TIIE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE.
February 12, 1903
V NEW LACES :
Just received a full new stock of
HON CITY LACES
Saving in price from 5c up. You save just 60 per cent
on this class of laces by buying of us. We are nolo
Omaha agents for these goods. See them.
NEW EMBROIDERIES in matched sets.
Grand Pearl
Button-Sale
2k pcrdoz. 2Jcperdoz
Worth 5c Worth 10c
Worth 15c
ON SALE MONDAY
MORNING
nn
THE RELIABLE STORE.
Special
Announcement
We nre now prrprned to fill all
Doctor's Prescriptions nnd Family
Receipts with the ' greatest accu
racy and dispatch. Competent
Registered Fbaramaclsts will nl
ways fill your prescriptions.
OUR MOTTO "N'o Substitution;
Reasonable Prices."
Slaughter Sate of.....
VALENTINES
Every Valentine la the house must bo Bold Monthly. v
earn- over Valentines but cut prices till every Valentino Is
tonic In and oo the beautiful Valentines you can buy for
ic, lc, 21c, 5c, 7k, 10c 12k, !5c, 25c
. ' 50c. 75c, JI.00 .
GOODS WORTH FROM 5c to $5.00.
High Grade Dress Goods
Department .
Monday we will open up a large and varied, line of new Mohairs, Panamas,
Voiles, Eollennes, Crepes, etc., Lupin's, Priestley's and other celebrated foreign
manufacturers, and prices will be lower than any house East or West.
Mohairs
Domestic Mohairs, In all shades and black, J"
at, yard, 40c, 8i)c and. , DC
Domestic Mohairs, In all shades, 52 inches wide, 85c grade, ("f
at, yard , DJC
Bradford (Eng.) Mohairs, In all the plains and fancies, sold everywhere JJl
at 75c, will go at, yard ; OUC
F.radford Mohairs, In all shades for Spring, 1005, J r
at, yard DC
High grado Bradford Mohairs, in plain and all kinds of mixtures, t (fi
sells everywhere at ?1.25 and $1.50 our price Is '.. 1.UU
Trlestley's finest English Mohairs, black, navy and all the mixtures, raado for
England for 1005 will be shown here. They come 00 inches wide, all craven-
etted, and the best goods ever produced up to this time, at, yard, 1 O C
$1.00, $2.50, $1.08, $1.50 and down to ,
Lansdowne
We are exclusive agents here tor Xansdowne. Be 6urc that you sec Lansdowne
on the borad and it is perforated on every 5 yards on the selvedge. We have
them iu 120 spring shades, also in iridesccnts nnd in the new rag- IOC
land spring coatings, always sells at, yard 1.4b J
We have Tubllme, the imitation of Lansdowne, that others sell at An
$1.00 our price will be only, yard OZfC
Spring samples now ready and sent FREE on application. '
LINING DEPARTMENT
Hayden's Lining Department has for years excelled aU other lining depart
. nienta In the west It is noted for its superior quality of goods, its vast array
of shades and its wonderful variety of all the leading manufacturers products,
both in America and Europe. t "
Skinner's Satin all shades tf fA
3-nrd ' 1.5U
Opera Satin the best lining satin ever put on the market all " fl A A
shades only a yard . . . ! U U
Sampson's Silk the only taffeta all silk made that is guaranteed for jo
one year see all the leading fashion Journals at yard OOC
Gloria Cloth the finest lining ever made looks Just like satin . x
yard . .. . JDC
Moreen Skirtings at all prices.
Satlne Linings at every price.
Best Cambric Lluiugs. 3c.
Closing' out odds and ends of aU kinds Linings, worth from 25c to t C
50c yard at . , , I DC
COME AND INVESTIGATE.
Handsome New Spring Suits
The most magnificent lkic to be found in the city, at unequalled low prices. MONDAY'S
SPECIALS will be such exceptional values that you will hear them talked of the balance of the
season talking for Hayden Bros!.' Cloak Department.
Women's Winter
.1.50
f'
nevrt r
f
200 NEW WOOL SUITS, In walking and
blotifte st vies. 250 NEW SILK
SHIRT WAIST SUITS, nil of them
values which would regularly sell for
$15.00 in any store in the land-your
choice ft Of)
Saturday 3Jt
OTHER VALUE TALKING BAR
GAINS FOR MONDAY.
