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A STUDY
BY A. CONAN DkYLE. '
CHAPTER VI.
The papers next day were full of the
"Brixton Mystery," as they termed it.
Each had a long account of the af
fair, and some had leaders upon it In
"addition. .
There was some Information in them
which was new to me. I still retain in
my scrap book numerous clpplngs and
extracts bearing upon the case.
Here Is a condensation of a few of
them':
The Dally Telegraph remarked that.
In the history of crime there had sel
dom been a tragedy which presented
stranger features.
The German name of the victim,
the absence of all motive and the sln
ibter inscription on the wall all point
ed to its perpetration by political
(efugees and revolutionists.
The Socialists had many branches
In America, and the deceased had, no
doubt. Infringed their unwritten laws
and been, tracked down- by them.
After alluding airily to the Vehm-
gericht, aqua tofano, Carbonari, the
Marchioness de Brinvilliers, the Dar
winian theory, the principles of Mai
thus and the Ratcllff Highway mur
ders, the article concluded by admon
ishing the government and advocating
a closer watch over foreigners in Eng
land.
The Standard commented upon the
fact that lawless outrages of the sort
usually occurred under a Liberal ad
ministration.
They arose from the unsettling of
the minds of the masses and the con
sequent weakening of all authority.
The deceased was an American gen
tleman who , had been residing for
some weeks In the metropolis. He hda
stayed at the boarding-house off Mme.
Charpentler, in Torquay Terrace,
Camberwell.
He was accompanied in his travels
by his private secretary, Mr, Joseph
Stangerson. The two bid adieu to their
. landlady upon Tuesday, the 4th Inst,
and departed to Euston station with
the avowed Intention of catching the
Liverpool express. They were after
ward seen together on the platform,
Nothing .more is known of them un
til Mr. Drebber s body was, as re
corded, discovered in an empty house
In the Brixton road, many miles from
Euston.
How he came there, or how he met
Ms fate, are questions which are still
involved in mystery.
Nothing Is known of the where
abouts of Stangerson. We are glad
to learn that Mr. Lestrade and Mr
Gregson, of Scotland Yard, are both
engaged upon the case, and It Is con
fidently anticipated that these well-
known officers will speedily throw
light upon the maftr.
The Daily News observed that there
was no doubt as to the crime being a
political one. The despotism and hat
red of Liberalism which animated
the Continental governments had had
the effect of driving to our shores a
number of men who might have made
excellent citizens were they not soured
by the recollection of all tbey had un
dergone. Among these men there was. a
stringent code of honor any Infringe
ment of which was punished by death.
Every effort should be made to
find the secretary, Stangerson, and to
ascertain some particulars of the hab
its of the deceased.
A great step had been gained by the
discovery of the address of the house
at which he had boarded, a result
which was entirely due to the acute
ness and energy of Mr. Gregson, of
Scotland Yard.
Sherlock Holmes and I read these
notices over together at breakfast,
and they appeared to afford him con
siderable amusement
"I told you that, whatever happened,
Lestrade and Gregson would be sure
to score."
"That depends on how It turns out."
"Oh, bless you, It doesn t matter In
the least If the man Is caught, it will
be on account of their exertions; If he
escapes, it will be in spite of .-.elr ex
ertions. It's heads I win, talis you
lose. Whatever they do, they will have
followers. A fool always finds a big
ger fool to ad.mlre him."
"What on earth Is this?" I cried, for
at this moment there came the patter
ing of many steps In the hall and on
ue stairs, accompanied by audible et
pteslons of disgust on the part of our
landlady.
"It's the Baker-street division of the
detective police force," said my com
panion, gravely; and as be spoke
there rushed into the roam half a doz
en of the dirtiest and most ragged
stref arahs that ever I clapped eyes
on.
"'Tention!" cried Holmes, In a
sharp tone and the six dirty scoun
drels stood In a line like so many dis
reputable statuettes. "In future you
shall send up Wiggins alone to report,
and the rest of you must wait In the
street. Have you found it, Wiggins?"
"No, sir, we hain't" said one of the
youths.
"I hardly expected that you would.
You must keep on until you do. Here
ere your wages." He handed each of
them a shilling. "Now, off you go, and
come back with a better report next
time."
