St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-23

from the tea leaves, and Il will sift
from the -four plaster Of Paris and
bonedust and soapstone, and 1t will, by
chemical analysis, separate tho one
quart Of water from the few honest
drops OF cows milk, and it will throw
ont the live animalcules from the
brown sugar.
There has been SO much adulteration
Of articles of food that it is an amaze.
ment to me that there IL healthy
man or woman in America. Heaven
only knows what they put into the
spices, and into the sugars, and In the
butter, and into the apothecary drug.
But chemical analysis and the micro
scope have made wonderful revela.
tions. The board Of health in Massa.
chusetts analysed = great amount OF
what was called pure coffee, and found
In it not one particle of coffee. In En-.
gland there is law that forbids the
putting of alum in bread. The public
authorities examined 81 packages OF
bread, and found them all guilty.
The honest physicion, writing q pre-
srciption, does not know but that 1t
may bring death instead Of health to
his patient, because there may be one
of the drugs weakened by . cheaper
article. and another drug may be In
full force. and so the prescription may
have just the opposite effect intend
ed. Oil of wormwood warranted pure
from Boston was found to have u per
cent. Of resin and alcohol and chloro-
form. Scammony is one of the most
valuable medical drugs. 1t Is very
rare, very precious. 1t IL the sap or
the gum of tree or . bush In Syria
The root Of the tree is exposed. an in
cision IS made into the root. and then
shells are placed at this incision to
catch the sap or the gum as It exudes.
It is very precious, this scsmmony.
But the peasant mixes it with a
cheaper material; then 1t is taken to
Aleppo. and the merchant there mixes
it with = cheaper material; then 1t Is
comes on to the Wholesale druggist In
London or New York, and he mixes it
with cheaper material; then it comes
to the retail druggist. and he mixes it
with q cheaper material, and by the
time the poor sick man gets it into his
bottle it is ashes and chalk and sand.
and some of what has been called pure
scammony after analysis has been
found to be no scammony at all.
Now, practical religion will yet
rectify all this. It will 60 to those
hypocritical professors OF religion who
got corner" in corn and wheat in
Chicago and New York. sending prices
up and up until they were beyond the
reach Of the poor, keeping these bread
stuffs in their own hands, or control
ling them until the prices going up
and up and up. they were, after awhile.
ready to sell, and they sold out, max
ing themselves millionaires in one or
two years-trying tc ok the matter up
with the Lord by building q church
or an university or q hospital-delud-
Ing themselves with the idea that
the Lord would be so pleased with the
gift He would forget the swindle.
Now, as such . man may not have
any liturgy in which to say his pray
ers, will compose for him one which
he is practically making: ''Oh, Lord,
we, by getting . corner in bread
stuffs. swindled the people Of the
United States out of $4,000, 600,
and made suffering all up and down
the land, and we would like to com.
promise this matter with Thee. Thou
knowest 1t was scaly Job. but then
it was smart Now. here we compro-
mise it Take one per cent. of the
profits, and with that one per cent
you can build an asylum for these
poor, miserable ragamuffins on the
street, and l will take yacht and 60
to Europe. forever and ever. Ameni'
All. my friends, If . man hath got.
ten his estate wrongfully and he build
. line OF hospitals and universities
from here to Alaska, he can not atone
for it. After awhile. this man who has
been getting = ''corner" In wheat
dies, and then Satan gets "cofnerr
in him. He goes into q great, long
Black Friday. There is ''break" In
the market. According to Wall street
parlance, he wiped others out, and
now he is himself wiped out No col
laterals on which to make . spiritual
loan. Eternal defalcation.
But this practical religion will not
only rectify all merchandise, II will
also rectify all mechanism and all toll.
A time viii come when q man will
work ~ faithfully by the lob as he
does by the day. You say when .
thing is slightinRly done: ''Oh, that
was done by the job" You can tell by
the swiftness or slowncss with which
q hackman drives whether he Is hired
by the hour or by the excursion. II he
Is hired BY tho hour he drives very
slowly, SO Is TO make - many hours
as possible. If he II hired by the ex-
cursion, he whips up the horses 10
As to get around and get another
customer. All styles of work have
10 be inspected. Ships inspected,
horses inspected, machinery inspect
ed. Capitalist coming down unexpect.
edly to watch tho bosa Conductor of
. city car sounding the punch Of . bell
to prove his honesty As . passenger
hands him = clipped nickel. All things
must be watched and inspected. I'm
projections in the wood covered with
putty. Garments warranted to last
until you put them on the third time.
Shoddy In al kinds Of clothing. Chro-
mos. Pinchbeck. Diamods for 81. 50
Book binding that holds on until
you read the third chapter.
Spaviped horses. by skilltull
dose Of jockeys, for several days made
to look spry. Wagon tires poorly put
on. Horses poorly shod. Plastering
that cracks without any provocation
and falls Oh. Piumhering that needs
to be plumbered- Imperfect car wheel
that halts the whole train with hot
box So little practical religion in the
mechanism Of the world. I tell you,
my friends, the law Of man will never