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Must Grow! >j|| Trade Must Flow!
We propose to sliov to the people of this vicinity that despite the cry of
of money aud hard times, we still crowd our store with eager purchasers.
New Shirt Waist-A great collection of all that is new
anri stylish in wash wa-sts. Correctly m.vle and perfect fining
' X 7/ waists or your money back. Percale, Madras. Lawn and I K
VrSfJ' Waists. Latest cut, new sleeves, new yokes new fronts.
I^4tssEsL Corded, tucked and insertion trimmed. Prices whittle' >wn
ft y* to the tip-end-of-nothing.
Summer Wash FabriCS-They're the da;rt-.est of the
RS®fis«SlV dainty, the lightest ar c-iolest of t-ibnc*. Regu.ar en . .-■
l in lawns, dimities, organdies, madras -c.ngha::..-. 1 ;nt
[ )WSgST in
at IOC. Dimities, very sheer, with minute c nU, net.He «: e.
vßv giving strength and style. Exquisitely printed and : -c.
w Plain color lawns with fancy braid and lace effect stripe :oc
Skirts and Waists. /£K
White I'. K., Welts and Jucks 12 JC to 2 3 c 5, -yjr.
Striped, plaid and fancy wh'te goods 10c to 25c — k
I>enim /or skirts —blues, browns and tans 12 '2 \}pJ r>
Kverything necessary for the inside as well as the out si . _ , - - -
a dress. ... , 'X/- 1 I /|V')
Fancy waist linings—fancy skirt linings silk, linen and/ /
sets, buttons, buckles and all kinds of lining-, and trimmings. f i°V V .
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Store Closes"at! 6 p. n>. except Saturday.
( ) and more important work is picking a new* carpet. A |
I To pick a carpet in our well stocked carpet room, £ |
II is a pleasure, so say the many who have done so. Q j
. . We have the famous Hartford Axminister, Wilton X j
, I Velvets, Body and Tapestry Brussels and Ingrains J\
that will astonish you. Then our China Mattings, jr
' ' Floor and Table Oil Cloths, Linoleums, Rugs and jr
Art Squares, deserve a passing notice. Ask to W
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■ We have a large and well selected stock.
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I If youjhave broken jewelery that you think beyond repairs
I brinfj it to us and we will make it as good as new
We take old gold and silvc the same as cash allowing the
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REDICK & GROHMAN.
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We call vour attention to our large and wi J! .'.i-lei'ted stof.k of Choice Millinery.
We have endeav.' red to make our stix;k surpass * nil pri vious ytars in style, desir
ability, quality and prices. We feel sure w r hp ve n;.">re than maintained our
reputation in the selection of CHOICIi MILLI NIC!- vdOOUS. V/e can show y 1
an immense variety of Hats, Flowers, Ribl>on >, H raid-. :nid Chiffons and all t at
govs to make up an IJl'-TO-DATK MILI.INIv! £V STOCK, and at p"" " ,at .V'!!
surprise you. We would call especial attention tr . »ur Ladies', Mi** *.' and Chi -
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get the goods at the right price" at
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CHAPTER L
AN XKHOIJTE I AJ.LS.
An astronomical <■' -ervatory pcn^MS
a sii -'ular attr:. ::■ n It is one of
i the few ten** -trial points where con
' ver-e, so to speak, is held with othf-r
! worlds. Its ontlook is immeasurably
' v.-i<if-r than that fr- : 1 thet'ipni -t point
•f tli ■li fti< t jM-ak of the Andes. The
! p nliar charm surrounding on« is quite
; nnliio nnythin*; else on our eartli. The
' vj- ..nd the ignornnt alike feel it. the
j i: 1 ! itit. jjerliaps. ev. n more than the
j v\ i.-.-.
< f tilings atfrotiomical Alvl Hitch
■ j :;n-k had little kn< wledge. It'may be
■| coiiliUentlv -tat d that he could not
point out a single constellation in the
: j heavens, not even the magnifi
cent! He could probably show yon the
; Bijr Dipper, but if you were to mention
j Ursa Major to him his mind would in
nowise connect the two. Yet he felt
I the charm of the place, and an interest
I in things quite lew to hiin was nwak
j ened when, responding to an invita
• ; tion fr m his friend Ingraham, he vis
• ited the observatory connected with the
Urania university. Percy Ingraham
- was a tutor at the university, a man of
no great scientific attainments, but
fi nd of displaying snch knowledge as he
had.
It was on the night of Aug. 11
. that he and Abel Hitchcock visited the
observatory—a night destined to be
come memorable. They arrived early,
for Ingraham wanted Hitchcock to look j
, through th" biS* telescope, and any j
, time after it was really dark the uni- j
' ver.-ity profi -sors were likely to want
to use it As it happened, none of them
wanted t.» this evening till rather late,
and the two young men had a good
chance to see celestial wonders at closo
range.. A man whom Ingraham intro
. duced to Hitchcock as Mr. Arnold was
in attendance, looking to the mechan
ism of the telescope while they were
using it. He seemed taciturn, making
few other than monosyllabic responses
to the chatter of the tutor. Abont half ■
past 11 Arnold announced that Profess- 1
1 or Oilman bad come and wanted to use
' the teli scope. Ingraham and Hitchcock
went out 011 the platform encircling
; the observatory, and, lighting cigars,
. sat down.
