The Red Cloud chief., 1885-11-27
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The Vile Concoefiul< witch Liasor Con-
-um~rs T,ke Into Their >tomseks.
Tn. New York Tir,es has just been
STUDYING a new book emitted The Art
of Blcnding and Compromising Liquors
and Vino by Joseph Ficischman. of
saloon-kcepcr-. A wr.;cr in IN .x-
change saw a few Gears ago about Q
dozen books IF a SIMILAR charact-r,
designed for the trad published ID
London. Like those noticed hy the
1tDes. thee gave directions for manu-
featuring brandy, whisky and wines
oit Of mst.rial, ether than those VIII ch
are popU:ariy supposed T." enter Ipto
tncir ~ position. The following ex-
tract, NJ. from .Ec I5Disz' not &c If tire
book ef Mr.. Fe.schman, which ind-
Gates The viciors character # the t:ppl~
OF our drinking people:
In prepar.sg Tow gradeS of so-callcd
rye AMI .-byJrbJn' WHISTLES bour-
boz oil and re oil are u-ct- bou bon
OIL i ds'iil ii from a compound OF
frsci oil. aceiate Of potash. SulPhuric
acid. sulphatc ot copper. "Nalate OF ain
mun um, and black osideo Of manganese.
Eye oi, - Il ~ii.led from a ~ sure of
fusrl oil, Jnan.hc ether. chioroform.
suip,lrr.c acd AID ch.orate si potash.
Sulpha.ct %. copper a. q deadly pD son.
ONalic ac Il j. a 30 that sometimes
kills IN few IN mute Fhs.lo oil is sad
by some autI,.I.es 10 - the drs-
ycutc and ncrgogs dsDr,!"rs tina; ful-
low the habturi vs." II alcoh lie
liquors. Tho-e wEo woald Ike to know
Whit effect tn"s mare lem, have upon
the human syst IU wii find AN ahuad IL
ancc OF information N ny DISPENSE
tow.
The author Of the manual remarks
that IL can easily oc seen thai very Ii tie
purc imported brandy. Scotch whisky,
lrs 81. W .sky, or Holland IN ilni, il
wa, into b~ar-r0uE9.. Imported french
brandy cos;s from -. Jtto 800 = "ai-
lon. Rules for making seven GRADE
are given. In We %; these the place oi
bran4y is supplied by spirits and
"cognac oil" This OIL N distilled tom
oil of c~ocoanut, sulphuric acid and al.
cOhol. mixed III the proportion OF two
parts cocoanut oil 10 n pat %-uiphurlc
acid and two parts alcohol The cost %
these .rxdrs = SID 4 gallon. Higher
GRADES are made bv putting Il few gal-
Ions Of French brandy or California
Irapiy INTO 4 arci Of "SprtS-'
scotch uh SIX is mad out al spirits.
a Little o. the real iipUor and oil 81
birch. Holland @in IS made out 81
"spiri's' and oil Of Juniper berry.
jamaica rum i made ont q. spirits,
New England u and rum essence
THIS esse G, is - mixture OF s~u.Phurit
acid. biack oxide Of manganese. pyIo
ligncous acid. acct ether. b"tyrIc et:.cl
and oil Of birch.
The ingredients of the essence by
which spirits j. transformed intS
ape brand: are fusil oil. sulphrri'
acid. waller. anic acid. acctc acid an;
oil If bitter almonds. the oil of DIT
ter Almonds" SAYS lie d~i,pcnsltory
as hardly inferior to dilute n ~,irocyani'
ao.d in is poisonous power" Nalarl
anic acd quickcns and wca5rns m,
hearts acton. Ii causes debility ant
then paralysis.
There Is a long list Of cord ais ano
wines for the manrfactirrc OF winch tl'
manual gives direct "ns. Two AIndS o
blackberry brandy-one "a superior
ar.icle'-arc described. and there is N
trace of the blackberry in either .
them. Oils and ACIDS are there. how
ever. in abundance. Cherry brandy
favored with oil OF bitter almonds. j
spoken Of ~ - much bette" artlcl'
than is usually sold The cost i
ninety cents 4 gallon. Muriatic acId i
Us,G in making c!a-ct and OIL o. bite
almond, ~ making m~ara>chino.
The methods ana recipes containe,
in this worl.' says the author. ''arc n
given ~ one vino has been in that m
Of business for many years. ana the,
are subs autiai.y those IN general us
NJ the prcscn. me.