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The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Sugar from Beets.

At the Norfolk (Neb) sugar factory,
$50 tons of beets daily are now being
made into granulated sugar. That sin
gle factory expects to turn out 10000
900 pounds of sugar this season, paying
to farmers in and around that locality
about 100000 for beets, to say moth
ing Of the immense amount paid for
labor, limestone, fuel, coke, lubricating
oils, etc. The crop is excellent and
farmers enthusiastic, as some Of them
are receiving $50 to $125 per acre for
the crop, while the townspeople are
prosperous and happy with money cir
culating freely. Land there is renting
from $S to $40 per acre for beet culture
Much the same state of affairs exist at
Grand Island, Neb. Large numbers of
farmers all over Nebraska and neigh
boring States are visiting these sugar
factories, and intense interest is being
aroused in the effort to vastly develop
the industry in this country.-Agricul-
turiSt
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
The Artist Ziem's Queer Home.

Amusing stories are told of Ziem,
who lived in a house at the top of the
rue Lepic ON Montmartre. His house
was his castle in the literal sense Of
the word. 1t was difficult to obtain ad-
mission, for the painter had an upper
window out of which he always look
ed when the bell rang, and interrogated
his would-be visitors. He had a basket
which he let down by cord to receive
packages or messages, and he slept in
a wonderful swinging-bed. His house
was a veritable museum, Illuminated
Persian manuscripts being part of his
collection. Some of these were worth
thousands of francs, but it was impos-
sible to persuade him to sell any Of
them In place of a newel-post on his
stairways stood the PROV of a gilded
gondola, and, closely immured in his
studio, he painted pictures of Venice,
and bade defiance to all who came to
disturb his peace.-Century.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

butcher would like to buy a beef or
number of them from the farmers in
his nelghborhood, but he is restrained
by fear. He cannot get enough to sup
ply himself through the year. Indeed.
the farmer generally only cares to mar
ket his fattened stock in cold weather
80 the Western shipper EFFORTS from
MS customers an ironclad agreement
to buy meat only as sent by him. Yet
we think if farmers would buy or raise
young stock and fatten it, they could
make a market selling beef or mutton
by the quarter, or dividing it still
farther for the accommodation of their
customers. No law to restrain this
right can be valid, as has been repeated
ly decided by very high authorities
American Cultivator
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

In the course of lecture on English
style in Baltimore the other day Joseph
Jacobs, the English critic, said: 'The
short sentence now reigns supreme. The
complex and involved sentence has been
abandoned by the representatives of
good Style for sentence so short and
simple as to be understood by child of
Z. The use Of conjunctions other than
and is being abandoned, and this
makes style less polished and more con-
Observation-Disclosures to write but easier
to read"
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
ZLAuv
(WHA%"

Baudelaire initiated poem by Long
fellow in the Calumet de Paix," and
avowed it; Gabriel d'Annuncio trans
lated the Calumet de Paix" in "Sangue
dele Vergins" literally
and a7owed nothing.
Seven volumes are to be added to
the Edinburgh Edition Of Stevenson's
works to make it complete. This will
bring the edition up to twenty volumes,
four more than are in the Thistle Edi-
ton, though not necessarily containing
more matter.
Alfred Austin, who, in the introduc-
ton to his "England's Darling" states
that "the greatest of Englishmen has
never been celebrated by an English
poet" has had his attention drawn by
cruel critic to a poem called "Alfred,"
written by a former poet laureate,
Pye.
A London firm announces "Recollec-;
tions Of a Private Soldier in the Army
of the Potomac" by writer who says,
81 was private soldier in the war to
suppress the rebellion. write of the
life Of a private soldier. l gloss over
nothing"
There is bill before Congress amend
ing the postal laws so that "all manu-
scripts intended for publication, mail
ed to or by publishers or editors" shall
be carried at third-class rates, or 1
cent for each two ounces. The plan is
regarded with a certain degree of ter
ror by editors, whom it would engulf
under Niagara of manuscripts.
The Marquis of Lorne has published,
in the Isle of Wight County Press, a
poetic effusion on the death of Prince
Henry of Battenberg. Here is a SAM
pie stanZa:
So proud of him, we say farewell,
With all on Maine and Rhine,
In love remembering he fell
Within our army's line.
ut was hard to Out-bathos the 1aure-
ate's poem on the loss sustained by the
death of the prince" Mr. Laubouchere
writes, ''but the Marquis of Lorne has
succeeded in this most difficult task"
e. I. Cook, who succeeds Sir John
Robinson as editor Of the Daily News,
was Mr.. Stead's lieutenant on the old
Pail Mall Gazette, and became editor
on Mr.. Stead's withdrawal. When the
Pail Mall was sold to Mr.. Astor, Mr..
Cook seeded, and helped Sir George
Newnes to found the Westminster Ga
zette, which he has edited from the out
set. Alfred Spender is to succeed Mr..
Cook as editor of the Westminster Ga
zette. Mr.. Spender has been assistant
editor of the Westminster Gazette from
It's start.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

