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VARIATIONS IN STATURE.
A ll the Way from the Dwarf to the
Gia.it in Human Form.
prom the P-nn lar Science Monthly.
.study of human stature involves s-ev
rral questions of more important in
terest tnan that of mere theory or
curiosity. ft may aid us in learning
whether the human race is really
degenerating, as some persons assert, by de-
Minining whether our ancestors in heroic
end pre-historic times had the superior
v.bvsical prowess that is often
aMribcd to them. An opinion was
current in the last century that
<m r ancestors at some time in the past wore
t l, o equals or superiors in size to the largest
men now to be found. M. Henrion pre
dated to the Academic des Inscriptions in
j-is a memoir on the variations in the size
of man from the beginning of the world to
the Christian era, in which Adam was given
py f,.ct it inches, and Eve 1 is feet '.)% inches,
hut after the first pair the human race, in
his imagination, suffered a regular decrease,
e o that Noah was only 100 feet high, while
Abraham shrank down to 28 feet,
jloses to 13 feet, the mighty Her
',,l,s to 10 feet inches, and
.Alexander the Great to a bare (i!C foot.
'[];(. complaint about the degeneracy of
the human race is not new, but dates as far
hack as the time of Homer, at least, for the
men of his day were not like the heroes of
whom he sang. It is not confirmed, but is
contradicted by nil the tangible facts, and
thioe are not a few. Human remains that
am exhumed after having reposed in the
grave for many years, as in the Cata
ccinbs of Paris, have nothing gigantic
about them. Tlio armor, the cmiasses,
and the casques of the warriors of
thu middle ages can Iks worn try mod
ern soldiers; and many of tho Knights’
suits would be too small for the cuirassiers
of the European armies. Yet they were
worn b" me selected men, who were better
fed, stronger, and more robust than the
cost of the population. The bones of the
ancient Hauls, which are uncovered in the
excavations of tumuli, while they are of
large dimensions, arc comparable with those
ci tin i \ijiingpopulations of many places in
France.
The Egyptian mummies are tho remains
of persons of small or medium stature, as
are also the Peruvian and Mexican mum
mies, and the mummies and bones found in
the ancient monuments of India and Per
sia. And even tho most ancient relies we
possess of individuals of the human species,
tho bones of men who lived in the tertiary
period, an epoch the remote antiquity of
which goes back for hundreds of centuries,
do not show any important differences in
the sizes of tho primitive and of the mod
err. man
Considerable differences will bo found to
exist, when we compare the statures of the
various races of mankind; and it is the ex
aggeration of this fact that has given rise to
the It geuds of dwarf and giant peoples. In
dividuals of the supposed dwarf races would
appear quite large if compared with real
dwarfs. These races are not dwarfs, but
simply small races.
"Tic iant Winekelmeier, 2.t>o meters. A
cuira 1.60 meters. A man of the aver
age s>. UK) meters. A little soldier, 1.54
meters. The dwarf Borulawsky, 0.75 meters.
Anew-born babe, 0.50 meters. A meter is
;;a inches, as nearly as can tie expressed
without the use of decimals.”
If we may believe the ancient authors, a
large number of giants and giantesses at
tained extraordinary stature, even for per
sons of that class. Pliny mentions the giant
Gabbara, who was nine feet nine inches tall,
and two other giants, Poison and Secundilla,
who were half a foot taller; Garopius tells of
a young giantess who was 10 feet high, and
Lecat, of a Scotch giant 10 feet 0 inches in
height. But we may take it for granted
that these figures are greatly exaggerated,
while we have a right to regard as authen
tic giants whose height runs up to 8 feet 0
inches. A giant 8 feet high was exhibited
in Rouen in 1755. A Swedish peasant, cited
by Hutton, was 8 feet 8 inches in height, and
tiie stature of the Finnish giant Cu janus, was
the same; while Frederick William, King of
Prussia, had a guard of nearly equal stat
ure. The giant Giile do Trent, in the Tyrol,
and one of the guards of the Duke of Bruns
wick, were more than 8 feet 4 inches in
height. The Grecian giant Amanab, now
18years old, is 7 feet 8 inches tall; the Chi
nese giant, Chang, 8 feet 14 inches. The Aus
trian giant Winckelmeir, who was recently
exhibited in Paris, measuring feet, may
be regarded as a specimen of the highest
stature attained by the human spe
ries. At the oposite extremes
may be found numerous dwarfs not
more than 20 inches, and some even as little
as 10 and even 12 inches in height; butjsuch
dwarfs are only monsters with atrophied
limbs or twisted backbones, or stunted in
fants. whose age is usually exaggerated by
their Ilnmums. One of the most remark
able dwarfs on record was the celebrated
Barulawsky, who was born in 1780 and died
in 1837, who was never more than 28 inches
in height, was [lei-fret in every limb and pro
portion, and was bright and intelligent.
