Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1895 — A New Stimulant. [ARTICLE]

A New Stimulant.

Recent experiments in our army with the kola nut confirm the statements of many travelers and scientists who have studied the kola question in Africa and the West Indies, where this wonderful nut is generally used. It is claimed that kola is more stimulating than coffee and has no bad after effects. The natives of Africa and the West Indies who chew it are in great demand as laborers, because they are always in splendid health, suffer no fatigue, and work long hours without any food. In those countries the cocoa chewer is always rejected for the kola chewer. Kola contains more caffeine than coffee itself, a good deal of starch and no tannin. It instantly increases muscular strength and allies hunger and thirst, besides lessening perspiration in hot weather. The nut is now cultivated jn large quantities in various parts of the world, and an American firm expects shortly to put it on the market in this country. When it makes its appearance it is predicted that tea and coffee will have to go. The recent army experiments in this country were made by Captain Charles E. Woodruff, at Port Sheridan, 111.