at is my own house." the lady ran
on, "and it costs a pile of money to
keep it up! Why, L have ten or twelve
servants, even when 1 am not enter
tainingr'
There was a pause, during which the
company either looked bored OF ex-
changed peculiar glances, and then
awaited in silence her explanation Of
her journey across the Atlantic.
i cannot endure having the same
furniture" added the lady, after a
critical eXamina ton Of the rings on her
fingers, longer than four years. 1 have
refurniShed my house three times in
twelve years, and it is now time for
another revolution. l have come abroad
to look at furniture and to get some
new diamonds. But, do you know,
cannot find anything that 1 want to
buy? Everything seems cheap and sec
ohd-hand in the furniture line"
by this time the hostess was blush
ing from modification at having been
caught by her friends in the act of en-
tertaining so vulgar a woman Whether
the visitor was eXaggerating or not the
resources of her establishment and the
capriciousness of her taste, she was
making an indecent display of her
wealth.
Another American of the same type
undertook to entertain an English
company with a detailed account of his
pYnnn6itIIroS FOR nd
Il order about thirty suits of clothes
a year." he remarked, with a smile of
self-approval, "and seven or eight
overcoats. My wines seldom cost me
less than three thousand dollars a year,
but they are the choicest brands which
l can import. 1 seldom find anything
in England which l consider fit to
drink. AS for cigars, mine come direct
ly from the best Havana factory.
have to pay we'll for them, but 1 must
have the best"
This, too, was highly seasoned talk
for guests who were not accustomed to
hear any one Dragging about fine
clothes, wines and cigars.
There are vulgar people in England
who like to make show Of their new
ly acquired wealth and Importance.
There is nothing distinctively Ameri-
can in vulgarity, but the trait attracts
more attention in Americans because
they travel extensively in Europe, and
some Of them daunt their diamonds
and their bad manners in the fashion
able hotels Of the great capitals. Amer
lean reputation abroad suffers more
from occasional displays Of this kind
than from any other cause.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Farmers Should GROW Best Seed.

No garden or field seed is more easily
grown than the beet. Select smooth
specimens of moderate size out of the
heap and plant them in early spring.
All the work they need is to run the cul-
tivator between the rows, which should
be wide enough for that purpose. If
this is done two or three times, the
spreading branches will cover the
spaces between the rows and will keep
down most of the weeds. The seed is
gathered by cutting off these branches
and spreading on cloths or hung up in
sheds either having tight floor or hay-
ing cloths spread under the hanging
branches to catch the seed as it falls.
When beet seed is ripe it shells very
easily. The seed is easily grown and
therefore cheap, but every farmer can
easily raise what he wants for his own
use
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Referring to the Marie Barberi mnr-

Referring to the Marie Barberi mur-
der trial in New York the Mail and
Express says: Think of hypOthetic-
al question containing $4,000 words
seven columns or more of the Mail and
Express-filled with scientific terms,
speculative propositions, technical
distinctions, and abstruse theories of
physiology and diseased Think of this
question being read to witness in a
murder trial with the idea that his an
swer to it will enlighten the jury as
to the guilt or innocence of the defend
ant-and then You have vague, hazy
notion of what was done in case be-
fore one of our local courts. Nothing
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Turning Diamond Into Graphite.

