Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-02
ITEM OF INTEREST.

somebody with toylstol shot the mayor
dog, and on the dai foll1Ning the Mayor
l'sued OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the toy pistol
CURES of scGArGc Aare reported as having
taken place in Paris aer single application
OF DR.. Deboves metld of freezing the SKIN
ABOVE the painful uds with spray oil chlo-
ride Of methvl. he peration IS sad TO De
applicable also to fadi neuralgia.
TIE TELEGRAPH gsTEH of the British
islands, under the mlrol of the post office
now amounts to $4,000 miles, and employs
1900 Instruments. The standard rate IS
Twelve words for spence, address lncludeu'
Press messages alOt now average a million
words day.
ALARGE PUMP ha been at work in the
Grand Central Minat Tombstone, Ari., with
out diminishing theT ater in the lower levels
for the la5J three mnths. II has just been
discovered that they alter pumped out found
lts way back into te mine and was simply
being handled oyeBnd over again.
Tue PRISONS w invested in the diving
speculation TO obuu 100000 worth OF gold
which was sunk yars ago in the ship Alfonso
AII., on HE west cast Of Africa, have been
rewarded by a Invest of gold from the gray
sand fields. The ,vers have got up nearly all
the gold and haven't 1t 10 England.
THE NEW Germn iron-ciad Oldenburg VIII
be of entirely Dyel construction 1t is
broadside ship, nth ten-inch guns-fge on
each aida two Dove and three below deck.
but the whole ne can be concentrated on the
same point witbuliclent force, It is estlmat-
ed, to disable cVn the strongest iron-clad.
THE native wo carried from the field the
body Of the PrAce Imperial, when he lost
his life fghunoln South Africa, was pre-
scented with a sanond ring and pensioned by
the Empress Hgene. He came to hassa-
ehusetts and vas lost sight Of but the ring
was found Las week IN Bottom pawn shop.
TIE Lancet avs that children who are al
lowed TO 20 nrefooted enjoy almost perfect
immunity fCm the danger of cold by sccl
dental chilling of the feet. aud they are alto
gether healhier and happier than those who.
IN ObedienO to the usages OF social life, have
their lowe eEtremitles permanently lnva-
llded, and,O to say, carefully swathed and
put awavIn rigid cases AS regards the
poorer ciase5 of children. there can b. no sort
OF DOUBT ituhe mind Of any one that it IS in
mparabr better hey should 20 bsrefOoted
than wear boots that let in the wet ana
stockings hat are nearly always damp and
foul
ONA sEAMER that called recently fiom
New Yorl for Liverpool there was a drunken
steerage passenger in the uniform of United
states sonier During the entire passage he
subsisted On whisky. and on the arrival OF he
ship at Ter destination he disappeared. A
month la er the same steamer was preparing
TO leave p3rt. just as the gang-plank was to
be Withdrawn, the military passenger reeled
on TO the snip. iOurishlng prepaid steerage
certificate. On the homeward passage he al
mitted that h. had not been sober for mo-
ment. He had no money whatever but OBJ
tanned ali the liquor he wanted by going into
saloons and posing as the military representa-
tive OF a great and free people.
THE FotULAB NOTION that the inhabitants
Of Chinese cities are given to unwholesome
habits does not seem to be well founded. DR.
n. 49,. -. L.
and dwellings Of the Chinese saws that the
people have admirably adopted themselves TO
their surroundings, and enjoy maximum OF
comfort. They have great many lessons
vet to teach US in respect of living and practl-
cal health After an experience OF over 70
wears with them, he saws that they are sub
jeCt TO fewer diseases. their diseases are more
Hmenahie to treatment, and they posse }
greater freedom from acute az lnfammato-
~ affections of all kinds. if, indeed, these can
be SAID TO exist at all than obtains among
Western nations.
Dr.. TROITsSI, who wrote an elaborate
paper on mumps two years ago, could only
find records Of II epiGemics in Russia. He.
however. Observation-Disclosures of no less than
207 epIdemics occurring n different countries
during the eighteenth and nineteenth cen
turtles. tine greatest of all being that occurring
IN the army of the United states in 1852 and
l>G3, com prl-lng y, 64j cases, though, strictly
speaking. thos were TeIerable not 10 one, bat
TO several epi'emlcs. The other great epl-
dem cs were tnat Uf 1893. described by Hdr-
less, In which there were SEQ cases; that of
81, described by Leitzen, comprising t45
cases and MangOr,s epidemic IN liIl and ll12
ol SO ca-es. m. Buit=ef now give In the
Ffdch an account OF an epidemic OF "Perlpar-
ttis,' which lasted from January TO June,
$50. lin which here were $50 cases.
TIE enormous power of ocean tidal wsv >
has frequently been illustrated. notably when
a United states war vessel was carried two
miles inland on the coast Of south America
and left stranded there. A fresh instance,
even more remarkable. is reported from Ba-
tavia. a. a result of the krakatOa earthquake.
which as the supposed cause OF last years
red sunsets Great masses of white coral
weighing several tons, some of them estima-
ted at IRON 80 to 90 tons in weight, were torn
from their rocky beds and carried several
miles in shore. The war vessel was light
enough to float, and 1t only required sufficient
depth of water to carry her inland for two
miles, but these masse- o. coral must have
offered great resistance TO the onward flow of
the wave. The story of that gTeAt CONFUSION
Of nature has still 10 be told IN It's entirety.
\ NEW METHOD FOR DIsPOsING of the hui
man body after death has been proposed by
NJ KergovatZ a chemist OF Brest. His sys-
tenn is au antiseptc one, stated to be much
simpler and less expensive than the old pro
cess of embalmng. and Is nothing more than
a new galvanoplastic application The body
coated with q con iAuCLlNp substance. buCu as
plumbag0, or is bathed with a solution OF nj
tratc of silver. which, after decOm position
under tAe influence OF sunlight, leaves . finely
divided deposit Of metallic silver. II is then
placed in bath OF SUI phate of copper, and
connected for olectTolyeis with several cells Of
a gravity ar other battery of constant cur
rent The result Is that the body is encased
in skin Of copper. which prevents further
change or chemIcil action. II desired, this
may be- agaIn plated with gold or silver &C
coriing 10 the taste or wealth OF the friends
OF the dead.
IN THE English annual report Of vital sta
tistics Or. william Ogle gives the result Of a
three years observation Of the death rates of
person engaged n the various occupations
Taking the figures 600 TO represent the NOR
tAlitv ot all males in England and Wales dur
ing The three Years. he hude that the compar-
atiye mortality among ciorgymen WAS f56
gardeners and nUr-erymen $50. farmers ISL,
agricultural lHbo crs f0l, plumbers and
PAINTERS LOO, cutters 1909, musicians 1874,
mar dreseer- l,321. cab aud omnibus drivers
l,ls2, chimney sweeps l5l9, inn keepers and
hquor dealer l,52I. messeng gers, purtors and
Walchmeu ls5i. fle makers 1867, potters
LIZ. orntsh miners J. $50, peddler- l,sI8, Lon
don laborcr5 700. hotel servants 2.205. Com
pared with he clerical. the legal and medical
urolt sstous fare badly, the ministers figures
being J5b, The LAWYERS S42, and the doctors
ll2. Tho curious fact WAS developed that
among chimney sweeps, whose mortality
figure wac Lib. NO less nan 202 died OF cam
Ger, while the squire for this disease amoHg
an malcs is only 3o.