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after earload of sugar arrives here and nobody knows what becomes of it”’ he said, “‘and if the Council votes the ap propriation, I will quickly put an end to the hoarding’’. El Paso, May 24th.--A reward of one hundred thousand pesos lor the death or e:pture of Francisco Villa is offered by the Gowt. of the State of Chihuahua. This ann nncement was made here to- day by the Provisionai Govt. General Gamcros, who added that 2,000 troops had left Chihuahua City vesterday morning under orders to hunt down the bandit chief. Delamare Maze, a Frenchman, is said to have invented and sold tc the French government a gun which in testing show- ed a range of from 109 to 120 miles. Th: muzzle velceity of the shell is approxi- mately 4,158 feet a second. It is known as '‘the Turbon cannon.’’—Signs f the Times. 11th May. : CULTIVATION OF SUGAR BEEIS IN ENGLAND. An aracle in the Journal of the Minis- try of Agriculture draws attention to the formation of a company for ihe purpose of carrving out at Kelham, near Newark, sugar produciion on cominerciai ines. The capital of the company is to be nomin :lly £1,000,000, but only half of this is to be issued, and of this half the sum of £250,000 is to be taken up by the Government, and £€250,000 by the general paolic. ['ne dividend upon the public capital will be guaranteed by the Govern ment for tén years at 5 pgr eant. [t will be seen, therefore, that the Government is taking a very practical share in the work of establishing a sugar industry in England. The home grown ariicle has a preference of more than £6 4s. per ton over the imported foreign article, ahd of nearly £1 19s. per ton over the sugar whici is imported into the BSritish market from British Domini- ons and Dependencies. Kngland is nearly the iargest consumer of sugar in the world. Kven ai the low prices ruling before the war, chere was consumed in the United Kincdom * £25 000,000 worth of sugar every year. This is an immense market, and it seems a piry that England should so long have dispensed with the economic and indus- trial benefits of the great and always increasing demand for sugar. Agricul- tural News. AGRICULTURE IN BARBADOS. * The weather during the past few weeks has been almost as dry as that for the correspondant four weeks of last year, and in Christ« Church the total rainfali ~ for March is less than in any year since 1912, last year excepted. In addition to the absence of rain. the S 1 Ll X A Y 8 brisk breezes which have been perpetual have assisted in the drying proec»ss, and produced a marked change in the eolour of fields and pastures. There is now an earnast desire for a heavy rain to bring about a change, and to refresh the parched fields. Ig spite, however, of the deficiency of rain during the past four weeéks, the total rainfail for the vear to date, both in Christ Cgurch and on the hilis, is 4 inch- es in excess of that at the sama date last year. The youngz cane crop generally is still nolding out well, but in some fields some dry shoots ard yeilow blades have re- cently made their avpearance. The earth, too, is beginning toerack. It is in weather sueh as this that proper tll- age and liberal manuring tell. Nothing can take the place of good tiliage and a well made up basket of farmyard man- ure in each hole. I'he reaping season has beeun faultless. The factories, of eourse, where the ma- chinery is going without hiteh, are not dependent on the freaks of weather, but, even with them showery or calm weather has a delaying effect. With the windmill and’ the steam mill, where tuel is dried, it is ortherwise; but this year with thes~ processes there has been no hindrance ot any kind. It has been tound possible so carry out each day’s programime to erder. The result has been that, in spite of the delay in “tart- ing the crop, the close wiil, at the pres- ent rate of progress, arrive at as early a date as usual. Mt is well that reaping should be as rapii as possible, for the canes are drying and losing their tops. There has been an extra good return from fields here and there, but the yield in general is not more than moderate. The price, however, more than compen- sates for the m~derate yield.—lbid. THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE, TRINIDAD. The destruction by fire of the Victora Institute, Trinidad, is a serious loss from a scientific and historical point of view, not opnly to that island, but to the West Indies in general. The Institute was founded and opened ir 1892 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Jubilee. It was considerably enlarged in 1901, and contained, in addition to lec- ture rooms and reading rooms, an ex tremely int resting museum. Itis the loss of tbe collections in the museum which is irreparable. Lee ure rooms and reading rooms can easily be replaced, but the valuable eollection of geological, zoological, and archeological specimens which were stored 1n the museum can hardly be duplicated. Besides these, there have also perished in the flames . unique historica! documents relating to the early history of the West Indies, especially of Trinidad, which perhaps have not vet even been revrinted. —lbhid. DIAGNOSES PROVE TYPHOID BY THE NEW PROCESS. A new method of diagnosing typhoid fever, which can be performed in ten minutes at the bedside, aroused inter- es* among physicians attending the meet- ing of the American Congress of inter- national Medicine. The test was dis- covered by Professor Bass ot the Uni- versity of New Orleans, who will give a practical demlonstration of the method, "'The present method of determining ty- phoid fever’’ said Dr. F Smithie, secre- tary of the Congress, ‘‘usually takes 12 to 14 hours. A bacterial culture ils made, and a Laboratory examination is requir- ed. Dr. Bass performs a blood-te:t at the bedside which can be done in ten minutes. Such a rapid method would not only permit of earlier treatwment, but would serve to check materially the spread of the disease ' Barbados Globe, £ 10th May. : GREAT RICHES FROM OCEAN. Sunken Treasure Worth Miilions of rounds Sunken tredasurc wotth £50,800,000, has been raised around the British Isles since the war began. The Restoror and the Reliant, twgo salving vessels that were bought bya British concern from the United States navy, havea new device, an oxyace!y- lene flame, which ils worked under wa- ter for cutting holes in the sides of sub- merged vessels. Each ship bhas twenty-five electric pumps capable of pumping 1,000,000, oul- lons of water an hour, and carries t(wo divers, searchlights, line thrywing guns. electric welding plants, rock d»ills and other accessories Each diver is equip ped with a teiephone. : The Restoror iast ye:r recovered one million pounds in gold from the Lauren tia, off Laugh Swilly, and beoth vcsseis are now opperating off New Havern. on the channpel coast. [budi ® % eCeilveaq - W QR E. : - £x S. S. Guian: HAMS,. FAMILY BEEF. CERVELAT SAUSAGE. AMERICAN-CREAM CHEESE. A. R. Mcintosh. Christiansted, 20’ Mav 1920