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Address OCCON EECK EE FARM, DURHAM, N. C. Families Supplied on Year-Round Contracts with OcconetcUee Gilt-Edge" putter. 00 God's angel was bidden to make her fair, So he wove the sunshine into her hair. He took of the midnoon's cloudless skies And fashioned therefrom her two blue eyes. He washed her white with the sinless snows And painted her cheeks with the dawn's faint rose. He dimpled her tiny hands and feet, He made her sunny and soft and sweet. He molded her round white limbs with art, He got her from heaven a pure child heart ; Then he kissed her lips and her brow and eyes And brought her, sleeping, from paradise. Such virtue lies in those kisses three That, how so weary at heart are we. The look and the smile on our babj-'s face Bring rest and comfort and endless grace. Bessie Gray in Good Housekeeping. A GHOST COMMUTER. The wind drove the hail and sleet violently agaiust the car windows, and what with its melancholy howling, ac companying the incessant rattle of the panes, I could hardly hear the shrieks of the locomotive's whistle as the train plunged through the dense darkness. It was a hard night to travel, and I did not wonder that the car was empty save for the man who had just seated himself beside me. Such being the case, how ever, I could not but feel surprised that this single other passenger should have crowded into my seat when he might have had a whole one to himself. I can not say that I was indignant, for though he forced me to move toward the draf ty window he was company, and I had felt lonely from the very beginning of the forlorn trip on the midnight express. Then, too, he was such a mild, harm less looking fellow. I glanced toward him, intending to open the conversation, when my eye fell upon the time table in which he was deeply engrossed. It was u thumb worn piece of paper, and no wonder, for across the top I read in big black type, "To go into effect on April 1, 1S84." It seemed strange that a man should consult a train schedule 11 years old. My curiosity was aroused, and I drew my own time table frm my pocket and held it toward him. "Pardon me, sir, but perhaps this will be of more use to you. Where are you going?" "Thank you," he replied sadly, "but you cannot help me. I would that you could, though. You see, I am bound f or Tutherford, but it seems that I will never get there. " "Tutherford!" I exclaimed. "Why, you are on the wrong train!" I knew this place well as one of the prettiest little suburban villages on the line of the New York, Lackahudson and Western, but I also was aware that this train never stopped there and that we had long since passed it. "That is just the devil of it," replied my companion vigorously. A melan choly smile passed over his pale face, and then he added: "I've been gettiug on the wrong train for 1 1 years. But excuse me, sir, you are sitting on my beefsteak." Curiosity now gave place to astonish ment. My first impulse was to believe that I had a madman for a companion, but his every look belied such an idea. Every detail of his clothing denoted ex treme neatness and self respec t. He was a small, slender man, with a slightly bald head and clean shaven face. At his feet were two large, neatly done up bundles; at his side and partly under me was a third parcel, wrapped in brown paper, which I had no reason to believe contained meat. 4 'A thousand pardons, ' ' I said, rising so that he could rescue his steak from destruction. "I am afraid that I haye ruined it. I was not aware that I was sitting on anything. ' ' "Little wonder, " he replied quietly. ' 'No human being could feel that steak. And as for injuring it, I purchased it 11 years ago and have been trying to get it home to Tutherford ever since. To make things plain, that is a phan tom beefsteak. ' ' I broke out into a hearty laugh and exclaimed, "You are either considerable of a wag, sir, or else an idiot. ' ' My fellow traveler drew himself up and cried hotly: "Do you know whom you are addressing? I am the late R. G. Jones, sir, for many years a leading citizen of Tutherford. ' ' "The late R. G. Jones of Tuther ford!" I retorted, and then I made a motion to gfve him a little jovial dig in the ribs, but to my horror my hand went right through him and struck the ami of the seat on his other side. He smiled. I drew back in amazement. I will not attempt to depict my sen sations. Wonder gave way to utter as tonishment, astonislmient to horror, horror to fright. But this last emotion passed, for I knew that there was no escape. I could not leave the car, and then the veiy appearance of the ghost was so peaceable and respectable that a sense of security came to me. Reason prevailed, and I soon found myself trav eling on the best of terms with my strange companion. "I see you travel on a pass, Mr. Dockboy, " said the late R. G. Jones after our relationship had assumed a state of mutual confidence. "That is why I made myself known to you. I suppose you have a pull on this road." "My fourth cousin is the wife of the president of the New York, Lackahud son and Western, ' ' I replied proudly, for I was not a little vain about this relationship. "That is good news for me, " began the late R. G. Jones. "You see, Mr. Dockboy, I have long needed a friend with some influence on the road, for I want to have this train stopped at Tuth erford just once. ' ' "What!" I cried. 