, 1886-11-19
i LOOKS IKE coEFes.


Understanding Else Interesting.
''That is not coffee aid the reporter
"Who said it wass'' replied the Jolly,
rosy checked grocer. Are there any
marks on it to indicate that it is c~offeey'
mo, not particularly; but it certainly
looks like coffee and tastes entirely differ
emit
''Ah, you have hit the nail on the
head, continued the grocer with II smile.
at would not do to let every one know
it, as it might shake peoples confidence
in their grocery store. That bag, "A few
beans from which You have just tasted,
contains an imitation of coffee. 1t is
nothing more han flour, and poor flour
at that, which has been shaped like the
coffee bean and baked brown. If you will
take II genuine coffee bean in your hand
and put it alongside the imitation, You
can see that there is II difference in the
color. The shape is also different, but
this is nothing, as the various kinds of
coffee vary in shape and size. The flavor
of course, is not there, but the way the
imitation is sold does not require its pres
ence. The grocer is not u foolish man.
He does not sell these Hour beans for
coffee. This would give the business
away. But when trade is dull and the
grocer must have something to occupy his
mind. ii is IL pleasant recreation for him
to mix n quantity of the flour beans with
the genuine coffee. Then it cannot be
easily detected. Only just enough of
the tluvorless bean is used to make n little
profit. This is not quite one half.
When the honest housewife who buys
whole coffee so IA to get il pure. grinds
up this mixturc and the DIOR steals ont
from the mill, her eyes snap and She
laughs Mt the people who are foolish
enough to buy the coffee which is ground
at the store, and can he easily adul-
tcrntcl. The taste Of this compound is
not unpleasant and it Will not iniurc any
one. Even the baby can take ii with i'm
punity. If the coffee were drank plain it's
weakness would he noticeable. but being
usually taken with milk and sugar the
fraud is not detected. Years ago all the
coffee was ground in the grocery, but
ndulteration was carried on So extensively
that the practice was established of buy
ing the whole bean. This led soInc in
ventive Yankee humanitarian, who be
lieved that too much coffee is bad for the
nerves, to bring out the flour bean.
Here is something else interesting.
See these beautiful samples of cloves and
peppers. Importcdy Well. no, not eX-
nctly. They are home made to suit the
trade. They look good. but there is but
little flavor to them. Somc one thought
ii was II shame To waste the heautliul ana
nourishing cocoanut shell, and conceived
the idea Of heating it and thcn grinding ii
to n fine powder. This when artistically
mixed with various kinds of oils mikes IA
good spice for pies and other good things.
II is n growing industry and well patron
lied. Some of this powdered shell. after
being favored and made into II still
paste. is passed through moulds into the
shape of peppers and cloves. These.
when mixed with n quantity of the genu-
inc article, give about all the flavor that
it is safe for n person to take, and the
grocer does not lose anything, but goes
on paying his pew rent and building rows
of houses, the same rs if there were a lit
tie cream in the cheese, n small quantity
Of sugar in the glucose, and II faint OF
butter in the oleomargarine. New
York Tribune Interview.