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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-09-19

Spectators, Jockeys, Bookmakers,
Touts, Stable Boys, Holsters, IN all
over 100 auxiliaries.
A two-step march. entitled The Bur.
lington Route" has been composed by
Mr.. Rosenbecker, and will b. played
next Thursday evening at the Lansing
theatre, where Rosenbecker's orchestra
OF forty-five pieces will support Mrs. A.
Sophia Markee. who makes her first
appearance in Lincoln on Thursday.
She is an American singer who has
studied in Boston. She comes with the
best concentrations from the eastern
press. The musicians in the company
are skilled and deserve good house.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-09-19

the pleasure it will give to the patrons.
While Bancroft is easily accredited with
being as nimble and successful a pres
tidieateur as at present appears before
the public, he has embellished his en-
tertainment with a wealth OF spectacu-
lar and scenic environments worthy OF
any theatrical spectacular organization
making his performance as much a
thing Of beauty as a cause OF wonder.
Bancroft may be called magician of
the latest school Of magic. His expert
ence in the realm OF mystification has
extended over nineteen years of close ap.
plication TO his chosen and fascinating
art. The key note Of hia endeavors has
been to devise something novel and diff.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-09-19
THE COURIER.

tains. The scenery and costumes are
picturesque in the extreme. An agree
able feature is the sweet singing Of the
Golden Nugget Quartette and the ludi.
crous efforts of the Rocky Mountain
Band.
In Gay New York" inaugurated its
road tour at Pittsburgh Sept. 9Th with
Klaw and Erlanger as its managers.
The substitution OF Lucy DAILY for Vir-
ginia Earle in the part OF Prince Rouge
ct Noir is the only important change
made in the cast as it has been appear
ing at the New York Casino. The
piece furnishes an excellent example OF
the composite style OF stage entertain
ment as nearly every form OF the lighter
contributions TO stage work is found
within its elastic limits Walter Jones
appears in it as seedy Thespian, David
Warfield furnishes his Hebraic charac-
ter work, Lee Harrison masquerades as
a comic bunco steerer, and several con-
densed burlesques on notable dramatic
successes are introduced. The CON-
pany numbers seventy people and in
cludes complete corps de ballet.
The dance OF English Peers and Am
erican Heiresses, the Icicle ballet and
Pas de Quatre called 1.-The Lovers Fro
lie are three strikingly beautiful dance
arrangements shown in that merry bur-
lesque I'm Gay New York" which comes
to the Lansing Theatre at an early date.
The Icicle Ballet introduces a dainty
little dancer La Laska, in solos. and a
complete corps de ballet costumed to
suggest the geld glitter Of the Ice King.
Bancroft, the Magician, who is among
the bookings at the Lansing Of the COM
ing season, is at present in India where
he is reviewing magic in its original
mystic form. Bancroft's tour will be
under the direction OF Mr.. Edward L.
Bloom, for so many seasons the man
ager OF Hermann and to whose bust
ness efforts, Hermann ows so much to
his success. The entertainment pre-
sented by Bancroft is radically different
from that Of any other mystifier now
before the public and the management
takes pride in announcing him, knowing
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-09-19

ferent from any OF his predecessors.
He was quick to recognize the value
OF scenic embellishments to a magical
entertainment. The day for en- ordin-
airy entertainment OF parlor magic seems
well over and the theatre goers who have
become used to seeing the stage graced
with elaborate examples OF the scene
painters art will at once hail Bancroft rs
long desired attraction in the realms
Of mystery. The cost Of Bancroft's pro-
duction OF magic lie enormous. Last
season before starting on the road the
enterprising magician expended over
10000 upon his scenery and parapher-
MALTA.
FORMAL OPENING OF THE FUNKE SEASON
1861.
A very warmly endorsed play is In
Old Kentucky" which opens at the
Funke Opera House, for the nights,
Thursday and Friday September "a and
%. 1t has the prestige Of seven
months run in New York and a three
months run in Boston where it broke
the record of forty years at the big Bos-
ton Theatre for crowded houses. The
plot is laid in the blue grass regions Of
Kentucky. 1t may be said there are no
SUP ers. Even the chickens and geese
are trained to their duties. The sing
ing and dancing and music Of the pick
sninny band are highly diverting. But
the horse which must win the Ashland
Oaks and save the estate is in the barn
and thither the villain turns his atten-
ton. The impetuous young noun
taineer, misled by the villain comes
dangerously near adding notch to the
butt Of his rifle and making himself a
villain, but he is turned aside from his
purpose easily. The third act includes
the race scene, which is led up to by a
very strong and original comedy scene.
One learns that the jockey is drunk,
that the mountain girl is the only
available person to ride the horse and
that she consents. A glimpse is gained
OF the saddling yard or paddock which
is exceedingly natural. Then like a
flash comes the horses dashing down
the stretch at terrific pace amid the
widest enthusiasm. The heroine rides
the winning horse. A short fourth act
ties up the flying threads of the story
Seats on sale. at regular prices, Tues.
day morning 10 A. NJ. September 22nd
CAST OF CHARACTERS.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-09-19
CAST OF CHARACTERS,

