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TEA IN ENGLAND.

The introduction of tea into Eng
land; has affected a great change in
the bibulous habits of the people. In
the time Of the Tudors, beer was the
universal beverage, and was drunk at
every meal, and all along between
meals. Queen Elizabeth died with
out having ever tasted the delicious
flavor Of Young Hyson or Bohea for
tea; was: not known in her dominions
for,some dozen years. Who knows
what osoftening influence. upon the
Virgin Queens imperious temper
|:"the cup which cheers but net inebri-
ates": might have had. Had she
washed down her roasts and broils of
beef and mutton with frequent Oolong
or Imperial Moyune, she might have
grown suave and gentle, at least at
three periods each day, and melted in
to the tender, genial, gossipy mood
induced by the soothing powers of a
decoction of tea.
The earliest testimony to the ap-
pearance Of tea in England is found
in the records Of the East India Com
:pany, June q, 1915. From this
time it gradually came into use among
the wealthy citizens of London. At
first it came to market in small lots,
bringing exhorbitant prices. Some
times it sold for $50 per pound, and
never for less than $25. In 1857, a
large consignment Of tea fell into the
hands of MI. Thomas Garway, a
prosperous London merchant, who
straightway set up house for selling
the. luxury. To this day "Garway's
Coffee House" is a popular establish
ment in London. High duties were
levied on the drink made from tea,
from 1860 to 1889 and, after the lat
ter date, upon the raw article. These
have been gradually reduced since
1888 to Sd per round-the present
rate in England.
- 1t is estimated that the British
people now consume nearly 4 pounds
Of tea per head per annum. Thus, as
Matthew Arnold puts it, John Bar
leycorn is being over come by John
Chinaman. During the last century,
the: draft of malt liquor in England
has declined one-half, and the con-
sumption of tea has increased in pro-
portion.
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any VI my AOif1eo oH "essAueooeS Oe
come visibleto her, for I feel in my
own mind their recoil Of selfoontempt,
and I know that she perceives them
before can. But her eye never
changes her lip never curls. I only
know that l have been fool by the:
deeper glow Of q smile when I turn
toward her, Or the rare caress granted
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mirth thorns that pierced while they
cracked; forgetfulness whose price
was decency, delicacy, and self:ree:
spect! I, perhaps, resisted as long IS
any one of my comrades the degrade
tion Of giving way to these tempta:
tions. but at length I too fell.
One night in October the last hope
of my firm gave way. We were help
lessl : bankrupt ;; every thing gone
without redress 4 That night I went
to the Club :! drank; for f tie! ssiakee sikei Of
ii: drowning n iii PAST; present., and future !;
drank till I ceased to be'a man and
became "a q b, beast; TIL I WIS was' foreedo to
be carried hone in 1an opFpoftdiinSe FE tiiS car,
and dragged into MY ~; dusty, desohh,
lun6aafired bedroom j; dropped upons iI IS ny
Isbed;;;' undrsssed blyI' tic rude hanDdss 81
"a cohtsmptdious servant 7 ,tt and lsft in
The dead yittuupoor of drqnki9!ihi sleep,
careless if T woke ii ii heaven, 81 he'll,
+ But at length I aid IA, awake s sao The
sun If, a iate@ October f:'iIaiaa aIfatefh6dn
tstreained into tie half: rtsi5ed Win
dow lily head throb obbea WITH sIi paih saii
and weak shame choked in my tlhiilaost
! scarce dared open my; eYes, yet i
did open them: The room q y, Nas ',,,9<k odkor !
Gus with that most spiritual scent III
breath of tea.roses q fresh and warn
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be wicked, and only made himself
|disgustiqN Gratia dropped hi NJ
when a1e could, and extinguisheds
b him 2 y, yhep he: forced himself upon
her. V MIDI .s3>}
1t was = matchmaking summer Ats
the Beach. Bsfores1is / dosao Mis-.
Ford was engaged TO i9aiuk q Clark.
