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ATTENTION!; " - Having leased several rooms in the Pass building arid fitted them up witii V beds and other roomS furniture, we " .offer to the public R " 5 . " ' Bedding foy 25 cents Bach. ' Parties travelling' will-save money by galling on ,us, aa we do not charge ,but j ; HALF PRICE. We alao.keep a ftraUclass restaurant -k which is kept Qn the v; ', , ' ' - ' EUROPEAN STYtE.r - steals 25 cents, &t any hour from 6 a. m. to 9 p. m- - We feed on fresh Beef. ' Porkr Muttou, Lamb,' Chicken, Pcks, Geese, Turkeys,' pirds; Eggs, fresh Fish, Rabbits and U kinds' of Vege tables, in fact everything that is Jkcpt i jo a Restaurant. . ; 1 "r - ; We get the -praise by. all wh stop - with lis for keeping the best tabja .eyer .'fsepfc in Roxboro: t . : i. srapsos co. ' - t 3 NOELL BROS. Proprietors.: VOL. .6. : RQXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1889. :- NO. 5 JOJJflTHffi m jvr MAy O'REIiIi AND JACK AL.X.YN. Translated by Mine. Paul Blouet. Copyrighted by Cassell & Co.,' New York. We Publish the Following Extracts from this Book by Special Ar-5 . ,-' rangement through the American, Press Association.,, " ?' - Paul Blouet (Max O'Rell) is a remarkably" clever Frenchman, who has devoted his tal ents mostly to satirizing the Anglo-Saxon race. i He has become widely known as the author of "Johk B XTUt "and His Isiand," "John BxiUi, Ja.-," Etc, ;This . book is his latest pre-" duction, the material for it being gathered during his recent visit to America. - jnrencb women, are the only ones I know ' .who can compare with the' American lady in 1 charm of conversation, and even then I am obliged to admit two things: that the Ameri can women of intellectual society are often more natural than their French rivals, and that they make less effort to charm.- In a word, with them" you are amiabla without having to be gallant,- and none of those stereotyped compliments, which so often spoil the charm of a conversation , between a man and a woman, are expected of you. - - , -- The Americans, and that in every station of life, have almost always three namest one Christian name and two family ones: George Washington Smith, - Benjamin Franklin Jones, William Tell Brown. I should not have been astonished to make the acquaint, ance of a Mr. JNapoleou Bonaparte Robinson, The celebrities do not escape it any more than the rest: Henry Wadswortb Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittiar, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, i Richard Watson GDdor, James Russell Lowell, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Ward Beecher, etc., eta. Can one not see in these double names a titled hich the father thinks he confers on his child at the baptismal font! All new societies have the same weak-, neeses, ' On the morrow of the Revolution, did we not call our children Epaminondaa, Leonidas, Darius, Napoleon, eto.1 Every American with the least self respect s colonel or judge, ' , FeW - escape It, as Mark Twain once re marked of the decorations of the Legion of Honor. We are quits, Mark. America has a hundred times as many colonels aa we have knights of the Legion of Honor. When yon are' presented to a gentleman, In an American drawing room, and yon have unfortunately not caught his name, there is no need to try and repair the evil; all him "Colonel," nine times out of ten it is safe; if luck should be against you, call him "Judge," and you are pretty sure to be right. " If, however, pursued by the fates, you should discover that, your , interlocutor is neither colonel nor judge; you have another resource; call him "Professor," and yon are out of the difficulty; an American always prof esses something, an art, a religion, and ou are risking nothing. 1 met a few American colonels who had recently been promoted "misters." They were so proud of their new title that they in sisted on being addressed thus. - - CHAPTER X." I am afraid it will make my readers' Bps L water, but here is a list of some American fortunes aa 1 have heard them stated: BevenueatB Name. - Capital. , J. Gould. ........... $2,000,000 J. W. Macfcay 800,500,000 a VanderhUt....... 18000,000 . a P. Jones 100,000,000 J. J. Astor......... M.000.000 , A T. Btew&rt. ...... 40,000,000 J. a Bennett. 80,000,000 percent. Sl3.7S0.000 13.500,000 : 6J25O.O0O 6,000,000 400,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 These are the princes of the Land of the Dollar.' The largest English fortunes fall short of these figures. The Duke of West minster's is reckoned at only (80,000,000, that of the Duke of Sutherland at $80,000,000, the Duke of Northumberland has $25,000,000, and the Marquis of Bute $20,000,000. It is in mines and railways especially that the colossal American fortunes have been made. . " - - I have not Been, the town, bouse or the country bouse of Mr. Gould; but I know that la the grounds of the latter stand conserva tories estimated to be worth $350,000,.