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A Brief Chapter on P»od and Ita Adnt-
“A cop of ooffen r > ’ Mjrt Alexandra
f Dumas, the elder—who, by the mgr, was
M great a gourmand aa ha was romanctot
—fa eun of coffee is the review of the
dinner.'' M. Dumas was right. Of all
the food adulterations that of coffee is
the most palpable. Not only is the
roasted and ground article adulterated,
but—incredible ns it-may bound—the
green bean is Imitated from common
day, colored with arsenic. If rumor has
it correct, there is a green ooffee manu
factory in Chicago, where nature is
“corrected” by machinery. Median!-
cal appliances mold, press and dry Cook
county clay into coffee beans, as it is
8aid,’at a cost of about eight cents a
pound. Of course, this artificial coffee
cannot be used in its purity, or rather
impurity. It is used to mix with the
genuine article, and, strange as it may
sound, the day bean assumes the same
color m roasting that the natural bean
does. *
Coffee roasters all over the land ad
mit that they use dale bread in roasting
coffee. The bread-is freed from its crust
! and *then cut 'into small cubes.. The
roasters claim that the presence of this
bread during the process of the roasting
improves the coffee. Of course, if the
latter is sold in the bean it is impossible
to make the customer pay for stale bread,
but if ground the bread becomes part of
the coffee. Think of M. Dumas’ glow
ing tribute to the after dinner cup, and
then, imagine a compound made up as
followq: Chicory, peas,' beans, ' date
stones, biscuits, figs, roasted hominy,
burned sugar, acorns, mangel-wurzel,
dandelion, turnips, parsnips, carrots, rye
and potato flour.
Tho introduction of chicory into coffee
is defended by many roasters on the
ground that it really improves the coffee
and does no mischief to the drinker.
But Dr. Hassell, a German authority,
says that chicory in prolonged use is in
jurious to health. He claims that the
root—belonging to the class of radishes,
by tho way—produces heartburn, cramp
in tho stomach, loss of appetite, acidity
in the mouth, constipation with intermit
tent diarrhoea, weakness of the limbs,
trembling, sleeplessness, and a drunken
cloudiness of the'senses. Professor Beer,
the famous Vienna oculist, goes so far as
to claim that chicory in large doses pro
duces blindness.
The adulteration of teas are even worse
than those of coffees. The practice of
using exhausted tea leaves is so well
known as scarcely to bear mention.
These exhausted leaves are “faced,” or
colored, and fixed up with plumbago,
gum, indigo, Prussian bide, turmeric,
China clay, mica, soapstone or French
chalk, sulphate of lime, rose pink, Vene
tian red, carbonate of copper, arsenite
of copper, chromate and bi-chromate of
potash and carbonate of lime and mag
nesia. Other substitutes for the genuine
article are leaves of the elder, willow,
‘ aloe and other plants. and trees, lye tea,
paddy husk, sweeping of tea hou&o floors,
sand, quartz, starch and magnetic oxide
of iron.
The most dangerous of all food swind
ling practices is that which lowers tho
nutritive quality of milk. Its direct ef-
■ feet is largely upon infants and small
children. It is the opinion of the ablest
medical observers that half of the infant
mortality in cities is due to sophisticated
milk. Professor Wiley, of tho United
States department of agriculture, asserts
that “it is doubtful whether 10 per cent,
of the milk which reaches tho tablp is
• pure.” The principal adulterant of milk
in these modem times is water. Tho
cream is skimmed and water is added to
restore the bulk and weight. The color
is restored by coloring matter. Flour or
starch, boiled white carrots, milk of al
monds, sheeps’ brains, gum tragacanth,
carbonate Of soda and chrome yellow also
enter into milk as adulterants.
There is practically no limit to the
adulteration of sugar. Cane sugar is
manufactured from grape or starch glu-
. <nse, wheat and potato, flour, tapioca
starch, blood, pipe clay, marble dust,
gypsum, bone dust, lead, iron, limegind
sand. The confectionery sugar consists
of glucose, terra alba, chalk, arrowroot,
sand, wheat and potato flour, and hy
drated sulphate of lime. These articles
are colored, as the case may require, by
cochineal, indigo and Prussian blue, car
bonates of copper and lead, white lead,
vermillion, gamboge, chromates of lead,
sap green, arsenite of copper, Indian red,
umber, sienna, Vandyke brown, cobalt,
smalt, Naples yellow, bisulphate of mer-
i cury, sulphate of arsenicum, bronze
powders or alloys of copper and zinc.
