NELLIE GRANT SARTORIS.
Mrs. Grant accompanied the young
This showing of the Department of
couple co New York, whence taey
Agriculture, while it makes a com
sailed for England.
paratively small inroad upon the vast
of sugar in the more
SKETCH OF THE LOVELY WHITE
BLESSED WITH CHILDREN.
GOVERNMENT REPORT SUO WS consumption
densely populated rejlon east of the
HOUSE BRIDE OF THE DAYS
UE Al TUT GROWTH IN NEW
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris had three
Mississippi, yet indicates that the
OF GENERAL GRANT.
children, two daughters and a son.
young beet-sugar industry is making
AMERICAN INDUSTRY.
The eon, who bears his father s name,
substantial progress, and that con
sidering the uncertainty of legislation
She Met Algernon Sartoris, Her | Algernon, was for a time an officer in Colorado
Leads
—
Industry
Every
and the great cost of beet-sugar fac
Future Husband. on Shipboard un i the United States army and saw some
where
Proving
a
Powerful
Aid
to
tory investments, very satisfactory ad
Return European I rip-is Mother j service in the Philippines, but his
industrial and Social
I health compelled the abandonment of Agricultural,
vances ere being made in this new
oi Three Children.
a military career. During the past Development.
American enterprise.
No American girl, not even President | few years he has traveled extensively
In spite of apparent efforts to crip
Roosevelt’s daughter, ever had a more and some months ago was married to ple or kill it off. the beet-sugar in
TEN ACRE FARMS.
brilliant wedding than Nellie Grant, a very beautiful young woman In dustry of the United States is making
the beloved child of the great Civil Paris. The eldest daughter, Vivian, steady progress.
Bill Allows Government
War hero; yet of late years the public, was married a year or two since, but Congress has Just received the an Pending
Lut up Homesteads into Small
which has always taken a kindly inter the younger daughter, Rosemary, the nual report of Special Agent Charles
est in Gen. Grant's family, has heard beauty of the family. Is still unmarried. F. Saylor of the Department of Agri The tendency Tracts.
of the times is to en
comparatively little of his only daugh Some months since much discussion culture on the status of the beet-sugar courage better farming
in smaller
ter.
was precipitated when it was rumored industry for last year. Fifty-two areas. It is coming to and
be recognized
When Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, widow that she was engaged to the son of beet-sugar factories were In operation. that tbe proportion is small
of farms
of the President, was living, her one of the Confederate generals who 5 were standing idle, and 12 were be which are thoroughly tilled and made
fought
against
General
Grant
in
the
ing
constructed
for operation thia
daughter spent much time with her
mother at the latter’s home in the city campaigns of the Civil War.
of Washington, but since the death of Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris is a
her mother Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris woman who has always been held In
can scarcely be said to have had a fixed high esteem by a lai^e circle of fem
residence In any American city. How inine friends. From her school days
ever, she has always been very fond she has seemed to inspire the regard
of St. Louis, and she made her home in of members of her own sex, and some
the Missouri metropolis during most of idea of her popularity may be formed
the time the recent World’s Fair was from the fact that on the occasion of
her wedding she was attended by
In progress there.
Possibly the liking of Mrs. Sartoris eighteen bridesmaids, all gowned alike.
Mrs.
Sartoris is several years younger
for St. Louis is to be attributed to the
f
fact that her birth, In August, 1855, than her famous brother, Gen. Fred UNLOADING
SUGAR
D.
Grant,
of
the
United
States
Army,
occurred at her Grandfather Dent’s
ON
country home near St. Louis, the birth but her birthday was three years ear BEETS
TO THE
place of her mother. When General lier than that of Jesse Grant, the
FACTORY
Grant was elected President, and in youngest member of this famous fam
CARS.
deed during the first three years that ily.
he and hla wife lived at the White
House, the daughter was at school
A LUXURIOUS AUTO.
Toward the close of President Grant’s
first term, however, Miss Nellie made
her social debut at the Presidential Capt. Lara Anderson’s Wonderful
mansion, and her cadet brother, home Machine of French Manufacture.
from West Point, was her escort and Of all the automobiles ever turned
out by French or other manufacturers,
companion.
the one lately made for Capt Lars
MET PRINCE CHARMING.
Anderson, of Boston, seems to be en
General Grant’s daughter made a titled to the prize for originality. It
tour of Europe soon after ehe formally is a huge machine fitted up for long
entered society, and everywhere re Journeys and In point of speed equals
ceived the most distinguished atten any of the present-day touring cars.
