North Carolina Newspapers

' .-.THE COURIER . published ia the centre-of a fine: tobacco growing section, making it one "of the best advertising '"mediums r tot merchants '"and warehousemen in the adjoining counties ; Circulated largely in Persdh, Granville and. Durhaia counties in ' North Carolina,- and Halifax county jVirginia: VjV ' joBjyoEk ': all description neatly executed on short notice and at -reasonable, prices.- When in need of work give the Courier a trial.'.- . ; -PrSfessio& ai;? Cafds. K. C. Stattilwick. - t fVr ' A Vltrt eiltuu w tiv xr M - - ---- . - - , - -- PRACTICES IJBURHAM, pllANGB AW1 ' PBKSOJT COUNTIES.-. , "ATTORNEY AT LAW . - fc ' IIMsboro, N C. - .-- practices In the Counties ol Caswell, Duxnaui, ti m ltord. Orange audrciaoH. - - .- , . C S. W IN STEAD. - - , ' . J.-JT. Teubi. W 'INSTEAD & TEHliTa ;i ATTOll&EYS AT LAW; r, . Jloxbaro, N. C. " . 1 Prompt atwnuon given w a oiumuvw) uuuruak- j e.l to tbcin. , - : - " - - N, LUNSFoab, - - - - ATTRNEY.ATXAW, t ' ,l .Boxboro', 1?. 04 J. V, GraliVrrr, "Taos. Jlaffin. GRAHAM & lJUPFlN ' ' r Attorney's at law; Hillsboro, N r; Vraetices In the conntiesof Alamance, Caswft nuiham,X.Jnilforrtran?o and Person. - v. S. MKUU1XT ATTORNEY AT LAY.. r; . Roxboro, N, C. ; . -PTcjt attention given to the collection o Claim?. ' C JE. Bradster 'r " PRACTICING PHYSICIAN. . Roxboro, N. C. - ' Professional services offered to the citizens ot Boxboro and nirrouiMUnx conimun tv. . . - J .- - tju.j t.fuler - ; - ' PRACTICING mYSIClAN. J ; DR. C. W. BRADSHEH - DENTIST, . - ' - - iifiors b'B services to the pnblie.- Cal1- promptly attended to n Person and adJoiK connttts. rv one wishing work in his Itno, .br. writing bin -it 15u6hy Fork,: S. C. 'iU h attended at U. J. A.--OEQGHEGJIN , Offers hte raOFSSlONAL SEUTICES - . , To Eoxboro and the nrronnaingL.Commnnity.,. Can be found at mriIlence recently, ccn l'" '1 by Kev. J-J. Iang'd1- - -" . Open -ctdoth sexes. . ; v (HHHr: Opens Ansust 1st, 1837. ' - ' " - JAMES TTTIlEXT. rxiiK-ipal. . Mis Fannie W. Kangnm, Assistant, ,:l Tuition for" M weeks, in Primary Depart- Cotnnirtn English Branches fW-W,-1 1 ijcher BngliSli awl Langnapes, ?a).uu. Music on Tiano o$ Organ $15.00. , ADVERTISEMENTS Ueo. D. Tbaxtonv . A. Jiulaon VVatkins. THAXTOITf'&lW ATKINS, . - - V JOBBERS,, - . IT OTIOKS, -WHITE GOODS, FANT GOODS, .OVJfiJlApA- t ATMira' Tmrcss GOODS;- &C;! 14 3. Fourteenth St., k Richmond, Va.v, can livo at nome, mm ma ke m -re monay at work lor s, than at , anything else in tlm wflvld. Cftpi- . .. . . , .-inavfiKLirtclfree. Hothscxca; i a es Any one can do the work. Lare car: f, ' Jfsnre TfVoni T nwf.start.. Costly outdt anu t send us yonr andrepe and find " are wic von willrto ? at once. ,IL DaiXKTX a Co., Portland; Maine. . i- 3 y PATENTS.:!;: . CaveatAi Trade Marts and Cppyrjhts Ob te.ined, and all nthcr business nytne. U;H. Patent Office attended to for Moderate Fess Our office is opto6ite.tb.e V. ratent Office, and we can obtaui- Patents iff less time than those rem--to from Uashingtoa. .- Send Mtdel or Prawfag.' - We sdvise as to patentabiUty free of charge; aiid we make Ko Charge Unless We Obtain Patent.. We reter hero to the Postmaster, thcpt. of Money Order Div:t and to offia.il of Uio U. S. Patent Office. For circular,, advice, terms aud references to actual clients, in your own Btateor county writ to.... - - c'-a: snow & co., Tatent Office, WashingtonP. 0 Raleigh, N; PIANOS ; ORG ANb, Sewing Hachffi ' ?erz Lowest IHces,:,: Reasonable Terms, stein WAYr. , : ' J kraniot&bach,;. BEHRBROS.Vv1.:1" .CtIICKERING, EMERSON- , - t "SWICK. i 0:0 ' , , '. ORGAiSS'-;;'"'' " " GREAT WB3TERN, , J - KIMBALL, , rlV- ' ' ESTY. 1 - v ' JIILLEI ; - v- v - V: ; WHITNEY, - J5RIGEP0RT, ; r i , "Syrice fdr -prices and tei me. , "v. Jprs WHATcSHS SAID. . Darllng,' she saJd,'aiKl her white iand fell"' - .!ihtly M "Minscl'a ou ray brow : J wiU be true to onal lovo bo well"' '-r ' - As I do you-aud for the rest, . . ''s J , - Fond heart, bolrove me, tvhen I tell you bow. - .'- xouaixstho one that I loveliest VFor whyt I could not teU you if I tried, 1 5. -v bo, loud heart, be content with what Isay . , would not lovo another inoa be satisfied, t-i" :.i - And qnict oil yourfoara and heart's unrest, or all the time, forever end a 1Ly - You are tho one that I love best!" ' - ' f - : "f Goorge Wamot Harris. THE :MEDALU0:V :? Soma thirty years aeo I hai & rdnm m a buildixig which .used to i3tand on a rinr- row. street" not 'far from; Washinnnrf wjuiiro. ino ouifcung was- one ' of tho laira 0f Dohpmi.l. ' Mvicinnm ,r. lairs... Of .Cohemiu L windnwfi wbioh beached almost to .tho floorf opened into A sort of balcony; Tbia baleonyBtrctchod akmrc-the entirot"i"ear of SJin hraiRn. t OriisaJiy it liM been gp-aea into rs utujr pans. a nsr wcra rooms, . but gratlnjiDy these -partitions had been toro avay,- ami tho-"balcony bccaiao" a general thoroughfare by which we : went to" each other'-s fooma,. always ' through.