Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-09-08
READY FOR THE BORE|
CONVERSATION OF A MAN WHO WAS
PRIMED FOR A DYsPEPTlc.

A Chronic Invalid. Bent on Relating Hi,
Own Case, Hears Of ~ More Remarkable
One and IL Able to Get In but . Few
Words In the Course Of . Long Talk.
You are so burly and robust" said
tho orgulous dyspeptic, with secret
scorn, to his casual travelling acquaint.
ance, that presume you arc never
troubled with dyspepsia. You have
much to be thankful for. l am often in
such a state that
Was the burly acquaintance to endure
the garrulity of a chance dyspeptic? He
was not.
ION the contrary" he Immediately re.
piled, for, never having suffered q mo.
ment in his life from any physical all.
ment, his mind was active and vigilant.
ION the contrary, l have suffered un.
told torture from dyspepsia. and as you
are interested in the subject I will will.
ingly give you my experience. l began
with the finest digestion in the world,
but while engaged in the military service
of the country, being 10 years scouting
on the frontier. the character of the IA.
lions. together with the quality of the
CONNECTIONS Of soldier cooks previously
engaged in driving hacks and smuggling
castinys"-
"Oh, my trouble was not with cooks"
interposed the dyspeptic loftily, but
nevertheless much chagrined to find the
burly acquaintance prepared to talk on
on the subject. LAS l was about to tell
you, am often in such Il state that
And the irregularity Of the meals"
hurried on the bnrly acquaintance,
''served. you understood. III caanp. III
tresco and IL la folrctAste SANS c%eralnonie.
threw HE into such disorder that ! he'd
indigestion. then Dyspepsia. then no:.-
assimilation. ! su5mitrtr! my case . TIL.
army surgeons They advised ne
DEBTORS are Of litt!else. willy tell
you
"Tocentine myself to the simplcs. nll
most digestible td;bles and .sculents tn
be found Ill tlr- military es,nl.uissary
But | grew worse. and the Surgeons or
dered me BACK to civilization. where /
could Obtain. the delicate autriment
which my dis~r1lered and seriously i,,s-
paired syste1p required. went to,Chi-
cago and begac Il diet of chickens broth,
fresh fruit. stale bread made fron,newly
ground grahau1, steamed oatmeal"-
''Oh, ! tried all those. Fiy:5. years.
ago.
THE result way tlcat / grew worse, as
before, and the local. doctors advised me
to go TOTO go to- New York, where
should be able to find foods better suited
to my parlous state: Accordingly event
to New York and laid out a diet Of the
finest and purest, Of the selected, foods
that that metropolis Affords
plain country food taken as ths.sys.
tenn requires"-
My physician advised exact regular.
ity. had two ounces sea food, two
ounces farinaceous fosd, two uncs- of
the juice of fresh :im9orted fruits. and
two C coagulated albuminoidy.ey-
cry two hours. Growing steadily wcxse,
7 consulted higher medical talent. One
doctor kept me on clam broth, another
on tangerines, another on shredded
broiled frogs legs, another on distilled
ALFALFA
Give years ago.
"GrowEag steadily verse, 1 consulted,
still higher authority. was now told
that my diet was at. variance with, ma
ture: The doctor. told. noe that nature
was proportion, rhythm, nusic-faods
must be taken in harmonious propor-
tons. He prescribed tbs same sea foods.
cereals, meats and. fruits. as the others,
but in a chromatic scale.of the decreas-
ing SEVENTH throwing; IN occasionally a
few vegetables by way: Of variation o.
the fugue and double extracts as, over.
tonss"-
'Of coHrse you recovered, y~ocx7case
being merely temporary
'earownog steadily worse, ~Icoasulted
a doctor who had had great success
anaOng TIE millionaires-fnanc;nl sue.
cess He was a man Of blunt; speech
and plain common sense. He said: / had
oserworked my stomach and mast give.
ii entire. rest What Twas to. do for q,
living in the meantime he didsnot say.
but he took a large .fse with grnat. SCORE.
nightly despising me for the small,
amount Of money that he Left me. NJ
stomach was worse than, ever. Ii,
refused to be cajoled and dsspised my
offers Of peace. Excuse me.a moment.
OnceI had spent: ever 48 haurs fasting.
l then drank two drains Of soda mint
with four ounces Of aqua. pura-egery-
thing was now: drains, scruples. and.
ounces with me. and the zigzag symholsof
those distressing quantities Appeared in
my nightly Nightmares like a procession
Of Daniel QuilGe and Humpbacksso of No.
ue Dame-as l say v drains of sterilized
milk at 70 degrees centigrade, with il.
wiggles of bismuth and ii jiggle. jaggles,
Of soda, with a couple. Of glasses, of wine.
and pepsin. to aid in the mysterious proc.
esses Of digestion.
THE large amount Of actralfood con.
tanned in. the ounce of milk began to- dis
tress me exceedingly, but the wine, to-
which l was not accustomed, gave me
courage. took several more doses of it
Immediately, increasing the doses rhvth.