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About Wallowa chieftain. (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1902)
r ? A A ! A t-4 A ? A A MWViAAA A STUDY IN SCARLET BY A. CON AN DOYLE. l .:.'..'. At; - a r tie ior:.r.v.5 -Of ; c BCiit.g l or W !.:-.:. ttvrk two c .-r fcotic- r an I t: as brass . a":t tc be :.a- Le cot ever-? was rur.d out er wa. . s t" :. &rrese.i Lei i .m on the 1 L.m to i-orc--ar.sv-. rt-i us as .:; --os yen are rl ceth 3P Si;.: 1 tout :: s f tr.-st si. -Vr-T " i wL.Yh -1: V .a.: sa:i cntL:r.g to -. L.s al. tiding tr it v v. . ov':i:.vi Lie; 8 tiv: v.. j j -:?,-stout oak cudgel." i.-j:y. i: er.?" :s that he followed th? I'.rixtor. road, n altercation arose a o: "'t V 1 .ovr o: ':.: l. i:: mark. Louse. ;ood ani from the stoma:!:. p--r- L:m without Kav- r.:-!.; was so w:t nut. so Charpentier of Lis vutim into As t.-1 the carjd'.e ui tfe writing on th s. "h-y may ail he so l.-o v.- the police on lo sili'..iT'o:""f? -? aB ea" T'-p" was abrv- the n-u-de-ed man?" in:--:. ' T.-a.l. Grcsor.. - a j,,,,-,,. c f?R an.; a n-e. r-el d er Wr.cn - bc: f r. Dr-ebber sick in burs, v ttf ar.;. ifci-t ue oragg tt.t ri ant t'-. -rsH J': : - : ir.f.r.y tricks tf vrr.r.: - you a:o eottinc a.osc. v. e- sLaii ntaic ottif tr.ir.r of yor. yot " -i 4i:.-t-'T ri.yse'.; th?.t I L:-ve matt ; ar ! S: rrthcr r.eat-v." the dftoctive ' :s . : ; roi";.':y. - j h? your.c mars ; v..;:::;tf, r-a stutn -!it in which h- : auitl ti.it after icCowinc Drebber i son.- liau-.. the lutt-r pert-eived him! ti! took a ct'b in o- .Ur t" Ft away j rroir i.irn. (..'a Li. way bom he n-.Pt ! r. r'.d shiptiutte (.ml t.xik a ior.? wa":k ! iritb : Or. b. inc r.sk-nl her ti.ii o':! si.:; r.ir.te lirt-i. he wus utiaMe to . five ..r.v s: tis;a' -ory :; '::. I think , the wl.r:' fa fits tos-thf-r unrom-' an:,-s.-s nip is t" ho hud stane'i oc ' V,"hore is Le now?" I ask. '" He is u; stairs :n l-ed. Ke wished to b-? ca'.ici at r.ne.' ' It safari io me that my sudden r-7T-farar.ee might shake L:s nerves Riii i-aj hinr to say sometLicp un S'jardeii. The Boits voiunt-ered to 1-r.ow n;e the rocm; it was on the sec ond fioor. and there was a small cor r:or iacinc v.p to it. The Boors :. tinted out the cnor to ir.e. and was about to co cc-wa stairs a?ain. when I saw sc-ruethias that riane me fee', sitk ih. in sit0 of c.y twenty years' ex j'eriecce. From ticker the door there rrrie! a Lttie red ribbon of biood, which had meandered across the pas sr.ee aad formed a l.ftie nno' alon? the skirt!r.e at the other site. "I rave a cry wh::h hrourtt the Poots ba-. k. He nearly fair.fed when he saw it. The door was lorked on the inside, but we put n';r shoulders to it and knocked i it in. The window of the room was .or.ee. and beside the window, al! hurt died r.p. lay th body of a man in Lis cieht-dre-s". He was finite dead, aid had be.-r. for som time fnr his limbs ""re ricid and roll. When we turned : hirr. over the Poots recomized him at . o-"P as beine the same cent'eman . who ha i pirr.cnd the room inder the . r?.-r of Jamec Stancrson. The cause . o d,:)ath was a d-ep stab i-t the if sid0. hirh m'ist have penetrated the Lart. And now cor"s th strancest pr.r of the affatr. hrt no you sup- I am afraid he i-t-stra ; 5 wrucc ake much cf it. Why. by Jovt-I rry mar. i.:mse.:. r.d'-ed. I.cstra'V-. who ha 1 jno:: : think upon won't ji-n' tr e "it "wr.s. seernii-d the stairs whi'.e we w-?r.-talkinj. and who row enured th rooci. The ssscren'-e and iauatiness which eenfrar.y marked his dt-riK-aur.r rd dr-"!8 were however wanting. K:s fa"e v.