-1 trust this will give an idea of what the rest may be. I cannot guarantee that Mr. Uould is a happy man. Concerning Immense fortunes a witty American friend, rich -hi "moderation, and a great philosopher, said to me one day: 7 "No man can . own. more than a million dollars. When his bank account outgrows that, he does notown.it; it owns him. and he becomes its slave." ; The. Americans, having . no king In our sense of the word, make the most of those thev have, republicans thouch they be." To read the pedigrees, published in full every time a death occurs In one of ' these rich tamUlevls- Mghly entraining. A Mrs. Astor died while I was to. America, and. af ter the enumeration of her charms and virtues. which were many, came the list- of , John Jacobs from whom her husband had sprung. The Astors were all John Jacobs apparently, and were mentioned as John Jacob i,- John Jacob II and John Jacob IIL The line does not go back very far,'; John Jacob I having gone to America as a poor emigrant early In this century,' I believe, and laid-the .founda tion of the present ; grandeur of his house by trading in furs. . It 'will not do to Inquire too closely into the way hi which some of America's millionaires have amassed wealth. Strange stories are told of men so grasping that they stopped at nothings even to the ruining of their own sons, : When-1 saw Miv Bronson " Howard's clever play. "The Henrietta in which: he portrays a son so madly engrossed by the ex citement of gambling on the stock exchange as to try and absorb; his father's millions, thought the picture was overdrawn, v Ameri cans, however, told me that the case was his torical, but with the characters reversed-1 which made It stm more odious. As for - the colossal , fortunes of railway kings, it Is well known.: how, thousands of small ones go to make them,- how the rich man's palace is too often built with the stones: of hundreds of ruined homes. ' There is no other name than "king" used in BpeaMng of the few great financiers,' who hold the bulk of the railway stock in America, But they are not the only ones. There are oQ kings, copper kings, silver kings, and know not what other majesties 'in America' and when you see the power, possessed by these, : and the numberless trusts, combina tions and pools, a power pressing often very closely on the" million, yon wonder how the eo f :HIS COMTWEUT. Americans, - who found' one' king one' too many, should submit so patiently to being coverned by acorea,.''. - CHAPTER -XL , ' ; The liberty enjoyed by American girls as tonishes the English as much as the liberty of the English girl surprises the French; - From the age of 18, the American' girl Is allowed almost every liberty. .. She takes the othersT She can travel alone, and go" to concerts and even to theatres unattended by a chaperon." - - " She is supplied 'with pocket money, which she spends at her own sweet wiU in bonbons, knickknacks and jewelry If there Is none eft for the milliner and dressmaker, papa is eoased jo pay them. She visits and receives whom he pleases I "mean those who-please herv She has her own circle of acquaintances. If, at a ball, she meet with a young man who takes her fancy, J do not say touches her heart, she says to hhnt "I am at home on such a day; come and see me." Next day he may send her a ticket for a theatre and be her escort for the evening. . He may bring her flowers, offer her refreshments after the play, and lake her home in a carriage. In America, all this seems to be the most nat- nral thing in the world. . This leads to no in timacy, for a few days later it may happen that he meets the young lady at a ball, and she comes up to him, and says: "I want to present, you -to a friend; do tell me your name, I quite forget If - . ' The-American girl,-who appears to- us French so giddy and even .fast, seems to me to act according to the dictates of common a. Tired of the old formula, "A lady cannot do that, It would be . improper," she eaysr I will do It, and If -I choose to do it, It becomes proper.1.. It Is for woman herself to make the law on these, matters."" "Why should I not go to the theatre alone J" she says again; "if your streets are Impure, it Is for you to cleanse them.-. Why should I not re ceive my ball partners who please met If one of them were to profi t by my seeing him alone m the drawing room to take a liberty with me, he would be an ill bred fellow, and should have him properly shown out of the house.and certainly it Is not for such as he that I should change my habits. ' : . '-r In trains, where the seats are constructed to hold two persons, you will see the Ameri can seek a place from one end of the train to the other before he will go and seat, himself by the side of a young girL Ha wOl only do so when there Is no help for it. I have many times noticed men standing up in the local trains, rather than run the "risk of Incorn moding a young girl by sharing a seat with And I am not speaking now of gentle men only, but of men belonging to he middle, if not lower, class