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A STUDY IN SCARLET
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
PART II Chapter VI Continued.
"Ha gated at me with bleared,
drunken eye (or a moment, and then
I aaw a horror sprint up in them and
convulse his whole features, which
showed me that he knew me.
"I had always known that Ten-"geanc-e
would be sweet, but had never
hoped for the contentment of soul
which now possessed me.
"'You dog!' I said. I have hunted
- you from Salt Lake City to St Pet
ersburg, and you have always escaped
me. Now at last your wanderings
have come to an end, for either you
or I shall never see tomorrow's sun
rise.
"He shrank still further away at
I spoke, and I could see oa his face
that he thought 1 was mad. So I was
for the time. The pulses in my tem
ples beat like sledgehammers, and I
, believe I would have had a fit of some
sort if the blood had not gushed from
my nose and relieved me.
"He stsggered back with a livid face,
, and I saw the perspiration break out
upon his brow, while his teeth chat
tered. At tne sight, I leaned my back
- against the door and laughed loud and
long.
" "What do yon think of Lucy Fer-
rler now? I cried, locking the door
, and shaking the key in his face. 'Pun-
tehment has been slow in coming, but
it has overtaken yon at last'
"I saw his coward lips tremble as I
spoke. He would have begged for his
life, but he knew well that it was use-
less.
" 'Would you murder me? he stam-
nered.
"There is no murder,' I answered.
Who talks of murdering a mad dog?
What mercy had you upon my poor
darling when you dragged her from
her slaughtered father and bore her
away to your accursed and shameless
harem!
" 'It was not I who killed her father,'
ha cried,
" 'But It was you who broke her In
nocent heart,' I shrieked, thrusting
the boi before him. 'Let the high God
judge between us. Choose and eat
There is death In one and life in the
other. I shall take what you leave.
Let ua see If there is justice upon the
earth, or it we are ruled uy chance.'
"He cowered away with wild cries
and prayers for mercy, but I drew my
knife and held it to his tnroat until be
had obeyed me.
"Then X swaaowed the other, and
we stood facing each other in silence
for a minute or more, waiting to see
which waa to live and which was 10
die.
- "Shall I ever forget the look which
came over his face when the first
warning pangs told him that the pois
on was in his system? I laughed as
I saw it, and held Lucy's marriage
ring in front of his eyes.
. "It was but for a moment, for the
action of the alkaloid is rapid. A
spasm of pain contorted his features;
he threw his hands out in front of
him, staggered and then, with a
- hoarse cry, fell heavily upon tho
floor.
"I turned him over with my foot
and placed my hand upon bis heart.
There was no movement. He was
dead!
"The blood had been streaming
from my nose, but I had taken no no
tice of it I don't know what it was
that put it into my head to write up-
- on the wall with it
"Perhaps it was some mischievous
, idea of putting the police upon a
wrong track, for I felt light hearted
, .and cheerful, I remembered a Ger
man being found in New York with
"rache written up above htm. and it
was argued at the time In the news-
- papers that the secret societies must
have done it. ,
"I guessed that what puzzled the
,. New Yorkers would puzzle the Lon
doners, so I dipped my finger in my
own blood and printed It on a conven
ient place dn the wall.
"Then I walked down to my cab
. and found that there was nobody
about And that the night waa still
very wild. I had driven some dU-
tance, when I put my nand into the
pocket In which I usually kept Lucy i
ring, and found that it was not there.
"I was thunderstruck at this, for It
was the only memento that I had "f
her. Thinking that I might have
, .dropped It when I stooped over Crab
ber's body, I drove back, and leaving
my cab in a side street I went boldly
up to the house for I was ready to
: dare anything rather than lose the
ring.
"When I arrived there ' I walked
'"Tight into the arms of a police officer
who was coming out, and only man
aged to disarm his suspicions by pre
tending to be hopelessly drunk.
"That was how Enocn Drebber came
o his end. All I had to do then was
to do as much for Stangerson, and so
pay off John Ferrier's debt
- "I knew that he was staying at Hal-
liday's private . hotel, and I hung
about all day but be never came out
I fancy that he suspected something
when Drebber failed to put in an ap
pearance.
- "He was cunning, was Stangerson,
and always on his guard. If he
thought he could keep me off by stay
. lng in doors he was very much mis
n taken. I soon found out which was
, the window of his bedroom, and early
next morning I took advantage of
some ladders which were lying in the
lane behind the hotel, and so made
r ""mr way into his room in the gray of
the dawn.
