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The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21
HAWAIIAN COFFEE.
Information Concerning the WORK
Done on the Plantations.

1t is not generally known that very
soon there will be big annual supply
of coffee from the Hawaiian islands for
the markets of the world, and 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 productiveness.
One of the best informed men in the
islands on the coffee question is w. 6,
Irwin, who is now spending a few
months in this city on a vacation.
Speaking on the subject few days ago,
he said:
at 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 plantations, and there
must be fully 5000 good acres for the
industry still available. 1t is not Il
good thing for men with no money to
embark in, for they are sure to fail. \
Indn WHO goes 10 lnt ISldlluS 10 20 lnlO
the coffee business ought to have
enough money to pay for clearing his
lands, and this will cost about $40 an
acre. The planter then wants enough
to live on for five years until his crop
bears, and enough to pay the interest
on investment, for if he comes with
only few hundred dollars he is almost
sure to fail in his undertaking.
II suppose there is fully 100000
now invested in coffee on all the islands,
and great deal more capital is seeking
investment. There is two-story mill
in Honolulu for cleaning the berries
and sorting them into pearl, extra
prime and cuttings. Things of this
character will develop more and more
as time runs on. 1t will not be long
until more people are engaged in coffee
than in any other enterprise on the
islands. San Francisco Chronicle.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21
HATS OFF TO THIS TREE.
Ii Has Been the Foundation of n Great
Domestic Industry.

Every grower of oranges who comes
to Washington finds an object of great
reverence when he visits the hot houses
al the department of agriculture. That
object is no less than the parent of all
the naval orange trees that grow in the
United States. In the history of agri-
culture there is no plant more widely
known or more greatly reverenced than
this tree at the department of agricul-
ture. twenty-five years ago Superin-
tendent William Saunders ordered
dozen orange trees from Bahia, Brazil.
They were said to bear fruit of excel
lent quality and seedless. When they
arrived after their long voyage, which
in that day was not made as quickly as
il could now be, two of them were liy-
ing. Only one of these survived after
being planted. Mr.. Saunders thought
it would IDe good thing to see if these
trees could be successfully grown in
California and Florida. He sent out,
under the name of the Bahia naval or
ange, few trees grated from the
parent still living, to Mrs. 1ibbits, at
Riverside, Cal. Shortly after that, what
was known as the Riverside naval or
ange appeared. 1t produced a finer
fruit than had ever been secured from
the orange tree in the United States. II
was at once taken up by other fruit
growers in California, whose spirit of
enterprise caused them to change its
name, in order that Riverside should
not get too much credit, through its eX-
cellence. They called it the Washing
ton naval orange, and they doomed 1t
as only enterprising Californians could.
Ever since that time the naval orange
has been regarded by fruit dealers
everywhere as par excellence.
With this history behind the orange
tree still standing at the department of
agriculture, there is little wonder that
it is the object of so much interest
among orange growers from California
and Florida. Not long ago wealthy
Californian visited the hot houses OF
the department, and when this tree was
pointed out to him and its history made
known, he took off his hat, bowed low
before it, remarking that he wanted to
show reverence for the tree, as it's
progeny had made him fortune of $780,
600. Many orange growers have as
serted that if the department of agri-
culture in its entire history had done
nothing more than to introduce the
naval orange in the United States all
the money that had been expended on
its account had been well spent.-Wash-
ington Star
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21
ALLIGATOR AND DOGS.
How the Saurin Is Said TO snap Up"
canine MorseI from the BANK.