- the windows as there wore no doors opening upon it.-v - ' ' -, , One coot autumn night there was a rap at nay window." " - " ' .. My, visitor "wAs a bewcomerr who was called 2ir.. Harry by everybody. '. lie" was a handsoino fellow, till and slim,5 with finely cut features and Email hands. ; Hia dark- cbmpIexion,-!; his deep btown eyoa, his bluo black curly hair, proclaimed bln of eouthcrn blood.. lie- had ft smaH ox quisiteiy 6hapod black ' maatachc," whieh heightened Cie delioato and refined ap icaranee of - lui face. ' 7 ; t ; " . . Hid" teeth wore dazzlingly . whito, "and showed as ho talked or laughed. tie was -ratlier roaorved, I think, but tha coincidence of -our needs that night aroused an accidental nytnpathy. between us which afterward grew into a steadfact frieiidtjhip. , - ' -t 'Uq told rao that he was' working in-tho studio of a nculptor. .-.,. , ' , - " 'I'vo only a dilettanti sort of a talent, though," . h3 added, - "bat - thon I can earn my living at it. And, besides, T rather -llko- tomodel Venuscs, Phrynes and Dianas.' - - - :- ' : Ho fcld naoith'at Ida immediate family v&e all dead j - that ho had been brought up in luxury, knew all tho .old aristo cratic pcoplo of tlie'city, and that, aa the fainily. cstato- meltocl away after, hia f other s : death, ho liad to cultivate his one small talent -to got bread.- He told this in tlio liveliest, manner end. did not seem at all offectod by the recital of tho downfall of. tho" family fortunes.:- This struck; me as rather gtrango.- I puzzlod over It from lime to time, as our conver sation lapsed. . 'At last at ..flashed upon me. - ' " '.'.','- . ; - "Yon era in bvel" I fexclaimed,, I'I'v found you outP! "Perhaps I am, ho replied with one of his happy smiles, which showed .hi3 boautiful whitd tocth. And then ha Btsrtad np. v ' - .1, - ''It is abnoct 2.; It's, timo ta gg - to bod.' - Go stretched out bis hind and I took it. - " ' - v- ." vVIiat ia really your name?'? Isked aS ho pressed my hand warmly r ;-"IIarry Caprclii. Good nightl" i From this tirno he -was often in my room and I in hia. It was strangely fur nished, for a number of. costly and beau tiful curios presented a striking contract to tho dingy fAxruiture, which looked as if it had ' paaaod through the hands of sev eral ownerar 'And there were several rich and exquisite little things which betrayed tho'touch , of. a , lady's hand;' such &a an embroidered ; tobacco pouch, a leather portfolio with finely worked, initials and a fow other such things. - On a -Ilttlo table stood an exquisite Sevres vace, and in it there was always a fresh yellow rose, i Ono evening Ilarry - rushed into my room.--y , . T , - ' " "Do you want to go to ,the theatre to night to hear the now play?' , " That was precisely what I did want to do," but had though it impossible because of tho low state of my finances v - " v 'f. "Why do you" ask such a question?', ! ep!Ied. - "? - ..' - - ' - i "Well, get ready. ; Some one has sent me a couple of parquet seats.4', -. : Wo were coon 6ffi In ono of the boxes I recognized Misa J Harpleigh, who -.had, been pointed out to mo tho "year tefbre. Sho, resided in Washington; but umialry spent part' of the ecason in Now. York, She . was"-wonderfuHy beautiful, tnd Beemed' to !5b,very gracious id charm ing'. -5-'- ' -r- - : I watched lior opera giassea follow the rows of parquet' scats, back and forth.' J She was - evidenfly searching for some one. -. ' Suddenly as the glass pointed toward the spot where we sat it stopped: she appeared to have found the person she was "searching" for:- I looked about at 'Ilarry. x IIis 'eyeswerel.fixed on-; tho ctago," 'It -was -mipOEieibla that" she was gazing at the burly broker on the other side jf ma t Ii blushed, as? an' instant Ou3h of .vanity suggested " the idea that J was the object of her attention. -Soon" ! saw; her telio a : yellow ' roso frcan"-the bouqtiet ehe carried and slowly raise it to her ;lins.': ' Involuntarily I '. thought -of Harry V vaee, and -'turned toward him quostioningly.-' ' t- - -- lie quicidy raiaea . nis eyes toward tn I gave Lim; But :tho lady still held .tho glasapomted-toward the yullow roee to her-' lips. I noticed tho gentleman fifanding back cf her bend a tri3o forward and, follow the line jof her 4 vision, A shght -fcowl spreaa.over ms features, lie .evidently recognized the -person alio was looking ; at, and felt vin dictive toward him. lie. leaned further forward and "said something" to .-the lady. She started, dropped tho rcco, and let the glass fall . into her- lap." She , sat- still a moment; then shrugged her shoulders -slightly, aiid ' turned . to talk wij those next her; "; "She did not agtin look dowji at tho parquet. -" , ' ' - - After ; the curtain came down for the fi rst time I spoke to Ilarry in an indifferent Way of liiss-IIarploigh and the ' gentle man who paid her so much attention. . I tsked hhn ii he knew who the man was? J-Y: be said with a fieico sort -of troiity. f !X knowihiini ho is Walter Hen-iofc,' . and I should" be sorry for the jvomaii wlio was attracted by hiro,- Tlla wns once the betrothed of my sister ,! ... Ho seemed disinclined to say any more and I did not urge Iiini- "f-, . - -.."'