"I woke him np and told him that
the honr had come when be was to
answer for the life he uad taken so
long before. I described Drebbers
death to him, and gave him the
same choice of the poisoned pills.
Instead of grasping at the chance
, of safety which that offered him, he
sprang from his bed and flew at my
- throat in self-defense I stabbed him
to the heart It would have been the
, ' same in any case, for Providence
would never have allowed his guilty
hand to pick out anything but uie
poison.
"I have little more to say, and It's
as well, "for I am about done up. I
went on cabbing it for a day or so.
Intending to keep at it until I couH
av enough to take me back to
America.
"I waa standing in the yard when a
ragged youngster asked if there was
a cabby there called Jefferson Hope
and Bald that hi cab was wanted by
a gentleman at 221B Baker street.
"I went round, suspecting no harm,
and the next thing I knew, this young
man here bad the bracelets on my
wrists, and as neatly shackled as ever
I was In my life.
"That's the whole of my story, gen
tlemen. You may consider me to be
a
a murderer, but I hold that I am just
1.1 much an officer of justice as you
are."
So thrilling had the man's narra
tive been, and his manner was so Im
pressive, that we had eat silent and
absorbed.
Even the professional detectives,
blase as they were in every detail of
crime, appeared to be keenly Inter
ested in the man's story.
When he had finished we sat for
some minutes In a stillness which was
only broken by the scratching of Lea
trade'a pencil as be gave the finish
ing touches to his shorthand account
"There Is only one point on which
I should like a little more Informa
tion," Sherlock Holmes said at last
"Who was your accomplice who came
for the ring which I advertised?"
The prisoner winked at my friend
jocosely.
"I can tell my own secrets." he
said, "but I dont get other people In
to trouble. I saw your advertisement
and I thought it might be a plant or
it might be the ring I wanted. My
friend volunteered to go and see. I
think you'll own he did It smartly."
"Not a doubt of that1 said Holmes,
heartily.
"Now, gentlemen," the Inspector re
marked, gravely, "the forms of the
law must be compiled with. On
Thursday the prisoner will be brought
before the magistrates, and your at
tendance will be required. Until then
I will be responsible for htm."
He rang the bell as he spoke, and
Jefferson Hope was led off by a couple
of warders, while my friend and I
made our way out of the station and
took a cab back to Baker street
CHAPTER TIL
We had all been warned to appear
before the magistrates upon the
Thursday; but when the Thursday
came there was no occasion tor our
testimony. .
A higher judge had taken the mat
ter In hand, and Jefferson Hope had
been summoned before a tribunal
where strict justice would be meted
out to him.
On the very night after his capture
the aneurism burst and he waa found
In the morning stretched upon the
floor of the cell, with a placid smile
upon his face, as though he had been
able in his dying momenta to look
back upon a useful life, and on work
well done.
"Gregson and Lestrade will be wild
about hla death." Holmes remarked,
as we chatted it over next morning.
"Where will their grand advertise
ment be now?"
"I doi't see that they had very
much to do with his capture," I an
swered. "What you do In this world Is .a
matter of no consequence," returned
my -companion, bitterly. "The ques
tion is, what can you make people
believe that you have done? Never
mind," he continued, more brightly,
after a pause. "I would not have
missed the Investigation for anything.
There has been no better case with
in my recollection. Simple as it was,
there were several most Instructive
points about it"
"Simple?" I ejaculated.
"Well, really, It can hardly be de
scribed as otherwise," said Sherlock
Holmes, smiling at my surprise. "The
proof of its intrinsic simplicity Is that
without any help, save a few very or
dinary deductions, I was able to lay
my hand upon the criminal within
three days."
"That is true," said L
"I have already explained to you
that what Is out of the common Is us
ually a guide rather than a hindrance.
In solving a problem of this-sort, the
grand thing is to be able to reason
backward. That Is a very useful ac
complishment and a very easy one,
but people do not practice It much.
Ir. the every day affairs of life It Is
more useful to reason forward, and
so the other comes to be neglected.
There are fifty who can reason syn
thetically for one who can reason an
alytically." "I confess." said L "that I do not
quite follow you."
"I hardly expected that you would.
Let me see if I can make It clear.
Most people. If you describe a train
of events to them, will tell you what
the result would be. They can put
those events together In their minds,
and argue from them that something
will come to pass. There are few peo
ple, however, who, If you told them a
result would be able to evolve from
their Inner consciousness what the
steps were which led up to that re
sult This power Is what I mean
when I talk of reasoning backward,
or analytically."
