VOL.- xxxvi Sales Must Grow! 0 #> Trade Must Flow! We t*op«e to show to the people of this vicinity that despite the cry of pcarcitv of money aud hard times, we still crowd our store w:th eager purchasers. s Mow Shirt Waist— A E rwlt collection of all that is new s'yfish in wash wa : sts. Correctly made and perfect titting ( V/' 7} waists or }cur money back. Vercale, Ma iras. Lawn an r. K. Waists. Latest cut, new sleeves, new yokes, new fronts. Corded, tucked and insertion trimmed. Prices whittle') down to the tip-end-of-nothing. . Summer W.eh Ff the dainty, the lightest and coolest of fabrics. Regular - t in lawns, dimities, organdies, madras and ginghams, tine bßßz lawns, in figures, stripes an'. ; ■■ at 10c. Dimities, verv sheer, with minute con; neeule s./.e, giving strength and style. Exquisitely printed-"!'? 4 and i o c. .1 J Plain color lawns with fancy braid anc White P. K., Welts and ducks 12 ;C 23c . Printe«l P. K., Welts and ducks - loc 2 SC Linen, homespun . 10c, 12,2 an<. 15 »■ "u3fv India Linon and Victoria Uwn scoor4 r \*Uy. —"• • Striped, plaid and fancy white goods ioc to 25c r Denim for skirts -blues, browns and tans 12 ; 1 VffY. of a dress. . ~, ~ ./ jvyvy! iYvVi Fancy waist linings-fancy skirt linings stlit. linen and/ / * Cotton linings, canvas, liaircloth.beltiugs. tapes brails, p. ' •ets buttons buckles and all kinds of linings and trimmings. '• " L. STEIIN Sc SON, Store Closes'atJß p. m. except Saturday. | I > That the dread house cleanii r \ is over the nex A I I and more important work is picking a new carpet A I . To pick a carpet in our well stock'?! c.irpet rom Q is ;i pleasure, so say the many -v ijo have done so Q We have the famous Hartford Axminister, \\ iiton JC ' ' Velvets, liody and Tapestry Brussels and In-rains X { * .in all the up-to-date patterns, only, and prices Jf * that will astonish you. Then our China Mattings, V < > Floor and Table Oil Cloths, Linoleums, Rugs and V < > Art Squares, deserve a passing notice. Ask to V < ► SI.OO Axminister Rugs, g < > Neatest thing for the money ever shown in Butler at V jPUFFy'S STORE I /WEIN __ I U\ - ? l "jjl j ■■VJ. Won't buy clothing for the purpose of spend* » i ingmoney. They desire to get the best / A Ufor '"1. possible result* for the money expend'd. ' f f \ JL. ' \J 1 Not heap goods but goods as cheap as can I V \MsJ' \ V" l>e sold and made up proix rly. Call and 1_ /1 examine mv large. spn:k of HHk KS SPRING SUITINGS. V 1 I I W v " Right up to date, the latest styles, shades S /vi and colors that could bo liought. Call and IT \ 1 examine them. mmw* 1 Fit — w ~ G G. F. K6CK, 142 North Main Street, Butler, Pa. ■ PAPE'S, JEWELERS. Diamonds, Watches. Clocks, Jewelery, Silverware, Spectacles etc. We have a large and well selected stock. We Repair all Kinds of Watches. If broken jewelery that you think Leyoml repairs • bring it to us and wc will make it as good as new. We take old gold and silver the same as casli allowing the highest "market price. 122 S. Mair. St., liutler, Pa ■ -J m Aslo P MWEffOIPAINTI OccoraUve BUIIDINVJIVfIT® Work. etc. REDICK & GROHMAN. 109 N. Main St., Butler, i a. Rockensteln's Opening of SprFnglind Summer Millinery. We cal your attention to our 1 a r^c and well selectwl rUm'.W erf Choice Millinery. We ha*e einfeavored to make our *U»ck surpass all previous year . in style, desir ability, quality and prices. We feel sure wi- li.ive mori- than maintained our reputation in the selection of CIIOICK MIr.LINKK Y COODS. Wc can show v.-.i an immenw variety fif Hats, l'lowerit, Kibl»on», llraids and Chiffons and all t'at goet to make up an t'l'-TO-IMTK MII.I.INI'.KV and at pric-. «».a1 .ill •ufpris': y>u» We would call attention to our dren'n TRIMM HI) HATS, in which we have always excelled. Von can always get the right goods at the right pricce s»t rockknhtf;in'h, South Main St.. ----- - - liutler, l'a. SEND ONE DOLLAR ■■ . ii. \\ f Lf {v?J OO MMHtlll Mtlll.iHK, |NM> ..••>!••(•«< r ..i.r>r». - I »nt with or'J< r ■■ '' ■■ / WE MAKE THIS TOP BUGGY or * ows | ' 4,TO " T I * / N )rWKbLmmiMLJ\\ /\ loio »vr ovuui ff . j / / \ makora put in »)t-oo biwrx » Latsat Styla For lUUu. B *i)y l)f\ V/v: Kr H«*rlly Lloml. full I Twf k '■•irt«lr, a Pil«H«|,f|iiArtn N \ //il X Umml *qa«l to any IIWJO tMiffyy work. Urh urwn /J or H#d. kMti p*« »r*wb W«4/ tMk or Itu'i Utllwr. 11f.90 It 111 SffCIAl MtCE Ur »HWir «I 4» *»rrn« /irk. f M || Ul , f , . rurt .l. % UUniilr, rfifu. QUAKAMTIID TWO UAlk U-» a jTr'tlm? T.; cam makc Thi« OUR si« SO °*2 T "KM. 11 »»K) IX). DOWT IALAY Address, BEARB, ROEBUCK ii CO. (Inc.), CHICAGO, ILL. