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THE COURIER published in the centre of ,i fine tobacco 'rowing section, making H one. of toe best advertising mediums for - merchants and warehousemen in the .adjoining 'counties . Circulated largely la Person Granville'and Diirham counties xa. NortiitCarohaa, ? and Halifax countyVirginia 'V-.""':-' . ; rjoB work : - - - . " all description neatly executed, on short notice and at reasonable prices. . When in need of work give the Cqvsses a trial.: ' .ROPBSSIONAI' pAHDS. II. C. StrudwlOU . -. , : B Boone STEUDWICIC& BOONE, ATTORNEYS -'AX RAW. H -BUanAH, OBA.NGB AND PERSON OOTTHTIXS.,. A. W.GEAHAM, J " - ATTORNEY AT LAW nuisboro.K C" ' - Practices in the Counties of Caswell, DnrHam, G milord, Oraoge and Person.- - - . - (.'. S. WINSTBADV , J. F.TEUBY. VinNSTEAD TEU11T, 1 "a '-. , : - -1 .. ATTORNEYS ATYAV, ; Boxbero, N. C. , ' v - . Prompt attention given to Ubaaiaea traat- e.,1 to tbom. LUNSFOBD, r ' . ATTORNEY AT LAW, Eoxboro. N. C. J. W Graham, rThoB. Rufliu. GRAHAM & RUFF1N, . Attorney's at law, Hillsboro, N C. Practices in the counties of Alamance, Caffwe Ourhara, Guilford, Orange ana x-erson. J S. MEUE1TX ATTORNEY AT LAW. Eoxboro, N. C. attention given to the Frtunpt Claims. colleetion o C. E. Bradsher PRACT1CINGPHYSIUIAN. Eoxboro, N. C. Professional services offered to the citizens of Eoxboro ana surroundiiur eomraun tv. D R. J T. FULLEE, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN. Eoxboro, N. C DR. C. W. BRADSHER -DENTIST, Otters his services to the public. Calls promptly ,Mnflf!.i to in Person and aaioinmsr counties. Anv one wishine work in his line, bv writiDe bira ;it Uusby Fork, N. C, will be attended al once. D R. J. A. GEIOGHEGAN Offers bis PROFESSIONAL SERVICES To Roxboro and the Surrounding Community. Ciin be found at my residence recently occu- jiie'l by uev. J- J. IjansdelU ROXBORO. AC ADETjSY Open to.Bofb aes. o-o-o Opens August 1st, 1887. JAMES W. TIIXETT, rrincipal, .. Minn Fannie W. Mangam, Assistant. Tuition for 20 weeks, in Primary JXepart- eiUfin.0O. ' Coinnmn EngHfth Branehes $15.06. J 1 ifchcr Knglish and Iangnages, $30.00. Music on Piano or Organ $15.00. ADVERTISEMENTS (Jeo. D. Thaxton. A. Judson Vttatkins. THAXTON & W ATKINS, JOBBERS UOTIOKS, WHITE GOODS, l'ANT GOODS, OVERALLS, LADIES DEESS GOODS, AC, 14 S. Fourteenth St, Eichmond, Va. can iwe at Home, ana make mrc money at work for lis. than at anything else in thU worJd. Capi tal not needed ; vou are startedlree. Both sexes ; all ages. Any one can do the work. Large ear .nings sure from first start. Costly outfit and terms free. Better not delay. Cwia you noth Anv to Rp.ud ua vour address and find ont; if yon iire wise vou will do so at once. II. IlALLBTT j Co., Portland, Maine. o 13 ly. PATENTS. Oaveats, Trade Marks and Copyrights Ob- lained, and all otQejr Dusmess in . me u. o. Patont Office attended to fojrSIoderate B'ess, Our. office is opposite, the U.; 8- Patent rflW nnd we can obtain Patents in less time than.those remote from IJ-'ashington RonH Modftl or DrawmS ' We advise as tn TatAhtabiUtv free tf charge; and. we make ITnlesa WeObtam Patent. Vt rofer here to the Postmaster, the Snpt. of Money Order Diy., and to official of the U. S. Patent Office. For circular," advice, terms and references to actifel clientain your own State or county, write Id , C. A- SNOW & CO., Patent Office. Washington,' D. C. Raleigh, W. 0. ' PIANOS.. & ORGrANb, Sewing Machines. Very Lowest Irices - , j; Most Reasonable Terms. iPIANOS V j:BA.NICH ArBACH, ; V.BEHTV BROS. -V I' CH10KERlNG:i-!" EMERSON Wick".J'; o: oitaANS KIMBALL, V.' ESTT. ' - ' MILLER. :"-';VrHTNEY, B'SIGEPRT. 7ril lot prices and terras. : L. -Stkp' V J & er n h u i & ant 1L STONE HACKNEY & KOiLL Ediiorsland Proprieto&V ! HOME FIRST: lABRdAD NEXT. VOL. - 4. KNOW3I. Who f ub Jcnow - -" V. How our next neighbor fareef, ' Bow of the woes and many carefl f'That rl!lfllibfl mnlwltAtno In t.Viah. wan And who of uscausay , t We know of that lai-fee world wo never seat-'" vThe world of poverty t. " .'- VPho of us know ' - - - How touch of pain'a smiUng face on.ceala, . Etow little of the sunlight ever steals -. Into the Uvea of those who seem the happiest) The pne who makes us merry with his jest,- -May ho not carry in his heart eo free -:,- A wound he does not wish the world to eeef V Who.o us love. jr , " ; And loving, cherish hut the empty name, '7. 