Ledyard offered himself. to Manan
Hall, and Wi aIteh. ia6 fn mo eonlyhidteera- nlhteera
ton: This waalhaxp pSctsd te0alt bf
us; yet, on1eokmg 1T it ealmy,f:1s 1saf:,
ter the first amusement passed, it was
not SO strange she = was the only
woman shefewIio really lookedCup to
Leqyasd, believed in bis being agreat.
and: wicked tpoet--a high Byronic
man. 7 quite lit out Of her simple compre-
hension; Eand itwould ohave ! pleased
almost any man as much as it intoxi-
Gated our whiskery little friend to be
followed by pair: of such soft eyes.
wherever he went, or whatever he
did, with awful admiration; to have
hia i1tefan asei received as csdoracles by
the prettiest ,sea-shell ears and his
arrival hailed BY rosy signals Autter-
ing:n Hh@always garlanded with
peach blossom and pearl. Vanity was
his special masculine trait, and it.
rioted in this new field. He did not
doubt the resnlt Of his probation, and
he had nonesdto: Mr::G Gri6ng offer:
ed himself to both Ellen Bond and to
Marian; and, doubly refused, consoled
himself; BY general aailrtations. al Of an
extremely cynical and remorseless =na:
ture:; Mr. Vernon became very de-
voted %; Gratia, who troze bis passion
before It: could speak byr tie most re:
solpte haptspr; and Ellen Bond
caught hiia keAtt ''iinl tie rebound" IS
somebody 3 . 81 I 9s199s, t19. L
The season drew uear.its5cloae, and
still I doubted. One moonlight night
4 81 !! e!erly septenbef + found Graft. ST:
! :tii1}gF i} lF On tie rocks. 81 tie shore alone
sic never v,'as afraid ,h ,to 60 where She
chose, lhia "a ana IA sometimes 81 a her 5hardibood
ms mad& me anxious '5;i tor: efEo' Tonight
1 'ssaait satt d down beside her, and was wei
col coined as usual, silently; but with
SMILE Neither of us. spoke: and
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, December 9.-Genera'
George B. Williams, formerly Deputy
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue, is
here en- route for Europe, as Commits
sioner Of the imperial government of ia
pan. he is accompanied by two Japan.
ese officers of rank, Tomito and Minari,
The mission has reference to financial
aud commercial matters.
SENATE. Standing and select commit,
tees were announced. Bayard, of Della
ware, said he regretted that the majority
have not consented to allow more than
two members Of the minority on commit
tees. BE had learned informally that il
was proposed by the majority TO con
slider this subject further, and he hoped
the minority would be allowed a large
representation on the committee.
Bogy introduced a bill authorizing the
payment of duties on imports in legal
tenders and national bank notes, and by
unanimous consent addressed the Senate
ia favor of tie bill, stating that, in his
opinion, it weuld be a resumption Of
specie payment.
Morrell, of Vermont, said the measure
was one of contraction and would at
once drive from the country the little
specie we havs. The bill was referred
to the Committee on Finance.
The President sent to the Senate to-
day a very large number Of nominations,
almost all of them appointments made
during the recess. Among them are the
following: Z4chsriah Chandler, Secre-
tary Of Interior; Christian Wullweber, OF
Iowa, Minister Resident Of Ecuador;
John c. New, of Indians, Treasurer Of
United States; Curtis F. Burnhsm, Of
Kentucky, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury John Q. Smith, Of Ohio, Com
missioner Of Indian Affairs.
After the introduction of g large mum.
Der Of petitions and bills, the Senate
went into executive session, and then
adjourned until Monday.
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, December 9.-The following
eleven additional names of passengers
from the Deutschland are furnished this
morning.
First cabin-Karl Diedericb.
Second cabin-Procopi KadalkoF, Of
Russia.
Steerage-Flsrian Buerle, Bavaria;
George Dreltert or Frederet, of Albapy,
N. Y; Anna Hubner of R~eischenberg;
Wilhelm Hurge, Of Russia; Maria Steer.
nagel, Of Emdorf; E. Schuster, of Hen
kircheR; Anton Feichy, of New York;
Georgena Frank, Of Bohemia; and
Johann Gass, Of Jachingen.
1t is probable that some others are
saved and not identified on account Of
the confusion Of names in transcribing
and telegrsphing. The child of Anna
Grenoelk died on the steam tug after
leaving the wreck. Altogether about
forty Of the passengers and fifty Of the
crew are still unsccounted for. The
Deutschland will probably become a
total wreck.
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DEVELOPED BEAUTY.
MiddIe.Aged Women the Reienins
Renuffoa.

