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Show . . a . Pure Fruit Syrupa. Philadelphia Press. It the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is entitled to be called a public benefactor, certainly the man who turns an odious stench into a pleasing fragrance has a claim for credit which may not be ignored. The daya of necromancy are not past, they are , only beginning, and in a dingy red brick; house on the east side of this City a strik- ing example of this lact may be seen at any timts. " There is probably no person rho regards ' rancid butter as anything but-a highly offensive of-fensive substance and there are few, outside the unitiated, who can think, of any better use to be made of it than to throw it into the ash barrel. The initiated know better. There are few housewives and cooks, who when they flavor their custards, pies, cakes, etc., with delicious essence of pineapple, do not imagine that tons of that lucious tropical tropi-cal fruit are daily gathered by dusky natives from waving palms and amid scenes of harvest revelry, and then squeezed of their fragrant juice for the special benefit of the American palate. But the "trade" kn ws that the pineapple oil of commerce is really butyric ether. Now, there is no cause for alarm to tha reader who first becomes aware of that fact by reading this article. Butyric ether is a. charmingly fragrant, innocuous, and do, lightful substance, and if the genuine pineapple pine-apple itself were not pretty full of it that, much-prized fruit would command no better", price than turnips, perhaps not as good... The only startling feature is the fact thai! butyric ether, which tastes and smells so good in custard or soda water, is produced from the most horribly rancid butter. Turn- Ing pure water into wine seem a iimplaS alongsiae this modern miracle. ; The miracle worker takes his rancid buttety and mixes it into a soapy lather with potasfi and sulphuric acid at first. This results in ai thin oily liquid which has even a more per- f sistently rancid odor than the- butter had atr 4 first It is then called butyric acid. Beingv,: distilled with alcohol and more sulphuric acid, the marvelous result is a fragrant and, altogether delightful substance known as ' butyric ether of pinneapple oiL Used in moderation it does no harm to the stomach,, but it should not be used as a perfume, bo- cause when inhaled it tends to cause irrita. i tion of the air tubes and intense headache. ) |