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at y i ',4 THE - COURIER- published in the centre of a fine tobacco growing sectiotJTaaking It one of the best ad vertising ' toedinma for merchants and warcboisemen iu" the adjoining- counties.; Circuited largely in Person;' Granville, and TVirimm counties in. North Carolina,' and Halifax countyJYirgmia. . ' JOB WORK . - '. -W '- ,..,.1"-' -j .. '' T " ;;. all description n'eatly- executed on short .t; and at reasonable prices. When in ne(Hl of work give the youaiER a trial. jROFESSIONAi; .. Jards. K. C Stmflwick. " -v . V V VR. B. Bdoue STRUDWICK & BOONE, - . ATTORNEYS AT PRACTICK3 IN SUEHAH, ORANGE AND - fESSON COUNTIES,' , , - ! ' ; r A. W. GRAHAM, t ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ilillsboro, c. - rractlces in tho Counties of Caswoty, Durtiam, Giilliom, orang anux-ersoM. . . C. S. W INSTEAD, ' . J.F. Teuky. 1T1 yw- . , r INSTEAD & TEUSY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW rvompt attontJu given to aU business entrust vt LUNSF02D, ; ". ' ATTORNEY ATLAWl- t K v . Roxboro, K. C -'""" ;" .'' J. W, GraUaro, -'; i Thos. Ruffio, GRAHAM k RUFFIN, Attorney's at law, ' Ilillsboro N 4J. l'ractices in tb conn ties of Alamance, CaswO pnrliam, Gmlfoni. Orange anrt.l'erson v - - J. S. MElUUTtr ATTORNEY ATO.AVjT.-; EOxboro, N. C ' " Prompt attention gircn to tho collection o C. E. Bradslier; rRACTlUlNGPIIYSlOlAN,- . BoxlKroN?C . J.- j?-!-.' Professional services offered to the citizens of Koxoro anl surronndinar commim tr. t- -U E. J T. FULLER, ; : , ' : ' V PRACTICINa PHYSIC lANi ; -'. Eoxboro, N.C. - - - DR. C. W. BRAD8HSR . demist, - ' , . ' o:'ors li!s services to the pnblie Calls promptly uti.-niled to in Verson and adJdiniiur connttesi - Any oive wishmjr work in his line, by -writing ,nn :it ltusiiy t'ort, j. u., vrm De atteuueu at D U. J. A. GEOGHEGAN . Offers his . - ' ; raOFESSIONAL' SERVICES To Eoxboro and the Surrounding Community. Can be foind at my rcswlence recently occu liy Kev. J-J. LAnadeH. -. . ., . '' TI3 K FAIli OF ROXBORO AC ADEFilY Open, to; Both sexes, c o-o-o Opens Ancnst' 1st, 1887. --k. i , JAMES TV. TIL1.ETT, Principal, " ' Bliss Faanle W. Man gam, Assistant .. Tiiition for 20 -weeks, in Primary"" Depart Swnt $10.00. 4 . ,. V ' rmnmon English Branches $15.00. r . l!irbcr Knphsh and LanRiiafss, $20.00. . v Music on Piano or Organ $15.00. ADVERTISEMENTS Geo. D.Thaxton. . - A. JndWiiB Watkins, : THAXTON cWATKIKS,7 .JOBBERS, NOTIONS WHITE GOODS, PaST GOODS, f : (oyEIlALl.Sr i i LADIES' .DRESS, -GOOpS,0.; 14 8. Fourteenth S., : lUchmond, Ya.. mak mere money At work r tor H9, man at nuyuui ---1r .. Bpr . igv & J t viur -yv x- j- - tal not needed :yoa are started free. Jjoth sexes; mi aires, akt vue cu " rinps pure from tlrst Btart. Cootly outat and terms free. Better not delay Costs you notnr in to send us vonr addrefsand find out; if yon are M-iae von will do so at once. Jl. JlAttRTT a :o., Portland, Maine. ,- ; a iaiy-v PATENTS.;.: Caveats, Trade Marks ; an4 : Copyrights ,Ob taitied, and'all other business in- the ILL. & 1'Mtcnt Ofnce attended to for Motlecato Fess. Our office i3 opposite the U-S.' Patent Office, and we -can obtain Patents in" less time than those reraise from-Washington. Send Midelor Drawing- We advise as to )!i!entability free of charge; and we make Ko Charge Unless We Obtain PatenUi ; We reier here to the Postmaster; the Si'.pt. of Money Order Oivy and to official of the U. S. Patent' Office. - For ei renter,-' advice, ' firms and references to actual clients in your :. .vu State orcounty.-write to; - a show: & co., Patent Office, "Washingtoa, D. C Raleigh; N. 0.": K PIANOS ORGAS, Sewing Machines.1 ; Venj Lowest Prices; V Most 'Reasonable Terms. .-. . - ' . y -!r-,i . J "-" STEIN WAY, ' V KRANICH & BAGS, -BEHRBR03;; CniCKERING.T- EMERSON;; Iswiqr 7';.;. 'K ORGANS v V cy ' GREAT WESTERN, ' -KIMBALL,.! ' .U.ESTY." " : -, MILLER. 'V "WHITNEY.. BRIGEP0RT , f-r :r Wntefor prices and termq. , : : -. J. L. Stonp:, : i ":-' " ' lLilifgh, N. C, D IUCKSEYS& ROELi . Editori and Proprietors. " , -HOME1 EIRST : ABROAD V0Lll3.;:: . Our-personallty Inviolata,-. C'i, Sosacred, avful and mysterisrav ; Eoimd In the enigmatic housocffntfr-T - -v , Who la there sliaH unbar the door Tor wsT -' ; The mother holds her cluW elose to her kcee; -for the decePtlve dream of ispcech, -" .-'' vFpr in the souls dim fastnesses tloth each -" ; From each ono dwell apart as if a sea V --Ran leaguea between theajl. Kaked and alone' -We corao Into tho world. Ovr soleappoal y - ' Is oiir great father Time, withTips of stono : uuo yijj.ueb Bunu ui taings reveal.. - ; -Jpsoph Dana Sillier in Bcetoa Transcript l Transcript . WHO FIRST DISCOVERED GOLD? 'J A Calllornla TVoman Gives tbft Credit. t - The closins dnyp.iSt-l&tO - presented far different eccsno, to 'tho eyes of lira. John M.Murphr, of Sail osc, and" sister of Mrs. LewiatMh tlie closing dg,ya of 1SS0. - Tvjip Donner lakowitti a, part'y- iSdntJd -faT 'by "jsnow Laiiil anxiously waiting for tho relief -which did not conao for weeks afterward. ' r "It. is a curiouB fact.,? 