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THE SCBANTON TBIBTJNE SATUBDAY MORNING. JULY 20, 1895.
400-402
Lackawanna Aye.,
Scranton.
400-402
Lackawanna Ave,,
Scranton.
FA I
, July 22nd, Our Great Sale Day. ! m
CLEARING SALE !
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THE
Monday
DON'T MISS THIS SALE. EVERY ARTICLE IN THE HOUSE REDUCED DURING THE
GREAT CLEARING SALE AT THE FAIR.
5oo pieces Mcached
Twilled Toweling,
worth 5C a yard,
clearing price,
lie
iSo pieces Cream Shak
er Flannel, extra
quality, worth 7c.yd, HJIm
clearing price,
235 pieces Light Shirt
ing Prints, best qual
ity, worth 6c. yard, 03 p
utu
clearing price,
3 bales heavy Brown
Sheeting, yard wide,
9C quality, clearing
price, -
4C
3 cases heavy bleached
Muslin, yard wide,
8c. quality, clearing J 3a
14U
price,
20 pieces unbleached
heavy Sheeting, 2 x
yds wide, worth 2ic.
yd, clearing price,
l8 pieces Table Linen,
bleached and un
bleached, worth 50c.,
. 69c. and 75c. yard,
clearing price,
II pieces Table Linen,
unbleached and tur
key red, worth 25c,
29c and 35c. yard,
clearing price,
39c
19c
200 doz. Turkish Tow
els, extra size, worth
2 ic. each, clearing iUn
IUU
price,
39 pieces Cashmere, 1
yard wide, worth 25c.
and 29c. yard, clear
ing price, -
14c
LACE CURTAINS.
VA yds long, worth $1.50, at $.69
3 -; yds long, worth 3.00, at 1.50
yds long, worth 0.00, at 2.25
3 yds long, worth 7.50, at 3.00
CHENILLE TABLE COVERS.
44 worth "5c. at 39c.
6-4 worth $1.50, at - 75c.
6-4 worth 2.23, at - $100
8 4 worth 3.9$, at - IM
25c. Tcck Scarfs,
50c. Tcck Scarfs,
25c. Suspenders,
50c. Suspenders,
35c. Shirts and Drawers,
50c. Shirts and Drawers,
10c. Socks, -10c.
Socks, -25c.
Socks, -50c.
Unlaondried Shirts,
75c. Lanndried Shirts,
09c. Night Shirts, -75c.
Night Shirts, -15c.
Handkerchiefs. -25c.
Windsor Ties, -
50c. Overalls,
15c. Celluloid Collars,
30c. Celluloid Cuffs, -
NOTICE PRICE5.
ONLY
17c
37c
17c
37c
20c
37c
5c
10c
17c
2!c
55c
44c
55c
7c
12c
37c
8c
15c
LADIES' AND MISSES'
K 1, Si
Wrappers, &c,
REDUCED TO
50c. on the Dollar
TO CLOSE OUT.
; hi;
ONLY
$1.00 Kid Gloves, - 50c
1.25 " " - 7c
12jc. Ladies' Hose, - 8c
15c. " 44 - 10c
10c. 44 44 - 12c
25c. 44 44 - 18c
12c. Hisses' Hose, - 8c
15i 44 44 - 10c
25c. 44 14 - 18c
25c. Ladies' Mitts, - ISc
50c. 44 44 - 37c
12c. Ribbed Vests, - 8c
25c. " 44 - ISc
5c. Ladies' Handkerchiefs, 22'c
10c. 44 " 5c
18c. 44 44 12fr
25c. 44 t4 IS:
50c. Corsets, - - 20c
75c. " - - - 44c
LADIES' AND MISSES'
MR
Oil
White Shirt Waists, Infants' Wear,
LACE CAPS, ETC..
AT
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
II
REDUCED TO ONE-HALF
TO CLOSE OUT.
50 pieces Japanese
Wash Silks, 39c. OC
quality, at - fl(jC
1,000 dozen Soap But
termilk, special per Ql
cake, - lilC
RIBBONS REDUCED,
LACES REDUCED,
VEILINGS REDUCED
35 PER CENT.
25o lbs. Feathers,
worth 65c. lb., to 07
close out - OH
MILLINERY.
ED 1 III
At Less Than One-Half Price.
BOYS' SHIRT WAISTS.
