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VOLUME XXI FAYETTEVILLE, ONONDAGA CO., N. Y., SEPTEMBER 2, 1886. NUMBER 12 ©&r Wtthly gUtwder, A LOCAL JOURNAL, INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS. PUBLISHED KVEUI 1'IIDIIB- DAT , IS THE VILLAO E OF PAf - ETTEVILLB, ONONDAOA CO. NEW TOBK. BV THE {ayeUorille ffikli^ing (Jo. A W. WILKIN, Bus. MaB^er. BEE-KEEPING. 8. Snow, H AVING Utcly purchased a 15-loch Dun- bam Foundation Much!no, would say to any person* having beeswax they wUb worked Into t-oundaUon. be would bo glad to aooom modato thorn by working tbolr wax on shares or br tbo pound, or will pay oath for all aloe wax to those who wish to selL Any person wishing boo hlros or honor boxes will flod rood ODDS and cheap at his plaoo, ooroor of Clinton end Chapel streets, KayetterUle, H Y Geo. JBaufney, THE PIONEER- Proaont Circulation 1,150 Copies Twins, $].60 per Tear, Payable to Idvaoce \ tyNopapo r discontinued until all arrcar* . ages arc paid, except at tbo option of tbe pub- Office in No w Knap p Block i Entrance i eatt ond } t 1 — Ti n Rxcoaoa circulate* principally In the I towns or Mao bus, DeWf tt, Pompoy and Kabt- us, and Is one nf the best advertising mediums I In the state It publUbos no adrorUsomonta 'of an objectionable cbaraotor at any price— tho publishers aiming, to oonflno their adver tising solely to roilabto and trustworthy 1 bouse*. Td n ther tale or Terse of mloo la lonely frontier homo were seen In minor' hat 'neath mountain pine. Than In tho castle of the queen. Dearer tho simple human tie, The pristine freedom of the race. The com mo a grass and common sky, Thau any pomp of itate or graoe. And yet, what matter? One heart beati In hunting-shirt or Pari* fashions; On ranch and avenue the heats Darn ever of primeval passions. My part that none who read tho page. Ice-girt or calmed upon the Line, On city street or plains of sage, Be worse for any word of mine! —James T McKay In The Century. BILL SANDUSKY'S VISION. Terms for Advertising mado known on ap plication 8Uto fully nature of advertise ment, space and position d>strod* Our opiums are 13m's In width. Cnlcea time is spocinod In tho contract the advertiser will bo charged for the full time durlag whlub the advortlse- ment is insorted. THI8 PAPER SSJfi! TvrtlAlnjc Bureau ° \ contracts * ~ , found em.tO» a* Gee. P. • - a Newspaper Ad rtrtWnj l!/wTAV««*eOHr5 « •attarta* anma. JOBPBTKTIirO. F TH E KrcOBD»Job Dopartmont Uthe moat tomrlcte la Ita aptmlntmonta of any In Cen tral New York, outaido tbo lara-o oiuca. I O OUT now And oomraodlouBquarter* wo are bot- tor prepared than erer to do work cnoaplr aadaauifactorUr Wo alaq atm to-do our work £ romptly Ouritook oftypotabolog roplon- hod from Unto to ttmo with modorn atrlea, aad wo are prepared u. io any kind of uook or Job Printing at reasonable ratca, on abort noUoo. Bill and Note boada. Statctnonte and Memoranda put up In tableta If deal rod. wltL- cut IrArmFviLL* PCBUsumo co, BUSINESS DIRECTORY • v- BANKS. Farmers Bank. * T-»AUMBK8 BANK Organized under the Y Tencral law.of tbo Stale. Capital. IMAM Surn'ua 110.000. OOoora-Mrron liana*. Proo- Wmi D«ldCoUn.J r . VIoo-PrMldent; P M So»oranoe,Ca»bler Direotora-Myron Banga. DaWd Collin. Jr. Samuol J Wolla, Danlol Burbana. Lutber lioblnson, Wo 8. Wbltford. DoLaoor BartleU. I»»l a tllbbara. Prank M 8ovorence National Bank. M ATIONAL UANK UP PAyKTTBVILLK. IN Capital. $100,000. Ollloora-O D.Blanonartl. Proildenu Lorl 8noll. Vloo-Proaldonu K. w Eaton.Caablon John A.Eckor, Aaaltant uasbler. Directora - IL It- Palmer. A Itemlngton. tlart Bnook. Lovl Sncll. O.U Ulanobard. U. U Peek M P Worden.S. l> Luee. v » nmltb • A ATTORNEYS. Parker S. Oarr, TTUltNBl »NDCOt:N8EU>ll AT LAW Ofdeetn Can- Hlook. MUI atrcet. Parette- i, N V IBT ' A 1 N. B. Chapman, TTOKNBT ANDCOUNSBtAJU AT LAW OCDccNo Ulieneeeoetroourayottertllo. ( ' PL. Maine, A TTORNEV AS P n>UN»ELOU AT LAW and Practical Surroyor. OBce at Bt OOHB I B orace. K.