Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1896, Page 23

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, °FEBRUARY 8, 1896—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. SDD eee SSS ee WONDERS OF AN AFRICAN NUT Natives Who Chew It No- ted for Muscular Deveiop= ment and Ability to Endure Hardship. UNITED STATES ARMY EXPERIMENTS. Athietes Adopting It—A Specific for Inebriety, ‘an Autidote for Opium and a Remedy for Many Human Ilis. ‘The unbounded eaccess which has attended the use of Vino Kolafra by college athletic trainers, and the benelicial reeults derived from it by whole battalions of troops on ma the recently re- perted experiments made by Untted States army | authorities, Is nttracting the attention of the lead- j ing medical scientists of the world. Vino Kolafra is a preparaticn from a nut called steracuifa (also nvmed Kolsira), a product of the | West Indies and Africa. ‘This nut ts the fruit of | @ tree which grows from thirty to sixty fect in height. It is @f darkish hue, irregular contour aud atcut one-half the size of un egg. The fresh nut is constartly carried and vsed by the natives. They chew it, and the benefits are direct and pote ‘These nut chewers rre noted for their muscular pment, symmetry of physique, power to endure hardship and toll end apparcnt exemption fraa Sickmss and disease. They are bright, active and athletic, and attribute their condition to the use of this nut ‘This erticle, in the form of Vino Kolafra, is tow extensively used in this country by athletes in treiniag. and physicians prescribe it im their treat- ment of patien: It has been largely experimented with in army circles. A modified form of Kolafra, which is ex- actly the same in effect, has been adopted by the French and German armies as part of their march- ing rations, apd it is now beirg tried in the United states army, with the view of adopting it for the sume purpose, as, in the language of Trainer M phy of the New York Athletic Club, “it is impos- sible to meke a man tired’ while taking Kolafra, its tonic ble. properties being L. Gibon, medics tor, U. S. navy, on, in a detailed report of the action of this renedy, made to the Naval Medical Soc gays that be “bad ocexsion to use it in the t ment of neurasthents. The patient was a lady. Her nervcus system was seriously deranged, she suffering with excruciating headache, nausea, in- scmnia, great despor tation, inter-costal secretions, After tre: ersenic, trom, bitter ymptoms were not mit ment with quini guaraua, etc., the He then administ » from e dis- ered, tion re- . Tefreshing sleep produced and the s @ normal. The remedy caused no gastric dis- «e or constipation, a: had attended the prior use of Chocolate.” ‘The remarkably satisfa sults of this case induced him “to recomm remedy as a nerve st nt and an invigorat and waste-preventing agent in other neurasthenic cases. It produced its effects without marked ex- citation of the circulation, and consequently with no afte? effects of depression or exhaustion. It fs al exhilarant, overcoming despordency and tening the intellect without resultant lanzuor. cular apparatus and secreting orgars. In a subsequent article Dr. Gihon reiterates his opinion of the therapeutic value of this remed and cites the case of a jan’s wife, who was @ suffe kk headache, great prestra’ s phenomena. The 51 cess in case Was as pronounced as in the one first st A few dc lowed by speedy abate ance of the customary mc ad been in all which only two of a long list of successful riments with the article detailed in the leading ical ferreals. Vino Kolufra is the form in which the nut is ererally used, ft being most efficient, more pala- ble and agreeable to take. Its action on the sys- tem fs that of a powerful tonfe invigorant and Mimulant. In the case of soldiers, athletes and persons undergoing unusual physical hardships, it Mtimulates the heart, cavsin; pulse best, producing an even stimulation of the Whole muscular system, and at the same time im- parting prolonged strevg' J endurance; allaying benger, preventing all waste and restoring energy. Tudeed. it may be called Nature’s own tonic and Htimulant, leaving no detrimettal reaction, as in the case of alcoholics, bat generating end develop- Ing nervous force and muscular strength by Nature's dwn methods, penctrating to every part of the body, Jeting on erer$ cell of blood, musele and bone tis- gue, until all portions are alike benefited. As a stimulant in athletic training, it 1s highly Fecommended by M. ©. Murphy, trainer of the N. ¥. A. C. and of Yale College; by Arthur T. Lum- ley, editor and proprietor of the New York Ilus- trated News, and numerous other athletes and trainers. The Intense thirst provoked by athletic training is orly aggravated by alcoholic stimulants. In Vino Kolafra 1s found a remedy which not only allasg this thirst and alcoholic eraving, but pre- Yeuts nausea, so often attendant upon overtalning. It maintains the equilbrium of the heart-beat, Producing free and unlabored respiration during long tasks of active exercise. ‘The use of Viao Kolafra is also Indicated in alco- holism. Dr. James Netsh of Jamaica says of the Temed} ‘or ivebriety It is a specific; a single fresh nut grovnd up and made into paste with wa- ter or spirits will cause all signs of intoxication to disappear in half an hour." It produces no bad . causes a sense of lightness and well being, ‘ous depression ceases and the mental condition ef the