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TOMORROW MORNING BEGINS THE SALE OF THE
' In loading a string of freight cars on a ferryboat , an obstruction on the rail backs two cars off the ferry in the Ladies'
All theMeii'
I 25c Soiled and s sea , and smashes three others. The goods in the cars that were smashed are all dry and only a trifle mussed some Mackintoshes
Mussed are perfect. Of the goods that were in the cars that were backed off in the sea some are dry now others still wet.
' Underwear Water cannot hurt these.
All go on sale tomorrow at 500 Mackintoshes
All the th = U were in this
Men's pnrchuso , nil of them
16th and the latest style , navys ,
Douglas
Dollar blnelw , chocks anil
philils ; worth up to
Underwear
$7.50 , onstilont $1.30.
wear , Soiled or Mussel
All the 23c Dross
Buttons , nil kinds , All the inon'a
grides , sizes nntl and THE SEA L1NKN
colors , at 2 dozen
for Ic. 75c Wet Dress Goods at 5c Yard SAVED COLLARS ,
One case containing a hundred pieces of wool FROM All the finest bleached All the 6c
2 for ic pure , THE 50 , , 70. ic
bright nlaids goods that If perfect would bo worth 7oo n yard , but ed , double Satin Da Sc , QC , all linen tow-
having been wet , on sale at Co yard SEA mask , worth SI.25 and SI.50 cling go at 3 0
Over , of the finest per yard , on'y ' wet , goes at
5,000 pahs quality lece Curtains that became wet In thli
GOO dozen Km- $1.50 Wet Dress Goods 15c 55o per yard yard Men's nil
l > roldured ChllTon . Imported accident will be placed on s.ilo In our basement In three lots.
LINEN
tOc Neckwear , nt , woilli Pure silk and wool imported French Novelties At these ridiculously low prices they will go with a rush. He on band All the $1.00 and CUFFS ,
early. All the Linen Hauch
goods that If perfect would bo worth SI.50 yard , but having boon early.These Curtains arc of the best quality and nothing the matter with 750 grade of bleached
nt2c towels from this
2c wet , on sale at 15o yard them , absolutely free from damage , except that they have been wet. They ed dntnaslc that " has been lot , 2c
wet. goes at ! ! . > c in nil grades and sizes , In
are In the beat quality , Nottingham , flno Hrusacls effect , heavy Clounics , fine lot at 7c each
Strictly Perfect $1.00 and $1.50 Dress Goods 25c and39c. lacy Valenciennes , In fact a complete assortment of all hinds of lace Cur yard rno worth up to i5o ! , ,
All wet Embroidery Strictly perfect dress poods from this purchase < # 5\ CH _ tains that would sell from $1.0i ) to $10.00 a pair. Wo have divided them Into All the 5oc and
ery worth up to in wide , all wool Henriettas , French Serges. B B II fi A 3 lots lOc , 35c and COc each. grade of table damask One case of assorted
COc yard , Ic , 3o and Novelty Dross Goods , Checks and 1'inlds and ff ir& a e NT BOYS' HEAVY
Co per yard. Storm Serges , all of them strictly all wool on a _ 8at- ! mask , In all widths , fancy linen long WOOL
sale at 2oc and 3lo ) yard , worth up to 81.0Q and Ef HjU HH U bleachnd and unbleached , scarfs , center pieces , lunch KNEE PANTS.
