1
Don
COTT
emta
ugget
VAU1 1IKCNUY. lubllilitr,
Mjr boy, don't rock the boat.
It Is cnjilcr to make records and wills
41. 1... fl l ... 1 I. . ' 4 '
lUIIII.lt VJgj
Mnny n man nets himself un a
liero Ireenuso lio lms no vnlct
American will carry otTjwtthiblmwhert.;
ercti ror sale. s
live
Imve 6j
An
Jo lecture bureau managers
erted Colonel Agulnnldo.
hnmtcur Is a person who tins en
tersltho flrst stage of Ignorance.
i
Mftty MucLiino snys she has decided
that She Is not a genius. Now maylm
nlio is one, after all.
Qlre a boy his choice of presents and
he'll jnke the ouo that turns out the
most Siolso.
Along with tlio nonappearance of
Mr. I$llon's storage battery Is the tw
minute: trotter.
Thoro.- seems to be. m widespread
movoment iimong llrltlsh statesmen
to fys the boys a chance.
, Gold-brick purchasers, nre.boru often
onough to keep tlio manufacturers
from 'going out of business.
, i i. ,,
If every man wanted to do what the
world wnnts him to tlio whole thing
would bo greatly simplified,
I
Kxpcrlcnco teaches. No bby who has
held a cannon cracker 'In his hand till
It exploded ever repeats the perform
mice,
ThcjGovcrngr of Yucatan reports that
Ills country has neither a war nor
reyClutlon'on hand: Well -by gum!
Another miracle.
Jano Toppan, the Massachusetts ruur-
ucregs, uecuircs uini Flic wisues lo.oe
known as the greatest criminal thst
cvcrjllved. Did Jane ever hear of
Lucretla Horgla?
Jaffa i
Japan has made a greater npproprl
ntlonj for her exhibit nt ,the St -Louis
Worfl'8Fnlr tbnii was uiafle-by 'any
onoBf tho United States, which Is an
other slgn-of "Japan's- progrcsslreness.
Professor Small must not be too hard
on tge sons of the rich. In bis lecture
at the Chicago University on "Itents
and I Interest"' be denbrtneed wealthy
youn meu.wlioleau.Uaek -In .their .sea
green automobiles and lire on the In
tcrefi of their fortunes. It Is not to
be (fcii led that tiro young man might
spend his time and money to better ad
vanSge.Put.It flC.sap PJLtH.S-rtfh
lnanntill prefers his sea-green autouio
mlleffwlib shall say that ho Is doing
nothing for the community? He Is dis
pensing ms money m a legitimate way
Instead of coruerlngother people's prlv
llegesTilenay'wItnTiold:fr61n the poor.
but jn his way he lsglvlng activity
to GusTness and employment to "holiest
labor, lie may come to grief by squan
dering his millions, bur that Is his own
nmfior. The community cannot suf
fcrby a spendthrift as It call anVdoes
suffer from the miser nud the "monopo
list? ProfegsorSmall must give the
rlcjl youngrrian some credit 'of belief
fltlng the community, even when the
youth Is sitting In his sea-green auto
mobile and merely enjoying the landscape.
Albert Audet was recently In Jail In
Chicago for house breaking. The state
ment brings up a uienta) picture of a
lowbrowed character with furtive
manner and restless eyes. Hut Albert
Audet who robbed boarding houses Is
notthat kind of a man. Albert dress
es In the modo and when arrested, eight
coqTplete suits, none of which' cust less
than ?G0, were found In his trunk. He
ls'fl line-look Inpr,' soft speaking young
gent with marks of"blrtb and breed
msfV!ll H W weU educated, ,. lied
uoius a uipioma ror bachelor of arts In
a Montrcnrnnln!rsItyanais ttBradn
ato of a medical college. Maurice Grnu
paid hlui good money also for the use
of his voIce.Up.ftH'sJntbe opening
cast of "J'lorodora." What link did
Fate neglect vjha it firged .tlie'chaln
of this gentlemanly burglar's make
up?' lllrthr-brcedlng,- bearing, refine
ment physical and mental glffs but
somewhere tliero was a . weak spot
uere it is: ms pnncrpal cotuplalut,
after confessing to his crimes, was
mat no couldn't lie down on his wood
en Jail bench without wrinkling his
ciotiiesi vanity, it has been pointed
out again and again that ostentation
una shallow pride In her clothes has
ruined many a girl, nut It Is also true,
though less remarked, that conceit In
raiment has spoiled many n boy. The
youth who thinks more of Jils clothe
iuuu uu uuuh m ins cuaracter is In
an:
ever .offered
7 .. t V"
YoUncf mnn if vntl wonT , tnnAM.1
In life, bewnro of sflMndiiTCcncvTdiat;
viWIs the bane of modern times. Your
forlicnrs succeeded becnuso they exer
cised tho virtues of sclf-rcslrnint nnd
self-sacrifice. Thoso virtues sound
strangely In your ears. You have little
conception of what they mean. In
your grandfather's youth thero wero
no beating and cooking stoves, to say
nothing, of gas ranges. Your grand
mother cooked tho menls at tho tire
placo w in n Dutch oven. There ivoro
no kerosene lauips, no railroads, no
telegraphs, no telephones, rhe clvlll-
tatlon of thoso times was not rich In
Invention, but It was rich In men and
women. There wero few luxuries In
thoso early times nnd llttlo temptation
to self-indulgence. I.lfo Is mado easy
for you In one sense and hard for you
In another. MnstCry of self is moro
difficult now than It was fifty years
ago. There are- less difficulties to over
como nnd moro temptations In tho
way. And If you nro not careful of
your opportunities tho children of
other lands will outrun you. It Is tho
children of the foreigners who nro do
ing tfie henvy'work of tho land and In
so doing they are building up tho pbys
lent, mental and moral flbro that you
lack. Dou't make, fun of tho Immi
grant He comes of a largo family
nnd Is glmpy. The roan who ccts tho
largest salary In this country Is named
fecnwau. your greatest enemy Is a
uisposmon to self-indulgence, self-ln.
diligence tn drink, or passion or social
dissipation. If you nro to run your
race witn patience and polso you must
deny yourself. Sounds strange? It Is
true.
