VOL XXXI
J. S. YOUNG. WM. COOPER
YOUNG & COOPER,
I MERCHANT TAILORS I
Have opened at S. E. corner A 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 Clearance Sale for 60 Days
OF
Dry Goods, Millinery Wraps Notions,
Underwear, Hosiery Blankets,
Flannels, &c.
Here Are Some of The Immense Bargains We Offer Y,u.
5 p-ur of r!I wool blankets. wor'h A.5.U0 tor $3.50
'i riwa of Kateeu hips, worth 25 for SI 50.
2d' z<-Q of e<>oi calico haps w.>r(h *1.75 for It
G«n.d country fiatioel. worth 36 ••erit* »>er yard for 13 t-<-C
0o"d linen f>auj a*lt, worth .IS i-enfn p»*r jrnrd tor 25 cents.
Good linen torih 5" n«ut- fx-r yard lor 4'iceoh
Bern oil red Dimn*k w >rth 5 • (Vat- i«*r yard !.>r 4-> Cent
(i'j-jil dtrS ( ocbii>-> priot- w rrri 4ce t-> 5 i s per ,< 'I
Orl'd nUpi- »:ini{h«u)- w.trin ann » 'or ncm- . «*r »*rl.
UtMid h -s»y uob'encMe l iheKtiuif. vnttb 7 c«* i< t 5 c-ii' v ; f*r . I
Fine all-wool 4»i-inch black hnir ett* w- tr-h $l »l mr 7">ce i i j«*r y tr>i
"A few uo»Klne* iu iir<-n« p-iiit>ros. w irtn - i • • ' r $7 •:
Pot brotidciotn it. biocx or c.i'ur. S 1 SI 0 •
Oeilteluiui'a all-wool umlwrweur. W»nH si ■> ,i-r Ul t >r -1 ; '
Gentieiii iD'» uierino un<lerwe«r w .rih 9>« uu .>-tr m ' lor ">»
JLvtir*' fine c*oiel'<i bair underw-ar t.rfi j J 50 p<-r suit t>l 50.
Ladies' fine rnuntin night Kowuk wh U) >) oents for .'5 cent*.
L»di»»' floe muklin ikirta, chemise :tad dra- er* w. it.h 50 cent* for 25 ceuti,
Co»»«t corrm for 16 cent*.
One-third off on til TIM, mii'iner. at y.-iir owo pric -. R airinl>er;tit{ these prices are
not for one da; or two day* in th« wee- bn. lor twf 4if i i tfta '*eek 'r »a uow aoti I
March !at, 1894. Call and nee tu. we wi.l a*»e ya money ou every purch «* .u wis.
JENXIE E. ZIMMERMAX,
(Successor to Ritter & Ralston.)
N. 8.— 20 dozen 5 Hook Foster Patent Kid Gloves, worth SI.OO
per pair for 69 cents,in Black and Colors.
Read This Or(ce.
LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE PRICES AND YOU WILL, I
THINK, BE CONVINCED THAT
HUNK I sr<
Is the place you will buy your footwear.
Ladies fine button sloes, patent tip, opera toe $ .85
" " square toe 9°
" grain " 75
" fine slippers 45
" warm, flannel-lined, shoes 75
" " " slippets
" slippers 20
" good, heavy, peged sh >es 75
" " standard shoes 85
" rubbers 25
Mioses' tine shoes, button 7°
Men's good heavy boots 1 4°
" B& A, calf, congs. and bais tip 9°
" extra fine shoes $1 25 and I 50
Bjys' good heavy boots, sizes 1-5 1 00
Youths' " " 11-13 75
Men's " brogans 7°
" " calf boots I 9°
Rubber boots and shoes, wool-lined arctics, felt boots for .boys and
men, wool stockings at the lowest prices.
Men's slippers, nicely embroidered, at 50c, 75c, and $1; Women's,
Misses" and Children's slippers at 20c, 50c, 75c and sl.
Arc you one «f the few that does not buy of us, if so we arc looking
for you, come in soon and sec Vs.
B. C. MUSE! TON.
OPPOSITE HOTEL LOWRY.
No. 102 North tvn Street - Butler- Pa.
(MM i in,
WANT EVERY
Mar\, and Child
In Butler county know that they have received their large and com
plete line of Fall and Winter Boots, Shues and Slippers at prices
that will surprise them. We have the celebrated Jamestown
Boots and Shoes, made by hand and warranted, which have
proven their wearing quailites for years past. We want to give
the trade
f The Best Goods for Least Possible, Living Profit.il-
The best line of Ladies' and Gents' Fine Shoes ever shown in th«
county.
Children's School Shoes in every shape and stjle.
Rubber Goods oi_ all kinds and shapes at all prices.
Come and see the boys.
I Yogeley & Bancroft I
347 S. Main Street. ----- Butler, la
GREAT 1 LOSING OUT SALE!
Owing to ill health my entire stock of SIO,OOO worth of Gents
Furnishing Goods, consisting of Hats, Caps, Neckwear, Under
wear, Shirts, Gloves, Trunks, &c. will be sold at cost and below.
These goods must be sold before April, so come early and secure
bargains in unbroken lots. I have a great mmy goods suitable for
farmers that will pay to purchase for future use at the following low
rates:
Wi ARE OFFERING:
1135 all »oH underwear Bt 30e 75c necktie? at 100.
tl 50 <rray all-w >ol underwear at $1 00 neektiea at 15c.