"This w one of the seasons when
meteoric showers prevail, and wo may j
see some brilliant meteors," Ingraham j
said.
"There's one!" exclaimed Hitchcock 1
suddenly as a shooting star of no great
brilliancy was seen to travel a few de
grees of the heavens and vanish.
"And there's another!" said In
graham, pointing to the constellation of
Perseus. "That's the place to look for
tliem. for at this season that is their
radiant point. These meteors that you '
see are called Perseids because they ap
pear to come from that constellation.
' For like reasons those seen about April
20 are called Lyraids, as they radiate ;
from the constellation of Lyra, and the
' Orionids, seen in October and Novem
ber, 1) cause they appear to come from |
Orion. Other prominent meteor systems
are Andromeds, Taurids and Lfon.ds, i
all of which are to be seen in Novem- j
ber.''
Hitchcock listened to Ingraham's 1
words as if they were the wisdom of an
oracle. Indeed what Ingraham told him 1
was as new to him as if no one had :
ever known it before.
"What is a meteor anyway V" he in- j
quired.
"A snow fluke," answered Ingraham. j
"What?" Hitchcock asked in a puz- i
zled tone.
Ingraham laughed. "Yes," he said, j
"a snowflake is a meteor, and so is a j
hailstone or a raindrop. Ho is fog or I
dew. It is only in a, technical sense, |
however, that they are called meteors. •
The rain, snow, etc., are called aqueous J
meteors. Then there are aerial meteors j
—the air currents. This night wind
fanning our cheeks is a meteor. Lumi
nous meteors include the aurora, rain
-IM»W, etc. But what yon had in mind
! and what is commonly meant by the
word 'meteor' is a shooting star, so
called, which, like lightning, is an
igneous meteor."
Ingraham was not one to lose an op
portunity of impressing his friend with
his erudition, oven if the latter did not
understand very well what was told
him, and so, pleased at a chance to
display his knowledge, he branched off
into a long and wearisome discourse
I upon the history of meteors and meteor-
I ites.
Once, when Ingraham paused to re
light his cigar, which he had suffered
' I to n<> out, Hitchcock asked:
"If a meteorite were to hit a man, it
I ! would be apt to hurt him some, wouldn't
| it V"
"I should say it would," replied the
tutor. "I don't believe he'd ever know
what struck him."
"Has anybody ever been hit by one?"
1 "I don't remember to have ever heard
of a case," said Ingraham, "though 1
suppose it may have happened. I be
lieve I've somewhere heard of a tradi
tion, or superstition, that once in 400
years a man is killed by a falling mete
orite.
"Meteorites have been'worshijie-I in
a religious way sometimes," pursued
the tutor with wearisome persistence.
"At Emesa, in Syria, tho sun was
woradiipcd in the form of a black stone
said to have fallen from the heavens,
and the holy Kaaba of Mecca as well as
the gre t stone of the pyramid <if ('hie
lulu in Mexico is"-
There is no telling how much more
J of hi encyclopedic knowledge the tutor
would have poured forth if jnst then
I In had ni.t turned and seen Professor
Oilman standing in the doorway. The
. prof" or, a loan of about 45, had been
standing there for a moment, listening
- to Ingraham with a half anitlsed smile.
1 He came out now, lighted a cigar and
<at down not far away. Arnold also
came out and sat down near '..tie pro-
I fessor.
"Oilman is one of the most promi
nent astronomers in this part of tho
country," Ingraham whispered to
j Hitchcock Then the tutor began to
■> talk aliout things other than astronom
ical, probably thinking that the pro
fessor would l.e a more critical auditor
than his unlearned friend.
J Proft MOT Oilman ipptmd to be m •
meditative mood, after the manner of
his profession, for he smoked and spoke
but seldom. Once they heard him ask,
_ "Where i< Burke tonight 1" and Arnold
answered, "(tone across the river."
Then the profe- or was silent again.
Many meteor of ui'slerate brilliancy
were seen while they sat there, bnt '
suddenly <me brighter than the others
blazed out The landscape round about
BUTLER, THURSDAY, JULY 13, ISQU
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was illuminated dimly, and the river, .
not far d, taut, wa- silvered for a mo- j
ment. a with pale moonbeams. Then it
was dark • ac - in re.
Pi .fi -sir Oilman, glancing np, had
watt hi d the course of the meteor keen- ;
ly "I 1 • lieve that fell to the earth, and •
unlt -s I'm mistaken it struck not far I
fr.>m here." he said. "I should say it '
mas bare fallen down near the boat ;
landing."
