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I THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. COUNCIL ULUFF3. OFFICE . ' NO. 12 1'CAHL BTHEET Delivered by carrier ta ny part ot th * cllr. H. W. T1LTON , L MM. Tni.rritONES-nu ! nc No. night tdltor , No. S3. 311AUII JIHATJO * . Jfnyno Ileal Estate agency , 539 Ilreadway. Judge Smith will open district court In earnest this morning , having wound up the business of the term at Atlantic. The various societies of C'hrlttlan Hn- (1. aver held n union meeting last evening In the parlors of the First Presbyterian church. It was largely attended. lUgular meeting of Excelsior lodge. No. 250 , A. F. and A. M. , thttt evening. Work in the second degree. Visiting brothers cor dially Invited. By order of the W. M. A large audience attended the afternoon service nt St , Paul's church yesterday. Ex cellent music was furnished by the choir , Mann's service In A flat , and an anthem , "llemember Now Thy Creator. " by the Dud ley Buck quartet , being the principal features. Stl mid CHIT Hough and Dick Landon were nrrcatod yoUerday an the outcome of the row at Hcveral gambling houses Saturday night It la claimed that Landon had no part In the fracas , save ns a spectator , but his K1 ncrnl bad reputation was what caused his arirst. A "World's Parliament Heading club" has been formed by some of the ladles of the Congregational church , for the purpose of studying the religions of the world as they were represented In the "parliament" nt the World's fair. They meet every Monday nftcrnoon at the residence of Mrs , P. H. Montgomery , on Fourth street. Wanted Good farm nnd city loans. Wo tmo $400.000 to loan on Improved security at 6 per cent and small commission. We also have money to loan on stock and grain , LOUGEG & TOWL.E , 235 Pearl St. M IMn-ACTUKKKS Arn tlin I'rlcci Von U'lll I Inil nit lpBlniljl < < McrcliiiiHlloi at llio BOSTON STOUE. Never have the people appreciated low- prices and good values as much as now , which accounts for the unusually large crowds which thronn our store. For the next week we offer new bargains In every department. Head the following list 1 of prices nnd remember you wl.l find every thing as advertised. WOOL BLANKETS. At $2.23 we offer n 10-4 gray mixed wool blanket , regular value $3.00. All wool red blanket , a regular $3.50 quality , sale price $2.25. $ AH wool California blankets , large size , usually sold at $5 00 , now $3.75 a pair. Ladles' all wool flannel skirts COc each , worth $1.00. Eiderdown flannels In plain colors , regular 50c quality , now 33c a yard. Gents' blue flannel shirts , all wool , regular price $1.50 , manufacturer's price $1.00. Gents' wool BOX 12',4c ' a pair , worth 20c. Gents' heavy cotton sox at 5c , lOc and 12VSO n pair. Gents' calf skin gloves and mittens , wool Ilred , regular prlco 60c , manufacturer's price 33c a pair. Qcnts' fur trimmed kid mittens , regular { 1 CO quality , now $1.00 a pair. Ladles' heavy ribbed vests , regular price EOc manufacturer's price 30c. Ladies' ribbed underwear , gray mixed , regular 25c goods , now lOc each. Gents' fleeced underwear TCc each , $1.50 a suit. suit.Gents' Gents' heavy winter underwear 23c each , COc a suit. Ladles' fleeced hose IS' e a pair , worth lOc. 2Gc fleeced hose 1c ! ) a pair. Children's ribbed wool hose , all elxcs , 17c a pair , 3 for 60c , extra \alue. Children's heavy wool mittens 12' c a pair , 20c quality. Children's double mittens , regular 40c ) Qilallly , 25c a pair. Ladies' saxony wool mittens ICc a pair , worth 26c. Ladles' fancy back wool mittens , regular 39c quality , manufacturer's price 25c a pair. Gig reductions In black dress goods. Don't fall to sco bargains marked C2' u and COc a yard. BOSTON STOKE. FOWLCH , DICK & WALKER , Council Bluffs , Iowa. J'KK.SO.V.Il , J'A11.K1HA1'1IS. nay Teal of Lincoln Is visiting friends In the city. n , 0. Clancy leaves today for a week's trip to Salt Lake. Miss I'm mix Kcnnard left yesterday for her old homo in Indiana , where she will reside In the future. O. \Vashburn Is entertaining a brother from Jamestown N. Y. , , at his homo on High School avenue. We have a flue lot ot chrysanthemums In bloom now. Don't miss seeing them. Visitors always welcome. J. F. Wllcox. At Qr.ind Hole ! Postal Telegraph ofnce shorthand reporter and typewriter will write letters , depositions , etc. , very cheap. Selected hard wood for heating stovss. II. A. COX , 37 Main street. Tel. 43. Mcrrnr.v City Engineer Etnyre was one of the astronomical amateurs who watched Mercury Saturday In Its attempt to ccllpso the sun. He entertained quite a number of friends at the city ' building with snap shots through the city 'transit. The telescope was leveled on the : bun and a sheet Of paper held a couple heof Inches from the rear end. A clear reflection of the sun was thrown uiron the paper , with a diameter of perhaps an Inch or more. Across tha disk could be seen a dot , hardly ns large as the point of a pin , moving at u rate so slow that a couple of hours' watching was necessary to show that It was moving at all , The dot was eo small that It would . escape the casual observer's eye entirely and would not be visible to the average man after any amount of search