canine MOrsei from the bahh.
The big gator in the wateruorl1s lake
hasn't had square meal since he kllled
Lee MacDonell's Irish setter. The fact
Is he found dog so sueculent that he
now turns up his nose at ordinary beef
The old chap now spends his time sean
ming the horizon for dogs
One jumped the fence surrounding
the lake recently and stood on the
shore tapping his fill of water, unsns-
bicieus that danger ldrked so near.
The blinking eye of the erusty ola
saurian saw him, however, and saw him
quickly. The gator sunk so silently
that no ripple was disturbed, and MADE
a bee line under the water for the
canine; there was the flash of the ga
tors tail, a sheet of foam, yawnlng
mouth serrated with sharp ivory, but
he missed the dog The water was too
shallow for him to draw near enough
to deliver the coup de grace, but
worse frightened dog one never saw.
lie gave "A startled yelp, leaped the
fence and erawled shiyering from the
spot, glaneing back now and then with
his big. scared eyes to see if that hor-
rible apparition were following.
Just before the gator killed Lee Mac
Donelrs dog he secured a victim in the
shape of a large brindle cur and swan
around the pool holding him in his jaws
for five or six hours. as if 10 show Wis
itors his prowess. Finally he buried
him in the mud, but the carcass, next
day, fioated to the surface. Fred Ellis
sent Cass, one of the workmen, 10 pull
il ashore. He got a boat. and. securing
the animal. dragged it ashore and went
to notify cremator cart driver TO call
for it. BY the time the cart got there
the alligator had erawled out, got his
property, and, as he did on the first
day, swan around the pool with 1t for
several hours, finally leaving it aftoat.
Cass was sent again to pull the carcass
out. He armed himself with spiked
pole, stabbed the dog, and drew him to
the bank. The great sluggish gator
was reused to fury in a moment and
came with a rush through the water for
the dog, and there he and Cass had a
pitched battle for five minutes, the
gator finally retreating before the nu-
merous spilSings he had received with
the raft pole. This time it was seen
that he had eaten off the dogs head.
Joe Frazee, called alligator Joe,
because of his alligtor farm and his
chase of the reptiles, out of which he
makes an excellent living, says that
when gator sees its prey upon tho
bank it sinks, swims to the spot, anc
then, like a flash, springs into a curve
the tail striking the object and sending
it into the mouth. open and expectant
with almost unerring aim.-Floridf
Times Union.
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The Most beautiful Foot.

The most beautiful foot is the sleh-
der one. The stylish girl recognizes
this fact. Her shoes are always large
enough to avoid cramping the foot
and yet are snug and wonderfully neat
and delicate. This is the reason why
some girls can dance all night without
rest, while others have TO retire early
from brilliant ball, leaving Their
hearts behind-in case they do not
dance and suffer so much with their
feet as to preclude the possibility Oh
real enjoyment. Ii girl wears a
proper shoe, when the foot is bare ana
she stands upon it in the privacy of her
bedroom it will be as pretty and del,
icate as a baby's. The instep would
he high, the heel delicately formed
the skin as white as alabaster, win
possibly blue veins showing through
The general form of the foot will DC
slender, the toes tapering, parallel
and separated by about the thickness
of Il sheet of paper and adorned with
pink-tinted nails. y girl who has
such feet as these-and there are many
who have them-well may take prlue
and pleasure i'm contemplating them
n. Y. Ledger.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21
A Distinction.

Difficult of delineation is the line
that divides. the wcll-dressed and yell
educated woman from the woman who
fulfills the requirements of good form.
The one often fails through tell-tale
negations rather than positive manner
isms, and she is forthwith condemned
by that pitiless inner circle of self-con-
stituted critics. The other is surround
ed by an atmosphere as indescribable as
the fragrance of a flower. She is pos
sessed of a certain sayoir faire, intan-
gible as it is tantalizing, that trans
forms her most trivial action into one
of beauty and grace, and she rises with
marvellous tact to meet the demands
of the unexpected. a creation of good
society, erystalized by friction with the
gentle and high-bred fruition of gen
erations, she has converted the CON
sciousness of effort into the careless
grace of habit.-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21
EoshmerPs pDnUtar,

The embroidered cloths and cash
meres remain popular for heavy gowns;
that is, popular in an exclusive sense
for. as all the work is by hand, the price
of these dainty gowns is not small
one There is a strong feeling this sea
son against machine work. and pat
tern lengths" whether braided or en-
broidered, are best avoided A charm
ing frock is an embroidered and per
foruted white cloth made up over a
foundation of dull yellow silk. The
skirt has row of embroidery aud per-
foration some eight inches deep, max
ing the favorite apron curve, added to by
a founce of yellow lace, the hem of the
skirt being quite plain. The entire
blouse-bodice is embroidered with suf
ficent openwork to show the yellow
lining, and is hung from a square yoke
of lace laid over yellow silk, founce
of lace edgng the yoke. The sleeves at
the elbow have an odd little puff of lace,
showing the brighter lining-N. Y.
Tribune,
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HE GOT THE RAISE.
He Knew 4ile Old Gentlemans 'e'''
spot and struck 1t.