"I'm g ing out to look for it," said
Arnold, ri.-ing to go. He showed more i
int r> t than he had at any time before j
during tie evening.
"Wei", i like hunting for a needle '
in a bay> tack, returned the profess- j
or "If it fell it may not have struck '
within a mile cf the landing, but if it j
did it is as likely to have fallen in the
river as out."
At firsc Ingraham was for going out ;
to hunt with Arnold, bfit looking at i
his watch he saw there was not time. ;
He and Hitchcock must catch a ttain j
at 10:40, and there were only nine :
minnt »in which to make it. So they
started in one direction and Arnold in
the ther. while the professor, on the
ob- n i iry platform, was left alone
with his cigar.
CHAPTER 11.
A QUAKKKj.
Early that same evening William
Bnrke, an attache, left the observatory
and went down to the little pier, dis
t .nt about half a mile. A trim rowboat
i lay alongside, securely fastened with a
| -tont chain and padlock. Burke had
once had a boat stolen and never recov
ered it He was fond of rowing, and
when he got a new boat he bought a
lock which the dealer warranted un
breakable and nnpickable. It was of
peculiar pattern.. and was unlocked by
an odd hap d key.
This evening he rowed directly across
the riv. r, at this place about three
fourths of a mile wide. Arriving at the
west shore, he secured his boat at a
; pier similar to that on the east bank,
j and walked over to Jackson, a village
about a mile beyond. After going to a
hardware store and buying two short
rod;; of steel, which were needed at the
obscr\ .tory, he went to Dobson's hotel,
where, after a little, he began to play
cards with a man named Chapin and
two others. Tho game was poker,
| which Burke played occasionally,
| tlioviL'h he was not a habitual gam
"lturkc, you're a cheat!"
• bier. Luck was with him, and at the
| end of an hour he had won about SOO.
; Chapin was the principal loser. Sn<l
I denly the latter cried:
| "Burke, you're a cheat!"
Burke, who was quite deaf, stared at
his accuser, as if he had not understood
him.
"What did you say, sir?" he asked.
Chapin repeated his words in u loud
er tone. They were scarcely out of his
mouth before Burke retorted, "You're
a liar'" accompanying his words with
a blow from his fist. Chajfin warded it
off and would have dealt one in return
if others present had not come between
and separated them.
When Cliapin appealed to the other
two players, they were unable to sup
port him in his allegation against
Burke. They believed a motion of
Bnrlo's had been misconstrued by
Chapin. Thereupon Burke demanded
an ap> logy from Chapin, which the lat
ter reluctantly and with poor grace
made. Chapin left the hotel immediate
ly afterward, obviously in a very un
pleasant frame i f mind.
Bnrke remained awhile, but there
was no more card playing Dobson,
the hotel proprietor, and Bnrke were
warm friends, and they chatted togeth
er while they smoked their cigars. Pres
ently Burke arose, remarking that he
must be getting back across the river.
He was passing out when Dobson called
to him :
"What time is it, Burke? I want to
set my watch."
Burke carried a fine timepiece, and
prided himself on its excellent rnnning
qualities. Drawing it from his pocket
he said: "In a few seconds it will M
one minute to 10," and then after a
brief pause, "It is now jnst on the dot. "
"Mnch obliged. Burke," Dobson said
as he turned the hands of his watch
Jnst then the clock of a neighboring
tower struck 10, and then Dobson re
marked, "The town deck's a minute
fast." He went to the door with Burke
and stood for a moment looking out.
"It's a fine night. " Dobson sai/i, with
bis characteristic drawl, and added, "I
Buppose the professors don't let such a
night pass without making use of it."
"No; they use the telescope pretty
near every clear night," Burke an
swered.
"When'U you Ije over againV" Dob
son asked as Burke was moving off.
"I don't know," responded the latter.
"Doubtful things are uncertain. I may
get drowned going over. "
His light laugh, however, indicated
that he had little fear of such an acci
dent.
Dobson stood in the doorway for a
few moments after saying good night.
When Bnrke had disappeared from
view, tho notes of a popular air that h«
was whistling were borne back through
the summer darkness.
CHAPTRR 111.
IT UsiKK IJKK KOta, I'I.AY.
About C o'clock the next morning
two men, who had come down to fish
about a mile below Jackson, west of
the river, discovered a "floater" in the
water. The body, that ef a man. had
apparently been brought down by the
current from up stream. The men
waded out and «ot the IHMIV, which was
taken to an undertaker's in Jackson
There it was identified by Dolmoii and
others as the body of Burke. Lite: Pro
fessor Oilman uiso recognized the re
mains. waking the identification com
plete.
Apparently there had K-en foul play,
for on the kit of the stroll, a little
abviw airl t.. the rear of the ear, wan a
wonn;l simicient, the medical examiner
stated, to cause death. That portion of
the sknli had been cru.-hed in by a blow
from s..me blnnt or jagp d instrument.
