The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


abandoning very and giving an overwork-
ed word a rest for a few years. 1t has
earned that rest. That word as an ad-
verb is found less than twenty times in
the King James translation Of the Bible.
The rarity of its use makes it count for
all the more when utilized. When it is
said that the man Moses was very meek
one understands that he was meek be-
yond the custom of the Israelites of his
day. When St. James says the Lord is
very pitifuP the very is full of sgnifi-
canoe. But if the good and the bad deeds,
the cruel and the heroic acts recorded in
the Bible were to be described by most
writers of the day, there would be a very
in almost every line
-Mangabeira rubber is now obtained in
such purity that the prices obtained for
the best sorts are not much less than that
OF para rubber. This variety of rubber is
exported from Bahia and Pernambuco
chiefly, and while comparatively little is
known of the cultivation Of the tree, it
promises to become important in the India
rubber industry on account of its appar-
ent accommodation to soil and climate
and ease of cultivation. 1t occurs in the
red coffee-growing soils of the west of the
province of Sac Paulo, and would seem
from this fact well suited for the red
earths of some of the German colonies in
Africa. For soil such as is found in these
districts it is believed that the trees will
probably give better results than the
Ceara rubber-plant and the Para rubbers.
The severe frosts in Louisiana of re-
cent years are proving blessings to the
orange growers, says the New York Com
mercial Advertiser. The orange business
used to be an affair of luck. The flosts
came about twenty years apart and killed
the trees, and the business came 10 be re-
garded as a speculative affair, in VIII Oh
The efforts of man ruled less than The avs
OF chance. The greater frequency and Sc
verify Of recent frosts, however have set
the planters to experimenting scientidcal-
ly, and now they have discovered vare-
ties of oranges and methods of treating
them that make of even the severest f os s
merely temporary drawbacks. The science
of agriculture is advancing all over our
country, in step with other industries, and
the results Of these trials in LOUISIANA
ought to be of the greatest advantage to
her sister state of Florida, the loss of
whose orange trees few years ago n5arly
ruined her financially.
-Photographing tombstones is a novel
industry which has been instituted by a
colcred man of this city, who was at one
time oy-of-all-work in 2 photograph gal
lery, says the Philadelphia Record He
has recently branched out for himself
and has already established a remunera-
tive business which promises to open up
even wider field in the future. He visits
the various cemeteries with his camera
and when the day is fair he takes pic
lures of many of the imposing monuments
After he has developed his plates he takes
proofs around among the relatives of the
deceased, and usually finds a ready sale
for his pictures. OF course he has to take
chances, for he works entirely without
f~11z fffarr 10
Still, he says, it is very seldom that he
doesn't get an order. He also has a habit
OF hunting the marble works where tomb
stones are made and by striking while the
iron is hot he takes a picture before even
the bereaved relatives have seen the stone.
This Is always a tenstrike.
A number of tests of fireproof mate
rails have recently been made in England
under the direction of the British Fire
Prevention Committee. Fireproof wood
that had been prepared by well-known
and patented process was tested by using
it in the form of 1-inch pine boards for a
partition in the testing chamber. Fire
at the temperature of 900 degrees Fahren-
heit was applied to one side for five min
utes, al $50 degrees for ten minutes and
at 1900 degrees for fifteen minutes but no
incandescence nor spread of flame was no
ticed, though the wood was charred Lux
the chamber and test made which lasted
thirty minutes the temperature rising 10
1900 degrees Fahrenheit. Water was mp
piled twice at intervals of fifteen minutes
for two minutes each time. But one of
the five skylights survived the test. Three
easements of wire glass We're placed in a
vertical partition across the chamber and
submitted to a sever test. In this case
the glass in the easements was unbroken
but became fused and doubled into various
shapes.
In the Bradshaw lecture before the
Royal College of Physicians of London
DR.. A. Foxwell states that the first result
of exercise Is to increase the rate and
depth OF respiration. The respiratory quo
tient-that is, the amount of carbonic acid
divided by the oxygen-is not increased
with exercise, as the tissues are as rich
If not richer, as when at rest. This neces-
states an increase in the amount of oxy-
gen absorbed, since a man gives off more
carbonic acid when undergoing exertion
than when at rest. 1t is a strange fact
that arm-work per unit of work done re-
quireS a greater absorption of oxygen
than climbing; while climbing takes more
than walking on the level. If the amount
OF oxygen absorbed during sleep is 100
grams per minute, then there would be
absorbed 500 grams by man walking at
o.
600 grams in climbing a yard high, and in
turning wheel with the arm 1000 grams
for an equivalent amount of kilogram
metres. The enormous increase in the
amount of oxygen absorbed and carbonic
acid given out must necessarily act TO
strain the organs, and Dr. Foxweu be- |
lieYes that the lungs and the right ven |
tricle of the heart bear the brunt of the |
extra labor involved in short strenuous |
exertions.
Effect of cold upon the capillary prop
critics of certain animals was strlking1y il |
Illustrated in New York some time ago. A |
warehouse man in Jane street was annov- |
ed by the ravages of hordes of mice. He |
had little trouble in the main part of his |
building, where a couple of well-trained |
cats kept the place toderably free from the |
pests, bat in the cold storage portion the |
mice held fuH sway, says the New York |
Telegraph. They nibbled into packages |
and boxes and destroyed such quantities |
of fruits that heroic measures were neces- |