Frank Layson. Frank Dayton
Col. DOOlittle. Burt G. Clark
Horace Holton. Francis Cambello
Joe Lorey. Pierce Kingsley
Neb.. .Chas. X. French
SAM. ............R obt. Bibbs
Caesar. j. w. Brister
Brutus. Burt Grant
Madge Briefly. -. Marion Wellington
Alathea Layson ........ Fanny L. Burt
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-24
NJ. G. SILVA

else, for that matter, you would find
the greatest cost in preparing the
ground. Here the face of the earth is
covered with heavy beard. Tropic
rain and sunshine have created a jun
gle that defy pen and brush to picture,
as ordinary implements to eradicate.
The giant trees are tied to each other
and finally anchored to the earth by
bewildering mass Of lilianas, vines
and creepers of every description, all
tangled together like the cordage of a
wrecked ship. This has to be cut
down and worse still, cut up. The
winter, or wet season, (from June to
December), is the time for this Her
culean task. There are only two sea-
sons in these parts, the wet and dry.
During the later season, as much as
possible of the valley jungle must be
burned, leaving a chaos of charred
trunks and stumps, that rot away in
a couple of seasons more and fert1l1ze
the already rich virgin soil to tree
unknown in the North. Then the ma
tives must be set to work with their
matchetes, clearing out the hosts of
plants and weeds that have sprung up
like magic; and then the young coffee
trees mey be set. This clearing of the
ground will cost from $40 to $50 an
acre in American money, according to
locality. After clearing and planting,
comes two or three years more of stub
born, relentless fight against the
weeds; afterwards the coffee trees
themselves will keep down the weeds.
OF course you can buy cleared land, If
able to pay for it and at very reason
able rates and in that case it would be
better to buy coffee plants six or eight
months old. Or if time is mo object"
you may start them from the seed
while the land is being cleared. To
do so, you must have a rich soil that
has been thoroughly worked over and
fertilized. Fully ripe single beans,
still covered with the Coriaceous skin,
are planted, after being rolled in wood
ashes. Frames, covered with fern
leaves are placed over the nurseries
and the plants remain in their beds
from sixteen to eighteen months, un-
til the young trees are twenty inches
high. The delicate plants require
plenty of light, air and water, but must
be protected from the full glare of the
tropic sun and watered at night to pre-
vent scalding.
FANNIE B. WARD.
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productions of both temperate and tor
rid zones.
His corn-fields are hedged with giant
century plants fAgave American) /,
his wheat with cocoa palms and pome-
granite bushes; olives and pumpkins,
I'pineapples and potatoes flourish side
by side, and oranges and apples are Gull
tivated in the same orchard. Without
dipping extensively into personal his
tory, we may mention that he failed
in business in Syracuse, New York,
some ten years ago-and most for
tunate failure it seems to have been.
Scraping together what funds he could
command he brought his wife and
children to Honduras; and when ar
rived had barely money enough to clear
the land which he bought on credit.
During the first six months the family
suffered considerably, not only from
inconsistencies, for year or two it was
by no means smooth sailing. But he
persevered, bringing all his Anglo
Saxon grit, energy and intelligence to
bear upon the task; and 1 am happy
to tell you that he has succeeded be-
yond his highest expectations. Today
he is thesowner of a beautiful home and
many broad acres, and is not only free
from debt, but has handsome surplus
we'll invested and sure income for the
future growing up around him.
Coffee berries do not grow on a
bush, as many people suppose, but on a
tree, which in its wild state shoots up
thirty or forty feet. When cultivated
it is carefully pruned and kept at a
height of from six to ten feet for con-
venience in picking and to give the
main stalk greater strength. The
trees are beautiful in any stage of
growth, their glossy dark green leaves
somewhat resembling those of the mag
nolia, and the starry Snow-white flow
ers reminding one of orange blossoms,
in all but fragrance. The phenomenon
is constantly displayed of ripe and
green fruit, buds though perpetually
towering and developing fruit, the real
harvest begins in April. When fully
matured, the berries are dark red,
looking precisely like a common varie-
ty of sea bean. They turn to a dull
brown after being picked, and when
dried are almost black. The tree is
native, originally, of the highlands of
Ethiopia, and in other countries only
naturalized. Tradition tells us that
coffee, as a decoction, was first used
by Chalodi, a cranky old chief of Ara
bfan dervishes, who wished to keep
awake twenty-three and one-half hours
out of the twenty-four in order to
watch the rest, and had somehow dis
covered it's virtue as an anti-sophoric.
During the fifteenth century it rose
rapidly in favor throughout the Orient,
under the belief that it prolonged life
by purifying the blood. Toward the.
middle OF the sixteenth century more
coffee houses were opened in Constan-
fin0pleE but thew became agIIch dam
gerous political centers that the Grand
War suppressed them in the year 1856.
One of the earliest results of Colum-
bus discoveries was the development
of this great tropical industry, although
the first European coffee house was not
opened until as late at 1868, at New
mans Court, London, by q Greek,
named Pasquet. In 1716, DR.. Isem-
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berg personally conveyed a boatload of
coffee plants to Hayti. Soon after
ward Captain Deylins began it culti-
walton in Martinique, from which 1t
spread through Central and South
America. The first cargo shipped to
the United States came from Brazil
and was only 5000 pounds, sent as an
experiment; and ever since it has filled
our Eastern storehouses. The enor-
nous magnitude. of the industry can
hardly be computed by figures. Last
years statistics show that 217, 1886 tons
of coffee were brought to us from Bra
I'll, $685. tons from Venezuela 1881
tons from Mexico, POI tons from Hayu
and so on down through the other
coffee-producing countries on this side
of the Atlantic, making grand total
of 81, $50 tons of coffee brought into
the United States during the year 1895.
Throughout the eighteenth century the
West Indies were the great coffee store
house of the world, but Brazil kept the
lascendency as producer, owing to the
limited area of the islands and to the
scarcity Of labor after the emancition of
SLAYER. Recent reciprocity arrange
ments with the Central American Re
publics secures to us an Increased sup
hundreds of miles nearer to our mar
kets than the coffee-felds of other
countries. And on the best authority
it is stated that Honduras produces
the very finest coffee grown in Central
America, the conditions of soil and
climate being, exactly right for it, es-
pecially at an elevation of from 1000
to 1000 feet above the sea. The coffee
habitually served here, even in the
poorest huts, clear. rich, amber liquid,
which exhilerates and refreshes, is as
wide contrast to the average hotel
diaection of the United States as can
well be imagined:-the latter being
"too thin to walk on and too thick to
swim in
Botanically speaking, there are sew
eral species of coffee trees, but only one
of value, (coffoca arabica), the seeds
of the rest being bitter; and of the
product of the species Arabica, there
are as many grades as Of tobacco, or
sugar. The character of the bean is
easily affected by the soil, the presence
of weeds, amount of cultivation be-
slowed upon ia, sun, air and moisture
received, time of picking and the care
and attention given in asserting and
preparing it for market. The terms
MOCHA, Java, tlO, etc. are most
ly used to designate grades and quail
ties, without any geographic or bota-
meal significance.
The imports from Arabia are today
of small consequence. If posted. you
can tell which is which" to a certain
ty, when buying the unroasted ber-
ries. Java coffee is a large yellow
beam; Jamaica is like Java, only a
trifle smaller and slightly greenish:
Mocha is small, grey bean, with a
decided greenish tinge; Bourbon is
the largest bean of ALL In Sumatra
the leaves Of the tree are used, like
Chinese tea. The leaves contain a
good deal more of caffeine than the
bean itself and the wonder is that they
are never seen in our markets.
If you were going to start a coffee
in Honduras, or anywhere
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, COFFEE, C CULTURE
oeHiRRittn The fI Industry bb Carried on
7.SoD in Honduras,
% { q ab1BX d..
0(eOS1 OF CLEARING THE LAND
COT sbTBvS Z
Liberal Inducements are, Offered
~ btogForeigners1Hard Times May
be Expected at Start.
fEHE - - kRcF or =.
Q COST OF CLEARING THE LAND
- eF1TEV-ss I
u. 9bYRX-
be Expected at s

