The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-17
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-Nationalities are somewhat mixed up
on the bark Jose OleYeira Coelho, lately at
Philadelphia She sails under the flag Of
the Argentine Republic, being owned at
Buenos Ayres. Capt. Anarade, who COM
mands her, is a Portuguese, and the mate
is an Irishman, who halls from Waterford.
The crew are Brazilians. Uruguayans,
Germans, Norwegians, Swedes and others
who cannot tell where they were born
The vessel was formerly under the Bra
lillian flag. and before that was an Italian
vessel Under the lax navigation laws of
the Argentine Republic she meets with
few technicalities and expense. She was
at Rio JaneirO during the rebellion, and
lay there many months without earning
a shilling.
Prof James E. Keller. of the Allegheny
Observatory. has for me first time posi-
lively demonstrated that the rings Of sat
urn are made up OF innumerable small
bodies or satellites, and that they do not
revolVe at the same rate Of speed about
The planet, says a Pittsburg dispatch.
By a well-known principle a line in the
spectrum OF heavenly body is displaced
toward the violet If the body is approach
ing the earth and toward the red II the
body is receding. If the image of Saturn
Is brought upon the slit Of a spectrCscope
and kept accurately in position for about
two hours the spectra Of the planet and
the two opposite sides of the ring can be
separately photographed on" the same
plate. The motions of the different parts
OF Saturn can then be determined from
the displacement of the lines. From
such photographs taken by Prof. Keller
it has been found that the inner edge
OF the ring moves faster than the outer
edge, as 1t must, if the ring is made up
of small satellites. The motions of the
different parts of the ring, in miles per
second can only be given after the pho
tOgTaphs have been accurately meas
ured under the microscope.
In proportion to its size, says a writer
| in st. Nicholas, | believe the jumping
mouse is the most active and powerful
OF all vertebrate animals. This tiny crea-
ture-no larger than a mans thumb
is from two and one-half to three inches
| in length, with a tail about twice as long
as the head and body. 1t is, therefore
no larger than a house mouse, but it has
| light forequarters, strong headquarters,
/ very long hind legs-and ii can jump from
eight to ten feet. If a mouse Weighing
! two ounces (average) can jump ten feet.
| how far should a One-hundred-pound boy
| of equal agility be able to jump? Figure
\ II out for yourself, and when you have
/ obtained the correct answer you will prop
! erly appreciate the hind legs of this won
| derful little mite
In accordance with tho instructions
! of the German minister of war. Prof.
! Luntz and Staff Surgeon Schumberg
have made a series of experiments with
| regard to the weight that can be carried
! by soldiers on the march. Five students
1 of a public institute volunteered as SUBJ
| jects for the two doctors, and always
! undertook their marches in full marching
order The marches in all of the same
! length viz: 24.75 kilometres as miles 50
! YARDS; the weight carried was varied,
/ viz: % q and 81 xilogrammes (4S 2-5 lbs,
]
! suited as follows: % 1t was found that
! with As pounds and a moderate tempera-
/ ture the man could march the required
! distance, and even further. without any
] distress or ill effects whatever. In very
hot and close weather slight tnconveni-
ence, such as very profuse perspiratiOn,
! high pulse and hurried breathing were ex-
! perienced; but these soon disappeared
! when the march was over. No bad effects
| remained the next day, so that such
marches could advisedly be undertaken
! several days IN succession. (2) With the
! next weight go 2-5 lbs.), during favorable
/ weather, no i'll effects ensued; but in hot
/ weather fatigue was produced, which was
] felt until the next day. so that the sec
/ ond days march was begun under worse
| conditions than that of the first day. 90
! With the third weight (63 is lbs), the i'll
| effects produced were decided The tests
gave instinct and definite results. 1t was
Iound mat several days practice with
| the lighteSt burden CAS- 2-5 lbs) caused
| the carrying of it and the. marching
! with IL to become continually more easV
| and convenient whereas practice with
| the heaviest burden. reduced the in
| convenience in hardly any degree. Many
| Iacts We're established which will I'M
| doubleday lead to notifications in GER
| tam details of heavy marching drill. In
! order TO confirm the results obtained the
! experiments were repeated with several
/ LandWehr and Reserve men, some of
/ Wnom WefQ out of military training
while others were in active service. The
| report given agreed with that on the in
sutute students in every particular
Appendicitis may not be so fashionable
| a disease a few years hence as IT is now -
! said Assistant Pomologist TAYLOR to a
! Washington Star writer "Gardeners are
! trying their best to get rid of seeds in
fruits. Already we have the naval orange,
| Whlch Is nearly always seedless. Some
| varieties of apples have been produced
| that have almost no seeds. They are alb
| normanties. Sometimes they are called
bloomless because the blossoms have
! no petals and in some cases lack stamens
me core Is very small, and commonly
| there is hollow at the end opposite the
| IheSe SeeClleSS a oil
| poor IN flavor, being grown merely as
scuriosities Raisin producers in Cali
| IOrnla are trying to obtain seetlless grapes
| for ratsins. The object in view is TO get
size and seedlessness in thekrraEs. Fruit
| You are familiar with the se{ -apes
| of Corinth, which are CONF own
! as 'currants. The sulta . 90 l., ,of
! Southeastern Europe are liNlt ana ID lass
| grapes Both of these vat now
| cultivated in California fkcessor of Iare
| small. A prominent gro1 .sllo,
county is working in thissone 2ss. Ageith
! leading raisin grape IN & H
! selects cuttings from tlfo9 s,ieh
| produce less than the NOD ar If
! seeds. Continuing this prfNCI1 wear
/ to year, he hopes to reduce OH' ess 10
! absolute seedlessness eVe4 II Is
bells that s, the seedlessnsges, Fac Co.
| by similar means. The banana Isl SendIess
and has been so for centuries, though no,
suckers. and possibly it had no seeds
when found in the wild state The
panama is mod-t1ed berry. Cutting the
fruit down through the middle YOU will
sometimes see few little brown spots,
which are rudinentary seeds. Occasion
ally, the banana does actually produce
seeds. The pineapple is nearly seedIess
propagated likewise from suckers and
from Sins. The eggplant which is
fruit botanically speaking is occasionally
seediess. This plant is able to produce
developed fruit whether the blossoms are
| tertilized or not. Horticuturists are en-
deavoring ct the some time to rid fruit
plants OF thorns. Some oranges and
lemons are very thorny-for example
the high-priced King orange which is
the best of the mandarins. It is rarely
seen in this market. The first trees were
brought to the United States from Cochin
China. In Florida it's thorniness has been
diminished by selecting buds from branches
with the fewest thorns. Thorns are oh
Jectionable because they puncture the
oranges or lemons when the branches are
blown about by the wind Efforts are
being made to get ride of the thorns on
raspberry and blackberry plants, simpiv