The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-03
RIOT Is IN
The DRINK.
Wood Alcohol a Popular BeVer-
age In Penn. Woods.
IT USUALLY MAKES MEN MAD.
Tie Chinese Saki and Mexican PuIque
Are Also Full Of Trouble.
so SAYS THE MAJOR, WHO KNOWS.
But He States That The Extract Of CHINA
mon Bears of the Palm as a Real
Producer Of TrouhIs.
so SAYS THE MAJOR, WHO KNOWS.


'The difference between civilized and
uncivilized man" said the major look
ing lovingly into his glass, lis seen no.
where more clearly than in the matter
OF drinks. The follower of civilization
drinks for the flavor. as an Offering 10
his refined sense of taste and the effect
is a side isue; a very undesirable side
issue, may say. occasionally.
THE man who is beyond the confines OF
civilization drinks for the effect purely
and drinks savasey until he gets IT,"
"IIow does that distinction work in the
case of the confirmed inebriate?" asked
the lawyer. "Iie isn't likely To care much
what he swallows provided he can get
properly drunk on IT,"
Proves my point" replied the major.
"a confirmed inebriate isn't within the
pale OF civilization; hardly within the
pale of humanity, In fact. The noble red
man of the pIaips. with whom have had
some experience" here the major rubbed
an arm which has never been quite so
good as new since a Sioux arrow broke
against the bone, sis a confirmed inebri
ate by nature and also In practice. wheE-
ever he can get hold of the material TO
confirm himself.
Like an ex-civilized dipsomaniac In
the last stages. he would prefer a pint
OF cheap. raw new whisky TO the choi-
cest vintages TO be found in the cellars of
this club.
"And he would probably make less
trouble and fuss by the quicker process
OF his cheap whisky" suggested the doc
tor, who has had opportunities to study
the liquor habit.
We'll, he misses the intermediate
stages, of course" said the major Still,
a big buck with his skin full OF alcoholic
poison isn't as pleasant a man TO meet
as friend who is looking for you to pay
up his last nights losses
II agree with the Doctors general prop
osition," put in the railroad man. THE
longer II takes a man 10 accumulate
hard case of Jag the worse it is for
those around him. The meanest jags |
have ever seen are those acquired on
hard cider, and I've seen plenty of them
up In Connecticut where they don't
drink much OF anything else.
You never can tell just what notion a
hard-cider case Is going to take into his
head, but on general principles it's safe
20 assume that he's going to try to muir
der somebody before he's through. It's a
slow jag and mean one
EFFECTS OF WOOD ALCOHOL
III it's any meaner than cheap alco-
hol performance. don't want To see it,"
said young broker who had strolled into
the circle 81 ran into that experience
In 81 "a tr In ha IL Of fsana1a xxharq
] fell in with a camp OF Frenchmen who
were getting logs down the river,
''One of them came back from the near
est town with n bottle OF raw alcohol
and he and his pal diluted II with water
and filled up on II. They were both little
men, but they cleaned out that camp i'm
shake. and for five minutes they did
devils dance around the place that I
wouldn't care to see repeated.
Then both OF them collapsed I'm a heap
and II was n job 10 save their lives"
Must be something Like wood alcohol"
remarked the lawyer. That's the great
drink I'm the Pennsylvania woodland dis
tricts. where they have the acid factories
One good-sized drink of wood alcohol
would. ! suppose. lay out any Of us cold.
The doctor nodded
Those fellows down there go on regll-
lar bats on that poison. and they get so
that regular whisky isn't strong enough
pretty dubious proposition. He's likely
60 he weeping on your neck and telling
YOU his troubles one minute aud the next
he'll have a knife between your ribs
ITS rather slow process for those
fellows who are pIckled In the stuff. and
YOU can always tell "A man who has the
habit 10y curious shiny appearance
Of the skin about the eyes and drawn
expression OF the face as IL his skin were
too tight for him"
ut kills I'm time said the doctor
"Methyl alcohol isn't good for the human
interior I've seen much tho same symp-
toms in my practice here. though from n
different variety OF stlmulant. That's
bay rum"
Come. come" exclaimed tho major.
"you don't mean to tell MS that any
zane person drinks hay rum"
81 wouldn't swear 90 the sane part OF
a." answered the doctor. 'It depends
What your definition IS; bat I've had more
ratients than 7 can. stop to reckon IN
here. who had tho bay rum habit All
women and al refined women. ~ isn't
ilcae0nt feature of my practice" added
che physician with WY face.
fAK1 a TRoUBLEsoME BEVERAGE.
n saw man go under once from -is
Chincsc stun sak." said the man about
town. ''IIc had a curiosity TO try IL and as
J. had n copper-lncd stomach and a fire.
y rcur head. he was sure that hc could
tA,p pace with the Chinamen' who were
hitting 1t up IN the restaurant whore he
wont.
after about three whacks at it my
friend decided that he was Joss and tried
~ Nv ceremonial dance with one OF the
iig dragons on the wall The Chinaman
who had drunk three To- his one.very kind
J. helped me Co get him ont OF The place.
and strongly advised me against running
him up against that variety OF rum
SCAM. 40 pity good FOR Mclean man.
they said. and ! guess they were right"
Foreign concoctions are the deuce aud
all Tor n white man. agreed tho globe
'roitcr. ~ tackled p'ilouc once down IN
Mexico. and though J didn't take as much
ss the average sreaser would consider