, 1874-07-04
Why Old Maids, Have Parchment
CoIored Faces.
Manufacture Of Honey In tile
Comb.
P1ire Mustard an Article Unknown to
tho Trade.
Currant-Jelly.

Adultoration Of food is very old subject, but,
sol long us nlortals must cat, s ever IN Interest,"
Ing ono. There are times wllon tho pooplc' aro
seixcd with panic Of indi CITATION against dca1-
ssH in drugs mud III groceries, particularly tho
hitter. When tho bead Of farnfly pays out
mouey for vito lokome food. he expects tic full
value Of hts cash, and Is, naturally, caGriucd to
find that he has bonn Bhnmefully deceived.
In n land like ours where broadstudB aro al
ways plenty, tho temptation is not in tie dirco-
lion Of atultoyatug flour or meal. Tho art ia
most practiccd in our imported commodities,
especially tons, coirees, sugars, aud spices. As
these have become absolute neccasarios to every
family in America, tho demand il great, and tho
eulply rtetcndB to be equal to TINT dcnlaNd, In
otiantuy If not in quality. But onco in q while,
the popular voice IL upraBed III complaint, aud
woru1 TALES or p1suoSEBr MIXTURES
arc told. People begin to think that they are
being subjected to species Of Hlow-poison and
groccrs, wholesale and retail, are consigned 10
,epose wlcro tue Fourth Of July, IN temperature,
iB perpetual. Thus, our boys in the army used
to swear ut tho beef mud cali It, not elegantly but
cnphatica!ly, "Balthorao." Tie coffee. they
deolarod, WAS nothing moro than split-pea soup,
very tiiin and muddy ut tint. As for tea, thoy
very seldom iudulEed i'll that beverage, unless in
the hoapitas, and 1t escaped d NICKNAME. To-
day, although thero is no war,
PEOPLE ARE 0RowL1Sd HEAVILY
about the poor trash, In the slnpe Of groceries,
which they very frequently got hold Of. Thoy
saY that tho Eroon-tcn is colored ou copper
plates. which makes it noxt door to deadly poi
son; that loaycs. which have been already
''drawn, aru rodrlod, md subjected to colorlng
process, which renders thom black and deadly !;
lllat genuine tea can hardly be obtained at tho
retail groceries, aud that tho wholesale houscs
sre moi any better in tho Uay OF supplying good
lrliclo than tiey should bo.
IN THE IISE OF COFFEE,
everybody knows that chiccory il largely mixed
with that fayorite morning huverage, and it s to
be doubted whether III eny clty restaurant
But tic rory nat,ro Of tho drink, or,
rather, Of tho borry from Which 1t is decoctod,
makos it impossible to render it poisonous.
Uhlccory ia not hurniful to human health. and
aonie cpcurea assert that lille Of tho article
mixed with the coffee improves the 1avor In
the matter Of hplt-peas or dried beans, there is
not 80 much ecstasy. They cannot avor, mud
their presence Gun be detected by the yoElost
tyro who ever graduated ut d tlfth-rate boarding.
house. Modern art bus, however, managed to
Initiate the Coffee evcn Us 1t appears i tho boan.
A peculiar kind OF panto mixed with ground
chiccory, aud other ingredients, is compounded
by tho operators. and ran iuto tnoltls go perfect
that, to tho inexperienced oyc, the difference bo-
stnto. actually unliscoycrabe. Whether this
poculiar discovery OF the adultorators has yet
found itB wny to Chicago IL d matter that admits
Of sune doubt.
Bp1gEa
nrc now uscd BY oil classes Of American society,
more or leha. Mustard ind pepper cannot bo
tHpoused with, which, doubtless, il a REASON why
thoY are moro alloyed with foreign material than
Ingredients used to aduterate ground eplcoa arc
perfectly innocuous, wbifo qthors, il used in
largo quantities. arc almost mutderoug In their
tendencies. Modern sciauco, aided BY the MICRO
scope, laa done much to check tho evil Of adult
teration which in England, just before our var,
epread to Huch an extoht rs to call for
PARLIAMENTARY lNTEnFERESCE.
Not alone did; tho system OF cheating extend to
tbs u1llries but also to tho uecesharies Of life
Drugs were ~ alloyed tint the revelations made
by tho London Lancet STARTLED tho people Of
Great Britain, and produced storm throughout
lilo islanti. 4 law waB passed compelling drug
gistB 70 sell puro materiula, under ponnlty, aud
manufacturers Of ground coffee, spicos etc.,
Of aduiterated mixture, In tue cases containing
their goods. THIS had 4 very good offoct. mud
tic uyil was cheokod, although by no nouns Grad
tcatad.
FLOUR AND MILE
were nlao tamperad with to such an extont Tint
''bRher'a hload "was regarded with abhorIonce,
aud ullk was looked upon III little better than
~utcr colored with Hono clalky maserlal. III
Bome OF our own larger cities this business Of
alultorution WAS carried to q grout extont but,
fortunately, tue Sin ewdlers Of tho customers did
much to bailIe tho dishonest dealers, who wore
publicly branded with their crime, and. i'll many
caBcs wore compelled. for lack Of trade to Hus-
pend businesH altogether. Still, there oan be no
doubt that, even at this day, the people are pay
ing their money for stnif which ls noxt door to
worthless. ii not absolutely harmful. OF coursc,
there arc very many honorublo exceptions
among our large aud small traders, hui whore
there is 80 much complaint, thore must be rad
iea! eallH9,