81.CO yard HS3 vy * & Worth go at 2oc yard cloths , etc , worth up to
Ic 3c § cAll up to All the pure linen Ilauch 52.50 , choice 3lc. )
, , FROAl THE SEA Pen and lluo Scotch Twilled and
1.00 SILKS FOR 35c Gorman Damask Toweling , One solid case of
. Dollars worth from lOc to2. " > c per yard ,
" 'Jo viiul extra large Carman' '
All the dry nml Black Gros Grain Silks , yard wide black EACH EACH EACH a Pair 1000 Grass Cloth Oheckod Ooylios linen Napkin * , worth ' "
MEN'S and DOY3"
Kmbroldury. perfect hlKh worth grade and figured China Silks , Moire Silks , all worth 5c each , go at $2.00 per tlozon , go ut ,
These all In , but will sell them . WET i
arc pairs we singly or In pairs. lo each 9Sc > er do/.on
, Oo nnd |
7 yard at
12c o ynrd. worth up to $ i.oo on sale at 35c yard , . . , . This Is , the greatest opportunity to buy fine lace Curtains nt n fractional CAPS.
part of their real value that ever occurred In Omaha or elsewhere.
c Ladies' and Children's ' THE FROM From the sos 9c
SKA
All dry and perfect.
' ' ' 4 ' Boxes , sinabhod.
Cases Misses' Boys' Child's LflQIES' WOOL
3 , , Oululo papers Moquet , Velvet. B.idy Brussels and Tapestry
All the Chlldrcn'H Wool mussed. MEN'S '
nnd BOYS'
nibbed Underwear 5c Inoludliu ; Jersey wool Garments perfect. Brussels Carpets , worth up to $2 per yd , go at . . .
sound and
worth 15c go nt Underwear ribbed , sillc trimmed , natural These the outside perfect
wet folds
\vnrtli ural wool , heavy cotton carpets were on only , DOLLAR CAl'S ,
\ up to a
dollar llcuco merino , Underwear 200 extra Ions , warm 150 Douljlo Beaver the comer of the roll is dry nnd perfect ; wo will soil these dry
worth i5c , nil go nt winter cloaks , worth Cloth nnd electric Cnpes , seal braided fur and perfect carpets , worth up to 52.00 per yard
2 rases ladles' finest Imported fleecy lined , LJ In the rcKtilar way trimmed , $3.50 qual for Me tomorrow 25c. 50fl
full rr-KUliir made Hose , iwlth double soles : § 7.50 , on silent if 1.3'J. ity , slightly mussed , .
nnd 2 CIIKCS Indies' cashnicru wool , full at 20 bales of Carpet Rugs , ii yards-long , worth up
se. mlcsa Hose , nil go at lOc n pair
15 cases of wet All the ! ? l."i.OO Jackets that were In this jiurelmso : most of to si per yard , at 250 lor the whole rug.
extra heavy Canton 2 Cases of all kinds of them silk lined throughout , also clnljonittgy braltlcd , actually - Mcn' fine 25c
ton Flannel , worth ally worth ? 1..00 ; on sale at One case of Imported Tapestry Table
19c yard , nt Co neAT WOOL
go
to 6 inches wide worth 25o WOOLSOCKS
yard. Up , , AT Children's'1 ohcTmlsscs' Covers fthejr are in all sizes'from i SOCKS ,
Reefer Jnckets , $3.50 AVool Seal Fur Cnpes square to 3 yards long , and worth up to$7,50
from this purchase a piece ; tomorrow your choice at 1.75 each 9c
C quality , BO nt $1.DO. . . . ' ' .
'on sale at $ I.'JS for tiny tlze.
B cnsca or Im 1,000 pounds of One solid cnso of 1 solid case of H. 2 cases of extra Ladles' ttd Ladles' und Hoys' nnd girls' MEN'S MEN'S COC MEN'S COC Men's and boys'
C cnses of ' gray ported S n s o n y Importcil Zephyr Embroidered Pillow n. Crochet Cotton , Inrpo heavy Imported ' Men's and boys'
men's 10 SILK
Sanitary l-'lnnucl , MnrsoIlliM Embroidered cent YARN 73-CENT LINED
, ported
, low Shams ut 15o worth Sc ball SILK
Ynrn , nil colois , Ynru nt lo per lap per 25
, cent
edges ,
wet on only Ued Spreads regu
worth 2-iu ynrd , goat worth 12'io ' n worth So per lap. per pair. nil white , colors nt und lar rctnll prlco Handkerchiefs , Handkerchiefs , MITTENS. OVERALLS , NECKWEAR , GLOVES , SUSPENDERS , SUSPENDERS ,
so
skein nt
,
go .
