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COFFEE CULTURE IN CUBA.

Coffee culture is not difficult. 1t is
very profitable. And coffee plantation
in bloom is the most beautiful spot on
earth. If planter decides to begin at
the beginning and create his own "fnca"
or coffee plantation, there is first the sell
ection of ground. This is not difficult,
for coffee thrives anywhere in climate
and fairly well drained soil. A level sur
face is not necessary, though usually
chosen. Hillside reaches and even hill
locks answer admirably. The selection
of seed is simply a matter of choice.
Seeding is carried on after this fashion.
An especially rich bit of ground is chos-
en- where the semillero or seed bed is
made. In this, IN drills not over one
inch deep and about ten inches apart,
the beans, stripped of their outer husk,
retaining the second or inner shells,
are gently laid and barely covered with
loose soil. Some six months are requir-
ed for termination, sprouting and suf
ticient process of the plant to render
transplanting successful. Then the
young shoots are placed in the almaciga
or nursery ground from ten to twelve
months from seeding. Here they re-
main under sufficient amount cultivat-
ion to keep the soil Loose and mellow
and prevent weeds from collecting, for
about two years They have been set
eighteen inches apart, and fully 80 per
cent. more IN number than will be re-
quired have been allowed to grow, SO
that the most vigorous plants may be
selected for permanent use.
When the latter stage is reached the
entire plantation, where ;t is sufficiently
level to permit, is laid out in rectangular
plats of about 200 varss or 600 feet long
and half that in width, with caminos or
roadways of from twelve to fifteen feet
between the plats. The plants, of coffee
trees as they are now become, are set in
cross rows about twelve feet from center
to center, in each direction. This done
and the roots we'll set-for the roots de-
velop rapidly and profusely, throwing
out myrlads of fibers from great carrot
shaped tap which often reaches length
of ten feet-and your plantation is pro-
vlded with coffee orchard which with a
fair amount of care and attention will
need no removal of trees for from a
quarter to half century, and will in
crease IN yield each year until about the
fifteenth year, when the trees may be
said to have attained their bearing age;
though many will continue increasing in
yield until two score years old.-Edgar
Ia. Wakeman's Cuba Letter.
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LOADS CARRIED BY VoYAGEURs.-In
1874 | travelled by birch bark canoe
something like a thousand miles, from
Lapoint over to the head waters of the
Mississippi, and down the latter to Fort
Smelling, at the mouth of the Minnesota
river. We made several portages, the
longest being nine miles. We had along
two trunks, and provisions and bedding
for four persons for one month. The
load which our two voyageurs carried
was certainly $50 to 200 pounds each.
They made seven miles in one day, going
over the ground five times. e., thirty
five miles. Three-ffths of the distance
they were loaded and two-fifths going
back for another load. Their plan was
to take the heaviest load first (about 200
pOunds), and carry it about a mile or a
mile and half, put it down, go back for
another load of $50 pounds, carry this a
mile or mile and a half beyond the first
deposit, then come back, take up the
first deposit, and ,carry it the same dis
lance beyond, etc, until all was carried
to the camp for the night; then, last of
all, they went back seven miles to the
last camp, took up the boat (Which was
the highest load of alb, and carried it to
camp.
L will give an account of one load.
They used a leather strap about two
inches and a half wide in middle, and
slender toward the end, and perhaps ten
or twelve feet long. One fellow a fam
GUS voyageur, would tie this about my
trunk (about seventy-fve pounds) in two
places near each end, and throw it over
the head, bringing the the band across
the forehead, the trunk resting on the
back, then take hundred pounds of
flour and put on the trunk, and then
twenty-five pounds of crackers on top of
all, and walk off briskly, almost in a trot.
The man was not large or very mus
cular man, but rather lean and wiry.-
Professor Joseph LIE Conte in Science.
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pilot.
THURSDAY, JULY 10.
RELIGIOUS BATH IN MID-OCEAN