>^tteviiie, N Y _ Andrew W. Wilkin, A TTOKNBV AND CtlUNBELUU AT LA W OfDeera Knapp block. Payottevllle N V PHYSICIANS. Dr. Charles Baker, „1 IOS1EOPATHIC PUYCIAN and BL'll- H loon omce and roaldonco on Oonoaoe atreot. PayottorUlo H DENTISTRY. F. Q Tibbitta. E8IUENT DENTIST OOco In DylngtoD block. Payer '' U1 \ - DRUGGISTS. c X B. C. Hubbard, T-N IttjOGIST and APlPTOECAItY Proacrlp- D aoMarifuUyoiuipoundod. Baker block VajettevUlo. ____________ DeLnnoy Bartlott, I-NKUOOW i flreaerlpUoaj oompoundod V ) wlthcaro. Ojfiewse alree ParotteTlllo, GENERAL. MERCHANDISE. Snell & Smitn, D EALERS IN DRY OOODB. Flno Teaa. *c. \'• tm \jw u>->* Orooerloa> fayetterlllo. N T. J. H. Matnewe KALEB IN OENTS' FUBNISHINO \oooda. O^rocerloi. Smoking Oooda. io. j » \ rayottonllo. Nichols & Austin, G ENERAL MERCHANDISE and Ilardv are Dealers mrd Block. PayetterUle. N Y C H Jackson & Co., D E&LEItil to llardwaro Stores Tinware, io. Fayoturlllo. N. Y . Snook & Smith, T~\EALEKS la an antlct of tbo celeb rated X.J Carbondalp i »al Dol'vored tn any part Ottawa at Io »oar inarnoi ratea. Urdorsloftat Hoajr BroA store onimptly attended t o PHOTOGRAPHER. William Jaokson. l.t- •Doom . on»eoo»\ \«r of Baker Block. Jt\ fayett\'\'*\ Yl J Jdi W BLEE •vatohos, dooks and Jewelry eonttanUy uo band OTSpoolal attontloD (riven to nopal tin* dew In* Machine OU and Needles. l&Tl F.GTTIBBITTS, RESIDENT DENTIST. Kooms over Drua* Btore, two door* soutb oi the National una tW Absent occasionally Friday* tlookaordored aod mbwrtptiooa received tor fcrlodloals at oluU rates. Oroulatlnjr Library with latest works added continually, opoo to the yubllo generally. TUAVKLimS' DIUeCTOHY. ft, V. C. and n . u. a. n. Trslas depart from tho depot at Haoliuf Sta tion u follows: OOLHQ WSWT—(Syraou«>9^7« X. It.. 12^7,4^6, 10:17 r. M. QOIKO RaaT—tUtloa and other points) iit* A. liill. ^38 * *2ir. u. The 3^9 Istue Day Sxptw. tjfTb e Man LI us stare connects with trains tnarkod * Wes t Shore llallroad. m r o i n > i i co ucsass t Trains dopart from the depot near Manilas Center as follows Uomo WXtfT-<Syracu»e,0^4«A H.,I29,*&OA, P. u. OOIHO EAST—<Albany) BSD, io.1T* A. U . i^a, p u. t^TThe Manllus state oonneots with trains marked * Tbe Manllus Stage, 0 II White Prop'r. makes two trips dally tu tho stations on tbo N x* C and If 11. tC 1 U and H Y \V B. anJ U. lty H as follows Lea res Manllus 6:4* a u.. tfcOOp u., Fsyottc- vUloU&aV K., l^Or K. lioturalnx. loaves Manlltts Station a. u . &38 r. u^niyotterills 10A> A. M.. ifio r. H. »yraeo»e f Ontari o aod New York R.O. TnUos leave for Syraouse as follows. JUHUUK-1.«,fct V A. M, Ul&,6:Ur « FaraTTBvitaue').6.\ 9& A. U~. I 40.6 » p. a Oninjf south, trains leave as follows FATXTTXVILL I —7^1 A 13:18. 4.JW65 U I*. H. UA>UITS-&& 1 A. 4£6 \ 62 6 P u. Trains leave Syracuse for Farotterllle.Man- HUB and uther station* auutb.at U3) A a- oU,^l> a TbP Psynttevill** and Hrracuso statre. I'svld liunlu^ i rt>p r_ iimvus rayotU>v)ila at Vovluuk * a., and ruturnlng leaves Klngslo; HUUH ia dyracuflO. at 1SJU p H. CUUnil l OIUKCTUllV (*re«bf tcrlaa aXV C P. OSBOAjfX, tterricr* evory dundar *t tQJX) A sad TJu P. M- Sabbstb School at close of morning service Prayer Meotlajr Wednesday evenlng-s at 130 Heat* Froo. All are lorltod. Charrh » r the Imoianilai* Coareptlea. BCV jAtrxs oaaiLLT Services every Sabbath—Morning st tftdO Vespers at 6-K P. u- iVinfraternlty or the Sacred Heart Msry.aod Itonfratemlty ol tbo Heart J ecus, tmmodlatel) •tftor Buuuay inornlns •orrlcoa. Hetbo41il BsUcepal USV PBILOOOWLSS Servloos every Sabbath-Morning »t 10-33. Brenln>r at 730 Sunday Baboo) each Sunday at close of morn tng servcle. Class Mooting* on Sunday evonlng at 6DO soe Wednesday evening at TJu Ushers In attendance—a welcome to all. Daptlit Chareb. BETV A. C LTO«, LBDPPLT) Preaching at 1030 A. M* and 7:30 r M 8unday School at close of morning service O D. Ulanchard 8UPL Prayer and tJoQfcrenoe meeting Wednesdai evon'og. Ks>UrepaJ>»Trialiy nxv \j A omtAttg Sundsy Service at 1030 a H. and &.-00 Bundar School at 13 H DENTISTRY IN ALL IT8 ORANrnE3-ArilHtli\ rollsbl- and guaranteed Popular orlcee. Teetl. Rxtracted without pain. Per recti v ssfo aod j>!