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THE SUNNY SOUTH
NOVEMBER 12, 1901
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The Sunny South la the oldest weekly paper of Literature,
Romanes, Fadt and Fldtlon In the South & It la now re*
Jlored to the original shape and wilt be published as for*
merty every week ^ Founded In IS74 It grew until ISO9,
when, aa a monthly, Ita form waa changed as an expert*
to pronounce on the absolute availability of the
serum, although the fraternity is perceptibly en
couraged even by the present progress.
While the predominant sentiment of the physi
cians favor the efficacy and advisability of vacci
nation, a few have expressed themselves as dubious
regarding both. These claim that in some in
stances the use of the virus has failed to afford
protection, and that in others its application has
! been followed by such passing and permanent dis-
! orders as justify the search for a substitute. It
has been shown that this unfavorable action of the
virus has largely been due to impurities which are
becoming less and less frequent as its production is
placed under stricter surveillance. This does not
satisfy some doctors, however, and a few people
in affected localities where compulsory vaccination
is resorted to. Even in this section it will be re
membered that vaccination crusades have invaria
bly been attended by more or less friction and un
pleasantness between the authorities and people
who, foolishly or otherwise, objected to the pre.
ventive process.
Even should an anti-smallpox serum be perfect-
ment SP It now returns to its original formation aa a j e d it is doubtful if tile old System will be completely
tng ita moat promising period In the past.
&/>e Umbrella Output
weekly with renewed vigor and the intention of ectips* i discarded. The vast majority of people would pre-
OMEONE has estimated the
American production of
umbrellas for 1904 at 15.-
000,000. If he has erred in
his prediction the number
is too small. Few pur
chasers of this universal
necessity appreciate the
size of the umbrella indus
try. The public can never
be said to be adequately
supplied with umbrellas.
No article of either Amer
ican or foreign manufac
ture is so apt to be lost, strayed or stolen
at just the time one wants it most.
The season of stormy days is here, when
it is the custom of individuals through
out the civilized world to take an In
ventory of their respective stock of um
brellas. With each succeeding rain thou
sands of umbrellas leave the city sales
rooms and the rural business centers
alike. With an eye ever upon this de
mand. the manufacturer and his em
ployees have been at work lo! these many
months. Men have been cutting the raw
material and assembling the frames.
Women have been hemming the covers.
Along' the Highway
By FRANK L. STANTON
J
TOIL AND TROUBLE.
I.
Toil and trouble—so they say:
Well, let Trouble have his way—
Sow with cruel thorns the soil:
We shall tire him with the toil!
Will he seek to v/ound us?—Let him!
In a sweet song we’ll forget him!
II.
Toil and trouble!—But the years
Scatter sunlight through our tears;
Soon th6 shadow-vales are past,
And the toil brings rest at last.
Trouble?—In the dark we’ll set him —
Say “Goodbye,”—and then forget him;
SELF-SACRIFICE.
Keep your thorns from her, O, Rose!
When her lips you win!
Here’s a breast
Where they may rest—
A heart to hide them in!
THE MAN’S AFTERTHOUGHT.
A man decided to fight the Devi!
with fire. He fought all day long;
but when darkness fell, the Devil sat
serene and smiling.
“I wonder,” said the man, as he
walked away disconsolate, “why it
never occurred to me to turn the hosd
on him!”
Is Spanish ‘Bullfighting
Boomed?
j ter the uncertain dangers of the mild sickness fol- j unitlng the covera and frames and put
| lowing vaccination to the doubtful administration j ting on the finishing touches. The en-
| of a serum once the disease had obtained a hold on ! tire w °rk is done with great rapidity.
! the system. On similar principles, few parents j “ Umbra ” th « word for “shade.”
NOT A FABLE.
A man, half-starved, was given a
crust of bread; whereupon he thank
ed God, and shouted “Halleliua!” so
loud that the neighbors crowded
! round him to know what had happen
ed.