if the word "class" may be used speaking of Americana, - With what pleasure I remember the young American girls whom I occasionally met at Parisian parties 4n my youthful days. Their pretty, bright faces, their elegance, their unconventional charm of manner, and ani mated, natural conversationall - these en chanted ma One never felt awkward with them. Whereas with a French young girl 1 could generally find nothing but absurd com mon places to say, in the. presence of .Jon. athon's merry maidens I lost my timidity, and could chat away with as little embarrass ment as I would with a young brother officer of my regiment.. ' ' - The American girl Is stm without rivals In Parisian drawing rooms, where she Is more and more sought after. Men seek her for her gayety, wit or beauty; mothers- look favor ably : upon her for her dollars; -the younger women tear her to shreds nothing : Is want ing to her roccess. r-v- ' . i ' And what spirit there was In their dano- ingl ; What, animation! What ; eyes lit up with - pleasure! Not . a moment's flagging they danced with as much ' suppleness at 5 in the morning as at the beginning of the even ingAnd why not, indeed! Such pleasures are harmless, and. it is not because a woman has danced much in her girlhood that she should lead her husband a dance, when she has.o&e.'. - . - - - - s - - H Good scholars are as easy to discover In the recreation ground as in the class room, . The morality of a youth is in direct proportion to the delight ha takes in play; that of a girl may, be measured by her gayety and high spines. r . , . - : 1 shall never, forget a young American girl who sat at the same table as myself -on board the steamer. The dear child, who was about 17, performed prodigies.- I could scarcely be lieve my eyes, and ' watched her with never flagging interest, i What appetite I What little table d'hote ogresst I trembled for our supplies and wondered whether the company had foreseen the danger. -'- ' ' . First of alV at 7 in the morning, tea and bread and butter was taken to the hungry one m her cabin, At half -past 8 she break fasted. At this. meal,' she "generally went straight through the bill of fare. At 11, she had beef tea and biscuits brought to her, on dock. Lunch time found her ready for three courses of solid food, besides pastry, fruit, etc -At ' 6 o'clock, she did valiantly again, and at 10 she was regularly served with a" Welsh rarebit, or some other tasty trifle; Notwithstanding this, : I rarely met her on deck, or in the corridors, but she was munch-: ing sweets, gingerbread or ehocolate. . -. After alt, there are so few distractions on board -shipl - Men smoke, play poker, or in dulge In a little betting on the run of the ship; ; Some people sleep, some try to think, but unsnccessfully; others read; some ladies knit." The American girl eats. The American girl likes' men's society "for several reasons. 7 First,: because she is well educated and able to talk on almost all topics. She can talk knickknacks ' and pretty non sense, buif- she' knows how to describe the cnnningest bonnet" lately invented in Paris, she can also-tell you aU about Octave Feuil let's latest novel, or even Herbert Spencer's hitesfrwork. . EheJikea pen's eqdetj, becausa mm S A it - atosftfeiss . -MiaMdhMr -J- HOME .FIRST: : .ABROAD also because-it increases her chances of mak ing a good match. No matter how -much of abuttorfly she may be, she never loses sight of the future Si19 does . not sayj as she sits muring on marriage; "What kind of man shall I suitf' but "What kind of man shall 1 chooser - - " ' " ' . ' The constant aspiration of these young ro- publicans is to be one day countess, marchion ess ox dochess.' . i f " V " ; The number, of . European coats of arnjs which have - been" taken out of pawn, or : re- gilt, with American dollars; Is enormous.. Not long ago, writer on the Btaflf of The Paris Figaro "counted, among the guests In one of the most select drawing rooms of the;' Faubourg Saint-Germain, thirty-sevenAmer-Ican ladies bearimr thirty-seven names of the most, authentic Frenc nobility,! To name only those which are present at the moment in my-memoryr ihe PSoesse Murat,r mother of the Duchesse de Mouchy, Is Amei-ican; the Marquise de Chasseloup-Laubat is American ; the Oomtesse de Saint-Bonan, la Generals de Charette, the ComtessejdeChevigne and the Comtesse do Ganay are Amerieana. , ,The daughters of the great democracy have; be come not only French fa "heart, but as royal ist as the most ultramontane, of our old dow agers. , - ' L -. Every one knows how many American . women the English aristocracy counts in its bosom, and that that most Tory, and .most. powerful political association, called - the Primrose league, originated.with ' Lady Ean- dolph Churchill,; the young and handsomo daughter of Mr. Jerome ot New York.' That passion for - rich - marriages, wblch burns in the heart of so many young Amer' lean women, oftenloads thorn to disastrous results.. ; '-'- " . : If one may trust one's