V OLXXXII Grand Spring Opening OF MM miss, (ids ID WHIPS. Silks, Crepons. Kaikie, Patina HenriettiiH. Serges, Novelty Drw-e Gooas in black and color*, Separate Skirts iu all the new Spring materials, Ladies Waists, Duck Suite. See onr new Black Crppon Skirt, made ' Tbe lovely Wa,h Fabric for ;!de G 1 :;t t K- >&\ b,.. —. I f; KI ~f "XCt J. We have too many engft(tin(i: styles broidery. Jet and Tem-el Trimming, But through thin big store to think ot "over- tlinS) j. c tiling them all It won'd require nil the ... „ cilka Y>-w Lace *pace in tbe newspaper to mention seya Sew Tnlby DraP®'* k *; *' wilJ . rately the many beantitnl and novel effects Curtains, Sash Curtain* andlt r » in hats, Bonnet*. Flowm, Ribb.ns, Ac., dow Blind., Floor and Table 0.1 Cloth., in our Millinery Department. au( * Linoleums. Wc cordially invite you to visit us whether you wish to purchase or ret. Our sales-people will gladly show you all the styles, and you Lie not pressed to buy. Reir ember the place, corner Mam and Jeflerson streets, the popular store ot Mrs. Jennie E. Zimmerman * A Card to the Public. We desire to inform th» pnhllc tbat we have opened * firs' class M. r chant Tailoring and Gents FuruisbiQ* Goods eaiHt>li*htne-it in the room oi> the corner of Main and Jeffersoa stree's. opposite >hrt L »vry 11-use .-mce. W« h (i pe by fair dealing and strict atteutioJi t» •iosit.ess to merit » share of yonr patronage We bave purchased a large st >ck of F »-eign and D mesne go e, which will made op ia fir-T class HI vie We emplov none tut the beat wrkmun and jjaarantee perfect sane faction in ev*rj particular Call and See Us. J. S. & J. P. YOUNG, THE TAILORS and FURBISHERS. 10! Soati Kaln Streut, Butbr, Pa. SPECIAL Owinjr to » contemplated cbßnffe in <>nr business April Ih> it bee necessary tha' we close cut our entire st >ck on or before that rl-ae will therefor- nlace ..n <-»!»• this week ov -r 2 000 .<»ir* ot pan's 1 0M) Milte nnderwenr. 1 20« VJenV 800 Boy's aud 600 rbilrtren's -ui's; 500 conic; 160» Hats; 3'»o solid jioid 50 H'»U-he-; 200 Chains. 1,000 Coll ir and Coff button ; 2,000 Sc»rt pins; 200 Suit waists.efc. We here (rive you timely notice of special dava ales, at.d special "is count, so tnat you can prepare to take advantage <-f these sales and secure •ome of the bargains. Bargain Days Wednesday Jan. 30- Pants day —25 per cent off, Friday, Feb. Ist _Ov- rcoat day —25 per cent. off. Tuesday Feb s<b —Underwear day—2s per cent. off. Thursday. Feb. 7th— Jewelry dav—2s per ceDt off, Monday, Feb. 11th—Hat day—2s per cent, off Special saleß PD certain lines of goods every day as long as those good last These goods not subject to special discount. Pants former price 3 to 6 dollars, special price $1 50 os 3 50— Men's suits former price #4 50 t" sl2 00, special price 250 to 750 Cl ildrens suits, former prior. i « dollars special price 75c to $3 50,— fine goudola Hats former price $2 00 n> $4 50 special price from 75c io $2 00- Boy's and Childrei-s Caps, former price 15 to 25c special price 1 to 10c-Ui derwear former price 25c, Siecinl price 15c Muffl-ts former price from 50c to $2 50 sp. cial price 25c to $1 25 Don't misa ti.is great sale -by borrowing money at 6 per cent y< u cat ■»T« 27 per cent net, now this may seem strange \etit ia true, and if yon doubt it Just call around and we will convince r ou D. A. Heck:, Champion Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher, 21 N. Mair\ St., Duffy' Block, Butler, Pa Kramer Wagons, Work Harness, 4t (C it <4 <4 " Team " IX L " u 44 " PIOW " it 44 44 44 Farm " Buggy 44 44 44 44 All parts of HARNESS our own make at FACTORY TRICES, s. B. MARTINCOURT CO 128 E. Jefferson St., Butler Pa. Wholesale and Retail dealers in Buggies and everything belonging to a Driving or Team outfit, at exceptionally low prices this spring. Also a full line of Trunks and Valises. PINE TREE FARM. Jamesburg, N. J. Send for large catalogue of Lan i and VVate Fowl. Ti eb. st Pekin Ducks in the world. w H ORDWAY. Prop'r. D. A MOUNT. Sup't- HERKIMER & TAYLOR Funeral Directors, 161. Main St, - Butler; Pa. DYED. Now in the time to have your Clothing leaned or Dy >d. HUH save the 20 per cent we are offur io£ at. this time. A trial will c->n vioee jou that we do g<>od wo'k. Portiers dry cleaned. $1,25 per pair; Brussels or Tapistry carpets cleaned with ut lifting, 10c per yard. Butler Dye Works, 216 Center Ave. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. There Never Was a time in the history of ; Butler that you could buy Mens, Boys and Chil drens Clothing, as cheap as you can now. Call in and be convinced that I have the best made and the best fitting SUITS in the market at the lowest cash prices. The celebrated Szvi ct Orr Over alls always on hand. ONE ST. H. Burton Idothier and PRICE. # Furnisher 120 - S. Main, St. FKEI%!_FREE! Any customer buying Thirty Dollars worth ol goods, will be 1 presented with a piece ot silver ware warranted tor 10 years. COMPARE PRICES. 221b trranulatei! Sugar tor 0O 23ib "A - ' " " 1 J'" j 25!b Yellow " " IWf | 5iD California K i>i»ns 41b •• Prunes -■) 2ilh " Fetches 25 2i11» " Apricots 2._> . 