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f THE COURIER' :' -- 'published in the centre of a fine tobacco growing section, making it one of the beat advertising mediums for . merchants and warehousemen in the adjoining '- counties . Circulated largely in Person, Granville and Durham counties in North Carolina, and Halifax oonntyiVirginia. i. - ; ' JOB WOfiK::i . fall description neatly executed -on Bhort notice and at' reasonable prices. . ."When An need of work give the Courier a trial. I rrtblisWd-Every Thursday BY 4 ffACKNEY.NOELL, ; ' 4 EoxBosoTTST. O. - HACRNEY-: & SOEUrEditbrs and Wprietdrs. HOME :EIRST: ABROAD- NEXT ; $1,50 Ect Vear in Adice TERifS OF BUBSCRITTIO; 1 0ne Copy One Year tl 50 . " OneCopySix Monthsr r-- -TS.' - T KemitancA mn.t--mmlA"! W Rppktflrpd ,-. ! VOK-3. NO. 41. letter, PoX)ffi Order , or Postal ote." -:; , ' 1 y4 i ' i : i : t i, - ROFESSION AL p ArIS. j v r.. fltrudwlck. - " : It. B. Boone. STRUDWICE & BOONEK ATTORNEY AT XAW. VUACTICK3 IS BVEnAH,;ORi.NOE ABU PBRSOM COVKTIE8. - A. W.GBA1IAM, . - ; .ATTORNEY AT LAW, milsborb, N C. rraeHcea in the Counties of Caswell. Duraam, I uillord. Orange anl lei-an. . ; J C. B- WIS8TBA.D. J. Tbkkt. riUSTEAD & TEfcUY, ' - ATTORNEYS AT LAW. - Roxbero, N. C Prompt attenUon given to all bnsmess entrust- a to tiicuk TvT ' rnnATIXTW- I'm T. A W v i Roxboro.N.C '"' S i j VV Graham, " '.O'MoBtiffin: GRAHAM & RIJFFIN, Attorney's at law. Hillsboco, N. C. 7 Practicesnn the counties of Alamance, Casw Pnrham. Guilford. Oranye ajwirerBon. - - J. . MEUR1TT. ATTORNEY AT LAW.' Piiupt attention-given 4a4he collectton C. E. Bradsher PRACT1UINGPH YSICIAN. Roxboro, Jff. C. - prolesslonal services offered to the citizens of Boxttoro and stgrrOnndin cpmmwn tv. D PRACTIGING PHYSICIAN. - - BoiWo, N ; C. DR. C. W. BRADSHER DENTIST. Oflers hs services to the public., CallBpromptly l Ataa wisniup wovk inhw line, bv wntmjr him It iTushy fork, N. C. wjU be attended at once. D it ji a: oeogheoan PROFESSIONAL SEBtlCEa , To Roxboro and the SurrounHing Community. Can be touwd at my.resirtence recently ecu J. .T..Ianwle41. . - ' - THE TI3WJ10F- ROXBORO ACADEBrlY Open to Both sexes. - Opened January 10th. 1887. JAMES W. TIIXETT, Principal, ' . Miss Pamela C WycUe, Asaistant. Tuition for 20 weeks, in Primary depart nnon EnjrllPh Branches HiffUer English and LnguagrS.M- AJVEBTISjEMK5TS Geo. D. Tbaxton.. A. Judaon Watkins. THAXTOKfSc W ATKINS, JOBBERS " 1 -'. 1T0TI0NS, WHITE GOODS, PAKT GOODS, OVERALis, INDIES' JORESS GOODS, AC., H S. Fourteenth 6t Bk5bTnondFa i1 'tf ' f 1 1 - . . i . lean live at nome, for ub, than a anytime tat not needediybti arerstartert fiw njijc to send us your amrc v -- , -- . .. do ao at once. -II. .uali. a Co., PorUand. Maine. ' . ejre iy. eats. Trade Marks and Copyrights Ob tained, and jdl otherr business m the U . Patent Office attended to for Moderate t ess. Our office is opposite the U. S. Patent Office, and w can obtain Patents m less time than those reraoie from JFashmgton. Send Model or Drawing, .We advise as to patentability iree to Vo Charge Unless We Obtain Patent . we reier nerc u --.-i., v , MonPt Order DivM -and to official of the 9 tJ. S. Patent Office. Tor circtrlar artvice, terms and references to actual clients in your otto State or coumyi wme w . C. A. SHOW &kSP,t - ; " PatenrOnice?Wa8hbgt6n, D. C MeigoNp. PIANOS &:- ORGrH MoBMwaMe Terms. PIANOS,. 6TEINWAY r KRANICH & BACH, , BEHRBR03.V CniCKEBING. EMER50N ;6llGrANS ; ; il ' i GIOiATJrVESTERlfr. - KIMBALL, . , , r-t MILLER. ;VHITNEY. ( BBIGEPORT. t . Write for prwend term. , ' ' ' i ii 'i T f 'LOV THE CONQUEROR V- , y (Herman Herivale In Ixmdon World.) " . r' . FROM H& IO UUS. -':r'"' Dsar lova and lri, X . canuut chooaa b&l - love thee, . Where love is sacrifice and choice is frej &nl I, tiiat am what tha world calls abor -,'tbeo, . - -- . " -Know well itow. , far you stoop In lor ' ins me. , , t I know the higher mind's rfncera tempted '..-'.-tlOll -'. --- -.-..- .. - - la to avoid the mere conceit of dross,"V And own the avowal of thine adoration ' Seenw but aspiring to tbine honor's losa, ' xou lova ma, love met . L& tbe world go .. by u-s " .. - v- ' And with mock laughter a a"; mock of - love ' , 'i t - -,. Bay what it will, so It may not deny us 'i'he lifelong proof of what our love shall prove, .J I stoop from state; you, stoop from soma f.hin T (rnkn.'lai1 To blend aDDointad nirit iato one: De thou but open, and my answerin? candor Bhall do tonnes all - tiiJK woatcUfe leave aT weaica tr t:vrie Bi ior jv tiDasiioa Xhtae ends are fettered for the means I lend; -Be thoa then fearless in the fearless fashion, And woo th wife, whore thou hask found ' ' .. -the friend: - - . ' - kAnd, though the world's disdain ' at both be . ..