Substitutes For Liquor

A curious lealure oí tue operation oí the No-License law at Norwieh, Ct., is the substitutioii by drinkers of other stimulants in place of liquors. Perhaps tlie most natural substitute of all is Jamaica ginger. This extract has about doublé the alcoholic strength of whisky, and, as it is a medicine in constant denaand, and kept by íill druggists, I it makes a very satisfactory substitute for the habitual oíd tojjer who is bound to get drunk on something. That it is used in this way to a considerable extent is shown from the increased sale of the drug, as well as the confession of the user. One dealer estimates his sales of Jamaica ginger since the lst of Novein[ ber as fully three times as great as they i were before ; another sells perhaps a third more now than bef oro that date ; another has noticed but a small increase ■ - not over 5 per cent. ; while a fourth estimates the calis upon him as five times as large now as they were up to Nov. 1. It is alfeo said that the salo of paregorio has slightly iucreased in some cases.