Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-04-11

(ticed the bear in the course of his
ramble5 and thinking it was an ami
mate creature sought to subdue it. He
may have been an old bsar fighter or
| not but he managed to obtain d good
Ilhold on the animal and shortly both
were sprawled ca the sidewalk. Me
wressle bear" he exclaimed land
sometime throw bear and sometime
bear throw me-" Evidently one or the
other had been the case.
| A DRAWING CARD. The colored
| boys of Fort Grant have q base ball
team organized and it has been sug-
gested that it take tour. including
such points in the territory as Bisbee,
| Tucson, Phoenix and Congress. The
games could be, arranged in such
manner that each town visited would
bear its portion of the expense, which
| by that method would be considerably
Heightened. There is no doubt as to the
ability Of the soldiers to play ball, and
they would be an exceptionally good
drawing card for another reason.
| They belong to the Tenth cavalry and
probably all of them were present at
the engagement in Cuba where the CO..
ored regiment rendered such unde
niable assistance to the Rough Riders.
THE PLANET SATURN. Men are
now at work en- the shaft of the Planet
Saturn mine in Fools Gulch. 1t is
the intention to sink a shaft so that it
will be 1 900 feet deep. whence a tun-
mel will be drifted 100 feet at the
base. Since the mine has been re-
opened it has been growing richer
with each increase of depth. A ten
stamp mill has been ordered and air
compressor drills will be used. The
present working is an experiment and
the mills will be used for the same pur-
pose. The property was once aban
doned but was reclaimed ard it is
thought that by a new process of
treating the ore it viii prove very sue
cessful There is a plentiful supply of
water on hand and if the present test
ing of the sulphide ores proves salts
factory a large number of stamps will
be in operation.
IS TEA INJURIOUS? Henry H.
Wakeman stopped a few hours in
Phoenix yesterday He is en- route to
lately returned from d trip to China.
He has for a number of years been in
terested in importing teas from that
country, but he has observed in recent
years that China tea is losing prestige.
The India-Ceylon teas are fast gaining
favor in foreign markets and they
are now making strong competition.
While they do not compare with the
excellence of the finer grades of China
teas, they are to a large extent sup
planting the cheaper grades, and large
quantities are being used for mixing
purposes. On account CT the hign
import duties at present, shippers into
the United States usually handle a
low grade of tea in order to realize
any profit whatever when the tea is
sold in the American market. The
people will not pay more for their
tcas than they have been accustomed
tc, and at times Of high tax they pre-
fer a lower grade of tea to an increase
in price One thing which has caused
the increase of popularity for India
Ceylon tea has been the almost unlim-
tied amount OF advertising done for
it, while China tea has stood
entirely uDOn its merits, Mr. Wake
man was asked his opinion as to what
extent, if any, tea was injurious to the
human system. He said that he did
rot feel competent to reply. That was
a matter of individual opinion. Yet
he had noticed one thing in particular
which would tend to show that tea
was certainly not very injurious. He
cited England ard ether large tsa con
sUnling countries where ne people
are healthy and do not nOticc3b-y suf-
fer from the use of tea.