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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-11-10, Page 2!few Meek res all this 'fuss,' its IOU ottm hy take chances just to *eve 'a little t'1"deble? Pays to play safe everg C. What about, • that deteetive,,nAlderson?" "Oh, that felleee ,on the job. Here, Y'ou can seem stand-in out there on - the corner, width)! for our man to show up." Podmore followed Alder- son to "the WiT)409W. "Naw, over there to the night—beside the post,. Must be a good half 'helm since his office phoned he was leavin'. ' Say, he's I lookin' utP here. 111 give 'In the high I Sign, now." . I 'Well, I guess everything's GR., then. Call inyour messenger and get a move on, I'm due et ;the depot soon to meet the Chief." Pochnore dropped emege o_ en . into a chair and lighted 'a cigarette taallommeeeme, etseemasamsouswomese with a look of satisfaction on his face. ifsemeeeeemeeer-eg=-- Alderson leaned over 'ami pressed' a F4" -- - .. l'he young man who Every Man Man or a i 1 niseifvo;,:cted- James Stiles, bookkeeper , By HOPKINS MOOP,HOUSE i , ........... (Copyright by Musson Company) CHAPTER, . The Tan Satchel. Ordinarily Hugh Podmore, secre- tary to the President of the Canadian A CO , arm Home. A farmer's ean have 'its' many ConeenieriCeenas the city lididgewifer," recently declared an up-to-date farm woman.- Then she added "Men are willing to Spend the Money for 'home eonveniences if, they are asked te do' SO," Mrs. Scott's house is heated by an up-to-dafe furnace in a finished base - !wad general 'office As,,,he stood 'mend' An acetylene g" ht Plant in the doorway. respectful enquiry in on the farm furnishes ligi.:It fel' the his whole attitudeT-Ipen in. hand, linen house, 'barns and other outside build" office jacket sagging at the pockets, ings and makes it passible for Mrs. forearms encased in black sateen SCole to do her cooking on a gas stove sieeve-Preteetb-rs and •a daub of mien and her ironing with 'a gas iren. his fingers, there. was little to distin- guish him from 'hundreds f h' t The side veginecleh which -is sereen- Mg pages, he was at a loss to aeceune to bp seen in medern offices." He had ed and fitted with lights, is Used for for this, as he ;prided himself on his rather a pleasant face Podinbre a laundry room. There are • double memory for faces. I thought, a little dull pee'llaps in its tubs and the pewee washer is rim, by With a shrug in dismissal of the ingenuousness.' -,Re was 'not much the pewereengine, which is 'also, on move than a boy. the verandah. By means,of those aids Igrke Shores RailwaY, took a keen in- inconsequential, ML'. Pochnore went to "Jimmy," instructed Alderson brisk- in his work-. If anything, he lunch. I -Ie had comfortable quarters to efficiency,,washing becomes inot a tippled himself more ;India strieusIV at the Queen's Hotel, just a block lY, "drop whatever you'te at, and take curing the many absences of his from the Union Station, seed ',after a this. satchel over to Bergnamns; b_(;),er?_bel.”)..t a reeq pleasure, and time that " chief than when President Wade W' leht lunch ne the t,:ig dining -room he, _office in the Brokers, Bank Building, U11-4,1 'else miglit have to be put in at for an hour Or more many papers inside an' I want you to be fairs of' which Mrs. Scott is one of cigarettes and attempting to read a sure aril hand ?.t perscrially to Mr. the leaders; • • magazine. The solicitous anXiety of Ferguson hires.elf. I told him. l'd send Running Water throughout the his waiter during luncheon had earned 'em over right after tuna; so you there to observe and commend, a zeal idled about the rambling old rotunda I'M got Seine mighty inegortant legal druclIg'ery, isensed for community' 'al- • svluch might or might not have been a tribute to his cons-cie.ntiousness. But to -day Mr. Podneols, although dress- ed with that care -which habitually , , , • . house is supplied' by means" of, a large nnparted to his well Proportioned that surprised individual a rebuke and On nee o say nc_ en --nes figure something of the beau broan- cost him the usual tip; the friendly1 it to Mr. -Ferguson, Y'understand., water tank outside which is built up ternary polite self. Things irritated aray. would have been met by equal' you know where his office is." , the water through pipes into the Ferguson., the lawyes,— high enough to create force to carry mel,—to-day