Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1904 — Page 5

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TEAS THAT ARE WORTH FORTUNES

Twelve Hundred Kinds Are In Chins’* Show at the World’s Fair—The Most Populous NaSou of the World For the First Time Makes an Exhibit Worthy of Her Greatness. Many expositions of stupendous character make up the World's Fair of 1904. Each part Is a vast and distinct show. Each bnildlng shelters many acres of wonderful things—-wonderful because they are the choicest of their kind. Every nation on the globe is represented. Every state and territory Is here with its best and making the most of its greatest opportunity. The fact that China has not been a large exhibitor at world’s fairs gives to her great exhibit here a prominence quite exceptional. It is a wonderland of ingenious productions. We know China best by reason of her extensive exports of teas, which have found a vast market in the United States for generations. Her commercial interests therefore prompted her to make a display of teas that we should not forget. In sealed glass jars China displays in the Liberal Arts Palace some' 1,200 kinds of tea. Young Hyson and Old Hyson have a string of tea relations longer than the genealogical chain of a Plymouth Rock. They are neatly selected “chops,” in the language of the tea farmer, and these classes do not embrace medicinal teas, which are quite another lot in the rather modest number of 400. The teas exhibited vary in price from a few cents a pound to some rare and exclusive kinds that are worth their weight in gold, the tea in the latter cases being placed on one side of the scales and pure gold on the other—that is to say, the tea of this expensive kind is worth about S2O gold an ounce. Only a very small quantity of this exclusive leaf is exhibited, and it is grown in carefully guarded tea plantations or gardens right under the shadows of the great wall of China. Its cultivation is prohibited for any use save for the imperial family of China and a few of the favored high officials. Mention has been made of the word “chop” in connection with tea, and it may be interesting to the everyday reader to know what the word actually signifies. The tea leaf is grown in various districts of the Chinese empire on

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large areas of ground which are often mistaken for single plantations. This is hardly ever the case, as the large tracts are very often owned by hundreds of different men, whose individual plots of ground bearing the tea plants are carefully mapped out, so that each individual owner may cultivate and pick his own crop of tea. Each owner likewise markets his own tea and puts his own special mark, or “chop,” on the packages. Hence the term “chop” signifies an individual growth or picking of tea by one owner. In an area of tea land of, say, a thousands acres, all apparently under one ownership, there may be some forty, fifty or more owners of the plantation and consequently a like number of “chops” of tea. It must not be imagined that all these different owners of the tea the same price for their commodity—far from it, as each of these individual tea growers has his own secrets for improving the quality and flavor of tea. Take, for instance, tbe Amoy and Fuchau districts, whence most of the tea for the United States comes. The owners of “chops” of tea varying from 10 to 200 chests of 56 pounds each bring samples of their goods to the various foreign merchants for sale. These latter turn the Chinese tea growers over to the good offices of tbe foreign or American professional tea taster, who passes on tbe goods as to price. The tea taster has tbe samples Infused, not boiled. In his presence and passes upon the quality, flavor, twang and manner of curing, fixing a price accordingly, ftom which there is never any variation which the tea grower must accept or go elsewhere to dispose of his wares. In a single tract of tea land like the one cited above the price has ranged from 14 cents, tbe lowest, to cents, the highest, per pound among sixty-one different tea producers. A matter of great moment that also figures In tbe price ot tea is that very often tea from the same district will have the various "chops” blended together in order to produce special flavors.

NEWS BRIEFLY STATED.

