The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-02-21
NO. 49,.
LIFE WITHOUT SUGAR.
One of the Most Severe Deprivations that
the AnoIent4 suffered.

VhV Oh me rhpst severe Depr1NauOhS tihb
the AnoIehtS suffered.
LCouhH GagazleI
Has any housewife ever realized the
alarming condition of cooker, in the
tenigated generations before the nveu-
lion of sugar 1t is really almost to-
appalling to think about so many
things that we ROW look upon as all buC
necessities - cakes, puddHgS, made
dishes, confectionery, preserves, sweet
biscuits, lellies, cooked fruits, etc, were
then practically qui,e I'M. m.o.-i.ll.
Fancy attempting nowadays to live
single day without gir, no tea, no
coffee, no jam, ~ pudding, no cake
no sweets, no hot toldy Jelorr one goes
to Led; the bare idea is tco terrible.
And Yet that is the 40 G condition Of
all the civilized world up to tae miCdle
)l the middle ages Horace punch was
SugNrluss and lem0nieSs; the gentle
irglI never tasted the congenai cup Of
afternoon tea; and Socrates went from
ais cradle to his grave without ever
nowlng the flavor OF peppermint bulls
eyes, dow the children managed to
spend their Saturday as, or their
Weekl! 20 olas,' is profound mystery;
to be ,ra, people had honey, but honey
5 rare, dear, and S anty: it can never
laye ill ed One-quarter the. place that
sugar fills in our modern affections Try
for moment to realize drint,ng honcy
with one whisky and water, 0l doing
,he years preserving with a pot Of Lest
Nar5Orlne and you get at one .oHl-
non measure OF the difference lc,Wcea
lhe two as PRACTICAL sweeteucrs.
Nowadays W. get sugar from cana aud
bect-root IN undan G, while su.m
naples and palm trees o vm'iou, sorts
afford considerable supply TO reno CT
roan,ri 5. but the childhood Of the lit
tie Greeks and Romans must ha ben
absolutely unlighted by a single ray Of
! 10Y from chocolate creams or EvCrlon
to"ee. The consequence Of this eXces
Slye production OF sweets III modern
times Is, Of course, that we have begun
. distrust the indications afforded us hy
ne sense of taste in this particular us 70
tne who 'esOmenesS of various obiccDs.
y Q can mis- SuL ar with any Thing W.
ike, whether il had sug4r III it to begin
with or otherwise, auJ b sWc tcuug
md tlavorng We can give q false Imlat,
lbleness to even the worst and most in.
digestible rubbish sach as pla> ter OF
faris, largely sold unler the Llano Of
3ugarJd almonds TO the ingonu6u5 youtI
)f two hemi ,phereS.
But in untouched nature the test
aroly or never fails. AS long as fruits
ue unripe or unit for human Iood Iii Y
IRE green and sour; as soon as the ripen
hey become soft and sweet, and usually
.cquire some bright color as a sort OF
advertisement 0 their edlbllity. In the
main, bar the accidents of ciyillation,
fnatVyer is sweet is gooi to ett-nay,
nore, is meant to be eaten il is ony
)ur own perverSe fol y that N kes Us
netm think all nice things bad for
Is, and all Wholesome things nasty. In
/ state OF nature the exact opposite Is
'eally the case. one may observe too,
hat children, who are literally young
Sayages in more senses than one stand
iCarer to the primitive feeding in this
aspect than grown-up poo le. Th1F
InalIecteIly ike sweets adults Wio
nave grown more accustomed to the az.
iiciaI meat diet don t, as a rule, care
nuh for puddings, cakes an ma IL
dishes.