Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-18

ers; the mint tulep being the favorite.
When a man does take q straight drink they
hand him n large tumbler OF water on the
sido instead Of the small glass as we do"
"Tn San Francisco the leo is all manufac-
tured artiicially and comes in thin sheets,
which are then ruled of in small squares,
and is mighty precious commodity. The
cubes that are used IN mixing drinks arc
thrown into q box, washed aud used again
until they melt"
THE San Francisco dude is very fond OF
well mixed drink, and thero are many of
them. The drink called the 'pisco punch is
one or the smoothest drinks imaginable. You
could easily imagine you were drinking a de-
lightfully favored Lemonade, but IL Is the
most insldious of all drinks, and three OF
them will make q man rob his own trunk.
Eastern tourists who are introduced to 'pisco
punch and daily with it, never forget the
experience
Another drink in San Francisco which
you can get in many saloons but oftener IN
chop houses and the California market
booths, Ia the oyster cocktail This is made
by filling q tumbler threoquarters full
of the small native oysters. Into
this is injected pepper sauce, tomato
catsup, cayenne peper and salt. 1t Is drank
from the glass and it very appetizing mix
ture, l assure you. It is a great bracer
when man has been out late and has what
is known as his 'iag" with him."
"rhe latest thing in drinks here IL what we
call the "Brown-Seek- hard" 1t Is an elixir
OF great potency, and is composed as folows
You take half a jigger of sulphuric acid, n
modicum of cayenne pepper, dash or two of
electricity, and - what, goingl Well 80
long"
III. B. Kooser, the popular travelling freight
agent of the Missouri Pacific has gone east
for two weeks vacation. He gave IL out
before leaving that he was only going 10
visit his old home, and review the scenes Of
his early triumphs in the railway business,
but it is darkly limited in railway circles that
he will bring back one of PennsylvaDias fair
est daughters as an exceedingly better half
However, this is mooted point, and can only
be decided upon his return If he returns
doubled up, so TO speak, the railroad boys in
tend to turn out with the flambeau club and
make things warm for him.
"Koos," as he is called, tells story about
an absent minded man who is not unknown
in Omaha.
Says he: 81 was stopping at an hotel in
Wabash, and about bed time was standing at
the desk chatting with the night clerk. 1
noticed man sitting in one Of the rockers
looking rather absent-minded and troubled.
presently he came up to the desk and SAID
to the clerk, Il wish to remain All right
answered the clerk, Just register, please
u have registered answered the absent
minded one. Then that's all that is neces-
sary,' replied the clerk.
~ looked on the register" says Koos,
land saw the name of an Omaha man Of
whom had heard great deal but did not
know personally. The clerk and continued
our chat but after q few minutes the gen
tleman again stepped up to the desk aud said
I'D like to remain, please All right
said the clerk, Just register But I have
registered he replied. Then that's all
that's necessary again replied the clerk
"This struck me as being rather remarkable
and looked at the gentleman, who had en-.
sconsed himself in chair in corner, and
sat there with a thoughtful, troubled face.
There must be something wrong about
that man. said the clerk, that's the fourth
or fifth time this evening he's come up to the
desk and said he wanted to remain
HE came to the desk again, and stood
around aimlessly for few minutes, in the
meantime wanted to go to bed, and said to
the clerk, well, 1 think III retire.
"The face of the absent-minded man lit
up, burden seemed to be lifted from his
soul, and, with happy laugh, he said,
Why. damme, that's the word I've been
trying to think of all evening. That's what
1 want to do-retire l knew it commenced
with re- but couldn't think of the rest of it,
The only word I could think of was remain
Young man, let's have cigar And 1t cost
him about four dollars for cigars aud things
befOre he sretrred ~