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grin and disappointment appeared np-
on his features.
He gnawed his lip, drummed his nm
gers upon the table and showed every
other symptom of acute impatience.
So great was his emotion that | felt
sincerely sorry for him, while the two
detectives smiled derisiyely by no
means displeased at this check which
he had met.
'It can't be coincidence" he cried
at last, springing from his chair and
pacing wildly up and down the room;
ut is impossible that is should be a
mere coincidence. The very pills
which suspected in the case Of Drub-
Der are actually found after the death
of Stangerson. And yet they are inert,
What can 1t mean? Surely my whole
chain or reasoning cannot have been
false. It Is impossible! And yet this
wretched dog is none the worse. All,
have It, have it,"
With a perfect shrek of delight
he rushed to the box, cut the other pill
in two, dissolved 1t, added milk, and
presented it to the terrier.
The unfortunate creatures tongue
hardly seemed to have been moistened
in It before 1t gave convulsive shiver
in every limb, and lay as rigid and life
less as IL It had been struck by light
ming.
Sherlock Holmes drew long breath
and wiped the perspiration from his
forehead.
"I should have more faith" he said;
"T ought to know by this time that
when a fact appears to be opposed to
long train Of deductions 1t invariably
proves to be capable of bearing some
other Interpretation. OF the two pills
in that box one was the most deadly
poison and the other was entirely
harmless. ought to have known that
before ever saw the box at all"
This last statement appeared to me
to be SO startling that I could hardly
believe that he was In his sober senses.
There was the dead dog, however, to
prove that his conjecture had been cor
rect.
It seemed to me that the mists In
my own mind we're gradually clearing
away, and I began to have a dim,
vague perception Of the truth.
"All this seems strange to you," con.
tinued Holmes, because you failed at
the beginning of the inquiry to grasp
the Importance of the single real clew
which was presented to you. l had
the good fortune to seize upon that
and everything which has occurred
since then has served to confirm my
original supposition, and. indeed was
the logical sequence Of it. Hence
things which have perplexed you and
made the case more obscure have
served to enlighten me and to strength
en- my conclusions. 1t is mistake to
confound strangeness with mystery
The most commonplace crime is often
the most mysterious, because 1t pre-
sents no new or special features from
which deductions may be drawn. This
murder would have been infinitely
more difficult to unravel had the body
of the victim been simply found lying
in the roadway without any OF those
outer and sensational accompaniment
which have rendered It remarkable
These strange details, far from max
ing the case more difficult have really
had the effect of making 1t less So"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-12
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THINGS.
Persons Who Go Along the Street
Watching the Sidewalk.

Persons Who Go Along the Street
Watching the Sidewalk.
'grhe lost and found columns Of the
newspaper is responsible for rather
peculiar habit" said an obseryant citi-
zen, according to the New Orleans
Times Democrat, "and 1t produces a
rather singular mental condition. 1t
has caused a great many persons to
make a rather close study Of the side
walks of the city, and no doubt many
of them live In the constant hope OF
picking up something very valuable.
They have all sorts Of wild dreams
about finding jewelry, more or less val
liable, and big rolls of money and
things Of that sort. am not speaking
of the unhappy and extremely unfortu-
nate class whose life is spent in search
ing the sidewalks and the cutters for
whatever trifie they may pick up. l
have In mind a different sort of people,
people who are more cultivated and
more refined, and whose minds have by
degrees bent into the groove. Maybe
some of them have found something at
some time or other, and this has caused
them to search, more or less diligently,
the sidewalk as they rush along the
street. know of one case Of this sort,
q young man who has been so intlu-
enced by the habit that he goes along
the street with his head down, often
passing his nearest and closest friends
without seeing them. He made the
statement to me few days ago that
during the last year he had found six
silver dimes on the sidewalk, and he
had gradually drifted into the habit Of
searching the sidewalks with his eyes
as he passed along the streets. Be
sides, he said, i am always reading
the lost and found column In the news
papers, and the thing has sort of fas-
cination for me. 1t has produced a
perpetual condition of mental excite
ment, and Of course get great deal
of pleasure out of it. Now, here Is a
curious thing. Men for some time have
INDUCED the foolish habit of counting
cracks in the sidewalks or telegraph
poles, and touching things with their
hands, but few of us have been aware
of the existence of class of men who
are constantly trying to find something
as they brush along the street. When
we have found men looking lntently at
the sidewalk we have supposed that
they were counting cracks. or trying to
keep from stepping on cracks, or max
ing some sort of curious study of the
sidewalks topography, but instead we
now learn that they are actually look
ing for wealth, trying to find some
thing that somebody else has lost.
What strange flights fancy doth take
In these latter daysw
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To be cOntinued.)
0NNdSXACENCzNCNNN NEAlz<ANsSANNNANANAN1SA
Things That May
interest YOus

