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Person Go. ;Courier J 7 Published Every Thursday ' BY NOELL BROS-, ,v. iy; -.tj -v : - '.. .' . -. Roxboro, N. C - . 0"- TERMS OF BUBSCRIIViaN: . On Copy One Year . - ?1 50 One Copy Six Months ' - "'75 Kemittancft rad-t be made by Registered Letter, Poet Office Order Tor Postal Note.- fe. - j n Ire la a constitutional and not a loeal disease. and therefore It cannot be cared local ap L plloatlona. r it-reqntres a-eosstltutio&al rem-4 c4y like Hood's Sarsaparllla, which, working y through the blood, eradicates the Imparity Which causes and promotes the disease, 4oa :.atarrh ; efteets a "permanent cure. 1 Thousands of people testify to the success of Hood's Barsa 1 parUla as a remedy for catarrh .when other preparations had failed. Hood's Sarsaparllla Also builds np-the whole system, and makes you feel renewed In health and strength. ri . X used ' Hood's Sarsaparllla fbreatarrfc,' nd received great relief and benefit fromtt. The catarrh was very disagreeable, especially In the winter, ausing conataQt discharge Com"1 jny nose, ringing noises In my ears, and pains In the back of my head.' The eftect to clear my head In the morning by hawking and splt ttag was painful. Hood's Sarsaparllla gave ne relief Jmmedlately, while bf time I was entirely cured. I am never without Hood's . Sarsaparllla In my house as 1 think it Is 'worth Its weight In gold." Mks. Q. B. Gebb, 1028 Eighth Street, N. "Washington, D. G Hood's Sarsaparllla Coldbyandroggists. fl; six for S5. Prepared only fey C L HOOD A Apothecaries, Lowell, Haast N 100 Doses Ono Dollar jEOFESSIONAL jAfDS T. O. EKOOKS, ; N ATTORNEY AT LAW . Roxboro.jN. C,v Practices wherever his services are required. Trorapt attention given to the eolleciiun of laims. . C 8 Winstead, Juntas Parker WIN8TEAD & PARKER, Attorneys at Law, -Roxboro. N. C. 1 PrompUj attend to afiL basinets entrusted to them.--- ...l--,:s-.v.i- ; - Jiovfitf. JjTStrayhorn.' I. M. Warlick. ' - Koxboro, X. C. ; Milton, N. C V TKAYIIORN ft WARLICK, s- "-fc .;:.. . . ATTORNEYS AT LAW, . , . . Practice In all the courts of the State and in the Federal conrts. Management of estates alririlv attended to.-. - ' Special attention given to cases in Tersoo and Caswell connues. . - -. v - x . jl W .Uranaiu. 3i. Vf. Win-tou R All Ail & WINSTON,t ; . 1 - sb--. - - V - , ATTORNEYS 'T LAW, - ; Oxford. N. a Practices in all the courts of the Stale. Han tlemonf y and invest the same in best 1st Mort gage Real Estate Security. 7 investigate titles. - .. Settle estates &nd " -ATTORNEY AT LAW, Eoxboro. N. C. S. MEBRITT, ATTORNEY AT I AW, and - Notary Public, Roxboro, H.C. T Prompt aiad earrest attention given business entrusted to him. to all W w' KITUHIN' ATTORNEY AT LAW, " . .- BoxBORO, N. O. : Practices wherever his services are required Practicing Physicians, - 5 .1 'Roxboro, N. C. r.. fhir nwifeaninnal serricps to the people . Pnnuirn and urrnni;nif conntrv. Practices tin all the branch's of medicine. 10-4-lV O. G. NICHOLS Offers ms sAmrF.SSlOXAI SEttVICESIto th PEOPLE f Coxboi o and surrounding country. : v Practices in all the branches of Medicine. DR. C- W; BRADSHER ':.-y UENTIST,- - i - .v " Oilers his services to the public Calls promptly attended to in Person and adjoining counties, i Any one wishing work in his line, by writing ?him at Bushy i'ork, H. ft, ytilX be attended at ATrENTION! . . n Avincr leased several rooma in lie jag3 bnildio and fitted them up witn ia- onrl. other: room- furniture, we AfiFpr to the putyl&Z':: : Bedding for 25 centa E ach 'Parties travelling will eave money, by catling on ns, as we do' not charge but HALF PRICE. . We also keep a first-class restaurant which is kept online . - EUROPEAN STYLE. Uiaio O.t"iont.fl! at anv hour, from 6 a. , in. to 9 p. m. - We feed on fresh Beef, Pork, MuttonVLamb, Chickexii: Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Birds, Eggs, - tresli - Fish, Rabbits and all kinds of Vege tables,' in fact everjtbing that is kept m a uestattranc. We get thetpraieby U stop With us for keeping the best table ever iiltept in Roxboro.'- , tamp. BAKEH K1M. VU.Jsox iu pBftxi . lRSIAN rl OOM.Stt.OcsiplexiosBeaa- tlfUr. HW n (Vn .nS RlomiRh KfadlcatOT knOWOl frSBd 1HMW Pk triai nakan Address as sbevs. : IV U Ji UaU U U (J U PAINLESS CHILDBIRTB !WW AOOOMi'LJSHED. Every lrMldkjow. i-mdtsmD. BAKES HEM. OO..Boi 104 BnffalqN .Y. tt S; F Ml; r -iI V I . iU Jl. ii I ii in, y v J M : w KOElJiBROS. Proprietors; VOL 6. ' , ROXBORO, NdRmOAROIJNA,:TOTRSDAT;: NOVEMBER 21," THE SINGERS. r ; Thick, lwYlng clouds swept swiftly past. -While mutt'riDg thunders shook and cast . TUelr lightning's fiery gaga, v -All nature hid her face abashed; --i -' The winds the cow'ring forests lashed : itaroighty rage.. V r, . Aghast and trembling oatacs stood, While through earth's mighty solitude Burst forth the wrath - . . ? That ieft. while In this angry mood, - The deluged field and sweuing flood Within its path..; IVrgottea in Its gilded cage - .' A louely U onet,' weak from age . ' : And hunger's pang. . v. Sat trembling UU the Storm had passed, .. Cut lifted up its