VOLXXXII
A R N E 5 S4-1
We 1 .ve ni'-.re %• tv i an.l larger -h<» J -.- MI THAN ". W
ha\t put i r>' V. <l. >p>y yo«; w.th .nachiie at hW
rr:i<i' voi kat «tio- •" >* v or.ct W " ' 1 ? " fl ''
catn »!■' and .»<v. <• v al lepa • vc - >■>
of i . ss that >• ■ mo. or it ■«. an'? •! >n t . w
our r<- d and w .il se th< nr> • ■ :i ilf pi:* < llu ;c
set < i.uii V d. th«•< yt i ! bargains come ;i
fScrelice hut jou waiii ir lit h».ri > tithtr nt% wou oi
:'n; cme I'ere.
We n ->t ha\e room rb; -s vat* » « wi :ch we !. \
the si ne wet-.ci ■id and ai.
BLANKETS and ROBES
f in now till April istat less th- \! n- -
to b ••• now lor next wir er. It ) • 1 see bar^an^
ate «-r<cring in difTeicnt artii is. Y\ . •i «• c;; ' j»° n F 01
1»«• is-i.* coiiais, too. V\c r.«\cr aiv >c in a c;u< n-pei y way— .he
we s.iy we aie down in p- ie we d'< u<- > i in pr
S. B. MARTINCOURT 8c CO
BUTLER, PA.
Read This; Sure!
$1.50.
A pair ofladi<* genuine hnn.l
turned or hand wt't shces, sizes
2-j. 3. 3-i. 4 :int ' 4-s al $' S O, |K ~
are regular $3 and $4 goods.
See ojr window.
$2.50.
A pair of men'i pure gum duck
boots, guaranteed to be better;
than other du k bout, or so called I
snag-proof <>ll the market. J liii !
is a regular s3s° b°ot
s2.oo.
A pair of men's first .quality
rubber boots at $2.00. All sizes.
NOTICE.
Childrcns shoes at your own
price. See our Bargain Counter.
Shot Dealer. AL RUFF. s. Main St.
SPECIAL
Owintr 10 a porilpmplH't-d chnnc' i*» «'tn J>ui»»--tt April Ist. it becomes
DWfi-ttrv tbftt we close out r>or enijr" si ck <>n or helore tlmt date e
will therefore place on nale tbi«< WMK OV»T 2 "Od imirs of pants. 1.000 suits
underwear. 1.200 Men's. 800 Bov's and 6uo I'bildreu's suits; 500 Ovtr
coats; 1600 Hats; 300 solid iroid Rinjrs; b» fTatehes; 200 Chains, 1,000
Collar and Cuff button"; 2,000 Scarf pins; 200 Sjirt waists,etc.
W« here fritre yon timely notice of special days alt s, *ud special dis
count, so that yon can prepare to take advantage of these salts and eecii'6
some ol the bargains.
Bargain Days
Wednesday Jan. 30—Pants day—2s per cent off,
Friday, Feb. Ist -Ov-rcoat day—2o per cent, off,
Tuesday Feb s<b —Underwear day—2s per cent, off
Thursday, Feb 7tb—Jewelry day—2s per cent, off,
Monday, Feb. 11 Lb—Hat day—2s per cent, off
Special sales on certain lines of goods every day os long as those eoodß
last These goods not subject to special discount. Pants former price 3
to 6 dollars, special price $1 50 <o s3.so—Men's suits former price $4.50 to
sl2 00. special price 250 to 7 50—Childrens suits, former price 1 to G
dollars special price 75c to $3 50,—fine jrondola Hats former price $2 00 to
$4 50. special price from 75c to $2 00—Hoy's and Children# Caps, former
price 15 to 25c special price 1 to lOe—Underwear former price 25c, Special
price loc—Muffl rs orn.t r price from 50c to $2 50 special price 25c tosl 25
Don't, miss t' is grea' i-a'e- b» borrowing money at I! p»-r cent ycu can
save 27 per cnt net, now this inuv Ke«-oi yeti'. is true, and if you
doubt it Just call around snd we will convince von
D. A. Meek:,
Champion Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher,
21 N. M Bir\ St., Duffy's Blcck, Buller, JPfi
List of Applications for LICENSE.
The followlnK applications for Wholesale ai <1 Tavern Llcecs?» to scl' vinous, H >lritous, malt or
Ir« w«<> llqu« is or suy admixture tl>er<of aith'-s v*-r l rt>e< e Uiiat <1 »«-l w are n w
filed In the offl'-.e of tb«/flerk of yuartr-r Sessions Court o' Butler County. i a. unl will be tjpard
by the sutrt Court on the 3rd Wednesday of it troii l<ws. bfiui{ tiie Jiili. Qly uiereof, and ontln-
UinK fwm time to time until all appltca'l -as shall u*ve t>een heard.
WHOLESALE.
A MR. RCSII>KNCK. PLACI TOR WHICH APCUCATION; IS MAD*.
(Amos M I.ußk. Zellrnople Butler''« P» New Castle et Zelienople Uoro Cutler <:o l*n
ICa'ltouC Frederlelt. «4 Rkshinond Ave Buffalo W y "
Jacob It-ioer. \n K loiters in st. 2nd Vd Butler Pa l?-' K Wayne at -'nd wd liutler lloro
Joseph L Chi New Castle Lawrence Co Pa 126
Kx'liartl Bo wen. Phllll.isburK t'entre Pa K JeUttraon st
C Biuwerleln Brew Chief office Bennett POPn 333 W
I Alex Williams 2nd Wd Butler Boro Pa 152 S Main st " •'
• Mark H Brooks " \
Jai:.»ti Boos. :nc S Main St. 3rd Wd " cor Main and Wayne sts 3rd wd •'
Nicholas IK Ixiwry st Allegheny Pa 120-122 £ Cunningham st 2nd •• "
TAVERN.
