The Washington critic., 1889-01-07
DRUNK ON GINGER.
Some OF the Peculinrities Seen Among
the Gcorginus.
Tro,a yLs dU0ufu Toyru1f


the Gcorginus.
From the Atlanta JoVrndl.
IA man can't get drunk on ginger, can
he ?" 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 one of these funnel
shaped percolators, after which the
alcohol is poured upon it and soaked
through it, dropping into the jar, in the
mouth of which is fixed the funnel.
This tincturo is, as you know, if you've
ever tasted it, as hot as liquid fire, and n
teaspoonful is big dose for an ordinary
man. One pound Of ginger will make
two quarts of tincture, and many prefer
it to whisky"
How much does confirmed ginger
drinkcr take at n dose?"
There are one or two men who are
regular ginger drinkers. that take as
much as four ounces at o time, or to
show you the difference, thirty two
teaspoonfuls. If you or / or any other
man unaccustomcd to drinking ginger
should take that much at once it would
kill us. We would be apt to have con.
vulsions at first followed by comatose
condition, in which state death would
come.'
How much to make a man drank ?"
II have seen one man get drunk on
four ounces, and then again I've seen %
man who drank the same quantity
have an epileptic fit. lasting for several
minutes. I"
"What effect will the drinking of
! ginger produce in the long run?'
1T is far more injurious than whisky
and will kill man who drinks it regu-
larly in from two to three years time.
you should hold tablespoon of gin
ger in your mouth minute it would
blister the inside coating Of your mouth,
and you can imagine what the effect on the
stomach would be graphing with two
or three tablespoonfuls of ginger every
day"
Can you tell ginger drinker from
an ordinary drinker, or, in other words,
will the drinking of ginger effect the
personal appearance of man as
whisky docs?" "Whisky drinking
makes q mans face red. Ginger drinking
makes it pale, as the ginger draws the
blood away from the surface to the CEN
tire of the body. I've watched these gin
ger drinkers closely and Pve studied
them good deal I've learned that a
habitual ginger drinker, like morphine
eater, loses all regard for the truth, and
would rather lie than tell the truth.
They also become hypochondriacs and
imagine they are effected with every
disease under the sun. One day
they'll come in with long face declar-
ing 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 dyspepsia or rheumatism, but nc
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 il
ruins the digestion, inhames the stomach
and throws the whole system into disor.
der"
us there any advantage in buying
ginger?" "Ginger costs 81 pint, while
whisky sells at from 80 cents up. The
people who drink it, and they are numer
Gus, both men and women, are for thu
most part mere physical wrecks who
were confirmed drunkards when prohibi
ton came upon us and their appetite'
must be satisfied so they bought ginge
as the next best substitute for whisky.