VOLXXXII 4HARN ESS#- • IV- * We have more workmen and larger saop room than ever. We have put in machinery and can supply you with machine or hand mack vork at wholesale factory prices. We are getting out our new catalogue and in our wholesale department we find abo it 100 sets of harness that we cannot duplicate again, and don't want these in our road and will sell them for about half price. There is only a few set of each kind, therefore ifyou want bargains come quick. No dif- ; ference what you want in the harness line, either new work or repair- ; ing, come here. We must have room for buggies and wagons of which we have j the largest line we ever had and will close out BLANKETS and ROBES from now till April istat less than wholesale prices. It will pay you to buy now for next winter. Just come in and see what bargains we are offering in different articles. We have a special sale going on in horse collars, too. We never advertise in a catch-penny way—when we say we are down in price we are down in price. S B. BUTLER, PA. A Card to the Public. W* dwhire to inform 'h-- tbat w#» have opened C--- plm" Mer chnut Tailori"* and G»-u'h Pnrsi-itiing (iood- fnot'ili-'haie r i" the room on the corner of Main md Jnferio-i *. »pp wiw tb- L■ vy II "ili «, W« hope h» fair aid-itri ?•'i'.r-rr.io i t» •i • (tl.nre o> *oar patronage W- har* - '-It >' F "• 1 ' !•> go >'i wbicb will made op ia tir-> eU** -«tvlrt We eroploj none ba» « h»* b*— w .'k'n n *'r! ru tr*'i*"'' sa - fiction in e»«-ry particular ("all a.id sv*- U->. J. S. & J. P. YOUNG, THE TiILOBS and PUfWISHERS, tOI Sratb 9iin Stmt, Ballsr, Pa. SPECIAL Ovinir to a c<>d ten)plated change in our hnMoKHB April 1"'. it bcc Di" nectary tbat we close ont oor entice stock on or before that dare—W. will therefore place on "ale thie wt<k 2.000 pair* of p»r.B, 1 OtiO t<uitN underwear. 1.200 Men'*. 800 Boy'B and 000 Obildr«-r)'H -ui -; 500 ()f»-r coat*; 1600 Uatft; 300 *olid goid Ring*; 50 Wat'* bex; 200 Cbaiun, 1,000 Colini and Cuff button-; 2,000 6carf pins; 200 Bjirt wa!Htft,<;'c. W*' here give you timely notice of special day* aleß, »trid special *'i>- CouM, «o tbat joa can prepare to take edvi.ottigH o/ tfiew inle« "iid Heeii'e co;ue ol lb>- bargain*. Bargain Days Wednesday Jan. 30 —Patit» day—2s per coot i ff, Friday. Feb. l<t ~o*- rem. dav— 2o er e-rjt If, Toewlay Feb J><h Uoderweur dat —25 tt»r c ut. ff, Tboraday, F»*b 7tb— Jewelrv da*— 25 per cent off, Monday, Feb. llib—Hat day —25 percent, off Special fcalea on certain line* of goo*H ev»ry day an long- a« tho«n good* laft Tbeee goods not t»o , "j«*ci to Hp-»-ial discount Pant* form»r nrice 3 to 6 dollars, special price $1 50 o $3 50— Men's suits former pric« 14 50 to sl2 00, special prio* 250 to 150.—Cbildrens soils, former price 1 to <> dollar* special prion "J.'ic to S3 50,—fine gondola U a i H former price $2 00 to $4 50 ►p'-cial price froiu 1 5c to $2 00 —Roy's and Childrcs Caps former | pricf 15 to 25c special price 1 to 10c—Underwear former price 25c. Special price 15c—Moffi*r« former price from 50c to S2 50 special price 25c to $1 25 Don't eqihs this great sate- by borrowing money at <> per cent you ca» »a*>* 27 per c»ot oet, now this may se«-m strange vet it is true, and if you doobt it Ju»t call aroond and we will coovince ' 00. D. A. Heck, Champion Clothier, Matter and Furnisher, 21 N. Mair\ Si., Clfly' Block, Butler, Pe Are You Afflicted. I Now is the chance of a life-time to be Cured. Tbe EXCELSIOR Remedies, l'o«iiv«ly and Parrnaiieijil} mi- all dir<*»M->- c*o»«-d by d»-ri»r>|fwnf r t »1 in* H.IMWI, Hlaunach, IJvt-r xixl Ki ii' \ ». Kbt-ooiatUiii, Nmr •!?)>•. Si.m i " and ' Lifer Trouble; all riki" - V u- UNCC'H. DeliiMty, N> ivou !)• i> liu. Biuk i>r Narvoun C*t«rr»ti, Af>- •r KfTect* of l>a(irip|i». F«n.i»l»- Cow .l«'n », Courtipatkin »nd OIL IU «-VIL • FFF.JT* Tli<- K*i ISlooti (JlKum-r mni Kki"«*! ■ii>( V•-(fvi.mln Hill*. «ri- :»-i j. i- l lor il<« oompiniut*. Ih'ir cnraovi KTH wmidfitul. TKY TUKM ihey art- Kutir»iii.«-p(1 t<> Otim. n« i»ur n.l- , and w<- * ill nmil you THK KX' Kl*- 810U LKADKU l!oiilafuiD|{ li-AI luiMilitU nf iiuiiilinilit •hn uir b«eti CUMI l>\ ib- Excalxio'r Ktmiwliti. in your >wn County and Biate. AUtIrKM kit coiiiaiaiiicniioiiK to Office EXCKLSIOK Medicine Co, >fo. I'M 8 Main 81. - - Butlar Pk. C.*« O D. A business that keeps grow ing through a season ot de pression, such as 'he country has experienced, an evi dence that people reali/.e the) save money by ttading with us. We know, and always have known, lr>e days of large profits are past. Without question we are giving more for the money than la->t year Our stock is larger to select from than last year. CALL AND SEK US. Colbert & Dale. PINE TREE FARM. Jamesburg. N. J. Send fo. large catalogue of Land and Water Fowl. The best Pckin Ducks in the world. W H ORDWAY. Prop'r. D- A MOUNT, Sup't. Hotel Butler J. H KAUHKL, Prop'r This house has been thorough ly renovated, lernodcied and re htted with new furniture am' carpets; h.t:i electric bells and ;ii! other modern convenience* for guests, and i as convenient, and desirable a home for strangers as can be found in Butler, fa. ' ley ant sample room lor usi oi o'nrn«-r< t-,»i run Hotel Wiliiard. Reopened and now ready for tbe W't) n.odaticii of tf;i truvtling pub lic. Everything in firt-t- IHHH *tyir. MRS. IATTIE HCIHING, Owner H BFOOKS, Clerk. i FREE! FREE! Any customer buying Thirty Dollais worth of goods, will be presented with a piece of silver ware warranted tor to years. COM PARK PRICKS. 2211 i granulate)! (Sugar lor $1 00 231b "A" " I 00 25i0 y«u..w " •• I on 5 ti California It ioioriK.. "j.", 41U •' Prune*.... 25 2Jlb " Pe<tcheH ......... 25 241b " Aurioota.... 