patient is at once changed. It does not Produce a habit, and the use can be discontinued at any time. It quickens the brain and excites the imagiontion. It counteracts the effects of alcobol, oplum, &:., and satisfies the inordinate craving for such stimulants, producing a feeling of content- ment and rest. In the recent athletic cames between our repre- sentative athletes and those of England, the Britorts acknowledged the superior system of training of the Americans. An important part of this super- jor system was the use by all our contestants of Vino Kolafra during training. The result was a Jong line of world record-breaking victories for our boys. : Tn th London Practitioner, Surgeon R. H. Firth, ys: “It favors Increased exidation of the tissues, has a peculiarly stimulat- ing action on the nerrons system, and, though not in itself a food, yet possesses qualities inherent Which guard against exhavstion.”” Kolafra has some properties analogous to those of coffee, tea, &e., but its remedial value ts due to other ind different powerful principles, vastly su- Dertor in effect, which facts point to the possibility of its superseding tea and coffee as a table bever- age. Its medicinal use is indicated in anaemia, in chroule affections of a debilitating character, in Rervous troubles, in convalescence from severe afl- ments, dyspepsia, biliousness, diabetes, diarrhoea, headache, &e. As before stated, the most conven- {ent form for use in any case is the Vino Kolafra. WIVES AND MOTHERS And Yet May Be Ignorant of Scien- tific Housekeeping, ; PAULINE PRY GATHERS SOME VIEWS ees Relation of the Intellect and Spirit to Nutrition. RELIGIOU3 AND SCIENTIFIC (Copyrighted, 1896, by Pauline Pry.) WOULD BE LESS than perfectiy honest, and therefore alto- gether contemptible, if I did not’ confess that while I have been preaching do- mestic sclence to wo- men I have been be- set by the suspicion that I am a liar and a hypocrite—that do- mestic science may be the enemy, not the friend, of women and the home, and that I know it if I will only give Truth crushed to earth by the error of inductive reasoning, a chance to get on her feet and guide my traitorous pen. That this suspicion is at least reasonable enough to admit of intelligent consideration I have determined from the fact that I have put it before such distinguished schol- ars as Dr. T. De Witt Talmage, Dr. Staf- ford, Dr. Pace, prefessor of psychology at the Catholic University, and Dr. Irving C. Rosse, the neurologist, who have each and all listened to me with respect, and an- swered me seriously from the several points of view which they eminently command. My suspicion is grounded in the general attitude of my sex toward science, and has taken definite form in consequence of a statement Prof. Atwater makes in his re- pert on “food and diet.” “There is no doubt that. intellectual ac- tivity is somehow dependent upon the con- sumption of material which the brain has obtained from the food, but just what sub- stances are consumed to produce brain and nerve force, and how much of each is re- cuired for a grven quantity of intellectual labor, are questions which the chemist’s balance and calorimeter do not answer. “The body is more than a machine. We have not simply organs te build and keep in repair and supply with energy; we have @ nervous orga! ion; we have sensibili- ties and the higher intellectual and spir- itual faculties, und the right exercise of these depends, upon the right nutrition of the body.” Different Points of View. The mind of women is constitutionally in- capable of looking at anything from the po:nt of view of men, whose habit of thought naturally approaches scientific methods. Gcethe has put it thus: “Men consider particulars as ends in themselves; women, on the other hand, mor2 of how things hang tozether e, and that rightly, too, because their destiny—the destiny of ther families—is bound up in this interdependence, and it is xactly this which it is their mission to also this which makes it impossible for one to consider domest’ lence only oint of vii Before I, woman, can have any enduring in- it, I must understand how it helps us to live better, not in the sense of living cheaper with increased capacity for labor and enjoyment, but in a serse which in- cludes those higier spiritual faculties which Prof. Atwater has declared “depend for the'r right exercise on right nutrition.” That I persistently suspect domestic sci- ence of doing little if anything toward this, I am able to explain by that wholly indis- putable if not altogether logical argument of women—because. There has been a time when I would have been prompt to assert that I am able to determine the true worth of domestic science ard everything else in life by means of an intuitional faculty peculiar to my sex which attains the truth by a single sweep, correlating and sublimating all facts of science in a religious idea of things, by the light of which I am war- ranted, both in intolerance of the worm’s pace of Inductive reasoning and in the be- lief that searching the works of the Al- mighty through a microscope humanity is prone to miss the Lord in a microbe’s reve- lation of the law. I have, however, of late so far fallen a victim to the reign of nat- ural science, and have so far accepted its Ways as essential to the uplifting of the human race, that I no longer have unlimit- ed confidence in imy intuitional method. Max Verdan, in particular, has caused me