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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
Tea Handled by Machinery.

The effort of the Department of Ag-
riculture for sometime has been to
find means for providing food for the
Army and Navy which could be pre-.
pared in such way as to save space.
Tablet form naturally suggested itself
to them and it is now believed by the
government officials that the tea tab
lets will ill the requirements not only
of the general government but those
of general merchandise and family use.
An important feature in connection
with compression of tea into tablet
form which should be considered of
prime Importance Is that modern ma
chinery takes the place of the ancient
manual operations of the Chinese. OF
course, y great advantage of the ma.
chine in the tea industry Is reduction
in the price of labor, but a more i'm
portant item is the elimination, as far
as possible, of human contact. By ties.
timony of travellers in the Orient 1t
is stated that the tea factories of that
section are as rule anything but
Clearly, the result of the herding to-
gether of so many people-not very
clean or healthy people-in cramped
and often very hot workshops. The
tea tablets as prepared by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, are made from the
tea after it has been dried and rolled.
1t is then put through boiling proc
ess after which 1t is placed in small
moulds about the size Of cent, where
by means of great force, it is com.
pressed into small tablets. The op
GRAFTON of the machinery is so perfect
and so rapid that the leaves can be
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
Death.
1G r. MI


I am a microbe of vast and fearful power.
My name is Death, where e'er I'm found.
float through the air and sink
into the vitals of the sons of men:
The youth in joyous spring of life;
The man, mature in years and strength;
The new born babe and she
Who watches tenderly his breath OF
life:
The coyish maiden, and the sage
OF tottering steps and silver locks;
All alike grow faint and listless,
Weak and wan, and sink at last
To their eternal rest, beneath my e.-1ce.
Quietly at first l work, mid jest and
But not niOEe surely does the sun sink low
belinda
The western hills
Than 1 make felt my power
Through eyeryAfimb and fibre OF my VIC
TINS frameA
IT'S said that he laughs best who laugheth
last;
And laugh last. ysaL many million time
AS perceive my victim gaze with hollow,
vacant stare
And note his breath come short, and
gasp and-cease.
Hal Ha! Another triumph Of my prowessi
And now. float away to murder once
again
To snatch some maiden from her lovers
arms;
To strike a youth. his mothers all:
Ceaseless my work. know not pity.
Greedy am I, and each one whom slay
adds fuel to my greed
So do ! live and reap my harvest day by
day Of Death.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

interest in the United States. A hun
bred years ago the first tea plant was
introduced at Middleton Barony on the
Ashley River near Charleston, S. G.
Mr.. Junius Smith in the forties made
experiments in tea culture at Green
vile, S. G. and in the fifties the Uni
ted States Government collected in
Asia and distributed tea seed by the
Patent Office through the south Allan
tic and Gulf states, which later gave
rise to many thrifty little gardens
capable of supplying all domestic
wants. While these experiments prove
the adaptability of the tea plant to the
United States they did not prove the
possibility of lucrative industrial un-
dertaking. The United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture, however, in the
last quarter of the 10Th century un-
dertook an investigation along this lat
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

water power, against the unique and
unnecessarily elaborate functions of the
Chinese manipulation. On the up-to.
date British tea estate almost the whole
process of tea making from the trans.
portation of the plucked leaf from the
gardens to the factory, to the final
boxing of the finished product, is per-
formed by machinery. With all this
machinery, however, it is necessary
that two processes must be performed
by human hands-the plucking of the
leaf from the bushes and the cutting
out of inferior leaf or accidental ad.
mixtures such as stems, straws, ETC.,
from the finished product.
The intense activity in the tea In
dustry of other lands awakened like
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

people Of the United States are aware
that tea is grown in this country. AS
matter of fact, however, this coun.
try not only raises tea but produces
an article, said by experts, to be of
higher grade than imported tea and
which has no equal for cup qualities.
For years there has been a gigan.
tic struggle between British and Chi.
nese tea growers for supremacy in
the worlds tea trade. The most i'm
portant feature of this struggle has
been the substitution by the British
of modern and specially constructed
machinery in place of the ancient man.
ual operations which the Chinese seem
to envelop in mystery. Labor in In.
dia, while cheap, was not cheap enough
to accomplish the overthrow of the
Chinese producers and leave margin
of profit. The conflict between the
rivals thus settled down to a trial of
watch, thermometer, and steam or
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
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o. ufure Presents
Tablet
TEA pAIsING IN THE UNITED
Guy ELLIOTT MITCHELL.
The Department Of Agriculture Presents American
Tea in Tablet Form,

