New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-13

faced they call IT, more less. and the facing
Is itself an adulteraion; As for coffee you oon nv
expect 30 get that pure, do vonf It's sure 10 DO
mixed with chicory. anyhow. and very prooapy
with roasted nc0rns. beans. mahogany sawdust vi
old tan Baked horse-liger occasionally pus
that's an extreme case. If by any remote chaucc
there wasn't anything wrong in the original cohee
yon get 1t in the chicory and very often there are
authorizations IN both; So you yet EN- TWICE over.
-" II that's the case. no more gtound coffee lot me
Wen grind our own. ami then we are sure 10 De
safe
You mustn't make too cocksure of that Some
years ago an ingenious firm took out patent ior
machine to mould chicOry into the shape OF conee
errles. Smart chaps those. And OF course they
can put an vthng they like into the chcory before
they work it mp"
That's pleasant. certainly. Then how is one to
secure pure coffee -
You can't secure il. except by sending a sample
to H.. some other SHOP of the same SORT TO have
1t anayzed and If it's wrong. prosecute your
grocer for aluItrration. After doing that rev
times, he might find it didn't pay and give 1t up
And how much would that cost y
Analysis of sample Of coffee. one gninca
analysts of butter, five guineas ANALYSIS OF milk.
one gnnea IN ivsi, OF tea. one guinea. lhose are
Ire regular charges for private analyses.
father expensive. ii seems And now much
would It cost 10 prosecute'
All. that can't tell YOU said my analyst
"Anlther flyer. or more. daresay. But look al tue
satlsfacfion."
did look ut il. but Intimately decided to give
my grocer the benefit Of the dOubt. and cherish u
fond 10y. that he was bett'r than his fellows. lhe
subject droppe.. But few days later there
chance to he anplc-puddinE on the table WIN
The dist IA 0uestipn nv analyst mad always hetl
in the habit OF consuming brown -ugar. and good
deal % Il. Vow however. on the sugar basin
best Demarara-h eing offered TO him. ne put on an
expression if he lad been invited TO partaKc Oh
Raw sugar No. thank you."
Hlllo what's wrong with the sugar Is that
Very probably" he loftily replied. &" But that's
small matter The genuine article Is bad enough.
Bad enonghw Indignantly interposed my
.1-,' I,.tf Ins's hast
moist hrcc-pcuce three farthngs pound"
darrsay u 3. If it was fourpence. 10 wonldpt
make any difference. Did you ever hear OF the
susar-mi'e. teams sG,'hGri-'
No; can't say ever did" | said. " and don't
want TO- either. We hove had enough OF chs sort
o. thing. and ] am not going TO- have any more
agonies over every article we eat.
| had again put my foot down Bnt 1t was 700
late | had cvep forbidden my analyst. under
penalty Of forfeiture OF his pocket money for several
months TO come, telling us, awning WhnteSnt
abont the food we eat or the drink we imbl'e; but
the mischief was zone. have lost my conHGehce
IN m tcllO v-'nan. ana still more IN my Ieh"W-
mans productions. ! may try IN an lmuerteet way
10 project our household may give the strlctest
orders thar but the reHnedes or sugar shall be
admitted into our store cupboard but who rs 10
answer for the man who ma kes the Jam and the
marmalade, OF the otherman no makes. the Madeira
cakes and the threc-cOrncred tarts An no"
much IL there that we have not hehrdT nave
sIlenced my ANALYSTS lipSlt rs true: but there Is
also language OF the eyes, and still more a IAN
gnare uf the nose. AMI when. with scOrnful tip
tilt OF the latter. he says, No thank son, 10 any
thing ny appetite IL destroyed for that meal l
can't take nil or black draught without my dis
ordered IMAGINATION plcturng my chemist pest
linz poisoned poison behind his counter: |
can't even eat "A new-i2id egg or crack nut VIM
ont WONDERING what II is adutcrated with. This
is morbid. no doubt. am quite aware that it is
morbid bat can't hel il. | am like Governor
Sancho in the island of Baratarla: my choicest
dishes are whi,ked away from me-Or rendered
nauseous which is as bad at the bidding of a
grim beng who calls himself Analytical Science
He NAV not know ANYTHING about {, or he may be
lying: but meanwhile he has sDolt my appetite,
and the dish may 20 away untasted for NE.
Truly a little knowledge Is a dangerous thing:
The moral oe nv painful story il cbvious. intend
to bring M the rest OF my family. If possible. TO
OCCUPATIONS involving no know ledge whatever.
-fChambers's Journal.