TIIE OMATIA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, DECEFBER 5, 1905.
V,
MICKEY SILENT ON SESSION
GoTeror Eefum to Dimu Qitioi f
Calling Legislate Togethsr.
iDECCMIER SCHOOL FUND APPORTIONMENT
Ilia UaUroads I'ald Their Tasee
Aaaoaat Weald Have Been
Larger Thai Last
Tear.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Dec. 4 (Special.) Oovernor
Mickey refuses to discuss the special ses
sion talk. He In quoted as having told
friends that he had not given the matter
consideration recently, except when It U
called to his attention by lomo inquiring
Individual. He did not care to tallc of
Lieutenant Governor McOllton's Inter
, view.
j There la a considerable element which
1 objects to a special session on the fp-ound
: of expense and the difficulty of getting
the people to vote for amendments, al
' though It Is conceded that much time will
i be saved by formulating them in a special
' session. There la a disposition to couple
' with the demand for amendments the plan
to have maximum freight rate and antl
I pass laws adopted.
Temporary Fans Beaches a( l,(KX).
The temporary school fund for December
apportionment amounts to $ta.WiO at the
close of business tonight, in addition to
which there Is $2,900 due to Hitchcock
county, from the last apportionments,
making the total close to 1266,000 for the
entire fund. v Tomorrow morning Treasurer
Mortensen will certify to the state super
intendent the amount of the temporary
fund available for the December appor
tionment and the latter official will, within
twenty days, as provided In the statutes,
distribute the . money among the school
districts of the state which have complied
with the provisions of the law.
Last year the December . apportionment
reached a total of 1272,000. Had the rail
ways paid their taxes this year the amount
would have been considerably larger, al
though the state officials can only approxi
mate the exact shortage due to that cause.
The school levy Is H mill and the assessed
valuation of the railways Is 146,000,000, mak
ing the total contributions of the railways
to the temporary fund about 123,000 a year.
Soma of the railways have paid, and the
two contesting linos have In some counties
turned over a portion of the taxes.
The faot that the Hitchcock county war
rant la still unpaid Is explained as clue to
the absence of banks in that section of
the state. At the January settlement be
tween the state and county treasurers the
Hitchcock county official will turn In the
warrants' on Its Indebtedness to the state.
That plan of procedure meets with the ap
proval of Treasurer Mortensen.
The January settlements aro expected to
bring large sums Into the treasury, since
at that period aH of the county treasurers
settle with the state for Mie year. In some
Instances the balances which are allowed
to accrue In the counties are considerable
and their payment at the time of this an
nual liquidation makes It possible to re
tire general fund warrants at a rapid rate
during January. 1
The state superintendent has not had
time to receive replies to his circular ask
ing county superintendents to Inform him
whether 'or not the 'enumeration lists had
been properly swonj (to. Until these re
plies aro received he will be unable to de
termine whether any districts will be left
out because of Illegal enumeration. He has
signified .bis Intention to loave out of con
sideration hgse districts in. whlch the
catsAif iiWesiV' hwfeipot sworn o 'theW : Te
tarmv .,"..'.
'.Bvarat 4Ml t Cmtraet Price.
"today the State Board of Public Lands
and Buildings revised the contract of How
ard Burns for beating, lighting and pdwer
equipment at the Hastings asylum, raising
the. total from $9,230 to $10,660. in return
for which the contractor Is to install larger
boilers, generators and other apparatus,
. . Kerns Did Not Assess Women.
Superintendent Kerns of the Hastings
asylum did not collect the 2 per cent cam
palgn assessment from the woman em
ploy es of that Institution, according to
his friends, , The $&00 which he turned over
to the stale central committee represented
his contribution of $100 and the regular
percentage from the male employes. This
serves to explain the fact that only $300
went to the campaign treasury.' although
th pay roll Is $38,000 and the full amount
would have been $760. It is stated that
H. C. Lindsay, the financial solicitor for
the committee, was pleased with the show
ing made by the superintendent of the
Hastings Institution and told him that $500
was all that would be ooked for there. On
the other hand, the adherents of Dr
Kerns state that other Institution heads
turned In far less than the conventional
pro rata amount. Among these Is Superln
tendejit Greene of .the .Lincoln Insane hos-
pltaU . . !