,
at Co ynrd price $3.50. go to
. 5c 2c morrow at 4c 15c > c 12c
A NEW AMERICAN INDUSTRY
Conclusive Demonstration of the Possibili
ties of Beet Sugar Production.
ENORMOUS COST OF IMPORTED SUGAR
Vn t Soiiri-o of AwrliMiIliirnl 1'rodt
Tito lloiuily l'"l l ! > ' CJerinnny
J'rolialilo Ilu-ISunt'tiin-m of
AniL-rlciiii
The present session of congress will bo
erged to meet the required Increase of reve
nue needed to cover the present deficit by
restoring the duty on sugar to something like
> f whcro It was before the passage of the Mc
Klnley act In 1SPO. This will rather moro
than double the existing rate on Imported
sugars , and congress will bo further asked
to make the duty specific rather than ad va
lorem , as at present. With raw sugars rul
ing at about 2V4 cents per pound the pres
ent duty of 40 per cent ad valorem yields an
average of about 1 cent a pound of duty.
If the sugar tariff bo Increased to a spe
cific duty averaging 2 cents per pound , that
la ranging from l'i cents to 2Vi cents , nn
Immense expansion la promised for the beet
sugar Industry In the United States. The
latter , which has had an experimental cx-
iatenco In this country for the last sis years
or more , has now decisively passed the ex
perimental stage , and at the present tlmo
arrangements have been completed for the
erection of six or eight new factories , while
perhaps as many more are projcjtcd. Con
cerning the development of the Industry and
the encouragement which It now seeks , Presi
dent Henry T. Oxnard of the American lleet
Sugar association gave mo the following de
tails :
"When the McKlnley law repealing the
dutlc on sugar and providing for a bounty
on sugars grown In the United States , there
wcro two small factories In existence In Call ,
fornla , and that was practically all wo had
of demonstrable evidence that the beet
sugar Industry In this country could , with a
very llttlo stimulus , become ono of our larg
est and most profitable lines of agriculture
and manufacture. Under the McKlnley
bounty act live now factories were estab
lished , while the two already In existence
were enlarged , making seven In all. Wo
practically had the benefit of the bounty for
Just ono year. That Is to. say , It took ono
year to got fairly under way , and after the
ono good year succeeding wo were assured
by democratic success that the bounty \\ould
be repealed , as It was. There are still Just
BOVCII factories In operation In the country
now. One of these , that at Eddy , N. M. , In
the Pecos valley , began operations tlila year ,
making up for the small factory at Staun-
ton , Va. , which was burned.
l TUB ANNUAL OUTPUT.
"In 1S01 , the first year of the operation of
the bounty , the total output of beet sugar
for the country was about 0,000 tons ; for
1802 , 13.00 tons ; for 1833 , 22,000 tons. No
definite figures exist for the Inn tvvu years ,
but I think It eafo to nay that the output
this year will bo between 30,009 nnd 40,000
tons. Although thU la a very respectable
beginning , It It nothing more than a begin
ning , as you will BOO from the fact that
Germany's output for the year of beet sugar
Ing to grow beets for the first tlmo do not
wish to risk their full year's work on what
Is to them n brand now crop. Wo have now
reached about the limit of the present capac
ity , and It la only the prevailing very low
will probably bo In the neighborhood of
1.800.000 tons , and that of Franco fully two-
thirds of tlil3.
