The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-21
BY DIRECTION OF
LORD SALISBURY
IA BRITISH CONSUL SUBMITS 4 NOVEL
MEANS OF STRENGTHENING
THE ARMY.
Not by Enlistments, but by Increas-
ing the Individual Eff.
cheney of the Men.

That in these modern days the govern
ments of the world neglect nothing that
promises to be an aid in prosecuting war,
or which may in any way benefit their
armies, is shown by the novel sugges-
ton contained In the subjoined extracts
from British official records:
Foreign Office TO Royal Gardens, Kew.
Foreign Office, October 3, 1880.
Sir-I am directed by the Marquis Of
Salisbury to transmit herewith. for
kour information, copy of dispatch
from Her Majesty's Consul at Bahia,
containing a report on the use and prop
critics of the sterculia bean. i am, etc,
(Signed T. V. LISTER.
The Director Royal Gardens, Kew.
Qnclosure)
BAHIA, September s, 1890.
Ny Lord-I have the honor to bring
under your lordsnips notice, in the event
that it may prove useful TO Her Majesty's
War Office, the great powers Of endur-
ance and strength in lifting heavy loads
and Transporting them toA long distances
in this tropical climate possessed by the
West African negroes in these parts,
which personal observation and CONVEX
saton with them and West African
traders who visit this port enables me TO
attribute to the free use of the sterculia
bean, which 1 learn is now being intro
duced into the French army after re-
search. study and experiments made at
Marseilles by DR.. Heckle, professor Of
science of the Medical Academy there
The West Indian carriers at this port,
Who use sterculia and carry the bean
wrapped in banana about their person.
are as whole, not physically speaking.
superior men TO the Brazilian negro, and
yet the African. through constantly
masticating sterculia, can endure labor
and fatigue which the Brazilian carrier
cannot withstand. These beans, which
are not intoxicatin and in no way in
furious, act as a nutritive, quench thirst
and produce vigor and freshness. I
have, etc.
(SignedD
GEORGE ALEXANDER STEVENS.
Consul.
The Marquis Of Salisbury, X. G., ETC.,
etc.
The product of the seeds or nuts al
iuded to lis known to civilization as
Kolafra, the article called Vino Kolafra
being the standard preparation of it,
Vino Kolafra possesses all the stimulat-
ing and strengthening properties of the
nut itself, and is used and commended
Sy athletes, invalids, employers of labor,
learned professions and all who need a
safe and certain invigorant and tonic.
1t occupies wholly exceptional posi-
ton among stimulants in that It pro-
duces pervading and sustained effect
not followed by the depression or reac-
ton inseparable from all others
The introduction to civilization Of the
stercuiia fruit in a practical form is due
to the efforts OF the Brunswick Phar-
macai Company of 80 William st. New
York, whose experiments in the tropical
home Of the tree, covering a period of
several years, have been frequently re-
ferred to by the press throughout the
country.
1t strengthens and regulates the action
OF the heart, deepens the breathing, re-
strains the waste Of tissue and nerve
force under unusual exertion, and de-
velops degree of physical and PSYCHE
cal power which surprises all who ex-
perience or witness IL.
Physicians have commended Il for use
IN cases of anaemia and weakness from
any form of functional debility or merry
GUS prostration. For chronic invalids
and those who are slowly convalescins
after acute illness there is nothing to
compare with ii in the list of remedies.
In fact. Vino Kolafra is in some mys-
ferrous way renewer OF vitality. a
tonic in the highest meaning Of the
word; and If governments find Il helpful
to armies in the field. 1t is certainly an
equally important aid in the hard cam
paign ot life.