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N O E L L B R O S , P ro p r i
Vol. xil
THE MAJOR'S SISTER;
London Tid-Bits.l
"It's quite useless waiting for me,
Fred. It will take at least an hour
to overhaul tiiy machine and adjust
these confounded bearings. -You'd
better run oil to St. Albans and " or
der a rattling good dinner for two
at the George. By the time it's
ready I shall be with you agaiu." ? -
"It will be better than hanging
about here when I can do no good"
I agreed. "It was a nasty spill, and
you may think yourself lucky, to
have got off with nothing worse than
a few bruises and a little delay.
'Pon my word I was afraid onr tour
was already at an end. Trust to me
Harry, old fellow, to have aU ready
for, the iuner man' f v-:
"Aye, I'll trust you for thai"
retorted my cyclist chuui, Harry
Holmes, as I gripped the handle bar
of my machine and vaulted mto the
saddle. "And, not -haviner to listen
to your edifying remarks concerning
my appearance, I shan't, "perhaps,-be i
so long repairing damages as you
think." - i
With this friendly piece of parting
banter to spur me on, I pressed the
pedals in earnest, and the next mo
ment was speeding along the high
road to St. Albans, distant some sis
miles.
It was alright, bracing morning,
and a sharp spin at my own pace
was undoubtedly preferable to Bitting
smoking on a bank, watching my
unlucky friend tinkering with a
wrench and listening to alternate!
growls at the treacherous roads and
ah such misfortunes a3 side slips.
I had traveled about half the dis
tance when rounding a curve iu the
road I observed a lady cyclist a short
distance ahead. Apparently some
thing had gone wrong with her
mount, for she was standing with it
propped up by the side of the road
and was viewing surrounding objects
with an air of evident dejection.
True to the spirit -which prompts
every cyclist to help another in dis
tress, I slackened speed and as I
drew nearer - noticed that the lady
was bo; h young and pretty, a dis
covery which at once made my im
pressionable heart "hope" that she
might be glad to avail herself of
my services m some way or other.
My wishes in this respect were
speedily gratified, for as I dismount
ed and politely inquired if anything
had gone wrong with the machine
the young lady's face became suffused
with the most winning smiles.
"Oh, thank you so very mnch,
sir, was the response, spoken with
out the slightest trace of frigity.
i must coniess mat m in a
wretched fix. The handle bar of
my machine has become loose, and I
haven't a .tool of any description
that will tighten np . the nut. And
to make matters worse my brother,
Major Gwynne, has lost me or I
suppose, I have lost him and I'm
afraid he hasn't the least idea that
my plight is such a bad one."
"Oh, we'll very soon cet things
right," I said reassuringly, and the
look of gratitude bestowed upou me
made me think that I had never be
fore, met with so charming or so
handsome a girl as this Miss
Gwynne.
Whipping out my wrench, I ad
justed it and proceeded to tighten up
the loose nut of the steering bar. I
noticed that the young lady's ma
chine was anything but a good one.
In fact, I was quietly telling myself
what an inferior and old fashioned
mount it was for so winsome and
apparently well to do rider, when,
to my dismay, the screw broke short
off, and the nut attached to it rolled
in the road.
'Now, here's a pretty go!" I
blurted out, reddening with mingled
confusion- and vexation. "What
ever shall w.e do now, Miss Glynne?"
, "Oh, I'm sure I don't -know,"' was
the reply, uttered, in tones of con
sternation which almost overwhelm
ed me and made - me call myself
very thing the reverse of compli
mentary. "And 1 must be at least
20 miles from home, ' too, and' my
brother will, ' I v am ,. quite certain,
never trouble himself to turn back
to look for me. - He'll Bimply keep
on driving s ahead. " But, there,
suppose he is just like r other t broth
ers quite useless as escorts'
or my own part I felfcdecidedly
pieasetl at the prospect of the broth
era continued absence. v r .
"Well, I've landed -tou in this
scrape, and you must allow rue to
see you out of it. that.' all ? - -
Secretly I began to tl micrhtv
clarl aa T : . . i . . : - -
-w icivea what .- a very
pleasant duty had suddenly devolved
upon me, and for the time, at all
events, my chum Holmes waVnnite
iurgocien. - - - . .
et o rs .
