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1s77 tint, it was then estimated 'tast ioo,o'o
.,,f,tnarrarue rilecscs we're daily mat,':taetuIeo
in this country This cheese CONSISTS o1 orc
oil mixed with skm"ihllt' anu IL 10
sa;d Fan scarcely be detected from true cheese
in rt,e second place, judging from what is SAID
=, the Rnston Journal Ut Chemistry IN regard 10
tI,t large number of tin vessels i'll fhilaueiphfa
found to contain lead, and TINT seVerat chisa1eA
had died in Michigan from ead-polsonlhg oi
drinking milk WHICH had stood in tin pans, ami
that q large portion Of Lie tlnware III 1lse
market is uult for use, should say tintt, III MY
juisuent, such revelations ought to leau 10 an
Immediate testing OF our tnilk-cans.
VINEGAR, ETC.
In the edition Of Chambers Encyclopaedia Tor
1874, the 40Sth page Of volume 4, we shall n'la
a, pspRer Us o cad curry
powder with rcl lead, and vtnesar WIN
sulpluric acid, arsenic, aud corrosive suollmate:
In Massachusetts, it appears oy thc report o.
tile State Board OF Health for lS'2, page loo':
That common adulteraut Of vincgarls sulphllrlc
acid. In the Massachusetts, Piouqhosan OF Dec.
/. 1877, find an article copied from the -ifaert-
car Nauu5dcturer, in relation to vinegar aoul-
teration. In it is this statement; a cons1sn-
n,ent Of spurious vinegar was recently recently
OF the District OF Columbia" It 'yas from Chi
cago, and consisted OF three car-loaos. Tue re-
port OF the District Board of Health OIL this case
closes with these words: s. When We think tiat
oil ot vitriol (sulphurlc acid) can bc hougnt at
lG eeuts pou un,.hsr .'. harrat ~ tfrid as
aciu il, "ou'u NV !enoe a+r:noaSt vinrpar tile
wonder will cease that It can be
sold cheap" The Scientific America" thus
closes ho.ce VI ts s'11i.e. ,.e aro., Mass ~
uansel a,e :I @ S.3;1,' hai;a,e T. r. asserted
t!le peoPle VIII tcnun3 oen!o soi5; ~ fNnw
!Elt pfooao1e o'e-t'a'A III '1lsS % $50, I,rith
York; city groceries is rank: poison, WILL
sulptn'1c VI oS1et oojee'ionAo1e tesA'A'
Dasr'"
PICKLES.
Now we will look alter pickles. flnu coplco
in the New York }lifness o1 Sept ~. Aoto, iroul
the an!efscaM -ayfteasaf'st' sLateIHen1 ~ 1t.e
effect that tl bright green lickles ate iaaoe ~
by copper, and'fcet!y aseu, ~
copper cau!ufons Or oa'ecI's ~ .t'I ~
use oi verllSrls IN pae o'o " ,nt lepo.s ~, ~
our state-l5oafo o. i1eatH a9u W.. ~, r'un ~, -. ~
OUT ol tWelFe satuples ~ p'c"1ea, pus ~ ~ 80
many wnocsale aea!cfs' ae ~eau ND n" ~ 1h..
examination, to conta1n copper, "1e' 'g - M .,s
samples showed tEat alu;'i nau ueen ueso ,,n. :" ~
preparation OF the p1eh'es ~ aesa ~ u1'S. ~.
green color Is stateo to oe 'le 'liueus.o - ~
presence OF copper, anu tG 1epots s? .!.t ~ .,: ~.
presence may be connrmeu " l!'tctai'S - ~ s4s
vinegar poured from Tie plshies. d a,uI' w. "
clean po1lsheu stcel, or te e,.orei
and allowing II TO sea!u Ioi s1'sia.
hours. AL the copper Ill tl'u t:. so'u.;ou .;.
will then be 1ouna IS n'e1al!'c coasii',' E'a,
on the steel, Or, II Tue quaHtlts ue 'Gt5 s!'l'4i'
the steel Will nave redueh tinse. IN n.h cae r.
port u the Massachnsetts oIaic noalo ~ nea,.n
Tor 1914, page ~, ~ - ataleu e''l. p. H. r,a;
injured by the use OF sulphate ol copper LII 11e'A
preparation.
FLOUR
We will DOW glance at the adulteratlons Of
-four. | stated in lny paper that flour was udui-
tcratcd in England. and probably III this couu-
fry. with plaster paris, bone-lust, sand, clay,
chalk, and other articles. We turn to page 10S,