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- . - - i - - The Courier is published in the center of a fine tobacco growing section, makiug it oue of the best advertising mediums for merchants and warehousemen in the adjoining counties. Circulat'8 largely in JVrson, Grauville, Dur ha n nnd Caswell counties, in North Carolina, and Halifax county, Vir ginia. Advertising rates reasonabld; terms made known on application. -P -JOFESSION AL pAFDS W i l il K I. KITT. A Homey at Law Roxboro, N.C. r i I in the wvcnil rnnrts nf Uie State. IV-i ii.t , to hi in iiu. n niv n Uiall business intrusted "iilic-.- in Court f louse. JOHN MANNINO. JAS. 8. MANNING. II. A. FOUSHEE. MANNING & FOUSHEE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, . m i 7 Vni;nt r.ii'l'luitr omt Kitlelity Hank. I lurhani, N. C. Practice in Durham. Person and Oransje counties. tl. LUNSKORD, Attorney at Law, it.. . i.r, S. C KliliITT & BRYANT, Attorneys at Law, Roxboro, N. C. lrn-.lir. in ib aevernl C'mirtw of the Mate sjiih-.ihI .-iltei lin- given to -ite- in rurson, iirhani ini'l aswell -iintit?8. All l.eu'.il Itimiiif cnlriifUMl bi mir cure will pr.eivo lmmint attention. w v KITt'lllN, Attorney at Law, KoxlhrtM. N. C WlHM-iVl 111 Sl'l VI an" rt-.iwirtwt I iimi;l. A. ;i:!i.M, Attorney at Law, xi.o.-.i .n. r iiiiik ill all 'lit? ciiii t" 'i tin; iai- ilan lit ihiiikv a:l iiivwi tin -awn-in hesi ! M nvfl. sir tilli-s. V. S WINSTKU) . L. i:iCt- -K- WINSTEAD & BROOKS. Attorneys at Law. Roxboro, N. C. Prompt attention to all profession al business. Practice in tuc Stale and Federal Curts. Hk. K SUCEON DENTIST K il sl:iirs o' iivw lli:lliiii'. in VV. J. .tnliiistMi A ROXBOltO. X. V. it. A. itToS, rratieig I'bytlriaii, Roxboro. ti. C. um- Iiim jirHitiMrtt mrrvici Hie icioii ot tU.viiruniil -i;rr...ii.'. is''Uilry. erne ine in all Hi lir:ui- - ! .-nn:r'.iiii. 'I l-!v xNi;orj?xajiJi On il:.iiiLr relnriieii to Koxlxtro, 1 14111 niter my prnlessional services to til. citizens ot t!ie the town and surrwii.i lin eotintry. VV. M. Tkkucll, M. D. THE DRUMMERS IIOME, Mote I F r e n c li . Alain Street. South Roston, Va. Ilafilifi-ii pin in Oral Has orrter an. tlmr- jtiiMilv renovate-! i:rvenient to ll ilcpols ami Imi-4iiwi it Hmi of tne tuwn. Laijre ami wi-ll-lifrli cl s.initl j r.Hmi-.. vIni a I'uo room alL.K'bett. . It. KUKSCII. I'rop. i: m. IV.ri-v, Mnr.iuei'. ; j- l-wli lU.-i 9 I 12 JOHN S. HUGHES, MILL W RIGHT, MILL CREEK, N.C. I inn iri-parl lo ! all kimli i-f work ron ner.U'il illi the ml lit Ihmiih-s. New mills tint ii.: an kiwis of rep urinj;. elf.., il-.n-- in the ieni iiianiK-r; rtec mmlerati-; ilisfartion rna--it litem I Ott-i IZKI IH-K. VIRGINIA FIRE AMMIAUINK IXSIRaME company. RICHMOND. Assets - - - $t0,000 INSURES AGAINST FIIIK . lArD LfGR T.NTJVG This ohl -4iinpaii , u w niori- than i-n.i aen tury in aui'.rensfiil operation, ban paiii . HUNDREDS dF THOUSANDS nl 1 -tfxt-ti to nlizenH of North Carolina . lusnes a nrv HiniiiU- ami '-.one.ifie. policy, free of petty resirieiionK. ami liix'ral in ltd terms and COD' Ilium. W. II l.-IW ItTlrY I'Al.MKK, I 'resilient. , Son re I a ry. W. il. DMHINES, District Agent, Milton, N. JAS. W. BRAHDOtl, "bar"ber Slxcrp, roxboro. n. c. Wheir you come to Roxboro don't forg tmo I am always willing and read.- to accommodate my-custom era. and alwavs keep nn with the latest styles. lurrm Consumption, Congha, Croup, Sor Jhroat. Pocket uxc, as dowi, asct. Sold by all DniEFt'tf on a guarantee. For Lame Back, Side ot Chest Sbiloh's Porous Plaster is the beat-asct. HILOtfS, JCATARRH :remedy. Hare you Catarrh ? Then use this Remedy. rt will Cure you. Price Wet This Injector loritssuceesl i u I treatment, free. Kemetnbea i ttemedies are sold on a guarantor dT TOVS BACK ACHES, ' oi yon are all worn oat, really good for noth ing. It is general debility; Try n ho wir's luoir airrxxs. , It will pure yon, cleanse yoo liver, and pre - 4 good appetite. . PER NOELL BROS, Proprietors. Vol. xi: Roxboro, Noeth 6M0KINQ IN JAPAN. ffhree or Four Well Digested Whiff- Bx. bsaat Xbelr SnuUl PlpM. "One day while traveling in a rail way carriage, " said a gentleman, speaking of his recent Japanese trip, "we had just pulled out our cigars to commence smoking when the door opened, and a Jap and his wife came