; ISSUED TWIOE-A-WEEK?WEDNESDAY AND PHIDAT. l. m. grist * sons, publishers. j % ^amitg jforspagfl: Jfor ? rnigno suspect tuuir x wuuiu ueotruj' iu Mr. Barnes handed both papers to him without a word. Mr. Mitchel bowed as be took them and returned to his seat. After a moment's careful examination be handed them back, saying: "I agree with you, Mr. Barnes. The writing is the same. What deduction do you draw from that fact?" "What deduction? Why, I found this description of the stolen jewels in the pocket of a dress belonging to Rose Mitchel." "What? Do you mean to say that she was the woman who was robbed?" The blank amazement upon Mr. Mitchel's face disconcerted Mr. Barnes, for if he did not know this, the mystery seemed deeper than ever. "Do you mean that you did not know it?" asked Mr. Barnes. "How should I know?" This caused a silence. Both men stopped a moment to consider the situation. At length Mr. Barnes 6aid coldly: "Mr. Mitchel, I am under the painful nnaoLoitn nf r?1nr>int? mn nnrlpr nrrpet " UVLVOU1 VJ V4 J v v* v?uv. w.vwv. "Upon what charge?" "Upon the charge of having stolen jewels, and perhaps of having murdered Rose Mitchel." "Are you in a hurry to take me with you?" asked Mr. Mitchel coolly. "Why do you ask?" "Because if not I should like to ask you one or two questions." "You may do so. " "First, then, as the robbery was committed on a moving train, will you tell me how you supposed it to have been accomplished, since the passengers were searched?" Mr. Barneshad his own idea Dn this subject, which he did not choose to tell. He thought it well, however, to nretend that he had still another theory. At least he could observe how Mr Mitcliel received it. "As you say, all were searched. The Srst was Air. Thauret. Nothing was found. Let us suppose a case. This man rhauret was in the same carriage with the woman Rose Mitchel. When the train stopped at New Haven, suppose that he took the satchel, left the train and passed it to you through the window of your section, thinking that only tiis carriage would be searched. After his own examination he left the train at Stamford. Why may he not have tapped upon your window and have received back the satchel?" "That would make him my accomplice. You are wrong. I do not know the man at all " "Yon admitted having met him when Miss Dora Remsen introduced him to you." "Ouceonly?at a gamingtable. That is why I was displeased to see him in the home of my intended. Passing the robbery, then?for despite my denial you i may think your explanation correct, and a jury might agree with you?let us come to the murder. Do you suppose a man would make a wager to commit a crime and then go to the extreme of j killing a woman?" "I do not But, having committed i the robbery,' and then having discovered that this woman, who, you say, has i blackmailed you, bad actually taken an apartment in tne same nuucung wiui your affianced, you may have gone there \ to urge her to leave and have killed her k to save yourself." "Plainly you do not know ma There is one point in what'you say which is interesting. Did I understand that this woman had an apartment in the Thirtieth street building?" "Certainly, and you knew it" "You are mistaken. Let us return to the jewels. You think that these are the missing gems. If I prove to the con- , trary, will you agree not to place me under arrest?" "With pleasure," said the detective, feeling safe in the idea that what Mr. Mitchel offered to do was an impossibility. "Thank you I That gives me my freedom, in exchange for which courtesy I promise you all the assistance in my power in finding the murderer." Say- ( ing which, Mr. Mitchel touched an elec- > trie button, and when it was answeied " sent a message up stairs asking Mr. Charles to come down. In a few mo- { ments that gentleman appeared. "Mr. Charles," said Mr. Mitchel, "would it be possible for me to enter these vaults without vour knowledge?" "It would be impossible for any oue to enter here without my knowledge," said Mr. Charles. "You keep my key, do you not?" "Yes.Bir." * ( "Have I ever taken it out of this building?" "No, sir." "Then you think it impossible that I should have been able to have a duplicate key and to have entered here without your knowledge?" "An utter impossibility, sir." i "Can you remember when I was here last?" . 