The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-10
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! been making some calculations as TO the
stISnsa n OF Nhale; Inc size ana dlmen-
since on the Scotch coast furn shed the nee
essary data. This whale was 50 feet long, 20
feet across the hanges OF the tail and weighed
lbo.JO pounds. The professor calculates that
| 10 attain speed Of twelve miles an hour, an
ordinary rate for whale. the animal would
have to exert l45 horse power.
Anderson Miller. a farmer who lives not
far from Barboursville, Ky. il reports are to
! be believed, has struck 1t rich He was
/ digging post hole. and some four or five
| feet under ground struck something hard. He
! struck 1t time OF two. when suddenly
stream OF sSing, bubblIng water spurted
! from the hole, driving his auger into the air.
Inc jet OF water shot $50 feet into the air, and
/ an examination showed IL to be genuine soda
| water. pure water charged heavily with car
/ Donlc acld gas. The water, so it Is said,
4 spouts Gutter half an hour. and then inter
/ mits for like period. Miller is thinking of
starting bottling establishment The Gin
clnnatl Enquirer tells this story, which is
! In it.
| The medical profession in France Is much
stirred up over the great increase of the
deaths from consumption shown by recent
| statistics. The disease carries of persons
| out or 900, or 10000 year in France, while
! In England the mortality from this cause has
| faHen 20 per 900. The scourge is worst in
| Paris. where one death out OF every five is
| due 10 consumption. At Marseilles it is one
| out OF SIX and at Dion and Nancy it is one
| out Of seven. DIR. Gilbert a specialist on the
| ulsease, says that drunkardS are specially
| susceptible to the disease, and that the tene-
| ment houses, where the poor live. are very
| hotoeds for It's spread In such places five
OUT OF Twelve deaths are due to consumption.
Prot. Cabot. prominent veterinarian, says
! That there can be no doubt that dogs very
| OFTEN communicate the disease. He says that
| microscopic examination has shown that
| many dogs are infected with it. He has held
| post mortem examinations Of a large number
OF dogs winch were supposed to have died Of
| cancer, and in every case found that tubercu-
! IoSls was the cause Of death. He says that
people who keep infected dogs about them
| are almost sure sooner or later to contract
| the disease.
A satisfactory trial trip was made on Satur-
day In the Havoc, which has been built for
the navy by Messrs. Yarrow. of Poplar. says
/ the Westminster Gazette. The Havoc is the
| fastest vessel in the British and probably in
| any fleet, and has been specially designed
with view to the destruction OF hostile tor
| pedo boats. Lying of the town piet at Graves
| end the first OF fourteen of these destrOyers
looked anything out beautiful. The main
point, OF course is her speed. The torpedo
| boats which she has to destroy can steam out
| anywhere between twenty-five and twenty
| four knots. The Havoc at her official trials
| mas done rather more than twenty-six knots
| an hour in botsterous weather during con-
| tlnuous run of three hours duration. At
times her speed was as much as twenty seven
| knots, or thirty-one miles an hour
| so that she could easily give points
| to an average stopping train With
| this high rate Of steaming too she
| steers exceptionally we'll. On Saturday when
| she ran down the Thames as far as the Mouse
| llghtship. and was content to do modest
| twenty knots, there was an almost complete
! absence of vibration, and it was stated that
| she is practically free from this reproach
even at her highest speed. Propelled by twin
| screws, and with engines capable of develop
ing 35O0horse power, this vessel OF 1870 feet
| long and only 1872 feet beam, can carry a suf-
hclent coal supply to enable her to run some
1000 miles at low speed. In all she has no
fewer than fourteen steam engines and how
her complicated machinery, with all its rami-
hcatlons, has been packed away below so as
to leave room for complement of for.
| tytwo officers and men is little less than a
marvel.
1t Is only reasonable to suppose, says the
Popular Science Monthly on the subject of
deep sea animals, that the ability to sustain
this enormous pressure can only be acquired
by animals after generations of gradual mi
gratlonS from shallow waters. Those forms
| that are brought up by the dredge from the
depths Of the ocean are usually killed and
distorted by the enormous and rapid diminu-
I on OF pressure in their journey to the sur
face, and 1t is extremely probable that shall
low water forms would be similarly killed
and crushed out Of shape were they suddenly
plunged into very deep water The lsh that
live at these enormous depths are in conse-
quenCe OF the enormous pressure, liable TO a
curious form of accident. If, in chasing their
prey OF LOT any Ol0er reason. tleV rise to
considerable distance above the floor of the
ocean, the gases OF their swimming blad-
der become considerably expanded, and
the specific gravity very greatly
reduced; up to certain limit the muscles OF
their bodies can counteract the tendency to
float upward and enable the fish to regain its
proper sphere OF life at the bottom; but be-
yond that limit the muscles are not strong
enough to drive the body downward and the
fish, becoming more and more distended as it
goes, is gradually killed on its long and in
voluntary journey to the surface of the sea.
Inc deep sea hsh, then, are exposed to
danger that no other animals in the world ara
subject to, namely, that OF tumbling upward
That such accidents do occasionally occur is
evidenced by the fact that some fish. which
are known to be true deep sea forms we're
discovered dead and floating on the surface of
the ocean long before our modern investiga-
lions were commenced.
One Of the greatest misfortunes that can
happen to a man in his early earthly career is
to discover that he has stomach. He may
know 1t theoretically or recollect the lessons
in physiology OF his schoolooy day. but ac-
c0rding to the San Francisco Chronicle
when he finds out by actual, personal expert
ence that he has stomach he is to be piled
The whole science of gastronomy-and il is n
science-has been devised and perfected for
the benefit Of the men who have made this
discovery, All the studies OF the whole Gilt
tering galaxy Of gastronomlsts, all the culi-
nary triumphs of the great restaurants in the
capitals Of the world are due TO the simnle
ldCL lHdI men nave lOQQQ out that thew
have stOmachs, and that that organ. when
once discovered. must be petted and flattered
and soothed and kept In good humor to
prevent its revolving and creating
revolution and civil war. 1t is safe 10 saw
that the primitive man never knew that he
had a stomach. 1t has been reserved for civ
ilization to make the discovery, and il is nv
no means foregone conclusion that ctviliZa-
ton should pride itself upon having done so
The maxim that one never enjoys q good din
ner until after IL has been eaten is a refine
ment of modern and degenerate DAYS con
tanning much sound philosophy from a GER
tain standpoint, but that standpoint is a fcti-
t1ouS and mistaken one. There Is no natural
reason why dinner, good or bad should be
enjoyed, The one object of eating is to salts
fy hunger, ana that being done the dinner
should be forgotten. 1t is only the imperious
and arbitrary stomach which insists upon a
further recognition of its claims and it isonlV
human weakness which submits to its de-
mand. A modern philosopher in
terse though inelegant diction has
laid down this maxim, which is
almost tdiomatic. You must down your
stomach or your stomach will down Won +"
Of the casual reader The stomach NAV as
certain Of the ancients believed be the real
seat OF the emotions. passions and affections
but we make great mistake If we subordi-
nate the ego to single organ. especially to one
which is only too ready to presume upon the
favor shown 1t and the license given il
Healthy children know nothing about their
stomachs, except that they ache sometimes
If called on to do double duty. and there is
nothing so healthy and happy in the world as
healthy child. II children OF larger growth