-as disturbed and trou Wee. wLiie his clothes were disar rarcec and untidy. s'-r.tir'nt eominff horror. evn be fi.r'1 ?herio:'k Holmes nnswred. "The vo-d 'P.ache." written in let ter of blood." hn saM. "That was it " said Lestrad. in an pwetrt:ek voi"": and we were all sr'nr fo- a whil. j-nA was sorthdr? so mtb.oiiopl rnd so i"oomrbfinible nhn-it te 'oed o' this unknown assassin, that ! i.j-narted a frsh rhastliness to his n v. s . My nerves, which were steady pr.oueh on the f.old of battle, tincled as I thought of it. ' The man was seen," continued Les trade. "A mi'.kboy, passing on his way to the dairy, happened to walk down the lane which leads from the mews at the back of the hotel. He noticed that a ladder, which usually lay there, was raised acaicst one of the windows of the second floor, which was wide open. After pa-ssir.g. he looked back and saw a man descend the ladder. He came town so qv.iet'.y and openly that the boy imasiced him to be some car penter or joiaer at work in the hotel He had evident!" com with the in- , He took no particular notice of him. Nation cf consulting w.th Sherlock ' beyond thinkine in his own mind thet Holmes, for on p-r-dvinr his col- was Vz-y for him to be at work. He learue Le appeared tc be embarrassed has an impression that the man was of the room. Lis hat. and am: put out. Ke stood in the cente Jnmb'.:rz nrvousiy wit! anr,r:a.r. what to c.o. "Th:s is a mcst extraordinary case." tc- said, at last 'a mcst incompre lensibie affair." "Ah. you t.nd it so. V-. Lest-ade"" cr:".i C-recsoa. T.r:i:m;.hant'.y. "I thought you v.-"-:' ; ccn.e to th..t con clusion. Ha-" yov. rr.rrrM tt find the ecrntary, Mr. Jo'-:-h 5tv.!.cerson?" "The sfcc:t tarv. Mr. Jcs-'pL Stascer- ra- crave, y. "wr Hot had a reddish face, and thourht it was early for him to be at work. He must have stayed in the room some little time a?t'T the murder, for we found blood-stained water in the basin, whre he had washd his hands, and marks on the sheet. whr he had de liberat!y wiped his knife." I trlsnced at Holmes on hearine the description of the murderer which tal hci to exactly with his own. T hre was. however, no trace of exul tation or satisfaction unor. his fa"e. "D'd you fnd no-Lin? in tb room which ' o-i'id furnish a clew to the tr.ur- (V.-e-'" c- as'ried. "Nnthic S"ar.-crson had Drebber's nu-se in hi11 pockt. but it seems that his ves usual, as he db' all the pay intr. Th"e was eichty-odd pounds in it. but nothiT,e had been taken. tThat ever the "lo-ives of these erraordinarv crimes, -obbery is certainly not one of them. There were no nape-s or mm- nmnrlQ i-1 TKe milflpf(d TTinr.'c TClcVetC rjpset the remainder cf Lis whisky and j OTPpPt a 85f)trt, teiezrrm. dated -0m "ater- r)e-e'ppd about a T"orfc aeo. and con- 1 stared in si':"nce at Sherlock i .piin the words 'J. H is In Kurort.' Holmes, whose lips we-e compressM ThP.p wag no name appended to this 1LU iljfc uiuwj) Liaii uubl on. mure kbou; said I.est ireci at Ha t, o'clock this morning. CHAPTER VII. l.ic'r.t in the Darkness. The intvkience with whicn Lestrade greeted us was so momentous End so. unexpected thrt we were all three fair ly dumfounded. Gre-con sprtnr out of his chair and was nothine else" f!"" 1 "nd the'" Star person, too he muttered. tttc: "The plot thickens" j "Nothin of 'm-tance. The "It was quit" thik enoueh before." rr.a-? -nrol with whi"- he had rend prumbied I.estrade. taV:inr a chair. "! , vims'lf to sleep. w?s lvine unon the Feom to have dropped into a sort of pe-. ond h'" p!re was o" a chir be council of war." . ;!