St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-05-26
REMEDY FOR sEAs1cKNEss.
A PrOMlnent 81. LouisaD Makes Dis
c0very That MAY He Of valne
10 Ocean voyagers.

The time is approaching when many
contemplate crossing the Atlantic
ocean. and most are likely to feel the
unpleasant,effecto of seasickness. Even
those who think they are good sail
ors will realize that the motion of the
ship is something they are not accus-
toned to.
4 great many people do not go 10
Europe because they find the ocean
voyage very unpleasant. in fact. un-
endurable; while others would go
oftener If it were not for the sea-
sickness from which they suffer so
much. There have been quite q num-
ber of articles recommended, and
some have quite sale for this un-
pleasant malady. but real specific
has not yet been found. When in the
year 1s9s my wife and were about
to sail for home from South Africa.
a gentleman who had been very kind
to us during our stay at Rosebank
Ga suburb of Cape TOWN., handed MS
a piece of dried beef wrapped in pa
per. stating that this was an excel
lent remedy for seasickness, and he
called it "biltong." l had never hearl
that name before. aud hence | asked
him to write it dowu. which he did.
He said it was meat from antelopes.
salted and dried in the air. We re-
marked that we were good sailors.
had crossed the Atlantic ocean a great
many times. and had not been seasick
during the last ten years. but our
friend and his good wife, however, in
sisted on our taking it along. and il
we did not need it. some of our fel-
low-passengers might need it.
Our voyage from Cape Town 70
Southampton was so calm that We
had no occasion no use it or offer
it to others. but our trip from South
ampton to New York was exceedingly
rough--it being in the month OF De
cember. and here we found ample use
for the biltong. At the first break
fast on the steamer Paris, few OF
our table friends did not make their
appearance. and, upon inquiry. it was
learned that they were indisposed
(and. by the way. they live in St.
Louis). 1t then occurred to me that
we had something that had been rec
commended to us for seasickness, and
we spoke of it. One lady said she
would like to have her daughter try
it, so I went to our cabin and cut a
number of thin slices and gave it to
herAin less than 80 minutes the
young lady was at the breakfast ia
BILE. and in spite of the fact that the
entire voyage was very rough. she did
not miss meal thereafter.
But this was not the only case
where its efficacy was demonstrated.
A few more at our table failed to ap-
pear and also gave them . little Of
the biltong. and the results were the
same. 1t soon became noised about
the ship and the demand for this rem
edy was brisk. In every case the re-
suits were quite astonishing, so that
the stock on hand was almost ex-
hausted: but it was q very pleasant
experience for myself and wife thai
we could. in such simple way, re-
lieve our fellow-passengers. rs we had
both in our younger days experienced
to our hearts content what it il to be
seasick.
As before stated. this article. "bil-
tong WAS entirely unknown to me
that is. / had never heard the ns1e
before-but since then I have come
across the word several times, and l
am told it is the same as jerked beef.
and this word I have found in connec-
tion with articles written in Cuba and
seems to be well known by that name.
/ am told that it is almost identical
with '.biltong."
am also led to believe that it need
not necessarily be from antelope
dried loin of beef, air-dried and strong
" salted. is virtually the same thing.
and l am even of the opinion that
smoked beef would have very similar
effect. as its pungency is apt to affect
the stomach pleasantly when = per-
son is inclined to be nauseous. All
that is required when the same is 10
be used is to cut it in thin shavings
or slices. thoroughly masticate and
chew it. and gradually swallow it,
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.