- TEGUCIGALPA,. Honduras, Sept Is.
The best time to visit Hondurian
-eafetal, Sor coffee-farm. is in February
s. when the trees are I'm full bloom; but as
we shall be far away by that time. we
must make the most of present oppor-
tunities To that end we accepted an
Z Invitation to- visit the cafetal of. q
former citizen of Syracuse, New York
who now resides about twelve miles
from Teguciagalpa. We went out on
mule-back, a jolly party headed by
oaf ebliging Consul, starting an hour
before sunrise to avoid the heat. The
way leads first across the dreary plain
which encompasses the Capital, strewn
with sharp, stones. and deep in singing
dust; 4. then down chalk canon, in
which the Government has caused steps
to be cut for the convenience of travel
ers two-footed and four where the at
mosphere is like that of lime-kiln
and the white glare of midday abso-
lutely binding; and then into the cool
and silent forest, between rows Of giant
trees, whose smooth, gray trunks are
regular as so many marble columns.
Man of the trunks are covered with
parasites, knotted and twisted together
like Iace-work of intricate pattern and
all are curtained with orchids and
blossorning creepers- Anon, manacca-
palms form a perfect archway over
head, with branches fifty and sixty feet
long and six feet wide, each branch
appearing to rise directly from the
earth, instead of sprouting from the
top of a small trunk, as most palms
do. Every branch is a single stem and
the leaf spreads and falls over either
side of it, cut into even blades like
mamoth fern. These enormous leaves
hang like portierres above the path, SO
that it is often NECESSARY for the rider
to raise his arm and push one aside in
passing, after which it falls into place
again like Veritable curtain. Our
friends cafetal is an ideal one, situated
about 1000 feet above sea-leveI-an al
titude which in this land of sunshine,
haFEnoniously blends the best of soil
and climate, so that he can raise the
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Why not generate your power from
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Centrifugals, Elevators, Plows, Rail
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Wiring.
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Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-02-01
JARNDYCE VS.. JARNDYCE.
Heirs or Davis. the MOnanta Multi
Millionaire, Fighting Over
Deceased's will.