Over a million persons die yearly in
Europe OF consumption.
Five hundreda nd eighty-seven dis
tinct languages are spoken in Europe.
Forty-five hours constitute week s
work for women and girls in New zea-
land.
Seventy-eight profit sharing schemes,
affecting 53,526 workpeople, we're in
operation last year in this country.
Madame Isacescu, the Vienese lady
swimmer, is training for another at
tempt to swim the English channel.
Out OF 1850 murders Of Christians
in Turkey last year there were only 81
cases in which the murderers we're pun
ished.
The longest railway run in the world
without changing is on the Canadian
Pacific, from Halifax to Vancouver,
1862 miles.
The biggest orchard in the world is
near Santa Barbara, Cal. 1t covers
200 acres and contains 81, 1000 fruit
and nut trees.
The amount of heat generated by q
mans body in days work is sufficient
to raise SO pounds of water from freez-
bing to oiling point.
Lord Kelvin, who is now rs years Of
age, is entitled to place no less than 26
letters, indicating various titles of hon.
or, after his name.
Geraniums bloom most satisfactorily
when grown in comparatively small
pots and soil which is termed rich, but
not rank with excessive manure.
In Portugal If the wife publishes
literary works without the husband g
consent, the law frees him at once from
all further matrimonial obligations.
During the past ten years immigra-
tion to America from Germany, Ireland
and England has decreased, while that
from Italy, Asutria aud Russia has in
creased.
Three are 1000 monks on the prom
ontory of Athos. They pay TO the sui
tain 1000 pounds year for the privi-
lege of being allowed to govern them.
selves.
The number of ships in the Ameri-
can whaling feet has fallen of in the
last twelve years from 81 70 to 40, and
much the same is the case with the
Scotch whaling industry.
One of Milton's biographers Pays that
nearly twenty years elapsed between
the time he sketched out the plan Of
paradise Lost" and the completion of
that work. The actual labor Of compo-
sition was condensed into two or three
years.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-12
CHAPTER VII.
LIGHT in the Darkness,