49.- $1 .25 children*' fane? raps at 43c
#1 50 ivrcal dr?«p abi'" ra' 50c. 20c fine linen c lla'i< ><t sc,
$1 00 Hre»a ahir* laii" frit t! »• 37' SI.OO tr< nd all w.u.l hliiVih at 38c.
$2 75 etiff hata at 25c. , $1 85 f,mcv all-wool nbirtH at 4<jc.
300 gtiff hat* at 35c j SI "0 children*' hats at 25c., and
50c necktiea at 10c. | hundreds ot others.
CHAS. R. GRIFB,
No. 1)8 South Main St., . . jjaticr, Pa,
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
OUR ELEVENTH ANNUAL
FEBRUARY CLEARANCE
SALE OF MILLINERY.
Don't mis* tbi* p-eai bargain sale. SI.OO
will do tbtr Work »t $2.00 iu Imtn lieyttit
meat*
Our tftoreo arc «uiall. we rnuft snake
room fur Spriug G»»d!i. We (he best
j iine of wuMin underwear in tQe city.
| Odd files id best make* of eur»ets| at
I ball price.
M. F. & M. MARKS,
j 113 117 S Maw SC.. "•uw
r—
FOR 45 CEVTS.
Your choice of
anv oil cloth window
shadein the house
Former prices 50
to 90c each. This
offer good only untii
Feb. 10.
Call at
DOUGLASS',
Nnr P. o. - - 241 8. M<... > •
i. C- VV iCK
•IKALBH iIN
ioU(.ti and Kforksii lu»
OP ALL KIKDK
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding ,
Shingles ana Lail.
Always in Stock
i fc. HAIH AND PLAS - .
t'illcv opposite HAW. Depot
Hi TI.Kk
WE WANL' TO KEEP
UUK FACrOKV KUNMING
DURING THE WINTEK.
Io ord r to do thin we oiler '•
oiake (>ai*id» window binds Ht ONE
DOLLAR Hud upwards per window urn:
ir>-iri»- wiudow bliodsat T«o DOLLAR
nod upward* per wiud 'W.
These tiie the lowest prices nfei
offered ou wiudoW blind* and now 1-
r> time to :ake advuniaye ot
Keap^ctfully.
S.%G Purvis & Co.
W. H. O'BRIPtf . ><> N.
[Successor" 01 Hchntto & o'Liri«a.)
Sanitary* Pumber
vnd G - F : "
ngAi
< w :r Piptt.
Gas Fixture*
(il</bes ai
N tural (tim \pplin
F• f olSt . >;> > ' owrj 11 u
HI TT.KR. \ .
FRANK KEMPEH.
DEALtiR IN
BLANKETS,
HARNESS,
everything in
horse and buggv tnr
aishinggoods* I-I n >• -
uess, Collars, Whip."-
L>usters, Saddles, etc.
A.lso trunks and va
-1 ises.
Kepairing done <>i.
Mhort notice.
The largest assort
ment ot 5-A. Mors'
blankets in town will
be tound at KeniDer's
H. H. JACKSON
Wh'J baa bad a ye»rM ripuce
*iih ooe of the it-adiri);
firuiH of Pitt*hur;r in now pr*
otiftid to nil lurni!nr«
•1 hi- cb'»rue, wnri will tru .r.-uji' •
iT'ind work Hiid natinfaci-'D a'
249 S vlcK*an St , - Butler, Pa.
EUROPEAN * HOTEL
315 S. Mun St., - - Butlt r, v 'a
A LEX WILLIAMS. f»r p'r
/>»h >»nd water.
I*
eulHr id"hU »• *2ii r -
at $1 00 a dat *%*
. : Lunch Counter opeD a'l niirht • :
J"HE BUTLKR roCNTY
NATIONAL B\N T K,
BI ti.KK ' A..
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OPFICEItS:
•fo». Hanniun. Ff<>s't,
J. V KIM*. Vice PW< A nailer, Cftthler
DIRECTORS:
••f Harfinan. <;. P. <"ollln». N M.II'MIV'T
1 o. O ilrvf.l V MUt*
■ \ r AbrMim. Leslie Uazlett I. Smith
( S. Waidron M Ptmnrxn.
A ir<>ii«*rm hanbinir bii*lncHs rr!tn«»rt«i I>
-<■«» pnM «i Mm* 4i-poHlt.it Mow) loau* ■'
tpurove*. tecurlt;,
""™"r "*ir " riM
Jf Has Katie Ko^tigrant
Ulster. Penn.
Scrofula
The Worst Case the Doc
tors Ever Saw
Hood's Saraaparilta Perfectly Cured
"C. I. TTood & Co., Lowell, Mass.:
"Dear Sirs:—l wish to testify to the great
value of Hood's Sarsaparllla. For some time I
had been troubled with scrofula, which early
; last winter assumed a vary bad form.
Sorea Appeared on My Pace
and hands and gradually increased in number
! until they reached to my shoulder. The doctors
said It was the worst case of scrofula they ever
saw and also went so far as to say It was In
curable. I tried ointments and other remedies
j but to no avail. A friend recommended Hood's
Hood's^Cures
Sarsaparilla, and although f was completely dis
couraged. as a last chance I resolved to elve It a
trial. After takingone bottle I noticed the sores
had commenced to heal. After the sixth bottle
They Were All Healed.
