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FESSIONAL PAFDS
in It M I'l. lMTT.
At'-m r. y at Law
Roxboro, N. C.
I'rti 'In' In tin' m'V. -I' ll courts of the State.
I'roni ill )il ' en I jiv :. it'll bnsiucss n trusted
ti him
Miiiri! iii court House.
JOIl.V MANNING. JA8. S. MANNING.
II. A. FOUSIIEE.
MANNING &FOUSHKK,
ATTOKNEY8 AT LAW,
" Viijtlu Itiiililiiij.-, uwrr liluluy Hunk.
Durham, N. C.
lr:iotiie iii Durham. Person and
Orange counties.
LlINSFORl),
Attorney at Law,
lfoxbnro, N. C.
KI11MTT & BRYANT,
Attorneys at Law,
Roxboro. N. C.
I'r.mtioc in tin1 several court.-, i.l llio st.ilu
Speuiili ;itte' tio iven 10 I'iine-' in I'ersoii
urliuni ami : aswell counties.
All l.eal ISiiaiii.iss1 pntrusU-il to nur cure wil
ecelve iirmnpt attention.
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W K ITCH IN.
Attorney at Law,
RoxBon., N. C.
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,V. fitt.UlAM,
Attorney at Law,
(jxI-.m. NT. C.
i la.turirvin all rhc onrtH of the Mate. Ilan-
i iimiuy a n I invc.-it thn huuic in lifist IbI Mori
air . Kslale wurii "Jcttlf e.ilntea and
nvi'l:'. ;itt- tiliC.
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W1NSTEAD & BROOKS.
Attorneys at Law,
Roxboi'o, N. C.
Vr:pt attentioifto all profession
1 lMnes9. Practice in tne Slate
and Federal Courts.
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Roxboro. N. C.
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of itoximroiti.il - ti" milling r.u'.ipt rv. I'rao lot
m nil me Wiir'i. .- i f ii-.li'.'ine.
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i.;ai:i oHer :uy professional services
t Hi.' citizens of the the town and
sui rciiii.tii)'t country.
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THE DUUMMERS1 HOME,
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JWain Street. South Boston, Va.
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MILLCREEK, N.C.
1 .tin prepared to do all kinds of work con
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Kill in ; all kinds of repairing etc , d"in in thr
est manner ; pi-ieef moderate; i:iliHf.'ti'lin
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INSURANCE COMPANY.
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Assets - - $650,000
INSURES AGAINST
jFl HE AND LIGHTNING
This old mm pany, n more thiiii ialtxen-
iiry in siie.ecKsfiil operation, has paid
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
T i..Hsr to I'Hi.ens of North Carolina laraei
m vui'v simple and '-.oncise policy, fre of pettj
riv'ii-ietions. and Diieral in its terms tndcon
ilil loud.
W. II. PaLMKB, President.
V, ll. MCCARTHY. Secretary.
DM HINES, District Agent,
Milton, N. C.
JAS. W. BRANDON,
bax"te:r? Slxo-p,
ROXBORO, N.C.
When you c6me to Roxboro, don't
forg t mo I am always willing ana
re&rfr to accommodate my custom
ers, and always keep up with the
latest styles.
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for ita guceasf 11I treatment, free. Kememben
uuh'a Hemedies are sold on a guaranut
tWYOVn JfACK AC BUS, ,
uz you are all worn out, really good for noth
ing, it is general debilitT. Try
nuinrt's mo njTTicns.
It will cure you. cleanse-onr liver, and give
1 coed appetite.
FER
NOELL BROS, Proprietors.
Vol. xi.
I MM
MOST BEAUTIFUL OF BIRDS.
The Qaezal, Whose PI am age Rival tha
Rainbow'i Brilliancy.
In the Smithsonian building at
Washington is exhibited one partic
ularly perfect specimen of the most
beautiful bird in the world. While
its coloration is as brilliant as that of
any humming bird, its superior size
renders it more attractive to the eye.
