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LESS SMALL GRAINS; CORN CRITICAL, FRUIT NEGLIGIBLE, IS REPORT INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. July 16. Lesser yields of the small grains, with corn In a critical condition, and all fruits showing only a fraction of the usual production, are shown by the last crop report issued by the : agricultural authorities. Approximately the same acreage of corn, with all corn showing a good color, a good stand, with fields free from weeds, gives a more favorable outlook for corn than for any other crop. The statement says, however, that "The critical period has arrived. With the exception of a few localities, tasbtlling has begun and rain is seriously needed- Chinch bugs and storms have done some damage since the first of the month." The United States forecast, with 4,300,000 additional acres in corn, an increase of a little over 4 per cent, indicated a decrease of over 100,000.090 bushels in the production. Last year's production was 3.232,367,000, while this year's estimated production is 3,123,000,000 bushels. Show Decline " Winter wheat threshings have shown a decline in yield of 5,611,000 bushels from the June estimates of 32,359.000 bushels. One million, seven hundred and sixty-five thousand bushels of last year's wheat still remain on Indiana farms. Cats show a decline of 15 points from the June condtion. A total pro

duction of 56.119,000 bushels, against a June estimate of 65,175,000 bushels, is indicated. The 1920 production was 76,875,000 bushels. About 100,000,000 bushels decrease for the whole United States is indicated for this year. Straw is short. The weather was en tirely too hot for the oats crop. Rye shown a condition of 85 per cent of normal, better than the other small grains. White potato acreage is the same, condition is 80 per cent of normal, with production estimated at 6,272,000 bushels, against 7,680,000 bushels last year. Sweet potatoes have about the same acreage and production. Hay Ehows about a 10 per cent reduction, in amount, with a 71 per cent condition. Fruit is Poor Indiana fruit is in poor condition this year, owing to unfavorable weather conditions, and production is greatly decreased. Apples show a 25 per cent condition, with only about a third of last year production. The production in .the whole country is about les3 than half of last year. Peaches show a production in Indiana ef only 43,000 bushels, com pared with 957,000 bushels last year, while the United States production is about three fourths of last year. Hot weather has cut small fruits in yield and quality. Melons show a fair condition .yet. but truck crops have suffered. Chinch bugs ,have done some damage to sugar beets in north' em Indiana. Wayne county has 85 per cent of last year's acreage in corn, with condition of that crop at 85 per cent of normal. Condition of the oats is 67 per cent of normal, and of wheat, 63 per cent. Union county has 95 per cent of last year's acreage In cam, with condition at 93 per cent. Union county wheat has a 71 per cent condition and oats, 61 per cent. Randolph county has a still greater decrease in corn acreage, to 87 per cent, with condition of corn at 82 per tent; wheat 79 per cent; oats, 76 per tent. , , Htury county instead of decreasing Its corn acreage, this year has 101 per cnt of last year's acreage, with corn ut S8 per cent; wheat, 75 per cent; oats 87 per cent. Fayette county has a 95 per cent .acreage, with condition at 90 per cent for torn; wheat, 68 per cent; oats, 81 per cent. : RESTORED LEVIATHAN MAY FOLLOW LASKER INSPECTION NEW YOrtK, July 16. The steam ship Leviathan, America's 54,000-ton passenger uner, wnicu uas Deen lying idle at her pier here for more than two years, will be inspected tomorow by Chairman Lasker of the shipping bord and Directors of Operations Smull and Love as a step preliminary to discussion by the board of possibility of restoring her to trade between the United States and Europe.

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By SIR ARTHUR CON AN DOYLE. Copyright, 1921, by Harper & Bros. Published by special arrangement with The McClure Newspaper Syndicate.