-.- We L- gon to-the seiokin-r jgom Fropiors:: ; ; HOME JfIRST: f:RO AD ; ftOXBORO, NORTH after the' act.- I-went over to speak tor seveml persona of - my acQ"oainCanw and when tho bell rang wensback to my scat. Hany did not return und-1 saw no more of him that evening. I felt, strange and uneasy, oa- Lis sudden r depaxturo was in- explicable. -'"1 , ;.'.'-.4:'"il r When I reached iomo,T I- did not feel like going .to. bed, -and -eo as. u3UiI'sat itowu ta my . writing. Fromtirae to time I got up and -walked back -and' fortly searching for tho light 'word or . cxpre& don.' Wlienevcr;I approachod thowm-; dow I. put my headout to see if there was a hght in Ilarry'o roons.'r - Finally I saw the gleam? frcai lJs J wimlowS;, - I Tinited a fowininutes, as he always came into my room at night after ho had been out, and his strange, departure f rom the theatra made mo more certaki'. that ho would be in at" once. ' But when ho; did not come, I concluded - to go and find the reason qf it " all. V As I stood in. front of his window " car tho. balcony," several shadows raoved acro the curtain, s. There waa Omothir.jf so .uausual ;in tins that I besitated a momVnt,;and then knocked lightly on tlie" window pano NcTonoap peared. to licar, There wa3 tlie sound of deepiVcicea and heavy steps within., I rapped harder. J - i , ' "Wait a minute t" called a '"strange voice, - And scon tho curtain was drawn and the window raised. " . --- ' -", ; - The eight which met my eyes made me gasp for breath for a moment,' tha shock was so btrong. ; V4. " - - . . Ilarry "lay half undressed on the bed, pale, apparently unconscious, with closed . eyes and yellow lips, slightly opened; Ho drew in his breath, with a gasp. His left hand" clutched at his heart,', end on hia k shirt were great patches of dark red." -At-the head of the bed fccood. a cab driver and beside him tho janitor cf - the building, who had opened the window. The room was dimly lighted by a single lamp, , . . - ,- - ; " 4In ' Heaven's : aamo, what has hap penod?" I cried. ; From the reporta I learned that the coachman had been stopped In Fifth ove rate about a half an hour before, and di rected to drive up to a certain house door. There tho gentleman now lying on tho bed had come out, accompanied by two men. ; Ono had wished to get into the carriage with him, but had been refused. The gentleman had given the street and number - himself, but in a very weak vcica, and otdered him to drive a3 care fully as possible. When he stopped and opened the carriage door tho gentleman was in a dead faint. - Ho bad arouaod the janitor and together they carried liim' up stairs to hia room, laid him in the bod and removed some of his clothes. ' "Go at once for-, a doctor end I will wait here," I said to thorn as -coon' as fl loarnod theso facts. " . ' . I ; v" , " Tlooked at Harry after they had gone, and tears oame to my eyes at sight of hia white, mottonloss face, I took his Iiand in -mine and began to stroke.it gently; After awhile he opened ' hia eyes,- and looked at -me in bewilderment, then he Emiled and weakly pressed my hand. v I could not :: utter , a -word. V Hany tried sev-gal times to speak, but only succeeded after several mciToctualefSorts; and then I could scarcely "distinguish tho word ' .. "Everything is all right I have fixed ilk.' Ho closed hi3 eye3 but after a mo ment gasped: - -"Mycoatr " I handed it to Mm. Ho tried to, put ii!34iand3 into tho pockets, but his strength, gavo out and he shook his head and emued again faintly. I searched tho pockets and took out several articles, cmong'them a email folding leatlier card case. - He took. L this up as I laid it on tho bed near hia hand and reached it toward mo. . . : ; "For youl" he jOTainnured.- , A3 1 took it ho smiled the same old, hearty, tender cmilo. - -w . r As I spread .ti3 coat out on a chair a yellow : ioso fell from a buttonhok). I picked it Xtp, a little startled, a3 I knew Ilarry had not worn any Cower the -previous evening. i Whon Harry noticed the roso, he motioned me" to" give it to Mux He pressed it to his. lips, and two great, tear drops rolleddown . his chooks. - His arm fell down aud ha-again eank into a half unconscious state."; His face twitched as if with pain, '- BSs loft hand lay across his : hearts ; and the - fingers opened : and closed convulsively Pretty soon ho opened bio eyes again and stared with a look- of f overish longing at one comer cf the room. I followed his glanoo. "' -.,. -z : - "Bring that," he eaid, with an effort." I, wont to tne.spoih.mdicated.v:There upon a- httla tabie, lay a board of ; mod- erate sizo, in the middle ef which was a slight elevation, covered, with a damp cloth apparently an incomplete piece of modeling. ' v Beside .'it lay a' fewsimple modeling tools. - " , - I carried tlie board to the bedside. ' "Do you mean this?" I asked. " - - Harry nodded. - He tried to raise him- I r?lf - and I lifted him Up to a sitting" posi- taon, After I had cone this he rested lua right ' hand,' in which he - still : held the rose,- upon "tho cloth, and exerting-all his" strength, - pressed his" fist down ' into the yielding' clay; r I watched the eoft "earth Elowly creep out from boneath the - cloth edges under the pressurai As. Hairy no ticed this he' gave one strong push and theft fell back on the pillow. .HetSicfnot ojx;n his eyes again, nor did he epeak Ho drew a few- deep struggling gasps aid then all was BtilL.