Alcohol from Sewage.
i'he Pal is correspondent of the Daily Mirror savs .—“Some remarkable state ments are made a'.>out the way certain kinds of very cheap brandy, gin, rum, and other spirits are made. According to these statements a large quantity of alcohol is now very cheaply distilled from the sewage matter of great cities, and it appears that the entire sewage from South-Eastern Paris iasubmitted to a perfected distillation process. The alcohol so obtained is macerated by a special secret cold process, and, so treated, is sold as cheap brandy, and for mixing with various kinds of fancy alcoholic liqueurs.’ We do not know whether Thames mud would serve the purpose equally well. If so, we wonder whether widows and orphans with money to invest will feel tempted to try this instead of the brewery business, w hich does not appear to I** a success.— Temperance Chronicle.
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White Ribbon, Volume 15, Issue 178, 18 April 1910, Page 15
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