Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-03-31
A PLEA FOR COFFEE.
It Has Powerful. but Healthy Effect
on the Nerves.

on the Nerves.
About once in SO often the question
of coffee drinking being injurious is
agitated for a while, then the agita-
ton subsidies and people go on drink
ing it. According to the best author
tiles coffee taken in moderation is not
only harmless, but highly beneficial.
It's value as stimulant has always
been recognized, and the fact that it
is SO highly priced as a beverage, II
there were no other reason, would go
far to prove that it has powerful in
fiuence on the nervous sy stem.
The action impaired to the nerves
however, is natural and healthy, and
habitual coffee drinkers generally en-
joy good health and live to good old
age.
For brain workers it's value cannot
be overestimated 1t has been called
the mental beverage" and unlike al
cohol, the gentle exhiliration it pro
duces is not followed by any narm-
full reaction. It causes contentment
of mind, allays hunger and bodily
weakness and increases the capacity
for work
1t is said that coffee drinkers are
happier and more contended than
those who abstain from it's use and
drink like quantity of tea Taken in
moderation coffee aids digestion and
to those not in the habit of using it
it is often a valuable temporary rem
edy for parOxysmal headaches, the
peculiar headache Of Brights disease
and that produced by defects in the
eye.
The fashionable after-dinner coffee
not only enables the stomach to per-
form it's function with comparative
ease, but it relieves that sense Of
oppression so often experienced after
a hearty meal.
1t is not generally known that coffee
is often valuable temporary remedy.
In certain prostrating diseases it is
also of great value. 1t sustains the
system, and one doctor has said that
a cup of good coffee contains as much
nutriment as the same quantity Of
soup.
The nutritiye properties of coffee
have been the subject of considerable
dispute, but it is now quite generally
recognized that coffee contains essen
tial properties of nutrition for exceed
ing it's eXhilirating properties. 1t en-
ableS those who use it to remain a
long time without food, as soldiers are
often obliged to do in time of war. 1t
also decreases the sensibility to physl-
ical discomforts.
It's best results are obtained when it
is mixed with an equal quantity of
pure cream or milk, which forms an
alimentary drink containing all the
elements of good food, with the ad-
ditional stimulating effect on the mind
and nervous system.
Many people have an idea that
strong coffee is injurious, and that it
should be made weak. This is a mis-
take. Weak coffee is bad, as it con-
tains no nourishment, distends the
stomach with liquid and prevents
digestion. 1t should always be taken
warm. Iced coffee, like all other iced
drinks, is injurious
While coffee should never be taken
in the place of food, as it is sometimes
by the poorer classes, rich cafe all lait,
with bread makes a good and suffi
GENTLY substantial breakfast for
people of sedentary occupations. No
other meal, however, should be com
posed of either tea or coffee with
bread alone.
Coffee is especially a drink for
adults of sedentary habits, rather than
laboring people or children, as it's
stimulating effect on the mind and
Imagination is not required by the
laboring man, and is decidedly harm
| full to the growing child.
There are several uses to which
coffee may be put, aside from that as
a beverage. AS a deodorizer it has few
equals, and few grains of burnt cof-
fee passed through sick room will
| perceptibly purify the air.
| 1t is also of value in the dressings
of cancers and all manners of sores.
For this purpose fresh ground, pow
dered coffee should always be used.
The peculiar odor left by rats may
be gotten rid Of by scattering ground
coffee about the floor of room which
has been invaded by them, and lcav-
| ing it for ten or fifteen minutes.