The mean between these two extremes of
stature is about 5 feet 53inches, and the
difference between them is 0 feet 134 inches.
The mean height is nearly the same with
the average stature of Frenchmen. We
g ve an illustration embodying a cornpara
t ve representation of these extremes with
three intervals betwoen them. The portrait
oi Borulawsky is after a contemporary en
);ra\ mg, tliatof Winekelmeier from a recent
photograph. Besido them are placed a
nvw-hom infant 20 inches, an infantry sol
dier of minimum stature (5 feet 1 inch), a
man of average sizo (5 feet 5 inches) and a
cuirassier of 0 feet. The illustration com-
Ddses all the important variations in human
stature.
The conditions that affect tho stature of
populations and races of men may all be de
scribe,l under one general head—that of nu
trition. The size of u population, a race, or
;1 group of individuals living for several gen
erations in the same conditions of environ
ment and resources is proportionate to its
nutrition. Coming to particulars, wo find
■ hat this nutrition depends (1) on the apti
■ude lor assimilation, which is a question of
ruinate; and (2) upon the facility with which
the people ean obtain a quantity of food in
proportion to their power of assimilation.
It was long believed that climate alone had
* great inliueneo on stature, and, in fact, if
We regard the white or light-colored races,
Wfl remark that the stature is less in cli
nmtes iff extreme temperature than in tem
bornte latitude*. In tho extremely cold
Arctic regions the Lapp*, Esquimaux and
nlutnors are very small, but coining
, into more temperate regions and more
'.'•tile countries we find much larger races,
i<e the Norsemen, Russians, Anglo-Saxons
mill Norlh-Oermatis in Europe, and
j* u ‘ ' 'unaciaiiK and Indians in America,
-’artlior south, and as the tem
perature becomes holler, I he stature
unman,fins—a luct which may )*> verifiod
among the Italians and Spaniards, and
“dueli is observed !n most or tho groat re
gions of the globe. These variations arc not
effect of climate, but are directeiy do
P’lidi'ut on nutrition. In very cold climate*
uS'imilu; ion is excessive, for tho organism
’l* a large quantity oi food to sustain it
t- iinst the outer tomperature. If, iu eon*
wquciioe of the rigor of the climate and tho
' hl,! ;d resources of tho country in game
ml lisii, waste is a liitle superior, or quite
“'fi and, to assimilation, tho population sub
to such conditions must continue small.
/, .?' s too case with the Laplandi'innin the
''■ s llmnun of the Arctic islands and tho
u ,pjv f * a -t. of Greenland.
‘ 'i\ rate of growth of children varies ne
.‘ "■'lj? to sox. Thus, at the age of 11 and 13
'.ns viys are larger anil heavier than girls:
'MI fin that age on the evolution of the
S' , 1H hire ; dpid, and they noon overtake
|fii' boyiatiii pets vln rn till tlio ago of 15 i*
t'l'fiiec.jivlii'n iht boys remain in the nseond-
V'V 0 fbe girls’ remain nearly station-
It Jo* bosh learned from experiment*
on animal that aleohol trims to stunt the
P; “wth o£yh o young. The habit of seme
".,11*11 ofV'un lower classes of drinking
.[‘Jong pregnancy. in order to give
. 111 ‘l* fair complexions, must liko
•cr -nave u ud IrJluence on the develop
' ths ughliau. On the oib'i' hami.
growth is favored by strong food, rich in
nitrogen end phosphates, by good hygine,
by play and gymnastic exercises, by plenty
of air mid by all the causes that contribute
to make children strong and vigorous.