in. We forgot for the time being our smoke and were lost in the con templation of the queer couple. The woman was carrying on her back a baby, which was strapped on in a pe culiar fashion. The poor little thing had fallen asleep, and its head bob bed from side to side with the mo tion of the car. We found out after ward that the women were taught to carry children upon their backs from babyhood up. We saw infants not more than a month old with dolls strapped to their backs to educate them to the method of carrying. Then, when they got older, their younger brothers and sisters were strapped upon them to strengthen their backs for their duty in life. "I found that the Japanese women considered the carrying of an infant no inconvenience, as the education which they go through fits them for it just as much as walking. Well, having exhausted the peculiarities of our fellow travelers, our thoughts turned to our cigars, which we held in our hands. We were in a predic ament, not knowing the customs of the country. We did not -know whether smoking in a lady's presence was considered bad form or not. The more we thought about it the more we wanted to smoke. For 60 miles we rode in misery, when finally the woman herself put us at ease by drawing a small pipe from her clothes and filling it with tobacco, lighting it and beginning to smoke. You should have seen how eagerly we grasped our cigars and lit them. ' The Japs smoke in a peculiar man ner. The pipes have very small metal bowls, with bamboo stems and metal mouthpieces, and only hold enough tobacco for three or four whiffs. They use a tobacco which is cut ex tremely fine and looks more like light blond hair than anything 'else. It is of a very good quality, however. The Japs take a whiff of smoke and inhale it, letting it pass out through the nostrils. They rarely smoke more than one pipeful at a time, but if they do smoke a second they dump the little ball of ashes out of their pipe, which they refill, then light it with the ashes taken from the bowl. This small pipeful seems just as sat isfying to the Japanese gentleman as the longest cigar to the American. So much for habit." Pittsburg Dis patch. . Erosion. A story is told in central Maine of a young woman" who distanced her pater faTnilias, so to speak, in a mat ter of parental authority. "Now, Mary Jane," said the stern parent, "I will consent to your going to the dance at the Corner tonight only on one condition." "What is that?' asked Mary Jane meekly, her eye lids drooping pathetically. "It is," said her father, "that you won't let that young scapegrace, , bring you home." 'Til promise," said the maid, and she went to the dance. Scene next morning: "I thought you promised me not to let tnat fellow bring you home!" said the angry parent with fire flashing from his eyes. "He didn't bring me home," said Mary Jane archly. "But he came homo with you, for I saw him." "Yes, but he didn't brine me. I told him what I had promised, so we walked home, and he led the horse." Lewiston Journal. Father Taylor's Prayer. Father Taylor was the pastor ol the Seamen's chapel in Boston. Ha was a very patriotic man and always kept his sailors in sympathy with himself on political questions. One Sundav. just before the state elec tion, his prayers for the common' wealth were peculiarly fervent. Ha asked that a man might be chosen for governor who would rule in the fear of God and never be afraid of the face of clay, and defeat the ring leaders of corruption and defy his own party if it yielded to wirepullers and and suddenly ne paused ana then exclaimed: "0 Lord I what's the use of box incr the compass in this way? Giva us George N. Briggs for governor, Amen I" . The prayer was answered the Tues day following by the most tremen dous majority ever scored. Chris tian Intelligencer. A Mean, Insinuation. Bouvard, one of the most learned as well as brusque physicians of his time, was one day called, to attend the archbishop of Rheims, who was Buffering from violent colic "lam cominer." said Bouvard. who. - how ever, did not stir. "For the" love o: God, sir," arid the messenger, "do not wait any longer. Monagnor is sul- ferine: the tortures of the damned." "Whatl" exclaimed Bouvard, "al ready 1" San Francisco