to question whether the boasted intuition of my sex is not a mere pretty excuse for following slovenly and ineffectually hab- its of thought, and as for any faith in things unseen by the microscope and un- measured by the chemist’s balance, that is a probable case of more or less developed hysteria. Nordan’s Opinion. “True,” says Nordau, “science tells us nething about the life after death, of harp concerts in paradise, and of transforma- tion of stupid youth and hysterical gees into white-clad engels, with rainbow-col- ored wings. It contents itself in a much more plain and prosaic manner, with allev- iating the existence of mankind on earth. The mystic who Js preserved after surgical interference through asepsy from suppura- tion, mortification and death; who protects himself by a filter from typhus; who by the careless turning of a button floods his reom with electric light; who through a telephone can converse with some one be- Icved in far distant countries, has to thank this alleged bankrupt science for it all, and not the theology to which he maintains that he wants to return. “The dunces who abuse science reproach it also for having destroyed ideals and stolen from life all its worth. This accusa- tion is just as absurd as the talk about the bankruptcy of science. A higher ideal thar. the increase of knowledge there can- not be. What saintly legend is as beauti- ful as the life of an inquirer who spends his existence bending cver a microscope almost without bodily wants, known and honored by few, working only for his con- science sake without any other ambition than that perhaps one little new fact may be firmly established which a more for- tunate successor will make use of in a brilliant synthesis, and insert in a stone on some monument of natural science? Genuine, healthy poetry has always recog- n‘zed this and finds its most ideal char- acters, not in a devotee who murmurs Row being sold by druggists, and which is prepared by Johnson & Johnson, No. 92 William street, New York, the chemists who prepared the prodact for the Yale athletes and for the government authori- ties. ay BH. Gray Hair A thing of the past when Nattan’s Crys! Soyery 1s used. "Guaranteed to. restore gray. or ane tall te ite natural color in 8 to 1 daye— ely @ dye. 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Mr. Nordau might have failed to disturb my convictions concerning the true charac- ter and real value of scientific attainments, had I not previously come in direct contact with something of all he claims for science. Not long ago, Dr. Kinyoun, the special agent of the government, detaiied by Sur- geon General Wyman to investigate the antl-toxine diphtheria cure,took me through his laboratory. He explained to me the magnificent minutiae of the process of making anti-toxine. He showed me jar af- ter jar, containing enough diphtheria to de- vasiate the earth in germs at various stages of cultivation, and jar after jar, containing quantities of an ugly looking liquid, the poison toxine—developed from his culture of germs. Then he showed me two menkeys, a cage full of guinea pigs, a cage full of rabbits, and outside the labora- tory, in a stable, were five horses, the lives of all of which poor beasties were being utilized to test the action of the diphtheria poison, great draughts of blood being drawn from the horses to obtain the serum that is afterward used to protect human life from the ravages of diphtheria. The monkeys shrieked at the sight of the doctor; the rab- bits and guinea pigs huddled in the farthest corner of the cage, shivering in apprehen- sion of his touch; horses had died; the doc- tor’s assistants had suffered diphtheria, end the doctor himself had suffered every possible risk of his own life in working out the detail of the cure. Yet when he came under a microscope, he pointed out to me that two different forms were there. “These,” satd he, indicating one group. of the deadly things that appeared mere dots under the magnifying glass—‘‘these are pus germs and always exist in greater or less quantity with the diphtheria germ. If they are in large quantities, as in the case here; there is little hope. The anti-toxine has no effect on these, and though the diphtheria germ be destroyed, the pus germs will con- tinue to multiply and cause death.” From Cause to Cause. “For pity’s sake,” I exclaimed, “you don’t mean to tell me that the great work and sacrifice attendant upon the discovery of anti-toxine after all only remove half, and frequently not half, the causes of diphthe- ria?” Yes, that was the fact, the doctor said, and when I urged: “But how can you rest with this? How can you bother with treating ralf a cause of death? Why don’t you ap- ply yourself directly to some antecedent cause, the parent germ that must be re- sponsible for the existence of these two, end thus seek to kill a disease—not a germ?” “How am I to reach the more remote cause, except through the more immediate?” the docter answered, and his voice, his bear- ing—the whole man—was so expressive of marvelous humility, endless patience and a perfect hope in small things, I was bound to yield my opinion tn wonder, not unmixed with reverence, before this manifestation of the soul of science. Still, you know how it is with a woman: “Convinced against her will, she’s of the same opinion still." I honestly don’t want to believe that science amounts to a row of pins in solving the problem of life. I feel about the