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
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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-.
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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
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'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