vol,. XXXIII
ANOTHER CHANCE
We arc going to continue our SACRIFICE SALE during the
month yet—
Wcrk Bridles, our own make $i Co
Bug c .y Bridles, our own make i oo
Sweat Pads, worth 50c 3°
Han ess. our own make : 6 00
Buggies with top 36 00
Hareess Oil, per gallon 5°
Axle Grease, 6 boxes 25
Team Harness, o\;r own make, S2O for 2 horses
Team Collars 75c each
And a whole lot of other bargins. COME QUICK.
i\SrS.B. Marti ncourt# Co
rn EAST JEFFERSON Street.
P. S. KRAMER WAGONS AND TFUNKS.
Butler, Pa., March 2d.
THEY ARE HERE-
We have just received a line of Rubber Goods that we will sell in addition t#
our regular goods at the following low prices.
Men's Buckle Arctics .60c Woman's Stonn rubl>ers iSc
Men's Rubbers 26c Misses' Spring Heel Rubbers 12c
Woman's Croquetts '.l6c Children's Spring Heel Rubbers 10c
We say to you these are not our best goods but an additional line we have
added to our stock. Some dealers are continually trying to quote very low prices
in footwear to convey the idea that they undersell everybody else when the fact is
they are trading in very cheap stuff, There is no trouble to get any amount of
these cheap goods at any time.
THE WOODS IS FULL OF THEM-
We merely call your attention to these few facts that will probably be worth
your consideration in buying your footwear. The cheapest is not always cheapest.
Men's Felt Boots and Rubbers $1.50 Woman's Fine Overgaiters 15 and 18c
Bo>s' Felt Boots and Rubbers 1.25 Men's Rubber Boots #2.00 and $2.50
Worsens' Heavy Shoes 65c, 75c, 85c Men's Fine Shoes 85c, sl, #1.25
Men's Fine Slippers 50c Ladies' Fine Shoes 67j£c, |i, #1.25
Men's Warm Slippers 35 and 50c Children's Shoes 45c, 50c, 75c
See our Ladies' Twentieth Century Shoes, new spring styles, just in at only
£, and it is a beauty. Some of the advance new spring styles are now coming in.
tter see Butler's Leading Shoe House when you buy your footwear.
BUTLER'S LEADING SHOE HOUSE,
Opposite Hotel Lowrj,
B.C. Huselton.
Harness Shop!
Harness of all Kinds Made to Order.
Repairing a Specialty,
AND PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO
BLANKETS AND ROBES.
CASH PAID FOR HIDES.
No. tn East Cunningham St., - - BUTLER, A
(The old Times Office.)
FRANK KEHPER, Agt.
Silver Ware Free!
. Handsome triple plated hand engraved Teapots, Cakestands, Fruit
stands, Butters, creaims, Spoon holders, molasses, sugars, castors,
Porcelain and alarm clocks and other articles both ornamental and
useful. Call in and inspect the ware.
GET A CARD.
Purchase you overcoat for Men, Boys and Children. Suits, Pants,
Hats, Capes, Underwear, Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Tics, Suspenders,
Gloves, Mits, Overalls, Jackets, Sweaters, Umbrellas, Trunks, V alises,
Telescopes, Watches. Chains, Charms, Rings, Pins, Brushes, Pocket
and Bill-books,Purses,etc. and when your purchase amounts to $15.-
OO you get your choice of any of the above articles.
Our Stock is complete,
And Styles correct.
Quality the best,
And prices the lowest.
D. A. HECK,
No 121. N.Main St. BUTLER PA.
OUR UNDERWEAR BUYER
After looking over the stock of several jobbers and
manufacturers has bought the cream—THE CHOICE GOODS OF
THEM ALL. We ask your special attention to a line received this
week from a large manufacturer, including one case of Ladies' Night
Gowns, at 49c worth 60c, Ladies' Cambric Gowns, Gulden's Gowns,
Children's Waists, Ladies' Umbrella Skirts, in fact everything i:i
Ladies' and Children's Muslin Underwear.
M. F. & M. MARKS,
113 to 117 S. Main St. Butler Pa.
TIT A Nffinrncc L KINGS, EAR KINGS.
UJlAlUUillia f 80AKF PINB.CBTUDS.
«jnr M «* \ GENTS' GOLD, LADIES' GOLD.
" * imtia f GKNTS' SILVER,'.LADIES'.CIIATLAIN.
.TTCUU MT.R "V \ Gold pins. Ear Klnps, Rln^s.
** ** ■■ * / Chains. Bracelets. Etc.
«TT. V lAI A"R TI*I Tea Seta. Castors, (Butter Dishes and; EverytuiDß
tnatcanbefoundiaallrstclassstore..
RODGE3 BROS. 1874 } PORKB - 8l^ PLKI , I ATH
P TJIE
L-f. JEWELER.
189, North Vain Bt, BVILEB, FA.,
THE-BUTLER CITIZEN.
Take Care
1 Of your physical health. Build up your
I system, tone your stomach and digestive
! organs, increase your appetite, purify and
! enrich vour blood, by taking
Hoods
Sarsaparilla
The One True Blood Purifier. ?1; 6 for ?").
H/irvrl'c Uillc act harmoniotwlT with
nooa S Kills Hood , Sarsaparllla 25c.
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All grad<* of underwear at very
low prices.
Largest stock of hats and
furnishings for gentleman ni the
country. An inspection will prove
this to any ones satisfacture.
Colbert & Dale.
242 S. Main St., Butler, Penn'a
A CHANCE
OF A LIFETIME
FOR LIVE, WIDE-AWAKE
CASH BUYERS.
