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SI)c tCljailjnm ttecorfc. . A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPJETOR TEREIS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR St.ictly in Advance. f II I'l l It XXI.- riiiillniii-il. I Tin' I rulli wns Fnxton's assistant had rappetl upon , , mill lie iili'iw noa there. When 1 1 i ci'il woman hnd unlocked the door, l'axlon opened it, and as ho was iil.i'itl ! i'iivi lii miUI, mockingly: "(ioml evening, Mrs. Kitty, 1 trust iiii will liud your accounts all right." Anil turning In tin1 iniiii In' added: "Much obliged to .vim, my friend, for your kindly intention of plunging your kiiifi' inio my hack, Hit 1'vi' a constitu lional prejudice against such liitlo pleas antries." Tin" n-xl moment the door dosed be hind I'nxton, mid In- ami hit assistant hurried aay. ' liclVul. defeat, mulling lint defeat!" muttered tlx- doiectivo disconsolately. Itut vtln-ii lle-v were at a safedistaiico, lie iii-li'il il In- i" mi r ado: "In tlir name of all mniiilani' wonders, how came you t.i discover that my dis (HiiM' was h iii'linti il" "There is a window in tin- side of the loom lark nf tin1 om in which you were, W In ii llii'iiiil woman went Into tln rear rnniii I was at I lif w billow , and through mi 'iiin in tin' liliud I saw her tell the man ulm was t ln-i". something. -T"H'' sprang up, and drawing his knife, .Plaited lor I In door. Though 1 couldn't hear a wool. I knew well enough that the did woman had discovered you were not Craw h y, and told the man, w ho, act ing upon I in- impulse of the moment, meant to attack you. "As the man sprang forward, the old woman caught his arm and spoke tnhlin, mi I knew she objected to an immediate or piei'ipitate ittiui'k. "J glided to the window at which you were scaled beside the desk, and tele graphed you when I saw tin' wietch stealing behind you with his knife drawn." . Thus l'atiin's assistant explained. "V.011 saved my life, " answered Pax- ton, eai nest ly. and 1 ntinued: "It is disheartening to liud that all my care mid lalnir in perfecting the disguise, in denting this eharacler, is Inst. I begin 1o think tiiat in this en-e an adverse fate shadows my every step; I am at least expel ieiicing a run of ill-lin k." As he s iiKO the detective paused un der a street lump, and producing the let ter w hich he had loiiinl in the house from which he had just escaped, h" told his companion how he came hy it. and then proceeded to read it. The leiler ran as follows: "Miik. Kins: If anything should oc cur to make you think the girl is not hate with you", get her to Malvin's. Your friend, 1.. K." "I,. K., Levi Krulge. This is too good to he true. I recognize the rascally janitor's handwriting. Kredge wrote this Hole, I am sure of that. Hy the girl he means Marion Oakluini. Since she is no longer ut Mrs. Kitts', I suspect she has heeu sent to Malvin's, in accordance, w ith the janitor's instruc tions. ' Thus sai'l l'axlon: "'Malvin's! Malvin's!" muttered his i oinrade, rcllect ingly. "Ihiyoii know tlie place?" asked Pax toll. "The name sounds familiar." "liansack your memory. Try and re collect if you have any knowledge of the party called Mah in." Pa.xton's companion was silent for u moment, and then he exclaimed: "1 linvc it! 1 know where Malvin is. This confirms a suspicion of mine." "Kxpluin. Wlin is this Malvin? Where docs he dwell?" "He is a man lately from my native city. Philadelphia, who was formerly a criminal, lie was said to have reform ed, and he came to New York. "1 haven't heard his name in a long time until the other day, when I chanced to see it on a hail-Loud ill the Criminal Coin t. 1 asked some questions, and learned that Malvin was in the hahit of going hail for criminals. It is my sus picion tiiat he is still secretly leugucd with I he dangerous characters of this and other cities. He lives in Harlem, Nil. S street." "tioo.l. This is most fortunate. My disguise may serve me well after nil. Now 1 remeiiilier when I called at Ajax Crawley's oflice I found a letter on Ids desk addressed to Wilkes Malvin, Hnr lem, t'Ul I do not recollect the street and lilimher," said I'nxton. "Wilkes Malvin is our man," answered the other. "Then Ajax Crawley has business with ldm or he would not have addressed him a letter. No time like the present. I'll visit this Malvin as Ajax Crawley," con tinued I'axton. The two dele.