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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1902)
Bohemia Nugget I.ISIt W. llr.NUY, Killtor n.l Prop'r. COTTAGE GROVB. . . .OREGON. 1 Perhaps llio salt trust was snttctl. If procrigtlnntlon Is tho thief of lime, whnt docs' lie do with tho stolen goods? If our returning Arctic explorers will kindly cut out tho lecture sequel nil will ba forgiven. "Would You for FIvo Million" is tho nnmo of one of tho new plays. Is It necessary to nskl The Isthmus of Panama Is tho vermi form appendix of North America. Ah operation for appcndleltls might help matters. Those ministers who are nslng mov 'lng pictures, professional whistlers and other devices to attract congregations should try tho gospel occasionally. Word comes from South America that n now volcano has been discovered In Pern. It really was not needed. There wcro craters enough and to spare al ready. Who can blame King Alphonso for getting mad when his mother goes and gels married to her Master of. Horse a sort of livery stable fellow, as we mi derstand III A Chicago" advertiser wants "young man with rising qualities for mercantile establishment" Probably a euphemis tic way of saying that the youth will lw required to run lite elevator. "Hooks do not make men," declares President Iladtcy of Yale, and that Is true. Most men arc making books, however. If we may Judge from tho publishers' advertisements of now nov els. One of Mr. Carnegie's employes Is charged with the theft of about $100, 000 from his employer. It speaks well for Mr. Carnegie's Scotch thrift that he missed so Insignificant an amount from tho cash drawer. The official figures of Canadian Im migration for the fiscal year ended June 30 last show a total of about 70,000 Immigrants for the year, of whom 22,000 were from tho Unl ted States. It is noteworthy that this movement of our people Into Can ada Is ' Increasing rather than dimin ishing. A few years ago we were all wearing stiff, llat-brlmmed straw hats. Then came an era of flexible ones, later narrow-brimmed, thick and rough ones ap peared. Last spring there was a sud den appearance of Imitation Panama hats as sudden and unaccountable ns the coming of seventeen-year-old lo custs. Whence did these hats come? What was the ultimate cause of their being and why did so many people buy them These are questions which no social philosophy can fathom. They constitute part of the deep mystery of life. An English wit made an epigram to describe the climate of London: "In a line day, looking up a chimney; In a foul day, looking down one." Quite as clever was the remark of a London "cabby," when Informed by n brother driver that lie bad as a passenger "a pal of the Shah's what they call a sun-worshlp-cr," "I suppose he's come over for a holiday," The coronation days bad their humorous side, as the cabmen could tes tify, and even the Oriental, hunting for the sun In a London fog, might forget his defeated desire to worship if he beard himself called a "pat" Americans are plunging ahead In business channels with amazing ener gy and rapidly and arc restless unless engaged lu stupendous enterprises which monopolize all their time, brains and money. This extraordinary activ ity Is rapidly developing the resources ot the country, but It certainly Is not conducive to long life among the peo ple. Conscientious physicians aro be coming tired of warning business men that they are exhausting their vita) en ergies too early in life and arc calni - 1S-P2itsting the fees which are given to keep wrecked constitutions working a little longer. A student ot the Chinese In New York City notes the fact that when a Chinese sues an American he must perforce take the case Into the regular civil courts but t'"t when one . Chi nese sues another' tho- general public, hears no tiling ot the 'litigation. It Is settled by Chinatown's own mayor, who, although bo has no legal means of enforcing his Judgments, Is so hack ed up by Chinese public sentiment that any man who falls to abide by bis de cision Is ostracized. This seems an odd situation In an American city, but It Is, after all, but an application of the doctrine of "extraterritoriality" by which Americans or otber foreigners In China may scttlo their disputes be fore their own consular courts. A memorial bell Is to bang- In tho belfry of tlie Congregational Church in llarpswell, Me., where the late Kov. KMJah Kellogg ministered for half a century. The young people who read hlo stories or declaim his "Spartacus" havo their own way of remembering blm. Those who beard his striking sermons or profited by his helpful pas torate will' welcome the sound of tho bell a call to prayer and praise whether tho tones reach tlie natural ear, or only charm tho Inner sense born of the Imagination. The sea and shore lines ot his parish, the lovely environment of a typical pastorate, did not limit bis ministry; and the bell which Is to send forth Its