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How Not To Take Cold.
Interesting and Instructive Little Medi¬
cal Talk by Dr Beverly Robinson.
In the course of “Medical Talks” at
Association Hall, it came the turn of
Dr. Beverly Robinson, last evening, to
discourse to the young men on the
subject of “Colds arid their Consequen¬
ces.” Dr. Robinson is Instructor in
Laryngoscopy at the Bellevue Ilospita’
Medical College, His lecture was
practical and highly his instructive to a
perverse generation, greatest reme¬
dy for colds and their consequences
being, “Don’t allow yonrself to take
cold.”
“If you start to walk home from a
down-town office,” he said, “and carry
your overcoat on your arm because the
walking makes you ft.el warm, you are
liable to talk cold. Therefore don’t do
it. If you should take the same walk
alter eating a hearty dinner your full
stomach would be a protection to you,
but even then my advice would be,
don’t take the risk. A person proper¬
ly clothed may walk in a strong wind
for a long time without taking cold,
but if he sits in a room where there is
a slight draught he may take a severe
cold in a very few minutes. Therefore
don’t sit in room where there is a
draught. Unless you are affected by
peculiar nervous conditions you should
take a cold sponge bath in the morning
and not wash yourself in warm water.
Plunge baths in cold water are not re¬
commended, neither is it necessary to
apply the sponge bath all over the
body. Occasional Turkish baths are
good, but those who have not taken
them should be advised by a physician
before trying them. Warm mufflers
worn about the neck do not protect
you against taking cold, but on the
contrary, renders you extreemly liable
to take cold as soon as you take them
off’ They make the throat tender.
Ladies ought to wear warmer flannel
underclothing than they now do if one
may judge from show-windows the articles one sees
hanging in the of the
shops. through People take cold from inhaling
cold air their mouth oftener,
perhaps, than by any other way.
Ladies dress themselves up in heavy
furs, go riding in their carriages and
when they get home wonder how they
got that cold. It was by taking in the
cold open air and thus exposing the
mucous membranes ot the throat. The
best protection under such circum
stances was to keep the mouth shut.
If people must keep their mouths open
in a chilly atmosphere, they ought to
wear a filter. Above all be careful of
your feet in cold, damp weather. Have
thick soles on your shoes, and it caught
out iu a rain which lasts so long as to
wet through your shoes despite the
thick soles put home. on dry stockings in as soon
as you get But cold, wet,
slushy weather don't be caught out
without overshoes. Rubbers are un
healthy, unless care is taken to remove
them as soon as you get under shelter.
They arrest all evaporation through
the pores of the leather. Cork soles
are a good invention. When you go
into the house or your office after being
out in the cold, don’t go at once and
stick yourself by the register, but take
off your coat, walk up and down the
room a little, and get warm gradually,
Warming yourself up over a register
just before going out in the cold is one
of the worst things you can do. Never
take a hot toddy to" warm yourself up
unless vou are at home aud don't ex
pect to go out of the house again till
the following morning. In short, make
some use of your common sense, and
thus emulate the lower animals_ New
York World.
The fastest time ever made by an
iceboat was achieved by the yacht
Lucille, on the Hudson, on rhursday
last, her actual sailing time being ever
seventy miles an hour. The owner of
this yacht challenges the world.
The Senate and the Supreme
Court.
The colloquy between Senators Ed¬
munds aod Morgan, in reference to the
binding effect of a decision of the Su«
preme Court upon the legislative branch
of the government, revives an old ques¬
tion which can never be authoritatively
settled under our constitution. Our
national government is divided into
three branches, Legislative, contended Executive
and Judicial, and it has been
that each is independent of the others
within ils own sphere. Gen. Jackson
so considered it at any rate, for he
acted, in removing the deposits from
the United States Bank, upon the ex¬
press assumption that its creation was
unconstitutional, although the Supreme
Court had expressly decided to the
contrary. nevertheless, that
It must be true,
the power must reside somewhere to
declare a law to be void, as in violation
of the constitution, and that power can
rest nowhere else than in the supreme
judicature, created by the constitution
itself. There would be no use in hav¬
ing a constitution, which is to be the
supreme law of the land and not be
liable to repeal or variation, except in
the manner pointed out by its own
provisions, if there were no power
which had the right to declare whether
acts of Congress were in violation of it.
