The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 1894 Page: 2 of 6
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THE TAYLOR COUNTY EWS.
JAM.E3 A. LOWRY Publisher and Proprietor.
AKiLEXE. .... TEXAS.
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A USEFUL PRANK.
It I'rovcri to In- the Maklnc of One
Young "'I
A j'i!y party of Yale students camped
out in the Vermont wwk!s. near the.
border if tin- -tatc. fT midsummer
-.spurt. Keturiiing ! camp one after-
noon along :i lonely road they met a
backwoods iii:uli;:ri loy. who was
jogging along -.villi a blind horse pull-
ing a buekb.mrd.
'This must be a native." whispered'a
mischievous collegian. "Let us guy
liim by talkiag Latin.
A- thi hoy approach-'!. the way
bowed ccreiuoiiiausly. and delivered
t-iioriously ji passag" from ("ieere
whirl' he had once declaimed :it school.
Hi: -iiiijanions stood by in silence
.loin their ilu'st to look like Komac
M'liaitirv.
The hoy flopped his horse and sur-
veyed tin- yrmp with astonishment..
I do not inid'-r-tand the kinuajru
whii-h you an" .speakintf." lie ilnally
MJiniitnT'il.
'lli- orator ei tinned his f'u-tve in-
veetive naixist an iinaMnary atiline.
whi!- itis tiiipaiiions -d-mnly ex-prss-d
llii-.i- approval in Mieh ejaMi-Liti"T-
as "Teiupsis r-riH" Hie. hare
i!" ami "'. plurihiis unni!i!"
TJu-v hoy. Jju-r'-eiviiijr that they ivre
nnkiar a lAUt of liim. drove on. fol-3t-.-.e!
ly :ir!nirus of lau filter and a
h"it from ll- leatlt-r:
"H:vryiir Latin alw.ut you thnu.t
t:ni"- y m"-t r-!stl" iii-ii!"
it waMi fj)i;ih prank v. lii-h iheeol-
llfi;t:is .p'"5ily firot. Nit one of
tTteni lial an id-a that anythinjr -.vould
cotii"- f it.
Tin "an:iiai !ad had an errand to
do f.r liis father at tlit near-st villafre.
He ask-l 5hi-ovn"-r f tlie entssrofctl?
stn- a iri'jnis p:-?in:
"lu yn !;non Latin?"
N. I may !.' liuried in the -.vood.s
but I am in a a dead llmaii."
"TIh-ii itjtin is a ilead lair.ruae?"
"As ' ad jas Julius l':ts:ir."
"I v.ant to li-arn i.t. Hi-ve von ain
Latin l.k in the -tore?"
tmjii-1 say. tln-n- u;i-aii -ld Latin
t trraumsai in a i-uplmanl in tin sturi--
lce.Mi-"s Imp.f. It nasan ohl-fashioiied
li'.Nt-Loik.
Yu i-.iii have it." said the sj..re-k.-p.-r.
""I'lit yi.u will never l.-arn to
read a v.urd cf it.""
Tin- lo took the lok iitid drovi-
iimiii' to hi-s fallierV eahm. He never
aw the etdle-ian-. :iaiu. h.iit fi-ryear
that Latin ynunmar was his militant
eompani"Ur In sonsi- niys.irni.iiv way.
pitv.vjl-i;. hy liaxin it -.m-ta!iily undrr
his pillow. h- h-arned to read it and to
'onj:i;'atr the ver!s.
A portsuai; v. ho heard his story ad-vt-.i-d
liim iiM'niifi'iss the l.rder and
tarn his livinir in some roll- v town
tlii--.- lie hmld eoiitiiiui hissimliev.
lli- lad u-iil t.il.'rli'si i suppoj'ti'd
hiins.-lf infci preparatory vrlnwd and en-
Irred the university ihiv. Vliat is
Mi'ii. In- hi-i-Mim Latin pi-ie man. n-
waika'd v jrli-i ill in the .-lassies and
tial line rreord for seholarsliip. He
studied 'hi .tud was Mii'i-rssfiil in his
fit- ifr-sion.
A :i in loan enlleife prank turned the
eiii-rrjit of a whole life. The y 'iin
' .iiiadian'-i eario eoiiine-. of Latin
was a 5o '-. him. insjiii-rd 'y pioue.
i 'n irilles i.ijrh' as this lias huii many
liuinaii drvt-uy. i Inriuuati Trilume.
A SINNER AND A SAINT.
Tin- i:-vti-;tli. Itiili-v I'lii.-il li i lie Living
:v 1 1 I t!ie I;nl.
The lat- "Ia .lu-Lnn was formerly
eomm:iUih;r in ehief in Yunnan. A
meiiiorial v. :is prrv.-uted Jo the emperor
ly eertaiu h-al notahilit ies. vtat'iij;
his iron! works and pra iny that
povshiiJiioiiv lioiMifs iniht he conferred
on him. He had distinrui-dieil hineelf
in the irreit Mohatiiiiiedau rehi-llion of
M;i . li; ""! ifvt and last." said they
'"lie was lie i ruim-utal in killinir ovrr
:.n thousand f the eiiemv. and in his
v.n p.-i-sikii praetieally d eiileij the fate
of Yunnan" The emperor duly con-
sidered the statements set forth
in jhe memorial. and hefore
loii issued tli- ralifyine; decree
in the I'.-kin Haette that the
hitrhevt Itiitiiors nossihh to lie accorded
to one of 1 a -In-Lung's rank he con-
ferred on his spirit: that a temple he
erected in the capital of Yunnan and
that his deeds he recorded hy the state
historiographer.
