Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1901 — Novel Remedy for Hiccoughs. [ARTICLE]

Novel Remedy for Hiccoughs.

In a down-town restaurant the other night a man who had been dining with a party of friends suddenly leaned over and coughed convulsively. “Hiccoughs” said one of his friends. Hiccoughs It was. "When you get Into spasmodic muscular action you’d letter begin work on your will,” Raid one of the men. "Many persons die from hiccoughs.” "What shall I do to stop them?" “Take nine swallows of water." He took them and hiccoughed at the finish. “Hold your breath," said another man, The sufTerer held his breath and when he had to breathe again the hiccoughs were still with him. "Swallow a piece of bread." The man swallowed five pieces without effect A young woman at the next table leaned over and said: “l’ardon me, hot If you will eat a dish of Ice cream you 11 thank me for the remedy. A wultcr brought a dish of Ice cream. The man ate It all, and his hiccoughs vanished. It Is said that this recipe never falls. Some men are willing to take taffy jjy.the keg. It Is a safe rule to remember that when a man compliments yoa extravagantly, be has some design in view: you do not deserve extravagant praise. One of the things a girl does be* fore getting married Is to get her teetl fixed. Two weeks Is as short In a vocaUoa as It la long In JalL