Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-11-30

There are many cures nowadays
that do not cure said an American
who, according to the philadelphia
Press, returned the other day from
Europe. "Who among us does not
know OF a woman really in need of
good hard work and bic~ycleriding
putting her faith and money in rest
cures? And, in the same breath, some
overtired, ~overworked, overworried
creature massaging away and per-
forming the most ncrve-racking gym
nastic feats TO get rid of that dread
full nervous feeling
The world is full Of otherwise SEN
sible men and women being violently
manipulated by machinery, massaged
by knobs, expanded by wheels and
pulleys, Strengthened by revolving
pillows OF pumped up and down by
saddles that never touched a horse.
In fact, many seem to spend their
lives in the pursuit OF fresh cures.
Yet they still complain.
Among all the cures of which one
hears the praises sung there has been
no mention of the tohoggan cure. l
have been trying it this January in
Sweden, and | have learned to believe
in il more than in electricity, baths,
massage. hot water and minced raw
beef. the mechanical boat or four
weeks of undiluted feather bed No
body in Stockholm calls it the to-
h"9gmningcure; hatname is given to il
Ivy one who has realized it's benefits
and who thinks it n delightful rem
rdy for dyspepsia, a splendid builder.
up OF nerve force.
when the snow comes and stays
in this northern latitude the world
,"boggaus. and as the snow comes
"urly and stays many weeks, the
world has plenty Of time in which to
rcrcl In this most celebrating
sport. The innumerable infants of
Stockholm content themselves with
the diminutiye slide behind the Ii
brnry in the h~umlegard. The school
boys rush down the eurying ice
slope hat surrounds the skating
park. The king and the royal princes
and princesscs frolic at Saltsjobaden,
beyond the great hotel that is n para
disc in summer. But the romantic
nlly inclincd-those who love n touch
Of wildness in scenery and those,
more practically. who adore n really
splendid ice hill (steep. smooth.
straight and long)-go out into the
woods of Djursholm, n village that lies
among the pine trees and the frs upon
the edge of the frozen deep. And
the Djursholm slide is the best within
reach of Stockholm. About 1000 feet
In length, it is swept daily, and is
daily visited by those who love to
undergo the cure, and they Eee many,
and include young men and mnidens.
an occasional old man, q very per-
sistcnt girls school. and, OF course,
any number Of pink-cheeked, shrill-
voiced children.
1T is an amazing sight to behold n
solemn mite OF eight or nine launch
ing forth alone on the flying jour
ncy calmly resting sideways~like an
ancient Roman ut the feast-upon n
diminutivc toboggan. 1t is, per-
haps. even more wonderful to see
some boy of l2 or II lying face down
ward. his hands grasping the run
rprs of one slcdge, his feet tucked
through the runncrs of another, pio-
ncering n crowd of IL companions at
h~reakncck speed through the keen,
frosty air, keeping n straight course
by almost imperccptible wrigg!es OF
his body. and shooting clear Of his
burden when the level ice is reached.
There nre indeed u good many spills
n good many plunges made into the
soft snow that lies heapcd on each
side of the track. But nobody seems
much the worse. and ms for me. ] look
upon an occasional shock rs pnrt Of
the cure. like the douchc that puts
the finishing touch to n Turkish bath.
seriously. the tobogganing cure,
whether undergone in Switzerland or
IN Sweden, is n superb tonic. the very
best | know. II puts gnyc;y into the
heart. color into the checks, light into
the eyes, strength into the nerves. IL
gives the patient an appetite that is
alarming. n long succession OF nights
passed. in ORGANIZES sleep. IT. bnn-
isles pcssimism and drives away dys-
pcpsin. The toll up the hill. dragging
the sleigh. Is lightcncd by the thought
OF the excitement OF tho rush down.
the flying vision of the hurrying
trees. the leap at the little ledge NJ
ice TINT forms n bunker the music
Of the runners over the sparkling sur
face of the slide, the whirlwind of
snow In which the patient reaches the
ponlr