Turning Diamond Into Graphite.
Elementary chemistry teaches us
that, as far as the nature of the sub
stance composing them is concerned,
there is almost no difference between a
brilliant white diamond and the black
graphite forming the core of a lead
pencil. Both are simply forms of car
bon, and if we could readily turn one
into the other, the diamond would
cease to rank as the kind of gems. In
fact, very minute diamonds have re-
Gently been made in this way by Mon
sieur Moissan, the French chemist.
iron, and when the iron cools the
graphite crystallizes. By performing
this operation in a particular manner,
which has heretofore been described in
this column, Monieur Moissan gets
microscopic crystals, not of graphite,
but of diamond Curiously enough,
now that we know how graphite may
be turned into diamond, it has also been
discovered that diamond can be
changed into graphite. This is effect
ed by placing a diamond in an eX-
hausted Crookes tube. In such a tube
it is believed that invisible molecules
Of matter are continually darting about,
and these molecules produce a cease
less bombardment on the surface of the
diamond. After time the effect be-
comes visible in a black stain, or crust,
covering the diamond. On examination
this is found to be composed Of graph
itp
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Ascension Island, in the South Allan

Ascension Island, in the South Allan
tic, is having troublous times. Its gov
ernment is that of a British man-of-
war, but officers wives are allowed TO
live on it. There are ten of them; they
have quarreled about precedence, and
now refuse to speak to each other. The
captain of the last war vessel that stop
ped there with supplies, including
dresses, tried to make them adopt the
rule of seniority of age, but it didn't
work
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

1t is painful to record it, but there is
no getting away from the fact. Nearly
five hundred clergymen in this coun-
try have been placed on blacklist by
the railroads because they have abused
the half-rate privileges the companies
have been granting them. 1t is a salts
faction to know that they will not have
another opportunity to fleece the rail-
roads and bring disgrace on their sacred
calling
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

The work of the mailing division of
the Baltimore postoffice during Novem-
ber came very near being absolutely
perfect, the percentage being 99.99S.
This record is the highest ever attained
by the postoffice there, and 1t is said to
he better than that of any other Office
In the country. Postmaster Warfield
says: I'VE could have no better evidence
of the success Of the merit system now
in use in this office than this record"
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
New Use for X-Rays,

1t Is said that the X-rays have been
successfully applied in France to the
detection of adulteration of food, where
the adulterants consist of some kind
of mineral matter. The food to be ex-
amined is reduced to powder and
spread thinly upon glass. An X-ray
photograph Of the glass reveals the
presence of the mineral particles by the
failure of the rays to penetrate them
as they penetrate the other constitu-
ents of the powdered food
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

Every man has his hobby. He may
not always know it himself, but some
where in his mental makeup, there is
a corner which hides secret which he
thinks is exclusively his own, which
would make the world wiser and better
If he could reveal 1t in all its force.
But he is mostly so situated that this
must forever remain his secret, and it
is often we'll for the world that it is so.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Earn, Cou1fortS

If the farmer will take a philosophi-
cal view of the situation, he will find
himselfina much better condition to Sc,
cure for himself and his family the ne
cessities and comforts of life than any
other industrial classes, to say nothing
about the degree of happiness within
his reach.-Lewiston Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Vulgarity.

A loud-yoiced American lady was ex-
planning at London reception why it
was that she had come to Europe. Il
have house in New York." she re-
marked, with an obvious sense of self
Importance, sin which l have twenty
bedrooms" 'It must be palace" re-
marked the hostess, graciously. COR
else a hotel" added a more cynical
commentator.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
LOndOn'G Insane.

The London County Council has de-
cided to spend FL 100000 on the provis-
ion of new asylums for the insane. The
expenditure is to spread over five years
and at the close of that period it is be-
lieved that the provision of asylum ac-
commodation will be fully adequate to
the wants Of the metropolis.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

The pneumatic tube system for car
rying small parcels and mail packages
is to be laid down in Boston. The sys-
tenn has been in use in European cities
for the last fifty years, but the majority
of the tubes are only three inches in
diameter The Boston system will have
eight-inch tubes.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

: Georgia, it should be noted" says
the Charleston (S c. News and Cou-
rier, "has, besides it's 1ourishing State
college, normal college, a college for
women on the same basis as the Win
throp College in South Carolina, great
school of technology at Atlanta, and
four agricultural colleges-one for each
section of the State"
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Unhappy French Queens.