4 Yes, stopped at Tutherford," he continued. "I do not wonder at your surprise, but then you will not be much astonished when you know my reasons. I have told you my late name, and per haps it will interest you to hear that for many years I was an alderman in Tuth erford a place of no mean importance. My business was in New York. Every morning for ten years I left my house promptly at 8 reached the station at 8:30 and took the 8:31 for town. At just 5 :13 o'clock in the evening I reach ed the Jersey City station and boarded the train for home. It so happened that for the last five years of my life I al ways got on the third car from the en gine and took the third seat from the rear. It became a habit with me. I was known and respected on the road, and there wa3 a tacit understanding among the other commuters that that place should always be reserved for me. This is the same car, No. 335, and the very same seat. ' ' "And you are haunting it?" I asked, for the light was beginning to break. " Temporarily and accidentally.'' re plied the late R. G. "Jones. "When I can get this train stopped at Tutherford, I will get off and go back to my old home. Don't you remember seeing in the papers about ten years ago how R. G. Jones, a prominent citizen of Tuth erford, succumbed to an attack of heart failure brought on by overexertion while trying to catch the 5 :13?" "Oh, yes, I recall that well. A very sad case indeed. " Of course I didn't, but that didn't matter. The late R. G. Jones looked grateful. "That was when I became a ghost," he said. "A few days later I received my orders to proceed to Tutherford and haunt my old home. There have always been strange and confused ideas exist ing about ghosts. These impressions, that we do everything in a higglety pigglety way are all erroneous decid edly erroneous. I couldn't go sailing back home in any way but an orderly one by train, just as I did when I was not late. And, moreover, custom re quired that I should travel on car No. 835, third seat from the rear, as I had done day in and day out for years. So I went to the station with my phantom umbrella, bundles and beefsteak. Promptly at 5:12 I got off the ferry, stopped at the newsstand which is run for the phantom commuters and pur chased a sporting extra of a phantom evening paper, repaired to the train shed and got on this gar, No. 3:J5, and took this very seat. But the train did not start as usual. It was midnight be fore we left the station, and then, to my horror, we whirled through Tuther ford and never made a stop until we reached the junction GO miles west. I will not dwell on my sorrow when I realized my predicament. Car 335 had been shifted to the midnight express, and until it could be stopped at Tuther ford I was doomed to haunt this uncom fortable seat instead of my own pretty suburban home. "Years have passed since then, and every night I have got on the same car and sat in this same seat, oftentimes crowded between two men, who could not see me, always doomed to go whirl ing by the familiar little station with out a speck of a chance of getting off. Did you ever travel in the same car seat with two fat women with babies and bundles?" ' 'No, ' ' I replied. ' 'But I can conceive more pleasant positions. " "Yet such has many a time been my fate, ' ' continued the late R. G. Jones, in spectral mounifulness. "I have trav eled with noisy drunmiers, with chat tering Italians, opium smelling Chinese, with every possible kind of man that it is unpleasant for a sensitive, man like I was to sit in the same seat with. Once, in desperation, I made myself visible to the conductor and pleaded with him to stop the train at Tutherford. He refused absolutely, and not only that, he de manded my ticket. I got out my com mutation card, seven years out of date, and handed it to him. He asked me if I thought he was a fool and used very violent and personal language. When I told him I could not pay, lie declared that he would put me off the train. 