The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-28
For The Topers. /.
COUPLE OF PALATABLE SUBSTITUTES
FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
Philadelphia News

Philadelphia News.
You likely number among your friends
or acquaintance some hearty old chap
who has taken a drink of good whisky
before breakfast for forty seven years,
and couldn't eat without it." Now at
the risk of having this worthy but preju-
diced person laugh himself into state
of apopleptic red-facedness, let me sug-
gest that as old as he is, he may yet find
substitute-not only cheaper 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 "pure
sociability" at intervals from noon until
midnight, and for stomach comfort
before he breaks his fast in the morn
ing, and let him, after he has arisen and
dressed, repair to a drugstore instead of
a bar-room. He has no appetite. He
does not feel as though he were ''all
there" Instead of cocktail let him
ask the druggist to prepare a mixture
of these ingredients aud quantities,
which, when mixed together, shall con-
stitute single dose:
Chloroform, five drops.
Tincture ginger, half teaspoonful.
Compound Tincture Cardamon, two
teaspoonsful.
| Water, one wineglassful.
| Swallow that slowly-take FIVE min,
utes to do it. You will be surprised te
| find that in about fifteen minutes the
''all gone" feeling will have disappeared
A gentle, pleasant warmth is felt in
place of the gnawipg sensation, and in 8
very little while there are decided sym
toms of being hungry. A repetition oil
the dose inside of an hour, in case thu
attack the night before was very severe
will do no harm. A cup of black coffee
| twenty minutes after tie first dose is an
excellent thing to follow with, provided
the patient is not of particularly
nervous temperament.
/ You will find some men whose nerve.
| become unstrung upon very slight alco
holic provocation, and such men are
prone to try similar similibus curantul
racket. The best thing for case o
that kind is the drug store again. Her,
is the dose:
Bromide of potassium, thirty grains
Celerina, two teaspoonsful.
/ Elixir valerianate ammonia, two tea
spoonsful.
III guarantee that you will never re
sort to whisky again after you havs
tried whichever of these doses that ma,
suit your particular case As soon a
you feel able to eat, make your break
| fast of oatmeal principally for two o
three days. On the day after takinl
the first dose, invest in two Havan
4 oranges and substitute the juice for th'
pick-me-up tonic. If the stomach reject
Il the oranges as too sweet, throw then
4 away and try the tonic again, but event
ually return 20 the fruit
q This treatment viii begin to show it
| effect in very few days. Instead Q
that uneasy, uncomfortable feeling ther
| will come vigor and a natural exhils
ration that will brighten the eye an
Quicken the step. A brisk walk aroun
,. | the block, if you live in brick an
. mortar section, will not come amiss.
would even 60 so far as to advise nv
, minutes exercise with half pound dumb
! bells. Grasp them firmly and strik
out a. though you intended thumpin
somebody. All that Is needed is fait
and little perseverance, especially pc
severance. Three weeks will bring tf
faith.