(5e him. There wps b el-ss of wr "Are you are you sure of this piece ' nrl t,p ,rd nri tVe window oill a two." saii Holmes, and drawing his ! penknife, he suited the action to the ; word. "One half we return Into the 1 hex for future purposes. The other ha f I will place in this wine class, in which is a teaspoonful of water. Ton per- .; reive that cur friend, the doctor. Is J rirht. and that it readily dissolve." "This may be very interesting." said Lcstrade. in the irjured tone of one ; who suspects that he is being laughed ' at. "I can not see. however, whp.t it has to do with the death of Mr. Joseph : Starserson." "Prrlence. my f-iend. patience. Ton ! will find in time that is has everything : to c"o with it. I shall now add a little , milk to make the mixture palatable, and on presentire it to the dog you will find that he laps it np readily enough." As he spoke he turned the contents of the wine class into a saucer and placed it in front of the terrior, who speedi'y licked it dry. Sherlock Holmes' earnest demeanor had so far convinced us that we all sat in silence, watchinc the animal intent ly and etpectine some startling efe-t. None such appeared, however. The doc continued to lie stretched inon the cushion. breath!nc in a labored way. but apparently neither the better nor the worse for its draught. Holmes had taken out his watch, and as minute followed minute without re sult, an expression of the utmost cha grin and disappointment appeared up on his features. He cnawed his l!p. drummed his fin gers uron the table and showed every other symptom of acute impatience. So great was his emotion that I felt sincerely sorry for him. while the two de'eetives smiled derisively, by no means disnieased at this check which he had met. "It can't he coincidence." he cried at last, springing from his chair and pacing wildly un and down the room: "it is imnoss'ble that is should h a me-e coincidence. The very pills which I suspected in the case of Pi-v.b-ber a-e actually found after the dpa-h c Star.cerson. And yet they are inert What can it mean? Purely my whole chain or reasonine cannot have been false. It is impossible" And yet this wretched doc is none the worse. Ah. I hfve it j have it" Wih a per'eet shriek of fle!!ht he rushed to the hot. cut the othr pill in two. r:so!ve' added milk, and p-oQered it to the terrier. The unfortunate creature's tonru hardly seemed to have beep mois"ed in it before it gave a convulsive shiver in every l!mh, and lay as rigid an-' life les as if it had been struck by light nine. Sherlock Holmec drew a lone b-eath and wiped the rerspiration from his foreh end. "I should have more faith." he sa'd: "I ought to know by this time that when a fact arrears o b opposed tc a lone train of deductions it invariab'.v proves to be capable of bearing some other inte-pretation. Of the two pi'ls In that box on was the most dead'y ' poison and the other was entirely harmless. I oucht to have known that hoo-e ever I saw the box at all." This last statement appeared to me to be so startling that I could hardly believe that he was in his sober senses. There was the dead doc. however, to Trove that Lis conjecture had been cor rect. It seemed to me that the mists In my own mind were gradually clearin; awsy. and I began to have a dim. vacue perception cf the truth. "All this sems stranee to you " con tinued Holmes, "because yon faild ft the becir.ning of the innuiry to grasp the importance of the single real clew which was presented to you. I had vo ood fonuao to seiz upon that, and everything which has occurred since then has served to confirm my oricina! supposition, and. indeed was the losim! sentience of it. Hen"e. thircs which have perplexed you and made the case more obscure have ;cryod to er.lichten me and to strength en my conclusions. It is a mistake to confound st-anceness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mvsterious because it pre pents ro new or special feetures f-nra which deductions may be drawn. This nurde would have been infinitely mo'e difficult to unravel had the body : of tbe victim been simply found Iving ! in the roadway without any of those o-tpr and sensaionsl accompaniments j which have rendered it remarkable, j Theie Ftranee r,otp''c far from mak-. ir.c the cpae mo-e ("fult. hive re.lly had the effect of making it less so." ! of intelligence ?" stammered Greeso"1. "I have just come f-om his room." aid Leirode. "I was the first to dis cover -a-ar had ocure-1." "We have been bearing G'e-son's riew of the matte-." Holmes ohs-ved. "Would you mind lettir.e r. know wh?.t vou have seen pd done0" "I have pc, ol jert'on ." I "trade p.