-tives took a ear to Har lem, and soon reached the residence of the man they now believed to bo in league with Levi Kredge. After giving Ids associate some In structions I'axton rang the bell, and he was admitted to Malvin's house. ruxton's assistant experienced somo misgivings as he saw the door close he hind his principal. Malvin himself admitted I'nxton, nnd, deceived l.y his perfect disguise, ushered him into tlie house, addressing him as Ajax Crawley. the man led the way to an interior apartment, and, opening the door, dis closed an assemblage of half a dozen men. At one glance V.'ixton recognized them as desperate men, well known to the police, but who managed to keep beyond the reach of the law. Among the selected company tho de tective saw Levi kredge. the janitor. I'axton was well uwino that every man in Hie loom hated and feared him. ami it was an experience to try his nerves as he was ushered into the midst of this company of foes, for he knew that every moment he was among them was rraught with deadly peril. Meanwhile, concealed without, the de tective's nueut watched and waited, but as the time went by and I'axton's stay in the house was unreasonably pro longed he became anxious, ami ho iald to Uinisclf: i VOL XIX. , On ri"J I'll, onujra c )-? . "f nn It lie that they have led him into some trap?" Kven as he thus reflected he heard the sound of somo commotion in the house. CIlAVlT.H XMI. When Malvin ushered I'nxton Into tho apartment where half a dozen men, In cluding the janitor, Levi Ivrcdgi), were assembled, he introduced the detective to the company as his lawyer, Mr. Ajax Crawley. Tim Introduction vmn mutually ac knowledged in a most goutli'uiaiily way. Then Malvin drew I'axton aside, and while the others resumed the conversa tion, which had been interrupted by the entrance of the disguised detective, Malvin said: "I expected you would drop mo n line to-day." "I wroto yon. Strange if you did not receive mv letter," answered I'axton. ' Well, I did not receive it. Hut tell me, how about Andrews' case?" I'axton felt that he was 111 deep water, hut he knew that if he hesitated he was betrayed, and so he promptly replied: "I think we shall tx it nil light, pro rata." Malvin regarded tin-detective with a look of amazement. I'axton comprehended that he must have made a mistake in this answer. "What has so completely changed your opinion? Iiidn't you tell mo there was no possibility of getting thn sen tence commuted?" the other asked. The detective saw his wny again. He replied: "Yes. Unt since 1 saw you I've made the acquaintance of a lucid politician who is n power with the authorities, and he has promise! to use his influence to secure the clemency of the law for An drews. Heyoiul the posse romitatus is our hope." lie had not forgotten Crawley's fond ness for using law F.atin terms, whether correctly or otherwise, "This is good news. You are a trump, Crnwley. Yon have taken a weight oil' my mind. Andrews might have made some ugly disclosures If we did not help him cheat the hangman.'' "I thought you were anxious about the matter, for in my note 1 told you to call at my otllce to-day. I had an idea my letter might have failed to reach you." "I should have been to tho oflice if I had heard from you," nnswered Malvin. At that moment a colored waiter an nounced soppcr, and MiiIvmi p !: "You have dropped in just in nine. 1 am gl ing a supper to a few of my select friends. There will be plenty to drink. Will you join us at the table?" "Certainly; I am not non compos mentis. When was 1 ever known t. de cline Mich an offer?" Thus answered the pretended lawyer, nnd his host conducted him and his olhcr guests into a spacious dining room at the other end of the hall upon which the si reet door opened. The table was resplendent with silver and cut-glass. At ouch plat" several bottles of wine had been placed, and upon an elabor ately carved sideboard there wns n col lection of stronger liquor of nil kinds. As the coni any was becoming seated at the table, a colored woman entered and whispered to Malvin. hat the woman said the detective did not hear, although he was on th-.. alert and tried to catch her words. Jlut he heard Malvin's answer: "Let her malic all the noiso she chooses, she cannot be heard beyond, the walls of the house." I'axton smiled. "1 was right in thinking 1 should liud Marion Oakham here. She is the female captive who must be imprisoned, here," he thought. He knew, however, that there was a possibility that he was mistaken in the identity or tlie tomato captive. "I'll llnd out the truth before the night is over. Everything Is working to suit me, and this supper invitation lias given me an idea. I'll personate the character of Ajax Crawley to h.i letter, and get stupidly intoxicated, in appearance. They will be obliged to stow me awny somewhere to sleep off my drunk, nnd thus 1 may gaiji an op portunity to search the house." Thus I'axton reflected. He acted his part perfectly. As Ajax Crawley nuturally would have done, under similar circuniptnucies, 1'iixton drank, or, what amounted to tin- same thing, seemed to drink very freely. l'inally, after passing through the various stnges of intoxication with all the skill ot a veteran impersonator of such characters, he fell across the table in a well-feigned drunken stupor. "Hero, Dun nnd William, put this sot to bed," ordered Malvin. A '.couple of