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The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-10-06

viii obviate all remedies. By keeping
the rows clear and the shade trees
trimmed all animals and insects. like
rats, mice and ants, will be kept away
! from the plantation.
PREPARATION FOR MARKET.
The old method of preparing the cof-
| fee for market is still in vogue among
the natives. The fruit gathered during
| he day i placed on thin mating, not
oiled as that would produce fermenta-
ion c The r1Ip, The moisture of which
would destroy the bright color of the
berry and turn it black. The next day,
after the mist has disappeared and the
sun comes out in its full vigor, the con-
| tents of the mats are emptied On the
| drying yard. The yard should be made
of stone, covered with a coating of
mortar tlime and sand). built slOping
| so that the water can run off quickly
and the yard not be damp when the
coffee is out to dry. While the berries
are out on the drying yard they are
turned over two or three times, so
that the rays of the sun will play over
the whole surface. When the weather
does not permit outside drying, a large
and we'll ventilated dry room, with
paved floor, is used. The above opera
! ton is performed for several days,
until the berry is thoroughly dry; then
| follows failing and treading out the
grain from the dry husks with the feet.
! The last cleaning of the berry by the
natives is accomplished by placing the
berries in large mortar, made of earth
or followed from log, thoroughly
beaten and worked with an immense
pestle or maui After the husk has
been thoroughly beaten it is separated
from the chaff by being poured from a
basket held on the shoulder to a mat
ting on the ground, the chaff being
blown from it as it falls by the winds
and a strong, rapid tanning from a
large palm-woven fan operated by the
other hand of the cleaner. The above
system will do for persons of limited
amount of capital, small plantations
and places inaccessible to machinery.
The process is not very satisfactory
in its results, as the grain is apt to be
injured, and the operation is slow and
expensive. 1t would justify the planter
to buy hand machinery, if his means
and the size of his plantation will not
dllO" ulLn W ~ lulO In6 business on
larger scale. A small pulper, huller and
separator, capable of turning out daily
between 1,500 and 1000 pounds, can be
, purchased in the United States for $25C
UNITED States), with an additional
cost of $3.50 CMexican) for freight and
duties.
,, For marketing the coffee the bear
is classified into "caracolilo," first anG
second class, and packed in bags OF
!, $50 and 200 pounds, the lighter sack.
containing the best grades; however
the good planters store their coffee I'm
hulled (cafe en- pergamino), after being
perfectly dried.
l ESTIMATE OF COSTS AND PRO
FITS.
, l append herewith an estimate of tn
average cost of establishing a planta
, ton and of the profit, taken from dat;
: in various coffee districts.
i FIRST YEAR.
: Merican
:
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-10-06

This estimate is made, leaving out
of consideration the cost of the land
generally from SIS TO SIS per acre..
which necessarily varies according to
locality, richness and accessibility of
transportation facilities. A small tract
costs more than large one and is diff
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-10-06
Cost of clearing 100
acres from Sc to $40

Cost OF clearing 100
acres from Sc to $40
per acre.. 100000
Cost of lining and
stalking Cfrom $3.50
81 per 1000 holes).. $4,000
Cost of digging holes
from $1,000 to $12) 10000
Cost of $4,000 plants,
at SIS to $40 per
1000 ........... 10000
Cost of planting &C.,
600 plants, at So to
SO per 1000. 49,. $4,000
Cost of replacing %
per cent. of the
trees planted. 49,. 465.OO
Cost of wedding three
or four times, at
$3.50 to So per acre
each time. ........ 100000
Cost of 100000 nur-
sery seedlings, at
SO to S. per 1000. 10000
Cost of tools. .... 10000
Cost of houses. 80. $4,000
Cost of fencing. 49,. 25O.00
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-10-06
HAWAIIAN GAZETTE: TUESDAY OCTOBER lsss-srarwEEKLY

will obviate all remedies. BY keeping
the rows clear and the shade trees
trimmed all animals and insects, like
rats, mice and ants, will be kept away
from the plantation.
The herald., 1896-06-26
Democracy is Worth Fighting For