whole ‘matter of scientific re- search as the old lady expressed herself concerning the Darwinian theory: *J don’t believe in it, and if it were true, I ‘think it ought to be hushed up.” When I realize the uncertainty that at- tends every enunciation of scientific truth, when I recollect how one man spends a lifetime in observation of phenomena which observed again by the man that comes after him are interpreted anew, an- nulling all truths the first man deemed he had exactly determined, I can’t fancy any- thing but bedlam to follow a general en- deavor to regulate the life of our body, mind and soul according to scientific prin- ciples. Doubtful of Science. In the matter of domestic science, my conscience prods me for preaching it every time I thitk of the awful despair that’s going to seize upon women as they realize that in order to be efficient wives and mothers they must know all about the science of nutrition and sanitary science; yet in the limits of the lifetime that is left to them they can scarcely hope to accom- plish this, if for no other reason than that the ‘sciences themselves are not accom- plished, but just begun. This is terribie enovgh considered solely with reference to dyspepsia or no dyspepsia, money saved or no money saved on subsistence; but when Prof. Atwater proclaims that the right ex- ercise of our higher intellectual and spir- itual facultics depends upon right nutri- ticn—well, for my part, I am secretly half inclined to’ pick out the pleasantest path to perdition, and go there at once and have done with it. Clearly it is only a question of time and slightiy varying degrees of de- struction, so far as the science of ‘nutri- tion refers to us, and as for the welfare of the great great grandchildren of my great great great grandchildren—to live for that requires a measure of devotion to one’s fel- low-beings for which science, so far as I know, makes no provision. The spirit of charity necessary to endure indefinite wretchedness for the sake of others does, moreover, it seems to me, contain in itself every good that science can attain for hu- manity. I am truly so bigoted as to .be- lieve without any reservation whatever that “love is the fulfilling of the law,” even the unrevealed law of every unknown natural science, and that a faith not suffl- cient to remove a mountain may still be equal to removing microbes. However, I do not ask any one to take my word for this, and though they seem to contradict me, I submjt herewith the opin- ion of superior authorities on the same subject. . Question of Definition. When I showed Dr. Pace at the Catholic University Prof. Atwater’s statement con- cerning the relation of the intellectual and spiritual faculties to the stomach, and ask- ed him whether, in the opinion of a psy- chologist, this is so, I was gently rebuked for my presumption. “I am surprised at you," sald Dr. Pace, “surprised that you, should question any statement made by a special agent of the government. As a matter of patriotisin, you should accept it as the truth, regard- less of anything but your loyalty.’ But having demonstrated my inability to assume such attitude of mind, wonderfully becoming my sex though It might be, Dr. Pace finally consented to answer me se- riously. . “Whether it is so that the right exercise of the intellectual and spiritual faculties depends upon right nutrition, is altogether a question of the sense in whi the word right Is used. If in the sense of proper —that is, if it is meant to say that the proper exercise of the intellectual and spir- itual faculties relative to their mere phys- ical activity depends upon nutrition, yes; that is true. The brain, the organ through, which all the energies of a man function in consciousness, is nourished by the blood, which, in turn, depends for its energy upon the food eaten. We know that if the brain is anaemic—lacking in a sufficient supply of blood, or is fed by blood insufficiently supplied with the necessary elements—the action of the intellect is diminished in vigor, and the will is weakened. But such right action, understand, refers only to the physical organ. If you consider the intel- lect and spirit relative to the end for which they operate, then you have a question that is quite different. “You may have a man living in obedience to physiological laws, whose mind and spirit operate right relative to the natural man. But this man may direct his strength of mind and will to planning and executing a robbery, and thus the right action of his higher faculties becomes wrong in effect. Also, you may have another man who ex- ercises his intellect and will to diminish the vigor of his body, so that he may better contro! his passions, and while the exercise is wrong, physiologically considered, it is nevertheless right. according to his purpose. Do you see?” Mind and Body. “No, I don’t see,” I was bound to declare. “I see the distinction you make, but I do not see that it is established with any de- gree of certainty that the right exercise of the intellect and will, considered solely with reference to their physical expression, de- pends upon nutrition. Is there not the fa- miliar fact of experience that genius is habitually badly fed, that the greatest in- tellectual triumphs have been achieved in direct defiance of physiological laws, also that, given a clearly defined purpose, the will does not weaken in an anaemic. body, but frequently seems to gain vigor as the vigor of the