOh -
cal knowledge, by the continuance post
mortem of an investigation into his case,
or that new light may be shed upon other
scientific problems, to authorize by will
such use of his corpse, the better.
DIR. A. D. Waller states in a recent
paper that he is able to tell whether a
bean is alive by its peculiar response to
electric stimulus. If dead it fails to re-
spond. His method of distinguishing is
to place the bean between a pair of moist
electrodes and sending an electric dis
charge Through the same. After the i'm
pulse the bean electrodes are connected
to a sensitive galvanometer, and AZ the
bean is alive it will give a relatively
strong discharge, usually in the direction
OF the stimulus. Sometimes the test kills
the bean, but sometimes it may be made
to grow. The electric current from the
bean may gradually diminish during half
an hour after a sudden rise at the begin
ming. This experiment gives an oppor-
tunity to approach the problem of the
relation of life and electricity from a new
standpoint. The peculiar manifestations
and the various forms of energy into
which electricity can be transformed have
given the hope that there may be close
relationship between this subtle energy
and life force.
Not few uses are found for the 900
besides serving it for food For exam
pie, the white of raw egg makes a
most satisfactory paste and for some
things is better than any prepared muci.
lage or paste one can buy. Dip into the
white of an egg the papers intended for
covers to tumblers of jelly or jam, and
they will hold not only securely bOt
will be air-tight. In making mustard
plasters mix in the white of an egg. and
there Will be no danger of burning the
nesh The white skin that lines the shell
OF an egg is a cooling application for a
boil. 1t is claimed that a raw egg swal
lowed at once, when fishbohe is caught
in the throat, will dislodge the bone.
better remedy, however. is to fill the
mouth with bread crust and swallow
without chewing any more than pecps
taking the white of an egg that is weIl
beaten with loaf sugar and the Juice of
one lemon. Besides serving to make cof
fee clear an egg beaten up with the
grounds before they are put into tho
water viii act as good tonic, To pre-
vent Inflammation in a severe burn or
scald, apply the white of an egg. This
can be done quickly, and will relieve tho
singing Immediately. Some people have
diffieulty in taking raw egg when pre-
scribed by doctor. Break the egg :nto
cup Be careful not to break the vollx
Crate upon it little nutmeg, add a few
drops of lemon juice, some chopped parse
ley, little salt and a dash of pepnsr
This will make the egg so palatabie that
IT will not seem at all like medicine.
DRY shaving has been a blessing to
China, and in less than 800 years has
almost removed boards from the faces of
the men of the empire" observed an in
teiligent Chinaman Ito Washington Star
reporter. Originally the Chinese had
heavy boards This is easily verified by
an examination of any of the old prints
of Chiuamen, for al of them show long
bearded men. In time the people found
out that there was no particular use for
beard and that the wearing of il was
expensive, outside of the time actually
occupied in trimming or shaving it. How
many Americans of to-day are forced to