The Appeal., 1902-02-22

teen drinks OF our i VIII nisky wilt go GOWN
under three Of vino. And worse than
that, he will go absolutely crazy and do
the most extraordinary things. When
under it's influence his entire character
changes and, of course he does the
things that are. least expected, Ninety
per cent of the deviltry-and in that word
l include grave Grimes that is commit
ted in the Philippines by our men, is done
when they are under the influence of
vino, and virtually are out of their minds.
When they get hold of it our men, not
realizing it's strength, drink the poison as
if it were whisky. There are regular dis
tilleries and breweries and regular wine
cellars there, but the poisonous vino is
made by natives in the outlying districts
in large quantities and with the crudest
of plants. !. :.. H.. "A
Slnguiarly abstemiouS when it comes to
vino. Probably they know and are afraid
OF the stuff. In all my experience of
more than year as provost judge, I had
mo more than six natives before me for
drunkenness. The Cinnamon, too, are
shy of It, and I remember Of trying only
one on that charge. 1t isn't that the ma
t1ves and Chinese are too poor, but be-
cause they are either naturally abstemf-
GUS or get their vino jags somewhere in
hiding. OF course, many Of the soldiers
brought before me would say they hadn't
been drinking, but L believe half of them
and Inconsistencies, and everything else
meant IT. as they wouldn't call tak,nr
Two glasses OF whisky drinking. They;
forgot they were up against vino, tho,, OH
~ irse the officers blamed the climate
tor the extraordinary actiona of some Of
their men, but they weren't long in learn
ing the real cause, and vino was soon on
Inc Diackl1st. It was some time before;
seHefal orders were issued, but thew had
to come }5s.' sri #tJs-:&- ~, b: ,-0',1o
Inc chinese there are responsible for,
large part OF the trouble. They make
a great deal of the spirits there and MT
them out in all sorts of colors and ,mder
several different names. remember once
When the Twenty -first's men were or
uered to make a raid on a still in the
country run by a Chinaman We found
there two big vats full Of spirits, and
eases upon cases of empty bottles. These
potIles , once mad contained American or
scotch Whiskies, and where he got them.
nobody knows From these two yats he
was filing bottles, showing that he had
for sale five different brands Of fAmerican = +,
Wnlskies, but they were the w1ckedest
spirits man ever tasted. They were col,
ored 50 as to resemble the different
brands and tasted a little like them FOR,
the Chinese are great irnitators. Rnt tba
erect OF all was the same and pointed
conclusively to that same old vino as :
base That was what caused the raid
and that Chinaman to tear out his oueile
by the roots. ~ - .>1#
{. We detected another trick by the
many men had gone to the ruardho,,sa
Tor 51ndulgtng in vino vagaries. They
sWore they only had taken one ~. tu,os
drinks OF good old American whisky
after breaking the seal on the bottle
Iney e " had witnesses to testify to this.
ana the thing was puzzle until some
one found out the Chinese trick Know.
Ing that the men preferred fami1ia-t
brands and would pay high prices for
home whistles. where they would shv Al
the native potsons, couple of Wealf1,v
Cinnamon brought in great quantity nr
case goods from this country Then fhev
drnled g "a hole In the bottom re each bot
tie and took out the whisky, which of
course, they could sell by the drink or
flask, anywhere, on its merits Then thev
hileu the bottles with their own vile
spirits. white for Scotch or suita bIy COZ
0red for rye An expert among them
then blew bead OF glass into the hole.
ming 1lg It mp. 30 neatly that it could be
detected only by the closest scrutiny.
That gave them the original bottles with
unbroken seals, which they offered al
prices below that paid at home. 1i
low you must RENE mber that with all
the trouble over vino and all the grayer
crimes committed when under it's infiu-3
ence the men are not entirely to blame.
1s, and. az fact. the doctors IN the
philippines advise q little stimIlant. TIE
tricky natives and trfckier Chinese ara
always ready to smuRRle Il q bottle
through the lines. and then there are
the many little stores with the eternal
bottle OF Vino on the shelf These stores
are everywhere AZ 81 the liquor. and lust