Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-01-04
SUBSTITUTE FOR WHISKY.

Habits of the Ginger Drinkers of Georgia.
Terrible Results.
"a man can't get drunk on ginger, can hea'
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 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 will make two quarts of tincture
and many prefer it to whisky"
How much does confirmed ginger
drinker take at a dose7'
s'There are one or two men who are regu-
lar ginger drinkers, that take as much as
four ounces at q time, or to show you the
difference, thirty-two teaspoonfuls. If 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 convulsions at first, followed by q com.
atose condition, in which state death would
come"
"How much to make man drunkY'
II have seen one man get drunk on four
ounces and then again I've seen man who
drank the same quantity have sort of epi-
leptic fit, lasting for several minutes"
"What effect will the drinking of ginger
produce in the long runa'
ut is far more injurious than whisky, and
will kill man who drinks it regularly in
from two to three years time. If you should
hold a 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 ginger drinker from an
ordinary man, or, in other words, will the
drinking of ginger affect the personal ap.
pearance of man as whisky does9"
"Whisky drinking makes mans face red,
Ginger drinking makes it pale, as the ginger
draws the blood away from the surface to
the center of the body. I've watched these
ginger drinkers closely and I've studied them
good deal I've learned that a habitual
ginger drinker, like a morphine eater, loses
than tell the truth. They also become hypo.
SAOAAuA AtACS anu AA1Aa6AAo VAcy arc dueCUeU
with every disease under the sun. One day
they'll come in with long face declaring
they've got cramp collie and must have gin.
ger. Another day they'll have heart disease
and will surely die unless they can get gin
ger. The next time they have dyspepsia o,
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, fol
it ruins the digestion, infiames the stomach
and throws the whole system into disorder
SIS there any advantage iu buying gin
ger7'
.sGinger costs 81 pint, while whisky sell.
at from so cents up. The people who drinl
it, and they are numerous, both men and wo
men, are for the most part mere physica
wrecks who were confirmed drunkards whe1
prohibition came upon us, and their unnat
ural appetites must be satisfied, so they
bought ginger as the next best substitute fol
whisky. We ship ginger by the barrel tt
prohibition towns, as the old topers think il
is the best substitute for whisky. and once
they get accustomed to it they prefer it tx
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