2jili " P»-as | 1 3011. Pail Jelly ij? I 1 Back Wi,it« Lily Flour 4 cans Tomatoes 4 " Sntfar Corn— -4 " String Beans - ;) 1 '• House (taking Powder In HENRY MILLER, Opposite P. O. Hotel HutJer J. H. FAUBEL, Prop'r. This house has been thorough ly renovated, temodeled. and re fitted with new furniture ami carpets; has electric bells and all other modern conveniences for guests, and is as convenient, am) desirable a home for strangers as j can be found in Butler, Pa. Elegant sample room for use or ommercial men Hotel Wiiliarl Reopened and now ready for tbe <<<p n < datir r of the traveling pnl- I'C. Kvery l hing- *■"« " 1 " 1 " nt«il.» MRS. MATTIE REIHING, Owner K H BROOKS. Clerk. Ps EW S< liestfturant No 211 Centre Avenue (Whit in re builriiii!.' ) convenient to P. & •V depot Open all hours A>l k'nd of lunchew and regolar meal». T hac'-o ond Cigars fine coefectior e •nd everything 1 to he found in a first class Restaurant Give us a .•*ll and we will do our hes' to tu rn ui date you W. J MATES M anaire" C. V. I). A business that keeps grow ing through a season ot de pression, such as the country has experienced, is an evi dence that people realize they save money by trading with us. We know, and always have known, tbe days of large profits are past. Without question we are giving more for the money than last year. Our stock is larger to select from than last year. AND SEE US. Colbert & Dale. Are You Afflicted. Now is the chance of a life-time to be Cured. The EXCELSIOR Remedies, Pontiyely and Permanently cure all ilist-ases eitu.-ed by derangement of ttie rtixnd, StoiuaCb, Liver arid Kidneys. Rheumatism, N«-ur>lgi«, Stomach aim Trouble; all rikin Disease, tSi VOII~ lhn.ee. General Debility, Nervous IM)iliu. sii-k or Nervous d< adaehf, Oaiarrah, At'- er Effects of LaGrippe, Fturnl- Complaints, • aud all its evil effects The Exoelsiur Blood denser aud Exeeli sior Vegetable Pills, are especially adopted ior the above complaints, their curative powers are wonderful. THY THEM, thev -ire guaranteed to cure, isend trnir ad dress and we will mail you THE EXCELi ->IOK LEADEIt containing iestimoniai> ! Hundreds wltit nave been cured b\ th Escelsior Keiundies iu j our own Coun'i oid State. Address ail comuiauiuailous to Office EXCELSIOR Medicine Co, No. 120 S M.iin St. - • Hutler Pa MOURNING MILLINERY FOR SPRING 1895. Owing to the very larg* stock we carry and the limited room we have to dis play it, We make a specialtv of show" • Ing nnr mourning goods tirst each season. t You will find every thing in this depart ment made neatly and stylish. While we have the very finest mourning goods, we also have to suit the slimmest pocket book. Orders promptly filled. M. F. & M. MARKS, ii,H3tull7S. Main St., - But'.cr. HFTLF.R. PA..THURSDAY. APRIL -4. 18!>5. Emuta Pedvlclc Philadelphia, Pa. Simply Marvelous Intense Suffering of a Young Girl Ended White Swelling Cured by Hood's Sarsapariila. "Gentlemen—L'rged by the feeling that •ome parent might have attention direct ad to Hood's Sarsapariila through my Statements, as mine was through that Mr. Jno. L. McMurray of Ravenswood, W. Va., I give the particulars ol my daughter En '« « suffering and cure. In December, 188u, when four vears old, she injured her right knee by a fall. The injury culmin ated in white swelling. The limb commenced to contract, and to en able her to get around I made her a Pair of Crutches. While using these she had a second fall, the knee grew worse and the limb con tracted. The following August the doc tors decided to bandage the leg. They pulle<l the knee-loliit apart by main strength and put It in a plaster bandage. " During the six months the use of the plaster-of-paria bandage was continued, ft was renewed three or four times. The limb grew worse instead of better. All sorts of appliances and bandages were re sorted to, but there was no improvement, the disease continued its inroads. Five Abscesses formed on the limb. We took her to a prominent hospital. The doctor said it would be necessary to open the log and scrape the bone, and perhaps finally to Amputate the Limb. She had wasted away to a mere shadow and as I didn't believe she could survive the operation, I made up my mind she might as well die with two legs as one. "Just at this time. I happened to read a testimonial from West Virginia describ ing a case so similar to my child's, and in which Hood's Sarsapariila had effected a cure, and I immediately decided to give that medicine a trial. It took bold From the First. Before she had taken two bottles * core or piece of bone came out of one of the abscesses near the ankle. To come to the point, three bottles of Hood Sarsa pariila cured Kmmacompletely. Readers of this can imagine my esteem for Hood's Hood's Cures Sarsapariila better than I can express it. Hood « Barsaparilla is a family medicine ■with us. We warmly recommend It to everybody." WILLIAM H. PEDRICK, 1414 South Seventeenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. «j r»j||„ the after-dinner pill and nOOll S i HIS family cathartic. 25c. No doub* many of the readers of the CITIZEN intend doing some pa pering this spring. To those who do, Heineraai $ Eon, invite an inspection of ihvir stock; and promise that they will show. The Largest Stock, The Best Selections and Fair Prices. More than th's, no one 'tan a sk. Wouldn't it be to your interest to call at this store? 