"a cause worth fighting for is worth
fighting for to the end"
This is one of the epigrams possessing
both force and point in President Cleve-
lands recent letter. 1t is an admoni-
ton and an encouragement to every
Democrat.
There has not been presented since
the war a Democratic opportunity as
favorable as that which is now present
ed. The jnternal quarrels of the Repub-
lican party have never been as embit-
tered at the present time. Vicious
and unpopular Republican legislation in
many states has alienated masses of
voters.
Mckinley as a. candidate and McKin-
leyism a. an issue involve questions of
greater taxation and higher prices for
the necessaries of life They involve
monopoly rule and the depletion of the
public treasury by corrupt subsidies to
private enterprises.
The people will not approve this bad
policy nor elect the candidates by whom
1t is represented if better policy and
better candidates shall be offered for
their votes. The immense majority OF
the voters Of all classes are opposed to
n debased currency. A financial system
on a basis of 50-cent dollars would be
vastly more unpopular than any of the
unwise and dangerous propositions in
the Republican platform.
If, as President Cleveland says the
Democratic party is not unpatrotic no,
indescribably foolish, this opportunity
will not be lost.
Such opportunities seldom occur in the
history of parties. When they are wise
ly improved and party reaches success
by its sagacious and courageous grasr
of a great occasion. its tenure of power
will be long unless 1t shall yield to infat-
uation and folly.
The adoption of a Populist platform
and policy this year by the Democratic
convention would be an act of the great
est unwisdom and faulty. 1t would be
political suicide. The voters of the
United States are not in favor of dis
honest and rotten money
With a wise Democratic platform and
with Democratic faith and courage this
year, the defeat of Mckinley and Nc
Kinleyism is within the range of prob
ability. If success is not gained this year
1t may be gained at the next trial OF
party strength
But the cause must be good. It must
be worth fighting for, and then, in the
language of Cleveland. il is worth fight
ing for to the end.-Chicago Chronicle.
The herald., 1896-06-26
DEATH OF sPIRITUALIsM
A Large Crowd at the Burbank Theatef
to Witness II
The Ism Not Assassinated But the Queens
English Wss-As a Prestidigitateur r1r.
Alexander Was Q Success

There was a large crowd Of curious
people at the Burbank theater last
night, attracted by the announcement
that there would be an expose, called,
Of the manifestations of spiritualism.
The sombre and grewsome title of the
Spiritualism, with T. c. Alexander act
ing as Charon- Mr.. Alexander is a
young man, with pompadour hair and a
nerve that is as sweet and expansive as
spiritualism, but in the first part of his
program he assassinated the English
language and under the garish guise Of a
piano concert he nearly killed his audi
tors. Then came a chapter Of feats Of
legerdemain, and It is due to Mr.. Alexan-
der to say that he is more than ordi-
narily clever as sleight of hand artist,
and in this respect he gave thoroughly
pleasing entertainment. His exposure
of many of the trite stage tricks of pre-
tended spiritualiSts was also In the line
of the work of Hermann and Keller, but
as to tearing away the veil from those
occult mysteries which have puzzled the
world since the days of Saul and CIV
ing to the audience revelation Of that
interpretive element of mysticism
which has ever had its habitat in the
minds of the thoughtful. Mr.. Alexander
was not the man for Galway" His
exploitation Of the feats of pretended
spiritualists and mediumistic fakirs.
however. was exceedingly clever.
The herald., 1896-06-26
THE POLITE WORLD

Mr.. Harry Ainsworth was the delight
full host at the Hotel Redondo last night,
when he entertained a number of his
friends in honor of his sisters, the Misses
Ainsworth. The guests who were pres
ent from Los Angeles We're provided
with special car from the Re-
dondo railway upon their arrival at
the beach. The whole party enjoyed an
elaborate dinner that was served from
tables laden with beautiful flowers. The
party remained until this morning, af-
ter spending a very delightful sojourn
at the pretty hotel, under the care Of
their hospitable host. Dancing formed
the evenings entertainment. Those
invited to enjoy the affair were Mrs. G.
G. Mullins, Mrs. Ainsworth, the Misses
Jane Dorsey, Waddilove, the Misses
Mary and Mamie Mullins, Kate Landt,
Dorothy Croft, Abby Easton, Bessie
Bonsall. Gertrude Devereaux, Susie
Gay, May Carson, Norris, Misses Cham
dler, Lou Winder, Alice Higginbotham,
Coxhead of Alameda, Minnie Prentice,
Josie Haskins, Clara Carpenter, Bessie
Alexander, Ethel Mullins, Edith Gill,
Helen Klokke. Messrs. James Slauson,
L. r.. Kellam, NJ. L. Graft, Judge Clark,
Messrs. Marion Wigmore, Otto Wede
meyer, Ohio Gottschalk, Carroll Allen,
Karl Klokke, Guy Lewis, Louis Pratt,
Tom O'Hara. John Corson, Warren Car
hart, John Kirkpatrick, Harry Turner,
Cyril Wigmore, Sam Hoskins, Clay
Gooding, John Gill, Russell Taylor,
Strohm, Harold Butler, Fred Shoe
maker, VIII lnnis and Norris.
The herald., 1896-06-26
INVADING THE SCHOOL DE.
PARTMENT

