Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-28

Summerville. has been prosecuting re-
searches, however, into the subject in a
very practical manner, and has proven
beyond any doubt that the higher grades Of
tea can be produced at a substantial profit
TO the grower anywhere below the 3Jth de-
gree of latitude. He has several small plan
tations of an acre each. that are coming
along timely. The trees are OF a hybrid va
fiety, which was obtained by crossing the
native India plant with that of the Chires
He sold good deal of 1t last year in the
north for 50 cents pound, and has found
that the cost OF picking a pound of cured
tea is about 70 cents, and that this ex-
pense can be very largely reduced when the
tea is raised on large scale and ma
chinery. Is introduced in preparing 1t for
market. Prof. Massey Of the North Car
olina state Agriculture College has also
been very successful in tea-raising expert
ments. and many of the farmers of North
and South Carolina have started small tea
plantations and are giving the subject a
great deal of attention. Low-grade teas
cannot be raised by us. however, on ac-
count of the high price of labor but the
better variety of American teas will short
ly, am sure. become familiar with the tea
drinkers of this country and find high IA
among them according to my way of think
ing The tea have tasted which was made
from the plants grown in South Carolina is
OF more delicate flavor than any Of
the imported articles l have ever tasted
TINS opinion is generally shared. too. by
the other persons VINO have had the op-
portunity to prepare the two articles"
SMALLPOX or any other contagious dis
ease stands mighty poor show of getting
a foothold in Milwaukee" said Henry
Ringold Of that progressive western city at
the Riggs House this morning Some months
ago the authorities introduced a fumigat-
ing plan into the health department and
adopted comprehensive system designed
to prevent the spread of infectious disease
nnTahlvC lie
quarters that sickness of a dangerous char
acter exists at any point in the CITY, the
van is driven up to the patients house and
then begins an operation that Is enough to
drive every disease germ. and the people of
the immediate neighborhood as well. deaf
dumb, blind and crazy. The first thing
they do is TO remove the patient to a hos
pital. Then everything that has come in
contact with him, such as his clothes bed
cling, and so forth, Is burned. The sick
room is then visited, and its walls are
moistened with water. Then a great big
pan of rolled sulphur is placed in The center
of the apartment and set on fire. The door
Is shut, and for six hours that SULPHUR IL
allowed to bum. The fumes of the chemi-
cal coming into contact with the moisture
on. the walls forms a sort of a sulphuric
acid that is warranted to send bacilli into
kingdom come in considerably less than a
jifry. Every room in the house is trea ted
in the same way, the family being shifted
from one apartment to the other and all
movable articles that will not be injured
by heat are carried ont to the van A
large part of this vehicle is devoted to a
boiler. and running from it are steam pipes
which give an immense heat. The articles
brought out, such as boots, shoes, floor
mops, and things of that sort. are then
put in the center of these steam coils and
treated to vapor bath Of bichloride of
mercury dissolved in about a thousand
times its volume of water. And the opera
ton dom: stop here. For fourteen days
afterwards policemen guard the house and
see that no germs get out. l suppose that
is the reason they stay there, because long
before the fumigating process is completed
the inmates of the building under treat
n ent have either become suifocated or
sioped for more convenient atmosphere
But it's the western way to do things thor
oughly. and all of us who are not liable TO
get the smallpox or some other contagious
sickness regard our fumigating van as
very fine Institution indeed"