Argonaut. A Good Appetite. Happy Bridegroom Waiter, I want a dinner for two. Waiter ViU ze lady and gentleman have table d'hote or a la carter Happy Bridegroom (generous to a fault, but weak in French) Bring us some of both, and put lots of gravy on 'em. Baltimore Telegram. , Cure For Headache. A 8 a remedy for all forms of Head ache Electric Bitters has proved to te the very best It efleota a perma nent cureand the most dieadiul- ha bitual sick headaches yield to its in fluence. We urge all whoareaffiict ,J to procure a bottle, and; give this remedy affair trial. In cases of har binial. constipation Electric kBitters cores by giving - she . needed .toue to the Bowels, and few cases long re sist thense of thia medicine. Try it once.-, Large, bottles-only Fifty cents at J' D. Morris Prngsfore. , - SON COUNTY COURIER.. FROM MOUNTAIN TO PLAIN. Kodern Civilisation Brlng Thla Chance In . Bunum Habitation. In describing the picturesque rock bou .d Italian cities between' Sorrento and Amain, in The Century; Marion Crawford says: It sometimes seems as though modern civilization tendedbroadly speaking, to transfer life from the mountains to the plains, leaving 'be hind just what we are pleased to call romance. In other days no man, as a rule, built in plain or valley when he could possibly build upon the top of a hill. Now no one who can dwell in the plains' takes the trouble to live on the top of the mountain unless for some very particular rea son. The security that once lay in tone walls and iron bars is now sough tin ttrategio position and in earthworks. There are no" small, daily dangers in our time against which man barri caded himself in towers and behind iron studded doors of oak. The great perils of our age are few, far between and general. Military power once meant an agglomeration) of desperate individuals devoted to a common cause, bad or good,- not one of whom could find a place in the-well ordered, unreasoning and mechanically obe dient ranks of a modern conqueror's army. The more we live in plains the less we can understand the hills; the more systematically we obey laws and regulations having for their ob ject the greatest good of the greatest number the less able are we to un derstand the reasoning of such men as Alaric, the great Count of Sicily, 'ancred, Ceesar Borgia, Gonzalvo de Cordova or Garibaldi. It is singular that while most intel ligent people undoubtedly prefer the conditions of modern civilization for their daily life they should by pref erence also like to dream of the times when civilization was still unrealized and of lives lived in circumstances against which modern common sense revolts. These are machine made times. Those were handmade, and true art is manual, not mechanical. A JTnmoaa Bide For Kouoth's Sake. None of the obituary writers on the late Louis Kossuth seems to have referred to an incident in his career which must always have a special interest for Englishmen. This was one of the most famous record rides of ancient or modern times, per formed by Captain Charles Townley, a queen's messenger, in the interest of the Hungarian liberator. After the collapse of his cause in 1849 Kos suth and a crowd of his compatriots had fled to Turkey, from which Aus tria and Russia were menacingly de manding their extradition. But the great Eltchi, who was then our representative on the Golden Horn, made bold upon, his own responsibil ity to back up the sultan in his re fusal to deliver up the fugitives, be lieving that Palmers ton, who was then at the foreign office, would bear Mm out in his firm attitude of oppo sition. Knowing that life and death de pended on the speedy arrival of his approving dispatch at Stamboul, "Pam" selected Captain Townley to be its bearer, with instructions "not to spare himself or others" in getting to his destination as soon as possible. Reaching Belgrade on Oct 20, Cap tain Townley there took horse, and on the morning of the 26th he rode, or rather reeled, into Peru, having covered the distance of 820 miles in 131 hours a feat which elicited loud applause when mention was made of it In the house of commons. rail Mall Gazette. The Only Phrase He Knew. Sir Andrew Agnew, the last of the hereditary sheriffs of Galloway, had a strong prejudice