Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-01-03
CENTENNIAL DRINKS.


Many of the visitors of the Ccnten.
nial Exhibition were exceedingly care
ful not to drink water while staying
al Philadelphia Stories were current
all over the United States Of the tricks
that Paramount water played with un.
accustomed drinkers. yainly did the
physicians Of Philadelphia-of whom
there are enough in a few blocks Of
Chestnut and Walnut streets to dose
the whole nation--assert the purity of
their city's beverage. Even New
Workers, fresh from the regions of low
reservoirs, and with the taste of the
nostoc yet in their mouths, found in the
Schuylkill fluid incompatible with true
inwardness. Or if they did not, they
thought they did, which in hydropho.
bia amounts to the same thing. Many
of them therefore, warned by the sad
experience of their friends, eschewed
water, so to speak, tcetotally. They
took instead mixed drinks of sundry
kinds, with various results; but whether
the general effect was better than the
risk Of the bydrant is question still
debated in many households.
The fact is that when tastes or cir. |
cumstances make it needful TO substi /
tute some other fluid for water as an |
everyday drink, there is hencciorih al. 4
ways room for doubt as to what is i'm.
bibed. There Is not much cheating in
solid food, though a skillfnl rcstanra.
teur will sometimes palm off veal cut.
let without the bone as n turtle steak.
and there is always q degree of uncer.
tainty about sausagcs. But when fluids
are under consideration il is not safe
to trust anybody except blood rea-
tive. There are no scruples in LIQUID
measure. A recent number of The
American Chemist throws melancholy
light upon Centennial fluids in partic
ular The laboratory OF Michigan Uni.
vcrsity furnished the tests; the Ph.
C.'s were the testers. The articles were
bought at random Of ordinary dealers.
IL is quite distressing to learn the facts
Centennial Prize Coffee
also labeled "Purc Java" and further
certifying that any one-pound package
Is liable TO contain an order for n set
Of silver spoons. 1t was put under
microscope, poloriscope, spectrosrope
and acids and alkalics of still greater
scope But not a particle of caffeine
could be extracted. There were %
per cent. Of chiccory. Also some bitter
substance not recognized. Likewise
silica, which is never present in coffee.
Furthermore, peas and oats A pack
,gc Of Royal Java" brought out SINH
ar results; moro chiccory in piopor I,
ion TO peas and oats, but still no par. !
.iclc Of the cofl,o berry. We neglect. !,
ID TO say that each package Of Royal
lava bore the chance of being one that
contained an order Tor clock. II was
PROBABLY clock with very large cs
'apcment. AT the risk of some monot. .
my in the analysis we will pass on to /;
No. b, Warranted Pure Government !,
lava" Brcathes there man with
onl so dead that pure government !,
would have no attraction for him /
But No. 3 was compound chiccory, !,
'arrots, and peas. Again "no caffeine
is ever thus when pure government
5 promisedY Old ladies at the West /,
re said to be strong in the belief that !
he tea that reaches them from the y
Atlaniic ports is unnaturnlly weaken. u
d. Ii was amopg the chief incentives n
o tho overland trade, that Chicago a
would get her tea direct thus avoid.
ng the suspicion that the leaves had
lone duty in New York teapots, and G
'ad been dried and repackcd. We are G
orry for il, but two Of the samples ex. /,
mined in Michigan will confirm the :,
Id ladies' notion, ono containing So n
nd the other 30 per cent. of "spent i
ea.' Still another sample consisted
q part Of iorcignleavcs, with "stomatcs
,ostly on the under side" which must (;
ave been quite disgusting under the d
e
Equally abnormal were aome Of the n
tronger fluids "Threc Years Old Rye q
Whisky" We are told, bad very pleas.
Mt odoi and slightly intringcnt taste.
he chemist found that these agrcca. a
10 qualities were communicated BY o
he extract of Tonka bean and the oil n
{ bitter almonds. "Purc Imported I,
lin," wholesale price s3.75 per gallon, /"
vas found TO be favored with, in ad.
ition TO the oil Of juniper, the oil of
nbcb and turpcntinc. Apple brandy" I"
nd capsicum and acctic acid. "Purc b
I'D Bourbon" Of dark amber color, /,
vas favored with burned dried peach. n