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The Adair County news., 1905-09-27
C0CA-C0LA IS
HARMLESS.
Results of an Investigation
n a de by Authorities a
Harmless Beverage.
REMARKABLE TEMPERANCE DrINk.

ance convictions in all parts OF
she United States. There has
been also a remarkable diminI-
ton in the consumption of spirit
uouS liquors. While these two
facts are related to each other,
in other words, the growth of
temperance accounts in part for
the diminution of the liquor traf-
fic, there has been a powerful
auxiliary to temperance in the
very refreshing beverages that
have experienced such wide pop
ularity in recent years. None
Of them has become so famous as
Coca-Cola, which was manufact-
ured originally in Atlanta, Ca,
but is now made by the same
parent company, not only in At
lanta, but in Philadelphia, Chi
cago, Dallas and Los Angeles,
which supply the increased de-
mand for this popular beverage
from the territory to which each
city is the distributing center.
Largely on account Of the in
creasing use of Coca-Cola, a per-
fectly harmless beverage, the So
da fountain has supplanted the
saloon in many places. But let
us see what these analyses of
of authorized and disinterested
experts reveal as to the merits
and alleged demerits of Coca-Co-
la. Here they are:
First is letter, addressed to
the editor of the Rams Horn" +"
by the chief of the D. S. Govern
ment Bureau of Chemistry, in
the Department of Agriculture,
which is in response to an in
quiry as to whether Coca-Cola
contains cocaine Or any other
harmful ingredients. Mr.. Wiley,
the chief, replied that while he
had never examined Coca-Cola,
it had been the subject of anal
ysis by different Food Commits
sioners, and according to their
reports, they were, none of them,
able to demonstrate the presence
Of cocaine. This letter is dated
June 26th, 1905, and is on file in
the office of the RAMS Horn" F"
Chicago.
The Food Commission to which
Chief Wiley refers are those ap-
pointed by the several States to
guard the people against injuri-
Gus foods and drinks. Every re-
port that has been made by these
commissions, so far as we can
learn, has been highly favorable
to Coca-Cola. A Characteristic
one is that from the State of
Georgia, which is given here
with, because Georgia is the
original home of this preparation.
John M. McCandles, State Chem
list.
State of Georgia,
Department of Agriculture
Division Of Chemistry.
Atlanta, Ca, February 6, 1905.
The Coca-Cola Company,
Atlanta, Ga.
Gentlemen: Referring to your
recent inquiry as to a copy of
any analysis l have made of
Coca Cola, l beg to furnish you
the following copy of a letter
written to Prof. Kilgore, State
Chemist of North Carolina, who
inquired particularly concerning
any analysis of Coca-Cola, which
l might have been made.
I'm the matter of Coca-Cola,
there was a bill introduced in
the last Legislature imposing a
tax upon all the soda-water syr-
ups, and believe it was amend
ed to put a still higher tax upon
Coca-Cola than upon any other
syrup, because of it's supposed
injurious character. l >analyzed
a sample of Coca Cola / bought
The Adair County news., 1905-09-27