Matters of General Interest Taken from the Wires. «. ■ Some of the Happenings of the Past Week Given In Condensed Para, graphs tor Busy People. „ . _ <!> Thursday, Aug. 25, Nearly half a hundred cities and towns in. New Hampshire are holding observances in honor of old home week. At the drawing at Devil’s Lake, N. D., for a homestead in the Fort Tollen Indian reservation the first name out was that of B. G. Warren, of Forest River. N. D. The schooner Selina has been lost off Labrador. Four of the crew went down with the vessel. The Prohibitionists of Texas have nominated a state ticket headed by W. D. Jackson, of Waco, for governor. The Jackson and Brookhaven clubs of the Delta B. B. League played at Jackson, "Miss., nineteen innings without scoring a run. Friday, Aug. 26. Herman Grotophorst, of Baraboo, Wis., has been nominated for congress by the Third Wisconsin district Democratic convention, and John J. Wood, Jr., of Berlin, by the Second district Democratic convention. The conference of the NorwegianDanish Methodist church is in session at Duluth. Half of the thirty hot mills of the great Shenango tin plant at Newcastle, Pa., has closed down for an indefinite period. John C. Cutter, of Salt Lake City, has been nominated bj Utah Republicans for governor. It was the Porpoise, submarine, not the Shark, that sank so suddenly off Brenton’s Reef. The report at Ottawa, Ont., is that the Duke of Marlborough may be appointed governor general of Canada. Saturday, Aug. 87. Charles E. Shiveiy, recently chosen supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, has opened headquarters at Richmond, Ind. Miss Hazel Chaffee, of Minneapolis, a niece of Lieutenant General Chaffee, slipped away from home und joined the Yankee Consul company in Chicago. Chicago men have filed with the secretary of state at Springfield incorporation papers of the “Anti-Treating League.” Edward Thornton, the British minister to Nicaragua, is dead at Managua, following a severe attack of asthma. United States Treasurer Roberts says that the shipment of currency for moving the crops lias begun lyA violent earthquake is reported from San Martin in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Monday, Aug. 29. General Fred Grant will take command of the department of the east Sept. 28. Secretary of War Taft has left Vermont for Maine, where he will speak. Heavy snow has fallen on the Appenines, where it has already reached a depth ot five inches. Anthony J. Drexel entertained King Edward at dinner at Marienbad Saturday night. George P. Money defeated “Jerry” Simpson for the Democratic nomination for delegate to congress from New Mexico. Colonel Charles Page Bryan, United States minister to Portugal, and Miss Bryan have arrived at New Y'ork. The Texas state health department has been notified of the breaking out of yellow fever in tbe government military post at Brownsville, Tex. The Canadian wheat crop is declared to be in no danger from rust, and is estimated at nearly 100,000,000 bushels. Tuesday, Aug. 30. The London Dally Mail says that George J. Gould has purchased E. A. Mill's champion bull dog “Heath Baronet” for $5,000. Preparations for the reception of 30,000 troops at Manassas and Thoroughfare, Va., have been completed in preparation for the fall military inanoeuvers. As a result of recent rains practically all the forest fires that have been raging in various parts of western Montana are now extinguished. The archbishop of Canterbury is seeing the sights at Quebec. The twelfth annual reunion of Clay county old soldiers was held in Loulsville. 111. Seven thousand people attended. Wednesday, Aug, 31. Fitzgerald S. Turton, second lieutenant in the Twenty-second United States infantry, 'has committed suicide on the island of Mindanao, P. I. 8. A. Brewster has been nominated by tbe Democratic convention of the Sixth lowa congressional district The s'ew York Stock Exchange will be closed ori* Sept 3, Saturday before Labor Day. There are four new cases of yellow fever at Merida, Mex., one suspected case and three patients In the lazaretto. At a mass convention of the Prohibition party of Montana, held at Helene It was decided not to place a state ticket in the field. Postmaster General Payne has left Milwaukee for Washington much improved in health.

GREAT HOSTS IN DEATH GRIP

Battle That Will Live in History Still Rages Before Liaoyang* RUSS EFFECTS AN ADVANCE Japs Said to Have Lost More Than Forty Guns. Islanders Finally Force Knropatktn’s Right and Center to Retreat With the Japanese in Hot Pursuit. Tokio, Sept I.—Kuropatkin’s right and center defending Liao Yang southward are retreating. The Japanese armies are in close pursuit of the fleeing Russians. St. Petersburg, Sept 1. —General Kurokl’s force is crossing the Taitse river on pontoons. One division is already across and others are following. Liaoyang, Aug. 31, Evening. The Russians have effected an advance along the railway to the southward. Mukden, Sept. 1. —Over 200 Japanese captured at the battle of Liaoyang Tuesday passed through here on a train. Another train is expected. St. Petersburg, Sept. 1. Further dispatches from Liaoyang confirm the report of the capture of forty-six Japanese guns, which were brought up to the railroad station where General Kuropatkin’s train was standing.