body grows less? Besides, right nutrition depends upon the right exercise of the intellect and spirit quite as often as the contrary operates, so that I should think that in order to get at the facts of this in- terdependence some other means than the chemist has found must be adopted. Why does not science directly investigate nerve force and follow it to its source?” “It strives to, but the facts are very dif- ficuit to approach.” “How do you think the truth will even- tually be obtained?” “By further developments of physlolog- {cal chemistry.” “But physiological chemistry considers man as an animal. What is the use of fyrther developments?” + “All the use of being able to extend a man’s sphere of action by improving the ccnditions of his physical organ. In the natural order of things, a man with a healthy body is better able to serve his Creator than a sickly man.” “But this is such a remote hope for us poor devils at present. According to your scheme of promoting human usefulness, the most we can accemplish is to be mod- erately @ credit to our Creator, who on His part. must wait on the slow-going de- velopments of physiological chemistry for His full measure of service from His crea- tures. Don’t you think that St. Augustine’s philosophy,” ‘Love God and do as you please,’ contains a practical truth which renders man independent of all possible at- tainments of science?” The learned psychologist, who had been nebiy. endeavoring to keep from laughing at me, now laughed outright, and said that inasmuch as I evidently had made up my mind to bring about the downfall of science, he or any other scientist might as well at once agree with me, “which is, af- ter all, the only satisfactory way to argue with a woman.” ; IMusion of Human Egotism. I went to Dr. Rosse, knowing that while he is devoted to science in general, and to the science of neurology in particular, he is 4025-284 | to show me some of the diphtheria germs | my friend, and I rather thought he would tell me confidentialy:if he knows science is the illusion of bh egotism, which I secretly believe I asked Dr. Rosse whether in his among mentally disordered men ang women. he finds cause to sustain Prof. Atwater’s opinion of the dependence of thq; mind and spirit upon nutrition. {hg “Certainly,” the @opfor arswered. “Fre- quently I am callag tg,see people suffering from melancholia,,jja}jucinations, one form or another of a disordered nervous system, and by proper fegding, and exercise—right nutrition, in short—{hgr minds are restored without any othenj}rgatment.” “Do you not al: »” I asked, “many instances in which ajyj independent condi- tion or property of nl mind—an emotion or an idea—controls the bodily functions?” “Yes; but that gmafion or idea still has its source of energy, 1@ the blood, so that as a cause of the nutrition still opeg: +6 ich may react again on mental condition which the body. The impontance of right nutri- tion in the economy of the human being cannot be overestimated, and I tell you I think the greatest public benefactor of this country is going to be somebody—a woman doubtless—who will institute a cooking re- form. As a former French minister once said, ‘the United States has more essentials for good cooking than any other country in the world.’ It lacks just one—cooks. The frying pan is possibly the most dangerous enemy of our American civilization. If you want to adorn and ennoble your day and generation, use your influence to secure the establishment in this country of schools of cookery such as they have in France, where a pupil begins with learning how to wash dishes and ends with knowing how to feed the stomach and the intellect, and delight the very soul of a man.” “Do you honestly think,” I asked, “that a good digestion has anything to do with the soul?” : “Oh, I spoke figuratively,” the doctor an- swered. “As a matter of fact, sclence does not recognize a soul or spirit in man.” This, of course, balked any further urg- ing of my views, which include such a factor in all problems affecting human life, so I went from the narrow confines of pure scientific thought into the presence of Dr. Talmage, who, as a theologian and athlete, it seemed to me would be able to construe the relation of the stomach to a man’s higher parts, with due consideration for both the natural and supernatural in- terests involved. What a Man Eats. I read Prof. Atwater’s statement to Dr. Talmage, who promptly asserted: “Yes, the relation between a man’s food and ‘his mind and character is So clear that if you tell me what a man eats, I'll tell you what he is. You have only to feed a man enough pork to make him a pig, and you have only to intelligently regulate his diet to do a great deal in fitting his soul for the reception of the grace of God. The expe- rience of missionaries among savages con- firms this. Where they find flesh-feeding heathen they make it part of their mis- slonary endeavor to diminish the amount of animal food the poor creatures con- sume.” “Are you a vegetarian?” I asked. ‘No, indeed,” Dr. ‘Talmage answered. eat everything but codfish, and that I want four blocks off. Seriously,” he con- tinued, “I think the matter of nutrition is one that cannot be too highly considered as a means of uplifting humanity, and I think all women, mothers in particular, should realize this, and make 4 study of their chil- dren’s diet. It is part of a Christian's duty to society to strive to correct bad dietary habits