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FR The Value of Fruit < Helen Harcourt, ii (Continued from last week.) Many of our most familiar fruits are more useful than the elaborate pre emptions made np by a doctor, and they aro ; certainly more pleasant to take. Ii the people at largo would only come to a realization of thia faot, it would bo far 'better for them, and that much the^worse* for tue doctoro and the drug atores. The thousands of dollars spent in mercurial and other purgatives could be mueh better spent io puroheoing fruit -medicine. Our cultivated fruits, snob as ap ples, pears, ch eyries, strawberries, grapes, peaches, plums, raspberries, contain very similar proportions of the same ingredients, whiob are about 8 percent of sugar, 3 percent of peptones, 1 per cent of mallo and' other acids, 1 per cent of flesh-form? iog albuminoids, ind over SO per cent of water. Digestion depends on the action of pepsin ia the stomsoh on the food, which is greatly aided by the natural acids in the stomaoh. It is these acids that digest fat, and the bile from the liver. Now, the acids and peptones that exist in fruit are pecu liarly adapted to assist and supple ment the natural acids of .the stomach, Many physicians prescribe If mon juice in tea, instead of sugar, because these acids are very abundant in the lemon. '. s Fruit keeps the body lu a healthy condition. Its action is anti-scorbu tic. In the olden days (not so very ol dca, either,) the orews of ships which sailed oh long voyages rarely escaped without serious, if. not. fatal attaoks,- of scurvy. Their system needed fruit to preserve health. Fruit; was to it as oil to an engine, and without its lubrication the great hu man machine creaked and groaned'and finally broke down, altogether. The seed of fruit,.tho longing for .it, be came so intense that the sailors dream ed of beautiful, luscious fruits, night after night, and were actually made sick with the unsatisfied longing for fruit, even apart from the ensot? its absence had upon the workings of the body. .. BXPEB?ENCE OF A CREW. AB an illustration in point, here is one case out of hundreds, nay, thous* ands. The crew of a whaler* home ward bound, after a long cruise^ still bad on board an abundance of fresh meat, flour,, coffee, tea and similar %rtio?es=.; hst.-, for s?cis?ks hs,;l hsd seither vegetables nor fruit. In con* j sequence tho men had beopme l?Btl?BS, haggard, short of breath, with sharp,' t ibeuihatio painsi in their joints^ Their gums had become softy and spongy, the blood oozed through their veins, and their whole system, in every part, is every way? was inore than, dis organised- It was actually dying of ; fruit starvation, in other worda, of I course. Happily for the sufferers,; * vcBBel laden with fruit passed within 'hsiling'^disibpoe, and learning the story of bia brother sailorB, tho cap tain sent op boaidjthe whaler a liberal supply of oranges and lemons. The men literally went ; wiM^over the fruit, seeming as if th?y^would never get'.enough'. ; Now,Vmarfc'-;.thb Isignifican t result. The SBme food was ?ton as R?f?re, but tho addition bf that fruit ^niade ?ll th? ^iffer?Dce be tween lite sliddeath. A. leddays elap^ ?ed before their softening gums began to h ?rdea and to heal, their sickly color fled, the^ Umba twisted: and ^ ?ith pain, grew strong agaipj all this hecauae the fru?t acido and 'peptopee had restored paturons-disturbed equi! ibrium, ; and given -Acfc^ealth and 'igor to blood ^M:D?dyJg^^^^M Both .^lt&0;^r?-iJp?si"; ^s?id ! - Ie^qia4v-??>*'t? their shire, in the.wondrous recovery; *f hoaltji among the almost hopeless ?rew, bist Itreater part et the good work. ?t is aa unq[ue? .Pire say other; fruit far Wtiet than tte i?meil I* itfihe fruit doctor par ??cel!ehGe? and ls not daly tn?WugH^ |?p^ ?1 be oaa. ^a^-of Jfc? wopder?o? ? rase of citre* fruit* pow being ?teated by the patient work of our S^JcuHurai department at Waslipg ?jn. Sorne crosse??, forineUucs, nave g?ks?y been grown and tasted that, W* hybride *tf??*^ the como^?p orang? osl?ed .cit^ S*0*e8? apd there are otb? byWida J^tweea th*pomelo, or"grape fraU,'* SH the ?*go?fca?;or aid glove orange. 1# named tangelos, and f&if ? '? iii :>ii??^m?L- rn A?? - ?r*>1it?t??