*>e*nn 1>T UK. M K. (iRAV. At hl» dental parlors, ro im 60 wietlne block. Syraeose. forner Hoqtb Haitna an«i w B t r etreiis. Take eloviiK r vo Water streot ttlde 89yl FRENCHVS nOTEL CITT HALL bUCABB. NEW VORR, Opposite City Hall and tbo Post office This Hotel la one <>f tbo most complete In Its appointments and furniture of AN Y HOUSE In Now York City aod !• conducted on the ntmoPiDAn X^XJAW Rooms only One Hollar per day Half min ute's walk from Qn>ok<yQ Bridge and Eleva ted IL IL All lines oi cars pans tbe doo*- Most convenient Hwti-I in New York foi Mer chants to stop at. Dining I looms. Cafes and Lunch Ceuntor replete wllb all tbo luxuries at moderate prices. HELP4 for working people. Bond 10 cents postago and wo will mall you frer a royal, valuable sample box of goods that will put you In the way of mak Ing mors tnou j y in a few day* than >nu ever though* possible at any bu^lnoa*. Capital nit requited. You oon live at home and work In spare time only, or all tbo ti me. All of both sexes of all ag-es, grandly sueoeasful. M cents to V> easily earned ovcry orcnlng. That all who want work may test tho business we make this unparalleled offer To all who are not well satlsQod we will send t\ to psy for the trouble of writing us. Full particulars, di rections, eUL. sent free. Immense pay abso lutely sure for allwho start at oooo. Don't delav. tAddree* annou £ Co. Portland- Maine, tfy! \Speaking of queer tblrun happening, and thtnff* that yon know bnve happened, bat which yon are afraid to tell any one abont because yon know you'll be laughed at and pooh poobed If you do, the queer eat that 1 ever knew was the vision that old BUI Sandusky bad a tew years ago, to eay nothing of tta extraordinary M * quel\ Tbe speaker was a veteran locomotive engineer, who had been talking of singu lar sights and Incidents he bad met with In bis long experience on tbe rails. \Bill Sandusky Is an engineer on the Philadelphia & Erie railroad, and has been for twenty-five yeara lie Uvea In Erie, and you rosy happen to run across him In some of your travels If you do, don't be afraid to ask him if what I am going to tell you Is true or not. In fact, I'd take it as e, favor If you should, for the chances are that you won't believe the story, and If you speak to him about It he'll make good every word I say, then you'll see at once that I kept right plumb on time to every fact on the schedule A better englnoer never grabbed a throttle than BUI Srndusky, and his word Is as good as a f 10-gold piece wherever he's known \Eight years or to ago a young fellow by the name of George Watklns got a Job as brakeman on tbe P & E. He was a stranger and no one knew where he came from He wasn't more than 20, but be looked older He had a very dark com plexion, and he was tall and lean His eye* were intensely black, and deop suoken He bad but little to ssy to any of his fellow trainmen tt came to be common remark among them that If at any time Watklns' peculiar eyes were fixed on tbem for a moment they under went curious variations of color, and that the person upon whom his gazo wss fixed experienced sensations which he foond It difOcnlt to describe, but which were re ferred to In a general way as 'uncomfort able ' Some of the men said that with Watklns' eyes on them they found It dlf flea It to keep their minds on their work, and some went so tar as to say that they con Id only remove themselves from the strange Influence of his presence by the exercise or all their will power Those who had beard of mesmerism decided that the stranger was possessed of poiver ful mesmeric Influence, and be was avoided by timid railroaders as much as possible. \It was plain from the bearing of Wat klns that ho was either a victim of some great trouble or haunted by unpleasant recollections, and also that he wns a man of education and Intelligence He per formed tbe bard work of a brakeman with faithfulness, and early attracted tho at tention of the superintendent \Watklns had boon on the rood about three months when Jimmy Green was killed. Jimmy was BUI Sandusky's flro man One day they were skimming along over a straight piece of road, not far from