"I understand," said L
"Now, this was a case in which you
were given the result and had to find
everything else for yourself. Now,
let me endeavor to, show you the dif
ferent steps in my reasoning. To be
gin at the beginning. I approached
the house, as you know, on foot, and
with my mind entirely free from all
Impressions. I naturally begun by
examining the roadway, and there, as
I have already explained to you, I
saw clearly the marks s a cab, which,
I ascertained by Inquiry, must have
been made there during the night I
satisfied myself that it was a cab and
not a private carriage by the narrow
gauge of the wheels. The ordinary
London growler Is considerably less
wide than a gentleman's brougham.
"That was the first point gained. I
then walked slowly down the garden
path, which happened to be composed
of a clay soil, peculiarly suitable for
taking Impressions., No doubt It ap
peared to you to be a mere trampled
line of slush, but to my trained eyes
every mark upon its surface had a
meaning.
"There I no branch of detective
science which Is so Important and so
much neglected as the art of tracing
footsteps. Happily, I have always laid
great stress upon It, and much prac
tice has made It second nature to me.
"I saw the heavy footmarks of the
constables, but I saw also the tracks
of the two men who bad first passed
through the garden. It was easy to
tell that they had been before the
others, because in places their marks
had been entirely obliterated by the
others coming upon the top of them.
"On entering the house this last in
ference was confirmed. My well-booted
man lay before me. The tall one,
then, had done the murder, If murder
there was.
"There was no wound upon the
dead man's person, but the agitated
expression upon his face assured me
that he had foreseen his fate before
It came upon htm. Men who die from
heart disease or any sudden natural
canoe never by any chance ihn:t
agitation upon, their features.
"Having sniffed the dead man's Up.
I detected a slightly tour smell, and
t came to the conclusion that be bad
had poison forced upon him. Again
I argued that It had been forced upon
him. front the hatred aud four ex
pressed upon his face.
"By the method of exclusion I ar
rived at this result, for no other hy
pothesis would meet the fact. IVj
not imagme tnst it was a very un
heard of Idea. The forcible adminis
tration of poison Is by no means a
new thing In criminal annals. The
cases ot Dolsky. In Odessa, and of
Leturler, In Montpcller. will occur at
once to any toxlcologlst
"And now came the great question
as to the reason why. Robbery had
not been the object of the murder, for
nothing was taken. Was it politics,
then, or was it a woman?
"That was the question which con
fronted me. I was Inclined from the
first to the latter supposition. Politi
cal assassins are only too glad to do
their work and to By.
"It must have been a private wronR,
and not a political one, which railed
for such a methodical revenge. When
the Inscription was discovered upoa
the wall I was more inclined than
ever to my opinion.
"The thing waa too evidently a
blind. When the ring was found,
however. It settled the auestJoa.
Clearly the murderer baa used It .o
remind his victim of some dead or ab
sent woman.
"I had already come to the conclu
sion, since there were no signs of a
struggle, that the blood which covered
the floor had burst from the murder'
nose In his excitement.
"I could perceive that the track ot
blood coincided with the track ot his
feet It Is seldom that any man, un
less he Is very full-blooded, breaks
out in this way through emotion, so I
hazarded the opinion that the crimln vl
v. as probably a robust and ruddy
faced man. Events proved that I
Judged correctly.
"Having left the house, I proceeded
to do what Gregson had neglected. 1
telegraphed to the head of the police
at Cleveland, limiting my Inquiry to
the circumstances connected with the
marriage ot Enoch Drebber. The an
swer was conclusive.
"It told me that Drebber had ap
plied for the protection of the law
against an old rival In love, named
Jefferson Hope, and that this same
Hope was at present In Europe. I
knew now that I held the clew to the
mystery In my hand, and all that re
mained was to secure the murderer.
"I had already determined In my
own mind that the man who had
walked Into the house with Drebber
was none other than the man who had
driven the cab.
"The marks In the road showed me
that the horse had wandered on In a
way which would have been Impossi
ble had there been any one In charge
of It
"Where, then, could the driver be,
unless he were Inside the house?
Again, It Is absurd to suppose that
any sane man would carry out a de
liberate crime under the very eyes, as
it were, of a third person, who was
sure to betray him.
'Lastly, supposing one man wished
to dog another through London, what
better means could be adopted than
turn cab driver? All these conBldera-
ttnna fori n,A In thu IrraelotlhlA m.hIh.
sion that Jefferson Hope was to oe
round among the Jarveys ot the me
tropolis. "If he bad been one there was no
reason to believe that he had ceased
to be: On the contrary, from his
point of view, any sudden change
would be likely to draw attention to
himself.