*: :UIT ? * ? . . is Food and Medicine. a Th^ Sunny South. stands unrivaled before tho world. It possesses some of the esme prop- ! orties as quinine, and,' like it, re* duoes the temperature of fever-striok en patients. Neither is there any. , thing like lemon jute, for oheokjog a j eold. The best way to uee it for this purpose ie to squeeze the juice of one , good lemon into a tumbler of hot 1 water, adding no sugar. Drink it OB getting into bed, and in niue eases j out of ten the sufferer will be thrown . into ? profuse perspiration, and will wake up in the morning almost well. ] For sore throat the juico of a lemon mixed with honey in G cupful of hot water is au invaluable specific. It { is equally efficacious for that irrit?t- j ing, hacking cough, whioh is so preva- ( lent in damp weather. Pure lomon ^ Juice, too, is a splendid remedy for ( biliousness, bilious headaches and . for rheumatism. These lemon juice coree are founded on scientific facts, , and are indisputably correct. Here j is one more item, with whioh to finish , up our lemon talk.' This is that the juice of a half lemon, in a, teacupful of strong, blaok coffee, without BUgar, J w?" often Cure a eiok headache. * i Dr. Buzzard, one of the greatest ', medical authorities in tho world, ad- < vises the soorbutio patient to eat fruit morning, noon and night, say- . ing: ?' ? . "Fresh lemon juice, in thc form of < lemonade, is to be his ordinary drink- , The existence of diarrhea. should be no reason for witholding it. 1 Give < oranges, lemons, salads, cabbage, pota- j toes, apples, and whatever else of this nature that oan bo had." This advice waa given especially for those , suffering, as did the crew of the , ?haler w.e were talking of a while ago, but it applies also to the millions on , land, who are wasting, their time, j money and lives in the ?wallowing of : drugs, which do .worse than simply not cure. Dr. Garred, another great < London physician, advises his .pati- , enta, to eat freely all the time, of oranges, lemons, strawberries, rasp- j berries, grapes,.apples, peera and all < other fruits. CURING RHEUMATISM. J . Tardien,' the eminent drench pby sioian, maintains that the eal to of 1 potash, found so plentifully in fruits, ' are the chief agents io purifying the \ blood from rheumatio and gouty 1 p?isons. Nowadays, the doctoro for bid go ui j y a Viv nt a from eating any 11 kind of sweet foods, but strongly re- | commend the 'eating of, at least, a 1 dozen walnuts a day. And that this. J advice is good has? beeo amply proven, . aol only as to gout, but as to its kia dred "misery," rheumatism. Tn both 1 diseases, the swelling goes. do#ro and .' the:pain is relieved. We hare ; noted, in our previous V; articio, the value of the apple; as food, jfni ft h?i- also other virtues/' 'not only an.excellent, purifier of tho blood but ? oure for dysentery. Ap ples have another ; property that io very. ourions, and as. yet but little known, or understood, by those who i^'know .it. : '';A; few apples eaten by an intoxicated person will quickly re store him to sobriety. More than i thipi- sud "-baiter than tb i fl, 'it has been repeatedly; proven . that a. diet pf : ttewed apples, eaten three times a day, baa work?d ' wonders in cases cf conSrmed drunkards, resulting event ; nally in ian absolute distaste for alco hol in any form. This is a fact weil i worth remembering. The acid in thoj apple. appears to act in opposition lo the tasia for alcohol, finally de?troy iog it altogether. Habitu?! fruit eat ? >rff;arejra^ that?it ' Would ?e?m asthough,all fruits;.pair-: took of the Btraogo virtue pf tho apple . ?f.i$?;?th?!:ii?^^ -, ? f The p???ea?plO>U throat accotions," Ita pro paved te an y a precious Hf e thra?te a ed by diphtheria.' The juice squeezed ' from a ripe pineapple is the best thiog : lu tue world for Utting the v?tala- ; like membrane whioh coats the throat in this dfe-ied disease. If used in - m^0^mmamm^ :. ; ?n?^; olo^iooed ;?dy for ? jt?oMitto^ . serve cf ros?.. This is a sort of -jeff \ made of the hips of tho common wu| I ioso. -T^s conserve ls not unpleasant : to tak?| M? posaeaac* irery astringent ' . 'tatala painful, af?er an attaok of in r Blaekberriea, partsou?arly who? ; v?ry ?able ^ In. bowel r?rtW. Mait?kb?^ . ^?d^a?h?^^>em6dieB ?5w*?e -made an^fcep't^ ; ? -.ferr^^i?i^ ] j ed ?abd *?ixed trith k ?jfc?^jgjg^s^ of chills. Even tho flowers of thc elder ?re of value. An ointment, msde by levering them in mutton suet and olive oil, is most toothing ia ease of boils and . other, similar swellings. RELATIVE VALUE. The celebrated French physician, Dr. Dupon8y, divided fruit into five classes, each one of them possessing its own hygienic value, the soid, the sweet, the astringent and the. mealy. Io the first, the acid clatm, aro includ ed cherries, raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries, peaohes, apples, lemons, limes, oranges and the pomelo. To all of theao he ascribes great merit, but oh errie ? he prohibits to anyone wbo bas neuralgia of the etomaoh. Straw* berries and raspberries he highly re* 3ommen.de for those who sro of a bil ious or gouty temperament, but de cries them to all io whom diabetes ia present or euspeoted. As to