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Dr. Leeds has said that spices were adulterated to a great extent, but only such substances were added as were purely non-poisonous.  Mustards were never found to be pure.  Vinegars were also highly adulterated.  Competent officers, who shall be specialists, should be appointed in each State to examine manufactured and natural foods to detect adulteration.  So far these examinations have been made by college professors.  The State Boards of Health should take the matter in hand and see that it has the proper attention.

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A French periodical, La Culture, gives the following simple method for testing the purity of water.  In an ordinary quart bottle three parts filled with water dissolve a spoonful of pure white sugar, cork it well and put it in a warm place.  If at the end of forty-eight hours the water becomes turbid and milky there can be no doubt of its impurity, but if it remains limpid it may be considered safely drinkable.

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Political talk is generally very eloquent, but it lacks the insignificant element of truthfulness.  A great deal of the buncombe of politics reminds us of the lines of Lord Neaves, not long since deceased: 

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