Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-19

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An English surgeon says that shaving IS a
deadly practice. and II steadily INDUCED in
-hortens life by several years.
ONE reason why pure olive oil is difficult TO
procure Is because of its large consumption by
silk manufacturers as material for loading
their fabrics.
EATING a small piece OF soap at stated
intervals is recommended by a Berlin physi-
elan as a better remedy for dyspepsia and
sour stomach than soda, magnesls, or lime
water.
ANEW DANCE adopted by the American So
/ ciety Of PROBES ors Of Dancing at their meet
| ing IN New York is called the %octagOnal. II Is
a i~aucers. danced by eight couples, double
sides and heads.
MARMALADE is now made from banana
skins in Philadelphia. An enterprising
Italian has opened a factory and employs
/ about twenty Italian BOYS. who gather the
banana skins from the cutters and carry
| them TO the factory, where they are washed,
! ground and cooked, with sugar ana naVorlng'
SOME of the scientific papers are publishing
an item to the effect that we are indebted to
Pompeii for the canned fruit industry. 1t ap-
pears that soon after the excavations had
/ commenced a party of Americans found some
| lars OF preserved fgs IN the pantry OF a lava
| covered house. The contents were found 10
/ be GO0u. Hut during the next wear lIulb Cdu-
ming was introduced into the United states.
NJ. CHARcoT describes a hysterical patient
who slept uninterruptedly for "a days. The
noise Of a gong beaten violently at her bed
side was unperceived, yet she was able to eat
and drink. and all the functions connected
with nutrition were performed without dlhl-
Guilty. The awakening was spontaneous, and
found the patien. in good health. She dld not
know she had been unconscious for nearly
eight weeks.
THE New York Medical Times calls atten-
ton TO the fact that since the production Of
cider in New England had almost ceased,
there had been a marked increase in rheuma-
tism and stone. European observers have
called attention to similar facts abroad. Or.
Dumont. while examining the statistics of r
hospital in Normandy, found thatln hfty-nine
wears only four cases of stone had been adj
mitted. The ordinary beverage in Normandy
is cider.
\ TEDIOUS examination into the causes Of
the bad odor of the drinking water in the city
Of Manchester. England. led to the discovery
Of an unusually large quantity OF Limn9a or
nand suails. These little animals had spawned
so prOfuseiy as to make the water very dis
agreeable to drink. The city taxpayers are
now delighted to know that new water works
are not necessary, and that all they have to
do il 10 supply the reservoirs with a few hun
dred goOd-sized fish who viii enjoy pond snail
spawn IS 4 diet.
The formal ceremOn of OpcnlngSt. Peters
burg's new ship canal, which is assigned to
next spring, Will probably be made a famous
occasion. The engineering project which
turns the Russian capital into a commercial
port was begun seven years ago. and has al
ready been successfully employed for the trial
passage of men-Of-war from CrOnstadt to the
mouth of the Neya, and thence up that river.
Not the les imposing, however, VIII be the
ceremony when the Czarina cuts the ribbon
stretched across the canal.
THERE Is some danger that the prima DON
mas of the world will before long be compelled
to enter into competition with a number Of
pirmy rivals, introduced into the musical
world by an enterprising Italian, who has
succeeded in training a large number of par
rots as onera singers. These gay singers have
lately made their debut at Lima, Peru, the
programme being a fragment from the we'll
known opera Norma, with solos, chorus.
and the accompaniment OF an harmOnium.
The success is said TO have been complete up
TO the cayatina. CGsfG DiUd, AT when the NJ
laritv of the public became so bolsterOus that
the performers lost all self-cOntrOla and Shrek
ingly left the stage not to appear again that
day.
SOME boys picking chestnuts in Chicopee,
Mass. the other day came suddenly upon a
cave in the woods. which had the appearance
of being recently inhabited. Examining the
premises carefully, a SUIT OF clothes was
found and al-O about a bushel OF chestnuts.
Inc UUAE GUuuEIlLEAA II AAAN1NhAN1 H1I WIZ
about to 20 when they were confronted by a
man in a nude state. who appeared to come
from another apartment OF the secret cave.
He was apparently insane, and said Ire had
a sin for which he was Obliged to
live on nuts and 20 without clothes for seven
years. He said he had been there nearly
seven years now and would soon be allowed
to PAT on his clothes and breathe the free air
Of liberty as well as the next man.
AT a recent congress of German medical
men held at Magdeburg, a paper was read By
Herr Heusner on the effects Of lightning
stroke on human beings, and the author
showed that when the lightning discharge
passed through the skin its passage was much
easier; that is to say, the internal organs are
much more conductive than the epidermis.
This fact was pretty well known; but it is not
so well known that the brain and spinal cord
are apparently conductors, ana hence a light
ming stroke on the head does not materially
Iniure the brain beyond SCATTERING the nerves
and causing temporary arrangement. Most
persons struck by lightning do not remember
ANYTHING about the stroke; but others de-
scribe a sensation such as would be caused by
their being struck q heavy blow, and some
| nave Hkened the shock to what they would be
| supposed to feel if torn into small pieces,