Identifier: independen89v90newy (find matches)
Title: The Independent
Year: 1849 (1840s)
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Publisher: New York : S.W. Benedict
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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iritual blessing that has been bestowed upon them, the blessing of peace of mind. YERBA MATE IN such books of South American life as Whites El Supremo and Hudsons The Purple Land mate drinking fills as much space as beer drinking in stories of Germany or tea drinking in stories of Japan. These rapturous descriptions of the unfamiliar beverage arouse the readers thirst, and if he is not satisfied with printers in ink he may seek to buy a sample at his grocers. He is likely to be disappointed, for the cup—or rather the gourd—thatcheers but does not inebriate the southern half of the hemisphere is almost unknown in the northern. There are, however, a few enterprizing dealers who handle yerba mate, tho—shame on them—they put it in Oriental packages withthe picture of a pagoda on one side and a geisha girl onthe other. This gives the impression that yerba mate or so-calledParaguayan tea is a surreptitious substitute for tea instead of a rival, having, indeed, some points of superiority
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ftv, Dritrn to, Thr Independent by W. C. Mnrri* •WE MUST PAY WITH OUR BODIES FOR OUR SOULS DESIRE—THEODORE ROOSEVELT 274 THE INDEPENDENT May 12, 1917 over either tea or coffee. It contains less than a tenth as much tannin as tea and 2.5 per cent of the alkaloid, thein or caffein, in place of the 4.5 or more in tea. It is therefore less hard on the stomach and less likely to form a habit than is common tea or coffee. A free bulletin of the Pan-American Union of Washington describes the method of preparation. As its name implies—yerba mate, the gourd-herb—is steeped in a gourd and the South American custom is to suck it thru a silver tube or bombilla, but a teapot and teaspoon do just as well. The beverage is agreeable to most people at first taste, tho some dislike the smoky flavor, which comes from drying the leaves over open fires. Anyway, it is worth trying, and it costs only 25 cents per halfpound package. Drink America first. THE NICARAGUA CASE THE Colombia case is still before C

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