'WHO IF e very iDßppr p'ia e quotation >TEALS you t uy your parser of us. MY We KEEP DO tra*-> but *ve do keep it PURSE finest line of pnrs> and pocket books n STEALS tbe county, We have the lat»*»t TRASH.' and best things in tjns line. Purees and Lea»h< i Books fron 5c td S3 All th<* New Lea'! • J. H DOUGLASS', Near Postoffice. Seanor & Co's. LIYERY, FEED AND SALE STABL Rear of Wick House, Butler, Pa. The best of horses and first cla-s riffr. always on hand and for hire Best accumm dati >tis in town f permanent hoarding and transieti traiie. Special care iriiaran'eed. SMIIIIH r"<>ni 'nr sixtv-five h«>r>es. A jrood class of horses,both drivers ari'l ilrat? h'>r»es always o;i ha■.rl mi for uuder a all guara LUE; an' - horses bought upon proper tin ifi cati n by H. SEA NOR. iUTLtK COUNTY vUitual Fire Insurance Oompin , Office Cor.iViain & Cunningh m Vl, f-. WICK Pros. UKO. K. TT Kit Kit. Vice Pre*. I, S. %re'r and Tre»», DIRECTORS: \irrf Wi.-k tl<-uncrsoii Oliver, >r. W. lrvln, i:unr> -«• I:eu»n, V W UI I. KIN"RP ■■ H' Wiimii- H. i. KUngler K-lf.«rer. i. - , «eo. Reuno, I LOTIII K-KU . 1 LOYAL S. McJUNKUi Age -t f># M|woyß. n CHAPTER YIIL THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS. "What now?" I asked. "Toby has lost his character for infallibility." "He acted according to his lights," said Holmes, lifting 1 him down from the barrel and walking 1 him out of the timber yard. "If you consider how much creosote is carted about London in one day, it is no great wonder that our trail should have been crossed. It is much used now, especially for the seasoning of wood. Poor Toby is not to blame." "We must get on the main scent again. I suppose." "Yes. And, fortunately, we have no distance to go. Evidently what puzzled the dog at the corner of Knight's place was that there were two differ ent trails running in opposite direc tions. We took the wrong one. It only remains to follow the other." There was no difficulty about this. On leading Toby to the place where he had committed his fault, he cast about in a wide circle, and finally dashed off in a fresh direction. "We must take care that he does not now bring us to the place where the creosote barrel came from." 1 observed. "I had thought of that. But you no tice that he keeps on the pavement, whereas the barrel passed down the t roadway. No, we are on the true scent now." It tended down towards the river side, running through Belmont place and Prince's street. At the end of j Broad street it ran right down to tha water's edge, where there was a small wooden wharf. Tobv led us to the very edge of this, and there stood whining, looking out on the dark cur- ! rent beyond. "We are out of luck," said Holmes. "They have taken to a boat here." Several small punts and skiff.s were lying about In the water and on the edge of the wharf. We took Toby , round to each in turn, but, though he sniffed earnestly, he made no sign. Close to the rude landing was a small brick house, with a wooden placard swung out through the second window. "Mordecai Smith" was printed across it in large letters, and, under neath: "Boats to hire by the hour or day." A second inscription above the door informed us that a steam launch was kept—a statement which was con firmed by a great pile of coke upon the jetty. Sherlock Holmes looked slowly round, and his face assumed an ominous expression. "This looks bad," said he. "Those fellows are sharper than I expected. They seem to have covered their tracks. There has, I fear, been preconcerted management here." ne was approaching the door of the house, when it opened, and a little curly-headed lad of six came running out, followed by a stoutisli. red-faced woman with a large sponge in her hand. "You come hack and washed, .Tack, she father comes home and finds you like that, he'll let us hear of it."' "Dear little chap!" said Holmes, strategically. "What a rosy-cheeked young rascal! Now, Jack, Is there any thing you would like?" The youth pondered for a moment. "I'd like a shillin'," said he. "Nothing you would like better?" "I'd like two shillin' better," the prodigy answered, after some thought. '"llere you are, then! Catch —A fine child, Mrs. Smith!" "Lor' bless you, sir. he is that, and forward. He gets a most too much for me to manage, 'specially when my man Is away days at a time." "Away, is he?" said Holmes, in a dis appointed voice. "I am sorry for that, for I wanted to speak to Mr. Smith." "He's been away since yesterday mornin', sir, and, truth to tell, I ainbe ginnin' to feel frightened about him. But if it is about a boat, sir, maybe I could serve as well." "1 wanted to hire his steam launch." "Why, bless you, sir, it is in the steam launch that he has gone. That's what puzzles me; for I know there ain't more coals in her than would take her to about Woolwich and back. If he'd been away in the barge I'd lia' thought notliin'; for many a time a job has taken him as far as Gravesend, and then if there was much doin' there he might ha' stayed over. But what good is