I continued to take It, however, until I had wed
nine bottles, and now I am perfectly well."
Miss KATIE ROSENGKANT. Ulster, Penn.
Hood's Pills are prompt and efficient, yet
easy in action. Sold by all druggists. :sc.
JOHN KEMPER.
Manufacturer of
Harness, Collars,
and Strap Work,
and Dealer in
Whip*. blank"'*, robes, trunks ml v»-
'i- s md.i everything f«»oud in a Srat-e as
hurtles" st'<re.
>!•!•* age't for the Dexter Sweu Collur
h~ bi->t e..|:«r iiiado—:t set i>f siugit- h:J * -
n --s is jriveii away wi'h a irross of ih»- e
-Wf-at ci'llars. Come in aiid s<-e them
My iii >«ids are all new and strictly fir> -
e, isr worK, guaranteed
Kepairiug promptly done
H42 S Main St. - - - Hmler. JV
SPECIAL
SALE
OF
PANTS.
00 P-iiits tor 00
$5 50 Pants fur $4 SO.
$5 00 P'imt< fo $4 00.
$4 50 Paotn for $3 50.
f4.HO Phni h fur #3 00.
$3 OU Pants for $2.50
s.' 511 Pai.te for $1.75
#2 00 Pants f.ir $1 25
11 > r aii.frt Ji'au Paula Hold l>\
D 'i • f>r Ifsj than *1 do
*#* :. for 89c. : : %*
THE RACKET STORE.
120 South Main Street, Butler, Pa.,
ijspecticn
+"' Invited,
J
HOLDING UP
Sioe.s for the inspection of a. ,
11 -lding down prices for the co:
veniance of everybody, IK ldi
out bargains within the reach .
all and cons quently holding u,
to the people's patron tge to tl;.
c> tsternation of all competitor:
.Ml people go vhe>e they can
the best for their money. S.
out Infant's Shoes in Red an
lan at 15 cents. See our Bov
Lxtra High Cut Shoes at $1.2
See our Ladies Fine Rubbers i
23 cents S.-e our Ladies' Sturrr
Rubbers at <5 ce its. See us
a'l ki ids -»f tootwem. \ ii! v i
you mine.. The \e S
C K. Ml Id. Kit
215 Sot; in MAIN- STRI i
Yoti Should Gd th-3 Foil, wag Boik. j
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|p. n-« $2 Ou. "(1 imi'H'-f OF the
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, DOUGLASS' BOOK S'ML,,
RFTLEH. PA., FRIDAY. MARCH 2, 1894.
COWAN U
"The won! 'rache,' written in letters
of blood," he said.
"Tl.rt v. 0.3 it," said Lestrade, in an
awe-struck voice; and we were all si
lent for awhile.
There was something' so methodical
and so incomprehensible about the j
deeds of this unknown assassin, that
it imparted a fresh ghastliness to hia
crimes. My nerves, which were steady
enough on the field of battle, tingled
as I thought of it.
"The man was seen," continued Les
trade. "A milk-boy, passing on hia
way to the dairy, happened to walk
down the lane which leads from
the mews at the back of the hotel.
He noticed that a ladder, which usu
ally lay there, was raised against one
of the windows of the second floor,
which was wide open. After passing,
he looked back and saw a man de
scend the ladder. He came down so
quietly and optu^ - that the boy im
agined him to be some carpenter or
joiner at work in the hotel, tie took
no particular notice of him, beyond
thinking in his mind that it was
early for him to be at work. He has
an impression tha' th« man was tall,
had a reddish face, and was dressed
in a long, brownish coat. He must
have stayed in the room some little
time after the murder, for we found
blood-stained water in the basin, j
where he had washed his hands, and
marks on the sheet where he had de- |
liberately wiped his knife."'
I glanced at Holmes on hearing the ;
description of the murderer, which tal- |
lied so exactly with his own. There
was, however, no trace of exultation or 1
satisfaction upon his face.
"Did yon find nothing Ln the room
which coNii furnish a clew to the i
murderer?" he asked.
"Nothing. Stangerson had Dreb- !
ber's purse ih his pocket, but it seems j
that this was usual, as he did all the 1
paying. There was eighty-odd pounds 1
in it, but nothing had been taken. [
Whatever the motives of these extraor- j
dinary crimes, robbery is certainly not ■
one of them. There were no papers or j
memoranda in the murdered man's :
pocket, except a.single telegram,dated |
from Cleveland about a month ago, :
and containing the words: 'J. H. is in
Europe.' There was no name appended
to this message."
"And there was nothing else?"
Holmes asked.
"Nothing of any importance. The
man's novel, with which he had read
himself to sleep, was lying upon the
bed, and his pipe was on a chair beside
him. There was a glass of water on
the table, and on the window-sill a
small chip ointment-box containing a
con rile of pills."
Si.urlock Holmes sprang from his
chair with an exclamation of delight.
"The last link," he cried, exultantly.
•\My case is complete."
The two detectives stared at him in
amazement.