for morphine, neither of which
were present. l found 1.37
1 grains of caffeine per fluid ounce
of the Coca-Cola syrup, and cal
culated that this amount was
considerably less than would be
found in a cup Of coffee, accord
ing to the analysis given in AL
lens Commercial Organic Anal
ysis. | also found that Coca Co.
la contained .2472 grams of phos-
phoric acid per gallon, equivalent
to .379 grains of 80 per cent.
phosphoric acid. l did not un-
dertake to estimate or determine
any Of the various favoring in
gradients which are used in
Coca-Cola. My final judgment
about~the matter was that there
was nothing more injurious in
Coca-Cola than would be found
in tea or coffee. | have seen no
other analyses which have been
made of this syrup. The specif-
ic gravity of the sample which |
examined was about I.28. Prac-
tically alls of the solid matter
shone by this specific gravity
was due to sugar.
Yours very truly,
Jno. M. McCandles, State Chem
list.
Quite as conclusive as the re-
port of State Commissions is that
of DR.. Louis Shaefer, President
of the Shaefer Alkaloid Works
haywood, N. j., large manufact-
urers of Cocaine, Caffeine,
Strychnine and other alkaloids:
On March 7th, 1904, l went to
the Drug Store Of J. Milhaus'
Son, 1873 Broadway New York,
N. Y, and ordered a pint of
original Coca-Cola Syrup. | OBJ
tanned bottle, which the drug
gist asserted was taken from the
original cask.
| made during the 8th, 9Th
and 10th Of March, a thorough
analysis of the obtained syrup,
using the best knowledge of my
long experience in the chemistry
of Alkaloids, to isolate the Aka
loids of the sample. l found
that the sample contained a
small percentage of Caffeine,
which is the Alkaloid of Cola
Nuts, and. which also exists in
large quantities. in tea leaves and
coffee beans. Outside of Caf-
feline, | could not isolate any
other Alkalords. l especially
directed my efforts to the detec-
tion of Cocaine. For this pur-
pose | made repeated fractional
examinations of the Total Aka
loid obtained from the syrup.
l narrowed the fractions which
should contain all the Cocaine of
the sample, if there were any
present, repeatedly down, to find
in each case, that not a trace of
Cocaine. which has been pro-
nounced characteristic, could be
detected.
The above experiments prove
to me conclusively that the Coca
Cola Syrup, as sold by the Coca
Cola Company, does not contain
a trace of Cocaine.
(Signned) DR.. L. Shaefer :,
Acknowledged before me, this
eleventh day Of March, 1904.
Albert Frankel, Notary Public
No., 68, Kings Co., N. Y.
j. c. Minis, Analytical and. In
dustrial Chemist, Board of health
New Orleans, also purchased in
the open market a quantity of
Coca-Cola Syrup and submitted
same to analysis. After careful
examination he failed to show
the presence of Cocaine or other
injurious Alkaloids. His report
is dated June 7th, 1905.
In view of the many false and
perhaps malicious reports that
vxyn,sn n,rMx.nr% -
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08
MODERN BLUEBEARD.

Chicago, Feb. -Four supposed
wives of johann Hoch have been dis
covered since yesterday. The total is
now twenty.nine, rot counting two in
Brooklyn, regarding VIII, IN the police
have heard rumors. The "new wives"
are Mrs. Loughken-Hoch, said to have
welded the prisoner i'll san Francisco
four years ago, and TO have died sud
denly; Mrs. Hulda Nagel- Hoch, St.
Paul; Mrs. Henry BAte.-Ioch and Mrs.
Fred Doess- Hoch, both of Cincinnati.
Two indictments, charging bigamy,
were voted against Johann Hoch by the
grand jury today. Three of Hoch S
supposed wives were witnesses before
the grand jury. When at the criminal
court building waiting to appear before
the grand jury, the three women met
each other for the first time, they shook
hands and congratulated each other
over their escape from HoCh.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08
CHAPTER IX.
NOTORIETY

NoToRIETY AND THE VICTORIOUS GOOD.
~ NE of the chief puerilities Of
4 our time is the love of adver-
\ tisement. TO emerge from
~ obscurity, to be in the public
eye. to make oneself talked of-some
people are so consumed with this desire
that we are justified in declaring them
attacked with IN itch for publicity. In
their eyes obscurity is the height of ig-
nominy. so they do their best to keep
their names in every mouth. In their
obscure position they look upon them
selves as lost, like shipwrecked sailors
whom n night of tempest has cast on
some lonely rock and who have re-
course to cries. vOlleys. fire. all the sig
nails imaginable, to let it be known that
they are there. Not content with set
ting off crackers and innocent rtckets,
many. to make themselves heard at
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08

quite false. 1 shall not advance 10 the
attack with hackneyed tales of the
rich man astray in a desert who can
not get even a drop of water for his
gold. or the decrepit millionaire who
would give half he has to buy from a
stalwart fellow without a cent his
twenty years and his lusty health; no
more shall attempt to prove that one
cannot buy happiness. So many peo-
pie who have money and so many more
who have not would smile at this truth
as the hardest ridden of saws. But ]
shall appeal to the common experience
Of each Of you. to make you put your
finger on the clumsy lie hidden beneath
an axiom that all the world goes about
repeating.
Fill your purse to the best of your
means and let us set out for one of the
watering places of which there are so
many-I mean some little town for
merly unknown and full of simple folk,
respectful and hospitable, among whom
it was good to be, and cost little. Fame
with her hundred trumpets has an
nounced them to the world and shown
them how they can profit from their
situation, their climate, their person
ality. You start out on the faith Of
Dame Rumor, flattering yourself that
with your money you are going to find
a quiet place to rest and, far from the
world of civilization and convention,
weave bit OF poetry into the warp Of
your days.
The beginning is good. Natures set
ting and some patriarchal costumes.
slow to disappear, delight you. But
as time passes the impression Is spoil
ed. The reverse side of things begins
to show. This which you thought was
as true antique as family heirlOOms is
naught but trickery to mystify the
credulous. Everything is labeled; all
is for sale. from the earth TO the in
habtants. These primitives have he
come the most COnSummate of sharp
ers. Given your money, they have re-
solved the problem OF getting 1t with
all sides are nets and traps. like spider
webs. AMI the fly that this gentry lies
snugly in wait for is you. This is
what twenty or thirty years of venali-
ty has done for population once sim
pie and honest, whose contact was
grateful indeed TO men worn by city
life. Homemade bread has disappear
ed. butter comes from the dealer they
know TO an art how to skim milk and
adultcratc wine; they have all the vices
of dwellcrs i'm cities without their vir-
tues
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08
Translated From the French by
MarylLOuiSe Hendee.

