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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-23

ground carefully weeded, another crop is
ready III about forty days. A plant con-
tinues to yield for Gbout forty years, and
DR.. Poeppig gives the profit Of coca plan
tation as about 40 per cent. Each picker
carries piece of cloth, in which the leaves,
Dlucked one by one, are placed. These
leaves are then taken TO the drying yard,
formed of slate flags. Here the leaves are
spread out in thin layers, ard carefully dried
in the sun. Too much exposure to the sun
spoils the flavor of the leaf, and if heaped
too much together, the leaves ferment and
become fetid. AS soon as dried, the leaves
are packed in bags made of banana leaves,
with an outside covering of cloth, or packed
tightly in large parcels of about 90 10
each.
In the Sandia district of Caravaya, two
varieties of coca are recognized, the Ypara
and Hatun Yunca, the latter having a lar
ger leaf than the former.
In BOLIVIA, coca is treated as a
government monopoly, and the right is
generally farmed out. In 1850, coca
brought into that country's exchequer a
sum of $500, 900. The whole yield of coca
in South America is estimated at thirty
millions of pounds Coca soon deteriorates
in keeping, Indians treat it as valueless il
kept longer than seven months.
Such is the faith in coca, that it is be-
lieved if dying man can but taste coca
leaf when placed on his tongue, his future
bliss is assured. No Indian is without his
cuspd or coca bag made OF llama cloth,
and three times day, sitting down, he
takes leaf by leaf and rolls them up in his
mouth till he forms ball. Then applying
small quantity of powder consisting of
carbonate of potash, made by burning the
stalks OF the quinoa plant, mixed with
lime and water he goes on his way rejoic-
ing. The use of coca is widely spread. The
shepherd on the cold slopes of the Andes
has but this and little maize as his sole
nOsr .shment, and the runnG messenger
looks 10 il as his solace and support. AS to
the properties of coca, it seems very evil
dent that it allows OF greater amount of
fatigue, with "a lesser amount of nourish-
ment, and prevents difficulty of respiration
IN ascending steep mountain slopes. Ii
has an agreeable and aromatic taste, accom-
panied by slight irritation, which .excites
the flow of saliva. When made into tea,
in taste 1t Is like that of green tea, and ef-
fectually prevents drowsiness. Applied ex-
ternally as poultice, ii moderates rheu-
matte pains, brought on by exposure to
cold aud wet, and also cures headache.
MIR. Markham chewed coca leaf very
frequently, and states that he found 1t TO
produce an agreeable soothing feeling, that
he could endure longer abstinence from
food with less inconvenience, and that
when using it, he could ascend precipitous
mountain sides with feeling of lightness
and elasticity, and without losing breath.
he also considers it the least injurious of
all other like substances, even when taken
IN excess, and at the same time, the most
soothing and invigorating.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-23

The wheat crop Of 1881 will be
short.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-23

AsToN1sHsD at the latter getting
away scott-tree. an officer Of the Fifty
second asked our hero how he could
be such fool as not to shoot that
Frenchman.
sis it shooting, ye name. sir?" ask
ed he. "Sure, how could | shoot him
when | wasn't loaded?'
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-06-23

You John Wesley, if you don't
take that brat uuc of here while | am
writing This poem on GA Mothers
Love-" l'll cuff the side of his head
off," said a fashionable Galveston
lady OF a literary turn of mind to her
husband The other day,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-03
Important to All.

Diphtheria still prevails in and about the
City to an alarming extent, and has been so
malignant this winter as to battle the skill of the
best physicians. There are, of course, variOns
modes of treatment, some of them directly OPP
posed to one another; but all of them have re-
peatedly failed. Any method which seems rea-
sonabie or plausible is worth trying and what
purports to be a new discovery appears to be de-
serving of consideration. 4 young man in the
West, whose arm had been amputated, was re-
Gently attacked with the disease before the limb
had healed. To the surprise Of his physician,
the matter incident to diphtheria appeared on
the arm where it had been severed, in place of
deposting itself as usual in thu throat, and the
case proved to be a very mild one. The doctor
proiited by this strong intimation from nature,
to whom many of his profession pay very little
heed, and when next called to visit diphtheritic
patient blistered his chest. There most of the
deposits showed themselves, and the patient
speedily recovered. Hence il is inferred that
the disorder generally affects the throat ON ac-
count of the thinness of its lining, and not be-
cause it is any part of its morbid law to do so.
When the blister breaks the epidermis, the ten
derness of that portion of the body draws the
virus in the system thither, instead of to the
throat, as ordinarily. This may prove to be of
vast advantage TO the medical fraternity. If it
should. it would he only one of many instances
in which what we call accidents has revealed
more than any amount of scence.-N. j. Times.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-03
Suggestions for the Season.

