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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-02

wanting"
Except Mr.. Sherlock Holiness" said
my companion, with a somewhat bitter
smile. "Well, let us hear about it.
What sort Of a job did you make Of
it?"
Il must ask you first, MI. Holmes, to
glance at this rough plan, which will
give you a general idea Of the position
OF the professors study and the varl-
Gus points of the case. 1t will help
you in following my investigations
He unfolded the rough chart, which
here reproduce, and he laid it across
Holmes knee. l rose and, standing be-
hind Holmes, studied it over his shout
der.
1t is very rough, of course, and it on
ly deals with the points which seem to
me to be essential. All the rest you
Will see later for yourself. Now. first
OF all. ~presuming that the assassin en-
tered the house, how did he or she
come in: Undoubtedly by the garden
path and the back door, from which
tlcre is direct access to the study. ANY
other way would have been e~yrccl;ng-
~ complicated. The escape must have
also been made along that line. for Of
the two ether exits from the room one
was blocked by Susan as she ran
downstairs and the other leads straight
to the professors bedroom. therefore
directed my attention at once 10 the
garden path, which was saturated With
recent rain and would certainly show
any footmarks.
My examination showed me that |
was dealing with a cautious and ex-
pert criminal. No foot1marks were to
be found on the path. There. could be
no question, however, that some one
had passed along the grass border
Which lines the path and thai he had
done SO IN order to avoid leaving a
track. | could not find anything in tho
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-02
Catering to Appetite.

The common notion that whatever
the appetite desires is ..ae proper food
Tor the system is alta cked in the Octo-
Der Century by K. H. Chittenden.
whose theme is economy in food. He
says:
The SO called cravings of appetite are
purely the result of habit. A habit once
acquired ard persistently followed SOON
has US in It's grasp, and then any Gevia-
ton therefrom temporarily disturbs our
physiological equilibrium. The system
makes complaint, and we experience a
craving, 1t may be, for that to which the
BODY has become accustomed, even though
this something be in the long run distinct
Iy injurious TO the welfare of the BODY.
There has thus come about a sentiment
that the cravings of the appetite for food
are to be fully satisfied, that this is mere
~ obedience to natures laws. This idea,
however, is fundamentally wrong. my
one with a little persistence can change
his or her habits of life, change the whole
order OF cravings, thus demonstrating that
the latter are purely artificial and that
they have no necessary connection with
the Welfare~or needs Of the body. In other
words. dietetic requirements are to be
FOUNDED not upon so called instinct and
craving, but upon reason and intelligence.
Economy in food, this writer SAYS,
does not imply prohibition, but simply
means temperance in diet. The ideal
diet is that which suftices to maintain
weight, health, strength, vigor and en-
durance.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-02
He Wanted No Help.

The humor of a situation sometimes
depends not merely on a spoken
phrase, but may Urn on the way it is
used, the accent that marks the ex-
preston. One day recently a tottering,
peevish old man entered the lobby of a
fashionable New York hotel and made
a more or less labored advance toward
the elevator used exclusively to reach
the guest rooms. He was not a guest,
but had been in the house on earlier
occasions. One of the hall boys who
had been but a little time on the force
approached the old man and in a man
ner that should have Indicated a dis
position to be courteously helpful said
to him, Anything you want. sir?" The
old man misinterpreted the hall boys
inquiry as a challenge. He halted for
an instant, long enough to glare at the
youth, then resumed his way, saying
more to himself than in answer to the
query. Going up to see my mother"
And, III enough. he was on his way
to see his mother. ninety-eight years
old, who was Younger in appearance
than he and not 81 peevish by half.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-02
"Is he IMP" he asked eagerly.


