Telegram-herald., 1890-02-16

It = sad taas Nature has her owu
remedy for every ll " sA.ca Eesh e
her some ~ her remec les have not
yeg been q discovered. aEd eQule tlat
have been tsaad gat have not become
generally za0Nn. Aed.eal seleuce has
long soogat for q severe - rsmedy for
tas scourge II ea dlood -a.p laer.4,
yet ths coloFed people Of LOUISIANA,
ana perhaps Ut 0laes localities "a tAe
so1En, have for years known and used
a cure Which IS remarkable toe Is s.u-
Fhc.ty. Ii s nothing more u1r less
tnan the puFe juice OF the pineapple
hnowledgs ot the piaeapple cure vas
first brought ~ chicago. saws the frt
baas. bY native of louisiana Though
he has recommended tie cure q hun
dreds of E - friends be does agt desire
rubLcltg ~ tu.s connection l0l reasons
ot lis oFl- Muel questioned ia re-
gard - tle matter yesterday the gen tie
Ll4u sad
..lhe remedy sn0t mine-it has been
used ~ negroes m the saamps down
south Tor years one 0f my children
was down with diphlheriz and Nas p a
critical condition. An old coiOred man
Nlo heard ot tle ease asked 4 we had
tired pineapple luce. Ne tried t and
tne enid got well. have known
Sc tried u hundreds of cases.
have told NY friends about
ID whenever 4 heaEd OF q case. aud
never knew &c % tail. Iou geta ripe
pIlfapple. squeeze oGt the juice, aud
leL the patient swallow IL. The juice Is
Ci 50 corrosive nature tuat e sIl cat
oul tne dpather.tc mucus. and II you
taze tae tru-t before It j. ripe and gave
tle lace ~ person whose throat Is
hell VII make tGe mucous membrane
al n.s tnrOat sore. Among those who
have Eried tne cure ca my recommend
atoa may mention Frances J. Ken
uetr. che Board of Trade man, whose
children were all down with dIphtneria.
He'll sell YOU what lt did Tor them"
Nr. kenne-t. wneu seen at Lls office
n lae Board of Trade building, was
quite willing 10 tell Of hls experience
With tae cure.
"A year ago last July" said he,
"my Youngest boy, now 3 years Old,
had au extremely bad type of tie dis
ease. lie had been down a week, and
the case was so desperate that the doe
tors, after q consul ltauOn. told me that
the case WAS nODeless The dIphtheria
membrane was black and prJUuded
from the nose, his Jaw was paralyzed
and set, his tongue was black, and
every breath could .be heard down
stairs. So NAL guant was the ease that
when the membrane came away bleed
ing followed. aud there were ali the
worst symptoms in such cases. HIS
tongue vas drawn up, and he could not
swallow. Then Mr. -, mentioning
TIE name or the Dearb0rn-st. business
man, "Jold me about the
pineapple juice. As the boy
was so dangerously sex /
was afraid % try Z &C first. You know
there is danger Of heart failure ia bad
cases II the patient IS gagged. asked
the doctors about lt. and they had
never heard Of the remedy. They said,
however, that 10 was 50 harmless that u
w0uldn hurt hm. and we gave 10 a
trial procured some ripe plncapp.es,
peeled off the outer skin, and squeezed
out the juice With a lemon sQueczer.
As the little fellow could not swallow
anything we had 10 rub the Juice on
bis tongue with our fingers at first.
Then We got b tube, filled c with the
q
one end injected 10 into his mouth.
After little some OF &c got down his
throat, and within four or five hours
at tine most after the first dose
had been administered there were
evidences of It's beneficial effects. lie
continued TO improve from tnat time.
but 10 was SIX weeks before we were
able % move hlm. His meek and spine
we're paralyzed and hc was almost
bind for SIX months from the effect Of
blood pos sOuiug ensuing from his sick
ness, but now be IS rs bright and
hearty boy As y0u VIII find anywhere.
HIS recovery Is complete.
Ny four other children had been
sent 70 tle H0fe. Rfcuelleu as soon a.
the boy was taken down. In two weeks
two ot them-a boy Of is and "a girl OF
III years caught it. but before lt reached
an advanced stage we gave them pine
aDpie lUce and they we're out in
tn davs When they were seized
with the disease sent the other two
children away On N5uit0u. Colo, where
within fortnight one of them had au
attack ot the common complaint. We
admr stored the usual remedy and she
was brought 0utall right n - few days
Iy timely application of the UiCa q
threatened attack was wsr3ed of and
the other child sent To Manlt0u
The doctors who had never heard
Of tbis cure now alI use q iu their prac-
tee I understand. and have never
known 0f a death where II was taken
IN tme. TIE patient ought to gargle
the Juice and then swallow it and the
dose ought to be repeated frequently so
as t0 satIrata the system wth 20 To-
keep the stuf fresh and prevent fer
nentauou Z used CD Keep 6 ou ice c1u-
stautly. of course lt is always easy 70
obtain fresh piDeapples here. 81 tine
South have heard that t1ev keep %
bottled. when the pineapple ~ ont CT
season. and Be answers the purpose Just
as well. provided e IS not swecfaued.
oue thing IS certain. Won can always
get a pineapple AZ my house by asking
Tor IL. for We are never out of them
now.
when the children were SICK tho
servants who waited on them showed
symptoms II diphthera. We j0sed
them with Che Iuiee and they osme
around ali right Tne trouole with
tns crre IS thar 2 IS s0 simple Pe0-
pie hSa 30 be humourget by some
Qgack medicine Or other. and have
been 81 accustomed to f that when
Won mention as simple A remedy as
els taev just .au-n at vou. ! Won't
sav trat pines pre ln.ce Is sovereign
remedy specific for trhtHor'a
have f.n ~~.nfrsf fat. -- a a-F