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A STUDY IN SCARLET. BY A. CONAN DOYLE. PART 1. Being reprint from the reminis cences of John H. Watson, M. D., late of the army medical department. CHAPTER I. In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London and proceeded to Netley to go through the coarse prescribed for Bur geons in the army. Having completed my studies there, I waa doty attached to the Fifth North umberland Fusiliers as assistant sur geon. The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and before I could join it the second Afghan war had broken oat. On landing at Bombay I learned that my corps had advanced through the passes and was already deep in the nemr'i country. I followed, however, with many other officers who were in the same situation as myself, and succeeded in reaching Candahar in safety, where I found my legiment, and at once entered upon my new duties. The campaign brought honors and promotion to many, but for me it had nothing bat disaster and misfortune. I was removed from my brigade and attached to the Berkshire, with whom I served at the fatal battle of Maiwand. There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jexail ballet, which shattered the hone and erased the subclavian artery. I should have fallen into the hands of the murderous Gbaiis had it not been for the courage and devotion shown by Mnmv. mv orderlv. whd threw me nnsi a sack horse and succeeded in hrinsinc me safely into the British line. Worn with nain and weak from the wolonged hardships which I had under gone, I was removed, with a great train of wounded sufferers, to the base hospital at Peshawar. Hers I rallied, and had already im nrovwd so far as to be able to walk boat the wards, and even to bask a lit tie on the veranda, when I was struck down by enteric fever, that corse of oar Indian possessions. For months my life was despaired I. and when at last I cam to myself and became convalescent, I was so weak and emaciated that a medical board determined that m a day should ha lost In sending me back to England. I was dispatched accordingly in the troopship Orentos, and landed a montn later osi Portsmouth jetty, with my health irretrievably rained, but with permission from a paternal government t mend the next nine months in at- ' tamntinf to improve it. I had neither kith nor kin in Eng land, and was therefore as free as air nr aa free as an income 01 eleven sniu- ings and sixpence a day will permit man to be. Under such circumstances I natural ly gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers - and idlers of the empire are iiresistab- ly drained. , There I stayed for some time at private hotel in the Strand, leading a comfortable, meaningless existence and spending such money as I had consul erably more freely than I ought. Bo alarming did the state of my finances become, that I toon realized that I most either leave the metropolis and rusticate somewhere in the country or that I mast make a complete altera tion in my style of living. Choosing the Utter alternative, I be- Hg bv making no my mind to leave th hotel and take on mv Quarters in some less pretentious and less expen ive domicile. On the very dsy that I bad come to this conclusion, I was standing at the Criterion bar, when some one tapped me on the shoulder, and, turning round. I recognized young Stamford who bad been a dresser undei me Bart's. i The sight of a friend's face in the great wilderness of London is a pleasant thins, indeed, for a lonely man. In old days Stamford had never been narticalar crony of mine, bat now hailed him with enthusiasm, and he in his tarn, appeared to be delighted to see me. In the exuberance of my Joy I asked bim to lunch with me at the Holborn and we started off together in a hansom "Whatever have yon been doing with yourself, Watson?" he asked, in undis guised wonder, as we rattled through the crowded London streets. "Yon are as thin as a lath and as brown as nut." I gave him a short sketch of my ad' ventures, and had hardly concluded it by the time that we reached oar deeti nation. "Poor devil I" he said, commiserat- ingly, after he had listened to my mis fortunes, "vvnat are you np w nowr "Looking for lodgings," I answered, "Trying to solve the problem ss to whether it is possible to get comforta ble rooms at a reasonable price." "That's a strange thing," remarked my companion; "you are the sceond man today that has used that expres sion to me." "And who was the first," I asked. "A fellow who is working at the chemical laboratory op at the hospital. He was bemoaning himself this morn ing because