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al)c itljntljam Hcrorfr. t , if. . LONDOA, EDITOR AND PROPBrETOR. BATES cu' ADVERTISING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly In Advance. Ono square, one insertion .00 , One squire, two inscrtious. ... 1.50 Oue .square, ono month 2.M j Fur l.irjri r n.l vir t isviiit:ntn liberal ."OIllliK'lH Wld 1 1(1 1 1 1 II ' 1 1. VOL XIX. ITnSIi()lt(),CIIATIIAM COUNTY, X. C THURSDAY, JUNK 21, 1807. no. a i ii i.r'rc tiiutfwy" ii ' -si V r: ti . - mil i l ' 1 i,,.. v 1 11' If ffl 111 ' I : PihH MA V-KOTO. 1,1 I II A PT I'.lt X VI (Continual.) TIlO lllW.VCI' pailSetl. ".IiiIiii Sand, a clerk t I'rutt it Weeks', really was my informant about Weeks' proposed vit-ll 1o my mint. How did you lind that out? ' cried Stuart, in HUiprise. " I lie .voting mini luM mo himself. Ho Iiuh obtained a In Hit situation, iiml left 1'ralt A' Weeks. In short, lolin Sand has become my own clerk, ' replied 1 ho lawyer. "In support of your story, I shall produce Sand as a witness at tint trial. "Ami ynu think I will toll tho doliber nlo falsehood, cunning an it Is, which you have rum lol in my liolinlf. No, hi', I will not Ii'1; my innocence must lio established without a resort to such u ruse, ' said Stuart, resolutely. " You iiro mail. You must ho guided liy mo, or .ynu will In- oiuiviotoil of this terrible crime," said tlio nttornoy, Mt-rnly. "My iniioei iieo must ho proved with out falsehood ami deception," reiterated Stuaii. At, tluil moiiii'iit a turnkey oponod tlio iliuii' ol' l lio roll, anil ailmittoil Edna, ( iarrixoii. S ii Ik ii t . she liail lioaul tlio con versa -tion which lunl just passed hot worn Slonrl ni.il tlio lawyor. Edna w.is l-lij;tit ! with tlio plausible ami ingenious defense invoiitoil by tlio lawyor. anil lio.o sprang up in liur heart IIS site listened. Stuail's pie-Hive refusal to SIIVO him self, or to attoinpt to ilo mo, liy moans i.f (ho story pmposod liy his nttornoy, ilaslioil all ot labia's hopes to tlio ground. I'ut she was 1 1 1 1 in i i ii ' 1 that Stuart ehoiild yiolil. Ho was iniiin'oiil, ami she believed tliat any moans should lio re sorted to t i prove him ho. "Yos; ho must till tin' lawyor's story," mid I'.ilua, menially. Ami thoii at a signal l ii m i In r lli" turiikoy ailmittoil hor to tho roll. Stuart was Mirprisoil at Edna's sudden out i am i', an. I uiio glance at hor pale iiml anxious faro assured him that sho lunl hoard nil hi tho ronvorsiit ion whioli lunl just takoii place between himself ami tho attmtioy. "You horo, Edna!" ho cried, taking hor hiiinl. "Yos. Ami I liavo l.oon a listouor nt tlio iliuii-. Oh, Stuart, If miii aro lost I shall ill.'. Will you kill mo? Will you lu'oak my bean.' You must oousont to loll tho stmy yiuir attorney has pro posed," said Edna. yet, dospiio In'!' ontroatios, Stuart VI. III. I lint Vil'l.l III lilMt. I'.ilua lunl rosolvoil to ooniiior his oli jootlons, ami sho porsisto'l. Sho loll at, his loot ami in tours lio Hou;;lit him to save himself for hor sake. "If ynu ivl'iiso you ilo not lovo mo, iiml I sliall ilio!" hlic erioil wil.lly, ciir ri.'il away ly omul ion ami oxeitoineiit, Sliuirl was onniiiorei by tho tears of the woman ho I. .veil. Ilo folded her in his arms, mid whilo bin iiohlo fnoo paled, ho said at last: "I consent. I will loll tho story in vented for mo by our nood friend, Mr. Say brook. " Such was tho altornev's iiamo. r..lna believed that her victory would hiio Stuart, ami sho rejoiced ncoord itiKly. Saybrook was delighted. "Nov.', then, 1 can work with some boiiit. I will confess though, that pub lic sentiment is naiinl you, Mr. liar land, and ti e issue is still uncertain," ho said. Then ho loll the lovers In the coll, very well pleased with the result of tho interview, and withdrew from the prison. II M'l l ll XVII. 'Ilio 1 1 i t 1 1 1 following tho evening on which 1'a Moil had resolved to mrest hevl KreilK'o, tho "shadow" who had followed the janitor since ho bociimo an object of suspicion, trucked his mail to his hoarding house. According to iimtriietions which hi) had prev ioiisly received from l'axton, the "shadow" leiuained on the watch before Kroilno's boarding; house. I'rosi'iitly, as had been nrriinsod, tho dotoctivo made his appearance. l'HNton had come to arrest Kreilo. Ilo ro'iii'iled the capture of the Janitor lis so very important that ho did not care to delegate tho task to uny of his sub ordinates. The detective's assistant informed him that Kreilge had entered tho house, and without ilelny he rinijj tho bell. In answer to the detective's summons the landlady opened the door, and when questioned, informed him that Kredgo was in his room. Thanks to his previous visit, l'axton know the loi ation of the Janitor's room, mid ho ran up to it without n moment's delay. The door of Uri'do's room opened at tlio detective's touch, but Levi Kivdjjo was not in his apartment. I'axtoii recoiled as hu saw that tho room was empty. Ho feared that tho bird had taken tho iihirm, and Mown. IbirtiitK down