-- "- . . - .-' "Ml tsatcomo minutes staring at hia pallid face and liardly, dared to breathe. - .1 gave a great xigh of relief when the eound of footsteps on tho. stairs "broke the spell by wMch I seemed bound. I opened, the. door in answer to-aiight rap. - - "I flfa Dr.' Van Horn," Eaid an elderly -nan, ab he entOTed" the room and walked briskly up to the bed. . With quick, dex- i teroaa- moYements bo cut away Jiarry'-s slikt - and . laid his hand upon his breast. Then he beckoned to me 4a help him" and wo laid, the body of my dead friend .down .from the sitting positica."; -' :- "I have nothing to Uo but to certify to the death cf this person," eiiid.the dpeter after ha had aiTanged everything. - ' . "Did ho Eay any thing?" ". ' "Only a f ew wordsi " - " "I3 suicide probable?" ' t . "" . . "No." -"-.? v "lYolbly"'".a' duel! .What do you think?" '- : . - -r.L". "Tliat h poesTub." .- - ' "-. The. doctor seated lnrasdf at a tabb, took '--out paper .and. peiicil and ---wrote namo a8, etc.t of my Ceatl fiiend. ". - Then -he wrote further: "Cause of ; dcatli paralysis of .heart - in consequence of a ctab or thrust.- Suicide.r.ot pi obable. Mot6 likely dueL'- . Opponent unknown. " Then he loft the rcsrn, I held tha 4 1 CAROLINA;: THURSDAY; AUGUST '4 lamp to light Iiim down tttairsi hs thanked me couiteously and bade me "good night; ' twent back -into theN room: The im pulse to speak ."to Ilarry, to awaken him was almost .u-resistiblo. .1 could not be-", liof e that tho beautifi"d atttiver-mil had faded from his lips forever.- Vs I took up the. modeling .board-vHifch lay beside him on tho Jsed and 4 removed the-clotiv:u I triads to make out what shape .theccrushed'ma'ls :had "onoo- had. Ilarry had' been entirely, top - weak .to enfiroly "obliterate it. I finally made cut that ' it . had been " a , mcdaUion,'. with -a woman's , head "Upon it - in : relieiL' K The face, was mdiistiiiguisbablQ,' but the hair was almost uninjured. I also examined the card case which Ilarry had given mev but it contained onlya faw. i,cards and: a receipt or two," as f ar m Icould" judge from my hasty glance. -X- - -" - i -- Again; there.-was, thel.jaoise of Bteps, and the janitor1 . enter 3$ . followed , by a gontlaman. - ,--'' -,- --"II10 doctor!"-4 r- 7.' - I Jooked atcm onislimerit. i ;" """The uoctor has Seen here already,1 1 said.-'.- , " ' : . s. L'Doctor who?".. I went directly to the nearest surgeon and camo back wiih him myself:; , - ."- ? - f . ; Meanwhile "the doctor went up to tho bed and convinced Mmsclf that hia serv ices camo too late for aid. ' I told them what.-liad happened, and handed the physician the" paper the other doctor had left.-.- . - -j- -z vVAh; ahf I)r.-. Vano"m?;vTK -favoit of Now York 'society'! ,How .did ho haj pen to come here?" ' ' " '',,.""".-. ' - " J'Who knows?" I aaid ift reply. ' -X -;- ."Perhaps the man who gave him this thrust sent to discover if, it was mortal.' .The janito? agreed to watch the rest, of tha night and I went to bed. " v '. I'" - About nn tho next day I was awak ened by an officer E"ommonmg me to ap pear before tho coroner's jury."- : - ' :"" -.' :I told what had occurred under my ob servation, but - made no reference to the medallion or the card case, out of. respeci .to Harry's evidont wishes. The coach man could not be found, : -; . - Dr. Van Horn testified that hfs servant had given him directions, which had been received from another servant. Who had sent for tho decter could jict be discov ered, and there could be found no clow to solving the mystery,, ' - - - . Two days, later wo, buried Harry Ca' prolli. A few distant relatives and a' lit -tlo group of fellow Bohemians followed his body to the grave. - . .. ; The next morning In - The Times ap peared the local noto: . . - j "Mr. WalterHsrrick, who haa. .been missed at the Apollo club for the last few days, is out again, though still compelled ta carry liis arm in , a slings . .He, slipped on the stops of (bo club house a few n!ght sinca .," and 1 sprained - his . wrist badly ." -' ' ' . "" " ' "-""Not far from this among the "society notes wercs tV linem , , J'lliss Helen Harplelgh, one of the most charming of the ladies who enliven the social seascn for a month or two each year,' has gone back to Voshmgtoa -and win not return this seaixin."' ' . ."Thero wero also a fow lines .. devoted to Harry's death andJburial. - . - -t -X was firmly convinced that Miss Harp-' lcrigh'8 departure andJilr. Herrick's indis posifion were connoctad ? with Harry's death.