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denly flew open out of what appeared
to be solid wall at the end Of the cor
ridor and a little wtzened man darted
out OF it like rabbit out of it's bur.
row
''Captal!" said Holmes calmly.
Watson, bucket Of water over the
straw That will do! Lestrade, allow
me to present you with your principal
missing witness, Mr.. Jonas Oldacre."
The detective stared at the newcom
er with blank amazement. The latter
was blinking in the bright light of the
corridor aud peerng at ua and at the
smo!derlng fire. 1t was an oGiouS
face-crafty. vicious. malignant, with
shifty light gray eyes and white
ashes
Whats this, then?' said Lestrade at
last What have you been doing all
this time, eh?"
Oldacre gave an uneasy laugh, shrink
ing back from the furious red face OF
The angry detective.
81 have done no harm"
mo harm? You have done your best
to get an innocent man hanged [f it
wasn't for this gentleman here I am
not sur" that you would not have sue
ceeded"
The wretched creature hogan to
whimper
II am sure, sir, it was only my prac-
teal jDke."
.'Oh. a joke, was it7 You won't hnd
the laugh on your side. promise you
Take him down and keep him in the
sitting room until come Mr. Holiness"
he continued when they had gone. Y
could not speak before the constables.
bNft don't mind saying In the presence
OF DR.. Watson that this is the brightest
| thug that you have done yet. though it
! Is a mystery to me how you did it, You
/ have saved an innocent mans life. and
you have prevented very grave scan
dai, which would have ruined my repu-
| tation in the force"
Holmes smiled and clapped Leatrade
| upon the shoulder.
Instead Of being ruined, my good
/ SIR. you will find that your reputation
has been enormously enhanced. Just
make few alterations in that report
which you were writing and they will
understand how hard 1t Is to throw
I dust in the eyes Of Inspector Lestrade p
'And you don't want your name to
appearw
mot at all. The work is Its own. re-
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Story entitled The adventure Of the Dancing Mem

ward. Perhaps ! shall get the credit
also at some distant day, when per-
nit my Jealous historian to lay out his
foolscap once more-eh, Watson? Well,
now, let us see where this rat has been
lurking.
run across the passage six feet from
the end. with a door cunningly conceal
ed in it. 1t was lit within by Sits I'M
der the caves. A few articles of furni-
ture and supply Of food and water
We're within, together with number
of books and papers.
There's the advantage of being
builder" said Holmes as we came out
He was able to fix up his own little
hiding place without any confederate,
save. OF course, that precious house
keeper of his. whom l should lose no
time in adding to your bag. Lestrade."
''I'll take your advice. But how did
you know Of this place. Mr.. Holiness"
u made up my mind that the fellow
was in hiding in the house. When |
paced one corridor and found it six
feer shorter than the corresponding
one below it was pretty clear where
he was. | thought he had not the nerve
to lie quiet before an alarm Of fire. We
could, Of course, have gone in and tax
EN- him, but it amused me to make him
reveal himself. Besides, owed you
little mystitication, Lestrade, for your
chaff in the morning."
We'll. sir. you certainly got equal
with me on that. But how in the world
did you know that he was in the house
ut all?"
The thumb mark, Lestrade. You
sald it was final, and so it was in
very different sense. l knew 1t had
not been there the day before. | pay
good deal Of attention to matters of
detail, as you may have observed. and
had examined the hall and was sure
that the wall was clear. Therefore it
But how?"
Very simply. When those packets
were sealed up Jonas Oldacre got Nc
Farlane to secure one of the seals by
putting his thumb upon the soft wax
1t would be done so quickly and so
naturally that I dare say the young
man himself has no recollection of it.
Very likely it just so happened. and
Oldacre had himself no notion Of the
use he would put it to- Brooding over
the case in that den Of his, it suddenly
struck him what absolutely damning
evidence he could make against Nc
Farlane by using that thumb mark
1t was the simplest thing in the world
for him to take u wax impression from
the seal, to moisten 1t In as much
blood as he could get from pin prick
and to put the mark upon the wall dur
ing the night either with his own hand
or with that Of his housekeeper If
you examine among those documents
which he took with him into his re-
treat will lay you a wager that you
lnd the seal with the thumb mark
upon it."
Wonderful" said I.estrade won
derfult It's all as clear as crystal as
you put It. But what IL the object Of
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Holmes. 81 will ask you to carry In
two bundles of it. l think it will be
of the greatest assistance in producing
the witness whom | require. Thank
you very much. believe you have
some matches in your pocket, Watson.
Now, Mr.. Lestrade, l will ask you all
to accompany me to the top landing"
AS | have said, there was a broad
corridor there, which ran outside three
empty bedrooms. At one end Of the
corridor we We're all marshaled by
Sherlock Holmes. the constab!es griu
ming and Lestrade staring at my friend
with amaZement, expectation and deri-
sion chasing each other across his fea-
lures. Holmes stood before us with
the air of conjurer who is perform
ing Il trick.
Would you kindly send one of your
constables for two buckets of water.
Put the straw on the floor here. free
from the wall on either side. Now
think that we are all ready"
Lestrade's face had begun to grow
red and angry.
Il don't know whether you are play
ing game with us, Mr.. Sherlock
Holmes" said he, IF you know any
thing you can surely say it without all
this tomfoolery.'
Il assure you, my good Lestrade.
that l have an excellent reason for
everything that do. You may possi-
bly, remember that you chaffed me
little some hours ago when the sun
seemed on your side of the hedge, so
you must not grudge me little pomp
and ceremony now Might l ask You,
Watson, to open that window and then
to put a match to the edge OF the
| straw"
l did so, and, driven by the draft,
coil of gray smoke swirled down the
corridor, while the dry straw cracked
and famed.
Now we must see If we can find this
witness for you, Lestrade Might I
ask you all to join in the cry Of Fire2'
Now, then-one, two, three"
"Fire" we all yelled.
Thank you. I will trouble you once
again"
''Firew
Just once more. gentlemen. and all
together"
"Firew The shout must have runs
over Norwood.
1t had hardly died away when an
amazing thing happened. A door sud.
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r With a confused brain, but with a
By A. CONAN DOYLE,
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holiness" THE Hound OF
lies, THE Sign of the Four "a Study In Scarlet Etc

