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The Globe-republican., 1906-11-01

John Brock Of Gray county was In the
city Monday, on business.
There will be dance on Friday, No.
vember 2, at Wright Station house.
WANTED:-A girl or bow to work ID
store. Enquire at P. H. Youug's
A. w. smith or Mcpherson spoke a
the ) oldiers' Home yesterday afternoon
How is your letter heads and envelopes
better let us print you another supply.
william Maddox and Shirley Avlger
west eud conductors, are laying off for
few trips
A marriage license was granted tc
Frank rreuksmp and Eva Birkhart, botf
of Hodgeman county.
FOR RENT-Nice front room, ont
block north Of Court House. Mrs. MAR,
GINGRIoH. IL
John Powers, Shannon Butler and
Waldo Mills left for Los Angeles, Cal.
last Thursday evening.
For SALE-Two good quarters of Gray
county land, vt bargain. Call on or adj
dress this Office.
Mrs. L. G. Elder of Bucklin, visited
for few days last week with her moth
er, Mrs. Z. $. StOier.
Mr.. and Mrs. A Glnck and son, Max,
left Wednesday morning for Larned to
attend the wedding OF Monte Gluok.
Dennis W. West and Halle A. Adams,
The daughter of Terrlll Adams OF this
county, were married on last Monday at
6 O'Clock.
Mrs. W. w. Driskell is here from
Soath Dakota, visiting at the home Of
her step. father, A. j. Anthony. MIR.
Driskell may come here for q visit soon.
The r q F. Club met with Mrs. Milo
Becker last Thursday evening. This
club, as the young ladies themselves say.
was organized for the purpose OF really
working at embroidery and fancy work,
and not entirely as q social club. They
meet every week, usually on Thursday
evening
The N. M. U. club gave a delightful
Halloween party last night at the home
of Miss Nellie SuEhrue, those present
numbering about thirty. The house was
decorated for the occasion, and a weird
effect was given by the green lights In
oil the rooms. The young ladies OF the
party seemed to be unfortunate at the
very start, for no sooner had they
reached the top of the stairs than they
were turned into ghosts and the power
of speech was taken from them. Cards
were given to the young men on which
to write the names Of the various guests,
which If correct would break the spell,
and after little time and much hard
work on the part of the "princes In dis
guise, p" the ghosts became girls, and Of
course there was no longer silence. A
terrible old witch told the fortunes of all |
who were brave enough to 20 near her
hut, which was located In the library.
Several interesting halloween games
were enjoyed, after which lunch was
served OF pumpkin pie with whipped
cream, cider, gingerbread and apples.
The young men found their partners for
supper by bobblng for apples In which
we're the names OF the girls. As the hour
grew later and the lights grew DINNER,
he company gathered round in circle
to listen to ghost stories told by some Of
he guests, and thus ended this unique
evening. A few harmless pranks were
ndulged 10 on the way home by some Of
he party, and altogether the Halloween
II '06 will be remembered By all present.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
He Had Had ExDerience.

AS the fearless white man entered the
kraa1 of the native king, a salute was
sounded on drum of serpent skin, and
six warriors with necklaces of human
teeth rafting about their threats, led
him before a rough ivory dias, on which
sat :, majestic and formidable figure.
Hail" said the white man. And with
out loss Of time, he took out one of his
BRASS watches, wound it up, and showed
It's works to the dusky monarch. "This
marvel" he said, 4 will give your
majesty making you the envy of all
men, and in return for only Six tusks
OF seventy pounds weight each. The
king took the watch, produced a mo-
nocle from a pouch hidden in his shield
and, after moments study of the
brass trinket, returned it with a languid
smile. Last year" he added, ''in Lon
don, [ exchanged an old wooden war
club for a bushel of these things, and,
by Jove, don't you know, there wasn't
one of them that ran above a week"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
Malt Coffee as Food.

A Russian army doctor attached to
the ed Turkestan Rife Battalion has
been making some interesting expert
ments in the matter of nourisl1ing sol
diers. DR.. Cyrillus Koljago admins
tered to ten men for ten days malt cof-
fee as their sole beverage, with the re-
suit that their weight increased during
the time to the extent of 832 gramnes
a man. A like experiment was made
BY giving tea to the same number of
men Of similar constitutions and for
the same number of days, and in their
case the doctor certified decrease of
weight per man to the extent of $50
grammes. He then put the twenty men
together back on to tea, and those whose
weight had been so signally increased
BY the malt coffee had within ten days
lost 600 grammes a head. The doctor
now states what is very important to
note, namely, that his experiments have
led him to believe that it is not merely
the nourishing attributes of the malt
coffee which mark this increase, but
that its effect is mainly to increase the
action of the digestive organs, enabling
them to draw from all other food taken
the utmost quantity of nourishment
each NAV contain
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
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 a 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 fill 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 a 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 tes-
timony Of travellers in the Orient it
is stated that the tea factories Of that
section are as a 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
It is then put through boiling proc.
ess after which it is placed in small
moulds about the size of a 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
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
The American Tea Garden.