An eclipse of the moon was to take
place between and three in the morn
ing, and the Maharajah, devout Brah-
min, was bound to go through certain
religious rites IN consequence, one of the
most important of which was thorough
cold water bath. To give time for these
proceedings the steamer had to be stop
ped for three hours during the night
and this delay was compensated by the
maharajah (who would certainly need
his proverbial wealth if this sort of thing
were to happen often) with payment
of 1000 rupees, or about So for every
minute of detention.
He did the same thing once before,
said the captain to me, when he was
making a voyage with us along the coast
and then he stopped the ship for three
hours and paid 1000 rupees for it just
as he's going to now. But that time he
let down the boat into the sea and had a
regular bath, which Tn not going to al
low him to do this time, because there's
always some risk of his getting drowned,
you know, and that wouldn't do at all,
You know. l shall give him the deck to
himself tonight, and he can stand on the
platform of the ladder with his two men
and draw up the water with a bucket
and splash away as much as he likes.
The maharajah good naturally assent
ed to this modified program, and scarce
~ had the splendor OF the full moon be-
gun to darken when a tremendous
splashing of water annouced that the
sacred bath was in process. The sudden
stOppage of the vessel had awakened
both passengers and officers, and some OF
the latter reached the upper deck just in
time to witness part of the ceremonial,
which was by no means to their taste
After each of the -four Hindoo prayers
recited by the maharaiah, be counted out
and flung into the sea a large bag of sill
yer rupees, with several gold coins
among them. The younger officers were
naturally grieved at the sight of $50
much good money thrown away" and
held a debate next morning on the feast
biIity of stretching piece of canvas
along the side to catch the falling
cash in the event of the performance
being repeated.
Like most of his untrayeled country
men, the maharajah appeared to be very
curious about foreign lands, more espec-
tally America, the unresting energy
and movement of which seems a never
ending source of interest to the apathe-
tic rientals.-Durmah Cor. New York
Times.
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SUBTERRANEAN STREAMS OF BARBADC

SUBTERRANEAN STREAMS OF BARBADOS.
The island is nearly streamless. The
only brooklet that have seen is called
Indian river. 1t originates in swamp,
flows a dignifed course of three or four
hundred yards in length and ten feet in
width, until it reaches the sea just above
Fontabelle. No cascades add their
beauty of snowy lace foam to white cor
al clltfs-there no surface water. This,
where single days rain fall has been
known to measure ten inches, seems cur
ious; but the porous rock that coral in
sects built for Barbadians to live upon
takes care of that. The water finds it's
way down 100 feet or more until it reach
es resisting material, and then, in dark
ness and unseen, returns to the sea.
There it makes itself known by springs
that occasionally of sufficient sizes to
temper perceptibly the salt water around
and even to become visible through the
latter, as they spout up through white
sand at the bottom; and bathers in this
pleasant mixture can feel what seems to
be some living thing lifting and crawling
beneath their feet q sensation more start
ing than cheerful, where one is not quite
certain what strange manner of creature
may turn up at any minute
These subterranean streams are occa-
sionally found in caves that tireless teeth
of wind and wave have gnawed deep
into the bowels of the land. In one cav.
ern named "Cole's" quite q river has
been found, whose exit is unknown,
whose source is nguessed-that flows
quietly on through great distance in
darkness to the sea-Dr. William T.
Hutchinson in American Magazine.
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WORTH KNOWING

Mr.. ". H. Morgan, merchant, Lake
City, Fla. was taken with a severe Cold,
attended with distressing Cough and
running into Consumpt in its first
stages. He tried many SO called popular
cough remedies and steadily grew worse.
Was reduced in tesh, had difficulty in
breathing and was unable to sleep.
Finally tried DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption and found immediate
relief, and after using about a half dozen
bottles found himself we'll and has had
no return of the disease. No other rem
edy can show so grand record of cures,
as DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption guaranteed to do just what is
claimed for it.-Trial bottle free at r.
Hinrichs' Drug Store. 4
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Hoard thinks there is no better way OF
accounting for the tolerably well-sustain-
ed price of butter in this country. than to
conclude that the practical suppression
of the great bulk of the oleo butter. once
manufactured, has left more of the de-
mand for butter to be filled with the
pure, honest article. Certainly the
number of pounds of pure butter made
have increased over the production of
three and four years ago: still the sum-
mer price for creamery butter touched
lower figures then than we saw In 1887
or have yet seen this season. The bus
mess is certainly on better basis, so far
as butter is concerned, than before the
law was passed. There may be other
and lesser reasons; but the passage, and
the fairly good enforcement of the law,
has done an immense good, both to the
farmers, and the consumers who have
had the pure instead of spurious article
to USE.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-07-19

