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Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9619, 23 April 1900, Page 1

I A TRIUMPH OF SCIENCE. 1 9 Reader, do you know what ten! cocoa is ? To economical j|J ■ B housewives, and wide-awake ])eople generally, the best gl 9 . oicoa and thai of Van Houlen arc synonyiiious terms.. Em : , . The cocoa manufactured by that well-known linn is a CM jm preparation from i.he very best cocoa-beans, and contains nil 'tis am ihe valuable nuivirive and stimulating properties natural «a S to" cocoa. The cocoa-bean contains an alkaloid called SB B "Theobromine," which i.s the principle of" the; _^ : .^ali " <-'uP that. c/ie(rs, but ifods not inebriate!' ttts<9^kJ& raUtfte^^ The great point of difference between tho stimulating ?*W *^SjW Mffi ,^^ properties of alcohol, and thai, of theobroinine is, that the 'felC-JfflA i^Wte^K^ use of the former causes a subsequent depression, which is pY^^^^H BH '^'"^P proportional to the aniDUnt of stimulation.it has previously HI s«^. brought about; the use of the latter (theobromine) is Ms Wk unattended by such unpleasant aftcr-cflects.i Of course, SM ifcL . only a iirst-class cocoa, such an Van Houlen's, will work jaf wV in the aforesaid manner. Tluit cocoa has been described as .Sm • "A triumph of science i " It is quite pure, extremely §gf \ Wk soluble, and easy of assimilation and digestion by the fljf ■ weakest stomach. It costs bur a trifle, being less than one _ Si I farthing per cuo; and it is the simplest drink to make ready, ' ra B of the whole catalogue of possible beverages.: It smell!? so M B . good, ;n I tastes so delicious, that when you tiy it you will »» BM' '■ certainly exclaim: "Ah! indeed, it wra triumph ofscience !" hB m, \ HAVE YOU TRIED~ j S I' 1 VAN-HP"J^,' S Eatill£ CHOCOLATE P 1 1 Fully 90 per cent, of the Bicycles in New Zealand are Pitted with Tte Publio have tested them, and the rerdiot has been giyen out repeatedly that they are unequalled. RIDE DUNLOP TIRES IF YOU WANT SATISFACTION. First in 1888—Foremost EVer Since. THJEJ Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co, i( LIMITED), 128 LICHPIELD STBEET.ICHBISTOHUECH. And at Melbourne': Sydn y, Adelaide, anu Jrerth.

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