St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-01-05
aMrmE SATURDAY,
MINERAL WATER9.

MINERAL WATER4
q ue0srssss Hsevoea ~ NseW0 80
Area0eaAlly Rroa1seA Axessao.
The greater part Il these waters In
heir natural state. and al 0( the
Manufactured waters. are more or less
highly charged with oarbonio scid gas;
while some Of tho imported waters ~
ceive IN extra charge Of II before they
are packed. with . visw 70 increasfng
their permansncy anb their brilliancy.
And here must apprise my readers
that we are In the border territory b.
tween two VI, ring clans. the biaSosS
and the sesi Of balneology. ''NaturA
mineral waters." II the war cry Of the
ono; artificial mineral wa*ers." -
wrought upon the oriAanme ef the
other. Tho contest RACES. and viii
continue - long - rival Interests
slash.
The merits OF the case on either hand
may be briefly stated. The opponeuAs
of artificial mineral waters claim that
tho delicacy Of the chemical combine
tons in natural water can not b 70
produced either with accuracy or'with
any degree Of certainty in tho laberar
tory. Analysis. they cay. very truly.
can discover al the chemical elements
that are present; but how. In any
given water, are those acids and bases
combiaed. and how can No recombine
thems The chemist can not always
dissolve in water the mineral deposits
Of . spring or river water; there are
silioates and alumina that will resist
even the acids he employa Il II not
possible. In many cases, to reproduce
natures combinations in the artificial
waters. and for other reasons than
those that have given. We can not
know the order In which the ingro-
dients were drawn from the channels
Of tho living rock. nor tho degrees Of
pressure and Of heat that were re-
quired for their delicate commingling.
In Q word, art IL not nature; and You
can NO more reproduce the subtle
potency Of . fne mineral water than
you can manufacture . fine wine.
What il the rejoinder TO this on the
part Of the advocates Of artificial min
eral waters
They say that while the argument l
have just given Is good chemistry. it
does not hold good Of imported min
eral waters; It II true only Of mineral
waters taken at their natural source;
while for the homo consumer it IL not
. question Of waters ~ they are attheir
sodrcs. Ths mineral waters Of tho
marlpet aEO more Or Les changed BY
expoetation 1nA handling. and IN many
eases hey are purpossly nsdieaAsd. -
by - eddfsion q sslts. Or eafbonie
scfd - ekia ~ - AoAsqse.
ciate . 6DoaroDsshsG,.arS 10VtS 3N;
the spsing." writes aA inpeetae. not .
manufacturer, Of mineral vaAsra Nov
which 10 the bettesi say IL ehsn-
lists; . water that has been freightol
perhaps, three thousand miles, and
kept In stock for months, undergoing
unknown changes all tho time. or .
fresh artificial water q definitely
known constitution Tho chemist does
not claim to reproduce all Of the for
eign or domestic mineral waters. but
such only - can be uniformly and cor
tainly reproduced. Carbonic acid gas.
the salts Of lime. the chloride Of 90
dunn. alkalies, and other leading in
gredients Of the most valuable waters
are easily and accurately combinable
In the laboratory. Such products. 1t is
claimed. arc better than tho imported
waters, because they are fresher. and
because We know precisely what they
are.
That they arc good there il no doubt
Pure carbonic acid water, - have
said. IL the Same thing and equally
good however produced. Tho artificial
vichy and Seltzer arc good Though
the native waters at the spring arc bet
ter, mono tho lees the artificial waters
are valuable resources Tor the physi-
clan, and also. - ! have said. - or
dinary beverages. Each has IN excel
ent function. There II 20 much truth
on both sides Of the question that one
need not quarrel over It Both the i'm
porters and the manufacturers Of min
eral waters have room enough. and
are supplying good and useful commol-
ities; and in what l shall say about
their curative values shall not stop
to distinguish between the two classes
OF them when both are to be had
d.. Titus H. Coan, IN Havpev's xago-
sipe.