But each time it is distilled, it will become stronger, because there is a little more alcohol and a little less water.
In this way, brandy, rum, whiskey, and gin are distilled, from wine, cider, and the liquors which have been made from corn, rye, or barley.
The cider, wine, and beer had but little alcohol in them. The brandy, rum, whiskey, and gin are nearly one-half alcohol.
A glass of strong liquor which has been made by distilling, will injure any one more, and quicker, than a glass of cider, rum, or beer.
But a cider, wine, or beer-drinker often drinks so much more of the weaker liquor, that he gets a great deal of alcohol. People are often made drunkards by drinking cider or beer. The more poison, the more danger.
REVIEW QUESTIONS.
1. Where have you ever seen distilling going on?
2. How can you distill water?
3. How can men separate alcohol from wine or from any other liquor that contains it?
4. Why will not this be pure alcohol?