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it was proved, had been stolen IN the
Jewish theater in Paris, which had
rented them from a costumer. They
were gabardines, the coats prescribed
by law in the middle ages for Jews.
h hats completing these costumes
had also been taken from the theater,
together with the woman's cloak. The
clue led nowhere, however.
Sought to Throw Off Suspicion.
At first no official suspicion was en-
tertained of Nine. Steinheil's possible
guilt of the murder of her hus-
band and mother, but Paris, remem-
bering the circumstances of Faure's
death, was of a different opinion.
Nine. Steinheil herself. well aware
of the trend of public opinion, was in
defatigable in her visits to the heads
Of the police department, constantly
ready with new suggestions, and in
sistent in her demands that the Grim
inals be brought to justice. She ap-
pealed to the Paris press for assist
ance in the matter, then, in November,
lOpCy OlOuSAI an dSSuodLAOh d6olAlob
the servant, Couillard, and against the
son Of her cook, Alexandra Wolff, i'm
~plicating Nine. Wolff, an old and
trusted servant, as an accessory be-
fore the fact. The evidence against
Couillar5 consisted of a pearl from
one of Nine. Steinheir's stolen rings,
which was found in his pocketbook.
She admitted later that she had
placed it there herself, in order to
brighten him into a confession.
The accused persons were promptly
discharged from custody, but by this
time Nine. Steinheil had involved
herself in such a network Of false
hoods and contradictions, especially
IN connection with the stolen jewelry,
which yet was found to be still in her
possession, that suspicion was fully
directed against her. On the night Of
November %, 1908, she confessed her
completely in the murder, and was ar
rested, subsequently retracting the
| confession. Her trial was not begun
until November of the following year.
and ended in her acquittal.
Famous "%StelnheiI" Case.
This is, in brief, the story of the
"Steinheil case" which was conducted
with brutal frankness so far as a gen.
eral exposure Of the woman's immoral
life was concerned, but with extreme
circumspection whenever it threatened
to touch upon her relations with sew
eral magistrates. and, most of all, with
the deceased president of the republic.
Marguerite Steinheil was shown to be
the latest of a long line of historic
French courtesans, whose opportuni-
ties would have been infinitely greater
had she lived under an emperor or a
king. One Of her minor troubles was
a study of her as a typical case of de-
generation published by the late Pro
fessor Lombroso. He compared her
with Phryne.
Nine. SteinheiTs autobiography,
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Bees and -
FdrmNOfeS

Asparagus will grow in any good
well-drained farm land.
Onion sets should be set out just
as early as ground a be worked.
Almost all our common garden veg
etables require a somewhat ~algaline
soil.
Selling all the hay and grain raised
on the farm is a sure method of selling
the farm.
Young cabbage plants require thor
ough protection in the hotbed and
cold frame.
1t is seldom that the very early va
rieties Of potatoes yield so well as
those a little later.
Long, straight rows will make
easier work with the horse c~ultivator
or wheel hoe later on.
Heroic pruning measures are needed
to bring many old trees into bearing,
but it need not all be done the first
year.
There is no danger of an overrich
soil for asparagus. In fact this crop
can only be grown profitably on very
IlCH lduu.
Did you ever think how much ground
a good ear of corn will plant? 1t is
just that much ground wasted if you
plant a poor ear.
For sandy land the mammoth red
clover has proved superior to alsike or
the medium red varieties.
1t is as idle and useless to expect
good crops from inferior seed as it
would be to endeavor to breed thor
oughbred cattle from scrub stock.
Asparagus roots, properly planted.
fertilized and given good culture, will
continue to produce large spears for
fifteen to twenty years in succession.
Alsike clover is a perennial and can
be grown on ground that is too low
and moist for the medium red or
mammoth; it is grown equally well on
high ground.
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The Largest Bells.

