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o stab at the abdomen and rip upward.

to stab at the abdomen and rip upward.
A passage OF Plautus's play "Auluaria"
shows that the laws prohibited the carry
ing Of knives, but at the same time the
gladiatorial games, patronized by patricians
and plebeians alike, served as sort of
school for stabbinR, and its teachings have
not yet been forgotten. After the abolish
ment OF glsdiatorial games by the En-
peror Honorius owing TO the murder of
Saint Almachius, who attempted to stop a
fight between gladatOrs and WAS torn To
pieces by the enraged spectators deprived
Of the show, the sanguinary instincts of
the Roman people were somewhat repressed.
and Christianity contributed to smooth
the rough customs of the lower classes,
but the change was not OF lasting char
acteT.
Very soon bullfights supplanted the con-
tests of gladiators, and the young men of
Trastevere, whose skill in welding the Rnife
has survived even to the present time, fought
bulls instead Of men. Another medieval
custom consisted in a sort of race between
men and wild boars down one OF the steep
sides of Mount Testaccio, during which the
men tried to catch their prey 10y means Of
knife thrusts.
While the rest Of the world gradually be-
came civilized and the shedding Of human
blood was avoided, Rome continued to be-
the land Of the knife No feast or function
was considered complete unless some person
was killed. In fact the old Roman proverb,
repeated in a whisper even to-day, says
4NOn bella Ia fiesta senZa iamazZatO," 3"
meaning that unless there is some knife
play a feast OF celebration is considered
very tame affair indeed.
All the accounts of popular Roman festi-
walls compiled by old chToniclers concluded
by giving the names OF the injured and
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there until Ne stalIz 4 thoroughly Ieurod.

there until the stalk Is thoroughly cured
This gives.onIy faint idea OF the amount
OF care and labor necessary to the produc-
tion Of good tobacco and does not even
touch oD the earlier work OF seeding and
growing. Tobacco seeds are 20 small
that an ounce Of them contains from 100000
60 coo seeds
They are 80 small that they are mixed
with ashes or meal when they are soWed-
an ounce of seed TO two quarts Of the ashes
or meal This Is sowed evenly over a bed
which has had slow fro burning over
it until it is thoroughly baked or steamed
to depth OF several inches. The soil Is
cooled ard pulverized before the seeding.
The plants are later SET. either by hand
or by a planting machine, in the fields.
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mitted for reasons quite as insignificant.
Very often look or n smile is interpreted
as an insult and provokes murder. A
disputed game OF cards or nora. demand
for the payment Of a debt, the dismissal Of
a servant. may lead 70 stabbinE.
Che q possino an1mazza" CMay you be
killed. is an expression often heard In
Rome. so much 50 In fact that ie is said that
a pilgrim coming to the Eternal City on foot
in days gone by asked some one on the road
how could he know when he had reached
he heard people saying Che ti possino
annmAzza' then he could be certain that hS
had arrived in Rome.
A woman uses the expression to hush a
weeping child, a cabby says IL TO q sturns
bling horse, and a man repeats 10 20 another
who accidentally steps on his toes. II the
offender says @Seusi, or, Il beg your
pardon the question ends there, but wer0
he TO say: -E te,' meaning May you
be killed. in nine cases out Of ten knives
are drawn. and one OF the two is carried
to the hospital.
He Is asked the name Of the person who
stabbed him, but he never tells IL. He
may die but he will never say who stabbed
him. Az soon as no recovers he VIII seek
his assailant end pay him OF. Again tho
hospital and the same silence.
The two man may Subsequently become
friends and over a glass Of wine they viii
talk Of the incident.
Had you struck lower would have baam
dead by this time, says one.
oh" says the other, ~an inch moro
and your blade would have touched thA
heart
Will the new law making u d crime co
carry a knife stamp out sCabbfng froh
Rome1 ..-
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MOST SUICIDES IN VIENNA.
More Wen Than Women Greatest Number
Last Year I'm April.