until U was pointed out to him. Mr. Etnyre's observa tions were very Interesting , nevertheless , valt they were not particularly valuable to science. Emblem pins , buttons , nnd charms of all Masonic , Odd Fel'ows , labor organizations nnd societies of all kinds , both In gold and flno roll plate , at Robinson Bros. , 408 and 410 Broadway , Cnpim Cheer mill Herd Tonla Can be purchased only of the G. R. Wheeler Brewing company. Wheeler & Hereld , Coun cil Bluffs , la. _ lira nil lintel , Council lllurr , Itnopnnoil. Newly furnUhed. Every modern con venience First class In all respects , nates , $2.60 to $3.00. E. F. CLARK. Proprietor. Carpets are cheaper than ever , and every late pattern of the season Is displayed by the Council Bluffs Carpet company. Do you like pretty things ? Come and see them. Too laundrtei u Domestic soap. tun llu Hud. Yesterday broke the record so far as cold : weather Is concerned , so It Is claimed by men who have been In the hnblt Decomposing the first skating party of the season for the past twenty years. W. D. Carrothcrs , one of this class , visited Manawa yesterday after noon and found It froren clear across. fie walked out for a dUtance of 100 feet or moro , and found It plenty strong enough to hold him. No one looked for skating so early loldHi the Reason , however , so that no 0110 but he was there. Spoon lake , near the transfer , however , was filled all day long with a lot t of boys , who apparently pnjoyed themselves cut ting stam and utIn figure eights as well as In years past. Mr. Carrothers states that No- venilw 10 U the earliest day for skating within his recollection , so that Jack Frost boat himself several days this time. Special ' prtcei thU week at Miss IUzi- data's. Oa cooking stoves for rent and for salt tt Gn Co.'s office. _ Domestic ' patterns can only be had at Vavra'i new dry goods store , 142 Broadway , Dr , I. U. Parsons , Archer block. Tel. 215. Havana Freckles clgar.Davli , wholesale tgt. .Washerwomen , us Domestic JJ E\VS \ FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS Paving Quoitlon Disturbing the City fathers at Preiont. CEDAR BLOCK BECOMING A NUISANC'I I'rupuiltlon Miulo to I'lll V\t \ tlin lloloJ la tliu Mrcrt * irltli bund and Countllmciilll < ( inslilcr the Subject. The question of how to fill up the holes In the * cedar block paving must be settled very Boon , and the councllmen are to take a ride In the patrol wagon to a sand bank north of the city for the purpose of ascer taining If possible whether It Is advisable to use thin sand for the purpose. The city owns a tract of land In the vicinity of Dig lake , and as It stands now It Is of no par ticular use. Park Commissioner Graham has claimed for a long time that arrangements should be made whereby It could be put to some practical use , and ho has also Insisted that there 'could bo no use more practical than filling up holes In thn paving. The paving question Is a difficult one as It now stands. In many places all over the city the cedar blocks , which have been In not to exceed four years , arc to nearly worn out as to render the street almost Impassa ble. Another year will well nigh complete the work of destruction which has been so well begun by the elements , and even then the property owners will have another pay ment or two to make before they are out of debt to the city. A move toward repavlng would arouse such a howl from the property owners that any well regulated alderman ; with a sheep's eye cast toward a renomlna- tlon would hesitate before allowing It to make Itself heard. Under the circumstances there seems to be no other alternative , and If tht < sand proves to be all that Is claimed for It the probability is that It will be carted to the city and put at the disposal of the street commissioner. 1IUNN1SUN HHOS. .Momlny's llli ; * : < ) . Forcing down prices still lower than ever. \Vo allow no one to undersoil us. 2.000 snow-white cotton batts Monday , 2ic a roll. All our 12'fcc snow-white cotton batts , 7c a , roll. Standard dress prints , 2V4o a yard. 36-Inch G&c unbleached muslin , 3c a yard. C'/4o canton flannel , 3c a yard. 7c white shaker flannel , 31,60 a yard. 1,000 pairs Imported all wool knit booties , Co a pair. Ice wool , 12'/4o a box. Saxony yarn , EC a skein. Buy your dress goods of UB Monday. 46-Inch all wool black and navy blue storm serge , worth 75c , Monday , 48c a yard. 54-Inch novelty dress goods , that .were $1.25 , go Monday at 70c a yard. Hero Is a snap. For one day , Monday , we offer all our novelty drees patterns , no two alike , that were $10 , $12 and $15 , your choice Monday for $7.50 per suit. Visit our clonk department. Another drop In prices on ladles' fur capes. Come In Mon day. Open every evening. BCNNISON nnos. . Council Bluffs. Dry pine kindling for sale. Cheaper than cobs. II. A , Cox , 37 Main street. Telephone 48. . Eap'e laundry , 724 Broadway. 