Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-05-08
Hoods Sarsapari|la
True Blood Purifier
FOOD ADULTERATIONS.

FOOD ADULTERATIoNs.
Not Nearly So Prevalent Nov as II
Once Was.
One of the most beneficeat Of SER
sices being rendered mankind by the
chemical laboratories through State
Boards Of Health and the Agricultural
Department ut Washington, Is the ex.
position OF fraudulent food prepara-
tons. A grand effort has long been
mnde to get manufacturers to mark
packages with labels that tell no lies.
FoB instance II a man proposes to take
"molasses, water and any odd tasting
herb." each separately, he should have
that privilege, and also the one of tax
Ing sarsaparilla as he pleases. He
should not be obliged to use his fa:th
In mans honesty when he drinks tho
6rst concoction under gu!se Of the sec
ond, for the iodide of potash it is likely
to contain may make his digestion more
Tanky than before.
Nor should any Of us be compelled to
swallow sawdust under misrepresenta-
ton. "A peck of sawdust," may now
well be said to be mans limit 1t Is
! greater favorits with the mixer than
sticks and stones" barks, husks, char
coal, exhausted tea leaves, -four, paste,
etc. However, thanks to the energy OF
the various health departments, there
IL much less pernicious adulteration
practiced than formerly. Laws and
regulations are enforced more careful
ly, the polariscope and the microscope
now strike terror to the soul Of the con-
.octor Of beverages and foods.
1t Is hard to believe that the best tea
can be injurious. But 1t has been the
most abused of all such goods, for
which thanks are due the willy Chinese,
1t behooves US to make tests by exam.
lining the leaves after soaking. A gen.
uine tea leaf will be firm and tough
when picked up with n pin. 1t is long
and pointed, and with delicate veins
looped along its edges. The latter is
an important means of Identification.
AS many as thirty-two kinds Of leaves
have been passed of rs genuine. Ash
plum, oleo, elder, hawthorn, willow,
klum, wisteria, camellia, and other
leaves, with graphite, Prussinn blue
indigo, turmeric, gypsum. and iron FL
lngs, to add flavor and weight. are
some Of the ingredients which unsus-
asctins purchasers buy, brew, and i'm
bibo. Add to these recolored and re-
favored exhausted leaves, and one does
lot wonder nerves and digestion be
ONE cranky"
Coffee follows in the wake Of tea
rith the addition of various hard sub
stances. like sawdust and husks, rye
peas, beans, carrots, ncorns, roots, etc
One ofthe most successful limitations Is
The making from flour paste the actual
counterfeit Of the coffee bean. So per
feet is the little form turned out and
favored that a very bright inspector
,-as completely befogged until he
brought his microscope to bear upon IT
a good test is to soak pinch of ground
toffee In cold water. Adulterations will
fall to the bottom. The pure article
itoats. Great opportunity for deception
Is afforded in all ground materials, SO
that to use coffee In the bean may save
tome trouble. Because it is used as an
Rntidote for certain poisons, ndultera.
ions should be made penal offense.
Chocolate, being a manufactured ar.
ticle, affords excellent means Of fraud.
The best article Is neither gravelly nor
,asty when mixed with water.
One danger in pure % white flour Is
the alum used to whiten. Undoctored
-four Is not perfectly white, and house
keepers would send a purer bread to
the table II they were willing to forego
the whiteness and take a flour Of nat.
ural color. Alum is likely to cause
dyspepsia and general disorder of
the stomach. Carbonate Of soda is
largely used to doctor a low grade of
flour. Obviously, the fewer chemical
elements administered to our stomachs
;he better health we are likely to have,
and certainly the staff Of life should
not be overdosed with acids for the |
,ake Of a little difference in color.
The microscopic examination Of sam.
pies Of spices shows as great q per. |
.entage Of sophistication as almost any |
other product unless 1t be certain
drugs. Every conceivable substitute
Is used to make up compound Of
spice, ostensibly pure, but alas! In real.
lty scarce a third pure. the rest any.
thing from ground sawdust to pulver.
lzed brown bread. Here the only re-
.ort for outw1tting such practices is to
yupply the kitchen with a spice mill,
purchase the whole berries Or beana
Ind refuse to feed the family on indi.
gestibls chips or husks. An authority
assures us that sugar is generally pure.
Rigid inspection prevents frauds for.
'usrly practiced.
The canning Of goods has been vastA
improved Of late years through the en-
.rgy Of the chemists Of the Department
,f Agriculture, under DR.. Wiley. So
much adulteration and preserving were |
Used that every bulletin showed almost |
Universal sophistication. Poison from
cad tops Is now almost wholly avoided,
while a purer tin IL used for the cans
The sulphurous and salicylic acids for |
preservation are more care
lully used, at least, on this side Of the
Atlantic, France being the greatest |
for many years.
The magnitude Of the canning trade
nakeA It imperative that housekeepers |
Dhould Examine ali such foods beforv |
Seing consumed.
No can should hold its contents after |
being opened. The mir Immediately |
begins the chemical action upon the tin, |
Ind fermentation and putrefaction |
vet in Immediately. A good, pure fla |
sor should alone be noticed upon open
ha. ThA clns should not look dun and