Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-16

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| CHARGE OF INDECENT ASSAULT DISMISSED.
Charles Murphy. q young coiored man, Was be-
fore the Police Court this afternoon, charged
with an indecent assault on Fannie Howard,
aiso colored, w"o lives near the corner OF 18th
titled that on Monday the de endant came TO
her house while she was asleep on the sofa
when the assault was made. The defendant
denied the Charge and the case was dismissed.
The first colored NJ. P. church OF Montello. D.
c., will be dedicated next Sunday, at O'Clock
pm, by Rev. A. ID. Cupplin, president vi the
baltimore annual conference Oh that church.
The barber Asphalt Paving Co. ct al. cali the
attention OF the Commissioners to the bad con-
di. ion OF a W'er discharge which empties into
Rock creek ut the K street bridge.
What Baking Powder Shall We Use.
This plain question comes home to every
housekeeper. We all desire pure and whole
some food, and this cannot be had with the use
Of impure or poisonous baking powder. There
can be no longer question that all the cheaper
lower grade Ut baking powders contain either
may be to admit 80 much against what may
have been some OF our household gods, there
can be no gainsaying the unanimous testimony
OF the official chemists. Indeed, analysts seem
to find no baking powder entirely free from
some one OF these Objectionable ingredients
except the Royal, anu that they report as
chemically pure. We find some OF the baking
powders advertised as pure, to contain, under
others, nearly twelve per cent OF lime, while
Others are made from alum with no cream Of
tartar THIS, we presume. accounts for their lack
OF by the cook and for the bitter taste found In
| the biscuits SO frequently complained OF by
But aside from the inferiority of the work
done by these powders, the Psychologists assure
US that lime and alum taken Into the system In
such Quantities AS this are injurious. They are
not decompose by heat nor dissolved in mix
ing or baking. They go with the bread, there
logical effects are Indigestion, dyspepsia, or
The question naturally arises, why do these
cheap baking powder makers use these things?
Alum is three cents pound, lime still cheaper,
while cream Of tartar costs thirty-five forty.
The reasons for the chemical purity Of the
Royal Baking Powder were recently given in
the New York Times In an In teresting descrip-
ton of q new method for refining argols, or
crude cream Of tartar. Il seems that It is only
under this process that cream of tartar can be
freed from the lime natural to 1t aud rendered
this Gust Tue Royal baking Powder COMPANY
| about hall mll,ion dollars. and that they
maintain exclusive control of the rights.
Prof. McMurtrie. late chief chemist Of the de-
partment Of agriculture at Washington, d. C.,
In the interests Of commerce, made an exami-
nation OF this process aud reported upOn the re-
suits attained In the refined cream OF tartar. The
following extract from his report would seem
to answer the question repeated at the head of
this article, anu which Il 30 frequently pro-
pounded by the shOusekeeper:
II have examined the cream Of tartar used
by the Royal Bsaklng Powder company in the
manufacture OF their baking powder, and find
1t to be perfectly pure and free from lime in any
form. The chemical tests 10 which have sub
mitted the Royal Baking Powder prove II PER-
fectly healthful and free from every deleterfous
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