The condition of the lungs indicated
that the man had been drowned before
death could ensue as a result of the
blow.
At th*' investigation that followed
the facts concerning Burke's quarrel
with Chapin w« re learned and also the
fact that Burke had last been seen alive
at H» o'clock the night before by Dob
son. Burke's boat was found at the
pier on the east or observatory side of
Ihe riv.-r, secured in the usual manner.
Th*- y ring nj>on which with other
keys was attached the on» to the boat's
padlock was found in the right hand
hip pocket of Hurke's trousers, his
usual place of carrying it. A pocket
handkerchief was found in the same
pocket His watch was found in the
vest ; cket where he usually placed it
and his ; .Ik«-tljook, containing S6O won
i that niitht at the card table, together
with about £4O more, was in its cus
tomary place in an inside vest pocket.
Nothing of any value seemed to be
missing. If he had been murdered, the
motive for tho crime had not been rob-
I bery.
An examination of the road between
| the hotel and the west pier showed no
! evid nee of any struggle. At one place.
, however, were footprints pointing in
both directions, as if some one had
wallred hack and forth a short distance,
searching for something. These foot
prints were all made by the same per
son and corresponded exactly to prints
made by the shoes on the feet < f Burke
wli» n the body was found. At this sjiot
•four burned matches were also found.
: It looked as if on his way home Burke
had dropped something and spent a
few minutes searching for it. Dobson
remembered that Burke had two rods
(if --teel in his hand when he left tbe
hotel. As they wer* some 15or IK inch
es long, h« could not carry them easily
in his pocket. They were not wrapped
in paper. Sheriff Estes, who had un
dertaken the task of unraveling the
mystery, concluded that on i of these
rods had slipped from Burke's hand
unnoticed anil fallen to the ground.
He would be apt to notice it was miss
ing very soon and doubtless had been
obliged to search the grround for no
gr<-at distance before finding the miss
ing rod. These rods were the only things
missing when Burke's body was found.
The spot where the footprints were
seen was nearer the hotel than the pier.
It was about two-thirds of a mile from
the latter point.
When Chapin left Dobson s hotel the
night before, he carried a heavy walk
ing stick, as three or four persons, Dob
son among the number, bore witness
to. Th-' stick had an oxidized silver
handle, rough, of surface and rnde of
shape. The sheriff visited the room oc
cupied by Chapin, which was in a
boarding house in Jackson, but no
trace of the walking stick was found
there. Mrs. Meadows, the landlady,
remembered the stick very well and
the place where Chapin usually kept it
when not having it with him. To the
mind of the sheriff the absence of the
stick from its customary place looked
suspicions. Questioning him afterward,
Chapin was not able to give what the
oh' riff regarded a satisfactory account
ot his whereabouts and doings between
10 and 12 c* tiock the night of his
quarrel with Burke.
Tlie story Chapin told was (hat when
hi- left the hotel he was in a ranch heat
ed temper, what with his losses and the
cliagtin felt at being constrained to
apologize for his words to Burke. He
was in no frame cf mind to meet any
one, and so wandered off along the river
bank. He went as far north as the
bluffs, and there sat down, letting the
refreshing breeze from the water cool
his hot blood. He sat there and smoked
for a long time, becoming interested in
watching the many meteors flashing
across tho sky. He had noticed one
specially brilliant one, which lighted
up tin' landscape around him. At last
the calm and peace of the night, the
cooling breeze and perhaps more than
all else the gazing into the great uni
verse that is revealed in the darkness
of a clear night soothed him, his pas
sion passed and his troubled mind grew
calm and philosophic. He did not start
to return to his room in the village till
he beard the town clock striking 11.
He started then and reached the house
at about 20 minutes past 11. All except
Mrs. Meadows had retired. She saw
him enter and talked with hira for a
moment. He then went to his room,
and immediately went to lied.
Such was the story Chapin told, and
Mrs. Meadows uorroborated it as far as
the time of his return was concerned.
At this time Chapin was ignorant of
Burke's death, or assumed to be. After
learning of it he still adhered to his
story, bnt admitted it would look bet
ter for him if ho could give a better
account of himself during the hcur be
tween 10 and 11 that night. Believing
the evidence against him sufficient to
warrant it, the hhcriff placed Chapin
under arrest.
The afternoon of the arrest Cliapin's
stick was found among some rocks be
low the bluffs north of the west pier.
It was here that Chapin claimed he
had sat while smoking and gazing at
tin? stars. When asked how the stick
came there, he could only say that he
supposed it must have slipped over the
bluff while lie was sitting'there. When
he arose to leave the place, he had for
gotten that lie had the stick with him,
and, in fact, had not thought i.f it
from that time to this. A close cxami
nation of the handle revealed in two
places on its rough surface minute
stains, which experts declared to be hii
man blood.
