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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-10-15
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Ammonia and Alum in Baking Powders. How
to Detect Them.

to Detect Them.
In view of what the Minnesota
Senate has done. it is hoped that
legislative bodies in other states Will
soon take up the subject OF food
The subjoined list OF
baking powders containing ammonia
and alum, compiled from official
reports and published in a recent
number of the Scientific American,
is given below. "It deals in direct
manner with an evil which must be
cut down said the Chicago Tribune
in commenting on the Scientific
American report Following is the
list of
AMMONIA AND ALUM BAKING pow
DERs.
Committed from ONcia1 Reports.
Powders marked with star seems
to have a general sale, as they are
mentioned in at least two of the
reports.
%,rIANTIc & PACIFIC, %RoYAL.
COOKS FAvORITE. sCloro'
c1ovvx SILVER SPOON.
| cuvs,rT SILVER STAR.
n,Isv %sNOWDRIfT.
%DAvIs o. X, soNhisi-i"N'
my YEAST. STAR.
GEN. STATE
GLOBE. sIANDN"p.
4rvxrov sUsFAOwEH.
p,. ,reoY's. wAsIIiNGTON,
puprrcrfoS. WINDSOR.
,,,,f.,,I ,,l, rss Z.PP's GRAPE.
PURITY. oHistAb'
There are. in addition to the foregoing
list from the Scientific American, anumbc
of such powders sold in the western tina
were not found in the eastern stories.
Following is the list to date;
CALUMET. Contains Alum
/ Calumet Baking PowderOo.. Chicago
FOREST CITY Contains Ammoni Alum
Vouwie Bros, Cleyeland)
CHICAGO YEAST. Contains Ammonl
Alum.
fChapman & Smith Co., Chicago)
DON non Contains Alum
uoTEI. Contains Ammonia Ann
n q Grant Baking Powder Co. Chicago
: UNRIyALED. ......... Contains Alum
| fsnrapues. Warner & Griswold, Chicago
" ,,o>- u,AXI OPS Ammoni
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Contains Ammonia Alum.
(Wm. H. Shepard, st. LOUISE
BAIN'S. Contain Alum.
lMeyer-Bain Mfg. Co, st. Lonis.)
SNOW BALL, ,....... Contains Alum.
bengal Coffee & Spice Mills, Chicgo)
GIANT, Contains Alum |
MILK. .Connains Alum.
(W. f, Mclaughlin & Co. Chicago,)
ECHO. Contain Alum.
(Spencer Bluing Paddle Co. Chicago)
KALBFELLS PURITY, Contains Alum
(Kabfcll Mfg. Co, Chicago)
RISING SUN, .... .ConiainAmmonia.
phoenix chemical Works, chicago)
WHITE ROSE, contain Ammonia Alum
(Glove coffee s. Spice Mills, Minneapolis.)
WOODS AcME.. contains Ammonia,
tThos. Wood S CO., Philadelphia
ANDREWS PEARL. contains Ammonia
(c. Il. Andrews 6 CO. MilwaulSee)
HARRIEs' F.AVORITE, contains Alum
Oh, II. Harrics Minneapolis
FIDELITY. ......... contains Alum.
.Ntt.4.e its... .NNi'N-N'' '-'-
Oshcrnan Bros, chicago.
pUTNAM's BEST. ). contains Alum.
(Nells Putnam 6 CO.. chicago)
CHINA 1T House, ). contains Alum,
(Noah Mcdowell ST Paul Minn,)
TWIN CITY,. -. contains Alum,
q. X Ferguson. Minneapolis, Mimi
UERcULEs, contains Ammonia.
(Heroulcs Baking Podwer CO., San
Francisco)
CLIMAX. contains Ammonia.
climax Baking Powder CO., Indianapolis
Ammonia and alum are the most
common adulterants used in the
manufacture of baking powders. The
Government reports show that a
large percentage of the baking
powders on the market contain either
one or the other, or both these per
nicious drugs.
What woman would use an ammonia
or alum baking powder if she knew
it? Such powders not only under
mine the health, but ammonia give'
to the complexion a sallow OF blotche'
appearance. The presence OF
ammonia or alum in a baking powder
however, can easily be detected.
To DETECT AMMoNIA-Mix on
heaping teaspoonful of bakin
powder with one teaspoonful of waite
in tin cup; boil thoroughly for fe'
moments, stir to prevent burning AM
if ammonia is present you can SINE
9 it in the rising steam. Or, place
O can of the suspected powder to
;. down on hot stove for minute
two then take of the cover and smell
4 To DETECT ALUM-Alum powd'
g can be tested by putting couple
. tcaspoonfuls of the powder in a gla'
. Of cold water. If no effervescenc
that is bubbling or simmering, TAX
place, condemn the powder al
return it at once.
" Some alum powders, however, Ill
% the Calumet, 'Bon Bon, "Vhicas
a. Yeast" etc, contain phosphates
II combination with alum, and wi
4 these brands the following test
Of simple and sure:
= Take one half teaspoonful
al baking powder in lid of say hi
~ pound can; char thoroughly ovcl
;, strong alcohol flame, a good gas J
- or red hot Goals. After charing (tl
ho is. burning until the whole mass
80 black, add teaspoonful of wa
A. and place bright piece of siiN
- coin in the solution Stir for c
minute. then take out the silver.
w the powder prove cream of tar
powder the coin will be bright; if
alum powder it will have sulpl
ms strains.
,re Now pour little vinegar into
no lid and smell the fumes. al
powders give off sulphuret
hydrogen, which may be detected
its foul odor.
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Jas. W. Rhodes of Weiser, is in
the city with the intention OF getting
MP dancing school. He is re-
presented as a very fine musician all
around. and it is said he will assist
the First regiment band. Statesman.
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0. s. L. Time Table.