he could not get some one to go halves with him in some nice rooms which he had found snd which were too much for his purse." "By Jove!" I cried, "if he really wants some to share the rooms and the expense, I sm the very man for him. I should prefer having a partner to be ing alone." Young ' Stamford looked rather strangely at me over his wine glass. "You don't know Sherlock Holmes yet," he said ; "perhaps you would not - l 1.1m mm m nnnulnnt NtmMninn ' ' "Why. what is there against him?" "Oh,I didn't say there was anything gainst bim. He is a little queer in bis ideas an enthusiast in some branches of science. As far as I know, be is a decent fellow enough." "A medical student, I suppose?" ah!. 'No; I have no idea what he intends to go in for. I believe he is wen up In anatomv. and he is a first class fhemlst; but, as far a I know, he has never taken out any systematic medical classes. His studies are wry desultory and eccentric, but he has amassed a lot of out-of-the-way knowledge which would astonish his professors." "Did you ever ask him what he was going in for," I asked. "So; he is not a man that it is easy to draw out, though he can be eommu- at icative enough when the fancy seizes him." "I should like to meet him," I said. If I am to lodge with any one, I should prefer a man of studious and quiet habits. I am not strong enough vet to stand much noise or excitement. had enough of both in Afghanistan to last me for the remainder of my natural ' existence. How could I meet this friend of yours?" "He is sure to be at the laboratory. He either avoids the place for weeks or else he works there from morning to ight. If you like we shall drive round together after luncheon." "Certainly," I answered; and the conversation drifted away into other channels. As we made oar way into the hos pital after leaving the Holborn Stain ford gave me a few more particulars about the gentleman whom I proposed to take as a fellow lodger. "You mustn't blame me if you don t get on with him," he said; "I know nothing more of him than I have learned from meeting him occasionally in the laboratory. You proposed this ar rangement, so you must not hold me responsible." "If we don't get on it will be easy to part company," I answered. "It seems to nie, Stamford," I added, look ing hard at my companion, that you have some reasons for washing your hands of the matter. Is this fellow's temper so formidable, or what is it. Don't be mealy-mouthed about it." "It is not easy to express the Inex pressible," he answered, with a laugh Holmes is a little too scientific for my tastes it approaches to cold blooded- ness. I could imagine his giving a friend a little pi neb of the latest vege table alkaloid, not out of malevolence, you understand, but simply out of a spirit of inquiry, in order to have an accurate idea of the effects. To do him justice, I think he would take it bim self with the same readiness, tie ap pears to have a passion for exact and definite knowledge." "Very right, too." "Yes, but it may be pushed to ex es. When it comes to beating the subjects in the dissecting rooms with a stick, it is certainly taking rather bizarre shape." "Beating the subjects?" "Yes, to verify how far braises may be produced after death. I saw him at it with my own eyes." "And yet you say be is not a medical student?" No. Heaven knows what the ob jects of his studies are! Bat here we are, and you must form your own im pressions about him. As he spoke we turned down a narrow lane and passed through a small door, which opened into a wing of the great hospital It was familiar ground to me, and l needed no guiding as we ascended the bleak stone staircase and made our way down the long corridor, with its vista of whitewashed walls and dun colored doors. Near the farther end a low arched passage branched away from it and led to the chemical laboratory. This was a lofty chamber, lined and littered with countlefs bottles. Broad low tables were scattered about, which bristled with retorts, test tubes and lit tle Bnnsen lamps, with their blue flickering flames. There was only one student in the room, who was bending over a distant table absorbed in bis work. At the sound of our steps he glanced around and sprang to bis feet with a cry of pleasure. "I've found it! I've found it!" he shouted to my companion, running to ward us with a test tube in his hand, "I have found a reagent which is preci pitated by haemogoblin, and by noth ing else." Had he discovered a gold mine great er delight could not have shone upon his features. "Doctor Watson Mr. Sherlock Holmes," said Stamord, introducing