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The Washington times., 1907-12-20
Democrats
Go to Grave
Sans Flowers

A dark blue tint, picturesquely set of
with touches OF red, adorns the at
mosphere of the Democratic cloak room
in the House today.
Weeping and wailing. likewise sccrn
and scathingness, fash ominousIy on
the air. That Is to say, some members
who expected large and ponderous COM
mittee assignments fell below their ex-
pectations when the committees were
announced yesterday Their hopes. so
to speak. were carted to the aspiration
cemetery, ard the journey was not en-
livened by the strains Of a military
band, nor was il beautificd by floral con-
tributiOns- II was accomplished by
swift kick and a slow silence.
Several Of these optimistic persons
were put on the tOboggan and given
long. downward ride. After the jar Of
the sudden stop, they discovered they
had been conveyed 10 the cellar and
dumped of at the room OF the Commit
tee on Coinage, Weights. and Measures.
Each one. after his arrival, sprang 10
his feet, busted his clothes. anu looked
been pitched through the rcd-curtained
glass doors. Having recognized each
other. they adjourned 10 the CO Rk room,
knowing the committee is so Important
that II never meets.
A few more were bound hand and foot
and tossed jovlally into the oblivion Of
the Committee or Ventilation and
Acoustics.
Still more tobogganlike trips added to
the sulphurous glow Of the air in the
cloak room this morning. In fact, the
atmosphere was decidedly volcanic.
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WASHINGTON STOCKS
WERE INACTIVE
Prices Show Little Change.
Market Grows Narrower
Day After Day

II anything the duIlness on the local
Stock Exchange is becoming more
dense. There is not much relief, EOr will
there be until normal conditions prevail
i'm the financial markets.
Brokers spend most of their time dur
ing the call discussing possible changes
i'm the annual elections of different cor
porations and the probable outcome OF
the gas cases which now are anything
but promising 10 the insiders who an
ticlpated an easy campaign and q
speedy victory for increased capitaliza-
tiOn.
Today's sales numbered exactly 1l3
shares Of stock and 5000 par value
bonds.
Mergenthaler sold to the extent Of
shares at IS.
Washington Railway and Electric pre-
ferred furnished the rest Of the stock
transactions, los shares at G.. 70 62i5.
with shares at C2lz.
Columbia Railroad 6's sold at 1c5. and
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s
at 1913. That's all.
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EXAMINER MADE RECEIVER
FOR BAY STATE BANK

The Comptroller of the Currency to-
day appointed II. F. Currier receiver
Of the jewelers. National Bank. of
North Attleboro. Mass. He is the bank
examiner who has been investigating
its condition since its doors closed re-
Gently.
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MRS. w. A. BRAINEY ILL;
DEATH SEEMS NEAR

Mrs. William A. Brainey. widow Of a
prominent Washington attorney and
honorary president Of the Mothers Con
gress. Is critically III at her home and
not expected to live many hours. Mrs.
Brainey has been i'll for several weeks.
and 1t was intended 70 remove her to a
hospital
Few women have done as much for
the Mothers Congress as Mrs. Brainey
and the loss of her active influence in
the work OF the organization has been
strongly felt. She organized the Dis
trict branch and after several terms as
its head retired to accept the honorary
pT rs:6ency.
Mrs. Brainey was formerly Mrs. Theo-
dore White. She came TO Washington
about ten years ago and was married
shortly after her arrival.
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CORTELYOU IMPROVED,
50 IS Mr.. METCALf

Secretary of the Treasury CorteIyou,
who has been confined 10 his home for
several days by an attack Of grip, is
reported somewhat improved. Unless
the unforeseen happens, II is believed he
will be able to resume his labors at the
department Monday or Tuesday Of next
week. The attending physician reported
that Mr.. Cortelyou was worse yester-
day, and this caused some alarm. To
day IL is explained that Mr. CorteIvou
Is in no danger if he remains In his
room until Monday or Tuesday.
Secretary Of Navy Metcalf. another
distinguished victim OF the grip. has suf-
ficiently recovered to return to work.
Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell who
caught cold on the night of the Carabou
banquet, is improving. but will not be
well enough TO meet Secretary of War
Taft upon the latters return. Major
General Bell will be represented at the
Taft welcome by Captain Davis, Of his
staf.
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CAPUZAYA co. ORDERED
TO GIVE RECEIVER DEEDS