plums, Dr. D?pony considers them of spec ial hygienic value, and often a pre ventive of gout and of some forms of rheumatism. But to the grape, this great phy sician, like many ' others, gives the Irst place, and ho Jo one of the most trient advocates of the treatment gen erally known as the "grape euro." Bor a person to set to work with tho leliberate intention of eating a grape ?minute, for a full hour, that is, just sixty grapcB in the time specified, and to repeat this odd performance three ot four times a day, does seem like c rather monotonous performance. But it pays, pays well, too, for th< grspe cure certainly does work won iers for thin, nervous^ anemic people., whose digestive maohibory has got out of order from worry or overwork The grape oure is no fad, no quad prescription, but a form of oure reoog nized and adopted by many emienn physicians. Grapes are positively the most digestible of all fruits, no oven excepting the famed apple. Io the regular grape eure the pa tient makes an exclusive diet of grape for several days, commencing with i daily consumption of from one to tw pTruuds, and increasing gradually t Bight or ten pounds. After a foi days of this diet a marked improve 3ont in the general health ia slmoG wsys seen. The patient's sppotit improves, digestion becomes easy an rapid, and there is an inoreaaed 01 paoity to withstand the fatigue c outdoor exercise. Tho grap o euro i especially recommended for poop] ?ho are anomie, dyspeptic, or ooi Butnptivo, and for thoao having liv? trouble and gout. It is the general idea, that tl dreaded sourvy ie ? disease peoulii tot ho long-voyage sailors. This i al toge thur ? mistake. Scurvy is fc lay more prevalent on Saud ?na? o bite sss. This change is due to tl fact that every ship is now well pr vided with canned and dried f rai sud vegetables, BO that the once te rible scourge has become a thiog J the pass. ". But go into the many r ginns ?here the people ore too Issy '< indifferent to Cultivate fvu?isji?u ve atables. Or go into thc back stree of our largo towns. Note in bo places the large number of pallid-fao? people you will meet. They are n poorest pf thia poor, but those wi havo plonty of food. Plenty, ?but n of *?c right sort, that "is, '-plenty! meats, fats ead hot biscuits, and ci fee, but little, if any, fruits and vef tables. Therefore, these pallid pt pie aro actually - suffer in g from soon though they do not know it. In very truth eourvy is all abo us, nod will bo until our people learn to appreciate our God-giveu fruin, at their true value. The non-fruit oat? ors are always courting this terrible disease. But they do not reoosuize the dread-scourge for what it is. The first symptoms aro a change of color of the akin, which takes on a sallow or greenish hue. <(Billiousncss," they call it. Then comes a listless dislike to all exercise., "Laziness," they oall this. Follows after these j symptoms, bloodshot eyes, a weak ! heart, impaired digestiou end coosti ! pation. Many of the most serious, ! even fatal, oases of scurvy only pre ssent as symptoms the pallid face, gen ' eral listlessness and bloodshot eyes. When these begin to appear let the sufferer take warning, and plenty of fruit. For fruit is a purifier of the blood, and "the blood in life." Good blood means life. Bad blood means death. Abundant fruit is tho key to the one; no fruit is the key to tho other. Gov. Heyward. We would be glad to see Gov. Hey j ward in the United States Senate. > We believe that he would do moro good and bring more lasting good to South Carolina than any man that ean bo elected. He is a Demoorat from the heart. He is a white man, but he is among tho beat white men. On his large plantations in Colleton county he is worshipped by the negroes. They believe in him and they trust him. He has never had any trouble or fric tion with them. Ono negro who lives on his plantation has boen heard to say : "I hope that the Governor will leave Columbia and oome back here and live among his peoplo where ho belongs. We want him hero, and ho would rather be among us than be yonder io Columbio.." A prominent white man said when Gov. Hey ward was elected : "lam glad to say that South Carolina has a gentleman Gov ernor onoe more."-Richard Carroll in Southern Ploughman (negro). GUARANTEED WEVANS PHAR MACY. Simple Way to Cure Catarrh by Hy? mei Without Stem ai h Dosing. It is the height of folly to dose the stomach with internal medicines to cure nasal catarrh.. It cannot be cured except the catarrhal germs thst arc preaent in the nose, throat and luogr have first been killed. The soothing air cf Hyomei' heals the smarting and raw membrane ol the air passages io the nose, throat and lungs, kills off the catarrhal germs and rids the system of the last traeos of oetsrrh. The completo Hyomei outfit con sists of a oard : rubber inhaler which b?