37jcoi1 work. Tel. 157. Domestic soap breaks hard water. Ulll InvcRtljjato tlio < 5 m blliiff Houses. The fact that two fights , In which peeled faces and pulled noses figured conspicuously , took place In two gambling houses was pub lished to the world jcstcrday morning , and It l stated that quite a sensation was caused In official circles. Mayor Cleaver Is said by an Intimate friend to have supposed that the gamblers were thoroughly quelled , although not a move has been made against them since Dr. Cleaver's administration was six weeks old. The same friend , however , Is authority fox the statement that Inasmuch as the news papers have published statements to the ef fect that gambling was going on with but lit tle attempt at concealment will In all proba bility result In an Investigation being made It Is well known In all circles but official ones that several poker rooms are being run every night In the week , and have been for months past. At least four of them are" located within two blocks of the mayor's residence on North Main street. Dunciiii Stampid on a shoo means standard of Our $5.00 line of ladles' high ( .lass hand made shoes In every variety and form for $3.50. Hvcry pair Is strictly hand-sewed , high grade shoes , superior In form , finish , elas ticity and yielding grace and guaranteed equal in quality to any $5.00 or $0.00 shoe sold elsewhere. Wo have the swellcst lines of men's Im proved patent leather shoes for $1.10 and $500 and every thing that one could \vlsh In dancing slippers for children , misses , boys , ladles and men. Headquarters for rubbers , overshoe : and overcoats. B. M. DUNCAN , 28 Main street. Cole & Cole will reduce the price $2.00 on genuine Hound Oak stoves. They burn either hard or soft coal. At 41 Main street. O. A. R. dance Monday evening , Novem ber 12. Admission , gentlemen , 25cj ladles , lOc. ncurlcius * music house has few expenses high grade planes ar * sold reasonably. 116 Stutsman street. Domestic coap outlasts cheap soap. MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA. . . . . An Alter Dinner To nt tint General Slier limn IntirruptiKl. When the national convention of lawyers mot In the west some years ago Mr. Du Dlgnon was sent to represent Georgia , his native state. Helng one ot the rising men of his region , ho was also Invited to respond ) ( to the toast , "The Young Manhood of the Soutll , " at the large banquet to be given. The young lawyer prepared his reply with care , feeling he had done his best , which was all the bar could expect of him. Hie toast was the tenth in line and the toast master had pronounced In distinct tones the title of the toast , and added that Mr. Flem ing Du lllgnon of Georgia would reply. The lawyer rose slowly to his feet , glanc- Inc as ho did to down the long double line of expectant , polite , upturned faces smiling at him , encouraging him to proceed. Ills "pleco" was all clearly In mind , he re membered every planned gesture , every turn and "point" he proposed to make. "Gentlemen of the bar , " ho began , "I " "General Sherman. " delightedly broke In the toast master , and "Sherman ! " "Sher man ! " was echoed all down the table , which saw dozens of men stand to their feet to greet the great soldier-lawyer as he entered the room. General Sherman had promised to attend this convention , but had been detained by other engagements until this late hour , and his advent was hailed with a burst ot welcome come as ho advanced down to his vacant chair. Every ono was shaking : hands with him , creating quite a. hubbub. When It finally subsided the toast master turned again to the young Georgian mi said : "Will Mr. Du Blgnon now proceed with the toait , "The Young. Manhood of the South ? " The Georgian sat for an Instant dazed. He was young and the excitement breaking Into his speech had "floored" him. What was h'egoing to dot What was he going to eay ? Uvery line of his prepared toast had left him , every bit of his plan i of thouRht had deserted him. To utsnd there a confirmed dullard ; to be unable to respond to the toaat that Involved all his patriotism , when that speech was Intended to show the northerners just what the southerners could do and bo I It was humiliating ; It was ago nizing. All thli , however , did not occupy the space > of tlmo It takes to tell It. U ( lathed through till brain ilk * lightning , and even durlngj t the latter part of these thoughts he was rltlng mechanically to his feet lit stood Btlll for a second and taw Gen eral ! Sherman' * face looking at him with In terei . The silence was appalling ! Ho felt that every ono was thinking "Poor fellow , ho doesn't know what to euy " In a quiet tone , In which , however , ho felt a quiver , he commenced : "Gentlemen , I nm confounded ! The advent jjj,1 noted a warrior aa General Sherman has made , mo forget every word ot my speech" - the < men all looked anxioui and Interested "but I think you can scarcely wonder at my confusion. Georgians arc so used to the fact of General Sherman following them , that It Is enough to simply paralyze any one of them to be asked to follow the general. " There was a pause for an Instant over the young fellow's audacity , and then the room rang with appreciative applause of his ex cellent wit. cellcM Men leaned over their plates and Immediately atel' ' fixed themselves Into attitudes of Inter est ; they at once perceived that , at least , an original young chap was going to speak. Mr. Du Blgnon felt the personal magnetism he had excited reflect on himself , and con tinued with