Afterwards, walking in a deserted
field, the Man found a large pot of
gold, but made no outcry at all.
“Why,” said one of his neighbors,
“are you not the Man that thanked
t -.- i It was for shade that the earliest um-
have such blind faith in anti-diphtheritic serum as ( brellas were used Accordins to our en .
to refuse a measure of prevention should a safe one cyclopedias umbrellas figured in
EWS of a surprising nature comes I be offered them; and few men or women would ex- sculpture w««- k of Egypt, Ninevah and
from Madrid, the home and hotbed j pose themselves to a rabid animal, banking on the j “quit^^ten^ive^
of bull fighting. It seems that the l subsequent use of the Pasteur treatment to ward j bbt not until about 300 or 400 years ago
THE BROADER VISION.
Many astronomers are firm be
lievers in a Hereafter—humble
Christians, in fact. Many physicians
are not. And this recalls a little
story of an astronomer and physician,
who lived in .the same house.
“How comes it,” asked the doctor,
“you have so much faith in a future
state?”
“It’s this way,” replied the astro
nomer: "You send people on the way,
V V institute of social reforms, a body
of considerable local prestige, re
cently voted to ratify the abolition
of Sunday bull fighting in Spain by
a ballot of 13 to 8. Mass meetings
are said to be scheduled in other
cities to follow in the footsteps of
the reformers in Madrid. When it
is understood that the most san
guinary chapters in this brutal
sport arc enacted on Sundays it
will be seen that the expression of
sentiment above noted means the first step in its
absolute suppression. While the news of this con
templated reform will be very welcome to the
world at large, it means infinitely more for Spain.
As long as the primitive lust for blood continues
to express itself in this gross form it presents a
svmptom of barbarity and lack of finer civilization
fatal to any hopes the better element of the nation
might entertain for its emergence from the deca
dence of such long duration. Now that the most
representative class of the people have taken a pos
itive stand against the continuance of these de-
-•-ading spectacles, it is not difficult to foresee a na-
al awakening which will do much to restore
'ountrv its lost prestige.
work of reform will, necessarily, be slow.
off hydrophobia.
The Day of the Mechan
ical Typewriter
was it introduced Into England and then
■ only as a shade from the sun or as a
mark of royalty. And even when um-
! brellas became quite common among
! women men did not carry them. Today
j in Enf/and, like in tho United States,
the making of umbrellas is an enormous
God for a crust of bread and startled ! an< l I se where they re going!
the hills with your ‘haileluia?’ ” ,
“My friend,” said the* Mar,, “you t
are mistaken—I never spoke above a
whisper in my life!”
A SONG OF LOVE’S JOY.
Repui> 1 i cans Over-
whelmingly Victorious
All previous records in presidential con
tests have been broken overwhelmingly in
the result of Tuesday's election. Presi
dent Roosevelt being given a plurality of
210 votes in electoral college, should the
returns remain as now estimated. I „
only support accorded Alton B. Parker
was that of the solid south. Even this
support appears to be diluted by the pos-
President Roosevelt.
Golden treasure—let it be:
Enter, I.ove, and dwell with
PROVERBS OF THE HIGHWAY.
I.ots of folks never stop to think
that while they’re painting the devil;
black they’re getting a good deal of i
soot on their own garments.
If some of us had the wings of anj Go](] hftt b t a dyi g , ea m;-
angel our chief concern woVd be- Love>s the joy _ th “ heaven-
just how much we could get for the
Wherefore should I seek to hold ... ,.
In my hands Life’s dusty gold, ; Bible defection of Missouri, 1
When, without, iu storm anu night., ' een votes, although at this hour tm
Love stands—longing for the light? j a bare possibility- that the state m. ■
| saved to the democratic column. The
election of Folk, the reformer-demm ua;
as governor of Missouri, is gener
ally conceded, even though tie -—
gweet goes to the republicans in 11 -■ ■ i
II.