- . - But I did not attempt to establish" my suspicion. I should hae felt guilty in doing bo contrary to Harry's wishes; . ' ' , A few months later I happened to pick up -tho card case, which had lain tn 8 drawer in my desk. A small picture foil out of it.- It had evidently been: slipped in behind the lining and had escaped my noticev ' I saw-at a plance that it was a tiny photograph of Helen Harpleigh' As I looked at it an idea struck -mev : I cov ered the face with'my handnnd -then I saw clearly that the liair was the same as .that" on the 'crushed medallion. John 5Jitchie in New, York News. v .- - " , "Why the Eye Grow Tired. " ' People speak about their eyes being tired, -meaning that the retina-or seeing portion of the" eye' 13 fatigued,"' but such is not the case, as-the retina hardly ever gets .tircdv-,Tho fatigue ia in the hiner and other muscles attached to tho eyeball and the muscle of accommodation, which 6urrdunda the lena. of the -eyev- '"When 1 near object is to bo looked at this muscle relaxes and allows the lens to thicken, in creasing its refractive rxjwer. :.Tho inner and outer, musclss '-are used- m- covering" the eye on the object to be looked at, the inner one being especially used -when. 4 near object is looked at - 5 It is in .the three muscles mentioned that the fatigue ia felt, and relief is secured temporarily by Closing the eyes or gazing at far di tant objects. . -The --usual indication of strain is redness of the rim of the eyelid, betokening a congested state of the inner surface, .accompanied with . somevjpain. Sometimes thi8,-weariness vindicates the red of. glasses rightly" adapted .to;, the .person, -and in other cases the true rem-, edy. ia 1 to massage the eye, and ite-surroundings as far as may be with the hand wet in cold water. Herald of Health.- . Von; Eanjtoi "the. fllstorlan.; v ".1 - h When Andrew D. White was a student in Germany he attended the - lectures of Vcn Kanke,'the . historian.- -In a -recent article Mr. White eoys of Itankcr.'He had a habit - of becorning so absorbed in his subject as to slip down in his " chair, holding Jiis Cngor up toward the ceiling, and then,- with .his eyes fastened on the tip of -it, go mumbling through a kind of rhapsody; - which most ; of my German fellow students confessed .they could not understand. ,f It was a" comical . sight half a. dozen - students crowding around his desk listening to ""the "professor as pric-.m1gl-iisten-to the sibyl on her tripod,- the other students being scattered through tho room in various stages fit discouragement." New York Sun. " ',- -Where the Edelweiss Grows. ; . The Emperor William has -alwavs. 're gretted that fie Las never been able with bis own liands to pluck an edelweiss". A loyal "Styiian now, tells him that tliere is a spot, i prohalSy. the .only -spot in the world fxxcssible by ...carriage, where the edelweiss grows. : In a cliarming: country at the foot.of the Hoehechwab-mountain Iks tho little- town of Ailenz,' whence by a comfortable caxiiage road the traveler" can easily reach tlie spot where; the finest edelweiss in fouad m surprisingly large quaittities.'-'New. TOik .Tiibune. - .;. :. 4 r .. , , , ' Serpent skin is coming into fashion ad a covering for Jbowta.3. .'I j " , : ft. : " )- I J NEXT - ; ;;j THE LaWS.OF'HAEIT,' -SJae Dally . Drill and Its " ECect-.Hablt "" the "FlywhocT of" Society, ''"-i - Dr. Carpenter frbm-Vne '.'Ment3 Physiology "'wo bavo quoted, 'has 60 promiently enforccd itho principla tiiat out organs grow "to the way in which they havc,been eseicised, and dwelt upon its .consequences that' his . book faimoeS- de serves to be .called aVcrk of'cullicallonj oattia aiwcmit alcno,- Wa. neod. maka these consoQuencea ourselves 'Ilibita second nature! Habit f3 ten timesnatuje,? tho"Dul- of "TcIlingteo is said to have exclaimed; 'and this degree to which tliiss true no one7 cart probably" .appreciate as well aa one who mj a vet eran soldier himself, -1 The daily drill. and .tho years ofisciplino; end by fashioning a man, completely over again, a3 to most of the poGsibaities of Ins condact.;ctThere is - a ' story, " which : 13 credible - enough, though it may not be true of '-a'practical joke"fj-Whj- eceing a--discl-jafged i-pteran ctarryhighome his dirmeri suddenly called out, ; Attenticnt' r whereuporf the -man-instantly brought' his liand3v downi and lest his mutton and potatoes in the gutter. The drill bad -'becn . thorough, and? ita Le fleets had become embodied ln-thc maaa ncrvou3 stnicturc?." . - Riderless cavdry horses,' at many a battley have been eeen to come-together and go through, their; customary-, evolu tions at " tho sound - of Hie Jbugle call. Most trained domestic animakC dog3 and. oxen and omnibus end car: horsc3, seem to be machines almcct pure and simple unapuoangiyf unnesuanngiy: aomg rrom rninuta' to minute the duties, they have been taught, and giving no sign, that the possibility of an alteniative-even -suggests itself to their mind. v Men grosvn old in prison havd asked ,to bo readmitted after being" once set free. "In -a railroad ccci- domV to- a : travelingj'managerie--in. thes "jmted states come timem jovi, a tiger, whoso cago'had beeii.broken open, 13 said to. have emerged.