With confused brain, but with a
heart into which some warmth of hope
was rsturnlng, accompanied my
friend in walk round the garden.
Holmes took each face of the house in
turn and examined it with great inter
est. He then led the way inside and
went over the whole building from
basement to attic. Most of the rooms
were unfinished. but none the less
Holmes inspected them all minutely
Finally, on the top corridor, which ran
outside three untenanted bedrooms, he
again was seized with spasm Of mer-
riment.
There are really some very unique
features about this case, Watson" said
he. II think it is time now that we
took our friend Lestrade into our conf
dence. He has had his little smile at
our expense, and perhaps we may do
As much by him if my reading of this
problem proves to be correct Yes, yes
I think ! see how we should approach
It,"
The Scotland Yard detective was still
terrupted him.
II understood that you were writing
a report Of this case" said he.
so l am
Don't you think it may be little
premature? l can't help thinking that
your evidence is not complete"
Lestrade knew my friend too we'll to
disregard his words. He laid down his
pen and looked curously at him
What do you mean, Mr.. Holmes ?"
"Only that there is an important wit
ness whom you have not SEEN"
Gan you produce him?"
II think cam
'Then do So"
81 will do my best. How many con-
stables have you:"
'"There are three within call"
"Excellent!' said Holmes. May l
ask il they are all large, ablebodied
men with powerful voices?"
II have no doubt they are, though |
fail to see what their voices have to do
with It,"
Perhaps can help you to see that
and one or two other things as well, -
said Holmes Kindly summon your
men, and l will try"
Five minutes later three policemen
had assembled in the hall.
I'm the clubhouse you will find Con-
siderable quantity Of straw" said
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Tue little man started arp. tanned


malignant eyes upon my tvlend.
II have to thank you for cd
deal" said ne Perhaps I'll pay
debt some day" q
Holmes smiled indulgently.
Il fancy that for some few ye
you will find your time very fully
cupied," said he. ''By the way, w
was it you put into the wood pile N
sides your old trousers? A dead q
Or rabbits, or what? You won't I'll
Dear me, how very unlSind of you
Wei. wc'i. dare say that couple O
rabbits would account both for tn
blood and for the charred ashes. 4
ever you write an account, Watson!
you eau make rabbits serve your
turu"
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FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
COOLING LITERATURE.
Introducing FIaubert's Cruel joke
In the Desert of KOsseir.