Roxboro, North
Yon can't tick me tin ami irv ma
a ride. .Yours isn't a bicycle built
fyl two, .yon know." - Ahd ' the
young lady laughed with such per
fect good Jhumor that 1 felt quite at
my ease again. - . -
' f'l sincerely wish it was for once,"
returned boldly, and: then -as she
turned apair of bright, laughing
eyes upon me-1 blushed afc my un-
usuai; temerityAthe ; while I' was
growing possitively1: eager to be
come the slave of this fair j cyclist.
"i can- only suggest,' I added,
','that as you are so far .from home
you will allow me to 'see you to some
hotel while I try to get a new bolt
and nut Possibly you can tell me
of a likely place to put up at for an
hour or two, as - I am a stranger
about here.. I can- easily mahap-p tn
; - .. o- ,--
wheel yourmachine and ' my own
along."
Somewhat to - my- surprise, how
ever, .Miss Gwynne ? was visibly em
barrassed by my proposition.
"1 here s one greet objection to
such a thing' she said after a pause.
"he fact is, Dick I mean my
brother, Major Gwynne ha3 left me
without a I penny in , my pocket."
She colored up chaimhigly at the
confession and went on: "Of course
he doesn't know thar, and it'a my
own fault. I ofteu go out without
bringing my purse, but I declare I
never will again."
She gave a little augh, as if to
conceal her vexation, and added,
"And so I ( can't accept your kind
suggestion."
"On the contrary," I returned;
more e.igerly still, "it is the' greater
reason why - I should't desert you,
especially as your predicament is
entirely due to my carelessness. ; You
don't know how annoyed . I-am at
haviug rendered your machine use
less, and uuder the circumstances -I
feel in honor bound to repair the
mischief, and if you will afford me
the happiness of seeing yon made
Comfortable! can no doubt very
soon get your mount put right"
Miss Gwnne hesitated, and 'J
flattered myself that she seemed in
no way ; averse ; to my : company.
Certainly I was making a very favor
able Impression upon h er, 1 r
Oh, but if I-allow you to spend
anything upon me, it must be as a
loan. No, please don't in term Dt-
that must be distinctly understood.!
Mybrother must and will be only
too happy to settle with you. Be
sides," the girl continued, with a
smile,' "whatever would "he say ti uie
if I allowe.1 a perfect stranarer to
spend money upon me?" ,
"He'd say it served me right for
my carelessness. But you will allow
me, then, to see you made comfort
able somewhere while I try to repair
damages?" r .
"Really I don'c see what else I can
do under the circumstances," was
the answer, with a little sigh of re
gret. Then, with a little laugh and
in a mock menacing tone, she added:
"Oh, but won't I make it warm -for
brother Dick when we meet! Adeal
he cares for me. , You see he hasn't
ever troubled to run back to find out
whether I have broken my ueck or
not and between you and" me he
hates the idea of lost irrcuud. But
let us be moving, Mr. Mr.
A little hesitation, some apparent
embarrassment, one half shy side
glance at me, and my heart was no
longer my own. I knew I was, even
already, madly in love with pretty
Miss Gwynne. - "
"j?reu Jirauaon quite at your
service."
"Well, Mr. . Brandon, there's . -a
turning half a mile down the road
which will'take us to just the place
we want. Then you will be able to
run on to St Albans to get what you
want v, tor my wheel. '1 nere s no
place nearer, and I'm afraid you will
be very glad . when you .have : done
with such .a Very troublesome .com
panion as I am proving. ' ,; - . -
On the - cotrary, quite a pleasant
interruption . to my journey, I gal
lantly ventured, and I really thought
that Miss Gwvnne was the most
charming and unconventional girl I
had ever met In fact we presently
reached the inn.; she - had spoken of
ali to soon to suit my newly awaken
- - " ' . ".
ed emotions. - ; -
I found, on inquiry, that I could
reach St Albans quicker by taking
some short cut across Hhe fields than
by riding around the-'road, and so I
determined to leave - my machine at
fhP fnn. As for poor iHarry I as
by this time utterly oblivious of; his
existence. , ' -. .
