BohemiiTNugget
COTTAGE GROVH ...OREGON.
A womnn does Hot begin to c
maud untjljslio hns promised to obey
I hums initio will Ijo n rent panahin
It Is to ewt nboul $I0,000J00.-Uncli
Mtasuro n niahfUUls every-dny con
duoj rallicr than by Ills extraordinary
uxcriious.
iXCtl
A
iindsJup. How many of you know
what they are lighting about down in
Venezuela?
jfen arc. coullnunlly going up against
selftmoa 'thnt look Hko uioro uiouey
and less work.
Tlic
IlljW
eal ol
man who Isn'tibetug fooled by
nin'iimiv c so ccnera"jH""i u "
ueal of lluio decelTlng himself.
The new King of Saxony Is 70 years
old! There seems to be one place left
where tbo boy aren't gettlug all tlio
goou Jobs.
lfrom t)ic eagerness with wblch
Boers and British are falling on each
other's necks, It Is evident that each Is
grateful for the help given to let the
other go.
Uockefcllcr's recent Investment of a
larl'e sum of money In a bicycle fac
tory may lie taken as an inuirauvu
that he begs leavo to differ and Is will
lug to back UjP
An exchange says that a person's
chiuccs of being struck by lightning
are very slender. The use of the prep
osition httcr iii place bt "or Is sug
gested as an Improvement In that state
ment. jKneasleru physician i-ays that mem
bers of his profession can be bribed
and that "they will do a lot for money."
Hero U a man who knows he has his
jftcc and does not wish to be selfish
aBout It.
.The Sultan- says Turkey has books
cmbugh, Jfor. which reason ho will not
P&mlt the publication of any more In
that couutry. It will now be neces
sary for the Turkish poets to become
captalus of industry,
i
-Emperor WHUani says that when a
German can look into the eyes of the
empress he ought to have Inspiration
enough to last him a lifetime. How
nice It must be for her If the emperor
talks like that when company Is not
present.
V
Whenever the courts of. this country
shall administer Justice with the same
promptness, certainty, fearlessness nud
with as little regard for persons as Is
the casein the courts of England, after
whlchours.;wcre patterned, lynching
wTlf cense ' In the ifnlted States. 'but
until then Mt. will be a standing re
proach to tie people and their inachln
err of Justice.
A Wllmlmrton. Del., belle Is "the
inmost talked-about woman of that city,"
because she rode astride at the horse
show. Vpman'lndeed remains In bar
baric bondage so long as.she'cauuot do
,'i sensible thing without being render
ed conspicuous. Health, safety and
good form all demand the abolishment
.of the awkward aud antiquated side
saddle. If riding Is to Increase with
'the release ot the horse from carriage
service, women everywhere ought to
.revolt against the barbaric prejudice
which deprives them of the best en-
"Joyment and best benefits of this no-
'blest of exercises.
It Is not shade alono that makes It
cooler under a tree In summer. The
."coolness of the tree Itself helps, for Its
temperature Is about 45 degrees Kah
renheltjaalltlmes, as that of the hu
man body Is a fraction more than OS
degrees. So a clump of trees cools the
air as a piece of Ice cools the water In
a pitcher. That Is why tho Legisla
ture has authorized the park authori
ties ot New York City to plant trees
In the tenement districts. If the air
can be made cooler and purer by the
trees fewer children will die of heat
ailments. As 4,000 more children die
lu Now York during Juno, July, August
and September than In any other sim
ilar period in the year, the Importance
of ndoptlng every known means to save
life Is undisputed.
Every town occasionally puts on a
play for the edification of the public
which Is no( announced on the bill
boards. A village In New York renders
the following performance In which
the Baptist preacher and a Jealous
young man play leading roles: The play
-opens-at the cburchplcnlc. The min
ister, an unmarried man, Is the vogue.
Moreover he Is susceptible. Captured
and cornered 'by the church organist,
. ho dlscourses.-all the day long of love's
young dream. Ahd now the villain ap
pears. The organist's steady company'
, shows up, Ho behaves rudely and his
wrath ls'as thwrath of Achilles. The
I next act Is brief but tragic. It Is on
I the following feunday. The Jealous
. lover lays for the preacher and wallops
I tho ecclesiastic sorely. Then comes the
curtain raiser In tho police court with
- the villain In the dock. The pomilace.
rent Into opposing factions according
to creed, fill aud overflow tho right and
left wings of the stage. Here the tcl
grnph Instrument stopped. But It is
easy to guess the sequel. Questioned
by tho judge, tho prisoner glares at tho
minister and tho organist and lowering
hlsj'Qlco,toJho.fipor, huskily exclaims:
"NaT guilty!" Pursued by the Inex-
law ho
goes to the calaboose
Ills fine while tho mtn-
ratnor than na
-iSWSKi- m organist marry and live
happily voter .after- Tbo only default
of the' entire Entertainment Is to be
found In the failure pf the preacher to
flall'tho' Joalous young son of Belial
who attacked him.