Helen Of Troy was over forty when
she perpetrated the most famous elope.
ment on record; and as the siege Of Troy
lasted q decade, she must have been
quite elderly when the in fortune of Paris
restored her to her husband, who is re-
ported TO have received her with unques.
tioning love and gratitude. Pericles
welded Aspasia when she was thirty-six,
and yet ailerward, for thirty years or
more, held an undiminished reputation
for beauty. Gle. palra was past thirty
when Antony fell under her spell, which
never lessened until her death, nearly
ten years after. Livia vas thirty.three
when she won the heart of Augustus,
over whom she maintained her ascen.
dency to the last.
The extraordinary Diana de Poictiers
was thirty-six years when Henry III of
France then Duke Of Orleans, aud Just
half her sge,) became attached to her,
aud she was held as the first lady and
most beautiful woman at court up to the
period Of the monarch's death and Of the
accession to power of Catherine of
Medicis. Anne of Austria vas thirty
eight when she was the ~handsomest
queen of Europe and when Buckingham
aud Richelieu were her jealous admirers.
Ninon de lEnelos, the most celebrated
wit and beauty of her day, was the idol
Of three generations of the golden youth
of France, and was seventy-two when
the Able de Bernis fell in love with her.
A rare combination of culture, talents
and personal attractions endowed their
possessor seemingly with the gift of
eternal youth. Blanco Capello was
thirty-eight. when the Grand Duke Fran
cisco of Florence fell captive to her
charms, and made her his wife, though
she. was FIVE years his senior. Louis
XIV welded Nine, de Maintenon when
she was forty-three Year, of age.
Catharine IL of Russia was thirty.three
when she seized the empire, and capti-
waited the dashing young 0rlof. Up to
the time of her death lat GU, she seems
to have retained the same bewitching
powers, for the lamentations wepe heart
felt among all those who had ever known
her personally. Mile Mar, the TRACE
dienne, only attained the zenith of her
beauty and power between forty and
forty.fve, wheN the loneliness of her
hands and arms especially we're celebra-
ted throughout Europe. Nine. Recamier
was ~thirty-eight when she was, without
dispute, declared to be the most beautiful
woman in Europe, which rank she held
for fifteen years.
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Further Particulars of the Lost
steamer Deutschland.

NEW YORK, December 9.-Dispatches
from London state that the first signals
Of distress sent up from the wrecked
steamer Deutschland were seen by men
of the English coastgusrd service, at G
o'clock Monday morning. Several coast
g~uardmen turned out and commenced
search for volunteers 10 90 with them in
the tugbost Liverpool, Of Harwich, and
aid them in an attempt at rescue. All
TO whom they applied refused, and they
now explain their conduct by saying they
thought it was only a collier which was
lost. Had they known that the distressed
vessel had passengers on board they
would have gone out. The sea was
rough, and Harwich is the only place on
the line Of shore without a liieboat. A
woman crazed by despair, hung herself
from the root Of the ships cabin. One
man committed suicide by cutting the
veins of his wrist. A Sweede, saved from
the wreck Of the Schiller, was drowned.
Many Of the rescued are severely frost.
bitten, and come are not expected to re.
cover, At daylight Tuesday morning
the dead bodies of Eve nuns were sean
R%oatiDg on the water.
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NV YoRK, December 9.-Buildings
Mes. l. 2. 3 aud 4 Mission Place. and
rear buildings, So and 60 Park aud $50
and l52 North streets, burned early this
morning, involving a total loss of about
$32O,O0O, mostly insured. The prinei-
pal losses are as follows: M. A. Taylor,
$500 barrow & Son, $4,000; DON
aldson Brothers, $lsO,OOO; New York
Newspaper Union, $5OOOi Dun, Barlow
& Co.. $4,000; II. S. Archer, $40, 600;
George Deboise, $40, 900. The House Of
Industry and Mission House narrowly
escaped. Several adjoining buildings
we're much damaged, mainly by water.
The buildings, like the occupants, were
insured.
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An EnglishmRn Among the Germhu
Musical critics.


An Englishman Among the GermaH
musical Critics.