BOISE BRANCH.
Connection made at Nampa for Boise
on trains Nos. 1878.
G. G. MILLER, Agent.
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YARNALL'S, 49,. 80. Contains Alum,
(Yarnall Mfg Co., StLouis.)
SHAW'S SNOW PUFF. Contains Alum.
(Merohants Mfg. Association ST. LOUISE
DODSON & HILLS, =. Contains Alum.
Dodson & Hills. st LOUISE
SHEPARD'S, Contains Ammonia Alum.
OWN. H. Shepard, ST LOUISE
BAIN'S. S......C Contain Alum.
jMeyer-Bain Mfg Co, ST. Lonis,)
SNOW BALL,....... Contains Alum.
bengal Coffee & Spice Mills, Chicgo)
GIANT, ,.............C Contains Alum
MILK. .Connains Alum.
(W. f, Mclaughlin & Co. Chicago,)
ECHO. Contain Alum.
Spencer Bluing Paddle Co. Chicago
~ -. 1
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The Weiser base ball boys arc yet
smarting under their ignominious
defeat by the Calwcll team. and have
been practicing prepatory to asking
Caldwell for another bout before the
season closes. We do rot expect to
beat Caldwell but we want more than
one score.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-27
ON THE BOOM
Great Progress of New Indus
tries in the South.
Development During the First
Three Months of S91.

The Figures for the Quarter Show u
HeaIthfui and Steady Growth In the
SOuth's Material DeveIopment-Extra
Ordinary Activity in Railroad Building.
Nearly 100 New Companies.
CHATTANOOGA March 27,-The Trades
man report Of new industries established
in the southern states during the first
three months of 1891, shows total Of Sj3
against S31 in the corresponding period
of 1880, and G12 in the corresponding
period of 1899. The figures for the
quarter show healthful, steady growth
in the south's material development,
Du ing the three months there were es-
tablished in the southern states 6 agci-
cultural implement works, 6 barrel
factories, - boot and shoe factories
comparatively new industry in the
south, only two having been established
in the first quarter of 1890, and one in
the first quarter of $780, 3 breweries,
bridge works. , car works, 70 canning fac
tories, A cotton and woolen mills which
is somewhat below the number estab-
lished in the corresponding quarter Of
1850; but the distribution is general,
Georgia leading with u, South Carolina
8, Texas Z, and nearly every other south
ern state eng represented; 1S large de-
velopment and improvement cOmpan eS
organized, Texas lead with II, and
Alabama with 10; 81 electric light COM
panies organized 20 flour and grist
mills, AZ toundlies and machine shops,
against 43 in 1890, and Al in 1870, Tex
as leading with 10, \icginia ., and the
lalance being equally di> tribued 8
blast furna. es organi ed, against u in
the corresponding period of 1890, and /.
in 1889; gas works organized, % ice
manufacturing plants, 53 mining and
qUarrying conn an e5 incorporated, 1
nail works: s oil mills, against u in the
corresponding period of 1890; pot-
teries, 1 rolling mill company, 81 street
railway lines incorporated, II tannerieS.
80 water works chartered III wood
working plants, ard 70 mis- ellaneors
industries. The phosphate excitement
in the south is shown by the fact that
32icaew companies were 0rgani ed dur
mng the quarter, 10 of which were
formed in Florida.
Raiirui building.
The extraordinary activity in railroad
building in the south is in, ol by the
fact that during the last three months
ninety-three new railroad CONF anies
We're incorporated, thirteen in Virginia,
thirteen in North Carolina, twelve in
Georgia. ten in Alabama, seven each in
West Virginia, Texas and South Caro-
lima, and eleven i'll Tennessee.
B.ignt Prospects
The Tradesman says that the present
indications point to continued activity
in the southern states in all indu trial
branches, and the ensuing year 81 e;
more fatterng promise of substantial
development in manufactuging growth
than any previous year, most CRAFTY
ing feature of this being the diversified
character Of the new industries.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-27
THE RACE CENSUS
of the South Atlantic and
South Central States.
The Tendency of the Negro to
Move Southwark