Mrs Mattle Relhlng 2d wd, Butler boro. Pa No - 8 Main St. 2d wd Butler boro, Pa
Krauk S Clark 2d wd •' (Park Hotel) 108 N Dlainoutl .it, 2'l wd
J Harrv p*nb«l 3<l wd " 3;n 3-W HQ.i ;t|S S Main St
Herman Liebold 21Wk2i8 S Main •• 2il 21ti and 2l«
(W J Mi-Caff rly 2d wil " Our Main and Jefferson Sts. 2d wd
ID K Met Tea 2d wd
Bliueou Nixon 215 5 McKean,4wd " iMx-n's 110 n-i 2\r. NMKmisi Mi « I
Win 11 -lelllson Pi'troll I boro. ButlT Co. Pa lt)rlr%' il House) Petrolta boro, Butler Co. Pa
John S liyftrs " .Mulij St
(Aaunius Ho'h , MdlersUiwu boro •• (tVntril Hotel) Mlllerstown boro
(Adoiphus A Hoch •' " , , "
Ben) mill, J Korquer " " Sl'|>- t-ryrot-k st
John l>jlan •• •• (S<-hreltH r lliiu-e
Kreoerlek PfalH* Saxonburif boro '• Mam s; > uon 1 urg boro
CliristUu .1 Haabe, .Ir •• C'« I"- Heit'e
John Nicholas lilt boro " (C-min "i i 1 Hotel) Kvanslmrg boro
Mrs Lnu Cnuniugham • " I Itll• r • I jm i
llei.ry W Siokey Zellenoule boro •• (Oi-ud Ontral) Zelleoople boro "
Charles HUik-j •• •• (Mtokei House)
Samuel Beam Harmony boro " (B- am Hotel) Harmony boro •'
L wis N Ztegler . ..
Clerks Off.*;, Keb. 27. isao. JOii£Pll ( i:i WELL, ( lcik g. S.
I 20C.
I . ,
A good pair of ladies croquet
-übbers at 20 cents. Sizes 2.j to
5-
50C.
A ; air ol" men's self-acting over
■.hoes, cloth vamps at 50 cents.
Sizes 6 to 9.
$1.50.
A pair men's fine calf shoes, reg
j ular $2.50 and $3.00 goods at
! $1.50. All sizes in assorted kinds,
made up of odd lots ol both Con
: gress and Lace.
rRBET
A handsome pair of iniants'
chamois moccasins will be given
to any mother free for the asking
Will not be given to children.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Nervous Prostration
Could Not Sleep - Had No
Appetite
Cured In Body and Mind by Hood's
SarsapariMa
" I Buffered very much for a long time
with nervous prostration. I had about
given up nil hopes
of ever getting bet
/ ter when Hood's j
§ Sar?aparilla was!
«§■ recommended to
Rp -*■> me and I believe it
yj my duty to let
M other sufferers
i know the benefit I :
fejjL. sF\ derived from it. I
Jim Could Not Slesp
it h' n '?ht, waswith
Mr. J Edw. Kittle ' what little I did
Allegheny. Pa. eat I was unable to
keep on my stomach. After taking the j
first bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla, which j
seemed to do me gome good, I tried a
second and continued to feel better. I
got up feeling
Bright and Refreshed
in the morning. I continued with the
medicine and am cured, body and mind,
can sleep well and feel better in every
way. I gladly recommend Hood's Sarsa
parilla to others." J. EDWARD EIFFLB,
151 Madison Ave., Allegheny, Pa.
f-food's Sarsa -.
JL parilla
Be Sure
to Get Hood s
Ortlrr cure all llrcr Ills, billow
flOOd S r lliS nejs,headache. 2Zc.
The store for
merly known the
Racket Store at
120 S. Main Street,
will be opened on
March 4th with a
full line of
CLOTH! \G,
IIATS and
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS
liY
T. H. BURTON.
Look lit I his.
cfM Moi
WjM./ J
kKr
5/ fmm
wk\
% y/fb
Think of it, a Ladies fine Vici
Kid Shoe, in lace or button, six
different styles to select from,
price $1.25 actual \aiue $2.00.
We are going to spring a sur
prise on our customers and place
on sale a Ladies Kid Button
Shoe, Pat tips at 88cts., also a
Ladies fine grain button shoe at
88cts.,if you want a pair of these
don't delay, they are going fast.
We claim to sell the best shoe
for SI.OO ever made. It is a gents
fine Burt Shoe in lace or congress
and just as much style to it as
any $3.00 shoe in the market.
Our mens A Calf Congress ami
Lace shoe at 95cts, needs no
mention. WJ are selling them
about as fast as we can get them.
All winter goods and Rubbe;
to regardless of cost,
TRY.
Tiie New Shoe Store.
C. E. MILLER,
215 S. Main St., Butler, Pa.
pCreYour
j
?Fresh?
C Everything we have is v
S fresh. We guarantee even /
j pound we sell to be the)
\ best of its kind there is. \
/ We want regular,all-tlie \
j year-round, trad (
V sell you all you can eat. <
) Henry
? Opposite l>. O.
JOHN W. RROWN C. A. .mihamb.
AH RAMS & BROWN,
Real Estate. Fire and Life insurance,
HUKKLT'IN BuiLDIfSO.
N'kai: COUBT UOT.SK. HIJTLKB Pt.