a steam launch without coals?" "He might have bought some at a wharf down the river." "He might, sir, but it weren't his way. Many a time I've heard him call out at the prices they charge for a few odd bags. Besides, I don't like that wooden-legged man, wi' his ugly face and outlandish talk. What did he want always knockin' about here for?" "A wooden-legged man?" said Holmes, with bland surprise. "Yes, sir, a brown, monkey-faced chap that's called more'n once for my old man. It was him that roused him up yesternight, and, what's more, my man knew he was comin', for he had steam up in the launch. I tell you straight, sir, I don't feel easy in ray mind about it." ~ "But, my dear Mrs. Smith," said Holmes, shrugging his shoulders, "you are frightening yourself about nothing. How could you possibly tell that it was the wooden-legged man who came in the night? I doa't quite understand how you can be so sure." "His voice, sir. I knew his voice, which is kind o' thick and foggy. He tapped at the winder —about three it would be. 'Show a leg, matey,' says he: 'time to turn out guard.' My old man woke up Jim —that's my eldest — and away they went, without so much as a word to me. I could hear the wooden leg clackin' on the stones." "And was this wooden-legged man alone?" "Couldn't say, lam sure, sir. I didnt hear no one else." "I am sorry, Mrs. Smith, for I wanted a steam launch, and I have heard good reports of the — Let me see, what is her name?" "The Aurora, sir." "Ah! She's not that old green launch with a yellow line, very broad in the beam?" "No, indeed. She's as- trim a little thing as any on the river. She's been fresh painted, black with two red streaks." "Thanks. I hope that you will hear soon from Mr. Smith. I am going down the river; and if I should see anything of the Aurora I shall let him know that you are uneasy. A black funnel, you say?" "No, sir. Black with a white band." "Ah, of course. It was the sides which were black. Good morning, Mrs. Smith. There is a boatman here with a wherry, Watson. Wc shall take it and cross the river." "The main thing with people of that sort," said Holmes, as we sat in the sheets of the wherry, "is never to let them '.U4t lucir liiigryatiou^gaij, oe ol the slightest importance to you. If you do, they will instantly shut up "I'M SORRV. MRS. SMITH, FOB I WASTED A STEAM LAUNCH." like an oyster. If you listen to them under protest, as it were you are very likely to get what you want." "Our course now seems pretty clear," said I. "What would you do, then?" "I would engage a launch and go down the track of the Aurora." "My dear fellow, it would be a colos sal task. She may have touched at any wharf on either side of the stream I between here and Greenwich. Below the bridge there is a perfect labyrinth i of landing-places for miles. It would take you days and days to exhaust them, if you set about it alone." "Employ the police, then." I "Xo. I shall probably call Athelney Jones in at the last moment. He is not a bad fellow, and 1 should not like to do anything which would injure him professionally. But I have a fancy for working it out myself, now that we have gone so far." "Could we advertise, then, asking for information from wharfing'ers?" "Worse and worse! Our men would know that the chase was hot at their heels, and they would be off out of the country. As it is, they a»e likely enough to leave, but as long as they j think they are perfectly safe they will be in no hurry. Jones' energy will be of use to us there, for his view of the case is sure to push itself into the daily press, and the runaways will think that everyone is off on the wrong scent." "What are we to do, then?" I asked, as we landed near Millbank peniten tiary. "Take this hansom, drive home, have some breakfast, and get an hour's sleep. It is quite on the cards that we may be afoot to-night again. Stop at the telegraph office, cabby! We will keep Toby, for he may be of use to us ye*" street post office, and Holmes dis j patched his wire. "Whom do you think that is to?" he asked, as we re sumed our journey. "I am sure I don't know." "You remember the Baker street di vision of the detective police force whom I employed in the Jefferson Hope case?" j "Well," said I, laughing 1 . "This is just the case where they might be invaluable. If they fail, 1 have other resources; but I shall try them first. That wire was to my dirty little lieutenant, Wiggins, and I expect that he and his gang will be with us before we have finished our breakfast." i It was between eight and nine o'clock | now, and I was conscious of a strong j reaction after the successive excite- i ments of the night. I was limp ana weary, befogged in mind and fatigued j in body. I had uot thi> professional en- j thusiasm which carried my companion ; on, nor could I look at the matter as a mere abstract intellectual problem. As far as the death of Bartholomew Sholto went, I had heard little good of him, and could feel no intense antipathy to his murderers. The treasure, however, was a different matter. That, or part of it, belonged rightfully to Miss Morstan. While there was a chance i of recovering it, I was ready to devote my