Ma .lu-Li:iir was therefore duly hea ti-
lled and oaniioni.c': he was to he wor-
shipped as a saint. Hut th- nuinhei oi
the iki.ette containinrr these announce-
ments struck rae and despair into the
hreasts.if many in Yunnan In their
eyes the upstart saint was a ;ood-for-nothinr
sramji. and his admirers were
pen ilo-iciiir traders. In the re hell ion
lie was a traitor and s.; I himself to the
enemy. If he was instrumental in
killing ten thousand oi the Moham-
inedaus. he massacrtil. when in their
pav. at least forty thousand i'hinese.
All this they set forth in a counter
memorial with much more besides.
Hid he not "ride in a yellow chair and
in all things xUt as he pleased?" Did he
not. when ordered to ust a jrrecn chair.
:i;aiu enter into treacherous negotia-
tions with the Mohammedans.' :f the
honors bestowed upon him are not
withdrawn the memorialists express a
tear that tens of thousands i innocent
;.uls whom he sent to lui.i.v wi'l he
uiiab'e to c'.os.-their eyes for indiyr.a-
" tion. A fur some delay in jeply to
this counterblast comes a hijrhly-im-irNint
and noteworthy decree from
rhe einpcror. published as usual in
the l'ekln (Ja.ctlc. He had eop--ideiisl
the second memorial and now
ileclarcd that since the erection of a
teiiipb- t a spirit could onl he permit
ted where the people v ere practh a'!
unauinious u its favor tliat portion of
liis decree rel:itinr to the temple should
be canceled.
Hut as blame and prais s.enied in
the present instance to he equally ap-
xirtiotiod. th.v rank conferred on Ma.
.In-Lun's spirit wasto-.tand iood. and
liis deeds weie. still to he recorded by
the stale oJlicial appointed for such du-
ties. Observe that the important part
of this decree is the recognition of the
vox populi as identical to a jrre.it ex-
tent with the vox Dei. -Contemporary
Kcview.
!:irliliio-.'I:ile l.ove.
Nora Such a dear letter from Hob.
Clara (torn with envy) Not the kind
I would read.
Why not?
(Scornfully) -I prefer lore-making at
flrM hand not tfiven to a typewriter to
tok tec me.i'ort-Mc-ot
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IIY A. COSAX DOYI.K.
CHAI'THR I. CoNTiM-ri)
"Oh: a mv.sterv. is it?" 1 cried rub
"You must study him lhei." Stam-
frd said as he bade me good -by.
"You'll find him a knotty proh'em.
though. I'll wager he learns more
a!out vtsii than you about him. Clood-
b.v."
"(hv.d-hy" I answered and strolled
on to my hotel considerably inter-
ested in 'my new acquaintance.
CHAI'TKi: II.
Tin: siirM i: ok hkiu tio;.-.
We met next day :us lie had ar-
ranged and inspected the rooms at
Xo. -J-JI i; linker street of which he had
spoken at our meeting. They enii-
sisted of a couple of comfortable bed-
rooms and a single large airy sitting-
room cheerfully furnished and il-
luminated by two broad windows. So
desirable in every way were the apart-
ments and so moderate did the terms
seem when divided between us that
the bargain was concluded upon the
spot and we at once entered into pos-
session. That very evening I moved
my things round from the hotel and
on the following morning sin rlock
Holmes followed me with several
boes and portmanteaus. For a day or
two we were busily employed in un-
packing and hiving out our property
to the best advantage. That done we
gradually In gan to settle down and to
accommodate' ourselves to our new sur-
roundings. Unlaws was ce.-tainlr not a dilheult
man to live with. He was quiet in his
w:is and his habits were regular. It;
was rare for him to be un after ten at
night and. he had iuvariibly break-
fasted and gone out before I rose in
the morning. Sometimes he spent his
day at the chemical laboratory some-
times in the dissecting-roiii.Ts and oc-
casionally in long walk . which ap-
peared to take him into the lowest por-
tion of thi' city. Nothing ould e-
eeed his energy when th working lit
was upon him. but now and again a re-
action would seize him and for days
on end he would lie upon the sofa in
the sitting-room hardly uttering a
won' or moving a iihim le from morn-
ing to night. Ml these occasions
I have noticed such -i dreamy aeant
expression in liis eyes that I might
have suspected him of being addicted
to the use of some narcotic had not
the temperance and cleanliness of his
whole life forbidden such a notion
As the weeks went by. in;
in him and my euriosity as f
ll life gradually deepened
and in-
creased. His very person and ap-
pea ranee were sneh as to strike the at-
tention of the most casual observer
In height he was rather over six icet.
and o eveessivclv lean that he seemed
to be considerably taller
were sharp and piercing
His eyes
ave during
those intervals of torpor to which 1
have -alluded: and hi-; thin hawk-like
nose e-ave his whole expression an air
of alertness and decision. His chin
too. had the prominence a-id -qi:ave-ness
w Inch mark the man of determina-
tion His hands were invariably blotted
with ink and stained with chemicals.