InMriDt* Ooatpsnv <if N"rrh Am tjca,
10U I Artii"'" iR)-78 (KM»; ll««me ■>! Ne«
Yi.rkl A*fe' *9 000 (100; U«rtf,. r d of II •-
f»'J. iaifti 17.378,000; Phonis <•! II <H»I>»
|yn, $5,000,000.
L. S. MoJUNKIM
Insurance ?»nd Real Estate
Agent,
b tST HT.
HTTTLKU. PA..THUKSDAY. MAKCI I 7. lSi>s.~
'■O : FOUR.
* X \
CHAPTERL
TIIE RCIEXCT. OF br.nrCTION.
-555.-7 :EEI. O C K
f! HOLMES took
/, r his buttle from
j| „ 'j the < •!•:•• r oi
tK tH« r ■• •' tcl
spieee a,d h,
\j j* hypodermic
—— .JF !, its neat moroe-
IL ■» '! co case ' With
I jjr l ljl J/ Jl! If ' ) his long, white,
1 IS WW 1 !} j j nervous fingers
I JPi ?1 j/llji a ( 'j Ubte<l *bc
* Wfft« delicate nee
dle, and rolled back his left shirt-cuff.
For some little time his eyes rested
thoughtfully upon the sinewy fore
arm and wrist all dotted and scarred
with innumerable puncture marks.
Finally he thrust the sharp point
home, pressed down the tiny piston,
and sank back into the velvet-lined
armchair with a long sigh of satisfac
tion.
Three times a day for many months
I had witnessed this performance, but
custom had not reconciled my mind to
it. On the contrary, from day to day
I had become more irritable at the
sight, and my conscience swelled night
ly within me at the thought that 1 had
lacked the courage to protest. Again
and again I had registered a vow that
I should deliver my soul upon the sub
ject, but there was that in the cool,
nonchalant air of my companion which
made him the last man with whom one
would care to take anything approach
ing to a liberty. His great powers, his
masterly manner, and the experience
which I had had of his many extraor
dinary qualities, all made me diffident
and backward in crossing him.
Yet upon that afternoon, whether it
was the Bcaune which I had taken with
my lunch, or the additional exaspera
tion produced by the extreme delibera
tion of his manner, I suddenly felt that
I could hold out no longer.
"Which is it to-day?" I asked —''mor-
phine or cocaine?"
He raised his C3 T es languidly from the
old black-letter volume which lie had
opened. "It is cocaine," he said, "a
seven per cent, solution. Would you
care to try it?"
"No, indeed," I answered, brusquely.
"My constitution has over the
Afghan campaign yet. I cannot afford
to throw any extra strain upon it."
lie smiled at my vehemence. "Per
haps you are right, Watson," he said.
"I suppose that its influence is physic
ally !a bad one. I find it, however,
BO transcendently stimulating anil
clarifying to the mind that its sec
ondary action is a matter of small mo
ment."
"But consider!" I said, earnestly.
"Count the cost! Your brain may, as
you say, be roused and excited, but it
is a pathological and morbid process,
which involves increased tissue-change
and may at last leave a permanent
weakness. You know, too, wl.at a
1 * ._i comes upon you. Surely
tiie game is hardly worth 4 .r> • candle.
Why should you, for a mere passing
pleasure, risk the loss of those great
powers with which you have been en
dowed? Remember that I speak not
only as one comrade to another, but as
a medical man to one for whose con
stitution he is to some extent answer
able."
lie did not seem offended. On the
contrary, he put his finger-tips to
gether and leaned his elbows on the
arms of his chair, like one who has a
relish for conversation.
"My mind," he said, "rebels at stag
nation. Give me problems, give me
work, give me the most abstruse
1
ff
IrPslLr
"MV JIIND REBELS AT STAGNATION."
cryptogram or the most intricate
analysis, and I am in my own proper
atmosphere. I can dispense then with
artificial stimulants. But I abhor the
dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation. That is why I have
chosen my own particular profession—
or rather created it, for I am the only
one in the world."
"The only unofficial detective?" I
said, raising my eyebrows.
"The only unofficial consulting de
tective," he answered. "I am the last
and highest court of appeal in detec
tion. When Gregson or Lestrade or
Athelney Jones are out of their depths
—which, by the way, is their normal
state—the matter is laid before me. I
examine the data, as an expert, and pro
nounce a specialist's opinion. 1 claim
no credit in such cases. My name fig
ures in no newspaper. The work itself,
the pleasure of finding a field for my
peculiar powers, is my highest reward.
But you have yourself liad some experi
ence of my methods of work in the
Jefferson Hope case."
"Yes, indeed," said I, cordially. "I
was never so struck by anything in my
life. I even embodied it in a small
brochure with the somewhat fantastic
title of 'A Study in Scarlet.' "
He shook his head sadly. "I glanced
over it," said he. "Honestly, I cannot
congratulate you upon it. Detection
is, or ought to be, an exact science, and
should be treated in the same cold and
unemotional manner. You have at
tempted to tinge it with romanticism,
which produces much the same effect
as if you worked a love story or an
elopement into the fifth proposition of
Euclid."
"But the romance was there," I re
monstrated. "I could not tamper with
the facts."
"Some facts should be suppressed, or
at least a just sense of proportion
should be observed in treating them.
The only point in the case which de
served mention was the curious ana
lytical reasoning from effects to causes
by which 1 succeeded in unraveling it."
I was annoyed at this criticism of a
work which had been specially de
signed to please him. I confess, too.
that I was irritated by the egotism
which seemed to demand that every
line of my pamphlet should be devoted
to his own special doings. More than
once during the years that 1 had lived
with him in Baker street I had ob
served taat a small vanity underlay :uy
goKijianiuu'a cornet and didactic nUiiuer.
