The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-12-25

VI disuuSsl0H. Alum Is used hy Innny
bakers to whiten their bread, enabling
them to use anlnieri0r flour. ltis most
extensively employed as u cheap snbgti
stute lor cream Of tartar in the manu-
laGture OF baking powders. Its use has
not been considered Immediately dan,
gerons, although il continued il induces
dyspepsia and obstinate constitution
But the lact that many cases OF poison
my nave occurred from the use Of alum.
| puts the question in more serious as.
pect, and prudent people will exercise
rautlo In the selection of baking pow
ders, " NV
Under what conditions then does
TINS substance--lormery used only for
mechanical or medicinal purposee---he.
come poisonous? They are certainly
obscure. and at present we can only
surlhlse what they may be. We sus-
pect That the cause exists in the indi.
Vidual poisoned; some peculiarity OF
me constitution producing morbid
change in the secretions OF the stomach.
with which the alum combines and
forms an active poison or the seere-
tlons may be healthy but in unusual
proportions, and that these leas or
greater proportions in combination with
the alum constitute poison.p
FOR example, two parts OF mererry
and two parts Of chlorine form ralomel
which IS not poisonous, but change the
proportions to one part Of mercury and
two parts Of chlorine, and we peI coy.
roslve snblmate, which is deadly
poison"
lnen again we know nothing OF The
constitutional peGuliarities, Why ia IL
that one person can eat all kinds of
green fruits and vegetables with impu.
hltv, while the same course might cost
another lndivldnahis life? One person
can handle poison ivy and aumac with.
out being in the least affected another
ls poisoned il he approaches to within
zen ieet of them. Out of family re-
siding in malaral district, some Of the
members will suffer half the year with
fever and ague, while the Others will
ENJOY excellent health during the entire
year Foods that are wholesome In
'oihe persons are actually poisonous to
'thers. This 10 especially true OF some
ilnda Of fish, There ia no safetv In
aking alum into the stomach, ns il Ia
lhown to be always injurious. and often
The Scientific AmericaH published in
recent number list Of alum and am
h1nla baking powders, which ia Of great
alne at this time. Following IL con.
ensed liat compiled from official re.
'orts, Powders marked with star
eem to have general GALE as they are
mentioned IN ut least two OF the oliicinl
eporta;
fATLANTlc& PACIFIC, 'R0YAL.
GROWN sut,t,p e.r,,
'DArGs OK ..... .sNowpRlrr
pEM' "... sTAR.
TRENTON. sTANh,pn
There are, in addition to the foregoing
HI IRON the Scientific dmericaa. npm.
or OF such powders sold in the western
lat were not found in the eastern storea
Following is list Of the most prom.
rent:
NDREWs PEARL,,.oao, Contains Ammonia
" T. Andrews & Co., Milwaukee]
rfI,a ;,,; Contains Ammonia.
tlhos' Wood 4 Co., rhiladeiphiaJ
~ ~ 5 SS,t',a2g Contains Alum.
~ Hr"ht Baking Powder Co.. ChcagoG
-, " :. e,,ut Contains Alnm
Vaiu'het BAKING Powder Cn., Chlpago]
rIi,sA, i . Gontains Ammonia.
',.,'',"A nthlllB fowder Coz lndlanapols)
'hEsl GiIf,"oro.,, Contains Ammonia Alum
tSouwie Bros, GleydlundJ
y =, Elt,',..., \, Z, g,..ry Contains Ammonia Alnm.
~ y, etalit Baking Powder Co., Chicago)
nv NV ,.,a Contains Ammonia
ur'u.ee naking Powder Co.. san Franoi,eoj
tlaylor Mfg Co, 81, LouisJ
'''II1 pb,,,t II Contains Ammonia
ron,aina ,'..
lhoyal Baking Powder Co, New York;
talls Journal Of Health