London, Sept. I.—A dispatch from Liaoyang, dated Aug. 31, 6:36 a. m., says: “The battle was resumed this morning earlier than it began yesterday. With the first gray of dawn the artillery opened and the tiring soon extended along the entire line. The rain ceased during the night and day broke bright and clear. The Russians entered the fight confident of victory. “As this dispatch is sent a balloon is ascending from one of the Japanese positions southeast of Liaoyang, making a target for the Russian mortar batteries, but the shells have not yet reached it.” Fighting Commences at Dawn. Another dispatch from Liaoyang, dated yesterday, says: “The second day’s battle common ml at dawn. The Russians made repeated bayonet advances on tbe road directly south of Liaoyang, where the Japanese approached from Sanquaiship and Tab, shelling the positions in Die Russian lines until 4 in the afternoon, when tiie engagement, which was general throughout the south and southeast, narrowed to the main line. The Japanese advance on the southeast was by way of the Feng-Wang-Cheng road. Stubborn Attack on a Hill. "Immediately in front of Chiaofantun the Japanese stubbornly attempted to occupy a round-topped hill, which was literally shaved by the Russian shells, making repeated attempts tha entire day, where apparently it was impossible for anything to live. The cannonading continued from this point to the vicinity of Wangpaotai until this evening without apparent advantage to either side. The Japanese dropped shells within two or three miles of the railroad station, and in the plain of Wentshu mountain, which is the most important eminence around Liaoyang, but later abandoned aggression there on account of the resistance they met. Heaven* Weep at the Carnage. “Slow rain began to fall at noon, gradually transforming tbe plain into a wilderness through which ‘the wounded, in carts and walking, are tonight making their way to the hospitals. Considering the scale of the day’s operations the number of Russian wounded is apparently small, while the Japanese losses are believed to be great, especially where they were repulsed on the south road.” ST. PETERSBURG ANXIOUSLY WAITS With Bar to tha Ground She Listens for Bm toom Lhoyaag. St Petersburg, Sept 1, 2 a. m. With the knowledge that the Russian and Japanese armies about Liaoyang are locked in a death struggle the tension in St Petersburg Is strained to the utmost It is believed here that the fight cannot stop abort of the crushing defeat of one side or the other. All reporta so far are favorable lo the Russians, though the suspension of ail news for many hours has boon exceedingly trying and has given etee to several rumors, somewhat tempertUg the earlier enthusiasm. It ts stated officially, however, that the omoct that the railway and the tcJcgrapfe have been cut north of Liaoyahg ts untrue. The big beet military authorities here consider that tbe moat taSOcal stage of the battle'has not yat been readied, and they behove that the fight may continue for some rime befoee either side acknowledges defeat It is thought here that. In of the numbers engaged, the deepemteness of the assaults and the ’ength of the line, about seven miles,

