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Show WORTH REMEMBERING. 1 There, arp throe entirely different I kinds pf Ingredients used in' making- I tho three dllforeht varieties of .baking powders on ,tho .market, viz: (1) Mh I oral-ACld or'Atum, (2) Bone-Acid or I Phosphate, and (3) Cream of Tartar I mado from grapes. It is important, I , from tho standpoint of health, to- I know something about theso lngredl- I ents, and which kind is used in your I baking powder, M (1) Mineral-Acid, or Alum, lsmado I from a kind of clay. This is mixed I with diluted oil of vitriol and from I this solution a product is obtained I which Is alum. Alum b cheap; costs I about two cents a pound, and baking- I powder mado with this Mlncral-Acld I Bells from 10 to 25c. a pound. -, (2) Bone-Acid, or Phosphate, is tho I basis of phosphato baking powdors I and tho proqoss is fully described in I tho patents issued to a largo manufac- I turer of a phosphato powder. Tho U. I S. Patent Ofllco Report gives" a full and exact description, but tho follow- I ing extract is enough: x I "Burned bones, nftcr being ground, aro put Into freshly diluted oil of vlt- I riol and with continual stirring and I in tho following proportion," etc. I From this Bone-Acid phosphate bale I Ing powders aro made; such powders I sell from 20 to 30 cents a pound, t I (3) Cream of Tartar exists In .all I' rlpo grapes, and flows with tho juice I from tho press in tho manufacture of wine. After tho wlno is drawn off tho I tartar Is scrapedfrora tho cask, boll- cd with water, and crystals of Cream H of Tartar, white rind vfrry pure, sepa rato and aro collected. It differs in H no respect from the form in which 'It H .originally existed In the grape. Cream H of Tartar, then, whllo the most expenr H sive, is tho only ingredient that should be used. In a baking powder' to H act upon tho soda, as Its wholesome- H ness Is beyonU question. Cream of H Tartar baking powders sell at 'about Hj 40 to 60 cents a pound. Hj Such are tho facts, and every ono, H careful of tho health of tho family, H, should romembcr this rule: Baking Hi powders selling from 10 to 25 cents a H pound aro mado of Mineral-Acids; H thoso selling from 20 to 30 cents of H Bono-Acid; and thoso from 40 to 50 H cents of Cream of Tartar mado from H grapes. H |