1 "Certainly. It was about two weeks ago, when you told me that you were going to Boston." "Thank you very much, Mr: Charles. That is all" Mr. Charles retired and 1 Mr. Mitchel looked at Mr. Barnes with 1 a smile, saying: ' "You see you are wrong again. The , jewels were stolen yesterday morning, and I have not been to this place since, ' and therefore could not have placed 1 them in this box. Are you satisfied?" "No. If you wtre able to commit the j robbery on the tram while i watchea your section all night, and to have succeeded in getting the jewels away al- 1 though you were searched, you are in- 1 genious enough to have found a way of 1 getting here without the knowledge of Mr. Charles. Or, he may be paid to lie * for you. I feel too sure that these are ' the gems to be so readily convinced to ' the contrary." "So you did watch me that night, i Well, I am sorry you had so much trou- i ble. I must give you further proof? ] Very good. Examine these." He took I out a package of letters and from them i extracted a bill of sale, dated five years i previous, in which was once more an i accurate description of the jewels and s case. In addition there was pinned to it ] a receipt from the New York custom j house for the duties paid, which paper ( was also dated back. This was evidence which Mr. Barnes could not refuta | Plainly this particular set of jewels be- < longed tc Mr. Mitchel. I "That is sufficient It would be folly i to arrest you when you could show those j documents to any judge and be released. ( At the same time I shall not forget the coincidence of these two lists, and that one of the button." "By the way, Mr. Barnes, would you mind saying where you found that button?" : "In the room where the woman was murdered." 1 "No wonder you valued it I am sur- < prised that you should have presented it to Miss Remsen." There was a twinkle < in Mr. Mitchel's eye which annoyed Mr. t Barnes, but he made no reply. Mr. i Mitchel continued: i "In consideration of your not placing me under arrest, Mr. Barnes, I will { give you a hint. I made that wager s with my friend Randolph yesterday s morning?rnai is 10 say, uec. a. i nave i until Jan. 2 to commit the crime about i which the bet was made. Should you f come to the conclusion that I am not t guilty of either of those now engaging ] your attention it might enter your head ] that I still have a crime on hand, and t it might pay you to watch me. Do you i catch the idea?" i "There is little danger of your com- t mitting any crime during the next i month without my knowing it," said ? YT iui. uaiuuo. s "Now ]et us change the subject Do \ you see this ruby?" taking a large ruby \ from the case before them. "I am { thiukiug of having it set as a present to ( Miss I^emsen. Will she not be envied t when she wears it?" \ t TO BE CONTINUED. I pisccUitnmts fkading. A MAN AND A BROTHER. By Artemue Ward. Artemus Ward is dead and gone, but his pleasant, genial humor lives after him to keep his memory fresh. Here is a bit of fun and philosophy from his pen. It was written in England : I was sitting in the bar, quietly smokin a frugal pipe, when two middle, aged and stern-lookin females and a young and pretty female suddenly entered the room. They were accompanied by two umbrellers and a Negro gentleman. ijt-v r?J 4 ? JJ? on "iso you ieei lur iuc uuwuiruuucu s said one of the females, a thin-faced and sharp-voiced person in green spectacles. "Do I feel for it?" answered the lan'lord, in a puzzled voice?"do I feel for it ?" "Yes, for the oppressed, the benited ?" "Inasmuch as to which ?" said the lan'lord. "You see this man ?" said the female, pintin her umbreller at the Negro gentleman. "Yes, marm, I see him." "Yes!" said the female, raising her voice to au exceeding high pitch, "you see him, and he's your brother !" "No, I'm uarned if he is !" said the lan'lord, hastily retreatin to his beer casks. "And yours!" shouted the excited female, addressin me. "He is also your brother." "No, I think not, marm," I pleasantly replied. "The nearest we come to that color in our fam'ly was the case of my brother John. He had the janders for sev'ral years, but they finallv left him. I am hanDV to state that at the present time be hasn't a solitary jander." "Look at this man ?" screamed the female. I looked at bim. He was an ablebodied, well-dressed, comfortablelooking Negro. He looked as though he might heave three or four good