A GREAT REMODELING SALE
We are going to enlarge and re
model our store, as our large and
increasing trade demands it. We
must have room. So that will ex
plain the great cut in prices.
LOOK AT THIS.
Lot 1. Men's Fine Buff Shoes, lace or
congress, tip and plain, former price
#i .50 marked now SI.OO.
Lot 2. Men's A Calf Bals and Con
gress shoes, good and strong, suitable for
Working Shoes, former price J:.40 now
marked £I.OO.
Lot 3. Ladies' Oil Grain Button
shoes, climax cut, warranted waterproof,
always sold for $1.25, going in this sale
for 75 cents.
Lot 4 Ladies' Felt Shoes, warm-lin
ed, some felt soles and seme leather,
would be cheap at #I.OO, price now 50
cents.
Lot 5. Ladies' Fine Kid Congress,
narrow square toe, patent tip. no matter
what we sold them for, they m ustgo at
75 cents. See them
Lot 6. Ladies' Cloth Slippers, warm
lined. We are almost ashamed to put
the price on them, but we don't want
them. They are yours for 19c a pair.
Reduced Prices for Repairing.
Child's Half Soles 20c
Child's Half Soles and Heels.2sc
Misses' Half Soles .... 20c
Misses' Half Soles and Heels.3oc
Women,s Half Soles 25c
Women's Half Soles and Heels3sc
Youth's Half Soles 25c
Youth's Half Soles and Heels.3sc
Boys' Half Soles 35c
Boys' Half Soles and Heels. .50c
Men's Half Soles 40c
Men's Half Soles and Heels. .60c
Patches 5c
NO CHARGE will be made for clinch
ing or sewing rips on rhoes that were
bought at
Butler's Progressive Shoe House.
C. E. MILLER,
2i5 South Main St., BUTLER PA
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The Place to Buy
GAS COOK
ING AND HEATING STOVES,
GAS BURNERS AND FIX
TURES, HOSE, BATH TUBS,
ENAMEL AND
IMPROVE WELSHBACH GAS
BURNER.
W. H. O'BRIEN I ON,
107 East Jefferson St.
New
Wall=Paper
New Stock just in and
selling fast.
Some beauties for little
money.
See them and you will
want them.
DOUGLASS'
241 S. Main St.
Near P. O. Butler Pa.
liTTTLER. PA. s THURBDxVY. MARCH 19, 1890.
BY ' PV. 'NAM'S - '• -
CHAPTER XIII.
Mil. BARNES GOES SOUTH.
Mr. Barnes now began ,-unje re
searches into the past history of Mr.
Alphonso Thanret. Obtaining the date
of his first registry at the Hoffman
House, ho found that to be about a
month before the train robbery occurred.
Finding the expressman who had
brought his baggage to the hotel, it
transpired that it had been taken from
an English steamship, yet the name
Thanret did not appear upon the list of
passengers. As it was certain, however,
that the man must have arrived by the
ship it was evident that Thanret was
an alias. Mr. Barnes copied the ship's
list for future reference. A search for
the name Rose Mitchel was fruitless,
though extended to the passenger lists
of all arriving steamers for two mouths
prior to the murder.
Believing that Mr. Thanret must have
some communication with foreign
friends and hoping to obtain some clew
by the postmarks of any such letters,
Mr. Barnes arranged an espionage of
the man's mail. But though the hotel
clerk reported to him daily for several
weeks there was not one foreign letter.
As to money, Mr. Thanret appeared to
be well supplied, paying his board bills
promptly with checks upon a neighbor
ing national bank, in which it was as
certained that he had deposited to his
credit several thousand dollars.
Thus after a long investigation Mr.
Barnes was chagrined to admit that ho
had discovered nothing save that Mr.
Thanret had come across tho ocean un
der an assumed name, and even this
meager knowledge was a mere matter
of inference.
Though baffled in this direction Mr.
Barnes had been more successful in an
other effort which he essayed. This was
a line of investigation which he inaugu
rated hoping to discover the where
abouts of the child Rose Mitchel, who
was so skillfully kept in hiding. He had
first instructed Lucette as to the part
she was to play, and that young wom
an, anxious once more to staud well
with her employer, had exerted herself
to her utmost, entirely succeeding in her
mission. This was to obtain some of the
writing of the child. "Go to the house
again," Mr. Barnes had suggested, "and
get into conversation with that same
servant who met you at the door on
your first visit. Then in some manner
obtain a specimen of tho child's writing.
An old copybook would be just the
thing." Lucette carried out these in
structions to the letter, and by bribing
the servant girl at the school obtained
exactly what the detective had suggest
ed, a copybook in which little Rose
Mitchel had practiced writing.
Armed with this, and selecting a
specimen which seemed best suited to
his purpose, Mr. Barnes next bribed
tho mailboy at tho Fiftli Avenue hotel
to examine all letters addressed to Mr.
Mitchel until he should find one in the
same hand. It was not until early in
March that this patient work resulted in
success. Theu one day the boy reported
to Mr. Barnes *'iat the expected letter
had at length arrived. The postmark in
dicated that it had been mailed at East
Orange, N. J.
"So that is where the little bird is
bidden," said Mr. Barnes to himself
when this information reached him.
Summoning Lucette, he sent her to East
Orange with these instructions:
"Now, my girl, I'll give you another
chance to redeem yourself. You are to
go to East Orange and find that child.
The most promising plan is through the
postoffice. I will give you a note to the
postmaster that will aid you. Should a
letter be sent to the child either by
Mitchel himself or by Miss Remsen, you
will learn of it through the postmaster.
The rest of course will be simple."
"But suppose," said Lucette, "that
the child's letters are directed under
joveu to the parties with whom she is
living? What then?"
