North Carolina Newspapers

- f ... . c- - .1 . t' -r- 15 r- s. : Trson C6;?Oburier.4 t RoxBonrx N. C i r . . . - JOae Copy One fear ""' - ' ' ''- - $1 oO One Copy Six Months - - 5 I HemHtancft niut boihnde by Registered -Letter" Post Office Order, or Postal Note ; i Jin . The Chief Boa lor me great sno- , fcess of Hood's Sarsaparula is found inf the -:artlcle Itself, "it Is merit. that wins, and the 'i fact that Hood's Sarsaparilla actually ac " eomplishes whatls elaimea for,lt, is wiial fcaslven.to tMs medicine a popularity an4 - Bale greater than that of any other sarsapa-ni-!iui rllla or blood purt . JVlerit WinS fierbefdreth.public. S-jnJJii': sarsanarilla cures Scrofula, Salt V5 JUieum and .aU Hdmors, Dyspepsia, Sicfc S?- JUAadafihfi. Bmousuess. . overcomes That 1 i 'Ctted Feeling, creates an Appetite, strength. " '''itfis the Nerves, builds up the Whole System. - ' : ; ' 'Hootl Samaparilla is sold by all drUg- rflsts; 81; six for $5. Prepared by a I. Hood .'- Apothecaries, Lowell. Muss. 1 ; ; J jROFESSION AU pAFDS J, T. Strayhom. . kl: .1ioxUorp'","K.C. :; M. Wavlick. 7 JJUtuDi N. c QTKAYHOUN & WARLICK; ' attorneys at law. . . Practice 4n all the courts of the State and in iie Federal courts. ' Management of estates Blricily attendetl to. Special atteution given to cases in person and Cosweli afliittiies.'i . a! ivGraKam. !7:' r . S. W. Win .ton jQ.KAiiAil & WINSTON, . - . C ATTORNEYS LAW, f ; , 7 "OxfordrN. C. "'practices in W 'he courts of tho State. Han dle raonev and invest tlie same in lct 1st Mort- f&gts Itea) Jistale ijecm-ity. settle estates and . lovcfttianta tities. .'i . . s LUlSSfOHD, . ATTORNEY AT LAW, Eoxboro, N. C. ft. UKUUITT,' . ATTORNEY A.T LAW - " Koxboro, N. c. Piupt attention given to the collection of WKITCH1N, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Eoxboro, N0. Pratices wherever big services are required.: PRACTICING PHYSICIAN. Eoxboro, N. C i s' t Residency place for merty'occjipled bv Dr r0iEEradsher.- Office oyefC.(i,llitche:,'s 'nR!;T;T' FRAZIER, J; " lsaiii at 9ou"th TVoBton; Ta., office la Mert cba -nd fianters'-Bank Building. , 108 m U. G.:.NiCUOLS ' -!'. , '-' Offers nis ,. ' . .. f EOT ESSIOXAL SEVICKS'to th TEOrLE J of Koxboirf and surrounding eounlry. - -frraitlices in all the branches ol . Metiicme. E P R- C - W. B RAD SHER V Oilers his services to ihe public. Calls promptly v ttende4 V in Person and adjoining, .counties. '-''An? on wishing work in bis line, bar writinjt - '"Iiim at UuBby Fork,-N.- C Will be- attended at oncers -; .- .. ... ' . 15 D VU tt. A. MOHTOSTr- LrRACTICISO FHYSIOIAN. . . - Offers his professional services to iihe people td itoxooro and snrrHndmgcouutry. frrac ices - in all the branches of medicine. . v . ... 10-4-ly - - -z ATTENTION! . Having le ised several, toom in-the Puss building arwJ fitted them up witfr heda nd otlrrr' ToOtri" furaje,we " )fiEer to the publid " 4 : ' , : Bedding for 5 eents Each.- -Parties travelling vwill save money by valliijgoD us, as we'do not charge, but : - ; HALF PRICE. :Ve alio-Veep a, flrit-clasl resW&nf:"' f T l ha4f h7, ' '-Which is kepron-,UiQ ' . EUROPEAN STYLE. S $La 2Tcant&n't.'any hour from 6" a, to 9 p. m.n We fed on "fresh Beef, pork, Muttu LambGhickfn,Tluck9 Gecse,. Turkeys."" Bir5?, "E'sg? treVfi Fish; Rabbits and all kinds of . Vege r.tablefl, iufacv everything -.that is kept in a Restaurant.-.-; 4 -. "- - t"- " We, get th. pj-aise Lby -jJl who stop , -with .us ior.kjepi?g the bestable 5yeH lipt in Roxboro. ; , Jt "A"' j L'-SIMPSON CO." L2 l KS-tf r?'3 f jOleansos and JwnnEifie the' Jijuit- i Prcaiotes a luzui-unt rcwin. e JPiever Fti! ic Roafe Cray Hair fa iis Vouthful Cr.Ior. . JCnreseualpdiJcascsaB'J liuiilaiiii;? iv it. Rr luwa . lvi JLKe for Cocglw, Cld3,Iav.ar J Pilt3, Kxiaufto , v 1 1 . i NOELL 5S0S. Proprietors; L bL(6;-vfl60R0ibRra GXROLINA,-THURSDAYOCTOBER3;?:1889. ;by;iaax o'reil Translated ty Mme. Paul Blouet. Copyrighted by Cassell & Co.,' New Yoric We Publish the Following EKtracts from thi$r Book by Special Ar-. - - - 4 rangement through the American Press Association. ' -Z. - 'paul Blouet (Max VRell) is a remarkably ..clever JVencliman who has. devoted his tal "ents mostly to satirizing the Anglo-SaxonVacei He has becom widely luiown as the author ol "John BoxAln) His Island," John: Bull, ; Jr", Etc.; ;Thfs book .is his latest pror duction, the material for it being gathered during hi recent yisit torj&inericaI : fV- sriawmz. ana toe cold tbat cuts vour i race ri'jeejlis to helj tp make your' LTood. circulate, '"Xrd ta quite onjoyablarf ' 'iV't - 1 went to see the Niagara Falls (the grand est spectacle it was ever given to man to be hold) in the early part of February. With out suffering ,from -tho, cold, 1 was able to drive" for three" hours inan open? sleigh, through thickly snow laden air. To have the snow beating in one's faee was not agreeable, but the storm added, ' if possible, to tho grandeur of the scenery. ." On alighting at the Prospect house, to have a cup of. tea be fore beginning the train journey. to Buffalo, 1 took off my wraps, and never have I felt euch a glowing sense of warmth and lifa The frequent and very . Rudden -changes of temperature in winter, and the great differ ence between the temperature of the houses and that of the outer auy is very trying to the foreigner, r r'" - " " " An American to whom I was complaining cf thja-tine dy, and w-ho would not stand anything (ike criticism