The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A NEW HOSPITAL has just been opened in St
Louis, in which the sick are treated wholly by
the hygienic system. without medicine. The
principal hyglenic agencies and appliances are:
l. hand manlpulatiOns including massage. g
Mechanical vibrations. Swedish movement etc.
.. Careful dieting, both as TO quality and the
proper combinations of food. 4. Baths and
water applications. s. Electricity. G. Health
ful arrangement IF clothing, securing evenness
OF temperature to the entire body and unre-
stricted action
THE Paris correspondent of the Philadelphia
Times, who lately saw Alex lnder Dumas at
Marty, thus marks him down: Dumas is now
81 years old, but he looks ten years younger at
least There IS not wrinkle on his forehead,
ana his face was brow aud rudy with the tan
OF the sun He has q large hand and whatever
he takes hold of he cuCc res with a firm grip.
ms halr IS, OF coursa. gray but has thinned out
but very little. The least agreeable thing aoout
MIN IS the lower jaw, which is heavy and the
Hps which - But, really. the Philadel-
phial inventory becomes too unkindly
particular. A friend of Dumas gives some very
lntere ting facts about tie great authors daily
methois + lie and work. He is an early riser,
beng up at $50 o'clock in the summer and
half nour later in the Water. After dressing
ne goes to his study, where he lights his own
fire, reads his letters. receives his friends and
works little. He does not read the papers
for he generally hears the news before it
gets into the journals; which, instead
with French papers, is thing which
may ny well happen. His first breakfast con-
sists Of a glass of cold milk; the second. which
occurs at noon, is very plain meal. After
eating, Dumas works until about O'Clock,
when be goes out for q promenade. He walks
RAPIDLY, with head erect, rolling his shoulders
little. He dimes at Z O'Clock anu goes TO bed be-
tween 10 and IL o'clock. He is a light eater
but heavy sleeper lie needs from eight to
min hours of repose. He enjoys exercise and
plays billiards with this in view. He is very
orderly. Hi intimate friends often fad him in
his shirt sleeves, feather dusber in hand. clean
ing his study. He is very fond of his grandchil-
dren,and willingly gives up an hour at any time
to their pleasure.
1T IS matter of surprise to me-" said a
well-known brewer of Philadelphia the other
evening, that the newspapers ell over the
United States continue ly refer to Milwaukee as
the greatest beer drinking city in the country,
Tor usually you Quill drivers get tningS about
right, but in this you are decidedly amiss. II is
true that Milwaukee has some big breweries,
the output of which is s. Id all over the country
and her citizens drink a good deal of the amber
huid, but Chicago is the great beer center of the
United States aud stands far ahead Of any other
city in tnis respect. since tine Brooks law went
into effect the rumber of saloons in
Philadelphia has greatly decreased, though the
output OF the 0rewerieS is about the
same, but this city is not n it in comparison
with many other places as regards beer con
sumption. New York city has about 5000 sa-
looms. and during the summer t le thirsty Goth
antics eXpead about S59 900 per day for the
extract of hops. Pretty big sum, Isn't itf We'll
uuJ JUST take out your peuCll Tor q moment ana
figure on the tesr business in Chicago Beer is
tH- gr,a summer DON drink. During hot
wea LIE verj lit o whisky is sid anu c)mpara-
lively little wine is urunK The parsprlng cit-
zen demands beer Chicago has, believe, about
$500 saloons, but for the sake of being within
bounds in our computations let US place the
total at $500. Large and small. these saloons
average more than five Ike 2 o. bser per day.
Five kegs each gives 27.5OJ kegs Eacn
keg averages ninety five glasses a
total Of 2,612,500. Therefore, at cents per
glass, Chicago beer drinkers pay $3.50, 625 per
day Again. making big cut in order to keep
within the limits, It is safe to say that Chicago's
daily beer bill amounts to more than 100000
during the heated term M <. The profits Of the
PAYS only from 81 to S2 25 per key and sells
81 20 worth from each keg. Taking into con-
sideraton all the expenses Of the brewing and
handling the beer, the brewers profits are less
than one third the price he gets for it from the
saloonkeeper. The consumption during t. he
worlds fair will be something enormous"
Nor LONG since we visited friend. says the
Hartford Times, who lives on fine farm, in a
pleasant town in Southern New Hampshire
While there, one evening we rode to the villa &c
to attend a meeting. and on our way bsck our
friend told us the following anecdote about the
noble horse he was driving: A few years ago
tuis horse was kept. during autumn, in field
close by the farm house. and in an adjoining
pas ure q flock OF sheep WAS also kept. One day
while my friend was talking to a gentleman by
Tue EoauSluT, bHe morse came running toward
him from the lower part of the field, next to the
sheep pasture, and, putting his head over the
wall near him, he w0innied, as IL to attract at
tention. He took, however. no especial notice Of
this and presently re turned and ran back to the
| lower side OF the field. But very soon he was
| again seen rapidly approaching and, on reach
ing his master ne again spoke TO him, as horses
| usually speak. 1t was observed that the
| horse was acting in a very unusual manner; but
still no steps were taken to ascertain the cause
| of the strange running back aud forth. So the
| pony again wheeled and galloped away once
| more toward the sheep pasture. And now
returning. 1t seems that the Intelligent creature
having failed in two attempts to secure the help
| lie was seeking, determined to try elsewhere
this time; and 30, lnsteal of going AGAIN TO his
! master, he went to the farm house that stood
| near by, and, putting his head through an open
| window IN the kitchen. he again whinnie1 Our
| friends wife, who. 1t seems, had noticed the
| strange restlesSneSs of the animal now felt
| quite sure there must be some trouble in the
to tell them of this, that they might 90 to the
/ rescue. SO she went OUT where the horse was 1t
seemed pleased that il had attrac ed attention
at laSt, and, irortlng on before the lady, il
lead Ter down to he pasture, and. putting IT'S
head over the fence seemed to say: Look
| look.N The lady did look, and there she discov.
cred that a savage dog had caught a sheen and
was holding it by the throat in spite of ell the
poor creatures efforts to escape. On being dis
covered the dog let 20 his hold, and springing
over be fence in % the fielj, fed. holly pursued
trampled him beneath his feet. The poor sheep
was not much injured, and so the horse had
saved his neighbours life,