Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-07


coffee house in your city for the refresh
ment especially of the business men during
the hard working term-which is winter
work-and yet nothing having been written
explanatory of the peculiar usefulness of
the excellent beverage, permit me to offer
some notes from memory On the subject.
The first testimony viii be that of Prof.
Johnston, author of the celebrated lectures
on agricultural chemistry, and one of the
most eminent English scientists Of modern
times. He also wrote a popular work en-
titled "The Chemistry of Common Life,''
which treats Of the leading articles of food,
the narcotics we indulge in, alcoholic, vim
Gus and malt drinks, and the beverages we
infuse. The writing is strikingly clear and
concise, and he gives his own analyses.
He says that tea and coffee are almost
Identical ON nalYsis, yet that tea Is somewhat
cooling and astringent, while coffee Is
warming and slightly aperient-the last the
effect Of the oil 1t contains.
They stimulate the brain, and, further
more, will keep up the physical (muscular)
system more effeetually than the most nour-
ishiDg soups that can be made. (The last
assertion would be questionable IL not from
so high authority He refers to the fact
that the great strides of progress have been
coeval with the use of tea and coffee. He
de- cribes chicory, which is the usual adul-
teration of coffee, against which buyers of
parched and ground packages should be on
| their guard. Thus much for Prof. J.
The warming effects OF coffee have caus-
ed 1t to be widely adopted IN connection
with bathing. II is part Of the regimen of
the German water cure. 1t is served at the
| close Of the Turkish bath (Vid: Thakeray's
| description OF it,. Seaside bathers on the
| continent drink 1T iced. Its power to arouse
both the mind and body exceed anything
! except electricity. Travellers on theSouth-
western steamers, when they rise early, re-
| pair to the steward and drink tiny cups of
| black ceffee to prevent Ill effects from the
! damp air.
| We have seen it stated that milk has
! tendency to render coffee indigestible The
! Portuguese say that milk causes billions
ness and their descendants, the Brazllians,
| drink coffee without milk or sugar, and veTu
| strong. Some accuse coffee OF causing ex.
| else Of bile; and may not this be so, with
! cess persons, in warm weather, owing to
| the heating property mentioned E? Such
| persons should be early risers in the sum
mer, and charge themselves well with coffee
| in the early cool part of the day, and drink
tea OF some other beverage for dinner and
| supper. Or they might leave off coffee
altogether in the summer, as they do their
winter clothing. The sudorifc effect of
| coffee units one for going to sleep prompt
| ly and comfortably in hot weather,
| A traveller relates that Ia districts in Cen
| trail America where they raise both cocoa
and coffee, they drink little strong coffee
| soon after rising, but have chocolate with
| their breakfast. Many German families lin
| Germany consider coffee with bread and
| butter ample for the morning meal: the
| bread is made sweetish with dried fruits.
and is called ''coffee bread" But, being
warm lovers Of good eating, they make up
for this simplicity at the midday and evening
meals. Coffee of strength suitable for en-
ergetic persons of middle age is too strong
| for children, and prudent mothers should
have warm water to dilute for the latter.
| The chespness OF coffee is In it's favor: one
CENTS worth properly drawn will do a man
as much good as ten cents worth OF ardent
| spirits.
| Voltaire, who ranks in his native country.
at least, as the greatest modern intellect.
kept 1t always drawn, and drank it fire.
| Quently during the day. BslZac. the cole
brated French novelist, dotted On II. durinp
the long term of his 'obscurity and POVERTY.
when he could afford only few cents each
| of bread, milk and sausage (his daily farel.
| he managed TO have good coffee After he
| became famous, royal personsges compli.
mented him with choice coffee. In the
early part of her career, George Sand
| (Madl am Dadavant) drank milk, but in the
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| desk as black as the ink. Str Francis Head.
| the best ''penny-a lirer'' In England some
| years ago, made his breakfast with coffee.
butter and hot rolls. DR.. johnson,
the elephant of literature in his day,
drank several cups at each meal. After
| the gourmand has taxed his appetite and d.
| gestion for hours at feast, he drinks tiny
cup OF strongest coffee to aid digestion and
ward off languor.
Many who have fallen into the habit of
drinking, might find the above beverage the
means of leaving it off drinking 1t well
made, and frequently throughout the day,
like Voltsire. And those to whom some
alcoholic stimulant is necessary, might get
along with less by iudicious, free use of
the other in conjunction.
1t is desirable to lessen the consumption
OF ardent spirits in all legitimate ways.
For, besides the well known evils Of 1t,
there is grievous extortion in the price, A
certain class are becoming "bloated bond
holders" faster than is fair There was a
time when barrel OF whisky was shipped
from Cincinnati to New Orleans, fifteen
hundred miles, and thence west into Texas
hundreds of miles further, by Gulf
steamers, or thus eastward into Alabama
and Georgia, and thence by railway
still further, ard sold by the
small roadside dealers at twenty five
cents gallon-over two thousand
miles or transportation, two transfers,
and one or two "niddle men's'' costs taken
cut. The Dexter whisky, for instance:
Now, three, four and five dollars are
charged for what the vendors call good
article. About third of bushel of grain
will make gallon. What boots 1t that we
make cotton, eugar cane, rice, tobacco, naval
stores, ii we continue to pay for large
quantities Of these liquors at such prices?
Besides the ruinous prices, those who
know hat "a cd lt 5faI aIi
cal. The cuisine is robbed of pepper-the
rat poisoner must yield up ONE strychnine-
refuse tobacco is saturated.
We are outraged with highfalutin names,
such as "nectar" and mountain dew.'
This Is like calling little scrub pony Bu-
cephalus, or peach orchard pig Belshazar.
The immense quantity of lowest grade, or
Is enough to make Bacchus turn in his grave.
High stump water would suit. One gallon Of
| good fruit brandy, plus four of this, are
mixed and sold for five Of the former
peach and apple brandies. The beers are
embittered with coeculus indicus.
We have a suggestion to make. Malt
| liquors are said to be wholesome, for,
besides being slightly alcoholic and stimu-
lating, they are highly nutritious. So said
the great scientist quoted IN the outset.
The saying is common that great men have
generally had superior mothers. The
mother Of the English philosopher. Lord
Bacon, was noted for her good
| housewifery and, IN this, for
her excellent "honle breared aleu-
Why, then, could not smart Southern la
dies make it? Hops might be easily raised
at home. The grain would cost but little
Let the fair managers offer premium for
ale, or hop and malt beer. The scupper-
nong, as DR.. Kenworthy suggests soundly,
may be relied on for fair drinkable wine,
II not a Widow Clicquot or other fancy
champagne.
Let those who can do without ardent
spirits and wine, abstain; let those who must
needs take some, cut it off as low as posi-
bic, and let hop vines flourish in every gar
den and millions Of scuppernong vines
spread themselves. Respectfully,
G. G. PLAYER.
Karion, Fla, January 5, 1881.