The Anderson car is fitted out with
tions from the royal families of Great
Britain and the Continent. On the reversible furniture. There Is a com
bination
bed and bureau that is cer
way home on the steamer Russia she
TWELFTH
met Mr. Sartoris, the Prince Charming tainly a work of art, and then there
CONSECU
Is
a
cook
stove
and
dining
table
ar
who was later to win her heart and
TIVE CROP
hand. From the moment that the en rangement that can be hauled out at
AT LEHI,
a
moment
’
s
notice.
The
whole
ma
gagement of Miss Grant was an
UTAH.
chine,
in
fact,
is
a
kind
of
miniature
nounced the whole American people
hotel
on
wheels
with
accommodations
manifested an interest in the brlde-to- for eating, sleeping, working or idling,
be which never found a parallel save according
to the fancy of the owner
in the enthusiasm for Alice Roosevelt
The fact that the lucky man was an or his guests.
Englishman and not a citizen of the
republic, while it was a matter of deep
A Family Affair.
year. The factories last year bad a to produce the maximum yield of
regret to many persons, including
capacity for slicing 40,050 tons which the land Is capable. A few
President Grant himself, was not al “Once upon n time there lived a total
of beets daily.
years ago the man who would have
lowed to cast a damper upon the Joyous good man of New York, who was
In the acreage planted and the
that 10 acres of farm land was a
occasion. Mr. Algernon Sartoris war soliciting contributions for the.erect ion sugar manufactured from beets Colo said
sufficient area for a man to make a
____ _____ _________
but twenty-three
years of age _ and Miss of an orphan asylum,” said the story rado leads, having F vested 85,000 good living from would have been
Grant was only nineteen when, on | teller. “He hail lieen to many rich acres and manufactured 91,000 tons looked upon as a crank. Now there
Thursday, May 21, 1874, they were]people and received liberal contrl- of sugar. Michigan came second In ure thousands of little 10 acre and even
acreage with 77,000 acres, but third 5 acre farms from which men are
in sugar with 06,000 tons. California making more money than many
grew 51,000 acres and produced 73,- others are from attempting to till 20
000 tons of sugar. The next states in times that amount. That 10 acres,
order were respectively Utah, Idaho, under favorable conditions, will pro
Nebraska and Wisconsin with a total duce a living is recognized in a bill
of 71,000 acres and 64,000 tons of which has Just been passed by tlie
sugar. Other states grew 17,000 acres House of Representatives and which
of beets, producing about 17,000 tons will likely be passed by the Senate at
of sugar, or a total for the United this session. It is an amendment to
States of 307,364 acres with a produc the National Irrigation Law. Under
tion of 312,920 tons of sugar.
that law the homestead ' entry upon
land irrigated by tbe govern
RAPID GROWTIT LOOKED FOR. public
ment ranges from 40 to 160 acres, to
Indications are favorable, the report lie determined by the Recretary of the
states, to the further growth of this Interior, according to the conditions of
pursuit both in Irrigation and rain the reclamation. It was recognized,
fall districts. "The industry Is prov at the time of the passage of tlie law
ing to be a powerful aid to commer in ”02, that In some sections of the
cial, agricultural and Industrial devel country 40 acres was an ample area
opment. It promotes irrigation. Immi for a farm. It is now seen, and ad
gration, land settlement, the building mitted in the bill above mentioned
of railrbads and trolley lines, the that 10 acres is not too small a sub
making of other Improvements, and division under favorable conditions.
the upbuilding of various Industrial Another amendment was recently
enterprises. Such results can only lie made to the Irrigation law allowing
appreciated by those who have visited tlie government to establish town-slti-s
the factory districts In Colorado, and divide the land thereunder tip
Utah and Idaho, or In other newly Into various slziil tracts ranging
settled and Improved areas throughout from town-lots to 10 acre allotments.
the West. The beneficial effect of the When this bill which Is now before the
industry is also shown in the better Senate b-comes a law it will there
settled, more highly developed agri fore be possible for the government,
cultural districts of the East, where, in any of its Irrigation projects to dl-
after beets have been given a proper vide and sub divide its laud Into
trial in competition with established I town and farm iiults ranging all the
••rope, they are demonstrating their I way from lots up to 160 acre farms
staying quantités and potency In in MODEL, BUBAL HBITLEMIENTH.
dustrial development.”
BEET-SUGAR GROWING.
1
MRS
NELLIE GRANT SARTORIS.
joined In wedlock in the East Room of
the White Houae In the presence of
more than two hundred distinguished
persons, including the representatives
of the foreign governments, officers of
the army and navy. etc.
