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This beet was selected from a lot of 57 tons Of mother beets'3 chosen for seed growing purposes by the Utah Sugar com pany The original beet was IS Inches long. exclusive of an inch or two broken off the tip. It weighed 28 oances and contained If per cent sugar, of 84 purity.
 day for beets about $13,0o0. It will be supplied with water from artesian wells, and will use about 13,o0o,0o0 gal Ions per day.
 What is possible in California is pos sible in nearly every part of the United States, and this enormous investment of so shrewd a man as MT. Spreckles is but an evidence that the industry in which he is engaging has bright fu- ture in this country.
 This country is consuming at the rate of 2,096, ,263 tons of sugar per year. Of this great amount I, ,760, ,607 tons are i'm ported from foreign countries. Of the 335,656 tons of home manufactured sugar consumed each year 289,Oo9 tons are domestic cane sugar produced in
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Tiger Bite Thai PoIned

Personal experience of tiger bites are are more difficult to obtain, partly be- cause few now attempt tiger-shooting on foot. Out of eight instances given by Mir. Hirst, pain is mentioned in only one. In this case a tiger seized Mir. J. Hansard, now forest officer in Cey- lon, by slipping behind him, putting it's paws on his shoulders and taking the back of his neck in its jaws. The beast bit his neck twice as it dragged him down ravine, and he felt intense pain as the teeth crunched through at the base of the skull. The tiger was shot and it's victim did not feel pain after ward.
 Bites of leopards, which are not heavy, are often very painful. But this is not invariable. Mr. W. A. Willock, of the Indian civil service, felt neither terror nor pain as he was mauled by a big leopard; and MT. Baker, of Gunyong, North Cachar. while having his arm broken by leopard's bite felt pang like toothache, but only for an in- stant.
 Lieut.. Gen. Brownlow, R. E., bitten through hand and thigh, was una ware that the tiger had done more than give him tremendous shaking, and is quite positive that to be killed by tiger must be painless extinction' for deer or other animal."-N. Y. World.
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During last year Mr. Spreekles built an immense concern at Salinas, in which he has invested $2,70U.000. This is the largest manufaetory of the kind in the world. Beets can be supplied to the
 sheds in carload lots and the cars emp tied by trip automatic platform. It has monster silo pit for taking care of the pulp, which by-product has become one of the features of the California beet-sugar industry. The factory will cost $2,750,000. It will use about 1900 barrels of petroleum daily for fuel. It's production of raw sugar will be about 400 tons per day. It will require about 30,0o0 acres of ground to produce the beets. Itwill work up about 5000 tons of beets per day, and will pay out per
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to the successful enterprises of the kind that are now turning out millions of pounds of sugar each year, and of a quality that is equal to the best of the cane sugar. All that these men ask for a realization of their prophecies is q continuation of the protective policy that is now in force on sugar, and they are sure that before many years Amer iea will manufacture the greater part of the sugar we use, if not consider able amount for export.
 When comparing these two state ments of equally brilliant students it is well to take into consideration the fact that this country is annually in ereasing its consumption of sugar far in advance of its increase of popula- ton. Sugar statistics demonstrate that the consumption of sugar is increasing in the United States at the rate of 12 pen cent. per annum, or more than doubling in every ten years, while the population Is increasing now at only about three per cent. per annum- Thus it will be seen that the production of cane sugar, if it is to have a monopoly of the sugar market, must make rapid strides in the quantity produced. This is one of the facts that those who be- lieve in the future of beet sugar pre-
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suits may be attained in each different locality where it is necessary to consid- CT the soil and temperature.
 These tests hive demonstrated the fact that it is possible to produce sugar beets in practically every state in the union, and that with little care in their cultivation there need be but lit tie difference in their quality. The value of these experiments in the beet sugar industry cannot be oyeresti- mated, and it is through them that the manufacture of beet sugar promises to become one of the leading industries of the country.
 That the manufacture of sugar from baets has passed the experimental stage in this country is proven by the investment of Claus Spreckles, the sugar king, of nearly three millions of dollars in the industry in California
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sent as their strongest argument in favor of their statements, and one which the opposition finds it hard to refute.
 The manufacture of beet sugar has received more or less attention in this country since 1890, at which time a factory was established at Philadel- phia, But the attempt was not sue cess and the enterprise soon failed. Eight years later Massachusetts tried the experiment, with the same lack of success.
 In 1868 factory was built at Free port, H.. but was later removed to Black Hawk, in the same state, and from there to Wisconsin. At none of these places did it prove satisfactory, and it was finally removed to California. It is n California that the beet sugar industry has received the most encour- aging results, and it is that state that
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How to Reach Two ramoua nesorts.
An onLlng Hint from ..nl.lua. :.