- burled, c rr . .... . "ye - ? Together let m overscorn the world. '. .: 4 - ' " FROM BIX TO EES.' X love thee, love thee, not -the world shall stay us, ; -- . " , If-Go thou wilt, a single moment nay; ' Out on the folly tbat Uoold here betray na Into n mere deception of delay! I know your state; you know me as I know . . y-u, ' " ' - ; - That hold the world a moment's fragile -"toy; - - ' f- . And though I be by all its laws below you, unearns love it jays snou ovorj iy. Thy 'wealth I keep it as astewaid for thee, , Brigbt godde bending to a serf ua- owoed; - Lose all at once the richer I adore thee -. For the new poverty in the enthroned l never doubtcrl of my pulse's boating, I uever questioned of thine answering lOOK. I never feared the sweet lips1 bold repeating." . U. Doider piirases toan tne mean mig&s brok. ' : - ' Lave me Land, by the sun's high-kfagdomed splendor, Til pay thee with suohi interest back asrain, -That e'in tae ro aghast lauh shall own the tender As ne'er before have women .been for taon; - ' : - And on thy brave cheek's crimson flag un furled, My kiss, for thee, thus con all the worl X 1 ... FOLLiV,' NATURE'S INDICATIONS Dyspeptic Trouble In the Kind 'Hatbei Than the Gatrto Apparataa. " Chicago Tribuae. Dr. Austin Flint shocked the believers In- dieture many years ago by telling them that the trouble was in the mind, and nrt in their gastric apparatus. Dr. Flint declares that the true rule are these: "Do cot adopt the rule of eating only at stated periods twice or thrice daily. Be governed in this re.ipccfr by appetite; cat whenever there is a dairoSeorlf oxl Eat in the.,, evening" or at bedtime if food 13 desired. Insomnia is of ten attributable to hunger. T .7f?"' f "la the choice of ; articles of diet bo di trustfal of past peronal experieace, and consider It to be a trustworthy rule that those articlej wjll be most likely to be dk gestod wPhont 'inconvenience wbica are most aoceptable to the palate. As far as is practicable let the articles of - dletjbe made acceptable by good cooking; as a rule, the better articles of food are cooked the greater tha comfort during digestion. Waver lava the table with ua nnsatisfiel appstite.-, Ba in no haste to suppose that you are sep arated frjm the rest of mankind by dietetic dijsyncracies'' and be distrustful of the dogma that another man's meat is poison to you. Do not undertake fro estimate the amount of fool which you take. In this repecfc difforsnt persons differ very widelyv and - there is no nxed standard ox quantity which is not to be exceeded.' - --. "Take animal and vegetable articles of diet in relative proportions as - indicated by imtinct - In the quantity of drink follow nature's indication namely; thirxt.-- Some old writer said that the stomach was like a school-boy unless kept pretty constantly occupied it was sure to. get - into mischief. There s aa important practical truth in this remark. If the stomach behaves perversely, like the mi2hievouS schoolboy, the patient should conquer the stomach, and not the stomach the patient This simile may some times be oaed with advantage in order to make patients not afraid to ' rely on their digestive powers." :-What an Agrent Says of I1U Trade. T - rPhiladelphia Time; Interview. . Manx f the greatest men in the world's history have been "book agents.- Do-you suppose they could ever, have laid their foundations ofgreatnes3 if in this delicate profession they had not been lovers of the truth? Lord Brougham, in a famous speech in parliament, said that "the sol Iter in full military array was a far less Imposing per sonage than the canvasser, armed with his outfit, and knocking impartially, like the king's writ, -at - the - cottage- of - peasant or palace of peer alike." If we eon the world's history we find how true the", chanceHor,3 words were, and not only in modern times but away back in the twilight of..-early Vecori we' find many illustration s that arA, the ereat; the' true heroes who stand out in - alto-relievo on tbe page .of thae, - wore 'at one -time or other book . agents. It is a school boy of disciblins that never fails to . fit men for high en4eavor. .' Ten tboa-and, of course. failyas agents where one succeeds, but the few who do" succeed rarely fail to become faroouv -The faQures drop Out . . It is to them that much of the fake publlo clamor against the profession is due. Itound pegs ln;r square holes, these' inoompetont-i have - cone at work -they were. unfitted .for and. dogs harej been set On tfcemy women have spurned them fronilhs threshold,' and bread-winning - man in 'dingy city offices have speed1 them rmto the in bo'ipi table street i I tell-vou air, 4t is osi noble a, pro tension as-ever was .'lifted into mzh cono quenco - by those who - at one rtime-- or an other have felt it no.dfsh.onor to take it up. 1. ' The Sugar Industry in . ' " , IChicago Trfbune.I s -Ad vices Jnst received in Holland from Java- shpw the great 'development of the -rogar industry in. that iKlaud. - .The , sugar crop Just completed July I,'T.:188. r to - June 80, 1885- was' no :ieHCthn-. 