The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-12-09
CANNED

CANNED GOODS.
Tho Most fragrant and Extensive Kinds
Of Adulteration Are Practiced.
Under n heading we may consider
several groups of food stuffs, which,
while different in composition, are alike
in the form Of adulteration which is re-
sorted to These groups include the va
rieties Of canned vegetables, fruit but
tiers, jellies, preserves and ~catchups. The
forms Of authorizations commo to all
OF these consist in the use Of coloring
matter, of imperfect vegetables or
fruits, of other fruits and vegetables
than those called for Or of ~preservatives.
In the case of canned vegetables there is
an accidental adulteration from the in
gradients Of the can, such as lead and
tin, and which may, as a rule, be at
tributed to a lack of care in canning.
In all Of the groups mentioned the
adulteration practiced is of the most
fragrant and extensive kind. Catchups
are made Of skins and cores instead Of
the pure vegetables, then colored with
a coal tar product and loaded with sail
cylic acid to prevent fermentation.
Fruit buffers are nothing but parings
and scrapings of fruit to which glucose,
starch and coloring have been added,
with salicylic acid as a preservatiye.
Jellies are made from glucose favored
with essential oils and colored, to which
salicylic acid is added. Some fruit jel-
lies marked as pure have never seen a
trace Of fruit. What is true of jellies is
true of preserves. Put together refuse
material, the cheapest sort of glucose,
some coloring and salicylio acid, and
you have the composition of some Of the
cheaper forms Of preserves that are to
be found on the shelves of some of our
grocery stores. OF these coarser forms
Of authorizations it will be unnecessary
30 say yer a word. They are universal
~ recognized as unfit to be used, and
every honest dealer is of the opinion
that the Don they are driven out Of
the market the better it will be for
trade. -Sanitarian.
OuF temperature
The ordinary temperature of an adult
when a thermometer is placed in the
armpit is 1914 degrees, in the mouth
80. 5 degrees. The blood is about 100
degrees. Blood heat is marked on the
thermometer at 80 degrees F. In fevers
this is much exceeded, and the heat of
the patient may rise to 105 degrees or
LOG degrees. A higher temperature than
this will generally prove fatal unless
it descends very quickly. The highest
temperatures recorded have been in
some cases of rheumatic fever, when
that Of the body rose to 100 degrees
and ever to Ill degrees.
The Blackguards of Malaga.
Besides my man Mohammed there
were several other Arab passengers
aboard, and the appearance Of these, as
steamer, was the signal for a shout Of
derisive laughter, curses and stone
throwing on the part Of the crowd Of i'll
fed and i'll conditioned boys who throng-
ed the quay. For downright black
guardism nothing a beat the type OF
the youth Of Malaga, whose expression,
like their morals, is Of as debased a type
as could we'll be imagined. Howls OF
filthy language greeted the appearance
of the Moors, who, had they disem-
barked. would have run a great risk of
being torn to pieces, so great is the an.
tipathy Of the Spaniards to their former
conquerors. The captain of the steamer
appealed to the police, but the two rep.
r~esentatives Of this noble body were
busily employed in stealing figs from
the cargo and paid little or no attention
to the fact that an infatuated crowd Of
the worst characters of Malaga-that is
to say, the worst in the world-were
pelting the steamer with stones and
mud. Affairs, however, reached a eli.
max when one of the Moors, who spoke
Spanish, asked after the health of Gen.
eral Margallo, the general who had been
killed before Melilla, and then the cap.
tain was obliged to order them below,
though the i'll conditioned crowd hocted
and jeered until at sunset the steamer
left Harris From Batum to Bag.
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MINNESOTA HUKTlCULTURISTS.
North Star Fruit Raisers Discuss Matters
Pertaining to Their Calling.
MINNEAPoLIs, Dec. 9.-The 3lst an.
nual meeting OF the Minnesota State
Horticultural society opened in the
county commissioners rooms. Presi'
dent Underwood of Lake City called
the meeting to order. The general sub.
ject under discussion at the morning
SESSION was Red Raspberries, treated
by ten 5.minute papers.
The general subject of the afternoon
session was "Apples," which called
forth thirteen 5.minute papers. William
Somerville told of "The Limit of Age
in a Minnesota Orchard and How to