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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 26, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 9.

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ONE USE FOR COFFEE.

THE Christian says: Coffee is a powerful medicine—too powerful to be used as an article of food. But it has its use. Strong vegetable odors are the most effective destroyers of disease germs, and roasted coffee a powerful means of destroying animal. Dry the raw bean, pound it in a mortar, and then roast the powder on a moderately heated oven or tin plate, until it becomes a dark brown color. Sprinkle it in sinks and cesspools, or expose it on a plate in the room. It is said that diphtheria is never known in homes where coffee is browned.