into a fine powder for purposes oi adulteratioo. At some of these mills they griaid three grades — ^soda grade, sugar grade, and flour grade. It sells for about half a cent a pound. Flour has been adulterated in England, and probably here, with plaster of Paris, bone dust, sand, clay, chalk, and other articles. I am told that large quantities of damaged and unwhole- some grain are ground in with flour, partioulaply "with that kind called graham flour. Certainly hundreds, and probably thousands, of bushels of " terra alba,*' or white earth, arc sold in our cities fivery year to be mixed with sugars in confectionery and other white substances. I am told by an eminent {^ysiciafi that this tends to produce stone, kic^y complaints, and various diseases of the stomach. A Boston chemist tells me that he has found 7 5 per cent, of " terra alba ** in what was sold as cream of tartar used for cooking. A large New York house sells three grades of cream of tartar. A Boston chemist recently ana- lyzed a sample of the best grade, and found 50 per cent, of " terra alba *' in that. Much of our confec- tionery contains 33 per cent, or more of " terra alba." The coloring matter of confectionery frequently con- tains lead, mercury, arsenic and copper. Baking- powders are widely sold which contain a large per- centage of " terra alba '' and alum. It is not water alone that is mixed with milk. Thousands of gallons, and probably hundreds of thous- ands, are sold in our cities which have passed through large tins, or vats, in which it has been mixed with various substances. Receipts for the mixture, can be bought by new milkmen from old, on pxayment of the required sum. I am assured, on what I believe to be reliable authority, that thousands of galions of so- cailed milk have been, and probably are, sold in tUs The Queen Cook Book 279 city which do not contain one drop of the genuine article. Large quantities of the meats of animals more or less diseased are sold in our markets. Cows in the neighborhood of our large cities are fed upon material which produces a large flow of unwholesome milk. Poultry are fed upon material which produces unwholesome eggs. Meats and fish are made un- wholesome, frequently poisonous, by careless and cruel methods of killing. A California chemist recently analyzed many samples of whisky, purchased at dif- ferent places in San Francisco. He found them adul- terated with creosote, salts of copper, alum and other injurious substances. He states it, in his published report, as his opinion that there is hardly any pure whisky sold in that city. A gentleman recently pur- chased from a prominent Boston firm a cask of pure sherry wine for his sick wife. His wife grew worse. He had the wine analyzed, and found there was not a drop of the juice of the grape in it; An eminent med- ical gentleman of Bqgton said to me:' " The adulter- ations of drugs and spices in this country are perfectly abominable.*' I say that laws should be enacted and enforced prohibiting the manufacture and sale of these, poisonous and dangerous articles, under severe penal- ties, and compelling the manufacturers and sellers of adulterated articles to tell buyers the precise character of the adulterations. Neither can too much be said against the candies known as "rock and rye.'* Upon being analyzed two pounds of the candy contained enough fusel oil for a fatal dose. A smaller quantity produces dizziness, headache, sense of falling and suffocation. This should be explained to school children and to our own. Will not some honest manufacturer arise and expose the secrets of a business that is doing untold mischief to our childreu ? 28o The Queen Cook Booh ^* HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. To purify the room of unpleasant odors, pour vine^ gar on a hot brick or burn sugar or coffee on coals.

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into a fine powder for purposes oi adulteration. At some of these mills they ground three grades — soda grade, sugar grade, and flour grade. It sells for about half a cent a pound. Flour has been adulterated in England, and probably here, with plaster of Paris, bone dust, sand, clay, chalk, and other articles. I am told that large quantities of damaged and unwholesome grain are ground in with flour, particularly "with that kind called graham flour. Certainly hundreds, and probably thousands, of bushels of " terra alba,*' or white earth, arc sold in our cities every year to be mixed with sugars in confectionery and other white substances. I am told by an eminent physician that this tends to produce stone, kidney complaints, and various diseases of the stomach. A Boston chemist tells me that he has found 7 5 per cent, of " terra alba ** in what was sold as cream of tartar used for cooking. A large New York house sells three grades of cream of tartar. A Boston chemist recently analyzed a sample of the best grade, and found 50 per cent, of " terra alba *' in that. Much of our confectionery contains 33 per cent, or more of " terra alba." The coloring matter of confectionery frequently contains lead, mercury, arsenic and copper. Bakingpowders are widely sold which contain a large percentage of " terra alba '' and alum. It is not water alone that is mixed with milk. Thousands of gallons, and probably hundreds of thousands, are sold in our cities which have passed through large tins, or vats, in which it has been mixed with various substances. Receipts for the mixture, can be bought by new milkmen from old, on payment of the required sum. I am assured, on what I believe to be reliable authority, that thousands of galions of socailed milk have been, and probably are, sold in this The Queen Cook Book 279 city which do not contain one drop of the genuine article. Large quantities of the meats of animals more or less diseased are sold in our markets. Cows in the neighborhood of our large cities are fed upon material which produces a large flow of unwholesome milk. Poultry are fed upon material which produces unwholesome eggs. Meats and fish are made unwholesome, frequently poisonous, by careless and cruel methods of killing. A California chemist recently analyzed many samples of whisky, purchased at different places in San Francisco. He found them adulterated with creosote, salts of copper, alum and other injurious substances. He states it, in his published report, as his opinion that there is hardly any pure whisky sold in that city. A gentleman recently purchased from a prominent Boston firm a cask of pure sherry wine for his sick wife. His wife grew worse. He had the wine analyzed, and found there was not a drop of the juice of the grape in it; An eminent medical gentleman of Boston said to me:' " The adulterations of drugs and spices in this country are perfectly abominable.*' I say that laws should be enacted and enforced prohibiting the manufacture and sale of these, poisonous and dangerous articles, under severe penalties, and compelling the manufacturers and sellers of adulterated articles to tell buyers the precise character of the adulterations. Neither can too much be said against the candies known as "rock and rye.'* Upon being analyzed two pounds of the candy contained enough fusel oil for a fatal dose. A smaller quantity produces dizziness, headache, sense of falling and suffocation. This should be explained to school children and to our own. Will not some honest manufacturer arise and expose the secrets of a business that is doing untold mischief to our childreu ? 28o The Queen Cook Booh ^* HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. To purify the room of unpleasant odors, pour vine^ gar on a hot brick or burn sugar or coffee on coals.

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