of bis cmuitry, saidr My dear sir, those changes are very health--uL They stir the blood, quicken circulation, and are as good as a Turkish bath." CHAPTER XXXIV. Joriatha?. measures everything byjiis own: gigantic elL - His notions are like the continent he fav nabits vast; almost boundless. He has done such wonders that . ho feels equal to ! doing anything and everything. ' - ' L The result Lsthtt America ns the home of all forms of eece"ntrioitii, of all forms of daring. Jonathan coimidfTS that, eyerything is to be iad. it is but d qu tit ion of - will and money. How inucbf So nuich. Done. : t Parisians-remember very weD the Amerl can nrQlionaire who, on tho occasion of hia daughtery- maiTiage, - wrote to-the' town council of Paris to ask for the loan of the Are de Triomphe, which be wa anxious to decor ate hi honor of the wedding, and have lh special use of during the day . Ifo was politely informed that the Arch was not to let. -' ' Then I will - buy it," ho replied. "Name your price.' - , .. . The offer was a royal ono, and the Ameri can, I doubt not, thought the town council mad to let slip such a chance of doing busi ness. : . : ..- ... . . I"' ' Jonathan would ask the queen of England7 to lend bun Windsor castla for the season, if the fancy took him. - '' Bostonian once conceived the idea of en tertaining bis friends with "the performance of an oratorio, s His - di-a wing room being much too smal to hold the" party he wished to bivite, he thought of . hiring a concert room or a theatre for the night. "Rut? no, E said he to bunself,7'an oratorio would be much more Impressive in. a sacred edifice. ! " " l And he set about Jiiring the cathedral of the place. J. . ' ' . " Such, things a these make us Europeans smile, and we say; "Those Yankees are crazy." . Certainly i they, are a little bit touched. - In America the"" most -preposterous, ideas find partwans and subscribers. "" vv " " Tblis, I saw in one of the most widely read American newspajjers ,th announcement of a company recently founded, with a 'capital of Ti00,000, called: ' , Uatrinionial Infidelity Insuranca-Company ' -i. The prospectus of this enterprise states 'its object and advantages with categorical clear- ness. Each-sufferer, upon presenting proofs, is to receive from the company a check as a sort of court plaster to patch up bis lacerated feelings. would not advise you to put a , - ' - , - . B i he concern. . I have no vonndence cent into the in the d) vjdepdsof 2n enterprise which might have some day to pay a' fabulous, sninx to a Mormon, whose twenty or', thirty wives bad taken it into their heads to desert ip a batch The "Consoler" would be a good !namo or this company of insurance against the risks of marriage. 1. -' r , 1;'5-, I also note the existence jf ,a Harmony as sociation, the object of which -is- to examine men and women abcUt to marry, and to give them Jttri.r PunchV advice, : or to stamp the meh warranted' to wear and" the women -Warranted to wash." No more f rauds " possible, fterhaps the association may presently under take tor furnish the certiflcato of he decease of the ftitora. inothor-fa-laVq. ' As a specimen of small and hartnJess-eccen: tricities, 1 -extract the f following from an American newspaper: - " -v "Mrslrlargare R. , of New York had her leg"' amputated -Jbe-other day,- andinsistcd upon its having a j Christian burial-in, her j J family lot in Calvary cemetery. , A . death tkftratthe Chambers Street hospital? Nbvem ;ber; that it was .Wyears old, married, and :pirt'bthc"Ofa.famir. The leg was buried with all due "ceremony. ' - ; r - ,- The -thing'.beinjp quite , natural, the- news paper makes 'n,o' cpmmcnf upon.it It only supplies it - with a goctf --heading, something uke- i'AfLeg Gonp to Heavenin Advance of Its Owner." ' t , '-" J r :- A certain "Sir, Ambross R. of Pittsburgh evidently intending to -hi a, defaulter at the last judgment, has drawn np a will giving the - fpllowing directions for tho "disposal of his'remains: -1 r " --."'- ' i J U "I -diroct that my. body ib$ taken to S$. Michaers church and,v.after the.'proper're- ligious servicos.'are ..performed, - that it bo gjVen fa, chafge.of jtny family, vey" it to Samsons crematory t whoTwiU eon- and there have it burned to ashes, the ashes to be put in a ? small bottle and given inchargo of 'tho Ger man consul in: Pittsburgh . ihis gentleman will then forward -my ashes ho the consul in -Sew York; who win give them In' charge xf the-captain of the German steamer Elba who will place them securely in his ship for the ocean voyage." When at iid ocean -1 direct tho captain to request one of the passengers to dress in a seafaring suit and ascend with my ashes in his hand to the top of the top most Blasts and,, after pronouncing a last and jackaxclyn. benediction,; to extracttbe ork" from j tho - hottiaand east Its contents totho four winds of hoaf&n. f direct.also. wliile this ceremony la- bemg-perrormed, tnat it.w-witnesspd by all passengers on board. After tho Elbajhas completed ! her trip'.and returned again to New-York, 1 want .a full- statement of , my -death and the scattering of my ashes in mid ocean published In the Pittsburg papers, so that my friends in this city shall know my burial place. n- ' V -f . , . .This reminds one of Chateaubriand ocean burial, but "the sprinkling ; adds a touch of humor of which poor Chateaubriand was wb-oljy destitute. . - - .1; , v k CHAPTER XXXV. 1 , - , The Americans of today are so blase, on the matter of advertisements that it is diffi cult to attract their attention witnout getting up extravagant baits for their eyes. " ; ' . : The- most . eifecti ve - bait is the ' illustrated advertisement. Here, for instance, . is the ."Capilline, ". which "makes the hair hnd whis kers grow as if .by magic. You have to be so careful in bandlingt3i stuff that if a drop should fail, say, on your nose, a tuft of hair would almost immediately grow thereouT On the ief t of "the advertisement you sei a poor fellow,-bald; wbisfeerless, and wan.