The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-12
FOGS' PALS OYER
BRITISH CAPITAL
Even the Lord Mayors Show Was
Near to Gaslight Circus
Parade.
New York Herald snecial Service.

New York Herald Special Service.
London, Nov. 11.-Fogs have evi-
IDENTIFY begun in earnest now; in fact,
this has BEEN a week of fogs, which
ing, when the business people were hur-
rying to work in the city, dislocating
BILE. It looked as il that old circus
parade. as the lord mayors show is
called, was going to be spoiled by fog
on Thursday. When' the people were
assembling gin in the streets t there gathered
blacklist night. Lights had to be
turned on everywhere and the people
were expecting the unique experience
of seeing a lord mayors show under
the gasGght or wondering if it would
be turned into torchight procession.
That, however, was avoided in time,
the mysterious darkness disappearing
as rapidly as it came, and the lord
mayors show went by In but slight
gloom.
Death Rate Is Higher.
The beginning of the fog season, Of
course, always sends up the death rate,
and this year is no exception to the
ease being carried off by the fog. The
last return showed sol deaths of peo--
pie over 60 out of 1,494, as compared
with 302 Of the previous week.
It has been noticeable lately, too,
that there has been remarkable increase
Of deaths from nervous complaints, and
a doctor, writing to the papers, attrib-
utes the increase Of people suffering
from nervous disorders to the increase
of popular tea shops and advising the
drinking of China tea as being less
disastrous than the indian and Ceylon
blends. But another asks:
"What Of persons addicted to the
coffee habit? There is no brand of cof-
fee they can drink to any considera-
BILE extent without suffering from the
same distressing consequences as affict
the injudicious users of tea
Coffee Drunkards.
Still another medical man, who
! makes speciality of diabetes, says:
GAS many men are addicted to ex-
cessive Indulgence in coffee as there
are immoderate tea drinkers among
women. Thousands Of men, particularly
in the city, sip coffee during the day at
brief intervals as their brethren in New
York sip spirits. In time the coffee
habit develops palpitation of the heart,
an Irregular pulse, nervousness, indi-
gestion and insomnia. Coffee drunkards
are greatly increasing in number, due
probably to the wave of temperance
which is passing over the country, but
I have known cases where hallucina-
tions scarcely differing from those of
alcoholism have been set up by the per-
sistent abuse of coffee over series Of
months.
"Coffee is cerebral stimulant, rank
ing with alcohol, and, used in modera-
tion, less harmful than tea, as it con-
tains less tannic acid.'
He also condemns coffee after dinner,
declaring the practice of taking demi-
tasse at night is solely responsible for
cases of sleeplessness.
Another writer recommends dyspeptic
and nervous persons to drink the yerba
tea Of Paraguay, which is universally
used in South America, but yerba mate,
says Mincing Lane merchant, is used
more as drug than as a beverage in
this country. Although it is known to
us, little if any comes on the market,
and if the drinker would require to
have it specially sent over, he would
probably find it cheaper to eschew tea
altogether.