There can be no doubt that the decision
of the Supreme Court is binding upon
the parties to every case before it; and
the only difference between Senators
Edmunds and Morgan seems to have
been that the furmer does not feel that,
as a member of the Legislative body, he
is bound to form his notions of the
constitutionality of a law upon the de
cisions of the court, while the Southern
Senator thinks they are binding upon
him. Mr. Edmunds does not deny
that, after the law is enacted, the deci¬
sion of the court on the question of its
constitutionality is of binding force in
any case that may come before it. It
to us, after all, to be more a
question of expediency than anything
Balt. News.
Recent Homicide in Crawford
County.
The homicide which occurred in
Crawford county a few days since has
created considerable excitement in that
part of the country. Yesterday we re¬
ceived a communication charging that
the article in regard to the affair did
injustice to Mr. Humber, the man
committing the crime, and details the
facts in the case on 1hat side as follows.
— Telegraph and Messenger.
“Humber returned from Texas a
short time ago, without a dollar with
which to support a feeble wife and
three small children. He sought and
obtained employment of Mr. E. M.
Roberson. Shortly after, for some
reason not known he was discharged
from Mr. R.’s employment. They had
some misunderstanding about a settle¬
ment, Humber claiming from R. a
small amount, $15 perhaps, as due him
which R. denied.
At the suggestion of Mrs. Roberson,
knowing her husband’s disposition, and
perhaps thinking might that Humber and
Roberson have a difficulty about
the matter, Mrs. Humber went over to
see Mr. Roberson, and asked him
pay the money to enable her to redeem
some jewelry pledged and family relics which
she had for provisions before
her husband had been employed by R.
In this interview Roberson ca'led her a
liar, and thrust her from the room, in
leaving which she fell over some chairs
and hurt herself. She then returned
to her house and husband.
Humber is a small, feeble man, with
out friends in his neighborhood, and
Roberson was surrounded by sous and
employes. Several days after, Humber
went to Robersou and demanded an
apology. It was refused, and the in
suiting language repeated. The second
time he like was approached by Humber
with results. An altercation
ensued, and the homicide was the re
suit.
Mr. Humber is very respectably
connected. £Le is a nephew of Col. W.
J., and Gen. C. D. Anderson, of Fort
Valley, and is a half brother of Hon.
Robert Humber, of Putnam comity,
His wife is a member of one of the
first families of Columbus.
The physical — -m*-**^ piano! ----— is the
man same
everywhere, but with seventeen com
mon anatomical elements there are
striking differences between the white
and black races. lor six thousand
years there had been no change m the
; general type of the human family, but
are differences as to brain struc
Jure, nerve tissue, blood elements, con-
1 formation of limbs, and other minute
and individual characteristics. In the
blood of the negro there is more iron
than in the blood of the white man,
while there is less nerve tissue mingled
with the muscles of his body.
differences are not freaks of nature or
detormities of structural organization,
but they are differences that give type
and character to the different species
‘of the human family,.* "
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SAVANNAH, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1879.
BY TELEGRAPH
FUNERAL OF BISHOP FOLEY.
RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS.
THE CHINESE BILL DENOUNCED
San Francisco, February 24.—The
ConsHtutiona.l Convention to-day has
adopted the following resolution :
Resolved, Tnat the thanks of this
convention are hereby tendered to
Congress for the triumphant passage of
the bill restricting the immigration of
Chinese to this country, and that the
members of the Senate and House of
Representatives who supported that
vital measure, merit and will receive
the lasting gratitude of the people of
California.’’
Baltimore, February 24. — The
funeral of the late Bishop Foley took
place this afternoon at the Cathedral.
