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The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11
THE OVERLAND .,m,rrp..

The Mongolia, which sailed for San
Francisco yesterday, carried in her
mails the title deeds and patents for
the land on Molokai set aside by Gov
ernor Carriers proclamation as the site
for the United States leper hospital,
together with the opinion of United
States District Attorney Breckons as
to the validity of the title.
These papers will go to the office of
Surgeon-General Wyman, the Breckons
opinion going likewise to the Attorney
General of the United States, and as
soon as they have reached Washington
1t is probable that work will be COM
menced on the hospital. The land given
for the purpose is a tract containing GAO
acres.
II think that the title will be &C.
cepted." said United States District
Attorney Breckons yesterday.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11

The Attorney Generals Department
has taken up in earnest the matter of
the defense of the tax appeal cases all
over the Territory. Yesterday Attor-
ney-General Andrews himself left for
Maui to defend the appeals brought
there, and next week Deputy Peters
will go to Hawaii and Deputy Fleming
to Kauai for the same purpose.
The biggest case on Kauai, by the
way, is that of Gay & Robinson, the
firm owning the island of Niihau, and
the lands of Makaweli. as well as other
lands on the Garden Island. The Tax
Assessor valued Niihau at $3.50 600,
whereas 1t was returned by the owners
at sS1,170, and the petition of appeal
asks that II be reduced to that amount.
on the Makaweli lands the value hand
ed to he Assessor was 1915. 4S5, and it
is asked that this amount stand as the
assessment instead of s4O0, 900. which
the Assessor put upon it.
The firm of Gay & Robinson, by the
Nay. is one of the closest, as well as
the biggest, in Hawaii. According to
the tax appeals. everything is held in
comm, n, even the household goods in
the Gay and the Robinson homes being
fi,m property.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11
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THERAPIOIy.

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blood. scurvy. pimples. spots. blotches, pains
and swelling OF joints, gout rheumatism, and
all diseases for which IL has been too much a
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the destruction OF sufferers teeth and ruin of
health. This preparation purifies the whole
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ITERATION NO. 8 for exhaustion, sleepless-
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THERAPIoN is sold by the principal Chem.
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and without which It is a forgery.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11
By F. NJ. Hustled.

ordered the barber to take off ten
cents worth.
Fine coffee land can be had from the
government at five to fifteen dollars
per acre. If the price were reduced to
one dollar to actual settlers, as it
should be, the Oceanic S. S. Co. would
be able to declare dividends and the
money wouldn't come from the sale of
round-trip tickets either.
THE LoUIssoN PLACE.
In Hamakua is plantation which
fairly illustrates the business of coffee
growing in these islands. / refer to
the plantation of the Louisson Bros.
These two young men started right.
They learned as much as they could
about soil and elevation and sun and
shade and wind and trees and markets
before selecting their land. So when
they saw this place in Hamakua,
they recognized 1t and lost no time in
securing 1t for themselves. In the
years since then they have learned by
experience, that expensive teacher, far
more than they knew before, and their
knowledge thus dearly learned, is mine
and yours and every mans who cares
to ask. I called them up from Homo
kaa and told Mr.. A. L. Louisson, who
answered, that 1 wished to see their
plantation. He had never heard of me,
but gave a cordial invitation to come
up. Sorry / cannot come down for
you. Our horses are all out. Oh, you
have team. Well, drive right up
and stay over Sunday with u.s." 1 was
received with true Hawaiian hospital
ity and spent most delightful and
profitable day. l hope they enjoyed
my visit one-half as well as did.
The plantation has a mean elevation
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11