message of bidding and benediction from Its home on Casco Hay- will have Its. mission for dwellers In far distant parts of tho country, ' "Th"o corn crop,"' remarked tho oth er day an old employe of the Treasury, who has been dealing all his life with tho great movements of currency throughout tho country, "baa more to do with tub flnauces than any other American product To see how things arts coining out, I nlwnys watch the corn reports." Tho reason that tills cereal has so Important nn nuiueuco upon tho national prosperity Is not lmrd to find. No otlicr crop enters so largely as does this Into other things. IIIIU U UlllilJH, HO 1MM11V 11 .......M.w of bushels of corn never leave tho farms on which they arc raised. Near ly all the domestic animals depend upon It Moreover, the commercial uses to whleli It Is now tut are won derful and diverse. When the wheat crop Is light. It U a comparatively easy matter to push up cent a lcsw cxpon- f slvo product Into some of Its places; on the other hand. If the corn crop Is dcllclcut Us substitutes entnll extra ; cost, nud no derange tho agricultural markets. Thus tho question nr!sng . , . . mrce-qunncra oi u.e ra . . . . has five times exceeded two billion bushels. Last year It was only about three-fourths of that amount, it, i ,t.v.i t. cd the two-bllllon mark by nearly three hundred million busltols. This year to be still larger. It -,ii . .., aborigines who brought their little baskets of corn to the early English settlors If they could but know that,,"' """ ."h: : tho In spite of the white man's boasted magnetism. Ithln right ho progress ot three centuries, their s.m- ? f fctt. abounding commerlcal life. The stnld London Chronicle is sol. cuinly discussing the question. "Should vo minutes, ana men w inoui ir..i Women Work?" Just as If women had ent for almost the remainder of the not been doing the world's work since hour. A slight attempt nt artificial res-1 creatlou. Tho first suggestion of labor , toratlon of respiration commonly used lu all history Is In the securing of the l eases was resorted to. luen apple eaten by Adam and live, and It Dr. Llttlefleld and his discovery were was Kvo who picked that The ex- called Into requisition, thin an hour t ample then set has been pretty welt , the boy revived and is to-day living. followed ever since The Eves are tho I According to the doctor s theory the apple pickers yet It Is true a few principle which wo call life exists cv- women play the role of Idle butterflies erywherc. It will not enter Into cnem--but what of It? These are the ex- leal action and combination with other ceptlons that mark the rule. The great elements and form new compounds, nor majority of women toll unceasingly U It the result ot chemical action or the ( and with llttlo direct reward. Man union of any definite number or kluds at Uie end of his day's work can count of compounds. It can neither be created ( up tho money he has made and meas- nor dcstroycE It can be excluded rrom uro tho result Woman's day's work the organic body and then bo coaxed to ( has no end and no tangible profits. Ucr return In all Its fullness and complete-, only jMiyment as she goes weary-hand- ed and empty-handed to rest Is In the heart-satisfaction of having done well a little more of her unending labor of love. There is nothing more pathetic, were it not so common, than the sight ..... . . so orten seen or me uaru-woriting, conscientious mother who literally weurs out her Hfo in unheralded toll, thankless nnd not expecting thanks, She has no "eight-hour day." Even a twelve-hour day would be a boon to most wives who In the care of tho house and children nre always "doing overtime" without thought of extra pay. Among the savages the women do all the work, their lords employing themselves only In the chase and In war. The progress ot civilization has consisted largely In getting man to do something for a living, and this prog ress has come through mothers' train ing ot the sons to share a part ot their burdens. Man has devoted much In rcntlve genius to labor-saving devices that render more easy tho various de partments of production that have be come fixed upon man. But woman's work still remains and must ever re main much the same endless round of labor by hand nnd brain. No machine can do her work no; no; her work re quires a heart in It Her work Is to make the home a haven of rest for all but herself, who knows no rest this side of heaven. Her work Is to Im plant and nurture the seeds o man hood nnd womanhood In the souls of her children, that fruits may bo borne long after she Is gone. Should woman work? Well, when she ceases to work civilization will shrivel and disappear like a sheet of tissue In a flame. HOW TO PRONOUNCE THEM. Namea of Cities that Are Variously founded tir the Public The suggestion has been made that the proper pronunciation of the name St Louis should be finally determined before tlie opening of tlie