Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-15
SUBSTITUTE FOR WHISKY.
Eabits OF the Ginger Drinkers Of Georgia
Terrible Results.

Habits OF the Ginger Drinkers Of Georgia
Terrible Results.
ga man can't get drunk on ginger, can hef'
druggist was asked
'Well, if you could see some Of my regular
ginger drunkards at times you would think
so. Ginger is made from alcohol and ginger
root. The root is ground and put into ono OF
these funnel shaped percolators, after which
the alcohol is poured upon iG and soaks
through it, dropping into the jar, In the
mouth of which is fixed the funnel This
tincture is, as you know, if you've ever tasted
it, as hot as liquid fire. and teaspoonful is q
big dose for an ordinary man. One pound
of ginger viii make two quarts of tincture,
and many prefer it to whisky"
Glow much does a confirmed ginger
drinker take at a dose7'
There are one or two men who are regu-
lar ginger drinkers, that take as much as
four ounces at a time, or TO show you the
difference, thirty-two teaspoonfuls. II you
or l or any other man unaccustomed to
drinking ginger should take that much at
once it would kill US. We would be apt to
have commissions at first, followed by COM
atose condition, in which state death would
come"
How much to make a man drunkr'
Il have seen one man get drunk on four
ounces and then again I've seen man who
drank the same quantity have sort Of cpl
leptic fit lasting for several minutes"
''What effect Will the drinking of ginger
produce in the long rrIn.'
at is far more injurious than whisky, and
viii kill man who drinks il regularly in
from two to three years time. II you should
hold tablespoonful of ginger in your mouth
minute it would blister the inside coating
Of the mouth, and you can imagine what the
effect on the stomach would be graphing
with two or three tablespoonful Of ginger
every day"
Can you tell q ginger drinker from an
ordinary man, or, in other words, viii the
drinking Of ginger affect the personal up
pearance Of man as whisky doesf'
Whisky drinking makes mans face red
Ginger drinking makes it pale, as the ginger
draws the blood away from the surface 10
the center Of the body. I've watched these
ginger drinkers closely and I've studied them
q good deal I've learned that habitual
ginger drinker, like a morphine eater, loses
all regard for the truth, and would rather lie
than tell the truth. They also become hypo-
chordriacs and imagine they are affected
with every disease under the sun One day
they'll come in with long face declaring
they've got cramp colo and must have gin
ger. Another day they'll have heart disease
and viii surely die unless they can get gin
ger. The next time they have dyspepsia OF
rheumatism, but 10 matter what they have
they seem 20 think ginger the sovereign
remedy, and nothing else viii do them The
trouble with them is ths ginger drinking. tor
il ruins the digestion, infanes the stomach,
and throws the whole system into disorder"
lis there any advantage IL bEy1Bg Gin
gerF'
Ginger costs 81 pint, while whisky calls
az from 50 cents up The people ~ho drink
i, and they ara NUMEROUS, both rcea and VIC
Den, are for the n.oSt part r1e-s pbysicz<
wrecks who were confirmed drunkards wher
prohibition came upon Is, and their unzz.
u-al sppetites naus. Dc satisfied, 50 theT
bought ginger as the next best substitute for
whisky. We ship ginger by t5e barrel Z
prohibition towns, as tas Cd topcrs think il
IS the hes. substitute for whisky. and cocs
they get accustomed 10 & tAey prefer i 20
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