which costs about 500 per acre per an
num- They will do, say, one half the
picking, which extends from February
TO August in Hamakua or from Au-
gust to January I'm Kona.
Now. to the $3.50 per acre, add 500
for cultivation and s26.25, for one-half
the picking and we have a return of
$s3.75 per acre. These figures presume
considerable outlay for pulping ma
chinery; without, one must deduct
about SOS per acre for pulping.
Coffee should be aged in the terri
tory To store 1t costs one cent per
pound per annum for storage, insur-
ance and interest. 1t is then worth
coffee. Like all other kinds of bust
ness, coffee has its superstitions. For
instance, market value depends en-.
tirely upon the size of the berry, the
variation in value being as much as
five or six cents per lb. Now, as a
matter of fact, the small berries are
of exactly the same quality as the
larger. They all come off the same
tree and are separated into six or
eight different sizes by grader. The
reason why the small berries are
cheaper is because they are more COM
monty adulterated by mixing with in
ferior grades of Brazilian or Central
American coffee.
The housekeeper's favorite brand of
coffee is "Mocha-Java." She will have
no other. Yet I suppose it is a fact
that there never was pound of Mocha
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11
DANGER In DELAY.
PROMPT ACTION MUST BE TAKEN
TO PRESERVE HEARTH.

Kidney troubles are dangerous be-
cause they creep ON so stealthily that
they get firm grip on the victim be-
fore he is aware of it. They manifest
themselves in such varied forms that
they are easily mistaken for other dis
eases.
Make no mistake
Do not delay!
Treat the kidneys nowl
The kidneys are sick and will not get
well unless you use kidney medicine.
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills is the
certain, safe and prompt remedy for
the kidneys only. 1t cures. 1t has
cured people right here in Honolulu
A. j. Cahill, of Fort street, this city,
night Waterman in the employ or
Messrs. 7. II. Davies & Co., Ltd, says:
"Whilst young man / was a sailor
and at one time worked for the Inter-
Island service. / was, however, oblig-
ed to give up sea life on account Of
severe suffering from my back and
kidneys. For this / had tried various
remedies, but the one which restored
me to health was Doan's Bachache
Kidney Pills-procured at Hollister 8
Drug Store They relieved me COM
pletely after years of suffering. If any
one desires further particulars he may
apply5to me. am to be found at Van
Dorn's Ship ,Chandlery, Fort street. {"
You should get the same medicine
which helped Mr.. Cahill. See that the
full name, DOAN'S BACKACHE KID
NEY PILLS, is on the wrapper and
refuse any imitation.
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are
sold by all chemists and storekeepers
at 30 cents per box, six boxes $3.50, or
will be mailed on receipt of price by
the Hollister Drug Co., Honolulu,
wholesale agents for the Hawaiian Is
lands.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11

of 1900 feet; the soil is a deep slightly
sandy loan, rich in humus 1t was a
forest of tall ohia and lesser trees and
brush. The ohias they left for shade,
for coffee scorches in the constant sun.
The rest they cleared away. They
have learned not to burn, for fire burns
out the humus vegetable mould, the
soils must valuable ingredient They
have planted 800 acres of Guatemala
trees, 200 of which are in full bearing
They say the Guatemala tree grows TO
larger size and bears a larger crop.
The third year from planting the tree
bears half crop; thereafter full
crop. In Kona are trees twenty five
years old. still bearing well. There is
no trouble about getting trees. They
sprout in large numbers in a field of
coffee and may be had for the asking.
In locations where the natural shade
is lacking oak (Grevillea Robusta) is
planted. 1t is deciduous and its leaves
are a valuable fertilizer.
1 have seen the famous Quezalte.
mango plantations Of Guatemala, where
the coffee grew that took the gold
medal at the worlds fair at Chicago !;
1 have tramped and bicycled pretty
well all over the republic and down
into Salvador, but saw no trees to
compare with those of Kona and Ha-
makua-no plantations TO compare
with that of the Louissons.
Now to grow coffee on an extensive
scale and land it in San Francisco
costs s1-2 cents per pound. In that
market it is worth 12 1-2 to IA cents,
being quoted one to two cents higher
than any other kind This leaves a
profit of, say, three cents per pound
The average crop per acre is 1850 lbs,
making profit of $3.50 per acre.
But let us suppose that an average
family of five persons settles on
tract OF, say, forty acres of government
land. They do their own clearing.
which ordinarily costs abo1t s25 per
acre. They do their own cultivating,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11

