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casting into the weir. Mr.. Grewgious would
identify the ring. thus clearly establishing
the fate of brood. Durdles's thickened
memory would recall eliminating circum-
stances. and young Deputy would find graf
ifcation of his fued by testifying that he
had seen Jasper and brood enter the cathe-
dral on that Hateful night otter Landless
had left brood at Jasper's door. The tolls
thus closed about Jasper, that wretched
person would take his own life, very prop
erly relieving all concerned and sparinS
Cloisterham the disgrace of a hanging.
The motive is clear. Jasper's unholy pas
sion for Rosebud would be thwarted by his
trusting nephews marriage with that
graceful creature. Therefore, with con-
science scared and moral senses blunted by
opium and with the craft of the confirmed
dope fend," he set about removing the
man who stood in his way. The astute Mr..
Grewgious received inkling of this upon
noting the effect his revelation of the
break between brood and Rosebud had
upon Jasper.
The gentle Dickens than whom no master
ever established more confidential relations
with his readers, has kept us in his conf
dence throughout. Jasper's cunning in use
ing Landlesss fiery temper as a foil for
his crime, and his skill in casting suspicion
upon that young man are interesting ex-
amples of the Dickens method.
The guilt of Jasper is more convincing
than that Rosebud would marry the clearly
smitten and gallant Tartar, and that Helena
|. would marry the devoted Mr. Carsprinkle,
| all of whom would live happily ever after
| ward each vying with the other to make
| life pleasant for the unhappy Neville and
| all proud of the success he achieved at the
| bar to which he became welded, conceal
| ing as effectually his love for Rosebud as
| Mr.. Grewgious had concealed his for that
young woman's mother.
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FOURTH PRIZE
Albert G. Small. 1913 L. ST. Jo.eph
ST.. Indianapoli.

The story was drawing TO a close In
three. or at most. four chapters. with the
inevitable and always interesting Dickens
sequel. John Jaspers crime would have
been exposed The detective, Dick Dachery
set on by Mr.. Grewgious, was beginning TO
see his way. The Princess Puffer'' had
given him valuable lead. The missing
link would be supplied in a visit to the
abode of Durdles; supplementary and i'm
portant evidence being furnished by young
Deputy. search of the subterranean
ways beneath the tower Of the cathedral.
from the top of which Jasper had thrown
his all-trusting nephew. would reveal the
entombed body of Edwin Brood all but
consumed by quicklinm taken from the
heap Of that corrosive substance against
which Durdles warned Jasper on the night
OF their prowl through the cathedral crypt
Identification. however. would be made
complete by the discovery OF the jeweIed
ring (Rosebud's heirloom) which Mr.. Crew.
gious had given brood during their last
interview, and which Jasper. unaware OF its
existence. had overlooked when he Invested
his victim OF his known bits OF jewelry.
which he thought TO forever destroy by
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Diagram proves qulckllrne HOulu dS
Drood's burial place untenable.
SECOND PRIZE
Joseph A. Davidson, 1925 North
Illinois ST.. Indianapolis
Among all the characters delineated in
THE Mystery of Edwin Brood one only,
by the remotest chance. has anything to
gain by the murder of brood. and he only
among all is capable of such crime.
That one is John Jasper.
His mad love of Rosa and his hope of ulti-
matey gaining her is the motive
His plan begins to unfold that night at
Sapseas when he evinces such a peculiar
interest in Durdles and his keys. and es
pecially the Sapsea key, which Durdles ties
up in his bundle.
Jasper wants that key.
He encounters Durdles again that evening:
becomes curious TO know how he does GER
tain things so accurately; Durdles demon
strates; clink. clnk. and the key is Jasper's;
n wax impression of it is taken and it is
returned to the bundle then and there.
His plan becomes palmer when. the
night he and Durdles ascend the tower he
| contemplates that "stillest part of the
scene" which the cathedral overshadows;
| then leaves Durdles stupefied by the drugged
| liquor; goes TO the Sapsea tomb and tries
| the duplicate key made from the wax i'm
preston; finds il opera ties the lock perfectly,
| goes to the Durdles home. procures a salts
| factory amount of quicklme from the
| mound by the yard gate" conveys to and
| places 1t in the tomb: probably returning to
/ the stoneyard the vessels used in convey
/ ing il.
| This has required much time, for he has
| been very deliberate; he returns to Durdles
and finds him on the point of waking.
His preparations are now complete.
| On leaving Landless at Crisparkle's door
/ on the night of Christmas eve. brood meets
Jasper and is induced to ascend to the top
| of the tower, probably TO note the effect
of the wind from that point. from whence
| he is hurled to the ground below, and after
| being relieved of watch and shirtpin the
body is taken to the Sapsea tomb: Jasper
becomes heated and removes his silk scarf;
| carefully covers the body with quicklime.
and. locking the door. goes to the river and
throws the key he has just used far out
into the water
The watch and pin are deliberately dis
| posed of in the manner mentioned to cast
| further suspicion on Landless.
brought about by hatchery otherwise Baz-
| zard), through the Princess Puffer' and
by the scarf left by him in the tomb.
The identification of the body of brood
should be established by Rosa's ring (given
Edwin by Grewgious). which was over
| looked by Jasper and which the lime will
| fail TO destroy.
The plot was conceived before Landless
came to Cloisterham, and since It was car
ried out to the letter could not have COM
pretended him. and he is only implicated
| to the extent shown.
Durdles was TO have been the 'scape-
| goat"
| Durdles had the only known key to the
| tomb.
II was his lime used.
He was known to frequent the cathedral
| at all hours.
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THIRD PRIZE
Mrs Agnes MoCeble. Lapel.
Madison County
SECOND PRIZE
Joseph A. Davidson, 1925 North
Illinois ST., Indianapolis

