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Dealing with Commercial and In
dustrial Conditions Abroad.
Kcxv luiltmtr)- Ilclnic BntnlillMhcd In
l'nrHKimj Tea Trnilc of India
mill Clilnn Eiik11Ii Youth
to He Tnuitht C 111 lit; xo.
A stock company has recently been
organized in Paraguay to cultivate
ycrba mntc. It has
n paid-up capital
of $100,CCO paper,
Ycrlin Mute
In I'uriiKini'.
or about $13,000 gold, and will start
planting immediately. This is the
first attempt that has been made to
cultivate ycrba on a large scale, as
heretofore it has all been taken from
the Yerbales, where It grows wild. It
promises to become a paying indus
try, the consumption of this tea be
ing enormous in all the Hirer Plata
countries.
In cultivating the plant, the seeds
nre passed through an acid bath. This
is necessary, because each kernel is
surrounded by a hard shell, which must
be softened in order that the seed may
eprout quickly. If planted in its nat
ural state, from three to four years
pass before the plant appears aborc
the ground, while by preparing them
in this way only three or four months
are required for their growth to bo
gin. Seeds from the male nnd female trees
must be planted together to get good
results. After eight or ten. months,
the plants are transplanted, nnd the
company has to-day 2,000 ready to be
moved. These will be placed in wood
ed land which has been partially
cleared, and in four years the first
crop will be ready. The mature plant
is about 12 feet high, the branches
touching the ground. The leaves and
small twigs arc cut, dried over slow
fires, baled, and then marketed.
The sorting and refining is done after
the arrival of the yerba in town, so
that the planter requires nothing in
the way of machinery, with the ex
ception of his ovens. After the first
cutting the plant must bo left un
touched for three years, in which time
it reaches its full growth again. A
plantation once well started requires
comparatively little attention, as the
plant is very hardy; but at the bec-in-
ning great care must be taken to pro
tect the small sprouts from the sun.
This is done by placing shades of straw
or strong grass over each plant on. the
side where the afternoon sun falls.
It is better to water the plants when
they are young, but this is not abso
lutely necessary if there is the average
amount of rain.
Yerba should always be planted in
wooded lnnd. It is claimed that by
cultivation a much better article oV
yerba can be produced and the tea will
bring a higher price. The managers
expeot from 20 to 30 per cent, on the
money invested. It is a business that
is bound to increase, as the supply
in the Yerbales will give out in time,
while the consumption is continually
increasing.
Steam power is to be superseded by
electricity to a very considerable ex-
r.. . , ... tent in the govern-
Elcutrlcnl rower . , , 6 , ,
nt Kiel ment dock yard nt
Kiel, Germany. Aft
er experimenting with electric-power
transmission on a comparatively small
scale, the administration has now de
cided upon a bolder scheme, whereby
all the machine tools, etc., installed in
the different workshops arc to be elec
trically driven. To this end, a power
plant having a capacity of 3.5CO horse
power is to be erected. This plant will
also supply electrical energy for1 driv
ing the powerful dockyard pumps.
In commenting upon the increase
in the tea production of India recent
ly, the L o n d o n
Daily Mail gives
the following in
Ten I'm rt of
I mil u mill Clilnn.
teresting figures:
There was a time when the word
China was synonymous with tea; yet
for many years the consumption of
Chinese tea in England has been stead
ily on the decrease. In 1S59, China
practically monopolized the tea trade
of the world. During this same year,
the United Kingdom consumed over
7G,000,COO pounds of tea.
Ten years later, in 1SG0, China had
Increased her sales to us by nearly
CS.OOO.'COO pounds, but India had then
sprung up as a rival and imported 10,
710,000 pounds of tea into Great Brit
nin. In 1879, we find that the imports
from China and from India had each
increased by 25,000,000 pounds, but it
Is between that year and ISS'J that
the most remarkable changes took
place.
Instead of selling us 120,340,000
pounds of tea, ns in 1S79, China in 1SS!)
only sent us 01,100,000 pounds, while
India actually added almost that quan
tity to her previous sales.
The importation of Ceylon tea into
Great Britain only commenced serious
ly in 18S4; but five years later we find
her importing 28,500,000 pounds.