stairs, ho qucstionod tho landlady lipilll, but ho soon satlslled himself that sho was ignorant of KredKo'tt llinht, if IIIkIiI it was. A tcmulo domestic was called by tho landlady, und this woman stated that Ki'ed'o had hastily left tho house by a rear route a few minutes previously. l'nxton's fears wero realized. I.ovi Krodo had, so to say, slipped through bis lingers. Ho searched the house merely as an ordinary precaution to guard against de ception on the part of his informant. No truce of Kredgo was discovered. l'axton upbraided himself, saying: "Why did I delay; I ought to liavo ar rostcd him lonu ago." Half an hour later tho dctootivo had returned to his office, and some, of his shrewdest ami most successful auxiliar ies woro instructed to seek for Krodgo. lint for the time, at least, no trace of the fugitive was found. Vain was every effort to trace him. Judith was shadowed, and all other pre cautiona which suggested themselves to tlio detective were taken, but without result. Meanwhile, Stuart Harland's trial commenced. The case attracted the greatest atten tion, but a detailed report of tho pro ceedings need not be given hero. Suf fice it to say, that it soon became evi dent that there was little hope of Stuart llailand's acquittal. Jmleod, it seemed that lie was doomed lo bo convicted of tho terrible crime of which ho was un justly accused. Tlio explanation which the lawyor had composed for him, whereby ho account ed for his secret journey on tho night of tho murder, ami his statement; regard ing the exchange of overcoats, did not Hoeiu to make a favorable impression on tin- Jury. To Kdna Garrison the days of Stuart llailand's trial were an years of agony and suspense. On the evening before tho last day of Stuart llarlaud's trial, l'axton, Mr. Say brook, the lawyor, and Kichard Staii inoro were assembled at. the olllco of the attorney, discussing the prospects of the accused. "My only hope now is in the difiogroe ment of the jury," said the attorney, at tho conolusl. n of the conversation which took place between himself and his guests. The same night Marian Oakhurn, who had at tended the trial from day to day and listened to all the proceedings with deepest interest, paced her room a prey to agony mid remorse. It seemed that the poor girl was light ing a desperate battle with herself that i onion. ling emotions struggled for the mastery in her heart. At last she knelt beside hor couch as though sho hud resolved to supplicate tho guidance of a wiser power than that of earth, and when she arose her fea tures were transformed. They wero ni l ant with delight of a new resolution. "My decision is taken," she Maid in self-eoinmunloii. "To-morrow .1 will tell the whole truth, I will save Stuart llarlaml. Had I dreamed that an inno cent man's lite was to bo imperiled, had I caught, but a glimpse of the future, how different would my course have boon. Hut, thank providence, it is not too Into yet," she said. That night Marian Oakhurn slept, sweetly for she had resolved to throw aside the burden which had weighed heavily upon her ml ml and heart since the night of her father's murdor. Judith Kredgo still continued lo play the part of a spy on .Marlon, mid sho hud not relaxed her vigilaiion. That night she stood with tier ear to the key-hole, while Marion uiueonscious ly uttered her thoughts aloud. Sho hoard the resolution which the young girl had made, and she trembled with excitement as she listened. As she stole away from tho door when sho had hoard Marion retire, .1 mi it li Kredgo muttered: "She moans lo confess. Sho will save Harland. She will tell how I have wrung hor money from her, ami l shall bo compelled to ret urn it. I must see Levi." She crept out of tho house. The night was entirely dark, and if any emissary ol the detective was on the watch, ho failed to see .luifith Kredgo take her departure. She knew where Levi was in hiding, and she reached Ins retreat in safety.. Judith related lo Levi what sho had overheard that ulglit wnilo slio listened at Marion's door. "So she would save Harbind. That don't suit me. 1 want him convicted. That done, I am safe. They don't hang two men for tho same crime. Ami h sides, he used mo like a dog, ilid that llarlaml," said Levi. "I'll tell you what is to be done," Ju dilh said. Then she lowered her voice as though she feared sho might possibly bo over hoard by s .mo concealed lisU-ner, and made some statement ich seemed to startle Levi. They continued to convolve earnestly for some moments, and then, when Judith was almut to go, Levi said, in a resolute way: "It shull bo done to-night." When l.ovl found himself alone aft Judith had loft him, ho stealthily made his wav to a resort whore ho knew ho could always Iiml desperate, dangerous men, who would undertake almost any thing for money. This night whereof we are writing was to 1'axtiNi almost u sloupless one. Ho relleotod ami considered regarding the various developments which his re searches had evolved. Since the life of an innocent man