200 VOILE SKIRTS, iu very newest de
signs, which we have Just received
from New York garments that wstihl
be good values at $10.00 J (JO
special, at !" O
NEW COVERT COATS Only about 100
In this lot, all the very nobbiest spring
styles, taffeta nnd satin lined, regular
$S.l). values Monday s C
sieclal price J
WINTER GOODS MUST GO.
i
Every winter garment must be sold
and to do this we are offering them with
out consideration of cost or former sell
ing price. '
MISRES"AND CHILDREN'S COATS
Worth $s.no to $10.00- T Cfl
v
choice Monday. . ,
Your choice of 200 Children's
Winter Coats Monday.. ...
75c
Woman's Winter
6.90
Your choice of any Winter Coat worth
tip to $12.00, T on
HOW JtJJ
Your choice of any
Coat lu the house,
nt
Your choice of 200
Coats Monday
at
S2.50 AND $3.00 WAISTS The second
Installment from Max Roth. t.S Walker
St., New York, on sale Monday tn
three lots, at tLQn
$1.48, 05c and i UJC
EARLY SHOFF1XG INDUCEMENTS.
From 8 till 0 a. m.
Women's Wrappers, at,.
From S:30 till 0U!0 n. m.
Womeu's Flannelette
Sacques, at..
From 9 till 10 a. ui.
Women's Underskirt?, nt.
25c
29c
39c
EXTRA SPECIAL VALUES MONDAY
IN WE LINEN AND DOMESTIC ROOM
BLEACHED SATIN AND SILVER
-BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK,
worth up to $1.50 per yard iynn
at, yard OlS
$1.00 SILVER BLEACHED GERMAN
DAMASK and full bleached flf)l
Irish Table Damask, at yd.
75c German, Scotch aud Irish AQn
Table Linen, special, at1 yd
$2.00 Satin Damask Napkins, -f en
at doeen ... .OV
1.39
.98c
..7ic
.10c
.15c
25c FRENCH FLANNELETTES, noth
ing better made, all the late -f n
$1.75 Satin Damask Napkins,
at 'dozen 1
$1.25 Satin Damask Napkins,
at dozen
12c Huckaback Towels
each
15c Huckaback Towels
each
25c Huckaback Towels,
- oach
designs, at yard.
12ic PERCALES, in dark pat- k
terns.. special Manday, at yd OC
STANDARD DRESS PRINTS, all uew
spring patterns, cheap at C'ic n I n
a yard, Monday, yard O2C
ISc SCOTCH SUITINGS in nil the new
est styles, special Monday, -l fi
at yard LUG
lZ.c BATISTES, 30 in. wide, all new
up-to-dato patterns,
at yard. . . . i . .'. .... ... .OC
LINEN FRENCH W'AISTING, white
and colors, 30. in. wide,
special, at yard &2J
PERSIAN LAWNS, INDIA LINONS.
NAINSOOKS, etc., wortk up 1 f
to 23c. at yd IvC
Great Sale of Mercerized Waislings
MONDAY MORNING WE WILL
PLACE ON SALE 50 BOLTS OF
MERCERIZED WAISTINGS. ALL
NEW SPRING PATTERNS WORTH
25c PER YARD, AT 1 fn
PER YARD :...LVL
Hayden's Old Time. Furniture Sales fiSSft, Rockers
The hundred's who bought last week KNOW now what can be done. We
want YOU to know. We still have a good many rockers left. No sale
before, aud we doubt if any other in the future, can even approach
this effort of ours NOW at value giving. The present is what iut crests
you and appeals to your saving propensities.
In All the Town No Sale Like This.
We want you to look at the above Rocker we have it in quartered oak, golden or
birch, mahogany, with genuine mahogany veneer panel in back. This rocker is pol
ished and has a genuine leather seat? an iron rod runs through the arm and seat, mak
ing it very strong, such, a rocker sells for $6.S3, our price now $4.40, (just like cut).
Either iinish. Come and see it. SEND YOUR MAIL ORDER. Read these items:
Oak Rocker, cane seat, brace arm, was $1.00, now..' 50o
Iirge Arm Rocker, wood seat, high back, was $2.00, now 1.00
Neat Oak Rocker, cane seat, brace arm, was $1.50, now 750
Large Arm Rocker, cobbler seat, was $3.00, now 1.50
Oak. arm Rocker, cobbler seat, was $3.25, now 1.50
Quartered Oak Arm Rocker, wood seat, was $3.50, now 1.75
Large Arm Rocker, roll seat, was $0.50, now 2.95
.iuu many iueis.
