The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

] me humane society. OF AiuNIflaAlH "aat"A
I has been trying 10 interfere vita The practice
I common in That part of the country, 81 de-
priviur cattle OF their horns has been notified
Z that this Is "a matter with which 10 may mol
/ legally interfere. 10 seems that state Jaw
I on the subject puts IT out OF the reach OF the
society. II is wellknown fact that cattle
/ with horns are often dangerous, ana tnal oe-
I priVluE them Of their horns has also the ti-
! feet OF giving them immunity from certain
diseases. Taking OF their horns. however
! as formerly practced. was attended win
| great suffering for the poor brutes. ana Iai-Ils
well call for some Interference on the part OF
| the humane society. Methods have peen m
vented lately and are now practiced WhiCn
make the operation practically painless
The Washington Post thinks .hat in parts
Of that city, which are unhapUily dry the
visits OF the beer man will soon be announced
as regularly as now are those of tine ice man.
the bread man, and an other SORTS OF men
who minister TO the comfort of Washington )
hOuSehOlderS Washington has no law com
pelling brewers to take out license except
for beer drunk on the premises. and some OF
the CnterpriSing makers of the cooling liquid
OF that city are considering the adYlSabllJy
Of sending out tank wagons similar to ttose
used for the delivery of kerosene 10 deliver
beer from its sptgot by the quart or gallon al
rectly at the doors of the consumers. 1t
seems to he "a good scheme, and VIII doubt
less be popular with the votarieS of the
GROWER. as they will get better beer, and
cheaper, than from the corner grocery
ne udblt OF DlCYlnR uOtS NOV uIlu HluCh
favor in the eyes of the authorities of St.
Petersburg. and the wheelmBsn are restricted
to the use of certain streets, most of which
are so badly paved that it is almost impossl-
BILE for anybody to ride through them. Ii IS
expressly stipulated, moreover, that no per
son under the age of Is shall enjoy tine prlVl-
Iege OF cycling. and that no very nigh ma
chimes shall he allowed in the streets. Another
order provides that after darR-that is to say,
after the lamps are lighted-no cycles of any
sort shall nprmlttp6 In all there are
nearly score of rules and regulations for the
guidance of VOtarieS of the wheel, one OF the
most amusing being number eight on the list,
which preScribeS what they must do IN the
event of frightening horses. They are told.
under such circumstances, to dismOunt and
try to conceal their machines and themselves.
In spite Of all this official enmity, it is Iald
that the number of wheelmen and wheel
women is constantly increasing.
British cabinet officers and the higher
grades Of government servants are fairly
well paid as salaries go, says the Springfield
Republican. The various secretaries or
heads of the home war, foreign and other
offices, including Gladstone as first lord OF
the treasury, receive 60 900 or III round mum
bers S25 600 a year each. Prof. Bryce. as
chancellor of the duchy Of Lancashire, has
$4,000; Arnold Morley postmaster general,
Sl2 500 John Morley, chief secretary for Ire
land 32il25; the sOlicitOr-general, $50 900, with
fees in addition, and Sir Charles Russell as
attorney-generIl S;5 900, with fees amounting
to several thousands more, The speak CT of
the commons gets $4,000, and the chairman
of the committee of ways and means Sl2, 500.
UndersecretarieS in the various departments
and Junior lords Of the admiralty are PAID
from 5000 to $4,000; s. 900 is about the low
est salary any second rank department Off
Ger receives, A rough estimate of the total
British civil list, not going outside the higher
cabinet and departmental Offices, brings it up
to about $iOOO0OO year
The folly Of mechanical juggling with fig
ures, says the Boston Traveller, is shown by
the following recent experience of school
Official: In q school of thirty seven pupils Of
mixed grades the following question was
asked: 1t is now ten minutes after 10; what
time was it five minutes ago." Nineteen out
of the thirty-Seven pupils failed to give cor
rect answer A similar line of humiliating
failures occurred when questions equally
simple were asked. The trouble was not
that the children could not subtract, but that
they could make no practical use of what
they had learned. They could use figures
with more or less facility when told exactly
how to arrange them. When certain sums
were set a fair showing was made. But the
fact that the end Of doing such mechanical
work should be to master the application of Il
principle to the practical everyday affairs Of
life was far beyond their comprehension.
Constant application of the knowledge ac-
qnired in school to ordinary affairs is needed
if the public schools are to do the most and
best possible for pupils who spend the best
years of early life in the schoolroom.
If used moderately, instead of water, beer
or any other stimulant, buttermilk viii ever
prove preventive of sunstroke or heat pros
tration, says the St. Louis Republic. As ad-
ditiOnal evidence other than my many years
of personal knowledge, refer to an incident
at Des Moines,' Ia, years ago, when some
twenty or more cases of SunStrOle occurred
in one day, most Of whom were mechanics and
day-labOrerS. teamsters. etc. So many were
Frustrated in one day that an infallible pre-
observation-disclosures recommended by
the aged agricultural editor of the Iowa State
Register, Hon. Q. T.. ClarkSOn. immediately
requiSitiOn was made on the rural districts for
the tactical fluid, and all the drinking resorts
were supplied with the iCe-cOld article. /
personally sampled the goods. business hav-
ing called me to the city, with the mercury at
l0>0 and over and though over three score
and ten, ] was on the streets without an UNI
brella from 10 a. m. until p m, with no din
ner and only FIVE glasses of the buttermilk
which l drank slowly, at intervals. It
quenchcS thirst, strengthens nerves. quietS
the pulse and invigOrates the man.
What are your methods of caring for cases
of sunstroke?' asked a st. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat writer Of the surgeon in charge Of the
dispensary. we at once strip the patient of
all clothing said he place him on a wire
mattress and freely sprinkle the body with
iCe-water, after which. in severe cases, we
place ice-hags on the head and over the re-
EiOns Of the heart In such cases the temper
allure runs from l0l to 40, and pulse from 10
to 100 or over 40, and the chief point is to re
dUce these. We give bromide of sodium until
the quantity of blood in the head is leSsened
and reduced to a normal condition The
patient must he kept quiet. for there is a
tendency to delirium. he first symptoms of
sunstrOke are dizziness. then things look
green after which the blood vessels of the |
brain dllatc, ana Inconsistencies soon re
suits The danger of treatment comes from
collapse, which sometimes results from a
sudden application OF ice to the vital parts
Then brandy and atropine must be given
until there is a revival. The chief prevent
ives are to be found in the selection of airy
bedrooms, for most cases occur in bed ut
night, strange as this may seem"
A recent enactment of the New York legis-
lature provides that to every person using a
twohorse or larger wagon with wheels. the
tire of which is not less than three inches in
width, on the public highways a rebate of
half his highway taxes shall be granted. This
law was made in the interests of good roads
says the Evening Post. Dealers in wagons
who have been interviewed in Albany say
that since the law went into effect on June / |
last the demand for wagons with wide tires
has shown marked increase one dealer |