Blr Vllfrld T.nurlcr Just prior to his
recotit departure to Europe spoke of
tho Alaskan boundary question as a se
rious danger to British nnd American
relations und n "menace of open con
Jllct." It iieed not becomo a menace,
however, unless the Brjflsh government
s?oks to mnko It such. It Is Groat Brit
nlu, not the United Stnies, which In this
liistnnco Is seeking to alter boundary
lines. Briefly stated, the llrttlsh con
tention Is that the boundary of south
eastern Alaska, Instead of following a
lino ten marliio leagues (thirty-four and
one-half statute miles) from the const
line proper, leaps from' headland to
headland at a distance of ten leagues
from the outlining capes and promon
tories. Such a lino would bring tlio
British boundary much nearer the Pa-
keltic and would glvo Great Britain con
trot or important estuaries ana uoras
lending to the sea. This claim, which
was never advanced until 1S03, Is not
supported either by tbo original trea
ties, by tho maps and charts of cartog
raphers or by any argument recognlzn-
blc to reason. The Putted States pos
sessions In this territory are precisely
what tho Itusslan possessions were
prior to meir purennse ana we mean-
ing ol me original treniy negouatcu
between Itussla and Great Britain In
-c 15 uuiuisiokhoic. it must ue p.n-
ent to the State Department that there
can bo no yielding of American rights
on this point The boundary question,
It is said. Is about to bo brought up
again for Una) negotiations. Whatever
may bo required to secure a common
survey of the boundary and a friendly
demarcation of the line with scientific
accuracy should be done; but from the
essential point at Usuo there can bo no
recession. The evidence in support of
iuu .iucncan ciaun is.ovcrwnciming.
Tlio great value of salt as an antl-
septic ana the fact that nature appears
to nave maae It an essential Ingredient
In the food of nearly all animals havs
made the medical profession Tery ho-
pliable toward new theories or dlscov-
erles regarding Its therapeutic quali
ties. The doctors In fact are never un
prepared for the announcement of
some extraordinary cure effected by
the use of this widely distributed com
pound. That pneumonia can be cured
by pumping an 8 per cent sodium
chloride solution at temperatures rang-
lng from 120 to 130 decrees Fahrenheit
Into the lungs, however, naturally tax -
es the- credulity of most physicians.
This achievement was announced by
Dr. W. Byron Coakley, of Chicago, In
a paper read by- him before the Amer -
lean Medical Association at tho recent
conventlon at Saratoga. That such a
saline solution would be death to all
bacteria and would also have an antl-1
septic effect upon diseased tissue will
be readily conceded. It Is a question
of getting the solution Into tho lungs :
In such a way that the patient could
Stand the treatment Dr. Coaklej !
claims to have solved this problem by '
uie use oi an instrument invented by
himself, which Introduces the solution
into the lungs through punctures mada t
by a fine gold needle. After the salt
solution destroys the bacteria and cools j
iu iuB luuiperamre oi me Douy it is
claimed that It is absorbed In the blood
unu uues uui ciog up me lungs, m
doing this It protects the red corpuscles
against destruction by the poisons ot
pneumonia. Physicians are naturally
skeptical regarding the effectiveness of
this treatment, for the reason that in
the attempts that have been made to j
wash ont the lungs with salt solutions
the patients have been unable to stand
'It' The demonstrations before the as
sociation at Saratoga, however, are
claimed to hare shown the Coakley
method to be a success. If future tests
should more firmly establish the effect
iveness and practicability of bis treat
ment Dr. Coakley will have scored a
great advance In medical science and
will have conferred a great boon upon
bnmanlty. -
Advertising Is compelling other .peo
ple to accept your valuation on things
you control.
It takes time to extract all the Juice
from the advertising. That Is why one
cannot become successful without
starting wit- enough capital to keep
the machine In motion for a long
enough time to seenre the full benefit
of what has been done during past
months. It usually takes from six
months to a year to get up a steady
motion that will afterward keep things
going along largely by Its own 'momen
tum. Advisor.
Former Governor Thomas II. Waller
of Connecticut gives the following sen-
stlila i-lon-a nil thn Rllhhlect at flilrpr
tlslng from a professional man's stand-
point; The professional etiquette that
MILK
OKI
prevents tb soliciting or law imnlnasg one nice mat in siock. instruct mm to
by discreet and proper advertising Walk up to me, when he sees me emerg
works a hardship, especially In large lng from the War Department, and get
cities, upon young lawyers and gives
an unfair advantage to old ones who
have become known. Why should not
a young lawyer, struggling to gain
practice, have tho right to advertlso
his profession ana a .specialty, ir ho rrom tue war ivepnnmeni to uie storo
has one, without any more loss of char- where I've been duo to buy that con
acter than merchant princes, like ex- founded hose for the last ten days. I'vo
Postmaster General- Wanamaker, suf-
fer from advertising their wares? If
lawyers' services wero honorary only,
as In theory If not in ract they ancient- l woman i inso a cnanco on going
ly were, there would be an artificial home to-night without that miserable
reason for tbe strained etiquette I forty feet of garden hose for any mon
speak of; but as fees are now legally ey, and that's why I want you to pick
recognized aud can be sued for nnd out the most persevering, rambunc
even cpntlngent fees are legal and not
cbampertous, why should not legal
business be sought for In tbe same way
that -any other business Is?