The season is winter, yet how differently
the winter appears to our readers, in widely sep
arated parts of the country The almanac tells
us that it is the last month of winter; the farm
er in the far north looks wistfully Mt his dmu-
ishing stacks, and perhaps remembers having
heard the old people say: February, nth day,
half your corn, and half your hay" and TO him
it is a long look, to the time when he can turn
ont his animals. To the farmer in the far south.
the middle Of this month is usually the end of
his winter, and his spring work is either at
hand, or he is making active preparations for it.
There are certain fixed facts, in regard to farm
work, that are not affected by latitude. Wheth-
er the farmers work begins in February or May
the successful man is the one who is abreast of
if not little ahead of, and pushing his farm
work. The one who is just little behind in his
work is always ''ne'er do weel,' and always
ready to show that farming don't pay" The
''plower of the seas has a prOverb-..a stern
chase is long chase" this sailors saying holds
equally good with the plower of the land, and
whoever makes a late beginning will be engaged
in a ''stern chase to catch up with his work.
all the season through. There are certain kinds
of work that can only be properly done just at
the right time. The blowing, for example, may
be done few days too soon, and to the great
injury of the soil We are enjoined to not only
''learn to labor" bnt it is added, with equal
force, sand to wait" But one is not obliged,
Therefore, to wait in readiness for the land to be
ready for the plow.-americdR IqricHItHrist
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-03
Uses of Charcoal.

Who knows the of charcoali have no
doubt that many of you know that il is very
handy to Use in kindling coal fire, but do you
know its other uses Are you aware that little
of it pnlvcrized and mixed into poultiee of any
sort will cficctually prevent the growth of proud
flesh in wound, allay the irritation and itching
that often accompanies the healing, reduce the
inflammation and greatly assist in the healing I
DO You know that if pulverized and mixed
with the white of an egg, or even mixed in
water and drank, n little of it will quickly re-
lieve sour stomach of dyspepsia, and usually
check light attack of diarrhea!
1t will do all this for man or beast. Do you
know that a lump of charcoal put in the pot
when you are boiling cabbage, onions or strong
~ favored meat, will prevent the scent itself
from penetrating the whole housei lady of
my acquaintance was lamenting that she could
not indulge in her favorite vegetable often as
she would ike, because she did not like to have
her whole house favored with it for week af-
terward. told her of this, and now she feasts
as often as she likes without incommodng the
other inmates of the hOnse.
DO you know that you may keep fowl or n
piece of fresh meat sweet almost long you
please by putting lump of charcoal inside it
wrap it up in cloth if you wish.) and then
wrapping it in cloth and putting it upon pan
of charcoal -BOsiOR Journal.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-03
Economy is Comfort.

Comfort is economy. 1t is the first principle
IN profitable stOck-raising. We are impressed
with this principle on such n morning as the
first day Of February. The snow melted and the
rain fell, until every feeding floor and rack and
pen was saturated. The next morning every
thing was a glare OF ice, and the animals
come ont doors for fodder and water in fear, and
many of them slip and fall. As long as this con-
ditiOn of things lasts there can be neither COM
fort nor improvement. The few farmers who
have large bank barns in which all their live
stock can be sheltered, rejoice this morning in
the comfort of their animals.
Many farmers have good shelter for their
swine, who this morning will find that the beds
are wet, and the depressiOns in the ground floor
are pools of water and slush. The snow about
the feed lots has been packed and thawed until
the uncovered parts of the lots are covered with
several inches of ice, and the thaw and rain
have filed the covered parts with water. We
have some lots in which the houses have earth
floors This morning, the pigs are there pic
ture of discomfort. They are tucked up, and
look 10 have lost pounds of flesh in the last
twenty-four hours. In the more permanent
houses, with board floors, and paved feeding
floors outside, the pigs are comfortable, and We
feel paid for the extra outlay. The sheep, well
housed, are not influenced by such an unusual
storm of rain and sleet. The farmers of South
ern Ohio generally have not barn room enough
for their stock. The cattle are kept about the
barn yards, and find what comfort they can
about the sheds and straw stack. When the
cattle, sheep, and swine, and colts, all scram-
BILE and plunge around in the same lot, we have
a picture of discomfort, and of wastefulness.
We believe the time Is not far OF when our
people will see that it does not pay to keep any
more stock than can be made comfortable in the
winter. The winds are too keen and storms too
frequent for stock TO resist and thrive. We can
keep our cattle on less food, in warm stables,
than in the barnyard, and they will come ont in
the spring in better order, and will be ready to
butcher before the unsheltered cattle will have
shed their winter coats. We have tried this,
and seen it tried, until feel that it is almost
an axiom.
handling of stock, which had been exposed to
the severe cold and storms. without generous
grain feeding. The greater per cent. of food
consumed is used in creating animal heat. As
crease. We may not be able TO keep the animals
from shrinking, if they have to shiver in the
storms
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-03
Open Air the Best Remedy for Consumption.

