I
I
Eugene Weekly Guard.
which be rippled on.
putts, or driva out cockroaches with a
writ uf ouster.
Iu Maliiu's Magnata«* tiiere are some
population statistica that are Interest
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Ing- l ile second largest German city tn
EUGENE .......................... OREGON.
the
world isn’t in Germany. It owes
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nothing but good will to Emperor Will
Common «ernie la not so common aa iam. It 1« New York, which ha* a Ger
Buine men think It la.
man population nearly half as large a»
Berlin. Of course every laxly realizes
No womau wants to go to heaven If that no emigrants hare made better
she can't be young and beautiful there. American citizen« than the Germans.
They came to this country by mlllloua.
Some one baa named a cigar after They are a part of us. They came to
Mary MacLant- It emit« a blue tlatue stay, to intermarry, to adopt American
and sulphurous «moke
customs, and there are 7.832.t’>81 of them
In the United States. New York claims
President Eliot »uggeata that we 8oV,d24 of them, wlik h 1» more by over
4
should have a mausoleum for dead 1OU.O00 than Hamburg, the second city
booka. A crematory would do Just aa of the German Empire. Cincinnati Is
well.
called a German city, but her German
¡sipulatiou Is les« than that »liown in
‘‘The real force on earth la man. not
several other cities of the United
nature," aaya an Eaatem writer That
8 ta tes. There are 439,758 jwrsous of
man never stood In front of-a Kansas German birth or parentage living Iu
cyclone.
Chicago, 207.334 In St. Louis, 199,>150 in
The Frauco-l'ruaalan alliance haa l’blludelplila. 13'.».** 10 In Cincinnati,
juat been cemented again. Constant 151,045 In .Milwaukee, or more than
application of International glue are one half uf her entire citizenship.
York Is the largest Irish city in
necessary to make It «tick.
world, with 743,198 person« of Irish
I.abor union* are being organized In descent; Philadelphia has 284,570, Chi
the Philippine« and «trike* are contem cago 237,478, Boston 191,'¡38, San Fran
plated. It 1» amazing bow rapidly we cisco 78,819, and St, Ixiula tJ9,37U. In
are Americanizing tbe»e cblldreu of the New York there are 177,089 person* of
English parentage, 91,219 In Philadel
tropica.
phia, 82.272 in Chicago, 33,5«» In Bos
Captain (uow Admiral; Clark was pe tou. Chicago la the larg<*at Seand Inn-
culiarly blessed In the fact that lie vlan city in the world, with 173,Wil.
had no "fool friend«.” A« a result be New York bus 220,000 Italians, or more
I» universally esteemed by bla coun than the city of Florence, Italy. They
are Important ligure*—worth the study
trymen.
of those who govern: those who would
The Sultan saya Turkey baa enough keep educational method* abreast of
books. No more will be permitted. Ke- the times and the men who are in trade
mluda one of that freuk who burned and depend for prosperity on a keen
the Alexandrian library because be knowledge of the wants of those they
said all that was good wa« In the serve.
Koran and what wa« not In the Koran
Can anything excuse a thief? When a
was not good.
man has education and a good brain,
Among America's natural advant when lie knows that there Is always
ages the tendency of the at reuma to a reckoning for sin and that he who
flow southward rather thau to the sows trouble must reap shame, cau
north is of great importance. A river there be a valid excuse that will set
which la frozen at the mouth while him right with the public? There I*
open and overflowing at Its head wa the case of Charles 8. Shlvler, and
ters la a particularly troublesome there are tears in every psragraph of
neighlHir. The whole history of this Ills life story. He loved a woman, aud
continent would have been different that woman became a continued In
bad the Mississippi found Its outlet iu valid. There are men and men. Some
forget love when sickness comes. They
Hudson Bay.
don't want to be chained to a hospital.
What a line motto for a federation of And others love most when sickness
and adversity come.