6Lebecran: 'thn. tho credit of tho" gold discovery -was TneversJ given to tno mantowhom.it rightfully belongs It was discovered in tho winter of '48-and '47 in a cabin ia. which we were at Donner T lake, " seated by a fire, each, busy with bis or- her own thoughts. Thiife.awful - time - at . Donner lake is as firmly imbedded hi any memory as if ham mered there by hammers of. iron.' Aa I said, we wero seated around' tho .fire when John Denton,a "gunsmith by trade, while knocking off chips of - the rocka cn wbich the wood was placed, saw 60nie- thing shining. v-Ha examiaod ifr asid pro nounced it gold.- Ho then, knocked oH more chips from the rocka, and hunted in the- ashes for more 5" the shining parti cleauntil bo had gathered a tablespoon ful. He wrapped the gold in a;piece of buckskin and put it in bis. pockety ? "When tho first relief Ji party'came he went oat with it, but died on the way, and the gold was buried with- him. -vWhear I eW my father, Mr. Eoed, I told himof the-cir-cumstance,; and. says ho, 'If John D5n ton saya that that is gold, it" is gold,- for-4 ho imows,'. My father intended to- go back "Dcmner" lako to search" for the precious metal, but before he started gold was" cliscovGred at Sutter's fort, hence he did not return to - the - lake. I think that if a thorough search is made gold. can. bo found at tho present day at tho lake or jnear it. '-Net much gold has einco been found there, .because-:. do regu lar prospect has. been made for it.-- . '.'I have been tcid that the rocks which wo used itt the "fkeplaco were washed down: to the- lake from . a mountain, In I wMch gold was,- but this mountain was probably many.,; ehics away r from ; the lako.---,- '- '".- r ; "When any ono asks mo about the di covsry of goldr Teay-that John Denton was tho iiret discoverer jf gold in Cali-foriiia.----Santa Cruz SentineL. - ' . . , ' . ' - . IMsks of tk liancli.- There Is ono' subject for the considera tion of tho many young men who wish to embark in tho cattle busmcES that-i3 but too seldom . presented to thenittjand which J;hcy never seem to think of them- . selves, and that is the. value of , their in-: dividual time. If a man is Uiejxxssessor of a 'small: capital cay $3,000, lie w21 , figuro on realizing a ' certain , per cent.J, which m most cases,' by the way, will, prove fictitious. But he doesn't stop to reflect that, dace aU ef ,hia tizao: must be given .to make a success of tiw project,, it is ocJy right tliathe should take juto ac count the actual. value of Alii? Eervice3 at homo- For cxtunplo, 5,000 .a 20 per cent. i3 $1,000. - ,Now, it is anbpen ques tion if a saiarv lust . as large as thi3 fr amount cannot bo rcrned by the5 average man who gives tho same devotion 4? I113 woiK as xiisx nccessitarea Dy-,succeRsrui stock raising. , If so, tho $3,000 - still do mains' to him to place in some perfectly safo investment, ct i C per - cent. yielding 300 annually Of eourso the-ranch fever "kss somewhat - alxited, .but" I Uunkitha "snggestion still holds good asono of vital iuiX)i-tance to all who would 'k WesU" Globe-Democrat."- v " ' ,-' ..-;;. . VPla ales " lit tb Face. - ' r, 5 While wrinkles rcsilt from the nattirnl working, of tho system" they may also be caused by a perverted condition of the system, as are pimples, blotches and boils. Now thoj human face- unlike . that of brutes-was meant to. be the Vinirror of the mind, - the visible expression of every passion, emotion: and -- inmost ' feeling. Herein is its chief beauty. -Hcnde its nu merous muscles and nerves j- whereby it is L so wonderfully adjusted to thit? end. , But muscles; in- constant or frequent exercise increase, in volumor strength' and. -readiness of action. , '".--t 'I V ' -"-Ilenco. habits ;of thought ancl feeling become stamped on tlie face, and we read so easily tho character of the proud, the vain,- tho deceitful and'tlie sensual man, or of the kindthe calm, the energctic, tho frank,''' tho 'candid .and the .honest man. ''' " ? , . ' . . But there "is nothing' lite-care and worrimcnt taiplow fiurows "m .the foro- head, and these are badly . marring tho faces Of ouiC American women. ;Vo pass in the streets women of -25' whoso ;f orc-. beads are mora wrinlcjedlhan the brow jchould Jbo - at 70. .. Some of : these may not haver more cares -than others, but they unnecesccrily yield to the tendency to express them -in the face. Youth's Companion.-,"' " y--', -J ",. 'y-r ' " Jleidity niid' Environment.- ThbeSect of heredity and environment on characfer and conduct should be eare fully studied iy those, who aspixo to the work of pManthropists. ,;lt will bo Re pressing at firstf- it will make humanity seem liie clay in th? handa of inexorable and , remorselees forces; but it will save an immense wastb pf time and effort and means, and, by. and the ' depression will cliange to hope,; as it is seen that the same law that necessitates .degenerations under I certain conditions,: under- others works regenerations'. Amory.'H. Brad- r ford in Andovcr Review. j t . - Z Tho Public "Library. . -Fiction stalks about and talks to every one; cushinsr bistory.and.tlie Muses asida at nleasurerNotice what-the: people at.; Cincinnati, read at . the public library: thIdo-v. 117-volumes; . Dnitosopity. ana education, 287 volumes; 4 biography r 5G3 Aioa. lii.