yel . he was possess-d o. cvtraon inan
dehcacy of touch as I frequently had
occasion to observe when I watched
him manipulating his fragile philo-
iilin
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uiiiui iii-'iiiiiin ni'i
The reader may set me ilmvii :ts a
hope. ess luis iio.i;. wneii 1 con.e.s
how much this man stimulated my
curiosity and how often I endeavored
to break through the reticence which
he showed on all that concerned him-
self I '.e fore pronouncing judgment.
however be it remembered how object-
lesswasmy life and how little there
was to engage
mv attention. My
health forbade me from venturing out
YU
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v;7Mmvm
3r fl llfili li
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binp my hands. "This is very pi.pumt. j round the moon it would not make a ; "I-nun a drop of wacr nam me
I am much obliged to von for brimriny i pennyworth of differwee o tne or to : writer "a logitian could Infer the pos-
us together. 'The proper study of ! my work." j sihility of an Atlantic or a Magnra
i.:...i : .. !.-...-' 1 i -.s . ttie noi.it of nskh:-' him without having seen or heart! of one or
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unless the weather was exceptionally with iny companion: and on another a
genial and I had no friends who would rajiu-ay porter in his velveteen uni-
eall upon me and break the monotony fonn When any of these nondescript
of my daily existence. I'luler these jndividual-j put iii an appearance. Sher-
eircumstances 1 eagerly hailed the lit- . j0t.j. i10 used to beg for the use of
tie my-tery which hung around my t. sitting-room and I would retire to
companion aim spent mueu o: my
time in endeavoring to unravel it.
He was not studying medicine. He
had him 'elf. in reply to a question
continued Stamford's opinion upon
that point. Neither did he appear to
have pursued any course of reading
which might lit him for a degree
in science or any other recognized
portal which would give him an en-
trance into the learned world. Yet
his zeal for certain studies was re-
markable and within eccentric limits
his know ledge was so extraordinarily
ample and minute that his observa-
tions have fairly astounded me. ."sure-
ly no man would work so hard to at-
tain such precise information unless
he had some definite end in view.
Hesultory readers are seldom remark-
able for the exactness of their learn-
ing. Xo man bunlens his mind with
small matters unless he has some very
good reason for doing so.
His ignorance was as remarkable as
his knowledge. Of contemporary lit-
erature. philosophy and politics he
appeared to know next to nothing.
I'pon my quoting Thomas 'arlle. he
inquired :n the naivest way who he
might be and what he had done. Mv
surprise reached a climax however the time that he had some strong rea-
when I found ineideiitalh' that he was ! son for not alluding to it. hut he soon
ignorant of the (opcrnican theory and j dispelled the idea by coming round to
of the composition of the solar s. 1 the subject of his own accord
tern. That any civilized human bei.ng ' It wa. upon the -Uh of March ;y- I
in this ivlnet-enth century should not . have good rca-oti to remember that I
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: uenan "traon:inary i.ici inai 1 couin
- uii u.
Yon :iniv.:u- to be aston shed " he
said smiling at my expression of Mir-
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prise. "Now that I do know it I shall
do my best to forget it."
"To forget itl"
"You -ee." he explained "I consider
that a 'nan's brain originally is like a
little empty attie. and you have to
stock it with such furniture as oii
'hoose. A fool takes in all the lumber
of every sort that he comes across so
that the knowledge which might be
useful to him gets crowded out. or at
best is jumbled up with a lot of other
things so that he has a diliiculty in
laying his hands upon it. Now the
skillful workman is very careful indeed
as to what he take- into his brain-
attic lie will have nothing but the
tools which may help him in doing his
work but of these he has a large
'js-ofi!ncntand all in the most perfect
'jvl:r. It is a mistake to tbiqk that
. r .. .1 .1 I I I r.
ll that little room has elastic walls and
on distend to anv extent. Depend
Upon it there comes n time when for -1
everj- adi'.ition of knowledge you lor-g-et
sometliin-r that you knew hefore.
It is of the highest imiHirtance. there-
fore not to have useless facts elbowing
out the useful ones.'
"Hut the .solar system'." I protested.
"What the deuce is it to me?" he in-
terrupted impatiently: "you -ay that
we ' ronm tne sun. n -- m-ut
what that work might be. but some-
thing in his manner showed no that
the question would be an unwelcome
one. I pondered over our short con-
versation however and endeavored to
draw my deduction- from it. He said
that he would acquire no knowledge
which did not K-ar upon his object.
Therefore all the knowledge which he
possessed was such as would be useful
to liim. I enumerated in my own mind
all the various points upon which he
had shown nie that he was execplion-
allv well informed. I even took a
pencil and jotted them down. I could
; not help sniilingat the document when
! I had completed it. It ran in this way: .
SlIKItl.l'l K Hoi.mks -Ills limit?
t K:nwji!;ei: Lil-r:i:ur- Nil.
Know ! ii of I'liiln-njihy. NiL
. Kr.unli ilp- uf Astromiiny Nil.
i. Kiio-.!oi."rif lvime ri-::i.
... KiimtS.ilpMit UnLiiiv. Vari ;- Wfllup
' in li.-!;ilati:i. npiiun :iuil tn-I-oas rci.'-nillr-
j Knows mii!.!:i? ff pra'-tlcol Karlctiln.
