The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-06
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Andrew Lang disclaims responsibility Cor
Z che remarl, credited 20 him that ~winhurne
bad been writing very bad poetry lately, ana
that fhe Inference was that SWinourne hal
/ been keeping sober. Mr. Lang does Dol
agree with Lord Byron who once re-
marked, Genius he -. IFS align
A Chicago paper announces that that city
now has 10000 more inhabitants than New
York II saws: The government census
taken In June and july. 1890 gave to Chicago
/ o population OF l.lo9W0 In round hunters
Two years later lin lN2l the school census
gave she population as as go. There - no
school census this year, but the city directory,
which viii be issued about the middle OF July.
viii contain approximately lsUO pages ana
$50 UDOnames. This will give Chicago popu-
latiOn OF . 10000 Chicago is already in the
lead in commercial and industrial importance.
1t is the greatest city in population. From
these points of vantage II is only step to
/ financial supremacy
A lease for 1899 years in this country. at
least. is rather a rarity, although the term Of
80 or even 800 Is not uncommon. slys the
Norwich Comm Bulletin John Peters, the
father Of Rev. Samuel Peters, the Tory par
son. gave in 1875 to The Venerable Society
for the Propagation Of the Gospel in Foreign
Parts for a glebe for the Church Of England
Society in Hebron, about thirty acres OF
land. which afterward came into the posses
sion Of the Parish of St Peters Church, in
that town. as the successor Of the Church of
England there. On May y, 1895, the parish
leased this and to :. W. Case. for and during
the full term of 9 500 years, fully TO be com
pleted and ended yielding and paving there
| for yearly. during the said term. unto US, the
said John Sutton and John 4. Peters, church
wardcns OF said society, and to our success
SOrS in said once, the annual rent OF one
grain Of pure silver, or other silver or gold
equivalent Of demanded upon the festival
of 81. John, the Baptist, in each year, en-
term above said So says Hebron Land
Records vol. tx, p. 264. The present occu-
pants would be somewhat surprised at de
mand for the grain Of pure silver but the old
contract still remains on the record.
The foxhound's courage is not shown when
in isolation. No hound alone will attack a
fox with the determination of terrier, yet
the passive courage of the foxhound is de-
clared by the London Spectator to be i'm
mense To see tagging hounds come up
through field of hOrSemen. to watch the
pace with which they charge the thickest fen
ceS, and the endurance they show during a
long run will convince most Of this. We
heard once curious instance of combination
supplying courage. a pack of English fox
hounds were taken to France for wolf hunt
ing. But when q wolf was reused each hound
as he caught the scent, dropped his tail be
tween his legs and refused to follow. When,
however, some French hounds used to the
wolf had been added to the pack, the fox
hounds hunted eagerly. But now
they ran with their bristles up
to kill, not to eat. The fox
they regard as dlnner; not so the wolf.
The large straight forelegs, deep chest and
level back of the foxhound show what he really
1S-the highest development Of united speed.
strength and endurance. Ten miles to.the meet,
five hours hunting at an average of ten
miles an hour, during which two foxes are
run down, and ten more miles before supper,
is but an ordinary days work. We do not
think we are eXaggerating when we say that
many hound could cover 100 miles in a day
without being greatly distressed. But for this
he would need companionship. Alone he would
probably tire sooner than pointer or long
legged setter, whose steady gallOp over grass
or neither is another marvel of animal endur-
ances. But the courage of &C. operation is less
| interesting, even if none the less Creditable,
than the dash OF the greyhound.
Thirst is simply sensation by whioha lack
of fluids in the system is made known and in
q state Of health It is generally faithful indi-
cation OF the wants of the body says the Chi
Cago Inter Ocean. Natural thirst which
must be distinguished from the thirst caused
by stimulating foods and drinks or by fever,
is first indicated by a peculiar dryness Of the
mouth and fauoes, caused by failure Of the
pharyngeal membranes to secrete a due
amount of liquids, but If fluids were to be in
| trOduced directly into the stomach through a
tube, and not by way of the fauces-as has
| been done in some unusual cases-the imme-
| date absorption thereof instantly allays the
| sense of thirst, from which it has been sup
| posed that the sensation of thirst is in the
| nerves of the stomach and that the
| reflex action. However. this theory cannot
| be fully accepted, thirst being a sensation
! caused by the general want which can be sup
! plleu through the blood vessels, the reCtTm.
! or the skin, as well as through the stomach
! or throat. The exhalatiOnS from the lungs
| and skin and the kidney and other secretions
| are effected principally at the expense Of
! water in the blood, which must be restored to
! its normal amount or intense general suffer
| ing follows. A sudden loss OF blood by the
| lancet or from wound. or a rapid drain on
in - Gl nV Il in
| betes, also causes the intense sensation of
| thirst The thirst of fever on the other hand
is not caused by the lack of fluids in the sys
| tenn, but by the dryneSs OF the throat, mouth
and skin, caused by the unnaturally high tenn
| perature of the blood
In many countries it is affirmed, most un-
gallantly, says Chambers Journal that the
| female snake alone is venOmous We know
| that sexual difference in this respect is true
! of certain poiSon-bearing insects but il is
hardly TO be supposed that such an idea with
| regard to SerpcntS could have taken its
| origin from an acquaintance with rather re
| condltC TACT OF entomology. That those re
| cover from snGkC-biteS are subject to q re
| CurrenCo of the symptoms at the same time
| OF each year as long as the aggressor lives. is
| also an article Of faith with the inhabitants
| of farsundered parts of the earth. To burn
| shoes in places infested by these reptiles is
| said to cause them such disquietude that they
| vacate the spot speedily as possible with
every manifestation of being seriously in
| commoded by the proceeding and
return no more. On some parts of
! the continent boys who pet snakes
sprinkle the floors of their cages thickly with
! powdered birthstone, wherein they are
| thought to thrive appropriately. Little less
| than a superstition is the belief in the par
TALLY for milk with which they are almost
| universally credited, and upon which are
built up ludicrOuS stories Imaginable John
/ Aubrey, the English antiquary, recommends
/ the powder obtained from a snake, which has
| been caught at midnight of midsummer eve
! not an easy capture at that hour-when all
! the planets are above the earth, killed
| skinned, and dried in the shade, as the where
| withal to procure invisibilty; and this again
| with local notifications, represents a super
| stltlOn obtaining all over the world. One of
| the funniest notions is that mentioned bv
! Madame La Barca, that those Mexican Tndi-
! ans who have been successfully inoculated
| with serpent venom acquire the power of in
! fiCting poisonous bite.