Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
A NEW STIMULANT
Merits of a Cup, Which Cheers,
BUT Not Inebriates

MeritS OF cup winch Nheers,
BUT Not Inebriates
A beverage has been found that
threatens to take the place of beer
among the hard working classes
and to do away with tea, coffee and
other brain stimulants used by
students, brain workers, nurses
and other persons who are required
to remain alert and active during
long periods.
This beverage is highly stlmu
lating, non alcoholic, non-Intoxi-
eating and nerve builder AID
nerve strengthened, instead Of
DESTROYER, as In the CAGE of tea, al
cohol and coffee. 1t has already
been introduced In England.
"Yarbe nate" or simply
"mste," is the name Of this won
derful drink, and it has been used
in one of it's forms for some time
in Paraguay and Argentina. The
beverage is brewed from the
dried leaves of the iley, and can
be prepared and sold in bottles to
suit the particular taste Of the
consumer, or made at home, like
tea or coffee.
Mate can be prepared by making
a strong or weak infusion Of the
leaves of the lick after the custom
ry fashion of making tea. In Ar
gentina and Paraguay it il the
sole stay Of the Woodworking man,
who likes it so we'll that he takes
no breakfast until noon, support
ing himself with a small draught
now and then from his mate bot
tie. lie can work hard all day
long on this one meal, REINFORCED
by the stimulating and refreshing
power of the infusion.
Mate can be drank hot or cold,
it can be taken with cream and
sugar, like tea or coffee, and it car
be used "straight," which ssems
by far the best way Of drink
ing it. Plain mate is quite bitter,
and, like beer, it is an acquired
taste. The first sip gives dis
tinctly bitter taste, and the drink
er sets down his glass with a wry
face. Presently, as soon as the
bitter effect wears off, the imbiber
has a pleasant recollection of the
sensation. By this time the pow
erful stimulant has begun to work
and the drinker feels like taking
another sip. Mate makes the user
of it "feel good" makes him look
with brighter eye on the darl
side of life, makes him forget his
troubles for the moment, and, best
of all, unlike beer, it makes him
feel like working or doing some
thing with his brain or bis hands
instead of losfinG or gossiping.
Chemists who have carefully
analysed mate say that it is per-
fectly harmless. 1t has only the
smallest percentage Of caffeine and
volatile oils, and it never leaves a
bad after effect. Even when the
drinker has disordered stomach or
bad nerve the consumption of
mate is not followed by unpleasant
feelings.
When the mate habit has been
AGO uired the drinker is apt to in
dulge himself freely, even when
there is no need Of stimulation,
Like the alcohol drinker, he takes
the beverage "for it's effect" "
Sometimes he gets TO be regular
mate drunkard, but wonderful to
say, this beusfcent drug has no
sting, its only effect being that Of
making the "drunkard" busy,
industrious and hopeful man. who
gets more out of his life for him
self and his fellows than the Ordi-
nary man who depends on his own
body for stimulation.
In word mate cannot be
"abused" any more than water, and
there are comparatively few who
take it in large quantities for the
mere sake of the stimulation. 1t
can be drunk, in weak infusion, al
meals, just like beer, wine, tea or
coffee, and the taste is sure to be
even mere pleasant than tina; OF
any of these beverages.
The effects Of mate have been
tried with the most happy results
in London hospitals. Physician
and nurses who have used it SAL
, it has solved the problem of how
to make long continued watching
and working easy and light
/, Nurses and physicians in theS
hospitals aver that bottle of th
, "straight" mate converts thei
monotonous, although active, du
! ties into positive pleasure. Sleepi
ness is bahished, and ;nterest j
, common humdrum work 10 aroused
Abstinence from mate for shor
time is followed by normal appetit
for food and sleep, and the worke
can 90 to bed looking forward to
bright and cheerful morrow.
Q Perhaps the most saving qualit'
that mate has is its cheapness
Q The lick grows In exuberant guam
tity in South America, and man,
D species of it grow in the United
4 States, but it remains to be seel
whether q good beverage can b.
: got out of the domestic plant. IL
: great cheapness makes It easily
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