Shlvler knew
nation* this sentence from Washing
Illa wife could never be strong
ton'« letter to Itoclmmbeau would that
and well again. When he realized
make: "We have been contemporaries
the Hght of hl* life was destined
and fellow laborers In the cause of lib that
to fade away like a broken flower a
erty, ami we have lived together us
great tenderness took possession ot
brothers should do In harmoulous
him
He made up bls mind that her
friendship." It Ims already been usisi
every wish should be gratified; that
on the lloclmmbeuu monument, and It
lier home should be bright; that he
deacrilMM the present relations between
would surround her with every com
the United States and France, us well
fort. no matter how great the cost. He
as those between Washington and
was a thief for her sake. He was
lloclia m ben u.
treasurer of the American District
Telegraph company In Brooklyn, and
One of the lamentable effect* of the he looted the funds of the concern for
Illness of King Edward was the revival years to buy things for the sick worn
of the ohi prophecies by soothsayers, an at home. He did the awful thing
palinlsters, astrologer« ami other pria with Ills eyes open. He knew all
fess Io na I croaker* of mischief. At the about the consequences. He knew
best there la too much superstition III that "Thou shall not steal” is God's
the world, and the evil Is not likely to Jaw and man's law, wherever huuiau
bu mitigatisi by tales of the ucckleut of beings exist. Anil he kept ou steal-
prophecy. When one prophecy la by "Ing. his only desire being to |x>sipom>
elilinee fiiltllhsl the silly world quickly the crash and prison till after he had
forgets the hundnsla that have come to kissed the dead lli>s of Ills wife. The
nothing. How strange It la, we hear, crasli came, hut the funeral was over,
tlmt this man's prediction tins come amt t'harle* S Shlvler as hl to the nu-
true. But how much stranger It woul I thorltles: "1 am a thief, and I'm ready
be, with the world full of bunko steer- to take the oonaequencea, gentlemen.”
era. If somebody's prediction were not What a mistake he made, How little
some time verified.
lie knew about women - about that
woman who was his wife, Couldn’t
The Atchison I tally lllobe, In a tine he risillze that she would have tieeu
burst of confidence, «ays: "The suc happier hungry, with an honest mnn,
cess of W. J. Bailey as a politician ami than surrounded with luxuries pur
farmer la largely due to the fact tlmt chased with stolen money? Why
when lie was young and robust lie did didu’t he know that the average wife
not waste the most precious years of love* truth, and honesty and upright
Ills life In banging on n fem e with a ■less ao much that ah,' will welcome
girl, but Instead devoted Ills time to privation and pain ao long aa shame
trying to amount to something. This does not enter her life? He loved her
love habit, taking ii|i the beat period ntid be harmed her. and It la well that
of life, works a terrible evil In many all? could croep Into her grave before
cases. Ami the girl« are Just aa waste ahe could learn that a man made a
fill of their beat years and efforts." lady passion his excuse for crime. It
The lion. "Joe" Bailey, of Texas, w‘c la easy to be sorry for the mnn. It la
know, but we have not the pleasure of easy to shed tears over the story of a
the acqualutauee of W. J. Bailey either great mistake and a grent affection.
na a polMlelnu or na a farmer Still, lie Tin* world has an especial tenderneaa
may be a grand old "success.” That la for men who patiently devote their
neither here nor there. The question Ilves to Invalid wives, but the excuse 1
Is, what would «uccens amount to If it for Charle* Shlvler'* crime does nut
were not for "thia love habit," and exist.
who would In future be lu re to succeed
URI DRAWINGS.
If the young and the robust ceaaed to
have the desire to hang over the
fence* with the girls? Precious few
weddings would there be If men were
to Insist upon ‘'succeeding** before
hanging ou the fence* with the girl*.
All honor to W. J Bailey for the “sue
cess" he has had ns a politician aud a
farmer, but If he neglected when lie
was young and robust to Imng on «
fence with a girl lie Ims lost something
for which all the "success" in the
world will never repny him Mr. Bailey
w ill nut do as a model.
irÄSTUDY IN SCARLET.
CANI'BIU SUOS., Proprietors.
Another fad haa "gone up the spout."
