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Bohemia Nugget
HOWAltU 1IUN11V, rubllshers.
COTTAGE GROVE ...OREGON.
Mont remedies for projudlco seem to
bo fatal.
U ionl moro to bo sllugy than tt does
to bo charitable.
A thing of beauty In n Joy while II
continue to draw.,
Thero I nd place like the boma of
young man's beat girl.
Successful mm havo no time to go
lack and oo'er up tliclr footprints.
It requires something besides n range
to thaw out a cold nudloncc-so says a
singer.
Man- n man's pessimistic views of
llfo are duo to lils acquaintance witn
hlmstdf.
Hi-Meiillr tho Russian peasants do
not conildcr It good fun to sit still and
starve to death.
It Is thought Uuelc Paul Kragor has
managed to save a portion of his salary
out of the wreck.
Oon. Wood says: "Money Is not ev
erything." Ho Is now eligible for mein
bershlp In young John D.'s lllblu class.
About the only way to Induce the av
erage man to take advice Is to slip up
on his 111 I ml side and drop It Into bis
ear.
About the only chances the kings of
those different German States hare to
get their pictures in the papers como
when they die orgo crazy.
A professor has Just completed a
17-Volumo "Life of Bdgar A. Foe.
Never until now have we thought of
Ioe .is a possible- rival of the Ency
clopedia Hrltauulca.
Years ago a man bearing the. name of
John Smith had !t changed to Uagudlg
Ulgadab, which name he selected be
cause It was as unlike John Smith as
he could possibly get It And uow an
Englishman, one Panillco Pickles, has
had his name changed to John Smith.
There Is no accounting for tastes.
At a recent pedestrian contest a veg
etarian won In the International match
from Berlin to Dresden. The distance
Is 125 miles. The winner walked It In
a little more than twenty-seven hours.
Ills competitor, a meat cater, fell be
hind an hour and forty-tire minutes.
The vegetarian has also beaten the fa
mous race of the Greek from Mara
thon to Athens, who covered 140 miles
In twenty-seven hours. While proof Is
still lacking that an exclusive vege
tarian diet Is the best muscle-maker,
data arc accumulating which show
that meat Is not indispensable and that
health may be promoted by diminish
ing Its consumption. The Greeks, who
were In their golden age the most
graceful as well as the most stalwart
athletes, ate little meat While the
price of beef continues high Americans
can better afford to experiment with a
vegetable diet as a muscle-maker.
The celebration of the ccntentlal an
niversary of the establishment of the
military academy at West 1'olnt fur
nished occasion for reverting to the
Important part the famous Institution
for training soldiers has played in our
national life. The cententlal exercises
were Incidental to the regular com
mencement, at which a class of fifty
four were graduated. Public Interest
(laterally centured this year In the
commemoration of the founding of the
academy, the occasion drawing togeth
er many of the commanders, who have
gone from its halls to fight the battles
of the Union and who have shed luster
on the annals of the army. While the
United States Is making soldiers who
are fitted by training to become ofllcers
In the army It is also giving its cadets
an education in mathematics, engineer
ing and the sciences that will compare
favorably with the courses In the high
est Institutions of learning In the
world. Bouio Idea of the standards of
scholarship that are maintained at
West Point may be gained from the
fact that about cue-fourth of those
appointed by Senators and Representa
tives usually fall to pass tho prelim
inary examinations, while only a little
over one-half the remainder are finally
graduated. Upon graduation cadets are
commissioned as second lieutenants In
the United States army. Xhe whole
number of graduates during the hun
dred yours of Its existence is now a
little over 4,000. The academy has a
history that gratifies the national
pride. The martial achievements of
many of Its graduates In the great
crises of tho republic are an Inspira
tion to patriotism and national unity.
Tho affection of women for cats has
long been the stock In trade of the
humorist. If the woman was "an old
maid" and the cat a roistering fellow
given to late hours and daytime,
snoozes, so much the better for the
Joker. It Is time for a defense of pussy,
nnd Incidentally, for a defense or my
lady's discrimination In her choice of
a pet, Tho popular estimate of tho cat
has always been based oil companion
with the dog. Hut cats are not dogs,
and'whoever regards them as an Infe
rior species of dog does both animals
wrong. The chief characteristic of tho
cat Is her Intense originality. That of
the doe Is his teachableness and lmlt.i.
ttveness. Whoever will know Mistress
Cat must study her not try to teach
her. She docs not catch human ways,
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AH sue is uuujcswvuicu, iJiviuvimi, vyl-11
fed, sho becomes not the moro llko her
mistress, but tho more herself. Her
personal preferenco Is law. At a glvcu
minute sho docs not wish to be fon
dled, and repays a caress with a
scratch. Sho chooses her own time to
bo affectionate Her habits and choices
nro persistent. Let her bo punished
forty times for sharpening her claws
on ibo carpot, nnd she will continue to
do so. This Is not becauso sho does
not know what tho punishment means,
but becauso she does not care. Like
Kalstaff, eho has "the d(seaso of not
Jlsteutiig,. the malady of not marUlnjf."
pilot) sloloal persistence, such ontouebi
rd originality of Impulse, neh sploti
did characteristics of the primeval Jun
gle, unmarred by centuries of u-called
"petting." are surely Impressive. To
tho woman who has patience, and who
Is not so anxious as a man might be to
tunld qualities to her own image, the
cat will prove n more and moro fasci
nating companion.
