The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-11
Al,UUT PURE FOOD.
One Glass of Ediblcs Ia which Impurities
are Diulcult to Detect.

One Glass OF Ediblcs In which Impurities
are Difficult to Detect.
The importance Of pure food has come
to DO recognized by all persons who pro.
iess 10 have any knowledge Of their own
physical makeup. For years hyglenists
have preached pure food, healthiul ex.
erclse, pure water and pure air, and they
have held them to be about equally i'm.
portant to the ,nain,ananco OF health.
full condition OF the mind and body.
Cities have established immense
plants for the publication OF their water
supplies, and public buildings are
erected with their cellars iull oil ma.
chinery for securing perfect ventilation
and consequently pure air. Most oil the
Stated have laws against the adulteration
Of icod products, and experimental sta.
tiona where foods are inspected for i'm.
purities. Nearly all cities have inspect.
ora OF meats and milk, aud Wheeling's
City Council, following In that line, on
Tuesday evening passed M ordinance
creating tho Office Of "Inspector OF
foods" with a salary OF a thousand dol
lara year. ..-
This officer will not, however, have
the opportunity to examine anything
like all the articles Of food that enter
into the daily bill Of fare, and will see
comparatively nothing OF the delicacies
md dainty bits which people eat. His
place will be III tho market house and
among the milk wagons. lie will exam
inc the beef aud butter, and the milk
and fish.
When It comes TO candies, cakes and
CONNECTIONS, the purchaser must look out
fox himself, and 1t isa pity It's 30. There
Is no line Of goods into which pernicous
impurities may be more readily worked
nor in which they are harder to detect.
II meat is spoiled, almost any housewife
will know it at glance. Ii milk is im.
pure, the impuri,y is usually no moe
harmiul than spring water or chalk
Strong butter can be told by its odor
and bad fish by the color OF the gilla.
Who but the candy maker can tell II
the sweetmeats you buy arc made OF
sugar or mud7 Who eau tell whether
the candy is favored and colored with
pure fruit extracts or with poisonous
chemicals?
These things arc OF the utmost i'm,
portance for the further reason that
candies are largely given to children
whose stonachs and nerves are not euf.
llciently developed in strength to with
stand the lnroads OF poison as eGectual.
ly as are those OF their seniors. AS was
said before, very few people can detect
the poisons and other deleterious sub
stances which arc put into candies and
CONNECTIONS to increase the weight at the
expense OF purity; hence, the only way
TO be safe is to buy candies from some
one whose reputation has been such
that his Product can be trusted. Buy
IRON one who has the reputation OF
making pure candy and you will prob
ebly be safe.
Mr.. George burst, the Market street
candy maker and cake baker, has en-.
joycd q constantly increasing business
and makes all his candies OF pure sugar
irui., iruit.juices and nuts. He nov
has eight candy makers working steadi
ly getting out goods for the holiday trade
and will be forced to increase his force
Remember il you want 9 pure article
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