Remember how the New Jersey scien
tints were planning to kill all the uioa
qultms and make the pest* a* scarce
as the d<slu or great auk Kerosene wa*
the polnoli. Pomls were to be sprayed
w Itli It The slaughter was to tie some
thing dreadful No quarter was to lie
given, ami the hum of the liw«<ct sur
geon w as to lie heard no more. The set
elitists sprayed. They aqu tried barrel*
of oil on a thousand ponds, and the
Ntandiird Oil Trust declared auother 20
per cent dividend. Ever and anon mu-
of the seielitlOc sharps lmd himself In
terviewed, and pnivml conclusively
that the mosquito and the octopus were
de.oily enemies. It was glorious new*,
and it was not true. If you should a*k
a Jersey luoaqutto "Wlmt's yours," the
answer would lie. "Keroeme.” They
like It. They thrive on It It waa a new
drink, and they bad to acquire * taste
for It. And no the pumping and squirt
ing and sprinkling were all for naught,
and a new and mighty breed of kero
sene-fed mosquitoes, with double saws
and Jagged drills, haa appeared In Jer
sey. anil science get* another hnckaet
There 1« only one real and sure rein
edy for tlie pest. Apply the palm of
the hand with trip hammer force to
the pine* where the bird la resting it
you hit bard enough and quick enough
result* are sure. iHm't try the fevdlug
proceaa. You might aa well try to ex
terminate tlie owtrlch l>y a diet of cream
the attdlence
apparently
blank sheet of white patter, touch It
with a glowing match, and In a abort
time you have a figure burnt out of
tbo paper.
The preparation of such Are drawing
sheet* la simple, and everytxxly with
a little talent for drawing can produce
then at small expense
(lissolve a fablespOonful of saltpeter
In t tumbler of wathr amt draw with
the help ot a pointed brush an outline
figure on thin white paper, am! put It
aside to dry. The drawing on the
paper will tie Invisible, Then light a
match, blow It oat Immediately, and
touch a certain point In the outline
figure (which we have mark««! secret
ly l with the glowing match. The salt-
peter will catch Are Immediately and
burn along the line drawn with the
brush, burning out the figure as It
goes along
• «Iris often pretend to wonder what
It 1» proper for them to accept a* gifts,
to Indicate that they have so much ofi
fi-red them that It Is hard to decide I
what to accept. But eery few me»
ever had anything refuse«!
by a . CONAN DOYLE
* tea< h them what to avoid.
I felt rather indignant at having two
From a drop of water," said the characters whom I had admired treat
writer, “a logician could Infer the pos ed in this cavalier style.
I walked over to the window and
sibility of an Atlantic or a
without having seen or beard of one atood looking out Info the busy street
This fellow may be xery clever. I
or the other So all life is * k™»»
chain, the nature of whick 1» known said to myself, “but he is certainly
whenever we are shown a single link very conceited.”
"There are no crimes and no crim
of it. Like all other arts, the science
of deduction and analysis is one which inals in these days." he said, queru
can only be acquired by long and pa- lously. "What Is the use ol having
tlent study, nor is life long enough to I brains In our profession? I know well
allow any one mortal to attain the that I have it in me to make my name
man lives or haa ever
1— —
highest possible perfection in it. Be famous. No
same
fore turning to those moral and tnenta lived who has brought the
aspect of the matter which present the amount of study and of natural talent
greatest difficulties, let the inquirer to the detection of crim«* which I have
There
begin 1» mastering more elementary ■ lone And what Is the result?
_ ___
___ or. at iuost.
detect,
problems. Let him. on meeting a ie - is no crime to
low mortal, learn at a glance to dis some bungling villany with a motive
tinguish the history of the man. and so transparent that even a Scotland
the trade or profession to which he be Yard official can see through it.”
I was still annoyed at his bumptious
longs. Peurile as such an exercise may
seem. It sharpens the faculties of ob style of conversation. I thought It best
servation and teaches one where to to change the topic.
“I wonder what that fellow Is look
look and what to look for. By a man 3
finger nails, by his coat sleeve, by his ing for?” 1 asked, pointing to a stal
boot, by his trouser knees, by the cal wart, plainly dressed individual who
losities of his forefinger and thumb, was walking slowly down the other
side of the street, looking anxiously at
by his expression, by his shirt cuffs
by each of these things a man s call the numbers. He had a large blue en
ing Is plainly revealed. That all unit velope In his hand, and was evidently
ed should fall to enlighten the com the bearer of a message.
not far away and kept up the work petent inquirer in any case is almost
"You mean the retired sergeant of
unceasingly until the shot came which inconceivable.”
marines.” said Sherlock Holmes.
«truck her husband. When he fell an
"What ineffable twaddle!” I cried, I "Brag and bounce!” thought I to my
officer ordered hla gun to be wheeled slapping the magazine down on the self. "He knows that I cannot verify
in his guess.”
back out of the way, But Mrs. Hays table. "I never read such rubbish K
The thought had hardly passed
called out that she would serve It and my life.”
