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people are my clients" Again l had
an opportunity Of asking him a point
blank question, and again my delicacy
prevented me from forcing another
man to confde in me. l imagined at
the time that he had some strong rea-
son for not abiding to it, but he soon
~dispelled h idea by coming round to
the subject of his own accord.
1t was upon the 4th OF March, as l
have good las to remember, that /
rose somewhat earlier than usual, and
found that Sherlock Holmes hadnot yet
finished his breakfast. The landlady
had become SO accustomed to my late
habits hat my place had not been laid
nor my coffee prepared. With the IN
reasonable petulanee of mankind i
rang the bell and gave a curt intima-
ton that l was ready. Then l picked
up a magazine from the table and at
tempted to while away the time with
it, while my companion munched ST
lentIy at his toast. One Of the articles
had a pencil mark at the heading,
and / naturally began to run my y
through it.
It's somewhat ambitious title was
1.-THE Book of Life" and it attempted
to show how much an observant man
might learn by an accurate and sys-
tematic examination of all that came
Nm his way. It struck me as being a re-
markable mixture of shrewdness and
a~bsurdity. The reasoning was close
and intense, but the deductions ap-
peared to be f~ar-fetched and exagger-
ated. The writer claimed by a mo-
mentary expression, a twitch of q
muscle or a glance of an eye, to fathom
a mans inmost thoughts. Deceit, ac-
cording to him, was an impossibility
in the case of one trained. to observa-
ton and analysis. His conclusions
were as"1nfallible 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.
From a drop of water" said the
writer, "a iogician could infer the pos
sibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara
without having seen or heard of one or
the other. So all life is a great Gfeain,
the nature of which is known whenever
we are shown single link of it.. Like
all other arts, the science Of deduction
and analysis is one which can only be
acquired by long and patient study,
nor is life long enough to allow m
mortal%o a&4ain b highest possible
perfection in fEy-Before turnHg to
those moral and mentslaapeets.of. the
matter which present the greatest diff
fculties, let the inquirer begin by mas
tering more elementary problems. Let
him, on meeting a fellow-mortal, learn
1T a glance to distinnui4h +h- L
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limited Tens at g glance nszefsE. s=- -
each other. After walks has shown me splashes
upon his trousers and told me by their color.
ana cons1stenee In what parso OF London he had
received them.
z. knowledge Of Chemistry.-Profound
g. knowledge of Anatomy.-Acearate. but IN
systematic.
" knowledge of Sensational Literature
immense. He appears to knoy every detail Of
every horror perpstrated in the century.
TO- Plays the violin well
IL Is an expert single-stick player, boxe and
Swordsman.
IL Has q good practical knowledge OF British
Law.
When l had got SO far in my list
threw it into the fire in despair. "If l
can only find what the fellow is driv-
ing at by reconciling all these accom
plishments, and discovering a calling
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which needs them ALL" said to my
self, II may as well give up the at
tempt at once"
1 see that 1 have alluded above to his
powers on the violin These were very
remarkable, but as eccentric as all
his other accomplishments. That he
could play pieces, and difficult pieces,
/ knew we'll, 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 rec
ognized air. Leaning back in his arm
chair of an evening he would close his
eyes and scrape carelessly at the fiddle
which was thrown across his knee.
Sometimes the chords We're sonor-
Gus and melancholy Occasionally they
were fantastic and cheerful. Clearly
they reflected the thoughts which
possessed him, but whether the music
aided those thoughts, or whether the
playing was simply the result OF a
whim or fancy was more than l could
determine. ! might nave rebe1led
against these exasperating solos had it
not been that he usually terminated
them by playing in quick succession a
whole series of my favorite airs as q
slight compensation for the trial upon
my patience.
During the first week or so we had M
callers, and l had begun to think that
my companion was as fricndless 8 man
as l was myself. Presently, however.
/ found that he had many acquainJ
ances, and those in most different
classes of society. There was one lit
tie, sallow, rat-faced, dark-eyed fellow
who was introduced to me as Mr.. Les
trade, and who came three or four
times in a single week. One morning
\ young girl called, fashionably
dressed, and stayed for half an hour or
more. The same afternoon bror ;ht a
gray-headed, seedy visitor, looki glike
aJew peddler, who appeared to n ito be
much excited, and who was closely fol-
lowed by a slip-shod elderly woman
On another occasion an old white
haired gentleman had an interview
with my companions; and on another q
railway porter in his ~velveteen uni
form When any of these nondescript
individuals put in an appearance, Sher-
lock Holmes used to beg for the use Of
the sitting-room, and l would retire to
my bedroom. He always apologized
to me for putting me to this inconven-
fence 81 have to use this room as a
place of business he said, land these
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~ lasJ, InJerruptlng Holmes musical
disquisitioH.
mo data yet" he answered. ut is
a capital mistake to theorize before
you have all the evidence. 1t biases
the Judgment"
"You will have your data soon," /
remarked, pointing with my finger;
sthis is the Brixton road, and that is
the house. If | am not very much mis-
taken"
$50 it is. Stop, driver. stop!r We
were still a hundred yards or SO from
1t, but he insisted upon our %alighting,
and we finished our journey upon foot.
No. 8 Lauriston gardens wore an ill
omened and m%inatory look. 1t was
one OF our which stood back some lit
tie way from the street, two being oc-
cupied and two empty. The latter
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to the window, and stood looking on.
into the busy street. This fellow
may be very clever" I said to myself.
'sbut he is certainly very conceited."
.'There are no crimes and no Grim
inals in these days." he said, querul-
ously. ssWhat is the use of having
brains in our profession? know well
that 1 have it in me to make my name
famous. No man lives or has ever
lived who has brought the same
amount of study and of natural talent
to the detection of crime which I have
done. And what is the result? There
is no crime to detect. or. at most. some
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bungling ylnainy with a motive SO
transparent that ever a Scotland ard
official can see through it"
1 was still annoyed al his bumptious
style of conversations ! thought it
best to change she topic.
81 wonder wiat that fellow is look
ing for?. l asked, pointing to q stall
wart, piai,.ir-ds essed Individual who
was walking slowly down the other
de of the street, looking anxiously at
the numbers. He hed a large blue en-.
velope in his hand, and was evidently
the bearer of a message.
you mean the retired sergeant of
Marines said Sherlock Holmes.
Drag and bounced" thought l to my
self. "He knows that l cannot verify
his guess"
The thought had hardly passed
through my mind when the man
whom we were watching caught sight
Of the number on our door, and ran
rapidly across the roadway. We
heard a loud knock, a deep voice be-
low, and heavy steps ascending the
stair.
For Mr.. Sherlock Holiness" he said,
stepping into the room and handing
my friend the letter.
Here was an opportunitr of taking
the conceit out of him He little
thought of this when LIS made that
random shot. "May I ask, my lad
1 said, blandly, what your tradc may
be?'
"Commissionaire, sir" he said gruf-
y. Uniform away for repairs"
"And you were?" l asked, with a
slightly malicious glance at my com
panion.
"a sergeant, sir, Royal Marine light
infantry. sir. No answer? Right,
Sir"
He clicked his heels together. raised
his hand in a salute, and was gone.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1894-01-11
Taxation in Virginia.