Plainly shown, as is Also the Fact That
During the Last Decade the Percentage
of Increase of Whites HIS Been Far
Greater Than That of ihe Blacks.
Some Interesting Statistics.
WASHINGTON, March q. - Superin-
tendent Porter, of the census bureau,
has in preparation an important bulletin
giving the population Of the south At
lantic and south central states, Aissoari
and Kansas, by races The total popu-
lation embraced in this count is given
as 20, ,S75, 800, of which 1865, POS were
white, 1886, lfG colored, and 10,SS0 Chi
nese, Japanese and Indians. In the
states included were found in 1890 fif-
teen-siXteenths of the entire colOred
population of the United States, so that
for the purpose of Immediately ascer-
tanning the percentage of increase Of
colored population the returns of these
states are adequate and not likely to be
materially affected by the returns of the
other states and territories, where the
Colored population is small.
The abnormal increase of tine cOlOrcd
population in what is known as the
black belt during the decade ending in
1880 led 60 the popular belief that the
negroes were increasing at much
larger rate than the white population.
This error was natural one, and arose
from the difficulty of ascertaining how
much of the increase shown by the
tenth census was real and how much
was due to the omissions of the census
of $50. The facts as ascertained sus-
tain the theory that the high rate Of in
crease in the growth of the colored pop
ulation as shown in 1880 was apI aren't,
not real, and that it was due to the inn
perfect enumeration in the southern
states in 1870.
During the past decade the colored
race has held its own against the whites
in a region where the climates and con-
dijions are, of all those which the coun-
try affords, the best suited to its develop
meats. In but three decades-taat is,
from 1900 to 1850 during a part of
which time the slave trade was in pro
gress, has the colOred race increased
more ID pidly than the white. Since 1870
the whites have sic Oily increa ed at a
more rapid rate than the colOTed people.
This increase has not leen effected by
the aid of immigration for, with the eX-
ception of Kansas and Missouri, these
states have received comparatively few
emigrants either from foreign countries
or from the northern states
Similarly, the proportion of the col
ored inhabitants to the whites increased
somewhat between 1900 and 1880, but
since that time it has steadily dimin-
ished. In 1880, when the proportion
was at its maximum, there were nearly
six colored inhabitants to ten white,
but this proportion has been reduced to
trife more than four at the present
date, or by nearly one-third of its
amount. The deficiencies of the nintn
census, says Mr.. Porter, are so apparent
in this table that any extended refer
ence to them is wholly unneces airy.
The following table gives the resent
white and colored population of the sew
eral tates under consideration:
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-27
POSTAL SUBSIDIES.
No Contracts VIII BE Let Except Where
the Government win he Benefi

Lhe government W III hhe benenIeus
WASHINGTON, March 27.-The post
master general Wednesday continued
his conference with shipping people and
the represe9 tatives of Central and South
American republics VITA reference to
postal subsiay: The Nicaraguan, Argen-
tine and Mexican ministers called at the
postoitice department about noon and
discussed questions Of routes, schedules
and lines From the nature of the dis
cussions, which are really only Begin
ming, nothing definite developed, Repre-
sentatives of the Latin American coun-
tries are expected to confer with the
postmaster general from day to day and
offer suggestions and gather info ma
tion as to the intention of the depart
ment. Mr.. Wanamaker had long con-
ference with President Griscom, of the
Inman line, Tuesday in Philadelphia.
He also saw w. p, Clyde, Of the Clyde
line, ON the same day and continued his
conference Wednesday at the postottice
department.
Maj. Bell, president of the Pennsyl-
vania Steel company, of Steeiton Md,
ana persons interested in lines of steam
ers running from Baltimore to Rio and
Santos came over from Baltimore by APP
pointmeut and discussed with the post
master general the question of running
on schedule time from baltimore, and
probability of putting faster steamers
in commission for these Brazilian ports
1t was made clear to the various gen
tlemen who attended the conference
that, while the purpose of the po tmas-
ter general is really to be liberal TO
Amerit9p shipping interests in order to
encoura5o Alllrican shipping, that he
will insist upon making contracts that
shall really be of interest to the govern
ment He has made it clear that the
department cannot give something for
nothing; that steamship companies old
and new must offer some valuable serv-
ice if they want to share in the subsidy
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-27
CLAIM PART OF CHICAGO.