the losses In the> two days’ fighting cannot fall short of 10,000 on each side. Both sides are straining every nerve, realizing that the 9l ypr |or a whole year are fn the scale, find neither side is in tbe mood or the position to spare men in the effort to achieve a victory. The battle yf Liadyahg will probably rank a$ dhe of the great sanguinary battles jf history. It Is estimated by the generalstaff that the Japanese armies engaged number seventeen divisions of 15,000 men each, or allowing for inefficient* about 240,000 men. Each division has thirty-six guns, and there are two independent artillery brigades of 100 guns each, making a total of about 800 guns. The estimates of Russian correspondents range at from 600 to 1,000 guns per side. In the preliminary fighting of Monday the Russians captured 200 prisoners, who have already arrived at Harbin, and report persists that they captured over forty Japanese guns Tuesday. General Kuropatkin’s effective forces are variously estimated at from 170,000 to 200,000 men. It is plain that the Japanese are no longer enjoying the superiority in artillery which stood them in such good stead In the earlier months of the war. It was then hill fighting, and the Japanese mountain batteries, in which arms the Russians were deficient, told with deadly effect. Now the contest is in a comparatively open country where both the Russian field guns and the Russian cavalry can come into more effective use. STORY OF THE FIRST DAY’S FIGHT Brief Details from a Russian Source—Japs Make a Bad Error. London, Aug. 3L—A dispatch from Liaoyang to a news agency, dated Aug. 30, says: “The Japanese artillery fire only ceased at 8 o’clock this evening. The casualties have not yet been ascertained. The Third Russian corps repulsed a hot Japanese assault, the Japanese being hurled back by bayonet charges, first by the Twentythird and then by the Twenty-fourth regiments,which received and repulsed the enemy no less than six times.

“Two Japanese companies which succeeded in occupying a Russian position were mistaken for Russians and annihilated by Japanese artillery fire. At 4 o’clock in the afternoon the Japanese concentrated their tire on a Russian southern detachment, and also tried to outflank the detachment from the right under the protection of the batteries. “One company after another was noticed riftining swiftly to the westward in an attempt to outflank the positions, but a Russian regiment and a battery were ordered to advance and succeeded in forcing the enemy to retreat in disorder, evacuating positions they previously had gained. There has been an immense expenditure of ammunition throughout the day, especially on the southern front against the Russian Third corps: “It is believed that the Russian losses so far have not been very heavy except to the regiments which sustained bayonet charges. All the men serving one Russian gun except one were killed by shrapnel. The survivor, who was badly wounded, heroically brought his gun to headquarters, and even then refused to quit his place, until the generally peremptorily ordered him into the hospital. “A more energetic attack is expected tomorrow. It seems that General Kuroki’s force did not participate in today’s engagement. The morale of the Russian troops Is excellent.” St. Petersburg, Aug. 31, 3:55 a. m.— The great battle of Liaoyang, which began early Tuesday morning, raged throughout the day with increasing intensity, but up to this hour no further official details beyond the two brief telegrams given out in the afternoon have been received by the war office. Every confidence is expressed in General Kuropatkin’s ability to meet the Japanese assault on ground of his own choosing, but the city is hungrily awaiting further news of the progress of the fight. The Japanese forces engaged in this battle can only be estimated here, but they are believed to number about 200,000 men. General Kuropatkin is known to have six army corps, besides 147 squadrons of cavalry, bringing up the Russian total to about the same number as tbe Japanese. Japs Lost 2,000 at Anping. > Tokio, Aug. 31.—The Japanese lost 2,000 men killed or wounded at the battle of Anping. Tbe Russian losses have not been estimated, but are said to have been heavy. Thef Japanese captured eight guns at Anping and eight at Anshansban. New Chwang Is Jap Base Now. London, Aug. 3L —A dispatch from Tientsin to The Daily Mall says New Chwang is now the Japanese base of supplies. One hundred and twelve sailing vessels entered port on Monday loaded with provisions and munitions of war.

Indiana Populists Nominate.

Indianapolis, Sept L—lndiana mid-dle-of-the-road Populists met In convention here and nominated the following ticket. The fusion faction will meet Sept 15: For governor, Lecoy Templeton; lieutenant governor, W. B. GUI; secretary of state, O. P. Hanna; auditor, Allen Jennings; treasurer, W. B. Wolff; attorney general, 8. N. Holcomb.

Governor Peabody Makes Inquiry.

Denver, Colo. An*. 29.—Governor Peabody bas sent a letter to Sheriff Bell, of Teller county. In regard to the mob which on Aqg. 20 departed fifteen men and destroyed the store of the Interstate Mercantile company at Cripple Creek.