wins now in positive peril, he did not moan to be deterred Iron doing his duty liy any consideration whatsoever. He believed it was his duty to cause Marion Oakbiirn tn explain her conduct. mid since she luul declined to do this voluntarily, 1'axtoii that night deter mined that she slumtd explain, or he would arrest her. At an early hour in the morning he visited Marion's home, ami Judith Kredgo admitted him. "1 wish to see Miss Oukburn," said l'axton. "Very well; I will tell her," auswered Judith, and sho started up the stairs. "I will go up with you and remain outside the young lady's room until she appears," said l'axton, and ho ascended with Judith. The woman knocked at Murion'sdoor, but as there Was no answer, she opened the door and entered. A moment later she turned to the de tective. "Marion Oakhurn has run away!" sho cried. "Wh'it! Marion fled? Impossible!" "It Is true, sir. She returned as usual; now her room Is empty. I know she is not in the house." l'axton pushed his way Into Marion's room and found that tho girl lie sought was not there. Judith followed l'axton into the apart ment, ami she said, as sho glanced about it: "She must have suddenly resolved up on Might, for sho has not taken her clothing. Nothing, except the garment she wore, is missing." l'axton regarded Judith with a sus picious, boarchlug glance. The woman seemed ill at ease, ho noted. Having satisfied himself that Marion was not in 1 lio house, l'axton left it ami repaired to his oflice, where ho found Stanmore awaiting his appearance. "Well, Marion Oakhurn has disap peared," said the detective. "Disappeared!" exclaimed Stanmore. "Yes." "Explain." In a few words raxtoii told his friend and employer why ho had determined upon Marlon's arrest. Ilo had proceeded thus far, when Stanmore interrupted him. "lint Marion Oakburu is innocent. Heavens! You would not subject her to the disgrace of an arrest?" Stanmore said. "A human life is ut state. I have re solved dial she should explain hor con duct or I would Hurely arrest her. You surely do not lueiui to ask mo to stand idly by, and see an innocent man con victed while there is a chaiico to suvo him? Y'ou ounnot mean to usk to do that?" Stanmore was about to speak, but l'axton continued. "If she is Innocent it will do her n harm to tell the truth." "That is true." "Then why is she silent?' "I cannot tell." "That is what I mount she slionl.l ex plain." Then l'axton went on to tell of his visit to Marion Oakburn's homo, and of tlio discoveries ho had made there. "It seems that she has Hod, and yet there is u doubt in my mind," he said in conclusion. "What! You think it possible that she did not leave, of her own free will?" "Yes." "Then you mean she may have boon abducted?" "That Is my idea. It is possible that tho safety of the real assassin or assas sins demands Marion Oakham's disap pearance." "I am sure you will loaru when the truth is known tiiat Marion has not vol untarily loft her home. Hut I am in the dark as to how her absence can save the guilty." "So at present I am. But Marion must bo found." "Yos, yes. At any cost she must bo found rescued. I have a premonition that she is ill peril. Her very life may bo endangered. Everything must give way to tlio quest for Marion. Spare no expense. My purse is open lo pay any sum you may require," Stiiniinro said, excitedly. ".Marlon Oakhurn shall be found and the mystery of her disappearance sol veil. Itul I seem to be doomed to disappoint ment at every stop in this case, and it may require time to locate the missing Ki'l." A few moments later l'axton hurried from his oflice. He had resolved to try a ruse. In a very brief space of time, ho stood before Judith Kredgo. Tho woman had oponod tlio door at his ring, and sho seemed frightened at Ids appearance. l'axton clutched her linn and said, sternly: "I've found you out," and ho produced a pair of handcuffs, as he added: "Tell mo what you have done with Marion Oakburu, or I'll march you to prison." Judith Kredgo trembled from head to foot, and she Involuntarily made an effi rt to free herself from the detective' g,rusp. Tho attempt was useless, f'llAI'TKK Will. Judith Kredgo ceased to struggle al most instuntly, for she comprehended that she was powerless to contend with the detective. "I don't know what you inenii. 