-- A young lady is turning her back on him with a look of disgust. .Tiioiihtration is entitled, "Before using CapillineItefu-sed." ' On the right, youseo a superb male beauty, adorned with a luxuriant growth. of hair and beard. The same young lady -eposes her bead on his shoulder, and raises her rapturous eyes to tuX Ondernnath" are the words: "After .using Capii line Accepted. " v, But the most marvel ous part of it is that the use of the elixir has changed tho cut of the manV -coat. --First ho was dressed in a lank, iBreadijare, shajdess -sack, after using the magsr -stuff, he has Itloonied into the pink of tailoring perfection. r 1 culled the following advertisement from one of the New York papers:' " " As ' collector" or salesman Slim,- sleek. slcnderr. sharp, shrewd,,: senr.iblo,' sarcastic Yank, see!is a sittKition ia some store (notice the attractive" wh&zijjg of the Vs), hotel or ofnoe, as collcctcr oralesman; has highest references, and push; enji. cheek of an army I mule; van sell goods or collect bills with any man on ". the contine:(t of . North America (Bucks county, Pennsylvania, included)." The next specimen is an idyh It is entitlexi "Her Heart and a Cottage," -" - 1 'For horn's she was lest in ecstasy,', gazing tijto her lovcr1aeyes.:'How beautiful yon areT sho saidV and how happy fyou"" look! -Darling,-saythat- it i3 1 who am the cause of your happiness.' The handsome young man Ipnderly kissed tho lips of . his dear one.; 'Yes, he said. It is because you love mo that I am to happy, but Iowa my look of resplendent health to Dr Smith.V sinip. ; On a hair dresser's shop I read: "Tonsoriol Palace Professor Rogers has your hair cut under his own supervision. ; How is it cutf- As you like it (Shakespeare)." - President Cleveland, wishing one day to see a certain circus performance, sent to retain a box. The ircus - propriutur -immediately hired, and sent about .the streets of the town, a small army of sandwich men, carrying an advertisement worded as follows: , "The president of the United States with his young and beautiful - wife, will honor the cir- . rus with their presence this evening ; There was such a demand, for seats that hundreds of people were refused ; but Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland,' having " heard Jthat their names bad "served as an advertisement, did not eppear.. 1 ,. . r . . ' . . I audience demanded the return of half then I "''.' . . entrance mone v on the ground that the pro gramme badnot been carried out in. its en tirety) since the "president and his wife had not made their appearance as the spectators had been led to expect. , , . v . , - . .The circus manager ;.wasobliged to.reim burse, says -fbe,.'paper from which I extract the atrountj -. -C; V , l.ever.ray aside an American newspaper without looking ''over ;;the advertL!emBnta Ten to ono you will be rewarded for. your patience, t -1 v ' ' ;" -.There aro traveling doctors fn-,America who'go from town to town to heal the sick a " reduced prices. -i. . -7-: ' - , ti 5!;Here is the. advertisement "of one of ..these "gntleroon.: c It is leaded - with, bb portrait, arid appears, ia the papers of the towns fc operates uponxi 1. tT!Jv x-i "Drc R. ,bas- already' remained in -M-; longer than he fu-st4ntended, but a he rh 'quest of numerous individuals.and friends he ;will extend his stay -one. rWeek-- longer-. "Pa--tients in otlier towns have been disappointed by bis long.sjkyln M- -but they have his assurance; that thU vfeifwill not .be extended beyond'thetimp stated above." zT-;-?T!ria fiteran typed advertisement has a flavor of the drum and cymbals of the tiMuiitohahk: Walk up, ladies and gentlemen, ..walkjop and show-your tcnujesand hayeyif pujses ffeltr Further down, thja- same medical gentle .man. falls intolhe stjf le of the'ehimney sweep; anxious to enlarge hw eonneetiooy--He thanks his-many friends and patrons - for the kind' " ness and patronage bestowed upon hiro.'and trusts,, by. pursuance or the sarao honorable business and professional methods and efforts, to fully merit a continuance of same." In the smoking room of the Germanic one day an" Ameriean.' who sat near me,aid, ad dressing mot ' -" , 1 '.' U -believe you -are going to America to lecture, sir f1., 2 'Z " - "Yes," 1 replied"! am." ' - - . " J Who U booming your show, may V askr hp saidTn tho most natural way in the world. ;I must have stared at him like a rustic. being utterly at a loss to understand what ho meant :."".- ,v . ' Upon getting this Americanism explainel I had the satisfaction of finding that my inter locutor's question simply meant in- English: "Who is your impresario '" "Well," thought 1. "I cm going lo have a lively ime La the States," that's evidqft: this t , - , - -- HOME PIEST; ABROAD NEXT.