: T okin'o; in upon Miss Gwynne
before leaving the house,
her already ' enjoying an appetizing
repast, a sight -which, momentarily
ma cnWift nnalms of conscience
Lnmino- the dinner I had ; prom
. i v., oiinnld be ready for
isea my uuuiu
he reached the
HOME FIRSTS
Carolina, Wednesday Evening, APKnTig; 1896. No."H37
I -i .. . -r -W , . . T - : TV. T i. TT .Ft . 1 "a
George.
' "Pardon me, Miss Gwynne. said I
I haven't had a chance to Fettle with
the landlord yet, and i he ni--v look
for payment before I cai return.
Except for a few coppers, tl'Ts not -',
as it happens is the smallest ttmou tit
I have about me, so pray acpept it as
the loan whichTyon say yon will in
sist upon your ' brother Major
Gwynne, returning., " . - '
. I delicately placed a 5 note upon
the.; table, and then blushing furi
ously at the rather curious1 look ac
corded me, which-1 recalled to mmd
soon af tecward, I hastened from the
room. - '' ; -
Having procured, what I Vanted
in St, Albans, I was back well under
the two, hours. Of Miss Gwynne,
however, I could se.e no'traceT-r!rT'-
.. .. .
"Oh, the lady went soon after you
left, sir, said the landlord in answe?
to my interrogations. She said you'd
know which way . she'd gone, and
she would take her brother's bicycle,
as you'd arranged to come back for
hersand to setlle up with me. . -
- "What! I fairly grasped,.1 gone off
on -my machine said I was her
brother aud ' left me to settle up'
Why, what on earth are you raving
about, man?- ;
"Ain't rnving at all, snapped the
landlord, , eyeiag me suspiciously.
But but I hope it's all right.
She " - .
' '''Hope it's all right! I interrupted
furiously.' It's all. wrong if 8he
said I was her brother, and gone off
with my almost new 20 guinea mount
and my 5 note, too! $ Ob",' yet, its
all right for her no doubt, t nd a
very clever swindler that gil must
be. That machine she's left behind
is not worth the price of old iron.
Aud you i let her slip away under
your very nose! - ,
I could hardly repress a groan as
I saw how neatly I had been deceived,
for I felt very hard hit fcouh in
pocket i and vauit, especially the
latier. ;My mortification, moreover,
was no doubt commensurate with
the knowledge of. what a thoious;h
fool "I shoa!d appear-to everybody.
- .-'Well, its yorr own faul4 suv the
l'aodlord retorted . gruffiv. f f you
let the girl soft soap,; yon dpwn like
she seems to' have ,'dopeyea've got
no one but yoorself 'to blame-. Acd
its my belief that she aint a girl at
all, but a chap, dvessed up as such,
so as to swindle gents easieri I had
my doubts when she left, but now I
am sure. . ten to one you nave Dee tr
done by a you ug fel'o w named Dan
jrd a clever bicycle thief, much
w.tnted by "the pol ice i a thc-st- parts.'
He is better known ." Do'ly Fou,
because he makes such a good look
ing girl when he d.essr3 up. You
aiut tbe first -gent as he's swindled in
ust this'eame way. I date day he'u
no sooner got out oi s'gnc , oi
this place than he assumed hi3 true
character, and by this tiaie ) our
bicycle has put bini miles out of
reach, and may be its already sold.
To learn that'I had, been ignobly
duped by a - common r b;cycle thief
maddened me still more, but the
ODly consolatlou I bad was ia. wan
ing aU sorts of dreadful things about
the pseudo Major Gwynne's sistef.
THE FARMER'S WEIGHTS
The French-Canadians are not
without a sense cf humor, and they
highly appreciate the f ollowmg story
told of a prosperous baker m a town
not far from Quebec:
The b&ket was in the . habit : of
buying his butter in pound baljs, or
rolls, from' a farmer with whom, he
did a good deal of business. Notic
ing that these butter " balls looked
rather small, he weighed them, and
found that they were all , under
pound .in weight Thevejpon ..... he
had the farmer brought beTore ; the
magistrate and accused of dishonest
practices,
-These butter balls .sa:u-; tne
iudKe to the s farmer," , ceftasniy
..- .. . .... - 1 -" -
nro;yVit 'ph. than: a pound.- Mnayw
. . . . . ----- . .
you any scaiesr
"I have said the firmer.