voices last ' , And trilling sang; " ' ; Satfg, trilling forth a song so clear . .j That hurried passers pauued to hear ''34..; The liquid. air; ii; -.: ' . . ' roared xortu a song anclear ana sweet . That, echoing to God's own eet,. .Uade musio there. -1 p bereft of ltteny and iood. v its wants denied. Tin weak from hunger, worn tjrlth 65 It dropped within its gQden cag ' . And, smging.idied. ' Within a garret, lean and gaun A singer sat while gnawing want .:-Ate at bis heart., No gladness visited that room, ' -; - But grief and care and sorrow's gloom His meager part. " - No f deadly voice broke on his mood Of dreary, hopeless solitude ' -. Aud bitter want. 7 No friends; but abject poverty Sat on each object eye could see. And hunger gaunt. A master hand swept o'er the strings ; Of dying heart. Ho starts, and sings . So thrilling sweet. It passes heaven's portals wide, And swells Into a heavenly tide . At God's white feet. . . .... it soars up to the Angel ffirong And gives a glory to the song J From seraph's tongue His song was sung; the singer lay . A lifeless heap of soulless clay, ; ' His song was sung. ' . . Marguerite de Fleury FEARLESSNESS. cnevieve-Cmberlain is too si lent," remarked Hall Balkan. "When she comes into the room I feel as if I wanted to shake a secret out of her Serfect mouth; but, as she is very ainty and very beautiful, I dou t really do it" . . The young woman who sat near him as lie spoke, painting fancy work. and who could not quite compete with great beauty, tnousriit uiat xsaiKaii was showing off, beiugr irritated by Genevieve's apparent indifference, and was trying to console himself by grumbling at ber, although he would have been . very critical of" any one -else who dared to do so. - This young woman, who could renect intelligent ly, was nevertheless a perfect child in gtuJelessness, ; She Could stand in judgment over peoplej as a child does, and caua no antagonism, at any rate. fo a nanire as generous as her own. She was the sort of girl who would re main sweet and naive ; as an old woman. Nellie Featherly looked round at Balkan in a moment and responded: "Wow, there i nothing: mysterious about me." "You! I should think not! You are ;so leariess, straiguoiorwara aim amusmg.' T You have not quite illusion enough about me, I think, Nellie pouted over her . satin scarf, which was bursting into flower and leaf. "You have made me out just one of the ordinary, use ful, toss-me-aside land of women, and, although you are right I do hate to hear the fact repeated. " ' . "I - don't care what, you think of yourself or. how. you construe my ap preciation of you," answered "Balkan, saucily. "I am perfectly content with enjoying your traits ana situng wuerw you paint." .; . tM':'': ' '"" : Nellie went on busily, with a dozen pretty attitudes' and motions and a rather dissatisfied expression of coun tenance. ---Whether it washer work: or his words which annoyed her, Balkan was not sure. V . "Thatls exquisite, and : no mistake, " he went on, peering over at the draw ing? board on her knees; upon which the satin was stretched, vt ;-.- i - "Oh, please don't say pretty things, " Nellie cried. 1 ''Somehow, you ' seem insincere today I" . . - 5i r 4I .. My dear : Miss Featherly, ' I should not hesitate, to tell the truth, rather, than, prevaricate. To be quite honest,Vl wouldj tell you'" the truth about anything in the world you could ask me; though:. with others ; I might be as silent, as iGenevieve, instead of confessing to actuaUties," t. .3 l; : "If I ever want to ask you anything I will remember this." the young am ateur; rejoined." -witn", the 3 nicest of smiles into Balkan's earnest, face. v ; Cecil Morton sauntered across the room during the little psnse ensuing, and said that the day was tod good for staying in the house.: Why not go to walk before dinner? The young peo ple,, eight when all told, were visiting some dear old .country gentlefolks to whom Nellie was nearly related, and who had asked them out of town for a week of sleighing, and other winter fun, the snow being in better condi tion than, for years past. That even ing thev - were to ero sleighing; by moonlight, and it was super-energetic for Morton to. talk of walking. But we all know how these restless people of energy or .muscle rout us out. of little lazv tete-a-tetes iand fireside lux ury. Neither Nellie nor Balkan wished, to be stifynlatlzed as-loth-s to vexercise,: and so they rushed out of the parlor to find the . others - and; get well wraDPed un ao-ainst a coolish ramble: while Cecil ' Morton smiled to himself 1 in a" mirror to think of the commotion ne could ttect at :wUL!jv;f jr--v Trd NaIHa iirid frP.np.viftvfl rutirid offl iri- TAr.Hrir.nll fflathe oTvwn lpft-the" hall rlonr - ten fninutes later; ome- I thing agitated Nellie's beautiful friend, .iNeuie, m lue-smeuipani tViA fnrniei.'iwas able in lifaver5iWhich7showed Balkan that he I throuo-W onrHsSiritmiacvi which is ai criminal, whichever way he 4 very deep thig ? indeed, GenevieVe'sWw'Jexpiami. he q ge"fy,t face looked calm and pals as she said, iut ieaie was on to uenevieve wim in a low, rather tragic voice, to ihe f impertinenthastelmeetog ;4owii at affectionate girl beside her: ?tf - ifeher side, callmg - for: soft snow from "My heart is almost breaking. I am C under a drift and rubbing the beauty's o' "wretched and so, surprised. rTo think of itl Neyer, have Jl loved b. fore, and -every one always. .'