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with patience and modern methods the
pest coIIea In the world can be grown in
the hawaiian Islands. Under all circum-
stances the industry requires great care,
ana with the best success a crop cannot
be produced until the third year, but it
WILL require until the fifth wear to make a
proper proht on the investment.
A recent report from the Foreign De-
partment of the Hawaiian Government
states that experience has shown that the
berries grow best at an elevat on of from
5OO 10 900 feet above the sea level. though
there are cases where they have done we'll
close to the sea.
ltis evident from the most casual ex-
animation of the soil OF the islands that
nature has done much for the coffee in
oustry. Coffee grows best in a loose. por-
Gus SOIL and never thrives in heavy, cIayey
ground or in other soil that holds water
There is very little OF such heavy soil in
any of The islands. The volcanic char
acter OF The soil throughout the country
has rendered vast areas peculiarly tit for
raising coffee to good advantage.
The report of the Foreign Office gives the
following interesting account of coffee in
the islands:
at is very evident that coffee will
thrive and give good results in varying
conditions of soil and degrees of heat. In
these islands il grows and produces from
very nearly at the sea level TO the eleya-
tion of 2600 feet. The highest elevation
OF bearing coffee known here is twenty
tive miles from the town of HilO and in
The celebrated OIaa district.
e'With such a range il is evident that
in tropical climate the cultivation of
coffee presents greater opportunities for
an investor than other tropical products
For years it was thought that coffee
would only grow TO advantage in the Kona
district of HAWAII. Practical experiment
has shown that 1t can be grown with sue
cess in almost any part of the islands.
THE opening up OF the Olaa portion of
the Puma district by a well macadamized
road leading from Hilo to the volcano
may be regarded as the commencement of
the coffee industry on a large scale on the
Hawaiian Islands. There are now over
fifty plantations where six years ago there
was nothing but tangled and dense forest.
1.-The Olaa land is Government property
and can be acquired under the land law.
There are still 1000 acres not taken up.
The location is very desirable, as there is
direct communication with HiIo by an ex-
cellent road, and the crop can be readily
taken to the shipping point. Indeed, it
cannot be long before a railroad will be
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People who have made a careful study
of the coffee question are now looking to-
ward the Hawaiian Islands for the solu-
ton of the problem OF cheap coffee for the
United States in the next fifty years or
more.
1t is not generally known that there Will
soon be a big annual supply of coffee
from the islands for the markets of the
world and that when the product begins
TO be shipped it will grow in geometrical
ratio as the new trees come to maturity
and as the old ones increase in produc-
tiveness.
Inquiries at the Custom-house in San
Francisco a few days ago revealed the
fact that nearly all the coffee used III this
State comes from Guatemaia ia and Saliva
dor. Aside from that which is imported
from these two countries little fancy Ara
bian and some Java gets TO this market,
but the quantity s almost inappreciable.
Mocha Is so scarce as to hardly deserve
mention as being in the market.
One of the best-informed men in the
islands on lhe coffee question is w. q.
Irwin, who is now spending few months
ia this City on a vacation. Speaking on
the subject few days ago, he said:
''It is wonderful how the crown lands fit
for coffee have been taken up all along the
road from Hilo to the Volcano House up
in the lava districts. 1t has been found
that the open spaces or open lands are
even better than the dense forests that
were at first cleared for the coffee p.anta-
tions, and there must be fully 5000 good
acres for the industry still available. It is
not good thing for men with no money
to EN- bark in, for they are sure to fail. A
man who goes to the islands TO go into
the coffee business ought to have enough
money to pay for clearing his lands, and
th:s will cost a bout $40 an acre. The planter
then wants enough TO live on for i've
years until his crop bears, and enough to
pay the interest on his investment, for if
he comes with only a few hundred dollars
he is almost sure to fail in his undertak-
ing.
Several hundred thrifty young men
from all paris of the world have settled in
the rich districts in the past four or five
years, and they will soon realize hand
some incomes from their investments.
This is true in a large measure OF the
Hamakua district as well as of the regions
about the volcano.
