The sun., 1890-03-30
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Vartous National TippleS.


II From The Washington star.
"Peonle have remarks to make adverse tc
4 fniakey," said n naval officer yesterday, but
here is many another drink in this world 70
hich old rye or Kentucky bourbon IS as tant' mllk
Il nenoo of the Chllcats OF southern Alaska.
4 konbtless the method OF distillation OF this re;
aSIe tbe S6csts tSf by nftsi i States soldiers Any
brt Of vegetables made INTO tnash ti is etn =
1oyed as raw inateral. The mash + put ~ a
n n can lust like it by tho tube OF hollow veg.
q liable stem tina: grows TO a longth OF many feet
those TSElonsb sbo mash 1S and the alcoholic
4 fopertics PASS over into the other vessel; ne
latives drink the liGuOr thus ulstllIeu' ana
L fe driven wild BY 1t.
~ have seen something of the way 1t oper-
4 les In the course OF certain naval eNperehces
u the Alaskan cOast Very likely ou nave
berd Of the u" in when certain "a IWSIers tS IN
mum oI worldly fortune. once in n while 1t
Acurs that big man iinds himself N nosscs-
I ION OF $4,000. mostly in the shape OF blankets,
1oh being tho currency of that part OF tho
Il Aorld. He has been working for that end all
lfe and he eml hasiASs itS aeT0mniish co., n,S
airing which he spends or distributes in the
4 tape Of presents ali that he has gathered to-
he poruIar nj ard drink is served al fibitun and the
\ uIests begin the fun wit the widest orgies.
nding up At length Win a &c general @ nandeiI nn'i
lnerally irving to destroy one another TO the
! 5,st OF their ability"
80 And why does the drink produce such
rprisi, effect Z"
Well, my not on is that the awful results of
king the stun arc in large measure atiribu-
Hble TO its being so new from the sti! There
apt to be In any such alcoholic beverage.
law made. certain consi ierablo percentage
apowerlul poison & known as tnsII OIL; tbsi ,Hon
eak OF alcohol. that 1t is always one thing and
III Q only but. as u mattor OF iact. there are
Ally a dozen different nlcohols. You can de-
70 alcohol from ANYTHING that is vegetable
the process Of dis illntion. Take the tibre
: 1t is made into wood pulp and distill it-you
We alcohol. Now. whereas properly seasoned
,iskey is readily digest"d in very moderate
tantities. when now rom tho still 1t wi, set
. person who drinks it fairly crazy. chiefly
.ough the operation OF thu fusiI OIL IN it.
! lis fusil oil il very volatile. AMI 1t will es-
pc by natural processes from lipu,or Gsept for
lime, but while 1t remains it is deadly 1t
~ induce temporary insanity otrhand."
/ Y Has the freshness OF the drink consumed
Sthing to do with the madness of the ma
es who run amuck in tho Malay peninsula 2"
u Decidedly. What tho Malays drink ia pop--
4 lrly known all over eastern Asia as arrack.'
name derived rom the Arabic arrak. sig
n IT, rom the unoXpnnded flowers of certain
Eieties Of palms the resulting luice being
pwa ss t"ddy lepce Tis GTr nao taTy Tor 70 cer
ID kind Of arrack is made from impure mo-
pes that is lett over MS refuse in the manu-
ture OF raw sugar. rice being fermented
lh IL and percentage of pam t3ddy
.Ied Under the influence OF tnlS Dalelul
pxicant / have known whole parties of
lays to run amuck together the sport only
iAcludnR with the death OF oil the partici-
pts rs we'll AZ the destruction OF numbers OF
Isocent people. This you know. is the favor
luMalay plan Of committing suicide. A good
!enothinR fellow makes NJ his mind that he
,lnts to die and so he ills himself M with
IN arrack and starts TO run amuck. stabblng
vry one that comes in his way until he him
Z Ia slain. Good arrack from palm toddy Is
N foblectionahlo. 4 The deStrurtiveneSS OF the
Srior stuff. imagine, is mainly due to its
ing consumed before its more poisOnnuS
1perties have been eliminated by seasoning.
ifs the same way with psco.'"
.lSAnd what Is that p
n !It is the distilled Juice OF n certain sort Of
fidte grapes somewhat resembling the Malaga
iltety. which grow mostly in the neighbor-
Id OF Pisco on the coast of Peru. The
Endy-for such. of course. it is-thus made
illrunk raw from the still, and it sets the men
ifb drink II fairly mad. Usually they become
4 lsrderously inclined In the same wav Mex
ms who get drunk on the liquor distilled
! n the cactus root and known as mescal
! ome horribly fierce and are ready to plunge |
4 r knives into the most inoifensive people !
= encounter The rawness OF the beverage
1 mainly responsible for this symptom. am
4 vinced. l have known the crew OF a ship
1 he Alaska coast, which was out Of grn &. to /
4 ND considerable stock OF Jamaica GIN ,
II discovered in grocery shop. and, having |
Il Blk 1t. TO fall upon one another with knives !
\ IaXes. There is good sort of pisro known |
! Italia which is not distilled from grape |
4 10 and has had time to season.