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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27

ton of the Grand Duke Sergius
was sent to catch Vera Treper-
hoff, young girl whom the police
knew to have concocted the murder.
will omit how tracked her to the Dor
der and take up the story after she had
passed it. She made directly for Aus
tria and thence for Venice. This indi-
Gated that she would go to America
rather than England and that she
would probably sail from one Of the
two principal Italian ports-Genoa and
Naples. Genoa being the shorter dis
| lance, / took the train for that city.
hoping to head her off before she left.
The reason for my being chosen for
this work was that had seen the girl
quite often during her trial on a charge
of having been implicated in another
political crime. Having boarded the
! train at Venice soon after it's departure,
thinking there might be one chance in
dozen that Vera Treperhoff would be
aboard, walked through the side aisle,
looking into every compartment In
the middle compartment Of the third
car | noticed youth with the light
hair and eyes of the north and in a
twinkling spotted my quarry. Not wish
ing to be known, l passed on.
| concluded not to make any attempt
at arrest till the girl left the train.
This would necessitate my watching
the departures at every station and the
| risk that she might elude me- But |
| knew the stops and kept my eye on her
as soon as we slowed up until we were
again well on the way. My intention
was to have, her arrested at Genoa or
wherever she alighted since ] could
better fulfill the legal conditions at a
| definite point. Besides, Il did not be-
ieve she knew her danger.
The last time | saw Vera Treperhoff
was in leaving Alessandria. The COM
partment in which she sat had been
empted except by herself. I kept my
eye on her till the train had reached
| pace of some forty miles an hour.
There would be no further stop till
we arrived at Genoa. and | felt conf
dent that I should take the girl back
to Moscow and gain the commenda
! ton Of the government. also a hand
some reward.
Just before reaching Genoa I took
my hand baggage to the compartment
where Vera Treperhoff sat, with the
intention of remaining there till the
train pulled up at the station She
was not in the compartment. She was
not in the car | went through the
train from front to rear, opening every
closet. but nothing could I find of the
girl wanted | scrutinized every pas
seneer. man and woman. boy and girl
but Vera was not among them. Short
! ly before we slowed up for Genoa [
made up my mind that she had. after
=. all, recognized me and preferred death
by jumping from the train to the hor-
rors of Siberia.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27

Among Other Things, Our Bodies Con-
tain Eiqhty-three Dozen Eggs.

tain Eighty-three Dozen Eggs.
A London physician, thorough ma
terialist, says that, while the compo-
sition of the human body is interesting,
it is at the same time humiliating when
one must take into consideration the
fact that it represents only number
of commonplace commodities that are
to be found at the grocer's store.
BAH" says this very practical prac-
titioner You are really only few
dozen eggs. pound or two Of candles
and several gallons Of water. A man
weighing 100 pounds is, among other
things, only about eighty-three dozen
fresh eggs. Almost every part Of man
has it's equivalent in the everyday
household supplies that come from the
grocery, such as sugar, salt, eggs, CAN
dies, soap. match heads and starch.
In his body there is sufficient proteid
and other substances Of which eggs are
composed to furnish forth market
stand.
The fat in the human body would
make several pounds of candles Of
rather superior quality. Every tramp
carries soap enough in his body to
wash himself clean if he cared to do
so and could get the soap making ma
terial together"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
How Cupid Played a Part
In the Hunt For a Culprit
BY OWEN KINGSTON

