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Show Scotch Whisky a Fraud It Is our present purposo to dleputo and confuto tbo declaration that the Scotch high ball Is tho national drink. It Is true that there Is a drink, beloved of many, called the Srotch high nnll, but It Is only a popular debislon that tho tall glass contains In Us depths, In tho midst or Ingredients of a chunk of Ico of gcoinrlriral squareness, n piece of lemon peel carved with precision pre-cision Into an elliptical form, and tho general covering of effervescent water anything that approximates what tho epicures consider Scotch whisky with Its smoky aroma. Its boggy after-tnste. after-tnste. Its bltingly smooth suggestion of thistles and heather. In proof of tho assertion wo desiro to quote no loss nn authority than Dr. II. II. Wiley, chhf of tho bureau of ihomlstry of the department of agriculture. agri-culture. Dr. Wiley may not know whisky, but he Knows chomlstry, nnd tho principles of that exact sclenco ho has applied rigorously with a view to ascertaining the purity of tho foods which Include the drinks- that aro ImiKirted Into this country. Presently ho will enlargo tho field of his operations, opera-tions, hut now It Is enough to know that In his Investigations into tb quality of tho eatables and drinkablw sent us from tho old world ho haj discovered, and says boldly, that there Is not a barrel of Scotch whisky In tho United States, that tho Importations Importa-tions of this article aro all concoctions and should be labeled "compound." This may be news to tho public, thirsty and unthirsty. but It is borne out by tho story of tho Ix)tidon house Hint was accustomed to send to favored fa-vored cot respondents In this country three bottles of Scotch whisky overy Christmas as a reminder of tho picas-nnt picas-nnt feeling eutertalned by tho home concern of the efforts of Its American agents. Hack In 1SS7 Christmas brought, Instead of tho thrco prized bottles of Scotch, an apologetic com munlcatlon stating that tho custom ol long standing had necessarily been abandoned becauso thoro was in longer any Scotch whisky. In tno llghl or this statement wo may conclude that Dr Wiley's disclosure Is belated, but true -Detiolt l'ren Press. |