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A GROUP OF CANAL PILGRIMS.


his power to facilitate the torpedo in
ventions of Robert Fulton
But Notwithstanding this indorse-
ment of the Secretary of the Navy. Full
ton, it appears, did not in the end re-
ceive sufficient practical encouragement
and support to enable him to continue
and perfect his design"
Chaplain Iibben continues that "the
invention was strongly opposed by
Commodore Rodgers as impractica BILE
and the use of such destructive and
unchivalrous weapons was proba bly,
regarded as in violation of rhe laws
of civilized war.
practical. matter-of-fact age, it is a
source Of regret as we read of the
fruitless efforts of the brave and gal
liant Porter to sink or capture the Brit :
ish fleet. that a dozen or more of these
torpedo boats were not at hand to send
with the carpenters in response to the
following earnest appeal to the COM
mandant of the yard. addressed. Sep
tember 5, 1914, by Capt. David Porter
from his post below Mount Vernon on
the Potomac. where the British fleet
was then lying. waiting for fair
wind, with tWenty-one prizes. laden
with the spofls taken from Alexandria.
Capt Tinsey. Dear sir: Send me down, II
possible. with all speed. thirty forty rarpen-
ters. II YOU do this there be doubt We
shall secure the enemy in The river. Lei the
carpenters bring their tools with them.
DAVID PORTER.
"As it unfortunately happened. how
ever. there were neither carpenters
nor torpedo boats at the yard. and the
enemy, favored by a fair wind. sue
ceeded in getting away with their
plunder, but not without receiving
punishment"
The burning liquid which has been
reported as being employed in trench
warfare along certain of the battle
lines in Europe recall that In the 40s
an American inventor had some such
invention which he proposed to employ
in war. Capt. W. B. Shubrick was COM
ma andant of the yard. succeeding Capt
John H. Aulick and preceding Capt
Charles S. McCauley. Chaplain Hib-
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pany could well afford to give an
apple ot a carrot or a lump of sugar
sundays or &olidays, and ! have often
thought OF effectius organiZa ton
among our mules 10 bring about this
dietary reform. but it is difficult to
get mules to pull together. and there
are too many kickers among us.
fee! that if the directors of the canal
company should hear that their mules
were contemplating strike for bet
ter living conditions. they would not
believe it. and if u delegation OF us
mules should walk into the office Of
the directors ana demand apples fresh
grass. garlic. carrots and such things.
they would h" diSna yed.
Lea wing the subject of lovers aud
mules one may turn to the subject nf
locks. At every lock thcr. is u littla
garden. cool Shadr and the music Of
roaring. foamiGg water rushing over
e; blu John and another S.ri":: of sin
locks beginning about one mile above
Cabin John aud anothcr series of sIY
locks as YOU approach Great Falls. and
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GEORGE MITCHELL.
Supervising making n quality

had interulttentlN for great many
years. was studying the possibility of
introducing tea culture in the United
States DR.. Charles L. Shepa rd had es-
tabliShed an experimental commercial
tea plantation at Pinehurst near Sum
merNille S. G. and the department sent
Nh Mitchell there to work in co-opera-
tion with the doctor.
For ten years Mr.. Mitchell was con
nected with this work, spending half
OF the year on the plantation and half
of the year in the laboratory at Wash
ington working up the results of his
researches. II made him The leading
American authority on tea.
To go back bit. the tea law of 1897
fixing standards for foreign tea COM
ing Into this country. was enacted
largely at the instance of the tea i'm
porters. who were anxious to keep out
of the American market great guam
tity of rubbish that otherwise might
be dumped thereon.
This law provided for the appoint
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at these places along the canal are
little settlements of lockkeepers and
their families. They are pleasant folk
IL you know them well, as the Rambler
does. There are Charles Schaffer, who
has kept the Cabin John lock for time
out of mind. and Charles Spone, who
tends the first of the seven locks: Vic
tor Hall. the second; Cleveland Wade,
the third: John Schaffer. the fourth: :
Allen Stevenson, the fifth: Charles
Stewart. the sixth, and John Speaker
the seventh. The sixth of the seven
locks was once familiar to good many
Neutrality-suspicious. who used to go up
there to sit down to Mrs. Stewart's ta-
BILE. II was famous eating place on
the canal and several miles walking on
the towpath generally stimulates the
appetite.
bier came upon a group in beautiful
spot near the first of the six locks.
about three quarters of mile this
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was the question put the other day to
Mr.. Mitchell in his laboratory.