The Department Of Agriculture has
been making some experiments, which
from present results seem to promise
a revolution in the method of pack
ing and preparing tea. The usual
method adopted by tea raisers here
tofore has been quite crude in that. the
dried tea leaves were merely slowed
in loose and bulky package. The
effort Of the Department of Agriculture
is to furnish pure tea in a most con-
venient form and in a manner to pro-
tect the leaves from losing any of
their strength through exposure to
the air. This has resulted in a meth
cd Of COMPRISING the leaves into tab
let's, each of sufficient size to make a
delicious cup of tea What would or
dinarily make big package of tea
can by this unique method be placed
in a space about the size of a safety
match box. Another significant feature
Of the experiment is that the tea used
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

in these tablets Is not imported, but
on the other hand, i3 grown at the
experimental tea gardens Of the De
partment of Agriculture at Summer
vile, S. G. A few weeks ago DR.. B. T.
Galloway, chief of the Bureau of Plant
Industry received a large box of sam
pie packages from Summerville.
Each box of compressed tea contains
twenty tablets about the size of cent,
but probably twice as thick. The
various kinds of tea such as Oolong,
American Breakfast, black and green,
etc, are all prepared. in tablet form
ranging from sepia to dark green in
color. The tablets as heretofore stated
are made from tea grown at the Pine
hurst tea gardens Summerville, S. G.
and contain the purest of leaves
thought to be unsurpassed by any i'm.
ported tea. The tablet form is accom-
plished by compression with machin-
cry. The directions furnished for us
ing the tablets are as follows:
Drop one tablet in teapot for each
boiled water, and after allowing 1t to
stand four minutes, stir gently, strain,
and serve. If made in the cup, use one
tablet Tea will Immediately settle to
the bottom of the cup, then strain the
liquor into another cup, ard sugar and
cream as desired"
While it is explained by officials of
the Department that this new form of
tablet does not improve the favor or
taste of the tea, the chief value lies
in the fact that the product occupies
less space. A pound package of or
binary tea, it is stated, would occupy
about twenty-five times as much room
as one of these little packages of TWEEN.
ty tea tablets prepared by the Agri.
cultural Department.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
A Perfect Example.

A lawyer whose mouth was extra
ordinarily large, had on the witness
stand Southern backwoodsman. The
witness had replied to a question that
1T was a ron-possibility" Quoth the
lawyer: "'A non-possibility'? Now
will you tell this court and this jury
what you mean by a non-possibility?
Give us an example" WELL" said
the witness, 81 think it 'u'd be a nom
possibility to make your mouf emmy
bigger widout settin' your years furder
back"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
The American Tea Garden.