Great Paul" the bell of St. Paul's
Cathedral, in London, weighs nearly
II tons and is nearly 80 feet around.
The first big Ben" of Westminster
was cast more than so years ago and
weighed more than IA tons. But big
Ben" had a crack and was cast over,
losing some weight, and the clapper
was made smaller, now being about
500 pounds instead of a ton. The
great bell, Peter of York" cost $40
600, weighs about 10 tons and is %
feet in diameter.
The largest hanging bell in the
world is in the great Buddhist monas-
terry near Canton. 1t is IS feet in
height and 40 feet in circumference,
being cas- of solid bronze. This is one
of the eight monste bells that were
cast by command of Emperor Yung
10 about A. D. 400. 1t cost the lives
of eight men, who were killed in the
process of casting.
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Some Left" Two adjoining claims
are known as con Time" and Late"
An odd case is shown in the name
of the Hoodlebug claim, which was To-
Gated by an Irishman and a German
and intended by the latter to De called
Heidelberg. When the Irishman
reached town to record the location he
had forgotten his partners selection
of a name and said it was something
like H%oodlebug, which, for convent.
ence, was the name recorded. 1.-The
Prodigal Son" lived up to it's name nv
b~ankrupting its locator. who returned
east at the behest of his father who
had furnished the funds for the VEN
ture.
Some of the gulches have names
that refer to incidents In the lives Of
their ~prospectors. 1.-TWO Bits" was
named because a placer miner de-
clared his first painful would yield
about two bits" (25 %cents), while one
gulch expressed the idea of its loca-
tors mind when he named it 60 To"
Then, too. there are "Poorman's
Gulch," ~"Sheeptail," %"Blacktail,"
Crooked Arm. Poverty" and Pros
perity."
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STORY IN NAMES OF MINES
Lucky and Unlucky P%rospectors Have
Contributed to History in
C~ognomens.

Behind the of many of the
mines there lies a wealth of romance
and history-pathetic and lu%dicrous,
grave and gay. The Black Hills. per-
haps, furnish as many characteristic
examples of the peculiar circumstances
in which claims have been named as
any other distric. in the country.
one of the best known mines in the
Southern hills is THE Holy Terror"
In the early days this claim was To-
Gated by an old miner who had worked
for years without success. This par
ticular claim was a most difficult one.
When the man returned home the
evening of the day that he had located
his claim it appears his wife asked
what he had named it. He smiled and
said: For you. my DEAR" and her
further inquiry elected the informa-
ton that he had christened it THE
Holy Terror"
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The Black hills are dotted with the
names of claims recalling romances of
bygone days. Many a young man went
thither during the mining boom" of
the eighties, lured with the hope of a
fortune. In numerous cases all that
remains to tell the tale is the name of
Katie w." or Mabel E." OF Lulu
j."
One prospector who worked diligent-
ly on a claim which was staked by
an outsider and had difficulty in get
ting his living expenses, obtained his
revenge by naming his claim "Old Per-
simmon." Men of patriotic turn of
mind have chosen names of those ia
mou in history, as Washington, Lin
coin, etc. Each of the presidents has
been remembered, famous generals. all
of the states, seafaring heroes and
heroes of the Philippines, as Dewey
and Funston. Indian names by the
score are found, as Hiawatha, Mime
haha and Nanoma. Favorite authors
have been remembered, as Longfellow.
Burns and Dickens. One student named
his group Miltiades, Marc Anthony,
Atilla and Cleopatra. One mar of a pes
simistic vein chose whats Left" and
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TO MAKE FOUNDATION SOLID
Gasoline Machine Will Not Do Good
Work Unless Placed on Good Sub
stantial Base.

1t is unreasonable to expect a gaso-
line engine to do good work unless it
is mounted on a solid foundation.
There is nothing better than concrete
for this and when placing same in
position, fastenings should be set in
the concrete as shown in the accom-
panying illustration, says the Prairie
Farmer. These ~fastenings can be made
by any blacksmith or in most any
farm work shop. They are placed in
the concrete when it is poured and
should, Of course, be placed SO as to
engage with the holes in the body of
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How BEES COLLECT POLLEN
Important Part Played by the AuricIe
in the Process-Dust Gathers on
Body Hairs.

