North Carolina Newspapers

Person Co. Courier. Published Every Thursday , NCELLBROS.;. " Roxboro, N. C. , . , rggua of a uTbscriptiofs - One Copy One year . fl 50 One Cop Six Months : - ' - J -78 ' Remittance mut be ninde byKegiaten'd Letter, Poet Office Order or Postal Jtfojte. y . I I 1 Thm Chief BtaM for tie treat sue-' cess of Hood's SarsaparUU M lotind In the rtiele Itself. It Is merit tfcet wins, and tneT fact that Hood's SarsaparUU actually ao; eompltehes what la claimed fo It, is what has gtren to this medicine a popularity mi sale greater than that of any other sarsapa- lYieril VYIllo fier before the public. Sood's Barsaparilla cures : Scrofula, Salt Bheum and an Humors, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Biliousness, overcomes That 'Xired Feeling, creates an Appetite, strength. Xtsa the Nerves, builds up the Whole System. Hm4 Hsmpariila. is sold by all drug 4UU. i; six for $5. Prepared by a L Hood ft Do- Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass, J-'FCFESSIONAL JArDS T. C BROOKS, ATTORNE y AT LAW Roxboro. N. C. Practices wherever hts services are required. Prompt attention given to the collection ol iclatms. J, T. Strayhorn. Boxboro, X. C. QTHAYHOIiN ft L. M. v arlick. Milton, N. ( WARLICK, ATTORNEYS. AT LAW. Practice in all the courts of the State and ir $be Federal. courts. Management of estate:- atrietly attended to. Special attention given to cases in Person and Jaswell counties. A. W.UraUaxu tt. V. tViu.ton ,Q.HAUAM & WINSTON, ATTORNEYS 4T LAW, Oxford, N. C. rrar.ticee in ail he eonrts of the Stale. " II an lie moner and invest the same in het IstMort . gage Keal Ketate Security. Settle estates n.w luvestigate utiea. . J LUNSVOKD, "7. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Boxboro, K. C S. MKaBITT, ATTORNEY T LAW - Boxboro, X. C. Pruopt attention given Claims. ; to the collection of ; W. KITCHIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Roxbouo, N. O. Practices wherever hie services are required. D U. O. G. .NICHOLS ,;Ji- ' Offers His FBOFESSIOXAL SEBVICES'to th PEOPLE f fioxboio and surrounding country. - Practices in all the branches of Medicine. DR. C. 7. BRADSHER UEST1ST, Offers his services to the public- Calls promptly attended to in Person and adjoining eonnttes. .nA oriahin? irort in his line, bv writins Jtini at Buflhv rork. N. C. will be attended ai pnce. : 17 ATTENTION! - Tin vine leased several rooms in the Pass building and fitted them up-wit luwia nnri other room furnitare, we offer to the public Bedding for 25 cents Each. Parties travelling will save money by calling on us, as we do not charge but HALF PRICE. We also keep a first-claw restaurant rhich is kept on the j - EUROPEAN "STYLE. Meals 23 cents, at any hour from 6 wi tofl n. m. We feed on fresh Beef. Purk, Mutton, Limb, Chicken, Ducks Amp Turkevs. Birds. Eggs, tresh . F8h, Rabbits and sli kinds of Vege tables, in fact everything that is kept . n a Restaurant. . Try -as - We get the praise by alPwho stop with us for keeping the best table ever Jiept in Roxboro. L SmPSON & CO, NEW MANAGEMENT. ARLINGTON HOTEL MAIN STREHST, . - . Danville, Virginia. ; , YATE3 BICIIABDSOX, Proprietor. MARKER'S f U A n r A I r m mm I j lOmw and bnuilinea th. fc.fr ' promote, a luxurjant growth. r. ia,r to its Youthful Color. updMmiBixl hairfatUm-' PARKtZR'3GINGgR?GKi JnvataaHe for Couglu, Colds, Inward Pslnx. Kxhanrtkx : - : a NOELL BROS. Proprietors. VOL. 6. ROXBORO, OAROLINAw THTJRSD AT; OCTOBER 31, 1889. ; PARTITION OF THE EARTH, - There! Take toewcrWr lore froxu hla ikrey tWOM . t . : To oortals-eried; for you and for your heirs k heritage forever--all your own; But see that each, with each ' like brother aharesr;;'vi. -i:. .iv':.,: tnen straight i work aD that had fingers went, ' All busy, all alert, both young" and old; -The farmer was on fruital harreet bent, j " ' " A huntipg aped the aquire through, wood and WO)(L 'iv'V-r'i. The merchant fiBs his stores froni aear anu far, - -The abbottul the choiest, oldest wine,' the kuig on bridge and highway sets his bar. And saya, "The tenth of ererythuig is miner' Long after aft zsui each had taken his share, "The poet cornea he had been far away; , -He looks, and looks in Tain, for everywhere -. Haugfat could he see but .wned a master's sway..; ,' :vi; gi-i,. , "Woe's roe! Shall of all thy sons the best, . ' Shall I, then, be forgotten, I aloner 1 t - V Thus bis com plaint he to great Jove addressed, t s And flung bun down before the Thunderer's " . .--t-. - "Not mine the blama,' the god replied, VI trow, ; IT mtbe Land or Drems Uiy tire was led! . . When earth was being " parceled, where were n was with thee, with thee," the poet said. . "Vine eye upon thy face in rapture gazed, Toe heaven's full harmonies enchained my ear; Forgive the soul that, by thy radiaac? d&sed. Let go its hold upon the earthly sphere." , j "What now!" said Jove; "on earth Pre naught to give; ? .. Field, forest, market, they no more are mine; But in my heaven if thou with me wouldst live, : Gome when thou wilt; a welcome shall be thiner . ' Blackwood's Magaxtna. U I PR0MISE.,, "Viva! Viva! I must golw "You shall not! You shall not 1 "You belong to me !" 