Mr. Sartoris had been educated In
England and Oermany and was the
son of Mr. Edward Sartoris, of Hamp
shire. England, and hie wife. Adelaide
Kemble, daughter of Charles and sister
of Fanny Kemble, well known to the
stage. Prior to the marriage the
groom assured General Grant or nJ*
entire willingness to reside with his
bride In the United States but won
after the wedding his brother tn Eng
land died most unexpectedly and be
was virtually obliged to return to hla
native land to assume the management
t and
tuition*, which were catered In a book
he had for that purpose. Among these
many names there appeared. ’Mrs.
Russell Rage. 325.’ Tbe good man
went to Mr. Rage s office, and. showing
him the contribution entered In the
book by Mrs. Rage, asked If be could
not give a like sum. And what do you
suppose be did?"
"Well. I snppose he at least doubled
it,” remarked a listener.
"Doubled It! Not Russell!” ex
claimed tbe teller of tbe story. "Why,
he simply took bls f>en and wrote
•Mr and' before his wife’s name, and
hand»«! the book back to the- good
man.”—Harpers Weekly.
‘7
GROWS MORE THAN IT EATS.
This plan will doubtless develop
One feature of this report Is a series some of the finest examples of proic
of tables accompanied with outline porous rural communities to be found
maps designed to show graphically the anywhere In the world. Many of the
magnitude of sugar production I d that best developed sections of some of
part of the country lying west of the tbe western states Include great
Mississippi River. These Indicate that numbers of little farms and fruit
tiu- estimated production of sugar nineties of B, 10 and 20 acres each,
west of the Mississippi io 1906 will ex where tbe appearance is almost like
ceed by 24,000 tons the amount of ' the outskirts of a village. With such
sugar consumed In the same area In i a dense rural population there Is an
1DO0 (tbe latest year for which we ' ideal combination of practically all
have reliable census figures). Tlie , the advantages to be found In city
estimate of production for 1906 Is life and the splendid results of country
made by assuming that all the beet- 1 work and living. Hon»»«. In such a
sugar factories. Including 10 new 'community, are almost within a stone
ones, will run at tbelr full capacity for throw of each other, the population I*
campaigns of 100 days, and that the I sufficiently largo to stnqiort splendid
cane sugar product for 1906 will be tics roads, goot! school and churches, water
I nnd lighting Improvements, good
same as that of last year."
sewerage, etc. Thus the lonesome-
TABLE RTTOWING PROnrCTTAN nosa. the isolation and the many un
AND UONRUMPTION OF SUGAR IN attractive features of tbe big farm dis
STATES WEST OF THE MIRKIHR appear while yet the joys nnd the
I PPI RIVER.
whoh-eomenoes of country life are all
Pound«
e** **• non present
r»n* misrur. 1006 .
The report accompanying this bill
suitar, 190®.. 7M.9M.iWI0
states that «Inc. the passage of the
triynr pr«>-
Irrigation set. It has develop«-d that
rfwwi mn® ..................... 1
nan nno on
some of the lands to be lrrlgat«L
Total wnrir ooo»nm«*d 1900
1,4X1 920 .VK
particularly those in frnft and truck
farming districts, less than 40 seres
Eof prodorfioa over rm>-
•nmptloa......................................
4A.15O 40® Is needed for the support of the family,
The amount of beet-sugar which and In fact experience has demon
will be produced In factories east of strated that the average farmer Is |
the Mlssls-tlppl during this year If mere prosperons on a «mail than on a
run at tbelr full capacity, will also large Irrigated farm. In view of thia ,
equal about 17 per cent of th«- «-on- I rendition of affairs It has been deem«!
sumption ef sugar to tbe tnaa Mtoa Iwtae to reduce to 10 acres the mfnl-
laetppi are*.
.
1
•
. •*
[ buki entry which may be allowed.
s
■.
’
Jiu
îr 3v.<r<m«n xxigl
Copyrighted, 1894 By Hup« «■Brotüt»»',
ostom termed them radix milioni m.
CHAPTER I.
The great bell of Beaulieu was ring From Eve downward,what good hath
come
from any of them? Who brings
ing. Far away through the forest
might be heard its musical clangor the plnlnt?”
"It is Brother Ambrose.”
and swell. Peat cutters on Blackdown
"A holy and devout young man.
and fishers upon the Exe heard the
“A light and a pattern to every nov
distant throbbing anil falling upon the
sultry summer air. It was a common ice.”