us "How are you? he said, cordially gripping my hand with a strength for which I should hardly Lave given him credit. "You have been in Afghanis tan, I perceive. "How on earth did yoa know that,' I asked in astonishment. "Never mind," said he, chuckling to himself. "The question now about haemogoblin. No doubt you see the significance of this discovery of mine?" . "It is interesting, chemically, no doubt," I answered; "but prac tically" "Why , man, it is the most practical medico-legal discovery for years. Don't you see that it gives us an infal lible test for blood stains? Come over here now!" He seized me by the coat sleeve In his eagerness and drew me over to the table at which he had been working. "Let us have some fresh blood," he said, digging a long bodkin into his finger and drawing off the re sulting drop of blood in a chemical pipette. "Now I add this email quan tity of blood to a litre 01 water. xou see that theresutling mixture has the appearance of true water. The pro portion of blood cannot be more tlian one in a million. I have no doubt, however, that we shall be able to ob tain the characteristic raection." As he spoke he threw into the vessel a few white crystals find then added some drops of a transparent fluid. ' In an instant the contents assumed a dull mahogany color, and a brownish dust was precipitated to the bottom of the glass jar. "Hal Ha!" he cried, clapping liis hands and looking as delighted as a child with a new toy. "What do you think of that?" "It seems to be a very delicate test," I remarked. "Beautifult Beautiful! The old gaaiacum test was very clumsy and un certain. So is the microscopic exam in alios for bland corpuscles. The latter is valueless if the stains area few hours i old. Now, this appear to act a well j w hether the blood is old or new. Had i this test been invented there are him dieds of men now walking the ' ear A w ho would long ago have paid the pcu 1 altv of their crimes." "Indeed!" I murmured. "Criminal cases are continually hing iug on that one point. A man is sus pected of a crime months perhaps alter it is committed. His linen or clothes are examined, and brownish stains dis covered upon them. Are they blood stains, or nmdstains, or ruststains, or fruitstains, or what are they? There is a question w hich has puuled many au export; and why? Because there was no reliable test. Now we have the Sherlock Holmes test, aud there will no longer be any difficulty." His eyes fairly glittered as he spoke, and he put his hand over his heart aud bowed as if to some applauding crowd conjured up in his imagination. "You are to be congratulated," I remarked, considerably (suipiised at bis enthusiasm. There was the case of Von Bischoff at Frankfort last year. He would cer tainty have been bung had this test been in existence. Then there waa Mason, of Bradford, and the notorious Mailer, and Lefevre, of Montpelier, nd Samson, of New Orleans. 1 could name a score of cases in which it would have been decisive." 'You soeai to be a walking calendar HIAT MOM THff EARTH. of crime," said Stamford, with a laugh. 'You might start a paper on those ines. Call it the 'Police Sews of the Past.' " "Verv interesting reading it might make, too," remarked Sherlock Holmes, sticking a small piece of plaster over the prick on his ringer. "1 have to be careful," he continued, turning to me with a smile, "for I dabble with poi sons a good deal." He held out his hand as ho spoke, and I noticed that it was all mottled over with similar pieces of plaster and discolored with strong acids. "We came here on business, said Stamford, sitting down on a three legged stool and pushing another one in my direction with his foot. "My' friend here wants to take diggings, and as you were complaining that yoa could get no one to go halves with you, I thought that I had better bring you together." (To be Continued.) BKIEF BUT KILLING. Wis Remedy Was Not Recommended, But Very Elfcctiv in Its Wty. A recent West Philadelphia political meeting was marxed by the telling of the following Btory as illustrative of the evil of being too laconic in everyday speech. Brevity was the distinguish ing characteristic of the village where in lived Jim and Zach, farmers, and each the owner of a horse. They met one day and spoke as follows, relates the Philadelphia Times: "Mornin', Jim!" "Mornin. Zach!" "What did you give your horse for the botts?" "Turpentine." "Good mornin'." "Good mornin'." Thev again encountered each other a few days later, with this result: "Mornin', Jim!" "Mornin'. Zach!" "What did yoa say you gave your horse for the botts?" "Turpentine." "Killed