The pollen dust gathers on the body
iairs of the bees as the result of the
visits paid to the flowers. These hairs,
as seen under the microscope, are
branched, and therefore are admirably
adapted to hold the pollen, writes F.
w. L. Sladen in the Gleanings in Bee
Culture.
In the humble bee (and probably
also the honey bee) the pollen dust in
the hairs on the thorax is collected
on brushes on the inner sides of the
metatarsi, or basal joint of the foot,
Of the middle pair of legs, which are
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SURGEON in Ancient Times.

High honorariums were paid sur
geons in ancient times. When Oar
fus, the son Of Hystaspes, sprained
his foot Damocedes was called in,
another surgeon Of renown having
failed to effect a cure. Damocedes
was successful, and the king took him
to his harem and introduced the doc,
tor to the ladies of the court. The
ladies filed a vase Of gold with money
and precious pearls, which a eunuch
was ordered to carry to the doctor,
The eunuch let fall the vase, and the
careful historian tells US that slaves
gathered up the pearls.
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POST FULLER SAVES LABOR
implement Can Be Made of Strong
Tongue Taken From Some Dis
carded Farm Machine.

When a fence must be moved a good
post puller an unmerciful lot
of back ache and time, writes Gilbert
F. Parrish in the Wisconsin Agricul-
turist.
Such a litter can be made of a
strong tongue from some discarded
farm machine. A strap of fi~ve-eighths
iron is made into 3 heavy claw at one
end and bolted on. the tongue so that
the claw projects beyond the end of
the tongue. A heavy ring with a
stout chain attached is also a part of
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Oh, Learned JUDGE.

A California judge decided that
there is no judicial authority to keep
a man from making love to his wife,
although it could stop his beating her.
The remarkable cause of this remark
able decision was that a woman in
Los Angeles had applied for an injunc-
ton to restrain her husband from in
sisting on being attentive to her. This
judge was not a Solomon, but he real
lied that only a Solomon could be
trusted to rule upon the whims and
inconsistencies of womankind.
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Milky Way Causes Glaciers.

