The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-18

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the Patriot King; aud they soon found tbas'
any popular reform worth having was
Patriot King than by virtue of any patriotism
in the monarch. Great popular demonstratioOS
aud tumuls, and threats OF march'ng on L)ut
don; and 0'ConneIl meetings at Charing Cross
with significant allusion by the great dema-
goeue 10 the klng who lost his head at White
hall hard by; the hanging out OF the black flag
at Manchester, and general movement OF
brickoats everywhere-these seem to have been
juetly regarded as the persuasive Influences
which converted Sovereign INTO the PARROT
King and a Reformer. Loyalty did not gain
much py the reforms OF that reign. Then
followed the young Victoria; AMI en- thusIasm
for while wakened up fresh and genuine over
the ascension OF the comely and simple-nearted
glrl, who was 20 frank and winning; who ran
down stairs IN her nlPht-dress rather than keep
her venerable councillors waiting when they
souSht her out at midnight; who openly
ackno owledged her true love Tor her cousin, and
offered him her hand; who was a. once queenly
and madenly. innocent and fearless.
"But this sort OF thing dld not last very long,
Prince Albert was never popular. He was cold;
people sald he was stingy; hiS very virtues, and
they we're genuine, were not such as anybody,
except bis wIie and family, warmly admtres in
a man; ne was indeed misunderstood. or at all
events mlsprized in England, up 10 the close of
his life. 1heu the gates OF the convent, so to
speak, closed over the Queen, ana royalty ceased
to be nm auimating presence in England.
The young men and women OF to-
daY-persons who have not passed the
age of twenty.one-ean hardly remember
to have ever seen the Sovereign. bhe is
to them what tie M kado is to his people Seven
years of absolute seclusIon on the part OF
monarch must in any case be sad trai TO per-
sonal 10y atty, at least in the royal capital
c, nsideraUle and an influential section OF Queen
Victories subjects in the metropolis have long
Doen very angry with their sovereign. The
tallOrs, the miliiners, the dressmqkers, the jew
ellers. the perfumers, all the shopkeepers OF the
West Emo who make profit out OF court dinners
and balls and presentations, are furious at the
royal seclusion which they believe had injured
hnir hnai IN al
residents of the West End, who do not care
much about a court which no longer contrib
u'es to their seasons gayety. So, too, are all
the funkey class generally. Now, l am
sure there are no three sections of the populd-
tioD OF London more influential in the spreading
OF scandal and the nursing of this dIscontent
than the shopkeepers the aristocrats, aud the
flunkeys of the Vest End. These are actively
aud demonsratiyely dissatisfied with the Queen.
These 1t is who spread dirty scandals about her,
and laugh over vie lampoons and caricatures
OF which she is the object.
Every one knows that there is low, mean
scaDda aloat about the Queeu-and it is spread
by the clubs, the diaWlUg-reoms, the shops,
and the servants halls of the West End. am
convinced that not one of those VINO spread the
scandal really believes il; butthey like to spread
it because they dislike the Queen. There can
be no doubt, however that much dissa,isiac-
ton at the Queens long seclusion is felt by
persons who sre incapable OF harborlng any
motives so mean or spreading any caiumnles so
unworthy. Most of the London papers have
always found tault rather sharply and not over
uect ntly with the royal retirement. Mr. Ayr
ton, representative of the Tower Haniets-the
largest constituency in England-openly eX.
pressed this sentiment at public meeting; and
though his remarks were at once replied to and
condemned by Mr.. Bright, they met with
more or less cordial response from mostof his
audience.
There is or was in the House of Commons
Uhe general election has got happily rid of
hm), foolish person named Reardon, Picca-
dilly auctioneer, who became, by what we call
in Enn1 land 90 nkp m hpr n
Commons. THIS person moved last session
resolution, or something OF the kind, ling on
the Queen to abdicate. The thing was laughed
doWn-poor Mr.. Reardon's previous career had
been so absurd that anything coming from him
would be hoo.ed; and the House OF Commons
is fercely intolerant of bores' and men with
crotchets. But have reason to believe that
Mr.. Reardon's luckless project was concocted
uT a delegG:t;,1cnn o. Loudon Iadesmen and had
the sym pathy OF the whole class; and know
that many members of the House which hooted
and laughed him down had in private over and
over again grumbled at the Queens retirement,
| and declared that she ought to aodlcate.
"'What on earth does it matter asked OF a
member OF Parliament -one of the most
accomplished scholars and sharp logtcians in the
House-what on earth does it matter whether
or not the Queen gives a few balls to few
| Thousand West End people IN the season" HOW
can ratioual people care, one way or the other"
| MY dear fellow was the answer, Il don't care
but all that sort of thing is her business, and
she is paid to do it, and she ought to do 1t. II
she were a Sasherwoman with family, she
would have to do her work, 10 matter What her
grief Now this eentlemanIWho Is utterly
above any sympathy with scandal or with the
lackevlike grum bllngs of the West End -dld,
| undoubtedly express fairly enough growing
mood of the public dissatisfaction"
In his work entitled "Cofse and its Adul
terations in New York." DR.. Draper gives al
account of one Of the principal articles used
for adulteration, and how it is in its turr
adulterated:--
1.-The foreign substances used in the adultera
tion of coffee are very numerous, but tha
generally employed is chiccory, succory, or wilC
epdive, which may be seen growing wild in th
vacant lots in varous parts of New York island
and in the fields in its vicinity. 1t may be recog
nlZed by It's flower, which Is OF blue color; I
generally opens at about eight in the morning
and closes at four in the afternoon. The root /
perennial, yellow on the outside, and abou
the thickness of the finger; chlccory wa
, formerly, and is still regarded by many a
| a weed, but, nevertheless, 1T is use1 in SOM
countries food for cattle IL is said to inCreas
, | the yield of milk. When blancned it makes al
excellent salad. and Is very generally employed
. | 1or this purpose in the spring. The root is tn
. | part used in the aduiteratioa of coffee. and th
plant is extensively cultivated for this purpos
In Belgium Germany, England, and Tor GU
u home market on Long Island. 1t Is taken u
= in September, scraped aud carefully washed
}, then split and cnt into Lengths of two or thre
inches dried in an oven, aud sent into tn
e market in bags. For the purposes OF the COTE
a adulteratiOn 1t is afterwards cut into sma
a pieces, roasted, and ground to a coar;e powder
e resent bling ordinary coffee; ana in this stat
y sold Tor about fifteen cents a pound, good cohs
/, being worth forty-hve or hfty cents.
II The decOction OF the unroasted root
n bitter, and was formally given as an apetieu
1t aud alternating medicine; that of the roaste
o pOWQer has q maWkish taste, between mOlasse