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Show Tho Or.gin or -Cotall. " " Few people, says a writer In Pear- JM ou's London Weekly, aro aware of the origin of the nrmlu American Word' . "cocktail," the mere utterance of which Is suftlelent to bring a look of happiness to the features of any well eoiidltlotied American citizen. Tho word comes from Mexico, where pulquo ;J a kind of liquor obtained from thu cac-uis cac-uis Is the national tipple. Tho Aztec worti f.v pulquo is pronounced 4,ln3lel', ' mid the Ameikan army which, uuder General Scott, Invaded Mexico soma B tlfty years ago, corrupted tho word ' Into "cock lull," uud carried it b-ielc tu the United Slatei. Thero Is u tradition that pulque wa lH discovered by one of Montezuma's no- bles, who sent it to tho cmpiror )iy tho iH hand ot his daughter Octcl. Tno monarch tasted the liquor, luokfHl at ID the maiden, rmlied and thereupon flS gulped It down. It not only tickled fll his palate, hut touched his heart, and j(B It Is reported that ho tiiatrlcd the girl. From Uiat day lo this tho .Mexicans have kept themselves well uuppded 'H with pulque, and whon drinking to- jH gather Invariably look ana smile at ono another buforo swallowing. M Yankees, tho writer tells his English 'H readers, havo adopted a similar custom SB! when Imbibing their whisky, and fre- '9 quently when desirous of inviting a friend to take a drluk, ask him to take !B u "smllo." iH .it m |