Hundreds of letters of inquiry are COM
ing to the various business houses of
Honolulu from ali parts of tie world.
We try 10 impress on ali who inquire that
the lands wall bear the most thorough in
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and 20 and can run and will play in
boomers"
The crowd all nodded their heads in
acquiescence.
Ibid they choose any of you because you
knew about the gamer" l asked innoc MT
ly. as one thirsting for knowledge. They
looked at me re proachfullv.
'Of course we can play. We've all
played with girls teams at school and
some of rs out of school. Oh, the STAN
fords have jolly team"
II like the Berkeley team the best"
said quiet blue-eyed miss, gazing up at
the cloud-rimmed sky. "They put up
much better game and are truer players"
Don't you think you'd better begin
again Z" said another voice hurriedly, as
tho signs of storm appeared when the
two girls looked at each other.
Yes, l suppose so,' said the dark
haired GIRL because some people don't
know much about the game"
The other gave her a wIhering glance.
Then another figure came hurryine to-
ward us-a figure with the face of the girl
had seen at the gate, but hatless, glove
less and sKirtless.
''Im ready; let's play ball"
They ran away again, chattering as
only girls can chatter, and for the next
few moments did nothing bur raise dust
and scream while the hall passed aim
lessly through the air.
The man at the gate looked lonely.
I'm supposed to direct the game" he
said. That's what Pm here for"
But you can't do anyihing so far
away" 1 SAID looking from him TO the
girls in the distance.
Cant help it," he answered, al started
In to teach them, and they wouldn't do
thing unless 1 Stood at the gate to keen
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built; when this takes place far Iaroa,V
extent of land will be available for coffea.
growing in this section of the conntrv
The soil in the Oaa district is deem and
wonderfully prolific.
"Other portions of Puma also presant
many fertile lands, and coffee plantations
in those parts are coming to the front
showing excellent results. considera-
bic number Of investors have opened nm
coffee plantations in them, all of which
are doing excellendy. These plantations
to the knowledge of the write. are, manv
of them, carried on out of the SAVINGS
made by workers in Honolulu, who are
thus preparing for themselves a provision
for their early middle age. On the island
of Hawaii are the great coffee districts of
Olaa, Puma. Kona and Hamakua, in each
of which thriving coffee plantations are
esta bished, while tens OF thousands o:
acres of the very finest lands are yet un-
disturbed. Govern ment lands in these
districts are being opened up for settle
ment as fast as circumstances will
permit"
On the island of Maui there is a large
area OF excellent coffee lands availaDle for
cultivation. The extensive lands of
heanae belong to the Government, and
they Will be opened for settlement as soon
as the surveys are completed.
On the famous island of Molokai the
coffee industry is making great progress,
ana there are already several promising
plantations in the leeward valleys. The
same may be said of the rich little island
OF Oahu, the seat of the Government.
Within sight OF the old palace consider
able capital has been invested IN the busi-
ness. As the case now stands the investor
can find land for coffee e-growing on the
following islands: Maui, Hawaii, Molokai.
Oahu and Kauai. On Hawaii coed ground
is TO be found on North and South Kona.
Hilo, Puma and Hamakua. On the othe
islands are many very fertile districts. In
addition to the rGovernment tracts there
are many large areas owned by private
parties, and many OF these are for sale at
all times.
1t is the policy of the Government to en-
courage the settlement of its coffee lands
by small and thrifty farmers, hence the
amount of land granted 10 one person is
limited. This prevents the power of
monopoly being granted to the detriment
of the people.
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A NATIONAL STRUGGLE

people out. I've got all the rules in my
pocket and they have nary rule"
But" 1 exclaimed.
"OE, they ii get through all right" he
said. Trust a woman for that; and be-
sides, you know, they have women to
play against. I'm not worrying, only
well, I'd ike to do my duty"
when VIII they play their first game ?"
"In July some time. Tho Eastern team
will arrive next week, and begin TO prac-
tice. You ought to see them; they're
players fo= you. Eastern girls are differ
ent from the Westerners."
"How?'