-.torv. " 1)03 volumes:', geog- raphy and" travel, 479 volumes; -politics imd commerce-, 210 volumes; science and - irrto.. tvwbr and. drama.' 864:. fiction. io nno-riolvcranby. 5S5.-hristian: at Ycark.. - " '..jf - " iiNORTH ia:seryt:mssik Only a simple ecrvant lassie? - "Yes, but for. 'a tliat there wiif be servant lassies in heaven just as" well- as-braw folk Tlie poor wero never despised; by llim when He was" on earth. - - ., v " . ; ' - Hpigho ! Thaycna written half a dozen lines o my story yet, and I'm sadly con scious that I'va made' blaaders : already. I mean to write- it a'.in English, and if ; a. bit Scotch wordie ' doe3 rumLlo in noo and i8ain I'm 'suro you'll foigio mo. "VVTien J .warm to my work I'll get better: on.- This ia the way wil a Scotch folk; when . no. excited it's , their own. broad Doric they speak, t)ut' my conscionco,- if you onca .put up .their iDirso it'3 as fine saundin.sr English sthov'if soeak as anv eoutloner - that . ever . stepped - in - ehco WaUllTv j . . , - r ". 4- Jly acmg is JeannksJeannlo'. IIcLeali; that's it a thegjther, or -complete as I ought to say.; Prom fan far noilh tho Tweed I come," ay; and north the Dee as well. tAs far west as the train can pene trate among tho Dbnside hilVca a bon nie Jbraehead, among boiinie green knolls," among; woods o? lark"" waving fir and pprucerliglited up hero and thero.wi the tender green; of the feathery lareh,' and begirt wi', bands o. yellow broom and gowden furzes there stood, my fathcr'B humble : cot. - And every : night of my happy young 'lifol used to bo lulled to Bleep by a sound like waves breaking on a ' shingly, beach; - for, if it wasn't the wind whispering and ' moaning - through" the trees, it was the incessant hurtle , o the Don rushing on over the pebbles and bowlders. So near were wo to the river that dear Johnnie : could throw a stena" right over it. v A strong, strong 4irm had Johnnie. Jolinnie was my only bi-otber, and I never had a si3ter.' :;-My mother died .when Johnnie and I were so young that neither of us" could remember her, and :Granni9 - kept my father's house. , Dear auld Grannie, with her clear caller, canty face, and her bu3y, happy, ways,-it is years ago since sho bas gone to her long hame in the auld kirk yard. .iShe aye had a pleasant 6inile f or Johnnie and me, , and used to tell ns' old world etories. in: tho. long forenights ;o winter - - , , " - .. - Imagine us, if you can, gathered round that Scottish country nresicky a "great fira of peats and wood is blazing and crackling on the hearththere is iKTbtlxer. light. At one corner sits my father .in an easy chair, his day's toil i3 past and his, pipo is alight; at the other is auld Grannie, and click, click, click, click, go her knit- ting wires as 6he tells her talo,: i Johnnie and I complete the circle; our bye3 are riveted on Grannie's- face, : The "smoke goes curling up the wide chimnoy, the blaze sometimes following yardj - high, tho vdnd without ia roaring and whist-, ling round the house, shaking doors and dindling - windows but it makes - us feci euk the snugger within..' I : just crecp closer to Jolinnie, loan my head on , IdV siiotudcr, and listen, . . By and by Grannie stops Gpeaktng, and for a whffo the wind has it all its own way;- then, my father rise3 solemnly and put3 his pipe away in tho wa:holo.- ' ' j Bairns, let us' worship God!' he says. - " - -- ,j Grannie lights tho black oil lamp, with its dried rush wicks, and father takes tho Book. : Ho roads a chapter,' then, to tho- halx mournful notes of some such tame as Jlaryrdom, wo fiingi ; perhep , 'The Lord's My Sliepherd."' - - ; - There - was always plenty, to ,do" and Jo'mnlo end I-wcso never , sorry when Sabbath - camo. - Sabbath , and a long walk to the weo bit kirk on tho hill head, fcwhere in earnest and impressive voice our -good minister would" point the way t(f happier splicre3; ho never failed to breathe words of comforf f or tho weary, consola Uon tor tbo leavouV and hopes of future joy for all. -' -" , - - , Never a Sunday passed that Johnnie and - I did not hngcr behind, - till all tho other kirk folk had passed away but and homewards, then wo would go quietly round- .and visit ; mother's gravo. . Tfcis wa not all sentiment, botli of us loved mother; though, we hardly.