Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-22
WHAT SHALL WE DRINK

We can't conceive OF any more puz-
ding inquiry than than this: What
. shall we drink The American people
+ DO drink a good deal, but the doctors
say il is an wrong. And when We use
tine word drink, it is not in its vulgar
sense. such as one would understand, ii
invited to a bar % take drink. We
mean % cover all kinds and classes OF
fluids commonly used as beverages, and
We mean 10 say that all Of these, with
ont exception, are iuteriictcd 10y the
. doctors.
There are the fearful arguments otthc
faculty against vine, beer, brandics
WHISTLES. ami all distilled and termcntcd
beverages. 1--we drink milk they tell Us
that hall the djphtheria and two-thiriS
of the consumption, come % vs. in that
mild fluid. Ii we drink water, all the
doctors rise up together to warn us that
dyspepsia marks the water drinkcr Tor
her easy victim.
But against those paralvzing cups that
"chccr but do not inebriate' comes the
most fearful Indictment Of all. Tea and
coffee are declared To be dragging more
victims To untimclv graves than any
. other class Of beverages. The train ot
/ symptoms ascribed to the poisonous Fl
/ iects of these drinks, such as loss OF ap-
petite. incapacity to digest wholesome
fool. slceplessness, iuitability, and all
the well known features of broken
down nervous system, 50 common
among the American people, are depict
cl as tine general consequences Of the
prustra,ion that follows regularly upon
the stimulant effects OF these blessed
. beverages, tea and coffee.
10 seems almost saCralgious 10 Join in
q condemnation OF the daily beverage ot
every American family, without which
only about one-iourta Of the national
family could be- induced TO sit down to
breakfast, and the ether threc-fourths
would 20 cropping through the day, with
/ binding headaches and ill-tempers that
would turn the country "topsyturvy-
Ii is equally futile to attempt to con-
vince a people who have been raised
on H." and whose fathers and fore
fathers before them, have used it with
impunity. that there is any harm in the
familiar emp Of tea, or of coffee.
Nevertheless, We are disposed TO be-
lieye that the doctors can find argu-
ments ircm experience and observation
unite as conclusive and convincingupon
the evil effects OF tea and coffee as from
the use Of sprituous liquors-and we
know this Is putting it very strong.
There are thousands Of men habitually
using strong drink who do not perceive
or manifest any well defined physical
or mental arrangement or disease trace
able to the habit, Just as is the exper-
fence OF those habitually using tea or
coffee.
But time comes in the experience of
both, when they find that they are more
vigorous in health, have steadier nerves,
clearer brains, anil better digestion If they
drop oil their iayOrite beverage from the
bill OF fare. There is no stronger argu-
ment in demonstration of the deleteri-
Gus nature of a cup OF coffee than the
fact, that when mans system becomes
debilitated he must abandon it; it is
about the first sacrifice he mnst make
for the sake Of health; it is the one
troublesome enemy that he loves, but
must bid adieu. The time comes to
every man in the course Ola hfe time,
| unless he is exceptionally vigorous II
comes 60 many very soon In ne ana