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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06
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VOL XVIlE---NO. g..
How Coffee is Cultivated

! oO Adl1ef Vi CutIlVaIIDS tDe
coffee plant varies but little in the
several Central American States.
The coffee beans are first plant
ed in hot beds, from which they
sprout, and shoot up five or six
inches high, when they are ne
moved singly and taken to the
fields which have been prepared to
receive them. There the young
sprouts ale planted anew, in rows,
with a space of from four to six
teet between each plant. Fer two
years they need no more, except
an occasional plowing out of. the
weeds which spring up around
them. The third year the plant
IS from three to four feet high, and
commences to bear, producing a.
bout a pound ofcoffee fruit. Each
year adds to the size and product
lveness of the tree, till it reaches
about ten feet in height after
which it gives a product of from
70 to 30 pounds of green fruit. 5
The coffee fruit resembles in
shape, size and color, plump
cranberry; and grows clinging
cl sely 10 the smalk lateral branch
es of the tree. On some planta-
tions the trees are dwarfed, tor
the double purpose of increasing
the fruitage and facilitating pick
ing.
The time Of picking the crop
ranges from December to March.
When the fruit is ripe, all hands
are employed men, women and
chiiGren-and as fast as picked
the berri S are sent to the mills.
In case Of rain the kernels are
rapidly gathered under shelter. as
rain upon them while drying
would cause irreparable injury i
and, on some plantations, ma
chimes for drying by hot air have
been introduced. After a few
days in the sun. the kernels be
come dry and crisp; then thrown
into a circular trough, large wood
en- rollers, shod With iron, crush
the shell and liberate the two
beans which each shell contains.
The bean has still another coating
its skin-which is the hardest
OF all to remove, but. through |
long continued attrition with the |
iron-shod rollers, this also is most
ly removed, and then the tanning
mill cleans the bean by blowing
away the loosened skin and bro
ken shells. 1895 = r.1 Il
Before long tables sit the ma
tives. young and old, chattering,
laughing, singing as they work,
and on these tables are poured the
beans as they come from the fan.
ming mill. Each Indian holds a
basket in his or her lap, and with
both hands rapidly picks out sepa
rately, every perfect bean, till
there remains on the table moth
ing but broken and imperfect cof-
fee. The hands are paid at this
work 50 much per quintal, of 100
pounds, and skillful pickeIs make
good wages. 1t takes $50 pounds
Of the fruit, as it comes from the
tree, to produce 100 pounds OF
clean marketable coffee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06

The average price of the cot
ton crop of 1869 was 500 per bale,
The whole crop yielding about
ss3aO.000,000. The crop now go
ing forward is about 100000 bales
more than that OF 1869, reaching
about 100000 bales, at an aver
.age price of $50 per bale, which e
will aggregate for the crop S1O:,
100000 less than that OF 1869
yielded. That is. 100000 bales
added to the crop of 1870 yields
the grower seueaty millions OF DOL
lars less money! Can a stronger
case be put, to show farmers that
to raise more cotton is to reduce
the price still lower?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06
A NICE SPECULATIoN.-I

4 NICE SPECULATIoN.-A
cow belonging to a Western
family recently strayed into a
'neighbor's garden patch, and
he secretly penned herup. The
COWS ownerwas obliged to have
milk, and hearing that their
Ineighbor had a good COW,
bought their milk from him for
three weeks. They then ascer-
Itained that they had been buy
ing what was their own, and
rushed to law for Vengeance
This is equal to a story told of a
Yankee out West, who, during
some excitement which called
the neighbors together raised a
tent over a barrel of cider
which he had somehow OBJ
tanned while it was yet rar-
ity in the country and began
selling it at twenty-five cents a
glass. For a while his custom
was tremendous, and his cider
was bringing him a heavy reve-
nue., when all at a sudden his
customers grew fewer and few
er. Presently a man came in
and asked him how much cider
was. When, told that it was
twenty-five cents a glass, the
would-be customer told the ci-
.Ger-Fender he could get it round
the corner for ten cents glass.
Supposing his was the only ci-
der within hundreds of miles,
the man went with the other ON
a tour Of discovery, and found
to his CONSERVATION, that some
one had pitched a tent immedi-
ately to the rear, of his, cover
ing the end of his cider-barrel
which he had left exposed,
tapped and was doing an i'm
mense bushes at very little ex-
pense.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06

