Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-02-26

up in wall on either side.
For hours at time we wended OIL,
way up hill and down, the roadbed OTTER
choked with great stones over which tn,
tired horses could hardly step. When
ever there was smooth bit of road, the
guide uttered shout: "Wic-kee, vic
kee," and put the horses at a'gallop. Thi.
was only for a short time, however, 10,
there is not a strip Of good road fifty
yards in length in all Kama, after you
have left the sugar plantations.
Pepolc in Hawaii seem to have nc
more idea OF miles than they have Of
the cardinal points OF the compass, and
this is nil. When we were half a days
journey from village or plantation and
askedithe distance, 1.-The answer would
be: "Oh, it is too far" II the place was
only two or three miles away, the an
swer would be; ooh, it's not too farn
White men seem to have succumbed To
this custom OF the natives. | asked q
Norwegian the distance to Honolulu,
and he answered;
"Four hours"
"But how many miles?" asked,
u don't know,' he answered. 1--WE
never reckon distance by miles, but by
the hours IT takes to reach place. 1t
may be eight, may be twelve miles
may be six, but all the same it will take
you four hours to make it.n
AT Hookenia l met several coffee
growers.
"You want to know somethin' about
coffee, do you" said a man in linen
ulster and broad brimmed Panama hat.
"Yes, l have come all the way to
Kama to see the celebrated Kama coffee
which is said to be the best in the
world.'
Let me tell yer somethin,' young
man," the gentleman said, advancing to
me and laying his hand on my shoulder.
81 have the only coffee plantation on the
island" He had the air of a millionaire
of vast Importance, as he stood with his
hands in his pockets and look Of su-
periority on his face.
"How large plantation have your"
asked,
swell, have four acres of bearing
trees" he answered, "but am going to
plant forty more"
IT
Hookenia is on the coast, and back of
1t is great forest in which wild coffee
trees are growing. These wild coffee
trees are valuable, as they have been
known to yield three pounds Of coffee
to the tree. Two miles and half from
Hookenia by the Mauka road one comes
upon the Morgan Il McStocher planta-
tion, which, tho it has only forty acres
in coffee yields twenty thousand dollars
worth per annum.
Tho it was late in December when
rode up to the managers house and dis
mounted, the day was as hot as one in
August in the temperate zone. ]. NJ.
Davis, the owner of the plantation, was
reclining on the piazza in his shirt
sleeves, in steamer chair.
$50 you have come to look at my cof-
fee, have you?' he said, starting to his
feet on my approach. "Well, come in
and have cool drink. This delightful
weather must be little hard on YOU
northerners until you get used it. am
New Yorker myself, but l think this
the healthiest country in the world"
After few moments rest we took a
stroll through the coffee trees, and then
went to the mill and looked into a great
box in which several thousand pounds
Of coffee had been put. "By the next
steamer we ship one hundred and fifty
bags" said Mr.. Davis.
After leaving this plantation the road
for milesled through a forest of wild
coffee, ferns, and ohia trees. Thousands
OF Japanese were busy gathering coffee,
and piles of bags of freshly picked ber-
ries were lying at every mile. There
was coffee everywhere, until it seemed
as If there was enough to supply the
world. The bushes grew so dense ON
each side Of the road that we could not
see ten PAGES into them, but the chatter
Ing of Japonese as they picked the
berries could be distinctly heard.
We passed the Claighall plantation,
owned by a Scotchman, father Of the
crown princess who, since the reyolu-
ton that overthrow monarchy, has lived
in Scotland. This plantation contains
seventy acres, and produces some Of the
finest coffee berries 1 have ever seen.
Passing through the famous orange
orchard of Mrs. Greenwell, at Kalu
Kalu, where grow the finest oranges in
the world, we arrived at sunset at Kalu.
This town is in the heart of the coffee
and is the shipping point for the
Hawaiian Tea and Coffee Company, the
McDougal, Moller, Judge Clarke, DR..
Capron, and Bartlett plantations. MANY
Of these plantations are well established,
and yield thousands of pounds annually,
while others are just beginning to bear.
In five or six years tons will be shipped
to the pounds now taken from Kailua.
The young coffee trees are planted in
the stone. A crowbar or drill is used in
stead OF hoe, a hole made, and the
young tree planted. II there is any par
ticle of soil, it will grow. 1 have been
told that trees thrive best where there is
a surface Of lava above and rich soil
The greatest skill in growing
coffee is the selection of land. If the
land is suitable and the trees planted,
they will grow whether they are culti-
vated or not; but they yield best, of
course, under cultivation.
JOHN X. MUsICK.
Student-Now, that's queer. My
father says my studying costs him n