The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-26

as have been foolish and desire to be-
come sensible. AT all events Johnson
had partial paralysis of the left side
year ago, he was victim Of Bright'S
disease weighed $40 pounds, suffered
from asthma and was informed by his
medical advisers that he could not ex-
pect to live more than a month or two.
Now Johnson weighs ITO pounds, is
harder than nails, having no trace of
Bright's disease, though half a dozen
doctors have lately tried to find one, is
absolutely free from aches or pains,
and can put in as hard a days work
in hot July sun as almost any man
of his years. Johnson is forty eight,
and he has worked the greater part Of
his life in breweries.
When big Pete" as he is called by
his familiars, was induced to try the
cure, he was so far gone that he would
have tried anything, being quite in
different to life. He had been more or
less an invalid for five years, but DUR
ing the last three had put on flesh at
an amazing rate.
Quit All His Bad Habits.
II was all i'm said Johnson to T h e
G lobe last night when l lay down
at night it wasn't ten minutes until |
had to sit up again or choke to death.
l had been a great smoker all my life
and that put my heart out. In hot
weather I-couldn't depend on my heart
to do the proper stunt of pumping and
often l had to go into corner and sit
down for an hour while the things in
side me Strengthened themselves out.
"Now the whole works are changed
completely. l have been born over
again. 1t is nine months and four
days since I tasted tobacco, the same
length of time since I tasted meat.
have not let a drop of liquor or beer
pass my lips since I began taking the
new cure, nor do 1 touch tea or coffee.
when a man tackles this PROPOSE
ton he has to cure all the appetites he
has formed in lifetime. I am as
tonished at the brief time 1T takes to
cut out habits that have been practi-
cally lifelong. For instance, had been
smoking ever since l was fifteen, and
chewing as we'll Now 1 never think
of either chewing or smoking / drank
gallons of beer in the brewery. Now
work round it just the same as ever,
but never touch a DROP.
Habits Create Appetites.
Here's the way I've got it sized up.
| A mans point of view is governed by
| the shape his blood and system gener-
| ally are in. When my blood was full
| of nicotine and alcohol I just craved
that popular combination. I'd eat
| three or four Norway behring's of a
morning with a chunk of bread and
| plenty of beer. Anything in the line OF
| a drink except water or milk look ed
| mighty good to me. I used to eat a
| heavy meal of meat and boiled pota-
toes at noon, and after supper at night
a lot more beer with free lunch sand
wiches or sometimes. baked beans.
wasn't any worse than scores of men
know of who are travelling the same
road I did.
"Of course. when got very sick
could not eat so much, but still had to
have liquor and tobacco. Once I lay
| on my back and lit "a cigar, believing
| it was the last act of my life. When
| the fast cure doctor got to work on me
| I was cut short of everything. For
| fifty-ffve days 1 didn't eat thing and
my weight dropped to $50 pounds
j Just about the tenth day after began