* flurried in tho naran ny -TOB?. pocket, a medioine dropper, and a bot tie of Hyomei; and costs only one dol lar, while extra bottles can be obtain ed for 50 conto. . Evans Pbarmaoy positively gusr an ?oe a euro when Hyomei is used ii accordance with the simple direction ! on tho package, or they, will refont the money. This certainly showi their faith and belief in the virtue of Hyomei. - Women would be crying nearl; all the time if it didn't make thei noses BO red* .-- Women that have very smal feet, b eyer like to weer very lon dresses. '-: ?;. ' '/?.?' : Brnmmamn.nm-MiMMXtumunjumi .--i ? ? II WM Fifteen Hundred Dollars for a Tree. Twenty-odd years ago a Texas farm er who had moved South from Michi gan, planted on his new land the seed ing of a blaok walnut tree. In limo he died and the farm oame into tho possession of bis daughter, who mar ried. Her husband worked the farm, and, with her, took good caro of thc treo, although neither of them thought it of much valuo. Oae day in August, 1905, John F. Alcott, a lumber dealer of Chicago, driving through that part of Texas on a vacation trip, saw tho tree and, stop ping at tho house, asked: "HO?? cid is that uiaok walnut?" "About twenty-six years, I think," was the reply of the woman of the house. "What will you take for it?" "We wouldn't think of selling it. It is a sort of family tree." Some talk followed, and Mr. Alcott finally halted to wait until thc man of the house oame home. After muoh discussion with him, he finally bought the tree, roots and all, for $1,500. The next day he had it dug up and shipped it just as it was on a flat-oar to Chioago. There it was taken into a mill and eonverted into wood for pianos, for Veneering on desks and other ornamental purposes. After all the expense of buying and handling the tree were paid, it yielded a profit of about $1,500 to the lumber dealer. . The particular point in this story for the boy who is making invest ments for the future, is that it pays to plant and to keep a treo. It may not always bo a blaok walnut tree, but it always cns bo a treo worth keeping, and usually worth selling. Just in vest a little of your boyhood energy and time in plantinga young tree and, so long as you are at home, raising it. -Forward. tm m iff' - Free Medicine Samples do not prove that a remedy is good for anything. If you want to experi ment, try samples for other ailments than rheumatism. You can't afford to lose timo and risk life in taking ohanoes with any medicino whioh has not stood the test of time. Drum mond's Rheumatic Remedy has a twonty year reoord of cures. Write to tho Drummond Medicine Co., New York, for literature. '?- ? aw Twins on One Side? J. Adam Bede, of Minnesota, talk ed on Statehood in the Rouse on Thursday. He is in favor of accept ing the Senate bill admitting the In dian Territory and Oklahoma and paying no more attention to New M????? and Arizona. "Thia Statehood question," he asid, "and the effort to make it ou* that Arisona and New Mexico are on the same footing as the Indien Territory nod Oklahoma and as tnuoh>cntitled to admission reminds me of the two Mormon boys who went to sohool for *-hs first tims out is ?Jtsb. "'What are your names?' asked the teacher. " 'John and foll! am Smith,' the j boysreplied. " 'Ahl you are brothers. And hos old are you?' f ? " 'Both IG years o?d.: "'Indeed! Then you ave twin brothers?' I " 'We are,' one of the boys replied, 'oh our father's side.'" -- It often happens that the for ward mao gets pushed aft. WM ? Inf. .? fly a Record of Twenty Years' Success You are banking on experience when you fertilize with Farmers' Bone.. No ^^?v!-:'?0?rYej!t?U?crIt?':80;W<jl balanced in the plant food supplied from sowing time to hzrvf^t. Dou^ no equal for any kind of r crop.*< It is the leading fertilizer of the Southe ? .. J ; [~ Works Freely In Any Drill Iy?^m0>^^i ?a Jbeen jprov?ii hy over twenty-one years -of. successive use that ' : M superior to any other known dmmontate MADE WITH FISH '^^!^^te?o~f4*0Q TONS ' S ^I39fifrl?.0OO TON? BECAUSB . . IT CROWS ? CROPS WM ?; R^YSTe? C??NO CO. Norfolk, Va.r;.;;^!*^^^??'.?^- ? Columbia, ?. e. Macon, Qa. A c OTTON fields need never "weia xs&iT* A complete fertilizer, with thc mght; amount of POTASH, feeds to the soS ikc .nourishment that cotton must harey xz?? which the cotton removes from year IQ TOcar-. "Cotton Culture," our interesting ?o-peagsr; book, contains valuable pointers on cottar raising, and shows, fi om comparative photo graphs, what enormous cotton yields POTASH. has produced in different states. 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