meals into bim without a murmur. "Look at the downtrodden man !" cried the female. "Who trod on him?" I inquired. "Villians! despots!" "Well," said the lan'lord, "why don't you go to the w.llins about it? Why do you come here tellin us niggers is our brothers, and brandi&hin your umbrellers round like a lot of lunytics? You're wuss than the sperrit-rappers." "Have you," said the middle-aged female No. 2, who was a quieter sort of person, "have you no sentiment? bo poetry in your soul?no love for the beautiful ? Dost never go into tbe green fields to cull the beautiful flowers?" , UI not only never dost," said the lan'lord, in an angry voice, "but I'll bet you five pounds you can't bring a man as dares say I durst ?" "The little birds," continued the female, "dost not love to gaze onto them." "I would I were a bird, that I might By to thou 1" I humorously sung, casting a 9weet glance at the pretty young woman. "Don't you look in that way at my lawter," said female No. 1, in a violent voice ; "you are old enough to be ber father." "Twas an innocent look, dear madim," I softly Baid. "You behold in me an emblem of innocence and purity. In fact, I start for Rome by the first train tomorrow to sit as a model to a celebrated artist who is ibout to sculp a statue to be called Sweet Innocence. Do you s'pose a sculper would send for me for that purpose onless he knowed I was over~ ft rv.-u 1.^ ^ aowin witn innocence r nuu imu^s ;rror about me." "It is my opinion," said the leadin' female, "that you're a scoffer and a wretch! Your mind is in wusser aeclouded state than the poor Negroes we are seekin to aid. You are a groper n the dark cellar of sin, O sinful nan ! " 'There is a sparkling fount, Come, O come and drink.' No ; ^ou will not come and drink." "Yes, he will," said the lan'lord, "if you'll treat. Jest try him." "As for you," said the enraged fenale to the lan'lord, "you're a degradid bein, too low and wulgar to talk to." "This is the sparklin fount for me, lear sister !" cried the lan'lord, drawin' mddrinkina mug of beer. Having Jttered which goak, he gave a low, umbline larf. and relapst into silence. "My colored fren," I said to the Nejro kindly, "what is it all about ?" He ;aid they were tryin to raise money to lend missionaries to the Southern states in America to preach to the /ast number of Negroes recently made ree there. He said they were without -he gospel. They are without tracts. 1 [said, "My fren, this is aseris matter. [ admire you for trying to help the ace to which you belong, and far be t from me to say anything again carrying the gospel among the blacks of .he South. Let them go to them by ' ill means. But I happen to iudividu- l illy know that there are some thousands of liberated blacks in the South ] .vho are starvin. I don't blame any>ody fer this, but it is a very sad fact. I Snmo opa rpnllv tnn ill to work, some I jan't get work to do, and others are i .00 foolish to see any necessity for 1 vorkin. I was down there last win- 1 .er, and I observed that this class had 1 jlenty of preachin for their souls, but i skurce any vittles for their stummux. I Now, if it is proposed to send flour I and bacon along with the gospel, the I idea is really an excellent one. If on t tother hand it is proposed to send I preachin alone, all I can say is that it is i a hard case for the niggers. If you i expect a colored person to get deeply i interested in a tract when his stum- i mnolr is pmntv vou exnect too much." I I gave the Negro as much as I could ' afford, and the kindhearted lan'lord I did the same. I said, "Farewell, my I colored fren, I wish you well, certain- I ly. You are now as free a9 the eagle. ( Be like him and soar. But don't attempt to convert a Ethiopian person while his stummuck yearns for vittles. And you, ladies?I hope you are ready to help the poor and unfortunate at ' home, as you seem to be to help the < poor, unfortunate abroad." < When they bad gone, the lan'lord | said, "Come into the garden, Ward." . And we went and pulled some carrots for dinner. WAS PARADISE AT THE NORTH POLE? 1 In an interesting and highly in- j structive article, Edward S. Martin, i T a^iaoI U/\ma Taii n 1 Ill LUC utiuuci uauico liuujQ uuuiuoi, * reviews the numerous theories ad- i vanced by scientists in the endeavor i to solve the perplexing problem as to < the exact location of the site of the Garden