mine." "Mine, too." "Good mornin'!" "Good mornin' 1" ftrlcntUt Tell How, ! Tttinka. May ll Obtained l'nlravoud. Certain scientific men now believe tliat the enormous Internal heat of the earth may be utilised for some practi cal purpose. Prof. William Uallock of Coin m Ma I'ulverslty expresses. In the World s Work, the opinion that the plan Is feasible, lie says: "It Is not merely a question of getting steam; It Is a question of the quantity of steam that can be had. Sear Boise, Idaho, hot water Is now drawn from well, and used to heat a dwelling. The Pittsburg ami Wheeling wells are capa ble of heating the water left In theta overnight; bill even If their depth were sufficient to turu the water to sieaiu. It would require so many hours' waiting aa to rob the process of all commercial value. In other words, there would not be the slightest difficulty lit obtaining steam from the Interior of the earth, because that Involves only a little ex tra labor In boring Into the hot area, aud It Is almost as easy to bore tea thousand feet aa six thousand; but lu order to give the steam commercial value, a method must be provided for dropping the water to the hot area, al lowing It time to heat, and yet having It returned to the surface as steam, without Interrupting the flow. "Two holes might be bored Into the earth, twelve thousand feet deep and perhaps fifty feet apart. There would be a temperature far above the boiling polut of water. Then. If very heavy charges of dynamite or some other ex plosive were lowered to the bottom of each hole, and exploded simultaneous ly, a sufficient connection might be es tablished between the two holes. Th rock would be cracked aud fissured lu all directions, and shattering It thus around the base of the holes would turn the surrounding area Into au Immeiise water-beater. The water poured Into one hole would be heated and turned Into steam, which would pass through the second hole to the earth's surface. The pressure of such a column of steam would be enormous; for aside from Us Initial velocity, the descending column of cold water would exert a pressure, of at least five thousand pounds to the square Inch, which would drive every thing movable through the second hole. The problem la therefore a mechanical one, concerned chiefly with couuectlng the two holes. This accomplished, the water-heater would operate Itst-lf. and establish a source of power that would surpass anything now lu use. LOUISIANA LEVEES. III. One man and a deadly torpedo Boat ing about beneath the surface of the water. The torpedo charged so that It will blow a great warship to destruc tion; the man provided with meaua by which to discharge his dangerous weapon In a way to do the mwl harm. Such Is the latent of nil torpedo boats a one-man affair, not larger than n large hsh, and yet a effective In Ita purposes. If the theory of Ita Inventor Is correct, aa ne of the Holland sub marine boats. The man w ho lias perfected this of fensive and Invisible destroyer Is Thomas J. Morlarlty, for many yeurs the mechanical expert lu the employ of the I'ulted States Government at the torpedo station at Newport. Mr. Morlarlty was long ago Impress ed with the Idea that the only way by which to make the action of the tor pedo actually certain was to put an ex perienced operator Inside It; for, while Its automatic machinery operates with almost human Intelligence, there Is no certainty that It will on long ranges do exactly what la required of It. From the Idea of putting a mtiu Inside It to that of placing a man outside It, the transition was easy; and It then be came a problem to give tilm a safe shelter, means of locomotion, of sub merging and of discharging the projectile. To accomplish these essentials be has devised a clgar-shaiicd bout of brouze plates, about ten feet long, three feet deep and Ave fet wide. Beneath this Is suspended the Whitehead torpedo lu a frame, and It Is propelled by com pressed air when the operator has ap proached near the mark. When 111 th boat the operator lies on acradle astride of Its support. Pad ded prongs uu the cradle curve over his shoulders and hold him In place, provid ing also a purchase for his arms when operating the lever In front of him. He wears a waistcoat made or two thicknesses of air tight material, to which Is attached a small tmmiu tube by which It Is Inflated. It serve n a padding for the body while the oper ator Is In the bout and also as a life- preserver lu an emergency. Air Is admitted through the rear mast and circulate throuiiliout the boat. This sir tube Is, however, automatical ly