VOL XXXI J. S. YOUNG. WM. COOPEP YOUNG & COOPER, t MERCHANT TAILORS I Have opened at S. E. corner of Main and Diamond Streets, Butler, with all the latest styles in Spring Suitings. Fit and Workmanship Guaranted. Prices as low as the lowest. TRY US. Grand ClearanceSile for 60 Days OF 1 Dry Goods, Millinery VYr .ps Notions, Underwear, Hosiery Blankets, Flannels, &c. Here Are Some of Toe Immense Bargains We OlFei i. . 5 > i »1. ■•■ nil ha $3 5" i .tvfcu of tnii «re«u t*»», worth tl 25 tor $1 50. 3 d< sen oatio» haps. worth <1.75 far ft G< >«l i.umrv flititiri, worth 35 <*nl» »>er yard t r S3 Uu d inm L>ama«k , worth 3.S tenia \m-t yml f.n 25 o- .t* G<M«l linen Damask. forth 50emu per J»'d f«r 4') ceui* Bear oil r»-d Dsaiaik. worth s< ; <wnt» iwt mp! »«»«• 4o ce»»t» Go-d dark l.'tekie* prim*. w.nh * ee t- lor 5 cm per ,*r,| U«*d rliiplr gingham- worm 8 een « lor 5 cm- t*r v*r«i. Oimd h>-evy unbleached sheeting, worth 7 ceit* for 5 ~er y»nt Fme all-wool 46- inch block henriett* worth $1 i*> tnr 75 ceoM per y-»r«l. A few novelties in dress patterns, worth tl'l uO I -r $7 00. F ne broadcloth in black or colon, worth $i.2E f>« SI.OO. Gentleman's mil-wool underwear, worth $1 00 per <inii for {I U Gentleman's oierino underwear, worth 90 cento per suit tor s:> eean. Ladies'fine camel'* hair underwear, wort!) $2.50 per suit $1 50. Ladiai' fin* muslin m<bt govrnn, worth SO cents tor 25 cent-. Ladiea* fiue muslin skirts, chemise and draper* worth 5y cents for 25 cent", OM cover* for 15 oeuts. Out-third off on a" wraps, milliner* at your own pric- ft mtniberint: these uric s are ■At for ooe day or two days ia the wee*. ou< for >-<fery day in the *eel£ tr.-ai now until Htreh Ist, 1804. Call and see as we wili save you money ou every purchase laide. JENNIE E. ZIMMERMA.X, (Successor to Ritter & Ralston.) N. 8.— 20 dozen 5 Hook Foster Patent Kid Gloves, worth SI.OO per pair lor 69 cents,in Black and Colors. Read This Oqce. LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE PRICES AND YOU WILL, 1 THINK, BE CONVINCED THAT HUSELTON Is the place you will buy your footwear. Ladies fine button shoes, patent tip, opera toe $ .85 " " " square toe 90 " grain " 75 " fine slippers 45 " warm, flannel-lined, shoes ". 75 " " " slippers 5< " slippers 2c " good, heavy, peged shoes ... . 75 " " standard shoes 85 " rubbers 2 Misses' fine shoes, button ... 7 Men's good heavy boots 1 4' " B& A, calf, congs. and bals tip o " extra fine shoes $1 25 and 1 5 Boys' good heavy boots, sizes 1-5 1 ' Yojths' " " it 13 Men's " brogans ! " " calf bo'>t.-3 ... 1 Rubber boots and shoes, wool lined arciics, felt boots for boys an men, wool stockings at the lowest prices. Men's slippers, nicely embroidt red, at 50c, 75c, and $1; Wonen' , Misses' and Children's slippers at 20c, 50c, 75c and sl. Are you one »f the few that does not buy of us, if so we are looking for you, come in soon and see us. B. C. HUSK! TON. OPPOSITE HOTEL LOWRY. Hfo. 102 North <ain Strait - Butler P3. VDfiELEY & BANCROFT. WANT EVERY Mai\, Womaq and CHild In Butler count/ know that they have received "heir large and com plete line oi Fall and Winter isot)ts, Sh us a id Slippers at prices thai will surprise llie:n. We have the celebrated Jamestown Boots and Shoes, made by nand and warranted, which hav. proven their wearing quailites for year* past. We want to giv. the trade f The Best Goods for Leist Possible, Living Profit,*t- Tlie best line of Ladies' and Gents' Fine Shoes ever shown in th county. Children's School Shoes in every shape and style. Rubber Goods 01 all kinds and shapes at all prices Come and see the boys. I Vogelej & Bancroft 347 S. Main Street. Butler. I a Sweeping Reductions hive been Made on all Winter Clothing, Overcoats, Underwear, Cap, etc. Our bsi.>t!i»33 has been ver» •••«. e.sfu ■ .cc our 0p..:;, ni .nositlis leaving u:s a I<t of odds and ends, which are ALL Ai{«V ,n J w'iich we are viUiag to s<*U at a sacrific rather than <•« 3 T »re .M.J b;/ if;, *.I V.I-TI 1 • s ■ c nioi.\. .; . ' » ti ; a Happy New Year 'Ve -lie Yo irs f IK !»' I'TII I.TT A- <; l{ AII AM SUtLtK, . THE BUTLER CITIZEN. OUR ELEVENTH ANNUAL FEBRUARY CLEARANCE SALE OF MILLINERY. Don't miss this great bargain -ale.. $1.03 will do the work of $2.00 in both depart ments. Our stores are small, we iua.-t make room for Spring Goods. TV'o havi; the b*rt line of muslin underwear in the city. Odd sizes ot best makes of corsets at hall price. M. F. & JM. MARKS, 113 117 S Main St.. H'irwr FOR 45 CENTS. Your choice of any oil cloth window shade in the house Former prices 50 to 90c each. This otter good only until Feb. 10. Call at DOUGLASS', N»»r P. O - - 241 S. J/uib Sf L. t - Y\ ICK »" ♦ K A L K & any Hefa LuniDei OP ALL SINDh" D »ors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings. Shingles and Laib Always in slock. Uv. HAIR AND PLASTLK. 'Mcv upj. ite.P. A W, Depot," B> TI.KK I WE WANT TO KEEP OUR FACTORY KUNNJMi DURING THE' WINTER. It- ordi r jto do tbis< _we ofler t« make cuipide window bii'ids at onk doll Aß and upward* per window a* • lu-ide window blinds at TWO DOLLARS -.nil upwards per window. These are the lowest prices ev. r flared Ou window blinds and now i tj'< time u> lake advantage of tbm . I4e-<p«cifully, S.,G Purvis & Co. H. •' U I- . M.'iN. (SucciMnoi i ot.oohatu- &, O'Brien.} sanitary Pun 1 her r> V : *' 4 „ «t •!- Fixture • < T I I 'IL 1 ~, I ' I < I' I,K }?. t' v •'!