It Did.
Lady Visitor (to little gIrl)-What be
came of that little kitten you bad hero
Once? -
Little Girl-Why, haven't you heard?
Lady VIsltor-No! Was It drowned?
'Little GlrINol
Lady Ylsltor-Iist?
Little Glrl-Nol
Lady Visitor Poisoned?
Little Girl-Not
Lady Visitor Then whatever became
of it?
Little GlrlIt growed up luto a cat
-Philadelphia Bulletin.
QUEER JOBS F0JIB0YS
TASKS THAT MESSENGER LADS
ARE ASKED TO UNDERTAKE.
lingnRCd to Air liable or lOtf, AnUt
lnrbrlntrd Individual, Accompany
Ncrvmihotirt Keep Turn lit l!nr
br Shop, and Da Other Odd lhttlc.
They're, tltidlng new stunts for tbo
messenger boys right along." remarked
Hi,, mmini-pr at n looiil district luossell-
!Kl.r omcAthtfotHtrMfty, "Airing babies
and dog's, taking cnri of Jagged Individ
uaU, accompanying out-of-town women
on shopping expeditions, and Jobs of
that sort are now old stories for the
Jklds. 15utsvcry ouco In a jvhllc some
thing new for them to do turns up.
"A couple of Saturday evenings ago
a business inau well known along I'
gtrri.t Uro,,p0,j aml handed mo one
twt p,j Bcr !lcanl ot ),eroro (u
noctlon with the messenger business.
I. want In wt shaved over at
!iHflllk-8. ho said, montlnulnir a well
!i,tr,,i,i,l,i i,riM-r imn. Mn shout ilm.-
1 quarters of an hour. The place Is al-
vays Jammed up with fellows waiting
for their over-Sunday shaves on Sat
unlay evenings, aud I'vu . haa some
wearisome watts there. I wish you'd
hike a kid over there (or tue to uaU a
place In the 'next' row for me. He can
je. on that ho's due for a haircut, and
ni drop around about tho tituo he's
called to the -chair.'
I "I sent n boy over to the shop, aud
It went through all right The young-
ster peeled his coat and kept a wary
eye out that ho wasn't skipped In hi
turn. A counle of mluutes before the
boy was due to be summoned to a chair
as the 'next.' the business man who
hnd rigged up the little scheme dropped
In, and when the lad was called by tho
barber the man just slipped Into' the
chair and the boy donned his coat, with
a grin, his task accomplished. The
business man told mo afterward that
two or three of the waiting men In tho
shop started to register kicks over the
tmna.ipllnn until It nm nTntn Inol tn
1 them, when they calmed down nnd
J laughed over tho Idea.
j "During the races nt Bennlng a race-
track man, wearing a lot of Jewelry,
, put a new one over. When be got up
; to the desk he leaned over confidntlal-
ly and said to me:
J " ! want you to scud a kid down to
So-and-So's nawnahnn with this rlmr.'
removing a tine three-stone din man d
ring from .his left hand. 'I want two
hundred on lt-aud have the boy hurry
"i sent one of the larger boys on tha
trrnml. ami ho rpttirnp.1 nrnmntlr with
the $200 and the ticket. The racing man
bad observed me smile a bit over bis
scheme, and he smiled along with me.
-Well, It does look a bit finical,
.tn' itv .m i, ti, -,.!,.
bunch are travellng'around the streets
to see what they can see all the time,
and it anyot them happened to spy me
going Into or coming out of a pawn
shop the word would get around that
yours .truly was on the crags, whlca
wouldn't suit my game a little bit
seer
"Not long ago I had. another novelty
here. A department official that I know
well walked In with a shoebox under
his arm.
" 'Say,' said he to me, 'have you got
any kid around this plant with No. 8
feet?'
" 'All sizes, said I.
" 'Good thing,' said the man, opening
the box and pulling a fine pair of pat
ent leather shoes out of It 'I want you
to pick out a boy with No. 8 feet and
have him Jog around town for a day
In these Infernal contraptions. I bought
the shoes yesterday. They slipped on
all right when I bought them, Uut I al
most died In 'em at the theater last
night They sort o' drew around the
Instep.- If you've got a youngster that
can stretch 'em for me I'll pay right for
the merchandise, although I'd hate to
have to take a chance on paying the
kid's relatives for bis life In case he
failed to survive the ordeal.'
"I handed the shoes over to a tidy lad
provided with feet that fitted them
snugly enough, and the boy wore them
around for the day without any dis
comfort. The man came In for them
that same evening, and the next even
ing he dropped In to say that the shoes
fitted him Immensely, and that he
hadn't been bothered a little bit by the
drawing Insteps, after wearing them
all of that day.