1 don't understand, lioloaso me, I say!" she cried, while her venomous eye Hashed with the light, of rage. "You know what has become of Ma rion Oakhurn. Toll mo whore to Had her, or as I have said I shall place you under arrest, and take you to prison." "It's a lie! I know nothing of Marion Oakburu," retorted Judith. She was regaining her composure, and she had instantly decided upon the course she would pursue in dealing with the detective. She hod resolved to lie delimit. l'axton rend in the expression of her hardened, cruel face that she had de termined upon silence at any cost, ami ho comprehended that his ruse hud failed. The detective, hud not estimated Ju dith Kredge's character quite correctly. She wa a woman of more force and res olution than he hud supposed, though ho had given her credit, for cunning and iinscrupulousiioss. Tho detective, of course had no au thority to arrest Judith, ami compre hending: that it was useless to waste words with In r, ho suddenly released her ami turned to go. Ho paused in the door, and said in mi intense voice: "I give you ono warning, Judith Kredgo: If Marion Oakhurn is harmed in any way, you shall suffer. Hour my words, and so inform your confeder ates." Judith's answer was a mocking laugh. l'axton closed the door behind him with a spiteful bang, mid ran down tho slops to tho street. lie had not walked a block when ho came face to face witli a man, at the sight of whom he started ami involun tarily recoiled, while his hand dropped upon the butt of a pistol in Ids hip pocket. In 'lie man whom ho had thus unex pectedly confronted l'lixton recognized one Saul Hod. Ion, a desperate burglar and safe-blower whom he had hunted down and sent to prison for a term of years. In open court, at tho time of his con viction and sentence to imprisonment, Saul Hodden had vowed that if he lived to regain his liberty, ho would have his revenge that ho would kill l'axtou on sight. The detective romemlM'ed the des perado's oath, and ho believed that tlio wreteh would not hesitate to attack him. l'axton did not moan to be taken at a dlsadvautuh". ami ho was rvadv to draw his pistid at tho llrst hostile movement on the part of the other. 1 axton the detective! exclaimed Saul Hodden. "Yes, you have recognized me; hut bo warned, Saul Hod. Ion, 1 am on my guard, and 1 have not forgotten your threut," answered tho detective. He knew Hodden s time hud expired. and that he had been legally discharged from prison; therefore, ho could not at tempt his arrest. I axton expected every moment that the ex-convict would hurl himself upon li tin . Hut he dlil not do so. Instead, the desperado extended his hand iu a friendly manner, and he said: "I lake, back my threat, Paxton; I moan you no harm, and there's my hand on ii if you'll take it." l'axton knew Hint there were reasons w hy tho ex-eonviot should feel grateful to line, but ho hud not supposed tho des perado capable of entertaining uily of the liner feelings of humanity. Tho detective gave Saul Jleddeu a searching h ok. The other met his gaze squarely, end Taxlon shook hands with him. "I swore lo kill you, l'axton, mid I meant II at the time. Hut my wife has told mo since I came out of prison, how she and the little ono, tho buby that was born w hile I was in Ilio 'jug,' were starv ing, dying of misery and want, when you found them in tins attic whore they lay deserted by all mankind; you saved my wife and the baby, l'axton, und, crim inal though I have boon, I've got human feelings in my heart. I'll never forget, what you did for those helpless olios, and if you can put me in the way of doin you it gool turn, I'm your man. And mark you, I'm on the square nrw, and I moan to bo honest. I did a heap of thinking in tho prison, mid I don't want my little boy to grow up nml lind out that his father is a criminal." Thus spoke Saul Hodden. There was a sort of rude eloquence in his words and manner Hint carried con viction with them. l'axton was sure that the man was perfectly sincere in all lie said. He knew that previously to the time of j his imprisonment Hodden had been fa- miliar with all the resorts of the metro politan bandits, and an idoasuil'lonly oii- I ton d his niim I, that if this man would ; consent to serve him, ho might succeed ; where his most skillful auxiliaries had I met only with failure. I "It is possible you can lio mo a great j favor, and at the si time prolit your- 1 self. Come with me to my olllco, and I j will explain my moaning. Hodden hesitated. "If it Is in the way of betraying old friends, old pals of other days, it's no use for mo to go with you. I can't sell out them as you know used to bo hand and glove with me. I've slu oU them, one and all, but I can't turn Judas," he said, resolutely. "It Is not that. Yoo misapprehend mo. Come with mo, and permit mo to ex plain," answered l'axton. Hodden followed the detective as ho moved forward thus speaking. "All right, II' it's anything I can do without betraying old friends," ho said. l'axton did not reply until his olllco was reached, ami he knew there was no possibility of being overheard by any one who might make adverse use of his coiilideiice. Thou ho said: "You have heard of John Oakburn's murder. Very good. I want to tin. I the assassin, whom I suspect is hiding in the city. He is u novice in crime, un known to tho police, and therefore a stranger to you. Will you help mo? You can go unquestioned into secret haunts of the dangerous classes where my men or myself could never pene trate. Through you the cowardly slay er of a poor old man mny bo brought to justice." "I don't like the work, but I want to prove my gratitude to you and I'll un dertake it," answered Saul Hodden after a moment of reflection. "It's a bargain!" cried l'lixton, and ho reached his hand acro.