Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1879 — ROCK AND RYE. [ARTICLE]

ROCK AND RYE.

A Sovereign Remedy for Pulmonary Consumption(New York Sun.) On Sunday, December 23, 1877, th'e Sun printed a report of a conversation in a horse cur, between Hon. Ellis B. Schnabel and a consumptive.— Schnabel told the coughing man that rock candy and rye whisky would cure any pulmonary comolaint, and rererred him to several well-known persons who had regained t ieir health by the use of the mixture. His theory was that the direct cause of hereditary consumption was a chronic ulceration of the lungs. It was a scrofulous affection, and came down from father to son the same as scrofula. A chronic •inflammation would not heal; but if it could be turned into an acute inflammation it might b » cured. “In 90 cases out of aloo,”said Mr. Schnabel, “if you could get into the lung with a stick of caustic, by cauterization you might produce the necessary acute inflammation, and the patient would recover.” He claimed that a cordial of rook candy and rye whisky takes the place of the caustic. lis use produces a semi-acute inflammation of the surface of the lungs, thus putting that organ into a curative condition. The moment the alcohol touches the stomach it flashes into circulation by opening and expanding the capillary vessels or pores of the stomach. As the saccharine matter combines with th* alcohol, both are transmitted into the blood and sent to the lungs. When the air you breathe strikes the blood In the lungs, the alcohol produces the acute inflammation, Mid it is the only thing that will produce it. The acute inflammation draws the blood to the weak point, and the saccharine matter taking advantage of the inflammation, builds up and strengthens the weakened organ. The membrane is thickened and healed, and after a few weeks can bear all changes of weath er with impunity. Such was Mr. Schnabel’s theory.— His recipe was five pounds of pure white rock candy dissolved in a gallon of old rye whisky—the older the better. The whisky must ba distilled in the old-fashioned way with a copper worm. Steam distillation developes the latent poison of the berry, and fills the system with fusil and other deadly oils Colored rock candy is poisonous. The yellow tinge shows the presence of an insoluble earth deleterious to the stomach and dangerous. The clear white rock is pure crystalized sugar, the most nourishing of all substances. The five pounds of candy should be put into a gallon of whisky. The demijohn should be well shaken three or four times a day, and the mixture is not to be used until the candy is dissolved. Tho pa tient may take a sherry wine glass full on going to bed and two-thirds as much on an empty stomach in the morning. He ean carry a flask in his pocket and take a spoonful half a dozen times a day. Night sweats will disappear and the patient will get a long and refreshing sleep. Lung fever wiil go, and he will feel no more pain in his chest, While taking this cordial the patient must limit his diet. He must keep his stomacna employed in taking up rich and nourishing matter. All vinegars, pirkels, sour wines, malt drinks and salt provisions must be avoided. Touch no fresh pork, for it promotes ulceration. Do away with coffees, for it feevers the blood. Drink black tea. Eat roast beef rare, broiled steaks, mutton chops well done, toasted bread and all kinds of vegetables The great object is to enrich the blood. One of the best articles is a rum omelette made exclusively of the yolk of eggs. The publication of Mr. Schnabel’s theory and recips awakened public interest. Nearly every every newspaper in the United States copied the article. Hundreds of persons inquired at die at the Sun office for copies of the paper in which it was published, Scores of letters were received. Meantime a dozen capitalists beuan to make the coidial and advertise it. The liquor dealers caught the infection, and “Rock and Rye” is now sold by nearly every druggist and liquor seller in the city. It has become a favorite beverage.

“German Syrnp>” No other medicine in the world was ever given such a test of its curative qualities as Boschee’s German Syrup. In three years two million four hundred thousand small bottles of this medicine were distributed free of charge by Druggists in this country to those afflicted with Consumption, Asthma, Croup, severe’Coughs, Pneumonia and othci diseases of the Throat and Lungs, giving the American people undeniable proof that German Syrup will cure them. The result has been that Druggists in eve ry town and village in the United States are recommending it to their customers. Go to youi Druggist, and ask what they Know about it. Sample Bottles 10 cents Regular size 75 cents. Three doses will relieve any case. •If you wish to buy a tract of land in Jasper county consult Thompson & Bro. They sell at owners’ prices, and have a large list from which to select