CjtDGjD'
. r fc 'i
b&r:t tatle$ $
;rhe last official act of Judco Andrew
Ellison, who died In St Louis recently,
and who for twenty-two years was a
circuit juuge at Macon. Mo., was to re-
ruse a decree for'a divorce." When tho
divorce proceedings caiue uo for trial
tho Judge waved aside the lawyers and
took the-caso himself. He asked a few
questions and read numerous letters
written by the parties to each other.
Then he said to the litigants:
I suppose that you bavo both been
hasty at times, but you have three lit
tle children, who are not responsible
for these troubles. The law of both
God and man says It Is your duty to
rear these children, and In the face of
tho fact that you both come from good
people and have good hearts, I will
not be. an Instrument tho last act of ,
my official life wilt not result In the
severance of two young people and In
the making of orphans' of three little
children. I will not do It" It was
Just before Christmas. The Judge, an
other "Daniel coma to Judgment,"
pleaded with the couple to return homo
together and to-day they are living in
harmony. Unhappily for society-, few
Judges will thus exert themselves for
the reconciliation of man and wife.
They forgeflbat It Is the aim of tho
law to reform, to pacify and to concil
iate. In fulfilling the letter, of the law
they forget tho spirit of It Moreover,
this Judge knew all the stops of tho
human '- organism. He- knew what
heart strings to touch. The weakness
of the belligerent husband and wife was
the children. Three little children
three tender ties between husband and
Ife that Hatred could not disentangle.
These could pever be "his children"
nor "her children." Always and for
ever they would be "our children."
The little orfesbaddone no ; wrong.
1, Uf BUUUIU UJl-J UC UlitUUlll HUU UU-
mlllated and made forever sore of
bcart? That was, the tender spot and
the Judge touched It deftly. Because
Is the best thing left to us from
'aradlse the borne lives always In the
badow of Its' foes. The devil wonld
have only man and wife inside Its
alls. Hut God, knowing Its needs,
sends children.
The Living Church quotes this ex
tract from n Connecticut woman s
dinrv. dated 17M: "We had roast pork
for dinner, nnd Dr. S., .who cnrvrds
held up a rib on tils fork, nnd said:
'Here, ladles. Is what Mother Kve was
made of.' 'Yes,' said Sister Tatty,
IfitA UV frrfm Very much the samo kind
of critter.' "
' General Horaco Torter, tho American
minister to France, says that when he
departed for his post live years ago, his
parting words to Mark Twain, as ho
was about to board the steamer for tho
other side, were: 'Mark, may the Lord
be with you." "Yes," the humorist re
plied, with a slight cough, "and I hope
He nmy occasionally find a leisure mo
ment to pay some attention to you
nlso."
An unlettered Irishman applied to the
Philadelphia Court of Naturalliatlon
the other 'day, when ho was asked:
"Have you read the Declaration of In"
depondencor "No. sir," was tho re
ply. "Unve you rend the Constitution
of the United States?" "No, sir."
Have you read tho history of the
United States?" "No, sir." he repeated.
"No," exclaimed the Judgo In disgust;
"well, what have you rend?" "01 have,
red hair on mo head, your honor," was;
the Innocent reply. 1
In n series of sketches, entitled
"Lights nnd Shadows In a Hospital,"
Mrs. Terton tells of n melancholy man,
depressed with rheumatism, lu her cot
tago hospital, whom slio wanted to
cheer by reading. Ordinary hospital.
literature was no good. At last, said
the uursei "I shall read him 'Three
Men lu a Itoat,' and If that doosu't
amuse him, I shall give him up as hope
less." So she read, till Anally "a re
luctant smile trame overlits face, nnd
he said, with slow satisfaction: 'I do
think they bo three rum 'uns.'" That
was the turning point In his Illness.
Ho recovered completely, and left tho
hospital a bright and cheerful uin.
It Is said that Senator Jones, of Ar
kansas, dropped Into Mr. -Hoar's. r6ri-
mlttee-room to see Whattne1!
census, 0.8 per ccht of all tho opera
tlvys of silk mills lu this country wero
children, while In 1000 thh number of
youthful workers had diminished to'
U.Hjper cent. Tho decrease took pine
between 1870 and 1SW. Since tho la
ter year thero has been a slight I
crease. New Jrrsey shows tho grout cut
falling off of child employes, having
dropped rroin bb.i per cent to n per
cent, in contrast to this, the propor
tion of child operatives tn . I'eniuiy'
vait'a hai grown greater during th
entire period, reports tho New York
Tribune.
America Is second to France In tl
annual value of Its silk production. I
1P00 70 per cent of the silk ustjd In thl
country was manufactured here n
Increase of f7 per cent slneo ISiK) ami
of 15 per cent since 1S00. America
now produces S5 per cent of the silk
ribbons annually sold hero. The cood
now principally -Imported from Uurono
nre mgii-ciass novelties, hand-made. silk
velvets nnd haud-mado silk bice
which aro not produced hero to any np
preciauto extent, out which will, with
out doubt, bo made In duu time,
Habutal and Knlka silks, which, by
mason of their extreme lightness
weignt, nre so popular ror summer
wear, como from Japan. In 1000 th
valuo of tho Imports of silk maunfnt-
tures was fJd,tK)3,tHt); of tho domes
tic product. ?107.2S,'.S.