Last year, the consumption of Chi
nese tea in Great Britain had sunk to
an insignificant 17,OCO,000 pounds,
while Ceylon alone imported nearly
livo time that quantity; India dur-
ing the same period actually beating
her own splendid record by sending us
134,018,020 pounds.
The manufacture of glass in Gcr-
mnny hns become a thriving Indus-
. , , . try. The number
uliifl I ml ii try . , . , ,
'of factories has
m acr,.-. rcnehcd 4fl0) glvnff
employment to about 35,000 work
men. This is a good showing, when
it is considered that the production
of glnss is comparatively a new thing
for the empire. Tor the past 30
years the Import from Austria, Bel
glum, England and Italy haa not
only been rapidly losing ground, but
Germany now exports to those coun
tries certain kinds of glnss, such as
bottles of every description, etc. Nat
urally, the German manufacturers
have not yet reached that stage where
they can compete with Belgium in
mirrors or with Venice in funcy-col-orcd
decorations.
The Importation of sugarinto.Tnpan
Is increasing. The amount imported
in tin first qunrter
of 190O was 70,000
tons, Valued at $3,-
Stifjnr Trnilc
of .In pun.
500,000, while in the corresponding
quarter of 1S99 the amount was only
C.OOO tons, vniued at $1,700,000. Of
the amount Imported in the first
qunrter of 19C0, Germany supplied 14,
00O tons. The importation from Ger
many was exceeded only by that from
Hong-Kong, 17,000 tons. The rnpid
incrense of Austria's exportation of
sugar to Japan is, however, a danger
which the German industry must
meet. In the first quarter of 1809,
Japan imported from Austria only 23
tons of sugar, but in the first quar
ter of the current year the amount
had increased to 11,000 tons. Thus,
Austria hns jjained the third place
among the competitors for the con
trol of the Japanese mnrket. The
German consul general at Yokohama
reports that this astonishing growth
is due to cheaper freight rates offered
bj' the Austrian steamship companies.
The Austrian freight ,rnte is $4.70,
while the German companies chargo
$0.55, nnd now propose raising the
rate to $7.14.
England is going after the great
markets offered by the opening of
the east with every
energy she can
muster. To assist
llrltiixli School
of Chinese.
in this a school for teaching the Chi
nese lnngunge is now being estab
lished in London. Of this the London
Daily Express says:
"Thanks to the efforts of Mr. Jnmic
son, ex-consul general nt Shnnghni, a
school of practical Chinese is now be
ing established in London tinder the
auspices of the China association, and
nt the present moment two nativo
professors, who have been brought
over from China by Mr. Jnmieson for
the express purpose, are receiving pu
pils at their domicile in Mnida Vale.
The instruction is specially directed
to commercial subjects correspond
ence, forms of nccounts, bills of ex
change, etc. Mr. Jnmieson's exer
tions hare been greatly impeded, of
course, by the recent troubles; but
it will be generally conceded that his
enterprise is worthy of support by
everyone interested in the future of
British trade in the Chinese empire."
Those who are interested in Ger
man home trade have for some timo
been urging an in
Tulle Fnetorle wen8e num.
in Germany. . , , ,,
ber of tulle weav
ing factories in this country, nnd
their efforts are finally to be rewarded
by the establishment of several new
manufactories. The German manu
facturers of embroidered goods will
thus no longer be dependent upon
England for their tulle. The new fac
tory at Kappel is doing a very good
business. It has already over 80 looms
in operation and is putting in new
ones as fast ns possible. Another
tulle factory has recently been estab
lished at Plaue near Floha. The old
est tulle factory in Germany is nt
Schueeberg, in the Erzgebirge; it has
been in operation more than 20 years
nnd has always been most prosperous.
According to the business columns
of a Beichenberg newspnper, an Aus
tralian mnnufuc
I'niipr Miido t , , , ,
from Turl. , ,
for it cheap raw
material for paper making, has suc
cessfully experimented with turf. It
is alleged that from the cleaned and
blenched fibers he produces u remark
ably durable paper substance. This
method is said to hnve been pntcnted
in various civilized countries and to b
meeting with gratifying success. Pa
per of various kinds, pasteboard, and
paper boxes are now madu out of turf
and nre declared to be of good qual
ity and to have great power of re
sistance. I'ritNllIll Itl'IIHOII.