All t9Nllhs ftlnI rom sOhtlnS.'
 Fast, safe, superbly equipped and most carefully governed, one need not wonder at the great popularity of the New York Central. No other line affords such facili- ties for through travel between the East and tbe West as this wonderful four-traek sys- tenn. In the possession of the Grand Central Station, located in the heart of New York City, and within trihing distances of all tirst-elass hotels, this railway offers greater advantages than competing Iines Spring. summer, autumn and winter, it has attrac- tons irresistible. The great Northern Will derness, the playground of the State, now beekons its thousands As autumn falls, America's scenic masterpiece, far-famed Niagara, will claim it's annual host of piE- grlms with its majestic power, the fierce turmoil of the Whirlpool and all the pie tnresque surroundings, the awesome Cave of the Winds and several other minor attrac- tIons of the vicinity. And when winter comes, then the entire scene transformed to what seems fairyland of marvellous frost dressings, of icy forts and snowy palaces; of gleaming crystal prison barriers vainly strvlng to bind the roaring, foaming plunge of water-will present a spectacle of weird, mystenous beauty which is not duplicated ln the world.-Outing.
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the establishment of beet sugar fac tory would have many advantages, even above those offered by most any other kind of a manufacturing enterprise. It would mean not only the employ ment of labor in the cities and towns in which the factories were located, but the establishment of a home mar ket for the products of the surround ing agricultural territory at a good price.
 There are q dozen places in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minneso- ia, Indiana, and in fact nearly all of the central states, which are working for the establishment of this class of enterprise in their cities. To help these places and the farming commun- ities surrounding them the agricultural department of the government is agi- tating the question as much as possible, and at the same time to insure the safety of the capital invested and the safety of the farmer in the cultivation of his crops experiments are being con- stantly made in the cultivation and har- vesting of sugar beets to demonstrate the means of securing the largest re- turns of sugar. Every agricultural ex- pertinent station in the country is making these tests so that the best re-
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Of large size and great tonnage per acre. but deficient in sugar, containing much woody fibre, improperly topped, and highly undesirable for factory purposes. Such beets weigh four to six pounds and contain five to eight per cent. sugar.
 the south, and principally in Louisiana; 41,347 tons is domestic beet sugar, 5000 tons is maple sugar, and 300 tons is sorghum sugar. It is the hope of those interested in the advancement of the beet sugar industry that that in dustry will in time produce sufficient sugar to make unnecessary the i'm portation of any of the 76o,6o7 tons of sugar that are now being imported. Should these hopes be realized there is an abundance of room for all the beet sugar factories that are now being con templated, or in which an attempt is being made to interest capital.
 BERNHARD BRISTOL.
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Rema rlabIe Village.

In New Guinea the village of Tupu- selei is most remarkable. The houses are all supported on piles and stand out in the ocean considerable distance from shore. This is to protect the Vil- lagers from the attacks Of the dreaded head hunters, always looking out tor victims. Other villages in this queer land are perched mp in trees for the same reason. N. Y. Sun.
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Curious Custom.

In China it is the custom for guests at din. ners to run around between the courses. This is supposed to keep the diners digestion in good condition, but the nervous hustling American needs something else, and there Is nothing better than Hostetters Stomach Bltters- If a man or woman is suffering with constipation, indigestion or any stom- ach trouble, it's their fault if they don't get well. Hostetter's Stomach BitteTs will cure them. See that a private Revenue Stamp covers the neck of the bottle.
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oousd nemember Some Thinrs.

Travelling Missionary-And how many children have you, Mir Burdoek?
 Farmer Burdock (doubtfully) - Well. now, l dunnoM There's Dick and John and Kate-wife, hGsv many children are there around here?
 His Wife-Nine; five boys and four girls Travelling Missionary-A fine family and fine farm, Mr Burdock. You keep stock, I presume?
 Farmer Burtlock-Oh. yes; I've got 173 head of Jersey cattle, 5s9 sheep and 9l hogs. IN. Y. World
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kept sle industry alive after repeated failures elsewhere. In California to- day stands the oldest beet sugar factory in America, one that has been in opera ton more than q quarter of a century. This factory at Avarado, Cal. is the out growth of failures in Wisconsin and Illinois. The machinery of factories that had failed in these two states was removed to Alvarado and there the manufacture of beets into sugar was begun in 1S70 and has continued to the present time. The first experiments even there cannot be said to have been successes. The farmers did not know how to produce sugar bearing beets, they did not know at what stage of maturity it was best 10 harvest the crops they had grown Both of these things had tendency to retard the progress of the industry, but practic- ally complete success has rewarded the experiments of years.
 To-day there is hardly a state in the union, and especially the northern states, in which the establishment of beet sugar factories is not being agi- tated, and rapid increase in the busi- ness is anticipated. To q small city
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A business house of Aberdeen, Scotland, recently engaged as office boy a raw country o the telephone tel in his 9 m masters a absence se When first called upon to answer the bell, in reply to the usual query: Are you there% he nodded assent. Again the ques- tion came, and still again, and each time the boy gave an answering nod. When the question came for the fourth time however, the boy, losing his temper, roared through the telephone: Man, a ye blin'? I've been Iirth.
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To WashfH Eton, New York and the
 East.