This is the quezal of Guatemala. Its
plumage vies in brilliancy with the
rainbow "and shines with a metallic
luster. Until within the last few
years it was unknown to science,
mainly owing to the fact that it is a
hermit among feathered creatures,
delighting in the silence of deserts.
It dwells on mountain heights above
7,000 feet in elevation. The quezal
was the royal bird of the Aztecs. Its
breast is a brilliant scarlet, while its
green tail attains a length of 3 feet.
Its size is about equal to a pigeon.
Ita plumes were utilized ancientlv
for the adornment of .headdresses
and for' the famous feather pictures
of the Mexicans. It nestles in holes
in worm eaten trees, which it en
larges with its bill so as to form a
comfortable and roomy residence.
The young are hatched totally naked.
It is the hardest of all birds to pre
pare for stumng because the skin
tears like so much tissue paper, and
the feathers are implanted to so
slight a depth that they readily fall
out. A specimen is very apt to be
spoiled by falling against a branch
on being shot. Up to 1860 naturalists
did not know where the quezal was
to be found. The few specimens
which had fallen into their hands
were obtained from the Indians of
Guatemala, who kept the secret.
About that time, however, a collect
or, visiting that country, got on the
track, went up into the mountains
and shot a number of the birds. It
is said that in ancient times the skins
of all birds of this species that were
killed belonged by law to the king.
and nobody outside of the royal
family was permitted to wear the
plumes.
The quezal belongs to the family
of trogons. This genus includes 46
species, 33 of which are American.
All of them are very beautiful.
Washington Star.
Dagaerre's Process.
The process devised by Daguerre
was substantially as follows : A sheet
of planish copper, plated with silver
and well cleaned by treating with di
luted nitric acid and washingwith wa
ter, was exposed to the action of the
vapors of iodine. By this exposure a
thin film of iodide of silver was
formed on the surface, certain me
chanical precautions being taken to
insure that it should be uniform in
all parts. The sheet thus prepared
was then placed in a camera substan
tially the same in principle as the
photographic camera in use today
and was exposed to the object for
from eight to ten minutes. The plate
was then covered and removed from
the camera to a dark room, where it
was exposed to the action of the va
por of mercury, aided by the applica
tion of gentle heat, by which the im
age was developed. It was then fixed
by immersion in a solution of hypo
sulphite of soda, which dissolved out
all the unchanged silver iodide,
Washing with water followed, and
the finished picture was protected by
a cover of glass and suitably inclosed
in a frame, one that could be closed,
to protect it from fading under the
action of the sunlight. Manufactur:
errand Builder.
"Roger Williams and the Bay Colony.
Mr. Edmund J. Carpenter has come
bravely to the defense of the men of
Massachusetts Bay in the matter of
the expulsson of Roger Williams. In
a remarkably scholarly paper, read
before the Historic-Genealogical so
ciety he showed pretty clearly that
the colony had to repudiate Williams
and his ideas as a matter of rea
sonable public policy, and that this
repudiation did not extend to his
ideas of religious or civil liberty.
This does not detract from the rev
erence due to Roger Williams for
his work for liberty of belief and of
government, but it goes to relieve
the Massachusetts of those days from
some aspersions. It is not so long
ago that a Fourth of July orator here
in Boston spoke of the "burning" of
witches in Massachusetts. A judi
cious correction of popular ideas of
history is greatly desirable. Boston
Commonwealth.
An Expensive Favor.
Naval officers sometimes smuggle
without knowing it. An officer re
turning from a far voyage consented
to bring home for a brother officer
left behind a package destined for
friends in the United States. That
package was seized and opened
by the customs authorities when the
custodian reached port, and he had
to pay $100 duty on the goods. As
he was an officer of no great rank or
pay, and he felt bound to hold his
tongue as to the unexpected demand
of the custom house, his little deed
of kindness was ' somewhat embar
rassing. Boston Post.
Intellectual and Literary.
"Htfs very intellectual and liter
ary, isn't hef
"Why do you think so?"