eyes, American law allows young girls to marry their grand fathers, or at least the contemporaries of these worthies. ; It is not rare, I may say . It is quite com mon, to see girls of IS and 20 married to men of TO and over. s , An. American told me that he once went a long journey in the socio railway car with an infirm, hoary old man of SO, who was accom panied by a girl of scarce more than 20. This young woman was strikingly beautiruk My American friend' admitted to me that the right of her lovely face had the effect of maUng Mm fall quite in love with her be fore their five days' journey was over. - He did not have an opportunity of conversing with her; but on arriving at their destma tion, he resolved to put up at the same hotel as the eld. man, so as to perhaps have a chance of making more ample acquaintance with his fan charee. : To find out the name of the young girl and her venerable grand father, he waited to sign his name in the hotel rerister. until the patriarch had in scribed his owav Imagine his feelings when he read t - v "Mr. X. and wifa" 1 - I Here Is a joke thai I culled from a Wash ington paper. Is it a jokef . MA bachelor lately advertised for a wifa A typographical error changed his age from 87 to 87; but it made no difference, for he re ceived - over 250 applications from ladies ranging from 16 to 60, and all promising love and devotion to the rest of his existence." Here is another which I extract from a comic paper.; The author seems to believe that the American mother does not look on such marriages with displeasure: "Mother So you have engaged yourself to Mr,' Jones. You must i be a goose.' He has neither fortune nor position: I know he may one day be well off; his grandfather may leave him part of his fortune, perhaps. " - c !'Daughter-But, mamma, it is his grand father I am engaged to. ' . y - r ' "Mother Kiss me, "my chOd; yon are an r The real American gjrl admires male qual- lttes in man. The perfumed dandy, dressed Vi the latest fashion.' the "dude. as he Is called in the States; is not her admiration; she prefers a little roughness to too much polish.' At a large reception given In the Now. Fork Union League club in the early part of the year, I -ashed a young- lady who were ten or a dozen young men who did not miss a single dance. l.v-T.-- ? i: Ohl" she replied with an air of sovereign contempt: ,"a fewv vounz dudes who have been invited by the club just to keep up the dandng; marionettes, yon know.' . " " ' - CHAPTER XIL In a country where woman is a spoilt child, petted and mode so much of , who can do and dare, almost: anything, it Is'stranga.to find women who are not content with their lot, but demand the complete emancipation of their ses. ' American. ' women t asking " for complete lemancipatlont : If makes one smile. I was talking one evening with. Mrs. Deve roux Blake, the chief of the movement a middle aged lady; of -a fluent.' agreeable con versation, who. has declared war to .the knife against the tyrant man. ' You must excuse me," I said to her, "If I ask questions, I am anxious to. learn. . I have submitted so many times to 'the interviewing process in your country that I feel as if I had a right to interview the Americans a little in my turn. The American woman appears to me ungrateful not to be satisfied with her lot. She seems to rule 4 the roost . in the United States." - , '. "1' "No," replied Mrs, Blaka,-1: "she does not, but Bhe ought - ' -t v "But she certainly does," I insisted. "De facto perhaps," but de jure, no. . "What do you wantmoreP -- J 4'Therightto makevlaws." N ." J " "What do you mean by ttaAf,-f S"The right of voting-for candidates for congress, and even the right to a seat: in the house of representatives. "5 -- tThis appears to me a little exacting, and almost unfair," I, observed- timidly.. "You probably already makeyour husbands vote as you please; u,&daea to tms, you are going to throw your .ownvotes into the electoral urns, it means theexttoction-af -man. neither. more nor less, ana as jjeon uozian says; is perhaps as well that there should be two sexes, for' some tim fonger at all events. My dear" lady, you are spoilt children, and spoilt children are never satisfied." l . . A lady, who enjoyed.that most esteemed of woman's rights, the right to be pretty, gave me" some very curious details on the subject of New York life. We were speaking of the security of women in the" large cities, and of the risk they ran in going out alone after nightfall . "I have been struck withiha respectability Ml NEXT. v or your -Amencattstreets,? x said to iier. f One never-sees vice fiauntingby daylight, and in the evening, whenever ! , have been through the great -arteries of your city, I have seldom seen anything that could shock the eyes of an honest' woman. In Paris the boulevards are: infested with street walkers from 8 o'clock in the evening," and the evil- is much worse in London,, where from 4 or 5 in the afternoon a whole district is given over to them." - - 5"- - -r