Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-10-07
An AID opted Triple That Wa ms the
Hsart and Warps the Brain.


Heart and Warps the Brain.
From the Washington Star
Among other joys that We acquire in
taking over Hawaii, " said the naval officer
with the very crooked, Mazatlan-made
gar in bis teeth, "is saki Sak is not ind
igenous to Hawaii. 1t got there from Japan.
But it is there to stay. 1t is now in Hawai-
ian institution, is saki, 1t is absorbed and
assimilated by the whole Kanaka pOpuls-
ton, in quantities to suit. Apparently it
does the Kanaka no harm, but the rst eX-
perience that Caucasian, member OF the
Indo.Iranic tribe, white man, has with
sak-
Regard me carfully. have toyed with
most of the gloom-dispelling liquids of this,
my OWE native land. | have been thrown
by few, if any of them. In moments of cyl.
persuasion | have cnveloped my quota ;,
and more, Of int me.quite grass com
pounl that burns black holes when
poured ont on western deserts 1t is man
ufactured i'm the mornIng; all that is not
purveyed during the hours of business is
dumped at night have had my sad
moments with gebrush whiskey. Pulque,
the Juice of the cactus. bad at times sub
merged me without making me utterly
deprayed. That other liquid villainy Of the
west coast Of America. mcscal, may have
made me sadder and Wiser man, but II
never permanently damaged me. You can
tell me naught of Vodka. haye had NY
pannikins, one two three, hundred of
vodka; it never got me totally under. The
Chianti wine Of the dark Mediterranean,
the b ayy, heady Oporto of Portugal, with
with its dark-brovn sediment at the bottom
of the glass; the pelucid, undiuted gin Of
the Netherlands; he raisn brandy of the
bland and simple Greek, all OF these, and
others. have encountered, without ever
losing knowledge of the whereabouts of
the north star; but saki-.
at was a man named Doyle court iu-
lerpreer IN Honolulu, who made me ac-
quanted with saki While H. was and is
man OF unimpeachablc character anu 1.
citizen Of standing hereby consign him
10 an inglorious Immortality for he wrong
he did me- Interpreter Doyle of the Ha
walian courts introduced me to saki.
only one ling saved him when it was all
over. lie did not DO it in Honolulu proper.
He did it in Waikiki. "a beach pleasure
resort on the outskirts Of Honolulu. Had
Dovle right in the middle Of the town Of
lIonolulu-at one of the clubs, say-Intro.
ducc me 10 eaki-
eve were strolling around Waikiki one
Sunday alter.oon. Said Doyle:
Now. with regards to sahi-
1t was bait pure and simple, this
allusion of Doyle'> to saki He probably
felt that my intelligence was Of 20 low AN
order that would manifest desire to test
saKi and the virtues thereof did man
ifcst such desire
a word about saki It's the fcrmented
Juice Of nee Il is "a brownsh white in color
1t IS very deceptive. 1t goes down like the
most innocuOus kind of Rhine wine, which
1t resembles In taste. Bnt you are not sup
posed TO gulp i down as you pulp down
Rhine wine: Otherwise but laymen do
not know tins; only Japanese and Kama
kas and court interpreters and things
delightful cooling drink said Doyle.
| really do not NV know how / should |
make out without saki. At luncheon.
every day | take a quart of it Gen ly
you know, aud no after effect
whatever-positivciy none you know,
really. Honest
We took seats at a table under royal
palm and tho Kanaka boy brought quart
bottle saki | bemoan that hour.
"'Pcriect'y harmless Doyle was ,ying
Least harm less OF all guilds of that sort,
saki, | should say. Honest
81 drank a t4lI, thin glassful. Ii was
refreshing, truly-just a bit tart. snuppy
md comforting. Doyle's stomach unfor-
ulately, as GisArranged, he said, and SO,
no, thanks, e thought he'd not
Il took a couple more glasses. A glow
"a mellow, rosy glow-the turquois sea
II my feet-thc rainbow arching above the
n manu- gorge-that was all.
Just another word about saki. When
you 60 out, YOU 90 ont all of sudden
like n nash-pool' and you are gone.
There is no gradual forseen approach.
My friend Doyle, the interpreter. sml-
ing Indignantly, sat, with his legs crossed
at a table that was 500 yards removed
from me. remember that malignant
smile yeiy well That was the last l did
Doyle was sitting beside my bed when
| came TO. 10 hours later, the next morn
ing. Gentlemen, decline to dwell upon
that head. These sad epochs in our lives
are not for common scrutiny. Enough
that had never before experienced any
thing like it, nor have l ever since