Kane, when both Bill and Jimmy saw a little child sitting on the track nut more than 100 feet ahead of them Dill made the old gtrl bowl for brakes, but there wasn't any more hope of stopping that train in that distance than there was of booming her along at two miles a minute. The young one uever moved nor seemed to notice the approach of the train. Jimmy Green drew himself through the car*, window a good deal quicker than I am telling yon, and ran out along the boiler to tbe pilot He dropped down flat, and, hanging over as far as he could, grabbed the child as the engine dashed on the spot where It sat He caught the little one, and scooped It clear off tho track. The child was saved, but Jimmy lost his bold in making the effort, and be fell across the ralL Poor Jimmy was dead before the trainmen got back to where he lay Well. BUI Sandusky was left without a fireman, and George Wat klns was taken from the brake wheel and promoted to the place that poor Jimmy had filled He got along with tb«* work from tho start. Just as if it came naturally to blm, bat BUI Sandusky said that tho whole atmosphere of tbe cab changed tbe minute Watklns set his foot in It \ 'Dod blame If BUI used to say—that was a pet expression of hla That cbapll hoodoo me yet. I feel so qoeer when be turns those sunken black eyes of his on me that I daresn't stand still under 'em, for If I did I believe I'd let my old engine pile riff he on through, no matter what happened. It that fireman gave the word. Unless he quits this rood I will, for If he runs with un* something Is bound to hap pen, and I won't bo able to help it' \Watklns had fired for BU) a month, and tbpn Bill weDt to the superintendent and told him that unless tbe new fireman was taken off he would have to quit tbe run himself but when asked what the charge against Watklns was Bill couldn't give any answer that had weight, for the fireman performed his dntles better than tbe best of them So tbe superintendent said he conldn't remove Watklns. \ 'Then, said BV1L 'my next trip on that train wUl be my last one ri) leave the road if I havo to ran with George Watklna* \The P and E. runs through some ter ribly wild country In nothwestern Penn sylvania. One of the wildest spots is west of Kane. The woods* are deep and un broken^ for miles, and a fellow passing through them feels as If be was out of the world. From the first trip that Wat- kins bad made wlih him, Dill noticed tbnt in going through this wild atretoh the fireman seemed to be seised with terror, and at times he would turn pale, and Bill frequently saw him orouoblng at the side of the cab and glaring wildly, but bis strange eyes seemed to be gazing into va cancy On tbo trip that BUI declared to be tbe last with Watklns, BUI had not been paying any attention to the fireman uutit they Q*d entered the wild piece of woods near Kane, and had run a mile or so through It Then BUI happened to turn bis eyes toward Watklns. Tho fire man stood against the side of the cab. His ryes were staring straight a t BUI, and Hill's eye mat the gato full. In stantly BlU said, ho felt a sort of numb sen-at I on run through him like a dash He tried to take hla eyes ftwa> from Wat- > kn> , but ho couldn't do it. Sense of the | fan that ho was on bis englno run- nln.- t»io express on the P and E rail road never left blm. but thoro he atO'xl entirely helpless to move his eyes away from Watklns Presently the Ore- man turned and looked off Into tbe wood* Without power to help it, BlU tump'i hla eyes In tbe same direction He BATB he iloesn't believe that Watklns saw or not ced him. or knew that he was held ondrr that strange Influence. A look of terror came to tho fireman's face as be gazr-d, and suddenly tho entire scene was changed aa Bill gazed. Instead of the deep Kane woods, the train was gliding through a delightful valley On one Bide was a lofty ridge of noticeable physical character; on tbe other side a level stretch of fertile farm land was bounded by a line of low woods. Presently the train passed a town—a beauttul village, with remarkable growths of willows