"He told me he never felt himself
until he was 6nugly ensconced in his
library."
"Well, you see his folding bed is a
oookcase."3L-Milwaukee Catholic Cit-
&en.
A Quarter Century Test.
For a ouarter of a century Dr.
King's New Discovery has beeu test
ed, and the millions who have re
ceived benefit from its use testify to
its wonderful curative powers in all
diseases of Chest, Throat and Lungs.
A remedy that has stood the test so
long and that has .given eo universal
satisfaction is no experiment. Each
bottle is positively guaranteed to give
relief, or the money will be refund
ed. It is admitted to be the ; most
reliable for Coughs and Colds. Free
trial bottles at J. D. Morris'. :
SON
Roxboro, North
fECK'S BAD DRUMMER.
Be Knew the Humorist Finally, bat Not In
the Way He Boasted.
Tliey tell a characteristic story of !
George W. Peck. When his fame as
the author of the bad boy experiences
was at its height and while he was
actually rolling in riches, Peckjmade
a trip to California, partly for rest
and partly to see the country of
which he had heard so much. A no
toriously poor dresser, he was at this"
particular time very shabbily clad.
and in his -coarse, ill fitting garments
you would hardly have recognized
the man everybody was talking about
and the man, too, whose check was
good for a cool hundred thousand.
One day, crossing the plains, Peck
was curled up in a seat in the smok
ing car when his attention was at
tracted to a group of drummers across
the aisle. The train boy had just gone
through the car vending his litera
ture, and the drummers were dicuss-
ing. the--book entitled "Feck's Bad
Boy." One of the party, a particular
ly noisy fellow, boasted of an ac
quaintance with the author of the
book yes, he knew Peck intimately
and forthwith proceeded to regale
his friends with elaborate stories of
his experiences with the Wisconsin
humorist. From his point of van
tage across the way Peck listened in
silent surprise to the preposterous in
ventions of the fellow, and his
amazement deepened into horror and
chagrin when the garrulous drum
mer, encouraged by the interested
countenances of his hearers, pursued
his discourse to the extent of narrat
ing, with scrupulous attention to de
tail, the incidents of an alleged
spree which "me and Peck" once en
joyed together.
You can fancy how wroth, poor
Peck became when he heard himself
pictured as the veriest sot and liber
tine, for if there are virtues upon
which he prides himself they are his
temperance and his morality. Hav
ing heard himself dragged by this
superb liar through the boozing dens
and low resorts of Milwaukee, Broth
er Peck finally arose, gathered him
self together and broke in upon the
mendacious drummer's narrative. He
said he had known Peck a great many
years and was able to declare that
Peck never tasted liquor and never
visited disreputable places. Warm
ing up to his business in hand, Peck
dilated with seventy upon the evil
practice of falsely laying claim to ac
quaintance with people, a practice
too often indulged in by vulgar, noisy
people.
He concluded his castigauon of the
ofiE ender by disclosing his identity, by
denouncing the blatant drummer as
an impostor and by saying: "Here
after, sir, when you are tempted to
lie about me, pray let your fancy
concern itself with me alone. When
you report that I am a libertine, you
reflect upon my home relations, and
that is an offense which I shall not
tolerate. You may advertise me as
a fool, as a drunkard, as a thief, but
be precious careful not to libel or
slander me in such wise as to wrong
and pain those whose relations to me
as wife and children are my para
mount, sweetest, tenderest, most sa
cred consideration.'
The story goes on to relate that by
the time Peck concluded his remarks
the loquacious drummer had shriv
eled up into such a little wad that
you could almost have plugged a key
hole with him. Chicago Kecord.
The Power ot XJghtning.
On Aug. 1, 1846, St. George's
church. Leicester, England, which
was a new building, was entirely de
stroyed during a thunderstorm. The
steel having burst asunder, parts of
it were blown to a distance of 30 feet
in every direction, while the vane
rod and part of the spire fell- perpen
dicularly down, carrying with them
every floor in the tower, the bells
and the works of the clock. The
falling mass was not arrested until
it arrived on the ground, under
which was a strong brick arch, and
this also was broken by the blow.
