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jrffVlljV" : is r THE' COURIER 1 published in the centrejof a fine tobacco growing section, making it one of tbe best Advertising mediums for "merchants and warehousemen in -the : adjoining counties . CTircnlated largely in Person, Granville and Durham counties in North Carolina, and Halifax county Virginia. ; - " JOB WORK all description neatly executed on short notice and at reasonable prices. When, in aiCdJ of work give the Coubieb a trial. TO -t. Person Co. Courier. -3fr--f.--- v : . y.--. T'- ---"T-J ;-j. "5 J v'- Published Every Thursday :. : J: s HACKNEY & NOELL, 1 -- - V ROXBOBO, H". O. iwitAFA of aVBscitiPTioirf -; y-' One Copy One Year. - ' - f 1 60 -One Copy Six'Mdnths mi&'-M:?'SPi4 IIACMEY & KOELL Editors and Proprietors. HOME FIRST-; ABROAD NEXT. $1.50 Per Year in Advance. 1 Bemitance imiiat be made by Kegistered -Letter Post Office OrderJ or Postal Note.; ;i XtfXT . A Q fW"T2rTD WATimrr n a "nnT.T"!- .'mrrrr-hnT i-rr n-nnrnTn i -i Artn " w vjj. -x. -; jwAjjyiw, wia; , OJlllrXJijlVlJDJtlj JNU s.r ' j " i Tf T TV T" ITT! MOT Professional. Jarbs H. C Strudwick. r H. B. Boonei STRUDWICK & BOONE, ATTORNEYS AT UW. rPBACXICES HI SJUKHAH, OEAMOB ' PERSON COUNTIES.' AND A. VT. GEAHAM. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hillsboro.N C. Practices in the Counties.ot Caswell, Dur&am, U milord, Orange ami rersou. C. S. WINSTKADv J. F. Ierej. VITINSTEAD & DERBY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Roxbero, N. C. . Pmrant auaoiion jEixan. to aJJ busineea entrust-1 Hi tn Llxun. - ' -" 4 N, LUNSFORD, ATT0RNEY AT LAW, Koxboro.N.C. J. W, Graham, - Thos, Ruffin. GRAHAM & RUFFIN, Attorney's at law, Hillsboro, N C. Vraetices in the coBtiaof Alamance, Caswc Imrham. Ciuilford, Orange and Terson. J S. MKHRITT ATTORNEY AT LAW. Roxboro, N. C attention given to the collection if Pnnupt Ctoiuuf. - D R. J T.FUL,LKK, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN. Eoxboro, N. C. DR. C. W. BRADSHER JDEST1SX, OOers his services to tbe public. Calls promptly nt t-mlel t in Fer9on anl adjoinmir counties. Anv one wishing work in bis line, by writing liim at liushy Fork, N. C, will be attended at once. J. A. GEOGHEGAN Offers his rHOFESSIUXAL SERVICES 5Do Koxbovo and the Surrounding Community. Can be found at my residence recently occu ,jie.l by wv. J- J- jjaiisdell. Tllia FALL TER51 OF fiOXSORO ACADEiVlY Open to Both sexes. o-o-o Opens. August 1st, 1887. JAMICS W. TII.I.ETT, Principal, ' Miss Fauule W. Man gum, Assistant. Tnition for 20 Weeks, iu Primary Depart ment Sl'1.00. -:oininii EngliKb Branches 913.00. Iligber English and Languages, $20.00. Music on l'iano or Organ $15.00. ADVERTISEMENTS Geo. D. Tuaxton. A-udson Watkins. THAXTON & WATKINS, JOBBERS' EOTIOtf S,SWHITE GOODS, PANT GOODS, OVERALLS, rLADlES' DRESS GOODS, &C, T4S. Fourteenth St., , Richmond, Va. lean live at borne, and makemrc money at work; I for ns. than M anhinuH else in thit world. Caui-i al not needed ;.yon are started tree. Jtotn sexes ;; fill ages. Any one can do tbe work. Larse ear-j; Jiings sure from lirst start. Cosily outlit wat i arms tree. Better not delay. tVtelsvou noth-, inir to send us vour address and find out: ifyw are wise yon will do so at once. 11. 11 allett .a t'o., Portland, Maine. 6 12 ly. Raleigh, N. C. PIANOS & ORGANS, Sewing Machines. Very Lowest Prices, Most Reasonable Terms. -o: o- STEINWAY, KRaNICII & BACH, BEHR BU03., C BICKERING. EMEtlSON 8 WICK. - o: o- ORGANS . : GREAT WESTERN KIMBALL, . EST IT. MILLER. 1 WHITNEi BRIG E PORT. Write for prices anct terms. J. L. Stokf, R vliegh. N. C, ' BLOOD regulate ?m V yu-fii. Dy8popeio,Want. -"'"""w -vureaj i uones, mas usa aervM receive new Xorce. Jinllvonth mind ,V "DS from complslntspeca- ' JLS BUI CVWn. kifi J?i?l5??5trfeiitin8 only mdirn to ftupopu t7. Do not xpertment-et OwaiSAl, axj Brfc M vrm nKrtR'S LIVE PfLI S A ""P uonatipation.idver ComplaUt sad Slk ( IfiwdMtl. Smpl Doe and Xinun n,k w - T.UU v f LAD! TMED8. HA8TERMEOCIME CtL. 8T LOUlsTua. 