SoAp
In the Desert of KOsseir.
Is there such n thing as cooling liter
AZURE? We think there Is, only 1t can
be more properly called the literature
OF GOODNESS. Horace, with his Bandu-
sian fountain, has some claim to be the
father of IT, though In the description
of cool water Spenser has probably ex-
celled every other poet. Goethe. who
used to battle In the lin by moonlight,
told Eckermann that In his ballad OF
The Fisherman" he had employed the
mermaid myth with no other aim than
to express the charm of water In sum
mer. The fisherman sat fishing and,
10. dripping mermaid fair sprang
from the troubled main" ThNnermaid
protested against the cruelty of an
CLING. If, she said, he only knew how
gladly dart the fish across the seap'
She then invited him to dart across the
sea on his own account, and he con
scented to the watcry bliss
One of the coolest stanzas In the Ian
guage IL Matthew Arnold's:
The silent courts. where night and day
Into their Stone carved basins cold
The spashing ley fountains play
The humid corridors behold
But to know how the literary mind
can evoke ideas of GOODNESS when the
literary body Graves for Ii one need
only recall Fhubert's persecution of
poor Maxine Ducamp in the desert of
Kosseir, near the Red sea- The camel
carrying their whole supply Of water
hnd fallen aud burst all the skins
What happened Is told by Ducamp.
We quote Mr.. Tarver's translation:
After suffering thirst for thirty six
hours, while we We're passing through
II deillc IA furnace formed of granite
rocks, Of rose color, covered with
Inscriptions, Flaubert said to me, DO
you remember the lemon lees that one
eats ut Tortoni'sr | made Il sign In
the Affirmative lie resumed: Lemon
Ice Is superior article. Admit that
you would not be annoyed ut having
swallowed lemon lee CURLY enough
| replied, Yes After an interval of
Ave minutes: 'Ah the lemon lees! All
around the glass there is cloud which
Is like Il white Jelly l said. Suppose
we change the conversational He re-
piled: That would be better. but lemon
Ice IL worthy of being celebrated One
fllls the spoon; II makes n little mound;
one softly squcc2cs 1t between the
tongue and the palate; 1t melts slowly,
coolly, deliciously: 1t bathes the uvula.
glides over the tonslls, descends into
the gullet which Is only too happy,
and II falls into the stomach, which
bursts with laughing. SO delighted is It.
Between you and me there Is n scarcity
OF lemon ices In the desert OF Kos
selr.
The maldcncd Ducamp would not
speak again for hours When at last
they drank Flaubcrt took him In his
arms and said: II thank you for not
having blown out my brains with your
gun. In your place | should not hay
resisted London Globe
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

When you are In II hurry for a thing
how slow 1t travels.
An excuse never accomplishes all 1t
Is expected to accomplish.
If you want people to like you don't
know anything ION" them.
Ever notice this7 If one thing goes
right with you something else goes
wrong.
Every one owes something to himself
except the father. He owes 1t all to his
family.
When you see two people who dislike
you whispering together, doesn't 1t give
you funny feellng2
About the easiest thing In the world
that we know anything about Is to find
the bright side for somebody else.
They speak of 1t as "llfe's fitful fe
YER" but most of us have such hail
raising experiences that it il more like
chills.-Atchlson Globe.
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GIANTS ON WHEELS.
Odd Custom That Flourishes In Some
European Cities.