life to the one object True, if I found it, it would prob ably put her forever beyond my reach. Yet it would be a petty and selfish love which would be influenced by such a thought as that. If Holmes could work to find the criminals, I had a tenfold stronger reason to urge me on to find the treasure. A bath at Baker street and a com plete change freshened me up wonder fully. When I came down to our room I found the breakfast laid and Holmes pouring out the coffee. "Here it is," said he, laughing and pointing to an open newspaper. "The energetic Jones and the übiquitous re porter have fixed it up between them. But you have had enough of the case. Better have your ham and eggs first." I took the paper from him and read the short notice, which was headed: "Mysterious Business at Upper Nor wood." "About twelve o'clock last night," said the Standard, "Mr Bartholomew Sholto, of Pondicherry lodge. Upper Norwood, was found dead in his room under circumstances which point to foul play As far as we can learn, no actual traces of violence were found upon Mr. Sholto's person, but a valuable collection of Indian gems which the deceased gentleman had inherited from his father lias been carried off. The discovery was first made by Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who had called at the house with Mr. Tliaddeus Shalto, brother of the deceased. By a singular piece of good fortune Mr. Athelney Jones, the well-known member of the detective police force, happened to be at the Norwood police station, and was on the ground within half an hour of the first alarm. His trained and ex perienced faculties were at once direct ed towards the detection of the crim inals, with the gratifying result that the brother, Tliaddeus Sholto, has al ready been arrested, together with the housekeeper, Mrs. Bernstone, an In dian butler named Lai Rao, and a por ter, or gatekeeper, named MeMurdo. It is quite certain that the thief or thieves were well acquainted with the house, for Mr. Jones well-known technical knowledge and his powers of minute observation have en abled him to prove conclusively that the miscreants could not have entered by the door or by the window, but must have made their way across the roof of ! the building, and so through a trap ; door Into it room which communicated : w ith that in which the body was found. This fact, which has been very clearly made out, proves conclusively that it j was no mere haphazard burglary. The prompt and energetic action of the offi cers of the law shows the great advan tage of th£ presence on_bUj;h occasions of a single vigorous and masterful mind. We cannot but think that it supplies an argument to those who would wish to see our detectives more decentralized, and brought into closer and more effective touch with the cases which it is their duty to investi gate." "Isn't it gorgeous!" said nolmes, grinning over his coffee cup. "What do you think of it?" "I think that we have had a close • V.rre ourselves of being arrested for the crimo." "So do I. i w u' In't. answer for our safety now. if he l-pen to have another of his attacks of energy. ' At this moment there was a loud ring at the bell, and I could hear Mrs. Hudson, our landlady, raising her voice in a wail of expostulation and dis may. "By heaven. Holmes," I said, half rising, "1 believe that they are really after us." "Xo, it's not quite so bad as that. It is the unotficial force —the Baker street irregulars." As he spoke, there came a swift pat tering of naked feet upon the stairs, a clatter of high voices, and in rushed a dozen dirty and ragged little street- Arabs. There was some show of disci pline among them, despite their tu multuous entry, for they instantly drew up in line and stood facing us with expectant faces. One of their number, taller and older than the oth ers, stood forward with an air of loung ing superiority which was very funny in such a disreputable little scarecrow. "Got your messag?, sir," said he, "and brought'em on sharp. Three bob and a tanner for tickets." "Here you are," said Holmes, pro ducing some silver. "In future they can report to you, Wiggins, and you to nie. 1 cannot have the house invaded in this way However, it is just as well that you should all hear the instruc tions. I want to find the whereabouts of a steam launch called the Aurora, owner Mordecai Smith, black with two red streaks, funnel black with a white band. She is down the river some where. ! want one boy to be at Mor decai Smith's landing-stage opposite Millbank to say if the boat comes back. You must divide it out among your selves, and do both banks thoroughly. Let me know the moment you have news. Is that all clear?" "Yes, guv'nor," said Wiggins. "The old scale of pay, and a guinea to the boy who finds the boat. Here's a day in advance. Xow off you go!" He handed them a shilling each, and away they buzzed down the stairs, and I saw them a moment later streaming down the street. "If the launch is above water they will find her," said Holmes, as he rose from the table and lit his pipe. "They can go everywhere, see everything, overhear everyone. I expect to hear before evening that they have spotted her. In