A large number of priests were present
as well as five Bishops, and thousands
of people joined in the respect paid to
the deceased prelate. Wilmington, Right Rev.
Bishop celebrant Becker, of was the
of the mass, and most Rev.
Archbishop Gibbons preached the
funeral discourse. The remains were
interred at Bonnie Brae, where a large
throng had assembled.
Philadelphia, February 24.—At a
meeting of the ministers of the Metho¬
dist Episcopal Church held to-day, an
appeal to the President was adopted
requesting him to veto the Chinese im¬
migration bill of Congress. Similar re¬
solutions were passed at a meeting of
the Baptist clergymen of this city this
morning.
Washington, February 24. — A
Democratic caucus was held this even¬
ing to take action on the subject of
giving out the publit printing by con¬
tract to private parties, thus abolishing
the Public Printing Office. A bill was,
however, agreed on with the above
named object, and will be introduced
in the House.
The Man on Horseback.
The eariy risers about the Imperial
Hotel, Washington City, had their
curiosity excited by the appearance of
a young man in a natty uniform, re¬
sembling the fatigue dress of a cavalry
officer. It was Mr. James (J. Duffy, the
young gentleman accompanying Colonel
H. St. P. Tudor on his horseback jour
new from New York to Cape Horn.
Mr. Duffy is a resident by of Washington,
and was selected Mr. Tudor as his
companion for the journey. He was
taken ill at Chester, Pa., last Monday,
and upon Colonel Tudor's solicitation,
started ahead to Washington by rail, to
allow him opportunity to recuperate his
strength. Colonel Tudor and his aide
de-camp, Duffy, started from the
Herald building, New York, at 11:55
on the night of the 12th instant, and
expect to finish their trip in two years.
So far they have journeyed very slow¬
ly. Monday they traveled through a
snow-storm Duffy from Philadelphia to Ches¬
ter, where was taken ill. It is
expected that Tudor will arrive in
Washington on Friday,
The route from this city will be to
Richmond and through the coast States
to Georgia, and hence inland to Mexico,
traveling through South America
Colonel Tudor proposes to keep along
the west coast. Besides their saddle
horses they have a pack-horse, which
carries their luggage. Tuev wear a
cavalry with uniform, Winchester and each is equipped
a sabre, a repeating
rifle, slung at his back, and a pair of
Colt’s six-shooters. They have a col
lection of charts and guide-books and
each one is provided with a watch and
compass, connected with a double-link
chain and a peculiar whistle, to be used
in signaling each other. As a protec
tion against rain Colonel Tudor carries
a “ponoho’’and Duffy a large aud light
water-proof Their coat.
horses were carefully selected
for endurance. Tudor sides a large bav
and Duffy a half mustang. Tudor is
an Englishman, about thirty years
age, and has made several long
trian tours through Europe.
who is only eighteen years of age, ex
presses a determination to “see
j thing through or die.” He will
Colonel Tudor in Baltimore and
panv him on the ride to this city.
$1,000 undertaking is made on a wager of
against 850,000 made with
James Gordon Bennett. In case they
j are successful Duffy will have a share
0 f the $50,000.
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The Dublin (Ireland) Freeman’s
Journal says that transfusion of milk
j into the blood of a patient dying from
j exhaustion was performed at the Provi
dent Infirmary, Dublin, recentiv, by
Drs.Meldonand MacDonne’tl. Although
apparently live having only a few moments
to when the operation was under
taken the patient has since recovered,
About & pint of milk was taken from
the cow lent for the occasion by Mr.
Moore, of South Aane street, and was
'directly injected into the vein.
Chinese Slavery.
How Wong Ah Sing was Bartered by her
Countrymen.
[San Francisco Examiner, February 10.]