"NERVE-TONE" MATTRESS We have secured the agency for the cele
brated "Nerve-Tone" Mattress. Guaranteed. This is a white felt cotton
mattress. Makes you sleep. Price v
Silks! Silks! Silks! Silks! r
This year promises the biggest silk season of all previous
years. Therefore we urge you to buy early in order to get choice
selections as the deliveries from manufacturers are very uncertain.
We having placed our orders last fall enables us to show a com
plete asorttnent ofvall the new styles and weaves for 1905, at much
less than the advanced price in silks 'since December 15, HUM.
For a handsome suit, the Cawnforc silk, the very latest novelty, and QO
one of the strongest for hard wear, 27 ins. wide, all colors, at 14U
The Rajah Is another elegant new silk for shirt waist suits a full lino 1 C
of all the new colors, 30 inches wide, at
New fancy silks for spring waists and suits, in print warps, the late flfir
two-tone effects. Entirely new designs, Monday, yard JJ
The cleetra and electra gjace silk, very handsome for an elegant suit, waist or
trimming, is soft like velvet, very lustrous. Comes in 100 different Oftr
shades siclal, per yard JKJ
Shirt waist suit silks, the largest line in the city, consisting of plain and fancy
silks, in poplins, messallnes, loulsenes; pen 11 de slenet and taffetas Q
Monday for, er yard, $1.25, 85c, (50c, 40c aud C
Big sale iu White Jap Wash Silks Black Wash Silks.
25c
35c
49c
65c
55c
65 c
60 pieces 19 Inches wide special,
for. yard
50 pieces 21 inches wide special,
for, yard
60 pieces 27 Inches wide special,
for, yurd
60 pieces 27 inches wide special,
- for, yard
60 pieces 3& Indies wide rpccial,
for, yard
60 pieces 3i inches wide special,
for, yurd
100 different shades of 27 Inches wide plain taffetas and chaugeables,
an excellent quality Monday only, per yard
60 pieces 38 Inches wide special.
for, yard
75c
25 pieces 20 Inches wide special, "IRr,
for, yard OOfc.
23 rleees 27 inches wide special, CO.,
for. yard OUl
15 pieces 27 inches wide special, fr-
for, yard Ufc,
23 pieces 36 Inches wide special, f
w
85c
for, yard
26 pieces 36 inches wide special,
for, yard
85c
BLACK SILK SPECIALS.
9.50
Read These Grocery Prices
4S-lb. sacks high patent Minnesota f AQ
flour s.4
10 pounds best Kiln dried . ISc
cornmeal
7 pounds breakfast tSn
oatmeal
6 pounds best pearl tapioca, aago, IQn
barley or Farina
5 pounds hand picked Navy f iQc
beans.
6 pounds good Japan lOc
rice zi
10 bars best laundry 1QC
Onetnaif"gVlicn"can3' pure maple 15c
syrup
Quart cans pure maple . 7isC
syrup
Sa polio, per nC
bar....
On Time yeast, per 2c
package "
Pearllne, per 2c
package w
Force, X-Cello, Malta Vita or Egg- Jl c
O-See, per package "
.5c
The beat soda or oyster crackers,
ner nounrt
3 pounds of regular 12',-ic and .15c
cookies for cJW
One-half pound cans breakfast 1r
Cocoa c''
3-pound cans solid packed 1
tomatoes 'I
3-Dound cans Boston baked 7iC
3-pound cans Golden 7Ac
pumpkin M 3
3-pound cans lye 7 An
homlnv ' 3
Large Italian Prunes,
per pound ,
Three Crown Muscatel raisins
per pound
Four Crown Muscatel raisins,
Der Dound :
S-pound cans sweet sugar 7 Ac
corn aw
2 pounds fancy wax, string or 7JrC
Lima! beans v
TEA AND COFFEE SPECIALS.
Golden Santos coffee, per ISc
pound aisw
4c
6c
,7c
-J EssMmI tasisisl
We need the room; you need the
goods. Excavating for new building
compels us to reduce our stock.
Maricalbo blend coffee, per iln
pound :HB
Porto Rico combination blend, OCin
per pound AiVJW
O. G. Mocha and Java,
per pound
Choice Japan tea sif tings, per ifn
pound
Choice B. F. Japan tea, per
pound
Fancy Gunpowder. KiirIIhIi Breakfast,
Oolong or Sun Dried Japan tea, lr
, per pound a...