He waved his hand, and they scam
pered away downstairs like so many
rats, and we heard their shrill voices
next moment in the street
"There's more work to be got out of
one of those little beggars than out of
a dozen of the force," Holmes re
marked. "The mere sight of an official
looking person seals men's lips. These
youngsters, however, go everywhere
and hear everything. They are as
sharp as needles, too; all they want
lc organisation.
"Is it on this Brixton case that you
are employing them?" I asked.
"Yes; there is a point which I wish
to ascertain. It Is merely a matter of
time. Halloo! we are going to hear
some news now with a vengeance!
Here is Gregson coming down the
road with beatitude written upon ev
ery feature of his face. Bound for us,
I know. Yes, he is stopping There he
Is!"
There was a violent peal at the bell,
and In a few seconds the falr-halred
detective came up the stairs three
steps at a time, and burst Into our
sitting-room.
"My dear fellow," he crle, wringing
Holmes' unresponsive hand, "congrat
ulate me! 1 have made the whole
thing as clear as day."
cross my companion's expressive fare.
"Do you mean that you are on the
right track?" he asked.
"The right track! Why, sir, we have
the man under lock and key!"
"And his name Is?"
Arthur Charpentler. sub-lieutenant
In her majesty's navy," cried Gregson.
pompously, rubbing bis fat hands and
Inflating his chest
Sherlock Holmer gave a sigh of re-
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IN SCARLET
lief and relaxed Into a smile,
"Take a seat and try one of these
cigars," be said. "We are anxious to
know bow you managed it. Will you
cave some wblsky and water?
- "I don't mlna If I do," the detective
answered. "The tretSendous exertions
which I have gone through during the
last day or two have wonn me out
Not so much bodily exertion, you un
derstand, as the strain upon the mind.
You will appreciate that, Mr. Shor-
lock Holmes, for we are both brain
workers.
"You do me too much honor," said
Holmes, gravely. "Let us hear how
you arrived at this most gratifying
result.
The detective seated himself in the
armchair and puffed complacently at
bis cigar. Then suddenly he slapped
his thigh In a paroxysm of amuse
ment
"The fun of It Is," he cried, "that
that fool Lestrade, who thinks him
self so smart, has gone off upon the
wrong track altogether. He Is after
the secretary, Stangerson, who had no
more to do with the crime than the
babe unborn. I have no doubt that
he has caught him by this time."
The Idea tickled Gregson so much
that he laughted until he choked,
"And how did you get your clue?"
"Ah, I'll tell you all about It Of
course, Dr. Watson, this Is strictly be
tween ourselves. The first difficulty
which we had to contend with was the
finding of this American's anteced
ents. Some people would have waited
until their advertisements were an
swered or until parties came forward
and volunteered Information. That Is
hot Tobias Gregson's way of going
lo work. You remember the hat be
side the dead man?"
"Yes," said Holmes, "by John Un
derwood & Sons, 129 Camberwell
road." ..
Gregson looked quite- crestfallen.
"I had no Idea that you noticed
that," he said. "Have you been there?"
"No."
"Ha!" cried Gregson, In a relieved
voice, "you should never neglect
chance, however small It may seem."
"To a great mind nothing Is little,
remarked Holmes, sententlously.
"Well, I went to Underwood and
asked him If he had sold a hat of that
size and description. He looked over
his books and came on It at once. .He
had sent the hat to a Mr. Drebber, re
siding at Charpentler s boarding es
tablishment, Torquay "Terrace. Thus
I got at his address."
"Smart very smart," murmured
Sherlock Holmes.
"I next called upon Madame Char
pentier," continued the detective. "I
found her very pale and distressed
Her daughter was In the room, too
an uncommonly fine girl she is too;
she was looking red about the eyes,
and ber lips trembled as I spoke to
her. That didn't escape my notice. I
began to smell a rat. You know the
feeling, Mr Sherlock Holmes, when
you once come upon the right scent
a kind of thrill in your nerves. 'Have
you heard of the mysterious death of
ytur late brother, Mr. Enoch J. Dreb
ber, of Cleveland?" I asked.
The mother nodded. She didn't
seem to get out a word. The daughter
burst Into tears. I felt more than ever
that these people knew something of
the matter,
"'At what o'clock did Mr. Drebber
leave your house for the train?' I
asked.
