, 1875-05-09
Distilled Water, Carbonic Acid Gas, and
Chamber and Table Salt.
Their Original Cost Rather Less th1n 4
Cent q Glass.


pupulaI ueFelhso Aaa k1uHu w VI Laso 3tnIh,
although the enthusiastic soda-Water man thinks
he has found passage in Milton referring to
| that enervescont sweetness. It occurs in the
| ''l1asque Of Comus," and is as follows:
And first, behold this cordial ju,cp here,
Thst flames and dances in its crystal bounds,
With spirits Of balm and fragrant niruEs mixed
Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thons
In Egypt gava to Jove-born Helena
Is Of suck power to stir up Joy ~ this,
To life so friendly or 50 cool 70 thrst. - ;.
1 5ht. wn cure ~ st5:ieat; eas cup Il this
Beyond the bliss Of Dreams Ba wise and taste. ),
Whether or not Milton had in mind tho neotari-
| Gus gush OF the fo1rning soda in writing thu
above the discerning reader will Determine, but
as resarda the description, the aranger-s defni-
| t,on Of eoda-Hater rs sweetened wind will be
more readily recognized But Nhils the dulcet
qualities Of aoda-aater naay be acknowledged,
and the partiality Of youth and Woman-klnd for
it be patronizingly considered, natural manifes-
tation. OF their appetite for sweets, the virile
taste that demands strength md body in its
drink seeks the various mineral naters, which to
the feminine palate are Extensively suggestive Of
hsh-brine. Moreover,
THE NATIONAL PROPENSITY TO PHY51o
is gratt6ed by the curative properties attribut-
ed to. the salts ard bitters OF theAe Wateir, and
thus it isthAt OF natural and artificial mineral
Wators upwards Of half million gallons ara
poured annually down the throat of the Chicago
public,-that vast abysmal orides down which a1e
poured 30 many thousands Of gallons Of bitterH,
blood-pu1iders, bnlsams co1dials, sirups, tinc-
lures, extracts, oils, washes, drenches, electu-
aries, and remedial oils of su descriptions,-
many hundreds OF thousands Of gallons OF malt
juice and sour mash, al Tor the easement or de-
lectation OF that body which theologians assure
Us is essentially mean and vile.
THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL 1uNEnAL
WATERS
has assumed tuch proportions that the foreign
natural waters have almost been excluded from
the market, ind all the Congress water kept on
draughs Id artificial, as the entire product Of the
natural water is bottled. There are two modes
in which the market il supplied. In the one
case the retail dealer is supplied with the salts
cons+ituting tho ingredients Of the mineral water
to be mixed by himself, or else he is served NTH
the water already prepared and ready for DIS
pensins. In both cases the mineral water is
prepared BY combining the constituents Of thu
natural water in the game proportion. Thus
v1Cuy WATER
is found BY aualysls to contain the following
number Of grains Of salts to the pint: Carbon
ate Of soda, 20; Chloride OF sodium. 4; su1phate
Of soda, 2; carbonate OF limo, and some traces
Of other salts. These salts are put up by the
manufacturers in their due proportion and nd wlth ~
directions for their proper mixture and the
quantity Of water to DO added, 90 that ths retail
dealer has only to attend to making the solution
and charging the mixture With carbon1c aciu gas
bud Us this process is not Is simple as It l9oks
on paper, the large retailers, such as the leading
drug-Btores, make use Of this means, and deal
era are Eaneta1iy supplied WIN tne Hasess
already prepared BY tho manufacsure1s:
Carbonio acid gas supplies the e1erTcecont
property to oil sparkling liquids, and It's pres
snce is obtained BY mechanical means n more
drinking beverages than the, general pubic are
aware. Wine which the natural fermentation
has failed to mako sparkllns. hat aie, etc. are
sent to the mineral water manufactmer' and,
after having bean impEegnated with gas ana
bottled up by him, appear On our tables N q
brisk and foaning condition. The manufacture
Of carbonic acid gas Is the chief portion OF tho
miueral-water manufacturers labor, and the re-
naming processes are cheap and simplo-
TIE APPARATUS
cording to the designs o. tae manulaGsu!ess,; ;pus
the essential parts Of all are the acid chamber,
the generator, and tho gas-washcr, Into the gen.
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