Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-28

Not long ago Horace Fletcher pub
lislaed book called nThe A, B, q, OF Our
Own Nutrition" in which he advocated,
vDo right the feeding Of your body;
Nature will do all the rest for you
arght." After dozen years of uninter.
rupted experiments upon himself and
uIon dogs, cats and other animals, Mr..
Horace Fletcher concludes that the aver
age human being eats three times as much
as is good for him; that by eating only
one-third as much and masticating it
even more thoroughly than by Glad
stones famous thirty-two bites of each
n outhful, a person Is assured OF unfailtng
health, strength, contentment and lon
gevity; In Hord, he will have annthil-
gestion. Mr.. Fletcher conducted expert
nlents at Yale and Cambridge Universt-
ties, and made tests under the auspices
Of the United States Army. As result
ct his experiments he advocates that
people should ignore false appetite and
watt for return Of normal appetite,
which Is indicated i BY desire tor .a some ne
il watering Of the mouth-all Of which Is
good advice, but great many Ameri-
cans, both men and women, are thin, pale
ind puny, with poor circulation, because
they have already ill-treated their stom-
achs by hasty eating or too much eating,
oy consuming alcoholic beverages, or BY
too close confinement to home, office or
must be treated in q natural way before
they can rectify their earlier mistakes.
The muscles In many such people, In
every weary, thin and thin-blooded per-
son, do their work with great difficulty.
As q result fatigue comes early, is ex-
IRENE and lasts long. The demand f Dr
insure perfect heaith every tissue, bone,
nerve, tendon or muscle should take
from the blood certain materials and
return to it certain others. 1t Is neces-
sary to prepare the stomach for the work
of taking up from tho food what Is
necessary to make good, rich, red blood.
which shall be simple but effective.
There were certain roots known to the
Indians of this country before the advent
of the whites which later came to the
knowledge of the settlers and which are
now growing rapidly In professional
favor for the cure Of obstinate stomach,
and liver troubles. These are found to
be safe and yet certain IN the 3h cleansing
and blood. These are: Golden Seal root.
Queens. root, Stone root, Bloodroot,
Mandrake root Then there Is Black
Cherrybark. The medicinal principles
residing in these native roots when
extracted with glycerine as . s0lvent
makes the most reliable and efficient
stomach tonic and liver invigorator.
Where there is bankrupt yitalityIs .h;a
blood the body acquires vigor and the
nerves, blood and all the tissues feel the
favorable effect.
Although some physicians were aware
of the high medicinal value Of the above
mentioned plants, yet few have used pure
glycerine in combination, or as q solvent,
and usually the doctors, prescriptions
amounts, sctth alcohol.
Nearly forty years ago, Dr.. Pierce
found that chemically pure glycerine, Of
proper strength, was best for extracting
the medicinal properties from these roots
and that it gave added value to q tonic
compound in restoring tone and vigor to
the entire system without the detrfmen-