'And fted owriiearta on naught; the flame ' That burns so brilliant and so brigbt, -v v That lights our path as do the stars at night? J. -' ' Goes out quick as heaven's lightning fla&uea, ' And leaves us ashes, 'y "l - - " -i; - "i -ri f ,' .Georgo Hmc Harris. -r Gens PhJI Sheridan's Courtship. . Not long , since, at a dinner criven -.in New York, Gen. Sheridan related an- in-, cident that befell bira whfle, calling on the . young lady who ia the present Mrs. Sheridan. During the wax Gen. Sheri dan was too much 'occupied defending his country to fall in love. When the malady finally overtook him in Chicago after the war Sheridan had passed what is tronerally -called the romantic staere and was settling dowri into a well seasoned old bachelorhood. Old bachelors make tho most . enthusiastic of lovers, and the general admitted that he was no exception to tho rule. j 'It was a warm summer evenlncr," Sheridan began, "and upon my arrival at the house the young lady and myself retired to -the back -parlor. The front parlor opened into the hall, and -as the night was warm, you know, we did not think it necessary to light the gas in the back-room. .How, .this young lady3 father had a creat fear of burglars. Ho had burglar alarms all over the house. and had recently "put a now alarm on the front door. Neither tho young lady nor myself knew -anything about the alarm on the front door. After a time tho old gentleman came down stairs, set bis alarm on the door,! and, seeing tho dim light m tho front parlor, supposed that I had gone, and turned out the light in the hall. We were busily engaged talk ing, you know, and somehow did not hear him. " Finally when I got tip to leave tho young lady accompanied me to-the door. Wo were surprised to find tho light turned out and in fumbling aroud for the door knob I set oil the burglar alarm. It seemed to me that I never knew a burglar alarm to work so well before. It sounded 4iko the explosion-of a keg of dynamite. A moment later the father of the vouna ladv appeared' at the head of the stairs in his night dress, nolding a light in one hand and a large pistol in the other. At this apparition the young lady deserted me and Hod into the darkness. My position was positively darigerous.! I suppose I had been in dangerous places before without thinking of it, but I confess for the mo ment I trembled all over with fear and scarcely mustered up voice enough to say, 'Don t shoot; it s me. Fortunately lie recognized my voice and let me out. ' ' "Now, you know, gentlemen, he con tinued, "if this young lady had stood by me there would have been no danger, but he- didn't, you know, and my position was rather awkward before I was recog nized. One might die on the field of battle without regret, but I should bate to he shot as a midnight, marauder. I only tell the story because it actually took place as I have said, and to show that there are times when we may all lose our courage." Chicago Herald. Gen. Butler and Sir. Stamford. It is very well remembered that Mum- ford was hanged in New Orleans in 1G2 by Gen. Butler's orders for hAuIing down the flag on the United States mint, but there is a Bequel to that 'historical fact that has never been published. A few years after the war Gen. Butler was a member of congress and learned that Mrs. Mumford was in a small "Virginia town with her children in an almost des titute condition. A week after tliat Mrs. Mumford was appointed to a clerkship in the interior department. She had no idea where the' influence came from that put her in the position, and could not learn. It enabled her to live comfortably and educate her children. ! With the first change of administration she lost her place and was in great dis tress. Again the unknown influence came to her and she wa3 given another place and her salary increased, A year or two afterward by accident she found, put who had been . her . unknown friend. When she found that he was the manshe had always considered the wanton murderer- of her husband she had a terrible struggle with herself, but at last sought Gen. Butler to thank him. It is said the scene between them "was a most moving and pathetic one. Cincinnati Commer cial Gazette. The Sugar Maple for Shade.