New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-06
UASHTNGTON NEWS NOTES.
WASHINGTON. September ).

Washington September 3
WHERE sHERIDAN'S BODY RESTS.-"GeneraI
-ts,r was no. the only officer who selected me
spe',. III, grave al Arlington" explained one OF
s' ,,pl3ves Of Arlington Ceme;ery TO 4 star
V,or though that impression prevails very
lepaI, Hundreds Of other officers and soldiers
80 ao,e the same thing and there are today IN
~ hooks ut Arlington records OF sites selected by
-. least dfty ex-oIiccrs &nd ey-soldiers who want
- he buried there which is their right II they t'-
10. Al that has 10 be doEe is 10 select the sic.
rhs Government pays all the expenses Of nt'rmtn''
,;cs The grave places regulation monument o"
T. and keeps tho grave in order. OF course. "At'
4. q. preferred. the regulation monument IS A0t H.
.s.cd on. and me privilege = allowed ol "'''..
nr kind Of monument at The expense o. iho-t wa
ne 70 occupy The graves OF OF th'" I'M
or friends Nearly all OF the Army hui So
who have been buried az Arlington - arc
i've or SIX wears have selected ther o"" '''
;,cs and a,iite 4 number Of selections nave
nseu made hy others who eNp"ct To 49,
mere There is trequen. inquiry maze '" 49,
ard d, the site selected by General Sn'ii"A4' ''"
mon which the handsome monument when L. one
Of The many attractions Of the cemetery mas petA
placed from the fact that II i III hIont , % 81 i,
mansion instead Of in The rSar or a. In hi Inv me-
a., :bat General Sheridan himself selected !. Iis
reason for selecting II was inSt ma tn"' P0 0 PbnI
PsJsnn5.5vs II is besides the only site which can
bs coon from the west windows OF me mus WIZ
bis family RESIDES IL va" dosirs= that caused The
election Major Gregory OF me fhsihetr 'oItp,,
MIN WEI was al that time on his STAFF. They were
ratber when lie Site was selected After Genet5l
shSTo% " The GTper rooms OF his residence, had
;oJiHafcd !; 20 the Superintendent OF the cemeieI
and record WAS made OF the 1NdCt Ioc''lo"' MAUI
Grscorv remarked in a pleasant WAY:
General, now would you IKE COMPANY, art.l.
.vobinc would sit ne better; and, If YOU want TO-
Vii stake out claim for yo1, 80 thdt we can rest
'0geI rEInk YOU. General replied Major GrsgoTy;
though am likely 10 come ne, n Sp[ though as it
,iTegory W. his illness was brief Immediatey Gen,
era SneTaan % he ground Reserve place right
here Tor GresOr We d got a qbnk we very will Gasrr
go. dea-h Anyhow are both willing 10
risk ii
Az EXPERIMENTAL TOBACCO FARM
"TbAre is a novel experimental farm in Florida,
,.,aIv n,,t in operation" said George j. McNama-
- =, Pensacola al WIZARDS. You know he
continued that for several years past tobacco
growers in the United States have been endeaNor
NC m nroduce Havana leaf or. AT least. good SUD-
sritute for H. A large amount of money has oeen
anon, in these attempts. far without success
Thev have succeeded in getting the size and color
but with very little OF the flavor. \ company was
recently formed ia m State. with capital of some
$4,000 ana controlling in the neighborhood OF two
thousand acre OF land. for the sole purpose or
cuItivatinc tho Cuhar weed. The company selected
FORTY acres of land at Fort Meade for the principal
sxperiuen- and underlaid the whole with a system
Of mining provided every hundred feet win. sprt.
heads \ large steam pump i used lor lorcihs
the water through the pipes. In THIS manner an
excellent means OF irrigation X obt lned ne M.
cuttings from the crop yielded something ike twenty
thousand pounds and after cutting Nlelueu ~
teen thousand pounds. making total OF thirty ny
thousand pounds. This amount OF leaf can oniE he
secured however with irrigation The tohacco W.
planted with Havana seed. and was cultivated "!
natiye Cuhans imported Cor the purpose As u
takes time TO cure the weed properly there mas
been no test OF the flavor as yet
VOICE FROM ARKANSAS.-"The state OF
Arkansas IS not well known 10 the outside world
and IS consequently much misunderstood sald
X l. Jennings Of Little Rock. recently at the
Riggs Through some lack of push or ddVerts-
ing our neighbors in the United States do not near
much about Arkansas except when our polltCs
gets an airing I'm the press or several negroes ar
hanged by a mob Arkansas. however Is one %
the largest States In the Union. and mas more ha
igable rivers. perhaps. than any OF us SISTERS.
has the best granite in the South anG the pest Co
outside OF the PCnnsy lvania anthracite It's unotI
resources are unsurpassed in extent ana variety,
it's agricultural possibilities are lIHInltabie'
fruit Of Arkansas Is excellent ana FAMOUS "hlc
the mineral wealth OF the State IS beyond compare
This wear we have the finest and best crop OF
cotton ever raised and If nothing happens 70 pre-,
vent everybody in the Commonwealth VIII pc wei
of This fall Yet. IN spite Of all this. Arkansas l.
So