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Show DRINK OF THE FUTURE. I "Whisky will undoubtedly continue to spread 1 its area of popularity and undoubtedly some ac- I tion will be taken to segregate a few of tho old- est and best distilleries so that the output may I be carefully guarded and aged. I have often wondered won-dered why a number of gentlemen do not organize or-ganize a corporation sucl tJ is the Metropolitan Opera House company, owning an old and established estab-lished distillery and dividing part of the product year after year among themselves and leaving a percentage to age in the wood. "Within twenty or thirty years they would have in their cellars liquor they could drink, while there would be aging a large quantity which could be willed to their children, thus assuring to the coming generation a certain supply of liquor of which any gentleman could be proud. By the end of the century there would be a supply sup-ply of whisky worthy the name, sir, worthy tho name. "Whisky, as you know, sir, is one of our national na-tional products, that is Bourbon whisky, which is the only liquor worthy the name. It was never made until after this country was discovered From 'the Indians we received maize and from the maize made whisky. This rye whisky they drink here in the north was never made until after this continent had a goodly population of white folks on it. "Therefore they had nothing but whisky made from barley, which should never be called whisky. "These whiskies of ours are going all over the world. They are driving out the cheap foolish drinks of those foreign folks, just as the beer of the Germans is making its way into France, Spain and Italy and supplying the place of wine to the natives of those countries who have to have cheap drinks. In twenty years, sir, there will be but two drinks, whisky and beer." AS TO LYNCHINGS. After this startling prediction the coloned ordered, or-dered, a mint julep, which he had taught the bar keeper to mix, and the discussion traveled to negro lynchings in the south. "These here affairs are greatly exaggerated in the north," said the colonel. "Altogether too much is made of what is a mere corrective measure, meas-ure, without which the people of the south would be unable to control the vast negro hordes of that section. "Of course, you will understand that I do n6t lend my approvel to these burnings you hear of. That is going a trifle too far, and yet there has been much of exaggeration with regard to them." Whereupon, the colonel drifted away to summon sum-mon a Metropolitan Traction company cab to take him home. The Judge, in New York Telegraph. |