against the French and though often thrown into the so ciety of Frenchmen plumed himself on his ignorance of their language. Once, while journeying to Edinburgh, Sir Andrew halted over Sunday at his daughter's house and attended the parish church. The minister, having given out nis text from the Old Testament, dis puted the correctness of the author ized translation. In enforcing his opinion he quoted the text in the He brew original, and the words sounded to Sir Andrew's ear as the French salutation, "Comment vous portez- vous?" The sheriff writhed in his seat, and it was with the greatest difficulty that his daughter kept him from speakmg out his feelings, rnit as soon as the benediction had been pro nounced Sir Andrew's wrath explod ed. To the amusement of the con gregation he roared out: "The scoundrel! Yet I might ha' f orgi'en hm had he not used the only French words I ever knew I" Youth's Companion. Kind Wishes. The slightest motion of disinter ested kindness that passes through the mind improves and refreshes it producing generous thought and no ble feeling. We should cherish kind wishes. for a time may come when we may be able to put them in prac tice. Miss Mitforo. Cause and Effect, Little Sister Does everything need the rain to make it green? Big Sister Yes. - L. . Is that why your young . i .n.B niu man carries an umurvutti x-uiuii. Free Press. - Guaranteed Cure,. We authorize onr advertised drug- gist to sell Dr. Ring's NewViSCov- erv for Consumption. , Coughs and C.nhU Tinon th i fionditinn. - It YOU are afflicted with a Cnngh. i Cold or anv Lnns-. Throat or Chen - ironM, and will use this reined v ardirecte. mvMio- it. a fnir trial.! nd -experience no benefit, you m iy return I he bottle and have your money wnixieu. v r could not make this ofler did we not know Dr. Kirtg's -New Discovery rould be relied on. It , never disap- i Trial -bottles free at J. D. Morris'. " Large size 50c and $1 .00. HOME FIRST: Carolina,: Wednesday Evening AN ECCENTRIC MAN'S WILL. A Kanaan's Provision For Cremation tr -1 Quicklime Carried Oat. ' A will, which for eccentricity has yet to be outshone, is on file in the probate court. "tit was made by Hen ry Smith, an eccentrio old southern er; who died in the fall of 1889,J in All Saints', hospital He had most pronounced views-on the subject of burial, and in his will ; he directed with great minuteness of detail that his body be consumed by quicklime. This is the way the will begins t ' ' "In no event must my funeral ex penses exceed - $30. v The. coffin to be used must be what is called a rough box, unplaned, no top and uncolored ; interment to take place one hour before sunset on the 'day I die, if possible; if "not one hour after sun rise the following day. The body to be wrapped incommon brown mus lin. Get one : barrel of unslacked lime, more if necessary. Put one half of the lime in the bottom of the coffin. Place the body therein. Then put the remainder of the lime on top of the body and add water to slack the lime sufficiently to con sume my body. One man is to re ceive f 5 for remaining at my grave and pouring water on the lime in order to keep up this cremating proc ess for 12 hours. No carriage at my expense. Flowers declined. The body to be taken to the grave in a common one horse wagon. "Further, if the doctors of Hagers town want my body for dissection he or they can have it ; but, remember, if you take it, it is your elephant thereafter. Should there be any re mains when you are through with it you may bury them on my lot at your expense. This is optional with you." ; The provisions in the will of the eccentric old man were carried out to the letter. A barrel of quicklime was carried out to Elmwood ceme tery, and a negro was engaged to be at . the burying ground at sunset When he was told that his work was to consist of pouring water on the grave all night, he saw visions of a deserted graveyard in dead of night and of shadowy forms flitting by. His eyes bulged out, and he said : ' 'Oh, no, not me I I dont want uis job," and he jammed his hat down hard on his head and walked away as though some one were after him. But a man was finally secured who would undertake the task. One hour before sunset an old spring wagon drove into the