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Constipation, Headache, Biliousness, Heartburn, Indigestion, Dizziness, Indicate th.it your llrer Is out of order. The best medicine to rouse the liver and cure all these Ills, is found In Hood's 25 cents. Sold by all medicine dealers. AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY By means of the Kodak has reached the per'ect stage. So simple that a child can operate it anil the prices within the reach of everyone. We keep the largest ami m ,>t complete line in town of Photo Supplies and the only genuine Eastman Kodak, Dry Plates, Films, Develop ing Powders, Chemicals, Trays, Mounts, Printing frames, Printing Ta pers, Flash Pcwders. Albums, and all kinds of supplies at DOUGLASS BOOK STORE. Near P O Peoples Phone (62 B'iiM' Savings Bauk v Ht-itler, Pa. Capiial - #0,000.00 Surplus ami Profits - - f 17o,f>x). oo JOS. L PURVIS President J. lIENBY TEOI'TMAN Vice-President WM. CAMPBELL, Jr < w hier LOCIB B. STKIK Idler DiiiKi'iMi:*. -: v pti i- H-.rvth. .1. He-n Tr.-je.tnia.-;, \V. I». Hranfinn. W. A. S: in J. C&ruDbeil. Th« Butler Savings llank is the Oldest Banking lii»tltutl'>i.. n Butler' • i-n»t y. General franking ljn»incss 1 rai:-;u~tl'd. We soli-It account* <.f .Al producers. mer chant h. farmers and othrrs. Ail b.lslric»* entrusted to ut, will receive prompt attention. Inter. -.' paid 'hi time deposits. TI4K Bailor County National Bank, 13 ull e r Pen n , Capital pail in fx x>,000.00 Surplus awl Profits - J'30,703.95 JOB. Hartmau, President; ]. V. Ritts, Vice President; C. A. Bailey. Cashier; John G. McMar'iin, Ass't Cashier. f *»Deral banking business transacted. Inter* -»t pai. M Hoover. If. Mr- Sweency, E. E. A brains, C. I'. Collins. J. G HmlUi, Leslie I* Ha/.lett, M. Finns? tn, TV. 11. Larkln, Harry Heanley, Or. W. C. MeCand less. I- ri £lts#eth. .1 V. Kttt> Braun's Pharmacy. Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way. Pittsbur/, Pa,, L. D. Telephone 2542. Wholesale and Retail. Importer ami Jobber of Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumes, Soaps, lit ushes, Ktc The only house west of New York carrying a full line 01 Meyers' Grease, Paints and theatrical goods. Physicians' Prescriptions Compounded Day or Night by "Registered Pharmacists" only. Wholesale and retail dealer in Lubricating and Illumniating Oils, Capital Cylinder, Dynamo, Water White and Standard Gas Kngine Oils. Gasolein, Ben zine, Paraffine Wax and Petrolatum. Address all mail orders to W. F. Braun. ' 1 ■" Rare Bargains! We v.unt to dispose of our present »tor" miss this opportum ty to procure a good wheel ior little money. We sell siimlru clic.i x.-r than and other house in town. WHITE, WALTEK ifCO., 303 S. Main Street. Pianos. CIIASE and HACKMvV piano are eadorMdby LEADING ARTISTS. There were 14 «»f them- pianos nold in i;iy territory during the month of May, 1 HI/J. Call at my store, N<». South Main street, (Sutler, l*a . and I'.XAMINIi 'I'HK I'LANOS for your own satisfaction. I carry in stock from 15 to 20 pianos all the time, so you have a large variety to select from. Remember, I SAVK YOI TIIK DIiALKR'S I'KOI'IT. Our people make these pianos. They can he bought for cash or on I'.ASV PAYMKNTS- any way to suit your convenience I take pianos and organs as part payment iu oxchznge. If you want to out a first class piano and save money on the deal, give me a call. .1 vmfy a btock of Organs, Guitars, Mandolins, Jianjos, Strings of all kinds, Sheet Music, etc , which I am pleased to sell you right. W R NEWTON, Salesman. »*/> •. !> i> f viK.u, nil i wonrur i'lhi'ikd ™in(hli iUU ('» munngir «» ck or mineral, one (the lar -r much darker than the other There was also a piaster cast of part of a frac tured skull. The company naving fonnd chair- the detective said: "O* ntleuien, oar friend Hherill Estes tell ut that his belief in tho gnilt of Mr. Chapin is still unshaken, and"—i touching the walking stick lightly with bis Land--"this he believes to be the in strument with which he struck Burke. I do not agree with him, however as yon will see. "This plaster cast is an accurate rep resentation of the left side of Burke's skull after the blow had broken it. Its appearance indicates that but one blow, and that a heavy one, was struck. Aft er carefully noting the size and shape of the wound, and also the shape and size of this stick handle, I was convinc ed that this was not the instrument used. The blood fonnd on the handle, which seems to have had much weight with Mr. Estes, counted for hut little with me. It might easily have come there In some perfectly innocent way. I was willing to accept Mr. Cbapin's explanath u regarding it. The very fact of blood being on it was to me rather an indication that it was not th<- weap on used. A guilty man would be quite certain to remove every blood stain, even the smallest. "Another reason tor supposing this not to Ik? tho weapon is that apparently there was little attempt to conceal it. It was a most clumsy concealment, if concealment was desired, fur it was fonnd lying among the rocks by tho river, in plain view of any one pasting along the bluffs above. It was, in fact, exactly where you would expect it to If- if it had slipp-d over tho blnff, as Mr. Chapiu supposes it must have done, but exactly where yon would expect it not to l>e If one man had killed another with it. A murderer would have been snr* to throw the stick far out into the river if npt using the more certain means of fire for destroying such damn ing evidence against him. So I dismiss ed all idea of this boiug the weapon used. "That, however, did not necetsarily