{ VN'K KEMPKI. OKA HICK IN ULAXKETS, HARNESS A_nd everything i horse and buggy iui rii.sh.infj fjoods-H a- r uess, Collars, "Whips, Ousters, Saddles, eti AJso trunks and tfa- Lises. Repairing done on short notice. Tlie largest asson merit of 5-.A. Horse blankets in town wil ho tb\md at Kemper's H. H. JACKSON Who has bad a years experience with one of the leading furniture firms of Pittsburg iB now prepared t< ittend to ail furniture repairing let' "u bis charge, and will guarantee Kood work and satisfaction at '249 8. McKean St., - Butier, Pa. EUROPEAN 4- HOTEL. 315 S. Main St., - - Butler, Pa ALEX WILUAMS, Prop'r. Everything new—Electric iign , »s and water. x* Lodging 35, 50 and SI.OO. *** Regular meals at 25 ct-. > arding m $1 00 a day. *** . : LjDch Counter open all uigbt £ HE BUTLKR ' "OUNTV .NATIONAL BANK, BUTLBH, FA.. ' • I'ITIL Paid l>, - - - SIOW.WHi.Oi.. l-PLI Ii MHU PttOFIIK, - 14 OFFIOEKS : Jos. liartiimii. iTes't, Kltls, Vice Pre*!. A. Bailey, I'asMei. outEirroKS: Jlarlnmii, C. P. Collins. N. M I lo.iv i mweeney, C. I>. «»feenlee, .J. V. Kit!.-., i. A Dram*. Leslie lla&H'U I. li. . Walurou. M. Kltlei *1 . (.eiicrai bmiKiuu t>Uxiii<»s« LrauitucCeu li - 1 uii tliiir deposits. Muucy IOKU M on necurliy, ttitotvu&v PtfUgi*V ttuU Klii. A. A-"?-' 4' - SHH, . ■ ■;^. 1 ' ®3i ' " #«s?||.tf SIiSIW f |^i> J «i|J va., n BY A- COJfA.™ X> OYIjl-:, CHAPTER VI TOBIAS GREGSOS SHOWS WXJAT HE CAS DO. The pnp -r ne::t day were full of the ' : 1!n...0n mystery," as they termed it. Each had a long account of the affair, ar.'l hime lis*! leaders upon it in addi tion. There was some information in thorn which was new to me. 1 still re tain in my scrap book numerous clip pi r.;i and extracts bearing upon the cu~e. IK re is a condensation of a few of them: The Daily Telegraph remarked that in the history of crime there had sel dom been a tragedy which presented stranjrer features. The German name of the victim, the absence of all other motive, and the sinister inscription on the wail, all pointed to its perpetration by political refugees and revolution ists. The socialists lmd many branehse in America, and the deceased had, no doubt, infringed their unwritten laws and 1 .-en tracked down by them. After : i hiding airily to the Vehm gericht. aqua tofana. Carbonari, the Mar '.lont-ss de Brinvilliers, the Dar winian theory, the principles of Malthus and the Ratcliff highway murde- , the article concluded by ad monishing the government and advo cating a cinrer watch over foreigners in England. The Standard commented upon the fact that lawless outrages of the sort usually occurred under a liberal ad ministration. They arose from the unsettling of the minds of the masses, and the consequent weakening of all authority. The deceased was an American gentleman who had been residing for some weeks in the metropolis. Ho had stayed at the boarding-house of Mme. Charpentier, in Torquay Terrace, Camberwell. He was accompanied in his travels by his private ... rutary, Mr. Joseph.lStanger son. The two bade adieu to their landlady upon Tuesday, the 4th inst., and departed to Euston station with the avowed intention of catching the Liverpool express. They were after ward seen together on the platorm. Nothing more is known of them until Mr. Drebber's body was, as recorded, discovered in an empty house in the Brixton road, many miles from Euston. How he came there or how he met his fate are questions which are still in volved in mystery. Nothing is known of the whereabouts of Stangerson. We are glad to learn that Mr. Les trade and Mr Gregson, of Scotland Yard, are both engaged upon the case, and it is confidently anticipated that these well-known officers will speedily throw light upon the matter. The Daily News observed that there was no doubt as to the crime being a pol'ial one. The de: potism and lia trcvl of liberalism which animated the continental governments had had the effectof driving to our shores a number of ni. n who might have made excellent citizens were they not soured by the recollection of all that they had un dergone. Among these men there waa a stringent code of honor, any in fringement of which was punished by death. Every effort should be made to find the secretary, Stangerson, and to : certain some particulars of tho habits of the deceased. A great step had been gained by the discovery of the address of the house at which ho had boarded —a result which was en tirely due to the acuteness and energy of Mr. Gregson, of Scotland Yard. Sherlock Holmes and I read these notices over together at breakfast, and they appeared to afford him considera ble amusement. "I told you that whatever happened Lestrade and Gregson would be sure to 1 score." "That depends on how it turns out." "Oh, bless you, it doesn't matter in the least. If the man is caught it will bo on account of their exertions; if he escapes it will be in spite of their ex ertions. It's heads 1 win and tails you lose. Whatever they do they will have followers. 