-s the table and pros-sod that of the i'X-eonviet. Then ho gave his new ally a minute description of the man whom ho believed to bo John Oakburn's murderer. That, sumo day the cx-eonviet began his task of exploring the slums of the great city ill quest of the assassin. i'ortlllio seemed to have liiMU'ed him in tho undertaking beyond anything l'axton had hoped, ami tho light of a new day had not dawned before ho re ported to tho detective that ho believed lie had stumbled upon the supposed assassin's hiding place at the very out set. "He is In the don of an old female fence' a receiver of stolon properly and at this hour we shall lind no one in the place but the hag who is the keeper of the place, mid our man," said Hodden, in conclusion. l'axton was elated. He hurriedly provided himself with a disguise, and when all his preparations woro completed he said to his new as sistant: "Lead (lie way. I am determined to arrest the assassin without delay. Wo will go alone, as I do not wish to awaken the suspicion of our game, which there would be great risk of doing were we accompanied by a force." "liighl. Tho people in the locality into which I am about to lead you are suspicious, and most of them aro in league with the old fence . whosocustoin rrs they sometimes are. A force would surely arouse suspicion. W. rd of our approach would surely be passed to tlio old woman before we arrived, and wo would have our trouble lor our pains," said Hodden. Then l'n.xton and the latter hastened from the oflice. I'rom tho description which Hodden had given him of the female fence's se cret guest, l'axtou did not doubt that ho was really tho man ho had so long una vailing! v undertaken to capture. The dotoctivo believed that success was now almost w ithin his gra- p. Ho would liesilate at no daiigei now. Tho house of the female fence was soon reached. Saul Hodden rapped on the ibmr in a peculiar way. mid after sliding a panel, through whii h she saw the ox-convict, tlio old female admitted the dotcclhc ami his companion. Hodden vouched for the detective. "It's ail right, tJamar; only lleddeii and a friend!" called out the old woman, mid thereupon the interior door opened mid a man eamo forth. Hospito the fa 't that, ho was slightly disguised, the detective recognized tlio man whom lie believed to be John Oak burn's assassin. "I'p with your hands! you are my prisoner." Hut even ns the dotoctivo spoke, the stranger bounded backward through the door, and a- l'axton leveled his pistol ut his vanishing form, a young girl sud denly appeared ill the place left vacant on Hiethroshh dd. At tho sight of the girl whoso unex pectedly confronted him, l'axlon reeled , back as though he believed he beheld an apparition. The girl in the door was Marian Oak burn! Only for a seooml did l'axton lose his presence of mind. Then ho dashed forward to prevent tho escape of tho mail who had disapouivd, but .Marion barred his wuy. A pistol appeared In her hand, and as she leveled the deadly weapon full at the detective, she cried in ringing tone,,; "Halt, or I lire! Hack for your life!' Jto he cominkuJ HIS CLOCK OF FLOWERS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER VVILL HAVE A LARCE FLORAL TIMEPIECE. It i for I lie Man. hint Oil .Mammtc'H Conn tr Sent I'lnnl Whose UIiwmoiiik Opi'ii unit I'lusf Ki unho ly ut i iluln Hour ' lo lie I'kciI A Novelty ill Tills Country. .L.liii . Kookefoller, the multi-millionaire Standard Oil magnate, is to have, it is reported, on extriRiriliniiry lloial noveltv o:i the. e-rnunils of Ids f ointiy seat on the Hudson, near Tar rylown. Tlio wonder bilked of is to bo ,i dock, made entirely of growing llow ei's, and it will toll the time, of the day w ii li niuc'ii lic. ui iicy. The lloial clock is Ilio suggestion of M.s. Rockefeller, v it !i w hom botany is more than a mere la l, lor she has for many years been an earnest student of ti n ieultii-v, and i-i an authority itii pl.iut.-i. It is said Hint before she was married to Mr. ltockefollcr, and whilo t'nit gentleman was yet a bookkeeper, slio was a teacher of bolanv. There lias never boon a lloritl clock planted iu tliiscountry, lint the Unron css ISunlott-Coutts Int-) ono and so did the Jbiko of Westminister, ami they were a source of pleasure to the owners lind their guests. The one that is expoo-t.