-1 In a talk to Massachusetts farmers Mr. I M. Russell said the rock or sugar ma ple was the best tree ..to plant to secure ornament or shade, He said: "It is a handsome '-tree from . the start stately ;and wefl balanced mTnaturityr Its fol iage is deep and cooling in summer and gorgeous as the sunset" clouds in autumn. It will bear more mutilation and ill usage and still thrive than almost any oiliest tree. As a wayside tree in exposed situa tions it . has no superior. As a oasture Shade for cattle it is one of the best of trees, v It would give comfort to the cat tle and please the eye by its beautv." Chicago Times. In Queen Victoria's Kitchen. -In the queen's kitchen ( there is & book keeper to giye orders to. grocers, ptoviaion and other dealers and four clerks to aid him in his work, a chief cook, four master cooks, two yeomen of the kitchen; two assistant cooks; two roasting cooks, four scourers, three kitchen ! maids, - a store keeper, two "green office", men, two steam apparatus men,' first and second yeomen of confectionery r an apprentice; iliree female assistants, an errand man, a pastry cook, two female assistants, a baker -and assistant and-'three coffee room womcn,i-3;eorge JlenryBassptt in" JLieraia or Health. -A Costly Painting. It is said the most costly water color ju..iuB.uiwM-s wurK ao i- uy i t-a by Meiasomer,- ulustratmg a horse sol- tuer -on OUCDOSC aucv. ic u raiuea bz KOXBO f. -i mm x-. - TT RO, -JSTOBTH ") ' OF THE WAR. , Flatboat load of Contraband Walt to .Towed ' to- Freedom. -S . , As wo returned down the Yazoo, fit pvtty possible point where he rivercould be reached there 1 were throngs of npgrq families waiting to bo taken- away. Many of them had. flat boats in which they were "already embarked, ready, to fasten a line to tho returning Federal fcoats and be towod down the river and to freedom.' - ' , - , - I remember one - instance ' connected with this hegira that 'was somewhat out $fthe usual, course of events. Af.ono boint where the Silver Wave halted there was an immense encampment of negroes with their scanty furniture, wait ing for removal.'- "Attached to the shore was a large flatboat, .'wfeich lay just 'at the etern of the steamer. J happened to be lounging in that portion or the boat, and was attracted by the character of the contents of the flatboat. There were" at least twenty cofcred people in it, of .all ages and .both sexes. In the stern eat a venerable African, who at once attracted my attention. He had a heavy beard and very-thick hair, which, 'with his dense eyebrows, were as white as wooL There.wad something, noble and impres sive in his face and position, and interest in him was. increased as I saw" that he ,was sightless. He was grand as he sat there; grand in his years, which must have been close to a century; grand in the mimobihty of his countenance, the repose of his position; , in his -helpless blindness, and in a perceptible expression of patience and hope that characterized his features. The other people in the boat wore prol ably his descendants. There was a white headed woman who was his daughter, then a Btalwaxt man and a woman who must have been his Grandchildren, and then a host of children of all ages from auaownwa nctio pickamnny lymgon its back that sucked its thumb, kicked up its heels and gazed with its black, bead like eyes into vacancy. They were all chattering, laughing, screaming in the exuberance of their delight Freedom was before them and the world was ablaze with the glory of anticipation, Only the patriarch was silent; to him there perhaps mingled with the hope of the future a recollection Of the old home and tho old life. The deep crown roots of bis existence could not be easily es tracted from the soil of the south, and yet there was a glow on his face such as must have come over the faces of tho wandering tribes as they stood on Nebo and their weary eyes took in the spread ing fields and the fertile plains of the promised land. - - A line was dropped from the .dock of the steamer to the flatboat and made fast. The next moment the wheel, began to fe- voive,. xctnrew dock waves wmcn -en veloped the flatboat, imdtiKmr4istho Bpeed increased, the flat bow of the latter was drawn under, and the entire boat with all its human freight, its infancy, its years, its hopes,' disappeared under the greenish waters of the .Yazoo. As far as I could see the locality I watched for some dgnbfthe engdfedurkortu- nates, but not even a rag, a fragment of any land, camb to the surface. The cruel waters neiatnem fast, ana