Governor Mckinney has made financ-
es and taxation the subject of special
message to the Virginia Legislature. !
As these matters will also receive much
attention during the session of the Gen
eral Assembly OF Maryland, it may be of
interest to know what the chief exec
utive of our neighboring State has to
say. He finds, what is equally true
here, that much inequality exists in tax
alton real estate, and that while some
of it contributes its full share to the
support of the commonwealth much is
not assessed at it's full market value, and
to that extent escapes a burden which
should be borne equally by all. He en-
phasizes, what experience has taught us,
that it would be unjust to put fixed
valuation upon all reality to stand for
any length of time, since such value is
subject to fluctuations. To provide a
remedy he suggests the appointment of
a board of equalization, which shall
take values from various parts of the
State and change them in such a way
''as to more fully carry out the purpose
of the constitution.
But more important than this, is the
question of bringing personal property
within the reach of the assessor. 1t is
easily concealed, and by reason of it's
elusiveness has long tested the shrewd-
ness of legislators and the tax-gatherer.
Governor Mckinney does not advance
any plan as to how such property can be
more surely discovered, but thinks that
its frequent changing of hands by sale
or exchange can be used as a critic, ion
for ascertaining the value.
Probably taking his cue from Repre-
sentative Wilson's internal revenue
scheme, Governor Mckinney advocates
the imposition of an income tax, which
should vary and depend upon the sue
cess Of the people in their business dur>
ing the year. 1.-The only trouble he
remarks somewhat naiyely, sis the diff
! Guilty in properly fixing the amount of
the income" This difficulty will prob
ably prove to be an insurmountable obs
stacle in the way of raising revenue on
incomes. Few men like to make pub
lie what their incomes are. Those who
earn little want to appear as getting
more, and those who rejoice in large in
comes, for reasons of their own, rarely
say anything about them. 1t would he
| infinitely harder to ascertain what are
the average business mans annual net
receipts than to arrive at an accurate
valuation of his personal property. The
number of men who manage to get
along on only 5000 year, up to which
sum the tax is to be merely nominal,
woald surprise even Governor Mckin-
ney.
In his scheme of taxation His Excel
! lency would make provision for pension
ing every disabled soldier, and impose a
tax ON railroads for the valuable rights
privileges they enjoy, on collateral in
heritances and on every private or
special bill the purpose Of which is the
asking of relief of the Legislature when
the same object could be obtained by
appealing to the courts.
This.is certainly a very comprehensive
programme.-Ba Herald.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1894-01-11
Buckien's Arnica Salve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns and Skin Eruptions.
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
CURED. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
50 cents per box. For sale by George NJ,
Farrrar.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1894-01-11