"Tho Increase of production through the
years noted was duo simply to the develop
ment of the factories now In existence to the
proximate limit of their capacity. When
a factory flist Btarta up It is very difficult
for It to sccuro all the beets It can handle
for the flrst year or eo. Farmers undcrtak-
ft ? 3 5- - = -'wa3 = s ? F--- > v2P7 ; 3i = SS
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NOKKOMC IJEKT SUGAH FACTORY.
prlcca. combined with the present duty on
the Imported article , that lies checked the
construction of many new factories.
"Nevertheless , even In the face of the pre
vailing depression the beet sugar Industry
Is a demonstrated succcw. The farmers
have no crop which can compare with It In
profit , and the factories have demonstrated
that \\lth llttlo better conditions they , too ,
will pay handsome dividends. At the pres
ent tlmo the outlook la that wllh favorable
legislation , eight or ten new factories will
bo In existence la tlmo to mill the crop of
1S97 , Our own company would erect two or
three now factories , and I know definitely
of six or seven more that are organized and
ready to begin work of construction.
COST OK IMPOKTRD SUCIAU.
"I am certain that with the proper en
couragement within ten or fifteen years this
country will not only bo producing every
pound of HUgar which II consumes , but will
become an exporter as well. Two years
ago this country paid out $125,000,000 for
Imported sugars. A very largo portion of
this went to Germany and France for beet
auuar. Franca and Qcrmaiiy have had fifty
years In which to develop this Industry , \\ltli
every possible governmental aid , In the
ahapo of tariffs and export bounties , and
scientific experimentation , and this Is by far
the moat Important agricultural output of
Huso two countries. It will readily bo scon
that with this half century of perfected de
velopment , and the German government pay *
Ing out an export bounty , It la very dllllcult
to get ! the Industry In this country fairly on
Its feet. Wo need capital , and capital Is
timid.
"Very few * people understand what an
euoruvoui development the beet sugar iu >
dustry has had within a very recent day.
Although It was an Important Industry lu
nuropo more than half a century ago , yet
within ten or fifteen years the production
baa moro than doubled. In 1SSO two-thlrdo
of the sugar consumed by the world came
from cane and one-third from beets ; In 1890
this proportion was almost reversed four-
savonths canio from the beet. What It Is
now may bo roughly estimated from the
fact that In the last six years Germany's
total output , all from the beet , has Increased
by one-half , and that of Franco has 1iad a
corresponding growth.
"In these same six years the cxpcilmental
able to the growth of sugar beets than that
of France of Germany. There Is , therefore ,
no reason why , with thn same encourage
ment that German factories have had In the
way of bounties and tariff , this country
might not , long before 1910 , have seven
hundred beet sugar factories Instead of
seven , have several million acres withdrawn
from cultivation In staple products In which
there Is always moro or less overproduction
tion , nml devoted to the cultivation of the
sugar beet , employ several hundred million
dollars of capital , and keep the $100,000,000
a year which wo now payout for Imported
sugars In our own pockets. It Is a remark
able fact that all the wheat whicn wo now
export cither In the shape of grain or Hour
does not meet our sugar hill. "
FACTORIES IN OPERATION.
Thii beet sugar factories now In existence
In this country arc those at Grand Island
and Norfolk , Nebraska , and at China Val
ley , San Ilcrnardlna county , Cal. , all owned
by the Oxnard company ; the Watsonvlllc ,
Cal. , factory , owned by the Hawaiian sugar
king , Claus Spreckels , nnd the plants at
Alvcrado , Cal. , Lehl City , Utah , and nt
Eddy , Now Mexico. This year the Spreckels
factory will pay out about $750,000 for the
120,000 tons of beets it will convert Into
sugar and for the labor this Involves. The
Alvcrado mill will work up about 60,000 tons
this season ; the China Valley Oect Sugar
company about 90,000 tons , the Lehl City
works 45,000 tons and the Nebraska mills
about 75,000 tons combined.