not even a ripple disturbed the placid surface above then place of disappearance. iNoinmg -tnat j. saw qurmg the war shocked mo as did this occurrence. Res cue was impossible; the boat did not even stop. ..." It steamed -swiftly away, and I felt in my heart that another and hum bier Moses had died at the moment of an ticipated deliverance. "Poliuto" in Chi cago Times. English Professional Entertainers. at is stated on what seems , gooa : au thority that the festivities of the present season will be fostered by a new kind of jDntertainer. From certain: firms from whom parlor - wizards, drawing room Punch and Judys, etc., can be hired, i would seem that professional funnymen, warranted to keep any moderately festive table in a roar, can bo' secured for so much a night. These "funny men" wDl mix -with, guests, . and are guaranteed not only to be primed with all the newest funny stories and topical jokes, but also to be well up in impromptu efforts of an amusing kmd. For, instance there ;are. no less than seventeen assorted tricks which can be performed by. themwhik actually sitting at a tablo without -iany apparatus, and with the simple aid of an orange, a wine glass, ajscrviotto, and a walnut shell. For a-fnnny man," with ventriloqual abUity-rthe price per evening is nve shillings more than for ono who does not go beyond "imitations of con temporary actorb, in a mimetic dircc-. tionv In cases where it may be desired that this hired entertainer should pa3s as a facetious relative of the host and hostess it is suggested that a "preliminary inter view should be arranged betweeni.'him and the heads of tho family whose rela tive ne is supposed to bo. "- with a view.1 doubtless, to the mamtcnahce of his part iumjt on. .Lonaon Jbigaro. - "Frying as It Is Abused, Frying, as the operation is usual! v donn in this country, constitutes - the basis" of American simphaSy iu, the culinarv art. and all physicians are ajrreed that nroba- bly no other single factor is so prominmt in the production of our national disease, ''- uybxx-'psia, as uus i ao not desire to be. understood as condemnaig frying or any ui ui iuuuiiioafcionis oi cms. process :of cookings when properly done. On the contrary, I think it ia an excellent method." or preparing moats, fish, and many vege tables for the , table. But how rarel v is the American frying pan anything else than a utensil for slowly stewincr an arti cle in grease. . I Saturated rand permeated with fat, theiried article of food becomea an indigestiblemass, incapable of acting aa an :aumenii. ueorge" 11. . tohe, il. V. A Miracle of Skin. -. - Oswaldus Notliingerus is said to have mads .1,600 dishes & turned ivory ,: all perf eck and complete in every part, yet so thin and-clender that all of them were in cluded at once in a citp turned out of a were .so small as to be almost invisible to the eye. -. They wet presented to .Pope' I'aul v. iJoBton liudfit.- t- Not Fishes, Whales are not' fishes. They have-no scaies; mey nave, warm dioou; tney give milk . to their young, and finally, they woind'nadrnwnMi if thevwemtn rrmn.ir iioner than half an hour under water. - 4V OAROLIN'A. JHimSpAr, AUGUST 25; 1; .TAS'-'AUD'ANKr; -1 --. Member-. Charley Lett's wise?- Sakea filive, course ye don't I ' It's fiih twenty year sence he brought hef htim.' Lord, how old Ant Lotfc stormed I floe that, old woman now, runninr round to tho neigh bors, bpmoanin?.-- - L s r ' , She came through' tho parstsx where I was hayin with Gy Mullett,'on her way over -to Mia' Potter's. ,1 hollered out 'Amr '-r-Lord knows why wo all called her ant she was ev'eVytJihig bat an ant to folks-"I hear .Cliarley's g-mo'n got marriod. - x - "Yes. T " 1 An to Fan Low?' - -. 'Low.enoughlV sea the old womanL -? "Wal, Charley ain't so verr.high,' 1 answered rather: spitefully, tor he was the laziest critt I over seed, v - V .'