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Tea Culture in South Carolina.
E. Mo Hattan la Macon Telegraph.
We have been taught to look
wpon South Carolina as rather be
hind the times in many things —
Ser conventions and traditions as
hard to give up—but in one res
pect at least she is far ahead of
all the, rest of the United States,
and that is in tea culture; and it
has been proved not only that tea
earn bo raised here but that it can
bd done at a profit. Tlie most in
teresting exhibit at the exposition
now going on in Charleston is that
from the Shepard Tea Gardens of
Pinelmrst, S. C. In the Woman’s
Buildiug (which is by the way
the most interesting building in
the grounds) is a charming nook
•tailed the tea parlor and there
while one is resting one may be
served with as fine a cup of tea as
Min be had anywhere in tho world.
The tea parlor is made for tho ve
randa of, the old colonial home
that lias boen converted into the
Woman’s Building. It is glassed
»u and prettily furnished with ta
bles, chairs, and various dainty
plauts, among them some fine
specimens of the t» a plant which
look not unlike the cape jessa
mine bush,having much the same
leaf, but a much more delicate
flower. While one is enjoying a
cup of the fragrant tea, one can'
lie interested by a view of some
cabinets filled withjohurming bits
el old china and silver, but as
relics like the poor, are always,
with u», I turned my attention
w*ore„to tho tea, ns something
novel and learned something of it
which may be of interest to others
as well as to myself. The first
experiment in tea culture in this
great U. S. of ours was started by
a French botanist as early as 1800,
at Middleton Barony, which is
some ten miles from the present
tea garden, Pinelmrst, and Pine-
hurst I am told is about twenty
miles from Charleston, The
Frenchman's name was Miohous.
Many unsuccessful attempts fol
lowed this Frenchman’s, notably
one by Mr. Junius Smith of
Oreenville, S. 0., in 1848. In
1858 and 1859 tea seed were dis
tributed by the government to
the various Southern States, but
the war followed so soon that
nothing came of it. Again in
1880. the experiment was tried but
a combination of adverse circum
stances brought this again to no
results. Local experiments were
again started on a small scale
about ten years ago. The pres
ent tea garden of Some 00 acres,
owned by Dr. Charles U. Shepard
is the result, and the annual crop
has developed from 100 pounds
to 6,000 of dry tea. This is about
•100 pounds to tho acre which is
more than tho crop of the Chinese
Japanese, and nearly equal to
tihat of India and Ceylon. This
proves that the tea plant can be
successfully cultivated iu our
country, but it was not proved
♦ill Feb, 14, 1899. When the
mercury fell to zero and below
that it was shown that it could
ftiand without harm intense oold.
There seems no adequate reason
uow why tea should not be oultivat
fttdin our .Southern States in large
amounts and quite as good as that
imported. The extra cost of la
bor here is offset by no duty and
in many instances by the use of
machinery in place of personal
labor. The picking of the loaves
is the most expensive part and
this can be done by women and
children as well as by skilled la-?
bar. at a comparatively low figure.
The demand for American tea
Is ev.on now beyond the supply.
Three teas are made at Pinehurst;
the black, the green and English
breakfast, all prepared from the
Dame plant but by different pro
cess: of curing and drying. The
black tea sells at 80 cents a pound
and is quite as good as many of
the .imported brands at $1.00 and
$1.25; This tea has a fine deli
cate' flavor, a most beautiful color
.and delightful'perfume, in fact a
treat to any tea lover. Dr. Shep
ard lias devoted many years of
hard .work to his tea culture, and
|p him are due many thanks by
the people and; the government
for opening up such a. fine fipld
for our Southern .states and' lie
shrou.ld prove a leader for many to
follow. The New York
and again make mention of
tea.industry of the South
mt in -the South itself there
xe ? few who seem to know
><•» I • •• . *>v, .*
of it outside of the Caroli
na??, and I (ini sure they would
find pleasure and profit by look
ing into the matter. I am in
debted to the courteous ladies of
the tea rooms in the Woman’s
Building for much of my infor
mation and to “The Interlude,”
the exposition paper, for my fig
ures, and I am pleased to com
mend the Carolina tea to my
Georgia and other friends.
Odd Bits of Information.
With a population of 4,780,000
the Argentina Republic possesses
just 5,081,000 horses. It is the
only country in the word that has
a horse for every inhabitant.
A profitable experiment has
been made in growing chestnuts
on land which is too thin for agri
cultural use. One hundred thous
and young trees were grafted with
the larger European chestnuts.
Norway’s population is the
smallest in Europe, compared
with her area. Each of her in
habitants could have 40 acres of
land, while the Briton would have
to be content with less than an
acre.
Francis Joseph, of Austria, now
71 years old, has been on the
throne 52 years, and so holds the
record for length of reign. King
Christian of Denmark is 82, but
has boen on the throne only 87
years.