- isa fortstoste that s proraisng. i ' jvent to my cabin : thinking ,&ibout T;he -.Yankee ?who was to "boom ray show." - - " . v The greatest "booteer" ia America is the great, the only, the unique" Barnunfc The. personality of this king - of showmen" Is not particularly interesting,", except for ; being typically. American, and,ona that could not exist hi any country but America,, Mr, Phineas Ti Barnumv i- pursued by fate, is every five years the victim of a . conflagra tion. .Mlis Ores happen with terrible" regu larity. "Whilst I. was -is - America his tigers and elephants were feurnsd out of house and home.' . .Scarcely had, the fiamea been extin guished when there .were, paragraphs in the papers to say that Mr, Barnum's agent was buying fresh animals for'the "biggest show bn earth," and all over the Walls of America's cities were to" bo seen nanng posters repre senting Phineas Bamum nsiug . from '. the flames like a modern pboanixt " Appended was a "long literary essay which began Rising phoenix like from the ashes of -my. fifth fvro," and setting' forth the " wonderful attractions of-the inew show which was. to be opened. C Mr. Bamum holds in small esteem the man who . lets slip "a chance of makintr monev He woiJd think it quite, natural to clfer 82,000 a week to Gen. Boulanger? to sfeow himself in his museum, and would think it very unnatural that the geneVal should re fuse such a handsome offer. The' rumor has it that the enterprising Phineas wrote; to, M.t Pasteur- some time sinc&Jta try and - engage hmi-He guaranteed, it is, said, $50,000 to the illustrious savant if : he would 'inoculate -before, the American public twice a day It was not much to ask, and the $50,000 wduld have been easily earned. . Barnurn, however, bad to content' himself with engaging a gen- tlemnn in spectacles, resembling" more or less the famous proessor, and. he succeeded in secui-uigiour little Americans whom"&L- Pas-' teur, had just saved from' hydrophobia; They wer9 uocuJaed (with clear water; prohablyj for a mouth in ail the principal 'towns of the States. i;The -society , fors ths protection of animals,: which does- not- include man in its circle of operations, made' no objection, and the offers of the onterprisuij; Phineas over flowed with dollars. - - . , . . - Mr. Barnum . does not understand how. a good offer can" be refused. He Jooks upon everything as beipg to sell or let, and the almighty uciiar qp the master of the world. Ono day be took it into his bead to make an cuer for the. houp in which Khakespeare was bcrn. Tho English: firel up. at the Idea", and he had to alandon his project and be satisQed with Jpmbo. . t V. . If every European nation wore to become a republic the dethroned Jiionarchs could go and mal:e their fortunes in America, and. the I greatest ambition of Mr. Barnum would be realized. - - Nothing astonishes an ' American, j That which "Thakes bis ionvw!atioas . immensely. piquant Is, as 1 have rdi eady said, the calmx natural tone ul which homes out with the most astounding statements, """; , - ; .' : My unpresai-io bad just engaged mo for a ecture 9ason in the States and Canada - " , "1 shtJl have two- Europeans on ' my list next : year,": he said,' VMiv Charles ; Dickens and yourself. . 4 wanted two others, but they are not to be had." - ' -. ; '- , "..-.--"That is not i very flattering," safd I, ''but who are tho two Europeans you cannot getl" ""Jlr. Gladstone and Lord Randolph Church-; QT," he repliodv quite icohnlyJ? 'j; , -Xien,1 surjpressing'l the--words "Mr'and '"Lord," acc6ding to th habit of his country men,- be added wfth'a sigh - , c "Yes, Gladstone would have made a. lump, and' Churchill would . -bava been an elegant success. ' -" . " -' " ; CHAPTEIl XXXVL1 .. . - --Tbe Americans have suppressed distances by bringing railway trains to perfection. . You take the cars after dinner to go a two or, three hundred miles journey. - . You pass an hour or so hi the smoking room, you go to ybur berth, sleep the night through and by the time you awake you are at your journey V uo-.- ' - In point of comforti the American trains are to the French and -English, trains w hat these latter are to the stage coach of bygone days. . - , -,-f 7 Nothing can surpass' the comfort r and luxury of, tho Pullman cars, unless it be the perfected-Pullman that is called the vestibule train.-' Six or1 seven-carriages,-connecl3ng icA with r another,'- allow of i your , moving about freely over a length - of -some -hundred yards. , Dining' room, sleeping car; drawing room car; smoking room," iibrary, bath room. lavatory, the whote: fitted DP in tho -most luxurious styia : Whatocan on desii-e more? It is a hotel on wheels. Therare windows- and ventilators, but if you open your. window, you will see your fel low travelers turn up: their coat collars and get down -their shawls and f urs, and you wiD hear energetics gnmibungswhich will give you-to understand that you are turaing-your self into a publio calamity. - .Tho.Amoricans are shivery people,- tewing themselves tn a bain-marie. - J . j ? i"z " V " ' f Here,' as. well as in the hoteband in all con-ditions-of American life,"you are at the mercy of servants. - There is no remedy at hand, no appeal against it ' 7" tz jc. InAmerica you are supposed to know -everything, and no one I will, help ?you unless you - should happen to address yourself to well bred peppier :T f '-,vf5r,i-f " If you ask d passer-by m the etreet tho near est As-a to the"staiion, he walks as though he understood you nofc rThe word -statiori" is English; but here you must- talk American. Laud say depot,? pronounced deepja J-The invar. ria bie answer you geVTzf-the questions you ask m ihe street is, JI don't know.r They. arS ail like Joe, "they "donTTknoiv nd(hmk. .. When a rail waylervant has-.sucooeded in insulting yoni be is quite proud, 'and.plumes himself - onr his Smartness;' be -"toots' at.Jus (- mates and seems to say ;rPi( you bear how I spoke up. to Mraf; He would be aXrald of lowering himself by. bejng poiifei - tn hiseyds politeness is"a form. :of - sfvilityf "and : he imagines that, by being rude to well bred peo ple, lie puts himself on a footing with them. ( You go to" a railway ticket office to book .for a certain ..place,. 