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g,c l)ntl)nm Record. H. A. LOS DOS, EDITOR AND rROPBtlTOK. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $150 PER YEAR Sfiictly In Advance. l)e l)atl)anj ftccarfc Of ADVERTISING One square, one insertion $1.00 Ono square, two insertions. ... 1.50 One square, one mouth . 2.60 VOL XIX. PITTS150RO. CHATHAM COUNTY. THURSDAY, FEUKUAliY 2o, 1897 SO. 2G For larg.r adrc-rtiac-nierit.4 liberal contract will be made. THE T035 OF A COPPER. Story of My Experience with Two Lovers. BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS, JR. J1 f. - 1.E1TKR NO. 1. at KttSE to iikh w . !. run so dlacrs I'm quite out of patience with you. "You prom's.-d to pend a fortnight with mamma um luo in tlie countrv, and yot )liow peifeotly wtdl that you wouldu't bo ftbio lo keep your promise. Wbv mdn't you tell inc tho truth about it? "I fcnppos you think n married woman Kliou'd not conveisc with a young girl ii bout RU''h thlnga. At least that's whnt mamma has just told me. In the fliat plH'o, I ni no longer a little girl. I was eiL'hteeu my IhM birthday, and it's veara and years aj:o that I unlearned my no- t:ons conoerninn the uh -fuln 'sa of tho Hiors inmny. it v.ouid nave boon a n,e ueeattse it a new to me. very tlmp. e thing for you to write mo a We!i. this is it: Mamma wants me to few linen explaining the situation to : Ket married, and theoretically I have no me. Have we eens"d to be frionds i objections. I purpose It is absolutely then, becnuse. forsooth, a married w-om-: nccesary to get n.arrl' d, and tho i.n Is not fupi o:ed to have young Rids I younger the better. I'm tpeaking of for her frieiidh? Indeol, you take a , women. I wouldn t Jikn to marry a very erii,u xiew of life. How much j man of my own age. A difference la older nro you ihnu I? A yoar at the j ages of nixorfeven yonrs f.eems to me mo.-it. Hut jou are row a married worn- I to bo called for. I'npa has been dead an and muet weigh your words If Bt you j two yearo, and mamma left off mourn 'iiepol the Illusions of the marriageable ' ing the beginning of last winter, and maiden. Tratdi! My i cor father had although eho kept strictly to violets und no Huch fil y ideas, and that's another : grays, yet fho had her nftornoons nt reason why his doatli w.u a blow to mo. ' homo nud her evenings. She was fuiot- Do you want to know my opinion en ' ly bringing me out. Everybody under tho eubj.ct of educating young girls? ! stood It. I'm In the market and fomc They should be br.-ught up by their ! what of a catch, too. I'm neither ugly, father when that father is an honorable poor, Btujdd, nor eonmmptivc. My and intelligent man, as mine was. ' parents are of good family and stand vhy do the mothers spurn tho co- ! h:gh. There's nothing of tho fortune. l ration of the fathers In this matter? ! hunter about me, nor shall I bo inft i Why am they continually snylng to tho eneed by vanity in making choice of a men: " You don't understand anything , husband. Our securities are a. I gllt atout educating girle." I edged; there will be nodnnjerof a And th. n why do they, tho very next j crash. I haven't tho slightest ambition day. Intrust not only the education to move in any higher grade of society, but the very destiny of a daughter to to hear myself announced as Duchess or a man wlnm she has just met often a Princess at roceptionM to which a title mero boy, without any experience him- would be a passport. Besides, my dear B-df and completely ignorant, of tho ; Blancho, haven't we a "do" already? character, aspirations and Ideas of his Am I not MadomolEolle Adrientiu do Intended? Tho change would bo much ! Marias? How old It ie I don't know, less abrupt and dangerous were it from but it'a quito sullicioct. to uistingulr-h us tho hands of a father to the arms of a htmhand. Yes, I mean It, for I saw us us If wo were entitled to it; no how your husband put. hh arm aicund holding up of hands, no fly grimaces, you when you weut into tho garden for' Now as to my notion as to what a hus n moonlight etroli! j band should be, let mo say tiiat I have Oh, that ridiculous moon, with its ' no sllly ideal, no school-girl dreams. I ewolleti molher-of-pearl Jack Pu Idfin ' tJon't 't any phenomenon, any hero, ronnlenance! When I look at it and j 1 wal,t llim t0 bl1 K00 1 health and I've been looking at it o great deal a 1 wl,n something to occupy his lime up to fews ilavs past 1 can't help saving to ! dinner hour. After that he must lovo myself what hasn't, it. noun nnd wi.oi : m", must ba mine. And n.y idoa of inar- hasn't it heard Binoo the Ilrst love-Fccim lu Eden? But bow delightfully dj8. wu"n moio noeri.v man ta U6uany ac ereet! It never tells tales out of school, I corded hor. Wherever I go, when but calmly continues to chase up the j """ '""'t with mo, my governess i.i nun without ever catching 1dm. How nt WJ hoela. It s beginning to bo a lit paMentl After wo nro gone it will con- " tiresome, this IviHiius! I would tinue to do po. Others will look of It ! tike an airing all nbme i.y myself. 