The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-08-19
BlLkINS IN JAVA
All Kinds Of Fruit Known
to Man Grows on the
Island.

I'd VAou 0IOWo Ou kAAC
Island.
THE GREAT HiNDOO TEMPLE
The Wonders of Little Island King
dom-The Dutch and How They
Manage Their Territorial Coun-
tries-A Land That is Densely
PopuIated-Where Volcanoes Give
Regular Performances-A Won
derful Temple-A Beautiful Gar
den-Curious Plants and Fruits.
Batavia, Java, Aug. 7, 1909.
Correspondence Of The Causcasian-
Enterprise.
l did not intend to visit this island
kingdom, for I thought maybe hit
wuz not worth putin on brakes fer
stop, fer hit IL hardly ever men
toned in the newspapers, an hit iz
not likely that one person in a hun
dred remembers they liz such coun-
| try, or, if they do, they hev an idea
that Java is little sandy spot in the
ocean an that hit IL ov no conse-
Quence. A trip thar will change your
mind.
Java liz a Dutch Island an IL situ-
ated near the Strait of Sunda. The
island, or the collection ov islands,
IL erbout six hundred miles long and
from so to one hundred and twenty
miles in width. Now you air ready
| ter begin ter agree with me that
Java Is ov some Importance. But
wait! Java hez a population ov near
ly twenty-eight millions ov people,
am told, though hit seems improba-
| BILE. Then hit hez thirty-eight active
| volcanoes, awl doin' large business.
No other small area ov the earth
can boast anything like that. Much
ov the country il fiat an so dry that
hit must be irrigated to produce at
awl, an yet Java liz one ov the most
beautiful an one ov the most pro-
ductive sections ov the earth. There
liz vast range ov mountains on the
island and thirty-eight ov the high
est peaks air VOLCANOES, nine ov them
bein' visible from one spot. Az late
ly az 1888 one ov these volcanoes
caused the loss ov thirty-eight thou
sand lives. The eruption wuz so
violent at that time that the noise
could be heard two thousand miles
| erway.
A railroad extends from Batavia
TO Soeabaja, practically the entire
length ov the main island, distance
ov about 400 miles. While Batavia
IL the normal capital ov Java, the
Governor lives at Buitenzorg, forty
miles away At this city liz a vast
botanical garden which surrounds
the palace. This garden hardly hez
an equal in the world in the way ov
tropical vegetation. In this garden
iz a driveway, wide and smooth, an
gigantic Kanari trees were set forty
feet apart on either side; that H.,
they air very large trees now. Climb
ing vines ov nearly every variety
hev bin trained on these trees an
the vines an the trees now exclude
the sun altogether. In fact, nature
seems ter hev tried herself in Java,
fer awlmost awl kinds ov pretty
trees an flowers, includin' the palm,
grows here In profusion. The royal
palm, the cocoanut palm, the sago
palm an awl the known varieties
grow here in unlimited quantities. In
buildin' houses here the bamboo IL
used for frames an floors an the
palm leaves keep out the wind and
rain.
Sugar liz the chief export crop
raised in Java, followed by tea, cof-
fee, and copra. The greatest crop
, raised IL rice. But in Java, az in
food and but little rice liz exported
!, Among the curious plants CROWN
| In this country liz variety ov water
| lily that hez leaves four feet wide
The papyrus from which the ancient
Egyptians made paper, grows in
Java, but liz not now found in Egypt
One tree found here hez leaves OF
pods that look exactly like a talloW
candle. Java grows nearly awl oy
the fruits found in any tropical coun.
try and few not found elsewhere
One ov these, the mangosteen, IL
, shaped like an orange, with NOR
, sci ov pure white enclosed in thick
, hull which is very red. This fruit
, hez a rich flavor and melts in your
a mouth and leaves a pleasant mem
, ory Of many favors. The doekoe i,
y another peculiar Javanese fruit, very
. rich in flavor. The jamboa, or Java
, nese apple, liz conical in shape ant
r looks like white wax. Judgin' from
8 the quantity an variety ov fruit
found in Java, one can awlmost i'm
n agine that the Garden Of Eden WI.
n located here; in fact, I think hi
4 more than likely.
G Java hez a rainfall that amount
to more than ten feet per annum
o But the Irrigation system IL so goo,
r that the people in most sections al
8 perfectly Independent ov the seasons
J. The betel-met palm renders tn
Malay Independent ov the tobacc
TRUST, fer hits leaves air very goo
substitute. However, I prefer rea
It terbacco.