8718S9 f ton-: showing an incrsaw in five'jrears of - 163,S33 tarns;7;;;-v t ; - " - JwricwSiberefeTej-histead, cf oheckinj the Indus try, appear to have purred the planters to extra exertions.. The : lat . five" yesrV flgores are a XoIIowsf s. July 1; 1830, to June SD, 1881, 210,551 tops; July 1, 1831,. to Jane , 1883. W-J.890 tni July 1. ISbSL to June 80, 1833, 283,618 tons; - Jury ; i, a. June 3Q. 18, 8I1,S(J6 tons; JuIy lt V&t, 'to June SO, 1835 74 ZSst tons. There, are ouiy about 100 &ugarmiTIala Java, but' the lad fuited to the cultivation : of -sugar 1 practically ;.unlfmited. -. - " .The jvera,iie wine yield -of ,. Calif orata Is tfd ' gallon - par acre, while ia francs it if . ai 19ft imUonk " ..-. - " , ; THE STAMP- CLERKS A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYE" TO S3 PiTlED, MOT ENVIED 3ffa4. Must JDe a Mathematician, Athleta, Accountant, rlEneyolopedla arid Mind . Reader- And Sfoeds l"atleaca and ' t ' ' " . ' t. ' an Iron Constitution.' V - ' - ' Chicago Tribune. . ; "Tke employ meat- pf the clerks in the re tail stamp' department of the . postoiSce,'' eald one of them the other day, "is generally regarded as exceedingty- easy, indolent and mechanical but it ii exactly the rsvtrse. In my opinion it U the toughest and most intellectual - Job, under the roof of the gov ernment bufllrog ; The. bare f act.that they wait on so many onorasri - Shows It The work . fcf ,7 one dork in- the moneyder de- i parroiac-e lresrw oy om) as vaa oaraet place, became he-. hrw - to oonduoft vl,(W9 mnn-sy tranoactions a day.- But; the retail stamp-: clerk" deals dn;'lollar-,,'-oentsnd miBi, has to do ell bb ciphering In his head; like the lightning calculator1 on the street, end has from 8,000 to 4.000 of thom a day,: That . number "may' jeeem large to you, but we often wait da as many as a dozoa people a minute, - and will ; average from ssven to ten a mtnute during, the . sevanv or eight hours that we are on duty.V ":r-.'x . . :; "What are the 'chances for . tneking mis takes!" . . :f ; 'yiV "luey are unnvaletf. we. have ceven khids of 6tamps two Mais oi postal oards and about twenty - kinds .-of envelopes and wrappers to sell. These are dispose 1 around the clerk, not all of them, within reach and when he begins to wve customers be look Ilka a champion bell-ringer play iag 'Fisher's Hornpipe,' with ! variation. The valu of each envclopa and wrapper ia so many centf and t decimal ' fraction, -and when ever he sells five or -seven"? f them he must estimate . , the price f within hundredth of a cent; and - if the amount is so many cents -'and a ; fraction- he must -charge the next higher' number of Cents. This is extremely Interesting. Borne of the envelopes are. 8.24 : cents apiece; -and, it a customer wantt ten of them, lt ia com paratively easy to tell what to charge him, but when he asks- for 80 cents-, worth of them the clerk feels like resigning hisjposi tion. "Of course, when very . busy, he ia liable to make a mistake' ab ut it. ' . s .; " : Then the eale of Btamps Is Varr danger ous. Some people ' Lwaut -ten stamps tiand others Id 'cents worth of stamps, ' and the clerk constantly confutes these two trans action, and gives tea S-cent 'stamps for 10 -cents of' fi'ty for 60 cenK " Under favor able circumstances there calculations would Dot mislead him, but he has to make them with twenty -people at his window watching him and waiting impatiently for their turn,' and he has to make tftem after having made 2,000 other calculations and when bis facul ties are completely jaded. Sometimes when I have gone through this hurly-burly - for tour hour", on a stretch, suddenly all my senses leave me, and I couldn't take aulciol out of a dime to psrre my life. ' I ' jint have ..to hold my - bead . with my' baad" for mmute until raaaoa remru ani then pitch . in again." ' ; -. ' . . . ' CARELESS CU3TQHER3 - Do the cnstomaM always etate their "wisfcea dearly!" I ' - ' - "O,--my I no. A man will elap down 8 coats, and then give the clerk a contemptu ous glance, as maeh to ray, "Can't you an derstand, you dolt that I want two l-cent stamper. But the clerk does not know whether ha wants that or a 0-cent stamp, of a postal-card, or two. postal-card or a newspaper wrapper. . Another .man h will slap down a nickel, and cry out Jflve. Efo fnay mean a 5-cont stamp, or five l-cent stamps, or five ' postal-carda, and it take a parley to find out rjometime3 - it will take a foreigner a whole minute to ex plain .what he wants for bis quarter.- You wouid hardly b?lleveiti but very frequently a well-dressed person, generally a woman, will come to tha window -and. say com posedly, GIvo me oma tramps, plaaso,. and then leaning on-her, elbow gaze out into the streets dreamily until tho clerk r asks tor what sort of stamp? and bow many she want.