The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-15
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Grain fodder and hay sold carry
away vastly more of the accumulated
fertility of the land than when. they
are worked up into dairy products.
Five pounds of cheese sell for as much
as a bushel of wheat, and take from
the land less than one-tenth as much
plant food.
"A transmission system invented by
Prof. Bedell furnishes electricity for
both light and power simultaneously
over the same wire, in spite of the
fact that lighting requires a high and
power a low frequency of vibrations.
the other polyphase.
"A commercial agent from Japan,
Taikichi Shimizue, is in California to
make an experimental shipment of
oranges to the capital of the Mikado
as a commercial enterprise. The
manderin and tangerine oranges of
Nippon are much smaller and less juicy
than the navel orange.
The new pharse, the new captain
Of the men of DEATH" has been in
adequate to characterize the increas-
ing ravages of pneumonia. Since the
first of the year, 2,4S7 deaths in Chica-
go have been attributed to this one
cause, or nearly one-fourth of the to-
tai deaths from all diseases.
Many Woodworking physicians and
surgeons have been laboring diligently
of late to discover the whole truth
about cancer, it's causes and it's treat
ment. In Europe and in America re-
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profound But this diligent toll has
not yet accomplished results of great
moment. Few doctors believe that a
cure has been found, and many disa-
gree concerning the wisest methods of
treatment.
Insects enjoying aerial navigation
by the use of balloons were recently
caught by a French naturalist, who
noticed them as small. bright objects
floating in the air and behaving as
if they were being steered. He caught
some of them and found them to be
viscous air bubbles one-fourth of an
inch long, of uniform dimensions, and
showing iridescent reflection. Each
balloon was suspended by the feet of
an insect resembling the hornet fly.
There is really no SUCH thing as a
'cloudburst," for clouds do not burst.
The word is entirely metaphorical
Says metcorologist: Rain comes
down in accordance with physical laws.
AT any given temperature the atmos-
phere can hold affixed quantity of water
vapor. The warmer the air the more
water-vapor it can hold. But if air
already saturated with it be cooled,
1t VIII be supersaturated with mois-
ture at its new temperature, and the
resulting flow of rain is literally the
superfiuity. A 'cloudburst' is simply
the result of the very rapid cooling of
an atmosphere which was hot and was
also water saturated
The discovery in Germany of a new
metal called selium by Edward Mol
lard, a Frenchman, is reported to the
state Department. The discoYerer as
serts that selium costs only one-twelfth
as much as aluminium and is lighter
and stronger. 1t does not rust, and
is, therefore, suitable for shipbuilding,
for the manufacture of pipes and for
railroad construction. 1t is asserted
also that, as, it is capable of taking
a fine polish resembling nickel, it would
be desirable for cooking utensils. Its
hardness is not quite equal to that
of iron, but is greater than that of
lead or zinc. Its power of resistance
is said to be greater than that of iron,
but less than that of steel.
-Henniker- Heaton, who he criti-
cised the postofice reforms in the
House of Commons on Monday, was
Just back from Italy, says the London
Mail. He said that the most wonder
full things he saw in that country
We're some specimens, at an observa-
tory near Rome, Of a new system of
electric photography, by which clear
photographs can be taken of persons
or scenes at least twenty miles dis
tant. He does not profess knowledge
Oh the scientific process involved, but
ne thinks it quite conceivable that it
may eventually develop so that we
may take photographs of friends in
distant lands over the sea, at the Same
time as we are conversing with them
by means OF wireless telegraphy. Hem
nlker-Heaton pointed out that no one
could have predicted a few years ago
the extraordinary DEVELOPMENTS Of
Marconis system which is now used
daily on the Atlantic, and is in con-
slant and efficient operation between
Rome and Sardinia, distance of near
ly 200 miles, of which only about
twenty miles is overland.
The way to discriminate between
functional disorder of the heart and
an actual organic disease is to note.
llrst, whether the abnormalities that
present themselves are constant or
whether they are only detected oc-
casionally If the pulse is quite irreg-
ular at times, but strictly normal at
others, this is evidence that the dis
turbance is functional, not organic.
But very few cases of so-called heart
disease are anything more than fInc-
tional disturbance, due either to
chronic dyspeptic conditions or to
some other cause. If the patient is
dyspeptic, then the treatment must be
of the kind that will restore tone to
his digestive organs. There are many
things that will aid in this: a correct
dietary, plenty of exercise in the. open
air, increased capacity for breathing,
a certain amount of bathing and rub
bling, a sufficiency of sleep, periods of
rest for body and mind, cheerful sur
roundings, etc. Many a patient has
found his heart symptoms" disappear
after getting rid of his dyspeptic con-
ditions, and he who is troubled with
abnormal affections of that organ need
not regard his case as hopelessj until
he has first ascertained whether those
affections are not dependent upon
some other functional disorder.
1t is commonly supposed that a hui
man being has five senses-sight, hear
ing, feeling, smelling and tasting. 1t
is now held, however, that to these
must be added a sixth. The sense of
muscular tension that we experience
when we sustain or raise a weight is