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Person Co. Courier. Pablialied Every Thursdar by" . , . OELLi: BROS. , Roxbobo, N.'C. ; TMJfj qrmattcuntipx 1 Oa Copj One Year,' $1 60 One Copy Six Mootha -v 75 Bemitance must fee mad W Registered Letter, Poet Office Ordf or Postal Note. SCRQBU1LA It is that Impurity ta he blood, Kbleh, ae amtilatin la the glands ol the meek, pro dncea tinslthtlv lnmns or BwelltaEs; vnieh causes painful running sores on the arms, less, or leet: which developea ulcers In- the eyes, ears, or nose, often causing blindness or deafness; which la the origin of pimples, eaa cerous sr6wths,or the man; other manifesta tions usually ascribed to humors; " which, fastening upon the lungs, causes consumptloa said death. Being the most ancient, ft Is the most general of all diseases or affections, lor. err few persons are entirely Iree from It. By taking .Hood's Sarsaparma, which, by the remarkable cores It has accomplished, often- when other medicines have' tailed, has proven Itself to be e, pote and peculiar medleihe for this disease. Some of, these cores are really wonderful. If you suffer from scronua oe sure to uy nuou a psrsapvuub' " Mr daughter Mary was afflicted with scrof- eloussore neckfrom the time shewae 22 months old tin she became six years of age. Lumps formed inher neck, and one of them after arowins; to the siie of a pigeon's egg, became a running sore for oyer three years. We gare her Hood's Sarsaparilla, when the lump and an Indications 'of scrofula entirely dis appeared, and how she seems to be a healthy child." JS. jCABUi.lt, Nauright, N. J. , K.B. Be sure to get only Hood'c Sarsaparilla Cddb7taifrngilt. fl; six for ft. Prepwredonly tj C I. HOOD A CO Apotk-rlo, Lowl, Uaaa. lOO Doses One Dollar PpipFESSOINAt, , CXtDS C. S. VINSTEAD, BANKER, ROXBOBO . C, TTTLL DO A iANXISO XUEINK8S JWTTH E; Cashier. Stray horn. Boxbore, K. C I. HL Warlick. Milton, N. C gTIlAYHOBN db WARLICK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Practice In all the courts of the State and in 9 Federal courts. Management of estates strictly attended to. Special attention given to cases in Person and Caswell counties , , - t , A. W. Graham. H. VT.- Winston VJRA.UA.M & WINSTON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, " Oxford. N. C. 'raetices in alt the courts of the State. Han 39 money aaei tnveat ma same in oest wt Mort- jfage Keal Estate .Security. Settle estates and investigate titles. ,: N. ATTORNEY AT LAW, KoxBoro, K. C. i. VY Graham, Tbos. Euffio. " T : GRAHAM & RUFFIN, ;. . X'. Attorney's at law", Hiilsboro, C. PracOces'ln the counties of Alamance, Caawe Durham, Guilford. Orange and Person. MBItaiTT, ATTORNEY AT LA - ; ' Boxboro, K. Cm Prompt attention given to the coDeetion of jlaUna. . - , , W. KITCHINi . ATTORNEY AT LAW, Roxbobo, N. C. Praetiees wherever his services are required. -jB.J T. FULLER, . PRACTICING PHYSICIAN . " IloxBoro,JI.C. - i i: Residence, place formerly occupied by Dr C. Ei Bradsher. Office over U. G. Mitchell's drug store v - . R T. T PRAZIER, is PRACTICmQ DENTISTRY train at South Boston, Va , offlce nd Planters; Bank .Building. i JlerS cha 103 mi D U. C. Or. NICHOLS :'. Offers His t HOFESSIOXAL 8 EE VICES to th PEOPLE al fZAxboto and surrounding country. Practices in all the branches of Hedleiae. DR. C. 7. BRADSHER . - DENTIST, - Afters bts Services to the public. Calls promptly .ttendad to in Person and adjoining counties. " Any oneriskinc work in hi line, bv writing ttim at Bushy Fork. N. C, will be attended at once. -v - QR. J. C BRADSHER, . : - PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, " BOXBORO, N. C. JQB. JB. A. MOBTOW, ; . ; PACTICI0 PHTSICIAJT. nffers his Professional' services to tbe aeople f Roxooro and eurroandinreountry. Praoiices in all tbe branches of medicine - . .. . : ,. PEERLESS. H u 1 iau Xe Tour Own Xrveina;, t Home rhviu dTa evervtbinR They are sold every where. Price lOe. a package. They have noeqnal lor Strength, Brightness, Amount in Packages or for FaakneM ot Oolob or nou-twliBff Qualities. Taey do not eroek ec smnti 40 eetnra For sale by J. D. Morris JSt Co. Roxboro, :N C; W T. Pass 4c Co., Roxboro N-C, and W, Q. Coleman, Gen, mds. 0ordonton N. C. v:',y.-y C;t y'f , y; PAIUIESS CHUDBIRTB HOW AOOOmTlISHJED.- lirery lady should know. Srad itm. BAKEB KEM.OO.,Boxl04 Buffalo,N.Y. 0 bKblAN BLOOMS f wapiericsBestt- 7, ttflsr. Bkin Ouam and Blemish radieator known. jendjrtifino lot trial patdMge.- Address as above I HAIR LJALSAn 1 jOlsaases and bvautiHow the hair. i.roote8iuXuilntgrowUi. vl&illiTSml l ""Tain Toutniui uoicr, pDrosstalpdireoNMand IiairfiuUnf: iQ. wwie 1 or eoocas, CouUisward Pain, Echarao9 n n rTi n Ta SOELL BROS. Proprietors. TOL5. ,4 above, beyond a form of gnoaj ' Or aU the hUodiahmenU of art. w queen Ijr beauty of her faov ...IXHaMaVtituitodysoeartr : " - It t world, all-staihlesa, pore; , - -WlthciUdelof tth withtn,- : : ' And virtue sentinels the door, " - Where never yet baa entered am. ; - What tf her cheeks are red with health, : Dooot each abadows come and gof " . The aouTa the source of all true wealth, At least the angels tell me aol ' And so I worship at a shrine,' - Whose eacrmmenta with love begin, r Uy lady is but balT divine, , . , . And yet her heart's untouched by sla. Henry E. Orr in the Vtrginiaa, . ; BOrS BATTLE. . " "Haflol