The intelligence with which Lestrade
greeted us was so momentous and so
unexpected that we were all three fair
ly dumfounded.
Gregson sprang out Of his chair and
upset the remainder of his whisky and
water.
stared in silence at Sherlock
Holmes, whose lips were compressed
and his brows drawn down over his
eyes.
"Stangerson, tool" he muttered,
"The plot thickens"
1T was quite thick enough before"
grumbled Lestrade, taking chair. 81
seem to have dropped into sort Of
council of war"
"Are you-are you sure of this piece
Of intelligence?" stammered Gregson.
'T have just come from his room,"
said Lestrade. 81 was the first to dis
cover what had occurred"
1--WE have been hearing Gregson's
view of the matter" Holmes observed.
"Would you mind letting us know
what you have seen and done?"
81 have no objection" Lestrade an
swered, seating himself. 81 freely con-
fess that I was of the opinion that
Stangerson was concerned in the death
of Drebber. This fresh development
has shown me that I was completely
mistaken. Full of the one idea, set
myself to find out what had become
OF the secretary. They had been seen
together at Euston Station about half
past eight on the evening OF the third.
At two in the morning Drebber had
been found in the Brixton Road. The
question which confronted me was to
find out how Stangerson had been en-
Moved between $3.50 and the time Of
the crime and what had become of him
afterward. I telegraphed to Liverpool,
giving a description Of the man and
warning them TO keep watch upon
the American boats. then set to work
calling upon all the hotels and lodging
houses in the vicinity Of Euston. You
see argued that IL Drebber and his
companion had become separated the
natural course OF the latter would be
TO put up somewhere in the vicinity for
the night and then hang about the
station again next morning"
"They would be likely to agree on
some meeting-place beforehand" re-
marked Holmes.
so it proved. l spent the whole Of
yesterday evening in making inquiries
entirely without avail This morning
l began very early, and at eight o'clock
l reached Halliday's Private Hotel, ir
Little George street. On my inquiry
as to whether Mr.. Stangerson was
living there, they an once answered me
in the Affirmative.
mo doubt you are the gentleman
he was expecting, they said. He had
been waiting for gentleman for two
days
"'Where is he now?' l asked.
"'He is upstairs In bed. He wished
to be called at nine
ut seemed to me that my sudden
appearance might shake his nerves
and lead him to say something un-
guarded. The Boots volunteered TO
show me the room; 1t was on the sec
ond floor. and there was a small cor
ridor leading up to ii. The Boots
pointed out the door 60 me, and was
about to go down stairs again. when
saw something that made me feel sick
fish. in spite OF my twenty years ex-
perieuce. From under the door there
curled a little red ribbon of blood,
which had meandered across the pas
sage and formed a little pool along
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-12
MISSION OF THE CHEAP CIGAR.
Method In the Madness of Selling for
Absolutely Low Prices.

Method In the Madness of Selling for
Absolutely Low Prices.
80 you are going to try to force us
retailers out Of the business" ex-
claimed an lrate little cigar man, brls-
tlIng with indignation and addressing
the manager of one of a number of
cut-rate cigar stores.
Nothing of the kind" replied the
manager, bustling about his work.
"And the tobacco trust has put you
up to this and Is footing the bills!'
was the cigar mans second explosion.
"Now, see here" said the manager,
taking the angry little man by the
buttonhole and leading him out Of the
way of customers, you don't under
stand the game. We're increasing the
consumption of tobacco. We're build
ing up your business"
Don't see It." said the retailer,
when you sell standard 5-cent cigar
five for II cents"
THAT'S just the way we're doing it,"
replied the manager "The man who
smokes two scent cigars a day comes
In here and takes five for 12 cents and
smokes them all in a day. A few
weeks of that, and he wants his five
cigars every day. He gets tired of
coming around here to look for bar
gains, and in few weeks he begins to
stop at your stand, as he used to do,
but instead Of buying 10 cents worth
Of cigars, he leaves a quarter in your
cash register and carries away half a
dozen cigars. We've increased your
trade $50 per cent"
81 hadn't looked at 1t that way" said
the retailer, calming down.
"And here's another scheme of ours"
continued the manager. Hundreds of
smokers never treat themselves to a
10-cent cigar We offer three 1O-cent-
ers and three fivers for a quarter. The
smoker takes them and gets the taste
for the better cigar. When he comes
back to your shop he wants 10-cent
cigar"
by Jove! it's a great scheme" said
the cigar man, quite appeased.-New
York Times.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-12
A STUDY IN SCARLET
-
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
CHAPTER vI-Continued.

