South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1870-12-16

1t is easy to glide with its ripples,
AdOwn the stream of time
To How with the course Of the river
Like music 10 some old rhyme:
But, an II takes courage and patience,
Against its current 10 ride
And we must have strength from Heaven,
W hen rowing against the tide
We may float on the rivers surface.
While our oars scarce touch the stream,
And visions Of earthly glory
On our dazzled sight may CLEAN
We forget that on before ~
The dashlng torrents roar.
And while We are idly dreaming
It's waters will carry US Ger
But few--ah would there were many
Row up the "Stream OF Life" =
They struggle against its surges
And mind neither toll nor strife
Though weary and faint with labor,
Singing triumphant they ride,
For Christ is the hero's captain
When rowing against the tide.
Far on through the hazy distance,
Like the mist on a distant shore
They see the walls of a city,
With its banners floating Ger
Seen through glass SO darkly,
They almost mistake their wav
But taith throws light on their labor
When darkness shuts out their day
And shall we be one of that number,
Who mind not toll nor pain
Shall we moan the loss of eArth's pleasures,
when we have "A crown TO gain
Or shall we glide on with the river,
With death AT the end of the ride,
While our brother, with Heaven before him.
Is rowing against the tide
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JAVA COFFEE The amount of this
highly esteemed article raised and exported
Is very small in comparison TO the amount
which is sold yearly under this name. The
annual consumption 10 all countries is a
bout 7l3, 600, 900 pounds of all kinds OF
coffee, of which only l40,0G0,000 pounds
come from Java. All the pllutatlous which
grow coffee IN Java are under the control
of the Dutch Trade Association, which is
IN turn controlled by the Government in
Holland, which obligcs this Association &c
ship all that is raised of first quality to the
headquarters in Holland, where tits sold by
Government auctoneers to the highest bid
der for the markets In Germany, France
and Switzerland, which are all very large
Of this article Very little OF
the coffee that Is sold in this country as
Java comes from Holland, and
this brand does not como from the island
of Java direct. There is very large bu-
siness done in Java coffee in this cisy, as
almost all that is imported into the United
States comes through this port After She
common sorts arrive here they are assorted
and marked Government and common, and
sold at very high rates. The value Of ia
Va coffee depends, like the higher grades Of
tobacco, very much upon the districts in
which i is grown, and in very great
measure upon the handling and cure after
the beans have been gathered; some Of tie
finer varieties of Government being turned
and Drowned in the sun for four years be-
fore being shipped from The islands fir
market. This treatment gives them age.
color, strength and richness Of flavor, which
qualities give this brand Of coffee IFS pecu.
lar character and value Government. Java
coffee can always be told from TIE -yuri-
Gus article from tho pack,se in which it at-
riyes, as it's not lawful 90 ship !. in peck.
cts OF mats, but Away, ia full sized ba.-
The amount Of spurious Java coffee sold .u
lhe United States Is enormous and ven.
much in excess OF the impor'a'i5as ~.
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