Blackwood's Magazine.I
Music with them tine German people,
is q thing rather to be criticised than
enjoyed; indeed the enjoyment of it
consists in cri.icising as much as in feel
ing it. | am reminded, when | hear
them speak about it, Of Stearne's obser-
v%ations, beginning with, And how did
Garrick speak the soliloquy last night?'
the answer to which question is, "0h,
three minutes too long by a stop watch"
and so on. Of course they must feel
and love music, or they would not follow
after it as they do; but feeling seems at
last subordinated TO judgment; they will
not allow themselves to be affected until
they are satisfied that the composition
to which they listen will bear picking to
pieces. Not very long since | conversed
with a German Of high musical reputa.
tion-a man fully entitled to speak with
authority on the subject, my knowledge
of it being that of the average vagabond
Englishman. he spoke so disparagingly
Of several operas which | had been &C
customed to admire as masterpieces,
that l at length asked him what he
thought OF Italian music generally.
"0b, it is nothing"
You don't see anything to admire in
Berlini2"
mo, nothing; he is so feeble"
Verdi? Donizetti2"
There are some pretty things-but
oh, it is poorl'
well, what do you say to RossiniH'
Some merit in IL Barbiere-the rest
nothing"
Surely 'Semiramide' is 6ne2"
"0h, for a fair, but as music-no."
pray, name some composers whom
you think admirable"
Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart,
Gluck, Mendelssohn."
What" said l, lis the meaning OF
the depreciation with which Paganini is
now so often mentioned? Everybody
was enough astonished by him while he
lived"
"0h, he was. a wonderful player, but
in a peculiar line"
Peculiar, certainly. But what do
people mean by contrasting his perform
ances with what they are pleased to call
legitimate playing? What is legitimate
and what is illegitimate in playing the
violin2 If a man succeeds in producing
the sweetest tones, and executing the
most difficult passages, thereby giving a
! high degree Of pleasure to his hearers, is
his fame to be taken from him by appli-
cation Of a meaningless adjectivel'
His fame isn't taken from him" was
the answer. What real fame he got he
keeps. But he played too much for the
multitude; he was too fond Of stage
tricks. That performance on one string
was simply to make people stare; music
gained nothing by it. Then bis har-
monies, once thought so wonderful, were
to some extent the result of material
arrangement. To extract them he used
strings so fine that an ordinary yiolinist
would reject such as containing no tone.
From the novelty of his style he took
greatly for a time; but no one ever
thought it worth while to follow in his
footsteps. He founded no school,"
H%ereppon shut up, rather mortified
at having to. surrender my belief in
Paganini, but only too we'll convinced
that he is not 80 much misusel as | had
fanoied.
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General Babcock.

CHICAGO, December 9.--Lieutenant.
General Sheridan and Generals Han
cock and Terry, composing the court Of
inquiry appointed at the request Of
General Babcock to consider the ques-
tons raised in the prosecution of whisky
cases at St. Louis, affecting his reputa-
ton, met at the Palmer House at noon
to-day and decided that the court should
hold open sessions.
Major Gardiner, the Recorder, stated
that on account of the lack of witnesses
nothing could be done to-day, and court
accordingly adjourned till noon to NOR
rnw
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-09

DR.. Hall saws: Gold bed chambers
always imperil health and invite fatal
diseases. Robust persons may safely
sleep in a temperature of forty or under,
but the old, the infant or the frail, should
never sleep in a room where the temper.
AZURE is much under City degrees Of Fab
renheit. All know the danger OF going
direct into a cold from a warm room.
Very few rooms, churches, theaters and
the like, are ever warmer than seventy
degrees. If it is freezing out Of doors it
is thirty degrees-the difference being
forty degrees more. Persons will be
chilled By such a change in ten minutes,
although they may be actively walking.
But to lie still in bed, nothing to promote
the circulation, and breathe for h0S-s an
atmosphere OF forty and even fifty de-
grees, when the lungs are always ninety
eight, is too great q change. Many per-
sons wake up in the morning with in.
Illumination Of the lungs who went to bed
well, and are surprised that this should
De the case. The cause may be often
found in sleeping in a room the window
of which has been foolishly hoisted for
ventilation. The water-aure journals of
the country have done an incalculable
injury by the blind and indiscriminate
advice Of hosting the window. at night.