Every buggy sold by agents has several
dollars added to the manufacturer price.
We are manufacturers, and have no
agents. For twenty years have dealt with
the consumer. We ship anywhere, with
privilege of examining before buying. We
pay freight charges both ways, if not sat.
isfactory. Warrant everything for two
wears. Anyone who can write can order
buggy or harness from us as well as pay
from go to $50 for some middle man to
order it for them. We give no credit. and
have one price only. Why do you pay
two profits on your carriages ard harness?
Why do you pay some one SO to $50 for
ordering these things, when you can do
it and save this money! You run no risk.
We let you see the goods before you ac-
cept them. We pay all the freight if we
fail to suit. Over twenty years ago we
commenced to sell in this way, and world
not be in business now If we had not
suited. GA page catalogue free. Address
ELEHART CARRIAGE & HARNESS MFG CO.
Elkhart, Indiana.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1894-01-11

AcTs H:23-"And when they had ordained
elders in every church and had prayed with
them they commended them to the Lord on
whom they believed" ACTs 20: 17.-"And from
Miletus he sent to the Ephssus and called the
elders of the church -
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1894-01-11

The following sermon was delivered
by Rev. E. W. MacCorkle at the Presby-
terrain church i'll this city on Sunday,
December 18th, 1893. Published by re-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13
pYE INTERVIEWS HIMSELF.
The Famous Humorisr becomes
Sentimental and Truthful.
He Gives glimpse of His Domestic Life,
His Antecedents and the Causes of
His success in a Way That SLOWS
He has not Drawn on His I'm.
aginatiOh for His Facts.