'Perhaps there are several lines of railway running to your .destination. lbs ciera says,. without. looting- at you, ana at the rate of a thousand worjis a minute: , ?What line? B and O.; or S. P. and W; kll'.orS T..I. and C.rf . "1 vs-ant a ticket for Chicago." - ' " J -. "I ask whether you wish to. go by the" -' Here he once more repeats vaiious parts of tho alphabet, casting a look of pity at vou t.hP whilp. Dn nnt belinvA" hn -.will- translate his A B C Djs m i English, It is ycur place iWvlHiUllii1: - t0 uiwierstana paein. Do' 'not ioso "your' temper;; however; that never pays in America, v Tho'inatives-would Only- enjoy it. A.Take the. matter laughingly This is the advice .the . Americans gays' ma and I Tecommend it to you, if ever-you are smuiariy placed. , -""V S - J' . ' I was having a siesta one day in one of , the comfortable arm chairs of a drawing room, car,-when -IheTconductor rcame' along and giving me a formidable thump,, cried out in the most savage tonoC , "J -.4your ticketr - :'Y t .made hasto f robTige' him" and to oiTer apologica.'' "- r - , -f.j- "1 trust J. have-not kept youwaitmg,,, saidi; , r; i- ji , Ee went ji way quite crestfallen. " "J r - -- Another day, LWaa In a:? New" York' local "Vain. '-These trains have not drawihgroom ca'fg with smoking ' foom "attachedi Neither first, second nor third class; ,aU the carriages are aliko." I addressed the conduetor, asking .him where I should - find, the- smokingjeom--partment. In reply bo murmured a few un mtolligiblo words between his teeth. "In- my humblest, sweetest accents I Ba&d?-xt-t$.jy -.-"Excuse jtae I did not hear."-..-t t. ..He shouted at me at the top of his voice: ;i"Be-hind-the-lo-co-mo-tiveI . do tyon hear this timeP"" , " " - - - 1' My first impulsa was to knock him -down. But 1 bethought myself of : the; ad vica ithat had been given me, and answered with a sniiler . "Yes, I heard,; I beg a thousands pardons. "You are really too pojlite.'., - . ! " A popular- American actPess was dining one evening in the dining car -of a train going 'from Boston to" New .York" Being- aloae, she ate slowly, and deliberately dawdled over the meal to kill time.' ? The waiter, displeased "at I the audacity of, such . conduct, stood . about wi.iim.ujiu-iug, uuu uegua maimg me ruuest "remarks on h6f"proceedinga -i,e;, i --When' she -had quite - Crilshed' ber dinner; and he camo to remove the dishes, fheacb-oss .wrotoa few words upon one of h.er card. and. banding it toluna with a sweet smile, Khsaid- j'Hcro is my card; if . you Mnd : it In at the Opera house to-morrow - evenings you will bo provided with -a-tstaiL -el regret exceecSngly that it isnot in my power to offer you h box it.issucb a treat to meet -with a polite rail way servant 1" V " ' ' - The names of "the stations are hidden: ; Do not hope that tho-condnctor'will clear up the mystery. i .5 --- :f : "t Tho : train . had- just stopped a few leagues from Richmond one-day. ' - . f "What'rtation' is this?;. asked a traveler, addressing tSe cohductor. This- individual amply shrugged his shoul ders and turned his b&eki . - J. " -" I happened to li3 close to him. x - .i.-' What inquisitive -people '-Sbeeo'- pre, to be surel" I said to himl V" ." ' " " - - To an irritable person, the vrudenesa of the railway and hotel servants would - be- -enougb- to spoil all the pleasure of a visit to' America, Dut tho Americaans themselves are good tern pored and pay no attention to these .' things! I know some whoeven get a certain amount it amusement thei-efrorat--' - -"--s -: lne nefjro wno- maJEea your bed is more polite, but his politeness is not disinterested. A few memo its -before the- arrival 'of- the train at - yourr destination- be, brushes " you down and - retxives tbe .invariable 35 -'cents forjiis trouble. 'These negroes, iudependently. of the salary raid them by the' company they work for; make sometimes from -510 to $1 a- dajp'in. tbjsvaysa; from 25(J0 to" $:i,000 a. ' How many a white would'" turn black for' iessiywj.;t t lleturning to Jacksonville from St' Augus tine, I omitted "to engage my place in a parlor car," and was obugod to nnd a seat in the or dinary cars.' .The evil was not great, seeing that the journey takes but fifty minutes. , Besides the parlor cars, tbe train comprised tnree cars, two or .wnicn were almost . run 1 Jnstalled my self in the third, ? which" was empty " U Up conies the conductor t ' - "Come out; you cant travel in that car, he said, - " . , . - - i . ; "Whyn'otP I asked, ' r., "Because if fa the colored people's car. 5 r."Am I not as good as theyf -i - "- " y tell you you can't travel tn this car"r- Z "I am sorry,' for once,' that I ram v not col ored," 1 