--pvrered. scatinc hire. ::-'-;f. "i f-ep'y con. fepc that I was o th oninion tht Ftare -'Sor. V.-cs r-o" '-e-rr., r tb (1e-h of TV'-bi.er This fif,th dev-'onment Las ihr v- t"oc I was comrt'.er.elv riiSttV.e-.. Fvl! of -he one i le-4 ce Btyself to f.'-d on wh.Pt had i.ecome cf the se'---ry. Tvv had bee sen together at E-'ston Station about ha'f past el el t c the ever.ir.e of the third. jit two in the mo-r.ir.p D'ebber had heex found the B"ix-o-. P.oad. The '. (rnestion whirh cor.frc)ned me was to ttj. ots. :--' u -ii",8nd the purse and the te!e-am. in- yioyed he-weer t p'i 8-d th time of .-teneinfr to have them put in a place the c-irr. an-" h haJ become of fc:m,of 8a;,r ar tne police station. It was e-e-waI. I te:e2Tbed to T.ive-pWl lthe merest chance mv taking thest r-w.nr a "T"avi : tae men an! jpU,B for j am tound to say that I do I not attach any importance to them." wE-r'.r r tr rr to ker-p a wat' h unon tfc Ame-k-ar. .. I thr-n set o work j eariirc rtir V: v.c v.o-eic and lodging ! i treses i" the vi'-i-.i-v of fins-or.. Ton fee I a"VjeJ r p :f Tr-'' ber ar.d V'c' rcimr.'anio". r"d b'o-oe cer,a-,f.f? fve. HE!?,! oo-.'rv- o, h.e 1&?er rj-,! f to put t orr'ewr;."-re ;r. he vi' iriify for . the nicht end t1 herg tT&ont the f-s-in- aeain t.-t mo-in?." "They world be !:' '-'v to sr-o? on n-t Tr.ee rr-7,;are te:ore;.ani. re-T.a-k'-d Holmes. "Give them '."off, doctor." here," said Holmes, turning to me. "are those ordinary pills ? They certainly were not. They were o' a pearly gray color, small, round, and almost transparent against the light. "Krom their liehtness and transpar ency. I should imagine that they are soluble in water. I remarked, j "Preoifieiy no." answered Holmes. .Now.woma you rcina going aown ana "So it prcve-v I fpe-;t th whole of : fetchin c that poor little devil of a ter-yes-.-day er.:r.e :n making '.mu:r.es : rir.r wjjr.h has been bad so long, and er.t::y without a vs..'.. This morr.ir.? ( wv5,.h the landladv wanted you to pul tg?r. verr eariy. and r.t e.sint o c-o-k 'cut of its pain vec;er(iav?" r""-Led Ha'.iidny ? Private Hotel, ir j went downstairs -and car - - - One of the most disagreeable fea tures of a protracted illness is the mrc or less rinse c-tiutinenient to wLich the pat eiit is subjected, if he is compelled to ktn-p his bed. his discomfort and im patience are of course greatly intensi fied. Even in health a life spent in tied would sunn become int'iierable to the most arrant Hluggard: and we can well pardon one whose nerves have been made irritable by long cor.hue nieiit. fur showing at times a dissatS faction with everything around him. A httie skill in the arrangements ff the bL however, will at least render the patient's condition endurable. First of nil. we must have a mat tr.s which pr. sents a tirm. even sur f.i -e: one stuffed with curled hair will exactly meet our wants. Keatb r be Is are a constant Mi:s;ui.-e to both patient and nurse. The mattress should be turned and shaker, at frequent inter vals, in order that it may not become compacted at any point. TLe sheets and linen should be soft and kept as spotless ns possible. If the si.