where the site sloped down the river Sitting fat back In terraced grounds was an old homestead, to whlob a green lane, on either side of which were thick clumps ot willows, led from the main road. Be yond, rising above the trees, was a church spire As bill gazed on this transforma tion In amazement, an elderly man. astride of a large horse, rode down the lane toward the village As he was pass ing a clump of trees a tall man stepped out from behind a large willow and rais ing s rillo to his shoulder, fired at the rider Tbe old man tumbled from his horse The murderer fired twice into the prostrate body at bis victim, and then ran awny and disappeared In the roar ot the willows along the river BlU could not distinguish tbe features of either tbe murderer or his victim, but tbe horror of the scene aroused him He uttered a cry that startled the fireman from bis crouch ing position- He sprang for his lever He was about to reverse and call for brakes when tbe strange scene faded away, and tbe wild Pennsylvania woods once more stretched away on either side. M tn a second's time the fireman was himself again attending to his duties as cool as ever \ 'Wns thoro something on tbe trackr he askod, aa UUI dropped the signal cord. \It was some time before Bill con Id say anything, and then be told Waikins ot tho strange vision bo hod seen As ho de scribed It. tho fireman grew paler, and became greatly agitated When BlU came to tbe Bcene wbero tbe old man was murdered, Watklns was a picture of ter ror Ho threw up his bands and eh dotted ** 'Groat Oodt There Is no escape'' \With these words he sprang from the cab, and BID saw htm tumble out of Bight In the bushes Tho train was going thirty miles an hour [Jill brought her to a stop as soon as he could and backed down to where tbe fireman ba d jam pod off expecting to find him dea d or badly hurt Not a trace of Watklnn could be found except wheTo be bad fallen T>o woods were searched, bat the fireman hod disap peared Ot course. Bill's story the singular duv appearonre of Watklns, and tho mysterl one circumstances connected with It, cre ated a sensation along tbe rode for some time, bu t tbe matter was finally forgot ten A month afterward Bill went on his VBration- lie took a trip over Into Oh o. and one day read In a Cincinnati paper that a young man named Walters, who bad appeared In ono of tbo small Kentucky towns a month before, con teased to having killed his uncle *ix years before tn that village, and given himself up to Justice, was to be hanged for the crime. UUI could never explain why, but the moment be read tbo Item his fireman, Watklns, tbe murdor be bod seen In bis vision, and tbe fireman's disappearance, came loto his mind and connected them selves wltb this confessed murderer Wa l tera. Bill found that he could get to the Kentucky town In a few hours by rail, and be Jumped on the cars and started for | the place As the train approached the i place there was no need of the brakeman •Ml'lnc \a r.fttr.c fa r aa Bill tSaii dusky was concerned There were tbe valley (be river tbo bills, tbe sloping village tbe willows, the old hornet.tead the church spire, and tbo green lane that be bad Been In bis vision There was tbe clump of trees where tbo murderer stood and shot tbe horseoiau \BlU bad no trouble In obtaining a look at the condemned murderer Walters In his cell, and of rourse Walters wa« Bill's old fireman. George Watklns. Walters was bin right name lie hod shot bis uncle Ju*t a s BUI bad scon the tragedy that dar from his cab Tbe murderer was an eotirv stranger in the place He bad visited his uncle to txirrow some mojiey, which the old man bad declined to loan. That was t b e sole cause of the murder Walters tald he ha d struggled success fully for six years against come strange Influence that was constantly drawing htm bs< k txt tho nceno of the murder and to a c«u'e*slon, but, feeling that no human being know of his guilt, be had conquered the Influence He nover passed through the dark Kane woods, while firing for BUI, that tbo whole iceao of tbe tragedy was not forced before