, 1874-07-12

no room for an artificial rival: soda-watsr
would not be doomed agreeable If it vera not for
the Introduction OF tho sirups Of fruits. With
aaou ai idd9n It i 0syG0d s9 is d0ue uesa o to
e. =, greater, exten. than any other.
There is nothing harmful in soda-watcr, provid-
cd it il not made up of deloterious compounds
but in th1rst-qucnchng qualities it docs not con-
pare with our pnro lake water. The primo item Of
expense about the stuff is the sirup. Genuine
fruit srups arc very expensive, and are usod in
puro state in very few establishments Straw
berry, raspberry. cherry, ounce. aud other es-
seuces are sold at Wholesale as high a8 $l.50 PER
| BOTTLE which holds q pint and half. These are
not altogether pure, but are not reduced With
anything that is harmful to health. Such soda
water as is sold in the fir3t-class retail stores ut
10 cents glass is generally pure. Ono can fesl
| morally certain Of getting an extract the base
OF which is fusil oil, made from acetic, su1phurc,
or other ethers, at the little concerns which
] tail soda-watoc at 5 cents per glass or less.
I Some of the druggists make their own Birups
| from such fruits rs arc indigenous to this cll-
| mate, but in such cases the fno fruity flavor is
lackns. It is weak compound. Such fruits
as we have arc mild to tho taste, and do not give
water strongly impregnasel with tho flavor he
may rest assured that he has taEen that
| within him which, while it may be temporarily
satisfactory, will ultimately disturb tho happi-
OF al kinds arc adnlterated and " stretched
by the druggists. Brandy or wine OF d tuo old
age is made to nccept new relation by tho i'm
position Of the samo article OF later Tin- |
tazo. 1t is almost impossible to detect |
the difference in t1is case and the bother thus |
makes nice profit without adding to any ono's
misery. mise! The , common mode OF stretching |
whisky is by the addition Of proof spirits or |
dilute alcohol. In this manner tho bouquet of
fhe fine old Irish article il retained, vhio the |
per cent Of proof is not lesscned in the least |
No one but man right from the stills of Bour-
bon County eau tell the article thus fosted upon |
suffering community from the genuine jaico
Of corn. ''' - 80
A.rnAc7rcA1 TEST.
For the purpose Of learning the variations in
the prico for . prescription, Calling among
others, for an expensive drug, reporter was
directed to obtain such an one Us would insure
fair test and was handed the following BY
prominent physician:
Qnln1e sn]phatfs DR..
byr. aurauhd cont. or
ln this prescription quinina is the principal in-
grcdiont, and drug which costs much money.
1t IL worth 81 an ounce, but ap = ounce rarely
contains moro than from 400 to 40 grains, boiug
put up "bh9rt-" Tie prescription price is J:
centa gran though aomo druggists charge Z
cents. The reporter called at first, second, and
third class drug stores, and asked what would
tho clerk said 50 cents aud the employer 81;
at another, VI WAS demanded; It another,
S1.5o; another, 51.75; ut three, 81; aud.
at one, $3.50. The druggist who gave the latter
$3.50, but the figure he had mentioned was the
" regular prescription price" He could not SEQ
how the mixture could be prepared for 81, since
the " Z. d W. qulnine alouo cost ncarly that
much. One of two things was provon By the
inquiries: either somo druggists make cut
throat profit on their medicincs or many in the
trade sell stuff which is injurious rather than
helpful to sicl people.