"Why, stupid, that is what I send
fou down there for. As tho postmaster
is an acquaintance of mine I could get
the address, should it reach him, with
out having you there. But that is only
i faint hope. Wo know that the child is
in East Orange. East Orange has just
so many houses. You must examine ov
ary one, if necessary. Now go, and if
jrou don't find the child I have no fur
ther need of you. I give you this com
mission partly as a chance to redeem
pour other mistake and partly because
pou have seen the child once and could
recognize her."
"I'll find her," said Lucette, and she
departed.
A week later Mr. Barnes was in New
Orleans, where he devoted himself to
iiscovering, if possible, the early his
tories of Mr. Mitchel and the murdered
ivoman. Weeks passed, and he made no
progress.
One morning in the latter part of
April he was feeling somewhat de
spondent over his ill success, when, as
ae glanced listlessly through The Pica
yune tho following paragraph caught
lis eye:
"Mr. Barnes, the celebrated New
Jfork detective, is in the city and stop
ping at the St. Charles hotel. It is be
lieved that he is in search of a desperate
criminal, and probably the news loving
tvorld will soon be treated to one of the
famous detective's clever elucidations of
some mysterious crime.''
This both annoyed and puzzled Mr.
Barnes. He had not told any one his
:rue name and could not guess how the
reporters had found his identity. While
lie was thinking of it a card was brought
;o him which bore the name, "Richard
3ef ten.''
He directed that the gentleman should 1
je shown to his room, and soon after a
nau of about 35, with dark complexion,
dark hair and keen hazel eyes, entered, :
jowiug politely and saying:
"This is Mr. Barnes, 1 believe."
"Be seated, Mr. Sefton," said Mr. |
Barnes coldly, "and then tell me why
rou believe me to be Mr. Barues, when j
t registered as James Morton. "
"I do not believe you to be Mr. !
Barnes,'' said the other, coolly seating
limself. "I was inaccurate in using that j
jxpressiou. I know that you are Mr.
EJarnes."
"Oh! You do! And how, pray, do !
'on know that I am Mr. Barnes?"
"Because it is my business to know
icople. lam a detective like yourself.
! have come to help you. "
"You have come to help me! You are j
rery kind, I am sure. But since you are !
o very clever, perhaps you would not j
nind telling me how you know that I j
leed help and in what direction,"
"With pleasure. You need help be- j
aase, pardon my saying it, you aro i
working ou a case in which time is I
irecious to you, and you have already |
wasted about six weeks. I say wasted, j
leeause yon have learned nothing that j
rill aid you in your search."
"111 mv search for what?"
"Mr. Barnes, you are uolovercordial.
There should be some fraternal courtesy
between us. I have come to yon as a
friend, houestly wishing to aid you. I
have known that you were in the city
for some time. I have heard of you, of
pourse. Who in our business has not?
Therefore I have spent a great deal of
spare time watching yon. I did so sim
ply to notice and perhaps to learn some
thing from your methods. In this way I
became acquainted with the fact, first,
that you are interested in tho name
Mitchel, and, secondly, in the name Le
roy. I have simply put the two together
and jumped to the conclusion that you
are trying to learn something about Le
roy Mitchel. Am I right?"
"Before I reply to you, Mr. Sefton, I
must have more assurance of your good
will and responsibility. How do I know
that you nre a detsctive at all?"
"Quite right! Here is my badge. I
am in the department here.''
"Very well so far, but now how can
you prove that you have any good reason
for assisting me?"
"You are a hard man to help, I de
clare. Why, what object but a friendly
one can I have?"
"I am not prepared to answer that at
present. Perhaps I shall be able to do so
later.''
"Oh, very well! You can look me up
all you want to. I can stand it, I assure
yon. But, really, I did want to help,
though of course I have no right to in
trude. As you say you do not need me,
why I"
"I did not say that I would not ac
cept your aid. You must not think me
ungracious. I am simply a detective,
and careful from habit. I certainly
should not speak confidentially to a man
that I meet for the first time, and so
disclose any of my own purposes. But
it is different with you. Yon must have
had a definite idea by which you ex
pect to give me assistance or you would
not have come here. If you aro earnost
and honest, I see no reason why you
should not disclose the main purpose of
your visit at once."
"If only to prove my honestly I will
do so. I believe you are looking for Le
roy MitcheL If so, I can tell you how
to find him in a few hours, or, at the
worst, in a day or two. "
"You know of a Leroy Mitchel who
is now in this city?"
"I do. He is over in Algiers, a work
er in one of the carhouses. He is a com
mon, drunken brute, and that is the only
reason why there would be any diffi
culty about finding him. When he is
sober, ho is easy to see, but as soon as
ho gets some money he is off on another
spree.''
"Do you know of a woman of the
name of Rose Mitchel?"
"Certainly—that is, I did know such
a woman once. But she has not been in
New Orleans for years. At one time
any one could have given you her ad
dress. I see now that this man is the
one whom von w ■ ouco he passed
as this woman s liosband. "
"You are sure of this?"
"Positive."
"When and where can I see this
man?"
"He works in the shops of the Louisi
ana and Texas railroad, over in Algiers.
You can find him through the foreman.''
"Mr. Sefton, it may be that you have
given me information which will be of
service to me. If so, you will not regret
it. I will myself examine into the mat
ter. For tho present, if I do not make a
confidant of you, you must attribute it
to caution rather than to distrust. "
"Oh, I am not easily offended. I
would act in tho same manuer in your
place. But you will find that I am your
friend. You can count on me to aid you
on demand. I won't trouble you again
till you send for me. A note to head
quarters will reach mo quickest. Good
momiug."
