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BEAUTIFUL SPIES LEARN SECRETS * FOR RUSSIA* t'SSIAN women are noted for their charm; they hsve for centuries ex ercised over men a fascination greater than that of the women of any other country. American women at tract easily, but not with the power that belongs to the Russian. The Rus sian woman's charm is almost hypnotic. This power of fascinat ing is regarded as a great asset by the czar's government'; the heads of the state play it as a trump card. Russian women are sent as spies the world over, to learn secrets of state from men whose heads they turn. These beautiful secret service em ployes receive large salaries in addi tion to generous gifts for special work. The Russian government has employ ed women spies for well nigh a hun dred years; it is even said that as long ago as the time of Ivan the Ter rible princesses were sent to distant lands to learn the true sentiment of foreign courts toward him. Members of the present feminine secret service corps are found in every civilized country in the world. The Russian is a natural linguist and learns to speak fluently all languages. In every instance these spies are women of fine judgment of cool, cal culating minds, although apparently they are only gentle, negative crea tures of boundless charm and helpless ness. Their insidious temperaments are brought to bear upon diplomats, statesmen and officials of many lands, and despite the fact that Russia's methods are well known, it usually happens that the victim suspects noth- ] ing until he finds he has been be- ! trayed. Naturally the lives of these women are filled with adventure. Many of them have had very narrow escapes, bat they are fearless and daring. They are prepared to play any part—to wear men's clothes, to dress in rags or satin, to go into all sorts of queer and dangerous quarters, to'take long, hazardous journeys. One of the most famous of these women is Mae. Seski Hunegan, who has been in the service of the Russian government many years. Upon the death of her husband, who was an offi cer in the Russian army, she was left in very straitened circumstances. Her case was brought to the atten tion of the government, and as her loyalty and strong, steadfast charac ter were well known, the officials de termined to make use of her as a spy. She gladly took advantage of the opportunity and departed at once for Paris to commence her work. Thence she was sent to the Riviera, and later, about eight years ago. to America. She lived in Washington two years and was a friend of the Countess Cassini. Soon afterward she toured the world, traveling as an American. In Japan she was received as such, and thus was able to send valuable information to her govern ment. She is now living in London under an assumed name and passes as an American. Baroness Makowa, although of no ble birth, has lived for years as a dancing girl on the Russian border. Her mission is to watch Turks, Greeks and Bulgarian, and her simple, light hearted manner averts all suspicion. She has won the heart of many a for eign officer. She is an accomplished dancer. Prince George of Greece was greatly attracted to her. much to the chagrin of Princess George—and he never suspected that she was a no blewoman, and a spy at that. Probably one of the most fascinat ing women ever sent forth by the Rus sian government upon secret missions is Zenaida Petrovitch. She would have made an admirable character study for Turgeniff. She was born in a little town about 20 miles from Moscow. Her father was a scholarly, poetic school teach er, who loved to dream among his bocks. He married the daughter of a country nobleman, a young woman of great beauty, who later deserted him and their infant daughter in favor of a grand duke. The dreamy, poetic father brought up his little girl quietly. But she had inherited her wayward mother's beau ty, as well as her nature. She never learned to understand her father. At the age of seventeen, when she could endure her tame, uneventful life no longer, she ran away to find her moth er. She found instead a handsome of ficer who married her and took her to St. Petersburg to live, i There she met grand dukes, and, like her mother, she also deserted her husband for one of them.. With him j&zz. £A5ra-fisnZGArr' conrrr&si morqi,z&*z& she went to Paris and soon afterward entered the government service. She spends her time largely at the great watering places of Europe. King Ed ward fell under her spell at Biarritz, and had not his watchful attendants drawn him away, there is no telling what she might have wrung from him. She is regarded by