cemetery with the old man's body. It was garbed m coarse muslin, as he had directed in his will. It was placed in a rough pine box and packed in the quicklime. The sun was sinking beneath the horizon when the lime was thoroughly soaked with water. ' It sputtered and boiled and seethed as it ate into the body. It was then lowered into the grave and covered with dirt All night water was thrown on the mound of clay. ' 'Old man" Smith's bequest was complied with to the letter. Smith's estate was of little value and was not worth enough to pay the bequests in the will. Soon after the-will was filed appraisers were ap pointed. They reported that they had found $562 m cash and "papers of no importance." All of Smith's real estate is encumbered for its full value. Henderson is in charge of what is left of- the estate. Kansas City Star. History He peats Itttclf. Those who are interested in coinci dences cannot but be struck with the fact that Henry IV of France, whom Caraot greatly resembled in personal appearance, having the same nose, a similar beard and much the same figure, was stabbed by Ravaiilac, who jumped on his carriage wheel and killed him. Similarly Henry HL the preceding king, was stabbed to death by Clement who pretended that he wanted to present him with a pe tition. Philadelphia Times. j'. Warm l)i Ins. I;ig WtUer. ... Warm wuitr is preferable to cold water, as a drink to persons who are subject to dyspeptic and bilious com ilcdnts, and itpnay be taken moi reely than cold water and eons uently answers better as a uauer or carrvinsr off bile. When water i tern pen i tun- ";u: :mt:n l:vyri.-: V..-.I 'V'. . cou.-idC) hlv il to tht.L of il for dri:.';: .-iii!:uL::t a '. oyspep: : .c s-.ihjuct. Collection of Pitchers. A novel collection ia that belong ing to Mrs. Martin, wife of ex-Sena tor Martin of. Newark. Mrs. Martin i has been collecting pitchers about eight years. She has 500 now, and in all the great company there are I but two duplicates. Some of the tiniest in this pitcher family are the most valuable. Mrs. Martin has one scarcely one inch tall - of - gold,' with six jewels set in a circle on the ont i side. - This ' is the most valuable, so far as money- is concerned, in the ! collection.- although there is ' one i made of; $3,000 worth of bank notes Philadelphia Inquirer. , j; Wanted to Exchange. Be 'good and go to sleep," a Buf falo mother told her 4-year-old daugh ter recenUy.i-- -'Mamma v:must go down stairs and see Mrs.- Blank. God ia with vou. He will take care of vou." ' - Shortly after a voice irom ine -up .- '- 'I'. . m per regions begged the mother to re- turn to ner cnuu. s otMiig.uuucwcu, a still more urgent appeal came float ing over the banister. . "Mamma, you come up here and stay with-God, and ni tome down there and talk to I saXB. xjianjc ouuaio ow ; .Harris, in his book "nermes,'? says that all the nations of the eartn; an iaent and modern, have ascribed- to tne sun a mascuune anu io tuumwu a feminine gender. . The owner of a carriage which.was unset the other day ? said .hat. he couldn't agree with the .spectators who complimented him on his hand some turnout r . . ' ' ABROAD NEXT. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report 1 1 vJ0 ' - AaSOJUDVEBX PURE t-UNEltAL EXTCfRtlCTrf "CHECKED. ,4' The Dying-Bequest of the Departed Fnl- :;. filled by an Economical Widow. : , A committee representing a frater nal organization having been notified of the death of a member waited on his Widow, residing in a Boston sub urb, to make arrangements for the funeral j It was a hard experience for the committee. - ' -Thawidowt believed in -simplicity and had noj liking for ceremony or nataritflfarin nf antr tu-vrr Sri a in formed the committee that itsserv- would attend! to the burial without the assistance of any one save the undertaker. "Youmight make yourselves use ful," she said:- "by sending one here at once." I Her visitors were next requested to depart and in not the most ceremo nious fashion; They left and found excuses for their reception in the extreme age of the woman, whose years numbered fourscore and more. They accepted her hint and sent the undertaker, who arrivedi in due time. To him she soon made her wishes known. His suggestion of a casket