ho was not quite his cos- advances of a hotel guest, which ordi- Match -feed him which. ordinarily he Would not geniality, finally sent Padmore •ore int "Yea, sir. Want me to ask' for o. house. have noticed, and tile morning had the ieide:eashiorredfelevator to his mom, I roceiPt?" I The bathro•oin in 'this home is thor- . dragged for him in quite an unusual where lie lo•cited the (10,01' and began' "Uh? No, never mind receipt. It'll eoiaghly eee5eere: Over the lavatory be all right." , was, Ile had spent rtruaih -time gazing r pacing' estlessly back and forth. NotI ebews. is a reedicine clreSt With 'absently out. of the office wincleee a.t until a sixth glance at his ' \\*etch . The young bookkeeper picked- up: a mirror in the door I inee 'enpboards such as egg -boater, large spoons, wire s on, e ramei an so orth. e"Mrs. Sett has, a, wire dish drainer which,cost her one'dollar arid tweay: five cents and wirich she says the' hest labor-saving • anal time -saving de- vice she could Italie for the money. When she wants to reach things Which are too high ordinarily, she does not use the ,eld, danierous method be standing on a chair but keeps a ladder stool, in the kitchen just for that pur- pose. She also 'has a preasurecooker and, cans quantities of meat, vege- tables and fruit, cares for 'chickens and her home. Why We Need Free Speech. '• Our 'Whole theory of ofreedom of speech and opinion for,all citizens rests not on the assumpticm that everybody is right, but on the certain- ty that -everybody is wrong on some point on which somebody el's° is right, • so there is public danger in allowing anybody to go unheard. Minard's Liniment Used by Veterinardos Visitors to Italy who travel cm Sun- day have to pay a spc.ciel tax. e , "Comforts," the rubber comforters used for soothing babies, are con- demned by doctors hs being unhygien- ie causing adenoids aged "thrush mouth," -and being generally un- healthy. • the traffic in the street below, with cated the approach of 2 o'clock did his the satchel, nodding respectfully, to• .. • • rnany futile glanees 'at his watch. unusual Acfseetiness begin to aisap_ the Pr'esident of the Interproviiscialt on one side of the hatieroem provide rear; but ;hen at last he waged Loan & Savings Compan)- n he quiet -1 e convenient place for linens and. inc first shop whistle that led the down. the lid of his ralastop desk and to all intents,, had regaffied -his normal been formerly employed at the Inter-; Cloths and dust mop and also the he WaS reaching for his raincoat sear -possession. - Provincial' in fact, it 'was to "Nickle-' ironing 'board are nept out of sight heendaY medley found him Palling briskly out of the htotel Mr. Podmore, lY elesed the eloor behind him. He had I extra supPlies foe becis.. Cleaning by's personal recammendation that he when his steno.grapher entered to in- He went straight to the down -town but handy in a cleaning Closet in the form him that there was a gentlerrien offices of the Alderson Construction °wed his present position with the, bathroom, "Soiled •cliotthes are taken outside who w•ould not take "No" la'r Coinpany-, arriving punctual to. the cCrlIirsetie•In-edeipoiale't.ucr"rtleiPeaeliteles eee/II e1ee leiada.7 Tofoicisr,leinabuilt-inbox. with hil•toeI'ed an answer. In, no' very gracious mood minute: ,:of • his appeintment. Both rac giils Nicicleby and Alderson were already satchel of whose precious contents he t I snatched the card from 'the hand; but 'time name meant nothing to those. had been kept in ignorance, was athe bathtub -make it- easy to keep we're all here Alderson. for the -separation of the tri0they Lelong. • towels where him and he flung aside his g,do-ves ks on the nem an. . over resentment of the interruptien. you wGiiting for somebody to open in Alderson's office. With a wave of I Mrs. Scott's kitchen is an enallIple the hand Podmore hurried off towards of what can be done by careful. plan - lid in." he growled, uelocking with prayer?" compiaine.d J. Cabhibert Union Station, and lid i,'ickleby ivith an impatient glance at the PresentIlY J.' ruing. It is not large and for that the deslc an.d shoving linelt the With a bang. his watch after the greetings -were Cuthbert Nickleby made his wayernore reason everYthing must have a place. answer to, the summono. enquired fer nee -deed, rile here at •all, Pod.. Why al On the summer opposite the • , . . • , • . . ; . building I. The wail's -erg blue half way down and. 1 The big young mail Who entered in over. I don't .S..9,- why the devil you lelv-rrelY to ins waiting e.utom,bee. - the real is, in oilcloth 'the ceiling is the President. EverybodY who eame 'the ceremony?" The President of the -n- - „ ° ' - ' i which the Alders ri Censtruction - ' - ' - "? • Corn any had 'its clown -town offices 'painted in WV. colon. The linoleum in mao thee, anteroom began the same Interprovincial Loan & Savings Com- ' P - the man, from the •Brady Detective .hufr .0.nd careies c•ut the .celor waY 'and Podmore tilted back his chair nany -was a, thin sallow- mean vrith a anpraised the ether coldly, noting thin, tight line of a' month The clYilles Agency was lighting 'a fresh cigar, scheme on the walls and ant,toiling, The . tsvo things particialarlY—the young l'em of• his exp. ressien Was eheeelee •• Iie,Salintered around the corner, then porcelain Sink has two 'brood drain Lots 'of fertile -,, eggs. Healthy'. chicks. Every bird lzept in vigorous healthy, profitable con- Flition, by' Na- ture's tonic. „ „— PRATT'S POITLTRY •BEGULA"1".."011 Booklet "Practical Pointers' she -ye the• way to profit and sot- • cess. Write-- PRATT FOOD CO. OF CANADA •I/DTETED , , TOE0nIa0 nean's athletic- build •and the -TerY teBeeause you'd be the flu $•,t, ga lusele. cluiekeeved his' :Pace to get- "elosirvit1 above tm c t.,01.),0E11.-ds 'and etilitht eee are two 'svin,.•tiosesc marked discoloration of his left eye. ler if anything went wrong" retorted the briskly•walking Younm g an - the a , a insure pi_cag, o Another job-frunter! Podmore, e•yeiner bun pointedly gs he the tan satehel. He conoinue • d 1° fel- light. Above the windows reeching to "State your business, pless.e." tilted his hat to the back of hishead low the bcakkeeper at a convenientthe ceiling' are built-in dupbtards in I "You will excuse me," said Ken- and proceeded calmly to skin the I disitance. can entered extra disiles, beak- I drick, "but the mat,ter is entirely per- from his left hand, ;we're ani in this I It Wag the season when those „di, 'which. why' I gee 1 haVe the misfortu t ' e fia .d, . irig tins .i,n0. otlie.- equipment not used sonal between Mr. Wade •anci Myself. together, J. C., and idia.t's se or -tune o c.„, COD ..0 ;CO , ' . .... ' ' .... - i Is he in9 sited e . or, you being M here—to see thatIdaer tasks chafe motinthe 'leash— daily. :On: eneh :side of the. windows " ' It was a little thing to arouse Pod- th' • 'io, a 'beautiful May day of blue Sky and , are the Cupboards used td hold' dishes mores ire. Ordinarily Hugh Pod- more was an excellent secretary; bat the caller's refusal to state -his, busi- ness or produde his credentials f -or inspection angered him. He was used both -watched Al•d•ersozt, who had Stiles felt the call- and lie skipped swung open 'the duos f the d along with carefree enjoys -neat of his to this extreme anxiety o A ,sitors to e o e safe an e . see the Chief in person; it was a char- was reaching into its depths-. The briee respite. Be laughed gaily at a acteristie of the job-lruntine- -crowd. contractor seas stout amid fioeig and pair, 'of does who seemed inclined to reeeret ,getteek eekt feet e.h,eada. are' sunshine' arid balmy Pair that Called' and: kitchen' iffensells. On each side of , . . . InsittealaY to open places of green I the drain boards are built-in 'cabinets.; you'?" and the luxury of •idleness and One Of 'these 'contains a large baking only'cl. • t tho insult.TI • An easy laugh was Mr. Podmore's grass vagrant- 'dreaming. Young Jimmy • board, 'and beIoWlit three bins for &if- erhe President's out of town, he his face was flushed as he rose jerk - said irritably. "Besides, he wouldn't ingly from his knee and tossed a see you until you 'had told me your package of crisp bank notes to the business 'anyway. What do you think twbie. he keeps a secretary for?" "To be civil to the public," said Kendrick evenly. "When. do you ex- pect him back?" end. there was a di- rectness in his 'look which Poclinore found Unexpectedly disconcerting. "Weld. there 'tis. 