1 nn i dream und hope, and hope nnd hear ofrtain books talked about. 1 want dream, and eo en forever. How pro- I to rfad tllPm- I hear them pronounced yoking it is not to amount, to anything i 10 btt niasterpioces nnd they hide them morol At times, dear Blanche, I've a ! llW87 fro,n "10- How enn abiv.kbo a ma6 Rreat notion to betake me to a convent, to trileep and yet a your.g girl of my age bo net into one of those biff white, woolen i forbidden to read it? Perhaps one of cowns. which never fit. to st..n tnlkln : ft p thinking, stop living, in fact, just lot time wear me away. But unfortu nately in convents they don't wash then.Helves from hood to foot every morning. If it weren't for that I'd bury myself in ono of them at one. I'd be willing to givo up my hair, which you may recollect is very beautiful, but I never could got accustomed to the idfa of not having foot daintily whito and scrupulously cared for. 1 go to see Bister Ursula sometimes, and while rhatting with her tho other day I made known to her how my yearnings end hesitations were always grappling with each other. 1 declared myself strong enough to triumph over these moment of weakness, provided tho bishop would pornilt mo to havo next my cell a dress ing room mich as I have hero. "Im possible!" sho exclaimed, "the rules forbid it. And, boaldes, my daughter," (the continued, "your thoughts should tc on other things than your beautiful body. " "Bur. sistor, don't you wash your body?" "Thn fact Is," sho replied, as her eyes Vrlghteue.1 with a smile, "by chnr.cn I i SM rr i Tom Ti:o::nnTs s nori,i ns on other j Till NO?. ! caught a glimpse of mv knees tho other many first-rato chances, and I don't day, and they were so black that I was . wonder at it. How I came to know? ashamed to stand In the presence of our Why, I have heard mamma's friends dear Lord." speak of him just as they do of any And th'nk how praiseworthy this is, ! young man In sociotj' when they don't too, for Sister Ursula Is not forty -t wo foresee his presentation as a suitor. y.t. Sho is still a beautiful woman, ' Of course, they spoke in enigmas, but I and, as yon may rcmembor, was a boin 1 understood well euough. Tho simplo princess. It makOii no difference. I ! fact is, dear Blancho, that it is utterly don't-feol myself equal to such a saerl- ; impossible to bring up a girl nowadays See. I never could stand having black ; in complete Ignorance of tho affairs of kncfs. i actual life. The morning journals are And yet, Blanche, I can't remain as I I filled with thess toplo which become am. I havo looked at the moon for j g'ubjects of discourse at the small whole hours, au1 it hasn't helped me ' dances. A young girl hears the names out a bit. For this roason I've been of her partners coupled with the first looking forward with such great anxiety i names of certain ladies who30 ear to have you with me, to advise me, to j rlagcs pns9 an I repass ours on the eplightcn me. I wanted your judgment i Champs Fiysees, in the Hois and clse on matU-rs aud men. You must be very ! where. We meet thorn in the shops, we wise, now that you are a mother. Is It I run against thorn in tho establishments such an enrapturing thing for a woman j of the great men milliners. 'I hoy set, to clasp a babe to her bosem? Vt'hh h j our fashions for us, they furnish us with do you love tho better, the father or tho j husbands. When they 'become, ours do child? Or do you love thom both the ; they give up tho old fetor docs the old same? Do you commence to fool at homo in this new walk of life? You : 'may writo freely to me. You may trust mo as your other self. Mamma never , reads my haters, No doubt you fay to yourself: If 'Adrieune is so much in need of advice, why dosn't she gi tr-mr n.ofn r r.r t) Abbe Sore an, her c onf. 5 r? Hut, dear Blanche, I'm not an ordinary girl, Minn , in an exceptional ease. Mamma wo.ild ; think me moonstruck and Abbo Sorvan w ouldn't understand me. Mamma would offer to take mo away for a short trip somewhere and Abbe Servnn would , counsel mo to 6eek aid anil comfort in , prayer. The good Lord has other th tigs ; to attend to, and I esidos, although my i case la a peculiar one, I don't think it hardly serious enough to call for an in- . ternosition of rroviiloi.ci'. Tofcsiblv it's i very natural end very