The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In Polynesia BABY girls OF year olu
are placed in wicker cages, and in wicker
cages they remain until the time they are
married. Harpily, the chi dren do not
seem to mind much, and they grow fat
and healthy At the age of Z years or
thereabouts most of the little damsels
leave their cages to be married.
Fred Lewie has returned to his home
in Birmingham, Mich, from the Philip
pines, where he served as a soldier for
over a year. He had been in the hospital
nearly all that time and was twice laid
out for dead. Once the attendants in
charge were about TO begin the embalming
process when he regained consciousness,
after being in a deathlike stupor for
twelve hours.
The healthy Home is the title of d
little paper published monthly at Athol
by W. II. Brock & Co, at the yearly
subscription of 80 cents. 1t purports to be
"a journal of common sense medicine. to
save sickness and help the ailing," and
is designed for popular reading. The cur
rent number contains much exec lent by
gienic advice and plain directions for the
treatment of the ordinary diseases that
afIlict humanity. Next month the pub
fishers pr pose beginning the issue of a
Home Quarterly that gives much prom
Use of practical value.
To cure a cold. says contributor to
the Medical Press, FIRST stop eating. The
system is overloaded with impurities, and
they must he eliminated. Fast until
these poiscns can be disposed of in
natural manner Take long walks, draw
ing in many deep, full breaths; exercise
every muscle of abe body, that the cir
culation may be quickened and every part
OF the body thoroughly cleansed by this
accelerated circulation. Battle at least
once a day, rubbing the surface of the
body briskly all over for or 10 minutes
After missing from two to three meals,
If a ravenous appetite is acquired, ii is
of course desirable to indulge this ap-
petite, but in moderation. Under no cir
cumstances should the stomach be gorg-
ed, and those foods which are unwho,e-
some or but moderately nutritious should
be avoided.
"A very valuable application of water
can be made internally through the me-
dunn of the rectum. Injections of water
wash out retained fecal matter, relieve
constipation, and thus effectually remove
causes which are at all times a menace
to health. Very extravagant claims of
benefit have been made for the use of
The rect al douche or flushing the Colon"
but they must be taken with a grain of
caution; for a habit is likely to be estab-
iished upon which the natural act OF
evacuation will learn to depend, and thus
nature will be interfered with. The use
Of the hand bulb syringe or the more
modern fountain syringe serves every
purpose and may be used as an aid to
the natural function or a a final cans r
after the act has been naturally perform
Cd.
Widows in all countries are supposed
to be full of little wiles, and certainly
some of them have very strange prac-
tees. Take for instance, an Arab wo-
man who intends to marry again. The
night before the wedding she goes to pay
the late husbands grave a visit. There
she humbly kneels and prays him not to
be jealous or offended. Probably she be-
lieves that he VIII be both, and that she
must make q definite act to appca q his
wrath. Accordingly she takes with her
a mule bearing two goats skins OF wa err
When her prayers are ended she takes
the water skins and proceeds to saturate
her husbands grave. Whether a plenti-
full lbation of cold water has a soothing
effect on the spirit of the departed or not
may be a matter of conjecture, but haV-
ing made It the W 'dow feels that she has
done all that can be required of her. and
enters wedlock again without misgiving.
lone of the most desirable posts at
Windsor Castle" says a correspondent
or the Chicago Record us that of the
Kings Inner, who in ancient times dec
Grated books and manuscripts with in
!tal letters, and who now prepares the
parchment commissions when His Ma
jesty is pleased to confer knighthood OF
some other honor upon enc of his sub
jects. The man who now fills the post
has extraordinary skill with the pen ana
brush and his diplomas and certificates
were greatly admired for their exquisite
taste and skilfu execution. lie receives
a sa airy of $500 year. The clock MAX
or at Windsor Castle receives the same
compensation, and 1t Is his business to
Keep all the timepieces in repair. The his
Photographer, who is supposed to keep q
record of events. holds an hereditary or
fee, with salary of $500 q year. The
master of music, Sir Walter Parrett. the
famous crganist. receives 81 500, and ar
ranges concerts for His Majcsty's diver
si~u. Tho surveyor OF pictures Is paid 81
800. the librarian (who. by the way. Is
ldchard r. Holmes, an eminent autboD
~oceivcs $500 the examiner Of plays 81
COO. tho keeper Of the swans is paid $500
aud the barge masier. who looks after
Tho boats used by the royal family at
" lud soT mas "A similar pomnc nautfr,