The Pinehurst gardens embrace al
present about 80 acres of tea plants
in various stages of advancement and
produce from a considerable variety
of seed over 10000 pounds of dry tea
annually. The original seed for the
! Pinehurst tea gardens was procured
| through the Offices of the United States
| Department of State and the Chinese
Government from the celebrated Drag
on's Pool estate near Hangchow, China,
whose output commands too high a
local price TO admit of it's expectation
Picking tea at Pinehurst is done by
a carefully trained and we'll superin-
tended corps of colored children who
show great aptitude in this direction. In
stances have occurred of fine plucking
by one child in a day of over 80
pounds of greenleaf whereas the aver
age in the Orient hardly exceeds 20 to
30 pounds. Experiments at the Pine
hurst gardens show that tea from all
modern climates could be made as pro-
ductiYe here as at their source, a
change in climate and the difference in
cultivation and manufacture having a
tendency to affect the quality of tea
when prepared for the table. This is
the reason assigned for the difference,
in the American grown tea from that
of imported. The Pinehurst early sea-
son tea is considered more delicate
and milder than that of cooler climates
The autumn season tea is stronger in
color and taste and resembles the
product from the more southern re-
gions of the Orient.
The Secretary of Agriculture believes
that there is an excellent field in the
United States for home tea indus
dustry for we consume approximately
100000 pounds of tea annually or
a little less than one pound per capita. |
Our people, he says, pay at retail about |
S40,000.0000 year for tea as against |
$3.50, 100000 for coffee and $1,200,000,-
300 for alcoholic beverages. 1t has
been calculated that the American peo-
pie drink 400,0O0,0O0 gallons of tea an
nually. We are primarily nation of
coffee drinkers; i'll proportion to our
population we consume only about one
sixth as much tea as the Britain,
whether at home or in the colonies.
While the United States does not i'm
,ort the cheapest kind of tea, never
heless our importations are chiefly
# inferior qualities. The first demand
# the American consumer is cheap
less, and often-times he will purchase
ca of poor quality on account of ac-
ompanying allurements of crockery
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
Was a Proper Judge.

When the last Cleveland baby was
horn. AIr. Cleveland was asked about the
weight, which he gave at twelve pounds
DR.. Bryant, who was present, interrupt
ed the ex-President to say that the nurse
had reported the young hopeful to be an
eight-pounder. Nothing of the kind"
said MIR. Cleveland. Il weighed him
with the same scales that l use when !
go fishing"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
an Insult TO the Horse.

"Would you mind walking the other
way and not passing the horse| said
London cabman, with exaggerated po-
likeness, to the fat lady who had just
paid the minimum fare. "Whyp she
inquired. Because if e sees wot 'e's
been carrying for shilling ell ave a
fit" was the freezing answer.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
Philippine Cities.

There are four towns in the Philip
pines with a population exceeding
10000 each, and thirty-flve with a pop
ulation exceeding 5000. Manila is the
the only incorporated city In the
islands, and its inhabitants number
244,732.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

An ant will live one month after its
head has been cut off. 1t is difficult
to drown an ant. Submerge the insect
for several days and he will resume
operations as though nothing had hap
pened.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

A drink of coal oil has been recon-
mended for cold No one should take
more than a tablespoonful.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

Sir Henry Irving's birthplace al
Keinton, Vaudeville, has recently been
sold for $4,000
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

Over half a million acres in India
are devoted to tea culture, q COM
paratively new industry there.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26
Briefs From Everywhere.

There are over $12,OOO,OOO worth of
Jewels on Mahomet's tomb.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

Mexico produces about one-third Of
the silver of the world.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

Gold mines, abandoned by the Span.
ish many years, exist near the Panama
canal route and will be re-opened.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

doned. Towards the close of the CEN
fury DR.. Charles U. Shepard, at his
own expense renewed this plantation
and later received the general assis-
lance Of the Department Of Agricul-
ture. This is the Pinehurst tea nur-
sery of to-day.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

The youngest archbishop in thu
world is DR.. Glennon, of st. Louis. HI
is AZ years old.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

The marriage ceremony was not
solemnized as a religious rite in
churches till the time of Pope limo
cent III, in the year 1893.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

The Khedive of Egypt has saddle
so heavily mounted with gold that il
is worth $4,000.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

A railroad is being built to the sum-
NIT of Mont Blanc.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-26

A large number of the Jews resident
in Jerusalem are of the blond type
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-09-27
Impressed With Big Creek.

