The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-21
and NOW AMERICA
France and Germany Have
Given Boanties
1OINDUCB PLANTERS TO CULTIVATE
IN Their COLONIES THE nut
| FRON Which KOLAPRA
Is MADE.
We Shall Do Better and Plant
Directly Within our
Own Borders
Orange Growers to Plant Toes in
Florida, and SPrsskslS the Sugar
King, in The Sand
vich Islands


! days through the desert without other
food. and the New York Athletic Club to
| win IL straight events from London in the
International games. and Yale College to
/, defeat Cambridge. England, and which il
being used by the New York letter carriers
to make extra trips without fatigue, and
| which has excited the curiosity and won the
| approval of prominent members OF the
medical profession all over the world. and
which IN the United States at least, in the
form OF Nino-kolafra. is giving immediate
and lasting strength to thousands who are
daily overtaxed either by physical or men,
tai labor. has at last attracted the atten-
| ton of capital.
The plain truth is that the species Of
Sterculia (Which is the botanical name of
| the nut from which the vino-Kolafra Of
| the drug stores is made) is a staple, the cul-
, tivation of which promises profit for those
| engaged in ii.
The French and German governments
recognized this fully when they gave large
| bounties to enable the tree to be planted
! in their colonies.
The commercial Importance Of the tree
gives description OF 1t of more than pass
| ing interest 1t grows from 30 to 90 feet
| In height, and takes five years to bear to
| any extent The conditions OF climate are
| heat and moisture in frostless belt The
nuts themselves are about half the size
| OF an egg, irregular in contour and OF a
darkish hue. 1t is OF the utmost Importance
| they should be gathered fresh and the es-
| sential oil OF the nut preserved unaltered
and unimpaired.
Johnson & johnson, Of No. 90 William
street. New York. manufacturing chemists
well and favorably known to the medical
profession. were quick to realize the value
of obtaining the fresh nut and so pre-
pairing 1t for general consumption that its
oh 0atx {rtsa -
in their full strength. To attain this end
they some time ago established a labor
atory in the tropical home of the tree.
Now comes the intelligence that Mr..
Claus Spreckels, the Sugar King. of Cali
fornia. is about to plant trees in the Sand
witch islands, where the climatic and soil
conditions are certainly ideal. But what
Is more interesting still has been discov-
cred, that the soil and climate OF Florida
are also adapted TO the successful cult
walton of the African tree Of life
The undoubte6 success Of the Kolafra
products. I'm connection with scarcity OF
the nuts. has induced goodly number of
the Florida orange growers TO undertake
the cultivation Of the tree, with hope OF
obtaining from it a more certain as well
as more profitable crop than is afforded by
orange trees.
Kolafra is used to some extent as a sub
stitute for coffee and tea. Its full tonic
secured by preparing the nuts fresh from
the tree with wine. and it Is in this form.
or what is popularity known as Vino-kol-
afra, that il has secured it's largest sale.
Its Importance Is due. first to its remarka-
Bile sustaining power. secondly to the fact
| that. unlike all other known stimuaats.
sion or unpleasant after Effects Of fp any
| kind. 1t is this latter quality which rem
| ders 1t an ideal general stimuiant. Its tonic
| and remedial qualities have commended
MI hA nj
from the following from the New York
Sun:
vino-Kolafra, according to the testimony
of the medical profession. is pre-eminent
| In the treatment of all diseases where a
| tonic stimulant or invigorant is indicated.
In nervous exhaustion. depression. lassi-
convalesceuce, Irregular heart and gen.
eral debility-in these and all other dis
eases arising from lack of vitality it is
| decidedly beneficial
DIR. T.. +. Smith. chairman of the Board
| of Manag ement of the Brooklyn State Hos
| pital for the Insane. when interviewed at
! his residence, No. III Putnam avenue.
Brooklyn, said in regard 10 the value OF
| the nut as medicinal remedy and its
| physiolog zeal and therapeutic action: In
considering the merits OF this remedy as a
| stimuiant beverage, | class II above alco-
hoi cocoa coffee or tea Its action Is nat
ural and IL produces no detrimental after
effects. 1t Is the only remedy We have
that produces a natural toning up and
stimulation Of the system; all others CAUSE
a degree of depression which corresponds
to the amount of energy consumed by their
hand, while producing no bad effects at ali.
is an aniido;e TO the III results which fol-
low the administration OF alcohol. opium,
etc. II is. in fact. the only known stimu-
liant whose action and effects are entirely
natural and healthfui. 1t seems TO me that
the introduction of an efficient preparation
of this nut will meet necessity that has
long been recognized in medical circles. /
am now prescribing II in my practice and
ind 1t beneficial In all cases where such q
remedy Is desired"
DR.. 4. r. Strsehan. OF No. 25 East Thir-
tIeth street, house physician OF the Hotel
Brunswick. In an article in the New York
Times. Gays: Il used Vino kolafra myself
during a bad attack of Ia grippe with ex-
oeilsnI results. IL is certainly worthy of
the unbiased consideration of every n.edi-
cal man, whose duty 1t is 10 be on the out
look for remedies of merit. II fills a place
IN practice Nalch for many years we have
attempted to Ill with other therapeutic.
agents which have not been adequate to
meet all the requirements. | consider
Vino kolsfra a natural stimuIsnt. which
braces up an exhausted nervous system
and indeed. which prevents fatigue when
taken before wearying work IL ailays
irritation in nervous troubles. and helps a
little in almost every case, without him
dertng in any direction II helps out the
stomach. TIE liver and kidneys''
Or. Cyrus Edison. president OF the New
York Health Board have used ii in
my practice FOR more than a year and a
hall: to bridge over tast frequent gap in
treatment which Is met with In cases OF
prolonged Illness OF all the stluuiants
known IL 10 the most powerful and al the
same time absolutely harmless. Ia cases
OF acute dyspepsia and IN coavalescence
II has been worth its weight in gold
The medical journals have OF late given
much space to discussion OF kolafra.
and the universal testimony is in its
favor.
The Philadelphia Medical Bulletin. for
example quotes Professor E4ward
HzecaSle. OF the Paris School % Medicine
who has in behalf OF the French army
authorities givea much attention to prod
nCtS 81 the African nut, as saying at
Is thu greatest Intestinal tonic thar has
ever been placed in physicians hands
II Is hoped that the planting OF the tree
in Southern Flortia ana Lower California
Wi add greatly 70 the sum OF our ma