Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-20
A GREAT DISCOVERY.
Story of Poor Knock kneed, Palltd In
valid who was Cured by Hot Water


From the Velo York Sun.
81 tell you, gentlemen, =" said ared-nosed
man as he walked up TO the bar IN the
Hoffman house the other day, "the great
est discovery Of modern times is neither
cocaine, vaccination, preferred creditors
nor the block signal system, but IT IS the
use OF not water. Look at me- for IN
stance. What was ! one month ag0I a
poor rOund-sbouldered knOck-kneed, ana
pallid invalid; my hands shook, my head
ached, and the more drank the worse 1
felt. / took 20 grains Of quinine in the
morning TO brace up my stomach, ana
ate nothing but oatmeal for breakfast TO
pull il down. Al noon | took teaspoon
ful Of scOrbutic medicine for the purpose
OF taking of the lining OF my stomach
and before dinner took concentrated es-
seuces Of beef fat 20 build up the lining OF
the stomach. | wasn't able TO take more
than ten drinks night during all that
time without feeling unhappy, ana lie
had the saddest and g,oOmiest hue mag
Unable. Many and many night have l
stayed out with the boys, trying TO cheer
up. TIL . or 3 O'Clock in the morning, and
carried home my share OF half dozen
bottles OF wine and number Of tWo-bit
drinks. What effect did il have on me the
next dayy ] had a swelled head, ielt mis-
cradle and mournful, and the more medi-
cine l took the worse | grew. One monta
ago today became convinced that the
hot water cure must amount to some
thing. or so many people would not be so
enthusiastic over 1t. I then dropped all
medicine, and took to drinking hot water.
| drank pints OF it, steaming hot, before
took my breakfast, and during the day,
when had time to take it, I would pour
down As much as | could stand. If was
very hard lines for the first week, but al
ter that ! got things in order. You see, !
spent a large portion Of my life holding up
the bars in New York city before that,
and 1t has often been said 10 my credit
that | never went back on the booze This
Is not choice or elegant term, but thel
is many n man in New York who spends
the best portion Of his life in earning the
reputation that IL gives him. At the early
date Of my experiments with the hot wa
ter cure l received rebufs that would
have broken any other mans heart. When
| went up TO q bar where ] was known
and asked for glass Of hot water the
bartender would simply shove out the
whisky bottle and large goblet and 90
on Cheerily about his work. If | insisted
upon having not water be thought | was
guying him, and If | made 4 positive de-
mand for it he looked burt. or grieved,
anu utt iNiItQufUilf WepldAtu tAuiDI-
ti0ns of ill temper that astonished me. In
some places they sold The water for ljc
and in some places for Doc. "A glass. There
. no pride about the proprietor Of the ay-
erage New York barroom, Wen. sir, to
day | stand before you veritably cured
man. This little lecture, Of course, may
sound like patent medicine advertise
ment, and am not winning wide popu-
larlty by repeating it in barrOoms; still,
it goes"
"Do you think the fact that you stopped
drinking had anything to do with your
cure, COl0uel?" asked the barkeeper, put
ting out the bottle, mechanically, and
Withdrawing it with a deep blush.
"Well," said the Colonel, gently feeling
MS red mustache, aud rubbing his hands
over a mOnstrOus waistcoat, perhaps il
had, but no man can stop drinking unless
be starts something else. Let a drunk
ard cease drinking and become a crank
on not water, and he is saved as sure as
shOQtins -