"A very much flustrated man came
prancing In here before 0 o'clock on
Tuesda'y morning last" continued the
manager, according to the Washington
Star, "and leaning over the desk, and
addressing me In a voice of suppressed
wrath, mingled with emotion, be said:
"'I want you to assign a messenger
boy to meet me at tbe main exit of the
War Department at precisely 4:02 this
afternoon, rick out a boy with strong
lungs, one that can holler so that he
can be heard four miles. If you've got
a powerful, unbreakable clutch on my
Coat tails, men lie is to howl with all
his might "Forty feet of garden hosel
forty feet of garden hose!" nnd keep
right on hollering the same all tho way
forgotten It every time, and now I'll bo
denied If my wlfe'll speak to me at the
table on account of It.
tious, leather-lunged son of a gun of a
boy that you've got on your pay-roll to
bawl "garden hose' at mo sixty times
a minute from the Instant I break out
ot the War Department building until
I walk out of that store with the gar
den hoso under my arm. If the boy Is
arrested for disturbing the pence I'll
nnv his fine, nnd cladlv! I'll bo eternnl-
y hornswoggled If I'd let a little thing
ke that feaze mo when It comes to
having my home broken up.' "
EXCITABLE PARIS.
Kot BstUfled with the Humdrum Life
of the Ilcpubllc.
What Is the cause of tho separation
of Paris from the rest of the country?
We believe the cause to be that Paris
Is bored. Tho republic may be all that
Its ndmlrcrs contend, but to her It ap
pear to liavo another and less charm-
'lug quality. It Is humdrum. Partly
from her history, partly from being (ho
rendezvous of all that Is ambitious,
vain, nud esurient lu Prance, nnd part
ly from tho "gvnlus" which gradually
molds the people of every great city,
Paris thirsts for an element of the dra
matic lu politics which the republic U
unable to supply. Its rulers hnve no
fancy for grand coups: they arc not
seeking war, but protective nlllancos:
thoy art; tho center of no splendors!
nnd they give no subjects for excited
talk. Thoy prefer. In fact, that govern
ment should tint bo scenic, while Paris
prefers that It should be. Sho Is. there
fore, dull; and Paris, when sho Is dull,
Is discontented, and ready to accuse
any government, no inntler what, nnd
seek relief lu a chnugo of governors, no
matter whom, If only they win glvo
her lively times. So far as can bo per
ceived, she rather despises nil tho
pretenders. She has no cnndldato for
the dictatorship. It she wishes for
war In tho abstract. It Is not for any
particular war. AH she knows clearly
Is that sho wants something to be done
which will tunko the world stare, and
glvo to herself the feeling she most
enjoys that of being fully ullvo.
Tho respectable republic which tho
provincials approve, because It gives
them order nud Justice, slow but fair
ly steady Improvements, and plenty of
local expenditure on roads aud useful
buildings, does not and cannot give
her this, and therefore Paris frets, and
anathematizes tho government, for
which all tho while sho has no prac
ticable alternative to offer. Sho will
continue to fret, we fear, until events
In some way grow exciting, nnd her
fretfulncss will always bo n cause of
anxiety to hor rulers They know It,
however, and they keep n strung con
trol ou her movements, nnd while
France supports them they will move
forward In n fairly determined way.
France has probably never had a better
government than tho present, or oue
more sollcltout to secure her perma
nent well-being, nnd It Is highly to her
credit that the majority of Frenchmen
have perceived this, and have voted
what Is at least a consent that It shall
continue to go on. London Spectator.
A GREAT SMOKER.
President McKlnlejr Always Fond of
n Good Cljfur,
'Presldeut Itooscvelt doesn't smoke.
nt leaet not lu his olllce during busi
ness hours," said an attache at the
White House. "In fact, I have never
seen bliu smoking anywhere, nnd I
understand that he docs not Indulge In
tobacco In any form. Yes, Presldeut
McKlnley was an Inveterate cigar
smoker and was rarely without a cigar
In bis mouth during his working hours
In his office. I remember that be was
sensitive to newspaper suggestions
that he was smoking too much. For
Instance, some of the yellow Journals
occasionally pabllsbed a story that he
was threatened with cancer because of
his constant smoking. He didn't like
this.
"At another time I remember that a
newspaper man wrote a story describ
ing President McKlnley at work at his
desk. Iu the story was something
about the blue wreaths of smoke curl
ing upward toward the celling. Mr.
McKlnley called this young man In bis
office and requested that he say noth
lng In the future about his use of
cigars, as It would surely lend to
stories of disease from excesuve smok
ing. Mr. McKlnley, during his long
sorvlce In Congress, smoked a good
deal, and tbe habit grew with him
after he entered the White House. He
found pleusure In a good cigar, aud
when talking or thinking he had a
lighted cigar handy. He bad a special
brand of cigars that he bought and
paid for despite the fact that admiring
friends throughout the country sent
him hundreds of boxes of the best ci
gars ever put up. After we bad ac
quired Cuba and tbe Philippines, box
after box of tbe finest cigars made In
these countries used to reach the Prea
Ident from nrmy officers nnd friends.