wherever they exist. “The intellect is dependent upon the food eaten for the excellence of its attainments. I have no doubt that the mental strength of the disciples, uneducated men as they were, resulted largely.from their being fish- ermen, and having thus from fish food de- rived a great deal of phosphorus, which is the particular element that nourishes the brain.” You do not think, then, that so-called jan science reveals principles of truth which enable a man to lve without cognizance of natural laws?” “No, no, no. Christian science is infi- delity) in’ embryo. Christian scientists start out with a great flourish of devotion to the principles of Christ, but they speedily enthrone themselves in the place of Christ and advocate sheer infidelity.” Religion and Science. “And do you not think that as a Chris- tian grows in grace he attains any meas- ure of the power Christ exercised to sus- pend the operation of natural law?” “No. Christ performed miracles, because as God, the creato¥/of all things, the law overning all things was in His power to aminister. But: followers of Christ. have ro reason for believing they can make re- ligion serve the ends of natural science. L believe the medical profession is as divine- ly ordained to heal as ministers of the gospel are to preach, and it is as false to truth to depart from the principles of life declared by them as to depart from the | principles, of righteousness Christ’s minis- ters declare. “God-has given to man two reyelatigns;, one written by the fingers of his prophets on papyrus, the Bible; and one written by Himself on stone, the natural world. A perfect understanding of His will de- pends upon a right knowledge of both, and ag messengers of His word, religion and science advanze hand in hand. The salva- tion of mun’s soul is attended by civiliza- tion in which his physical being progress- es toward perfection until, one day a per- fect whole, he fulfills the law of Christ that ordains all things blessed and all men hap- ae P you know, Dr. Talmage has @ rare gift of saying anything so well that jt sounds beautifully and pleases you so much you can’t think whether he’s right or wrong. Accordingly, under the spell of his elo- quence, I left him, rather persuaded that I had been illogical in my estimate of the place of science among our human needs, but to make sure of this I visited one more theologian, whose orthodoxy is well known to be abreast of the times, Dr. Stafford, who, furthermore, represents the Church of Rome, which Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, in her preface to Edward Atkinson’s “Science of Nutrition,” directly reproaches for hav- ing thus conceived the importance of the stomach as a factor of religious develop- ment. € “It is no longer a sin to be well and strong, as it was in the days of the mon- asteries and hermits,” says Mrs. Richards; “man’s ambition is no longer to be dyspep- tic enough to see visions and dream dreams.”. Psychical Rather Than Physical. I quoted this to Dr. Stafford, who re- plied: “It would be more scientific to ex- plain the visions of the saints from a psy- chical than a physical standpoint.” I then repeated Prof. Atwater’s state- ment of the relation of the intellect and spirit to nutrition, to which Dr. Stafford said: “While it is an eminently practical under- taking fcr a learned professor to attempt to guide the public in the selection of economical and healthy food stuffs, when he leaves general principles and assumes to discuss food in-relation to not only the animal life of the body, but to the higher faculties, his science will not bear him ou; “In a general way the action of the brain no doubt depends upon the healthful and normal condition of the body, since man is a unit, but to imply that a man’s thought depends upon food; the brightness ‘of his mind upon agtion of his stomach; that a strong akes a strong mind, is to go against scienve as well as religion, against the voice of history as well as the individual experience of every scholar. “This is the DSi materialism. It de- nies the presence in man of anything which is not matter om.derived from it. Huxley taught a phySical basis for life and Tyn- dall thovght he could find in matter the ‘promise of every form and potency of life,’ and not long ago men would discuss noth- ing but the physical. But the world has moved, and now, it is the psychical more than anything else which engages the at- tention of thinking people. And what do the results of psychical research indicate but the independence of mind—the freedom of mind from the dominion of matter?” The Study of Man. “What do you think the study of man as an animal amounts to?” I asked. “Merely to determine the physical law according to which the human organism in its lowest form thas expression. This throws no light on life itself, ald serves the needs of humanity only with’ referenco to that part of the whole nature of man — You don’t drink cocoa Because you cnu’t digest it. will not distress and is a delicious food drink, which it is the highest aim of man te ever- come. : “It is sald of Macauley that he would tell an_ historical lie vo round out a sentence. Some of our scientists in their devotion to the inductive method of arriv- ing at truth scruple as little in their pride in_extending an analogy. Dr. Stafford’s view of the relation of the stomach and the soul gave me confidence in my own opinion—no really proper woman. has any certain confidence