The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-23
THE CUP THAT CHHERs.


While investigating the history of tea
an English writer came across q rare
manuscript in the British museum, CIV
ing, as below, a quaint summary of the
virtues of the herb called tea or "chee."
1t was dated Oct. 20, 1886, and pur-
ported to be a translation from the Chi
nese.
Ffrst-It purifies the blood, which is
crosse and heavy.
Second-It vanquisheth dreams.
Third-It easeth the brain of heavy
damps.
Fourth-Easeth and cureth giddiness
and paines in the heade.
+ Fifth-PreventS the dropSie.
Sixth-Driveth moist humors in the
heade.
Seventh-Consumes rawnesse.
Eighth-Opens the distractions.
Ninth-Clears the sight.
Tenth-Cleanseth and purifieth hu-
mors and hot liver.
Eleventh-Purifeth defects of the
bladder and Kidneys
Twelfth = Vanquisheth superfiuous
sleep.
Thirteenth-Drives away dizziness;
makes one nimble and valient
urteenth-Encourage the heart
and drives away fear.
Fifteenth-Drives away pain of the
collick
Sixteenth-Strength the inward
parts and quickens the understanding.
Seventeenth-Streng the mem
ory
ighteenth-Sharpens the will and
qulckens the understanding.
Nineteenth-Purges safely the gaul
MISUNDERSTANDING the use of
due benevolenee.
From the foregoing quaint production
we are assured that the cup that
cheers" was a beverage very high
~ esteemed 200 years ago., The intro
duction of tea into the countries of
Europe was an event of great signifi-
canoe. Its medicinal and wholesome
qualities had been proclaimed in ad-
vance and its arrival hailed with de-
ilght as substitute for the 'intoxicat-
ing cup which even in its purity from
excessive use produced dementia- and
govt. Tea did not become a. universal
beverage for long period. as the
masses were precluded from its use bv
tne exorbitant price at which it was
d1spensed.-New York Commercial Adj
vertiser.
STRAWBERRY IN STORY AND SONG
Half a dozen people, more or less. have
been credited with the saying: ''Doubt-
less God could have made better berry.
but doubtless God never did," and the
declaration regarding this most delicious
and wholesome of all berries, goes with
OUT questionig, no matter by whom it was
f1rst uttered. The strawberry, whose
name is probably derived from the com
mon and ancient practice of laying straw
between the plants to keep the berries
clean. is native of the temperate lati-
tudes of both MISREPRESENTATION Asia
North and South America-and though
we'll known is of but comparatively little
value in, southern Europe. This is the
I hi fhnf ~ Id
Roman poets have omitted to sing its
praises.
In the olden times the variety of straw.
berries was very limited, and the garden
was chiefly supplied by transpiantIne
from the wood This was the earliest
species cultivated, and is mentioned in
the street cries of London of over 4O(
The garden of the bishop of Ely at Hol.
born was celebrated in 1883 for its straw
berries, fact alluded to by Shakespeare
In Richard III, when Gloucester says:
My Lord of Ely, when L was last in
saw good strawberries In your garden
there;
I DO bsseech you send for some of them. ,
the best plants of his time were to be
procured and turns them over, with ar
authoritative air and farmer-l1ke con.
tempt for small things, into feminine
hands:
wife, into the garden and set me plot
With strawberry plants. the best to be
got;
Such growing abroad, among thorns in
the wood,
Well chosen and picked, prove excellent
food
The strawberry, aside from it's delicious
flavor possesses still other claims tc
popular favor. 1t is very easy of diges-
ton, never grows acid by fermentation
as most fruits do, and it is also of medi
cinal value. The great Linnaeus is re.
ported to have cured himself of the gout
by partaking freely Of Strawberries de-
lightfully aesthetic cure, and a most
flattering testimonial to the efficacy OF
the dainty scarlet fruit.
/ So easily grown are these luscious Der
ries that the poorest owner of a. few feet
of ground may revel in an abundance of
Strawberries upturning soft cheeks tc
the sun
Good Housekeeping.