Pickpockets visited Henry
Ward Beecher's church last
Sunday, and a number of ladies
that carried their money in the
inviting manner so frequently
adopted by the sex, were re-
Iieved of. their pocket books,
and so listened to pulpit elo-
quence under depressing cir
cumStances.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06

The jail in Keene, n. H., being
tenantless, the local paper sug-
gests that Gas the rogues seem
to be all outside, it might be
used as a safe retreat by a few
honest people of retiring dispo-
sition."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06
4 gentleman describing

A gentleman describing a
wedding the other day got off
the following extraordinary SEN
tence in regard to the bride:-
"In her bong face, the twin ro-
ses of health and beauty shone. "
He probably meant to say bonmy,
but-''these confounded prin-
tersI'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06

A young man in Harrisonburg
who loves dentists daughter, has
to get tooth pulled once a week
as an excuse for going to see her,
and he wants to know what ex-
cuse he will give when his re-
naming four teeth are extracted.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06
Ever so many years ago,
Under the NAPLES, Jenny and l.

There are frosty streaks in the auburn hair
That twined round my fingers years ago;
And d.the brow of my wife may be less fair
Thanit seemed in that sunsets ruddy glow
But know when,I clasp her to my breast,
There's wilder thrill than in days gone by
When the clouds sank royalty down in the
west
As under the naples sat Jenny and1.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06
How Matches are Made.

a little lcon shelf on one OF thes,
machines, not a greet deal NOR,
ponderous than sewing machine
The shelf moves forward by little
! jumps, bringing the end of tht
block just above cutter composed
of tiny circles of steel, which take,
off twelve splints at each ascend
ing stroke. These splints ther
pass between the links of chain
as it is called, composed of two
pieces of wood leach the length
of common clothes pin, and of
the same shape were it open al
both ends) placed together, their
convex sides toward each other
These pieces are linked at either
end in twos, the pairs about an
inch apart forming a continuous
chain two hundred feet in length.
This chain passes through the
machine directly over the cutter,
the spIints as they are separated
from the block being received be.
tween the two sides of the clothes.
pin link, which is grooved to suit
them. TIE chain moves just rap
Idly enough TO take up the results
of each cutting as the knife per-
forms its work. Passing along a
lew feet, a little hammer jumps
up from the floor and strikes each
link with force enough to dis.
lodge the imperfect splits, which
are but slightly held, and they
drop upon the floor. A few feet
farther on the chain passes over a
wheel, which revolves slowly in a
tiny reservoir Of melted birthstone,
the ends of the incipient matches
getting bath as they pass. AT
ter this they move forty or fifty
feet further, until quite dry, when
on their return course they are
held down by a steel finger and
made to just taste the liquid phos-
phorus, which is taken up by a
second wheel from a reservoir sim
liar to that which holds the brim.
stone. They then finish their
journey of forty or fifty feet, by
which time they are quite dry.
At the end of the course the chain
passes over a wheel elevated above
the cutting machine, from which
it falls perpendicularly. AS each
link reaches tray, made to re-
ceive them the matches, smoking
and threatening to ignite, are
gently pushed from it by a sliding
piece of steel, which is thrust out
just often enough to dislodge each
row as it is brought along by the
endless chain. This. emptied of
its contents, soon passes again
through the machine, over the
block, to receive another package
of its tiny freight wirhin each of
its innumerable links.
Eight of. these machines (the
writer has reference to a particu-
Tar manufactory) are running con
stantly, making eight hundred
gross of matches per day, gross
numbering fourteen thousand, and
chopping away in the course of
year six hundred thousand feet of
pine lumber. This lumber is
thoroughly dried in a kiln before
icing prepared for the machine,
Two hundred and fifty thousand
feet of bass wood are annually
made into shipping cases. Three
hundred barrels of brimstDne and
ninety thousand pounds of phos,
phorus are taken up yearly by
these endless chains from the lit
tie reservoirs.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06