"So she has gone home to her moth
er, has she? Don't you know, it is the
saddest thing on earth to think of a
trusting, fonts vtomun awakening to
find her ideals have been shattered,
that she loves him no longer; that her
iuol has feet of clay "
"Oh, there was nothing of the sort in
it. She loves him as well as ever, but
&he went back to ma because she was
hungry." Indianapolis Press.
A SMART CAT.
Oet m. Letter, ami, OncnliiR It, Iro-
cccilft to Lltcrnlly Devour
thb Content.
"I have a cat that can read," declared a
lady. "At any rate she knows when a let
ter comes for her."
"A lettcrl" exclaimed her friend, in as
tonishment, relates the lltillnlo Enquirer.
"Yea, a letter. If you don't believe it, I
will prove it to you. Just wait a moment
while 1 direct one."
She left the room and presently returned,
with a sealed envelope, addreshed "Miss
Pussy, No. Blank street, City." The let
ter was duly posted.
The next morning the postman came and
soon afterward the servant entered with a
bundle of let ten, anions which was that for
Miss Pussy. Placing them near her feline
highness on the fioor, Pussy's mistress said:
"Now, Pussy, pick out your letter."
Surprising enough, Pussy at once showed
an interest, and in a moment had pushed
aside with her paws the envelope addressed
to her.
"Wait a moment," said the mistress, "and
she'll open it."
Scareelv lmd she said this when Miss
Pussy tore open the envelope, and in a mo
ment was literally devouring its contents1
catnip!
To lie Couciac
"Young man," said the editor to the
budding journalist, who brought him a col
umn story which could have been told bet
ter in ten lines, "when a man discovers his
house is ablaze he doesn't ro to the window
and tell the passers-by that 'half an hour
ago what threatened to he a terrible confla
gration broke out in the upper story of the
palatial mansion occupied by Mr. Jeremiah
Dickens.' He simply rus-hes to the front,
nnd shouts: 'Eire!' He concise, young man.
St. Louis llepuhlic.
Two Cnnnln III inline; Atlnntlc.
It is asserted that the future will see two
canals binding the Atlantic to the Pacific
ocean. The value of such connection cannot
he too highly estimated. It will bring added
prosperity to the nntion, as surely as llos
tetter's Stomach Hitters brings health to the
dyspeptic. If you cannot get rid of your in
digestion, constipation, dyspepsia or bilious
ness try the Hitters, and never accept any
thing in place of it if you wisli to get well.
Fneta In the Cum-.
"All," he mused; "so Gun. Shootcinup is
dead. Sic transit gloria inundi."
"Hut lie died on hursdny," responded the
person, who was densely materialistic and
did not know a classical quotation from a
sardine label. Haltimore American.
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Dent for the Ilnivcln.
No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels arc put right. Cascnrcts help nature,
cure you without a gripe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C.
stamped on it. Hewaie of imitations.
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A DrniT nt the Very Wont.
Pepprey That was a fierce fight you had
with Gussic. He clainu lie licked you.
Cholly Oh, the bonstah! It's twue, he
wunipled my cwavat dwendfully, but when
it was all ovali his collali was fwightfully
wilted. Philadelphia Press.
Good Ilnlr.
If you are bald, or getting so, or want a
new growth of hair, or arc interested in
preserving what you have and want infor
mation free, write Good Hair Itcmcdv
Company, Lock Hox 977, Newark, Ohio. A
free sample sent for 2c stamp.
Clim.
Teacher (pointing at problem) Now,
James, what comes after the dollar?
James Pa says it's the collectors, ma'nm.
Syracuse Herald.
To Cure n Cold In One Day
Take. Laxativo Broino Quinlno Tablets. All
druggists refund money i f it lulls to cure. 25c.
The wise man, under the impulse of re
morse, kicketh himself ; but the fool soak
eth himself. Puck.
Each packaRo of Putnam Fadeless Dyes
colors citliei Silk, Wool or Cotton perfectly.
Bold by all druggists.
Ida "Isn't she a bare-faced soubroUe?"
May "No, dear; her face is covered with
paint." N. O. Times-Democrat.
Hnll'M Cntnrrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
. THE GENERAL MARKETS.
Knnsns City, Mo., Sept. '.