Louisiana purchase fair In that city, and It Is urged the council of St. Louts or even tho Legislature of Missouri should pass upon the question. It Is pointed out that an Immemorial dispute over the. proper pronunciation of Arkansas was settled by the Legislature of that State in 18.31, when It was enacted that the pronunciation should be " Ar kansas'," and the State lived happily ever after. The name St. Louis was bestowed by the French when the place was settled, and the French pro nunciation Is Loo-ec, to rhyme with the name of Admiral Dewey. The En glish pronunciation Is "Lewlss," prac tically rhyming with tho word Jew ess. Tho suggestion, once made, does not of course, halt lamely at St Louis. When tho dispute' Is settled there It Is proposed to ask Kentucky to declare whether the name of that Common- jypal th's chief city shall be Loo-ey. vine or Licw-is-viup. Anu Illinois might settle the point whether the name of the thriving city of Jollet shall be pronounced as the French ex. plorcr after whom It was named did- . Zhole-ya-or whether It shall ho called Jolly-yet All this Is exceedingly stlin ulatlng to the mind which keeps reach lng out for wider fields, llko the mind of a man afflicted with the habit of In discriminate punning. There aro plen ty of other towns which need attcn' tlon. The namo of the city of BeaU' fort in France, Is pronounced Bow-for. ! A town in North Carolina, named after . It is known ns Bowfort, while one in I South Carolina Is called Bu-fert A noted French scanort Calais. Is nro-1 nounced Kal-lay, wbllo Its namesake up In Malno Is called Kal-lls. Whcro Womon Aro.Fuvorcrt, At'tW old-fashioned Inns and restau rants In Sweden It Is customary to charge less for women than for men, on the theory that they do not cat so much. At souio hotels In Sweden a man nnd a wlfo are charged ns one and one half persons If they occupy the same room. A husband and wlfo may travel as ono and one-half persons by railway. ana aiso uy mo post routes, rurmslilug' their own carriage. Tlicro ought to be a law agalust ,wh-' lng. QIVE3 LIFE TO THE DEAD. Indian Pliy.lcln.1. Discovers lh Prlic clplc of Hilsttnce. Dr. a W- I.HtlcllcUI. of Alexandria. Intl., Ilas discovered tlio principle of J,, of restoring life to nnl,ulM ivltlnli unit nary tests proved to bo dead. The doc tor has revivified, time and ngalu tiles which have been dead from half an hour to n day. As phyxiation, drown ing and other means of death havo been resorted to In his experi ments, and so long .11.. M ft ...A Illl'lltlS W HO. UTTLKVIRLU, , uch &Wa nm, bumblebees, f a"M,u "" " , . , . I,,,,,,. ' ' h"f nudfJ M , w" eB" I ntll he has succeeded P JwJ""'" J I life mice, rats and cats which were to l ; .doroformcd and ! , ,.. ....,....,... ni.erwnru ty mluutcs, after which It was covcreu , magnetic pov d, w W f M -" "rownck" TO. theory w, so- and "drowned." The theory verelr tried during the winter months, when a boy was under the Ice for forty- ncss. Tnis lire pnnc.pio m , diffused throughout space and needs only the proper media to causo It to ol. Jectlvely manifest Itself. It Is, as be believes, the underlying first claus of all things pnysicai anu numinu jwvn .1 'Til 1 U I.ifl ll S as a Tuiuwie T, me." he says, "to believe that this lire principle exists nt all times and Is co- existent with creation. Therefore when the Bible tells us that God breathed Into man's nostrils the breath of life It states a more profound fact than we have heretofore been able to appreciate. OHIO WAR VETERAN. j Wa tTirint for the Flrt Shot Fired at taeaieaeoi . icxauuru. n. J. Williams, cashier of the First National Bank In Shelby. Ohio, enjoys the distinction ot having the first shot fired at the siege of Vlcksburg In 1SC3 aimed at h I m personally. Mr. Williams was born in Marlon. Ohio. In 1S42. In 1801 he enlisted In Major Ink's battalion In Mis souri, and served for eighteen months. He re- n. J. WIIAIAUS. enlisted In the Sixty-ninth Ohio, and held tho office of quartermaster ser geant At the siege of Vlcksburg ho was on the staff of General Burbridge, of Kentucky, and as the army marched up on the bills surrounding the city be was ordered to go over and take pos session of a farmhouse as a hospital. He rode away with a few men, and as they passed up tlie lane to the house two Confederates opened Are on them from the place. None of the men were hit Another curious coincidence In con. nectlon with this Is, that when Gen eral Pcmberton sent a flag of truce Into the Union lines with a proposal of surrender the men were taken to Mr. Williams' tent and kept wbllo General Grant went over their message. Mr. Williams has been cnsbler of the First National Bank of Shelby con tinuously since the day of Its opening, April 0, 1872. He Is, therefore, serving bis thirty-first year as cashier. Ingenious tf Incorrect. The Spaniards visited the country now known as Canada before the French, and made careful searches for gold and silver, and