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Merrill InstItute.

The Arion-Cook Concert Company pleasingly entertained good audi ence at the Institute last evening. The female quartet was one of the best that ever appeared in this city, and were repeatedly encored after each selection. Mr. Cook, in dialect impersonations and recitations, kept the audience in continuous laugh ter, and, all in ali, this company proved to be one of the Institutes best attractions of. the season.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-02-14

q find the Royal Bak ing Powde superior to all the others in ever re- spect. It is entirely free from all adulteration and unwholesome im- purity, and in baking it gives off a greater volume of leavening gas than any other powder.
 WALTER $. HAYNES, M. D. y Chemist to the Chicago Board of Health. 1
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Miss Woodie Johnson, the chrm- ing and lovely daughter of Capt. and Mrs. J. B. Johnson, will entertain that select organization, known as the Heart Whist Club, this even- ing.
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snow at Alexandria.

ALEXANDRIA, La., Feb. 14.-[Spl] Two inches of snow fell at this place last night.
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Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder WpfldsFair Highest Medal and Diploma.
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hand, and it shook a little as he ex. tended it toward Thayer with the question:
 Bob, is this the girl you were telling me about?"
 "Yes; that's the valentine I sent her"
 Twill you tell me her name?'
 "Why, didn't l tell you? Her name, when I knew her, was Miss Edith War. ren. What is it now"
 There was brisk rap on the door, which was immediately thrown open and the doctor hustled in.
The Press., 1895-02-21

Gus -Snobberly-I hear Miss Daisy Dim- pie is engaged again. Is it fact? Billy Goldbug-Yes, I know it is so. Snob- berly-Well, they say practice makes perfect. She has been engaged at one time or another to almost every fool in Harlem. Who is her last victim ? Gold buzz am
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CHAPTER V.

Our mornings exertions had been too much for my weak health, and was tired out in the afternoon. After Holmes departure for the concert, lay down upon the sofa and endeavored to get couple of hours sleep It was use- less attempt, My mind had been too much excited by all that had occurred, and the strangest fancies and surmises crowded into it. Every time that l closed my eyes saw before me the dis torted, balloonlike countenance of the murdered man. So sinister was the ex- pression which that face had produced upon me that 1 found it difficult to feel anything but gratitude for him who had removed it's owner from the world. If ever human features bespoke vice of the most malignant type, they were certain ly those of Enoch J DrebbeT of Cleve- land. Still l recognized that justice must be done, and that the depravity of the victim was no condonement in the eyes of the law
 The more thought of it. the more ex- traordinary did my companion hypoth- esis that the man had been poisoned ap- pear remembered how he had sniffed his lips and had no doubt that he had detected something which had given rise to the idea. Then, again, if not poison, what Ind cannsa tlae man g death a there W neither wound nor ns latioil But, on the otE hand wllose blood was that which lay So thickly upon the Aoorl There was no signs of q struggle, nor had the victim any weapon with which he might have wounded an antagonist As long as all these questions were un- solved Ifeit that sleep would be no easy matter either for Holmes or myself. His quiet, self confident manner convinced me that he had already formed theory which explained all the facts, though what it was could not for an instant conjecture
 He was very late in returning, so late that knew that the concert could not have detained him all the time. Dinner was on the table before he appeared.
 1t was magnificent, he said as he took his seat. Do you remember what Darwin says about music? He claims that the power of producing and appre- ciating it existed among the human race long before the power of speech was ar- rived at. Perhaps that is why we are so subtly influenced by it. There are vague memories in our souls of those misty centuries when the world was in it's childhood. ''
 That's rather a broad idoa," l re- marked.
 "One's ideas must be as broad as na- ture if they are to interpret nature, " he answered. Whats the matter? You Ire not looking quite yourself This Erik ton road affair has upset you.
 ''To tell the truth, it has, '' said. "l ought to be more case hardened after my Afghan experiences, l saw my own comrades hacked to pieces at Maiwand without losing my nerve.
 ''I can understand. There is mys- tery about this which stimulates the imagination, Where there is no imag- ination there is no horror Have you seen the evening paper?'
 "No.'
The Press., 1895-02-21

