The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-07-20
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Demon In and Out Of the Bottle

Win we AINultu NlGNiS llnteflilln- /
ments, and all who are not have
missed a great pleasure, will remem-
Der story Of genii who could
contract himself into space so small
as TO be contained iu vial, but on
being released, expanded like a mod
ern explosive until he became q large
giant, overshadowing the earth. While
confined in the hottie he was harm
less but when he got out he threat
ened danger to all who approached
We have often thought that this for
ciful narrative OF Queen Scheherezade
prefgured the spirit of alcohol The
Arabians first discovered this poten-
tial agent, which is well described
under the image of the demon In the
bottle, Alcohol is not dangerous when
bottled up, but when 1t gets out OF
the bottle and into the man or other
animal there IS a multiplication OF
devils. like those described in the
New Testament It Is more than
likely that the belief in a personal
devil, so prevalent in ancient days,
was typifIed by this subtle spirit Of
such deadly po,entialities Cassie. III
Shapespeare's "othello gives utter
ance To this thought, when he SAYS:
oh, thou invisible spirit of wine, II
thou hast no other name by which
you are called, let me name thee
devil"
But the deyiIish disposition is 10
be extracted from alcohol that it may
be tanned to the uses OF man A
marvellous transformation is 10 occur
by reason Of the law recently enacted
by Congress BY the process known
as denaurzing, alcohol is To be de-
horned. as It were, have its teeth
pulled. have the devil taken out OF
It. Having injured man SO greatly
during the centuries, It is now 20
redeem itself by helping him origi-
nally It was used to dndle internal
fires, 70 Sc, the soul aflnne, 10 2ddle
the brain, to make maniac3 Nov.
blessed change, the fire is to be
dndled on the outside to make heat
and power. Alcohol IS all risht II
left out OF the blood II works beau
tifu,ly in stove. IN heater, under
an engine, in lamp, II will be
especially beneficial for farmers, as
II is especially well adapted for doing
what farmers constantly need TO have
done. In many WAYS the misehievous
old giant can be called down. put in
harness and forced to do beneficial
work for the human race to make uu
for the damage inflicted by ages Of
misuse
A lamp is now made that produces
a strong, high-grade light from aico-
hol and the experts say a gallon OF
alcohol is worth two Of kerosene for
lighting purposes The thousands 81
small power engines heretofore rGn
With gas line. can all be served bet
ter arr. ire cheaply win alcohol
These en- zines re especially Ndaptet
to farm purposes, for pumping EaJer
cutting feed filling sil1s, thfcshinl
grain, and the multiplied uses 70
which stationary power on farms
is adapted The principle objection
to gasoline. aside flom the cost. Is
the danger to the farm buildings from
fire. A gasoline fire cannot be
, quenched with water On the other
hand. water seems TO scatter the fss-
oline and Increase the danger Bal
m alcohol fire is easily put out by
the use of water Experiments show
that a gallon OF alcohol will produce
at least 10 per cent more power than
gallon Of gasoline. On the subject
OF heat the showing is equally fay.
orable, the question being simply one
of relative cost
On this latter head accurate info
nation was gathered by the commit
tee Of Congress, which will be Of
especial interest to our readers A
large distillery at Peoria kept a rec
ord for ten years, which shows an
average cost of 42.36 cents a bushe
! for corn used. The average produc.
ton of alcohol was 4.76 proof gallons
from a bushel Of corn. The cost
averaged 1913 cents per proof gal
lon of alcohol. The corn used in
making one gallon of proof alcohol
was .21 of bushel, costing SSs
cents; deducting this cost from l0.7S
cents, the total cost Of the alcohol
We have 1.S9 cents as the cost Of
making one gallon of proof alcohol
} over and above the cost of the grain
There will, of course, be variations
J In price, according to the price OF
corn. But other farm products may
be utilized in making alcohol, low
grade OF molasses being especially
adapted for the purpose, and many
things raised by farmers will answer
the purpose Thus the farmer Is
benefited in two ways. by increased
demand for his products to make the