Show 1 DRINKS OF THE FAR EAST take In Japan and Samthil and Hocshu In China Are National Beverages Sako Is tho national beverage of Japan Ja-pan It has n peculiar flavor not comparable com-parable to any European drink Is undo from fermented rico by an Intricate In-tricate process In winter time and contains from cloven to fourteen percent per-cent alcohol It Is n necessary constituent of every ceremonial Japanese dinner Is served hot In little ampullaliko jars and drunk with much formality from squat earless sake cups containing approximately two ounces n To tho European palate It tastes sour at first but a preference for Its 1 It-s readily acquired Curiously enough a It has a more powerful effect on the Japanese than on Europeans The Chinese havo two alcoholic Il Irlnks samshu and hocshu Snmshu his h-is simply another name for arrack t but hocshu IH a much more aristocrat tlc t-lc drink Wo cannot describe It better bet-ter than In tho words of that Inlm u Itablo old buccaneer Dampier t This Is a strong liquor made of h wheat as I have been told It looks Iko mum a peculiar kind of beer made from wheat malt and tastes much like It and Is very pleasant and hearty Our seamen love It mightily and will lick their lips with It for scarce a ship goes to China but tho men come homo fat with soakIng 1 soak-Ing tho liquor and bring stores of Jars n of It home with them h It Is put up In small squat whlto a Jars scaled with wooden plug cov n d ered with a thick mass of prepared clay extending half way down tho V neck |