The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-05-14
WATER AS A BEVERAGE.
Flattest After an Apple and Coolest
After Peppermint Drop.

fiattsst After an Apple ana Goolesr
After Peppermint Drop.
water is the fine It drink in the
world" said the epicure in little
things, but not every one knows how
to get the most enjoyment out Of
drinking it.
For instance, water should never be
drunk Immediately after an apple has
been eaten, for as 4 beverage it then
has taste more fiat and insipid than
as if it had been taken from a cold
teakettle.
"On the other hand, there Is nothing
to my mind that makes water taste
more cool and refreshing mot counting
actual thirst than to eat peppermint
drop before taking a drink of It,
And, while peppermint stands at the
head, drink of water Is particularly
and noticeably good after any wafer
or lozenge Popcorn, on the other
hand, takes all the animation out of
subsequent swallow of water
"Nor do bread and water go well to-
gether. The water takes the sweetness
out Of the bread, and the bread takes
the livelness out of the water and
makes it fiat beyond degree.
1.-The tyrant who first hit upon bread
and water as a prison fare of punish
ment knew his business.
1.-The enjoyment of drink of water
varies, too, with what you drink it
from. You would not offer to a sick
person drink of water in a cup, but
rather in glass, the thinner the bet
| ter The fact that the water itself in
all its limpid clearness is present to
the sense of sight stimulates an expec
tation that is gratified along with the
sense of taste.
Il have frequently observed men
about to drink some other beverage
than water, and 1t appears to be Il
very common habit with them to re
gard the liquid steadily for some sec
onds before swallowing it, often hold
ing it on a level with their eyes in
order to see it as clearly as possible.
Surely this lesson should not be lost
upon the man who knows that there is
no drink like water While you are
drinking 1t enjoy it.
"For my own part, l like water from
big tin dipper even better than from
thin tumbler, but best Of all drink
| ing dishes for me is newly made
birch bark Upper, all the better If l
| have made it myself.
dip a full dipper from the center
! of the bubbling spring, take look to
see how limpil it is against the clean
yellow freshness of the dripping dip
per. put your lips to the water itself
and then take one of the sweetest gifts
the gods provide. Brooklyn Citizen.
Newspaper Day" In England.
March IL ought to be named news
paper day" for on it. in the year 1902,
was published the first daily paper. 1t
was produced by E. Mallet, against
the ditch at Fleet BRIDGE. e., on or
near the site of the present Printing
House square. OF single page, two
columns, the Daily Courant protested
to give foreign news only, without edi-
torial comments, the chief of staff
"supposing other people to have sense
| enough to make reflections for them
| selves" This original sheet soon pass
| ed into the hands of Samuel Buckley,
Eat the sign of the Dolphin in Little
Britain the worthy printer of the
Spectator and one "well affected" to
the house of Hanover. The Courant
was In 1735 absorbed in the Daily Ga
zette.-London Chronicle.