When Chapin learned this, his face
whit) ued a little, but he still affirmed
his innocence, explaining the presence
of the blood by saying that his right
hand was cut by a ring on Burke's fin
ger when lie was warding off the blow
the latter had aimed at him. Some of
tie' Mood from this cut must have got
upon the handle when lie was walking
out to the bluffs In support of this
statement he showed a partly healed
-ilt on his tight hand.
The sheriff believed tin- story to lie a
fabrication, and in bis own mind had
little doubt that Chapin hail killed
Burke. The money loss incurred through
>iiin and the humiliation afterward re
ci ived at bis hands were to the sheriff's
mind ample motive for the deed
The ,iri'••lien of Bnrke'a boat in its
nsual phi) •• on the east sid<' of the river
and the I.e t that his watch and money
and otlii r valuables were not missing
were niatti i that he would study into
and explain I -ter. For the present ex
Cellelit pi ,'ti had been made, he be
Heved lb- «. Nt to Itol that night CM I
ing that his reputation as a swift de
to terof crime already fairly good, he
thought had this day been very well
sustained.
CHAI'TBH IV.
Tin: HI TH TIV'K 1 IIKWtt (II'M
Eugene < hapiu was not without
friends. One of the most, powerful was,
old General K« rr. i» ma»> <-f «-«•!»i> ... *
! position in the neighboring town of
Jefferson. When he heard of Chapin's
arri'st. he uttered two or three nnre
* producible sentences and then sent u
telegraphic message to the city. In re
spon.—• Phineas F >sdick. a private de
tective of more than ordinary reputa
tion, met Oeneral Kerr at Dobson's bo
' tel the day following. Together they
went to the undertaker's establishment
where Fosdick made a very careful ex
amination of the wound in Burke's
sknll. He even made a little diagram
of the of the break in the skull
Later he went to the sheriff's office and
examined the handle to Chapin's stick
The -heriff treated the detective with
1 mingled coldness and deference. He i
j r. ,"arde<l him as an interloper, but at !
the same time the distinguished repu- i
tatii n of tlje private detective had its
effect on him.
Fosdick expressing a wish to take \
Chapin's .-.tick over to the undertaker's, |
the -heriff Mimewhat reluctantly grant
ed permission, nnd the two walked over
together. The detective once more made
a careful inspection of the wound and
of the handle, looking closely first at
one and then at the other. Presently he
handed the stick back to the sheriff and
withdi i w from bis pocket a small paek
agt From this he extracted a stick of
jiej - in gum, which he put in his month
and i • u'an to chew vigorously.
If the sheriff had looked for any ex
pre- ion uf opinion, he was disappoint
ed The detective's lips were dumb, so
far as the case was concerned, and the
expression < f his face indicated nothing
He made some casual remark abont
i gum i» ing good for digestion ami bade
the sheriff good morning. He then
walked along the road to the pier on
the west side of the river. Hailing a
boatman there, he hired him to carry
I him across the river Arriving there,
he made s. .me examinations in the
i vicinity ..f the east pier and then walk
, ed np to the observatory. Arnold and
| Professor Gijitan were there and an
other professor named Lewis. Fosdick
introduced himself, and they talked
aliout the death of Bnrke, whom Pro
fessor Oilman had lieen fond of in a
quiet way.
Fosdick asked many questions about
Burke. His daily routine of life was
explained to him and his fondness for
rowing, swimming, etc. The particu
f lar care that Burke took of his boat
was mentioned. Previous to this the
detective had learned that the boat was
found in its nsnal place the morning
the body was discovered and also prac
tically all the other facts in the posses
sion of the sheriff.
Presently the detective seemed to for
get all about Bnrke and began to talk
of the big telescope and the nature of
the work the professors at the observa
tory were engaged in. He showed rather
more than the ordinary knowledge of a
layman about astronomy. They dis
coursed about snn spots, double stars,
comets, etc., and presently when the
subject of meteors was touched upon
Professor Oilman, turning to Arnold,
asked:
"By the way, Arnold, yon didn't find
any trace of that meteorite you went
out to look for, did you?"
"No, sir," Arnold replied.
"I didn't much think yon would,"
remarked Oilman. "If it fell in this
vicinity, it probably went into the
river."
They talked awhile longer, and then
Fosdick started to go. Turning buck, he
asked Oilman:
, "Do you remember about what time
you saw that meteor?"
The professor gave the detective a
quick, keen glance and then said:
"Why, I should say it was some time
after 10. Do yon remember what time
it was, Arnold?"
"Yes, sir. It was jnst abont half
past 10. 1 remember because Mr. In
graham wanted to go also, but looked
"Ita you remember nhovt vhnt time you
miw thut meteorf"
at his watch and found he hadn't time.
Ho said he'd got just nine minutes in
which to catch the 10:40 train."
Fosdick bade the others good day and
returned to the hotel. For a full hour
thereafter he sat on the shudy piazza
busily engaged in chewing gum. Fos
dick did not smoke, and perhaps gum
chewing was a substitute for that habit.
