Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-01-10

saturday Review
Tea-drinking. saws the Dean Of Bangor,
by destroying the calmness of the nerves. is
acting as dangerous revolutionary force
among us. Excessive tea-drinking has
created a generation of nervous, discomfort
ed people, who are forever complaining Of
the existing order of the universe, scolding
their neighbors, and signing after the i'm
possible An admirable theory this, which,
II correct, solves many mysteries. In the
good old times, before tea-drinking came in
to fashion, men we're content to walk in the
well-trodden paths. But revolutions came
in with the Chinese herb, and now the
growth of Radcalsm may be gagged by
the increase in the imports of tea. The
American revolution. no doubt, began with
revolt against tea, but IT is probable that
the rebels who flung the taxed tea into Bos
ton harbor were tea-drinkers 20 a man. II
was not the tea but the tax that they OBJ
lected TO, and il they had not been III the
habit of drinking the pernIclous decoctlon II
would never have been sent across the At
lantc to provide the revolutionists with an
opportunity of expressing by a symbolic act
their defiance of the established order that
prevailed in those good old days when
George iii. was King. 1t has rot yet been
clearly demonstrated that the French Revo-
luton began in the tea-cup. The Terrorists,
it is believed. drank stronger liquor than is
to be found in the "cup that cheers but not
inebriates :" but who knows whether the
secret of the great European explosion was
not to be found in the tea? Certain it is that
the nations Of Europe no sooner began to
drink tea than they began to lose all respect
for their ancient constitutions, and the era
Of reform and Of revolution is almost coin
cident with the era Of tea-drinking.
Descending from generals to particulars
the Dean Of Bangor might nave found much
to support his theory by referring to the
personal habits of some of his contempora-
res Mr. Ga !stone. whose restless aspi-
rations after the IDEAL and whose reforming
energies nre the dread Of every reactIonary
Conservative, is one Of the greatest tea
drinkers, as he is certainly one Of the greatest
statesmen Of this century. tie confessed
some months ago. that he believed that he
drank more tea between midnight and four
in the morning than any other member Of the
House OF Commons and, strange to say,
the strongest tea. although taken immediate
" before going to bed. never nterferes with
MS sleep. Nor ~ Mr.. Gladstone the 0nl,
instance Of leader Of the party Of progress
Who j. a confirmed tea-drnker. NJ. Ciemen-
ceau, the leader Of the French Radicals, i
an intemperaie hibber Of tea. And il We
turn from politics to theology, what more
striking confirmation could be found Of the
Deans theory than the devotion Of General
Booth and all the salvation army, from the
chief Of the staff to the humhlest lieutenant,
% the nerve destroying beverage General
Booth l.. Of was, an Unsuitable tea-drinker.
and one ofthe leading officers in the "Army.
recently owned with a Sigh that tea was An
.'tlo. " frum v hich he had not Vet been sax
ed. Dlssentrrs are famous for their ''tcR
parties. and wc need not 70 further than the
teapot to understand why most ,retotlilcr>
are such terrible Radicals.
Vet, on the other hand, the Dean OF Ban
-cg vail have - prepare 70 meet very fierce
opposition % his crusade agaln>t tea. The
story ot cup of tea has Just been written by
Dr. Gordon Stables, no i, as enthusiastic IN
ItS praise a. the Dean Is IN ltS condemnation.
The doctor calls lea '.thc drink Of pleasure
aud nf health, and expresses the op!nISp
'ha, II ought 10 be the national drink of I'm.
land On the other hand, he will find many
allies, chiefly among American medical men.
who OF course arr, experts in cases of nervous
disease Dnr uf these ella ,>t.s il with alcohol
and armm. Another. adopting a fayori,r
argument ufthe lnti.tohacconl~t~. rank, il a.
oue of thu draIh pli,on. He boiled down
4 paAai of youns III ,ou. from 4 quart 10 half
]. p,ni. tn drons of winch Killed a rabbit
three months oli and when boIIcd down 70
a rlll eight drop, killed catofthe same age
m a few mi,,u,.. Most f.,.drinker, MS. n,-
les, th,n A mound In three mooth>. and vet
Abound Of oatea contain, Yo,.onr enough
NJ HI. ,rcorllJnr u tbe ubo,,. .xp.rimenr
in.rr than 1000 rabbits: nad II boiled
,luwntna Ii contain, pot,nn enough Ia
huI 10. 800 Gil. iq the sam. ,y.te Of time
Int. Drau', chirf medical all, go iiu, .il,.
of the Atlantic i DR.. Richardson, wh, ac-
cu>e> tea of producing menta denrr.<ion and
nervous lrrttabiIlty.
Notwlth>tanJln. thi, condemnation. the
use of tea i, spreading. and is .keiv 10
>uread In the lrmy. the u>.. If tea is SLOW
iy but surely SuupIantinr thu ne of rror.
The soldiers Who captured le,-el-kebir
drank nothing but Tea. |, was served dit
ID them three time. au,, and they found
Il most refreshing and lnyigora,lne on the
march. l., use among athletes and other,
who peftorm phv~ica! fea,s i, also becom-
lrg more general. The use of alcohol and
tobacco i almost universally condemned in
the handbuoks Oh training but The use of
tra /, ALWAYS ,omnienlel-a to.crabl, con-
ciu,i,e prolf that When but ,o tie ,e,err,r
Of test,, lea /, Hot found inluIDu, IL ph, ,lca.
ylgor
Some coed work has cvrtl lnIN been done
under the influence of tea k1ut> break
fast. il Is reported. consisted of a cup of tea
and 4 pipe OF tobacco. and Oh tie>e he
worked eight hours. De Quincy. WHO
morning. Victor Hugo. wno !, revolutionary,