'just as it come from the Interprovincial this morn - in'," he remarked, and picked up his cigar from the edge of the safe. - "Look at the way he ;tosses it around', would you!' h chuckled Pod - "Hard to say. He's on the go con- more. "You could buy a bunch of tinually. If your business peanuts with that package, Frank,--e-- Portant*" a n, . million, bags at a -nickel a bag" This "It is important." was a hit at Alderson's fondness for "Then, if you'll give me parbicu- munching peanut•s, 'and Alderson's lars—," suggested, Podmore, reaching tenor laugh led the trio. 'Peciemore for his memorandum pad'. picked up the package and riffled the "Be g'oed enough to 'Answer -nrY bias carelessly. "Counted it, J. C.?" question, please. When will Mr. Wade "Fifty,thousand," nodded Nicklehy. be in 'his office?" "That satchel come, Alderson? "Sorry, but it's impossible to say, Thanks!' Pod -more held it up --en Mr:'—the glanced at the card de- ordinary cheap satchel of medium literately— 'Kendrick. If You are size, tan in color, imitation leather looking for a job—" and, imitation brass catches. "I bought "I want to see Mr. Wade personally this, J. C., so that we'd have cne that and as soon as possible," repeated. hadn't -been tampered with au -id' that Kendrick, keeping his temper with couldn't be identified as 'belonging to difficulty. "When will he be avail- any of its, you understand. Al right, able?" Frank, seal her up," , "He's gone on a trip—to the Hot Alelereon placed the package of Springs," snapped Podmore. "Come bills in a large, strong blue linen en - ,hack in in a month or six weeks and. per -I velope, which he -had .ready to heed, haps you can see him then. Good day, and 'carefully gummed down the flap. Under the amused. eye of Niickleby he For a few minutes after the big' proceeded to hold a stick of gray seal - young mami had bowed himself out ing-wax in the flame of .a match and with mockhumility, Mr. Pocknorel to daub this additional precaution stood fingering the card end frown- , upon the flap-. The envelope was then lug at the window. It was an engrav-: placed in the 'new tan satchel, the ed card, .his fingers told him,. He di le catches snapped and the satchel lock - not like feeling that he had made a' ed by Podmore, who thereupon walk - mistake in any way; but that is pre- . . ed over to the President 'of the Inter - else •e low e ee • Yet he uas !provincial Boan & Savings Company question each other's veracity' and sent them scampering with a'whoop, swinging the satchel around -his head. He pulled doter his vest, felt! higetie and winked :boldly 'as Paised pretty girl'. He broke into Aew-Iiistle presently, ‚practicing the latest rag- time., air, ;with earneetaesi which reunclee4,epinni riepetitiOneof tune; and alii"tirb!ed- that he ,Went -b the JesSip Grill.: He was well beyond the 'entnapee before he realized that his -ire was, being called and that somebody had darted out from the doorway to "overtake ,(To be.- continu,ech) Dyed Child's Coat and: Her Old; Skirt, . Buy "Diarhon-d Dyes" and follow- the siniple. directions ,in every Package. Don't Womder. whether you can dye or tint 'successfully, because perfect home • dyeing 'is guaranteed With Diamond Dyes even if., you'have never dyed be - Worn, faded dresses', skirts, waists-, 'coats, ssveaters, 'steckings, draperies, hangings, everything, -be- come -like new again. Just tell your druggist whether the material you wish to dye is wool or silk, or whether. it is linen, cotton, or mixed goods., Diamond Dyes never streak, spot, fade, or run, • ' Wind Shield for, Motoreycle. , wind -screen for motorcycled, sure he had never Met this young man' a.nd handed him the key. light and easily deta-chableniKa newly befoee, ins -spite of a certain familiar -I "That stays in your pocket till you patented" invention. It consists of two sty of face that haunted him, Not get to Bit:itch Ferguson's office, metal frames hinged together hare being a regular reader of the sport- N' kl Y hand "t t F 7ontelly, so that the upper part may y. You o erguo0.61. , 1 ••••••.,'•:•;es: • personally;" and and again Podmore ey-ed be folded 'back if desired and lilted the b.anIcer keenly. "Let him do the with transparent sheet celluloid. A opening himself. All you're there for steel tube ,fixed across the handlebars is to see that he actually gets this supports it, and it is further held in, money, and that ends the transaction position by a strut extending upward gram the front of the handlebars and -attached by a flexible joint to the mid- dle of the top part of the lower frame of the -windshield. The upper portion' little private iti.entification mar" k,et ,the, strut