FRESll FRUIT DEPT. SPECIALS '
Bushel boxes fancy Colorado rod fJQ
Pippin apples
Extra large Highland navel oranges, 0r
per dosen 4 t-v
Large sweet Highland navel oranges,
per doxen -w
New Colorado honey, per f ftp
rack lKJ
Fancy seedless lemons, per 12c
dozen
Fresh roasted peanuts, per Ar
measure w
Do
26 pieces 19 Inch pure silk taffeta
Monaay, yara
25 pieces 24 Inch pure silk taffeta
Monday, yard ;
25 pieces 27 inch pure silk taffeta
Monday, yard
25 pieces 27 inch pure silk taffeta
Monday, yard ,
25 pieces 36 inch puro silk taffeta
Monday., yara
49c
58c
75c
89c
79c
!5 pieces 30 inch puro silk taffeta (fi
Monday, yard , lV7J
1. 10
25 pieces 36 Inch pure silk taffeta
iMonauy, yara
25 pieces 36 inch pure silk taffeta f Q
Monday, yard 1.
25 pieces peau do sole, 19 Inch CQ.
for, yard ""I
25 pieces peau do sole, 27 inch CQn
for. yard OW
Zi pieces peau tie sole, Zl inch 11111 J
for. yard I.UU
25 pieces peau de sole, 36 inch nfi '
for, yard '"
25 pieces peau de sole, 36 inch 1 Ell
for,, iard I.OU
25 pieces peau de sole, 36 inch ' O Cfk
for. yard
Popular Priced Dress Goods
3C-lnch handsome Henriettas yard 25c
86-inch Suitings, all wool... 23c
59c all wool Challls 2Gc
"60 all wool French Flannels 26c
DRESS PATTERNS AND REMNANTS.
10,000 j-ards of Dress Patterns and remn ants, from 2V4 to 8 yards In piece, worth
from 60c to $3.00, will go Monday at 15e, 22 He SSc, 49o and E9o yard.
.No samples in this department, as goods uro closed out the same day.
64-Inch strictly all wool heavy Panama, 41c
54-lnch strictly all wool Huttings tnat
sold for 1.60 and $1.98, will go at 59o
62-inch MohHlr Sicilians, worth 9Sc, black,
blue and brown 63a
High Grade Wash Goods
In Main Wash Goods Department
OUT New Serins' Wash Goods are arrlvlntr fast and never in the history of Omaha
was there such a Brand collection and such trettv styles as there are thla venr. Kx.
amine all the fashion Journals and you will find all goods represented la these Jour
nals in our High Grade Wash Goods Department.
Silk Organdies, Superfine Organdies, Spot Mohair, Mohair Lustre, f Or
at, yard '.
Fil de Sole, Cromerty Linen, Grecian Voiles, Silk Eollennes, Crepe Marquise, .
Shadow Damask, etc.
Fine Crocienne Voiles, fast cclors, ICin
at, yard , 1UW
Fine Spartan Voiles look like the 25o voiles t11r
at, yard , l6Jw
Superb Voiles, finest made, OKn
at, yard
New Spring Ginghams, fast colors, best made, at. yard, 1fr
I5c, and ; C
Spring Percales, dark and light colors, at, yard, 1flr
15c. 12Uo and lJl
DAOlrLrifi NOW READY.
fc Optical Department
MONDAY AND ALL WEEK A
MARK ABLE CUT
RE-
Gold Plated Spectacles and Eyeglasses any style, fitted complete, also ORo
framlefs usual prices 13.00 and $3.50 OW
Return of Sherlock Holmes
(Continued from Page Three.
sinister face which was . turned towards
us. With the brow of a philosopher above
and the Jaw of a sensualist below, the
man must have started with great ca
pacities for good or for evil. But one
could not look upon his cruel blue eyes,
with their drooping, cynical lids, or upon
the fierce, aggressive nose and the threat
ening, deep-lined brow, without reading
Nature's plainest danger signals. He took
no heed of any of us, but bis eyes wore
fixed upon Holmes' face with an expres
sion in which hatred and amaxement were
equally blended. "You fiend!" he kept
muttering, "you clever, clever fiend I"
v "Ah, colonel!" said Holmes, arranging
xhla rumpled collar, " 'Journeys end In lov
er' meetings,' as the old play says. I
don't think I have had the pleasure of
seeing you sine you favored me with .those
attentions as I lay on the ledge above the
Kelchenbach fall."
The colonel still stared at my friend like
a man In a trance. "You cunning, cunning
fiend 1" was all that he could say.
'1 have not Introduced you yet," said
Holmes. "This, gentlemen, la Colonel 8e
baatlan Moran. once of her majesty's In
dian army, and the best heavy-game shot
that our eastern empire has ever produced.