finding none they often said aca nada (there is nothing here). The Indians, who watched closely, learned this sentence and its meaning. After the departure of the Spaniards, the French arrived, and tho Indians, who did not want their com pany, and supposed they also wero Spaniards come on the same errand, were anxious to Inform them that they were wasting their time by stop ping In that country, and so they In cessantly repeated to them tbe Spanish sentence, aca nada. The French sup- Tviap.1 fhnt thlfl rmuttjintlv rpenrrfnif .nrt the nnme ot , -,... nnd the -.11 lt Canada, a name It has borne ever since. Se non o vero e ben trovatol It has borne ever since. Spoke from Experience. I A man wbo tries to uphold oil his statements with tho prop of personal experience is pretty sure sooner or . later to find himself In difficulties. 1 "Wfiat kino ot posts suouid you say Pd better bavo ror my piazza7 nsiccd a summer resident of tho oracle of Bushvlllo. "Cedar?" I "No," was tho Instant reply; "not 'less you want to pay for poor stuff. Git pino. Pino will last ye a hundred years." "Aro you suro?" asked tho summer resident, doubtfully, I "Sure I" echoed tho oracle. "I novcr stato a thing without I can provo It I've tried 'em both. Tried 'em twlco on my south porch, I tell yol" A'glrl raves oyer the beauty of an apple trcjf'lnybloomf bufa 'boy waits uutlf tho blossoms are apples. !j, ii,. t y lm r ' ' An expert Is a mini 'whoso Ignorance overshadows that of ordinary men. I LJ !!itftT sr A STUDY IN SCARLET BY A. CONAN DOYLE. f TAUT II Chapter VI Continued. "Ho gaied at mo with blearod, drunken eyes for n moment and then I saw a horror spring up In them nnd couvulso his wholo features, which Bhowed mo that ho know mo. "I had always known that von gcanco would bo sweet, but had never hoped for tho contentment ot soul which now possessed' mo. '"You dog!' I said. 'I havo hunted you from Salt Lako City to St. Pet ersburg, nnd you havo nlways escaped mo. iMow at last your wanuenngi havo como to nn end, for elthor you or I shall never soo tomorrow's sun rlic.' "Ho shrank still further away ns I cpoko, and I could sco on his fnco that ho thought 1 was mail. So I was tor tho time. Tho pulses In my tem ples beat llko slodgchnmmors, and 1 bellovo I would havo had n fit ot somo sort It tho blood had not gushed from my noso nnd relieved mo. "Ho staggered back with a livid face. and I saw th perspiration break out upon bis brow, while his teeth chat tered. At tno sight. 1 leaned my uack against tho door and laughed loud and long. "'What do you think of Lucy For rlor now?' I cried, locking tho door nnd shaking tho key In bis face. 'Pun ishment has been slow In coming, but it has overtaken you at last. "I saw his coward II lis trcmblo ns I spoko. Ho would havo begged for hi life, but ho know well that it was use less. "Would you murder mo?' ho stain rnercd. "Thoro Is no murder.' I answered 'Who talks of murdering a mad dog? What morcy had you upon my poor darling when you dragged her from her slaughtered father and boro hor away to your accursed and shamclcsd harem?' " 'It was not I who killed hor father,' ho cried. " 'But It was you who broko her In nocent heart' I shrieked, thrusting tho box beforo him. 'Let tho high God Judgo between us. Chooso nnd cat Thcro Is death In ono and lira In tho other. I shall tako what you leave Let us seo it thero Is Justlco upon tho earth, or It wo nro ruled oy chance.' "Ho cowored nway with wild cries and prayers for mercy, hut I drow my knlfo and hold It to bis throat until no had obeyed me. "Then I swanowed tho othor, nnd wo stood facing each other In sllenco for n tnlnuto or moro, waiting to seo which was to Itvo and which was to dlo. "Shall I over forgot tho look which camo over his faco when tho first warning pangs told him that tho pois on was In bis system? I laughed as I saw it, and held Lucy's marrlago riug in front of his eyes. "It was but for a moment, for tho action of the alkaloid Is rapid. A spasm of pain contorted his features; he throw his hands out in front ot him. staggered and then, with a hoarso cry, fell heavily upon tho floor. "I turned him over with my foot and placed my band upon his heart Thero was no movement. Ho was dead! "Tho blood had been streaming from my nose, but I had taken no no tice of it I don't know what lt was that put It Into my head to wrlto up on tho wall with It "Perhaps It was some mischievous Idea ot putting the pollco upon a wrong track, for I folt light hearted nnd cheerful, I remembered a Ger man being found In New York with 'racho' written up abovo him, and It was argued at tho time In tho news papers that tho secret societies must havo done it. "I euessed that what puzzled tho Now Yorkers would puzzlo the Lon doners, so I dipped my finger in my own blood and printed it on a conven ient place on tbe wall. "Then I walked down to my cab and found that there was nobody about, and that the night was still very