in her opinion until some man's mind gives her warrant— and now, while I don’t mean to tell wo- men to abandon the study of domestic science, to relieve my conscience, I do want them to realize that sons may grow up and be a credit to mothers who haven't the least notion of how to calculate a dietary, and that husbands have lived to bless wives who couldn’t pass an examination on the first principles of sanitation and hy- giene. So, while scientific housekeeping may be a profitable ,and pleasant under- taking, let every woman know if she should iail, her loving intention may still be the measure of a perfect success, according to the philosophy of PAULINE PRY. ao SOME CONFEDERATE CROCKERY. A Relic of Privateering Days in the Last Year of the War. ‘The south ts full of relics of the war of every sort, from the cannon balls and bui- lets, which the southern people have care- fully preserved where they were shot into thelr houses, barns and churches, to the confederate scrip, which is so plentifully distributed over the country. But of all these relies there are probably none more Interesting than one which a resident of Washington showed this week to a Star re- porter. It was simply a plain, ironstone cup and saucer, of a heavy, old-fashioned pattern, and one that but for its assozia- tions and the marks it bore would excite lit- tle interest. It came from a set of crockery made for the confederate states navy. Old confederate navy officers who have seen the cup this week have, almost without ex- ception, explained that they did not know that the confederate states navy had any crockery specially marked for its use. ““The fact was,” said one old veteran, ate off of a tin plate and drank my coffee, when we had it, from a tin cup. I never had any crockery nor saw anybody else with any during my servic 5 ‘This cup and saucer was intended for a confederate privateer that was built and fitted out in the last year of the war. The crew was recruited and the officers were sent from the south to England, and took active part in the work of fitting out the vessel. The officer who had charge sent this cup and saucer to his brother, who had been on the Alabama, and who was, during the last year of the war, engaged in blockade running between New York and various seuthern ports. The cup is about four inches in diameter, and three inches deep, with a strong handle. It is almost large enough to be used as a bowl, and holds prob- ably pretty well toward a pint. The bottom is broad—evidently with a view to prevent its tipping over at sea. On the front of the cup, when it is held in the right hand, is a coat-of-arms, or rather a design emblematical of the arm of the service in which it was to be used. In the center of this design is an anchor and rope, and behind these two crossed cannons. Around this central design is a circle of rope, and outsifle of this a wreath of poppy vines and forget-me-nots. Underneath the anchor are the Initial S. N.," and below this runs the motto, “Aide To! et Dieu T’Aidera” —“God helps him who helps himself”’—which was a fitting but somewhat misleading motto for a confederate privateer in the year 1864. Around the lip of the cup runs a wide band of maroon. At the bottom a slender thread of the same color surrounds the cup. The saucer, of the same heavy, strong ware, is six inches in diameter, and is decorated by similar bands of maroon. In the center is the same crest or design which is upon the face of the cup. The stamp of the maker is on the bottom of the saucer—E. F. Bodley & Co., Burslem. Altcgether it is a most rare and interest- ing relic of the war. The confederate navy was so much a matter of improvisation that it went without many of the conveniences and appointments to which the officers of the Union navy were from long usage fully accustomed. Of course, in those days even the best equipped Union vessels did not have the fine china and silverware which are nowadays to be found on the tables of the officers of our splendid cruisers, but each had its own china marked with its special crest. Probably no ship in the confederate navy, except the privateer, which never went into commission, was provided with its own special crockery. 6S _= FAIR SAILING through life for the ee who keeps in health. With a torpid liver and the impure blood that follows it, you are an easy prey to all sorts of ailments. - That “used-np” feeling is the first warning that your liver isn't doing its work. That is the time tc take Dr. Pierce’s Gold. en Medical Discovery. As an appetizing, restorative tonic, tc repel disease and build up the needed fiesh and strength, there's nothing to equal it. [t rouses every organ inte healthful action, purifies and enriches the blood, braces up the whole system, and festores health and vigor. DYSPEPSIA, CHRONIC DIARRHEA. Muss Saran Grsson, of Saco, Bradford 2 = 0., Penn., writes :“'T cannot speak too highly of your Family Medicines. For years I suffered with stom- sch trouble; it be- came so very bad I could not eat the slightest food without terrible distress: T began taking your medicines, as you ad- vised, and now can eat almost anything I want. I have taken about one dozen bot- tles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis- covery. I also suffered for three years with chronic diarrhea; could get no help till I began the use of Dr. Plerce’s Compound Extract of Smart-Weed; one-half dozen bottles cured me. I have also taken Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for female weakness with good results.”