1 he beautnul little creature stamp ed her tiny foot on the turf as she spoke; her eyes flamed with anger, a fiery flush shot up into her dark cheek. "I belonged to my country before I ever saw you, Viva," answered Tom Creighton, m a sau but steady tone. "xou snail not go, tnougnl An I dear, dear, darling -Tom, can you leave your little lassie to die of fear! Don't vou love met" she gathered the tall fellow s hands close to her heart, and clasped them there with strange, passionate strength. Tom stooped and lifted her to his bo som as 11 she had been a tiny child. "1 could not love thee, dear, so much Loved I not honor more, he said slowly, bending, his head to her ear. A splendid head it was. crowned with close curls soon to fall before the shears, and its symmetry to be hidden by -a forage cap, and the face did not belie the head; its strong. resrular features, its cleft chin anc resolute lips, all "gave the world as surance of a man," while the express ive gray eyes revealed humor, ten derness,' pathos, passion, and a possible Hash or rage. "Dont talk to, me about honor V sobbed Viva, hiding her face on his shoulder. "I shall die if you go away from mel I can't I can t bear HP' There was no heroism about Gene vieve L'Estrange; her French descent had given her inexpressible charms of aspect and manner: she was as slizht as a girl of ten years, and no Higher than her lover s shoulder, Taut the con tours of her exquisite figure showed the roundness and erace of woman hood, and her piquant, Rowing, face was alight with all the fire of an in tense feminine nature. There was nothing childish in the red, mobile lips, the delicate, irregular features, the brilliant dark eyes that sparkled or melted according to her mood, the abundant, silky black hair that fell to her feet when it' escaped from- the heavy coils that seemed too w for the lovely little head they covi She was spoiled, from her babyhood, beinjfthe only child of wealthy pa rents; not a wish had the . willful crea ture ever been denied ; never had she wanted a luxury, or failed to indulge a caprice; indeed, it was a caprice that this very : summer had taken her -to the White Mountains before the great hotels were opened, to 'a small house near the - village Of T Franconia. ; She wanted to see the spring' blossoms of the north, to gather the dawn pink arbutus she had so often" bought in Broadway, from its lurking places un der the pine needles of the forest; she had heard of "the shy Iinnsea," the white wintergreen, and - many . an other early flower that fades, before' fashion- comes to explore its haunta, from a school friend who lived .in northern New Hampshire: and so, weary of the early terrors of the great war-looming blackly in the distance, tired from the two years in : Europe that followed her school days, and tne long,, Winter of dissipation in ; the city, she had intimated to her. obedient pa rents her. desire to Visit "Franconia; and they took- her to the Pine Hill house accordingly;1' . . .Here she : met Tom Creighton: his father and mother lived on ft farm near by, and the handsome young lawyer from New York -. had come up to say good-by to them; for he had enlistedm a ; volunteer regiment, and daily expected orders- to the front. . : Viva had met him often in society, and the 4wo " opposite natures, in a measure counterparts: had been mu tually attracted Tom Creighton was a typical New Englander, strong, ob stmate, enduring?with a Tigid sense of duty as his dominant trait.,c-He did not entirely approve of the war,- for he was naturally conservative; but he considered - that : he . ought to go, and go he would. It was a thorough surprise- to both the pair, this meeting among the mountains; and it was the last thing Tom . Creighton intended; to fall in love with Miss L'Estrange, much less to let her. know it, but he could hot help himself : with charac teristic impetuosity she lost her heart in these solitudes where all the real character of ' the young man showed. itself, no 'longer overlaid by the cus- toms of society. She saw how true, how tender, how brave he was; how superior to the so- ciety men who had bored her in New " York. She had iidi 4tinghe4 him there from a certain superjority of asnectbni now "aha knuwaTnd loved . km au(J showe.4 j yritb jwb naive simplicity that Yom, or all his good resolutions, broke 4owa and fell at her feet. "Only a day had tlieu en gagement been made known when the summons Tom expected came. - Viva was almost frantic.' It was the first lime in her life1 that her will had been .useless ; but now it beat against a rock; Tired with the vain struggle, repeat- i ed . nntH Tom's ' heart ached to its depths, she at length, recogsised that his strengtn 01 character must dom jiate ncrs; and after a long, wild flood of tears and a convulsion of - sobs shed said at last: V- ifist'M i I "If you will go if you must- promise , me to Uyev to come