'Un sot truve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.' " "What on earth is this?" I cried, for at this moment there came the patter ing of many steps in the hall and on j the stairs, accompanied by audible ex pressions of disgust upon the part of our landlady. "It's the Baker street division of the j detective police force," said my com panion gravely; and as he spoke there rushed into the room half a dozen oi tho dirtiest and most ragged street- j Arabs that ever 1 clapped eyes on. '"Tention!" cried Holmes, in a sharp tone, and the six dirty little scoun drels stood in a line like so many statu ettes. "In future you shall send up Wiggins aiono to report, and the rest "HAVK VOU FOUND IT, WIGGINS?" of j - ou must wait in the street. Have you found it, Wiggins?" "No, sir, we hain't," said one of the youths. "I hardly expected you would. You must 1:-:p on until you do. Here are your wages." lie handed each of them a shilling. "Now, off you go, and caa back with a better report next time." II ■ waved his hand, and they scam pered away downstairs like so many rats, and we heard their shrill voices next moment in the street. "There's more work to be got out of one of those little beggars than out of a dozen of the force," Holmes remarked. "The mere sight of an official-looking person seals men's lips. These young sters, however, go everywhere and hear everything. They are as sharp as needles, too; all they want is organi zation." "Is it on this Brixton case that you are employing them?" I asked. "Yes; there is u point which I wish to ascertain. It is merely a matter of time. Hullo! we are going to hear some news now with a vengeance! Here is Gregson coming down the road with beatitude written upon every feature of his face. Bound for us, I know. Yes, he is stopping. There he is!" There a violent peal at the bell, and in a few seconds the fair-haired detective came up the stai <, three steps at a time, and burst ini our sit ting-room. ".My »!.-ar fellow," he cried, wringing Ilobnes' unresponsive hand, "Congrat iulale me! I hare made the whole thing as clear as day." A shade of anxiety seemed to me to crosa my tuuipituwu't i tapwsivl; jacf, 7*TTTL."R~R, PA., FRIDAY, FKHUUA RY" '2H I "Do you mean that you are on tne right track?" he asked. • JLU- * gt»t track! Why, sir, we have the man under lock and key." "And his name is?" "Arthur Charpentier, sub-lieutenant in her majesty's navy," cried Gregson, pompously, robbing his fat hands aud inflating his chest. Sherlock Holmes gave a sigh of re lief and relaxed into a smile. "Take a seat and try one of these cigars," he sjsd. "We are anxious to know how y< n mnnaged it. Will you have some whisky and water?" "I don't mind if 1 do," the detective answered. "The tremendous exertions which I have gone through during the last day or . ./o have worn me out. Not so much botiily exertion, you un derstand, as the .'-train upon the mind. You will appreciate that. Mr. Sherlock Holmes, for we are both brain work ers." "You do me too much honor," said Holmes gravely. "Let us hear how you arrived at this most gratifying re sult." The detective seated himself in the arm-chair and pufT. il complacently at his cigar Then suddenly he slapped his thigh in a paroxysm of amusement. "The fun of it is." he cried, "that that fool Lestrade, who thinks himself so smart, has .-/one off upon the wrong track altogether, lie is after the sec retary. Star,e;erson, who had no more to do with the crime than the babe un born. 1 have no doubt that he has caught him by this time." The idea tickled Gregson so much that he laughed until he choked. "And how did yon get your clew?" "Ah, I'll tell yon all about it. 01 course, Dr. Watson, this is strictly be tween our: Ives. The first difficulty which we had to contend with was the finding of tli i*• American's antecedents. Some people would have waited until their advertisements wore answered, or until parties came forward and vol unteered information. That is not Tobias Gregson's way of going to work. You remember tho hat beside the dead man?'' "Yes," said Holmes; "by John Un derwood &. Sons, 120 Camberwell road." Gregson looked quite crestfallen. "I had no iilea that yon noticed that," he said. "Have you been there?" "No." "Ha!" cried Gregson, in a relieved voice; "you should never neglect a chance, however small it may seem." "To a great mind nothing is little," remarked Holmes, sententionsly. "Well I went to Underwood and ash ' hhn if he had sold a hat of that size an.l description. He looked over his books and came on it at once, ne h: 1 sent the hat to a Mr. Drebber, re siding at Charpentinr's hoarding estab lishment, Torquay terrace. Thus I got at his address." "Smart —very smart!" murmured Sherlock Holmes. "I next called upon Mme. Char pentier," continued the detective. "I found her very pale and distressed. Iler daughter was in the room, too— an uncommonly fine girl she is, too; she was looking red about the eyes and her lips trembled as I spoke to her. That didn't escape my notice. I began to smell a rat. You know the feeling, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, when you come upon the right scent—a kind of thrill in your nerves. 'Have you heard of the mysterious death of your boarder, Mr. Enoch J. Drebber, of Cleveland?' I asked. "The mother nodded. She didn't seem able to get out a word. The daughter burst into tears. I felt more than ever that these people knew something of the matter. "'At what o'clock did Mr. Drebber leave your house for the train?' I asked. " 'At eight o'clock,* she said, gulping in her throat to keep down her agita tion. "His secretary. Mr. Stangerson, said that there were two trains—one at 9:15 and one at 11. He was to catch the lirst.* " 'And was that the last which you saw of him?' "A terrible change came over the woman's face an 1 asked the question. Her features tur: d i>?rfc *ly livid. It was some sc. onds be ,r.« she could get ont the single word 'Yes,'and when it did come out it was in a husky, unnat ural tone. "There was silence for a moment, and then the daughter : poke in a calm, clear voice: " 'No good can ever come of false hood, mother,' she said. 