ictnov" all suspicion from Mr OMfrin, though it did remove a great deal. I have a habit of chewing gam, as some of you know, and while I was engaged in this not unpleasing occupation the first aft* moon of my work on this case I reflected somewhat in this manner: 'Snppi ■ Mr. Chapin did leave the ho tel that night angry enough to kill Burke, would be he likely to do it 1 Would not the very fact of his having quarreled with him serve rather as a preventive?' "Mr. Chapin is by no means a low and ignorant man. We all know that. Now, as, I say, suppose he was angry enough to kill Borke, suppose the thought of killing him came into his mind, would not such a man. especially with the night wind cooling his heated temper, be apf to season somewhat in this fashion 'I have quarreled with Burke in the presence of numerous wit ness. If he is murdered, oh whom will suspicion fall so quickly as on met ■On no one. No, it will not l*> safe to kill him, at least not tonight.' "Reasoning thus, I grew doubtful if Chapin would have dared to do the deed. But added to this was the cir cumstance of the boat being in its usual place. Assuming that BQrke was mur dered, the piM '.nee of the boat there in dicated one of two things—first, that he had cro ed the river, securing his boat in the customary manner, and was afterward murdered, or, second, that if he was struck that fatal blow on tho we-t side his slayer must subsequently have crossed tho river, bringing the body with him and, aftiT locking the boat with chain and padlock, returned the keys to the dead man's pocket, where they were afterward fonnd. "1 am not unmindful of duplicate key theories and all that, but am delib erately rejecting them. Tlie key and lock were, as we know, of a very un usual pattern, and the existence of a I duplicate key is altogether improbable. The theory that. Burke was murdered on the west side would also make ikch s;.ry tli» assumption that the murderer drowned his victim l» ft>re crossing the river with him, or in the act of cross ing, b- ause the experts say that Btirko was drowned before he had time to file of his wound. To me this seemed to argne against the theory of murder, lor when a man murders another it is rare ly indeed that midway in his work he change" tie- moan and method of ac complishing his purpose. The e things convinced me that rhapin was not the murderer, whoever etoe might be. lie was on the west side of the river. He had no boat, and, so far as 1 have been able to discover, no available means for crowing the river were at hand. No olio has come forward with a story of hav ing carried him over the river that night, ii would be likely if such a thing had really occurred. We must reniem .-Mk i ) " ir/wn / tuiv* fmihhi'l J hi lii vcyimi will tlijn i ti itli mi b< r that tho iiHMtfoptinn of Chapiu be lli# tli'- murderer in bam-*! on fain • u«M« u BUTLER, PA., 'IHUWSDAV, ULV 20,1890 quarrel with Burke. Between the time quarrel and the d< ;ith of Burko th< re was no time for Chopin t > enter into a const iracy with u second person for inurdi ring the man ho had thus ,-nd mi lo I • ;:mity for. With ont an accomplice it would have been n> xt to m. j« -sible for him to have mnr dered Burke, left things as they were afterward found and been back at hi*> b. ardii;-i place at the time Mead ows saw him enter. "Having thus rejected the idea of Ch.-i'in i ■ ins the criminal, 1 b«gan to consider by what other means Bnrka lui'- bt have met his death Were the fir-.-picions 1 f fonl play, after all. war rai.t;.:.;< • Might not th d< -ithof Bnrke have resulted from an accident? The inure I considered this the more reaaon iible it seemed. Bnrke'w money and oth er valuables were not missing. This seemed to prove conclusively that if he had been tnnrd<»r>-d the m five was not robbery. The idea that his death was attributable to an accident having once filtered my mind, I was unable to dis lodge it. " At thi - point Profe--or Oilman cough ed a littl-j dryly, but no one appeared to notice him, and the detective con tinue i "B-'iug possessed of this idea, it t> mained for me to discover through what kind of accident his death oc curred. I think I have mode the discov ery. and, gentlemen, when I have fin ished I be! -ve you will agree with me that my theory is correct." Again the professor coughed a dry little cough, and this time the detective looked at him curiously. But Professor Oilman was gazing ont of the window with a faraway look, and his interest in the detective's i-.tory seemed to wan der. CHAPTER VII. Till'. DETT TIVE I XFOLDS Ills TIIEORY. After a moment Fosdick resumed: "I went over the gronnd that Burke hud passed over on his way home that night. 