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that time rapidly failed until his death, which
was occasioned by paralysis
Out of the account of his death the
Rambler takes the following para
graph:
The death OF eccentric character and one
who widely known. on accom- q tre
peculiar manner in which he obtained liveii-
hood. is worth more than passing notice, and
hundreds Of persons residing in different parts Of
the Union. who made the acquaintance OF the
deceased while visits to the capital and who
have doubtless often good -naturedly responded to
his dignifed appeals for contributions. on read
ing this announcement will exclaim. Poor
Beau!" For, truth to tell. If Beau left no warm
friends. he leaves no enemies
Soon after his death at the hospital
Rurgdorf the undertaken. brought a
plain pine coffin, and all that was NOR
tai of old Beau was taken to the aims
house cemetery. Not a single mourner
was there, but one reason for this was
that the funeral took place before The
Evening Star was on the street and
very few persons knew that Beau was
dead. Soon after the news had spread
Dorsey Claggett and John Langley
started a subscription for the removal
of Beau's remains from potter's field
On opening the grave next day it was
found to have been .desecrated during
the night, and the body had been part
ly and crudely dissected. This deed
furnished Washington with one of the
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bilizing Great Sugar Industry as War Measur

that minimum of human labor is used.
The beets are taken in upon belts and
washed on the way. They are cut into
little pieces by knives which slice them
them into bits the width and thickness
of slate pencil They look like the
squeezed through colander. picked
up some Of these threads and tasted
them; They are sweet, but they have
After cutting the threads go into great
iron tanks containing diffusion batteries
SO arranged that they move through
from one tank to the others. The ma
ehinery is SO constructed. that. as the
beets go through, part of the,sugar in
them goes out into the tanks. which are
nlled with warm water. and at the end
into the water. At the start the water is
as clear as crystal, but when it flows
forth. containing the sugar, it is as black
as ink. and 1t has to be purified before
being boiled down to get out the sugar.
This is done by various processes. which
make the sugar water as clear as pure
alcohol. The water is now passed through
tanks filled with steam pipes. the liquid
growing thicker and thicker until it turns
to strip and then to mixture of sugar
and molasseS.
This mixture is refined in about the
same way as cane sugar. and at the end
1t becomes the sweet, white. stuff we use
on our tables. 1t Is now just like cane
sugar. Pure sugar is the same every
where, and no pure sugars are sweeter
than others. The great quantities of
jams and jellies which were formerly ex-
ported from France and England were
sweetened with sugar that came from
the beet.
And now let us see what we can do to
help the sugar famine in Europe. The
food administration will do all in its
power, but = depends upon you and me,
and the 99.999. 99S other people of the
United States as to whether we can ship
goodly supply of sugar to the soldiers
and our allies this winter. 1t depends
upon how much candy we eat and how we
gorge ourselves with cakes, pies, buildings
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lot at 18th and f, while the west part
had passed to Sarah Kavanaugh. who
for aught the Rambler knows to the
contrary may have been Sarah Greason,
and the north part had passed from
G. NJ. Keller to Iona B. Keller, probably
his widow. The Bomford lands on the
east side of 14th and some of the lots
on the south side of F, east of 18th, had
come into possession of Henry A. will
lard, Joseph c. Willard and Caleb c.
willard. The land on e street, which
in 1929 was in the name of Cornelius
Mclean. and from 1899 to 1859 in the
|name of Sarah Mclean. stood in 1868
in the name of Cornelius Mclean. In
1879 the corner at 18th and E was still
in the name of William Greason, the
north part still in the name OF Iona r.
Keller. or Jonas F. Keller, the Ram
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which when this war began was yield
ing almost one-half of the sugar sup
ply of the world The amount then
made was enough to give ten pounds to
every man, woman and child upon
earth. The sugar beet can be raised in
a large part of the temperate zone, and
1T is question whether, after the war
is ended, the beet sugar product Will
not surpass the cane sugar product At
present the land in the two crops is
about equal. The world over. there is
now something like 100000 acres de-
voted to cane every year and about
5000, 900 acres devoted to the sugar beet.
The total area in sugar is thus about
100000 acres. SO little that il all the
plantations could be Joined together
they would not cover space more than
half the size of either Ohio or Ken
lucky.
1t is now 170 years since Margraf
discovered sugar in beets and beet
sugar as an industry is only about 100
years old Cane sugar is said to have
been known to the Chinese something
like 5000 years ago. The plant was
taken from China to India and from
there Jumps of sugar were carried to
Greece, where it bore the name of In
dian salt. 1t was also called "honey
from reeds" and said 10 be white and
brittle like gum
Some claim that sugar originated in
India. and the Hindoos have a legend
that one of their saints created sugar
cane and made sugar in order that
he might use it as a heavenly food for
prince who wanted to have the de-
lights of paradise while still upon
earth.
Later sugar was COMPOUNDED with
mama, some supposing it to have
been the miraculous food of the chill
dren of Israel upon their march across
Sinai, and in the middle ages the
crusaders brought back some from
Palestine which probably had come
there from Africa. where it was known
for a long time before it arrived in
Europe. In 1860 A D. sugar was sold
in London for II cents a pound, and
in 1898 a German traveller. in speak
ing of Queen Elizabeth of England.
then sixty-fve years Of age. said: Her
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the Avenue hotels since the early sos.
He is at rest in Congressional ceme-
terry, though his first interment was in
potter's field in the grounds Of the
Washington Asylum. spot of dismal
mories, but plot of ground in which
no burfals have been, made since the
building Of the crematorium on the
lane that leads from the Jail down to
the pesthouse. Turning to The Star
file the Rambler finds what follows in
the issue of September 2. 1873:
Mr.. Robert L. Hickman. Familiarity known as
Beau Hickman. died at Providence Hospital at
about o'clock this morning after an illness of
about two weeks. Saturday last he was taken
from his lodgings at the house Of Mr.. p. J. Bar
rick fwho formerly kept the franklin. now the
Irving, House. corner Of 9Th and y streetsI, ut
sos Maryland avenue. 10 the hospital. and since
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A Warm Welcome.

