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The advocate., 1897-03-24

The Farmers Home Ought to be Attractive
Mr.. J. B. Brooks of Jefferson City,
Mo-, in an excellent letter to the Jour-
nal Of agriculture, offers these neigh
bOrly suggestions:
"Flowers are said to be the poetry
of nature, and why should not the
farmer, especially the farmers wife
and daughter. take an interest in the
cultivation of foWersP They are the
tender and attractive embellishments
of home, which nsthing else can sup.
plant. They serve to soften and
smooth the rugged corners of the
homestead. Around our farm house
1t Is quite common to see few early
roses, and few flowers Of the most
common kinds, picked up here and
there, and serve scarcely any other
purpose than to show that something
would be done by the weaker vessels to
beautify the homestead If the slightest
encouragement were given by the
lords of creation; instead of which,
the feminine gardener has frequently
to bear jest and disparagement for her
labor in trying TO improve the looks OF
The advocate., 1897-03-24

contained in the substance of,the beet.
AT the average of ten tons TO the acre
this returns about $45 an acre to the
grower. Some farmers produce fifteen
to twenty tons to the acre, just as some
wheat farmers grow thirty to forty
bushels of wheat, and these more sue.
cessful men receive larger returns.
1t is to be expected, Of course, that
prices for beets will not always remain
at their present level. AS machinery
becomes perfected and processes more
simpllied, and as the industry becomes
firmly established prices of raw ma.
terisl will be forced down by the same
laws of business and trade that have
forced down the market for wheat,
cotton and other farm products. Sugar
factories will have the same effect on
the price Of beets that mills, packing
houses and cotton factories have had
on the prices Of wheat, cattle and cot
ton. To begin with, the plant costs
nearly $5OO,OOO, and that amount of
capital requires careful watching;
every point must be guarded; for, after
all, in any large business the profits
come chiefly from savings, and the
place to begin the saving process is at
the counter where the raw materials
are paid for. Buy low Is the motto.
And it will make no difference In this
respect If farmers themselves are
owners or part owners of the plant.
Farmers are just like other men. They
buy low ss they can, and expect profits,
if they secure any, out Of what they
sell. An organization of farmers max
ing sugar out of their own beets would
pay themselves ont of the profits on
the sugar they turned ont and not on
the beets they raised.
But prices could be cut down 30 per
cent. from present rates and still sugar
beet growing with a factory near to
work up the beets) would pay 100 per
cent. better than wheat or corn or cot
ton farming, at prices ruling the last
ten years. Eight dollars an acre Is
more than the present average returns
on wheat and corn land. For 1893 the
average farm value of an acre of wheat
was $616.
1t is not to be expected, however,
that farmers will or can 60 into the
business of manufacturing sugar with
out the assistance of men who have or
can procure ready money to invest In
the enterprise, and such men will not
move in that direction without study
and careful preparation. Nor will
they engage in it at all unless they ex-
pect to profit by the transaction, and
this brings before us the obstacles to
be overcome.
Tho Fowu,owga unnno Ovrc.IA to H,n Att,.n okHro
The advocate., 1897-03-24
Horrors Of Dyspepsia
Sour Stomach, Heart PaIpita-
ton, Nervous, SIeepless
Now Able 20 DO All the Housework
What Cured Her.

The excellent qualities of Hoods
Sarsaparilla as q stomach tonic and
appetizer enable it to relieve and cure
dyspepsia even when cure seems hope
less. Read Mrs. Willett's letters:
&C. 1. Hood n Co., Lowell, Mass:
"Gentlemen:-I have been sick for
about six years with dys-
etter pepsia with all its horrible
Nightmares, such as sour
No. I stomach, flatulency, paipi-
tatlOn Of the heart, insom-
mia, etc, and all that time have tried
almost every known remedy and the
best doctors in the state, but nothing
did me any good. | was very
Weak and Nervous.
About five months ago | commenced
taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, and after
using five bottles l am able to do
all my hOusewOrk and feel better
than l have in several years. Also,
my husband had pneumonia last win
ter and his blood got very bad; he
had rheumatism and could scarcely
walk. He commenced to take Hoods
SarsaparilIa and in a short time he
was better in every way, his rheuma-
tism has left him and is in better
health than for a long time" Mrs.
W. j. WmLETT, Mt. Holly, N. Q.
The advocate., 1897-03-24
Growing seets and Making Sugar.