five or six dollars a pound. l believe
the history of this Mocha Java fake
to be that a retailer on Market street,
San Francisco, wishing to increase his
trade with people who could afford to
pay good prices. secured a few sacks
of Guatemala Caracol and AL, both fine
coffees and proceeded to advertise a
Mocha-Java blend. AS his coffee was
really good stuff he soon had a fine
trade, However, it wasn't long until
everybody kept it and competition re-
duced the profit. / have seen Mocha
Java" sold at 15c. a pound retail
Nowadays IL you get good quality,
you may be pretty sure it is Kona
coffee of two grades that has gone to
the Coast for a new label and Incl
dentally new price.
l believe coffee-growing has a good
future I believe Hawaiian coffee will
not sell at ten to fourteen cents for
very long, though even at those prices
an industrious American family could
make an excellent living from forty
acres. 1t is a clean, agreeable and not
unduly laborious occupation, conducted
at an altitude that removes the objec
lions to a tropical climate. Congress
at its next session is likely, so was
assured by one of the members of the
Taft party. to do the industry the
tardy justice of placing tariff on cof-
fee. With a protection of. say. five
cents per pound. the industry would
attract the best class of American citi-
zens. and that is what Hawaii needs
most of all just now.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11

cultivates 4 hundred acres or more has
to employ a man whose sole duty II
is to see that there Is a constant labor
supply. No self respecting mestizc
will continue working after he has ac-
cumulated three or four dollars, and
somebody must be found to take his
place. This may sound like eXaggera.
ton, but it isn't. Every coffee planter
knows that he has to contend with
just these conditions. ] would rather
have bunch of Japs who are likely
to go on strike about once every thirty
days, for while they work you know
there's something doing.
LAND.
About land. An impression prevails
land in Hawaii, AS a matter of fact
there are hundreds of thousands OF
acres. Much of it, to be sure, is poor,
and some valueless. But there is
plenty with as fine soil as can be found
anywhere. The best coffee land in
the islands is probably on the lower
slopes of Maunakea in Hamakua, above
the level of desirable cane lands. There
is a tract of 10000 acres government
land now leased for term of "a years
from March 4, 1894, at 1920 per year.
This is all available for settlers, as
there is a provision in the lease per-
hitting the government to sell any
part OF 1t at any time. The Kapahala
ranch of 172,7SO acres in Kau brings the
government a rental of $1,000 per an
mum. or seven-tenths of cent per
acre. The lease win expire in 1907.
Part OF the land is sublet to the Ha-
waiian Agricultural Co., and is planted
to cane
Col Sam Norris owns $4,000 acres
adjoining and wouldn't part with an
acre at any price. The colonel COM
plains that he has to come $50 miles
to Honolulu to get his hair cut. Even
then I was told that when he arrived
and found the cut rate was 25c. he
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11
GOFFEE-GROWING IN HAWAII

