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told me that he had already been offered
fourteen cents a pound for his crop.
have Travelled through the biggest coffee
districts of Brazil, Mexico and Porto Rico,
But l have never seen such luXuriant trees
as those on the Island of Jolo. The plGnta-
ton was cut out of the forest, and it's pro-
pretor told me that it was raised with but
little cultivation. Most of the Sulu archi-
pelago is adapted to coffee raising. 1 saw
luxuriant trees at Zamboanga, Min
danao, and l doubt not cofee plantations
would be successful throughout that island
as we'll as on the islands farther north.
LuZon was at one time noted as coffee
producer, but the trees were destroyed by
the blight. OF recent years the scientists
have been experimenting to counteract this
disease and the probability Is that the
Philippine Islands will some day produce a
large part of the SOC, 100000 pounds used by
our people. a.
Old Government Java.
You may remember that one of the best
brands Of the coffee of the past was "old
government Java" This came from the
coffee plantations owned by Holland on
this island For many years the govern
ment was the chief coffee grower here.
II had thousands of acres of coffee es-
tates which 1t managed by forcing the
natives to work upon them in lieu of taxes.
These estates yielded a vast revenue. From
1881 to 1878 Java turned into the Dutch
treasury about $3.50, 0,000, and the most
of this came from conee.
The government is raising good deal
of coffee today, but the business is gradu-
ally going into the hands of private par
ties During my stay in Java have Wis
tied a number of the government planta-
tions and have also gone over some of the
private estates. The government lands are
worked on shares with the natives, the
Dutch getting the lions share. When Mar
shall Daendels took charge of the govern
ment many of the native princes had cof-
fee estates which they ran with forced
labor. The Dutch East India Company
took it's tribute in coffee from them and
arranged with them to buy the balance of
their crop at just about l cent a pound.
Daendells urged the people of the high
lands all over the island to plant coffee,
and he remitted taxes on this account
This policy was continued later on, and
shortly after the English left Java every
family of certain districts was required to
keep 1000 coffee trees in bearing on GER
tain of the village lands and to give or
sell two-ffths of the crop to the govern
ment. They had to clean and sort the
coffee and to deliver it to the public ware
houses. Here they were paid about 3 or 4
cents a pound for 1t. and this, notwith-
standing the same coffee was selling for
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about thirty-twO blocks of the best business
and residence property of the town. If he
should be sustained in his contention for
the entire tract he will own the whole
town. Furthermore, he will have a tena-
BILE claim for big damages against nearly
every occupant of the place for the con-
hscatlon of his property for interference
with his business and for rentals up to
the persent time
The Usual Fate.
Moore's experience proves that the pio-
neer who goes ahead and breaks down the
way for others to follow generally receives
small consideration at the hands of the
multitude when it comes after him. He
went to Alaska in the eighties, and for
several years had an exceedingly rough
time of it. After settling upon the Skag-
way fiat, he invested every dollar he could
rake ana scrape in improving it. When his
money gave out he went to work in a saw
mill. and he also made considerable money
at the hazardous work of carrying the
British mail into the interior He was the
nrst man to take a dog team over the
Skagway trail, and 1t proved a bitter ex-
perience. The snow for many miles was
discolored by a trail of blood from the
lacerated feet of his faithful MaIamoots
lie camped upon the present site of Daw-
son with George Carmack. the dscoverer
OF the klondike, just two weeks before the
latter made his wonderful find on Bonanza
creek. Even before that time Moore had
been the entire length of the Yukon river
ally, in his town site controversy with the
people OF Skagway, but he has paid a
pretty dear price in hardship for all he
may get out of 1t.
Claims to Distinction.
Despite the fact that Skagway's history
has been brief and stormy, she has more
than one claim to distinction. She was the
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Lord Rosebery's Descent.