ordinary, this! ease of mine, and rnly eeerus btruuge to I ' from tradespeople. Everybody treats : r'03'1. too. i that tho wife should havo those books might enl chten me as to my peculiar situation! I don't think I ask too much. In fact, I think I'm a very reasonable porton. and I fhould have succeeded very easily in being quite happy If something which was quite as unexpected as it has hecomo complica ted hadn't happoned to me. I'll toll you about It in another li tter, dear Blancho. Meanwhile, little mother, bye-byo. Wholly thine, Adiuenne. LETT Kit NO. 3. KAMV. TO HOIfc Last winter you rocolleet morting M. de Yillelong nt our house, (ion't you, dcr Blanche? Madame do l'ontlouis had introduced him to us. Sho tiiadono secret of tho niotivo which induced her to present tho linron, for ho is a baron and a real one, too. She admitted to mamma that tho matchmaker's mania had come upon her, and that she was looking out for me. I had already met this young man, had often danced with him. I rather liked him, ami tho moment I saw him at the houso I know what it meant. Anyway, mamma was open and j aboveboard in tho matter, fiho told me . to look tipon him 83 a suitor for my . hand. Said mamma, with faultless prj , nunclation and admirable intonation: i "His position, my darling, his ago, his fortune, his family, his antecedents nre i llVUilJ OUUDltt IU J.I.", (JUL II. a tor you to decido. You aro not supposed to know anything about tho mnn. Study him at your leisure. I don't want to influenco you in tho least." You remember him, don't you, dear Blanche? You met him just about the limn you were married. I think you must havo noticed him tall, thin, b'omle, a good head of hair and a tine beard, handsome teeth, rather emiill head, broad shoulders, in a word, every Indication of physical strength. A lover should be strong, shouldu't ho.' It's such a delightful feeling to know that you have a protector by your side, ono that doesn't, fi ar man or demon, fire or water. His foot do very well. Ho al ways keeps thrm perfectly dressed, and he's very careful with his hands, too, although they're a little hard, He rides well, he is witty and full of fun, and I need scarcely add belongs to several of the swell clubs Ibey 6iiy ho has bad set givo up thorn? In short, wo gli Is of : this day and generatlin are initiated j into a thousand and ono things of whl"h I the girls of the good old times didn't even suspect the existence. If we llo ; In Parts we soon learn to know that nil marriages are not made In heaven and that fho "contracting parti:,- as the divorce courts coll tho'.i', don't alwny behave then telves with i-erfoct iro jrie:y. It'8 th itncful when you coran uiU-.U of it. And sometimes it own !iaj.u ii that wo maku our boarrtof the fact inn tho young man who osl.s for in in mar riage is no inilk'.op, that. he ha to v. :i .-; plentiful crop of wild c.r.ts, etc . iii-tcid of shrinking from him in li.-,usi ns wo would if wo respected riiirsc.ves: Sup pose for an Itm'.aiit, little mother, that it were rosslbio for a young man to escape all this contamination, with a single purpose to remttin faithful and true to his beloved, and stiiroo l. t should present himself som lino dny ' full of Ignorance arid lofty Hen's and hK lor sny my band, do you snpro.o manirca would encourage htm? '"' n bit of It. She'd refuse litniat. lirst; any way, she'd coy that ho clidn l I: now enough of life. An I to judge from tho little I have overheard of mi h mm r-:i-tion. the and lu r friend would h ue e good laugh ovortho poor I'.-ilcw. Why? I've Just been re -read! it "I'.i't! ;.nd Virginia." Oh, who wii! net mo down I've jrsr It KEN HE-11F ADI.MI VIROINI A " "I'Al l. ANO beneath the glowing 6ky of tho isle of France, on the shores of the Hive r des Lntanier, in tho Alleo des l'ample. mousse.?? Why Is not Mudiine do I. a Tour, or rven Marguerite, not my mother? Where nre the cabins in which Paul und I were raised? To have run barefoot since childhood in thow very paths with this chosen brother, to have gone astray innocently in those vast forests, to have been shielded from tho etorm by the same skirt turned up ov r b)th our heads, to have crossed tho streams carried in his arucs without tour, rocked by the gentle ri:jc an I fall of his breast, never to have foen tho furo of eny other youninan, to wonder together ut tho meaning of thoao de lightful and indefinable emotions which they Inrrcosed by questioning pact other as to thoir cause; finally to hao but one roof, ono bower, ono grave, ono etoinity such, such is tho dream of every young girl, ln't If, dearest Blun 'he? Why may it not bo realltrod? Why nni-l we be" satisfied with the.