EtcNpG correspondence PGH MAI GGssttC.
Among all the European capitals Vienna
has long enjoyed an unenyiable preeminence
for its number of suicides.
Unfortunately. the figures for last year
tend to enhance this reputation. The of Cial
records show that $50 men and los women
committed suicide. ns compared with BIS
men and 40 women in 1908. a total increase
Of 80. Resides this, there were no fewer
than $50 attempts at suicide. AL by men and
29S by women.
The prepOnderanCe Of nen over women
appe ars somewhat strjkipg-threc 10 ono
but taking he cases OF actual suicides and
attempts together. this prOpOrtiOn IL reduced
to less than two to one. Illness ana mental
disorders were responsible for mOre than
n fourth of the total suicides, unhappy love
affairs accounted for TIVE ntN-iye. poverty for
thirty-twO and dissatisfaction with their sur
roundngs for thirty-tive
The highest number Of suicides took place
IN April. siXty-onc, and the lowest IN May and
September with thlrty-OnC each.
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THE ROMANS READY KNIFE
>TtBBINGS As COMMON NOW As
THEY WERE IN THE PAST.

The Shedding OF Blood for Trivial Causes
an inheritance From Ancient Times
ErOrt 20 Check Murders by q Law
FOrbIdding the Carrying OF KNIVES.
ROME, Jan. l5.-Signor Luigi Lucchini,
member Of the Italian Chamber Of Deputies.
has drafted a bill which Is intended to re-
strain the use OF the knife as a weapon In
italy and thereby to bring about decrease
70 the number Of cases Of murder and injury
nv stabbing. 1t is believed that it will
shortly become a law. In his report on
The hill presented to Parliament he says:
I deplore the almost savage abuse Of
weapons, and especially knives. SO easily
resorted 70 among the lower classes to
settle even the most Insignificant contro-
versy with the inevitable result that every
dispute degenerates into fierce and bloody
Fray and several victims, killed or injured,
are left lying on the ground. In some
narts Of Italy the fierce custom Of stabbing
Is 50 extended that murders are almost Of
daily occurrence, and this country Is con-
,idered among the least civilized Of Europe;
and as if the sad reality Of facts were not
sufficient. our art and literature celebrate
throughout the world such unfortunate
national customs"
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Ssaw hls arm Eank Cor q hasd tnR6snS
There was no sound until ff6gn faP bsl0Ue
came up the sound and echoes Of the secno
spIashing In water In Arpa apaFsunenh.
The boy shinnSd up the pole. and fuRthof
exploration was suspended.
On the limestone ridge quarter OF IaiSa
back from the west shore of the little ialns
some men were dixginG q well. For the
first ten or fifteen feet the digging wsa
through soil. Then they came TO q loosS
formation OF limestone rock.
with drills and wedges they mAds gkiaeR
way down through this until dapth Of DomM
sixty feet was reached. Tho man with do
aledRe hammer hit the drill q hard blow
and the drill slipped through tho ctheS
mans hands, d fountain Of water spNtrbsd
up through the hole and both men grabbed
! the bucket rope and yelled for those on top
to hoist away. .. .. ..,.. e.-
The action Of the water aftsrward caused
the stono near the lower end Of the well "a
fail away and the well became the mouth OK
a cavern whose dimensions could be esti-
mated only by the echoes Of tho noises Of
stones dropped down the well.
The family rugged up big bucket on q
windlass and used the well as refrigerator
hoE puLtor anu nlAk Ia summer. VI bAo shOAS
Of the lake nearest this well waS a never
failing spring Of almost ice cold water.
On the west dry lots was very easily
negotiated little cavern The entrance waa
straight down through a rocky shaft like
the ragged interior OF a dilapidated Chim~
ney. About thirty feet below was q small
room, less than twenty feet square-if it
had been sauare-oarpeted with dry foress
leaves that had drifted in as the winds blew
across the entrance. ~
A youngster descended alone into this
little cavern one day. aud finding a mattel,
in bis pocket set fire TO the leaves. Tha
result was more than he had anticipated
Those who had waited at the surface saw
an outburst Of black smoke from the mouth
/ Of the cavern. followed quickly by black
ened and half choked boy with the bottoms
Of his trousers legs fringed with nAme.
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PrI.Oner Mcnt 70 supper Zoo.

Muskogee correspondence Kansas CITY Times.
A deputy sheriff In Muskosee county ar
rested prisoner and took him to the court
house last night The deputy was hungry.
and went to supper
The prisoner decided that he wanted Gonhe-
thing TO eat in the meantime. so he smashed
the chair. got free from the rope. slipped OF
his handouts and went to supper himself
when the deputy returned and found his
prisoner gone there was q terrible furors
around the court house and a search was
organized. About this time the prisoner
walked in, picking his teeth. He calmly
announced that he had gone out TO supper.
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AhscntmInded Telcphonc Girl.

