JUMBO'S HEART IS ON FILE.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 503, 10 January 1906, Page 6

JUMBO'S HEART IS ON FILE.

Treasured h* Cornell University JWhlsfc Baa Ba Pee as Jag Large Inaiifh to Becotre M.

The largest heart in Um world, which suet beat In the generous bocom of Jumbo, the great elephant, it on* of the treasures of the museum In the department of neurology at Cornell university, •are the New Tork World. The heart If so large that there fa no glaea Jar large enough to metre ft. ao it eannot take tB place in the rank* of other h«arta which stand on record In the mutam. Instead, it rests' in a barn! stowed away in the cellar of the museum waiting its turn for dissection. Whan it is Anally dissected by the students it will be destroyed.

Jumbo's heart is M times as large as the average human heart. It now-weighs 36% pounds, after harlag stood severe! rears In alcohol. A. human heart, which weighs a little more than a pound, loaked In alcohol for the same length }f tlmi. Weighs ten ounces. The human heart is less than six Inches long. Jumbo's is 28 inches long and 24 inches wide. The ordinary heart will go inside the main artery of Jumbo's heart. The walls of the artery are Ire-eighths of an inch thick and the walla of the Tentriele are three inches thlak.

A JaptiuM Soldier's Luggage, lieut. O. 8. Turner. Teeth United States infantry, who accompanied ioin« Japanese troops fa a tares days' reconloissanwsoutlfaiHlaaat of Peking, say«*Eaeh 9oMf»r carried on his person 100 rounds of am inanition, an overcoat for bedding, a haversack, water bottles and Jjree days' ration*. Ths ration consistsd of rice and dried fish. The soldier* however, depended mainly on the conncry for their subsistence. lam of the jpinion that in a country where there was no foraging the amount of food carried would be insufficient. Before leaving camp each morning the food for dinger is prepared and packed in a ration sox made of- lacquered wood, similar In shape to our meat«ratkm can. and consists of rice, dried fish sad sometime, small pieces of mutton or b—t." Clever Dag Thief. It was found the other day i n London, that a stolen dog. which failed to identify its owner, had been do*«; w ;. h niseed by the thief. Aniseed destro-s ie sens* of small temporarily. The dog did not reaover for two or three days.