The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-23
COFFEE is THE BEST sTIMULANT.
The Action Impaired to the Nerves
Is Natural and Healthy.

ne ACtAOh 10 the Nerves
Is Natural and Healthy.
New York, April 21.-About once in so
often the question of coffee drinking be-
ing injurious is agltated for a while, then
the agitation subsidies and people go on
drinking it, According to the best author
tiles, coffee taken in moderation is not only
harmless, but highly beneficial Its value
as stimulant has always been recognized,
and the fact that it is so highly priced as
beverage, if there were no other reason
would go far to prove that 1t has a power
full influence on the nervous system. The
action impaired to the nerves, however,
is natural and healthy. and habitual coffee
drinkers genrally enjoy good health and
live TO a good old age.
For brain workers its value cannot be
overestimated. 1t has been called the
mental beverage and, unlike alcohol
the gentle eXhilaration it produces is not
followed by any harmful reaction, 1t
causes contentment of mind, allays hunger.
and bodily weakness, and increases the
capacity for work. The mental exhIlara-
ton and physical activity it causes ex-
plain the fondness for il which has been
Sio"h ny 50 many scientists, poets, Schol-
ars and others devoted to thought. It's eff
fects on the ina gination is remarkable
without causing any subsequent depres-
sion, as in the case of narcotics. Balzac
the great French novelist, declares that
he could not have written the Coincide
Humane without its aid.
1t is said that coffee drinkers are ham
pier and more contented than those who
ABSTAIN from its use and drink like guam
uty OF tea Taken in moderation. coffee
aids digestion, and TO those not in the
haolt or using 1t, it is often a valuable
temporary remedy for paroxysmal head
aches, the peculiar headaches of Brights
disease and that produced by defects in
the eye. The fashionable after dinner cof-
fee not only enables the stomach to per
form its function with comparative ease
but relieves that sense of oppression so
often experience after a hearty meal.
1t is not generally known that coffee is
often valuable temporary remedy. In
certain proctrating diseases 1t is also of
great value. 1t sustains the system. and
one doctor has said that cup of good
cofee contains as much nutriment as the
same quantity of soup. The nutritive prop
critics OF coffee have been the subject of
considerable dispute, but il Is now quite
generally recognized that coffee contains
essential properties of nutrition far ex-
ceeding It's exhilirating properties 1t en-
abies those who use II 60 remain q long
time without food. as soldiers are often
obliged to do in lime of war. Il also de-
creases the sensibility TO physical discom-
forts.
TO Get the Best Results.
The best results are obtained when q
Is mixed with an equal quantity of pure
cream or milk. which forms an alimen-
tary drink containing all the elements OF
good food. with the additional stimulat-
Ing effect on the mind and nervous system.
Many people have an idea that strong cof-
fee is Injurious and that Il should be made
weak. This Is a mistake. Weak coffee is
bad. az u contains no. noarishment. dis
tends the stomach with Iiquld and pre-
vents digestion. II should always be TAX
en- warm. lced coffee, like all other iced
drinks. b injurious
Whih corec should never lW taken IN the
place OF food as II ~ sometimes by the
poorer classes rich cafe au lait. with
breed, makes q good ana sufficiently SUBJ
siantiai breakfast Tor people 81 Eedentnry
occupations, 80 other meal. h9WsYsr.