From The San FroHcisc0 chronicle.
One OF the first clients ! had. ." remarked
Irving C.. Ackermann. was "A fellow that
wanted a divorce.
We'll. said. what secIns to be the trouble
at your house,
oh. Ne just naturally don't get along
She gets mad at me and threatens all the
time 20 20 home to her mother and ! can't
stand FOR some of the things she does. You
see. she was telephone girl, and every time
I come home now and say, Hello. dearie "
the window and says. NUMBER Number?'
And that makes me wild.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-24
CITY WINS SUIT.
Water Franchise Has Expired. Says
JUDGE Garland.

After litigation lasting for four or
| five years, the city of Sioux Falls won
a sweeping victory as the result of a
decision rendered by Judge Garland of
the United States court in the cas- Of
the City of Sioux Falls VS.. The South
Dakota Water Company and j. H. Pur-
dy. receiver of the company.
The water company claimed per-
petual rights to operate its plant I'M
der a contract or franchise entered
into between 1t and the city on April
9, 1884, and which was limited to a
period OF twenty years.
Judge Garland. in his decision. holds
in substance that the old water COM
pany had no present rights under the
twentv-year franchise; that its rights,
for occupying the streets with its
mains and furnishing water to the
people of Sioux Falls existed only dur
ing the twenty years covered by the
franchise or contract, and became void
at the expiration Of the tw~enty-year
period.
Since the appointment of the re-
ceiver he has conducted the affairs
of the company under the jurisdiction
Of the court. In his decision Judge
Garland instructed the receiver not to
make any contracts for furnishing
water for a period beyond the present
quarter year.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-24
OPENING OF scHNAssE COUNTY.
Cheyenne indians Consent. but Want
to Hold Northern Strip.

The Indians on Cheyenne reserva-
ton lat a late meeting, held at the
general agency, and attended by dele
gates from all the districts. announced
their desires as to what should be in
cluded in the bill opening a part of
their reservation to settlement. The
meeting was called for the discussion
of that question. and was attended by
delegates from the Thunder Butte,
White Horse, Cherry Creek and agency
districts.
The Indians objected to the orrainr
of the strip along the northern line Of
the reservation, but agreed to the
opening of the Schnasse county coun-
try under certain restrictions. One
resolution asked that all coal and in
the territory to be opened should be
segregated and held by the Indians for
triba use. Another was that all the
surplus lands on their reservation, not
included in Schnasse county should be
assured to the Indians for twenty-five
years before any further efforts should
he made to open ii to white settlers.
\ third was in favor Of receiving the
proceeds from the sale e. their lands
annually from the time it is opened to
settlement until the last of it is taken.
They also ask the government to
pay them $3.50 per acre for sections
is and Sc in each township, which the
bill reserves for the use of the com
mon schools of the state. They then
selected a delegation to go to Wash
ington to endeaVor to get their views
Incorporated as q part of the act open
ing the reservation. and provided the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-24
SOUTH DAKOTA SOCIALISTS MEET
Adopt Resolutions and Outline Ticket
for the State Election.

Wearing red badges inscribed with
the words We are also undesirable
citizens and declaring that the pres
ent national government is anarchis-
tic, Socialists representing about a
half dozen counties Of the state net
in convention at Pierre. Mrs. Alice
Knowles Anderson of Terry was the
only woman delegate in the conven-
ton.
The convention elected Francis At
wood of Brown county and Freeman
Knowles OF Lawrence county dele
gates to their national convention,
with NJ. G. Opsahl of Minnehaha and
James kirwan of Lawrence as alter
mates.
Their resolutions condemned the
action Of national officials in attempt
ing 10 suppress free speech" and ex-
Guiding papers from the mails without
trial; government by Injunction; the
invasion cf peaceful states by troops
without cause" and declared the pres
ent system of government to be an
archistic.
While this was not a nominating
convention, it was decided after dist
cussion that a state ticket should be
outlined. as the time in which filings
must be made is short, and q list was
selected with H. c. Middleton of
Beadle for United States senator;
Thomas G. Deffeback of Butte and S.
H. Goodfellow Of Brookings for con
gress; John c. Knapp of Roberts, gov
ernor; F. c. Lippert, Minnehaha, sec
rotary OF state; Joseph Hinton of Law
renee, auditor; T. B. Wells Of Brown,
state land commissioner: Stacy Coch-
rane, Brown. lieutenant governor NJ.
G. Opsahl, Minnehaha, treasurer; Mrs.
Alice Knowles. Terry, superintendent
of public instruction: S. H. Cranmer,
Brown. attorney general.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-24
In and About the State
GREATEST MINES NOT OPENED
Experts Investigate she Vertical
Formation Of Ore Bodies.