Another suggested cause of glacial
periods is that they have been due to
the shifting Of the milky wa, such as
is known to have occurred. Assuming
that much Of the earth's heat comes
from the stars, DR.. Rudolf Spitaler
finds that the change of position in re-
lation to the milky way might have
given a different distribution of tenn.
perature from that existing at the
present time. The stars are not only
crowded in the region of the milky
way, but many of them are of the hot
test type.
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va Adjustments pass rapidly IN
these days, and are quickly for
gotten. The French Pana-
ma canal scandal is already
ancient history. One must
make an effort to recall the
Wilson affair under the presidency
of his father-in-law, Jules Grevy.
Dust is settling even on the records of
the affair" that set all France by the
earE and enlisted the p~artisanship Of
all civilization-the Dreyfus case
We were. reminded of it only the other
day by the fact that Captain Dreyfus'
son had just entered the army. The
Fashoda incident, contemporary with
this great army scandal, has left no
ripple of its wild excitement, and
Nine. Humbert lies entirely forgotten
in her grave. Events do pass rapidly,
especially in the French republic.
Some of these events, the Dreyfus
case and the Fashoda imbroglio espe-
cially, are recalled to mind by Nine.
Steinheirs MY Memoirs"
Murders in the Impasse Ronsln.
1t may be well, in view of the ease
and rapidity with which the world for
gets nowadays, to recapitulate the
main points of this cause celebre." a
common double murder for the sake of
robbery on the surface, but below it
fraught with all the dangers of still
another exposure of rank corruption
in the highest circles of the French
government.
On the morning of May 81. 1908,
Remy Couillard, the man-servant in
the household OF NJ. and Nine. Stein
he'll, in the Impasse Ronsin, Paris.
found his mistress tied hand and foot
to her bed, and with a rope around
her neck that might easily have
caused strangulation. He called for
help, further investigation showing
that Steinheil himself, a fairly we'll
known painter, had been strangled in
an adjoining room, while, finally. Mms.
Japy, Nine. Steinheirs mother. vas
found in a third room, done to death
In the same manner.
Nine. Steinheil, the only survivor of
what had evidently been a trinle
attempted assassination, told a circum-
stantial story of having been awak-
ened in the night by three men and a
woman, who tied her and ordered her
to reveal the hiding place of her
money and jewels. The men. she
said, were dressed In long, black gar.
ments of a peculiar shape, and wore
no less peculiar felt hats, with broad
brims and peaked crowns. The wom-
an was red-haired and wore a dark
cloak. The quartet used two dark
lanterns, SO that their victim had but
an indistinct view of them. Nine.
Stetnheil told the burglars where her
va!uables were hidden, was gagged,
and tainted. OF the fate of her hus.
band and mother she was unaware IN
til told later in the day.
The police set to work and found
a clue. The peculiar dark garments,
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wv
Fig. 2-Diagrammatic section of the
same, showing mode of conveying pol
len.
a, metatarsus; b., tibia; c, comb; q,
receiver for pollen; e, auricIe; t, fringe
of hair on auricle.
moistened with honey from the tongue
to make the dust cohere. The pollen
dust in the hair on the abdomen is col
lected on brushes on the inner sides
Of the metatarsi of the hind legs, and
this is probably moistened by rubbing
the hind legs together.
After this the pollen is transferred
to the corbicula Cor pollen-basket) on
the tibiae of the hind legs, where, as
every n knows, it accumulates into
a great lump as the result of repeated
contributions from the metatarsi. But
how does it get there? 1t is evident,
as Cheshire observed, that the pollen
on the right metatarsus is transferred
to the left corbicula, and the pollen
on the left m%etatarsus is transferred
to the right corbicula. Cheshire sup
posed ("Bees and ~Beekeeping," 1856
that the metatarsus discharges it's
pollen on the corbicula by scraping its
brush on the upper side of the tibia;
but find that this is not the case. The
pollen is scraped off the metatarsal
brush by a comb (c) situated at the
end of the tibia on the inside. and it
passes into a small concave receiver
(d) that joins the comb; then, when
the leg is Strengthened, a projection on
the metatarsus called the auricle (e)
closes upon the receiver, congresses
the pollen, and at the same time forces
it out to the lower end of the corbicu-
la, which is here slightly depressed
and almost wholly devoid of hairs.
The compression of the pollen in the
receiver is an essential part of the
process; for loose pollen grains such
as occur on the metatarsal brushes
would not hold together in the corbic-
ula. In the humble bee the angle
between the surface of the receiver
and that of the corbicula is obtuse, and
the compressed pollen easily passes
from the one to the other; but in the
honey bee there is a sharp angle at the
corner, and the aGricle bears a fringe
Of hairs (f) to guide the stream of
pollen to the corbicula; also the honey
bees auricle is evidently pressed back
by the pollen, for it has no other
means of escape.
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Indoor Seeding.

1t is we'll in certain of the northern
states to get an early start in the
garden by starting the seeds indoors,
if one has not a hotbed. For this pur-
pose shallow boxes filled with soil and
called flats may be paced in the win
dows of a dwelling that faces south.
When the seedlings appear the box
es should be turned every day to pre-
vent the plants from drawing toward
the light in one direction only. Flow
er seeds, as we'll as vegetable seeds,
may be started this way.
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Starting Plants in Houses.