The conclusion reached by late observers is in
favor of the open air treatment of consumption.
The following ease, given in the British Medical
Journal, is illustrative: IAN officer of u regi-
ment contracted phthisis when stationed in the
south of England. He was under medical treat
ment some time and had the usual sick leave,
but on his return to duty, got worse again in the
same way. The next time he was invalided with
the upper lobe of the right lung seriously iuvol-
we'd, in the third stage, with cavities; and he
was examined by the usual medical board, and
| finally he sold out of the service and regiment.
Under medical advice he took to travelling abOnt
| this country and the Continent, To riding on
horseback instead of walking, and attending
meetings of hounds frequently,
1.-TWO or three years then elapsed during which
his case was withdrawn from my observation
and was then surprised to meet him one day in
the summer Mt Lords cricket ground, looking
| quite recovered"
This report by Surgeon Major W. 7. Black,
leads him to formulate the proposition: at is
| living in the open air in fine climate that is
really beneficial for consumption, and not the
mere climate of ITSELF
s.If this is not new, it is at least too often for
gotten" says the Medical and Surgical Reporter.
"a friend of ours medical gentleman, who has
suffered from phthiscal symptoms, and has trav-
eled largely, has Landed the climate of Northern
Africa as best suited for open air life in winter.
The recently published book Of DIR. Arthur Lea
red, Morocco and the Moors," informs that
at Tangier the accommodation is good and the
cost of living decidedly cheap. The ordinary
summer temperature ranges between 7So and s2c
Fab. The mean temperature of winter is about
So Fah.n
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-03
Regularity in Feeding stock.

While it is highly important that the farmer
should provide good food for his horses and cat
tie, yet it is equally important that they should
be fed regularly, ut stated periods. Animals are
good time-keepers, and if the hour passes at
which they are commonly fed, they are apt to
make their wants known; especially is this the
case of the COW. 1t is very bad practice to
feed her often and irregularly; and some farmers
have an idea that almost every time the barn is
entered the cows should be given hay or fodder.
This is a mistake. The great object in view is
to keep the COW quiet and contented, which can
readily be accomplished by regular feeding, and
supplying all the food they can eat. If fed in
this manner IN the morning, the cows will lie
down and chew the end, and are not disposed to
he annoyed by the visits of any person. In the
winter season, the second feeding should be
about two o'clock in the afternoon, which will
allow them TO have from that time to milking
all they will eat, and giving feed of hay when
the milking is finished. The first stomach of the
COW should be empty, or almost 50, before more
food is eaten. COW chewing the cud can not
be hungry. This regularity, as regards feeding
should likewise apply to watering and milking
This regular system of feeding applies fully as
well TO pigs and sheep, when the latter are in
winter quarters Animals can be as easily
trained as children, and every farmer who bears
this in mind will be amply rewarded by the fine
appearance of his stock, and the affection which
will be bestowed upon him by them.-SoufkerH
Planter.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-03
Hot Sand a Good Bed Fellow.