burly colored men re sponded to Malvin's call, nnd, lifting the detective between them, in a by no means gentle manner, they carried him up stairs and deposited him on a bd iv. a little hall sleeping-room, and left, him. Tho detective had heard Malvin and his companions express theirdetermtna tion to "nuiko a night of It," ami he knew, therefore, that it was useless to wait for them to retire before com mencing his search for the girl capuive. whom ho believed to he beneath that roof. Perhaps half an hour elapsed, and then I'axton arose and crept forth from the room where the negroes had de posited him. and gained the hall. A gas jet in the rear end of the hall burned dimly, but its light enabled the detective to see his way. lie listened for a moment, and he heard the sounds of revelry from tic dining hall below. His acute ear also presently caught another sound, which seemed to ema nate from above his head. The building was an ordinary three story structure. In a moment or so I'nxton was con vinced that tho sound which came from the third story was the mutlied sound of Mows, such as might be made by some one pouuding on a tloor with naked hands. He surmised that he should llnd the captive whom he thought to be an in -inato of the house. In some apartment on the next story. He silently glided up tho stairs and gained the hall abovo. be (EMoim miic lMTTSIK)RO,CIIATIIAM Tie almost InsUintly located the sound which he had heard, and gained thcilour upon which some one w lio occupied the apartment to which it led Was pounding. The detective tried this door, but as he had expected. In- found It locked. He habitually carried a bunch of keys in anticipation of such emergencies as this, and with the aid of a key of this hunch, he was not long in opening the door. Quickly he stepped Inside, closod the door, ami placed his back against It. I'axton found himself in a small window-less room, face to face with Mnrion Onkbiim. In the character of Ajax Crawley tho detective was not calculated to Inspire cimlldelice. Of course Mnrion did not penetrate his disguise. At his appearance she retreated with an exclamation of fear. Her face was deathly pah', and her featiin-s wore an expression of fright. "Hush!" cried l'axlon, and then in a low voice he told Marion who he was. She uttered a glad exclamation as she recognized Ids natural tone of voice. "Oil, how thankful 1 am that you have come. J prayed for deliverance, for I am a prisoner, held n captive here by sordid wretches. You must save me. I am ready to explain all you wish to know. 1 will correct a terrible mistake. 1 will save Stuart Harland's life," said Marion, in intense tones that thrilled her hearer. It seemed that in the excitement of the moment the words rushed from her lips unhidden, and that she scarcely re alized their import. She trembled from head to foot. l'axlon answered her hastily: " You may depend upon me to save 3"ou if I can. You can repay me by lifting the veil of mystery which has shrouded your conduct. Come, we will attempt to escape from this house without delay, while its inmates are at table." He cautiously opened the door and listened. Still the sound of loud voices, laughter and the merry clink of glnsses was wafted to his ears from the dining hall, where the revelry was still going on. I'axton took Marion's hand, paying: "We must not make n sound." They ptolo from the room, and gained the second story Here they pnusod for a moment, and then descended tho stairs lending to the front door. Kut fortune declared against them. As they gained the foot of the stairs, a negro came out of the dining-room and saw them. Tho servant turned mtek to the dining-room door and shouted an alarm. Instantly Malvin nnd his gnosis came rushing into the hall. Marion and the detective had gained the street door, but it wns doubly locked and bolted. There wns no time to open It, for the key had been removed. "What, is this! a traitor In enmp!" shouted Malvin, nnd he nnd Levi Kredge rushed at I'nxton. The odds were more than three to one against the detective, Including tho serv ants. "If I seem to desntt you now, it isthat, I may live to save you," whispered I'ax ton to Marion. Then In- wade a leap through a door in the side of the hall lending to tho front parlor, just as his foes were about to close in upon him. The detective at that moment of peril thought rapidly, and ho had resolved upon a desperate attempt nt escape. Closing the door of the parlor the in stant he had passed through it, he over turned a table against It with a crash ami sprang tea window, which he opened as Malvin and his confederates burst into the room. Hut the way of escape wns not yet open to I'nxton. A pair of heavy shutters barred his llight through the window. t IIAl'TI K Will. Meanwhile l'nxton's assistant, who had remained in the street, hccnine in tensely excited and solicitous in his luiiudpal's