San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1881 Page: 3 of 8
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FACTS FOR TEA DBIKXEXS. .....
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Trots lh Mw York bptata
jt i hardly two hundred Years ago
when John Locke i the philosopher
rote to bis friend Limboroh then in
Holland : -I wan 1110 best toa even u
it oosU forty florins a pound; only you
must be quick or we shall lose this op-
portunity and I doubt whether we shall
jgve another. "t .Now- the importation
and the consumption of the stimulant
is reckoned by the million pounds.
Thus much for not alone the advanoe
made by oommeroe: but' also for the
widespread custom of tea-drinking.
The demand in this country for tea is
growing larger every year and the habty
of drinking it has become all but uni-
versal. Our close relations to China
aud Japan favor this importation of the
billing to foster the ' rather n urious
Tustom to the repletion of their pockets.-
ubwu. i- . . .
Mr. A. A. Low of the firm of Lpw
:ions enciwu lue loitowing
informatiouj --tWe import - tat; this
aaid fllY. LoW. 'about 5.0I)0.-
(XH)" pounds; of .tea each year; It has
become one of the chief importations
of this country ana as ine population ... ; ft
grows the consumption of tea becomes father returned onQ evening from Spar-
areater.' t Within the pidt 'five years the ta after 1 serving I asl Klrand- 'Juror.
impernauoiiB u iuuiouhcu iiuuiu ouu-
000 pounds eaohyear and the prospects
are that the amount of leaf consumed
will bflcbrne; larcer 'srnd' 'lSriier ' as the
jears speed by. The greater portion
of the cargoes of tea-Ttre' htnded at San
Jrancisop' Or at the jlarMp patifprnjan
nnrta. anA dieii aire itraiaDortedf ncmfis
4he tea is dirJiSbute'd' all pver thp land..
the country w new xorx irom wuence
peopto mi Km Wiw
flinnn who Hv in t.lin
w""" -r . oueBe: x lememuer . u weu jub6 11
West. &bab apparently unaccountable t . . .
iactisSnSJo the presence of lime iH
almost all the water whiph is furnished-
tothe latgSbities for dostio purposec;
nd thiPpe&ple have aKtainaidtiiat
the usetaiea will neuaUztO'fl -great
iienttk action of thlfr 'uttJhc
rClUjTA THE MAIN SOpRCB-'
"We "obtain most of j pur t tea Worn
China proper a large (luantity from
Japan the better quality! from the" Id-
land of Formosa and a small quantity
of fermented tea from India. The Chi-
nese tea is the popular favorite more
because of its cheapness - than because
of its quality. The Formdsian tea is
very fine. -.It was only a fdw years ago
when the Island of Formosa was'opened
and it was immediately found that the
just crop of tea obtained 'from there
was the best ever imported into this
country. . Tea needs a virgin soil and
that it had in Formosa. It is not like
the grape or other stimulant growing
plant which needs long eultiyation to
teach its highest standard of excellence
but it demands thnt the ground be fresh
and rich. In Japan the tea plant has a
smaller leaf and a vfery 'deUpjte-flavor
This is of course speaking tvery gen-
erallyf because every plantation has its
distinctive crop aud the' plants of one
section are very distinctly marked from
those of another. I can tell by the
simple flavor of the leal within ten
miles of the place where i$ has been
grown. In all probability after Amer
ica England claims the largest quanti-
ty of tea but the leaf which the Eng-
lish people affect is the fermented one.
The tea leaf is heaped .in the planta-
tion and water paused :upon it; : then;
by the action of the heat of .the sun
the leaves become slightly decomposed
and consequently fermentation sets in.
The tea is then taken rolled and burnt.
The fermented tea has very peouliar
. flavor. 'It is Mot pleasant I think to
tastfl. at least the Americans do not
u a-v I
care for it as the taste is pungent
sweet and sometimes sickening.' It is
used in this country more for the pur-
pose of mixing with green tea than for
any other purpose. Its influence in
this mixture is to give the larger quan-
tity a sweetish flavor that is relished by
land anT prhapS throughout the CoH-
nun irvo.v.i. vuvj.." r- j
a- 'i xi. i aj w mn
LiliCll U. DUD lOlUiouBfcw ... 1
. ' . . ... 1:. :a
UKeu. xne reason iur uuio jtunu
of taste is due in all probability to
Al 1
custom ratner tnau uuuii;.. i .