Justice Gould this morning. In Equity
Court. signed an order directing II. H..
Darneilie. Paul J. Pelz, and F. J..
Heiberger. title committee Of the Capu-
zaya Mining Company, to meet John F.
I.askey, temporary receiver for the
mining company, tomorrow morning. at
the office Of a local trust company, and
there open a safe deposit box supposed
to contain the title deeds OF the mining
company property in Perral Mexico,
and deliver the same to the temporary
receiver.
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Washington Prices

Columbia Railroad 6s, Sl,OOOa1O6.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
IS, Sl.OOCq1OlA.
Washington Railway and Electric
preferred, 5JG62, 5g6Zla, 50462h.
Mergenthaler, Ia1S7, 5GIS7, 2alS7.
GAS BONDS
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YOUTSEY
SOUGHT ASSASSIN

GEORGETOWN, Ky, Dec. 90. s.
Mcknight, the man into whose hands
passed the Marlin rifle which figured
In the assassination Of Senator William
A. Goebel. was today cross-examined
in the trial Of Caleb Powers. McKnighe
said that Henry Z. Youtscy approached
him in the capitol grounds and inquired
II Frank Gross could be depended upon
10 Kill man. and added that Dr. John
son bad agreed TO kin Cioebel, but had
backed out.
The witness said that he warned
Gross 10 have nothing TO do With
Youtsey.
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WASHINGTON PRODUCE
MARKET

The excellent conditions Of yesterday
prevailed again this morning in the
local produce market Prices of live and
dressed chickens and turkeys went up
Y cent for the best grades Of stock,
and sales were frequent at the advance
Receipts of poultry were very good.
Butter was also a few points higher
than yesterday, Western firsts, and sec
onds and process fancy. sold at better
figures than they have brought since
the beginning Of the recent money furry
in New York. There was a barely no
ticeable scarcity Of eggs this morning,
and unless orders that have been IN the
hands of shippers for several days come
in by tomorrow. prices are expected to
so up several points.
Eggs-Fresh. Virginia, 35d34c, strictly
fresh S. w. Va, 3Og3lc; storage, I9a22c.
Cheese-N. Y. factory. large l61zc;
fats, 16c; small 16q171zc; fair 10 good.
l2d1Sc.
Butter-Nestern. first. 31a32c; sec
onds, 25aZ7c: process, fancy, 25q26c; fair
20 good. 21a22c; dairy. choice. 2Oq2lc;
store packed. fresh. 1sd2Oc.
POULTRY.
Turkeys-Live, per pound. toms. 140
fancy, large, I2QI3IEc. medium, lie; small,
l5c; hens, lOc; roosters. &C. Ducks
Live, per pound, spring. 1O4uc. Geese
Sal2c; keats, lOd12c. Turkeys-Dress-
cd, per pound, hens, Undrawn, 13z0l4lzc;
average. undrawn, l4c; old toms. 1Ic-
Chickens - Dressed, large. 12a13lzc;
small, I31kc; hens, choice. l2c; ROSTERS
sc; ducks. 12qI4c; geese, 12q15c.
GREEN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Apples (per bbL)-Yors Imperial,
packed. S2-5Oa40o: Wine sap. S2.O0a4-5o;
Fancy Table, S3.50a5OO; Spy. 8. 2d4. -:
(per box, $2.0O4$2.25. Grape fruit, Flor
IDA, $3.OO04 o. Oranges. Fiorlt.a, $3.50
So. Walnuts, 10, 4q5c. Potatoes. Dbl,
N-0Oa=; sweet potatoes, Dol, $--JOgo- % /,
yams bbl., S2.j0a3. Cabbage 100 $3.50
"a. Cucumbers. bu.. S4O0QA5O- Onions.
bu., 75G S5c. Celery, crate, S3.JOG14 Squash,
Fla, per basket. SLOO4l-5O Beans, per
basket SZ5oH5-O0 Egg plants per crate.
l3543z.Oo. Peppers, crate, N.29g&.Oo.
GRAIN.
wheat-Choice SLOCl1 %; fair TO good.
95clS1-0oi ordinary. 9Oa94c-
Rye-S0Q90c.
Corn-sueIed. white. 61q6gc: sheIled.
yellow, 6yu6lC.
New oorn-Ear. S5OOqS3Io.
mixed. 55HJSc.
Hay-Timothy. Western. No. /, SI7OOl;
1900, Western, No. 2, S16.50Q17C0s West
ern, mixed. S15.5OdI650.
GAME
Rabbits. per dOZ-, Sl-5OU2J0; kits. per
dozen, 75casL26. Quan. per dozen, 81. 5O8
300; small. per dozen. $50. Pheasants,
each, 9OCd$l-25. Wild turkeys. 1lGz0c
Squirrels. each. &c. OpOssums. each.
l5a4Oc WoOdcOck, each. 30G40c.
LIVE STOCK.
CattIe-Extra, per cwt. S4.OOd4 50;
butcher. per cwt.. s.. 25N3. 80; common,
per cwt-. N.5Oa2OO Hogs-i'er cwt.
gross. S5.oOa5-25; ordinary. per cwt. $45
tt5oO. Sheep-clipper, S40U: common.
$3.50. Thanksgiving, choice. 6i-nTc: me-
dium, JlzQ &c. Calves-Prime. per h., Sc:
medium. per To-, 7GTzc; grass, per
ID, 4g+'zc- Cowa-PrirIe, fresh, each.
N98$J0: common. each, S20d3y; old and
dry. $S[flO.
DRESSED MEAT.
Calves-Full dressed. sale Hog
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HELD HONOR HIGH,,
BLACK HAND VICTIM
Italian Dying of Pistol
Wound for Refusing to
Join in Plot