After very, brief pause the detec-
tice continued:
"Of course, after that there was
nothing more to be done. found out
where Lieutenant Charpentier was,
took two officers with me and arrested
him. When | touched him on the
shoulder and warned him to come
quietly with us, he answered us as
bold as brass: I suppose you are
arresting me for being concerned In
the death of that seoundrel Drebber,
he said. We had said nothing to him
about it, so that his alluding to 1t had
a most suspicious aspect"
''Very," said Holmes.
''He still carried the heavy stick
which the mother described him as
having with him when he followed
Drebber. 1t was stout oak cudgel."
What is your theory, then?"
''Well my theory is that he followed
Drebber rs far as the Brixton road.
When there a fresh altercation arose
between them, in the course OF which
Drebber received a blow from the
stick in the pit of the stomach, per-
haps, which killed him without leav.
ing any mark. The night was so wet
that no one was about, so Charpentier
dragged the body of his victim into
the empty house. AS to the candle
and the blood and the writing on tho
wall and tho ring, they may all be so
many tricks to throw the police on to
The wrong scent"
"Well done!" said Holmes in an en-
couraging voice. REALLY, Gregson,
you are getting along. We shall make
something Of you yet"
Il flatter myself that / have man.
aged it rather neatly" the detective
answered proudly. "1'he young man
volunteered statement in which he
said that after following Drebber
some time, the latter perceived him
and took cab in order to get away
from him. On his way home he met
an old shipmate and took long walk
with him. On being asked where this
old shipmate lived, he was unable to
give any satisfactory reply. | think
the whole case fits together uncom-
monty well. What amuses me Is to
think of Lestrade, who had started off
upon the wrong scent. / am afraid he
won't make much of 1t. Why, by Jove!
here's the very man himself"
It was, indeed, Lestrade, who had
assembled the stairs while we were
talking, and who now entered the
room. The assurance and jauntiness
which generally marked his demeanor
and dress were, however wanting.
His face was disturbed and trou-
bled, while his clothes were disar-
ranged and untidy.
He had evidently come with the in
tention of consulting with Sherlock
Holmes, for on perceiving his col.
league he appeared to be embarrassed
and put out.
He stood in the center of the room,
fumbling nervously with his hat, and
uncertain what to do.
This is a most extraordinary case, !"
he said, at last-"a most incOmpre-
hensible affair.""
"Ah, you find it so, Mr.. Lestrade?"
cried Gregson, triumphantly. Il
thought you would come to that con-
clusion. Have you managed to find the
secretary, Mr.. Joseph Stangerson"
''The secretary, Mr.. Joseph Stanger-
SON." said Lestrade, gravely, was
murdered at Halliday's Private Hotel
about o'clock this morning"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-12
The Knocker.
She had a little hammer,

She used it with a will,
She knocked at everybody
They couldn't keep her still;
She knocked about her neighbors
II they were friends or foes,
She knocked about the table,
And knocked about her clothes.
She knocked at hubby's smoking,
About his snoring, too;
She knocked about his whistling,
And so, perhaps, would you;
At last the Reaper claimed her,
Her course on earth was run;
Her husband then considered
Her knocking days were done.
But hubby went one evening
To see a spirit show,
Where always in the cleaning,
The spirits come and go,
He heard a spirit knocking
"My wife," he said, "I'll betl
Now, isn't she a wonder2
By gosh! she's knocking yet|
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-12
FARMS AND RAILROADS.
Profits ON Agriculture Not So Smal
Altar All

Profits on Agriculture Not So Small
After All.
A special census bulletin gives the
value Of farm property, including am
chinery and live stock, as $20,514,O01.-
638. The total value of farm prod
ucts for 1889 was $4,739,11S,752, and
the gross income from the farms was
1854, III, T06, making 1873 per cent on
the value of the property invested. A
gross income of 1873 per cent would
not yield a large net income, when the
heavy expenses for labor, material,
maintenance, ETC., is considered, re-
ports the Buffalo Express. Unfortun-
ately, it is not practicable, probably
impossible, to secure accurate statis-
tics of net incomes, which alone might
show how the farming industry stands
in comparison with others. It is inter.
esting to note, however, that the steam
surface railroads of the United States
show an investment of S12,76S, ,91O, ,S37,
counting all assets as a part of the in
vestment. This makes the investment
in railroads three-ffths as great as in
the most important Of all producing
Industries. The gross income was in
1901 $J51 .020, AGO. which would be only
AZ per cent on the investment, and out
OF this expenses must be met which
are at least as great proportonately
as the expenses from the agricultural
industry can be. On the whole it
would seem that the profits from agri-
culture can hardly be so small as to
justify the diseOuraEement which has
become almost habltuaf American
farmers. On the contrary, II is a mat
ter for surprise that the industry does
not attract more Of the capital that is
so eagerly seeking investment in trans
portation and manufacturing lines.
Selling ice at a profit Of 100 per cent
L carfafnI q cold cuan
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-12

motion of the body and the exercise OF
its various physical functions. 1t is
the great central telephone exchange,
or, to use another electric term, the
great power house where the subtle, in
tangible fluid Of thought is converted
into a tangible working force and
thence transmitted at varying pressures
along the feed wires of nerves to the
various engines Of the heart, arms legs,
eyes, mouth, nose and other organs.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-12