A handsome Pullman Drawing Room Buff let Sleeping Car is operated daily by the Southern Railway, Memphis to Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Jersey City fer New ' ork, without change. Train leaves Memphis daily at 8:00 P NJ and runs via Chattanooga, Knoxville Bristol and Lynch burg, arriving in New York at Penn. R. R. Terminals. early the second day
 For further information address c. 4 De- Saussure, D. P. A, No. 309 Main St.. Mem phis, Tenn.
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Comparing Notes

My husband, said the little lady, with in the highestprieed theater in, the ejty,'
 "A mere trife, sighed the imposing call. CT Ny husband bought seat in the United States senate and it cost more than fae I whole theater you're talking about."-
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Managing Editor-"Don't you think we had better have q shorthand man at the Ministers association meeting this after noon| City Editor-"Don't see how we can work it. k will take every shorthand man on the force to handle that womans convention. ."-Ohio State Journal.
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Gadzoobs-"Does your minister believe ir the policy of expansion 7" Bounds - q should say he doesl His text yesterday consisted of two words, and he made ser mon out of it that 1t took him an hour to deliver. ."-N Y. Tribune.
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LadieH Cnn yyear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot Ease, q powder for the feet Itmakes tight or new shoes e2sy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, aching feet ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores. 25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Address Allen $. Olmsted, Le Roy, N Y.
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A cynical bachelor says Adams wife was called Eve because when she appeared his day of happiness was at an end.-Chieago Daily News.
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"Rehfuse meh preferred love, proud gerrul, . cried the heavy villain, and by meh halidome I'll dash yeh over yondeh beetling cliff" The girl gazed in the direc- ti0n t34& designated by his grimy forefnger; For she was up in topography as well as some other things.-Standard and Catholic Times.
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She-'I wouldn't marry you if you were the last man on earth" nelsYou wouldn't get chance. I'd surely have my pick then. p Philadelphia Bulletin.
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An amateur editor has made fortune by his pen. His father died of grief on read ing one of his editorials and left him $l50.- 000.-Nauyoo Independent.
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The Best Prescription for ChsIIa
 and Fever ia a bottle of GRovE's TAsTEIEss CHILL ToNIc. 1t is simply iron and oninine in tasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price. .bOo.
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If wives could get away from their hus. bands as easily as other women the men would cling to them so hard that all the di- ynree lawyers would die of starvation-N. [. Press
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Piso's Cure cured me of Throat and Lung trouble of three years standing.-E.
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If one Friends advice doesn't suit you keep on asking your friends until one giyes she Asnd you Want.-Atehlson Globe.
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Inference.

Barnes Tormer-He who entertains the 6ekIe public, sir, leads a dogs life.
 Stranger-You don't mean to tell me you are the barker for the show w2-Indanapolis Journal
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Worth Looking Wilheboy - "Pa, what s a mixed metaphor@ Pa-"It's new one on me. I'll ask my bartender when go down town. .'-Philadelp North Ameri-
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No man should be hopeless so long as he has two good, honest friends-his hands IL A. W. Bulletin
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Nk NHAT is the future of the beet NNN sugar industry in the United
 w States? This question is one that is receiving careful consideration by many capitalists and farmers throughout the country. There are in dustrial and agricultural scholars who claim that the making of sugar from beets will never be sufficiently success fulin this country to warrant the invest ment of large amounts of capital. They see in the repeated agitation of the question but an effort on the part of machinery manufacturers to produce market for their wares. They claim that with the opening of the Spanish possessions, that the mother country has so recently lost, to modern methods in the cultivation and manufacture of cane sugar the cost of production of this article will be so reduced. and at the same time the quantity so greatly increased, that it will force the beet sugar out of the market.
 On the other hand, there are equally as capable men who claim that the beet sugar is but in its infancy, and that it will in time become one of the great industries of the country. They point
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It is surprising how many worthless men hold Washington (Ia.) Democrat.
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Most circus performers are well posted L. A. W. Bulletin.
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TO Cure m Cold in Ono Dny