"He would probably, for a time at
least, contlnae to perform his duties.
There was no reason to suppose that
he was going under an assumed name.
"Why should he change his name In
a country where no one knew his
original one? I therefore organized
my street arab detective- corps, and
sent them systematically to every
cab proprietor In London until they
ferreted out the man that I wanted.
"How well they succeeded and how
quickly I took advantage of It are still
fresh in your recollection. The mur
der of Stangerson was an Incident
which was entirely unexpected, but
which could hardly In any case have
been prevented.
"Through It, as you know, I came
Into possession of the pills, the exist
ence of which I had already surmised.
You see, the whole thing Is a chain of
logical sequences without a break or
flaw."
"It Is wonderful!" I cried. "Your
merits should be publicly recognized.
You should publish an account of the 1
case. If you wont, I will for you." j
"You may do what you like, doctor," ,
he answered. "See here!" he con-'
tlnued, banding a paper over to me;
"look at this!" I
It was the Echo for the day, and the
paragraph to which be pointed was'
devoted to the case In question, I
"The public," It said, have lost a
sensational treat through the sudden I
death of the man Hope, who was sus- i
pected of the murder of Mr. Enoch
Drebber and of Mr. Joseph Stanger
son.' .
"The details of the case will prob
ably never be known now, though we
are Informed upon good authority
that the crime was the result of an
old-standing and romantic feud. In
which love and Mormonlam bore a
part.
"It seems that both the victims be
longed, In their younger days, to the
Latter-Day Saints,, and .Hope, the de
ceased prisoner, halls also from Salt1
Lake City. It the case had had no'
other effect U at least brings out In
the most striking manner the efflc-1
lency of our detective force, and will j
serve as a lesson to all foreigners!
that they will do wisely to settle their
feuds at home, and not to carry them
on to British soil. I
"It Is an open secret that the credit 1
of this smart capture belongs entirely
to the well-known Scotland Yard of
ficials, Messrs. Lestrade and Gregson.
The man was apprehended, It appears,
In the rooms ot a certain Mr. Sher
lock Holmes,- who has himself, as an
amateur, shown some talent In the
detective line, and who, with such In
structors, may hope In time to attain
some degree of their skill.
"It Is expected that a testimonial of
some sort will be presented to the
two officers as a fitting recognition of
their services."
"Didn't I tell you so when we start
ed?" cried Sherlock Holmes, with a
laugh. "That's the result of all our
Study in Scarlet to get them a testi
monial!" .
"Never mind," I answered; "I have
all the facts In my Journal, and tho
public shall know them. In the mean
time you must make yourself con
tented by the consciousness of suc
cess, like the Roman miser
" 'Populus me slbllat, at mlhl plaudo
Ipse doml slnul ac nummos con
templar In area.' "
, THE END.
TOWN WHERE ONLY NEGROES LIVE.
SOME OF THE YOUNOKU ELEMENT OF I.Yl.ES.
Lylr, linl.. Is a town In which a white man doe not dwell. l.yle rani Into
existence iu the ante-bellum day. More thnn a half century sgo, Joehit Igrlea,
a litieratcd slave, emit to Indiana from Tennessee. ll hud been slum bis
freedom by a kind master, and lila llrt thought waa to seek a home In Indiana,
where the opprcion of slavery was unknown. He Journeyed to Princeton, the
county seat of (iil.aon County, sud .with money from hla old master ho pur
chased a tract of laud in the Wahash bottom, four mile west of Princeton. To
day hi old farm I th site ot a prosperous village, the Inhabitant of which are
of hi own race.
Tu Civil War came on and panned into history. When the days of war and
slavery were t an end Joshua l.yle returned to sunny Tennessee and told III
kinmui-n of the fertility of the Wahuah bottom lamia. Several of the Teiuieaac.
ana emigrated to Indiana and rented aniall farm along tit Wabash. Com and
melon grew under their watchful rye and miny skies.
Then came another change. The I.oulevllle, Kvsnsvllle am) St. Ixiul lUllmad
now the Southern wu built through th Wabaah corn country. The grain
buyer from UmUvllle and St. IakiI made annual Invtalotti of the com country,
and the negro farmers found a ready market for their crop. The railroad com
pany built a side track ou the farm ot "I'ncle Joahua" I.) lea, and the aiding- wsa
designated a "I.yles" on the company' time table.
Next a small grocery aptienrcd near tlie ld track aud tli future town was
founded. During the iticcecdiug year there were addition to the population of
I. vie, and tivdny It i a prosperous towu of stores, churches, home nd corn
crih. It claim a large lumber yard among It Infant commercial resource.