The Pinehurst gardens embrace at
present about 80 acres of tea plants
in various stages of advancement and
produce from 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 nv
carefully trained and we'll srperin-
tended corps Of cOlOred children who
show great aptitude in this direction. In
stances have occurred of tine plucking
by one child in a day Of over so
pounds of greenleaf whereas the aver
age in the Orient hardly exceeds 20 to
80 pounds. Experiments at the Pine
hurst gardens show that tea from all
modern climates could be made as pro-
ductive 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 a home tea indus
dustry for we consume approximately
75,O00,0 900 pounds of tea annually or
a little less than one pound per capita.
Our people, he says, pay at retail about
$4,000, 0GO0 year for tea as against
S15O,000,0 900 for coffee and $1,2OO,OOO.-
600 for alcoholic beverages. 1t has
been calculated that the American peo-
pie drink 400, 100000 gallons of tea an
nualy. We are primarily nation of
coffee drinkers; in 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
port the cheapest kind of tea, never
theless our importations are chiefly
of inferior qualities. The first demand
of the American consumer is cheap
ness, and often-times he will purchase
tea of poor quality on account of &C.
companying allurements of crockery
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
The Docking of Horses.

Agitation is promised to urge the pas
sage of laws against docking horses,
and owners of horses are being petit
toned to join in the crusade. Dealers
never dock horses, except at the re-
quest of buyer. To offer a horse for
sale with a bob tail is to create the sus-
picion that it is Second hand" one that
has seen service before in the city, in
stead of being fresh from green past
ures. Yet the dealers rarely sign such
petitions. They declare that the opera
ton Of docking is not excessively pain
full and is atoned for by the easy life
it leads to. To have the tail shortened
is the initiation the rough horse pays
to gain the comfort and light duties of
private stable.
Fashion is not the only reason to act
uate the buyers in having their horses
locked, but it is the principal one A
few say that the shortening of the tail
makes for cleanliness, as the tail does
not become draggled with mud and dust
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
Death.
C. e. ND

am a microbe of vast and fearful power.
My name is Death where e'er I'm found.
I 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 newborn 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 glance.
Quietly at first I work, mid jest and
laughter,
But not more surely does the sun sink low
behind
The western hills
Than I make felt my power
Through every limb and fibre Of my vic
TINS frame.
'Tis said that he laughs best who laugheth
last;
And laugh last, yea many million time
AS I perceive my victim gaze with hollow,
vacant stare
And note his breath come short, and
gasp and-ceaSe.
Ha! Ha! Another triumph Of my provost
And now. float away to murder once
To snatch some maiden from her lovers
To strike a youth, his mothers all:
Ceaseless my work. I know not pity.
Greedy am I, and each one whom I slay
adds fuel to my greed.
| So do l live and reap my harvest day by
day Of Death.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
e Department of Agriculture Presents American
Tea in Tablet Form,
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL,

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
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

interest in the United States. A hun
dred 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 ffties 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 I'M
dertaking. The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, however, in the
last quarter Of the 18th century IN
dertook an investigation along this lat
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
4 States are aware

people Of the United States are aware
that tea is grown in this country. AS
a matter of fact, however, this coun.
try not only raises tea but produces
an article, said by experts, to be Of
a 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 a margin
Of profit. The conflict between the
rivals thus settled down to a trial of
watch, thermometer, and steam or
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

when locked, and another set main
tains that it is really a comfort to a
horse to remove the heavy useless mass
IOf hair City horses do not Craze in
pasture, SO the argument that the
switching of the long tail keeps away
mosquitoes and flies has no value in
this argument; but a decided objection
may be voiced against the nuisance
switching tails would be to horse or
pair in heavy harness. All style and
grace in front action, a pair with hang
ing tails would look as untidy other
wise as a woman in bedraggled skirts.
So said a coaching amateur, and he had
plenty to add to the plea for docking.
Essentially docking is not a painful
operation" continued this driving man
Eve do not feed the horse on the
morning Of the operation, and when it
is brought into the operating stall the
horse at once begins to MUNICH eagerly
OH the oats III the manger A canvas
hammock is flung under its belly and
the horse is hoisted to its tiptoes by
pulleys, when a gate is stuck across the
stall close to its heels and the tail pull
ed over, the flat top rail making an
operating table A stout Irvine is tied
tight about the tail at the point to be
severed, The hair is turned back and
bound, exposing the bare skin.
"a few short jabs with a surgeons
knife and the tail is severed Mean
while, a cauterizing iron has been
brought to a white heat in a charcoal
hand fire, and the next act is to scar
the cut with the iron The horse
winces, but it does not take the tenth
part of second to seal up the wound.
AS soon as the iron is taken off the
horse will resume its muncl1ing of oats,
and except while the cauterizing iron is
applied it feeds without check through
out the entire operation.
No one knows what the horses think
about it. That docking is cruel may be
granted, but the gains to the horse
seem to. counterba1ance the hurts All
Of which sounds a good deal like an
argument made by an interested party
as an excuse for a continuance of a
practice almost universally condemned.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