25c. Quality at 18c
39c. Quality at 29c
50c. Quality at 35c
09c. Quality at 44c
5o pieces Silk Velvet,
all colors, 75c. qual- QC
ity, at - OflC
1,000 doz. Sewing Silk,
all colors, 50-yard HI
spools, special
FANS, JEWELRY, " . '
POCKETBOOKS, Etc.,
REDUCED 25 PER CENT
300 lbs. Feathers,
worth Sqc. lb., to CQ
close out, - JuC
MILLINERY.
At 25c. on the Dollar.
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(Copyright 188& by Irrlsv Bscheller.
Igof trjj abbuf half-past seven, and,
after dressing hastily, went dawn
mains. Phillips had not appeared, and
I hesitated awhile as to whether I
should awaken him, deciding Anally In
the negative. Mary, of course, did not
leave herToom. At last the clock struck
nine. I went up .to the detective's door
and listened. Evidently he was not
moving, ao I knocked gently at first,
thea ftffntm decidedly; but without re-
Wt
- The Man Wss Dead.
sponse. Finally I ventured to try the
door, only to find that it was locked on
the inside. I now began -to pound vig
orously, listening, from time to time,
until at last, thoroughly frightened by
the persistent silence, I put my shoul
der agamst it and forced It. open.
Phillips was lying on the bed, appar
ency In a very heavy slumber, al
though the daylight was streaming
through) the window. His lips were
parted and his cheeks seemed slightly
flushed. I spoke to him, and laid my
hamd on his shoulder.
Then 1 recoiled with' sudden horror.
The man, was dead rigid cold as
stone, and had evidently been dead for
many hours.
The shock of this discovery was so
great that, for a few moments, I was
utterly unable .to think . connectedly.
Little by little I began to realize the
full extent of the calamity, and regret
for what seemed to me the extinction
of our best hope- to learn the truth as
to my brother's murder; was mingled
with a deeper regret that the strain
of my interests had been, the last straw
to break down an overworked and use
ful life. Pervading all was the con
sciousness of a possibility too horrible
to contemplate. There wa nothing to
do, however, but notify the author
ities, and,- before the day' had passed,
the house was again thronged with
coroner, physicians, constables - and
Juryman, v 4
Ttoe body; of tte dead datectivs was
examined. (He had evidently prepared
himelf for bed as usual; his clothes
were laid carefully over a chair, and he
Iliad passed laiway lm his sleep apparent
ly without a struggle or pang. I
breathed . a sigh of . heart felt relief
when the investigation disclosed no evi
dence of violence, and the verdict was
remdwed accordingly: "Dearth by heart
failure occasioned by exhaustion and
overwork." . '
My broBher'si funeral had been set for
the following day, and 1 confess to
somethlmig of a mental struggle as to
whtlhr I should at once acquaint the
local authorities with Phillips' discov
eries. Stoldmore. the village constable,
wan th laet to leave me? and, as he did
so, he took occasion to Intimate that
the solution, of One murder lhad been
pretty accurately arrived at, and that
without the ia,ld of "no ihlghfalutin city
detective."
"What do you mean?" I asked quick
ly. "Oh! nuttilr muoh," he replied. "Only
we've foiimrl out that that .there feller
Ralph was seen a walkln' up th' road
In this direction 'bout Ave o'clock that
mornln'."
"Who waiw himr
"Billy Dough. I reckon he don't
know muoh, but he knows enough not
ter be fooled on a feller that's bin
'round here em lor.g as Itarph. has."
With nh to parting shot, the local
Hawki ihiarw took his departure, leaving
me ttnconiUlrably perturbed at his in
formatiluh. t had begun somehow to
feel satisfied of the Innocence of the
young collegian; A knife tihrust was
the last method a man like him would
adopt, and It (teemed to m to bring the
crime closer to the Itallame with whom
my ..brother lhad quarreled. Whether
this impression originated within my
self or whether I felt unconsciously tihwt
Phillips' conclusions were tending in
that direction, I do 'not know. HUH, I
could not deny that this last 'bit of
testimony wa very material as cir
cumstainitlall evidence. To be sure,' BlUy
dough was hardly half-witted, but, as
the cotwta.'ble said, he knew Ralph well
enough not to be mistaken on a ques
tion of his Identity.
I have forgotten to state that, Imme
diately upon my discovery of Phil Hps'
death, I had naturally telegraphed Su
perintendent Sanford, and that, by his
direction, Inspector Ransom had come
up to attend the inquest and to make
arrangements for the removal of the
body to New "York. He had had little
or nothing to aay during the proceed
ings, and I had teflthim In the room, oc
cupied by Phallls while I saw the con-
table to the door. '
As I turned back into The hall (Mary
was descending; the stairs. Her face
was egKated and I surmised at once
that she must have overheard Skid-
more' 8 parting remarks, a surmise
which proved to be correct.