From the London Chronicle, September 21.
The Earl of Rosebery appears to have
been the right man in the right place yes
terday, and this in more senses than one.
His lordship it would seem, had genealog
ical claim to deliver the Mlenary oration
An antiquarian correspondent informs us
that Lord Rosebery has a clear descent
from the great king of the Saxons through
Princess Margaret, sister of King Henry
VIII. She was the wife of the ch!valrors
but rash James, fourth king of the Scots OF
that name, who came to grief at Flodden
and their son and successor was James v,
the father of that most romantic of Irin-
cesses Mary Queen of Scots. Queen Mary
had half-brother, the Earl of Moray, the
same who forced her poor trembling hand
to sign the deed of abdication, who founded
a line of mobiles, the fourth of whom gave
daughter as wife to the ninth Earl of Ar
gyll. He had the misfortune to lose his
head at Edinburgh for opposing James II
of England, whose representative is Mary
H. otherwise the Princess Louis of Ba-
varia. This Countess of Argyll was mother
of the next earl, ancestor of the fourth
duke, a sister of whose was Countess OF
Rosebery, and great great-grandmother OF
the present noble earl"
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COFFEE IN JAVA
How the Government Plantations
Are Managed.
BEAN PLANTED UNDER SUPERVISION
Have Paid Many Millions Of
Dollars
T H E PRIV ATE ESTATE S
Copyright, 1901, by Frank G. Carpenter.)

Copyright, 1901, by Frank G. Carpenter)
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
SAMARANG, Java.
From the coffee island of Java 1 write
these coffee notes for the greatest coffee
lovers on earth. The Irish are famous as
whisky drinkers, the English as tea drink
ers, the Germans as beer drinkers, the
French as wine drinkers but the Yankees
lead the world as coffee drinkers We con-
sumo almost half Of all the coffee grown
upon earth. We annually about eight
hundred million pounds, or on the average
more than ten pounds a year for every
man, woman and child amongst us. Our
coffee bill in 1900 was more than $02, 600 600
and within ten years we have spent as
much as $SI5,o00,00O for coffee alone We
take the best of the Java coffee. The ex-
porters here tell me that the cream of the
product of this island and Sumatra goes
to the United States, and that the most of
1t is at such high prices<th it sells only
to the rich. We take the bulk of the cof-
fee of Brazil, and of recent years are buy
ing much from Central America. Our con-
sumption is on the Increase, and there is
no doubt but we shall be spending from
$50 000, 600 to 500 0o0. 600 annually for cof-
fee during the rest of our national life.
Coffee in Our Colonies.
Inc matter is being studied by the Agri-,
cultural Department in Washington, and
within the next few years experimental
coffee plantations will be established in
the Hawaiian Islands, in Porto Rico, Sa-
moa and the Philippines At present the
only coffee-producing country we have is
Porto Rico. 1t grows some of the best cof-
fee of the world-coffee which is better
than the average product of Java, but
which, owing to the lack of knowledge as
to its excellency, Is sold chiefly in France
and Spain. Porto Rico produces "a, 900, 600
pounds of coffee a year, and its product
might be made ten times as great as it Is
now. ",
The Hawaiian Islands are just beginning
to raise coffee. There are about 800, 600
acres there which are now being developed,
and the plantations are paving enormously.
During my stay in Honolulu I was told
that coffee raising netted 40 per cent on
the investment, and that the Island of
Hawaii had already extensive estates and
that more were being laid out.
In the southern part of the Philippines,
on the Island of Jolo, l found a German
named Shuck who had a plantation of So
600 trees. l went over the property with
him and found every tree loaded The trees
are only three years old, but they were
breaking down with fruit and Mr.. Shuck
Evening star., 1901-10-12
Value of Fresh Air,
From the Portland Oregonian.


Sleeping in the open air has passed the
life limit of a fad and assumed the pro-
portions of a habit. 1t is, moreover. a
growing habit, the motto of which is with
nothing between you and the sky" Only in
summer Is it possible to push this habit
to the extreme, of course, and even then
so meager are the sky sleeping accommoda-
tions of the average home relatively few
can enjoy the luxury indicated in the motto.
The number of persons who take to tents
and repose in hammocks swung in the omen
air in the summer, how, r, increases each
year. This is particularly true of young
children, hundreds of whom during the
past summer were emancipated from stuffy
nurseries and given their maps on piazzas
and balconies or upon the hand breadth of
grass plot dlgnii1ed by the name of door
yard In city homes Such children in their
plump beauty and infantile good nature.
are the best possible witnesses to the eff
cacy of the "open-air sleeping cure" if
cure it may be called, since more properlv
speaking, 1t is a preventive instead
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FALL.

