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MIXKD DRINKS.

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AN OCEAN OF BEER.

GGrrHfiny iGsds ftll countriGS in tliG mnount of i)GGi

brGWGcij morG thfl-u thrGG billion ^nllons n> yGO-r. JlhG

UnitGd Kingdom stands sGcond, with noarly onG billion

gallons,and tho UnitGd StatGS producGS thG third largGst

amount, more than Gigbt hundrod million gallons.

AftGr thGSG countriGS thG production drops off rapidly,

for Austria, which comes next, produces less than half

as much as the United States. But when we consider

the population of the Scandinavian countries, and

remember that they export little or none of their beer,

the output of their breweries seems enormous. Outside

of Europe and the United States the amount of beer

made is comparatively small; but almost every country

provides itself with some drink which produces the

effect of beer.

A DELUGE OF DRINK.

The United States Bureau of Statistics, making

allowance for exports and imports, gives the annual

per capita consumption of distilled spirits for 1893 as

1.51 gallons; of malt liquors as 16.08 gallons. The

figures for 1890.were, of distilled spirils, 1.40 gallons;

of malt liquors, 13.67 gallons. In 1880 the figures

were, of distilled spirits, 1.27 gallons; of malt liquors,

8.26 gallons. These significant figures are as nearly

accurate as is possible for a government bureau to

obtain.