grown on about 5000 acres Of land,
and when the beet fields are scattered
among fields in other crops, the dis
tsnce from the outer fields to the fac
tory is quite far enough to transport
beets on wagons drawn by horses,
When the fields lie along or near rail
way track and the station Is not far
away, the beets may be carried twenty
five miles without sppreciable loss.
The loading and unloading on the
wagons is the same whether the beets
are taken TO the factory mile away
or to the railway station the same dis
tsnce. In any event, no sorghum or
beet sugar factory can be successfully
conducted anywhere but near the sup
ply of raw material.
A successful sugar factory in neigh
borhood is a pioneer. Others will fol-
low at convenient distances away, and
the fact that good marketable sugars
In profitable quantities have been and
are now being produced from both sor-
ghum and beets is encouraging, to say
the least. Kansas has been producing
sorghum sugar for ten years or more,
and successful experiments have been
made at Medicine Lodge, in that State,
with the sugar beet Nebraska has
two beet sugar factories now In sue
cessful operation, one at Norfolk, the
other at Grand Island. AT Lehi, Utah,
some thirty miles south of Salt Lake
City. is beet sugar factory which has
been doing good work some three or
four years. There are three successful
factories in California, at Wstsonville,
Alvarsdo and Chino; the last named In
1892 and 1893 turned out more sugar
than the largest cane sugar mill In
Louisiana
Among the advantages attaching to
this industry Is that the farms may be
small and the profit fair. A few acres
Of suitable ground is enough to neatly
support an average family, Five hun
dred ten-acre and fifteen-scre and
twenty-scre farms spread out with a
600-tOn factory in the midst brings the
people close together in communities;
they are farmers, manufacturers, mer-
chants, teachers "a complete social
body, village of farmers and their
helpers where all the advantages of
towns may be enjoyed out on the farm.
A plant like that at Norfolk or Chino
costs about $5OO,OOO; but, though it
costs half million dollars to make the
first pound of sugar, after that the
way is clear.
The average production of sugar
beets is ten tons to the acre, and the
average yield of sugar is l65 pounds to
the ton Of good beets. This gives 1850 |
pounds of sugar to the acre of ground.
A factory that works up the beets
grown on 5000 acres of land will pro-
duce 8,250,000 pounds Of sugar yearly,
and at that average for the whole
country 1t would require 436 factories
to supply the present demand. To
raise the beets for these 436 factories
would need the use of 2,18l, 1913 acres
of land, and 2l8,OOO farmers with their
families, as many as there are In Kan.
sas and Nebraska both, would have
employment at living wages. This in
nlndnn nnlu fhn land nnknnllu n,nnd Rnu |
The advocate., 1897-03-24