behalf as he listened to the commotion which was taking place in Malvin's house, lie heard men's angry voices, the slam ming of doors, and a heavy crash as of falling furniture, but above nil the din a woman's voice rang out in a frightened scream. "Why docs he not give the signal if he needs me? The last ilistmctloil he gave me was not to show myself unless I heard bis whistle," thought the detec tive's assistant. An instant subsequently, with a crash, the blind which protected the front win dow of Malvin's residence was dashed open, and through tic opening a dark lorm leaped down ten feet, to the pave ment below. " I'axton!'' exclaimed the detective's assistant, recognizing his principal. The latter had alighted on Ids icet un hurt. At the instant when the enemies he had encountered in the house were rushing at him in the parlor after he had opened the window, he sprang back, and taking it running leap crashed through the Intricately fashioned blinds, as we have sedi. Marion Oakhurn uttered the shriek which I'axton's assistant had heard. While Malvin, Kredge, and the other white men pursued the detective, in obedience to all order from kredge, two of the colored servants had seized Marlon and dragged her back to the room whence she had escaped. Then it was she uttered a scream of terror. Marion's despairing cry rang in the detective's ear, and the thought that he was powerless to render her assistance almost maddened him. "It those miscreants harm one hair of her head they shall pay dearly for their work!" he cried. I'axton saw that the street, which was an isolated one, was deserted. No police assistance was at hand, and yet ho knew that only prompt and rapid a'tioii could avail to accomplish his purpose, which was the rescue of Marion ami tho capture of Levi Kredge. He did not pause an instant. "Watch the house and shadow the villains if they attempt to remove the girl," he said, and then he darted away. He was going for help, as his assistant understood. I'axton's auxiliary darted across the street, and concealed himself in an alley just ns the door of .Malvin's house opened, giving egress to Kredge, Malvin. and several others. They saw I'axton, who was running like the wind, but they did not discover his agent. "The spy has escaped!" cried Kredge. "es. (iiven us the slip after we had him in our hands," said Malvin, regret fully. Seeiny pursuit would bo useless, aud COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1897 fearing to enll tic attention or the police, they re-entered the hoiironnd closed tho door. "Tin) fellow will return with help, He'll be sure to peach the house. Tho girl must he hurried away, aud 1 must not delay li Ih-elng myself," said K I edge, "You are right. The girl must not bo found here," assented Malvin. His guest hurried away. None of them wished to be present when the mini who had escaped returned with the police, as they believed In-soon would do. I'axton's assistant saw the men lenvo the house, but he did not desert Ids post. Malvin wns a man of resource and forethought. He instructed olio of his guests before the fellow left, to send a cabin haste from the nearest stand. A few moments subsequently, a car riage was driven up to the door of the house. l'axlon's auxiliary wns on the alert now. "They mean to entry Marion Oiiliburn away in that carriage,'' he said meii tully. Kven while this thought was in his mind, it was verllied. The door of the house again opened, and he saw a female form carried by two men, one of whom he recognized as Levi Kredge, brought out of tlie house and placed in the carriage. 'I he janitor and tlie other entered the vehicle with their captive, and it. was rapidly driven away. Tho detective's agent said to himself: "I'll try the old dodge." He immediately pursued the carriage, nnd sprang upon the rear springs, when he overtook the vehicle. The detective's auxiliary had ridden but a block or two, when suddenly he received a heavy blow on the head, and he fell stunned ami bleeding upon the ground, while the carriage dashed on ward. While these Incidents occurred, I'ax ton had succeeded in getting the assist ance of four police ollicers. As soon ns possible he returned to Malvin's house, almost breathless with hard running, and he was closely fol lowed by the police ollicers. Ho rnn to the entrance of the nlley whero he had left his agent, nnd failing to discover him, he called Ids name. Of course ho received no reply. "1 comprehend. The rnscnls have made off with the girl, and Sayer lias followed them!" cried I'axton. His assistant on the present occasion was tlie man Saycr, whom wo had occa sion to previously name. Although I'axton was quite confident that it would be a fruitless proceeding, he determiiiod to search tho house. In answer to Ids demand for admis sion a colored man opened the door. This one negro was the only person found in tho house