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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-29

Beer Is. OF course. so fastenIng that no
ono with any idea ~ reducing his ,'eixht
would ever touch H. and some other aicn-
hello drinks are very nearly as bal.
whisky T. very fatteutnF. and ~ - cham.
paEnc. Such eencoetions AZ cocktails all
kinds " punches and other MIXED drinks
pat on more fat than years 81 dist could
take or There Is no hops IN a reduction
diei for the person who continues 80 take
alcohol. Candies Of course. and sxests
should never be touched. while Zee cream
and similar eslihles are just a. hlEh ID
on the forbidden HIST
This practically completes the sniIra
cuye. One resJ 0nlY observe carefully
these rules Of diet 20 ioee nesa certainly
and quickly. More than that. sach = Sc
lection - food would improve the m
tents general heath Abstinence from
starch and suEar - known 90 cBre many
bad cases % Indigestion ami don't be-
svc there ever was a person following
such q course that iid not feei better for
g. Wine IN small quantities anI usually
white IN color and rather dry On quality
may he taken wlth meal bat water
should Haaer no circumstances BE- drunk
during the meal nor until half an hogr
sfgerwsrd. 7 have seen persons who nat
ter themselves that they are taking the
reduction cure SIT az the table and drink
half a dozen glasses 81 water la rapid
succession They not only ruin their d.
gesti0n, but they increase their size
Drinking water With meals IL enc OF the
most potent causes Of fairness that know
Of. Not unth half an hour after meal
should water be drunk: after that the
more enc GTinks eetYssa meals the bet
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vegetables which should not be eaten
are potatoes, hee's and peas. and M fruits
are on the prescribed list
Now there 10 no great privatina fNr
anShcdy IN that. II - particularly mid
evafSa 81 treatment when one raaiizs.
shat goaa will come from following Il
carefully for Ssx wvekk on So. II u Hh-
seiately ip'ailsoie Nobody, man or wo-
man, can fuiloS y carsrul Eeae Of tiat
Scr I've months without ucias materially
sr4Rrea IN weight he u Of course ore
tnaa may l0ss rturr thwn another IN iris
period, Aast tbAt g ponds largely un0n
tEe ealslitN ~ the flesh Sfrnun and
muscular mea ANA waman naturally IN.
viined - ne ssaNt are going ia lose very
m0tb iRss aesh tnAn shasc who save
SroNu puNy ~ hieAfed from nVeriudsl-
gepse hut rnrtsel observance 81 thia diet
Is always BOUND Co. produce itS geslsits
eeentuaMx
Patients aha came 70 me- rcseive one
tnN AriaAie prrsNiptlon. Al rat comes
frota the same natural cause and can ha
made e. disappear in The same way.
newer Eivg &ng ineuietne beyond what Is
needed o. pvt the patient ia a state %
good natural health After / have a.
ramplgshed thal tho reduction begins hy
following = method 50 publicly known
that There Us ne reason why I should hest
tate % rWVeml its nee ~ my own case
1t 10 wrprs 10 say that 0nly by a regimen
- eatiEe can q persons eesn be reduced
What - drunk has quite "a much to do
With the rrSult
II begin rs refusing 20 allow mv pa
sients 30 eat anything containing starch
or sugar. Bread must first 81 az be ,SivsN
up. There Is enough faf-making mater
iAi in one breakfast roll TO counicraet the
enGels u mineral water treatment taken
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Ter months. BREAD must absolutely he
kept on The hii % fare - anyone sho
wants 70 set tain, Sometimes very dry
toast may he eaten u vary snaii eaan8-
Ties bai noWalAys there are excellent sub
stitntes Tor bread provided and These are
cutie as to0thseme II A person can rraiy
break hiwerlf for a while Ut the feeling
that he must accompany every meal ahnn-
aSniiy NSlh rolls 90 crackers AZ tho case
Mas he. rhe rev hrnaJa made wifhsg.
any starch are. u course. admissible he
cause u fheJ arr Wbat thav pretend 70
D. there can D. no fattsning substance In
taem
The bread oui az tie way. one great
step has bHNn accomplished. sugar fslust
talloN, and the substitutes Tor chat ara
50 nearly the Same IN eNecg ihat nabadv
should mind taking saorharins IN coree
instead - several Jumps - sugar II Is
n puSslngs psex. and other sinlifar eafu
~4nAtions - t'nNr and sugar that these tws
Substances are most missed bur All pas-
trs. pU.lslia9s and desserts az any Kind
In which sugar i employed are forbidden
Sagar and staFeh must be left alone. ApI
;his includes all corn bread and similar
brcad faaas mais q -four. corn meal ana
similar substances.
with practically no other foods FOR
hidden. Il Is possible for q person TO lose
as much as fivc pounds week hy follow.
ing the rules outlined / have known
thirty pounds IS b. lost IN SIX weeks on
this sort Of regimen. All meats an kinds
Of fish. except salmon and all vegetables.
except eeetss peas. lima beans ana pata-
toes can be enjoyed. Liquor must In
nearly every form - left saSlrsy alone.
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ropo CofFrE 5LAVE~TRtE( az BAlKGRoUND.