Geo. w. Ball has returned from
a trip to Big Creek. He spent some
time in the district, visiting num-
ber of points in addition to doing
the professional work that took him
there. He states he never before
saw section so highly mineralized.
Though he has been all through
Colorado and California, nothing
equal to Big Greek ever before
came under his observation.
There are a vast number OF
lodges and many of them are of
phenomenal size. Moreover, all
manner of minerals are met with
and ore of every character. The
indications all point to that district
becoming one of the leaders of the
mining world. If development
shall bear out the surface showing,
it will be wonder, Mr.. Ball says.
The Statesman.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-09-27

tractive resorts in the northwest.
1t is always cool there, while some
lakes at lesser attitudes do not en-
Joy such a cool climate. In short
time there will be railway connect
ion with the lakes, and then thou
sands of people will 60 there for
summer visits-a great many to
spend two or three months. From
all over southern Idaho, from east
ern Oregon, and from Utah and
other distant points, people will
seek the cooling breezes of those
lakes when the railway shall have
been constructed and hotels built.
If the subject of creating a park
there be neglected, much of the
beauty of the country will be lost
through the operations of lumber
men and others, and the subject
should therefore be taken up now.
Let us have great park resort es-
tablished there which shall be a
refuge for our own people during
the heated term and an attraction
for tourists from all sections of the
country.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1906-09-27
1HOULD BE STATE PARK
Tho payette Lakes Region Ideal
For That Purpose.
GThe Idaho Statesman.]


The Gem State Rural takes up
tbe subject of making a great park
Oftbe country surrounding Payette
lakes in order that the natural
beauty of the place may be pre-
served and the lakes retained as an
attractive summer resort for all
fine 1t recites that the lakes
should be stocked with other fish,
as the trout there can be caught
Oulv during short season, and
that something should be done to
preserve the forests. 1t says in part:
"Another thing that should be
done in the direction of making
that locality more attractive, is to
induce every owner, or claimant of
land, bordering on the lakes, to CO.
operate in some feasible plan to
preserve the natural beauty and
effectiveness of the spot. To
bring this about it might be well
10 nave dill dSSOCldclOll lOI IllcO iOI
that purpose, with the distinct idea
Of interfering as little as possible
with nature, the dominant purpose
being to prevent reckless destruc-
ton Of the forest growth, and of
the natural environments. Now is
the time to take up these and any
other plans for the permanent i'm
prOvement of this wonderfully fav-
Ored spot"
Some time ago it was suggested
that the state, which owns a large
amount of land bordering on the
lakes, should take hold of the mat
ter, putting it's holdings into a
park and securing the cooperation
Of the national government SO all
the lands fronting on the lakes
should be embraced. No action
was taken by the Legislature though
The matter was brought before it,
Out the project should not be per-
mltted to drop.
Those lakes, because of theil
altitude and their accessibility
can be made one of the most at.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-10-31

Here is a recipe which is efficacious
for cleaning fabrics without injurine
their texture or changing their color
It is also particularly good in cleaning
rugs and carpets. Crate two raw pota'
foes in a bowl which contains q pint
of clear, cold water. Now strain
through a sieve, allowing the liquid &c
fall into another bowl containing an
other pint of cold water. When Il
settles. pour off the water into bot
tie and keep for future use. Dip
sponge into the potato water and ru'
the soiled garment carefully, aftel
which it may be washed in clear wa
ter.
When ivory knife handles get discol
ored dip half a lemon in salt and rul
on them. Wash of Immediately Il
warm water, and the handles will lool
as white as when new.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-10-31
nrasa0Co.srlnas.

some Girl wits love of pretty
things hit upon the clever idea OF max
ing the great bags and slips, with
which she covered her best bib and
fuckers, Of nowered stuffs instead Of
the usual plain white muslin airairs
The open door Of the closet reveals 9
pretty sight, instead OF a rather 1uner
cal effect the muslin Surroundings are
bound to give.
Choosing closely woven material
so that the dust is as safely defied a.
wher a stout muslin is the shield II
the only point that need be looked 70
Have some Of the covers big, sheet
like affairs-there are certain gowns
which keep in better condition
something is folded about them thai
if they are slipped into the roomles
of bags.
Put loops upon bags or wrapplne
sheet so that their weight, little as
NAV seem, will bear directly upon TN
closet hooks, instead of adding y
mite to dragging the delicate skirt 0
blouse out of shape.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-10-31
NECESSITIES roR SICK ROOM.
Simple Precautions That VIII Save
Lives and Money.

