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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-17

Sessions open the Second Monday in
January aud July of each year. Terms
per Session of five months: English
Course, sl2.50 TO $500
Classical Course, 81.
Music with Use of Instrument. $3.50.
Board per month, $500.
Address B. c. PATTON. Principal.
Cedar Grove Orange Co., y. c
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-17

Hiram Cameron, Furniture Deal
er, of Columbus. Ga, tells his expe-
%ricnce, thus For three wears have
tried every remedy on the market
for Stomach and Kidney Disorders,
but got no relief, uu,il | used Flee
tric Bltlcrs. Took five bottles and
am now cured, and think Electric
@l;illers the Best Blood Purifier in
the world."- Major a. b. Reed, OF
West Liberty, Ky, used Electric
Bit,ers tor an old standing Kidney
affection and says "Nothiug has
eve done me so much good as Elec,
trio Bit,ers." Sold at % cents per
bottle by all druggists.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-17
ID. WEBSTER,
DENTIST,
HILLSBORO. n. G..

Office in the large room OF the Berry
building formerly occupied by DIR. ID.
A. Robertson. All kinds Of dental
work promptly attended to, Charges
moderate.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-17

To tie citizens Of Orange County i:
Having been solicited by some of
the hes: ~eitIzens of the county, l
hereby announce myself as a can
d'dalc tor the nomination of Clerk
OF The Superior Count, in the Demo
crate Convention to he held in
l!~i''>horo, Jaly l1'h, 1856.
II nominated and elected, no tirue
"r gains will be SPACED in serving
y"n You will find ne ready aud
wiling /" perform the duties incum-
heUi an tie Office both day and
night,
MATT. w. MCCOLLUM.
lii.isboto,.June 18th, 1856.
The b Hot is the name of a pro.
hlh't'"n weekly newspaper to lie
published al'Charloite.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-17

SPARTA, Ga September %, 1885.
4 often saw Mr.. Allen Grant when
suffering from epithelioma, and from
the extent OF the cancer thought he
would soon die. He now appears
perfectly we'll, and I consider it a
wonderful cure.
Signed, r. II. LEWIS, Ordinary.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-17
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\ BOOK OF WONDERS, FREE.

All who desire full information
about the cause and cure of Blood
Poisons, Scroiula and Scrofulous
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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-17

SPARTA, GA, September %, 1885.
We take pleasure in certifying to
the truth OF the above statement,
having supplied the patient with the
Blood Balm.
Signed, RozIER & VARDEMAN,
Druggists.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-17

SPARTA, GA, September %, 1885.
Il saw Mr.. Allen Grant, when be
was suffering with epithelial cancer
of under lip, and after using the
Is. b b medicine, as stated above,
| find him now almost, it not per-
tec,ly cured.
Signed, J. T. ANDREWS, NJ. D.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-17
DR. D. c. PARIS,
MALE y FEMALE.

GROVE ACADEMY,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-07-17

D. T. MORROW, Sec'y.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-09-22

smiled and said, @You are not frightened,
Ihope. I was forced to strike him back
after he struck me, but do not think he
was hurt"
"But your she said in voice that shook
as she spoke; 1he has hurt you'll"
"Oh, it Is mere trihe" I cried, glad to
have heard her speak again. ut Is abso'
lutely nothing. The fellow was certainly
very rude in trying to enter the carriage
when he knew he was not wanted And it IS
necessary sometimes to give such people a
lesson"
Ispoke With the Dragging self-confidence
Of boy who has just performed lat OF
which he is rather proud. Rut must do
myself justice Ny manner was assumed
In my heart knew that 1 had acted In an
inexcusable wav in refusing to allow this
stranger to enter a carriage In which there
was ample room for him; and perhaps-for
am no hero-I had even some faint mis-
givings as to the consequences to myself II
he should choose to take proceedings against
me for assault had acted I knew upon
the impulse Of the moment But l was not
ordinarily so impulsive as had been on this
occasion I should never have struck the
man, even after he had struck me, II 1t had
not been for the cry Of terror with which the
girl had implored my protection against
him.
ut was wrong of me" she said now. Il
ought never to have asked you to keep him
out of the carriage Oh, am so sorry"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-09-22