Meeting Oeneral Kerr that oven ing
and being asked what progress had
lieen made, the detective said :
"Of one thing I'm certain, general,
Este's opinion to the contrary —tjje
handle of that stick never made the
wound on Burke's skull 1"
CHAPTER V.
XOHOICK INSTITUTES A KKAKCII.
Fosdick was up early the next morn
ing. Crossing tho river, he made a very
close examination of the ground in the
vicinity of the east pier. The nature of
the topography here was rocky and
uneven. Just south of the pier the path
leading to the observatory passed over
a ridge. A person walking up this path
had to his left a rocky wall, rising sev
eral feet higher than his head, while to
his right the face of the rock descended
precipitously to th<* water, some 20 feet
below. There was no rail or guard of
any sort on the outer <-dge of the path.
There was. however, ample room for
one to walk there in safety, though an
intoxicated person attempting to ptiss
would in all likelihood fall off into the
river.
Fosdick examined with the.moot pa
ticiit and painstaking scrutiny the face
of the lock above the path. A>t length
an exclamation escapist his lips. He
was looking at a spot on tho rock atsmt
five feet above tho path It was nearly
on a level with his head as ho stood
erect A < asual observer would have
noticed nothing peculiar there, bnt a
careful observer would have discovered
a sisit where the grain of theirock l<s>k
ed fresher than the r<*st. It w%snot over
six inches in diameter It lisiked j u* if
a knob or projecting aiighoof the wall
had recently lieen broken off
The detective took a piece of chalk
from his |xicket and leaned over th«
precipice to make a mark' where it
could easily Is- seen from th»r| water I*>
low ll>< HtopjH-d and nt ten d a low
whistle Some one hud thrnst a stick
into a crevice just at that sjiot Fos
dick drew a fresh piece of , gum from
bis pocket and f<ir several minutes
chewed at it assiduously without mov
ing. At !• ngtli he said to himself,
"That stick may mean nothing, bnt I'd
be willing to wager a new halt that
some I K Illy j.nt it t here fur a purpose. "
Fosdick went to the city that after
. noon, and when he returned the next
morning lie brought with him a sub
murine diver Securing a Uat Ht Ja< k
tM.ii tber ruwid ..v.r to the >«•! pier
Th.- stick in tbe crerfc* wan still wbera
the d«tfdtT« had first i>l»»-rved it.
K> wing the boat toward as n. *r
ly as possible under tbe stick. the divtr
got int.i hi.* suit aoddncMKM into the
water An ueutut -aw that tan sup
j.ly of air was nut shut off. Tbe depth
•if the water here was abont 2l> fe«t.
In a few minntes tbe diver gave a
signal and was hanltd op He brought
np with him a piece <>f rock about-ten
inches in diameter Fosdick 10. ked at
it keenly, bat only for a moment. and
then xhts.k his head. The direr went
down again The detective "at in the
boat ] latieutly chewing gum Wbil* Vie
sat there Professor Oilman came down
j the path from the t>l«ervatory.
"G«Kid uioruiug, Mr. F'«dirk'" he
called out. "Are yen fishing I"
"No. not exactly." returned the de
i tectsve.
The profiteer gh»::j>d :it ;Le ,-nrface
paraph. >nalia of th. 1 diver. ' Oh. lost
something in the liver, del you?** He
went ou du.vn tli<' path to the pter and
t lit. r. d a boat. Ac he was rowing away
hi mM
"Isy the way. if your man whlk> he's
hunting happens to >tmuble ou that
nute. iite that we fell souie
w!iere round here I wish you'd let uie
have it The university won Id be glad
to get it."
By way of reply Fosdick gave a sort
of grunt. Beft re 1 ng the diver came
np again. This timu i> bronght with
him siuothing th..t instantly caught
tbe r;11• nt ion • f tbe detective. It was a
(■bnder bar of steel ationt 15 inches
I'll I", -dirk wiped the wuur from it
and carefnllv did the bar np in a piece
of brown paper that be t.s k from his
j rocket. ' »nce more the diver went
d> wn. and the next time that he ascend
ed be handed the detective a piece of
!«• k. which the latter seized eagerly.
The fragment was roughly pyrainidical
in shape and weighed not over ten
pounds. Fowdick sj>oke a few words to
the diver, who once more des«-ended
The detective then sprang therewith
the r. kin his hand. Ascending the
path be placed one fide of the fragment
against the solid rock at the spot where
a piece had been broken off. He had
not been mistaken It fitted it exactly.
The fragment in his band bad without
donbt l>een broken off at that spot.
Lttokingiurom the river. Foedick saw
Professor Oilman moving abont near
the west pier
"I wonder what he's doing over
there," mused the detective. Presently
the professor disappeared up tbe road
leading to Jackson, leaving his boat
fastened to the pier.
Returning to the boat the detective
fonml that the diver had brought np
three or four more fragments of rock.
After examining these he signaled to
the diver to come to the surface, and
then they rowed away toward Jacksnn.