1 noticed the place where a search for sr.mo missing article appar ently had been made and agreed with the hlieriff that Bnrke, probably having dropped one of the littlo steel rods that he had with him, had spent a few mo ments searching for it. Then I crossed the river to the east pier and examined the Ixjat, with its padlock and chain, which had not been distnrbed since the body of Bnrke was discovered. If Burke's death had resulted from an ac cident. as I now firmly believed, it must Lave occurred near the river. That was a fact admitting of no dispute This being true, it was almost certain to have oecnrred either at the pier after the I-out was secured or between the pier and the top <>f the I*»th passing over the rocky ridge near it, for just beyond that i»oint the path to the ob servatory turns eastward and does not agaip approach very near t ■ the river. This little stretch of path, then, was evidently the proper place f<>r pursuing my investigations. My early examina tions there were in a measure disap pointing. 1 found that the path passing over the ridge had on one side a preci picedesr nding to the watei. A stranger passing in the dark might easily make a misstep and plunge down into the river. That was conceivable enough- B'it with Burke it was different. He was as familiur with the path as with the geography of his own room. If he i d been intoxicated, he might have walk< d off into the water, bnt so far as we know Kcrke was perfectly sober. Indeed a man who could row across the river and secure his boat properly could haidly have been too intoxicated to walk straight. "in ascending the path Bnrke might have suddenly grown dizzy and fallen ov< r. I considered this, but the more I considered it the more improbable did it i em. It would Is- most difficult, if Hot wholly impossible, for a wound in the position and of the description of thut on Burke's skull to be made by th simple act of his falling off theclirf. The d< scent i - -o sheer that a man los ing his balance and falling would, in all probability, strike nothing in his pas sage- to the water below. At this time I could think of fio better solution to the mystery than that, in a sudden fit of demc ntia, Bnrke, insanely dashing his head ;u-'uinst the rocks above the path, had made the wound in his head and then toppled over into the water and drowned. I did not believe this to be ii true solution, of conrse, though I ilid propose to inquire if Burke was »nbject to attacks of mental derange ment. Happily I did not have to. "Havingexamined the ground in the locality of the east pier, I went up to the observatory and talked for an hour Ml in hi • band, and holding it up to vi>-w .ii«l "Tin ■ is.'lie of the lodi that were sold to Burke the evening ef his death, or. if Mot, it is exactly like it in every r> -p. < t '1 here iH no reason to suppose that it. is not one of the very same 'l'ls* prem-iieo''f the steel at that sp'.t in the river convinced me, Is-yoiid all question, that that was the [joint win re Burke fell into the water. This dark piece of rock or mineral"—thede tc< tive lifted the larger of the two pieces as he spoke "is, lam told by Professor Oilman, a meteorite. I was reasonably certain of it before, but bis statement is all the confirmation that is needed. It i-t one of the things that the diver brought up from the riv.-r Isxl under the path on the cliff. "Now, then, let me review some of the facts known tons. Bnrke said good l.v to Mr. Dobsoii at the hotel at almost exactly 10 o'clock that evening. There is no doubt about the time, for Mr Bobsoii remembers setting his watch by iJuri.' just before the latter left. He recalls the time with great distinctness lie. line, "he tells- me, the town clock i truck lo ju I then, and he remark"! to Burke that it was a minutelast. Ho we know that at almost precisely 10 Burke left. th. hotel The distance from it tv the we i pi' i i-i about a mile. An or dinary man would walk it iii 10 ruin Gt-s- Brflffe®, ttdcg something of iia athlete, nmy have walked it i:i a little ;. (faM we kaAr be atoppi .1 t-. hunt i< >r Tie evide IlCe a of this. however. vsould indicate that it was no Vvry 'i ivtraot. 4 M-arch. Probably it c u U!.'n«l not ' Ti r two minutes. or at th<* Jin -t not more than five. Suppose we say it took 1H niinnt»*s for him to reach th wst pier, ten minutes would 1- ;.!< .? the time rerjuired f. r rowing at.- - the riviT and two more for se curing t).-' t >.it at the pier and starting to ascend the path to the observatory. Th .? \ iid bring us to half past 10. That Proft ssor Gihnan and Mr. Arnold and als two other observers at the observatory saw n brilliant meteor tla-ii aci. - the sky. The' professor nnd Mr. An. Id. noting itd conrse, thought it J robabl • that a meteorite fell into or ne:.r th. river not fas from the east pier. Now at what time was this? Fortunately we know almost to tho second. .Tn-t after the meteor disap peared Mr. Ingraham of tho Urania university v.