CATTLE Beef HtccrH $5 10 3 B 15
Native stockerH 100 50 4 1!3
Texan and Indian atecrH 2 8." fj' I! !K)
HOGS 4 75 (JiiBIlo
SliBKP 3 00 i(i 3 S5
WHEAT No. 2 hard 70 & 71 VI
No. 2 red 71 H 7C
COBN No. 2 mixed 37 33
OATS-No. 2 mixed 20&
BYE No. 2 DOij
FLOUH Hard wh't patents. 3 50 (FT 3 CO
Soft wheat putentH ....3C0 3 70
HAY Timothy 8 50 W !) 23
Prnlrlo C 50 8 50
BRAN-Saelted CO
BUTTER Extra to fancy .. 17 fi 20
CHEESE Full cream 10 f II
EGGS 1314
I'OTATOES-IIomc Brown .. 27 32
ST. LOUIS.
CATTLE Nntivo steers ....3 50 Q 5 85
TexnH nnd Indian atccrs 3 20 if 1 50
IIOGS-Packors C 15 8 5 3.',
SHEEP-Natlvo muttona ...3 50 4 00
FLOUR-Patcnts 3 75 3 90
WHEAT No. 2 red 7fi?i 77j
CORN No. 2 40 40V&
OATS-No. 2 22 22
RYE 51
BUTTER Dairy 10 17
DRY SALT MEATS 8 23 P 8 50
BACON 0 00 0 23
CHICAGO.
CATTLE-Stecra 4 50 C00
HOGS Mixed nnd butchers. 5 K". 5 55
SHEEP Western ,3 80 4 03
FLOUR-Sprliw patents .... 3 CO 4 10
WHEAT No. 2 red 78 7914
CORN No. 2 41
OATS-No. 2 22 22'4
RYE September 52V&
LARD-October G VIVM 7 10
PORIC September 11 95
NEW YORK.
CATTLE-Steora 4 ID 5 C3
HOGS 5 80 COO
SHEEP 3 00 4 50
WHEAT No. 2 red 82V4 8P4
CORN-No. 2 43i 48ft
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Vhnt n MokiiI Cnn Do.
That was a remarkable demonstration of
what a Mogul can do, that occurred on the
New York Ccnttal the other day, when en
gine No. 918, one of the new Moguls, hauled
out train No. 11, the Southwestern Limited,
made up of two mail cars, five passenger
coaches nnd nine Wngncr cms, sixteen enrs
in nil. The total weight of tlio train was
1,832,000 pounds, or 010 tons, nnd the length
of tiic tram, including the engine, vas 1.212
fect; or neany n quarter of a mile. This
engine made the running time of the train
between New York nnd Albany, 143 miles,
in three hours nnd fifteen minutes.
There is no rnilrond in the world which
has a better roadbed, more skillful engi
neers, or better equipment, backed by loyal
men always alert for the safety of their pas
sengers, than the New York Central and
Hudson Hiver railroad. What road can
match its corps of men, from President Cal
laway down the long line of employees, to
the humble and faithful trackmen who
watch their sections of rail through tlio
long hours of the night and day, in order to
safeguard the lives of the travelers on trains
whirling by their humble shanties, many of
which nestle closely to the rails under their
guardianship. Editorial from the Albany
Times-Union.
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Safe There.
Clooilheart I think you libeled that
friend of yours from Chicago. I took him
out to lunch to-day, and he didn't eat with
his knife at all.
bneerwell 'I hat s strange. Whntdid you
have to cat?
"Oyster stew." Philadelphia Press.
The Kent l'rcMcrhitlim for Chill
and Fever is a bottle or Guovu's Tastrlkis
Ciiim.Tos'ic. His Hiniplyironaudniilulnoin
atastolcssform. Nocuro-uopny. Priec,50c.
"Tliis month T celebrate my twenty
fourth birthday." "That's odd-so do L"
"Hut I celebrate mine for the first time."
Ileitcre Welt.
Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
is a cough cure..l. V. O'Hnen, 322 Third
Ave, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 0, 1000.
It is a mystery to us where nil the bad
cigars were smoked before the- tlnyn of the
open trolley card. Detroit Journal.
The Mexicans allay their thirst by chew
ing Chicle, whirh i the main ingredient of
White's ''Yucatan" Gum.
You can convict nearly anyone of being
a fool. Atchison Globe.
Wisdom has nn up-hill fight ngainst a
fool. Chicago Daily News.
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