-k person is very restless, it is ln-tter to chance them often, as the accumu lation of wrinkles is extremely irri tative. It is better to be over-particular in this respect, since during a lone confinement the skin becomes exqui sitely sensitive. Hnd predisposes the pati"ht to bed-sores. The cover!;. gs of the bed should be warm, but not so weighty as to be un comfortable. The top spread should "ither be of spo-loss white or of soni fancy figure which may be chanced at ii;t- rvais. and so give relief by pleasing the eye. It is not necessary to urge the pro priety of taking the whole bed to pieces every niom.ne. and thoroughly exposing the mattress and each piece of bed dothing separately to the action of fresh air. There are many other things which wil suggest themselves, if only we are sufficiently impressed with the import ance of making as comfortable as pos sible those who are condemned to spend a greater part of their days in bed. Housewife. makes !: hurtful n '.im swimmers a:; 1 dangerous :o children t;a- bave been taken fnin the M-s-. s which measured eight feet in leii.'h and welched nearly -" pounds. Thce sullen monsters are not afra.d t.' auvtliin? and are more apt to attack a" swimmer thifn are many kinds of sharks, rienty of people living aiong the big river bear scars ou their arms or thighs from gar teeth. In the small hikes, however, they do n..t often attain a greater weight than x or eight pounds and measure in length from eighteen to- thirty six nches. These are not big enough to hurt human beings, hut play smash v ita the angler's bait. The gar's jaws are as formidably armed as those of.the muskallonge. It has row upon row of teeth, some as sharply pointed as needles and others having slicing, cutting- edges to them. These jaws are nearly half as long ai the fish's body and work like a rair of scissors, as certainly and more rap idly. The gar is the only one of our fishes nMe to cut a silk line of any sire, no Here Is a little story which nerw fore has been told in print. liut w,l is surely as well Wortn tlle w the histories of wars and crime tad sharp tricks in the money market hk w hich our minds are filled nowadj says a writer in the Congregation A certain shrewd Hebrew mercW wlinm we fchnll eoll K''.w.' k...... . cum, a ftlt years ago. a huge department stotrh one or our large cities. It Was pllJ ih-ii iu tit-i u, a uuie nix-v. Eat Ok corner Int. forty feet squatv. wSCWI1 by an old German watchmaker natc euer, uo reiuseu to sell it "No. I will not give up niv limn.- he said. "1 bought It when prorKrr, here was cheap, and I have lived aid worked here for fifty-two years. I not sen n. T.ut." Lcjee patiently reasoned, -jot I viriuaiii Kave up nus'.ness rears tt, matter how small, and it noes tins w:ui . iou uiiiKe or sen no watehea n.i a quietness and precision highly exas- 'Tour sons have other pursuits. 11 iterating. There are many waters, good ' don't live in the house, only sit Id this I bass waters, whicn nsnermen asu-; muw nu tiay jong, looking outoftb.1 be. n compelled to desert. nsn:ns tlietn : window. with success' being rendered impossi-! The office was a small corner roc-1 ble by the gars. j in the second story, with an open fire-l The gar has sense. It is almost nn- place around which were setsnineoic possible to hook it In the usual way .much tiles. .A battered walnut desi ev,n when it takes the attached bait, was fitted Into the wall and befortr. Hnw n hri I mwerc irisnd: wh.ich dcs t)..t happen often The interior of the snout Is a hard. : bony substance with a thin stretching of skin oer it. and the hook will not sink in sufficiently to hold. In gen eral, however, the gar. which is ex- ! ceedingly wise, will not seize the bait. I Instead It swims near, makes a sur- j vey. carefully locates the line, swims I '' nearer, opens its jaws, make a snip, ' ' and then rats the minnow or frog at ' ' leisure. All that the angler feels is the i merest twitch of the tackle. 