Show hind MENU KOLA THE SHAM AND THE HEAL the kola nut the wonderful seed of 0 the tropics has been lately brought into prominent notice through an all article by dr gustavo gustave le dun who be llever alieves that tt it wilt will not only take lako a moat important place in therapeutics but ile bi largely used in the alimentation ot of tins the ar armies ot of the future in time lime of war attempts are now bf being ing made to have stiv regular shipments ot at the fresh kola nut which only should be used irom from africa to this country dr lo 10 lion don ex great regret at the willy way the lin impressed pressed with the marvelous p properties les of 0 kola but ignorant of 0 its n nature allows itself to be by the impositions in the shape ot of prepared kolii kola which are foisted upon it he says that with the exception ot of pure powder very little uain n and ana d derived e lived very frequently from adulterated n nuts or nuts of fit an inferior quality all ot of the pharmaceutical preparations ot of the kola wines extracts tinctures tinctured tures ete etc which are found in commerce are almost absolutely destitute of the qualities of 0 tho the kolu kola nut in reality they hold only a little of 0 the caffe caffeine caf Teine inte or of kola the theo brania brama and the red portion of 0 the kou kola being insoluble virtually the properties of 0 these dif different terent preparations preparation i are simply those ot of a very dilute solution ot of caffeine the physician the mountaineer and the traveler aho vho he imagine that by taking such dibi dauss s they obtain something resembling the kola nut nataie ate completely deceived and are thus liable to form an entirely erroneous opinion as to Us its qualities thu the common cup ot of coffee la Is richer in caffeine than the pretended pretends d wines and of 0 the kola ot of chemists and it Is certainly worth more dr le lion bon advises advise people to use it until they are able to procure the fresh nut this fresh nut must bo be eaten exactly after the method of the african negroes th that Is to sayo say by masticating masti cating slowly small smail fragments it can be kept freyli tor for more then than six months by liel blink rig covered with vegetable leaves slightly moistened and ly renewed it can call bo be preserved tor much longer periods by rolling it up tit in augar or placing it in some saccharine preparation tho the fresh nut cannot be adulterated moreover when n the nut Js Is holed it Is impossible to tell the true from the false kolas dried kolas should le be absolutely discarded as the negroes will when ever they casi can substitute tor for the kolas the false nut which belongs to a very il different fa family luilly contains nu no trace of alkaloids and forms nn an entirely inert substance As to the virtues of the hie much vaunted kola dr lo 10 lion don says tile the halt half of the truth has not been told in traveling in asia he had to make maka long iong marches in the hot sun with the thermometer about 12 1 degrees decrees fehr fahr knowing only of cold ten tea having a dosh of alcohol to sustain strength he yearned for an elixir which would re rc liene fatigue when exhaustion was really neaily reached hearing of the kola he tried tiled it at first lie was disappointed as he used only tile dry and what turned out to be the false also nuts lie he c continues 0 n ti n u et nothing has been exaggerated g e a t e d concerning concerning that which lias has been attributed to it it indeed increases arid and nery ey largely the power to endure fatigue and should be very useful to explorers and soldiers in campaign in comparing the relative effects of caffeine and the kola nut dr le uon don proves clearly that while the kola enables one to un deiRo fatigue the caff caffelli caffel ellit ni does docs not with caffeine it was found a stimulation much more cerebral than muscular was obtained which did not increase the resistance to fatigue anti and was 13 always followed by depression the lie kola on the contrary produced a prolonged pro longel stimulation under the influence of which it was possible to withstand fatigue over periods of extraordinary length in africa the natives with doses closes not exceeding 40 0 o grams a lay day accomplish most dint cult marches and laborious ivor woric in ill the full tropical still gun without experiencing the least lack of breath even when