The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-05
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
JObsOn's Spring Tonic
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ASH spring, when tne crocuseS anu
hyacinths were beginning to pop,
Mr.. Jobson harked back to the days of
his youth in proposing a method of
treating Mrs. Jobson's annual attack
of spring fever, which caused her to
feel languid, heavy and depressed.
Its the state of your blood that
causes that 'dopy' feeling" said Mr..
Jobson. 'Your blood's too thick. What
YOU want is something to thin your
blood. Member how the mothers of
young ones 20 or 30 years ago used to
make the shavers take a tablespoonful
of sulphur and molasses for their
blood every morning before breakfast
as regularly as the spring came
'round?'
''Yes, remember" said Mrs. Jobson,
with shudder.
well, that's what you want-sul-
phur and molasses," said Mr.. Jobson,
in his usual cock-sure manner. Il tell
you what, those old-fashioned rene
dies were all right; and if the know-it
all folks of the present generation
would only revert to what they call the
'old-fashioned' methods of their fathers
and mothers in the prevention and
treatment of disease there'd be a
blamed sight less sickness in the world,
and lot o. these doctor people would
be driving drays for living. What you
want, Mrs. JobsOn, what you absolute
ly require. and what I'm going to see
that you take for this lassitude, attrib-
utable to over-thicE blood, is sulphur
and molasses, in tablespoonful doses,
every morning before breakfast for
month or so. When you get through
with that treatment you won't recog
nize yourself
THAT is probably true; I'll be so COW
cred with boils," said Mrs. Jobson.
'Boils!" exclaimed Mr.. Jobson.
swell, what better luck could you pos
sibly have, beg to inquire, than to get
a lot of boils-the more the better? If
the sulphur and molasses treatment
caused the appearance of the boils.
wouldn't that be dead-certain indica-
ton that you were in need of the
treatment? Boils, Mrs. Jobson? Don't
you know that every boil we have is
worth crisp, new ten-dollar note: and
cheap at the price? Boils? You've
heard that old adage about their being
better out than in?' | know what's
good for you, Mrs. Jobson, and l don't
know how you'd possibly make out if
l didn't happen to be constantly on the
lookout in caring for your health. I'll
get couple of pounds of sulphur on
my way up from the office this after
noon, and during the day you can get
big jug of molasses-none O. these
fancy sirup connections, remember, but
regular old-time molasses-and we'll
mix the medicine up tonight, and you
can begin taking it tomorrow morn
ing"
"Why aren't you going to take it,
too?" inquired Mrs. Jobson, in a tone of
surprise.
me take it?" said Mr.. Jobson.
"What for? What do / want with it?
I'm feeling as skittish as yearling colt
just turned loose ir field of red clover.
] don't need any spring medicine. If
did I'd take sulphur and molasses three
times day and enjoy it. Fact is, feel
rather sore over the fact that | don't
need it. like it. When l was boy
! used to get up early on spring morn
ings, SOS to be the first in line when
my mother was ready to dish us young
sters out our matutinal doses of sui
phur and molasses. I've got the right
thing, Mrs. Jobson, and you'll come to
me and thank me for suggesting it to
you about a month from now, when
you'll be feeling so good that you'll
want to go out on the front sidewalk
and jump the skipping rope with the
little girls and play jacks and bean
bag with en-
Notwithstanding all of whicI Mrs.
Jobson didn't look particularly cheer
full over the sulphur and molasses pros
pect. She well remembered how, as a
little girl. she had often been tempted
to run away from home and become a
great opera singer or something be-
cause her old-fashioned mother merci-
lessly forced her and her brothers and
sisters to gulp down every morning
during the first month or so of spring
hOoBihS tablespoonful III VI lut StlChJ,
gritty, sour-tasting sulphur and mo-
lasses concoction. She recalled how it
had always put her teeth on edge and
the aftermath of boils.
But when Mr.. Jobson brought home
big package of sulphur that afternoon
she had the jug of molasses ready and
she lodged no protest. Mr.. Jobson
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cry pitcher. He saw to it that she swal-
lowed big tablespoonful of the awful
stuff the next morning before break
fast and every morning thereafter at
the same hour for couple of weeks.