wild. I' had driven somo dlj tanco, when I put my nand Into tho pocket In which I usually kept Lucy'i ring, and found that It was not there. "I was thunderstruck at this, for It was tho only memento that I had t her. Thinking that I might havo dropped It when I stooped over Dreb- bers body, I drovo nacic, anu leaving my cab In a sldo street, I went boldly up to the house for I was ready to daro anything rather than loso tho ring. "When I arrived thero I walked right into tho arms of a pollco officer who was coming out, and only man aged to disarm his suspicions by pro tending to be hopelessly drunk. "That was how Enoch Drobbcr camo to his end. All I bad to do then was to do as much for Stangerson, and so pay off John Ferrler'a debt. "I knew that ho was staying nt Hal-llday'-i private hotel, and I hung about nil day but ho never came out, I fancy that ho suspected something when Drebber failed to put in an ap pearance. "He was cunning, was Stangerson, and always on bis guard. If ho thought bo could keep mo off by stay ing in doors ho was very much mis taken. I soon found out which was the window of his bedroom, and early next morning I took advantage of somo ladders which wero lying In tho lane behind tho hotel, and so made my way Into his room In tho gray of tho dawn. "I woko him up and told him that tho hour had como when he was to answer for tho Hfo bo uad taken so long before, I described Drobber's death to him. 'arid I gave him the same cholco of tho poisoned pills. Instead of grasping at tho chanco of safety which that offered him, ho sprang frpm his bed and flew at my throat In self-defense I stabbed him to tbo heart. It' would havo been tho same In any case, for Providence would never havo allowed his guilty hand to pick out anything but tuo poison, "I have llttle'more to say, and It's as well, for I am about dono up, I went on cabbing lt for a day or so. Intending to keep at lt until I coull savo enough to tako mo back to America, "I was standing In tho yard when n ragged youngster asked If thero was a cabby thoro called Jefferson Jloro, and said that his cab was wanted by a gentleman at 221B Bakor street, "I went round, suspoctlng no harm, and tho next thing I knew, this young man hero had tho bracelets on my wrists, nnd as neatly shackled as over I was in my Hfo. "That's tho whofo of my story, gon tlcmen. You may consider mo to bo n murtloror, but I hold that I nm Just m much an offlcor ot Justlco as you nro." So thrilling bad tho man's nnrrn tlvo been, and his manner was so Im pressive, that wo had sat Bllont and absorbed. Evon tho professional detectives, blaBo as they wero In ovcry detail of crime, nppenrod to bo keenly Inter ested in tho mnu a story. When ho had finished wo sat for somo minutes In a stillness which was only broken by tho scratching ot l.ea trade's pencil ns ha gavo tho finish ing touches to his shorthnnd account. "Thoro Is only ono point on which I should llko a llttlo mora Informa tion," Sherlock Holmes said at last. "Who was your accomplice who camo for tho ring which I ndvortlscd?" Tho prisoner winked at my friend Jocosely. ."I can toll my own Bocrcts," ho said, "but I don't get other peoplo In to trouble I saw your advertisement, nnd I thought It might bo a plant, or ll might bo tho ring I wanted. My frlond volunteered to go nnd seo. I think you II own ho did It Bmnrtly." "Not a doubt ot that," said Holmes, heartily. "Now, gcntlomen," tho Inspector re marked, gravely, "tho forms of tho law must bo compiled with. Un Thursday tho prisoner will bo brought bcroro tho magistrates, and your at tendance will bo required. Until then I will bo responsible for him." Ho rang tho bell as ho spoke, and Jefferson Hopo was led off by n couplo of warders, while my frlond nnd 1 mndo our wny out of tho station and took a cab back to Baker street. CHAPTER VII. Wo had nil boon warned to npponr beforo tho magistrates upon tho Thursday: but when the Thursday camo thoro was no occasion for our testimony. A higher Judgo hnd taken tho mat ter In hand, and Jefferson Hopo bad boon summoned beforo n trlbunnl where strict Justlco would bo meted out to him. On tho vory night after his capture tho anourlsm burst, and bo was found In tho morning stretched upon tho floor of tho cell, with n placid smllo upon his faco, ns though ho had been ablo In his dying moments to look back upon a useful Hfo, and on work well dono. "Grcgson and Lcstrado will bo wild about his death," Holmes rcmarkod, as wo chatted It over noxt morning. "Whcro will their grand advertise ment bo now?" "I don't sco that thoy had very much to do with his capture," I an swered. "What you do in this world Is n matter of no consequence," returned my companion, bitterly. "Tho ques tion Is, what can you mano pcopio bellovo that you havo dono? Never mind." ho continued, moro urigiiuy, after a pause, "I would not havo missed tho Investigation ror anything, Thero has been no better enso with' In mr recollection. Slmpto