the meanwhile, we can do nothing but await results. We cannot pick up the broken trail until we find either the Aurora or Mr. Mordecai Smith. ' "Toby could eat these scraps, I dare say. Are you going to bed. Holmes?" "Xo; lam not tired. I have a curi ous constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely. I am going to smoke and to think over this queer business to which my fair client has introduced us. If ever man had an easy task, this of ours ought to be. Wooden-legped men are not so com mon, but the other man must, I should 1 "That other man again!" ' "I have no wish to make a mystery of him—to you, anyway. But you must have formed your own opinion. Now, do consider the data. Diminutive footmarks, toes never fettered by boots, naked feet, stone-headed wooden mace, great agility, bmall poisoned darts. What do you make of all this?" j "A savage!" I exclaimed. "Perhaps one of those Indians who were the as sociates of Jonathan Small." "Hardly that," said he. "When first I sav» signs of strange weapons I was inclined tc think so; but the remark able character of the footmarks caused me to reconsider my views. Some of | the inhabitants of the Indian peninsula ! are small men. but none could have i left such marks as that. The Hindoo proper has long and thin feet. The sandal-wearing Mohammedan has the : great toe well separated from the others, because the thong is commonly ! passed between. These little darts, too, could only be shot in one way. They are from a blowpipe. Now, then, where are we to find our savage?" "South American," I hazarded. He stretched his hand up and took down a bulky volume from the shelf. "This is the first volume of a gazetcer ; which is now being published. It may be looked upon as the very latest authority. What have we here? 'An daman islands, situated three hun dred and forty miles to the north of Sumatra, in the bay of Bengal.' Hum! hum! What's all this? Moist climate, coral reefs, sharks. Port Blair, convict barracks, Rutland island, cottonwoods —ah, here we are. 'The aborigines of the Andaman islands may perhaps claim the distinction of being the smallest race upon this earth, though some anthropologists prefer the Rush men of Africa, the Digger Indians of America and the Terra del Fuegians. The average height is rather below four feet, although many full-grown adults may be found who are very* much smaller than this. They are a fierce, morose and intractable peo ple, though 'capable of forming most devoted friendships when their confi dence has once been gained.' .Mark that, Watson. Now, then, listen to this: 'They are naturally / hideous, having large, misshapen heads, small, "A GI'IN'EA TO rilK BOY THAT FIXD9 THE BOAT." fierce eyes, and distorted features. Their feet and hands, however, are re markably small. So intractable and fierce are they that all the efforts of the British ofiicials have failed to win them over in any degree. They have always been a terror to shipwrecked crews, braining the survivors with their stone-headed clubs, or shooting them with their poisoned arrows. These massacres are invariably con cluded by a cannibal feast.' Nice, amiable people, Watson! If this fellow i had been left to his own unaided de i vices this affair might have taken an i even more ghastly turn. 1 fancy that, : even as it Is, Jonathan Small would give a good deal not to have employed him." i "But how came he to have so singular a companion?" t "Ah, tnat is wore tliau X can tell, 'ftipce, frqwcTqywe jiaft ttlrpa<}v t^er: mined that Small had come from the Andamsns, it is not so very wonderful that this islander should be with him. No doubt we »hall know all about it in time. Look here, Watson; you look regularly done. Lie down there on the sofa, and se« if I can put you to sleep." He took up his violin from the corner, and as I stretched myself out he began to play some low, dreamy, melodious air—his own, no doubt, for he had a remarkable gift for improvisation. I have a vague remembrance of his gaunt limbs, his earnest face, and the rise and fall of his bow. Then I seemed to be floated peacefully away upon a soft sea of sound, until I found myself in dreamland, with the sweet face of Mary Mors tan looking down upon me. (TO RE COSTINC <D. ) BAD BLIZZARDS. Some of the Terrors of the West ern Prairie Snowstorms. The Settler'* Cabin a FOOT Befnge from the Icy l!la*t*— Appalling Louen Among the Herd* and Flock* of the Plain*. The blizzard, as the plain man's ver nacular designates the prairie snow storm, is utterly incomprehensible to one who has not experienced it. Gen erated in the great storm-breeding re gions of barren British America,* and swept on arctic blasts along the vast level reaches that stretch eastward from the Rocky mountains, with no forest to break its force, it becomes a demon of the air, second only to tho tornado or cyclone in destructivencss. The moisture is ground as between millstones, hurled with bullet-like en ergy over hund-eds of miles of level plain, and finally transformed into yeasty sleet by the softening effects of lower latitudes, falls in bleak showers on the ranges of Texas and No-Man's- Land. Lack of cheap building