of Eden. After sifting the i theories the writer concludes that the ? question is no nearer answered than it i was 2,000 years ago, and that there ] are no present indications that the i matter will ever be definitely settled i by any man. To one of the latest and I most ingenious theories Mr. Martin thus refers: The North pole will i seem, at first thought, to the average 1 investigator the most unlikely site on ? earth for Paradise to have occupied. I Nevertheless, several thoughtful and 1 sober books and pamphlets have been, i written in support of the North Pole's i pretensions. The North Pole nowa- ? days is bitter cold, but it has not < always been so. Geologists tell us that the earth was excessively hot, when it first began its course?much , too hot to admit of the presence of any living creatures, except, perhaps, a salamander. As it grew cooler vegetation began on it, and then it began to be peopled, first with fishes, and then with birds and beasts; finally with man. The first spot on earth to get cool enough to use was the North Pole. In the process of time it got too cold, but there must have been a long , period when the polar region was the most comfortable part of the world. | During this period, many eminent , geologists believe, there existed around | the North Pole a continent now submerged, and that on that continent, our progenitors were comfortable in' j their first home. It is known, with entire certainty that the polar region was once warm enough for tropical | vegetation to grow there. There was light enough also, for such vegetation? abundant light, indeed, for all uses, ( and plenty for primeval man. Geology tells us that man might have lived | at the North Pole. WHERE DO OUR BIRDS WINTER? The robin in winter is sometimes - seen in the latitude of St. Louis. He j goes southward as far as into Eastern | Mexico. I Sometimes the meadow lark may he < seen in Northern Illinois during the j cold weather; but he is very plentiful t then in the Southern States. Long { before severe frosts come, the orioles ? and bobolinks hie them south, and do ] not return until the grass and leaves { are expanding. Blackbirds also throng ( the Southern States, and some of them { go as far as the table lands of Mexico. | Of that numerous family, the warb- { lers, the black-throated blue warbler s winters in Florida, while the yellow- ? throat and the palm warbler have , been found to winter in Southern t Illinois. t The catbird goes as far south as t Panama and Cuba, and the mocking t bird stays largely in the Southern ? States, although it sometimes goes to the Antilles and the Bahamas during the winter. The swallows are to be found in 1 Florida and the purple martins in * Mexico ; the ruby-throat flies among ^ the orange groves of Florida, while the f whippoorwill may be found as far south > as Guatemala. 6 The thrashers and wrens do not go * no f?r south as some of the other birds. c The wood thrush winters in Guatemala, 8 the hermit thrush along the gulf coast, t and the cuckoo passes to the highlands 1 of Mexico. c The rose-breasted grosbeak visits & Cuba, the indigo bunting reaches 0 Southern Mexico, the golden plover 8 flies as far as Patagonia, while* the ? upland plover makes itself at home 8 in Brazil or Peru. 8 The more brilliant the plumage of a bird, the further south it migrates, and even those birds which are the e most resident?like the jay, the grouse, j and the quail?move in winter to a 0 milder climate.?Golden Days. v b Five Poisons In the Cigarette.? n To be healthy, the cigarette must be s thrown away, says Prof. Laflin. It is k yery injurious, and sure death to the si person who smokes it habitually, v Why ? Tobacco in any form is bad ; n but in a cigarette there are five pois- 6 ons, while in a good cigar there is only ii one. In a cigarette there is the oil in c the paper, the oil of nicotine, saltpetre w to preserve the tobacco, opium to L make it mild, and the oil in the flavor- t< ing. The trouble with the cigarette is ii the inhaling of the smoke. If you blow a mouth full of smoke through a handkerchief it will leave a brown jtaiu. Inhale the smoke, and blow it through the nostril, and no stain will appear. The oil and poisons remain in the head or body. Cigarettes create a thirst for strong drink ; and there should be anti-cigarette societies, as 'here are temperance