, 1877-08-18

TO tha Editor of Tbs Tribune.
CH1cA1o, AnR 11.-SInco my communication
relating to the Of milk In fcarlet fever.
llaicd In TnE TntRuxE seycrnl wecksago. II hasc
received many letters from all parties Of the North
west flor TIN TRtnrSE seems to penetrate crcry
nook md curner), asking me the question. "Whst
IA Knmyes!' Instead nf answering those mtny
letters by mail write wtth your pes'nleHson to do
10 through your paper.
Kaniyss. oe koumiss, Ia tho national beverage Of
those nomnhic tsbcs which roam overa greater por
tton Of Northern Asia, anu a portion OF Southern
auA Eastern tnssa. Tho very catIlcst travellers In
t,losc regions mention This drink. For ttmc IL
real nature was not understood snd It's method OF
manufacture was n mystery. Some sEAvc1cra do.
e1atc II Intoxicating, and that narcotic herbs
mixed With the milk NJ which It was manufhcsnr-
ed. in torae inranees thla may have hccn rfae.
ttced hui The real kumyst. a. manufactured BY Tho
Tattars, IL n,aslc from tho milk Of unees. Tho
kiTphizes md many other nnttvcs Of Asia depend
upon marcs milk for food and beverage. Ito tho
eamo extent that Europeans And American depend
upon thE milk Of tho cuw. | tako tho following
cxtfnct. from a communication to tho New FORK
HuFsth:
Ths hope to LEAD the a.tea.ton e American phy,:
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L. w!nIer . tns n:sly sscspnE the noasd aa'es to
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tiss!r sometimes almost wontrrfu IL a4
MAtGt twehty.HSe or thirty 3ta1 ARu, rstyteans
| md j6tciy ehrIut*:s gTcw u! far Interested Iii
tlr ,n!est has ts!tntlt. rs*earShe. were at. iosa
tAh!lshmcHta wesr foadcti tiIr!'u s!lOat *la wtFa
thOuhsnl. tecE mud often nnh Ersltn ut IGast
relief iur klscn tins from ttrlr atftrinki ~. lr
fnnttcsua cur.s-souse lrhr 1T. feiefshLfE fua&in
whcre kuyHts psuraFe9 fFntn atrs milk and utrrs
n mia1c as.a ni lM srinira. IL sums ot EAch suws
II trrt1aIy: 81 III AnAfla near Vienna. In 1rAnt~
annNlnft ii in DArGA. IN the thtslsh Alps in HwItxsr
'aS W.: T.. = !'ss;sa AZ sess;pr T. Eaax:.
have written atont kumy1a. In Ernncp It was TIT known
:ffp.ratinn n efFa'nHs.-Kumy.t r7Ham iarsis. Inc
tioH Ut marc n,lik. Tbs tertnentsop Of mix suRAf
pftaern McOei. cRrsuHtc Ncd, st tat;lc A1 and ~
thr.n tito action " kuhyba AceMs 10 bS Chiefly
unc.
II hsa now been we'll cstabl!. shed that the milk Of
tho COW IL equal. II nut superior t0 marea In tho
production 0f kuEyAr. lii fact, tho milk Ut all
animals h convertible Into th1s beverage ny ono
and t:su stn,o Lctll0i. kumyaa ia now inanufAc.
turrd tn Pa1ts, l.nn,ion. Nuw furx. Cleveland,
Gh.cagu, mil, believe, st. i.on1s. III nsdGr To
Cite ilu te4lcF tuInr hlcl Of lta constituents
quote tho chemical analysis as given By tho best
authorities:
q sweet ncluuW4 tAate nnt q sparkling c1erres.
ccnce, au oaks llko rich milk. 1t tcontAns alcohol,
l.ui per cent fut. =. Of: milk auJar, .au. IActtc
nrd.' i. II; eoiiis, u.s0: cascin l.; carbon!c
acld. Q. mi: ralts, 0..s. ......
tiA kunlvsa ls not white. linS a stronger ncia
tastc. IL very sparkling AMI erharatIHg. 1t con-
ta!ns nlcuI,o1. asJ per cent; tut, 1.ol; sugar,