- A large; number of customers ask for 'letter-stamps,' as if that was putting Very fine point on It." . - : are tnese au your aunesrv-; - .y;-.-. "No, these are only a small part of them. The retail stamp clerk is a weighmaster. He weighs hundreds of letters- and parcels a day, the weight of which must be determined within half an ounce. - Tnen, tae contents being learned, be must estimate the postage according to the nature of ae content and according. to the i destination and mak' up the amount in stamps. This is very trying to the patience and, 1 mvr add, to the-eyea. So, likewise,. Is the counting of postal-caria which stick together s-j tia;htiy. that , mis takes are vary easy. "J While, the clerk is at tending to all these duties" he" is acting as a general intelligence ofSce. People ply him with questions concerning the other depart mentepf the postoffloe, concerning ' the ar rival and departure of mall trains and mail steamers, and even concerning the location of the streets and the expre-s offices. . . r HARDEST OP ALL." v : "The hardest work Is yet to be spoken of, and begin when the clerk shuts his window, and when the public supposes .that he is en- itywij.a season of well-earae! . repo- Klther .then or at some time before he opens his .window the next - day, be has to count his cash and take; a full inventory of all his stock, estimating. the value of every stamp, 'card, envelope and wrappers in-his posses sion tn dollars, cents and' mills, and aiding it airtogethef . jnake it . come out $6oq or $000 according to the amount of -stock he Is carrying. This he ! never can do.. Though he ;, makes 10 or" 10 cents -a-aay by -odd. mills charged on envelopes, he always Ioeoi enough: In making change to make hi account xomewaac short, and - be has to go down into his pocket for the short age.- The best of clerks will have' an average lostt of $1 a week, and fnexperieficed Tclerk' havQ been known to -lose from t-30 to 140 a mpnth.1- Very v often ' some; miatakein his figuring, especially when done after a day 'of oxhaustingr work, will - bring out an ap parent shortage of $15 or $20, and then the work of. taking stock has all to be done' over : again, to find out where the mistake is." ' "But then the salary must be good." -- ..There is right where you arelama. The pay of the different clerks employeiln the retail stamp department hTiiflhrsnt in each case, and. ranges from $18 to$21 aweek, .the Josses, reducing: i.t at least $1 a jweek.. 'How any ycung manTi with life fore him can think of -seeking such "employment I can not understand. -.V s - Touched wttb Pity . - f " j - 'r- r,'- London' Truth. J" -; I V.'' TFIocks of American.? are to be mt every where, and the hurried manner ia ;whick they rasa throusb Europe strikes oni. witSi wonder and pity." ; 1 t -' , Easily Explained..;" - ; r, s,? -- jyittsburg Chronicle. v ? ' " Mr; Notes and i Comments," writes. Eva, hv ia dvm called klckinahe puckatf? Don't know, r, anlssff daavi - ia. the pail j CTYLES IN ARTIFICIAL -LlMSS.! EtaOldStylss Are Awkward and Cheap) : isut tne Hew ones Are wonaora. f, -r'- fNewT York Bun. . -- t k r Two signs lathe show window of a dealer In surgical appliances read as follow? s - 5011 Style -L" and -."Hew. Style ,lg," Thoyj show that there is a fasmon la amacial, less. The - old-styla leg; conaistadrqf a short wooden stump and socket, whicn.. was to bo fastened to itheremaining portion- ot the missing membof by a stout broad strap. T It was of. the "same -style, usually .exhibited in picture books and. on the comic opera stage, Tne-new-styla. log was a flash-colored . c.fy of a. human, leg, end foot. light-an lap-' parently as comfortable as a cripple would require. .""- ' E -The old Btrle ieg,T4ia tho propriotor, a"clunuy affair, and is chiefly worn'by those who era not proud of their personal appear ance aadjby poor -men who;re unable .to. pay ..the" price demanded .tOf finer work. We stilf nave large orders for them, .and Always expect to haya, .They. cost fom $5 to w-at accora.tag to workmanship. The new etyfe 6f ii costs from $73 to $3jo .The former pride is for ? a .leg "from the knee downward, white the latter takes in whole leg from the hip joint to the big too. '; Taeae legs are very light. Tbey, are hollow,, and are made of a" great many layers of : wood; as thin "a3 wall hpaper cemented together. They are almost as tough as iron. -Thoy are comfortable to the stump, end the springs m them give thoh owner an . almost natural gait. ' There b a spring Joint at the toes, one ac tbo ankle, .which enaulo the foot to bend up and down, and also a lateral joint at the same 'place," that ; allows the" foot to turn from side to side. - "It is in arms, .however, that this business h& made the most rapid advancement,'' continued the dealer -"The -man' who in vented the