backr J 1 Promise to come back if l Aa live: 1 Viva. , How can I say 1 will live! That is the chance of war and the will of God." - .r - ' i "Promise, promise 1" she shrieked You must Promise me to live ! . I shall die here, right in your arms, un less' vou dbt? . ' . fi-MM ii Her pallid faoa; her stieatoing eyes, I the sobs that seemed to rend her slight ups,. took, uim oy storm, xne loveiy, unreasoning, willful creature, torn by . - a 1 r , 1 m. -, a passion 01 love and grier -ail far mm, shook his strong -soul to its center. W hat man ever insisted such . over- whelming passion, or thought it fool ish when he Was its object! Tom Creigh ton's soul blazed in his eyes as he held that tiny figure close to his breast. ; . -? - "I promise," he said So he went, and she staved The firtunes of war befell him ; but in bat tie he seemed to dodge the bullets that rained about him, manfully as -he fought, for he felt Viva's imploring UfSU U11I1 - VavlgUMU 0 ?IUV wab aVVkrw xct4 v tVA tfTaimal'wl sari 111 en in nf 1 VCS0 bUOJWbUI VtiU UVVlllUiiSAt llaUUVf but no man charged him with cow ardice. The thrill and splendor of this new life swept off his conservatism; the war justified itself bv its dash and valor. He rejoiced in the clangor pf x j At . : a , trumpets, tne roar 01 its guns, tne rusn of its charges ; and when the miasma of the marshes where he lay encamped defied his will and seared his flesh with fever, when he lay half conscious for many a week in the hospital, tlie will to live, the intent to keep his word to Viva, saved him. The - nurses iwon dered to hear but two words in the low mutter of his delirium : "I promise I promise r but those words were his talisman. . : - Once in-the field ho became a won der or alertness; hairbreadth escapes seemed to be his forte. , One day, when the battalion were entrenching themselves, and thecommanding gen eral, weary with the march, had dis mounted and thrown himself under a tree for a moments rest, CbL Creigh ton for he had been promoted dashed up on his black mare and sa luted . r v "GeneraL" he said, "shall I ride out beyond the lines and reconnoiter the lay of the land!" ' - ' -v "Do so,"d-QeTjesirHngmg-up; "and 1 will go with you." : as tney uotn trotted past the m- trenchments a colonel' in command called out to them: "The evening is not far off. Do not risk your life, general." :f t -0: The general -smiled and looked at Creighton, who laughed, and on they went Soon the pickets were passed, but no enemy was sighted, and, led on bv the beauty of the way. as well as a desire to grasp the situation, they trotted fast down a wood road, turned a short corner, and behold I twenty or thirty men, a picket guard, or rather a reconnoissance oF the foe. Quicker than a lightning . flash, no pause to think, no word said, except that "I promise," branded on bis inward ear, Creigh ton's saber flashed from its sheath, and whirling it round his head he looked over his shoulder and shout - ed. "Forward I Charge I" And putting spurs to his horse, flew forward, the general instantly second ing his ruse and close behind him rushed upon the startled enemy; who fled like sheep. 7 Once out of sight, the two men turned and ran their horses back to the lines; but that swift ma neuver saved a general to the . army and her lover to viva. - - y w : So it was in the prison' where scores of men died of untold agonies; for in those dreadful depths Tom Creisrhton lived When his heart and -flesh fail' ed he seemed to ; Viva's upturned, woeful face, and he said to himself. "I promise.", with fresh strength each time : for he had learned faith in him self. At last the war was over; but thoroughly wedded to a soldier's life; and become a proverb among men for courage and quick resource, he was transferred to the ranks of the regular " 1 1 A il. ' army, given a turiougn 01 six monins, and new at onee to viva. 1 Poor Viva ! "the war had spared her Tom. but ...both ' her parents had died during his absence, and she was quite alone. To describe theur meeting would be sacrilege ; it was even-as the meeting of those who arise together at the rising of the dead and look at the uawmng joi . tnai neaven wnicn tney - . -A -1 . , shall spehd.together. ; Naturally, Tom desired to hasten their marriage, and Viva did not refuse for. exeent a salaried chaperon, she was quite alone in that . loneliest of positions, the in mate of a fashionable boarding house. She did - not care to waste her time or her strength 011 an elaborate trousseau it she left all that to Mrs. Merwin; it seemed to her that she could not exist out of Tom's" presence. . Yet one day she - could not see . himshe was ill ; she only saw the doctor, an old man who had watched ner from her child hood . -: ...-"-' "... ' ."Viva." he said to her." as he ; drew on his cloves after an hour at her bed side, and as the-nurse, hurriedly called in, had left the room on some needful errand, "Viva, you. must tell- Capt Oeifrhton." , "I will notr. she answered, angrily ; "But you must!"