Very few men ever remember to bav.e
seen President McKlnley at the bead
of tbe Cabinet tablo unless he had n
lighted cigar In his mouth or one lying
on tbe table nearby."
I loon for Cliloagoans.
"Oh, we're booming right along," said
tho Chlcaco man, as be talked to a
PIttsburger In the smoking compart
ment of a Pullman sleeper. "I suppose
you noticed the city directory puts us
.. . . I . fJi lJil ). n .1..
wen auove me ,uw,wu umi& iu iu?
matter of circulation."
"Yes," said tbe PIttsburger, "your
directory man Is surely a wonder as
an estimator.
Tho Chlcngoan Ignored this nnd con
tlned to remark:
'Of course, you have seen something
of tho fast train that Is to run. between
Chicago and New York'"
'Yes; you are glad of that I sup
pose?"
Surely."
'I thought you must be. It adds to
your facilities for escaping from Chi
cago, you know."
Then tbo Chlcngoan relapsed Into dls
coinflted silence. Pittsburg Gazette.
Telephoning Through tho Earth.
Among tho most Interesting experi
ments In telephoning without wires aro
those of Monsieur Ducrctct, a Freiich
scientist. He places an ordinary tele
phonic transmitter In direct communi
cation with the ground, nnd, at a con
siderable dlstanro away, on the other
side of some buildings with thick walls
and cellars, ho has a receiver connected
by one wire to the earth and by another
wire to a small metallic sphere let
down through an opening to the floor
of the catacombs beneath Paris. When
words are spokeu luto the transmitter
they aro heard In tho receiver with
much greater clearness than In an ordi
nary telephone, Monslcub Ducrelot Is
continuing his experiments at Increas
ed distances.
If tho young man in tho case Is In
love and the girl Isn't ho makes a fool
of himself; but If the girl I In love and
he Isn't ho makes a fool of her.
A pessimist Is a man who believes
that every chestnut has a worm In It
When the otllceholdcr loses his grip
he does less handshaking.
A STUDY IN SCARLET.
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
CIIAPTKIl I-Contlmted.
Sherlock Holmes scvnicl 'delighted
nt tho Idea ot sharing rootm with mo,
"I liavo my oyo on sulto In linker
trout," lio said, "nlileli would suit us
down to tho ground, ton dim t mind
tho rmell of strong tcbucco. I liopo?"
"I always smoke 'ship's' mysoll," I
nnsnorod.
"That's good enough. I generally
liavo chemicals about, and occasionally
do experiments. Would that annoy
you?"
"By no moans."
"Let mo m what aro my otlior
shortcomings I get In tho dumps a
times, nnd don't open my mouth for
days on cud. You must not think
am sulky when I do that. JiiFt let mo
nlono and I'll soon bo all right. What
liavo you to confess now? It's Just as
vo.ll for two follows to know tho worst
of veli otlior before thoy begin to llvo
together.
I laughed at this cross examination
"I keep a bullpup," I said, "and ob
ject to rows, licraiieo my nerves aro
shaken, and I get up at all nor Is of uu
godly hours, und I am uxttcmoly liny
I have another sot of vices when I I'.ni
well, but thoH) aro tho principal ones
at present.
"Do you inrludo violin plavlng In
your category of rows?" ho asked, mix
iouslv.
"It depends' on tho player," I
nnsnorod. "A well played violin is
treat for tho gods; n badly played
one "
"Oh, Hut's all right," )iu cried will
a merry Inugin "I thine no may con
cider tlio tiling ns settled that is, if
tho rooms am agreeable to you. '
hen shall wo mi tlienir
"Call for mo hero nt noon, tomorrow
nnd we'll go together and settle every
thing," lie answered.
"All right noon exnetly," wild I,
shaking his hand.
Wo loft him working among his
chemicals, and wo walked together to
ward my hotel.
"By tho wnv," I asked luddenly,
"how tlio deuco did lie know that I hail
come from Afghanistan?" '
My companion smiled an enigmatical
smile.
'That's lust his llttlo peculiarity,"
lie said. "A good many people have
wanted to know how ho lluds things
out."
"Oh, a mystery, ie It?" I cried, nil
bing my hands. "This Is very piquant
I am much obliged to yon for bringing
us together. 'The proper study of
mankind Is man, y.u know.
"You must study him then," Stain
ford raid, us ho bid mo good-by.
"You'll find him a knotty problem,
though. I'll wnger ho learns more
nbout you than you about him. Good
by."
"Good-by," Ianwf-crtil; nnd strolled
on to my hotel, considerably Interested
In my now acquaintance.
CHAPTER II.
Wo met next day, as tin had arrang
ed, and Inspected his rooms at No.
221D Baker street, of which he had
spoken at our meeting.
