Coffee As A Disinfectant

i toUowing paragrapn contalna . cw Infonnattan, but il is parWlthout inuuvst inmi the i ii-i t ii was piiblishcd more thau a lnniili'cil yeare ago In ;i work by a -well-known chemist al that lay, and it slüiws 1h(M-r](i:c. that lile clisbtfecttng ju-i ])iri ics of coffee have iietji buttg ] i: gnlzed by Bctentilio poojilc. Nuimi-iiiis experimente wiih x cd ooöee prove that it is must powerful meeaiB mA ooly tor rendering anima! :iú vegetable etflnvla inBoenaaa but ui actuaüy deertroying ïhein. A room in wliirh meet is in au d degree ; decomposltion liad been kept tor snme time, was iiistantiy deprtved ol all smell on au open en iv.' rooster belng carrled Ihl-mmli il. ei .iilainiiijï a ]K)Ulul Of lee newly roasted. In omotlier poaed to i te etflnvlum occasiiwu'd by cleaolng ut o: the dung pit, s.) that sulphuretted bydrogen I ammomia tn greal quantltlea (■.mili be chemlcally detected, the sU i eomptetely remored In helt a minute n the employmeat of tliri'c (niii-.-rs 01 (reeb roasted ei whii-t the ok be p.in - ol the wei-e pivmatiuvly cleared O tfae sincll iy belsg simply 1 1; vcr.-cd yritk the i ■■ rooster, altlhough the cleaoJog ui the dung ]it continued lor several The lust mode of usn; tite ooifee n iltBlnfcctéunt bo dry Une r;iw been, p:i;iu(l iji a mortar, and Bhien roaei tlw powdec on a modeffetely heated inm píate uut il 11 Mimes a dark brown t!.n!. whtn it is iii to uae. Then sprlnkle it in sinks or ceaepools, or lay it on a date in toe roem wtolcb yon wtsh to bave puriliril. CiiflVo acid or COflee iil acte more readUy in minute tit