"Good morning, Mr. Sefton, and
thank you." Mr. Barnes extended his
hand, feeling that perhaps ho had been
unnecessarily discourteous.
Mr. Sefton took it with that genial
smile of friendship so common to the
native southerner.
Left alone, Mr. Barnes at once pre
pared for a trip to Algiers, determined
not to let wjy more time be lost. He
reached the shops just after the men had
knocked off for luncheon. Tho foreman,
however, told him that Leroy Mitchel
had been at work in the morning, so he
Waited patiently.
When the men came back to resume
work, the foreman pointed out a man
who he said was Leroy Mitchel. The
fellow had a bad face, and if ever he
was a gentleman he had sunk so low
through drink that no evidence of it re
mained in his appearance. Mr. Barnes
went up to him and asked when he
could have a talk with him.
"Now, if you pay for it," replied the
man insolently.
"What do you mean?" asked the de
tective.
"Just what I say," said the other.
"We get our pay here by the hour, and
if you want my time, why, you'll have
to pay for it at union rates." And he
laughed as though a good joke had been
propounded.
"Then," said Mr. Barnes, taking in
tho kind of a man with whom he had to
deal, "I'll engage you on a job that I
have for you and pay you double wages
as long as I use you.''
"Now you are talking," said the fel
low. "Whero'll we go?"
"I think I'll take you to vny hotel."
And thither they proceeded. Up in his
own room again Mr. Barnes felt at ease,
while his companion certainly made
himself comfortable, selecting a rocking
chair and putting his feet up on the
window sill.
"Now then," began Mr. Barnes, "I
want to ask you a few questions. Are
you prepared to answer them?"
"That will depend on what they are.
If you don't ask impertiuent questions
or ones that I think I ought to*et more
than double wages for answering—why,
I am with you.''
"In the first place, then, are you will
ing to say whether yon ever knew a wo
man who called herself Rose Mitchel?"
"Well, rather. I lived with her till
she broke me.''
"Do you know where she is now?"
"I don't, and I don't care to."
"Suppose I were to tell you that she
is dead, and that she had left f 100,000
which is unclaimed?"
The man jumped to his feet as though
Bhot and stood staring at the detective.
He gave a long, low whistle, and a keen,
tricky gleam came into his eye, which
Mr. Barnes noted. At length he spoke:
"Aro yon giving me this straight?"
"I am telling you the truth. The wo
man ia dead, and that amount of prop
erty is where I ean get it for the man
who can prove that he is entitled to it."
"And who would that be?" He wait
ed eagerly for the reply, and Mr. Barnes
saw that be was playing trump curds.
"Why", Mr. Mitchel, that Is what I
am down here for. You see, I thought
the rarty would be willing to pay me a
good commission for proving him the
heir, and that is why I am hunting him
up. I started out with the idea that I
might find her husband. He would have
a claim."
"I see. " Saying which, he 6at down
and seemed lost in thought. The detect
ive deemed it well to -wait for him to
speak again, which he did.
"See here," he exclaimed. "How
; much do you want for getting this mon
i ey for mei"
"I cannot get it at all unless you are
the woman's husband," replied the de-
I tective.
"Well, I am her husband. Didn't I
tell yon I lived with her till she broke
j me?"
"Yes, but are you legally married to
her?"
"Why, to be sure. Don't I tell you I
am her husband?"
"Then, in the name of the law, I ar
rest you," said Mr. Barnes, suddenly
rising and standing over the man.
"Arrest me," said the fellow, jump
ing up. pale with fright. "What for?"
"Rose Mitchel has been murdered,
and the man who killed her has con
fessed that he was hired to do it by
you."
"He's a blasted liar. "
"I hope BO for your sake. But as you
admit that you are her husband, you
are the man we are looking for. I'll
have to take you to New York."
"But, I say," said the fellow, now
thoroughly alarmed, "there is a big
mistake here. I've been lying to you;
I'm not the woman's husband, and my
name is not MitcheL"
"That won't do, my man. I had you
pointed out to me by Sefton, the detect
ive here."
"But he is the very man that hired
me to pass off as Mitchel to you.''
Mr. Barnes chuckled as he found his
ruse successful. He had suspected all
along that the New Orleans detective
was trying to lead him off on a wrong
scent and now thought he saw a chance
to tarn the tables upon him and get
some valuable information.
"That is a very thin story," said he,
"but if you will tell me all you know,
perhaps I may believe you."
"You bet I'll give you the whole
storv straight to get out of this scrape.
In the first place, my name is Arthur
Chambers. I was up in the world once,
bad money and was respectable. But
drink changed all that. Now anybody
can buy me for a few dollars, and that
is what Sefton did. He came to me
about a week ago and told me that a de
tective was down here from up north
nosing around for this Mitchel. He said
it was important to an employer of his
up in New York to have this detective
balked; that he was hired to do it, and
to make him lose time; that time, in
some way, was an important item."
"You say," interrupted Mr. Barnes,
"that Sefton told you he was hired by
some one in New York to throw me off
the scent?"
"That's what he said," replied Cham
bers. Mr. Barnes easily guessed who was
employing Sefton, and once more he
paid the tribute of admiration for the
caution and ingenious scheming of Mr.
MitcheL
"Go on," said the detective.
"There ain't much more to tell. Sef
ton hired me to play off that I was
Mitchel, and ho gave me a cock and bull
yarn to feed you with about a woman
named Rose Mitchel."
"What was that story?"
"Say, look here," said Chambers, his
confidence and cunning returning as he
felt himself out of danger of arrest. You
don't want that fairy tale. You would
rather have the true story, wouldn't
you?"
