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if it \\V(\};\ x"‘:‘ {4 ¢ ; /__ .a/'j/;qzyi"" - :t \ '\\‘ : \ \:\w\ \: N A \ S :N G Q.:L : - P SN S 75TH YEAR. THE S7. CROIX AVIS : vs printed and published daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansem at the Avis Office. ' TR MS---50 cents monthly 1n advance | 2 cents per single copy. | Kntered as second-class matter May | 26ith 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- | whad, St Crote, ¥ L oftße .5 4. un | der the Act of Mareh 3. 1879. | Contribution to thas paper will be glad- ly received when the same deals with mat- | ters of gemeral interest, and is accompa- *| nied with the author’s name, as a quar- ! antee of good faith. iéhe editor cannot be | responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem. | | fHE SUGAR SUPPLY PROBL M. | A no‘e in The Times Weekly Edition, Miav 21, 1920, point: out that the prob- len of securing a supply of fertilizers | tor Central urope is under serious con- - sideration by the Allied Governments. : The diminished stock of sugar in the | world’s markets is a serious problem in the general economieal situation. With a view to increasing the supply of sugar, it is stated thar definite arrangements | have been made. on a limited scale, to assist Poland to buy fertilizers in return | for an undertaking to supply the United ' Kingdom with a certain quantity of beet | sugar next winter, which otherwise | would be unobiainable. -it is also sug- | gested in -ome quarters that, if Ger- | many could obtgn suj plies of fertilizers, | sne would pbe a%g to add considerabiy to | the worid’s sugar supplies as the resuit | of the coming beet crop.—The Agricul- | tural News, July 10th. ] A French authority states that sea- | weed or sea-wrack possesses the desired | properiies for the production of a good paper puip, and that it offers the follow- ‘ ing peconomical advantages. DBesides turnishing a crop that is very abundant this sea-weed can be left to dry on the ' spot, and, before collection, cleansed by- | a rudementary shaking process. For | transporiation it can be put up in bales. | —lbid. | et | It is reported that a patent has been ! issued’ to an American inventor for a | pipe mixture composed of a combination | of beet pulp and leaf tobacco. Under | tuis process, it is asserted,” the pulp 1s CHRISTPANSTED. V.I. U.S. A., FRIDAY 18%tTH AUGUST 1920. dried: roasted and so prepared that it cannot be distinguighed from iobacco in apvearance, whnile the mixture has a most agreeable flavour.” It is not stated whether or not the'inventor uses his own improved brand. —:ibid. The Nassau Guardian, May 5, 1920, states that a grant of £BOO has been recommended by the “ommittee of the whole House of Assembly of the Baha- mas for the purpose of undertaking sponize planting in the Right of Acklins. The experiments in sponge culture by the Marine Produce Board have been sufficiently successtul to warrant further plantinz on a large scale, and the Bight of Ackiins, which 1s a va.uable sponge field, has been sele:ted as the most suit able area for continfhiing the experiments. —lbid. American honey is becoming increas- ingly popular in Great Britain the pre- lerence being given v Calliorman honeys. according .0 Reports issued by the United States Jepartment of Agri culture. In 1914 the total importations of honey by the Uunited Kingdom were approximately 2,690,000 1. By 1918 this had increased :to 36,500,000 1. of which the United States contributed more than any other country, its share being 16,000,000 b valued atr $5.500,000. —lbid: ' On the authority of the Sydney Morn- ing Herald, it is stated in the Australian Sugar Journal, April 9, 1920, that recent experiments disciose the fact that the water hyacintn contains 1 remarkably nigh percentage of dotash, which can be extracted on a commercial basis. A manu acturing plant has recently been astablished on the Clarence River, where potash from water® hyacinth is being produced for fertilizer purposes. it has been computed tha: the area of waier hyacinth in Swam ay on the Richmond alone, represented &n amount of potash worth more than £ls 000 at present day cost.— Ibid. TROUBLE ARITHMETIC. Ten seconds stoien from work make one distraction. : Ten dis ractions * make one mix-up. Ten mix-ups make one agitation. Ten agzitations make one nervous habit Ten- nervous habits make one nervous wreck. - . - One nervous wreck, divided oy wite ). 18 and children make one unhappy “amily. -—American Paper. WATERMELON NEWBURGH Sabina came over only a month ago on the Baltie, from the Quld Sod. Her sister, here some monthg and aiready pro- fiteering, had a place ready for her with a family in Washington Heights. Sa- bina was delightfully green. Her mis tress had ordered watermelon for de- sert, and when the time came, asked Sabina to serve it, ““Oh, it isn’t cooked yet,'’ said Sabina After the shock subsided, the water melon was found boiling briskly on the £as range, In a large pot. “*Sure’’ said Sabina, '‘ll thought they had to be red, like lobsters, before ye ate 'em. I never saw them things before, anyway.’’ —N. Y. Evening Post. 9 a2 | NG < o N 2 /BEwY \.s;"“i?“'.. X i; # PSP ). 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