Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 27 December 1893 — Page 2

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VEDXESDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1893.

NOT A PLAGIARIST

The attempt of the Chicago Tribune to defame the good name oc General Lew Wallace by its sensational charge of plagiarism has fallen flat on the conntry. No otber newspaper in the land has repeated the charges except to defend the Genera! from the mean and malicious attack. The New York Press, referring to the oharge, says la »n interview at Indianapolis the other dav. General Lew Wallace indignantly denied the assertion that in his latest historical novel. "The Prince of India." he had deliberately borrowed ideas and situations from tales already In print. General Wallace's indignation Is natural, but his denial of the charge of plagiarism was unnecessary. Tha writer who portrayed the racing scene and the sea fight in "lkn Hur" does not need to defend his reputation for individuality or literary abilityGeneral Wallace's work speaks for Itself. Splendid aud masterly, as are many of the de. scripiions in "The Print* of India," not one of them surpasses the stirring account of the contest in the amphitheater between the son of Hur and Mees&la the Homan. The uutlior •who could draw that memorable picture of skill and daring and unquenchable ambition does not need defense from any accusation of ^plagiarism.

And the Indianapolis News, whose editor knows more aboat literature than he knows of the tariff, indeed we might say an anthoritv on the former, eays:

The Harpers announce that one hundred thousand copies of "The Prince of India" have been sold since its publication in August. By the way, that absurd story that General Wallace had been indebted .to another book for incidents in "The Prince of India," did not attract much sympathetic comment. We presume that there Is no man in the country of whom such a charge would be more Incredible.

The atmosphere of Washington City, sayB the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, is clearly not favorable, so far as Congressmen and officials are concerned, in which to study the condition of the oountry and the causes leading up to the prevailing depression. On the last day of the session of Congress preceding the holiday adjournment several hundred thousand dollars were paid out to members of Congress, clerks and others in clean, crisp currency. This made them all feel in a oonditiou to enjoy Christmas. The number of persons employed by the Government in and around all the public buildings is unnecessarily large, looked at from a business standpoint, but the fat salaries are promptly paid. Members of Congress, however, when they return to their constituents to spend the holiday season, will find condition of affairs prevailing widely different from that from that which they left behind them'at the National Capital. This may prove useful when they they return to their seats and are called upon to vote for or against the Wileon bill. ,'•••

There is no doubt that the purpose of Lorin A. Thurston, the Hawaun Minister, in visiting Honolulu at this time is to urge upon his associates in the Frovisional Government the necessity of organizing an independent and permanent commonwealth, with a Republican constitution adapted to the special conditions of Hawaii. The next important news that will probably come from Honolulu is that the Republic has been established.

Stkikb out the enacting clause of the Wilson bill, says the New York Press, and within a month every factory will be busy, every worker will be able to secure work, and the multitudes of households now poverty stricken and cheerless will again enjoy the sunshine of comfort and inC^ryjndence! Remove the threat of free trade and we shall have our old prosperity back again 1

Skcbetaky Cam-ible has recommended that bonds to the amount of $200,000,000 be issued. If a Republican Secretary of the Treasury had mads such a recommendation what an unearthly howl would have been heard from every Democratic hound in the land.

The Cincinnati

Enquirer joins the

New York Sun in demanding the defeat of the Wilson bill. Both the Sun and Enquirer know that the passage of this bill means the death of the Democratic party, and they are not quite ready for ilB interment jnst yet.

Beciultary Gresham has given up all hope of being the legatee of Grover Cleveland and is casting a longing eye toward a Beat in the Senate from Illinois. He may as well make up his mind that the successor of Senator Cullom will be a Kppnblican.

What next? It is now said that Dan Voorhees will introduce a bill to repeal the ten per cent, tax on State banks. As an all around tumble bug Daniel tukea the cake. ..

Ihe New York

Sun has come square

ly out in favor of defeating the Wileon bill.

MY IN SUBLET

By A. 00NAN D0ILE,

CHAPTER IV.