11 - TWO S1NNER3. There was a man, it was said one time, . Who went custray to his youthful pHioe. ... ; " Can the brain keep cool and the heart keep quiet When the blood is a river that's running riot? And boya will be boys, the old folks say, . And a man's the better who's had his day. The sinner raformedtmd the preacher told Of the prodigal son who came back 1o the fol And Christian people -threw open tho door -With & warmer welcome than ever before. Wealth and honor were hi3 to command . And a spotless woman gave him her hand, And tao world strewed their pathway with dowers a-bloom, ' " -:. Crying, "God bless lady and God bless groom!" Thero was a maiden went astray, la the 0t4den dawn of her life's young dayj She had more passion and heart Than head," And she followed blindly Where fond love ledj And love unchecked is a dangerous guide To waiiiier at will by a fair girl'aside. . The woman repented and turned from sin. m - if. n-lVr nrnvwT t li-t her trt-1 - - The preacher prayed that she might He forgiven, But told her to look for mercy in heaven. For thin is the law of the earth, we know, That the woman is scorned, while the man may go. A brave man wedded her, after all, Eut the world said, frowning, "Wo shall not can' Ella Wheeler Wilcox. FLIRTATIONS. Do you intend "to flirt with him?" This inquiry was from me. Cora was brushing out her curly mane before Mrs. Keteham s mahogany bureau. "Do l intend to flirt with him?" she repeated, smiling at her reflected image. I knew that particular smile. I had seen it before. It drew up the left corner of the mouth a little. It brought out a cer tain expression in Iter eyes which was ab solutely not to be mistaken. "Oh, very well," I observed. "But do you think him worth while? He struCk mo as rather insignificant." "My dearest, every man is worth while -when there's no better. But ho ianot so very ill looking. Anyway, beauty cotmta for nothing in a man." "No. It'a just as well, so far as Mr. Whitney is concerned, that it docs not." " Cora had completed the brushing pro cess, had plaited tho hair into a chubby braid tied m at the end with a bluo rib bon, and now turned herself about medi tatively to look at mo. -Presently she re marked: "You are a strange girl, Ellen." "Wliy?" I ventured to ask. "Oh, you miss things," She gave her front liair a dab with the brush. "Ini-pressions-sonsationa. ' ' "Flirtations, do you moan?" She gave a shrurj. 'Well, if you choose to put it in that way you've no idea how stimulating it 13. It brimrs out one's best resources. It actually improves one's looks. I know it ' improves mine. I never look bo well as j when I'm having a flirtation." She re-t (Carded horst'lf placidly three-quarter f aoe , ia the KetcLain looking glass,; " f Even with as nncxhiiarating a sped- i as Mr. Whitney?" Yea. If ho is uneshilarating. Some- j time.!, those plain looking, quiet, msig- nilicanfc men have a strange power of fas- smation. Oh, you necdn t laugn." I wouLhi't dream of such a thing. I am lost m aamurauon at your occuit knowledge, " I declared. ''You could have it, too, if -you would takojin interest in tho subject practice, you know." . "Oh, no, I havent the necessary quali fications. I am not 21 and ahem! lovely. I am 26 and usually considered plain:" ' ' ' Oh, looks have not really very much to do with, the matter," Cora was good enough to say. "Neither has ago. It's all hi knowing how to manage. Besides, I'm not 21. I'm nearly 24. Butlheie's no use telling such things. You could pass for 22 if you chqse at least," with tho manner of weighing the matter rare-" fully, "I think, you could. " "Oh, thank you," I yawned. "Sup poso wo put out the light now?" "Why, you're not sleepy, are you?" demanded Miss Weatherley in surprise. "It docs seem strange. We've been discussing such engrossing subjects," I replied. As I was falling asleep I heard a muffled laugh. An astounding thought had struck my companion. - "Goodness!- Ellen, what do you sup pose I would do if I had to stop in this stupid hole six weeks without any amuse ment iit allr she demanded- "What do you expect to do? You did not know there was any Mr. Whitney, good looking or ill looking, exhilarating or unexhilurating, when you came." "My dear, they aro building a new road near the Keteham homestead, are they not? And when there are new roads building there are usually engineers to build them. There was sure to be somebody." -. , .. ' ." "Oil," I . exclaimed; and then there w i silence: was understood that Cora Weatherley had been ssnt to a quiet place in order to recruit from the effeets.of too much social dissipation. She had, as it is ex pressed, "run down.' Sho herself , in spealdhg of her delalitated condition as sirred people that shehad had complete nervous prostration. Those who could have been her a -week after her arrival at the Ketcham iarm, playing tennis in the June nun all tho morning, driving down in the jieighborhood of the new road every afternoon , and sitting out in the dampness every .evening till old tnan Ketcham . came -thumping around from thS back . .regions, ' 'shutting up" as. he went, raight have been mclined either to doubt this assertion or attribute it to the air and milk and other salubrious proper ties of the Ketcham acres curative possi-bilities-ox a miraculous order. Whenever I looked up from my sketch ing Cora was either" just coming upfront Bomewhere or just going out. The spot of color her rod tennis 'hat made against the environing greenness get to be ja sort of perambulating objective point in the landscape. And it was usually not alone. .On .most occasions it was accornpanied .either bya wliitejstraw liat or some kind of. soft cap with a visor, both of which of . headgear covered the capital extremity cf a slight, fair haired' man "of medium-height., -"This, then," I would Kjy,ur3iurnuig - .w xay water cpiors, - -is Uie mrtauon. . r.yveii, u tney uotn en - joyed ittand t them laughing . and talking and . glancing it" each other one coukl not doubt that the degree of pleas-, tu-able. stimulation they 4erived from the -exercise was - JugbK.aiid if.: JrWMtney:,; could spare that much good time from : bis work to devote to guch occupation, it , was probably all right, and.ascuredly no concern of-mine. - - -y ..One day as I sat at my customary window (we had been Mrs. - Ketcham's "city boarders" for j3ome three weeks) Cora ame in, and tossing her racket against tho "first support she found, far it, drew a chair near my table and sat down. - ,v ' , ' -j'-"" The. silence that ensued caused me to look up in sorpriso. . Miss "Weatherley was etaring out at the trees. "Well?" I observed. " What has hap pened? What is the matter?' ' : - She premised the specifio' imswer by saying that slie did not feo well. - "You probably imbibed a . little star light last night. When did Father Ketcham close jup and send Mr. Wliitney home?" ' - "Oh, that's all right?' ' she exclaimed impatiently, "One caa do thosd things here!" ". ': ; - , "Do you. refer to the atmospherie freedom from dampness and malaria or to the rural freedom from impro priety?" - - : . '-.-;- "Both," ehe replied promptly. . "Oh, I did not know that, whore a flirtation was concerned, you troubled yourself about the former consideration atalL" u ; "No, the excitement keeps one from taking cold, " she saidi with pcrfectrav ity, still staling out of the window. I burst out laughing. . T "Now, please don't laugh," she said, relaxing the seriousness of her own face. "I came to you because 1 have gotten into alight corner, and because I want,. you to help me out." ' "Oh, indeed! tlat is usually the time one seeks out one'-S. friends, I believe." "You can be as sarcastic y as you, choose, if you will only do what I want you to do." "Well, what is it? Have you been going a little too far with Mr. Whitney? Do you want to draw yourself out of the affair?" - ."That is it precisely!" she criod with great animaction. "You always see through things clearly when you take the pah is. Ellent Tho fact is I am afraid that the fellow is getting a little too fond of me. Mind you, I have never en couraged him" "Oh I You have never encouraged him?" "Now, don't be dulllV she cried petu lantly. "You understand what I mean perfectly well. I have never encouraged 1dm to think I might well, marry mfi; I havo never gone so far as that. And I havo never said a word outright to make liira think that I was really fond of him in any way. One -can be just as cir cumspect as that, you know, and still flirt like like every thing, sue concluded, simply "Ohj can one?: Dont say 'you know. There'B no knowledge at all In my case. I have already oonfesseavcomplete jgnor ance of tfte cntlremodua vpwrandi of flir- tauon." "Well, you know enough to Bee that there are some girls who flirt in the most hornd, vulgar way imaginable; correa- ponding with a man, and languishing at Hum, and letting inm squeeze tneir liana, and all tnat. And tnsx tnere aro otners who flirt but who never .never permit any thing of that kind! The wholo-ar"- "Performance, 1 1 suggested. "Consists- in shadings in finesse In intangibuities." ' ' "' ' ' "Intangibilities i3 excellent." "And I can assure you that that la the sort of flirtation which ts truly artistic Tho other is a base and a gross counter feit. ' "What la the trouble with your truly artistic work, then, may I mquue" ' 'It has been too artistic, ' she returned. "It has gone too deep; at least, I -repeat, I am afraid bo. .Now, you see, Ellen, cannot have Mr. .Whitney following mo --coming to see me in town. He