A case showing the horrible condi¬
tion of women slavery among the Mon¬
golians in this State was exemplified by
the testimony of a Chinese woman
named Wong Ah Sing, given in the
police court on Saturday afternoon d ur
ing the trial of a Chinaman named Lee
Cheum, who was charged with having
committed a battery upon her. Through
the interpreter she said that she was
twenty years of age. Ten years ago
she was purchased from her parents in
China for twenty dollars by a woman
known to her as the “gray-haired lady.”
This woman brought her and another
girl to this city. After she had been
here a few months the “gray-haired
lady” sold her to Dr. Li Po Tair for
over twenty dollars. She remained but
a few mouths, when she did something
that displeased one of the doctor’s
wives, who induce the doctor to sml her
to another Chinaman for thirty or forty
dollars. This man, who kept a Joss
house, had her in his charge for several
months, when he gave her to a Chinese
in woman, keeper of a disreputable house,
part payment of a debt. From this
house she was taken to another, where
she was sold to a man for $125. At
that time she was but twelve years of
age, and her last purchaser kept her as
his wife for about three years, after
which he sold her to the defendant for
$160, and that she had been living
with him ever since. Some time ago she
found out that he was tiring of her and
wanted to get a younger and prettier
woman, and that he had made arrange¬
ments to sell her to some Chinaman in
the country for $750. That he had her
in a wash-house, and about a week ago
took her from there to a house on Cali¬
fornia street, where he told her that
she must go to Grass Valley with him.
She refused, and he struck her with a
rattan. She raised an alarm, which at¬
tracted the attention of a number of
Chinamen, who sided with the defen¬
dant, and told him if she would not do
what he wanted, for him to pretend to
take her to China, and when half way
across to give and her a push, tflrow her
overboard make believe that she
had fallen over accidentally. She said
that wherever the defendant kept her,
she was held in restraint by his friends,
who prevented her from going out of
the premises.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
The disease that has broken out i n
Brazil is what is termed the black
plague.
Stanley will be placed at the head of
the Belgian Exploring Expedition to
Africa.
The name of Gladstone is frequently
mentioned at Tiruora, as one of the
probable candidates for the throne of
Bulgaria.
Prussia again makes purchase proposals Heligo¬ to
England for the of
land, at which the Danish Government
becomes alarmed.
The English Government has asked
permission of the Portuguese Govern¬
ment to pass over the Laurence Terri¬
tory on their march to Transvaal, now
occupied by the English.
A dispatch from Wellington, New
Zealand, says: A petition has been
presented to the government by the
residents of Wellington, praying Chinese for
the imposition of a tax on
coming to the colony.
News from Meibom ne by telegram
from Brindisi says : Great excitement
prevails, caused by an attack made by
Kelly’s gang of bushrangers on the
National Bank of Australia, at Curor.
They carried off the staff, the manager
and his family and £2,000 in gold and
notes.
The Roumanian Chamber of Deputies
has voted a bill for the reorganization
°i ministers to foreign courts, but the
powers will not receive a Roumanian
i representative until it complies with
conditions of the Berlin treaty, to
place all her subjects on an equal foot
ing of civil and religious liberty.
A text of a convention concluded
between the governments of Germany
and Austaia, has just been published, the
It abrogates the fifth article of
treaty ot Prague, which gives the peo
pie of North Schleswig the right to de
cide by plebite, whether they would
belong to Denmark or Germany. The
remarkable attitude of the Danish
Court on the occasion of the Duke of
Cumberland’s wedding is the reason
w hy Germany has taken the initiative
to draw nearer to Austria and punish
Denmark.
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The great objection to the companies lennessee
law compelling insurance to
pay the full amount of the
when the loss is total i3 that it offers a
premium for incendiarism; but the
companies have brought it upon
selves by their attempts to take advan
'payment .tage of every legal quibble that to avoid the
of claims are just.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
In six years Edison has obtained 111
patents.
Michael Vincent, better known
the “Iron Man,’’ because of his
strength, died in San Francisco recent
iy.
The total value of the butter and
cheese made in this country during the
past year was $350,000,000, or $50,
000,000 more than the entire wheat
crop.
