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Cllic Satwnmh Sribwnt. Published bv the Taramra Publiihlng Oo.) J. H. DKVBAbX, MxMiaaa. y B. W. WHITE, Solxoito*. ) VOL. 11. McCILLIS&MERCER 3 99 3roughton St., Cor. Montgomery. Parlor Goods, Bed Room Suits,; DINING AND KITCHEN FURNITURE, CARPETS, MATTING, SHADES, MATS & RUGS i PARLOR STOVES, COOKING STOYES AND RANGES. I STOVEWARE, CLOCKS, PICTURES, Ac. "Be sure to call and buy goods at lowest prices to be found in the city. U i s S. W. ALTICK. VY. B. ALTICK. 11. It. ALTICK. D. A. ALTICK’S SONS SUCCESSORS.TO D. A. ALTICK A SONS. I-IU\DQUAP.TEKS FOR BUGGIES, PHAETONS, CARRIAGES ——AND CELEBRATED McCALL WAGON. New Goods arriving from our factory by every steamer. BROUGHTON AND WEST BROAD STREETS, I SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. *•*“ r-* —— JOYCE & HUNT, 31 W llitalrer Street, Savannah, Georgia —Exclusive Dealers in this Territory for the Incomparable— Iw Hba® Sewing Machine I The O n|y Machine that has a Perfect Automatic Bobbin Winder. Which enables the operator to wind a perfect bobbin without any aid from the operator. -ALSO AGENT FOR- The ftelock anfl New EnglanJ Pianos, AND ° Kimball, Clough & Warren_Palace Organs. ; The Place io Buy tie Best hois fc tha Least Mossy —IS AT TEEPLE & CO.’S, 103 and 195 Hrougfliton iSt. CALL AT OUR STORE I If you want Furniture, Mattings, Window Shades, Refrigerators, Bed-Springs, Mattresses, Cooking Stoves, or anything in the Housekeeping Line, it will pay you to call on us before buying elsewhere. New Goods Constantly Arriving. TEEPLE «< CO., 193 and 195 Broughton St., Between Jefferson and Montgomery. JOB PRINTING I Neatly and Expeditiously j EXECUTED AT THIS OFFICE X I SAVANNAH HA.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4,158 G. The Structure of the Skin. Roughly speaking, the skin is coin- ■ posed of two layers—the cuticle orecar:- skin and the corluiu or true skin. The j former is principally made up of two ! portions, the horny layer, which, is the principal protective to the body, and the mucous layer, which contains celh to be pushed up and Ivecome the horny layer i after awhile, and these contain the col- I oring substance which gives the tint to I the complexion. It is true that some of 1 the microscopists are uncertain about the transformation of the mucous into the i horny layer of the skin, but it. is difficult to imagine where the outside protection ■ comes from if not from the Inver next. ■ under it. The true skin is compose! of a net-work of fibres intermixed with par ticles of living matter abundantly sup plied with blood vessels,nerves and all the i apparatus necessary for a continuous sup i ply of fresh materials for the build png up of new structures as well aS of means for removing those that are worn out. The glands for the secretion of the perspiration and for the formation of a fatty, lubricating matter are to bo found almost everywhere, as well as the little sacs to give origin to the hairs, which are more modifications of the cells of the skin. The nervous apparatus for the sense of touch is almost everywhere pres ent, much more abundantly in some lo calities than in others. Muscular fibres are found in connection with the hair . sacs and glands for keeping the skin ' oily and supple; they are not under the . control of the will, but act to squeeze I out the lubricating material and to raise ! the hairs to an upright position, as in j the so-called “goose skin, ’’ noticed under i the influence of cold and sometimes of tear.-Globe- Dtin&trat. A City of Old Buildings, Rain and Fish. | There are only three cities in Norway, j writes a Boston Herald correspondent. Kristiania lias the greatest number of inhabitants aud is the capital. Throndh- : jen is the oldest and perhaps the most famous historically. Bergen is best j known for its interesting old buildings I and fish. It lies for the most part on a ’ hilly peninsula, and on three sides are i steep mountains whose tops are almost | always cloud covered. There are four i distinct summits, though after one has j become acclimated and has received duo , instruction, he will learn that there are ! three more peaks, for Bergen, like ancient Rome, is a “city of seven hills," and in to ken thereof has blazoned them on her scutcheon beneath a fortified castle. These mountains arc considered the cause of