"I have now in my hands," my com
panion said, confidently, "all the
threads which have formed such a
tangle. There are, of course, details
to be filled in, but I am as certain of
all the main facts, from the time that
Drebber parted from Htangerson at
the station up to the discovery of the
body of the latter, as if I had seen
them with my own eyes. I will give
you a proof of my knowledge. Could
you lay your hand upon those pills?"
"I have them," said Lestrade, pro
ducing- a small white box. "I took
them and the purse and the telegram,
Intending to have them put in a place
of safety at the police station. It was
the merest chance, my taking these
pills, for I am bound to say that 1 do
not attach any importance to them."
"Give them here," said Holmes.
"Now, doctor," turning to me, "are
those ordinary pills?"
They certainly were not. They
were of a pearly gray color, small,
round and almost transparent against
the light. "From their lightness and
transparency I should imagine that
they are soluble in water," I remarked.
"Precisely so," answered Holmes.
"Now, would yo- mind going down
and fetching that poor little devil of a
terrier which has been bad so long,
and which the landlady wanted you to
put out of its pain yesterday?"
I went downstairs and carried the
dog upstairs in my arms. Its labored
HE I'LACED IT IN FRONT OF THE TERKIER.
breathing and glazing eye showed that
it was not far from its end. Indeed, j
its snow-white muzzle proclaimed that !
it had already exceeded the usual term j
of canine existence. I placed it upon :
a cushion on the rug.
"I will now cut one of these pills in [
two," said Holmes, and drawing his [
penknife he suited the action to the !
word. "One-half we return into the !
box for future purposes. The other
half I will place in this wine glass, in ,
which is a teaspoonful of water. You j
perceive that our friend, the doc- !
tor, is right, and that it readily dis- ;
solves."
"This may be very interesting," said j
Lestrade, in the injured tone of one
who suspects that he is being laughed
at. "I cannot see, however, what it ;
has to do with the death of Mr. Joseph
Stangerson."
"Patience, my friend, patience! You ,
will find in time that it has everj-thing
to do with it. I shall now add a little
milk to make the mixture palatable,
and on presenting it to the dog we find
he laps it up readily enough."
As he spoke ho turned the contents
of the wine glass into a baucer and
placed it in front of the terrier, who
speedily licked it dry. Sherlock
Holmes' earnest demeanor had so fai
convinced us that we all sat in silence,
watching the animal intently, and ex
pecting some startling effect. Non«
such appeared, however. The dog con
tinued to lie stretched upon th«
cushion, breathing in a labored way
but apparently neither the better not
worse for its draught.
Holmes had taken out his watch, and
as minute followed minute without re- |
suit, an expression of the utmost cha
grin aud disappointment appeared
upon his features. He gnawed his lip,
drummed his lingers upon the table
and shown! every other symptom 01
acute impatience. So great was hii
emotion that I felt sincerely sorry foi
him, while the two detectives smilcc ,
.jjcriaively, by ao preaae digpfcased ftt I
tnis check which he had met.
"It can't be a coincidence." he cried,
at last, springing- from his chair and
pacing wildly up and down the room
"it is impossible that it should be a
mere coincidence. The very pills which
I I suspected in the case of Drebber art
actually found after the death of Stan
gerson And yet they are inert. What
can it mean? Surely my whole chain ol
reasoning cannot have been false. It
is Impossible! And yet this wretched
dog is none the worse. Ah. I have it
I have it!" With a perfect shriek oi
delight he rushed to the box, cut the
other pill in two. dissolved it, added
milk and presented it to the terrier.
The unfortunate creature's tongue
seemeil hardly to have been moistened
in it before it gave a convulsive shivet
in every limb, and lay as rigid and life
less as if it had been struck by light
ning.
Sherlock Holmes drew a long breath
and wiped the perspiration from hi:
forehead. "I should have more faith/
he said. "I ought to know by thij
time that when a fact appears to be
opposed to a long train of deduction!
it invariably proves to be capable ol
bearing some other interpretation. Oi
the two pills in that box, one was
most deadly poison and the other wai
entirely harmless. I ought to hart
known that before ever I saw the boa
at all"
This last statement appeared to m»
to be so startling that I could hardly
; believe that he was in his sobei
senses. There was the dead dog, how- j
ever, to prove that his conjecture had
been correct. It seemed to me thai
j the mists in my own mind were grad
ually clearing away, and I began ta
have a dim, vague perception of th«
! truth.
j "All this seems strange to you," con
tinued Holmes, "because you failed ai
: the beginning of tho inquiry to grasp
the importance of the single real clew
which was presented to you. I had
the good fortuno to seize upon that,
j and everything which has oc
curred since then has served
! to confirm my original supposi
tion, and, indeed, was the logical se-
I quence of it. Hence things which
have perplexed you and made the eas«
more obscure have served to enlighten
me and to strengthen my conclusions.
It is a mistake to confound strange
ness with mystery. The most common
place crime is often the most myste
rious because it presents no new 01
special features from which deductions
can be drawn. This murder would
have been infinitely more difficult to
unravel had the body of the victim
been simply found lying in the road
way without any of those outre and
sensational accompaniments which
have rendered it remarkable. These
strange details, far from making the
case more difficult, have really had the
effect of making it less so."