20 2Jlh " iva* 2. r . 1 301b Fail Jelly 75 1 Hack Wi,iie Lily Floor 75 4 oana Toinatoen .................. 25 4 " Huitur Corn 25 4 " String Boutin 25 1 '• Holloa Making Powder...... 10 HENRY MILLER, Opposite P. O. — J oh work of all kind done at >he GITIUM Or riot THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Nervous People should realize that the only true and permanent cure for their condition Is to be found in baring Pure Blood Because the health of every organ and tissue of the body depends upon the purity of the blood. The whole world knows the standard blood purifier ia Hood's Sarsaparilla And therefore It Is the only true and reliable medicine for nervous people. It makes the blood pure and healthy, and thus cures nervousness, makes the nerves firm and strong, gives sweet sleep, mental vigor, a good appetite, perfect digestion. It does all this, and cures Scrofula, Eczema, or Salt Rheum and all other blood diseases, because it Makes Pure Blood Result* prove every word we have said. Thousands of voluntary testi monials fully establish the fact that H oo£S Be Sure fures to Get Hood's " I was very nervous. I used Hood s Barsaparille and my nervousness la all gone." CATHARINE KECK, 1130 Maple St., Allentown, Pennsylvania. Ua/v/4'« Ditto eurealllirerills,Mious flOOCl S r lllS ness, headache. 2sc. No doubt many of the readers of the CITIZEN intend doinj some pa pering this spring. To those -.vho do, Heinenian & Son, invite an inspection of their stock; and promise that they will show. The Largest Stock, The Best Selections and Fair Prices. More than this, no one can a sk. Wouldn't it be to your interest to call at this store? Sheriff's i ST'I SALES Sacrifice * Dont go with an intelliges, public. A merchant doing a legitima business, carrying a legitimat stock and asking only mlegitim tl profit, is worthy of patronag< We claim to be blessed with the good qualities. Call and see o. stock and get prices and be co,. vinced we do a strait, legitimat business. one jT. H. Burtoi and PRICE. Furnisher 120 - - S. Main, St. Eutier Dye Works, mOnlr* tunnr, ' lil TLKK, PA. Save 20 Per Cent, By brliiuißK your <ly<-in< in I cln-iiinl rec' to our [>'»<•«. VV>- have <Utur aw* vw i our SK- n'« »i ii |>ro| os»- nn itr; our pniroi ► •tie b n. fi'. •'otni- aii'l brum your «ork and w< fifi i«l! y ii J UHt win' ''.mi In ilone L» it t ibu« avoi'lion the rai nnii«r»tanli'ii< mi l u> comjietenry of If y .ci cannot cuii» tc 0 i > ■ | i<n»l hi: i #t will i .1' on you R. Fisher. •WHO is a vny IDll|i| r pm c qootniioo STEALS you I uy your pur<-< h of IIS. MY W•• no trafcb. hut wo do kf i*|> ib> PURSE finesi lino of uri'l pocket books n STEALS the county. We huve the lat< M' TRASH '' null bent tbiiiKs i tb>H lino. nod Leatb<'t pin-kot llookH frori' 5c to $3. All tbe New Lch'.ll ern. J. H. DOUGLASS', Near Post office. NKW Soutlisjrlt; I{estniaraiit No. '2ll Centre Avenue (Wtit mire buildinir.) convenient to P. A. W depot. ()|wn all bourn AH kind of lunebt-H nnd no-aU TubaeiX) and (>'ii/arti fine coi feetionc and everytbin(f to bo found in u firat cIfWW Ri'Htaurant (jive ijh a call and we will do our beat to ao commodate you. W. J. Matvm, Mum ger. ItXTTLKR. PA..THUKSDAY. MARCH 1 s!ir>. !%/*</ -T I o CHAPTEK VIL THE EPISODE OF THE BAP.REI.. The police had brought a cab with them, and in this I escorted Miss Morstan baek to her home. After the angelic fashion of women, she had borne trouble with a calm face as long as there was someone weaker than her self to support, and I had found her bright and placid by the side of the frightened housekeeper. In the cab. however, she first turned faiut. and then burst into a passion of weeping— so sorely had she been tried by the adventures of the night. She has told me since that she thought me cold and distant upon that journey. She little guessed tbe struggle witiiin m 3' breast, or the effort of self-restraint which held me back. My sympathies and my love went out to her, even as my hand had in the garden, i felt that years of the conventionalities < f life could not teach me to know her 6weet, brave nature as had this one day of strange experiences. Vet there were two thoughts which sealed tho words of affection upon my lips. She was weak and helpless, shaken in mind and nerve. It was to take her at a dis advantage to obtrude love upon her at such a time. Worse, still, she was rich. If Holmes* researches were suc cessful she would be an heiress. \\ as it fair, was it honorable, that a half pay surgeon should take such advan tage of an intimacy which chance had brought about? Might she not look upon me as a mere vulgar fortune seeker? I could not bear to risk that such a thought should cross her mind. This Agra treasure intervened like an impassable barrier between us. It was nearly two o'clock when we reached Mrs. Cecil Forrester's. The servants had retired hours ago, but Mrs. Forrester had been so interested by the strange message which Miss Xlorstan had received that she had sat up in the hope of her return. She opened the door herself, a middle-aged, graceful woman, and it gave me joy to Bee how tenderly her arm stole round tbe other's waist and how motherly was the voice in which she greeted her. She was clearly no mere paid depend ent, but an honored friend. I was in troduced, and Mrs. Forrester earnestly begged me to step in and to tell her our adventures. I explained, however, the importance of my errand, and prom ised faithfully to call and report any progress which we might make with the case. As we drove away I stole a glance back, and 1 btill seem to see that little group on the step, the two graceful, clinging figures, the half opened door, the