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LEAD TO ARREST OF A MURDER-
ER WHO CONFESSES TO
CRIME.
CLEVER DETECTIVE WORK
Paris Police, After Six Months' Work
Trace Slayer Through Buttons
on Overcoat Left at Scene
of Crime.
Taris. The mystery of the Rue du
Mont-Thabor, which for over six
months occupied the attention of the
Paris police, has been solved. The
(story of the solution reads like a
page from Gabcriau or Du Bolsgobey.
Last March In an apartment in the
Hue du Mont-Thabor, near where it
Is crossed by the Hue do Castiglione,
a man named Louis Kleurot was found
dead. A revolver with nix chambers
all empty lay by h's side, and a blue
handkerchief tightly knotted about
Ills nock seemed to show that he had
been strangled before being shot. Six
Tnillot wounds were found upon him,
while a hole in the celling showed
vhere a seventh had penetrated.
AVhero was the revolver which had
fired the seventh?
The corpse was found dressed only
In underclothing. On a chair nenr by
was a suit of clothes of fine texture
but very much the worse for wear.
Notes amounting to GO francs lay in
an open drawer, and on a desk near
by was a gold watch. Evidently rob
bery had not been the motive for the
crime. The buttons on the suit of
clothes bore the mark "Buenos Aires."
Owing to the system of the registra
tion of foreigner.! in I'arls every mem
ber of the Argentine colony was soon
placed under surveillance. All to no
purpose. The clothes were shown to
hundreds of Parisian tailors. One de
clared positively that the fabric and
cut showed Belgian workmanship.
Following up this clew, the police dis
covered that the cloth had been manu
factured at Vervicr8 and bad been
sold to a Brussels tailor. The Brus
sels tailor was located and declared
that ho had wade the garment seven
years ago fo- Prince de Chlmay, but
lie knew nothing about the buttons.
The prince was visited by a detec
tive and at once identified the clothes
as some he had worn for a short
The Corpse Was Found Dressed Only
in Under Clothing.
period and had then given to a serv
ant who was about to go to Buenos
Aires to open a French restaurant
there. The Paris polico at once got
into communication with the police of
Buenos Aires and the clothing was
sent there and Identified by the
restaurant keeper, who said that he
had worn it, had had it repaired at a
local tailor's and had finally given it
to a fellow countryman who was on
his way to Antwerp. Next the Belgian
polico took a hand. They traced the
man to Antwerp and finally located
him in prison, where ho was serving
a two-year sentence, for desertion
from the army.
When interrogated the prisoner
readily admitted that ho was the
slayer of Louis Fleurot, but declared
that ho had shot In self-defense. He
stated that in last March he was
searching for work along the Rue de
Rlvoll, which runs parallel to the Rue
du Mont-Thabor, when he was accost
ed by a straugcr. The stranger rep-
resented himself to be a literary man
in search of a copyist. The Belgian
offered his services and he accom
panled the stranger, M. Fleurot, to the
latter's flat In the Rue du Mont
Thabor. There, he declared, Fleurot
wished him to join him in a criminal
scheme, and when he refused and had
started to leave the npartment Fleu
rot had barred the way and had drawn
a revolver and aimed It at him. He
threw up Fleurot's arm and the bullet
penetrated tho ceiling. Then before
Fleurot could get In a second shot he
drew his own revolver and quickly
discharged the six chambers. He left
that revolver there, taking Fleurot's
'with him. As hts own garments were
threadbare ho exchanged clothes with
bis victim.
Brain Affected by Over-Study, Con
necticut Lad Selects Strange Place
to Secrete Himself.
Stamford, Conn. Willi rats as largo
as the average-sized cat scampering
about him, Michael Florin, Jr., II
years old, lay for four nights and four
days in a dark, damp cellar at his
home, Kast Meadow and Jefferson
streets, here. The police had sent out
n general alarm for tho boy, his fattier
had sought him in all the near-by
cities, and every child Jit the neighbor
hood was engaged In the search.
