St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-15

submit to, and great deal of his spare
time is occupied in thinking up schemes
for bringing liquor aboard, despite ma
rines and regulations. Among the best
of these smuggling schemes is the one
known as the molasses jug game,
which is worked in this manner:
The man Who wishes to smuggle
takes an ordinary stone molasses jug
to saloon and gets it filed with rum,
then he provides a paper tube just the
size of the jugs neck, and closes one
end of it. This tube is put into the
jugs neck and secured there with nue.
ilage. The sailor fills the tube with
molasses and marches aboard his ship.
AT the gangway the marine sergeant
makes him halt, takes the jug from him
and draws out the stopper. He smells
the cork and tips the jug up, and some
of the molasses in the tube flows out Of
the jug. The sergeant reports to the
officer of the deck that the man is all
right, and Jack is allowed to go forward.
When he gets forward of the fore
mast he receives a hearty greeting
from his fellows, and the blockade
runner Sits the tube with his knife,
allowing the molasses to fall into
the jug, and then rum and molasss
is served to the thirsty sailors who can
not get ashore.
The drink tastes good to the sailors,
but if the jug contained only ink and
it was contraband Jacks satisfaction
at having fooled the marines and
broken regulations at one time would
make it seem like nectar.
Another trick which is worked a
great deal in the countries around
the equator is to bore hole in CO.
coanut, draw out the milk, and, after
filling it with rum, put a plug in the
nut and carry it aboard ship.
At sea it is much more difficult to
obtain a drink on board ship than it
is in port, for in these days of much
steam and little sail grog is never
served out, but there are several
drinks which can be had.
The most common is a drink which
tastes something like lager beer, and
called hop water, which is made by
boiling hops for about an hour over
a hot fire and COMPRISING them The
juice which results from the pres
sure is the drink
Alcohol is a drink very much in de-
mand, but very hard to get. 1t is
given out occasionally to the gun
crews to clean the big guns with. At
such times as this the sailors who are
thirsty drink the alcohol and blow the
breath upon the guns, holding that
that does as much good as though the
alcohol was applied. The officers.
however, are incapable of grasping the
logic of this reasoning, and so when
any one is caught drinking the alcohol
there is sure to be another man in the
brig before night.
A. STAFFORD cocktail is the name
given to the only mixed drink which
is within the reach of the sailors at
sea. The ingredients for mixing this
drink are very hard to obtain, and SO
it is only had on state occasions. 1t is
made from Shellac, such as chairs and
floors are vanished WITH and in
which there is a great quantity of al
cohol To get this the painters chest
must be broken into, and the ring
leader in the attempt requires three
accomplices and marine spike. The
accomplices must dance, sing or make
some noise that will drown the sound
of the marine spike tearing away the
lock of the chest
When the shellac is obtained and
taken to some quiet spot it is poured
into hot bowl, which causes the shell
lac to stick to the sides and leaves the
alcohol clear. The liquid is strained
off into cups and then the juice from
several lines is placed in the cups,
sweetened to and weakened to the
taste, and the starboard cocktail
stands complete.