" "And have you we-ghts? .
r'No, no weights. , . . i . -
Vrhen bow caa you . weigh- your
butter ball?? :'
"That is very simple, said the far
mer; "While I've been selling the
baker butter, I've beep buybg pound
loaves of bread from hJovaiid I use
them for weights on my scales!
When General Garfield was asked
as a young boy, '.'what he meant s to
be," he answered: ''First : of all, I
must make myself a man; if I do
not succeed in that, ! can succeed in
nothing,'
f amma Now, d ear; - can- you re
member anything aboufc the sermon?
Small Dauffhier-Oh; yea, mamma
Tf w'm all about the fooUsh - people
that strain at gates and swallow saw
mills Boston : Transcript '-
ABROAD NEXT.
; . o . - . " Avcpurc
1 .Multiply" and Diversify.
J So long as $150,000 initial capital
can build and start a 0,000 spindle
mill," employ 350 hands make an in
crease in population of 7G0 J or more,
pay out $75,000 jn annual wages and
$15,000 in dividends, and thus ; con
vert a dead town; into; a ' live one,
while piling np a big surplus to . de
fray the remainder of the cost of the
mill and jiitimately; ' enlarge, it, v. so
long'Vill every town. in South" Caroli
nastrive for its cotton mill, and
strive wisely. We - think we'' know
onr cotton-mill text. It is : Multiply
and diversify ! Columbia ? (S. C.)
State. ; '
South Carolina's text may well be
adopted by every ... State "Multiply
and diversify" but. this may . be
given a Lbroader range than cotton
mills. Multiply your cotton mills
aul diversify their 'product is well
enough in its way, but why not mul
tiply all profitable lines of induBtry
and diversify their productions?
Why not establish works to build
textile machinery ? Somebody will do
it before long, because it would be
folly to suppose that no'one is going
to take advantage of such an open
ing. Who will be the first? Then why
not make at least a part of the mil
lions of dollars of woodworking ma
chinery annually purchased by this
section? Why ship the Alabama
iron to Michigan, and ship the finish
ed product in the form of woodwork
ing machinery as far south as Texas,
as is now being done? Wby purchase
Michigan farniture, when the
South has more timber than all other
sections combined , -
Wby, not, in general.' diversify all
industrial interests and; thus build up
everywhere the same '''.well-rounded
brosneritT which .the State outlines
as a
mills?
reason tor building cotton
-Manufacturers Record. ' ;
V Manners for Boys.
, Poor Fellows ! . -' How they got
hectored add scolded " and snubbed;
and how continual is the rubbing and 1
polishing and drilling, which eyery
member of the family feels at liberty
to administer. .
No winder their oppjsitioa is
aroused.1 and they hegtu to feel hat
everv uian's hand is against them,
- i -
when after ail, if they were n t tily
in a quiei way info'med of what, was
expected of them, atf)l their mauiless
appealed I to, they would . res lilr
enough to fall iat line. Here are
fourteen good rules to begin with.
1. Hat! lifiedlf eayin "Go 1 by,'
or "How do you do?" - " ;
2. Hat lilted when offering a seat
in a train or omnious. or iu au-
knowledgins; a favor. ' -- -
3." Keep step with anyone, you
walk-witb.- . "- .
4. Always precede a lady up-staira
and ask her if you may precede her
in passing a crowd. or public place.
. 5. Hat off the moment you enter a
street dobr and when you stepMnto a
private hall or office. . ' . r
6. Let la lady t pass., first, always,
unless she asks you to precede her
7. Tn the drawing room stand - till
every lady in the room is , seated
also older people. . : ... '
ft."" Rise if a ladv- comes in after
you are seated, and stand, till- she
takes a seat. . " - u '
s 9 ) Lo k neoole : straight In theface
when speaking or being spoken to.
-r: 10. Let ladies pass through a door
first, standing aside for them. .,
' ,1L In the diuingroom take .your
seat aften ladies and elders... . , .
; 12. Never play with knife, fork, or
spoon --f -l - - - ' ,
13. Do not take your napkin ina
bunch in your hand. 1 .
