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A
BACHELOR'S
CUPBOARD
What
to
Pay
for
Wines
stituted
by
many,
and
comes
at
$1.50
the
quart
for
the
best
grade.
Gins
run
from
70c.
the
bottle
up
to
$1.50
for
Levert
&
Wlldeman's
best,
while
Booth's
Old
Tom
gin
brings
here
about
70c.
also.
Brook's
London
Cordial
gin
is
a
good
brand
at
$1.25
the
bottle.
Brandies
should
be
bought
with
care,
and
" the
best's
none
too
good."
Columbian
1800
at
$7.00
the
bottle
may
be
a
trifle
high
for
some
purses
—
but
oh
I
to
see
it's
wonderful
flame
dancing
over
your
coffee
is
worth
sacrificing
something
else
in
favor
of
this.
How-
ever,
it
may
be
bought
from
the
old
California
at
$1.00
the
bottle
all
the
way
up
the
scale,
with
De
Luze's
Blue
Seal
at
$3.75
a
most
satisfactory
medium
to
strike
between
the
two.
Whiskies?
I
won't
presume
to
specify.
Every
man
may
have
his
own
particular
brand,
but
I'll
suggest,
for
an
imported
Scotch,
the
Machrinish
Niblick
brand,
bottled
in
Glasgow.
It's
quite
the
smoothest
Scotch
I
ever
tasted,
and
if
"
Mountain
Dew
"
is
anything
like
that,
I'd
willingly
slumber
amid
the
Scottish
hea-
ther
of
a
summer's
night.
The
Honourable
Artillery
Company
of
London
ordered
White
Horse
in
large
quantities
on
their
homeward
voyage
—
not
because
one
of
their
number
was
an
owner
in
the
company,
but
because
they
liked
it
best.
Black
&
White
was
a
close
second,
though,
and
some
affirmed
that
Dewar's
was
the
"
rippingest
Scotch
ever
poured."
For
Ryes,
the
best
old
Blue
Grass
may
be
bought
at
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