The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-06
COFFEE HITS HARD.


A young lady in California had re-
markable experience with coffee drinking.
The details are most interesting to any
one who even suspects that coffee is dam
aging to the health. She says, 81 drank
coffee from a child, and a few
years ago my health began to
break down; everything I ate or
drank distressed me, and 1 settled into
chronic form of dyspepsia accompanied
with headache every morning and was
very irritable most of the time. I could
not sleep without taking a sleeping
draught. While at first the pains in my
stomach We're slight, they kept growing
worse. until finally the most wholesome
food and drink would cause intense ago.
ny. and a few minutes after eating
would have to throw everything up. My
doctor had been telling me for some
time that coffee was hurting me, but
did not believe it was true. for l saw
many people drink coffee and thought /
could.
OF course, in this condition could not
sustain my flesh and strength, and lost
IN weight from 1S5 pounds down to 80
pounds, and became a perfect skeleton.
starving TO death in land of plenty.
was confined to my bed and dying by
inches. The doctor told me there was no
chance of my ever getting well as my
stomach was worn out.
They had begun, to wonder how many
more days / would live. One day lady
friend called and told how wonderfully
she had been helped out of stomach
trouble and headaches by leaving off cof-
fee and using Postum Food Coffee and
Gfape-Nuts Food. She went right to
work and made me a nice cup of Postum
and prepared little Grape-Nuts. !
dreaded the torture of taking anything
INTO my stomach, but she coaXed me to
take a spoonful of Postum and of Grape
Nuts. To my great surprise, ] found
that / did not have any pain to speak of
IN my stomach, and the food actually
stayed down.
everyone was completely mystified. In
little time afterwsrd / drank three
spoonfuls of the Postum and took a little
more OF the Grape-Nuts. and that stayed
doWn and seemed to soothe my nerves
ana give me a restful feeling.
soon after the doctor came in and my
nurse told him that, for the first time
IN three weeks, food had stayed on the
stomach. He could hardly believe her as
ne thought death was very near. Then
ne wanted to know what l had been eat
ing ana drinking. He took home some Of
me Grape-Nuts and Postum. The next
- "N Saiu There was no mystery ABOUT
H. as he had analysed the samples and
sad he had found pre-digested food,
ana one that would not hurt the stom-
acn, and the Postum was the most nat
ural drink he had ever seen. He said
mat 1t did not excite the nerves as did
couee, and that it was nourishing and
huilt up the system instead of tearing Il
down. He had my nurse give me more
o. the Postum and Grape-Nuts and said
there was one chance in ten that my
saved
In less than a weeks time could
drink half a cup of Postum at once. and
now IT DID quiet my nerves and make me
ieei IKE l was getting some strength.
DIX days after beginning Postum I
vent to sleep the first time in two months
Nlthout taking a sleeping draught. SO
Up by step KEEP on Improving. The
headaches disappeared. My stomach be
Nane stronger each day and ! gained
steadily I'm weight.
Nt the end OF four months / felt like n
ne" person, and had gained fifty pounds
:" weight could sleep well. eat plain food,
'na all In oil, feel we'll and strong again.
MY head Is so clear that I can think
"ller than ] ever could. know, and
a'' OF our friends know. that there Is not
VIC slightest doubt but that I would be
~ my grave to-day but FOR Postum Food
'oheo ana Grape-Nuts.
on can publish this account 81 YOU
IN but please only use my Initials"
Nhf y. T., sebastopol. Calf Pun name
wa address given 10 those Interested up
ipplioaiion 20 the Postum Cereal Co,
"'' hatte Crock, Mich.