- 14. fiat as fasYor- as slow as the
others, and finish the coarse when
they do.--Exchange. , - .
Bought Her Own Coffin
Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson, who has
for Home time been-very low from se
nile prostration, is, we are glad to say,
in a fair way to regain her- usual
health. 'During her 'sickness she
concluded that her iime.ou earth
would'soou pass away and .she made
ample preparations for ;her funeral.
She had her coffin made to her -own
noLioo, and, I learn, had it - brought
home:' If -spared until may 4th. she
will celebrate . her 94 th birthd?y.
She has been a woman of rare endur
ance and in bygone daysher .decision
on Scriptural discussions was always
final.; Sloan correspondent to States
ville Landmark. .-" -
Judge Russell, in a. St. Louis
court last week held that a bicycle is
VworrQ on t.riat the- railroads : of
Missouri must carry it free on first
class ticket -
LITTLE PETE.
r6y Thomas P. MonUort- , , "
Little Pete was a cripple.
; Mre than that, he was fatherless
and motherless almost a stranger,
in fact, in a strange land. : '
One day he had drifted into the
Bedrock mining camp from some
where over the Nevada range, look
ing about as ; forlorn and -forsaken
an object as v had ever struck the
camp. ' , '. .
1. He as dirty .and unkempt, and
hair which had grown fori months,
one -tangled - mass. His clothing,
which had been pieced cut. with
man's cast off garments, hung liter
ally in shreds and tatters.
The first place he struck at Bed
rock was a mining claim on which
three men were at work prospecting
for gold. ' He walked boldly up to
the men and addressed them with:
"Got a job ferine?"
They looked up from 'their work
and scanned Pete in blank amaze
ment - Almost a minute passed,
then the three menstruck with the
ridiculousness of the situation, burst
into a roar of laughter.
-- Pete lookel hurt, but 1 he main
tained a brave- front, and waited
patiently for the men to get their
laugh ouf v Then he calmly asked
again: "
, "Got a job fer me?"
"Why I reckon we shorelyhaye,"
old Jo Becker replied. "We neeed
men to work this gold mine, an' we
want men of experience. I reckon
you're a experienced miner all right
enough, haint you?" , :
..."Dunno," Pete answered. "I never
dug gold, but I kin." : r
"So! How much gold yon reckon
you hin dig?" ,
"Dig all thar is in the ground I
dig up." ' .
- "Reckon you shore could do that
all right Any feller ort to do that
much. - But I 'low you wmldn'tbe
able to do no great Bight o' diggin'.
Guess you wouldn't disfigger the
earth past recognition, nohow."
Td try to," Pete replied solemnly.
The miners laughed again loud
and loiiir, aud one of them said:
'That's a boss on you, Joe."
- "I own up to that" Joe answered
good-naturedlv. ' "I reckon this ain't
the first time." he went ou, "that
the kid has been away from home."
"Quej-s he's shore been out once
or twice, another obs-erved. -
Pete became inpatient at the delay
and again asked:
"Got a job fer me?"
"Dnhho." Joe ansvered. "I'm - a
little af eared to pit you to: diggin'
Mess you tear the world up an' git us
8iiedby the resto' mankind for dam
ages." - . .
" Well I'll be gittin on," Pete said
with a little sigh as he turned . and
started off. "
"Wall 6ay! what's your great bur
ry?"' Joe called. . '
"I want to git a job." ;
"Wal, you got plenty o' ime."
"No, I aint neither." '
"Guess you got at least five years
yit, an'mebby more than that , :
' "Dunno how.". v ,
"Cause it'll be that long 'fore , you
grow into a job.''' -"Don't
you reckon I kin git some
n,;nn'tn rin?" - Pete asken. anxi-
ously. 'I - ,
" "Reckon not much in . the minin
way,".Joe replied. ' "It takes a right
smart sight heftier timber tnan you
do to anything at niinin." .
V'l mightn't be able to do much,?
Pete said half pleaningly, "but I'd
be'willin' to work cheap.'', - ' . - .
. "How cheap?" , ' :
' "Why, - whatever you; thought
right." - ' , -
Old Joe was silent a moment, then
he said quite seriously
"You can do no minin so you bet
ter go home."