A professor of biology has published
his predictions concerning the futuro
of mankind, lie makes some strange
forecasts as to the characteristics of'
the race In the distant future, "Strange
men, far different from those now liv
ing, will walk the earth In centuries
to come," he says, "They will be a
race of brainy, four-toed giants." Th
bralu, of course, will be the dominant
organ, and the boJy will be much larg
This
or than that of the present man,
future man will not suffer from appeu-
dlcltls, as tho useless appendix will
have disappeared, as will also the little
toe of each foot and the floating vlbs.
The chest nnd the upper and lower
limbs will be large as compared, with
those of to-day. All the diseases which
arlso from the development of microbes
will have been banished, and the first
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exclusively peroxide, as the extreme
types of light and dark people will
have merged Into a uniform medium
type. Thus there will be no race prob-
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bills, because man's teeth will not de- j
cay, and no need or dlsappolutlug mm I
perfidious hair restoratives, because
there will be no baldness. There will
be no surplus women, because It will
be practicable to predetermine sex. and
the supply will harmonize with the de
mand. Tho future memory will be dls
criminating. All the useless details
which It Is necessary to learn In order
to master a few Important things will
be discarded and forgotten, while es
sentlal facts will remain as though
graven on enduring bronze. Evidently
the learned professor has not read
The First Man In the Moon," a serial
story which ran recently In one of the
magazines. According to this ingenious
talc the Inhabitants of Mars, through
the operation of the law of the survival
of the attest, had little left but brains.
Their locomotion was accomplished by
means of machinery more adaptable
and Inconceivably more rapid than legs.
However, the time Is so far distant
when all these transformations are to
take place that the average man jeed
not worry respecting the legs or appur
tenances of his Immediate offspring.
ONE OF GERMANY'S CREATORS.
Last of Great Leader In War with
France laees Away.
King Albert of Saxony, who died re
cently, was the last of the chief Ger
man commanders in the Franco-Prus
sian war, which re
sulted In the unifi
cation of the em
pire. Before h i m
have passed away
Emperor William.
D ismarck, You
Moltke and Em
peror Frederick
William, and now
he, too, at the ripe
KLIO ALBEHT.
age of 7-1, Joins the great band of men
who created modern Germany.
King Albert was born In the capital.
Dresden, In 1S2S, and was educated at
Bonn. He fought In the war of 1S4S
against Denmark, and In the brief
struggle between Prussia and Austria
1SC0 he took the part of the latter
and fought desperately In the battles of
Muncbengratz and Konlggratz. After
peace bad been proclaimed and Saxony-
had become Incorporated in the Federa
tion of north Germany, be retained
command of the Saxon army, thereaf
ter the Twelfth Corps of the Imperial
army. At ttie outbreak of the war with
France Prince Albert, as he then was,
turned the scale In the hard-won battle
of Gravelotte. After the subsequent In
vestment of Mctz he was given com
mand of the newly
formed "army of
the Meuse," 70,000
strong, which form-
d the pivot on
which the armies f
the Crown Prince of
Prussia and Prince
Frederick C h arles
swung round on Se-j
uan. its most uriu- "SgffirtJPj'Zcet
lant feat of arms TwA&
was, perhaps, 1 1 QUEE cabola.
Ictory over MacMahon's Corps de
Fi
allly nnd the surprise of the French i
camp at Beaumont During the Invest-;
ment of Paris .Prince Albert occupied
the right bank of the Seine nt Grand I
Tremblny, repulsed the French sortie
at the battle, of Champlgny, on Dec 2,
and knocked one or two other promis
ing outbreaks on the head.
In the proclamation of the King of
russla as German Emperor In the pal
ace of Versailles he was a conspicuous
figure and was made a field marshal.
He succeeded his father, King John,
on tho throne of Saxony, lu 187a.
In 1853 he married Queen Carola,
daughter of Prince Custnv of Vasn,
ho survives. As King Albert left no
children, his brother. Prince George,
succeeds to the throne.
An Airy Invention.