'' CL Kmmliili:.' of lo-oloy I'r.ic'.itT.I. but
litiiitcl. Tells at a Klancc iUtIT-ut .so:W from
cavh otiior. After uull;i h.is s!nu u nicsjilavtic-
uja his :roii-rr awl toltl :n- hy th-ir c-o.or
ami .onsbtoiice in what par of I.titHlmi In hail
reci-iveil tl:i'Il.
7. JCimwleiip'of Chrmistry. I'ro.'i.'ml
s K:iowlitl--e cf Anaamty- Aiv:rn:. hut im-
systeniatic. It Kiiuli-'lKe f S'!isa:ii.n.t I.it-ratur".
l::ii:i-u-. Ileajijiarv f hn" every ih-ti.l of
overv lnirrur J cri-irat-il in tin- century.
in 1 la liw lo'.in w ell
11 Is an i-AiUTt sii!'vsitU-te I'la.MT l'ox r.nut
s'.(.rl-m.a.
i i H.is a coo.1 iirai tii-.il Unowleileo uf Ilrltisli
!av
When I had got so far in my list I
hr..w it into the lire in despair. "If I
can only lind what the fellow is driv-
ing at by recoucili:.' all these accom-
plishments and discovering a calling
which needs them all" 1 said to my-
self "I may as well give up the at-
t tempt at once.
I see that I have alluded above to his
i movers on the violin. These were very
remarkable but as eccentric as all
his other accomplishments. That he
could play pieces and dillicult pieces.
I knew well because at my request he
has played me some of Mendelssohn's
Lieder and other favorites. When left
to himself however he would seldom
produce any music or attempt any ree-j
O'Mii.cd air. Leaning back in his arm a
chair of an evening he would elo-e hi
eyes and serape carelessly at the Jiddle
which was thrown across his knee.
Sometimes the chords were snor-
I - r - . a .v
interest s :ind melancholy. Vea-ionalh tin y
his aims... r... .... .;. :i!d cheerful t'learlv
.. jvlI.vJed
the thoughts which
possessed him. but whether the music
j 551. those thoughts or whether the
j p:1viug was simply the result of a
whim or fancy was more than I could
determine. 1 might have rebelled
irainst these exasperating solos had it
i.ot been that he usiiV.ly ternrnated
j them by placing in tiiek succession a.
whole series of mv favorite airs as a
. slight compensation for the trial upon
I my patience.
I Miring the first week or so we had no
; tallcrs. and I had begun to think' that
I my companion was as friendless a man
as 1 was myself l'reseiitly. however
j filllIll th:t he had many acquaint
m..s. Sllll tW m.t dillcr-nt
j .... llf ...5t.tv. h.u. WSH :e lit-
(1. callow rat-faced dark-eyed fellow
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I wuo was 1111 1 01 1 in -i-i 1 10 Jin- .i- ."i 1 . i. - - .
(n(li :j UUI .5:ie three or four
jim.s in a single week. tMieinorn.ng
' . young girl called fashionably
jn. .5. and stayed for half an hmir or
More. The same afternoon brought a
jrr;v-h. aded. seedy visitor looking like
. j!u ped;ller. who appeared to me to be
. excited and who waseloselv foi-
iOVVed by a slip-shod elderly woman.
Un another occasion an old white-
hah-.! gentleman had an interview
mv bedroom He ::lwa s apologized
to me for putting me to this inconven
ience. "1 have to use this room as a
feiJbK?AA?i
r f. v ji.t w " j
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won.n i'Mri: ins kvkh ami sci..ue
cKi:i.fsshv at thi: rnmi.t:.
place of business" he -aid
"and these
1 people are
people are my eiienis. .vaiu 1 nan
an opportunity of asking liim a point-
blank question and again my delicacy
prevented me from forcing another
man to cotilide in me. I imagined at
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' hah ts that mv place had not oeen lain
1 nor mv eortee prepared. V it li the tin-
.
! reasonable petulance
Illllll flllil I
rang the bell ami gave a curt intima -
:.-.' t... 1 -e-. rnU- Then 5 nicked
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up a magazine from the table- and at-
tempted to while away the time with
J it
while mv companion munched si
lently at his toast. One of the articles
! had a pencil mark at the heading.
and 1 naturally began to run aiy eye
through it.
Its somewhat ambitious title was
"The Itook of Life." and it attempted
to show how mm.li an observant man
might learn by an accurate and y
tematie examination of all that came
peared to be far-fetched and exagger-
ated. The writer claimed by & mo-
or-rsf iVt -t .-vixi..i.cvf- i.vs
in his way. It -struck- me as being a re- . "It i simple enougn as jou explain
markable mixture of shrvwdness and t." I said smiling. "You remind me
absurdity. The reasoning was close j of Kdgar Allan Toe's 'Dupin.' I hao
ami intense but the tleduelions an- ! idea that such individuals did c;1
ImenUtry txpreaafe twitch
muscle or a glance of mn ejt to ftttiMMM
a man's inmost thoughts. Deceit ac-
cording to him was an impossibility
- in the case of one trained to observa-
tion and analysis. His conclusions
were as infallible as so many propo-
sitions of Euclid. So startling would
his results appear to the uninitiated
that until they learned the processes
by which he had arrived at them they
might well consider him a necromancer.