The boy's hiding place was about as
repulsive a place as could be imagined.
The floor was damp, and even in the
daytime scarcely any lif;ht penetrated
the place, lty night the boy slept In
By Night the Boy Slept in an Isolated
Corner.
an isolated corner lift ween beams In
a bed of rags he made for himself. In
fact, he spent, most of the four days
and four nights in this little hole. He
had little food during the period, and
that little came from an Ice-box in tho
front of tho cellar. Often the rats
stole this, but they never attacked the
boy, and he apparently did not fear
them. He was found by a younger
brother leaning against the ice box, so
weak from hunger t.nd lack of sleep
that he could scarcely stand. He was
put to bed and a physician was called.
"My son is a victim of overstudy,'
said the father. "He Is devoted to
books and spends every minute he can
get poling over them. Six weeks ago
be was ill, and I had a physician from
New York. He said the boy's brain
was affected from overstudy. He ad
vised me to keep him out. of school
and to take him to New York for a
course of treatment. He told me ho
went into the cellar to bleep, and
when I asked him why he did not
come out when he iwoke, he just
yawned and said he was too tired."
WEE GIRLS ARE BURGLARS
Admit Entering Baltimore Houses and
Robbing Sleeping Man to Get
Candy Money.
Baltimore, Md.- Peacefully sleeping
in a doorway, with arms around each
other, two little bold burglars with an
array of charges against them were
arrested and taken to the Western po
lice station, where charges of feloni
ously entering dwellings were laid
against them.
When these perpctratoia of several
robberies were taken before Lieit
Sbockcy he was astounded. Instead
of seeing two strong, bad men, with
dark lanterns and masks, two little
girls with pretty curls hanging down
their backs lisped their names. They
said they were Florence Knyries, nine
years old, and Jennie, her sister, three
years her senior.
The prisoners admitted that they
had entered several houses.
Little Florence, with her big blue
eyes upon the brawny policemen who
questioned her, told in lisping tones
how she had taken a watch and
chain from a sleeping man to get
money to buy candy.
Laborer Is Alive Minus His Backbone
Philadelphia. Alter one of the rar
est and most difficult operations
Known to surgery, James Vournigh
7, lies on nn air mattress in tho
Hahnemann hospital with a half of
his spinal vertebrae cut awny and
with the spinal cord covered only by
the thin layer of skin which, lies dl
rectly over tho backbone.
The man was given up as In
hopeless condition when he wes taken
to the hospital with a broken back
caused by a fall from tho fourth story
of a building. His vertebrae was
shattered. From the waist down he
was paralyzed.
Walks from Train in Sleep.
Sapulpa, Okla. A ten-year-old girl
who was accompanying her parents
to Kansas from Ylnita walked from
the train in her sleep at Taneha, tho
new manufacturing town. She wan
dered about tho depot, which was
closed, until the crew of a freight
train awakened her and took her back
to Ylnita with them.
Shorty's State.
First Burglar Shorty, the pickpock
et, Is getting to be awfully absent
minded, n't he? .
Second Burglar Yes; ho does have
many moments of abstraction.
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r Crantsora's Bargain
By GEORGE
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Young Dr. Cranston's mind was
hovering between hope anil fear as he
drove over the hill to the Taber set
tlement one line afternoon. He had
been calling at the house of old An
drew Sinnett very regularly for some
time past, and on this particular oc
casion had determined to declare him
self to Nelly Sinnett's father as a
suitor for his pretty daughter's hand.
lie found Andrew Sinnett enjoying
an after-supper smoke on the veranda
of his house, and bracing himself for
the ordeal poured the story of his af
fection for Nolly into the old man's
ears. The latter heard him patiently
and did not interrupt until Cranston
had finished his pleading. Then he
spoke briefly and to the point.
"1 might as well tell you first as
last, Hoc." he said, "that your views
and mine regarding Nelly don't hitch.