saM.toh.lra;; '.'it fa much the cleanest of your carriages.", . . - - " ' v . , I went to .tha end of the last car, and found myself just in front of I the apple,' bananas- jujube, -c&p and book store. , " v; "! : ' From my seat I was able ' to :contemplate the wondrous activity .of the, commercial- gentleman at.tbw head of this department.. -- During the whole fifty minutes' ride he kept np an unceasing going andcoming, When his last tour of -the train had been made; he ; put by-all tlie mei-cbanTise which be had not sold, took ofT-hii uniform," put on a blacky coat and bat,, and -fastened into his cravat a huge-'diamond tiln. I - looked on at: the rapid metamorphosis with great interest. When his" toilet, was completed, he turned round, and, seeing that ! was looking at hiraV he threw'me a patronizing glance, -eyeing me from head to foot.-'- I thousht he was about to sayi;- -1 i" ' .-."What Is It you want!" - "Well; business is looking up, eh?"-1 haz- arded. : v " X " -' "Mind -Tour own d busmoss," he re plied, agd,' turning on his heels,' he deparlted. CTAPTE-XVlLr""; .' ri- Jonathan's servan fe all appear to roe to be-i reduced duchesses and noblemen in livery.- ' ' Whon you spssLlfta-a man servant, before answering yon the scans -you' from bead to foot and jeceni4o. say t .v Wh? 'Say1 you bol Be careful how -you talk to ma r. We are a free nation; sir; all equals herev and L am as Andou feel inclined to say to himri - i -,k"I congratulate you; young man, upon liv trig in a free 'country; but since we are all equals here, and I am -icivil "to;you, why on eartij cannot you bo civ"J to mer' The fellow fa lackh in losrrc.' ; U:. The manner of the maid servant Jsdiffeiv' ent; she wears a look of contempt and pro-: found disgust; .shQ sjeema to say with a sigh -r'How can - men bo such brutca a taailow women Uyyork?- What despicable creatui-es they are, to'bo sure J"- , . - To get an idea of the prodigious labor, un dertaken by an 'American servant girl, one ha but " to see herat 'work doing a room. feather broom in hand. - V - ' " " -'A day or two' after this remarkable man- ner of dusting had attracted ray attention. f came ttara tas rouowmg m l-pat,...; . - ;: L' .- Sarah .Is doing the drawing room. Enters t-s mistrpss of tho houso, eiclontly fearing $1;50 Per YeariifAdvance. NO. 8' to bo choked, by tho cloud of. dust that Hils tbe rooml v "Sarah, -what aro you doing P' - "--- ' "I'm dustin' the room. - . . . K " 'I.se9." VThan youVo finished, please .to undust It.""- r, ' u , - Seryantswages rango "f romtSOO" to $500 a year I - mean,- of course, in good ordinary houses, and- not in . millionaire's mansions. Mr. - C; YanderbDt pays hia chief - cook 'ten thousand dollars. I write tho sum m letters that the rcadermay hot -exclaim :- "Surely them is a misprint here; tho printer has put onajioughttoo-jnany."? X- 4 -i v Inpite of the enormously high wages they pay, thoAmericans have so much trouble in 4 getting good servants, that numbers of them are, so, to speak, driven from their homes and obHgodto , tako refuge in..-, hotels and apart-" menc nouses.x ' " ' " '"Segro ones are thdonly onesit all defSren?' tial4nmannorj:r who have a smile on their faoesv from- time to timo;; but many people" have an "objection to them, and charge them with, senousfaultsjjsuch as finding" things which are not lost, and breaking the monot ony of life by dressing up in their employers raiment when occasion offers. -' --.S An Amcricaq of my. acquaintance," opon going to.hTs room onevening to dress for a dmner party; found his dress coat and waist-- t missing from - the wardrobes Guessing their" whereabouts, be weat" upstairs," ' and "there, in .hia negro butler's room, were the missing gamients. ,s ne rang for tho culprit - "fv, K"Pompcy,"f- he said,? VI have found- my dress clothes- in your raomT; What is the meaning of it 1 forgot to put dem back, sah," . "You have, had t hem en; you rascaiL" .? ;l S'"Yos,ahV,V. How dare you wear jmy .clothosrv ; "Plaasev ranssa,",! got married (yesterday,'-1 and the '.broad black faceof Pompev was lit up-with a rather sheepish looking gi-irru r All the rarieaturos of -the comic papers are outdone by realities in 'America.' . 5 ir;-; I know a, iady who, - losing hor, patience with her:fiouseRiaidone day, said to herj 1 expect my servants! o do so and so."'.' 'Your whatf. .cried-the" indignant damseL' '.'111 just-foil y you; what I think of yoo. You aint no lady; that's certain;."-' - ; v ' s Hcre-are. two advertiseiuenta whicbi 1 ex tract from' an (ndiaoapoliti paper t. f "''" v'Situation - as dfatt.- washer - required, by a lady.. ' Apply .Sentinel office:? ' ", ' A -tody whito) undertakes -washing at home. jAddress follows.) . . t, ' Democracyji'an no further go. 'r?x "I take care" never rto part on bad terms with my servants wbon they feaVe me.f '.This, was said--to-!jne; one day liy a claverBoston- lady,-whotn my thinkiar, slacks suHicieni' admiration for the democratic institutions of J Amerieav" " - '" " - -, - - I guessed thatshe intended a.covert satire oit i'lo greatest jsepubli? in'thewcrld."'