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 an<! lace effect =tripe— -oc.
M Fine organdies and crepons—l2 !jC, 15c and iSc
For Skirts and Waists. ~ to 2>c
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.
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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
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? 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.
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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
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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,
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THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
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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
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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
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Near P O
Peoples Phone (62
B'iiM' Savings Bauk
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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<J on time deposits.
Money loaned on approved serurlty.
We Invite you to open an acount with thin
bank. ...
DlitrX'TOHS—Hon. Joseph IJ art man, lion.
W. 6. Waldron. Dr. >. 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.
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Rare Bargains!
We v.unt to dispose of our present
»t<x:k of '<!■) model*, anil in order to do it
quickly lmvc cut the prices from |y),
•35 a*'d :40 to $21.50 and *25. Tin ■.e
are strictly high grade ami up-to-date
bicycles, and can't !*• matched lor price
anil quality. i>or" 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 «»<ir binlnoti
tliclr own awl ri« .1 rUy fount!• It. I.t mainly
i,|fl« . work »*ondnrt «<1 *t hoiiw. Salary
mnilKlit :i y tr and i xpiuisi'n <l» lli»i♦
)»m illrjr 110 more, uo !<•*•« salary. Monthly
f 1 » lli'fcrwiiri t. r.u<*io«ii Reif-kfltirciKHfl
hlarnpti'l flfifflopn llrrbf Tt I'.
lie pi. M. CliicuKu
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CHAPTER VI
THE DETECTIVE'S XAHRATTVE.
The nest morning a littl" company
was gathered in the office of the sher
iff. Fo.-dick's theory regarding Barke's
death wh« perfected, and a few of those
particularly interested were invit. d to
come and bear his explanation. Besides
there were present the sheriff,
Professor Oilman, Arnold, Dobson mid
General Kerr. The latter appeared to
)«: in hiyh -pirit« At his request Cha
pin wn - i rought in, remaining there tin
der thi watchful eye of an officer. Foe
dSck sat by u desk on which were group
ed the -ilver handled stick belonging to
Chapin, a -hort r d of steel and two
pieces of r> 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 <il
two with Professor Oilman and others.
Among other things I learned that tit
hnlfjiawt 10 on the night of Burke's
d< ath a brilliant meteor was seen in the
t*ky, and that so eminent an astronomer
us Professor Oilman here shrewdly sns
pected that a meteorite had fallen in
th'- vicinity of the river, not far from
the pier. I returned to my h<4*l atid
chewed gum that, afternoon. The jcxt
day I made another examination of the
rock* near the pier which proved en
tirely sat 1.-factory. I went to the-city
that afternoon, ami the follov ißg morn
itig I had a rubmarine diver at work
under the cliff over which the path from
tile pi. I p.i i The diver brought up
rev. .! tliii._: -I' Inter.it This in one at
them."
The il. tective took the slender stei I
r>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 <i tb« eoHAjuuiy waa
visibly ;"j>' 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
r<wi rif steel?' 'hie of those reds can be
bought fir a few cents. Their imme
diate need at the observatory was not
urgent. Therefore, even supposing he
h;>d 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.<l tt np. »t fira. think
ing it might be an aerolite, S>t»t a ha-"y
examination <bownl him that it wi* I
n>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
rr<inired f.ir Dnrke after going back an 1
1 searching for the keys to reach the east
pi.-r. Arnold heard the approach of the
ln>at and k:i>»w who was in it. In his
han<ls he h< ! 1 the instrument that wo
have praeti illy proved made the wound
on Bnrkt 's h- nd."
Here Arnold titTrupted. -eiying
"Pr £■- ->r 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 r<ick in after
him, bt lieving U would never be seen
axaiii. Hut man may not murder hia
fellow lielnK an«l «*aj>o 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
bh<H>h 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 <iften In a
gayer mood, aa. ftir example. "It I
were Roing to make I would
carve an oliedlent woman oni of mar
hie, iii despair of flndltitf one in any
<ither way."
i tirlim* of lb' Slr* 1 Mills.
It has been shown that th«; quality of
the flnlaht d steel d.a>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».»lK<ua«! pnityin the
country If all thegtn-st*art>ao<inatut«"d
there I no need to introduce them, but
if they are .-traiigers they muat remain
so or truat to <4uincn OT |«eranlial mag
net if 111 for making ac»iiiaintauce»hij>s
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 <ma!l another
dieet of thrcs'ls is spna. ao that the
tent Is really a succession ot nests. ■ M
jntside the other. These white or yel
lowish masses of silk are eaaily destroy
ed by horning i.a tbe trea ut by enttlug
jtT tbe twig aad crashing the neat.
This shonld be don» In the evening «
jntt before a storm, wben tbe caterpil
lars have sought -shelter
The caterpillar* feed until lata ia
Mny Their l«»iy c-.W la black, bat a
prominent whit# etripe extend* the fall
length of the back.
There are also nniueroua shorter ir
regular white lines and a row of oval
pale bine apotn npos each side. while
the entire body ia thinly covered with
long yellowish hairs. Tbe caterpillar*
•specially wben yonag. can easily be
killed by two or three sprayinga with
tome arsenical poison. Bird* feeding
apon these caterpillars are yellow billed
<ind black billed cnekooa. tha Mack cap
pad cbicka<lee, Baltimore oriole, red
eyed and warbling vire< s. wren, chip
ping sparrow, yellow warbler and crow
Tbe larva- <Tawt down tbe trnnka at
the trees in late May. when they are
■outtire, and a»« nearly two inches hoy
They spin their coconaa on the trnnka
f trees, where they are protected
by tha rongh bark: In the grass nnda*
the trees, abont fences, eav»a. window
casings and the sldea of
When in such uiaasee aa shown la tha
6gnru. there ia no excuse for not <fia
coverlng and destroying tbe cucuoaa
From these cocoons the reddiah brows
moths emerge In late Jane aad early
July and a<xin lay the egg* which com
■L
Iml * *
mup— or TEST CArmartmui.
pleto the life cycle, Theas motha are
[jaiULUrge and are eaaily dlatlngnlsh
ablerrom all bnt a few oloaely related
sptx'ies by the two obMqoe. nearly par
allel. banda of white en-sing the wing*
The foregoing points are reproduced
from an outline, with illnatrationa. of
the life story of tbe tent caterpillar
given by tke Oeneva (S Y.) station ia
bulletin 161, which cunciodse
these recommendations Protect and
enconrage birds, destroy egg band* and
cocis.ns and reward collect
ing them, bnra ont or crnah the neata
while thecaterpitlsrs are in them, spray
the tr<-ea with paria green. l«rf>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|<ears from ths experience of oaa
New Jertey tomato grower, reported by
Director Voorheea, that from aeery doW
lar's worth of nitrate of eoda epphed to
the lund there war a retnr® of l-H W.
fr.-m snlpliate of ammonia a retar* of
|44.2A for every dollar expended aad
from dried blood a return of (3t W
every d-illar eije-nded. Himlhir IMN>
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<i how tbey get
that lialky horao started."—Chicag>
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<ouit Anierlean (who has Just din
<sl) No, he's la tbe soup. -Ohlcaxu
News.
.la Avaaa* Trays*>■
"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."—<Jhk*®o Rec
ord