The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-05-21

the rest of that wretched night; bu
/ the last 1 heard of Mr.. James Dew
berry, he was sick absd with an awful
cold, and don't wonder at 1t.
From the Toledo CommerciaII
Pure Liquors.
, Some days ago a correspondent o
: the Commercial called the attention
. of the public to the law of the Stat
which provides for the inspection o
all liquors offered for sale, and asked
why il had not been enforced by the
: official whose duty to do 30 Is plainly
indicated by the statute. 1t would
seem so obvious that such . law Il
/ absolutely necessary, and that its en-
. forcement would be acceptable to all
except the very small class engaged
in compounding and adulterating
liquors, that further argument to thai
effect is useless. Still, no action has
yet been taken to provide suitsble
inspectors, and without further ex.
preston Of public opinion on the sub
ject, it is not probable there will be
The same subject has been agitated in
Nebraska lately, finally 9 number o.
specimens Of the popular beverages
sold in Lincoln, were collected and
submitted to Prof. Aughey for analy-
in the detailed report, which we ap-
pend:
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, De- l
PARTMENT OF NAT.SCIENCEs,
LINCOLN, Neb., April 25, 1874. J
To the Lincoln temperance Society:
In accordance with your request,
have made careful analysis of the
liquor brought to me two weeks ago.
The following is the result:
No. 1. Detpeaeris "BZdcE Mdridh. u
Contained the following ingredients:
| l, Sugar Of lead, 8 grains to quart;
2, StTychnine, q large amount; 3,
Strontia; 4, BenZine; 5, potash; 6,
Brazil wood; 2, Alcohol, II per cent.
No. 2. QuicE'S "Best WhisEey."-
This contained l, Sugar Of lead, 8
grains to q quart; 2, Strychnine; 3,
Strontia; 4, Potash; 5, Benzine; 8, Bra
zil wood; z, Alcohol, IS per cent.
No. 8. Kzutch's Whiskey.-This
contained: l, Sugar of lead, 81 grains
to the quart; 2, Strychnine; 3, Stron-
tia; A, Potash; 5, LOgwood; 8, Alcohol,
II per cent.
No. 4. HodgEin's WhisEey.-Thls
contained: 1, Sugar of lead, 50
grains to a quart; 2 Strychnine; 8.
Strontia; /: A. Potash; 5. LOgwood.
No 5. Leighton d BrotOa's "Best
Port VINE. ."-This contained; l, Sugar
of lead, 8 grains to quart; 2, Potash
and soda carbonates; 8, LogwOod; 4.
Alcohol, 8 per cent.
No 6. Bailey & AIldreaO's " WHISKY"
This contained; l, Sugar of lead,
grains to quart; 2. Strychnine; 8,
Potash; 4. Strontia; 5, Benzine; 9,
Brazil wood; Z, Alcohol, Is per cent.
No. Z. Brock & Co.'S "PorZ Wine."-
This contained; l, Sugar of lead; 2,
Potash and soda carbOnRtes in large
quantities 8, Logwood 4, Alcohol, 8
per cent. -
No. 8. Kelley d Reads brandy"
This contained; l. Sugar Of lead, Z
grains to quart: 2 Strontia; 8, Brazil
wood; 4, Alcohol, % per cent.
No. 8. MLdugItlin's "Gin. This
continued: 1, Sugar of lead, grains
to quart; 2, Strychnine, 8, StrOntia;
4, Potash; 5, Benzine; 6, Alcohol; 16
per cent. -.
No 10. Zehr1tag & Hdrtley's "An-
gelicG Vine. ."-This contained 1,
Sugar of lead, grains to quart;
2, Strontia; 8, Brazil wood; 4, Alcohol,
II per cent. .fs
No IL. Zehrung & HartLey's "Best
Bourbon Whisky y"-Fhis contained:
l, Sugar of lead, 6 grains to q quart;
2, Strontia; 8. Brazil wood, 4, Soda; 5,
Alcohol, q per cent.
No. IL. S. S. BrocE's "Comnlon
Whisky''-This contained: 1, Sugar of
lead, 5grains to a quart; 2, Strychnine
8, Strontia; 4, Potash; 5, Benzine; 8,
Brazil wood; Z, Alcohol, Is per cent.
This analysis is not exhaustive, as I
did not separate the sugar which
some of the liquors contained in the
form of caramel nor the Cayenne
pepper, which all the whiskies con-
tanned more or less. The poisonous
substances, however, carefully sep
arated. The absolute amount OF
sugar of lead, strychnine, and stron-
tia was remarkably large. The pois-
onous qualities of these substances Is
so well known that nothing here
needs to be said about them.
In many of these liquors there is
strychnine enough to quart to kill
man II 1t were taken separate from
any other mixture and at one dose;
the same is true of the sugar OF lead.
In good whisky the amount of al
cohol should be from 40 to so per cent,
H,,k 10. 1Fnn4ro ft AnIU
from Is to % per cent, the largest
percent the largest percentages be-
longing to the brandies and gin.
AS good liquors as some OF these
WHISTLES could be profitably manu-
factured for 80 cents q gallon, and
none of these liquors are what thay
purport to be.
If any one doubts that the poisons
are found in common liquors, II such
doubter will come to the University
Laboratory in the afternoon, I will
separate and precipitate lead, stron.
tia, &C., in their presence.
Respectfully submitted.
SAMUEL AUGHEY,
Prof. Chemistry in University Of
Neb.
These poisons are Of such q nature
as do not manifest themselves by any
decided symptoms at once, and may
not for long time, but they accumu-
late in the system, and at last develop
with fearful violence. This is especial
ly the case with sugar Of lead, which is
largely relied upon by wine dealers to
remove undue acidity, and furnish q
sparkling bead to the wine, but which
will inauita hlu nrndnna ALL the sumn-