The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-23
SAND CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA.
One Teaspoonful Taken at Night Does
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1 One Teaspoonful Taken at Night Does
 the Business, Says MT. Bybee. l William Bybee, a pioneer of Jackson vile, has eaten sand for his health the
 past twenty years and seems to thrive
 on 1t. He thinks sand is the only med
 icine in the world for stomach troubles, and is not at all backward about re- commenting it to his friends who are suffering from dyspepsia or any other affection of the digestive organs. | I was nearly dead from dyspepsia | twenty years ago and had lost all faith
 in madeleine" said MT Bybee yester- day, when Mrs. Winner, the wife of a miner on the Applegate river in south ern Oregon, recommended sand. My body was paralyzed below the breast, and I was willing to take chances on anything. I began by swallowing tea spoonful of dry sand on going to bed at night, and I soon noticed that I slept better than for years, though my appe- tite did not increase for few weeks. kept on swallowing the sand regularly until l was well. I have used it off and on, however, ever since, and I carry a vial of dry sand about with me as a tonic. When I happen to overeat or feel the need of a cathartic I put a sist it down my throat with swallow spoonful of sand on my tongue and as- of water. Sand is the only medicine have taken since 1881, though previous ly my pockets were always full of pow ders and liquids and my doctor and drug bills were large"
 How fha sand rl1rc oriuipata1 Mir Bybee does not know, but he thinks it evolved from the practice of some peo- pie in the southern states, who swal- lowed small bits of gravel as a reme dy for chills and fever "The particles of sand act mechanically on the lining of the stomach and intestines," he said, land they carry off the surplus mucus from the digestive organs. If small pebbles are swallowed they will remain in the stomach for some little time un- til they become coated with mucus, which they carry off. AS the particles of sand are almost as fine as flour, there is no danger of clogging the bowels as there might be should the larger peb- bles be used.
 1T used common river bottom sand,
 
 time When I get home I wash it in several waters, in order to remove all dirt and vegetable matter, and then I dry it in an oven. have recommended the remedy to hundreds of persons who could find no relief from stomach trou- bles. and where the prescription was faithfully followed a cure always re- suited. I have in my possession now letter from a wealthy man in Quebec, who says he owes his life to my reme- dy. and he wants me to go back there and live with him the remainder of my days. do not care to take up with his proposition, however, as I tried change of climate for my health about twenty three years ago and I came near freez- ing to death back east. I am seventy one years of age now and I enjoy life in southern Oregon, being in perfect health, and so I shall remain thsre the rest of my life. You can tell people that there is no risk whatever in taking sand, as it cannot possibly hurt them evenif it does no good. Sand is about as cheap medicine as can be taken, as all it costs Is the trouble of gathering and cleaning. g.''-Portland Oregonian.