Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-09


CorrSspoadeRce of the KorRiN0 Neaes.
NEW YORK, March If the vari-
Gus investigations of men and things in
this city by Republican legislative COM
mittees have failed to prove Democratic
misgovernment to any great extent, they
have resulted in entirely depriving New
York butter of its character. In fact, the
report of the butter committees lnvesti-
CATION very nearly reads like the famous
chapter in ancient Hibernian history,
which, with the heading, ''Snakes in Ire
land" consisted of the single sentence,
ssThere are no snakes in Ireland" There
has apparently been little or no genuine
butter in New York for years. What
there is is sold at so high figure that
only the rich can buy it, so that it is al
most safe to say that nine out of ten New
Workers do not taste genuine butter once
in a month of Sundays.
The deprivation, after all, is not as great
as it NAV appear. So far as the taste is
concerned, few can tell the difference be-
tween good butterine, or Oleomargarine,
AMI real butter. as is shown by trick
played by DR.. John p. Gray, Superintend-
ent of the State Lunatic Asylum, upon
his sister-in-law. He asked her to taste,
first, some "Gllt Edge" Orange county
butter which friend had stnt HIM, and
then oleomargarine, and tell honestly
whether she could have distinguished the
bogus from the genuine if she had not been
told which was which.
The perfidious man gave her the OleO-
margarine first, and the deceived sister
in-law pronounced 1t the best butter sne
had ever tasted. The Orange county
butter, which was given to her as OleOmar-
garine, she declared to be so nasty that
she could have at once detected its true
nature, even if she had not been told
When informed of the joke to which she
had been made a victim the poor woman
naturally waxed wrOth, but in time she
forgave her bold, bad, brOther-in-law.
As with butter, so with cheese, both
native and limitations of foreign. 1t has
for a long time been an open secret that
cheese sold here as imported was of
home manufacture, but it was supposed
that, at least, it was made in legitimate
manner. The legislative investigation,
however. has shown that the principal
constituent of what was sold as Neufcha-
tel cheese is lard! In view of these
adulteratiOns it is fortunate that the lard
and fat used in the composition OF bogus
butter and cheese is no more deleteriOus
when thus combined than in their Ordi-
HAIRY SldIGs IL IuC NdSNC 10 lub odhtCs anu
it is quite as nourishing, why is not bogus
butter as good as the genuine?
I FOUND DIR. JAMES, OF THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT,
the other day, with a compilation OF
George r. Sims sketches of the "POOr OF
London" which originally appeared in
the Pictorial World, open before him.
eve have nothing worse than this here y
said the doctor, showing me several Illus
tratiOns depicting the lowest depths OF
vice and misery, ''if anything half so bad.
We used to have, perhaps, before the law
was passed which prohibits people from
sleeping in cellars. IYe been in cellars
near the rivers which were flooded knee
deep by an usually high tide, and at all
times. when the tide was full, water
would squirt up between the boards as
one walked across the floor. Yet human
beings were born and died, and lived their
lives amid surroundings so damp that an
ordinary person got rheumatism from q
few minutes stay in such place.
''The worst case Of OvercrOWdlng l ever
saw in New York was in a tenement
somewhere down town, where three
families occupied room not large enough
to comfortably hold over two persons
There were two chna-on in each family,
so that there were six times &c many per.
sons in the room as there ought 10 have
been. | spoke to the housekeeper of the
crowded condition of the room. sOh. thev
don't mind it, she said. You see they all
knows each other, and are good friends
'Taint like as they was strangersp AL
though nothing can be more unhealthy
than such OvercrOwding, yet after all tht
evil effects of men, women and children
thus living promiscuOusly together are
| obviously more moral than physical Al
/ sense of modesty is soon DESTROYED Ii
| children brOughtup amid such necessarily
/ indecent surroundings.
Speaking of indecency, the very wors
/ scene l ever witnessed was in what arr
/ called velvet rooms down in the Fourth
/ ward. Velvet rooms, you know. ar,
/ places in the rear of saloons where peopl,
are allowed to sleep off the effects of
/ debauch. This privilege is generally
/ taken advantage Of by the lowest class o
/ street walkers, who stupefy themseIve.
with drink. l have seen the floor of Z
| velvet room actually covered so thickl,
with drunken women that one could no
/ step anywhere without touching one
There they lay, snoring away Iik,
swine. and clothed only will
rags, which were covered with vermin
! As you would naturally suppose. pesti
| lential IS no word to describe the atmos
| phere of the room. There were little, i
any, means of ventilation, and the pres
1 ence of so many filthy creatures, exudins
| disease from every pore, and breathing
| out the fumes of the vilest possible decoc
tion of alcohol with every breath render
/ ed the air sickening in the highest de
gree.
/ tor, ''that there is nothing worse in Lon.
/ don, or in the world, than a New Yorl
| velvet room.' How did it get that name
! I'm sure / don't know, but suppose tha'
/ the title was given ironically. There
wasn't much velvet in the velvet rooms
l have seen."
THE CITIZENS OF SAVANNAH
who have been in the habit when visiting
! this city Of "putting up" at the St. NichO
/ las Hotel will not have a chance to do Sc
/ after May ]. The old hOstelry is to come
| down and stores are to be erected in it.
/ place. The owners may change theil
mind, but they went so far as to file plans
Of the contemplated stores at the Bureau
of Buildings yesterday. The uptown
march Of business in New York is the
/ cause of the closing Of the st. Nicholas
/ There is Tot enough custom for two hotels
| in the locality in which it stands, and the
| Metropolitan, which is in the near neigh
| b0rhOOd, alone can more than supply thC
/ demand.
Before quitting the subject let me tel
tneStOrY OF tne rustic patron OF the hOte
| which is to 60, who lost his way some
where in the city, and requested some one
/ to direct him to his caraYansary.
! "What is the name Of your hotel*' the
person so requested naturally asked.
Il don't know" the countryman an
swered, shut l remember the name O
the landlord; it was in gilt letters ovel
| the door-Mr. NichOlas-S. T. Nicholas p
He was directed TO Mr.. Nicholas hotel
IT'S EXPECTED THAT THE BILL
l giving to the Mayor the sole power O
appointment, which was passed by tht
| State Senate yesterday, Will certainly re
/ ceiVe the Governors approval, and becom,
| a law. If he signs it, he will do so in tn,
| face of a distinct threat made by Tam
many Hall to sacrifice the national ticke
| for the local at the election next autumn
At recent meeting of the Tammanl
| General Committee, John Kelly's righ
bower, Grady. declared in so many word
! that Tammany Hall would elect its can
| didate for Mayor at whatever risk to tn
national ticket, and, if necessary, would
where the opportunity offered, prefer lOca
success to national. Ny letter to the NEW
of fortnight ago merely anticipated Mr.
Grady's ultimatum, and the only hop
which now appears for the DemOcrac,
| carrying New York State at the Presi
Dental election lies in the dissensIOn
which have broken out among the Repuh
licans. These promise, fortunately, T
materially damage the New York cit
branch Of the ''grand old party" and, ol