Among the most interesting ceremo.
MES in Europe are the giants process.
sions. as they are termed, which are
held annually In various cities. They
are especially popular In the Flemish
provinces of France and Belgium,
where every community OF Importance
has some parsonage ~ huge proper
tions intended To represent Il hero or
other notable OF the past. Although OF
enormous size. the giants are carried
about the streets with little difficulty
owing 10 the material of which they
are composed The skeleton IS usually
formed Of light wood, with possibly
one or two iron rods extending from
the head 10 the feet 10 give strength
10 the structure. over the skeleton is
fastened stift fabric, such ms canvas,
and the proper proportions are obtain
ell by padding with cotton, hay or some
other suitable material.
Upon this groundwork is placed the
papicr maehe which usually forms the
exterior. This substance is SO light
and Is applied with such skill that the
resemblance to the human features
and figure is really remarkable. Dc
caslonally the face Is formed by a mask
showing the flesh tints, but the majorl-
" of the giants may be termed enor
nous dolls, since their mode of con-
struction Is so similar to that of this
toy and SO much of the same material
enters Into their composition. At least
once year the giants are placed upon
vehicles and drawn about the streets In
a procession. In which regular and vol
unteer soldiers take part, their escorts
sometimes numbering 1000 people.
One well known group of giants is
known as the Gayon family, the men,
bers of which are among the largest
in Europe The father of the family Is
no less than twenty feet In height from
the top of the plumes In his helmet to
his feet, while his spear Is over TWEEN
ty feet In length and the shield larger
In circumference than the wheel Of an
ordinary wagon. Nine. Gayon Is eight
cen feet In height. They are supposed
to have three children, the largest of
whom is eleven feet in height, the next
Is ten feet and the baby" taller than
an ordinary man.
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A MAORI LEGEND.
The story of How TIE kupe Discov-
cred New Zealand.

The story of How TIE kupe Discov-
cred New Zealand.
The Maorls are not the aborigines of
New Zealand. This h the story OF
their coming as told by a legend hand
ed down from chief to chief from gen
Grafton to generation:
TIE kupe, n priest, lived on an island
called KawaIlki, supposed to be Ha-
wail He incurred the dlspleasure OF
his chief and was compelled to fee for
his life. He secured a canoe and,
stocking 1t with provisions, padded out
to sea, leaving his home and his
friends, as he thought. forever. He
was mourncd ms dead, but about n year
later he returned with IA glowing story
Of wonderful country he had dis
covered. lie gave graphic accounts OF
Its mighty forests, its burning noun
talns. stenmlng lakes and huge birds.
The story caused the widest excite
ment among his people, who hailed Re
Kupe as a god, and preparations were
Mt once made to explore this magic
country Seven large canoes were
built and stocked with provisions and
water, and II party of Islanders, di.
rectcd by TIE Kupe, set forth ON their
adventurous journey In time they
reached the place he had described, and
re Kupe's canoe, the Aotea. was the
first to touch the shore hence the
Maori name "Aotenroa" was given to
New Zealand.
Just when this took place IL one OF
the points In the history Of these PEG
pie that are lost In the shadowy mem
cries of the pnst but II Is supposed to
have been about 500 yenrs ago. The
Mnorls of today always refer to Iia-
wall rs the fatherand, and there IL
native proverb, Il kune NAL Hawalki
te kunc kai t. tangata" t''The seed OF
our coming IL from Hawaiki')
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OCT. q. 1905.
STAGE TRICKS.
How some of the Seemingly Difficult
Feats Are Performed.


Feats Are Performed.
When you see u man come out on the
stage md shoot the ashes OFF cigar
which is being smoked by an assistant
don't believe all you see. A hatpin Is
run through the cigar. the point Just
reaching the ash The assistant just
pushes the knob at the other end. aud
down falls the ash 10 great applause
OF course only blank cartridges are
used.
Breaking tive glass balls with two
pistols Is almost as simple. One OF the
pistols only Is loaded and with shot.
The other has blank cartridge. The
loaded pistol is aimed between the two
balls, and the shot scatter breaking
them both. That's the trick.
Distinguishing several numbered can
dies by number on request Of the au-
dience Is seldom more than a hollow
Joke Behind each candle Is n hole In
the target An assistant hidden behind
1t simply blows out the candle, taklng
care to blow the right candle at the right
time-that is, when the pistol cracks.
Blndfold shooting simply means that
the performer Chances down his nose to
n mirror fixed ut an angle behind the
back sight and aims AZ straight this
way as If the bandage were not there.
Painting a complete picture In jlny
In presence of the audience IL also arti-
flee What looks to you like an immac-
ulate and untouched canvas Is In real
ity finished picture covered with
whitewash. All the artist" does is to
simulate painting with his brush. The
result is II picture that would require
If it were honestly done at least days
work
Those awfully heavy looking dumb
bells OF the strong man are sometimes
somewhat hollow ut the core. You will
notice they are always put In the same
place, preferably on Il special platform,
when the man from the audience IL In
vited to lift them. Under the platform
are powerful magnets holding the
weights down. Suddenly roll the bar
off the platform, and you can probably
lift 1t In one hand. as that operation
releases 1t from magnetic control
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The legend of the food rs told by the
Moros Is as follows:
when the forty days and nights OF
rain came No and his family got into II
box. One pair of each sort of bird and
beast also came In. Men who were
busy with their ordinary occupations
and did not enter the box were over
taken by the food. Those who ran to
the mountains became monkeys; those
who ran 10 the water. fish. The China
man changed to II hornblll A woman
who was eating the fruit of II seaweed
and would not stop was changed Into
fish called n dugong. and her limbs can
still be seen under its skin
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A Lost book.