-"' "Whyf I djmandecL - k : VBecauso; when "ono of those' girls loaves me,.' it is qaite within-the range of possibility that she will marry sccmu western . ranchman, and one "das-: when her ' husband becomes a.sena : tor.sheCmay be useful to. me at-VVashington.' CHAPTER. XXXYIIL ,- -1, The great mats of the American people live nieat uncooked and iced water uo filtered , . f take if for granted that" sheep and -cattle- are borrtat as tender an age -In -America a elsewhere, but the.society for; the" protection of "an imafa ;prolial)ly." prevents their : being killed for food while they are young, enough to-enjoy 'life!' and so the 'patriarchs alone are reserved for the table. " ."- ' - ' That which renders the problem of dining - almotipast sol vuigjs that the meat .has to be attacked with plated knives; which, tear but do not cut It.-.- ! suppoW that, as : half 'the lower class Americans still oat -"with .their tniyes, it was necessary to abandon the idea' of having steel knives for fear of their acci dentally gashing -their faces. U sharp steel knives- were'. in general use, tn America the streets would be full.of people -with races- scai'red and seamed like those of . the Heidelv berg students.' ' r " '-C-C.-' The-Aniericans.di'ink little else butwater at table, and one cannot help wondering how it is that the iuter seems, to be an almost un known institution in- the land. Ijeave your glass 'of water, untouched on the table, and in a few moments a thick sediment of mud or sahd.-wQl.be. Visible at the. botteta-of iV;-.- I " Down south it is worse-still. 'C, - - 'r At Jacksonville I .-was waited , upon at table by.an extremely obliging negro, " Ixj , , ' -" One day be brought me some water; put Ice tn It, - and discreedy rwithdrew behind my chair;-- - - r - ; 'J ' ' ' y-- '" I - . - took up the glass and minutely .inspected its contents, f c - ; 1." IT ; , "Epaminondasi";! cried." ;"- -' spat's not ' my -name sahi - Pm caBod 'Charles. 'I c': """Charles; Took at this water;" there is a, snake m it. . --Charles tookJthe glass, looked in -itrand then, with a' reassuring grin, anhbuncod:-" ,i - "It's dead, "sab," -..-" , ' Z "Thai is comforting,'" said I,""but it" may have - left-eggs, which will coma to - life Ty thousands inside me. " ' ' t '" " Charles was facetious, and was not to be put out of countenance for such a trifle. "He, took up the- glass again, re-examined; it, and replaced it oh the table. ' 1- i--" , ? "Deres 'noT'-danger, sah ; ii'S.'a malok,,... he sai&2;' ',,.' .x -."t " . In almost all hotels south of Washington the waiters are- colored men. :Tbe service 1. but'poorv The negroes: aco slow it is the guests .wbo do the " waTting'"' - rv' - At Delnjoaico's espociaUy; and irf the prin cipal hotels of 'New r York, Boston,-Philadelphia and- Washington you can dine adoir ably. In the smaller" towns you must bo coni ten$ with fewhng. -.--, ' ' . But let us take our seats at the table d'hote ofthe Ixst hotel 4n any second rate town that you please in Pennsylvania, -Ohio,.:ladlana,or some other state of. the Union. ".No printed menu.; 'A young woman, with an elaborate coiffure of cur fa; rolls and bangs, but no pap, approaches, darts a look -of con, tempt .-at yon fthd,J:nruing'aer back upon you, gabbles off in onebreath- - . .'w- -" TCroutau poturbtshrimsauceroastheef tuf-. keycmiil)errysa4icepotoUxstematocsappIelart muiceiiievapillacream, -" . . : '0a not attempt to stop heri she is wound op. and when she is started islwund to gojlo theend. "You must not- bopp that she will repeat-the menu a second-time either. If you did not bearv so-much the worse for you. Unfortunately the consequences are grave; it ii hot one diih that you misfit fa fro s is published in.the centre of a Cae tobacco growing section, making it one of the best advertising " -nediuma . for merclaants and warehousemen- In-the Adjoining counties. Circulaiedlargery m Person; Graaville and Durham counties "in .North Carolina, and " Halifax county Virginia. - v..' - .".' - 7 r " VQBT WOBK " - ; t t ! . - of all description neatly executed on short : noticeand. at -reasonable prices. When in peed of. work give the Courier a trial.'. waoie" araner"""7 6u"are obliged'' tobraer "aii " your repast at once, and tbe wholo'ls brought 1 you,- from soup to cheese, at one-timet ' . , . 1 'was-so"lill- mspired -ono--day-a to order i - -some soup to -begin with. r The waitress re-r- ; fused downright to. bring me anything more. -i "That fa all you ordered,7he -said to me. " "You do not suppose I . can make .twenty journeys to the kitchen for yoo.w-4-W s - I rose and sought tho hotel keeper. mado - ' . the humblest apologies, pleaded that I was a foreigner who' had only been ta America" a fortnight,'and Vas-not yet Accustomed to the habits o the Americans I promised solemnly'' -never jblransgress'again in this way.. Mine " : host went to the. young person whq.- was at the head -of the battalion of harpies'' in the dining room, and Interceded for me 'wjtfi'her.' J I . had the happiness f JingjfnrvBn n.