* DR.CHASES Blood*Nerve Food Yourse: Wee trons racine For Weak and Run-Down People from Childhood to Old Age. WHAT IT IS! The richest of all restorative Foods, because it replaces the same substances to the blood and nerves that are exhausted in these two life-giving fluids by disease, indigestio: high 1: overw: Gitar ie Dod wasting drains and weakness wo equal, and as a female regulator it is worth its Feicht in: gold One box insts Some BOOK SREE THE DR. CHASE COMPANY, nmol2-tu&satest 1512 Ghestaut st., Philadelphia, & PRETTY MOUNTAIN MAID. A Member of the House Thought She ‘Was Trying to Bluff Aim. A scmewhat gay and gallant inember of tho House, unvsually handsome, even for & member, was teilling*to a small group of listeners, of which a Star reporter was | one, some of his campaign experiences. “On one trip in the mountains,” he said, after narrating several good cnes, “I was riding along a road up a picturesque val- ley with my campaign companion, when we met a buxom, pink-cheeked, good-look- ing country girl on foot. As I spoke to her after the custom of the country, she stop- ped us.” “ ‘Have you seed anything of a red-headed, freckled-faced feller down the crick” she in- quired. “We have met three or four men in the last hour,’ I replied, ‘and one of them was red-headed. How old was he? = «Bout my age, I reckon.’ “ ‘So young as that? I asked with all my courtliness, “ “That ain’t so powerful young,’ she said, Without the slightest apparent comprehen- sion of my compliment. ‘He's twenty-one and so’m i “The man we met with the red head was twice that old. He couldn't have been the one you were looking for, could heg” “I reckon not. The man I’m lookin’ fer and me wuz to git married yistiddy.an’ when the time come he wazn’t thar. Pap started up the road fer him with a g’n this mornin’ an’ I come this way.’ “This made it Interesting, and I at once felt it to be my duty to offer my assistance. “Vell me his name,’ I said, ‘and I'll make inquiries along the road.’ “"Sim Johnson, and I'd give a ten-acre farm to git holt uv him.” “Her anger heightened her color, 24 put such a brightness in her eyes that she w: positively handsome, and I just couldn't = trying another delicate compliment on rs ‘You must excuse me,’ I smiled and bowed, and sent forth my softest glances, “but with such a pretty girl as you are after me, I’d like to be Sim Johnson. “This time it was a ten-strike. “Wall,” she responded, as she looked me over critically, not to say admiringly, ‘I hain’t no objections.” “It was the only time I ever laid down before a bluff,” concluded the :uember, “but that one knecked me fiat, and I never did krow how I got away.” Gladness Comes ith a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys- ical ills which vanish before proper ef- forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts. rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis ease, but simply to a constipated condi- tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt- ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millions of ilies, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness, without debilitating the organs on whichitacts. tis therefore all important, in order to get its bene- ficial effects, to note when you pur- chase, that you have the genuine article, which is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep- utable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, then laxa- tives or other remedies are not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended tothe most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, then one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction. Go to Siccardi, Bargains in Hair. Genuine, bona fide bargain prices are _prevall- tng just Dow. And you can selnct ftom the hee = of Hair and Tollet Goods ever shown in Next Palais — Zit uth St., Heyes, wx. o129m16 Get the Best— “IHE CONCORD HARNESS,” Horse Blankets and Lap Robes in great variety and at jowest prices, LUTZ & BRO.; 497 Pa. Ave. N.W. 22-164 9 (Adjoining Natioval Hotel) LIBERTY WHEELS are of original design throughout. No wheel in the world costs more to pro- duce, or gives such value for the $100 paid for it. Inspect the 96 moels—they’re here. ‘Look in at the riding schcol at same time, 1024-26 Conn. ave. 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AVE. feT-204 PAIN- KILLER THE GREAT Family Medicine of the Age, Taken Internally, It Cures Diarrhoea, Cramp, and Pain in the Stomach, Sore Throat, Sudden Colda, Conghs, &e., &c. Used Externally, It Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Sprains, Toothache, Pain in the Face, Neus ralgia, Rheumatism, Frosted Feet. No article ever attained to such unbounée@ populerity.—Salem Observer, oe of grest ‘merit and virtue—Ciem, ‘We can bear testimony vo the efficacy of the Pain-Kiler. We have seen its magic effects te mor pe np Beverest pain, and know it to bea G00d articie.—Cincinna't Dispa‘ch. ‘A speedy care for pin—no fainily should be ‘Without it.—Montreal Transcript. Nethiog baw yet su the Paln-Killer, which is the moet val le family medicins now “i tnarecl werkt of removing pain, ap real merit; sea means po medicine bas. uired @ reputation equal to Perry Davis’ Pain- Newport (Ky.) Datiy Bers. It is really @ valuable medicine—it is used by many Physicians.— Boston Traveller. 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