us he in?" he asked eagerly.
"Come up, my dear sir" said Holmes
voice from above. 81 hope you have no
designs upon us such a night as this"
The detective mounted the stairs. and
our lamp CLEANED upon his shining Wa
terproof. { helped him out of it. while
Holmes knocked 4 blaze out of the logs
in the CRATE.
"Now, my dear Hopkins, draw up
and warm your toes" said he. "Here's
a cigar. and the doctor has a prescrip-
ton containing hot water and a lemon
which is good medicine on a night like
this. 1t must be something important
which has brought you out in such a
gale"
1T is indeed, Mr.. Holmes. I've had
a busting afternoon, l promise YOU.
Did you see anything of the YoNley
case in the latest editions?"
I've seen nothing later than the tif-
teenth century today"
well, it was only a paragraph and
all wrong at that, so you have not miss
ed anything. l haven't let the grass
grow under say feet. It's down in Kent.
seven miles from Chatham and three
from the railway line. l was wired for
Mt 3:15, reached Yoxley Old Place ut 5,
conducted my investigation. was back
Mt Charing Cross by the last train. and
straight to YOU by cab
Which means, l suppose, that you
are not quite clear about your case?'
1t means that l can make neither
head nor tail Of it. So far as l can see,
1t is just as tangled a business as ever
l handled, and vet at first It seemed so
simple that II couldn't go wrong.
There's no motive, Mr.. Holmes. That's
what bothers me. l can't put my hand
On a motive. Here's a man dead
there's no denying that-but, so far as
l can see, no reason Oh earth why any
one should wish him HARM
Holmes lit his cigar and leaned back
in his chair.
LET us hear about it," said he.
Eve got my facts pretty Clear said
Stanley Hopkins. "All l want now is
to know what they all mean. The sto-
~ ~ 1ul oS 1 Cdu Lldhe IL Out, IS like
this: Some years g this country
house, YoXiey Old Place, was taken
by an elderly man, who gave the name
of Professor Coram. He was an in
valid, keeping his bed half the time
and the other half hobbling round the
house with a stick or being pushed
about the grounds by the gardener in
a bath chair. He was we'll liked by
the few neighbors who called upon
him, and he has the reputation down
there Of being a very learned man.
His household used to consist Of an
elderly housekeeper, Mrs. Marker, and
Of a maid, Susan Tarlton. These have
both been with him since his arrival,
and they seem to be women Of excel
lent character. The professor is writ
ing a learned book, and he found it
necessary about a year ago to engage
a secretary. The first two that he tried
were not successes. but the third, Mr..
Willoughby Smith. Il very young man
straight from the university, seems to
have been just what his employer
wanted. His work consisted in writ
ing all the morning to the professors
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-02

f1oT'Etns' ptdn of YOIlcy Old Place.
nature of a distinct impression, but tho
grass was trodden down and some ono
had undoubtedly passed. 1t could onl,.
nave becn the murderer, since mother.
the gardener nor any one else had hoon
uiere mat morning and the rain had
only begun during the night"
One moment" said Holmes. "Whero
does this path lead to-"
"To tho road"
"How long is it?'
"A hundred yards or So"
At the point where the path passes
through the gate YOU could surclv nicl,
up the tracks,"
"unf"rtunnteIy the path was tiled
at that point"
wen, on the road itself?"
NO IL was all lroddrn into mire,"
iul tut! Well, then, these tracks
upon tlle grass, were they coming or
going!' VI
II was impossible to say. There
WA" never any outline"
"A large foot or II SnInIllr
You could rot distinguish"
ii''''cS gave an ejaculation OF I'm.
patience. "'
- ''aS bceh pouring rain and blow.
ny Il hurricane ever since" s,Li IA.
- --"-.. =. 49,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-02
The Adventure OF
the Three Students
No. 9 of the Series

t%cosyyisbt, 1909, BY 4. Conan Doyle and conitr,'
Weekly.)
(Coty,irht, 1905. BY Mcclure. Phillips g Co..
1T was simple enough, sir, II YOU
only had known, but with all your
cleverness it was impossible that you
could know. Time was, sir. when
was butler to old Sir Jabez Gilchrist,
this young gentleman's father. When
he was ruined l came to the college as
servant, but I eve forgot my old en-
ployer because he was down in the
world. 1 watched his son all 1 could
for the sake of old days. Well, sir,
when l anne into this room yesterday,
when the alarm was given, the very
first thing l saw was Mr.. Gilchrist's
tan gloves a-lying in that chair. I
knew those gloves we'll, and l under
stood their message. If Mr.. Soames
saw them the game was up. 1 Topped
down into that chair, and nothing
would bulge me until Mr.. Soames
went for you. Then out came my poor
young master, whom I had handled on
my knee, and confessed it all to me.
WASH l IL udtuIdl, SIT, uaC l SHOULD
save him, and wasn't it natural also
that l should try to speak to him as his
dead father would have done and make
him understand that he could not profit
by such a deed? Could you blame me
sir?"
mo, indeed" said Holmes heartily,
springing to his feet. "Well, Soames,
I think we have cleared your little
problem up, and our breakfast awaits
us at home. Come, Watson. AS to
you, sir, 1 trust that a bright future
awaits you in Rhodesia. For once you
have fallen low. Let us see in the fu-
ture how high you can rise"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-02
The Beers MAY Fight Again.

