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Show BSWaSBSaaiSBBMSaSBBaSSSBBBMSBaeBlBBWBaSaSBiaiSBlBBSHBBM ' - ALCOHOL IN BEBAD. There bas been much discussion about the quantity of alcohol contained tn ordinary bread aa the reault of the fermentative pro-ceea pro-ceea to which it is subjected before baking. Evidently the quantity is small, but until recently, re-cently, it would appear, chemists have not succeeded in accurately measuring it. Now, however, it is announced that Pr. O. PohU by an elaborate process based upoa distillation of the bread to be tested in a Papin digester, has ascertained that ordinary bread normally contains .0753 of a grain of alcohol for every 100 grams of bread, or a little more than 7 parte in 10,000. It is well to be precise, even In small things. Youth's Companion. |