T. ]. KENT. vice president of tie
Bankers Trust Company. saf In
New York the other day:
When the Germans invade the for
eign markets after the war. they'll get
the kind of welcome the little boys
gave Santa Claus.
Two little boys. brothers. lay in bed
on Christmas Eve
Did you put that tub of water In
the fireplace? said the first little boy.
Eyes, said the second, and fixed the
scuttle of coal so that it will tumble
on his head when the opens the door,.
What Is surest to catch him,
though, said the first boy. is the steei
rattrap in rny stocking
Then they went off to sleep happy Ia
the thought that they were at last go
ing to see Santa Claus"
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1871, In celebration of the completion
Of the wooden pavement of Pennsylva-
mia avenue, the Rambler recalled that
one Of the trotting races over a meas
ured mile on the Avenue from I'd to
14th street was won by Billy Gleason's
horse Jefferson.
The Rambler is going to turn back to
that famous carnival because in his
review 01 1t he overlooked an incident
which will etir the memories of many
old friends. That incident was the
spectacular appearance on horseback
of Beau Hickman, then an old man. In
writing the name Beau Hickman the
HANDLERS mind travels back a good
many years, and he knows that this
name will recall jolly thoughts to
many of the longtime readers Of The
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scandals of the day. The theft of dead
bodies was much commoner crime
remains were removed to Congressional
cemetery.
Beau Hickman came to Washington
about 1882. He was then young man,
perhaps twenty years old. He was
dressed in the fashion of his time, car
ried a gold watch and fob and a gold
tipped cane, talked race horse volubly.
told chance acquaintances the names of
the, horses that were sure to win, never
bet cent himself. borrowed money.
patronized the best tailors in Washing
ton without thought Of paying them.
boarded at Browns. at the National
and at other first-class hotels and
moved when the proprietors pressed
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A HustIing Town.

