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Show I'aaiiuta a hol,rr. i A well-known prowler, who Ihlnkw ho can stand as many drinks as most other men In tho course of an cvon-lng, cvon-lng, Invariably patronlieo a peanut stand beforo ho Jumps on n car for home, rides o,i tho back platform until un-til ho has finished eating. "I have found from long exporlence," ho sold, "that pcanutt, tho hotter tho better, bavo n atrong faculty lor absorbing alcohol al-cohol nnd preventing It from dcttroy-Ing dcttroy-Ing tho norvea. If a man takes six or sovon drinks of whisky nnd then eats a pint or ao ot peanuts, ho will find tho exhilarating effects of tho liquor almost al-most entirely gone. It Is a better remedy than raw onions, and not nearly near-ly so obnoxious to people you may bavo to talk to on tho wny homo." |