The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-18
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of dollars worth of new securities sent
abroad 10 take the place of bonds, etc,
called In. The securities have gone by reg
istcrcd mail in packages, the postage upon
each being about $50. Nearly every large
railroad organization transa elton is accom-
panied by similar shipments of securities,
both from and to this country. Sometimes
the securities are expressed, but generally
the registered mall is used, and the secur-
tiles are insured against loss. Postage
stamps of large denominations are placed
upon the packages. In the case of ship
ments from this country, 81. 81, and s.
stamps are used, says Harper's Round Ia
bic. The Columbian stamps are stiu OBJ
lainable a 1 their face value. When a ship
ment is made from England, 5-shillng, 10
shilling, 1 pound and 5 pound stamps are
used. These high-value stamps are sought
for by collectors, and though cancelled
have a marketable value that sometimes
equals 80 per cent. of their original post
age value Their market value is we'll
known to the leading Wall street banking
houses, and in the case of several recent
organizations careful arrangements We're
made to have the cancelled stamps preserv-
ed and sold to stamp-dealers, the proceeds
being turned in as part of the reorganiza-
ton committees receipts.
In late years more and more attention
has been paid to the condition of the
teeth of candidates for life insurance. and
now the report of the dentist is consid-
cred of proportional value with that OF
the physician in determining the value of
the life" So important are the indi-
cations afforded by the teeth of the gen
eral health and strength of the constitu-
lion OF candidates for the United States
navy, that unless a would-be cadet can
pass a Creditable examination at the
hands of the dentist he must make up
his mind TO look for another calling 1t is
- hot
trim, the digestion, and, eventually, of
course, the general health and consequent
~ the professional efficiency of the candi-
date must be impaired. These restrictions
are now likely TO extend to the army One
of the first signs of this movement is the
announcement that a bill is to- be passed
to establish dental corps in the United
States army. 1t is proposed to make the
army dentist a part of the medical corps
assigning one surgeon dentist, with the
rank OF major, to each brigade and one
surgeon dentist, with the rank of cap
tain, TO each regiment. The army dem
lists are to be graduates of reputable den
tai colleges The teeth of the rank and file
Of the army are to be inspected periodical
ly and kept in order, and the soldier him
self is to be instructed how to second the
efforts of the dentist.
The young King of Spain was ushered
which, remarks the Westminster Gazette.
even in his exalted sphere is somewhat I'M
usual. His first introduction to his court
was on golden tray, upon which he was
carried through a company of two or three
hundred lords and ladies' comprising the
very cream of Spanish society A magnif-
cent suit of apartments had been provided
for him, all his own; from the very first
stalwart soldiers guarded his chamber door
by night and by day. The Pope of Rome
sent him his christening robes and water
was brought from the Jordan for his bap-
rismal font! At three months old a dental
surgeon was appointed, with nothing to
do but Superintend the royal teething op-
erations, and from the very first court ply
sicans made a formal. overhauling of the
person of the V0un g monarch twice a day
by the clock. A whole bevy of court ladies
were employed every morning to dress his
august Majesty according to the strictest
procedure of-cofrt etiquette at Madrid and
there is SAID to have been an imposing and
elaborate ceremonial on the occasion of his
MaJestys first cOndescending to put his
royal feet into shoes-gorGeous affairs in
white leather, embroidered with gold What
Alfonso XIII himself thought of it all at
the time unfortunately we have no means
OF knowing. But there is one rule of court
etiquette In Spain which Alfonso's mother
may not unnaturally have been inclined to
rebel against. 1t is, however, a rule as
unalterable rs those of the Modes and Per
slams, that no royal prince much less a
King of Spain, shall ever be sucked by his
own mother
An examination and analysis of the
effect produced upon the human system
and the mind by the firing of a large can
non, says the Philadelphia Times, is most
ehgrosSIng. Men generally accounted cour-
ageous tremble violently in their knees:
others feel nauseated; some have severe
neadacheS; a few have had their eardrums
split or the action of their heart affected
Take the vital organ the heart first. In
the space between the right auricle and
Nehtrlcle are a set of fine, thread-like
cords called the tendineae. The concus-
sion makes them tremble like timbers in
a building when there is an earthouake
In weak man the chamber of the heart
Is leIt open Tor an Instant; the opening and
closing springs lose their control: the
neart snakes; possibly the chordae tendi-
neae are snapped; contraction or dilation
or the organ ensues and in some Instances
death follows. Deafness induced by an
explosion may be traced to the sudden
pressure upon the inner orifce of the ear
and the tremendous vibration set IN The
INN, transparent, fairly bright membrane
called the drum of the ear is burst like a
piece OF tissue paper held taut and forci-
bly, blown upon. Sounds are conveyed nv
vii. If the beating is to rapid and TOO for
chile, the membranes may be ruptured. a
temporary disturbance of the mind oc
ours and the sufferer becomes dizzv.
When the knees tremble 1t is due to the
nervous shock produced in the cerebellum
All the nerves and muscles are thrown
INTO atomic contractions and relaxations
ana the knees appear to give way Nausea
is also caused by the physiological change
That takes place in the brain. There is a
pressure of blood there. and the stomach,
responding tries to empty itself
One of the modern methods of diagnos-
ing disease is 10 take a drop of the pa
tents blood and examine il with M.
croscope The size, abundance. apDear-
ance and movements of the red and
white corpuscles tell the trained physician
a great deal about the condition OF the
person from whom the blood was obtain
ed. In order TO preserve record of such
analysis, II is the custom of those who
make these examinations to photograph
their specimens The Tribune told its
readers something about this practice a
year or so ago, and mentioned. at the
same time, the original work Of H.