him, and the strange Influence was bard to combat. When tbe scene was revealed -so mysterl* ously to the engineer, tbe murderer be* lieved that the terrible secret was no longer his own. lie gave u p tbe struggle and went uoreilstlngly to his fate. He I was hanged throe days after Bill visited blm; but bow does any one explain that' queer vision of BlU'sf-Ne w York Sun. i A DETECTIVE CASE. Yes, sir, I call It my first ease, because It was tbe first of any Importance In which I was engaged, and because, thanks to the happy chance ot whlob I am going to tell you, it gave me a start la my career whlob I have never lost. It was one morning several winters ago when I was ordered by my chief to call on Mr , a diamond merchant who had reported a loss of diamonds worth 120,000 Further than that the house was In Soho, I need not give you any partlcu- lars of this gentleman's name or address 1 was then very young to be entrusted with so Important a case, but we were busy at the time, aod my chief was kind enough to express his faith In my ability I had not been ten minutes tn tbe bouse before I saw that I had before me a task of no little difficulty. The room in which I stood was oblong In shape. One end was occupied by a large window looking 00 the street Standing with your back to the window, on the right hand side, was a fireplace, on the left the door; be tween them stood a Large square table, abort which was the chandelier with four or five lights. Against the right hand wall some little distance from the fl replace stood a large safe facing Into the room. Bars one or two chairs there woa no other furniture In the room- It was from the safe that the diamonds In question had been stolen. But here was the puzzle—tbe safe bad been drilled open, a work which mutt have taken at least an hour and a half, and the room remained all night with tbe blinds drawn up aod the gas lighted, tn full view of the passer by la tbe street and of tbe policeman on beat who passed every half hour. There were two keys of the safe—one in the pos session of Mr — and tbe other belong ing to his son The custom was that the old gentleman left the office first and went home to bis place at Dulwtch, the two clerks left at 0 o'clock, aod the son was usually the last to leave, locking the safe and seeing that all was left in security Tbe other rooms in the house were let out as offices, but all tbe tenants left before 1 o'clock, and when Mr 's office was locked up the only occupants of tbe bouse were the caretaker and his wife who lived In the attic The robbery had been discovered by Mr — on bis arrival first at the office on tbe morning In question. He bad been followed by his clerks and his son tn the order named, and 1 found all four present when I reached tbo house On making Inquiries I found that Mr himself bad locked the safe on tbe previous even ing. Tbe clerks had goue a i usual at 6 and Mr having had to remain later than usual saw everything clear before bis departure. He and his son left to gether the father going home and the son going to dine with a friend, with whom he went to the theatre and at whose house he slept Tbe housekeeper had swept and cleaned the offices as usual and had finished work by 6 o'clock, at which boor Bbe and ber husband went upstairs to to their own rooms at the top of the houso They did not come down again that nlgbt and had beard no noise. 1 felt little difficulty aa to the entrance or exit of tho tbiet He might have en tered tbe house at any time on tbe pre vious afternoon and, as tbero was more than one unoccupied room In the bouse, have lAln perdu tilt It wai time to com menre operations, and as I found a win dow at the back of tbe bouse unfastened, 1 co Deluded he had made good bis escape through tbo yard and by way of a low wall Into an adjoining court. But how had he been able to work so long with out attracting attention from anyone' Tho street wns not a busy thor oughfare but therr mtut have been some Wd)faror». desp te i he fact that tbe nlgbt bad been an in«<<-meot one, and an 1 have euul n polttcn. passed every