ES SPRECK LESVILLE. VISIT TO THE LARGEST SUGAR PLAN- TAT ON IN THE WORLD, The Story of Claus Spreokles’ Success as Written by a Honolulu Correspond- b ent ~~ Machinery, Culti- vation, Yield of Sugar, Ete. Labor, [Professor Wayward iu H rtford © But what and where and why should it be visited? It becomes me to answer this quite patural question without any parade of superior informa tion, because two months ago I knew as little about Sprecklesville as the average Sprecklesvillinn knows to-day about Hart. ford. It hus a familiar sound, skin to Tariffville or Falls \illage. In polot of fact, it is a small settlement with a poly- lot population—Chinese, | ortuguese, apancse, | nwaiinns, =outh Sea Islanders, Americans, Norwe gla: x, German lsh, Scot h, on the island of Muui of the smallest of the “Hawaiian group, all engaged in the manufaciure of sugar on the largest plantation in the world About $2,000,000 have already been ex pended in the p ant. Tse muchivery, (all made in the | nited States’ is of the most recent and most approved pattern, the management is intelligent and progressive, the annual yield enormous, aod the whole is the growth of only five years The area under cultivation is about 10, 000 acres One quarter of this is planted every year from July to October. Single joints of the cane, each containing an ey (very much like the eye of a potato) are slanted at intervals oi twelve inches and lightly covered with soil. During the je riod of growth the are weeded often as may be necessary. The most se rious problem is how to obtain an ade quate supply of water. The average rain fall is very uncertain, as may be inferred | from the fact that it varied from 18.71 inches in 1873 to 31..% in 1:8. ‘lhe Panter must rely, there ore, artifici rrigation The S;reckles plantation 1 mirant Lug On 1 Is trenches as watered by two ditches, the twenty miles long, fourteen the bottom, and six feet ings to supply water 10 the rate of from 14,000 to the acre each week itch was about $ Cutting cane for the in January and cleared, the time re the cane to matunty be lo mths pr Clic 1H! OXI i ’ minishing the Twenty miles «¢ erse the plantat changed as the work duce the carryir imum. The can the crusher, which, chain, grinds up ‘in the tl 200 tons of cane per day, daily yield of abo 3 The yield of the varies from three to six tor epending on the fertility of the soil, the thoroughness of cultivation, and the perfection of irri gation. terhaps four tons would bea fair average I he waiting line of between 200 and 00 ears loaded high with cane and discharging their coutents into the in satiable throat of the crusher presents in a very vivid manner the magnitude terprise. The juice Cane tracted is then clarit'e vacuumed, and centrifu over again until it» qualities of sugar The a coarse, gun ket value T of the nearly three pr fos or in Some chemical ise to Ix duum “trash,” crushing 50 OEM) goes Oh eighteen m 17 out resulting in a tons of sugar the ne Ll d ver and MNY oa he ver, com) Sprecki : times Yale coll combinati sful, to rofitable A seling whch pr SUCCes ] into a fertiil as the fiber of proces about na stor #0 are 1stri and e Ke eper us are impelle y and this pressure Zi a4 portation mouihs I an and a read i=ler ( hinese inst the are alleg to e118 in the case of the 3 are industrious facile panionable, quick to take in toms of ¢:vinzation, are rey and not desircus 10 re turn their native a d The South “ea islanders are only tted for the more common forms of men and show no desire improve Portu [ eriment onsitdered a fallure—he me whole temperate and indy wolcen are prolific, conspicu but they are not intelligent, and their ideas of ownership need to be essentially modified, They quite nuch given to reaping when they did not sow I have not yet alluded to Claus Spreckies, the originator of the sugar in dustry which bears his name and in which he is the principal proprietor Al though a Cerman by birth he has lived in Ban ( runcisco since boy hood, and in all Lis tastes and sympathies is thoroughly ident fied with the land of his adoption. 