1 made 110 remark, however, but sat
nursing my wounded leg. I had had a
Jezail bullet through it sometime be
fore. and though it did not prevent me
from walking. it ached wearily at
every change of the weather.
"My practice has extended recent . y
to the continent," said Holmes, after
awhile, filling up his old brier-root
pipe. "I was consulted last week by
Francois Le Villurd. who. as you prob
ably know, has come rather to the
front lately in the French detective
service. He has all the Celtic power of
quick intuition, but he is deficient in
the wide range of exact knowledge
which is essential to the higher devel
opments of his art. The case was con
cerned with a will, and possessed some
features of interest. I was able to re
fer him to two parallel cases, the ouo
at Riga in 1557, and the other at St.
Louis"in 1871, which have suggested to
him the true solution. Here is the let
ter which I had this morning, acknowl
edging ray assistance." He tossed over,
spoke, a crumpled sheet of for
eign notepaper. I glanced my eyes
down it. catching a profusion of notes
of admiration, with stray "magni
fiques," "coup de maitres" and "tours
de force," all testifying to the ardent
admiration of the Frenchman.
"He speaks as a pupil to his master,"
said I. ,
"Oh, he rates my assistance too high
ly," said Sherlock Holmes, lightly.
"He has considerable gifts himself. He
possesses two out of the three quali
ties necessary for the ideal detective.
He has the power of observation and
that of deduction. He is only wanting
in knowledge; and that may come in
time. He is now translating my small
works into French."
"Your works?"
"Oh, didn't yon know?" he cried,
laughing. ' Yes, I have been guilty of
several monographs. They are all
upon technical subjects. Here, for ex
. ample, is one 'Upon the Distinction Be
tween the Ashes of the Various Tobac
coes.' In it I enumerate a hundred
and forty forms of cigar, cigarette and
pipe tobacco, with colored plates illus
| trating the difference in the ash. It
is a point which is continually turning
up in criminal trials, and which is
sometimes of supreme importance as a
clew. If you can say definitely,for ex
ample, that some murder has been
done, by a man who was smoking an
Indian lunkaii, it obviously narrows
your field of search. To the trained
eye there is as much difference be
tween the black ash of a Trichinopoly
and the wlii e fluff of bird's-eye as there
is between a cabbage and a potato."
"You have an extraordinary genius
for minutiae." I remarked.
"I appreciate their importance. Here
is my monograph upon the tracing o
footsteps, with some remarks upon the
uses of plaster of i'aris as a preserver
of impresses. Here, too, is a curious
little work upon th<j influence of a
trade upon the form of the hand, with
: the lithotypes of the hands of slaters.
sailors, cork-cutters, compositors, weav
i ers and diamond polishers. That is a
matter of great practical interest to the
scientific detective, —especially in cases
of unclaimed bodies, or in discovering
the antecedents of criminals. liut 1
weary you with 1113' hobby."
"Not at all," I answered, earnestly.
"It is of the greatest interest to me, es
pecially since I have luid the oppor
tunity of observing your practical ap
plication of it. But you spoke just
now of observation and deduction.
Surely the one to some extent implies
the other."
"Why, hardly," he answered, leaning
back luxuriously in his arm-chair, and
sending up thick blue wreaths from
his pipe. "For example, observation
shows me that you have been to the
Wigmore street post office this morn
ing, but deduction lets me know that
when there you despatched a tele
gram."'
"Right!" said 1. "Right on both
points! But I confess that I don't see
how vou arrived at it. It was a sudden
impulse upon my part, and I have men
tioned it to no one."
"It is simplicity itself," he remarked,
chuckling at my surprise—"so absurd
ly simple that an explanation is super
fluous; and yet it may serve to define the
limits of observation and of deduction.
Observation tell; ine that you have a
little reddish mould adhering to your
instep. Just opposite the Seymour
street ofiice tlicy have taken up the
pavement and thrown up some earth
which lies in such a way that it is diffi
cult to avoid treading in it in entering.
The earth is of this peculiar reddish
tint which is found, as far as I know,
nowhere else in the neighborhood. So
much is observation. The rest is de
duction."
"How, then, did you deduce the tele
gram?"
"Why, of course I knew that you
had not written a letter, since 1 sat op
posite to you all morning. I see also
in your open desk there tliat you have
a sheet of stamps and a thick bundle
of post-cards. What could you go into
the post ofiice for, then, but to send a
wire? Eliminate all other factors, and
the one which remains must lie the
truth."
"In this case it certainly is so," 1 re
plied, after a little thought. "The
thing, however, is, as you say, of the
simplest. Would you think me imper
tinent if I were to put your theories to
a more severe test?"
"On the contrary," he answered, "it
would prevent me from taking a sec
ond dose of cocaine. I should be de
lighted to look into any problem which
you might submit to me."
[ "I have heard you say that it is difli
' cult for a man to have any object in
I daily use without leaving the impress
: of his individuality upon it in such a
way that a trained observer might
I read it. N v, I have here a watch
S which has r :ently come into my pos
-1 I session. Would you have the kindness
I j to let me have an opinion upon the
i j character or habits of the late owner?"
- j I handed him over the watch, with
, ' some slight feeling of amusement in
I my heart, for the test was, as I thought,
1 an iinpo Ible one, and I intended it as
( a lesson against the somewhat dog
matic tone which he occasionally as
sumed. He balanced the watch in his
hand, gazed hard at the dial, opened
the back, and examined the works,
first with his naked eyes and then
with a powerful convex lens. I could
| hardly keep from smiling at his crest-
I fallen face when he finally snapped
the case to and handed it back.
I "There arc hardly any data," he re
marked. "The watch has been recent
ly cleaned, which robs me of tny most
suggestive facts."