palf hour I tnade a enrrtm Inspection of the rooin, but foun I iioti.ui^ savo a piece of amber from the mouibplece of a pipe On looking at the walls I noticed at opposite sides of tbo room, high op near tbe cor nice two marks, as though nails bad been torn out of tbo plaster, but on pointing these out to Mr be could give me no Information. He bad never noticed tbem before, but they might be old marks tor oil be knew I then proceeded to make Inquiries, first as to the whereabouts of tho clerks on the night In question Mr had told me he had no suspicions as to their Integrity, but, of course. It was my business to make sure, and I found they were able to account fur their time quite satisfactorily The policeman who had boon on duty could not help me He bad passed each balf hour but had toon nott.U.ti MU&UI- clona A number of persons had passed up and down tbo street but he had only re cognized one man. a chemist who lived on an adjoining street Application to this gentleman elicited nothing further He bad passed down tbe street between 11 and 12 on his way home abO had looked In at tbe lighted window as usual, but there was certainly no one In tbe room tben I returned to headquarters to make my preliminary report and directed careful Inquiries to be made with a view to identify, if possible, any persons who were In tbe street throughout the nlghL Well, sir for two days I was at my wit's end All our endeavors proved fruitless and the more I turned tbe matter over the more helpless I felt On the third day I was passing through B street, and looked In to see my brother, who was laid up through aa ac cident He lodged In rooms over the shop of a bouso and sign painter who bad a small but fairly prosperous business On leaving blm I came down to the ahop to give some instructions to his landlord\ and whilst I was, tnl King to the latter be was called away for a few minutes. Amusing myself by Io iking about me, my eye was attracted by tbe rough sketch of a safe which was lying on tbe counter. Al though my head was full of safes, as you may suppose, I doubt if I should have looked twice at this one had It not been that tbe skoWb was an exact copy of tho safe In which I was so much Interested, and which. I should have explained, was of peculiar appearance In that It was much narrower in proportion to Its height than is customary On the painter** return I held up tbe sketch and asked him If he bad gone In fur a new Hue of busi ness. \Well. yon. «lr * bo sold, laughing, \that's a sketch I used In my Grat attempt at scene painting A young fellow tor whom I've done a little business came In the other day an 1 pursuaded me to paint him a scene for some private tneatrloala he was getting up. It rep re son ted the wall Ot an office and that sate stood in one? corner He was good to say that I BUO- ceeded very well and he told me after ward that it had given bun great Mtl*- faction,* Wj» Well, sir, the whole thins flatbed oamft In a moment M y gentleman had hangu p this drop scene in front of the safe, and the room then pre rented Us ordldary ap* pearance lo the street, wbl^t behind this inuentous screen be hud bean able to \work bis wicked will'' upon the safe at bis leisure. To cut a long story short, tho painter gave me such Information as en abled ms to put my band on this amateur actor, and he was In due course tried, con victed and punished, while we were able) to recover a large portion of the stolen diamonds, greatly to M r A 'B satisfac tion. I tblnk 1 a m right In saying, sir. that it li to chauce I owe my start In life, even If I may claim spms credit tor my subsequent sucoess,—Detroit Free Proas. When Andrew Jackson Wept, When Jaokson discovered that his cUrk had been a soldier l a the war of 1813 ha took pleasure In talking about the event* of that conflict. M r Baker says that tbe president would come In, elevate hi* feet to tbe desk, and Insist that all work should stop. \Let's talk about the war, Baker Quit work for to-day\ Then \Old Hickory\ would take a new clay pip* —be never used a pipe twice—and prepar ing a smoke would begin