the other. So all life Is a great chain
the nature of which is known whenever
we are shown a single link of it. Like
all other arts the science of dedttction
and analysis is one which can only he
acquired by long and patient study
nor is life long enough to allow any
mortal to attain the highest possible
perfection in it Hefore turning to
those moral and mental aspects of the
matter which present the greatest dif-
ficulties let the inquirer begin by mas-
tering more elementary problems. Let
him. on meeting a fellow-mortal learn
at a glance to distinguish the History
of the man. ai-d the trade or profession
to which he belongs. Puerile as stieh
an exercise may seem it snarpens ino1
faculties of observation and teaches
one where to look and what to look
for. Ily a man's finger-nails by his
coat-sleeve by his boot by his trouser-
kuees by the callosities of his fore-
linger and thumb by his expression
by his shirt-cuffs by each of these
things a man's calling is plainly re-
ONi: MOliMMi A VOl'Nt'r c.lltl. cAu.r.D
KASMIoNAIII.Y IMtl .s-l l.
vealed. That all united should fail to;
enlighten the competent inquirer in
any case is almost ineonceh-able."
"What ineffable twaddle:" I cried
slapping the magazine down on thej
table: "I never read such rubbish in
my life."
"What is i:?"::skcd Sherlock Holmes.'
"Why. this article." I said pointing
at it witli my i'xi: spoon as I sat down)
to mv breakfast. "I see that you have1
read it. since you have marked it. I
' don t deny that it is smartly writ-
ten. It irritates me. though. It is
! evidently the theory of some arm-chair
1 -
lounger who evolves all these neat lit-1
tie paradoxes in the seclusion of his'
own study. It is not practical. I
should like to sec him clapped down in
a third-class carriage on the I'uder-
I ground and asked to give the tradesof'
an ins iciiow travelers. 1 woum lav a
thousand to one against him."
"You would lose your money" Slier
lock Holmes 'remarked calmly. "As'
for the article. I wrote it myself." 1
"You:"
"Yes. I have a turn both fur observa-i
tion and for deduction. The theories'
which I have expressed there and
w k.h r vm t 0 S() chinK.r;
I l.xr.1Iu.1 v practical-so
... .' K.pc.rupon them for
in.llt n:u oln-rse."'
"And how?" I asked involuntarily.
"Well. I have a trade of my own. I
suppose I am the only one in the world.
I'm a consulting detective if you can
understand what that is. Herein Lon-
don we have lots of government detec-
tives and lots of private ones. When
these fellows are at fault they conic to
ifte. and I manage to put them on the
right scent. They lay all the evidence
before me. and I am generally able by
the help of my know ledge of the his-
tory of crime to set them straight
There is a strong family resemblance
about misdeeds and if you have all thy
details of a thousand at your finger-
ends it is odd if you can't unravel the
thousand and lirst. l.estrade is a well-
known de' 'dive. He got himself into
a fog recently over a forgery case anc)
that was what brought him here."
"And these other people?"
"They are mostly sent out by private
inquiry agencies. They are all people
who are in trouble about something
and want a little enlightening. J
listen to their story they listen to my
comments and then I jxicket my fee.'
"Hut do you mean to say." I said
"that without leaving your room you
can unravel some knot which other
j men can make nothing 01. although
'. they have seen every detail for them-
' Lelves?"
"Quite so. I have a kind of intui-
tion that way. Now and again a case
turns up which is" a little more com-
plex. Then I have to bustle about and
see things with my own eyes. Yon
see. I have a lot of special knovled.e
which I apply to the problem and
which facilitates matters wonderfully.
Those rules of deduction laid down in
that article which aroused your scorn
are invaluable to me in practical work.
Observation with me is second nature.
You appeared to be surprise when I
told yon mi our first meeting.' that you
hud come from Afghanistan."
"You were told no doubt."
Nothing of the sort. I knew you
came from Afghanistan. From long
habit the train of thought ran so swift-
ly through my mind that I arrivd at
the conclusion without being conscious
m ..
f intermediate steps. I here were
of intermediate .step?
1 1..1. ...: .
1 such stens. however. I he tram of
.
; "!f' ' Kris:
.- v.v... oL. .... .....
military man. Clearly an army doc-
".... l....i It.. l.n- iiiwt roTni from thi.
1 on. 1111-11. lit- 11.1- J"-'""-
;! tropics for liis face is dark and thnt
: is not the natural tint of his skin for
..... . . II . !.. ..!. .......
wnsi are i.iir. u- "-''r""
hardship and sickness as his haggard
face says clearlv. His left arm has
been injured lie holds it in a stiff
aid unnatural manner. Where in the
tropics could an English army doctor
(have seen much hardship and got his
arm wounded? Clearly in Afghanis-
tun.' The whole train of thought did
not occupy a second. I then remarked
; that you came from Afghanistan and
t you were astonished."
outside of .stories."
i?0 M CWT0JCJ
TEMPERANCE.
WOMAN'S INFLUENCE
A Talent I'artnr in the Cnse of Trmpcr-
anrc.
Womnn is the autocrat of society. It
is she who savs w hat shall he done and
what shall not lie done in social circles:
who shall come and who shall go. !
It is within the power of women to .
Rhape vocial laws. It is the voice of i
woman that controls social sentiment.