more assurance. He said that ho would tell a story about the young manhood of the south ; the very young manhood , Including his first impres sions of General Sherman , The time was the civil war , the place Mill- edgevllle , Ga. "I was only a little shaver , " he started , "staying at home , taking care of my mother and younger brother. All the men had gone to war. The cry started early In the morning , 'Sherman Is coming ! ' It Increased from a whisper to a frightened shout. The old negroeii who were at home left the field and plow and gathered In their cabins , exactly as If It had been said 'The Judgment day Is coming ! ' People stood Ir resolute In the street , not knowing what to do or whether It was best to go anywhere. Even the chickens and cowa seemed to understand - stand that portentous phrase that was filling the air 'Sherman Is comlngl' And later on he came. Soldiers and horses , they began to fill the little town and the people's houses , and tear was the pre vailing clement. "I Insisted that my Shetland pony and my brother's pet rooster must ba saved. My mother equally Insisted that I was to stay In the house , for If not the soldiers would carry me away. I was made a prUoner , but owned a window , and when I saw one of the soldiers go under our house and catch the rooster and wring Its neck I was certain my pony would go next. So , Jumping out of the window , I ran to the soldier and , doubling up my flst , cried : 'Dog-gone you , old Yankee , if you : take that pony I'll report you to Gen eral Sherman. ' " Ho stopped for an Instant , and ' then continued courteously : "General , he did take my pony , and this Is my first opportunity to report to you. " Mr. Du Dlgnon of Georgia von the day Men cheered him as ho took his seat for his cleverness , and General Sherman , jumping up , said : "Will some one present me to the young rebel ? " < ! I vermin r. No hotel In New York has spent so much money for advertising as the Broadway Central hotel , and the result Is the largest business ever done by any of the great down town houses. The number of guests for the month of August was 14,846 , against 13,000 same month last year , whl'c ' Septem ber house count was 15,790 This beats all previous records. Some of these guests are families return ing from Europe and the seashores , but the majority are business men and their families. A convenient central location ; a first class house and service , with reasonable charges and letting the public know by advertising the fact , has made the Hroadway Central one of the most successful hotels today In New York. New York Hotel Mall. RELIGION OF THE SIOUX Monstrous ) Customs Which Mlsilonarle Hud to ( otnliit. Lieutenant Wassell , of the United States army , who Is familiar with Sioux life , con tributes to the November Harper's nn arti cle showing In a very favorable light the woik done by both Catholic and protestant missionaries among the Indians. Of their former rites and superstitions , he says : To the Sioux of the past religion was truly a mystery. From the simple growth of the blade of grass to the complex phe nomena of the thunder storm , all life : , power , nnd strength were Interpreted as the physical acts of unknown gods. The Great Spirit Is a name given us by the Interpreter > , for the Sioux had no conception of a single spirit , however great , capable ; of ruling here universe. Lightning was the anger of hoa thunder god nn awful bird , , whose structure varied from wings containing only six quills to wings with four Joints each , according to the Imagination of the medicine-man. The moving god , he whoso aid It wus most hefl cult to Invoke , was too subtle to be likened to any known form , but he controlled the Intellect , passions , and mental faculties , ab stractions for which the Sioux has not even a name. The Hayoka was the contrary god , who sat naked and fanned himself In the coldness of n Dakota blizzard , and hud dled shivering over a fire In the heat idof summer , who cried for joy and laughed in his sorrow. Rocks and bowlders were th' hardest and strongest things ; hence hey belonged to the oldest gods smaller rocks were fetiches. On the barren buttes of the Dakotas may bo seen many a crumbling pile of stones erected in by-gone days to pro pitiate an unknown god. Many a forgotten chief has gone to the highest hill when his son was sick , nnd amidst fnstlngs and incantations cantations reared a mound of little stones In the hope that his lo\ed one's life might , be spared. And still another relic of the savage belief ot the old Sioux is found on the bodies of the warriors themselves , Take almost any man who Is 30 years old oren more , and he can show you long scars on his back or breast , and dozens of smallei scars on his arms , all Inflicted by hi nisei I In fulfilling his vows to the sun , The sun dance was one of the great religious and political events of the Sioux life. Whole villages assembled and feasted , while the [ worshipers fasted and exhausted the strength they were to need so badly In the coming test of endurance. On the appointed day none but virgins were allowed to cut down and trim the tree that was to be used , whllo only chiefs and warriors of excep tional