- but - presently - crept L back agauiy as if too much bewildered by Tua- new-responsibmtieD,- so,tlutt he was withcui Quhculty secured,.,. j. ' ; Habit Is thus the enormous flywheel of society r ' its most- precious . consefvativo agent. - It alone ia what keeps us all within -the bounds of T ordinance, r and saves the : children of j fortune ; f ronx tho envious uprisings of tho rxjor. - It aloii(? prevents tho hardest and mosfrepHMvc walks of Uf e ' from being deserted - ly those .. brought - up to tread. therein.. , It keeps the fisherman : and ,thc deck hand at sea through the winter; . it holds the miner in hi3" darkness;: and nails .the cotmtryman - to his log cabiri ' and his lonely ; f arm . through all . the months of 6nowi it protects us from Invasion by the natives of tho desert and the frozen same: . It. dooms us all to fight "out the battle of life upon "Jihe lines' of our nort ure or our early choicev and to jnake, the best of. a pursuit that disagrees, because there is no other for which we are fitted, and l it is too late' to begin- agahi. Alt keeps diif erenf social strata from mixmgf Already atrthe ago of S8 you sod the pro--f essional mannerism; settling down ou the young commercial traveler, on the young doctor, on the . young Knaiterc-- tlje young: counselor at law,-.-You see Uie little lines of cleavage irunmng through" the character; the tricks of thought, tiie prejudices, the ways of theshop" irx- a wocd,.from which jfcha ? man "can, by and by no more' cacapo than his coat' sleeve can suddenly fall into a new set of folds. On tho' whole, Jt isbesf " he Ghould. not escape. 7 It is well , for - the world that in most of "us,-bv- the -age of SO", the char acter has set like plaster, and will 'never -soften agam. William James in "Popu lar Science Monthly.', - - -" ' - ; I .Forms of the Bank Bill. ' - , ".' The American bank; bill has followed the form of tha America letter .zivq!op0 For- paper moneys if paper. money, -must be used,' it is the most : convenient possi- bldiV' But 1 there is "a" prejudice. ragainst that form in Europe. .. Tho. notes of. the Bank of England and the Bank of France are scarcely. less in sise than; an old fash ioned blanket newspaper sheet. - A draft I given by- an English on French bank" if" 6Uii larger, 1 our -auor: in jrana : pi vets you -a receipt tholC after several tixacs folding, you manage to. cram it into, voui pocketbook. s -A queer : idea of-- business attaches to: these .huge pieces' ff paper-.-They will tell you that fimall drafts, bank bills, and receipts do not look', bubiness like that isito say - whether there is busi ness or not, it is desirable to mako aTehow of it-an Francisco Chronicle,.- , I" ' " s T ' ' " " - ' - ' ' Cancer a f.ocal -Disease,-.,' " 1 Cancer is essentially "a local disease and can be cured by "operation, In spite cf re currencoA Operation,--when it does not cure prolongs ' hfe'und diminishes - IbcT total: amount of suffering f Operatior? should' be repeated, as of ten"a8-- tliere ia any chance of -entirely, removing recur4 rent- gjowths. jThe earlier and the mere thoroughly the operation is perf ormed iho; better.- The disease, when it recurs; is. generally of a milder type . than that of; the original. growth,: less -painful and less exhausting,. Antiseptic surgery"' makes more radical operations possible, withbot te ultimate -'results than .formerly ob-tained.-Dr.? Shrady in Medical Eecoid". - Photographing a : jBIldnlght Lands4ape,. : -. The, f act j.has been satfefactorily estab , that joany - substances". -alorb' laEainous roys durin the ,' day,-and at night- emit these rays in . such a manner as to im press photographic plates, although they may not be perceptible to that naked eye. Artists have not only succeeded in photo-- graphing ' l'v-visilylo-'nighi i'phosphoi-? escence of, Mont Clanc s summit, -but have- even: secured" an' improssion i-cf a midnight Iandscarje-invisible to " the eye On the- terrace of the. observatory-at Prague. -New York SunV-; Ieafnlna; Without tudy-.- ,-; "- I The acquisition . of J' learning - without study .13- liko the; acquiation -cf wealth "Without labors a It ia as neciBssary rfor Jthe cTechanic to study out hia. problem when it comes to him to be studied a3 it is-'fer him to finish -liis task by- hia handicraft. Scientific American. ' ' - - - - J' JL Work for Somebody. .alnquiries coiieerning how the masses live; -concerning sanitary conditions arid their relation to the virtue and vice of the jMjople; concerning the- causes 01 pauper ism and cime, have ueidom lieen 6taitcd by professional refarm-srs.