-- - I , never wiil 1 :- After all these wretched vears of ' waitinsr. do vou g think I wift-throw jay life away, .Dr. Sands?' "If you do not, I shall." i "XMYoyl -won't I vou cau'tl" ..""Biit I shall. It is mv dutv. If von do' not tell him before Saturday this is Tuesday I shall." . The doctor 's voice was stern, pu tne . nurse came m ; bemd AO pwpie. v HOME FIRST: ABROAD NEXT. Next day came Tom with staiilua news; he was ordered at once to Fori Stillinsr: the crarrison there waa need ed in a struggle, with the Indian j xresn troops must man tne ionj uient vzas not a day to spare.. V iva. win vou iro wiiu uM . she lay pale and sweet, after her way of escape from Dr. Sands. ; " one sprang up irom vue euia wuers -v" Yes, indeed, 1 will, xou snalijxrit ueave me again, lomi; . So the next morning early like a nair of eloniner lovers, they were mar- ried in. the nearest church; and took the morning tram for the far west; on ana on tne rusning wneeis nore taem; aay arter aay inev enaureu uie separa uon 01 tne crowa, tin at last iney ar rived at bt. Ueorge one winter; mgnt m January. The snow was deep, but Tom must report as soon as possible. and Viva-.wouid not let mm go alone- 'It is too cold, dearest, He said. Not with vou. Tom." ". , "Forty below iero,;VivarVL ' ;1If s yocan -live- in it,-jf c 'can.'v1 He could not refuse her t after that word with all - its - memories. Boiled m a my . in rurs, veus, .scarxs, wiin not; onoss at her feet, they set out on their twen ty mile lournev.' Warned not tosDeak. for the air was not fit for their lungs to admit in all its chill, silentlv they sped along. , The glittering fields of sparkling snow, on wnich tnei moon made a long wake of glory, the black shadows, the creak of 'then swift run ners, the snorting of the horses, ; whose nostrils were hung with icicles, all added a strange terror to the drive, a drive that seemed endless, but at last it was over. 'Come I" said Tom, holding out his arms as the driver drew up before the officers' quarters. ; where the light 01 a nre blazed tnrougn the deep frosted windows, but Viva neither spoke nor moved .: ..j-r'-::: Mad with terror. Tom lifted her from the sleigh and rushed into the door, making his way by instinct to die fire: Vi va : stirred ' not V an atom.' i Hasty hands unrobed her, kind hands laid her on the sofa. Her face was set and white, her. lips parted, her eyes dazed. The post surgeon hurried in; he lifted one hand, it fell back; .he put a finger on her pulse. 4 'My God I she is dead V he said, With a look of dreadful pity. 1M s1est j om aropped oesiae ner. Was it a year? Was it a lifetime! Was he in heaven when he awoke out Of that! She was there, warnij sweet, rosy. "You made me promise, Tom ; I did not die. Tom turned on his face and wept like a very child; his heaven had come on earth. . . fost surgeons do not know; every thing, any more than any other man. JThe fact was that Viva had developed in tne last two years a tendency to catalepsy the result of an overworn and overexcited nervous : system, and when Dr.lSands told her she must tell Tom about it, she- had just come "out 1 . ! '.11 1 V t 1. . 01 a senous auacjc wueran uieuaa lain for hours, as "one dead; but she would not - tell him, having an idle fear that Tom might cease to love her. The long Tourney and the cold drive had brought on a severe seizure.- and she certainly, in appearance, justified the post-surgeon's opinion; but before morning she had come back to herself and was heartbroken to find Tom de lirious with grief, and as unconscious of her presence as she had been 01 his. ViiTn r A eaiW a faw rlo va aftMi they, were fairly settled in the new w af , uw Doiu. cs ion vuaj o tuicr life, -"my dartfngl my- wife! think what might have happened if I had never kndwn-about this.1 Promise me. viva, hereaiter to trust me. . Tell me everything!" --"S-'- She looked up in his troubled, ten- 1 der face with a divine smile, and softly said over his talisman VI promise. "- Rose Terry Cooke in True Flag. ' . The trbit Hoon tn 1800. It is interesting to read at this time the description of the White House, which Mrs. John Adams wrote ; in 1800. It was occupied , in 1800 for the first time. It was bejruny in 1792 and was fashioned after ther plan of the paiace 01 uie uuko or ijemster. uei ferson, the exponent of sdmplicity,-f air- vored a . more elaborate and ornate structure.. When President Adams moved into the White House in 1800 his wife wrote that it was on a errand and superb scale; but that bells were wholly wanting, that "wood - was not to be had, although the place was sur rounded with forests; that they could not use coal : because they could not get grates, ana mat tne. great unnn- ished audience room' they used as a Intelligent- Doa, ., ; '" ?'-, ' The intellige'hcef shepherd does is one of. the well known facts of canine I history, and many storie$ are told of I aa r 11. . -i,. 