At Genoa l engaged a special loco
motive to go over the route to find the
body or any trace Of the culprit. l in
vestigated every kilometer of the track
between the terminus and Alessandria,
but found nothing to give me the
slightest clew. was informed that
the rate Of travel over the section
where I had missed the girl was fifty
miles an hour. No one could have
Jumped from the train and retained
sufficient life to crawl away. I offered
a reward Of 10000 rubles to any one
in the vicinity who would give me
any information whatever leading to
clew. The offer brought many reports
of girl limping through the country,
but all proved to have been made up.
Never in all my official experience
have 7 been so utterly incapable Of
forming theory as to any escape from
nv clutches. Familiar with every de-
vice that could have been adopted. l
went over them carefully and elm
mated all of them That young girl
not over twenty years old could have
left train going at rate Of fifty
miles an hour seemed incredible. To
assume that she could have passed
from it later in disguise would be an
insult to my professional skill.
feared to return to Russia and tell
the truth lest l should be accused Of
conniving at Vera Treperhoff's escape,
and if l lied l would be detected. l
chose the alternative of going to Amer
lea to make new home. I sailed
from Genoa, and, going on deck one
morning. there in q steamer chair In
excellent health was Vera Treperhoff.
Approaching her. I informed her that
she had nothing to fear from me and
asked her how she had left the train.
This was her reply:
81 recognized you the moment | saw
YOU and knew your errand. Between
Alessandria and Genoa is a Y in the
railroad connecting it with the road to
Piacenza. I knew from my time table
that there was no further stop till
Genoa and you would arrest me there.
While on this Y train going in the
same direction and nearly at the same
speed occupied the next track. In a
twinkling | was out through the win
dow on the fOotboard and stepped to
the footboard of the other train. Pass
ing over it till I came to a vacant
compartment. I climbed in The train
I was on soon stopped. / alighted and
took later one to Genoa
This may all seem very strange, but
there is one thing stranger still. Vera
Treperhoff converted me to the revolu-
tionary cause. and within few weeks
of our landing the girl whom | had so
nearly taken to Russia to endure the
fortunes Of Siberia became my wife.
] never awake in the morning and look
at her and our little ones sleeping
| peacefully without a groan at what
might have been.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
Great Arch of Concrete.

The largest concrete arch in mag
tude in the world and the second L.
gest as respects length Of span is co.
pleted at Pittsburgh. 1t forms part
the Larimer avenue bridge over de,
ravine in the eastern residential s.;
ton of the city AMI measures 312 f.
clear span. In Australia, 1900 mil
away, there is huge arch of concre
with clear span Of 317 feet, but
it is thirty-six feet wide as compar,
with the fifty foot width Of the La
mer avenue bridge, the American wo
is by far the larger. The height
the Pittsburgh structure is 113 feet.
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
PROTECT YOUR FIELDS.
Diskng Pays In Conservation Of Mois'
ture and Improved Condition Of Soil.

tuTe ana improved COnOItioH oI ooii'
Immense amounts of moisture are
lost from the soil by evaporation from
stubble fields Immediately after har-
vest This is one of the largest factors
contributing to unfavorable autumn
soil conditions. so frequently disastrous
to fall seeding. Even when the soil
contains a considerable reserve supply
of moisture at harvest time the evapo-
ration from the compacted surface I'M
protected by the growing crop is ex-
tremely rapid unless preventive meas
ures are taken at once. UnquestiOnably
the most desirable practice is to pillow
the stubble field just as closely behind
the binder as possible. Immediate plow
ing is usually impossible because Of
the delay in thrashing or stacking the
grain, and in this case disking is next
best
1t is little trouble to disk a field upon
which the grain shocks are still stand
ing. A thorough disking, Or better
still, double disking, at this i]le will
pay in the conservation of moisture, in
the improved condition of the soil and
in the destruction of weeds. Even
should fall blowing not be intended
the disk will put the field in much bet
ter condition for whatever use is made
Of the land the next season. Where
fall grazing for sheep or hogs is need
ed. rape, cowpeas or similar crops can
easily be sown at this time. covered
with the disk. and seasonal rains later
will enable thrifty green growth. I'm
plowed stubble fields might better pro-
duce a fall crop of good green feed for
sheep or hogs than second growth Of
sunf1owers and other noxious weeds so
commonly seen. If the land Is to be re-
seeded to small grain the earlier and
the deeper it is pbwed and the more
thoroughly it is narrowed and compact
ed the better will be the results-Or-
ange Judd Farmer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
The Weekly Farm Budget
EFFECT OF GREEN MANURlNG.
SECURING" Of Soil May Be Prevented
by Proper Method Of Flowing.

