Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-07
THO Cause Of nrsrensia.

=" Oh, I'm used up with the dyspepsia,
declared i sOur-visagcd, observation-disclosures
ing man to an acquaintance as he leaned
against bar chewing nutritious tooth
pick. Pm only one Of thousands, he
added, with a heavy SIGH who have been
made dyspcp;ics in America by the adult
tera;iOns Of food. No use TO talk climate
or cookery to me. i IS the adulteration OF
food that creates dyspepsia. Why, bless
you, the American cooking is on the aver
age the best in the world, bat it is almost
impossible 10 get anything pure TO cook.
Alum is mixed with yeast powder, baking
powders arc aduiterated with chalk and
sugar, syrup and honey are extensively doc
| tUrea. The iiTst three are aduilerajed with
glucose, which is manufactured by treating
starch or woody fiber with sulphuric acid
il is never acknowledgement i>n't--I can
tell YOU, and it isn't easy 10 find, \ large
dealer told me the other day that he didn't
believe he'd had any genuine moiassCS in
| bis store for years. | never buy any honey
unless ] can get il from an intimate friend.
| Mix IS weakened with wafer and colorcd
with preparation made in the East. 1t is
not generally known either, but il Is a
fact, that the milk Of farr0W cows is unfit
for food, being filled with an edete eycre-
tory matter. And buHer-iaugh 1T is not
only adulterated, hut CoUnteTfeited. Fat
cheese is made from skimmed-mlk mixed
with lard and tallow SO skiihUlly rs to defy
detection. ! was II an exhibit OF butter
and cheese in the State VI New York
awhile ago, where the first prize was
awarded TO 4 cheese which the makers,
with pride, mind yOu, with pride-atter-
ward affirmed TO be "A manufactured article
Do you know what gluten medl ls2
no? Well, you see that advertisement,
but you don't sec glucose. IS 8 product
incident to the manufacture OF glucose.
Fine fruit havors-what dc yon think
a.lh;5iy are largely made tom? Al! lie
chemist has wonderful resources They
arc made to q great extent from rotten
cheese, fusel oil, sulphuriC acid, ether, and
other Things quite as injurious TO the del
icate Innings OF the stomach. Many OF the
soda water syrups, Contections, ard lelIeS
are Favored with such stuff OF course g
few persons use genuine fruit flayo7s. The
sourness OF lemon syrup and lime juice Is
strengthened with sulphuriC acid Candy
IS composed largely Of glucose and flour.
Mighty little pure sugar goes into it. Man
ufacturerS claim the substitute which is
| made from corn is not Objectionable. Can
DIV is adulterated with various substances.
Sometimes terra alba is used, and the col
oring matter is often highly Objectionable,
Tea IS adulteTGtcd with willow, oak,
birch, elm, and other leaves, and with
spent tea leaves; also, with poisonous
cOloTings. Ground coffee sold in packages
is often quite counterfeit. Among the
| other coffee authorizations, besides the old
stand by, chicory. are dried liver, beans,
peas, all kinds of grain, tan bark and saw
dust. Spices are mixed largely with inert
| substances, and then injurious matter has
| to be added to give them fictitious strength.
Thirty-two deadly poisons are known 10
| be used in the adulteration of wines, and
whisky is even treated worse. The popular
lager beer is adulterated also to an alarm
| ing extent, for it is drank freely by so many
under belief that il is heelthful and cannot
be meddied with as are alcoholic beverages.
| Even drugs-the very drugs used for adul-
terations-are themselves adulterated, Paris
green. for instance, being one.
1t is impossible to estimate The amour!
of poison people take into their systems
daily, and it's no wonder some of us have
wrecked constitution" concluded the
grumbler, as he finished his toothpick and
sauntered out, weating an expression OF
enmity 10 all the world-lChcago News.