artificial arm and' band was a practical philanthropist AVhen-1 was a boy a man, who lost bis arm was obliged to wear a wooden stump with a screw socket at the i end. into this he could screw a knife, spoon, or fork to help him while eat ing, and a hook for use at other times. How we caa.glve him a wrist, hand, and fingers. waica work with springs, and almost com' pletely take the place of the missing mem. bora. He can put a. knife, spoon, and fork between his finKers, which will bold them with the qrip of steel, and thus he .may eat without discomfort . He-can also put a pen between tils lingers, ana write almost "as well as ha could with bis natural hand. Ten years ago this would have boon regarded an a miracle. This style of arm sells for $100. They make , artificial portions . of a man's body now almost as serviceable as &e real . Xlnc OrtoDDa's Opinion. r -' Chicago Herald. v ". " - .From what I have seen," said the heir to tbo titles of the Roman Colonnas, who,' with tu3 wife' (formerly Miss Eva Mackey), U now In Ban Francisco, "this smntry has re couroes incomparably superior to those ol any country in. the Old World. As regards sceitery, it nas many striking features, . The ehief f eatum of Amerioan scenery, if I may call It so, la its originality I ba vhitea the Rocky mountains, seen those tremendous Canyons, and climbed some ; of thj .highest -peak .Tbera Is., a.soverlty of aspect ragedtiess ofi cbaractert in tha laadseapa,, BverythJng is conducted on a scale of im msn'dty, thelinas are bold, and the effect of the picture eometimos astounis the sanse. In Europe there is les of this conducted on a r&agntflccntscala. ' ' " . Stslrn and fitalrcasesw :. , ' Art Journal. :-v ' ' ''.--' - Tho first -point in . arranging steps end risers is tha proportion that will make them look well, and yet will not prevent them from being used conveniently; and thls is mostly gained by making the risers shallow and the tread wide, and - In putting in the .landings of the proper, width at the proper places. . Great fcrcadtb is also cf tbi' first importance. Much may then bo done by careful treatment of tha balustrades, pedes tals, apd their . ornaments, in i ersla most of the, balnstradei are solid and' enriched with sculpture. V The "walls between which grand flights of stairs rise offer great to ape for sculpture, .like the walls of (be atodnt la Daute'e Pjrgatory 1 . : : . , Bishop Coxe on Cremation, Bishop Coxa, -of : Buffalo, writing la c5na Forum on cremation, says: But under the name of progress we must revert to barbar ism. , Tha appctite.whicti the age exhibits" for such retrograde manners and devices ought to sSockus, merely- as anen of feeling and taste. cut it is cne symptom or somacning much Worse than coarse and unrefined senti ment The natures which so readily adopt this rmtonism, even with a sort of jned ness, and f?corn the r graves of their fathers and "mothers without' any sense jof . their sanctity, " would' thrust a goatle wife or eharming child remorselessly into, the oven to shrivel and crackle and roast: within reach of eye and ear. : Such characters are'already less sensitive than Pagans; they less appreci ate Virgirs hue: - . - 'Sunt lacrimm rerom-et rnentem mortalia tangunt arid they are breeding a ferocity of mannei'S and of thought" among us vwmch, to another generation,' will be ready, to erect the guillo tine or to ro-onact tha. dragonnadea. T- Philos ophers" might prompt them to the one or far. natics to the other, ?,A people -perversely fond of change" and experiment may be destined to punish themselves, uanutkms have donebe? fore, by their own devicea1.', - V s -, The Christian . Advocate,, of ; Kashvflle. thinks that "if. ever it. comes to. b thought that a chief function" of the cliflTch is to fur nish entertainment for the people, young w old, it wW notbevlong before. Its functtoa act wml saving agency wja fas gonar z ; . JDolnCS of Dad Xaephanta, X. J: - t ' . - - Xewfork SunJ ' - j Tho fish-eating" elepbant is considered In India the mo-t victims of his; species, In the Himalayas each . variety of - the semi- f lacro:! "beast has name. The crab-lover 'b called Hinaxat, and turns readily to a nan: eater; Another .monster, which eats to much fl j that -his" hide becomes scaly v called Bek. But the famous mad ele phant of Muni a Is con ceded to be the worst verknownV.. For yeanrhe -had been in the ftndof the East India comny. One nigh be became : possessett of a -demon, and the next morning broke : loose and ,'fled to tha Woods.: For weeks that whole province was terror-stricken .. iWith ' a cunning which 5onld never be. anticrpated, the-mad . ele phant set liuadrods" of hunters" at defiance,' and, Creeping on" ' unprotected, villages, ;mashAd the hntsnnd- trampled the women sud children.: K He had destroyed, thirty-ttve 3ve when killed," 1 - - '..v. Z . "' 1 i "' "" - - " In tha 'Tawa Par. -"'-" , - ; iPuaxsntawney 5Ta)JDe4,.r'', sfc Bo2orra.? said an Irishman'the other day. as be gazel over the '.ublio sqaarer" sura thls'muvt be a healthy ttJwnL'. : 2. . Why sot" a-.ksd a by stand ar. 