The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-04-02
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 2 1851

Without exposure 10 the direct action of ,,o
sun; and after that it is i,nma,erial whc,b.
! er you use Item in the first month Or ,bo
thirie,h.
In packing and preserving the coffee
great care should also he used for the Der.
r'es are great absorLents, and if placed in
contact with fi>h, oil, sugar or any other
substance that has moisture, will rapidly
lmblhe the flavor Of those ar,ices-a taut
which no length of time nor roasting pro.
cess can afterwards eradicate. It often
struck us that it would he well not tn di.
vest the see,ls Of thu tilnment in wlicl, they
are cncased until the article was required
for Immediate Use; this shell would com.
p!etcly protect the sccd from contac. with
deletcrious gases, AMI might aid, in retain
ing those volatile essences which form the
body CT the aromatic flavor. 4 X Since
the first Introduction of coffee MS a l,eyararc
many and elaborate have been the d;scus.
sions to which It's imputed effects have Civ
ell rise; but 1t is not SO generally known
that III certain parts Of the world it is eaten
as Il tood-n Which capacity, if Mr.. Bruce,
and more recent African explorers arc to lie
believed, it throws our Loas,ed "pcmican''
altogether i'll the shade. They tell Us that
certain nations Of Africa having to traverse
immense deserts, carry noll,ing with them
I" eat save pulverizcsl coffee mixed with but
ter, and rolled up into the form Of 4 "itan-
tie pill. One of these pills, about the size
ct II billiard hall, will keep man, says Mr..
Bruce, in hctter strength and spirits duru,,
whole days marcl, under II burning sun
and over scorchiny san'lS, than wonl ~ loaf
ct bread or Il full meal of meat. i * II *
The history of.roiltc would lie extremely
Interesting had we leisure to give even :,
rapid sketch of the means by Which it was
introduced into such general use; but our
space Is limited, and the subject woull he
foreign to our work. Suffice ii to say that
those divines and religious denominations
vii" now exloI lis adoption us an aid 20 the
total ahs;inrncc movement. shoull mn, ,.-
ma'n ignorant that it has often been de-
n"unccd "n religious grounds, with a rancor
which did not cease without l.!oo,lshc,i. In
Grand Cairo, as early as 1925, its advocates
and opponents turned out in battle array ::
h't 'Ae fctl'l WAS sctted hy the Chief Mar.
lStrate, who invited the chiefs and the con.
tending E.ctions TO Il peaceaLlc .liscussiu Of
the merits pro and con. In order to assist
their deliberations, he placed the corpus de-
"ch before each in the shape of bowl of
the emhros'al beverage; and Us tic aroma
ascende'l i'll curling fumes, the Lrows of the
a";'-ccftee!tes relaxed, and they could not
resist the temptation Which the cunuino
Governor had prepared. In Constanlinoplr.
rs well. it had to encounter both religions
aad political opposi.ions und-such is the
force Of truth-lhe unaiic,l berry triumphe,,
over The united strength of these two most
powerful engines of dclusion. Religion took
tn" lead i'll this war, and condemned it's use
because the faithful arc forbidden in tile
Koran 10 eat u coal rs food.
The snpp"rtcrs Of this view took the
ground that coffee, when roasted, is n coal.
and so the coffee houses were closed under
penalties, the least Of which was the basti-
nado. But u mare sensible old Muiti, who
had. it is safe to presume, taste for the
delicious beverage-caIletl heaven an, earth
and all the powers of the chemistry to wit
ness that the berry in its ,lrinkaLIe form is
not coal. and never can he n coal until !;
is burned to Il cinder. in which form. he
confessed, no good Mal,ommc.lan should
Use ii; and as the people pretty strongly
took The old Mnfti's si'le; the question in fa-
vor of coffee was carried in the 1eetl, of 70.
ligi"us and political l'ig",ry. and the coffee
house on the banks Of the Bosphorous were
again thrown open 10 the imminent delight
OF all who had Il proper appreciation of SEN
sible enjoyment.
In Sweden. too, there was hot conten.
tion-tl'e anti:eoffeei,es alleging that the
beverage gave rise to forbidden desires and
s"f"rtln, and it was running the moral. of the
people 10y undermining the national love of
beer!
On the other hand. many eminent pl,vs-
i"l"gist and physicians are vehement in i,s
prnise. Dniour declares that III lmnisl,ps
care, languor and anxie,y-gives those who
drink ita pleasing consciousness of their
own we'll being and 'lifuscs through the
whole fra'ne vivifying and delightful
warmlls." -. .r-..-.s...
I. is undoubtedly one Of the strongest
tlisinieetng agents and should lie use,l un-
re'ni,!ingly in situations where malaria. or
contagious disease 4. prevalent. It is, also
highly favorable tot3ies social virtues, pro-
NOTES cheerful conversation, slarpens tho
capacity for wi. .slnootI,s away il,e wrinkles
Of Ierl, ,Ionght and possesses, many other
admirable properties. without one known
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