Supplement to COTTAGE GROVE NUGGET, Friday, December 29, 1899.
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. every mnii who Iiiih n fail
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ijomaii Hi Texas Iiiih taken her life
an licr iuihiuiiiu wncnou ui um.
t the would have none ir no nan
1 brilllniitl 111 1UH wniHKorH muni
ila a mystery
ijjlfjInuKlH'il llvi' hours over a Joko
lit took two 'locHirn xo permiaui; iiei
l,4n KilltniH uh a rule mm; a groin
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nlr of mi' " JOKi'M hoiii iiicin. mu
Lj are always afraltl to print mom
Ine311."lr' .-migrants who nunc hero
: year brought $5.5im.i.ou imo me
ntrr. Yet UilH expresses Dili a mioiu
tirtlunof what tin- honest ami faithful
ntat among them Is worth to me
nlrf.
5iiiearltiiuii"il-laiiM have figured out
ttlromi atid-rbllt palil about $
iMOOfor UN wife. A high price, lint
krearetoiiii' men who will assert tint
know of some wlvtn worth more
1 tlijt.
pltha wife, a house ami lot. a plane,
Inronl, a watch, a pet Hull, a title
I a fat wilnry already provliled, ami
WiMiotof prize iimiiey III HlKlit, A1
i Itewev Is naturally inetty well
tiled with the way the world 1
g him.
IlidletliiK Ih now eoiiMldered one tt
most Hlh'iK'luiiH aids In inodtnu
I-Jlcal nriuihe, (Jeiimin doctoiH are
bning how to idiik. TIiIk Ih kooiI
l. The time may eome wnen we
send for the doilor In ciiho the
I girl nfiiHeK to iperate.
L Kayatnyama, the Imperial archl-
1 of Japan, hai recently placed an
n In Plushm-i for U.OOtl toim of
ncttiral Iron to he used In liulldlu
wiiiidi, nun iiic Hliicero ninti uniVmi n
far better hiiHbaml than the artlllelal
one, And tlm wiuiiiiu n-lu. iii.i
' . ' . .Willi Illlh
uiiderHlaiid prnpoHal of marriage,
ramtuatleal or otlienvlHc, hIioiiIiI be
unreiKiiciiiy pltttMl for her (IuIIiu-hh of
coniprehciiHlon.
i'liere are Homo who believe timt in
the mutter of dreHHinakliiL' women urn
Htlll In the dark iikch, though their re
ceiitly expreKHed tleferenee to the man
tailor kIiowh that lliey ant oinerKliiK
Into the llKht. Woman now demamlH
that her wiivh anil iniiui u uimii i,
THE CULTUI1E OF TEA.
SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTS ARE
MADE IN THE SOUTH.
(SimleiiH In Hoiilh Carolina Produce a
Hupcrlor Article at Twctity-llvc Per
Cent. Prollt-A New ami Orowlnu Jn
(liiHtry for the Houtliland.
Some yen 1-H ao a few fnr-KoeltiK men
of the Southern States looked far
Miibject to the Hinne HtandardH as IIioku' ahwid to we that cotton would
aiiplli'd to man, but on the oiieHtion of i ll0t Iw.vh bo klnt'. and opened to dlH-
clothcH Hhe in iiHt Htlll Httffer ii little by! (-'IIKWln the problem of ralHitiK tea. Ai
me conipariHon. i r a man does not wmi l""u couon wan kiiik. ami tnere
K who retirement and deny hlniHelf to
IiIh kind while the tailor Ih at his house.
lie does not pore over pattern books.
and on the subject of "llndliiKs" he Ih
DilKsruiiy ignorant. One can hardly
fancy a man jjoIiib about choosing the
lining for his coat, the buttons for III-
vest and all the Innumerable element
that go to cover the human form divine.