A young woman not more
than twenty years old starved
to death in Rochester, n. Y,
on Thursday last. She had
striven silently to support her.
self after being deserted by a
worthless husband, and was too
proud to let her poverty be
known.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06

Under the proposed system
of national education, the Pres
ident is authorized to, determ-
inc whether the school system
of any State is adequate, and if
tits not, he may alter it to con-
form to the act of. Congress.
Grant will make a delightful
national school master.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06

"Well, to tell the truth, papa,
/ did not think much of the close
of the sermon" said fashionable
young lady. Probably you
were thinking more Of the clothes
of the congregation" replied her
father. .4lI l.r-
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06

In the Chicago convention of
suffi age shriekers, last week, Mrs.
said: "We are de-
termined to crush out all opposi-
tion to woman suffrage" The on
ly wonder is that, with such feet
as those women have got, they
haven't crushed it out long ago.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06

A spooney, who gave a girl
a ten dollar bill for one of her
curls, wanted his money back
when told that the entire bunch
cost but three dollars.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06

A man too busy to take care
of his health is like a mechanic
too busy to take care OF his
tools.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06

A North Carolina Judge re-
Gently charged the jury on mar
der trial that if the prisoner, be-
ING tried for murder. was iouuG
GGiIty of manslaughter, he must
be acquitted. -.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06

The State entomologist of Mis-
aouri says that the washing ot
fruit trees, with soap or the appl-
cation of any alkaline solution, is
an infallible protection against bo-
rers; and this is confirmed by the
experience of some of the most
extensive fruit growers in that
section.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06

The man who didn't believe in
advertising has gone into partner
ship with the Sheriff, and the lat
ter is now doing the advertising,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06

The dentists have been holding
a convention for The purpose, as
the chairman said, of devising
some means whereby they can oil
pull together.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06

The Rothschilds lost S75, ,000,-
600 in the late European war,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06

The Chicago Times says:
"Last Sunday evening, Mr.. Jer-
ry Monroe, proprietor of the
CRYSTAL Palace saloon, on State
street, performed some pistol
shooting most extraordinary
With a Smith & Wesson seven
shooter pistol, at distance of
ten PAGES, he struck the ace of
diamonds on a card held be-
tween the thumb and finger Of
Mr.. Frank Nye, otherwise
known as Dutch Frank Af-
terward Monroe loaded a gun
walking-cane and at a distance
Of ten PAGES fired at a lemon res
ting on Dutch Franks head
Seven shots were fired, and sew
en- lemons were pierced through
and through, without touching
a single hair. The feat is only
less remarkable when it is taken
into consideration the kind of
gun made use of by the skillful
marksman'"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06
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o4NACAS u III NA<AA A-A<O.
-o-> - BY sALLIE A. BROCK.
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Under the NAPLES sat Jenny and !,
Ever so mary years ago,
Watching the streamlet murmuring by,
And gur Cling loye-song in it's flow;
And heecy clouds, in a phantom troop,
Scudded across the bright blue sky,
While our hearts were weaving, in many 3
loop, t...-- al. "a s...
A mesh for the lives of Jenny and L
o. p. H.
1t seemed not strange that her tiny hand
Should nestle so trustingly fond in mine
And her auburn ringlets' gold-brown strand
My clumsy fingers like silk should twine;
And right it seemed that her bright young
#'t. head q AlFgH H- -:
Should find pillow upon MY breast,
As the clouds, in gold and purple and red,
Sank royalty down in the Iar-off west.
III.
For l that old, old story had told
The story of anxious hopes and fears
While over her ringlets' dark-brown gold,
Was falling shower of pearly tears
Tears that hung on her eyelids' fringe
Like dew on the fresh h-bOrn buds of May
And her bushes deepened their roseate tinge
AS tenderly kissed those tears away.
.u.s s..e., -ts. ".
Her heart was mine, though her lips re-
fused *tit @
., To utter that loneed-for syllable, eyes y
But musing she sighed, and signing she
s. unused, -- ...
Whatmeant her sighs and dmusings--guess?I
But then we pledged by the streamiet's flow
As the stars peeped out from the twilight
sky,
Ever so many years ago,
Under the NAPLES, Jenny and l.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-06
Narrow Guage Railways.