ns It was, thcro wcro several most Instructive points about It "Slmolo?" I ejaculated. "Well, really, It can hardly bo de scribed as othcrwlso, said sncnocK Holmes, smiling nt my surprise. "Tho proof of Its intrinsic simplicity Is that without nnr heln. savo a row very or dinary deductions, I was ablo to lay my hand upon tho criminal within threo dnys. " "That Is true," said I. "I havo already explained to you that what Is out of tho common is us ually a guldo rather than a hindrance. In solving a problem of this sort, tho grand thing Is to bo ablo to reason buckward. That la a very usoful uc camnllshment nnd a very easy one. but peoplo do not practice It much. Ir. tho ovcry day arrairs or nro 11 is moro usoful to reason forward, and so tho other comes to bo ncglocted. Thcro nro fifty who can reason syn thetically for ono who can reason an alytically." "I confess," Bald I, "that I do not qulto follow you." "I hardly expected that you would. Let mo sco If I can mako It clear. Most dcodIo. If you describe a train of events to them, will toll you what tho result would bo. Tney can put thoso events together In their minds, nnd nreuo from them that something will como to pass. Thcro aro fow peo ple, howovor, who, ir you told tnom n result, would bo able to ovolvo from their Inner consciousness what tho steps woro which led up to that re sult This power Is what I mean when I talk of reasoning bnckward, or analytically," "I understand," said I, "Now, this was n caso In which you woro given tho result and had to find ovorytblng elso for yoursolf. Now, let mo endeavor to show you tho dif ferent 8tepa in my reasoning. To bo gin at tho beginning. I approached tho house, as you know, on foot, and with ray mind entirely frco from all Impressions. I naturally begun by examining tho roadway, and thoro, as I have already oxplalned to you, I saw clearly tho marks ti a cab, which, I ascertained by Inquiry, must have been mado thoro during tho night I satisfied myself that It was a cab and not a private carrlago by tho narrow gauge of tho whcols. Tho ordinary London growler Is considerably less wltlo than a gontloman's brougham, "That was the first point gained. I then walked slowly down tho garden path, which happened to bo composod of a clay soil, peculiarly sultablo for taking Impressions. No doubt It ap peared to you to bo a more trampled lino of slush, but to my trained oyos overy mark upon Its surface had a meaning. . , "Thoro Is no branch of dotoctlvo sclonco which Is so Important nnd so much neglected as tho art of tracing footsteps. Happily, I bavq always laid groat stress upon It, and much prac tice has made it socond nature to me, "I saw tho heavy footmarks of tho constables, but I saw also tho tracks of tho two men who had first passed through tho garden, It was easy to toll that thoy hnd been beforo tho others, becauso In places their marks had beon entirely obliterated by tho others coming upon tho top of thorn. "On entorlqg tho houso this Inst In ference was confirmed. My well-booted man lay beforo mo. Tbo tall ono, then, had dono tho murdor, If murder thero was. "Thero was no wound upon the dead man's person, but tho agitated exprosslon upon his face assurod mo that ho had foreseen his fato beforo It camo upon him, Mon who die from hoart dlsoaso or any sudden natural causo novor by any chanco oxhl&.t nRltntlon upon their features, llnvlntr miHTed Ilia dead man's llpj, I doloctod ft Blltthtly sour smell, nnd I camo to tho conclusion that ho had had poison forced upon blm, Again I nrguod that It hnd beon forced upon hint, from tho hatrod nnd fear ex pressed upon his fnco, "By tho method of nxcluslun I ar rived at this result, for no other hy pothesis Would meet tho facts. Do not Imnglno that It was n vory un henrdot Idea. Tho forclblu adminis tration of polBtin Is by no menus n new thing In crlmlnnl nnnnls. The cases of Dolsky, In Odessa, and of Loturler, In Montpollor, will occur nt oneo to any toilcologlBt, "And"liow enmo tho great question as to tbo reason why, Itobbory hnd not boon tho obloct of tho murder, for nothing wns tnkon, Was It politics, then, or was It a woman? "That wns tho question which con fronted mo, I wns Inclined from tho first to tho latter supposition, Politi cal assassins nro only too glad to do their work nnd to 11 y. "It must hnvo beon n prlvato Wrong, nnd not n political one, which rnlled for such a methodical revenue. When tho Inscription wns discovered upM tho wnll I wns mora Inclined than over to my opinion. "Tho thing wns too evidently a blind. When tho ring wns found, howovor, It settled tho question. Ctcnrly tho murderer has used It .0 remind his victim ot somo dead or nb sent womnn, "I had already como to tbo conclu sion, since thoro woro no signs of n struggle, that tbo blood which covered tho floor had burst from tbo murdor'4 noso In his excitement. "I could percclvo that tho track of blood coincided with thu trnck of his toot