WHAT JOHN HANOI HAD TO TEt.I, It was one o'clock when we left Xo. 8 Lauriston gardens. Sherlock Holmes led mo to the nearest telegraph office, whence he dispatched a long- telegram. ITe then hailed a cab, and ordered the driver to take us to the address given us by Lestrade. "There is nothing like first-hand evidence," he remarked "as a matter of fact, my mind is entirely made up upon the case, but still we may as well learn all that is to be learned." "You amaze me, Holmes," said I. "Surely you are not as sure as you pretend to be of all those particulars which you gave." "There's no room for a mistake," he answered. "The very first thing which I observed on arriviug there was that a cab had made two ruts with its wheels close to the jurb. Now, up to last night, we have had no rain for a week, so that those wheels, which left such a deep impression, must have been there during the night. There were the marks of the horse's hoofs, too, the outline of one of which was far more clearly cut than that of the other tliree, showing that tlmt was a new shoo. Since the cab was there after the rain began, and was not there at any time during the morning —I have Gregson's word for that—it follows that it must have been there during the night, and, therefore, that it brought those two individuals to the house." "That seems simple enough," said I "but how about the other man's height?" "Why, the height of a man, in nine cases out of ten, can be told from the length of his stride. It is a simple calculation enough though there is no use my boring you with figures. I had this fellow's stride, both on the clay outside and on the dust within. Then I had a way of checking my calculation. When a man writes on a wall, his instinct leads him to write about the level of his own eyes. Now, that writing was just over six feet from the ground. It was child'6 play." "And his age?" I asked. "Well, if a man can stride fotir and a half feet without the smallest effort, he can't be quite In the sere and yellow That was the breadth of a puddle on the garden walk which he had evidently walked across. Patentleather boots had gone round and Square-toes had hopped over. There is no mystery about it at all. I am simply applying to ordinary life a few ot those precepts of observation and deduction which I advocated in that article. Is there anything else that puzzles you?" "The finger-nails and the Trichinopoly," I suggested. "The writing on the wall was done with a man's forefinger dipped in blood.

My glass allowed me to observe that the plaster was- slightly scratched in doing It, which would not have been the case if the man's nail had been trimmed. I gathered up some scattered ash from the floor. It was dark In color and flaky—such an ash as is only made by a Trichinopoly. I have made a special study of cigar ashes— in fact, I have written a monograph upon the subject. 1 flatter myself that I can distinguish at a glance the ash of any known brand either of cigar or of tobacco. It is just in such details that the skilled detective differs from the Gregson and Lestrade type." "And the florid.face?" I asked. "Ah, that was a more daring shot, though I have no doubt that I was rights You must not ask me that at the present state of the affair."

I passed my hand over my brow. "My head. Is in a whirl," I remarked "the more one thinks of it the more mysterious it grows. How came these two mon—if there were two men—into an empty house? What has become of the cabman who drove them? flow could one man compel another to take poison? Where did the blood come from? What was the object of the murderer, since robbery had no part in it? How came the woman's ring there? Above all, why should the second man write up the German word "rache" before decamping? I confess that I cannot see any possible way of reconciling all these facts."

My companion smiled approvingly. "You sum up the difficulties of the situation succinctly and well," he said. "There is much that is still obscure, though I have quite made up my mind on the main facts. As to poor Lostrade's discovery it was simply a blind intended to put the police upon a wrong track, by suggesting socialism and secret societies. It was not done by a German. The A, if you noticed, was printed somewhat after the German fashion. Now a real German invariably prints in the Latin oharacter, so that we may safely say that this was not written by one, but by a clumsy imitator, who overdid his pari. It was simply a ruse to divert inquiry into a wrong channel. I'm not going to tell you much more of the case, doctor. You know a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his trick, and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all." "I shall never do that," I answered "you have brought detection as near an exact science as it ever will be brought in this world."

My companion flushed up with pleasure at my words and the earnest way in which I uttered them. I had already observed that he was as sensitive to flattery on the score of his art as any girl -could be of her beauty. "I'll tell you one other thing," he 6aid. "Patent-leathers and Squaretoes came in the same cab, and thoy walked down the pathway together as friendly as possible—arm-in-arm, in all probability. When they got inside they walked up and down the room— or rather, Patent-leathers stood still while Square-toes walked up and down. I conld read all that in the dust and I could read that, as he walked, he grew more and more excited. That is shown by the increased length of his strides. He was talking all the while, and working himself up, no doubt, into a fury. Then the tragedy occurred. I've told you all I know myself, now, for the rest is mere surmise and conjecture. We have a good working basis, however, on which to start. We must hurry up, for I want to go to Halle's concert, to hear Norman Neruda, this afternoon."