1 have alluded 10 the fact that all his machinery was manufactured in the United States, as were, also, his admirably equipped steam ers the Mariposa and Alameda, plying be tween Fan Francisco and Honolulu. The enormous annual yield of sugar, not less than 10,000 tons, the product of the Epreckles mills, is brought by rail to the litt'e harbor of Kahului, shipped on salle ing vessels, and transported tH Fan Fran. cisco, where the immense sugar refiner of Mr. Spreckles receives and xonverts I into those white squares which have so so thoroughly displaced the tal* shining cones, enveloped in blue paper, #hich are among the memories of our chi dhood. ul Lafegan: To many, ev: nd of kipdrioss weighs but’ sixteen’ ounom | thres while every ounce of meanness weighs sixteen pounds who ome. th Cus 10 on come, inbor to guese ¢ cannot be 1 are on the strious, the usiy are 100 i sri yr ¢ : . y some experie. ce and no Sprecklesville, | oe S| his trouble the | this " fully there would be millions in it FROG FARMING EXPERIMENTS, fhe Profits and Losses Attending the Peculiar Indastry. [New York Mall and Express, “ What do I think of the establishment of frog farms in the United States to sup ly the demand in Europe? It is a fine dea in theory only," remarked u state fish commissioner, “Why do you say in theory only?” “Because it has already been tried. Ex periments in frog farming have proved tutile, and the man who attempts it gets recompense for reveral frog farms have been staried, always with the same result The reason they do not succeed is simply this: it is very difficult to provide prop and sullicicnt foed for them during thelr infantile period I'he birds eat the tad poles and the adult frogs live upon insects leaving their watery, swampy habitation and skirmishiog sround on the land for them. Ina farm they cannot well forag: for lnstets. there are 0 many a limited area It i8 ute to catch Iusects aud gormandize the farm, each other The bab frog 8 greediy devoured by the large bull frog, whe floats along in a stagnant pool with hi mouth open, soappig them up with avidity. It is a survival of the fittest The nttest in this case ure not eno igh t pay for those that perished The embryo elly that floats along covered over with green ooze from weeds, from whose pores 1,000 frogs may germinate in the war of hungry and strong over the weak does not escape. A farm started several seasons ago near Caledonia, in Livingston ¢ unty stale proved an egregious failure and dead expense for the reasons | have mentioned f it could be confined ly impos 10 Batialy hey prey upo HY sibie cnough done success It is of which from the fulfil many a Utopian dream, ment 1 think, will present, ” “Are many frogs New York? *Yes During the summer from 1,000 to 2,000 pounds are eaten They are shipped from (anada princi barrels be thie yuoanrs consumed daily in months daily market hail fresh to this perly The im wholesale pre Ishmnens exp large grocery estabi that anned frogs we Larope ht § no « odd « ince t ipping | re Liiiedd 1 to-day canned frogs rarity 1 sands upon shipped and f large moss their sound frog France hou nr SUN I Ae n thousan Fur 4 is to each They are placed un wiween lavers of W hen 1} all, alive baskets rrive Testing Light-Honse Lights, Experime Or] ratio Forelm Vinh tful “y frig man down tth and his SOTI™ mutter brow witl sausages hic Maria “Why, of coure shall we get?” “With a man started home, Mara the doctor time for go ” dear. How man miscrabl “Take and send for hollow an the for the d« take ¢ hot I'm | R [ or ne swear ol Lin for mae the Fx lave [Atlanta Constitution Nicodemus Jones is one of the shining Nicodemus, Hghts in one of the colored churches in | Gainesville. The other night they were appealing to the brefhren to come forwapl | in and settle their accounts with heaven, the shape of paying up their pastor. Nico demus was eloquently expatintin verty, “Brer Jones,” sald Pontius late Smith, “don’t you owe de Lond sufin?