I'm a self-made man, well-to-do, and
gave my daughter a good education.
1 expect she'll pay me for it, in a
way, by making a good match, when
she does marry, and a slim, young
chap like you just starting In to prac
tice on sick folks, don't suit my notion
of a good catch for a girl. It would
be as easy for the lunatics that are
hankering to see th" steam cars run
ning here in this valley to get the line
of the new railroad changed in its
course, as for you to win Nelly against
my wishes."
"Well, Mr. Andrew Sinnett," said
Cranston, calmly, "I'm sorry you feel
that way, for I had hoped that you
would favor my proposition. Hut I'll
tell you something. I mean to marry
Nell, and not only that, but you'll live
to see the railroad trains running
through this valley and right across
your own flats."
The old man did not take offense at
this blunt declaration. Instead he
"Well, We'll See, Doc," He Said at Last.
laughed long and heartily. "Well,
we'll see Doc," he said at last, "and
I'm willing to make a bargain with
you, right now. If the railroad is ever
built through this valley, you shall
marry Nell and welcome, providing
she'll have you. But If it. don't, then
you must give up the idea. You may
come and see her once in awhile, if
you want to, for I can trust my lass,
but that's all. Is ft a bargain?"
Cranston was somewhat taken aback
at the readiness with which his sweet
heart's father had met his boast, but
nevertheless he shook hands on the
compact with due solemnity. "Now,"
said Sinnett, genially, "I'll just call
the lass, and explain It all to her so
that everything may be fair and above
board."
After Nelly had made her appear
ance and the situation was made clear
to her, Sinnett went indoors and b ft
the lovers to talk it over together on
th- porch.
When Cranston left the Sinnett
homestead, ho turned his horse's head
in the direction of Burniash, where he
knew tho chief engineer of the new
railroad was staying for a few days.
It chanced that the youthful medical
tyinn had been of some service in
mending a broken arm for this great
personage a month previous, and tho
latter consetpiently received him gra
ciously. It was past midnight when
they parted, atter a long confidential
chat, and Cranston whistled merrily
as he drove over Dawes' 1 1 1 II back to
Merton's Corners. A few days later
Andrew Sinnett. visiting the Taber
vllle post olllco in search of mall, was
surprised by the sight of a placard
printed in huge black letters dis
played In full view of all passersby.
It bore the title of "Railroad Meet
ing!" and the substance of the
was a strong appeal to the citizens of
the township to turn out and mnko
one more effort to procure a change
In the route of the new railroad. Tho
chango in question could bo effected
by the securing of comparatively
small stock subscriptions, a fair per
centago of free rightof-way and tho
bonding of tho township for only
$23,000. Several farmers stood talk
ing together while Sinnett read tho
bill. When he had finished, they urged
him to support tho new movement.
It had been discovered by means of a
ucw survey, they Informed him, that
tho route around Dawes' Hill and
through the Taber settlement to Bur
mash was, after all, more feasible
than through Morton's Corners on tho
uUtur uldo of the hill. For which soud
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and sufficient reason the amount of
bonds demanded by the company had
been reduced from $75,(100 to $23,000.
"I hear, Andrew," said one of tho
farmers, "that this is all tho doings
of young Dr. Cranston, the chap that
just moved down from Merton's Cor
ners to Burniash, where he's started,
practice. Creat lad, that young doc;
he's going to make a speech to the
meeting; you'd belter come aud hear
him; they say he's got the whole
thing winked out slick."
This infoi inatlon did not tend to
soothe Sinnett's milled spirit. He
thought of the agreement he had
rashly entered into with the suave Dr.