closed when the boat I IsMieala the surface or the water, and the conning tower Is completely covered by means of a hydrostatic piston, opeu to the water at the bottom of the boat, the pressure of the water at the Increased depth forcing up the piston, which ac tuates a lever to force a valve over the air-tube oeulng, thus preventing tint eutry of wafer through It. The same motion of the piston oper ales levers connected to a valve lu the compressed air laulf In the bottom of the boat, opening It and thus allowing a flue stream of air to Issue therefrom Into the boat, and supplying the oper ator with fresh air. As the boat again reaches the surface the pressure on tb- hydrostatic piston Is released because there Is less depth of water and the sir tube Is again opened aud the air tank valve closed. The torpedo Is tired by compressed air, but on leaving Its cosing the pro pelling mechanism of the projectile la set In motion, and It starts off under Ita own power for the mark. A HfWQlC CHINAMAN. Bravery Alrarl AHenllo" of louarMs. Charley Tong Sing, whose home Is In l.o Angeles, t'al.. Is the only Chinaman who ever received a modal from Cun- gress ror in a very. lie Is a nalurullted clllsen of the l ulled Stales, aud as thoroughly Americanised as his thirty years- tCNidciifv hei t .-un in ke bun. Charley w us a member of the lircely relief expedition of lvL , k.M 10NU CO 111 I" a U ueil I'J Captain (now Hear Admiral) Schley, but he has a greater distinction than having lieou a member this expedi tion, lie Is one of the tiiree survivors of the Jeaiineite expedition, lie was steward of that III fated vessel when. In 1ST!), she sailed ou a voyage or ex ploration In the Arctic seas. Ills splen did physique and natural hardness were all that brought him safety through th hardships, exiKisures and horrors of that terrible. exiTliice. Charley Joined the Jeannotte expedi tion at San Francisco. He was luen a i experienced sullor, having served aboard American merchant ship lu various rapacities. II acted th putt of a hero during this trip, and wh u he returned the Nuvy Department. In recognition of his services, presented Charley with a handsome medal, t'poti It Is Inscribed: "Charley Tong Slug, Arctic Steamer Jeaiineite; Fidelity. Zeal, Obedience." On the reverse side Is a picture of the old frigate Constitu tion, aud the words, "I'ulted States Navy." ty special act of Congress, September at), IMS), another medal w presented. It bet r the dale upon which t te act was approved by the President, and around It the words. "Jeaiineite Arctic Kxpedllloti, 1N.I) l:i." Ou (he reverse side Is presented the Jeautirfle In the Ice. with the crew waving her a farewell. The medal dcM-nd ftniu n clasp held lu the beak of a stiver eagle. It was not a great while after the Jeaiineite adventure when Charley Tong Sing started with Capt. Schley on the tlreely relief expedition. After his return from that voyage he served in the navy on the Tennessee, and then he decided to abandon the life of a sailor. AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE. Satisficf, Anyhow. "Maria," said the colored citizen, "I feel lak my time has come at las'; I is mighty low." "Ain't yo' been eatin' de cunnel'a waterniillions?" "Oh. yes." "Well, didn't yo' know he done pizened the las' one er dem?" "Did he pizen urn?" "He sho' did." "Dat settles me. But, Maria" "What do you want?" "I wux all day at urn, en I eat nine befo' I quit." Atlanta Constitution. Thirty Million Ppent on Them by tbe State Place the War. If you picture lu your mind an enor mous sickle, having a handle also at the hooked end. you will have the Mis sissippi river as It flows ' In yellow swiftness past the city of New Orleaua. A hundred miles to the southward It pours through Its many mouths Into the broad blue gulf, lu the crescent of the sickle, which gives to the city Ita name, lies New Orleans, aud uo sharp blade In the hand or the husbuudtuau thrust into the ripening grain was ever surer of its destructlveuesa tuau would be this vast crescent of the Mississippi wheu once It should be given sway. Sometimes wheu the river Is at flood its surface will rise tweuty feet above the level of the city's streets. In the center of the stream It will be nearly 'WO feet deep, with a powerful cur rent, which, we.e It not for tho pro tecting levee about the city, must sweep everytulug before It. This giant river, which has made this city possi ble, drains an enormous basin. Its wat ershed being greater lu area than that of any other river on the globe. The volume of water which flows past the city Is equal to IM.ouo.W) cubic