NEW YORK. Dec. 2O.-Hls refusal to
carry out a villainous duty imposed by
members Of a Black Hand society is
responsible, according to the police. for
Francesca Riccobene benig in Bellevue
Hospital dying from a pistol wound. A
hallway in East Fortieth street was the
scene of the attack on him.
The Italian fell in with a gang Of
blackmailers infesting the region near
First avenue and Fortieth street. Ac-
cOrding to Detective CarrOne. Riccobene
was selected TO carry out a plot. He
refused, saying his honor was dearer
than life
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STOCKS, BONDS, MONEY, AND GRAIN
New York Stocks

EQuotatiOns furnished by Post g. Flagg.
members OF New York Stock Exchange, 1891
The Washington times., 1907-12-20
RECEIVER FOR $6. 100000
GLASS Com PANY NAMED

PITTSBURG. Dec. 2G.-The National
Glass Company, of this city. to-day
PASSED into the hands Of a receiver,
W. F. Knight cashier of the suspended
Fort Pitt National Bank. being named
receiver.
The company has a capital stock of
100000 common and S1,65OOOO preferred.
or this N.419,625 common and $l,311 .15O
preferred is outstanding. A. W. Her
ron, who was president OF the Fort
PIT Bank, is president of the glass
company. but q. l. Whitney. OF the
failed brokerage firm of Whitney q.
Stephenson, is understood to have con-
trolled the concern
Little comment was occasioned bv The
VeceivCrship. as II had been expected.
The Washington times., 1907-12-20
NEW DISTRICT BUILDING
PtASTERERS ON STRIKE

AS the result OF a refusal OF H. c.
Owens. who has been experimenting
the plastering work in the new District
building on Pennsylvania avenue. to OBJ
tain a permit to conduct his business
from the local lasterers' Union. flfty-five
men walked out this morning at the
order of Walking Delegate Frank Wal
terS
Thc men who struck were tWenty-s 4
plasIerers. sixteen skilled laborers. ten
COM mon laborers. two apprentice BOYS,
ami the foreman.
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COTTON MARKET OFF;
REPORT CAUSES DECLINE