The board Of supervisors of this coun-
ty have a most reprehensible scheme in
hand. 1t is the conversion of the county
board of education into an absolutely
partisan body by filling all the positions
on that board with Republicans. For
years the county board of education has
been made up as bipartisan body
consisting of two Democrats and two
Republicans. There is no earthly rea-
son for altering this plan except it be the
intention to make of the board a politi-
cal machine. Against the carrying out
of such an intention every good citizen
regardless of political faith should enter
earnest protest.
The school department should not be
made base Of operations for any po-
litical party. 1t should be non-political
and non-partisan throughout. The
things that have to do with partisanship
have nothing to do. properly, with the
management of the schools. The high
est efficiency can only be attained in the
department of public education when
that department is kept apart from
and Independent of the greedy, grasp
ing politicians. The political party that
would seek to make Of the department an
agency for the attainment of its ends,
to degrade 1t to the level Of partisan
facility, to dole out positions in 1t for
the purpose of rewarding party activity.
to make it a part of the great public
trough at which professional tax-eaters
feed, Is not true friend of popular edu-
cation, no matter how loudly and fer
vently 1t may avow it's fealty.
That it is the intention to convert the
school board into a political machine is
made apparent in the expose of the su-
pervisors' scheme published in The Her
aid of yesterday. The terms of the two
Democratic members of the board will
expire on the 3Oth of the present month,
and it has been given out that only Re-
publicans can be their successors. and
Furthermore those Republicans must be
from certain wards, the Second and
Third. Of this city. Such appointments
would make a solidly Republican board
for the furtherance Of solidly Republican
purposes. And as 1t Is not to be pre-
sumed that the Second and Third wards
of this city monopolize the Republicans
possessing the ability requisite in a
member of the county school board, the
intention of combining the appointments
to those wards justifies the inference
that some of the ends of Republican
practical politics are to be subserved
with these positions. 1t is in the wards
named that the delectable clique that
rules the Republican roost has its stamp
ing grounds.
If this project to Republicanize the
school board is executed by the super
visors every supervisor sustaining it
with voice, vote or influence should be
marked by the citizens of this county for
political ostracism. And The Herald
will be glad to assist in the marking.
The herald., 1896-06-26
Sens-Grosser Wedding

Miss Leonora Sens, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Sens was married last
night at the home Of her parents on
South Grand avenue to William A.
Grosser. The ceremony occurred at $50
church ofiicia ting. Miss Grosser rendered
the wedding march. The bride, who is
petite and pretty brunette, was goWned
in a handsome creation of rose brocaded
silk; the bodice was finished in iridescent
gimp with a full white soft front of
white chiffon.
In her hand she carried a cluster of
white carnations. The house was beau
tifully decorated for the occasion with
palms and a profusion of flowers that
were distributed through the rooms and
hall. In the dining room where the we'd
ding supper was served pink sweet peas
We're used. There were many handsome
presents received by the young couple
that will be pleasant reminders of the
happy event and will adOrn their new
home on Eighth and San Pedro streets,
which they took possession of last night
Only intimate friends and relatives We're
present at the ceremony, which were as
follows: Mr. and Mrs 3. Sens, Mr. and
Mrs. j. c. Falllner, Mr.. and Mrs Ed.
Fox, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Taylor Mr.
and Mrs. VIII Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Grosser, Mrs. Mayer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hafen, Misses l.. Grosser, Emma
Sens, Hafen, Messrs. Q. G. Sens, Emile
Koch, Chas. Anderson, Master Rudolph
Anderson and Master Shas. Sens.
The herald., 1896-06-26
SINCE THE nAJoR cor THE PLUM