- remembered seeing her. r- 13ut her mortal remains wero thero in ' that -aukl kirkyard,1 and tliey would , rise again,"" such was our simplo faith: and wo. never looksd upon mother asdeojl-, but aa a saint in heaven-She vv- -f- . -- o even to-permitted to watch over us,' and lovmgl.gumxf. and -befriend us in trial and An danger. She saw us each ;Sab batlv, then, "as wo bent; low and touched the grassy knoH and laid thereon bur of -. ferhigs of - flowers." v Humble :f enough these might bo, . but hvr pring there wck the sweet -scented yellow primrose anil sprigs 6' crimson may.: hvsum5ncr. there were always rich buttercups and rich ox yed daisies, and a hundred wild fiowera from. "hedgerow and copoe; : evqn- winter brought rita garlands rfj rod rowau3 and its Overgreens,vsa raIlri ; the year round mother's gravo never wanted beauty. That old cirarchyard and tho woo bit kirk. I have but to shut my eyes and thoy risQ.up tefcro iao,- What though the kirk itself .was steopleless; the bell devoid -of music, the -.grass longrand green on .tlio grave?,- and after rain look ing as tliough it had bocn combed down; what though , the' tombstones wero gray and liclibn clad,- nnd leant in everydiroo tionexcortthe right oneV-mother'a grave was there I " -' I- . You English "majd? may laugh at ne; but . ahl .you little 'l&n jjow- dearly we flcotch '"moimtauieors love -- cur; wild homes;-"besides, 'you. Imowria only a-J simnlosorvant lassie. . -Our Johmiio coi&l play the," fiddle so sweetly. It" was -the merry airs, auld Grannie liked-thp beet, but there was one tiling that Jolinnie' used to play and sing tliat never failed to bring the tears to my eves at least: - though somehow it .was a sweet kind of melancholy it inspired, and neither grief nor melancholy ever, injures the heart if tears can ilow.- 'TTad T ' rnv : nt.hfir oomnanions exc8t)t Johnniof 'c -Yes," a neighbor lassie would sometimes "drot ; in. and well,-" wliy should I deny -It, sometimes; a ncighW laddiewhy shouldn't' a Simple Scotch ln.s?rt" like -"mo have a " bit ; sweetheart? Wl-at for flo? j -' , -- ' ' But if was only on Bunday .oveninarf in tlx nwflfit dimmer time that Jamie and l rvr to t.ike a Ionelr watii. And where j did we walk,' think .you? . Why, do;.vn rho line. YoU- see 'in tho far .north of ' dear auld Scotland .trains don't run on j the Sabbath daynd the line i-z the favor- I nromenade.. - Green, feathery, larch : trees 'bounded tins banks all .along, -.and - the banks themsti were painted with ;OAB,0LIWA,:THURSDAYv AUGUST 181887: iViNO: 50.: wild flowers in the sweetest colors you could tmagine-ixitehes of crimson clover patches of white clover, beds of '.orange fcrnfoib beds of bluest epeod well, and tall red ragged- robins I everywhere. v--3hen there' waslhe hum of .the bees," as tliey- bummed from flower to flower, the sweet pei-fume of the clover and the wild, glad notes of, the chafSe near hisuest in .the lave- tree.'- And yes, and Jamio'svoice, sweeter to me than all ' Did I love" Jamie? diona ' ten. Jamie qeverf what - you might call mado lovo torno," but -1 dare say. I did like'him a. weo'bifcl r Bonnie bla'ck hair had Jamie, blue, bluo'eemosy dimpled cheeks,- a cockit bonnet wi' long strings - tliat fluttered o ex "his back 'and slioulders,: nnd such "a winsome smjlel Ko;:h9 never made love'liko, but he would talk for, an hour at a time about his 'horses and kvo,nd I used iust K look and laugn and listen.. - You may be ;thLw I'm dwelling - too long on my younger days and our happy life at tho little farm on the -braehead- bat the re3t of -my story is all so sad-' ' I m sure enouga that neither iJohnnlo not I oyer" gave a thought for to-morrow. In this respect wofulQllcd tho Scriptures right enough. - It- never struck ;ti3 that our present life would not. last T till wo closed our eyes for aye and went to sleep in tho mools. -. - , - - But ono wet, rough-winter's evening; with the wind moaning in tho' cliimney and tho cold enow and sleet : tearing over tho hiiis-and through the.wood3, lather cama home looking wan -and queers No, no,I cannot dwell . on this.. . That night ho took to -his bed, and in spite of . the doctor's attention, In spite of "tho kind ness of an JEngli3h lady who was dwell ings at-tho .big house,. ho slipt quietly away ono night and jomed our mother in heaven. ; . . "What a change! T Tho funeral past and a broken up- home."" ETOrything except tho old eight-day clock, which Grannio wouldn't part with, sold by roup, Gran nie herself dwelling in jd. little, hut by the hillsido; and Johnnio a Goldier in tho gal-? lant Forty-twa. -. And right " handsome did he look ' in Jus Highland dresB,,-with his. -brawny legs and- hia boonet "and "plumes. -1 - - v-And l- aelmlo servant lossio. ,l or tho kind English lady had taken quite a fancy to me and - I was boaid fox- the Outh: ca her -maid. As tbo train ixulled away from tho statlojv. a3 1 lost eight of tho- wootkvand -hi!l3 and - bonmo braes. wliat could I do but lean back in a corner of tho carriage" and cry lassie like. Poor jamio, tool ' Grief does not break young hearts, and in my new home at Southsea, ovcrything was very- new indeed, and my heart leapt up ono day with a naraelc33 joy.whn I heard that tho i-orty-socona was commg . to Portsmouth, - My mLtrcca .wo3 ; kiisdncs3" itself, and cennideraticn,' '-too - Dho .waa a - lady, though not rich, and I m euro would haA-e bitten her tongne ct any time rather than say -a siclo -wcrd to.' woimd tlie feelings ct hurt tho lieart of a dmple ser vant - lassicv : Ah! i would : that ;oll mls tres3e3:.wero the samol I' Sho novcr "hin dered me from going"" cut, and, indeed, often suggested it.' vAnd coniany were tho walks Johnnie ; and : I had on the ramparts,-"and many -a talk of the dear old times that even now seemed co far away. ; ' , . ' " 'And my mistrcES had dwayo. a kind word and a srail3 for mo, "and talked so naturplly -id so encouragingly ? that : at any - tin9 I bchovo I would ; have laid down my Ufa to save- hers; 'After "a few montho : cf : Portsmouth hi -my: mistress and I . ctarted to spend : a few.v weeks in Franco. Jolmnio eaw U3 offfc"and 1 think I see the handsome,3 manly boy - yet, with tho Eunny smile on. his tranburnt face, ; m the dark tartan " kilt :- and whito spate, 6tancmg thcref.on the station .waving .us good by with Ins bonnetLend plumes. vv o were two : months away, but ro- - turned at lasts and the very next morn ing I went to boo for Johnnio. ' - T, - I was rounding the corner of a street,' when tho ' slow, half-i mufSed sound ef drum3 fell on . my- car, and presently I covld hear i tho ciusio - itself. : It " was a dirge a coronaeh,-v played by th6 - pipers. It was no ordinary dead march. It was the grand old - hymn," ' Johnnie's ong and minoi, ' - - ' OY con corao -Ith-me . -'p. , "Toths aVld Eirb yard. """To every word thero was a stroke' of the drum and a stop of the . men; Anil yonder is tho cofiln- and tho bonnet and 'feathers. . 'Who - is--d -A dead?' cried, "datchmg the arm of a soldier who stood near me. ' v, - He must have ceen I was choking. - Ho put ono. arm roimd my waist kindly asTiia roplied: - - -i - "'Poor Jack.. McLean, my lass. - Are you his' sweetheart?"-., v- . r "I , remember nothintr moro for weeks. for all this limo I lay raving with,- brain fovcr. . s: " - A year had passed : away and a change had eolno'over my situation m lifci , lor my dears kind mistress was obliged to givO up nouse and a:o abroad;- ana i was- en gaged .as -general 'scrvanfc. t6, "Iady.'In Portsmouth. ,. i iNow.I was to know what .IndeecT it meant to bo a simple servant lassie under a thouglitlecs and unkind" mistress iPcr haps sho did not l-eally meanJ:to bo un kind, perhaps sho could not help it. I be lieve "-that, hard though . her -hearts un doubtedly was;. she , would oftenhave felt for toe could sho but: have known , how 1m SGXQ j her wovd3 used to burn-iato my feelings. tried tapleasQ her.- I n sure 'i uici wnaT. i.couiu anu-usweii as i :co.iiu, but my-wholo life soon became- ar buroVn tome.--" I 'Used, .td go tomy room -and, don't laugh," .cry and pray, "That helped mo somc-don"t forget I'm' but ft simple Scottish lassie n ,? -, - - "-Tr- " --v; r Did my mistress; scold? Noj not down right. She nagged. Oh! that worrying, nerve breaking nnggingT how,much,more mean it i3 than any ecoldfng!" - : " ?--Wben .-mistreps first, .-ssked -my name and I tcld Ler 'Je'nrJo, "I fehaa call you Arm,', sho rcpUud.- rxi call ail my -fccrvants Aim-"." I'm sure -master' felt sorry for mo, but be ixred say notmng. X'L-chove lis ss as much atraid ct ner:a3 l waa. tlxxugh kindly hearted ---gentleman howas.---IIej would como-'in.. tarjdinnor. happy looking ! and singing, and at .table begin taUsrsurersutiocs" observanco;-- jtliey ; Jiavo. no and laugh with his X'-etty. pets of chil - dren. Ihen mistress wouia Login to nag- at-me as I laid thodsncer.-. And poor1 mlctt-ny'a-fmn- -nrmnW fnll Jl nirCft - TIlrp ! would be no -more, talking or laughing -with the,' children after that. -He wordd - - - - - " - NEXT. hurriedly ' and ' silently swallow a few . mouthfuls, then, making some 'excuse about work to finish, disappear; - L - . liut tlie room never was dusted enough : to. please mistress, the Cro never burned: brightlyenoughv the things- vsro; never properly putt)n tho tablo.: : - ci used to dread .so lying too lato of - a moming that my night's, rest was aHono painiulr-confused ch-eam. 1 wpuld start may be at 3 and look at the watch asain and. again at;4," and "if .Idkl, this'I dreaded to fall asleep again." -1 would lio and road for; an hour or two, then-go down?, to the -cold -kitchen -; among - tho beetles , and 'strugglo: f or ' another - hour; witli wet, sticks and damp coals before.' I gottneilrotohght.t --x'.: , .Was it any w'onder Igot thin and worn "and. so nervous that my mistress' voico suddenly calling 'lAnn' "..felt like a red hot knife- jerked into my heart? r i now eomo to , tiie turning point or. my somewliat jB&d history.'wliich would : liovcr ! have been written - had" rr not. thought this'simplo narrativo might move soma mistresses to.be a little more con siderate of the feelings of their ervant3. ." What was my- fate to bc 1- often' asked that question of myself lassie: like-? Would Jamie bo-my fate?:Though . Know 4 no liked me, in his letters" he never breathed a word ef love. : but al ways told-mo about auld Grannio and the eight day clock and about his. horses and kyo. I had only ono friend - now in the world. ; And he 3, fool suro you will laugh--waa. tho-',brower'sj drayman." vvhen be called tor . an empty7cask- or to -deposit a full ono ha te cellar, bo always had ; a ' gentle word and a tenile f or- me.