® “Ved™ sald Nicodemus, “I does, but he ain't er r pressin me like dat dar grocery store am. " London jewelers are in raptures over the Guaymas pearl, which weighs ninet Shrav kauth wis was Tound by an Tolan I | Lower California, and is supposed tw be be largest pearl knows. | Many causes have « ontributed on his GHOSTS. RK. Munlkittrick in Atlantio,] Out in the misty moonlight The fist snow flakes [ see, As they frolie around the loafloss Limba of the apple-tree. Faintly they seem to whisper, As round the boughs they wing, “Weare th: ghosts of the blossoms That diel in the early spring.” Progress In Forrestry, The Century Tree planting is be oming sImost uni versal on the great prairies of Minnesotn, Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska, where if once was Lelieved no tree would grow to this re prominent among ther timberculture act passed b ten years amended in 18, in IX, Already 98,246 entrie 1 made, the area covered by them being 18 40 ncres. Nearly one fiit of this ast area was “entered” in 14K wh ch shows the growing influence of th princely premiums o ered by cong es ind by many of the Wester states to en courge tree planting The timber act may peed amendment to prevent fraads, bat recent inquiries of those who have had the largest experience aod observation in Min nesota, Lakota, lowa Nebraska an hw convince me that its bene ts hay been so manifest as strongly to eomme. d it to the people those states Nan settlers have planted much more than the required ten acres in their 160 acres, o “quarter section ald a Nebraskan “We have thousands of trees, thirty 10 forty feet in height and eight nin inches in diameter, grown from seedlin or cuttings planted less than Sem year ago. The fuel problem is settled fo many farmers The and land ar already worth three times their cost, ” markable result, being the CONYTCRS ind again have ber or Igo, fy further Sis in Or Lrees Mary and William ss Names, God Words was shown to be Aid commonest It distinguished 6.51) g Mar name cal nleresl some Was Sarry Me Spo is X0u when | rich them what do they give old clothing Why your head Oh of-alms * the don't What put that in because you sald have coats they A Ta 1 sary. “Father, what isa In Johnnie the other himself round the parlor “A luxury? Why, its lon’t really need, you know wan do without “Well, then, ” replied the logical youth “what a luxury a mosquito net must be in winter. sury "asked Jit night as he stove something wg a thing we wrapped Morning-Glories All Winter, A lady in Indianapolis has had morn ing glories blossoming in her parlor all | winter. She placed, by se ident, a small lant in a pot with some other slants and | t continued to grow In the house It soon blossomed and has been fo flower every morning during the wiater, Cultivation of Madder, The cultivation of madder was und r takon by a farmer in Erle county, Oblo, in 1842, and was reported as very profile. ble. No one seems wole to F0n reason why its cultivation has been abandoned. Railroads, BY JD EAGLE VALLEY Time Table in effect Muy, 1 WEST WARD. Exp AM 45 AK | Lave Lock Huven «4 Flemington... coin 4 Mill Hu a tip 4 Beceh Crook Eagles Hownrd Murths..... Port Mutiids ating. cccus sennseesinenc 8 87 8 OB Fowler #4 06 Bld Engiv, sessassasunnnn BO : 6 19 Val sini veicinsni [ 6 24 Arrive nt Tyrone... { 6 35 AM 10 Leave Tyrone, Enst Ty re Bud Eng onsen ‘owler.... MHannub Port Mati Harthn...... cen oF A sss 00s sasunsss Unie Snow Shoe 24 | oO $2 Milesburg...... K O35 8 9 45 | 10 0! 10 8H 10 U4 10 24 10 34 10 #l 14% 10 BVI, Mount Eagle Howard Eagleville. oa conus je b | Fas R reinnsrs * Mill Hall... Flemiaglon. ee on. Arrive st Lock Haver oy FONTE & SNOW SELLE {.