"Certainly."
"Well, I'm an old timer, lam. There
ain't much that's happened in the Cres
cent that I couldn't remember if I was
paid for it.''
"See here, my man, you are not deal
ing with Sefton now. You tell mo what
I want to know, and if I find it is true
I'll pay you for it. But if you play any
tricks, I'll make it warm for you."
"That's all right. Suppose I begin by
telling you that this Rose Mitchel, that
you say was murdered, was known down
here chiefly as Rose Montalbon. La
Montalbon, she was generally called."
"La Montalbon?" repeated Mr.
Barnes. "Then was she an actress?"
' 'Actress? Well, I guess she was; con
siderable. But not on the stage. No, she
kept a gambling dm on Royal street
Fitted up like a palace, too, and many a
young fool lias lost his last dime in that
house."
"But what about Mitchel? Do you
know whether he was connected with
her in any way?"
"I can't give you that dead straight.
There was some mystery there. I used
to go to tho Royal street place, and i
knew Mitchel in a sort of way. He wafl
always banging around there. Then
there was a while that he didn't show
up, and then he turned up again and
was introduced as La Montalbon's hus
band. There was a story going that he
had married another girl and deserted
her —a young creole, I think, though I
never heard her name."
"Did you know anything about a
child, a girl?"
"That was another queer part of it.
There was a girl, little Rosy. Some said
i( was the Creole's, but La Montalbon
always claimed it was hers."
"What became of Mitchel?"
"About a year after he passed as La
Montalbon's husband he skipped out—
vanished. Several years after that there
was another sensation. The child was
kidnaped. La Montalbon offered big
rewards to recover her, but she never
did. Then about three years ago her
place began to run down; she lost mon
ey, and finally she, too, disappeared.''
"If this story is true, it may be quite
important. Do you think you could iden
tify this man Mitchel?"
"Well, I don't know for certain. But,
see here, come to think of it, there were
two Mitchels, and both named Leroy
too."
"Are you sure of that?"
"Pretty sure. They were cousins.
The other fellow was younger. I didn't
know him myself. He was a Young
Men's Christian assooiation sort of a
boy, and not quite in my line. But I
sort of remember hearing that ho was
in love with the Creole girL But, say,
I'll tell you who can give it to you
straight as a shingle."
"Ah, who is that?"
"An old man named Neuilly. He
knew all about the cxeole, and so must
know about the Mitchels. I think he
was in La Montalbon's power. She
knew something about him and black
mailed him, as she did lots of others.
Now that she is dead you might make
him open his mouth."
"Very good. Get me his address, and
then see what you can find out about
the other Leroy Mitchel, the good boy.
Discover what became of him and I'll
pay you well. Meanwhile don't let Sef
ton know that you are not carrying out
his scheme."
"Say, pard, I tumble to you now.
You suspected Sefton and you played
your cards to draw me out. Well, you
did it neat, and now I'm with you.
Good day. When I see you again, I'll
have some news for you. "
The following day Mr. Barnes called
at the bachelor home of Mr. Neuuly.
The handsome old man received him iu
stately fashion and courteously asked
the detective to explain his mission.
For u moment Mr. Barnes did not
know Low to proceed. He at last mud.
• i "3n. Neuilly, 1 have come to ask
your aid in the cause of justice. I hare
hesitated to do this, not wishing to dis-
I "Suppose I irere to tell you that she is
dcadf"
turb you. That I do so now is due to
I the fact that every other resource has
been tried and has failed me. "
"Proceed, sir," said the host, with a
courteous bow.
"I am seeking certain information
about a woman who was known as La
Montalbon, and"— An instantaneous
change came over the face of Mr. Neuilly.
His hospitable smile of welcome vanish
ed. He rose erect and stiffly said:
"I know nothing of that woman, and
must wish you a very good morning,"
with which he deliberately began to
walk from the room. Mr. Barnes for a
moment was nonplused, but saw that
he must act quickly or loee all chance of
gaining any information from this man.
"One moment, Mr. Neuilly," he said.
"You certainly would not refuse to help
me convict her murderer." As he ex
pected, the last word brought him back.
"Murderer? Did yon mean to inti
mate that she has been murdered ?'' Say
ing this he stopped for a second, and
then slowly returned and sat down
again.
"Rose Montalbon was murdered in
New York some months ago. I believe
that I am on the track of the guilty
man. Will you aid me?"
"That depends npon circumstances.
You say the woman is dead. That alters
my position in this matter very much.
I had reasons, good ones to me, for re
fusing to converse with you on this sub
ject. But if the woman is dead the ob
jections vanish. " Mr. Barnes thought
he understood. Here was one of those
who had been ruled by fear, as Cham
bers had said.
"What I want from you, Mr. Neuilly,
is very simple. You either can or you
cannot give me the information that I
wish. Did you know a man named Le
roy Mitchel who was at one time this
woman's husband?"
"I knew him very welL He was a
scoundrel of the deepest dye, for all that
be had the manners of the polished gen
tleman. "
"Do you know what became of him?"
"No; he left this city suddenly and
has never returned."
"Did you know little Rose Mitchel?"
"Many a time has she sat upon my
knee. This man was her father. He
wronged one of the sweetest little girls
that ever lived."
"You knew this girl? Knew her
name?"
"I did."
"What was it?"
"That is a secret I have guarded for
too many years to be willing to yield it
now to a stranger. You must show me
good reasons for giving it to you before
I tell it"
"I will explain. This man Mitchel is
now in New York. He is about to mar
ry a sweet, good woman. Yet I think
that he murdered Rose Montalbon, or
Mitchel, to get her out of his way. I
think that she was blackmailing him.