"Well, out here, when the Stanford girls
played the Berkeley girls, they wouldn't
even allow the reporters in because their
costumes consisted of boomers. But these
same girls 60 down to the seashore and
don't think anything of wearing bathing
suits. But the girls in the East play
basket ball. The seminaries have their
teams and the colleges have theirs, and
tn ey play matched games before the pub
lie Just as the boys play football"
"a re these girls going to stay here long,
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20
The Most NoVeIBaI Jour-
namont Of the Age to
Be Played in San
Francisco

Central Park had an occupied appear
ance-somel hing rare for that place on a
weekday-and while gazed with curios-
ity at the haIf-open gate a young girl
tripped up the street as though she were
going to an important somewhere and
passed in.
"Piay?" asked the man on the other
side, stopping me with the ferocity of his
"a glance.
| no 'ded, and he took his glances away,
allowing me TO enter.
~ Over on the other side of the tail fence
there was a great deal of calling and
shouting and screaming mingled with ex-
cited cries and queer shrieks.
Gracious! but May has voice." said
2 the girl who had come in ahead of me,
q pulling off her gloves and drawing numer-
Gus wicked-looking pins from her dainty
O straw hat. Just hear that veil"
3 what are they doing ?" / asked.
: She looked with plying glance in the
direction of my feet.
Why" she exclaimed. don't you
knowY"
shook my head.
Basket ball. she said. "We're prac-
ticing. Going to play real game"
"a real gamer'
She nodded her head violently, laugh
ing in little hystericky way. Yep, 60
ing to play with the New Englanders-a
team from New England"
So L should have imagined from the
name.
They played With the vassar girls and
beat them" she said. Importantly. land
with another team, TOO. Now they're GO
ing to have tournament on this coast
and We re going to play them first"
Whereabouts" l asked, getting inter
ested.
Here" she said, pointing in the direc.
tion whence the feminine noises issued.
Hear the girls now. / must CO."
She caught up her dress and showed a
dainty white skirt and pair of pretty
feet, and hurr led away.
And she was going to play basketball.
Well, it would be worth The time just TO,
glimpse of her.
And so l went toward the noise. The
field was very dusty, and the wind that
hurled itself over the fence was having
quantities of amusement with the bits O.
wood and hay and stubble and with the
crowd of girls that hurried hither and
lultllfI III d mdQ COESe IOr a Dali. With
hair flying and eyes shining ana wild
laughter they played their merry games
stopping now and again TO hold thei,
sides and catch their breath. Their cloth.
ing was all dusty. (It consisted OF bloom.
ers, that costume of the past, which has
dwindIed out of sight from its sheer imam.
ity, and would have done so sooner if il
had not shocked US so delightfully."- Lit.
L tie dark biouses and tight-fitting caps and
) CATERS completed their attire, and very
com iortable and very inartistic they all
looked.
Lets rest" some one shouted.
Down went baskets and balls and away
went the girls for the benches. The gen.
tleman at the gate hurried over to them.
Were going to rest" they said
you haven't done nything eIse," he
q expostulated. "You never will learn"
But they kept their Stubborn little
figures where they had placed them end
. laughed and chatted and famed them
selves and examined each others jewelry
and completely ignored him.
He walked away with a sig h and took
up his place at the gate again with 9
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FACTS ANENT COFFEE PLANTATIONS IN HAWAII

they have no terrors of fever and malaria,
venomous snakes and deadly centipedes.
1t is we'll known to connoisseurs that
such products as pass for Mocha and Java
IN the American markets are not such at
all, and that those GRADES have almost
vanished from the face of the earth. The
experts are looking toward Hawaii for the
great bulk of superior grades of coffee for
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20
A Delicate Distinction.

"Now," said the experienced statesman
to the newly elected Senator, whom he
was iustructing, there is jus; one more
point concerning senatorial courtesy to
which feel 1t my duty to direct your at
tention. 1t seems little hard, but all
dignities have their draw backs"
What is it?'
ut is considered very bad form when
colleague is delivering a speech 10 go to
sleep without leaving the room. "-WaSh-
ington Star.