"Yes, I've got a fine new scheme. It's
life-saving net for aeronauts. You
pread It on light steel rods and hang
to the bottom of the car of tho bal
loon. Then when the aeronaut tonnles
out or the balloon blows up ho falls
Into tho net nnd Is saved."
But suppose they both fall?"
"Who? The wan and the net? They
can't fall. The net Is fastened to tho
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cur uy ivaivu bicci cuains,
'But supposing the balloon falls?"
"Tho balloon can't fall, either the
net Is lu the way." Cleveland Plain
Dealer,
Fatal to tho Kyeslght.
Most persons employed In tho Vene
tian glass Industry begin to lose their
sight when they are between 40 mid 50
years of ago and in a short time be
come totally blind. This blindness Is
caused by tho excessive heat and glaro
from tho glass furnaces.
Many a blessing In disguise effectu
ally escapes detection.
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A FAMOUS INSTITUTION,
Patent Academy! In tie lte-antlful V
cnnvia Tract, .Norm Luroiiiin
Tho centennial, recently celebrated.
of the Salem Academy nnd College at
Winston-Salem, N. 0., marks tho close
of 100 years of use
fulness of an lustl
tutlon which de
serves to be, more
widely known.
wns founded nnd
has boon main
tallied by the Mo
ravians. A colony
of these people set
tied n century nnd
a half ago In North
kkv. ii. ii.KWj.LU Carolina. They
went through the horrors of the French
and Indian war without suffering loss
f property and were equally fortunate
lu the war of tlie revolution, moir
beautiful tract Intro the name of VVa
chovta. Hero were schools such as no
other southern section possessed, and
visitors were so Impressed with the ed
uentloiial advantages of the children
that they asked that a larger school lie
built. The academy and college (or
girls and young women now located
there was established In 1802 aud It has
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The ante-bellum aristocracy In the
South was at the height of Its glory.
The planters drove lu their private
coaches from Virginia, from South Car.
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Uulf States, and, crossing
mountains, they came from Tennessee
tant points. The story as related In the
oM records Is an exceedingly Interest
lug one. When the daughters of these
old-time southern families arrived at
the famous school the horses upon
which they had ridden across the mouu
talus were sold, and the saddle hung
in the saddle room, to remain until he
young women had completed their
course of study. At the commence
ment time this qunlnt little North Car
olina town presented a wonderful spec
tacle. The great old family coaches.
with liveried servants, brought prouil
nent men nnd women who were leading
figures In the affairs of the nation. Its
pupils came from the very flower of
the land. The mothers nnd wives of
Governors, statesmen. Generals, 'or-
elgn ministers and prominent financiers
were Salem girls. In the administra
tions of James K. Polk and Andrew
Johnson graduates of the North Caro
lina schools were mistresses of tue
white house, and Stonewnll Jackson
had ns bis life companion a Salem glrL
Iter. John II. Clew ell Is president of the
academy. -
ARCHITECTS AND OBSCURITY.
General Isnorance of the Subject liven
Among the KducateJ.
Strange It Is, Indeed, how lowly a
place the grandest, the mother of nil
arts, holds In public esteem, and how
blessed little Is known about It by
even the better class of the masses.
But most wonderfully Ignorant are
they of the names of tho men who
have contributed most to their and
their ancestor's comfort, education, re
finementyes, their very civilization
the architects.
A beautiful poem always recalls the
name of Its author, a masterly oration,
a grand literary success Is never re
ferred to without mentioning him who
gave it to us; great battles glorify tbo
contending generals, scant value Is at
tached to a painting unsigned or mi-
attributed to a master, but we see, we
admire, we read of and think about
and live In our great buildings, the
beautiful structures of antiquity nnd
of our own times, and never w'uste a
thought about tbelr designers.
People go Into ecstasies about the
Parthenon. The very wise will tell
you, perhaps, that Phidias designed It.
Phidias did but the sculptural work.
tho embellishment Ictluus was the
architect. Not one out of n hundred
thousand of you know It, either.
How many of you know that the
Coliseum at Home was designed by
Kablrlus and completed by Mustlus?
Michael Angelo Buonarroti did man
age to get uunseir uanucii uown to
posterity, the one man of, them all who
was saved from darkest oblivion. I
wouder bow he managed it 1 I believe
that about one person out of every 20,-
000 who visit St Peter's nt Itouia
learns that he had something to do
with Its design. But, then, tills spasm
of knowledge Is counterbalanced by
the supreme indifference concerning
architects with which we visit an
equally Imposing domed structure, the
innznlficent capital at Washington. Wo
m - ainc Its splendid outlines nnd step
reverently through Its sacred halls, but
not one out of 'JOO.OOO who visit It give
a suan of the finger for the men from
whose brains It sprang. Who cares a
rap about Hallet, or Hadflcld, or Ho
bau, or l.atrobe, or Walter?