-on their knees to me. t r And now, tie yery one who absorbs my tJiout old. cold, cold!" ; . -r v : "Don't be silly, Den. You're so fired up at finding any one you can become romantic over, that you are as JIind ua hickory nut,: besides -being dread fully ; awkward when beV around. Moreover, ' Hall- Balkan - is, perfectly splendid so handsome and so manly 1 I don't wonder you like him tremen dously. And the idea of him not com ing .under your spelll As for me, I just know he thiuks you are irresistible. I know you are in his mind"- . - , -, , "You love me, and, try to think me a vanquisher of all hearts," no matter how.;, orave and free," murmured Genevieve. . "But . my former" con quests have not "beeniU convincing, J because Mr. Balkan ji$ ireally the only true,: fine person- ;f en viable position and means whSSm 'i-levef met in our &teJie Btm tor .bfttthxrasaiid foolish, bachelors ;to one downright herol . ' - . s v v - think Hall Is a fine fellow," N.ellie affain admitted, softly vthrusunff her little band upon Genevieve's arm- for a lew steps, ana then stopping her ar- DiLrariiy.-ana letting tne outers eaten up witn tnem.r "How far north .we seem 1" she then- exclaimed. 4I - am sure the Arctic sea is over that hill of pines . by the - meadow. Ribbons of white cloud and this exhilarating at mosphere make me feel .as if I were somebody else. Oh, we are explorers 1 Is that a Polar bear or a snow drift!" she concluded, pointinor to a white banked crate nost dv the cattle lane. Cecil Morton tried to shuffle the lit tle party in such a way that he would come next to Genevieve : but sne evad ed him-by sheer force of desperation. And, as luck would have it, Hall Bal kan came up to her with - his fine, hearty good ; cheer, and asked, her to walk with him as far as a wide spread ins: elm at a considerable distance down the high road ; and Nellie Feath erly heard him say it. A damask flush all over Genevieve's face made Balkan glance around to see if the sunset had begun yet J but the west was -as gray as a flagstone. Genevieve was willing and they started off at a huge pace. which the rest tried to imitate ; but not too welb as every ono of the girls thought that Balkan wanted to propose to his companion, and determined to let him have a chance. - - At last the two figures in advance stopped under the delicate tracery of !the frrcat, bare elm tree, and seemed to be talking earnestly. Then a cry went up from Nellie Featherly, for Genevieve had sunk to the ground, evidently in a faint, and Balkan kneeled at her side. : V "The. walk was too rapid for her 1 exclaimed NeUie, off-hand." 3h, Mr. Morton, why must you always be ask ing us to go for constitutionals ; they U be the death of us 1" - And Nellie. whom no one had ever1 seen" -'really provoired before, crave him: a cross glance; and then went on a ran, ac companied bv the reproved Morton, toward her friend, while the others followed, more or less ardently. As faithful Nellie ran, she discerned a strange black cloud rolling toward them all down the snowy road. Soon the motion of two nrancmsr horses be came apparent; and as Nellie reached Genevieve's prostrate . form, in -v the middle tf the road, over which Balkan was bending in absorbed dismay, the plucky girl realised that a runaway Isam was in full swing at a few yards' distance and auite unobserved bv anv one but herself and Cecil Morton, who bouted to Nellie to Jiave a care and jump aside. v ' , ; iut this Nellie never thought 01 do- bur. On she ran, . beyond Genevieve, wnoee aantrer was so imminent ana what could she do to avert the danger Ja her muff was a ball of -snow, which had been reduced by careful y manipu lation (under Morton's instructions) to an : icy consistency ; "capable, as: her teacher had explained, o killing any body ; if rightly aimed. .. It is by no means easy to swerve the direction of a maddened horse. But one of these was running away because the other, : wanted to, and he yet retained some common sense. At any rate,- Nellie drew forth her icy ball in a twinkling and hurled it, by good luck, at the saner horse (for they were now close at hand) with such splendid vigor and true aim that it hit him furiously on the nose. B He i plunged, aside,; slipped on the hard crust of the old snowjte side the road, and keeled oyert carry ing his rampant, mate with him into the ; diteh.a They-were tfypowerful team belonsrin'? to Nellie $ uncle and were dracrsincr an . emptv wood sledcre. Their driver was hallooing in the dis tance as he. ran wearily along. - - 1 -. Nellie pondered a moment over the success of her defense and gazed at the quivering limbs of the foe, and then turned back? to- Genevieve, panting. The girls were on the.. bank at the other, side of the road..