Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-11-29

JAVA CoFFEE.-The amount CT 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 in all countries is about 7l3, ,00O,-
900 pounds Of all kinds Of coffee. .ot which only
100000 pounds come from Java. All the
plantations which grow coffee in Java arc
under the control Of the Dutch Trade Asso.
citation, which is in turn controlled by the
Government in Holland, which obliges this
Association 10 ship all that is raised OF first
quality to the headquarters in Holland, where
it is sold by Government auctioneers to the
highest bidder tor the markets in Germany,
France and Switzerland, which arc all very
large consumers of this article. Very little
of the coffee that is sold 10 this country as
Government Java comes from Holland. and
this brand does not come from the island of
Java direct There is very large business
done in Java coffee iu this city, as almost all
that is imported into the United States comes
through this port. Alter tic common sorts
arrive here they arc assorted and marked Gov
ernment and common, and sold at very high
rates. The value of Java coffee depends, like
the higher grades of tobacco, very much upon
the districts in which it is grown, and IN very
great measure upon the handling and cure
after the beans have been gathered some of
the finervarieties of Goverdment being turned
and Drowned in the sun for four years before
being shipped from the islands for market
This treatment gives them age, color, strength
and richness OF flavor, which qualities give
this brand of coffee its peculiar character and
value. Government Java coffee can always
be told from the spurious article from The
package In which it arrives, as 1t is not lawful
to ship it in pockets or mats, but always III
full sized bags. The amount of spurious Java
coffee sold in the United States is enormous,
and very much in excess of the importatlons.
-Ne,v York Bulletin.
WoMAN's RIauIs. fair sex, while con-
tessedly possessing many respleDdent virtues,
of reason. Whether this charge be a just one
or not we shall not attempt to decide. Our
only purpose now is to refer to little Incident
which occurred at the New York Woman Sui
frage Convention, few days since, in order to
illustrate the style of argument used by at least
one lady talker One of her Illustrations OF the
rank injustice of our present social system IS
worthy OF the deepest reflection. Suppose,
cried she, in accents louder than usual, that
some moroing at family table the question OF
the morrow's breakfast comes under dlscusslop.
The husband suggests liver and onions. Inc
wife insists on having sausages and IRISH pota-
toes, These two dishes now become party
question, and at present frequently lead t.,
dssgreem ent, as the husband acts the part OF
q Grant. But ia rightly constituted socla,
system the matter ought to b, finally settled
by the vote of all the members of the family.
Such weiehty argument must have carried
conviction straight to the hearts OF the fnlr
lady's hearers. It strongly reminds US OF the
"Chops and Tomato Sauce of Sergeant Buz-
fuz in the celebrated case OF 'bardeii vs.
Pickwick. - Washington Chronicle.