INDIAN tea.
Th. Indian tea is aU of the ferment-
d kind bought the most eagerly in
Enffland. Out of the 75.000000 pounds
of tea imported oy nis couni-rv ui.j-
about 1000000 pounds are used here.
This tea very rarely comes to this coun-
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try directly it usually comes here by
i?.ir1 ..Thavalnn of all kinds
tJ ui ' 1
a . . ' i.i.4 n..mdHnrivinm.
laaa OTnanQiTA fVinn the others. I am
of the opinion that the failure which it
has met with when its merchants have
endeavored to force it into this market
is due greatly to the firm hold the greon
and black teas have obtained on the
Americans. Almost two-thirds of all
the tea imported into this country is
green while the remainder with the
exception of a few hundred thousand
pounds is black. The prices of tea
cannot be determined upon because
they fluctuate and are very seldom sta-
ble. The value of tea this year is how-
ever considerably less than it has been
for a considerable time. h . " ;
"The first invoice of tea is of course
the most valuable and considerable ri-
valry is occasioned between the. Eng-
lish and Americas auarchaaU ia their
endeavors to land the first cargo in this
eoantry. The tea is made more valua-
ble than profitable however' as tbfl ex-
pense of rapid Transportation and the
bigs prices demanded at the plantations
run the profit down to a rery narrow
margin. I think that the tea trade will
increasf by degrees until the price for
it becomes almost nominal. There is
errt oompeuuon and this of course
1 f 1 ' - '
0' wiujnniuuu ana WIS 01 COUrse I
brings the price down Terr low. Should
- . . . I
a company do xormed however the
price would rise and the trade become
a monopoly. The main reason for the
. -
ccnunned atanriari i. t.
transportation to' this conntrv is verv
hiflrh. and tan! nHlmnah itnht s s.v
takes up a great deal of room. Tea is
taking the place of coffee to some ex
tent and may eventually do so entirely.'
( Bermuda rass la tbej Southr:
Seventy years ago my father lived
one -mile apd ; half t from owerto4
Ha n ..... il J.. i I '.1 I
" ouoro.
The house and kitchen yard wereabout
mn . . ... . . .. . .
inter veninr hfitwr. A .t. .
Th rarrl w an
'". r i. t 1
aet b J9un J?re8P WfX"
Cetot on the nflrtheastvrtnfil tvfflnn
trees grew; mi i v.i ? .i.'ai::
About Annlseventv vears 'air6:: mv
norsooacif was tne oniy style oi travel
those days'with aoddla bam for his
wardrobe1) He .had beeu gbne; b ldng
time three days and two night's to at-tend"d6Urniin"8TavedirntaitTaTourh-
ed. 'JoiJaf wufu'ey thirteen Imiles. kr
oTat iacasi'oit tmrt a. ' cTani businesa.
Al? glaf fee hyii Jst it night wife
imotner anwcaadrenr 1 1: was one oi
Li t i n n . : i. 11
if ne came saddle bags cn nis arm
gat down saddle bags between- his feet
iilrap4hVfttoass hasp thWcJosed
' 1 '' ;-i"'T At. - A Al J J
me open vdg$.$p tne DBgs at cne-'iiuu-
dle. ;lwei.lopa around on unuj.e 10
see" what woud come out. A'-ginfir"
oaka we thought but dare .not asK
On would be a thrin. two for "leven
pence (and Jour for pistereen. .lies
four we thojlght; there were'foTlrjjf
us. .: iUt noxne saaaie Dags opueu
out came a paper bundle about the' size
of anuart'pot.
Here; said pa to ma is a wonderful
thini? ior the Irard Bermuda grajp.T.-Ai
friend gave me the roots. Herethoy
are and we will set the yard and jieed
no more matq. This was the1" first of
Berrauda grasa-jn that regionsiventy
var ftco. It was not seen Or heard
of before. It was;new to every one
S'ext'tbijDjobs were set going
in the yard ploughing and cross
plpngning. jxne grouuu wwuoujm-
edover and checked with a scooter
two feet each way and one sprig gut in.
