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Show Titoi'iii.i: Aiinti,. III. Ailulleraleil Hour henmlal In llnxln. Ht. I'nrxKntuiiu, Dec. I'. The aeandal arilugfroui the illicuvrry of adulterated Hour here I apt to make trouble fur a number of pcoplo. Tho cniiaigiinioul eoniprlied SiH.UOO pood (7,800,0110 l-liiglleli pound.) of barley Hour, purchated from Uealera lu l,o tan, wltli a view of regulating tho price cf wheat In the Ht. 1'ctirrbur.r, maihtt, nt well aa to uflord relief to thu famine autferera. An lnveatlga. tton proved that thu entire c-iiil;n-mentwa adulterated wltli chalk dint ami other tubttatice. They couiprlted lucli a large proportion ol the coutlgu-uient coutlgu-uient that the u of the alhgeil Hour would conttltuUi a very danKeruua menace to thn health, If not thu live, cf iliowvruopirtrokof It. In apeak-Ing apeak-Ing of tho glgantle fraud, tlio -Vows IVimjn renmili-i lint If audi fraud can In rrrpttratiid In tho capital of tie empire, the appalling account of tlmlhr crime In tho famlnn-Ktrlckun provlnciacau not las exaggerated. |