'Let us be frank with this gentleman. We did see Mr. Drebber again.' " 'God forgive you!* cried Mme. Char pentier, throwing up her hands and sinking back in her chair. 'You have murdered your brother.' " 'Arthur would rather that we spoke tho truth,' the girl answered firmly. " 'You had best tell me all about it now,' I said. 'Half-confidences arc worse than none. Besides, you do not know how much we know of it.' , " 'On your head be it, Alice!' cried her mother; and then, turning to me: '1 will tell you all, sir. Do not imagine JUrai (A 1 * C" ; f hi ■•vb "■ •. M 'mwrnb TrWy/if "I'EBUAPS, ALICE. VOU HAD IJF.TTEB LEAVE US TOGETHER." that my agitation on behalf of my son arises from any fear he should have had a hand in this terrible affair. He is utterly innocent of it. My dread Is, however, that in your eyes and in the eyes of others lie may appear to be compromised. That, however, is sure ly impossible. His high character, his profession, his an' cedents would all forbid it.' " 'Your best way is to make a clean breast of the facts,' I answered. 'De pend upon it, if your son is innocent he will be none the worse." " 'Perhaps, Alice, you had better leave us together,' she said, and her daughter withdrew 'Now, sir,' bhc continued, 'I had no intention of tell ing you all this, but since my poor daughter has disclosed it 1 have no alternative. llavii r o; ■ decided to speak, I will tell you ail. v. ilhout omit ting any [ rt -ular ' " "It is your v.-i.vest course,' said I. " "Mr Drebber has been with us neatly three weeks, lie and hia sec* rotary. Mr Stangerson. had been trav eling on the continent. I noticed a ••Copenhagen" label upon each of their trunks, showing 1 that that had been their last stopping place. Stangerson was a quiet, reserved man, but his em ployer, I am sorry to say. was far other wise. He was coarse in his habits and brutish in his ways. The very night r* hi« nrr-ii H.-> becam<* Tery mnc''♦*• worse for drink, and, indeed, after twelve o'clock in the day he could hardly ever be said to be sober. His manners toward the maid servants were disgustingly free and familiar. Worst of all, he speedily assumed tho same attitude toward my daughter, Alice, and spoke to her more, than once in a way which, fortunately, she is too innocent to understand. On one occa sion he actually seized her in his arms and embraced her—an outrage which caused his own secretary to reproach him for his unmanly conduct.' " 'But why did you stand all this?' 1 asked. "I suppose that you can get rid of your hoarders when you wish.' "Mrs. Charpentier blushed at my pertinent question. 'Would to God that 1 had given him notice on the very day he came," she said. 'But it was a sore temptation. They were paying a pound a day each—fourteen pounds a week, and this is a slack sea son. lam a widow, and my boy in the navy has cost me much. I grudged to lose the money. I acted for the best. This last was too much, however, and I gave him notice to leave on account of it. That was the reason of his going.' •' 'Well?' " 'My heart grew light when I saw him drive away. My son is on leave just now, but I did not tell him any thing of this, for his temper is violent, and he is passionately fond of his sis ter. When I closed the door behind them a load seemed to be lifted from my mind. Alas! in less than an hour there was a ring at the bell, and I learned that Mr. Drebber had re turned. Ho was much excited, aud evidently the worse for drink He forced his way into the room where I was sitting with my daughter, and made some incoherent remark about having missed the train. He then turned to Alice and, before my very face, proposed to her that she should fly with him. "You are of age," he said, "and there is no law to stop you. I have money enough and to spare. Never mind the old girl here, but come along with mo now straight away. You shall live like a princess." I'oor Alice was so frightened that she shrunk away from him. but he caught her by the wrist and endeavored to draw her toward the door. I screamed, and at that moment my son Arthur came into the room. What happened then 1 do not know. I heard oaths and the confused sounds of a scuffle. I was too terrified to raise my head. When I did look up I saw Arthur standing in the doorway laughing, with a stick in his hand. "I don't think that fine fellow will trouble us again," ho said. "I will just go after him and see what he does with himself." With those words he took his hat and started off down the street. .The next morning we heard of Mr. Drebbir's mysterious death.' "This statement came from Mrs. Charpentier's lips with many gaspi and pauses. At times she spoke so low that I could hardly catch the words. I made shorthand notes of all that she said, however, so that there should be no possibility of a mistake." "It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn. "What happened next?" "When Mrs. Charpentier paused," the detective continued, "I saw that the whole case hung upon one point. Fixing her with my eye in a way which I always found effective with women, I asked her at what hour her son re turned. " 'I do not know,' she answered. "'Not know?' " 'No; he has a latch-key, and let himself in.' " 'After you went to bed?' " 'Yes.' " 'When did you go to bed?' " 'About eleven.' " 'So your son was gone at least two hours?' " 'Yes.' " 'Possibly four or five?