Ten for The Evening Star by c. H. Doing.
Flecks OF yellow, blots of red,
In the green boughs overhead;
Withered herbage in the grass
OF the pasture where l pass;
These and many other signs,
Midst the cedars and the pines.
Seen as plain as light at dawn.
Tell the tale that summers gone
Summer gone, but linger still
Beauties rare on plain and hill;
Tints that rival rainbow dyes
Set In summer evening skies.
Gemming meadow, fen and lea.
Bright as shells from out the sea,
Summers gone, but left are all
The countless splendors of the fall.
All the fairest flowers remain;
Golden rod in endless chain;
Daisies fnterspersed like gems,
Bend and bow. on graceful stems:
Asters sporting everywhere,
Blue-eyed beauties bright and fair:
Late rose blooming on the lawn,
Needless that the summers gone,
Bob-white in the pasture land,
To his sweetheart near at hand,
Pipes his love notes, soft and clear,
As those trilled when June was here,
Flicker teeters through the air,
Quite as IL he did not care
Whether seasons go or stay;
He'll be happy either way.
And the fiicker's view is mine;
Winters frost or summers shine,
Each has pleasures. heaven sent,
For the heart where dweils content,
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happen to brighten Skagways future. But
in any event she is the natural gateway to
the interior, and is destined to remain an
army post, a transfer station and an objec-
tive point for tourists.
FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.
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be farther from the truth, so far as the
summers concerned. 1t is true the
season is very short, but the days are
balmy and the nights are cool. This trip
via the long inland waterway offers di-
Evening star., 1901-10-12
A Golf Term.

Reproduced from Leslies Weekly. BY permission
Copyright 1901. by the Judge Company.
Evening star., 1901-10-12

THE MODERN MISSION CENTURY VIEWED AS
A CYCLE OF DIVINE WORKING; A Review
OF the Missions of the Nineteenth Century. with
reference 10 the Superintending Providence OF
God. by Arthur T. Person. New York: The
Baker 4 Taylor Company. Washington: Vim.
Ralantyne &
The sun., 1901-08-10
BY COLOMBIA.
Minister of War Leads a New Force
Into Venezuela.
WHAT WASHINGTON THINKS
officials There Do Not Regard the
situation AS Serious Yet, but
Desire to he Ready Should
1t Become So.

Washington, Aug. "a dispatch
from Wlllemstad, island of Curacao,
says:
..The Venezuelan government an
nounces that new Colombian inva-
sion has occurred near Colon. The
invading force is commanded by the
Colombian minister of war"
Neither the state nor navy depart
ment is able to throw any light upon
the above dispatch. An explanation
suggested is that the Colon mentioned
is not that on the isthmus, but some
obscure place along the Venezuelan
frontier.
No further official reports have come
regarding the situation ON the isthmus,
and the officials appear content to rest
for the present with what has already
been done in preparing to protect
American interests. They do not re-
gard the situation as serious. but de-
sire to be ready If it should become
serious.
The battleship Wisconsin has not re-
ported her departure to the navy de-
partment, but it is expected that she
will be on her way south very soon.
As san Francisco Is over 5000 miles
from Panama. the battleship will prob
ably proceed further down the coast,
probably to san Diego, Cal, and there
await developments on the isthmus.
The navy department has not yet de-
cided whether Commander Nathan Sar-
gent will take the MachiaS all the way
to the iSthmus or be succeeded by some
other officer.
The sun., 1901-08-10
500 Reward, 500.