-t was allowed to appease my buugor.' """ - - H -. from v that day - torward, as soon as one of -theSEi wi toning damsels began her incantation, ; - Icnedout:. "''. ""- -, . , ".' ."Holdl Enoughl Bring it all In." C ' Then I would eat tho least distasteful of tho messes and; leave the rest t 'l cmt assure you - - the hotel did uot.make much profit out of me. ' - This fa how the dinner fa served: ' - --' -.The "duchess" begmst-hy flinging V spoon 1 nnd knife and fork down on the table In front -of you, t It fa for you to- set, them straight, and J would advise you to do so without any murmuring.' : When "you have taken' your r -soup,theaid "duchess" brings-you a plate, around which she places a dozen little oval ; dishes in a symmetrical fashion that one can ' but admire. " 'i " '." - - i. - The first litllo dish contains fish 6nd a tea- - "" "spoonful of .sauce; of, some kmt v It fa need- -' less to inquire the name. of this -sauce. " AH ;' Xha fish sauces jxre the same; only the name V ariei'-' TbeJ secondz-appaVentlycontoins - -little lump if raw; beofth;., third a slice" of x "roast," turkey; the. fourth mashed potatoes; - . the -fifth a.ste.wedtomato- thelsixth cran-- -v berry sau the seventh chicken "alad. the bighth. some rice' pudding;- au4 the last con 1 t tains (horribile dietuii'a slice'- of apple tart,1 with a large helping of , cheese, in the middle- C' cf it 1" These two things' are oaten together- " and -are consequently - sorved 'on- the same i- ft .--i . You begin at the .left.. The . first presents ! ' no obstacles but its fcoues and fa soon disposed - " of.- Yaa turn your "attention. to the next 'dish on the right and attack the beef. Itta. impregnalile, youvcah "make no impression K upon ifeT You' pass. The turkey fa'not obdu-' " -rate' and' you fall to ort that, making little '- raids on the potatoes, tomatoes and cranberry: saueje between .each . mouthfuL. ; Thanks . to '- r tho many climates cS America fthe thormora- - v' eter varies In whiter 'from 75, above kero ia the souih. to 45 below. in-the north), you hav turkey and crantary .auce all the winter, strawberries six moirth of . the year and to- matoes all the year .found,""'',--' " ." -Oh, the turkey, and cranberry faucet'- ate' eiHKrgb'Tjf that dish $0 satisfy me-for-th T rcstofimy dayi .So moi-eturkey and cran- " berry sauce for me,' though i'should live to -" befa hundredr ': -,-- -' ; i . ; s : " ;Of course all-the moatst placed around - ; your ptate, soon begfaa to cool, and - psu have no choice but to bolt your; food, diving with' knife and fork into the little dishes right and left- as dexterously as you can.--'.- ?:'-'.''..'.'."-' , Finally yon come to the apple tart on the extreme right :-. You carefully lift the cheese ' and, placing It aside, prepare to eat your . sweets without thisstrange seasoning. . Un- - happily the -pastry has become impregnated r with" an odor of. roquefort, and again you ' pass, - a. vaniiia cream; terminates your re- -past7? x-V"1 ' - 7 -.-' ' ';. Having- -disposed of tins, you ask" yourself , whyy.in.a free conntry, you may not have - -your , various courses served one after the : other why you.. must-bolt your food and -bring cn ' indigestion; and above all why the , i manager of the hotel, in bis own interest as a -. , man of business! does not before all else study : the comfort of his customers. The answer fa. ' ; not difficult 'tot find.'1 it-'Is the well . being. 7 of the 'duchess, and not that of the travel-' ; era; - that ifae devotes bfa attention to study- . ' lng.Tbe" ti-aveler fa "obliged to come to bis ' house, and he can treat him anyhow. -. Hfa "helps" .will only cotisont to -stay with him,- on coiuiition .ho gives them heavy wages and ..light duties. He has no choice but to submit ; ; 'to biff servants'-of to -close hfa hotel The . Americans, free .though they may be politio ally,are at themerey 'oftheir servants, whether in public or private JifeVThte kind of tyranny "Is batefuL.v To throw off ihe yoke of the superior classes is very, well, but 1 am not aware that the yoke of the common pec-.,".-, pie is at all preferable. John Bull commands -all his paid servants. "Jona than obeys his. I Thus; in tho hotels of: America' outside of - ; the large cities,Lwith the rarest exceptions, tho dinner' fa served from ) o'clock to 8, the-tea-shpper from 6 to 8. - You happen to ar- ;. rive at. liatf pastS, tired - out and famishing, . You "bope "to W able to-obtain a good meal without delay. ?niusionl You must wait "until the ".dining, room door is opened, and" pass two hours and abalf hi wretchcdDOss. How often.; havo I entreated, imploredl ' "Could you not get achop cooked forme, or ari omelet or somethihgl ? tf that fa impos sible, for rnercy's sake give me a slice of cold meat" Prayers -and supplications weie nn avaih'ng. ; Occasionally a landlord would ' -expross his regrets and make excuses for hfa inability dto oblige me,: but far oftener I got no kind of .response at all. Once or twice ( "tried'making a tempest, -without any more - Another time . 1- tried ? politeness. "Excuse ma,": I said, "if 1 am intruding. I t hope that by puttipg np at your hotel IshaU "pot be top anuch in your way. -1 have not the :honor to be a citizen of - the greatest re puhlivf in; thei world, ! but am only a poor European who does not know your ways. Ia future I will', take careful precautiona But ' this time, and 'ju3t for once, I should bo ..so much obliged for something to eat. I shoud be. distressed to occasion any derangement tn your household, but just for oncis, only once. r . , v -- ' Sheer waste of breath. -The hotel fa ns it fa; -you may use it of stay away. : . The Americans are quite right to study tho comfort of their servants, but the well being of oho class should not exist at the cost of tho well - being o anotherand the people who travel ore as Interesting as those who servo at table.- . . . - ' T Tyranny from abovo fa a sore; tyranny from below is a pestilence,"" ;.-"' ' - 2. WJLL YOU bITFFEll with Dys- " pPii;v and Liver Complaint? Shi'o'a vVitab'zpr is (inarantied io cute yo- For sals by A. F. Birrttt at U. A. Jloilyn & Go's. . - -