There is not much machinery" said
Mr.. Mitchell in reply. 1T is all very
simple. but quite adequate and quite
fair. In fact. We think the tea law is
rather fairer both TO the importer and
the consumer than the pure food law.
For example. the pure food law has
three bases: goods must not be mis-
branded, they must contain no con
cealed inferlority, and they must not
be injurious to health. To bar prod
uct from the market the government
must prove it traverses at least one of
these rules.
The tea laws differ in that we fur
nish definite standards. which act as a
measuring stick. Having these in ad
vance. the importer and his buyers in
the orient know precisely what they
can and what they cannot do. Further,
the pure food laws do not provide
standards of quality. the tea laws do.
They have to. A tea might be made
entirely of pure tea leaves, but still be
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his device for sending a heavy charge
of gunpovder. propelled beneath the
surface of the water. against the side of
a hostile vessel One of The bitterest
opponents of the invention was Com
modore Rodgers of the navy, and his
attitude was representative of that of
many navy men who believed that II
was impractical and that the use of
such means would be unfair even in
good many years ago somewha I
exhaustive history of the Washington
navy yarl was prepared by Chaplain
Henry B. Hibbon. L. 5. y. He was very
much interested in this matter. and
his work was aided and lndorsed by
Capt Richard w. Meade. L. S. n, who
became comnlandant of the Washngt on
navy yard September Is, 1887. succeed
ing Capt. Rush r. Wallace who became
captain of the yard on the retirement
of Rear Admiral Walter w. Queen in
October, 1856. In December, 1889, the
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wearing their white trimmings and the
locust and the pavpaw were in bloom
The going" on the towpatl, is soft.
well rs level. and there is after
noon shade. the trees and bushes on
the southerly side of the path casting
their poStmeridian shadows across the
way. Lone walkers aud walkers IN
pairs and groups are numerous. ana
bright parasols and summer frocks
and ribbons give touches OF vivid col
or Young men with maids pour out
their best Sunday conversation. and
Young maids smile their sunday smiles.
And to turn from thoughts of love
and lovers there are mules. Patiently
and earnestly they tug at the long
towline. These are little beasts of
business TO whom the world owes more
than it pays. They work in or at the
coal mines all winter. and in spring
time when the flies and guats come,
they are put to the hauling of barses.
All they get out of life is their board
and lodging. one of the mules. speak
ing to the Rambler. said
You men have a saying, when a fell
lows lot falls i'm hard lines. that he
leads dogs life You should revise
that phrase. and say he leads mules
life. My dear sir. the dog is pros
porous and Independent animal in com
parison with the mule. The life Of Il
mule would drive a dog mad, If a dog
had my job he would get the rabies.
All day pass patches of luscious
grass and sweet clover and must
pass. My mouth may water for them.
but this boat must get to Georgetown
or Cumberland Oh time All along the
way ! see whisps of delicate garlic and
rosettes of toothsome dandelion but |
must not pause The slogan is Get
up, though usually my driver pro-
nounces ii, Git up II is a most com
mon phrase among mule drivers. True,
they have another word Whoa but
that has a very pleasing sound to me.
and | should like TO hear il oftener.
Corn and hay are nourishine, hut the
diet becomes very monotonous al
ways know just what I am to have for
brea kfast or supper. The canal COM
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for making tea Of quality.
Uncle Sam has placed his
& stamp of approval on the for
mula.
Nearly 5000. 900 pounds OF tea from
the orient are imported INTO this coun-
try annually and consumed here. That
figures out about one pound per capita
And most of IL. tea experts will tell
YOU. is ruined in the brewing
outside of Asia. the British and the
Russians are the greatest consumers of
tea in the world They know good tea
instinctivelS. and they know how to
make IL But when a Russian or a
Briton comes 10 America the tea that is
served TO him in hotels, restaurants
and private homes brings profound
grief TO his soul.
He groans at the atrocities that are
COMMITTED In the name of tea making
He returns home cursing America n
tea. but laudlng American made coffee
TO high heaven.