hall light shining through stained glass, the barometer, and the bright stair rods. It was sooth ing to catch even that passing glimpse of a tranquil English home in the midst of the wild, dark business which had absorbed us. And the more I thought of what had happened, the wilder and darker it grew. I reviewed the whole extraor dinary sequence of events as I rattled on through the silent gas-lit streets. There was the original problem; that at least was pretty clear now. The death of rapt.. Morstan, the sending of the pearls, the advertisement, the let ter we had had light upon all those events. They had only led us, how ever, to a deeper and far more tragic mystery. The Indian treasure, the curious plan found among Morstan'a baggage, the strange bcene at Maj. Sholto's death, Uie rediscovery of the treasure immediately followed by the murder of the discoverer, the very sin gular accompaniments to the crime, the footsteps, the remarkabh weapons, the words upon the card, corresponding with those upon ('apt. Moritan's chart —here indeed was a labyrinth in which a man less singularlv endowed than mv fellow lodger might well despair ol ever finding the clew. I'inehin lane was a row of shabbj two-storied brick houses in the lowei quarter of Lambeth I had to knock for some time at No .'J ' efore I couU make any impression At last, how ever, there was the glint of a candle behind the blind, and a face looked out at the upper window "bo on, you drunken vagabond," said the face. "If you kick tip any more row I'll open the kennels and let out forty-three dogs upon you." "If you'll let one out it's just what 1 have come for," said 1. "Go on I" yelled the voice. "So help me gracious. 1 have a wiper in this bag. an' I'll drop it on you're 'cad if you don't hook it." "But I want a dog!" I cried. "I won't be argued with'." shouted Mr. .Sherman. "Now stand clear; foi whi-n I say "three,' down goes the wiper." "Mr. Sherlock Holmes —" I began, but the words had a most magical effect, for the window instantly slammed down, and within a minute the dooi was unbarred and open. Mr. Sherman was a lanky, lean old man, with stoop ing shoulders, a stringy neck and blue tinted glasses. "A friend of Mr. Sherlock is always welcome," said he. "Step in, sir. Keep clear of the badger; for he bites. Ah, naughty, naughty, would you take a nip 9t the gentleman?" This to a stoat "SOW STAND CLE AII." which thrust Its wicked head and red eyes between the bars of its cage. "Don't mind that, sir; it'« only a slow worm. It hain't got no fangs, so 1 gives it the run o' the room, for it keeps the beet les down. You must not mind my bein* just a little short wi' you at first, for I'm guyed at by the children, and there's many a one just Comes down this lane to knock me up. What was it that Mr. Sherlock Holmes wanted, sir?" "He wanted a dog of yours." "Ah! that would be T >by.'' "Yes, Toby was the name." "Toby lives at No. 7 on tile left here." He moved slowly forward with his candle among the queer animal family which ho had gathered round him. In the uncertain, shadowy light I could see dimly that there were fcfUuu4cnutf cyg.s DCVDtttg down at us from every cranny anil corner. Even the rafters above our heads were lined by solemn fowls, who lazily shifted their weight from one leg to the other as our voices dis turbed their slumbers. Toby proved to be an ugly, long haired, lop-eared creature, half span iel and half lurcher, brown-and-white in color, with a very clumsy waddling gait. It accepted, after some hesita tion, a lump of sugar which the old naturalist handed to me, and. having thus sealed an alliance, it followed me to the cab, and made no difficulties about accompanying me. It had just struck three on the palace clock when I fonnd myself back once more at . ->n dicherry lodge. The ex-prize-fighter McMurdo had, I found, been arrested as an accessory, and both he and Mr. Sholto had been marched off to the station. Two constables guarded the narrow gate, but they allowed me to pass with the dog on my mentioning the detective's name. Holmes was standing on the door step. with his hands in his pockets, smoking his pipe. "Ah, you have him there!" said he. "Good dog. then! Athelney Jones has gone. We have had an immense dis play of energy since you left. Lfe has arrested not only friend Thaddeus, but the gatekeeper, the housekeeper, and the Indian servant. We have the place to ourselves, but for a sergeant upstairs. Leave the dog here, and come up." We tied Toby to the hall table, and reascended the stairs. The room was as we had left it, save that a sheet had boen draped over the central figure. A weary-looking police sergeant reclined in the corner. "Lend me your bull's-eye, sergeant," said my companion. "Now tie this bit of card round my neck, so as to hang it in front of me. Thank you. Sow I must kick off my boots and stockings! Just you carry them down with you, Watson. I am going to do a little climbing And dip my handkerchief into the creosote. That will do. Now come up into the garret with me for a moment." We clambered up through the hole. Holmes turned his light once more upon the footsteps in the dust. "I wish you particularly to notice these footmarks," he said. "Do you ob serve anything noteworthy about them?" "They belorur," I said, "to a child or a small woman." "Apart from their size, though. Is there anything cist:'. 