Cranston, aud his indignation nearly
choked him. At length he found voice
enough to assert forcibly that he
would not attend the meeting, after
which he drove away in a most un
pleasant frame of mind. Fortune
willed It that the meeting should
prove a great success, and in spite of
Ids vows to the contrary Sinnett was
present. Dr. Cranston had laid his
plans artfully and he carried the meet
ing with him from the beginning to
the end. During the course of a well
delivered speech he told his audience
all about the natural advantages of
their township and the beauties of
their valley. He pictured the disgrace
it would be to be the enlightened citi
zens of Tabersvllle should they allow
the Merton's Corners folk to secure the
railroad advantages and leave them
hopelessly in the rear. It was prob
ably the knowledge that he was speak
ing for Nelly's sake and his own that
lent, unusual force and eloquence to
Cranston's address. At all events, he
managed to sway his hearers' opinion
with such effect that the needed sub
scriptions were agreed upon, and a
motion to hold a town meeting early
the following month was carried by a
big majority.
It was then that the real struggle
began. Sinnett had succeeded in en
listing a number of his friends to op
pose the measures advocated by
Cranston. The old man worked des
perately. He hardly slept until the
day of the special meeting, and called
on almost every one in the settlement.
Cranston was equally energetic, and
in the end the young fellow's efforts
were crowned with success, the bond
ing proposition being carried by an
overwhelming majority. Before the
winter set in grading was begun In
the valley, aud by the following sum
mer the construction trains crossed
the flat lands of Sinnett's farm. To
the old man's ears It seemed as
though the fussy engine hooted and
laughed at him w henever the engineer
pulled the whistle cord. For fully a
month he managed to avoid Dr. Crans
ton, but the meeting with his con
queror was inevitable, and one day
they encountered each other on the
main street at Burniash. Cranston
held out his hand, but. for a moment
Sinnett refused to notice it. Then
suddenly his mood changed and he
seized the young doctor's slim fingers
in nn iron grip.
"I give in lad," he said, "you've won
fairly and I'll welcome you at the
house whenever you want to come up
there. I guess the girl has missed you
badly ever since this fight over the
railway started and you stayed away
It was not until several weeks later
that the good people of Tabersvllle
and Burniash knew why "Young Doc,'
as they called him, had taken up the
railroad fight so enthusiastically.
When they learned the true cause of
his exertions, he becamo more popular
than ever, and his marriage to Nelly
Sinnett was the signal for a flood ot
congratulations to pour In upon them
from all sides. Andrew Sinnett ac
knowledged that everything had
turned out well In the long run, and
"Young Doc" was supremely happy,
for as he told his wife "Tabersvllle
got the railroad and I got you which.
was the best bargain of all."
And Nelly quite agreed with him.
350 Years of Labor.
A shingle firm of cutlery manufac
turers at Sheffield, England, has In
Its employ six workman who have
been with the firm continuously for
a total of 330 years. This means an
average of almost sixty years of con
tinuous work for each employe.
Two of these men nro 76, two are
73, one is 71 and one 73. A picture of
the group published In tho Iron Ago
shows a sturdy looking set of men
That they must be, as they are still
at work. Three of them are cutters
and three grinders.
The same firm has people of three
generations at the bench In Its cm
ploy from grandparents to their
grandchildren. These workers began
as children, according to custom, and
have been continuously with the,
house ever since as piece workers,
Few "Forty-Nlners" Left.
file men of forty-nine, tho Callfor
nia pioneers, are rapidly dwindling.
There are now only seven members
of the Sacramento Society of Califor
nia Pioneers. The eighth member re-
ccntly died and the survivors acted as
pallbearers and mourners.
Needs No Press Agent.
If some poor cuss should discover
a product like petroleum butter, the
newspapers of tho country would
charge him $2 a line to advertise it.
It's different In John D.'a case. Mil
wauktiu Journal
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Don't let the garden go rugged.
Yigilance is the price of safety,
it is not a question of whether we
can afford a silo, but rather can we
afford to do without one. Better plan
now for one.
This husking, bundling and storing
should be done as early as possible,
as tho fodder will not have lost any
of Its feeding value.
The general appearance of a ship
ping package aids greatly in making a
sale In the market. I'se only new
cases and place only uniform sized
fruit in these packages.
