Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1906 — Discouraged. [ARTICLE]

Discouraged.

Sherlock Holmes had announced his intention of abandoning detective work. “My dear Holmes,” said Dr. Watson, “you don’t mean it!” “Quite so, my dear' doctor,” he said. “Those Philadelphia detective have made me look like a bungling amateur.” Shooting another ehorge of dope into his arm, he assumed a William Gillette pose and stared ipoodily into the fire. The grip bacillus is the smallest microbe yet discovered which affects man.