--Andover He-, V H " -l50' Pei Year inldvance: IS87 NO. 48 GLUTTONS OF- BYGONE days; - Borne Distinguished- Cases of- Tremendous -r Appetites From tUo ItocorOs. i - " Elizabeth C2tarlotte; 'the Duchess of Or-: Jeans, writing under date of Dee. 5, 1713, .says:; .."The, late king, j- monsiem-jtlio dauphin,- and' the Due 3o- Berri were enormous eaters," ' I have often" seen the' king eat four plates'tjf different kinds f -S JiTiv V pastry and finish Msrepast with fruit and hard boiled eggs' There was a jood," bid Gorman from'Wittemberg, where my Lord:. Hamlet ; attended, -the . uni vensity . who had a fine faculty, for storing' away provender. 4;: Hia r-case is well attested." For a "wager he would eat a; whole sheep lor a whole pig or put out of sight a bushel f : chcrriea,," stcnes andl all. . He lived untfl,' he was abo-t "80 years ,of agot a -great portion of the time supporting bun-- uhanty:of Ins lie least; must have been a ,vary eccentne. oxkj. . Thus, ' "hey-wouldchew-glaes earthenwarend flint into small fragments".-. Ha had an bespecial preference; for caterpillars, . mice . and birds, and when these were not pre--carable. he' "woiild'.cpntent .himself with imneral substances. Once ho- put dwn his f'mawand"gulf!.r a pen the ink "and : tho eand pounce-and he would have gob-" bled :the inkstand, tooi- had he not been, restrainod." ',,'; Taylor'' the water rxjefc'tells-of NIcnblas Woud. of tho county of Kent, in Engksnd, ,who.wasra tolerably -iod.trenchern3an. .On "one occasion- be got away , with a whole Eheep; at another , tirae with eev -eral; rabbits;- at'a third with three dopes pigeons-7 well grown pigeons, not squabs; again with eightoen.yards-ofv black; pud-, dings, and on ether ' occasions 60 pounds of cherries and threo peck3 of damsqns. . ' Dr.. Copland, in-srjeljMng of - irwo children: who had wondsrful appetites the youngest,- 7 i years" oli; behig the worct, said: ,r.'Tlie. quantity of food, devoured by: her' was.aatoin3hing.4 Everything that could be Said hold of , even in its raw state, was seized upon most grecsdily.. Other articles, an ; tmcooked - Tabbit,, half -a.ipound i of jCahdlea-antJ some butter, were'takeECl at - one , timer The mother 'stated that, this" tittle ga-I who was apparently in good health otherwise, tooky more f ood,if sho could posabiy obtain it,- than the .rest: of her .family, consisting of six beside her- Self ( " - ov- -t -A trifle over 5 a' huiidred years "agq . a London - youth ate five pounds of . shoul der of Iambnd two quarts of green peas in fifty minutes ftLnd a Polisli"- soldier, who was presented at -the ' court of Sax ony, sucoDded in. one day in getting but side of twenty- pounda of "beef and hall a" roast calff ththerappi-opria'te "fixingit' When George HI. was king, a1, watdh- - maker's - apprentice, 19 x years of age, in ; three-quarters of - an hour devoured 'a leg of pork weighing- six -pounds " and-a pith -portionato ' quantity:; of pease l pudding,-; wasliing all down with a pint of brandv takenT-in ,two i "tots. '"-. The; tall Nick CDavenportr.the .actor, t& known to ha"ye .eaten a seven pound turkeyat a single .sitting.'.. Instances of ' depraved appetite are numerous, and men have been known, to s wallow fire,-"'swords,' spiders, flies, toads," serpent cotton, hair, paper, wood" cinders, "" sand, earth, clay, . chalk,- flint,' musket- balb and earthen s ware.-'-" One man'could swallow billiard balls and goJt watches. 'i " . ; - . ' ':t -..'"-, t --.. In. the New" York medical ..journals. for 1822 ar-cordis-ma3 of a man -who couldj'swallow -clasp, knives with; impu- inity. One day he overdid the business by swallowing - fourteen ; and , it liillcd - Iuni,' wMch well it might. : , In.,1,570, " in "ng-1 land,.two men of iviltsh'je wagered vi',a. each'other as to which could consuuw the .greatest "quantity of food in the shortest space-of tunq. - Une of, tliem blotted from Sssistenee six pounds and a half of rabbit.' loaf of bread and two pounds of cheea-j in a quarter of an liour," and. be was ss pbased with the approbation he received r from the bystanders tliat he finifched off -with a beefcteaki a , pint and a half of gin and a half pint of brandy ijGood -nbusei-. kecj-ing, - -; : "- - . : -: .-.The, Railway Postal Clerk. , Now the train starts.. Tha postal clerk has been pulling heavy? pouches around I or : tnrowing letters -mtOv.tno boxes tof .half tan hour, ond'if he is luiusod to the work hia y muscles -begin.--rto: feel- tireds But he must not quit or take, rest, even for a moment; -because his labor has just begun.;. He must ; brace himself - up and enter upon - desperate game of follow my leader--theJeader. ' being a man -yvho has been in the service, for years and has worked himself up from an apprentice to the high and mighty office, of chief clerk in eharge of the car,, whose power is. tot, the time as absolute as thatof the czar pf all the Eussias.