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Show llamnrhaliU llrlnki, j Of the many extraordinary drinks regularly consumed, tho blood of live horses may pcrhapa be considered the mast so. Marco Polo and Carplnl wero the first to tell tho world of tho Tartar practlco ot opening the veins In horses' necks, taking a drink, and closing the wound again. As far aa can bo accn, thla haa been tho practice from time . Immemorial. There Is a wine habitually habitu-ally I'nsumed In China which Is mads from tho flesh of lambs reduced to pasto with milk, or bruised Into pulp with rice, nnd then fermented, It Is ., extremely stimulating to the physical organism. The Laplandera drink n jj great deal of smoked snow-water, and one of tho national drinks of the Ton-qulnese Ton-qulnese Is arrack flavored with chicken's chick-en's blood Tho list would scarcely be comptcto without mention ot absinthe, which may be called the national aplr- , Ituoua drink of France. It la a horrible hor-rible compound of alcohol, anise, corl- , nndcr, fennel, wormwood, Indigo, and sulphate of copper. It Is strong, nasty and a moral and physical poison. H New York Home Journal, 1 |