Weekly journal-miner., 1909-08-11
HIGHLY INTERESTING.

Something as to the manner in
 which prohibition works in the rank
 est prohibition state in the country
 namely, Kansas, U. s. A.-may be
 gleaned from an interesting story in
 Topeka State Journal. It shows the
 lengths to which the thirsty in Kan
 sas are driven for a taste of that
 which makes the head to go round
 and the feet to tangle. This is the
 story:
 EJackson Cocktail!"
 Think of it! This is the name
 given to the most popular thirst
 guencher in the southeastern part of
 the state-booze of the worst variety
 IS named after the man who has
 worked for years cOndemning the
 kind that made Milwaukee famous
 and the kinds that have been sold an Kansas ever since the borders were
 crossedi .
 State Drug Inspector D. s. Deem wrote a startling message to Dr. Crumbine this morning and in this letter he told of the conditions ex- isting among the "soaks'' in that part of the state and he also sent some of the rarest jags in history. used down there, all of which produce some of the rarest pags in history. 1.
 But the "'Jackson Cocktail" is the !! most popular of them all-in' fact it l IS known by that name all over the | southeast section of the state and | the big attorney general did not know until informed by Dr. Crumbine to- ! day that his name was used in vain in token of a combination of tine lure of ginger and cider that would put the worst veteran down and out with two swallows. ....
 It is sad that when man ba. a cigar named after him he has reach ed the height of his glOry-but who has been popular enough to receive as a banner in the breeze a Iiuuor Of the most intoxicating and popular sort bearing his namesake9 And to think that the attorney general of kansas-this great prohibitory state have his name passed down m histOry-and down parched throats with the innocent addition of 
 In his interesting letter to Dr. Crumbine, secretary of the State Board of Health, Dr. Deem says con corning the new drink:
 'It is a combination of Kansas , cider and one part of ginger. This wall make man rob his own trunk and 1t goes by the popular name of Jackson Cocktail It grows more popular as the prohibitory law be- comes more thoroughly understood. {"
 It seems that the people in the part of the state are : feeling very keenly the effects of the : 1rohibitOry law and they have re- sorted to all sorts of means for the . production of a new liquor that will not only queneh the thirst but will produce sweet sensation of wander ng brain storms and would-be sky CT plots. They are getting together a 2 ct of prescriptions that would kill f, he ordinary man and some of them ol Ire actually as poisonous as the worst fl if acids. It is only the old "soaks'' o vhO can stand such mixtures and the q 'ounger sets test it because it takes f, nly small quantity to bring quick n, esults. Needless to say the results q re deadening to the body. h, In addition to this "Jaekson Cock in ail' Dr. Deem says that they also fo lake great use of Lydia E. Pink n, am's Compound. It contains IS CT cent alcohol and has the desired esult as jag producer as well as NJ eing a "boOn to all females.'' R, Dr. Deem is a most interesting is ritter and his daily reports to Dr, nc