Edwin brood was killed by Jasper. as the
trend of Dickens's story gives promise. His
body was buried in the crypt in place of the
qucklime mound. for it would have been
impossible to carry it from any point of the
Presinct through Monks Vineyard, through
the narrow lane. past a Tavern, always
lighted and about which loitered the impish
Deputies; then into Durdles's yard, where
he and workmen were busy every day. He
was murdered in the tower and thrown to
the grotnd below, as limited in Chapters r.
%. brood would willingly go TO the tower
to see the city and river in windstorm and
moonlight. There is no evidence of snow or
rain
Jasper strangled brood with the scarf he
wore the night of the murder as the most
noiseless and bloodless way to take his life
He took all Drood's jewelry except the
ring Grewgious gave him, of which Jasper
| was ignorant. BY this ring brood is iden-
| titled. Jasper threw jewelry into the river
| after carrying il long enough to let the
watch run down. which helps in part to
prove when brood was murdered.
Durdles's drunken sleep gives Jasper a
| chance to make copy of crypt key that
will unlock both DOORS and find the place
| 10 bury brood. The opium mixer has
learned the secret to make Jasper talk. and
| for reward she has Jasper tell on himself
| the whole story of the dangerous journey
up the tower and the danger of slipping
when he threw the body down, although the
| cathedral in small provincial town is not
| so high. Jasper takes his own life after
| numbering Landless, who helps TO bring
him to justice.
Deputy. looking out for Durdles. Is the
| only who sees the body fall to the
ground, but is so frightened that he runs
without investigating. He thinks next
morning 1T must have been one of the large
rocks from the tower. hatchery, who is
| Bazzard. is sent by Grewgious, as detective
| He draws marks like his employer, Grew
/ gious.
Crisparkle marries Miss Landless and
| Tartar marries Rosa
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SIXTH PRIZE
Mrs. Ernest Thomas. Nashville

Mr.. hatchery follows Her Royal High
ness to London, goes to the opium joint
and there with the aid of money induces
the old woman to tell how ''she knows Mr..
Jasper better than all the reverend parsons
put together. How in his opium de-
lirium he over and over enacted the muir
der of Ned" how he entices his nephew
up into the cathedral tower on the pretenses
of viewing Cloisterham at night and by
seeming to accidently lurch against him
sends him crashing to his death in the
close beneath and then hurrying down into
the wild night he approaches the body and
finds life gone, and after taking the watch
and chain and shirt pin from young
Droods person, he carries the body into
the crypt under the cathedral and passing
down the long aisle to a tomb which he
had previously selected, he placed the body
within.
Mr. hatchery and Mr.. Grewgious. who has
employed the detective, Mr.. hatchery, at
once go to Cloisterham TO search the crypt
and verify the old wOman's tale. They go
TO Durdles for the key and by adroit ques-
tioning learn of the midnight expedition he
had made with Mr.. Jasper to the crypt one
week before the disappearance of young
brood and of his Durdles) strange dream
of the keys being taken from him. They
searched the tombs and at last came on
one which contained a quantity of quick
lime which Mr.. hatchery poked about in
and brought 10 light some fragments of
bones and a ring which Mr.. Grewgious at
once recognizes as the one he had given
Edwin brood and which his murderer had
failed TO find, thinking the only jewelry he
pOSsessed watch and chain and shfrt ,,i,
and knowing the lime would not destroy
these. had thrown them in the weir. where
they were found by Mr.. Crisparkle Durdles
recalled how Mr.. Jasper had asked par
ticularly about the destroying power of
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FIFTH PRIZE
Mrs. Z. II. Atkinson. The Arlington
indianapolis