The best coffee and the worst tea on
earth Ia served in the United States"
as the Judgment of the experienced
European. traveller
The American public, for all its con
sumption of the beverage, you see, has
never taken tea seriously enough II
buys good tea originally, for Uncle Sam
vail permit no bad tea to come into the
country; but in the brewing the harm
10 done. More often stewed tea. rather
than STEPPED tea. is served. And stew
cd tea makes man who really knows
tea shriek In agony.
Rft yha hasfa- ttr,a -
The tea dansant is popularizing the
beverage Then. 100. the prohibition
wsye IL expected to have it's effect.
Great. husky men drop into their clubs
of an afternoon and ask. without
shame. for q cup of tea instead of for
the traditional cocktail
The observing person secs all this.
but he cannot trace the results in tea
statistics The per capita consumption
as indicated by tho import statistics, i.s
not increasing rapidly. In fact, II has
ing. Thus. In 1861. when the average
importation price of tea was in excess
of 30 cents a pound, the annual per
capita consumption was three -fourths
of pound In 1914, with the average
price down to a trffie over Is cents a
pound. the per capita consumption was
only, as stated above, about one pound.
Away back In 1879. In the period OF
croquet. slippery haircioth. black wal
nut furniture and mid-Victorlan sta nd
ards OF manners. tea drinking was at
its height in the Cnited States The
per capita consumption then was in ex-
cess of one and one-half pounds There
came decline until the low point was
reached in 1898. the year of the Span :
ishAmerican war. when IL got down to
- per cent of pound. In 1903 II was
up TO one and one-third pounds And
now. after another decline, II is slow =
ly mounting.
With better understa ndIng of eX
actly how to brew tea, certainly. "a y
the experts. the demand should grow
But long the only apparent diff
ference between much of the tea that
.s served II America and dishwater Is
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m FRINGTIME on the towrath of
~ the Chesa peak and ohio canal
a makes an allurin. call to thou
~ sands of Washington people.
Many folk Who Sidestep the rough.
rugged and soul Nesrius walking Of
the hill country ard who docliu" the
Invitation of the trails. which lead
through til. rocky and trec-grugyll
fastuesseS of the UPPER Potomac list
to the qui"tcT call of tn" towpatf.
However, many OF the walkers who
dare the Wild paths of the Difficult
Run region. and who accept the chal-
lenge of the gneiss glens ana cliffs
of Northwest branch and the tangle
thickets of Paint branc.l. also at times
and MANY timcs-yIeid to the charm
and leisure Of the tow path.
AS YOU travel on the tow-path bits of
beautiful scenery come and 90 both on
the right :,-ld left. and here and there
long vistas are unfolded. There is Il
succession Of landscapes with plenti
full touches OF the marine III them. The
walking is easy though sometimes the
miles are long This is one of the
strange habits of miles. Some of them
are so much longer than others, and
al times the same mile may be NcFH
much longer than ~ otaer times. After
passing Cabin john run the tTanScstHal
ferries are not numerous. and 3ersouS
suffering from towpath tatigu. SOME
times feel that i; i long way be
tween locks and 4 long way 10 the car
iIne. But towpatf fatigue is not q com
mon lady because there is so much
to cheer one on the way.
person unless ne have an anti
social disposition, need noi lack com
pany OF the towpath II is quite "a busy
way with foot pass nscrS' "hen the
trees are green aud the flowers bright,
and sundays. when the Weather is gay
and balmy. towpath pilgrims pass both
ways in procession. Then. at this sea
son. the birds are very busy. and espe-
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The Torpedo and the Navy Yard.

TT HI, torpedo has played a terror role
in This war, AMI it is of interest
to Americans to note that one of the
early names associated with this in
vcntion was that of the inventive Amer
icau. Robert Fulton, and that in the
earl: History Of the torpedo there is a
connection hefwe"ri it ana the city OF
Washington. Fulton sought 10 interest
tho cHt~f ufire~s of thu. Navl Depart
mcnt aud of The United States navy in
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Preventing the Entry Tea Consumption Due % Pro-
hbton Wave and D Not Yet Making Considerable Figure the Sta
tstc-Mot of the Ruined Brewing Govern
NhcheHow edThe Stationed
the InnedSa
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side of Great Falls. They had made
coffee aud boiled Sausages and with
many varieties Of sandwich. cake and
pickle had made one of those meals you
read about. They asked the Rambler
10 cat with them and the invitation was
accepted with thanks, followed by =
feeling of satisfaction
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To make Into cartaeuware pot when
kas previously been srHi1ed. gGt aE "Ven t"s
spoonful Of t"a for every cup desired aud 'tu
extra tessIsanful for ghc pot. Pour II
the requisite boiling wata: Which aaS h.en
boiling FOR al least nliHutc lrf ii stand
for three minutes, neither more nor les AMI
then decant inio another PIT when also mas
been scalded preferably earJhenwarr pot
Serve from this.