With this power in her possession to
wield for good or for evil woman is i
n .wat .Wr.... tsnoiwlldo for the fit-
--. ...r.. . ---
vation and nnritv of the social circle in
...j.;.. i i -. 1 k........i ... .'n.tui a
drinking it is a lamentable fftct thnt !
much of its popularity has Wen dtle to
.iii.ii .-ni. uiiovrjVj ill llktTlll to r'.iii
the encouragement of wemeii who con-
tml society. Let women on all occa
sions seek to foster a social sentiment j
against driukinir and there will he
fewer of our young men treading the kHh!h of the Saloon to the Torn-of thi
downward road to ruin and fewer of ' targe i'ltlm.
our old men sinking under the aecuinii- Ooininissioner of Labor Carroll D.
lated miseries of a diunketi life. ' tVrigiit lately forwarded to the presi-
Ilerein lies a responsibility that dent the results of his iftrt'stigations.
every woman must recognize a re- ordered by congress of the slum !ls
sp-msihility from which no woman can tricts of New York. I'hlladelphia. Hal-
shrink with imjiunity. There is a titmu-t and Cliicag-. Two points have
great burden of vice and crime the re- a 1MVsl important relatidn. In the first
suit of social drinking lying at the lt. shows where saloons thrive:
doors of the women of American so- "In the city f New York there was.
ciety: and well may we dread tosee'nt the time of the investigation one
that burden enlarged lest it roll iji up- ikpior saloon to evi-ry iOO persons hut
on us and crush" all peace and hanpi- ; th.. slum lUiri.t.lnnv:iss.il there
Hess from our homes and from our lives.
It may seem but- a little thing to a
woman to n'Ter a glass of wine or beer
or cider to a gentleman at a social en- 1
tertaiuineiit. and to her that may seem
to !' the end of the matter: but alas!
too often it is not so. He goes (hit with
an awakened craving for stimulants.
The means to satisfy that craving are
presented on all sides in the most
templing shapes. His lit tie indulgence
at the hands of his friends may hae
weakened his will-power and further
indulgence ensues. It was a tiny link
forged by a woman's hand but it may
be inie in a chain which may yet bind
a man's soul in a hopeless and eternal
bondage. Let women carefully con-
sider the results of social drinking and
beware how they tamper w
ith such'
!
dangerous weapons.
Is it so pleasant a sijrht to witness
the diiwiifall of a husband or brother I
that we should in
t . . '
my way encourage .
tlie e lis oi ilriiiiKcnncss.' is t Here so
great a charm in the picture of a man's
iiiteMeet clouded his honor tarnished
his soul darkened and his manhood
lost that we are content to sit eare-
lessbv by and raise no voice against that
w hich has done it all? Is there such
comfort in lying awake at night while
imagination pictures scenes of debauch
in which our loved ones may be par-
takers nr delight in shivering with
dread as the voices .f drunken revelers
;'oiue to our ears lest we rccognie the
tones uf one who is dear to us? Is it so
fair a thing to see the boy whose lips
hung on niirs in innocence and purity
treading a path wheie his innocence
will be destroyed his purity stained
his clear white soul lilicd w ith black-
ness and foulness all pride in him
turned to shame ami the pit of hell
yawning at his feet that mothers
should make no cll'ort to close up the
path so that he tread therein no longer?
Mothers if one should point a deadly
weapon at your boy and threaten to
lake his life mm would not hesitate
i UK incut to thrust the weapon aside
ind yon wmihl not rest until you felt
that the danger was surely averted.
He who. deliberately and for the sake
f r-iiii si-lls that tn v.iiii- line whieb
he knows will dethrone reason and
open the lloodgates of passimi and vice j
to run riot into his soul does fouler
murder than he would take your boy's
life. It is the murder of his manhood.
One feature of intemperance for
which women are wholly responsible
is their social drinking together and
ivi-nian"s drunkenness. I Miring the
past few years beer-drinking has in-
.rcased to such an extent among the
women of respectable circles in our
large cities that the (piestion of doing
iway with the habit has become a
very serious one. In many cities sa-
loons have a side entrance for women:
lliu winie me women oi .iiuerie.-i no;
... .. i
not drink so universally as the women t
r
if the old world the habit of.
til It lltlat til. llaktlllM llf ?Ilttl!l ilaft '
Iriuk is fnirht fully on the
rriiHV !i!nl the social customs of so-
iely are in many ways fostering it.
r'arly in the morning in any large city
you may -ee creatures dragged along
by the policeman's hand or hauled on
i dray to the police station creatures
who once rejoiced iu the innocence of
.'hiblhood and the purity of girlhood.
These are the women who figure in our
police reports: maddened by the misery i prevent trouble."
tml degradation of their own lost Ln Southampton. Kngland. which has
womanhood they have sought a brief j . population of I".."iimj6. the convictions
forget fulness in intoxication. I-'or such fr drunkeiine-s ar? one in 4hi: in
I here is nothing left but mh1".s pity. A ; Cothenbiirg. Sweden with a popula-
Irunken man is a degraded sight one i .. f 'ioi.noO. the convictions for
that no sober man nor woman can look i drunkeiiucss are one in 2i. .
upon without repugnance and horror: j Xora few intn" called temperate. .-Ind
but at sight of a drunken woman me- j w.ho haVt. thought themselves such
thinks the angels of mercy would fold h-arned. on. abstaining from ar-
their wings before their faces to shut
tit so pitiable and revolting a specta-
:1c. Woman is also the greatest sufferer
from the evils of intemperance. Lan-
guage is iowerless to describe nay.
the imagination can hardly conceive
the agony of a sensitive high-spirited
loving woman at seeing one whom she
has loved and revered dragged down to
ruin and shame from the height upon
which her pride gloried to behold him.