twj fresh t" cried a mocking wsfce, thfeis ft red tetter day." ' - - ;The BDeaker was a huge felloiw withTa tangled mass ot black hair on ha head, si cigarette in his mouth and an insolent wagger in his manner. . . . Roy stopped and glanced around. Yes, there was another, and he looked like an American. He was . long and lean and lank, tut looked . eager and intelligent.. He was looking shyly and curiously Into the studio of the "Beaux Arts." His gray tweed suit was worn and seedy in the extreme. There was a real hunger in his eye, and his hands seemed, to trem ble as he still kept them on the half open door. :' ' ' The) hall was a long one, and there seemed to be a perfect forest of easelv from each of which had sprung a wild looking figure, with unkempt looks and dancing black eyes and mocking grins. - ' w alk in, gentlemen, cried one voice. "You weren't expected this morning, or we'd have had the studio painted,' Roy had heard something of the re ception given to a new student at the Beaux Arts, -so he kept his temper .and bowed. - 'Delighted to welcome a native of the land of the great Barnum," cried another, seizing Roy's hand and working it like a pump handle. "How inany scalps hare you on hand?" - "Two new fellows a double treat. Here, monsieur, interrogate the gentle men. But first let -us. give three cheers for the United States r . These cheers are given with gusto, and the supervisor approaches Roy. "Thirty francs from you.-" Roy reddens, and looks at -his com panion. It is rather hard for two free born; American dtiaens to be brow beaten in this wayi "What do they mean.1 asks the other. "It's a tax on every newcomer. n MMustwepay itl" ; "I suppose so; jt!s a beastly shame.' "But I cannot' faltered the other. "I have only five francs in the world." "Stop chattering, new fellows," cried the supervisor. 'We're thirsty.'1 . oy felt a strange pity for the lank young man with the hungry eyes.' 'Only, five rranesT uai l see; your remittance has not arrived." I never get remittances, ' -faltered the other. "Why, how do you live?" 1 work my way." - "A thousand thunders," vociferated the supervisor. "In the name of -George Washington, how long must we wait? " It's no use I niust give it up for the present, said the young manf grow ing paler, and casting a longing look at the forest of easels. VStopf 1 will pay for you," exclaimed Roy, with a sudden impulse of friendli ness to the forlorn being. "You can give it back'-when you're able." He was unprepared for the tears that suddenly rushed into the -cavernous hungry eyes of the other. . "Thanks. You have saved me; and if ever I forget it" . He Jteld out one gaunt, bony hand, that stall trembled in Itoy's grasp. "I believe the fellow is hungry," Roy decided, his heart meltmg at thethougjt. So, after the noisy crew had disposed of the feast and drank the health of the two and of all their compatriots, be in vited his new acauaintance to dinner. and they grew quite confidential over it. 'I haven't a relative in the world hut a ;-maiden aunt, who believes in genius and sent me oVer here," Roy. "I had some opinion of myself ..at home. - I thought I knew something of art matters. I am now certain I axn dunce. Fve -been iere a year, working with a teaclier. " I've been getting rid of all the old methods, and haven't any new ones. That's xuy condition at present.' I have not even an aunt I am alone. I depend upon myself, and have lived so far,"- said the, other, who gave Roy somewhat lattered bit of - pasteboard. That is my name, and I have a den at that number -J intend to tiro in for Jail the prizes, and if pluck and work can de anything.! shall win. i You have done me a service today? - ' "Never anind. that," interrupted Roy, looking at the card and reading thereon the name of "JNathan Lang;'.' written in a txHd free hand, "we must stand by one anotner against tnese x'niiistines." -- In this way a friendship began that lasted through the a year.- One lowering night toward the end . of it Roy Mather -was making liia wayeomewhat 'gloomily through that picturesque tangle of streets called the Latin Quartier." '-He. had just received a letter from Aunt Koxie which he had "stopped by a lighted window to read. . I It ran as follows: J " "jjear itoy rve got to teu you some pao news. : There ain't no escapin' of it, er puttjn of it off. - But perhaps, by mis tune. youTa a carvin' out -vour for tune, and gettia able to do without help. I.hqpe youyi keep to straight and nar rer path, and never deviate mto paintin tnem mere ' yv enuses and 4)mahs which is a pervertin' publio taste, and didn't ought to be allowed. - The bad news is that 1 venturea aa Hy uttie lortm' m on oil well, which .accordin' to ieur - Deacon -Joeiali Blater was a runnm', eighteen thousin barrels a day. -rWell, ifs run" off all my .money, at any rate. ; There's an -old" say in' rabout truth Jbein attheJbottom of;; a .well, hut that wasnlt ihe one reckon. Deacon .Plater 'lows it- was to lt-arit it's no use a gointagin "the 'ordi nances; tut tain't" clear - to me as Provi dence had anytliingto :do with it, and don t enow as 'twill be to you; and so I told him.-- He spoke'''quite feelin'about youj an said if tho paintin' didn't turn xtoi a good job, there was the f lace as V- . 