Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-25
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A GENUINE Cup OF TEA you ever re-.
turn home from a journey, cold, wet and weary,
and unexpected. after tea was over and the tea
leaves elected from the silver? Bright eyes
olistenea with delight atthe sight Of you-per-
haps more than one pair, and silver voice
names the magic word Tea" Out of2sone
dozen of these instances did it ever happen to
you-when the tea had been made Tor you,
aone-to partake a cup whose delicious ira.
grancs had dwelt ever after on your palate,
like vision of paradise and OF which you have
sometimes difficulty OF persuadlng yourself
thatit was not all a dream :? Such an instance
once occurred to me, not after journey, but
At a dining out. | left the animals at their
accustomed wine, and followed on the track OF
the girls, some of whom were 80 full of charms
that, had Hebe fallen sick, they might have
sunpied her place at the board OF Jove with
ont the fair nectar. bearer being missed. A
hermetically- sealed canister was brought con-
tanning single pound not leaden canister,
but one of tin, not block tin, either, but the
pure metal-thin, white, glittering and crack
finp. Talk of the charms Of an uncut novel,
indeed! Give me the opening of such VIZ
gin case pure as it left China 1t was not
green tea it was not black tea; neither too
young nor too old not unpleasing with astrln-
gence, on the one hand, nor with the Vapld,
half earthly taste Of decayed vegetable matter,
on the other; it was tea in its most perfect
state, full charged with aroma, which, when it
was opened diffused it's fragrance through the
whole apartment, putting all other perfumes
to shame. i's:5t@.
About an ounce was then rubbed to powder
by my fair Hebe, and deposited in its broad,
shallow, silver receiver, with just cold water
enough to saturate it. After standing twenty
minutes hot water, off the boil, as it is tech
nicalIy called-that is, tree from ebulltlon-
was poured on it,, amounting IN quantity TO
three-quarters of pint, and the nd was closely
shut down on it, while the cylindrical shaped
tea cup was placed on the spout to catch the
aroma thence issuing. AT the expiration OF
minute it was poured out what Deautlfut
hand it was aud the rich giobules OF essen.
tal oil might be seen floating on the surface
"a perfect treasure of deig bit. A small por-ll
ton Of Alderney cream was instantly added TO-
sufficient of the brilliant, large crystalized
sugar to neutralzee the slight bitter On,
heavens to sip that most exquisite cup oi de-
light was bliss almost too great tor earth. "A
thousand years of rapture all concentrated IN
to the space of minute, as 1t the joys OF all
the world had been SKINNED for my peculiar
drinking [ should rather say imbibing, for
to have swallowed that liquid like an ordinary
beverage, without tasting every drop, would
have been sacrilege. Il Leigh Hunt.
"REpoRTED" IMPROVEMENTS. Cooper &
Yarnell, builders, Of Philadelphia, are now
erecting a hotel at Kane, near Erie, Pa, in
which thick, strong paper is used to form the
walls and ceilings in lieu Of ath and plaster
the paper being put upon backing Of com.
mon hemlock boarding. By this new and i'm
proved method all the walls and ceilings Of a
good.sized house can be put up in very short
time, and as we'll 10 the winter time as in sum.
mer, no drying being required. Besides the
paper walls and ceilings are much cheaper than
the lath and plaster. Another improvement
has been introduced to supersede the paper
walls and ceilings, viz: Panels or wainscoting
made of fbrous slabs or composition boards,
composed of fibre mixed with clay, cement, or
plaster of Paris, or other similar substance,
and rosin, size, Oh other adhesive matter, the
sheets being passed under hot, calendar rolls,
whereby the materials are compressed together
in solid form, and the sheets present hard,
smooth, finished surface. The fbrous slabs
are made to tit close together, the whole being
covered with ornamental wall paper. The
6brous slabs are about one-sXth OF an inch in
thickness, and the fibre used being cheap cane
fibre, disintegrated by the explosive force OF
steam, the new material is estimated to cost
not more than $40 per ton. The fbrous slabs
are offered at less than half the price, OF lath
and plaster per square yard, and the following
additional advantages are claimed tor this new
material: The fbrous slabs keep out heat and
cold much better than lath and plaster, and
make house perfectly dry. The slabs are
fastened directly upon the studding; therefore,
no backing of wood being required, and the
6brous slabs not being combustible, the floors,
walls and ceilings will not be tire conductors,
US the ordinary walls and ceilings now are, and
houses built on this new principle will be prac
sically fire proof IN. 7. Tribune. IS III
Mr.. GEORGE PEABODY PRESENTED TO THE
POPE "A letter from Rome Of the 29th ulti-
mo says:-The Pope has always large num-
Der Of applicants for audiences about this sea-
SOD, but he seldom has to receive individuals
With such claims to public gratitude as Mr..
George Peabody, who, with the Hon. r. G.
Winthrop, was presented to hrs Holiness last
week by Mr.. Hooper, late Secretary OF The
United States Legation. I'll. q. ooa
The Pope was fully aware OF the character