One of tho less recognized agencies affcct
ing stature is fatigue, under the influence of
which the bight diminishes. A soldier, for
instance, is perceptibly tailor before than
after a forced march. When the body is
fatigued it gives way, the cartilages lose
their elasticity and become thinner, and the
fatty and fibrous cushions, which give soring
to tin - organs cf locomotion, become less
supple and more attenuated, all of which con
tribute to the diminution ot heigiit. Carrying
burdens on the head or shouldeis leads to
the same results. If to an excessive fatigue is
added depri ration of sleep, organic repara
tion cannot take place, and the causes
which contribute to tho diminution of stat
ure accumulate and effect in the total a de
crease which is relatively considerable.
The simple standing position, walking and
riding, all contribute to a reduction of the
height. We are all taller in the morning
than in the evening. Tho height of tho
adult continues stationary during mature
age, but begins to diminish at about 55 or
60 years.
Physicial aptitudes arc various, according
to stature; and we are able to draw impor
tant conclusions, particularly with refer
ence to fitness for military service, from the
determination of them. The bodily vivacity
of small men is very much greater than
that of largo men. Tho man of small
stature is nearly always quicker and more
alert than a man who is tall (and stout in
proportion. The ratio of muscular energy
to tho pound of living weight is much
greater with small or middling-sized men
than with very large ones. The
length of the. limbs of the latter
necessarily occasions an amplitude in his
motions that makes execution slower.
Length of limbs also contributes to a waste
of strength. The largo man’s power of en
durance is loss than that of the middling
sized man, because not only of the personal
weight that has to be carried, but also on
account of the difference in the proportional
development of the respiratory system.
Looking at military aptitudes, it is middling
sized or small men that offer the greatest
energy, power to resist fatigue and activity
in battle; and of this kind is the popular
type of the French soldier—the petit chas
seur, or the soldier of the line.
SETTING A MAN RIGHT.
Civility and Impertinence Toward
Strangers in America and Europe.
From tire Chicago News.
“I have often been amused,” said a citi
zen of the world, “by people whom I have
met in England who had just returned from
a short visit to the United States. Their
familiarity with everything American and
their ability to sum yptlie characteristics of
tiie people used to strike me as nothing short
of marvelous. For, as a matter of fact, it
would lie no more audacious for a traveler
from this side of the pond, after having
passed a fortnight in Fails, peeped into
Switzerland, visited St. Peter’s at Rome,
and finished up with Brussels, Heidelberg,
and the Rhine —lingering on his way home
a few days in London, to proceed to write
an exhaustive essay on the people of Europe.
Yet this is what is constantly being done,
and no doubt many of tlio misapprehensions
which exist between the people of this
country and those on the other side are due
to this cause. One would fancy, to hear
some people speak, that the inhabitants of
the United States were everywhere as like
to each other as so many of the same kind of
cheeses, or nutmegs, or peas, or Chinamen.
“There are, however, ways and man
ners in different places which inay be truly
and accurately noted, and which involve no
such impertinence or atisurdity. 111 visiting
various countries and their cities it has
been my habit to walk about a great deal,
and in doing so it has been interesting to
observe differences in what may be called
out-door or street maimers. These differ
very widely in the various states and in the
parts of Europe which I have visited. To
confine one's self almost entirely to the
matter of asking the way, I found in Hol
land and Belgium that it was dangerous to
do so if one did not intend to pay for the
slight courtesy of direction. As one of
many instances, I remember arriving in
Rotterdam on a dark night, and, being be
wildered at the railway depot, asking a
stranger of genteel appearance the way.
Instead of directing me he politely pro
ceeded to show me the road to my steamer.
Having thanked him cordially and said
good night, I was departing in peace, when
the word ‘schnapps’ emphatically
uttered, and the pleasant illusion as to the
courtesy of the Hollander vanished. In
France, so far as my experience goes, things
are different. 1 shall never forget the
charming manner of a nun, who was ac
companied by a number of children, and
who had somehow heard that I had lost my
way, as I had. It was in Normandy, about
a dozen miles from Rouen. Of course the
sister never would have dreamed of a pour
boire but her kindness and patience in set
ting me right were refreshing to a degree.
So in Paris, the eagerness of a bright youth
to see that I didn't go wrong was typical of
my whole experience there.
“In London it is different. People seem
to consider it a nuisance to give directions,
and you observe in their eyes something
like ‘Why the dickens don’t you take a cab
or a car?’ Then, again, a certain class of
persons will absolutely direct you wrong,
while others will complicate matters so
that you begin npt to know where you are,
let alone where you arc going to. But of
all tlio cities for incivility in this respect
Manchester, England, takes the cake, in my
experience. In Market street 011 c night
while still completely strange to the city. I
asked a native tor Market street. His
answer was: ‘Follow thco nose, tlio
dommed fool.’
