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Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03

proposition Of Nahum Bachelor.
master of the National Grange =,
was pressing the passage in the in
terest of the 100000 farmers of his
organization. These cooperative dis
tilleries would be .nder close govern
ment supervision, and the alcohol
would be rendered unfit for beverage
purposes before leaving the distillery
warehouse. In this way the cost to
the farmers of this material for light
ing, heating, cooking and motor fuel
purposes could be kept at the lowest
point.
In Great Britain alcohol made IN
drinkable by the addition of per ut.
of wood alcohol and a much smaller
proportion of mineral naptha is now
sold freely without tax. Since 1887
Germany also had untaxed alcohol for
industrial purposes. France, witzer-
land, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Russia,
| Sweden, Norway, Austria Hungary,
Portugal and six Latin-American re-
publics exact no tax on this "dena-
tured" alcohol, already regarded as
one of the necessities of agriculture,
manufacture and general industry.
In these ''free-alcohol countries there
are being used many varieties of al
cohol engines, alcohol automobiles, al
cOhol motor boats, alcohol rm
motors, alcohol lamps and alcohol
stoves.
ALREADY SUCCEEDS IN EUROPE.
Germany has far surpassed in all
Of these inventions. which were largely
mothered by necessity. for the father
land has no natural gas or petroleum
But its broad sandy plains produce
cheap and abundant crops of potatoes,
from which every farmer n manu-
facture a vast quantity of raw alcohol.
Inventors and scientists have been busy
with improvements in farm distilleries,
motors. lamps. COOKING and heating
aDparatus. Their "spirit motors" are
being turned out in all forms-up-
right and horizontal stationary, por-
table and locomotive. Alcohol loco
motives pull trains of dozen cars on
large farms. sugar plantations and
engineering works. The army has had
built ten horsepower alcohol "en-
gineers' wagons" each with speed
of ten miles an hour, carrying tools
and apparatus for regiment Of en-
gineers.
The cost of converting this dena-
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03
HEAT AND LIGHT FROM FARM CROPS
wonderful Possibilities of Denatured Alcohol Provided
for by Congress-

Should even a portion of the bene-
ficent results predicted from the pass
age OF the bill removing the tax from
denatured alcohol be realized, that
measure will ring in new Industrial
era not only in the factory but more
particularly the farm, and the home.
No other work of the Fifty-ninth Con-
gress, not even excepting the railway
rate act will compare with Thu in
general beneicence, if half, even a
quarter, of what is claimed for it shall
come to pass. alcohol" says the
Philadelphia Record, "might be dis
stilled from potatoes in quantity suf-
ficient to light, heat and supply power
to all the Northern States of the Union,
and at such low cost as to supplant
Kerosene ana gasoline This alcohol
would be incapable of use as a bever-
age. To the dwellers in the country.
in particular, such development
would be of instant, universal and in
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03
oLD-FAsH1oNED SOUTHERN SUGAR MILL

produces much more alcohol than an
acre of corn, when only the grain of
the latter is taken into consideration
But corn stalks if harvested before
they dry out contain large quantities
of sugar and starch, enough to pro-
duce 100 gallons of commercial alco-
hol per acre, according to the estimate
of Secretary Wilson. In 1O0O00,O0O
acres of Indian corn the making of ten
billion gallons of this alcohol therefore
go largely to waste annually. Secreta y
Wilson predicts that the time is COM
ing when we will utilize this in--;nse
source of energy. According to DIR.
Wiley the fermantable material in the
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

heating, cooking and lighting. A BUSH
ell of potatoes will produce O.S5 gal
Ions of alcohol. We now raise DO
tatoes almost exclusively for human
food, and we plant only those val. eties
which have the finest flavor for tt (,
table, independent Of their yield per
acre. But there are potatoes yielding
many more bushels per a, than
these esteemed for food. They are
such as are grown for cattle food in
parts of the old world where corn is
scarce. Secretary of Agriculture Will
son estimates that there would be no
difficulty in obtaining 500 gallons of
alcohol per acre from such a variety.
Potatoes can now be grown here as
a commercial crop only within a short
distance from market. 1t does not
paJ to haul them far. But as soon as
they can be used as a source of heat.
light and power, factories will spring
up in country neighborhoods where
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03
THE MESSAGE.