'Please leave me off at Tutherford, ' I said foolishly. I have regretted those words greatly, for the man saw that nothing would suit me better than to get 'off the train, and he carried me to the end of the line. Since then I have in vain watched a chance to speak to some one who has a pull on the road. They have been wearisome years to me, and when tonight the longed for oppor tunity came I seized it. I saw you had a pass. ' ' "My dear Mr. Jones," I said, fori was deeply affected by the story of my companion, who, with his eyes filled with cloudlike tears, was now leaning eagerly toward me, awaiting my reply, "you have my sympathy. I have heard much of ghosts, but you are the first I ever met. Your story is a sad one, and I will do what I can to alleviate your sufferings. I see what you want. You wish to have this car stopped at Tuther ford so that you can get off the train like an ordinary phantom and obey yoirr instructions to haunt your own house." A look of joy and expectancy came over the phantom's face. "You have my word that I will use my influence with my cousin, the presi dent of the New York, Lackahudson and Western, to have this train stopped ! just once at Tutherford. I will take i such steps as soon as I get back to town. ' ' ' 'It. is almost daylight, and we are approaching the junction, where I al ways get off," said the late R. G. Jones. His voice was husky, but a gleam of Jiope and happiness transfused his face. "I must leave you now. It is probable that I will never be able to re pay your kindness, Mr. Dockboy, but you will have the consciousness of hav ing done a noble deed in freeing a phan tom commuter from an awful thrall." Then he gathered up his phantom bundles and walked down the aisle, but before he reached the door he had pass ed from my sight. I kept my word to him. Many were the subterfuges I used to have the mid night expiess stopped at Tutherford, but I succeeded, thanks to my cousin, the president of the road, and the knowl edge that the respectable and late R. G. Jones has at last got off that train at his late place of residence after 11 long years of travel has been to me a source of continued satisfaction. New York Bun. $232 Saved! $5.00 Should Pay 2.68 - - Do Pay $2.32 - Savings A little calculation for you. It's an illustration of what happens when you buy Noell Bros' PANTS and the only proof that they're not $5 pants is the $2.32 in your pocket. FOR SALE BY Lonp; Bros, Oxford. SKETCHES BY M. QUAD The Commodore Was Mixed. On the way down the Mississippi I got to talking one day with the commo dore about gunboats and rams and naval battles, and he remarked that he built and commanded the Confederate ram Arkansas. I had a feeling that he was somehow mistaken and so inquired : "Where was the Arkansas launched, commodore?" "Up the White river, sab?" "And where was her first fight?" "At Baton Rouge, sah. I sunk three Yankee gunboats thar. " "Why, that's curious. Admiral Por ter, in his very complete naval history of the war, says that the Ark" "Sah!" "Porter says the Arkansas was built at Yazoo City." "Sah!" "And that her first fight occurred as she came down that stream and contin ued on to Vicksburg. " "My card, sah! My friend, the chief clerk, will act for me in this matter." "Yes, I now, but it's curious how Porter could be so mistaken. ' ' "Mistah Porter Mistah Porter. Nevah heard of the person befo', sah. " "He says the Arkansas was com manded by Lieutenant Brown of the old navy. ' ' "Ah, he does! Is your friend, Mistah Pt rtir, on this boat?" "No." "Will he meet us at New Orleans?" "No." "Then, sail, I will again recommend you to in)- friend, the chief clerk, who will be pleased to arrange all details. You have questioned my veracity, sah!" "Oh, 110, no, no! How could I?" . "See my friend, sah, and the sooner it's over the better." I went in and saw the chief clerk and told him that I had been challenged to fight a duel by his friend. "Tell him to go to grass!" he replied. "But he he" "He wasn't 12 years old when the war broke out. Biggest liar in America. The only thing you need be afraid of is lending him 5. " Told In Confidence. Some one laid a hand on my shoulder on Broadway the other afternoon, and as I tinned my head a man whom I was sure I had never seen before quietly said : "My friend, I have some information to communicate to you. Will you please step into a doorway?" When I could look him over, I saw that he was of middle age, without an overcoat and evidently hard up for cash. "Excuse my boldness in addressing you as I did," he said, "but I wanted to give you my confidence. You see, the fact is" "That you are hard up. " "My dear sir, please permit me to tell my story in my own way. The fact is I came from Sioux City. ' ' "Well?" "I have been unable to find work. " "Well?" "At this present moment I haven't a cent in my pockets, and, as you see, I have no overcoat. " "That's strictly confidential, is it?" I asked. "It is, sir, and I hope you will so consider it. Not for .