bravery were allowed to carry It to its place In the center of the village. re , with mysterious plps-smoklngs and unln- telllglblo Incantations , the pole Is planted , ropes of buffalo hide having been fastened to Its top , one rope for each worshiper. The men , already half dead from exhaustion , are then brought out and laid on the ground around the pole , always ready knives tluudt through the muscles of their chests or backs , and Ih the holes thus made wooden skewers thrust , to which are fastened the loobe endti of the ropes. Then round and round dance the worshipers , their eyes fixed on the blazing sun , while the jerk , jerk jerk ot the rk.a , bleeding flesh beats n sickening time to the hl-yas of a Dakota song. Friends and relatives , men , women and children gash their arms and breasts to stimulate the dancers and keep up their courage. When the flesh is torn apart the dancer Is releabed , his tow fulfilled , his bravery , his manhood unquestioned. These and a thousand other monstrous customs were what the early missionary had to com bat. Oregon Kldnty Tea cures nervous head aches. Trial size , 25 cents. All druggists. The root Killer Needed. A fool of somewhat unusual character lives In Dexter. Me. His name is not known , yet , but detectives are after him. He Is the man who has undertaken to act an judge nt a pov erty ball and award the prize to the "vant- looklng lady and gentleman. " Dy the time the prize-winners get through with him the Killer's task will be easy. It takes genius of a high order to be a first premium fool like Warner of Atkinson , Neb. , who was out hunting pigeons and managed to land a load of shot under his own right arm. Now. how did ho manage but no matter the knowledge will die with him , Thtre Is a man In Puducah , Ky. . whose lease of life on earth Is limited. The- Fool Killer has been apprised by telepathy that he accepted a $10 confederate bill from a negro In exchange for two 10-cent watermelons. In the future world he may realize that the war I * over , "Ilully the Wizard" Is a Mlisourl fool who I has misspent a lifetime collecting buttons and other rare and priceless relics , and by some oversight hai been permitted to live and make a half-mile-long string of such truck. Better late than never. Oregon Kidney Tea cures all kidney trou bles. Trial * lze , 25 cent * . All DRAWING THE IDEAl&EUTH C' ' il " . I , , . The Material from Which .Molded the Prince of Detectivity SOME SECRETS OF CONAND.OYLE'S ' LIFE The Author of "Sherlock JIoliucs" nt Col- unit III IH < btiuly 111 * Arctic I.x- licrlciico , Literary xliiita Untl Opinion * . ( CopjrlKhted , 1S9I ) Dr.'A. Conan Doyle , who arrived In this country a week ago , has come ostensibly to deliver a series ot lectures , but the real obis ject of his visit Is to travel through the United States. If the well known novelist is curious to see America , he may rest as sured that the public here Is equally eager to make his acquaintance. Of that brilliant group of. vigorous Scotch men who are just now delighting the literary world , no single ono presents a more Inter esting personality than Mr. Doyle. Although but 33 years of age , his historical romances and thrilling detective stories have earned him a phenomenal reputation. To the aver ' age reader he Is best known , perhaps , through the exploits of that wizard In unraveling criminal mysteries , Sherlock Holmes. And since the author has announced that Holmes Is definitely dead , never more to be revived In fiction , a vivid Interest centers about the creation of the very princeof detectives. Dr. Doyle himself frankly acknowledges that this unique character was inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell of Edinburgh , one of his proaml fessors at the Scotch university. Whllo he could scarcely bo called the original Sherlock Holmes , yet Dr. Boll's singular genius for noting details and from them forming a chain of circumstantial evidence , certainly gave Doyle the clew to his now famous hero. A theory which Dr. Bell constantly advanced was that any really good doctor ought to be nblo to tell before a patient has fairly sat down Just about what Is the matter with him or her. With a woman especially this ob servant physician can often tell by noticing her exactly what part of her body she Is going to talk about. He persistently Im pressed upon his students Conan Doyle among them the vast Importance of little distinctions , the endless significance of trifles Dr. Bell says : "The great majority of people ple . , of Incidents , and of cases rescmbla each other : In the main and larger features. For Instance . , most men have apiece a head , two arms , a nose , a mouth , and a certain number , of teeth. It Is the little differences , In them selves , trifles , such as the droop of an eyelid , or wh.it not , which differentiate men. " The doctor Illustrated his mode of proced ure by giving one or two Instances to prove the successful application of his theory , and both of them are strongly suggestive of Sher lock Holmes' methods. "Once , " he said , "a man J walked Into the room where I was In structing the students , and his case seemed towh be a very simple one. I was talking about what was wrong