and from htm I nxton was unable to gain any Information, Hi- professed entire Ignorance ns to the whereabouts of any of the recent Inmates of the house. "There is nothing for it but to return to my oflice and await Sayer's return. Ho will trail Marion Oakhurn to the new hiding place to which she has been taken," cried Pnxton when tho search of the house was concluded. He dismissed the police and returned to his own quarters. Meanwhile, but a few moments after i'axton and the police left Malvin's, Sayer, who had sufllclelitly recovered to do so, returned to his old hiding place in the alley. The blow which ho had received hnd been dealt by Levi Kredge. The janitor discovered him perched on the carriage springs, nnd clubbing his pistol, lie reached through the window In the rear of the vehicle, aud dealt the blow which felled the detective's agent to the ground. A tier waiting ill the alley for n reason able length of time, Sayer, concluded that lie hud missed his principal, and so he made his way to the otllce aud re ported. I'axton's disappointment- may be im agined. " Wo have lost the trail completely this time, unless the carriage and the driver of the Vehicle call bo idelit ilied. Did you notice the number of the cab?" ho asked. "Yes. It was number 1 1 1 1." "Find that cah in the morning, and then report," ordered i'axton, and then he dismissed his agent. Sayer made an investigation relating to the discovery of cab No. II II, and the result was that ho obtained trustworthy inforiua'ioii that the cab licensed under that number was not out at all the pre ceding night. The detective's agent was forced to the ci lusion that the cab in which Marion ha I been carried away was olio of those unlicensed vehicles called "Night Hawks," which in violation of a city ordinance are driven by night, and upon which a different number is traced every night, or even more frequently, in order In baflle the police. As usual I'axton received a call from his patron, Mr. Staliniore, the next day, and tin- two discussed the situation now presented by the perplexing mystery in vvhi It they were both so deeply in terested. Staliniore seemed even more anxious than ever for Marion's safety. i'axton assured him that despite her mysterious conduct at the house of Mrs. Kitt, the cashier's daughter was now really it captive in the power of Levi kredge ami his confederates. "I knew she had been abducted!'' cried staniuore. Then l'uxloii told him of ids brief in terview with Marion in Marvin's house, and he re eat oil her words exactly. Staniuore sprang to his feet and ex citedly made the transit of the ro un several times while he muttered: "I would give all mv fortune to save her!" "Ah!" thought i'axton. "I wonder what your secret is, friend Staliniore. It's clear you take a surprising interest in this girl. If 1 mistake not there is a mvstery of the past behind your con duct." Staliniore knew not that his thoughts had found expression in words. The interview lasted for mwiio time. While I'axton and his agent were thereafter continuing the quest for Levi Kredge and Marion Oakhurn, Stuart Hal laud was wandering about the city day and night, hoping he might chance to meet the supposed assassin who had exchanged coats with him on the rail way train. TD HK l OSTIM KIl KNiii.isti statesmen are trying to llnd siitiie means of protect ing that country from typhus from America. The bi'st way would be a thorough in-qici't inn of her emigrants to this country to preetit it being curried over here. I If.i nSL v H M J The Yoiiiik l-'olkt. What's the use, I'M III," to know, Of a boy who isijiiiet and prim? II a bov inii-t in i I his s ami q's He'll iillgllt In be her llisti-ll't of him. It's the girls ti nt should sit still ami strnlght That's what they're inicto for. don't you know ; Wlnlc boys iii ii r-l jump ami shout ami race It's iioi-e ami ton Ihal niiil.cs us grow. They say '-You're lil," your mother. Dob," bill Unit's a great inisiiilo-, you see, I'or she likes gl'lll e. quiet buys, Whilo I -why 1 like Iji jys like mo. The mure ve fellows shunt anil jump, The more we race and leur and climb The bigger men we'll grow to be lt you will only give tis time. A Sri -hint; Murllilin. A good many of our boys who live on the south side have heeu having a gay time with a little noise-producer called the "screeclier. " Its name is well earned. Xn device invented by a boy, not even tlie "rooters" or the tin horns, ever produced such a variety of outlandish sounds. The screecliers are very simply made. All that is rcquiri-d is an old tomato, oyster or baking powder can, a piece of stout string and a lump id' resin. A small hole is made ill the bottom of the can, the string is threaded through it and a knot tied in the end so thai it will not slipuiit. Then the string is thoroughly lesined. That completes the screeclier, or string fiddle. To play, hold the call in one hainl and draw the string sharply through the lingers of the ot her hand. 