It?
”
asked
Sherlock
through my mind when the man whom
"What* is
without waiting for an answer proceed
! we were watching caught sight of the
ed to do so, keeping the gun In effec Holmes.
"Why, this article,” I Baid, pointing number on our door and ran rapidly
tive operation until the battle was end- at ft with my
egg
spoon as I sat down across the roadway.
____
<*d. She wore a skirt made in the fash to my breakfast. "I see that you have
We heard a loud knock, a deep voice
ion of that time but over thia was an read it, since you have marked it. 1 below and heavy steps ascending the
artilleryman’s coat*and on her head a don’t deny that it is smartly written. 1 stair.
"For Mr. Sherlock Holmes.” he said,
cocked liat with feathers In it. The It Irritates me though. It is evidently
next day Gen. Greeu hunted Molly up the theory of some arm-chair lounger stepping into the room and handing
and conducted her to Gen. Washington, who evolves all these neat little para mv friend the letter.
Here was an opportunity of taking
the commander-ln-cblef. who, contrary doxes In the seclusion of his own
study. It Is not practical. I should the conceit out of him. He little
to the rule« of war, gave her a ser like to see him clapped down in a thought of this when he made that ran
geant's commission, and recommended third-class carriage on the Under dom shot.
that her name be placed ou the list of ground, and asked to give the trades
“May I ask. my lad.” 1 said, blandly,
of all of his fellow travelers. I would ‘‘what your trade may be?”
half-pay officers for life.
“Commissionaire, sir.” he said, gruff
Sergeant Hays. Molly’s husband, was lay a thousand to one against him.”
"You would lose your money," Sher ly. “Uniform away for repairs.”
not killed In thia battle, but only se
"And you were." I asked, with a
verely wounded and his wife nursed lock Holmes remarked calmly. “As
slightly malicious glance at my com
him back to life again. This was not for the article, I wrote it myself.”
“You!”
panion.
the very tirst battle In which Molly had
"Yes; I have a turn both for obser
"A sergeant, sir: Royal Marine
taken an active part. She was with her vation and for deduction. The theories Light Infantry, sir. No answer? Right
husband nt Fort Clinton when it was which I have expressed there, and sir."
attacked by the British and the Amcr- which appear to you to be so chimeri
He clicked his heels together, raised
cal, are really extremely practical—so his hand in a salute and was gone.
Icans were forced to retreat.
The soldiers were rushing out of the practical that I depend upon them for
fort and Sergt. Hay* turned away from my bread and cheese.”
CHAPTER III.
“And how?"^ asked involuntarily.
his gun, threw down his match and ran
"Well, I have a trade of my own. I
I confess that I was considerably
tor his life, bls wife all ready to follow suppose I am the only one in the
startled by this fresh proof of the
But seeing the live match on the world. I’m a consulting detective, if practical nature of my companion’s
ground and knowing that the gun was you can understand what that is. Here theories.
loaded, she stopped long enough to in London we have lots of government
My respect for his powers of anal
pick It up and touch off the gun before detectives, and lots of private ones. ysis increased wondrously. There still
dashing away after her busl>and. That When these fellows are at fault they remained some lurking suspicion in
was the last gun which the Americans come to me, and I manage to put my mind, however, that the whole
them on the right scent. They lay all tiling was a prearranged episode, in
fired in Fort Clinton.
the evidence before me, and I am gen tended to dazzle me. though what
But the battle of .Monmouth was Mol erally able, by the h«*lp of my knowl
earthly object he could have in taking
ly’« last. A few days later, on that edge of the history of crime to set me in was past my comprehension.
very field of conflict, w as ls>rn her only them straight. There is a strong fam
When I looked at him he had fin
son, John I,. Hays. After the war was ily resemblance about misdeeds, and if ished reading the note, and his eyes
over Molly and her husband went back you have all the details of a thousand I assumed the vacant, lack luster ex
to her old home In Carlisle and lived at your finger ends, it is odd if you pression which showed mental ab
there with their non at the United can’t unravel the thousand and first. straction.
Lestrade is a well-known detective.
"How in the world did you deduce
States barrack*, built by the Hessians, He got himself into a fog recently
who were taken pri^onerds at the battle over a forgery case, und that was what that?” I asked.
“Deduce what?” said he, petulantly,
of Trenton. Here Molly cooked for the brought him here."