- as thinking of going out with Mr. Arnold to search for the me t . rite that they suspected had fuller, but tspon consulting his watch, found that b had < nly nine minutes in which to catch the 10 :40 train for the city. Thu- we know that the meteorite fell at almost exactly half past 10. The spot in the river where this meteorite was found is approximately the spot where it fill, but ji' .t exactly. My examina tion i f the rocks on the ridge, however, showed me exactly where it struck. Thir< si-ot is almost directly in the path of a person coming up from tho pier. \V have figured out that a person was corning up at the very moment the mi teeritc fell. Is it unreasonable to suppose that this stranga visitant from outer space struck poor Burke on the hi lat thu instant he was passing that i in--'r "-5 i int in the path and that the blow knocked him off into the river?" Profi :T Oilman uttered a little ex clamation, but no one noticed him. for the sheriff had -prung up excit> dly. "Yes, sir. he cried, "it ia unreason able. If that thing fell out of the sky. as you assume, it could never have made the wound on Burke's skull. The wound is in the wrong place for that. In trd.-r to have it occur, Burko's left ear must have' Van turned toward the sky m a most unnatural manner. No, sir; that theory is knocked in the head at the start!" "But suppose," said the detective, quite undisturbed, "that •teorito sti'uck the ciift first, and then, rebound ing at an angle, strnci Burke on the side of the head. Surely you will not deny thut that could happen. Now, as a inattei of fact, the cliff shows that tho meteorite did strike it at a point about as high as a man's "head, for a piece of the tack th#r was broken off. This is it," touching lightly the smaller piece on the desk, "and it was picked up off the river 1 d by the diver, along with the other things. Now this corner of the m'jteoriV'might have made a wound almost exactly like that in Burke's ! akulL At lismt, such is my judgment, after a very dose examination of tho wound and of thin portion of tho me teorite." Tho sheriff Interrupted the detective again and this tune in even greater ex -1 cite merit than before: "There is one thing you seem to have forgotten. That meteorite must have been intensely hot when it fell, hot enough to burn human flesh and lione. But did the flesh and bone around the wound shvw any in j dications of bavin? bren burned T Cer tainly not. No, sir. Mr. Fosdi< k, you'll have to get a new theory. You eran't hold that meteorite responsible for Burke's death." The sheriff paused with a flu.-hed and triumphant look on his face. "I thought of that, of course-," said the detective calmly. "A newly fallen meteorite, superheated as it must be, would undoubtedly sear human ib>h, so that traces of it would probably lie dis cernible, qjen after the burned part bad been submerged in water for several hours. I never for a moment believed that tho meteorite made the wound. If yon rememlx r, I said that this corner of the meteorite might make a break al most exactly like that in the skull. A 1 most exactly, but not quite. It fits the wound pretty well, certainly much bet ter than the handle of that stick, but it doesn't fit it qyite accurately enough. Tilings have to be exact in matters of this sort to be of much value. Now here is a rock," picking up tho frag ment broken from tho cliff, "that fills our wantH better. This singular shaped corner fit* the wound exactly, and here, gentlemen, undoubtedly is the instru ment tliat caused tho death of Burke. The meteorite struck the rock just as the doomed man was climbing the path and bounded off into tho water without doing further damage itself. The fatal destrnetivenehi lay In this piece of rook, which lielng broken from the solid rock with great violence was dashed against Burke's head, knocking him off the path into tiie river and then falling in after him. Tin body, borne away by the current, which at thin point s.'th to ward the opposite shore, would by the next morning l>e likely to reach the spot where the fishermen found it. Some water was found in Burke's lungs, etmugh to make the medical men lie lieve that death occurred from drown ing. yet probably not enough gaimtl en trance b< font his death to make the specific gravity of the U>dy greater than that of the water, which explains why the lMidy floated instead of sinking. "Uoiitlemen, do you think my theory is correctt" A buzz of admiration followed, and Arnold begun to clap his hands. There was a singular look In Professor Oil man's eyes as he noticed this. "Mr. 1-Wlick," said the sheriff en thusia .tit-ally, all ills reluctance to ac knowledge the professional superiority of the other disappearing, "you area most remarkable man. Your explana tion is ei ■mpbrto and satisfactory, and this mystery, thanks ty your skill as a detective, is cleared up." CHAPTER VIII. PUOI-T.S.HWI (111.MAN HAH HtISIKTIIINO TO " HAY. "Permit me to say a few words." It wa ; Professor Oilman who spoke. Everv one pre «nt, a little startled at lii-t tone, turned to look at. him. He said : "Mr. t'ondick is a remarkable man. I fully aj'.re. with the sheriff on that point. His theory of Burke's death it likewise remarkable, 1 n,ay say almost too remarkable, (tenth-men, there prob ably i - not one chance in it hundred inill i- it of a man meeting death in the manner ,j" t de ,-ribed. That fact alone maie-s it almost if not quite necessary to abandon such a theory, a theory which, I admit, is peculiarly fasclnat ing At one time its fascination lured me. I had con tmeted a theory sub i inti ly like the one that has Just b«-eii explained and was preparing to gather « vidence in support of it when 1 uct-id'-uially h arne-tl that Mi l-'oedick wan working along the name line ol thought. I > aiuu here toibiy wishing tu learn if he had followed the road to its end, but l perceive that b«. ha- (topped soini-what short of his destination. Be fore pro'.