1 wie manner in wuiuii auey aisonguisn sheep by the different marks. A shep- neru aog wunout saeep leeis uwt uvt occupation: is gone, - especially- if he had been trained to herd a flock. - Not long ago people of a small village were in .great ' distress. - Not ' a child eould be found ' After a long search there was a gfeat outcry. All the small children of. the. village were found in a deserted yard .watched . over by a shepherd dog. Not having any sheep, he had followed his instinct by col lecting all the children of tha place into one foId--Boston Budget. ; ;; ; , . Overthrowlns; m Old Doetrlne vv;' : No monosrraph of equal value to that of Alfred Bineton "The Psychic life of Micro Organisms" hascome to ! light for many a day.: It boldly denies the doctrine promulgated by liomanes ! and others that psyhio life has a be ginning that can :de determined in ill several stages. '-"The - essay ' was first puhjished n Open: Court, and must not escape tne attention 01 uie xoiuk ers and. students of biology. - Is it a fact that the - microscopic specks 01 unicllular life, or ' protoplasm, have "social relation, aud therefore, in telligent moral reiatjonsl - This is a flwWlnrW MAAIYt 4f ViAMM MlAVltriOS -M T)vl4 I Xit&'TZZ: TulrS.:.!i..r been taught or their uo uiuuEu, wo wwauuu uwumiu rheglect it there and capable 01 , every improvement,; j left Their souls cry long stride toward tnaestablisraeniol a psychic uuivfrse- St." Imjs Qlobo- ,Democr3J,,.T; . , - r A HUNCHBACK'S . 8AO . STORY. ; llin 1 las to Kelp Support Uck - stad JTstber and ThIr ChUdren. . f She was standing with hat in ' hand at an artesian water plusr. washin&rthe 4stof the .city from the little pinched face and bon? hands with loner finders. Her strugy yellow hf&t hung m a disheveled mass about the ; crooked back, but a sweet smileof childish in- nocence played upon her face as 1 ad- aressea ner, cnanging .us appearance evejuas the dripping earth changes when the sitting sun shines from -out a bank of murky clouds. ' - r- - - . such was ray meeting wuh ueeme, the little hunchback mendicant, who has, been, seen so of ten of late upon Marietta.street. i. - "Papa he's down abed with what the doctors call enlargement of the liver," she said, 'and marma, she's skk, too, and there's nobody to take care of 'em, all but me and sister. ' She works np town and makesK two dollars a week, wan 4 OAvYtAivn act sVta mo Iran naaiA"- W'- -7 - "Ana nowmucj) do- you,maicei:' -.-h 1 "Oh, I : makes'-$1 'most eve.ry day when- 'taint raining. it's lust 13 o'clock now and see what P ve got P T; She held out a dirty, little-, bag, and upon opening it I saw sixty cents in nickels, dimes and conoers." - '- ' i' r"What do you do with- your moneyl" '' 'Oh, I takes it home to marma, all 'cepin' a nickel I rides -home on the street car with: cause, you see, mis ter, IVe got another little: sister and two little brothers that's too young to work, and so I -helps to-, take care of 'em. -Marma she - always ogives me a dime, but 1 hardly ever takes it Vsause you know she needs it more'n I does. ' "I had my back hurt when I was a baby, marma says. -1 don't -remember it, .'cause I. was . too ' young, but she says we lived in the country' and a nigger girl th rowed me off n a wagon. Y "ir: I sometimes get .miffhty tired jiid then my back hurts real bad, but I go up yonder to . the furni- ture store and the gentleman - lets- me nt in a real nice easy chair, and it feels so good to my tired little back. -. "How would, you Mike to nave a pretty little doll to play, with?" .. " "I would like it ever so much u had time to play, but then you see, sir, I couldn't help marma and papa. and they jeed; the -money the land gentlemen . give me, and you : know they all treat mo so nice and - nearly every one -of them give, me some thing." . ' "How long Lb you stay in townP "Most all day. L eats breakfast ai home and then -1 comes down ; town and don't eat no more till I goes home latem theevemng." . - :" "And you eat a good supper, themj axrppose!"- .-: :-;MyXr?ir "xes, sir. 1 have a real nice sup per, plenty .of corn bread (and bacon and a cud of - coffee, and I- have the same for breakfast." iDon't you ever want anything bet terr , r .' ..: . Yes, sir; I would like some of the nice cakes and pies I see in the mm dows, but they would .cost too much ' 1 .r .1- ;i --i. a- money, ana mamma neeus u so oau, you know. - A. passing gentleman, attracted -by the forlorn looking and twisted little agure, dropped a com into her hand, and the same sweet smile I had sees passed again over the child's face, and then she bade me : good-by and- was soon lost to sight among the hurrying crowds. Atlanta journal. A Hon tsHwronbui Manraret Grvifith. a Welsh woman. and the wife of David Owyn; had jr naru iwisteanorn, - six , ucuus u lenirth. and exactly in the center o: hep forehead. Exactly l when v and where the Gryifith woman lived, or at what date she was. put on exhibition I have been unable to learn, but that it was sometime in the Seventeenth or Ehrhteenth century may be inferred from the following copy o: the title page 01 a tract soia Dy tne managers of the. show in the towns where tho woman was on exhibition: "Myrao- ulous