The gutters and ridge covering were
torn up, and the pipes used to convey
the water from the roof were blown
to pieces. Mr. Highton calculated
the power developed in the discharge
of the lightning which destroyed the
church with some known mechanic
al force. He discovered that a hun
dred tons of stone were blown down
a distance of 30 feet in three seconds,
and consequently a 12,220 horsepow
er engine would have been required
to resist the efforts of this single
flash. Ashton Reporter.
Architecture of Public Buildings.
Government buildings have be
come more and more "thingy," more
and more compilations of "features"
that fail to make up a physiognomy,
The architecture is hrst impure
and then unpeaceable. The features
themselves are derived from all
sources, ancient and modern, from
the classic portico down to the new
est fashion. Montgomery Schuyler
in Forum. .
Chiromancy.
"Szo! Miss Mary, dey tell me dat
you shall tell my garachter by my
handt!"
. "Well, to begin with, you are
German"
"Ach, it is vonderful I" London
Punch.
According to the Koran, the angels
who gave warning of the coming de
struction of Sodom were Israfil, Ga
briel and Michael.
It may do a$ Much for You.
Mr. Fred -Miller, of Irving, III,
writes that he had a Severe Kidney
trouble for many year, with severe
pains in his back and also that his
bladder was affected. J He tried many
so culled 'Kidney cures- but without
any good result. About a year ago
he beran iise of .Electric Bitters
and found relief at once. Electric
Bitters is especially adapted to enre
of all Kidney and 'liver troubles and
often on ves almost instant renei.
One trial will prove our statement
rricc only ouc. tor large oome. .
HOME FIRST:
Carolina, Wednesday Evening
FISHING WITH A 'SUNKEN FLV.
The Only Way Black Bast Can Be Taken In
. the Saginaw Blver. : -
"You might not think it wprthy of
your skill asa fly fisherman, '' said
one who is an expert in the art him'
self, "and ordinarily it wouldn't be,
as it seems a trifle vulgar , in style.
but if. you ever come to fisting for
black bass in a certain kind of water
you will find that you must sink your
fly or go without any fish.
"For instance, there isnt a better
black bass fishing water on tie conti
nent than Saginaw river," Michigan,
or any where the bass are bigger or
more gamy. But the water is deep
and very much discolored by the bark
on the logs of the endless processions
of pine rafts that go up and down
that stream. Whitefish in the Sagi
naw river would be whiteflsh only in
name, for they would take on the hue
of the pine dyed water, just as trout
m the hemloeklbordered creeks jof
Pennsylvania are so-dark in . color
that, compared with their brothers
ofHhe open wood streams, they are
like a mulatto compared with a white
man. "
'There is only one way of fly fish
ing that black bass can bo taken in
Saginaw river, and that is the seem
ingly unsportsmanlike way I am
speaking of. You must have large
and rather gaudy flies. Three iniches
above the dropper put a No. 2 Isplit
shot on your leader to sink your flies.
They must be sunk almost as deep in
the water as if you were fishing with
bait. Trail them toward the surface
smartly, and when one of those big
3S strikes a fly, which will be so
often that you will be astonished, if
you don't say that you jiever had
sport before fly fishing for bass then
you are a dilettante sort of a fisher
man, and no mistake.
"A person who thinks be isn't do
ing right by himself if he fishes for
black bass any other way than with
the fly ought to know that there is
fly fishing. I never knew of but two
lands before I tried the Michigan
method, and I have used this third
one with great pleasure and profit in
many eastern waters where the con
ditions were similar to those in the
Saginaw and where no one had ever
succeeded in taking any bass to speak
of by the regulation methods. I had
rather make a nice catch by sinking
my flies, even at the expense of being
looked - upon as a coarse fisherman.
than to dawdle them all day on the
surface and never get a rise." New
York Sun.'
The Mechanism of Thought.