"You are right," I answered. "It was
cleaned before being sent to me." In
my heart I accused my companion
of putting forward a most lame and
impotent excuse to cover his failure.
What data could lie expect from an un
cleancd watch?
"Though QUMitiafaetory my research
lias not been entirely barren, he ob- j
served, staring up at the ceiling with
dreamy, lack-luster eyes- "Subject to
your correction, I should judge that
the watch belonged to your elder
brother, who inherited it from your fa
ther."
"That you gather, no doubt, from 1
the 11. W. upon the back?"
"Quite so. The W. suggests your
own name. The date of the watch is
nearly fifty years back, and the initials
ore as old as the watch; so it was made
for the last generation. Jewelry usu
ally descends to the eldest son. and he
is most likely to have the same name
as the father. Your father has. if I j
remember right, been dead many years.
It has, therefore, been in the hands of
your eldest brother."
"Right, so far," said I. "Anything j
else?"
"He was a man of untidy habits— j
very untidy and careless. He was left 1
with good prospects, but he threw ;
away his chances, lived for some time j
in poverty, with occasional short inter
vals of prosperity, and finally, taking
to drink, he died. That is all I can j
gather."
I sprang from my chair and limped j
impatiently about the room with con- 1
siderable bitterness in my heart.
"This is unworthy of yon. Holmes," I
said. "I could not have believed that
you would have descended to this. You
have made inquiries into the history of
my unhappy brother, and you now pre
tend to deduce this knowledge in some
fanciful way. You cannot expect me
to believe that you have read all this
from his old watch! It is unkind, and,
to speak plainly, has a touch of charla
tanism in it."
"My dear doctor," said he, kindly,
"pray accept my apologies. Viewing
the matter as an abstract problem, 1
had forgotten how personal and pain
ful a thing it might be to you. I assure
you, however, that I never even knew
that you had a brother until you
handed me the watch."
"Then how in the name of all that is
wonderful did you get these facts?
They are absolutely correct in every
particular.'"
"Ah. that is good luck. I could only
say what was the balance of probabil
ity. I did not at all expect to be so ac
curate."
I I \ : I Jr
Wifeir—^
HE BALANCED THE WATCH IN HIS HAND.
"But it was not mere guess work?"
"No, no; I never guess. It is a shock
ing habit—destructive to the logical
faculty. What seems strange to you is
only so because you do not follow my
train of thought or observe the small
facts upon which large inferences may
depend. For example, I began by stat
ing that your brother was careless.
When you observe the lower part of
that watch case you notice that it is not
only dinted in two places, but it is cut
and marked all over from the habit of
keeping other hard objects, such as
coins or keys, in the same pocket.
Surely it is no great feat to assume that
a man who treats a fifty-guinea watch
so cavalierly must be a careless man.
Neither is it a very far-fetched infer
ence that a man who inherits one ar
ticle of such value is pretty well pro
vided for in other respects "
I nodded to show that I followed hia
reasoning.
"It is very customary for pawn
brokers in England, when they take a
watch, to scratch the number of the
ticket with a pin point upon the inside
of the case. It is more handy than the
label, as there is no risk of the number
being lost or transposed. There are no
less than four such numbers visible to
my lens on the inside of this case. In
ference—that your brother was often
at low water. Secondary inference—
that he had occasional bursts of pros
perity, or he could not have redeemed
the pledge. Finally, I ask you to look
at the inner plate, which contains the
key-hole. Look at the thousands of
scratches all round the hole —marks
where the key has slipped. What sober
man's key could have scored those
grooves? Hut you will never see a
drunkard's watch without them. He
winds it at night, and he leaves these
traces of his unsteady hand. Where is
the mystery in all this?"
"It is clear as daylight," I answered.
"I regret the injustice which I did you.
I should have had more faith in your
marvelous faculty. May I ask whether
you have any professional inquiry on
foot at present?"
"None. Hence the cocaine. I can
not live without brain work. What
else is there to live for? Stand at the
window here. Was there ever such a
dreary, dismal, unprofitable world? See
how the yellow fog swirls down the
street and drifts across dun-colored
houses. What could be more hopeless
ly prosaic and material? What is the
use of having powers, doctor, when one
has no field upon which to exert them?
Crime is commonplace and existence is
commonplace and no qualities save
those which are commonplace have any
function upon earth."
I had opened my mouth to reply to
this tirade, when, with a crisp knock,
our landlady entered, bearing a card
upon the brass salver.
"A young lady for you, sir," she said,
addressing my companion.
"Mian Mary Morstan," he read.
"Hum! I have no recollection of the
name. Ask the young lady to step up,
Mrs. Hudson. Don't go, doctor. 1 shall
prefer that you remain."
CHAPTER 11.
THE STATEMENT OF THE CASE.
Miss Morstan entered the room with
a firm step and an outward composure
of manner. She was a blonde young
lady, small, dainty, well gloved', and
dressed in the most perfect taste.
There was, however, a plainest and
simplicity about her costume which
bore with it a suggestion of limited
means. The ilress was a somber gray
ish beige, untrimmed and unbraided,
and she .wore a small turban of the
same dull hue, relieved only by a sus
picion of white feather in the side. Her
face had neither regularity of feature
nor beauty of complexion, but her ex
"pr. sion was sweet and amiable, and
her large blue eyes were singularly
spiritual and sympathetic. In an ex
perience of women which extends over
many nations and three separate con
tinents, I have never looked upon a
face which gave a clearer promise of a
refined and sensitive nature. I could
not but observe that as she took the
seat which Sherlock Holmes placed for
her, her lip trembled, her hand quiv
ered, and she showed every sign of in
tense inward agitation.