'According to this same authority, Dr,
Kerns did not make it compulsory on the
employes to pay these assessments and left
It to their pwn free will. Neither did he
Intimate that any of them would lose
their positions for nonpayment. Those who
felt that It was not fair to assist In the
republican campaign were privileged to re
fuse without Incurring any danger of the
loss of thelrve.mploymcnt.
During the fusion regime the payment
of these political assessments was not left
to the employe at all, the superintendent
deducting the amounts claimed by the
committee from the salaries.
All of the women at the state house are
subject to assessments, but they are paid
much better salaries, none of them getting
less than $70 a month and some as high
as $1,200. The reason for exempting them
at Hastings Is the fact that the salaries
are smaller there.
IiwMon tnnntr Takes l Bonds.
Today Dawson county took up $16,000
per cent bonds due next April. The offi
cials also exchanged $30,000 of 4 per cent
bonds for JCIO.OOO of per cent bonds held
by the treasury for the permanent school
fund, paying the difference In the Interest
until April, when the bonds became op
tional and could have been redeemed. This
payment, together with those of Otoe and
Howard counties, give the .treasurer a
little leeway and marks the beginning of
an Increase In the amount of the unin
vested permanent school fund.
ew Way to Ship name.
Game Warden Carter has received word
from Denver that a trunk full of game,
labeled "photo supplies," has been cap
tured. The shipment was' made from some
point In Northern Nebraska, but the shlp
ner has not vet been apprehended. The
warden has had all kinds of deception to
contend with In these shipments, but this
is the first time that anyone has ventured
to ship under such a guise. Barrels labelod
"sauor kraut," trunks billed as "lace,"
cream can, hay cars, bales of "alfalfa"
and "prairie grass" have been used with
varying success. The Ingenuity of persons
seeking to escape the provisions of the
law taxes the watchfulness of the numer
ous special deputies appointed by the de
partment. No Alarm Over Insurance Situation.
If the Nebraska underwriters thought
that their resolution calling for a special
session to Investigate Nebraska companies
would create much oft a stir in official
circles they miscalculated. Governor
Mickey showed but llttlo Interest In the
matter. He said that he would ack
nowledge a copy of the resolution If it Is
sent to him, but that was the extent to
which he was willing to go. Auditor Searle
foes not regard It as a weighty problem
and Attorney General Norrls Brown Is
skeptical as to the purposes of the movers
of the resolution. The sentiment prevails
In official circles generally that the repre
sentatives of the foreign companies may be
trying to keep the home companies from
securing too great a lead In the compe
tition for business.
FIXED FOn VIOLATING SPEED LAW
I nlon Paelfle Engineer and Condnrtor
Appeal the Case.
SCHUYLER, Neb., Dec. 4. (Special Tele
gramsFred Peterson and John Glynn,
conductor and engineer of Union Pacific
train No. 10, that killed Mrs. Wacha about
a month ago, were tried in the police court
here today for violation of the city ordln
ance that limits the speed of trains to ten
miles per hour while in the city limits.
Owing to the fact that Police Judge
Zentmeyer carries a Union Pacific pass,
City Attorney Johnson appealed to Mayor
Arnold to appoint a local Justice of peace
to act as police Judge. The mayor ap
pointed V. W, Sutherland and the men
were tried before him. Attorney Phelps
representing the railroad company advised
them not to plead. This was taken as a
plea of "not guilty" and after hearing the
evidence they were found guilty as charged
and a fine of $00 each and costs Imposed.
This was not paid and they were committed
In care of tho sheriff. Attorney Phelps left
for Columbus tonight to secure a writ of
habeas corpus from Judge Reeder.
The case will probably be appealed. It
aroused considerable Interest here Inasmuch
as It Is a sort of "test case" and the future
action of tho city In enforcing the ordin
ance will be governed by the decision of
this case.
Railroad Surveyors In Field.
NORFOLK, Neb., Dec. 4. (Special.)
Eastern Keya Paha and Rock counties
are aroused about the prospects for a new
railroad. It is supposed to be an Inde
pendent company building to the north
west. It will run in a northwesterly di
rection, says a Bassett report, from
Chambers, in Holt county, crossing the
Northwestern at Newport, thence to Cams
and Springvlew. A corps of surveyors Is
reported In the field between Newport and
Cams, and many regard the road as a
certainty. It is said that the Immense
hay business of these counties would fur
nish a large traffic.