* " 'Yes.' " 'What was he doing during that time?' " 'I do not know,'she answered, turn ing white to her very lips. "Of course after that there was nothing more to be done. I out where Lieut. Charpentier was, took two officers with me, and aarested him. When I touched him on the shoulder and warned him to come quietly with us, he answered us as bold as brass: 'I suppose you are arresting me for being concerned in the death of that scoun drel, Drebber,' he said. We had said nothing to him about it, BO that his alluding to it had a most suspicious aspect." "Very," said Holmes. "He still carried the heavy stiek which the mother described him as having with him when he followed Drebber. It was a stout oak cudgel." "What is your theory, then?" "Well, my theory is that he followed Drebber as far as the ISrixton road. When there, a fresh altercation arose between them, in the course of which Drebber received a blow from the stick, in the pit of the stomach, per haps, which killed him without leaving any mark. The night was so wet that no one was about, so Charpentier dragged the body of his victim into the empty house. As to the candle, and the blood, and the writing on tho wall, and tho ring, they may all be so many tricks to throw the police on to the wrong scent." "Well done!" said Holmes, in aa en couraging voice. "Really, Oregson, 3-011 ure getting along. We shall make something of you j'et." "I flatter myself that 1 have mail aged it rather neatly," the detective answered proudly. "The young man volunteered a statement, in which he said that after following Drebber some time, the latter perceived hiin, and took a cab in order to get away from him. On his way home he met an old shipmate, and took a long walls with him. On being asked where this old shipmate lived, he was unable to give any satisfactory reply I think the whole case fits together uncommonly well. What amuses me is to think of Lestrade, who hail started off upon the wrong scent. 1 am afraid he won't make much of it. Why, by Jove, here's the very man himself!" It was indeed Lestrade, who had useended the stairs while we were talking, and who now entered the room. The assurance and jauntinesa which generally marked his demeanor and dress were, however, wanting. His face was disturbed and troubled, while his clothes were disarranged and untidy. He had evidently come with the intention .of consulting with Sherlock Holmes, for on perceiving his colleague he appeared to be embar rassed and put out. He stood in the center of the room, fumbling nervous ly with his hat, and uncertain what tc do "This is a most extraordinary case," he said at last—"a most incom prehensible affair." "Ah, you find it so, Mr Lestrade!" cried Urcgson, triumphantly "1 thought you would come to that con clusion. Have you to find the secretary, Mr. Joseph stargerson?" "The secretary, Mr Joseph .stauger son," said Lestrade. gravely, "was mur dered at Halliday's private hotel about tui v'uiutitrli4y igui-uuit'-" CHAPTER VIX LIGHT !>' THE DAKKXESS The intelligence with which Lcstrade greeted us was so momentous and so unexpected, that we were all three fairly dumfounded. Gregson sprang out of his chair and upset the remainder of his whisky and water. I stared in silence at Sherlock Holmes, whose lip* were compressed and his brows drawn down over his eyes. "Stangerson, too!" he muttered. "The plot thickens." "It was quite thick enough before," grumbled Lestrade, taking a chair. "1 seem to have dropped into a sort of council of war." "Arc you—are you sure of this piece of intelligence?" stammered Gregson. "I have just come from his room, - ' said Lestrade. "I was the first to dis cover what had occurred." "We have been hearing Gregson'a view of the matter," Holmes observed. "Would you mind letting us know what you have seen and done?" "I have no objection," Lestrade an swered, seating himself. "I freely confess that I was of the opinion that Stangerson was concerned in the death of Drebber. This fresh development has shown me that I was completely MTWMT THX WINDOW LAV THE BOOT OF A MAS. mistaken. Full of the one Idea, I set myself to find out what had become of the secretary. They had been seen together at Euston station about half past eight on the evening of the third. At two in the morning Drebber had been found in the Brixton road. The question which confronted me was to find out how Stangerson had been em ployed between half-past eight and the time of the crime, and what had be come of him afterward. I telegraphed to Liverpool piving a description of the man, and warning them to keep a watch upon the American boats. I then set to work calling upon all the hotel and lodging houses in the vicin ity of Euston. You see, I argued that if Drebber and his companion had be come separated, the natural course for the latter would be to put up some where in tho vicinity for the night and then to hang about the station again next morning." "They would be likely to agree on some meeting place beforehand," re marked Llolmes. 'So it proved. I spent the whole of yesterday evening in making inquiries entirely without avail. This morning 1 began very early, and at eight o'clock I reached Halliday's private hotel, in Little George street. On my inquiry as to whether a Mr. Stangerson was living there, they at once answered me In the affirmative. " 'No doubt you are the gentleman he was expecting,' they said. 