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world and the nation. began to look
with disdain on Spanish rule in Cuba.
Finally Spain agreed to make some
changes in the laws and granted
amnesty to all under sentence for po-
litical offenses. but she failed to keep
her promise. The Cubans waited and
hoped but the pro--.ised reforms never
came. Then uprisings began again
and finally ended in the general revolt
of 1895. when the Cubans made their
first real movement for independence.
"Butchcr" Wcylcr.
At that time Butcher" Weyler was
the governor general Of the island and
his policy was of the most brutal type
He herded the people of villages to-
gether in prison camps allowing none
70 pass. Most of them were nom
combatants. women and children. No
arrangement was made for their food
and maintenance and they died like
flies from disease and starvation. The
wrath and Indignation of the United
States In reference to this brutality
was heard in the Court at Madrid and
the Butcher" was recalled and Gen.
eral Blanco was sent in his place. This
official tried Cancellation but failed.
Then came the destruction Of the
Maine-an occurrence which brought
on the Spanish American war. the
American occupation and the Evacua-
ton of the Spanish forces into whose
places the soldiers of the Cuban army
were permitted to march In triumph.
From 1898 until 1902 the govern
ment of Cuba was under the manage
ment of the United States-under q
military government with an Ameri-
can general In charge.
Free Cuba.
On May 20. 1909, the American Mil
itary government withdrew leaving q
Cuban President In the palace, Senior
d. Thomas Estrada Palma. The
American flag went down from Moro
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prefer, and call by the name of pax
choi,' and the heading kind, which we
prefer, named 'pai-tsai,' which means.
white vegetable
Use Delicate Leaves Like Lettuce.
This is, I believe, the most valu-
able vegetable importation we have
made from China. agreeing more per-
fectly with the culinary and dietetic
customs of America than anything
that country has to offer. It's culture
is like that of the ordinary cabbage.
the seed planted in boxes or plots, and
then the plants set in the garden.
They may be set out in late summer,
and will reach maturity before frost,
giving a fresh. green succulent vege-
table in the late fall. The Chinese
cabbage is better for cold slaw or
salad than the ordinary cabbage. and
the delicate white leaves may be used
like lettuce. The Germans have
found that it makes very good kraut."
The Soy Bean.
One Of the most valuable Of the re-
cent introductions of the Department
of Agriculture to the American din
ner table is the soy bean Of China and
y
now to be found in every city market,
forms the protein yielding food staple
of the Chinese and Japanese. and will
become more and more valuable in
the United States as its nutritive quail
tiles are more widely known. It proves
a satisfactory substitute for the now
expensive navy bean, as we'll as for
meat itself. Being rich in fat and
high in protein contents 1t forms the
most valuable legume substitute for
meat which the American housewife
has at her command.
Mr.. w. J. Morse, Of the division of
Forage-Crop Investigations Of the De-
partment Of Agriculture. Is in charge
of the study and investigation Of the
soy bean and its Introduction as a
valuable new food product. Mr..
Morse is enthusiastic over the results
he has obtained in his experiments
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-19
The Dasheen Is Popular The Mango Chayote In
stead Of Squash Chinese Cabbage Superior To
Well KnownV Variety Substitute for Wheat.
he International Syndicate.

syndicate.
tato. In taste 1t is slightly sweeter
than the Irish potato, but less sweet
than the sweet potato, and 1t has n
nutty quality which most people like.
In the South, where the dasheen Is
largely grown, it is generally preferred
to the potato, and is boiled, baked
and made into salad in almost exactly
the same manner as the tuber of
everyday use.
The Department Of Agriculture be-
lieves that this crop is destined to be
OF great importance to the southern
section of this country, since 1t can be
grown as summer crop in region
where the potato must be grown al
most entirely as a spring crop; for 1t
ripens Its tubers in October and fur
nishes them for the table at q season
when northern-grown potatoes have
to be shipped in, at prices relatively
high except in seaports. 1t has also
been demonstrated by the Department
Of Agriculture that the young leaves
of the dasheen may be substituted for
spinach If properly cooked, at a time
when the weather is too hot to grow
spinach.
|
Another valuable addition to the
American table which emanates from
this division of the Department Of
Agriculture is the chayote, which be-
longs to the squash family. but pos
sesses some qualities which render It
superior to the homegrown summer
squash, to which 1t is related. Like
the latter, it Is a vegetable produced
on climbing vines with perennial
roots. The vines somewhat resemble
those of the cucumber but are more
prolific and vigorous in growth.
Although the chayote is native of
Mexico and Central America, it's Gull
tivation has now spread over the West
Indies and as far as Algeria.
| Mr.. N. henderson. of the division
Of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduce
ton, is the scientist in charge of
chayote Investigations. He produced
several small glass Jars showing in
mos. appetizing form the chayote as
sweet pickle, as the staple ingredient
in chop pickle and as a preserve.
1.-THE chayote differs from the sum-
mer squash in being firmer and re-
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CC1AH12 ~I/LISCT