It all grew readUy nd'P WP flr'
it CQYeyed thejari ai jww Jelffag
way to the garden in the rear and tne
big gate on the road. There was no
stopping it .Cattle. bogsad sheep
would carryit in their feet every where
they went. v . 5
' fl nurt tnnr VAfirs I Observed
the prpgress of Bermuqaas.rI ttteri
had never isedn it elsewhere buVsiftcff
haye reason to believo that ;about this
Lin T V VWW - -
time it had been introduced in ureene
0 th(op0 Wilkes errarrtie
? ' - . ii UAo I went
f In 1817 sixty-fourard ago 1 went
to Franklin college." Dr. Findley died
t iwas transferred ftb Bonfri Caro-
coiwe Columbia. Coming home
at intervals J. noticed ne progr u
T(mn.i uras at ana arounu my iuiu
' w . or '
. . . t. i
J-L ;
i er's bouse.
. j ''(U Ilk
L SS2
o ues malting on tne ciay iu im .iuuuui-
of my fathers plantation baa K?... fibroag root8 a rich black mold
into the public highway ana wasmoy-
:. toward Powelton and Greensboro
O 1 ..11
j ty year8 ago .ana eign
"" Tmthetlme it jas broightJa
years Xrom the time . ..vf
my tamers nuu ' 7 . 9
1 . '.it lX.aHfv ninne.
I IXSTO IlUli bccu. '
. 1 a
can advite you du
wi.Mt. T have seen and heard it has
I1UIU
rwiion to the Savannah river to
Thomson on the Georgia railroad andl
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W AW W .
In 1826 fifty-five years ago a s.u.
housekeeping in Xatontoh Ga. on the
Mr. Edmund Beid.
In 1826 fifty-five years ago I began
lot
The
.house fronted Jfl-
tM '.ehuith o-aUi11
viUe'. aevefaty-fla-yaids. froai-ihe
south of this street rThe garden then
was where nowis a 9?m?lXKaimJii firmet
of forest treea; but ineii ja "yJ5ir'tJ
. .!..- ' i..'v'f Kovt vpo-tAbIeari '
pienuiuu j'sr.rz i:
mnA nnt 4 tree in it. .
vtin thff bouse and jrtreflt about
a rod from the front door was a small
gate opening into the garden.
From the door iojthe gate was a foot
way well set with Bermuda graaa about
half a rod wids. There wh so other
suob grass in the yicinity and thispnly
a rod by hall a rod. . . .
" uwj v n w.
garden; and we went at it with
. ILI 1 Jt 1 1
It must be destroyed we said or lose
anovei grooomg ow uu ro m u.t
pring.v It was dug to the bottom the
roots carefully separated and put into
' . 11J 1-A il
a wheelbarrow ana wneeiea into roe
street.
It reanired several days fit was
carefully raked over and leveled.