There Is very little competition from
abroad with domestic manufactures o
sewing silk nnd machine twist. In
fact, tho United States product Is mil
versally acknowledged as superior In
linnsli of purity nnd dyo to Hint of nny
othcr country, because only.the best
Japan nnd China filatures, dyed tin
weighted, aro used. It Is noteworthy
that nt the I'arla exposition of llkX)
the grand prlx d'lumncur, tho hlghes
uwnrd given, was nwarded to an Amer
ican exhibitor of this class of silks.
Moro raw silk Is sold annually In
New York than Is consumed In France,
which Is tho largest raw-silk eonsuni
tig country of Kurope. As to thu sell
lug valuo of tho product, tho United
States ranks second, being surpassed
by France, which still dominates,
without serious competition, tho
world's markets In church ornnments
nnd chasubles nud l'arlslau specialties
representing tho supremacy of I'nrN
fashions for women's wear. Mnny of
theso are made on hand looms, the
m.. Ronnfnr lmol, f finrortS n,,fiJU'nnes require" iiiuereni lll
. , i cSHi,,1iil'wnis and styles being so limited that
vis' act In pardoning n negn
EYE OF A HOUSE fLY.
Tho London Times asks If nothing
canbedone-to-stop the -continuous
wholesale exportation of rare and early
printed books nrij' Illuminated manu
scripts to the United States. If some
thlf g is not dono speedily all the treas
ury rc'fcrredjlo with the exception of
tboso In public libraries will be shipped
across tho Atlantic. Whoever wjsbes
to lee the 'best collection of the handi
work of tho .first English printer will
liaye to visit the United States, It Is
difficult to see what can be done ex
ceqt for Englishmen to outbid Ameri
cans when raro books come oq the
market. In Italy (here are laws which
forbid the sale lo foreigners by the
Iti)ans who own them of certain
classes of paintings and, statues, En
gland Is not ready foF Bbclf legislation,
wljlch would be looked on as nn Inva
sion ofdrlvflte,-fights. Of course, If
Englishmen were so patriotic as to ac-ceprit-lower
offer- from a-counrryman-
'quuiJJJiiPitDalBUnatiscriDt.Jiij)rder.
tliut It might remain in England thero
-would be no occs;lpq for complaints
like those of the Times, b'ut becnuso
of hja love of art nnd antiquity tlio.
American manes tue higher uia and the
Kngllsh owner, because of his commer
cial Instlnpts, nccepts It. The Times
tubjlit land In the organization of a na
tional dofensc fund for the purchase
t( raroboobs am) manuscripts whlfli
Here U a microscopic photograph of
the eyes of 3 common bouse Uy. The
microscope, brings out many things
which are unseen by the natural, eje!
The fly has large eyes, nnd a number
of eyes In one eye, which make him
hard to catch. This picture not only
buuwb uie vyro, uui iuo ueuu as wen,
enlarged many thousand times Its nat
ural "slxS -
lion that he go to Massa
I accept tho goven
state, noar Is r;
plied; "while the
upon as a criminal, It jJWis that Gov
crnor Davis regarded him as a lit sub
ject for Arkansas. Hut when he found
that the negro was Innocent and ca
pable of good citizenship, he was di
rected to go to Massachusetts, where
wo have only good citizens. Please
convey to the governor my thanks for
bis compliment to Massachusetts.'
Senator-Perkins says that once when
he was a sailor, a tremendous storm
came up, and It looked as If tho vessel
were doomed to" go under. In the midst
of tho excitement a minister, who wn
one of the passengers,, asked the cap
tain, tf he could have prayers. "Oh,
never mind about the -prayers," said
the captain; "the men are swearing too
hard to stop for prayers, and as long as
you hear them swearing," added the
captain, "there Is no danger." The
minister went back to ht enhln. A lit.
Jle while later, when the storm grew
"worse, the preacher went on deck to
see what the sailors were, doing. Then
he went back to his wife. "Thank God!
be said, fervently, "those men nro si ill
swearing."
iclr production In tho United States
IV tn Wfif lwAt,t t.-i.n I ., v .,.ttlil nnt I,.,
,JXJ "I...."
jTlirofituble.
M'KINLEY'S DOCTORS
Tlio Kaiser Aa0'nisIie.iL
Philadelphia has been delighted with
a story about a prominent citizen of
hefs whose name IsfflJTe'lljr known In
connection with tho' dry goods trade.
During an expedition to Norway the
German Emperor visited a. Bblp of the
Hamburg-American line, aboard which
was John Wanamaker. lie was pre
sented to the Kaiser and nt once grasp
ed the Imperial hand, exclaiming: "I
4m. glad, to meet such", an enterprising
young man; that Is Just the sort of
thing we admire In America." The un
conventional greeting seemed greatly
u piease, me imperor.
Not Knjoyable.
"Delighted to see youj , How41d ypu
enjoy your visit to tho ItJvlera'?" "Oh
not vory mucb.rbero -wasn't -n soul-
where 1 was staying except Intimate
Mbbe4 tha Umpire.
First Collego Girl I Hear yon clrls
mobbed the umpire nt the class I'll rn 0 )
Second wCollego ftlrl OfesriwBcalied
uer "a mean 01a tuiug," nnd told hor
slio waw " perfectly horrid.' '"Puelt 1
Ilnre Never Hendered Any 1I1IU for
Their Service.