EPISODE IN NATURAL HIsToRY.-A
rather curious episode IN natural history
occurred the other day on board the
French steamer Add ell Kader during the
passage from Marseills to Algiers. Just
as the vessel was about two hours out
the sky became quite black with swal-
lows. 1t was then about o'clock in the
evening. The birds alighted on the YES
sci IN thousands, on the yards, ropes and
sails of the Add keder. After perky sur
vey of the deck from their eminences
aloft they descended coolly on deck, hop
ped about among the sailors and passen-
gers and evintually found their way
into the cabins both fore and aft. The
birds were evidently fatigued after a
long flight, and ali allowed themselves
to be caught by the people on the ship
who gave them a welcome reception and
provided them with food, which they en-
joyed heartily. The little winged
strangers remained all night on the yes
sci, and In the morning at o'clock the
head lookout bird no doubt sight the Ba-
learic Isles, for the whole flock made for
land, after having spent a comfortable
and refreshing night on board ship
Boston Transcript.
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RAILRoADING IN THE AIR.-In some
mountain locations, galleries have been
cut directly into the rock, the cliff over
hanging the roadway, and the line being
carried in a horizontal cut or niche in
the solid wall. The Oroya and the
Chlmbote railways in South America de-
manded constant locations of this char
acter. At many points it was necessary
to suspend the persons making the pre-
hminary measurements from the cliff
above. The engineer who made these
locations tells the writer that on the Or
Oya lines the galleries were often from
100 to 400 feet above the base of the cliff
and were reached generally from above.
Rope ladders were used to great adj
vantage. One Ga feet long and one LOG
feet long covered the usual practice, and
We're sometimes spiced together These
ladders could be rolled up and carried
about on donkeys or mules. When
swung over the side of the cliff and Sc
cured at the top, and when practicable
at the bottom, they formed a very useful
instrument in location and construction.
John Bogart in Scribners Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-07-19

WHEN WOMEN ARE BEST DRESSED
Women are said to be best dressed when
it is most difficult to describe what they
wear, and gown which has created a
sensation at a recent ball may not assert
its singular grace of arrangement in des-
cription. The bodice and skirt were en-
tirely white more, the skirt wide and full
draped with soft falling crepe de Chine,
blended and softened by tulle and bunch
es of May blooms, all caught up with
bows of tender green ribbon. A married
woman, who is celebrated for her toilet
ties. appeared in gown of the richest
faille nouvelle. which almost stands by
itself. The gown has elbow sleeves, and
pointed bodice, the skirt was yelled
with Chantilly lace. which incased the
bust, and was carried down the back of
the bodice, meeting The braces on the
skirt. As the wearer advanced you not
iced that the front of the gown was Dor
dered with a heavy garniture of tulle, on
which the lace rested. 1t so exactly suit
eO Its owner that every line in it seemed
to originate In some trait of figure and to
develop some latent grace.
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l have been great sufferer from cat
srrh for over ten years; had it very bad
could hardly breathe. Some nights I
could not sleep had to walk the floor. /
purchased Ely's Cream Balm and am
using it freely, it is working a cure sure
~. / have advised several friends to use
it, and with hnppy results in every case.
1t is the one medicine above all others
made to cure catarrh, and it is worth its
weight in gold. l thank God L have
found remedy I can use in safety and
that does all that is claimed for it. 1t is
curing my deafness.-B. W. Sperry,
Hartford Conn.
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The common practice of raising faint
ing persons to a sitting or upright posit-
ion is often sufficient to destroy the
spark of life which remains. The death
of an eminent English statesman short
time ago gave opportunity to the coroner
for emphasizing this fact, and of point
ing out how much more reasonable and
sound it is to keep such persons in the
prone position, while restoratives and
local means are adoped 20 enable them
If possible, to regain consciousness
Medical Journal.
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Mr.. Albert Nobel, the inventor and
chief manufacturer of dynamite, is en-
phatically man of peace and deplores
the use of the explosive as O destroyer
of human life. eff I did not regard it
as on the whole a great blessing to hu.
manity," he said recently, Il would
close up ali my factories and never
make another ounce of the stuff. New
York Tribune.
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While squad of United States
soldiers from Fort Ontario, under COM
mand OF Lieut.. Davidson, was engaged
IN rifle practice upon the government
reservation bordering upon the lake, a
bullet passed over the target at the same
time that tug was towing scow down
the lake. Passing the range the stray
bullet struck and seriously wounded one
of the men on the scow. although the
scow was more half a mile from shore
and nearly mile from the firing point
Chicago Herald.
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PETERS PENCE-According to tradit-
ion, Peter pence, or Peters pence were
first presented to the pope or bishop of
Rome by Ina, king of the West Saxons.
about the year 1725 A. ID. It was the
result of collection taken at the mass
on st. Peters day, Aug. l, and was de-
voted to the establishment of a Saxon
college at Rome 1t was then made tax
of one penny on each family possessed
OF thirty pence yearly rent in land In
England it lasted down to 1884, when
Henry VIII abolished it. The term is
now applied to any general voluntary
contribution in behalf of the pope. In
1860 he received S2,Qo0.OoO,
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Seven hundred European singing birds
are to be imported into Oregon by a
society OF German colonists, who deplore
the absence Of songsters in the great
west. Skylarks, bullfnches, nightingales
chaffnches, goldfinches, hnnets, green
finches, thrushes and starhngs will
form the cargo, and Will be let loose
in the country Immediately on arrival.
1t is to be hoped that they will not turn
out to be such ungrateful immigrants as
the sparrcw.-Frank Leslie's.
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llIHAT
Ais
YOU?
EyTrEKEETEEzExsz1E7gE