-o so"ioty Pauls who havo been in lovo with ft whole siring of Virginias before they met U3? Well, as men and mnrrlngo go now-a-days, M. do Yillelong seemed to mc to to a very desiiabln cntch. and several of my girl friends mado lin.sie to tell me, which natura'ly fet him up in my estimation not a little. I toon be came accustomed to feeing him, yes, even longed for it! I got in tho way of expecting him on the days lie wasto'enll ami if I was to meet him in society 1 had him in my thoughts while was drcss- ing. Ono fine day I said to mamma: "After thinking It well over, I'm convinced I lovo M. do Yillelong, and I should bo perfectly satlslied to marry him!" Yi.u know mamma. Ble.nclic. Sho abomi nates engerness in anything. "You love him, do you?" bho replied. "Love is a big word. We'll talk about it in n month or two. That wii! be time enough. I suppose, of coutso, that he la in earnest, Y'ou may eont!r.in to meet hint, but I have entered i: ( no compact with him or hi-i family. Let things go of their owe accord. Ho hasn't proposed yet. Wait til! he does, and then we'll see about it. The happi est hours of married lit'' nre those in which wo long ini atiini ly for i!, to begin!'' From this time on, however. I consid ered myself as engaged, although I didn't pronounce tho a'dual wotds, und moro's tho pity. I iwod often to discuss marriage w,th t'a-dmir that's his first name, nnd I don't like it any too nuedi. But mine wcro glittering generalities, such as: "It would appear to mo;" "If I should marry, 1 would insist," eic; or "I should indulge tho hope." i took good care that these eiast.c views should bo very vagueiy expressed. Ho aiwnys agreed with me; lie does Mill. No more to-day, little mother. Lov ingly, Adkicnnj:. I.ETTKK NO. KAMK TO SAMF. Fancy cur surprise, dnr Blanche, M this juncture to receive a letter from nil aunt of mine, or rather from the sister of the husband of tho sister of my undo ido you follow mc? a letter anr.ouncin;: her return to Franco after n sojourn of several years in Algiers, and nsiing if it would bo agreeable for her and her son to spend a lew Weeks with us. She's a charming woman, nnd I had been vei v fond of her. Tho son is a yo in' ofll or, and having had an Httnek of fever lied been granted a furlough and wns to spend if. in Franco. Ili-niother was de lighted to get ba-k to France to see her old friends nnd to show oft her I oy, who wears a decoration ot which sho is very proud. But ho has no title nnd no "do"; he's plain Bono I'aulon, lieu tenant of tho Third Zouaves. 1 remem bered him as a chubby-cheeked hoy, not very wide awake, uwful badifu'.in fact, quite ordinary. Well, I was Medusaed! In walked a tall, slender, graceful fellow, very thin and ; lo from tho attmk of fever, browned up by an African sun, with large, sea-green eyes, black lashes, black eyebrows, black must.-t -h' black tuft of beard, cheek bones sticking out, Adam's spplo In bold relief, the head of a detlunt consumptive, for h ha 1 tho shoulders of a Hercules. But all thir pallor and this emaciation were tho effect of a mere accident, u few we kV rest would euro them. With tho con fiding and expansive manner of a person who feels sure of lur hnppineis, I wel comed my aunt with a hearty kiss and held out my hand to her son. "How do you do, cousin?" I said with unnffected gayety. "How do you do, my dear cousin?" he replied, kissing my bund with a charm ingly easy grace. (TO be cosriMtu . HARD APtMYTRALMNG SEVHtfE ATHLETIC EXERCISES OF EUROPEAN SOLDIERS. Ynt Hosts tliut Make Fiii-ope nn Armed CnniD-Atblctlc Kxcrcinus Iiu 1'OtcJ on the Soldiers Hard and 111 Crskuiit 1-uliors of the Military Life, Trained Like PuellUts. I'e persona lu this couutry hnvi; any Just conception of the Iron discip line practiced in the llutopeau armies. Revere ns it Is lu the uruiies of Itussio, Frame, Italy ami Austria, It Is much more ;o In the Prussian army, which, In F.tirope, Is the typo of disciplinarian fcoverlty. The Prussian soldier is ill ways under tiio eye of his ollloer; ho b,".s not the hlightc.-t liberty of action. The object of tin' tnllii:iry system is nppur eiitly to deprive him of whatever Indi viduality he tuny possess. Ho a sim I'ly a unit lu the grand total, lie Is merely .i jico of tho great military machine. An c'l'u, : has been mado to render the rru-.-dan soldierd what one might call Interchangeable pieces of iiicclialj Ls nt. Tl.u aivat factories whli turn out sewi!: machines, watches, wrilliij.