‘‘This country is, 011 tbe whole, far ahead
in manners of liiis kind. The pleasant salu
tations on rural ways that one meets with
in Maryland*and Virginia, and doubtless in
many other parts of the states, are very
refreshing to the foreigner. In Baltimore I
had again occasion to remark tho courtesy
of those of whom I asked the way. One
gentleman of color walked with mo quite a
long way, and, it need not be said, neither
hinted at nor dreamed of—‘sihiiunps.’
Asking him as we wont along
tlio population of the city, he said
‘48,000.’ ‘Forty-eight thousand!’ I ex
claimed, with surprise. ‘Yes.’ lie said:
adding: 'that was at the last census, and of
course there will be more now.’
“As you approach purely manufacturing
or industrial cities, like Pittsburg, street
manners and civility generally seem to de
cline. There is, however, so far as I can
judge, no city in which obligingness in the
matter of directing 0110 on his wav is more
marked than it ls in Chicago. How tins
should bo the case I do not pretend to say,
but that it is so 1 have not only my own
judgment to tell me, but, being interested
in the subject nnd having asked many
others for tiu ir experi'noe, I have fouml a
unanimous verdict to the same effect.
Nciv York does not shine in this respect. It
may be that peoplo there fancy themselves
too busy to be troubled, or that they are
chary of all strangers, or generally in
different to everybody's concerns but tln*ir
own Anvway, when they get to heaven
they won't lie uccused of overpoliteness on
the street.”
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STATE FINANCES.
ABSTRACTS OF REPORTS OF THE TREASmINIPCOMPTROLLER GENERAL
FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31st, 1887.
ASSETS. V Atoms.
Western and Atlantic Railroad (annual rental $260,000) Not estimated.
Public Buildings Not estimated.
Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad Stock Not estimated.
Ist) Shares Georgiartiailroad and Banking Company, estimated $ 300,000 00
■11" “ S. and A. Telegraph Cos , tpdorsed by \V. U. Tel. Cos 10,000 00
1,833 “ Bank State of Georgia ,
800 “ Bank of Augusta y Worthless.
i.OOO “ Atlantic and G. Railroad )
Bonds of Marietta and N. G. R. R.. $<>6,233 62. These bonds have lieenl
ordered cancelled by an Executive order, !>ut owing to a resolution (
of the General Assembly ordering me to hold the same, I have f
placed them among the assets without any value thereto. J
LIABILITIES.
To amount of bonded debt outstanding as per last report 5 8,981,020 00
Paid during quarter 140.700 00
Amount outstanding March 31st, 1887 8,640,320 00
RECEIPTS.
From General Tax $ 330,503 85
“ Capitol Tax 42,694 26
“ Liquor Tax 6,293 30
“ Insurance Fees „ 3,932 50
“ Inspectors’ Fees ~..7r 43,850 97
“ Insurance Agents 3,640 00
“ Tax on Insurance Agents 603 00
“ Shows 3,642 (X)
“ Rental W. and A. Railroad ... 75,000 00
“ AU other sources 5,800 00 -$ 516,359 96
Balance in Treasury December 31st, 1886 731.038 75
$1,217,398 71
DISBURSEMENTS.
On Account of Civil Establishment $ 27,485 31
“ Contingent Fund 1.478 81
“ “ Penitentiary Fund 749 49
“ “ New Capitol 37,671 93
“ “ Agricultural Department 2,500 00
“ “ Academy, Blind $4,000
“ “ Academy, Deaf and Dumb 3,750 7,750 00
“ “ Land Scrip Fund 3,157 07
“ “ University of Ga., SB,OOO, University of Atlanta, SB,OOO. 16,000 00
“ “ Contingent Expenses and Fees Supreme Court 814 33
“ “ Artificial Limb Fund 2,370 00
“ “ Public Debt ... 381,889 95
“ “ Building Fund 3,437 06
“ “ Printing 5,585 43
“ “ Insurance Public Buildings 1,526 89
“ “ Lunatic Asylum 44,060 67
“ “ General Assembly 62,309 33
“ “ School of Technology 9,777 90
“ “ Supreme Court Reports 3,000 no
“ “ School Fund 253,370 77
“ “ Solicitors General 970 (X)
“ “ Salaries of Inspectors and Chemist 2,150 00
“ “ Special Appropriations 2,001 30
“ “ Overpayment of Taxes 2,027 68
“ “ Library Fund 200 00—$ 872,283 98
Balance in Treasury March 31st, 1887 375,114 73
$1,247,398 71
Executive Department, State of Georoia, I
Atlanta, Ga., July 15, 1687. (
Having carefully examined the quarterly reports submitted by the Treasurer and Comptroller
General, for the quarter ending March 31st, 1887, and also the foregoing abstract of the same, it is
Ordered that the said abstract be entered on the Minutes of this Department and published
once in the Macon Telegraph , Augusta Chronicle, Savannah Morning! News and Atlanta Constitu
tion. J. B. GORDON, Governor.
