Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-02-03
THE KOLA-NUT.
a REMARKABLE PRODUCT OF
THE DARK CONTINENT.
People Eatin. :. Are Endowed With
Marvellous Powers OF Endur-
anee-AE.cn.erfrl Med
i-al Agent.


Within Few year. it hos passed from
the narrow :inction of delectating
barbaric abol .gines into IN extensive
service of civilized man. Kaiser Will
helm the Young. ever alert TO discover
additional means Of preserving the
peace of Europe, inferred from the
exhaustive reports Of lakorious Ger
man chemists, psychologists, and thera-
peuticists tha: it would prpdigiously
increase the fighting capacisx OF his
soldiers, and Immediately ordered it
to be stored In his pacific armament.
The French republic. determined that
its brother of Germany shoald no:
beat it an inch TO the goal of peace.
promptly placed the kola-nut in the
commissariat OF It's military establish.
men.. Thereupon generous rivalry
| stimulated Austria and Italy TO do
likewise; whereupon the contasion of
phiianthr opic impulse overcame
Russia Mountain climbers were as
| quick rs peace -prescrvers to recognize
tho battle-sustaining properties of
kola, and nearly all the Alpine clubs
in Europe have made it apart of their
dietetic equipment. And finally its
| force pr omoting and life saving quail
ties have won for it accure admission
to the medical pharmacopnia both
abroad and in this country. It is,
however, much less known and used
here than there. According to good
authority, it is imported into the
United States by not more than two
or three drughouses, oil OF which are
i'll this city, says the New York Post.
A marvellous property of endowins
! its user with power to endure severe
i and prolonged physical exertion. with
out taking food and without feeling
fati5ue, is the particular virtue whicn
!
elers' tales to this effect, at first relc
! gated t. the realm OF the fabulous,
were finally followed and confirmed
! by scientific investigations. Professor
| Heckel tells us that Ahn natives in
| tropical Africa easily walk over forty
miles day win nothing to eat but
one fresh ko,a-nut, and that he him
self has a. ACCOMPLISHED as SURPRISING a
feat uron diet o. ,,rv kola. He re-
latcs the experiment Of tn army
! officers. VINO. while ascending the
nearly ?o)p feet - Mount Canigou.
/ limited their uo;lr .,nmcnt 10 n 0uan.
tltv Of ko.a rep-ce-n:inc about two
grains o' caffeine. Ilev -csted TWEEN
tv minutes, clinbe twelve hours, md
| found themselves on top with no sense
of fatigue and with apparently nc
tliminrtiof OF muscular power Many
other oil .ers and private soldiers, DR..
Heckel saws, have tested with like re
suits the potency Of kola- He cites
the experience of several infantry Off
GERS who ate an insignificant quantity
and were not tired after walking il
the month Of July forty miles IN iif-
teen and half hours At his sug
gestion the French Alpine Clul
adopted ,kola. and, afterwards. vote
of thanks to the professor, declaring
that 1t had surprisingly kept them IL
breath and strength
Bu. this striking attribute by n
means e1nausts the utility Of kola Tn
Investigators, convinced that IN sucl
an astonishing p.oiuc. lnv beneScen
agencies rs vet unreyealed, promptl-
fell 10 strGyin- It's physiological ac;ioI
upon :he human system and i.s the-a
pou,.c possibilities. Discoveries ver
soon annouEce,l hole was tonic fo
| 'he bea-.. acc.ecatin~. strengthening :
and :. the same t,.ne regulating :.
pu.sa':oas. II the as. stages o: ca-
ciiac affection, declared Dr. Du,a.d..
Ca.uE II. "kola sometimes works r.
sg--act.ons. I.rev!ve Il. pulse. Il
| c.e.:.a- Is tal.e&s aad dec-ess.ag :,
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