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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29
Where the Coffee Industry Was Born.

II IS in this part Of the world that the
coffee industry as one of the great world
products was born. We usually think Of
coffee as originating In Arabia, but the
Arabian trees came from AbysSinia. and
their product was SO small that coffee was
not generally used until the plantations of
Java were started. This was just about
no years ago. At that time an old Cover
nor General OF the Dutch East Indies got
some Arabian coffee seeds from a sailor
and planted them in his garden In Batavia
They sprouted. and within four years were
each producing from two to three pounds
per year. From their seeds other trees
were set out, and Java became the coffee
country of the world. From its plantations
seeds were taken to the West Indies. Next
90 Venezuela and Brazil. so that Java Is
really the mother OF the great coffee indus
try Of to-day. Since then the child has so
far outstripped Its parent that to-day Java
produces only about one-elChteenth of the
coffee consumed by man. Her annual pro-
duct is not now much more than i"H en- 90
pounds. whereas last year the worlds pro
ductiOn amounted 10 about 2.cOJ coo 90
pounds.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29
sugar cane.

pulling up tho coffee trees and putting In
sugar cane.
Up to the time Of the appearance Of the
blight the most OF the coffee was grown IN
the provinces below and about Manila Tho
best came from Batansas. quito n lot was
raised about Laguua de Bay. and also in
Cavite. Many OF the plantations were large.
containing numerous trees. The trees were
shaded. They were set out so closely that
LIS trees were grown on one acre. and II
may have been this close planting that
caused the low yield per tree. The amount
produced. averaged not more than ten
ounces or a thousand pounds 20 tho acre.
This at II cents a pound. a low rate in the
past for this variety OF coffee. gave an in
come Of $l20 per acre per year. In Brazil
many OF the trees yield two and three
pounds each.
The harvesting Of the crop IN Luzon was
usually done on shares women and children
picking the berries and hulliug the seeds
for half the profits. Practically no modern
machinery has been used. Much Of the
pulp has been allowed To- dry on the berries
and then Uuuudrd Oft with mortar and I,s-
tie. After this the cEan WAS removed 10y
winnowing the seeds in The wind. Some of
the planters hired their work done. but
nearly all were more o. less In debt so that
there has not yet been "a practical test Of
coffee raising In this par, Of the world with
modern machinery and plenty of capital.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29

Gpitds iow from their mouths to the pans
and grinding away at about six movements
Of the Jaw to the second. I was told that
they received about ~, cents OF our money
for gallon OF the chewed mixture. This
was the result OF one day OF working, from
morning until night. and Il seemed to NE
that they well earned the money. picked
up one of the berries and went through the
process The shell was quite hard, but the
pulp and seeds tasted sweet and the opera
ton tried only once was not particularly
unpleasant.
Ii is in this way that an Of the puiping II
done. although 1 am told that the process
Is so expensive that machines have been
ordered.
After this the mush OF pulp and seeds Is
placed for some days In the sun to fer.
ment. 1t 10 next taken to the creek and
washed. and the beans are then laid out
upon mats in the yard. They remain for
i've or six days In the sun and are then
ready to be huied. Every coffee bean has
still two skins upon II. which must b taken
of before II Is ready for sale. There II an
outer skin as thick as your finger nail, and
an inner one as thin fine tissue paper.
In order to remove these the bears arc put
into a mortar made by gousinE out q hole
in the upright end of q log and q native
pounds upon them with a pestle-liks wood
en- club. breaking the skins. Tho coffee
and shells and skins are then winnowed by
throwing them UP In the air. tust as our
pioneer fathers winnowed their wheat, and
the coffee beans which remain are ready
for the market. They are bagsed and car
ried TO the seacoast on the back Of a
water buffalo and then shipped to Manila
for sale
Such Is cofree-raising as II Is carried on
IN Jolo. and such coffee can be produced in
this way, | am told. at a profit. II this Is
true. it certainly should pay after modern
nethofs. and with modern machinery. In
the meantime. II must be remembered that
all Of the land here in Sulu belongs to the
Sultan. and that as yet none is for sale
FRANK G. CARPENTER
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29
Pulping Coffee Wah Human Teeth

