Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-02-03

acute disorders II greatly promoted re-
pair Of the organism. |. assisted di-
gss,lon and prevented siysyspsia. Il
had rendered signal service IN cases of
.poraiic cho'era II MAS q specific for
ine.ristioi. This reuat.t,on came
from Ziinlan... uhe4e the natives found
I'D q goisAud after contact with the
British chastc,sa COMPANIES, One Of
the inyest.- ators Re ported ;ha, he dis
covered msn-s European. no.
% Zulu--so d-nnA shst he
coail nei,he- walk nor even
.alE, bu. m :afu-.oa o. l.o.e pe-fcctly
soh-red TIL fellow III thirty minutes
1t no: only resl-ainti rum from crack
ing the brains. but prevented the
tropical sun from ersrA ing the hansls ]
and feet, IN, Mas al effective pound
of cure when the ounce of prevention
had been neglected. |. VAS paaacea
for hypo,aoui-ia ani melA "choly. II
Ia. been imported IL the island or
Jamsics expressly - avert the attacks
of despondcucy to which the Gold
Coast natives vino worked the Jamaica
plantations were peculiarly liable 4
late experimental .ase Nas that of y
brawny railrcad-trac. LAYER who WAS
lncapacitated for work hy hypochon-
dria st.ong infusion of aola brought
him in two hours back to his hard
labor, laughing and merrtlv talking.
The cxperimcntcr declared tlr~t no
other tonic could have relieved tho
sufferer SO quickly and completely.
Coincidcnt with those studies WAS
the chemical search for the secret OF
kola. The analyse agreed in showing
that il contained nearly all Tho con-
stituents Of coffee, tea. and cocosAAnd
other constituents not possessed\hy
them. 1T had larger proportion of
caffeine than any coffee or Except in
rare instancesl tea, and more theo-
bromine than cocoa. But though tho
chemists got at the elements of kola, .
full explanation of It's hidden pott,ncy
elnded them.
The kola-nut is the product Of
tree whose habitat is West Africa re.
| gion stretching 500 miles from thu
! coast into the interior, between Sierra
Leone and Lower Guinea. 1t has been
successfully .ranspiantei 10 the east
nv the English. and them or others To
Maur.tius, the West Indies. Mexico.
| Brazil. and ether South American
| countries. The trc. IL from twenty
t" thirty feet high has smooth cylin-
.irical branches, and bears q profus-
ion Of purplish flowers The flower
| Yields large brownish-vcllow fruit.
| which enfolds In the same follicle tho
| red aad white seeds tha: are inAptly
| calle kola-nn,s The tree begins tn
| bear in IT. fourth or fifth year. but At.
| ia.ns1ts greatest fecnniity only in its
:an:h /: .hcn yields annually about
| Ior pounds Of seeds They are gath
| cred in October anil November from q
June towering. anil again IN May and
! June fro..l December towering.
In gathering kola nuts for export 1t
is necessary to selec. them with ex-
.reme care, and for that reason white
traders employ only tn. native wo-
.uen, iiscarling the lat,er's lords even
when they are willing 10 work. Re
lecting all worm eaten or otherwise
damaged seeds. the vogeu place tho
sound ones ia large bark baskets lined
and finally covered with bal leaves
| Packin. them thus AMI keeping tn.
pal leaves moist, the seeds can tie
| transrortei for month without loss
Of freshness. aai be kept IN ths: state
nrch longer hv washing III running
water anil repackins IN leaves every
thirty DAYS.