Mr.. Datchery spends much time in ca
thedraI with Durdes. A messenger is sent
post haste to London. In the night coach
come Mr. Grewgious Rosebud, Miss Twin
kIeton, Paul Landless and sister. The next
morning a suppressed excitement prevades
the town. Groups whispered by crypt door
and in front of gatehouse. A grewsome
find had been made by Durdles in Mrs.
Sapsea's tomb. At the gatehouse the choir
master lay dying of a drug taken with
suicidal intent.
The party that came from London were
gathered in rectory parlor. with addition of
the dean, rector, mayor, Mr.. hatchery and
Durdles Mr. Grewgious, smoothing his
head: 1--WE have come not to judge be-
tween the dead and dying, but in the inter-
ests of the living. that a young mans char
acter may be cleared from unjust sus-
picion and ne restored to the confidence of
his fellow-men;" that Bazzard, his clerk,
would submit facts adduced from testi-
| mony of witnesses present. Whereupon Mr..
hatchery removed the shock of white hair.
revealing the thin, black locks of Bag
zard" to the amazement of some pres
| ent.
- had come, at the suggestion of Mr..
disappearance OF Edwin brood" He found
| first that Mr.. Jasper had annoyed Miss
Bud with attentions knowing of her be-
| trothal to his ward. Miss Bud had broken
engagement to save her lover and herself
from his prosecutions too late to avert un-
| known danger feared. Mr. Grewgious, on
imparting news of broken betrothal to Jas
per, had suspicious aroused. Paul Land
less had suspected Jasper of mixing liquors
| and otherwise promoting quarrel between
himself and brood. keeper of an opium
den had drawn the confession from Jasper
| that he had hurled Ned" from tower,
| needless of his entreaties or of
danger to himself. That stones had been
displaced lead detached from roof rolling
like paper and falling into close below.
| That these. the falling body, had torn
| the hands from the cathedral clock. That
| Durdles had discovered body in Mrs. Sap
| seas tomb, eaten beyond recognition by
| quicklime. A piece of coarse black silk
| identified by Mrs. Tope part of scarf
worn by Jasper, and ring case were all
that threw any light upon mystery. Open
| ing the case, the jewels cleaned like i'm
| prisoned sunshine in the gloom of the rec
tory parlor Mr.. Grewgious identified ring
as one given Edwin to present to Rosa.
20 Eddy, poor, poor Eddy' walled Rose
| bud.
| And blindly and blunderingly they
stumbled upon the truth at last. Edwin,
too generous to suspect the hatred. jeal-
ousy and ambition of his guardian, had re-
fused 10 be warned by him. Mrs. Sapsea's
tomb evidently to have a place in the
denouement-the key was taken from
Durdles in his drugged half-consciousness
in night adventure-at which time Durdles
had called attention to the quicklime.
| The cathedral tower is named in the open
sentence of the tale and in its shadow and
against 1t the waves of the tragedy beat
till the pen falls from the tired hand of the
master.
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Editors Note: The order in which the
names of those receiving honorable men,
ton is printed does not indicate the rela-
tive merit of the contributors. These con-
tributions were not graded and are pub
lished, for convenience, according to the
location of the contributors.
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portunity to take impression of crypt keys
and examine walls.
Enough quickime taken for dishguring
purposes. passed unobserved by Durdles
and worKmen.
Theory confirmed, Chapters 1913, and ali
mysteries.
Diagram proves quicklime mound as
Drood's burial place untenable.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1904-08-10
Local and Personal

