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COFFEE. Coffee was entirely unknown
to the Greeks and Romans, 1t came ori
gnally from Ethiopia, II was introduced
into Constantinope in 1854. 1t was intro.
duced into England by servant by the
name of Pasquer, an attendant upon Darb
! Edwards, a Turkish merchant. This man
was the first who sold coffee in England,
and he commenced selling in the year
1854. II was introduced into Paris in
1859 by the Turkish Ambassador.


ln Egypt the drinking Of Coffee was at
first regarded as religious ceremony
The dovotees who introduced it there, as.
sembled for this purpose on Monday and
Friday evenings, when il was handed
round with great soemnity, accompanied
with many prayers, and over aud anon
the exclamation, -" There is no God but
God!n


OF course there are many conjec,utes
as TO who discovered the uso Of coffee
as beverage, and these conjoctures are
not altogether unnterestng. Oae says
that its use was first discovered by the
Prior Of an Arabian Monastery, who gave
it 10 his monks to keep them awake, as
sleep frequently ioterlered with their noe.
tunaI PRAYERS!


II was introduced into Morseilles in 1914.
In 1860. six bales Of coffee were imported
from Egypt. A coffee house was opened
in Paris IN 1912. The first mention of il
on the English statute books occurs in 1000
when dgty of four 9pnce per gallon wns