'H " - "Faith, err, beeau?e there, isn't a epign of a grave in the cfotetary teyanXf w'a r The Ieadly "Srmoon ot, tha Desert, '.;sf je" & Laviaia a Good whvltt The-Currentj'i-f -When the simoon, or virulent saudstor'mC approaches; It is the camel that warns the maiter.I His keen sagacity detects the dan ger bezcre any sign la -visible. tJ man, and with a distrHel roar he wheel? -away-from the swiftcomhagjcurrent of -yellow or lurid 28 which to breathe is death, rand jJun gas his iiead into - tho sand. 1 In " all haste the traveler throws himself; qn'. the ground face downward, - witfr' cIosedmoath,'4iad handr covering, bb ncstriU. ' Mny - times- even these precautions fail, and tola ' proves the s4 of life Journey forman and beast v "' At the dbeav after experiencing shooting pains and the eymptoms -f of paralysis, the man breathes again, hm mysterious deadly' vapor, ha vtos passed in a few seconds teav- ng however, its:, lingering effects in weak-' ened ' limbs, dimmed vision, and-disordered memory.': The strong " mad of tha minute' before is reduced -to the -condition of " bne Just convalescing after a. 'languishing: in ttosiThe Arab makeacoffee his refuge, the foreigner seeiH . remedy in the stronee can de viat As to tha -poor camelrbia-.dole-fal imploring looks tarn to alt directions,"" while he groans his complaints to nature, bit kneeling posture adding, to the iropressiye- aess of the scanet - '"V To Strengthen the Memory,- " ISt Mcholaal - -r After, reading a book, or" an article, or an ttem ' of'- information from ' any - reliable tource, before turning your attention- to other-thing!', give twa or-' three minutes' wmet thought to the -subjBCtthat has lust been presea ted toyour mind; see bow much you can remember concerning it; and-tf there were any new Ideas, instructive facts,' or. hints of especial interest that impressed ran as: you read, force yourself to recall It may be a little troublesome at first un til your mind gets under - control and learns to obey your will, but'-the very effort to ttunkiit all out will - engrave the facts deeply upon tho memory, - so deeply v that they will not bo effaced - by the . rushing . in ft a new and different set of idoa-: where aa If the matter be given no further -co nsidera-" lion at alT the impressions you. have re- aedved will fa4e-away so entirely that within a few. weeks you will bo totally un able to remember- more than a dim outline Of them. . . - - r-- Thirst and Pulque. ; Mexico Cor. Inter Ocean. . Tho stranger in Mexico always complatna of thirst .The rapid -evaporation makes hia throat and tongue ' very 'dry : As the water is poor and unhealthful, pulque shops, aeubr cf Until trtt fAAie Mlrvwta am -w-jma-mA - rpt-M are said to be 84,000 licensed pulque sbops. m tne city, or one lor every lOU inhabitants, besides ' numerous bar-rooms,' where other beverages are sold. - - - " " - Pulque (pronounced poolkee) Is the national drink, and is tho fermented milk of . the cactus, -Eighty thousand gallons are eald to' be sold in Mexico every day, and double that amount on bundays and saints' jlays. . It is a sort of combination of starch and alcohol, looKs. use weu-waterea "'""i mux, ana tastes like yeast - It costs but a penny a glass, or 8 cents a quart, so that it is within the reach of tho" humblest citizen, and he . drinks- vast quantities pi it Five cents Worth will make a peon (aa all the natives are called) as happy aa a lord, ana lu cents worth will send him reeling into the arms of a . policeman, who tocumbim en engagement to 'work for the government for ten days without compensa tion. iJut lt leaves no headache in the morn ing, and is said to be very healthful. ; In the moist climates "one might drink large quanti ses without Injury, but all the usual Inloxi canta are barmf ul in this altitude : ' :J -Uny Btanloy Never Olarrled. - tChicago Tribune. Stanley, the African explorer. Is not mar rial, -and probably never wU be. When be first started for Africa be was engaged to m pretty New .York girl, who gava him up fox dead- to a year and married another man within two years. Ha did not return till the end of. the- third year, and -thought the iazrael should have waited Car b?n aai Uor pourse amtatceea fiu m: . Where the Crowds-Go, j C t " ' - PShtcago Herald. ' -; ' -' ffeople wonder at tha crowds which Bar num. draws, . forgetting that through :- all time the showman has been . king. - George 1X1 suspended a council of his ministers, to rush to an open window and. stare at Lu- nardi'd "balloon, and Jenny Llnd freely for gave the little -boy: for whom bis fond father had bought a ticket for one of