- Tn PAHtf kr maps what he has pro
tIoubIt sowed. The human body reaps
likewise the natural crop of weakness,
pain and death It the seeds of disease
have been sown by bad habits of careless
ness In eating, sleeping and exercising.
. Keep will tr tou can and when you
Deed' a little help In keeping well utt
A'iur' remedies, that do not roughly
stimulate but gently quicken the action
( Nature's functions in a natural way.
Nature's laboratory furnishes the follow
ing plants which enter Into the manufac
ture of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery: Golden Seal ruot, Oueen's root,
Stone root. Black Cherry bar. Wood root
and Mandrake root.
If In doubt as to your trouble or need
ing advice, you can consult, free of
charge. Dr. K. V. Pterco. chief consulting
pUysXoiap to. the Invalid' Hotel and
Surgical Institute. Buffalo. N. Y. All
letters are considered confidential and
answers bearing correct medical ad vies
returned ifl securely sua led envelope.
"I suffered lor nearly ela-ht rears. writes
rniiin A. t steu. 11 . of Aloolla. Ala.. Deputy
Shoilg. "wlia- malaria, which uolaoued nif
entire aratein and deprived me of my vi
Dr. Pier
tallty. I was cured In three niontha by using
. Pierce's Gulden Musical Dtkcuverr. I
know ll was larcely due to iieg-lect and I
paid little Attention U my troublo until I
became so ruu-down and weak that I knew
I hail U do something si once to regain my
heal lb. I b"au to feel betiar within four
days after I used the 'Golden Medical Ida- ,
roTnry,' and after using niue bottle I was
restored to my usual health, fueling beu-st
tksn for fears.
The most valuable book for both men
,wtaw and womeu Is Dr. Pierce's
I'-'C -w Coroiaon renae Medical Ad
I kJ viser. A splendid law-page
h"-"i Tiwume, wuu engravings
and oolored plattt. A cop;,
papex-coveied, will bs sent
to anyone sending 21 cents
in one-cent stamps, to pay
the coat of mailing only, to
Dr. R. V. Pierce, buffalo. N.
V. Cloth-bound, ill slam;-.
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News of Nebraska.
AINSWORTH John Shaw died Decem
ber 2. He was born February 18, 1820, In
Yorkshire, Kngland; came to the United
States in 1845.
TEKAMAH C. Johnson, merchant, and
Oeorge W. King, barber, have moved into
the new brick building recently built by
Stout Brothers.
TEKAMAH An adjourned term of the
district court is In session here, with Judge
Sutton presiding. There will be nothing
but civil cases heard, as the criminal
docket was disposed pf at the last session.
TEKAMAH The Farmers' Slate bank
recently organised at this place opened tot
business this morning, with the following
officers in charge: C W. Conkling, presi
dent; A. D. Nesbit, vice president; It. U.
Keshtt. cashier.
hL MBOLDT John W. Bash, a local
blacksmith and woodworker, this morning
suffered the loss of the two smaller ringers
of his right hand by accidentally throwing
the members In the track of a rapidly
moving planing machine.
HUMBOLDT Numerous friends and
iHigunors of Fred Fankhauser und wife,
pioneer residents of this section, gave them
a pleasant surprise in honor of their
golden wedding anniversary. A number
went out from the city to Join in the fes
tivities. NuKFOLK The three -oUUdren of Mr.
and Mrs. K. A. Boss of Chadion. formerly
of Norfolk. have succumbed to scarlet
fever within two days. Two died within
an hour ol each otm-r. They were tho
entire family ot Mr. and Mrs. Ross. Mr.
Boss la a locomotive engineer on Hie
Northwestern.
HUMBOLDT Clare Coleman, a young
farmer living several miles east of this
i-Hy, was untied in marriage to Miss Flor
ence Trimmer of tills city, the ceremony
being performed by the Presbyterian min
ister of Auburn, to which place the couple
were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Atwood of this city.