in these tablets is not imported, but,
on the other hand, is 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 large box Of sam
pie packages from Summerville.
Each box of compressed tea contains
twenty tablets about the size of a 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-
p1ished by compression with machin-
cry. The directions furnished for u.s.
ing the tablets are IS follows:
Drop one tablet in teapot for each
cup of tea desired. Pour in freshly
boiled water and after allowing it to
stand four minutes, stir gently, strain,
and serve, II made in the cup, use one ne
tablet. Tea will imme diately 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 flavor 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.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
A Perfect Example.

A lawyer, whose mouth was extra
ordinarily large, had on the witness
stand a Southern backwoodsman. The
witness had replied to a question that
"It was a non-possibility" Quoth the
lawyer; A non-possibi1ity' Now
will you tell this court ard this jury
what you mean by a rlon-possibility?
Give us an example, WELL" said
the witness, II think it 'u'd be a nom
possibility to make your mouf emmy
bigger widout settin' your years furder
back"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

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
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
Was a Proper Judge.

When the last Cleveland baby was
born, Mr.. 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 Nothing of the kind, "
said Mr.. Cleveland. Il weighed him
with the same scales that I use when I
90 fishing"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
An Insult to the Horse.

"Wou1d you mind walking the other
way and not passing the horse?" said a
London cabman, with exaggerated po-
likeness, to the fat lady who had just
paid the minimum fare. "Why?" she
inquired. Because if e sees wot 'e's
been carrying for shilling ell ave a
fit" was the freezing answer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
PhiIiDDine Cities.

There are four towns in the Philip
pines with a population exceeding
10000 each, and thirty-f1ve with a pop
ulation exceeding 5000. Manila is the
islands. and it's inhabitants number
244,732.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

doned. Towards the close Of the CEN
tury 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.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

A large number of the Jews resident
in Jerusalem are of the blond type.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

An ant will live one month after it's
head has been cut off, It is difficult
to drown an ant. Submerge the insect
for several days and he will resume
operations as though nothing had hap
pened
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

The Khedive Of Egypt has a saddle
so heavily mounted with sold that il
is worth $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

Over half million acres in India
are devoted to tea culture, a com
paratively new industry there.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24
Briefs From Everywhere.

There are over $12,OO0O0O worth @
jewels on Mahomet's tomb.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

The marriage ceremony was not
solemnized as a religious rite in
churches till the time Of Pope limo
cent III, in the year 1893.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

The youngest archbishop in tn
world is DR.. Glennon, of st. Louis. H
is AZ years old.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

Mexico produces about one-third OF
the silver of the world.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

A railroad is being built to the sum
nit Of Mont Blanc.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

Sir Henry Irvings birthplace a
Eeinton, Vaudeville, has recently beer
sold for $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

A drink Of coal oil has been recon
mended for cold. No one should take
more than a tablespoonful.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

and other gifts. Nevertheless com
paratively small consignments Of better
grades are imported for those who are
willing to pay for them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

Gold mines, abandoned by the Span
ish many years, exist near the Panama
canal route and will be re-opened.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-24

ter line and established an experiment
tai station near Summerville, S. c..
For various unavoidable reasons the
undertaking was failure and aban'
The Lamar register., 1906-01-24
He Exposed IL.

II vunder how you expose dot moo
sical owenership pizness I heard 80
much" said the North Side delicates-
sen owner to his regular customer the
other night as the latter paid for z
cents worth of cheese.
Municipal ownership" said the
customer. "Oh, it's something about
having the city own the street cars
and such things. It's scheme they've
got over In Europe, 1 guess. 1 don't
understand It. 1t has something to
do with that referendum we voted for
last year. think 1t is the same
thing"
IVY don't 1t make a refer-er-what-do-
you-call-him of odder tings? I Nsht 1t
vas moosical ownership Of catses.
Haf you no catses? Somepody has
dem by bushels and some pesides. I
am for moosical ownership of catses.
Dere is funfzehn hundert of dem pus-
sizes and tomcats vat holts a celebra-
tons by my window some nights. II
you shoots one you get arrested. I
did. didn't I? Phwat? II amt nice
py dem catses my customers goes over
to Meyers for tings. got to grin
und bear 1t. OATS Wy I'm for moosical
ownership Of catses. I'm glad you ex-
posed 1t to me."-Chicago Inter Ocean