“Why, that he was a retired ser-
soldiers aud after tlie dealt of her hus
these other people?”
geant of marines.”
I "And
band she kept a little store in the
“They are mostly sent out by private
“I have no time for trifles,” he re-
southeastern part of the town, close by Inquiry agencies. They are all people plied brusquely: then, wlth a smile,
who
are
in
trouble
about
something,
I "Excuse my rudeness. You broke the
the house In which Maj. Andre had
been confined after his capture near and want a little enlightening. I listen thread of my thoughts; hut perhaps
to their story, they listen to my com it is just as well. So you actually
Lake Champlain. At the corner of East ments, and then I pocket my fee.”
were not able to see that the man was
North and North Bedford street* stands
"But do you mean to say,” I said, a sergeant of marines.”
tlie house where Molly passed her de “that without leaving your room you
“No. Indeed."
clining year« aud where she died.
can unravel some knot which other
"It was easier to know It than to
Iu the old cemetery at Carlisle, I’a., men can make nothing of, although explain why I know it. If you were
the citizens of Cumberland County they have seen every detail for them asked to prove that two and two made
t reeled, July 4. 1879, a monument to selves?”
four, you might find some difficulty,
“Quite so. I have a kind of intuition and yet you are quite sure of that
Molly Pitcher, heroine of Monmouth.
that way. Now and again a case turns fact. Even across the street I could
up which is a little more complex. i see a great blue anchor tattooed on
Then 1 have to bustle about and see the back of the fellow’s hand. .That
NEW ARMY UNIFORM
things with my own eyes. You see, I smacked of the sea. He had a mili
Knickerbockers to Be Sutwtttutcd for have a lot of special knowledge which tary carriage, however, and regulation
I apply to the problems, and which fa side whiskers. There we have the
Long Trouser*.
cilltates matters wonderfully. Those marine. He was a man with some
The United States army I* to have a
rules of deduction laid down in that
new uniform. Radical changes are to article which aroused your scorn are amount of self-importance and a cer
be made In both service and dress uni invaluable to me In practical work. tain air of command. You must have
observed the way In which he held
forms of officers and men of all Observation, with me. Is second na
his head and swung hfs cane A steady,
branches of the service.
ture. Y’ou appeared to be surprised respectable, middle-aged man. too. on
when
I
told
you,
on
our
first
meeting,
Some time ago Secretary of War
the face of him—all facts whibh led
Root appoint'd a special commission of that you had come from Afghanistan.” me to believe that he had been a ser
"You
w«*re
told,
no
doubt.
”
army officers to investigate and report
geant.”
"Nothing of the sort,
ou the question of Improvement In the came from Afghanistan, I knew voti
"Wonderful!” I ejaculated.
From long
uniform* now worn. This commission hab’t the train of thought ran so swlft-
‘‘Commonplace,"
said
Holmes,
has hell a number of lustrings, exam ly through my mind that I arrived at though I thought from his expression
ined the uniforms of the armies of oth the conclusion without being conscious that he was pleased at my evident
er countries aud will rejxirt to Secre of Intermediate steps. There were such surprise and admiration. ”1 said just
tary Root recommending a number of steps, however. The train of reason now that there-were no criminals, It
ing ran: ‘Here is a gentleman of a appears that I am wrong—look at
changes.
*
He threw
me over the note
Those recommendations will Include medical type, but with the air of a mil this'” **
itary man. Clearly an army doctor, which
the
commissionaire
had
the adoption of khaki as the service
then. He has just come from the brought
uniform for all arms, but full-length tropics, for his face Is dark, and that
"Why," I cried as I cast my eye over
tmusers for privates are to be abol- Is not the natural tint of his skin, for it, "this is terrible!”
lahed. The new sen-Ice uniform pro his wrists are fair. He has undergone
"It does seem to be a little out of
posed will have. In place of full length hardship and sickness as his haggard
the common," he remarked calmly
face
say*
clearly.
His
left
arm
has
trousers, knickerbockers and either leg
' Would you mind reading It to me
gings or a wrapping for the legs similar been Injured. He holds It In a stiff aloud?”
and
unnatural
manner.