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in the absence Of soapy taste in the
tea. tea is not TO come into its own.
II certainly was not the sort of tea
one gets in an American restaurant
that moved Colly Cibber to tear off
this.
Tea Thou soft. thou sober. &c and
venerable liquid; thou female tongue
running, smile soothing heart opening,
wink tipping cordial. to whose glorious
insipidity | owe the hs sppiest moment
of my life ..=."
The curious thing about il all is that
therd is no food which goes into the
humrn stomach about which the gov
eriment of the United States throws
quite SO much protection tea. Long
before there were any federal pure
food laws-as far back as 1889 TO be
precise-this government had pure tea
laws on the statute books In 1897
standards of purity of tea were fixed
by law. IL is practically impossi bic for
impure or adulterated tea to get into
the country. But Uncle Sans jurisdic-
tlon does not extend to the kitchen.
What happens 10 tea there is beyond
him.
Enforcement of the pure food laws
OF the nation is in the hands of the
department of Agriculture; enforce
ment of the more ancient pure tea
laws is in the hands of the Treasury
Department through it's division of
customs. Laws and regulations have
built UP III the Treasury a tea exam
ination service.
That service has exanners-highly
skilled tea Observation-Disclosures AT the
principal tea importing cities of the
country-New York. Boston. Chicago.
st. Paul. Tacoma, San Francisco and
From every consignment of tea enter
ing the country samples are drawn. and
these samples are tested and analyZed
by the nearest examiner before the
merce.
AT the head Of this examining force
is a supervising tea examiner, George
F. Mitchell, Uncle Sans chief tea eX-
pert He is charged with the admnis-
tratIon OF the tea laws and with es-
tablishing uniformity of inspection of
teas All his life he has lived with
tea. studied about tea, written about
tea. grown tea. tasted tea-last year as
part of his duty he had to taste less
than 1915 samples which had been
sent to him for examination after
his examiners had passed on them.
One might expect to fnd him a tea
sodden. pursy, bespectacled individual.
Visit him In his commodious laboratory
in the Treasury building and instead
you fnd him a clear-eyed alert sleu-
der. youthful figure. The record shows
that he was born In 1881. but he looks
only about twenty five His appearance
is that of expert IN track athletics
rather than of scientist OF interna-
t!onai fame in the tea trade.
As the guardian of the tummles of
all Of Uncle Sans nepheHs and nieces
who drink tea. Mr.. Mitchell has large
powers. But thanks to thorough
knowledge of the trade, to fair and
just disposition. 70 a desire to help the
importers keep within the Law while
never losing sight of the needs of the
consumer. he is popular With the trade.
Mr. Mitchell early in life developed
taste for agriculture. After his grad
uation from Clemson College in his ma
tive state of South Carolina in 1902, he
taught At that institution and at the
University Of Florida for time, and
then entered the employ of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture.
About this time the department. as II
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E1 IiERE il is. scientific formula
for making tea of quality.
Uncle Sam has placed his
q stamp of approval on the for
mula.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-16
ROBERTSON COUNTY
FOR EARLY PRIMARY
Resolution Endorsing Lea and
Rye is Voted Down By DEM
ocratic Committee.

Meeting at Springfield last
Saturday the Democratic Elk.
ecutive Committee of Robertson
Robertson county refused to
adopt a resolution endorsing
Senator Luke Lea and Governor
Tom c. Rye, passed a resolution
recommending to the State Dem
ocratic Executive Committee
that a primary for United States
Senator be held this fall, that
this primary be separate from
the primary for Governor, and
called a county primary for early
in November.