PART THREE. A professional case of great gravity I was engaging my own attention a the; time, and the whole of next day I was busy at the bedside of the sufferer. It) was not until close upon six o'clock that 1 found myself free and was able to spring into a hansom and drive to Baker Street, half afraid that I might be too late to assist at the denouement of the little mystery. I found Sherlock Holmes alone, however, half asleep, with his long, thin form curled up in the recesses of his armchair. A formidable array of bottles and testtubes, with the pungent cleanly smell of hydrochloric acid, told me that he had spent his day in the chemical work which was so dear to him. "WelL have you solved it?" I asked, as I entered. "Yes. It was the bisulphate of baryta." "No, no. the mystery !T cried. "Oh, that! I thought of the salt that I have been working upon. There was never any mystery inhe matter, though, as I said yesterday, some of the details are of interest. The only drawback is that there is no law, I fear, that can touch the scoundrel." "Who was he, then, and what was his object in deserting Miss Sutherland?" The question was hardly out of my mouth, and Holmes had not yet opened hi3 lips to reply, when we heard a heavy footfall in the passage, and a tap at the door. "This is the girl's stepfather, Mr. James Windibank," said Holmes. "He has written to me to say that he would be here at six. Come in!", - The man who entered was a sturdy, middle-sized fellow, some thirty years of age, clean shaven and sallow skinned, with a bland, Insinuating manner, and a pair of wonderfully sharp and penetrating gray eyes. He shot a questioning glance at each of us. placed his shiny top hat upon the sideboard, and with a slight bow sidled down into the nearest chair. "Good evening, Mr. James Windibank," said Holmes. "I think that this typewritten letter is from you, in which you made an appointment with me for six o'clock?" "Yes, sir. I am afraid that I am a little late, but I am not quite my own master, you know. I am sorry that Miss Sutherland has troubled you about this little matter, for I think it is far better not to wash linen of the sort in public. It was quite against my wishes that she came, but she is a very excitable, impulsive girl, as you may have noticed, and she is not easily controlled when she has made up her mind on a point. Of course. I did not mind von sn much, ns von are connected with the ocial police, but j it is not pleasant to have a family mis fortune like this noised abroad. Besides, it is a useless expense, for how could you possibly find this Hosmer Angel?" "On the contrary." said Holmes, quietly; "I have 'every reason to believe that I will succeed in discovering Mr. Hosmer Angel." Mr. Windibank gave a violent start, and dropped his gloves. "I am delighted to hear it," he said. ' i "It is a -curious thing," remarked Holmes, "that a typewriter has really quite as much Individuality as a man's, handwriting. Unless they are quite new, no two of them write exactly alike. Some letters get more worn than other3. and some wear only on one side. Now, you remark in this note of yours, Mr. Windibank, that in every case there is some little slurring over of the 'e,' and a slight defect in the tail of the 'r.' There are fourteen other characteristics, but those are the more obvious." "We do all our correspondence with this machine at the office, and no doubt it is a little worn," our visitor answered, glancing keenly at Holmes with his bright little eyes. "And now I will show you what is really a very Interesting study. Mr. Windibank." Holmes continued. "! think of writing another little monograph some of these days on the type-! writer and its relation to crime. It is a subject to which I have devoted some little attention. I have here four letters ' which purport to come from the missing man. They are all typewritten. In each case, not only are the 'e's slurred and the 'r's tailless, but you will observe, if you care to I use my magnifying lens, that the four-' teen other characteristics to which I have alluded are Jhere.as well." Mr. Windibank sprang cut of his chair, and picked up his hat. "I cannot waste time over this sort of fanMALSBY Phone 3207 for Appointment

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Identity i tastic talk, Mr. Holmes," lie said. "If 'ou can catch the man, catch him, and let me know when you have done it." . "Certainly," said Holmes, stepping over and turning the key in the door, "I let you know, then, that I have caught him!" . , "What! where?" 6houted Mr.' Windibank, turning white to his lips, and glancing about him like a rat in a trap. . : "Oh, it won't do really it won't," said Holmes, suavely. "There is no possible getting out of it, Mr. Windibank. It is quite too transparent, and it was a very bad compliment when you said that it was impossible for me to 60lre so simple a questian. That's right! Sit down, and let us talk it over." Our visitor collapsed into a chair. with a ghastly face, and a glitter of moisture on his brow. ' "It it's not actionable," he stammered. "I am very much afraid that it is not. But between ourselves, Windibank, it was as cruel and selfish and heartless a trick in a petty way as ever came before me. Now, let me just run over the course of events, and you will contradict me if I go wrong." The man sat huddled up in his chair, with , his head sunk upon his breast, like one who is utterly crushed. Mr. Holmes stuck his feet up on the corner of the mantel-piece, and, leaning back with his hands in his pockets, began talking, rather to himself, as it seemed,, than to us. "The man married a woman very much older than himself for her money," said he, "and he enjoyed the use of the money of the daughter as long as she lived with them. It was a considerable sum, for people in their position, and the loss of it would have made a serious difference. It was worth an effort to preserve it. The daughter was of a good, amiable disposition, but affectionate and warmhearted in her ways, so that it was evident that with her fair personal advantages, and her little income, she would not be allowed to remain single long.. Now her marriage would mean, of course the loss of a hundred a year, so what does her stepfather do to prevent it? He takes the obvious course of keeping her at home, and forbidding her to seek the company of people of her own age. But soon he found that that would not answer forever. She became restive, insisted upon her rights, and finally announced her positive intention of going to a certain ball. What does her clever stepfather do then? He conceives an idea more creditable to his head than to his heart With the connivance and assistance of his wife ne disguised himself, covered those keen eyes with tinted classes, masked the face with a mustache and a pair of bushy whiskers, sunk that clear voice into an insinuating whisper, and doubly secure on account of the girl's short sight, he appears as Mr. Hosmer Angel, and keeps off other lovers by making love himself." "It was only a joke at first," groaned our visitor. "We never thought that she would have been so carried away." . "Very likely not. However that may be, the young lady was very decidedly carried away, and having quite made up her mind that her stepfather was in France, the suspicion of treachery never for an instant entered her mind. She was flattered by the gentleman's attentions, and the effect was increased by the loudly expressed admiration of her mother. Then Mr. Angel began to call, for it was obvious that the matter should be pushed as far as it would go. if a real effect were to be produced. There were --i-ii-inrin.rLrwxrvurr The New Edison "IN THE WE3TCOTT PHARMACY Men! See Us for You Vacation Clothes Frankel & Harding 820 Main St.