"What did that man say to you?" she
asked, coming close.
I told her in a few words, intimating
as I did so, a hardly felt doubt as to the
reliability of Billy Gough's statement
"He was perfectly correct, neverthe
less," she said, after a short hesitation.
"I went out about 5 o'clock to meet Jack
by appointment and to arrange to go
away with him. I met him on the road,
and he walked as far as the gate with
me. It was almost 8 o'clock, and Jack
went back to the village. He did not
come even as far as the house, and I
know he could not have killed father.
As for your New York friend who was
trying to fix it on Mm- "
"Mr. Smith, may I have a few words
with you at once?" came a voice from
the stairs. My niece started at the
sound and darted Into the library. '
"Certainly, Inspector," I answered.
"Can I trouble you to come up here?"
I mounted .the stairs hastily, and
Ransom drew ma Into the room, closing
the door behind us. His face was more
than serious.
"Here le a sealed letter addressed to
you," he said. "It Is Phillips' hand
writing. I found H in the escretolre."
Utterly astonished at this new de
velopment, I took the envelope from
him and mechanically opened It.
"Pardon me," I said. Then I read as
follows: 4
"Dear Sir Realizing that my llff
must terminate very shortly, I take oo
caslon to commit to writing a brief
summary of the discovered facts as to
your brother's murder.
"He was killed by a knife thrust In
flicted from behind over the right
shoulder. This happened In his own
room, or, at leRBt, In the house, and
the murderer 'Was a man admitted by
appointment. The charred letter In the
grate was doubtless the communication
asking for the appointment and must
have advanced strong reasons Ito ob
tain one at such an hour. Let us sup
pose that It came ostensibly from one
of the railroad gang and offered to
disclose, for a consideration and under
conditions insuring secrecy, the direc
tions given by some officer of the com
pany to his subordinates to' delay the
work and to harass Mr. Smith as much
as possible In retaliation for his per
sistent hostility. Tour brother, feeling
as he did, would have been only too
glad to get such Information on any
terms, so he destroyed the letter, as
was doubtless stipulated for, rose,
dressed, admitted his alleged Informant
secretly, took him to his room, was
stabbed, partly undressed and dressed
again, carried out while It was yet
dark and placed or thrown into the cut,
care being taken that his skull should
be fractured as to apparently account
for death. Then the murderer, having
wrapped, up the garments through
which the knife passed, itook them
away with him. Much of this Is In
the nature of a recapitulation of facts
you already know. It 1s the simplest
thing In the world to see that the
murder was not committed by your
niece, your servant or by Mr. Ralph.
The first could not have, carried the
body to the railroad cut, and neither
of the others could have obtained an
appointment at such an hour. Ralph,
moreover;- would never have used a
knife, though I admit that, assuming
the local theory of an early morning
walk, a quarrel and a blow on the head,
things would look very black for him.
On the .other hand, Anderson's clumsy
lie was merely an If norart man's fray
of trying to bring to Justice one whom
he believed had murdered his master
and whom you and Miss Smith were
shielding.
"Let me now go a step further than
we have gone together and add that it
is perfectly clear that Robert Smith
was killed by an agent of the Malla.
In revenge for the Insults he offered
that society. This theory not only sup-
"What Did Thnt Mnrt Soy to Von ?"
plies an ample motive, buft it also ac
cords fully with the method of killing
and the overwhelming evidence point
ing to a deliberately planned assassln-
latlon. Moreover, every first class de
tective muPt be familiar with the funda
mental principles of the gi'eat secret
organisations, and those of the Mafia
make It certain that language such as
your brother used would have Infallibly
marked him as a victim. The work was
not done, however, by any man whom
Mr. Smith had ever known in commun
ication, much less had trouble. The
rule Is that, aCter death has been de
creed by the branch before which, the
case is tried, notice is sent to some
branch located at a distance, one of
whose members an entire stranger to
the matter Is then selected by lot to
act as executioner. Some member, then,
of the IMafla was doubtless In the gang
that heard your brother's tirade, made
repott of his words, and the result fol
lowed. "Now let me Inform you of a conclu
sive piece of evidence which one of
those chances against which no crim
inal can guard has placed In my hands.