makes no secret of it that he has no fortune at alland that being the case the people .at homo would absolutely not hear of his haying any well, intentions. Papa has said , a Jmndred times that - he '' doesn't want a poor son-in-law; as for. mamma, she told me every day since I was out of short frocks not, fta I valued .'my happi ness, to marry a poor man. for it did not pay; which, - by the : way, .1- always thought rather liard on papa,' for he's poor enough, heaven knows. -Kate has threatened latterly to . paint cards -and things for Eomo exchango, ho has kept us 4 so short in money for gloves and those necessaries. ' But to tome back, la what I was saying; It would not suit me at all to marry a poor man, Accordingly , I wish to begin to draw line to dig; in- trenchmenta, And here is where you can help me; by happening , around, just in a casual way, you know, when he' comes over." " : - " "" :l: . ' . ''That is a very agreeable little plan you are laying out for trie! One which I shall enjoy immensely, and Mr. Whitney, too." t - .- - r . "Now, Ellen dear you know .you would do that much for a friend. : I'm sure. I would do as mich for you at any time." -1 "'That, my dear Cora; i3 the safest offer you ever made m yottr life. '"But you will oblige me and a--hang about a little, won't you," Ellen?" - - "Oh, yes; though why I should I my self do not know." ; - . The little maneuver projected by Miss Weatherley was duly carried mto some sort of effect.- But, though scantily versed in the weather indications of these senti mental latitudes, it occurred to me in the course of a few days that the young lady's uneasiness might possibly have been just a little premature; in. other -words, that the .'interruptions sho planned for me to execute were rather superfluous; that, as- lE jwere, a gap was bemg as quietly made on the other Qdeu . I wondered .once or twice wheilier the fact would dawn upon Cora's consciousness as welh I suspected, decidedly, that that it had, when I found her growihg slightly- mopy when "alone with me, and : slightlyinclined to be a trifle more provocative, to- press on 3ie situation,- though ver so delicately,' In stead of shdmg from it, when Mr. Whit ney made his now somewhat less frequent aTmearancea. T 7. wns rrinvlnrfid flnnlW , when, one evening that she had rather . expected 1um ":and he had not come, she suddenly remarked:: , . , twonder why aU nicest men Tiave v h inelicihlPR? - Tnw. Kf n.ni-.AnA trwt vey & hat I told you the first day 1 t notsdlJA thai h -mio.t hptma dangerous because at the first you ould never susyect that they could make any .gut of imorasaion whatever I'm not sure" -and she ' paused4-rm- not sure but that, now that I .have made up my mind to break off my flirtation with mm, Z like mm rather better : than I ' thought I did. .If it's going to be hard On him,- it's just possible that it may be a little hard on me also." ; u v Cora : delivered herself . of thi3 little harangue- before tho mahogany bureau and its mirror, where, indeed, she seemed usually to 4x3 standing when in the retire ment of her own room. " What sort of answer she expected me to make I do not know, but what I , did say, bluntly, was this: ' ' " 1 . wonder if you re bhnd; or if you think I am? It has : struck me that Mr . Whitney is doing on -hia side just what you are doing on yourswithdrawing." I suppose these aro brutal things to say- to a girl. But Cotr&vpJ& ot the sort who could stend-them. i&jibest quality zws&- an elastic, fibrous, indestructible kind- of courage and frankness. She never hesi tated to apply , the test of the; latter to herself. She jkw turned round and looked . at me -;with a placid contem plativenossv - I . have " noticed . that," she said, calmly. 'What do you suppose is th reason? I wonder if any one can hare been saying anything?" "What could they say?" - "One never knows, ' she returned, falling to fresh brushings of her hair with an absent hand. I will admit that if Cora had culti vated but one art she had mastered that one in all its details, and attained not alone a wondrous scent for the possibili ties of its successive stages, but,. whjch appears to be rare enough to entitle it to special commendatory mention, an equally unfailing instinct with regard to the exact time when tho game might be said to have passed out of her hands. She acted now with a promptness and finish which I could not but impartiSllv admire. -Instead of enervating herself in bafflod attempts to draw her recalcit rant admirer back within