OSCEOLA The following women hav
been elected to preside over the destinies
of the Woman's Belief corps here and will
look after the wants of the old soldiers,
president. Mrs. It. P. Shore; senior vice
president, Mrs. Hile Vanhoosen; Junior vice
prfMiat'llt. Airs. Ai. l. liivwii, I'liupmm,
Mis. William Vanhoosen; treasurer, Mrs.
Josiuh Locke; secretary. Mrs. M. J. Conk
ln; conductor, Mrs. John Ht-nse; guard.
Mis. H. F. Bense; delegate, Mrs. tk-olt;
alternate, Mrs. M. J. Conklyn.
KittMUNT-Tlw ruuu found dead along
side the railroad tracks yesterday has bwn
Idenlitted from papers found on Ids person
as James White, a former resident of
Philadelphia. Ills relatives were nolilled
by wire this morning. He had been a
blacksmith by trade and. Judging from
the papers on his person, had been earning
good wages. The cuuse of his death is
still unknown, and It is not known whether
ho fell from a train or was struck by a
moving train while In the yards. Coroner
Over-guard will hold an inquest tomorrow.
LE1UH The Maple Valley State bank
held it annual meeting oi stockholders in
the banking rooms Kaiurday ufteruooii. At
this mteiiiig. t lie Institution mas prac
tically reoi nlied. '1 he capital stock wms
Increased from M,0t4) to 1 16. wo. Vice Presi
dent I'hai'tes E. Meaty and Cashier V. W.
Oraves tendered their resignation. Mr.
Oravea had been cashier lor fourteen
years. Tho old president. J. 11. Wurdeman,
vs re-olectid. 1. J. Nichols, a wealthy
farmer, was elected vice president and
Ed Wurdeinan was advanced from assist
ant to cashier, while John T. Tully, the
bookkeeper, was uiaUa assistant cuauicr.
TWELVE MEN FOR CROWE JURY
an el Not Eihacitei, Thsigh Any Draw,
ing Art. Not Final
THOSE SELECTED KEPT IN BODY AT NIGHT
Brottaer-la-Law af Officer Wise Was
Shot Is la Paael, bat De
fense Lets Him
Oat.
W hen Judge Day adjourned court Mon
day evening, shortly after 6 o'clock, twelve
men were in the box who may constitute
the Jury to try I'at Crowe. The state has
exercised two of its threa challenges and
the defense has exercised seven of the
eight challenges to which It Is entitled,
The men who so far appear satisfactory
to both sides are;
L. I. Fox. i!S3S North Fifteenth.
K F. Croetschel, 131 North Thirty-eighth.
William v. L,ong, J-li fredertck.
11. Borsky, lolji North Nlneteentn.
joe Do pica. laZ South First.
John Sautter. 9u2 Nortn Twenty-first.
soutn omaha.
W. C. iiuber. 705 South Thirteenth.
lsaao Levi. 314 North Twenty-sixth.
Bout n Omaha. -
joBepn Woif, 2330 South Twelfth.
John Lewis. 4ij Cumins.
.Hugh oougheity, ij bouth Thirty-third.
Aieicnoir Lusts, lsM3 south Twentieth.
After a consultation with the attorneys,
Judge Day decided to keep the Jurors to
gether during the night. He also cautioned
them against talking of the case with out-
slders and forbade thum to read any papers
or to buy any except such as might be
furnished them by the bailiff who has them
In charge.
Before the selection of the twelve men
now sequestered twenty-two men wore ex
amined. Of those excused one could not
endure smoking. On his prejudice against
the weed being made known Judge Day
asked those on the panel who did not
smoke to stand up. As only seven or
eight of the 100 or more responded the
court excused the Juror. A second Juror
was excused for deafness, three or four
for set opinions as to guilt or Innocence
and the balance on direct challangea or
by being scratched by either side,
Ritchie and English.
By Us questions to Jurors the defense
Indicated little or nothing of what line
will be followed. Mr. English has asso
ciated with him Attorney Hltchie, and the
only question they seemed to emphasize
was:
"Can you, If chosen as a Juror, carry
with you into the box and all through the
trial the presumption that the- defendant
Is Innocent of the crime charged in the
Indictment beyond a reasonable doubt?"
Evidently the hour of the night, the un
certain knowledge of Crowe's personality
possessed by "the officers and any doubt
as to Identification are to be utilised . to
discredit the testimony that may be given
to connect Crowe with the shooting of
Officer Jackson on the night of September
6 last.
