The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-09-09

ticket would have been triumphant]y
elected. This was afterwards: Conceded
by every one who saw the disastrous
results of tie two mistakes which de-
feated a part of the ticket. j
And this is all we care for now. We
desire, if we are to have anything to do
with politics, to see the whole county
represented as fully as possible and no
''bosses" except by consultation with
the people.
The ADVANCE has deplored and has
labored to avoid the tendency to create
a sectional feeling in our politics, to
array "west end" against least end"
or to lug mere county seat" talk in
where it could have any serious effect
upon county politics.
ANy1-SALOON REF UBLICAN MOVE
MEN2.
On May 26 last, Il conference of Re.
publicans was held in New Jersey, at
which a resolution was adopted to the
effect that the Republican party should
take positive and pronounced atti-
tude of hostility to the liquor. selling
interest. This was endorsed virtually
by the Republican state convention of
Vermont held June 6.
This resulted in 4 call for National
Conference of Anti. Saloon Republi.
cans, to meet in Chicago Sept. 16.
A number of Republicans in this
county have received invitations to at
tend conference to he held at the
West Hotel in Minneapolis. tomorrow,
the 10th, for the purpose of consider
ing the attitude of Minnesota Republi-
cans toward this movement, and to
send delegates to. the Chicago Confer
ence. Fourteen states have already
decided to send delegates.
The above is, in a nut shell, the his
tory of a movement which will no
doubt result in committing the Repub.
lican party against the saloon.
Most Republicans are opposed to a
''Third Party" or Prohibition party.
and are still more opposed to the liq-
uor traffic, especially the saloon.
The ADvANCE'has steadily opposed
the Prohibition party, and has for
years past labored for high license as
the best and most practicable way of
controlling Il gigantic evil. If the Re-
publicans can find better way, we
shall favor it. We believe that both
worlds" (this one and the next one,)
have pronounced judgment against the
saloon system, and that it must Co."
This we have always declared, while
favoring high license, that if we had
the power we should suppress every sa-
loon in the country.
HOUSEKEEPING PESTS
Complaints are being made from
various sections of band of baking
powder tramps whose tricks upon un-
suspecting housekeepers seem to par
take very much Of the nature of
confidence operations. The band is
composed of women, althO' employed
and directed by an agent of the other
SEX, and their methods Of procedure,
AS explained by several ladies who
have been victimized, is as follows:
Obtaining access to the kicthen, they
introduce the subject Of bakingpowders
inquiring the kind used III the family.
Being Shown the can, perhaps Il. fresh
full one, they volunteer to test" it to
ascertain its qualities. Their "test"
consists in placing the can on hot
stove or over lamp or gas jet, or in
mixing the baking powder with water
both hot and cold. II the baking pow
der is good for anything the heat will,
of course, expel the gas, which, being
ammonalcal or carbonic, is apparent TO
the sense OF smell The Claim is then
made that this OdOr indicates some
thing detrimental, although as a mat
ter of fact, a baking powder that
would give off no gas when subjected
power and valueless. They will
also mix the baking powder given them
with water. If pure it effervesces
quickly. The baking powder they ped
die being similarly mixed foams up
slowly like yeast, standing, perhaps.
over the top of the glass. This they
claim as evidence of superiority where
us it is the exhibition of a trick only,
their baking powder having been spec
tally prepared to make this test by the
addition of -four. gum or albumen. 1t
is sure evidence Of adulteration. OF
course the object of these fraudulent
tricks is to destroy confidence in all
other kinds of baking powder, and to
sell the particular brand for which the
women are travelling.
Were this the whole of the operation,
hOusekeepers would not often be de-
ceived. Every intelligent person knows
that baking powder is not made to be
used in that way, but in cooking
where it's action is entirely different
from that produced by dry heat or by
mixture with water alone. The chief
object of this jugglery is to destroy the
baking powder given for testing; or hy
heating it to drive off its leavening
gases, and so weaken it that when u.s.
ed it will fail to work. At the next
baking there is heavy food, of course.
aud the tramp" probably gets the
credit of having told the housekeeper
valuable fact, instead of having spoiled
her baking powder, as was actually the
base. The average tramp" will, in
this way. destroy from fifty to seventy
Eve pounds of baking powder day.
A second method Ol spelling for use
tno Daklng power IN Il klcLnen Wnele
they are not permitted to experiment
with it. is by throwing in the can a
small quantity of salt soda or powder
ed lime. Again, should there chance
to be no baking powder in the house.
the operators will produce. of the kind
used by the family, a sample that has
ed' to make an exhibit as they desire
under the so. called test.
The only way to protect our food
from being contaminated by tramps Of
this kind is to turn all persons who
wish or attempt to tamper with it un-
tremendously from the door, and to
nae those articles OnlY which exnari.