, Not one of the seven local doctors who
performed services in connection with
the McKluiey tragedy in this city last
Jcnr, says a IlulTalo correspondent of
tuo Jew orU Tribune, has received
pny compensation . thus far. Neither
has any of them any official or direct
.knowledge that be will get any com
-pensatlou. Notwithstanding statements
lo the contrary, none of the physicians
crer submitted bills for services, nnd
the entire subject of compensation was
left wholly to the Government. In tho
long time that has elapsed no Govern
ment official has ever consulted any of
the doctors on the matter. The local
physicians who were In personal attcn
dance upon the President, or who were
called Into consultation In the case,
were Dry. Mnjthew D. Mann. Herman
.11 niier, uiianor u. scocKion, itosweii
Park and Eugene Wasdln, the latter
being In the United States Marine Hos
pltal service. Drs. Henry It. Qnyjord
and Herman G, Matslnger performed
tho autopsy, assisted by some of the
doctors named.
Nono of the local physicians who at
tended President McKlnley or who
performed the autopsy have received
any compensation," declared Dr. Mnnn
this afternoon. "Neither has any -of
them been consulted In any way 011 the
ubject It w;is agreed when the qdes-
tlou or compensation was first agi
tated that no bills should be submitted,
and the agreement was observed. Tho
doctors simply permitted the Govcrn-
tmcnt to follow Its owu course. In con
sequence none or us know officially
what has been dono or what will be
'done. All we know Is that an Item of
$45,000 was put In the emergency bill.
That Information was jlerlved from the
newspapers; In fact all that wo know
about the entire matter from the time
ourervlce wero performed unfll now
has been' learned through' tbo newspa
pers." "Has any arrangement been. made, to
divide the compensation If It Is al
io weil?"
"Nono whatever. Wo assume that,
If the Government allows any money.
the Government will arrange the ap
portionment nmong the physicians. As
understand It, Dr. Wasdln, because
he Is In the Government service, will
not bo Included In this division. Wo
are leaving evcrjtlilng-to the Govern
ments , ' - ' H
SILK MANUFACTURE.
. It la easier to break a promise than
It Is to' fracture the crust of the averacs
otherwise Mr. Morgan or some othcr'j boarding bouse pastry.
France First, Uiltcd Btate Bccomt In
valu of Product.
With the prominence that Is being
given In many quarters to the sub
ject of child labor It 'is Interesting to
note Ihiit lu 1870, according to tho last
A Question nf Conscience.
"Some folks," said the store clerk,
"are too honest Now I've bad some
body come in to me when the loss wn
standing by, somebody that had bought
something of mo the day before, and
baud over two cents and say:
"You gave me two cents too much
change yesterday, nnd I've brought It
back.'
"He couldn't rest, you see. that man.
until he'd got that two cents off his
conscience nnd returned It. Hut In
getting rid of that load himself he sim
ply shifted It onto me. Here's the boss
stnndlng by when that two cents Is
returned; and the boss says to himself,
with his eye on me:
"'IIiuI If you make n mistake of
two cents, you'd make one of two dol
lars;' and so you see, that super-lion-est
man's return of that two ccuts'mny
do me n'lot of hnrni.
The meaning of which Is, If I can
make myself clear, that we dou't want
to be too blamed honest A man can
be too honest and worry himself over
trifles that he ought not to bother over.
'I should say that If the honest man
must bring two cents back let him turn
It In some time when the boss wasn't
'round." New York Sun.
HdUon's (julok Iteparteo.
There Is n simrkllng, even dazzling.
quality In HdUon's repartee, which H
usually a surprise to strangers. People
generally approach the heavy, self-con-tnlned
looking figure expecting replies
of ponderous technical Importance;
hence their surprise.
The wizard was approached the other
day by an enterprising llghtnlng-rod
agent anxious for somo word of praise
for his wares .from tho great man. Edi
son wns no'n-comfnlttfll. -''
Well," said tho llghtnlng-rod man at
last, "do you approve of lightning-rods,
nnyway?"- -: ' ti' '
"It depends upon tho building," said
Edison.
1 1 : ' '
TV OTUUTini OviHiiLL 1 .
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
CHAPTIUlt IV. 1 snld pointing to n narrmv slit In tho
U was 1 o'clock when wo left 3 i,111" f , 1onl-ciitorca brick. "You'll
Lnurlston Gardens. Sherlock Holmes n"'' Jf0, ,p" J J , 1 ,:lltn
led 1110 tn tho nonro.1 udoBrnnh niiieo. i . Audley Court was not nn nttritctlvo
when hn dlsimtrl.,! t.d..ernm . oi'nmy. Tho narrow pnssnRo lou us
Ho then hulled n enb nnd ordorod I ho
drlvor to take Uh to tho address given
us ny i.estrnito.
"There's liolhlnir llkn flrst-hnnd or!
dencq," ho remnrked; "lis a matter of
met, my mind Is cnt Ire v mndn tin nit
on tho case, but still wo may as widl
icnrn nil unit is to bo learned."
ion amnio me. Holmes." sad I,
"Surely you nro not as Biiro as you pro
tend to bo of nil thoso particulars
which you gave."
lhero Is no room for m stake, ho
nnsworod, "Tho very first thing which
I observed on lurking thoro was that
cab had mado two ruts with Its
wheels closo to tho curb. Now, up to
last night wo hnvo bad no rain focn
week, so that thoso wheols. which left
such n deep impression, must hnvo
been mado thoro durlnc tho nlcht.