Speaking upon the law concerning
adulterants, Manager Robert M. Floyd
remarked: “The English have dealt
with the question of food adulteration
very intelligently, and, as experience has
shown, very profitably to the empire.
Adulteration or food had grown to enor
mous dimensions some years ago in Eng
land. A parliamentary commission re
ported that scarcely an article that was
served on the table was free from fraudu
lent admixture or was what it pretended
to bo. The result was the passage of an
net of a simple and comprehensive nature,
which required that all manufactured
articles of food should be labeled with a
statement of all their ingredients, fraud,
upon detection, being punished with ex
treme severity. If coffee contained
chicory the manufacturer and seller
must niako this fact distinctly known.
The proportion of cornstarch employed
in tempering mustard, and. incidentally
expanding its bulk, must be stated. And
so through the long list of comestibles
and condiments tho law enforces perfect
candor between buyer and seller. The
cffeqt of this legislation was to purify
the trade and then to bringit to unprece
dented proportions. The reason why
Great Britain has a monopoly, or some
thing very like It, in the condiment trade
tff tho world, to because her great houses
guoruntco purity."—Cblcsgo Herald.
New* for Suffering Women.
Monvur, Ga., Feb. 26,1887.
Mk. M. A. Brums: Some time ego
I bought five bottles of your Nunn-
bettor Tonto Wile for my wife, who
hud been an invalid for four years,
suffering with general debility, great
weakness, great nervousness, loss of
appetite, thick, sallow complexion,
a fullness of the stomach. She suf
fered from suppressed menstruation
( monthly sickness). Five bottles of
the pills made a new woman of her.
-You may be assured I recommend
them. Yours respectfully*
J. G. Sobuogs.
For sale at wholesale aifd retail by
Lloyd & Adams, Brunswick, Ga.,
and at retail at all points on B A W
and ETV 46 Railroads. Call for
descriptive advertising matter.
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u Invalid.’ Guide-Book,” which gives all partic
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For “ worn-out,” “ rim-down.” debilitated
school teachers, milliners, seamstresses, house
keepers, and overworked women generally.
Dr. Fierce's Fsvorlto Prescription Is the best
of all restorative tonics. It Is not a " Cure-nil,’
but admirably fulfills n singleness of purpose,
being a most potent Specific for all flioso
Chronlo Weaknesses nnd Diseases peculiar to
women. The treatment of mnny thousands
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In adapting remedies for their
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
Is tho result of this vast experience. For
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nervous prostration, exhaustion, debility and
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guarantee. See wrapper around bottle.
PRICE 91.00* !W»JBSr
Bend 10 cents in stamps for Hr. Pierce's largo
Treatise on Diseases of Women (100 pages,
paper-oovored). Address, Worlds Dispen
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Buffalo, N. Y.
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WnscfVvl LIVER
•VWeS PILLS.
ANTI-BILIOUS and CATHARTIC.
SICK HEADACHE,
Illlton* Headache.
promptly cured by Dr.
Vlorceje Pleasant
argntlve Pellets. 25
r,*-an Hal hff TiPIlfFfP.'RtA.
cents a vhd, by Drugg'stt.
A NEW SUIT
muse WINTER MK
FROM
JAS. . WRIGHT,
Corner Newcastle and Monk Streets.
I have Just received an elegant stock of season
able goods setected by myself In tho Northern
markets* and can supply the town with
Clothing, Hats,
SHOES, OVERCOATS M
Gents’ Furnish nit; Goods,
NECKWEAR AND HOSIERY
wWhich were purchased for cash, and conso
uenty can bo sold an closest margins.
Car-Suits made to order from sum I lies, much
hooper
apcrtlian from a tailor, and lit guaranteed.
JAS. S. WRIGHT.
PUTNAM’S
Livery Stable!
Corner Monk and Oglethorpe street*.
M V patrons nd the public can rest assured of
s '
. securing from my stable
The Finest Turn-Outs
I am Closing oat my Entire Stock of
FALL MB WINTER GOODS
At a Reduction of 20 per ct.
I do this in order 1 to make room for my
Spring Stock. 1 mean exactly what I say
and ask you to call and be convinced. My
goods are offered at prices that are in the
reach of all. Life is short* and if you want
to enjoy it, call and see the great bargains.
1 will give i special bargains in Cloaks,
Flannels, Blankets, Bed Comforts, Un
derwear, Corset;?, Ladies’ andJGents’ Silk
Umbrellas, etc.
d. MIOHELSON.