A person shuts his eyes of his own
free will. We take his hand, we
cross the forefinger and the middle
one over the other, and between
them we slip a little ivory ball. A
singular illusion immediately arises.
The person believes he feels two
balls. And why! No doubt because
under ordinary conditions, when the
fingers are not crossed, one ball
would not simultaneously touch the
right edge of the forefinger and the
left edge of the middle finger- two
balls being necessary to produce the
double sensation. Such is the ex
perimental fact we all possess in our
memory without being conscious
of it
By an artificial arrangement of the
fingers, one ball may produce these
two impressions, and the mind, not
taking into account this artificial dis
position of the fingers and interpret
ing theJmpressions by the ordinary
rules, arrives at the illusion of touch
which has just been described. Noth
ing is simpler to bring about than
this illusion, because the sensory im
pression from which it is derived
may be modified at will, without any
necessity of speaking to the subject
under experiment Is it the same
with an idea? Evidently not For
in order to communicate an idea one
must speak to a person and make
one's self understood, so that as he
becomes informed about the object
of one's inquiry illusion is ind
ole. Fortnightly Review.
-'A Strange' Fractore.
One "of ,the 'strangest fractures
known to the medical profession was
recently treated at the Pennsylvania
hospital, where a young man ap
peared with his arm broken between
the shoulder and elbow. He said
that he had tried to throw a stone
that was too heavy for him, and in
bringing his arm around the bone
snapped, It seems hardly possible
that the elbow and shoulder joints
should be firm enough to stand a
strain that would break the bone, and
the doctors decided that there mus$
have been some softening of the bone.
Such cases have happened beforej
but it has always been with growing
boys, whose bones are buttle enough
to break at any unusual strain. Phil
adelphia Record.
' Hand Lines.
The lines on no two human hands
are exactly alike. This fact is util
ized in China in an interesting way
When a traveler desires a passport
the palm of his hand is covered with
fine oil paint, and an impression is
taken oh thin, damp paper. This pa
per, officially signed, is his passport
Yankee Blade.
Logical. ?
Little Dot Oh,- mamma, there's
sign, "Puppies for sale." Won't you
buy me one?
Mamma Wait till you are a little
older, dear. ' -'
Little Dot But theyH all be dogs
ihen. London Answers,. v
Swords and Scimltera.
The scimiter of the Saracens was
the most effective sword for i cut
ting purposes ever devised. It will
be ( remembered, how, according to
the story of Sir Walter Scott's Tal
isman," with such a weapon the pa
gan Saladin chopped a soft cushion in
two at one blow, to the amazement
of Richard Cceur de Lion. With a
straight sword one can make a hack
or thrust, but to slice an adversary
one must saw with it The scimiter.
being curved and wide and heavy
I toward the end, slices by the mere
,j iac oi struting. xroy xuutw. -t
ABROAD NEXT.
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Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
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DUG HIS "FATHER'S GRAVE.1
One of the Sad Incidents That FeU to a
' Boy's Lot at Oettyshnrg.
"An incident which perhaps affect
ed me more'thah anything Isawdur-fag';fh;w,-ia1d''-Joagfe
Neale of
Kittannfn'g to a reporter, -fwas after
the -Tata -of Gettysburg. I went!
adwlQfheredseent"wa8 to be
seen: aid fihcomg over the field after
the bate ricatrie ac3?6 wo persons
digging ajgnatye; evidently for a body
that lay near by.', I watched the op
erations of ! the two" with- .interest
One Was a middle aged man, and the
other was a mere boy. Both wore
the blue uniform.
The work of the two in the twi
light had a most peculiar effect upon
me. inere ibeside the pile of yeJlow
clay lay the body of a Union soldier.
An ugly . hole m his forehead, em
phasized by the mark of . the blood
that had flowed from it, told too well
how he had met his fate. It was an
unpleasant sight, yet try as hard as
would I could not tear myself away
from it. I j began to study the two
workers and noticed that the boy's
face had a most sorrowful look. He
tried to work hard, but there seemed
to be a heavy load oppressing him.
