The farmers' union., 1891-08-27

Ic MINING.
with cream, is in reality galvanic cell
or battery The cream, especially if
saline, or il mixed with fruits, eggs.
etc. becomes the corrosive electrolvte,
aud the zine and tin, zinc aud copper,
or any other two metals of the paddles
! and freezer. become the positive AMI
: negative elements Of the battery. Dr.
Hull has by experiment proved that
an electrical action takes place il
freezing under such circumstances.
aud, if electrical action, then of course
chemical action, resulting in the intro
ductiol into cream of highly poisonous
salts OF copper or of zinc. The Ne,cs
contains al o the reports of Drs.
Mitchell and Hvndman Of Cincinnati.
and the discussion III the Cincinnati
Academy Of Medicine concerning the
terrible Shook Herr poisoning cases
/ that occurred near louisville about two
Der that some sixty wedding guests
were poisoned, the bridegroom and
several others ia ally. The cause of
the poisoning still remains profound
mystery. The editor of the Medicai
| NctrS throws ont the suggestion that
! DIR, Hulfs experiments and theory
may possibly lead to al explanation of
the strange facts. The ingenious sug
| gestion is also made by the editor
| that OF two persons eating cream
/ from the same freezer one may be
! killed by the poison in the cream and
/ the other unharmed, by reason of the
fact that the stiff and pastv cream
| would lot permit thorough mixture
and dissemination OF tho poison
| throughout the whole mass except
after prolonged stirring and mixing.
| DR. Hull's theory presnpposes that the
| toxic matter is thrown Off into the
| cream when it stands over night or for
! a number Of II p1lrs III connection with
| the two metals in the freezer. The
conclusions of DIR. HulIs study are
thus summarized:
/ y. II we desire the smallest guam
| tity of metallic poison il Our ice cream
and still keep in use orr modern
| freezer we should see that the insrel-
ents are pure, that the mixture is
| f.o,el quickly ana the paddle at once
| removed.
-. The quantity Of poisonous salts
Is increased by acid mixtures. espe-
cially By the addition of eggs, corn
starch, ETC. The ed dlton OF salt for
i,avoTlng purposes, as made by some
! manufacturers, becomes criminal and
| it is grossly careless to allow any of
the sal: water from the outside to get
into the can. II as result OF fer
| u!cntation, ice cream should contain
tyrotoxicon then it must he acid, and,
on this account, will dissolve still more
ziuc or copper.
The quantity of metal dissolved de-
pends upon the length of time the
paldle is left in the can, or. if the can
has zinc coated bottom and tin sides,
the length of time the cream remains
in it, or the amount Of electrical action
will again vary if the can be copper,
coated with tin, and the tin be worn
off SO as to expose the c.pper, thus
producing local currents that dissolve
the copper"
! Glad t. see Them.
Zone Of the early Governors of q GER
tain Western State" writes corrc-
spondent, was n man of great popu-
laritv, commanding strength Of char
acter. and undispute1 fitness for the
duties Of his Office, but entirely with
out any gift for public speaking.
Shortly after his election he paid an
official visit to the State prison, in the
course of which he was ushercd iato
the chapel where the convicts were
assembled in body.
Before the Governor cou'd realize
what was goi E on, the chaplain had
presented hiH to the company, with
the remark that he would doubtle IS
have something to say.
"'But, my dear sir whispered the
startled Governor, i haven't anything
to say. and l couldn't say it if i had
/ never made a speech in my life
The chaplain, who was entirely in
nocent in the matter. could only reply
az beg your Excellency's pardon for
being SO premature, bnt as l have
committed you so decidedly [ see no
way out of it, and feel confident that
you will not mind addressing them i'll
few words
"The Governor certainly was COM
mitted, and. though he was literally
trembling, he began:
Ladies' and gentlemen No, no, /
don't mean that-g -ntlemen aud fell
low -citixens no, l don't exactly mean
that. either-but but-weli, men and
fellow prisoners, | can't make speech
II don't know how to make speech
l couldn't make q speech to save your
souls. or-or- or even my own. and
so-so-well, about oil l can say is,
that that I'm very glad to see SO
many of you here"
In Germany experiments have re.
Gently been made with small locomo-
tives for towing boats on canals. In
stead, however, of attaching the rope
to the locomotive it is attached to q
heavy towing car. which is drawn by
the locomotive. The plan is said to be
satisfactory.
Ir is stated that the railroads of the
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