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Show ImlUn ll.f.rct A civilized Indian who came down yesterday said that tho reservation Indians In-dians aro acquiring n taste for Jamaica ginger "The stores around the reservations," reser-vations," ho said, "nil handle glngor as a legal drug, and tho Indians have discovered dis-covered that It Is as fiery a beverage aa cheap whisky. A teaspoonful will causo choking and coughing for several sev-eral minutes In a throat unaccustomed to swallowing the powerful stuff lted Ink Is another favorite borerage of ths Indiana alncu tho federal authorities havo begun to eierclso stricter super-vision super-vision over their copper-skinned wards It Is the ordinary red Ink which a bookkeeper uses 111 his balance sheet, and which bookstores sell for writing purposes. The Ink drinker ol cultivated taste will buy bottles by tho halt doien, and swallow the contents with relish Ksscnccs which whlto peoplo iuo for puddings are swallowed tn quantity by the Indians, and have beon used In that way for years. Wood alcohol, accounted poison In most parts of tho country, Is consumed tn considerable consid-erable quantities, diluted with water " Milwaukee Sentinel |