There wero the marks of tho horse's
hoofs, loo, tho outline of 0110 of which
was far moro clearly cut than thnt of
tho other three, showing thnt thoro
wns n now shoe. Hlnco tho cab was
there nfter tho rnln hegnn, nnd wns
not there nt any tlmo during tho morn
ing t bavo Gregson's word for that
It follows that It must hnvo been there
during tho night, nnd. therefore, that
it brought thoso two Individuals to tho
house."
"Thnt scorns slmplo enough," said I;
hut bow nbout tho other man's
hcUht?"
Why. tho height of n man, In nlno
eases out of ten enn bo told from tho
length of his strlda. It Is n slmplo cnl-
ulatlou enough, though there Is no
uso my boring you with figures. I
this fellow's stride, both nn tlm clay
outside and tho dust within. Then I
had n way of checking my cnlcu'n-
tlons. When n man writes on n wall.
his Instinct leads him to wrtto nbout
tin? lovel of his own eyes. Now, that
writing wns Just over six feet from
tho ground. It was child's play."
And his ago?" I naked.
Well. If n mnn can stride four nnd
a half feet without the smallest effort
bo can't bo qulto In tho sero nnd yel
low. That was tho breadth of a nud
die on tho garden walk which ho had
evidently walked across. Patent
loather boots had gone around nnd
square toes had hopped ovor. Thoro
is nn mystory nbout It at all. I n
simply nppyllng to ordlnnry life a fow
thoso precepts of observation nn
deduction which I ndvocnted In thnt
srtlcle. Is thero anytblng elsa that
nusrlps you?
"Tho finger nnlls and tho Trlchlnnn-
ly." I suggostcd.
"Tho writing on tho wall wan dono
with a mans forefinger dinned I
blood. My glass nllowcd mo to ob
serve that tho plaster was allslitly
scratched In doing It, which would not
hnvo been tho enso If tho mnn's nail
hnd boon trlmmod. I gathered up
somo scattered ash from tho floor. It
was dark In color nnd flaky such nn
ash as Is oily mado by n Trlchononoly,
nnvo mono a speriai study or clear
i-hos In fact. I hnvo written n mono-
vnnh upon tho subject. I flatter my-
stir that I can distinguish nt a glanco
tho ash of any known brnnd of clear
or of tobacco. It Is In Just such de
tails that the skilled detective differs
from tho Oregson and Lestrndo typo.'
"Anil tho norld facoT ' I asked.
"Ah. that was n moro daring shot
though I hnvo no -doubt that I wns
right. You must nnt nsk mo that nt
tho present state of tho affair."
I passed my hand over my brow,
"My head Is In n whirl." I remarked
the more ono thinks of It, tho moro
ysterious 11 grows, now camo these
two men If thero wore two mon In
to nn empty houso? What has becomo
of the cabman who drove them? How
could ono man compel another to tako
poison? Whom did tho blood como
from? What was tho object of tho
murdnror. slnco robbery had no part
In It? How como tho woman's ring
thero7 Aboro nil. why should tho sec
ond man wrlto up tho Gcrmnn word
Itacho before decamping? I confess
that I cannot seo any posslblo way of
I'concIIlng on these, facts,"
fliyi companion nmiicii npnrovingiy.
"You 'sum up tho difficulties of tho
Ituatlon succinctly nnd well, ho said
Thero Is much that Is still obscure
tnough I bavo qulto mnde.np my mind
on tno mnin raris, as to poor I.e
strodos disovory. It was simply
blind intended to put tho pollco upon
Into 11 qundrnnr.lo paved with (Inns nnd
ngs.
Hut .Is It any good In any caso? ft wrong track; by suggesting social
Would vou advlso their use on ' 'sm nna secret societies, at was
churches, forbistance?" vuntured the P.01 nono .? . merman. ino A
, ' ilf you noticed, was printed somo-
WTcTnied-Edrara
"they might bo of uso on churches, in tho Latin character, so that wo may
It docs look.as though Providence wero .safely, say that this was not written by
n hit nlnAnhmtnitr,,! nt tlmua "..f tnt.,'tt'vnnn lint liv n rdtimnv tmltntnr xvhn
Journal. overdid his part. It was simply
ruso, 10 divert inquiry into a wrong
channel. I m not going to tell vou
lo
King of IJnt".
Uats proclaim their nfoifnrch' bn ac 'TOich moreof tho case, doctor. You
. .'. . . v: . . .! know nconlurer cots no credit wh.m
once ho has oxplnlncd his trick, and
If I show you too much of my method
of,worklng you will como to tho con
clusion that I amVory ordlnnry lndl-
1 nil ,11' '
"I shall novor do that," I answered;
"you liavQ brnuRht detection as near
nn oxaci 'science as 11 over win no
lipmivlit In thin wnrt1 " -.
monster steps-put and sniffs ithe air, , mr comnnnlon flifshedun wit'li bloas-
Ho grates his teeth "wlckodlyVdnrlng 'uroSit my words hnd tho earnest way
any rival to come and try his luck;
and, If none offers, bo Is thenceforth
given tho lead In all matters. If a
house Is unsafe or n ship unfit for sen.
countof his gray hairs he Is always nn
nnclent nnd wise-headed warrior. He
lights his way to tho '.front; buflt Is
not only that that glvos him tho thrdne
It Is his cunnlrig. The rat tribe cele
brates his coronation In an almost hu
man way. The whole trios' of the'
houso or granary, gathers, and the big
tho king It-Is who leads the'trlbo awuy
In which I uttorcd them I hnd nl
.roady observed that ho was as sensl-
Uvo to flattery on tbo score of his nrt
as any girl could bo of hor beauty.