'f all the odd ami weird Mounds ymi ever heard it will make the vvnr-d. Higcaiis pro duce deep bass M iecclics ami little cans produce soprano screeches. - -Chicago lit id. To Tell liv II i iiill'll. IMilyoii ever think how much ouch of your senses In Ip all of the others? You think you cull, for instance, tell a good deal by tho feeling of things. Try it some time. IJIiudfold one. of your friends and then allow him to touch his linger In various objects a book, a shoe, an apple, an orange, a piece of meat, iron, plaster, a bed quilt -and see how many of them he can guess. (f course he is only to touch them not to handle them, for by handling them lit could no doiibl guess their identity from their shape or weight. You will be surprised to see how few things he knows directly by the sens.- of touch. This feeling test makes an excellent evening game. Illindlolil a w hole parly of boys nnd girls ami then let theiii feel tlicoli .jeo!s in turn. Their guesses will cause no cud of fun ami laughter fur the half of the party which is lint blindfolded. If there happens to be a Mind person in the company, he will surprise you by showing how inauy more things he know s by touch than the others. Chicago llecoid. ,1 nniping -IUiiille Hutch." It is pleasant to see the little girls in public squares or mi private side walks in quiet pol ls of tlie city, says the Philadelphia lo'cnl, busy with their jumping ropes. They never sccin to weary of it. and work infinite variety of steps. "Salt, pepper, vine gar, nniMard," cry the little maidens, industriously turning the skipping lopes ami leaping backward and for ward over the living hemp. The rope is waved faster ami faster as the con diments increase in licl iness. Hack door or trout door is the mandate of the jumper commanding the turners to turn the rope either away from or toward the juniper. At the signal, "My little cup and saucer must go over my head," the jumping maiden alternately stoops and raises her head. Hut the triumph of the rope-skipper is in going through the mot ion called "Ihiiible iMiteh." This is a teat at which little brothers or boy cousins look at with respectful admiration. Two ropes are turned at the same time, one in each direction, nnd real skill is required to jump over them without tripping or catching one's foot in the living rope. To jump I limbic I n tt h is the top and crow u of the little maiden's ambition in this direction. al l VI iinti'il mi .vcrai;e. Our school is u hoarding school that is, one kind of hoarding school. The pupils most ly conic from distant towns, but instead of all being hoarded in a large dm iiii'orv they are placed in private families of the town -usually two, three or four at a house. In order to keep track of the work which the boys are doing it is customary to ''take averages" eveiy few weeks. In our school we still have the old fashioned head-null k system - that is, if a boy stands at the head of his class a day without nursing a question he must gu to the foot and work his way to the head again. A record of these head-murks" is kept, and taking averages simply means getting the average number received at a house. This is done by -ehling 11)1 all received by the boys at the house and dividing bv the number of boys boarding there. There is always great rivalry among the boys, tor each wants his lioiiseto be I'u st. One day not long ago wlicu they wile taking the averages aud U NO, 15, was an exciting time, too, for tho houses were so nearly equal that you could not tell which would he first the tea -her, after rending the various averages, asked if any ha-1 been omit ted. Carl Schiillz, a little Oeriumi, arose and said thai one had. 'lite hoys looked at Carl as if surprised, for they all knew that he hoarded alone. "What house is it?" uskeil the teacher. "Schultz'," replied Carl. "How is that, Carl? There is im one there lull yourself," said Pro lessor Fields. "That don't make 110 matter, J I err ladirer." leiilied Carl, falling into his I ( iermau In ogiie. "I look dor al'erage of luiself. " Carl spoke it in such 11 comical way that all burst out laughing, and each forgo) his disappointment over not being fust. Curl now ha n loom -mate and their average is always near the (op. Charles A. Staiubaek.iu Chicago iteconl. The Siiiliiel Wlin VV.01I.I (oil miii Ilium' In a large wood mi the west side of a ridge of hills dw ell a squirrel, who ha I been there two or three years, ami with no wish to change. At length he grew not to like the place, and one day he sat down and spoke in this wise: "What! must I spend all my ti in this spot? I run up and down the same trees, I pluck the nuts, and doe for months at a time in a hole. The birds who live in this w I go a great way oil' just when they like; and when t he cold days come, they set out for some I'al'-idl' laud, w here they are warm all the year round. Mr. Cuckoo tells me he is just nil', ami I know Miss Nightingale will sniiii go (on. To lie sure I have 110 wings like tin 111, but I have legs, ami if one does not use 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 , one might as well In- a mole or a mouse. 