BAILEY. | Artificial Mineral Waters. 125 
70,000 parts of water. It is not usually considered injurious to 
the human system, though there are some who hold an opposite 
opinion. Itis something of an antiseptic, and does not ferment 
like sugars. 
2. Fruit syrups made from genuine fruits are used. These 
may be made from fermented or unfermented juices, and are 
sometimes ‘‘animated’’ by the addition of a little artificial fruit 
essence. 
3. Compound syrups have the most extended use and are 
made from a great variety of organic ethers and other substances. 
4. In many of these preparations coloring matters, made 
from organic dyestuffs or aniline colors, are employed. 
5. Essential oils and extracts of vegetable gue in great va- 
riety are used for flavoring. 
The manufacturer of these beverages, in bottling, simply al- 
lows a measured quantity of the flavored and prepared syrup to 
flow, by means of a block tin pipe, into the bottle placed in the 
bottling-machine, and it is then immediately filled with the car- 
bonated water, under pressure of perhaps eighty pounds to the 
square inch, and is closely corked. 