Do you feel duh. languid, low-spirited. life
less and indescribably miserable, both physi-
cally and mentally; experience a sense of
fullness or bloatlng after eating, or of gone
ness, or emptiness Of stomach in the morn
ing, tongue coated. bitter bad taste in
mouth. Irregular appetite, dizziness frequent
headaches, blurred eyesght, " floating speci1s
before the eyes. nervous prOstratiOn or ex-
haustion, irritability of temper. bot fiushes,
alternating with chilly sensations. sharp,
biting, transient pains here and there. cold
feet, drowsiness after meals, wakefulness, or
disturbed aud undressing sleep, constant,
indescribable feeling OF dread. or Of impend-
ing calamity?
If you have all, or any considerable number
of these symptoms, you are suffering from
Bilious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liver, associated
with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion The more
complicated your disease has become, the
greater the number and diversity of symp-
toms. No matter what stage it has reached,
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
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Rheumatism, Kidney Disease or other grave
maladies are quite liable TO set in and, sooner
or later, induce d fatal termination.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
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an appetiZing, restorative tonic, il promotes
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both flesh and strength. In malarial districts,
this wonderful medicine has gained great
celebrity IN curing Fever and Ague, Chills and
Fever, Dumb Aguc, and kindred diseases
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis.
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BUCKLIN'S ARNICA SALVE.

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Price % cents per box. For sale by 81.
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Hoard's Dairvman Is Of tho on;r;o

Hoard's Dairyman is of the opinion
that more than ten pounds of milk
should 80 to make pound of cheese.
The reports of the Canadian cheese fact
Dries show that they take from 10li to
1Osl pounds of milk, average for the seas
on of six or seven months, to make a
pound of cheese. These facts account
for a considerable part of the conceded
excellence of Canada cheese. The
cheese-makers and the farmers who
make milk for cheese, may as well learn
they VIII have to face one of two facts
put more than ten pounds of common
milk into pound firm, sweet, well-cured
cheese, or milk better cows. They viii
find II for their interest to do the latter
for the day viii soon be along when milk
viii be paved for for the untitled solids
in it: and the water in it will not count.
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Philadelphia Record: The greatest
achievement in history of life insurance
has been made by Mr.. Wanamaker. who
is now paying premiums on S1,0O0,O0O to
twenty-nine different companies. The
last policy issued on his life was received
by him on Thursday last, and so far as is
known there is no other man in the
world whose life is insured for such an
enormous amount.
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NEW TIN SHOP.

We have now in connection with our
hardware store a new tin shop. All
work neatly done and guaranteed.
PLUMB & NELSON.
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FARM FOR SALE OR RENT.

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If j. w. BARNES.
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FOR RENT.

The building formerly oc-
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store. Enquire of G.. G. Sedp-
wick.
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