Mr. Gregson, who had listened to Ihia
address with considerable Impatience,
could contain himself no longer. "Look
here, Mr. Sherlock Holmes," he said,
"we are all ready to acknowledge thai
you are a smart man, and that you
have your own methods of working.
We want something more than
mere theory and preaching now,
though. It is a case of taking the man.
I have made mv case out, and it seenu
I was wrong. Young Charpentier could
not have been engaged in this second
affair. Lestrade went after his man,
Stangerson, and it appears that he
was wrong, too. You have thrown out
hints here, and hints there, and seem
to kno%v more than we do, but the
time has come when we feel that we
have a right to ask you straight how
much you do know of the businesa
Can you name the man who did it?"
"I cannot help feeling that Gregsoo
Is right, sir," remarked Lestrade. "We
have both tried, and we have both
failed. You have remarked more than
once since I have been in the room
that you had all the evidence which
you require. Surely you will not with
hold it any longer."
"And delay in arresting the assas
sin," I observed, "might give him time
to perpetrate some fresh atrocity."
Thus pressed by us all. Holmes
showed signs of irresolution. He con
tinued to walk up and down the room
with his head sunk on his chest and
his brows drawn down, as was his
habit when lost in thought.
"There will be no more murders,"
he said at last, stopping abruptly and
facing us. "You can put that consid
eration out of the question. You have
asked me if I know the name of the
assassin. I do. The mere know : ug of
his name is a small thing, however,
compared with the power of laying our
hands upon him. This I expect very
shortly to do. I have good hopes of
managing it through my own arrange
ments; but it is a thing which needs
delicate handling, for we have
a shrewd and desperate man to
deal with, who is supported, as
I have had occasion to prove, by an
other who is as clever as himself. As
long as this man has no idea that any
one can have a clew there is some
chance of securing him; but if he had
tho slightest suspicion he would ,
change his name and vanish in an in- ;
stant among the four million inhabit- j
; ants of this great city Without mean- I
ing to hurt any of your feelings. I am j
bound to say that I consider these men j
to be more than a match for the official j
force, and that is why I have not asked 1
your assistance. If I fail I shall of :
. I
course incur all the blame due to thii |
omission; but that I am prepared for. '
At present 1 am ready to promise thai
the instant I can communicate witfc
you without endangeringmy own conr j
binations I shall do so."
Gregson and Lestrade seemed to b<
far from satisfied by this assurance
or by the depreciating allusion to the
detective police. The former had
flushed up to the roots of his flaxen
hair, while the other's beady eyes
glistened with curiosity and resent
ment. Neither of them had time to
speak, however, before there was a tap
at the door and the spokesman of the
street Arabs, young Wiggins, intro
duced his insignificant and unsavory
person. J
"Please, sir," he said, touching hia
forelock, "I have the cab downstairs."
"Good boy," said Holmes, blandly.
"Why don't you introduce this pattern
at Scotland Yard?" he continued, tak
ing a pair of steel handcuffs from a
drawer. "See how beautifully the
spring works. They fasten in an in
stant."
"The old pattern Is good enough,'' 1
remarked Lestrade, "if we can find the
man to put them on."
"Very good, very good," said nolmes,
smiling "The cabman may as well
help me with my boxes. Just ask him
to step up, Wiggins."
1 was surprised to find my companion
speaking as though he wero about to
set out on a journey, since he had not
said anything to me about it. There
was a small portmanteau in the room,
1 tkja ta pulled gut yad began to
R ,
"jrsr orris mk a hei.p with this
BUCS3.E, CABMAN."
miap. nc »•»«» easily engaged at It
when the cabman entered the room.
"Just give me a help with this buckle,
cabman," he said, kneeling over hit
task, and never turning his head.
The fellow came forward with ■
somewhat sullen, defiant air, and put
down his hands to assist. At that in
stant there was a sharp click, the jang
ling of metal, and Sherloek Holme*
sprang to his feet again.
"Gentlemen," he cried, with flashing
eyes, "let me introduce you to Mr.
Jefferson Hope, the murderer of Enocb
Drebber and Joseph Stangerson."
The whole thing occurred in a mo
ment —so quickly that I had no time to
realize it. I have a vivid recollection
of that instant, of Holmes' triumphant
expression and the ring of his voice, ol
the cabman's dazed, savage face, as b<
glared at thtf~ glittering handcuffs,
which had appeared as if by magic
upon his wrists. For a second or two
we might have been a group of statues.
Then with an inarticulate roar of fury,
the prisoner wrenched himself free
from Holmes' grasp, and hurled him
self through the window. Woodwork
and glass gave way before him; but
before he got quite through, Gregson,
Lestrade and Holmes sprang upon
him like so many stag-hounds.
| He was dragged back into the
! room, and then commenced a ter
rific conflict. 80 powerful and »o
fierce was he, that the four of us were
shaken off again and again. He ap
peared to have the convulsive strength
of a man in an epileptic fit. Hia face
and hands were terribly mangled by
the passage through the glaae, but lose
of blood had no effect in diminishing
hia resistance. It was not until Le
strade succeeded in getting hia hand
inside his neok-cloth and half strang
ling him that we made him realize that
his struggles were of no avail; and
even then we felt no security until ws
had pinioned his feet as well as hia
hands. That done, we rose to our feet
breathless and panting.