enters teleseopieally the Continued Padmore with an air of lover portion, which contains a coiled having thought of everything, and he spring, so that the strut in effect is made a triangular .scratoh on one end capable 'of a certain amount of exten- of the satchel with his pocket-knife. stall or contraction, the spring acting "Good Lord, Pod!" exclaimed the ia huger to absorb vibration' and financier with a laugh. Is it T16N,AC In ifse the scree,n is ad. sexy to have all this fuss Oge-r this ' thing?" • just,ed at such a height and angle that, "Take all, the chancegyou like When the rider is Just able te'aee ceinferi" you're by your lonesome, old man; abiY oe'vf its top edge, along which but don't do it when I'm with you," 'there is no frame, The lower end of said Mr. Hugh Podniore, smilingly the Strut is provided with- notches, so unperturbed by lidieulee "Ws theIfell- that -may be raised or lowered, te: low who, overlooke these very bhings alter t'ia angle of :the wintishieltV"i I that: !Sometimes gets stung. it‘isn't at al 1 ' 1 , tht the simple delivery of le money a distance of 0, Mind rd's Liniment for Colds OtG ferent kinds of fibur..endestirgar. The, botthni part' 'of 'the' other Cabinet h.as several' 'closets for big pans and other large utensils. -The. top. part .of the. T,1 -99)-z) 'cabinets is made`into`Work tables and LAMP BURNS 94% ---- geats Electric or Gas A new oil lamp that gives an ems,. hiely brilliant, soft, white light, even better.than gee or eleetr t,) titt•0 e?'1 'testeduby'the SnCiekijinerement and 35 leading- universities and found to be superior to 10 ordinary oil laMps. It witheyt, rodorrsnioke tf.r eioSze— no "pail -ping up, clean, Safe, 1,hirrisi 114% air and 6%iCommon hero, Zeno Oral:oil). The inventor, T. Johnson, 24Et Craig St. W., Montreal, is offoring to send a lamp on 10 days: FREE trial, or even to give one FIIEE to the first user in each locality who will help him introduce it. Write him to -day for full particulars. Also ask him to explain how you can get the agency, and • without experience or money make $250 to $500 per month. • The' voice is an almost sign to an expert of the state of your health. . . Hammocks are sum:los-0.dt° have:re- . , , oeiveci tam naane from the fact that the natives of Brazil used the bark of. the' hannickstree for nets in wbioll to' 'sleep. When in Toronto visit the Royal Ontariu. Museum •. 253 Elodr St;. West, Near avenue, Road Largest permanent er.hibitiproin Canada: Archaeology, GeologY," Mineralogy, Pal.• a-eontology, Zoolog'y, Open datly,:10 to .5 I).m. Sunday, 2 ,to, 5 p.m. moor, Belt Line, Dupont and AVenue Rd. care. ^1•Wineeseistrogalaasei; 41-1E postman and expressman will bring Parker service right to yoie home. We pay carriage one way. Whatever you send --syhether it le houseleeld draperies or the most deli- cate fabrics—will be speedily returnee, to their original freshness. 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Toronto. • Torcan FaticY Goods Co., Ltd, , 7 'Wellington St. East''1 iVI6700 TORONTO WHOLES/?9,LE ONLY. a_ • Doesn't hurtea' Iiit!'1• Drop a little eezo eon an aching corn, in - 'Silently that dorn -Stops 'hurting, then shortly you lift it right off with fingers. TrulY! Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of "Freezone" for' a few cents, sufficient to remove every hard" corn, soft corn; or corn between the toes,' and the cal- luses,„ without soreness or irrffation. ..seers IF you are out all day in the cold, -51. -keep warm by wearing STANFIELD'S "Red Label" Underwear It is heavy wool underwear thick - enough to protect you against the piercing cold—easy and comfortable because so Carefully made. We make all weights suitable for men, women and children. Send for free sample 4opie. • STiNFIEIL'D'S LIMITED Truro, N.'S. 9 , WHERE MEN ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD TO -DAY THIS NEFARIOUS TRADE EXISTS. Although bifeitiders.: . 'aCaht in 'the 'Seeing that at present therearb well over is million unemployed inEffgland and Wales; ibis not wonderful that the British penile got. rather 'annoyed. when they heard of. the unsernPulone syndicate who were smuggling Olmlaa- nieui into England at $200 a head. John Chinaman is'a very good fellow in his way, but he can live on ten cents a day, and sleep ten in airoom. He Will worbc eighteen hours a day, and saves every penny he can to take back to his own country: It Is' 'plain, therefore, that be, is not a desirable imanigrant-g-especeally 'at the present e. juncture in Brileah affairs. The States' and Canada have been lacing the same sort of trouble for many Ye•ars past. Long ago Canada 'Mane bead Lae of five hundred ,dollarS (£100) on each Chines.