LIVES IN PIANO BOX.
Odd Habitation of an Old llaltlmore
Finheriiifin.
Not many of even the meek and low
ly spirited citizens of Baltimore would
take kiudly to the thought of living
nine mouths of the year In a piano box
six feet long by two and a half feet
wide and live feet high.
Aud yet that Is what James Thomas
Bailey, a weather-beaten and white
'haired fisherman, GS years old, has
been doing for the past four years. He
seems to thrive on It, too.
Tbo box stands at tho end of a row
of others, all of which, with the ex
ception of Bailey's, contain fishing
tackle, on the shore of Spring Gardens,
nt the foot of Hanover street.
About ten years ago Bailey became a
fisherman at the spot whero ho now
lives. He says the Idea of seeking the
piano box was first suggested to him
when tho snow of tlio famous blizzard
of February, 1808, sifted through the
crncks-of a shanty he was then occupy
ing and opened Its sides to tho weath
er. Ho thought a moro compact apart
ment would bo better, nnd, looking
upon the row of boxes that lino the
shore, determined that one of them
would be the very thing. He bought
one for 75 cents, fitted it with sorao
bed clothing, and has lived there ever
since, cooking his meals on the open
ground Just outside.
To n visitor nt tho placo yesterday
Mr. Bailey hospitably showed his
home. "Yes," ho said In reply to a
question as to whflhsr R really w
true that ho lived In n box, "there It
Is." And lifting the tln-covcrod lid, ho
displayed the Interior.
It Is truly n Inuon In economy of
space. On a shelf running the length
of tho box, about a half foot below thu
top, were placed pipes, tobacco, it cof
fee pot, comb and brush, fishing tacklo
nnd many useful articles. There was
no attempt at ornamentation. In tho
iHittom, with about three feet of space
between It nnd tho lop, was Mr. Ball
ey's bed. It hardly looked llko a bed,
wearing apparel being scattered about
It so promiscuously blue overalls,
sp.ire tntusers. and. sticking- aggress
ively lu the center. Mr. Bailey's reserve
wooden leg, painted black aud highly
polished,
"Well, you will certainly never tum
ble out of bed," said the visitor.
"No, and I never have to hunt for
tho keyhole," was the answer ns Mr.
Bailey showed that he hud no lock on
his street door, but that It was simply
fastened by a common padlock staple
minus the padlock. "I don't live hero
nil the year 'round," he further ex
plained. "You see. In the real cold
weather a man would freeze. That
bllsiard taught me that But I como
early In April and stay until late In
December. The other mouths I usual
lX spend with my daughter In town,
make my living by fishing here In tho
river. I own a boat and I own my own
house, nnd I'm contented. When I go
lu and shut the lid down nothing both
ers ine-l'm dead to the wurld. If It
rains, I bear the patter of It outside,
but It dou't come In. You see I have
the top covered with tin. I don't pay
any taxes t don't pay any rent. I nln't
bothered about anything." Baltlmoro
Suu.
Gas was first used as a street 111 n
mliiaiit lu Baltimore, gas lamps being
introduced In that city In the year
lSlu.
Tho lantern of the I.undy Island
lighthouse Is 5-10 feet above high water.
aud can bo seen thirty-one miles. The
Cape Clear light Is -150 feet above the
sea.
Tho latest astronomical photograph,
prepared by the Joint exertions of tho
observatories of Iiidon, Berlin anil
Paris, shows sixty-eight millions of
stars.
In tho Japauesc match factories the
boxes aud labels are made by little
girls, who are woudrously dexterous In
the work. These little experts get from
one halfpenny to two pence halfpenny
for twelve hours' work.
A transatlantic steamer, currying
what Is called "a full mall," usually
takes two hundred thousand letters
nnd three hundred sacks of newspapers
for London, to say nothing of the live
hundred nnd odd sacks for other places,
In the public schools In Japan the
ugltsh language Is required to be
taught by law. The Japanese youth In
the opei. ports nnd commercial cities
are all eager to learu English ns a pass
port to wealth, position and employ,
ment
Mnhvntcbln, on the borders of Rus
sia, Is the only city In the world peo
pled by men only. The Chlueso women
are not only forbidden to live In this
territory, but even to pass tho great
wall of Kalknn and enter Into Mongo
lia. All the Chinese of this border city
are exclusively traders.
The Library of Congress ranks sixth
among the libraries of the world In Its
present contents. France has the larg'
est, England next then comes ltUKsln.
and Germany follows with her libra,
rles In Munich, Berlin and Strnsburg,
tho last named holding almost equal
rank with ours In Washington.
There were 5,037 miles of railways
built in this country In the past year.