way. Leave the rest to me. Don't frighten him by looking at him too hard ?
 "It is s o'clock now, ]" said, gianc ing at my watch. a few minutes Open the door slightly That will do Now put the key on the inside. Thank you. This is q queer old book l picked mp at stall yesterday De lure Inter (ientes, published in Latin at Licge in the Lowlands in I642 Charles head was still firm on his shoul- ders when this little brown backed vol ume was struck of. y
 ''Who is the printer?"
 Philippe de Croy, whoever he may have been On the fly leaI i'll very faded ink is written, 'Ex libris Guliolmi Whyte ., wonder who William Whyte was Some rragmatical seventeenth cen tury lawyer, suppose. His writing has legal twist about it Here comes our man. l think. "
 As he spoke thero was sharp ring at the bell Sherlock Holmes rose softly and moved his chair i'll the direction of the door We heard the servant pass along the hall and the sharp click of the latch as she opened it.
 "Does Dr. Watson live here?" asked clear but rather sharp voice. We could not hear the servants reply, but the door closed, and some one began to ascend the stairs. The footfall was an uncertain and shuff1ing one A look of surprise passed over the face of my com- panion as he listened to it. It came slowly along the passage, and there was feeble tap at the door Come in!'' l cried
 At my summons, instead of the man of violence whom we expected, a very | old and wrinkled woman hobbled into the apartment She appeared to be dazzled by the sudden blaze of light, and after dropping courtesy she stood blink ing at us with her bleared eyes and fum- bling ill her pocket with nervous, shaky fingers. l glanced at my companion, and his face had assumed such dis consulate expression that it was all could do to keep my countenance. [Continued next weekly
The Press., 1895-02-21

Mr. Softie z Is there anything can do to prove my devotlonP ATiss Beattie r Y-e-s, there is.
 Name st. :.
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.sHow was he dressed?''
N I1UW WIS II5 tAANosrSA "A brown oveIc0at.
 Had he . whip i'll his hansl?'

''How was he dressed"
 "A brown overcoat
 Had he . whip i'll his halisl?''
 "A whip-no.
 nHo must have left it behind, !" nut, tered my companion. You eidn hap pen to see or hear Il cab after ihat?"
 No '
 There's a half sovereign fer ycu." my companion said, standing up and taking his hat. Fl am afraid, Rance that you will never rise in the force That head of yours shonid be for use as we'll as ornament. You might have gained your sergeant's stripes last night. The man whom you held in your hands is the man who holds the clew of this mystery and whom we arc seeking. There is mouse of arguing about it now. l tell you that it is SO Come along doctor.
 We started off for the cab together, leaving our informant incredulous, but obviously uncomfortable.
 'sThe blundering foolr' Holmes said bitterly as we drove back to our lodg ings. ''Jnst to think of his having such an incomparable bit of good luck and not taking advantage of it. ''
 II am rather in the dark still. 1t is true that the description of this man tal- lies with your idea of the second party in this mystery. But why should he come back to the house after leaving it? That is not the way of criminals y
 "The ring, man, the ring. That was what he came back for. If we have no other way of catching him, we can al ways bait our line with the ring. shall have him, doctor I'll lay you two to one that have him. must thank you for it all. | might not have gone but for you and so have missed the finest study ever came across. A study in scarlet oh? Why shouldn't we use a little art jargon? There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it and isolate it and expose every inch of it. And now for lunch and then for Norman Neruda Her at tack and her bowing are splendid. Whats that little thing of Chopin s she plays so magniticently, Tra-la-la lira. lira-lay."
 Leaning back ill the cab, this anna teur bloodhound caroled away like { 1 lark, while l meditated upon the many sidedness of the human mind.
The Press., 1895-02-21

Mabel-A lot of us girls have estab- lished secret society, Jack.
 Jack-What are the objects of it.?
 Mabel Why wo meet together and tell secrets, of course.
 Mrs. Emily Thorne, who resides at To- ledO, Washington, says she has never rheumatism that relieves the pain so quickly and effectually as Chamberluin's Pain Balm, and that she has also used it for lame back with great success. For sale by w. w. Lathrop, Stafford Springs; G, L. Phillips, South Coventry.
 Teacher-What is an agnostic
 Observing boy-Its man wot believe in most everything except religion.
The Press., 1895-02-21