County Attorney Slabaugh directed his
principal questions to finding out If the
Jurors knew Crowe or Frank Murphy or
any other of the prisoner's relatives and
as to whether they hold any prejudice
against policemen as such.
Crowe was an Interested observer most
of the time and occasionally conferred with
either English or Ritchie about the man
under examination, but there were times
when he was plainly bored by tho tedious
ness of the formal legal questions. The
court room was fairly well filled, but a
big majority .of those In attendance were
citizens summoned on the Jury panel. Half
a dozen women were present at one time or
another. . , ... . ., .,.
B. F. Knapp proved to be a brother-in-law
by marriage of Officer Jackson, who
was shot. Mr. Knapp Insisted that h
could be a fair and impartial Juror; that
he had formed no opinion as to guilt or
Innocence from his talks with Jackson or
others. Mr. English challenged for re
lationship, but the county attorney objected
and the court overruled the challenge. The
authorities had only mention of an inhibi
tion against relatives to the fifth degree,
and the state statutes were silent on the
point. Knapp was afterward scratched by
the defense.
English Goes After Chase.
Clement Chase, editor of the Excelsior,
was one of the citizens drawn on tho Jury
panel. Mr. Chase got himself excused, being
too busy a man to serve on a Jury. In this
connection County Attorney Slabaugh re
called with some slight merriment the fact
that a few weeks ago Mr. Chase, In his pa
per, gave vent to considerable Indignation
over the-slow progress of the preparations
to give Mr. Crowe a trial. Mr. Chase rather
gave the Impression there was likely to be
a miscarriage of Justice unless "but
there, what's the use," said the county
attorney. People on the outside always
know better than those handling cases Just
what should be done. Still, we cannot yet
resort to trial by newspaper."
Detectivo McDonald was drawn on the
Jury, too, but he was at once excused
when he presented himself. Eugene Duvall
of the Milwaukee railroad is also on the
panel, as is Charley Townsend, the gun
man. Both will put up a strong fight for
liberty, even against the warning of Judge
Day that business excuses will not avail,
except possibly for temporary leaves of
absence.
CO
TC 1C 1C-1C
JUL ' JLL. JssUaasBBBa ,11 amy
WAR
The Coffee Importers and Roasters Are Attacking
POSTUM FOOD COFFEE
All Along the Line.
THERE'S A REASON"
(Watches Frenzer, 16tli and Dodge.
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Fair Today and Tomorrow In Xe
braska. Iowa and South Dakota
Warmer In Iowa Today.
)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -Forecast of the
weather for Tuesday and Wednesday:
For Nebraska, South Dakota and Colo
radoFair Tuesday and Wednesday.
For Iowa and Missouri Fair and warmer
Tuesday; Wednesday, fair.
Local Heeord.
OFFICE OF 17. S. WEATHER BUREAU
OMAHA, Dec. 4. Official record of tem
perature and precipitation as compared
with the corresponding day of the last
three years:
' . . I- 1904. 1908. 1902.
Maximum temperature... 29 33 2S 18
Minimum temperature.... 5 20 16
Mean temperature 17 2S "1 9
Precipitation .00 .00 .) .00
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal at Omaha since
March 1 and comparisons with the last
two years:
Normal temerature
Ieneiency for the day u
Kxcess since March 1 54
Normal precipitation Cl inch
Deficiency for the day 04 inch
ITecipitation since March 1 27. 39 inches
Deficiency since March 1 1.97 Inches
Dertciency for cor. period 19t4. . . ft. 17 inches
Excess for cor. period. 1!K3 2.74 Inches
Iteporta from stations at T P. !M.
Station and State Tern. Max. Rain-
01 vv auier. 7
Bismarck, clear
Cheyenne, clear
Chicago, cloudy
Davenport, part cloudy...
Denver, cloudy
Havre, part cloudy
Helena, clear
Huron, art cloudy
Kansas City, clear
North I'latte. clear
Omaha, cloudy
Rapid City, clear
St. Ixuls, clear
St. I'aul. cloudy
Salt Iike City, clear
Valentine, cloudy
Willlston, clear
indicates sero.
T indicates trace of precipitation.