I Industry, and England is also an exporter ) feathers at a millinery store.
f of her wares in this line, while in earlier j We never know how to appreciate
'I is announced in all seriousness that j times Tier own supply was made by hand I the violets of the valleys ’till Fame
shadows round
a certain resourceful inventor whose
name, for some reason, is withheld,
has devised a machine which will
entirely supplant the man and wom
an stenographer. In other words,
whenever the business man desires
to answer his correspondence he
will talk his mail into a simple-look-
dream !
Though the
gloom,
In the. dark a star will bloom
Fame and riches—let them be:
Enter, Love, and dwell with me!
in Inc^a or Spain. The factory-made I gives us for a pillow the cold rocks
umbrella is said to date back a little j of the hill.
more than 200 years, so it can readily j Happiness consists in whistling nn
be appreciated that this article, with i the life-road and imagining you
which we are now so familiar and which j have a front, seat at. the opera.
can be bought for such a small sum. Is j If we had a Jacob’s Ladder to; his “ Elegv .- (He didn’t have to pay
leally a modern invention as far as its heaven, faith would induce some oft house rent during that timet
practical and extensive use i s concerned. ; us to hold back and wait for an elc- 1 - g ’
METHODS OF MANUFACTURE. ivator.
tional election. Faithful Maryland, i\
v.Sjthe republicans had admitted a do b
: state, swings into the republican cola
' to’ a slight majority, and the homo ~
MODERN LITERARY NOTES.
Gray was seven years perfecting
department of the machine. The
last half century of scientific mira-
A hat factory does not manufacture ; Again, dear brethren, happiness is
ing mouthpiece and the letter will i either the felt or the straw from which j not always ahead of us: We some-
emerge readv-written from another iia i s are made. This is true of many j times look back, and zee it in the
lines of Industry with reference to the i places whore we forget to shout “Ha!
raw materials, not least of which is the G e l ,na -
cles has educated the American j u ™ breI!as - The cloth from
. mind SO that it IS staggered at noth- j umbrella factory proper in huge rolls,
mg however far-fetched and seemingly impossible. ; The steel ribs are usuaiiv made in fac-
This latest announcement, though, is calculated to ! lories which do nothin s else. At the um-
test our credulity to the utmost. In fact, we are ! brel,a factory thc cloth is arranged
not going too far when we venture the assertion
that the inventor has let his dreams get away with
his reason and that he will shortly awake to the
nturies bull fighting has been the chief j disillusioning fact. For who ever saw or conceived
lent of the people, high and low born, and it \ a machine outside the realms of fiction, which
he expected that they will turn from it in ; could spell and write and think independently of
So thoroughly is it a part of the life of the human agency? And that is exactly what the new
that it figures prominently in the literature mechanical typewriter will have to do, if it meets j T he goods next go to a number of
;ountry. But with those in authority thor- : the qualities claimed for it. i siris who are engaged m operating hem-
awakened to the manner in which its con- ! What is more plausible is that this particular in- j min s' machines, which often attain a
;e handicaps Spain with other nations, and , ventor has arranged a method whereby the busi- j ^nute^ n no^unu’s^i for^n'expe*
robaolv the influence of thc church support- j ness ma n, talking his correspondence into a phono- j rien^d operator %t one of these mi-
le'movement, it should in the course of a com- j g ra ph cylinder, takes the latter out and mails it to j chirks to turn out i,zoo yards a day of
ivelv short time be brought to a successful ! j-,j s correspondent, when the latter is able to re
produce exactly the vocal substance of the letter
j dictated, perhaps, a thousand miles away. This
New Cure for Smallpoxl arran & ement however, is by no means new. It
A LIFE NOTE.
Ah, me! Life gives no warning
To the reel bloom, of the blight:
SVe only say "Good Morning,”
It is said that Tennyson spent
four years correcting four lines. (He
had a pension, and could always meet
the grocery bills.)