"I have come to you, Mr. Holmes,"
she said, "because you once enabled
my employer, Mrs. Cecil Forrester, to
unravel a little domestic complication.
She was much impressed by your kind
ness anil ukJfU-" _
....n. iocii t orrester," lie repealed,
thoughtfully. "I believe that I v.r.s of
some slight service to her. The case,
however, as I remember H. was a very
simple one."
"She did not think so. Hut at least
you cannot say the same of mine. I
can hardlj* imagine any thing more
strange, more utterly inexplicable,
than the situation in which I find my
self."
Holmes rubbed hi- hands, and his
eyes glistened. He '.aued forward in
" ' chair with an expression of extraor
dinary <. "Titration upon his clear
cut, hawk-like . "State your
case." said he, in bn. ... >v s tones.
I felt that my position was a.. :n
--barrassing one. "You will, lam sure,
excuse me," I said, rising from my
chair.
To my surprise the young lady held
JJ H pMjp
"YOU Will., 1 AM sure, excuse me."
up her gloved hand to detain me. "If
your friend," she said, "would be good
enough to stop, he might be of inestim
able service to me."
I relapsed into my chair.
'"Briefly," she continued, "the facts
are these: My father was an officer in
an Indian regiment who rent mo home
when I was quite a child. My mother
was dead, and I had no relative in Eng
land. I was placed, however, in a
comfortable boarding establishment at
Edinburgh, and there I remained until
I was seventeen yenrs of age. In the
year 1878 my father, who was senior
captain of his regiment, obtained
twelve months' leave and came home.
He telegraphed to me from London
that he had arrived all safe, and di
rected me to come down at once, giving
the Langham hotel as his address. His
message, as I rememb- r. was full of
kindness and love. On reaching Lon
don I drove to the I. . hum, and was
informed that Capt. "i r-tan was stay
ing there, but thr.t he hud gone out the
night before and had not returned. I
waited all day witl: .ut news of him.
That night, on the advice of the man
ager of the hotel. I c imunicatodwith
the police, and next us. ruing we adver
tised in all the 1 . . .0. Our inquiries
led to no result; an ', from that day to
this 110 word has ever been heard of
my unfortunate father. He caine home
with his heart full of hope, to find
some peace, sol.a cjmfort, and in
stead " She put her hand to her
throat, and a choking sob cut short the
sentence.
"The date?" asked Holmes, (Tpening
his notebook.
"lie disappeared upon the 3d of De
cember, 1878—nearly ten years ago."
"His luggage?"
"Remained at the hotel. There was
nothing in it to suggest a clew—some
books, and a considerable number of
curintifie- from the Anda nan islands.
11c had been one of the officers in
charge of the convict guard there."
"Had he any friends in town?"
"Only one that we know of—Maj.
Sholto, of his own regiment, the Thir
ty-fourth Bombay infantry. The ma
jor had retired some little time before,
i and lived at Upper Norwood. We com
! munieated with- him, of course, but be
did not even know that his brother of
ficer was in England."
'A singular case," remarked Holmes.
"I have not yet described to you the
most singular part. About six years
ago—to be exact, upon the 4th of May,
1882—an advertisement appeared in the
Times asking for the address of Miss
Mary Morstan, and stating that it
would be to hep-advantage to come for
ward. There was no name or address
appended. I had at that time just en
tered the family of Mrs. Cecil Forrester
in the capacity of governess. By her
advice I published my address in the
advertisement column. The same day
there arrived through the post a small
cardboard box addressed to me, which
I found to contain a very large and lus
trous pearl. No word of writing was
inclosed. Since then, every year, upon
the same date, there has always ap
peared a similar box, containing a sim
ilar pearl, without any clew as to the
sender. They have been pronounced
by an expert to be of a rare variety and
of considerable value. You can see for
yourselves that they are very hand
some." She opened a flat box as she
spoke, and showed me six of the finest
pearls that I had ever seen.
"Your statement is most interest
ing#" said Sherlock Holmes. "Has any
thing else occurred to you?"
"Yes, and no later than to-day. That
is why I have come to you. This morn
ing I received this letter, which you
will perhaps read for yourself."
"Thank you," said Holmes. "The
envelope, too, please. Postmark, Lon
don, S. W.; date, July 7. Hum! Man's
tliumbmark on corner—probably post
man. Best quality paper. Envelopes
at sixpence a packet. Particular man
in his stationery. No address. 'Be at
the third pillar from the left outside
the Lyceum theater to-night at seven
o'clock. If you are distrustful, bring
two friends. You are a wronged wom
an, and shall have justice. Do not
bring police. If you do, all will be in
vain. Your unknown friend.' Well,
really, this is a very pretty little mys
tery. What do you intend to do, Miss
Morstan?"
"That is exactly what I want to ask
you."
"Then we shall most certainly go.
You and I and—yes, why. Dr. Watson
is the very man. Your correspondent
says two friends. He and I have
worked together before."
"But would he come?" she asked,
with something appealing in her voice
and expression.
"I should be proud and happy,"
said I, fervently, "if I can lie of any :
service."
"You are both very kind," she an- '
swered. "I have led a retired life, and
have no friends whom I could appeal
to. If lam here at six it will do, 1 sup- j
pose?"
"You must not be later," said
Holmes. "There is one other point.
Is this handwriting the same as that !
upon the pearl-box addresses?"
"I have them here," she answered,
producing half a dozen pieces of paper.
"You are certainly a model client!
You have the correct intuition. Let
us see, now." He spread out the paper
upon the table, and gave little darting
glances from one to the other. "They
arc disguised hand*, except the letter,"
he baid, presently, "but there can l>e no
question as to the authorship. See how
the irrepressible Greek e will break
out, and see the twirl 011 the final *.