Otherwise the task of detection would
be welt nigh hopeless; but, as It hap
pened, your niece and Mr. Ralph were
walking along the road very arly In
the morning and met the assassin com
ing from the direction of the house
with the tell-tale bundle under his arm.
Mr. Ralph would doubtless recognise
him again Add to this the fact that
the man is half Italian by birth and
spent much of his early life among the
peasantry of Sicily, and I consider that
I have sufficient evidence In hand to
cause his arrest.
There are reasons, however, why
such a proceeding Is Inadvisable and
why a different course will serve the
ends of Juntlce almost equally well.
As you know, I tried by every means in
my power to avoid an assignment to
iSiim case, but, teeing the linger of fate
In my belinig compelled to undertake it,
I ' determined that my professional
(Handing, at leant .demanded that I
should purrue It exactly am I would any
other, by the same mean and to Ms
logical conclusion. ' I do not think that
X allowed myself to be influenced by any
knowledge not coming to me a an ti
vseUgator, and the result chow that a
clever offender can rarely be a match
for an equally clever detective. What
ever else I may have been, my reputa
tion as a comiclentlous and able official
remi'ns without spot.
"Finally, I have, by the use of a vege
table poison knowm only to a very few
persons in Sicily, administered Justice
and avenged the law. Should you ask
how a man of my Intelligence, educa
tion and calling, could lend himself to
such an Uct, I will only ray .that I wau
a wild boy of 15 when I joined the iMu
fla, and that dlsobedlonce to Its com
mands meant certain death. Thtn, too,
you mus: remember my Italiaw blood,
and that we do not .took at some things
as do the northern taces.
"JOHN PHILLIPS."
There is little more to tell. When
Inrjoto.r lianeom had read the above
paper we both concluded that It ought
not to be mado public, unlearn necessary
to clear an Ircocent man; and that con
tligt'.icy did not arise. My disclosure
of the knlife wound and the testlmony
bearlng upon the time and place of the
murder, together with my niece's rela
tion of the causes and details of John
Rulph's movement eerved to divert
suspicion to pome one of the Italian
workmen and there, with the aid of tlie
police, all clue were list. Ralph was
di?d:rged and, several years liter,
married my nicer.
I will onjy od that I have told you
this rtory to iMten. Ova flight of anx
ious hours and relying upon you as
gentleman to regard the facts related as
sfrit'lly confldentlu.l. Do you m t think
mo justified tn calling It "A llfmark
able Case?"
(The End.
I
TO BE READ IN SUMMER.
Facts About Tcmpcrsturo Which Will
Give Ons tho Cold Chllls-The Coldest
Record Known.
The science of chemistry, like that
of geography, has Its chemical north
pole. Four hundred and sixty-one de
grees below the freezing point Iks a
mysterious specially Indicated degree
of cold which science has long been
exploring toward, and wondering what
may be the conditions of life In the de
gree of absolute cold. By many It Is
supposed to be the normal temperature
In. Interstellar space. The efforts to
reach this degree have been many and
Ingenious; the equipment of the explor
er being, not boats and tinned meats,
but all the resources of chemistry.
Professor James Dewar, a canny Scot
of the Royal Institute, London, has
reached 400 degrees and has come back
with the announcement that in this
generation no one can go any farther.
In doing It he Incidentally liquefied
oxygen gas and frose nitrogen and air.
These two dainties are not likely to
come Into common use because they
cost CO0 a gallon and have to be kept
In chemical jeweler's cotton of carbonic
acid gas. It Is a pale blue liquid, ex
ceedingly lustrous and magical, but It
behaves very well and when the tre
mendous pressure Is withdrawn It evap
orates quietly as water In a tea kettle.
: Same of the tricks liquid oxygen will
play with other chemicals are amusing.
If a tube containing H be lowered Into
mercury vapor, the mercury will freeze
and coat the tube like a mirror. If lift
ed into the air It .Will freese all the va
por near It and precipitate a miniature
snowstorm. Alcohol will freese, with a
desperate sputter, as If frying, and re
main In crystal, If a tern drops be
poured Into the tube. When the Ice
crystals are taken out, It require a
long time to thaw them so the alcohol
will iburn. You know how water acts
If thrown onto a red hot stove? Well,
liquid oxygen behaves the same way If
poured Into a plate the temperature of
the room. It dances and fries and flut
ters as If In pain, or.d finally bolls an-jy
into vapor. A drop on the skin makes
a sore worse than a burn. A small
quantity poured Into a basin of water
will freeze a cup for Itself, and then
float around and boll in its own vessel.