1 He may think that it is a bass gin- ' c-'rly taking hold, or he may recognise the wily and fatal work of the gur. In , ' any event, he has nothing to d i save to . reel in swiftly, tlnd hook, bait and , : swivel gone, and bond ou uew ones. j ' A prejudice exists against the car ns , eilble. yet it is not wholly bad. It I sto d an old chair and a sheepstitl cover. i lie oia man s race grew red. "lo an1 rii.111. ue sum. i uon t woril bore. I have enough to live on withoct work. Put I am an old! man and wast to live in this room. It is home to . neu w ue imu i ursi came DOT Wei were poor. I worked In the shop be-1 low, but we lived here. Greta fried tiJ cakes and wurst over that fire: fel cradle stood in that corner. Little Jn 1 was born here; his coffin was carnt-il out of that door. Greta is dead U: many a long year. Put when I Bit her-1 and look out of the window I think si is with me. For thirty years she n. 1 looked out of that window and tali: of the changes in the street below," I.ejee was silenced for th? time, bttl a cleanly fish In feeding, living on mln- ''"Saa his arguments again the sat nows, frogs and such things, mid not touching decaying ma'ter. In this re spect it is better than the catfish, which will eat anything it can swallow, taste being something of no value to it. The flesh of the gar is In alternate strips of white and dark meat, the ! day, doubling his tiffer. ! "The lot is worth that to me," 1-4 ' suid. "as I own the block, hut to c- ! body else. You nre throwing away ll large sum which would be a great khl : to your sons that you mar indulge tl bit of sentiment. Have you the r!?t; white lying along the sides and the ' to do tliat?" I dark near the backbone. THE FIVE-CENT CIGAR. s"isV cb'p "'"meat hoi contair.inc a co"-le of to""." pVie-ln-V Holmr: S"-"""' -e his cbp'r wih pp erclo-n-rJer- of d1''-pt -rv, i-cf jr.v- " he "'e. exultantly. Jr- pfice ic ro-r.ln-e The t-vr detectives stared at him In p " peroerjt . "I Lave now in my Lr nds " n v com panion said confidently, "al! the tares 's which have formed sc h a t3"rl -. There are. of course, details to be filled in. hut I am certain of al! the main facts, from the time that Drob'te-- rat ed from Stance-son 8 'he station, uo to the dis'-overy 0f thp body of the latter, as if I Lad seen them with my own eyes. I will give you proof of mv knowledge. Co'-.ld you lay your Lands upon those pills?" "I Lave them." said Lestrade. prv ducine a small white box: "I took them (To t continued.) 4 Things That May $ K Interest You. J$ carried the 7 b I Lit. '- Om-re street, gc try V hn-.he" a Mr. livir s tl they a In -be a-nrrnattve. "Xo doubt you are the certleman ' claimed that it had already exceeded he v as erriectit.?. t'r.ey said. 'He Lad the tisuf-l term of canine existence. I Leon wii-.ir.e for a gentleman for two j.laced it upon a cusLion on the rug. flrys.' i "I will now cut one of these pills to 'E .my .nn:.ryin rnstaira in mv arms. Itn labored -. S-arrers'.n was . breath Iter and glazing eve showed that once answered me , -t WRS not far from Jt8 end. l Indeed, ns snow wr.ite muzzle pro- Over a million persons die yearly in Europe of consnmption. Five hnndreda nd eighty-seven dis tinct languages are spoken in Europe. Out of 2. Si'!' murder? of Christians in Turkey last y-ar there were only CI cases in which the murderers were pun ished. The longest railway run in the world without changing is on the Canadian Pacific, from Halifax to Vancouver. G,i' 2 miles. The biggest orchard in the" nrorld re near t-anta Barbara, Cal. It covers 1,700 acres and contains 31,000 fruit arid nut trees. The amount of heat generated by a man's body in a day's work is sufficient : to raise t!3 pounds of water from freex bing to oiling point. L'ird Kelvin, who is now 78 years ol age, is entitled to place no less than 2fi