Of course, women have the object ol
beauty as well uh utility In their minds.
and In their zeal for the former they
will give soul and strength In the search
for beconiliigness. This Is well, but It
Is encouraging to note that It Is now
possible for a woman to be well dressed
without devoting her dayH to the task,
Iiiformcrilinmlt was almost Impossible
to liny women's garments ready made,
and It was necesary for a woman eith
er to make them herself or employ
dressmakers more or less skilled. Hut
now she Is no longer under the tyranny
of the thimble. She can buy her clothes
ready made, and when she dons these
Hho Is not to be distinguished from the
wearer of the made-to-order gowns,
white she feels far superior to her who
wears the home-made dresse.
pard sold his crop of 1808, about 3.000
pounds, as also about 500 pounds of the
crop of the previous year (which had
been bought to maintain prices), at a
profit of about 25 per cent. The I'lne
hurst black tea has u distinctly charac
teristic flavor, and, like some of the
choicer Oriental teas, Its Honor has
more strength than.1" color Indicates.
These qualities 17-V ts Introduction
slow. Hut It has Q .,ys proved n diffi
cult matter to change the taste of tea
consumers; notably so In the Introduc
tion of Ceylon tea into Great Hrltaln,
the mother country of its producers.
Nevertheless there has been a steadily
Increasing demand for I'lnehurst tea,
The servant girl problem has become
distracting by the diminution of sup
ply ami the exorbitant wages demand
ed. Young women who formerly were
engaged In domestic service are now
largely going Into shops bcause of
higher wages, though they do not con
sider the olTset of longer hours, In
creahed expenses, amV. physical wear
and tear. A partial solution of the
problem In the Hast Is suggested by
the appearance of men chambermaids
ami men of all work, who are not only
ipilte as handy as chambermaids but
do their work even better, quicker,
and more reliably, thus Justifying the
famous opinion which Hurtle Masscy
delivered to Mrs. Poyser as to the rela
tive ability of man ami woman. To
what extent men can be relied upon to
take the places of women In domestic 1
service Is an unknown quantity, but
I.. nw.Miititnii tin. I'nlteil Hrltlsli
Women h emigration Association mm
hit upon a plan for supplying com
petent help III housework In the colo
nies which hcenis susceptible of wider
adoption. It Is the system of "com
panion helps." A circular has recently
been Issued by the association In which
the system Is explained. Companion
helps" are educated women who have
fitted themselves to undertake situa
tions by actual domestic experience
In cooking and housework. In Canada
the demand for Intelligence on the
part of applicants Is still mort extend
ed. They must have learned cooking,
baking, washing, milking dairy work,
bee-keeping, poultry-raising, aim cm
was no denying it, so the effort to cre
ate an Interest In tea raising proved
abortive. In less than fifteen years
came a great war In which the South
was swept clean as by a hurricane.
One result of the war, minor perhaps,
besides some of the other results, was
that cotton was dethroned. Into the
new South was Introduced other forms
of agriculture, and not only that, but
manufactures which the South hereto
fore had despised with pride In Its
"splendid Isolation."
And now, a generation after the war
has closed, after King Cotton has been
deposed, Southerners themselves have
taken up the culture of tea In earnest,
bound to make It contribute to the gen
eral prosperity of that section of the
country. A leader among these leaders
Is Prof. Charles U. Shepard, of Pine
hurst. Summervllle, S. C, and In a pub
lication of the agricultural department
In Washington he tells of the success
of his experiment.
Since he has made a profit of 25 per
cent, on his venture the undertaking Is
entitled to be taken out of the class of
experiments and put in with the solid
accomplishments that will endure. It
Is seven years since he first reported
on the oitcratlons on the Pinehurst es
tate. He says that it seems probable
from the facts so far gathered that the
TKA NfllSKIlV IJJ JULY.
and a great many people will drink no
other.