Some of its magnetic properties are
F'Mll more remarkable, and It is the
most perfect Inuulator yet discovered
If tt could be controlled.
Red cuide of mercury turns yellow
when cooled to 400 centigrade; sulphur,
white; Iodine in alcohcrl, white, as does
also the deep red ferric chloride. It
seems to have but Uttle effect on bac
teria. You can kill any bacillus known
by boiling it, but freezing It at a cost
of 1500 a gallon only makes It livelier.
This is good newis for poor people.
Profeseor Dewar has made nearly 100
Buttons, at a cost of 150,000. which is
cheaper than an arctic excursion and
more comfortable for the explorer.
WILLING TO OBLIGE.
Row
Pompons Little Person Was
kindly Handled.
A very self-important little man of
the klT.d who gaze at the public build
ings with the keen gla.nce of one who
lias inor.?y in"c-le.l in them, and who
rogard public officials with the piercing
gJance which coum -ols them to earn
their money or account for themselves,
approached a tall policeman the other
day with Indignation glistening In. his
eyes.
"I demand to know," he said. In a
firm voice, "why I am forced to remain
on this side of the sweet vnhen my busi
ness calls me to the other?"
The policeman looked a trifle st'jirtled
for a second or so, but recovering him
self, ho replied:
"Well, who's keepln' you from goln'?"
"The traffic, sir, the traffic of ve
hicles; yet prdcwtrlnns are supposed to
have the rlgh't of way."
"Well," gruffly responded the officer,
"what are you going to do about It?"
"I am going to insist on my rights,
sir," said the responsible citizen.
"That's easy," said the oflleer.
"And see that I get them."
"That will be harder."
"You are a public servant In the pub
lic pay, and at the call of the public.
I therefore demand a safe pas 'go for
my person acrofs this thoroughfare. It
Is your duty to see that my demands
are compiled with."
The big ipollceman looked at him for
a moment In a quandary, then, seeming
to solve the problem, he said, with a
wink m his eye:
"A nafe passage you want, Is It?
Well, you shall have It." .
And, before the responsible citizen
could divine his Intention, he picked
him up, tucked him under his arm
and was dodging between the horses'
heads across the street. The little man
had not recovered his breath ibefore
the 'bluecoat dropped him on the oppo
site pavement, and started back again.
WHAT CAUSES DEATH.
Different Theories Account for the Fatal
Effects of Cold.
Technically there Is no euch thing as
freezing to death, though the result Is
Just the same as if there was. A man
so unfortunate as to be overcome by the
cold ia found lying down in the snow,
dead. Now, according to the dootors,
he died either of apoplexy or coma, or
of paralysis of the heart. 'Sometimes
the surface blood is congealed In the
veins and thre is this great pressura
on the bnaln. This induces the "irr?
eisttible sleepiness" that, if once yielded
to, proves fatal. Sometimes a blood
vewel is found burst in tlw brain wii?n,
the pressure became too great. This is
apoplexy, pura and simple.
Again, people have been found stand
ing upright, the machinery of life hav
ing stopped instanianfously front pa
ralysis of the heart. Again, where th?
temperature falls much in the night,
old people have often been found dt-ad
in th'Hr beds, though not frozen, and
the wrdict of "death from old age"
given. In reality the old person might
have lived years longer, but the sudden
change In the temperature made too
large a demand on his vitality.
EXHAUSTED THE LIMIT.
A well- known artist, who spends sev
eral months of the year in Venice, tells
how. the morning after his first arrival
in the "waterlogged" city, he hired a gon
dola In onler to see the sights. Having
parsed under the Rrlrige of Sighs, anl
reached the spot rendered memorable by
the mournful history of Marino Kaliero,
the gondolier took out his watch an! J.o
litely said: "We rest for ton minutes
here." With that he lighted his p:po.
What are you waiting for? aked ti.
tare. "Sir," replied the gondolier, "It
Is the usual time allowed for emotion,
for poetic feeling." And they waited (ill
the ten. minutes were up.
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men just entering
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ety or woman
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charming they
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rnn,l anirit At
this period the
young woman is .
especially sensi
tive, and many
nervous troubles,
which continue
thrancli life. have.
their origin at this
time. If there be
pain, headache, backache, nnd nervous dis
turbances, or the general health not good,
the judicious use of medicine should be
employed. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip
tion is the best restorative tonic and nerv
ine at this time. The best bodily condition
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dered stomach, moodiness, fatigue, etc.,
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tlyiti ' sad be btacated
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