Experts investigate che Vertical
Formation Of Ore Bodies.
II the Investigations Of a we'll
known mining expert and some South
ern Hills mining men Of prominence
are carried out into a practical form.
anc it is believed that they will be.
the vertical formation in the Black
Hills before long will be much O
thoroughly exploited and developed
than In the past. These examinations
tend to show that the vertical lodges
in the Hills are far more extensive
than Is generally believed, and that,
with scientific work. there is ample
opportunity for the opening up OF
much greater ore bodies.
Three parallel systems of vertical
hedges traverse the hills in almost a
northerly and so~utheasterly direction,
converging at the northern end. One
line drawn through Rockerville, Pac-
tola, and extending through the North.
ern Hills, includes the Galena district.
The central belt tracing it from the
south. passes through the keystone
district, through Silver City, Custer
Peak, Roubaix, and finds it greatest
prominence in the Homestake work
ings, near Deadwood. The third ledge
goes through Custer, Hill City, Mystic,
Rockford inc in the Northern Hills
appears in the fat formations of the
Bald Mountain district. Their width
is not ~infrequently several hundred
feet. the ledge containing low grade
values found in slate, quartz, iron py-
rites and gold formations, with a lit
lie silver in spots.
Crossing these hedges are three
cross-ledges containing the higher
grade gold values. This has been
more explointed in the Keystone and
Custer districts. Here h veins are
narrow, true assures and easier
mined. In the southern part OF the
Hills these crOss-ledges contain tin
deposits INT in the eastern part gold
exclusively. The n%ortherly system of
cross-veins contains gold In one por-
ton and anthony, lead, silver and
copper in another.
According to the examinations the
greatest richness is TO he found in the
central portion OF these vertical
lodges. and it is here that future min
ing operations are TO receive more en-
ergy. This section has see numerous
strikes of importance and character,
hut has received comparatively little
development. The whole system OF
siderable attention in mining quarters
sideraxle attention in mining quarters
in the Hills. and it is probable that a
concerted form Of development along
some more practical lines will be
adorted his summer.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-24
THIEVES DEN UNEARrHED.
Three Members Of One Family Con-
victed, and Third Is Being Sought.

Wv wv ~ - 0tt' oOOSuks
N arrest at Madison of a family
named Graham, consisting Of father
and three sons, who are charged with
having carried on a systematic cam
paign Of burglary and larceny. has oc-
CURED. The father was arrested last
February charged with stealing a bug
'om a farmer in Minnehaha
He had missed the buggy for some
and happened to go past the
place TO inquire about roads,, and no
ticed and identified his buggy which
had been repaired. He at once got out
a warrant for Graham's arrest. He
was convicted and sentenced. The
next was a lot of millet seed stolen
from the Henry Huntemer farm. and
offered for sale in Madison by the
two sons. Mr.. Huntemer identified his
sacks, although the name was obliter-
ated. and their arrest followed. They
were pound over to the circuit court,
and are in Jail.
After the arrest of these three par
ties the home on the Leiterman farm.
six miles south of Madison, has been
searched nearly every Gay DV parties
who have missed tools and implements
Of all descriptions. Search warrants
in nearly every case recovered their
property. Everything from farm i'm
plements to carpenter tools. grain.
household articles, guns. etc, have
beer found To-day a house in the
outskirts Of this city was found to
nave been occupied by the youngest
son, but who disappeared at the time
of the arrest of the two older broth
esr. Search warrants We're got out to-
day on complaint OF Phil Thomas, and
the premises were searched. He iden-
titied a lot of his carpenter tools and
a condition similar to those on the
farm. One room was given over to
booty of all kinds. mostly tools and
clothes from clothes lines. In the sta
Bile was found the worst condition of
all. A horse in a stall dead. evidently
from starvation, and which must have
been dead about ten days or more. The
health officers had the carcass re
moved and premises disinfected. Off
GERS are now on the lookout for the
guilty party. and his arrest will be but
a matter of a short time, they think.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-24
CURE At CITY MISSION.
Awful Case Of Scabies-6ody a Mass
OF Sores from Scratchin9-Her
Tortures Yield to C%uticura.

