The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-07

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man can't get drunk on ginger
can he druggist wss asked.
Wei. II you could see some Of rns
regular ginger drrnkarsis at times vol
| would think so. Ginger i made from
alcohol and giAger root The root /.
ground and put into one OF these fin
nei-shzped percoiaforx, after which
| the alcohol i poured upon ii ard
soaks through IL. dropping into fht
jar, IN the mouth OF which Is liked the
fEnnel- This tineture is. a. you know
II you We ever tasted it. as hos rs hcaid
ire, and . feaspoonfnl is a big dose
| for an ordinary Eaar. One pound OF
ginger vii make two quarts OF TING
tnre. and many prefer il to whisky. =
How much does confirmed gin
ger dTinker take at dose?r
There are one or two men who are
regular ginger drinkers, that take as
much as four ounces al time, or, 70
show you The difference, 81 teaspoon
fnls. Ii you or ! or any other man
ulaccusfomed TO drinking ginger
should take that much at once il
would kill as. We would be apt 10
have convnl>ions at first, followed BIZ
a comatose condition. in which state
death would come"
How much to make a man drunk -
Il have seen one man get drunk on
four ounces. aud then again I've seen
a man who drank the same quantity
have q sort Of epileptic fit, lasting for
several minutes.
what effect viii the drinking of
ginger produce in The long rum"
lit Is far more injurious than
whisky. and viii kill a man who drinks
ii regularly in from two to three
years time. Ii you should hold ia
blespoonful of ginger in your mouth
minute il 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 tablesroonfuis OF ginger every
day"
''Can you tell ginger drinker from
an ordinary man, or, in other words.
viii the drinking OF ginger affect the
personal appearance OF a man as
whisky does Pr
Whisky drinking makes d MANS
face red. Ginger drinking makes it
pale, as the ginger draws the blood
away from the surface to the centre
of the body. I've watched these gin
ger drinkers closely, and I've studied
them a good deal. I've learned that
an habitual ginger drinker, like a
morphine eater, loses all regard for
the truth, and would "a her lie than
tell the truth. They also become
hypochondriacs and imagine they are
affected with every disease under the
sun. One day they'll come in with a
long face declaring they've got cramp
coke and must have ginger. Another
day they II have heart disease and viii
surely die unless they can get ginger.
The next time they have DYSPEPSIA or
rheumatism. but no matter what they
have they seem to think ginger the
sovereign remedy, and nothing else
will do them. The trouble with them
is the ginger-drinking for it rufus the
digestion, infiames the stomach and
throws the whole system into dis
order"
lis there any advantage in buying
ginger?"
Ginger 81 pint, while whisky
sells at from 50 cents up. The people
who drink it, and they are numerous,
DO h men and women, are for the most
part mere physical wrecks who were
confirmed drunkards when prohibition
came upon us. and their unnatural ap-
petites must be satisfied, so they
bought ginger as the next best substi-
tute for whisky. We ship ginger by
the barrel TO prohibition towns, AS the
old topers think it is the best substi-
tute for whisky, and once they get ac-
cus'omed to it they prefer 1t to whis-
ky"