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Il 0ggists fefundmoney fit fails to cure. 25c.
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Hau'S Cafarrh Cure Is Constitutional Cure. Price, 75c.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27
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ought not to have been wholly unpre-
pared.
The rector was called away on some
parochial business after dinner, and I,
not caring to join the ladies in my per-
turbed condition of mind, slipped out
through the open dining room window
and wandered about the old-fashioned
rectory garden, and presently out into
the green lanes, sweet with the per-
fume OF late-blooming honeysuckle
and silent in the hush of evenings
rest from toll and labor
Love and courtship were certainly In
the air Of that corner Of Mjdshire, and
was always condemned by some ma
licious fate to be, not an actor In the
sweet drama, but a listener and an in
truder. For the third time since my
introduction to the neighborhood en-
countered a pair Of lovers.
They were leaning against a gate,
looking into q meadow, hidden from
me until was close upon them by q
great tangle Of travellers Joy, wreath
ing a jutting bush Of wildbrlar rose at
the corner Of the hedge. It was too
late for me to retire when came upon
the couple, so there was nothing for it
but discreet cough, which had the
presence of mind to set up for the
emergency. The woman turned has
tily at the sound, and to my surprise
I saw that it was Woodward, Nona's
maid.
To my surprise, say, for there was
something in the staid settled plain
ness Of the maids appearance which
was homogeneous, to my fancy, with
lovers and love-making. Decidedly
should not have given woodward
credit for having sweetheart. Yet
there she was, keeping twilight tryst
amongst the clematis and the honey
suckle, like any maid Of eighteen. And
If anything could have added to my
aston ishment it was the discovery that
the swain whose arm was about her
waist, whose head was bent down over
hers, was the rector's smart, new
groom! There must, decided,be some
thing more In the middle-aged maid
than met the eye, since she had car
ried of the prize from all her young
and pretty rivals. Possibly, thought.
with a little contempt for the passion
which had passed-bless the groom and
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27
If you have good friend, it makes
yon mad when he is imposed upon.

There have been various stories
written about the stealing Of the Bal
timore and Ohio Rail Road engines
at Martinsburg w. Va, during the
rebellion and their transfer across the
roads by Col. Thomas Sharp. who Is
still living in Ohio. Recently, an Of
fetal of the Baltimore anu Ohio Rail
Road made some Inquiries of old en-
ployes who were at Martinsburg at
the time the incident happened and
they say that on June 10, 1861, 200
men of Gen'l Stonewall Jacksons
command were detailed to destroy the
Baltimore and Ohio's equipment at
Martinsburg. They piled wood and
coal over IL engines and nearly 400
cars and then set fire to them. Only
ten or twelve of the engines, however.
were seriously damaged, and these not
by the fire. but because the water was
first let out Of the boilers. Col. Sharp
arrived in Martinsburg on August IL,
1861. and remained there until the fol-
lowing March, engaged in removing
engines, machinery, etc. He took
eight engines across the country over
luc luIuplho, either W pLduuIUl, w III
chester or Strasburg, land there are
some historians who disagree on this
point) 30 horses being required to haul
each engine. He also removed all the
duplicate parts of engines and cars
and all the rough iron at the station.
and took away all machinery and
tools which were afterward used in the
Southern arsenals. The country around
Martinsburg is extremely hilly and the
work of getting the engines over the
country roads required considerable
engineering ability. 1t has been cur
rently reported in late years that one
of the locomotives was the Winans
camel-back No. 80 which at that time
was numbered II. but Col. Sharp did
not care for this class of engines and
took only ten wheel and passenger en-
gines. There was only one eight wheel
locomotive taken and that was No. g..
Some years after the war Col. Sharp
was employed on the Baltimore and
Chic Rail Road as Master of Trans
pOrtatiOn
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-27
Safe Side,

The unexpected humor which often
tints the grave speech of the Quaker
is we'll illustrated in a little story told
of an eminent young physician OF
Pennsylvania at the time of the civil
war. He had determined to serve his
country and leave his practice at home,
but met with grieved remonstrance
from his mother a sweet,faced Qua
keress. II beseech of thee not to so
to this war. my SOM" she pleaded, her
soft eyes full of tears. "But I do not
20 to fight, mother" said the doctor,
cheerfully. II am going as medical
man. Surely there is no harm in that"
"Well, we'll" said the little mother,
doubtfully, go then, if it must be So"
Then suddenly a CLEAN of loyalty
shone through her tears, and she
Strengthened herself and looked brave
ly up into her tall sons face. IF thee
finds thee kills more than thee cures. I"
she said. demurely, II advise thee to
20 straightway over to the other side,
my son.