The San Francisco call., 1896-02-15
NEW TO-DAY.
POWER In A Nut SHELL!
Governments, Physicians, Sci
entiSts Interested in an
African Nut.
THE ESSENCE OF ENERGY.

entIStS Interested III dIi
African Nut.
THE ESSENCE OF ENERGY.
| a Food Medicine Used by Troops in
Marching, by Athletes and by
| Invalids.
| In American army circles much interest
| has been exhibited recently IN the quail
| tiss of AN African nut, known botanlcally
ne stercnlia. products of which are known
| in this country as Kolafra. This nut mas
| attracted wide attention in the sclentinc
4 world on account OF Its remarkaDle loiic
! and sustaining powers, whlcn enaDie 1r
/ those who use it to perform pnysical laehs
| otherwise impossible. Already the armies
of France and Germany have USED the
product and have found that lts extra extra
! ordinary qualities have made 1t an lnols-
pensable adjunct to their equ1 pment. "a.
The reports concerning this nut ana 'lts
health-giving qualities Dv the ihost laiiious
| of German and French physicians ana
scientists, together with the success scored
in the use by the athletes OF Yale and other
| colleges, are forerunners which herald lts
introd ucton as immediate ana genera.
| Certainly if these recent reports are trust
worthy the success OF the arp1cle - "iie"oS
| assured. .,.
Its value to soldiers and athletes results
| from the fact that it prevents fatigue ana
! increases muscular power, enaoilng tne
| user to perform hard and painful tasks
with ease.
| Carriers Division of the New York Post
office has recommended thorough test OF
the extract by the army OF letter carriers
of the New York Postoffice. In accord
ance with Superintendent Morgan's sug-
gestion John NJ. Parsons, president OF the
| Letter Carriers Association, has con-
| ducted tests which have been attended
with the most satisfactory results. II
| have tried Vino-Kolafra, said Mr.. Nor
! gan, land have found it to be undoubtedly
! a good thing. We have letter carriers in
the New York Postoffice engaged in collec-
ton work who have to make eight trips a
day of sixty blocks per trip, or twenty-four
miles Gaily. These carriers have more
| arduous work to do at the present time
| than soldiers, and, therefore, Vino-Kolafra
is just the thing for them. 1t is especially
valuable for letter carriers with long
critics, but of course it is of value to all
who do any hard work"
| Kolafra appears to be non-intoxicatlng
stimulant, which differs from other stimu-
lants in that it adds at once to the sum
! total of nervous force available for use, in
stead of merely enabling the immediate
| (and perhaps wastefuD expenditure of
| energy drawn in advance from what will
be needful for the requirements OF to-
morrow. In other words, no reaction at
| tends its use. 1t Is caSn deposit, not
| discounted draft.
| In the form of Vino Kolafra it conserves,
not merely shifts energy; it becomes fly
| wheel to the human engine, restraining
the excessive action of the supere1cited and
bringing the sluggish up to normal speed.
! For this reason the medical journals are
| recommending its use to the weak, eX-
hausted and convalescent. In addition, it
acts prompt antidote to the effects of
alcohol and satisfies the craving for liquor
and for morphine, ETC., without causing
any injurious effects.
The same qualities render it useful to the
| invalid. The uses OF Vino-kolafra, the
most convenient form of preparing the nut
in order to preserve its full stimulant and
tonic value, are indicated by the following:
The New England Medical Monthly
states editorially: "The medical pro-
nized in it great aid in performing feats
OF labor, tests of strength, or sustaining
| life in disease. Aside from its value to the
brain and muscle worker it is invaluable in
| the sick room; it helps tide over the crises
In disease and sustain the strength of a
disease-exhausted system. In shocks due
| to accidents, traumatism, operations, syn
| cope or fright, it is of great value, and will
prove the surgeons friend, as we'll as the
physicians. In nervous prostration and
nervous irritation it is of inestimabIe
| value. It is effieaciOus in cardiac affec-
| tions, especially smokers heart"
The Quarterly Therapeutic Review says
of the sterculia botanical name) nut: sit
is said to remove directly the stupidity
and unsteadiness of drunkenness. 1t is an
excellent nerve tonic and will enable a
man to go without food and support great
fatigue for twenty four hours or more. 1t
| IS wonderful tonic and stimulant. When
| used regularly sleep is sound and restful.
while feeling of brightness and activity
is prevalent during the waking hours. 1t
| =, --1.
migraine and nervous headaches it has
been repeatedly proved to be beneficial.
| It's results in the treatment of neuras-
thenia, diarrhee and seasickness have been
| good. In torpidity of the liver it excites
that organ and accelerates the flow of bile.
In indigestion 1t promotes alimentation
by dlssolying the mucous clots and remoy-
ing debris from the lntestines. In short.
it is the safety valve OF bodily mechanism.
preserving and restoring energy and utiiiz-
ing tissue waste. In this respect it differs
vastly from all other beverages and stimu-
lants in that it preserves latent energy, OBJ
tanning its powers by utilizing the waste
of solid tissue matter
DR.. E. B. Smith, president OF the Wayne
County Medical Society, says: ut aug
ments the secretion of the digestive fluids.
1t helps in overcoming the indigestion
common to drunkards, and is of excep-
tional value in delirium tremens."
Professor Edouard Heckel of the Paris
Medical Faculty says: This seed is an
intestinal tonic without parallel. 1t is the
greatest gastro-intestinal tonic that the
therapeutic arsenal can place in the hands
of its practitioners He recommends it's
use in tubercular diarrhea, where there is
! intestinal liberation.
General Alexander Stephen, British
| Consul at Bahia, Brazil. in comparing the
| physical merits of the West African negro
and the Brazilian negro, says that the
| Ofa ,d7,r ,1l
the African, exhibited in lifting and trans
porting heavy loads, passes all efforts on
the part of the Brazilian. For instance.
where it takes eight Brazilian negroes to
carry a load with difficulty four African
porters carry it cheerfully, singing as they
ascend hill and chanting the whole time
as they trudge along. AS the discharging
of vessels is paid for by weight, the Afri.
can gang, which has less hands, earns
twice as much, and while they hoard and
save the Brazilian porter lives from hand
to mouth, spending his money for rum, in
the vain belief that it fits him for his