The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02
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Non-Alcoholic Drinks which Sizzle from
the Faucets of n Druggist.

Non-Alcoholic Drinks which Sizzle from
the Faucets of n Druggist.
''Give me the newspaper man S drink,
said a nervous stranger this morning to u
dainty clerk in Park row drug store.
The dainty clerk promptly turned q sill
yer faucet Of the big syrup foun-
tain, and there sizzled forth a frothy
liquid of dull buff color. The
stranger raised the liquid to his lips and
swallowed it in two gulps. A bitter taste
was left on his palate, and he made sew
eral wry faces. ''What S that stuff made
of, anyhow he asked the clerk
phosphorus, iron, quinine and strych-
nine
''Strychninegn gasped the stranger.
''Eggsactly; but don't be alarmed. The
quantity of strycimine is very small
just enough TO brace the nerves; and the
iron vitahzes the blood, the quinine is for
the liver and the phosphorus brightcns
the brain"
The clerk reeled this of like man
that had often said it before.
For a minute the strangers face wore
pensive look. Then he smiled. A
feeling Of gentle exhlaration was creep
ing through lis frame. His blood was
sensibly quickened. His nerves grew
strong and steady.
The fountain from which the syrup
was extracted is mammoth affair.
Within its marble walls are forty recep-
tacles containing the usual fruit syrups
and Moxie's nerve food, essence of oats,
orgeat, beef tea, pepsoline, chicken broth,
imperial elixir and carbonated waters.
The carbonated waters are generated by
the action Of sulphuric acid on marble
dust
A dashing Spaniard, with his senorita
linked to his elbow, entered the store and
called for orgeat. "Orgeat?" said the
stranger. s'What is ,orgaat!'
That's the temperance drink Of the
New York Frenchmen and Spaniards. It
is made of sweet and sour almonds grown
in the Mediterranean countries. These
almonds are pounded to paste in q NOR
tar. The paste is then put into a towel
and all the milk twisted out. To this
milk is added pulverized sugar and orange
flower water. Then you have orgeat. .
While the druggist was speaking
sickly looking man walked in aud criti-
cally eyed everybody in the store Some
bottles of patent medicine wearing yell
low top coats, held his attention several
minutes.
"Give me drink Of pepsoline if it's
good for dyspepsia, If 1t amt | don't
want it." lie got his pepsoiine and
hurried out, banging the door after him.
''de's one Of our dyspcphc PATIENTS"
smiled the druggist. 1--WE have about
200 of them. They come in every day,
eye the patent medicine awhile, and then
call for the fountain syrup, pepsoline.
Then handsome and richly dressed
lady walked in and contracting her lips
TO pucker called for ''syrup of essence
of oats. .
"The girl Of the period" continued
the druggist, ''always asks for chocolate
cold chocolate in the summer, hot
chocolate in the winter, chocolate the
year round. The dandy darl1ey takes
strawberry every time. Lady type
writers, in the offices near by, prefer
coffee in summer and chicken broth in
winter. School girls love lemon and
nectar, and the old men are partial to
beef tea. Our country cousins cali for
'sody' with no qualification, and when
asked what syrup they prefer in it, oh
they haint partic lar anything Il dew
New York Evening Sun.