They are undoubtedly by the same per
son. I should not Like to suggest false
hopes, Morstan, but is there uny
resemblance between this hand ind
that of your father?"
"Nothing could be more unlike."
"I ex] cted to hear you say so. We
shall 1 > ; out for you then, at six.
1' : allow me to keep the papers. 1
may look into the matter t vfui-e then.
it i.-> '-nly half-past three. Au revoir,
thva."
"Au revoir,'' said our visitor, and,
with a bright, kindly glance from one
to the other of us, she replaced her
pearl l";x in her bosom and hurried
uway. Standing at the window, I
watched her walking briskly down tho
street, until the gray turban and white
feather were but a speck in the somber
crowd.
"Whut a very attractive woman!" I
exclaimed, turning to my companion.
He had lit his pipe again, and was
leaning back with drooping eyelids.
"Is she?" he said, languidly. "I did not
observe."
"You really are au automaton a cal
culating machine!" I cried. "There is
something positively inhuman in you
at times."
He smiled gently. "It is of the first
importance." he said, "not to allow
your judgment to be biased by per
sonal qualities. A client is to me a mere
unit —a factor in a problem. The emo
tional qualities are antagonistic to clear
reasoning. 1 assure you that the most
winning woman I ever knew was
hanged for poisoning three little chil
dren for their insurance money, and
the most repellent man of my acquaint
ance is a philanthropist who has spent
nearly a quarter of a million upon the
! London poor."
"In this case, however—"
"I never make exceptions. An ex
i ception disproves the rule. Have you
• ever had occasion to study character in
; handwriting? What do you make of
this fellow's scribble?"
"It is legible and regular," I an
swered. "A man of business habits and
some force of character."
Holmes shook his head. "Look at
his long letters," he said. "They hard
ly rise above the common herd. That
d might l>e an a, and that lan e. Men
of character always differentiate their
long letters, however illegibly they may
write. There is vacillation in his k's
and self-esteem in his capitals. I am
going out now. I have some few refer- |
ences to make. Let me recommend !
this b(K>k—one of the most remarkable
ever penned. It is Winwood Reade's
'Martyrdom of Man.' I shall be back
in an hour."
I sat in the window with the volume
in my hand, but my thoughts were far
I SAT IN THK WINDOW, VOLUME IN HAKD.
from the daring speculations of the
writer. My mind ran upon our late
visitor—her hmiles, the rich tones
of her voice, the strange mystery which
overhung her life. If she were seven
teen at the time of her father's disap
pearance she must be seven-and-twenty
now—a sweet age, when youth has
lost its self-consciousness and become a
little sobered by experience. So I sat
and mused, until such dangerous
thoughts came into my head that I
hurried away to my desk and plunged
furiously into the latest treatise upon
pathology. What was I, an army sur
geon with a weak leg and a weaker
banking account, that I should dare to
think of such things? She was a unit,
a factor, nothing more. If my future
were black, it was better surely to face
it like a man than to attempt to bright
en it by mere will-o'-the-wisps of the
imagination.
(TO RK CONTINUED.)
Too Promiscuous.
Little Girl (pleadingly)—l wish you
would save that doll in the window for
me until mamma can come and see it.
Dealer (genially)—We have hundreds
just like it.
Little Girl (in disgust)— Then I don't
want it.—Uood News.
No l>roken Promise*.
Rector— For once, a promise made at
tho marriage altar is likely to be kept.
Wife—To what do 3"ou refer?
Rector—At a wedding this morning i
got the questions mixed —and it was
the groom who promised to "love,
honor and obey."—N. Y. Weekly
Female Amenities.
Clara—l see that odious Mrs. New
rich is here this evening. I wish you'd
introduce ine to her.
Muriel—Why do you wish to know
her?
Clara —So that I can cut her at the
first opportunity.—Fuck.
Out of the Question.
Husband—l see ■jllainly you want to
get up a quarrel. And in the street,
too. Wait, at least, till we are inside
our own house.
Wife—lmpossible. I shall have
cooled down before we get there.—La
Fauville.
In 1005.
Miss Hystrung I cen't bear that
young Mr. Smitliers.
The New Girl—Why not?
Miss Hystrung—Why he's positively
masculine in his ways.—Chicago Rec
! ord.
Looking Backward.
She carries all before ber,
Hut It wasn't always so;
We all recall the bustle
And the days of long ago.
—Detroit Tribune
A OKI 7 .AT DEAL WORSE.
Chollic —Why have you stopped call
ing on Miss I'attersou? Did her father j
object?
Algle—No; Blie did.—Brooklyn Life. \
Valuable Recipe.
Jess Lat ing onions quite often 1
causes me to get a good night's sleep ,
Bess —How so?
Jess They drive young Stay late
away early.—Town Tcpics.
Iu a Cafe.
Gus Snol>erly—This Isn't the genuine .
French cognac?
New Waiter—How do you know it
isn't? You can't talk French. —Texas ,
Siftings.
Ju»t a* I ITectlve.
"Old Soak actually shed tears when '
he found he couldu't get a drop of :
whisky."
1 "Why didn't he drluk "bis tears? I ' 1
Lift.
N"ol°
THE DAmv
DAIRY BARN CARRIER.
An Excellent l)nlc« Which Dot* the Work
of One Mau. «
The help problem among farmers it
to-day one of the most serious with
■which they have to contend and any
device that tends to lessen or save la
bor will or should be hailed with de
light as a boon of no little value.
Tho accompanying illustration is
presented in the hope that some one
may be assisted in lightening farm la
bors by the use of this ensilage or man
ure carrier.