- i.ja li.ni s and other delicate mechanisms by the million, manufac ture nil tiio part, so alike in every di- j mensioii that, ui a watch, for Instance, when ono wheel iji broken another of ixaotly the same size, weight mid pro portion can be .'i; in and the difference not bo deteciod. So It Is with the Prt'.) si.tu army. YVlvii one soldier drops out an intei'i .'hniigoablo piece Is put in Ms stead, nnd tlie difference Is not per ceivable. Ouo of the in. .si important parts of ! the military training In tho Prussian j army, and, Indeed, iu nil the armies of ! Kit rope. Is ib-.-igte-tl to develop the mus cular system, and all sorts of athletic exercises have be. n devised to this s,ie clal tiet. No j no of the physical svs- U-m Is liegicoiid. but as far as hitman ingenuity can cnri-ive every muscle whieh cm pe.-sibly be brought into play 1. 1 oll'eiisivo or oi'ensivu warfare is trained. t'Jcnenilly, military training is can iod lo the highest point. There arc- Ions marches for practice, during which ihu n.en i-nrry the loads tiny would bo o'di-'cd to transport if war wi fo actually in progress. Loaded down with knapsack, haversack, blank- et, throe or four days' provisions, o" or i0 rounds of bayonet, they IIIOMilJOII toil, inn reh from ride ana lifteeu to twenty-live miles a day, carrying from forty to sixty pounds weight. Their mtiscuhtr ctUeleucy l.-i thus bejii up to the highest point. Tho European sol dier is a thoroughly trained wusonkir nniuial. The men nre taught offensive and d" fonsivo exeioises with their weapons; they aro taught to fence will) swords and bayonets, the rapiers having tho usual button on tho tip and the bayonet being protected by a rubber ball fast ened on the point. Besides these gen eral exorcises there is spc ial training to develop particular sets of muscles and, utilize nil possible means of de fense. In the French army and navy there is a peculiar exercise In which every coldier nnd sailor is trained. Its principle that man uecl i;ot rely for dcfeiis-,. or offense on bis hands alone, but I hat his feet, his head, shoulders ami other parts of the body may be called in!o sorWoo in a rough and tum ble way. o ,b feud hlmsi If or annoy Ins aiilai-oiii-it. The toefi are taught, not only to box with their ii. but to us" their arms and elbows 1:1 -:ri'.;ing and warding off blows, while their feet arc made available for kickim: and trip ping, and their heads and shoulders for hulling and overthrowing nn an tagonist. The exercise. In n modilied form, has been Introduced inio the tier man army, and recently al.;o into the forces of Austria and Italy. It hns proved its own value, not only as a means of offense and (kfen-e, but also as a system of physical training. Besides the severe drilling lu mili tary exerciser:, the (lennaii soldiers are trained in ways which would imtues tiounbly bo of material a&sistanoo to them during active campaigning. A considerable part of tho exercise Is di rected toward developing tho agility of the nu n. Iu the training grounds, prae. tice walls are built from eighteen to tweply feet high. Mid over these tlo men arc t-spected to scramble as best they an. For :.n ordinary man, or even a set of ordinary men, to mount an IS foot wall wlihout a ladder, would seem ttU iu pivsllolity. but without ladders or ropes iiio (Icrman soldiers go over these walls like so many mon keys. YVhcii the detachment at exer cise arrives at the wnll the first men brace themselves with their face to ward it nnd stand firmly, the second sol mount and stand upon their shoulders, the third scramble up to the shoulders of the second, and thus mount the top; reaching down, they pull up those fol lowing, and in an incredibly short time i!0i" or ocO men, fully armed, have crossed nn apparently Insurmountable obstacle In their pnih. Tho '"wall prac tice'' docs not differ greatly from the "pit practice." A pit Is dug about twenty feet drop nnd walled on the ides, and Into this the men jump and c limb out iu the same way as they scrambled over the wall, climbing upon each others' shoulders and reaching down and helping each other out. As tho last few mount to the top of the pit, it can ensily bo seen that the men who act as supports for the climbers wotdd be left at tho bottom without risible moans of escape, for those nt tho top cannot possibly extend their bands far enough to help up their com rades, At ill's point the rifles come Into piny. Two guns nre lowered by their j ban Is, the man at the bottom catches the stock o! each, and, placing his feet against the wall, he scrambles out like a squirrel. ltaeos of all kinds have been devised, both lu army and navy, to develop the tireugiii and sailor. Thfcic agility of soldier hbQUR BOYS AND GIRLS ro uyni' iv riiviwi, in which all tiortfi of impediineutii arc placed lu the course. There are barrels through which the men must cravil. There-Jire