societies, reachers ought to watch and see that their pupils do not smoke. In 1879 there were 900,000 cigarettes manufac- _ tured. Last year there were 1,*200,300,000. Sulphur.?The value of sulphur in throat difficulties is but little known among families, though most physicians prescribe it in some form. An ordinary sore throat will be relieved )y a gargle of sulphur and water; one ablespoonful to a glass of water, and jsed frequently. In our own family lour of sulphur is always kept ready for use, and at the appearance of irri- , :ation and cankered spots, a gargle ia riven or the powder is blown through i paper tube directly into the throat. \.t different times we have seen the throat trouble relieved before the pby- 1 jician could arrive, by the simple use jfthis valuable remedy. It is said that tbe burning sulphur n a case of genuine diphtheria is a mre cure; but a throat specialist tells is that this is not practicable, as the patient has so much difficulty in brcathng, that the fumes of sulphur are nore likely to strangle the sufferer ;han relieve the disease. Th? snmo is true of tar. tumentine ind the various remedies which have reen circulated through the papers so much of late. A sore throat is do trivial thing, and no time should be ost in the matter. If, after discoverng it in a child, it does not improve n a few hours1 time after the use of sulphur, send for a reliable physician without further delay. Foe Tipplers to Ponder.?An eye-opener" generally reveals a bloodshot eye. No man drinks to please his wife. An qld coat is usually found on an old drinker. . A jag of whisky costs more than a jag of wood. A thick tongue and a thin purse are often the property of the same man. When liquor goes into the stomach, love goes out of the heart. When the saloon men all stand up before the bar of God, no one will say : 'Well, gentlemen, what will you have ?" When "sweet 16" calls for her first glass of wine, the devil will be there to pull the cork. A most diabolical masb? sour mash. Hell's national flower?the rum blossom. The key to perdition?whiskey. "Set 'em up"?headstones lor the Irunkards. It takes some time to age whisky, but it does not take long to age the man. Treatment of ACute Rheumarism.?For external applications in icute articular rheumatism, there are none more efficacious than mustard poultices. The use of these should be commenced at once, as soon as the joints become painful. If only a small lumber are affected, poultices can be tpplied to each simultaneously, or in mccessiou until all are treated. When lew joints become involved, renewed ipplicutions are demanded ; in fact, the lisease should be "chased" from one iffected portion to another. The wnltiees m&v be aDDlied twice dailv. ind after their use the inflamed joints ihould be wrapped in dry cotton wool, ind then bandaged neatly and lightly vith flannel. Some authors claim that t hese coverings are useless, but all who lave suffered from the disease can estify that exposure of the joints, even o the warm air of the sick room, iggravates the pain. ' V&F Some of the new women, under he leadership of Elizabeth Cady Stanon, have gotten out a Woman's Bible, rhey have eliminated every passage hat bad in it any real or fancied teachng contrary to their views of woman's phere. They have revised the listory of the creation and of the fall f mankind so as to make woman the uperior of man and to acquit Eve of he charge preferred against her brough so many ages of being conerned in the downfall of man. They lave laid irreverent bands upon many >ther portions of the Word of Truth ,nd marred the perfectness of the Holy Scriptures for many personal reasons nd self-aggrandizement. Bob Ingeroll would blush at their blasphemies. Luck and Labor.?If the boy who xclaims, "Just my luck !" was truthul, he would say, "Just my laziness!" r "my inattention!" Mr. Cobden /rote proverbs about "Luck and Lanr " If. tvnnlH hfi well for bovs to jemorize them : Luck is waiting for omething to turn up. Labor, with een eyes and strong will, will turn up omething. Luck lies in bed and ,-ishes the postman would bring him ews of a legacy. Labor turns out at o'clock, and with busy pen or ringig hammer lays the foundation of ompetence. Luck whines. Labor rhistles. Luck relies on chances. ,abor on character. Luck slips down ) indigence. Labor strides upward to idependence.