Oieat crib tilled with com, the product of the lowland farm, Uue th track of
the Southern Railroad' St. I.oul divialou.
Corn I not king at l.yle. however. luring tho melon season the Southern's
train carry car load after car load of luaciou cantaloupe and watermelon from
l.yle to the Eaatern markets. On of the largeat fruit farm In aoutbern Indian
I near l.yle. and I the property of Harrison Ahhy, an ex-shit. Asbby's applo
are far tamed. Postmaster "Jim" Cantrell Is l.yle' leading aplrlt in all tblugs,
and mauy are tle little dispute and dtltlcultles that he settle by arbitration aud
"ho sense."
Lyle I a Northern picture of Southern type and custom. When tho tun
send it good night ray along the rippling Wabaah, one may wander through
this quaint town aud hear the folk ug o( the sunny South. l.yle I tuwu
of uncle, aunts, nephews, niece and cousins. Everybody I related to every
body else, because all are descendants ot "I'ucle Joshua" Lyle aud the mi
grant that came after hliu.
WYOMING STRIKES OIL
Petroleum Found la Qeuntltl All
Ov.r tat at Varying' Depth.
It tuny be of Interest to those who
are watching the development of the
Wyoming oil fields to know Just bow,
when aud where petroleum was first
discovered in the State.
It Is claimed the trace was discovered
near the central part of the State about
1832 by Captain Uonnevllle and was
described by hiui and In the works of
Washington Irving as "Tar Springs."
In la petroleum was collected from
a spring near the Poison Spider Creek
and was sold along the Mormon trail
as axle grease, also to the Uintah Coun
ty coal mines as a lubricant, but, being
taken from near the surface, it waa
mm. I,.. , 1 - ,
CARTER OIL SPRINO I.N TUB
found to contain more or less grit and
Its use was soon discontinued by the
mines, who claimed It was Injuring the
bearings.
Few persons have any Idea of the
large number of oil springs In Wyo
ming or the vast area over which they
ire found. There are hundreds of them
scattered over the State, although they
are most common In Uintah County,
where the most notable Is the famous
Carter oil spring, located about ten
miles east of Evanston,
This spring was discovered In 183(1 by
Judge Carter, from wjjlch It derives Its
name. .
Judge Carter was a post trader at old
Fort Uridgcr, who, upon making the
discovery, reported It to General Con
nor, commander of the Federal garri
son at Fort Douglas, Utah, who sent
John O, Flcre, an experienced well dig
ger, to Fort Brldger, who dug a fifty
foot well, from which was obtained In
the neighborhood of 150 barrels of pe
troleum, which was sold to the Union
Pacific Hallway and the Black Buttes
Coal Company for $23 per barrel, It
being used as a lubricant In the crude
state as taken from the well. How
ever, It bad to be carted aome distance
by team and was not found to be a pay
ing proposition. The old pole derrick
and log bouse used by the operators
remained for years and Is shown In the
Illustration, together with the modern
rig, which was placed there by Judge
Carter's heirs shortly after his demise.
Tbey sank a new shaft about 100 feet,
at which point oil sand was encoun
tered which produced an excellent
grade of oil, which was sold exclusive
ly to the Union Pacific Railway.
This well was In operation several
years, but was finally closed down on
account of the railway company pur
chasing a refined lubricant at a lower
price from eastern concerns. The Car
ter company, not knowing the real val
ue of tbelr oil, made no further at
tempt to dispose of It. The derricks
were removed and the buildings finally
destroyed by fire and the well, being
uncasud, caved In, and to-day there Is
nothing to mark the spot but a steady
oozing of oil from a slight depression
in the ground.
The oil sands are found at greatly
Yarylng depth. The Wyoming Oil
J; ' JJJ
Company recently reported finding oil
amis at a depth of only three feet,
aud again at aeventeen, showing a Bat
tering trace of oil. It Is, however, the
third aanda from which the best results
are obtained, and this formation seems
to be generally tX) to 1.500 feet below
the surface and Is Invariably Just be
low a great strata of coal.
Hrstinu th Kyea,
On the desk of a bookkeeper lay a
rubber ball, painted lu gay stripes of
pluk and gold and white. "Why do
you always bdve that ball before you,
along with your pen and Ink and
other tools r a broker aald tojlie man.