1: ' x 1; " txxkkeeper to his button factory as you , . - Your lovin aunt, . ; - , i c ZV: ttiAAA WfuftGU vu tv aataa ' a9 avuwsj . iu iv had nothing more to hope or expect in: this-world. - He had, in fact, been work- ing against hope for the last rrionth, with a cold, despairing seeling Bettiing- down; about his heart. - He was one of the com petitors for a -prize, but each day he passed his brush over the: day's work with an angry vehemence,-obliterating his failures. . - . ; " . - 'I am a gigantic liustake,' he'said to himself gloomily. "There's nothing left for me but to go back to the button fac tory. There's - nothing in me. . -1 can't . - -.- ms.y cet up ice kuw vt sv conoepuon lor a ... PicJfe. My figures look as if cut out o&j :And 0 one of tioseiin rboard, my efaes are like Aunt Rox- j orLth. .wv.a erounoVof the am;wuing. uv rocks -are pastry W'.aav - . of magio and gentleman in , in 'those wonderful days wizards. If any obliging a a 1 - 1 1 .. . 2 . J niaca snouia appear now ouu say, Mather, you shall have your heart's de ; sire for the paltry, conBideration. of Halloo lwho are you tumbling over?" "A floTy "down" im frnm ths ad. A fierce aacre" came .from the vancing foe, but the next moment it was changed to a greeting. A sallow, faced, oara eyea genueman m wmai bwm - Suddenly, and then said: 4 " .. : - . i "ItisMonaeurMather, eh? Ahl you come, 1 suppose, from your inena-ani mk; jww uuu uicu u. uwnu nower . '. "What do you meant" cried Roy, reo- nizing a fellow student. ., , -. "la it that you ask me! - Why, I thought it was with you, Damon, and what -you call the other?' . -. - nriflv 3 nat? j - - I "Never mind! What is the with Lang?" , . ' . . . "Oh! he is dying, that is all l , - ' Roy turned away and walked rapidly. He had been so occupied with his work, having a studio of his own now, that he had hardly thought of Lang for three weeks, and his conscience smote him. But certainly Mather could not be so desperate, ;pr Jils friend . would have let him know. , . He made his way up the dim stairway, meeting no one. When he pushed open the door of . Lang's room there was no light or any sound save a half smothered moan from the bed. -v He found a match after awhile and lit a candle. Then he called his friend by name, but there was no answer. He took the light in his hand. - A hor rible fear was clutching at his heart as he walked toward tbe bed, for the. moan ing had ceased. And at the first glance it looked as if the shadow that lies in wait for aU of ua had Indeed crossed that threshold, and laid a dim hand upon one aching brow. - ? j. , - ' "Be is gone, poor fellow!" thought Roy, Vaud no one beside him to hear his last words or; to hold his hand in the su- prcane woiaens. rvruny wumgu, wiere may be some faint pulse of life. U 1 bad some stimixlants"- He bathed the cold face with about for water some- first, and then looked thing stronger. In doing this be saw an easel, and upon u Bpetcaea a iimsnea piCTure, snaj e. . w 'jae . . s even in ina xauw ancr mm ugm giowea with life and power, There was a tall - ot'his -fellow painters said, on meeting damty ferns. Above; it the misauf.c; the corning of the decMoti. , 'And seems liae amDer, me sxy is 01 meiiins gold. Below, theeea, with its efperalsTr light and foam crested waves and flame opals of hglit. And where the reeds seem to thrill with the wind stands one like a lily queen, A auracla el 'anew and gold. ' ; - It is Miranda on her lsland.She looks at Roy with fearless, innocent but tender eyes. ) , - , She li ves! -' It would, hardly seem a miracle if she stepped forth, and touched ; bis hand. AW this is genius! He recog nizes it with a groan. And the man whose ctrxming hand has done the work is lying there dead l n It is nothing to him now, that he would have won the prize, s What are. earthly laurels to him, .who sees the amaranth's death-" less bloom? What are all : the triumplis 1 or the toil ' to one on whom a new day dawns' in the land where there shall be no nightf . ; , "I must take care of this picture, said Rot. "He would have riven it to me, and it will not do to let it fall . into the hands of" ' ': ' - He had rolled it up with this though! and hearine the door open turned to faceSifot before him, re, 'gaunter; than ever. a vuago. . : . . -: . ; . i "So, some one at last. " And - bow is It. that you make your way into my house, and ask no leave! The doctor it is who has forbidden?" ' -' --: -: - "- v '-. : , "The poor fellow is a friend of mine, and if you will get a little wine, I think he is in a faint," "Wine? Ahl but bear! Does be not -owe me fifty francs? - And he was to pay ' so it eemed. he staggered and fell 1 . with . his grand prize, and 1 here he has ; -When be came back to hissemjes, Lang escaped died out of pure . malice to j: bent over him kindly". . -cheat me. But 1 will have ell all be; ' "You're!! fight now, old fellow, lie has had the grace to leave.. "Typhus; too said. - "I ought to have given you warn- U1U UlgllKUO .UIj JUUjak All) OUI loner woman, and have no one to take my part!" H '- ' --V ; 6i..'V ;4Typhns!" cried Roy; lookirig. atfhe ' bed with: a fear : for himself selfishly.! springing up in ius .heart. -' "tlere. take th. and I will send Borne wine fot him. -' He offered .the woman money,', and Let -us take; a studio togather, and I'll then stooped once'more over ' his friend. ; stand "the expense out of the