Show The Liquor Code of Turkey A common impression prevails to the effect that the Turks among their other virtues lumber that of sobriety This cannot be literally true for oUr late minister Mr Cox has been investigating the matter The Turks have laws upon the subject of drunkenness 1 drunken-ness and its punishment and this is one of he clauses Intempei ance is proved either by admission of the person accused or by witnesses who have seen him in the act of drinking The flavor of wine from ones breath is not a sufficient proof he may have eaten quinces which give the same odor Of course every man who is fond of the bottle bot-tle will lay it on quinces It is possible that quinces supply in Turkey the place of cloves in American bar rooms Very few men will admit beink drunk even when their tongues and legs become hopelessly tangled In view of the punishment provided in Turkey for the offense it is esiimed that quinces have to bear a heavy burden Punishment for intoxication is good advice for the first time a severe admonishment for the second time and for every subsequent time eighty blows of the cudgel over the stripped body The striker in operating must not lift his hand higher than his shoulders and theclub he uses for this occasion must be a short one iFrank Leslies |