The comfort which hot water bag even q
hot brick may afford person on retiring chilled,
is very great, and beyond this, the use of such
warmth producing appliances is useful as
health preventative and restorative. But one of
the most convenient articles to be used as n bed
warmer and in a sick room is a sand bag Get
some clean, fine sand, dry it thoroughly in ket-
tie on the stove, make a bag about eight inches
square of flannel, fill il with dry sand, sew the
opening carefully together, and cover the bag
with cotton OF linen cloth. This will prevent
the sand from sitting out, and will also enable
you to heat the bag quickly by placing it in the
oven, or on top of the stove. After once using
this, you will never again attempt to warm the
feet or hands of n sick person with bottle Of
hot water or a brick. The sand holds the heat
long time, and the bag can he tucked up TO the
back without hurting the invalid. 1t is a good
plan to make two or three of the bags, and keep
them ready for use.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-03
Msefal aud Curious.
VACCINATION.


In view of the fact that smallpox is raging in
a number Of the large cities, and is likely to
/ spread throughout the country the following
| conclusions of Dr. Foussagrives-the best an
| thority in the worltl-on the subject of yaccina-
ton, as published in ECHirers Hiastre, will be
/ of interest:
l. Vaccination has preserved and still preser
| YES. an inealculabIe number of lives
| . The nu,nler of blind and deaf has consider
ably diminished under tie influence of vaecinne
| 3 Vaccination preserves human beauty.
| l. The charges made against vaccination when
! sifted down are found to have no foundation
| s. Vaccination does not cause enfeebled con-
| stitutions nor destroy the health.
| g. 1t does not make typhoid fever more prev
| alent
| T. Ii does not increase the number of eonsump-
| tives.
1 d 1t does not transmit scrofula and skin dis
| eases
| 9. 1t is only dangerous in the hands of igno-
| rant and incompetent practitioners.
10. The innocence of the practice is marked
| that in many countries vaccination is obligatory
| IL. Vaccination is not infallible.
| IL. Revaecination is necessary when the initial
vaccination has left poor marks.
Ii. The fact of an interior variolic eruption
| does not dispense with a reyaccinaton.
IA. 1t is necessary to revaccinate at ten years,
at twenty years. and at forty years.
| Is. Beyond the age of forty it is necessary to
revaceinate fourth time only during periods
| of violent epidemics.
| l6. 1t is necessary to vaecinate as as pos
| sible.
| IL. Vaccination can be practiced at the date
\ Of birth.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-03
Oar Strap gook.
SCOTCH WORDS.
ny roBzzr uEIeHTox.

They speak in riddles north beyond the Tweed,
Inc plain, paTe English they can deity read
Ts rhen Without !, ths Io ss thsy come e ssak
Their bresds not cut in slices, bot in shelves:
Their ar-npts are their o1ters; palms iuif.:
Their men are ehieIds their timid fools euiifs;
Their lads are calanfs. and their women kimmers;
Good lzsses denty queans. and bad ones limmerx-
And when they give q sample. IL a swatch.
Scolding Is nytin, and long palayer
Is nothing but n blrihef a haver.
This room thry call the butt and that the ben;
And what they do not know, they dina ken;
And when they wipe nose they dcht their byke,
And they have words that johnson could not spell
While soine Though purely English. and well known,
Have yet Scottish rneanng Of their own:
To prig's to plead. beat down a thing in cost;
To cons TO purchase, and a coughs host;
To crack Is to converse; the lifts the skyi
And BARNS are said to greet, when children cry:
When lost. folk ask the way they want.
They -iar the gate; and when they yawn they gaunt
Thin straw is strae; chat can't and hollow. howe;
A pickle means few; mlekle is big;
And piece Of erockerywsre is called pig.
Speaking of piss-when lady Delaeour
Was on her celebrated Scottish tour
One night she made her quarters at the Crown"
The head inn Of well: known country town.
The ehambernaid, in lighting her TO bed,
Before withdrawing. curtsied low, and said-
The NIGHT is eauld. my Teddy wsd ye please
To hae pig i the bed to warm yer taos q
"A pig in the bed to teasei What's that you sayi
You arc impertnent-avay-awayF
Me impidenti no. mem-I meant harm
Bat jist the gray beard pig to keep ye warm
'Insolent hussy to confront me sol
This very instant shall your mistress know.
The bell-therr'- none Of eourse-sn send her here"
MY mistress. mem. 1 dinna need to fear;
Va insIlt ,ae1, ". ,ba-h, ~ III ~ Ia
a., ,hi- csnlJ ricbt 10 Ia. : 10 y H.. ~ -
re 49,
Stay. girl; you words strangely out Of place
And yet sec insult in your face.
~, IsJis 30 az 80 -, T., III lii ,hy-
re- ~ - $50 ~
oh quite a custom wi the gentles mem
Wi gentle leddies ay and gentle men;
And, trUth if single, they wad sairiy miss
~ 49, Pc va ~ ~ ~
I've seen strange counfrirs-but this surely beats
Their rudest makc-hifts for 4 warming. pan
Suppose my girl. should adopt your plan.
You would not put the pig between the sheets :"
Surely, my lrsldy and itherwhere,
Please mem We II lind 1t do the maist guild there"
-.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-03
A Nice Point in Grammar.