- e . Jlo's my" "JotuikltT, too foit' o tec tlock, groaned the, old -woman; "L d a worked for bint to the eend o' my days; but now!", She shook her fist, an' what atween thet fist n 'her tears, ! couldn't tell as she was most mad or grieved 'Twas mad, tliough. But it didn't last long on Charley; it aH '-got spited on poor Fan. Ant was a smart -woman, an iied nothin' better'n to read tho papers git inter a discussion. ' Couldn't she orgee, thoughl The very parson couldn't prove he'd a soul, or "there was eny heaven or hell,, when "Ant Lott helt o him. - Yes, ye say-true; he did reo'lize he was in a kind of hell, then; Lord, yesl but he wa3n't agoin to let on 'twas sot She was sot aginst the gov'ment, 'n so ciety; n the church, 'n eddication, 'i? faot, 'bout ev'rythmg gom. Nothm' was right, ,'n she could prove it wasn t. I never.knew her to low there was but 'one thing right in the hull 'varsal world; fn thet was God. She hedn't got so low down as -to say onything aginst Him. But ef r- she'd ben parfic' herself, she couldn't havo sot down harder on folk's Tailins. Ye can 'magine inter what kind xr a neest poor Fan come. Poor Fan! She'd- ben. a depo' gaL " tondin' . tables there, 'n her repertitioa warn'! O the best. - - I atters "pited them depo' gab. Ef eny rein was Bmilin' '& kinder decent to a feller, ton to onorthey ,-waa took advan tage, of . Plenty o' men mean enough to try loss' a girl out o' brass, 'cause she stan'S" m a . public place. . I never b'lieved no harm o' Fan. I seed her once slap a feller equaro in the face fur an insultin word. " But folks would havo it she wam aO rhdiV-fnr ehe's given ter f oolin an' . would : git , pooty highty-tlghty now n then. But lorl some, gala name no more narm n tneir hearts thet .way thea a frisky young lamb. ' It's the same kind o' bubbhn' over 'n -both. Fan IksI-Bafehty eoft eray-.yea, an -whoo yo looked " inter 'em an' saw her ved lips trembiia' z if thny wanted tcr larf right out, Twas asr ireelitng a sight as ye'd ersktoeeo. Twas a s'priza to ev'rybody when she married Charley. Ho warn't known to 'vo been waitin' on her. " Course his folks ail- thought shed's drawn the wool over hia eyes. Ant was wust of dl. But nobDdy, not blind, ieonld help eeein' Iw's dead in love with her. i :T' never ee ;sich a happy-look as his'n weeks arter. the marriage, Ant'a nahn'fl to the contra-s nGtwithEtandin'i She bbgan on thet, with a never-to-bo-let- up in it. Fan wal, it pcared not to-sig- nif y much to Fan, "eo long as Charley looked happy.- So-the two was like a pair of kios a good while arter many a married couple, with Eomcthin' better than a mother-m-law's raihn'sto begin with, cits marster tired o themselves. But 'tviarn- t m natur thet this would lasi Charley was lazy as all time, as I said.' . Ant was right , when she . said there'd be two to s'port now 'stead. o one, lan warn't to oiame; l nappenea to know Charley promised all eorta o' fine things, - specially one she was sot on- thet he'd work hard 'n not let the old woman s'port 'cm. He did work off an' on fur a while : ; but when lazmess is "ngramed in the bone, not even a wom an's lovo, pooty drillin' as 'tis, is going to blarst it out. "Twas a leefkv farm where they lived, and when Fan found Charley alackin' up she turned to, an' planted 'n heed. Twould a.c!ianged the mind of a man who didn't b'lievo in the luill possession of tho , devil to a' seen Ant then an' hear her say,-"sarves heF right!" ,. By and by. Fan was obleeged to give up farm-work; an' tliouglf all work was wearym to her, she did what she couia. 'Twas , huckleberry time, an tho . gai p'oied.bciTies to sell to the Tieighbors as long as she could. get to the parsters. I . ... . . j i . , 1 . . happenea tnot summer not w oo aruv wnu work, an' many a - time did,-1 go out an' help that poor gal unbeknownst to onny body, Icttin'- her -rest- wha.t; sho would under tho shade o' the trees. ; . It got round thef Charioy had gone back, on .ins -wife. - So long as he was well an lively he could stan? the. pressure of his mother's tonguei bnt : with; her loolrin feoble'.an? kin', o' sorrowful at him; he begun to- feel -he'd, mado a fool o , insseii marryui . jusb .as-ins biuuiut had Ringed, at. him from tho fust. Ho got surly 'n left off his soft ways to an.. I suppose them soft ways: caught her. Ever -thinis thet there's , no critter to nuitcii a may muix - jlu wm, ; wiuj,, ways? , -Yet he was allers hard on her. LLo'd liavo fits o' bem' iana ana cne.poor cal's suirita riz, and she'd look heartier whila thev larsted. liut tno way no a let her. work! .. How a man -with a soul in" hb iwsoni could do that! Mebbe ho lowed hte mother's doctnuo thet . we liacln't gouZo - The baby como a leetlo too Goon,- as wa3 ..nateral, hut di-.n't Ant's tonrmo ivag - then" - faster then ever I Hadn't she allers said Charley 'd ben im posed on? SoonJs Fan cot,cllr: she should leave 'em. bag 'n baggage. ; But tho leetlo thing didn't livo raore'a a month.