and Monstrous, but yet most True and Certayn Discourse of a Wo- man, in .the Mydst of Whose Fore head. -by the Wonderful - Works . of rod, There Groweth Out a Crooked Horn. 6 incnes ix)ng." jonn vv, Wright in St Louis RepubUc . f - Drifting Away from Judaism. " 3 There' is ' no doubt . that - the : more thoughtful adherents of - Judaism are gradually drifting away. They do not care to-carry out ':- the' ceremonial law because it does not speak to their hearts, and since this is all they have religion, 11 tney seems to be nothing aloud for truths that shall sustain them in their hour of : trial and ' temptation, J that shall teach them 'how : to live and how to die; aiid all' that is 'given- them is more or less unmeaning rites. Will not those who love their ancient faith, who feel that its doctrines embody all the elements of a morally beautiful life, come forward now; when .danger threatens H, and zealously show forth its more spiritual truths t--Je wish Mcs .aengcr. ;--A Boston man gave the following experience : among : the druggists re cently i : "I weht to 's andJiad a prescription put up and; it cost me eighty cents I had it renewed at an other store,- 's, and . there they charsred me fortv cents. Later I went -to stDl another place, -'s, and, the same prescription cost twenty cents. I asked if he hadn't made a mistake, and the clerk said it cos jgbt jcents. end the proprietors were well satisfied with 250 per cent profit. Boston Ad vertiser.' o ." .:. ": - ' : - A Tins Savins Device. a " . ' New Arrival-Thot'8 a auare watch ye have. ... - l -r - . " ' Sporting Man That's a stop watch. By a little pressure hereit can be stop ped on the mstanL - . Begorry,"now, thot's foine! Amer cky do beat the wu rrld fur invintion. Soon A3 yV afthur seein iliat toim it is yez tan shtop tu watch an save wear an' tear on . th rnihinery.w--New York TVibpna. , $1.50 Per feisr In Adisnce. JJO.12- t T". TEACHING -PARROTS. Z- varieties of Che Bird and tThere Tkajr Cwm From. - As a reporter entered aTjird fancier's establishment a few days ago' he was greeted with a series of yells and screeches, a discordant welcome from the parrots of all sizes and colors which were ranged : round the room and ap peared to vie with each other in mak ing the greatest xaeket- ; :--- - vvye have just sreceived a fresh importation of parrots, " said the bird man, wappearing .from the ,menagerie room in the rear of the store, "and Irom ail prospects there are a good manyfine talkers' among .the.ni." ,i - "What varieties Jhave you?", asked the i'sp6rter.:'4f': At the presenvwe have but three varieties the double yellow head, the Uu ban ana the Amcan gray, "Which -variety leads ' in gence?"sked the reporter." ; 4 " ; "I prefer the African ray parroV replied the bird man; "yet the Cuban and -yellow heads make excellent talks "Where does the erray parrot come from r l rft? ii:iMM. af;;H- -. VHe comes from the west coast of Africa. "The colored men take the young birds from, their nests jmd sell them to captains or sauors ot trading Vessels.: The best birds come from vessels plying between Africa and Bos ton." tmsm "How does the trip across the ocean agree with them?" 3 -- - Very welL : Thev seem to cret 'ac climated in their voyage and generally know how to talk some when they ar rive." - ," '-. - ' How do you teach parrots to talk and -how loner does it take one ' to learnt' " , "That's a hard Question to answer. Different birds - vary in intelUgence. A bird will get accustomed to a place in about two montlis, and if given a lesson every day can talk fairly. well in that time." - - r - ' - - - -: "How do you give a lesson?" . "The morning hours are .the best for teaching. .Cover, r the; cage with a oloth, and then in a clear voice say a - J t j - ' : -A .i 1, j worn or soon sentence until tne oira repeats it. ' .Then commence with an- other, and so . on ; vv hen : once it be gins to talk it is only a matter of-time and patience before it imnroves. Ob ject teaching is . a good plan," contra ued tne bird man. -The parrot needs only to see and hear a barkingdog, a crowmg rooster or a mewing cat " a few times before an exact- imitation is given." cf 'Suppose yoif have a bird that can talk and won't talk, is there any way toinake it talkj"-;?-Sf ::'..l "There is o method that I am ac-! quainted withf unless it -be - that of starvation, but that's cruel, and should not be resorted ? to.B Washington Critic.: --fv'il-:-.?: '' The; Aryans are distinctively culti vators of the soiL . But it is equally our impulse to' destroy, forests. . Our predecessors and an tagonists were lov ers of forest and hunting. We call their life wild ; they despise ours as effeminate. There is some truth on both sides. : We are commencing to be lovers of trees. The passion will grow on us, and Arbor day become a great festal national day. We had first to develop such -men as Bartram, Mee han. Downing, Wilder, Scott, as-well as Audubon, and develop a taste for Darwinian research. The change is marked, and our race on this continent will be transformed from mere house holders to land and tree holders. " We ahall tiyjd more largely outdoor phys ical lives. St Louis Globe-Democrat ?XS- A-HUtoaophleaJ: View of ItA , "WeD" said f Uncle Hiram, who used to belongs to a singing jclub m his early , days, "I never heard yro man - play -like.atwonianwe heard in Boston that ,nightlftlt was just awr f ul. My ear3 ache even now." "': " es,'' replied his nephew, "she was rather loud, that's a fact But, then her executmar5S'lsi 5s"George," exclaimed the old gentle man, as lie seized his - nephew by the arm. "you don't mean to say that they went so far as that? VW eliL 'fisaU tori me to.juage1 tnem.