NEW YORK, Dec. 2o.-At the opening
today the cotton market was firm. The
Census Bureaus report was bullish and
came on n market considerably over
sold Traders began a general covering
movement which soon had the list run
ming away.
Opening quotations: December, 1OS0
Did; January. 1033G10.34; March, 1057G
le5S; April. 1854 bid; May, 1069G10.70;
June. 106sG10-69.
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Calves-Full dressed. sale Hog
dressed calves. 9i1NIoc. Hams-Couutry
sugar cured, 13ul5c. HOgs-Smau and
neat. per cwt, 7971kc; medium, Cd7c;
Seavy, 6Q6izc-
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SHOOTS OLIPHANT,
THEN KILLS SELF

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-James H. Oil
phant, of the stock exchange firm Of
James II. Oliphant & Co. was shot this
afternoon in his office bv a customer.
The man who did the shooting imme-
diately turned the revolver on himself
and died jn a few moments.
Mr.. Oliphant has been hurried 20 the
Hudson Street Hospital in an ambu-
lance.
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months, and this means an average off
about $40 per family. In addition, about I
s10,000,000 arc annually realized FROM
the sale of cotton seed and cotton cake, I
so that every man, woman and child
In the. valley OF the Nile has on the
average 80 worth Of new money from !
this crop alone.
Not only this, hut the cotton yield
Is steadily increasing, and, with the
new irrigation works now under way,
1t will soon be greater than ever. FROM
1855 to 1900 its average annual value
was only si5.000,o00. After the Assonan
dam was completed 1t jumped Ito $40.
100000, and it@is now, as I have said,
over ss0,o0o,000.
A Great Future.
In the past few months the British
government has decided to raise thai
dam. This will almost double the
amount OF water which can be used
FOR the cotton crop, and that means
more cot.Cr and more money. Lord
Cromcr. tho British governor general.
says that the greater part of upper
and lower Egypt can be made to grow
cotton. and that the cotton plantations
will eventually cover more thansi5, 00o,-
500 acres. II 40 per cent.So this area
lis annually put into cotton, at tho pres
q
acre It will produce something like
100000 bales per annum, or one
ninth as much as the present cotton
crop of the world. Sir William Cars
tin, one of the greatest irrigation en-
gnecrs of modern times, and the man
who had much to do In building tho
Assouan Dam. says that 100000 bales
is one OF the possibilities OF Egypt's
future, but that 1t Will be ten or fif-
a 80 ,zI..-
that amount In addition to this, there
Ray be a further increase by putting
| water into some of the cases which
| lie III the valley of the Nile outside
! the river bottoms and also by drain
Ing the great lakes about Alexandria
lend in otpqr parts OF the lower delta
AS it is now Egypt Is fast taking a
! higher place among the cotton coun-
tries OF the world. The United States
stands first She produces about L..
4 900, 900 bales annually. East India has
/ had the second place. her annual pro-
/ duet ranging from 100000 to 100000
| bales. with Egypt far in the rear. Since
\ the building OF the Assouan Dam tho
| crop of Egypt has been steadily in
4 creasing, until last year it was six ant
i three-fourths million kantars, which
!. at 100 pounds to the kantar for easy
Figuring, make 675,00o,0o0 pounds OF
over 100000 50o-pound bales. Egyp
4 produces more cotton for its size anc
4 a.ea planted Imam any other country
4 OF tbs world. is average crop is a.;
4 pounds Fer acre. which is far In excess
8 OF ours. L.. Weber. of our Department
OF Agriculture, says that our avera &:
:, is crly 80 pounds per acre, although
we have. of course many acres which
produces 500 pounds and more.
Brings big Prices.
!, Egyptian cotton brings big prices
], iTnerc are some kinds which sell 70
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DEFENDS MIXTURE TAKERS