-, Ho was a jolly -looking young man .with a handsome face, a- burly form and an" apron big enough for a battling tent.- And if .jou'd-only seen Mm pitch the great casks.- about- why John was jrong enough to lift a cow.' -"- ' I,. . - One day mistress had been moro tank orsome than over, and my eyes ;wore red" with -.weeping.: John - noticed-itr anct talked ever so kindly, and I told him all,' and fr6m that day, for? months I took to telling -. J ohn all, and he: always had a .word of comfort for me, Ia' it any won-v dor that my-heart warmed to him? - I used to light him down! to the dark cellar,' and - it was down there we used to hold our little" confaba . - - -""--- A But I'll never forgelf the mommg John asked me to become bis wife, -" - v v; .. The tallow candle barely dispelled the gloom of that damp, dark cellar, and the daylight Btreamjng in above "us from a grating,- fought with tho" gloom and .was swallowed up. - j ,t -Z " - "Which I've loved you? for -a long tlm?, said 'John, -."though I " dursn't summon up courage to speak my mind. But I have tho prettiest little cottage and en m tho outskirts as ever yo eecd d it only - wants a mistress, Jearihio, Which itll be your sweet self and nobbut -else," . ; . , - :." ;,, r .I waa glad the cellar was so dark," so ho couldn't see my -face; but- next mc-t mcnt X vwas pressed closo to John s big apron, and it did emeil of malt and hops so. -"i ' - '-" -ir Yeo,' ft is a sweet, wee,' cottage, and bonnie do the' roses look twining round the-porch in summer, and John is the dearest- and beet of. husbands. .. Yes, -I'm happy, , and ; I've almost forgotten, that ever I was -a simple servant lassie. V "-J - Good by-rrthero is John coming. -M3ot don Stables in Homo Chimes. . - 5 : - ' t;!- . Experiment la Hypxiotlaia. ! ;Bpeaking to a reporter on. the subject of hypnotism Dr, William A.Hammoad said: "I 'hypnotized one man. and I forced him to commit forgery. l"At my bidding ho- signed my namo ' to ft bans check. -I told himto cash it at tho bank (a chair)r and ho did so, ;-'Now you have the money, '6aid I, and ho rammed it in his pocket, looking all around meanwhile, covetly and': susjMciously. .Suddenly I cried -'Police!' " The -patient instantly darted under the. table and tried to hide himself.. Ho turned oven paler, trembled, end evinced every sign -of extreme , trepi datioh. ; " - V- "' : ""r V 1 . ::. : 'H0 denied strenuously at- first,' -con tinued Bt Hammonclj 'that ho had been. pruilty of the enmo l-chargea him with. I insistod that he had tho" money An - his pocket.. At lasf he confeseod, drew it forth, and burst into expressions, of eor row for his" faux-pas.5' All this, as I told voo. bef ore the New York- Neui"oIogical society a scientific body.i. " ' ' , 'k- -."I experimented further with this sid ject, for he was a good One. " Pmching the Ccah on. tho back ot tus ham! - into a little- bunch, and telling him that he .would suffer nothing,.! plunged the knife through- the conoTor cuiicio. JNot atromor orstartshowodthat he .had experienced pain; ho did hot- mdocd .feci tho blade. Nor was bo sensitive to a red hot iron whorv I burned the back of Iiis neck, with it; but wheill cried,' .'Now I"il bum you,' and placed my linger .on his Cesh, ' he Jumped and' yelled and-wjithod as if 'be wt s bi tortoreT-'- I - could do.- any tiling with that man. :-1 gave liim a sohiiion 61 aloes," andrhe orank it for champagno. ; gave him a bottle toldiam it was a baby, and ho nursed it ana cooed over it. --i 'I have had half a do7-en such patients at my house for the amusoment and rm- etructibn pf myjfriends. Thero i3 nothing new in the principle of suggestion; here's a book on tlie subject byTSernheini. " ;. ""... . ' . r- 1 -"S'The Gypsy's ,'lndopnc!iice. - -. The gypsy loves the'erecent moan, the evomng star; ther clatter oi the tern :owj, .the Ijeetle s-hum. Ue was bom on die earth in tlietent, .and he has lived; like a STJOcies of human wild animal ever smee .& bis own free will he will have notciug to" do" with rites or litaniec; bo mav per haps bemarried in a-place of wcfship.";to make it legal, that is aiL- At the end, :wero it not for tho law, ho would" foi choice be buried beneath the J 'fireplace" "of their children's" children. He will not dance to" the" pipe ecclesiastic,: sound who may-htyrchman dissenter' priest," or laic.;. Lake tlie trees, ho is simply m- : di3ei ont.i Alltha great -wave of teacMng and text and tracts and missions, and the produ.ee of tlio .pinting press, lias' made ,ik impression upon' Ids race any more than :unon the rod-dcer that roam in the ; -tlian :upon tio red dcer that roam in aj forest'" behind hl3 -camp. ihe negroes have .their fotiirir every nation its- idols the -gypsy clonD has .non not even i ", idolatry ef the past, neither liavo they the exalted tnouscht or the prosert. Jeuericsia Chainberd'-JoumTl. Riclwird m- - -- Uui- action must ciotiie as with an im mOitality,' loathsome cr glorious. Coiton. ; S1.50 Per Year in Advance. THE' HOARDEQ VEALTH OF' IMDIA.