" 'At 8 o'clock,' she said, gulping
In her throat to keep down her agita
tion. 'His secretary, Mr. Stangerson,
said that there were two trains one
at 9:15 and one at 11. He-was to
catch the first."
'And was that the last which you
saw of him?'
"A terrible change came over the
woman's face as I asked the questlor.
Her features turned perfectly livid. It
was some seconds before she could
get out the single word 'Yes,' and
when it did come it wag in a husky.
unnatural tone.
There was silence for a moment,
and then the daughter spoke In a
calm, clear voice.
'No good can ever come of false
hood, mother,' she said. 'Let us be
hank with the gentleman. We did see
Mr. Drebber again.'
"'God forgive you! cried Madame
Charpentler, throwing up her hands
find sinking back in her chair. 'You
have murdered your brother!'
"'Arthur would rather that we
spoke the truth,' the girl answered,
(irmly.
" 'You had best tell me all about It
now,' I said. 'Half confidences are
worse than none. Besides, you do not
know how much we know of It'
On your head be it, Alice!' cried
ber mother; and then, turning to me,
i will tell you all, sir. Do not Imagine
that my agitation on behalf of my son
arises from any fear lest he should
have had a hand in this terrible affair.
He Is utterly innocent of it. My dread
is, however, that in your eyes and in
the eyes of others he may appear to
be compromised. That, however, lc
surely impossible. His high character,
Ms profession, his antecedents would
all forbid it" .
'Your best way is to make a clean
breast of the facts," I answered. 'De
pend upon it, If your son is Innocent
Le will be none the worse.'
" 'Perhaps, Alice you had better
leave us together,' she said, and her
daughter withdrew. 'Now, sir,' she
continued, "1 had no Intention of tell
ing you all this, but since my poor
daughter has disclosed it -I have no
alternative. Having once decided to
speak, I will tell you all without omit
ting any particular.'
"It Is your wisest course,' said I.
"'Mr. Drebber has been with us
nearly three weeks. He and his sec
letary, Mr. Stangerson, had been trav
eling on the Continent I noticed a
"Copenhagen" label upon each of their
trunks, showing that that bad been
their last stopping place. Stangerson
was a quiet, reserved man, but his em
ployer, I am sorry to say, was far
ctherwise. He was coarse In his hab
its and brutish In bis ways. The very
night of his arrival he became very
much the worse for drink, and, In
deed, after 1J o'clock in the day he
could hardly ever be said to be sober.
His manners toward the maid servants
were disgustingly free and familiar.
Worst of all. he speedily assumed the
same manner toward my daughter,
Alice, and spoke to her more than
once In a way which, fortunately, she
is too Innocent to understand. On one
occasion he actually seized her In hie
arms and embraced her an outrage
which caused his own secretary to re
proach him for his unmanly conduct.'
"'But why do you stand all this? I
asked. T suppose that you can get r!1
of your boarder when you wish."
"Mrs. Cbarpentier blushed at my
jertlnent question.
" 'Would to God that I had given
jhlnj notltw tha very day he eamo,
she said, 'But It was a sore tempta
tion. They were paying a pound a day
each 14 pounds a week, and this Is a
slack season. I am a widow, and my
boy in the navy has cost me much. 1
grudged to lose the money. I acted for
the best This last was too .much,
however, and I gave hira notice to
leave on account of It That was the
reason of bis going.'
"'Welir
" My heart grew light when I saw
him drive away. My son Is on leave
Just now, but I did not tell him any
thing of this, for his temper is violent
and he is passionately fond of his sis
ter. When I closed the door behind
them a load seeme- to be lifted from
my mind. Aias! in less than an hour
there was a ring at the bell, and I
learned that M?. Drebber had re
turned. He was much excited and
evidently the worse for drink. He
forced his way into the room where I
was sitting. with my daughter and
made some Incoherent remark about
having missed his train. He then
turned to Alice, and, before my very
face, proposed to her that she should
fly with him. "You are of age," he
tald, "and there is no law to stop you,
1 have money enough, and to spare.
Never mind the old girl here, but
come along with me now straight
away. You shall live like a princess."