-. As-the train dashea ala-12 all these clerks must continue their work, now. mads 100. percent harder bvJ h vne swaymg-or-tnecar. a xnoy musi unsst themselves . first 'i one way and t tnen another, always keepings up that .cease less' Jhrow , thrown throw"; vnot for one", hour or two.Tbut for eight or ten-hours, taking on additional pouches as the f rahv flies through the-country at a breakneck speed, - and throwing off : other pouches as the stations are passed, all the whilein a 'state of uncertainty- as - to , whether the pouch knocked rat Jthe small ; boy stand .inar oii the station platform, or landed in l the "t-ldio'of the cornfield near by. i ; V' f The train does not stop at - any but im- portant towns, "and the postal clerks must -take chances on the pouch they throw off to the rural -"postmaster -etriking-s- tho ground anywhere within - a quarter of. a mile" of him, - -By the time tlie -clerk "has L got to the end of hia ran,' the place being Chicago, Bt. Louis, - Pittsburg,- UraftCn, Cleveiand, as" the case, may be, and hav ing been kept in .a violent- motion,'. . legs," arms and mind, " all tlie time, it is only reasonable to suppose that ho feels tired, and "he does. Cmcinnati Times-Star. . Silence That was Grand. - ' "If was so still " in the hall,'.' eaid Dob ;bins "speaking of the concert, 'that you could Ijave heard a pin drop."- "Was there a large audierice?,'- askcd Peterby. 'The- house wa3 : half -. full.-,-t-. .Is - that all? Iluml you ought to hear the silence hero when there i3 a full house. Oh, it's something grand!" Tiddta. ' S -To "Drink" or Not to Drink. - s :-' . Ye3, ' says Jenkins, 'I am-one of those fellows that can drink or 1st it alone. When I am where it is I can drink; when I am where it is not I can Jet if alone.'" - Xtetroit Free Press. '- - - Pers on ; Co fDour 1, VUUiiUl f rublisired Every "Thui-sday i - - A HACKNEY & NOELL, ; vl - , " Roxnono, N. C." i t. ---I j rj:;A 'TKRZfs OF SfJBSCRlPTIOTr: i One,Copy One Year ' :- f 1 - " One Copy.SLx Montis --"'-, -. T3 ;Bcifiitanc!'inu t jjo.- made sby EeRtsten d Lette Post OiSce'Ordcf ! or Tostal Note, j Th eyet W always In sympathy with I -the body, and -afford an excellent Index ij i9t Its- condition. .- :7hen the eyes become ' f weakl and the lids inflamed and sore, it U ! an evjdence thattlie system has-become 1 disordered by Scrofula, for which Aver's j vSarsa-jarilla is the best known remedy -, j -Scrofula, which produced, a painful In- ; ; Jliimmution 4a tiiy ?ycs, caused me rauca ; -suffering- for ft -number of years. liy tha I - advices of a pbysician I commenced taking ! Ayer'a -,Sarsapari!lft-.Atter Using " this I ineaicine ajhortthne I was."couipletoly".' - t V TV Oil re d "" I"' ; " ! My eyfs are. now liuajplendid condition, 1 :;ad I lam us w(&ina st-ong as ever." ! Hrg. William-Gaire. Concord.N. H. . " ! "V For number of ynrs I was troubled - with a llmmor in my es,'niul Kvus. unublo la . 10 oujam- uny reiieiaintu I Commenced 1 - using Oyer's Sai-saparilla. has effected a complete cu This -medicine i comulete cureand 1 belie ra it;te lift thft bfist, of hlnoil. DirHflorR. -I C iiltTpton, Nashya, ,"-'. . FiWelHldhboil, avid uatjl within afetv ,moutb4 1 .bavo beeu allikted wilh'Weak -and Sore Eye9. it have used for these complaints, with. beneficial results, A vev's .Sarsapai"ilia, anvl -consider- It a great blooci t-purifiert Mr.- Gt Phillips, Q lover, Vt. - 7-- I sufleredv f or' a ' rear With inflamm'. tlon in my left eye. :Vfhree n leers formed onaiie-i una, depriving me ot Bight, and causuijrL Ki-eat pain:; 7 Af ter-trviuff man v- '.' other remedies, to no purpose, I was -tinallv IfiirnAlr hie.., t r..t.i C-............ ..11 1.. 1. . Taking r - .. three- bAttles of this; medicine, have' been eutirelyf cured. My . sight has been re- -"jiitored,. and there is no eign 'of iaflainma-' ; tion sore, or ulcerfln my cye.r-Keudal 1". Bowen Sugar Tree RidseObio. i : My daughter, ten years old, was aftfictea with Scrofulous "Sore Eyes. - Durtna; -the -; last tvor years shq never eaw light of any -' kind. - Physicians of the hicht Rt.aiirtlnr-- "-.exerted their skill, but with no "p&rtnaneijt ; nuccess.i'. un tae. recommondation of a friend I purchased a bottle of Ayer's Sar-' - sapai-illa which my daughter commenced ? taking. (Before' she had used the third . -bottle ber eight was restored, and sho can - now look steadily at a brilliant light with ; out paui-esHer cure ispomplete;- W. K.' Satherlamd, Evangelist, ShelbyXity, Ky,; ; Ay erj rjs Larsapar II lajf Prepared Dr.' J.XI, Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mas a. gold by aii Draggteu'v Price Hi el. botUene." 15.0, IIACJOirlSY,''7 v.JOHS A. NOELl,;' ,;Dua liOxnoBO, N - -- . - - ;j Support Your ;-' 1 "V f HE COURIEE,. 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