By the Governor:
James T. Nisbet, Secretary Executive Department.
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CLEARING OUT SALE.
To Make Room for Fall Stock,
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Printed Linen Lawns at less than cost.
Heal Scotch Ginghams at less than cost.
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OFFICIAL.
’"ordinance.
An ordinance, To authorize the Mayor and Al
dermen, in Council assembled, to grant per*
mils for the excavation and erection of area*
in the larn s of the city, and to prescribe cer*
tain conditions for tlie same.
Section I. lie it onlained by the Mayor and
Ablennen of the City of Savannah in Council
assembled* That it shall and may be lawful for
(Vmncil. at any time, and from time to time to
grant , by resolution or otherwise, permits to
owners of lots and improvements within thecity
to excavate, construct and use areas extending
into the lanes of the city.
Rkc. 2. That all such hermits, unless otherwise
therein provided, shall be granted subject to the
conditions herein named and the acceptance of
such permit or the excavation, erection and use
•f such area by any property owner, shall b®
taken and construed ns an acceptance of the
said conditions, and binding upon the said prop
erty owner and his assigns, future owners of the
said property.
Sec. 3. All such areas, including all walls ai;d
material of any sort in the construction of the
same shall not extend into the laue for a dis
tance greater than four (4) feet from the line of
said lot. They shall be set at such grade as the
roper ofthvrs of the city may designate, aud
pt and maintained at such grade as may from
time to time lx* determined on for the said lane
without any expense to the city. They shall be
used only ror the purposes of light and ventila
tion, and for no other purpose what
soever, and shall be covered with
a substantial wrought iron grating of such
form as shall bean ample protection to person*
and property passing through said lane, which
grating shall lie stationary and immovable,
and not set upon hinges or other devices ar
ranger! for entrance and exit into the buildings
through said area.
Sec. 4. That the owners for the time being
of any property, a<ljaeent to which areas may
be erected under tin* provisions of this ordl
uanetrshull indemnify and bold harmless the
Mayor and AJdermen of the city of Savannah,
of and from any and all loss or damage that
may accrue against it by reason of the excava
t ion, erection, use or occupation of the area
herein provided for, or the obstruction of the
lanes of the city.
Sec. 5. That all ordinances or parts of ordi
nances conflicting wit h this ordinance be and
lhe same are hereby repealed in so far as they
so cpntlict.
Ordinance passed in Council July 13, 1887.
liUFI 8 E. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest : Frank E. Reuaher, Clerk of Council.
QUARANTINE NOTICE.
Office Health Officer, )
Savannah. <a., May 1, 1887. J
From and after MAY Ist, 1887 the city ordi
nance which specifies the Quarantine require
ments to l>e observed at the port of Savannah,
Georgia, for period of time (annually) from Mav
Ist to November Ist, will bo most rigidly en
forced.
Merchants and all other parties interested
will be supplied with printed copies of the Quar
antiue Ordinance upon application to office of
Health < )fficer.
From and after this date aud until further no
tice all steamships and vessels from South
America, Central America, Mexico, West Indies.
Sicily, ports of Italy south of 40 degs. North
latitude, and coast of Africa beween
10 degs. Nort.li and H degs. South latitude,
direct or via American port will be sub
jected to close Quarantine and bo required
to report at the Quarantine Station and be
treated as being from infected or suspected
ports or localities. Captains of these vessels
will haves to remain at Quarantine Station until
their vessels art* relieved.
