Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-21

TBE K~SsA&SSfREEi RAILRoAD.-To the
Editor of the Leader This road has lately
put from Ns former conhatose state,
and now offers the public new cars and bets
ter accommodations, besides giving to the
ordinary vehicles on the streets a much i'm
proved roadway. This result is partly due
to the success of the road after a six years
experience in running it, and also, in a
measure, to the determination of certain
property owners upon the street - force
upon its management a sense of its obliga-
ton to the public in the form of quiet hint
that lateral roads might be made which
would remedy the evils of its bad manage
ment. 1t is a source of congratulation to
the public that this road is now in adj
mirable condition, and it is to be hoped
that it may continue so to be.
In speaking management, either bad or
good, of such enterprises, there is a wide
margin to be allowed for the real difficulties
that lave been overcome by this street rail-
road since its incipiency in 1860. 1t was
commenced without capital, and without
even the countenanee of the friends of the
parties who undertook it. With a large
bonded and floating Indebtedness to COM
mence with, it could hardly be expected
that every requirement of the public should
be Immediately complied with: While ii
has enhanced the value of property upon
its line immensely, yet no help to any
amount was ever offered it from that source.
It has simply fought its way through all its
trials and difficulties, and is, or should be,
now in a position to contribute to the pub
lie wants Just the accommodation that is
required. So long as tie public are properly
served with good cars and attendants, and
the roadway kept up as it should be, there
can certainly be no lack Of approval. S.
Cold DRINKs IN HoT WEATHER-The ten
dency of individuals affected by the ex-
IRENE hest of the present time, is7to an ex-
cessive indulgence in cold drinks, without
much reference to the quantity or quality
of the fluid they imbibe. So long as they
can take a cold drink, a majority of the
people care very little what they drink; al
though physicians and sensible people are
aware that many people are annually killed
by a too frequent or iDjudieious use of cool
ing beverages during the heated term. An
eminent physician, when asked for a pre-
seription that would most readily meet the
requirements of thirsty people during the
warm weather, suddenly calculated "Gin-
ger" thereby relieving his interlocutor
from the apprehension that he was about
TO enter upon a lengthy dissertation on the
subject Of deaths from an overdose of ice
water ending with a prescription combin-
ing a dozen or more drugs, to be taken as a
substitute for the popular cooling draughts.
"Ginger," said the Doctor, 81 consider the
very best article, most easily procured and
least expensive for all persons to employ.
By its proper use they may have cold water
in abundance, and at the same time avoid
most if not all the i'll effects produced by
the cooling denominations great many peo-
pie pour down their throats this hot wealth
er." Tell your friends" continued the
physician, "to bly a few ounces of pow
dered ginger, and when they are thirsty,
let them mix half a teaspoonful in the cold
water they desire to drink. If a spoonful
of sugar or molasses is added, it will d" no
harm. Extract of ginger may also be
employed by those who prefer the article in
a fluid form. A bottle of the extract should
beplaced near the ice pitcher and cooler,
and when people drink let them pour a tea
spoonful of the extract in their tumbler,
before filling it with water. "For my use,9
said the Doctor, a prefer the powdered ar
ticle, because l believe it acts more benef-
In the West Indies this root is con-
sidered one of the best preventatives for
the summer complaints of the tropics, when
it is properly used, and is not abused.