material and the brevity of the winter season on the prairies contribute to make the settler's cabin a poor refuge. When the blizzard comes every resource of fuel is hus banded, and it is faced with a grim de termination to see it through, says tho Detroit Free Press. Hut not all are prepared even so well as the settler. Occasionally a belated emigrant, en route either to a chosen claim on the frontier or toward the pleasantly remembered east, where he hopes to find old friends and helpers, is caught by the blast. He may have a tiny stove inside the canvas-topped prairie schooner, but its heat can do little against the power of the storm. Sheltered by the low bluff of some ra vine or water course he may weather the dragging hours of suffering, but the chances are that team and driver will be found a ghastly monument to the storm king's strength. The farmer who has hurried ten or fifteen miles to the nearest village to secure supplies for the impending vis itation is often overtaken before reach ing his waiting family and perishes on the road, for no matter how well he knows the path, when the blizzard rages his way is as that of the mariner without a compass. At the prairie schooihouses, where the settlers' children are gathered from a territory covering many miles in every direction, the blizzard brings terror to the pupils as well as to their parents. Rescue is impossible until the lull comes, and awful possibilities lurk schoolmistress last winter failed to dis miss her scholars in time for them to reach home, and found herself and them prisoners from a blizzard's ap proach. A night and a day at least were before her, during which her lit tle charges must be protected. Deliber ately she apportioned the food remain ing iA the dinner pails, divided the larger boys into squads and put the younger pupils to sleep on the benches. Then through the bitter night she sang, declaimed, told stories, invented games, and kept the frightened children amused and cheered as best she could. The following day passed much the same, but 6till no abatement of the storm nor any rescue. Tbe second night was dreary indeed. The children cried themselves to sleep, hungry and cold. With her own hands the teacher broke up desks and black board to feed the voracious stove. With the morning came a shout at the door as the settlers shoveled away the snow, and then the plucky girl to whom the children owed their lives showed her womanliness and fainted. The loss among stock on the plains by each blizzard is appalling. There Is less exposure of herds and flocks now than in earlier times, yet every season causes tho destruction of thousands of head of cattle and sheep on the ranges and in the unsheltered corrals. Sev eral years ago, during the height of the Texas cattle trade, a blizzard in west ern Kansas early in December de stroyed more than half of 300,000 cattle that were being herded on the open prairie. At one railway station after the storm, 35,000 hides were shipped; at another, 20,000. One ranchman found but 225 head alive out of 7,500 that had been grazing before the catas trophe. Several hundred ponies and a score of herders also perished. The blizzard is a permanent feature of the prairie winter. Nothing but a decided climatic revolution ean secure to the great trans-Mississippi region immunity from its death-bearing pres ence. Better preparations are yearly being made to withstand its fury, and to protect more generously the dumb animals who suffer equally with their masters. The signal service is render ing aid in warning communities reached by telegraph of the storm's approach, while the settlers, taught by bitter ex perience, take with each season better precautions, and provide more intelli gently for their time of need, which is sure to come. But with all man's care and defense, the blizzard remains unconquered. It is cruel, relentless and unmerciful as 6ome Norse god, from whose kingdom it comes. It is one of the west's pos sessions which is wholly and irredeem ably detestable. In its forefront is ap prehension; at its height, terror; in its wake, desolation and suffering—some times death. Old-Time Weather Prophat. What is supposed to be the oldest European book on meteorology, Rey man's "Weather Booklet'' (Wetter buechlein), published at Augsburg in 1505, has recently been reprinted, and it shows that in this science, as in nearly all others, the beginnings of our knowledge came from the east. Reyman's rules for foretelling the weather are highly commended for their good sense. They were derived from the Arabs, who taught us chem istry, astronomy, mathematics and many other things, for which we have ceased to be grateful to them. A Real Savins. The Lady Shopper—What? I'ay W for a lamp like that? It's outrageous and I won't pay .'t! The Astute S» You forget, madam, that tlicj e has been reduced to *4.99. The Lady Shop -t reaching for hex purse) —Oh, very 'v< 11, then; I'll take it. —Chicago Recon I The Sma! "■ )'« Fe«tlTlty. He cares t t ?