—Tir >) RK LASTWARD JENNSYLYV bila, & after Ma "Arrives NIAGARA Erle Mx Erie with trai an LS & 8 Corry with KR Emporiun with B., N. } RR, 1 at Dril wood with A. V NE 1 LSON, (en Sug t CANCER CU RED. No disenses have a hiy baffled the skill of the bao yids profession A sancerous affections and as they have ak ways been considered incurable, it has been thought disreputable to adopt toeir treatment as a specialty ; and hence physi- | cians have neglected their proper study. But of late years new and important dis coveries have brought forth a course that now proves successful in any of its forms, | with certainty, without the use of the knife or caustic plasters, We have a | trestmeont that is comparatively mild. Tt {is rot [aanon, does not interfere with | th + healthy floah, can be applied to a id the body, even the tongue. We ¢ nothing or our services until the ean: or is cured. D. J. HULBERT Centre Pa. Co, - adding siadeunisitiinds at RR rgstthe Oxxran DENOORAL Groceries, SECHLER& CO. Provisions,* FOREIGN FRUITS and CONFECTIONERY. MARKET in Connection. AM other MEAT SUGARS grades st Grmmnl ites price STONEWARE ~Ju « Iwizan of all the destrnbiie shaperd juniity of Akron ware, This is Phe mont sutls factory goode in the mark of. VOREIUGN fromhiest go | rment EY RUPE «Good ber gaine in all grades FRUITS Oranges and } lemons of the wade to be hind We bu ’ ¥ tom best sid biter nth MOLASKAS .. Fi Orleans nt Bc por gullon They are a al Bt marin ST Om oer Bre AS y p fog fruit jus wp pare. Tha ng yi Ruows the Maron jar, but me. Buy gret , We 4 Brexk Cn mrad COVYEY Fi and roasted TOBACOOR « Al) the new and desir je brands " oy pra "it #4 nu §inme 1 10 A RE, —Bpocinl attention gives We try to sell the Best 2for Gc and be cig . rth m fan the Serence in pr § Hynon 0c ROK per pound. [oper Fine supne cure | per § FEI er Gc. Be inne . and Med Bef ‘ Bulong, Us i al t ' v Phe ng ited Mes d We guarantees every Proce nd Black, ta, BO A very Sue re Input Lon ' srgain in Yosag Hyson at 40 Huson Nak wd fmeat wen OUR MEAT MARKET. We have fifty $n dress for our msrket wanted We pein ‘ getting Boe lambs snd sivas By 1 baves fine flock albwad Our customers can Tepend L 4 Eeiting Goo nnd wt all tithes w Locmbey 1 per pound ’ ne give attest) CHEESE Finest full cre IN 1 re odd rider { vu ” 4 - i Fate ol : 4 u 1 h MECHLER & OO F " 0H wile this goods is orth ’ r ® En i ¥ * LL EROCERS & MEAT MARKEY \ two guilons m neg y 5 EA bash Wonse Block, Be'letonte, Pa Dr.Ryman’s Indian Vegetable Balsam FOR THE LUNGS AND THROAT. wwtion, C in IDisenses nr t und Inflsmed Lu: Lansun Hoarseness, Asthma fron f1 M0 an irri- 4K —t R Vii Ian's Pure Yeoetahle Remedy. RYMAN’S Columbian or Liver Pills, General Family Medicine i, Caring Liv mp males are Nes neia 8 In in all wo be- sint, and J gi § IT FERAEH Trew : of par Bich coses they have be come deservedly popular. Acting on all the Glands of the Body, d Lspecia Hy the Lit eT. ve Ustbhaat rgans 3 ter fron ne 4 g the moviog «f blood, th nal alll entire Renov CARMINATIVE, lera Morbas sysiem. RYMAN'S For Dysentery, Diarrhoea and Che provi DREN TEETHING . It isthe moet Griping th vil A tr al wi *No mother FOR DYSENTERY. Dysentery have speedily yielded t the magic If taken according to directions suc cess is certain Ryman’s Worm Syrup, more deservedly chara For the remosal of worms no medicine was ever than this. Hundreds of cases of the most g have been cured, and the lives of many children saved, and some of them after other remcdies had been vain, and almost every hope had fled, Dr. Ryman’s Catarrh Snuff. This is ove of the most reliable and pleasant remedies for Catarrh and Cold in the head ever ed. Under the influence its mild, healing and curative properties the disease soon yields. Try it, and we believe your verdict will be, not one of the best, but the best, RYMAN'S PAIN CURE. This general remedy, for both internal and external is not surpassed. by any like remedy before the public, for Colic, Pain in the Breast, Side or Back, Pain in the Bowels, Headache, Colds, Sick Stomach, Dyspepsia, &e. The steadily increas ing demand for it is uumistakable evi- dence of its popular favor. Ryman’sNepenthe or Magic Liniment Sprains, pag amps, Croup, Quinsy, Neuralgia, Burns or Soal Is, dc. FOR HORSES AND CATTLE. rains, Sore Shoulders, Sore Back, Cats and Sores, it is the For sale by Druggists aad distressing r L1s00ver Oi EL A Sovereign Remedy for the care of Rheumatism, Sore Throat, For Sweeny, 8 most reliable remedy before the public. Country merchants, H. A. MOORE & CO. Prpids vol 1.8-1y. HOWARD, Pa, “
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