with htm. ' 'Of course , gen tlemen , ' I happened to say , ' .he has been a soldier In a Highland regiment and probably a 'bandsman. ' I pointed out the swagger In his walk suggestive of the piper ; whllo his shortness told mo that It ho had been a 'soldier , It was probably as a bandsman. In fact , ho had the whole appearance of a man In one of the Highland regiments. The man turned out to bJ ( nothing but a shoemaker , and had never been In the army In his life. This was rather a floorer , but , being absolutely certain I was right , seeing something was up , I did a pretty cool thing. I told two of the strongest clerks or dressers to remove the man to a side room and detain him until 1 came. I next had him stripped , and under the left breast I Instantly detected a little blue 'D' branded on his skin. He was a deserter. That was how they used to mark them In the Crimean -days , , and later , al though It Is not permitted , now. Of qourse , the reason of his evasion was at once clear. "Conan Doyle , " the doctor continued , "was one of the best students 1 ever had. Hewa : exceedingly Interested always In anything connected with dlagnos's , and was never tired of trying to discover all those little details ono looks for. I remember he was _ mucu amused once when a patient walked in and aat down. 'Good morning , Pat , ' I said , for It was Impossible not to see that he was an Irishman. 'Good morning , your honor , ' re- pi ed the patient. 'Did you like your walk over the links today as you came In from the south side of the town ? ' 1 asked. 'Yes. ' said Pat. 'Did your honor see me ? ' Well , Conan Doyle could not see how I knew that , absurdly simple as It was. On a showery day , such as that had been , the reddish clay at bare parts of the links adheres JJrti 13 VII 11IU llittta tlUllVl C 3 to the boot , and a tiny part Is bound to remain. There is no such clay anywhere else around the town for miles. That and ono or two similar Instances exc ted Doyle's keenest In terest , and set him experimenting himself with very brilliant results , as you know. " In Conan Doyle's study , which Is work shop , smoking room nnd snuggery all In one , there stands on the showcase the bust of a man with a keen , shrewd face. At first glance one Is apt to fancy It the portrait of some great British statesman , which Is quite a mistake. It Is a clever bit of Imaginative work done by a young Birmingham sculptor , Wllklns by name. He cast It In plaster and sent It to Dr. Doyle as his Ideal of Sherlock Holmes. The lean , well modeled head , close- shut lips. Inscrutable eyes and Iron jaw make an admirable conception of the- now famous detective. And by the way. It would be hard to find a more workmanlike room than this COBJ study where "The Refugees , " "The Slapping " Sal" nnd many another brilliant bit of fiction was written. The work bench proper stands In the corner tine of chose flat-topped desks so prevalent In England. The English author does not seem to take kindly to the haughty roller-top American desk , covered with tians- parent varnish and twenty-three patents. There Is a bookcase , filled with solid his torical volumes for the most part , The most remarkable feature of the room la a scries of watercolor drawings done by Co-an Bo/le's father. The Doyle family has always been a family of artists , and the celebrated cover of Punch Is , as everybody knows , the work of Richard Doyle. The drawings by Mr. Doyle's father are most weird and Imaginative , being In art something like what Edgar Allen Poo's stories are In fiction. There are harpoons on the wall , for Doyle has been a whale fisher In his time , and lias the skull of a polar bear , and the stuffed body of an Iceland falcon to show that his aim was accurate. There are but two other Iceland falcons In England , The novelist came nearer to the Noxth. polo than New York Is to Chicago. r HIS ARCTIC EXPERIENCES. No part of this aujhpr's varied life was richer In experience tftJilin than the months he spent aboard a Pftoriead ) whaler. He ! roughed It with the Burdr ] , Scotch crew , but his percqptlve artlst's. , jjatUre received a thousand sharp Imprcsgljouft of which his com panions remained Ignorant. , No one has de scribed the sightings uuidi hunt of a whale so vividly as Dr. Doyle , -who says : "It is not that the1 present generation Isle less persistent and tikjlful than Its prede cessors , nor Is it that .the Xireenland whale leis ' ' ! . . . . . . In - ' danger of - - - becoming'e ffnct , but tne true reason appears to bs'tliatf nature , while ile- prlvlng this unwleld ? ind ! > s of blubber leof any weapons , has glV B ! tt In compensation a highly intelligent U dfn. That the whale entirely understands - mechanism of his own capture is beyond' dispute. To swim backward and forward beneath a floe , In the hope of cutting the .roperragalnst the sharp edge of the Ice , Is a common device of the creature after being struck. By degrees , howwer , It realized the fact that there are or limits to the power& or Its adversaries , and that by keeping far In among the Icefields It U may shake of the most Intrepid ot pursuers. Gradually the creature has deserted the open sea and bored deeper and deeper among the