, 1875-05-09


| TIE COST.
| OF glass OF mineral wster to The retailer
i about = cent to the wholesale manufacturer
| goes down 10 far in the fractions that compat1
ton can hardly follow it. Tho cost OF lis uas1au
facture lies almost wholly in tho cost OF labo
ment from s20,0 900 to $4,000 for the whoIessI
manufacturor. Take for instance tbs ordiuar
EiEsingen containing. when properly prepared
the following grains Of salts to the pint: Ch!u
ride Of sodium g. chloride Of magnesium 7, ca1
Donate Of magnesia "a, carbonate OF lime ~
proto-carbouAte oE iron 6-11.
Chloride Of sodium is nothing more or lea
than cunmon tabie-sa1t which, it may be re-
marked, is. under It's imposing chemical name
the chief Ingredient OF all Of the mineral waters
The chloride Of magnesium is sold BY the who'o
sale druggists at 81 per pound, With large trnet
discount As tbera sra $3.50 grains 10 It'll
Found, the grains in pint of Kiasngen would
cost little over mill Carbonate OF maguesi.
sells wholesale st IS cents pound, carbonate oi
lime at Is cents ; pound, protc-carbonata II
cent would loaYe good sized margin for profit
On the coat OF the iug1edi 5nts OF pint of hia
singen, selling at 10 cents the half-plnt glass;
The constituents Of Vichy water, the analyst
OF which has been given, cost q dreat Gea
less, aad in none OF the waters arc the ingreda
ense more costly than dollar pound, guam
tty sufficient TOR from 50 to 500 gallons, acccEls
ing to the proportions. The salto. which eo5ed-
tute the l1rgEs+ ingredients, aIu almost alTa1
tho cheapest, The retailers, however, rarely, j
sTer. manufacture the waters from ths cIta
matetla~s m out prefer she sa:ts ready prepared tG
mixing, although the cost is great Ge:4
more. One New York housauake, the prapar2s
ton of these salts = specially. ard ths
IA 30 ~ ~ na - ~ - 30 6aa. ~ ~ .no
go s;,.na ssn 49,, 80 y. taea P'opsi
r;art c'at - ~ .,+ar;es ts
- T;es,,na,, ~ v;".,p r.~,:h.a so euao sa,u
s9Rs;ans - ,roJncs rrJ 91so ~ .,i .o prGh.
|a.srs Th;. Fi9sa c,ss - Ht,Ia - 4es, .h,n
ra1t for thn 7rcsnt e,sss se,vs 49, 10 cnsto-an,s
so+hst .ants 80 ,,1,, -, - rsrrs...t t%a -
" Gna n.rh,a fo1,nta;ns .n1 ~ -,-,x'has;,si
eIark behind tha conntcr. W. = 7A''1oe>
e'0tA D011Do '4A9 Sr-ssr sear'e ~n,-,,r.r~,
e;,tt., m :, .+r1a ~ fan,,tv ana r;.t,.., eot
ffor, aenn -, eetn snrsss,t;,1 - ;,,.srs.t of
49,: - aSn ~. ,1, - 49,. ,v1f1, 80 ss,s,s, ~
- r1staTo siara !. bsnasnraa nrr.;t -, ~.
1n;neraI-x.ter h,,sinessl The cont of tha a. min
eisi vat,r snnn1ied randy maia is n,oh.hir trss
- ~ r.t.;,dra hnr;no oni~ 80 e.ita hsva =
~ ot,-a +ta;- e-ho,;c - 90. .r,,s
,rh;oa ~ obsn .ea W. IL T.tar T,,an -. saa;s.
"nro "nren - ~ sb,asa,. aeaisra rant fnu-
sGm t.;ns " - ~ 4h.+ oa ~, ..srs ont ~
ttaIs, so .te ,s...es.a W @ ase.s,,:.. - n..t;.
osotnoss 1t ".sa - 5I y. 49,.
~ ~ nuaan eap1saa sudp 1
~ ,na az srSis 49,. 49, t,n,hI.rs
H, Mases, 4neauuIn': -, @4 10 *x.
S2O0 to 81, 500, according to the fancy lixiugs,
tho apparatus' highest price being Of the uosi
elegant styfe. THIS expense incladea apparatu1
and materials for every step Of tho process, from
generating the carbonic acid gaa to serving tia
Waters.
rur r.T1a A. ,frrrr,1 w.rppx
kent nm aranoht .re xil fro1n nnr;ns, in fhI,
coart1r and A., cont;nraIv vsrrin9 in nor.
1.iar;tv' .E1erv NOW and then n,1 nster ie MT
on ths rnarkct Ind nm m hv v;Torons nnf,no
obtainin~ q transient ponuiarity Which S' sooa
obate.. 4 ereat many 10 -eafled medieinal sprinr,
are merely reaies;nte speculationy. 4 mine.a
water nov beinp mt On tha marltl
ia stated to be m active diuretic, mt
re1gons using it fer that purpose art
recommended to drink as many ~ five glasses
at time and fifteen daily Ifone should dsink
az much of any kind Of water, i: would sxers All
'sacsiye diuretic influence, Or to usa non-tech-
nica1 language, would cause free action Of tha
kidneys. The principal natural Writer'S now Sd
the nirket arc tho Magnetic, of Spring Latet
Mich, recommended as an aporient, aad Al pcs
sessing curative effects IN cases Of rheumatism,
paralysis, etc.; Glen Flora, Of Wausegan,
diuretic: Deep Rock, of Oeveso, an
aperient and !. also diuretio; Geyser, of
Saratoga IN apeFent; Blue Lick, Of Kentucky M
alternative aud biood-puriier; Bethesda CT Wau-
keaha, Wis. m active diu1etic. The coat Of ties.
wzte1s ranges from S6 to $12 Per barrel OF 10