A good way to use tin cans or cigar
boxes is to plant cabbage, lettuce,
parsley, pepper, radish and tomato
seeds in them, about the middle of
this month. Place the cans or boxes
in the kitchen windows.
C~auli1ower, celery and egg plant
may also be started in the house.
Bore holes in the sides of these
boxes, an inch from the bottom, in
order to give ventilation. Start GU
cumber and squash seeds in straw
berry boxes.
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A Post Fuller.

the outfit. The ring is put over the
post down to the ground. The claws
are caught under a link of the chain
and a block put under the pole as a
fulcrum. This leverage will raise the
post with very little effort. Every
farm ought to have such a litter. The
parts should be solid and strong, for
the strain is tremendous.
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FROM THE T
He Forgot That He Had a Stomach

Talking OF food, there is probably
no professional man subjected to a
greater. more wearing mental strain
than the responsible editor Of a
modern newspaper.
To keep his mental faculties o n
stantIy in good working order, the
editor must keep his physical powers
up to the highest rate Of efficiency.
Nothing viii so quickly upset the
whole system as badly selected food
and a disordered stomach. 1t there
fore follows that he should have
right food, which can be readily as
simulated, and which furnishes true
brain nourishment.
MY personal experience in the use
of Grape-Nuts and Postum" writes
a Philadelphia editor. 80 exactly
agrees with your advertised claim az
to their merits that any further X
position in that direction would seem
to be su]perhuous. They have bene-
flied me so much, however. during
the five years thai I have used them
thai I do not feel justified in with
holding my testimony.
General high living with all
that the expression implies as to a
generous table, brought about indi-
g~estion. in my case, with restless
ness at night and lassitude in the
morning, accompanied by various
pains and distressing sensations
during working hours.
1.-THE doctor diagnosed the condi-
ton as 'catarrh of the stomach, and
prescribed various medicines, which
did me no good. I finally threw
physics to the dogs gave up tea
and coffee and heavy meat dishes.
and adopted Grape-Nuts and Postum
as the chief articles OF my diet.
'I can conscientiously say, and I
wish to say it with all the emphasis
possible to the English language,
that they have benefited me- as med
icines never did, and more than any
other food that ever came on my
table.
MY experience is that the Grape
Nuts food has steadied and strength
ened both brain and nerves to a most
positive degree. How II does II I
cannot say, but I know that after
breakfasting on Grape-Nuts food one
actually forgets he has a stomach.
let alone stomach trouble 1t is. in
my opinion, the most beneficial as
we'll as the most economical food On
the market, and has absolutely no
rival" Name given by Postum Co..
Battle Creek. Mich.
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All He Wanted Was Just Plain Euus.

A youth entered one of the ham
andrew" cafes on Grand avenue and
ordered eggs. up or over?" asked
the man behind the counter. 81 just
want eggs" replied the prospective
diner. But do you want them up or
over?" repeated the waiter, and again
the guest asserted that he desired
only eggs" The third time the party
of the second part insisted on his
query, %whereupon the patron. with a
sigh of despair, said 81 guess I'll take
a steak."-Kansas City Star.
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Spreadino Manure.

Get into the habit of hauling ma
nure to the field every day as it is
taken from the barn. The sooner ma
nure is spread in the field the smaller
the loss of fertility incurred, and the
smaller the amount of labor required
to handle it.
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Good Roads.

Good roads are absolutely essential.
In n county of a western fruit sec
ton a fruitgrcwers' association says
that in one year the bad roads lost
their members owe 100000 by dam
aging the fruit.
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For More NeuetahIes.

Most of us do not grow half the
good things in the garden that we
might. Let us have more and better
vegetables and fruits for the home
table this coming summer, and future
summers.
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A Lady Humorist.

who says there are no m hu.
morists?"
81 don't know. Why"
my typewriter spells as funny as
Josh Billings in his palmiest days"
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A~FoRSAreN eoIs-

the engine. Care should be used not
to injure the threads on the ends of
the rod, and to this end it is best to
keep the nuts on same.
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Trouble.

THAT man seems to be greatly de-
pressed about something"
Eyes. He must live in some town
whose baseball team is at the tail
end"
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innuendo.

What's Cholly so angry about?"
"Oh, some rude girl asked him If he
was a suffragette."
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ALL FREE.

New-Wed-Nothing.
Mrs. New-Wed-How was that?
New-Wed-He didn't dare to take
my money for fear that it was faint
ed.