"We have his cab," said Sherlock
Holmes. "It will serve to take him to
Scotland Yard. And now, gentlemen,"
he continued, with a pleasant smile,
"we have reached the end of onr little
mystery. You are very welcome to put
any questions that you like to me now,
and there is no danger that I will re
fuse to answer them."
[TO SB CONTINUED.]
POISONING IN INDIA.
A Popular Method of DUpotlnf of Ob
noxious Parsons.
Although the English government
beeps strict surveillance over its sub
jects in India, it does not seem able to
stop the wholesale poisonings going on
among the natives there every year,
says tho Pittsburgh Dispatch. It
seems innate ln tho native Hindu to
poison if he desires to get rid of some
one who is in his way. The poison,
which the natives use produce about
the same symptoms as the poison of a
snake. The victim dies suddonly and
Is cremated within an hour or two
aft*r death, so there is no opportunity
of investigating tho cause. The
poisoner, to further deoeive, usually
makes a cut ln the leg or arm with a
knife, such as the fangs of the snake
would make, so that it Is difficult to
distinguish a victim of the snake from
the victim of the poisoner. There are
thousands of deaths put on tho gov
ernment registers every year that are
attributed to the bites of snakes. I'll
venture to say that but a small per
centage of these are from that cause.
In traveling through India it is rarely
that a snake will attack you, for as
Boon as it hears anyone approaching it
usually glides away Europeans are
seldom bitten, on account of the boots
and leggings they wear, but tho na
tives, who go barefooted, occasionally
step upon a reptile which strikes them
and death results in a few hours. Tho
English government offers sixpence a
head for every poisonous snake killed
India. I know of some places where
natives went into the business of
breeding cobras for the purpose o<f get
ting this bounty and made a good busi
ness out of it. In Lower Bengal,
where snakes are held to be sacred,
you find them in profusion, for it is
considered sacrilege to kill them. I
remember a house in which f resided
in that district in which it was usual
to kill one or two cobras a day Snakes
had got between the walls of sun
dried brick, and once in awhile would
steal out of a hole like a rat.
SERVANTS IN INDIA.
They Are Vustly Dlffirfnt from Tho»# in
This Country.
Domestic life in India is without the
annoyance of the servant question,
says an exchange. You never need tell
1 a servant what you want done in tbat
! country They seem to know it by in
tuition. The ordinary household has
about twelve servants —a cook, a wa:t>
er, a sort of ralet de chainbre and, if
you have two horses, two grooms; one
man to run before you when you go
out riding and take charge of your
horse, another man whose business it
is to collect for your horse's feed tho
grass which prows in a vine-like man
ner upon the roads. Then in summer
you require three or four men who
work the large fans or "punkas" over
you night and day while you are walk
ing and while you are sleeping; tben
last, but not least, a watchman.
This last institution is a peculiar one. 1
If you did not have him you would bo ,
liable to find something stolen every
night. Strangest of all. the only man
%vho is a successful watchman must be
a thief —the caste of a thief. He makes
no pretentions of being anything else,
but as long as you have him in your
employ nothing will ever be stolen.
Whilo the native Hindoos are very dis
honest, the only way in which to keep
your valuables safe is to give them into
their hands for keeping. If one locks
five hundred dollars in his chest one
would be sure that some time or other
one of the servants would steal it; but
If the money Is given to a servant he
would guard it with bis life.
Toufrh on the Uurg «r.
Goodfellow (nearing Jollyfellow's
house very late at night after a "time"
at the club) —Shay, Jollyfellow. look
there There's a burglar getting into
your house by zhe window.
Jollyfellow—So he is. Stay, wait
(hie), wait a little. My wife'll zhlak
he's me, and (hie) she'll half kill the
chap.—Spare Moments.
The Boy Knew.
Teacher—Yes, children, when the
war broke out, nil the nhle-bodied men
who could leave their families enlisted
In the army. Now, can any of you
tell me what motives took them to the
front?
Uright Boy (tjlumuixusJy)— Loco too
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.
Pi. ANT trees as deep as they grow in
the nursery.
THE chief value in dwarf pears is
their early bearing.
DWARF pears require a light boil and
a light pruning every spring.
is of benefit, whether the
planting is done early or late.
A DEEP soil is necessary to a good
garden, but care must be taken not to
bring to the surface too much subsoil
ONIONS set out in the fall should be
well mulched as soon as the ground
freezes hard enough to bear up a
wagon.
TREFS set out in the fall should be
carefully mulched as soon as the
ground freezes hard enough to bear up
a wagon.
IK removing dead branches care
should be taken to make the cut close
and smooth. If a stub is left it will
not heal over readily.
THE wild cherry is the home of the
tent caterpillar. The safest remedy is
to cut off and bura infested branches
as soon as they make their appearance.
BEN DAVIS. Grimes' golden. Stark,
wintersweet. Paradise, Stewart's gol
den. Fink's rambo, and quite a list of
standard apples are raid to bear gener
ally in the even numbered year*.
ONE or two careless fruit growers in
a neighborhood will keep up a supply
of the tent caterpillar to infest all the
orchards for a mile or two around. It
Is only by thorough, earnest work that
they can be eradicated.
Tax cherry ia less troublesome to
grow than almost any other kind of
fruit. All that is necessary is to plant
out the trees carefully and then let
them alone. Cultivation is really an
injury, by inducing a too spreading
growth.