the circle of her fascination 6he announced to him, with a charmingly natural gayetyv the next day, thatslie had suddenly decided to go back to town. "I am very sorry to go, too," she said, pensively, "I have had such a very de lightful time, in spite of the dullness, thanks to yoa, Mr. Whitney . " Sho did the whole thing so well that in token of my approval I told her I would go back home with her. Wo left, with flying colors, the follow ing morning. Mr. Whitnev, laden with a basket of fruit, etc., came down to see us off. He stood oh the platform till the train began to move, and to the last Cora plied him with smilea. As he stepped back from our window with a parting salute and a ling ering-look toward Cora,, two young men canto running along . the platform ' and boarded our ghding car, which appeared to bo tho uist. .They caught sight of him, shouted a "Hello! You'liere?" laughed, nodded ; and then Stanhope Whitney passed out of our sight. The two young men ound an empty seat immediately front of Cora and my self. . ' 'Wonder what Whitney is doing at this jumping oil place? cried ono of them, ,4 "Ohjho's putting the new road through, you know,-' said the other.' - "That so?! And they opened their newspapers.' " An hour later, as we were waiting, in' the purposeless fashion way trains affect in rural districts, at an uninteresting look ing station, for apparently nothing in par ticular, it became evident that our neigh bora, had fallen to discussing the friend from whom Cora had just -summarily par t ed. - "By Jove!" one of them was iexclaim- ing, "if the girl had been a sister of mine I would have had something to say about tlmt,.IthinkI,T "Old trick of Whitney's" returned the other, nonchalantly. - "He's going for money, you know. I iiave known him to have half a dozen suoh affairs. If, in the middle of a flirtation, he finds out I that a girl's financial prospects aro 6lim, or nil, ho has no scruple about drawing gracefully into the background at once -r-not the least. He 11 gam his point yet, you'll see Whatever 's the reason, the girls all take to him. He seems to have a certain way with him. -There's always one f or another, on tho tapis. The-one with the hatful or money will be forthcoming one of these days, too, I haven't a doubt. I turned slowly, anid I met Cora's eyes. She had heard, of course, as distinctly as myself. Suddenly she put her handker chief up to her lace and burst, behind its shelter, mto- an mtermmable peal of noiseless laughter. These, then, were lit tle games at which two .could play, as T well - as one. Evelyn Thorpe iu New York Mercury. - I House rurnlehinj In Mexico, It is no exaggeration to say. that, article for article, the furnisliing of a house in Mexico costs three times as much as it does -in ibo United States :a point which iailway companies do not take into oonsideration when they- pay not over high salaries in silver to their em ployes here. -. . ': -v The- highest priced food 1 is .; domed goods. 4 Mexico .ought not tu import tliese goods,' especially fruita, as canning might be made to pay Well here; but he does all the same. " A can of green sweet corn from the States, infinitely superior to the dry native stuff, costs seventy-five cents silver; a small can of oysters, thirty-two cents; a. small can of Wilmington pre pared ham $5; pound of American ham, fifty cents; bologna sausage $1 a pound, etc Beer is about as cheap as cham pagne,, and to ask Or 'friend to take n glass 'of beer, is a -very marked compli menfe"; -The luxury of "a ham -Bandwich and a glass of beer" is about as high as. one can go m the treating line, and the quantity of torn is not in proportion to the . powerful ileal -of bread. Oatmeal ?-ib thirtvjjR-o-pTi . cents a noiind here- ' ' " "lectors in longevity. . Activity, - out of door exercise) and early U namg,'-with''rnoderation m diet, are the most important factors in longevity. Few things : tend -to promote health and vigor more than -activity activity with- 4 out excitement-an activity wmcn ,docs not wear - the ; body out. : Tho oandle ought to burn1 briskly, and, as a general rule, at both endsregarding the head or brain as one and the limbs or loepmotory agents' aa the Other; f but it shouldrnot burn ;too . fast. Cor. British Medjcal Journal" ' -A, "-u v! ' - . HAVE YOU FORGOT? Have ou forgot that losgr gone summer day " .ma ucor, uiue fcxy wua scarce a cjouu o em head; - - - The merry children shouting at their play;- i -'f xaa guariea oia asa; toe sweet, sweet words Ton ;- Have-you