«r ibe ballroom Th it rro . patroiase. Th< sraail saowbaU trjvst* N014: FAR^ARDIK. TO MAKE A HOTBED. A Bobjttt In Which Every Farmer Should lie Interested. A hotbed of convenient size for the farmer may be made as follows: The frame may be 16 inches high at the rear and 14 inches in front from the level of the ground, and covered with sash of any desired size. The boards are nailed together at the corners, fastened to 2x3 inch scantling, but gardeners first make a pit, 1 foot deep, and use a framo 24 inches at the rear and 22 inches at the front, according to the kinds of plants to be grown. The height at the front, however, depends on the width of the bed. Fresh horse manure, free from lit ter, is generally used. It is the fer mentation of the manure that creates the heat. If the manure is too loose it may create heat more rapidly thun nure in a pile, allow is to heat some, and then turn it over and well mix it again before using it in the b tN»d. Having trampled the manure 'v cover with rich dirt to which has wtu added one-fourth its bulk of fine, well rotted manure. There -should bj no lumps, stones or pebbles in the ho'bed. If necessary, sift the dirt. The thick ness of the dirt should be about G inches. As there will then be about a foot of space between the dirt and the sash (the hotbed beinj 24 inches at the rear) ample air space will thus be provided. If the manure does not heat up quickly and is slow sprinkle the bed well with hot water, first adding a small quantity of air-slacked lime to the water. If too much heat is gen erated use cold water alone. When the heat reaches about 00 degrees plant the 6eeds in rows, but more warmth will be required for the young plants later on. The frame should be well banked upi with dirt- to prevent the effects of the frost. The object should be to main tain as even temperature as possible. On clear, warm days the sash may be raised slightly in order to admit air during the middle of the day, but this will depend on many circumstances. The better plan is to hang a thermom eter in the hotbed, and to visit it fre- 1 quently. As the heat from the manure decreases the weather will become warmer. Gradually accustoin the plants to the atmosphere as much as possible, and transplant to the cold frame such as may be suitable for that purpose. Some sort of covering should be used over the sash at night, ouch as an old carpet, with a few loose boards, over the carpet. The temperature of l the atmosphere must be the guide in management, as the plants must not be kept too warm or become lisble to being chilled.—Farm and Home. NEW CARDINAL POPPY. A Pretty Flower Whieh Lend* Rlchneet of Color to the Garden. Each year sees a distinct advance made in the production of new and more beautiful varieties of our stand ard flowers. The pansy, the sweet pea and the poppy have in recent years been each particularly fortunate in the results of the attention which has been bestowed upon them. I have raised many of the newer varieties of these three flowers during the. vast season. hs«fui,Mrfty colored blossoms that have ap peared. Particularly gratifying litrve been the results in the cultivation of new sorts of pansies and poppies. The most beautiful variety of the latter that has made brilliant color in the garden has been the new cardinal poppv, an illustration of which is given herewith. The.color is the beau-, tiful combination of cardinal and white, while the form is decidedly handsome, a perfect head being formed that is decidedly "feath ery" in appearance. It is a de cided acquisition to the list of poppies and deserves to be widely cultivated; NEW CARDINAL POPPY. such beautiful -"varieties of our good pld-fashioned flowers seeming to me to J>e much more satisfactory to cultivate in large beds, than a great mass of this, that and the other flowers, some pood, some bad and many indifferent, bnd almost none possessing any de cided character as a blossom. A few beautiful varieties of flowers are far« ? .referable to the heterogeneous collec ions one sees in many gardens— Orange Judd Farmer. How to Keep Flower* Freeh. Lovers of flowers not rich enough to bny often have various ways of pro longing the life and freshness of the few they get. Violets may be kept fresh if placed in fresh water and cov ered over night with a tumbler. Most flowers will retain their freshness for •everal days if kept over night in the Open air. Anyone possessed of one of those delicate French clocks that have to be covered with a glass dome cannot do better than sell or pawn the clock, usually an object of neither use nor ornament, buy flowers from time to time with the proceeds, and use the glass dome as a protector for the flow ers at night, A will keep them fresh for days THE North Carolina experiment sta tion says that there is no practical way of preventing the attacks of the weevil tipon chestnuts. AFTER THE KISS. "How dare you. sir?" "Kiss vou? Why, your l>eauty chal lenged tue, and I never take a stump." "Poor fellow! Yes, I suppose yon couldn't very well help it." "From Band to Mouth." I klmed her band, my h?art was all aglow— IklS'Sc'l uer m uti—Vnc. .v all the aaselakoow; I uiarrit.il tier: Thus fate dor. favors rive. far. since that hour, "fronj hand to month" W ° UT '' -pwiarruts '
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