The common American guage
is four feet eight inches and half
and the least cost of construction
of any road of such width is S25,
600 per mile. Roads whose qua
yes range from two to three and @
half feet, can be constructed, equip
ped and operated at one third of
the sum required for the same
purpose by wide guage lines, and as
tributaries to trunk lines, or for
opening up new countries, are ful-
ly as useful as the broader roads ;
they have lighter locomotives,
smaller cars, narrower wheels,
lighter ties, cheaper rails, sleeper
grades, and sharper curves, and
connected with these peculiarities
are savings in the cost Of excava-
ton, in the material used in brid-
ges and culverts, in the value of
the iron, in amount of dead weight
per passenger or per hundred
weight of freight carried in each
train, in the length Of the line,
and in nearly every other item OF
expenditure.
Moreover, railways of this class
have been and are practical sue
cesses. There are two now in
use in our own country one Of
which is eight miles in length, and
transports $50 tons of ere daily.
In Wales, a railway with guage
of but one foot eleven and a half
inches, which was incorporated in
1882, has some gradients of one
foot in 60 feet, has reversed curves
Of such a character that trains
sometimes run upon three of them
at a time, and so short that the
locomotive and last car of the
train are often parallel, runs at as
high rate of speed as thirty-five
miles an hour, and pays an annual
dividend of thirty per cent. on its
original capital. Similar roads
now exist in Norway end in Cania-
.da, and one is about being con-
s;ructed in Pennsylvania which
will have a guage of three feet six
incheD, and, it is estimated, will
proitably transport freight at the
rate of one cent per ton per mile.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-12-08
LANDS VIM. ANDREWS, JR.. HOUSES
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
LOTS. EN1PORIA, KANSAS. FARMS
FARMS.

Improved Farm of eOa acres miles east OF town.
100 acres nnder good cultivation, fne growing
house and small frame house-aIl choice bottom
land About 90 acres Of common quality OF tim
Improved farm, 40 acres AZ miles east, IS acres
Of timber 80 acres cultivated. 30 acres NOT broke
acres cultivated, "a acres Of timber. PriCe 5000
half cash, balance in one year.
Improved Farm of IS acres on Coal creek hns
stone house, Ave rooms; fruit treess that will bear
next year; also 49, acres 81 miles distant for
balance on good time.
Improved Farm of 16O acres 10 miles north;
log houses % acres of timber; 20 cultivated;
time p'''o T'''O' "AA' cash. 'A'~"'' 'o
S. sGSs 5000 acre: e .SId Is.s q. Ly9. oesasg 2.
20 - Per acre f:S tStd aGnds g az RSrt. 81 ne
Eand 6eiongin0 20 Me n K. q 2. r. r. - TGs sosfles
40 Acres of fine bottom land AZ miles s. W of
city; lS house; all fenced; price 1880. WIN
IL Pfs : Sci ESn p rGs
1eo Acres partly improved; 10 acres timber:
fine land; price 5000. ha tash.
4% A or foM mpFoyss in i, SsO;so Islsy mile:
from school; $1,000 = .
fine peach pRRs o sSSs Of
all bearing; splendid place for . suburban resi-
time -
100 Acres ~ miles n. T. of town. all fine land
for farming purposes; $1,000 Is the best bargain
IN this county in wild land. -
10o Acres y mile west OF city limits, in full
view Of town; very desirable for suburban lots;
price $50 per acre.
Improved farm, so acres, with IL acres timber ~
miles southwest of the city, n mile from school,
house; the 80 acres all under good fence with good
farm butldings price for the % IS per acFe
Terms good
Those desiring any kind Of real property. please
read carefully and then apply at
ANDRRWe' RAJ HaFArE AoHkcY.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-12-08
CoUNo1L pKooEEDrNes.