Listen" said Raleigh, and suddenly
seized my hand.
THAT is nothing but the alarm clock
in the next room," l said.
lie did not seem to hear what said,
but kept on listening to the strange,
rafting noise, and saw beads of cold
perspiration on his forehead, while his
hand turned cold as ice. Nevertheless
there was in his eyes far away look
Of expectancy, Of dawning joy.
1T is nothing at all,'' repeated. 81
do not understand what is the matter
with You. Tell me-"
"Oh, never mind" he answered, "but
surely you heard it as well as 1.
Didn't your
well, then, the time has come. For
hours, days, years, have expected it,
have ofttimes longed for, and still,
now, when it has come, it seems hard
to leave this world so suddenly"
Nonsense I said, "what has the
alarm clock to do with your death p
He looked at me with the same won
derful expression in his eyes, and
said:
"Wcll, I will tell you what l have
never told any one before"
You remember that Lora died three
years ago."
''She died at exactly twenty-three
minutes of five in the afternoon. Look
at your watch and see what time it
is now"
looked at my watch.
"Just twenty minutes of FIVE"
Yes, and three minutes ago that
alarm went off, just at the hour and
minute Of her DEATH"
looked at Raleigh in establishment.
"Well, even If that is so, 1 do not
see what Lora's death has to do with
you"
with me! Oh! but you don't gAow,
even my dearest friend. How should
you know that Lora was my wife.
Nobody knew it but ourselves"
"Lora was your wifeT
eyes, my wife," he replied, with
tears in his eyes. "You know how her
father hated me and why. But she
loved me as loved her, and 20 we
married secretly a few weeks before
she died. 1 was not at her deathbed
and would not have known had not
the handspring broken in Z: at very
clock we just heard with just the same
peculiar noise. At the moment it hap
pened feeling of deadly terror over
powered me. I rushed to her house.
but they would not let me in. l cried
that she was my wife, but they
slammed the door in my face. and I
swooned away.
When l came to my senses again l
was here. How / got to my rooms 1
do not know, but 1 do know that she
was with me and at my side, pale as
a ghost.
"Lora,' 1 cried. She turned to me
and said: wait for me, dear, the clock
will call YOU
"Lora,' I cried again. Another
woman stood at my side. He is de-
lirious,' she said. we must renew the
icebag.'
"Now you have heard it just as 1
did. The clock has called and 1 must
CO."
"But, Raleigh" 1 began.
He interrupted me-
DO not say anything" he whis-
pered. 81 know it and 1 am ready. Il
have been waiting so long-oh, so
long. Good byer'
He reached eagerly forward, as If
to embrace some one, but suddenly
fell back into my arms, his face trans
figured into the most beautiful ex-
preston l have ever seen. do you
see her? There at the door! am
coming, 1 am coming, my darling"
A tremor went through him and he
was dead.-The Oklahoman.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03
The Pores VardrObe.

A large number of women are en-
ployed at the Vatican solely in keep
ing the Pope's wardrobe in perfect
condition. No spot or stain may dis
figure his garments, and. as he always
appears in white, even few hours
wear deprives the robes of their fresh
ness. Women are permitted to serve
the Pontiff in this one respect only.
as male attendants are not considered
suitable for the work. Only the most
delicate materials are used-moire silk
in summer. and a specially woven fine
cloth in winter.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03

stalks could be removed by the presses
now used to extract the juice of sugar
cane. And speaking of commercial
alcohol from corn, it might be of in
terest to add statement from DIR
Wiley, that twenty times more power
can be obtained by burning the alcohol
in corn than by burning the corn it.
self-as has been done in the West
in times of coal famine. 1t is also
estimated that the value of the bv-
products of corn after the Industrial
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03
Need Pure Food Law