Poor Alice was so frightened that she
phrank away from him, but he caught
her by the wrist and endeavored to
to draw her toward the door. I
screamed, and at that moment my son
Arthur came into the room. What
happened then I do not know. I
heard oaths and confused sounds of a
scuffle. I was too terrified to raise my
head. When i did look up I saw Arthur
standing In the doorway laughing,
with a stick in his hand. "I don't
think that fine fellow will trouble us
again," he said. "I will Just go after
him and see what he does with him
self." With these words he took his
hat and started off down the street
The next morning we heard of Mr.
Drebber's mysterious death.'
"This statement came from Mrs.
Charpentler's Hps ' with many gasps
and pauses. At times she spoke so
low that I could hardly catch the
words. I made shorthand notes of all
that she said, however, so that there
could be no possibility of a mistake."
"It's quite exciting," said Sherlock
Holmes, with a yawn. "What hap
pened next?"
"When Mrs. Charpentler paused,"
the detective continued, "I saw that
the whole case hung on one point
Fixing her with my eye In a way
which I always found effective with
women, I asked her at what hour her
son returned.
M'I do not know,' she answered.
"Not know?
'"No; he hag a latch key and let
himself In.'
"'After you went to bed?
"'Yes.'
"When did you go to bedf
" 'About eleven.'
" 'So your son was gone at least two
hours?"
'"Yes."
" 'Possibly four or five?
" "Yeg."
" What was ho doing during that
time?"
" 'I do not know," she answered,
turning white to her very Hps.
(To be continued.)
Things Thai May gj
Merest You, K
In mtaters of great concern, and
whfch must be done, there is no surer
argument of a weak mind than irresolu
tion. Tillotson. . .
A Tippecanoe monument will be
erected in memory of General William
Henry Harrison s defeat ot his savage
adversary, Tecumseh, November 11,
1811, at the confluence of the Tippeca
noe and Wabash rivets in Indiana.
Congress is to be asked to appropriate
$50,000.
The White Star line steamer Cedric,
21,000 tons, the largest liner afloat,
was successfully launched at Belfast a
few days ago. Her carrying capacity is
18,400 tons, and the has accommoda
tions for 3,000 passengers. It is said
the Cediij will be ready for service in
the autumn.
r
Herr Most, the anarchist, who has
enjoyed an international experience oi
prisons, sums it up in the epigram:
The freer the country the worse the
jail." "I was first imprisoned in Aus
tria," he says. "There I was treated
like a gentleman. In Germany they
set me to work at book binding. That
was easv. In London they made me
pick oakum. That was very hard. The
first time I was imprisoned in America
I had to fire a furnace. That was
hades."
TO STUDY EARTHQUAKES.
teading Nations Of the World Invited by
Kaiser to Meet In Conference.
An international investigation nl'
earthquakes will probably be the next
great, inquiry lointiy taken up by the
leading nations oi the world. Em-1
peror William is taking the lead in '
this movement, doubtless not dnairino
to have the czar of Russia suggest all
the propositions having a tendency to
bring the civilized peoples closer to
gether. N. j
Germanv has invited the TTnltwt
States, all the European countries,
Mexico, Japan, Brazil, Argentine, and i
Chili, to participate in a conference
fer the study of eeisraoloEical Droblems.
The invitation to this government was
given directly to the state department
by Count Von Quadt. German charee
d'affaires. He acted uader instmctions
from Berlin. It is Dronosed tn hnM
tlie international conference soma time
next tpring. ,
AH the conn tries invited to Tnrtlrint
are expected to send delegates, lhey
will naturally be scientist of high
standing and especially those whose
duties bring them in contact with tha .
general tonic of earthauakei and din.
turbances of the earth's crust. No ac
tion looking to the calling of the con
vention will be taken until a nonaidor.
able number of the nations requested
to send delegates has replied to the in
vitation sent by Germany. ,
Officials here are much interested in
the proposition advanced by the Ger
man government. Its importance is
materially enhanced bv reaction of tha
recent eruption on the Islands of Mar
tinique and St. Vincent. It is expected
this covernment will accent tha inviu. t
tinn, although no definite decision will I
ds reacnea unut ine return oi tecretary
Hay.
In the event of nartirinatinn
scientist will ba designated as dele
gate.