prizes tilt There was no pulse. - . , . . -you do something' really good. -Work v"Tbanks; monsieur ' is a gentleman, ijwiilxioit, old fellow-r-r - - , : ' -exclaimed 'the woman. "I will do all T R6y did succeed 7at last. His battle for this friend; but he will not drink the t had taught him something. H. W. Pier- wine I; Oh, ., nol . the. poor youth has entered the . habitations of 4he blest, and needs not the wine any more now. Mon sieur must think of Jus safety; the fever is very bad, "v ; -. ; , V4' ., ' -J" ' Roy did. think of biswn safety. He could do no more, and why should be risk his life? ' He went down the stair way, once more,' and with the picture under bis arm. r - Lang had left-enough in bis .room- to pay funeral . expenses and. that -was all that remained to be done. There -was no reason why Boy should go there again. He convinced dnmself of that fact on bis way-bome, yet: be could oot xid himself of an uncomfortable feel ing of guilt. - , " I x m 'Poor Lang, " he' said, half enviously," there was no mistake about him.,; He bad the liidderr fire. If his mantle could .only, have fallen ou'me.., Jtl could only win this prize the money ..would : keep nje " a . year; - Arid who knows - what another year's work would da for met Ob, tbe .'irony of fate! To me it U all HOME FffiST; AE important; to him it to worth no thins, iSoto geniusdead with hitaf" : At tnat momenta suone voice seemea - - - t After idnu ' a mky still win the prke. r t- Roy felt as if the voice came from ; without, and .turned, and looked about him.. ; He saw the rolled up picture lying on-the table; and -thought there could be "no harm in taking one more look. He stretched it'upon his easel, and gazed at it with envy anddelight,' s ; ; . , "After all, it would harm "ho one;" he thoughts "I would have done anything : for him living. ; I would not have de Berted him on a Darren island or throws . him to wolves 1 ; I ; would not .save my- ; self in any way at bis expense. But now, '.if I can save, myself without injuring uj , hnmaB hearthere; no , hiaiere to - nortnanpet soundsteU ef victory-no drum of defaat, but wner the de8tmy of ofttimes decided, and nu :a w n fA, Hm& nt tornifvt So three days passed, and one day, im pelled by an irresistible force, Roy turned into the street where.Xang had: bfe; hum ble room. . But as he reached the corner he saw a cofun borne out, and ' turned shuddering away. -It was all over, then. Wft ja Mm if he won the nrizn throue-h him I . -. - . Eov painted no, more his meffectivo pictures,- Each 'day he gloated instead over the magicaL island, with e its wind wept ferns, its: lambent skies : and lumi nous air. Each day he looked into the blue eyes of the island : queen, ; arid felt assured of bis own triumph. A It was a time of- fever and "unrest ' till the -final aJ when, mounted in a frame that had cost his very last franc, he sent the picture to the. judges, and sat down to wait He i pawned his watch; and lived " upon ' the proceeds while: he waited. He did-not sleep well any more ; . his old buoyancy had deserted him. S i . He took a step forward, r There 'was i time, and he would save himself yet. What matter if chaos xame arterwardl He would have done his duty; But how could he face those ranks erf spectators and tell his crime! He faltered and fell back it was too - late. : He heard a hum of voices. Some one was -' apeatine; but he could not distinguish the ; words. He did not know till some one csjahed- him forward, and a voice said in his eart ' "Look -alive, old fellow I It is your name they are -calling. - Your ptcture has taken , the prize, and no wonder. How you have blossomed out. U s no more your old style" Rot felt himself' pushed over toward the platform. Was there no help v v 5He made a strong effort to speak as he met the smiling faces on every hand.; . - It is not mine, he managed to - say. .There is a mistake." . - -" : ' A great burden- seemed to. roU-awav from bim,at these words.c He ccnld lift , hj, h-ad once more amomr hiar fellow . menl Ho WM no lonseiCa -perrared cheat! .,f . w -- - m . W , .A murmur rose on every side, ; vvnat did it all mean?. The professors stared at him and at one another, " "What does it mean, then? Why ase . " you here? , Let the painter of Miranda Mma tnrvrA nA i.iim hnrifB.' ? : y ,vuiw fin ott mr kw -hax has become of row chum! He your- was always ethereal, i Has he sailed away like thistle down on a "puff of wind? I thought be was painting for the price?" . 1 - " ... 'So be waa, stammered Roy, with a guiltyv flush: on , bis face, but "sickness artri'1- - . , "Youf place, meeura," cried a stern voice, and Jsoy felt relieved. . . - He was trembling, nevertheless..: He felt giddy, as one who stands- on tbe verge of a precipice. He stood by , a window and could catch a glimpse of a blue sky. - andone fleecy, wind swept cloud. Could any one look down from those shining battlements! he wondered with a vague shiver. Could tsne know, the griefs and joya; the r4earptation8 and trauHphs - of those left behind? - His head Beeisie&ijttr : whirlas if a hundred wheels rere titrn-r ing -there; He longed to stop all for a moment that he might think. . , -Roy shuddered. From what'pale ranks -1 of 'disembodied spirits wotdd they call Jback the artist of the prise? fJIwmearplain, he began... 