The Press., 1895-02-07

sad, smiling at my expression of sur pcise. Now that do know it I shall do my Lest 10 forget it. y
 ''To forget it'
 "YOu teC, " he explained, II cOEsidtI that mans brain originally i& like d little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose A fool takes in all thc lumber of Cvmy Furt that ho comes Gt TOSS, SO that the knowl. edge which might lo useful to him gets crowded out, or Gt best is jumhled up with lot Of other things, so that he has difficulty ill laying his hands up. on it. Now, the skillful workman is very careful indeed as to what ho takes into his brain attic He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing lis work, but of these he li.: a large assortment, and all in the E.o.. perfect order. It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic w%!ls and can distend to any extent Dcptrd upon it, there comes a timo wIc. fer every addition of knowledge yCA f, r;',t something that you knew before IL is of the highest importance, therefore, l., { to have useless facts elbowing out {! {; useful ones. '
 "But the solar systemH' protested
 What the deuce is it to me- l t in- terrupted impatiCntly. "You spy that we go round the sun. If we went rrrhd the moon, it would not make 8 p, ,!l.v worth of difference to me or to nI work.
 Twas on the point of asking him W n;I that work might be, but SCmuI:Hg in his manner showed me that the qu, stion would be all unwelconG Cnc rGrGcrcd over our short conversation, however, and enGcavC1Cd to draw my deductions from it. He said that Ee would %c, uire no knowledge which did not lCn rron his object. Therefore ull the lI.Ov < ,lgc which he possessed W&s such as v.Guld be useful to him Enumerated i'll my own mind all the various points cpon which he lad shown ne that lle was cX. ception"!ly veil Informed even took a pencil aLd jCtt>d them down. l could not help smiling Ut the document when had completed it. It rGn in this way
 SHERLOCK EOLMES-Els LIMITS
 ]. KnOWltdGe tf Literature Nil
 3. Knowledge of Philo ;ophy. Nj!
 3. Knowledge eff Astronomy Nil
 4. Knowledge of Politics. Feeble.
 5. Knowledge of Botany Variable Well up ill bclla9Cnna, opium and poi sons generally. Knows nothing of prac- tical gardening
 6. Knowledge of Geology -Practi- cal, but limited. Tells at a glance diff ferent soils from each other. After walks has shown me splashos upon his trou- sers, and told me by their color and con- sistence in what part of London ho had received them.
 {. Knowledge of Chemistry. Pro Found.
 g. Knowledge of Anatomy -Accu- rate, but unsystematic.
 9, Knowledge of Sensational Litera- ture. Immense. He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in tho century.
 10. Plays tho violin we'll
 II. Is all expert single stick player, boxer and swordsman.
 12 Has a good practical knowledge of British law.
 When had got so far ill my list, threw it into tho fire in despair If can only find what the fellow is driving at by reconciling all these accomplish ments and discovering a calling whiCl needs them all, said to myself, "l may as well give mp tho attempt a once. y
 see that have alluded above to hi powers upon tho violin. These were very remarkable, but as eccentric aH all hi l other accomplishments That he could 1 play pieces, and difficult pieces, l knew well, because al my request he has play ed mo some of Mende!ssohn s "Lieder' and other favorites.
 When left to himself, however, ht would seldom produce any music or at tempt any recognized air Leaning bacl ill his armchair of an evening, he would close his eyes and scrapo carelessly a the fiddle which was thrown across hi knee. Sometimes tho chords were sono rous and melancholy. Occasionally the, were fantastic and cheerful. Clearl, they reflected tho thoughts which pos sessed him, but whether the music aided those thoughts or whether the playin! was simply the result of a whim O fancy was more than could determine l might have rebelled against these ex asperating solos had it not been that h usually terminated them by playing il quick succession whole series of m, favorite airs as slight compensation | for the trial upon my patience. | GCOntinued next week.)