Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-18

From the New York Tribune.
A writer In the North American Review makes q
fective vision and blindness viii be as prominent
Characteristic OF the American people a. bad teeth
have been for two hundred years past. The cause
at work ID the baneful habit of coffee drinking.
THIS Is not described as soul-destroying exactly.
Dus Inc impression Is given that It plays the very
MT. Hoiaday says, leaves q night-shade on the
Drain which continues longer than an eclipse OF
t the sun sun ana WIN have percepible effect upon
VIII the nasal cavity, the latter being continuous
with the membrane OF the mouth, and containing
Of as ans
ana tiInid persons who are in the habit OF eating
breakfast may wisely forbear to be further In
forcing their glands to pour forth their reserve OF
Juices tnus crying up the fountains OF life, and
eavng IN Inese little urns Of vitality the seeds OF
ease, lung innrmity and abdominal degeneration"
Gomez drinking "exhausts the mouth and throat,
Sadr me ne aace ginning skeeton while the
pltied Is the would-be moderate coffee-drinker,
VINO Is soon the slave OF the fatal china cup. and
ing feature In his situation that Gomez differs
from most other means OF indulgence In tending,
like opium TO make lawess persons tame"
news What shallSwe drink--tea? Alasl 1t was
demonstrated S not long ago BY an English clergy:
was the o 1ns tas.
eases ending In insanity ITSELF According to this
writer, the fragrant fumes OF that beverage, sung
Dy the poet In lines which nothing could induce US
70 repeat, hang like a pail over the human race,
shutting out light and even hope ITSELF Clearly,
tea will not do Shall it be cocoa, chocolate or
nut tree7 These are oficially certined as 'grate-
lul and comforting" but mankind Is not ready yet
10 accept them as o universal substitute, Milk
would De simply revolutionary In its effect upon
most digestive systems Shall we take something
stronger? This opens prospect that makes the
will demonstrate that with the first glass OF beer
Inc Drain begins to petrify. Wine Is slow poison
whenever way the poor human being turns in
search OF something TO drink with his meals he
sees disease and death staring him In the face.
There seems then, to be only one course open to
h1m-t0 stick close to water.
But his last estate Is worse than his first AL.
most every day science Is making new and shock
Ing revelations OF the dangerous character of
water as beverage. 1t is now clear that water is
the favOrite conveyance for the germs OF disease.
Diphtheria, typhoid, scarlet fever, and many
other infectious diseases travel much by water.
yellow Jack does well when he marches, but best
when he sails. Even the innocent-loOking fluid
with which the honest milKman dilutes his store
while car0lling his simple song in the first sweet
hush OF the dawn Is laden with death. He turks
at the bottom OF every well Look not ON the
water when 1t sparkleS like diamonds In the
treacherous goblet. Its seeming purity is but the
yield to the fatal habit OF water-drnk1ng and the
vice fastens itself upon you with relentless nm
gers. No other gets so firm hold upon its un-
fortunate victim. And yet, as the water drunkard
carries to his lips with trembling fingers the glass
whose fascination he cannot Withstand, he knows
crystaI depths. But what shall we drink? Verify,
we live In perilOuS times