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Show Taa-mlaalag la Haxla. Ths Russians drink enormous quantities quan-tities of tea, sufficient to frlafcten any Englishman or American The poor people and tho Russian people ars the poerest In existence use the eo-called eo-called "brick" tea This Is ths cheep-est cheep-est sort, bslag nixed with stems, and compressed by aome adhesive gum Into dry oakee of various slies, resembling U Its appearance "plug" tobacco. This tsa. which would probably prove pols onous to aay one else le consumed by the Russian worklngman at the average aver-age rate ot about twenty atakana (or tanblrrs) a day the Kutalsn stakan being quits equsl to five of the tittle thimbles ot eups used In America at afternoon teas Taking Into eonsldsra-tlon eonsldsra-tlon that black, sour or blttsr, brick like bread, raw onions garlic, dried liathsr-fish and strongly saltsd hsrr-logs hsrr-logs are usually the chief articles of food ot the people at large, one must not wonder at the enormous quantity of hot tea needed to quench a Russian's Rus-sian's thirst and help on his digestion |