play is often painful and discouraging.
Who of us has not heard recitals Of
experiences wherein the narrator re-
GREETED some past kindness he had
done. some trouble he had taken. to
have nothing but vexatiOn in return?
These condolences generally end thus:
at was folly to do the thing" Some
times IL is right so to judge, for 1t Is
always a mistake to cast pearls before
swine. But how many lives there are
whose sole acts OF real beauty are
these very ones Of which the doers
repent because Of mems ingratitude!
Our wish for humanity is that the
number of these foolish deeds may
60 on increasing.
And now | arrive at the credo of the
mercenary spirit. 1t is characterized
by brevty. For the mcrcenary man
the law and the prophets are contain
ed in this one axiom: "With money you
can get anything" From surface
view of our social life nothing seems
more evident "Thc sinews Of war,"
''the shining mark" "the key that
ODeDS an uOpASt hlhS Aiphs ~
one gathered up all the sayings about
the glory and power of gold he could
make litany longer than that which
is chanted i'm honor of the Virgin. You
must be without penny, if only Tor
a day or two, and try to live in this
world of ours, to have any idea of the
needs of him whose purse is empty.
invite those who love contrasts ana
unforeseen situations to attempt to live
without money three days and far
from their friends and acquaintance
in short. far from the society in which
they are somebody. They will gain
more experience in forty-eight hours
than in year otherwise. Alas for
some people, They have this expert
ence thrust upon them, and when verl-
table ruin deScends around their heads
it is useless to remain in their own
country, among the companions of
their youth, their former colleagues
even those indebted to them. People
affect to know them no longer With
what bitterness do they comment on
the creed of money. With gold one
may have what he wlll without it, i'm
possible to have anything. They be-
come pariahS. leperS. whom every one
shuns. files swarm round cudNvers,
men round gold Take away the gold.
nobody is there oh. it has caused
tears to flow, this creed Of gain-bitter
tears. tears of blood, even from those
very eyes which once adored the gold
en- calf!
And. with 1t all this creed is false.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08

would see anything but results ana
penetrate the secrets of her laborato-
ries. Likewise in human society the
forces which move for good remain in
visible. and even in our individual
lives: what is best In us Is incom-
municable. buried in the depths OF us.
And the more vital are these sensibil-
tiles and intuitions, confounding them
selves with the very source of our be-
ing. the less ostentatious they are.
They think themselves profaned by ex-
posure to tne light of day.
There is secret and ineXpressible
joy i'm possessing at the heart OF ones
being. an interior world known only
to God, whence. nevertheless, come i'm
pulses. enthusiasms, the daily renewal
Of courage and the most powerful mo-
tives for activity among our fellow
men. When this intimate life loses in
intensity, when man neglects ii for
what is superficial. he forfeits in worth
all that he gains in appearance. by
sad fatality it happens that i'm this
way we often become less admirable
in proportion as we are more admired.
And we remain convinced that what Is
best in the world is unknown there,
for only those know it who possess it,
and if they speak of ii in so doing they
destroy its charm.
There are passionate lovers Of nature
whom she fascinates most in byplaces,
in the cool of forests, in the clefts OF
canyons, everywhere that the careless
lover is not admitted to her contempla-
ton. Forgetting time and the life OF
the world they pass days in these in
violate stillnesses, watching a bird
build its nest or brood over its young
or some little grounding at its gra-
cious play. So to seek the good within
himself one must go where he no lon
ger finds constraint or pose or gallery
of any sort, but the simple fact of a
life made up of wishing to be what 1t
is good for it to be, without troubling
about anything else.
May we be permitted to record here
some observations made from life? AS
no names are given they cannot be
considered indiscreet.
In my country Of Alsace, on the soli-
taIy route whose intermnable ribbon
stretches on and on under the forests
of the Vosges, there is n stonebreaker
whom | have seen at his work for
thirty years. The first time | came
upon him | was young student set
ting out with swelling heart for the
great city. The sight of this man did
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08
6be Simple Life
BY Charles Wagner.