If anybody thinks the position taken
so persistently by the Advertiser on
the subject of small farming is incor-
rect he should make the tour of Ha-
wall as did recently and study the
situation. Many very intelligent peo-
pie seem to think the plan of small
farms and diversified industries an
tagonistic to the sugar industry,
whereas the opposite is the truth.
Nothing that could be cultivated on.
these islands would in any way com
pete with sugar, except possibly beets,
and nobody seems to have thought OF
them. Coffee, rubber. rice. pineapples,
sisal, vanilla. vegetables, bananas and
all tropical fruits-all these and many
more the intelligent sugar planter
would be glad to see hourishing, Their
cultivation means the development of
the country and benefits him as well as
everybody else
COFFEE.
Just now / want to say few things
about coffee, and in doing SO j think
I have picked what at present Is the
most discouraging field for individual
enterprise. In Guatemala. which has
heretofore produced the best coffee i'm.
ported into the United States, laborers
get ten to fifteen cents per day Ameri-
can money. Here coffee growers pay
from 500 to s25 per month. To the un-
initiated that would serm to settle the
question OF the profitable cultivation
&c
means. The Guatemaltecan laborer is
worth just his ten or fifteen cents and
no more. The japanese laborer is
worth his sixty-ive to eighty we
cents. So. in the matter of labor,
Guatemala has very little, If any, adj
vantage. Perhaps you wish me to go
into details. For his fifteen cents the
"mestizo" picks a measure of coffee
cherries holding about half bushel.
He could easily fill it by nine O'clock
in the morning il he worked as the
Jap does, but If cramp in his leg or
a volcanic eruption should chance to
get him out of his bed of straw at
daylight and he should succeed in fill
ing his measure by nine, no power on
earth could prevail on him to pick
another cherry that day. On the other
hand the Jap moves as if on springs
and when the cherries are plentiful,
two bags of ninety pounds each are
no uncommon result of his days work
l met Col. Dan Burns, the Califor-
MAN politician. on steamer bound
from San Francisco to Panama. He
was going to his mines at Candelaria,
back of Mazatlan, Mexico. There
were some young Americans on board
and one of them asked the Colonel
how much he paid for miners. He said
soc. a day Mexican silver" (about pc.
American), but If any of you boys
want to take job l will give you 50
day gold" Nothing could better IL
lustrate the undesirable character of
the native Mexican and Central Ameri-
can labor. Every coffee planter who
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11

Yesterday Lieutenant Slattery re-
ceived cablegram from Washington
announcing that the contract for dregd.
ing Honolulu harbor had been officially
let to the California Dredging Com
pany, the lowest bidder for the work.
Accordingly. the contract is now being
prepared and will shortly be signed.
After that is done. the work OF dregd-
ing the harbor will be commenced
forthwith. . NAHl
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11
LET 1T BE KNOWN.

The widest possible publicity should
he given TO the fact that summer diar-
rhoea in children and cholera infantum
can always be cured by the judicious
use of Chamberlains Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhpea Remedy 1t never fails. For
sale by all Dealers and Druggists.
Benson Smith s. Co., Ltd. Agents for
Hawaii.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11
TO JUNE 80, 1905.
TO JUNE 80, 1904.

The taxation values of Oahu this year
show an increase of about $1,200OO0 in
personal property over last year, while
the real estate valuations show de-
crease of about half million. The In
crease is due largely to increase in as
sessments of plantation property, the
high price of sugar having had good
deal to do with the advances Real es-
tate in Honolulu Is assessed at mil
lion less.
The figures in the Tax Office, how
ever. show that as compared with five
years ago there is very substantial
Increase. aggregating ten millions In
both real and personal property, of
which six and a-half millions are per
sonal, The high water mark was
reached in 1908, since which there has
been slight drop. The following ta-
BILE, compiled from figures secured from
Tax Collector Holt, shows the results
Of assessments of the past five years:
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11
a0EblIa-BIenel Fire IlslI0nse CO

The undersigned having been APP
pointed agents OF the above company
are prepared to insure risks against
Ore on Stone and Brick Buildings and
,n Merchandise stC.su therein on the
lost favorable terms. For particulars
.pply at the office of
#. A scHAEFER q CO.. Agta.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11
TAXES SHOW
An INCREASE

SO far. tax returns at the Collectors
office have been very good, the collec-
tons for the first half-year amounting
to ten per cent. more than those of
last year, as the following tables will
show:
To JIrNE 20 1908.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11
North German Marine Insur'oe Go.
OF BERLIN.
Fortuna General Insurance Go.
OF BERLIN.

The above Insurance Companies nave
established a general agency here, and
the undersigned. general agents, are
authorized to take risks against the
hangers OF the sea at the most reason
able rates and on the most favorabls
terms. 80
II. A. sCHAEFER q CO.,
General Agents.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11
General Insurance Co. tor Sea
River and Land Transport
Of Dresden.