1 ; Sut the words were frozen on ins lips, -jioiioweyea, purple iippea, wicn siow ana wavenngjsteps, b saw:: ws friendi ap- pear. "I am herer' a3i6li3:vic said ' n him.";"I was ill, and: my friend sent the picture for tte. Roy heard noacf The . excitement of the' past aix f;itreeks had done their work. At t bar voice from the dead, for .Ul jun swo wvv wa. "TVkn'f fnVo rvrw banrt I itm nwm. dler,'' cried Roy; You donH knowj I meant' -y 'A $ -But you didn't You were brave at the last, in the face of all! .-1 say you are r a trump. - Come, aever.speak of it again. , son in Once a Week 'i'i - A SatlafsWory Anawetv TA-f , Mrs. Newma Now tell me,' Mrs. Bar Jtina, do you believe ia one -cow 'a milk for Iho baby? ."-':-"".. '' -r- ' " -. r-Mrs. Barkins Waalthat depenoson the child. Ef he's a coed. stronr. bealthv baby gjjd want it, rd " give him two cows milk; but sakes alive, It iwars as if any ord'nary, baby Hbughtn't; .'..want dOre'n one -cow CQuld" furoish. Har- -pcra Bazar '.'v; -t 2 4,V-:v"V Z - fichoot fa China. In China school begins at daylight end continues until & is tod dark 'to read. i This is a bit of inforinatiorvfor those wlio -svish to seek -positions as teacliersin.tIiej;i,:iA pnjw-i jn tnhanical4 worki and Celestial empire, and may. also account ilt annoyetl him excessively.' I drew the ' 'Is the man who is 'already furthetr d for tie diagonal slope ofj-Uio Chinese together witli- a fine thread and :vancedi:harueither siue. whichever ma v. optic, which is iwohably thus bent out of iaeediCJ ie was astcnishel at tho relief, - ao right and whiclievtrjwrwig. Phila-, shape bystudy intlie phtuit jeawof uu findliad rn further trouble with: it. - ' ieluhia Sundav Sclipol Times, .7 : murity Boston Buuget. QUeal.yjy.JjZ: ; v .;' " " . ' . T'ZT ' '.V" 'Z-" T. " ' ' ' t ''. - f"" J , ; - t ' " - "S ' If3rHT8 SEEN ' iUr 6TOCKHOUJ. of the. Crlrdle .: ltieUte---Begzaxs - - " - ''Oubs--Other Corioaitiev , ' - Many bronze statues to S weden-'s kings stand iff the various squares and 'parks. and there is one bronze groap that holds ' the attention longer than -any of these, t1 3za- iZ- ZZm.L iJr ST It is placed m the grounds of the Na-- tionat museum, and ; is the of the Swedish1 sculptor Molerithe group Urin.tU 'MU .BcJLs: when a quarrel arose between two men, they were- bound together -by a - provided .with knives, , and allowed to KlrLXJ?? tZZ mwu ' fight out the duel until one or, both .had, fallen. This group is worthv of the an- ffitfJSS rightliand bis foe, whicb-grasps.ae 1.. trl for-hfe with terrible iton&f-Jt1s for.hfe with tembh that these combats fatal that, women Cf wptta - sV nmvArfiAi v carried winding sheets " . r--rf i ltrrZ .4 y-f. uuaui",ua V . " Pour bas reliefs on uie peuesuu witu , Runic . inscripti'Jhs show such a scene two ; men drinking together, while the lovely'wife of "one of them atands'by The jealous anger roused by some undue attention on the part of the cuestrthe wife on her knees endeavoring to prevent cha onarreL and lastlv the noor thmo", weeping alone by the gravestone of her- i husband. - A memorial such as this of I ancient customs has always an interest independent-of its artistic value; and this -interest attaches to a great" many objects in the collection of the Northern Museum, t an institution devoted to the preservation 1 of - Scandinavian ' relics and - curiosities. -You see here a forest of the tall pikes and ; battle axes so t formidable of old cruel. murderous looking instruments ten feet long, their blades and heads rusted as if with the blood of enemies ; ancientswords and helmets, together with innumerable articles of more peaceful household use; rude looms that might have woven the garments "of : the Vikings, and - the odd hand mangles used for smoothing linen heavy , pieces of , wood, polished on the under aide, and elaborately carved above," with handles usually' representing horses. . It seems'' impossible that such flat irons should have . been very ' efficacious, but here they are by the hundred. .. " . a S r JZZ? made of the t3 of trees-or tubbes : (whence; OUT "stubs, V I- suppose),- the Odder still are the , kubbestols chairs edges of the seats ornamented with; of .jt.!. i.. u..',..: u . i ..i.L 11 i.nintr. ,1, rma .-itrifi inimnn ' niarn manner as a charm against future tooth ache. . :. Little white milk teeth make an' agreeable Tariety with huge molars that evidently ached enough before they -came to this end. w Here, too, is another relio fof ancient' xnanners beggars' -clubs. -These' formidable weapons were given to beggars to enable them to obtain xelief t the next house they came to. -What a Txanfortable thing it would be if one of W pwuu im.iaiia iui iiuiw.iuiwe by giving him a club to compel our next neighbor to entertain him h Yonder is a bundle of Runic staves canes br long pieces or. woou carveu wiui runes, or sen-. tences in, Rwic characters, mually quoted irom one 01 uie saes. vvueuier thA wroTMndMd as clsanns. ornnlv. r: - 7 -- , i hke tie Jewish phykcteries, used to keep In mind some sacred text, wecould no V; v : One room is fitted up in compartments, each representing a kitchen - or a living room-of . some primitive dwelling in Fin land, or Iceland perhaps; with life aize figures . bppropriato costumes, sur rounded with the very furniture- and pot tery, brought! from such houses, all in some .Interesting position. JA: man' re-" ceiving an odcial 'raessaga . brought by an envoy in one of the old bud stikker,, or message -sticks, which he in his turn, is bound to carry for a certainV distance and if no one is at hand to take it, to stick it in the earth until some one comes. along, as if our mail bags should be 'laid on a rock at a certain , place and lejt for the next, passer to take charge off. An i.1 other group . shows-a girl' receiving pres ents when the bans of her marriage are proclaimed a tMrd, a Lapland family mourning' over - a dead -child.' -; All the figures are very lifelike.;" But time would fail me to speak of . the various museums and their treasuries.