Thoy consisted of a couple of com
fortablo bedrooms and a single, large,
airy sitting room, cheerfully furnished,
and Illuminated by two broad win
dows. So desirable In every way wero tlio
apartments, and so moderate did tho
terms seem when divided between us
that tbo bargain was concluded upon
tho spot, and wo at onco entered Into
possosslon.
That very evening I moved my
things round from tho hotel, and on
tho following morning Sherlock Holm
cs followod mo with Bovoral boxes and
portmanteaus.
For a day or two wo wero busily
employed In unpacking and laying out
our property to tho best advantage.
That done, wo gradually began to set
tie down and to nccommodnto pur
selves to our now surroundings.
Holmes was certainly not a difficult
man to llvo with. Ho was quiet In his
ways, and his habits wero regular.
It was rare for him to bo up after
ten at night, and ho had invariably
breakfasted and gone out beforo I roso
In tho morning.
Sometimes he spent his day at tho
chemical laboratory, gnmoUmos In tho
dissecting rooms, and occasionally
In long walks, which appeared to take
him Into tho lowest portions ot the
cltr. Nothing could exceed his energy
when tho working fit was upon him
but now and again a reaction would
seize him. and for days on end ho
would Ho upon tho sofa In the sitting
room, hardly uttering n word or mov
ing a muscle from morning to nl,;ht.
On these occasions I have notlcod
such a dreamy, vacant expression In
his eyes, that I might havo suspected
him of being addicted to tho uso of
some narcotic, bad not tho temperance
and cleanliness of his wholo llfo for
bidden such a notion.
As the weeks went by, my Interest
In him and my curiosity as to his alms
In life gradually dcepenod and Incieus
ed.
Ills very person and appearance woro
such as to strike tho attontlon of tho
most casual observer. In height he
was rather ovor six feet, and so oxc?s
slvoly lean that ho seemed to be con
siderably taller.
Ills eyes wero sharp ana piercing,
save during thoso Intervals of toryrr
to which I have alluded; and his thin,
hawk-llko noao pavo his wholo expres
sion an air of alertness and decision.
His chin. too. had tho prominence
and squareness which mark tho man
of determination.
Ills hands wero Invariably blotted
with Ink and stained with chemicals,
yet he was possessed of extraordinary
delicacy of touch, as I frequently had
occasion to observe when I walchod
him manipulating his fragll philoso
phical Instruments.
The reader may sot mo down as a
hopeless busybody, when I confess
how much this man stimulated my cu
riosity, nnd how often I endeavored U
break through the reticence which he
showed In all that concerned himself.
Before nronounclng judgment, how
ever, be It romombored how objoctloss
was my life and how llttlo thero was
to engage my attention.
My health forb d mo from venturing
out unless tho woathor was exception'
ally genial, and I had no friends who
would call upon me and break tho mo
notony of my dally exlstonco.
undor these circumstances, I engcriy
1
hailed Ilia llttlo mystery which hung
around my companion, nnd spout much
of my tlino In endeavoring to unravol
It.
Ho wna not rdudylng modlclno. Ho
had himself, In reply (o n question,
confirmed Htmnford's opinion upon
Hint point
Neither did hp npponr to hnvo pur
sued any rourso of rending which
might (It him fur a itcgrco In science
or nny other recognized portnl which
would glvo him nn entrance into tho
lonrnod world.
Yet his zrnil for certain atudles was
rotnnrknble. and within occontrlo lim
its his knowledge was so extraordinar
ily ample nnd mtmito that his obser
vations havo fairly astounded mo.
Buroly no mnn would work so h"'
to attain such prerlso Information un
less ho hnd snino definite end In view.
Desultory renders aro seldom remark
ablo for tho exactness of their learn
ing. No man burdens his mlpd with smnll
matters unless ho haa bojuo vory cood
reason for doing so.
His Ignorance wna ns romnrknh!
as his knowledge. Of contemporary
literature, philosophy and politics he
appeared to know noxt to nothing.
Upon my quoting- Tliomns Cnrlylo,
he Inquired In the nnlvest wny who ho
might bo and what ho had done. My
surprise reached a cllmnx, however,
when I found Incidentally that lie was
Ignnrnnt of the Conornlrnn theory, and
oi tno composition nt tlio solar ya
tern.
That any civilized human bolna in
this nineteenth century should not ho
nware thnt the earth traveled round
the sun appeared to mo such nn ex
trannllnnry fnct that I could hardly
realize It.
"You appear to bo astonished." he
said, smiling nt my expression of snr
prise. "Now that I do know It. I ulrail
do my best to forgot It."
"To forget It!"
"You see." ho cxplitlned. "I ronsldni
thnt a man's brain originally Is like a
little empty attle ami you havo to
stock It with Btich furniture ns you
rhoosn. A fool takes In all tho lumber
of every sort thnt ho comes across, so
that tho knowledge which might lie
Useful to him gels crowded out. or n
best Is Jumbled up with a lot o
other things, so thnt tin has a dim
culty In laying his linmls upon It Now
the skillful workman Is very cnref.il
Indeed as to whnt he takes Into hi
brnln attic He will hnve nothing hut
tho tools wlflrh mny help him In do
ing his work, but of.theso he lis
largo assortment, nnd all In tho most
perfect order. It Is a mistake to think
that that little room has elnstlcwnlls
and can distend to nny extent. De
pend upon It, thero comes a time whon
for every addition to knrtvledgo you
forget something that you know he-
fore. It Is of the highest Importance
therefore, not to hnve useless fnct el
bowing out the useful onos."