a narrative of hla adventures One day while thus en gaged tbe wife ot an official was an* nounced She was a tall, queenly woman of great beauty and social distinct Ion- She came to pis ad for her son, who had been an officer ID the nary, and who had led a mutiny In the Mediterranean and had been sentenced to death by hanging. Tho president only could pardon blm and thl* boon tbe poor mother asked Mr. Baker describes the scene as so terrible and af fecting that be can never forget It Lay ing aside his pipe, Jackson stood with hht back to the grate and beard the woman's piteous appeal and aaw her tears, \You had a mother,\ she sobbed, \For the aako of your own motber's memory pardon mf boy \ Bat the old warrior never flinched. He said calmly, \no. Mrs. —. lean not Interfere Your son must die \ Then the mother flung herself abjectly on tbe floor She begged and sobbed—all In vnln Finally the president requested her friends to take her away t When tho door closed tbe hero of New'Qrleana sab down, burled bis face In his hands and cried like a stricken child For balf an hour he sobbed, never saying a word Mr. Baker was also crying Finally Jackson raised bis bead and snatched up his pipe) 1 as If to smoke, changed bis mind and dashed tt on the hearth Tben be said \I can stand no more scenes like that. Baker. I That woman loves her son Hho will never j forgive me She will curse mo as cruol. ' And yet I do not dare interfere My Uodf J I wish 1 had nover been elected pmal- f dent'\ Then be wcot to bis room and re- I malned alone all day -<*or New York I Tribune Doardlng-Uousa Thirm imfltor* \Do you keep hoarding bo iw th ermom- I etem>~ BAI'I a young lad*'o a clerk turn harttwaie store reevntly ( \Certainly madamo,\ repliod the clerk, an d he produced tbo artiri,* roquet tod, u bit (> the lady iu»>k tuvl w»i,i away \ li.mr.ling hoUH t in rrnometers,* thought u r«*c '\tt-r wlw was prosent at the time -Wii it .n i*urt)i are they * and he aakfl the • • r if i>* would ex pi-i In the characteristic!! of u boarding house tbor- morneier \That lady uhora you sa w In here has a ' smaU couutry house a few miles from I Ne w York, where she has bo ardors during ' the summer She, of course puts adver- i Uaemonta In the daUy papers saying that [ her bouse Is coot, that there- uo musqaf' toes, etc This, of course, sho has t o prove* I so she procures one o f these boarding- house thermometers that are warranted I not t o register higher than 00 degrees on I the hottest day This she bangs In a prom- . Inent place In her houao When a hot day comes In the city every one want* t o get I out of town They visit one of the many , coon try houses said to Iw so cool, and ono ' of the first things they d o >• u> look at tbo j thermometer, which ihey find registering al*out Hfl They know that lu the city It ' was about iUntSU* and ura aAt1«fWl tha t | this is a cool house If people would not look at a thermometer on » hut day they would not feel half so warm \ t \How are these tbermomotcrs cou- I Btructed* \ \Just the same as the others are, but what abould really bo 00 degrees la only made t o l*e Bu degrees. Vuu would bo aurprliwd nt the number we sell. —New York Mull and Kxpress Dl*co»«ry of 'Gelatine\ I>ynamlt«. Mr AJrrcd Nobel, the lnvent.tr of dyna- I ml to and blasting gelatine, baa recently ( Introduced what-tu> tenrti gelatine dyjuv | mite, which combines and gives effect to tho qualities of the two groat explosives ' that go to form its name It has gono llt> tto farther than too test stage as yet, ba t accounts* of its use in mines, limestone) and granite quarries, tunnels, and col- lerica show that it bos advantages that tbo intelligent workman appreciates; that It docs tho workof dynamite in place* that cannot be well ventilated, and that it leaves so little of an offensive smell that miners can go in almost immediately, feel DO bad effects, and go on with their work. Owner o r Daniel W«b*t*r*» Arm-Chalr. The late Horatio Seymour was the owner of Denlel Webster's arm-chair. His fire place was set wltb tUea taken from tbo hearthstone ot John Jay