thousand soldiers. But put them un-
hirelings! At least one might imagine
that with money alone it is possible to
tighten misery. All. that. too. is an H.
lusion from which we must turn away.
Money, be the sum great or small, is Il
seed which terminates into abuses
Unless there 20 with it intelligence,
kindness, much knowledge of men, it
will do nothing but harm, and we run
great risk of corrupting both those who
receive our bounty and those charged
with it's distribution.
Money will not answer for every
thing; it Is power, but it is not all
powerful Nothing complexities life.
demoralizes man. perverts the normal
course of society. like the development
of venality. Wherever it reigns every
body is duped by everybody else; one
can no longer put trust i'm persons or
things. no longer obtain anything Of
value. We would not be detractOrs of
money, but this general law must he
applied to it: Everything in its own
place. When gold, which should be Il
servant. becomes tyraunical power
affronting morality. dignity and lib
erty: when some exert themselves to
obtain 1t at any price. offering for sale
what is not merchandise. and others.
possessing wealth. fancy that they can
purchase what no one may buy, it is
time to rise against this gross and
the imposture, Thy money perish with
thee!' The most precious things that
man possesses he has almost always
received gr.tuitously. Let him learn
so to give them.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08
Copyright, 1901, By
Mcclure, Phillips s. Co.

any cost, have gone to the length or
perfidy and even crime. The incendi-
ary Erostratus has made numerous dis
ciples How many men of today have
become notorious for having destroyed
something of mark, pulled down-or
tried to pull down --some mans high
reputation; signaled their passage, in
short, by scandal, a meanness or an
atrocity!
This rage for notoriety does not surge
through cracked brains alone or only
in the world of adventures, charla-
tans and pretenders generally. 1t has
spread abroad in all the domains of
life, spiritual and material. Politics,
literature even science, and, most obi
Gus of all, philanthropy and religion
are infected. Trumpets announce Il
good deed done, and souls must be
saved with din and clamor. Pursuing
its way of destruction. the rage for
noise has entered places ordinarily si-
lent, troubled spirits naturally serene
and vitiated in large measure all activ-
ity for good. The abuse of showing
everything, or, rather. putting every
thing on exhibition, the growing inca
pacity to appreciate that which chooses
to remain hidden and the habit of esti-
mating the value Of things by the rack
ct they make have come to corrupt the
judgment of the most earnest men, and
one sometimes wonders if society will
not end by transforming itself into a
great fair, with each one beating his
drum in front of his tent.
Gladly do we quit the dust and din
Of like exhibitions to go and breathe
peacefully in some faroff nook of the
woods, all surprise that the brook is so
limpid, the forest so still. the solitude
so enchanting. Thank God there are
yet these unnvaded cOrners How
ever formidable the uproar, however
deafening the babel Of merry andrews.
it cannot carry beyond a certain limit
1t grows faint and dies away. The
realm of silence is vaster than the
realm of noise. Herein is our consola-
ton.
Rest moment OH the threshold of
this infinite world of inglorious good,
of quiet activities. Instantly we are
under the charm we feel i'm stretches
of untrodden snow, in hiding wood
flowers, in disappearing pathways that
seem to lead to horizons without bourn.
The world is so made that the engines
of labor, the most active agencies. are
everywhere concealed. Nature affects
a sort of coquetry in masking her OPP
erations. 1t costs yOa pains to spy her
out, ingenuity to surprise her, if you
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08
GET STONE CONTRACT.