In the Philippine Islands some Of
the Cinnamon are extremely clever at
swindling, one of their tricks being to
remove whiskey from bottle and sub
stitute an adulteration without break
Ing the seal. They do this by soaking
on the label and drilling a tiny hole
In the side of the bottle. They then
take out the whiskey and substitute
liquid similar in color, fill up the
hole, and cover it with the label,
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03

tured Tor undrinkable) alcohol back
into it's original condition would be
much more than for making pure al
cohol anew, according to DIR. Wiley.
He thinks the best method Of making
it undrinkable would be the addition
of ten per cent. wood alcohol and one
per cent. of ''pyridine." According to
the bill as it passed, the denaturing
ingredients are left to the discretion OF
the internal revenue tax.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03
alcohol is extracted will pay the cost
of distillation.
SUGAR BETS AND MOLASSES.

alcohol is extracted will pay the cost
of distillation.
SUGAR BETS AND MOLASSES.
An acre of sugar beets will produce
"a gallons of alcohol Our vast irri-
CATION projects in the West are water
ing lands which will soon produce
sugar beets more profitably, perhaps.
than any other crops and the molasses
from these crops can readily be turned
into alcohol. A waste product of the
ca e sugar mill, known as "base mo-
lasses," would be another available
source of our commercial alcohol SUD-
ply. Millions of gallons of this pro-
duced in all the Central and South
American countries and the West In
dies are now largely burned, fed to
animals or destroyed, although a Dor
ton is dumped on our shores at almost
any price above freight. At New Or
leans, Boston and Brooklyn it is be-
ing worked up into inferior LIQUORS
The alcohol made from it has a dis
agreeable odor and taste. But if re-
pulsive matter must be added to It
TO make 1t undrinka' All tax-free.
under the new bill, it will serve as
well as any other alcohol thus manu-
featured for power, heat and light.
Already in Cuba such alcohol from
this base molasses is being made at
10 cents per gallon. The base mo-
lasses itself can be had at New York
at 3 cents gallon. A similar grade
of base molasses is turned out as n
by-product by our beet sugar factories.
Ten factories of Michigan send their
produce to distillery in that state
and produce from it about a half mil
lion gallons of absolute alcohol. But
this by-product of our beet sugar fac
tories generally goes to waste in other
states. Yet we sit by and bemoan the
decreasing supply and increasing price
of coal, the diminishing supply of
wood, wonder where we shall turn
next for power, heat and light
whether we shall harness the moon
with tide motors or the sun with solar
engines! Moreover, the production of
eastern petroleum is falling off and
practically no gasoline is being found
in the petroleum of Texas and the
West. And yet, according to DIR.
Wiley, our farmers can grow any
amount of starch and sugar that may
be wanted for any purpose in the
world and not pound of it would
take one element of fertility from the
soil.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03
Then the Cook Cut In.
The cook was going.

the COOK was going.
How shall word this recommends
tion, Marie?" her mistress asked. "You
know can't touch upon industry, and
On the question of neatness the less
said the better, while as for culinary
skill-'
well, ma'am," the cook cut In, Sup
pose you just say 1 stood this place
four weeks. That will do me, I think"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03
TOIefS.

The roses sent were red,
My rival sent her white;
My heart is torn with doubt and fear
Which will she wear tonight?
hear her step upon the stair,
All, Fortune, now disclosei
My lady comes; stand still, my heart!
Whose violets are those?
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03

coal is now expensive, and large areas
of potatoes will be grown for their
g test possible yield of alcohol. The
sweet potato and yam would furnish
about the same proportions of alcohol
as the white potato.
ALCOHOL FROM CORN AND
STALKS.
An acre Of corn-fifty bushelE-will
furnish $50 gallons of absolute alcohol:
a bushel of corn, two and four.tifths
gallons. An acre of potatoes thus
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03
One More on Nary

From Technical World,
MARY had little lamb,
Just thirty years ago;
The chops we had for lunch to-day
Were from that lamb, we know"
@. E. D.-How old is Mary?
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03
e. POTATO A GOOD ALCOHOL
MAKER.

