The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-07
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Gay Crowd FIocked to See Zoo in
Waldorf Astoria.
ALL MoLAssEs ADuL1ERATED.
Very Little of the Pure Article to Be
obtaIncd-Colony of Bocrs to Set
tie Oh Long lsland-Youns
Couple Confess Arson.
ALL M0LAssEs ADuLTERATED.

NEW YORK, Dec Stake home a
marmoset i'll a box might have served
as trave5ty on the proverbial fry sign
! at the fair for the Mothers and Babies
Hospital, which was held at the Waldorf
Astoria yesterday.
Live stock in the conservatory off the
| Waldorfs big ballroom was new thing
and gay crowd fiocked to see the ZOO
| which was the feature of the fair There
| were rows OF cages and pens, which housed
everything from a dove to Il donkey. The
| zoo began at the south end with a robin
| redbreast IN a: cage. There were why6ah
tinches, African fnches. canaries, white
! and Java sparrows, bultinches, white
| doves, paroquets, Java squirrels and chip
| rnunk' squirrels.
l. One row was devoted to cats-prize cats
1 With silky coats, 4Angoras, tortoise she'll
| and white. There We're aquariums in va
| riety, mice circuSes with white mice. mon
| keys, marmosets and blooded dogs. The
| donkey and many OF the dogs were rallied
| for in the evening.
| iBonbon, a French bulldog. worth $500,
with chances at 81. was one of the most ap-
| plauded dogs. Baby. fox terrier, won as
| many hearts as the marmoset. and an
| English setter from the Bloodgood kennels
| rivalled In the affections of the pretty
| girl attendants. hunting dog whom they
! affectionately named Rubber.
The 200" presented at all times an ami
mated scene.
Take a chance on Cocker spaniel?''
! cried girl in pale green gown. and
| when the patrons refused. she walled,
| "Oh. why won't YOU?
The children who were at the bazaar in
| hordes thought that Noah's Ark had come
| to life.
How old are these cats?'' demanded
small Miss in black velvet. and when the
| keepers OF the ZOO" plead Ignorance. the
| youthful connoiseur departed scornfully.
The orchestra played softly all the at
of the donkey. the monkey and the paro-
quet
BET ON RUBY's WEIGHT.
Louis A. Berney. diamond dealer, paid
a visit to John Days resort at Long
Branch in August. 1899, and made a bet OF
500 even with William L. Marks about
the weight CT the ruby in the latter's ring.
which was valued at 5000. Eerney had
little cash at the time and as security for
the S1G0 put up valuable ring containing
diamond ruby and sapphire
Marks who resides at the AriSton. NO.
1880 Broadway, insisted that he won the
bet-which was that the ruby in his ring
did not weigh two carats-and ne retained
possession of Berneys ring. He SUISSE
quently sold it to Il politician of this city
for SO.
Berney sued Marks to recover the ring
or its value. which he placed at S245. The
action was tried before Municipal Court
Justice George f. Roesch yesterday. who
gave a decision in favor of Mr.. Berney,
but. after listening to experts on the value
of diamonds and precious stones nXed the
value of the ring at SITS.
MOLASSES AlDULTEHATED.
Immediate action will be taken by the
Board of Health to discover II aduiter-
ated molasses is being sold in the city
This movement is the result OF an agitt-
ton in behalf of pure 'moIasses that IS
NOW going on in New Orleans.
Little OF the pure article reaches here,
according TO wholesale dealers, who say
there is no demand for II except from q
few grocer.s. Nearly all ask for the adul-
terated article and sell it for the pure
Glucose is the most used adulterant- There
are, however, brands OF molasses that
are highly bleaChed with poisonous chenii-
Gals.
According to the latest report of the
Department OF Agriculture in Washing
ton a great part OF the molasses output
IS adulterated with glucose, sorghum and
other agents. To make the molasses
light in color it is put through a bleaching
process which requires the use OF per-
CAiuS VI W O5Sil. poiiC D!1th, SulpiluL
Gus acid. metallic subphites. sulphuric
acid. sulphur fumes. chloride of zinc and
other chemicals.
"Molasses,' as sold here, is nothing
but glucose syrup with a flavorns OF
lasses. 1t is sold for from eighteen to
twenty-one cents a gallon. The pure ar
ticle retails for about thirty-tive cents {;
gallon. There is less profit in it than in
the spurious article, 50 the retailers buy
the latter.
AT the office of Henry r. Hobart and
Company, wholesale dealers, at No. 12O
Front Street I was told that there is
comparatively little demand for the pure
moAaSseS
I'VE sell the mixed article to nearly
all our customers said one of the firm
"Of course. we have the pure molasses.
but there is comparatively little demand
for it. The mixed is simply a prepare
ton of fifty per cent. glucose and mo-
lasses. 1t is harmless and most conslInl-
ers do not know the difference In my
opinion. Sully ninety-five per cent. OF the
molasses that is sold here is adulterated
Only the highly coiored or beached ar
ticle is harmful. We do not handle it.
The reason the retailers prefer the mixed
molasses is that there is more profit in
it,
BOEhS COMING
On the outskirts of New York city q
colony OF Beers is to be established.
Seventy families, who have resolved not
to live under the British flag. are to form
a settlement between Hicksville and Syos-
set. in Nassau county, and apply to the
richer farm lands there the industry that
has enabled them to win sustenance from
tho barren African veldt.
a tract of land which will permit the
allotment of from five to twenty-five acres
to each OF the seventy families has been
purchased by the committee. 4 member
OF thu real estate firm yesterday con-
firmed the fact OF the sale. but declined
to enter into details of the amount of
land involved or its exact location.
The first members of the colony are
expected to arrive here on December 18th.
coming by way of Delagoa Bay and Ma
settles. They will be followed soon by the !
others, |
CONFESSED TO ARSON.
Adolph Hoffman. twcrty-four years old. I
and his wife. Florence. yesterday morning |
pleaded guilty to the charge of arson in
the first degree, in Part 2 CT the Court OF