Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1895 — Where They Drink No Cold Water. [ARTICLE]

Where They Drink No Cold Water.

The Chinese are hardly ever seen to drink cold water. Not that they drink it on the sly, but that they prefer it boiling hot and mixed with a little tea. There is a good and sufficient reason for this preference, for the cities, towns and villages in the Flowery Band are kept in such a dirty state that the wells, rivers and other sources of supply cannot escape being more or less spoiled. It is only fair to the “heathen Chinee” to add that, as a rule, he drinks little intoxicating liquor.