The mob has called at Canton; it has
trampled down the grass;
1t has plucked the blooming posies and has
wrecked the garden sass;
1t has snatched the front fence pickets-
where the gate was now gapes wide
Wiped it5 feet upon the doormat and then
boldly stalked inside:
1t has yelled so for Mckinley that its every
throat grew hoarse,
And the Major was delighted, as in duty
bound, of course.
Oh, this mob of patriots gladsome-how it
clasped the Majors hand.
Told the Major that the country if he
1altered, couldnt stand;
Told him that the blood within him was of
craftsmanship the sap,
Giving him a hint that later il would make
demand for pap;
Then 1t Spat upon The carpet, threw its Quid
upon the floor.
Disappeared. and left the homestead as if
cyclone had swept DER.
Meanwhile Plat had hied him eastward
with blade still out of sheath;
Reed was sore as any statesman from
whom fame had snatched her wreath
Mortons heart was aching sharply and a
tear marked either lid;
Teller'd found in Colorado loudest praise
for what he did,
And in Iowa they wondered that Allison
he'd got left
From Atlantic to Pacific many moaned as
those bereft.
Hanna sat in proud enforcement on the
glory of his coup.
Saying to his mortgaged Major: Told YOU.
Mac. what / could do"
But the Major thought of bosses who are
on his trail with knives
And he knew he'd have occasion for bout
nine and forty lives;
So he answered. Mr.. Hanna, in an accent
dripping woe:
will you kindly wait November? We're
bit too new to crow"
san Francisco Examiner.
The herald., 1896-06-26

body can see at q glance that there is a
vast difference between the kinds of SELL
ing, else the big-brained, broad-gauged
statesmen who drew the distinction be-
tween them would not have made one
privilege worth five times as much as
the other. The hawking of fruit only
threatens the stability of the
republic, but the wagon trade
in vegetables positively under
mines the entire social fabric, and if
persisted in may bring the aforesaid
fabric crashing down around our long
and tapering ears. 1t might be a good
idea to prohibit men selling anything.
Let them steal for a living.
The herald., 1896-06-26
Suggestions on Spiritualism
ITO the Editor of The Herald.)

After attending Mr.. Alexanders ex-
pose of so-called spiritual phenomena
at the Burbank theater last evening.
and finding no medium present willing
to accept his challenge. 1t occurred to
me that if spiritualists were conscien-
lions they surely wOuld-if they could
have turned the tables" on the profess
sor. 1t was a grand chance for the
spirits through these so-called medi-
ums to prove their existence, thereby
silencing all atheists, infidels and ag-
nostics, and also giving them the oppor-
tunity of adding to the stock in trade
of the mediums. I think the intelligent
people Of this enterprising and truth
loving country will agree with me when
1 say 1t is high time that the credulous
and superstitious should be protected in
being defrauded out of their hard earned
money, or that all Of us should be con-
WINGED that there is a life for us be-
yond this vale Of tears by Demon
stration by the departed spirits through
the instrumentality Of alleged medi-
ums. Would it not be just and proper
pro bono publico" that the mayor and
council of this city appoint committee
of investigation and set apart an even
ing for public meeting, giving spirit
ualists chance to prove their honesty
thereby establishing fact that they do
not receive money under false pretenses,
or prey upon the minds of the mentally
weak. If spiritualists are honest they
can surely prove 1t and all should know
it, if they are dishonest and cannot
prove their powers only in their own
rooms, where the conditions" are IA
vorable, then they are frauds. and all
should know it, and a law should be
passed prohibiting them from receiving
money by fraudulent means 1 have
searched in vain for manifestations or
phenomena by or through mediums out
side of the arena of the natural, and have
been unsuccessful. With a finite mind
l cannot even grasp the phenomena in
natural law; much less would attempt
to explain the laws governing the spir-
itual. / have seen great many frauds
in so-called spiritual mediumship. but
will not condemn spiritualism because
of these frauds, any more than would
condemn music because members of an
opera troup struck discordant note.
All l ask is rational and logical proof by
any spiritualist that spirits can commu-
nicate through mediums to their friends
on this mundane sphere.
Thanking you kindly for this space in
your valuable paper, I remain yours,
very truly, j. 3. BUTCHER.
The herald., 1896-06-26

during the evening dainty refreshments
were served. The host and hostess were
assisted in receiving by Mr.. and Mrs.
William Kistler. Among those who were
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Chambers,
DIR. and Mrs. Holland, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Beyers, Mrs. McReynolds, Mrs. Frank
Phillips; Misses Pearl McReynolds. Ida
Chambers, Fanny Steadman, Beatrice
Holland, Gray. Misses May and Louise
Gray. Mabel Keyes, Marie Dickson;
Messrs. Frank Holland, Petit, Ed. Nc
Kee. F. McElheny. Howard Chambers.
Paul McReynoldS
The herald., 1896-06-26
BOSTON o SsS STORE