Every now and then he would glance
at the dead body beside him and then
wipe away a tear. I then began to
talk to the workingmen. I asked
for whom the grave was intended,
and the elderly man pointed to the
boy, then to the corpse, and whisper
ed to me, 'His father.' I could never
tell you what an effect this had upon
me.
The idea of a son digging his
father's grave! It seemed horrible
to me, something that I could not
bear. I went over to the young man,
and after throwing off my coat took
his pick from him and told him I
would do his work. While we dug
away the boy sat off at a distance and
wept most bitterly. When we had
placed his father in his last resting
place and had finished our work, he
took me by the hand, and as tears
rolled down Ins cheeks expressed his
thankfulness for the service I had
done him. Never had I seen such
gratitude. That incident made an
impression upon me that I have never
been able to efface." Pittsburg Dis
patch. Paper Spindles.
The introduction- of paper spindles
for yarn spinning, thus avoiding the
objection to the great weight of steel
as heretofore used, is said to have
proved a decided advantage, and the
process of manufacture is described
as follows : A quantity of common
pulp stock is run into molds the shape
of a spindle; no attention being given
to the whirl at this stage, and the
cast of the molds is such that a spin
dle is produced about four times the
required size in diameter.
In the process of hardening the
soft, flabby spindle is placed in a com
press, as it is termed a sort of hy
draulic device in which a force pump
is employed to give an enormous
pressure. The spindle is placed sin
gly in a peculiar shell arrangement,
so made that, by revolving certain
screws in the side compress upon the
spindle from all sides, the latter is
squeezed into a compartment about
one-quarter its original size. The
hydraulic power is used in making
the apparatus -turn, which gives mo
tion to the numerous screws. When
compression of the spindle is com
pleted, a perfectly formed, hard,
tough, substantial one is produced,
and when dried and polished the sur
face is said to be as hard as metal.
The whirls are next made. Again
the molds are used, and the same
method of ! compressing is applied,
the result i being whirls of great
strength and firmness. New York
Sun.
. A Distinction.
'Look here, Simpkins," said the
city editor t sternly as the new re
porter stood quaking at his desk,j
"arViot lrfnrl rf a Ytvaatr la fma nnv-
way! In writing up this story about
the fellow that cut his throat with
the bottom ; of a broken bottle you
say, The man was found lying on
the sidewalk writhing in agony.' "
; "Yes, sir he Was."
"Now, that's just like a fresh re
porter. You haven't been in the
business but a week, and you want
to destroy all the traditions of the
profession.! I want you to under
stand that you cant kick over the
old landmarks in this office."
. "Why, I'm sure, sir," stammered
the amazed reporter, "I didnx in
tend to do anything of that kind.
That Would be very presumptuous."
"Is it possible that you don't know
any better?!. Then let me give you a
pointer or two. When a person takes
'rough on rats,? carbolic acid or ar
senic, or if (this man had pounded up
the glass and swallowed it in such
cases (and I want you 'to Temember
it) the person -always "writhes in
agony.' ' But if a person shoots him
self or cuts! his throat he invariably
welters in tiis blood.' Now don't you
forget' that" San Francisco Post ?
The London Sandwich Army.
Who are the "soldiers0 of the
'sandwichl army" in London, 7,000
strong? In the service of one ad
vertising contractor, it Is said on good
authority, tare doctors, ' solicitors
clerks, actors,. clergymen, arehitects,
even -a former ' Yorkshire -squire,
wealthy in;better'days. . Sheer mis-
fortune sometimes presses men ; into
tha Armv of mfcfcrables. whoso" 'oidi-
nary wages vary from 1 'to 2 shillings
a day.-r-iaopaon j-etter. . .
One danger of female suffrage, is
that the women may want xne men
to bet them $50 bonnets against $C
hats on the rtdt. Tammany Times.
COURIERo
$ f .00
September 5th,
mm?
HOLD THOU MY HANDS.
