The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-04-11

CONVERSATION Of a NAN wHo Was
pmNto r0B a oysptpuC

" N|HiH w wv ''''HH ''' H AH.'H
eYOu are so uurly and robust said .
tla Orrulous dN-pOpuo. with secret
t.mu. t0 his CnwHl travelling a.qua.ut.
once. "that presume sou Hr never
troubled with dyspepsia You hsye
much t0 ha thankful for J Hm often iu
such o. state that
Was Tine bu.ly acquaintance 20 endure
the J. rruliy of q chance dysp.pie, Tie
was u0t
"Ou the contrary. he Immediately re-
piled. Tor. never having suffered "a mo-
mont I'm his life from amy physical uil-
meut his mind was active and ylilaut
"Ou the contrary, / have suffered un-
told torture from dyspepsia. and as you
are Interested in iho subject ! viii will
iugly give you my experience. ! began
with Inc 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 "a
tons. together with the quality of the
coufeytious of soldier cooks previously
engaged IN driving hacks and smuggling
castings -
"Oh, my trouble was not with cooks,
interposed the dyspepuc lotuly. but
nevertheless much Chaguuel 10 find the
burly acquaintance prepared % talk ON
on the subject cas- ! was about 90 tell
You. am often in such a state that ~
And the irreguiarity Of the meals
hurried on the burly acquaintance,
Served You understood 90 camp, al
frescoand a la fOurClCtte sans ccremonie,
threw me into such disorder that had
indigestion then dyspepsia, then non
assimilation. ! submitted my case to the
army surgeons They advised me-
doctors are Of little use | viii tell
you
TO confue myself 20 the simplest and
most digesuble edhbles and esculents TO
be found IN the military commissary
But grew worse, and the surgeons or
dered me back 10 civilization, where
could obtain the delicate nutriment
which my disordcred and seriously inn
paired system required. / went to Chi
cago and began a diet of chicken broth,
fresh fruit, stale bread made from newly
ground graham, steamed oatmeal'-
"Oh / tried all those. Five years
ago
"The result was that | grew worse, as
before and the local doctors advised me
to 20 TOTO 20 to New York, where
should be able to find foods better suited
to my parlous state. Accordingly went
TO New York and laid out diet of the
finest and purest Of the selected foods
that that metropolis Affords
plain country food taken as the sys-
TEN requires'--
My physician advised exact regular
ity. ! had two ounces sea food, two
ounces farinaceous food. two ounces Of
the juice Of fresh imported fruits and
two ounces cOagulated alOuminOids ev-
cry two hours. Growing steaaily worse,
! consulted higher medical talent. One
doctor kept me on clam broth, another
on tangerines, another on shredded
broilel frogs legs, another on distilled
alfalfa
Five years ago.
"Growing steadily worse, consulted
still higher authority. was now tol,
that my diet was at variance with IA
ture. The doctor told me that natur
was proportion, rhythm, music-food
must be taken in harmonious propol
tons He prescribed the same sea foods
cereals, meats and fruits as the Others
but in a chromatic scale Of the decreas
ing seventh, throwing in occasionally
few vegetables by way Of variation o
the fugue and double extracts as oveI
tones
"Of course you recovered, your cas-
being merely temporary
"Growing steadily worse, ! cOnsulte
a doctor who had had great success
among the lhonaires-fnancial SUI
cess. He was man Of blunt speec
and plain common sense. He said / ha
oyerworked my stomach and must civ
it entire rest. What was to do for
living in the meantime he did not sa.
but he took large fee with great scorl
rightly despising me for the sma
amount of money that he left me. N
stomach was now worse than ever.
refused to be cajoled and despised n
offers Of peace Excuse me a mOmen
Once had spent over AS hours fastin
then drank two drains of soda mil
with four ounces of aqua pura-ever
thing was now drains, scruples al
ounces with me, and the zigzag symbols
those distressing quantities appeared
my nightly nightmares like processiC
of Daniel Quilps and Humpbacks of n
tire Dame-as say drains of steriliz'
milk at 20 degrees centigrade, with
wiggles of bismuth and ii jiggle jaggl
of soda, with a couple Of glasses Of Wi
and pepsin to aid in the mysterious pre-
esses of digestion.
1.-The large amount of actual food CO
tanned in the ounce Of milk began to d
tress me exceedingly, but the wine,
which | was not accustomed, gave I
courage | took several more doses of
Immediately, increasing the doses rhyt
mically. had not felt so well in mont
! said Wine is undoubtedly mock
but it is good rubifacient, besides p,
sessing valuable qualities as an antini
cotic and merrymaker Now, very we
Mr.. Stomach, said, you are unameI
Bile TO gentleness, unmoyed by kindne
and irresponsible TO the concord of swe
culinary Symphonies. | will give "
something TO rage about Putting
my hat, | walked lightly adown {
street and entering, not doctors wa
ing room, but restaurant, ! instant
ordered and partook of a repast consi
ing In part of turtle soup, roast old goo
broiled fat HOLSTERS, corned beef a
cabbage, salt pork, hot rolls, Itali
cheese, tripe, mince pie black coff,
chartreuse and black and green cigi
"As you can imagine, when you ca
slider the philosophy of it, that ended
hope you will never be troubled as +
been. Good day. New York Sun.
Not To BE MiscOnstrued.
The sound Of the old man ilagellatinl
carpet in the back yard nerved the you
in the front parlor to seek to make hims
understood.
"Do yOu''--