Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-08

four cups of bOneSet tea and made him
run a quarter of mile three times before
perspiratiOn set in. She then put HIM to
bed, ard the next morning. although
weak. he was otherwise perfectly we'll.
Now the man perhaps had slight attack
of common fever. Being where yellow
fever was prevalent he thought he had
that disease, and thinks that the four cups
of bOncSet tea and the running of a quar-
ter of mile three times cured
him. He therefore wants me to
see to it that every person attacked with
yellow fever is given the same treatment
that he received. We also receive numer-
GUS quack nOstrums from different parts
of the country, the senders of which war
rant that they will almost cure yellow
fever ON sight. But foreigners constitute
the most numerous class OfadYIsers. They
send along specimens of their medicines,
sometimes in phials and sometimes by
the quart measure. They say that their
remedies are panaceas for all fevers, es-
pecially the yellow fever. They offer to
come over here provided their tranSpOr-
tation is paid, and demonstrate the
efficacy Of their remedies before asking
any compensation from the government.
OF course we do not adopt or consider any
Of these thousands of remedies. | have
received Il number of threatening letters
French or German-denOuncmg me for
not adopting what they suggest. They
say that by not needing their offers | am
annually sending hundreds of human
beings to the grave. Some of the letters
on this point are very abusive. The
Frenchmcn, especially, are fertile in the
epithets which they apply to my "beastly
ignorance"
''By the way, DOCTOR" | asked, ''d@ou
ever receive from any section of the cOun-
try visited by yellow fever any samples
of remedies that will certainly prevent or
cure the disease:'
Dir. Hamilton laughed, as he said:
That is the funniest part Of it. No one
where yellow fever is a visitor seems to
know of anything that will stop it. II is
only those far away who possess the
magic power of graphing ana completely
OverthrOwing the disease by 4 few simple
remedies
THE MEMBERS OF THE COREAN EMBASSY,
who are now in the city for the purpose of
establishing a permanent legation and
concluding the Americana COrean CONNER
cial treaty, are shreWd men. They are
very amusing in their observations on
American life and manners. An officer
OF the navy, Il very bright young man, in
deed, who has been with them
eyer since they arrived in the
United states acting as guide and inter-
preter-hc speaks Japanese, Chinese and
the Japanese-COrea mixture or patOs-
told me tonight some very interesting
little incidents about his charges. He
said that they reminded him great deal
of the Indian in being stOlid, but that they
differed from the red brothers especially
in that nothing. no matter however novel,
could extract from them any expression
of surprise. Instead of being surprised
at anything they simply ask why it is.
For instance, when they call
ed upon Secretary Folger they, accord
ing to custom, kept their hats on. The
Secretary and all others in the room were
bareheaded. One of the Embassy, turn
ing around to the young officer, wanted
to know where everybody else's hats
were. They do not even express surprise
at the railroads. They get into parlOr-
car and are ierked about the country with
as much abandon as if they had been
commercial travellers from birth. They
do not ask .Or any different food than is
served to other guests at hotels. They once
asked. when rare beefsteak was served
to them at breakfast. if it was the habit
in America to eat meat raw. Ice cream
is the only article of food about which
they have been in the least surprised.
When they first tackled the faVOrite diet
of the American young lady who has Il
convenient young man, sensation of l.
notwithstanding showed itself
upon their generally eXpresSiOnless faces.
This was succeeded by an expression of
pleasure and a cOntented rubbing of the
abdomen. Even since then not one of the
Embassy has missed his ice cream at
dinner. They look as if they wanted it
tor breakfast, but would not for the
world ask for anything that is not set be-
them IhRN trp tbTp1IUl a d
with every evidence of enjoyment, but
eat more slowly than even the typical
Englishman. They have been here twice,
and while they are not surprised they
have several times innOcently asked why
it is-W ashingtOn being the capital Of The
nation-they have never seen the Presi-
dent here. In New York. when taken
over the Brooklyn bridge and being told
its cost, they wanted to know il it would
not nave been much cheaper in the
long run to employ ferry boats. Treasury
officials thought, when shown the vaults
where the money is kept, that they would
certainly give forth expressions of sur
prise. They simply asked, however. what
precautions there were against robbery
and how much money there was on hand.
They are a little tlOwery in speech, and
deal out tatfy with free tongue, but ex-
presSiOnleSs face. when talking to a United
not wanting to he thrown with the
lesser officials. They are punctiIious
in preserving all the Oriental dignity of
their positions. For this reason thev are
not very popular at the State Department
as yet. They will have nothing to do be-
yOnd extending the barest cOurtesies
to the smaller diplomatic dudes now in
possession of that department. They will
reserve their exchange of greetings on an
until Secretary Freiinghuysen returns.
Altogether the COrean people seem
to be Il sensible, well balanced
lot of diplomatists. and for rep
reSCntatiYes of a "Hermit Nation"
certainly show tact and discretion that
the diplomats of other nations not "Her-
nit" our own included, might do we'll to
emulate.
GENERAL SHERMAN,
in letter received a few davs AGO at the
War Department, makes a very nice Dre
sent indeed to that department. Gen.
Sherman retires from actual command of
the army about the lst of November next,
although he does not 90 upon the retired
list until next February. During his
long command of the army he has
collected very complete military library.
The author of almost every military work
that has been published in our tongue has
sent to him copy Of his book. To this
General Sherman has added bv his own
purchase of books semi-militarv in char
acter. The works thus accumulated
have been kept in room adjoining that
occupied by General Sherman i'm the War
Department. They make about POO vol
umes. In the letter referred to Gen
eral sherman gives them to the War
Department Library. They will be a
most valuable acquisition. There are
besides the books many valuable coIored
prints Of historic war scenes. Among
them is series of forty pictures ilIustra-
tive ofeyents in the Mexican war. They
were executed IN France by a Frenchman.
and are so far superior to anything of the
kind gotten out III this country that they
Will be framed and hung on the walls Of
the offices occupied by tue Secretary of
War and the General of the army.
CONGRESSMAN BELFoRD.
of Colorado, is one of the quaintest char
acters in the Lower House. This is a
pretty widespread national fact. He is
ever on the alert, and does not permit the