ORD NORTHCLIFFE. at a farewell
dinner. expressed his admiration
for American hustle.
ION a train the other day." he said,
IT heard a dialogue that brought out
your hustling qualities beautifully.
I'm from Ashton sad man.
Finest little town in the middle westt'
Ashton sneered another man. Z
don't think much of Ashton
You don't? When were you there
last" said nhe first man.
Two weeks ago.
oh. well.' said the Ashtonian. you
ought to see her now!'"
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and other desserts. 1t depends upon
whether we each use one or two Jumps
or no sugar at all in our coffee and tea.
for all these make up a large part Of our
sugar consumption, which today Is the
greatest of the whole world.
Do you know how much sugar we
eat every year? Our average con-
sumption. taking every man, woman
and child in the United States into
account. is ninety pounds, or almost
two pounds per week. During the ten
years preceding the war our consump-
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Dinner in Germany.
Ex AMBASSADOR GEn1Rp told

TX AMBASSADOR GEHkRD told :
Ia story about Germany.
IAN American correspondent" he said,
had his rationed dinner served to him
one spring evening in his room at the
hotel
a thin slice of bread. teaspoonful u
dried peas and piece Of veal the size Of
your little finger. Then. as 1t was getting
dark, the waiter said:
Shall I make light, sirr
No. thanks said the correspondence
bitterly. That dinner is light enough b. . -
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the northwest corner of 18th and f
streets had been divided into three
parts. the owners being Andrew Har-
per, Sarah kennah and Louis yivans.
On each third of the lot was a small
house. The Samuel Davidson lot on
the east was subd;vided, the east half
being owned by William O'Neal Inn
proved by thirty-two-hundred- dollar
building. and the west half owned by
George Coulson. improved by a three
hundred and fifty dollar building. The
John Mason lots of 1902 We're still in
the same ownership. and a lot that had
belonged to Samuel Davidson was in
the name of the Bank of the Metropo-
lis. Lots g and Z, that had belonged to
Dorsey and John Davidson, were
owned by Frederick Reitz. and part
of and the whole of S-Dorsey and
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$500, 000,0 900 pounds. IF we could re-
duce 1t one-fourth we should still have
three times as much as either the
English. Frnch or Italians. and
there would be $500. 600. 900 pounds
saved for shipment to Europe. To do
that we should each have to save
about one ounce of sugar a day,
seven ounces per week the year
through.
Take the single item of candy which
you send to your sweetheart in boxes
ranging from one to five pounds If
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ty of sugar for any one of our allies.
AS it is now the French people have
been living on twenty-one pounds per
year and the English and italians have
not more than that. We are now eat
ing about twenty pounds each in ex-
cess of our average consumption dur
ing the last ten years. and thirty
pounds more than during the ten years
before that.
Ninety pounds of sugar for each one
of US and twenty-one pounds for each
Englishman, Frenchman and Italiani
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ton was only seventy or eighty
pounds. We then ate on the average
only 7,o00,000.0oO pounds per year.
which was an increase over the con-
sumption of the preceding decade of
about 43 per cent 1t is not very long
since we were each eating only sixty
pounds per year. and If we should cut
down our ration to the same amount
we formerly used we would have plen-
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How would you like to sit down at
partnership dinner with three other
people and have one of them grab
three-fourths of the sugar. That Is
just what we have been doing in the
year of our Lord 1917.
IL we could reduce our consumption
one-haf We. should still each have
more than twice as much as is used by
our allies, and the saving would be
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Star. Perhaps it Is best to give the
incident as an old reporter on The Star
paper wrote it forty-six years ago. It
appeared among the Incidents of the
Day" in the report of the carnival, and
follows:
What is a fete in Washington without Beau
Hickman? We'll. but what part will he take?'
would say. Then another would rejoin,
why, he can't walk well, he can't ride
horseback said another. And it. was finally
settled by. Il guess he'll go in carriage"
But you're mistaken. He did not go In car
riage. but. mounting one Of John Prices fiery,
untamed sorrels. he cayorted up and down the
Avenue with cane in one hand and reins in the
other Those equity feet that have known every
Avenue brick and hotel tile for fifty years past
We're in pair of stirrups that one would
ever dream they could get into, and, amid the
cheers of the crowds the sidewalks, Beau
ga1loped along with his pants up TO his knees
and cigar in his mouth with nary light at
angle Of AS.
Beau died within three years after
this event Tuesday, September 9, 1873,
was the date of his passing. Beau's age.
like many other facts about him, was
not known. but he was probably a few
years over sixty. He had been a ia
miliar character of the Avenue and
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Skipping through the records from
1907 to 1929 one finds that the lot at
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-02-21