-i oniy neara ner once, t It seems -terrible-fa woman, too. '4 But - then they had -to listen to her every nisrht:" And they won't have to hear her airain." Perhaps it's all for a the best, George. "--Boston Transcript ' A .- J-"Eviosivea and 'DatopHotu':: In a paper recently read before the Society of .Chemical Industry in Eng land, the singular fact . was pointed out, - with reference r to. : the relative rapidity of eombustion and rapidity of "detcna1ion1';cd'eyplosiv namite cartridge: one foot in length Occupied Vonly one: twenty-four-thous andth part of .a second in explosion. At this rate a ton of dynanute cart-rids-es about 6even-eifirhths of an inch m diameter, placed end to jend andi measuring one jnile in length, , would be consumed in: about a quarter of a second by detonating a cartridge at each end ;1 while a,fiimilar tram; if simply ignited would occupy several minutes r lorrt ius s oiuiuu9uuu.-7i,n York Telegram. J -il f t ' Erratle Briefs. Has an attachment for las.victhn-- the cohstablet-&;3rfc& V.'A business that has its,ups and downs the driver's. : -, r. .'z ' " . An asylum Tor the bustedwiheal- J rical manager -a light house. , -- In Tennyson's "rosebud garden pt girls.'vit is supposed there; were no "widow's weeds, " i . : . " - .1 1 It was a barber who remarked that it took eveiTthing he could Vrakeand scrape" to make him a 'living. De troit Free Press. - . : : . lx : : . . ': ' "f ''gbWaltet--ltalela'a-ateptaeeh:'t-:rj' ; "And what, my dear Hr, Walter, queried - Elizabeth jot : hsr courtier, what didst thou think of thjeov areign's speech W is : parliament 5 this tnornf . ." l' "A grpd oration, pi ease p-arjiieh-ness," replied Sir Walter. w,So tine was it that neither Bhaktwpeare nor myself could say who wrote it Xor vhee.'' Harper's lljaiine. ; . ' '. . I A sataaJ w . is published inthecer.tre-cf a .:e t.' growing section, making it one of tl.e Lcct advertising ? toediumy for mercli ts and warehousetueri ia. the adjoinipg cr-t'es., CSrculated largely in Person, Granville and-. Durham counties in North Carolina, and Halifax county "Virginia. - 4 ' ' J0B WORK ' of all description neatly executed on short notice and at reasonable ricea . When in need of work give the Courier a trials ; . - TTaloBBis, : A. E. FOUSHSK J.-P. M0E2I & CO -1" v Druggists;-' ' lee cold soda water and -Milk Shafcea alvava V on hand. When in town rive us a calL ' ' Mr. Morris is the 05LTUCEKSED DBCO-i GIST ln the eounty- ' Prescriptions a specialty. Qeo.P.ffhaxt. fr A. Judsoa Watkins i THAXTON &T W ATKINS, ' JOBBERS Notions, White : Goods : ! r X'l'MXJ&OODat OVBIUXLS, W : " LADIE8 DPiESS GOODS,- &c. " 14 S, Fourteenth St, " Richmond, Va. TL Ai Bradsher Salesman for middle K. C. Notice; The nnderBi cned having this day qualified aav xecnter e the last will and testament of the ate l.noy J.ftpfreon. deceased, herebv alvea" net ice toilltpbrort. having claims against her " estate t Treeent tbcm ( tne 00 or before the J 6th day of September, 1890, or this notice will be : ased asahar to their recovery. ,Thoe owtng the estate of the said Lncy Epperson will please ? come forward and make settleuieat. - - - ":':- i TniS Sept. 2nd 188U. w. M. -TAUXKNEB. K1 f . . JSxecntor of Lncy Eppei-son, deo'd. J' 'C' V . -it. .. i i- ... v. ...ti t. -v- ; - Taxes! Taxes!! 1 will attend at the followlnir tiroes and places " fur" the-purpose of collecUnx Taxes due fer : 1889. - All persons owing tases for this and ' previous years, will please meet me promptly and settle same, at - - w - ' xnsuy ji'ora. : - xuesaay, -f.vefODer xma Flat River, f; Wednesday, - " v SSrd k Mt..mrxb..I-Thnr8day -Stb - Allensville f - Friday - ' Sfttfc Holloway.'s; Sainntay'T," M t ' Wth Uoxboro 1 : - Monday - m - Sbth i Woodsdate-.- ' Tuesday ' Sfts - Cnningham's - Wednesday - Wtnr , Olive Hill ; P Thursdav" ' " Slat I must insist that the mo pie meet me prom rt-r ly, aa4 aoi-QHineUer .to collect, as the laar" reqnfres. "Very Respect fullyrv .ltoxboix.K. C, - - , W.H.rULLY, -Oct. 7th. 1889. ' bheriff. Notice. Ity virtue of an order -of the Superior Court, I will sell to. the highest bidder, at the Court: House door-in Boxboro, on the 1st Monday in November, 1889, it being the 4th day of the month, the J. K Allen tract of land, adjoining the lands of 0. C. Longford, Dolphin Clayton, John Yarboroarh and others, containing ISH acres, more or less, on a credit of nine months, " with bond and good security, title retained onul purchase money is paid. i This Oct th, 1S89. W .' B. TIL A LOCK, -vC-Jss. ,-. Commissioner. Administrator's -Noliceu . Havinr this the IBTh-day of October, 1889, Stratified as administrator of the estate of the ite Bnrnal EKseell, I hereby notify all penons , having claims against sain, estate to prenent them tome fer payment on or before the 20fh lay of October, 1890, or this notice will be used as a bar to recovery. , - Those owing aaid estate will - please .make immediate payment: . ' : Tlus Oct Wth, 1889. ' - , 1 ; HDr JAMES T. ITLALOCBV W. W. EITCIIIK, Adm'r of U. KuaseH. ; , .