Shakespeare never revised any
thing. (His motto was. “We’re in a
hurry. We’re short of funds, and
we’ve got to live!")
The mountain tops are colder than
the valleys; and these days Fame
isnt.’ rich enough to afford an over-
Then, weeping, moan, “Goodnight.’’ ! coat.
the desired lengths and widths upon a
splitting tabic preparatory to being cut
and is held down tightly by weights. A
thickness of seventy-five or more, piles is
not unusual. Into this the workman j
places a. loug-bladed knife with a wonder- :
fully sharp edge. This knife, guided part
ly by a slot in the table beneatli and part
ly by the skillful hand of the worKnran, ;
rapidly accomplishes the desired result, j
Tea Culture; Its Possibilities
In the South
Senator Fairbanks.
hemmed goods. When the hemming work
has been accomplished tho goods must
again be. cut, this time Into triangular
pieces, the number of separate pieces de
pending uoon the number of ribs in tho
i, . • i j i . • i umbrella. In cutting these pieces a knife
I has been tried in its various phases and found im- j is used as before , toget her with a pattern I
HYSICIANS who fmd certain objec- j practical anu hopelessly expensive. \ of the desired size.
tions to the oresent svstem of vac- When the dav of the real mechanical tvpewriter i As before stated, the ribs come to the :
present svstem arrives the death-tael! of no, only the ^ 1
cination to prevent smallpox are
greatly interested in the announce
ment of Dr. Adolph Mignault, of
North Adams, Mass., that he has
discovered a successful way of ad
ministering a serum which has
proven to be a specific for the dis
ease.
1 infusion is sucked through a lube, often
| made o>f silver, with a perforated bulb
! or strain &t the lower end. In native
f assemblies the cup is passed from hand
Professor Councilman, of j the bookkeeper, the salesman, the all around clerk, | and fastened, after which the usual
Harvard, who has made an exhaus- | the engineer, largely the day laborer and even the ; breiia ferrule is put m place
I . . . * e i ^ -i j: —..i Before the covers and the frames are
site, as popularly supposed, the
way was open for investigations looking to its sup
pression. Within a short time Dr. Alfred E. Smith,
of Brownsville, Pa., claimed to have devised a se
rum which met every requirement, but his demon
strations were not especially convincing. Dr. Mig-
stenogra-
pher, but of a large portion of the human race, j Nowadays wood is seldom used for the | from an Infusion of the leaves of the
will have been sounded. For to perform its offices I^ain rod of of the umbrella, but instead tca plant- Alkaloids form an essential
it will indispensably possess memory, education, I “£££,wi^CS’tmtXfin 1 ‘^red.ent m many of the foods used by-
comprehension, initiative and reasoning power— j one hand the requisite number of ribs. : tllft human race. Tho system crav
attributes heretofore solelv confined to human- A tiny wire is inserted in the little holes i them, and must have them to be k<’
c, lr u a mechanical marvel will sunersede ! ln one end of the r,bs and the y are i a healthful condition,
bucll a mecnamcai mart U Mill -upe . I drawn together closely about fne rod i Here - then> is th0 reason for thc se-
um- i lection of certain plants to furnish a
j food drink. Tea, coffee, chocolate, Par
aguay tea. Or mate, all contain the same
kind.
IN TWO PARTS—PART I
By HELEN HARCOURT.
Written for Cbe Sunny South
E9IDES tho various sub
stances furnished by veg
etables which constitute
food and nourishment of
man, there arc others
which advancing civiliza
tion first considered as
luxuries, but which have
now become so rooted a
habit as to be regarded
as every day enjoyments,
and a matter of course.
Among these subslances j since it was introduced into Europe. The
is the liquids obtained | new beverage met with the same oppo-
i sition accorded to most new things, not
I only by the ignorant masses, but by those
i whose education should have taught them
j to reject nothing withoutdue investiga tion.