1 " "They appear to be much as other footmarks." "Not at all Look here' This is the print <<f a right foot in the dust. Now I make one with my naked foot beside it. What is the chief difference?" "Your tot, are all cramped together. The other print has each toe distinctly divided." "Quite so That is. the point. Hear that in mind Now. would you kindly step over to the Rap-window and : tnell tbe edge of the woodwork? I shall stay over here, as I have this handker chief in ray hand." 1 did as he directed, and wns in stantly conscious of a strong tarry smelt. "That is where he put his foot in get/- ting out. If you can traee hfm. I should think that Toby will have no difllcnlty. Now run downstairs, loose the dog. and look out for Hlondin." By the time that I got out into the grounds Sherlock Holmes was on the roof, and I could see him like an enor mous glow-worm, crawling very slowly along the rid;re I lot sight of hitu behind a stack of chimneys, but lie presently reappeared, nnd then van ished once more upon tbe opposite side. When I made my way round there I found him seated at one of the cornet eaves. "That you, Watson?" he cried. "Yes." "This is the place. What is that black thing down there?" "A water-barrel." "Top on it?" "Yes." "No sign of u ladder?" "No." "Confound the fellow! It's u most break-neck place. I ought to-be able to come down where lie could climb up. The waterpipe feels pretty firm. Here goes, anyhow." There was a scuffling of the feet, and the lantern began toe'me steadily down the side of the wall. Then with a light spring lie came on to the barrel, and from there to the earth. "It was easy to follow him," lie said, drawing on his stockings und boots. •"Tiles were 100 cned the whole way along, and in hi- hurry he had dropped this. It confirms my diaguosis, as you doctors express it." The object which lie held up to me was a small pocket or pouch woven out of colored gra •es and with a few tawdry beads trung round it. In slmpe and sise it v.: not unlike a cigarette casts Inside were half a dozen spines of dark wood, ijhiirp at one end and rounded : the other, like that whl> h had strie Bartholomew hholto. "The}' urc hellish things," said he. "Look out that you di . t prick your self. I'm deli'-htcd to have them for the chances are that they are all he has. There is the less fear of you or me finding one in our ,l:ln before loßg. 1 would sooner face a Martini bullet, myself. Are yoii g.ime fur a six-mile trudge, Wal' on .' "Certainly," I answered. "Your leg will stand it?" "Oh, yes." "Here you are, doggy! Hood old Toby! Smell it, Toby. MIUJI it!" lie pushed the creosote handker chief under the dog's nose, while the creature stood with its fluffy legs separated, and wit ha most comical cock to its head, like ae mjioiveur snif fing the bouquet of a faiooie vintage. Holmes then threw the handkerchief to a distance, fustened a stout cord to the mongrel's collar, and led him to the foot of the water barrel. The creature instantly broke into a succes sion of high, tremulous yelps, and, with his nose on the ground, und his tail iu the air, pattered off upon the truil at a pace which strained Ids lea h und kept us at the top of our speed. The east had been gradually whiten ing, and we could now see Some dis tance in the cold gray light. The square, massive house, with its black, empty window und high, bare walls, towered up, sad and forlorn, behind us. Our course led right across the grounds, in and out among the trenches ati'l pits with which they were scarred anil intersected. The whole place, with its scattered dirt heaps und Ill grown shrubs, hud a blighted. Ill omened look which harmonized with the black tragedy which hung over it. On reaching the boundary wall, Toby ran along, whining eagerly, underneath Its shadow, aud stopped finally in u corner bcrwu by yomjjj beech. v. nere the two walls joined, several bricks had been loosened, and the crev ices left were worn down an i r unded upon the lower side, though they had frequently been used as a ladder. Holmes claml>ered np, nnd. taking the dog from me, he dropped it over upon the other side. "There's the print of wooden-leg's hand," he remarked, as I mounted up beside him. "Yon see the slight smudge of blood upon the white plaster. What a lucky thing it is that we have had no very heavy rain since yesterday! The scent will lie upon the road in spite of their eight-and-tweuty hours' start." * I confess that I had my doubts my self when I reflected upon the great traffic which had passed along the Lon don road in the interval. My fears were soon appeased, however. Toby never hesitated or swerved, but waddled on in his peculiar rolling fashion Clearly the pungent sftsell of the creosote rose high above all other contending scents. "Do not imagine," said Holmes, "that I depend for my success in this case upon the mere chance of one of these fellows having put his foot in the chemi cal. I hove knowledge now which would enable me to trai l.- them in many /Wyf^ l fflfeSSft 1 ; ir" 1 /_ i| (J WITH A LIGHT SPRING lIF. CAME ON TIIE BARREL. different ways. This, however, is the readiest, and. since fortune has put it into our hands, I should be culpable if 1 neglected it. It has, however, pre vented the case from becoming the pretty little intellectual problem which it at one time promised t > be. There might have been some credit to lie gained out of it, but for this 'oo palpable clew." "There is cr Ht, and to spare," said I. "I assure ~ <u. Holmes, that I mar vel at the means by which you obtain your results in this case, even more than I did in the Jefferson Hope mur der. The thing seems to me to be deeper and more inexplicable. How, for example, could you describe with such confidence the wooden-legged man?" "Pshaw, my dear boy! it was sim plicity itself. f don't wish to be theatrical. It is all patent and above board. Two officers who an; in com mand of a convict guard learn an im portant secret as to buried treasure. A