Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-09


OF the two men at Seymour. Ia, who
almost simultaneously with Allen at
Fort Sheridan tried to get drunk by
drinking 100 bottles OF lemon extract,
dying in great agony, DR.. n. S. Davis
said: From the fact that the men
drank the stuff ! should say that the
alcohol used as a preservative for the
lemon tempted them. But as the men
died in agony | should say that the
citric acid from the lemon had com
bined as an irritant poison TO kill the
men. Otherwise, however. 200 ounces
of alcohol are enough to kill two or
dinary men. Ten to thirty grains OF
citric acid are dose for an adult.
however, so that probably the acid
killed the men. As to alcoholic
liquors IL hardly will be disputed that
the teetotaler class lives longer than
does the class of even moderate drink
ers. The recent action of an Ameri-
can insurance company in favoring
teetotalers with smaller premiums rec
ognizes this as fact, and in London,
where for forty years a life company
has put total abstalners and moderate
drinkers in separate classes, the re-
turns for years have shown that the
abstainers live from ten to fifteen
years longer than do even the moder-
ate drinkers"
According to saloon men in Chicago
the size OF drinks OF straight whisky
has been growing smaller In the last
twenty-five years. Two-finger drinks
are much more common than those
measured by three fingers. or by a
thumb and finger encircline the rim
Of the glass and increasing its capac-
ity by a fourth. mot only are the
drinks smaller" said the proprietor
of a saloon in Adams street. near La
Sale. but in most cases II you hand
out 100-proof whisky to customer he
will kick because IL is too strong. The
time was when nothing less than 100
proof spirits could be sold. Now
everything is blended whisky, and you
may buy 92-proof whiskey as such, and
sell II. Sometimes 1t is as low as 8s-
proof. but not often. never saw more
than full whisky glass taken at a
drink. AS to beer. however, two fell
lows made wager IN Chicago several
years ago. and in two hours and twen-
~ minutes one OF them drank sixty
FIVE glasses of beer and the other sew
enty-two glasses"
Occasionally we have men who
come in with the intent to beat us. s.
said Charles Svendsen, manager of
the Auditorium bar. "As the barten-
der puts down glass and bottle the
customer lays down coin or bill
that demands changing. When the
barkeeper turns to the register TO
make change the man may pour two
full drinks OF whisky for himself.
Generally speaking. however, there are
twelve drinks nowadays in a pint of
whisky. I've seen men take that
many drinks OF straight liquor inside
OF an hour and half and yet walk
steadily out of the house. In Chicago
a man may drink little whisky at a
drink II he chooses and not be re-
marked In some sections OF the south
and west. where there is drinking. a
man might be laughed at for taking
less than three fingers OF the stun, but
not here. The time was when every
body drank mixed drinks. but today
20 per cent OF the whisky called for
Is taken straight. The high ball OF
course, is popular. but II is hardly a
mixed drink In saloon profits the
straight liquor cuts a figure, as there's
hardly half the work for the bartend-
ers and more money, II anything In
my experience, however, | never saw
man drink as much as q full glass
at drink. and should expect some
thing serious to happen to a man who
would take a pint at a gulp. Chicago
! Tribune.