"I aint got no : hpnie," Pete an
swered. ''.'"-.
. ."Aint, eh,?" .
"No, sir." ' ; , ; ' ' -
, "Whar's your mother?"
"She's dead." - ' " :, .
"An' your papi"?
"He's dead." '
"So? Aint you got no friends?"
Pete shook his head. ' -
' ?Tben you aint got nobody to take
care of you?" : " ; - 1
' "No I'm just alone." ; ':
What the nation yjn goin to do
then?"
v 'Lowed I'd git a job." r
Old Joe emitted a long' incredu
lous whistle. ' ' . r -"I
kin work, too," Pete j went ou
"an' I will if anybody will, let me.
An 1 won't charge mnch, neither."
Old Joe eyed the boy closely for a
little while; in -thoughtfu) silence,
tneu be said: . . -; -
.."Sonny, I reckon I know a job
you Kin git, ana 1 reckon it's shore
one you kin work at,: too. .Come
'long o' an' I'll set you to work
right off.' 5
"What doin?",Pete asked."
"Cleaning up some 1 waste": grub,'
Joe replied. "Reckon yon can man
age itr - ; - ; '
Pete smiled broadly, for he under
stood'Joes meaning - j ' ,'
"I reckon I kin," he said. ; "I'm
shore hungry." . 'j 1 ,
Joe took Pete down ltd bia "cabin
and set him out a lunch that would
have fed a dozen men. And , Pete
certainly did justice to that be
cason. 3 - '' - .
He ate so much that Joe began to
grow alarmed, and-when 1 Pete had
finished he soid: ' - .
; "You shore was hu ngry." , .
, "I was,". Pete replied, j drawing
the back of j his 1 hand across his
mouth. ! "I wag most starved. '.'
.'"You shore was.-- Reckon you
had'nt eatnon for 'bout a week?
"Not since yistiddy, Pete said. "I
had breakfast then. , '' ; t
"Why didn't'you say at fust you
was hungry? -
- "OauseT didn't have no money to
buy no grub, anVl wanted - to git a
job so'8 to earn some. . ; ' . -
"Wal, you're a good 'an, shore.
Had a notion I wouldn't givenothin
to eat less you paid fer it, eh?. ., : .
I lowed you'd want pay. - . yt
Magus That man Cyr'g mnecular
power is iSomething wonderful. c He
drags his opponent all Q7er i he stage.
TogusOb, I don't know I know a
little 85-pound woman who drags her
husband all over town shopping eyery
Saturday.- Chicago Dispatch.
Willis Will not Resign. -
Sak Francisco, April 24- Min
ister Willis, wbo arrived from1' Hon
olulu, yesterday - on the v steamship
Australia,' says be is merely here : on
sixty days leave of absence, , which is
allowed , consular ? representatives
annually. He. has no intention of
resigning and U not in poor health.
Discovered Too Early. .-
At Slateford, Pa., in looking over
a deceased farmer's effect the, other
day, neighbors cf his . came, ,'ucrQss
$2,300 in ja tin pail: : As tliis was
one of thelariiclefi to be eo!d intend
ing investors in that l;ne will, now
grieve as th tse without : hope. ' But
a $2,300 tin p;u-. probably never ex
isted before.' Froni',
the jEluiira
Advertiser. -'' "
A. World's Peace .Conference.
- Washikqtok, J April ' 23.-r-Repre
sentati ve Pearson, of Nojth Carolina;
to-day introduced a resolution au
thorizing the President to invite the
nations of the world to appoint del
egates to an international i confer
ence to be ' held at such time" aud
place as may be agreed upon for the
purpose of establishing a permanent
international court of arbitration. -
' Your Gem and Flower.
January The garnet snowdrops;
sy mbolic of constancy, true j friend
ship, fidelity and purity 7 ; y -:.;
February-i-The amethyst., v and
primrose; sincereity, freedom from
care and 'strife.' ' ; s ...
jklarcn The bloodstone and; no-
lets; strength, wisdom, bravery and
1ot. 'r ,
. : April-f The diamond and j daisy
innocence, parity and peace. ;
; May The emerald and hawthorn;
immortality and a happy - domestic
life. ; '
J nne -An agate and honeysuckle ;
health wealth, a "long - and j happy
life. - ' " - ' ; .