1 darn say I could soon reach to that blue ridge, w liich I see from the tops of the trees, and w I, it'll 110 doubt is a line place, for the sun comes straight from it each morn, when it seems all red and gold. There can at least be no harm if I try, for I can soon get back here if I do not like it. I w ill go, and I w ill set out as soon as t he day break.'. " W hen puss had 11111 le up his mind, In- could mil sleep all night : at the tils t peep of day he took with him as much food as he could, ami oil' he went in high glee. lie soon came to the edge of the wood, ami 011 to the moors that broil, j h' him t 1 the loot of the range nf hills. The sun was imt high up in the sky when he en'iio there, so he sat ilnw 11 and broke his fast, and then went oil' once more. He ha I hard work to climb up the steep side of the hill, and had oft to slop and take breath, so it vias a good deal past noon when he got to the top of I he fust clilV. Here he sat dovvn to dine, and when hesaw how far he had come lie was glad. The view was line; the wood in which he lul l dwelt lav at his feet, ami he fell scorn for the place ill which he had been born liud bred. Poll vv hen he saw in fl out of him the cl ill's rise nn lit- ami more, and seem quite us far from his home us the one he had gut to tlid, he felt quite sad; and he w as so si i) ami worn, that he sat down to rest. At last he set out once more, though he did not feel so brisk as at lirst. The ground was rough, brow n and bare, and he thought how strange it was it did imt get more warm as he got near the sun. He had not gone I w o hours vv hen his si reiigt h was all but spent, and he felt as if ho would like in turn back ere night should come on. While he thus thought the clouds came round the hill, and took from him all view of fur nn" scenes. Soon a storm of snow ami hail caine 011, with a strong wind, which beat round him till he had imt a bone in his skin that did not ache. At the same time he had lost his road, and ditl not know which way to turn to get to that home which it was now his sole wish once more to reach. The storm went on till night, audit was as much as he could do, iiuuib and worn as he was, to crawl to a hole in the rock some way oil, which was the best betl he coiihl timl for the night. His food was all spent; so that, faint ami coltl, he crept as far as he could in the cave, ami lay down, with his tail wrapped round him, to get as much sleep as he could for the shrill colli w iinl blew and shook the stones all night long. The sun rose 011 the tops of the hills, w hen m-s. hull' dead, came out of his hole, and Weill, as well as he could, ii)i to the brow of tho din", that he might see which way to take. As he crept on. step by step, a kite, high up in the an', saw linn, ma le a stoop, and took him nil' in her claws. I 'our puss, quite faint with flight. was borne otl' w It h vast speed ami felt it was his fate to be food for lite kite's young ones, when the king of tho birds, who had seen the kite seize her prey, came to snatch it from her, ami gave her such a blow as made her drop puss in great haste. Poor puss fell down and dow n for a long time, till at last he lit in the midst of a thick tree, the leaves and boughs of vv hit'h so l.i oke his fall, that, though it took his I. lentil, he got otl with no great harm, and soon felt all l ight. Hut what was his joy to find he was in the same old tree ill vv hit h vv in his nest! "All!" said he, "mv dear old limtie, I will leave thee no mole; if I tin, may I I niir once uioie the pain I am now so glad to be free from." l'.nstou HnllqUC t. 1'tiol- vim ksllimi. Tlie Merchant lid he kick at the lull' The Colic, lor liucfullyl Perhaps, but that wa-n't where his toot landed. BATES Of ADVERTISING One square, one insertion $1.00 One fiiiiito, two insertions. ... 1.50 Que square, one mouth - 2. C(t For larger ad 'ortisements Inderal .'uutr.'K'td will lie made. HOUSEHOLD MATTERS' ., It In a Preventive. t.. Brass ntul iron bedsteads are Piip posed to ho irreproachable bo far as any inpect trouble is concerned, but even they are. sometimes invaded from walls and hnsehoaftls ill old houses. Many of the ordinary cleaners are im possible to be used in such emergen cies because of their corrosive quali ties. One, however, which will not rust iron, and whose efficiency may be relied upon, is benzine collns. This is rather an expensive drug, but well worth its price on occasions. . Hint Alitiut Cooking In Mil. New potatoes ntnl new peas aro dishes Hint nil delight in, hut many 11 housewife finds to her sorrow