The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-12-29

Not long ago Horace Fletcher pub
iiShed book called vThe A, 3, Z, of Our
Own Nutrition,"iin which he advocated,
"D0 right the feeding of your body;
Nature will do all the rest for you
Alright" After dozen years of uninter-
fupted experiments upon himself and
upon dogs, cats and other animals, Mr..
Horace Fletcher concludes that the aver
age human being eats three times as much
as lis 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
mOuthful, a personals assured of unfaiing
gevity. In a word, he will have annihil-
ated the chief cause of all disease-indi-
gestion. Mr.. Fletcher conducted expert
ments at Yale and Cambridge Universi-
ties, and made tests under the auspices
Of the United States Army. AS a result
Of his experiments he advocates that
people should ignore false appetite and
wait for a return of normal appetite,
which is indicated by a desire for some
particular simple food, accom- panied by
q watering of the mouth-all of which is
good advice, but great many Ameri-
cans, both men and women, are thin, pale
and pury, with poor circula ton, because
they have already ll-treated their stofn-
achs by haSty eating or TOO much eating,
by consuming alcoholic beverages. or by
too close confinement to home, Office or
factory and in consequence the stomach
mast be treated in a natural way before
they can rectify their earlier mistakes.
every weary, thin and thin-bl ooded per-
son, do their work with great difficulty.
As q result fatigue comes early, is ex-
treIne and lasts long. The demand for
nutriMve aid is ahead of the supply. To
insure perfect health every tissue, bone,
nerve. tendon or muscle should take
from the blood certain materials and
return to it certain otheas. It is neces-
sary to prepare the stomach for the work
of taking up from the food what is
necessary to make good, rich. red blood
We must go to Nature for the remedy,
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
bS safe and yet certain in their cleansing
and invigorating effect upon the stomach
and blood. These are: Golden Seal root,
Mandrake root Then there is Black
cherrybark. The medicinal principles
residing in these native roots when
extracted with glycerine as a solvent
makes the most reliable and efficient
stomach tonic and liver invigorator.
Where there is bankrupt vitality-such
as exhaustion, had nutrition-and thin
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
g1ycerine in combination, or as a solvent,
and usually the doctors prescriptions
called for the ingredients in varying
amounts, seith alcohol.
Nearly forty years ago, DIR. 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 tonic
compound in restoring tone and vigor to
the entire system without the detrimen-