- Stockholm Cor. San iYanrscoChroniclB.:"r. r' " " v "i Smngsdins Preoioos Stones. One of the favorite-places whereuti,io bide precious stones are in the small tele-; scopes used in connection with the mas- ter lextant. "The glasses are unscrewed,- nes pacKea securely m ujq cyunuers hand erything replaced.':; But few ens- toms officials- would venture- to trouble valuable .scientific instrument. - . ' Another method, is to ' have a malacca 3tick bored out' through the wonderfully skilled hands of a Chinese mechanic. ; The space is then filled in with precious ttones ' packed in cotton, the " joint replaced and detection ' is - almost impossible. I will., gliow you a boot heel made of iron, to which, is . attached an iron clamp. 1 1 The leather Jheel is removed, then the iiron one, filled with diamonds, is secured to the clamps It is an old trick, but might have , passed ; muster,, except' " that, the smi&rgler's "courage 'failed- and ma.ner- vousnesa Detrayed uim The government was richer by $9, 000 duties in gold coin; -New York. Bta&if .? ---'SViVCii -" - Sewtegr Cat Finsor. - , Many persons .are faniiiiar with the common remedy "fcr a cut, of 'sewing it up. I have sren -persona suffer great in conveniences from a comparatively email wound at the end of a fuiger and thumV: because they 'did not know how to apply, tno remeuy. v ais liii uie uieeuingjjus seasen. .anu iaea; wjui use -tiuumw needle jvith aleilk thread not more than an inch or two long, or three "inches at most; takeupa-smalltitchin.thQ skm intA rtm flfih rlravr nnlv toward and not into the flesliyldraw;onJy toward the cut, right .and lefj which .tends to iraw the parts together,' and .never draw from the cut," which "only opens it. ; Tho I relief thus afforded . is understood only by those who have ' tried' in. ' A hired man had cut idu cnu 01 nis xnumo, T . " 7rrr ' of guests, "Mamma, waant tuere any driven into the solid wood. The are j heip papa put down the rebeUionf ' le fwn.tghVUP; iThere mistliave been some awfully mean pose, but the teeth lost by the farnfly of r in ihoee days.'Wajmington Cor. 41.50 Per Ito in Adrance. 2V1889.. ;V N0. 27.: The Waste' Paper Ntdaaaee. ; vOne of the. gross disfigurements of our streets is the waste paper that, litters the sidewalks' j and ; the - roadways -i. news papers, circulars, ? scraps of .- every kind, a)l of them filthy,rblown here and there ZTtLthZ " TJZZ f f t r0? f ,inS the seeds of disease. Is. there no waj r; tv - oy every breeze,an offense . to , the eye. way , $t stopping thiaf, Dirty streets are bad' ; enough; but when there is added to the S3&fS aT tV ZZh yTT!Z S.tSi Jr?J? oeyise some means to aeep the etreeta of - its . cities clear of filthy paper, Scaenera mijrht lie anrkrinted ' whossT -f f rrs ,1 ip? wnose keep, onuhe.s the Qn6 w dimmishingieevil would 0 roivep'the-jractice .distributing ch i . . . , iiniTToiwfTUw vnYvofrivt in- t hA lirrhr W a ..nuisance, and advertise m the -'news- papers. The average: man. feels that he .ihna a m()i ,inr th HW wltn frtri. - nrrn iim ::Tiir Hav -is past j This condition of thing excites the surprise of foreignere'wTHy come bere-,; ; It may be more of an .esthetic -than . a ; sanitary consideration,' but it has its. im- portance from, both points of : view. ; JNew York Tribune. r v ' The Old -Oenerta'i Tale."- There is an old general in this town. married to a young and handsome wife, who delights in entertaining aa- after dinner: company with stories of his prow ess, sagacity and foresight -during .the war whenever the . opportunity presents itself. "To listen to him,: one would im- : agine that the : ultimate success of the , Union arms was all due 0 him, and that the share Grant or Sherman or Sheridan had in the matter was a comparatively ' small one. One - of hia stories 'always begins: . ; - . "When I was down' in the Wilderness with Grant iu C4"- ' Tliat's usually .the signal for half the company to leave the room, but it doesn't interrupt the old general in the least. He would go on ' talking and finishing his story, were no one present-and : only the four walls there to listen, to nis wonder ful tale. 'Mamma, said - the 3 little 7-year-old daughter of. the general the other day fif hayi OQ the stairs to the Rtnrv'-whir;1i her fatlipr had Wrn- old story 'which ber father had just con - .."""" T eluded in the dining room to a company - .. . ... . 