X believe I am correct, colonel, In saying
that your bag of tigers still remains un
rivalledr - The fierce old man said nothing, but still
glared at my companlonlst with his savage
eyes and bristling moustache, he was won
derfully Uk a tiger himself.
"I wonder, that my very simple stratagem
could deceive ao old a shikari." said
Holmes. "It must be very familiar to you.
Have you not tethered a young kid under
a tree, lain above It with your rifle, and
waited for the bait to bring up your tiger?
This empty house is my tree, and you are
my tiger. You have possibly other guns
In reserya in ease there should be several
tigers, or in the unlikely supposition of
your own aim fulling you. These," he
pointed around, "are- my other guns. - The
parallel la exact"
Colonel Moran sprang forward with a
' snarl of rage, but the constables dragged
him back. The fury upon his face was
I terrible to look at.
"I confess that you had one small sur
prise for me," said Holmes. "I did not
anticipate that you. would yourself make
use of this empty house and this convenient
front window. I had Imagined you as
operating from the street, where my friend
Lestrade and his merry men were awaiting
you. With that exception, all has gone as
I expected."
.Colonel Moran turned to the official de
tective. "You rnay or may not have Just cause for
arresting me," said be, "but at least there
can be no reason why I should submit to
- the gtbea of this person. If I am In .the
hands of the law, let things be done in a
lesal way."
"Well, that's reasonable enough." said
litstrade. "Nothing further you have to
say, Mr. Holmes, before we goT"
Holmes had picked up the powerful air-
gun from the floor, and was examining Its
mechanism.
"An admirable and unique weapon," said
he, "noiseless and of tremendous power. I
knew Von Herder, tho blind German me
chanic, who constructed it to the order o.f
the late Prof. Morlarty. For years I have
been aware of its existence, though I -'have
never before had the opportunity of hand
ling it. I commend it very specially to
your attention, Lestrade, and also the
bullets which fit IU"
"You can trust us to took after that, Mr.
Holmes," said Lestrade, as the whole party
moVed towards the door. "Anything fur
ther to say?"
"Only to ask What charge you intend to
prefer."
"What charge,1 sir? Why, of course, the
attempted murder of Mr. Sherlock Holmes."
"Not so, Lestrade. I do not propose to
appear in the matter at all. To you, and
to you only, belongs the credit of the
remarkable arrest whloh you have effected.
Yes, Lestrade, I congratulate you! With
your usual happy mixture of cunning and
audacity you have got him."
"Got him! Got whom, Mr. Holmes?"
"The man that the whole force has been
seeking In vain Colonel Sebastian Moran,
who shot the Honourable Ronald Adair
with an expanding bullet from an air-gun
through the open window of the second
floor front of No. 427. park Lane, upon the
10th of last month. That's the charge, Les
trade. And now, Watson, It you can en
dure the draught from a broken window, I
think that half an hour In my study over
a cigar may afford you some profitable
amusement."
Our old chambers had been - left un
changed through the supervision of My
croft Holmes and the Immediate care of
Mrs. Hudson. As I entered I saw. It is
true, en unwonted tidiness, but the o'.d
landmarks wtre all In their place. There
was the chemical corner and the acid
stained, deal-topped table." There upon a
shelf was the row of formidable scrap
books and books of reference which many
of our fellow-cltlrens would have been so
glad to burn. The diagrams, the violin
case aud. the pipe rack even the Persian
slipper which contained the tobacco all
met my eyes as I glanced round me. There
were (wo occupants of the room one, Mrs.
Hudson, who beamed upon us both as we
entered the other, the strange dummy
which had played so Important a part tn
the evening's adventures. It was a wax
colored model of my friend, so admirably
done hat It was a perfect facsimile. It
stood on a small pedestal table with an
old dressing gown of Holmoa' to 0 raped
round it that the Illusion from the street
was absolutely perfect.
"I hope you preserved all precautions,
Mrs. Hudson?" said Holmes.
"I went to It on my knees, sir. Just as
you told me."
"Excellent. You' carried the 'thing out
very well. Did you observe whtre the bul
let went?"
"Yes. sir. I'm afraid It has spoilt your
beautiful bust, for It paused tight through
the hoad and flattened Itself on the wall.
X picked It up from the carpet. Here It
Is." '
Holmes held it out to me. "A soft re
volver bullet, as you perceive, Watson.