Where
In
the
to that list*«! in the British army. Long
This is the letter which I read to
tropic* could an English army doctor
trousers are to be retained In the dress
seen much hardship and got hl* arm him:
uniform, but the helmet will lie abol wounded? Clearly In Afghanistan.’ The
“My Dear Mr. Sherlock Holmes—
ished and a cap with a visor substitut whole train ot thought did not occupy There has been a bad business during
ed. The brown slouch hat with the a second. I then remarked that you the night at 3 I^uriston Gardens, off
came from Afghanistan, and you were the Brixton road. Our man on the
service uniform will be retained.
beat saw a light there about 2 in the
The proposed changes in the uniform astonished.”
“It Is simple enough a* you explain morning, and as the house was an
of officers are all In the direction of It," I said, smiling “You remind me empty ojje, suspected something was
simplicity.
The present long, heavy of Edgar Allen Poe's Du pin. I had no amiss. He found the door open and in
sword Is to be abollshet! In tavor of a Idea that such individuals did exist the front room, which is bare of fur-
abort and light w-«»!ght weapon similar outside of stories.”
ture, discovered the body of a gentle
to that now use«! In the Italian army.
Sherlock Holmes rose and lighted man, well dressed and having cards in
his po< ket b- aring the name of Enoch
In full dress uniform officers will wear his pipe.
"No doubt you think that you are J. Drebber. Clevelam Ohio, U. S. A.’
a cap w ith visor which Is to be model-wl
after a pattern lined In the Prussian complimenting me In comparing me to There had been no . ubbery, nor is
Dupin." he observed. "Now. in my there any evidence as to how the man
regiments <t the Germany army.
opinion Dupin wa* a very inferior fei met his death. There are marks of
Th knapsack la to be abolished and low That trick of hfs of breaking in bloo«l iu the room, but there is no
In Its place there will be a canva: l>ag on his friend's thoughts with an a pro- wound upon his person. We are at a
a ni».x»-*«-
__ »_ loss as to how he came Into the empty
that will tie »uapend«*«! by straps »ver pAY*
poa rtf»mark
remark affair
after a
quarter of an a._
hour's
both »houklm. Th.- bag will bang silence Is really v cry showy and super- house; indeed, the whole affair Is a
fidai He had soi me analytical gentaa. puzzler. If you can come round to the
alsuit the middle of the back.
It Is expect«^l that 8«*cretary Hoot no ioubt: but h« was by no means house any time before 12 you will find
n i a phonor enon as Poe appearetl to me there. I have left everything in
will appmve the propo«e«1 change-« an 1
tine.”
statu quo until I hear from you. If
unleM It I« found neressary to* ha«
“Have you read Gat iriau s works?" you are unable to come I shall give
t'ongres« pass on the matter, the arw
I asked "Does Lecnq ome up to your * you fuller details, and would esteem It
will apiwwr In the new uniform*
idea of a detectl
a great kindness if you would favor
8
k Holt
f«*re th« end of tbe year, So far as is
■>! sardonica! me with your opinion. Yours faithful-
iy-
ly.
kuown at pre»«*nt It will not he nev
TOBIAS GREGSON ’
Gregs in f the smartest of the
«ary to refer tbe matter to Cougre»*.
■
V
■<»
had
«land Ya Her* ••
my frien<| re.
W .Tsh ugiou Cor. St. Ix>uis RepuliU«'.
narked, He and l^eet ade are the pick
that w
That
k
f a bad ot. The are both quick and
Joe- You don't seem afraid to talk
ut
rntional—shot king-
The ç
tc
Th
with the sweet girl graduate.
have their knives into
Î
• t
tc o. They are as Jealous
Di«-k No those girl* are all so t,
of professional beauties
pleased with their new frveks that they
<W M
It
There will
some fun over this case
I BàsA
t
«ou t mention bovk<
k for
3
tc if they are both put upon the scent."
CHAPTER II—Continued.
S’
HE descendants of "Molly
Pitcher,” who reside In Carlisle,
I’a.. recently celebrated the an
niversary of the battle of Monmouth.
In which Molly performed the deed that
liaa handed her name down to poster
ity. Incidentally, It will surprise some
people to learn that Molly’s real name
was not Pitcher, but Hay*.
The battle of Monmouth, which took
place after the British evacuation of
Philadelphia and was brought on by
the determination of Gen. Washington
to follow and attack the enemy as they
were retreating to New York, was
fought on oue of the hottest iluys of
the year, a fact which may have helped
the t'untlueutal troops iu catching ups
with Gen. Cllutou's force*. The Intense
heat, accompanied by rainy weather.
