Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-01-29
SWEETER THAN A BEST GIRL.
Sugar, Molasses and Honey Are Nowher
In COmnariSon With S;accharine.

Sugar, NIolasses and Honey Are Nowhere
In Comparison With Saccharine.
An industry still young, but unques-
tionably with 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 800 times sweeter. The history of
its discovery is interesting.
In 1879 DR.. Constantine Fahlberg,
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 a re-
markedly 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 satisfac-
tory development of the chemical proc
ess of production.
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
nails Attempts were made to show that
it was not only deleterious, but danger
Gus. 1t 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
OTIS, like Sir H. E. Roscoe in London,
Leyden in Berlin, Paul in Paris, Won
Barth in Vienna, apd host Of others,
after thorough tests, have certified that
the effects of saccharine upon the phys
ical and psychical functions of the brute
and human systems are entirely harm
less.
Saccharine in its pure condition is
white powder. Various exclusive ad-
vantages are claimed for it's use in the
arts, household and medicine. To emu
merate few: 1t is so small in bulk that
the saving in storage and freight is of
course very great; its valuable antiseptic
qualities make it especially available in
preserving as well as sweetening articles
of food, such as jellies, fruits, etc. In the
distilling of brandies and liquors and in
the brewing of beer saccharine has been
used with signal success. Mixed with
glucose, Saccharine has sweetness equal
to the finest refined sugar. Further,
saccharine serves a distinctly medical
purpose. 1t is employed to disguise the
unpleasant taste of medicine and in the
preparation of medicated wines and 9TH
er cordials. 1t has also been highly in
dorsed as substitute for sugar for those
suffering from diabetes and from fat
ness. Unlike sugar, it does not go to
form surplus nourishment Finally it
may be added that this highly concen-
trated sweetening substance requires
only little intelligence to be successful
ly used in the household.-W Washington
Star