Plat Amendment made guardian
ship by the United States over Cuba
as a part of the reconstruction. Con-
sequently when the dashing "Pino"
and his forces began to be a menace
the United States found 1t necessary
to 20 down and settle matters once
more. Mr.. Taft, who was the Secre-
tary of War, was sent to the island
to talk things over and with him
came a number of Gentlemen who con-
stituted Peace Commission. Mr..
Palma fold his story. and the rebels
told theirs. There were long confer
ences n reports to Washington and
the United States finally decided that
a second Intervention was necessary
and American troops were once more
landed on the islands.
Judge Charles E. Magoon who had
made an enviable reputation as gov
ernor of the Canal Zone was appoint
ed provisional governor OF the island.
Army officers and men from civil lie
sent down by the United States be-
gan a systematic Strengthening out OF
the laws. Public works were built.
revolution claims paid, roads built and
order was again restored.
Then the election came on once
moro and General Jose. Miguel Comes
became president with DR.. Alfredo
1ayas as vice-president. DR.. Zayas
was a candidate for president but was
finally persuaded to compromise on
the vice-presidency with the promise
that he should be the next chief exec.
utive.
Gomez was elected and inaugurated
on Jan, airy rs. 1908. and that evening
the Americans again folded their tents
and left Cuba to rule ..erself.
Gomez believed in spending money
and Jobs under him were fiat" In
every sense OF the word. One of the
very frst acts Of the Cuban Congress
was to raise the salary of Its. own
members Graft was open and when
the next election day rolled around
General Mario Menocal became Cuba's
president
Zayas' And Mcnocal Difficulties.
General Menocal Is a graduate OF
Cornell University and a we'll balanced
business man. He has large sugar In
terests and takes the freedom and
commercial success of Cuba very much
to heart. He was reelected last year
defeating DR.. Zayas. The friends Of
the latter claim that he was counted
out and they decided to revolute once
more. General Gomez, the former
president. assisting in the uprising.
A troublesome child Is this Pearl OF
the Antilles
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-19
Again in 1897 there was serious
'ouble, when the slaves Threatened

Again in 1887 there was serious
"ouble. when the slaves threatened
rise and massacre the whites. The
spanish Secret Service. who were al
ways on the watch discovered this
horrible plot and fooled 1t just in time
to prevent an orgie of blood similar
to the one In Haiti few years before.
Lopez Uprising.
General Narcisco Lopez in 1s47
lecided to start trouble at Cienfuegos,
but the Spaniards learned of 1t and
Lopez escaped to the United States.
There he interested some Of the exiles
and few daring Americans. They
decided to invade the Islands and an
expedition was planned. 1t, however,
became known to President Taylor
who warned all. citizens of the penal
ties of invading the shores of a friend
ly nation. The party was captured
Just as they were, leaving New York.
Not daunted by their failure the exiles
and few soldiers of fortune of other
lands gathered month afterward on
an island off the Yucatan coast and
sailed for Cuba. They arrived of
Cardenas on May 10, 1850. The resi-
dents refused to Join the invaders and
the Spanish made short work of the
members Of the expedition. Lopez
again escaped and succeeded In reach
ing Key West. He was later arrest
ed at savannah and liberated. A year
afterward he sailed from New Orleans
with party of followers to invade
Cuba. They landed at Bahia Honda
about fifty miles from Havana. The
Cubans again refused to Join him and
Lopez and his followers were cap
tured. This time there was no escape
and he died by the garrote In the
fortress of La Punta. which Is now
one of the show places of Havana.
Again In 1851 and in 1852 there
were uprisings at Puerto Principe and
at Penar del Rio. Then for time
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-19