Now and then a wail is heard or a
moan that can no longer In- repressed:
but that which comes to our knowl-
edge and is made visible to our eyes is
but the faintest shadow of the uni-
versal misery that exists in society.
There is not a social circle that is un-
tainted by the presence of the drink
jure. hardly a household within whose
privacy it has not thrust its destroy-
ing hand It lies heavy upon the home
:iml all its mo.t sacred interests: but
the hidden depths of the misery it has
wrought will never be revealed. So long
as concealment is possihie ton woman
i i i i -.-. ti nl-.s hi b..r
she 1 ides the ravages it makes in ner
-n- .i ..... f .;
hcart and home stilling the cry of bu-
ter despair and writhing with brave c"-
front under an agonv that rionelv.it At a congress of army chaplains held
Hod and her own soii'l will ever know. ( recently! in Chicago the subject of
We have seen genius from its loftiest ' army canteens was considered thepres-
llights descend into the lowest depths ' cut "pot-exehangc system"' was reeog-
of misery and wretchedness because of nized as"a shade better than the old
ntempe'rtince: we have seen the strong- post-trader system." and the declara-
nt intellect shattered until all their tion wai added that'there is needed a
i
e
brightness ami power were gone for-
ever: we have seen the tongue of elo-
quencc nalsied in its utterances until it
gave forth only the gibbering of an
idiot
we
have re-n the light in the
pods brain go out in oarKness uiai meev un iiurgtu ci. . .. ."j -.
was hopeless- we have.-oen the strength reganls its drink department and hope
end buoyancy of yo;th striekyti with the time will soon urrive when the lat-
the feebleness of old age; we have j ter may .be made to'.Hsap;.ear. Wapec
eea the nircngth of manhood oud thwr hopir- .'
- - x i &1
turned into brttishhciw aad the ta.br
flowers of womaanood staiacd aat
crushed until they ttere bat seeatless
withered things trodden under foot of
maii: we hsvo seen the picture of everjr
village in our lritfd marred by the ua-
ff3 wnien imemperanc nw
P1-11 tn-r--- w ha uf 1andf o
hroal in extent so beautiful to loOH
"1- "' with humiliation because
'"-' drunkenness of those whoshould
"aVL v-'n h'r Pritle nd PIo;v; we have
? Iwerty exchanged for nchv
vekuess for health death for life
cnres fof blessing; and wherever we
l:3V- swn mescoiisoi inieUn;ri.v
a woman's head has bowed in the dust
woman's heart lcen bruised and
Wppilmir. a woman-s hopes blasted a
Woinnn a annl filled with uspair.7
;wll.ra' ' "" "' 1Pwrc!l
' Magazine.
LIQUOR AND POVERTY.
was one saloon to every 1-0 persons.
In Philadelphia in tie city at large
there was one saloon 'to every 870 per-
sons but in
the sum district
wa one such sa-
.(M persons. In
canvassed there
loon to everr
lkiltimore' in the ('it.r at large
there was one saloon to cwry
".'-S H'rsor.s. but in the slum district
canvassed : there was one saloon to
every 100 persons. I r. t'hicago. in the
..! ... !... .1....... .a.-l. .n.. L'lliliitl f.V
no ii i.iii;e. iiivii-. .i.- "in.- .-.. ...ii
.... i -i 'i :.. .1. . .i:t.:..
every i ieisuns. uuv- 111 . in- m.u it
canvassed there was one saloon to
every 1-7 persons. In these calcula-
tions fractions have l-cen tlropned."
Farther jilong he says of "earnings:"
"The earn'ngs of the people living in
the : slum ih'striets canvassed are quite
t;ti. ::.-:.. 0f the people gem-
ally and at large but as there are no j
data with vhich to make comparisons
..f -. v..-nr.. ..-.i-niiiirs the results of this !
. . a 1i
tpvestigatton must practically sianu
alone: vet from all that can K learned
from various source the Htatement
made is believed to be correct."
r rom wnicii me laierence is punu
abolish the saloon and the poverty of
the slum will disappear. Temperancu
I'liilletiu. -
Tlie Cause of Di-Htltiitlmt.
The Ilaltimore I'aptist says that in-
vestigations in that city show that 2.11..
per cent of the destitution in that city
tomes of in tctnera nee. and 7i"''. per
i-eiit. is not due ti that eause and re-
! bukes those who tun: from the desti
tute on tlie plea that 'it is of their own
evil-doing. Well we have 7.00)
saloons in' Chicago. Those saloons can
not btr run for le-js th.ut an average'of
?liH per month. The' rent takes two-
thirds of. that and the tax the rest.
Now allov what you like for the sup-
port of the saloon-keeper and his fam-
ily say ?o. There is :.oo0 average
pro lit thai the saloon must earn. How
lunch for the wholesale cost of the
liipiors? Say So'lii. Now we have $2.-
:.no. to be :iiu!tiplifd by 7.CMi. the num-
ber of th- saloons SI7.MMi.fliX: That
would give a dollar a day for a year to
over .it.'0(' men. Pestitution! Well
Ol course.
there is destitution. In-
tenor.