Bold thou my handsl
la grief and Joy, in hope and fear,
Lord, let me feel that thou art near.
Hold thou my handsl
If e'er by doubts
Of thy good fatherhood depressed,
I cannot find in thee my rest,
Hold thoa my handsl
Hold thou my hands
These passionate hands too qaiek to
These bands so eager for delight
Hold thoa my hands!
And whenr at length, - i
With darkened eyes and fingers cold. v
I seek some last loved hand to hold,
r . Hold thoa tny handsl - ... , -.
William Canton.
Notes That Druggists Receive.
"You'd laugh if you could see some
of the homemade prescriptions we" re
ceive here sometimes, " said a Pomona
druggist the other day. "I mean the
notes mothers give to little children
'when they send them here for medi
cine. "Here is one written on a piece of
newspaper margin, 'arnicy 4 a sor
fot,' which, translated, means arnica
for a sore foot. Another,, on a piece
of cardboard, was easily intelligible,
powdered magnishey for phisik.'
'Poison. Gross of Sulperment' for
bedbugs' called for corrosive subli
mate to rid a bed of the terror of the
tenements. '1 Poishon insect pow
der' meant Persian insect powder.
" 'Bia carbert of sody' meant the
simple baking soda, to be used in this
instance probably for a disordered
stomacn. lmcture ot lobena was
asked for on a torn scrap of billhead
under the disguiie of 'tinctur lob
ster,' and capciiso porous piaster was
supplied when 'eaT-taiie piaseter' was
requested.
"Sumo mother with a crying baby,
in order to g.'t sleep herself, asked
for '5 .-t ii'.r-.rii.li' to quiet the in
fant. Tinklura of jridine for exter
nal use' huido won;::".; carefully wrote
when she waLiUyi i-
nn explanatory mtsui:
ijt.. adding in
. "ly.ward, ro-
saete pairs. " -P:
.ouu Pi-ff'm-s.
JViarlm'roug
It was i li;i:-::; N l
i'h Gift..
;ic of
Maribor-
OUlt th::t from r
v t.
sali in-
cucaucii:' po. :-... v.'- i-oivcr
1-oivcr of
divining t! . i.--r.-'.s ilaijs and was
thus cnabl. -1 to ! csts H tb'.i.i. From
the xperi'ONv f ihe iecc:)t patt he
toiv-j'aw v.-ii-i p.dmi:.iL.''.!'h?arnessth
imiiif -lia l. fr.tnro and whs ajble, as it
wcro. to mu; out comi ngWfiits from
a sriviy or ti..;j iiTit.n at tne mo
ment. He -.uM balance future prob
abilities wiui strange uccaracy r.nd
could fill in with liviu fiurs-a the
sket .-hy outline furm-ihed by the spy.
Without this peculiar Rift, one of
the instincts that murk tbo liorn gen
era'., no campaign can be directed
witti success. lo roai:z: went is
going on Ix'voml a range of hills or
anv other natural barrier to human
vision and out of the reach of reeon
noitering parties is one of the prob
lems which perpetually confront the
military commander. On the cor
rect solution of that problem de
pends greatly the success of all mili
tary operations. "Life of Marlbor
ough," General Wolseley.
Beauty Everywhere.
The remotest corner of the globe is
full of wonder and beauty. The la
ziest bank in the world, away from
towns, wnere no artists clo congre
gate, upon which no farm laps1 where
no vines hang their cooling clusters,
nor flowers spring, nor- grass, invites
the browsing herd, is yet spotted and
patched with moss of such exquisite
beauty that the painter, who in all
his life should produce one such thing,
would be a master in art, an immor
tal in fame, and it has the hair of 10,
000 reeds combed over its brow, and
its shining sand and insect tribes
might win the student's lifetime.
God's least thought is more prolific
than man's greatest abundance.
Henry Ward Beecher.
A Carious London Official.
London fire engines often have to
stop on their way to fires to take up
a turncock, a liveried functionary,
who is alone allowed to have the key
to a fire plug. By and by 6ome great
English radical will attain to power
and will provide the fire companies
with keys. Boston Transcript.
