The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-13
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change. The band had been put on the
nsh when quite small. and stayed there
IN spite OF the rapid growth Of the wear
er. Inc fshs body under the band did
not grow, which caused a depression in
the fullgrOwn body OF about three inches
in depth. The depression was covered
with a healthy skin IN nd way unlike that
on the rest Of the body. The FISH meas
ured in length IA inches, diameter Of body
each side OF the depression IA inches,
diameter OF depression inches. The hsh
was undoubtedly in a healthy condition,
and the band was sound and could be
stretched like any other band.
The water famine in the east end OF
London has developed into a great calam-
ity, says the New York Suns cable. Water
IS supplied TO /, 5000 people only from two
70 nVe hours daily. There being no els
terms or other means of collecting a sup
ply, grave evils have arisen and are rap
idly spreading. The death rate has ad-
Eanced above thirty per thousand, and
ulIt diseases are almost epidemic in some
districts. The cause. in spite Of all de-
malls, is the avarice and inehiciency of the
local water company. The same condition
or things existed year ago, but IL is pre-
tehued that the unprecedented drought is
the cause. Unless rain in great abund-
ance comes soon there will be such whole
SAFE sacrlnce or human life that, perhaps.
pupnc opinion Will grow strong enough
70 insist on the government assuming con-
rol OF the water supply of all London.
Some interesting letters by Capt. Alb
ney on color vision have been published
in England, and among other points
treated Is the frequently observed fact
that, as twilight comes on red objects
lose their color sooner than others fin
any appearing black while other colors
are yet visible. When the luminosity is
gradually reduced the various colors in
great measure disappear, a person with
normal vision passing through a stage
or red blindness as the intensity is di-
minlshed, before he arrives at absolutely
monochrOmatic vision. Cant Abney
shows that the curious color of A moon
hght landscape is entirely accounted for
by this fact. White light sometimes be-
comes greenish as ii diminishes in in
tensity, and the reds, blues and yellows
being reduced or absent are not reflected
by surrounding objects; hence moonlight
IS cold, while the sunlight is warm, ow-
ing to their presence. Further, the loss
OF colors in flowers as night draws on
may be easily followed; thus, orange
coioted MOVERS may be plainly distin-
gulshed, while a scarlet geranium APP
pears black; green grass will be gray
when yellow flowers may be just Visi-
Bile.
1t will be remembered that the last
Ohio legislature passed measure which
went into effect on the LIST of July, le-
CALLING electrical executions in that
state The making of a law is one thing
other, says the Electrical World as the
ohio penitentiary officials are discovering
10 their dtsmay. They are experiencing
unforeseen difficulties in securing an al
ternator to carry out their deadly work
That the various manufacturers of the
necessary electrical machinery have no
desire to sell their apparatus for such
purposes is evidenced by the fact that
no response was received to the invita-
ton for bids for the death-dealing out
tit When electrOcutions became lawful
in New York state the penal authorities
encountered the same difficulties so that
it was only by resorting to considerable
strategy that an alternator was secured
1t is not unlikely that the Ohio officials
Will be compelled to seek the same means
to attain their end. The objection of
manufacturers to selling electrical ma
chlnery for the purpose of killing human
beings is not one of sentiment alone Il
Is no recommendation to apparatus of
any KIND TO have II used, even by the
constituted authorities, for the purpose
OF taking human life through its instru-
mentality.
The astonishing statement is now seri-
ously made that there are. under certain
conditions, typhoid bacilli in hens eggs.
says the New York Journal Experiments
have been made recently in German la
Doratories with a view to getting some de-
Unite facts regarding this matter 1T is
found that typhoid germs have no ditticulty
IN making their way through the porus
shells of eggs and that the Introduction
OF such microbes may be accomplished
naturally In several ways. The important
experiment was made by placing a hens
egg in a perfectly clean glass vessel after
washing and brushing 1t with soap and wa
Ter ana steriizing it with a solution of
plchloride of mercury. Thus treated It was
necessarily free from germs of any kind.
A huid culture of typhoid baciln was then
poured over the egg, which was permitted
70 remain IN 1t for some hours. Then the
nfff M
contents were examined. They were found
10 contain the microbes of typhoid in near
~ every instance. 1t Is not improba bic
that sometimes microbes of various kinds
made their way from outside into the owl
duct OF the hen. The shell of the egg is
not put on until within tWenty-four hours
OF the time the egg is laid Thus any germs
~ tle oVlauct would have good chance
10 get into the substance of the ego
through the soft membraneous covering
Some time ago the Youths Comnan-
ion said that most animals are specia1-
lists, having been developed In some par
ticular direction. Thus, the tiger is
champion still hunter, and the channels
Is a mountain climber. A tiger advances
on ITS prey stealthily, a hawk swoons
GOWN with a rush that scares its victim
into inactivity, the shrike lures small
birds to it by initiating their love SONGS
wolves tire the deer out foxes act on
the curiosity of the birds thev wish n
capture, mouse cats wait beside the mouse
mole with conSummate Datience Tvba
knocking bird is a song specialist that
has several feeble imitators. The bIue
jays gather in f1ocks to torment their
enemies. Crows and many other birds
as well as manuals, gather in focks under
leaders. The Baltimore oriole builds
Deauuful nest, and the cowibird laws tic
eggs in the nests of others. Turkeys
ngsh grasshoppers by advancing in a line
Wnle blackbirds are unorganized. pur-
in nv
owl catches its prey at night, when mice
and moles come to the surface of the
ground, and snakes search the rodents
out in their burrows. loads and frogs
want for the insects to come within reach
OF their tongues and jaws, but the swai
lows pursue the insects here and there
through the air furiously, and by main
strength. Ravens are found in the deem
quails are in the fields. Ants are CO.. 90
fdent and open in their doings. trusting
TO their mum bers. The skunk is self-cop77
hdent. and investigates unusual things.
the deer and bear flee when a tvvie- cra e