Later on went TO Mr.. echuck's house
and watched the pulping of the coffee. o.
getting the seeds out Of the berries. 1t
was a curious sight. The plantation house
is building covering perhaps half an acre.
with heavy matched roof. 1t Is high up
from the ground. upon posts. SO that you
can easily walk under the first floor with
out touching It with your head Upon the
ground below the house there were about
two dozen women and ten children, the
most of them girls. Each woman had a
basket of coffee berries and a dirty pan or
a worn out kerosene can before her They
were all brown-skinned, all half naked and
all had teeth as black as the blacklist of
ink. Some of the women were wrinkled and
there WAS hardly one that was not disgust
ing. All were busy. They were working
their jaws. making crunch. crunch
crunch as they bit into the berries and
rolling their tongues around the seeds
chewed off the pulp and spit out coffee
beans and pulp into the PAN They worked
wonderfully fast. making a stream of this
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COFFEE In THE PHILIPPINES.
The Asatic Coffee Zone and the Plantations Of Java.
The Blight and How 1t Has Ruined the Trees of Luzon.
Can It be Controlled? = - Il
II If + + +

Jolo, Island OF Sulu. June 4-The United
States uses as much coffee all the rest
of the world put together. We import more
than $So.00o.OoO worth every year, and an
nuaIly consume moro than eleven pounds
to every man, woman and child in our
country. We are increasing our consump-
ton every year. and the Brazilians and 9TH
er coffee producing peoples Of the world are
fattening themselves on our appetite.
There Is a bare probability. however, that
the days Of their fairness will cease l Jaw
excellent coffee grown IN all parts OF Porto
Rico and Cuba. and there are evidences
here which lead to tho belief that the Phil
ippines might supply a great share OF the
worlds product. ! saw an experimental
plantation to-day which surpasses In its
luxurtant growth any coffee plantation of
Brazil. found excellent coffee trees about
Eamboanga and in other parts Of Mindanao.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29
The Coffee Belt Of the Philippines.

The Philippines lie in one of the great
coffee belts Of the world. Those who have
paid most attention 10 the cultivation of
this crop have decided that the best coffee
grows within Is degrees of the equator
although in some places an excellent article
is produced as far from II as % or 80 de-
grees. In America for instance. find
good coffee all the way from Mexico to
Paraguay and Southern Brazil. The bulk
of the Brazilian product Is grown IN Santos
and Rio Janeiro. fully far from the
equator as Northern Luzon, and the plants
thrive best at an altitude of from l0Oo to
4.GG0 Feet above the sea. In Java. just be-
low here and between this and the equator.
some Of the best coffee known TO the world
is found. SO that the whole Of the Philip
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Starting the Plantation.
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During our chat Mr.. Schuck told mo how
he happened TO start his coffee plantation
Said he: My father had planted few
trees. They were not well cared for. but
they grew very fast. and are now twenty
feet high, with trunks ranging in 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 on
account of the height. When my father
died. a few years ago. my brothers and
myself found that We had this land, but
that II was In such condition that It pro-
duced no income. We left the Sulu Islands
for a time and went to Borneo. Singapore
and elsewhere to earn enough to develop
the property. In Borneo We became inter
ested In coffee planting. and knowing what
father had done with the old plantation.
We thought that a new one could be started
at n 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 tho Jungle.
and burned 1t, and later on set out tho
plants in the regular order you see them.
We got the seed from Borneo. choosing Ii
berian coffee, in order that It 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 in a tube of bamboo, and
so transplanted without 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 particular time for planting. putting
them out from day to day through several
months.
'Our labor was made up OF natives, some
Of whom were slaves. At first lived with
the workmen. often sleeping with fifty Of
them in the same house. 1 use such men
and women on the estate to-day. They are
Moros. I find they work very well al
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29
Only White Land Owners in Sclu Islands.

went over the plantation with one OF the
owners. Mr.. Charles Schuck. and later
spent some time with him AMI his family
Both he and his brother. Mr.. Edward
SchUck. have Moro wives and number Of
half-breed children. Their wives are tie
daughters of Some OF the Moro Chiefs. aud
their relations with the people are so
friendly that they have been OF considera-
bic assistance TO the Americans In arrang-
ing our peaceful occupation of the Islands
During our visit 10 the Sultan, Charles
Schuck was the interpreter. and his sister,
Mrs. Ecker, and his brothers wife. a Moro
Princess, accompanied the party.
The Schuck family has lived In Sulu for
many years. Charles Schucks father came
here "a trader quarter OF a century ago
and established such relations with the old
Sultan thai he decided him about 200 acres
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pines may DO said to BE- In tho coffee pro-
ducing sona
The lands here ars Of q nature adapted
TO the product. They are rolling and
mountainous, so that almost any desired
altitude can be secured. The plantation
which I visited here IN Sulu Is only lGO
feet above sea level but there ia no doubt
that the berries will ripen In THIS cim>te
a. high as 5000 feet. The fact that the
mountainous regions are the best places for
coffee culture Is a very important one 10
tho United States. for yet. little more
than the lowlands OF the Philippine Islands
have been taken up by the people. and al
most all of the mountain lands belong TO
eur Government
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OF the best land OF ths island. OF which snit
coffee plantation Is 6 part.
How the Germans Lost North Bofneo.