Chicago, Feb. 1.-The Davis will trial,
which was in the courts of Montana for
several years, is likely to be fully venti-
lated in Chicago.
This morning bill was filed in the U.
S. court by Erwin Davis, of New York, a
brother of A. j. Davis, the multi-million-
aire, whose vast fortune is at issue.
A. j. Davis died at Butte, Mont, on
March II, 1890, supposedly intestate,
leaving an estate of about $5,0O0,00o.
In the midst of the turmoil among the
dead mans relatives, will was found
leaving to Thos. j. Davis, his sister and
Mrs. Beggett share of the property and
the balance to his brother, John A. Davis.
The children and heirs of the other
relatives of the dead millionaire con-
tested the will, declaring it to be forg
cry, but later entered into an agreement
with the combatants, agreeing to divi-
sion of the property.
This was Gecreed by the court.
Erwin, a brother of A. J. Davis, now
attacks the compromise and asks the
court to restrain the children of John A.
Davis from receiving any of the estate
and exhibits decree signed by all the
living brothers and sisters Of the de-
ceased, including John A. Davis, in whose
favor the will was made, agreeing to give
half of the money to Erwin, in consider
alton Of his furnishing money to fight
the claims of Mrs. Beggett's children.
A similar issue is being contested in
the Montana courts.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-02-01
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

/ Judge Hamilton adjourned court al
Lincoln on Tuesday, having cleared the
docket.
The United States district court con-
venes at Silver City on Monday.
The law firm of Fielder g. Barnes, at
Silver City, has been dissolved by mutual
consent.
Surveyor William Harris, we'll known
at Albuquerque, Bland and in Santa Fe,
is now superintendent of the Wing stamp
mill at Chloride.
Francis Brown, Of Denver, and two
Chicago men have taken lease and bond
on the Deep Down mine and mill at
Mogollon, and will put force of men to
work at once.
Mr.. G. w. Kennedy, member of the ter
ritorial board of equalization and gen.
eral manager of the Crescent Coal COM
pany at Gallup, is recovering from his
recent stroke of paralysis.
Jas. Wing exhibited in this office yester-
day several pieces of gold and silver bull
lion, the result of the cleanup at the
Wing stamp mill after its trial run, all of
which Mr.. Wing is quite proud of.-Black
Range.
A telegram received at the Optic Office
from Springer yesterday afternoon states
that Fred McCannon and wife, who were
charged with numbering their child, and
against whom there was thought to be
strong case, were acquitted by the trial
jury.
Last Monday Sheriff Ascarate brought
back to the Dona Ana county Jail from
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-02-01
THE MARK f TS.

New York, Feb. 1.-Money on call
strong at per cent; prime mercantile
paper, 6 q 8 per cent. Silver, 67l4 lead,
$3.50.
Chicago Cattle, receipts, 500; market,
quiet and unchanged. Sheep, recelpJs,
II 600; market, steady.
Kansas City.-Cattle, recei pts, 500; mar
ket, steady; Texas steers, $2.75 q $3.45;
Texas cows, $215 q $265; beef steers,
$310 @ $4.20; native cows, $3.50 a. $3.10;
stockers and feeders, $3.50 q 1915; bulls,
$l.75 q $2.65. Sheep, receipts, 1,l00;
market, steady; lambs, 1870 q $40;
muttons, $225 @ $3.50.
Chicago.--Wheat, February, 66l4; May,
67l4 Corn, February, 255s; Mag, s0Hs
Oats, February, 195s; May, PIX a s. e