Among the Somalis of Africa there is
a legend that when God first made
them, man and woman, he wrote
down in book the law they were to
follow, They were promised that as
long as they carefully preserved this
book they should continue great and
powerful, but II they lost It their great
ness would depart from them. One day
the book was carelessly left lying out
side tent, where bullock found and
devoured 1t. From that fatal day their
decadence set in. and to the present
time whenever an OK dies of disease or
is killed his entralls are religlously ex-
amined to see if any trace Of the book
can be found. If found they believe
they should recover their lost power.
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II Ia really not the male lion. with his
terrific roar and formidable appear
ance, that the explorer fears. but his
mate The male lion ~ n good looking
poser, but when II comes to business 1t
Is his wife who counts. II In the African
native. Game Is pulled down by the
female lion, ana then the male beats
her Off until he has Toasted to repletion,
when she may have what Is lGfi; hence
'the lions share"
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There are other suns In space that
are infinitely larger than the one which
gives us heat, light and life. The star
Arcturus, which Is known to be sun
for PARKWAY system of planets, Is
100000 times farther removed from
us than Is our solar luminary. His di-
ameter is 7l,000,000 and his circumfer
ence about pa, 100000 miles. Our sun
Is but $4,000 miles In diameter, fact
which proves that Arcturus IL Mt least
1000 times greater In bulk than Is
our great orb of day"
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One of the most curious mines that are
worked Is In Tonquin, China. where in
n sand formation Mt n depth of from
fourteen to twenty feet there Is de
post Of the stems of trees. The Chi
nese work this mine for the timber,
which Is found In good condition and Is
used In making troughs and for carving
and other purposes.
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Dn II We'll.

Doing things us we'll as they can be
done Is not only the quickest way to
advancement. but 1t has very great
influence upon ones character and self
respect. If for no other motive than to
maintain our self respect. we should
never allow ourselves TO get into n
habit of half doing things Success
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There are two tablets IA Paris In
forming the sightsecr TINT he Is passin,
the house where Moliere was born
One IL in the Rue du Pont Neuf; the
other at the corner of the Rue Sauval,
where II meets the Rue St Honorc.
One Inscription says that Moliere was
born In 1870 and the other In loo
Some time ago there were two houses
In which MolIere was said to have died
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Telephone Notice.

THE MERCHANTS AND FARMERS TEL
EPHUNE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANl
have now built their lines into almost all
parts of Ilunterdon County and are ready tn
receive subscriptions for telephones mt the
rate of SI2Od per year for unlimited service
throughout the county.
The system now reaches New Hope, Lam
bertville, Stockton, Idell, Kingwood, Ser
geantsville Ringoes, Locktown, Croton Elem
ington, Three Bridges, Baptisttown, Rose
mont, Frenchtown, Milford, bloomsbury,
Little York, Mt Pleasant, Everittstown, Pat
tenburg, Quakertowu, Pittstown, Clinton
Annandale, Lebanon, potterstown, White
house and Whitehouse Station;
Applications for telephones should be made
to Charles n Recalling, Frenchtown, n. j, or
Eugene Wilson, Sergeantsville, n. D., winch
will receive prompt attention
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Fair Visitor So YOU have really de
cided not 10 sell your house7 Fair
Host Yes, You see. we placed the
matter In the hands OF real estate
agent. After reading his lovely adyer-
tisement of our property neither John
nor myself could think OF parting with
such wonderful and perfect home.
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Same Time Avo

Studious Boy Father. did you ever
study arithmeticf Father Indignant
ly)-Of course studied arithmetic.
Studious Boy Well, can't find the
cube root Of Father (hastily) It's
long while since studied It.