letters, indicating various titles of hon or, after his name. I'uring the past ten yean; immigra tion to America from Germany, Ireland and England has decrease1, while that from Italy, Asutria aud Russia has in j creased. i Three are 6,000 monks on the prom ontory of A thoe. They pay to the sul- ' tain 2, OliO pounds a year for the privi lege of being allowed to govern tbem- ' stives. j The nnmber of ships in the Ameri can whaling fleet has fallen off in the ' last twelve years from W fo to 40, and ! much the same is the case with the ! Scotch whaling industry. Its Average Life Has Been Figured at Five Year. "The average life of the nickel cigar is five years." sal 1 a prominent tobac co man. "and it is curious to note the differences which have enabled cigar iiieu to arrive at this general average of the five-cent cigar's life. Many ci gars of this class run through a lou; ser.es of years. "There are some brands now that have been ruuuiug for more than a quarter of a century tinder the same name, and they ure really the same ci gars, made in the same way, having the same flavor and all that sort uf thing. In this connection I have been impressed by the remark which we cfteu hear about certain brands of ci gars that a man had lieen smoking for two years, or longer, bet that the cigar was getting so bad that be had concluded to quit buying it at all. 'It is nothing like the same cigar.' he said: 'the taste has changed, and it tastes like a mixture of cabbage leaves.' Now, be was altogether wrung ulniut that. I know the cigar, know how it is ma le, aud all about it. and I know that no sort of change has been made in the process of manufacture. The troubie is that a man's taste changes. He may g.-t up feeling badly, his stoin ach may be in bad shape, and. of course, the cigar will not taste as It did when Lis system was in better condi tion. The cigar is blamed, and i sim ply dashes the thing into the street, and quits buying it. Instances of this s.irt are very emmon. Mind you. I do not nn-an to say that some of the brands do not change. There are tricks in the eiiiur business. jut as tin-re are tricks in other trades Hut in nine cases frnt of ten rii. trouble is with the smoker. But. r -cui-.-liig to the age of cigars, the average t,, which l have referred has l-eii nettle .1 upon by tobacco men and is acoHjiti-j throughout the country. It is reached by taking the two extremes the g.Mirt and the bad five-cent clga and f.gur.iig back to the middle. .Some five-cent cigars close with the first lot made. They are failures, having noth ing in them to recommend them to the public. The material out of which they are made would not make d'-in: three-fors.' The higher grades of Eve cent cigars are ma ie as carefully und with as much skill as the cigars that are sold at a higher price, and I d-j not mind saying that many of them nre really far superior in material, llavor and method of manufae:urp g.j !lia:lT of them, however, are of the cheap kind that the average is lowered to five years, while the average Hfe t,f ti, higher priced cigars will run to a much higher figure." New O.-leju, Tltues-Iiemocrat. THE DASCISG VMSE GLASS. ! zzzz ' j If X v . Weber w as hard pushed. His ton were struggling on with small nifiii this money would set them on tbc feet, would enable them to marry. Hid right had he to spoil their lives that might sit and dream of old times? TiH ' next day he gave his consent and tl sale was mnde. The old man lived in the suburbs,!. never came to that part of the towJ while the building was in prejiwd i When it was finished aud the hugeiH ' partmeut store w as throw n open to ti 1 public Lcjee one day asked him . come in. He led him through the Fi : crowded salesrooms, piled one on tcrj of another for nine stories, and