A
&ii Easterner Taught California
Land Owners a Lesson.
BOUGIITUPPEATLAND
This He Turned Into 8 Celery Farm and
Staged a Great Industry. ' '
Flint Crop of Celery Raised on Land
Which Was Bought for a Bonn Pro
duction and Marketing of the Crop
Is Full of Intercut-Many of the East
ern States Are Supplied and Borne
L Heavy Profits Are Made.
There Is many a fortune lost by not
being able to recognize a good thing
wben one sees It Some one, a great
many years ago, said that opportunity
calls but once upon the same person,
lie Is supposed to rap at the door and
if he gets no answer be passes on never
to return that way. This sounded so
nice and fanciful that It became a
proverb, but like many other accepted
sayings, has not a gruln of truth In it.
As a matter of fact, opportunity Is
hanging about each man's door fairly
aching for an Invitation to come In, but
most men are so obtuse tbey do not
recognize hi in. :. -
When the old man, Hervey found, a
few years ago, that a goodly portion
of his lands at Smeltzer, Orange coun
ty, in Southern California, lay In the
big tule swamp, he was sorry be had
bought them. A little later, when a
valuable team with which he was en
deavoring to break up a portion of
the peat lands became bogged and
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went down and down, In spite of all
his efforts to save them, till they dis
appeared beneath the rich, black, oozy
soil, never to reappear, he was still
more regretful. He had, nevertheless,
a good thjng, but he did uot know It
The bog was opportunity, l?ut It took
another to discover It
' Eight or nine years ago a man from
the East wandered down to Santa Ana
and there saw Mexicans nnd Chinese
hauling wagon londs- of "dried peat
about town, selling the product for
fuel. Peat burus very nicely when
properly prepared, and coal and wood
being extremely scarce In Southern
California, a number of persons man
aged to get a fair living out of the
big tule swamp. The stranger had
never heard of the great peat bog, but
he asked some questions and learned
all about It. Then he went down to
Smeltzer and saw It for himself. Next
he began purchasing all the swamp
land he could buy.
Bt ranger's Level Head.'
Public opinion was divided regarding
the stranger. He must be either Idi
otic or Insane, the people thought, and
the vote was about a tie as to which
was the case. Nevertheless the own
era of the swamp lands made baste to
profit 'by his supposed mental infirmi
ty, and they eagerly unloaded most of
the bog upon him. Some of them, Her
vey among the number, retained a part
of the bog land just to see if the stran
ger really had a rational motive in ac
quiring the well-high worthless real es
tate. They are now congratulating
themselves that they did so.
Some of this swamp laud brought the
owners as much as $10 an acre. The
most of It, however, went for less than
half that sum. To-day the land Is
worth 400 an acre, and off the 3,000
acres which are being utilized the
owners will obtain this year a revenue
of $300,000.
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Buf
falo, Pittsburg, Chicago, Cincinnati, St
Louis, and a buudred other cities In
the East are eating celery raised In
the great tule swamp of Orange coun
ty. More than 20 cars a day are ship
ped from the fields and the most of It
goes east of the Mississippi river. It
has taken some work and expense to
put the swamp la condition to bring
this Income, but nothing compared
with the return It yields.
The first work was to drain the
swamp sufficiently to permit of tha
land being worked. In order to do this
a huge drainage canal, 14 feet wide
and 12 feet deep, was run from the
swamp to the ocean four miles away.
The lateral drains empty Into this.
Chinese labor was employed In digging
the ditches and laying the tile through
the soft earth and the same labor was
used in clearing the .swamp of the tule
and other growth and putting the
ground in condition to be plowed. Then
came the problem, how to plow the
land. Notwithstanding the drainage,
the lands were still soft and spongy
and the danger of bogging the horses
was not slight The stranger from the
Eaut was aj;ain equal to the emergency,
lie had. In the course of his travels,
had experlpm-e In navigating uimi
snowshnes, and he proceeded to rig
shoes for the homes on a modified
sium slice plan. Now the horses plow
the land, bank the celery, pull the cut
ting machines over the fields and car
ry away the crop In safety.
CIimb Labor Employed.