Green tea also Is made at Pinehurst,
and has attracted keen Interest In the
trade. There Is probably a greater de
mand In the United States for green
than black tea. At present, a large
amount of sophisticated green tea is
consumed In this country. As It Is
chiefly made of Inferior leaf, highly
colored with Prussian blue, and faced
with powdered soapstone, etc., so as
to hide all natural defects. It cannot bo
regarded as either nutritious or health
ful. Hut the nature of the demand In
dicates a decided preference for the
taste and qualities of green, I. 0.. not
oxidized, teas, and should stimulate us
to supply In Its stead a pure, wholesome
article of the same type. Unfortunate
ly, green teas can as yet bo made by
dairies consume the surplus productl-A
of fruit and milk.
One feature In the cultivation of tea
lias only to be stated to appeal to every
one who plants, namely, that the t-easou
for gathering the leaf lasts in this cli
mate for six months. Thus a crop ia
not dependent for nt least partial suc
cess upon the weather of any one or
two months, as Is so apt to bo the case
with most of the objects of the hus
bandman's labor and solicitude.
For the present it will be wiser to
limit the production of tea In the South
to the better grades, such as retail at
from CO cents to 51 per pound. The
greater cost of unskilled labor in this
country than In the Orient should con
stitute a smaller fraction of the totaL
expense If the product commands a.
higher price. Other things being equal,
the quality of any tea depends on the
"fineness" of the leaf plucked. If only
the tiny, tender, youngest leaf he pick
ed, the quantity of the crop must be
comparatively small; but its quality
will bo decidedly superior to that ob
tained by "coarse" plucking, which also
embraces the older, larger and neces
sarily tougher leaves.
Problem of Cheap T.alior.
Leaf-plucking demands the careful
attention of the tea grower. It Is a.
light employment, suitable for women
and children, but they must be taught
patiently and their work must be scru
tinized strictly. At Pinehurst colored,
children do the picking, and very satis
factorily. A free school is maintained
for 'hem; every pupil of sultablo-'age-and
size Is required to pick; others are
excluded from the gardens. Regular
attendauceandbetterd sclplineare thus
secured. But. otherwise, there would
be no difficulty In securing an ample
force, as the wages earned prove In
themselves a sufficient attraction. The
older children earn from 30 to 50 cents
a day; the younger one In proportion.
The tea gardens are picked twenty
times a season, or once every ten days,
and It takes three days for the average
force of twenty children to make the
lace for the crown prince at Tokyo. ting and making simple dresses. These
hough covering n large area, thl
Jluir will he only three stories in
?lit, and will be constructed with
Itlculnr reference to withstanding
ibipiakes. Tills architect has been
for some time, studying our build-
It methods, and especially their adap-
u to Japan's needs.
plat we Inherit from Knglnnd Is
Hy languane. llie.uture and tcr-
Ia lolItical aspliat.oiiH. These are
bequests, but they do not.
Wlieless, entitle Ungland to he
the mother country any more
lie possession of French language
f literature entitles llnytl to e'.a in
Mileage of Kin nee. Thu tiutli Is
Pt the Dure AhL'n.Kn von s.rain
us Is nearly extinct and haw
1 replaced by a better one. It Is
F( for our statesmen to recognize
'-on fitting occasion, to proclaim the
'Mil put an end to the after-dinner
D which makes out that Ainerl-
F" are something else and worse.
I "HI the comlne; woman inarrv? She
not unless Uie coming mini studies
BUI nr. ho tlm t lw imiii tun t.-o the
Hired woman understand a proposal
warrliiL'o."- iti.v. v.u-i.n nwlirht
'Mnn sermon at Plvmouth church
Dr. llllltH 1 mnw ti wnmnn re-
lnS tt mail for nn ntlwir rnnMiiu ex-
'"bat tlio proposal was contnullc-
'10 tllO Hf'ImW.A ii.lilnli Ifmlto lt tllf
rClplesoflaniruaeo? Ones Dr. HilllH
f 1 Ulan who inmln n nrnnnsnl of
rlago reneatlmr word for word tlio
"ago that ho luul prepared with
Mm
I'8 does ho Is In possession of lnfor-
i t n wllk'h tho worl(l ln Knoral
otj The woman who would reject 11
8 wciuiso ho erred In tho construe-
01 his sentonco In nsklng her to
, "eserves to bo nn old mnld nil
aai,s of lior life. Tho man who
Jdellver a well nronared. nronosal
Sa'Crlflco sliienrltv to nrtlllelnll.
