The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-05-08
Where Cow Trees Grow.


The milk industry OF the world is
something immense, for nearly every
where milk constitutes an important
article of food. On all hands we hear,
too, of the dangers of using it, because
the COW may be diseased. At the re-
cent congress in Europe for discussing
the subject of consumption, its causes,
prevention and cure, a very prominent
topic of debate was the probability tina.
this disease may often be given from
the flesh or milk of consumptive COWS.
We know that typhoid fever, scarlet
fever and diptheria have many times
been spread from milk. In my opin-
ion the time has come for us to invent
a vegetable milk. That it can be done
| have not the slightest doubt. Some
German food reformers claim already
to have succeeded, but whether their
claims can he substantiated or not 4
do not know. They even claim TO have
brought ont good substitute for
mothers milk for babes when mothers
unhappily do not supply the natural
article
There are several trees in the world
lllih. lie COW tree Vi
the Cordilleras, in South America. is
perhaps the most noted one. That
great scientist, Humboldt. whose pow
ers of observation have hardly been
equaled, gave most interesting de-
scription of it. He wrote: Among
the curious phenomena that l beheld
during my journey through South
America, there was hardly anything
that struck my imagination so forci-
bly, rs the COW tree 1t grows ON the
rocky side of a mountain, scarcely in
sinuating it's roots in the stone For
many months not shower of rain
falls on its dry leaves, the branches
seem dry and dead, but pierce the
trunk and n sweet and nourishing milk
flows. At sunrise this vegetable source
is most abundant; then the blacks and
native people hurry from FL parts
provided with jugs 30 catch the milk
which turns thick and yellow on the
surface" NJ. Bousingalt has analvzed
this vegetable milk, and declared be-
fore the Academy of France that it
most certainly approaches in its COM
position 20 the milk of COW, and con-
tains not only fatty matter but also
sugar caseine and phosphates. The
relative proportions of these substances
are greatly In favor of the vegetable
milk and bring it up to the value and
richness of cream. The Cow trees"
also grow in Demerara, Ceylon and
the Canary Islands.
The Tlttque of the Mexicans takes
the place. TO large extent, of milk
and it is brought into the City of Mex
leo every morning on pulque trains, as
milk is on milk trains in our cities; but
1T is quite different ia taste and COM
position from milk.
Soon Supp'anted.
benjamin, said Mrs. Harrison, "it's
kind of nice being talked about all over
the country, isn't it ?"
"Yes, kind of.
But it gets tiresome, doesn't it?7
yes, it does; but never mind, it
won't last long. Pretty soon we won't
have the least mite Of q conner In the
public eye"
Perhaps so; but what viii be the
cause of it?"
~The baseball season is just open
ing. "-Merchdnt TraUeler.
Wise Beyond His Years.
"Now, George, you must divide the
cake honorably with your brother
Charles"
what is honorably, mother?"
at means that you must give him
the larger piece"
Then, mother, I'd rather that
Charles should divide t."-Londvn
PicL-Me- Up.