Tie rcaicrs Of this paper will be
Plcls"l u learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able I" cu3 III i'll its stages, and
that il t'atarrh. lEHl's Catarrh Cmn
IL The only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. GataIrh being con
stitltionnl disease, requires constitu-
lional treatment. Halls cntarrh Cure
is taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and muSconS surfaces Of the
system, thereby destroying the fonnda-
ton of Tho disease. and giving the patient
strength lis building up the constitution
aud assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprirtorS have 50 much faith in
rs curative powers, that they offer Que
Hundred Dollars for any case that ii
fails 10 cure. Send for list Of testi.
Address. +. ]. CHENEY & co.
Sold by Druggists, T5c. Toledo, O.
Halls Family Pills are the hest.
The sun., 1901-08-10
So. ~
DENIAL BY MOVES.
Alaska Judge Answers the Charges
Nude Against Him.

Washington, Aug. 81 Tho depart
ment of justice has made public TN
answer of Judge Arthur ii. NoyeS t.
the charges preferred against him iii
the administration of his office of init.
cd states district judge at Nome, Alas.
ka.
Judge NoyeS details the story Of his
trip TO Alaska, giving an account Of
the acqnaintanceS made upon that jour
ney, more particularly the acquant-
ance Of Messrs Mckenzie and C'hipps.
who have figured SO largely iii connec-
tion with the charges against tile
judge. and denies that he had amy com
munc;tion With either Of these gentle
men with respect to the business of hi;
court on his journey Or nj any Other
time
He takes up in detail the sarotl
charges against him and specifically
denies each and every allegation there,
nf
The sun., 1901-08-10

ously Ill for some time past. The Duke
Of Chartrcs served during the civil
War on the staff Of General Mcclellan.
way 10 the United states by way Of
san Francisco and was to have passed
some time at Newport this fall His
uamc had been mentioned as ii sutton
for the hand of a we'll known .4meri.
can hciress, and at one time he figured
rs Il sutor for the hand Of the eldest
sister Of the young king Of Spain, the
Infnnta Maria dc las Mercedes, whu
was married III February Of the pres.
eit year to Prince Charles Of bourbon,
son of the Count Of oascrta
The sun., 1901-08-10
Visiting Relatives Here.

j. ID. Thompson, Il brother of William
T. Thompson, Il foreman with the Harlap
~ IIolingSworth Company, this. city.
with his fanny are visiting friends and
relatives here and will visit Easton.
Md. Mr.. Thompson Is !, member Of tht.
firm of Rasner Dinger X Co. sheet iron
workers, etc, Of Pittsburg, PA. lie i
Il son Of John Ill. Thompson Of Easton,
Md. His wife, who Is il daughter If the
Rev. w. w. Campbell Of this city. viii.
remain for few days with her daughter.
ut her fathers residence on the High
lands. before returning to Grafton, !,
beautiful suburb Of Pittsbure. whepr NJ.
Thompson has a pleasant home.
The sun., 1901-08-10
THE sELBY ROBBERY.
Police Relieve John winters Is the
Man Who Stole the Gold


Mnn Who Stole the Gold.
san Francisco, Aug. 3. John Win.
tiers, alins "Buck' TAYLOR, now in Gus
toay, is claimed by tle police to have
been the man who planned and exc
cuted the robbery Of the Seby smpltei
At Vallejo which netted S2S3. 900. The
stolen bullion, the police believe, is
buried near Winters cabin, not far
from the smelling works. or sunk in
the shallow waters Of the bay near by.
Winters is n man Of some education.
but from the day he landed in Ameri-
q from Prussia he has been rover.
seldom Stayihg more than n few months
IN amy city. Since he arrived i'll Crock
1T seven years ago he has lived her
inits life The fact that his cap was
found III the tunnel is considered one
Of the most damaging bits Of evidence
against him.
Fifty men have been graphing along
the bottom of the Carquinnz strait III
the hope Of locating the stolen gold.
The sun., 1901-08-10
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