The largest of tlio new factories under
way Is that which Claus Sprockets will
erect in the Salinas valley. In Monterey
county , California , with an Indicated capac
ity of upunrd of 300,000 tons of beets ,
which would require a. cultivation of some
thing like 22,500 acres. In a recent Inter
view Mr. Spreckels tald : "I may not llvo
to see the day , but In ( fir years the beet
sugar industry will bo tliu greatest Industry
of California , and California will bo the
greatest sugar producing state In the union.
It Is the only profitable thing left for the
farmer and he can't get Into It too soon. "
At least thrco other factories are pro
jected for this state , one ofwhich will be
stations established by the United States built cloto to Los Angclea by W. A. Clark ,
government at various points from New , the Montana copper kliiff , tand another at
INTERIOR OF NORFOLK DEBT SUGAR FACTORY.
York to California have demonstrated that
the soil of this country Is oven more favor-
Ban ! a Roia. The Wisconsin Ucct Sugar
company Is hurrying forward Its factory at
Menomlnco Falls , nnd has contracted for
2,500 acres of beets annually for ten years.
At Rome , N. Y. , "the first , beet sugar com
pany of New York , " with a capital of $300-
000 , has purchased the plant at Farnham.
Quebec , which was found to bo located too
far north , and the construction of their
works Is under way. Other companies have
been formed to build at Howling Green , Ky. ,
and Evansvlllo , Ind. , < and at Dubuque , lu.
MEET CULTURE IN NEW MEXICO.
In New Mexico the Pecos Valley Irriga
tion company has had remarkable success
this year , and has expressed Its willing
ness to Invest $1,000,000 In beet Industries
In that locality. This year this company
had about 1 COO acres under cultivation ,
and although the farmers wore entirely un
acquainted with the culture of the beet
root , the results have berne out the experi
ments made during the two years previous.
The results of the latter were astonishing ,
the yield ranging from twelve to thirty-
one tons an acre , with an average sugar
content of 18 per cent. The company pays
$1 a ton for beets containing 14 per cent
sugar , with 25 per cent a ton Increase for
each additional per cent.
"Tho average price In California Is $1 a
ton for 12 per cent beets , and In Ne
braska , where there Is a state bounty of
about $1 a ton , the factories are compelled
by law to pay $5 a ton. A yield of twelve
tons an aero Is a low average , and while
the beet culture requires a great deal of
care and labor , It succeeds best under In
tensive rather than extensive culture ; the
net profit after paying all expenses ranges
from $10 to $30 an acre. Roughly speaking ,
an aero of corn , forty bushels at 30 cents ,
will buy 200 pounds of sugar , and the same
aero planted In beets will yield from 2,000
to 3,000 pounds In sugar.
President Oxnard estimates that flvo acrra
In sugar beets will pay ns largo a net profit
as 100 or 200 ncrca , on the average , sown In
corn or whc.it.
The governmental experimental stations
have shown conclualvely that boots of proper
quality and In profitable quantities , that ID
to aay. ten to twenty tons an aero of beefs
containing from 12 to 18 per cent of sugar ,
can bo grown over the larger part of the
United States. The area definitely under ex
periment Included that extending from Now
York , Virginia and North Carolina , through
Kentucky , Tennessee- . Indiana , Iowa , Minnesota
seta , the Dakotas , Kansas , Nebraska , Wyo
ming , Colorado and Utah to California and
Washington.
CULTIVATION AN ART.
From two to four years are required for a
beet sugar factory to become thoroughly es
tablished and bring It to profitable operation.