Besides, he has his child with him."
Mr. Neuilly started ap and paced the
room for some time, much agitated.
Finally he stopped and said:
"You say be has the child with him?"
"yes. Here is her likeness." He
handed Mr. Neuilly the photograph
made by Lucette.
Mr. Neuilly looked at it, muttered
"Very like, very like!" then remained
gilent for some moments; finally he
said:
"And you think he murdered this
woman, Montalbon?"
"I do."
"It would be terrible to hang that
child's father. What dishonor! What
dishonor! But justice is justice!" He
seemed to be talking rather to himself
than to Mr. Barnes. Suddenly he turned
and said:
"I cannot tell you the name for which
you ask. But I will go with you to New
York, and if this story of yours is true
I will move heaven oud earth to see
justice done. That villain must not ruin
another young life."
"Good," exclaimed the detective, de
lighted with the result of his visit.
"One more point, Mr. Neuilly. What
do you know of the existence of another
Mr. Leroy Mitchel?"
"I never met him, though I knew of
him. There was a mystery about that
which I never could unravel. I think
that he loved this same girl. At any
rate, shortly after she died ho lost his
reason, and is now in an insane asylum.
Of course he cannot help us.''
Mr. Barnes, after arranging where to
meet Mr. Neuilly, returned to the St.
Charles to make his own preparations
for going north. Up in his room he
found Chambers awaiting him.
"Well," said the detective, "what
have your learned?"
"Nothing that will please you, I am
sorry to say. Only I have found the other
Mitchel. He is a lunatic in an asylum
out in the suburbs. But the fellow up
north is your man sure. This one, they
say, went crazy because his sweetheart
gave him the mitten. "
"Did you find out the woman's
name?"
"I could not do that. It seems as
carefully hidden as though it was a state
secret. That gives you an insight into
what the creolo pride is."
"Very well. I think you have worked
for me faithfully. Here is a SIOO bill.
Will that satisfy you?"
"Perfectly. I wish you luck."
An hour later a telegram was handed
to Mr. Barnes, which read:
Have found the child. LUCKTTK.
In the afternoon Mr. Barnes started
for New York accompanied by Mr.
Neuilly. That same night Mr. Robert
Leroy Mitchel received a telegram which
read:
Barnes off for New York. Has old Neuilly
with him. If the last named knows anything,
you must bo careful. BEFTO>'.
After reading this Mr. Mitchel com
pleted his toilet, used the dispatch to
light a cigarette and then took his
fiancee to the opera.
[TO BE OONTINTEI).^
THE WAR.
Tho old Johnny Rebs will be in the
front ranks If we are compelled to twist
tho Uon's tail.—Chattanooga News.
Wo feel more like going to war with
England over Dunraven than over Vene
zuela.—Broekton Times.
There is still open to us the hopeful
prospect that "the war" will be fought
solely with that terrible engine of destruc
tion, the human mouth.—Boston Tran
script.
The possibility Is that the war will be
fought about as the International yachting
race was—ln ink. And, as in that case,
the Englishman will be tho quitter.—
Brockton American. , 1
DREAMS OF DRESS.
The sack back coat is already with us,
endeavoring to oust the ripple hack, fitted
variety of past seasons.
Four and one half or five yards is now
the limit of best made skirts that appear
roost graceful and look tho most finished
and artistic.
The prettiest trimmings for the new
grass linens, batistes, chambrays, ging
hams and zephyrs are the openwork em
broideries wrought upon tho goods them
selves.
A very easy and charming way to freshen
a black, white or colored silk or satin
bodice is to cover It with an overwaist of
chiffon tho shade of thebodioc. or, if liked,
of a contrasting color.
Spangled and sequlned garnitures ad
Infinitum still hold the place of honor be
side elegant laces and chiffon draperies on
"dress" toilets aud costumes for the com
ing spring and summer.
A marked feature of tho modes of the
new season is the lavish decoration about
the neck ruches, ruffs und fri:ls of gauze
plaitod llsse or chiffon; also bows of plain
1 or fancy ribbon and of enormous size.
There is a whisper—a sort of stage
whisper—that hip {tads in watteau fashion
are surely to bo worn. If this be true,
\ then wo may look for rather startling rev
elations regarding new dress skirts for
summer wear.
Even the tweeds and cheviots for spring
have caught tho color crazo and dlspluy
many gorgeous dyes, and the staid serges
and mohairs show a reckless tendency to
frivolity, with their gay chameleon pat
terns, Dresden devices and dashes of bril
liant color.
Medium priced crepons have been sold
this week at greatly reduced rates, for
fashion has nominated mohair and alpaca
to reign in the place of these pretty and
stylish fabrics. Tho new alpacas are un
attractive as to texture, looking like can
vas.—New York Post.
THE EYE.
Brown eyes are said by oculists to be tho
strongest.
The eyes should not be used in weakness
or sickness.
Unsteady eyes, rapidly jerking from side
to side, are frequently indicative of an un
settled mind.
It Is said that tho prevailing colors of
eyes among patients of lunatic asylums
aro brown or black.
Eyos placed close together in tho head
are said to indicate pettiness of disposi
tion, jealousy and a turn for fault finding.
All men of genius are said to have eyes
oloar, slow moving and bright. This ia
the eyo which indlcatos mental ability of
some kind, it does not matter what.
The ostrich is believed to 6ee objects be
hind him as well as those In front. Pep
sons standing directly behind an ostrich
can see tho pupils of his eyes, and aro thus
easily seen by the animal.
Bach became blind through u weakness
of the eyes contracted when a boy. Ha
copied a musical manuscript by moonlight,
and thus caused a weakness which trou
bled him all hla life and finally destroyed
his sight.