tfcj drew him into a narrow passage it: , flung open a door. I "There is your little office. Just i ! you left it," he said. "We have tra'- around it. and beside it. aud over it ' but not a brick in It has been toucheJ ; There Is your fire with the old tiles your desk, and your chair was broo: i back to-dav. It Is your office, Mr. ff er. and If vou will sit here as loof lf , , . , i "I , mill 11 t.'U rt ii civ v. v - - - ,. ', e-T:k'8 f evlu Kiz"Uu live and think of them tint H rTS?. ,U l Pone, and watch the change, to t lur lu,. ui ilk corss in . . t ..,.!. i Khall fee there" ZTlnX n"ke ,r,,able "jbSTtor ST'thi & hoi becan, thl Mzy( f ; 11 Ln"(1 "1r,e ih:m 0,1 tne edges of the corks, as shown In ep. ure. their points touching each othe'. I J 7Z K. no- rrr i 2rr-ja-. . -- u nain iiini il l"v ni ui iae Knives j truism: nevertheless every trade!H Then carefully let a small metal bal. i T. V, s witi M or piece of money attach-d ,0 a string rZ" rS Dlred to t: J" Wat.?r touching ease. -weRkh ' a dicnity of U' - i. riti bottom, and you will see the HE , down n,.,i ,1 1 man. runs a . aown, and th.-n up again, as soon ns i n - von roinn-A i.nii i ress.- .-...v-.r- ,,HI1 iroiu me water. 1 1 his evnerhneiit t i...t- , storv In the Detroit FH This exr.ertme.,t t. i...- a r many opportuuuj 1 "- "one B11B1..J t-M A n t, tt! If 11 "ncohet" m" f lreZnZ; aam.in-; to the tune that is plaved. i cit uoiutin, j ime; ii uifk--Witted. I A rattier good story Is told of a dis tinguished philosiphi-r who happened ! to tie staying at a country house w here j there were other guests. One morn ! lug a youngster looking out of the win- dow. i.bservltig a large flock of rooks , -.u.iiS ou me grass, cried onf "What an awful lot of crows!" upon which the philosopher, in a tone intend ing to convey a gentle rebuke, enquir ingly said: "Well, my young friend, nre crows so awful ?" The boy quickly an swered! "I didn't say. -What a lot of awful crows." but 'What an awful lot of crowsl'" The philosopher re mained silent and the boy whispored to a companion. "Had him tha .i . In1,- ' ' ! think 1 GREATLY CONDEMNED GARS. Not at Alt Ileum if ul, bat Thee FUh JIa-e God t-euit. Nearly all the inland waters of south ern and middle Auo-ica are infested bv ; the long-snouted and toothful, riiougii . not toothsome, gar. In the Mlftslss-pp'i it occasionally reached a size that Position. I. They rat in the hammock Juiet and still. Ther Iwked at her daddy Amy Bill. II. Bur daddy went in soon, 'Some daddies will). They in the hammock Amy jc Bill. Chicago Journal. We hnve found ujK.n invTstlgation that the term "refined" Is applied nro-miscuow-ly to anyone who Is slender and who doesn't care Tor boiled cab bage. When a wise man h,.nn . ., .and wife guarreling its him to the tall ! grass. All went well for a l-nair a 'clnilo ril?-" front S r!i" ond eneli fl istinCtiODS IDSl 1 r.,rm.eta ;if the anieti' denta. But one day trouble, J guise of a smart city-young man. 'Pi n.4 irr' to produce an unheard-of vehicle-1- known to Whltmore Lake. "I wish a dog cart, don't yon 1A -v nMinA mil n tr mf?D. dog cart In the place, an" If th there ain't a dog In the null co ... t r emme - Dig enougn to araw iu you out with a top busty-" Drew the Line at Ping-P "Here's a letter from Mir' college. She says she's in Ting-Pong" .Jtrtr cue la, uej i vii, - ...j him nn' - ln't POin tef StaDO W H e " " - " j.ihL''. Chinaman marrying inter tnis i Woman's Home Compan'0"- Lost Her J"" , Snake Charmer-So the fat w , too much ana-rat. u 4 !j Sword Swallower-Oh. in redocJH cumstances. Not Many Rich in Britain Only 80.331 of the subjects who died last year M" thing to leave by will. : TTTTTirTdiT A man ocasionnuy " hj5 celebrate the anniversary or j hut when a woman celebrate n usually takes a year off.