- How Pan took on! as of sheTd clean -. iot vTjthing -, Ant didn't Bcicoole to say 'twas 'spensatiori .to be clad of-cf folks behevou m ?spensation3. Far he.: part, sho thought the Almighty 'd na Fan Low". ' - She'd never 'low cs Fan's name-was Lott. v Wal time went - on, an! x Fan dragged on a misct'blo 'xistenco.,, uhailey s.nt3 ' - goodness " grew kurser an' skursor. llia.EulkinoEa an' hid. lazinesgrjiauer. a team, an' 'twas said fthet many a time ha'-binted thet ho wished " she a cicar out. thomrh he didn't reely say it; ' 'Bout eveiy two years a leetle one was bore; tut they all foilered the f ust,ccp' -trpaklf.mita o' a 'gaJ Fan 'bout worshiDed.' J " "'. - - r " V- ;-;- -- - mwmmmm could leave ; it, how - that-' woman did work! She never said nothin', but we all knew she was sot - on arnin' her livin' 'n male Ha; She went- out r waahm - n deanin' paint, n domev'rything' thet she could hire out to-do; Sho worked in the fields, she picked berries, an.-I've" met her many a ume. luggm home dead .wood from . MnHett's timber; fur..' ho told Lher Charley might have all he could pick up there. - Sich was the pity of- folks f ur her they allers was glad to do her a favor, 'Member once helpm her -hum with a sizable" log, but" I met Ant 'fore wo got to the farm' an' sho give me a cut 'bout hangiil' 'round arter married women.- She said something wuss to Famx'n I hung -back from doin' her favors: arter that. - ' Charley never spoke me decent- ag'in; Nothin' so madsLa man as to do a kind ness to the wife he hates. - Hates? Wal,- 5 bp; l'd 'Jaout come to thet. She prob'ly -didn tgit a lair word trom one year's end to another-.T But she bore up, . roiks said -'twas 'cause .he " forgot- herself workin',. but 1 think 'twas ': .'cause she' was' doin' fur- Effie'n' him. Yes, sho - was-" still thet Bet on him; an'. he soterly used her money to- dress a little sprucer than Ant's means aUowed; But a great blow came to poor Jban. Arter she lost her last baby she took sick. She didn't "go to bed;, as most ailin" women do, but tried to help a Uttle herd and there, though courso itdidn't 'mount to much.: But it sorter sarved to ease her mind. Months went- on an' she didn't grow no better. . - I called in there one day on an arrant for neighbor Mullett. I own I. "did it more to git in an edgeways word o com fort to Fan, if possible. Course 1 "xpected nothin' but tants from. them. Fan was layin' on the lounge an Ant svas but terin 'bout some cookin' on the stove porridge .fur Fan, I guess, fur 'fore I Could tell my arrant she blurted out some- thin' bout hevin to slave fur . low lived critters. Fan looked like death. 4 ,'Spose ye mean Charley," sez I. "he is 'bout as low lived as any one I know, runnin his wife, body n soul." " I felt -that nothin' could make things wuss n they was, an' p raps tne trutn might wake a spark o' human natur in em. I knew Charley was ustenm m the next room, - "Lord! cried the old woman, "air eny o ye neighbors nankerm' cater uu wife he's crot. or. ruther. who got him? Ye re welcome to her, 'n the sooner ye pack her oft the better!'' "Yes," drawled Charley from tne nex' room, though he didn t durst to snow ma shame-faced count'nance to mo, "I've come to jest that conclusion myself." " "What!" cried Fan, etartm up en turnln1 red elT over, 'do yo say thet, Charles?'? . -" ". - - . ' ' ' "i dor . j - " She looked at me so beseechia' I axed: "Can I help ye?,r- - c ? v . ; ' tefc ra9 hear-?-femv" say It jest ones agin' fust I" Sho couldn't have prayed him, on hor, knees, ( to onsay it, more surely than she did then, by the trembiia of her voice. . It made me shake from head to fut. I pitied her so in my heart I hoped that Charley, mean as he treated her, would onsay hia words. But ho didn't. "IU say it a dozen times ef thet'll con vince ye," sez tho brute. - Fan riz up. Where can X go?' sez -she, sorter dazed like, " 1 " "I know a place," sez L "But I hev to see the fam'bly fust. Get yer things together, n ye'U be called fur this arter noon. Cheer up; Tpromise you'n Efiio'll bo-looked arter 'n a way to comf ort. " Ant.give a scornful shhf , but I 'pcared "not to notice it. Fan went slowly on as if to do my ttddin . .1 did my arrant 's though nothin' 'd happened, then went away, hopin' with all my might that Charley 'd relent, fut I seed thet 'twould be nigh like death fur Fail to part