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fields, building Its railways, planning lta
eltles. It needed faols to help It, and It
hml no leisure to seek anything beyond I
these.
Soon, however, It found that In supply.
Inn oven these the eastern colleges hart the
advantage. It at cr.ee pupplled tho do
floloncy. Herman uuiver-lttca wero called
upon; laboratories were equipped with
modern apparatus graduates were sent
nbroad to bring haoil tho latest results;
physics, chemistry, psychology, took a
long step forward. But culture yet In its
highest development was lacking.
It would he untrue to say that in the
Nebraska fnmi.j there arc none of tho
party who believe In tho salutary ffect of
fact unhe!gh:ened by Imagination, Hut
there Is n steady gain on tho side of .hose
who believe thnt, without this additional
tranfut"g E'ft of Imaelna Ion. education
la of little advantage, even n peslt.ve evil,
Tln now spirit is shown in mmi way.
One pcis It In the d'scuss'ons In faculty
nice Mrs, one finds It In the clashes, one
mees It In personal conversation w.th stu
dent 1 have read much of the written
work of i he students In the higher class
ics In ttij, thetv :s, from yar to year,
ntea1 Increase In iii'rvo:t on or liter
ature. In smiathy .:h n ure, :n oager
ness to comprehend human oharaotar ami
to attempt the problems of human o.s-tence.
I .iml iv I ii.il I.-, thnt mv .i.unl. Is full Of
long hairs, exactly ono tenth of a shade!
darker than my own. Do you follow me?
1 gasped r.n assent. Ho removed a tncK
from lite carpet and proceeded.
"I know .hai he has been smoking a
Pittsburgh Havana from my extraordin
ary acute sense of smell. Not one In a mil-
AT TUH I ANSI NO
th smoke of a cigarette and of a steam
engine. I can."
Ho paused for effect, and moved by hts
tremendous intellect, 1 sat In nwo,
"I can understand nil," 1 said, "except
your reason for thinking thnt he eurr'ed
tho umbrella you rieacr.hed."
"That, my dear boy is the simples, of
nil. Tho umbrella mentioned stands over
then In the corner!"
I fainted. When 1 regained conscious
v?? Phyloek Holmes lay on the divan,
rapMly inking notes on h s cuff. "You
were Just three hours and fourteen min
uter com.ng ou. of thnt," he remarked.
"During1 your indisposition l iHitiovd the
price of dinner from your pocket."
"Tell me one thing more," 1 iwRged.
"What Is 'iV he asked.
"How in the name of the queen d d you
know that he was a itopullst?"
His lips curled scornfully,"lrcnuse there
there was a s.rong draft in the room as
I came in," he answered.
And I marvelled. I II. it.
MY Pr.IKND, SHY LOCK HOLMES.
My friend Shylock Halmes enltred the
office with hi customary cat like tread.
Ho hung h s bat on a chnlr ami sa; down
vn the p sno,
"I pfri-eive," be sa d. "Hint cross
eyed man with largt f-et. ami lang whis
kers has len fcik.ng .t Pittshnrg mojr
iv n this room."
I did no! refrain from appear.ng .ston-ished.
Keglnning with this yenr a trophy w.ll
be presented to the members of the Yalo
union who roprosont it In intercollcgUue
debates, Tite .rophy is a gold watch
ohnrm In the shape or an otd Greek coin.
The boat! of Domosthones Is stamped In
ivTuf on the obverse, white the reverse is
to be engraved with the name and class
of the deh.uer aw! the time of the even
in wh.ch he participated.
Mrs, Bray: "I never saw more perfect
acting than Miss Spot's ut that amateur
performance." Mr. Bray: "She wasn't In
tho oast, was sho?" Mrs. Bray: "No;
she sat in the front seat and looked as
-He was nopul st." cnt.noed Holmes, Uioubj, sne onj0yeJ iU"-Comlo Cuts.
and carr.ed An umbrt lln wi h a rip In j
una a v uuan img uou arouiiu
the oo t r
tht Waek walnut handle "
I iciuld not conceal my wonder, "How
in thr world did you find all that out?"
1 gasped,
"Very easily," sold the great detoctivo,
as ho transferred a piece of chewing gum
from undornoath a sholf of the what-not
to his capacious mouth.
"In the first place," he began, fixing his
eagle eye upon the end at his boot "in
the first place, he was cross-eyed. How
do I know? Simply because I can, by my
inhorent power of second sight still faint
ly see his Image lu the mirror. lio hnd
largo feel. He stepped upon your corns
as he went past you. Your foot st.ll
aches from hi weight. Am I right?"
"Yu are. I answered, aghast at his
wisdom.
"I know that he wore long whiskers
for two reasons. In .he first place I hav
his Imago before me in the mirror. Sec-
Objoctlon Sustained "And after the
robbery you Just took a walk?" asked the
prosecuting attorney. "I object," yelled
the excited young lawyer fot the pris
oner, "to any such bnso insinuations.
The walk was nailed down and Is still
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"He's no musician." "No?" "No. He
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"Doesn't he, indeed? Well, you bet he
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