Money at low rate. M. l.. Ayers.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-02-21

The department Of agriculture est.
mates that only one-third of the mar.
ketable surplus of the potato crop had
been moved by January 1, 1918. Last
years potato crop was the largest ever
produced in the United States.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-02-21

To conserve tin. linseed oil, and 9th
ingredients of paint and paint con-
tainers necessary for war use, manu-
facture will be limited to 80 shades
Of house paint after July l. Some
firms are now making 100 shades of
this class Of paint.
Enamels will be restricted by the
manufacturers to eight shades, floor
paint to eight, roof and barn paint to
two. shingle stains to u, carriage
paint To eight, architectural varnishes
to ten. Half-gallon cans will not be
used. and some other sizes Will be
discontinued
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-21
SINCE you WENT AWAY

Since you went away, every gay
sailor lad,
Every khaki-clad soldier l see,
Has a place in my heart and a share
in my thoughts,
And belongs, Just a little, TO me.
He's a comrade Of yours, and Is bear
ing his share
OF the burden that rests 8pon you;
Both are doing the task which a ma
ton has set
For its glorious manhood to do.
Since you went away, l have entered
within
A sisterhood-mystic and great
OF women who've learned The great
lesson, to give,
And are learning arothW-to wait.
But strive like the rest. not to doubt
DR. to fear,
To murmur, or sigh, or complain,
But to trust in his might, and to
know IN his W.
That the #ert6ce can not be in
vaiDN
Since you went away, every fold OF
the flag
Has a message that's tender and
true;
10 has always meant liberty, freedom,
and right,
1t now means my country, and you.
Your honor is part of the deep azure
field
Your courage, of each crimson bar,
AnI the soRl of you, shining, resplen-
dent, and clear,
Is q part of each beautiful star.
Allison Brown, in the Metropolitan
Magazine.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-21
WAR SUMMARY

The Germans have carried their
submarine warfare to American
shores and are attacking and sinking
shipping of the Atlantic coast.
Submarine attacks were reported
this week on vessels Oft the New Jer-
sey shore and a number Of craft are
known to have been sunk.
Intoxicated by victories in the west,
Germany has thrown of her mask.
Every German of Importance, even
every Socialist excepting the insig-
nifcant handful Of sincere independ-
ents, is now clamOrinR for, or con
>enting to, crushing terms In the
west-annexatiOns at the expense OF
France and Belgium, or indemnities
from Britain and America.
Bitterly defending every barrier In
the enemy's path, the French resist
anee on the western side of the Aisne
salient is increasing. Sunday appar-
emily was the poorest day the Ger
man advance has had since the often.
sive was renewed a week ago.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-21
WHERE THE BOY HAD ONE ON
THE BISHOP

Phillips Brooks was visiting at a
friends house in Maine one summer.
OF course, on Sunday he was asAed
to preach, and in the morning, walk
ing in the garden, he met the ten.
~year-old son Of his friend.
"Going to church this morning
Tommy ?" ask the Bishop.
mot if | caNsae,p it, sir" answered
Tommy.
"Well, WE'LL It isn't as bad as all
that, my boy" answered the Bishop
I'm going"
"Huh," said the boy. you've GO
nothing on me here. You've got to
It's your job"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-21
WILL AGAINST o \

"Is you gwine ter let dat mewel do
as he pleases ?" asked Uncle Eph-
rains wife. "Wha's you will
power?"
MY will-power's all right" he an
swered. "You jest want ter come out
hyar an measure dis mewel's won't
power. Nebraska Farmer.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-21

a tremendous demand for metals, the
mines at once assumed an Importance
hey had never held before. To en-
able the nation to win the war, the
mines had to produce a liberal out
nut under most adverse conditions
and this they accomplished to an ex-
cent beyond criticism.
Many old mines and numerous pros
poets are held idle at the present
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-21