ri an tired Of leading double life said
Edgar Wilson Nye the other evening, as he
came home from lecture in Central Music
Hall. Chicago, and jumped into a black cheviot
smoking jacket with scarlet cord around
the edges, at the Hotel Rchelieu. He wore
this same jacket to the opera house in Ken
lucky the other evening, instead of his swal-
low tail, and did not notice it until he took of
his overcoat to go ON the stage.
"Why, you are not trying to lead Brecken-
ridge life, are your" asked his manager. ''If
so, you have been very sly about 1t, for I've
watched you pretty closely for ten years.
'No, I don't mean that" said the big bald
blonde as he kicked off his patent feathers
and got into pair of down-trodden slippers
aid filed a briar bulldog pipe with cut plug
tobacco, 81 am tired of being under contract
to two masters, for it is not only agin the
scripters, but it's hard work. For ten years
have, every season, been Snowman twenty
to twenty-six weeks-sk nights in the week,
and at the same time have written regular
weekly letter of two columns without ever
missing but one week, and that was when
broke my right arm in death-trap stage en-
trance in Mississippi.
$50 I've led double life I've been in
every city of the union, and in many of them,
as here in Chicago, for instance, a score Of
times as a reader of my own stuff, while
meantime I've kept square with my syndicate
of newspapers. 1t is too much, and on the
fourteenth of April I say goodbye to the
stage in earnest. The public has been very
kind to me and very indulgent. It took me
as green as grass and allowed me to practice
on it, and even paid to see me learn how to
speak in public"
"Were you not used to public speaking
when you began to travel?'
"No, not this kind. could speak seriously
on serious subject, and had done it, but I had
never then discovered that manner and
method are everything in this line of work.
The very simplicity which we see on the plat
form has to be artistic. To do the same thing
500 or 1000 times and yet have it appear
to be fresh and spontaneous even to the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13
RICH new YORK WOMEN.
Maids, Widows and Married
Women who Own rlilIionS.
GLIMPSE OF FAMOUS MRS. AE1TY GREEN.
American Women Who Manage Their
own Estates, and Others Who Have
Married Titles aud Get Their HuS-
bands to Help Them-EOndncss
for Foreign Husbands.

The rich women of New York, with scarcely
an exception. know how 30 handle and keep
the wealth that is theirs. While many of
them are familiar with Wall street and from
time to time indulge in substantial specula-
ton, they rarely make bad investments. The
women who have to look after their riches
are as shrewd as many of the bankers and
brokers who make fortunes every year.
There hasn't been an equal in shrewdness
and business sagacity to Mrs. Hetty Green
for quarter of century. Deacon White is
considered an exceedingly clever specu-
lator But White has failed several times,
while Mrs. Green has constantly seen her
possessions enhanced in value. Mrs. Green's
wealth is not far from $40, 100000. Yet she
attends to every detail of it and has never
been outwitted in an negotiation.
OF course there are plenty of rich women
whose money is looked after by their hus-
bands. Governor Flowers wife, for instance,
is worth several millions of dollars, but she
never bothers about it. The governor, who
is also one of the leading bankers of the
metropolis, sees that his wife's wealth is
iudiciously invested and yields her hand
some annual income. But there are also
women who inherited riches and who take
charge of them, although they have husbands
and sons in their family. Then the ubiqui-
Gus lawyer is always in evidence. He is
constantly consulted by his women clients as
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13

were quaking over the dry and indescribable
style OF his humor, the earnest, unsmiling air
that gives him almost look of panied sur
prise when he is interrupted over and over
again by billow after billow of laughter.
"What section of the country gives you
the most ready, responsive audiences?" he
was asked.
''1t is not question OF locality at ALL" he
said, as he Strengthened up to the six-foot
notch and walked back and forth moment,
with his hands deep in his trousers. chew
England has its enthusiastic audiences as
we'll as the west, and the massive ass is con-
fined to no special zone. He is everywhere.
Sometimes he laughs because those about
him laugh, and sometimes he sits there like
an ice cream idiot and never thaws out at
all.''
"Do you like most your literary work or
that of the platform?''
SIT is hard to say. When the conditions
are right enjoy both. It is real pure de-
light to have an audience come your way for
two hours, and am not ashamed to say that
it makes me perfectly happy; but then there
is the intervening travel in hot, dusty cars
and the hard, hollow-chested bed at night,
oA4o IlS AO1iC1AuSSS even III Liz ultuSC OIL IQaQ-
kind, and the clammy pie and the tenacious
steak, and the earnest and vigorous bore,
and the disagreeable fact that you are on ex-
hibition, and this grows upon most people
till it becomes nightmare
"What are your literary habits?"
."I have none. am not in fact literary.
lam one Of the most earnest and industrious
students of humanity you ever saw, but I
am not literary. have never made study
of literature in the general way and SO can
not be accused Of adopting the literary style
of my superiors. To say directly and briefly
what have to say and not forget to stop be-
fore some one throws cooking stove at ne
is my highest ambition, so far as literary
style is concerned, and SO if I wanted to ex-
press the idea, for instance, that I was
fatigued and needed rest very much, and that
rest was absolutely necessary to me, would
just say good night and shake hands with
you something like this and with a twinkle
in his eye and genial smile from his man
ager Mr.. Nye held out his hand in such a
frank and free, utterly boyish and hearty
way that we went away still smiling over the
comical directness of the way he cut short
the interview.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13