Texas has a long lead, having built
583 miles, Oklahoma coming next with
428 miles, nnd New Mexico tbfrd with
75 mllea. The young Southwest Is de
veloping wonderfully. Five Eastern
States report no new mileage, while
Nebraska alone, among Western States,
has not Increased her railway lines.
AUTHOR OF CYRANO.
American, Not Frenchman, Created
the lllB-Jioied Jleio.
Samuel Ebcrly Gross, and not Ed-
mond Rostand, tho United States dis
trict court has decided. Is the author
of tho Idea that
Inspired tho pluy
"Cyrano de Ber
gerac." Over in France
M. Rostand, poet
and dramatist
sprang Into world
wide fame by giv
ing to tho play
going and reading
public the story of
b. k. aiiobfl. tho big-nosed hero,
which has been so cleverly portrayed
In this country by Richard Mansfield.
But, according to Judge Kohlsaat, of
Chicago, in an opinion delivered in tho
United States court, to Mr. Gross be
longs tho credit of creating the char
acter. Samuel Eberly Gross Is a Chicago
denier In real estate as well as a writer
of plays. As long ago as 1878 he put
Into manuscript a play entitled "The
Merchant Prince of Cornvllle," tho
leading character of which was distin
guished by tbo big uoso which mado
Cyrn no famous.
When Rostand's play, "Cyrano ue
Bergerac,"-appeared In 1807, or soon
afterward, Mr. Oross began to hear
from many of tho men to whom iio had
given copies of "The Merchant Prince
of Cornvllle" regarding tho remarkablo
likeness of ccrtuln parts of his work
and that of tho Frenchman. Personal
Investigation convinced Mr. Oross that
his plot had been taken, and Immediate
recourse wns had to tho courts. Tho
result has been the legal decision In his
favor.
If a woman can keep from being a
fool about a man, tho probabilities are
that she will br of some use In tho
world.
After a man once gets married, tho
law allpws him to kiss no other women
but his wife, his mother and his sisters.
U a nninv
A STUDY
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
PART 1.
Being n reprint from tho rmnlnls
ccurcs ot John II. Wntron, M. I)., late
of the army medical department.
CHAPTER I,
In tlio year 1878 I took my degree of
Doctor ot Mcdlelno ol tlio University of
IiOiulon and proceeded to Net ley to go
through tho courso presrrlbed for sur
geons lu the army.
Having completed my studios tliero,
I was duly attached to the I-Iftli North
umberland I'uelllors as assistant stir
goon. Tim regiment was stationed In
India at the tlmo, and before I could
Join It tlm second Afghan war had
broken out.
On landing at Bombay I learned
that my corps had advanced through
tho passes and was; already deep In tho
ononiv's country. -
I followed, however, with many other
olllrors who were In thoamu situation
as myself, and succeeded In reaching
Candahar tn safety, where I found my
leglment, and nt om-u entered upon my
now duties.
Tho campaign brought honors and
promotion to many, but for mo It had
nothing but disinter and misfortune.
I was romorod from my brigade and
attached to tho Berkshire, with whom
I served at tho fatal battle ol Malvvand.
There I was struck on tho shoulder
by H Jeiall bullet, which shattered tho
bono and grated tho subclavian urtery.
I should have fallen Into tho hands ol
the murderous Ghails had It not been
for tho courago and devotion shown by
Murray, my orderly, who throw mo
jneross n pack norsu ana succchxiixi hi
bringing me salely into tlio British
lines.
Worn with pain and weak from the
prolonged hardships which I had under
gone, I was removed, with a great
train ol wounded sufferers, to tho base
hospital nt Pesluiwur.
Here I rallied, and had already Im
proved bo far as to bo able to walk
about tho wards, and oven to bask a lit
tle on the vrrauda, when I was drink
down by enteric fever, that curse, of our
Indian possessions.
For months mr llfo wns despalrod
of, and "lion at last I camo to myself
and became convalescent, I was so
weak and emaciated that a medical
board determined that hot a day should
be lost in sending mo Kick tn hngland.
I was dispatched accordingly in tho
troopship Orontes, aud landed a month
later on Portsmouth Jetty, with my
health Irretrievably ruined, but with
iermlmion from a paternal government
to spend tho next nine nionina in at-
tempting to improve it.
I had neither kith nor kin In Eng
land, and was therefore as free as air
or as freo as an Income of eleven shill
ings and sixpence n day will permit a
man to bo.
Under such circumstances I natural
ly gravitated to London, that great
cesspool into which all tho loungers
and idlers of tho empire are Iiresistab-
ly drained.
There I stayed for soma tlmo at a
nrivato hotel in tho Strand, leading
comfortable, meaningless oxlstenco and
snond nir such money ns I had consid
erably more freely than I ought.
bo alarming did tlio state ol my
finances become, that I soon realized
that I must either leave tho metropolis
and msticatu somewhere In tho country
or that I must make a complete altoni'
Hon in my stylo of living.