forgot Hare you forgot what bliss it was to love, -' -To utter vows time never hes undone? -; How all tho day we hand ia hand did rove ' r And when twas ended wished it just begun- ' - - IIayeyou forgot? . , , " . " Have you forgot that glowing summer eve - ' The rose and oleander were in bloom -You -stooped and kissed mo as you took your And I blushed rosy in the twilight gloom - Have you foi-got? ' Have you forgot tho bitter, bitter pain, r." The dull despair, fcha heavy; acbing heart -: -r Whoa we wore parted net no ineeagamv ' -worse Lnaa distance irept lisrtar apartt , ' Have sou forgot? And now, when twilight trembles through the' - sides, :; - " ... I sit and muso on all tbe words vou saidL ' '- The . love that glowed within your grave, calm eyes, ' And wonder can that strong deep love be dead And I forgot. Mary Saunders LocwoocL Tho Game of "Kat-Knuppellen.' Some of the amusements enioved bv the descendant of the ' water gcuzen' or. ratner barous and chief among them stands the play of "Kafr-knuppellen. " It is to be met with in the hamlets around Amsterdam. Two . poles about sixteen feet high are placed twenty feet apart; a new barrel has two holes bored into the. heads, and a rope is put through the.holes and attached to the top of the poles, al lowing the barrel to swing bout twelve feet -from the ground. Before placinsr the barrel in this swinging position, a live cat is put into it. Now the amusement commences. Twenty . or thirty sturdy boers pay the innkeeper in front of whose hostelry the "kat-knuppellen" takes plac& a certain - entry . fee, gener ally five Dutch cents. They take their posraon aoout arty leet iromthe swing ing barrel, armed with, clubs . shaped something like an American base ball im plement; every man draws, a number, and then proceeds according to numeration to sling hi3 club at the barrel. The man who hits the. barrel with such force as to break it and allow tho imprisoned cat to escape receives half the money , paid by the participants, and the one who throws tho club with a strength sufficient to cause the last piece of wood to fall froru the rope is paid half of the remammg moneys' the rest going, "to, the tavern keeper. Tho teirilied cries of the: im prisoned cat befoitescape" is possible can better bo imagined than described, and provides unlimited enjoyment for the hundreds of spectators. Arnstcrdam Let ter.; - ' -, :. - ; ". ' . ; j ' , - . ' . " FenlmoM Cooper on French Fac. In 1827 Fenimorc Cooper "Wrote while visiting Pans, the following remarks on French physiognomy, and the article in which tliey appeared' has lust been ex humed and printed ia the -Paris journals; "The French face rarely expresses innc cence in its perfect purity. Even in child hood there is a.namelcss something whicJ moicates tnat its celestial soul hap come down to inhabit the earth. In the young girl of the Gaui3 you never perceive any- thing other, than a modest, amiablo, spiritual and an atta-actrve-woman. But sometimes you may see the angel ror' vealed m tho features of a young Enghsh maiden. 1 make no allusion to education nor to religious sentiments, quite general enough, in their, respective forms, es pecially among young people of good family, here as well as anywhere else. The main difference, on this point i3 that in America it is religion which i3 meta physics, while in Fi-ench it is incred ulity." New York Star. .. The Dress of the Jar8ecv The invariable dress of every Parsoe is a tall nlacH capfully iirteen inches lugh, made of pasteboard-and covered gener ally with waxed cloth; It narrowa toward the top, which .looks as if it were cut off, The long gray dress is always exactly of the same make. Even the shirt rausE bs of a-v certain -cut, with nine scama. and folded on the urease uver tms is worn a girdle, without which no Parsee must ever appear in public, save during prayer, when It is removed. It 13 said that no agreement of contract" is. valid if either party to the bargain was withoufrhdr- dlo at the time. It" is solemnly assumed when a -boy attains hid 0th year,- up to which age children are" allowed much freedom. Thenceforth, : however, - the boy becomes a responsible .being, end at-' the same age the damsel .may pominenco the cares of. housekeenmcr. Macrmllan s Magasme. - " Something About Violins - ,.'.