the value OF money, but she probably leaves
the management OF her property very largely
with her brother-in-law, Mr.. Oelrichs who is
very wealthy banker. It is said her father
refuses to handle any Of the money left to his
daughter by her mother. This is doubtless
because the fortune in question is part of
that given by the ex-senator to his wife when
they were divorced some years previous to
her death.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt is one of the
richest girls in prospective in the land. She
is the only daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt,
whose wealth is estimated at $4,000, 900.
She is quite young and decidedly pretty. She
is being educated entirely at home Her two
brothers are her companions. She is very
fond Of music and will be a finished pianist.
She is expected to make her debut next win
ter, when she will reach the age of eighteen.
1t is supposed she will inherit not less than
$50 200, 900 from her father.
LAWRENCE s. MOTT.
Every wife should have her own bank ac-
count, however small. It gives her a feeling
of security and independence thatno amount
of money given her from her husbands pock-
ct can ever do. Every woman likes the feel
ing of the Importance that is attached to
drawing and signing her own check, and it
teaches her the real meaning of business.
The returned check secures her receipt
which it is also well to keep in case Of emer-
gency. se
Many OF the leading newspaper CORE
spondents of this country and Europe declare
that there will be great European war be-
fore the summer of '94 is past. There are
others who as firmly believe that the wish of
the aforesaid correspondents is father to the
thought. s1sf e
1t looks very much as if the ''male'' must
CO. at least in name. The sex is greatly
alarmed at the gloomy prospect ahead, but it
sees one ray of hope in the efforts of Mrs
Lyman Abbott and other friends; if this
fails, then humiliation or condition of
what Mr.. Cleveland calls "innocuous desue-
tude" is inevitable.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13
A CLERICAL MlSHAp.
The Peculiar Peregrinations of
a Popular Pafson.
A Man Who strengIy Advocated Tenn
perance, But Did Not object to a
Drop of BeePl ON the Sly ~ A Poo
sition Hard to Explain.


Parson Downyoouch ts stout, middie-aged
clergyman residing IN Austin, Texas, who
mas got himself INTO peek 81 trouble by
simply refreshing himself with some beer On
warm Gay. IL an an came apoutln the ioiiow-
Ing manner:
Inc weather In AUSTIN is very warm, and
lthas been the custom OF some OF the citizens
to stop their vehicles, while out riding, In
'front.' OF beer gardens IN the suburbs, and
nave the waiter Drlng them Ice cold peer.
farson Downycouch, having 1ound OUT that
some members OF ms own congregation were
lnduiging IN tne s sI naoit, denounced the
custom from tne pniplr. me parson, MINI
seii' Always kept Doctled Deer IN his reiriger-
ator at nome ana 1ound IL very useiul IN
aheviauns MS thirst, put ne was unsparing
IN MS remuneration OF those VINO did the
same 1h'ng puphcly.
one Gay Farson lovnyceuch mad occasion
TO visit, professionally, q wealthy parishoner,
several mics West OF Austin. Inc parson
"enc on horseDack' because the doctor mad
reconimenoed horseoack exercise as an anu
ooee ior ms increasing eorpulency, caused by
nus oserieeding' ana because MS buggy was
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13

Jules Verne, who is now living at Amiens,
France, is now sixty-six years Of age, and has
written as many books..as he has lived years.
His health is poor and his eyes weak, hut
though he has to dictate all his work his
spirits are as buoyant as ever, and he has
great plans for the future.