All steamers and vessels from foreign ports
not included above, direct or via American
ports, whet her seeking, chartered or otherwise,
will be required to remain in quaraitin'i until
boarded and passed by the Quarantine officer.
Neither the Captains nor any one on board of
such vessels ivill be allowed to come to the city
until the vessels are inspected and passed by the
Qiiarantine (Officer.
As ports or localities not herein enumerated
an reported unhealthy to the Sanitary Authori
ties, Quarantine restrictions against same will
be enforced without further publication.
The quarantine regulation requiring t he flying
of the quarantine flag on vessels subjected to
detention or inspection trill be rigidly enforced,
J. T. McFARLAM), M. I).. Health Officer.
ORDINANCE.
An Ordinance to amend article LX. of the Sa
vannah City Code, adopted Feb. 10, 1870, so as
to require all occupants of houses, merchants,
shopkeepers,grocers and tradesmen occupying
premises to which no yards are attached fc6
keep within their premises a box oF banW of
sufficient size in which shall be deposited all
offal, filth, rubbish, dirt and other mattef gen
erated in said premises, or to put such box of
barrel in the streets or lanes under conditions
prescribed herein.
Section 1. Beit ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah Ui Council
assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, That section 2 of said
art icle be amended so oh to read as follows: The
owners, tenants or occupiers of houseshaving
yards or enclosures, and all occupants of houses,
all merchants, shopkeepers, grocers and trades
men occupying premises to which no yards are
attached shall keen within their yards of
premises a l>ox or barrel of sufficient size, in
which shall be deposited all the offal, filth, rub
bish, dirt and other matter generated in sAid
building and enclosure, and the said filth of every
description as aforesaid Shall lie placed ia sail
box or barrel, from the first day or April to the
first day of November, before the Lour of 7
o'clock a. m., and from the first day of November
(inclusive) to the last day of March (inclusive)
liefore the hour of 8 o’clock a. m., and such mat
ter so placed shall be daily removed (Sundaya
excepted) by the Superintendent, to
such places two miles at lea®s
without the city as shall be designated by th®
Mayor or a majority of the Street and Lan®
Committee. Ana It shall lie unlawful for any
occupant of a house, merchant, shupkee]>oiw
grocer or tradesman to sweep into or to deposit
in any street or lane of this city any paper,
trash, or rubbish of any kind whatsoever, but
the same shall be kept in boxes or barrels a®
hereinbefore provided, for removal by the scar*
enger of the city Any person not having a yard
may put the box or barrel containing the offal
rubbish, etc., in the street or lane for removal
by the scavengar, provided the box or barrel so
put in the street or lane shall be of such char*
octer and size as to securely keep the offal, rut*
bish, etc., from getting into the street or lan*
And any person other than the owner or scaveoi
ger interfering with or troubling the box or bar
rel so put in the street or lane shall l>e punished
on conviction thereof in the police court by fii4
not exceeding SIOO or imprisonment not exceed!
ing thirty days, either or both in the discretion
of officer presiding in said court.
Ordinance passed in Council June Ist, 1887.
RUFUS E. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest; Frank E. Reba iikr, Clerk of Council
QUARANTINE NOTICE.
Office Health Officer, I
•Savannah, April sth, 1887. f
Notice is hereby given that the Quarantine
Officer is instructed not to deliver letters to veS
sc Is which are not subjected to quarantined®
tention, unless the name of consignee and state
mi nt that the vessel is ordered to some otli<
port appears upon the face of the envelop®,
lids order is made necessary in consequence of
the enormous bulk of drumming letters sout tq
the station for vessels which are to arrive.
j. t. McFarland, m. and.,
Health Officer.
QUARANTINE NOTICE.
Office Health Officer, I
Savanna h, March 25th, 1887.)
Pilots of the Port of Savannah are inform®))
that the Sapelo Quarantine Station will be upon
ed on APRIL Ist. 1887.
Special attention of the Pilots Is directed
sections Nos. 3d and 14th, Quarantine Regula
lions.
Most rigid enforcement of quarantine reguia
tions will be maintained by the Health author!
ties. j. t. McFarland, m. and.,
Health Officer.
DRUGS AND MEDM in is.
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WHY don’t walk our tony streets with 1 S'*
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will take them out clean as anew pit. 83c. I
bottle. Made only by
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At his Unit; Stores, Broughton anti Drayt>o
Whitaker and Wayne street*.
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