'A great outcry was raised against tea.
tept in j yi an y W ere the ingenious speculations
started and circulated regarding the in-
of Henry Gassaway Davis, tho ciein •• i
: vice presidential nominee, has been ■
lured by the republicans by an appr
! mate majority of 5.000 ballots.
With the exception of Massachus-
ferred, being less in the nature of a j balance of the ticket republican, and
stimulant. j Colorado, where Alvah Adams, democrat,
Tho tea par excellence, with which we ; defeats Peabody for governor, the rep . -
are all familiar is the Thea sinensis of j jicans made a clean sweep of the eotiTi
Linnaeus or the Camellia theifera, of jtry. President Roosevelt, in an announ < -
other bontanists. "While it was known to , -pent immediately following- the com eg.
the Chinese at a very early period, it j
has been but a little over two centuries
tive study of the smallpox germ, higher grades of employmnt demanding lmagina-
having announced that it was due tion, judgment and foresight.
Briefly, its appearance will usher in thc day of
the automaton and it is not difficult to imagine the
race reduced to a few abnormally intelligent be
ings, charged with the task of directing an infinite
number o*f machines scarcely less intelligent. It
reminds us of the whimsical prophecy of a new
York physician to the effect that we were fast ap
nault prosecuted his investigations further and ! preaching the legless age. Each hypothesis is sup-
publisbes the positive cure of a malignant type of i ported by about the same sort of logic-gone-ma ,
the disease bv a carefully outlined use of the serum, j and shows ^ what lengths and depths American
Since his conclusions cover only a single instance j inventive genius has affected some ot its own \o
there vet remains much work before it is possible taries.
united the triangular pieces of cloth. 1 kind of alkaloid that is needed by the
heretofore described, are sewed together, ! human system. It is a remarkable thing
and this work Is also done by the power- ! t' lat this fact has been recognized from
the earfiest periods
Our Trade With Japan Growing Rapidly
NTFED STATES Consul
General E. C. Bellows a:
Yokohama, Japan, in a re
port to the department of
commerce and labor, pays:
"Complaints of dullness in
trade, owing to uncertain
ty regarding wa.r pros
pects were general last
fall and during the early
winter but the actual be
ginning of hostilities In
February was tho signal
for renewed activity along
many linos, and the total commerce for
the first six months of 1904 amounted to
SI 59,410.068 44. a gain of SI4.0I0.229.52.
or 0 1-2 per cent, over that ot the cor
responding period in SSC3.
W r hile it* la true that tho importation
of war material has contributed consid
erably to this result and to that extent
the •showing does not represent a natural
permanent growth or the commerce of
the country, still there waa a marked In
crease Independent of war purchases. In
experts, which the existenee of war could
not affect unless adversely, the gain over
last year waa 9 per oent.
“It is noticeable that tla» important ar
ticles in which the gain is greatest are
mostly such as are used in the produc
tion of other aticle*, indicating the de
velopment ot domestic Industries rather
than increases 'use of foreign luxuries.
GAIN IN RAW COTTON EXPORTS.
•Thue the Importation of cotton, raw
In the seeds, almost doubled, while that
o-f cotton cloth and cotton yam de
creased.; the importation of wool nearly
trebled, but that of most kinds of woolen
ulooh fell off; more pulp for making paper
was Imported than during the corre
sponding period of 1903, but less print
ing paper and less other paper; the Im
portation of bides and Skins nearly dou
bled and that of sole leather and other
factured leather goods were not import- [ the gains are noticeably in manufactured
, ir, ' goods as distinguished from raw mate-
ed in sufficient quanities to bo named In j 3 agrJcul f ur;U products. The ln-
thc statistics of 'trade; there was an In- j crease ln the expor ts of cotton tissues
crease ln the importation of m03t kinds j . g espec j a uy remarkable, and a local
of Iron goods except tails and fittings of j newspaper reports that three cotton mill
rail, but tho greatest gain ln iron, both , compan j es ba ve ordered an aggregate of
absolutely and relatively, was in pig and j | 685 weaving looms in anticipation of
ingot iron; the imports of phosphatic ma- j f artber growth in the Chinese demand
leather increased M per cent, J»iK manu-
nure for the purpose of promoting ■ i - |
larger yield ot agricultural products, in- i
creased from l!,S33 tons during thc first j
half of 1903 to 28.793 tons during the i
first half of 1904.