I' onlesa ho had extraordinary self-
.....wiiiiinisj however, an n.v 10 motu
who are going out to the colonies. Hut,
on the other hnnd, these "eoinpnnion
helps" have advantages ami privileges
which no domestic servant is allowed
to have. The circular asserts that a
companion help" Is engaged where
no servant Is kept, lind where the mis
tress undertakes some part of the
work In the same way In which a mar
ried woman and her sister might, di
vide the household duties. "Com-p-inlon
helps" share in the family life,
ami uianv women have been only too
glad to avail themselves of the oppor
tunity to become companions rather
than servants and to have a life with
the famllw The salaries are not large,
varvlng from ?120 to $2-15 a year, but
the" privileges are such as no servant
can have. Some such system as this
.1.,. vn.rm. in New Knglnnd hnlf 11
century ago, when American gli
went Into service and became shareis
the family llfo. " mny Do Impos
...i.. n.vive It. because American
Mils now look down upon domestic
Horvlce and prefer the slavery of the
shops, but It mlKht be adopted to a
. ..vtonr. for there are many
,0 ..potent women who would rejoice
t() have a home of this Kin. am. nu
1 e Identified with n family, oven
" a helper. There does not seem to
as a nupi . ti,M MVS-
be nny SUIUCieill mm. -
. should bo ccllned to colon es
Falling till", however, or some other
method of recruiting female servants
l e lay of the man 'servant would
een. to bo near at hand In boi..o
parti of the Kast he is already coin-
lug to tho front.
Spnam ot Dooonoy in Vnvla.
Tho French Society for the Supprcfv
sloi of Vice is going to try to prevent
hSecent exhibitions among - tho a n,e
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uono v ---- - ,i(1.,i qn
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ty.f.',"" V rsil4?ff. -..'ft. 1 fife', fe.raVJa .K77itP'
1
hand on v: IIHK "u'- .wt
ental labor. JMv . , ui pick rroui
dllim grAdesWfVA .- fiLM JMp?
Ulack teas c ?V'! '' ' 1 - '
In almost cvlsAv'C'v J ' ; , '' ' :V-
of the leaf InjiOfv . )' , v---''
The cost ofMDsA'.'; v , . '. "
country is liHHfe..ti - ,. ' ' - :- 'v
met by a grel' , , '' Qfc' ' it''J$i
jbktmiJi&milit fnctor'i&t L- . ' ' -.J,.. or mt. "Jblaw.
HHBSBetlf of varieties ten 1
r intn vnnrs
ch license on bucI, occasions on tho
plea thnt they iiiusiram
Sad amusements of other couutrle.
cultivation of tea can be made profit
able In the warmer portions of the
United States In two ways. One Is by
establishing a plantation on tho scale
of the experiment at Suniniervllle with
capital sufficient to carry the work to a
point where the product can be offered
on equal terms with teas holding nn es
tablished place In the markets of the
United States. The other Is to grow
tea for home use In the farm garden.
In cither case tea growing can be un-i
dertnken safely only where the tem
perature rarely goes lower than 25 de
grees Fahrenheit, and never below
zero, nnd where a liberal supply of
water can be depended upon. There
Is probably no place In the United
States where the rainfall Is sufficient
for tho best results with the tea plant,
and Irrigation should where possible be
provided for In growing tea.