- HE strain and stress of times at
home and abroad make 1t in
cumbent upon the American
~ people to learn something about
their food supply, its source and ex-
tent, and to acquaint themselves with
the efforts which are being made to
augment that supply so as to keep 1t
abreast Of the growth of the nation
and equal to the exigencies of the time.
The Department of Agriculture has
never been more active than at present
in its Investigations along the line OF
new foods and new substitutes for the
staple products; and the office OF
Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction
has a staff Of scientists busy In the
work of importing, investigation. ex-
perimenting with and selecting seeds
and plants from abroad which may be
of service in charging the American
dietary list and so, in a measure. re-
ducing the high cost of living
Dashecn Popular In South.
A visitor at the office Of Mr.. Robert
A. Young, of the Department, was
greeted wit an odor like that of
roasting chestnuts. Mr.. Young how
ever, was not enjoying belated feast
or autumn nuts nut was SClentlncally
investigating the contents of a fresh
ly baked dasheen: the study Of the
dasheen, with a view to its introduce
ton into the American bill of fare,
being an important part of this scien-
lists work.
The dasheen is an importation from
the tropics, now upon the American
market as a novelty. but with its wider
acquaintance 1t is believed that it will
form a valuable addition to the list
of everyday American table vege-
tables. In southern sections where
the experiments have been carried on
1t Is grown in abundance and is used
as substitute for the potato. which
Of all vegetables 1t resembles most
closely In central Florida the crop
yields under favorable conditions from
ESQ to $50 bushels to the acre.
The food value Of the dasheen is
greater than that of the potato. as II
possesses 80 per cent. more protein
and 80 per cent. more starch than the
potato. which makes 1t more nutri-
tious substitute for meat than the po-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-19

gives it a place as substitute for
meat.
Chinese Cabbage.
One of the most popular and most
valuable of the recent plant introduce
tons of the Department Of Agricul-
ture is that Of the Chinese cabbage,
which may be grown in every section
of the United States. 1t is now to be
found in almost every city market,
where it's thick, succulent stems. and
usually conical shape have given it the
somewhat misleading name Of celery
cabbage"
The Chinese cabbage Is superior
to the everyday American green in
many respects, being more delicate in
flavor, both. when cooked and as a
salad vegetable, and it is easily d.
gested and healthful. 1t was from
Mr.. d. N. Shoemaker of the division
of Horticulture, that the writer gained
some information regarding the
Chinese cabbage.
ut has many advantages over the
domestic product" said Mr.. Shoe
maker. TT can be cooked in q much
shorter time, is finer food and Is on
the whole more palatable. There are
two kinds of the Chinese cabbage. the
heading kind. which the Chinese
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-19
ABrief History ofthe Va
rious Uprisings In the
Pearl Of the Antilles
U. S. Guardianship Over
the IslandNoE Task.
Copyright, 1917. by The International
Syndicate

copyright, lJll, Dy Inc INTERNATIONAL
Syndicate.
FROM the time Of the settlement
Of the Island of Cuba in 1912
that land has been one Of unrest
and revolutions, and uprisings
have been frequent. While many have
been merely a series of riots others
have been serious and a great detri-
ment to the commercial growth Of the
country.
Early Revolutions.
Spain gave little publicity to these
revolts and until the latter part of the
nineteenth century seems to have sup
pressed them with a firm hand. As
early as 1717 there was riot and
bloodshed. when General Roja en-
forced a decree establishing govern
ment monopoly in tobacco. Again in
1871 to 1900 the establishing of Haiti
as an independent country caused the
negroes of Cuba to rise and demand
the same rights for Cuba. This revo-
luton was put down and its leaders
were shot. From 1920 until 1890
there were continual disorders in Cuba
ana the Spanish garrison had to be
constantly employed in quieting the
different villages. Some of the Cubans
declared they were tired of Spanish
rule and desired to be transferred to
aome other country. while others stood
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-19
Chinese Cabbage.

and its large vegetable oil contents
gives it a place as substitute for
M
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. HE strain and stress Of times at
home and abroad make 1t In
cumbent upon the American
- people to learn something about
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
PERSONAL.