According to the Pall Mall Ga
zette, th*o British workingman haB
almost abandoned his clay pipe
and shag in favor of the two-pen
ny packet of cigarettes, with a
portrait of a favorite actress or
khaka-clad general given.
In Turkestan every wedding en
gagement begins with the pay
ment of a substantial considera
tion to the girl’s parents. If the
girl jilts her lover the engagement
gift lias to be returned, unless the
parents have another daughter to
give as a substitute.
That English agriculture as a
food-producing agenqy is now al
most a thing of the past, appears
evident from the fact that of the
82,000,000 quarters of wheat con
sumed annually in the British
Isle4, no less than 24,000,000
quarters come from abroad, for
which nearly £40,000,000 is paid.
The Kid *a7ove Kid.
The average kid glove, accord
ing to those who should know, is
not made of kid at all,but of goat
or lamb skin. The kids from which
the real kid gloves are. made are
nurtured and cared for almost as
carefully as race horses. Most of
them are reared in a mountainous
distriot of France. The kids are
nourished on milk alone and are
never allowed to eat grass, as that
would coarsen the skin. The kid
is kept in a pen, where he can re
ceive no scratch or bruise. They
are thus kept, as it were, in cot
ton wool until the age when the
skin is of most value. They are
th^n carefully killed and the skin
dressed with the utmost skill.
Sheep, deer and colts are also
pressed into service for so-called
kid and dogskin gloves.—Ex.
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Moody and the Questionable Book.
Some one asked the late Dwight
L. Moody if he had read a certain
book. He replied: “No; I be
lieve there is poison in it. At
least I have heard so on good au
thority.” The friend said: “But
wouldn’t it be well for you to read
it for yourself?” “No,” said Mr.
Moody. “If I take poison in my
stomach, the doctor has to come
with a stomach pump to take it
out. Why should I take, poison
in my mind? I might never be
able to get it out.’’Margaret Bot
tomed n Ladies’ Home Journal.
IPracticaly Starving 1 .
After using a few bottles of Ko-
dol Dyspepsia Cure my wife re
ceived jierfect and permanent re
lief from a severe and chronic
case of stomach trouble, “saysJ.
R. Holly, real estate, insurance
and loan agent, of Macomb, 111;
“Before using Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure she could not eat an ordina
ry meal without intense suffering.
She is- now. entirely cured^...Sev-
eraj -physicians jiiid many'reme
dies had failed to give relief.’’
papers'j You don’t have to diet. Eat apy
gopd food you want, but don’t
overload the stomch. Kodol
Dysp’epsia Cure will always digest
it for you. Holtzclaw’s Drugstore.
The Care of Flour.
Flour should be kept with the
greatest care, as it absorbs odors
from things about it almost as eas
ily as does milk or butter. As it
also becomes heavy and moldy in a
damp place, it should be kept where
weather changes will not affect it.
The lightness and dryness of flour
have a great deal to do with the su
perior quality of the bread and cake
made from it. When flour is stored
in barrels, a low swinging or sta
tionary shelf that will raise the bar
rels a few inches from the floor will
be ‘.’mind a sensible device. Such
an arrangement will allow the air
lo circulate freely about the flour,
thus preventing it from becoming
moldy in the bottom of the barrel.
A kitchen chamber heated slightly
by means of the chimnev or stove
pipe is an ideal, place for storing
flour.
Four Dojlar Bills.
The circulation of sheets of four
one dollar bills as an advertisement
by George W. Driver, a restaurant
man of Washington, has led to ac
tion by the treasurer of the United
States, forbidding the further issue
of bills in an uncut form to any one.
Prior to the Christmas holidays
Driver, it is said, advertised that he
would during the holidays give as
change to his customers “new four
dollar notes.” The card was a draw
ing one, and tho host was besieged
with demands l’or the new bill.
Many people thought the advertise
ment was a hoax, but were surprised
to find that he had kept his word by
issuing sheets containing four one
dollar notes.
Washing In the Philippines.
An American sojourner in the
Philippines says in a recent letter to
friends at home: “I want to go
home. I want some washing done.
To show you how had I send you
under separate cover a handkerchief
and collar just back from the laun
dry. Take the handkerchief out
and bury it and save the collar as a v
souvenir. They don’t protend to
et the dirt out of your clothes here.
" ey take them down to the river,
hard water and partly salt, souse
them in, take them out, lay them
on boards and with stones bat them
fjill of holes and pound the buttons
off. Then they smooth them out
vrjth a plank.”
Chronic Diarrhoea*
Mr. C. B. Wingfield, of Fair
Play, Mo., who suffered from
chronic dysentery for thirty-five
years, says Chamberlain’s Colic,
Cholera aud Diarrhoea Remedy
did him more good than any oth
er medicine he had ever used.
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