- There aro few mta who can repair a viohn. It is a sat of knack'or talent that comes natural, like music, and takes long years of experience. Tho most that are sold are. bad-not worth taking out of the shops. -.Americans, xnako good vio lins. N There are four largejcstaDishment3 in this country turning out each several dozen a day." I do not know what be comes pf all the violins that are made, but they seem to sell as well as fbTeign instruments. Globe-Deincciat. ' -s: v Butter in Greece. ,y : Butter, except in Athens is not known in Greece, but in sririnar-the milk of sheep cr goats i3"boiled, ' allowed to sour, then put into tho skin ; of ' tho goat pro- pared -for the purposo.; -Two men take this, shako it back and forth, then pour th3 imilk into 'a large wooden bowL Ai thick white foam of tream is formed; thi3 is sold as butter. Chicago Times. Output of Px&ciona Setala L ifrVallentine, Of Wells, Fargo & Co., j whoso estimates cf the annual output of rrvw?riici rnrrf-flla bn.v . heen: rocrarded. as verv accurate; - reports that the - total I .product of gold inlihe United States dur I mar 18C0 was $29601,124- and cf silver 53,lSoB&l -an increase in goia oi 50,- 1&7.GC8,- and in silver of . 7,020,2 A comparcd with the year 1885.: "- Origin oil tho Word ; Puasyf . " At Bnbastis, called In r Scripture Plbo- scUs, now Basta, tho chief of worship wis rosbt, the goddess of fire, who is said to "have transformed - herself into a cat when the" eods ffed Into EaypL" -: In hm airiTi!n.'ifja'"'a'Prra tfAnf. Itst RTf.Tfvl ani- raals,-- and frofM her ' name, Pasat, our word ''pussy '' is supposed to have been derived. Uosmopoiiua. . .- -Tr" - - l;nUBS-OF LITTLE FOLKS." Tbe Tliree MostNotable Commanttlee ff --r- Uwarf to Africa. ..: - A while ago Mr. Grenfell of .the rConco misfjiona encountered, on the Bosari river. south . of the .Congo, : the Batwa dwarfs j whom" Stanley mentioiiB in "The . Dark Continent, though .Stanley did hot see them. .Grenfell Bays these little people exist over & large extent of country, their - villages being scattered here and there among other tnbe3. ; Wissman and Pogge. also met them a few years agoin. .their journey u in yangwe. 1,' It was Ions supposed v that the storv' or Herodotus about the pigmies of Africa was mythical, but within the past twenty years abundantevidence has accumulated of the existence of a. number of tribes "of curious little folks in -equatorial Africat lhe chief .ainonir these: tribes are- the Akkawhom SchwBinfurth' found north- i west of Albert NyasV tho . OhongOi covered by Du Chaillu in West Africa, southeast ? of Gaboon,- and the, Batwa south of Congo. " ; , . -" .. ' ": '-K- ' These little people range hi heiglit from 4 feet a inches, to about 4. feet . 8 inches. They are mtellectually as wen aa physic ally inferior to the other tribes of-Africa.. 'xney are perhaps hearer the brute Mngr dom than any other human beings. The" ObongOj' Yo instance wear no semblance of clothing; make no huts except.to bend over and fasten, to the ground the tops of three cr fouryoung trees,: wM cover witii leaves? possess no arts except the makingof bow&and arrows, -and do not till the 601L . ; They bye on the smaller game of the forest,; and on nuts and. ber ries. They regard the leopard- which now and then makes a meal of. one of them, as their -deadliestr enemy. .' They hveonly a few days or weeks . in one place, burying .themselves in omo other part of the interminable woods as soon, as the nuts , and other food supplies near their camp begin to grow scarce.: ;. j When hweinfurth first met the Akka dwarfs he found himself surrounded .. by what he supposed was a crowd of impu dent boys. ; There were several - hundred of them, and ho soon': found that '.they were . veritable .dwarfs, and that their tribe probably numbered several thousand souls; " One of these dwarfs was taken to Italy -tt few : years ago, was taught to read, and excited much interest among scientmc mcn. There are other tribes of dwarfs; m Abyssinia and also in Somahr land. New York Sun., - Free Hint. for., a Fortune. ' 'There's a fortune awaitmg , the man who will - open" hasty " pudding eating houses in; New York "'dty.V said an old hotel man, "and if I was young I!d do it. ; Old.Jfewjyorkers remember Parker very welL1 Ee opened a cozy nttlo. res taurant on -Day .street torty oddjyears ago - At that time there was more travel to New -York by, the .night boats on. the Sound and Hudson river - nroDortionallv than now, and" Parker's place was very convenient for . travelers to get then breakfast. , tie always had a blazing . fire' in a grate," and the morning papers, were at hand. Parker was the first restaurant keeper here to give his custamersthe papers white they