Mrs g. L. Parker of Londonderry
is visiting her brother, 4. W. J. Will
kins, for few days.
Mrs Richard G. Averill and family
returned today from Spofford lake,
where they have been sojourning all
summer.
Louis l. Allen took a party of young
men to Pittsfeld, Mass, in his automo-
bile this afternoon, where they will
spend the weekend.
Mrs. f. w. Sharp is spending week
with Mr.. Sharp in Montpelier. Mrs.
Mary Mike is staying in their home
during their absence.
Mrs Oscar Haase and family, who
have been summering at Ames hill
since June, will return Monday to their
home in Montclair, \. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius c. Billings
Of New York are expected today at
the home of Major and Mrs. F. w.
Childs to visit over Sunday.
\. L. Hamilton went yesterday to
| New York to stay a few days. Clar-
cnce Bliss is chef at the Albany dur
ing Mr.. Hamilton s absence.
Mrs. Arthur Hammond of Minneap-
oils and Mrs. Fred Hammond of Worces-
ter. Mass, are guests over Sunday of
Mrs. \. NJ. Fits and daughters.
+. A. Betterlcv has returned from
Boston, where he attended the Over
land banquet He made the trip home
in a new Overland car, for which he
is the local agent.
NTre 1N;lly,n, =
son. A. o. Wilkins, and family made
the trip to Boston and return By auto
mobile yesterday. While in the HUI
they visited the Mechanics fair.
Philetus Wall returned last nigh
from a visit of few days in Bernard
ston with his daughter, Mrs. Mar,
Farnsworth, to whose home he went aft
er attending the Greenfield fair Wednes
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bond and Nj
and Mrs. Carl Hopkins in one car an
Mr.. and Mrs. B. G. Baldwin and Mr.. an
Mrs. C. H. Palmer in another returne
1 yesterday from Richford, where the
attended the state Baptist convention
Merton c. Robbins and family, who's
summer home on the Black Mountai
road was destroyed by fire earl
| Wednesday morning, have returned t
their home in Pelham, n. Y, ma kin
1 the trip in new seven-passenger, e.
\ closed Buick car which was purchase
/ through the agency of K. E. Mosher.
1 Nine. Johanna Gadski operate st;
and singer for the Victor graphaphol
I records, was in Brattleboro a sho
\ time this morning preliminary to h
| departure for Maplewood in the Viii
mountains, which trip she made by a
! tomobile. She has now closed her SUI
I MGR home at Spofford lake and t
l servants have returned to New York
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
Sporting Notes.

Lynn Classical won its first football
game Of the season, but used 80 players
to do it.
There is still chance for the Red Sox
to slip into third position before the
season closes.
1T looks now, at the pace they are
travelling, as though the Braves would
finish in sixth place
Driver Guy Lee was fined 500 at Column
bus yesterday for not trying to win the
, Is trot in the Grand Circuit races.
More than 1000 ,oldiers and sailors
are expected to attend the Bat and Ball
fund game in Boston next Tuesday, when
1.-THE Red SoX and Washington teams
cross bats.
The Red Sox have Won Is and lost
five games to the Browns They have SIX
more games to play and are anxious to
beat that 9l-63 games won and lost stand
! ing Of last season.
Thomas d. Daley catcher of the
Buffalo club in the International league
has been purchased by the Chicago
/ Nationals and will go there to finish the
season. Daley was a member of the
Chicago Americans in 1914 and 1915 and
went to Cleveland on trade.
Postponement of the New, York Chicago
game yesterday necessitated a quick change
in the schedule of exhibition games to bt
Eplayed by the American league champions
Instead of playing Cleveland in Chicago
Tuesday as planned the game has beer
transferred to Cleveland The teams vii
return to Chicago for game Wednesday
The games will be the last before Chicago
meets New York in the worlds series
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
National League.

No other games scheduled.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
PERSONAL.