yards. There are now nearly l.s.) miles of levees ou the lower Mississippi. unJ Louisiana alone has spent since the Civil War nearly 30,iHK),000 on the river, while It costs the State 1,imh), WW annually to maintain Us levees. Strange as It may seem, the deadliest enemies of these great earthen em bankments are the Insignificant craw Sab and the uiuskrut; for, once the slightest hole is made In the levee by either of them, the relentless river finds Its way through and vast loss en sues. Alnslee's Magazine. WONDERFUL IRON ELEPHANT. Dcsluncd for Orsat Kspoaltioa bj m Chicago Man. . Mr. Joseph Uusak, of Chicago, la pre pared to out-Ferris Ferris at the St. Louis exposition, or at any other expo sition which may come along and make room for his "Iron elephant," HOW feel long and :!.'. feet In height, or for his "Jouah's whale," 00 ' feet long aud big In girth In proportion. The "Iron elephant" Is the chief fea ture aud creation of Mr. Husuk's lu ventlve faculty, and he purposes to adapt the metal beast to more uses than the Indian hejist Is capable of lu the flesh. The body of the animal la to be four stories lu height, the floors to be reached by elevators running lu the legs of the creature. The first floor Is to be used and rented for small show rooms; the second floor for a cafe snd restaurant, and furnish entrance to the j o 0 oSPce o o n s Hit. 111SAKS IRON EI.r.PIIAKT. Almost True. "Sow," commenced the attorney for the green goods men, "it is stated that The Accordion. when vou discovered that the tin box l Emlle Gautlcr has written a pica for held sawdust you exploded with laugh-1 the despised accordion. He culls It the elephant's trunk, which is to be con ter. How do you reconcile this state- poor mau's piano forte, und wonders strutted to pull the ears tip and down ment with your claim that you were in- why if should be so overlooked outside and at the same time swing. The third flamed with wrath?" t . RuB(1. WUere It Is the national in-! floor will be used for all sorts of "It ain't exactly the ficts, judge," gtrument. There all the regiments have amusements, and serve as an entrance said the nlaintiff. "I acknowledge annniin ,,invpr lm llvol'to the "chute of chutes" and to the that I was busted , but I deny that I laughed." Baltimore American. And Yd, Why Not Make 'Em Hippy. An Atchison man told an old maid recently that she was a sweet old thing, and she has lain awake nights ever since dreaming of him. Men mould be careful to whom they throw boquets. Home nice old girls get so few that they exaggerate the importance of a stray blossom. Atchison Globe. Aa Important Qualification. First Burglar What did yer take that brickybrac fer? 'Taint no good! Second Burglar 'Taint? First Buiglar Naw. I tell yer, Jimmy, if yer wantter make a fust clans success in die business yer got tor know eomethin' about art! Puck. . White Sindi of New Mexico. The "White Sands" of southern New Mexico lie In the San Augustin plain, and are a sheet of pure gypsum, 60 miles long and five to twenty broad. The white "sands" of gypsurn raised by the wind resembles a line of break ers in the distance. notes relieve the monotony of long mm rcrns wneeis iu eacn car oi iue marches. I elephant. The fourth floor can te used The Instrument Is In every sense an f a theater or music hall, placing the artistic one, because It embodies the in the head of the beast. On top rennlrod nnnlltlRs: It elves accurate and of the creature will be a roof gsrdon .iii ,..tii is nnfnemit hh, or an observatory. The eyes will be the rules of music. The keyboard Is w0 gigantic searchlights, and tbe tail etxensive enough to bring forth the fight be used by some Inventor to most delicate shades of tone. It gives uew flre P!"'nI)p' AU naU even an orchestral richness. In small ! y be trumpeted from this structure, volume. Under the measured action of , B"u '. " ' the bellows, which plays the part of the " rent devices, bow. It affords all the Inflection, and1 Mr. nua.li'. whale wll be In proper- . .u ,, ,,. Hons to simulate the real thing. Even register. In the lower register It resem bles tbe violoncello. Of course the warmth of praise be longs to the Instruments of the best French make, not to those which are hastily put together for an Indlscrimin ating market. Seventy-three yenrs ago the accordion was invented in Vienna by a man named Damlun. The Invention em bodied a wonderful knowledge of music, together with an astonishing cal culation and skill. When the Instrument came out It was a triumph, but the pub lic soon reg'arded It with Indifference. Poker Lawi. White You don't