New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-15
.VTNFU DETNhN.

Many Of the visitor, of the Centennial EX-
hiliiion were cN. cdingly careful NOT 10 dunk
water Will, STAYING at Philadelphia. o'olItS
were current an over the United states "i the
tricks that Paramount water played with I'M
accustomed drinkers. Nuiniy did the phys-
ciu, Of PhiMd. M ia-of whom there are
,pou.L in a fc,g block, OF Chestnut and Wal
put-,t,. to doe the whole natiou-a~,crt the
pnrity Of their city. hcycr-c. Even New
Workers. fresh from tie region OF low rc>cr-
vuir~ and with the taste of the pos'oc yet III
tIi,ir mouths. found the Schuylhiil fluid in
compatible with true iuvarduc,s. or II they
did not. they thought they did, which in ny
diophobia amount, to the same thing. Many
of them therefore, warned by the sal cNpr-
rirnce of their friends, c,chrwcd water. 80 10
speak. fcc;o;qlv They took instead mYcddFink~
of ,undry Kinds, with various results; but
whether the general effect WIS better than the
risk of the hylran, i, question still debated
in many households.
The fact /, That when tastes or circumstances
make ii nccdlul To- substitute some other iud
for water as an everyday drink, there i
thcucrfoth always room for doubt rs to want
is imbIbcd. There Is not much cheating IN soHd
food. though u ,Allul rstauratcur viii some
times palm OF veal outlet without the bone
as = turtle steak. and there i, always degree
Of uncertainty about Sausagc'. Bnt when
fluids are under consideration it Is not sal" to
trust anybody except blood relative. There
are no scruplc, in liquid measure. recent
number of Ihc .imCrcm chemist throws
melancholy li-ht MON Centennial i!u.dS IN
uarticular The laboratory of Michigan Uni
yrr,ity furnished the tests; the Ph. C.S were
the testers. The articles were bought 1t ran
dom OF ordinary dealers IL Is quite distress
inn. to learn The facts concerning "Ccntrnnlal
"prizr Coffee" also labeled Pure Java and
further certifying that any onc-pound package
* liable 70 contain an order for II set Of silver
spoons. It was put under microscope, polali-
scope spcctroscopc and acids AMI alkaIicS
Of still greater scope. But not II particle OF
caffeine could he extracted. There was Do per
cent of chccory. Also some bitter substance
not recognized Likewise silica, which ia never
p,cscut in coffee. Furthermore, peas and oats.
/ package OF Royal java brought ont sim
liar results; more chiccory in proportion to peas
and oats, but .iil no particle OF the coffee
berry, We neglected To say that each package OF
ROYAL Java bore the chance of being one that
contained an order for IA clock. II was proba-
bly a clock with very large c5capcmcnt At
,br risk or some monOtOny in the analyses We
will uass on 10 No ,, "WarrAntcd Pure Gov
"crnmcnt Jaya.n Brcathes there the man
with soul so dead that Pure Government
would have no attraction for him Eut No.
: WAS compounded of chiccory, carrots and
meas. Again d" no caffeine l. it ever thus
,yhcp Pure Government is promiscdl Old
ladies mt the West are said to be strong in
the belief that the tea that reaches them from
the Atlantic ports is unnatuIally weakened.
II was among the chief Incentives to the over
land trade. that Chicago would get her tea
direct thus avoiding the suspicion that the
leaves had done duty in Ncw-York teapOts,
and had then been dried and repackcd. We are
sorry for it, but two of the samples examined
i'm Michigan Will confirm the old ladies' no.
ton, one containing % and the other 80 per
cent of "spcnt tea Still another sample
consisted in part Of foreign leaves, with
stonates mostly on the under side" which
must have been quite disgusting under the
microscope.
Equally abnormal were some of the stronger
fluids. "Three Years Old Rye Whisky" we
are told had very pleasant odor and slightly
astringcnt taste. The chemists found that
these agreeable qualities were communicated
by the extract of TOnka bean and the oil Of