-' ding further I will ask yon, Mr .iht iilf. to place Mr. Arnold under arrest for the murder of Burke." Each BK.niU.-r ' zdsh la 4 thc-se w urd- The detective iu ] pot fimt gum in his iii' iuth \vb :i tL" priyf - t*>T began ta'klntr and swallowed it In bis astonishment But he did wince. and no one no ticed it Atß(>id WM observed to turn pale. Profet-or Oilman, continuing. said. '•I a-rt-f |M rffi tly with Mr. Fasdic kas t' tb instrument that made the wound on Burke's skull. It was undoubtedly thi- fragment of rock. Before Mr. F<«- dick examined the ridge near tb ' pier 1 hud carefully scrutinized it and dis covered. as he afterward did. that a pic ■ .if rock had been broken off I marked the place with a stick, which I 1 . . ■ no doubt Mr. remembers having seen there afterward." Fosdick nodded and said, "Goon." He evidi ntly was greatly interested. Profesw>r Oilman resumed, and as he j,n•< • ded his usually mild manner be came unusually emphatic. "Tbis fragment, as I say, doubtless v.- as the instrument that made the r. r.nd. but that it was hurhnl at Burke »■>* the blind tind motiveless forces of nature I deny most fmphatically. Ido L t say such a tiling could not happen. It could. And there lies the allurement, the fascination of the idea. What I contend is that it wouldn't happen— t. t in a thousand years—nay, in>t in ten thousand. It is too unoiraal. The percentage of its pr lability as against its Improbability is too infinitesimal. Theref ro—and. I adm'.t, with some r htnl— r* it j cted flw theory and traveled a ".tttle further along the line of thought I had started on. "1 i r :rii d to th" footprints <*n the road betw t-n the hotel and the west pier and asked my;-< If: 'What was B.irke searching for f Was it really a rd dropi ■ d one without noticing it a thing really ne,t very likely to occur —I doubted if,upi n discovering the lews, he would spend anytime looking for It. But if it was not the steel, what was he searching fort I could not think of i anything that Burke would be likely to ; discover missing as he walked along in the dark If he did not know that he had lost mcthing, of course he would not be looking for anything. Ho, HS in fancy I walked along with him trying to think of something he should discov er missing, I found myself presently at thf west pier, where the boat was ee enred with chain and padlock, just as he had l«?ft it earlier in the evening Then I seemed to know, as clearly as if I had been there in fact instead of fancy, what he had lost. It was his bunch of keys, of course. When the lx>dy was discovered, they were found in his hip pocket together with a pocket handkerchief. Somewhere on the road, then, he had pulled out his handker cbiirf and the keys with it. His deaf ness doubtless prevented his hearing them rattle us they fell to the ground. The padlock was especially prized by Burke, and he would not willingly break It. Rather than do HO he would walk a considerable distance. Besides, there were other keys than the one to the padlock on the ring which he would not want to lone. "Having reached this conclusion, I obtained a wax Impression of Burke's shoe heel, and \Cent to the west pier to examine the gTonnd. On my way I saw Mr. Fosdick's submarine diver at work and wns confident I knew what he was searching for. Many footprints were in the soft clay around th" landing by the time I got there, but I managed to dis tinguish among them those made by Burke the night of his death. I could not, however, ascertain what I wanted to in the immediate vicinity of the pier, owing to the confusion of foot prints, but passing np tie* road a few roil 1 wan rewarded. Among the other footprints I could distinguish those made by Burke, and 10l there were two sets of footprints going In each direc tion Consequently, Burke mnst'have gone over that road twice that night In stead i J once. Between the sj>ot where the burned matches were found and tho hotel there was lint one set of Bnrke's footprints. Therefore, it was the space between thi- pier and the spot where tb€ search was made that he traversed twice It was clear that this double Journey bad not been made early In the evening on his way to Jackson, for at that hour it. was yet light, whereas the presence of the burned matches shows that ltwati dark when the search was made. These facts confirmed my belief that It WW bis keys he had lost. Presumably Burke, conjecturing in what manner he had lost them, remembered about where lie had used bis handkerchief, for the Tl dences do not show that he bunted for any great distance along the road. The place where the search was made is about two-thirds, or perhaps three fourths, of a mile from the west pier. Home of you may be asking