-il will bo seen up I'm American Hhine w ill bo of home design mid the Mowers used w ill bo for the most part those that grow wild about Tun iown. There are si:ly seven varieties of flowers that have certain hours for opening; and closing their petals. Away buck in a misty ago (lowers were the timepieces of the poor, who had no other way of tolling the time. The white lily, now as tin n, opens at 7 n. in. nml closes at o p. in., and in tho country districts is called the "dav lily." The design for Mr. llockefeller's clock, it is said, has just been com ploti'd by mi Ohio landscape gar dener, ttlio Inn selected the common yellow dandelion to represent the littmls. Those (lowers open at 5.!I0 II. 111. Illld close ill about S.oOp. lit., a. id the hands will point to the ar rangement of ilowers representing those figures. For other parts of the ipiccr timepiece the gardener has sug gested a large number out of the many froai which n selection may be made, and Mrs. Koekel'ellcr will decide w hich these shall bo. Tho yellow goat's board will bo used for one, It grows in the inemlows everywhere, ami in tho poor districts of Scotliiml the schools which cannot have clock:; are dismissed by it. For the 2 p. m. How r the hawksoed lias boon suggested as the best, an it closes at that hour to the minute. Then the snow thistle, all common to tho meadow, closes, its little white Ibnvcral exactly 1 p. m, Tho best Jl n. in. plant is from the pasture and is culled the sow thistle. It opi ns at 5 a. m. ami begins to close at 11, but is not completely closed before noon. Tin) wiib t lily r.'ol sovcv.il other mentbi !':; of tin: l:'y family are cele brated for the ca. .Moss with which they 0)1011 an I close each day, and there arc a number of Mowers, common I i the every day -sight that may bo made to do duty in tin; eonti iieti in of the novelty th: is to contribute to the plcasuii; of Mr. Uoekel'ellcr and his friends. From n distance the clock will have the appearance of n llowci' bed. but no one will on close inspeciioti mistake it for anything other tiir-u what ii is. That those no' familiar with tlio h'tlnts of the Mowers may anticipate the pretty timekeepers in their duty iiu oilcloth book, written iii indelible ink, will probably be placed i '.ongsido the clock, so that those v. ho watch may inform themselves. New YoiL World. restiti-l'lllis I 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 CllatK. John W. Husk, o- Heliport, X. C, writes to the New York Sum l cg-u'dine; the bulValo gnat : "I think that, us a n::tie of North Carolina w oiil-l say, the entomologists have not 'met up' with the giwit in question; possibly it is not distributed over a large area of the country. I met the gnats several years :i 'o in Arkan sas, on the hotrohi lauds of the St. 1'iancis Hiver, a:ol think they woro the greatest day pest lev or saw. In s-h-ipo they resemble u buiValo some what ; hence the linino. 'J hey do not bite or sting their victims. They have a disagreeable habit i f Hying from the ground ami striking one iu tho face, lint the chief trouble is that, they crawl into the mouth, nostrils nml the ears ami deposit their eggs, which hatch iu aciy : -hoi I time. The larva cat away the i:n lubraiu s, causing death to largo numbers of stock of all kinds, and of many game animals. "The planters on the St. Francis set old logsalire in the woods for smoke to protect slock, which will eagerly rush to the smudge mid stand in it to get riil of the pest. "On one occasion I us kindling a lire to keep oft' gnats, when a largo buck door came rushing to the smoke and stood iu it. not hooding my pres ence. In a few minutes n dock of w iM turkeys and also tour or live wild hogs came for protect ion. It is not an un common sight t see a mule before tho plow, trudging along w it h :i bucket con taining u smudge hanging from its nock. The mule w ill keep its nose over the smoke ns much as possible. Tlio gnat cannot stand smoke." An I noil.' iillnii.il lu.ult. A London exquisite -iu America ho would bo called:; dude had gone into a West 1'jid restaurant, ami was far from pleased with the. way in which hid order was tilled. "Do yon call that a vfs! cutlet?" iio d. -man. led of the waiter. "Why, K.ich a cutlet us that is an intuit ! every self-respcctim!; call iul!:e lb Uish Um pire." The waiter hung "f i head lor n mo ment, lull recovered himself, aiol sui I, in a tone of ro-pectial .-.po!.r;y: "f really didn't inb'i.ii t- niMlil yet:, tur." fSpiire JlomcuU. AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. l ine M I Ki ll lor Onion. Tho roller is indispensable for pro curing onion ground cither for seeil or sets. That with a shallow- cultiva tion to the depth of trto'inchos will liuike a better seed bod than will deeper tillage. If the soil is ina.lo friable deep down the onion may grow largo, but it will likely bo thick nocked and grow a crop of scullions. Jloston Cultivator. IVn- I'm- I'iiiii' Soil- There is no better way to fertilize poor laud than to sow it with pcie, using phosphate of lime to furnish tho mineral fertility Hint this crop requires to perfect the ceed. It is not nitrogen which the pea cop most Heeds other than what the pea roots supply by dis integrating air in the soil and liberat ing its nitrogen. Hut to form the grain both limn ami phosphate are re-piircd. With these supplied th" soil will i;io'. richer every year. j l-lkli-MHlve I'miiing. F. J. Kinny, the Worcester garden, or mid fruit grower, does not believe in much pruning for trees. t a recent horticultural meeting he cilc I the in stance of a neighbor who had ii (inj orchard but who had hi trees trimmed, with the