M. MIOHELSON.
Great Reduction in Pricesl
HARDWARE.
Never Before Sold at Such Low Rates!
' For tho coming Full and Winter wo will be *bt© to offer our customera a moct oomploto lino of the
various articles mentioned below, and at such remarkably low prices that you have but to give us a call
to be convinced. No unch inducements worojever before offerod aa we now present In onr wholesale and
retail stock >(
Hardware in Every Line,
IIouse-Ftiriiisliinsr Goods,
PAINTS AND OILS
In all varieties, including Mixed Paints,
Doors, Sash, Blinds,
v )i< * which will glvo best satisfaction.
Farmers’ Implements of Highest Quality,
Mill Hardware, Building Supplies,
ICE CREAM FREEZERS, REFRIGERATORS, CUTLERY,
GREAT BARGAINS IN
Cook Stoves for Wood or Coal, Oil Stoves,
i FIUEND OF THE HOUSEWIFE.
Wobd and Willow Ware In every design. In Crockery, aim, Tin and Agate Were we hero a ftn. and
large auortment. which wears ready to offer at bottom price*. We will b. pleaaed to .how oar »tock *1
all ilmea. Satisfy yourselves and ua by giving t» an early call.
2&. MICHELSON.
augU-ly
Aug- F. Franklin.
J. J. H. Jonb
FRANKLIN & JONES,
Dealer, Broker and Commission Merchant.
Hay, Grain, Peed, Four, Bacon,
Mill Feed Generally.
Car-Ltiuu -lots a Specialty
AND THE BEST SERVICE.
A. T. PUTNAM,
We Compete with any Market in Quality aqd
Price, and Mean just what we Say.
Profession*!
DBNTISTtt
A ••AMtaiMMt,
LOCAL DENTISTS.
offleete Koioer block, OT«r fafiUNtf Uoj*
T) D. ATKINSON.
* DENTIST.
oacaapttalWlaTrtgUtoftHrkBttdMg.
PhystcUns.
XT I BUR FO hd, nr. D*
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
■office up atatr* In nrcciolmlldingtr
Newcastle (street, opposite MbsSei
house.
Lawyers.
flROVATT ft WHITFIELD. .
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Practise In all tbeoourtiof tit* BrunswickOlr
alt. Office in Orovatt block. noil
A. L. droover.
gBWRTTIft <1 HOOVER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
office; la Monnlo Building, Up BUU*.
JEWELRY
HEADQUARTERS.
*• a. ■
PRACTICAL!
Watch Mater anJ Meier!
I can toll yon from my well »elocte<l stock the
flnest and best goods ever brought to this city,
and at prices that dofy competition.
Every Article Guaranteed.
If yon wUh to save money coll at mv ptoo of
business, corner of Monk And Newcastle street* •
My Watch Repairing
(DEPARTMENT
Is complete. I turn out nono bat ttrttclas* work
Give mo atrial.
R. OBEItLAEUTER,
Brunswick, Ga*
YOU CAN SAVE MONEY
BY-CAWING OK
J. B. WRIGHT,
Corner Nowcastlo and tilonecater St., '.
, FOB YOUR —
Fall Snitand Overcoat.
1 have Just rooolvcd aa elegant oreartmen*
purchased during my recent trip North, whtah'L
-—at bargains. My lino of •
offer i
Soft and Stiff Hits for Mm and Bojt
Cannot bo oxcolled. Call and oxamlno my
$3.00 SHOES FOR MEN,
Equal to any sold elsowhoro at It.
eras’ mum noons
White and scarlet underwear, all grados* ho
siery gloves, shirts, neckwear, suspenders, etc.,
at lowest prices. . ... ... . ,
■suit* to ordor tram samples, and flt guaranteed.
J. B. WRIGHT,
Newcastlc|and Gloucester Sts, Brunswick, Ga-
FrilrmoaiM
BAUMGARTNER BROS.,
BUTCHERS AND OKEH GROCERS,
Chicago. It is deliciously Fat and Tender, and
Is Bold Twenty-five Per Cent cheaper than sama
fneat can be bought elsewhere.
Try a I^eoe,
and von will have no pther.
Beef, Poik* Snnsafffs, Etc,,
ALWAYS ON BAND.
SEAISLAU BQUTE.
BRUNSWICK & SAVANNAH
AND WAY LANDINGS*
Steamer St Nicholas
WIO tear* Harsnuab for
Tht^xulSSr
iaaDup*. fha-gmicbola.-’ touches at oil way
point* between Brunswick and Savannah.
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