bare placed from a foot to fifteen inches above the ground, under which they must pas. There are hur dles over which they must h ap. There are rushes of labyrinths of ropes s'retchod iu nil directions, through which they muBt co, sometimes head first, Bometimes feet first, any way at all so as to get through, and tanks ot water through which tho men nre forced to swim. Ail these exorcise are not of M inordinary or uu usual oc currence, but ero matters of everyday practice, so that tho life of n soldier in on of tho Enropenu armies does not greatly differ from that of nn athlete training for n prize ftglit. If Is work, and that of ll;o hardest description. It is all done under the eye of au otlioor. Almost every movement is at tli" word of command. If the soldiers are climb ing a wall, the otlloer stands by nnd !iies the word; if they aro Jumping In to n ditch, an oilbvr g.vcs the otdr. S.j minute U the code of military regu lation, so t.vaot Is the military life of mmm ; ' ... L '.:. . . the Oerman army, tliat when n piece of artillery is to be moved from ;i ml!- roml car n the cfotiud twenty two dif- fereni commands aro uivcu before tho piece is safely landed "ii the earth, When soldiers go to baibo, they inarch in companies. r,n-h man with a towel over his e!t ..boulder; when they go to chiinh ihoy march at the tup of the drum; when omp.inies go to :!io mess room I hoy march i.i step, and each ents himself si the tvw,, 'oiiy win ii J iiio oHioer iu i harse i t' t!u m-ss talde i is momentarily ab: I i;iv i f "iiioukeylii nt can iho !" be IlldlllJ east de d ill by men. The jirl In the lto-iNiing-llo'iM'. "lie coiii'ideiitinl with no one," writes tltith Aslinioro in the Ladies' home .Ir.iiinal, advisim: "The Uirl Alone In the City," who li.es in a boarding house. "I)o not allow yourself lo bo. come the victim of the idle young mat ron who has not jour need for work, who has a ereat lovo for gossip, and who Is only too willing to tell you an u n plea '.ant story about your landlady. j to bint at the various people who owe j her money, and who Joys In seeing you shudder as she liii.ts at some awful j story which she supposes is true, and j which makes you think l 'ss of some j on., w ho had i.ocnied agreeable. I do j l:oi advise you in (be t ctniig to seek j t lie solitude of y,.ir uloomy little room, I hot I would suuuc: : that oti bo care I ful, even In your choice of anju.iin taii 'cs. A lively game, some pleasant n.iisie, or an interesting chat may tie possible, oven in a hoarding house par lor, provide! the game is not allowed to become too ciiiranclng, the music to colllinue loo late, or the agreeable talk to deeuera lo into gossip. "I o not permit yourself to discuss whether i he palo young man at the i ml of the table p.ijs four or live dol lars a week, whether the la udl.'lilyV rent is properly attended to, or whet I), cr, in dividing ti,e most palatable dish, she gives larger portions to .some peo ple than to others. She would be more than an angel if she did not find pleas use In showing fomo courtesies to those who are considerate of her. H might bo wise for you to think that the aver ago boarding house Keeper is trying tr do her best; that the chances are that i.be once made a home only for those who were bound to her by ties of love or kindred, and thai now it Is stern no lessity that forces hrr to make a hoiiu for all sons and cohditioiis of mt ti inn" w omen, and that she deserves sympn thy, rather than harsh criticism. Pn' your mother in her place, and try h decide whether she would do better oi V ofsO." liiiose I i-.li wild IH-iii:. Tic drug used by the ('bines., in catching lisli Is l ociilus indieus, w hlcl is powdered and mix. d w ith dough, am scattered 'broadcast o"i r the watei after the maimer of sowing seed. Thf tish seize and devour it with avidity and instantly become intoxicated am! turn up hundreds on the top of tin water. They are then gathered up atii: placed In vessels containing cleat water. Labor. The bull should be made to work am' furnish trend power, instead or tin horse. At such work he can be rerj useful, and will not only be benedtec thereby, but be less vicious nnd inori manageable. lie should nt h'asf fur nish power for churning and cuftiuj the feed, which work is not verj heavy. Not at AH New. A .scientific writer tells how watei cau 1h boiled in a sheet of writing-pa per. We don't doubt it. We bavt known a man to write a' few lines on I sheet of writing-paper that kept him it hot water for three years. "What makes you say that woniet have more sense than men':" "Well yon haveu't seen any woman riding n round town on w heelbarrows since tin elootionhave