MYou are right," said thelady; 'but if the streets of . New! TYork are"; respectable, it is thanks: to va.. If we had waited until the men swept our pavements, we should have had to wait a long time. We cleaned them ourselves." "" . What do you meanPr'1 'j - . A few years, ego. several young women, among whom. I might name members of 'pur best society; resolved upon going alone in the: evenings, and af-.'striking the first man whov dared to accost ' thom.' They persevered' for along while, and finally succeeded in accom plishing the disinfection of the main -streets. vice still, exists, but: Itr keeps within doors,: and hides instond of parading itself. - If yen are able to go oat at night -with your wife,' or even your young daaghters; if .a lady can. go to the theatre alone, and, if it please her, return home on foot, it is to us that thanks are due. " And do yon not think that women, : young good looking and well : bred, who could master their disgust so far as to do thai which the authorities were too cowardly ,te undertake, are not , worthy 7 to have a delib erate voice In the councila of the nationl" . I could not answer this.-', "V :, " I am going fto , launcbr a rather dangeroua assertion..- ' - - . It seems to me that the American woman does not render to man a hundredth; part of the adoration he renders to her. ,J If love could spring from gratitude, Jonathan would be the most beloved of men. - But does love ever Bpring from gratitude? In the eyes of the American woman man has his good points. He insures her a good position when he marries her, he works hard to satisfy her smallest wishes, and so -long as his signature has any value at the foot of a check this will be an extenuating circum stanoe ia his favor. V . Tbi spirit of independence' in woman pro duces excellent rssulta.it must be confeeasd. You find In America women-who by their talents have won for themselves positions which numbers of men mightnvy. And do not imagine that I am speaking of blue stockings, spectacled spinsters, disdained , of Cupid. - Not at all. The American- woman has always tact enough to- remain womanly Even among the heroines of the platform I have always noticed a tittle touch of coquetry, which proves to me that man is not In immi nent danger of being suppressed In America. Only a few days- after I set foot in New York, a friend took me to visit the offices-of the principal newspapers of the city.-'. Pass ing along a corridor in The. Worlds offices, I remarkedn lady writingTa one of the rooms. My friend led the way in, and presented -me to her. . I found ber to be n pretty brunette of about twenty or twenty-two, delightfully piquante, and with most distinguished man ners.'- I was struck with her simple bearing and her Intelligent expression, and, on leav ing the room, naturally wanted to know to whom I had had the pleasure of being intro duced.'! then learned that this young Ameri can girl did all the literary reviewing and gossip for The New York World, and tookap as large a salary as one or cne oest wnwjr oh 'the staff of The Paris Figaro. The St. Nicholas Mngarine Is conducted by a lady, Mrs. Dodge. " Since her husband's death, Mrs. Frank Les lie has carried on, under her own .manage- mentt the numerous magazines which (rom the house founded by that gentleman. "The largest' newspapers, and all the prin cipal reviews, have ladies on their staffs. - Mrs. Mary Louise Booth, who directs The Harper's Bazar, receives a salary of $8,000. ' The two editors of .The Critlo are Miss Jeannette L, Gilder and Mr. Joseph. B. Gil der, sister and brother of Mr. Richard Wat son Gflder, poet, and chief editor of The Cen- turyMagazine,'who himself has for colleagues Mr. Buel and a talented lady. ' I might name many more. ' : The 'education of the " women being In America very much the same as that of the men, ladles naturally may aspire to many em ployments which," In Europe, are looked upon aa being the monopoly of man. 1 - - V CHAPTER XTTL tans ha ve ' inherited a - more than ' British prudery " - - ' The word i'legIs Improper,.yon must say 'lower limb. - Trousers have become "lower garments." ' Instead'of going to bed, people retire, so ' that the bedroom becomes the "retiring room," , - A lady having said not long ago In a Phila delphia drawing room that she felt cold in her back, created, a veritable : panic among the hostess guests, . "ZJI',-'- I read the following pieceof Information-In a New York paper among the news from a New England city: ' "The authorities - have begun a crusade against the nude in art. One of the wealthiest gentlemen ' in ; the city will - be proceeded against for keeping in his house copies of the Venus of Milo, the Venus de Medici, Canova's Venus, Powers-Greek Slave, "the Laocoon, and other works." - T ' During my stay-. In -New York, I was"con. stantly hearing of a certain Mr.' Anthony Comstock,' who had attained celebrity by a campaign he had undertaken against nudities. Mr, Comstock visited the museums, galleries, exhibitions