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other pion GERS in the coffee industry to
get capital interested in raising the ber-
ries, and he has succeeded fairly well.
He and others who have carefully studied
the question believe it will not be many
years until coffee will be one of the most
important Industries-probably the most
important-in the islands. There are
many reasons why the vast tracts of luxu-
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pathetic manner, which betokens that one
has run against a stone wall and can't
move it an inch.
"Oh, it's great fun to play" Trey ex-
claimed to me a. l came up to them.
We've been here all day. This is our frst
trial"
Are you all going 10 play the New
Englanders?"
'Of course" one of them said proudly,
tossing back her dark head with its sun
burned face. 1.-THE ladies of San Francis
CO chose US because we are all between IL
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plant. The great Hawaiian coffee belts
are found, not amid swamps and regions
that terrify man by the obstacles nature
throws in his way, but in picturesque por-
ilons OF the island near the marvels of
Mauna Kea and not far from the shadows
of mighty Mauna Loa.
The climate is hea thfuI and thoroughly
inVlgorating, and, as there are no snakes
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he looked at me moment, smiling at
hrst little doubtfully. and then, as the
Iuil meaning dawned upon him, he walked
away without word. l watched him
silently and then turned to go. Surely
they would win if they played against the
men, JEAN MORRIS.
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or poisonous insects in the dense forests
man has nothing TO fear even amid the
businesses OF the som beT tropical forests
that abound. These forests. particularly
in the Hilo district about the Puma ana
hona regions, are the most picture sque
and wonderful in the world. AS rich as
the valleys OF the n lie. as luxurant in the
riotous profusiOn OF growth as Ceylon,
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and when do they arrive2'' l asked.
"They won't be interviewed" he said,
warningly. "They all dislike v estern
journalismr'
He said it vindictively. l am positive
1t was his opinion and not theirs. Perhaps
he felt at disadvantage because the girls
had refused to entertain him. Perhaps
the weather irritated him, perhaps
You see, the reporters will Just go nm
there and write up how they chew gum
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Old glass bottles. which are more or
less useless, are now ground up and en-
ploged as a substitute Tor sand in the
pre- paration OF mortar
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RANT acres adjacent to mighty Kilauea
and the great lava beds of Hawaii should
be cleared and cultivated for coffee.
The chief reason tor the great promise
of the Hawaiian coffee is that it requires
less care in its growing than in other
parts of the world where it is grown with
success. The soil is deep and rich and
the seasons favor boi b man and the coffee
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the future, and it is the thoughtful stu
dent OF the Hawaiian situation who sees
the possibilities in coffee culture for the
next generation.
The proper development of the coffee
tree requires frequent and intelligent cul-
tivation, and for this reason tie indu try
affords good field for people of intelli-
gen ce and systematic habits.
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Productive Power of the United States.

1t appears that as regards quantity
three Americans now export as much as
five did 20 years ago, which suflices to
show how groundless are the predictions
OF some writer's who tell us that as popu-
lation increases so the surplus products
for expectation must diminish. In the
last 20 years population has risen from
1900, 900 to 1900, 900 souls, an increase
of 5S per cent, and ut the same time the
weight Of exports has risen 175 per cent
that is, three times as fast as population.
The quantities of food yearly exported
are sufficient TO feed 30, 600, 900 persons in
Europe, from which it appears that Amer
lean farms raise food for 100, GOO, 600 Of
people yearly. The western prairies are
capable of carrying double the present
number of live stock and producing ten
times as much grain as they do, SO that
for at least a century to come there is ev-
cry probability that the expectation of food
will increase with population. The same
Is true as regards cotton, the crop having
risen 1875 Per cent in 20 years.
The world is only beginning to have
evidence of the enormous productive pow
or of the United States. Michael G.. Null
hall, +. S. s., in North American Review.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18
Robbed the Grave,

A startling incident OF which Mr.. John
Oliver of Philadelphia. was the subject.