"I'll tell you onoothor thing," ho
said.- 'Patent-leathers -nnd Square
in time; anji ms sui)jcc,is never moiest tocsicjimo In the .same; , cab and thoy
him whe'ho helps himself to the pick wnllcoil,dowji tho pathway tbgtftjior ns
of tho foodUpr tho best nesting place, frlondly as posslble-ariri In' arm, In
and his family enjoys ''tho same 'dls- nil probability. When, they golflnsldo
Unction, 1 tny walked up nnd down tho room
1 or rniner, i-aioni-ieiHiiura sioou sun,
Jlow Ho Celebrated. whllo Bquaro-toos walked up and
A.in fnnhi nf tha rivlrnflwni-inir down. I could read all that, in! ilia
strength.of the human desire to, make u.m cumu .--"u wi, no
' !,,. ,i,i iiL'ni ' wn kod. ho grew moro nnd moro. ,er-
a nolso somehow during times of re- c,tC(J Thatj Bh6 , th0 ,ncr6"Mcd
Jolclng i story Is told In London of a ,fcngth of hIs BtrJ(cSi Uo wns tn,kne
commonly sane and sober citizen who, n ti,0 whllo, and working himself up,
upon hearing of tho recent declaration r.o doubt, Into a fury. Then tho trng-
of peaco fti South Africa, went Outsldo fldy occurred. I'vo told you nil I know
his house ami violently rang his own nysoir, now ror tno rest is moro sur-
doqr bell outH ho .felt calmer,
Perfumes Known of Old,
Tho records left by the I'hoiilclaiiH,
Assyrians and- ancient Pcrslnns dhow
that qmongyill thoso nations tjio uso
of perf lulics wns very cominoh. 1
Somo people think things thoy don't
say, and others say things they dou't
think.
mlse and conjocturo. Wo hnvo a good
working basis, howevor, on which to
start. Wo miiBt bury up, for I want
to go to Hallo's concert to hoar Nor
man Noruda this afternoon,"
This conversation had occurred
whllo our cab had boon threading It
wuy inrougn u long succession or
dingy streets nnd dreary by-wnys.
In tho dingiest nnd drearlcsf of them
our drlvor suddenly enme to n stand,
wat's Audloy Court In thoro," hoi
lined by sordid dwelll
Wo picked our wny aiming groups of
dirty children nnd through lines of dis
colored linen until wn mine to No. 411.
tho door of whluh was decorated wUU
11 small slip of brans, on wlifeh tho
nniuo Ilnnco was engraved.
On Inquiry wn found thnt tho Con-Mnble-
wan In bed, nnd wo wero shown
Into n llttlo front parlor to await his
coming.
Uo appeared presently, looking n lit
tl Irrltntilo at blug disturbed In his
slumbers.
I mado my report nt tho office."
b snld.
Holmes took n halt sovcrolcn from
his pocket, nnd played with It pen-
fclvoly.
"Wo thought Hint wo should llko to
hear It all from your own Una." ho
snld.
I shall Im most happy lo tell vou
anything 1 can," tho ronstnhla nn-
sworod, with his eyes upon tho llttlo
golden disk.
"Just let us hear It all In your own
wny, ns It occurred." -
Itnnce sat down nn tho horsehair
rofn nnd knitted his brows, ns though
determined not to omit anything In
bis narrative."
HI tell It yo from tho beginning."
ho said. "My tlmo Is from olcht at
night to six In thn morning. At eleven
thero wns n fight nt the White Hait:
but. bnr thnt. all was quiet niinugh on
tho lxnt. At ono o'rlork It bnsnn to
tnln. and I met. Harry Murrlier hlni
who has tho Ilollnnd Orovo bont nnd
wo stood together nt the corner of
Henrietta street a-talkln'. Presently
mnylio nbout two, or n llttlw aflr I
thoiirht I would take n look round nud
soo that all was right down I lie Ilil
ton road. It wns precious dirty and
lonely. Not a soul did I meet nil
tho wny down though n enb or two
wont past me. I was a-strollln down,
thlnkln' between ourselves how un
common handy n four of kIii hot would
be, when suddenly n glint of lljht
rnught my eye In tho window of that
some house. Nqw, I know thnt them
two houses In Lnurlston Garden was
empty on account of him that owns
them, who wont have the drains sod
to, though the very last tenant thnt
IIvpiI In ono o them died n" tynlinht
fever. 'I was knocked all In n heap,
therefore, nt seeing a light In the win
dow, nnd I susnerted ns something
was wrong. When wo Rot to tho
door- "
"You stopped and then wnlkod bark
to tho garden gate." my companion In
terrupted. "What did you do thnt
for?"
ltancn gavo n violent Jump nnd
stared at Sherlock Holmes with the ut
most nmnzemcnt upon his features.
Why. that's true, sir." ho said.
"though -how you como to know It.
Henvcn only knows! You seo. when I
got up to thn door. It wns so still and
so lonesome that I thought I'd bo nono
tbo worse for somo ono with mo. I
nln't nfearod of nothing on this shin
o' the grave; but I thoimht maybe It
was him that died n' typhoid Inspect
ing tho drains what killed him. The
thoucht gave me a kind o' turn, and
I wnlkod back to tho gate to see If I
could seo Murcher's lantern, but there
wasn't no sign of him nor nny ono
0IS07
Thoro wns no ono In tho strcot?"
Not n llvln' soul, sir, nor ns much
an a dog. Then I pulled myself to
gether and went back and pushed thn
door open. All was quiet inside, so I
wont Into the room whore tho light
was a-burnln'. There was n candle
fllckcrln' on tha mantel-piece 11 rod
wax ono and by Its light I saw "
Yes, I know all thnt you saw. Ynu
walked round tho room several limes
tjltiw of thlH' mystery-, and whom wo
Iro socking. Thoro Is no uso tit nrgll-
lhi( nbout It nowj I loll you Hint It Is
iij v;oiiio 111011K, uiivinr, v .
obviously unconifoi table.