Securing" Of Soil May Be Prevented
by Proper Method Of Flowing.
In bulletin on cotton culture the
North Carolina experiment station
tells us something about the alleged
"souring" of the soil by the blowing
under OF green manures, which is of
great interest to all farmers, north
and south.
If cowpeas. for instance, be plowed
down in a mass at the bottom Of the
furrow slice, says this bulletin, the
decaying mass will cut off the mois-
ture in the lower soil from that above
the plowed down crop and produce the
effects called in such cases 'souring."
But if the green crop plowed down be
cut up we'll with a disk harrow and
then "plowed in" rather than "plow-
ed down" by burrows set on edge, so
that the green manure is mixed into
the soil rather than buried under it,
no badeffects will be produced.
If this is true in the warm climate
of North Carolina it would be very
reliable index In the cooler states, for
farmers have been more troubled by
this alleged "souring' in the south
than in the north.
The matter is important If we can.
by carefully preparing the crop for
blowing in and by proper blowing.
turn in our green manures at any
stage of their growth without damage
to the soil it is a good thing to know.
The statement is made in the North
Carolina bulletin with the greatest
positiveness, and it would seem per-
fectly safe piece of advice to follow
Farm and Fireside.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27

both roots and moisture are undOubt-
eddy the cause Of many poor crops.
Some farmers still cling to the old
belief that cultivation should be deep,
but comparatively few realize how ex-
pensive the old time methods may be.
This makes a story recently told by
we'll known southern farmer OF
more than passing interest. Going by
the farm of a neighbor one June day.
he found this neighbor laying by his
corn. He had decided that he would
finish It with dandy good blowing
and had put long diamond pointed
shoves on his cultivator and came out
at the end Of the row each time with
a bunch of roots dragging after him.
The man who told the story stopped
to demonstrate with him and tried to
explain that the corn would need all
these roots if it was to make a good
crop. He told the deep blowing farm
er that If rain came shortly all
might be we'll, but if dry weather fol-
lowed this blowing would surely do
more harm than good. The man with
the pillow would not be convinced,
however, and went on his way, but
for some reason failed to finish the
field.
Then came long dry SPELL and
when gathering time came the part o.
the field that had the dandy good
blowing" made about ten bushels Of
corn an acre against twenty-five for
the unplowed part. Forty bushels an
acre might have been obtained from
ALL the narrator thought. if the corn
had been cultivated to a depth of two
or three inches and good dust mulch
left on the ground.
Many good farmers are losing a
large part Of their crops each year by
injudicious root pruning and careless
waste of needed moisture. - Country
Gentleman.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
SCIENCE TO INITIATE NATURE.
Firefly, For Example, Produces Light
Without Expense.

without Expense.
The view has been advanced in more
than one quarter that during the next
two or three centuries invention prob
ably will be in the direction Of initial
ing the wonderful economy and the
simple, direct methods of nature.
An instance in point is the electric
eel. Its electric organ is in no sense a
storage battery, but contrivance by
which electric energy Is liberated at
the moment when it is required, says
Harper. Weekly. At rest the organ
shows so small an electric force that
good galvanometer is needed to de-
tect it, but sudden nervous impulse
from the cells spinal cord raises po-
tential Of many volts, with very little
heat and so small an expenditure Of
matter as to defy the most expert
chemist to weigh it. Firefies. glow
worms and many deep sea fishes pro-
duce light withou. heat at cost which
would make match an extravagant
outlay.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
Tobacco Testers.

There Is class Of officials whose ac-
tivity is little known to the outer
world. These men are the official to-
bacco testers. and they pass Judgment
on every kind Of tobacco manufac-
tured In France. They consist Of a
chairman and five assistants. and from
morning till evening they have nothing
to do but smoke cigars. cigarettes and
pipes in order to arrive at an estimate
of the different kinds of tobacco sub
mitted to them. The pleasantest part
of the days work comes when it falls
to their lot to test the high priced Ha-
vana cigars sold by the state.-Tit-
Bits.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
Potato Scab,

For two years experiments We're con-
Quoted in Germany with potato scab.
which is threatening the potato in.
dustry Corrosive subimate solution
of OO5 per cent and bordeaux mixture
of per cent. both applied to the seed
potatoes for one and a half hours,
gave excellent and about equal results
in the prevention Of scab, as was also
the case with bordeaux mixture of ?
per cent applied to two lots for three
and fourteen hours respectively. and
with two lots treated with sulphur
mixed with the soil. one lot. having
been also thoroughly rubbed with sui
phur before planting .-American Gull
tivatOr.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
Sunshine For the Solemn
Caught In the Act.

