The rustler., 1891-11-27
Is AL.M POISONOUsE
IHall's Journal Of Health !

his question nus caused n good
deal of discussion. Alum - used .
by many bakers 10 whlten their
bread, enabling them TO use an IN.
ferior flour. II IL most extensively /
employed as cheap substitute Tor
cream Of tartar in the manufacture
OF baking powders. 1t hes not
been considered Immediately dan
gerous; although # continued It m.
duces dyspepsia and obstinate con
stipatlon. But the fact that many
eases of poisoning have occurred
from the use OF alum, puts the
question in more serious aspect.
and prudent people will exercise
caution ia the selection of baking
powders"
"Undcr what conditions then,
does this substaEce-formerly used
only for mechanical or medicinal
/ purposes-become poisonous !
They arc certainly obscure, AMI at
present we can only surmise what
they may be. We suspect that the
cause exists in the individual poi.
soned some popularity of the con.
stitution producing a morbid
change IN the secretions of the
stomach, with which the alum com.
blnes and forms an active poison ;
or the sccretions may be healthy
but in unusual proportions, and
that these less or greater proper
tions, in combination with the alum
constitute a poison"
"For example, two parts of mer.
curry and two parts OF chlorine
T form calomel, which is not poison
Gus, but change The proportions tC
one part mercury and two parts o
chlorine, and we get corrosive sub
Innate, which is deadly poison.
, "Then aguln we know nothing
, of the constitutional peculiariues
' Why is it that ono person can ea
all kinds OF green fruits and vege
: tables with impnnity, while th'
S same course might cost another in
D dividual his life? One person Cal
= handle poison ivy and sumnc with
!. cut being ih the least effected an
other is poisoned If he approache
G to within ten feet of them. Out q
It family residing IN a malaral dis
@ trict, some of the members Wi
o suffer half the year with fever an
q ague, while the others Will enjo
c excellent health during the enln
l. year. Foods that are wholesom
Is to some persons are actually po
II sonous TO others. This is cspeoia
D. ly true OF some kinds of fist
Il There is no safety in taking alul
Is into the stomach, as ii is shown
Is be always injurious, and often dan
70 gerous." -
d The Scientific American puI
IF lIshed IN u recent number a list ,
e, alum aud ammonia baking pov
10 ders, which Is Of great value at tn
le time. Following is the list cor
piled from Official reports. Pow
-. ders marked with a star seem
have a general sale, MS they a
mentioned in at least two of Il
official reports.
ATLANTIC q PACIFIC. "RoYAL.
COOKS FAvoRITE. sCIoTo.
CROWN. SILVER SPOON.
CRYSTAL. SILVER STAR.
DAISY. -sSowDRIFT.
DAVIS o X. sOvEHHiGM.
DRY YEAST. STAR.
GEM. STATE.
GLOBE. STANDARD.
tKENTON. eUNFLowEH.
PEARsoN's. wAsHINGToN.
PERFECTION. WINDSOR.
PEERLEss. ZIPP's GRAPE
PURITY. CRYSTAL.
There are, in addition to the for
going list from the Scientil
American, a number of such pov
ders sold in the western that we
not found in the eastern stores.
Following is the list to date:
CALUMET, Contains AluI
Calumut Baking Powder CC
Cbicago.)
FOREST CITY, Contains ANN
mia Alum.
. (Vouv 10 Bros, Cloveland.)
CHICAGO YEAST, Contain
Ammonia Alum.