nap is drawn for them by an English nan named Jonathan Small. You re member that we saw the name upon ;he chart in Capt. Morstan's posse sion. He had signed it in behalf of himself ind his associates the sign of the 'our, as he somewhat dramatically tailed it. Aided by this chart, the • % t k" w x m€> 3T-: -M ■ rf.iO .V^U—-\i/.. v. ,1 w|§fi®v v "■■'-.A". v 'y k v-'Y""* * S\" aOLMES CLAiHH-ItKK UP AND TOOK THE DOG I'KO.M MK. jflieers—or one of them—gets the treasure and bring, it to England, leaving, we will suppose, some condi tion under which he received it unful filled. Now, then, why did not Jonathan Small get the treasure him self? The answer is obvious. The chart is dated at n time when Mor 'an wait brought into close a ociation with convicts. Jonathan small did not get the treasure becau • lie and his associates were themselves convicts mid could not get away." "I!ut this is mere speculu \ t n, aid 1. "It Is more than that. It i . the only hypothesis which covers the facts. Let us k-i) how it fils in with the .sequel. Maj. Sholto remains at peace for ome year;, happy in the p< ion of his treasure. Tlien lie receives n letter from India which (five 4 him a great fright. What was that?" "A letter to say that the men whom he hail wronged had been set free." "Or had escaped. That is much more likely, for he would have known what their term of imprisonment was. It would not have been a surprise to him. What does lie do then? He guards him self against it wooden-legged man a white man, mark you. f' r h mistakes u white tradesman for him, and actual ly fires a pistol at him. .NOW, only ■ in white man's name i > on the chart. The others arc Hindoos or Moham medans. There is no otii r white man. I'herefore we may toy with confidence that the wooden-lc fed man is identi cal with .lonuthaii mall. Hoe. the reasoning strike you i I ting faulty?" "No: it is clear and cotiei c." "Well, now, let lis put our elve- in the place of Jonathan mall. I .el us took at it from his point of view, lie joines to Knj latiil with the double idea if regaining what be v. mM con; iiler to be his rights and of ha vit-g In , revenge upon the man wh had wron- -d I . .1. lie found out where Miolto lived, and very possibly he e table.hi I cominuni Clit ions V. it h siimc one in side t be boll- e. There is this butler, Lai Uuo, whom we liuve not seen Mr . Ilerri .ton • gives him far from a. good character. Small could not Unit out, IIOWCK r, where tlio treasure wus hid, for no one ever knew, huve the major and one fuilhful servant who had died, .suddenly Small learns that the major is on his death bed. In a frenzy let the 1 crct of the treusure die with him. he runs the gauntlet, of 1 lie uuard malies his way to the. dy ing man'. wind' w, and Is only de terred from ciitcrin." ie o of his two sons. Mad with hate, how ever, ugainst the dead man, he enters the rooui that flight, searches his pri vate papers in th hope of discovering come memorandum relating to the treasure, and finally leaves u memento of his visit in tli'- short in cript i n upon the card, lie ha 1 doubtlc 1 planned beforehand that should he sluy tins major he would leave si,me such rew ord upon the body us a . tiiut it was not u common murder, but, from the point of view of the four u-soclaies, Something in tlie nature of an act of justice. Whimsical and bizarre con ceits of this Itind are • '■mmon enough in the ami: ! of crime, a..d u ually af ford valuable inuicati' 111 . . to tiiu criminal Do you fuikr.v all Vlri/'" "Now, what could Jonathan Small Jo? He could only continue to keep a secret watch upon the elT> rts made to find the treasure. IV ibly l.c leaves England and only comes back at inter vals. Then comes the di every of the garret, and he is instantly blfonud of it. V.e again trace the pre ate of some confederate in the household. Jonathan, with his wooden leg, is ut terly unable to reach the lofty room of Bartholomew Sholto. lie takes .vith him, however, a rather curious n-so cia! '. who gets over this diiiieulty, but dips h.- raked foot into creosote, whence come » 'v. and a six-mile limp for a half-pay o. ' v ith a dam aged Achillis tendo." , "But it was the associate, and not Jonathan, who < onwnitted the cr^me." "Quite so. And rather to Jonathan's disgu-t, to judge by the way he stamped about when he got into the room, lie bore no grudge against Har tholomew Sholto. and would have pre ferred if he could have been simply bound and gagged. He did not wish to put his head in a halter. There was no help for it. however the savage in stincts of his companion had broken out. and the poison had done its work: so Jonathan Small left his record, low ered the treasure-box to the ground, and followed it himself. That was the train of events as far as I can decipher them. Of course as to his personal ap pearance he must be middle-aged, and must be sunburned after serving his time in such an oven as the .\ndamans. His height is readily calculated from the length of his stride, and we know that he was bearded. His hairiness was the one point which impressed itself upon Thaddeus Sholto when he saw him at the window. I don't know that there is anything else." "The associate?" "Ah. well, there is no great mystery in that. Hut you will know all about it soon enough. How sweet the morn ing air is! See how that one little cloud floats like a pink feather from some gigantic flamingo. Now the red r'"i of the sun pushes itself over the London cloudbank. It-»hinesona good many folk, but on none. I dare b.