In front Of the saloon. It was still early, and
the gay crowd had not yet mustered in force.
I Isearched everywhere for her; and every
where in vain.
And then I consoled myself with the
thought that, after the agitation Of the after
noon, che would hardly feel inclined to spend
the evening in sauntering on the terrace,
where now the laughing throng was moving
slowly to and fro, while the strains OF the
band floated out across the bay, and thou
sand streaks of silver told where the moon
beams kissed the crest of each wavelet as 1t
leaped toward tho shore. Yes, even this
beautiful scene, which was almost new to
me, for had not VISITED Scarborough since
I was q child, could hardly lura her out OF
doors tonight after the excitement OF such
dav.
Yet while reason told me this, my eyes
continued to seek for her everywhere, and it
was not until long after tho band had ceased
to play and the last Of tho holiday makers
had retired, that with all aching heart gave
up the fruitless search and went to my bed
to pass night of fitful slumber and troubled
dreams
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-09-22
Mlistell &eadiug.
HOW HUMAN LIFE SHOULD BE MEASURED.

Our lives should not be measured so
much by years as by noble deeds and heroic
sacrifices for the Individual and general
welfare. A thousand pounds of the soil
upon which we heavily tread when COM
pared in value with an ounce of the pre-
cious metals dwindles into insignificance;
and quality, not bulk, must decide the rca,
value of things.
One single year in the life Of philoso-
pher, divine or philanthropist, is of high
er worth to mankind than the highest
allotment of human years in the life of
the idle profigate and easy voluptuary.
In true living in lofty soul existence, the
inspired Isaiah lived longer than the aged
Methuselah.
He who lives in the high realm of pure
thought and ennobling purpose is longer
remembered when dead than the longest
lived individual who values existence
only as a season of selfish pursuits and
ephemeral pleasures, and who is commit
ted to the earth with no regret more sim
cere than that we feel at the loss of an in
telligent animal.
Many of US barely exist; we toll of ne
cessity for the means of living; we eat,
drink, and take the rest nature demands,
but are strangers to all far-reaching SYM
pdGIlleS. we never Guluk VI HUI CdlO lOA
the lofty concerns of our being, and sell
dom seem to be aware that the elements
within us are to he developed and culti-
waited with a view to a nObler destiny
than man can hew out for himself in this
life.
In the language of great poet, only
that life is long which answers life's great
end; and it is not the reaching out into
age we should value in living, but the for
tunate reaching the heavenly goal.
Another poet has told US that our years
should be counted in deeds not days, that
we should number our hours in heart
throbs, not seconds.
We must think deeply, will firmly, and
perform faithfully each lofty resolve that
Heaven prompts us to make under the
conflicting interests and impulses of our
animal and spiritual natures.
The channel of no life is very safe and
deep that has not been dug out by sorrow
and suffering. 1t is often only through
adversely and atfliction that our intuition
of life and its aims and ends become con-
victions.
Life is the highest gift God bestows
upon man, and if when it is ended in our
three-score years and ten and no exalted
achievement has crowned it, then its full
measurement of sublime duty, struggle
and endurance for God and our fellow
men will be counted in days, not in years.
"He most lives who thinks most,
| Feels noblest, acts best"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-09-22
CHAPTER III.

