The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

When an artery has been severed tHe
blood comes Ia Jets because the heart
throws 10 directly 10 the point where
the artery has been cut
Tle stomach has a chUrning motion.
which. during the progress % discs .cn,
is continuous, in order that the food may
juice.
An OK with a natural knot in the middle
OF lis tail belongs 10 Zeke CIOrts of Mob. j..
a Ia Several surgeons have attempted
10 unite the knot but their efforts caused
the animal such pam that they desistei.
Owing TO the advent Of the grip a New
York paper has secured the services Of
a prominent physician 10 prescribe daily
Tor the suffering public. Here's his sure
cure for cold in the head. The cold is
the result OF an extra pressure Of blood
IN the head, which obstructs the gene
raj circulation. The nosrrils are dis
tended. the mucous membrane is swollen
and the back part Of the throat becomes
.cuppy' and dry Nothing is better than a
hot foot bath and a hot drink, followed
oy a doVer's powder. All Of this is 10
stimulate perspiratlOn. Then one grain
OF qulnlnea with one-quarter Of a grain
or red pepper should he taken every
two hours for twenty-fOur hours. BY
thai ume your cold will have disap-
peared- As the above prescription is
written by one Of the hest known nose
throat and ear specialists of the city. il
should be about as good as the other sort
which sometimes comes high.
AhEDl &c uu AAdufleEr author OF lFllFfN.
IS said TO he hard al work on a new
novel. says the New York Sun. The Eng
HSh success of his popular novel by the
way, IS only second to IFS American sue
cess Andrew Lang writes. we should
be curious to know where Mr.. du Maurier
got his idea of the singing woman who
makes such a splendid success. and
flames like a comet over the whole Eu-
ropean continent and then comes to Lon
don and for some mysterious reason is
eXunsuished. There was a strange true
history many years ago. when Mr.. dU
Maurler was a boy of great singer who
made herself famous in every continental
capital and was eagerly looked for i'm
London and came at last and went away
almost in moment and never came again.
There was no suggestion OF hypnOtism in
that case. But the appearance and sud-
den disappearance created q great Sc sa-
tloH at the time ana II IS not imposSl BILE
that Mr.. Gu Maurier may have improved
upon his early recollectiOns of it,"
The first hanson cab in America had
an Interesting history. SAYS tue New ork
World. A reminiscent volublc. Ied-faced
cabby told it late the other night up by
the Thirty-third street stand. it was
brought over i'm 1870 or 1871 by John Pa
tent of the Pacific hotel in Gree nWich
street just above Cortlandt and il cost
40 pounds. Its driver was old John Car
ter of Liverpool since deceased. who came
to New York in 1S6l. The ORIGINAL CAD
that John Carter drove was q handsome
one, made very much like those now in
use, but 1t had Claret body and red run
Ull8 gear. An interesting feature of ~
was that II was bolstered with pair OF
patent aXles. which were so complicated
that Carter was the only man who could
grease them. For some reason the cab
was not put into running Immediately
after 1t was imported, but was laid up i'm
the stable for year and half. Then John
Carter ran 1t from the Pacific hotel but
there was not business enough there and
he went down to the corner of Broad
street and Exchange place, where trade
tourshed and he used to get fares from
the big brokers MOrosini was said to
have been a good customer of his. and Jay
Gould. II reports are accurate. rode in it
once or twice. 1t was a familiar feature
about the stock exchange for four years
and then it broke down, ending the career
OF the flrSt hanson cab in America.
There is one drill practice by a cavalry
troop at several frontier posts saws a LET
ter writer from the far west in the New
York Tribune which is interesting to
witness. out on the prairie have been
erected numerous posts the hight of an
ordinary man from his feet up to his
shoulders. n number of large leathern
balls the size of a mans head, and filled
with straw, are placed on the posts be-
fore drill commences. Now the troop
ers are hauled up in line. and each indi-
Nidudl is set to work cutting off the va
rious leathern heads from the posts
When a mans turn comes he draws his
sabre, the command IS given and away
he goes at a mad dash down upon the
enemy, cutting off the first head with a
down stroke, the next one with a back
sweep, and the third is slaShed on the
crown, or decapitated in some way. OF
course, it is ridiculous to see the recruits
first practice these maneuVers, but the
raw-boned fellow becomes an expert af-
ter awhile, and his laugh is turned on
others who succeeded him as the butt of
ridicule. The drill also includes firing
blank cartridges with revolver at the
heads, the sharp concussion Of the eX-
plosion generally blowing the leather
heads off, if the aim chances to be a good
one.
The war correspondents az the seat of
war in China have shown a propensity to
strip Ii Hung Chang, the Chinese com
mander in chief not only Of all his hon0rS
ard his clothes, but of his head. says the
New York Times. We have an analogous
Illustration of this same propensity i'm the
case of NapOlean. Turning over recently