Drink ami Inutility.
The continued use of alcohol produces.
insanity by getting up a subjective i
I morbid ctiiidithm of the nervous sys
tein which misleads the mind and con-
duet. It is needless t add that after
i an inebriate is cured he must avoid his
i old environment of the saloon and be a
1 total abstainer. If l'e entertains the
'.elusive idea that he t'aii stay in hisold
j environment and:drit(k We- ales and
light wines in moderation with impu-
1 nity. he .vill have a relapse of his dis-
ease of dipsi.iiuitiia. Those who hon
est lv desire to be euijed are those who
- - . . .
co-operate with the iphvsician in his
.' . ' .
endeavor to cure them and choose a
. .... . '..
new environinelit. I hose who are luilf-
! hearted about it retu-n to the old en-
I vironment and reJap- . I'rooklvn Mtd-
ical Journal.
TEMPERANCE "t'idTiNGS.
Tiik Chicago Lever.? referring to the
recent riots in that city said "the
spirit of alcohol was omnipresent and
the police were almost powerless to
dent mi rits. that for years their minds
. . . .
have been clouded unpaired by moder-
.1
ate drinking without their suspecting
the injury. Multitudes are bereftj of
half their intellectual energy by a de-
gree of indulgence called innocent. Of
all foe- this is the deadliest.
A ititKAT "wine trust has recently
been organized in California by leading
wine-dealers who exjM'et to control at
least eighty jier cent' of the wine pn-
duct of that state for the. next live
years anil thus no doubt the value of
the crop. The capital stock of -the
company is ten million dollars. The
financial success of this combination of
liquor capitalists will mean degrada- '
tion and. ruin in many homes.
IlK..i;tl"o the offspring of habitual i
drunkards sajs Dr. Paul tlarnier. of
Paris who has made a special stud of
children of the slums "there is a Haw-
in the very nature of these young
wretches that the psychologist sees
clearly and notes with apprehension
the absence of affectionate emotions.
.
and where they do not become lunatics
. - ...... ....
they show insensibility ami pitiless-
w'''.v .; - '
better conformity to the temperance
pi ineiples that now obtain in civil life.'
They concede the integrity of purpose
in the framing of the post-exchange
system but nihrnv that
'it does not
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. j
ruia mcv MAaavax: -j :-.:-i
'Avmtwwm . i iwnwfw"i: -t - i.
V. - 1-r.
Castox 'Pa. waa at ant
NAxrccajnr Mi
name.
CA'mos Cm Xev. waanaaaeaVinr
Carson.
Omaha Neb. Is named froaaa trtW
of Indians..
(Ui.r.xA 111. was named froaa Its
lead mine. 2-
Tmvib Jot.ikt furnished a name to
Joliet 111.
Mu5cr. Pa. was named from the
Mihsi Indians.
Xr.w London Conn. was at first
called TnTvagog;
Ttisi tr Lac means bottom or lower
end of the. lake
Thk Peoria Indians furnished 'a name
to the Illinois city.
Passaic X. J. has an Indian name
meaning the valley.
Ciiattaxooua is an Indian name ami
means hawk's nest.
Fokt Wavne Ind. was named after
lien. Anthony Wavne
Ukaitokt S. C was named after
Henry duke of Ileaufrt.
NoiiFor.K county in England gave t
name to the Virginia town.
KNOWN LONG AGO.
Hanks were first established in Lom-
bardy by the Jewish money 'lenders.
The first public bank was that of Ven
ice 15S0.
Notaries are first mentioned in tfio
fourth century. They were appointed
by priests and bishops to keep the
church records.
India rubber used for erasing pencil
marks was known in Kngland as early
as 1770. A cuIhj of it half an inch
square eost three shillings.
AsTttONo.MY was a highly developed
science at Assyria Ik C 2231. The
l?ook if .lob written nlout II. C l."20.
. . . ..
mentions several constellations.
Tim first muffs were made for tho
use of doctors to keep their fingers
soft and warm that they might ac-
curately feel the pulse of their patients!
Tm: cross mark instead of a signa-
ture did not originate in ignorance. It
was always appended to signatures ii
medil.-al times as an attestation of
gooti laitn.
Till administration
of the oath to
- tt - .kLLifco?. vwif ! T "r fi ipf T
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tupiity. It Is mentioneo as ot common
use among the Jews at the time of the
exodus from KgypL
FAMOUS EXILES.
I'r.oT'rs w rote mnny of his best works
in exile.
Yoi.taiiu: passed a great p:irt of his
life in what was practically an exile.
Tin: earl of Clarendon wrote his fa-
mous historical works while in exile.
A i.i. -the princes of the I'ourbon
family haVe for a long time lived in
exile from France.
KtviiA.VAX. the Scottish poet while
in exile and prison wrote the famous
"Pai-aphra-es of the Psalms.'
Maooi the great Italian scholar
wrote several of his best treatises while
Inexiloand captivity among the Turks.
Tin: exiled Marius sitting among the
ruins of Carthage is a spectacle that
has moved many a seln olboy to ora-
tory. AKii.Nr. l'oi.ii-NAi would nevetf
have written the "Anti-Lucretius" had
It not been that he was scut into exile
and so fi (forded the leisure-
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