-
The story of how Mr.. Schuck came to get
the plantation was told me by his son. The
Old Sultan owned practically the whole of
North Borneo, comprising the harbor OF
Sandakan. and the vast tract now leased TO
the North Borneo Company. Being IN a
friendly mood one day. he made a deed of
all this land TO Mr.. Schuck. telling him he
could sell what he chose of II to the Ger
man. There was an understanding, I sup
pose. that Mr.. Schuok was TO give him @
share Of the profits. At any rate, the gift
was accepted and Schuck wrote to Prince
Bismarck. offering the land to him for q
German colony. Al that time Germany
had not the greed for Asiatic possessions
she now has. Bismarck replied that Ger
many was not yet ready TO enter upon
colonial policy. and that he could not ac-
cept the proposition. Mr.. Schuck reported
the result of his correspondence 10 the Sui
tan. and his Majesty in reply made re-
mark which Schuck did not ike. II may
be that 1t was an insulting reference to
Prince Bismarck. At any rate II made
Schuck so angry that he took the deed
granting him North Borneo. tore II in two,
ard threw II at the feet OF his Majesty.
telling him lie could keep his old land and
that neither the Germans nor himself
wanted II.
The Sultan. IN order to appease him. gave
him a deed TO this land just outside of
Jolo. He kept the Borneo property. and
short time later rented II out TO an En-
glish syndicate known the North Borneo
Company for the annual payment OF $500.
This sum the present Sultan is still receiv-
ing from the company. The lands have
been developed and quite town has grown
UP about the bsrbor Of Sandakan and sew
eral lines Of steamers make It a regular
port of call to bring goods and take away
the crops.
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though pay even my slaves for thsff h
Dor. doing go. a. far a. possible. By the
piece. I have many women who each earn
from Is to 40 cents IN silver q day. and men
who do even better than this. I have
made II a point TO be friends with the
Moro.. I employ any OF them who will
work. and so far have had no trouble in
getting good labor.
"At first I kept the plantation very clean.
hoeing the trees and pulling out the weeds.
but when the Americans came they so DIS
arranged things that / had to let much OF
my work go. I have now a little disease
among some Of tho trees. but I think II
chiefly comes from the foul condition Of the
land"
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They Paid Twenty-Five Per Cent

In the past coffee raising has paid very
we'll. the planters and shippers making
about Is per cent out Of their Investments.
Good coffee lands with the trees in bearing
were until lately worth about $50 gold per
acre. At present their value IS only nomi-
nal. and some Of the planters have been
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and there are scattering plants as far north
as the upper end OF Luzon.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-17

Notice is hereby given that the Fayorite. Snow Flower and Golden Relt mining claims, located in Walker mining district, Vayapai county, Arizona, are being worked under bcud and lease, and that neither the owners of the same nor the mines above named will be responsible for any labor, improvements or accidents on them.
 FRED ZOBEL,
 N. l.. GRIFFIN. Prescott. Juiv 9. 1898
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-17
THE PROFESSORS ADVICE.
1t Was Followed, but It Spoiled the
 Next Recitation.