Jnly-The ruby - and water lily ;
charity dignity and faith in loye.
Angu6t Sardonyx - and poppy;
conjugal love and good fortune. '
- September Sapphire and morning
glory ; equanimity and place of mind,
protection against envy and ; treach
ery. - - ; '
October The opal and hops; hope,
purity and courage. . . ;
November The topaz and ( chrys
anthemum; fidelity in friendship and
love. ' : -
December Turquoise and ) holly;
prosperity, - success, fortune. and
fame. , -
Where Quanity Paid.
Mrs. Greatuead But how will
you be able to sell such a tiny bottle
of cough cure for such a big price?
Mr. Greathead Why, very easily,
my dear. You see I will' make my
advertisements twice as good as any
of mr competitors, and will . have
them occappy double of space. Ex
charge.
Person County Courier.
'Published every Wednesday by
ISTOEXiL BROS
nOXBOEO. N. c. -
TERMS Or STTBSCErPTION I
One Copy One Year, . i':co
One Copy Six Months, . ' ,53
Cash invariably in advance.
Cures
Others,
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Cure YU,
SarsapariHa
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WEAK
STROIIG.
r j-si mar, aeatd will come
to all. -
a. j . m
' 2nd That Groceries sold
- by : W. J. JOHNSON &
- CO. are the - best that :
can be had, and the price
' 1 is just as low as first-
class goods ean be bought ;
' . anywhere. - '
GROCERIES,
TABLE
LUXURIES,,
; - Lotsot dainties not lound
r"' in ordinary stores; prices
" no higher than you pay
v lur iu icnor graaes.
inc. uht ur
THE CANDLE
k - -has
erorie and the larno
" has taken its place au d
we are offering the larg- '
; est assortment of lamps .
in this town- Ask to see
qur line of Crockery.
IF YOU'RE ;
III A HURRY
,:. for Groceries always come
7. J. JOHNSON & CD. .
DOCTOR
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the 1 : - ..t sfew hours la trcbiairm is
nroi
oitt-n ,. ACKEK'S ENCUSH V . VK.-
DY wl;; cure Crnup, aad ii Khan Id uJ
wityz kept ia the boa tp
entvr&Kacics. A j cent botUo Bfcj
Mvt j-iwr child' life. v : v
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NOTICE. ,
By authority of the decrea of the
Superior Court of Person county in
the .case or M. H. G arrett vs. Har
riett A. Garrett et als, I will on the
first Monday in June 1896, sell at
the Court House door in Roxboro to '
the highest bidder at public auction
for cash, the following described lot
of land for partition, to-wit: A lot'
of land lying ia Roxboro township
on either side of the Lynchburg &
Durham Bailroad, and adjoining the
lands of J. C. Pass, Calvin Hester,
Renbin Blackwell and others. Con
taining 80, acres more or less and
known as' the 'Rachael Williams
place." This 22nd day of April 1896.
r " - Commissioner.
Duy the DEGT.
YELLOW LEAF GUAtIO,
MANUFACTURED BY
Clements, Oarinqton & 0o.
; Lynchburg, Ya. ' f
Read what others say about It:
Mb. R. I. Feathebstok,'
: Agent Yellow Leaf Gnano, .
Roxboro, N.C.
I will say In reply that I am well
pleased with the lesult from your
guano. 1 have just sold load or to
bacco from tne ground op at an aw
erage of $28.50 per hundred. Shall
nse it again this season. .
-J.T.Jordan.,,
Chub Lake, N. C." . u
Me. R, I. Featheeston,
; 'Agent Yellow Leaf Guano,
I will'Bay in reply that I have been
using your guano for several years,
and I am well pleased with the re
BUiu Jast year, uriug b nau jeir .ior
growing - fine tobacco. I - have just
sold load on the Pioneer Warehouse
floor at an average of $35 per hun
dred pounds and will use it again
this year.
W. E. Farley.
Cero, N. C.
2!tl
Things
Sure!
"cut what can either of :us do?
him by the time