her government as a most valuable asset. Two widely different types of the Russian women spie3 are the cousins Tatiana and Pavlova Pozharsky. They look like sweet, fresh country maid ens. and they are ready to give their lives irT the service of the cza-T\ They do their work for the government within the confin.es of the Russian empire. They go to Finland, Poland, to Siberia and Manchuria. These women are re markably fearless and self-effacing; they have lived in huts In frozen Si beria and endured great privations and discomforts to perform the duties imposed upon them. They are in danger of their lives every hour, for to watch the revolutionists is their special duty, and if they were sus pected they would be killed at once. The cousins are well educated, and, like their sister spies, they have had many love affairs; in fact, it is usu ally upon a love affair that these wom en depend to obtain the best of their information. The countess Korolerviez. who has had a dozen other names which she as sumes at different times for the con venience of her work, lived under the assumed name of Mrs. Janet Dudley jrasowR—• FJtVZCTVL PQZJ3AKSKY * for eigh' years in various cities of the United States. She caught on to American mannerisms, and speaks English in perfect accent. At the outbreak of the Russo-Jap anese war she was sent to Japan. She traveled with a conducted party of tourists, and when her destination was reached she decided to lengthen her stay in Japan. She adopted Jap anese customs and costumes. So at tractive and charming was she that the Japanese took her straight to their hearts, little dreaming that she was a Russian and a spy. She mingled with the families of Japanese officials. She learned their tongue so rapidly that within a few months she spoke volubly, and under stood almost any conversation. A Jap anese statesman fell victim to her charms, and she led him to believe that she might marry him, but she put him off from time to time, and in the interim the Russian government was receiving seme very important in formation. Mme. Korolerviez re mained in Japan throughout the war. and the people do not suspect to this day that she was other than a pretty American woman. The Japanese lover was thrown out like an old glove when it was' time for her to be sent to another land. Mme. Midgi-Hume is a Russian woman well known in London society. She has entree to exclusive houses, but none of her hostesses suspects that she is entertaining one of the most accomplished spies of Russia. She is elegant and cultured in her manner, but she has lived in squalid settlements in various places, and once traveled on a very dangerous mission to Mukden in man's attire. She has gone hungry and cchj and has been thrown among the roughest and most uncouth people. King Edward knew her well, and was often seen chatting with her, but he did not know that she was in the secret service of the Russian government. Breathed Life Into Child Breathing new life into an infant, a young ambulance physician. Dr. Benedict Willis, attached tc vue hospital In New York an apparently dead new born baby the other day. The surgeon placed his lips close to those of the baby and forced his own breath for 40 minutes into and out of the lungs of the infant. I When Dr. Willis reached the house, \ that of a man named Moca, the baby | boy, less than an hour old, was cold j and blue, and several women there I told him the infant was dead. He i thought so himself, he said, but nev j erthe'.ess started the work of resusci tation. Not until he had worked for 40 minutes, using hot water and mov ing the arms, did the spark of life manifest its return. Then the little body began to grow warm and soon there was a lusty cry. This brought joy to the mother. The boy was her first born. She had recovered quickly » from the shock, and was so grateful, after having been told that the boy was dead when born, that she confer red upon Dr. Willis the honor of nam ing the child after himself, Benedict. That there should be no delay the mother insisted upon an immediate christening. A Bible was procured and Dr. Willis read the baptismal service and christened the baby Benedict. St. Vitus a Turkey Trotter? If Gerald du Maurier is to be be lieved. the "one-step.’’ the ‘‘turkey trot” and the other ragtime dances are only variatipns of the oldest dance in the world, that named after St. Vitus. We do not care to indorse this assertion oflhand. but it is quite possi ble that the future historian will re gard the contemporary mania for rag time from much the same standpoint as we look on the Tarantism or danc i ing mania of the middle