The contraction and dilation of the pu
pil of tho eyo Is ono of the most wonderful
operations of nature. It Is effocted, auto
matically and unconsciously, by a series
of muscles, which contract or expand the
opening lu the center of the Iris.
SHORT SERMONS.
If ldlenoss do not produce vice or malev
olence, it commonly produces melancholy.
—Sydney Smith.
Ho that Is ungrateful has no guilt but
one. All other crimes may pass for vir
tues in him.—Young.
Sarcasm is the language of tho devil, for
which reason I have lung since as good as
renounced It.—Carlyle.
When any ono hus offended me, I try to
raiso my soul so high that tho offcuse can
not reach It.—Descartes.
No obligation to justice does foroe a
man to be cruel or to use the sharpest
sentence.—Jeremy Taylor.
No liberal man would imputo a charge
of unsteadiness to another for haviDg
changed his opinion.—Cicero.
Melancholy spreads Itself betwixt heaven
and earth like envy between man aud
man and is an everlasting mist.—Byron.
It Is heaven upon earth to havo a man's
mind move in charity, rest in Providence
and turn upon tho poles of truth.—Bacou.
Every human being is intended to have
a character of his own, to bo what no
other is, and to do what no other can.—
Channing.
Indulge In procrastination, and In time
you will como to this —that, because a
thing ought to bo dune, therefore you
can't do It.—C. Buxton.
POINTS FOR PIANO PLAYERS.
Too much pedal in playing is worse than
none at all.
Do not place books on the piano if it can
be avoided. It tends to deaden the tone
of the instrument.
Never place your piano close against the
wall. It will sound much better if drawn
out into the room. If this is not possibly
allow a spnoo of 8 to 12 inches between it
and the wall.
If you lore your piano, do not allow
bric a-brao to rest upon it. It is in wretch
ed taste; besides it is often the cause of an
unpleasant rattling while the Instrument
is being used.
FIGHT ECHOES.
It takes some men longer to strike a
match than it took the champions to pull
one off. —Philadelphia Record.
It is now in order for Mr. Corbett to see
what ho can do with those Australian
knockout drops.—New York Recorder.
The worst thing about that prize light
is that the Hon. James J. Corbett will be
moved to make further tests of the acous
tic properties of his hat.—Chicago Record.
One minute prize fights are such a man
ifest reduction to an absurdity that the
sport will hardly need any morirt'egal
knockout blows. It will fall of its own
weight.—Philadelphia Press.
QUR GIRLS.
It is never expected of a pretty girl that
6he work as hard as ono who is homely.—
Atchison Globe.
The woman's rights organizations
should adopt a hen—a maturo hen—for
their party emblem.—Sacramento Boe.
Not only is the new woman striding to
the front, but her strides are much longer
in bloomers than they could over have
been in skirts. —Somerville Journal.
With the present style of sleeves it's
strange that even woman suffragists would
want to add to the burdens alropdy on tbo
sex's shouldeVs.—Philadelphia Times.
St. Nicholas holds a prominent posi
tion in Franco as the dispenser of gifts,
though in many places it is the Christ
child who distributes them. The Christ
child frequently appears to children as
Santa Clans does with us. He is usually
assisted by a company of angels. In Al
sace he is represented by a maiden in
white, with a silver bell in one hand
and a basket of sweetmeats in the
other. —Selected
Christmas tide.
There's a little old uian with silvery hair
An a long white beard 'at flies in the air,
With twinklin black eyes an a rosy, red face,
An *nct a year he oomes to our place.
An oar littlo maid
An our little man
Ez anxious to see 'lm Boon's they can.
In the dead ©' night when all's asleep
An the cold frost snaps an the snow ez deep.
With a reindeer team an a silver sled
He comes straight from fairyland, 'tis said.
So our little man
An our little maid
2£z anxious to see 'lll1 —they ain't afraid!
But you better take keer, fer some folks say
'At ill yet naughty he'll fly away.
An quicker'n you kin whistle—phew—
Away he's gone up the chimney flue!
tjo our little maid
An our little map—.
Ez tryin to be Jest ez gooa „ hey can.
But ef yer good an 'bey yer pa
An don't never cry an vex yer ma
He'll fill yer stockin's with games aa toys
An nuts an sweets an all sorts o' joys.
So our little maid
An our little man
Wants bauty to coine Jee' as uulek'o can.
TSTo. 12
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
Tho reported death of Alma Stuart
Stanley Is denial.
May statuesque burloequer,
h quit- ' . *" me in New York city.
t»> ..'Jupleti is no v featured—the next
, Oeoi Untig tustai4ilig<—in " Excelsior, Jr."
Charles jfrohinau promises that John
1 Drew will appear In a new play within a
I month.
James O'Neill and family will leave for
Europe at the end of hlg present 6eason, on
June 1.
Minnie Palmer's company has disliand
•d, and her starring tour has been brought
to a conclusion.
M. A. Kennedy will play the prinolpal
comedy part In A. M. Palmer's production
of "The Absent Boy."
W. H. Thompson, Leo Dietriohsteln and
Blanche Walsh will play loading roles In
"Under the Polar Star."
"When New York Sleeps" Is the pecul
iar titlo of a new play that William A.
Brady will produce next soason.
Jessie Bartlett Davis gave a banquet to
the chorus girls of the Bostonlans at the
Imjierial hotel, New York, recently.
"The Reckoning," a sensational drama
by Silvan us Dauncey, was recently pro
viuc«d at tho Amphlon theater, Brooklyn.
Thero will be nearly 50 speaking char
acters in the dramatization of ''A Daugh
ter of the Tenements." Every trpe in
New York city Is represented.