The latest information from South
Africa indicates 1T another conflict
may not be far Off between Briton and
Boer. There are two hostile parties in
active agitation, and the Boer element
lifts up the warning, Beware of dark
days ahead" The Britons expect a
repetition of the uprising Of 1881, when
the Beers won their independence, but
on a much grander scale.
The anti-Boer prophets charge the
British element with apathy and fear
that the moral support Of the Liberal
party at home will encourage the Boer
agitation against the present English
rule. Among the leaders of the people
ex-President steyn and the soldiers
Louis Botha and Ts Wet are conspic-
uous and very outspoken.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-02

WNA@\A06~E NAAiA>o 1o1 Liz Jul "
such a wealth of mate
rial to select the cases which are most
interesting in themselves and at the
same time most conducive to q display
Of those peculiar powers for which my
friend was famous. AS l turn over the
pages l see my notes upon the repulsive
story OF the red leech and the terrible
death OF Crosby, the banker. Here al
so l find an account of the Addiction
tragedy and the singular contents of
the ancient British barrow. The ia
nous Smith-Mortimer succession case
comes also within this period, and so
do the tracking and arrest Of Huret.
the boulevard assassin, an exploit
Which VOL for Holmes an autograph
letter of thanks from the French presi-
dent II the order of the Legion of
Honor. Each of these would furnish
a narrative, but on the whole l am Of
opinion that lone Of them unites so
many singular points Of interest as the
episode of Yoxley Old Place, which in
cludes not only the lamentable death
of young Willoughby Smith, but also
those subsequent developments which
threw so curious a light upon the causes
of the crime.
1t was a wild, tempestuous night, to-
ward the close Of November. Holmes
and l sat together in silence all the
evening. he engaged with a powerful
lens ~deciphering the remains Of the
original inscription upon a palimpsest,
l deep in a recent treatise upon sur
gerry. Outside the wind howled down
Bake street, while the rain beat fierce
ly against the windows. It was
strange there. in the very depths Of the
town. with ten miles of mans handi-
work on every side of us. to feel the
iron grip of Nature and to be conscious
that to the huge elemental forces all
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-02

mat palimpsest. Well, we'll, it can't
be helped. What did you do, Hop
kins, after you had made certain that
you had made certain Of nothing?"
Il think l made certain Of a good
deal, Mr.. Holmes. 1 knew that some
one had entered the house cautiously
from without. 1 next examined the
corridor. 1t is lined with cocoanut
mating and had taken no impression
Of any kind. This brought me into
the study itself. 1t is a scantily fur
nished room. The main article is a
large writing table with a fixed
bureau. This bureau consists of a
double column Of drawers, with a cen
trail small cupboard between them.
The drawers We're open, the cupboard
locked. The drawers, it seems. were
always open, and nothing Of value
was kept III them. There were some
papers Of Importance in the cupboard.
out there were no signs that this had
been tampered with, and the professor
assures ne that nothing was missing.
1t is certain that no robbery has been
committed.
Il come now to the body of the Young
NAN. IL was found neal the bureau.
anu just to the left of it, as marked
upon tilat chart. The stab was ON the
right site OF the neck and from behind
Forward, so that it is almost mpossi-
bic that it could have been self in
fictel.'
unless he fell upon the knife" said
Holmes.
Exactly. The idea crossed nv
mind. But we found the knife some
leet away from the body, SO that
seems impossible. Then, of course
there are the mans W diving words.
And, finally, there was this very i'm
poflant piece of evidence which was
louhd claspcd in the dead mans right
hand.'
from ms pocket Stanley Hopkins
drew a small paper packet. He IN
lolded 1t and disclosed Il golden pincc-
neZ, with two broken ends of black
SILK cord dangling from the end of it.
"~lilo"elby Smith had excellent
Sight, he added. There can be no
question that this was snatched from
the race or the person of the assassin"
elerlock Holmes took the glasses in
TO MS hand and examined them with
the utmost attention and interest He
held them on his nose, underworld to
read through them, went to the win
uoW ana stared up the street with
the1n, looked at them most infinitely in
the lHli light Of the lamp and finally,
WIN Il chuckle, seated himself at the
'apie ana wrote a few lines upon a
sheet or paper, which he tossed across
to Stanley Hopkins.
That's the best I can do for vo,7v
said he. 1T may prove to be of some
use"
The aStonished detective reod the
notc aloud. 1t ran as follows.
Mah,ed' a woman of GOOD address. at
tireo Ike a lady. She has a omar1oblv
uaCh nose with eyes which are set close
w either side Of it. She has a pucker-
~ yIIioau' Il Decrlng expression and
indin. iouhucd shoulders. There are
that she has had recourse TO
an opticlln at least twice during tho last
~" 'io''iis. AS her glasses arc of re-
. Napic strength and as oDtlcians are
nta, v'IN numerous, there should be no
u""c''lty In tracing her.
iioll'lcS smiled at the establishment
VI hopkins, which must have been
'''e'''l mon INV features
ITO BE CONTINUED,
North Dakota MethodIats.
n North Dakota Methodist con
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-02