Employer (grufiiy)-Well, sir II you
.on rive me any good reason why
should raise youi salary I'll do it.
Clerk have wokred here falthfhiiS'
oivino YOU the very best I've had IN me,
and. | think. doing great deal 10 po'io
up the business.
More grufly)-"Yes, ! spose you
have. At all events you THINK you
have. But young man in your posi-
tiot Is always more or less inclined 10
pei an exaggerated idea of his impor-
tance There are dozen other clerks
in this establishment who have laooreo
lust as zealously, and some Oh the'n
longer than you have, but they nave
not asked for increased pay, although
none of them are getting a cent more
than you are. -.
"Tben. too. your wife came in here
Yesterday and got to searching arounu
in your desk"
cExeitedly)-"Well, well, did she
find anything? Did she discover ths
pigeonhole in which | keep my private
correspondence? Why in thunder ana
I 90 out and leave my desk open? by
George, / thought somebody had been
monkeying around here-and the aesk
was shut when got back. lremember
now. She acted suspicious of me last
night. too. Well, we'll, well, what
pardon me, l was going TO explain
Just as she had found the pigeohhole
seferred to | told her there was lady
out in front who wished to see her vi
course. there wasn't, but the place was
full of women, and while she was IN
curing around pulled down the top OF
the desk and sneaked out OF course
l don't know anything at all. I'm just
an ordinary hand here, willing to do my
best, and never prying into other peo'
pies affairs
When he opened his envelope satur'
day he found that the raise had beer
granted. Cleveland Leader.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21
FROM SIDE TO CENTER CLEAN.

Each hapny-hearted lad and lass
Sees plainly In looking glass
The lines which inner fancies trace
Upon each sad or happy face.
Which glances back at them to see
Just what they are or ought to be.
And somehow, though they primp and perk,
Make grins grotesque or smile and smirk
Strive earnestly to look their best
And meet the mirrors searching test,
Frank looks amid made-glances steal
Their inner selves thus to reveal.
An ugly glance or sinful thought
is somehow by the mirror caught.
And brands of evil find their place
Upon the youthful, piquant face;
II hidden, but alive within,
There glow the embers of a sin.
They spring out as in swift surprise
And fash out through expressive eyes;
In furrowed lines they plainly speak
On sensuous lips or sunken cheek;
And in that subtle something wrought
BY but the shadow of thought.
Sometimes a snarling sneer or pout
Puts better looks and lines to rout.
Sometimes the workings of mind
Show there like shadows on blind;
sometimes the glass shows guilt and guile
Wreathed In the blossoms of smile.
BE honest. let no evil trace
Its hieroglyphics in your face.
OR any mirror say of you
Things haggard but entirely true
Which puneture shams, and clearly show
What saddens kindly souls to know.
BE open-hearted, bright eyes clear
To face reflections without fear.
No secret sins or FURNISHED lies
FLASHED through the lenses of your eyes,
Tree from deceits, clean. honest, true,
lit for the X-ray through and through.
/. EDGAR JONES.
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VALUE OF LER TIME
Her Opinion of 1t and Her Fathev.
Cold Figures Differed.