° hureigrantef But it no good Sonic paidelt, more avoided it, a:nd a roaring trade went : 'ea :'•in's-liruegling Chinks across. the Pacific. : In Northern British Columbia there are huge fiords, like the Norwegian, only much bigger, with hundreds of -miles of coastline unsurveyed, almost unknown. A schooner or tramp -steam- er can damn a hundred or so Of China- men in a place like this, and, their oWn "Tongs,"i' OT secret societies, will send to meet them, and spread them' secret- • ly all over the country. , About one-sixth of the whole -Popu- lation of Victoria is Oriental, and Van- couver'S Chinatown is even larger in proportion to its size. California. is full of Chinese rued Jap- anese, All this trouble: between the States and japan began because the whites in California refused, to 'allow their children to sit alongside •Japan- ee children in the public •schools, ' At pretent the .States have,. shut down altogether ::on Oriental immigra- tion; hut the smugglers are still busy, and it is impossible to ''police such a vast 'extent of coastline.Some of the ' cargoes of Chinks arc landed dieWn in Southern California, which es Mexican territory, and worked up throtigh the desert.They can always find help troin , their own countrymen,:,' The "clan'I-feelin•g among Chinas -nen is as strong as it is reputed to be among ,,,,Ter the Scottish. British Guiana, Trinidad, and ja, nmica are full of Indian coolies, Agents collect them in. India, and the men are indentured for ten years. Natal, unable to get enough native labor, 'imported coolies from India. These have remained in the country, and at present rim most of the shops. They have their own cricket and foot- ball clubs, and compose a large part of the population. Arabs and Malays have followed them in great numbers. The case is the same in East Africa, 'where there is at present most serious trouble between. the -white and black races, ' there is no smuggling in these cases, for the Colonies mentioned al- lowed the coolies. in. Elsewhere, how- ev,-er, man -dealing still exists. 'When Chinese labor *az out off in the Transvaal gold mines, black labor had to' be got. Agents draw. the "boys" from Inhambane, in Portu- guese East Africa. The agents, 'or con- tractors, take out a license costing 4,150, and get about $30 a head for "boy's" delivered at Johannesburg or Kimberley. Tea in Ceylon is cultivated by gangs of:coolies imported from India. Assam's tea plantations are also worked by laborers brought from ether .districts. " 'Slave -trading is not yet extinct, Arabslave-dealers still raid parts of Portuguese East Africa, and the Rae - hinds, a Sudaneso tribe, collect slaves in Abyssinia,. Boys and girl's up to fourteen fetch $100 apiece, from four- teen to twenty the price" is about $150. Grown men fetch $150 to $200 a head, ,Arabiit the prices run. higher. At Mecca $400 to $500 ist paid for an adult slave. Slavery also exists in South Eiiatern :China: but, it must' be admitted that slaves in tat part of the world are, as a rule, ‘kiittremely well treated. , • Pciiton hthe Teapot. , Tea •seenes• •a ?harmless enough beverage: y -et: .if it is made Wrongly; :O•r, "drunk ' to ..exeesii, it can be a elow je.1„,t deadly poieon. e • Itt4stimulating 'effects. are 'due to the presence in tealeaves of a power- ful drug Called theihe, If the pot is not 'alio:Wed. to 's•tanel'Itoo,le.ng, • only a 'quantity of, "this 'substance is •tiesselv.ed out of the 'leaves' by the het Water, 'end the :tea refreshes Ifs with- out -doing 'an' basin, When the tea- pot is 'allowed to gernain for hours on , the Steve, an '0,:eieseive quantity of thelne •0K-t-iiiietaii; from e, together, with alarger aniotin't of an- . 'n-tIlia,Senni-poiso-e.ou.s:'Stibstaxitc,e known • , az. tannin_ , These two together -form a feel poison, affecting the nerves, the diges- tion, arid the 'general health. , Stewed tea is almost as harmful aseepinnt or coCtno rite Is-abutof tathag s 'It , thie way is• Soon .formed andthe tea •- , 'drank:m-(1 thinin!,noth'iag of con4:111110 'ing twenty etetliierty name u der. „. .0