Choosing tho latter alternative, l lie-
gan by making up my mhidto leave
the hotel and take up my quarters in
rorao less pretentious aud less expen
slve domicile.
On tho very day that I had como to
this conclusion. I was standing at tlio
Criterion bar, when somo one tapped
me on tho shoulder, and, turning
round, I recognized young Stamford,
who had been a Uresi-er undoi mo at
Bart's.
Tho sight of a friend's faco In tho
groat wilderness of London Is a pleasa'it
tiling, indeed, for a lonely man, in
old davs Stamford had never been a
particular crony of mine, but now l
hailed him with enthusiasm, and he,
In his turn, appearod to bo delighted to
sea mo.
In tho exuberance of my Joy I asked
him to lunch with mo at the Holborn,
and we started of! together In a hansom
"Whatever have you been doing with
yoursolf, Watson7" ho asked, tn undis
guised wondor. as wo rattled through
the crowded London streets, "Yotiare
as thin as a lath and as brown as a
nut."
I eavo him a short sketch of my ad
ventures, and hud hardly concluded it
by the tlmo that wo reached our desti
nation. "Poor dovlll" he said, commlscrat-
Ingly, after he had listened to my mis
fortunes, "What aro you up to now?"
"Looking for lodgings," I answered.
Trying to solvo tho problem an to
whether it Is posslhlo to get comfoita-
bio rooms at a reasonable price."
"That's a strange thing," remarked
my companion; "you are tho second
man today that has used that expres
sion to me."
"And who wns tho first, ' I askod.
"A follow who is working at tho
chemical laboratory up at tho hospital.
He was rximoanlng himself this morn
ing bocaiiso lie could not got somo one
to go Iialvos with him in somo nice
rooms which ho had' found and which
woro too much for his purse."
"HvJovo!" I cried, "If ho really
wants somo to sharo tho rooms and the
., . ,,
expense, I am tno very roan mr mm.
should proier having a parinor to oo-
ing alone,"
Young Stamford looked rather
strangely at me over his wine glass.
"You don't know Sherlock Holmes
yet," he saldj "perhaps you would not
care for him as a constant companion."
"Why, what Is thore against him?"
"Oh, I didn't Bay thore wasanytlilng
airalnst him. Ho is a little queer in
his ideas an onthuslast In somo
branchos of science. As far as I know,
he is a decent fellow enough,"
"A medical student, I siipposo?" I
said.
"No I have no Idea what ho Intends
to go In for, I believe he is woll up
In anatomy, and ho is first class
ebeuiistj but, as far )' I know, ho has
mi on a m rt I
IN SCARLET.
never taken out any systnmatla medlral
classes, Ills studies nro very desultory
nnd eccentric, but ho has amassed a lot
of init.of.tho.wny knowledge which
would astonish his professors."
"Did you over ask him what ho was
going in for," I asked.
"No; ho Is not n man that It Is easy
to draw out, though ho can he column
nlrattvo enough when thu fancy seizes
nun."
"I should llko to meet Mm," I said
"U I am to lodge, with ativ one, I
should prefer a mail ot studious mid
quiet habits. I am not strong onniiiih
yet to stand much nolso or excitement
I had enough nt Loth In Afghanistan to
last mo for tho remainder of my natural
existence. How could I meet this
mend ot yours?"
"Ho is suro to bo at the laboratory.
He either avoids tho plat-o for weeks or
else ho works there from morning to
night. II you llkowoshalldrlvo round
together alter lunelieon."
"Certainly," 1 answered; and tho
conversation drifted away Into other
channels.
As wu mado our way Into tho hos
pital after leaving the Holborn Stam
lord gave mo a low moro particulars
about tho gentleman whom I proposed
to tako as n fellow lodger.
"You mustn't hlamo mo It you don't
get on with him," he said; "I know
nothing moro of him than I have
learned from meeting him occasionally
III thu laboratory. ou proKscd thlsar
raugomont, so you must not hold mo
responsible."
"if wo dou't get on It will bo easy to
part company," l nnsnerod. "It
seems to me, Stamford," I added, look
ing haul at my companion, "that you
have some reasons for washing your
hands of tho matter. Is this fellow's
temper so formidable, or what Is It.
Don't Ins mealy-mouthed nlmut It."
"It is not easy to express tho inex
pressible," ho answered, with a laugh.
"Holmes is a Httlo too scientific for my
tastes it approaches to cold blooded,
ncim. I could Imagine his giving a
friend a littlu pinch of tho latent vege
table alkaloid, not out of malevolence,
you understand, but simply out ot a
spirit of Inquiry, In ordor to havo an
accurate Idea of tho effects. To do him
Justice, I think lie would take It him
self with tho same readiness. Ho ap
pears to have a passion for exact and
definite knowledge."