you?" Chicago Ilccord. THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF THE PAPER. Qunlut 6uylni;a and Cute Iloicgs of the Little Folk Everywhere, leathered and Printed Here for All Other Lit tle Onca to Bead. A Mixed Text. - .. A little girl heard a sermon from the words, "My cup runneth over; surely poodncss and mercy shall follow nie all the days of my life." On returning home she was ai-kod if she eotUd re member the minister's text, and replied: 'yes, indeed. It was this: Mercy! Goodness! .M.r cup's ttpppil over." What n Small Hoy Could Ho. A lad in Hosion, rather small for his nge. according to the Prohibitionist, works in an otlii"? as errand boy for four gcn'.Ieiilpn who da business there. Ouo day the geutlrir.en were chaffing b!m a little for being so .small., and said to blin: "You w ill never amount to m ic!i, you can never do much, you are ton smnli." The little fellow looked at them. "Well," said ho, "as small as I am, I can do something that neither ft you can do." "Ah, what is that':" said they. "I don't know as I ouht to tell you," he replied. But they were anxious to know, nnd urged him to tell what lie could 'lo that neither of them w ere able to do. "I can keep from swearing," tnld the little fellow, There were siino blushes on fotu faces, and there seemed to bo no anx iety for further information. A Chilli's Idoo. Flossie w as seven years old wlion her mamma took her to live iu the country. All her life she had lived in the heart of a large manufacturing town, and kuew nothing i'f the beauties of the country, oh, how delighted she wais with the beauties of ihe fields, the buttercups and daisies! But nmsf of all she loved to hear ihe lark singing lis song of joy far awjy up in the blue sk. Hut the never thought it was a bird that sent the sweet, clear music through the air. one day she wa. sitting in the garden. The lark was not visible; but his song was heard, ever bright and melodious, is It mingled with the soft, sighing sum mer w ind; and the child listened eager ly "What are you looking at, Flossie?" taid Iter mamma. "Nothing, mamma." answered rios s'c. "Are. ton listening to the InrkV Ho ts too far up for you to see him." "Tiio lark, matnnm? Is that Ihe lark';' "Y'es. of course If Is. W"rtat did you think It was, darling?" "I thought," said Fiossle, with ft slightly disappointed look, "it was the angels." Fondy Ilrnwn'M Owl. Some one was t-teahug Sandy Brown's chickens. 11 very morning when Sandy went out to scatter .screen ings there w as at least one of the young er roosters or In ns missing, usually the y fattest and finest of the flock. Sandy couldn't understand at nil where they went to. Jit? knew- every man in the neighborhood, and every chicken. too, for that matter, and he knew that some ft ranger must t.e guilty or tne thieveries. Now, it : no small mat ter to Sandy to have his plump pullets stolen, for ho was only a boy, .nnd he was depending on tin money that the eggs and chickens would bring him to help pay for a certain handsome little ritle that he longed to possess. So 1 i determined to watch and see If he couldn't cntch the thief. Before daylight the next morning he was up and out, hilling iu the corn crib, where he could see and not be seen. Not long afterward the chickens came lucking into the barnyard. For a limp everything was quiet, and then the old red-top rooster straightened up nnd be gan to grumble and turn his head from RAXKY S 1 I1AI'. side to side and blink his eyes, was a sound of wings in the air huge bird lighted on the corner There ami a of the barn. The next Instant the chickens begun Hying about and chicking excit edly, and then, Kfore Sandy could opeu his mouth to shout, the owl, I'or an owl it was, darted down, and Sandy saw one of his favor! ic pullets carried away over the hill. "So you're the tricf." ex claimed Sandy. "I'll fix you." J'.ut, although Sandy hid iu the corn crib for several mornings w ith bis fath er's old shotgun double loaded, the winy old owl didn't eonie near. Stttidy's father said lie smelled the gun ' J'U got him yet," said Sandy, with del oi initiation. That very afternoon a bright dan popped Into Sandy's head. lie cut a long polo in the woods, sawed off the top square nud Mtnooth, nailed n Ward en It, and set It up firmly in a corner of tho fence near the bain. Ou top of It n he placed n steel rat trap, already set, nnd fastened b a Iroig chain to the 'prm'. below. Next morning he was awakened by a terrific commotion Iu the chi "ten yard. He ruRlied outside, nnd there was Mr. Owl flying wildly about with (he tray close fastened to one of his f.