brought out a storm of wrothy remarks anent reckless extravagance. A simple wooden box she declared good enough and an outlay of $3 the limit of the expenditure. i The undertaker was petrified with astonishment It took him some time to recover his composure, but he finally spunked up courage enough to suggest the necessity of carriages for the mourners. He was informed that carriages would be en tirely unnecessary, and the idea of having a hearse was not especially to the widow's liking. After much persuasion, however, she consented to the provision of a hearse and one carriage and agreed to settle for the services of a minister. Her lamented spouse was interred in the family lot, with his wife and companion of many years as the sole mourner. "That woman," said the undertak er, "was the 'greatest freak I ever e truck in an experience with all Muds of people during a number of years in the business. She had plenty of means and was not regard ed as a penurious person. She seemed to be filled with the idea that all those in any way professionally con cerned with the burial of the dead were extortionists, pure and simple. Her husband, she said, had warned her, and she , followed .his wishes in circumventing any unwarrantable outlay for the interment" Boston Herald. Fooled the Landlord. "Perhaps you would like to be andlord of a flat," said the man who had been talking real estate, "and think you. had obtained desirable tenants and were hugging yourself over the delightful knowledge that whatever other landlords had to en dure there would be no children in your flats. I rented to a couple, and as usual asked if the family consist ed of adults only. " 'Oh, yes,l chirped tne young woman, 'and we don't want any chil dren in the building that is why we are willing to pay you your price. "The man dadn t say anything, out thought he looked queer. ' ' 'Any hoarders ?' I asked. " 'Hardly,' said she, 'in a six room flat' . Still 1 thought there was some . . - thing back of it "Tetsr ! " 'No; neither dog, cat, canary nor parrot. i "They took ithe flat and her wid owed sister came from Nebraska with five boys to visit them. That was a year ago, and they are visiting them yet, and in consequence all the other flats remain empty. A torna do would be eilence compared to the racket those boys make." Detroit r.oe Prefer j One advantage which electric arc lights have on several1 occasions been pointed out to possess over all other means of illumination is that they give off a very large proportion of chemical ' rays . and - aocordingly closely simulate the effects of sun light Dark rooms, cellars and other places into which sunlight doea not come, . and which are usually un- healthful, may therefore be expected to become quite as desirable from a sanitary point of view and to be as easily protected from foulness when arc lights are iused in them as rooms . 1 : ... 1 A. 1 . 1 TO WHICH Huuuguii una irtw tuajecw. In dark stores and other establish ments the introduction of - arc lights ought consequently to - have a dead edly beneficial effect upon the health of employees, and should relieve them to a considerable extent from the attacks of diseases produced by want of sunlight." -A practical .dem onstration of i this power, of the arc light can readily be . obtained by re maining for a short time in close nroximitv to ia large light when it will be found that all the effects, of sunburn will be produced.--Cassier's Magazine.. ' - " - ' It is related that it once fell to an Atchison mam to break the news to a woman that her husband had been, killed, - "Do you know he said, call ing at. her house, "that with your light hair and pretty complexion you would break every , heart in town if you were dressed as a widow?" ; .She blushed and laughed. -iAnd youare one," he added. "Your husband was blown to atoms down in the boiler works, but then black is so becoming to you." Atchison Globe.. . S I ;00 September 19th, A PALACE OF GHOSTS. Haunted by Spirits of Women Who Pol- V : eoned One Another. - In the midst of the old ruins and palaces of Italy, stained with count less deeds of blood, it remains for one modern structure to be known par ticularly as the home of ghosts.