- . -''t : Meantime,"- Balkan had ' but just looked ;up,: realized the peril - and caught Genevieve in his arms, while -Morton threw his weight wildly upon the young man's struggling shoulders. It is always in some such way that, a person, weak in emergencies assists the real actors.."-'" f J:s'r'?i-.iv7;.-&'i-ir;; ; So swiftly do runaway ; horses fo ceea inat it oniy seemea an-lnsiani since Genevieve bad-fainted. : - .j Now all . the ' girls swooped down from their perch -helpfully and sur rounded :,their. pale friend, whose swoon was so much in earnest that she had not stirred an eyelash. -Nellie seized Balkan's hand and told him she must sneak with him instantly.' - "Did you .- off et ; yourself Vl she se verely demanded, when she bad ' led -more Greek than he is prepared for. "' "Didnt you propose C' exekimed lone, was a pleaded.' - temples and lips with it, . plained to Morton hovf uiux, ptjreiuywjmy, uui j s ucixviiig ii pipy SUCH, men, .ior tueir BaaarKS musfc' i;wans m- nouness- - iue pxiop 01 "the others. . Z . f, r ' - . : i beeiiorriious, as thcirerriditionis so the Spiritual Apothecary." - In 1683 - '' bfgaspjf Avas published 'llaec- et Hie; or, the ea A" man does who is confronted with: 'inAV:Vsafc,'- J !-cy.:?, - - Femmine Gender more worthy -than I I 1II- : 1 :J t HOME FIRST: '.."ABROAD NEXT. - vieve's hand warm t much to his satis faction, for she did not object to- his covering them with kisses. - : The teamster rcame up and Uellle found time to scold Him for: bis stu pidity. - "1-' r Jj- p . '1 know you bv sigux, Jim," she said.? "But that shan't save-you. . Go you shall from my uncle's service r- visut, missr -- 45No 'buts T You might hava killed a dozen people, you goose 1" ' "As-true as I five, missL Pve always bearQ as how horses .will run in -win ter, when' the moon is near, the full,; as ' it's been proved the -day ! f So crisp ike everywhere, iniss, what -can you expect of them?" . s .i;&:i&: "Jswear you 11 never leave your horses without tying them tight," com manded Nellie, haughtily. ;- - -"Faith I'll swear .when Tm out of your prismce, "miss!',' Jini humbly an- ThA VtntsiMirpWTinriifviMl fmm fH4 - sledge and .the young people -under-, took to drajr Genevieve borne, which the stout poles at the sides of the con- : vevnnra nwsisrfAd them to nr-ftomnlish. 1 as the girls could take hold of them1 niidi nrorfi1. while the - vonn sr men ' draeged the cumbrous concern. The i fair invalid was pillowed on, muffs and covered with newmarkets, and was ? pleased to revive nicely. It was first sunset and then deep dusk when , the catafalque slowly reached home. ' )- - it may oe supposea tnai umner was a little late that evening. H Nellie came into the parlor before j the others, looking -lovely, in still an-7 other . of her ; Worth dresses, and Balkan was waiting for her, ready to . pounde." What did you meant" he whis pered. -.-;t - Nellie's eves, which looked unusu ally big and bright because she had 1.7- in. 1 - nil J oeen crymg ail tu nerseu, uueu again with tears. She edged away into the anteroom and he followed. ."I meant," she replied, soto voco, that when you love her, and when she loves you, and when you come out into the 'backwoods' and have plenty of opportunities, and when we are all looking on at a respectful distance, it : is perfectly stupid of you not to otrer yourself to Genevieve, and I should have fainted and died both if I bad been in her place I : She showed great self control not to have died. You had no business to stipulate the tree, any how, for of course " she would expect everything to be settled before she got there. Uhl or course you thins mo outrageous to meddle, with you and talk right out .as if I were a novel. without respect of persons and open secrets : but I'm nobody in particular. and I will love Genevieve and put my linger into her anairsif 1 like to I And I'll just add this: that I'm going to ar range to have you both driven by the coachman to-night in the big, sleigh, whilew6 are apportioned off to cutters.. The' driver's seat U wayup.2: "But,, my dear Miss Featherby 1 Nellie"-- "Now, dont be disrespectful, " Of course I can only ask for an outward show of resnect after tell in e vou to . offer yourself, to my dearest . .friend, !' whom we all know ; (goose) you are ; tJL Tft,f; iof2 r ! in marriage love you!" AAV -Cai-n. jl sua wu SX9 vuauiuviuuu 1U nv ab T avoir If'teca. V n m KawI q ? Balkan squeezed in, desperately. . " Nellie sat down on the aim of a chair and looked up at him, blushing and appealing. " ; "On, you cant be in love with melY she panted. ; 1 wish you would not be so scorn ful." be answered. V You ought to have 1 it- JT iV I T ..vt -44 only for a week, for then I met you. iTeiicviuvrj. linn Liin nsi : uiu - A man don sit staring all day at a girl unless he dotes on. her! rWlnle I stare at you, your utter indifference to me is ; something appalling; but I bad hoped to win you in tho end. v Then you take me by the throat, yank me in front of somebody else, with orders, martial in their baste, and ' now cast me into a perfect sea of prematureness ; for, ot course, jrou u spurn my au un heralded - revelation, isut ltn as ob stinate as you are, and love you I will,, by Jo ve I" Balkan satv down on an other.chair arm, thrust his thumbs in his pockets and glared at the fire. ; A faint rustle Of heavy silk at hia elbow made him feel exultant.