The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-10
THE TRUTH ABOUT MILK.
A Philosophical Milkmau Gives uts
Theory on the subject.
Max Adeler In Philadelphia Bulletinl

Max Adelpr IN Philadelphla Bulletin.l
We went over TO see Biles. our milk
man. the other day. and we found him
i'm the back yard mending the sucker OF
his pump. In reply to a jocular remark
about his dairy being in q bad way
when the pump was out OF order, Biles
said
"Oh, I ain't going to deny that we
water the milk | don't mind the joking
about it. But all say ia, that when
people say we do 1t from mercenary mo
lives they slander the profession. No.
sir. when | put water i'm the milk do 1t
out Of kindness for the people who drink
IL. | do ii because I'm philantrophic.
because I'm sensitive ana can't bear to
see folks suffer. Now. s'pos a COW is
bilious or something, and 1t makes her
milk unwholesome, | give II q dash or
two OF water, and up it comes to the
usual level Waters tho only thing
that'll do il. Or, spos'n that cow
eats p'ison vine in the woods, am !
going TO lot my innocent customers
be killed hv it for the sake OF saving n
little labor at the pump? No. sir
sluah in q few quarts Of water. neutral
ize the pison, and there she Is as right
as q trivet. But YOU take the best milk
that ever was aud II ain I tit for the hui
man stomach rs il comes from the cow.
IT has too much easeine in IT, Professor
Huxley SAYS that millions Of poor igno-
rant men and women are murdered
every year 10y loading down weak
stomacha with casoinc II kinder sucks
NJ the gastric Juice. he says. and gets
dauhcd all around over tho insidcs until
the pores are choled. and then the first
thing Won know the man suddenly curls
all up and dies. He saws that out yer in
Asia. where tho milkmen are not rs con
scieniious as we are, there are whole
cemetcrirr ohuelS full Of people that
have died Of caseinc. and that before
long all that country will ho one
vast burying- ground If they don't
amelorate tho milk When | think
Of the responsibility resting on
me. is it singular that | look
at this old pump aud wonder
that people don't come and silver
plate il and put up my statue on It? !
tell YOU, sir. that that humble pump
with the cast-iron handle is tho only
thing that stands hetwixt you and sud
den death And. besides that. YOU
know how kinder Hat raw milk tastes.
kinder insipid and mean. Now. Prof.
Huxley. he says that thoro is only one
thing that will vivify milk and make II
luxurious to the palate. and that is
water. Give il n few jerks under the
pump and out il comes sparkling and
delicious. like nectar | dunno how it
is. but Prof Huxley says that il under
goes somc kinder chemical change. that
nothing else II bring it about but q ia
vorng Of fine old pump water. Iou
know the doctors all water the milk for
babies. They know mighty well If they
didn't those young ones Il shrink all up
and sorter fade away. Nature is the
bost Judge What makes cows drink 50
much water? Instinct, sir-ustinct.
Something whispers to EN- that
if they don't sluice in q little
water that casein'd make 'cm gidIy
and eat 'em up. Now. what's the odds
whether put in the water or the cow
does? She's only a poor brute beast,
and might often drink too little, but
when l go at it [ bring the mighty
human iutollot to bear ON the subject. ]
am guided by reason. and ! can water
that milk SOS it'll have the greatest
possible effect Now. there's chalk |
know somc people have an idea that it 's
wrong 10 fix up your milk with chalk.
But that's only mere blind bigotry.
What is chalk? A substances provided
hy beneilcent nature for healing the ills
Of tho human body. cow don't eat
chalk because it's not needed hy her.
t Poor Inrducated animal she can I grasp
these higher problems. and she goes on
nibbling sour grass aud other things.
+ and filling her milk with acid. which
destroys human membranes and induces
collie Then science comes to the
rescue. Professor Huxley tolls Us
that chalk cures acidty Consequently
! get some chalk stir il in my cans and
save the membranes Of my customers
without charging thcm n cent for it ac-
tually give il away, and yet they talk
about mlllmen as il we were hucCa
neersl But don't care. My conscience
is clear. | know mighty we'll that !
have high and holy mission to per
form. and I'm going to perform it if
they burn me Mt the stake What do
spreads blessings through the commu-
nifty? What difference does it make to
u man Of honor like me if chalk is six
cents Il pound SO long as | know that
without il there would not be mem
hrane in this community? Now. look
at the thing in the right light. and YOU
will believe me that before another cen
tury rolls around a grateful universe
will Worship tho memory OF the first
mill1man who ever had n pump and who
doctored his milk with chalk. II will,
unless Justice is never to have her own.
The French and German Armies.
london Arary ana Navy Gazattn
We believe that the French army. in
spite Of what has been written in this
country on the subject. is making great
progress in every way. Work is being
, done silently and we'll. We have Just
seen the letter OF an accomplished
French officer. stating that the work,
until few days ago. was really too hard
and on the extra amount OF duty neces-
STATED by the training or reseryists. We