The Rev, Amos White, a negro cler-
gyman of Tididi, Va, who drives the
farm wagon for Captain Williams dur
ing the week, and breaches at Pohick
meeting house on Sundays, has come
to the assistance OF his brother clergy
man, DR.. Long. in the mature faker"
controversy. which has lately thrown
the country into various forms of con-
vulsions, says the Washington Post.
This Is what the Rev. Amos has to say
about it.:
dat Pahson Long has wrote back
some mighty sassy lettahs ter de Pres
don bout his 'fusin' ter bleab dem
tales what de pahson done tole bout
dem anImiles gwine ter school an set
tin bones an all dat; but / low de
pahson's one er desc hyah new-fangled
kind o. preachahs. I low he ain no
good, ole fashion preachah, what stirs
'em up on de mo'nahs bench and bleabs
de Bible lax we all does. Eff he'd cr
been one err dat kin he'd err gone ter
de Good Book for argymints, Std or
gittin' atfidavits fun dem folks way
Oft yonder n Injinnny an Australy.
Wharbouts In de Bible is de argymints?
Why, dey's all throo de Book, sab, fun
dc fust interducemint o Adam an lIbe.
"Y' see, when de Lawd put 'em In de
gyarden an tole 'en not ter tech dat
al, apple tree o. His'n, He let 'em lone
fer or spell jes ter see what dey's
gwne ter do Wild deXselfs. An one
cvann' when He's browsin' round,
lookin fer ter see what sort o. crap
He's gwfne ter hab, He saw dem peel
|ins on de groun'. Den He call FER
Adam, an lie didn't glib de man time
/ fer ter say 'howdy' for He asst him
whar he git dem cloes an what he
want wild 'em anyhow. Den Ebe she
Iup m tole de I.awd how she wuz owl
4 by de tree, studyin' how she. want
i gwine ter tech 9em, not chen EFF sh4
i want apples twlct ~ bad ea what sht
4 do, when long come en- snake an snl
i 4howdy.' jes ez perlite ez3 er city man
4 An she say when she tole him bout
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de apples, de snake JeS laugn an say
OATS er fai'y tale, an dem apples ain
gwine ter hut her none, not eben gil
her de stunlmick ache An he talk SO
lax er puffeck gemman. she say, dat
TO she knowed it, she'd done got her
apon full Ell apples an wu2 or totin'
'em ter Adam.
Nov, sab, what did de Lawd do?
Did He bleab dat ali tale what Ebe
tole Him. an say: Whar dat owdncious
snake? Lemme git at dat yilyun WV
Nah cane an break de back off'n him"
No, sab, He didn' say no sech thing.
He done say: 'G'wan out o. dis hyah
gyarden, you no count 20 white trash.
er tellin' Me bout er snake talking lax
folks! You ain nuthin' but erGpassel
O. natuah faltahs, OATS what you Isl
An He druv 'em out de gyarden an
sont sin intuh dc worl' Jest cause II q
den b'leab' dat tale o. Ilbe's bout de
snake tallSin'.
Den dal WIZ Jonah, one O. desc
hyah trabelin' preachahs, lie luz cr
gwinei down ter Nineball on de boat
ter tell de folks dar dey WIZ all gWine
tel be 'stroyed. when de saialas dey UP
II chucked him ovahbo'd lalS er sack O.
meal. Den do whale come long an
swallowed him, an Jonah boiled wild
him fer three days, Yon know all
bout dat. When Jonah got down ten
Ninebah he Went 'roun' tellin' de folks
dey WIZ all gwne ter be Kilt mex
SADLY, an skeered 'em alla an den
4 lie tole EN- bout HIM an de whale
Ian skeered tenn wuas'n dat But d.
4 man what run dc newspapaha dar, one
/ o desc llyah papahs lax dc Fahrfa
lsHo'ald, Il reckon hc come out ~ az
/ papab an say: 'Don'Nyou folks pleal
4 dat az Jonah Niger; he ain nuthin'
|,all but er natuah fnkaf,' an he KEEP
\ writin' bout Jonah tel dey rid him OF
enrail outer detown, am de 'structlol
i didn' happen { all, An all cause d
l|newspapahs man wouldn' bleab dc tal'
4 bout de whale. u
! n Ant darSwuz de3prophit, 'Lilah, VIVA
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libed obah In de Cyar1nel nelgnpor-
hood He had he hes prophesyin'bus-
mess in de distric': dem prophits o
Baal warn maxim 'nufr ter pay fer de
Bread an meat for dey famblys. Eve'y-
body come ter 'Lijah cause dey knowed
dey could pend on him. One day he
picked hisself up an went ter see ole
'Lishp what w,iz in de same bizness
jes obah de mount'n, When 'Li1ah
come home lie tolc de folks how him
an 'Lisly,s what didn' hab no mo- har