Ten days loss of time on account of sickness and 8 doctor bill to pay, is anything but pleasant for a man of a fam fly to contemplate, whether he is a labor CT, mechanic, merchant or publisher. Jas. O. Jons, publi sher of the Leader, Mexia, Texas, was sick in bed for ten days with the grip during it's prealence a year or two ago. Later in the season he had second attack. He says: "ln the latter case I used Chamberlain Cough Remedy with considerable success, l think, only being in bed little over two days. The second attack l am satisfied would have been equally as bad as the first but for the use of this remedy" It should be borne in mind that the grip is much the same as very severe cold and requiress precisely the same treatment. If you wish to cure a cold quickly and ef- fectually give this remedy a trial. % and 50 ceut bottles for sale by w. w. Lathrop, Stafford Springs; G. l.. Phillips, South Coventry.
The Press., 1895-02-21

It gives fairly good account of the affair. 1t does not mention the fact that when the man was raised up woman's wedding ring fell upon the floor It's just as we'll it does not. |"
 Why"
 Look at this advertisement, he an swered. II had one sent to every paper this morning immediately after the af- fair"
 He threw the paper across to me. and l glanced at the place indicated. It was the first announcement ill the Found" column. "In Brixton road this morning." it ran, "a plain gold we'd ding ring, found in the roadw ay between the White Hart tavern and Holland grove Apply Dr. Watson, 22lb Baker street, between 8 and 9 this evening""
 Excuse my using your name," he said. ''If I used my own, some one of these dunderhefds would recognize it and want to meddle in the affair.
 ''That is all right" answered. ''But, supposing any one applies, have no ring
 ''Oh, yes. yott have, |" said he, hand
 
 It is almost facsimile.
 And who do you expect will answer this advertisement?'
 "Why, the man ill tho brown coat, our florid friend with the square toes. If he does not come himself, he will send an accomplice."
 Would he not consider it as too dan gerous?''
 "Not at all If my view of tue case is correct, and have every reason to be- lieve that it is, this man would rather risk anything than lose tho ring. Ac- cording to my notion, he dropped it while stopping over Drebber's body and did not miss it at the time. After leav- ing the house he discovered his loss and hurried back, but found tho police al- ready i'll possession, owing to his own folly in leaving the candle burning He had to pretend to be drunk in order to allay the suspicious which might have been aroused by his appearance at the gate. Now, put yourself ill that man s place On thinking the matter over it | must have occurred to him that it was possible that he had lost the ring in the AOfbL& CAOCA AOfRNAhS tL4O AIOuSSs w udV would he do then? He would eagerly look out for the evening papers in the hope of seeing it among the articles found. His eye, of course, would light upon this. He would be overjoyed Why should he fear trap? There would be no reason ill his eyes why the find ing of the ring should be connected with the murder. He would come. He will come. You shall see him within an | hour. :"
 "And then?'' I asked.
 "Oh, you can leave me to deal with him then. Have you any arms?" "tI have my old service revolver and few cartridges. ' ......u "You had better clean it and load it. He will be desperate man, and though shall take him unawares it is as well to be ready for anything.
 went to my bedroom and followed his advice. WhenI returned with the pistol the table had been cleared, and Holmes was engaged in his favorite oc. oupation of scraping upon his violin.
 The plot thickens, I he said as en- tered. . have just had an answer tc my American telegram. My view of the case is the correct one. ;
 .sAnd that is?' asked eagerly
 My fiddle would be the better fol new strings, he remarked Put youl pistol in your pocket When tho fel. low comes, speak to him in an ordinary <
The Press., 1895-02-21
The syracuse Post tells of a pe(

The Syracuse Post tells of peculiar amusement that the young folks of that city indulge in to pass away the long win ter hours. The function is called an "on- ion social" Six young ladies stand in a row; one of them bites piece out of an onion. The gentlemen, who have been shut out of the room, are then let in, and pay 10 cents apiece for the privilege of guessing who bit the onion. The correct guesser kisses the other five girls, and the fellows who failed to guess correctly are condemned to kiss the girl who really | did the biting
The Press., 1895-02-21

"NoTHING VENTURE, NOTHING HAVE" Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mon., recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I can emphasize his statement, "It is positive cure for catarrh if used as directed. Francis w. Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena, Mon.
 It is the medicine above all others for catarrh, and is worth it's weight in gold. I can use Ely's Cream Balm with safety and it does all that is claimed for it.-B. w. SperrY. Hartford, Conn.
The Press., 1895-02-21
DID You EVER try Electric Bitters as a

DID You EVER try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles? If not, get a bottle now and get relief. This medicine has been found to be peculiarly adapted to the relief and cure of all Female Com- plaints, exerting wonderful direct infiu- ence in giving strength and tone to the organs. If you have Loss of Appetite, Constipation, Headache, Painting Spells, or are Nervous, Sleepless, Excitable, Melancholy or troubled with Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters is the medicine you need. Health and Strength are guaranteed by it's use. Large bottles only fifty cents at F. K Taft's Drug Store 3
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and entertaining gentleman with you.1