Nearly all the labor employed Is Chl
nre and Japanese. Tbla la not so
much because that kind of labor Is
cheaper than other kinds though that
feature of the case is not objected to
as it Is that the white men ran not
WEALTH
stand tha work. The planting begins
In June and continues through July and
August and the hot summer sun beats
down upon the fields and the beat and
the rank odors of the swamp, laden
with fever and malaria, are more than
the average white man can endure.
The Orieutals, however, keep healthy,
as a rule, and -do not seem to much
mind the beat
In a week or so after the plants have
been set the laborers go through the
patch and press the dirt around the
plants in such a manner as. td cause
the stalks to grow uprightly and close
together. This process Is repented two
or three times and then the "bankers,"
as the two-sbare piows are called, are
put Into, .the field and the soil la
thrown up against the plants, burying
all but the tops. As the stalks push
upward the banking Is repeated and
the stalks are thus kept bleached and
tender till It Is time for the cutting.
This Is also done with horse power.
A four-wheeled 'vehicle fitted with
sharp kulves which pass under the
rows of celery is-drawn through the
fields, clipping the stalks from the
roots and leaving them still standing
in the rows. So rapidly do these ma
chines do the work but five teams and
machines are required to harvest the
crop from the entire 3,000 acres.
Following the cutters come a small
army of Celestials" who take the sev-
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ered stalks by the tops and lift them
from the earth, and with rapid aud
skillful motions shake the dirt there
from, trim the roots and tops with
knives made for the purpose, and lay
the stalks to one side of the row where
the packers find them and tie them Into
j bundles and put them In crates ready
for shipment. The harvest begins In
October and lasts till well toward the
spring." As the rainy season ' begins
about November 1, It will be seen that
the most of this work takes place at
the most disagreeable season of the
year. Day after day the yellow men
I At, Iwvl- lJ J J
i8 l inn i uiuu-iMui-u up ana uown
the long rows, and amid the pelting,
chilly rains work steadily and uncom
plainingly on, receiving at the end of
the week a pittance the white man
would scorn; and yet, most of these
laborers have a comfortable bank ac
count. It takes strong soil to raise good
celery year after year, and this Is just
what the soil of the peat swamp Is.
For hundreds, thousands and perhaps
millions of years the rains of winter
have carried down to the tule swamp
the vegetation of the mountains mix
ed with the soil borne along with the
rushing torrents the rains tend down
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BANKING llli; Cf-i.l-tH
tbelr steep sides, rn this natural sink
the vegetation has decayed and' sank
beneath the next layer brought down
from the "everlasting bills." Thus na
ture bas formed one of the 'best soils
that could be found for the purpose
for which it Is now being used. Af
ter the last of the crop has been taken
from the fields, the ground la plowed
and sown to barley. Just before plant
ing time, the barley, which bas by this
time attained a rank growth, Is plow
ed under and Its luxuriance goes to en
rich the soil -and minister to tbe de
mands of the new celery crop.
Last season's output of -celery from
this erstwhile bog was fully 1,200 cars.
As each car holds 130 crate and each
crate contains six dozen stalks. It will
be seen that the product of the swamp
reached nearly 13,000.000 stalka. Thla
brought In the markets more than
1300,000, fully one-half of which found
Its way Into the pockets of the jrew
era. Truly a handsome sum to pull
from the coxy mud of a pest bog.
Wbat Adam Was Doing.
It was midnight. Euddenly In the
Adam residence there was a cry, then
a serle of how la, and ene of the nelgh-
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KSi.S'i MluSPfl Itep
bors. passing by. heard the head of tha
house use language that was calculated
to loose the thunderbolts of heaven on
the whole neighborhood. She stopped,
-ran up to ine- aoor, aim, picoamg ic
button, listened eagerly at the speaking
tube. "WbHt In the world Is your hus
band doing?" she asked, as the dulcet
voice of Eve Inquired her errand.
' : "Oh," replied Eve, "he Is merely rais
ing Cain. "It reqrftres strong lanfuage
to 'raise a child like that."
And tbus'Bn expression was cotaed
which promises to outlast history itself.
Portland Oxegonian.
DIED OF 8TARVATION.