Farmer Jones-I am a-going tew take
my son Hiram to a phrenolyQist tew
find out what he's best suited fer.
Farmer Honk-An' s'posin' he tells
yew the boy amt suited fer farmin' at
all3
Farmer Jones-That's just what
want tew find out, SOS kin lick it out
nv him before he gifts tew big.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-12

Younghub-There's nothing like mat
rimony for teaching young man the
value of money.
0ldwed That's right. A dollar a
man gives to his wife looks twice as big
IS the dollar he blew in on her during
oourtship.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-12
Wkf Thev Don't speak.

stella-fes. my age is in the family
Bible.
Bella-Then, l presume, 1t must be
In Revelations.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-12

A man likes to hear a woman say she
has never been kissed, even il he
doesn't believe it
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-12
QUEER NIGHT THEFT.
WEALTHY BANKER WAS ROBBED
WHILE HE SLEPT.

Through the Efforts of a Detective
the Mystery of the Losses Was
Solved in a Manner Most Unsx-
pected All Around.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-12

Selling Ice at profit of 100 per cent
Is certainly a cold snap.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-12

One of Milton's biographers says that
nearly twenty years elapsed between
the time he sketched out the plan Of
paradise LOST and the completion Of
that work. The actual labor of compo-
sition was condensed into two or three
yaarR
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-17
ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.
Weather Conditions Just Right Tor OBJ
servattons.

Weather Conditions Just Right Tor OBJ
seNations.
Had the choice OF meteorological condl-
lions for the occasion been left 10 the nd.
vertislng committee OF the No.Tsu-Oh, saga
clous as IL Is, IL could not have selected a
more perfect night for the observation OF
the total eclipse OF The moon. a clear
cool, bracing and inTgoraung atmosphere.
such as can ouly be found beneath south
crn skies In mid october
This celestial phenomenon never fails 90
awaken a sentiment akin To awe IN ones
breast, no matter how Intelligent aud On.
lghtened he be. when the somber shadow
OF this old earth Of ours slowly creeps over
the fair and shining face OF our celestial
neighbor an indehnablo chill comes Into
the atmosphere; loud voices become sub
dued Ia tone: an Involuntary shudder is
felt by the observer Of this recurrent trag.
vdy Of iifc cosmos; q weight seems 10 be
pressing upon him from which thcro can
be no escape, the dclorous howl Of a dog
seems pregnant Of impending doom Tho
shadow grows 8Pacc and eva fingers 81
light seem reaching forth across the un-
ohscured portion OF The moons face and
hecson Won TO come tho very air we
breathe seems alive with spirits, and the
weird ghosts Of long.dead years come
trooping in upon the brain I'm seemingly
intcrminahle processlouTeveu the most
familiar objects encountered I'm our daily
round seem spectral and melancholy ia
the dismal gloom, which appears 20 the
quickened imagination as though on uu-
seen hand drawn a funeral veil across
the face OF unwilling nature Now the
totally OF the eclipse is complete, and we
see the satellite, shining still. yet with a
1prfG frlr Of d
refrEctlon OF the suns rays by the ntmos-
phere surrounding our planet This cOu-
tiuues for what 10 The watcher, seems an
endless period 81 time, but "a reality Is
only on hour ana half and then with
what a sigh OF relief do we hail tho FIRST
bright streak Of surface uncovered by the
bulky shadow OF our terrestrial hall.
Slowly IL moves az first, then faster and
faster. and-the eclipse Is over, and the
tired watcher breuihes an Involuntary sigh
OF relief
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