Raising flno bccta Is an art and means a
higher standard of agriculture than Implied
by an acre of corn or wheat. The crop la
a rotational one and should not bo grown
on the Eaino land moro than once In thrco
or four years. ) ' IB a splendid fertilizer and
brlnga the soil Into admirable condition for
the growth of other crops. Two or thrco
yeaia' testa are usually ncccwsary to deter-
mlnu If the toll of a given section will
produce bccta of proper quality , that In
with a large percentage of sugar , and In a
sufficient quantity , <
For the factory Itself the chief requisite
Is that It ho located Immediately adjacent
to rich beet land , that It have an unlimited
supply of pure water , good cheap Iliuo and
also cheap fuel , As to the capital required
the factory at Li-hl City , Utah , with 1,000
acres of land and with a capacity of up
wards of 45,000 tons of beets , represents
an Investment of $700,000 , all subscribed
locally. That at China Valley , Cal. , which
Includes a refinery , had about $1,000,000 In-
vcfltod , A beet eugap mill rceemblca a tan-
nliig factory In that It Is In operation only
for a brief part of tbo year , the usual run
being from ninety to 100 days , In Germany
many co-opcratlvo factories , owned by the
farmers themselves , exist and It Is probable
that the same plan will be tried extensively
In this country.
Taking nn average of twelve tons of
beets to the acre , producing a ton and a
half of raw sugar , It would require , de
ducting the present output of cane sugar
In this country , a million acres or more
planted In bccta to produce the sugar now
required In this country. This , at nn average -
ago of $50 per acre , would mean upwards
of $60,000.000 a year paid out to the farmers
of the country , and as much more paid out
In the shape of wages , supplies and the
like.
Inasmuch as the factory run docs not be
gin until the beet crop has been harfcalcd ,
many farm laborers would find employment
through the three or four succeeding montha
at remunerative wages , where they are no'-v
driven to ninny makeshifts to eke out a liv
ing. In this way the development of the
beet sugar industry would not nlono add Im
mensely to the agricultural wealth of the
country and diversify production , but would
provide employment for many hands now
idle.
THE MENACE OF COMPETITION.
That Franco and Germany well' under
stand the menace of competition In this
country Is evidenced by the fact that this
fall Damn Herman of tbo German legation
personally visited every beet sugar factory
In this country , attentively studying the
possibilities of the Industry In the United
States , and will make his report to his gov
ernment In person. Moreover , Germany has
just Increased her export bounty nnd Franco
is llltcly to do the same , It Is computed
that Europe Is shipping to this country eighty
timca as much bugar us It did sixteen years
ago , and with nn average consumption of
forty-four pounds per capita annually , the
United States Is far away the best sugar
market In the world. The beet growing
countries of Europe are putting forth every
endeavor to develop their own Industries to
such a pitch that competition from this
country will for a consldcrablo tlmo yet bo
Impassible. It Is for thcso reasons the
sugar glowers ask that congress. In endeav
oring to enlarge the revenue , will rcstoro the
sugar dutlca of six years ago.
Incidentally , It was apropos of an Item In
the tariff of 1821 , designed to encourage this
same beet sugar Industry , which now , means
hundreds of millions a year to Europe , ami
will soon mean other hundreds at millions
to thlH1 country , that the "Godlike Daniel"
Webster seemed to have a boundless gift
for fatuous prophecy "denounced" the at
tempt to wring sugar from beets as a "wilder
absurdity than Dean Swift's satirical propo
sition to extract sugar from cucumbers. "
OARL SNYDER.
A Moltko Is to marry a Ilonaparto , but
as the bridegroom la n Dane and the brldo
an American the chasm which extends from
a ravel otto to Sedan IB not yet closed.
Nineteen widows at South Cato , Mich , have
formed a matrimonial club. The South Cato
bachelor might just as well coma right downer
or start for Venezuela by the night express ,
Thirteen Kentucky eloping couples cele
brated ChrlHtraes by going to Loulsvlllo and
crossing the river to Jeffcrsonvllle , availing
themselves of Indiana's convenient marriage
laws.
Drldgcport. Conn , , Imn a nachclors' Antl-
Courting club. The wise preacher who has
given a llttlo tlmo nnd attention to human
nature will at once niovo to Hrldgeport , prepared -
pared to do a rushing business ,
Now England was always noted for plural
ity of births , hut In 1895 MassachusotlR ex
ceeded all 'Us previous records In that line ,
In that year there wuro born 1,472 twlnv and
twenty-seven tripled ) . The population la In
creasing In blocks of two and thrco.