waited, ; -"fie made" a specialty of buckwheat cakes, and no man.in the - city before ox since overmade .BucsbTcakes; He experi mented and had a recipe of his own. .The cakes were light, ' yet -substantial, round at the bottom of the plate, crisp but not and preserved just enough of the flavor of the buckwheat. : 1 arlt- er's buckwheats became famous," and Ins. made a very large fortune. - He built a place on the North river, and was worth J a million when he died. - There 4 some consolation in earning a million and feel ing that every penny of it reprasented a delightful equivalent. - ' j ; "Any man who gets a reputation fV a specialty in New York has struck a gold mine." Now,- ried hasty pudding as they serve it " down ast ; would catch on, ,1 know; ' It' would be a revelation to most peoples . Now and then ; what Is called fried, mush is served, but a sad and .sog gy mess it is." New York Sun. - '- A Monkey's Moral Sense. - ' Bennett had a young ' gibbon siamang (hylohate3 syndoctytus). He had scolded hTm eeveral times for having put various objects out of placeand especially once or twice for having meddled with a cer tain piece of soap. 'fOne :t moriring while busy Writing," says this traveler, "tho monkey was in the cabin. Glahcing at ' him, I saw therlittle beggar was taking tho soap.: I watched hnn without his bo ing aware of it. Hb-. cast from time to time a furtive glance in my direction. I made believejto write and :ho 6eeing me occupied went off i'wffli. the' soap in hfe paw. ; When be was at the middle of the cabin M spoke to him quietiy.without frightening " him..' ' When he - perceived" that I had een hin ho retraced his steps and put the soap hearly-in tho same place from. where he had taken it.' - .- , There was certainly something more than instinct in this conduct. Thb mon key ' showed olearly -ly his first and by his Eecohd action that ; he knew he was .doing wrong. ; What is reason if not the exercise of this faculty? Henry Howard in The CoemopoUtan. Ex-mpresl Eusenie'8 Ufe. ; . The Empress Eugenie has indulged herl eelf in a httle music since her arrival in Naples the first in nine rears. ' Some of 3 the local Italian talent responded to her appeal, and the tenors Anton," sang afew charming eongsin Spanish. . To the.em-pross'-objection that .they would ' bo bet ter accompanied- by the guitar, Anton look up that instrument and played him, self with a dash, characteristic pf the music which he interpreted. : : Barbieri played one or two selections of Chopin on the piano-and then performed in a trioj accompanied by "violin . and violoncello the'Marojuis Casafuerte and the! Count Caltabellotta playing ? respectively :' the Violin and 'ceUoi TThe -empress, it-seems, much -Afraid of earthquakeshavmg made her entree on the stage of ; life in a garden- under a. tree,' during a eimilaT S convulsion 01 nature. uoston isuagcc y ' "'' - ''The Sneezewood of Afrlea. :fV.:rf -Among the remarkable woods of soutir 1 Africa is sneezewood j (Fteroxyloniutue), which in durability is said to surpass even lignumvittn; producing machine bearings which have been known to outlast those' of both brass and iron----Chicago Herald. - A man weddid to his own ideas is a pretty difficult chap to. divorce .-Shoe ana jasr isepoxi- 1 A Common -Cold v . Is often the, beginning of eerioni affe tions" of the Throat,' BronlaI Tubef, ana Lungs. ITheref ore, the Importance of early and effective treatment cannot be .-overestimated. Ayer - Cherry Pectoral -may always he relied irponltorthe ipeedj cure f Cold or Cough. ; . - ' T Last January I wm attacked wfth - -evere Cold,! which, -by neglect and -tra i quent expoBores.- became worse, finally -settling ob my lungs. A terrible cough Boon followed, accompanied by palns in the chest, fram which! suffered intensely. -After trying varioua -remedies, without, obtaining j relief, I . commenced .taking Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and was :: 1 am satisfied that this ranted saved s& -'-.fit Jnn. WfthbtAr. PawtnoVot. R. T. : I contracted a aevero. cold, which end ienly developed Hnto-lneamonia. present. -' t.lng dangerous and Obstinate symptoms" M.y pnysiciam at once oraersa tae use ox Avert Cherrr PectoraL- is ihstrnctions ' were followed, and the result was araptd r and permanent . cure. H. 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The Roxboro Courier (Roxboro, N.C.)
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Sept. 1, 1887, edition 1
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