from him. Idruv over to an uncle o mine in the next town, who was a widderer consid'ra bly wal-to-do in tho world, on' who was looking fur a housekeeper. I stated the circumstances of the case to him. x Ho 'greed to take Fan ef she could do his work, 'n I 'greed to pay fur her board 'n Efil's fur n fortnight, n a sarvant's wages inter the bargain, ef ho'd tako Fan in an try an see er sne a do nn to taice holt at tlie eend o thet time. " Ho 'greed, 'n promised to call hisself thet cxternoon fur her., - - Wal, sir, he found her packed, bag n baggage. An' Ant said to 'em as -ihey ttruv away, "1 aint a gret hand at quotm Scriptur', hut , there's one tex to fit" this case: oh went out rrom amongst us 'cause she wasn't of us. " r v The a'f air was the talk o the town for the neat'- week. Ev'rybody prophesied Fan would, die. I felt a continooal ginlrin o' my heart, fur I 'xpected each dav to hear -the wust. l f eit ez i was sorter to-blamo for the" sep'ration, an' yit it must a' come to that eventooally; . But Fan didn't die. At the eend of a week she kinder picked up an' begun to take a holt o' things. Before the tortmgnt was up she was able to git along without help. She 'mproved stiddily, an in the- courso o' a couple o' months was- better'n sho'd ben fur a long tpie. : Unclo wa3 kind as kind to her, and the little one began to look neartier. I tell ye what,, sir, there's nothin "like mncmess rur worsm zuaxa cles on poor, cast down .critters. I didn't durst tor go over to see. Fan; "cause I feared the talk, r I kep myself posted through uncle, an' never was-a man gladder'n I' to have' helped a poor mrfortunato. - ' - Charley never neared' them premises," not even to sec Effio. , . He lazed, 'bouta iiffiini: en' Ant went v Krand "glory in in havin' got rid o" tf great nnisanco. ; Wal, a year passed, anV than I Avent .to see Fanl " Couldn't very wal help it thenr ye see; but I owned to myself che was pin in' in secret fur Charley . Sho looked hpArtier'nr xpected: 'cept' f ur . tho mramifnl look in her eyes. She thanked " mo fur what I'd done" in a way thet nigh drawed tho tears, an' then, would yo be lieve it? she .bust out "sobbin n asked arter-Charley, saym she'd Leerd ho hedn't ben wal of late. i " .-' .1 told her I hedn't Jjeerd so, hut I'd find out." That very day I went verto Ant's, an sure 'nough Charley did seem poot nm'nblo. Said' was, nothing guessed he'd kinder run denvn. I sent weed to FanJ.an notiun?. would suit her but to-hearfrara him evry day." I kepr myself posted, but 'twanft often I could eend her r. gcod word. - ; r--, -f---Fact:was, Jho .was gettinsicker,-an it lonlrefl as if 'twas consumption. Ant V Was wimr'n sent fur sfl the dorfoia far ;- ,.nr - f - , . .... , -r. ijli80;Per Tear in Advance. 1887. NO. 1. Charlsy. All to no good. ,- He f an'ly tuk to -his bed. Ant tussed over him night 'n day. She'd no time now fur" argy menta.; , You'd a thought' there's nothin, in the hull world butlh'et tliero sick man.' She never, looked,' at tho- papers. rNp sir-ee. Sho , hadn't the', 'sponsibihty of " raihn' at the wroncs in .the world now.'. Did -ye ever notice, them- kind o folks? Let little adversity come, an' whoop! the world may go to deestruction fur alt ' they mind,..; An' r afore.' ye'd a'posed nothin'd straighten things. cep'--their, waggin tongues."; " . -- --v X; Charley" didn't get no better.': One day Ant, in goin' down cellar for some thin' .fur, him, - fell -on .the- Btakv and when she-come to found herself ontbe bottom an' her leg broke," , : g 'Twas hours 'fore; any one come to the house an' both - she -an 1 Charley I was mighty sick arterwards. ' - Folks proposed Fan ahouklTw i sent for, but Ant wouldn't hs&Tof it. Oner help arter notherwaa lured an tho Ant began to pfck-up a leetie. ' Ghariey was growia,' wnss; The help all turned out miser'bta, 'At least Ant was f breed' to.kconsent that Fan'should be arsked- to come. Prob'ly Charley'd been willin' - long', before ef it hedn't been fur his mother. I hated druffly fur to have Fan go, but "Lord! you should 'a seen the happiness o' thet woman when she was told as she was wanted. Her eyes sparkled Ln she looked for all the world as she did 'fore she was married. , . ' .1 druv her over. I "know I shouldn't hev seech a chance agin.