This conversation had occurred while our cab had been threading its way through a long succession of dingy

streets and dreary by-ways. TrT tliis dingiest and dreariest of them our driver sjiddonly came to a stand. "That's Atulley court in there," he said, pointing to a narrow slit in the lino of dead-colored brielf. "You'll find me here when you come back."

Audley court was not an attractive locality. The narrow passage led us into a quadrangle paved with flags and lined by sordid dwellings. We picked our way among groups of dirty children and through lines of discolored linen until we came to No. 48, tlio door of which was decorated with a small slip of brass, on which the name Banco was engraved. On inquiry we found that the constable was in bed, and we were shown into a little front parlor, to await his coming.

Ho appeared presently, looking a little irritable at being disturbed in his slumbers. "I made my report at the ofllce," he said.

Holmes took a half-sovereign from his pocket, and played with it pensively. "We thought that we should like to hear it all from your own lips," he said. "I shall be most happy to tell you anything I can," the constable answered, with his eyes upon the little golden disk. "Just let us hear it al! in your own way, as it occurred."

Ranee sat down on the horse-hair sofa and knitted his brows, as though determined not to omit anything in his narrative. "I'll tell it ye from the beginning." he said. "My time is from ten at night to six in the morning. At eleven there was a fight at the White Hart but, bar that, all was quiet enough on the beat. At one o'clock it began to rain, and I met Harry Murcher—hiin who has the Holland Grove beat—and wo stood together at the corner of Henrietta street a-talkin'. Presently maybe about two, or a little after—I thought I would take a look round, and Ree that all was right down the Brixton road. It was precious dirty and lonely. Not a soul did I meet all the way down, though a cab or two went past me. I was a-strollin' down, thinkin' between ourselves how tincommon handy a four of gin hot would be, when suddenly a glint of a light caught my eye in the window of that samo house. Now, I knew that them two houses in Lauriston gardens was empty on account of him that owns them, who won't have the drains seed to, though the very last tenant what lived in one of them died o' typhoid fever. 1 was knocked all in a heap, therefore, at seeing a light in the window, and I suspected as something was wrong. When I got to the door—" "You stopped, and then walked back to the garden gate," my companion in terrupted. "What did you dothatfor?'

Eance gave a violent jump, and stared at Sherlock Holmes with the utmost amazement upon his features. "Why, that's true, sir," he said "though how you came to know it, Heaven only knows! Ye see, when I got up to the door, it was so still and so lonesome that I thought I'd be none the worse for some one with me. ain't afeared of anything on this side of the grave but I thought that maybe it was him that died o' the typhoid inspecting tho drains what killed him. The thought gave me a kind o' turn, and I walked back to the gate to 6ee if I could see Marcher's lantern, but there wasn't no sign of him nor of anyone else." "There was no one in the street?" "Not a livin' soul, sir, nor as much as a dog. Then I pulled myself together and went back and pushed the door open. All was quiet inside, so I went Into the room where the light was p-burnin'. There was a candle flickerin' on the mantle-piece—a red wax one— and by its light I saw—" "Yes, I know all that you saw. You walked round the room several times, and you knelt down by the body, and then you walked through and tried the kitchen door, and then—"

John Ranee sprang to his feet with frightened face and suspicion in his eyes. "Where was you hid to see all that?" he cried. "It seems to me that you knows a deal more than you should."

Holmes laughed, and threw his card across the table to the constable. "Don't get arresting me for the murder," he said. "I am one of the hounds and not the wolf Mr. Gregson or Mr. Lestrade will answer for that. Go on, though. What did you do next?"

Ranoe resumed his seat, without, however, losing his mystiflnd expression. "I went back to the gate and sounded my whistle. That brought Murcher and two more to the spot." "Was the street empty then?" "Well, it was, as far as anybody that could be of any good goes." hat do you mean?"