L. A. W fcXbll, Local Forecaster.
Many people have found out the truth about old-fashioned coffee.
They have overcome disease caused by it.
The plan was easy and sure.
Quit coffee and use Postum.
Proof with one'g self is stronger than theory.
The Postum army grows by hundreds of thousands yearly.
The old-fashioned Coffee Magnates are now deriding Postum through the
papers.
Because their pocketbooks are hurt they would drive the people back to
the old coffee slavery.
One coffee prevaricator says: "It (Postum) has lately been exposed and
found to contain an excess of very ordinary coffee."
Another that "it (Postum) is made from a small amount of parched peas,
beans, wheat, dried sweet potatoes and paste of wheat middlings."
Here's to you, oh, faithful followers ot the tribe of Ananias.
$100,000.00 CASH
will be deposited with any reputable trust company (or a less amount if de
sired) against a like amount by any coffee roaster or dealer. If the charges
prove true we lose, if not, we take the money as partial liquidation for the in
famous Insult to our business.
The Postum Pure Food factories are the largest in the world, the busi
ness having been built upon absolutely pure food products, made on scientific
lines, "for a reason" and the plain. unvarnUhed truth told every day and all
the time. These factories are visited by thousands of people every month.
They are shown into every cranny and examine every ingredient and process.
Each visitor sees Postum made of different parts of the wheat berry, treated
by different mechanical methods, and one part blended with a small part of
pure New Orleans molasses. So he knows Postum contains not one thing in the
world but Wheat and New Orleans molasses. It took more than a year of
experimenting to perfect the processes and learn how to develop thg diastase
and properly treat the other elements in the wheat to produce the coffee-like
flavor that makes suspicious people "wonder." But there never has been
one grain of old-fashioned or drug coffee in Postum, and never will be.
Another thing: We have on file in our general offices the original of
every testimonial letter we have ever published. We submit that our attitude
regarding coffee is now and always has been absolutely fair. If one wants a
stimulant and can digest coffee, and It does not set up any sort of physical ail
ment, drlnlMt
But if coffee overtaxes and weakens the heart (and it does with some).
Or if it sets up disease of the stomach and bowels (and it does with
some).
Or if it causes weak eyes (and it does with some).
Or if it causes nervous prostration (and it does with many).
that there is so much more that could and should be said about the deleterou
enects of conee and its potency as a factor in tne production or disease, in is
has been so strongly impressed upon me the past winter that I am Impelled
to make a contribution to the subject by reporting a few cases in which coffee
was so manifestly causing or continuing the disease that It could not be ignored.
Then good, plain, old-fashioned common sense might (without asking
permission ot coffee merchants) suggest to quit putting caffeine (the drug
of coffee) into a highly organized human body, for health is really wealth, and
the happiest sort ot wealth.
Case I. In the latter part of December, 1903, I had under treatment an
old lady, 74 years, who was convalescing from an attack of pneumonia. 8ho
had responded favorably to the treatment and was doing nicely, except for a
peculiar rise and fall of the temperature and an irregular action of the heart.
She had been troubled more or less with weakness of the heart, and at this
time its action was giving me a good deal of concern, its beat being Irregular
and feeble, at times much more so than others. A study of conditions and
causes threw no light on the case, until I found that the Irregularity was
more marked on the mornings when she had coffee, which she did not have
every morning. As I could not discover any other cause, I advised that she
should not take the coffee. After some demur on the part of the patient, she
acceded, and Postum Cereal was substituted for the coffee. A favorable effect
was almost immediately apparent; the Irregular action gave place to a steady,
regular beat, the pulse became fuller and stronger, the temperature became
normal and the case went on to uninterrupted recovery.
Cas II. The result in case one set me thinking. For some rears t haft
been troubled with nervous dyspepsia, w.th- cardiac irritability, and at times
great irregularity in the action of the heart, intermittent beat ot the pulse and
much nervous depression, all of which, in spite of treatment, was steadily get
ting worse. I had had light thrown on the cause, if I had not been so blinded
by prejudice that I could not see. As, for Instance, on one occasion, when
tho cook did not believe that coffee was any good unless It rivaled in color her
ebony face, gave me a cup of coffee on-s morning that was fully up to her ideal,
and which, although I noticed' that it possessed nearly the strength ot Samson,
I drank without consideration.