- She acterly larfed on the way, an' said she knew she. could nuss Charley wal. - Ant met hor, gruff as ever, but Charley cried like a baby, an he said somethinV low down to her, but I knew 'bout whar it was, jedgin by her looks. ; Was I glad she come back, do ye ask? Wal, sir, I orter hev,- cf I was enythin' of a man! The way that woman nussed 'em! Night 'an day, day an' night, up stah-s an' down stairs, trudgin to town an back; she grudged enthin' other folks could do, an' nothin' seemed-to-tire her. But she couldn't nuss Charley wal; no, sir, 'N less than three months we looked ev'ry day to hear he's gone,'. But no body could make Fan b'heve the truth! An' when he did die, she jest went out of her-head fur-awhile.-" Ant got so as she, could limp "'round, but, bedn old, she couldn't be 'xpected to 'cooperate like young folks. She never got the proper use of her leg agin Course she was feeble an a sort o' burden; an' I think thet was what called Fan back to herself.- She tuk to waitin" on the old Wdman with double care, aa' she seem ta find more happiness 'a thet then 'a tendih arter Emo, She acterly seemed to hve n breathe in Ant, an when she wasn't doin' fur her seemed i kinder lost.. Ant never got fully over her bzt6 ' Fan till then; but,, seein "what she. was to tha poor weman, Ant quite broke down. 1 happen to drop in once an see a eight as I clian't never forgit The old woman. hed hed a sort o' faintin' fit, an Fan vvaa tryin to-bring her to. . She though she was dead, an' the poor critter's tears streamed like a brook, an she was a kis3m' aa huggm her an cryin': . "I don't blieve " she'd ever durst to kiss tho old woman afore. That seemed, to revive Ant. Sho- looked up, an' Bmilin' kind ' faintly, said: . "Poor Fan! Do you reely sot by me so? Poor gait"' - -- Then Fan said, kinder timid like, as how she was glad she wasn t goin' to leave her as Charley did. ' Ant secmedto be thinkin'; then she drawed herself' up straighter an' sez she an' I knew how hard it come fur her to say itf 'l "Fan, I've been orful mean, on ye; but, please the Lord, I'll make up what I can aforoldie." ' Then she -drew Fan's faco down to hern 'n kissed it. Poor Fan! She'larfed 'n cried bofh to once; an' I felt b mean, eeein her takin' on so, I slunk away. : ' i TEo nex' day, asl happen- to know. Ant called in a lawyer, an she made her Will. ' VWJLLCA1 WUU iXVJJlXXVL , and hed v a few hundred doUarB -'n" the bank. - . She willed all to her "dear an' " honored darter Ian.' Fan didn't know of it .ihen; but she was eatisfied with what the bid woman had said. - No two people ever lived fur. one another as them IWU U1U. ' Ltiltl WELUU WCU3 UUUU , UU UV tlUO end o' a year she died. Fan bore- up pooty well. Folks said 'twas 'cause she felt she had done her dooty, but I know 'twas cause "she had won thet old woman's love. Tell ye what, sir, 'tis love that does the business, - every time, "h :this world. ' Mighty wal as tiio will did' fur her. it couldn't give the setisf ection thet did. Course the rest of Ant's flock there; was six or seven on emitriod to dispute the"win,'buttwas- fixed up tight "n couldn t be broke. ; Nothin' like, a gray-eyed woman fur stickin' to them, she's fond of! ,' Never , married arter; do' ye ask?" Course not! Who do -ye s'nose-she'd a married? A. M. Jannett in New York News, ; ' Wby Shoes are lirowW at Weddlnss The" custom' of throwing "one or more old shoes after the - bride and ; groom, either when theygo to church to be mar ried or when they start on their, wedding fournev; i3 S0 old that the -memory of man stretches not back to its beginning. Some think it represents an assault, -and ia a lingering traco of the custom among savage nations of carrying away tho bride by violence; others think that it is a relic of the ancient law of exchange or pur chaso, and that it formally implied the eurrender by the parents 01 au aonumou or authority over their daughter.. It has o likeness to a Jewish custom mentioned in. tho Bible-, Jlbm in Deuteronomy , we read that when the brother of a, dead man rpfused to marry -his widow,-she asserted her independence of him by "loosing his shoe.'- Also ia Ruth, when the kinsman of Doaz cave up his claim to the inherir . tance of Euth and to Ruth also he indi cated his assent by plucking' off hi3 shoe nnd Pivinir it to Boaz. ' It Was. also, the custom of the middle -ages to place the" husband's shoe on the head of thonuptial couch " in token -of his' domination. 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