"Hecnitso," was the reply, "It I a great
help to me, as It restk my eye. Work
ing at figures from nine till five Is a
iy 1 , '' ' " "' I
HILLS NEAR EVANSTON, WYO."
severe optical strain, you know, anil It
pretty neurly drd uie up a year ago, I
thought I was going blind Itut at one
of the free dispensaries I visited they
told mo to get one of these balls aud
keep It before me, aud I would be all
right Tbey said my eyes needed r
rest now and then, and a look at some
thing bright and gay was the best rest
for them In tlie world.
I ve found It
s, ma uooKsvvpvr comiuuou. "Oulusn tney icri town tney hart ex
the first sign of optical fatigue I take pected to return In two days, but, find
a long look at the pluk and gold ball 1 QT more to do than tbey had sntlcl-
Every symptom of wuntlnosa then van-
isiies auu i return to my work with
eyes refreshed, as though from a long
sleep."
Talltala Knvilimu.
An envelope bus been designed that WM unu,ua11' d" d tbey could not
mail thieves cannot tamper with un- tn tr"' B fatigued and bun
detected. There are two ways In which . ,' tnei' were 01b n1" ralmilile
ordinary envelopes may be opened one t',n roo"nf 'xnt to no purpose, Tbey
by forcing the flap open with a thin ltl1 black and-tn bound wlib them
metal blade, and the othor by steam- n'1 ln d'''1 occurred to one o( the
lng tho envelope until the mucilage no to TUD tD" PhPhoru from a
longer holds the flap. In either case Duncn ' matcbog on tlie dog's tall.' It
It la difficult for even the person to wa lon accordingly, thus making a
whom the letter Is addressed to asccr- ort P"'ar of n night The
tain whether the envelope bus been 'cue worked beautifully. Tbt dog
opened unless something lias been cx- found no difficulty In following the
traded. The Improved envelope dlf- ''a"! the men followed the phosphor-
fers from the ordinary kind only In '"d nrmlv of their canine guide aud
having a sheet of tissue paper attached rettched Prescott In Mint for an early
to the flap and extending down Inside breakfast
the pocket This sheet attaches Itself , Would Rid London pf Smoke,
to the surface of the envelope with the,1 A leading English chemist, Dr. Red
sealing of the letter and It Is obvious wood, say. that If oil were gene alfy
that any attempt to force tho flap used for fuel In Undon the great Ins 1.
would tear he t ssue, In spite of the tutlon known a. the London ft would
u most caution, the orn tlnsue being absolutely disappear.' The doctor sav.
plainly cca-wben the envtdope was that the fogs are caused by unW
opened In he proper way. To detect su.ned carbon suspended In 'tho air and
any subjection to the steaming process originating from the ttoumnda of fac
the tissue f secured to the flap by a, tory ehl.nney. belching 0" T.tm ko
colored mucilage, which llqulfle. In- There Is no carbou or nh from oil The
stantly when brought Into the pre doctor point, out that oil I b0( 1
enca of the hot .team, daubing the In- cessfully burned a. fuel 2 .. . "
ner and outer surface of the letter until
It plainly Indicate, the tw of Improper
method, to ascertain tho content.
Duration of Life In Germany.
In Germany only 413 out of 1,000
ale reach the age of BO years, while
male
more than 600
out of 1,000 female,
reach that age,
A woman I. never mean to a man
until he has said he loves hsr.
EYE-STRAIN HEADACHES.
A Train-! Ovultst At IktaU Me
Ak4 to t il tllaeM.
Reference ha been made more than
once, says tit Youth's t'ompaulotl. I
Hit headache resulting from eye tralii
either overwork with practically nor
mal eyes, or any work with Imperfect
eyes; but so much suffering resuli
from the neglect or Ignorance of Hit
fact that uo apology Is needed for fre
quent return to the subject.
Tut causes of headache are legion
bud stomach, nasal disease, "utlcacld
diathesis," and oilier thing; but It is
not an exaggeration to say that eye
strain Is more frequently the fault than
all the other cause comlilm-d, yet It Is
perhap the inot frequently overlook
ed, not only by (lis sufferers themsclvea,
but also by their medical adviser.
Many and many a person who bad been
a martyr for year to periodical sick
headaches, bad consulted phyilclan af
ter physlctau, and had dieted, takeu
"headache cure," and done everything"
but the right thing, ha finally bad his
eyes tested and fitted with proper
glnaes aud then found the headache
dlaapiwnr as If by a miracle.
Usually these sufferers are people
who use tbelr eyes a good deal t bey
are students, acamatrvsBca, watchmak
er, bookkeepers, literary workers, or
1 merely great readers or women glveu to
Hue embroidery or lace work.