A Pennsylvania Family Whose Ancestors
Owned Valuable Lands in That City.
MEADvILLE, Pa, March ga meet.
ing of the Harrington family, of Craw-
ford county, has been held in this city,
and an association formed for the pur.
pose of attempting to get possession of a
very valuable piece of property in the
heart of the city of Chicago. James
Harrington, Sr., was surveyor, and
assisted in laying out the city of Chi
cago. This was sixty years ago, ard
Mr.. Harrington pre-empted 100 acres of
land.
Later his son, James Harrington, Jr.
sold the land, forging the name Of his
father The original deed Of the land
was recOl de !, and was among the assets
of James Harrington. ST., at the time
of Ii death in East Fairfield township.
Crawford county many years ago.
Mr.. John Harris, of Chicago, represent
ing the Illinois branch of the Herring
ton family, met with the relatives here,
and arrangements We're made for n
vigorous prosecution of the case. An
effort will be made to secure the ser
vices of Col Robert Ingersoll as counsel
The land in question is of almost fabul-
Gus value. On it is situated the depot
of the Chicago and Rock Island Rail
way company.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-27
HOPE FOR LEPERs.



other.
New York, March q. Whatever
may be said Of the disappointment felt
by many prominent physicians that
Koch's lymph has not fulfilled all of the
promises which are made for it by its
discoverer, its usefulness is likely to be
proved in direction quite unexpected.
Thus, while it may be merely another
remedial agent in the treatment of
tuberculosis of various grades, and while
it is afailure as diagnost,c, the indica-
tions are that it may reach the dignity
of a specific for one Of the most terrible
diseases of the human race
Shortly after the first injections of
the lymph were made here it was an
nounced that DR. j. Newton Heineman,
the visiting physician of Mt. Sinai hos
pital, was treating a private case Of
leprosy in the suburbs of New York.
The patient was 30 years old. He has
wealth, but owing to his affliction was
kept close inmate of n cottage which
was occupied only by him and his
nurses. The disease had been contract
ed while the young man was visiting
Central America, and had so far
progressed that most efforts made by
his attendants were to render the re-
mainder of his life as comfortable as
possible. When the injections were be-
gun the patient bore little resemblance
to man. The flesh of the face, neck
and nose and ears was so diseased that
his head was quite twice its n rmal
size. A little more than two months
have elapsed since the first injection of
the fluid was administered The iniec-
tions, always exceedingly small, have
been continued at regular intervals
usually forty-eight hours. ever since
The lymph was used in connection
with the extract of cocoa rs tonic.
Amelioration of the symptoms began
after the first few in ections, and now,
after some nine weeks the condition Of
the patient is described as this: The
great swellings of tie face and features
have been SO reduced that not alone is
the head of normal size, but his feat
ures have become recognizable. The
infiltrations over the eyeballs have been
dissolved and the pupil has become visi-
BILE. The blindue,s OF the patient con-
tinues, of course, and it is not expected
that this can be cured, for the disease
has apparently thoroughly done its work
in the organs Of the sight. The man
has been given new hope, and believes
now that instead of dying from this
horrible disease he will be cured. Pro-
fessor Koch may in his intended dis
covery Of one thing have accidentally
discovered an equally great one.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-27
FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK.