!
gins to brighten the grass, when all
nature 10 swaklng to a new life, and
the birds are singing their notes of
joy, be not the last one to show your
appreciation Of the besuties Of this
world. Get out your rake snd hoe,
clear off the grounds about your home,
and 60 to work with q determination
to make glad the hearts of your wife
and children. Surround them with
beauty, and show that you are en-
desVoring to contribute to their hap.
piness, and the pleasure you confer on
them will find a pleasant response In
your own heart. DO all you can to
help your wife and children to dig the
ground and plant flowers and shrub
berry. DO it with cheerfulness aud
show them that you are happy in con.
tributing to their happiness.
"There is no good reason why
farmers home should not be one of
the most delightful places on earth.
It costs but little to fill q good sized
flower bed with choice flowers, to fur.
nish not only your own table with
daily bouquet as a center picture, but
will also show to the passer by that
some one lives In that house who feels
that life is worth living, and Is trying
to make this world better than he
found it. While you do your best to
brighten the outdoor part of your
home,dO not neglect to provide for the
pleasures Of the home fireslde. Books
and periodicals should be angels In
every household. They are the urns
tC bring us the golden fruits Of thought
and experience from other minds and
other lands. AS the fruits Of the trees
Of the esrth's soil are most enjoyed
around the family board, 80 should
those that mature upon mental and
moral bOughs be gathered around by
the entire household. No home exer.
else could be more appropriate and
pleasing than for one member to read
aloud for the benefit Of all. An su.
thOr's ideas are energized by the con-
fidence aud love Of the tender family
affections, and every heart ia open to
truth, like the unfolded rose to receive
gathering dews. The ties Of love be-
tween parents and children are thus
cemented yet more and more, and
varied charms and pleasures are con.
stsntly opened through this medium
to make home very paradise. If
parents would introduce this exercise
In their families they would soon see
the levity and giddiness that make up
the conversation of too many circles
giving way to refinement and chsate
dignity. Read to your children an
encourage them to read to you, instead
Of reading your books and papers in
silence, and in silence laying them
away. 1 frequently meet men who are
intelligent, who read their books and
papers in silence and thoroughly un-
derstsnd the full purport of what they
read; but when they are called upon to
publicly read aloud they appear to act
scared at their own voices and will
stumble and stammer until 1t is pain
full to the hearer, while they fail to
convey a clear impression Of the sub.
jeCt, OF che sentiment intended by the
The advocate., 1897-03-24
Still PralsIng Hoods.

"C. l. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass:
"Dear Sirs:--I am still praising
Hoods Sarsaparilla for the
latter great benefit both myself
and husband derived from
No. 2 its use and do not hesitate
to say it is the best medicine
we have ever used in our family"
Mrs. w. j. WMLETT, Mt. Holly, N. c.
The herald., 1897-09-11
.534 SOUTH BROADWAY
IRISH HARVESTS
Opinions Differ Concerning the Like
lihood of Famine

| NEW YORK, Sept. 1o-A dispatch to
The World from London says: The
| World correspondent mas obtained i'm
portant statements from eminent Irish
| ecclesiastics and British statesmen on
| the winter outlook in Ireland.
Earl Cadogan, the Viceroy of Ireland,
directed that the following message be
sent: I'm reply to your telegram, the
rd-Lieutenant directs me to say that
the reports which you characterize as
| most alarming and the prediction of u
famine in Ireland you mention are, in
| his Excellency's opinion, unjustifiable.
(Signed) DAVID HARRELL,
der-Secretary, Dublin, Ireland"
Sir William Harcourt, the Liberal
leader, sends the following:
Il have read with deep concern the
| disastrous accounts of the condition Of
| crops in Ireland The failure Of wheat
| crops in Europe has already raised the
price Of bread. 1 have never been able
to comprehend the point of view of those
who regard high prices and dear food
as a blessing to mankind. When the
high price of corn is attended by the
failure of the potato crop in Ireland. a
situation has arisen which will demand
the attention of mankind"
Archbishop Crockett says: 1.-The sit
uation is most disquieting. The terri
Bile rains of last month have dashed our
hopes"
The Bishop of Galway says: 1.-The
harvest prospects are really dishearten-
ling. On the whole, regard the outlook
as very gloomy and apprehend the ad-
vent of famine in the diocese during
| the winter approaching"
The herald., 1897-09-11
SALVATIONISTS
Preparing to Occupy Colony Lands in
Colorado

NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-The World
prints this morning the following:
Commander Booth-Tucker will start
tomorrow for California to inaugurate
mis- first colony under the auspices of the
Salvation Army.
The Commander, in an interview, said
that several wealthy citizens of San
Francisco have raised $685. 900 for the or
ganization of a colony on the lines pro-
posed by him. 1t was stipulated that
the colony should be planted in Califor-
mia, as it was not deemed desirable to re-
duce the population of the Golden State.
after have finished my business in
Gan Francisco" said the Commander,
II shall go to Denver to make arrange
ments for the first colony to go from New
York. Mrs Booth-Tucker will meet me
In the Colorado city, and there we will
be in consultation with capitalists and
railroad men. We have been offered
land in twenty States, but the spot
chosen will probably be in Southern
Colorado
"After we have taken up the land and
made other preparations, we will return
to New York. Here we will capitalize
the colonies for we intend to have many
Of them, and have assurances that the
money would be forthcoming as a de-
eirable business venture. The first col
ony will cost 100000. We have many
applicants from would-be colonists and,
best of all, some of them with a little
money"
Does General Booth, the head of the
army, approve of the plan?'
"Heart and soul. 1 made flying trip
over there to lay it before him and it has
his earnest approval. The colonies will
relieve the pressure in New York, and
even the almshouses, l expect, will give
UP some men not lost to ambition"
"Have any New York capitalists Of
fered to assist you?"
''Yes, have been encouraged, but 7
am not at liberty to talk about that now.
When we return to, Denver. we will hold
a big meeting and boom the idea"
The herald., 1897-09-11
INDEX
OF THE TELEGRAPH NEWS

Secretary Bliss causes consterna-
ton In land-grant railroad circles by
deciding that marble lands are such
mineral lands AZ will prevent grant
aided roads from taking title.
In a horrible head-end collision
near Newcastle, Col, . hundred people
are killed or wounded; charred frag-
ments Of bodies furnish only basis
for an estimate Of the number Of dead.
The first real clash between depu.
ties and striking miners occurred at
Latimer, Pa; the sheriff's orders are
disobeyed and the oficer struck; or
ders to Are are given and obeyed, and
twenty miners are killed ana twice
that number wounded.
The steamer Cleveland arrives at
Seattle from st Michaels with passen-
gers from the Klondike; the gold
brought down falls short Of half a
million; returning miners reassert the
richness Of the diggings, but
repeat the warnings given against
going in before next spring; food is
scarce and growing scarcer and the
starvation Of many Is certain.
The herald., 1897-09-11
The Dynamite Exploded

CHICO, Sept. 10-Word was received
here last evening of terrible accident
which took place yesterday at Bull
Creek, forty three miles from here, in
which Z. d. Bennington was killed.
Bennington had taken some dynamite
into a blacksmith shop for some pur-
pose and little later terrible report
was heard. Bennington's young son ran
to the shop and found it completely de-
stroyed. The body Of Bennington was
found fully forty feet from the shop,
mutilated, beyond recognition.
The herald., 1897-09-11
The Picnic Ended

SANTA Rosa, Cal, Sept. 1O.-Tonight
the three days celebration of the Native
Sons ended with ball given under the
auspices Of Santa Rosa parlor, attended
by hundreds. The gardens where the
festivities were held were brilliantly
Illuminated with colored lights. An
open air band concert and display Of
fireworks also took place.
The herald., 1897-09-11
His Voice His Fortune

NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-The Herald
says: The engagement is announced OF
Miss Caroline Howard, daughter of
Henry c. Howard, wealthy banker Of
Buffalo, N. Y, to Mr.. VIM. E. Phillips,
the tenor OF the Bostonians. The mar
riage will take place in Buffalo in No
vember
The herald., 1897-09-11
The German Army

HAMBURG, Sept 10.-Emperor Will
lam today personally commanded the
attacking force in the army maneuvers
all the troops being engaged against an
imaginary army.
The herald., 1897-09-11
Good Advertising

vISALIA, Sept. 1O.-The board, of
supervisors appropriated $4,000 today
toward the maintenance Of an exhibit of
fruit this winter in New York. 4
The herald., 1897-09-11
An Austrian Disaster