One like it is now in practical opera
tion for carrying ensilage in the dairy
barn of Willard l'risbee in the town ol
Delhi, Delaware county, New York,
and as a manure carrier in that of hit
neighbor, George W. Grant.
G, G, G, is a track of iron such as la
used for barn doors and F, a car for
carrying the manure or ensilage.
Fasten the track securely to th ' ing
either ahead or behind the c -s, ac
cording as it is desired i* - "5e f ad»
lng or in 6table cleaning, rail ail .1 tha
whole length or clear around tl. liable
as is most convenient, thu carri* being
po constructed that the wheei i will
turn on a curve in the track.
Four carrier wheels are bolted in
pairs to the blocks A, A, and hung to
the track, the blocks running close to
the track to prevent the wheels jump
ing off.
These blocks are bolted to a heavy
scantling B, B, under them, to connect
them a single bolt only being used ia
each block, thus allowing the wheels
to turn the curve in the track as re
ferred to above.
D is a cross bar above the car and to
which the car F is hung by rods H, H,
Jthe lower ends of the rods hooking
Into staples near the bottom of the car.
E is a rod connecting from the cross
bar D to the back end of the car to
steady it until ready to dump, whioh
can be done easily by simply unhook
ing this rod. Cis a heavy swivel con
necting the timber between the two
pairs of wheels and the cross bar (D).
By the handles at the forward end of
the car it can be easily moved in
either direction upon the track even
when fully loaded, the car holding
about one-fourth of a wagon load.—EL
J. Brownell, in Farm, Field and Fire-
Bide.
ANIMALS 0«4 FARMS.
A Decrease Reported of All Kinds Kx
ccpt Milch Cows.
The statistical bureau of the agricul
tural department has given out the fol
lowing report:
The estimates of farm animals for
January, 1803 show a decrease in the
numbar of horses, as compared with
Janus-ry, 1894, of 187,281, or 1.17 per
cent.; a decrease in mules of 10,123, or
0.81 per cent.; an increase In milck
cows of 17.129, or 0.10 per cent.; a de
crease in oxen and other cattle of 2,-
243,962, or 6.11 per cent.; a decrease In
the number of sheep of 2,753,953, or
6.11 per cent.; a decrease in the number
of swine of 1,040,782, or 2.30 per cent.
In value horses have declined 24.1
percent., mules 23.5 per cent., milch
cows have increased about 1 per cent.,
oxen and other cattle have lost in
value 1.1 per cent., sheep have declined
2.2 per cent, and swine 16.9 per cent.
The decline in the prices of farm
horses is general throughout the coun
try. The exceptions are to be found in
the mountain and Pacific states and
Massachusetts. The range of horses
is from 816.18 per head in Utah to $74.13
in Massachusetts. The average value
of milch cows increased from $21.77 in
1898 to $21.97 for la6t year.
The average value per capita of ani
mals as estimated are as follows:
Horses, $36.29; mules, $47.55; milch
cows, $21.97; oxen and other cattle,
$14.06; sheep, $1.58; hogs, $4.97.
The aggregate numbers and value of
animals are as follows: Horses 15,893,-
318, value $576,740,560; mules 2,333,108,
value $110,927,834; milch cows 16,504,-
629, value $362,601,729; oxen and other
cattle, 34,364,216, value $482,990,129;
sheep 42,294,064, value $66,685,767; swine
44,165,816, value $219,501,267. Total
values of live stock on farms is $1,819,-
846,300, a decrease of $351,370,440.
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.
WHEN we feed the cow a variety ol
grains we come nearer to feeding an
evenly balanced food than if we fed
only one kind.
GIVING a cow ice-cold drinking water
necessitates feeding her more grain, 11
she drinks such water. She will not do
It as long as she can help it.
OLD cows to not respond as younger
ones do to the food they consume. The
young cow is ready to give a full ac
count of all she eats, if she is a good
cow.
AN exchange claims that in deep
setting of milk, when the air is pure, u
is better to leave tho tops off the can.
It is claimed that the flavor will be
better.
GOOD, nice bedding for the cow savei
feed, for it makes her more comforta
ble. and a comfortable cow uses hei
feed to a better advantage than if sh«
is uncomfortable. —Farmers' Voice.
Cows Muit nave Bait.
No man eats all the salt he thinks he
will need for a week at one time, but a
good many feed their cows salt as 11
this were the proper way. Salt Is as
every day necessity to dairy cows, u
has been proven by experiment.
One Reason.
"Cholly, why is it that people say;
•As funny a*, a goat?'"
"I don't know, old chappie, unless it
ia that they don't know you."—N. Y. Re
corder
A i'lmy on Words*
"Those rabbits remind me of Sulli
van, the prize fighter."
"Because they are knocked out?"
"No, because they are dead game."
—Truth
The Reporter Wa» Rattled.
"I wonder where
the new debutante, keeps her nose,"
said Mr. Murray Hill, who was reading
a daily paper.
"Wlxat an absurd remark for a sen
sible man to make," said Mrs. Murray
Hill, tossing her head.
"Nothing absurd about it. This so*
ciety reporter writes: 'The fair young
debutante has an exquisitely molded
face, of which two dark hazel eyes are
the central feature.' Now 1 want to
know where her nose is situated?"—
Texas Siftings.
A Queer Proceeding.
Mrs. Ncxtdoor—One of my windows
is stuck, and 1 can't get it up or down.
Little Boy—Ours gets the same way
sometimes.
"Who fixes them?"
"P»l>a."
"How does he do it?"
"I don't know. Quick as papa start*
in to tlx a stuck window roam to* mftjU
Ima out of tljie room/lrffifA^WTS-