"Tho blundering fool I" Holmes snld
bitterly, ns wn drove bnck to our lodg
ings, "Just to think of his having such
nn liicntnpanihlo bit of good luck, nnd
not taking advantage of It."
"I am rather In, tho dark still. Il ls'
(run that tlio description of this mint
tallies with your Ideii of thn serond
party In tills mystory. Hut why should
ho ronio haclc to thn houso nfter leav
ing It? Thnt It not (hu wny of crimi
nals." "Tho ring, man tho ring I Thnt wns
whnt lincnine- hack for. If wo hnvo nn
nl her wny of catching him wu rnu nl
ways bait our linn with tho ring. I
Hi 1 it 1 1 hnvo him, doctor I'll lay ynu
two to ono that. I hnvo him, I must
thnuk ynu for It nil, I mlMht not hnvo
gnnn but for you, ami so hnvo missed
tho finest study I ever eamo across; 11
r.tudy In sen r let, eh? Why shouldn't
wo uso n llttlo nrt Jargon? Thore's
tho scarlet thread of murder running
through tho colorless skelu of life, and
our duty Is to unravel It nnd Isolate It,
find expose every Inch of It. And now
for lunch, and then for Norman Nnruda.
Her attack and hor howlng nro splen
did. What's that Utile thing of Chop
in's shn plays so mnKUllleontly; 'l'ra-ln-Inllrii-llra-lay?"
Loaning back In tho end, this nmn
Icur bloodhound caroled a wny llkn n
1-lrk. whllo I modltiiti'd upon tho
mnny- stdodiivsa of tho human mint).
STRANDED IN THE DESERT.
fully Cqulppid Sttamtr Itiiti nn Stndi Nor.
dtrlnj tin Colorado Hlvir,
Thero ilouj not siohii' to Im mileli uso
for a ship lu thn desert nmn try nl Cal
ifornia, wlilih IxirdcM 011 tlm Colorado
rlvor, yet travelers in that region may
seo tliurn n veritably "ohlp nt the des
ert." l-'nr (rum any body nl water en
piihlouf lliNitliiguviiiin iiiiid-((in',may Iki
found 11 big stern-wheel Memoir, nrcus.
tinned to ply up and iIiimii tho rhnr,
currying pniwnpi'r ami freight. Bhit
Inn Ix-en lying there since Inst (Septem
ber, Mrnndeil high and dry mi tlm
Minds a m 1 1 0 and n hslf from tlio
strenin's prorcnt coiirio.
This strniigo condition of affairs lias
como aUuit clitily denture tlm Colo
rado, a mighty stream, but 0110 of tho
most tienclieroiiM of rtrert, rboto to cut
a now channel fur lUnlf early lu tbo full
without iiotlcn or naming.
Onu night laid f-'opliunliT tho Alvlsn
tied up to tho shorn n couple of miles
alsivu NewlliH, awaiting tolot:raplilo
orders. HI10 was loaded with mn'ii
yers ami supplies, nnd ns travel Is
wiiiiollniM leisurely pun-nod mi tlm
Colorado, all bands turned In for n
good lilghl's sleep, lietweeu ; sud -I
o'clock, t'ai tsln I'iiIhhiii whs oroimsl
by Indians, who wnrno-1 him that for
some ion Fon tlm river wns fsllliig rap
idly, ami. ndl'(sl dim to pull out Into
midstream as quickly ns pnclhlo.
This thn captain tried to do, but tho
water had already gono 1I0A11 rn low
thnt bis pruw stuck fnit In tlio mini
when ho got up rtcnm mid tiled to
turn thu puddle whccU nnd move out
Into iinvlifnblo water. Ami there hu
lias stuck out since, licmmiiig rtsigniil
to Ills situation perforco sud lioifully
nwiiitlng the II'mbI wntsr that mines
down at tlm tlimvi of tlio melting of thu
Colorado and Wyoming snorts.
H Tilings Tti.it r,1:ty jj
It Is wild tluit tlm Hint Hint tonus
tho substratum of London Is nothing
but petrified riotiges. An iixiiiiiliistloii
ot the fi-snil songu shows Its etrilcture.
Foveial Krugor Hoierulgns, tho Inst
Issued by tlm ox-prcshlent of tbo Trims
vunl, and struck in bis train near Ma '
ohndndorp lu 1800, aro now on view lu
IjiuaaniH).
wuiKou rounn ino room soverai limes, i,,. Plillli, Br.,,.n 1.,,. ....1 .
and you knelt down by tho body, and ,.., ' ! '!.!," T',n" T ,n Kl"?
then you walked through and tried tho :' """ f, '' ' '""T1''. ' luipi'rlal
kitchen door, and then " I'.dward." Iwintlfully llluinliiiited 011
vciiuin in niiiiiU InHiloii and i ncloteil
lu n gold-mciintoil morocco cni-e.
Tbo rtiituo ol tho lain Goveinor llos
well P, Flower Is to Imi nilvellod lu
Watortuwn, N. V., on Labor riny, Kept.
1. Tlm ftatutd Is tlm work of Ht. Gnu.
lions, ono of tbo world's most famous
sculptors.
John Itnnce sprang to his feet with
1 frightened faco and suspicion In his
oyos.
