The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-01

dangerous of the lot being Jesse Pomerey,
The boy MURDERER. Ils c-As.I".IJ
laying plans to escape ard keeps the
guards ever on the aieFt TO thwart them
He once pulled GOWN the ventilator o. er
his cell door and made saw of por-
ton OF the material. Then the place was
walled up and fresh ali introduced into
his cell in otner ways. He has now ben
imprisoned On lite se0.en-e twenty-se' Ell
years.
1t used to be believed that ravens lived
longer than any other species of birds,
and it was said that, their age frequently
exceeded a century, says the Albany Ar
gus. Recent studies OF the subject ihdl-
cate that no authentic instance OF raven
surprising seventy years of age is Oh
record. But parrols have been known 10
live one hunored years. One lost its
memory at sixty and It's sight at ninety.
there is a record of a golden eagle wnlcn
uied at Schoenbrun at the age OF one hun
ared aud eighteen years. Another golden
eagle was Kept in the Tower OF LolldHl
.oE ninety years. A third Gled at Vienna
aged one hundred and four years. Geese
and swans are tenacious Of life, and ex-
,raoTdinary accounts exist OF the great
age that they have attained. Button
aud other authorities have credited them
The absorption of salt as means Of
prolonging human life is among the dis
coveries" recently made by the stored
scientists of the newspaper-that is, the
Alnd of scientists who make newspaper
stories says the Montreal Star. All a
man has to do is to lick rock SAT- until
ne learns to love it with the affection
Of brlndie COW, or HE him to the shore
where the restless waves wash the un-
changing rocks, and sup in few gallons
of natures solution. There are still 70
% found in some places remains of the
old blue glass skylights with which peo-
pie prolonged their lives a quarter of q
century ago. 1t cannot be denied that
many of those who had the rays of tn
sun fail on them through the colored
glass, and religiously made themselves
.ook like moonlight effect in a modern
theater every day, twenty-five years age
are still living. Some who did not use
the blue glass have also survived. Thus
science works it's way.
Many doctors are careless in the use
of the clinical thermometer, passing it
from the mouth of patient to patient with
hardly a pretense of cleaning or disin
fecting it. DR.. William ii. Dyer makes
Philadelphia Medical Journal: The anti
septic and sermicidal power of formal
dehyde gas is now well known. A few
DR., ps of 40 per cent, solution of for
maidehyde on the cotton in the bottom
OF the thermometer case furnishes the
most effective ana easy method of steril-
izing the thermometer that l know of.
The gas is readily liberated from the So
luton of forma.dehyde and the thermom-
e.er case being nearly air-tight, the eS-
cape of the gas and evaporation of the
liquid is almost nil. In this way the Their
mometer when in the case is constantly
subjected to the germicidal action of the
gas. Before placing it in water and wipe
ury, as gas or solution of this strength
is very irritating to the mucous MEM
brane.
It. D. Crothers, an expert on the drink
habit, believes that when inebrity shall
be more generally studied and treated as
a disease by the profession, degree of
durability will be obtained far beyond any
D. esent expectation. The continued or oc-
casicnal excessive use of spirits to in
toxication is not the disease, but is
symptom of some central irritation and
EXHAUSTION; also of poisoning and star
walton. Many of these cases are self-lim-
away after time. The subsistence of the
drink symptom by the removal of the
exciting causes and building up the sys-
lem to greater Vigor and health is the
only rational treatment. The highest med
zeal Judgment will be needed to deter
mine the exact condition in each case,
and the possible range of remedies re-
quired-not any one drug or combination
OF drugs, not so-called moral remedies
not appeals to the will power, but clear,
broad, scientific application of every ra-
aonai means and measure demanded.
The requisites of a healthful bed
chamber are thus set forth by Maria Par
loa in the Ladies' Home Journal: Every
bedroom should be provided with the es-
sentia.s for heaithful sleep and the daily
sponge bath AS nearly as possible, the
room should be kept free form anything
that would tend to contaminate the air.
1t should be as large as one can afford
and the windows so arranged that they
may be opened at the top and bottom.
If possible, the floor should be bare and
the rugs so small that they can be taken
outdoors. with ease for cleaning and air
ing. Everything about the room should
be washable. The bed should be light and
ntted with strong casters so that il may
- AN"AiS h'ONtbs tue SpTl lSS ought TO be
hrm and strong and the mattress of a
Kind that will not allow the heaviest mari
OF the body to sink, and so cause the
sleeper to lie in a cramped position NV
own preference is for a cheap hard mat
tfess next the springs ard a light one of
halr ON this, but any kind of firm mat
tress is better than one that is too soft.
ABOVE al, do not oYerfurnish the bed
room. "
Coffee drinking by children was the
subject of animadversion by DR.. l. n
Love In recent meeting Of the New York
County Medical Association. He said: The
carelessness with which parents would
permit even babies to drink coffee was
remarkable. This was often done throuab
a desire TO give the children a warm drinL
IN the morning. The ill-effects of this
praouce were frequently met with by the
physician. Such children early showed
poor digestion and an ritability of he
nervous system. He had been SURPRISED
10 find bow common this was, even among
the well-to-do, and how seldom physicians
gave the matter due consideration. lie
was OF the opinion that this habit was a
means of developing in these persons. as
they grew older, desire for somethins
stronger. The exceptional individual Of
excellent inheritance and strong physique,
ana with well poised nervous system.
ccud use coffee and tvbacc from a arly
age without marked detriment but I,
should ALWAYS ha hama In