There's genius In that, for who would ex
pect to find such a thing fired from an air
gun. Ail right, Mrs. Hudson, I am much
obliged for your assistance. And now,
Watson, let me see you In your old scat
once more, for theK are . several points
which I should like to discuss with you."
He had thrown oft tho seedy frock coat
and now he was the Holmes of old In the
mouse-colored - dressing , gown which he
took from his effigy.
"The old shikari's nerves have not lost
their steadiness, . nor his eyes their keen
ness," said he,, with a laugh, as he In
spected the shattered forehead of his bust.
"Plumb in the middle of the bark of
the head and smack through the brain.
He was the best shot in India and I expect
that thero are few hotter In London., Have
you heard the name?"
"No, I have not."
"Well, well, such Is fame. But, then, it
I remember right, you had not heard the
name of Prof. James Morlarty, who had
one of the great brains of the century.
Just give me down my index of blographs
from the shelf." v
He turned over the pages lazily, leaning
back In his chair and blowing great clouds
from his cigar.
"My collection of M's Is a fine one," said
he. "Morlarty himself Is enough to make
any letter Illustrious, and here Is Morgan
the poisoner, the Merrldew of abominable
memory, and Mathews, who knocked out
my left canine In the waiting room" at
Charing Cross, and, finally, here is our
friend of tonight."
He handed over the book, and I read:
"Moran, Sebastian, Colonel. Unemployed.
Formerly first Bangalore Pioneers. Born
London, 1840. Son of Sir Augustus Moran,
C. B., once British minister to Persia.
Educated Eton and Oxford. Served In
Jowaki campaign, Afghan campaign. Char
asalb (dispatches), Bherpur and Cabui.
Author of "Heavy Game of the
Western Himalaya' (1SS1); Three Months
In the Jungje' (1SS4). Address: Conduit
Street. Clubs: The Anglo-Indian, the Tan
kervllle, the Bagatelle Card Club."
On the margin was written. In Holmes'
precise hand: "The second most dangerous
man In London."
"This la astonishing." said I, as I handed
hack the volume. "The man's career is that
of an honorable soldier."
"It is true," Holmes answered. "Up to a
certain point he did well. He was always a
man of Iron nerve, and the story Is still
told In India how he crawled down a drain
after a wounded man-eating tiger. There
are some trees, Watson, which grow tq a
certain height, and then suddenly develop
some unsightly eccentricity. You will see
It often In humans. I have a theory that
the Individual represents In his develop
ment the whole procession of his ancestors,
and that such a sudden tuYn to. good or evil
stands for ' some strong Influence which
came Into the line of his pedigree. The per
son becomes, as It were, the epitome of the
history of his own family."
"It Is surely rather fanciful."
"Will, I don't Insist upw It. Whatever
the cause, Colonel Moran began to go
wrong. Without any open scandal, he still
made India too hot to hold him. He re
tired, came to London, 'and again acquired
an evil name. It was at thla time that he
was sought out by Prof. Morlarty, to whom
for a time he was chief of the staff. Morl
arty supplied him liberally with money and
used him only in one or two very high-class
Jobs, which no ordinary criminal could have
undertaken. You may have some recollec
tion of the death of Mrs. Stewart of Lauder
In 18S7. Not?. Well, I am sure Moran was
at the bottom of It, but nothing could be
proved. So cleverly was the colonel con
cealed that, even when the Morlarty' gang
was broken up, we could not Incriminate
him. You remember at that date, when I
called upon you In ycur rooms, how I put
up. the shutters for fear of air-guns? No
doubt you thought me fanciful. I knew
exactly what I was doing, for I knew of the
existence of this remarkable gun, aud I
knew also that one of the best shots in the
world would be behind It. When we were
In Switzerland he followed us with Morl
arty, and It was undoubtedly he who gave
me that evil five minutes on the Relchen
bach ledge.
"You may think that I read the papers
with some attention during ray sojourn in
France, on the look out for any .chance of
laying him by the heels. So long as he was
free In London my life would really not
have been worth living. Night and day. the
shadow would have been over me, and
sooner or later his chance must have come.
What could I do? I could not shoot him at
eight, or I should myself be In the dock.