'He has been waiting for a gentleman~?or two days.' " 'Where is he now?' I asked. " 'He is upstairs in bed. He wished to be called at nine.' "It seemed to me that my sudden appearance might shake his nerves and lead him to say something unguarded. The Boots volunteer*, J to show me the room; it was on the second floor, and there was a small corridor leading up to it. The Boots pointed out the door to me, and was about to go downstairs again, I 6aw something that made me feel sickish, in spite of my twenty years' experience. From under the door there curled a little red rib bon of blood, which had meandered across the passage and formed a little pool along the skirting at the other side. I pave a cry, which brought the Boots back. He nearly fainted when he saw it. The door was locked on the inside, but we put our shoulders to it, and knocked it in. The window of the room was opeu, and be side the window, all huddled up, lay the body of a man in his night-dress. He was quite dead, and had been for some time, for his limbs were rigid and cold. When we turned him over the Boots recognized him at once as being the same gentleman who had en gaged the room under the name of Jos eph Stangerson. The cause of death was a deep stab in the left side, which must have penetrated "the heart. And now comes the strangest part of the affair. What do you suppose was above the murdered man?" I felt a creeping of flesh, and a pre sentiment of coming horror, even be fore Sherlock Holmes answered: [TO BE co.sTrxrcn.) PLUCKY YOUNG EELS. Iloir Tlipy Onrcnmt the Ob»troctlon» 1* Paulng Pp the Thamee. Young eels, in passing up a river, show the most extraordinary persever ance in overcoming all obstruction. The large floodgates—sometimes fif teen feet in height—on the Thames might be supposed sufficient to bar the progress of a fish the size of a darning needle, rays Rod and Gun. But young eels have a wholesome idea that noth ing can stop them, and, inconsequence, nothing does. Speaking of the way in which they ascend floodgates and other barriers, one writer says: "Those which die stiek to the post; others, which get a little higher, meet with the same fate, until at last a layer of them is formed which enables tho rest to overcome the difficulty of the pass age. The mortality resulting from such 'forlorn hopes' greatly helps to account for the difference in the num ber of young ecda on their upward mi gration and that of those which return down stream in the autumn. In somo places these baby eels are much sought after and are formed into cakes, which are eaten fried. "Eelf* spawn like other fishes. For long, however, the most remarkable theories were held as to their birth. One of the old beliefs was that tbey sprang from mud; a rival t.heoiy held that young eels developed from frag ments separated from their parents' bodies by their rubbdng against rocks. One old author not only declared that they came from May dew, but gave the following recipe for producing theni: 'Cut up two turfs covered with May dew and lay them one upon the other, the grassy sides inwards, and then ex pose them to the heat of the son. In a few hours there will spring from them an infinite quantity of eels.' " Lnoilac Ah»»«l. Robert—Mamma, can I have another piece of pie? Mamma— Why do you usk, when you have not eaten all that yon have on your plate? Robert—Well, if I could have another piece I wouldn't eat the crust of this.— Puclc. Ilia Mow. lleury—l think I know why that nasty medicine made all the sichness go out of me. Aunt Mary. Aunt Mary—Why. Henry? Ilenry—Why, because it had such a nasty taste that the sickness could nol faUuvji iu—Uor^r'a Yxjuujg iVvpit- WHAT CIDER IS MADE OF. A Glance at the Raw Material la a Co*, nectlcnt Mill. I "Them's pood cider apples," said the cider miller. "Ain't notbin' the mat ter with them." "But they are windfalls for the most part," said a New York Times corrc spondent, "all knotty and dried up. Miserable things!" "Make tiptop cider, them apple* will." persisted the miller. "But look at the rotten ones. Hall of the apples that I can see are touched with decay, while a great many ol them are rotten from skin to skin 1 Look at tliat," said the correspondent, poking his cane into one of the apples, j ''There isn't a sound spot in it." j "That don't hurt "em none for cider." answered the miller "Makes the cider I all the better, some folks says." "How about the wormy apples? Arc they fit to make into cider?" The miller had talked lon},' enough, and so one of the hangers-on about the place volunteered a reply "Guess you wasn't ever into a cidet mill 'fore to-day. was ye? If yo - had been I reckon you wouldn't auk no questions about worms Worms don't hurt cider none." IThe correspondent looked incredu lous. "Don't you b'licve it? Well, 1 tell ye what t' do. When you go home to night. just try an experiment. Halt till it's dark, an' then take two applet an* go down int' the cellar an' nee if . juulun NM! the dllT"renc<s 'twixt the one with a worm into it an" t'other ' one." "What do you mean? Wky do you tell me to go down into the cellar?" "Why, that's the most darkish place 'bout the house, ain't it? Don't takf no light with ye." "But how am I to examine the apples in the dark? Of course, 1 shouldn't know which was which just by feeling I of them." "Thunder'n lightnin'! Yon didn't s'pose I wanted ye t' go down there an' | set round a-feelin' of the apples, did ye" That wa'n't what I meant. What I meant was this: You jest take a wormy apple an' a sound