- -;; - - "If r she; consents toit you might propose to me, then," in the Russian sleighj7: He turned, and the little creature's 2 superb eyes met his. . lie caught her J,I thought I was of rid great ac count," sho murmured, all, of atrem- r,l Tr1 RiirlflAnlv L-TS.QArl in n wa v that made: herf eel 'that for the f utui-e she had some one to euard her against all harm,, and give her all the ; happi ness she could wish ior. Kose lia-ve-thorne Lathropin The Independent. , - - " , English Sarcasm. s 1-'Do you think that American insti tutions are progressive ?" mquired a New York gentleman of an: ISnglisli tourist, -who is at present in this city. ''Indeed I do." replied the Enclishman heartily.. .The classical education of even the eriards oh vour elevated rail - roads makes them far superior to the r rJr. t.- j twneu your; guarus wycu tu car uwr, MMmm siauons ui.au unnown tougue.;tJ. am famUiarith seven distinct languages, Wii,A,fiw-'.AVuwV7. are a gulf of learfjingcompared toour U-4 'fL.'LA .t,AiQi ;-T i,nvnvw4nei! TthaVthe bmpahiesan Afforded em- J1- - t --? . .1 s . r - .ji iAUUOi abOiUvU QLUviut f a wus ouain iovA. vi?i.." sr. - r-Ji T .-M.S. sWaAi.t..' t'4'' TirVoK lirA 4Ai-lr Hia" dinnRV ff Rf(hnn. it .drr. hv ftflts: wliilft fir Wl was in session: - The next mbrninsr bo ate long after the others were through, and, being asked why he was: atuig sq lon :ahe secmej thave hf.' whue s-e;exr.4ji;..vj'iA TVS 'Vf. - norous Unas 01 j-udsrate.'' nmter s 1 sir fr-'. 7 y ".'.. . ' . - iir-ioAV' WaaTtI?. :' . to get Gene- J u here it will be safe." Excbange. ' Register. -.:j. . -; v - 1 vmana n aria. rr; , . w, t i CHAOS WITHOUT. THE MIRROR, How 5 Both. Men j. V Without and Women - are -Xost XjOoUns; Olasar Wc - 44Do you like . this . style of . mural decorations, , Edwin i" inquires "Ange lina in Punch, alluding to the looking glasses with" which sheid i her be-' loved bubby are surrounaed.'t"i .Yea, my dear, for- it. enables me . to see at every, turn the face and. form that I most admire." The sentence was am biguous and was - misunderstood, of course by "Angelina; but . Edwin hit the nail precisely on. the bead. Few things are more agreeable than being constantly, able ' to contemplate one's 'own "features; . In sickness, one's .re flection in'the glass provides sympathy and consolation as ; well ; as-'- reporting progress vin i health it provides' com pany.", .What more cah a'man desire t Take' a waV the lookinsr e-lass and see What a blank life becomes U, No longer an. one examine one's'tonsrue': holon ger can one watch the play of one's teatures and discover m them the ever fresh beauties so mysteriously hidden from others; a man cannot . shave t a woman cannot do her hair ; the world becomes chaotic withouta mirror; r- At any rate, it takes; two people to do, without it " what one can do'witb it ; and, after alL no man feels proper con- pdence in his friend's opinion as to whether his tie is straight, and no wo man believes the judgment of another who tells her, "You're : not looking quite - so wellj my dear, , to-night as usual." . Looking glasses have now become such a recognized mark of civ ilization that a man. who finds himself in a hansom cab which is unprovided in this respect f eelsV himself perfectly justified in erivinir the driver the very lowest legal fare Undoubtedly he is justiried. ? ,;c-i'-'-ii: tr-r ;,; s There seems to be scarcely any greater 3 pleasure for a , young'; man than to drive down Piccadilly - ina good hansom, and gaze first at the fair damsels on tho" pavement, and then into . the little - mirror, by his side. Watching this. 'one begins almost' to understand whv - Narcissus lumned into the water which served him as a mirror, k Milton, aproposof this sub- ject,f puts words into Eve's mouth which are as, true to nature ' as they are in themselves expressive; -4 As I bent down to look, Just opposite, ' v '- - A shape within the wat'ry gleam appeared, 1, Bending to look un me. I started back, Itstartedback; but pleased I soon returned. Pleased it returned soon with answering looks ' Of sympathy and love. ; " ',. ; T Doubtless the "wat'ry gleam" was the first mirror known: to mankind. The Jewesses of old- use - to .arrange their sable tresses by the aid of mirrors of brass. The classical mirror was a J T 1 il J " -I , lore the Uhnstian . era. ; ut tnougni -rSi 19Kli FViA imndani "4irrkA ' tf - mfmn--nraa I not invented till tho beginning of the Fourteenth century, at whichdate.it was manufactured in Venice. Lon don Globes ' ". :'-" Tho Speed of Fishes. ' The speed of fishes is almost an un- known quantity, bemg, as . Professor awn uanuty, oemg, as . irroiessor Brown Goode. of the United States A fish commission, says, very difficult to measure. - .11 vou could cet. a-nsh." said Professor Goode, and put him in trough of water 1,000 feet long and start him at one end and make him : swim to the other without stopping, the information Could be easily ob tained, but fish are unintelligent and thev won't do this, i Estimates of j thel ; speed of fish consequently are only ap- i proximated. and more ofless founded on guessing.