There was no use appealing to a magts
tVate. They cannot Interfere on the
strength of what would "appear to them to
be a wild suspicion.' So I could do noth
ing. But I watched the criminal news,
knowing that sooner or later I should get
him.- Then came the death of this Ronald
Adair. My chance had come at last. Know
ing what I did, was It not certain that
Colonel Moran had done It? He had played
cards with the lad, he had followed htm
home from the club, he had shot him
through the open window. There was not
a doubt of It. The bullets alone are enough
to put bis. head In a noose. I came over at
once. I was seen by the sentinel, who
would, I knew, direct the colonel's atten
tion to my presence. He could not fall to
connect my sudden return with his crime,
and to be terribly alarmed. I was sure that
he would make an attempt to get ma out of
the way at once, and would bring round his
murderous weapon for that purpose. I
left him an excellent mark In the win
dow, and, having warned the ..police
that' they might be needed by the way,
Watson, you spotted their presence In
that . doorway - with unerring accuracy I
took up what seemed to me to be a. Ju
dicious post or observation, never dream
ing that he would choose the same spot
for his attack. Now, my dear Watson,
doe anything remain for me to explain?"
"Yes," said I. "You have not made It
dear what was Colonel Moran's motive
In murdering the Hon. Ronald Adair.?"
"Ah! my dear Watson, there we come.
Into those realms of conjecture, where the
most logical mind may be at fault. Each
may form his own hypothesis upon the all the southern states and was so i re
present evidence, and yours Is likely to be pressed by the agricultural conditions that
correct as mine." he has decided to come to the United States
"You have formed one, then?" engage In cotton farming. He says that
"I think that it Is not difficult to explain America has the best cotton growing terrl-
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the facts. It came out in evidence that
Colonel Moran and young Adair had, be
' tween them, won a considerable amount
of money. Now, Moran undoubtedly
played foul of that I have long been
aware. I bolleve that on the day of tho
tory on earth."
planted along the Soudan and also in Ni
geria, on the Gold coast, and In Sierra
Leone and Gambia; but so far tho only
success of account Is In Egypt. Thero the
yield aggregates something like SOO.OOO bales
per annum, which Is less than one-third of
the annual crop of Texas,
"The Germans are also trying to ral
cotton In their African possessions. The
Kolonlal-KlrtschaftllCbe-Comlte of Berlin
has been arousing interest In the subject.
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gains. He therefore murdered Adair, who
at the time was endeavoring to work out
how much money he should himself return,
since he "could not profit by his partner's
foul play. He locked the door. lest 'the
women shduld surprise him and Insist upon
"In order to carry out these experiments
Germany has secured cotton experts from
southern states to take charge of them.
6he Is also sending her experts to this
Vncle Sam's Cotton Belt.
"Where are the chief cotton fields of the
United States?"
','They Include the whole of North and
murder Adair had discovered that Moran Bouth Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, it has collected cottonseed and distributed
was cheating. Very likely he had spoken .Mississippi, muisiana, ArKansas, xennes- jt throughout the various German-Amor- t
to him privately, and had threatened to ee. th8 Indian Territory and the eastern icftn coloniefc It offers premiums for thsa
exnose him unless he voluntarily resigned third of Texas. If you will draw a' line best crops and gives free transportation!
., 1 .1.1. i..k .. nmmisr.H from Norfolk. Va.. westward throuah
. . . . . 1 -1 . 1 ,n...T.. mithprn "Vlrfflnlii-nn nlnnir fhA nnrthAm . ' n i . 1 . i "T
not IO Play llll U.I ugtuu. unwnt.J .. - -- . --- . v - - -- J- uua mv u Ml piuiliiao IV lujr luu Clllirv
that a youngster like Adair would at once border of Tennessee, and then north crop at a fixed price If it is delivered at the 7
make a hideous scandal by exposing a well through Cairo,' 111., and westward again coast ready for shipment; and also to -
known man so much older than himself, across southern Missouri, to where the furnish the planters machinery at greatly
Probably he acted as I suggest. Tho ex- Kansas and Missouri lines come together, reduced prices. Some of the German
elusion from his clubs would mean ruin to you will have the northern boundary. From steamship lines have agreed to transport
Moran, who lived by his Ill-gotten card the end of that line run a line south this season's crop free of charge.