It Is seldom Hint nny man, un less ho Is vory full-blooded, breaks out In thin wny through emotion, sn I hninrdcd tho opinion that tho crlmltul wns probably a robust and ruddy fared man. Events proved that I Judged correctly, "Having left tho house, I proceeded to do what Grcgson had neglected, I telegraphed to tho head of tho pollco at Cleveland, limiting my Inquiry to tho circumstances connected with tho marrlago of Enoch Drehbor. Tho an swer was conclusive "It told mo that Drebber had np piled for tho protection of tho law against nn old rlvnl In love, nnmed Jefferson Hopo, nnd Hint this sama Hope wns at present In Kuropn. I know now that I held tho clow to tho mystery In my hnnd, nnd nil that re mained was to secure thn murderer. "I had already determined In my own mind that tho mnn who hnd wnlked Into the houso with Drebber was nono other thnn tho mnn who had driven tho cnb. "Tho marks In tho rood showed me that tho horso had wandered on In n way which would hnvo been Impossi ble hnd thoro been nny ono In charge of It. "Whoro, then, could tho driver bo, unless ho wcro Insldo tho houso? Again, It Is absurd to suppose thnt any sano man would carry out a do llborato crlmo under tho vory eyes, nn It wero, of n third person, wbo wns suro to betray him. "Lnstty, supposing ono man wished to dog another through London, wlint better means could bo adoptod than turn cab driver? All these considera tions led mo to tho Irresistible conclu sion thnt Jefferson Hopo was to 00 found among tho Jarveys ot tho me tropolis, "If ho had been ono thoro was no reason to bellovo that be had censed to bo. On tho contrary, from his point of view, nny sudden chanco would bo likely to draw attontlon to himself, "Ho would probably, for a tlmo at least, continue to perform his duties. Thcro was no reason to stipposo that he was going under an assumed nnmo. "Why should ho chnngo his namo In a country whoro no ono know his original ono? I therefore nrganltod my street nrab dotcctlvo corps, and sent them systematically to every cab proprietor In London until thoy ferreted out tho mnn that I wanted, "How woll thoy succeeded nnd how quickly I took ndvantngo of It aro still fresh In your recollection. Thn mur der of Stangerson wns an Incident which wns entirely unexpected, but which could hardly In any caso havo been provonted. "Through It, ns you know, I camo Into possession of tho pills, tho otlst enco of which I had already surmised. You sco, tho wholo thing Is a chain ot logical scquonccs without n break or flaw." "It Is wondcrfull" I cried. "Your merits Bhould bo publicly recognized. You should publish nn nccount of the caso. If you wont, I will for you," "You may do what you llko, doctor," ho answorod. "Soo horo!" ho con tinued, handing a paper over to mo; "look ot thlsl" It was tho Echo for tho day, and tho paragraph to which ho pointed was dovotcd to tho case In question, "Tho public," it Bald, havo lost a sensational treat through tbo suddon death of the man Hopo, wbo wns sub poctod of tho murdor ot Mr, Enoch Drebber and of Mr. Josoph Stanger son. "Tho dotnlls of the cbbo will prob ably never bo known now, though wo nro Informed upon good nuthorlty that tho crlmo was thd result of an old-standing and romantic foud. In which lovo and Mormonlsm boro u part, "It scorns that both tho victims bo longed, In tholr younger days, to tho Latter-Day Saints, and Hopo, tho de ceased prisoner, halls also from Salt Lako City. If tho caso bad had no other effect. It at least brings out In tho most striking manner tho effic iency of our detective force, and will servo ob n losson to nil forolgnora that thoy will do wisely to settle their feuds at homo, ana not to carry mom on to British soli. "It Is an open secret that tho credit of this smart capture bolongs entirely to tho woll-known Scotland Yard of ficials, Messrs. Lcstrado and Orcgson. The man was npprchondod, it appears. In the rooms of a cortaln Mr. Shor lock Holmes, who has himself, as an amateur, shown soma talent In tho detectlvo lino, and who, with such in structors, may hopo In tlmo to attain somo degrco of their skill, "It Is oxpoctcd that a testimonial of somo sort will be presented to tbo two officers as n fitting recognition of tholr sorvIcoB." "Didn't I toll you so when wo start ed?" cried Bhorlock Holmes, with a laugh, "That's tho result of all our Study In Scarlet to get thorn n testi monial!" "Never mind," I answered; "I havo all tho facta In my Journal, and tho public shall know them. In tho moan tlmo you must mako 'youreolf con tented by tho consciousness of suc cess, llko tho Roman mlsor " 'Populus mo slbllnt, nt mlhl plaudo Ipso domi Binui no nummos con tomplar In area,'" THE END, She Ho declares ho loves thu Tory ground I trend upon. He Ahl I thought ho hnd his eyes on llio estate -Harvard Lninpotin. Hubbubs-Why nro you snenklng Into tho houso so quietly? Coimnuto-Hh-hl Tho cook bns company, and I do not wish to disturb them. "I cnu