Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-10-18
nli Miscellaneous
From Lifc Illustrated. 1
SUGAR: ITS QUALITIES; AND WHICH is
THE CHEAtLST.

found in Exodus. thiru9th chup'er. aud twenty.
third verse. But the first ineuuun Of suyir, ic,l.
tVe 10 wUhch There can he 10 question, is found ~
Herodutus. about Is, c.. AS. The Greeks called
the article ut first the honey ur cafes, Indian silt,
ana saccfnion, or sugar. The term "ludmn salt
is noticeable. Ii seems, besides pointing to India
ms the original country ot the cane, to snuw that
sugar had been IN II high degree cla;iiieS aid crys.
taillleu even then; rs 1t could mt otherwise he com
pared To salt Gtlen very graVely presr' ibes sugar
as an internal remedy i'll surIc dis usesl 1t was
not known to Germany aud Britaiu mil the Cru.
sades; nor was IL considered II necessary "f lite
until tea aud coffee had come into general use.
The Arahs have the creiit Ut first concentrating
the juice ut sugar 10y boiling. Aud the process ct
sugar-rehning was communicated - the le"lie ui
Europe IN 1913 by u NeueImi-pruhHtly barrow ed
by him frUm the Chinese. The lovers OF candy
will be surprised To hear that, in the present scl,se
of the word, it did not eSiSt uutll more than II cen.
fury after the discovery of America by Columbus
Our ancestors had not the privilege ui killing lime
by munblirg gum.drols, lozeuges, ard cream.
sticks minus tie cream; but tleu thew saved their
teeth, temper, and stUnarhs for more substantial
occasions.
There are many species Of sugar-som Of them
obtained from IL variety Of sources. The most
comhlOh-cdhe SHga"-is found also in the beet,
ana some other rout>; in the sap of the MAPLE.
walnut. and birch; ana in ~ all quantity in grains.
what Is this sugar! Chemistry kindly steps in
an Informs US that It'll, made up, in its purrst
iorlhs' of twelve parts coal dust, combined with
eleven parts water nothing more, and nothing
lesS' "a great heat drives of the water, leaving
the coal III y black mass.
Grape-sugar is that found in raisins and of
course ia the juice of the grape. aa well AS in 9th.
er fruits, and in honey. IL is coal-dnst twelve
parts, water twelve parts. and is less sweet and
crystalline than the tnrner variety. Another form
OF sugar is iound III the drug manna; a fourth in
the licoIlce root; II filth in mushrooms: n sixth in
animal muscle, and 70 ON.
The juice pressed iron, the sugar-cane is u solu.
lion OF sugar III water, with various vegetable and
mineral impurities, such as would naturally he
found IN the sap ut plants. The process of manu-.
tacture has Two objects; 40 get rid OF the water not
held III combira alton in the sugar itsel!; and To get
rid Of the impurities Of the juice. 1T is seldom
that either "i these ends is attained ON the sugar.
plantations. Owing Also to the speedy ternenia
lion Of the juice, if neglected, to too long and ire.
quent exposure tn the aIr, aud To burning, much
material which might afford an article 1T the first
quality, Is turned cut deterI"raird and great, in
tenor; so that Il writer has STYLED the the common
boiling process IAN elaborate and efecIual means
OF converting pure sugar into mnlaSSes and scum"
1t Is generally known that molafSeS consists ui
the DRAWINGS from the sugar alter IT has under
gone capitalization. IL necessarily contains n
larger share ut impure nattGrs thAn any sugar,
although many ui the lower grad - of the latter,
as Is easily seen, are still full Of mclasses. and are
very Tar from being pure. The improved mettIudS
now adopted by some Of the planters. h,ih Secure
a larger percentage of sugar from the juice, and
that of Il better quality. The following is Il gnLd
rule Tor Judging If the grade and value If the
article as it Is imported, that is, of raw or muscu-
vado sugar; namely, The more cnarsely granular,
the harder, drier, and winter, tie greater the value
Of the sugar" OF all the grades, the White lla,
vana is best, being almost as pure as that which
has been refined.
In refining, the sugar is re.dissolved purified by
Gltering through bones burned auG crushed, then
again concentrated, but 10y means OF IA vacuum
apparatus" and therefore at It low degree OF heat
The syrup Is then poured into mouIds, cry stallIzes
Is drained (the DRAWINGS furnishing the "SSruIs'
now 50 mucn in vosue) aud the crystalline mass
lie dried; when It Is ready tor the market.
Il to be sold as loaf, the mass, as lt comes from
the mould, Is wrapped III purple piper. aud ther
forms one OF thuse pendul"us cones # sweetnes'
that IA uays al yore we're wont TO ornament the
grO:ers ceiling; though now. alas RAPIDLY giving
place 10 the barrels Of 'c"tiees." 'cru>hed,' Nc
tqat dloi2ure his floor. Much at the lnat is 40"
broken ~ IN II Coarse mil, thus l"rmIng The
crushed article. II 'h's Is cracked up 'nto IT.
lhulVi"u"i crystals ana theh ellIeu from the l''
aust, u give" the "grahulaied sugar; IL s'r"nh'
10 II me n"ur' the puIVerIse1; The hrst "
these two Is certainly n pure ana CONVENIENT torn
Tor use; the second i""kS as II II Afforded an e1tel
'eht chance 10" "iulterhtioh. "C"iiee sugars arr
ma1e from poorer stock that which rarn"t l'
made INTO II dry and perlect-grained suSar-o
from such stuck mixed win the heaviest p"rtinn'
9i INC syrup uVthiied from rle'l"ns processes
us value Is according To- ITS whiteheSS ANA grain
oihce we u|'k up our pen on 'hiN SUBJECT "n'
attention mas "eeh 'tiied ." Il novelty IL Inc way 9"
oH'.u ga 80 wac" '"""''NH IL P""'G WIZ
Ds lhIereS'eu' lne c''"lh"h crushed article mas
at"nSs pL"'eH qI''e lhlr'rt"'le I" the 'uSart""g'
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