BUoKLRN's ARNIoA SALvE.-The best salye in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25c per box. Sold by B. K. Taft.
The Press., 1895-02-21

Much of life's misery is due to indi- gestion; for who can be happy with 8 pain in his stomach? As a corrective and strengthener of the alimentSsy or organs, Ayers Pills are invaluable, their use being always attended with marked benefit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-04-18
Stirring Story of Adventure Such
as All Lovers of Fiction
Like.
A War Story Written by an Author
thoroughly Fimilar With
War Scenes.

(By Capt. F. A. Mitchell, Late U. S. A. Copy.
righted by American Press Association. All
rights reserved)
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CIVIC SOCIETIES.

NIC.-ANr1ou1TY LODGE, No. 81, A:
M F,&A M-Regular meetings on tne , tsC c
and Sd Wednesday in each montn' ~ ~ ~
o'clock Pm. L. DOrnberg. W. M d' w.
Dickinson, Secy.
REDWOOD CHAPTER No "a, X. A. M.-Stated
Convocations the I'd: Friday OF eacn ns monen. sen
O. L. Dornberg, M. II. H. r. D y. hace'sec'
Rrnvoon FAILS CoMMANDERY, No. 15, KIT.
Stated conclaves first Monday Of each montn'
at SPIN IN. Bell, E. G. f. M Holiness Nc"
CHARITY CHAPTER, No. 81. o: E. 3. Regular
meetings I'd and 4th Wednesday evenings OF
each month, at 1880 p. m: mrs. Sna -
Bell. w. Il. Miss Charlotte Schmahi' sec.
r q. OF.-REpwooD LODGE, No. 6P. meets
i. every Saturday night, at 7:U OclocH
Brothers from a distance cordially 1nvitea 70
attend. "A. .Kenney. N g.; A =. burme's'er' r'
II. 8.
RNrrRpRIsE ENCAxPMENr. No. s.. Regular
meetin n Ist and Sd Tuesday eveninRs 0f each
mouth at Z 80 q clock at I: Q; y. nail;
A. 3. TrIesdell g. P. A. H. Noon. II. .,
Crystal LODGE, No. Is, D. of R.-Regular
meetings I'd and 4th Wednesday EVENINGS OF
each month. at 1880 p. m. Miss Julia Llcnt-
warck, N. G. Mrs. Luella Noon, RS.
"A o. W.-REDwOOD FALLS LODGE, No.
n. IS, meets every Monday evening, at their
hall. Visiting brethren made welcome. L..
Byram, NJ. w.; S. y. Mason, Hec"r"er.
II P.-REDwoOD FALLS LODGE, No. a.
H. meets every Tuesday evening. IN AcK-
mann's Hall. Visiting brothers are c0rdially
invited. C. w. Mead c, c.; H. M. Aune. H. n. ..
n A. K.-John s. Marsh Post, No. s5.Reg-
" .ular meetings every first and thlrd FRI
days of each month, at it's hall. At one CLOCK
P,M. H E. Baker. CON-; Geo. Buxton, Ad1t.
WOMEN's RELIEF CORrs-Meets second and
fourth Tuesdays of each month Mrs. Bessie
Newton. President; Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe'Sec'
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CHURCHES.

DREsBYTERIAN.-R John Sinclair pas so
i tor, Services every Sabbath az tO:oV
o'clock A. NJ. and at O'Clock P. M. Sabbath
school ut IL O'Clock NJ.
METHODIsT.-Rey:L L. HanscoGme; me- a,asnoE ras6oE
M Services every Sabbath at lO:oO clocA
IN and at8pM. Sabbath school at IL NJ.
Young mems prayer meeting Wed. evening
NHRlSTIAN.-Preachi on every Iord !.
~ Day at 1O:30 o'clock A. M. ana a1 r. M
Sunday School at I'm
EPISCOPAL.-Church of The Holy CON-
II munion. Rev. Henry Beer. 9c ao seryiie sny ;u
every Sunday in 1T the morning snndav a. school inn
mediately after morning service. Service Is
held on Friday evening at 8:OO.
CEVENTH- ADVENT. s. ;. every
= seventh day at IL A. NJ. Church service
following, Missionary and teachers meeting
Sun. evening, Prayer meeting Weo. evening
rATHOLIC.-Divine services on the 50
" Sunday of each month at 10 ~ a: m. ana
At 90 and Saturday Ase pseceSnss tSe saturn ane
Monday following at a. IN m RiS vonderlsxe.
Pastor.
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w D. FLINN, M. d.
W. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Also United States Examining Surgeon fol
PensiOns.