1t was curious sight. The ~ y
house Is a building covering peFh41o; II
an acre with heavy matched roof 11
high up from the ground. upon pQoUt@
that you can easily walk under tho Il =
floor without touching II with your NJ
Upon the ground below. the hours tN1
were about two dozen women Au4
children. the most OF them Rirls.
woman had basket OF coffee befg1(o i
a dirty pan or worn-out ker0oN4o
before her. They were all hroWn>( Il
ned. all half naked and all had tool1fI
black as the blacklist Of INK. Some q
women were wrinkied. and theeu
hardly one that was not dtrHuNfl1U@
were busy. They were wort1nk
jaws. making a crunch as they ~
tho berries and rolling THAR ~
around the seeds. chewed on thu po1U
spit the coffee beans and pulp tu>4
pan. They worked wonderfuuv
making n stream Of this spittle 0ow
their mouths to the pans and ~
away at about six movements q ~
~ the second. | was told that M Ia
ceivcd about 1915 cents Of Our m6Uoy u
Il gallon OF the chewed mixture
was the result OF one day OF Wp(I
from morning until night. and Il go
to me that they well earned the fno1GI
picked up one 81 the berries ana "a
through the process The shell wao n
hard. but tho pulp and seeds tasted ~
and the operation tried only one&
not particularly unpleasant.
1t Is In this way that all Of tho ~
Is done, although | am told that IA n
cess Is SO expensive that machines I
been ordered. 49,
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up by the people. and almost all of the
mountain lands belong to the government.
Where the Coffee Industry Was Born.
II is In this part of the world that the
coffee industry az one Of the great world
products was born. We usually think of
conee as originating In Arabia but the
Arabian trees came from Abyssinia and
their product was 30 small that coffee was
not generally used until the plantations
OF JHta were started. This was Just
about 30 years ago. At that time an
old governor general OF the Dutch East
Indies got some Arabian coffee seeds from
q snilor and planted them In hts garden
In Batavia. They sprouted. and within
four years were each producing from two
30 three pounds per year. From their
seeds other trees were set out and Java
became tho coffee country OF the world
From It's plantations seeds were taken to
the West Indies, Mexico. Venezuela and
Hrazil. SO that Java IL really the mother
OF the great coffee industry OF today
Since then the child has so far outstrip-
ped It's parent that today Java produces
only about one-eighteenth OF the coffee
consumed by man. Aser annual product
IL not now much more than ioo.oo.e0l
pounds. whereas last year the worlds
production amounted to about 1000 10000
pounds
Tho Java coffee trees have been acrfous-
" affected during recent years by the
blight. SO that today there are not more
Than haiti as many plantations as there
were some years ago. The blight has also
afflicted the Hawaiian islands. and IL has
practically ruined the coffee Industry of
tho Northern Philippines In 1855 Is. COO.
ESQ pounds % coffee we're shipped away
from Manila. and now tho shipments do
nos exceed 10000 pounds M
Java Is trying TO avoid The blight by
Planting species ~ Tlbsrian coffee
which Is said 20 resist ~, aud this f. the
character ~ the coffee here at Joio. met
ccree planter IN Honolulu who told me
they had recently discovered an antidote
for the blight | think Il was OF a para
sitscal nature. a little worm or bug. which
attacks the parasite which causes the
blight and Kills Il. and which snultip!ges 40
RAPIDLY that q VIII In short time drive
cut the blight parasite and free the PLAN
tation ~ them The new parasite does
not iniHre tho trees. Experiments With
y are BOW being made IN the Hawaiian
islands. and Il Is said successfully on
the ship which brought me to Manila
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they have been already offered ~ cents
silver or IA cents gold per pound for their
crop. Within two years from now they
think the trees will be producing at least
three and half pounds each. and II
looks as though they had fortune In
sight.
l spent some time in going over tho
plantation 1t lies about three miles back
of Jolo on the foothills OF the mountains.
and Is reached by a bride path through
the fields. The lands surrounding II are
like natural park filled with tall forest
trees and overgrown with tail growth
OF luxurant grass. The grass In many
places was taller than my head as | sat
on my pony. The earth of the path
where the grass was worn on was rs
black as that OF the valley of the Nile,
until we came to the plantation itself.
where It assumed the reddish tinge so
common TO good coffee lands Nearer the
plantation the scenery grew wilder. We
crossed several streams and wound our
way in and out through the Jungle. until
at last, mounting a low Hill. the whole
seventy acres OF coffee bushes rising and
failing with the land In wide graceful
lines OF FURNISHED green lay before u.s.
cannot describe the iuxuriancc of the
growth and the healthy look OF the trees
They were as big around as mans
wrist ut the ground. with branches COM
Ing out on all sides. loaded with green
and red berries and blossoms The ber-
ries were in all stages OF growth. some
as big as the end OF your little finger
and others the size and color OF n large
red cherry.
Unlike the coffee OF the northern part
Of the Philippines, the berries here ripen
all the year round. 50 that you sec bios
SONS and berries on the same stem Mt
the same time. The blossoms are white,
much like the jassamine flower, emitting
a perfume which II almost sickening In
its sweetness Here and there among the
coffee plants l could see the trunks OF
great trees which had been cut down in
the clearing OF the land and left TO rot.
There were but few signs OF cultivation
The grass had evidently been chopped
OF with bolos ] was told that the
ground was moead every month. but that
no hoeing or wedding had been done dur
ing the past year
Only Write Land Owners IN the Szius.
went over the plantation with one al
the owners. Charles Sehuck and later
Sranf some time zffh him ana his fas,stf..
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NOT HARD FOR FAT
MEN TO GET THIN.
AVOID SUGAR AND STARCH.
Alsohol Is AIso Forbidden Quantity Of
Food One Eats I, No, important
Result, Are Q9iek.