Darling, do you really love me?'
breathed the lover.
81 do. Have I not sworn it many
times:" sighed the loveress.
"You have. but do you?"
why do you ask? What have
done to make you doubt it?'
''Ha, girl. saw you'll caught your
What did you see. love? Speak,
when I came in I saw you setting
the clock an hour forward
She could not deny it. Her affection
was not bore proof. This was the be-
ginning of the end.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
A TALK WITH WELLINGTON.

81 hope to God" said Lord Yelling
ton one day. that l have fought my
last battle. 1t is bad thing to be al
ways fighting. While in the thick of 1t
! am too much occupied to feel any
thing; but 1t is wretched just after.
1t is quite impossible to think Of glory.
Both mind and feelings are exhausted.
| am wretched even at the moment of
victory, and I always say that. next TO
a battle lost, the greatest misery is
battle gained" y The expression
of his face, which was lit up by an in
tensity of feeling, gave those simple
words an eloQuence which went
straight to the listeners heart. / was
that listener.
'It is experience" he said another
time, that gives me the advantage
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27

Death Dealing Machine Of India Is
Now Forbidden.

Now Forbidden.
Persons whose tender childish years
were nurtured upon tales Of the unfor-
getable car of Juggernaut. beneath
the wheels of which pious Hindus
flung themselves to be mangled into
immortality. will hardly read without
a pang of regret the following report
from the, ancient city of Puri, 300 miles
south of Calcutta, where Juggernaut
has had his shrine since 119S or earlier.
cat one place by the wallis" says the
Christian Herald lis great figure Of
Juggernaut carved in relief and stand
ing eighteen feet high. An almost hor-
rible object it is, glossy black except
for it's apelilSe face, which is brilliant
red. Devout pilgrims place fruit or
rice before it, press their foreheads to
its feet and pass on, confident that
they have appeased this god on their
long journey to the Hindu's paradise.
"Outside the walls Of the temple lie
remnants Of this years great car
wheels. eight feet in diameter and a
IOOL tulCk, mOuuteu on dXleS twenty
two feet long and fourteen inches in
diameter One pictures the car as
carved from costly wood, black with
age, ornamented with gold and set
with precious stones.
''In fact, a new car is built every
year, In which the god journeys the
two miles for a fortnight's rest at his
garden or country house. Vast num-
bers Of pilgrims grasp the ropes and
the car moves slowly forward to the
cheers of thousands of spectators.
But the heavy wheels cut deep into
the sand and it slows down and stops.
Interest lags. the priest now accepting
a mere touching of the ropes as suff1-
cient service, and hired coolies COM
plete the journey, two weeks being
sometimes necessary to traverse the
two miles and an even greater time
to return. The British government
now prevents the sacrifice of life un-
der the car, which probably accounts
for the decline of the festival"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
Ministerial Teachings.

He-My dear Miss Gladys. | have
been converted but l find there are
some things must do. The minister
has told me, for instance. that where
l have done wrong | must make restl-
tuition.
She sympathizing]y) = Sometimes
that cannot always be done. for min
listers ask hard things.
He doubtfully)-Now. Miss Gladys,
the other day I stole kiss from you.
and, according 20 the minister, must
give it back.
She promptly)-Well. I suppose you
ought to do what the minister tells
you.-Batimore American.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27

over every other officer. Nothing new
can happen to me. and always fee!
confident that l shall succeed. The
troops feel the same confidence in me.
For that reason firmly believe that If
anything had happened to me at Wa
terloo the battle was lost told Lord
Uxbridge So Soon after ball
hit him. 1t must have passed over ME
or my horse. But the finger of God
was upon me. DIARY Of Francis Lady
Shelley.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
Second Mind.