"But thn solar system! I protested
"What tho douce is It to me?" ho In
torrupted. Impatiently; "you any thnt
wo go round the sun. If wo went
round tho moon It would not make
pennyworth of difference to mo or tc
my work."
I was on tlio point of asking him
what that work might be. hut some
thing In his mnnner showed mn that
the question would be nn unwelcomo
ono.
I pondered over our short conversa
tion, however, and endeavored to draw
my deductions from It. He said thai
ho would acquire no knowledge which
did not bear upon his objftct. There
fore, all tlio knowledge which ho pos
sensed was such ns would be useful
to him.
I onumernted In my own mind all
the vnrlous points upon which ho had
shown mo that ho was exceptionally
well Informed. I even took pencil
and Jotted thorn down.
I could not help mulling nt tho Monu
ment when I bail completed It. It ran
In this way:
SHKRLOCK HOLMKS His Limits.
1. Knnwlodgo of Iltornture Nil.
2. Knowledge of philosophy Nil.
3. Knowlo'lgo of Astronomy Nil.
4. Knowledgo of FoIIMca Feeble.
5. Knowledgo of botany Variable.
Well up In holla donna, opium nod
poisons generally. Knows nothing of
practical gardening.
C. Knowledge of geology Practical,
but limited. Tolls at n glance different
soils from each other. After walks
has shown me splashes upon his timb
ers, nnd told mo by their color a.ul
conslstonco In what part of London he
had received them.
7. Knowledgo of chomlstry Pio
found.
8. Knowledgo of anatomy Accu
rato, hut unsystematic,
9. Knowledge of sonsatlonnl litera
ture Immense. Ho appears to know
every dctnll of horror porpctratcd in
tho century.
10, Plays tho violin well.
11, Is an export slnglo stick player.
boxer and swordsman.
12. Has n good practical knowlndeo
of llrttlsh law.
When 1 had got so far fn my Hit I
throw it into tho nro in despair.
If I ennnot nnd what the follow In
Irlvlng nt by reconciling nil thoso ac
complishments and discovering n call
lng which needs them nil, I said to
mysolf, "I may as well glvo up tho nt
tempt nt onco."
I sco that I havo alluded above to
his powers upon tho violin. These
woro vory romnrknblo, but na eccen
tric as nil his other accomplishments.
That ho could play pieces, nnd dlfll-
cult pieces, I know well, because nt my
request ho had played mo Homo of
Mendelssohn's "Llodor," nnd othor fa
vorites.
When left to hlmsolf, however, ho
would seldom produce nny muslo or
attempt nny rccognlzod air.
Loaning back In his armchair of nn
ovenlng ho would closo his oyes and
scrapo carelessly at tho flildlo, which
was thrown across his kneo. Some
times tho chords woro Bonoroua and
molnncholy, Occasslonnlly they woro
fantastic and cheerful.
Clearly thoy rolloctod tho thouahts
which possessed him, but whether tho
music Bldod thoso thoughts, .or whether
tho playing wna simply tho rcuult of n
whim or fancy, was moro than I could
determine.
I might havo robollod nrralnat thoso
exasperating solos had It not boon
that ho usually terminated thorn by
playing In quick succession a wholo se
ries of my favorite airs ns a Blight
compensation far tho trial upon ,my
patience.
During tho first wook or bo wo hnd
no callers, and I had begun to think
that my companion was as friendless
n mnn ns mysolf.
I'i'CBonllyluwovor, t found thnt lio
hnd tunny acquaintances, niid.tlio-o In
tho most different classes of unduly.
Thorn, was omi little sallow, riU-fnced,
dnrk-oyod fellow who won lutiiidufcd
In mo ns Mr, Leslrndo, nml who came
throe or four times In n single weeli,
Ono morning n young itlil called,
fnshlonnbly il reused, nud stnyed for
halt nn hour or more, Tho nuno nftei
nooit brought a Rrny-hendod, ueedy
visitor, looking like n Jew peddler, and
who nppenrml to be much excited, nnd
who wns closely followod by a slip,
shod elderly womnn.
On nnother occasion nn old white
haired gnntloiunu had nn Interview
with my companion i and on another n
rallwny porter In his velveteen uni
form. When any of thoso nondescript
Individuals put In nn npponranro Sher
lock Holmes used to bog for the uso of
tho silting room, nnd I would retire to
my bedroom. Ho nlwny npolnglzoi to
mo for putting mo to this Inconvon
loifco, "1 havo to uso this room ns a place
of business," ho said, "and thoso peo
ple nro my clients."