"Very right, too."
"Yes, but it may bo pushed to ex
cess. When it comes to Iwatlng the
subjects in the dissecting rooms with a
stick, It Is certainly taking rather a
bizarre shao."
"Beating tho subjects?"
"Yes, to verify how far bruises may
lie produced after death. I saw him at
it w ith my own eyes."
"And yet you say ho Is not a medical
student?"
"No. lies ten knows what tho ob
jects of Ills studies arol But hero wo
are, and you must form your own Im
pressions about him."
As ho spoko we turned down narrow
lane and 'passed through a small door,
which opened into a wing ol tho groat
hospital.
It was familiar ground to mo, and I
needed no guiding as wo ascended tho
bleak stone stairraso and mado our way
down the long corridor, with its vista
of whitewashed walls and dun colored
doors. Near tho farther end a low
arrhed passsgo branched nway from It
and led to tho chomlral laboratory.
This was a lofty chamber, lined and
littered with count lets bottles. Broad,
low tables wero scatterod about, which
bristled with reterts, test tubes and Ut
ile Bunson lamps, with thoir blue,
llickering names.
Tliero was only ono student in tho
room, who was bending over a distant
table absorlied In his work. At the
sound of our steps ho glanced around
and sprang to his feet with a cry of
pleasure.
"I've found itl I'vo found III" ho
shouted to my companion, running to
ward us nilh a test tube In his hand.
"I have found a reagent which la piet-I-
pltated by haemogoblln, and by noth
ing else."
. Had ho discovered a gold mino great
er delight could not havo shone upon
his features.
"Doctor Watson Mr. Sherlock
Holmes," said Stamord, Introducing us.
How aro you? lie said, cordially,
gripping my hand with a strength for
which I should hardly havo given him
credit. "You havo been in Afghanis
tan, I perceive."
"How on Mirth did you know that,"
I asked in astonishment.
"Never mind," said ho, chuckling
to himself. "Tho question now is
about liaemogoblin. No doubt you boo
the significance of this discovery of
mine?"
It Is Interesting, chemically, no
doubt," I answorod; "but prac
tically"
"Why , man, It Is tho most practical
medico-legal discovery for years.
Don't you seo that It gives usan infal
lible tost for blood stains? Como ovor
liore now I" Ho colzod mo by tlio coat
sleeve In Ills eagernoss and drew mo
over to tho table at which ho had been
working. "Let us have somo fresh
blood," ho said, digging n long bodkin
Into ills finger and drawing off tho re
sulting drop of blood In a chemical
pipette. "Now 1 add tills small quan
tity of blood to a litre of wntor. You
too that tlio resutling mixture has tho
appearanco of true water. Tlio pro
portion of blood cannot bo moro than
one In a million. I havo no doubt,
however, that wo shall bo itblo to ob
tain tho chiirjctorlstie raectlon."
As ho spoke he throw into the vessel
n fuw white crystals and then added
eonio drops of a transparent fluid. In
an Instant the contents assumed a dull
mahogany color, and a brownish dust
was precipitated to tho bottom of tho
glass jar.
"Hal 1IM" ho cried, clapping lils
hands and looking as dollghtod as u ,
child with a now toy. "What do you
think ol that?"
"H Booms to bo a vory dedicate test,"
I remarked.
"Beautiful Beautiful I Tho old
gualacuiS tost was very clumsy and un
certain, Bo Ii the microscopic examin
ation for blood corpiisoleii Tho latter
Is valueless If the stains iiron lew hours
old, Now, this iipiicars to aet as woll
whether the blood Is old ur new. Had
this test boon Invented thnro am lmn
diods ot men now walking the eaiiti
who would long ago have paid the pen
alty of Iholr vrliues "
"Indeodl" I murmured,
"Criminal cases itrifronllniially hing
ing on that ono lnt. A mini Is sua
ttcctod of a crime months imrhaps niter
it Is committed, Ills linen or clothes
aro examined, and brownish stains dis
covered ukii tliem. Aro they bluml
stains, or nuidslalus, ur iiistsulns, or
friiltstiiliis, or what aro they? Tliero Is
a question which has punted many an
export! and why? Because thuro was
no reliable (est, Now mo have tho
Sherlock Holmes test, and tlioro will
no longer lie any dlllleulty."
ills eyes fairly glittered as Im spoko,
and ho put his hand nvsr his heart and
bowed as If to somo applauding crowd
conjured up In his Imagination,
"You are to Im congratulated," I
remarked, considerably Htitptlscd At
Ills enthusiasm,
"Tliero was tho case ot Von Ulsclinft
at Frankfort last year. Ho would cer
tainly havo Umui hung had this test
bcuu In existence. Thou there was
Mason, of Bradford, and thu nolnrlnils
Muller, and IInvru, ol Montpellur,
aud Samson, ol Now Orleans, I could
name a score of cases In which It would
have tiecn decisive."