With the action of the Robert
son County Committee the
movement for a fall primary for
United States Senator gains
more headway. Recently the
Democratic Committee of Ruth
erford county passed a resolution
asking that such a primary be
held. Those advocating a Nov
ember primary for Senator ad-
vance the argument that tate
and national politics should be
kept separate, and that having
an early primary for Senator
will keep down much mud sling
ing and factional feeling.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-16
WEST PARIS LOCALS.

Miss Willie Seawright spent
the week end with relatives in
the country.
w. H. Stone, of near Buchan-
an visited Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron
last week.
Miss Hazel Covington has re-
turned from a visit to Mansfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. McKenley
and children have returned from
visit to Mississippi.
Mrs. Will Poole is on the sick
list this week.
Miss Mary Scoch, who has
been visiting Mrs. John Farrar
has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs, John Seawright
and little daughter visited rela-
tives in the country last week.
Misses Clara Hill and Rather
inc Williams and Ed Etheridge
attended church at Little Rock
Sunday.
The West Paris Methodist
church will give an ice cream
supper Saturday night June II,
everybody cordially invited tc
attend. Proceeds go to the
church.
Mr.. and Mrs Foreman Coving.
ton spent the week end with
their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ned Covington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Farrar
entertained a number of their
friends Tuesday night at their
home in West Paris.
Mrs. Lawrence Gillian anC
baby have returned from a visit
to Memphis.
LENA RIVERS.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-16
COMMITTEE To CALL
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
October q Suggested As Date.
Committee Meeting Here
Saturday, July II.

A meeting of the Henry Coun.
ty Democratic Executive Com.
mittee will be held at Paris on
Saturday, July II, when a
Democratic primary election for
Henry county will probably be
called. October % has been
suggested as a suitable date for
the primary, with the run-off
November 6, and it is probable
that this will be the date selected
by the committee. The follow
ing candidates are already in the
field:
For Trustee-W. G. Adams,
E. G. Brizendine, W. L. Din
wlddie, Albert A. Grubbs, John
B. Hunt, D. L. Jackson, Ed W.
James, Byron Looney, and W,
Frank Morton.
For Tax Assessor. Sam
Culpepper, incumbent, and J. M.
Cohen.
1t is expected that several
others will throw their hats in
the ring in the next few days
for these positions, and Sheriff
7. M. Hagler may have opposi-
tion for his second term, al
though this is regarded as i'm
probable. The call issued for
the meeting of the county COM
mittee is as follows:
The Henry County Democratic
Executive Committee is hereby
called to meet in the county
court room at Paris, Tenn, at 2
O'Clock Saturday afternoon. July
II, 1915, for the purpose of TAX
ing some action looking to the
nomination of Democratic candi-
dates, and to transact any fur
ther business that may come
before it.
D. E. BoMAR, Chairman.
NATHAN D. WHITE,
Acting Secretary.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-16
NICHOLS HELD FOR
ALLEGED ASSAULT
Charged With Having Tried To
Shoot Willard Pierce, Who is
Now Under Peace Bond

Arrested on the charge of
assault and battery with intent
to commit murder, Lawson
Nichols, of the old Sixth district,
was held to the grand juryunder
bond of $500, which he made,
and was released by Esq. w. P.
Erwin Monday morning. The
accuser was Willard Pierce
There had been trouble between
the two for some weeks it is
understood and Pierce claims, it
is said, that Nichols attempted
to shoot him Monday morning
while on their way to Paris with
a shotgun. Report also has it
that a revolver was found on
Nichols when he was arrested
by Sheriff T. M. Hagler. 1t is
understood that Nichols claims
that Pierce was the aggressor,
and that he was acting in self
defense. Nichols waived exam
ination.
Monday afternoon Nichols had
Willard Pierce, and his brother,
Warren Pierce, placed under
a bond to keep the peace, claim
ing that the Pierce brothers had
threatened his life. tits thought
that both parties will go before
the grand jury, which is now in
session, in an effort to have
each other indicted.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-07-16
Mrs. Winnie Seawright.

Mrs. Winnie Seawright, wife
of Sam Seawright, died Sunday
at her home near Mineral Wells
after a lingering illness of ty-
phoid fever. She was 36 years
of age and a consistent Chris
tian woman. She is survived by
her husband and two little chill
dren. Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. D. T. Spauld.
ing at the residence. Interment
was at Maplewood.