Tho experiment nt Suinmervllle. on
the growth and manufacture of tea. be
gan about ten years ago. At the be
ginning It was wisely on a small scale,
but has gradually been Increased until
now over fifty acres have been planted
ln ten. When the plants arrive at full
bearing the yield should be nt least
10 000 pounds of high-grade tea; and
this should sulllco for the object In
view viz.. to determine whether com
mercial tea may be prolltably grown
under the local conditions of soil, cli
mate and labor.
One of the most productive or tno
Suniniervllle gardens Is that called the
Hose garden. The output of green Jea
from it 1ms been: urop ui uu
I)01UM1h; crop of 1893. 81 pounds; crop
of ISO I. 151 pounds; crop of 189., AM
pounds; crop of 1800. (100 pounds; crop
of 180". 0-18 pounds; crop of 1S0S, neai
lv 100 pounds. One thousand two
hundred and sixty pounds of green leaf
1 afford 300 pounds of standard Pine
urst black tea. Hut the "Hose Garden
a not to bo regarded as an exceptional
es ,11, or of difficult imitation. Two
aiwr gardens, also formerly piney
woo is po uls. planted with Darjeellng
see llnBS. l.rotnlso successful rivalry
within a few years, and yet others up
win. . .....i.ninff in n more vigor-
pear to uo ii"'o -
Vii rrof' shep-
KOI.M.NO ANU DltYl.NU LOOM.
which, from Inherent chemical causes,
cannot be brought from the Orient.
FlllliiK Out Gnrilen Comers.
There Is a large class of people whp
might prolltably add the cultivation ot
tea to that of flowers and vegetables,
lilllug out the corners of their gardy'ns
and home fluids with tea bushes. as
they do In China, or suo.suiuuuk.'uou
ful as well as ornamental evergreen
hedges of that plant for the pi'esent
unsightly and costly nnd frequently un
reliable feuces. Cultivated in this way.
the outlay of time, labor and money
could hardly prove burdensome; and,
ns ouo result, the household should be
able to supply Its own ten-pure,
strong and invigorating, instead of tho
...ti.,..-,,iiv. often far from cheap,
stuff generally sold throughout tho
CTsltthese little tea gardens are ex
tended and multiply factories will be
established In each neighborhood for
tho larger manufacture of commercial
tea, wWtuer tho products of the gar
dens surrounding mny be brought and
sold, precisely as canning factories and
:4iatf.
iFfjrS&Vf Vbllsuments the cooks are
h1A1rlnbl.iV1en. Half a dozen coolies
will squntlfound a bucket of steaming
rice nnd rami four to six small savory
dishes of stewed cabbage, onions,
scraps offat pork, cheap fish, etc. They
flll their bowls nt discretion from the
bucket They help themselves discreet
ly with their chop-sticks from the vn
rious relishes provided. On ordinnry
occas'lons even n wealthy Chlnnnian
wlilslt down to some such simple fare
sered Indeed on a table lustead of on
the ground, but in nlmost equally sim
ple style. It Is only when a banquet Is
substituted for the usual meal that eat-(
Im; Is treated seriously as a line art,
ln"r. manner worthy its Importance to
tlm human race. Then the guests will .
-..,..... .i,i, l.ntwix.n niul 4 In th&Jlftai'
. . . f
uoou and will renin In steauuy ni me
table until nny hour from 10 to mid
night. A Natural AVeRthor nurcau.
An euchnnted ravlue of the Ullon
Vallev, Honduras, Is described ns 11
regular weather bureau, with the pe
culiarity that It Is always reliable. The
tumbling of a cataract down the side
of a mountain gives the ravine Its
voice, which cnu ie uoaiu im . .......
miles, and this Indicates by Its volume
tho approach of rain and whether tho
coming storm Is to be light or heavy.
Tradition says that the ravine Is he
lionio of a dragon who controls the
clouds and winds.
It Is a sign of weakness to venomous-
ly hate people
Every poor man has a fnvorlte Joke
which he tells on some rich man.
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