When they had gone some distance, tbo
detective saw Professor Oilman return
ing from the west shore, but be waa
too far away to speak to them
THE NEGLIGEE SHIRT.
With fund aalisiaction we're balling
Return of the t».*glig»f shirt.
Who*- Im*oui with atari-h U ne'er stiffened.
Wh um collar lie* low ami inert.
It may not be what It calle«J "drtMp,"
But not an lota we care.
For comfort U what we're now wkutf
In things that we rat, drink and wear.
At last we »r« free from discomfort
Of boaom as stiff u a board,
Whi<'h held us erect as the armor
That in the old time* turned a sword.
No more by long cuffs are we bothered.
The kind that encircled our ftots.
for neflijpee sleeve* we're noW wearing.
And they only o>roe to the wriata
No more are we worried by collar*
In which our poor neck* were long coopci
And by which we nearly were *tranfle<!
Each time we unthinktnfly »tooped.
Our heads we are now freely turning
In any direction we pleaae
Without making quick revolution
Or swinging around by degree*.
TV broad silken acarf* we've discarded
For other* of much smaller *Ue.
And now round our neck* we are wearing
The narrow and neat little tie*.
The shirt studs we fumbled so often
Until we were red in the face
Hare gone, and the old fashioned button*
Are back In the time honored place.
When hot waves ruah in and a**ail u*.
•TU comfort all mortal* desire.
And that i* Just what we are finding
In making this change of attire
Thotigh s»>me will declare It'* not "dr*my,~
Remark* of *uch critic* don't hurt
Our feelings, for gladly we're hailing
Return of the negligee shirt.
—lMttsburg (."hroolcls Telegraph
Her Llf* at Slake.
The woman who Is accused of mur
der Is testifying In her own behalf.
We omit the description of her gown
an-1 come at once to her story.
It Is a thrilling moment, understand.
"You know you are pretty, don't
you?" Insinuates the prosecutor.
"No," answers th# woman, thor
oughly on her guard.
The spectators heart a deep sigh of
relief.
For a woman who knows she Is
pretty isn't a bit pretty, and If she
happens to tie accused of murder this
knowledge may prove fatal.-Detroit
Journal.
QUEER OLD LAWS.
), Ilin forefather, Valued Hurtft
II In I. . r Than Human Lilt.
Among our Saxon forefathers horses
were no highly valued that while homi
cide migbt lie compounded by payment
of n tine in cattle, horae stealing was a
capital off«nse, says the Live
Stock Journal. loiter, when cattle
censed to be their only wealth and min
ute came into ns«>, pecuniary fines were
inflicted for homicide. By the riparian
laws the option of payment in coin or
cuttle was allowed t'nder the salic
and riparian laws homicide had dif
ferent decrees of guilt, decided, not al
toKetber according to malice, motive or
intention, bnt also and apparently this
was the chief consideration, according
to the rank of the person killed. A sftjj
ilar regard for the dignity of the person
robbed also entered into the estimate of
the guilt of theft, in n«Mdkin with
the valne of the projarty stolen For
stealing a sucking calf, restitution to
the estimated value of the animal
was fir t of all due to the owner,
then cost of the owner's plaint tnnst
be paid by the thief, aud. thirdly, a
fine paid to the state as a penalty
for breaking the law For stealing a
bull the fine ll* well ;•» tbe i ,nip. n«a
tlon was heavier, but here came in the
question froin whom the bull was stolen
and what were the owner's rank and
dignity To steal tbe king's bull was a
very grave offense indeed, not quite
capital, but punishable by a rnironsly
heavy fine, whereas tbe gmlt of tsking
a poor man's bull was reckoned a« pro
|wirtionat. |y small Before the use of
ni"Hoy war introduced, the tines for in
ferior olTens.s (including donbtleaa
homicide I Were sometimes paid in
horses instead < f cattle This seem* ■
curious inc. usi-lecy, that the law.
which valued a horse more highly than
a man's life, )< t eiact<sl payment for
man killing to the extent of a plurality
of belies i.ach bor-< worth iiore tbim
a man. by the law's valuation) <»r an
i, alternntivi ei|imaU-nt in cattle
No. 27
A POTATO REPORT.
%le 1.1. •( \.lrH«nkf tarlrtlM, la.
l»fr»nlsrtleaa.
F. r the past three years the Srw
•• ' I • h>r- -r ha» been pnrraiag
».■< r.~ iii the interest ~f irrowrra.
»nd it n K --ne» a r» jort covering th*
| rtsnlto of experiment* with !«M vari
km> awßKtcas *nnm
eties, inclndtng th* new intr stnetiona.
i The claim that the Sir Walter Raleigh
clo-. Jy r. - ruble- Rnral Xew Yorker, of
which it a seedling, bnt is mora uni
form and yields practically no small
tnl ers. iil«o that it ia of better qnality
and a few d«ya later, was borne oat by
its behavior at tbe station during two
seasons.
