Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1884 — Punch Bowls. [ARTICLE]

Punch Bowls.

A huge punch-bowl is to be fouml in almost every house in Washington, and punch-making has become a tine art One of the most famous punch-makers was the late Charles Astor Briefed. His punches wero neither too strong nor too weak. In other words, one glass would not make you drunk, neither were you obliged to drink several gallons in order to reach a point of exhilaration. This point of exhilaration is the place to stop drinking. Daniel Webster punch is a complicated drink that calls for whisky, rum, champagne, arrack, maraschino, green tea, lemons, sugar, and a very little water. A party of distinguished Scotch gentlemen, who were in the city not long ago, during their stay were invited to visit the private residence of a prominent gentleman. During the evening a light collation was served in the dining-room, and a. huge punch-bowl was set out. The head of the party, a Scotchman, - who at home occupies the position of provost in his native town, stepped up and tasted the punch, and, turning to an acquaintance, said: “That seems very light ; I think it would take a man a long time to get drunk on that. ” This pool liquor glided very easily down the provost’s throat, and a second glass followed. Pausing before beginning a third glass, he engaged in conveisation for a moment, then he shook his head and said: “I don’t see what is the matter with me.” His eyes became half shut, and as he stepped forward he nearly lost his balance. Turning in the most surprised fashion, he looked at the punch-bowl, and said: “Do you know, I think that drink is very inseedious. What is it made of?” His friend replied: “Whisky, rum, claret, champagne, sugar, and lemon, and a little water.” The Scotchman understood at once what was the matter.— Ben: Perley Poore.

A simple apparatus for “measuring sunshine,” shown in the grounds of the London Health Exhibition, and explained to numbers of the visitors, is as easy to understand as a thermometer. It consists simply of a strip of prepared card fixed under and in the focus of a globe of glass about three inches in diameter. The globe is placed in the open air, and the moment the sunlight falls upon it its rays are concentrated by thp globe, which, acting like a burning glass, incinerates or chars the paper so as to trace a black line, the length of which shows accurately how many hours or parts of an hour there have been bright sunshine. M. de. Lesseps thinks that if a woman were once admitted to the French Academy, in ten years it would contain no men, because |he immense superiority of women would be so plainly evident that masculine., candidates would no longer be possihle.'