yourselves 'What has all this to do with the case'/ What part of Mr. Fosdick's theory dije« it conflict with?' I peicelve, however, by the i xpri -slot! of Sir Posdiek's face, that he realizes of what vast impof tanee it is. He would tell you, asl now tell yon, that its importance lies in the matter of time." Fosdick nodded, and the went <•»> "To walk from thf hotel to the boat, go hack to the spot where the keys wi-re lost, make the sense h for "/ will nhk , Mr. Sheriff, tit I tlun Mr Arnold under arrest, them, return to the boat and cross the river, would consume mui'h more than half an hour. We know, however, that Burke did not leave the hotel till 10 o'clock, and th« meteorite was oliserved to fall at. approximately lo 80. There fore if after leaving I)obsonat I o o'clock Durke traversed ttto thirds of the dis tanee between the pier and the hotel twice, as tin- footprints prove, lie could /lot have bi i n on (lie path at the ridge and in the way of destruction by this fragment if roek at the time theme teurili' fell. At that moment he must have been on the west side of the river How then did his death occur? "Well, in fancy I enter««d the boat with llurke and crossed to the east pier, Kiel for the time being left him there Then in fancy also 1 went from the ob n rvntory with Mr Arnold in search of the meteorite, which We suspected had fallen M.iuewhere near the pier. No one naw Arnold when lie returned that | uijfht. but • next dav he reuorU"' ' ' tearoh lo ! «i;i Jj iirV'Sv K« tr,. | if the n*t*s .m«r had bNB foUli'V- I hut M>, ho isaid *•> \t.il ii I »y. 1 v.mt j f< rihir.th I'liu in fc;n . »i*d, i* i* trn-. < A.. ! * did And'(ln ::,j fancy, pi*.*' *tttl .ir in mind) a spin e-ti-l j>j. ce >.f r.>< k. .» ] fragment th.it the meteorite had br .ken | from the -■• lid r<«-k a f w niin"tcs I - I f Arnold pu k.t»t a ha-"y examination t This -h< "ti«l be *>nw iO nißnttn after the meteor it" Ml ani about SO I minutes after Burke K'ft the hi tel. I Fifty minut > would be at« -it the time rrat and k:i>»w who was in it. In his hanr OilmrA you have n<. right to ,iy that. The imagining of your mind cjinn. it b«« aa evidence against me. What yon havp unrmi-.d you can in.t prove to be fact*. " Thf prof ssor did not heed the inter rupt >n. bet raid: "Hire was a jnxta l> -ti ti of i u and instruments highly ?n/. -ti. • i.nd * rtliy. 1 believed, of fnrt". t stndy. Pointing my inv(«ti|* toon* • n ti;;s line, niy first object was to «iiover if Arnold bad any motive for killing U'arke. He wanted Burke'* p. ti 'i nt the observatory, Imt that of it:-- If —*med a wholly inadequate mo tive f. r jnnrdi ring bini. Almost by ac cident I discovered that there wm an other and nir.cb more powerful motive ! ft r his v. whinjr Burke out of the way. | TI..- Pr ■ f of this motive I can produce | if nece.. ,irv, but out of regard for Ar nold's family, f>r Arnold himself and another person whose name I will not menti ti I ■!■• not wish to do eo if it is not Dccei/.iry. Arnold knows what I r> f< r t- iind lie would in-the last to wish me t- expose to the public what must he esjmsed if his motive is ex plain"!. I repeat, however, in the pres i nee of the murderer that lean product the evidence, and if in the interests of justice :t is necessary I shall do so. It r^-it- 1 with Arnold whether the exp.»«nre shall be made or not." At this i>oint Arnold titoke into a convulsive soh. "Do m< expose me. l*rof. Oilman, I beg of you. It will not l>e oi sury. I confess the crime. When searching for the meteorite that ni.-ht, ( picked up the piece of rick, aa PriiftMor Oilman has surmised n BurWVame up the jiath. I waa inn cealed by a p-.rtion of the rocky wall. From my concealment I spranif upon him, ixnj !hd by some mad demon, and struck his hi ad with the rock. He top pled ov< r. and with«iut a cry fell into th>' wat-r 1 tiie ro discovery. HherifT, 1 um your prfc«ni«ir " L.it.r the detective aaked Profeesor t tilinan if he would not toll him what Anwdd'a motive vxnv The profewor bhh hi* bead, "Yon mnet Oot aak me," bo raid Tb*ai. eroilinK h»ilf aadly, he added, "Unt yoor tvxixrvenoi mtwt toll you that in nearly ever/ tragedy there'H a woman in the case l.ljrhlfv Hl4#. That Luther's life wa» not witlnmt its lighter side Is atteetwl by many of his letters, uspecially those addreeeod to his wife. A writer in Uood Worda points out auuh expreaakxw with whioh ho ftddr«twes her as "My Lord Cather ine" or "My sweet wife, Catherine Luther Ton Bora,' <>r "The very learnM and deeply profound danw, Cat|ierin«« Luther," or "Emperor Kate." jwting at the love of rule cotnmun to the aex. In the year of his death ht> wrote to his "heart loved houaewlffj, Uathurine Ltitherin Doetre«o Zeiladorforws, Low marketruHs and whatever more ahfc may l»e. (iraoe and jieace in Chriat, and my old j* sir love in the flrwt place." At one time hosayn: "Catlerlne, yon have a pious hushand who lores ytm You aro an > mpti*i, thank God f«»r il. " Ilia conjiiKal iniditatlona w«ro a lait depend alone on its chi'inical «timu«itlon. twt that the amount of work it' receivea in roll Inn or forging and the fini«Miyf temp«-r ature are also of vital importance We art* still learning year by year better to distingTil-h the effect# due to each and are getting toduy r««ultn thot were for merly considered lyijajialble. 