Sad Fate of a Prospector ia that Great
Peathtrap, the Colorado Deaeru
J. P. Fay recently returned from
trln across the Colorado desert -with
uews of the death of J. A. Adams, Dep
uty County Surveyor of San cBernar-
dino County and a grandsonr of John
Brown, the abolitionist of national
fame, says a correspondent of the St
Louis Republic. . - Adams met with a
horrible death, wandering away from
the surveying camp while temporarily
deranged and perishing of -starvation,
"We were out on the desert prospect
ing for gold,", said Fay. "An Indian,
whom we had employed to show us
where to find water on the, desert,
caught his foot In the stirrup while
mounting his horse and fell on hia
back. The horse started to run, drag
clnir the Indian by one foot As the
ground was covered by jagged rocks,
the Indian would have been killed had
not Adams run up and seized the
horse by the bit The animal, wild
with fright, reared and plunged. Ad
ams was twice thrown upou the rocks,
and once the, horse's boot struck him,
but he still gripped the bit until Mr.
Lanaere and I succeed In releasing the
Indian.' .
"After all the danger was over Ad
ams sat down upon a rock and began
laughing, and when asked If. he was
hurt replied: "Oh, no; I'm only a little
tired, but I guess you will have to help
me set this arm:' We then started for
Yuma, Adams riding some twenty-five
miles that afternoon and never once
complaining, though ,we could see by
his drawn features that be was suffer
ing intense pain.
"At dusk we camped for the night,
and within an hour the sick man was
delirious and raving like a maniac.
Some time during the night be left
camp. As soon as we discovered that
he had gone we made every effort to
Snd him, but could not do much until
daylight, wben we found his tracks In
the sand. We followed the tracks all
that' day and until about 9 o'clock the
next day, wben we came to a hard,
rocky place at the foot of some rock
hills. Here we lost the trail, and, try
as we might, we could not find It again.
"For three days we searched the
hills, but not a trace of the man could
we discover, though we well knew that
somewhere wfrhln a radius of twenty
or thirty miles lay the body of one of
the bravest men that ever lost big life
In that great deathtrap the Colorado
desert
WAITERS AND EYEGLASSES.
Hotels and Restaurants Object to Help
Wearing Optical Aids.
"Ever see a waiter wearing glasses?"
demanded the Inquisitor.
No one could remember, although Just
why a waiter should not be seen with
glasses as well as any other man was
not apparent.
"It's Just like the wearing of beards,"
went on the Inquisitor. "The proprie
tors of our Important hotels, restau
rants and cafes will not permit either
beards or glasses to be worn by their
.valters. It Is possible that In some old
.'ashloned family or commercial hotel
the servitors may be found with their
noses straddled by optical helps, but
you won't find 'cm along Broadway.
"Now, this Is a fact worthy of note,
because In every other calling In life
the number of persons wearing glasses
Is on the Increase, and even In our
schools a considerable percentage of
very small children will be found wear-
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lug glasses. And while, as I say, hotel,
restaurant and cafe proprietors are op
posed to the glasses, still I have seldom
found a waiter whose eyes Indicated
that be was In the slightest need of
them.
"Yon may argue that restaurant walt-
pr r ironornlltf rnnnv man i"7 .
you that lustantly, but, all the same,
thousand of men of similar age have
to wear them In almost every other oc
cupation. "Tike tnajority of these servitors com
mence In boyhood, and the demand of
their vocation causes no strain on the
eyesight Consequently that may ac-'
count In a measure for the absence of
any necessity for the nse of spec.
Moreover, the steam from bot viands
would render them useless probably."
New York Evening Telegram.
Iargst Farm Known.
The biggest average farm in the
world Is In South Australia, where tha
average squatter holds 78,000 acres.
There la nothing In the wide, wide
world that ao speedily pounds sense
Into a foolish girl as marriage to an
Improvident man.
V ... 1 ' i -aw-' ,
V V- ff, ,.aWn iiV MB 17.. ifa. a,-r ' -.. Pfe,
' nnnilin I
H M'Wjll'JM I
Ruerrfwor to E. L. Smith,
Oldest KkMblishi-d House in the valloy.
DEALER IN
Dry Goocte, Groceries,
Boots and Shoes,
Hardware,
Flour and Feed, etc.
This old-established house will con
tinue to pay cash for all its goods; it
pays no rent; it employs a clerk, but
does not have to divide with a partner.
All dividends are made with customer
in the way ot reasonable prices.