golub up steep inclines and bearing heavy loads the kola enables them besides to take less leas nourishment arid and in ili time of want to live without loss of strength or vitality ANEW A NEW METHOD OP OF WOOD preserving hitherto the ers of 0 woo wood 1 have relied almost entirely on the extraction ot of the sap either cither by the natural process of des by time anti and exposure to the air or by some artificial process such as biln drying steaming washing etc in ili the curing of L limber by the extraction at 0 the sap hap a grat rait proportion of 0 the material Is ia depreciated by reason of 0 oun bun shakes anil and cracks or by warping let lating 1119 shrinking and other similar evils to these objections may be added many oth ri lb of 0 a serious nature from a commercial point of 0 lew buch as wa habte ate of 0 time lit in seasoning necessity to hold laire stocks unproductive ve outlay of capital loss loes ot of interest rent taxes and insurance su rance all or of destruction lion in quality expense of priming anti filling nill ni ot of knots and liability to rot roe and decay it Is 13 proposed prop oiled to take a bhart cut ot of all this costly tangle jangle and trouble by simply emulating nature and retaining within wood its sap or ike blood this colonel the inventor ot of the new na natural wood preserving process pro ceBa maintains Is the only true principle of erser an er letlon tile the sap eap should bo be treated so that the whole of 0 its alf ika breser ving properties are arc retained and sol I 1 1 ifield n m athin uie the tub tance stanco itself the sap of 0 we wood 0 d contains alna large arge proportions at 0 cor tat maln ll 11 glutinous resinous ani oleaginous compounds in fit it a state elate at 0 solution and it Is of 0 these compounds that nature in the growth crowth or of the tree by her laws of heat and prey pren sure bure gradually cra duAlly creates the hard sound fibrous pot dortlon lion ot of the wood the ta new ery process to 13 to take tile the wood in its green ereen state and so no treat it with air breure pree aure and great heat that the various compounds in tile the are distilled and r retained e bained v ithan the wood w without losing their antiseptic and preservative properties the mailous adilou to essential compounds become concu in the tha pores and impregnate nate the hola substance the soluble sup sap becomes insoluble J 9 binding the fabres fibres e and f 0 arming it a ho eo u 4 mans incapable amt le ot of abarba moisture mol aturo impervious to atan i gen and change d p practically r In kable indestructible easily aal work alia 4 tell 1 sl the process r echea in a few e hs ho a what nature has hag taken ot years to AN AH AUTOMATIC haram j the harnessing of a carniago can car riago law t or borhi bug try ky horae borne in 1 made mad e it a 91 amplo PIO mcf t I 1 the invention n of an automatic hamet by barn 1 e i the attachments are suitable I iassc laack la aco of vehicles using single sang be h f r all 1 1 with mth either breast 1 strap or r cs tiara 1 will walh 1 without or breeching can lit be converted into double and h harn aness they th za instantly the tha single tree tr 1 shaft tugs ani and many loathe leather bans roo upon the shafts are removed gi civan 1 C the shaft a clean appearance dicing the harnessing harness loi and find and re n up u p to a more mere moments mainen ts borc the at tempt to dispense with the bl 1 irkel akia tareq triv 11 and traces has otten often been h cn arleo tried d but b never before successfully the and tear of the harness 13 15 paid baia to be ber wear re deuced thirty per cent and the horse horil con can be instantly the horst hors can work in ill perfect comfort with no chance chalice ot of a sort sore back bach brul bruised sel ghoul tiers ders or dubbink of the he tides sides the th bearing on the bade back of the beins being removed the vital orgita are rp re leased from unnatural pressure and his hi breathing Is normal the automatic automat harness which Is a unhitched by ahm th pasy easy pull of it trigger seems to be as in humano humane as aa it Js Is up to date A RE headd Y GAUGE OF CYCLE SPEED I 1 the recent rapid growth of p the list of 0 fatal accidents by bicycling has baicon con vinced lilt public that tile hie local enactments regulating the speed ot of warel ing within city lines need to be staci strict ly enforced to ro be compelled to keep