like to play poker with Brown, do you Green -No; to tell the truth, I don't. Cut why did you .think that such was the case? White Because Brown fays lie likes to play with you. Chicago News. Pertinent. Lady Lecturer My dear children, I love all animals. I never under any circumstances hurt one. I even have a family of pet toads. I love them so that I catch flics for them. Small .Boy Please, diIbsus, ain't flies animals? Appropriate Text. v "Hit surtlngly do fill dls ole heart ob mine wlf Joy,' began the Itev. Flat foot, as the last wall from the wheeay organ escaped through an open win dow; "ter seo so menny strangers pres ent dls galorious sabbath niawnlu'. De good book bit say: He war er stran ger an' Ah took him In.' De deacons will now perceed ter take up de collec-shlon." prl- Her Own Hair-Dresser. Mrs. Sweller Do you employ a rate chauffeur? Mrs. Ootrlchtkwlck No, 1 always do up my hair tnysolf. Ohio State Jour aL , the Interior of the animal will be con sturcted according to economy of na ture, only tbat entrance to the Inside thrugh the mouth will be through an uplifted Jaw. Windows will be pro vided, and tbe whale, swimming In a circular tank, will be operated by elec tricity, rising and sinking at (he slight est wish of tbe operator. TABITHA 8ANBORN-8 RIDE. Bhe Beally Couldn't Bear to Waste Time from Her Work. Some of the feats which our fore mothers performed quite as a matter of course when domestic emergencies occurred were such as would tax the endurance and courage of tho hardiest athletic maidens of our own day. Han nah Sanborn riillbrook, In a recent article on old-time Banbornton, relates how an ancestress of hers supplied a deficiency In her weaving apparatus. She found unexpectedly that her work required the use of a certain reed Land harness which could be obtained only at a place five miles distant, reached by a road leading over a num ber of steep and dangerous hills, i She was alone lu the house with her baby nhd another young child, whom she could not leave to go on au .er rand. Nevertheless, she could not en dure the Idea of wasting time In wait ing for that reed and harness when If she only had them she could make such good progress with her web. Her bus baud owned the "smartest l year old colt In town," and this lively animal, nothing daunted, she mounted with her baby lu her arms, taking the other child on a pillion behind her. "Soon after her arrival," writes her great-granddaughter, "there were signs of a coining tempest, aud h had to hasten. The reed snd harness, at least four feet long, were bound to the colt and she turned toward home. "My (itvat great uncle Caie said that when she passed his house she w as go ing like the wind, the sky waa black with the coming storm, and the thun der and llghtulug were terrible. As soon as It cleared off he saddled his horse and followed, 'expi-ctlng.' he said, 'to find Tahllha aud the children dead In the road. But I went clean over all th way, and there sho was, getting supper aud singing, as lively as a cricket." " She was not even wet; for the smart 4 year-old, urged to the ufiuost, had succeeded, In spite of bis queer and cumbrous load, lu racing the shower snd beating It. Supper over, Mrs. Han born, wiiu a tranquil mind aud the proper Implements, was able to resume her uninterrupted weaving. Men Ntmioicrn pliers Hoarce. "There Is one feature of the govern iiu-ui rtiio turn pur.r.ies me, said a chief of division lu the Treasury De partment, "and that Is the lack of men stenographers. 1 don't see why men who have ambitious to enter govern ment work don't equip themselves along this line. 1 do not mean to ills pargae the etllclency of women type writers, for they do all that Is expect ed of them, and more, too. But. there Is a limitation to their usefulness, no matter how expert they may be. There are certain confidential relations which a superior must always have with his assistant, which cannot be shared wltii a woman. Oftentimes we have to rely on the Judgment of an Inferior, and are not always willing, aud. In feet, would be afraid, to trust to the discretion of a woman. "To my mind the scarcity of men typewriters Is largely due to the fact that women have bluffed their iirnscu- Hue rivals or would-be rivals from tho field. The latter evidently think that the craft has been monopolized by th women. To tell the truth, there Is no Held so much open to men, as far as Uncle 8am Is concerned, as thnt of the typewriter, and In few Is there held out such prospect of advancement. For In stance, Secretary Cortelyou Is sir ex stenographer, aud not so much of no "ex" at that, for he was, and always will be, a skillful hand at the . type writer. But he Is a Cabinet possibility, and he rose from the opportunities held out by. his calling."