The potato will be our chief source
of this undrinkable commercial alco-
hol. A good yield of potatoes 300
bushels-will produce 255 gallons of
such fuel for running automobiles.
farm motors and other engines; for
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03
SUGAR BEETs WILL PRODUCE ALCOHOL FOR THE WEST.

calculable benefit; but to every man.
no matter where he lives, it would be
Of some Importance" Saws the Louis
Vile Courier Journal, after quo ms the
Philadelphia Records tribute to the
coming great and almost universal
blessing: And potatoes are only one
OF hundreds Of things from which this
useful product would be distille if
the tax were removed. Such a step
would create in this country prac-
tically new and vastly beneficial in
dustry, whose benefits would be
shared by the whole people as con-
sumers, and by hundreds of thousands
Of them as producers There is
scarcely a nameable limit to the pro-
duction of potatoes.
WOULD USE UP WASTE
PRODUCTS.
Potatoes, beets, corn-the stalks as
well as the grain-and the waste pro-
ducts Of our molasses factories may
run our engines, cook our meals, heat
and light our homes. The present tax
OF $1.1O per gallon on commercial al
cohol renders its use for power, fuel
and light absolutely out of the ques-
ton, although for these purposes it
can be manufactured at less than 10
cents gallon. At this rate it can SUD-
plant both gasoline and kerosene, than
which it is also safer and much
cleaner. The only opponents of the
bill were the wood alcohol and Stand
ard Oil interests, which would be the
losers. Farmers, especially, insisted
upon its passage.
The white potato can readily heat.
light and furnish power for our
Northern states; the sweet IT, to,
the yam and the waste from the
molasses factory can do the same for
our Southern states, while in the great
West the sugar beet and Indian corn
can turn the wheels of the factory,
farm and conveyance and Danish from
the home the chill of winter or the
blackness of night. Such is the state
ment Of Prof. II. W. Wiley, Chief of
the governments bureau of chemistry.
Sugar and starch, when fermenting,
yield about half their weight in a So
lutte alcohol. About on.-fifth the
weight of potatoes, nearly three
quarters the weight of corn and al
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03
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Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03

A sixty-ton vessel, with a crew OF
twelve men, can earn about $4,000 in a
season at cod fishing.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03

WANTED: A Hundred Firemen and Brakemen or
dinerent railroads. Age 20 to 80 good sight and
hearing. Experience unnecessary. Firemen S1O1
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Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03
COOPERATIVE DIsTILLERIEs.

That the farmers in all corn-grow-
ing sections of the country should
cooperative distilleries for
the sole purpose of producing this ue-
natured" industrial alcohol, is the
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03

sTENOGRAPHFRs Bright younp men vno -.
take dictation rapidly and do rapid work q
machine; Salary $936 to start. Write TODAY Ofice
way, N Y. nv 'N-''' ofoao
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03

SHIRT WAIST HOLDER EXTRAORDINARILY
keep Keeps waist down all around: no pins or hooks I'd
and ask for white black. Felix Corset Co. ii;d
Pine Street New York.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03
"A GERMAN COOPERATIVE D1sT1LL1NG PLANT.

most one-sixth that of the sugar bee
are these fermentable sugars ant
Starches.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1906-08-03
PALISADE PATTERNS.
A BECOMING DRESSING
SACK
Designed by BERTHA BROWNING.

Simplicity is great factor in the designing
of beautiful apparel. Some of the most at
tractive gowns are almost unadorned Here is
sketched a little dressing sack of white Swiss
lined with pale blue, while the only decoration.
the front facing. cuffs and belt Fonr s ,,,a
tucks provide an extra fullness over the bust,
the fullness being then drawn down trinity into
the belt. A simulated box pleat relieves the
excellent for home construction, as so little
labor is involved in the making. As to ma
terials,-lawn, dimity, soft silk or cLeIlis NAV
serve In the medium size 315 yards of 36-inch
material are needed
6460-Sizes, 80 to q inches bust measure.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
RAILROAD MEN ARB MOVED UP
C. Ackert Is Promoted to General
Managership of Southern.
II. b. Spencer Becomes Sixth Vice
President and J. y. Scale VIII
Manage transportation.