VIENNA, Sept. 10.-By the explosion
Of boiler in a brewery at Honstadt to-
day, eleven persons were killed and
many injured.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12

cy There is not breathing place in
it from start to finish; it eXhausts tan
tahzes, discomforts, but absorbs never
theless. Whether we are to regard it
as an arraignment of the spiritual life
of the century, problem in sociology
OIL. a story of overpoWering and selfish
human love is a question which the
reading of the book does little to solve.
One is inclined to believe that Mr..
Game meant the first two to predOmi-
nate, but was forced by his bent of
spirit to let the last transcend its prop
er bounds. It is because one is quite
sure that 1.-The Christian" is a novel
with a purpose, and that that purpose
is too complex to be grasped that one
feels that it drops below success. If
one is. quite willing to regard these new
Lamentations of jeremiah as pure lit
erature with no present application,
quite willing to let the girls of London
and the rest of the world take care of
themselves, and feels free to regard the
novel as merely a study Of human
worm led to Christian martyrdOm
Though the love of a woman, the book
is then free from the Intestine strife
which otherwise weakens it.
John Storm, the son of a lord and
the nephew of the prime minister of
England, according to his fathers pc
culiar notions of education, had travelled
''as- far as the sun" and was trained
in the knowledge of good and evil, a
training which left him pure, but filled
with a large Indignation against the
wrongs of the world In the meanwhile.
Z 1T,,x-
Quayle, "a red-haired, gray-eyed wild
slip. of a girl, the daughter and grand
daughter of Manx -clergymen. Her
mother, the child of a beautiful French
actress, had died in Glory's babyhood
shortly after her missionary fathers
death, and Glory had been left to the
wild freedom and bitter poverty of her
grandfather's house. John Storm gives
up his fathers ambitions for him and
assumes the voluntary poverty of the
church. because it brings him nearer
Glory, a sacrifice for which she has lit
tie understanding. His motive may not
have been the nearest to God, but his
ideals of the profession he had chosen
were of the highest. 1t was no empty
sacrifice he had chosen-it was the life
of Christ he had before his eyes for
following, though it was another voice
than Chrst's that had called him.
With his clean ideals around him
he is ordained and is given, through
the influence of the prime minister, q
position in London under Canon
Wealthy, a gentleman whose sermons
We're eloquent and literary and were
delivered with Evolutionary power;
there were many references to great
writer's, painters and musicians, in
Guiding a panegyric on Michael An
gelo and a quotation from Browning;
the sermons concluded with a passage
from Dante in the original. He warns
John that lit is necessary to live in
this nineteenth century, and it is i'm
possible to apply to it's conditions the
rules of life that had been proper to
the first" One of Johns fellow-cu-
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rates trusts that he will not be disap-
pointed with our church and service.
We do all that we can to make them
worthy of our people" In this atrnos-
phere of the modern Babylon" John
is not long in arousing a tempest and
back upon the Hebrew prophets for
strength to denounce the wickedness
in high places. The church establish
ment, with it's consequent subservi-
ence, office seeking, and general gid
ed degradation; the church's wealth
and barren charity; it's self-seeking,
mercenary servants so far from the
service of Christ; the selling of veal
thy women for title to men already.
in the sight Of God, with wives among
the people; the defenseless girls of
London, required by their social su-
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BOOKS

The reader of 1.-THE Christian" is like
a shuttlecock tossed between contending
forces. 1t is a book that must be read
more than once to get out Of the mael
stron1 of emotions and find a bit of
quiet ground from whence to view it;
the vantage once gained, so many
points Of view present themselves that
the. task. Of settling. down to a consid-
Grafton of this last novel of Hall
Gaines requires resolution. The ele
ments of the. book are so far from sim
pie that even ones estimation of it is
complex. y = -.,'-t---.ese---
Whatever, critical. opinion one may
eventually arrive at there can be no
question Of the books absorbing inter
est. nor can it be treated with fippan-
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Sons of Herman for New Jim.

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