through the western) part of Indian Ter
ritory to a hundred miles or so wost of
Brownsville, Tex., and you have blocked
out our cotton producing area. In that
region I grown about four-fifths of all the country to study ,the methods of cotton
cotton of the world. Thefts are more than culturo which prevail in the south. So far
knowing what lie was doing wun these 27,000,000 acres under cultivation and there we have no definite statistics showing Just
names and coins. Will It pass?" are at least 1.500,000 cotton farms." , what the-Germans are doing In Africa, but
"I have no doubt that you have hit upon "Which state produces most?" we know that her first cotton shipment
the truth." , "Texas. It had lost year more than twice ' from her colonies was recolved In Decern-
"It will b verified or disproved at the M much . landN under cultivation as any ber, J902, and that it oonaisted of only four
trial. Meanwhile, come what may, Colonel other state, and Its product was more than bales. It will be a long time before any
Moran will trouble us no more. . The fa 2,700,000 bales. "Next to It came Georgia, fear need be felt from Germany as -a co
mous, air gun of von Herder will embellish wlth' aimost l,60d,000 bales, and then Mis- ton competitor." '
the Scotland Yard museum, and once again nlaatwi, L400.000, and Alabama, 1,131,000 "The Russians have some cottonflelds os)
Mr. Sherlock Holmes Is free to devote his ,,, tho other side of the Caspian sea and thev
"Where Is the center of cotton produc
tion?" . . .
"It Is Just about where It was half a
century ag6. , It was then twenty-eight
milea uuthvut of Birmingham, Ala. In
1850 it was seventy-elght miles east of twenty years we have Increased our product
Jackson. Miss., and In 1880 ninety-two miles more than 96 per cent or about 6.600,009
....... n, ih.t nit in 1900 it was hales per annum. There Is no doubt but
mlnous plants to add humus to the soil and thirty-four miles west of Jackson, so that that the Increase will go on, especially if
a general good farm management. What you see the cotton territory Is well blocked the demand of the world Is such as will
,we want is to make the land richer and out, and It does not vary muoh from year keep up the prices."
cause it to yield the largest possible re- to year."
turns." . fr I'nrle Sam, Exporter.
Europe and American rotten. "Are our cotton exports Increasing, Dr.
tons Staple Cotton tor the Iplanda. It Is our cotton that keeps the factories Galloway?" I asked.
"Does the character of the cottonseed ' ,nB world going, Is It not?" "Yes. In 1880 we exported only 4.500,000
make much difference?" I asked. "Yes, the grejit nations across the wa- bales of raw cotton. Last year our exports
"Yes, that Is one of the vital points in ter are dependent upon us for their raw m0unted to more than 7,000.000 bales,
the Industry. We are getting the hest seed material. Any change In cotton production which, with the exception of three years,
from all parts of the world, and are giving ' rapidly felt In the manufacturing cen- waji the largest amount of cotton the
each locality that which grows best for tr of Great Britain and Europe. It con- United States has ever exported In a single
that locality. We are marrying different trols wages, It oeterroines me 100a supply, year,
and sometimes even tue useu. jjuring ma
last two years there has been great dis
tress In many , English manufacturing
towns on account of the high price of raw
material. About a year ago, It Is said,
450.000 laborers there were working short
time, and that relief funds had to be
raised for them."
"But John Bull is trying to make him
self Independent of our cotton. Is be not?"
"I believe so, but there is little prospoct the farmers of the south by enabling them
that he will be able to do so. He has no to gather the crop before It is damaged
Eryptlan. We are now Importing $15,000,000 territory which compares with America Iu by the weather. This would also solve
worth of Egyptian cotton a year. We want the production of cotton. The British Cot- some of the difficulties which we are now
to. raise that ourselves. During the past ton Growers' association has been active having In the district Invaded by the cot
summer we had an Egyptian government In trying to raise colton In Africa,-India ton bull wsevil."
metal here studying oy cotton.' He vhilted snd the West Indies. Cotton Is beln FRANK O. CAUPENTR.
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life to examining those Interesting little
problems which the complex life of London
so plentifully presents."
Carpenter's Letter
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are now growing several hundred thousand
bales per year. They are Increasing their
cotton area. This Is also true of India and
Egypt, but the growth Is nowhere so large
as In the United States. Within the past
kinds of cotton and producing hybrid chil
dren, which will grow well under condi
tions whero neither of the parents did well
before. We have crossed the Sea Island cot
ton with the ordinary upland cotton, and,
as a result, have added a great deal to the
length of the staple. We have brought In
cotton from Egypt and have married that
to our native cotton with good results. We
are also using the Egyptian cotton seed.
and we expect to develop a cotton that will
be Just as good If not better than the
"Can machinery be used In the cotton
fields. Dr. Galloway?"
"It Is being used and It more and more
will be Uked in the future. There are ma
chine cotton pickers now made, which
promise to be successful. The best Is one
Invented by Mr. Lowry, the inventor of the
round bale. By Its use one man Is said to
do the work of four. If It proves a suc
cess it will save thousands of dollars to
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