New Intoxicants

Alcohol, it is wcll known, can bo distilledfrom anything thut fermente,- from oven tho oominon garbage of oitios. And now distillers are again about to commenci! making whisky from su:h material on a largo scale. A barrel of garbago yiolds four goUoró o prouf spirits, {from thistlcs, whisky is being nade by our Canadian neighborsi Uut uhlorul, whioh combines chloroform witli alcohol, threal cus to bocomo a "national" drink. It is vory insidious, and its uso grows moro ijüagerously üii tho tijiplor than inoro activo intoxicating driuiv. íji Enrope its product i( m haa bsoomeone'óftfieleading ohemioal indoBtríes, and itissold by tho ton. ín piooeM oí' timo, all fsopts of poison stimulunts and uaruotics that can bömadfi from deoaying vegetable or animal matb t will probably be mixed ín solutious for fashionable drinks. As Prof. Licbig is so ofton quoted in this connuction in favor of tho custom of drinking alcoholio beverages, wo wil) bvadding a quotatioa iVom tlie same ust. Biiysho: " Ot' spirits, lie who drinl.s tlicm draws a 'bilí ou his licalíh, wbich must always bo ronewed, beoause, for want of means, be cannoi takoil i!;. ecoasumpa hia tapital inBtead of his interest, and tlm vcult is I thc baiikruptcy Ijjej ldi'.1'