ages. HOW TO GROW TALL I _ i A man’s organs and those of his j bones which are not subjected to pres- j sure grow continuously until he is forty years old; that is to say, the j heart should become stronger, the j capacity of the lungs increase, and the brain should develop ‘steadily until the fourth decade of life. Also one should wear a larger hat at the age of forty than at thirty. A man ceases to grow tali, however, at the beginning of I the third decade, because after that time the downward pressure exerted by the weight cf the body while in the erect position compresses the verte brae or small bones in the spine, the discs of cartilage between them, the pelvis and the thigh bones, and this pressure overcomes the natural elas ticity of the discs and the growth of these bones. However, a well-known scientist contends that were man a quadruped, and therefore freed from the downward pressure produced by his weight upon his spinal column, he would continue to grow in height for ten years longer than he does at pres ent, since it has been found that banes not subjected to compression increase up to the fourth decade. The Family Horse. A family horse never seems to be going anywhere in particular until it is going home.—From the Maryville Tribune. Originality. Many people spend lots of time try ing to do just what other people do. They do not consider originality as a happy part of humanity. It makes them unhappy. What will people say? That is the great question, and if the answer is, they will criticise it, then they will' yield their happy conceits and join the ranks of uniformity. That Is to be regretted. Individual tastes are to be encouraged. They make so ciety Interesting. Of course, originality must be a part of common sense. A man would not want to do a thing absurd in it self. He wouldn't want to paint his homo red, white and biue. or serve snails at a dinner party. Originality respects others, but it does not feel it Is necessary to follow them on this account All greatness is original. It thinks for itself, and has things its own way, but has a care not to tres pass on the rights of othero. Mr. Jones has a love for cats, and he likes I to have them about, and it is well | he indulges hia fancy; but if they shriek at night he would drop his orig inal taste right away. So with things of sight. One man's ideas of beauty may differ from those of another, but when his ideas offend others, then he should drop them. But as a rule Intelligent originality is pleasing to everybody.—Ohio State Journal. Kind to the "Jags.’’ St. Louis provides a restroom In the city hall for intoxicated persons pick ed up by the police. I WINTERJHTHE NILE Wonders of Egypt Offer Refresh ment for the Mind Weather Mild and Deliciously Pleasant —Narcissus and Violet in Full Eloom at Christmas Time—Has AH Aspects of Summer. London.—Without doubt the pleas antest place in which to spend a noa wintry winter is Egypt—the banks of the Nile. In Cairo, perhaps, it is not quite correct to describe the winter as nonwintry, for the early morning and evening cold is sufficient to make it self very sensibly felt; T>ut in Assuau and Luxor the winter is no winter ia the European sense of the word. By Christmas the narcissus and the violets, immense beds of which grow in the gardens, are already in bloom; while by March, our early spring, the orange blossom and the scarlet hibis cus are fully out, the pink and white oleanders and petunias are flowering with a profusion utterly unknown in European gardens, and the long, lofty wall of the winter palace gardens m Luxor is hung with, as it were, a tap estry of deep yellow Marechal Niel roses and deep purple bougainvillea— wonderful color study of tints, both rich and rare. Winter on the Nile, in deed. is more like an ideal summer, w-ith warm days, which are yet not ex hausting. and with cold evenings and early mornings, which possess some marvelous quality of freshness and in vigorating power of which evenings and early mornings elsewhere seem bereft. , For complete rest and refreshment of mind and body. I think, after consid erable experience of travel, that I should send anyone to Egypt in pref erence to any other part of the world 1 should not recommend much time be ing spent in Cairo, as. interesting city though it is in the older and native parts, it is not characteristically Egyptian, and does not. unless per chance, for the incorrigible town lover, possess anything approaching to the nameless charm of the Nile and upper Egypt. Throughout the entire Journey, last ing about a fortnight, from Cairo to Assuan, this abundant life of the Nile is ceaselessly in