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 $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 <<

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 pulleTEALS 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 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 '