"A young woman came to u city
mission in a most awful condition physi-
cally. Our doctor examined her and
told us that she had scabies 1.-THE itch).
incipient paresis, rheumatism. etc..
brought on from exposure. Her poor
body was a mass Of sores from scratch
ing and she was not able to retain solid
food. We worked hard yer her for seven
weeks but We could see little improve
ment. One day l bought a cake OF
Cuticura Soap and a bottle Of Cuti-
cura Resolvent, and we bathed our
patient we'll and gave her a full dose
Of the Resolvent. She slept better that
night and the next day l got a box Of
Cuticura Ointment. In Ave weeks this
young woman was able to look for .
position, and sheis now strong and well
Laura Jane Bates. IS Fifth Ave-, New
York, N. y. Mar. II, 1907"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-24
kAMMEl is
Alleged Murderer Believes He Will Be
Able to Return to Fatheriand.

Judge Boucher will open court at
Miller on April q. Gustave Kammel
will then be tried for the alleged muir
der of his wife last winter by putting
poison in the oatmeal of which she
ate her breakfast. 1t will be remem-
bered that their son also nearly died
from eating the poisonous food.
The old man has passed the winter
in Jail quietly and has enjoyed good
health, although it was supposed
when he was lodged there he soon
would die of natural causes. He looks
ahead 10 acquittal of the charge
against him, when he will depart for
his native land Of Germany.
1t is alleged that it was because his
wife wouli not let him sell the prop
e-ty and so to his Fatherland that he
formed toward her q hatred that many
be 'ieve wes the motive which led him
10 poison her. The old man denies
any such attitude.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-24
COFFEE EYES.
Il Acts Slowly But Frequently Pro
duces Blindness.

The curious effect of slow daily poi.
soning and the gradual building In OF
disease as a result, is shown in mum.
bers Of cases where the eyes are at.
fected by coffee.
A 81 in point will illustrate:
A lady in Oswego, Mont, expert.
enced a slow but sure disease settling
upon her ayes in the form OF increas-
ing weakness and shooting pains
with wavy. dancing lines OF light, 81
vivid that nothing else could be seen
for minutes at a time.
She says:
This gradual failure OF sight
alarmed me and l naturally began .
very earnest quest for the cause.
About this time l vas told that cot
fee poisoning sometimes ooh that
form. and while | didn't believe that
coffee was the cause Of my trouble, I
concluded to quit it and see.
Il o up Postum Food Coffee in
spite of the jokes of Husband whose
experience with one cup at a neigh.
boris was unsatisfactory. Well, |
AI'~N1 S5ioii iStiy d1AotulAS " Ill
rections, boiling it a little longer. be-
cause Of our high altitude. The result
was charming. | have now used Pos
tum in place of coffee for about 3
months and my eyes are we'll, never
paining me or showing any weakness
| know TO a certainty that the cause
OF the trouble was coffee and the cure
was in quitting 1t and building up the
nervous system on Postum, for that
was absolutely the only change | made
in diet and | took no medicine.
My nursing baby has been kept in
a perfectly healthy state since / have
used Postum.
Mr.. -, a friend, discarded cot.
fee and took on Postum to see if he
could be rid of his dyspepsia and fire.
quent headaches. The change pro.
duced a most remarkable improve.
ment quickly"
There's a Reason" Name given By
Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-24
HIRE TEACHERS FOR NEXT TERM
Attorney General Clark Gives New
Opinion on Law.

opinion on Law.
The citation Of the old opinion Of
Attorney General Pyle by Attorney
General Clark in regard to the right
Of present school boards to contract
for teachers for the next school year
has brought him a bundle of requests
for an opinion as to his holding on the
matter, under the present conditions
in South Dakota. where most of the
school boards are cut off entirely in
their makeup by the workings of the
new educational law.
Attorney General Clark has been
looking into the matter since his cita-
ton of the Pyle opinion, and now
holds hat he will be compelled to diff
fer with his predecessor in that re-
gard.
Mr.. Clark holds in effect that a
school board is a continuing body.
w If from any cause the member
ship of the board is changed In its en-
tirety at one time; that as such a ron
tinuing body it can contract ,or a
| year in which none of the ole mem
bership may remain as a part Of the
board. In other words he declares
| that the individuality of the member
ship does not make the board, if it is
a fixed legal organization, and as such
It's individual makeup does not affect
its official e~xistance. He finds that
most of the authorities have held that
even In case where a board has en-
ployed a teacher to prevent a new
membership following from taking
such action, if the teacher was an in
nocent party in the transaction the
contract can be enforced.
Under present conditions in South
Dakota. he says, the present boards
would be working in the best inter
ests of the schools in every way by
making contracts when teachers are
available.