The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-03-09
sWeETER THAN 4 BEST GIRL.
Sugar, nolasses and Honey Are Nowhere
In Comparison With Saccharine.

sugar, u1Olasses ana Honey Are nowhere
In Comparison With saccharine.
An industry still young. bat unques-
tonably with a great mercantile future,
is that of saccharine. a product of coal
tar. 1t is a substitute for sugar, has
none of its bulk and is so powerful that
it is 300 times sweeter. The history of
its discovery is interesting.
In 1879 Dr. Constantine Fahlberg, a
Russian by birth, but who had been ed
ucated in Germany. became connected
with the Johns Hopkins university IN
Baltimore There he conducted series,
| of experiments on the toluene sulpha.
mides. in order to investigate their oxi-
dation products.
The outgrowth of this investigation
was the discovery of saccharine. By
oxidizing pure orthotoluene sulphamide
it was found that it would yield re-
markably sweet compound. The amount
obtained, however, was too small to be
of any practical value for manufacture
ing purposes, The problem thenceforth
was to find other reactions which would
give better yield of the sweet body. A
long and exhaustive series Of laboratory
experiments extending through several
years were necessary for the satlsfac-
tory development of the chemical proc
ess of production. z,ss :
AS might be expected, a discovery of
such practical utility had to run the
gauntlet of much hostile criticism. It
formed fruitful subject for discussion
| in various scientific societies and jour
mails. Attempts were made to show that
| it was not only deleterious, but danger
GUS. It is only fair to say, however, that
these arguments seem to have been sue
cessfully controverted. An overwhelm-
| ing mass of expert testimony is recorded
in favor of saccharine. Eminent profess
ors, like Sir FL. E. Roscoe in London,
Leyden in Berlin, Paul in Paris, Won
Barth in Vienna, and a host Of others,
| after thorough tests, have certified that
| the effects of sacchaTine upon the phys
| ical anu psychical functions of the brute
and human systems are entirely harm
| less.
| Saccharine in its pure condition is a
white powder. Various exclusive ad,
vantages are claimed for its use in the
arts, household and medicine. To emu.
merate few: 1t is so small in bulk thai
| the saving in storage and freight is o.
course very great: its valuable antiseptic
| qualities make it especially available II
/ preserving as well as sweetening articles
of food. such as jeiies, fruits, etc. In the
distiIling of brandies and liquors and II
the brewing of beer saccharine has beer
used with signal success. Mixed with
glucose, saccharine has sweetness equa
to the finest refined sugar. Further
saccharine serves a distinctly medica
purpose. 1t is employed to disguise thu
unpleasant taste of medicine and in tn,
preparation of medicated wines and 9th
er cordials. 1t has also been highly in
dorsed as a substitute for sugar for thos,
suffering from diabetes and from fat
ness. Unlike sugar, it does not go II
form surplus nourishment. Finally |
may be added that this highly concen
trated sweetening substance require
only little intelligence. to be successful
ly used in the household. " Washington
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