We looked at it. with satisf action be
lievW it was' all killed. But in Sep
tember following it came up as thick as
wheat. .X
Not disooursmd wd repeated the
work next sprihfc T1ttir)f every spade-
full of earth thrggn avaieve and tiie
-wibarrow and then into
B Z 5
Are in the iKCueE-kepioip lor that
purpose.JWoaistf whht we put in the
street arfe"fue.y a
street grewfludly and was 'coming at
us from that point. . -. A
Wacom pleted the job- and felthure
we bad a sriumpu.iJui ueii flessou
ttnatin'nn affMffaa-ihiclirM. wheat. We
gave kupas itna;aav now enterinrf-into
tbeganeil v . .';; J -
We th Bl6ucbedituDWldBot the
ground ttpMjnifl? mannV of forest
trees not excepting oiu ueiu piuoo
weet'ffiim arid maple elmi etd. ' From
WIS tula grufia luuA. uaiiuubuu miu ww-
mim countv. It now covers all. the
adjacent counties. r . r A
T?ifkv vVa aiof Mr' J.- Lr- Meo'dr; a
thorjujtbDttivatoKi-sadwifti&Wade
farm-iix mUesfrMaHononthe road
a 1)U lane between'two fields of choice
land.pBS aastojtirpufpose
an'A Aai.armnaH Will ft nil had aluDle
men and horse pbweratad resolved to
exterminate it. He ploughed hoed
and (raked ij up end hung it up on the
fence' and stumps and. 'stakes' so that
at midday it made" one feel as if the
shades of evening or the. long moss
tnat nung upon va wees oa uo ion
da line wereabout him. Moody thought
he had killed it but next spring it toot
the field. . f;0.:
Fprty years ago I passed.. Moody
had left.' ' Tlie plantation 'was1 in Ber-
muda grass' and a waste' while a good
two-Btbry'brick mansion looked like a
deserted 'castle.' 'yj:. ... w
During the war I removed from Eto-
ivah to 'Athens.;and.. Wilkes .Cdtulty I
fqdfhis'ra. ppssessipn from
Chaii apooohjee Biver Lugustaon that
iin6;K8from Jtuanis io 'Ijtaoon and
Columbus and f rbm' Columbus to New-
i ilhav not observed it lik Cherokee
Ga. It would be sad to see t here as
this soction is now ruined and; impov-
erished by cotton and guano. Clove
rye and pea vines are the rescue
Tbesewill not stands with" Bermuda.
ftfiouYtiiese and "a cnange of -crop
products the ' country will be handed
over to1 "Bermuda" and the present
owners must leave. 1 : "". " ' "
; Jtfiddle Georgia is its place climate
and soil. It needs a warm climate.
Very cold weather kills' it.'' It retires
from a dense forest covered with leaves
and goes 4$ sunny places. :
It is self-sustaining will live in stony
ground and thin soil. -' Luxuriates in
rich land and in wet places. It sods
in a quagmire so that you may walk
over on it. 'it will cross small streams
grow iii the water and dam them up
Sn l 1.11 u;lrnai1 AmhailkmAIltM.
IV . . ill". '
iniuuiuui
..j i anA rrr.v nnTtha bare naked
Sf as. d m P .i. ...
ffi best for cattle
horses sheep' and hogs to graze on
- . ... hnnt .loe. not
They prefer it andthe boof does not
hviim Itig the first in spring and
last in fall but the upper growth dies
in -winter.: " " ' " '
A moderate 'crop 'of corn or cotton
may be made where it is by determined
purpose and power enough.
Best means to distroy a BmaU quan-
. . Vn a anil fatten 100 hofrs on a
m qaarter of acre from the 1st oi
somber" to the 25th of December.
r
liveandPeri
period to die.. I
so I have not lived long enough to
know it I have never seen its blossom
. . a . - r 1 7
Hm aMd Alara' A.. VOOVCl. m
li.l lrl
A Lady barber of ' Homer Illinois
has shut up shop to marry a wealthy
farmer with whom ahe scarped up an
acquaintance and may be expected to
razor quota of little shearers to help
the world along. She is said to -be
young hfiT""1" and accomplished.
md Tlo o4 boAr h oof ! cl. ul UMaa.ll VVZtl r - - ( -TvTft
workTkouw aot wkiO. I tinU tlirtnit. J. P. wi . r ' -J
irava hM Vaali to
Wn JHaHk am
rUa -
JnwiMff. Jlawrtwa
wrw ym'iiaa
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BITTER
; .arM;rte !
! body artoa from a deranemew 0 (bfl 1
; llver affecting both thtttomaeh and
bourel$. In order to effect a cure it
1 neceuary to remove the eauee. Jrrtgu- '
1 lor and SluggUh action of the Bowel $
BeadaeheSleknettatUu)SUmachPaln
i in the Back and Zoint etc. indicate that
the lAver it at fault and that nature re- .
' quire ateittanee to enable this organ to
throw offimpuritiee. :
! Prickly Aab Bitter areeepoeWl .
compounded for thiepuTpoee. They are
mild in their action and effective a m
euro t are pleaeant to lite taete and taken .
eatily by both children and adult. Ta- .
j ken according to direettont they are at
' afeandpleaant cure for DyapepMia .