“The principal articles of which the
Importation has been directly affected by
the war are coal and wheat flour, pur
chases of the former increased from 48,-
665 tons in the first six months of 1903
to 382,755 tons during the same period
in 1904; those of wheat flour from 42,-
815 to 67,772 tons. This great advance
in the amount of coal imported was not
due to an insufficient home supply, since
during the same months In which Japan
imported 332.755 tons she exported more
•than 1,500,000 tons of a different grade
from that purchased.
“The United States, which have had
almost a monopoly of the trade ln wheat
hour, profited most by the Increased use
of this commodity, though both British
America and Australia multiplies their
former quota many times. A native
newspaper is authority for the state-
j menu that Japanese millers find it profit
able to mix American flour with the
product of their mills, thus securing a
better grade. Although the United States
have benefited greatly by the war pur
chases, the percentage of Increase in
value of the importations from the Unit
ed States is not so great as the percent
age of gain in all the imports into Ja
pan, being only a small fraction more
than 7 per cent.
A study of the exports from Japan
during the first half of 1904 and 1903,
respectively, discloses further evidence
of advance in manufacturing industry.
With the exception of a Sew articles
for these goods.
SEEK CHINESE COMMERCE.
“An association is being organized by
the Chamber of Commerce oi several
Japanese cities for the promotion of
trade with China by means of commer
cial museums. An effort will be made
to Induce the Japanese government to
erect suitable buildings in China and
rent them to thc association for the dis
play of Japanese goods. The idea did
rot originate with them, for similar ex
hibitions of mercantile goods have been
made here by European countries, but
the plan which they have outlined for
acquainting thc Chinese with the merits
of Japanese wares is more complete and
systematic than anything which ha»
teen done by other nations in Japan.
"The advisability of American mer
chants establishing show rooms of this
kind in Oriental cities has before been
urged in these reports.
“Since July. 1903. the exports of specie
and bullion have exceeded the imports
each month except Cctober. During the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, tho
net amount withdrawn from the country
was $38,268,252.85. The sum will more
than counterbalance the excess of im
ports of specie and bullion whlcn oafl
occurred during some time previous, and
in the absence of any important native
production will leave the volume of spe
cie currency in the country at a lower
ebb than it had reached for several
years. However, there Is no evidence of
loss of confidence ’In the financial system
and the bankers report that the situation
shows no symptoms of danger.”
ful sewing machines. The covers are
then brought to the tables, where girls
work at sewing them on, one set of op
erators being employed to sew the soveii
about the rod of the umbrella and an
other to attach the cover to tho ribs,
there often being twenty-five or thirty
places where the cover must be thus
attached. The number depends, of
course, chiefly upon the number of ribs
in tho umbrella. The handle is next
put in place and nicely glued. Women
continue the work upon the modern um
brella by pressing it with a heavy Iron,
| as shown in another photograph, after
which it goes to the inspector and then
to the girls who roll it tightly and who
place a cover therein.
PRICES OF RAIN PROTECTORS.
It is well known by most people that
an umbrella can be purchased nowadays
as low as 50 cents. A very durable um
brella can be had for $1.50 or even less.
Many thousands of umbrellas bring as
high as $100 each. Of course, it is the
rich that buy umbrellas of this latter fig
ure. The price of an umbrella Is depend
ent upon several things. In the first
Place, the quality of the cloth 1# impor
tant. Secondly, the quality of the mate
rial in the handle is considered. In the
third place, the work upon the designs—
thc carving, engraving or the like—upon
the handle may make several dollars' dif
ference in the total cost of the umbrella.