-t, who are on a stranger errand than you and I. llow small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of nature! Arc you well up in your Jean Paul?" "Fairly so. I worked back to him through Carlyle." "That was like following the brook to the parent lake, lie makes but one curious but, profound remark. It is that the chief proof of man's Veal great ness lie .in hi perception of his own Miialln. s. It argues, you see, a power of comparison and of appreciation which is in it.-elf a proof of n i'jility. There is ra«Ji 1 >.l for thou ht in liichter. You have not a pistol, have you?" "1 have my stick." "It is ju: t possible that we may need something of the sort if we get into their lair. Jonathan I shall leave to you, ii.it if the ot her t urn nasty I shall shoot him dead." ii.- took out his re volver as he spoke, and. having loaded two of the chambers, he put it back into the i-i-' !■ * lia p'in 'of his jacket. Wc had, during this time, been fol lowing the guidance of Toby down the half rural, villa-lined i ads which lead to the metropolis. >. ,w, however, we were beginning to come among contin uous streets, where laborer:, and dock men were already a tir, and .slatternly women were taking down shutters and brushing doorsteps. At the square topped corner public houses business was just beginning, and rough-looking men were emerging, rubbing their sleeves across their beards after their morning wet. Strange do.'fs sauntered up, and stared wonderingly at us as we passed, (iilt our inimitable Toby looked neitlve*- to the right nor to the left, but trotted onwards with his nose to the ground and an occasional eager whine, which f poke of a hot scent. We liud traversed Streatham, Urlx tou, Camberwcll, and now found our selves in Kensington lane, having borne away through the side streets to tlie east of the Oval. The men whom we pursued seemed to have taken u curiously zigzag road, with the idea probably of escaping observation. They had never kept to the main road if u parallel side street would serve their turn. At the foot of Kennington lane they had edged away to the leftthrough Iton< 1 street and Mile-, street. Where the latter tui/is into Knight's place Tobey ceased to advance, but begun to ruu backwards and forwards with one ear cocked and the other drooping, the very pieture of canine indecision. Then he waddled round in circles, looking tip to us from time to time, as if to ask for sympathy in his embarrassment. "What the deuce is the matter with the dog?" growled Holmes. "They surely would not take a cab or go off in a balloon." "i'crhaps they stood here for some time," I .uggested. '•Ah! it's all right. lie's off again," buid my companion, iu a tone of relief. Hi; was, indeed, off, for, after sniff ing round again, he Maidenly made up m ■ , ftlrA fiHi ) / 1 1 1: !T 1 ? \Y^mi i f I ; ' ! * 1 TOBY STOOD I'l'ON THE CAfK. his mind, unci darted away with an energy und determination such as he h:> 1 not yet shown. The scent ap pi ared to be much hotter than before, for in- iii.d not e.on to put his nose on tlu- ground, but tugged at his leasli, and trii il to break into a run. 1 could see l<y the gi tin in Holmes' eyes that he tli >iigl twi: were nearing the end of our journey. Our course now ran down Nine Kims until v. cume to Broderick Nelson's large timber yard, Just past the White Kagle tavern. Here the dog, frantic with excitement, turned down through th" side gate into the luclosure, where th. awyei .wi re already at work. On the dog raced through sawdust and shaving , down an allcj*. round ii pas sage, between two wood-piles, and finally ■ iili it triumphant yelp, sprang IIP< a large burrei, which till stoop up 'ii the hand-trolley on which it had bi-i n brought. Willi lolling tongue and t»I• 11!:» rjeyes, Toby stood upon the • ; It, looking from one to the other of us for some sign of appreciation. Tin tavi .of the barrel und the .wheels of 11. trolley were meared with dark liipiid, und the whole air was heavy with the ' null of creosote. Sherlock Holmes and I looked blank ly at each other, and then burst slmul tan 'ii sly into un uncontrollable fit of IUIIR liter. (N> MI co\ Rl\l ■ i 'I llSll';llt It KllloKO. "Why, mamma." said W illie, 114 lie Went out into the cold and c ild see Ida own br ;'!i, " i. me a ghu of water ipii '.i I must be on lire tu-jhle."— Uvrpui"* XV.UBtf i'copl®. :,./-fROAD IMPROVEMENT. A GREAT CIVILIZER. That h What Kx-Speaker Calls a (iood Coantry Road. Hon. Thomas B. Reed, ex-speaker oJ the house of representatives, in an ad dress to the graduating class of the Peirce College of Business, in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, speak ing of the various forms of wealth and the comforts and benefits arising from and made possible thereby, made the following significant allusion to the country road as an asset of the nations, and as a factor in contributing to the wants and necessities of the human race: "One of the greatest civilizers of the world is something we hardly think of, either as a civilizer or as wealth—the common country road. Few people ever think how much roads cost us. They represent the surplus labor of HON. THOMAS B. BEED. centuries. They make possible the transfer of the abundance of one region to supplement the want of another. And yet, the modern road, crossing the country in ali directions, traversible by carriages and carts, as well as beasts, does not go back to the times of good Queen Dess. Indeed, in her reign thousands might starve, and did starve, in oite county, while abundance filled the granaries of the others. "Think of men and women and chil dren starving from mere lack of that form of wealth which we call roads in the days when Drake and the great cap tains were scouring the seas in search of the Spanish galleons and Spanish gold, and when the military