The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-13

tour, aud face that in its regularity
and strength of features, and bread,
noble brow, reminds one of the faces
occasionally encountered in memoirs Of
distinguished men of science.
He is clear thinker, terse writer and
graceful talker, which you will perceive
from one or two extracts from his synop-
sis, which will also convey fair idea of
some of the enumerations of "The TEN
perance Lesson Book" 1t is shown that
the natural craving of animals is for
water and milk, and that those fluids are
sufficient for any period of their lives;
that. the greatest speed. ON earth and in
the air, and the greatest physical endur
ance of all classes Of animals in the forms
of tissue-wearing work is possible with
out the use of other fluids than water
and milk. Dr. Richardson denies that
alcohol in wine, spirits, beer, cider, gin,
rum, whisky, brandy, and other common
alcoholic beverages is foed in any true
sense, or that it is TN active tissue-build-
er. He proceeds to prove step by step
that it makes the body cold instead of
warm, and the muscles weak instead of
strong. He asserts that alcohol is a for
eiSn substance in the blood current; that
it acts injuriuusly upon the blood COR
puscles and the fibrine, diminishing the
power of the corpuscles to absorb oxyg n
from the atmosphere; and thus the pow
er Of oxidation of the blood is lersened
and the body made more sensitive to
cold, and the vitality of the body greatly.
reduced. Health, other things being
equal, depends upon rapid wearing out
OF tissue and as rapid restoration.
| The blood vessels, in those. who, use
alcohol being deficient in power the
course Of the blood is checked, and the
blood itself can not take up air as it
should to prepare. it to be food for
tissues. In a grown-up man the stroke
of the heart and each pulse beat is felt
seventy-three times a minute, represent
ing 1880 strokes an hour, and 105, 100
strokes in twenty-four hours. The heart
beats slower when the body is lying
down, and a. little slower when sitting
than when standing, and we may take
Oft 5,12O strokes, and say that the num-
aer OF beats of the heart each twenty.
four hours is 100000. In this wav over
5000 ounces of blood are pumpsd over
the body in twenty-four hours, If W.
were to watch the action of the pulse un-
der doses of alcohol, we shouldsee that it
would grow quicker. If the quantity of
alcohol taken were four fluid ounces in
twenty-four hours. the beats OF the heart
would be increased from 100000 10 49,
226; it six ounces, the number of beats
of the heart would be increased by IL
1888. Two ounces of alcohol taken in
Itwenty-four hours would increase the
beats of the heart to 5000 extra beats,
which means an amount Of work repre-
sented by the act of lifting weight of
seven tons one foot high.
Mr.. Theodore Thomas popularity has,
if anything, grown immensely in this
city by the success of The Philharmonic
Society season just closed; and the out
going Board of DIRECTORS recommend to
their successors to be chosen on the 9th
Instant, that he be retained as conductor
for the coming. season, which will open
in October. Such a commendation is
tantamount to- an engagement as the
same Board is generally reelected year
after year. Not only was the season
successful in IN art view, but the Soci-
ETY., despite the enormous expenses it
labored under, cairie out financially
ahead by several hundred dollars-a
most gratifying result, as the members
are high-toned and wealthy men who
have no rersonal ends to accomplish in
their connection with the organization
and no investments to make good. Next
year it is proposed to give six concerts
and two public rehearsals instead Of one
preliminary to each concert. ..
For the past two weeks Brooklyn has
gone wild over shows. First came Bar
mum with his Mammoth Canvas Pavil-
ion, and twice day for week he drew
5000 spectators. Then came the great
London show with equally large tents,
and if anything greater attraction, and
during the five days its proprietors,
Messrs. Cooper, Bailey & Co., exhibited
at least 100000 persons visited their
tents, while from 1000 to 1000 persons
were turned away at every performance
for lack of accommodations.
For two weeks the theaters have done
little, however, and l understand that
even Booth, who has been playing at the
| Academy of Music, found that live,
nursing baby elephant, troop of aero
bats, lively menagerie and a corps of
short-skirted ladies of the arena had for
once subtle attraction for the high
toned element in the community to
whom his magnificent and unapproach-
able personation of "Hamlet" has long
been wont to prove an irresistible fasci-
nation. .........
am not exaggerating when | say that
for the past two weeks Brooklyn has
been circus-wild. Imposing street pa
rades, extended and snowy advertising,
backed by numerous displays of canvas
and extraordinary performances, made
the shows success. and each show went
out of the city with a net profit for the
week it exhibited of not less than $780,
600. The proprietors were on the