It Was Followed, but It Spoiled the
 Next Recitation.
 They tell this story of college prank the boys at Princeton played on Profess pr ''Winky" Young. professor of as- ronomy. His recitations were recently held the first thing in the morning, and be had to admonish the students in his division to correct the fault of tardi- ness, which he claimed was increasing in a lamentable manner. and when one of the students explained that they all studied so late at night they were apt to oversleep in the morning he kindly advised them to secure alarm clocks. which he said were one of the most val uable and useful inventions
 The next day nearly every student in the class came into recitation with an alarm clock in his pocket, which by pa- tient and united effort were set so that one would go off promptly at every sue cessive minute of the hour. The effect can be imagined. Shortly after the first student was called to recite one of the clocks in the pocket of boy at the oth- CT end of the room went of with ter rible clamor, and before it had finished 8 second in another part of the room made even louder racket
 There was a brief interval, which the professor utilized to call up another stu dent, but the latter was scarcely on his feet before the third clock went off. The performance was continued for half an hour or more, when the professor, who had keen sense of humor, recognized the situation and cut short the fun by terminating the recitation The boys explained that they had followed his advice and secured alarm clocks, which they were carrying around with them because they were likely to fall asleep at most any time.-St- Louis Globe Democrat
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-17
THE PICKLE SEA

Gho has heard the cod line singing OCT the Who has hauled the flashing prey across the
 vale? Tho has felt the wet brine stinging on the
 brow When the boat is all a-stagger meath the galee Nho has laid him in the sagging of the sail While the mastheads holding sleepy to the
 moon, And has slumbered till the stars grow dim
 and pale?
 Fill your bumpersl Join the chorus of my
 crooni oh the fickle, fuming, frolic fretting seal oh the limpid, tapping, laughter loving seal
 We who love her fill our glasses
 To the best of all the lasses, And we drink a briny bumper to the seal Eho has lain upon the sloping deck awashf Who has hauled and clewed and chanted in
 the wind2 Tho has watched the mainmast bending nigh
 a-crash,
 While the rival boats a-dropping of behindf Eho has leaned against the creaking, jolting Through moonlit summer night on south
 ern sea? Who has felt the old sea longing that feelP Fill your bumpers, men. and shout aloud
 with mel oh, the singing, signing, salty scented seal Oh, the rushing, roaring, ramping, raging seal On your feet and clash your glasses, ssTo the best beloved of lasses- Here's brimming, briny bumper to the seal''
 Richard Stillman Powell in Criterion.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-17
Notice of Eorfeitnre.

First pubIica.ion Jan. 1o.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

A. J. Head sells and rents high grade pianos at low prices. 9-19tf
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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-17
Nnhnr pn.hn and the Pipes.

Soon after the occupation of Cairo by the British troops the late Nubar Pasha took prodigious fancy to the music of the Black Watch and had the idea of having a servant taught the use of the bagpipes Nubar dispatched French friend, who spoke English very we'll to interview a piper on the subject
 Donald replied: ''Weel. he micht learn or he micht no Bit, let me tell ye, it needs wind an mickle strength tae fill the bags O the pipes an keep blawin. Sac if yin O thae Egyptian chaps took the job on he'd need tae be bandaged a ow're like yin O thae auld mummies. or maybe had bUrat him. sel'." '"
 This conversation was reported to Nubar, who took the piper remarks seriously So he gave up the idea of having a skirler attached to his house hold, as the use of the bagpipes was att tended with the prospect of such dan- ger to the performer. Westminster GaZette
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-17
A SENSATION SPOILED.
Miss Johnson's Death Proven to Have Been From Natural Causes. A Large Amount of Her
 ,JeweIrv Missing,

A Large Amount of Her
 JeweIrY Missing.
 All manner of sensational rumors have been afoat concerning the death of the late Miss Christine Johnson, and hints were thrown out that foul play might have had some thing to do with it. In order to get at the trde facts an autopsy was ordered, which disclosed the fact that death resulted from natural causes. No trace of poison was found and no indications of any kind were found to change the opinion of the physician who had first been called. From the condition of the body when found it was thought that death had occurred about four o'clock in the morning.
 Another sensational rumor which seems to have some foundation IS that about S2,000 worth of diamonds and jewelry are missing. It was from this that the other story start ed. But. instead of the theft of these diamonds having had any thing to do with her death, it Is more probable that the suddenness of her death and the opportunity thus afforded was the cause of the theft. Officers claim to have a slight clue which may lead to the discovery of the stolen jewels and the arrest of the party taking them, but of course they are too shrewd to give it away, as it might reflect on an innocent party, or might result iD putting tho guilty one more on guard.
 By request received by telegraph last evening from the sisters of de- ceased in San Francisco the remains have been prepared for shipment and will be shipped on tomorrow mornings train to San Francisco for burial
 Miss Lena Johnson, sister of the deceased, will leave San Francisco immediately after the funeral and will come to Prescott to lock after the estate.