The colt, may be weaned nt from
five to seven months of age, according
to its habits of eating and its physical
condition. The sooner It learns to eat
grain and other nutritious feeds, the
sooner it may be weaned.'
A number of tests to determine
which is more profitable drilling oats
with a disk drill, or broadcasting, has
recently been made. The results wero
all in favor ot drilling. A study of
the root systems of young oats gives
us the reason why drilled grow much
more uniformly and therefore yield
more bushels per acre than broadcast
oats.
As a soiling crop cowpeas are very
satisfactory. As they should not be
planted till the soil and weather are
warm the crop is not available for
feed until the latter part of summer,
when they fill a place In a well
planned system of soiling and furnish
an abundance of succulent green feed,
although, perhaps, less palatable than
alfalfa.
It Is a fact that sheep enn do on
less water than most other domestic
animals, but they cannot, do entirely
without it. It is a lack of good man
agement to allow them a shortage of
water during the dry season. Those
who allow their sheep to exist on
brush and weeds without water dur
ing the dry months will find that their
animals will be In thin flesh and In low
physical condition for entering th
winter.
The cowpea Is sometimes sown in
combination with other crops, such as
corn, Kaffir corn and sorghum for hay.
When planted in these combinations
there is danger of the cowpeas becom
ing stunted in growth if the crop with
which it is combined is planted too
thick. Sown broadcast, cowpeas often
make Utile growth with these crops,
but when planted In rows with corn
and cultivated the growth Is quite sat
isfactory. Now that the season's rush is over,
take a vacation and go camping or
fishing for two or three days. Take
plenty of feed along for the horses and
let them rest while you are resting.
The value of an outing is in the change
of surroundings and forgetting to
think about your business. With a
pole and fishing line, thinking Is easy,
and the mind becomes rested and re
freshed. Camp life soothes the nerves
and makes the whole being stronger.
Wheat is selling at the highest
prlces for many years, and farmers
are glad of that. But the grain is
not the only value In tho wheat crop.
The straw Is worth much if properly
handled. It makes fair rough winter
feed for a variety of live stock, and
it is the best of bedding for all kinds
of farm animals. Straw shouW be
6tacked so that it will not spoil and
bo that it will be goeid for bedding
during the winter nnd spring, wiien
most bedding is needed.
With ail plants the setting out in
the fall, while the soil yet contains
some stored heat from summer, en
ables them to start a new root grow th,
which in turn enables them to niab
an earlier, more sure and more vigor
ous growth the following season. He
gardless of early or late setting, the
fall work will usually give belfr
roots of the plants for more perfect
moisture and food contact to carry
them successfully over the first sea
son's growth.
Cowpeas make excellent, hay, which,
if properly handled, Is equal to alfalfa
In nutritive value, although, as a rule,
cows do not cat cowpea hay as readily
as they do alfalfa. When sown for
hay It is usually preferable! to plant
it in close drills, requiring about one
bushel to tho acre, and when so plant
ed the plants have a tendency to grow
more upright, which makes tho crop
more easy to cut with the mower. If
grown in rows, although the produc
tion of forage may be ns great. It is
more dll'leult to harvest, and as tho
i anker growth of the iiidivlduul plauta
-ft' u n'akes f,, hay more wceJy.
Treat k'.e ccw ;L!ndiy; tils n-quirea
no ca;h ou'h'y.
It's hard to in;i!;e a turn believe he
owns a poor cow.
The cow ami the hen have kept
starvation from many a door.
TVc the milk pails and cans for no
other purpose than'to hold milk.
Yearly cow tests are becoming more
and more popular; try them yourself.
Twenty acres of corn put Into the
silo will supply H0 head of thrifty
cows for a year. Try it.
You cannot grow a good crop ot
grain and a good crop of weeds on
the same ground in the same season.
The farmer who gets the best re
sults from the cows Is not in tho
habit of supposing everything to bo
right.
