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and indusiry in our newest insular pos- s2ssions. Leaving aside the joy which wilt all the istanders upon seeing ihe Congress- men, consider the hardships of the mem- pars themselves. rorced to leave Wash- ington in its hours of tress and traverse the bound:ng biue, Sunlight, soft zephyrs and flying tish by day, moonhzht and phosphorescent spume at night as the ship glides down towurd the Soathern Cross; out of course tne six statesmen will be in eabins, poring over books on the islands which they are about to in- speci. ; 5, Ti e easiest way to go (o St.” I'bomas is via Porto Rico. From San Juan to Charlotte Amaliasruns a vessel which once was thought fast enough to enter the. America’s 'up trials; a grey-hound among the sleepy fleets of the Caribbean and just tae thing for a Congressman io whom con:fQrt is nothing, but we fancy we shail sce a naval vessel slipping up 0 San Juan to take on the naif dozen truin seekers ar:d bear them away, first to St Thomas, rext to St. John and lasi, atter a giance at the terribly named Sridsh possessions, Rum Island, Dead Man’s Chest anc the like, to St. Croix, where liquor once was made: About ti:e middle of February, when it is slushy in Washington, let us think of the Virgin Islands commiscion, sitiing on a trovical beach eating ftreshiy cut pineapples and drinking cocoanut milk, Any Ceagressman n-t on the commis- sion is like 'y to begin wondering whediier all is weil in Guam.—Ezchange.—St. Thomas Bulletin, Jan, 28th. RACE Os SUPERIOR BEINGS ON MOOUN. Vegetation seen alonz Course of i ¥ia Artificia; Canals—oither Discoveries. Boston, Deecr. 12.—According to Pro- tessor William H. Pickering, the Harvard astrcnomer, who recently made a studly of the moon from an observatory in Kingston, Jamaica, there are evidences of a race of supericy beingson theearta’s sageliite which has hitherto been gecarl- od as barren and devoid of all form of life both vegetable and animal.- Professor Pickaering, who has spen. many years as observer of the heavenly bodies asse ts that a caretul study ot the surface of the moon through a tolescopie lens unquesiionably reveals vogeiation in spots on the moon’s suriace, par.icu- larly in anc areund the crator of some of extinet volcanoes. The astrenomer states thatin oniy a single spot nn the moon is the appearance of this vegetaiion green; otherwise as tar as it has bean observed is itke sazeoush or some of the cacti, or black ik~ the lichens. A« the height of a summer’s s lace on the moon this vezetation is even purplish-black near the equator. —Domi- nica Guardian Jan. 15th. S 0 Ll X & WS The meat and fish famine continues. W 2 understand tnat two of tne Roseau butchers called apoa the Acing Admin- istrator several days ago, requescting for permit to proceed to Mortserrat in search of cattle for -he market, but untii a2ow His Honour has not given them his oro- mised reply. Sugar is also nearly unob- tainable in Roseau. —lbid. According to a notice appearing in the L. I. G®zette, the posimasiers of®t.ie vari- ous Presidenciesof the Colouy have been instructed no: to issue Money Orders on Canada and 'he U. S of America of a greater viue than £2 to any one person wi hin any pericd of two weeks. Well mey the people ask what nexc? —lbid. . WRECKED SCHOONEZER The schooner HMenlayson Brothers, boind ‘from Bordeaux, France, to gdar- ba los, owned by H. Jason Jones, Esq., M. C. P.. was wreeked oftf the Hast Point Li:vhthouse at 6 a. m. on Fri--ay, January 2. After the ship bad gone ashore, _our of the crew, said to be naiives of Barba- do-, put on life belts, so the report runs, go into . lifeboat and underwook to go to Bridgetown and take intormation. Ihey ha re noc reacn2d Bridgetowa up to (ne no ntof’time of writing thisartice The boily of a man, presumed to be one of the four seamen w~ho lett rhe wrecked subooner, 1s reporied to have been igt.ud sotrewhere in the roeks oi the coas. iy the isiand. Up to row, however, noth- ing has been .ncard of the oher mea. The schooner 1s partaily covered by in- surance. Full pardicuiars nhave not yet been guathered. Lhe ship s sid to be a ol wreek.—Barbados Agricultural Reporter, Jan. 10ti. SUGAR NOTES. The saccharine m:anufacturers are very anxiogs to ger Conress to p2rmic ihem t) seil 200,00 pounds of this chemical "o retlace milions of pounds of sugar. Dr. Alsberg, ot the Bureau or Chiemisiry, In the hearing of tne recent rescluiion in- troduee 1n Congrass, said that the effect of saecharine 1s not clear and {-ee from doubt. He said thiat it was deiei2:l- - to hcalth. He argued tha toe drioks we.e food and that any use o! saccharine woild be a detrimen: to the public The doc or poured some fin> sh-il firs 1w tha: commitiee mieeiing aliuding o (ne wai and how it had shown us that people did not eat to excess and rhat 1z 100,000 tons of sugar vere (o be rewcased (hat amcant had to be veplaced by someihing else and saccharin: ceriainly was a poor substitute. I'he Deparunent of AZriculwure 15 bringing suit against sone saccoharine manurac: urars ang tnese cases ac 2 pead- ing. Louisiana Plarier, Jan. 3rd The serman governm.ent has put the price of refined sugar for 1919-29 at 51 marks per 100 kiiograms. For raws the price 1s 73 marks per 100 Kkiograms. - [bad. Beet seed is a scarce article ii. Europe anc tbhat which is procurable 1s of a poor quality. President Petrikin of the Great Western SngarsCompany returned two or three weeks ago from a trip to Europe where he investigated the beet seed sup- ply tor the next year. He finds the out- look ter seed not at all encouraging and says that even German bect seed, known for I's remarkable quaiity, 1s of-interior germinal qualities. Mr. Petrikin says that the leading sugar export countries would be import countries this year, the only exception being Czecho-Slovakia which will expo:t & small amount. Hol- land, Denmark and Sweden wil also have a small surplus.—/Ibid. Commiercial reports say that the sGem imports into Mexico in 1918 were wbout 26,000 tons of raws. ‘fhe total consump- tcn 1n the reighbouring republic is placed at 100,000 tons while the local produetion is only 60,000. [bid. I'he Austiian government hus had an agreemeny with the Czecho-Slovakia re- puplic lin which the latter furnishes 71.- 200 tons @1 sugar by September, 1919, lor domestic purposes, 9.100 tons to marmalade, and 88U tons for fruic juices, Lhis sugar was delivered at 820 kronen Pt lUU Klogratns. l'urthermore ‘ne re- puotic agreed 10 send monthly 785 tons of blproducis at 152,5 kronen per 100 KHograms and 8,000 tons of molusses [rom February 1@ Seprember. Ilhe delivery o this eonsignmen: has not beon LOMY on very rapidly as in July tne May dejiver les had not yet been made. |hen the, Austrian governineni was also noiificd that the prices had goue up and (he con. tracted prices sl aside.—/[bid. The South Airican sugar sitaacion has be-u greatly improved by the jate round table agreements becween manuafic urers and eane raisers ii has been proved repaatediy. ibar 3ucsess i1 10, F2iclin g whnat you want as mueh as il 1s what you wanc other. pepie w get The main fact |s 10 see 'ha: ihose who aresarved ge. whdat (d v wanc and t2a and wilnbhis 2oal g nihi sue Wiy wais upou the givec'ais), -lbid. " Oi,) TAT aETs “liICALAl. 'Y‘UifriPLESTrIpIon inled same aay S recelved, cepales dispatched by return of muals, - I, b CORNEIRO St. Thonias 4] =y |