William Dogenshntz, colored, II
Odessa, Del, was badly wountad in a
drunken bra1l Thursday night.
Charles Gawthrop, an empo oye Of The
Hotel Wilmington, VINO is sick, was
taken to the homeopathic Hospital iii
the Phoenix ambulance yesterday morn
ing.
The Harlan 4 Hollingswoith Com.
pany received telegram Yesterday
morning stating that the ferryh, at Lake
wood had arrived in New York III good
condi ion.
DIR. w. L. s Murray viii occupy Iis
pulpit in 81. Pants NJ, +. Church tomor.
row morning.
Airs. William i Woodward i sm4FI
irs tho summer 1T I"hpnoth.
The sun., 1901-08-10
wnshrne va Eastldlou. K;osm,n

II
Lawrence, earl Of Eerrers, Il distan,
relative Of George Washington, had a
most tyfahilical temper, ana one day IN
J Ut " passion he cut down with his
Sword his steward, an old gentleman
h2Med Johnson. The latter had given
no pr0Socation for the deed, and the
crime was an act Of brutality inexcusa.
bic save that tho earl may not have
been well balanced mentally. He was
brought to trial for killing johnson
anu demanded ana received the priyl
lege Of being tried by his peers
The house Of lords was thronged dur
ing the hearing. The evidence proved
to be conclusive, and Fcrrers was sen
fenced TO be hanged at Tyburn. An
peals Wrte made 10 the king for elem
ehcY. bul in vain Ferrers met Ills fat,
with considerable bravado. He wa,
carefully attired for ihe occasion ant
insisted on providing a slkcn cord 70,
the ceremony. To this whinr the execu
lloaer agreed, and the carl was turned
on otherwise like amy other felon.
The sun., 1901-08-10
MILITARY INSTRUCTIONS.
officers OF N. G. ID. will Meet on
Monday Night,

At the Armory on Monday night ali
officers oil the N. 6. D. will NEE for in
struction. This is the first military
school OF instruction for the officers.
Col. Townsend will be in command and
will be the instructor. Col. Townsend
has issued the following order on the
subject:
Headquarters First Infantry, N. G. D.
Aug. Z, l30l.-General Order No. II:
In pursuance to General Older No. 9, A.
Il. o., c. s., the officers Of the First In
iantry, N. g. D., are directed to report
in fatigue uniform without side arms, at
the Safe Armory, Wilmington, at 5 p.
H., on Monday, August IL.
Each officer will bring his Manual, Oh
drill tactics to this meeting.
Theo. Townsend,
Col. 1st Inf. n q. ID.
@. P. Cotton, Adi't.
The sun., 1901-08-10
Police Cells Empty,

For the first time in long while iii,
rells in the police station were empty for
4 part Of the time Yesterday. From ~,
o'clock in the afternoon until 4.55 o',.lorh
there was not i prisoner IN the Station
At 30 o'clock five prisoners were takp
nnt ~ the cells TO be taken to New ca
lie iail and this cleared lhc place gu
Business started up again when lol
Iofcr and George Snaycy were brought
III ut 4.55 o'clock.
The sun., 1901-08-10
rrave,ins salesman 4 suicide.

Pattsyille, PA. Aug, 3. Peter Berger
of Cressona, a travelling salesman for
Schuylkill Haven manufacturing con
Germ, shot himself dead ut Il hotel III
Warren, Pa lie leaves n widow. The
act i attributed by his friends to the
heat. lie was the principal OF the high
school 1T Mahanoy Plane, Pa, until
about 10 years ago.
The sun., 1901-08-10
Won <etteIer,s Remoin. Ham.

Brenerhaven. Aug. 8. The German
steamer Palatia, which sailed from
Tsin-tau June II with the remains Of
Baron Won Ketteler, the German min
lister at Peking, who was murdered in
the early days of the Chinese trouble,
on board, has arrived here, and the
baron's body has been brought ashore
The sun., 1901-08-10
Cloae CnII For p.,

brussels, Aug. 8. The soir saws
Prince Albert of Belgium, nephew of
King Leopold, had narrow escape
willie riding in a motor. The motor
ran into ditch and turned over, with
the prince underneath it. He was ex
tricated and sustained no injury except
snnaa bruises
The sun., 1901-08-10
Work On Railway.