mitrht of England hurled back the Spanish Armada and all the power of the great est nation on the faco of the globe. In the very heart of London, in the street named after the king himself the only way one of the Edwards could get to his parliament was to fill with great bunches of fagots the holes in the street." ROADS OF ANTIQUITY. Tliow llullt bjr the Medieval Peruvian* Were tho Most Magnificent. Perhaps the earliest road on record is that mentioned by Herodotus as having been constructed by Cheops, the Egyptian king, in order that stones might be dragged along it for his pyr amid. In the opinion of the Greek traveler tho work of making the road was as great as that of building the pyramid, for it took ten years to con struct, and it was made of polished stones with figures carved on them. But, according to the London Standard, this dries not compare in magnitude with the highways the Peruvians, while medieval Europe was still in a state of semi-barbarous disor ganization. The two principal roads in Peru ran from Quito in the north to Cuzco, the capital, the one along the sandy and level strip of coast, the other ulong tho plateau of the Andes, a re gion of unparalleled engineering diffi culty The length of the second has been estimated at from 1,500 to 2,000 miles. It crossed sierras buried in snow, bridged ravines with walls of solid masonry, mounted and descended precipices by staircases he*vn in the solid rock and ran in Interminable gal leries along the sides of intractable mountains. Where rivers had to be crossed bridges were made with ropes of stout, pliant osier twisted to the thickness of a man's body and stretched over the stream sometimes for a dis tance of 200 feet. These cables swung side by side, and, fastened with planks BO as to form a footway, were drawn through holes in enormous buttresses of stone specially constructed on each bank, and were secured firmly at each end to heavy beams of timber. A rail ing of similar osier material gavo the passenger confidence as he crossed the oscillating bridge that sank danger ously in the middle and mounted rap idly at the sides. The great highway was twenty feet wide, and was built with tlags of freestone covered with bituminous cement. It was measured out by posts set up at every league; caravansaries and magazines were sta tioned at convenient distances for the Peruvian soldiers on their military ex peditions; and a regular postal service had beeu organized by which highly trained runuers, relieved every five miles, could convey messages a dis tance of 200 miles in the twenty-four hours. The roads were kept in beauti ful order, the inhabitants of a district being responsible for that portion of the highway which traversed their land. At tho samo time it should be remembered that there was no wheel traffic to cut tip the level surface of the hard pavement. There is considerable irony in the fact that it was not till the Spaniards forcibly introduced their bo-ealled civilization Into Pern that the famous roads began to fall Into dis repair. What Feed Will I»o. It is pretty well establi ' ed that no amount of feeding will i. 'aso the | proportion of butter fat in l e milk, j but it is just us fully proven that tho amount of milk may be increased and the proportion of fat kept up. I' eed does iL A Flno l'rofe«»lon. A smile of joy lit. up the countenance of Mr. Hobnails as ho entered his homo after his day's work. "I have received a letter from our darling boy 'larry," ho said to his wife, "and his lortune s j made." "Oh, John!" said Mrs. Hobnails, "has he gone into business for himself?" "No—lie's smarter than that!" said her husband, cxultingly. "He's been speculating?" "Better than that." "Or got hold of a gold mine?" "Pshaw, nol He's lteen appointed as a friendly receiver." —Chicago Record. An Artlatlc Career. She —Isn't Mr. l'allette married? llo—Yes, since last December. Sh< -Why I thought ho sought an ar tistic career? lie He did, and hit it. He wore the most elaborate clothes procurable, lived at the best hotel In town, and married a woman with a miilion. If that isn't artistic, I'd like to know wlrnt you call It.—Detroit Free Press. A l(«*A«oii»bln HiiKgMllun. Mrs. Spratt (vigorously shaking her sleeping spouse)- John! Joliu! There's a burglar in the house! Mr Spruit 'pr«»t■■ it in'ly i—Seo here, Manila! If, Instead of '.linking the life out iif me. you'd go and shake that burglar, you'd be doing S<JUJ« GVWD —' KY, Wyultifc, - -- - VO IMPROVE YOUR LOOKS. DfTlcot for ,M>kln( the Complexion Bet ter an<l Adding to Phvdcal Beauty. Vanity furnishes the inspiration for many of the inventions of the patent office. One of these is a mask of very thin rubber, designed to be worn on the face at night. It causes profuse perspiration, which washes Impurities out of the skin and makes the complex ion clearer. Sun tan is quickly re moved. so it is claimed. Another device for producing dim ples, according to the Cincinnati Com mercial Gazette, is a woman's idea. It is a wire ma.sk, likewise to put on when going to bed. By an arrangement of screws, pencils of wood, very blunt, are made to press upon the cheeks and chin at the points where dimples are desired. I'ncoinfortable? Why, df course. But, as the French say, it is worth while to suffer for beauty's sake. False busts, hips and calves are made of rubber, to be blown out like bal« loons, and in many other styles, while the young lady of build hopelessly skcletonesque may procure a complete r'v.ffed jacket which fills out her form at every point to the extent requisite for counterfeiting desirable embon point. If one is so unfortunate as to !.:cu a nose he can obtain a one of papier xnache, art fully enameled to imitate the skin. One kind of imitatie. • pro boscis is attached to a spectacle f.