- You can telL at a glance whether a fish is built for speed - or not. - A fast fish looks trim and point ed, liko a yacht. Its head is conical shaped, and its fins fit down close to ii. t J Ul - I J- IJ Jl- its uouy-iu-e u tkiuit uiaua uiw 1WM , . . in: - . a l 1 l. 1 . . ... i. 1 ruinn r.' r inn wilii larvw ueaos. uikci i .... -,o 4 than their ooaies, ana wim suoru, stubbv. tins are. of - course, built lor slow motion." -' . What are the .fastest fishes?" "The predatory fish, those i which live on prey, are the fastest swimmers. The food fishes are generally among the slowest and are consequently east lv captured. . Their loss is . recom pensed. however, bv the natural law. which makes them very prolific in re production.' jjolphins have - been known to swim around -an- ocean steamer, and jt w. quite, safe to say that their speed Is twenty miles an rCsw i7b,! Jrn-mTnrr hour, but it mav bo twice as much, 3 .." ? M - .2-- - - . ..ll- know; The head of the . goose tisli'is very large twenty times as big as its body; " moves, uou v very ntia, iru wua E Tl . . . -1- - A lll.l V .J i at tho bottom of the ocean. The Span ish mackerel is one of the fastest of the food fishes -Its -body is cone shaped and smoofh ' " as burnished h-etal.". Its speed .is- as matchless as the dolphin, and in motion it cuts the water, like a yacht." Washington Post. Book Titles Formerly and Now. Brevity nowadays seems to be neces- sarv f or a crood title for 'a book, and - herein lies one strikinsr difference be- '. tween modern one. syllable titles and ; those of a couple 01 hundred years ' ago.. ; Here are a few from the" days of i t.. ..t:i.-r t v- wauuercu iur.uo omuwiu-mia w wo ! W .Crop, or Biscuits baked in the v ven 01., uiamv, careiuuy conserveu r for the .Chickens of ; the Church, the f s0Af ti,A or,ri r,A cwAAt Swallows of Salvation;" "A Pair of -R-iir-4-i ki-.t fp tv, r,,of o4 tmn, poixsnoa, siintiy conyeaisa. 01 Harris, "I knew him very in bronze. Silver rors were invented timately, both in Virginia City and in by Praxiteles about threecenturies be- Francisca ' I went down with iuiiVMa iv asawr vu uv jumu wov upvu the Masculine, beinsr a " Vindication of that insrenious and innocent Sex from the biting - Sarcasms wherewith they are v dailyf aspersed , by- the , Yirulent ToHgtieS - Slid PehS of ,i Malevolent Men ;" and in 1749," "A -History of JJUchum antum; or, a Merry Lia- ; wu Printer a4 ?'-r TTrl "V:;r,rC John Fry;" 'High Heeled 6hoesiforta Lrv - Z. -tt.i!. 11 iimi T ni. .. ..1 shnrA hia mnut.Il iwitched t tell : m. $1;5Q Per Year In Advanee. ,1889. j NO; 15 There :3s a certain : public" librarv where a tealous little man -does all in bis power :to uphold the rules of the jQsutuuuD,anu, at me same tune, mane things uncomfortable for the evil doer who regards' them lightly. .- i This li brary displays jits newest books in a glass oise, which allows their backs to be viewed from the readinroom, but which can only be opened from an in closure sacred to the. officials, j Read ers may, however, penetrate this inner recess by asking permission though a sign near the case warns them not to attempt it without leave. - ' ' . One day a distinguished guest of the citwas expected to visit its public buildjngs, and had intimated an espe "ciai desire to inspect : its. library. The little man in charge was fluttered at the prospect y he was proud of the li brary, and the distinguished guest was one .01 his .heroes. -ri -- - " Quite early that morning an unore- kienmiig muiviauad enieretLtne, rcaamg room, looired. .about him. and then. I by. chancel noticed several new books in the. elass case. tie read their titles. and .finally, led by some unreasoning impulse, wandered into 1 the sacred re cess and laid his hand upon one of the volumes. ; .-- instantly the little ' man -was -upon him, nervous in the expectancy of his hero, and very cross.1. - - . "I should like to call your attention to . that sign 1" cried he; thrusting it into the stranger's face. "'Did you ask permission to come in herer n - f- "No," was the hesitating reply; but the custodian did not: allow time for a possible apolosry. t , . - '1 . ."Then put up the book and go out!" cried be. r.4 And next time when you are in a public building, read "the sieras.? i . . .- i - Irhe stranger meekly obeyed, but just as he turned away a deputation of the city fathers walked up the stairs. ; "Ab hero you are 1" said ono. 'We have bad the museum downstairs un locked, and when you are quite ready we will .visit that.'ivm ' The ' too zealous custodian under stood at the first word; this was the distinguished - guest; - and this the re- ceptiou he had eiven him: The grea man smiled quietly, said "Good morn inter and walked away. --.'.Youth's Companion. " j ". A Story Aboat Hark Twalsu ; Almost as numerous as those about Mr. Lincoln are the stories that are told . about Mark Twain. The : Man About Town met . Mr. A.