men were working whom We were here
before"
Whereupon the manager Of the Wiz
ards workshop smiled and told another
time-saving story.
Once Edison was greatly annoyed at
the delay in preparing quantity of the
films. He marched into the shop and
asked q great many emphatic questions
In very short space of time. The work.
men explained that the work could only
be done in the bright sunlight, of which
their window gave them only an hour or
two each day.
rs that all?" said Edison.
Less than a week from that day that
window faced the sun from the rise to
the setting thereof. The inventor put
the building on wheels and built cir
cular track for these wheels to run on
and that settled the matter!
"And here he comes" said the man.
ager, as a boyish-looking man entered
the shop.
The manager looked at his watch. re-
marking:
He was here twenty hours until he
left about four hours ago. Now he's
ready to begin another days work"
The Wizard showed all boys pleas
ure in explaining things to the party.
Referring to some little device, the
blonde lady inquired:
And have you got 1t patented, Mr..
Edison?"
Yes" replied the inventor, IT have
taken out my card of admission to the
supreme court"
And then he explained that the only
patent he ever took out that gave him
undisputed rights was the patent on his
incandescent light
And that" he added, was not proven
to be any protection to me until it had
run out!-San Francisco Examiner.
The herald., 1896-06-26

They hanged woman in London yester-
day, doubtless justitably. for she pleaded
guilty to the charge of numbering several
infants, and was unquestionably guilty of
numbering scores more. There Is every
reason to believe that not less than hun
dred babies committed to her care were
done away with.
The woman was by her own confession
cold-bloOded murderess. She killed the
children committed to her charge merely
for profit. Al her trade. such as it was, she
riches. she has suffered the extreme PEN
atty of the English law.
1t was April 9th that Mrs. Dyer was ar
rested. May 21st she was indicted for MUIR
der, and the next day sentenced to death.
In the court proceedings was no fun for her
or the populace. 1t does not appear that
her counsel and the states attorney ban
died hard names or passed the lie. Her ar
rest. imprisonment. indictnnent. trial and
execution filled little more time than was
exhausted in getting a. jury In the Fleming
case. With this English woman justice
moved so swiftly and surely to it's awful
goal that no person meditating crime can
fail to be impressed by the evidence of in
eXorable punishment.
The hanging OF a woman is a sight
renee which they would strive to avert.
however criminal the condemned might be.
But in the record of this Dyer trial the
dates are instructive. The woman was IN
dcted May q. pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced May 90 and was put to death June
TO-
1t would seem that the American prac-
tice of criminal law is yet unknown in Eng
land.-New York Journal.
The herald., 1896-06-26

Publishers whose subscription lists
are so badly tagged out that they DO not
dare make a sworn statement in sup
port of what they claim, insult adver-
Users by trying to make them believe
that rating in George P. Rowells
book is evidence of circulation. But Los
Angeles business men are not quite SC
gullible. Nearly all of them know that
Rowelrs book is the laughing stock of
publishers and advertisers, east and
west, and wisely conclude that if news
paper really has the circulation claimed
for il its publishers would be only too
glad to increase their business by max
ing a sworn statement to that effect.
The herald., 1896-06-26

James B. Bacon and Miss Josefita
Sepulveda were married yesterday after
noon at the priests house of the Plaza
Catholic church, in the presence of a
large number of friends and relatives.
After the ceremony the bridal party and
invited guests returned to the residence
of the brides mother on Kohler street.
where a reception was held. The bride
is a member of one of the oldest and
best-known Spanish families in the
state and is a niece of Justice Sepulveda.
formerly on the bench in this city, and
now an attache of the United States
legation at the City of Mexico. She is n
strikingly handsome brunette. highly ac-
complished, and an elocutionist of merit.
The groom is well-known bus ness man
of Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Bacon will
probably leave for their future home to-
day. They will carry with them the
best wishes of large circle of friends.
The herald., 1896-06-26
IN THE POLICE COURTS
Minor Offenders Put Through the 1iII Of JUST
icee Yesterday

Minor Offenders Put Through the r1iII Of JUST
icee Yesterday
Charles B. Rector was fined $40 yester-
day for carrying a concealed weapon.
Ed B. Webster paid 50 fine for hanging
bills on telephone and telegraph poles.
Joe Benkert the butcher who assaulted
Detective Hawley, was fined S. for his
offense.
The case Of George s. Robinson for
violating the license ordinance was
heard and taken under advlsement. Two
saloon men were tried for keeping open
on Sunday. The matter was submitted
to the court on demurrer. Eddie Sea-
mans got a 15-day tloater for jumping
on railroad cars.
The Kings, husband and wife, ap-
peared for examination on a second
charge of abortion. On motion of the
district attorney the case vas dismissed
and defendants discharged.