$10,000 in gold would I have the people of this great metropolis laiow my exact situation. I have confided it to you, but no other person shall know it." "Well, I'll keep quiet about it, and I thank you for your confidence. ' ' "Hold on!" he said as I was moving away. "Having given you my confi dence and shown you my trust in you, I now desire to" "Borrow a nickel, of course. Why didn't you say so in the start? Why all this circumlocution to get a nickel?" "Sir! I pi-ayyou not to interrupt me. I am no nickel plated stranger in the metropolis. Will you lend me $50 on my word of honor?" "No, sir," "I might make $40 do." "You can't have it. " "You doubt mv honor, do you?" "I do." "And you won't lend me even $30?" "No, sir.". "Then I have nothing further to say, and you are not the confiding, trustful man I took you to be. Before you go, however' And he pulled otit a great "wad" of greenbacks and began to finger them over, and the very first bill had the fig ures ".$500" on it, and the next three were good for f 100 each. "Before you go, however," he con tinued, "if you are hard tip and need a couple of hundred, and will give me your word of honor to repay me before the year 2000, why take it along." He had me in a hole, and the only way out of it was to move on and leave him to enjoy his triumph. Ueaten by Figures. I was waiting at the depot for a south bound train when a negro dray man approached me, hat in hand, and said : "Sense me, boss, but I wanter ax yo' a few queshuns. " "All right, go ahead." "A few weeks ago I sold Mr. Peters a mewl fur $15. Please put dat down." "Yes. " "One time he pays me $3, an agin he pays me $2. How much did dat leave to pav?" "Ten dollars." "Den he borrows $2 of me and lets it go on de mewl. ' ' "That increased the debt to $12." "Den he pays me $5 and borrows $7. " "That left him owing you $14. " "Den he pays me $4 an borrows $6, an dat was de last transacshun till dis mawniu. " ."If you are right about the payments, he still owes you $16. " "Shoo! But yo' doan' say! Why, dat man cum 'long 'bout two hours ago and says to me, 'Joe, I doan' want to bod d"r y;m 'bout money, but I'ze mighty hard up, an if yo' kin gib me de $li yo' is owin me on dat mewl trade I shall 'steem it a great favor. ' Dat's what he said, sah, an I handed out de money. ' ' ' ' Well, it seems to be rather mixed up." "She do, sah. I reckoned Mr. Peters owed me $9 or $10, an he dun reckoned I owed him $11. Hu! Shoo! Dat's de way of it. I nebber did 'sociate wid a white man in bizness dat I didn't git de wust of it, an now yo' h'ar me when I say dat it's de last time de last pre vailin occashun dat I make a trade wid any 'rithmetic in it!"-M. Quad in De troit Free Press. NOTCH -OX Never So Cheap, never Z5u nanasome ! Our Line of Men and Boys Suits is simply the "TQ1 ( j-vxi -i 11115 iviarKer : k COLORS Browns, Drabs, Grays, Blues and Bl.u k. MATERIALS Cheviot, Cassimere, Worsteds and Serges. STYLES Sack Cutaways, Prince Alberts. SIZES From 3 years to size 48 for large men. PRICES Boys from $1.50; Mens from $4.1:9. Attention Called . To Following Specials. Men's Negligee Colored Laundried Shirts 39 cents carl,. Suspenders 9 cents, worth 20 cents. Fine Silk Web Susptnders 39 cents, worth $1.00. New Sh ades T,m and solid Black Sox at 10 and 15 cents. Hemstitched Handkerchiefs 9 cents each. Umbrellas 50 cents, 75 cents, $1.00 each. Shoes, Hats, etc. The best goods and largest assortment in the county an in our establishment. Our prices are so right that you will find yourself largely in pocket by coming dire ly to see us. We have served you long and honc.sily i U Oxford, N. C. 1 I1 J 1 i i KKONHEiriEK, King Clothier. V M I AT Reduced prick; at OXFORD, N. C. CALL AND SEI: IT SADDLER'S BCOK-KEEPERS Al OFFIE PRAG COPYRIGHTED 1895 PATENTED 1895. or, Business Practice from tlie SOMETHING ENTIJILV Nl The School-room becomes a Counting-room. The atmo-! i the CJounting-room now transferred to the School-room at t'i beginning of the student's course. Students engage in Genuine Bookkeepers and Office Pr; ti the doy they enter. No copying. The student deals with theories. All entries made direct from the business papers r and issued. The student learns more in a week (and then p1 ly) than by the old text-book method in a mouth. jggT'StmK risted to positions without charge. SOMETHING NEW. A S. A. SADDLER, Seo. Saddler's Bryant fc Stratton (V W. H. SADDLER, Prest., Nos. 2, 4, G, 8, 10 and 12 N. CIku Baltimore, Md. janlO. 11
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