New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-20
WHAT COCAINE IS MADE or.
TIE STRANGE EFFECT~ OF CHEWING COCA.
from me N.nSeeHCt century.

In the valleys east ut the Andes in tropical
1oath America t4cro arc ami have been from mneno-
rial time extensive plantations 81 the coca shrub 10 "a
Indigenous these rrsons nut The phi,c Of Porn and
10 the vcy,r,i. OF tuscany aud the Holy Land. Fry
tfr,,l f. 4. allied % tnc cuiuiuH lax and forms,
-ot. r Joir.fp % shrub of r-At feet resembling
mr. L. .cttIt,,, win ANAL wIuio flowers hud rrIght
80, i', i,nv IA .,i..u.,- OF acres are devoted Ia
Peru aud Bolivia grow ~. The leaves, or whlch
there may four crops IA the year. are COZ
.rr tel hy o women oni en- at'h' ana si.,n ~ . '
after which they ready for use ana form hlt,u 80
corlIug 81 travellers, the usual money III s"lo
districts. the ~or"'nrn .el'S PAN ~ r"J i ~ ,i c,ts
sumption oi th' tai d4""'' '''''''. 'I Sv wv I,.,i
uam,l has extended urfos- tuc continent INTO bra%I
bat ls IoVd and cueW'd "th lHe .t'"ca 81
plants AmonS tho FcIt.iah, ana so i'9 t'o ii
leaves rolled with ltle uu''ANth Hue mo = ut..
ANA , wonderfully similar pgu.e-s among the bctel-
chrwcr. 'ir away % the east Ir practice. 10 ha- hcrh
sA,I almost uuicer-At 80 these so"Ih american c'uh
tries AIi"on-h ihe 1iAnl'. '" i',. a. i, ,,,, ~
Inc coo A cal Three prohibition, proved As powcrle~s ~
the pull launched by Urban Llenl against tobacco
G tben ~ cqrioI. nut not uutNnmn.cd. conversion
came about The sIanlri-. seeing how admirably the
@ ,,, mon. I..r.I r,.,.u hours of suspension
Of Labor for chewing the leaf and presently came TO en-,
cyrn =, rrr,ulincn,. ~. introduction into Europe.
ortcnewne resembles IN SONS respects tho smoking
~ ou,n Both must Doe taken apart ana with drlhcra-
,, H.. l.-ci trr-, or flur umc. 20 tue day
me. t. "a secluded spot. lays down hs burden, hnd
ff,tclc. himself Icrhap, beneath tree. slowly iiom
to clnspn or ltts pouch which ls ever at MS grille
fine leave. aud tho hns brought forth Inc hhlI II
formed au chc,rd FOR Tcrhau- fifteen or thirty minutes
ia tInuofouifi- OF LABOR, IN
10 a., c,., T. lt. only and murn przcd distraction
Snur A. I'D excess aud these the name 90 CoqitfO
A. Zen Tin. 4, uart.rul.rly common amOnE White
p.r,,i,r. ~ Good ftuy. and hence the nIue White
r,,i.r, In that country r. a term ~ eproach equYa-
lea, IA nur irreriaimAblr druIkard Tue Indians re
Gard the coct with extreme reverence. Won l-chudl
uuoed by Dr. johnston la his Chemistry "l '"hh"n
fife" saws: During divine worship tho priests tHcNcu
cnr eayr- and unir-, they supplied with them u
~ we'd that the favor OF the gods could not De- pro
Inflated IT was also drciucd necessary that the 7upI
49, ,nr iytu. grnre shoud auprOarh the priests Win
~ .,I o. ,, lta mouth n "a. believed that any bust
vYtt,out henedictiuu NJ coca leaves
it nat rr,.urr and tD the shrub Itself WORSHIP was
r,iIeraJ pu,in, nm interval ~ more than hlte hun
l y.ora Christianity has not been able 10 suhduo tS
routed dnlatrv for every where We hnd traces VI
n,cf An bc my .trrioi4 powers OF this plant The eX
ir. I'm IN, mines of Crrr1 70 PascO throw chew ed
ono, iunu hard We al, OF metal IN the belief that sultcs
t, nr and renders N more eaay to work. me lhdlas
80, a. tc ur,.,u fine uut coca leaves into the mouths
=, III ,crinpe I'm order 10 secure them favorable re-
c lion On their Into another world. and when
"A Peruvian Indian on journey falls IN Win mummy,
10 itl n,id reverence presents to coca lcaves
a. bIs mon. altering"
ri % ,int r..ernhlel tea and hoTs I'm the nature OF
its active prIucipes although differing entirety lrom
th IN TIA ELECTS I'm the coquerOs the latter are nW IN
wiling ~Tbey arc" saws the traveller JUST qlo'eu,
bad reath male liIs and gums, grcenlhh ana 5tuupy
terth and All ugly black mark at the angles ol INC
The iuvctprate cOOuerO II known ~ tno urst
i "a, u,,st.l,, air his yellow skin, hiA din aud
r.,, .yc. eucirclcI bv IA purple ring. his qulNerlng
ia. and ms general auathy all bear evidence OF the
pa dat ~ th" cnr, nice when taken In eXcess."
t A. n,,a,n. f ,,nd,rate doses i gently sOUh
a. snJ stmuIutng. hut coca has IN addltlOrs' special
, @ rv"ie pnlS er I'M enabling those who consume It
a,'n I' ,,n,J labor i'm the absence other food.
,vitb atut ar effects observed III the consumers