I The eye-strain headache Is of no spe
cial type, and perhaps this Is why It I
so often unrecognised. It may be only
au occasional dull pain In the forehead
' or temples, It may be a general sore
I ness, or It may bt a throbbing, racking
headache which Ih slightest noise or
'a bright light make unhvsrshln. It
may b constant, It tnay.be Irregular,
or It may recur with the regularity of
' a malarial attack. Sometime the pain
1 1 worse at night; sommlmea the pa
t tlent wakes with hemlacho, which dls-
appears after a cup ot coffee, The only
j characteristic of eye strain headache It
mat it w persistent, and doe not yield,
at least permanently, to any course of
dieting, medication, or hygienic living.
The only effective treatment I removal
of the strain by correction of any Im
perfection In th eye, and by a reform
of bad eye habits, such a roiling very
lint print or reading In a poor light or
on a railroad train,
Itut a word of caution la most nece
snry here. The glasses must lie fitted
by a skilled will 1st after a careful ex
amination of the eye, fur badly fitted
glasses wtyl only make matter worse,
and by leading the patient to think that
the eyes are not In fault, cut off nil bop
ef a curt by a competent oculist.
I DINED IN TKC KITCHEN
-M-T-rT-f
"When General Grant stopped at the
Palmer House lu Chicago en his re
turn from bis tour of the world," snld
a man who waa there at the time, "the
steward was all but stupllled out noon
It seeing the ex-president alide In al
the kitchen door a (bough eiraplnii
from some one.
"'I'm sorry lo trouble you.' ht aald.
at though asking l great favor, 'but
may I have a llttlt corned bet and
cabbage? ' . J
"'Why, certainly,' the steward re
plied; liut shan't 1 tvtid It out to you
In the dining roouif
" 'No,' bt answered; 'I'll est It rlgbl
her If you'll let uiv tit down.'
"Ho a place on a rough board table,
where th cook bud beeu filing the
meat was cleared, tnd Grant drew np
a stool aud set to, and the way ht
got away wltb that corned beef and
cabbage was a caution. When bt bad
finished, he laid down his knife and
fork with a funny sigh ot satisfaction,
put out band on tbt steward shoulder
ami ald;
"'loiing man, I.dout suppose you
care for that at all, but If you had bad
to eat what I have for the past few
months It would tastt like a dinner for
the gods. It tastes homey I"
"The ex-presldent bad dined wltb
everybody from the queen dowu, but
that cabbage and corned beet doubt
less reminded him of the time when
be wsa not so well known, but preba
bly far hiipplor when people . In St.
Loula called blm "Captain' when tbey
spoke to blm and bought the wood ha
carted tnto (own to tell," Ex.
Hound as Guiding Htar.
1 A number of years ago, says a con
tributor to the Lot; Angeles Times,
three prospectors were working tome
turning claims south of Pry scott, Aria.
pated, worked a third day without grub
in order to finish np. They worked as
long as they could see, thinking thoy
ibould bav no trouble In following the
trail after dark. ' The night, however.
land, and urge. It. compulsory ai
tlon by the manufacturer, of thu th
metrouolls
. ----- )-( II llll
np-
est
metropolis.
it is a
pity tbnt sum 0f this pruiso
of the way mother used to do Ih n
which men throw at their wives was
never given mother whou she would
uuve most appreciated it. ' ; "
' Bom men never give up until after
tbey break down.
OLD
;; FAVORITES
Tfvemnninwm4!
Old reiki at !lo
Wsy down upon d 8uwne rlbbir,
Far. far r
lr' w ha my hoart la turning bbt
ir t was a oia roik stay.
All up sud down do whole creation
Hsdly I rosin,
Htlll longing for do old plantalloa.
Ana tor im old folks al koaie,
All d world am ssd sad drsiry
Kb'rywhere I Mm;
Oh, dsrtloe, how my hoart grows vn
u , ... . ,, . . . rl
w mr iivni a oiu lot SI tout!
All 'round d little farm wtador'd
Hon I was young;
Ien many hippy dsy I sousnder'd
Many d song sung.
When I wu playing UI my bruddor.
nappy wi i;
Ob. take ait to my kind old madder!
fere Ut mt II ? aud dlol
All dt world aut sad and dreary
i.'i.'-bi.... . .
' , , U M ill ,
Oh, darkle, how my hoart grows wearr
IT.. In. .1- .IJ J..IL. k ".. -.
On little hut smong do bushes
On dat I lot
Still dly lo my meni'ry rush.
no manor where rut.
Vkn will I seed boat a buatuhV
All around da enmht
When will I hear d bnlo tummlu'
iKiwo In aiy good eld borne!