Ice barriers , until now , at last , It really ap i pears to have p.ng reached inaccessible feeding grounds ; and It Is seldom , Indeed , that the watcher In the crow's nest Bees the plume of spray and the black tall In the air which set his heart a-thumplng. "But If a man have the good fortune to be present at a 'fall , ' and , above all. If he be. as have been , In the harpooning and In the lancing boat , he has a taste of sport which ! It would bo 111 to match. To play a salmon Is a royal frame , but when your fish weighs ; more thah a suburban villa , and Is worth i a clear (2,000 ; when , ted , your line Is a thumb's thickness of inanlla rope with fifty strands , uvery strand tested for thirty-six pounds , It dwarfs all gther experiences. And the lane- Ing too , when the creature Is spent and your boat pulln In to give It the coup de grnco with cold steel , that Is also exciting' ' A hun dred tons of despair arc churning the waters up Into a red foam ; two great black fins nro rising and falling like the satis of a windmill , casting ! the ba.it Into the shadow as they droop ; over It , but still the har- pooncr clings to the head , where no harm 1 can come , and , with the wooden butt of the twelve-foot lance against his stomach , he presses It home until the long struggle Is finished , and the black back rolls over to expose the livid , whitish surface beneath. Yet amid all the excitement nnd no ono who has not held an oar In such n. seen can tell how exciting It Is one's sym pathies lie with the poor hunted creature. The whale has a small eye , little larger than that of a bullock , but I cannot easily forget the j . mute expostulation which I read In one as It | dimmed ever In death within hand's tone of me. What could It guess , poor creature , of laws of supply and demand ; or how could It Imagine that when nature placed an elastic filter Inside Its mouth , and when man discovered that the plates of wjj which It was composed were the most pliable and yet durable things In creation , Its death warrant was signed ? " Conan Doyle Is not n man who goes to extremes , but It seems that ho did in the matter ) of his voyaging. He came home from the Arctic circle , took his degree nt Edinburgh , and nt once shipped for the wcitern coast of Afr'ca. ' Hero is n tragedy of the sea which oc curred when Doyle was a boy. Ho read an account of It nt the Mme , nnd It made n powerful Impression on his young mind. An American ship called the Marie Celeste was found abandoned oft the west coast. Noth Ing on her was disturbed nnd there was no sign of n struggle. Her cargo was un touched , and there was no evidence that she had come through a storm. On the cabin table was screwed a sewing machine , nnd on the nrm of the sewing machine wn.s a spool of s Ik thread , which would have fallen ! off If there had been any motion of the vessel. She was loaded with clocks , and her * papers showed she had left Balti more for Lisbon. She was taken to Gibral tar , but to th s day no one knows what be came of the captain and crew of the Marie Celeste. This mystery of the sea ict the future Sherlock Holmes at work trying to find a solution of It. There was no clew to go on except an old Spanish sword , found In the forecastle , which showed signs of hav ing been recently cleaned. Doyle's Eolut on of the problem appeared In the form of a story for the Cornhlll Magazine , entitled J , Hnbbakuk Jephson's Statement. " Jeph- con was supposed to be an American doctor who had taken passage on the ship for his health. Shortly after the story appeared the following telegram was printed In all the London papers- "Solly Flood , her majesty's advocate gen eral at Gibraltar , telegraphs that the state ment of J. Habbakuk Jcphson Is nothing less than a fabrication. " So It was , but the telegram was n com pliment to the realism of the story , to say the least. HIS METHODS OF WORK. Dr. Conan Doyle Is a methodical writer and a hard worker. He pastes up over his mantel shelf a list of the things he Intends to do in the coming six months , and he sticks to his task until It Is done. He must be a great disappointment to h's old teacher. When he had finished school the teacher called the boy up before him and said , sol emnly : 'Doyle , I have known you now for seven years , nnd I know you thoroughly. I nm going to say tomethlnK to > ou that you will remember In after life. Dole , jou will never come to any good. " The making of an historical novel Involves much hard reading. The result of this hard reading Doyle sets down In a note book. Sometimes all he gels out of sev eral volumes is icpresented by a couple of pages In this book. Tor some time past ho has been greatly Interested In the Na poleonic revival , and has recently written some marvelously good short stories set In the stormy peiiod of the first empire. When asked by a friend for his opln on of the great Corslcan , Dr. Doyle replied : "Ho was a wonderful man perhaps the most wonderful man who over lived. What strikes mo is the lack of finality' In his character. When you make up your mind that he Is a complete villain , > ou come on some noble trait , and then your admiration of th s Is lost In some net of incredible meanness. But