Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-24

of nearly half a million, were recently with
out water for Two days, owing ty the bur ting
OF one the mains OF the Lambeth Wates Com :
pany.
EE-GOv. JOHN F. HARTRANFT, of Pennsy-
vania, has an incubator in operation on his
place near Norr stOwn, Pa, which brought to
light SJ0 spring chickens in a single day not
long since.
Hon. CHARLES w. BUCK, of Kentucky. the
new United States Minister to Peru. notes the
fact tina, he will experience two winters this
year lie VIII reach Peru just as the winter
season there Is setting in.
AMONG a number of startling axioms in the
late Dr.. Boards ''Neurasthena" is this curl
Gus one about cannjbalsm: "Why is not man
good food FOR man? and why should NOT can
nlbals he healthy and strong? The answer is
tnal man IS good food. and cannibals are the
| strongest and healthlest of savages."
THE British Legation has been amusing and
delighting the Neutrality-suspicious. by going to
the races in the old English style. with four
In-haud, and carrying au immense heavy
lunch IN the boot " the cOAch, of which they
partook q la Ascot, seated on the grass. The
Misses est End Mrs. Heiyar acted as fair
attendants and poured out the sparkling wine.
TIE French Court of Appeal has confirmed
judgment against DR.. Watelet, the medical
attendant OF the late Bastien lie Page for VIC
latlon of professional secrecy III writing Q let
ter to a Paris journal Oa the subject of his p =
tIent. 1t was ruled that even where no ma
IlcIouS intent was proved the mere BETRAYAL
OF confidence on the part of medical man
constituted a misdemcanOr.
CAPT. JOHN GOESALvEs, of New Bedford
asass., was arrested Thursday on charge OF
violation of the United States tran 5por tation
laws He is master Of the schooner Onward,
OF Nantucket. which arrived on TUESDAY from
Bravo. Cape Verde Island, with "A fuu cargo
frnlrhf and oil 1gsh ha
Onward Is small centrebOard craft, having
only accommodation Tor 10 passengers.
THE most antique relic in the possession of
the town of Poland, Me-, is its town scales.
Fancy straight beam with a rusty knife
edge on which it swings, Four chains lead
from each extremity of the beam TO the
-duare wooden scale pans. They are said To
be the oldest scales in Androscoggin county
They hang on hook having no upright snip
port. a lump of lead fa-tened with single
nails TO the scale pan serves as a medium for
correction of the weight.
THE Sacramento Medical Society recently
discussed the question how lar the drinking
of the river water of that city by its inhabI-
tants was Responsible for the constant pres
eDce OF malaria among them. A member
stated that the Cinnamon OF Sacramento were
always IF g fr m the disease. Upon inquiry
ne found that they never drank the water eX-
cept " hen it was made into tea, and had
therefore been boiled. One Chinaman drank
OF the water and contracted malaria, and he
was 50 little of "heathen" that he attributed
his illness TO that indulgence.
ABOUT three weeks ago lad IS years old
was picked up in field in which he had been
at work, about mile north of Norwich CT.
and his skull was found to be fractured,
probably from the kick of a horse. He lost a
part Of has brain and a good deal of blood.
He was tSken to his home, and under treat
ment has steadily improved, Last Saturday
surgeon removed from the boys head pieces
81 broken bone which covered space about
five inches in length and three in width On
Monday the lad was feeling much better, and
cOnyersed intelligently with his friends
ONE of the propositions of the Continental
Steamship Conference to the Englieh lines,
concerning reorganization of the North At
lanuc Steam Traffic Conference, is that only
children under years of age should be entitled
20 half fare. The present rule maxps the
limit twelve years. 1t is believed that thu /
proposition Will be rejected. iBasmqch as it
wOult cause confusion in selling through
tickets by rail, IN addition TO ocean passage.
y lew years ago the English railways fixed
the half-fare limit at eight years but later
adopted The common rule of American rail-
waSs OF making twelve years the age.
A SCHOONER of lager and boiled egg is the
cheap treat now offered at many Bowerv and
Third avenue beer saloons in New York and
the floors are Uttered with egg shells. Eggs,
though very fresh and good at this season. are
cheaper. probably, than ever before. Farm era
find it difficult TO get 10 cents dozen for Them
IN bulk, and the average price in that city is
not much more than Is cents a dozen. Coun-
try people who have been in the habit of
swapping oil two dozen of eggs for dozen
bottles of beer. have great trouble now in per-
suading the man who drives The beer wagon
to part with twelve bottles for any number of
eggs. AS result of this plethora, half the
hens in New York and New jersey will soon
be invited 10 cease laying and try to hatch
and an Overstocked chicken market may be
| expected before the end Of the year.
1T is said that John Roach is in very
great agony over the failure of the govern
ment to accept the Dolphin-not so much on
account of the loss of the money involved in
the Dolphin itself as the injury it will re-
suit IN TO HIS general business. lt is q further
subject for lament with him that the three
vessels that he has still 10 cOmulete for the
government are based upon plans equally
faulty and detective as those of the DoIphln.
no amount or superior care IN their cOnstruc-
ton, II Is said, can make tkem the successes
they should be. It is extremely doubtful
VIII ther 1t would not be money in his pOcket
to top work at once upon them all, because
none of the best officers in the navy believe
that they can be brought up TO the require
ments of the contracts based upon the faulty
plans which have been adopted for their con-
struction.
CAMDEN 0. ROCKWELL, President Gar6eld's
blobhSI-lu-idWs NtnNtEtu u lcCLuTG on the
dead Chief Magistrate in New York on Thurs
day night. Mr.. Rockwell had rare opportuni-
ties for knowing Garfield Intimately. and
his description of the man was inter-
esting. Particularly pathetic and inter.
estng was his account of Garield's slow and
painful death after he had been stricken
down by the assassin. Mr.. Rockwell took his
turn regularly in those days as a. nurse by
Garfieid's bedside. Many anecdotes he re-
lated exhibiting the sufferer patience. He
spoke of Garfeld's warm affection fer Mr.
Blaine. AT one time, hen the physician al
lowed none but the immediate members OF
h rs family To 20 near him. he broke forth
pleadingly to the friend who wss attending
him: LET me see old Jim Blaine. on,
can't see old jim Blaine?"
A SPRINGFIELD PHYSICIAN reports an ex-
traOrdnary case from Enon. Five members
OF a family named Winget have been very in
for some time from typhoid fever, two Of
them not ing expected TO live. One Of the
boys, who has been especially III, ruptured
the pleura few days ago, the effect being
that the air rushed out Of the lungs and mo
the tissues of the chest. These soon became
expanded % an eXtraord nary degree, and
the SKIN Of the boy's chest and neck
expanded like balloon, giving him "A
frlghtfui appearance. and causing exquisite
pa n. The neck expanded to several times its
original size, and the chest was like n huge
rubber bag. by bringing pressure 70 bear on
the pleura the physicians were finally able to
bring the air into the lungs and to relieve the
b ~ of his terrible suffering. Old physicians
say they never heard Of a similar case. 10 Is
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