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

NEW YORK CITY pays annually 50, 900 for
pure milk. and S6,2O0,OO0 for skim milk and
water, The producers receive 81, 500, 600.
ACCORDING to the Medical Record, insurance
tables show that a man who abstains from al
cohol has at 20 years Of aye chance of living
a years; at 80, S6.5 years; at 10, ESQ years.
An Incorporate mans chances at 20 is 1876
years; at 80, 1873 and at 40, ll.6.
HIGH license laws seem to be having the de-
sired effect in Nebraska. Since their adoption
the cities of Omaha and Lincoln have lost half
their saloons, while the decrease in the smaller
towns is said to be still greater 1t costs
$1,000 for license in cities, and $500 in viii
lagos.
4 MILLIONAIRE cattle king in Colorado re-
Gently died, leaving a wife and ten children.
The wife was the daughter OF a Cheyenne
chief, and was but II years old when she was
married, her husband being H. She was very
beautiful, and they lived a most happy we'd
ded life.
THE old Vanderbilt homestead, on Staten
Island, has been used for several years past as
a beer garden, but the tenants have been re-
Gently notified that their lease viii not be re-
newed, and it is sand that charitable insti-
tuition VIII be erected on the site in memory
of the Commodore.
X recent speech at Calcutta. Prof Monier
Williams pointed out that some Of the in
to be misunderstood, as, for instance, that
under an image of Bali. This god is account
ed the prince OF darkness the despot of the
internal regions, and the Indian catalogueF
has named HIM The King of the Neither
lands"
THE matrimonial cause cele6re of the Earl Of
Eusten, heir Of the Dukedom OF Grafton,
promises to eclipse in interest even the Gar
mOyle- Fortescue affair, and viii be charac-
terlzed by more dramatic events than even
the brain of Wilkie Collins could invent. The
curious point whether or not wife can re-
cognize her own alleged first husband viii
form one of the leading incidents. The case
may not last as long as the Tichborne case
did, but 1t will give rise to as much discussion.
A LITTLE STORY is told in connection with
the recent opposition by Presbyterians of
Philadelphia to the acceptance of the pro-
ceeds of a charity ball for the uses of a hospit-
al. Forty years ago, when the now memOra-
bic DR.. Tying was in his prime in that city,
this same question was submitted to him. as
to the taking of unconsecrated means for the
promotion of cOusecrated ends. The eloquent
and impetuous divine settled the question
with the remark: Take the money : OF
course. Wen take it! Didn't Moses skin the
badgers to make coverings for the taberna-
Gle -
AN architectural novelty in New ork city
is the duplex apartment house. Its peculiar
ity consists in having twice rs many stories
in front, so far as the arrangement of the diff
ferent flats is concerned, as ithas at the back.
This device gives very high ceilings for the
parlOrs and dining rooms, and economies
space by means of low ones for the kitchen
and sleeping rooms. But this involves some
eccentricity as to levels. Each suit of apart
ments has half of the bouse's front, while the
rears of each pair overlap. One family has to
20 down half story to get into the bedrooms
or kitchen, while the next go a short flight
upstairs TO accomplish the same purpose.
ONE of the strangest sights to be witnessed
on the streets Of Canton, China, is that Of the
blind leading the blind. 1t is SAID that the
sightless people are wont to form coalitions
for their mutual benefit, and NAV be seen
moving cautiously along in procession. Each
person takes hold of the garment of the per
son in front of him with the left hand, and
with the right keeps bamboo pole moving
about on the ground SO as 10 prevent mis-
step, which those in front of him may have
avoided simply through good fortune. In this
way the pitiable little band picks its way
along the crowded streets. turning corners
I and ascending and descending steps with
wonderful ease. The principal responsibility
/ devOlves upon the leader, and he leldom has
/ less than a dozen followers.
! DIR. atkinson, whose vegetarian dinners
/ and recipes have attracted so much attention
in London, says that the EsquimaUx live on
fish and flesh from necessity. They eat as
much as eight pounds of flesh meat or twelve
/ pounds Of fish at a meal, says DR.. John Rae
! and a man who lived among them twenty
[ wears, saws they usually die at from 35 to IS of
( scrOfula, the women living about ten years
/ more. He knew of only two men living to be
{ 20. The EsquimauN eat the green contents of
I the reindeer's stomach, and in spring eat
/ scurvv grass, wild turnips, wild vetch, wild
/ oats. wild rice. sOrrel, docks, etc. In autumn
{ they eat wild prunes, blackerries, blueberTies,
| crowberries. cranberries. etc. The women
[ who gather these berries eat more of them
/ than the men, and live longer in consequence.
. while the two men who lived to be near 20
I lived as much as possible on these green stuffs
/ and fruits.
DANCING for health is a practice among
indiana in tho far XVost -eslsaost as popula4, as
the Turkish bath is in civilized countries, and
it is founded on much the same principle.
I The Butte. New, Record contains tins account
of one: "The Digger Medicine Man on Rancho
I Chico prescribed a heap big sweat for his
I braves. and last night large number of them
! gathered at the place arranged for performing
Z the ceremony. The sweat house is made air
I tight with the exception of q small hole at
/ the top. The house is built of poles, placed
/ upright, and then covered with dirt. An en-
/ trance is made through the small opening at
/ the apex, the braves descend by means Of 4
/ ladder. a large fire is built on the floor in
/ the centre of the house, and the men, attired
I only in their complexion, dance and jump
around 1t until the perspiratiOn rolls from
Z their bodies in streams. They sometimes take
a breathing spell long enough to have the
! moisture rubbed from them witha fiat piece of
/ bone, similar to that used in scraping race
horses after a spirited heat. Immediately
I after the dancing is ended the tired out in
| valds duck their heads into cold water, fol-
/ lowing the Medicine Mans advice to keep
your head cool and your body warm