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meetings, and an engagement, which would finally secure the girl's affec-: tions from turning towards any one else. But the deception could not bekept up forever. These pretended journeys to France were rather cumbrous. . The thing to do was clearly to bring the business to an end in such a dramatic manner that it would leave a permanent impression upon the young lady's mind, and prevent her, from looking upon any other suitor for some time to come. Hence those vows of fidelity exacted upon a Testament, and hence also the allusions to a possibility of something happening on the k very morning of the w-edding. James Windibank wished Miss Sutherland to be so bound to Hosmer Angel, and so uncertain as to his fate, that for 10 years to come, at any rate, she would not listen to another man. As far as the church door he brought her, and then, as he could go no farther, he conveniently vanishin at one door of a four-wheeler, and out at the other. I think that that was the chain of events, Mr. Windibank!" Our visitor had recovered something of his assurance while Holmes had been talking, and be rose from his chair now with a bold sneer upon his pale face. "It may be so. or it may not. Mr. Holmes," said he, "but if you are so very sharp you ought to be sharp enough to know that it is you who are breaking the law now, and not me. I have done nothing actionable from the first, but as loffg as you keep that door locked you lay yourself open to an action for assault and illegal constraint" "The law cannot, as you say. touch you," said Holmes, unlocking and throwing open the door, "yet there never wa3 a man who deserved punishment more. If the young lady hag a brother or a friend, he ought to lay a ,whip across your shoulders. By Jove!" he continued, flushing up at the sight of the bitter sneer upon the man's face, "it is not part of my duties to my client, but here's a hunting crop handy, and I think I shall Just treat myself to" Te look two swift steps to the whip, but before he could grasp it there was a wild clatter of steps upon the stairs, the heavy hall door banged, and from the win now HF:R CHILD WAS HELPED Almost every day men and women write to Foley & Co . telling how Foley Kidney Pills have relieved them from backache, lameness, soreness, rheumatic pains. kidney and bladder trouble. Mrs. H. Stegrall. Theodore, Ala,, writes: "My child suffered for 12 years with weak bladder. I tried several doctors, also different medicines, with no results whatever. I tried Foley Kidney Pills. They cured my child In four months. I am thankful for it and recommend your medicine." Refuse substitutes. A. G. Luken & Co.. 626-628 Main. Advertisement. RICHMOND THEATRE Sunday and Monday LESTER CUNEO The Smiling Dare Devil, in "Lone Hand Wilson" a thrilling tale of the West. Also a Sunlite Comedy "DON'T MARRY" LAST TIME TONIGHT Presenting i TOM SANTSCHI in "THE COUNTRY GOD FORGOT" 3li

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dow we could see Mr. James Windibank running at the top of bis speed down the road. "There's a cold-blooded scoundrel!" said Holmes,- laughing, as he threw himself down into bis chair once more. "That fellow will rise from crime to crime until be does something very bad, and ends on a gallows. The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest." "I cannot now entirely see all the steps of your reasoning," I remarked. "Well, of course it was obvious from the first that this Mr. Hosmer Angel must have some strong object for his curious conduct, and it was equally clear that the only man who really profited by the incident, as far as we could see, was the stepfather. Then the fact that the two men were never together, but that the one always appeared when the other was away, was suggestive. So were the tinted spectacles and the curious voice, which both hinted at a disguise, as did the bushy whiskers. My suspicions were all Confirmed by his peculiar action in typewriting his signature, which, of ; course, inferred that his handwriting was so familiar to her that she would recognize even the smallest sample of it You see all these isolated facts, together with many minor ones, all pointed in the same direction." "And how did you verify them?" "Having once spotted my man, it was easy to get corroboration. I knew the firm for which this man worked. Having taken the printed description, I eliminated everything from it which could be the result of a disguise the whiskers, the glasses, the voice, and I sent it to the firm, with a request that they would inform PALACIC Jul ounaay art in the supreme Western production of the season. -B A C K A western picture teeming with all those wonderful situations that furnish the picture fan the ultimate of pleasure. Romance, Action, Thrills And Good Comedy A play of the great battle between the ranch owners and sheep herders. The wiping out of the lawless element. With this a Big Comedy "Farmyard Follies"

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me whether it answered to the description of any of their travellers. I had already noticed the peculiarities of the typewriter, and I wrote to the man himself at his business address, asking him if he would come here. As I expected, his reply was typewritten, and revealed the same trivial but characteristic defects. The same post brought me a letter from Westhouse & Marbank, of Frenchurch Street, to say -that the description tallied in every respect with that of their employe, James Windibank. Viola tout!" "And Misa Sutherland?" "If I tell her she will .not believe me. You may remember the old Persian saying, 'There is danger for

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