The Wilmington City Railway Co
operation by September 25th The com
pany placed an order foi rails on April
25th and owing to the great demand fl
rails, I'LL OF the order has not ye: l",cn
delivered. New special work is to i
put down IT Fourth ard Monroe anl
Eleventh and Gharh streets.
The sun., 1901-08-10
Pratesi Again Arrcsted.

For I'll" second time Charles Pratrs.
q fruit dealer, is charged with violating
= city ordinance by ohstrncting tho street
- Fourth aud King. Street Supervise"
e'adwin Sworc out warrant for Pra
tests arrest yesterday. Pratesi was ar
rested un the s,Inr charge a few days
as" and fined 81, the penalty imposed by
the ordinance.
The sun., 1901-08-10
BRowNsoN BEAT NoaRIsTowN
Locals Won Yesterday by the Score
of II to 3.

Brownson defeated the Norristown
club yesterday in well played game by
the score of IL to 2, ibe locals played
i good game both in the field and at
bat. McCmron pitched tie first two
innings for Norristown Schultz maic
] home run, Il three bagger, Il two bagger
and two singles during the game. EoN
who relieved him was effective for three
innings. After .tEis the lCcal players
managed to get their eye on the bail.
Zen hits and six runs We're made jlf
MIN.
The visitors did not have Il chance to
core until the eighth inning. They
irst scored on bad throw made By
'olfey.
'Il,n Sfnl.p fnIInt,.S.
The sun., 1901-08-10

HENRY OF ORLEANS DEAD.
The Well Known Prince Expires In
French Cochin China.

Saigon, French Cochin China. Aug
G.-Prince Henry Of orleans is dead.
The prince was the oldest son of the
Duke of Cllartres and Il cousin of the
Duke Of Orleans. He was born in 1Sti1
aud WIS not married. In 1850 he made
a long voyage of exploration IN Sibe
ria, Tonquin and Tibet, for which lie
was awarded 4 gold medal by the
French Geographical society. lie made
a hazardous voyage into central Africa
In 1892. The prince Ind been danger.
The sun., 1901-08-10
Miss Lewis Dead

Miss Ellie Lewis. daughttl Of Gcor4s
III. Lewis, Of l.inwood, died IN this city
on Wednesday last after i very brict Ill
ness. Her funeral will take place thi
afternoon at t.50 o'clock. lntermcnt Nil
be made At Wilmington and Brandy
wine cemetery. The deceased wns fer
formerly resident Of this city Sh,
was 4 niece Of City Tav vCollcctor1huna.
:. lewis ant Of ]. Hadley Lewis of tlli
city.
The sun., 1901-08-10
THE AFGTUARI Es
Services in the Different Places OF
Worship Tomorrow.
BAPTIST.

Delaware Avenue Baptist Churcn'
Delaware avenue and West street.
Rev. John Shape, pastor. Preaching
~ 1Ose 4. m. Bible School Mt p. m:
@. II. twilight service at 6.45 p. III. anu
preaching by the pastor ut 7.45 p. ~
Special singing at the morning service
by two choirs. Strangers cordially m
vited.
The sun., 1901-08-10
IT
NORRISTOWN.
Score by Innings.

,rownson ...........2 SOOO51O Nil
NnrriStown ...........0 0 0 . 0 0 0 . 0 :
summary Earned runs. Rrownson, a:
nw base hts. McMahnn, Schultz. Wal
q. Mctiamwrl; three base hit. Schultz
lome rim. Schultz: sacrifice hits. Me
lahnf. fiernrN; left on bases. Brown
on, 6: Norristown. 3; struck ont hy
Fay. 4: McCarron. >: Fox / base on
alls by DAY. |; Mctarron. Il Fox. A
assrd balls. Scgrcaprs. 3; stolen bases.
Gilicy, Balirr Cnllman. Gorman:
ionha plays. lInnchman to Mccain.
veil, Walker TO Mcmahon: umpire Daw-
un: time ? hours
Rr"wnspn plays the r. r. r. Y. NJ. G..
y today. Rrrchell will do the pitch
IL far i'll" locals.