languages and is an accomplished must.
clan, Better than all else, he is u genuine,
honest, manly man,
Statistics from the eleventh census foi
the south Atlantic and south central
states show that the whites are increasing
in greater ratio than the blacks, AID that
the tendency of the latter is toward the
gulf
A. b. Hall, farmer near Knoxville,
Tenn, who was recently drowned, had
dream in which he saw that he would be
drowned at given time and how he would
be buried The dream tAme true in every
respect.
Patrick Mcintyre was killed at Ashland,
Pa, by an explosion of keg of powder
which he was carrying under his arm.
His side was horribly shattered. He was
picked up unconscious and died few
no irs later.
a wealthy Kentuckian named Cole was
robbed in the Cherokee strip of $500 in
cash, Two men held him up near the
Canadian river where he was camped The
stolen money was to have been used in
buying cattle.
John TroutnSn, of Mahoning City, Pa,
who was fatally injured by being shot in
the back and stabbed nine times in the
head by three Polanders, died from his
wounds. The foreigners have been jailed
and await trial.
In an alteration at Lexington, Miss,
d. f. Ryals was shot and killed by p b.
Mabray, who afterward surrendered to
the sheriff. Bad blood had existed be
tween the parties for several days, and
Ryals had threatened Mabray's life.
The beet sugar industry is being worked
up in central Kansas by DIR, Sweitweiler,
of Germany, who is arranging for 700 ex-
perimental tests in different counties with
foreign seed A German syndicate with
capital of SO OO0,0OO will put in factories
=. ~. l. T.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-27
MUSSEL SHOALS CANAL.
First Trip of steamer Through the
Famous Water way.

First Trip of steamer Through the
Famous Watei way.
CHATTANOOGA. March 27.-The steam
er Herbert loosed her cable at 10 O'Clock
Wednesday morning and steamed off
from the wharf on her long trip TO st.
Louis. The route was down the Ten
nessee river through the famous Mussel
Shoals canal, completed by the United
Sta. eS government last fall at a cost of
S3. 600 coo; thence into the hio river
and next into the Mis- issippi. A large
crowd gathered on the shore to witness
the departure of the boat, which left
amid waving of hats and handkerchiefs
and many huzzas and sounding of whis-
ties.
She carried four barges and full load
on deck. The cargo consisted of two
barges of coal and agricultural and
other implements of Chattanooga man
ufacture, be-ides a good passenger Ii t.
1t was the first freight ever shipped by
water from Chattanooga to st. / ouis.
One firm here has twenty-five car loads
of goods waiting in st. Onis to be
brought here, and indications are that q
big business will be done, Freight rates
will be just 10 per cent. less than those
by rail Merchants are jubilant
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-27
.er considerations:

TO get the total population of these
states, 1881 Chinese, 100 japanese and
S.201 Indians should be added to the
sum of the white and cOlored popula-
ton Several tables are given which
show the movements of the colOred ele-
ment of the population du,ing the last
half century. An inspection of the
table makes it evident, says the bulletin,
that there has been no extended move
ment of this element since the time Of
the civil war. Indeed. with the eyceD-
ton Of the District of Columbia, the
border states appear to have lost rather
than gained, and during the last decade
there becomes perceptibe a southwark
movement of the cOlOred element from
the border states into those bordering
the gulf, particularly into Mississippi
and Arkansas, where they have in
creased proportionately to the whites,
Let the states under consideration be
divided into two groups The first com
prising Delaware Maryland, District of
Columbia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mis-
souri, and Kansas and the second South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas ani Ar
Eansa- Now, the increase of the whites
in the first of these groups, from 1870 to
lStO, was AT lne lale OF * per CeOt.
while that of the colorcl element was
but :. ; per cent. In the second of the,e
groups the rate of increae of the whites
was 31.S per cent, while that of the
colored was but ~. per cent In tine
first group the number ofcolored to 100
600 whites diminished between 1880 and
1890 from 26,1 to 23,0SS, or 13,5 r5r
cent, while in the second group it
diminished from 81 ,456 to 13,Gl1, or
only 90 per cent There is, therefore a
perce, tible tendency southwark of the
colo1ed people, which, while by no
means powerful, has resulted in draw
ing a notable proportion of that element
from the border states and in produc-
ing in two of the far southern states a
more rapid increase of the colored ele-
,naut than of the white
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-27
rhn Croftcrs Rchni-dinr.

LONDON. March 27-The crofte-s,
who have returned TO the lands from
which they were elected in Lewis. are
rebuilding their former homes. A force
of police is on the way to eject them.
They are the only occupants Of ninety
six square miles OF territory where
sheep farmers were formerly numerous,
but which has been depopulated 10
make way for the sportsmen.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-27

INDIANAPOLIS, March 81 The Fed
eral grand jury Wednesday took up the
case of Charles H. Ritter, who is ac-
cused of embezzling the funds of the
Evansville bank. Bank Examiner Ho,-
man testified that Ritter had forged
checks, reported mutilated currency
sent to Washington and reported fal.e
time certificates of deposit. The total
amount alleged to have been embezzed
ie @-6 600