well, well"' said the man who had
wandered back to his old village $50
the Eagle House is still the Eagle
House. No change after twenty years.
There have, been few changes" re-
sponded the oldest inhabitant. "Since
you've been gone the hotel has been re-
spectively the Grand Central, the Grand
Union, the Grand Junction, the Great
Northern, the Great Southern. the I'm
perial, the Regal, the Empire. the Re-
gent and the Mansion House. She's
just started around the circuit for the
second me."-Bosten Post.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27

ORCHARDlNG BRIEFLY TOLD.

Professor F. c.. Sears of Massa-
chusetts Agricultural college sum-
marizes the science Of modern Or
chard culture as follows:
Put out as much as ten acres of
orchard
Choose varieties with great care.
getting prolific and we'll known
ones
Practice clean cultivation. ex-
cept where the land is too steep.
and there use the sod culture
method.
Fertilize literally.
Spray thoroughly.
Practice thinning when the
trees set heavily.
Handle the fruit with the great
est care. grade it with the great
est accuracy and pack it with the
greatest skill and honesty.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
Toad Is Bees Enemy.

A subscriber of Home and Farm
wants to know if the toad is destrue-
tive to the honeybee. 1t surely is.
John Burroughs says. I'VE have no
lizards that destroy the bee, but our
tree toad, ambushed among the apple
and cherry blossoms, snaps them up
Wholesale"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
Beef and Soil Fertility.

For soil fertility feeding beef cattle
has much to commend it. When good
steers are kept they consume the grain.
hay and concentrates raised on the
farm and store it on their bodies as
choice cuts Of meat. This saves the
cost of marketing the farm crops and
gives a large supply of barnyard ma
nure for soil improvement.-Farm and
Ranch.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
Advice on Sorghum.

Sorghum is n most excellent forage
crop for COWS. hogs. horses and mules.
Every farmer who has a few acres of
very rich land should plant sorghum.
But it is hard on land, and sorghum
should be followed by legume if pos
sihle
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
Iauoht by Experianca.

"Our Hiram's writin' again from Var
ward" said Farmer Richley. fur more
money fur books"
"Air We sure he really wants that
money fur books. Silasy' asked his
wife.
"Yaas, he sez he'll take his oath every
cent l send him goes to the bookmak.
ers."- Catholic Standard and Times.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
Free Translation.

A Pittsburgh girl was telling about
her trip abroad.
When was in SPAIN" she said
men would sometimes follow me. in
a respectful manner. murmuring,
Beautiful LADY,
You wouldn't find anything like that
in America .,--
NO; in America they say, oh, you
kid "-Pittsburgh Post.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
ADVANTAGE of tho Silo,

The silo is the very best remedy for
short pasturages. If one can begin the
pasture season with six or eight feet Of
silage in the bin he has little to worry
about
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27

by Long
although epermenay Elk
profitable
climatic conditions suited its introduction although
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27
CUTTING OF ROOTS
Frequently Is the Cause of Great
Loss to the Farmer.
EXPENSIVE OLD TIME WAYS.

Deep Flowing Results In Severing
Plants Connection With Soil and In
Waste Of Moisture-One Southern
Farmers Experience.
The loss to farmers from deep cult
vation after the crops have made
growth enough to fill the soil with
roots is known to be great by all who
have studied the subject.
The cutting of roots and the waste
of moisture by deep blowing on lands
where shallow cultivation would save
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Usually.

when does your husband find time
to do all his reading?" .
Usually when want to tell him
something important. Detroit Free
Press.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27

At retail rates the annual coal bill
Of New York city foots up at $685.
100000.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27

One horsepower will operate 27O,-
100000 watches.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27

First Street Gas Lamp.
Street gas lamps were first used in
London in 1907.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-09-27

First Hobo-Do you believe in de
sayin' dat barkin' dog never bites?
Second Hobo--I did until tried one
wunst. He stopped barkin' all Of a
suddint. e~g.-..>s.