, 1888-01-13
AT THE SYRUP FoUh rArI.
Eon-Alcoholic Drinks which sIzzIe frorr
the Faucets of n Druggist.

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Hon-Alcoholic Drinks which sIzzIe frou
the Faucets of n Druggist
'Give me the newspaper mans drink,
said n nervou stranger this morning to
dainty clerk in a Park row drug store.
The dainty clerk promptly turned a sill
yer faucet Of the big syrup foun
tain, and there sizzled forth a frothy
liquid of n duh buff color. TIL
stranger raised the liquid to his lips anc
swallowed it in two gulps. A bitter tastt
was left on his palate, and he made sew
eral wry faces. whats that stuff made
of, anyhow" he asked the clerk.
phosphorus, iron, quinine and strych'
nine"
''Strychnine2" gasped the stranger.
"Eggsactly; but don't be alarmed. The
quantity of strychnine is very small
Just enough to brace the nerves; and the
iron vitalizes the blood, the q%uinine is fol-
the liver and the phosphorus brightens
the BRAIN
The clerk reeled this off like n man
that had often said it before.
For a minute the strangers face wore
n pensive look. Then he smiled. A
feeling of gentle exhilaration was creep
ing through his frame. His blood was
bCilblDly lulChtltu- Ills nGTNeS grew
strong and steady.
The fountain from which the syrup
was extracted is a 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. "What is ~orgeate'
"That's the temperance drink of the
New York Frenchmen and Spaniards. 1t
is made of sweet and sour almonds grown
in the Mediterranean countries. These
almonds are pounded to paste in n NOR
tar. The paste is her put into a towel
and all the milk twisted out. To this
milk is added pulverized sugar and orange
flower water. Then you nave orgeat."
While the druggist was speaking a
sickly looking man walked in and criti-
cally eyed everybody in the store. Some
bottles of patent medicine, wearing yell
low top coats, held his attention several
minutes.
"Give me n drink of pepsoline if it's
good for dyspepsia. If it amt 1 don't
want it," He got his pepsoline and
hurried out, banging the door after him.
Hes one of our dyspeptic patients"
smiled the druggist. 1--WE have about
200 of them. They come iii every day,
eye the patent medicine awhile, and then
call for the fountain syrup, ~pepsoline."
Then a handsome and richly dressed
lady walked in and contracting her lips
to a quicker called for syrup of essence
of oats"
"Thc 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 darkey takes
strawberry every time. Lady type
writer's, 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 call for
'sody' with nc qualification, and when
asked what syrup they prefer in it, oh
they haint partic'lar anything II dew
New York Evening Sun.