Evening star., 1922-07-23

He carefully puts back the cork and
does up the bottle. but when you get
home and take couple Of more
drinks you will find that the genuine
liquor rested on top of thin cork
partition. and that the residue is
merely tea or brown sugar and water.
The cork was masked by the label.
which. was piastered over the spot
where the cork was in place.
We have had trouble of late with
the watermelon crop. AS numerous
persons have taken this plan OF
bringing moonshine into the city. On
account of the color of this concoc-
tion, it is less liable to attract atten-
tion if the watermelon cracks than
it would if the melon exuded dark
brown liquid.
I'VE were completely outwitted
when We searched a mans car and
found nothing in it but tin can.
which was supposed to contain a
liquid used to remove carbon from
the engine. While we were search
ing the other part Of the car the man
poured the contents Of this can down
the pet cocks of his cylinders. stat
ing that while we were searching he
might as well be tuning up his en-
gine Big boobs that we were, We
never tumbled until he had drained
the can and it suddenly occurred to
me to smell il. 1t had contained
booze all right, but there was not
chance in the world of convicting him
rtx-ta
US the laugh. he brought us back to
town in his car and seemed to enjoy
the joke hugely.
The trash-wagon method got by
for some time. but it won't be very
healthy for the next man we find
carving booze concealed in his dump
cart.
..IT is really remarkable" he con-
tinued. ito observe the lengths q
man will go to get a drink. One OF
our men reported the other day that
he knew of a man who had the same
tooth filed eleven times-that is, fll-
ed temporarily. He would choose
different dentist every time and pull
SO he could stand the strain caused by
the dentists drill.
THE thing that J can't understand
is why people who generally are such
good business men and women will
buy this poisonous stuff, taking not
only chances of killing themselves
or suffering severe stomach troubles.
but also rendering themselves liable
to a fine or Imprisonment.
Il know of case where man con-
tracted to have a barrel of whisky
delivered to his home. He had been
given a drink of real old whisky and
was told that this was from the bar
rel he was to buy. The truck drove
up in front of his house and the boot
logger demanded his money in cast
before he would unload the barrel
The money was turned over, the boot.
legEer got on the seat or the truck
put the gears in mesh and sped away,
leaving the would-be purchaser OIL
the sidewalk. absolutely helpless"
A recent raid disclosed the fact thai
this particular maker of alleged Ii
quor always kept large supply oi
lye on hand, and the government eN-
perts declare that a large percentage
of the booze. that is sold today con-
tains more or less of this ingredient.
which is health destroying when
taken internally.
A few. nights ago a prohibition
agents Attention was attracted to
number of young men all carrying
walking sticks Of similar appearance.
Quietly trailing them, he discovers
that they were visiting an alley.
where. by 'unscrewing the top OF the
canes. they made use of long and mar
row fiasks Thus was added another
interesting bit to the bureaus collec-
tion of devices used In the transpor-
tation of liquor.