George Phillips went to Northampton
to visit over Sunday.
Mrs, c. G. Fits and Stanley Fits will
go tonight to EIolyoke to attend Mon
day evening the wedding of Margaret,
daughter of Rev. John S. Lyon. and
Paul Houston of Holyoke in the Second
Baptist church.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
What Better Authority?

Daughter, do you think that young fel-
low is the man for you.''
ooh, | know it, papa
How do YOU know il?
He told me so himself
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29

President Frazee OF the Boston American
league club has refused the Braves
challenge for post-season series on the
ground that he finds little demand for it.
He says that the Bcantown fans want
worlds title games OF none.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
National League.

Games Today.
Boston at Chicago.
New York at Cincinnati
Brooklyn at Pittsburg (two gamesl.
Philadelphia at st. Louis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
American League.
Games Today.

ST. Louis at Boston 1.-TWO games, start
ing at l.30).
Chicago at New York 1.-TWO gamc5).
Cleveland at Washington.
Detroit at Philadelphia.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-08-28
Cotton Consumption in
South Surpasses Other
Sections, Harrison Says

WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 24.-"Con-
sumption OF cotton in southern mills
during the twelve months ended July
81 exceeded that in all other states by
more than a million bales" said Presi-
dent Harrison, OF the Southern railway
system, today.
The report Of the United States CEN
sus bureau for the cotton statistical
year shows that the mills in cotton
reducing states consumed 1901 Alb
aales, as compared with a consumption
e 2,s99.T75 bales in the mills of all
other states. The increase for the year
n southern mills was 373,s bales, or
nearly IL per cent. as compared with an
increase of 1850 bales. or barely 1 per
cent. in other states.
The growth of the cotton manufac-
turing industry in the south may be
laid to date from 1880, in which year
southern mills consumed but 1SS,74S
bales. while the consumption in all
other states was 1.3S1,596 bales. A
comparison of these figures with those
of the year just ended shows an in
crease of 1856 per cent in the southern
mills and but 155 per cent in the mills
Of other states"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-08-28
Appalachian Operators
Declare They Face LoSS

KNOXVILLE. Tenn. Aug. 2s.-with a
serious coal situation already facing
Knoxville, members of the Appalachian
Coal Operators association declared Sat-
urday morning at the price fixed by the
government for the sale of coal by the
retailers. they faced a loss of about
40 cents on every ton of coal and that.
facing this loss. they would have to quit
business. leaving the situation worse
than ever.
Conditions in the Kentucky-Tennessee
fields were said today by members of
the Southern Appalachian Operators as
ISOLATION to be practically the same as
they were al the beginning of the strike
two weeks ago. 1t was asserted by
them that the more than sixty mines
which recognized the union Friday rep
resented less than one per cent of the
tonnage mined in the strike region and
that they were really the mines which
had been employing union miners pre-
vious to the strike. with the opening
of the properties" said a coal opera tor,
there will be no change whatever in
the production situation. The majority
of the mine owners signing the agree
ment are operators of wagon mines
and properties of very little more sig
nificance. In the Southern Appalachian
Coal Operators association are repre-
scented $50 mines, all the big producers
of the region affected by the strike and
the operators of these properties are
standing Just exactly where they have
stood all the time-hrmly determined
under no circumstances to extend to the
miners union recognition of any char
acter whatever"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-08-28
RETAIL COAL PRICES
MAY ALSO Be FIXED
BY FEDERAL BOARD
Trade Commission Is Working
on Scale of Profits for Re-
tail Dealers Which viii Be
Submitted to Administrator

WASHINGTON. Aug. @R.-Regula-
lions to govern the operation of coal
mines will be issued by DR.. II. A. Gar
field, the fuel administrator. probably
next week. Or. Garfield devoted some
time to the situation today and called
into conference Francis s. Peabody,
chairman of the coal committee of the
council of national defense. and George
otis Smith, chief of the geological sur
vey.
The federal trade commission is work
ing on a scale Of profits for retail coal
dealers which it will submit to DR.
Garfield. Indications are that the coal
industry already put into operation with
the fixing of mine and wholesale prices.
Regulation of the production and dis
tribution of crude oil and its products
under the food control law was predict
ed tonight. Although the government
has no power 10 fix a scale of prices
for oils it can require that the industry
operate under a licensing system and
this. officials said. probably will be put
into effect