one an' go down int' the cellar an" eat'em. an' I'll bet ye a shillin' you won't know when you eat the worm." The correspondent shuddered. "Don't that prove it?" ran on the man. "Course it does. We put tho worms right int' the grater, 'long with tho rest. How many of 'em they is we don't know. All we know is that they all turn into cider, an' the man ain't livin' that kin tell when he's drinkin' the cider what part's apple juice an' what part's worm juice. "Then, ag'in, we couldn't do no dif f'rent if we tried. We couldn't send every wormy apple to a hospital and doctor it with vermifuge till we'd killed off the live stock. No, sir. the worms has to go, an' they'll keep on goin'. I s'pose, till one of them cruelty to animile fellers shuts down on it an' makes us 'greo to dose the worms with chloryform 'fore we grind 'em up." COURAGE IN WAR. No Looser Ncceuory More tho Introfloc tion of Mechanical Appliances. It is not probable that there is an army on the earth whose leaders would urge an advance against such an infer no of inevitable annihilation in the face of which their cumbersome equip ments would stand as absolutely worse than nothing. A meaner outlay in de fense on the principle of direct concus sion during hostilities would effectu ally bar the combined navies of the earth from approaching New York har bor near enough to hear the echo of the invading guns. A defensive arc equipped with nitro glycerine boats and balloons could hold its own with leisure and literally strew the ocean floor with hoatile 6crap before a single shot could fall within sight. Let it be understood that there is not a single element of uncertainty in the case; that every claim is based on a rigid analysis, is of simple and inex pensive verification and that such ver ification shall demonstrate fairly and fully that the ironclad and the arma ment are floating scrap; that every mechanical thing that has met destruc tive negation and mere superiority of numbers, discipline and animal courage are lost foreveranore as factors of vic tory in war. In this new application of well known principles the fighting fools will find their occupation gone and the common humanities will begin to flourish as they should. Mlaionrl Spanish. A drummer who had traveled all over California sat in a Pullman car with a Missourian, and. a# the latter was a newcomer, gave him much in formation about the state. "By the way," said the Missourian, after awhile, "you seem to know most of the towns In this yer state. Kver been in As-you-say?" The drummer gasped, and then responded: "No; As-you-say is a new one on me. I have been in several outlandishly named places, but never in As-you-say Where is It?" "I got the letter here," replied the Missourian; "it's from a friend of mine as lives there." And he handed over an envelope stamped "Azusa.Cal." The drummer will not believe all he hears in Missouri Spanish hereafter. At Rome I>o R» the Roman* Do. Ambrose, bishop of Milan in the fourth century, was once visited by Monica and her son Augustine, the celebrated bishop of Hippo, in North Africa. There was one point as to which Angustine was in some trouble, and he therefore asked Ambrose for his guidance in the matter. At Rome, he said, it was the custom to fest on Satnrday. while at Milau they fasted not; what course was he, Augustine, to taks? "Well," replied Ambrose, "when I am here, 1 dine as they are in the habit of doing, but when 1 go to Rome I do»« the Romans do." This sensible saying has passed into a prov erb, and means: "Fall in with the cus toms of those with whom you happen to be living'." ~ First Senator (In Fifty-flffli congress) —Do you think our minority can talk lor two weeks longer? Second Senator—Yes. The new sen ator who stammers will consume on* week, aq/1 after that the chaplain has promised to make filibustering prayers. —Judge. Impre»*lva Byplay* Miss Wayback —Say, maw, there's Mrs. Finestile comln' to call. Mrs. Wayback—Hurry upstairs, an' w'en she knocks Jus' open the window an' look out to see who it is. We'll let her know we're rather particular about whom we admit.—N. Y. Weekly. Aii Eye to the Future. "We have a treasure of a nurse." "No doubt; but it does seem to me that your boy speaks with an Irish bropue which resembles hers." "That's exactly what we want. We are going to bring Willie up to go into politics."—Harpcr'B Bazar. lie (or Om«let». n it e r —Perhaps you would liko aa pme.'et? , L'na'le Josh-No, sir! Never could twt'em. I e"<* S9 3" on ma >" n t° t »oio aJiTs. Kind o' bcut 'em up a little 0 n't heO cook 'em.—Chicago Tribune. ('DUiQftUj Flash. First Artist— l say, old fellow, lend mt a dollar. : ?econd Art.'st—Sofry. but I have just ha d to borrow two myself. ONE FAMILY PROVIDED FOR. It laelndee Ik* Monarch o t K»ej f Ka* rnpean Conn try. Intimately as the ruling families ol Europe were allied by blood and mar riage in the middle of the sixteenth century, when Mary I. was queen ol England, the prese nt day displays still more intimate and widespread connec tions between them. Take the English royal family as the starting point- It is connected, first, with Germany by Empress Freder ick. The present emperor is Queen Victoria's grandson. Tho d nke of Ed iuburg married into the Russian fam ily The prince of Wales married a princess of Denmark, which house is also connected with Russia. Deumark produced the present king of Greece. The representatives of the Wettin family have been, during the present