Red American Wonder (numbered
#9). also colled American Wonder, a
commonly grown and very popular po
tato in thr northern part of th« stata.
1 is prononnced a fine variety. This waa
one of tbe heaviest yielders of ISM. It
is a main crop variety of good sis* and
fine appearance; vine* dark green, very
regular and erect, making a very nnt
> form row, almost square top throagh
-1 oat. strong and vigorous. Tbe crop waa
practically all salable. Yield. 349 fcnah
l els per acre.
White Beanty (101) i* described aa a
medium late variety of introduction. It
belongs to the Hnrhank and White Star
clase. The vines were very strong and
heavy, dark green, standing feet
high and .1 feet broad. The yield waa at
I tbe rate of 30? bushels per acre and
t only abont * per cent were small.
Fillha-ket. a white skinned main crop
> variety, obloug. somewhat flattened and
) usually smooth, proved a heavy yi«!d«r
at the station, producing at tbe rate ot
> 84# bushels per acre, a very small par
I cent of which were small Tba vinsa
were strong, erect and vigoroua.
> Seventeen varieties giving the largeat
average yield in order of prodactiveneaa
i were
TM<l per BwMi
•ere isbhk
Beers', R..se «» 3W,
White Beai-.ty (l»» y.-mr. W JJI
Vsii|han ffl JW
Red Amer'n Wuntier 11st jrwft Mi M 0
Sir Willmm ... S4I 3R
Serrea Hennty • C.'
Harvest M W
Sir Walter Ral. igh.. 823 H«
rillhasbet 130 set
WixHthnll's Ses<llln« Sl7 JU
Drsdr ; Kw SIS SJ
Brr. k , I hsnee 11st year) 30S tTt
Prtilin.' How list jut) ....... JW 91
Orphnn 90S ■
Wblte K—m- W SB
Wils-in'. First «'ho Us*.... SB Mi
Commenting upon these. Lata Puri
tan and Fillbatket are mentionad aa
got si croppers: Sir William wants clay
loam; Seneca Beauty ia a fine pink
variety. Harvest Queen, desirable. Sir
Walter Raleigh, very choice; Wood
bnll's Seedling. White Rose and Wil
son's First Choice, fair croppara; Daw- a|
drop Riue. a fine Roee typa; Brack's JB
Chance, large re«V. PrclMe Roaa, w'~
dimu oval; drpban. a long potato, fine.
Home points heretofore advanced in
pot ato cultnre. which the expert aa en ta
rejsirt.'d by Professor Rane seem toeon
firm. are
The yield frcm planting tbe seed or
bud end is generally greater than from
WHIT* aaacrr.
the stem or butt end of the tuber. Tba
eyes on the »ee«l end are the first to gar
minate. and hence are especially im
portant when an early crop ia desired.
Kxp>ising nnspronted tubera in a
warm place bef. rs planting baatena
growth, but if continued until spronta
form (which are rubbed uffi, the yield
uiay be considerably reduced.
It is better to place in a hill one large
piece than several very small unaa oi
tbe same aggregate weight
Tbe net yield of salable potaluaa in
creases with every increase in tbe eise
of seed pieco from one eye to the half
potato The half potato affords a larger
net salable crop than tbe whole potato
on account <rf tbe exceaaive amount of
seed required in planting entire tube*a
The next session of the farmers' na
tional con«re«s will meet at Boston Oct
8. 4. 3 and 4 W. I) Hoard of Fort At
kinson. Wis., is president end John M.
Htahl. of Chicago secretary. Each agri
cultural college and experiment station
ir entitle.] to a delegate, as ia alao each
national and state agricultural society
The llepartmeat I akrrlstk.
"Where are yon going to spend your
vacation?" lulled tbe girl at tbe safety
pin counter to the charmer at tha aoil
ed libtsm table.
"I guess I'll take It out in traveling."
"Where are you going to travel?*
"Well, I'm going to vtalt every da
partmcnt In tbla store If It takea me i
whole week to do It. Vea'm; what alae.
pleaae?" Cleveland I'btln iKshf.
Sai las a Urswalaa «>•
Magistrate- Yon are jirtmwl of
strlklug a drowning man a fatal blow
with a hammer.
Trlsoner—CM was tryln to wis his
loife, y'r honor. Kure didn't <M achwlm
out to help blm?
"Jtut you took a hammer along ar»<l
k lilts I him with It."
"i'ls, s«>r. If ye don't kill 'em they'll
grab y« ivery totme. y'r honor."*—Ex
change.
%•! a llera ae»«sWf»<.
"I ns*sl to think Ilurgeaa bad cooal.l
- |>atriotlam. but 1 was mistnken
Th«'re's a mau \j bo la not to be trusted
lie has no real lure for his country."
"What makes yon think thatT*
"Hasn't be gone ami named hla trip
lets IK-ury. Alb»-rt and I'nux-taT*—Chi
• ago Times Herald.