Her Opinion of 1t and Her Fath.x,-
Cold Figures Differed.
She didn't like housework; she nra.
ferred to hate Il place in the world ~
business, she said.
II want to earn something" she fra.
Gtently procIaimed. Il know ! haro
the business instinct, and that would
be success II / only had place in
some Office
WELL" returned the old gentleman
thoughtfully, I'll take you into my
office, if you wish"
"Wil you, really" she cried, delight.
edly "And how much will you nav
me-"
"Whatever your time is worth.n
But how will you decide that?p She
demanded.
30, it is very easily DONE" he an.
swered. Lets find the valuation Won
put on it first"
"Id value it at about one dollar
minute" she returned promptly.
you never have shown any indiea.
tions of doing anything like that YETI
he said We'll figure it out Now. yes
terday, you and your mother went
down town. didn't your"
"Yes. We went down to get some
cloth for a gown. But what has that
to do with it?"
81 heard you say that you found just
exactly what you wanted at the first
place YOU stopped. but that they asked
too much for it," he continued, ignor-
ing her question.
"rhat was right" she admitted.
"Thev wanted 90 centsa yard for it, ana
both mamma and | knew we could get
it for less
"Did you?"
"Of course we did. | guess we know
enough not to be cheated on ordinary
| dress goods. We had to go pretty near
" all over the town, but we finally got
the same thing precisely for 81 cents
yard"
'sHow long did it take you?" he
asked next
"Well, we went down town before
lunch and never got home until dinner
time. One can't get bargains in hurry,
you know
"Of course not he admitted. And
how many yards did you get?'
Six" she answered.
"Saving altogether the magnificent
sum of is cents" he suggested. The
problem is very simple now. Two OF
YOU worked nearly one whole day Tor Is
cents. or nine cents apiece Making 4
liberal estimate for the time you spent
at home in the morning, | should say
that you and your mother valued your
services at about 10 cents day each
Now, | should be very glad to pay
you" !,
But they never finished. They botf
of them declared that he was a meal
thing, and there was nothing for him t
do but to take refuge in fight-Ghl
cago Post.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21
OF some NnIue,

The fat man mopped his brow and
made few remarks about the weather
that would not look well in print.
The thin man looked at him and
laughed.
"Oh, it's well enough for a little
skinny like you to laugh" exclaimed
the fat man. you haven't enough flesh
to make you feel the heat, while -
''Oh. you have no kick coming" re-
torted the thin man. you ought to
be grateful for this weather"
Grateful" roared the fat man.
Yes, sir, grateful" repeated the thin
man. You'll find it the best kind of
training for the hereafter"
And the worst of it was that the fat
man was too fat to catch the thin man.
{ -Chicaro Post
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21
FASHIONS FANClES,
some New Notions In Feminine Coz
tunes.


A delicious negiigee gown is made
of pink gauze, barred off with pink
satin, made over a pink slip, it hangs
full and loose down the front. whlle
round the back il is finished by SATIN
ribbon. aud forms a boffant blouse.
Soft balloon sleeves end at the elbow
with rufile, and the neck has a box
plating that stands high round the
back and falls away flat in 'front.' 10
end in rosette each side with long
end. This same model may be carrled
out in blue and white foulards and IN
turkey red plain and printed cottons'
For those women that demand a
shoulder garniture to wear with after
noon and reception dress may be el'eu
a ravishing affair made of Pompadour
silk under which the old cape is thlh-
lv disguised 1t reaches just to the
bottom of the waist, and is longer over
the arms, so that its outline gives
nearly n square. 1t is in very full
side plaits over the shoulders, falls all
most fiat behind, and is jaboted down
the front. A black velvet binding an
inch wide is on the edge, and the neck
has a ruche of black tulle. This IS
carried out in silk printed with old rose
tints of green dashed with red, etc
When the side branches of tree are
cut off the tree begins to push forward
and in the same circumstances so does
Il hat.
The hats are beginning to shoot up;
moreover they have sprouted in an
unexpected place, just as plant might
have done; they have run up all on sne
side. Leisure Hours.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21
Ourselves and others.

