Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

PRoFs. FISCHER and Penzoldt. OF Erlangen,
have established the curious fact that the
sense o. smell is by far the most delicate OF
the senses. They lnd that the olfactOry nerve
10 able 10 detect the presence OF l-2,7tO,0OO,OO0
OF grain of mercaptan.
JoHN BERRY, Is years old, OF Jartlard d. W.
T.. and another lad chas d 8 bear into a field,
la'soed 1t and tied il 10 tree. Then they
tried TO brain it with an ak, but The handle
came out. Finally neighppr came along
Wlth gun and shot the unfortunate animal.
A RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIAST of Jos Angeles,
Cal, thought he heard a voice commanding
i him to sell what he had and give to the poor
So he sent 81 900 eacn to two benevolent socie
ties OF the place, avlng his family destitute.
khe money was sent 10 the cranks VIE ana
children.
THE Presbyterian young folks Of Canandai-
qua held a corn festival the other evening.
The decorations OF the room were of corn
stalks, corn was cooked in every style known
to Ontario county. there was singing of
Lows In the Corn and when the Corn is
! Waving. Annie, Dear" young man played
the cornet, Blessing the Corn Field" from
'Hlawatha,' was read, but not a drop OF
corn juice could be had for love or money.
THE woman's Christian Tenn perance Union
OF Burlington, n, j., are doing the same sort
| Of work as did the Crusaders Of Ohio some
| years ago, and last Sunday they made per-
| sOnal visits to the open saloons. At one the
| vile of the proprietor told them what she
! thought of them in most emphatic language.
! AT another the proprietor listened patiently,
| accepted their tracts and asked tEem TO pray
! for him. and the temperance women went
| away much encouraged.
! TIE American citizens who live in the City
! OF Mexico have issued another appeal for the
| American hospital TO be erected in that city.
| A very desirable site has been secured. on
which 1t is proposed to erect four small pa
vilions with an administrative building in
the centre. One Of these pavilions is fast
| approaching completion, and it rs hoped, II
| building soon. The whole plan calls for about
| $4,000. OF which about 900 has been sub
scribed 1t is hoped that many Americans
| Will aid this most worthy object.
! IN THE political world this year the names
of candidates are curiously coupled. Two
| Taylors are candidates for Governor in Ten
nessee; DR.. Ames is the Democratic candi-
date for Governor of Minnesota and Oliver
Ames the Republican candidate for Governor
Of Massachusetts. A few years age Cleve-
| land was an unknown anne IN national poll
tics; now with Mr.. Cleveland in the Pre>i-
Dental chair, another Cleveland is candi-
| date for Governor of Connecticut. The
Democrats in Pennsy1vania and New Jersey
| run to coors, Black heading the ticket in one
| State and Green in the other.
WHILE the orchestra was playing he prayer
from "Rienzp' in the Louisville Music Hall
the other day vigorous baby struck in with
| a lung solo right in one of the most delicate
| passages. Conductor DamrOsch stopped the
| orchestra and sat down. When the little one
| had been quoted he remarke ed that while it
| was good thing to give children mu-i cal
education, there was such thing as begin
| ming 100 early in life. Then he resumed his
baton ana the prayer was repeated. This in
| cident recalls the story of the ready actor
W al mi q n q
| tn the footlights be exclaimed. while the
! house broke into a roar of laughter, "Unles s
the play stops the child cannot possibly 90
on" 1t was the pl ay that went on.
THE native community throughout Benga l
has been greatly excited lately by the discov-
cry that extensive adulteration is carried on
in the manufacture of ghee. or clarified but
ter, an article in daily use IN every native
| household. The intensity Of the popular feel
| ing on the subject is accounted for by the fact
| that tie aduteratlon is effected either with
beef and mutton fat. the eating of which is a
deadly sin in the eyes of the Hindus. or with
lard, which the Mohamme1ans consider I'M
clean food. Both Hindus and Mohamm edans
have called on the government to protect
them by legislation. and have urged the ne
cessity for immediate action. so that the
measures might come into force before the
Doorga POoja and Mohurrum, the great fes-
rivals of the two religions
GEN. BOOTH, of the Salvation Army. gave a
of the army: Zone of my secretaries was
writing little tract, describing the move
ment, and he wrote on the title page. The
CHRISTIAN mission is a volunteer armv' !
leaned over his shoulder, toos his pen out OF
his hand. crossed out the word volunteer and
wrote Salvation We liked the sound of it,
seeing that it really described what the or
ganlzation was-a body formed and united
after the fashion of an armv, with the pur-
pose Of delivering men from sin and the devil
& hO4tf tod hn oil
or ten years ago. The terms General. Cap-
tains. Lieutenants. ETC., soon followed. The
drums, flags, banners. and The like were
adopted gradually in carry ing on the purpose
OF attracting the people,"
TURTLE OIL has been used with the most
beneficial results in all cases where cod liver
oil was indicated, in persons to whom Il c
nutritive process was detective, also in chill
dreu of strumous disposition, in The seuuela OF
scarlet fever, in measles and other acute spe-
itiC diseases. Taken in warm milk it is not
so Objectionable as cod liver oil. The oil is OF
II yelowIsh color, and at ordinary tempera.
ture forms thick. finely granulated fluid In
! conscience something like olive oil partly
CONCEALED. a gentle heat rendering the oil
clear and Transparent; it possesses little odor
| or taste. and does not quickly turn rancid,
IL has proved of the greatest service in crofu =
lous affections of the ewes, nose and Othe,
| parts. and has been most beneficial IN chronic
bronchitis, out is found more particularly
useful in phthisis pulmonalis in all its stages
so eminenta physician as Aguste VoIsoin
strongly Endorses the virtue of morphi in The
treatment of insanty-in fact, has pers listed
in the use Of opium and morphia for this dis
ease during nearly twenty years past, treat
ing mania. melancholia, criminal insanity and
moral insanity with satisfaC' orv results DR.
Vosoin uses the hvdrochlorate OF morphia
hypodermcally. In the initial dose he does
not exceed Que. two or three millgrams. LighI
cases are sometimes reie Eed by a daily dose
of five or six centigrams, while in other cases
the dose has to be increased to seventy cent?
grams day. The influence of the medicine
is shown by redness Of the face and coniunc.
tive, nausea, vomiting, general sensation OF
heat, lasstude. sleep, loss Of weight, dIminu.
lion of arterlal tension. Later, the color i'm
proves and there Ia a gain in weight. 1t is re.
marked mat the presence OF a contested con
dItlon Of the Ccreb ro-spinal system present Is
an absolute Contamination to the use Of
mOrphia, as well as epilepsy and general par
alyss.
RUSSIA is peculiarly rich in surprising sects
and associations, but the most astounding il
one Lately brought to light bearing the omi.
nous title OF THE Red Death" Its member,
affect to believe that he who consciously per.
mits another to suffer prolonged pain COM