The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-31
VARIOUS SUMNER BEVERAGES.
How Some of the Most Common Inter
Abdominal Washes Are Produced

VARIOUS SUMMER BEVERAGES. :
How Some of the Most common Inter
Abdominal Washes Are Produced
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Summer drinks are taken to quench
thirst, not to increase it. Thirst is
caused by too much heat in the body.
due to the too great proportion of heat
producing food consu med such as fatty,
farinaceous, and saccharine articles of
diet. '
Liquids are taken to carry off this
heat from the body through the pores
of the skin, and thus to preserve a
normal temperature in it. -. 80.
Now, if the drinks which we take to
allay thirst in the simmer season are
of themselves charged with heat pro-
ducing matter, as is the case with un-
duly sweetened soda drinks, root
beers, &C., the end for which they are
imbibed is defeated, and the thirsty
citizen who aims to q9eneh his thirst
by such beverages finds it increased.
and keeps on drinking much to his
discomfort and little to his relief. aa
II He has an idea that acid drinks are
cooling, and goes into well-known
place where temperance drinks only
are supplied. There he asks for lactart,
acid phosphate, orangeade,s or lemon
ade, and, while he is given certain
amount of the acid, it is smothered in
syrup; and it is so with all drinks
taken from thessoda fountain, save the
plain sodaswater itself, which is one of
the best beverages extant to squench
thirst. lna #hl ssE s'itftifa f4tis
This leads to the consideration of
| the soda fountain itself, so called, and
| the agency it now has in furnishing
summer drinks. The so-called soda
| water is not soda water at all, but
water impregnated with carbonic acid
| gas, deriving its name, however, from
| the fact that when it was first made
/ carbonate of soda was used to obtain
the carbonic acid.
Now, carbonate of lime or marble
dust is used, and carbonic acid is
/ liberated from it by the agency of sui
phurio acid, which, having a greater
affinity for the lime, seizes it, freeing
the gas and forming .sulphate of lime.
The water impregnated by this gas
is no more a soda water than it is a
/ lime water. 1t is neither, in fact, but
a carbonic acid water, if,it is anything.
! The gas is produced in a strong vessel,
aud transmitted by pipes into the re-
torts containing the water to be impreg-
mated under a, pressure of about 200
pounds to the square inch. IL s=
| A retort will hold about fifteen gall
Ions of water, but only ten gallons
are put in, room being reserved for the
mixture of the gas with the water.
This combination is. effected by agitat-
! ing the water in the retort by sub
jecting the retort to a kind of oscillat-
ing movement by which each end is
raised and lowered alternately and the
water thrown from one end to the
other. l5sa -sa ji 4siaHs : 4' 'ai.1 g is+
An agitation of some ten or twelve
minutes usually suffices to change the
water under pressure, which has in
creased in the operation by about two
gallons, or one-ffth.
1t may here be stated that the soda
water of to-day is quite a different
affair from what it was in former
years. Then ordinary service water,
and in some cases spring water, was
used. Now only distilled water is used
to be impregnated with carbonic acid
gas. =. So
This water is produced from steam
boiler, and is well known, by con
densation from the steam, the. latter
being run into a cooling chamber OF
condenser, where the heat is abstracted
from it by running cold water over the
surface. The. distilled water. when
first condensed is at a. high. tempera,
ture, and, to cool it, it is run through
coils in an ice box which.are surrounet
with ice ,ga....' s{,.= sal a.a ..gesia7
I When water is warm or hot it vii
not take up the carbonic acid gas, and
the lower its temperature the more
readily the latter will combine with it
aa Now from this source--the sod;
fountain-is derived the great bulk o
our summer temperance drinks, and i
is satisfaction ssto.e know that tn,
charged water employed is absolutel!
pure. s- Aa-'.. '.a.- 6 ,'i, 4l- ts+'
Carbonic acid, which is SO danger
/ Gus to breathe, appears to have a good
if not tonic effect on the stomach
! In wines and beers, where it is pro
duced by fermentation, it is the lie
these drinks, for without it they woul'
> be flat and tasteless to a degree .si
The art of introducing it artihcially
into non-alcoholic drinks is a grea
benefit to humanity. The effect of th
i extended employmentof the soda foun
tain now is that, if a person is thirst.
+ and wants cooling effervesclng drink
e he repairs to the nearest apothecar.
: store, or place where summer drink
! are dispensed, and calls for any kin
/ of drink he may desire. .ot g a7{
. The compounding of such drinks
/ very simple and very quickly accom-
9 plished by the clerk The various ex
. tracts, such as root beer, and havorE
: such as vanilla, lemon, &C., are alread
. prepared and combined, and are draw
:, Efrom faucets in the fountain to the n
) lduired amount in the bottom OF tn
e tumbler. Then the glass is filed wit
"a the carbonized water, and a palatab
" drink is ready for the customer.
q The only criticism that can be mad
"a on these drinks for summer consuml
ton is that they are too sweet, AM
q therefore. too heating.
: Perhaps the public taste demant
o these oversweetened drinks, but ii
e public taste is wrong. AS befol
= stated, if it is desired to quench thirs
Of a glass of plain soda is the best drir
: that can be taken, even better tn;
r. spring water. t.....-.. ...5. rss.
+, So-caIled tonic bottled beers a
of made in the same way that the drin
- are compounded at the soda fountai
IN The required amount of syrup WI
the flavor is drawn into the bott
1e and the bottle filed with the charg'
va water. a t# l
m These tonic drinks are produced
40 large quantities, and are good a
10 wholesome as beverage, but after