the heavy rainfall for which Bergen has long been noted. They at i tract the clouds, which then pour their | waters into the town, seventy-two inches i falling during the year. This has Been jan unusually rainy summer, and out of i B ix consecutive weeks here there have been but four bright days. So notorious is Bergen weather that a story is told of ■ an old Dutch skipper who for twenty years had brought goods to the town, aud always, when he reached his port, |it was raining or very misty. One day j when he arrived it happened to be bright and clear, which so surprised the i worthy sea dog that he felt he must . have mistaken his course and gone into I the wrong harbor," so he set sail again i and hunted for many weeks along the ‘ shore in search of Bergen wharves, with i their rain and wet. A Bear Routed by Cows. This tale of the husbandman and his faithful cow comes from Nova Scotia. The farmer hunting for his cows at ' dusk, came upon a big black bear that at once showed light. , The fanner was about to seek srffety in flight, when bis I three cows, bellowing loudly, with tails erect, and flic in their usually placid eyes, charged the bear so fiercely that he i turned and fled. A Trust worthy Animal. Liveryman (to customer)- There, sir, is as good a boss as ever pulled i wug . gin. An’ you needn’t be afraid of him. j He puffeetly safe an’ reliable. , Customer (eyeing the animal dubiously) | —I don t know ’bout that. I'd hits to trust him with any oats. Cloth from Chinese Nettles. Grass cloth is likely to have a more extensive market than formerly. It is , a Chinese production, specimens of which come to us generally in the shape ' of handkerchiefs. The material is a I liber, not gruss, and a species of nettles. Those nettles are carefully cultivated in China, where they grow in great quanti ties, as they do in India and Ceylon. In India hitherto u > m irked attempt of cul tivation has been made. They are free from the stinging character of the or di- i nary nettles. In Ceylon and India, 1 where the plants wild. these nettles ' are, <nt just about the time of seeding ' and bleached by the assistance of the \ heavy night, dews and the hot. mid day suns, and the libers gathered I together and spun into ropes of 1 thin twine, from which course i matting is made, This primitive way ol treating the nettles is not followed in I China, and, indeed, the employment of ; the fiber silk for commercial purposes I seems to be a Chinese secret. Not only I is the texture of the cloth manufactured | from this fiber very beautiful—it is j principally remarkable for its splendid | gloss and peculiar transparency -but it is extremely strong and durable. Belt ing for machinery has already been made with the China grass fiber, and on being tested it was found that it could bear a strain of 832 ft pounds to the square inch, * whereas leather could only sustain a ' pressure of 4249 pounds to the square inch. So soon as manufacturers and i customers have had a sufficient time foi < experimenting we mav expect to see grass cloth very generally used.-- Mann- ■ , Jactureri" Gaaette. ' - Burning for Fifteen Years. 1 In 1871 a fire broke out in a house situated in the outskirts of Paris. The ■ damage was repaired under the direction i I of an architect, and since that time the I I house has been inhabited by the owner. Some days ago, while at lunch, the ; latter observed that the ceiling of his ' dining room showed signs of giving ' away. Next day the droop in the ceil i ing was still more plainly discernible,and I an architect was immediately sent for, who saw at a glance that the central i ' beam was gradually sinking. A couple j ■ of masons were set to work, when the in-! side of the beam was found to have been | , entirely consumed, the beam itself being i held in position only by a thin coating I ■ of moist wood. At the fire in 1871 c ' I . I I spark had set fire to the beam, and had > I thus inch by inch, during the space ol | ' 15 years, accomplished its work of de- j i struction.