When the rain makes the ground
solt, dig out all the brush in tho patch
of useless ground and plant fruit
trees. They will soon grow into
money.
A little brain work in planning short
cuts in dairy work will save an Im
mense amount of time and big work
and time Is money on the farm, as it
Is elsewhere.
The farmers of Kansas plant 9,000,-
000 bushels of wheat every year, from
which they harvest about 71,000,000
bushels, most of which Is ground up in
to Hour in the homo mills.
"Dry land" alfalfa is merely tho
common alfalfa which through contin
ent culture without irrigation on arid
land has acquired more or less
drought-resisting qualities.
As a rule, it Is better to set out fruit
nnd ornamental trees, shrubs, vines,
perennial roots and bulbs In the fall
than in the spring. Of course, tho
work often can be done as well in tho
spring ns In tho fall, but many times
tho soil and season are unfavorable,
nnd the proverbial Fprlng rush comes
on so quickly that the job must
Blighted.
If the soil in which tho plants are to
be set has been prepared nnd the
heiles dug, set out tho plants ns soon
as they are unpacked, but if the soil
Is not prepared, Immediately prepara
a deep trench, set the plants In it
spreading them out well and cover
the roots deeply with fine soli. If the
soil is dry, moisten it so that it will
not extract any moisture from tho
roots.
For setting out trees, shrubs and
any plants at any season, spare no
time and laheir In preparing the soil
and digging spacious holes for tho
reception of the roots of the plants,
for upon the successful starting of the
roots depends to a ve ry large degree
the future success of the plant. Pre
vious to setting, cut off any Injured
or decayed roots and settle plant in
the hole prepared for it, so that none
of the roots w ill he lxit or cramped.
Two or three weeks' time will be re
quired to complete the blanching of
the early cede-ry varieties, nnd the
boards must be kept in position until
the crop is removed from the ground,
after which they may be used ngaln
two or thre times during the season.
If the celery is allowed to reniijin in
the boards too long, after It has
reached a marketable stage, it loses
in weight and flavor and Is liable to
be injured or even destroyed by the
attacks of blight.
Silage to keep we'll must be cut so
that it will settle evenly. The leave's
must not be in one place and the
coarser parts of the stalks In another.
It must ho thoroughly mixed, and
nothing will do this mixing f well as
a man. The silage must also be packed
I tlghMy next the sides of the silo, as
! that is where it Is likely to He so light
ihnf it u. til iiftrmtt tVn n 1 1 In n.itflt
j Th ,op of , FHK0 bo com;
posed of corn that Is ns gri'cn aa pos-
sible, as this will decay and seal the
whole, thus keeping out the air. Too
dry silage can be Improved by adding
water at the top.
Pasture lands receive too liuie at
tention from thi! majority ef fanners
If the pastures thrive and produce
good growth, all tight, and then, if
they run out, and grow up in weed;-,
the man thinks he hasn't time to look
after and improve matters. These con
ditions are often allowed to exist till
the land lias to be broken up anil
put to gtain of j'Oine sort in order to
fight the weed; suecoysfully; and
while few realize it, such lands have
lost their owners from two to three
dollars an acre every year they were
left to run as they might. The "stitch
in time" saves all this trouble and
loss.
In a recent experiment to determine
the relative value of oats as feed for
horses, kIx mature grade Percheron
geldings were fed on a basal ration of
clover and timothy hay, three receiv
ing oats nnd the other three corn as
a supplemental ration Kstlmntlng the
corn to be worth 10 cents per bushel,
oats 30 cents per bus-hcl, n.'ul hay $s
per ton, it was found that, the average
cost of food per hour of work was ?,:.)
cents for the corn-fed horses and 4.3-1
cents for those ted oats. The use of
corn to the exclusion of other rrnin
for a period of 4S veek'i was found
not to be detrimental to the health of
work horses, nnd they endured hard
work during the hot weather ti3 well
s those ree.ivlrs oats,
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