The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-08
aRoRaIA GINGER DRINKERS.

Effects OF n Substitute for VIII sky in n
Prohibition Region
"A man can't get drunk on ginger,
can her" druggist was asked by an
Atlanta Journal reporter.
Well. if you could sec some of my
regular ginger drunlSards you would think
so. Ginger is made from alcohol and
ginger root. The root is ground and
nut into one Of these funnel-shapcd per-
colators, aftcr which the alcohol is poured
upon il and soalSs through it, dropping
into the lar, in the mouth Of which is
fixed the funnel This tinclure is, as
you know, If you've ever tasted IL, as hot
as LIQUID fire, and n teaspocnlul is dose
for an ordinary man. One pound OF
ginger will make two quarts of tincturc,
and many prefer IL to whisky"
How much does o confirmed ginger
drinllcr take at dose ~
There are one or two men who are
regular ginger drinkers, TINT take as
much as four ounces ut q time, or, to
show you the difference, 80 teaspoonfuls.
If you or l or any other man unacCus-
toned to dring ginger should take that
much at once 1T would Kill us. We would
be apt to have commissions at first, fol-
lowed by con'atCsc condition, in which
state death would come
How much would it taSe tc make a
man drunk ?"
AZ have seen one man get drunk OH
four ounces, and then again I've seen q
man who crank the same quantity have
sort of epileptic fit, lasting for several
inmates"
What effect will the drinking Ct g'u-
ger produce in the long runPn
1t is f8r more injurious than wills
lyxr MI n
regularly in from two to three years
TINE. If you should hold tablespoon
full of ginger in your mouth minute, II
would blister tho inside coating of the
mouth. and you can imagine what the
effect on the stomach would be crap
ping with two or three tablespoonfuls
of ginger every day
Can you tell ginger drinker from
an ordinary man; or, in other words,
will the drinking of ginger affect the
personal appearance of man as whisky
does pn
Whisky drinking makes mans
face red Ginger drinking makes ii
pale, as the ginger draws the blood away
from the surface to the center of the
body. I've watched these ginger drink
ers closely and I've studied them good
deal. I've learned that an habitual gin
ger drinlSer, like a morphine cater, loses
all regard for the truth, and would
rather lie than tell the truth. They
also become hypochondriacs and imag-
inc they are affected with every disease
under the sun. One day they'll come
in with long face declaring they've
got cramp collie and must have ginger.
Another day they'll have heart disease
and will surely die unless they can get
ginger. The next time they have dys-
pepsia or rheumatism, but no matter
what they have they seem to think gin
ger the sovereign remedy, and nothing
else will do them. The trouble witt
them is the ginger drinking, for it ruins
| the digestion, inflameS the stomach and
throws tho whole system into disorder"
Is there any advantage in buying
ginger P"
"Ginger costs 81 pint, while whisky
sells at from fifty cents up. The peopl,
who drink it. and they are numerous
both men and women, are for the mos
part mere physical wrecks who wer,
confirmed drunkards when prohibition
came upon us, and thsir unnatural ap
petites must be satisfied, so they bough
| ginger as the next best substitute fo
whisky. We ship ginger by the barre
think it is best substitute for whisky
and once they get accustomed TO it they
prefer it to whisky
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