A set of dishes should be selected
for the sick room and these should be
washed by the nurse and never mixed
with the dishes used by the family.
The nurse should disinfect all bed and
body linen used by the patient and
also keep the sick room and all be-
longings to it free from infection.
Nothing contaminates the atmosphere
more than dust and nothing creates
worse air dust contamination than the
spilling of foul discharges on hoors'
rugs and bed and body linen and allow
ing them to dry. All such foul matter
should be wiped up at once with
moist disinfected cloth which should
be earned. A broom is out Of place
In a sick room. 1t only scatters the
dust into the air The only safe dis
posal of the refuse from quarantlned
room is cremation. The nurse In
charge of a case Of contagious disease
should avoid direct contact with other
members of the family, especially cha-
dren. If needs be she must mingle
with OL1erS She snoulu haFO SP~
gown for the sick room which should
be discarded with her cap on coming
ont and always worn in the room, and
she should disinfect her hands before
touching anything outside Of the room
| All these simple, commonplace guar
antine regulations faithfully carried
out would save thousands Of lives
yearly among the children Of the land
and also greatly lessen the cost e
common people for illness and funera
expenses. Nothing would pay better
than for the heads Of all American
households to be their own health or
ficers.-Dr. Kate Lindsay, in th'
| Hnusekeeper.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-10-31
A REAL FIGHT
IS ANTICIPATED

Sheridan, Wyo., Oct 3l---The dan-
GER from Cheyenne Indians joining
renegade Utes has became a reality
Today six companies left Fort Sherl-
dan and proceeded up Tongue river
to Join the troops from Fort Keogn'
They are expected to arrive there TO-
night. Troops from here cannot nope
70 make Ashland before THURSDAY
evening. C.C Rousculp, noted In
dian camping near here says the
Cheyennes will fight at the drop Of
the hat and says they were buying
modern guns and Ammunition the
past year. Young bloods are anxious
to follow the footstepsof their chief
tain.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-10-31
UNKNOWN MAN
SAVES TRAIN

Weleetka, /. t., Oct. Outstanding
on Che verge Of dismantled trestle,
which he had discovered by accident
only few seconds before, an unknown
man tagged the southbound Frisco
passenger train near here yesterday
and prevented a disastrous wreck
-Four sections of the bridge had been
burned, unknown to the RAILROAD em-
ployes. The unknown man was a
hunt er. Just as he ran on to the
charred woodwork he heard the
whistle Of an approaching train.
The trestle is on sharp curve ano
the engineer could not have seen the
gap in time to stop. The man turned
and ran at the top of his speed, way
ing his jacket. The driver saw The
danger signal, and brought the train
to standstill within a few feet Of
the remnants of the trestle.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1906-10-31

What do you think Of letting the
fellows over at Bartle sville, Guthrie
Tulsa or Muskogee elect the judges
that win preside over out courts, and
decide great questions concerning
your personal liberties and your es-
tates? Well, that will be an interest
ing time for us indeed. We will be
on the anxious seat sure enough, and
when we see in the papers that some
old broken down politician is clamor-
ing for something at Muskogee OF
Tulsa or Guthrie, and there Is going
to be enough Of them clamcring al
right, then we may well get busy and
begin to spar for position, for as GER
tain as sin the fellows there will be
anxious to get rid of the old broken
down politicians as we are anxious tc
escape him.. and then we will find our
selves chartering trains to go to these
various places and camping on the
trail of the local swag hunters to see
that they do not pull of an aifair
that VIII unload the "old broken
down" upon as. Won't this be po'
litcial paradise then-and II we have
it in the constitution 1t will last long
enough for us all to get desperate I'M
der its gall.
Yet Mr.. Kornegay says it is the