I went to my room at the hotel in state
of agitation which founl it difficult to con-
ceal from Harding. had seen the woman
who exercised so strange a fascination over
me--but under what circumstances She
was the companion Of man whose incred-
ible wealth lnade him creature apart. I
am as little inclined as most men to worship
mere money, but l had not needed the cynical
advice of Harding to grasp the bitter truth
that in these times there is a great gulf fixed
between the rich and the poor. l myself, 1t
is true, was not poor. My father had left
me in possession of a moderate competence;
but in comparison with the fabulous riches
of Mauleverer my little income was shriveled
into absolute nothingness.
Moreover, there was the bitter fact that
did not know the relationship between her
and the millionaire Might it not be posi-
BILE that like many other men who have
reached the age when mind and body alike
are beginning to decay, he cherished the il
lusion that hs might renew his youth by
uniting his own life with that Of beautiful
girll
And yet, as l vexed myself with these
IDEAS could not subdue the joy felt at the
thought that | had at last found clew to
my unknown love, and that at this very
moment l was under the roof which also
sheltered her. On this point was indebted
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-09-22

But even as this dark thought crossed my
mind,. sending sudden chill through my
veins, like that caused by the passing of
thunder cloud across the summer sky, re-
membered her look when she bade me fare
we'll, and hope and joy again gained tho
ascendancy. felt that there was between
us link Of sympathy, the nature of which 1
might not perhaps understand, but the reality
Of which could not question
What joy it was to stand there, unseen by
her, and watch the beautiful face! / only
now began to understand how deeply loved
her. The world might laugh at me as it
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-09-22
4 Serial Sturp.
FIVE MILLION POUNDS.
BY T. wEMYss REID.
CHAPTER I.
AT THE RAILWAY STATION.

At TIE RAILWAY STATION.
It Is not often that man, in looking back
upon the story Of his life, can fix the precise
moment at which his fate underwent q
change that was destined to affect his whole
future career. Sometimes, however, that
turning point, when the current Of ones
existence was altered for the better or the
worse, stands out prominently among the
everyday incidents Of life, and it is posi-
bic to say just when and where the great
change was wrought that has made the man
what he now is.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-09-22

GOING SECURITY.-I affirm that
the system of indorsing is all wrong,
and should be utterly abolished. !
believe that it has been the financial
ruin ofperhaps more men than-per-
haps-all other causes. | think that
our young men, especially, should
study the matter carefully in all its
bearings, and adopt some settled pol
lev to govern their conduct, so as to
be ready to answer the man who asks
them to sign his note. What respon-
sibility does one assume when he in
dorses note? Simply this: He is
held for the payment of the amount
in full principal and interest, if the
maker of the note, through misfor-
tune or mismanagement or rascality
fails to pay it. Notice, the indorser
assumes all this responsibility, with
no voice in the management of the
business, and no share in the profits
of the transaction, if it prove profit
able; but with a certainty of loss if
for any of the reasons stated the prin-
cipal fails to pay the note.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-09-22

p9~ They who have never known
prosperity, can hardly be said to be
unhappy it is from the remembrance
of joys we have lost, that the arrows
ofatfliction are pointed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-09-22
4 DEAD HOPE.

The telegram read: "Come quickly !;
baby is dying" and the night express is
bearing the father to his only child. A
cold hand seems clutching at his heart, the
heavy throbs of which are almost sitting.
He remembers, now, the time when he
had tried to comfort 4 dear friend who
had felt the loss of little one-hoW he
had wondered that he should grieve so at
the call of Him who said "Sutfer little
children"
Yes, these little lights had before, waved, ,
flickered and gone out in darkness, but
now his own house is to be left in shad-
ow? Nolittle hands to scatter playthings;
no little feet to patter in echoing, desolate
rooms!
Gazing out into the night, he catches
q CLEAN of light from farm house, and
he wonders, vaguely, if there, too, a baby
is dying.
A mother sits opposite, and her sleep
ing babe hasa a strange fascination tor him.
There is something almost pathetic in her
attitude, as bending over it like guardi-
An angel. she passes her hand lovingly
over the smooth brow. They are going
home, he thinks; somewhere husband
and father is awaiting them.
He, too, is going Monochrome, where a
wife sits pale with watching, and a babe
lies dying! The little one that had clung
to his knees, lisped his name in childish
prattle, and bound herself to his very
heart-strings. -.
He had thought so much of the time
when she should be companion to him,
and he should guide her along the way
which leads upward to glorious woman
hood, but now, his hopes, his prayers, his
tears, are to end at-baby's grave.
He scarcely heeds the time. The shrek
of the engine in the black night, the hoarse
cry of the brakeman, the hustle and lights
of the stations are meaningless to him.
He is going home, and-baby is dying
The train stops at last. Half dazed
he leaves it, and gropes his way along
the dark streets. The sound of his foot
steps is echoed mockingly, and he finds
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-09-22