Two Young heirs, who had been taking theil
first lesson in grammar, disputed long and earn
estly over question, and at last agreed to de
eide it by arbitration, selecting the head Of thu
family as arbiter, with full power TO send fol
persons and papers. The old man was greasing
his boots before the kitchen stove.
'Father," said the elder heir, sis it proper tC
say I'VE is rich,' or I'VE am richT"
The old man worked carefully down into the
hollow of his boot under the instep, remaining q
long time in thoughtful meditation, and theI
slowly replied:
"Well, l should say it would come higher Il
the truth TO say We hain't rich.'
The young heirs, when they came think what
n hard time they had worrying pennies out o.
their paternal relative, thought it might be made
that way too. And the old man kept on anOiDt
ing his boots with the extract of hog.-ROekfdRG
Courier.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-03

THE WORLD SUsPENDED.-"The adventitious
people didn't bring the worlds end about so easy
as they thought" said Mrs. PartingtOn smiling
at the recollection of seeing lOnglegged saint in
white cotton gown Oh the top of a neighboring
house the night before. ''Yes, replied Old Rog-
er gravely, ait did come to an end; il suspended
for little while, when meeting of its creditors
was held, and though its affairs were found lit
tie shaky, it was Thought best to let it go on,
and it would come out all right enough" "'Iou
don't say so" cried she; "well, that is the rea-
son why my clock is half an hour slow, and de-
clare couldn't account for it," Ike said moth
ing but that he was allowed to stay out till half
past seven the night previous, made it look as if
he had put the clock back, but there was no
knowing
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-03
A HOME SCENE.

Without the world h white as snow,
And polar qniet reigns;
Ice erusts the gauDt and leahess trees.
And glitters on the plains:
The river glides on still and slow,
Bridged DER by piers Of PEARL
And upward from the intervals,
The fieecy frdst-wreaths curl
The moon CLEANS out, q frozen lamp,
Hung grAndly up on high;
There Is a thrill Of vague unrest
About the solemn sky:
The stars look down-pale. far away.
In misty doubt they KEEN
Like the gold CLEANS that sometimes light
The vagaries Of dream.
It's cold without, but warm within,
Herr by the hearth's red glow;
With home and love. We little care
For cold. and ice. and snow;
So long as dear hands clasp our own,
And royal love Is ours.
Though Winter holds his court without,
Within are Summers flowers
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-03
Che Fun Of the Ching.
OKLAHOMA


Where ISlleth the YerdigIis down to the SEA.
Where Chickasaw ruaIneth through noweTy lea
Where the azure wewOka sweeps gu is way
From oil Pota Natomie down TO the bay;
where tilirp-fh the fphAp ont Of Tie glsan-
And the sad phaio sings Of HiStlier and homo.
With TaT Cherokee maiden eHscoused on ny KNEE
And my kiekapOo darling, l m pinins io- Tree
o. it's vain that the gewgaw disPoTts in the hedge
And the pollywOg glintH in the slppersolHe Sesise
Or the proud cackad0Odle sweeps down IRON net hese
And s.ars on the blizzard that yawHs in the west.
The dO,lO MAJ wall in the simmer Of moon,
And Charm the dull s. minolc with his tune
But still pour forth my passionate tide
OF love that bca- for the KickaPoO bride.
chase the ferce tittielat out Of his lair,
lure the shy ginsersnAp into my snare
hunt the wild tattletaie OvrF the hill
And coax the COY cocklebuTT ont of the NIL,
And then the AFapaaOe virgin i glad,
And the Boggywok sIuaE In her wamPuIn u clad
And my Tishmins0 beauty goes hPhoP with glee,
And my KickApoo darling reelines On my knee