A fourth consideration is the embroidered
design which may be worked upon the
cover. The kinds Sf material used in
the handles is so varied that it would re
quire a good-sized paragraph to enumer
ate them all. The majority of umbrellas
used in this country have handles or
wood. In the better grades gold an«*
silver predominate. Bone of various
kinds is used quite extensively and like
wise ivory.
One umbrella is equipped with a tiny
push button at the handle. Press the
button, and the umbrella at once raises
itself. This is but one of a uumber of
novel feature of some of the modern um
brellas, and there will be more of them
within the near futurS. There are um
brellas which can be folded In such a
manner that one may carry them ln a
bag while traveling. The.se modern in
ventions are especially entertaining to
the old folks, who well remember the
day when not only the umbrella rod was
of wood, for that was not so very long
ago, but also when the ribs were of
whalebone.
SWEET REVENGE.
(From The Boston Transcript.)
Aunt Hannah—Have you told any one
of your engagement to Mr. Sweetser?
Edith—No. I haven't told a soul, ex
cept Bessie Miller, who thought he was
going to aak her.
of history, and by
nations so widely dispersed over the
globe, so remote from each other, that
they could not possibly have learned the
use of these, plants from each otheiT The
discovery of the value and attributes of
these plants must have come from an
instinctive knowledge, in those eariy
ages, much such an instinct as forms
the guide of lowor animals than man.
So, in modern times, different nations
have chosen the self-same plants for
their favorite beverages. Germany,
Great Britain, Russia, the United States,
Canada, China and Japan, are great tea
drinkers. Coffee is the favorite drink
; of France. Sweden, Germany and Tur-
kep. Spain. Italy and Central Amer
ica prefer chocolate. In Arabia and ad
joining countries ooffee is the principal
diet. In China, tea has been for ages
the universal drink of all classes, quality
being the only distinction. In South
America, Paraguay tca, or mate, is as
expensively used as the tea of China is
with us of the United States. Nor is
this an Imitation of the teas of other
countries. It was found to be in general
use among the natives, when the Portu
guese conquered Brazil, and is now the
fashionable beverage among the Euio-
peans of South America, as wen as
among the native population.
NATURAL TO SOUTH.
This Paraguay tea is a holly, and as
the holly is natural to the forests of
the south, this tea plant should do as
4ell here as in tho wilds of Paraguay.
Corn, cotton, tobacco grow gtid'c by-
side with this hardy tea plant. The
south has the former three, why not
the fourth plant also? Let us take a
closer glance at this mate, or yerbe, as
it is called in its native country, that
is “the herb par excellence.” Ilex Par-
aguayensls is Its botanical name, and,
as we have said it is a holly, of the
natural order Aquifoliaeea. The plant
grows wild, yet permission to gather the
leaves must be obtained from the gov
ernment. Certain merchants pay well
for the privilege, and they hold a monop
oly of the manufacture of mate. A few
years ago the quantity exported front
Faraguay alone amounted to nearly s'x
millien pounds. As mate Is drank by
fhe people, not only at every meal, but
at every* hour of the day. as we drink
water, it may readily be seen how great
must be the production of mate con
sumed in addition to the export named.
The dried leaves of the Paraguay tea
plant, and especially the liquid made
from them, are called mate, from the cup
or vessel in which they are infused. The
smaller leaves /and twigs of the plant
are used as well as the perfect leaves.
