The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-12
rRDREIU CAUTION.
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To the Changers Of the United
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At a special meeting Of the Msssa
chusetts Grange, P. Of b., No. 50, held Al
their headquarters In Boston, June 20
1873, II was unanimously voted that the
Master Of the Massachusetts, State GrAngc
be requested to send the following
cauticnary circular to the local granger'
Of Massachu setts,, and 10 the State gran
ges Of the United statea; tf
Brothers-We think It our duty Il
caution Oranges against the increasing
sale OF poisonous articles in our markets
Arsenic Is now cold At wholesale NJ
about five cents pound.
There have been imported into this
country 10 single year, {, 327, ZAP pounds
A single pouud contains q fatal dose for
about twenty.eight hundred adult per.
sons. What becomes OF It?
We answer, q considerable portion
goes into our wall papers, figured and
plane, glazed and uuglaIed; the cheapest
a. well as the more expensive. 1t Ia
found in white, blus, red, yellow, greer
and other colors. Tho pale colors IRE
quently contain more than the most
brilliant. ~ ~ ~ .u.'.L
The editor Of 3 leading Boston paper
has recently stated that about eighty.hye
per cent Of all wall papers now mauuiac.
tured contain arsenic, and advises his
readers to abandon their use, and pal nj
their walls. The Boston Journal oil
Chemistry states that the manufacture
Of these papers 10 increasing. Arsenic Ii
also used In tickets, paper curtains, covers
Of boxes, papers contain confectionery
and other papers. Oh. o..
Arsenic and other poisons are also now
used in the coloring matter Of ladies'
dresses, gentlemen's underclothing, socks,
hat Innings, Innings Of boots and shoes
They are found In woolens, silks, cottons
and leather A'
Professor Nichols, Of the Massachusetts,
Institute OF Technology, fonnd eight
grains Of arsenic in each square
foot Of dress. 10. .ssf
Another Of our chemists found ten
grains Of arsenic In single artificial
flower. .H
A child recently died in Troy, n. Y.
by taking arsenic from veil thrown over
It's crib to keep of flies.
The Boston Journal Of Chemistry states
that they are now putting arsenic into
toilet powders used In nurseries and BY
ladies, II being cheaper than starch, Of
which they were formerly made.
It would be well also Tor farmers TO be
careful in buying new kinds Of cooking
utensils. Twas discovered last year that
''rnarbleized iron ware" which had come
into extensive use, was, In the words OF
the Harvard University chemist, who an.
alyzed Il "alire irith- posion,o the enamel
being largely composed Of oxide OF lead
in soluble form. We are assured that
other poisonous ware Is still sold.
Let Changers refuse to buy new ware
unless guaranteed harmless.
/, Many flayoring oils and syrups contain
poisons. 1t Is we'll to avoid them 80 far
as possible. A :,
Tea, coffee, cocoa, and chocolate are all
liable to be adulterated and to come ex'
tent with dangerous articles.
It is well TO buy only Of the best and
most experienced dealers.
Drugs are largely adulterated. 1t 10
well to buy only Of the most experienced
and reliable druggists.
Sewing silks and threads are made
heavy with lead, and poison those who
use them. f.t'
Thousands Of barrels Of terra alba" or
white earth, are every year mixed in var.
ions forms with our sugars and other white
substances. 1t use tends to produce
stone, kidney complaints, and various
diseases OF the stomach. A large part Of
our cream Of tartar used in cooking con.
tains fifty per cent or more Of terra alba
It 10 also used extensively In con-
fecdonery, and various poisons are used
in coloring confectionery.
Mills 10 various parts Of the country
are now grinding white stone into fine
powder. It Is stated that they grind at
some Of these mills, three grades-soda
grade, sugar grade, and -four grade.
We think it would be a paying invest.
ment for the Changers Of each State to
employ a competent chemist TO detect
aud publish authorizations, and then with.
draw all patronage from those who man.
ufacture or sell such articles.
We think there is quite as much need
OF organization in all States to enforce
laws for the protection Of public health,
as there is for organizations 10 catch and
punish horse thieves.
In conclusion we can congratu late the
Grangsrs that farmers are exempted from
some Of the dangers to which othes elias.
,es are subject.
We make our own vinegar. II 10
stated In the Scientific American that pro.
badly half the vinegar now sold 10 our
cities Ia frank poison"
We make our own pickles. A MAJ
sachuse,ts chemist, who analysed twelve
packages of pickles put up BY twelve
different Wholesale dealers, found copper
In ten Of them. .-. I.'.l
y. We have pure milk and genuine cream ,
and not the manufactured material which
40 largely supplies our citieS and
populous towns.
It was estimated by 4 medical com.
mission OF the Boston Board Of Health. 10
1874, that nearly $500, 900 was paid in
that city, in that year, for what purprort-
ed TO be, but was not, milk.
In similar period OF time there were
4s7 deaths OF cholera iniantum in Suffolk
County, while in the same population
outside the city there we're less than 100.
And, lastly, We. are not compelled to
eat oleomsrgarine cheese, or any part OF
the ninety million pounds OF oleomargs.
rine butter which Il Is estimated will be
made In this country this year, In which,
as we are told by the Chicago Live Stock
Journal, Professor Church has found
horse fat, fat from bones, aud fat such as
Is principally used for the making Of
candles, aud In the preparation Of which,
as has been recently widely published,
upon what seems to be reliable authority,
not sufficient heat Is used 10 kill the
parasites, which enter and breed in hu.
man bodies. BENJAMIN A. WARE.
Master Of tic STATE Grange Of Maiiaehu'etti.
The Parting OF BUah aud His
Honor.
The justice Of the celebrated Central
Station Court Of Detroit appears 10 have
had a touching time OF II 10 winding Up