Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-07

more calculated to impair health and pro-
duce disease when impure, than water.
me decay and decomposition of animal
ana organic matter, which is discovered
IN the water we drink, irritates the
stomach, feYers the brain, and contamin-
ates tue blood TO such an extent that the
Whole system becomes poisoned. Water
forms nine-tenths of all our drinks. Man
himself Is made up of 1t to such an extent
that 1t is said if put under a press So
paliiuls Of water could be squeezed out OF
him. Water from pumps is even more
liable to contamination than river water
because its passage is beneath earth i'm
pregnated from sewers and cesspoOls. 1t
was found that water pumped up from a
we'll in a certain locality was cold, clear,
palatable, bright and sparkling, but it
owed all it's priced value to the nitrates
filtered into the well from decaying ami
NAL matter in an adjoining churchyard.
Vinegar is frequently adulterated. 1t
is first watered, and then pungency is
given to it by the addition OF sulphuric
acid.
Meat is exempt from aduIteration so
long as it remains IN the form of joints,
but when it is prepared in any shape in
which it's original form and fibre can be
hidden adulteration is apt to begin. The
diseased meat trade is more extensive
than is generally believed. 1t is pur-
chased by soup shops, sausage-makers,
etc.
Great tea drinkers should beware lest
by indulgence in their faVOrite draught
their palate is more cared for than their
health. Its beautiful BLUSH bloom is
gwen the herb by roasting process which
it undergoes, and the great demand for
mOderateiy-priced green tea has led the
China traders to initiate this peculiar
color, which they successfully do by mix
ing it with Prussian blue and gypsum.
When one of the Chinese in the green tea
country was asked what reasons he had
for dyeing the tea and If it would not be
better without UNDERGOING this process,
he acknowledged the tea was much better
without having such ingredients mixed
with il, and that they never drank dyed
teas themselves, but that they fused 1t be-
cause foreigners seem to prefer their tea
made up in this manner. 1t is calculated
that to every leo pounds Of green tea con-
summed in this country the consumer
drinks more than halfpOund of Prus-
sian blue and gypsum. Every spoonful of
HysOn or gunpowder tea contains Il con-
siderable quantity Of the deleterious dye,
which can be detected by pouringa gentle
stream OF water upon small quantity OF
this cOlOred tea, when the extent of the
adulteratiOn will be shown at once by the
tinging of the liquid.
Ground coffee, as generally sold, is
adulterated even more than tea. ChicOry
is the principal ingredient used for mix
ing with cheap coffee. Chicory is an in
sipid root, destitute of any nourishing or
refreshing quality, being utterly deficient
IN any nitrOgenous material, and found
to be hurtful to the nervous system. Prof.
Beir, the celebrated Occulist of Jenna,
considered it to be the cause of amaurOtic
blindness.
In close proximity to taa and coffee,
and what makes them more relishable,
are milk and sugar. Milk is diluted with
water, which of course is harmless.
In order, however, to give the diluted
article a delicate cream color, it is com
mon to swing round ball of annattO in
the can, and flour and starch are often put
in it.
1t is scarcely possible to procure moist
sugar which is not infected with animal
culR Of the acari genus, a most disgust
ngclass of creatures. In many samples
they swarm to that extent that the mass
of sugar moves with them. Those who
are accustomed to handling sugar are la-
BILE to skin affection called the grOcers'
itch, which IS believed TO be Occasioned by
these living Inhabitants of the sugar.