OF sixty-seven Queens of France only
thirteen have died without leaving their
histories a record Of misery. Eleven
were divorced, two executed, nine died
young, seven were soon widowed, three
cruelty treated, three exiled; the poison
ed and broken-hearted make up the
rest.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

Turin is going to hold an Italian exhi-
bition in 1898. 1t will include the work
of Italians abroad and of the Catholic
missions. There will also be an interna-
tional exhibition of electric appliances
and of machinery. Among the special
features will be athletic games and a
review Of comic art.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Too Inouisitiye

The young woman with the auburn
hair who had come after the marriage
license looked at the probate clerk In
indignant surprise.
"Want to know my age?' she sar-
castically repeated. my age? Why,
saw. young feller, you must think you're
a Ii Hung Changarang, don't your
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

Cut flowers will keep very fresh if a
small pinch of common saltpeter is put
in the water in which they stand. The
ends of the stem should be cut off Il
little every day to keep open the alb
sorbing pores.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Two Potato Crops in One Season.


Last fall 1 bought few bushels of an
early red potato out of the cellar-Chi-
cago Market, Rochester Rose, or some
thing else-and laid them in a place
on the roof of low shed to start their
sprouts, thinking to forward the crop
in this way. After a while 1 planted
most Of them, but few still lay on the
roof until July IA, when part of the
garden patch having been dug for new
potatoes, planted forty hills to see
what they would do right in the old
hills. By this time they we're sun
burned, black as coal almost, and their
stubby sprouts, covered with tiny
green leaves, were two inches long.
The weather was dry and hot, the earth
dry as ashes, and nothing was seen of
them till a light shower brought them
up July 81. From this their growth
was rapid, and there was larger
growth Of vines than the first crop had.
A frost cut them down Sept %, but
they were nearly ripe. The first crop
did not ripen, but they would have
grown little, if any, more. Mr.. Waldo
f. Brown, who has green corn by the
time mine is fairly up-not more than
foot high at the most-could raise two
crops in this way with all ease, and
SO could any one who has degree or
two less latitude az degrees 80 min
uteS) The potatoes you lay out on the
boards must be recut; then they will
keep until it is time for the second
painting. Two crops of potatoes is bet
ter than the crop of fall weeds we see
so often where garden potatoes have
been dug.-New York Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

An exchange, in speaking of the plain
ness of Mr.. Cleveland's new home at
Princeton, says: "A house with
charming mistress and three fine little
girls doesn't need any gingerbread J"
AS If little girls didn't like gingerbread
as well as little boysi
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Winter Fatfenina g s4ocL

The competition of Western dressed
beef and of Western mutton, poultry
and other meats shipped in refrigerator
cars has made it very hard for Eastern
farmers to keep up the old practice of
buying or raising for fattening some
kind of stock every winter. The city
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

President Cleveland has a daughter
Ruth, Mark Hanna has a daughter
Ruth and William Jennings Bryan, Mr..
Hanna's chief opponent in the election,
has daughter Ruth. The paragraph
ers ought to be able to CLEAN something
from this
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

The editor of the Springfield (Mass)
Republican exclaims in burst of conf
dence, 1--WE are a very wicked lot" but
fails to crafty public curiosity by re-
lating just what he has been up to.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Pal nshed at winsiow, Arizona

The battle ship Texas has cost ST.
125, 900 and a great deal of swearing.
She comes pretty high, but shows dis
position to go lower.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Ink Stains.

1t is said that wheE ink is spilled
upon a carpet or anything made OF
woollen the spot should Immediately be
covered with common salt When this
has absorbed all the ink it will, care
fully take it off with an old knife OF
spoon and apply more salt. Keep do
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Not Cnwarda

Anyway" said the man who likes
to make kind speeches, 'our ball play
ers are no towards"
"No?" said the other man.
"No, sir. 1t is almost impossible to
get them to run" indianapolis Jour.
nal
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06
Harem Dispersed.