evidence. In summer, the dead season, it might be less ap Bedouin Belle. parent, but in winter or spring the I signs of people, habitations, domestic j animals, cultivation, wherever the eye ; rests, are striking beyond all else in the Egyptian landscape. In the winter ■ there are crops to be sown, watered | and tended, and by early spring the i first of these crops are ready for har I vest. Great golden masses of corn are al ] t'eady to be seen near Luxor, and bar ; ley already bearded even near Cairo; j tomatoes are St for gathering, great I purple-black aubergines ripe for pluck | ing. opium poppies in flower, field after I field of them of all colors; and, above ail. there are onions everywhere, acres of onions, lucerne and grain. The winter is not past, indeed, be • fore the fellah is planting in the un ! covered stretches of rich black Nil® j mud and in sandy spits w here the : larger wild birds congregate the seeds : of the watermelons, which in summer i are airaost the staff of his life. To see i those watermelon plants from day to day used to remind us of an old | nursery rhyme, three' lines of which I ran thus: And with gardener man, And the watering can, 1 Says, “Gracious 1 how fast he growsl* For they grow almost visibly, fostered by the hot sunshine and nourished by the fat Nile mad. It is doubtles this ceaseless life and activity of the Nile and not merely the sense of vast limitless space, the boundless horizon, nor the atmospheric effects changing with the time of day. which prevent the Egyptian scene from ever wearying or becoming mo notonous. I do not think I speak for myself alone when I say that I have spent day after day in the bows of a Nile steamer doing nothing whatever : but watching the scenes passed through. TOBACCO BARRED TO PASTORS i Its Use. Even by Members. May Be Prohibited by New Rule of the Church. Winona Lake, Ind.—All church offi cers, Sunday school teachers, evan gelists and mission workers of the Re formed Presbyterian church are forbid den to use tobacco in any form under the terms of a resolution adopted by the synod meeting here. The resolu tion was presented by Rev. W. W. Carithera. a , delegate from Cache Creek. Okla. After Its adoption a reso lution providing that one year hence an effort be made to revise the church discipline, to provide that ajl members of the church abstain from the use of tobacco, was adopted. Bloomington. Ind., was chosen for the 1914 meeting. JERSEY IS MOST ECONOMIC PRODUCER .. . " I An ideal “Mortgage Lifter” and Two “Patent Milkers” Which Attracted Considerable Attention From Visitors at the Nebraska State Fair. (Br R G. WEATHERSTOXE.) Bulls of dairy strains at one year old, the usual age for exhibiting, do not fill- the eyes with the same effect of the beef type, so they do not appear in the prize list and are branded as inferior accordingly. In latter years, a great change has come over the cattle industry. Dairy ing has advanced by leaps and bounds. Breeders of pedigreed cattle have awakened to the fact of a new posi tion in the dairy industry. Jersey and Ayrshire cattle, having long been bred for dairy cattle, do not come under the ban already mentioned, but pedigreed Shorthorns, although there have always been deep milkers among them, have been regarded with sus picion in the best dairying districts. Latterly, the herds of Shorthorn that were bred on dairy lines have been pushed very much to the front— cows of this breed have appeared at the dairy shows and have proven re peatedly that the right sort of Short horns can be first-class dairy cows. The following are good dairy breeds: The Jersey is Invariably admitted to be the ideal cow for butter pro duction. In all her points sbe shows dairy capacity. Light in the flesh she is big in the body, showing plenty , of room for the vital organs and also capacity for dealing with the full supply of food, so necessary for a dairy cow. She is an attractive cow and a good seller. Island-bred Jersey cows have an ap pearance of delicacy but the cows bred in the states seem to be quite able to stand the climate. The Jersey is occasionally a very heavy milker. As a rule she milks reasonably well, but her strong point is the richness of the cream. The Ayrshire is a medium-sized cow. Her strong point is the large average milk yield. Ayrshire milk is not usually rich in butterfat. It is equal ly serviceable for butter and cheese making and for milk trade. The point which recommends a milk for cheese making is the small size of the fat globules In the milk. When they are small, as in the Ayrshire milk, they do not rise quickly so that they are caught in the curd