-c- , Attorney. , - . J$Qge A. ii. -'. vM.MMi.Aw..",o.k - icon V., - . Court Bouse door in Uoxboro, by virtue of a -. e executed to ns 1 executeu to ns dv doun aaniev. ana - wife. Alaliama. on the 291 llama, on the ih day of October, Jb88 , we will ofler Jor sale for cash .a.tract ef land in Fiat lilver township, adiouting the lands of airs. Jenny Moore, P. C. Cameron J as. Ashley and others, containing 147 acres. Also one store House ana iet,aajoinmg tne ianas 01 . j Tingen, 8. A. fingers -and oUiere, containing one half aere. ? : - -1 . sale made to satisfy said jnorigage ana cost. Oct 10th, 1869. JAB. WUB, J A BBC - - , Mortgagees. Town Lots For Sale V-.-.T,1 rJ-i--firi??AiT'--" - - On the 1st Monday fh Kovember, 188 in fennt of the Court Home door in Roxboro, we will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for' one-tlrird tKrcasb, balance on a credit of six ; months, interest from day ol sale. yoo Town Lot, iu front (or nearly so) of lr. J. T. JTnller s piece oa Main street, " - : These are nice sizes and pretty- lots in fine -view of the Lvncbbufg A Durham Railroad. This sale is made by ei der of Clerk of Superior , Court of l'erson eounty. s - ' ' - aite-aVA-A. BABSETT,'.'. i ;-ExBof Jaes'airiirnett. dee'd.,; Notice! ''.':i":'-"y The m.ders!gaed having this day qualified as Exectitor of last. will and testament of Ibe lale Squire Meadows, hereby gives notice to all per bona having claims afrainst the estate of the said Meadows to present them tolnm for payment on or before the 2otn day of September lao, or this notice will be used as a bar to recovery. ;. ' v : Those owing said estate will please come for- 1 ward and settle. . ' - - - . -.: This Sept. 17rK 1889. -. E.B. EKAD.B, j W. W. Kitchij. Executor of i.:g&Wy.:-:'-. Squire Meadows. iSifEEiand- Sale!;--- On Oclober 26th, 1889. I will sell on the prenv ises at pnWtc auction to the highest bidder; the tract of land formerly owned by Solomon i ales, and which is situated lo Person county, 51 tJ, adjoining the lands of Dr. J; I. Coleman, D. Vv. K. .Richmond, J . W. Hicts and B. B. Hawkins, containing29 acres, more or. less. - -r-- Terms of sale r $28 cash, balanco rm a.credit 1 of six monthsr' interest from date of sale, ptuv chase money seeured by bond and-good security,' " This 8epb 26th, ISB9. J. l.CU-LKMAN, ( Notice. - flavins; qualified as Executor of Anderson " Harris, dec d, I hereby give notice to all person owing sautdeceased to come forward and matte : . payment immediately, and tbow having claims ; against the same, . will please present them tor . pavuient within twelve months,- or this notice -will lie nlead in bar of I heir recover?. - - i Sept. i 30th, ItSXt. -- A.J. a KBTKR. ' ,,r r . kit of A. Harris, dee'4, Notice. By virtneof an order of the Superior Conrt ot . Person county, 1 will sell at-the Court House ioortn Boxboro, on OctolierStfih, 1889, al publio auction to the highest bidder for one-halt cash, balance on a credit of six months, s tract of land situated on the waters ef Mayo Cnsek, adjoining 4 lie lands of 1. t Dans, M. H. Jooes and othei s, contain 1 ng acres, more or less, being part of Lark in Brooks' land recovered in suit by heirs of Oavid Brooks. , tv -, , , This bept 83rd, 189. " , " ' 3. 8. MEBBITT, '- ..i. v- . -.Commissioner.. f N.oti of Sal By virtue of authority ia us -vested under certain mortgages to-wit : one to Tbos , li . street executed on 16th day of October 1883, by James Dnnean, now of record in Book O.D., Page 281, in the Begister's ofBrse ef Person eounty; one to ' W. J. ftBchaaan execnted on the 10th day f Octoaer 1887, by James Daacen and wife, now of recordJa Book F. rY, Page 44S, in said office, -and also one to said Bacbanna by said Duncan and wife, executed on the 17th day of 4ecmber t888, noW of record in Book 11. U. Page 176, we ' will sell at public auction to the highest bidder -for cash at the Court House door inttoxbom, on Monday, the 4th day of November, 1889, the fol- lowing tract of land, situated in Uolk war's township, to-wit: that traetadjoiuitg the lande of Buckley Walker, A. B. Harris, V C. Wooiiy -and VV. W. Bamsev, known as the "Kentucky! tract, containing 80 acres, more or less. - i. This Oct. 1st, W83. THOS H. 8TBECT, t ' W. W. KlTClllS,' Mortgagees. - vr - Attorney.; " ' :.r- v, OPIUM; 6t Maufiii rEATIit'S VKTaK. Dr. J.G X Treti)te on XW.r spfmAyean 8K.VT 4ioa bJ - - J9.-JOHSSO .wis""-- - -5