HEN l look at the three
massive manuscript vol
umes which contain our
work for the year 1894,
| confess that it is very
difficult for me out of
such q Wealth of mate-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-02
The Adventure of
the Golden
Pince-Nez
No. 10 of the Series

fcOsyrisbt, 1903, BY 4. Conan Doyle end Collier,
UceSly.)
(Co,yr.bt ions \, t-r,... pL:r.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-11-02
North Dakota MethodIsta

i"' NORM Dakota Methodist con
'e''' VIII assemble at Fargo, Oct.
~" ~ The preliminary work Ut the
''h's'sh1e Win begin Cot. 10.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-19
To Eeautify the Farm,

The lawn could be started the first
year, and few trees planted as de-
sired about the house and at the
driveway entrance, with perhaps suffi-
cient properly grouped in intermediate
positions to relieve any baroness that
might exist. Jhe next season shrub
berry borders and groups might be
planted with additional trees ON the
lawn for ornamental purposes. The
flower garden neea not follow till
later. Meanwhile, the pleasure ac-
companying developments would be
going on with always some little thing
to look forward to.
Plant trees and shrubs that have
permanent value and not too ordinary.
Avoid the cheap, quick-growing trees
which are invariably less satisfactory
in the end and are short-lived. | will
only name the oaks as being especial
ly worthy trees, and ones that will
never bring regret. A few really rare
plants will increase the interest in
your place wonderfully. Such beauti-
full things rs the Yellow Wood, Cling
ko, Sophora and japanese Varnish
tree are not difficult to obtain, yet
they are not common.
An unused piece of swampy ground
could be made beautiful by planting
in it some flags and japanese Iris,
Mallows, Lythrums, Coreopsis, and
even many swamp-loving shrubs like
the common e!derberry, White Fringe
and Swamp Magnolia. The walls of
your house would likely be very much
improved by a clinging vine. The
fence along the front of your property
could have few vines placed at some
of the posts.-S. Mer delson Meehan,
in American Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-19
Oat, Straw and Butter,

Some one asked for experience with
oat straw, fed to dairy COWS as to
causing long churning.
We have given oat straw as a rough
ness, the only roughness, to our Jer-
sey cows for months continuously,
and have had long churning but once
in that time. Our COW has been CIV
ing milk. without cessation over 13
months, and had all the bright oats
straw she desired, also soft corn, cob
and all, all the good fresh well water
she wished and salt three times a
week. We allow the cream to thicken
and become somewhat acid and have
it lukewarm before churning; use a
balance churn, always rinsing with
scalding water, and if weather is cold
do not cool the churn much before
adding the cream. When required
warm water is added to the cream in
the churn. Usually the butter is work
ed, churn washed and put away in IS
from commencement of churn.
ing. In zero weather always poured
a pint of scalding water to the gallon
of new milk as soon as strained.-E.
c., in Indiana Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-19
DRAINAGE a SimpIe Task,