- H. Harris few::days-as"-;and:.irnowm'tbatthe latter liad been for manv vears a. resi dent of' "the coast," asked if he had known Mark personally. - "Oh I Sallv W AA AXAAl MX: bClflUUaUJ, - - J mX I ' T yi TA0 from Virginia to 'Frisco and ;?rooppea:.to,attne ycooenw toptet ron Montsomery street. - .The first day we were in town Mark went out to visit some old friends and did; not show up until dinner time. We were seated at the table when he! came in, and the moment he sat down he began to talk. - He was in those days an in veterate talker, and when he was around no one else had the ghost of a chance to say a word.- Well, as I said, he betran. and paying no attention to the waiter, launched out into one of his. long" stories.! vThe ! waiter sugges tively placed a bill of fare before him, aud pushing it aside, Mark, ordered some corned beef and cabbage and a S' ass of milk. Wo looked aghast, and e waiter U-ied in vain to suppress a smile. .but.Mark .went ion. with hia story, paying no .attention-- to-' the expi-ession - of , our faces. Presently the waiter -returned with the order and stood waiting , for Mark to finish. Takinff advantage of, a brief pausej he asKea xuhtk ir,ne wouiu noi use some thing more than the corned beef and cabbasre " and milk.55? ?No,' , was the brief reply. brief reply, and .on he went with his .v . . rfntf . ci. do you know that fellow sat there and duplicated that order three times, and when we left the dining- room r be was still . telling bis . story. ..Tbase' . who. know , Mark now since he has grown rich and fa mous will :.5no : doubt'-feel . a little shocked when they learn : the nature of his California diet."" St. Xtouis Be- public. v " -i - BOate .and ClnOMtomT-nM'i: ' When Holl, the painter, was painting the portrait of Mr. Bright, he inciden tally; mentioned that he was about to berform the same boerationifor.Mr. Gladstone; -4It must be a very gain ful thing & for youvMr.-: Bright,1?? he hazarded, "that after, all these years you should have found cause" to sever your connection.' Indeed it is," re sponded Mr; Bright, with : a sight "to think that after we had: trodden the same path together, shoulder to shoul der and hand -in hand, we should be forced apart : in the- evening . of ! our lives! And by rwhatt By . bogey that has risen up - within him and is beckoning him away from -duty and sense by a Frankenstein, vo you know. Mr. HblL'I seriOuslv fear; t my dear old f riendV noirld has really become radically undermined?", When he was at. Hawarden .painting Mr. Gladstone, the subject' of the artist s nortrait of Mr.- Brifrht" crorme .Bright cropped up. Ah r'said Mr; -Gladstone With' much J ne?t interest, 4and how did you find him?" welliandJhe spoke veryairec- I tionateiv ot vou. tionately . of you, Mr. Gladstone. in-i O ALl r ionUiul' rit W " ffi 1 ...... j , - JS-ArA tune of mutual esteem and of good I work undertaken andcarned wrougn tosTether we should 00 divided on so 1 - r' . - ..- rn -m-m ;if-.. did you notice anything in the man ner of my old ' friend ' when you saw him which would ' lead you to believe that his reason was becoming, in any wayjahliinged??---Jewish Mfssenger,. How He rplaluW'"It;f!y:; : Judge You must be mistaken about having to work twer.ty-five hours a day for your- employer.. . There are but twentv-four hours in a nay, ; uxuoreu Witnei-Yes, boss, t understand that; hour-before layn in the, moiling.- THE C0UP.I?J is published in the centre of a fine tobacca growins section, making? it one of the best advertising mediums tot merchants and warehousemen in the adjoining "counties . Circulated largely in Person, Granville and Durham counties in North Carolina, and Halifax county Virginia, r t ; ' 7 s . -;: JOB WORK. it - of all description neatly executed oa short notice and at reasonable prices.. .When in deed of work give the Cotbier s trial. -1, ; a fabulous oiu . t . ., rhs Stranga Tale That a Xewlstoa DmM lrltTelU About xnefcere) Of : . .,1 ylTyeUedthe man-in thftlewn iston drug' store,- leaning : over th ; counter and making a funnel of biar " nana, t - --.- . .m, Vwhol How-tauchl i'8am whol i Ok-yes. Twenty cents a dram. WelL c If I had a drop right, on the drum or 1 V m 1 w A: ST . M.u mebhft. T talr tbA monAv'a wrtiHLra' vvrvf Puil bUCUb j UiUU S U04S none for some time, ' have yet r Grass you ve got mi uiere is. v . -.-i.-r 4 ,., "tie aued Cor : ick'rir olLT tnexiruggist after, the man had ; It is held to be a! sovereiem cure ish deafness,! Ai superstition f f Phap3J-,4 . , I don't know V I , never : was ' deav V' Those who aredeaf - and who drop tho 5 s magic oii oown mwj ine aeptna wnera tho tympanunv? seems -witnout 'echv; : . arise to pronounce blessinErsV on tha. -v pickerel and biaf OiL and they are the . &, ones to testify. One thing I can say. '' inansmce xney nave iouna out. inai A vi keep it they come here in numbors-v v -All .about, pickerel 'oil." was th.6u ; " song of the newspaper, as lie Journal secueu iuu iae-.sturxea ? cnair .anq. waited the discourse. 