Maxlno Elliott remarks that b. • prefers
horseback riding to bicycling. '.<■ is an
enthusiastic horsewoman anil cl„ .is that
that Is the reason of her good he .lth and
spirits.
Lole Fuller may go to Chicago for two
appearances at the termination of hor en
gagement at Koster at New York.
Chicago is her home, and *.ie has nover ap
peared there sinoe she became famous.
A FEW POKER DON'TS.
Don't nsk what's trumps when playing
poker. The other players may think you
are jesting and frown upon you by means
of a chair.
Don't oxpoct to win every timo you
make a bet. There are lots of people still
living who disobeyed this rule, but most
of them are In the poorhouse.
Don't deal yourself more oardsthan you
deal the others. Besides being an ex
tremely selfish habit, it also causes adverse
criticism and oftentimes suddon death.
Don't put all the chips you have in the
center of the table for a bluff and then try
to pull them back suddenly If somebody
"sees" you. People have been severely
injured for doing this very thing.
Don't open a jack pot with a pair of
trays. Some players who have done this
thing in a thoughtless moment are alive
ami well, others are In the hospital, and
not a few have left this vain world en
tirely.
Don't, whon playing with strangers, ask
permission to examine their Inside pockets
i aud look up their sleeves for a cold deck.
Suoh a proceeding is very rude and ungen
tlemanly and might cause some one to
rise-up-Willie-Riley and smite you athwart
the cheek.
Don't got angry when some one calls
you and discovers that you have been talk
ing eagerly with nothing in your hand
save a ilush that has tho springhalt at one
end. According to Hoyle, the rule In this
case is to smile blandly, exouse yourself
politely, retire Into tho hall and fall care
lossly out of the second story window.—
Exchange.
SOUTH AND WEST.
Let the Old Dominion bestir herself and
get at loast her share of the prosperity that
U coming to the south.—Richmond Times.
Georgia has an honest welcome for all
who honestly ask to share tho plenty re
sulting from the bountoous gifts bestowed
upon her by Dame Nature.—Macon Tele
graph.
Tho purpose of tho exposition at Chloa
go is not for direct pecuniary profit, but
for the establishment of closer and more
friendly relations between the producers of
tho south and west. —Houston Post.
If wo make a notable exhibit at Chicago
showing our progress In cotton manufac
turing and also brlog some of* our other
leading Interests to tho front, It Is safe to
say that the result will be closer commer
cial relations between the south and the
northwest.—Atlanta Constitution.
Tho people of the west and northwest
arc looking southward for homes. They
want to know what the south can produoe,
and In what quantities. To carry our prod
ucts to their doors and give them ocular
proof will be the most convincing way In
which to glvo them the information they
seek.—Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
FOREIGN FOLK.
Li Hung Chang is coming to the United
States. Tho American peacock will look
' upon the'fumuus Chinaman with envy.—
Exchange.
In President Kruger wo opine Joe
Chamberlain has picked up a grounder
that Is too hot for him to handle.—Wash
ington Post.
Judging by what he has said sinoc he
reached Havana, a fine prizefighter Was
spoiled when Weyler became a soldier.—
Indianapolis News.
Emperor William now has another bril
liant scheme on his mind. He wants to
pick out a husband for tho girl queen of
Holland. —Buffalo Commercial.
Lord Salisbury Is adjusting himself to
the necessity of arbitration lh a way that
proves him to bo a close reader of sho
American newspapers.—St. Louts Globe-
Democrat.
According to the esteemed Queen Vic
toria, "co-operation" is the proper torm to
apply to almost any function where the
contestants do not actually use clubs.—
Grand Rapids Press.
POLE PROPS.
Now let us organize summer excursions
»o tho north pole.—Pittsburg Chronicle-
Telegraph.
Down In Georgia they will use the north
pole to knock perslmmpps off the trees If
Dr. Nansen will lend it io them.—Sparta
Herald-Advertiser.
Perhaps we might compromise the Mon
ro® doctrine *to the extept of letting' the
European powers have the north pole on
tho strength of the leebergk line.—Detroit
Free Press.
Possibly Nansen changed the combina
tion while at the pole aud that may oocount
for the American weather bureau's per
sistent miscalculation of meteorological
phenomena.—tteokuk Gate City.
The north polo's discovery is doubtless
ot great Importance to humanity, but hu
manity doesn't fully realize the groat work
that will have been accomplished when the
pole Is safely secured and lodged in the
Vatican or the Smithsonian Institution or
tho British museum. —Des Moines Louder.
Information Wanted.
Mrs. Bingo—Do you know, dear, I think
Wo pay altogether too muoh for our churoh
pew, considering its location.
Bingo—ls that soV Where Is it located?
—Truth.
Tragedy In Keal Life.
"We've christened tho kitten," criod Margery
Jane,
'' With the nanie of a princess. It's bhela."
#••••••
They afterward christened that kitten again
And changed its prrenoinen to Hela.
—Chicago Tribune. ,
Clever Bridget,
"They have potatoes to burn out In
North Dakota."
"That's nothing, Bridget Juus them
right hero In our kitchen.' '—Chicago Reo
dhL
A Warning to Hlkesters.
There was a young woman in Lynn
Who oft o& a,bike took a spynn,
But"so lowly sho bent
On the bar as sho went_
That it raised a big Corn on her chynn.
—Boston Courier.
Depends.
"Would you stand up.Tor the new,wow- t
"In a debate or In a street
change.
At the Wrong Time.
At the farther end of the sofa lie Bits, ,
Whieh Is only one other woes;
When they gu.abroad.po nothing-buys—