COUNCIL CHAMBER, Nov. %, 1871.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment
of the last regular meeting, with Mayor Jay
and the following Councilmen present, viz:
Carter, Wheeloek, whitley, Hibben, Gilman
and Nichols.
Reading of the minutes on motion dispensed
with.
The petition Of E. Borton and others, pro-
perty owners on Sixth avenue, asking that
said avenue be curbed, guttered and macada-
mized from Commercial street to the culvert
on Mechanics street, was presented and refer
red to the committee on streets and alleys.
The petition of VIM. Hicks, and the joint
petition of Oswald PefferIey and Reinhart
Ehret, each for license to sell intoxicating IL
quors, were presented and referred to commit
tee on police and license.
The committee on claims returned tho fol-
lowing bills, with an ordinance making an
appropriation to satisfy them, to-wit: For
work on the streets, r. W. Glines, $3.50;
John Peterson, $3.50; John Dawley, $39; s.
Peterson, S11.50; and John DAZZLING, $3.50;
and Lewis Gray, for services as Street Com
missioner to November 10th, 1871, sos; W. s..
Jay 4 Co., for lumber, $6.91; Root. Milliken,
for services as City Engineer to Nov. 10, 1871,
S17.75; Z. H. Coats, for boarding city prison.
Va
stone, $3.50; j. Nesbit, night police, one
month, SSs; and C. LAthrop, night police, one
month, SSS.
An ordinance entitled ian ordinance in re-
lation to IRE warden was introduced, and
| read, when, on motion, the rules were sus-
pended to consider it and put it on its pass
age. 1t was read and considered by section,
| and the ayes and noes called on its adoption.
| Unanimously adopted.
The ordinance making an appropriation for
| the payment OF claims was taken up and
under 4 suspension Of the rules unanimously
adopted.
On motion the Council proceeded TO elect a
Fire Warden. The Mayor put in nomination
the names Of w. A. GIIchriest and Lewis
Gray. The election was by ballot, and re-
suited IN votes for Gilchriest and votes for
GRAY. The President gave the casting vote in
favor Of Mr.. Gilchriest, who was declared
elected for the ensuing year.
The following claims were presented and re-
ferred to the committee on claims: P. G. Hal
berg, for coal oil, &C., S2.45; Crane : Byron,
for police docket, ga; j.. N. Grifith & Bro.
for hardware, S13.57; and sundry witness fees
in district court, on certificates Of +. G. Hunt,
Clerk, $50. 49,
/ Adjourned, II. W. AcCUNE,
/
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-12-08
EMpoR1A, KAN, Nov. 81. 1877

EMPORIA, NAN, NOV ZtS 4oIIs
EDITOR NEws-Dedr Sir: believe there
is no law compelling the Board Of Education
Of our city to publish the proceedings Of their
meetings, yet there are a good many people
who would like to know, 'if consistent with
the public Interests, "what they have done and
are now doing. There is no law requiring the
common council to publish their proceedings,
yet what howl would be raised If they
should ''recline upon their dignity and in
effect, tell the dear people sit is none Of your
business what we do" Under the school dis
triet system the officers presented their esti-
mates for the necessary expenses, and the peo-
pie uniformly voted to tax themselves for all
that was necessary. Now everything Is con-
Quoted under seal, and not one item Of infor-
nation has been vouehsafed to US by our hon.
orable Board during the eight months they
have been in ofice. No people in the world
ever paid school taxes with less grumbling
than the people OF this city. Yet it would be
a satisfaction to them to know that the large
sum levied this year was absolutely needed.
While every department Of government, in
city, county, State and nation is straining
every nerve to lessen expenses and reduce
taxation, would it be asking too much Of this
august body to enlighten US upon this and
other subjects connected with their duties.
One member OF the Board informed me that
the tax levy for school purposes was the same
as last year, while the. treasurer's books. show
an increase of more than fifteen per cent. 1
need not allude to the frequent charges made
on our streets OF the unmanly course adopted
to get rid of certain teachers, subjeeting them
to puzzling examinations OF twelve to sixteen
hours duration, and receiving others with lit
tie or no examination. I leave these and kim
dred matters 10 those more directly interested.
notice in the papers Of the State full reports
Of the proceedings Of other school Boards,
showing resolutions and orders adopted, ac-
counts presented and allowed, teachers dis
missed and employed, salaries paid, taxes lev.
led, and the specific objects for which they
were levied. Perhaps In "the good time COM
ing'' zoe may have q school board who will
deign to enlighten the common herd" on all
these matters. In the meantime let Us try to
possess our souls in patience. B.