The Loulsvlllo Commercial propones that
? orlnz nlal tax of * 10 a llen(1 bo Imposed on
the 3,000,000 bachelors In this country. That
would never do. It Is oppcaed to the funda *
menial Idea of taxation , which holds that
luxuries , not necessaries , shall hu taxed. Mor-
rlago Is a luxury , while bachelorhood often
Is a necessity.
According to a story from San Francisco
Quartermaster Clancy of the United States
navy Is In love with n Hawaiian. Wo don't
care anything aout the color or nationality
of the girl , but wo can't help wondering what
kind of n show a quartermaster would stand
with a bttcr half. The proportions' are not
right.
James Canavnn , 75 years old , and Mrs.
Ann Murphy , 08 years old. both of Chicago ,
were married December 23. The wcddlnff
partook of all the
romantic features of a
runaway match of a young couple. With
out breathing his secret to ono of his numer
ous relatives , the groom left the homo ot
his daughter , Mrs. J. W. Mallory , 111 Oault
court , joined the bride , with her llttlo nleco
as bridesmaid , and In a closed carriage drove
rapidly to the church , whcro the Idiot was
tied , An Indignation meeting of the relatives
of the brldo and groom was held later.
Canavan Is twice a widower and twenty-
four times n grandfather. The brldo Is a
widow and eight times a grandmother.
Colonel John R Hobhs and Miss Collin
were marrlfd In Now York last Wednesday.
The bridegroom Is king of an Island In the
Now Hebrides group. Colonel Hobbs Is a
South Cnrollnlun of aristocratic lineage ,
thorough education , Indomitable energy
and most charming presence. He has trav
eled about r-onslderably In Africa and was
held a prisoner for two weeks by Osmatc
Dlgna. Ho has enjoyed on same of his voy
ages the company of nil English duke , a
German prince and a descendant of Algerian
kings. Mutinied All Okossons , by whom ho
was knighted.
OUT OP TIIH OHIJIXAHV.
The distribution of water power In Lon
don Is the biggest system In existence.
Dr. Caroline Ilrown Wlnslow left a will
bequeath'InR her body to Howard university ,
to bo carefully dissected by n woman j nodical
student for the imrposo of advancing nor
knowledge of anatomy.
Mrs. Isabel Ilogntr Is the name of a
Wichita , Kan. , woman who was granted a
divorce the other day with the privilege-
resuming hot1 widow name , which was Mrs.
Fllzhugh. Not only did tslio nsaumo this
widow name , but she ulso put on the wldow'u
weeds which she was wealing when nho
married
A Parlrflrti scientist asserts that ho liaa
compiled trustworthy mat'Intlcs ' concerning
the number of eggs annually consumed by
the nations of Europe , According lo hb
lablca the greatest egg eating countries are
England and Germany. In 1893 England
Imported 1,250,000,000 cgKB , for which was
paid about $20,000,000. The eggs came prlrfi
I'lpally from France. During the same year
Germany Imported 20,000,000,000 of egKH , also
representing About $20,000,000. Most of
these eggs came from Russia and Auetrla-
Ilungary. Of all European countries Rus
sia has made the greatest advance In ex
portation. In 1890 uho exported only 11-
000,000 , but 'In 1895 the number rose to
1,250,000,000 , representing a vuluo of $10,200.-
000 , A significant fact In connection with
these statistics 1 that In those countrU *
which are the greatest exporters of eg KB th
omelut U the fuvorlto dish ,
A depot has been citablltihcd In London
whcro motor vehicles may bo repaired and
stored , Skilled mechanics , thoroughly
posted In motor vehicle work , will bet kept
In readiness to answer calls from disabled
vehicles lu auy part of the cltv.