St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26
CULTIVATE IN THEIR COLONIES
THE NUT FROM WHICH KOLA-
FRA is MADE.
DIRECTLY WITHIN OUR OWN
BORDERS.
Orange Growers to Plant Trees in
Florida, and SprccIkeIs, the
Sugar King, in the SRnd-
witch Islands.

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Cambridge, England, and which is be-
ing used by the New York letter car
rlers to make extra trips without
fatigue, and which has excited the
curiosity and won the approval of
prominent members of the medical pro-
fesslon all over the world, and which
IN the United States at least, in the
form of Vino-Kolafra, is giving imme-
date and lasting strength to thou
sands who are daily overtaxed either
by physical or mental labor, has at last
attracted the attention of capital
The plain truth is that the species of
Sterculia (Which is the botanical name
Of the nut from which the Vino Koia-
fra Of the drug stores is made) is
staple, the cultivation of which prom
ises profit for those engaged in it.
The French and German Govern
| ments recognize 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 more
than passing interest 1t grows from
80 to 60 feet in height, and takes five
wears to bear to any extent The con
dittons of climate are heat and moist
Ure In frostless belt The nuts
themselves are about half the size of
an egg, irregular in contour and of
darkish hue. 1t is of the utmost i'm
portance they should be gathered fresh
and the essential oil of the nut pre-
served unaltered and unimpaired.
Johnson & Johnson, of No. go William
street, New York manufacturing
chemists, well and favorably known
10 the medical profession. We're quick
to realize the value of obtaining the
fresh nut and so preparing it for gen
eral consumption that it's character
1stic properties should be retained in
their full strength. To attain this end
they some time ago established lab
oratory In the tropical home of the
tree
Now comes the intelligence that Mr..
Claus Spreckeis. the Sugar King, Of
California. is about to plant trees in
the Sandwich Islands, where the eli
mate and soil conditions are certainly
ideal. But what is more interesting
still has been discovered, that the soil
and climate of Florida are also adapted
TO the successful cultivation of the
African tree Of life"
The undoubted success of the Kola-
ira products, in connection with a
scarcity of the nuts, has induced
goodly number Of the Florida orange
growers to undertake the cultivation
of the tree, with C hope of obtaining
from 1t more certain as well as more
profitable crop than is afforded by
orange trees
Kolafra is used to some extent as a
substitute for coffee and tea. It's full
tonic and medicinal qualities, however,
are best secured by preparing the nuts
fresh from the tree with wine and 1t Is
in this form, or what is properly known
as Vino-Kolafra, that it has secured it's
largest sale. Its Importance is due.
foi
secondly to the fact that, unlike all
other known stimulants, it's use is fol-
lowed by no reaction, depression or un-
pleasant effects Of any kind. It is
this latter quality which renders it an
ideal general stimulant. It's tonic and
remedial qualities have commended it
largely to physicians, as will be seen
from the following from the New York
Sun:
Vino-koIafra, according to the testi-
n,ony Of the medical profession, is pre-
eminent in the treatment of all diseases
Where tonic stimulant Or invigorant
is indicated. In nervous exhaustion, de-
preston, lassitude, anaemia, dyspepsia,
biliousneSs; in commissioners irregular
heart and general debility-in these and
all other diseases arising from lack of
vitality it is decidedly beneficial.
Dr. Z. 2. Smith, chairman of the
Board Of Management of the Brooklyn
State Hospital for the Insane, when in
terviewed at his residence, No. 1T
Putnam avenue, Brooklyn, said in re-
gard to the value of the nut as medi-
ciDa1 remedy and it's physiological and
therapeutic action: "In considering the
merits OF this remedy as stimulant
beverage, I class it above alcohol, cocoa,
coffee or tea It's action is natural and
II produces no detrimental after eff
fects- 1T is the only remedy we have
that produces natural toning I'D and
st1mula ting OF the system; all others
cause degree Of depression which cor
responds to the amount of energy con-
sumed by their stimulant action Ko-
1afra, on the other hand, while produc-
ing no bad effects at all, is an antidote
to the i'll results which follow the adj
ulfnistration of alcohol, opium, etc 1t
is. in fact, the only known stimulant
whose action and effects are entirely
natural and hea1thful It seems to me
that the Introduction Of an efficient
preparation of this nut will meet ne
cessity that has long been recognized
in medical circles I am now prescrib-
ms it in my practice and find it bene-
fetal IL all cases where such a remedy
is desired
Dr. A. r. Strachan, of Nc 25 East
Thirtieth street, house physician of the
Hotel Brunswick, in an article in the
Kolafra myself during a bad attack
OF Ia grippe with excellent results Il
is certainly worthy OF the unbiased
consideration of every medical man.
whose duty It is to be on the OUTLOOK
f0T remedies OF merit II fills a p.a ce
ia practice which for many years we
have attempted to I'LL with oshe-
therapeutic agents which have not
been adequate to meet all the REQUIRE
FnSnlF I consider Vino KOlefrs . paj
ural stiInulant, which braces I'D an ex-
hausted nervous system, and, indeed,
which prevents fatigue when taken
before weaTying work 1t auays irri-
tation in nervous troubles, and helps
little IN almost every case, without
hindEring in any direction. It helps
out the stomach, the liver and kid
neyS-"
DR.. Cyrus Edison, president of the
New York Health Board: IT have
used it in my practice for more than
a year and a half, to bridge over that
frequent gap in treatment which is
met with in cases of prolonged ILL
ness. OF all the stimu1ants known it
is the most powerful and at the same
time absolutely harmless. In cases of
acute dyspepsia and in convaIescence
it 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 Edward
Haeckle, of the Paris School of Medi-
cine, who has in behalf of the French
Army authorities given much atten-
ton to products Of the African mt as