As soon as the ground freezes apples
and vegetables that are pulled out
should have a covering of coarse ma
nure, straw or other coarse litter as
extra protection during the winter.
The windows of the cellar should be
closed up.—St. Louis Republic.
THE eggs of the tent caterpillar are
laid in clusters on shoots of rather leas
than half an inch in diameter and are
fastened together with a kind of glue
that protects them from the weather.
As they are easily seen in winter the
best plan is to cut o*- all infested
branches and burn them.
WINTERING TURNIPS.
Star* In Cellar* and Pita aad Keep Them
ai Coal as Passible.
The best and most convenient way is
to have a cellar for the purpose, where
the temperature does not fall below
freezing point. This can be made un
der an ordinary barn where the drain
age is good Where one is fortunate
enough to have a basement or back
barn, one stall or a bin can be reserved
for them. Place this as far as possible
from the door or from windows. If
neither of the above can be had, ordi-
Jig
TUBNIP PITS,
nary pit», Such aa are sometimes used
in storing apples and potatoes, are
very satisfactory. The most common
way of making these is to select a
high, dry, well-drained spot, dig out
the earth about one foot deep, and line
with hay or straw. Fill this full and
round up the heap well Cover with
•traw, then with about three feet of
earth.
The pits may be circular or elongated
like a hay rack. They are much easier
removed when wanted for use if a door
Is arranged at one end, so that the
frost can not get at the roots, but
which can be opened without moving
any earth. A pit so constructed that
one end will come against the side of a
barn with the opening in the barn wall
has been used with satisfactory re
sults. It is best In this case to build a
temporary wall against the end of the
pit about one foot from the main barn.
' Fill the intervening space with straw
or some loose material. This prevents
contact between the earth and the barn.
Otherwise the barn might be damaged.
It also serves a good purpose in keeping
out cold. If the doors are properly ar
ranged, this is a very convenient plan.
The main point to be looked after in
wintering roots is to keep them as cool
a* may be without any danger of freez
ing. If too warm, they shrink, be
come soft and lose much of their value.
Tba Care of Orchard*.
The only way to keep up an orchard
is to plant some tree# every year. Most
people neglect this, and when they do
plant the trees they set them too close
together, so that the roots intertwine
1 and fruit production is checked. Ap
' pie trees should be set at least thirty
| feet apart each way. It is a mistake to
imagine an orchard will take care of it
self. Trees require the attention of
the owner just as well aa stock or farm
crops, and neglect will be repaid in the
same fashion. If you are not willing
to give proper care, it is better to cut
the trees down and plow up the land.
It is useless to expect to get something
for nothing.
To Make Trtrl Symmetrical.
Some of our contemporaries devote
i Attention to protecting trees in a lean
ing position, attaching much advan
tage to this position. Labor is required
in providing one or more stakes to each
single tree, in giving them a firm posi
tion, and in preventing the chafing of
the bark by the wii d. All this seems
to Iw necessary when trees with large
tops and small roots are planted. Near
ly all tills is easily prevented by taking
up roots and in cuttini;
off portions oi the head, so as to make
them light in weight and symmetrical
la form. Such trees will outgrow the
Ixeavy-headed and short-rooted ones.
Like • rranchman.
"The Boston Courier has a new story
ot French politene* i. At an evening
gathering the subj of ladies' ages
came up.
"And how old should you take me to
be?" asked a fine-looking dame of the
k'cntleman at her side.
"Pardon, madame, but I cannot
guess," he answered.
"Then, tnousicur, I will tell you.
Yesterday was my birthday, *"< l I am
jurat—"
"Indeed, but you don't look it! said
the gallant gentloinan, with an elo
quent shrug. breaking in upon her l>e
fore she oould finish the senten<te.
What It In liWmt«*l.
Pete An isterdam —1 saw {tobtosoo
was getting' a pretty big load on ®nd
spending his money right and left, sc> I
asked him to lend me twenty dollMt,
Just to save i vh.it I coul tf for htm. don t
you see?
11 ostetter VcGinnin-Did he lend you
the money?
"Oh. yea." ,
"UOMU! He aVisit Lavcttad*
X'O Y
CARRIED HIS LUNCH. i
A Snake TluU Made a Meal of OU Owl ■
Caudal Appeodafc. ™
Talking about snakes," said tha
man who had worked as a telegraph
lineman in South America, "you ought
to see the sarpiuts they have down
Me and tny purtner ran across
a snake one day; we was working on
the line and wo thought at first that it
was a log It had jnst eaten some big
critter, for there was a lump in ita
body, and it didn't show any more in*
. terest in us than if we were sticks. We
got a big crate that haif come to tha
village near us. full of dishes, "and
tonk it and a bottle of chloroform
down to his snakelets.
"We knocked him out with the
chloroform, and after a pood deal ol
work pot him coiled up in the crate.
Then we carried the crate on a wagon
to the station with us and took him
into camp on the train lie waked up
next day. but the cuss wouldn't eat. lie
just laid there and sorrowed, and nary
a bite would ho even take out of a
lamb we gave him In about two
weeks he began to look thin, but he
still kicked on eating, so we put him
and his crate in aa outhouse and left
him for two weeks more. When we
went to look at him again he had
changed position and was now coiled
around iu such a way that he could gel
his tail in his mouth, and he had about
a foot of it swallowed, just to keep hi|
stomach braced, 1 suppose.