“Let the matter be brought to an
sound In those parts—as common as
the chatter of the jays and t.ie boom Issue, then, according to our old-time
monastic
habit. Bld the chancellor
ing of the bittern. Yet the fishers and
the peasants raised tbelr heads and and the sub-chancellor lead In the
looked questions at each other, for the brothers according to age. together
Angelas had nlready gone and Vespers with Brother John the accused nnd
was still far off. Why should the Brother Ambrose the accuser.”
“And th* novices?”
great bell of Beaulieu toll when the
“Let them bide in the north alley
shadows were neither «ort nor long?
All round the Abbey ti.e monks of the cloister. Stay! Bld the sub-
were trooping in. Under the long, chancellor send out to them Thomas
green-paved avenues of gnarled oaks the lector to read unto them from the
and of llchened beeches the whlt«- ‘Gesta beat! Benedict!.* It may save
rolied brothers gathered to the sound. them from foolish and pernicious
It had been no sudden call. A swift babbling.”
The Abbot was left to himself oneo
messenger had the night ’. efore si>ed
round to the outlying dejtendencles of more, mid bent his thin gru.v face over
the Abbey, and hail left the summons bls Illuminated breviary. So he re
for every monk to be buck in the mained wlille the senior monks 1'1' 41
cloisters by the third hour after noon slowly mid sedately Into the < liamb<yp
tide. So urgent a message had not seating themselves upon the long
been Issued within the w-nory of old oaken benches which lined the wall
Lay-Brother Athanasius, who had on either side. At tbe further end, in
cleaned the knocker since the year two high chairs ns large us that of the
Abbot, though hardly so elaborately
after the Battle of Bannackburn.
Meanwhile, In the broad an lofty carved, sat the master of tlie novices
chamber set apart for occasions of and the chancellor, the latter a brond
import, the Abbot himself was pacing and portly priest, with dark, mirth
Impatiently backward and forward, ful eyes and n thick outgrowth of
with his long, white, nervous hands crisp black hair all round his tonsured
clasped In front of blta. His thin, head. Between them stood a lean,
thoughtworn features and sunken, white-faced brother who appeared to
haggard cheeks bespoke one who had tie 111 at ease, shifting Ills feet from
indeed beaten down that Inner foe I side to side mid tapping his chin with
whom every man must face, but hud tlie long parchment roll which he held
none the less suffered sorely in the in Ills linnd. Tlie Abbot, from ills
contest. In crushing bi passions he point of -vantage, looked down on the
lilt'd well-nigh crushed himself. Yet, two long lines of faces, placid nnd sun-
frail as was his person, there gleamed browned for the most pnrt, with the
out ever and anon front under his large bovine eyes mid unllned features
drooping brows n flash of tierce energy
which recalled to men's minds that he
came of a lighting stock, and that even
now his twin brother, Sir Bartholomew
Bergliersli, was one of the most fa
mous of those stern warriors who bad
planted the Cross of St George before
the gates of Paris. With lips com
pressed nnd clouded brow, lie strode
up and down the oaken floor, the very
Impersonation of asceticism, while
the great bell still thundered and
clanged above bls head. At last the
uproar died away in three last meas
ured throbs, and ere tbelr
their echo had
ceased the Abbot struck n sum II gong
which summoned a lay-brother to his
presence.
“Where is the master of the nov-
ices?”
“He Is without, most holy father.
“Send him hither.”
Tbe sandalled feet clattered over the
wooden floor, and the Iron-bound
door creaked upon Its hinges. In a
few moments it opened ngnin to ad
mit a short, square monk with a which told of their easy, unchanging
heavy, composed face and authoi- existence, Then Im turned Ills eager
gaze upon the pale-faced monk who
Itatlve manner.
“You have sent for me, holy faced hlin.
“This plaint Is thine, as I learn.
father?”
“Yes, Brother Jerome, I wish that Brother Ambrose,” said ho. “Bring
this matter be disposed of with as In Brother John, and let him hear the
little scandal as may be; and yet It Is plaints urged against him."
At this order a lay-brother swung
needful that the example should be a
open the door, and two other lay-
public one.”
"It would perchance be best that tbe brothers entered, leading between
novices be not admitted,” i uggested the them a young novice of the order.
master. "This mention of a woman He was a man of huge stature, dark-
may turn their minds from their pious eyed anil red-headed, with a peculiar
meditations to worldly and evil half humorous, half defiant expression
upon his bold, well-marked features.
thoughts.”
“Woman! woman!” groaned the Ills cowl was thrown back ui>oti hla
Abbot "Well has the holy Chrys shoulders, and bls gown, unfastened
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