IS narrated by him as follows: II was in
a most dreadful condition. My skin was
almost yellow, eyes sunken. tongue
coated, pain continually in back and
sides, no appettite-gradualIy growing
weaker day by day. Three physicians
had given me up. Fortunately a friend
advised trying Electric Bftters.' and to
my great JOY and surprise, the fret bot
tie made decided Improvement. con-
tinued their use for three weeks, and am
now a well man. know they saved my
life. and robbed the grave OF another
victim" No one should fail them. Only
80 cents per bottle at d. T. MacDonald's
drug store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-18
MINING.
BosroN Mass. December II,
Every Woman Wants a Pretty Home.

The deftness Of woman's fingers enables
her to turn and twist the things that are
old into decorations that are new and love-
ly In effect She can select harmonious
colors when she buys inexpensive furnish
ings and so tone the aspect of her home
that rest and ease may welcome every new
visitor She may become SO essential to
the happiness of each child in the home
that its first inquiry when returning from
play or from school will be, "Is mother
homer" She may live her young years
over again with the loving childhood
about her if she will share the joys and
sorrows of her boys and girls To every
woman a home is essential, whether il
may be her own or somebody else's. But
wherever she lives it is right that she
should bring the heart into her life. Love
begets love, and wherever it is present the
joys of daily life countcrbalance the ills.
How TO make home? Why, let tho
two who build it be of one mind-that it
a. 20 be the happiest spot in the whole
earth Include in your desire not only
the purpose to make yourselves happy, but
10 brighten the lives of everybody else.
And DO sure TO keep your windows open
TO the sunlight. So many times the best
rooms in our homes are treated as If they
were too good for everyday life, and their
chill and discomfort when experienced by
an unexpected guest make her dream Of
cellar damp and creeping things" Let
life in the home be free and easy and yet
orderly. But do not despair if the sticks
of wood piled for use in the parlor fire.
place are not perfectly straight and just
the right length. And do not feel it q
duty to brush the carpet each time neigh
Dor calls to see you, else you will become
ne victim to a dust pan and brush
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SUSPENDED ANIMATION.



| There is no marked change IN one dur
ing an attack of ca,alepsy The heart still
beats and the lungs are doing their work.
In tact. all the general vital functions are
going on In some cases. however, all the
vital organs arc depressed and do their
work feebly. Respiration Is then slower.
| and may even In very scvero attacks be
come impereptible. The heart also shares
| in the loss of power and It's movements
may he SO weak that pulsation In the AR
series cannot bc detected. As for the ten.
pcrat are nf the body, that generally re
mains the same as in health But In cases
where the lungs and heart are enfeebled,
as we have described, 10 sinks two or three
degrees below the normal, and the skin Is
icy cold and clamniy. In Theses cases, Of
course tho victim OF the tit has really the
appearance OF death Gutenberg says very
severe cases. In which, with icy cold skin,
the pulse and respiration became SO weak
as TO become inpcrceptible. may have led
the iaity to consider the patients apparent
ly or truly dead Such cases form" the
foundation for tho many exaggerated and
the wonderfully distorted stories in regard
tn cataleptic persons who have seemed 10
be dead during several days o. who have
been buried alive.
1t Is true that tho only positive sign Of
death Is decomposition But there are u
number Of tests held to be quite reliable.
and IL several of these are applied In case
always with negative results but littlo
doubt can exist But no conscientious
physician will ever take chances In case
Of this sort where there exists the slightest
doubt He would insist that burial bc de-
laycd until all trace of il was removed
Some old and reliable authorities i'm rnedi-
cine have told of cases where cataleptics
have been buried and returned to life
again. We can scarcely doubt that such
Were authentic. But in this connection
there is one important point to be consid-
cred Medical science has made rapid adj
vanccs in the many years that have elapsed
since the last of these cases was reported
1t cannot be 81 very long ago when the one
test of death almost wholly relied upon
was tho looking glass held to the mouth.
But mt the present time there are 20-per-
hal.s 3O-tests, every one of which is oven
more reliable than that old one. The dan
ger of burial before death has ever been
fully appreciated by doctors, and how to
prevent such terrible accident has been
a constant study with them New York
Ledger.