Agnln I hail nn -opportunity of ask
ing him a point Manic question, nnd
hgnln my dollrncy prevented mo from
forcing nuotlior mnn to contldo In me.
I Imnglned nt tho tltno thnt hu hnd
some strong reason for not nlhidlng to
It, but ho soon dispelled tho Id on by
coming lound to tlio subject of his own
nccord,
It wns upon thn 4th of March, as I
havo good reason to remember, that I
rose somewhat earlier than usunl, and
found that Sherlock Holmes had not
yet finished hla breakfast.
Tho landlady had become so neens
tinned to my Into hnblts that my plnco
had not boon laid nor my coffoa pro
pared. With tho unreasonable petulance of
mnnklnd I rang thn boll and gave a
curt Intlmntlnn that I wns ready.
Thou I picked up a magazine from
thn tablo and attempted to whllo nwny
tho time with It, while my companion
munched silently nt his tonst
One of tho nrtlcles hnd a pencil mnrk
nt the bending, and I nnttlrnlly begnn
to run my eye through It.
Its somnwhnt nmbltlous title wns
"The Book of Llfo," and It nttemptod
to show how much nn obsorvnnt mnn
might leer n by nn nccurnto systoinatla
examination ot nil that enmu In his
wny.
It struck tno as being n remarkable
mixture of shrewdness nnd of nbsurd
Ity. The reasoning wna close and In
tense, hilt tho deductions npponrod to
mn to bo far-fetchml and exaggerated.
The writer claimed by a momentary
expansion, n twitch of muscle, or n
glnnrn of the eye, to fathom a man's
Inmost thoughts.
Deceit, according to him, was an Im
possibility In tlio case of one trained
to observation and analysis. Ills con
clusions wero ns Infallible ns so ninny
propositions of I'uclld.
So startling would his results ap
pear to the uninitiated that, until they
learned tho process by which ho had
arrived at them, they might consider
him as n necromancer.
(To Us Conlinti.!,)
The Minyin Ajc
The marrying age, according to r-tn-tlntlcs,
is rtiNidlly advancing. This
accounts, x.'rliaps, for nnother fnct,
that women are liegliinlhg to look
younger and more girlish In the shady
twenties nnd tlio early thirties than
they umh! to do. Twenty-live josis
ago n woman nt 32 who was unmarried
would hno boon regnrded ns a hojM'lets
iii mam. isow she is quno a gin at
that age and her marriage is still
thought of. If wo continue to grow
old in this leisurely fathlon (he very
nnuio "old iiinid" will ditsppenr from
our vocabulary. If Indeed it has not
douo hi alicady.
Spi.klnJ of Royalty,
DamocTos had been Invited to dlno
with tho King of Syracuse. On taking
his teat he liintuiitly saw tho sword
hanging by a hair abnvo bis head.
1 Mippoto, he mi Id to the king,
"yon call that tho hair apparent."
IHonyslus, pretending to sou no
humor in tlio remark, replied:
"I don t kiuiw nlMiut thnt, my boy;
but if it falls upon your head it will
make wiuio crown print!."
This shows that the ancients weio
not nvcrro to Joking, even under trying
circumstances. Now York Times.
True Phlloiophy,
Few men nro better known In the
down town district of Now York than
James Itellly, t ho man who is almost
an exact counterpart of tho latedenerul
tirant, Mr. Itellly was long connected
with a loading navigation company ami
Is very wealthy, lie Is now airangiug
to buy three licurrcn, which will be for
tlio free iimi of tho funerals of iioor pur-
sons, "lor," says ho, "nothing so en-
rage me as to hvnr of uu undertaker
grabbing the last penny of a poor
womnn for tho burial of her husband or
child."
Tint Woman to Win Scholanhlp.
Miss Helen K, Wallace, a brilliant
student nt tlio Mellmurne, Auitralla,
iiulvenity, has Ix-on awarded tlio
Hhakeieare scholarship of 150 pounds.
This Is tlio most imjmrtnht scholar
ship In tho gift of tho university, and
it nas never ixiioru boon won by a
womnn.
The Vmhhlnx Weight
"Tills trunk U overweight."
"Now look bete, let mo ulvo von a
tip" .
Oil, vory well, then. In that case
it isn't." Indianapolis News,
She Wai Prepared,
Ho I don't seo why n wnmnii
shouldn't lay something by for a rainy
my us wen iih n mnn.
Hbo by, thoy do. I havo a lovo.
ly rainy day skirt.
In Memory of Dr. Johnton.
Dr. Johnson's long association with
the Strand, London, In to !o- com
memorated by placing n lienutlfnl
stained glass window lu St, Olomoiit's
Dane chapol,
Deth'i Surprlie.
Both was dollghted with lior aunt's
now ehnngcablo spring gown, "Oh,
iiiamai" biio exclaimed, excited v.
tho colors of Aunt Mnrv'a now slllc
Irons nroall oxtompornncousl" Judge.
A Wlie GUI,
Alice How long should n irlrl know
a man beforo becoming ongagod to him?
uraco-un, long enough for him to
roposn.