that 011 warm nights these delicious veprelables will not keep till morning even, if they have been cooked in milk. There is something in the atmosphere that sours the not always good milk in n short time, nnt iirally aided by the little Hour that goes to thicken the gravy. There is a way to obviate this. Of course, neither peas nor potatoes should Im cooked to a mush, ami even if cut in dice the potatoes should retain their shape. Just as soon as the meal is over turn the pens ami potatoes into a Il'i- colander, nnd pour a lot of boiling w-1 -r over them. This w ill wash away nil tlie thickened milk, and you can safely set the vegetables in 11 cool place, to use for the next menl, or for soup or salad. If you want to servo in milk again, treat them as though they were just cooked ready for tho gravy, and season them again. Wash ington Star. HwerpllIK Illlltn. x Before sweeping everything: that enn be removed from the room in the wny of furniture nnd ornaments should lirst be carefully brushed ami dusted and then be taken into the hall or into an other room. The remainder of tho furniture should be covered, and if tho curtains are not taken down they should be pinned up short, or the ends put into linen bags. Halt brightens ami cleans the carpet beautifully, but it absorbs moisture, and rusts the tacks. As long; ns there is any salt left in the carpet, nnd it is extremely difficult to sweep it all up, just so long will then- be moisture col lecting. Always sweep in one direction with a short, bard stroke. Cover the broom with a thinnol cloth iind wipe the walls with 11 downward stroke. Sweep out the corners with a corn brotmi. While the dust is settling wash the windows and the wood work. Then' go over the enrpet with a doth dipped in am monia and water. All the brasses ami steels belonging; to tho tireplnce should have been cleaned in the laundry. The brushes and brooms should bo kept scrupulously clean by washing. Ammonia is cheap and the best thing to use. Io not get the brushes wet where the bristles go into the wood; it. loosens the bristles and takes oil' tho varnish. The water should be merely lukewarm, mid the brushes should stand in it for nt lenst half nn hour, after which they should be thoroughly rinsed nnd hung up to dry. Brushes should never be allowed to dry near the heat, but always in a cool place. The cloths used for oiling and w ax ing the thiols should be kept ( lean by sonking them for half an hour in a solution of sal soda. The water should he hot, ami the clothes should be filial ly rinsed in the witter that has a little fat in it, generally using two table spoonfuls of oil to two quarts of water. Marble should be washed w ith a soft rag and sonp ami water and wiped ill . Stains can be tnken out w ith sand soai or pumice stone. Marble workers use pumice stone. The slightest bit of acid on marble eats into it at once. Marble is the most difficult thing to deal with. If there is a coating of grease on it, make a strong solution of washing toda thickened with fuller's earth and let the mixture stand on tho stuin a day or tw o. Trent the tiles in the same w ay as you do marble, and wipe the bronzes with a cloth slightly moistened with oil. Slrttwltt't-rit-. Select largo crimson berries, hold by stem and dip in powdered sugar, one by one, serve uncapped. Strawberries and Whipped Cream Sift powdered sugar over a layer of hulled and washed berries, in deep dish, cover with berries again, then with sugar till nearly tilled. Pour over a huge cup of whipped cienni with the whites of two eggs and two tablespoons of powdered sugar. Serve at once. Strawberries and Oranges I 'over a quart of berries with pow ' - ' s ignr, pour over half 11 teacup orange juies and serve at mice. Strawberry Mould Put fn ' 1 ries in a jar ami place 111 a 1 hot water till juice Mows free' strain. Have a half cupful of sago soaked for an hour iu just water enough to cover. Boil the sago 111 11 quart of the fruit juice until thick liko jelly. Pour into moulds, put in cold place, and serve with sugar and whipped cream. Strawberry Custard Make a boib-d custard with the yolk of five eggs, n quart of milk, half a cupful sugar and little Havering. Crush and strain one pint of berries, miv in half cup of powdered sugar, and gradually beat this into the well-beaten whites of four eggs with twoor three tiiblespoonf ills of sugar. Servo the custard in shallow dishes with two tiiMespunfuls of the float upon each. Strawberry Pudding Mush fresh berries and sweeten to taste. Spread on slices of light bread, ami pile in dish. Pour over the w hole thiu cream sufficient to moisten well; cut into pieces aud serve. A simploeiiKtitiii may be used iu place of 1 ream.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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July 8, 1897, edition 1
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