They are first powdered, and then boil
ing water is poured on them. A lump
of burned sugar and sometimes a few
drops of lemon juice are added. The
siduous and baneful efforts of tea on :
the human constitution. The origin, or ;
at least the increased dangers of many }
diseases was laid at its door. Nor did .
these foolish alarmists pa*use to con- |
sider that men and women had known j
disease and death before the dreaded leaf
had ever crossed the ocean, and no less (
than they have done since then. Yet
doubtless many do owe to this very leaf 1
more comfort In their lives than they* j
would have had without it- Experience I
has shown that while the excessive use !
of tea may be injurious in some cases, 1
yet its general effect on the health and
habits of the people at large Is rather
i beneficial than otherwise. In Great
j Britain alone over 80,000.000 pounds of
! tea are consumed annually. Its impor-
! tation employs a large capital and many
ships, and it has become in many coun
tries one of the most important articles
of commerce. So important is its rank
as an article of food, that its rise and
fall in price is anxiously watched by
even the poorer classes.
Tea was first brought to Europe by
the Dutch East India Company, in the
year 1610. It was first mentioned by a
native of Britain in a letter dated June
27, 1615, and written by a M r . Wick
ham, who calls it chaw, which was his
rendering of the Chinese name teha.
This letter is preserved as a curiosity
in the records of the East India com
pany. In the year 1666 a small quan
tity was brought to England from Hol
land by Lord Arlington -nnd Lord Osso-
ry. From this time it became gradual
ly known to the wealthy lords and com
moners in the shape of occasional pres
ents of small package of tea from the
Indies.
These packages of tea were brought
front China and were enormously- dear,
often bringing as much as $50 a pound,
and never selling for less than $25. In
1657 a rather large consignment fell
into the hands of one of the merchant
princes of London, one Thomas Garway.
He established a house for selling the
prepared beverage, and that house, un
der the name of Garway's Coffee House.
Is still ln existence. It was the estbu-
lishment of this house, and the example
it set that led parliament, in 1660, to
levy a tax of 8 pence on every gallon
sold at t'he coffee house.
In Pep.v’s Diary, under date of Septem
ber 25, 1651. is found the entry, as of
■something worth writing about, "I did
send for a cup of tea (a Chinese drink),
of which I had never drunk before."
Six years later this Chinese drink had
found its way into Fepy’s own house
hold as witness this entry in his diarv-
Judge Alton B. Parker.
sion of his election, expresses his
elation of the wholesale support o' ■ 1
country, and declares his intention of re
tiring to private life at the expirati n ol
his new term. No statement has '
made by Judge Parker, although •■ '
expected shortly.
Talk concerning the reorganization of
the democratic party is plentir 1.
those best posted do not believe il,
Home. Found my wife making tea, 'a I
drink which Mr. Pelling. the potticary
tells her is good for h&r cold.” It 1
about this time that the East India com
pany ordered of one of its agents in
China “one hundredweight of goode tey ”
to be sent to England on speculation
It presented to the king I pound and 3
ounces, and so highly wa s the tea bv
this time esteemed that the gift was
thought to be a fitting one from the
great company to its sovereign. It was
then selling for 60 shillings a pound.
ITS GREAT VOGUE.
At the present time, tea is used as a
beverage by not less than 500.000.000
people. So great Is the consumption in
its native countries, China and Japan,
that it is alleged Its price would thero
Senator H. G. Davis.
finite steps in this direction will be take,
fop some weeks. The democratic pree?
generally, expresses chagrin, of course.
at such crushing defeat, but holds out
hope for future success under a compact
party organization.
Following is an approximate roll of the
electoral vote by states, corrected up to
the hour of going to press:
CONTINUED ON LAST PAGE.
JARRED HIM.
Mrs. Henpeck—This paper says that
married women live longer than single
ones.
Mr. eHnpeck—Heavens, woman! Can t
j you think o£ something pleasant to talk
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to hand, the same cup. and often the 'which elected W. L Douglas, demo. > at.
same tube, serving for the entire com- ! governor , and Minnesota, which ei d
pany. Mate contains less theine than 1 . . . , . ... .
. . , , . , j Johnston, a democrat, governor wita t •*
the Chinese tea. and by some is 'pre-1 »
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