Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-09
AN ITEM FOR TOPRRS.
Something That Is Better Than This.
key to Relieve the ssAII-Goneness.,,

Something That is Better Than Whis.
key to Relieve the ssAII-Goneness.o
LFrom the Philadelphia Telegraph
You likely number among your friends or
aequaintances some hearty old chap who has
"taken drink of good whiskey before break
fast for forty-seven years and couldn't eat
without it." Now, at the risk of having
this worthy but prejudiced person laugh
himself into a state of apoplectic red-faced-
ness, let me suggest that as old as he is he
may yet find a substitute-not only cheap
er one. but one that will never coax him to
take more than is good for him. Take any
man who is in the habit of looking in the
bottom of the glass for 'Fpure sociabiiity' at
intervals from noon until midnight, and for
stomach comfort before he breaks his fast in
the morning, and let him after he has arisen
and dressed repair to drug store instead of
to q barroom. He has appetite. He
does not feel as though he were call there"
Instead of a cocktail let him ask the drug
gist to prepare mixture of these ingredi-
ents and qualities, which when mixed togeth-
er shall constitute a single dose:
Chloroform, five drops; tincture ginger,
half teaspoonful; compound tincture carda-
mon, two teaspoonfuls; water, one wine
glassful.
Swallow that slowly-take five minutes to
do it. You will be surprised to find that in
about fifteen minutes the ';all gone" feeling
will have disappeared. A gentle, pleasant
warmth is felt in place of the gnawing SEN
sation, and in very little while there are
decided symptoms Of being hungry. A rep
etition of the dose inside of an hour, in case
the attack the night before was very severe,
will do no harm. A cup of black coffee
twenty minutes after the first dose is an ex-
cellent thing to follow with, provided the
patient is not of particularly nervous tenn
permanent.
You will find some men whose nerves be-
como unstrung upon very slight alcoholic
provocatien, and such men are prone to try
the similia simllibus curantur racket. The
best thing for case of that kind is the drug
store again. Here is the dose:
Bromide of potassium, thirty grains; cell
erina, two teaspoonfuls; elixir valeriante
ammonia, two teaspoonfuls.
I'll guarantee that you will never resort to
whiskey again after you have tried which
ever of these doses that raay suit your par
ticular case. AS soon as you feel able to eat
make your breakfast of oatmeal principally
for two or three days. On the day after
taking the first dose invest in two Havana
oranges and substitute the juice for the pick
me-up tonic. If the stomach rejects the Or
anges as too sweet throw them away and try
the tonic again, and eventually return to the
fruit.
This treatment will begin to show its ef-
feet in few days. Instead of that uneasy,
uncomfortable feeling, there will come Wig
or and natural exhilaration that will bright
en- the eye and quicken the step. A brisk
walk around the block, if you live in the
brick and mortar section, will not come
amiss. would even go so far as to advise
five minutes exercise with half pound
dumb bells. Grasp them firmly and strike
out as though you intended humping some
body. All that is needed is faith and little
perseverance, especially perseverance. Three
weeks will bring the faith.