The Deadly Tea.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 84, 12 March 1885, Page 4

The Deadly Tea.

; W. IVfattieu'Wiilidms', m a series ; of" articles on food and cookery m lynowledge, has finally come to tea, a^id there hd hit&all civilized people m a tender spot. In 1 truth, the scleptin'c view of \vha6 ought to be , eaten,' and how it should be' prepared, is so at variance with what we do e,aj, aiid^tl^e.m'inner'of its pr^jiaratid"n{ that Srie is led' to; hiarvfcl' that tliere is sound di'gegti6h s ''6V i; fo(i unitojjmpd stoniaoh m; 'all civilization. As m's£l&: r br lFadt/ ! ill' view 'tif^the startling' reve'atip'^s'ks tdlße deadly • character o? 6\i'r : idrjstotiiaf'jr foods, it |isto be wondered at ; that' we are not 'an : extinct race. According to' 'Air. ' jlVllftiins; oi'dlV'the- 'life-shiJrte'hmg, brain-destroying Ur'tM'es" -which man is using, tea is one of the mdsi Kfc(angerous, rfis'tructliv'c'aiM ab'a'dl^T^ns Fs the infusib J a r '^iilcn' v Cibbie l r ! Uposjtrophizes m fervefrfr words': (li ! ,thou soft, : 'M6 > u'¥aie; : fHolV v s6^eiVaiid ivenerable liqpid';' thdii' " : female itongue - running, 1 "srhile;-i's«ldthjng, heart-opening, wjnk-tippiihg dtfvdiai, to whose I ' glorious' irisinidity' T -owe Jthe li^'eit ; iribmetllfW-tijyriffe, let .me faW prostrate." '' Norms'? Cibber |the only writer, ,wlio has invoked jpanegryic'to"a*Jd 'in* caressing adj miration of this " cup which cheers, ibut nqti inebriates ;"" literature is m Jterspe^sea-wk'nclaud&tidni's H^)the j bowl over^wHchTair women gossip, ; whose existence is far greater than .' t|ie,far.e.3 96 qiviiiza^ion,{^whose . ( hw j spiratiqn chejprs. ( j^be^ souls .Jof the •millions of China, ' and carries j wannls tiirmrgh ill pditibhlf Hf Iftie I f^P^en of Siberia and . Rus:SJfrr.' l ,;io!- 4 T.-. "•/■'•'] '■'■:': i\' r ''''- * i ■ t -. IH Thq active principles,, of tea is a: f^cr-ysfc^iiinp alkaloid,,, t tjje theme a | .donypoujid belonging, to, -the same] class as gt^ychiir^ev^nd. a 'number of ?siniilar.yegetabk,pois.pns,'"» This is 4^ v charapterrof,theudririk which is served ; at least jonoe'lai day on every | kabli-'foii civilization';: That .which | delicate' womeri by the million sip% I a' deadly alkaloid of the sarne^elass j as strycHuirieva' triihg 'so' deidfy-' that:] the mere mention* 6f its name sends! I a^sjWrjdder.. through jthe . lisjtett^r asj woild-tWe "sudden) appearance ofj! some hideous reptibi-Jii^The '^'essen-j ! tM a^Eitm of i t^ i is p to'wa'ste ! tile sys-! tern, or consume foocl* by "promoting i vital action .which" it does not supt p.or ( t: y and | .worse .than this is the '* wliite, I .' a '^deadly ,ppisqp, , wil^prp^ucje jthje, sa&ej eftect, .ojiift^e .huma>i • system'^ as" tje^,: (i tsatj -is', 1 it, -like; te^v. checks, ; 'jttej wastje^pfj tissue,i and Jias.-the, c#ec|jjjfp. f jna]y M'food. appear , tp.igo furthejr.? I , fJt |ie i writeq takes.. vp ■'< the iriatter Idf „ tea 1 ''stimulation;) a 1 nd shows it; acts the! 'Same as : tb ( bacc6, ; 4he >■'' betej-nutj h ! a!she.e / sh m Certain 'quantities,^ and ' "varibils 'dth'dr producers of Exaltation | ■ aU ( ttrwhich ; j Mi\ ' Williattis lamps' to; gether under the head ofi : vicei drug 5,,,,,,,, "~ / ... w ... . I