1 to New York Tribune. ' - - A Club of Bald ITeada. . I am told thai' a society is about ' to be i started in Paris for the purpose of .iristi- t toting a crusade against barbers' . drugs, ihair restxjrers-and such like -nostrums. The association is to becalled "Le Genou" (or 4,The Knee, which is the French slang expression for "as bare as the back 'of one's hand"). -None' but members 1 thm on the top' r ' will be .admitted, and the presidency will no doubt be offered- ! to JL Theodore de CanviUe, the " poet, who, you are aware, is. as bald as a coot. ; Xhe oSject m Tw fo trace the loss of ifa :Tue secrets of iHm fr, nw V ' e," r-y t logical action ox remeaieswiu oe waruea. the promoters . do not f or ji J moment entertam the idea' tiiat they wlli ever make hah: grow on a bald pate any the v dead: The day is ' still far distant when flies will, be constrained to seek other skating rinks than the- hair less . human skull. But the sciencevof 'keeping your hair xm. " . has a great future before it Emile Nouveau in Philadelphia.Tizdes.' :- : . s - Lord "Woiseley on Gen.! le . And lastly; let me glance at Gen. Lee. Lee's strategy hen he fought in defense of the southern .capital, and ' threatened and finally struck at that of the . United States, marks hhaas pne of the-greatest captains of this or of any other age, j No man -has- ever fought - an up hill and a losing., game. with gi-eater firmnessjor ever , displayed a - higher - order of true ,-nigner,oraer oi irue military ; genius ; than ' he did when --in command of the Confederate army. The knowledge of hia prof esdon.dispkyed-y Gehl McClellanwai considerable, and hisr strategio conceptions wereadmirablerbut be lacked One u tribute aa-.a general5; without which no man , can ever succeed in war he was never .eftleto estimate with any accuracy, tlia nnmbers .opposed to bim- it was she - presence ' in Lee of that intuitive cenius which Mcuieuan tifretl . whffih nrairi:and.&rain crave liim. . victorv, even . when he was -altogether outmatched in numbers. Lord Woiseley In Fortnightly Review. . ' An Old iiarriago Custom. ? A curious old marriage custom, wliich is still widely prevalent ia.Brittany, -was recentiy interpreted in a novel and amus ing manner.- According to this, custom the; bridegroom immediately after the priest has wedded the couple, striaes ins wife in the face, saying, This is bow Vvou wiH fare if you make'me angry, and.tht, kissing her.ne says, 'And this ;fe howyou will fare if . you. treat me j weU." " A short time ago a young Breton -. married a German gisL and .after the ceremony : was - over began at .once to practice the first part Of the time hon ored custom; The bride, who was igno rant cf the "inner meaning" of what she considered an insult, turned round on her lord and master and returned the ; "stroke, saying, in broad Suabian dialect, - ."Look.bere, J do -not-Approve of auch. f-- tfw-wi.ir.v thT i.nhn'tin-4 behavior.7: after which the husband ua. v.jaid to have performed tbeaecond part lot - the r ceremon v with "more than -usual aaeciaon. -rau luau vrazcue.- ;-- Tho Tlftae -of Disajreement.- i. In the honest ' disagreement of . "doo- ' Ues the rKjstiiopef the progress of tnrti-rlpfW . Vnr whilft fliArrtJa -rirrn in tYLirrinrr mwelv for tl iko-Df dis- fhereiaa virtue in everybonest iisagreement tov him who is Able to get die virtue out oHt v And ;the man who rs able t perceire the virtue that lies not .none inxme -siae or in uie otoer, out in - .'theLirriwmpnt between tho two eideaL THPCOTTMEU : : it published in the' centre a , growing section, making It one of the bett advertising mediuma for , mercbactB. aod 'j.' wareboiikemea U the adjoining' countiea. Jirculaied largely in Person, Granville acd r j Durham cbuntiea in North faroUaa, and falifajeouatj lrglnia. ' - ' : job work-:';- " ft all description neatly executed oa-ebert aotice and at reaaouable prices. When in aeedof work eire the Cousin & trial. . SAMPLE eURIAl. HORRORS. Exhumatlone Prove That XIany i Pereoos : Axe Put in Ground Alire. : . One -of the gravediggera who exca- vated a' cemetery In Minneapolis the otherday told a reporter of that city that -; ui juitrotCTi vuuiua um cuuuiui. wen) v : found turned on their sidea and in one V; ease lying face downward; tlie , latter '. was .that of a full, grown-' woman, with : ong; jet . black, . beautiful - tresses - scatv - tei-ed over the r' shoulders, and tangled " about the ' neckL -' tacTicatimr that,' af Uj - belng consigned to her last resting place, tbe latent spark of life quickened 'and, : , conscious .of the awful hopelessness of : her situation, and with the strength of -". desperation she began f. the frightful ..' struggle, i vainly - turning . and. twisting within the narrow, walls of her-prwon, "Until - exhaustion finally -overoanie ber and thought relief, , .".r ,.,- -x- : . , iiea wiu ancient cemetery. easL oc Mvrtle- avenue. Brooklvnl:waa ducr tin-.' and: &V remains takea awav to allow f ;: the extension, of Raymond street, lib , writer saw nunieroua indications of . prei mature interments. 