HUl'SK
WHEKK
1’11 CUIS
U1ED.
made slow marching, aud at Mon
mouth, Ix-fore they could reach the
heights of Middletown, 12 miles further
on. the British were forced to stop aud
give battle. It is said that because of
the heat many soldiers on lioth sides
fell on this battlefield without even
having received a wound.
Willi John Hays, an American ar
tillery sergeant, during this battle, was
hi* young wire, Molly, and she made ft
her business to go among the men with
a pitcher of water to slake their thirst.
This galuud for her the nick name of
"Molly Pitcher." Mrs. ilay« was of
German extraction, her maiden name
having been Mary Ludwig. She did not
belong to the army at tlie time of the
battle of Moumouth. but she had fol
lowed her husband In Ills various
marches and offered her service Iu car
rying water, voluntarily. At Monmouth
ahe brought the water from a spring
RECLAMING OUR DESERTS.
Th*» Are Gra<liisllT Yielding to tlie
Kneroaehmant* of Civilization.
The desert *tlll lualntalus Its fast-
Hess«** iu the West. There are some
*|H>ts better ent it led to tlie mum* than
others, but each year th«*»«* fastnesses
are shrinking before the advance of
human enterprise, ns the water might
rise over the land, leaving the high «nd
difficult places to the last. So these
islands are »cattcreil through several
States and l'erritorles. mostly In Ari
zona. New Mexhxi, California, Nevada,
Utah ami Oregon. In the great valley
lying between the main ridge of the
Rocky Mountains, ou the east, «ml the
Caacadt'S. Sierra Nevada mid the cuast
range, ou the west.
Chief among them are the Mojavt
Desert. In southeastern California, a
territory as large ns Switzerland; the
Colorado and Gila deserts of soutli-
western Arizona and setttliern Callfor
nla; the marvelons painted desert of
northeastern Arlrona; and the Grent
Salt Lake desert of Utah. Opt*r>mg
northward from the Mojave desert 11»*"
Death valley, perhaps th«* most d«*»o
late and forbidding spot in America,
Though comparatively small In extent.
Yet there are few places, even In
theae desert strongholds, that are
wholly without life of one sort or an
other, and • large proportion of them
couM be reclaim«*«! If water were avail
able. Even as It Is. not one can bar
human activity: railroad* have t*eeu
built directly *acrooo threo of the worst
of them; mint*« are being o|x*n«*«l and
oft well» driven; land la being re
claliuetl by Irrigation, and eien In the
faatness«*» of Death valley there are
many mining camps and an extensive
borax Industry.
In all the Wewt. look as you will.
says the Century, you w III find no
ert more pitifully forlorn, tnoi re de
e«L more Irreclaimable, and more
worthies* than the mnn made drserta
of northern Wlaconain and Mlcbtgar
where fire ba* follow-e«l the b«*edless
Intuberuiau and spread a black and
tittered waste thousands of square
miles in extent, where on«*e grew a
»plendld green forest of pine. One Is
lieautiful with the perfect*«! grandeur
Into nrblt'h nature m«>l<hi exeu the most
unpromising material: the other-Is
hideous. grx»tc*iue. pitiful, a reminder
of the reck I res wastefuln.*«« of man
Mau la born le tula the wacld- but
A cat may look at a king and m4 see
along cornee woman and declare* It te
anything remarkable, either.
up te her
I
I
lost" I cried; "Bhai;
yoa a cab?"
•*?
8
‘I am not sure about
,
go. I am the moat lncUwbi,T 1 «U
11 that ever stood In
that Is. when the fli |a on
be spry enough at times." ’ w 11*»
"Why. it Is just such a -s.
you have been longing for ”
“
"My dear fellow, what doe, i,
ter to me? Suppose I uar * ■«
whole matter, you may b* ..
Gregson, Lestrade & e0
all the credit. That comes at
an unofficial personage."
“"‘M
"But he begs you to help hln.-
“Yes. He knows that 1 att ht,
perior, and acknowledge» u tn *
but he would cut his tongue O1,i i ?*
he would own it to any third
However, we may as well go an??*
a look. I shall work it out on“**??
hook. I may have a laugh at ta
if I have nothing else Come oa - '
He hustled on his overcoat and h
tied about in a way that showed th
an energetic fit had superseded
apathetic one.
ae<1
"Get your hat,” he »aid.