Nasr-ed-din's harem has been dis
,ersed. The late Shah's widows have
been forbidden to marry civil or mill
tary officers, but they may marry mer-
chants or mollohs if they choose.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

"Three short years ago 1 held an ele-
CANT position in an apothecary shop.
To-day 1 am policeman. Verify, yea
verify, have l been driven from piller
to post."-New York Press.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

Medical men are agreed that blushing
is a disease, but they also agree in say
ing that it is not so epidemic in certain
quarters as it ought to be.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

Being confidentiaIly informed that the
Atchison Globe paragraphs are written
by woman, we withdraw all the mean
things we have heretofore thought
about the author of them.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

but the fact that the affair involved a
question of life or death saved this ex,
ample of spectacular pettifogging from
being funny"
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

There are three ex-Mayors of the
town in the newly elected City Council
of Bath, Me.
The Winslow mail., 1897-03-06

Five-sixths of the men at Oxford and
Cambridge universities are teetotalers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-24
DEATH OF MICHAEL SMITH
Another Old Resident rasses to his
Reward.

Michael Smith, PIP Sixth street,
died at 6:15 last evs ming of la grippe,
from which he had been suffering
two weeks. Mr.. Smith was one Of
Rock Islands oldest residents, set
Ting here in 1861. He was native Of
county Meath, Ireland, where he was
born in 1928. He leaves to mourn his
demise his venerable wife and three
children: William smith, Daver.
port; Mrs. Lizzie Smith and Mrs.
Kate johnson, OF this city. The
funeral will be held at 9 o'clock Fri
day morning from st. Joseph's
church.
Funeral services for Mrs. Han
nah Boggess were conducted at the
homestead on Fourth avenue at 2
O'Clock yesterday afternoon by Rev.
McCulloch. of the First Methodist
church. Hymns were sung BY q
q aartet composed Of Mrs. H. von
koeckritz. and Miss Gertie Wilcox.
s. J. Collins and A. E. Elmer, and
there vera some handsome floral
t-ibutts Interment was made at
Chippiana ock, the ballbearers being
George Simmons. George Cook. John
C yne, ". L. Sweeney. L W. Allan,
and 81. b. Dougherty.
William Freeberg, Of South Rock
Island. formerly OF Bowling town.
ship. died this afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-24
May Mean . Tragedy.

An East Davenport lady. whose
residence affords . river view, was
seated at window sewing yesterday
afternoon. when upon looking toward
the river she saw q man crossing on
the ice. He was abo1t midway of
the river when she first looked.
Thinking no moro of the incident
she returned to her sewing. On CIV
ing the matter second thought and
realizing that the ice had not been
crossed at this point. she again
looked out OF the window, but the
man had disappeared. He had not
had time to reach the other side
since last seen. and the only sup.
position Is that he broke through.
when last seen he Was in the center
OF the ice field about opposite the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Repu blican.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-24
JUGGLING VITA TITLES.

How eho Novspspsrs nave uanalaA Rhas
falesa A6Aar. ii
There are people who wonder that
newspapers in reporting distant
events occasionally deviate from
statements Of actual facts. An Illus
tfstio9 of how such things occur 10
by the men who represent
The metropolitan press at Fulton,
particularly In their writing up Of
the visit Of the party Of kock
Islanders to that burg . week ago
The men who went to Fulton for
the purpose of securing the Wood
men records are called 'brigands and
all such names in the newspapers Of
the large cities. Don't criticise the
papers who happened to say that
you were q midnight marauder. 1t
rs not their doing Hold the press
Representatives of Ealton RESPONSE
Bile. They are the fellows, and if
you ever meet one of them give him
q stare that will send chill down
his spinal column as frosty as the
one you got Tor did you escape the
hoseD that mig ht in the village across
the creek from Clinton.
II was not supposed that the affair
would be reported impartially. as it
should have been. Fulton spleen
crops out in every line. But the
Rock Island folks have kick coming
on the manner in which their names
and titles have been juggled. One
report mentions j. w. Egan, editor
OF the Cincinnati Enquirer. and
Mayor F. B. Knox; another says
Mayor B. j. Kuox was arrested for
cutting the hose with butcher
knife, and City Attorney W. c. Esan
was locked up for carrying q pocket
full of brick bats. A paper further
east refers to the mayor as Frank b.
Knox, editor of the Rock Island
Volks-Zeitung. and another one says
that '.Mayor Egan and his friend.
Mayor Frank Knox, we're locked up. -