-aine, 6o that the owner puts on his counter feit nasal organ in adjusting his glasses. Masculine vanity is concerned in the genesis of al>out eighty patents for various kinds of mustache guards. One such is a gold plate with a spring, which may be fastened to any drink ing vessel at a moment's notive. Another is especially designed for beer glasses. A tube connecting with it goes down deep into the beer, so that the must-ached drinker is able to avoid the foam. Other guards are destined to be worn like spectacles somewhat, with wires to pass to the back of the ears of the wearer, and hold them on. The shield for the mustache is of gold or silver, or of fine gold wire net. THE ITALIAN PEOPLE. A View of Their Preaent Condition and I'ronpecH for the Future. What are the prospects of the people? That depends in the present case large ly upon the people themselves. A peo ple that are not united will never bear taxation patiently, because a disunited people cannot be commercially pros perous, and, therefore, cannot afford to pay the taxes. The difference between north and south Italy, or between Pied mont and Sicily, arc not, indeed, like those between Ireland and England, largely religious, but they are certain ly radical, and the gulf between the easygoing, but passionate, children of the two Sicilies and the hardy moun taineer and stalwart cultivator cf the Piedmont plains is almost as wide as the chasm between the Teuton and the Celt. Victor Emanuel's favorite unifier of Italy was the army, but, says the Fortnightly Review, it has turned in the hands of his successor into a disin tegrator. It was all very well to move the army tip and down Italy when tho army was a symbol of common libera tion from which so much was expected; but now the tyrants are gone there is no longer halo of romance about tho army, nothing but army bills. The tyrant now is the tax collector. Undoubtedly the people have a griev ance. The taxes have been not only cruelly but unjustly exacted. The col lector has entered Sicilian cottages, backed by tho police, and, seeing the pot-a-feu smoking, argued that those who could afford to eat could afford to pay a "supplement" or excess tax, and if it turned out there was no money, the officers of the law have been known to seize tho dinner and throw it out the window, under tho noses of tho poor peasant and his hungry family. There was no redress for the subjects of Hum bert any more than for those of Bomba, when his police, under the brutal Manisalco at Palermo, dragged tho wives and daughters of the Palermitans out of bed, stole their jewelry and ar rested their husbands and brothers on fictitious charges. People will always rise against nongovernment and oppres sion, whether the government calls it self republican, monarehial or nny other. A PIE-EATING HORSE. lie lla< Ilcrn Known to Rofuaa Oat» for Pl® ami Ii Fat anil Bte«>k. Leonard Jacobs, ft pic peddler of An sonia, Conn., one of the most re markable horses In Connecticut. Other towns have boat-led of horse* that chew tobacco, chow gmn or drink beer, but Jacobs' horse will eat pie, says a local exchange. The horse is twenty-threo years old. •Jacobs' pies come from New Haven, packed in cases, ond ih trans portation somo of them generally get broken .and cannot be sold. Oue day Jacobs threw a broken pie on the ground near tho horse's head. Tho ani mal sinelled of it, touched it with his tongue, lapped it up and ate it with relish. Then Jacobs began to feed pies to the horse. The horse soon got to liko them, and would even refuso oats when pie was to l>e had. The habit has grown on liim, until now, when Jacobs says "pie" to him, tho horse will turn his head and wink.expectantly. He has a decided preference for minco pie, and the more raisins and currants and cider there are the better ho is pleased. Apple pie is a great favorite with him. Most bukers put grated nut meg into the apple pie, and this doesn't seem to agree with tho equine taste. Pumpkin pie lie likes und cranberry tarts are an especial delight. Peach, apricot, berry and prune pies are ac ceptable, but unless tlie prunes are stoned he will not touch prune pie after the first bite. The horse is fat, sloek, and youthful in his movement*, and Jacobs expects to keep him on tho pie i cart until he is long past the age when most horses are turned out to grass for the rest of their duys or are carted to tho horse cemetery by the side of tho murky waters of the Naugatuck rivw. Had w a Rou b She. fioverul gentlemen were standing on the corner of Harlem avenue when one of the most fashionable ladles of that part of New York passed on tho side | walk. "Ah!" exclaimed ono of the gentle* I men, "what u complexion. There la nothing to beat it in Harlem. I am proud of that woman, I am." "Are you her husband?" asked a stranger. "No, sir." "Her father, then?" "No sir; 1 am no relation of liors, but lam proud of her complexion. lam tho drutftfist who sold it to her. 1 make it myself."—Alex Sweet, in Texas 8lft« ings. A Klikjr Journey. Tndlan Chief (to prisoner)— You say you are a forelg-n tourist? Prisoner —Yes. "And you have a title?" "Yes." "And you are unmarried?" "Yes." "Well; I will let you go; but you will havo to run the gantlet of Ameri can heiresses all tho way from Den vex to New York."—N. Y. Weekly. A Contrast. ••Full mauy a flower 1m horn to blush utuieca, A&d watte Its wtsinrnt on the desert air;" That's why the on** which blush lo florists' shops 1 Artfs'JlU'uv prices tfcti make buy*j« sweep Nol3
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