- now the East . Indian. Tarns Evetrthins lie Possesses into jewelry. i--ITever: dxiring -ita existence lias India becn so; rich , in - iewelrv " u3 now. The 1 people aro' always adding to" their stock. Savings from nearly- all sources are dis posed of in tiiis way," and tliese" savings are being constantly; made often at the expense of clothing, sometimes at the ex pense of- greater necessaries of life. " j-- - - ike - making : and : the stormg away - of wealth in this form is the national pe culiarity of this country.' It is mdulgod m by au classes of natives.- Jewelry is regarded as ' tho most staple kind of wealth, - and. fortunes are never- counted without estimating tho value of tho stock of jewelry. - It can always be pledged or disposed of. The market for its sale is never closed and never depressed, ' r '--- The. most limorant native who wishes to sell a pioco of jewehy- knowsiSarlEetl vaiuo Quito well. -i He can, scarcely bo .cheated. r Jewelry, forms ' tho . greatest factor in matrimony.-" The' most lowly bride - has. her Istridhan,-', which is - often equal in value to five years income of the bridegroom, j.Thepo is of ten a scarcity of clothing sometimes a scarcity; of cooking pots, generally not a particle of ftrrniture, : but nearly alwaya'a stock tf jewelry. . - Iho wrfe that has no iewelrv ixescsses nothing olse; she cannot be robbed.' - The family: that 'does not possess" jewelrr is absouitcly indigent. One1 of tho greatest boasts of the jewelry .owner-is that his hoards, cannot; bo taxod.-' x A : man .may own jewelry vaiued at a lakh of rupees and pay no income tax. ? "This is a 'sourco' of. great satisfaction r.'Jowelry yields no recurring income but it ; is prized more than government , paper. "If it never increasea it never iimmishesJM"is a na tional sayings 'common among men. and women aiikerv -- , :No native noarflage,--oxcept among- the most impevaished, takes place without a trarisfer cf jowelry, ' and verv frequently of new jewelry - Sq great in value 13 the new jewelry that 13 introduced mto new famihVs; by marriage,-'-tliat wo darO- not estimate it, tho amount would be so fab ulous. -: Truly - the - investment of wealth in jewelry in India, is the' greatest , and most remarkable - institution in the coun try .V Every, other, investment 6nk3 into insignificance besido it,':-." v. .- "y y: J- Under'. no -native . prince or rajah of former times has jewelry accumulated aa .it - has Veecumulated-1: under the British government ti British India, - For a cen tury past the sacking of towns nas been unknown; tho plunder of individuals has been greatly restrained, and wealth in the form of jewelry has accumulatedv r - Une-hau. of -the people- of India -are jewelry owners, ' It is only when tho day of taking -stock of. tho family ; jewelry comes round,' such 4ifl U "occasion .of a wedding - or great-gala day, . that a stranger "can form the slightest concep-j taon pi the amount of wealth tn the fam ily in tho form of "jewelry. - Amazoment at once -strikes -him aa ho for the first time is permitted to see the- amount of aecumulatcd wealth.- if ' Tho inventory day fcw par exccllenco, .tho womtn'e "day. Gathered round the Ironic safes, the :ash . boxes, the Tnetalxio boxes,- the neatly carved -woodon "boxes,; tho delight -of the women; is observed in their eyes as each pair of golden brace lets ; studded - with pearls; reach pair ; of diamond, or emerald," or -sapphire "earf rings; : each nose "Ting with larger:" pearls massive gold cliains and a large number of wrings; expensively and even extrava gantly' gemmed,'; are" handed round tlio family circle for admirationf - And great is "the family - delight. Advocate of India; : t -.r- - -.-. " -7 j.' , yq Prevent Cedsore& " r .When a person is obliged" to-Ue con-1 etantly in Ono-position aa ; 13 tho case with a broken "; log, Uio"-t pressure coming I constantly t on the same- place,: bedsores must be guarded against; Tho - lower part of -the back is most frequently at tacked. " The nurse should pass, her hand under it at least twice a jlay to seottiat the draw eheet is freo from wrinkles and creases: Morning ' and . night - She must batho " it with, a small sponge dipped in alcohoL 015 a soluMon of taimio ockI,- and when, it ia dry, ruh.it 'with corn starch-or buckwheat v fleur,'; ," It may" seem im possible to her to get her hand under neath, but most beds will yield a littlo to pressure and by working ia a roll of old linen under -theback Above- tlie place to be bathed she win obtain a little space to work in, -1 If in spite, cf precautions, the back becomes sore 'on air cushion with- a hole in the middkr must be; used to pro vent '"the" soro from coming in. contact ".with "any surface, - or it cannot lieah-rr JGoOd Housekeeping. v tf - .a , , - . I Chinese IndlfTereace. - - Chinese mduTerence is stiJI.-worse than CJhinese "superstitkjnr . 