Helm & Zellers, of this city, have a
contract to build the new Henderson
Route bridge across Salt river; besides
thev will build culverts for this road at
Addison and Hawesville. TEIs road
during the spring and summer will
build its own line from West Poiut to
Louisville instead of using the Illinois
Central track, as heretofore. These
jobs of stone work come to Helm &
Zellers unsolicited, and the work will
keep from fifteen to thirty workmen
busy all spring and far into the sum
mer. The stone will be gotten out at
the roads quarries near Cloverport and
work will begin as soon as spring opens
up -Cannelton Telephone.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08
A TEXAS WONDER

One small bottle of the Texas Won
der, Hall 8 Great Discovery, cures all
kidney and bladder troubles, removes
gravel, cures diabetes, seminal ennis
sions, weak and lame backs, rheu-
matism and all irregularities of the
Kidnevs and bladder in both men
and women regulates bladder trouble
in children. If not sold by your
druggist it will be sent by mail on
receipt of 81. One small bottle is two
months treatment and seldom fails
to perfect a cure. DR.. E. W. Hall,
sole manufacturer, p o. Box $780, st.
Louis, Mo. ----Send for testimonials.
Sold by all druggists.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08

As you leave you count your money.
SO much is wanting that you make
complaint. You are wrong. One never
pays too dear for the conviction that
there are things which money will not
buy.
You have need in your house Of an
intelligent and competent servant. At
tempt to find this rara avis. According
to the principle that with money one
may get anything, you ought, as the
position you offer is inferior, ordinary,
good or exceptional. to find servants
unskilled, average, excellent, superior.
But all those who present themselves
for the vacant post are listed in the
last category and are fortified with
certificates TO support their preten-
sions. 1t is true that nine times out Of
ten when put to the test these experts
are found totally wanting. Then why
did they engage themselves with youT
They ought in truth to reply as does
the cook in the comedy, who is dearly
paid and proves to know nothing:
why did you hire out as a Gordon bleu ?
1t was to get bigger commissions.
That is the great affair. You will
always find people who like to get big
wages. More rarely you find capabil-
lty. And If you are looking for pro-
bity the difficulty increases. Mercena-
ries may be had for the asking; faith
fulness is another thing. Far be it from
me to deny the existence Of faithful
servants, at once intelligent and up
right. But you will encounter as
many. if not more. among the i'll paid
as among those most highly salaried.
And il little matters where you find
them. you may be sure that they are
not faithful in their own interest; they
are faithful because they have some
what of that simplicity which renders
us capable OF self abnegatiOn.
We also hear on all sides the adage
that money is the sinews of war. There
Is no question but that war costs much
money. and we know something about
il. Does this mean that in order to
defend herself against her enemies and
to honor her flag Il country need only
he rich? In olden time the Greeks
took il upon themselves to teach the
Persians the contrary, and this lesson
will never cease 10 be repeated in his
tory. With money ships, cannon, horses
may be bought, but not so military
genius, administrative wisdom. diSCi-
pline. enthusiasm. Put millions into
the hands of your recruiters and
charge them to bring you Il great lead
er and an army You will find hun
dred captains instead of one. and n
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08
OWENS MAJORITY.

The vote at Lyonia, Hancock coun-
ty, IN the primary for State Senator
on January 2S, had not been reported
to the News and several of It's con-
te mporarles when they went to press
last week. For this reason the vote, 2S
for Owen and for Richardson, is
given here. This majority of t enty-
five at Lyonia for Owen added to his
majority of 426 in eight remaining pre-
c nets, makes a majority of 451. Ow
en- received a majority of 392 in BreCk
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08

Going through the hospitals in our
large cities one is surprised to find such
large proportion of the patients lying
on those snow-white beds women
and girls, who are either awaiting
or recovering from serious opera
tions
Why should this be the ease? Sim
ply becau7r they have neglected them
selves Ovarian aud womb troubles
are certainly ON the increase among
the women of this country creep
upon them uulWdres. but every one of
those patients in the hospital beds had
plenty Of warning i'm that bearing
down feeling, paia at left or right Of
the womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in
the small pf the back. leucorrhea, diZ-
ziness, nltulcncy, displacement, Of the
womb or irregularities. All OF these
symptoms are indications OF an un-
healthy condition Of the ovaries or
womb, and if not needed the penalty
has 10 DE paid by a dangerous operation.
When these symptoms manifest them
selves. do not drag along until YOU are
Obliged % go 10 the hospital and sub
nit 20 an operation II but remember
that Lydia II. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has saved thousands Of
women from surgical operations
When women are troubled with ir-
regular, suppressed or painful menstru-
alton. weakness, leucorrhna, displace.
ment or liberation Of the womb, that
bearing-down feeling, Inflammation of
the ovaries, backache, bloating Tor fiat
ulency), general debility, Indigestion,
and nervous prostration, or are beset
with such symptoms as dizziness, lassi-
tude, excitability, irritability, nervous
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