TKAiiS & the season 0s the year in
whieA people Nhe want 20 re-
auee ghelr acsh would do aeSt
81 aexsn, SAYS the New York
IL S8a. quoting the dettpr who has
made himself inaFe famous 81
this particular teia than any other Amer.
lean naN sgcian. Ter eas reason there are
fewer priv athens Witch the patient Is
compelled e enduro nov Very few Of the
thlnss that mfc detieaeics az this ttme
Of The year are prohibited by a course
~ diet intended 10 reduce ones aesn.
A. a matter 81 fact tap forbidden ar
tiClvs are very scw haesd~so surprising
N few that ! have always Wondered WHY
people look epon course 81 haating as
= lsSashlA Igssass-lx Tie Only sags.x
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Sandakan, and several lines of steamers
make IL a regular port of call 10 bring
goods and take away the crops.
Starting of tie Schuck Plantation.
During our chat Mr.. schuck told me
how he happened 10 start his coffee plan
tation Said he: "My father had planted
a few trees. They were not well cared
for. but they grew very fast. and are now
twenty feet high, with trunks ranging
I'm size from the thickness of your thigh
to that of your waist. They are all In
full bearing, but II Is almost impossible
TO pick the coffee account of the
height. When my father died. few
years ago. my brothers and myself found
that we had this land. but that II was In
such condition that IL produced no I'm
come. We left the Sulu islands for time
and went to Borneo. Singapore and eise~
where. to earn enough 20 develop tho
property. In Borneo we became INTEREST
ed In coffee planting. and, knowing what
father had done with the old plantation.
we thought "A new one could be started
at profit. My brothers then dubbed to-
gether and sent me back TO Sulu to set
out the trees. The first thing / did was
to lay out the plantation. ! cut down the
Jungle and burned It. and later on set
out the plants In the regular order you
see them We got the seed from B0rneo.
choosing Liberian coffee. In order that 1t
might better resist the blight. The seeds
were first sown In seed beds. and when
the plants were eight inches high we set
them out. Each plant was grown I'm a
tube of bamboo and transplanted With
out disturbing the roots. after a short
time the bamboo tubes rotted and the
roots came through on ALL sides. We set
the sprouts out without. shade and they
grew from the start. We had no particil-
lar time for planting, putting them out
from day TO day for several months.
''Our tabor was made up OF natives,
some OF whom were slaves. Al first I
lived with the workmen, often sleeping
with nifty OF them In the same house. |
use such men and women on the estate
today They are Moros. ind they work
very well, although pay even my slaves
for their labor. doing 50. MS far as possi-
bile. by the piece. have many women
who each earn from n 10 10 cents IN silver
a day. and men who do even better than
this. ] have made II a point to be ffiends
with the Moroz. I employ any ~ them
who will work. and 80 far have had no
trouble In getting good labor.
AT first ! kept the plantation very
clean. hoeng the trees and pulling on, tho
weeds, hit when the Americans came
they SO disarranged things that had 10
let much Of my work 10. have now a
liitie disease among some OF the trees, hut
] thing II chiefly comes from the foul con.
dltion Of the land
ss frr,.t
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Both he and his brother. Edward
Schuck. have Moro wives and a number
OF haIf-breed children. Their wives are
the daughters OF some OF the Moro chiefs
and their relations with the people are
so friendly that they have been o. con-
siderable assistance to the Americans in
arranging our peaceful occupation of the
islands During our visit to the sultan
Charles Schuck was the interpreter and
his sister, Mrs Fexer. and his brothers
wife. Moro princess. accompanied the
party.
The Schuck family have lived in sulu
for many years. Charles Schuck's father
came here as a trader quarter OF CEN
fury ago and established such relations
with the old sultan thnt he decided him
about 1000 acres of the best land of the
island, OF which this coffee plantation
V part.
Hob the Germans Lost North Bosneo.
The story OF how Mr. Schuck came 10
get the plantation was told me by his son
Inc old sultan owned practically the
whole of North Borneo. comprising the
harbor OF Sandakan and the vast tract
now leased to the North Borneo Com
pany. Being In a friendly mood one day
he made "A deed OF all this land to Mr.
Schuck. telling him he could sell what no
chose of IL TO tho Germans. There was an
aHuefstahuihk, . suppose. that Mr.. Schuck
was TO give him "A share OF the profits
AT any rate. the gift was accepted and
Sehuck wrote to Prince bismarck. offer
ing the land to him for German colony.
At that time Germany had not the greed
for Aslatic possessions she now has and
Bismarck replied that Germany was not
yet ready to enter upon a colonial policy,
and that he could not accept the PROPOSE
ton. Mr.. Schuck reported the result OF
his correspondence 20 the sultan. and his
majesty In reply made "A remark which
Schuck did not like II may be that IL
was an insulting reference "a Prince Bis
marck. Al any rate. II made schuck 10
angry that he took the deed granting him
North Borneo. tore IL In two and threw II
at the feet 81 hts majesty. telling him he
could keep his old land. and that neither
the Germans nor himself wanted II.
The sultan. In order 10 app~ase him.
gave him deed TO this land Just outside
OF Jolo. He kept the Borneo property,
and short time later rented Il out 20 m
English syndicate known as the North
Borneo Company for the annual payment
Of G.o~a This ann the present sultan ~
sim receiving from the company. Tho
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Only Write Land Owners IN the Safus.