keen within a 0 speed of eight miles an hour on it a str st atch tell of perfect asphalt Is not a little irksome to the expert end and riders are arc often tempted to excer 1 that bleed and run the risk rink of detection on the strength of the tho the police win will have in ili determining how bow fast the machine la Is traveling this however Is only fan fa cled it la is the c thing thine la in tin tho world to measure the speed accurately i enough enouch to swear to it wit without J the cyclometer or it knowing n owing the tance lance ridden all that notes i la necessary necess acce sait avy 1 tor for the observer to note e carefully arefus ly th tl 1 1 I number of revolutions tho the pedals anali 1 in a given elven period of time say live five e st onda ends or a single second anil and then if 1 0 the rear gear Is known the ppe speed ed I 1 li 9 knotx khoii 4 also to determine it if the rider Is gk eh ine raster faster than the eight miles an I 1 allowed by law the gear ot of the need not be known the counting ot of th find number of 0 revolutions revolution nill suffice A k very little figuring iT will then show choir whether the rider la in breaking the law la or not an ali expert rider gives elves ves the to fol lowing as safe nate figures to go by wha cheni ever the rider revolves his pedals ori onar in a second you may be sure sura that he h Is tiding faster than eight rill mill art an hour it if lili his bicycle Is 1 geared to M 0 one revolution a second will v IH carty carry him ten arid and three quarters miles an hour it at 63 his speed Is halt half a mile fast taster at 68 it Is twelve and three quai berg miles at 72 it is 13 almost thirteen miles and at 78 it Is FL a little more than thirteen and one half one revolution a second Is therefore faster aster than thi rider of 0 a 60 gear can legally travel travels it will be advisable for riders to test lest these figures Iff urea tor for themselves and then they will no longer be under a talus false impression as to whether spectator linow know or do not know how fast they aro are riding A NEW form OF ANT AN OLD CURE FOR STIFF JOINTS i 1 the application ot of heat Is one of atthe the t 1 universal remedies for tho the various forms forma of rheumatism almost every modern city has its turkish or russian bath and innumerable uncivilized tribes enjoy the same name luxury in cruder shape travelers in the navajo country will often find land close to the trail which leads to the neighborhood of 0 wa ter miniature huts hula such as ob ildren night build in imitation of indian ii these are the sweat huts buts ot of the navajos cavajos Nava jos when one of at that intelli I kent gent and thrifty tribe finds himself be bc i set net by severe cold or pains he goes to a secluded spot pot close to wa ter and builds a little conical hut ot of sticks the bottom ends ot of the sticks stick may be possible two feet eel apart and the upper ends are lashed together ing in a u I 1 point the llie interstices of tills this roll it edifice ire are carefully chinked up and the inside Is covered vercil co with a layer ot of mud which milich makes it absolutely air ir tight then building a fire the indian places maces stones on tile embers t when tile the stones begin to crack with theli thel tit leat they are cast inside the hut but and water sater la Is thrown upon them the indian creeps in closes tho the narrow entrance aperture and remains there in the tha steaming atmosphere until lie he Is nearly suffocated the latest form of athla crude therapy Is used in a london hospital it consists ot of a copper cylinder about three foot feet long lom arid and eighteen inches in diameter dia mitter which will hold tn an arm up to the shoulder or a leg up to the middle of the thigh the patient who Is suffering from sprains or gout or rheumatic affections Is placed inan in an I 1 arm chair the limb Is introduced 4 into the cylinder arid and the joint made airtight 1 by a rubber band the inside temperature of the cylinder Is raised ralael 11 it if necessary to or 00 degrees fahr r by means of gas cas burners when the tl 11 enclosed mols mol iuie begins t to 0 have 4 r scalding effect milci valc occurs occur a at about 1 degrees the end of the cylinder IS I 1 1 opened and tile the moisture escapes tan effects are greatly increased inci eased local circulation f cu profuse perspiration and aft m I 1 nor from rain pain |