The Oft-repeated remark by many
farmers during seasons of extreme
moisture, Il know | ought to lay a
good many tile on my farm, but some.
how | don't get around to it. and the
fact is there is no professional ditcher
one can hire" is heard from time to
time and especially during a flooded
season like the present. My good
friends don't look for professional" /"
for | have learned that only ordinary
intelligence is required, or that pos
sessed by any level-headed farmer.
Make a beginning; select portion
of some field needing work of this
kind, where your horses, farming i'm
plements and yourself have often
found it difficult to pass, locate the
desired outlet, line out the direction
OF the ditch you wish to construct, be-
ginning at the outlet. Yourself and
the ordinary farm help, supplied with
the proper tools, consisting of regu-
lar ditching spade, with long, narrow
blade, one or two long-handed shov-
els, long-handled, light, narrow shov-
el for cleaning out and grading bot
tom of ditch, ana an ordinary pick is
all that is required for doing perfect
work. Where the fall is plainly visi-
BILE land for a beginner such a condi-
tion is preferable), no level is re-
quired. A regular ditching plow has
been found to be a great labor-saving
implement in constructing ditch in
hard. dry ground. With four horses
attached to long, strong, evener, two
horses on each side of the ditch, the
work can be expedited with much less
expenditure Of muscular labor.
The ditch should not be less than
IL feet deep, even more would Sc
cure a greater surface drainage. Hav-
ing finished the ditch, it only remains
to properly lay the tile, making close
joints as possible. A light covering
with the clayey subsoil is the only
hand labor called for. With two
horses attached to an ordinary farm
plow the remainder of the ditch can
be filled in a short time. One having
witnessed the wonderful transforma-
tion of unproductive and water Dor.
tions of the farm into that which ena.
bles it to produce an abundance year
after year, and that without the aid of
usual fertilizing material required on
ether portions of the farm, should be
sufficient incentive to continue the
work indefinitely as convenience and
conditions demand.-Irving Cook. in
tie Massachusetts Ploughman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-19
OR Cold Wayes.

We Americans are always talking
about our mountains Of gold and coal
and iron, and our fat fields Of corn
and wheat, but few of us ever realize
that we have in our climate a great
advantage over all other nations. In
the cold wave which in summer and
winter so often sweeps across the
land and sends the thermometer
tumbling thirty degrees in almost as
many minutes, we have a constant,
never diminishing asset of priceless
value. The wave acts as tonic, but,
unlike any tonic made by man, it car
ries no reaction. No other land has
cold waves like ours. To the cold,
dry air Of this periodic cold wave,
which brings extraordinary changes
OF temperature, we owe much of the
Keen, alert mind, the incessant, I'M
remItting energy of our American
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-19

| There is no reason why any one hav-
| ing suitable land for gardening should
not grow his own asparagus. If "sets"
are not procurable, he may easily raise
| it from the seed. Being slow plant
| TO come up, lie will do well to mix
them with radish seed and sow in
| drills. He can then tell where to cul-
| tivate and thus prevent weeds from
getting the start Of young asparagus
plants. In other words, the radishes
will do double duty, by first serving
as guide and afterwards making
good table vegetables. When one year
old, the asparagus plants may be
transplanted to the permanent bed
This should be done By plowing out
trenches eight inches deep and about
three feet apart. Having sprinkled
in the bottom of them from one to
two inches of well rotled manure,
cover with about one inch of soil. on
which set the plants eighteen inches
apart, with their roots well spread out
in all directions, and cover them with
fine soil until the crowns are at least
two inches under the surface. Guilt
vate and hoe frequently, and as the
plants grow, fill in around them until
the trenches are even with the surface
of the garden. In the fall all the top
growth wants to be cut and burned.
and the bed then covered with a heavy
coating of fine, well-rotted manure, to
be carefully forked into the ground
early the next spring. The second sea-
son clean cultivation should be given,
and the top dressing Of manure repeat
ed again in the fall. The third spring
some of the crop may be cut for use.
provided it is painstakngly done and
not continued too late in the season.
Cutting off all growth ana top dress
ing with manure should, of course, take
place again late in autumn. And rs a
spring top dressing for the bed, potash
salts are excellent both as fertilizer
and having the ability TO assist in hold
ing moisture, including the extermina-
tion of large number of weeds. while
doing no harm to the asparagus. Salt
alone will do likewise, except that it
furnishes no fertility. A light soil, we'll
enriched, is preferable on which to
make the bed. but if heavy soil is
thoroughly under-drained and deeply
plowed, it will answer just as well and,
indeed, may continue to produce a crop
longer than the one on light soil.-
Fred o. Sibley, in The Epitomist.