"Your man had quite an attack Of
the shakes yesterday / hear" said
The village doctor to the farmer.
"Too bad, isn't it,"
"Wa-al, / dunno, doe" replied the
farmer dOubtfully. Hard on him, ]
guess. But seem he had 'em anyway
and had to stand 'em, ! thought !
might as we'll use EN-, so to speak.
doc. SO I fastens the chnrn dasher
to him, and darn my eyes II he didn't
bring the butter inside Of fifteen min
ufeB."
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-21

time, the owners only awaiting the
advent of more propitious times to
start development operations. Pres
ent governing facts can only mean
that when better national conditions
materialize there will be a record re-
vival In mining, more substantial
than a boom, and o. continued dura-
tion, says Mining aSd Financial
Record.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-21
GREAT FUTURE FOR MINING

One thing among many others thai
the war has done is to give the east
a better understanding as 70 the needs
and value of the mines of the west.
When the war came on, and with il
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-21
IMPORTANT NOTICE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES PRocLA1Ms FRIDAY,
JUNE 2s 1915, IL
NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS DAY n
GOVERNORS AND MAYORS MAKE SIMILAR
MEETINGS WILL BE HELD IN EVERY COMMUNITY TO SECURE
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR WAR SAVINGS STAMPS

Pursuant to the prOcamstions of the President of the United States
and the Governor OF this State ! War Savings Director for New Mexico,
actng under the authority of the United States Treasury Department, have
called III taxpayers and wage-earneTs to meet On Friday, June 26h, to give
their subscriptions for War Savings Stamps In rural communities and the
smaller towns and cities, meetings will be held in the school houses at 2 p m.
The school or precinct officers will conduct the meeting in each school
house, keeping a record of the proceedings and reporting the names of all
persons present and the amount Of War Savings Stamps subscribed for by
them. The names of absent persons, and of those who refuse or neglect to
subscribe with their reasons for so doing, will also be reported.
War Savings Stamps (Which are United States Government Bonds the
anne al Liberty Bonds can be paid for during any month in the year 1918,
but 1t is intended that subscriptions will be signed for them III June Is.
The price of each War Savings Stamp depends upon the month during
which it is bought During June each stamp will cost $417. In July each
Stamp will cost $41S, and so on, one cent more each month during 1918. On
January l, 1923. the Government of the United States will redeem all War
Savings Stamps at $500 each, no matter during which month in 1918 they
were bought. They cost less during the early months in 1918 than during
the later months because the person who buys earlier has loaned his money
to the Government for a longer time than if he should buy later.
By way of illustration, note the following table: Av "A
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-21
COST OF WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
DURING JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST, 1915

The law provides that no person can hold in his wv nan War Savings
Stamps exceeding 1000 maturity value. War Savings Stamps, however,
may be purchased for other members of the family, including minor children
The money invested in War Savings Stamps is not a gift, or a donation,
but is a loan to the Government. 1t will all be paid back with 40 I'M
pound interest IT, because of some serious financial reverses y calamity,
it should be necessary to get your money before January l. 1923, you may
do so by giving ten days notice to any Money Order postmaster, in which
case you car get what you paid for the Stamps with interest to date OF
payment The Stamps are free from all State and Local taxes; when regis
tered at the pOstoffce they are insured against loss; they are backed by all
the property in the United States; they cannot fall in value below the price
you pay; they are ss convenient and as well paying an Investment as has
ever been offered by our Government.
A definite quota of War Savings Stamps has been assigned each school
district and community, which will he announced at each meeting o. June
2Ih. The Government of the United States expects all the citizens of every
precinct, school district and county to subscribe for its quota and to pledge
themselves to saw and econOmize to help win the war.
1t Is to be hoped that the subscriptions taken at the meetings in your
county will show you and your AeghbOrs to be loyal Americans to whom
our Government, in this hour of need, does not'cal in vain.