There will be services at the Presby-
terrain Church Sunday at IL A. NJ. and
Is z. NJ. The morning theme will be,
THE Compassionate Christ. " The
evening theme will be, How know |
am Christian. We most cordially
invite everybody to these services.
There will be services at the Episco-
pal church next Sunday at the regular
hours, morning and evening. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all to at
tend these services.
]. II. Darling,
Pastor.
Macedonia Torres ard son, returned
Friday from FL Paso, where they had
been purchasing goods and started for
home saturday morning but the river
being so high they could not cross held
them here until Sunday morning wait
ing for the water to run down.
Frank Delaney and wife left the
latter part of last week for an extend
ed visit in California. While they are
away Frank Jr., will look after the
railway interests in his fathers place,
thus enabling the road to continue in
operation as usual.
What might have been n fatal acct
dent happened to James Diamond last
Friday evening, not being accustomed
to the treacherous character Of these
mountain streams he ventured into the
Mimbres with a light buggy and the
force of the water turned the buggy
over throwing HIM out and had it not
been for the timely assistance of DR..
Swope who happened to he near he
would doubtless have been drowned.
Steer roping has been eliminated
from the sporting program of the New
Mexico territorial fair. There will be
no roping at the big show in Albuquer-
que next October. This is largely due
to the protests of the New Mexico cat
tie growers who found that the sport
spread a demoralizing influence among
their employs, as we'll as lost them
many cows through the experimental
work of men practicing for the big fair
contests. The sport at its best is bru-
tai and the fair association has been
wise in cutting ii out Of the amusement
events.
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LEE SHIP Prop
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Forest Lieu Selection. Number TAG. United
States Land Office at Las Cruces N NJ. June
30th. 1894
Notice is hereby given that Edward r. Perrin.
10y his Attorney In fact Hiram NJ Hamilton,
whose Post Office address is Alameda. Calfor-
MIA. has made application to select under the Act
described tract; The SEh SEA- OF Section 30.
Township AS. Range II W. New Mexico +. b. 4
NJ
Within the next thirty days from date here
Of, protests or contests against the selection on
the ground that the land described or any por.
ton thereof. is more valuable for lis minerals
than for agricultural purposes will be rec lived
and noted for report to the Commissioner Of the
General Laml Office
NICHOLAS GALES
Register
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Notice

We are requested to announce that
the Deming library will be closed for
the next six weeks on account of the
warm weather and the absence of a
large humber of the members from
town. The membership will be extend
ed an equal term so that no one will suf-
fer any loss by the temporary closing.
After trip to the fair Mrs. Barton
expects to return with a number of
new books and begin the fall work
with renewed vigor.
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NOTICE
To Expressmen and Others.

The Deming Fire Department will
pay $500 each for hauling the Chem
zeal Engine and the Hook & Ladder
truck to any fire that is more than 600
feet distant from the City Hall Chem
ical Engine must leave the engine
house frst) First come first served,
and and an additional Sl.0O will be paid
to the one reaching the fire first. For
short haul of less than 600 feet fifty
cents (50c) will be paid.
The regular call for Fire Department
meetings is three slow taps Of the bell
repeated three times. Citizens will
remember these signals and not be
startled by them.
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DOLL CONTEST

The votes thus far cast for the dolls
to be given away free at Lee Ships
Racket store Sept. 1904 are as follows;
Fay McKeyes 81, Mile Mcdaniel l6,
Thellma Birtrong q, Lola Amanda 90,
Ruth Merrill 10. Alma Tomerin 5,
Fannie LETTER |. Gladys Smith 5 Es.
ter Cos;ales q
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Political Announcement

| hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the Office of Treasurer and
ex-0fIicio Collector of LunI county,
subject to the will of the Democratic
county convention.
JOHN Il. GROVER.
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For SALE

A l2hX24 Fraser & Chalmers throt.
Ting engine, One hundred horse power
good condition, Price Four hundred
dollars { o b cars Albuquerque. Apply
Water Supply Company Albuquerque,
N. NJ.
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INTENTION SCHOOL CHILDoEN

Our books and school supplies are
coming in every day. We have bought
a big line of every thing that will be
used this year in our schools both in
Deming and the schools around us.
Send in your orders.
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.JUNKET.