and shops, and, whenever he found a bit of flesh portrayed in palnfror marble, he went before the magistrates and had a grand field day. 1 'must say, for the.credit of the New Yorkers, that Mr. Comstock had earned for- himself -a reputation as grotesque as was noisy. To take up such a line of censor ship is it seems to me, to publish one's own perversity, and the individual whose mind Is spill Informed that he cannot look at an- or tistic-eounterfeft -presentmeac-fhe human form divine without thinking evil thoughts. is to be pitied, if not despised. , But I suppose there will always be quack doctors with the cant of virtue on their lips and filthy imaginations in their hearts. ' ; Meanwhile, the American newspapers seemed to look upon Mr. Comstock as a legiti mate target for their jokes and satire. The New England ladies have the reputa tion of being the most easily shocked women in the world. ' An American gentleman tol me that a Philadelphia lady, at whose side he was seated one day at table, grew red to ber very ears at tis asking ter frhich cart . cf TO-. $1,50 Per Tear in Advance. cmcgen sue preferred, the wing or the leg. - . - Are the New England women Salatea Ki- coucnesi -.- r-;- . ' . V CHAPTER XTVi :2 1 " - J onathan ' is. the cousin german of John Bull, but, yet not so German as one might imagine, for, If Germany supplies America with two or. three hundred thousand immi grants yearly, these Germans do not German ize Americar.on: the- contrary, they them selves become Americanized, thanks to that faculty of assimilation which they.possess is such a high degree. , . " - - One: strong proof of this Is the way in which women jure treated from one 'end of the Unified States to the other. And here 1 may say that In : this matter Jonathan sets John Bull an example which the latter would do well to orofit bv.- T - Whilst English: justice gives merely one or two months' imprisonment to the" man who is round guilty of : having -almost kicked hia wife to death,, an; American . tpwn is tn arms ' at the mere rumor tif a, man, having mal- treatod a woman. - Sometimes the chastisement takes a comic form. '; There are few distractions In the lit tle American towns, and native humor finds an outlet in- strange fasbionv " A man who ill treats his wife, or forsakes her for another woman, is-often tarred and feathered. The operation - is curious s and satisfies . the ven geance of the populace. While procuring them an hour's amusement. V- '" r - The ' delinquent ' is led. ' sometimes to the sound of music, to- a retired spot . There he is stripped to the skin : and coated over with tar from bead! -to foot . This done, he is rolled. in feathers, which; pf course stick to him-andgive -him the-- appearance -of an im mense ugly duckling. To give a finishing to the operation, his clothes are sometimes car ried off, and the mob wish him good luck; ! This cliastisement is often applied to : a woman whose - conduot is Known to: be im moral. In such-cases I need not say it Is the women who operate on the culprit They want their busoands and sons to be able to get about without -danger, . and they take Inpon themselves the task of keeping the moral axmospnere or :tne neignDornooa neaitny. The idea appears primitive, but morality thrives by. tt . . o - - - The susceptibilities of American women are sometimes very easily wounded." - -. . ; A paper having announced a, man's death uader the heading: "John K. gone to a bet ter home," the widow brought an action -of iibel against the editor. . ' . " j "-' , The further west one goes the more appar ent becomes the power of the women; the further west one goes Nthe rarer does woman get Is this the reason! . . - ,- . i . To every American hotel there Is a ladies' entrance. ' This-' Is to prevent contamination from the possible, contact of ..man. v. When it rains or snows an awning is thrown out ovei the pavement but 1 dare, say a permanent triumphal arch will ultunateiy . be demanded by the ladies.- - v ; , - , C . Eere Is a little story which would supply a very good subject to the. novelist or the dramatist -y - - , i " " - ? -. ". ' ' Idaho territory ! lies very far west Indeed, and there la an alarming scarcity: or women there. This has been curiously illustrated of late in the town of Wagon Wheel - : Recently two young ladies traveled to that remote -.region to attend to ' their dying brother. The poor fellow did not long re quire their services, and Immediately after his death ? the sisters prepared to return home. Before; however, they could get away; nearly the whole population of the town beaded by the mayor ..and other high officials were making matrimonial overtures to them; Feel ing ran very high -during five or six anxious days, and the mayor's chances,- despite, his mature years, ruled the betting at six to one. . ag cue ena or sue wees ootn young lames nan capitulated, ; and rwere duly engaged The mayor was, however, cut out by a handsome young miner. The wedding day was fixed, and the mother of the young ladies was sum moned upon the scene. 