Just think of It ! Here was a young fellow of 30 , a man who hail no social advantages and but slight educa tional training , a member of a poverty- stricken family , entering a room with a troop of kings at his heels , and all the rest of them Jealous if he spoke a moment longer to one than to.the others. Then there must have been a great personal charm about the man , for eome of those , Intimate with him loved h m. " LITERARY TASTES AND OPINIONS. Conan Doyle takes a very optimistic view of the future of romantic literature. He says : "I think there never was n time when * 1 theio was n better promise. There are at I ( ast n dozen men nnd women who have made a deep mark , and who are still young. No ono can say how far they may go. Some of them are sure to develop , for the past shows us that fiction Is an art which lmpro\ca up to the age of 50 or so With fuller knowledge of life comes greater power In describing It. For example , there are more than a dozen Barrle , Kipling , Olive Sohrelner , Sarah Grand , Miss Harraden , Gil bert Parker , Qulller-Couch , Hall Calnc , Stevenson , Stanley Weyman , Anthony Hope , Crockett , Rider Haggard , Jerome , Zangwlll , Clark Russell , George Moore many of them under 30 and few of them much over It. Then If a man keeps out of grooves and refuses to do his work In a mechanical way he fateadlly ad vances. Why , many of the great writers In our fiction did not begin until after 40. Thackeray was about 40. Scott was past 40. Charles Rcado and George Eliot weio as much. Richardson was BO. To draw life one must know It. My oiperlence Is that when a man Is GO he knows ho will Improve until he li CO , and when he Is GO he feels that Improvement will keep right on until he Is 70 , whereas , when ho is 20 he thinks that per haps ho will know more when he Is 30 , but Is not sure. Man Is an amusing animal. "Then , although I do not read ns much American fiction as I should like , what I have read has , I hope , been fairly representa tive. I know Cable's work , and Eugene Field's , nnd Hamlln Garland's , and Edgar Fawcott's , and Richard Hurdlng DavH' I think Harold Frederic's 'In the Valley' Is one of the best of recent historical romance * . The danger for American fiction Is , I think , that It should run In many brcoks Instead of one broad stream , There Is a tendency to overaccentuate local peculiarities ; differences , after all , are very superficial things , and good old huir.an nature Is always there under a coat ofarnlsh. . When one hears of a literature of the west or ot the south It sounds aggressively sectional. Barrle and Hardy might , I know , have the same charge brought against them , unless one reads closely enough to appreciate that they have gained success by showing how the Seatch or Wcsscx peasant shares our common human nature , not by accentuating the points In which they differ from us , " The author ot Sherlock Holmes expressed himself strongly concerning William Dean Howells' strictures upon art In romance writ- Ing. Ho eald : "We talk so much about nrt that we tend to forget whit this art was LOVE often depends on beauty , The losn of one means tlie low of the other. Gray hair In reljorn licau- tlful. Ilulneil hair , * treakeil nnd patchy fiom bleaching ne\er Is IMPERIAL Hair Regenerator. perfectly regtorcs a rich , lustrous color , malcc the luilr healthy , and IB clean. Htcnmlng , salt , Turkish tothn do not afreet II. It Is ai nat ural ai nature. Detection Impoailble. IJook about free. utrEniAL ciinMiCAL , MK-O co. , 292 Fifth Avenu. N. Y. SOLD UY EHKHMAN & McCON.NKLt * tit : IK1DOI3 BT. . OMAHA. NUUItAHKA , bleaching , never la. I'axton DIock , lOlliaiidFurnau Painless Extraction of Teeth-Painless Pilling GFullsel ti-clli .500. Sllro nillnn lm PjrJ o.d * _ u J. OulU Urovvnt .OJ pjr toot.l u il .iv actinic-lit TolepUono 1033. Lad/Attendant. llgrman 1CUBB OIL BAILEY'S TOOTH vcr Invented for It wan to nmuto mnn- Idnd to help the tick nnd the dull and the weary. If Scott and Dickens hove done this 'or millions they Imve done well by their nrt. Where nould Gulliver nnd Don Quixote nnd Dante nnd Goethe be If our sole object Has to draw life cxnctly ns It exists ? No ; he object ot fiction Is to Interest , and the best llctlon Is t'mt which Interests most. If you can Interest by drawing life as tt Is , do EO. Hut there Is no reason \\liy 5011 should object to your neighbor using other menus. "I think the ngo ot fiction Is comlnR the flfo when religious nnd social and political chnnRcs will all be affected by means of the novelist. Look , within recent years , how much ' has been done by such books as 'Look- 'UK Unckward" or 'Ilouert nismere. ' Every body Is educated now , but comparatively few uro very educated. To pet an idea to pene trate to the masses of the people you must put fiction n round It , like sugar round a pill , No statesman and no ecclesiastic will have the Influence on public opinion which the novelist of the future will have. If ho has strong convictions , ho will have wonder ful facilities for Impressing them on others. Still his llrst business will be to Interest. If he can't Ret his sugar right people will refuse his pill. 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