Selma, Superintendent M. Stanton, of the
Rome and Dalton Road, who
was so severely hurt in the terrible ac¬
cident above here on Tuesday morn
ing, died in Selma on the 21st.
During the last three months refund¬
ing has gone on at the rate of verv
nearly a thousand millions a year; for
there were outstanding on Saturday
$235,996,100 in called bonds not yet
matured.
Senator Bruce, of Mississippi, pre¬
sided over the Senate last Friday dur¬
ing a portion of the debate on the
Chinese bill, This is the first time a
colored man ever sat in the seat of the
Vice-President of the United States.
Gen. Chester A. Authur, recently
deposed as collector at New York, has
been unanimously elected chairman of
the Republican central committee of
that city. This action is construed as
a rebuke of President Hayes.
The California constitutional conven¬
tion, by a vote of sixty-nine to thirty,
has declared in favor of an income tax.
The workingmen’s Representatives
could not be induced to vote for a poll
tax, even by the argument that it
would reach the Chinese.
According to the dispatches from
Rome the Papal treasury is not in a
flourishing condition. The payment of
salaries to the Italian bishops who have
not received the royal exequatur has
been discontinued, owing, it is alleged,
to a lack of means.
There is a curious creek in West
Texas which enters a rocky gorge, and
runs under ground for forty miles, In
some deep, place* natural wells, 240 feet
are found, through* which the
roaring be of this subterranean creek can
heard plainly.
“Poor fellow, he died in poverty !'’
said a man of a person lately deceased.
“That isn’t anything,” exclaimed a
seedy hardship. bystander. “Dying in poverty
is no It’s living in poverty
that pute the thumb-screws on a fel¬
low.
Mr. C. Cammel, the chairman of the
great iron and steel company at Shef¬
field, England, died recently. He was
a self-made maa, having been appren¬
ticed to an iron monger in Hull, whence
he went to Sheffield aud became a com¬
mercial traveler.
The signing by the Czar of the treaty
of peace with Turkey forms ihe closing
chapter in the history of the last great
European war. In a manifesto issued
on the subject thanks are returned to
God for the success of the Russian
arms and the troops are ordered home.
St. Petersburg has been illuminated in
honor of the event.
The large iron safe, known as “the
centennial safe,” on exhibition at the
late centennial exhibition, containing
autographs, photographs, etc., of the
distinguished men of the country, in
’76, was closed on the 22d at noon, in
j the statuary hall of the capitol, in
j presence of a large number of specta
tors. The safe is to remain closed one
hundred years and then to be opened,
The St. Gothard tunnel is now the
longest tunnel in the world, the length,
bored from both sides, reaching a total
of 13,481 yards—23 yards longer than
the Mont Cenis. Very nearly 3,000
yards remain to be excavated. Most
of the laborers employed in the gal-,
leries are Italians. They work night
and day in shifts of eight hours each,
and their work is described as being
terrible warm.
A railway employe in France, by
way iy of a piece of bravado, lit his pipe
with ticket No. 955,089 in the great
French Lottery, and that there might
be no doubt on the subject he chalked
the figures on a wall in the presence of
several of his comrades, who stood ail
agape at the sight. Now, chance has
so willed that the number in question
has turned out a famous piize, and had
his ticket, employe he only would been ba\e able received to produce in
8um 0 mn a l0rtnne
°‘Irancs.
I he Connecticut House otRapresen
natives, b\ a vote of olo yeas to 1 nay,
has passed a resolution favoring a con
stitutional amendment providing for
biennial sessions of the General Assem
j * 1 tbe course of debate it wa«
jj shown states that hold nearly t bieu\ wo thu-l* , i niativ - 1 :
sessions, and omy -
that in GouueoUcut the
saving in every “off year would
amount, combining the expense of the
General Assembly and of elections
(direct and indirect)to nearly $500,000,
; while the State would also be freed
j from the annoyance of au aunual strug
gle for office.
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