Something Delicate, Delicious
Healthy and cheap. No desert so
easily, quickly or cheaply prepared.
Il is good for ANYONE, but particu-
larry acceptable to Children, Invalids
or DispeptiCs.
1t can be had only from Sunset
Dairy Wagon.
w. 7. Russell Prom,
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Charles Dennis, of the Mimbres, was
a business visitor in Silver City Friday.
Mrs. James Matthews and son Eddy
have returned from visit with rela-
tiNes in Iowa.
For cakes, rolls and bread of
all kinds go to the New Bakery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris. Peterson have
returned from a visit to the Worlds
Fair at st. Louis and eastern cities,
Walter d. Russell of Dryer was a
business visitor in our town Monday
and yesterday.
Mrs. C. ]. Kelley, left Sunday for a
visit at her farmer home in Tirrell
Texas.
The best bread is the Mother
Bread. Ask your grocer for it.
Miss Fay McKeyes has been serious
ly i'll for the past week with intermit-
tent fever.
Miss Menta Rice is visiting with her
friend Minnie Lewis at the ranch east
of town this week.
w. f. Brock and Dennis Peoples of
Jose transacted business in our town a
few days last week.
Mrs. w. 7. Russell and three child
rem left Monday for a 60 days visit at
Columbia Missouri and will view the
Worlds Fair before returning.
Mrs. NJ. Dwyer came in from the
Mimbres country Friday evening and
remained IN town until, Sunday.
Luther Trustworthy left the f rst part
of last week for an extended visit with
his brother G. S. Trustworthy at Dallas
Texas.
R. +. Kealy left yesterday for the
east where he will spend a month visit
ing the scenes Of his boyhood and take
in the big fair before returning.
Ney German who has been transact
ing business in town for several days
returned to his home on the Mimbres
Monday.
c. H. Fox formerly of Santa Rita
but now at Cananea Mexico, passed
through our town yesterday, enroute to
Silver City and Santa Rita on business.
Miss Jennie Ely who has been visit.
ing at the home Of her sister Mrs. John
Allison eff this city for the past two
weeks returned home yesterday.
Allen c. Kennedy was in our town
few days last week transactlng bust
ness and took the train for FL Paso
Friday evening.
Misses L. F. Fortiner and Mary Early
of Philadelphia, arrived the latter part
of last week for visit with college
friends here.
Charles Stewart, the veteran miner
of the Tres Hermanos, has been in
town the past few days buying sup
plies.
Mrs. S. NJ. Ashenfelter, and daugh-
ter, Miss Anna, returned last week
from st. Louis, where they saw the
exposition, and after which they visited
friends in Kansas City and Chicago.
F. A. Swan, a mining engineer from
Michigan, spent few days in our
town last week ilv'.ti eating some min.
ing for company of New York CAPT
talists. He left for Magdaena Friday
evening, where he will continue his in
designations.
G. B. Wilson, agent for the Cont
mental Oil co Hpany, and former citi-
zen Of Deming spent the day here Mon
day transacting business and renewing
old friendships.
Mrs. j. NJ. Rgdon left last night
for the east, where she will join her
husband who went some Weeks ago on
business and they will visit the Worlds
Fair.
Simeon Ely came in from Dwyer
Monday on business, he was accompan-
led by his daughter Clara, and grand
daughter Miss Ida Allison. who has
been visiting at the ranch the past two
weeks.
c. w. McDermott of Cooks transact.
ed business in our town Monday and
vaqtafqlav He ranOy-tc Tho ,n,I -, III
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Shipping Memoranda.

Pensacola, Fla, Aug. 1S.-Arrived
steamer George Pyman (Br.), Jobson
Port Inglis.
Cleared, bark Auguste (Ger.), Beh-
rens, Bremen City and Brake.
Sailed, steamers Graphic (Br), Ire
land, Amsterdam: Cayo Bonito CBr),
Farrell, Hamburg.
Port Tampa, Fla, Aug. 1S.-Arrived,
steamer Ida (Span), Arans, Monzanel-
10, Cuba.
Sailed, steamer Mascotte, Allen, Ha-
vana via Key West.
Fernandina, Fla, Aug. 1S.-Arrived
steamer Caintorr (Br), Gibson, Ma
deira; Albert (Aust.), Ivansich, Venice;
bark Providence (Br0, Symonds, Ric
Grande De Sui
Key West, Fla, Aug. 18.-Arrived
steamer Miami. White. Havana and
sailed for Port Tampa.
Charleston, S. c., Aug. 1S.-Arrived
steamers Huron, Ingram, Jacksonville
and proceeded for Boston; Oneida
Rich, Boston; Lord Downshire (Br)
Magill, Hamburg.
New York, Aug. 1S.-Sailed, steamer
New York, Charleston and Jackson
Vile.
Baltimore, Aug. 1s.-sailed, Berk-
shire, Savannah.
Philadelphia, Aug. 1S.-Cleared
schooner Mary Palmer. Savannah.
Genoa, Aug. 13.-Sailed, steamer
Principessa Laetitia, Pensacola.
Rio De La Plata, Aug. 1S.-Arrived
Burbo Bank. Fernandina for Rueno'
Ayres.
Rotterdam, Aug. 17.-sailed. zeeburg
Savannah.