'The .Cliinese is born 0 man, ,.hves a - cog, 'and dies- an -as3i"v:No'assistance .'can be found in that, country, where cjio has to rely on himself and believe. C0 man? "-The want "of ai sense of the common-goodi and of. all self sacrifice, h so great that all tho -celebrated , fall " inter decay," such as the temples and royal tcanbs,; many of which are beautiful" London ISewa.-..,.-..'...-, f .Curloca-Coal Formatloits. ' ' -". z ' Coal , miners., frequently find carious formations in a vein of coal. ' An Annot, Pa. miner took out a piece of sulphur a few days age -which , was a', peif ectly fdf med ,-jar of cbrn; tlie kernels and rows being very distinct. It was under .twenty feet of Bond rock and m tho middle of the coal veinf--Boston Budget, "" . - y x k. - ' A Rival to Cocaine' - - ' " -" Cocaine ias a rival in an alkaloid ob tained in Australia from the luicO of Eur phorbia' Drummcndii, which Dr John Reid, its discoverer calls Drumino..Tho new local anaesthetic acts almost entirely by paralvzlng. - and does . not excite. English 'llochanio.- - --c- e - r ' v - liow Did He, Get There- - "M. T. ElmorCi while' boring a wcllneii Eemmgton, Ind., encountered a soud black walnut log at a depth of ."140 feet. Tho wood was perfectly, sound, and tho question is, How' did it get down to that remarkable depth? Chicago Herald. Locomotives now run in Jerusalem, and . the sun u steam wbistie is heard .in the streets once trod by King David. " .- y A( In North Carolina Jt is estimated that 40,000 persdns follow the business of col lectmg herus for the market, . - - Per son Co; Gouriert : Published :E?ery Thursday . . f J BY - -' i ' HACKNEY & NOELL, r KOiboro, N. C. .. tTEJR3ia OF SUBSCRIPTION; " ' One Oopy One Ypaf - .-. .." , . " $i 0 One Copy Six Months - ".75 t Eemitance mut be made by Jvegiritcrcd Letterj Poet Office Order or Postal Note. " THer rirst Sign, .i Of failing health; whether in the form cf -.NlghtSweats. "and Nervousness, or in a Bense of General "Weariness' and Los3 of. ?. Appetite, should suggest the use of Ayefa Sarsaparyia.-:' This preparation la 'most -effective for giving tone Jand strength . to the.cnfceblod system promoting tbo . digestion and assimilation of food, restore 1 lng Athanervous forces to their;normal; . condition and jfor purifyingi .eorlchiugi'' anavltalizin: the blood. f "" Failing Health, L Ten vears ac-to mv health hniran tn fnfl.- i I was troubledwlth a distressing Cough, . i Wight bwoats, iweakaess and "Nervous- " 1 ness.- I tried various reinediea prescribed j by tdifferent phyBicians, but became so ; . weak that I could not co up fitaira wlth ; out stopping to rest. My friends recoia- " Tmended me to try Ayera. Sarsaparillc, ' which I did. and I am now as healthy and Btrong cveir.ritra12. JL, WilflanifJ, t Alexandria, Mian. . - j - 4 . .f.-. - . V' .I have used Ayera SaiBftparllla, In my " jfamily, for Scrofula, and knowIf it is taken faithfully, that it will thoroughly' :; eradicate this terrible disease. I have also -prescribed it as a tonic; aa well as an alter:: 4 ative, and must say that I honestly believe , ; It to be the best blood . medicine ever ' 1 compounded. W. F. Fowler. D S. 1 . i&L. i., Ureenvule, Tenn. - - - Dyspepsia Cured. , f ; 1 - Tt""would be' Impossibla for mo to "de-: ? ,Bcribo what I. suffered from Indigestion - ' rand Headache" up to the time I begaa .taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla. " I. was under itha care of various physicjans and tiiel- . great manys kinds of . medicines, but 1 never obtained more than temporary re--' lief. After taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla for: 'a short time, ray headache disappeared, J and mv stomach performed its duties mora - perfectly.- Tc-day my health ia com- - pieieiy resioreil. juary. uariey, bpruig fleld, Mass.1 - i .T.havB beeri greatly benefited by tho " prompt use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla.'1 It" ritones and invigorates the system, regulates-1' ithe action of the digestive and assimilative . 'organs,, and vitalized the - blood It is,. withour doubt, the most reliable blood purifier yet discovered. H. D. Johnsoa,: 833 Atlantic aw.;- Brooklyn, N.-Y r,. , - rAyers I Sarsaparilla, -" f Prepared by Tt. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Maw. 3 , ,3Prlce 91; elx Jtiottlea, 85.- i - - . '"4 z '-- . , , , C. HACKNE1T. ". p DUBIIAJl, Jf.c- 1 - ' . 1 - - JOH2t A. KOEil, ,-"EOXB01iO,if. J-""- a- 'V i . . 1 T ' u "- j " ;;SupportYour. 1-7 a i J 00 U flTYPAPEn, i f THE' COURIEB, .i PUBLISHED BY . JIA(MEY"& KOELL, -THE- 1 .0ulr,Paper Published In PEOSGri GQUHTV, V ' J- -h rf i I' 0-v-J . FREsitlAftJD NE WSJ 1 AND- AXVAYG GIVEC .THE. v- i . - LATEST: 1;- LOCAL MID STiliB 1- 12 n u T SUBSCRIPTION -PEICE : - - ' QHJ YEAH J- 0? K ' ' - - Always In Advance. 4 1 You cannot ""possiKy. rcg rttthe - amonnt thva spent. pcia'.l All til 'ew ql the County will be giv , - - - . .. .. fit ff ....... ,r..1t K 1 (( r ' tn, anti -y it' ,i j o of ' importance tnuit-pN . ting around jou- I Scud. 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The Roxboro Courier (Roxboro, N.C.)
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