General Debility Habit wal Con
atlpatlon Dlaeaaed Kidneys
etc. etc. A a Blood Partner hey
are mupertor to ay other medicine 1
cleaneing the eyttem thoroughly and
imparting new life and energy to thein- -
valid. It ica medicine and notaw
lntoxlcatias; beverage.
ui ran iiiHiit ru riititt aim iinut
and taka no oUiar. nUCS. ILOO par BatUa. .
HER IMS. i CO. ' SOLE PROPRIETORS
S.eaiaa4
atr.Ma.
A I'Win. COtop1 OCITH TO WrDMH a
centainiBf Chapitrfl A taenpettnt Woman.
hand &Uctlna mi wife. T.mUmittmM t ihnriB
i itr Tamperaaienta Slrnltly. Ae? we to BrtJ
n.YmiJZm We comm. CH.ba'i Hirm
nnwu CwlaMwal Vo ana Oataa. tmtmm "aw-
TTi. .lu.-frlnta Madloal AdTli.r"". diuwi r.
riAyiD.LAKSRTH&SK3. PBlAj
ROTTUKB
la from ia r. l will WS g
KatMiira th can not mm. Hend JW- 5 "
iae &iirr. stt.. ta ma suae..
f Mlarfc-lptila. Ia. and aa rorwl.
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n k aartsm em tm rrt
DebHlty Seminal Weea-
naMa. Imootenee. e
the nadawaa ia aTatMa far UTov
apJaa biaauted aooaa SB aaa aa fUaag fcal aja-
ractoaoa fo aalMraataam eeflt freS AT
Saw t. WHIOaUU. 4U Laisa k aJssam Ua
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ulhi.r lt.ni iiupmr nl"rj"rr"i
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immymrm.
617 St Charles Street St. wmii.te.
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Mtbamaltol
laaiaMOTarbf
anm&tArr
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alTcrs1! miulree
aoaa of t&o uu
'y arm subiaot la
to wnica ttn nucuui
mora Uahranal thna
no ramedjr ho yak
bat proroa to unlver
ourim Povar and
FEVER TONIC.
tmotphar la OlieA
(ram sraut aoolt of
Irom the overflow dur
PiwerA Arrue. aad
been diiooveiedwbica
collr fiiceoufal In
ft8!!!.' KRESS'
aootlonl of countrtbe
nnlnria amine
t left ateodlna
na lut Miring.
which beoomlna Ml
Bant throw
et an extent
oat miuaria to M gra
that la order to 111
FEVER fromsnio
CHILLS and
Ino Aboltl an theen-
tern UUnaooEurr
tbata romediranoald be
aaad which will 00 antec act the erll and in
eaeM where the dlwaja hat taken hold ol
UietrttamAlIeot ODr-A. Ii.7j-.;
there It nothing aqnul toKRE88'JfEVCR
TONIO. It it theSeatoSafeatSamedr
known and whereverawdhelglTenper.
feet tatlifHOt ton. InlUeompoiltioa neith-
er Quinine Anenlo Btrrchnia nor Mere.
urr it nted. It will cure the rant atttbborn
eatee of AOUS iaaTtry ahortf Imeand
leavet the lyjMra ttrone and rigorou to re-
tit MA LABIA. Una bottle ononllr It
all thnt I will be rer3irednnleie In wstraTft-
tedcsMX.1 orwherelhoiratlontUoontluuQlljf
expoedUDuhulalpoltoaln inch catee
a teeond bottaM"av iia nier be reanired.
In null dseet it will InTerlnblr eonntet-
act tendencr to chill. I KRESS' FEVER
TONIO UnonewroraeV djr ltooe loaaeo-
bllhedthc.rou(;bly tee--a tna and
found br ei:rioooo todo " all fhrt
itclulmitl for it. Iaenf otner.coluMO will
be foand the axperloaoo I of pnrtlo who
have atad It to which wn Vuk roarotliatioa
Prloe One Dollar a BotV Us and if for
aula br Drugglste eroiy g where. ICY
IT If yon hare the rllch eettendencyto
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