Lumber
Wood,
Posts, Etc.
Davenport Bros.
Lumber Co.
Have opened an office In Hood River.
Call and get prices and leave orders,
which will be promptly filled.
Regulator Line
STEAMERS
Regulator nd Dalles City
Between The Dalles and Portland
Daily Except Sunday.
Leave Dalles 7 A. M.
Arrive Portland 4 P. M.
Ieave Portland 7A.M.
Arrive Dalles 5 P. M.
Leave Hood River (down) at 8:30 A. M.
Arrive Hood River (up) at 3:30 P.M.
W. C ALLAWAY,
General Agent.
White Collar Line
Portland -Astoria Route
Str. "BAILEY GATZERT."
Dally round trlpa except Sunday.
TIME CARD.
Lve Portland .. T:00 A. M
Leave Astoria , 7:00 P. at
Throwrh Portland connection with Steamer
Kahcotta from llwaco aud Long Beach point.
White Collar Line ticket Interchangeable
with O. U. ii N. Co. and V. T. Co. ticket.
The Dalles-Portland Roule
STEAMERS
"TAHOMA" and "METLAKO"
Daily trlpa exoept Sunday.
Str. "TAHOMA."
Leave Portland, Mon., Wed., Frl 7:00 A. M
Leave Tat Dalle, Tuea., Thuri. Bat, 7:00 A. U
Str. "METLAKO."
Leavea Portland, Tne., Thu., Sat 7:00 A. M.
Leave The Dalle Mon., Wed., Fri 7:00 A. M.
Landing and office: Foot Alder Street. Both
phone Main S6L Portland, Oregon.
AGENTS.
JOHN M. FILLOON. ..Th Dalle, Or
A. J. i aii.uk. Astoria, or
1. 1. Ll'CKEV Hood Klver. Or
WOLKOKD 4 WYER9 White Salmon. Waih
J. C. WY ATT Vancouver. Wan a
K. B. OILBKKTH .'Lvle. Wash
JOHN M. TOTTOS. Steveiiion, Waih
H KNKY OLMSTED.... .. Camon, Weh
WM. BUTLKR Butler. Wah
E.W. CRICHTON,
Portland, Oregon
Oregon
Shot Line
and Union Pacific
PaTitT
TIME SCHEDULES
Pertltna. Or.
Chicago
Portland
Kecial
:wia. m.
via
Huntington.
At'antia
Kx press
:to p.m.
via
HuuUngton.
Suit Ike, Denver,
Ft. Worth.Omaha,
Kanea City, 8t.
Loui,Chicagoaud
Last.
4:30 p.m.
Walla Walla lwl-
Uin.Ppukane.Min
neaimlli, Ht. I'aul,
Duliitli. Mllwan
kee.e.'h lcago.t tiait
8; 10 a. tn.
St. Paul
Fast Mail
6:15 p. m.
pokana
Celt Lake, Denver,
Kt. Wiirth.Omaha,
Kauaa City, St.
l.ini,l'nii njoaud
Kail.
7:00a
OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE
KON fUKTLAMU.
DO j.a
All tailing date
:00 p. m.
ubject to change
For Pan Francisco
fcailev.ry day
w rr
Ti.Huuclay
UU p. an.
Saturday
Mi.UO p. ia.
Celoiokla lr
tteniera.
To Aitorle and Way
Landing.
4 00 p. m.
Ex. Sunday
4ie m
Mon., Wed.
and Frl.
Wlllanen. tlwr.
Water permitting.
Oregon City, N.w
her, tiaiain. luda.
4:0 p. m.
Ka. Suaday
prudence, Corval-
inatia ,f .aud
Inge. 7:M).m.
Tun , Thar.
' and Eat.
Willamette an TlB-
kUI linn.
Water permitting.
Oregon city, Day
ton, A Way Laud
ing. 1:S0 p. m.
Mon., WL
and Fri.
Lv. Rlpaiia
4 06 a. m.
Daily eieept
Monday.
taaks lltar.
Ripula to Lewiiton
LT.Lewiitoa
uu a. m.
Daily .xcept
Monday.
A. L. CRAIG,
General Peetenger Agent, Portland, Or.
Jk. V. BOAR, A geaa. Bee Blear.
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