The rule should be everywhere during
the part of the year when fires are kept
burning to avoid hosting outside wiz
dows. 1t is safer and better to leave the
chamber door open, as also the fireplace
then there is a draft up the chimney,
while the room ia not so likely to become
cold, If there is some fire in the room
all night, the window may be opened an
inch. 1t is safer to sleep in a bad air all
night with = temperature yer fifty, than
in a pure air with a temperature under
forty. The bad air may sicken you, but
it cannot kill you, and cold air can aud
does kill very often"
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THE Presidents message when Invested
of all superiority is so clearly q bid to
the prejudices Of the country for a third
term that it will weaken rather than
strengthen bis chances. His Des Moines
speech and the Ohio election turned his
head, and we should not be surprised to
see him on the stump more frequently in
future. The message was much Of it, no
doubt suggested If not written by politi-
cal advisers, who themselves have sue
ceeded by the arts Of demagoguery.
Grant has undertaken to NEEDLE in
things which do rot eoncern him, but
belong exclusively TO the States.
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The President,s sIessore.

Special Dispatch to the Courier-Jou-nal.l
WASHINGTON, December There is
more curiosity on the part of Congress
TO hear Grants message as a third term
bid than any desire on either side to re-
spect its recommendations. The i'm.
preston produced by its reading to-day
was generally unfavorable. II is quite
safe to say that not one Of his leading
recommendations will be adopted BY
Congress, and it is even doubtful
whether a single one can pass the SEN
ate. The document was very long, and
members looked horribly bored. A good
many Of them we're out Of their places,
and others who appeared to be listening
said that they had not been attending
to it.
The part about public schools and the
taxation Of church property is viewed as
az attempt TO take the wind out of Mr..
Blaine's sails, who has lately suggested
an amendment intended to take the
question out Of politics. Republicans
admit that the proposal to tax the church
property will be very unpopular. Dem
ocrstic members make the point that the
question Of taxing church property ia
one that belongs to the State and mum.
cipsl governments. And they say that
Grant knows nothing Of the distinctions
between, Federal and State authority.
The financial suggestion, looking to con-
traction and resumption, will not be "a
Yorably received by the Democrats.
The document is much and sharply
criticised. 1t is thought that it will not
help the third.term project. 1t will not
be long before speeches will be made rip.
ping up the message in both Houses Of
Congress.
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A French veterinarian mas announced
an accidental discovery Of great import
ance. He says that while noting the
fact that the "toot and mouth disease
seemed invariably to spare cattle affected
with COW pox, ~vaccinated a number of
oxe as a preventive measure, with the
result that mot one of the twenty-five
beasts successfully inoculated has, up to
the present time, shown any sign of foot
and month disease, although living
among animals largely infected with il"
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DETROIT, December "a Tribun,
Adrian, Michigan, special reports Asa
W Kennedy, a well-known stock drover
IS having arrived from Buffalo last nigh:
with $4,000, proceeds Of cattle sold. BE
vas robbed Of the entire aspognt on his
way home, two miles west Of the toyn,
and was seriously injured by the high.
waymen.
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The Republicans In the Senate have
displayed themselves 10 a very contempt
IDLE light in leaving only two places for
Democrats on the Finance Committee,
while on all other committees Of nine
there are three. Senators Bayard, Of
Delaware, and Herman, Of New York, 6ll
these places. 1t has always been the usage
of parties in the majority to accord the
minority its proportionste number Of
members on all the committees. The
Senate is composed Of AZ Republicans
20. Democrats and 2 Independents-one
seat contested-total "A. While the
Democrats and their allies are numeri.
cally three-fourths as strong as the Re-
publicsns, they are allowed less than
one-fourth a representation on the most
important committee in the Senate.
These sort of chickens sometimes come
home TO roost.
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In all Grants elaborate message not a
word is said about the whisky frauds and
other rings which have depleted the
national treasury Of millions Of dollars
de could think Of everything else but
the corruptions which are rank aud
fostering under his very nose. No allu.
n 70 made to the efforts Of Secretary
bristow to expose corruption and bring
down thieves from high places. Perhsp,
1t is too fresh in bis mind that Mcdonald
paid him a social visit and that they rod,
out behind s'fne team on Pennsylvania
avenue, while high state %oficials awaited
the President at the White House
These exposures have been made in ID,
house of his friends and boon com
panions, and his conscience, it he hal
one, must smite him when he hears tba.
enc BY n they are brought down Low
and sent to a felon's cell. Not a wort
does be utter in behalf of an honest an,
economical administration Of govern
ment, or reform in sny branch Of III
government. There has been too muc
reform already to suit some Of Ii
party. and be is silent.