Pleasant thoughts and feelings oil
every kind that come to us are far TOO
often buried in the oblivion of silence
The seed which, if planted in the hearts
and lives of those around us would bring
forth rich harvests of happiness, is care
lessly thrown away. Such impressions
should be regarded as a kind of trust for
all those who can participate in them
If we have any bright thought, any
hopeful outlook, any joyful experience
any loving emotion, let us hasten TO
share and diffuse il. If any ray of sum
shine has penetrated our hearts or lives,
let us gladly shed it on the pathway oi
others.-N. y. Ledger.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21
Efficiency of Locomotives.

An ingenious device has been invented
10 increase the power of locomotives.
II consists of powerful magnets at
tached to the framework of the engine,
they attract the steel rails. This has
the same effect that placing a weight
Of 1000 or 1000 pounds over each drive
wheel would have. Experienced rail
road men say that the increased ad-
hesion of the wheels to the track will
enable a locomotive to draw from three
10 five loaded cars more than is now pos
sible. II viii also allow the use Of light
er engines. which will reduce the wear
on a roadbed-N. Y. World.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21
The Art of Living.

The secret of the art of living is to
eliminate the ugly, TO preserve the
beautiful, to cultivate the agreeable. to
eliminate the unnecessary burdens, to
preserve strength, and to secure leisure.
The test of wisdom is to make the in
evitablc minister to the whole life by
the spirit in which it is accepted. The
heaviest burden may be the foundation
OF success if put under the feet. but il
viii render MS helpless if carried in our
hands before us, the lodestone for the
eyes Of the spirit.-Detroit Free Pres.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21
Coffee Jelly.

One pint of coffee, take out half of ii.
and while hot dissolve one-half boxful
gelatine in it. When thoroughly dis
solved, add TO the rest Of the coffee with
one cupful sugar. Serve when very
cold with cream either plain or
whipped. or a sofi-boiled custaId also
eold.-Iadies' World.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21
Cooked Cucumbers.

a dish too seldom seen is cooked
cucumbers. They can be sliced, dipped
in butter and fried, or sliced and stewed
for IS minutes and served with white
sauce in a baking dish. covering each
layer of cucumbers with one Of fine
crumbs seasoned with salt, pepper ana
ouioa juice, making the top layer OF
The crumbs. putting bits of butter ON
H. and baking all to q good brown.-s''
Louis Republic.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21

Conductor Adams delivered his
charge to the superintendent at the
mills as he had agreed, but the recep.
tion she received at that digntary's g
hands was not exactly what poor Meg
had feared when she started from the
junction. And the reception the super
intendent gave the crew Of the fiat train
when they came in to report was not
exactly what they had expected, either
Besides the material appreciation
which the passengers on the accommo-
dation showed Daniels little girl, the
road took upon itself the duty of her
education. and, although Old Dan'elwas
discharged from active service. neither
lac nor his graBdchild was allowed to
want.
Meg is now one of the chief telegraph
operators on the Iron Mountain road
aud although She will never be hand
some. red hair and freckled face. and
even a snub nose. cannot overshadow
her true worth 10 those who know her
Union Signal
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21

There is very remarkable tree H.
Mrs. Elizabeth Porter's front yard as
her home in the suburban part of Glas-
gov. Ky. II is an old locust tree, anG
in the dryest of weather continued
shower Of mist or yapor can be seen
coming from its branches. 4 shower
bath can be had beneath its foliage al
any hour. day or night.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21
strike That Lifted Him.

"And, by the way, whatever became
of Tom Wilmington? There was fell
low that they used to say would be sure
tc make his way upward
well he did. He made a strike that
lifted him above and beyond any OF the
rest of us"
Indeed. How was it?'
Lit a match while hunting for a leak
= gas pipe. e."-Cleveland Leader.
-Sienkiewicz, the Polish novelist, has
gone 10 Paris to consult a specialist
about his throat. lie Is al work on a
historical novel turning on the great
iefeat Of the Teutonie Knights on the
Taunenberg. in 14l0, by the Poles aud
Lithuaniaus uuder Wlsdislaw Iagello.
The Van Buren press., 1897-08-21

Paper flooring is used in Germany
II is laid in pasty mess. smoothed and
then pressed. Footsteps on il are neiss
lsss.