1 Here troubles began. She duly arrived, but was hotly, indignant with' her daughters for ; the : scant ; respect which they, had manifested , toward: their brother's . memory, -r. by . such : Indecent haste to - wod. The girls, explained that they had literally .. been :' besieged, and' had yielded to the overwhelming force of circum stances. -As usual, explanations Increased the. offense, and the mother vowed- that neither of them should be married out there at all that in fact the engagements were "off J and that they must be off too. The cup of felicity was thus rudely dashed from the lips of the two accepted . men, andthey made haste to tell their sorrows to tne town. An indignation meeting 'was held, and the mayor 'appointed a committee t to - wait upon the - irate matron In order to ask her to, reconsider' , ber - resolution. The mayor, with- rare - magnanimity, - consider- ingthe "cruel, blow his' own hopes had Just received.- placed. ; f himself, . 'at ; the head of tbe deputation, and in the name of patriotism implored: the good lady to grant the petition, which he ardently - urged: She, however, stood firmly on her parental rights. and declared that:, she would v not leave : the town without-her two daughters. Then the genius of the mayor shone forth, like the sun, and proved equal to the occasion. He blandly proposed a compromise. V- Why need she leave at all! He drew her attention of course In most delicate terms to the fact that she was fair, plump, and" fifty odd, and that -similar language might be taken, as 'descriptive of himself. . There and then he offered ber his hand and heart, and the young ladles a kind father and protector. ' ' . - . " That settled the matter, and three mar riages took place with a great -flourish of trumpets at Wagon Wheel : CHAPTER' XV." r ' x ': In America gentlemen's dress is pTain, even severe; a high bat black coat dark trousers. Fancy cloth is little usedCeven in traveling, ' - 1 remember well the sensation I created with a pan" of light gray : trousers In a small Pennsylvania town.' Every one seemed to look at me as if I had been a strange animal, in the hotel the . waitresses nudged one an other; and scarcely repressed a giggle;- and the street urchins followed mo as if 1 had been a member of the Sioux tribe In national cos turns. The day after my arrival, one of the local papers announced that a Frenchman had landed in the town the day before "in white trousers," and that his popularity had been as prompt as decisive. - : :. . ' - - American ladies dress very well as a rule, but there a great number who cover them selves with furbelows and jewels, and so long as each item is costly, trouble themselves tfr tie- about the general e"ect . -- - - - , ";THE'COUEini is published in the centre of a fine tolacca growing section, making it one of the best advertising mediums for ' merchants and warehposemea ' in . the adjoining counties . v Circulated largely in Person, Granville and Durham counties in North Carolinai- and Halifax county Virginia. " - ' - ' : J OB. WORK, - ' " f . of air description neatly executed on short notice, and at reasonable prices. When in need of work give the OouaiEB a trial. "- y-J t -American -women have plentv of stvle of ' their own, and also a great deal of v distlhc- - -tion and grace,but tiey always look dressed for conquest It is well to be it, but not well -to show it They are apt to laugh at the tol " 1 let of English women, and model their own dress on French lines, For my parti I think -that nothing can surpass afresh, young En-" glish, girl in a cotton dress and simple' straw hat- ,j V" ' - The fashionable headgear. - durinff- mv an.'-' journ in the states, was a high, narrow con struction,perched on the top of the head, and surmounted with feathers. At a certain dis tance, itgave.ila wearer the look of an Irate ; cockatoo. 'r -'.-"''' 5 . , There are French mdiners-ui New York, X " .believe. Dr.f Oliver; Wendell Holmes pre- : tends that they deteriorate on American soil. I remember we got upon this subject, dnrins -"J a pleasant chat about his early days in Paris, and he said: 'By the time a French , mUIiner has been sir months in New "i' oi k,' cha will ,v make a bonnet to frightca a..Choctaw. In dian." ' ,S ' r At -the theatre, women wear .silk, which prevents one from hearing and hats a fooi - high, which prevent one from seeing! ! ; v American ball toilets are ravishing. '- Here the diamonds are in place.' . I do not know1 ' any gayer, more Intoxicating sight than an " American ball room. ,. , The display of luxury is on a gigantio scale. -The walls are covered : with flowers, the rooms artistically lighted, v the dancing animated, and the 'true spirit of gayety everywhere visibla:; The young women are ideal in beauty and brilliancy. and If It were not for the atmosphere, which , is hot enough to hatch silk worms, you would pass the evening in an ecstasy of enjoyment J The wives of men with middle class incomes Imitate the luxury of the millionaire's wife.: ' I expected to find it so; in a democratio eonxw try frogs' fay , pll Intr "-ir" TKay themselves out until they- burst, or rather : until their husbands burst' In France always, and in England when he pH let her, a wife keeps an eye on her hus-j. band's interests. In America, she often lays hands on his capital., - ,'''-;, -- . ..CHAPTER XVX There ia no oauntry where you Jiear so 5 , many good anecdotes, and no country where they are so well told. f . The Americans are deiigntrui raconteurs. they are past masters In the art of making those light graceful, wltttr .little .speeches,!