her concerts, and woo went instead J see. the fat hog . in a side . show. v "Was It,", assed with the liveliest interest the Fdu3triou9 ar tiste, a very fat bog! ' The hippopotamus. when he first came to Uoadon .was certainly the most popular personage in the metropo lis, and Sir Elwin Laodseer hastened to the Zoological gardens to make for, royalty pen-and-ink . sketch ," oL, the . interesting stranger. Then came the reign of Kmg - Vckburg,s Timid Newsboy'-'. The Vick8burg newsboy, it 13 said,' moves along; the street with a timid . air, ' and almost whispers his request that you should" invest in the morning - paper. " He stepv off slowly as though he fea plenty of time in which ti cover hi3 territory. , . -, ; .TKater-Proof Boots and Shoes.5; A writer In Hygiene Practique states that boots and shoes -may -be rendered -waterproof by oaklng thmfor- soma hours in 4 thick soap water. " r The compound forms -fatty acid within the leather and makes ft impervious-to water. . rf . The common thistle plant Is found t con tain an average of 64,000 seeds, and the bur aock tw,uua : .. ' v- ---- r " Charity ttntf tarjte tnoia - - - ' fDf trolt Free Press. 1 - J 1 -Mr' Beecber bas rvi30Ihfc early oplnlorai tn regard to the use "of toba" v IIe,doe8nt believe anything -is: gaind bya wbolesals denunciation pf tobacco, but he urges young men not to form the habit of using it flats not sayjngf fUl her . "that tobacco will lead to rum, an d rum to fehoeL It isnTt a good thing; especially for the young. ; They dop.1 need It ".-I If you do smoke, or If you choose to amok later in 41fe,. I have no maledic tions, but see to 1 it that the practice shall take on as lltfJe that Is offensive as possible, ilanj may be" justified": in smokmg, but charity hadn't -got a" mantle that is broad enough to , cover jcl ,maa'who utes bad to bacco. - r.- v.. s, '-b -The Best Scheme Xet' , ,-T , -i - SomervlIIa Journal.) Yonng married couples off on their wed ding tours have In times past "devised a good many able schemes to conceal from fellpw ravelersrhow recent' their .happiness rwas :bntone that ; we ever" heard of equaled -in inventive Renins the young pair from Bom1 orvilla who borrowed a 3-year-old boy from a neighbor to take along with them tola void suspicion.. - 'f1' - - - . T " Vulgar IVevel. 5'AfTench musician has caused quite a sea ation In Paris by declaring that piano play ins degrades the whole science of music by jbrwging it down to a vulgar leveL. . 4 , t The.llorse- Fair-Oata.; s i ' I .iThe inairi spiius lime Marfih. Woman's,1 tptere is tthelKraie: mnn's aphere" is base balh- -j r : Velum's Bcacliihas; teen sold ta LLasw'AY. Waclcey, ol rennsylv auia: - Mofejihan ilOOO chatn bermaids are empIojedJii NJw Yprk iiotels.'f5' ;C6iYaterson dedlipes it 0eraldi norniiratien to tbejice PxtoMencY' 'Bliss Mary Johttsorr; of Kentnckvi has achieved succesa bn ' too 'Lot'doxr ioiixinarea.ana sixty -twopairs JtwserftQr:'CbIcJatih; "T; W a two' fat people" rarr- 'eWiiist ccuvuiw,jfcsui; Li- pi yperiy : spo&efi if uWssrneetiiig, ' "- - ; ' . Jnland trtay "Mistress ofibe C 81)tit sbehas never , yet been able to fairly-maslrlthe ll'a. v H'U iaidT thaf' over 50,000 pbotr graphs of Mrsv Cleveland 'have al ready been 8oia .tne duy sales aver aging U0, i1';-, " Ttiere-are ,000,000 bushels' 'of wheat j in - Ibet- .United S? ates'--abo ve what is repaired for Home - consurup The -oil JuraoT -ltne-tead, once the home of aronXurry wa reeni ly sold SriewvYrlc for f 100,000; A man in tovrn is so full "in 8ym-; pathy wifch-tbeIiitfif-iState hir (ha! ho" wiir hot - Cven"i)as8 a free In rich counter, ; ; . Forhronic'catarrh; Indriced' bya scrofulous taint, 'lyerV Saraaparilla 19 th6 true remedy It stops catarrh al discbarges, removes the sickeriirig odor,nd jiever fails to thoroughly J:"t- : -i. ' xi.1 it a;" - ' tronvtneiMooa. isoia 1 all dealers in mediQiue. ' i; , ' Isaiah Tapplns, mayor of Reids- ville, Ohio r Is the first., colored jnan. ever elected to 'thati office north; of the Ohio river. " . r - vtThe meed f merit for , p'romotin pejrsonaK' comeliness, is due , to J. 0. Ayer .& ,.Co- whose Hair vigor v is ; a oniveral F beautifier i-of '.Jhe hair., Harmle83, effective, and agreeable, it ranks among tbe indispensible toilet articles." v; , Mr. Abell of the Baltirrrore- -STnn is set as the riches newspaper inan", in the,vorliL -j Ue 7 credited- viritlr; $ 20; - Prostority vb Anccfxy. -- It is no longer xiuesUoued, it is ad mitted, that the, blood of man is Jm- proving.;; -The children-ot today . Are better Bormedi ; have t better;, muscle aud xicher miuds than our ariccstoraC cansa of this, fact ia due' more to tbe general use . of Dr.? Harter'sjlrpn Tonic than any .other source,, -; t, ! .AJavryer may- not be at all fastidi OAs in dressiag, but no one -likes to come otit in a he w suit better , then be'do"s. - s - a;- Enjoy tife. , - .. Vhat a truly beautiful world we Jive inr-Mature gives us gmideur of moun tains, glens and oceans, and tbonsands of inesns 'of enjoyment We- can'de sire no:better whett'inr. perfect bealth ; but bow of ten do the mjority"of .peo ple f cellike givi og it up: , diebear tencd discouraged and worn out with disease, when there is no occasion for this feel ing; as evpry Sufferer can easily obtain 8atisfactoi7-profi:thati:-Aus FhtcerVA make them free fromdfsH ease,'- as wberi," .born. -V. Dy spepeta.