Mot After Minnows.
They were discussing a man whose
financial methods ' had been called
into question.
"Why." exclaimed one man, "he
wouldn't steal as much as a dollar."
The other reflected a moment and
said. "I RUess you moan as little as
a dollar.' "Washington Star. '
Parisians are intensely fond of ca
naries and other pet birds. It is es
timated, figuring on the amount
spent for bird food at the regular
stores, that there are fully 100,000
pet "birds In the city, or one to every
twentieth individual, including ba
bies. A confident expectation that no ar
gument wiH .be adduced that wfll
change our opinions is very different
from "a ; resolution that . .none ever
shall. , We may print but not stereo
type our opinions. Whately.
-Thelibrary of ' the .Vatican iS; the
successor of the Roman Imperial li
brary, founded by Augustus, 'and
contains manv manuscrints that were
written during the later empire. ' 7
U , , ' rrr- r -;r"
V A gold weighing machine -in the
Bank of England is so sensitive that
a ;T)ostaffe tamp 'dropiied on' the scale
Trill turn the index on the dial adis-
,tanceof six.incjies.
Ripaas Thnf s rnr-livcr troubles
Tfi;n Tnluiisi pro'o:zl"fe. - -
klpan;T.b1'?t ? st liver tvsic : "
'ilpuns Tahuk-s 'iir nausea. .- .a 'i-'
1 1
Per Tear in Advance.
1894. No. 3.
A Straight Ticket in Texas.'
Dallass, Texas Aug. 28. The
Republican State Convention ' met
here at neon with -nearly every coun
ty in the btate represented. Mr. N.
B. Moore called the convention in
der and the nsual committees were
appointed. A straight-out ticket
will he nominated. - .
Some
e
AVait
Until alter the Holidays
Before Buying
Needed articles We presume
ou account of the geaeralT close
prices that are expected at 'that
time. It's hot mach fun to
swap dollars, but that is! about
what we are doing. Therefore,
if you need
Groceries,
such as Flour, Meal, Meat Liard,
Sugar, Coffee, Syrup or iv'olas
aes, Salt; or is it something in
the Fancy Grocery line, such as
Confectioneries, Cheese, Cakes,
Crackers, Canned Goods, of any
kind. Cigars best in town, To
bacco, Snuff, or any table deli
cacies, come to us, and we will
give you liberal prices on all
these things and so liberal that
yon cannotafford not to come.
Very Respectfully,
W. J. Johnson & Co.
DRESS-MAKING!
u n i i i i i i 1 1
Of Interest to the Ladies
IF
you want
r ycur Dresses
made up in the lat
est style, best work, and
best fit, call on me at my
residence on Academy street.
Very Respectfully,
Mrs. J. A. Nokll,
Heals
q Running
Sores.
Cures
the Serpent's
Sting.
CONTAGIOUS
In all its stages com
mm a. on mimii eradicated hv H. K. I
ULUUU fUlSUn stinate sores and olcersV
-BBBBsi yield to its healing powersl
it removes we poison ana ouiias up tne system)
AnlaabietieuiM on the diseue ssa its twitwrst.
milled tree.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga.
't
feel
well
Why?
Oil ! I don't know. Worry I expect,
Worrying about what?
Well, vou know the servants are a
heap of trouble.
The children worry me a heap,
l am broken "down.
In the morainar r generally have a
, headache ;
Along . towards evening ' my back
feels as if it would break.
Every time the baby cries I nearly
himn out of my skin, I am so
nervous.
Your system heeds toning up. Why
not take Brown's Iron Bitters
the best strengthening medicine made,
It will give you a good appetite; make
your blood rich and pure, give you
strength," make life a pleasure.' Not
only take it yourself, but' give It to
the children.' It is pleasant to take.
Small dose. 'The only Iron medicine
that don't blacken the teeth. K But get
the genuine it has crossed red lines
on wrapper.
SOWN CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, HO.
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