-- which give to their dinners such a unique charm. ' Then the humor Is delicate, the wn x of the brightest Irony and. elegance coin- ; bine to-make these discourses veritable little . literary gema " ' , - ' j Here is a specimen of Gen. Horace' Portors.. drollery --a portrait of -an -.old typical Puri tan, given at a "Hew England" dinneri - , i ! - -. JThe old Puritan was not the most rollick- ing; thejolliest the most playful of men. He i at times amused himself sadly. He was given - . - to a mild disregard of ;the: conventionalitiQa' He had Suppressed bear baiting, not it isbs lieved, because it gave pain to the bear, -bus f because It gave pleasure to (he audience. ; He .,. found the Indians were the proprietors of thd -: land, and he felt . constrained to - move: against them with his gun, with a view te increasing the number of absentee landlords. -He found the Indians on one side and the . witches on the other. He was surrounded with troubles. ; He had to ' keep the . Indians under fire and the witches over it These were some of .the things that' reconciled that . . . good man' to sudden' death r Ho never let the "'I, sun -go down upon his - wrath, but- be, no doubt, often wished that he was in that re gion near the pole where the sun does not go -down , for six: months at a time and gives, . wrath a fair chance to materialize. - He was - ha thoughtful man. ' He spent his days Invent- . ing snow plows and his evenings In -sipping hot rum -and ruminating upon the probable strength of the future prohibition , vota.' ; Those were times when the wives - remon, strated with: their lusbands regarding the unfortunate and disappointing results of too - much . drink," particularly-; when It led the men to go out and shoot at Indians-and miss -: them. .These men generally began j drinking . on account of the bite of a snake, and usually -: ; bad to quit oo account of attacks from the -same reptiles." Gen. Porter was kind enough to Introduce . me to a New York audience on one occasion. -" "Ladles and gentlemen,, began the general ; without relaxing-a '.muscle of his face,MI 'dahn your' indulgence-; on behalf of the i speaker who is going to address you ' He has ' -.to speak in a language not bis own; and, be sides, he has not the resource of -some of our "' countrymen, -who, when their throats are tired, can speak through their noses." r - American women run their husbands and fathers .Very close. In the matter, of wit -Their wit is apt to be a little more snrcaBtic, perhaps. They are not womjaafor nothing.'' chapter xvn. , : -Humor only springs' In simple, unaffected . -characters. You find it In the Scotch.' It overflows in the well bred American, who Is the prince ef good fellows. ' The Americans are so good at taking a Joke, . so' good tempered that even In public, they enjoy to banter each other and servoas butts for each other's sarcasms; It is on these oeca -sionsthnt American humor 1st allowed free j piay-. There are even "Gridiron" clubs, clubs where guests are invited only - to be put on -the grilL Tbe most famous of these is the Clover club at Philadelphia, . Outside Para- . dlse there Is no place wbere men are treated with so little regard to their rank. ' ; - , "Gentlemen," says the preddont "I have the honor to propose the first toast of the evening, i Let us fill our glasses and drink to the honorable member of congress on my right 1 doubt not yon wCl push your amla . bility and patience so far as to listen to his .. speech in respectful silence. : He will be all the. more,, proud to have an audience to- :. night because, as we all know, when the honorable member gets up to make a speech at Washington the benches begin to empty by magic. Gentlemen, give him a chance." " The congressman takes the ' joke merrily and thus commences his speech: " '' "Gentlemen 1 mean members cf the Clover . aun." - :",.' The members pocket the satire with a - hearty laugh. ' Presently comes the. turn of the second speaker. .: This one speaks in a scarcely audible voice, "Raise your voicel" cry the members. t "Pm sorry yon cannot hoar," quietly an swers the speaker; "come nearer. ' ' The cries of "louder V continue. J. 1
The Roxboro Courier (Roxboro, N.C.)
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Sept. 12, 1889, edition 1
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