1- " "'x': - fWell, in ,the nrst place' ! when X ' bouarbt " this store. I found- in behind ;- the counter - albottle labeled pickerel' oiL.. I had a, customer ono day, twoor-"" ,j three years, after, and be said,I don't ' ' suppose yegot any -fpick'ril oilf' Said. j. 1, 1 ' x es, sirAand he nearly jumped out' of his boots. .You're the first man" I1 i ever mtt across 'that had it, said. he. ; . :' " After I had made that sale load othef customers and'afterawhile my pickeril . - oil was gone."' I wrote here ' and there Lv and everywhere, but couldn't get any and my fittie trade in it was . gone. I had" given up hunting,, for i t, when." . . . less than - a year ' ago,' a prominont v. Lewiston marketmancamo sauntering into my store one day,: and after char ting awhile said to me, Do you "over, have "an j chll for pickerel bill'It was my'tumVtov3ump,'and ''says I,.DolL Well there. I would just like to buy',' , some. Says ho, 'I ve got some; wait . tOi V and he jiocfflP? reappeared v a a 'minute. with a Mack bottle containing about two ounces of the oiL . Said he," I let ' your predecessor here iri business Lave"' " some once, but he never made any ao, t count of it. to. me and I didn't suppose . it was good fW anything.;-1 smiled to myself, rememberings how I had ; sold it, and then I tekj hxm what had become: of it.: 1 houghl .his dot aud v ' this is the bottle of pickereL Oil that titer .. Lewiston marketman brought' in. See '4 this red surface oil ?., That's, tho jstuff I This below ..tit is the jdepoiit or . resi ' duum. : 1 sell off the top.' ' t ' ?nM How doesr it como f rom the .fishf. v -asked.the soit-fi : , ; r r("Inthe pickerel, hear the backbone, i is a smaU sac like the spleen ii ant-,- -. mals. The -marketman cut ihese out " " And let them drip into this bottle be-' hind the stOve d uring the winter.'- Ho " tens me that all the bi, rat pickerel, y ' he dressed during the winter; scores of them, only yielded this amount of oiV " 7. Funny amt itt '. I suppose hundreda v of people saw that stuff dripping there ' behind the stove and thought "it wai to greaie booUVwitbi 1 Pretty oxpen-r ' sivo grease for boots. though , r '. t c?'How expensive? 4: :"Any amount you are mlntf to aski . , for it. j Fabulous for its real value, . . : VHow ; much,' for instance? v Five dollars an'ouncet.-:i,t.,1 -V- ' ' "N no. 'Not so'mucli. " Say two " dollars.' That's all its worth,' am itt Havea'smell!!!;'V . ' " ' - A long silence while lie uncorked . jtbo bpttfe'rxt6 -r"' nas pui in lis wk. e wiswu tu JournaL.. , "a-1; .g.y , . .' l 1 " .';' '-i,i'v-i'''s-tjiSs' ?y '' " Thongtit JadgTirent . Day XVmm ttemx. t ; ? Not long after the war a circus earner to Montgomery. It was the first cir cus that bad been there in a Ion? time --. -v and attracted, jm i immense crowd, s' " . pecially of the "netoes. -"Tho most in- - -' -teresting feature of the entertaimnch.t t -was the- balloon-? ascension . The He- . groes,had nevjer seen anything of Ithat" kind, and regarded the spectacle of a T . man sailing up iiito: the clouds, very ." 'S1 much as they would havo looked upon Elijah goingiip in his chariot of fire, The baDdcai sailed "away eighth or, tou '' miles and came down iu a eld where ; some negroes were plowing. Terrified at the, spectacle of a' chariot coming down ' from heaven ? they 1 verily , be- ' tievod that thd last day had cpme and t remembering all ' their shortcomings. . " . Hed away in: terror at the approach or ' . ' thoaawful jridgfe. l;Oiiot gray headed and rheumatic old ' negro was unable -. to get; awaryHo :could 4 follow-' tho ' plow,ybut !couldMot rruh,iand the ' chariot'came down upon him, with ter- - . f ribie swiftness. In that ; awful f mo-v, -irient his whole life rushed upon him. he thought of aH the petty sins he had " .' committed, and : the; ghosts- 61 -hundred chickens s&mcd t6iise up in -judgmentagainst himi'lBut-in that ' desperate emergency his mind did'not desert him, --And-; remembering inai po liteness always accounted with,his , . earthly master, he quickly neciciea, 10 grectHhe Lord of heaven and earth iu 1 becomihg . style. . As 'the .aeronaut touched the ' earth and began to un- " ; tangle himself .from the. meshes about -his car the old darky, with'; an Air' of 1 -profound obeisance, removed the wool ' hat from bis shiny pate:bowd . low, ' and said with pious unction ' ' "Mormn. Mars Jesus, how you leT . . voiir nar -Atlanta Constitntion. - .- . f t v .; - Some Good la Fools. 1 A fool alwuys finds 'a greater fool thAtadmu-CThimy i -1. ts--- V A fool is the wise man's ladder, t - A fool who speaks the truth is better ' than a hundred liar ' ., : -i v r ' 1 A fool may by chance taj a wise things - r ; k ' -He : who is born a fool is neveri T cured. Proverb, v -' v - , ' r: - ; ;-""- Kot Tliai Way." ' .4 The Good Man (sadly) Ah, my aon, . you have been to the circus; it. pains', me greatly to think that one so young . . should have crossed the threshold of iniouitv.5 The Bad Small Boy I didn't cross no threshold ; I crawled in undzr 0J
The Roxboro Courier (Roxboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 21, 1889, edition 1
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