"Whore was you hid to seo all
that?" ho cried. "It sooms to mo thnt
you know a denl more than you
UUUIII,
noimes iniigiiod and thr.ow bis enrd
across thn tnbto to tho constablo,
"Don't get arresting mo for tho mur.
dor," ho wild, "I am ono of tho hounds,
nnd not tho wolf; Mr. Grngson or Mr.
Lestrndo win answer rur thnt. (In on,
thmich. What did you do nntt?"
Ilnnco resumed his coat, without, bnvu occupied routs anil
nowever, losing- iiis-mysuiio(i..oxiiros oui on contests.
s'on. , ,- ...
I wont back to tho ttato nnd sound- rl w,l.r 'u"",- ' joung Austrian
pd my whlstto. That brought Mur- '"'" Wl coiiiihiwiI In 1 I m iimniistery
nor and two. moro to tho spot" orawon which i;uroM'nii critics
"Was tho street empty, then?" pronounce a, ninslorpleco, bus been
"Well, It was, so fSr ns nnyhody t,hnt fotid In Homo and H. l'uliirtlmrg, and
SJiLLo .f nny K00'1 Roog-" ,10W ,,'h lln" l'u 'mur ut Vfliniiii.
"Vfltpl do you mean?" ,
Tho constablo's foaturos broadoncd ?.ir "oo'Ko iMillo, who would. In thu
Into a grin, ordinary rourco, bavo been retired from
I'vo seen mnny a drunk chnp In my 'd isritlsh army this moutli, has been
O." hn nald. "lint nnrel nv nnn na L-Ii;nn nn nirtiirbl,.ii nl ,lll ,1...
As many ns 7.2S7 men hnvn Imn
cbieted to thu national Iioumi slum tlm
Aiiierirau congress was orgnnlzvd. Tbo
iiiimbiir does nut lucllido,, tbosu who
Ih'cii thrown
tlmo," ho said, "hut never any ono ro
ryln' drunk ns that covo. Hn was nt
tho gnto whon I como out. n-loanln' un
ngln tho rnjlln's nnd n-Blngin' nt the
pitcji or ins lungs nbout Coin mb no's
Now-fnnglod Ilanncr, or somo such
stuff. Ho couldn't staiiil. fnr loss
help."
Whnt sort of a man was ha?"
sked Sherlock Hplmos.
John Ilanca nnnenrod to bn snmn.
what Irritated at this digression.
"llo was' an uncommon drunk sort n'
mnn," ho said. "Ho's ha' found hlsselt
tho station If wo hndn't bosn sn
lOOK.UIJ.'" . ,
'goVernorslilp nnd cnmmainlcr-lii chief.
ship at Uibraltar until July II, 11)11,1.
Jonathan Lltllefluld, Of Illddeford,
Mo., Is 0110 of thu most persistent
souvenir hunters lu tlm Unltud Status.
Whon l'rinco Henry was hero ho
M'curpd Ids autograph, wlilcli was
wrlttomllrectly uiuler that pf 1'rcsi
(limt McKlulev In IiIh coiled on, and
)io bus also spllnlnrs of thu floor whoro
tlio president stood wltull bo was shot
Tbo niinouiiconuint that King ow.ftr
nnciion is writing lis memo r
onllv. runson tbnt hu lias so frcniii'litlv and
I should think I d d.notlco. thorn. " surcossmiiy Miiiturrd Iiitil I trraturn
rolng that I had'to prop him up mo Ibut ho miglit rousoiinbly bo oxiieited
nd Murcher botween ns. Ho wns n to try bin hand nt statu chronicles ami
tlco them?" Holmes broko In. imnntl- i'ouiuh as n surprlsp, for tho
long chap with n rod faco,
pnrt -rnufllnd round "
That W do." cr nd Holmes " Whnt
beenmo of him?'1
"Wo'd onougb to do without lookln'
tho lowor personal reminiscences.
William Illnlr of Illvor Kdgu, Now'
Jursoy, colubrntod IiIh nlnutletb birth
liny on July J. Ho win 1111 Inllmni..
ftcr him," tho pollromnn snld, In nn Iriuiid of General Winlluld Fcott, for
ggrlovnd vojeo. "I'll wagor ho found whom ho mado 11 hammock to bo used
""".. un uHiii. on iiih Uln in A uxico. am nil, I P,.
"A "uown o vorcoat" ' l1" S k W'
"Had ho a whip In his hand?" 1 " 7.... ,vnu" 1110 m,,ur V
"A w i n no." " '"'"(
"Ho must hnye. loft It" belilnd," mut-
"You
a cab
didn't
aftor
Na 0110 looking nt Lord CJiarJo.1
terod my companion
happen to seo or hoar
It... HI
IJIUlf 1
"No."
"TllOrO'fl n half sovnrnllrn 'fnr vnn '
nn uiiiiiuiiiuii sain, sianntng up nnd
1, mill); ms lint. "I .
thnt you will novor
inai nean or yours Bhouhl bn for imn J.oru "unnr o" bus n-n n ii,.i
ns welt as ornnmont. You might bavo tlinos tint tlion and is still llvolv unit
ClllnOll VOIIi- Hnrnnnt'o olrl l,.,.,...
...... ... u Diiiuuo iuab iiKu4uiir
Hetpgforil, today Mould Iirmgiiio tlint In
18(10, ivlion liu (Irst went to son, do
wns a dol lento hid nnd UIM III nf.l ..
on Wrd 'llio wimlilp Marlborongli for
Ills lienltli, When ho ilmt ant r,,t ,..
"I ora afraid, Ilnnco, ',10ftr'1 ,IU ll,on1r,, n """"f my ' I'oor llttlo
svor rlso In tho force, chap, bo nlu't long for this world."
aira should bo for use I-uril Obnrllu" Iiiih icon many llvolv