- and Liver JDqmplaint are thVdircct causes of seventy five per cent; of Aucb mala dips asBiIiousne8S,i Indigestion,' --Sick Headache, Coatiyeuess, Nervous, Pros tration Pizzi nes jbtthe Iiead,- Palpir tation olthe Heait, and other distress ing 8jmptqms,:,4Three. dose ofs-Aug ust -Fl6wer. will prove ifca Winderful . ... v - j - - "1. "f- ' , . ... . - effect."; Sample bottles, 10 cents, fry; lb. -- -- " " , .; 1 "- Irj-fteerjLvyears tbe population of the United StatesT(ras : increased by Ui arrival of 5,431000" foreign; im mlgrants.- -Stffcat WUl Surely Do It. 1 ' One's hair begins to fall out '.from many uses v The important ueew' tien is: "VVTiat is gure to wake ".it -grow in.agaiu? According to, the testimony of thousands, , Parkers Hairr Balsam will do ite It quickly covers bald spots tjrestbreathe eriginal color.-whn i tie haifls gray or fidod eradicates dandf ruff, and causes the scalp to feel cool and well - It is not a dye nor greasy, highly perfumed, safe, if ever . disap points those who.rtguice.a nice, "relia- V,to ?T.cc!m cr ,v . - .. .. .-X.'-:.... . ; ForiToilet UGGa' ; WAyer's Hair Ylgor keeps the bair soffc i And plianc, bnparts to it-the lustra and ... freshness-pf youth, causes It-to grow1': -'luxuriantly eradicates Dandrnff -cures , s: all scalp diseases, and is thomost cleanly .: ata hair preparations. .oi-;C",,JX.. " , AVPR'Q Hair .Yigor has 'given JnV - ' - -."" perfect satisfaction.- ;"I was nearly bald'fot six years, during which ; , time I usedinany hair preparations, but - - without Bucoess. .Indeed, what littlo- - v hair I had; was growing, thinner,, until 1 .1 tried AyerVHairTlgor.'' I used two r bottles of the Vizor; and.niy head is now - ' , r.well covered- with a new growth of hair.. - ' r. j !-juoson jj; uuapel, ireabody, Mass. . .. . U AID that has become weak, grayj7 f tlrtlll and faded, may have new life ; and color restored" to ft 'by: the use of Aver'a Halt VIjror.'r,JIv hair was thin. rJ. aaea, ' ana .dry, : ana leu out- in large) nuantitieB. f Ayer'a HairYigor stopped - rthe falling, and restored my hair to Ita oricrmai color.-, as a aressin? .lor.tna Aiary N. riammona, etiuwaterJMin; n. - -..r- AnCnpsyonthaad beauty,.in the .. . , ImUIi. appearance of the hair, may . be preserved lor an indefinite period by - -' the-, use of Aver's Hair Vieor. Adis- ' ease of the scalp caused my hair to be-' come narsn ana ary,- ana to iaii out freely.. Nothing I' tried seemed. to do " any good -until I,-commenced vusuiir.,:'. Ayer'a ' Hair- Yigor. - Three bottles of vr 3- v 'restored my hair to a nr ana w is now sort pliant. SLT scalp ia enred and it : ' :.- , is also free from dandruff,---MraB. B.'; .... ross, MilwaukeerWia, - , - ,, , 1 AyertsHalr.Vigar, ; . ' Sold hy Druggists and Perfumers. - ' 4 . TP 71 , PteEECT safett, prompt 'action and '.-. Z-. ; wonderful, curative properties",? easily; ? , place Ayer'a Pills" a the head pf the list - I v Of popular remedies for Sicb and Iferv -- ' Ous Headaches, Constipation, and aUaii- - l.r1 -, xnents originaticg in a disordered liver, t ; 'W ' . ' -X have been a great -i-sufferer j from fieadaehe,- and- AyerSi Cathartic Pills . ace ' tha only imedlcbiexthat has1 ever"" "given me rehef. One dose of these PiUa-rf will auickly move mv bowels, and free ' ' my head from pain. William L, agef 4 Eichmond, Va. . .--'-.".' " . 1 m- ... - ,. r. m. 4 ' Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayefft Co Lowell, Kara. -Bold by aU Dealers iaMediciae. a -iv'3 '"- 4 1 r . E. C. HACKNEY, JOUN A. NOELL, 1 r 'i 1 ii 1- --Support- Yoixrv: GOUHTY PAPEH i 1 r i f - e THE C 0URIER, PUBLISHED BY ' i 'ft 't. 1 - i r-' -- i HiCRNEY & K0LL4 -1- v1 i. v- Only Papta' Published In P.E R S 6 UiB 0 U EJ T Vs - ; r y J.. . .v , . ,i 0w - 7 - " -IT 13 1 r " ALWAYS CIVEGVi THE XATEST r -V I J - "yi ..... LOCMMD STATE -i1 -i - r 3 ti 'w. 4" ' r . v- " OWE "STEAJK Y is noirsu$ r -t 1 1 ' f ? Si I Always "iti Advance, You cannot poSiWy" regret tbe.Bin&ll amount thus spent. ' V ; .; . Ail the'aew oi the Couoty will be fiiv ' " en, and y ju will know verythic3 ' ot -importance transpi-. -j ring around yoo. ".". t ,;- .i - i : --S'vf-. -r . v .. CcrJ. D Ycur E;.:r.3 Al C::::: . jr
The Roxboro Courier (Roxboro, N.C.)
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June 16, 1887, edition 1
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