— Pari-i Le Tempi. The Nerves of Taste. ..e discovery that heat influences one set of nerve-points in the skin while I sensations of cold arc received by an other set, has been followed by an inter esting investigation by two Italian physi-1 ologists, whoso experiments seem to in- I dicate that the various tastes result from ! t the exciting of distinct sets of nerve- ' fibres in the tongue. The prolonged ap plication of ice removed the sensibility ! for all tastes—sweet, sou-, salt and bit ter. Cocaine destroyed—temporarily, of i course—sensibility for bitter only, j j Other substances, such as caficine and I I morphia, reduced the power of discrim i inating between different degrees of bit- • ter.' Diluted sulphuric acid had a pecu- I liar effect, causing distilled water and j even quinine to taste sweet at the tip of the tongue, although the bitter of th'. 1 '■ quinine was elsewhere tasted as usual. | • —■**••■■■■■■—- - - Recovered Hh Voice. The Dußois (Penn.) Courier tells an interesting story of a gentleman residing i I near that place. Nineteen year-, ago he ' j practically lost his voice by going into the water while overheated, being only 1 able to speak above a whisper from that j time until quite recently. About a year: ago he had an arm badly hurt, and has ’ | since then suffered more or less pain from it. Occasionally he found relief by I placing his hand on a large driving belt in a mill where he is employed, through the generation of electricity. Recently, I while doing this, he was surprised and i pleased to find that he could talk as well as any one. I >1.25 Per Annnra; 75 renta for Six Months; - 50 cents Tn re* Month*; Single Copies I Scent*- In Advance. A Snopper’s R1 under. ‘i twM Two fashionably dressed ladies stood one bright afternoon la-t week before a. milliner's window on State strei-t, gazing < at the pretty articles of head-wear dis played therein. Presently one moved j over to the other side of the window for a closer look at an exquisite bonnet, | and. after feasting her eyes for a moment on its beauties, edged back again toward her companion and grasped her arm, | squee ing it warmly us she chatted cn thusiastieally of the wares in the win dow For full 'two minutes she thus stood aim in arm with a person whom she supposed to be her shopping mate,, not once taking her eyes from the dead' bird.-,, bright ribbons and flowers which, adorned the bonnets within the plate flass But at last the awakening came. maginc Tier horror when a Uhinamaw turned It® face toward h ts —a huge grin overspreading kis features—and re marked : “C'hineeman likee lite woman.” Imagine also, if you < an, with what suddenness she withdrew her ft;in from< the < hinaman's embrace, and with how t many blushes she met the gaze of her‘l lady friend mid of other obsei vers who stood near by smiling at he.- 1,. -.i dor. I know that this is a true story, for I saw the incident mvself. —U'/n.uj/o Ibru'J. Preventing a Possible Uonftag.atioin. /4 ’/FI xM' ii “Boys, boys, what are you trying to s do:” “Just think, mama, Charles Augustus has swallowed a match!”— Bidet ter. (Unhealthy. “Don’t you like y nir bel, Mr. WithS»"| ers.” “No, ma'am, I do not." “ Y ou’re the first boarder I ever had that k eked on the beds. It’s an msiuu. ation against my establishment, sir.” | “Can’t help it.” ‘■Feather bed , too, to every bzarder in the house.” '"That’s just it. I'm satisfied that- "I they’re unhealthy.” •‘Feather beds unhealthy!” “Yes, nnam.” “Whut makes you think so/" r . j “That spring chicken you had for Wie ner to-day. He slept in feathers,’ and »ee how tough he was ” Ten person shave been indicted iu ISioax s City, la,, for connection with the murder ot Minister Halduck, the temperance advocate. A Foollhli and Stubhsra ReJiet In the efficacy of certain remedies of violent, actien, is the besetting foible of tlrt ifnorant and prejudiced. The indiscriminate use of a purgatives is a very common phase of the t%. tuity of such people. Aloes, podypbillin. di* ; guised iu sugar coating, castor oil, marcur S i»ud other old fashioned dru<s, still hold ths | own arnon< this class, and although the sc | eessof Hostetter’sStomseh Bitter*sufficient. | disproves the necessity for violence in riwdi. | cation, the adherents of *ti exploded fallacy s etill persist in giving and taking inord.iuaie purgative doses. Dyspepsia.constipation, over j complaint are ss certainly and thorou'jiiiy j -übdued by th- B.ttws, n they are invaria b y aggravate I by an indi*crin>.a»te use oC medicines, officinal or propriet srv. be.Ongiug to the class winch we have •■ond ’Wned. revet aud ague, nervousness, rhruinstista and tuity of tii» k Iduoys. yield to ths Hitters. NO. 7.