when it coagulates. Jersey milk ha3 large, fat globules which rise quickly, making the milk unsuitable for cheese making. NEW METHOD OF TOMATO CULTURE / - . Entire Strength of Plant Cen tered in Few Fruit Clusters by Good Pruning (By M. N. EDGERTOX.) The new method of tomato culture consists in confining the growth of the plants to a single stalk or vine, these being trained to stakes. Pruning should begin as soon as branches begin to appear, growth be ing confined to the main stalk. In this way, instead of dissipating a large share of its strength in an ef fort toward vine growth, the entire strength of the plant is centered in a few fruit clusters. Under ordinary culture, that is. where plants are allowed to branch at will, the first cluster of blossoms A Goodly Yield of Tomatoes. are usually cast and many of the buds appearing later fail to fructify. With this method nearly every bud ! produces a fruit, each specimen be ing large and uniform in shape and coloring. A dozen large tomatoes in a cluster is common and we have counted 20 to 30 tomatoes In exceptionally large clusters. The main point of vantage possess- j ed by this method is carliness, large ness and uniformity, greater freedom from rot and better coloring of the fruit. Where grown for canning factories, earliness, size and uniformity not be ing especially advantageous, this method of culture will not prove prac tical, because of the increased ex- j pense of culture. Grown for special markets, how ever, where fancy prices for fine fruit are to be had, the considerations specified make this method of culture | highly advantageous because of the i enhanced value of the individual specimens of fruit. With this method of culture It is especially desirable that the plants be started early and transplanted two or three times before moving to the field. By moving a square or ball of undisturbed earth with each, plant growth is scarcely checked. We make it a practice to remove a large share of the leaves when trans planting in the beds and when moving to the field. This tends to preserve a balance between root and branch, largely preventing wilting of stalks and minimizing check in growth. Plants moved to the field in this manner are but little checked in growth if the ground has been well fitted and soil moist. We have moved strong and stocky plants that were two feet high with no resultant wilting of either leaves or stalks. Such plants should be staked imme diately. the plant being tied to the support below the first cluster of buds. Tie again, later on. below the second and third clusters. In tying allowance must be made for the growth of the stalk. Three full clus ters of fruit are enough for one plant. Branches must be removed as soon as they appear. With this method plants may be set as close as 18 inches in the row. Rows should be four feet apart to al low plenty of room for horse cultiva tion. Cultivation should be frequent, but shallow, as the roots of tomato plants seek the surface where the soil warms up under the Influence of the sun's rays. Mere stirring of the surface as with a garden rake creates ideal soil conditions among tomato plants. For fancy market purposes or for the home garden this’ method of cul ture cannot be too highly recom mended. GOOD HINTS FOR SWINE FEEDING As Corn Contains Excess of Car bohydrate Protein Mus\ Be Given in Other Feeds. Hogs are not fitted by nature to subsist entirely'on waste products. They do their best on a clean, well balanced ration. There are, however, some kinds of waste products, such as apple and potato peelings, table scraps, etc., that can be utilized to good advantage. In the corn belt corn stands at the head of hog rations, being the cheap est and best feed available, writes C. E. Wallace in the Farm and Home. Feeds rich in protein should be fed with it,'for corn contains an excess of carbohydrate. Skim milk, grass and especially the clovers, are excellent sources of protein. The young grow ing pig needs proportionally more nitrogenous food than mature hogs. When hogs reach the fattening stage corn can be {?d almost exclusively. Clean waste scraps of fruit and vege tables may be fed with the foregoing feeds, but it should be borne in mind that the digestive apparatus of no ani mal is fitted to similate soap suds and other chemicals of a like nature, which are often thought by the poorly ID formed to be excellent hog feed. Whitewash Formula. The following is the government formula for making whitewash: Take a half buBhel of unslaked lime, slake it with boiling water, cover it during the process to keep in steam, strain the liquor through a fine sieve or strainer and add to it a peck of salt, previously dissolved in warm water, three pints of ground rice boiled to a thin paste and stir in while hot. Add five gallons of hot water to the mix ture, stir well and let stand a few days, covered as nearly air tight aa possible. It can be colored by adding ochre, lampblack, ground keel or bluing to 6Uit Cutting Lawns Frequently. No lawn should be left to grow so long that the grass needs a raking after cutting. At thi3 season lawns in a high .state of fertility will need cutting every five or seven days. As the weather becomes warmer and dryer the grass will grow more slow ly, and as a consequence mowing should take place less frequently. 