-et. lie had come along early, and thinkim? that the post was an excellent phjee to light while he picked out the best pufWt In the lioek, he had tsioppod ihere to" rest. In a minute Sandy was pulling him down, and although lie scratched and fought Sandy ftieceedod In con quering Dim. Ife was a huge horned owl. ;ni i the? next week, when Sandy went to town, he took him aioii -, and '. dealer in stuffed birds told him that h wns the finest (ipeclmeii of an owl la had ever seen. Sandy, being of a prac tical turn of mind, offered on too spot to sell the big bird. The do.ikr prouipi lv gave him SI for V. at: I sv.iidy once paid ii m i f to t i rides to sell. I hope some more I i ohmg and steal my ii M. Ill W II I J'-' l Will co'.l.c ," ho sai I "They're "hteag" I...IO- to himself ou his way '.on:--more profitable than p'l'.Vi.- " Iteeord. Itadly I'liistci i it. A well known and much i I. t'yioii'i lois half a d .en t i .-lories which are particularly appvop: rlate for childish bearers, and whenever lie i. asked to address a Sunday school or a public, institution for the beiielit of children, as he prett.i often is, :e one of these stories is certain to be called Into requisition, n'nl is iuvnrl obly received with enthusiasm. "There Is only otic dirliciiliy ahour the matter," the clergyman says. "ainr. that eomeis from my not always being able to re-member, when called upon to speak to an audience of children, which story I told them the last time; but a year ago, rhen I was sent for to address u certain inisnion school. ! thought I wns safe. As I hurried to ward tlie church that afternoon. I said to myself. T will tell those boys my nutmeg story. I'm sure they've nevej heard it, and It's just ihe right tiling at this time.' "So, having settled that i ..jot In my mind, I sat comfortably uti 1 the sti perlntcndent nnuotiticed me a.-i Hie next speuker. "'Y'ou will nil be glad to know tiuif Iloetur lias come here' sgaiii, and has promised to tell yen a :"iy, as ho did last year." the superintendent, said. T don't believe there Is a boy in this room who has forgotten that capital nutmeg story which lioetor told us the last time ho stood on this platform, and I am sure he has au equally inter esting one for us to-day.' "Then he sat down," concluded 1 1 1 clergyman, "anil I was obliged to gath er up my scattered wits and make an ether selection from my half-dozen stand-bys as rapidly ns possible; and to this day 1 think that superintendent believes that his introduction wns so complimentary ns to embarrass me for fully a minute, ns it was certainly that length of time before I had eonie to mr senses and launched forth on my sec ond best story, In a cold perspiration." A Hoy K lion l.l l.corn. To let cigarettes alone. To lie kind to all animal-'. To be mauly ami courageous I To ride, row, shoot and swim ' , ' To build a fence sclent ifo-iiij To fill the wood box every night. To be gentle to his little sistcs. To shut the door without slamuiiug 'losew on a button nnd darn a sto.'i, ing. To do errands promptly and ohocr fully. To shut the door in winter to keep u,.. cold out. To shut doors iu summer to keep th. flies out. To wajsli dishes and make his bed when necessary. To have a dog it possible and make a companion ef him. To get ready to go away without the united efforts of mother and sister. A Cniinibal. "Mr. Smiley, what is a cannibal?" "A cannibal? AVhy do you want t know, my hoy?" ' 'Cause last uight when you said yon favored carrying out the eld principle of dog eating dog pa whispered to in and said. 'Oh, what a cannibal" " Cleveland Plain Oealor. 1 tie Semen. "To bo sure," assented the wolf, mr cllnlly, "I inn glad of the cool weather I never could do much in a crash suit. There is nothing like the convent ioici I sheep's clothing, lifter nil." -Detroit Tribune. In the Touitis Corridor. Warden Sentenced? 1 low's Hint" f thought that your lawt r wns going t.. ask for more time. t'orkey lie did, and I got two years. Towu Topics. Didn't Neetl II. "Help! Help!" cried the man who was being robbid. "Calm yourself," said the highway man. "I don't need tiny assistance" -Tid Bita The Particular ThinE. She YYa.s there any particular thing a!ut the town which struck you? Ho Y'is; a bicycle. Y'oiikcrs yiflHK man. No Wonder. "No wonder they call marriage Hi. 'holey bonds of matrimony,' " r inteiv.l Mr. Henpeekt, as he gazisl . his mi mended nooks, ete. I'un. The Lord probably forgives every thing else sooner than the discontent of a Woman whose husband Is good to her. Much ns a man admires a wouia'), ! can't honestly ndmit that the k:iowi anything about politics.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 25, 1897, edition 1
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