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Show IF YOU WILLDrtlNK TEA. I n.ni'l Init.lt.- To.. Mnt-li nr Yon Will KulTar from 1 1. "Moderation I the beat temperance; temperance I the best diet, and diet la the beet doctor." Some nuthorltlM , Inaltt that tea B a mott potent de- (itroycr of Hie digestive organ, while other Inaltt thnt It la comparatively harmless If taken In moderation, and that It I only In oxeepttonal canes that It haa thl Injurious effect. Hut the majority ot phyalclana nnd aclentltt nrc unanlmou In ronreOIng that tho action of tea, If ued habitually In largo quantities, la more or lea Injurloua to tho ncrvon )tcm, for tho theln, which la the organic line! of tea, la a potent nenlnc, nnd mnny can not uto It without Injury to Ihemtolvo. Number Num-ber of people nro dytpeptlc nnd nervous nerv-ous from tho continued tite of tea. Tea la ronttlpntlng, tho aatrlngent matter It contain dlmlnlahlng the nctlon ot tho bowel. It I thought, nlto, that Ihe kidney excretion are tllghtly affected, af-fected, but thlt not potltliely known jet. Tho evil reaultlng from conatl-pntlon conatl-pntlon are so numcrou nml well known that It certainly It ndvleablo to carefully careful-ly eontlder Hit condition beforo Indulging In-dulging largely In ten-drlnklng. Dr. Kilwnrd Smith of Indiana eay: "In reference to nutrition, ten Increase watte, tlnco It promotes the trnntfor-matlon trnntfor-matlon of food, without auppljlng nutriment, nu-triment, nnd Increase tho lot ot hoal without supplying foo.l,"athereforc. he think, tea ihonld only bo taken after n full meal. Thero I no doubt thai the action of ten I tlmutatlng In It effect. It Increatea the action of tht heart and the arterlea, and furnttlie a tranatcnt Inrrrnte of vital energy, but It It not nutrlthe. and tho very fad that among tho poorer clatirs iho addition ad-dition of a nip of ten to an otherwlte meager diet makes ll palatable It misleading, mis-leading, for whlto It allnwa one to Ilvt on leu food for a time, tho result. ooner or Inter, mutt bo Injurious." Dr. Chambers anya: ".Much 111 health arltet from the custom ot sluicing themtehes with ten" This III health probably remit, however, from lack of nutritious food, for, whllo a cup or two of tea with toast will apparently furnish n satlafactory meal, Uiere Is 1 no real nutrition In iuch a meal, and a I tho stimulating effect of tho tea wear 1 off, a weaknet due to lack ot food If I felt. St. Louis I'ott-Dlapatcb, I |