on his haid dan er turkey aig, WuI
Uallsin down de big. road bout de time
de school let out, an de chilluns--dey
Wuz bout er milSnns oh enl--laifed nt
4Lishy an say, dey did. Go up, ole BAL
he say some words what don nobody
but prophits know, an TO de chilluns
could tu'n 'roun' dar wuz two big. hairy
bars come down outer de mount'n an
ct up dc whole kit n bllin' ov EN-
''Cose de folks made er great mira
ton bout de bars patin' UP er whole
schoolBfnll Ell clilluns, an everybody,
dey's talkin' bout Utah mon eval an
bout de scanlous way dem bars did,
when de prophits q Baal, dey got dey-
sells an all de people togethah, an dey
say ter EN-:
mAin' you 'sllamed o. yo'selfs, YOU all
folks bleabin' dat ANXIOUS tale o
l1IJjah's bout dem ar bars. Don you
i.all know dat bars don't eat nobody but
what ain meat; nuthin but things
! what grows? bat man ain nuthin' =
| ali butecr natuali fakah, jcs e@ sho's
! you Dawn,
AN dey Jes ruint 'Lijah's business
SOS he had ter git up en- praYin mattel
Iwid dem prophits o. saal an beat en-
prayin' down de liah FUN heah'n 10 y,
i "A "a ,a.,lss ,lfp n
/ slloi.
"An' Isreulson ef Pahson Long had je!
minded de Pres!den' o. some5o' den
good ole Bible tales. do Presden' woule
i crast! I'm terwrite some mo- tales bout
Z de animilesl SOS he could b'leab en-
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in TIM rows. 1T takes a little more thanl
Il; bushG OF seed to the acre. The seeds
AFRO soaked in water before planting, |
and any Which rise TO the surface are
thrown away. The planting is done by
men and Toys, and the cost is some
thing like a dollar an acre. The seeds
soon yprout, and in ten or twelve days.
:hA lGDnts appear. They are now
atlluneti by land, then water is let in
upon them the farmers being careful
not to givcthem too much. The plants
are frequently hoed. hey have water
every week or so. and this is kept up
almost TO the time Of picking. The
planting Is usually done during the
month OF March, and as I have said,
;i:c first lEcisinss begins along in Sep
Eambrr.
1T will surprise many to know that
the cotton crop of Egypt is not fed
by the rich mud of Abyssinia, which
comes DOWN in the waters of the Nile
at the tune of the floods. That mud is
brought to Egypt By the Atbara and
| tho liut M.ie, and is poured over the
| land during the seasons when the cot
tor Leeds it least. The most of the
! water used for cotton raising comes
i down during the summer. This is from
| the White Nile, which is almost as
1 clear and pure as the water you drink
on your tables. The fertilizing proper
1 ties must hence come from the silt
/ deposited during the flood or from
manure and other fertilization.
] am told that cotton, as t is grown
here, exhauts the soil, and that the
/ people are injuring the staple aud re-
j ducing the amount of the product by
4 overcropping. 1t used to be that cotton
was planted on the same ground only
every third year. the ground being
4 used for other crops or allowed to III
fallow during the remaining two years
: At present some Of the cotton field
3 are worked every year and others tw
! years out Of three. On most farm
9 cotton Is now planted every othe
, year, whereas the authorities say tina
r in order to have a good yield not NOR
Z than 40 per cent. of ones land shou
J be in this crop from year to year.
Fighting. the noll Nyccyil.
Egypt has had lot OF trouble wit
: the boil weevil. This pestlferous cotto
worm Is to be found all along. TIL,
4 valley OF the Nile, and I am told tina
{ 1t is doing great damage on the plan
4 tations Of the Sudan, a thousand mile
! above Alexandria. 1t is said that NOR
: than $10000,O00 worth OF cotton wa
!. destroyed by it in 1904, and that hun
! dreds OF the smaller farmers wer
] ruined In the meantime the govern
e ment has been doing all 1t can to wip
ri out this plague, but 1t is working unde
Y great disadvantages! Thee Egyptia
S Mohammedans are fatallsts, and the
G look upon such things as the DO
Q weevil as u judgment Of God, an
think they can do nothing to nvel
I. them. The government has had
5 inaugurate system of forced labor !
t consequence. 1t has made the boys an