1 The j most hideous - and blood curdline of these was that -f - body found - in i the old Presbyterian public . receiving 'vault It bad been placed there about four years previously, y And the ud - or top bad been strained so that someof.tlie screws were torn halt ' out; the end ana lower part ox the top - bad been; wrenched outward, and! the V' right foot and .part of the leg had been. - forced through, and was so' found, pro-. tfuding. r Upon further examination, the entire body was found twisted, the skull Vi turhed under and tlie fingers of one hand 4 were thrust through and wedged in under; -the lid-evidentiy in the last' straining, honelfiES enort for hbertv. In scores of ; graves the cofflns were found to contaia bodies, that were . turned and 'twisted -more or less to onoaide--posiUve proof!. xjf having been buried alive. : , , j it is a well authenticated fact that the . mother of the poet Scott, while lying inr a trance and declared, by tho: physicians ; to be dead, was laid away in the family; '' tomb vet the great vaalta under the parish : " church. T At night' tbe ghoulish' sexton stealthily entered the tomb, opened; the casket, and proceeded to rob the elegant. and wealthy lady of . the - jewels - whioh were on her person,' according to the then prevalent custom. ' Finding some finger -, rings too tightly fixed therinconsdonable thief took his pocket knife and slashed the flesh from the: fingers-.The sudden shock t and flow of blood caused a reaction of the : vital forces ", and "the renerved madame . opened her eyes, uttered an ; exclamation -. : of arnazement and attempted to rise up. ,t The guilty and horror stricken rascal's hair rose straight upon torn - bead,- nd, with tbe yell of a desperate madman," he - rushed forth, - thus raising the alarm which brought help and -rescue 'to 'ber. ';' She lived many years subsequently, none C the worse for her awful adventure, which ? ' occurred five years previous to the birth : or sir waiter. - - r: ' v - - . .-. r .; . The mother of Geni Israel Putnam, of revolutionary renown, was placed In her.' coffin 'and the funeral r'servicesr " bom menced, when she revived, and six yesrs , afterward gave birth to the - child Israel. . ; ; Long years ago three medical studenta who had paid an extra sum of -money to . a professional " 'resturectionist'' ' for the. purpose of procuring an extraordinarily desirable subject," enter ed?the college disV sectirig room one night to view their pur Lchase, which bad justjpeen received. ;lif t: .: Ing the cloth cover, they were more than pleased to discover tbe remarkably fresh, fine, desirable yourJg corpse of a: young and lovely maiden lady. r It, was the form of at Juno and the features of a j" Hebe; Round, plump, jfpkmdidly devd oped," - perfectly : symmetrical, , with . -wealth of- daxk chestnut tresses, and chestnut colored ' "'eyes, pink, creamy -: tinted complexion brilliant, ivory . white -.teeth, ' thin, delicate ears, ' mouth and -, nose, eyebrows and eyeiasltes beautifully long ad shapely. - . ; . "s-s !-. One of the two fingered about the body itvtrtAtMVifl v ra rwA nrlot tra& smol I Tr . , J. sXaMU Wwy vum vuu an, aa wuuvi , s7v-m v v a strange, Undefined ' fascination. -l. The ;. ; girl had.. been ill and was 'supposed to i:have , died of some heart disease, and -i had lain inlier family vault about twenty j hours. , 1. The " young - student, filled with ; ' admiration, gently lifted the magnificent -1 mnM-a arm. It was not ehiffinsrlV j cold although' cool. - The muscles were ! not 'hard and fixed severely as in rigor mortis. . He raised the eyelids and saw .none of the glassy and . ghastly pcculiarv ' pities." He was aroused, and laid bis ear. ; down over tho region of the heart. Then J he was puzzled and started and applied jtbe stethoscoped ; - - 'V ! j i Then he repressed his growing . excite ment and .. summoned assistance. Evi : dences-of latent life in the body were dis- covered beyond doubt.; Vigorous efTprta : were then 'made for resuscitatkxv and successfully, .toav Then Ihe bepless gn-L ' while yet unconscious, was wrtpped fa ' blankets and tenderly removed to the : residence of one of the professors near ! by. r Her xetitives .wore sent for. and ii. ; time she Tegamed. perfect bealth, and: ; subsequently wedded tlie student who - afterward became president -of Philadel-" phia : Medical college. ' She 'is now a widow and resides with the .youngest f four stalwart sonar Chicago lierali. i'v-lSeoeived try' Oar Meiaoryv " J 'It my memory serves me" is a favor- ; ite formula with many persons, and there " are few who .have not, at one time or an- ' . other,' been the -victims of . a .treacherous -. memory.."-' One would tliink that having ibeen deceived . many times, we would at -last learn to mi-trust tliis faculty .-some- " ' what," -or, at all ewnts; be cautious in ffcepSra t??131 wlUiUUt. - ; But -right hero, thwmesia other puzzle. No matter Jiow grt accepting jts revelations wltnaut qucs- aa- - puzzle. ' No matter jhow - grossly ; memory deceived jus yesterday; or last - week, today we are not; deceived.. Our ' recollection of the thing iltat happened is lso and so; It cannot be othenvise. for we saw it or lieard it. We tcemember it per- :. fectlv, and contradiction is useless.- Wo . T:- u . f ? 1 . lT' " KlTO before, and. tarned lit be df- eeived, ; Thus memory is the. roost plana-. slD 8 9 no -. .? . r... ii.i. 1. mer occasions- bhe -makes iU believe hoc now. Chicago Herald. ' j A city in Japan will open a trkira-brr.e -mow -under the rule "No crticl.- l--'milted that is not iuito t'uu t.OOQt jera ' old. " "No exhibition of . tliat"art-eould. bo held in fhe United Ctittes tvith Auier icau brio-a-braa.. ' . v -. t
The Roxboro Courier (Roxboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 21, 1889, edition 1
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