I went over the plantation with one al
tho owners. Charles sehnck. and later
spent some time sith him and his family.
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quleIag coffes waa Rar.An Teeth.

Later on I went 10 Mr.. schacka house
and watched the pulping % the coffee, or
the getting the seeds out % the berries
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-03-22

FARMERS BUYING; tEKTiIIXERS.- -
The Columbia State says that the farm
Grs Of South Carolina don't seem to be
fighting the fertilizer trust as herd us
their vigorous resolutions not to use
fcrtil "2rs this year wonld in,licate. 1t
has been freely predicted since the
price OF cotton jumped up that the
State would the coming season plant a
larger acreage OF the !iCecy staple than
ever, and unless figures count for moth
ing preparations are being made for
the planting Of Il big crop for next falls
marketing.
1t has been mentioned that the rail
roads had not noted any falling or this
seaeon, but there was no way here to
ascertain the exact shipments. There
arc some figures available, however,
that are significant. The State charges
81 tax on each ton OF fertilizers shipped
by factories in and out Of the State,
and the tax tags have TO be bought by
the companies and affixed before the
shipments can be made. According to
the sale Of these tags the farmers arc
either buying far more fertilizers this
year than last, or else the factories
have good reason TO believe that they
will. Last year tho amount received
from thc fertilizer tax iOr the whole
year was 500 l23.SS. Last year up to
March T. the State had received $lO,-
393 - OF this Total. This year mp TO
March ~ the State treasurer has re-
Cciptcd for %1S, ,IIJ 50 worth Of tAgs-an
amount almost as large as the tOtal
for last year, and SIS, ,!S2 10 Larger than
last years receipts up TO this time.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-03-22