18 IT RIGHT TO ADVERTISE COCA COLA? ' Men who play the wily game of poli tics have discovered that the best way to distract the attention of the public from their own shortcomings is to make a loud-mouthed sensational at tack upon someone else. As the cut tle-fish eludes its pursuer by clouding the surrounding water with the con tents of ;ts ink sac, so the political ad .enture. takes advantage of the igno rance and prejudices of the people to escape from his indefensible position by auddying the waters of public opinion. eas in point is the recent attack made uoon the religious press for carrying Coca-Cola advertising. This . ‘.tack was made b- a politician who v as ',uppo6ed tc be an expert in chem .stry but whc, having brought a suit -gainst the Coca-Cola Company, was humiliated by having to acknowledge that -e could no; qualify as an expert, -he court decided in favor of the Coca Cola Company r* it was clearly shown that the only essential difference be tween Coca-Cola and coffee or tea is that the former contains only about half as much caffeine as the latter and that the davor ^s different. The question as to whether it is right to advertise Coca-Cola seems to resolve Itself therefore into the question as to whether it is right to advertise coffee, tea, chocolate, cocoa and other bever ages of the caffeine group.—Adv. .Ideas Are Old. In 1644 the possibilities of the sub marine were first propounded, while from the very earliest times men have conceived the idea of flying with wings like birds. There is no reason whatever to doubt the fact that Archytas of Tarentum, about 394 years before the Christian era. con structed an automaton pigeon that wou!; fly. Turning to other latter day inventions, as they are generally re garded, it might be mentioned that switchback railways were constructed more than a hundred years ago. and looping the loop wa^ a sensation in Paris in 1833, while roller skating, which came up as a new invention about forty years ago. was being in dulged in by our forefathers as far back as 1829. No thoughtful person uses liquid blue. It's a pinch of blue in a large 1 joule of water. Ask for Bed Cross Ball Blue.the blue that's all blue.Adv Her Outfit. "Mrs. Wombat posed today for a group photograph.” "One person in a group photograph?’ "Herself and her summer gowns.” Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tlon.altays pain,cure& wind colicdOc a bottled* When a woman does resort to cos metics she generally makes up for lost time. The best brand of happiness is the home-made kind. Who Put “U” in Blues? YOURSELF; in other words, your lazy liver. You have been overloading the stomach, and thus clog ging the bowels. You can easily stir these organs to healthy activity by the daily use of HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS DELTA, UTAH! NOW or NEVER! ARE YOU A REAL FARMER? Then there’s a fortune for yon at Vella! A Carey Act project of 43.000 acres of the rlehest and most fertile Irrigated land In the West—33.000 acres sold aud under cultivation. 10,0 ,0 acres more to be opened in 30days! , It’s the last and BEST! Vo more laud on the Delia project after that for anyone. Greatest Alfalfa Seed eonntry In the world! Hans 990 to #135 an acre; wheat and barley. £45. The State aells you the land— we sell yon the water—AT A PRICK FIXED BY THE STATE. #1,000.000already spent on dams reservoirs, canals and dltchea of the water system. The proj ect two years old. Not an ex periment. A STUPENDOUS SUCCESS. 15 years to pay for the land and water. The first payment and your expenses for IS months less than half a year’s farm rent at home. NO FLOODS! NO DROUGHTS! We don't want failures! We don't want speculators! WE DO W ANT FARMERS! And if you ARE a farmer your land will keep you and begin to pay for itaelr in IS months. BUT YOU MUST ACT QUICKLY! Your opportunity Is NOW1 This ad will not appear again. 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