The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

the heart, was the scientific problem that en-
| gagged the scalpel Of an advanced student Of
| surgery for several days last week. The rab-
] bit had been shot at viii e leaping toward
Delaware county hunter. concealed behind a
I tree. Inc range was so close that when he
/ picked up the dead animal the hunter eN-
pected 70 ind II riddled with shot. To his
surprise. not a wound could be discovered
ana. con- lu4ing IL had been killed by fri ht
ne sent II ior post mortem examination to his
iTtehl. the student. The latter de ,lded. after
an exhaustive disse ton. that death by
fright results from heart failure. precisely as
1t results from chloroform."
The question is often asked: ''Wiu an OBJ
lect thrown into t1e air either from the
hand, volcano. or even when shot from a
rlne or cannon return 10 the earth with the
same Initial velocity with which il left:" The
answer the St. Louis Republic says. IS A
proJectile thrown vertically upwards into the
ar VIII return with a velocity less than the
| initial The word less is emphasized because
this view OF the matter Is contrary to the one
generally accepted. IN the air the accelera.
ting force VIII oh acts during the descent Is
not equal to the retarding .Srte during assent.
Inc retardins force is the same for the
weight Of the pro.e tile ana the atmospheric
resistance-both acting in he samsdirec-
tlon. n the descent the accelerating force is
the difference OF these two since they act in
opposite directions. In a vacuum il would be
| different In that case, the weight of the
pEoJecthe being the only force acting. this
force would generatein each foot of the ball
exactly the same amount OF velocity that it
mad lost IN its passage upwards. thus, the
hnal would find it with a speed equal 10 its
initial velocity.
In the last nmber of the chronological News
Prof. Smith refers to a grave danger that the
Colum 5ian exposition has menaced the farm
ers with He points OFT the fact that the
grain in the palace Of agriculture was seri.
ousIy injected with the grain moth, and that
from the centre the whole country may be
invaded by this pest In the New Jersey ex-
hlOlt We are told that every jar Of grain was
simply nest of moths and Larvae, and that
everywhere the same appearance prevailed;
That IN fact the whole uilding had teA ONE
one vast breeding ground for these insects
In view of the fact that not only this but
DINER, perhaps equally injurious, insects
have found in the same manner center
from which to scatter he wonders Whether
the results may not yet lead some to pro
noun e the fair an unmitigated nuisance
Some OF the foreign plants may have 0een the
means OF introducing new Insects that by
nndlug in this country favorable haOitats
Will scatter and multiply, to the disgust aud
annoyance OF agricul wrists generally. New
weeds may also have in this way gained en-
trance. As mlmtcry is o marked human
charac tarstic. 1t viii not be surprising if the
wees OF other nations ar not copied here and
vail
You sometimes hear Of men who can ride
anything that wears hair" said Mai Bar
bour to Washington Star reporter. Some
times you hear the men say so themselves.
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equilibrium. Like any other art, il has its
posi- elites and its limitations 1 know some
horses that no man can ride. So instanta-
neouS, strong, and violent is the muscular
action OF these animals that il human eng
we're placed in the saddle, he woulI have to
come on. The Mexicans are the best riders
in the world and you never see them mount
an unol animal without every prel al
ton. Thcy hopple the s,irrups- is con
nett them by piece OF rope some feet
long use two glrths to the saddle,
ana tie across the pommel heavy
stick folded in a piece of blanket under
which when seated Their thighs fit. With all
OF these appurtenan. es they "a frequently
thrown, The action Of the 'Ducking horse of
the prairl9s. YOU must understand. is utterly
llnerent from the action OF the civilized horse.
The latter jumps with q straight spring
from the hind legs. 1t Is easy enough TO sit
The former arChed his tack until his spine
forms an apex upon which the rider is
perched goes straight into the air and comes
Gown with all four legs stiff. The lar is ter
riff :. l have seen blood run out OF the nose
cars and eyes of bronco busters Next TO
the Mexican in natural riding ability comes
the southern negro. and after him the western
indian. AS Tor the gentlemen OF he Chevy
Chase aniseed pursuers, l fear that they
would not DO IN IT. Use Of the pigslxin sad
die does not ut man for rough work"
The fashionable dinner is becoming later
and later, and to get over that urcomforta-
bic post.prand al period before the ball sew
eral well-known hostesses have inauC rated
SD o'clo k as the correct hour saws the st
Louis Ulote / enotrat In fact would he
better still" said pretty mondaine, for it
IS really ike fitting in the pieces OF puzzle
TO arrange the various ntertainments-lunch,
0 clock tea, dinner and the dance afterward
where II is no use arriving until after II
In London, where o'clock is frequently
named as the dinner hour, the long English
twilight during the season seems an ade.
quate excuse for very late hours, but with us
1t wo Id he a aosur1 evaporation to turn
night INTO day. and vice versa. The unwont-
Ell feature OF this season seems to lie the
great lack of dinners, and the travelling
Englishman has fallen upon the very evil
DAYS. indeed. Il was told that your
people we're so extraordinary hospit.
able, said newly arrived Briton the other
day and that should be asked TO d ne some
where every night. Lut as IL happens { have
been asked but only a couple of times. al
though have presented oil nv letters and
have been in New York for the last ten DAYS
young ely bmen, too, are complaining not a
little OF the loss OF many good dinners which
heCed to exc 1t their small incomes OF yore
ana fashionable married lOuuleS are eniOyinr
a Darny and Joan sort OF existence which
may or m " not Ue acceptable PERHAPS il Is
rather fortunate. therefore that this some.
what trying season is The shortest on re orr
sin>e S3S. whe the same combination OF the
golden mum er with the full moon, and the
SUNDAY letter, ixet tho date of Easter for
Mar s5 an Ash Wednesday for Feb. T.
Java, the land of the famous and much
exage Grated Death Valley" has many
wonderful curiOsities in the shape of or.
nilholoGical. GEO orical zoolccica. and Lotani.
cal oddities, tie chef among the latter being
the KAN Mulan, or death plant" saws the
St. Louis Republic. 1t gIows only on the
stern SOIL OF thu volcanic re gions of Java
and the adjoining Islands. and is even there
reel oned as a Curiosity on acc cunt of its ex-
IRENE sc 1rcitY, teinF rarely met with even
by those having o movie re Of its haunfs
and general characteristics 1t grows from
- to feet in height, with long, slender
stems, well protected nv stout thorns nearly
an inch in ZENITH. The 6 ound leaves are Of a
delicate satin like SmOOthueSs. heart shaped
emerald green on one side and blood. red
stceaked ami veine1 with hight bun on the
ether. The flowers of this death dealing
beauty are even moro beautiful than tina
plant itself being very large AID cup shaped
and OF color almost deathly In its white.
ness. The name OF the plant is from a char
acterlStic OF these splendid flowers which
beautiful though they are. continually drip
With deadly poison This poison, h.ch is
distilled in the bottom OF the cup-shaped
blossom, has the sickening odor OF chloro
form intensified a dozen told. it being power
ful enough 10 overcome fun grown man in n
few seconds, wen when inhaled in open air
The perfume, If such a pungent odor can
properly be so called, produces insenstbilftv
III the form OF commissions, distortine the
face especially the mouth aad ewes. into
a horrld. .r1zy looking grin. Recovery from
the effects OF tnhaling this odor is said TO he
very slow and to be followed with violent
headache, ringing in the ears. and sometimes
partial or total deafness. II the edit,r Of
Notes for the Curious has teen rithtiv in
formed Mrs Madison Black Of Savannah.