I had been feeling rather better than usual for a day or two, but boots.
after breakfast I was attacked with such peculiar sensations that I was unable
to go'out and was obliged to call upon a colleague for treatment. Singularly
enough, although I had the feeling that I was under the influence Of some
drug, it was not until some time afterward that I realized that I had been
poisoned by the coffee. Under strong tonic treatment I grew better for a
time, but in December, 1903, I began to grow worse again, and treatment
failing to effect any improvement, began to look as if I waa in danger of a
complete break-down.
The colleague who was treating me was suspicious of kidney disease, but
a urinary analysis cleared up that point, but I did not Improve. It was at
this time, as I have said, the result in case No. 1 set me thinking,, and I
found from a study of the modalities that I was worse and more depressed
after taking coffee, and it finally penetrated into my Inner consciousness that
possibly coffee was the cause of my condition. . I took my own prescription
and gave up coffee, with the result of an almost immediate change for the
better. The depression disappeared, the cardiac disturbance ceased and the
dyspeptic symptoms lessened and a steady improvement set in. . -
Case III. Abouse the same time I had under treatment a young lady suf
fering from chronic nephritis, who presented an almost endless variety of
symptoms, which would yield to treatment for a time, only, to return In an
aggravated form. Among the more persistant and annoying of these was a
gastric Irritability, with an absolute refusal of the stomach to digest or ab
sorb any food, progressive emaciation with great weakness, and a constant
sensation of hunger, with nausea and frequent spells of vomiting, when the
food taken would be returned unchanged; palpitation of the heart, oedema,
hectic fever, colliquative sweats, etc. Under treatment and a most rigid diet
the mitigation of the symptoms was very slight.
Then, if one's best Interest urges him to study into the reason, and
"There's a reason." he will unearth great big facts that all of the sophistries
of the coffee importers and roasters cannot refute. Take time to read the
following from the famous Dr. B. P. Underwood In The American Physician:
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Coif 00 as a Factor in tho Production
Gastric and Cardiac Disorders.
BY B. F. UNDERWOOD, M. D
The pathogenetic properties of coffee have received but scant attention
from medical authors, although, it is not doubtful, I think, that, more than
uny other single substance, coffee Is responsible for the great prevalence, of
nervous, gastric and cardiac diseases at the present time, and that the great
increase in sudden deaths from heart affection in recent years may be Justly
set down to the use or abuse of coffee as a beverage.
Shoemaker, in his "Materia Medlca," treating upon coffee, says: "Used
la excess It disorders digestion and causes functional disturbance of the nerv
ous system, shown by headache, vertigo, mental confusion and palpitation of
the hwirt. It Increases secretion, blunts sensation, exalts reflex excitability,
increases mental activity and may produce Insomnia and great nervous rest
lessness," and this is as much as any medical author has to say upon the
aubject.
In my case it may be merely the zeal of the recent convert which inspires
me, but I feel strongly, both from my personal and professional experience.
I had advised her that coffee was injurious and should be given up, but i
was not until her condition was almost hopeless that she could be induced to
follow my advUe and refrain from coffee. The beneficial effect of this wa
apparent at once; the stomach began to recover its tone, the Irritability
ceased, the vomiting stopped and the food taken was digested and absorbed;
the sensation of continual hunger disappeared, the emaciation lessened and
her strength slowly returned. Of course, the disease has not been cured, but a
cure which seemed hopeless before has been made possible.
As a result of these experiences, to which more could be added. In aTt
cases of intractable nervous or gastric diseases I have come to regard coffee
as an lncltant. and an Important, If the not the chief, factor In the production
of the disease, and to insist upon Its discontinuance as a part of the treat
ment, and, I may add, with uniformly good effect. I have found also that
although the giving up of coffee has been In many cases done only noder
protest and with great reluctance. It has been attended with but little dlffl
culty when a palatable and satisfactory substitute was provided. In my. own
case and in that of the others described I used the Postum Cereal and -round)
it entirely satisfactory. Even the most Inveterate coffee drinkers after ft
short ue of the Postum seem to lose all desire for coffee and to be perfectly
satisfied with the Cereal.
Study the subject and apply the facts to yourself.
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