Having established an agency at Ho-
aolulu and the Hawaiian Islands, the
undersigned general agents are author
ICED to take risks against the dangers
Of the sea at the most reasonable rates
and on the most favorable terms.
#. A. SCHAEFER & Co.,
Agents for the Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-11

Totals. si,s25.57s sss,siossi s7o,2s5. 800
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-10-20
BUYING OF FURNITURE.
The Importance of Not Getting More
Than Is Actually Needed.

The Importance of Not Getting More
Than Is Actually Needed.
The buying of furniture is one Of the
most difficult things in the equipment
of a home, and it is a singular fact
that many stores which are loaded
with furniture to the roof offer little
serious aid in this most important
task, says American Homes and Gar
dens. The furniture man has, of
course, to suit many tastes and meet
many requirements; his wares are apt
to be most various and diverse. They
consist, without exception, Of goods
Of two great classes, good furniture
and bad furniture. These he displays
with so much art that the good is thor
oughly mixed with the bad. In his
heart of heart he doubtless knows that
the bad furniture is not worthy to
chair sold as a piece of good business,
and he calmly leaves the selection to
his customer. II the buyer cannot dis
tinguish between good furniture and
bad 1t is none Of his business. He is
there to sell goods. He very likely
would not understand what was meant
by the immortality of selling bad
chair or an evil-looking table.
1t is obvious that the great rule In
furniture buying is excellence-excel-
lence of materials, excellence Of form,
excellence of style, excellence in utll-
ity. The word, in fact sums up in one
way or another about all the require
ments that can be demanded of mod
ern furniture. There are, Of course,
various degrees of excellence in furn1-
ture, for a single piece may be made
of good materials and we'll made to
boot and yet be thoroughly ill-adapted
TO modern needs and quite useless as a
household convenience.
Another helpful rule in furniture
buvine is not to buy too much. with
persons of average means this advice
NAV seem superfiuous, for even mod
crate amount Of new furniture costs
considerable sum. But the happy
housewife, intent on making her home
attractive, is very apt to buy more
than she needs and to buy pieces which
NAV be quite unnecessary. 1t Is al
| WAYS well to leave something to fu-
ture time. The table or chair that
| seems SO charming to-day may not pc
found to have any real utility to-mor-
row. It is not the change in fashions
that should be awaited, for such
method would only result in confusion
and unseemly mixture. It is rather 70
avoid filing ones rooms and burden
ing ones self with more than one ac-
| tually needs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-10-20

are, even at times to ourselves! All
my feelings toward Chester Burnham
| had misinterpreted. When he was
prosperous fed from him. When 1
heard that he had failed I thought l
should be drawn to him at seeing him
override his misfortune Now that
| found a blight on him-a blight
which | had in part doubtless caused
I wanted to so to him and put my
arms about him.
How I dared approach him I don't
. know. could not help it, though
expected him to stab me. I was
thtckly yelled, and he could not see
my face. When he had passed me
turned and few steps from his house
stole up beside him and put my hand
within his arm. He looked down at
me surprised and shook me off.
Pardon me-" he said coldly. II am
unaware to whom l am indebted for
this apparent friendliness."
ITO one,' 1 said in a scarcely aud
ible voice, "who is unworthy to touch
you with her finger"
I lifted my veil.
At times there are events comprised
within a few days, hours, sometimes
even minutes or seconds, that could
not be described or If they could be
described volumes would be required
for the purpose. Chester and l are
reconciled. The sadness of his ex-
preston came, he says, not from MS
failure, but from the blow | gave him.
And now 1 have purpose. My life
is to be spent in atoning for my fault
and supplying the incentive for the
man injured to get again ON his rect
TO minister to his every need, to love
him devotedly.
What is my idea of love to-day
Well. the little god has many arrows.
They all shoot love, but none OF tnem
shoots an awakening Of love. 1t was
this awakening that I needed.-Ex-
change.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-10-20


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