orders were issued yesterday in the
general Offices Of the Southern Railway.
promoting c. H Acllert formerly fourth
vice president, 10 the duties Of general
manager. with Offices in the Southern
Railway Building.
H B. Spencer. formerly general man
ager, has been appointed sixth vice presi-
dent, and placed in general charge Of the
construction and purchasing departments.
J. y. Scale. formerly assistant general
superintendent, with Offices at Charlotte.
y. c., has been appointed manager Of
transportation, with headquarters in
Washington; Z. II. COapman. formerly
assistant general superintendent at Dan
vile, is made general superintendent of
the Northern district AT Danvile: G. r.
loyal. former assistant general sUperin-
tendent At Knoxville. Tenn, is made gen
eTal superintendent of the Eastern divI-
sion at Charlotte \. c: ". y ForeaCr
formerly assistant general superintendent
al Birmingham, Ala, IS promoted 20 gen
eral superintendent Of the Western divi-
sion at Birmingham, Ala; NJ. NJ Richey,
formerly assistant superintendent at Bir-
mingham, Ala. who resigned his position
two years ago, and went TO the SIoss-
Shefheld Company, where he was made
president. and then general manager. now
comes back TO the service OF the South
ern as general superintendent of the
middle distict at Knoxville, Tenn.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
MRS. FRANK R. STOCKTON dies
Widow of Famous Novelist Sue
cumbs to Long Illness.
Wrote Several short Stories During
Her Early Life, and Left Some
Incomplete Plays.

The death Of Mrs. Frank r. Stockton.
widow Of the famous novelist, occurred
last night at 1870 at her home. in the
Prince George apartments. Georgetown.
Mrs. Stocktons illness began several
weeks ago, and small hope of her re-
covery has been entertained since.
Mrs. Stockton's maiden name was
Marion Tuttle She was born in George
town, y, j., being the child Of Mary and
Moses Tuttle. Her mother was Miss
Mary Brooks. Of South Carolina. AT the
age of four years she went 10 live with
her uncle, David Baldwin. OF Guilford.
Conn II was in 1853. while on visit 20
the Stockton family in Philadelphia, that
she met and became engaged 10 her fu-
ture husband They were married on
April 30, IsgG, AZ Burlington, y Y
After Mr. Stockton's death IN 1902 she
retired 90 her country home at CI-F-
mont, about three miles from Charles
town, VI. Va, and ia 1873 came % Wash
ington 20 live Mrs. Stockton was re-
lated 10 the Booker family. Of Virginia.
Before her marriage 10 Mr.. Stockton
she was known as the authoress Of sew
eral short stories, and az the time Of her
death left some incomplete plays. Mrs
Stockton Is survived by Il niece. Mrs II
q. Goodwin, who was married recently at
the bedside Of her stricken aunt
The Washington herald., 1906-11-20
FINDS SNAKES IN HIS ROOM.
Captured Reptiles youch for Reeves
story 90 Police.

When Theophilus Reeves. the proprietor
OF a boarding house at 616 louisiana ave
nue., returned to the building late last
night he found the front door unbolted
and the lock torn from its fastening. Sus-
pecting a burglar within, he secured a
heavy stick and entered, prepared to
fight. A search of the lower floors dis
closed no trace Of the intruder, but on
entering q bedroom he was horrified 10
see d mOnstrous rattlesnake coiled on the
washstand and swinging its hideOus head
from side TO side in evident anger and
defiance. He took a step into the room,
but retreated hastily as another reptile
as large, but not Of a dangerous variety,
gllded from beneath the bed and made a
fight into the closet. BY this time his
surprise had almost submerged his cour-
age, and until he remembered that one of
his boarders kept a few snakes as pets,
he stood safely outside the door
In time he remembered, too. that the
fangs had been removed from the rep
tiles, and, after an exciting chase, he
soon had them both securely fastened in
a pillOw-case. Until Reeves explained the
situation 10 Policeman English at head
quarters it was thought the appearance
of the snakes might have been due to ex-
cessive libatons which frequently pro-
duce such phenomena. but an inquiry
prompted the following explanation:
Reeves. until recently, had man
named James Killeck as a boarder. XII
leck is said TO be connected with a trav-
cling show, which disbands during the
winter, and he had brought with him
about a dozen snakes. He kept them in
a glass case in his room. and was solicit
Gus as to their treatment According "a
Reeves. he was not so particular in re-
gard to the payment Of his board bill
Reeves believes that Killeck, intending "a
leave town, broke into the house, hastily
gathered his snakes and took his depar-
ture.