his time In the jail in Atlanta when
he heard that his baby at home was
very sick. He brooded over the sub.
ject lew days and then one morning,
when the prisoners were taking their
exercises In the yard, made u ladder
OF two OF his companions and went
oyer oyer the wall. After walking over
LOO miles, he reached home, only to
lind that the baby had been buried the
oay before his arrival. He again SGT
Out Tor Atlanta, and in few days
knockGd at the door OF the jail, ask
ing to be readmitted and excusing his
departure on the
ground that when he thought of his
oaoy and lts mother there in the noun
TAIN nome alone and helpless, he "jest
had TO CO."
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-03-22
No You Need An Electric Belt ?

For the past ten years, DR.. j Newton
Hathaway who is recognized as the great
est of all our specialists, has been perfect
ing an electric belt, "uitable to use in his
practice, one which ne couiu '""ish as a
lie could conscicntiously guarantee. lie
nov announces that he has perfected 81 n
belt, winch he believes to be the on
perfect belt made. 1t is light. handsome
Of great power, and with new attachments,
which makes it suitable for every case.
lie is prepared to furnish this belt to al!
patients who need it and who apply to HIM
for treatment, at q merely nominal charge.
Write TO DR.. Hathaway to-day, telling all
about your case and he will write YOU about
the belt, and If you desire the belt will be
sent G. .. d. for inspection. Address DR..
Hathaway ~ Co., 22M South Broad street,
Atlanta, GG.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-03-22
GEN. GRANP AND THE BUTCHER
Senator Conkling's Decision About
the Value OFFS Fast Trotting Horse.

When Cen. Grant was president he
WAS fond OF fine horses, as everybody
knows, and drove the fustest trottcr in
Washington. IL was his greatest plea
sure to go out on the uQucduct road,
which Is dead level from Geurgctow
to Cabin John Bridge, and let his horse
out to its full speed. People who knew
his habits used to go out there sunny
afternoons for the novelty OF seeing tho
president OF the United States driving
at q 2:3O gait. But Il butcher in Wash.
ington had Il horse that cculd beat the
presidents, and very often he appeared
on the road TO show his animals speed
and annoy the president. dc would
hang around Ht the end OF the aQucduct
bridge until the presidents light bug.
gy aud stylish stopper had passed, and
would follow them until he reached u
wide place in the road. Then he would
let his horse out, and the butchers cart
would go bounding along until he had
thrown dust in the presidents eyes for
awhile, when he would slackcn up ana
let Cen. Grant go by only to pass him
again and again rs often as ho pleased,
without the slightest regard for the
pride or the Office Of the chief magis-
trate OF this great nation.
Gen. Grant WAS ~ very patient self
that ever occurred in his life annoyed
him so much as that butcher. ue was
compelled to abandon the road which
runs along the top Of the tunnel that
brings the water from the upper poto-
mac to Washington and seek other
drives in order to avoid his tOrmentor,
but the villain still pursued him, 3nd
used to hang around Lafayette square
in his Old butchers cart so that he
could follow the president in any di.
rectiOn he might take. Finally Cen.
Grant took Col. Condit Smith in:o his
confidence ard asked him TO negotiate
quietly for the purchase OF the horse,
which WAS accOmplishe for $500.
The next morning Senator Conkling
and Senator Jones, Of Nevada, were in
VitCd to inspect the wonderful animal.
and accompanied Gen. Grant to the
White House stables just south OF the
state department. Senator Jones de.
clincd TO express an opinion us to the
merits Of the animal. He said that he
claimed 10 koOw all about mines, but
had never set up rs an cXpers on horses:
but MIR. C0nkling who probably knew
less, pretended to examine the animal
with great care. He looked at his feet
and twisted his tail ; be inspected his
hoofs minutely, gazcd steadily for sew.
oral moments into mis- eyes, rabbcd his
legs with q knowing air, and finally,
turning TO Gen. Grant, remarked, wi n
an air Of judicial authority
" It's mighty fine horse, Mir. Presi-
dent, but | would rather have the
$500"
That's exactly what the butcher
said," retOrted Gen. Grant.