, 1875-05-30

brandy or whisky, as se1tzsr la used. Bni
America, the land Of the free and the home al
the mlnt-julep and whisky cocktail, applied the
nta naa
soda-water as d beverage, until the soft gush oi
3 cream-topped, eferyescent liquid, tinged With
| the hue and filed with the tasse and
odor Of delicious fruits, gfaddeaed the eye
drinker. 1ike the dream Of N epicutean, its
| duicet excellence insinuAted itself upon tina
! palate Of tral.s-Atlantic gourmets, when Ameri-
can e1hibito1a IN European fai1e propagated q
! knowledge Of the new beverage. But the penu-
rious habits Of Europeans render them averse to
| spending their money for such evanescent
| drinks ~ soda-~ater. Waen they e1pend ~
much "a the value OF 10 cents for d1ink, they
| want something that they eau nit at table With
and chit half An hour over. and, however sweet
ansy it's brief period under their noses.
| It leaves with them disturbing recollecslous
| OF large expenditure for exceedingly transient
| pleasure. But the unthrifty fres-handedness Of
| the American people sticks at no such scruples,
| and the sale Of Boda-water in this country is
| it ID estimated that
t OVER HALF 4 atu11o1 GALLONS TEAR
| sre consumed, aud the business Of supplying it
| represents large Investment Of capital.
Soda-Water, ns now prepared. has no
soda IN it, nor pertaining to it, and the desg-
| nation is a thorough mlsnomer. Probably the
name came from the fsct that formerly
carbonic scid gas was generally obtained by the
action of su1phurio acid On carbonate OF soda,
but now marble dust, which ia carbonate Of Inns,
ia the material used.
THE APPARATUS
for the mAuufactute OF eoda-water consists Of 4
generator, an acid chamber, and one OF more gas
washers. Marble dust is placed in the generator,
chamber. 6njphate Of limo il formed, and car
bonic acid gas diseDgaged, which passes OF into
the gas-washet, which ls chamber filed with
water, through which the gus bubbles. Gen.
orally is passed through several washers, as to
remove from 1t any impurities before passing into
in the aeration OF liquids. The geuerators in
ordinary use nre Of iron, aud are tested at 800
pounds to tie square inch the best are OF steel,
and arc tested at ], 600 pounds to the square
inch.
TIE Er1os1ox IN BOSTON DRUGSTORE
last week, and the demolition OF four-story
building. ehoHa with what destructive violence
these generators may explode. With ordinary
precautions the danger is small. If any. In some
generators the pressure OF tho gas IN tha gen
erator may force open the valve at the bottom
Of the acid chamber, letting in 4 large quantity
Of sulphurio acid aud disensaging 3 large
volume Of earbouic acid gus, tue sudden in
c4ease OF pressure endangerng the security OF
piosion, something may have clogged the duct
py which the gas escaped from tho generator
into the Eas-Nasher. The gas, collecting in the
generator. 1oIceo up tae Satso III tue ooston "
tho acid-chamber, and large quantity Of acid
pouring IN suddenly alsengageo an enormous
quantity OF gas. bursting the generator, and
blowing up the building as narrated.
II soda-water generators ate such terrible
bombshels as this would seem to indicate, thea
the explosion should sound
4 LOUD NOTE OF WARNlso
iu tho ears Of our Common counciimen. While
they are fretting themselves over small and
mean concerns, engines OF death are being
worked in crowded sections Of tho CITY or borne
about our thoroughfares. II generators msy
explode, why not the poftaeae FOUNTAINS
also The pressure OF the carbonlc
acid gas in their interiors may some day sud-
denly explode one. It may be calm summers
day-one OF those nlld, balrnT uaye When tne
south sind comes to one With an uncuon OF re-
pose. Little Freddy. tired OF SAND afcnlteetuSe,
may be sitting by the side Of the gutter Thought
fully running his fingers through the marbles IN
his pocket, when the soda- man drives up
before the drugstore. Ha lifts out the aoda-
water reservoir, and then, a. the poet romaskS-
There comes burst Of thunder sound,
The boyi Oh, where u he1
aud little Freddy has to be Rcooped up IN dis
tresslngly mixed condition. 1t will be small
consolation TO the afflicted parents to snow thas
. large portion Of the soda-water man was found
on tie roof OF the drugstore. Or, suppose the
explosion should take place in a crowded thor !
oughfare, sanding people through the adjacent |
plate-elasa windows in an unseeuly conditlon Of I
dlsinsegration.
DUTY OF TIE ALDERMEN.
According to the recent eloquent and pathetic |
speeches OF -Messrs. Storrs and Frank Adams,
tho Common Council sre the guardian angels
and opecia! policemen OF Chicago. They are in
tue habit, according to their counsel Of lying
awake nights thlnaing what way they msy t
bast project and advance the interests !
Of their dock. and are truly grateful to
any one who will suggest to them