1 refer to the met In si in uae at aomo American mills, where they roll the into plate- sha|s s, etr . meeting all the re qnirementa of the moat rigid ajieciflca tions without making any preliminary tension t« eta. An analysis of each heat or caat is made while the ingotla ar.- still in the soaking pit" From this analysis the ultimate strength ia estimated, and without allowing the at«iel to cool it is rolled on order* where, as nbown by the estimated strength, it will apply W H Wi tmUT In Engineering Magazine A IVftllar Viiut I *aJi < The UMJdt part of the English usag.*« ua coiiy. uyd the »*at of us can getTO'd to, out there it a feature of formal dining there which is different 1 refer Ui thu failure to introduce all ti»e uiuipany to one noxthi* Tliere are no genetal lntnidui-tlona at an dinner or even at tb».»lKaos Every man is intrslnced at a dlrmer party to th*- lady he is to twort to tie tal.le. There U sto|M. It la a C«at«»m which some close relation to the ei jierieiice of an ancient race through many centuriea. I leave the reader to analyze it Julian Ralph in llarjier'a Magazine Ilia ret Avfrilo*. "Mr. H|KK>namore, are you <]ultc atne you love me for myself alone?" "I am quite aure 1 do. deareat. I fe»-l tluit If I could take you away to a»im« place where I would never nee that youiigeat broUier of youra again 1 should la- |s rf«>ctly happy."—Chicago Tribune. The old Jral AUW. Client That little house yotl sent me (o see Is In a moat scandalous condition. It la so daiul> that inoaa positively groua on the wall. 11 oil so Ag'iit Well. Isn't moss gissl enough for you? What do you expect lat the rent orchlda?—Tit Itita Alrt'Hily Knnwi 11 All. Itrowti Yin can always tell a young man who Is Juat out of college That's Just where you are wrong Von can't tell him anything Ohio State Journal. Nnrrr ll«" Spohr. Mr. Btubh Well. I'll give yoo cr«sllt for your cooking In the last week Mrs. Btubb— Is that all? Why. you had to give Bridget cast. Cbh-agj 1 News. No. as THE TENT CATERPILLAR. Droirnf »il lit !«• |#«*r«| *!».«#•» «»f K2■ Utrup*. T!i < :: i: 'it who Jkm ravaraiy f; :n Itj »; • 'ree tent catetyiiiar ii i-t I - « -id I'inM «« cart-leea. Tha at- rpilirir-. may he Tit* readily located and «!.-»• v-i wh.le sn the eggs. tbe U :r-s are « uspi, i.>n» nnd quickly horn *«;« MA»a»or TKST r /T £KTILI.AH. •d. th-- } nag caterpillar* yield spaedi ly t.i ir- ricals and tbe white coroeaa plainly *bow themselves for destruc ti« n Tin- caterpillars in a neat of at dinary *i*e will c< tisnme 3.500 apple I IIV. I in a week. and. a* tb«y feed fur hv.? or sis weeks, these from two or three neat* umy a 1 meet completely atrip a free of its foliage and greatly lower its vitality Tb-y seem to prefer tha t.i-te of wild thi rry. and thin tree waa probably their original f'»»l plant AU •neb trees should be carefully watched, ■a tb»y are liable to be starting points f> r tbe invnai< a of nearby orchard*. K« it to the wild cherry the caterpillars seek the apple, bnt they aim do coa aiderable damage npon c herry, pinra and peach. Frout lata July natll the following spring the injects will ha found ia tbe t«g These egg* are laid ia peculiar rings or hamla—"thimbles" or "eater pillar tielts." some call them—about tbe smaller twigs. Th»y are rarered with • thick layer of vine, which make* a glistening protection from toe weather These bands are large enough to be plainly seen aad can ha eaaily removed and bnrned wben pruning tbe tree* Tbe little caterpillars form ia the eggs in the summer, hot do DO* hatch natU the middle or last of tbe fallowing April Tbey soon begin the obstruction of the well known neat*. Thaaa are asnally placed ia some cr*>t-h of twigs near the abandoned egg baad and are f. rtned by the threads of silk which the :nterpillars spin. As tbe larv* grow and th«- neat t» comes too don pnr ple, green arsenite or arsenite of lime, and last, bnt not leaet, see that wild cherry trees, crab apple trees and neg lected apple treee along are kept fre« from the pesta o* cut wt It Hp| were obtained in the case of maaknal one, Ix-ea. forage cropa aad potatoes showing the superiority of niteala of soda .« Hniai Mladeg %■<«**. "Yea. IHHUII," she said, "I will be youra, but I «111 tell you frankly that I do not love you wltb nlj my heart." "Ok. rat is uosafng," he replied. "But D> kierration Is, JV> jrou lofe me wis all your what yon call him puraeT*— Chicago Tlme*-F?eraM. Irreststlkle Altrarliaa. "What ar»- you stopping for. John? If wc don't hurry, wail miaa our train " "You onu go ou If yoti want to, Ma ria. I'm going to »e Tribune. 1 a Oar Pare#. First American Hlcyrles and atu>v mobiles' What nJiow has the hor-M> hen- lu l'arls? Yott seldom even sea hint on the l>oub-rarda H«s■ "What was It happened to Mra. Nib la-r r* • Mhu fell out of the window whila trying to see who waa alttlag on bar ne*t nelghlntr's porch."—