safely say that 110 mnn over nttomptod to hrlbu im, gimllenu'li." "Don't bo down benrtcd, old chnpi your luck mny chnnge." Clllmnn-I seo you rnlso your own vegetables, Hubiirbniillo-Nol I slm- ply plant n small garden so ns to keep tbo chickens nt home, Llfo. Tbii Lnwyer I really hope I don't niinoy you with nil these questlonx. Ills Fnlr Client Not nt nil. I'm used to It I hnvo n 0-yritrold son. Ho I fancy men bellevo In friend ship rnlher moro thnn women do. She -Possibly, but Iho grout trouble Is It's generally their own friendship they be llovo In, Wlseuin-Hoiiestly, now, did you lenrn nnytlilng while you wero In col lego? Graduate Um-iii well, I learn ed how to slate my Ignorance In scien tific terms. "Is your fnmlly foud of cereals, Mr. Jumpup!" "Oh, very! we're reading sovernl In thu Pnrlnr Portfolio now, nnd enti't Imrdly wait from week to week."- Philadelphia Bulletin, Cassldy-Hlilop klekln' nbout yer bard luck, tniiiit Koine mornlu' ye'll wnko up an' find yersel' fnmnus. Cnsey-Fnltb. O'll bet ye whin Hint mornlu' comes 'twill be mv luck to ovcrslupo ini'scl'. Mrs. Hiram Offen-I hopo you wash ed thn llsli thoroughly before you put In on Iho broiler. Delln. Del In -Hh tire, what would lie I he use of (hot, nm'am? Hasn't It been llvlu' lu thu water all Its lolfo?-l'hlbnlel'hln Press, "Oh, well, my denr." observed ho (o his wife, "you will find Hint there nro it great ninny worse men In tho world thnn I nm." "How can you bo so cynical, John?" replied bis wlfo re proachfully. Syracuse Herald. Hllns-Ko Zeko won't have niiylhtng but first elitss literature? Cyrus-No. Why, ho wouldn't even subscribe to n mngnzlnu becnusu bu snw "ISntcrcd ns second-clnss matter" ou thu front page." Superintendent It Is our usual cus tom to let a prisoner work at the snina trnde In here ns ho did outside. Now, whnt Is your trade? Shoemnker, blacksmith or "Please, sir, I wns n traveling snlestnnn." Constnnce I nm going out In Algy's launch. Penrlope-lliit nnplitlin launch ei nro very dnnserous. Omstance-I know It. lint Algy gnre me tho cholco of either going out with him oil his itnpbtbn launch or hi salllwiat. "I seo a crank out West announces bis Invention of n 'theater hat for la dles that will shut up when tho cur tain rises." "If he'd only Invent n box pnrty thnt would do thnt ho'd de serve n medal." Philadelphia Press. "Here's a letter from Mlrandy nt col lege She says she's In lovo with Ping Pong." "She Is. hey? Well, she'd bet ter glvo him up. Wo nln't goln' ter stand for no Chlnniunn marrying Inter this family." Woman's Homo Com panion. Mr. Bklnner You'll hnvo to wait n wbllo for your wages this week. I can't pny you to day. Clerk-See here, now, thnt won't do, sir. I've got to live, you know. Mr. Skinner Non sense! Whnt put thnt Idea Into your heud.-Chlengo Tribune. Ijuly (to furniture clerk) I llko the Louis XIV. and thu Loul XVI. designs equnlly well. It wouldn't do. I sup pose, to hnvo tioth chairs In tbo par lor? Clerk-Oh, yes, madam; they would harmonlzo well-only two years difference, you see Judge. Teacher (to class In geography) And who knows whnt tho pcopio who llvo In Turkey nro called? Class (unan imously) Turks! Teacher Itlgbt Now, who can tell 1110 what thoso living In Austria aro called. Llttlo Boy Please, mum. I know. 0trlcbcs!-Judge Hasty Harry-Wat youso flshln' here wldout any halt for? Don't youso know dat fish won't cut a bare book? Strenuous Stove (scornfully) W'ntt Don't youso see dat tf do fish dou't bite I ain't got to go to do troublo o' takln' 'cm otl'n d' hook. Where's ye pcrfcshloual Instinct? "Ob, maw," said tho 10-ycar-old hopeful, "do you sco how wet my clothes nro?" "Yes, young man," spoke mamma, sternly, "nnd you hnvo been In swimming," "No, maw," "Then how did you get wet?" "Why, somo boys wanted mo (0 go In swim ming, nnd I ran away so fast I per spired." "Young man," said tbe Irish magis trate, as a youthful prisoner was brought beforo blm. "I would advlso you to mako a full confession tf you wunt to get off with a light sentence," "And If I dou't confess, then whut?" asked tho young man. "Oh, In that event," rcpllod the magistrate, "I shall probably buvo to acquit you for want of evidence" Tho Flrst-Borni "Yes, It took my wife nud mo and my mother and my wife's mother nud two sisters nnd nn old aunt of mine nnd half n dozen of our cousins to pull our first baby through till lt was 2 years old." "And did tho llttlo ono become stronger by that tlmo?" "No, wo had another by thnt tlmo, nnd camo out of tho dream." Chicago ltccord-Hcrald, Itoom fur Moro Improvement. Prison Dlrector-Wlmt, you here again for burglary? When yoti left, hero threo weeks ago you sold that you. had bocomo n much better man.' " Prisoner Yos, sir, but I want to bo come better stllll Heltcr Welt Iiooatotl. Canvasser I would like to see the lady of tho house Mistress Certainly. 81m in Ivnplrl,,,. back lu tho kitchen. Fishing cultivates patience. Ladles will plcnso tako notice