The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-01

and other Sports. has It's periods Of great popa-
larity, and at other times interest in the gans
Tags. But billiards will always be more pf
less popuiar game, aud our company has spest
large sums of money TO foster Interest in TIE
game by means international tournaments.
matches, etc. Myown particular business. hoy.
ever. is making whisky. Our piaaf. which -
the largest OF the twenty-five disiilleries IN
Louisville, covsrs thirteen acres of ground. We
are not in the trust In fact, there IL only
one distilIery In KENTUCKY In that coq1I
bination. You -, there eso swo branchB
OF the distiilery business. The truS.
houses make spirits and high wines, while tbs
Kentucky aud other southern distilleries manu
facturs pure whiskies. Then there are recti-
iers who make business OF cutting the pu's
whistles by the addition Of spirits They taxa
a barrel OF our whisky and make two barrels o.
whisky Tor the market Distiliers are nos
allowed TO rectify BY the government and their
product is what is termed q 'two-stamp' goods
That 10, Il goes from the distilery into the
bonded warehouse, and when 1t comes out it
has the warehouse stamp and also the duty
stamp. Rectiders, when they alter the original
product, are compelled to erase the original
stamp and put on q new one, so that their
product il known - 'one-stamp' goods Oh
course there II no comparison between the
product of the Kentucky distillerIes. which 10
nothing but the clear juice OF the grain, and the
same article when ii has been fortified BY add.
ing an equal quantity Of alcohol, with some
prime Juice aud some other stun added. But the
best whisky is made by taking the pure producs
OF different distilleries and then blending them
without addidg any spirita Then you have
Wholesome. palatable liquor. The best age iof
whisky varies somewhat For sour mash,
which takes longer to mature, from eight to ten
years 10 the best age. But for sweet mash, four
or i've yesrs Il the best age. Yes. take rich
sweet mash made principally Of small grains
and malt, and at the age OF four or five years it
is good whisky. We sell our product as fast
~ it 10 made and many times in advance OF
manufactures: that IL, we sell 1t in bond. We
collect our money a. soon a. we have placed 1t
in the bonded warehouse and have gotten
receipt from the government, which IL banEabie
paper anywhere. The government allows 1t to
lie there thr0e years, after which the duty must
be paid, and a. the duty amounts to three times
the cost Of the original product, It does not pay
to keep the liquor any longer in store" Or.
Bake Is very much Impressed with Puget
sound, and says that he will probably come up
here again next summer and make trip to
Alaska.
J. w. Emerson, who has recently returned
from trip to the Okanogans. was seen at the
Rainier last night and said: 81 went up to look
at some mining properties, and while think
there are some good claims in that country, the
trouble with most Of them 10 that there has not
been enc 1gh work done on them to real y DEM
onstrate whether they will become mines or
not. 1t will take another years work to prove
the country. think the principal difficulty 10
that prospectors try to hold too many claims.
Tney scatter their work oyer . great deal OF
ground, digging several shallow holes, when
they should have concentrated their efforts on
deeper work on some leading prospects, Then
there would be something to show how the
veins run with depth, whether they hold out In
size and character of ore, and it would be far
better for the prospector. went in and came
out by way Of Wilbur on the Washington Gen.
trail branch Of the Northern Petite. l don't
think there is any probability of that road be-
ing extended into the Okanogans for some time
yet. The people around Golden talk of secur-
ing IN outlet to the east by an extension west.
ward OF the Spokane Northern. When came
out, just before Thanksgiving, there was no
snow in the Okanogans."