Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-09-02
DRiyKs AND DRINKERS.


Treating Babit in the United States.
A correspondent OF the Chigago
Times Herald, discussing the urinKs
and drinkers OF the world, snys
,'The drinking customs Of America
are distinguished from those OF otner
civilized countries only by the habit Of
treating In England four mon will SIT
at tho table OF public house and each
will pay for his liquor In America
one will pay for the four Then another
nays In turn. In England this means
social converse In America it means
drunk. In this country there are prob
ably 500 anti,treat societies. They seem
to exercise ittle effect. The most sue
cessful with which | am acquainted
has its habitat in Washington, y, Y.
Admiral Ammen and other men high 10
place are members. | have watched
them at their devotions more than
once, and Cannot say that any less
liquor was consumed because each man
paid for il himself. They are satisfied
with themselves, however, jand that's
the main thing, after all.
cit ia a world of strange drinks.
Americana are supposed to be past
masters 10 the art OF mixing singular
| decoctioDs. The very names Of them
give the uniraveled Engliahman a
sense OF wonder extreme. Ws have the
cocktail of various kinds, the rickey,
the ginslipg, the julep, the stone fence,
the eye.opeuer, the brain duster, the
silver iizz, the golden tizz, the smash.
he nick me.up. the Remser cuoler,
oddies innumerable and punches with
out limit.
'In other lands, however, are drinks
far beyond ours in strength and strange
ness. There is the Russian vodki, for
instance. A gill of it poured down a
Uarthagenian mummy will set that long
dead person to fighting all his Punic
battle Ger again. In the forceful
language OF the West: Two drinks of
IL will make man go homo and steal
his own pants. The West Indian gets
from the cocoanut clear pure water,
toidy and arrack, which is cork-eplit-
ting brandy. OF their teddy Boyle says
Sit looks like skim milk and smells
like 500 slaves in pen. The Mar
auesans have a seductive drink called
uroo. number of young boys sitting
in n oirce chew fresh cocoanut, aud
when il is sufficiently masticated ex.
pectorate it into a bowl that is the
common receptacle. Fresh water il
poufnd upon this delectable mixture
aud il is allowed to ferment. The South
Soa islanders prepare the ava root In
the same way. Paul du Chaillu once
found wonderful drunkard 10 the
parson of the King of Olenga IOmbi.
when he was an infant his father woulC
take him 20 the top of a tall tree anc
force him to drink palm wine. 1t wat
tho ingenious parents ambition to max,
him the champion hoozsr OF equatorial
Africa. and he succeeded. The kinl
of Olenga Yomhi in du Cbaillu'a tim,
I had been solidly drunk for 10 years
i AMI when last heard from WINS calling
! loudly for another gourd full.
} "Genuine palm wine ia made from
j the Palmyra palm, and is far superio
] to any potable product Of the cocoanut
t Capt. Burton of Burton & Spoke, say
! that the juice of the oil palm makes
p drink that is unapproached by tn
. liquids of civilization. Ii is of deliciou
/ collr and flavor. and its effects are ex
filtration unmixed with ferocity or
s headache next day. Livingstone make
4 mention Of an intoxicant brewed by th
, Maienga tribe of the ZaInbesi. II
. made from the grain of the country
y sun dried and gently boiled. The fer
g mented liquor eyentuates into pala
a table bear. 1t will produce superio
brand OF drunk, which leaves no il
e effect. Indeed, 1t is an anti.febrile {
# remarkable power, and it was whe
d stricken with jungle feser that til
b good ductor was made acquainted wit
q it. Despite his protests, the kind
j natives poured it down him until b
!. saw visions and dreamed dreams an
% awake a we'll man. The introductio
n of the drink to this country woul
g cause wonderful increase in the nun
It Der of fever cases.
d The Abyssinians drink beer MAD
a from flour dough, and it seems to hs
d winner when opposed to the Italia
10 chianti. They have also honey win
e called 'tedge' that 10 highly praised
a 'MoaK' they brew by boiling their be,
70 with honey, eggs butter and Hpic'
1t Besden' is made from millet steopr
p in tedge, allowed to Torment for
10 days in the sun. The Soo.S oos make
!. palatable drunk. making drink fro
10 water and the ashes of the yin-yin roo
d In tie maguey, or American agaye, Il
1t Mexican Indian finds beer, brand,
Ut thread, cloth. nails and house. I'll
es heart Of this plant when tapped will IT
ut three pints of beer day for mont
as The East Indian believes in rico beer
I'd They are lighter than our lsgers, beir
OF the brand that the Germans call pu
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