"You wish me to come?"
I "Yea, if you have nothing better to
A minute later we were both la
hansom, driving furiously
Brixton road.
It was a foggy, cloudy morning .»«
a dun-colored veil hung over the hous.
tops, looking like the reflection of th.
mud colored streets beneath.
My companion was in the beat ot
spirits, and prattled away about Cre
mona Addles, and the difference be
tween a Stradivarius and an Amatl
As for myself. I was silent, for th«
dull weather and the melancholy busi
ness upon which we were engaged de
pressed my spirits.
"You don’t seem to g|ye
thought to the matter tn hand," I uld
at last Interrupting Holmes’ music»!
disquisition.
"No data yet.” he answered, “it |(
a capital mistake to theorize before
you have all the evidence. It biases
the judgment.”
“You will have your data soon." [
remarked, pointing with my finger
"this Is the Brixton road, and that ii
the house, if I am not very much mb
taken.”
"So It Is. Stop driver, stop'"
We were still a hundred yard» or k
from It, but he insisted upon our
alighting, and we finished our journey
upon foot.
(To be continued.)
A POSER IN ARITHMETIC.
Easy Question that Will Puzzle Sona ol tb
Knowing Ones.
If you ask a man in the street the
simple question, “What is 1 divided bf
a half?’’ he will either reply that the
operation is an impossible one or that
the answer is a half. When you point
out that 1 divided by 2 is a hall, be
will see that there is something wronf
somewhere, but will still be quite un
able to give the right answer. When
you tell him that the answer is 2, he
will either aciept the assertion witboat
understanding it, or will dispute it
tooth and nail. If you attempt to con
vince him of his error, vou will find it
is not at pII an easy task.
His mistake arises through the con
founding of two distinct ideas—namely,
1 divided into 2, and 1 divided by 2.
One divided into 2 is 1 divided into
two parts, each containing a half. O m
divided by 2 is the ratio of 1 to 2, or
the number of times 2 is contained in
one. To anyone who has thought tlie
matter out this seem* clear enough, but
to the man in the street it is sheer
nonsense, and he will tell you so.
A Cruahin, Reply.
Referring to the “Pulpit and Pe«' i"
question raised by Dr. Horton's in-
teresting experiment, a North London
minister writes:
“I think we ministers rather relish
criticism, but we get too little of it."
One rcalls in this connection the
story of the young minister walking
home with one of the elders after the
deliverance of his first sermon. After
some moments’ silence the latter ob
served :
“You were not long.”
“I am very glad to hear you say «o,
replied the youthful cleric; ‘‘1 •“
afraid I was tedious.”
“Oh,” was the crushing reply, “F*
were tedious.”—Westminster GazetH.
An Anarchist ( andidtte.
For the first time in the parliamen
tary history of Italy an avows«! anarrh-
ist, Pietro Calcagno. is a candidate
a seat in the chamber of deputies. He
lives on a small island in the Mediter
ranean and must not leave th-Te ’it
out government consent. Signor Ci-
cagno has been imprisoned eeier*
time« liecause of his anarchistic utter
ances, was released only a short tins
ago on account of ill health ar» 1 *•
fled to this country and to hngleM
more than once to escape the police-
Unification.
“^Bct'ional line- are vanishing
there will be no north, no eoutb,
east, no west!"
"Yea; I «oppose it'» only « <inM'
of time until they get up a lorporrt*
big enough to own the whole con« .•
—Puck.
What 1!« Could Do.
Tommy—Ma. may I have Jik*J
Briggs over to play on Saturday
Mrs. Fogg«—No, you make too ra
noise. You’«! better go do*t‘w
house and play.
Tlw Largest Com*-
The largest dome in the«1 r
of the Lutheran church at
Its interior diameter is 200 feet-.
of the British museum library 1
feet.
(
0« th« Move.
“They have two servant*
"Huh!
That's nothing-
usually have two in "nr *" ,
going and one coming
I mi*'
Prens.
Leather froa Co«» » «
i cow'« hide pro-i : 1 ***
,..j,,
p*-u ml a of leather, and that o •
about eiglite>*n pounds.
A SwMtituti
Friend—Got any defen»
Criminal—No ; but I va |u»
class lawyer.—Pu«k.