The constable's features broadened into a grin. "I've seen many a drunk chap In my time," he said, "tut never anyone so cryin' drunk as that cove. He was at the gate when I caine out, a-leanln' up ag'n the railin's and a-slngin' at tho pitch of his lungs about Columbine's new-fangled banner, or some such stuff. He couldn't stand, far less help." "What sort of a man was he?" asked Sherlock Holmes.

John Ranee appeared to bo somewhat irritated at this digression. "He was an uncommon drunk sort o' man," he said. "He'd ha' found hisself in the station if we hadn't been so took up." "His face—his dress—didn't you notice them?" Holmes broke in, impatiently. "I should think I did notioe them, seeing that I had to prop him up—me and Murcher between us. Ho was a long chap, with a red face, the lower part muffled round—" "That will do," cried Holmes. "What became of him?" "We'd enough to do without lookin' after him," the policeman said, in an aggrieved voice. "I'll wager he found his way homo all right." "How was he dressed?" "A brown overcoat." "Had he a whip in his hand?" "A whip—no." "He must have left it behind," muttered my companion. "Yon didn't happen to see or hear a cab after that?" "No." "There's a half sovereign for you." my companion said, standing up and taking his hat. "I ain afraid, Ranee, that you will never rise in the force. That head of yours should be for use as well as ornament. You might have gained your sergeant's stripes last night. The man whom jrou held in your hands is the man who holds the dew of this mystery, and whom we are seeking. There is no use of arguing about it now I tell you that it is so. Come alone, doctor."

(To Be Continued,)

A STRANGE CASE.

How an Enemy was Foiled.

The following graphic statement will bo read with intenso interest "I cannot describe the numb, creepy sensation thatexisted In my arms, hands and legs. I had to rub and beat those parts until they were sore, to overcome in a measure the dead feeling that had taken possession of them. In addition, I bad a strange weakness in my back and around my waist, together with an Indescribable 'gone' feeling In my stomach. Physicians said It was creeping paralysis, from which, according to their universal conclusion, there is no relief. Once it fastens upon a person, they say, it continues Its Insidious progress until It reaches a vital point and the sufferer dies. Such was my prospect-. I had been doctoring a year and a halt steadily, but with no particular benefit, when I saw an advertisement of Dr Miles' Restoratlvo Nervine, procured a bottle and began using It. Marvelous as It may seem, but a few days had passed before every bit of that creepy feeling had left me, and there has not been oven the slightest ludlcation of Its return. I now feel as well as I ever did, and havo gained ten pounds In weight, though I had run down from 170 to 137. Four others have used Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine on my recomendation, and It has been as satisfactory In their cases as In mine."—J ames Kane, La Rue, O.

Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine is sold by all druggists on a positive guarantee, or sent direct by the Dr. Mtles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind., on receipt of price, $1 per bottle, six bottles for 15, express prepaid. It Is free from opiates or dangerous drugs.

Sold by all druggists,

TO BE SOLD

K) Order of Court

Big Bargains In Clothing.

The stock of goods formerly

owned by JimMolony to be sold by order of

the couit.

$16.00 Suits for $8.00 15.00 7.50 10.00 5.00 5.00 2.50 A Good Shirt, worth 50c 25c. Good pr Overalls w'rth 50c,25c

Remember the Place,

211 E. Main St.

THE AMERICAN .... STEAM LAUNDRY

Will Hereafter be known as

Gosneirs Steam Laundry,

The Public will please make a note of the change. Leave soiled linen at 108 east Market street, or 131 south

Green street.

J^OTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS, The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Indiana Wire Fence Company will be held upon the second Thursday of January, 1894, The meeting la for the purpose of electing Beven directors to serve for the ensuing year, to hear reports fro.x. the company's officers, and for thn transaction of such otber business as may come before the stockholders.

The meetli.j? will bo held at the company's office, 117 south Green street, at 7 o'clock p. m., January 11th, 1804. O. M. GREGG,

Secretary. Deo. 22nd, '03 tf.

NOBTQ

C. M. CRAWFORD, President.

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Holiday Umbrellas.

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Ice Wool Shawls.

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Fancy Ribbons

We ace selling for Holiday Work at lowest prices.

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Cloaks' Cloaks!

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