result that his crop of apples has sinco materially del criorated both in quality and quantity, lie thought it was an admitted fact that you could remove a very largo limb from a Iron without injuring the growth of the whole tree. The best orchards he knew of wore those t lint had been trimmed the least, but which were well fertilized. Farm Now s. Some llo.val III 1. There is a mmi li ing in Florida who can rightfully boast of royal M 1 coursing through bis veins. A. J. Mtirat, of Apahichicola. Fla , is the aristocrat, and he has some very high family connections, lie is a great-great-grandson of Marshal Murat, Napoleon's famous general, who after ward became King of Naples. He is the great-great-licphew of four kings Napoleon, Louis of Holland. Joseph, King of Spain, mid Jerome of West phalia. He is a third cousin of Louis Napoleon and grout-great-grandson of Napoleon's mother, w ho died iu S.T(i, the year he was born. Mr. Murat is a man of about sixty years of age, mid oue of the quietest, most unassuming men imaginable. Atlanta Constitu tion. . Till- Kent roultry House I'Iikii The subject of Moors for poultry houses has been discussed more then almost any other point about poultry buildings. The best authorities are now nearly agreed that earth is the best Moor that can be made if it in properly prepared. The reason for this is that earth is in th- first place a good disinfectant mid deodorizer, mid for this reason adapted to this purpose, and iu the second place, such a Moor can be renewed at only the cost of the labor used iu replacing it. The best Moor is made of hard parked clay, cov ered with two inches of loose garden mould. The land on which the poultry house, stands should be drained iu .such a manner us to carry oil' surplus moisture readily and prevent flooding by the hardest rains. This can best bo ac complished hy lilting iu until the Moor of the poultry house is six inches high or than the surrounding surface. The tilling should be clay, if it can be got, und iu uny event it should bo slightly damped und pounded down firmly and allowed to dry beforeeing'" but to use. Then cover with two inches of garden soil or dust as dry as is convenient. As soon as there is any foul odor about the house this coat of loose soil should be removed and a new one put in. In the summer months this must be done aliont twice a month, but in tho winter It longer time may elapse, provided tho soil is ruked over and the droppings mixed in it once a week. The soil that is taken out is oue of the best fertiliz ers about, the farm, a:id may be used, on Riu'don crops with great benefit. Tho objoetioii to a hoard Moor is that it becomes saturated with the drop pings, and not only olVensiv e, but dan gerous as a breeder of disease. A board Moor is a good breeding place for vermin, while one of earth acts os u preventive in a great measure, the dust arising from the floor acting us an in secticide. Farmer's Voice. lhlvilKCN in Willie Pine. The report which Secretary Wilson has sent to Congress, in ivspose to Seiiaior Chandler's resolution, is im portant. It comes from the Chief of the Forestry Diwsion, ami while it at tempts no sensation, it ihows that the climax iu the annual cutting of white pine nnd other coniferous timber, like spruce und hemlock, in this country is near ut hand. The limber will -still be obtainable in great quantities, espo ciallg with Canada's aid, for scores of years; but it can be supplied only for a few yours more in the prodigious annual amounts hitherto furnished. It appears that in the last quarter of u century, or since 17:1, there have I been cut in Michigan, Wisconsin ami Minnesota nlone. 1..4,(lllt.im,(H0 feet, j board measure, besides H;l,lll(0.00f,iM)ll shingles, mid in the hist three-fourths of that period about --J0i. 000, 000, (HM feet, taking the whole country together. New York and l'euiisylviiniu have, next to the three States just mentioned, largo quantities of standing coniferous tim ber. iitiiI the amount left in the North ern States is estimated nt about 100, 000,000,0011 foot, or half us much in Inn been cut since about 187S in the whole country. Canu la is another re source, with about .'17,000,000,000 feet of white pine. The Senate's inquiry was w iso, ami while the answer has uecessaiily been imperfect and only approximate, it should yet serve to confirm the deter mination to prot 'ft the forest s. - New York Wuu. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. ItrlKlifi'iiiiiK 11 furpi-t. When a carpet comes to be lanl afresh, the colors are apt to look some what dingy und certainly not so bright as was expected. To remedy this use a pailful of warm water containing two or three tuhlespooiifuls of household it i it moii i it and a soft fluum-l und two soft cloths for rubbing the carpet dry after it has been washed with the first, (laiinol mid water. This treatment will, when the carpet is quite dry, bo found to give a most effectual renova tion. Hut it must bo reiiioinbi ii'd that certain greens will not bear ammonia-, in siioh cases clear warm water will freshen and help the carpet very much. New York Sun. - I-N'imrini; 4'lioi-olale. In preparing chocolate rt paslo should tlrst be inuile. The proportion in making chocolate is one square of chocolate to one tublcspnolifill of hot wider. This is stirred smooth in the double boiler, dialing dish, or what ever utensil is used for making it. and then the milk or milk und water a ided. The proportion of half water to the chocolate makes it more digesti ble. Allow ono cup or one-half pint of liquid to the square of chocolate. The water is first added to the paste nml well cooked. There is nut, the oiliness to the chocolate, and it is much more delicate if the milk is not cooked lifter being poured in, but merely allowed to become thoroughly hot. No scum arises on the chocolate when the paste is Mist made. The paste is convenient. It can be made uud kept on hand, pneked in a small nun vessel, for two or throe days, uud used when desired. The choco late should bo well beaten with an egg boater, the dish being placed on the buck of tho range if convenient, liefore serving. To give additional nourish ment the white or the volk ol mi egg, well beaten, can be stirred into the chocolate. New York Times. Tin- Choice- of I'loor Con-rlm;. For hoiisew ives of moderate means with one servant, living in u small house or apartments, rooms can be kept clean with less labor if the Moors or margins of them are stained and the centre covered with u rug, which can bo lifted every few weeks and taken to the yard or r nml shaken and thoroughly brushed. A good Smyrna rug will stand hard wear for ion years longer than tho best carpet will present a respectable appearance. For bedrooms, whether for city or country, it 1ms long jbeen coiicodoil that matting is tho best, cheapest and most, sanitary and artistic substitute, t lood matting will give satisfaction for three years if turned once during that time and wiped once a mouth with u cloth wrung out of warm water con taining a little soda. Jt is more than possible, however, t!.. r matting, which has so long held the Mold, will be superseded by a com paratively new- material called "Moor tiiire." It is as lloxible as the best Chinese matting, is neat und unob trusive iu design, comes in many soft colors, und can be sewed together atnl bound like carpet. It tonus one of the best backgrounds for rug, and, it is said, will be largely u-ed for dadoes a t well as for ceilings, l'i.r ha'iiuioel., Moor and piazza en- liioti'. it is c ml, durable and unrivalled limn a:i p o il of view. New York Join mil Steweil Cherries Wash half a pOUlld of pitted clll llii s, ti. I, let l ,i souk all night; coveting thin Willi cold water; ill the inoi uiiig put mi I i cook, and when iicuilv tci b i ,i I I io.o tcil.-llpful of granulated - it i . I. I no nier until the juice is i n h ; m-i ,- c d l llice Omelet - One t - u - - 1 1 , 1 1 of boiled rice, u pinch of salt, Ibrc- i i t- beaten separately and lio n t 1 1 1 i . and four tublc-pooiiluN of mill. ; h.t . your skillet hot, with im-lied but;. . , pour the omelet in; as .o.ui as o Iuikviis fold and serve ill once oil a let platter. Uye llrcakfast Cuke- ( bio colieeciip f ill rye flour, one cupful w heat ll.nir, two teasjiooiil'uls baking powder, half tcaspoonful of salt, half a cupful mo lasses, one cupful of sweet milk. Sill Hour and yeast powder twice, then add the salt, milk und molasses; boat light and put iu n groused pun; bake iu a hot oven thirty minutes. Picnic llis'-niis Dissolve a half cake of compressed yeast iu one cupful ol thin cream, mid two eupfuls of warmed Monr mid beat very thoroughly. I'ut in a warm place until well risen, then add sufficient Hour to make a very soft dough; divide into portions; roll each portion to about one-half inch thick ness. Spread one sheet of dough with chopped tigs or raisins ver with the other; cut into biscuits of fancy shapes; allow them to rise until very light, then bake. Maple Sugar Drops- Maple sugar drops arc made by melting u pound ol maple sugar with a cup of water und boiling the water until it is a creamy ball. Let it cool when the syni roaches this stage, nnd when you can boar your linger iu it begin stirring it. When it is about bio consistency of lard, knead it on a marble board or n platter until it is mi even, smooth fon dant. Molt it by letting the bowl in a pan of boiling water, and drop ii by the spoonful on buttered tins. lbiiseil Biscuits Half u pint l tepid water, half a pint of milk (hike warm), one teaspoonful of sugar, bail a teaspoouful of salt, one tablespoon, ful of melted butter, onc-quurt-r of h yeast cake dissolved in two-thirds of n cupful of tepid water, throe pints t Hour; sift the Hour, aid salt, sugai ami yeast. Then gradually beat iu tin water ami milk. It will liuike n rst i :1 batter, and should be beaten t -n mbi utes hard; let rise over night; in tin1 morning roll out and at with biscuit cutter; let rise olio Ik ir iu the paui uud biiko.