-Washington Post , No Fitting Time. There are many poor correspondents who would doubtless like to make the excuse given by a boy who was spend ing his Hint year at a boarding school. Tbe first letter, anxiously awaited by his parents, was not received for more than a week, and then It was short and to the point "Dear people," wrote the boy, 'I don't believe I shall be able to send you many letters while I'm here. You see when things are happening I haven't " tlmo, and when fthy aren't happening I haven't anything to write. You'll understand how It Is, won't you, father? And, mother, you Just nsk father to explain to you how It Is. So now I will say good-by, with love to all. In haste, George." , Ascertained Facts l Hhrrlwh HultneV rlyslem of Drdnt'ttou. Sherlock Holmes Im a promising ri val In a barber known to the Philadel phia llecnrd. Iltt astonished one or III customer the other day by nWug bim If he were uot left-hnmled. The mail admitted that he was, and suggested that the barber had probably seen him hang up til hat. "No," said tbe bnrls-r; "I have other way of Ilndliig out sin h thliiiis. I see, to, that you are a bookkeeper." "Yea." admitted the customer, "your guesses are correct. Mow do you kuowV" "It's easy," said the barber. "In shampooing your head I noticed Ink ou your Imlr at (he left temple. This Ink. I concluded, must have got there from a pen resting on your, left ear. wlili h In dicated that you were a person wli.i used a pen a great deal, as only such persons use their ear a pen rack. "That didn't convince me that you were a bookkeeper, however, because a literary mini might stick bis pen behind his ear for convenience. 1 learned of your profession when I npplled tho lather. This iimitc the Ink on your tin Ir wash out, and I dlcrVcrcd two shade of Ink-red mid black. Nolsiily but a bookkeeper uses red and black Ink, s, It was easy to class you as a bookkeep er. "I knew you were left handed be cause the Ink was ou the left side - fbe side that a left ha tided writer would In voluntarily use when slicking his pcu back of til ear." "Wonderful, wonderful;" snld tho customiy. "Now, suppose you stop talking for a while, nnd MiiMi shaving me." Died of Improvements, All uptown physician tells of a ior mini friend, it poor Journeyman linker, who sent hi wife to a local hospital when she fell III, The physician al ways asked with Interest after the con dition of tho sick woman when he met the liennnn, aud was told In reply; "Well, doctor, they say at the hospital there's Improvement." This reply did not vary from day to day for n nionih or more, nnd wns always spoken by the Herman very stolidly, as though ho really did not see In the report any ground for hope, Then one morning, meeting the physician ntul being asked tho usual question, he snld: "0, she's dead, doctor." "Dend'f" repeated the physician. "What do they say she died of?" "They didn't siiy-lhey didn't hnvs to," answered the Herman. "I knew. Sho died of too ninny Improvements." Philadelphia Times. Tho lOuropean liun, Some queer customers are seen nt New York hotels. An old farmer from tho country tells how he gut ahead f one of the clerks: "I walked In," U'l says, "asked the young mini nt tho desk! 'What are your prices?' 'Amer ican or Kuropenii'C he naked me. Now lwasu't going to tell where 1 wits from until I had seen the lay of the In ml. 'What difference does that ninke?' says I, 'If American,' he answered, it's ft per day; If Kuropeiin, $1.50.' thoiiilu a moment, and then an Idea struck mo how to get ahead of htm. , I walked up boldly" and registered from Loudou, England." Infrequent lllrlliday, Tho members of the Berlin Society of Leap Year Children to which none arc admissible unless born on Feb. ill will keep their common birthday In great style, lu 11)04. They have' had no opportunity for eight yeurs, nnd lu IDou the extra February day, according to the rules of tho reformed calendar, wui omitted. Uerr Munteiir, the president of the. society, Is to-day n septtuigetinr lan, but In tho seventy years of his life he has only had seventeen birthday, He hopes to celebrate his eighteenth birthday and seventy-second year of h,s life In the midst of his colleagues on Feb. 20. 1004. The world Is Improving. There are more sudden deaths every ; year, and fewer cases of long suffering. Everyone bus a kin problem he cau't! No difference how well you pluy the iolve. . (IK" of Ufu yu '"'e ure to lose.