"You siHi.n to bo a walking calendar
ot crime," said Ktamlord, with a laugh.
"ion might start a paper on those
lines. Call It tho 'Police News ot tlio
Past.' "
"Vory intorrstlug reading It might
make, too," remarked Sherlock.Holmi'H,
sticking n small piece of plaster over
the prick on Ids linger. "I havo to 1st
carolul," ho ttiiitlnuiil, turning to mo
with a smile, "for I dabble with poi
sons a good drat."
Ho held out his hand as ho Sxkn,
and I noticed that It was all mottled
over with similar pieces of plaster and
discolored with strong acids.
"Ue camo hero on Imsltm-s. said
Stamford, sitting down on a three-
legged stool and pushing, another ono
In my direction with his fin. I. "My
friend hero wants to tako diggings, and
as you wero complaining that you could
get no on to go halves with you, I
thought that I had better bring you
together."
(To be UviilliiiiS'l.)
BHIEF BUT KILLINQ.
Remedy Wu Net Ritontmindtd, Dut
Viry Elfccllvt In Its Wiy.
A recent West Philadelphia polltloal
meeting was marxtsl by tho telling ol
the following story ss I II n strut I vo of tlm
ovil ot being too laconic in uvetyday
iHech. Brevity s the dlstliuuish
lug characteristic of the village where
in lived Jim and sell, farmers, and
each tho owner of o horse. They met
one day and spoko i follows, relates
the I'hllmlolphla Times!
"Mornln', Jlml"
"Mornln', Zachl"
"What did you give your horso for
the bolls?"
"Turpentine."
"Good niornln'."
"Good niornln'."
Thoy again encountered each other a
tow days later, with this reiiilt:
"Mornln', Jlml"
"Mornln'. Zachl"
"What did you say you gave your
horso for tho bolts?"
"Turpentine."
"Killed mine."
"Mine, loo."
"Good mornln' 1"
"Good mornln' I"
Sttlifiid, Anyhow,
"Maria," raid tho colored eltlicn,
"I feel Ink my time has como at las'; I
Is mighty low."
"Ain't yo' been eatln' de cuimol's
watormllllons?"
"Oli. yes."
"Well, didn't yn' know ho done
phoned tho las' one tr dem?"
"Did ho plzen uiu?"
"Ho sho' did."
"Dat settles me. But, Maria"
"What do you want?"
"I wut all day ut um, en I eat ulna
Lefu' I quit." Atlanta Constitution.
Atmoit True.
"Now," commenced the attorney for
tho green goods men, "it is stated that
when vou discovered that the tin box
hold sawdust you exploded with laugh
tor. How doyou recoiicllo this state
ment with your claim that you wero In
flamed with wrath7"
"It aln'l exactly tho Nets, Judge,"
said thu plaintiff. "I acknowledgo
that I was busted , but I deny that I
laughed," Baltimore American.
And Yet, Why Not Mike 'Em lltppy,
An Atchison man told an old maid
recently that sho was n sweet old thing,
und sl.o liss lain awaku nights uvur
since dreaming of him, Men mould
lio careful to whom they throw Impictx,
Somo nlco old girls get so few that they
exaggerate the importance ot a stray
blossom, Atchison Globe,
An Important Qualification.
First Burglar What did yer tako
that brlckybrac fort 'Taint no good I
Second Burglar 'Taint?
Flml. llmolnr Vow. T full .....
Jiinmy, If yer uanttor make a fust class
succoss In' ills busitioss ytir got tor
know coinothlii' about aril Puck,
While Ssndi ol New Mexico.
The "Whlto Bands" of southern
Now Mexico lie lu tho San Augustiii
plain, and aro a sheet of nuro uviinuiii.
(10 miles long and live to twenty broad.
Tho whlto "sands" of gypsum ralsod
by tho wind resembles a lino of break.
ers, lu the distance.
Poker Uwi.
Whltfc You don't llko to nlav noknr
with Brown, do you
Ureon No; to toll tlio truth. I
don't. But why did you think that
such was tho raso7
Whlto Becauso Brown iavn h lit..
to pluy wlh you. Chicago News.
Ptrllntnt.
Lady Lecturer My dear thlldron, I
lovo all animals. I never under any
circumstances hurt one, I even have
a family ot pot toads, I love them so
that I catch flics for thorn,
Small Boy Please, missus, ain't
flies anlihals?