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Show STRONG DRINK IN GREAT BRITAIN. . In 1010 in Great Britain and Ire'-nd, the people spent 157,650,604 for liquor. 'A little increase over the previous year, but the temperance people are encouraged, they believe they -will bring down the awful barrier one of these days and limit the drinking of the people. But the consumption of spirits decreased 1,500,581 gallons; . while beer showed an increase in expenditure of 857,901 and the extra consumption of 633,997 barrels. There was an increase also of 1,141,618 expended on 1,268,-512 1,268,-512 gallons of wine.' It is a fact that Great Britain has been a b$ drinker all through the centuries, snd we presume) this year that in the month of June there will be mors liquor, more spirits, more malt liquors, and more wine drunk than was ever drunk in a month before, beeause they have been held back for a year or two, and this year they will want to celebrate the coronation in the highest possible pos-sible style; and then probably during coronation week there will be 1,000,000 people gathered in London from outside and they will feel it a duty to buy wine. At least all the Americans will buy wine; the Germans will buy more beer, perhaps, but the Americans, the French and southern Europe will turn naturally to wine. There will be another incentive thia year. So much wine has been destroyed de-stroyed in France that the price is already raised, and if there is anything in the world that men love to spend money on, it is a rising commodity. We heard an old eook aay half century ago in California that the year before when potatoes were selling at 4 centa a pound, the people seemed determined deter-mined to eat nothing but potatoes. That induced a great many people to plant potatoes, with the result thst they rotted in ricks in the field next year, and the old darky declared that there was not any man that waa low down enough to eat potatoes then. |