"We moved just after this, and we
took Nero, as we called him, with us,
carrying the crate with us ip a freight
ear The car was an old one, so wq
were allowed to run it oi? on a siding
at the station that we made our head
quarters. and here we left him while
we traveled inland to run a line. It
was a month be/ore we got back, and
we both made a break for the car. but
gosh darn me, would you believe me,
there wasn't more than a foot of that
snake left He had swallowed and di
gested about nine feet of himself, antj
he took off six inches more before he
died."
HYENAS OF THE DANUBE.
Plundering the Muf Dead Bodies Thai
Float Down the Hlver.
A painful sensation has been created
here, says a Vienna correspondent oi
the London Telegraph, by an article in
one of the Vienna daily papers, entitled '
"The Hyenas of the Danube." in which
a grewsomely realistic description is
given of the annual appearanceof hun
dreds of corpses floating down the river
between Vienna and Hungary, which
are regularly plundered by the people
on the banks, and then cynically
thrown back into the swift current of
the stream, never to be heard of again.
The writer considers this horrible
state of things mainly in a judicial
light, and complains of the serious
losses thus inflicted upon the living in
consequence of the absence of all clew
to the fate of their unfortunate rela
tives. "Year after year," he affirms,
"hundreds of lifeless bodies—the mor
tal remain* of suicides, victims ol
crime and victims of accidents —rise to
the surface of the Danube, are swept
along with the current, and washed
up on the laud on one bank or the oth
er. Here they are discovered by the
'hyenas,' who rifle the corpses, and
then, as a rule, kick them back on the
waves, after which no human being
worries about them more. Thousands
of people vanish from the scene in this
manner, no one ever learning what
fate befell them. Itlood-cnrdling
crimes remain undiscovered, and the
uncertainty whether a man is dead or
will return again to his family and
friends is often fraught with heavy
losses to the latter. No mound marks
the spot where these unfortunate peo
ple rest: they are struck out of the
roll-call of humanity; no trace reveals
the course of their last long journey;
they have simply vanished from the
world like the lost wanderer of the
desert who is buried beneath enormous
sand waves, or like the famished trav
eler in the wilderness whose body be
comes the food of birds of prey. And
yet we are living in Europe!"
SHUT YOUR MOUTH.
Br K<rpUi( It Open You Endanger Your
Health.
Don't be offended. The admonition
is not meant as a reflection upon your
talkativeness. Talk as much as you
please, but keep your mouth shut
when you are not talking.
People who keep their mouths closed
except when they are talking, eating
or drinking, rarely contract colds or
coughs. Savages, even those living in
northern latitudes, seldom take cold.
Scientists say it is because they arc
close mouthed.
Disease germs floating in the air find
a direct route into the lungs of a per
son who breathes through his mouth.
They are arrested by the fine, sieve-like
network of hair in the nostrils of thq
individual who breathes through his
nose- Keep your mouth shut and you
may defy pestilenoe.
The teeth suffer from too much and
too frequent exposure to the atmos
phere. Sudden changes of tempera
ture, whether liquid or atmospheric,
are hurtful to them. The best teeth
in the world are those of the savage
tribes, whose members always keep
their mouths shut except when talking
or eating.
Throat and lung diseases are often
contracted by persons who go aboul
open mouthed. The frosty air of win
ter inhaled directly into the lungs
through the mouth is a frequent cause
of bronchial disorders. Taken through
the nose it is modified and sifted ol
many of its dangers. Keep your mouth
shut!
Growth of Coral®.
Corals increase by eggs, spontaneous
division and germination. The rate ol
growth has not been fully determined
Prof. Agassiz indicates the growth ol
reefs at Key West at the rate of si*
inches in one hundred years, and addi
that If we double that amount il
would require seven thousand year? tc
form the reefs in that place and huu
dreds of thousands of years for tin
growth of Klorida
KOREA AND THE KOREANS.
A It*turned American Ml»*lonarjr Telia
About an Interesting People.
Rev. Graham Lee is a Presbyterian
misionary of Rock Island. 111., who
has been working in the Korean field
at Seoul for the last year, according to
the San Francisco Call. He says:
"The Koreans arc an amiablo people,
aud a man can travel all over their
country without being molested or ill
treated. Sometimes, of course, ouo
will meet a man who is rather uncivil,
but generally they are disposed to treat
us kindly. * Like all other oriental
people, they are immoral, and Seoul is
no exception among the cities of tho
east. It is a filthy oitv, too.
"The people are not at all progressive.
There were some progressive Koreans
who tried to have a postal system and
mint to coin moiyy a few years ago.
but the innovations lasted only twen
tv-four hours; the people rose in re
volt. Whv did they oppose the post
office and mint? Well, you know the
ori€*ntals are never taught to think. In
their schools all the pupils do is to go
over mechanically a list of characters
beforo them until they commit them
to memory. That's why it is so hard
to teach them mathematics. So that
It.might be said that there was no par
. tieular reason for the opposition to tUo
I proposed reform other than their ob
i jeetion to progression generally. Trie _
I Chinese language is taught ia a>l their
i fQpxJto" _