All dt world am sad and drear;
Kb'rywhere I roam;
Oh. darkle, how my heart grow weary.
Far from d old rolk at bom:
Hupbeti a Foster.
A ! sad Cleopatra,
I am dying, Egypt, dying!
Ebbs Ih crimson hr.tl.L f..
And th dark I'hitoulan hdows
Ualber oa th eteolng blast.
Let thin ru., t) queon, enfold a;
Hush tby sob sud bow thin osr.
Llsteu to the groat heart aeerot
Thou, and then aloti, must kr. ,
Though my scarred and veteran Irgtoua
Hear their eagle klgh no war.
And oiy wrecked snd scattered feller
Htrvw dark Artluin'a f.isl .k...
Though no glittering guard (urrouud mo.
i rompi to no lliotr uister will,
I must perish Ilk s Honiso
I'l lb great Triumvir tlltlt
Ut mil Caesar's servile mlaloas,
Mock th lluu thus laid lew;
Twos no fovmsn's arm tkst felled kron
Twos hi own that struck lb blow
Ilia who, Bllktwed an thy booco.
Turned alil from elus-v'o .
ill who, drunk with thy carve,
oisuiy lurew a World away,
A for th ttreyd Rgyptlaul
Glorious orerss of lb Ml)
Light th pith to Ktrgtsn horrors
With the splendor of thy tall.
Glv to Csr eruwB snd srehet,
Ul his brow Hit Isurol twluo;
I eaa scorn th sen!' triumph,
Triumphing In love Uk thin.
-00, Wllll.m IL Lythv
INCREASING Of WCETNC88k
Vowarkabl lacroae a Cotiaaiaar
llua afHaajar.
sled leal uieu, If not fy-hulinlll
might find au Interesting subject , of
study lu the largely Increased consump
tion of sugar lit the lust 1U0 yosrs,' lu
the first quarters of the last century
lb average per capita In the lulled
Htates was eight pouuds, and In tbt last
decade It ranged rroui slaty to sixty
tight pound, la Ureal tlrltalu It rose
lo about nluety pound per year beftr
tbt century's end.
. Tim Mnu nt ll.l. .,1.. H.
- "- -- "'h nee wi
erouoiulc Tim was when sugar was a
costly luxury, Indulged iu only by fli
rich or decidedly well to-do, but that,
was because It was scarce, for all man
kind uav a sweet tooth. The produc
tion baa Increased so enormously thai
the aaocbarlu product ba becouie
cbvap, and Is consequently rated at at
necessary of life. Moreover, tbt visas.
of people In civilised countries have
becouit ao uiuub better off at tbt resvlt
of Industrial progress that tbelr stand
ard or living la much higher than H"
years ago, though tbey may bt no nor
contented wltb It ;-.
The growing plenty caused chesparn
and consumption kept steady pact with
production. Appetite for sweet gnw
with what It fed on. Of course, It I not
plain sugar alone In which th people
now Indulge so freely, but all manner
of confectlou. and preserve; and what
I. set down a th consumption of a
country Include, what It put up In os
combination or another and Mods
abroad.
Hut th question with which w be
gan Is, What la the effect upon health,,
or upon wind and morals, of this vastly
Increased consumption of material I
wtetuesa? Ha. It anything to do with,
th rts or fall of prevalent dlsttse,..
upon th death rat or upon th genial i
Influences of civilisation Now that:
philosophy I. aeeklug a physical basis
for everything In human nature, It.
might Inqulr whether th sugar habit,
has anything to do with th "sweetness,
and light" of humanity. New York.
Mall and Express.
Hank Note Forgery.
An extraordinary method of fabri
cating bogus bank note haa Just been
detected In Brussels. Tho operators
cut small piece from real note, and.
put them together with Infinite dexteri
ty on a tissue paper so fin that th
fraud could only be wltb difficulty de
tected when the bogu. not wus held!
up against a strong llgBt. From tun
good note, an eleventh of higher de
nomination wa. manufactured In (hla
way. . ;;
Ancient Manuscript,
The oldest piece of writing In the
world I on a fragment of a vat
found at Nippur. It I. an Inscription
In picture writing and date 4300 yor
before Christ Th University of
Pennsylvania ba. obtained It
. Uvldenee of Wealth.
"America I. a couutry of rich au
thor.," says a literary exchange, To
which the Blllvlll lluuner replies:
"Ye.; we saw one going bom with
a whole ham the othor duy "-Atlanta
Constitution. .
Honestly, now, you get mnd at rom
wy Utile things, don't you?