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Show ! COALS lb NEWCASTLE. A visiting 8IV?hman. whose name is fa-f fa-f flilllar as the ft-lnufacturer of a famous I Srand of ScotA whisky, told an Interest-i Interest-i ng bit of A)flcan history the other 1 Sight The wwtMcnown distiller aaked If V41S companions ould give the derivation j "f the term, 5'l' water." No one could, I Ind the 8cot-lan explained that It was ' '"lis own brarT whisky which was first !?Hven to the2;?ijins in the early days. On ; 'aetlng it trvlidlns at once named It F-'hre water. ,2lSJr reasoning was very Sample. "WKifrUhere is so much smoke,'' titVey said, "vvtri must be some fire." w |