reign, the prince of Wales, Ernest 11.. dulte of Saxe-Coburg; Leopold 11.. king of Belgium; Ferdinand, prince of Bul garia; Albert, king of Saxony; the king of I\>rtugal. grandson of another prince of Coburg, who, by marrying the queen of Portugal, became king of that coun try Tho English family again Is connect ed with the Oldenbnrgs, thus bringing in the Scandinavian family. The king of Denmark's daughter is the princess of Wales. There are also George 1., king of Gttw-ee Ernest. "« i I I HI ITF llolsteLa, the grand duke of Olden burg, and Alexander 111., emperor of Russia. Alexander 111. again is a Romanoff. In other directions, again, the em peror of Austria enters into this royal family, and on his side also the grand duke of Baden, the queen regent of Spain and her little boy king. In fact, there is not a royal family in Europe at the present day which is not more or less intimately connected with the rest by kindred or by mar riage. MICROBES CARRIED BY BULLETS Taken from infected Flannel Through Which the Projectile Wan Fired. Some interesting-rxperiments were lately made by Dr Mesmer, says the London News, by way of solving the question whether or not rifle bullets are liable to carry Infection with them in their course of entry into the body. He mode his trial with bullets which had been infected with germs of a particular kind, and the infected bul lets were shot into tin boxes from dis tances varying from two hundred and twenty-five to two hundred and fifty meters—a meter being nearly three feet three and three-quarter Inches. Inside the boxes was placed gelatine peptone in a sterilized or germless con dition, so that whatever germ develop ments were found In the peptone (which is a great growing medium for microbes) would be presumed to have come from the bullets. The tracks of the bullets through the gelatine were duly scrutinized, with the result that in each case germ growth took place corresponding to the particular mi crobes with which the bullets had been respectively infected. In another se ries of investigations the bullets were made to pass through infected flannel before penetrating the gelatine, the bullets being of the ordinary kind. Here, again, microbic growths ap peared in the gelatine, showing that the flannel had yielded up its microbes to the bullets as they traversed it. If noninfectcd and ordinary bullets were used the gelatine developed only the ordinary germ life, such as the air con tains. The bullet is, therefore, a germ carrier of a very decided kind, and it is also clear that if clothing is penetrated by a bullet prior to its entrance into the tissues the missile will be liable to carry into the wound it makes the bac teria resident on the clothes. HORSEPLAY IN ENGLISH SOCIETY Coarse Joke* and BUky Dancing Being In dulged In br Smart Girls. Skirt dancing, high play and the per petration of practical jokes seem to be the leading amusements of conntry house parties in England, according to a recent chronicler quoted by the San Francisco Argonaut. He says: "No vember is preeminently the month for big shoots, and the country houses are full to overflowing at that time of the year. In quiet houses mod erate hours are kept, gambling for heavy stakes is at a discount and a certain sobriety prevails from sunrise to sundown. In other houses, however, the fun waxes fast and fu rious. No dancing is considered 'sport' unless it be of a nature imported from the Gaiety, such as the unforgettablo pas de quatre. A few smart girls go so far as to take unto themselves the voluminous skirts of the serpentine frock and try to imitate Miss Lettie Lind's dexterities." After explaining that the "serpentine skirts are made of "no leas than a hundred yards of the very finest Chinese silk or crepe cut in triangular pieces to give the appear ance of an infinity of yards," our au thority resumes; "It is regrettable to add that under some roofs pretty heavy gambling Is indulged in, and baccarat and nap with high stakes have as many women as men votaries, to say nothing of practical joking of a sus piciously rowdy sort, such as apple-pie bed-making booby-trapping. A certain most distinguished lady amused her self one whole evening by standing in a gallery and throwing pillows on the men's heads as they passed in and out of the smoking-room." A New So arc* of Alcohol. Wood cellulose can be converted Into sugar and used to make alcohol, but the compact texture of the wood makes the method expensive. The cel lulose of peat mostt, however. Is now reported to have ffiven more favorable results. The cellulose is converted into sugar by boiling the turf four or five hours in dilute sulphuric acid, w hen the expressed liquor is ferment ed with yeast and afterward distilled. The dry turf is stated to yield rather more than half as much absolute alco hol a.s an equal weight of potatoes con tain ing 90 per cent, of starch. Herond Thoa^ht*. The other day 1 met a man Who had a friend named Brown. I asked bim what he thought of him; He praised bim up and down- Said he was quite the nicest chap He'd ever mot in town. "Why," then quoth I, astonished, "be Called you a stupid clown ■" "S'poee 1 care what he natd of me"— Cried he—"an ass like Brown?" —Arkansaw Traveler. HE DIDN'T KNOW THE BTWC.B. I ' Black —'Scuse me. «ah; 'souse me, but- White—Well. what is it, um>lc. Black—Yo* raus* 'sense me fo' stoppin vo\ sah; but—qfrrmiyc? iffvoami NO S
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