-This Interesting building, is'jaescribed by Marion Crawford1 in'an article in The C!enturydevoted tethe-wonderfut Itau veoast .betweenSorrento and Salerno.' . ' " T - boyeAerpia,,which itself .is ali most directly above -Prajano. onithe wuthern sideof the peninsula, stands I an enormous palace; visible, from the sea at a great distance. It is known asthe Plazzo degli'Spiriti (the pal ace of the ghosts), and I once took the trouble to climb up from Praja no and go all over. it. It is entirely deserted and has neither doors nor windows, a building almost royal in proportions and plan, standing on a vast terrace overlooking the sea, by no means ancient, and in some parts decorated with frescoes and stucco work, which are fast falling a prey i to the weather. . It was built by a personage known as General Avitabile, who came to a tragic end before he had completed his magnificent residence and whose heirs are, I believe, still quarreling about the division of the property. while .the building itself is allowed to fall into ruins. It would be hopeless to attempt to disentangle the tales told about the family, by the simple hillfolk. There were women in the case who poisoned one another and the general and whose spirits, ven omous still, are believed to haunt the vast halls and corridors and stair cases and underground regions of the palace. Whether they do or not, a more ap propriate place for hobgoblins, ban shees, ghouls - and vampires could scarcely have been created by a dis eased imagination in a nightmare. Even at midday, under the southern sun, the whole place seems as uncan ny as a graveyard on St. John's eve. Bits of staircase lead abruptly into blank walls, passages end suddenly in the high air, without window rail ing or parapet Lonely balconies lead around dizzy corners to dismal watch turrets whence a human voice could hardly find its way to the balls with in. The most undaunted explorers of the Society For Psychical Research might learn what "goose flesh" means m such a place as this. A Uurderer May Inherit From His Victim. After six years' litigation the su preme court has decided the case of Ransom versus Shellenbarger, in volving the point of whether or not a murderer can inherit property from his victim. Seven years ago Lee Shellenbarger murdered his daughter in order that he might inherit some valuable prop erty left her by her mother. He was convicted and sentenced to be hanged, but while the case was pend ing in the supreme court he was lynched- Before this tragic episode he had deeded his interest in -the dead girl's estate to his attorneys. Frank Ransom and John C. Watson. The other heirs contested the at torneys' rights, asserting that the iaw would not allow a murderer to profit by his crime. The attorneys contended that in this country crime worked no corruption of blood and no forfeiture ot property ana mat ise braska's statutes contained nothing to prevent Shellenbarger's transfer. The trial court found for the attor neys, but the supreme court reversed this holding. Since then the person nel of this tribunal has entirely changed, and when the case came up the second time the court upheld the attorneys' contention. Lincoln (Neb.) Dispatch to St "Louis Repub lic. How Vandal Ift Got ltd Name. Some of the names of towns are arrived at in a peculiar way for example, the town of Vandalia in Illinois, which was named in a singu lar manner. . The man who owned the land on which the present town of Vandalia is situated was a man without a great, deal of-education and wanted a lawyer friend of his, who was a wag, to give him a name for his new town. - The wag sug gested that the Vandala were a very noted - people, : and that he should name the town "Vandalia," or the home of the Vandals." It was at that time the coming metropolis or Illinois and subsequently the capital of that state and was named-Wan- daliaj' the home of the Vandals, ac cording to the wit's suggestioiuM3in cinnati Enquirer. - .. 2tjt. M V - . ... ... Editor (to graduate who applies to write leaaersj-xiavo ymuuu -u- Graduate Oh, yes, lots of it. 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The Roxboro Courier (Roxboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 19, 1894, edition 1
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