n r. PEASE, M. D.
VI. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office over Peck's Drug Store. Residence
corner 4th and Minnesota SITS. Hours, to IL:
to 6.
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Manufacturers Of
REDWOOD ROLLER MILLS BEST
DIAMOND STRAIGHT,
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Patent Process Flour.

New Machinery, recently in
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pacity and at the same time enables
us to make a superior quality of
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(To be continued.)
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FEED GRINDING.

We are now paying particular
attention to grinding feed, in con-
nection with our custom milling,
and are prepared to fill orders every
day in the week, Sundays except
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which we charge S cts.
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n p. GIBSON, M. D.
VI PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
ONCE at Residence. corner 4th and Mill SITS.
alls promptly answered, day or night.
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The Worlds Fair Tests
showed no baking powder
50 pure or 50 great ID leav.
ening power IS the ROYAL
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-04-18
CURRENT COMMENT.

y-The democrats are afraid of Nc, Kinley. They have reason to be afraid of any man who carried Ohio by more than eighty thousand majority.-To- ledo Blade.
 The official statement for March shows net increase of over eighteen million dollars in the public debt. The national finances continue to 'go demo cratic. Troy Times.
 cB President Cleveland was gracious enough to tell a Methodist minister that he had need of all the prayers the church could offer. But the admins tration needs more than prayers-it needs brains.-Iowa State Register.
 The treasury gold reserve is in- creasing again, and will continue to do so as long as the proceeds of the new bonds are being received; but there is no assurance that another depletion can then be prevented without nego- tiating another loan.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
 gB" If Prof. Wilson is permitted to put his pet economic ideas into practic. al operation when he succeeds MT. Bissell as postmaster-general, he will probably see if he can't get the Ameri- can postage stamps printed in Europe cheaper than he can in this country. There's nothing like being economical when the government needs money SC badly as it does now.-N. Y. Tribune
 eB-The farmers of the United State: should put on their thinking caps and study the following statistics: During the seven months ending with Janu ary, our exports of breadstuffs were valued at S66, s09, ,234. a decrease o, forty-fve millions. The value of oul exports of wheat declined from S43, s67, ,76S to S26, ,997, ,436, of our corn iron S,033, S67 to S5,216,59l, and of oul wheat flour from S43, ,956, 200 to S31, SIS, 033 That is the way the democracy is carrying out its promise to obtain "the markets of the world" for oul farmers.-Toledo Blade.
 eY"The republican tidal wave ha not subsided either in the manufac turing east or in the agricultural west In the mill state of Rhode Island which has suffered so much from tn democratic tariff policy, the victor. won at the recent state election is nor complete than that of last year. Tn democratic party there seems to b utterly demoralized. The elections ii Michigan, in Illinois, in this city an, in other parts of the state and in tn states west of the Mississippi show .ha the republicans hold their own as .ou pared with last fall.--Chicago Trit unS
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-04-18

posters would be fastened up at the door. I knew that if the market held still another three minutes I'd saved my game. .,
 ''The fool at the blackboard was marking the closing prices on Tigers, Poorman, Occur d'Alene, Eagle of Mur- derers' Bar, Grubstake. He'd wiped out the old figures to write down Grub stake at the price of a bankrupt mine; the brokers were yelling like demons; the place shook with the uproar; the clock licked at twenty-nine minutes past; the fool was writing the figures that meant ruin-despair-death
 Raising my gun, l fired right at his fingers, missed, fired again, but the fool was gone. 1 fired again and again, then once again, and flung my revolver at the blackboard across an empty hall. Yes, I'd stampeded the brokers, I'd stampeded the whole confounded bunch the ruck of them was screechirg with panic against the doors--and stood alone in the gallery. The game was won!
 What matter if I did get excited! What matter if I did knock few deputy marshals out of the galleryF What matter if did damage a city of. fcial-or few dozen-or score?
 ''The news is out; I've won me wife and fortune; I'm boss of the rangei and Kitty shall live like queen be- cause I love her-because I've loved her like a man-and she's miner'-All | the Year Round.