General Lawrence Sullivan Ross, who is
the Democratic nominee for Governor Of
Texas, was recently chosen by unani-
nous vote at the Texas Democratic State
Convention, to represent his party in the
coming compaign. Mr.. Ross was born in
Bentonsport, Indiana, September 18th,
1888, but the main part of his early life
was spent in Texas and Alabama. He
became student at Florence, Wesleyan
College, in the latter State, at the age of
nineteen, and graduated therefrom, with
high honors, in the class of 1858. During
his vacation from college he joined an ex-
pedition to assist in rading the Comanche
Indians, where he met with numerous in
cidents and was seriously wounded. AT
ter his recovery he returned to college and
pursued the course of his studies, until his
graduation. In 1859, he was placed in
command of the frontier by Governor Sam
Houston, with sixty men under his charge,
and with this small section of an army,
secuted the neighborhood and became the
victor of several very heavy skirmishes,
driving the Comanches into other regions,
after securing, by capture, over three hun
dred head of good, serviceable battle
horses. He rescued numbers ofprsoners,
who had been taken captive at Parker's
Fort, near Grasby, one of them having
been captured thirty-tive years before.
At the breaking out of the civil war Gen.
Ross resigned his commission, entered
and became private in the company of
Captain Peter f. Ross. After receiving
several minor promotions, he was ad-
vanced to the rank of Brigadier-General,
and maintained this title until the close
of the war, when he became interested in
politics and was elected Sheriff Of McLen-
nan county, in 1873. Two years later he
was elected to the Constitutional Conven-
ton, and in 1881 he was elected to the
State Senate. His nomination is equiva-
lent to an election.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-09-22

VALUE OF PUNCTUALITY.-Ane emf
nent Philadelphia jurist died the other
day, and among other bequests gave to
his grandson gold watch with this in
struction: "Whenever he looks at the
watch he will remember the necessity OF
being correct and punctual man." There
isa lesson in this injunction which every
one may learn with profit. The man VINO
is always punctual does more and does IL
better than he who is always late, always
behind time. Leaving duties to be per-
formed until the last moment and then
rushing them through makes a mess OF
any WOrk.-NOristOaCn Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-09-22

ag- 1t is queer, but not the less true, that
neople are generally quite as vain, or
even more so, of their deficiencies than OF
their amiable gifts.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-09-22
himself listening, half frightened, at its
1.I

himself listening, half frightened, at its
ghostliness.
A light burns at his window, and as
he pauses at the gate door softly opens.
His wife meets him with long-draWn,
fearless sob, and he knows all.
She leads him into dim room where,
on a white couch, lie the ashes of dead
hope.
All, baby-why couldn't you wait!
Very gently she strokes the bowed head,
and very softly she whispers:
"It is best"
And here over the dead form, the eyes,
blue as the wild violet, curtained forever,
the baby hands folded, the wee, tired feet
resting, they stand reconciled, while over
all, like incense, float the odors of hello
tropes and white roses.-DetrOu Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-09-22

RH" A good reputation IS lmportant TO
any man in any sphere: Yet a good rep
utation is neither gained nor preserved by
anxiety about it. There is no way Of get
ting a reputation like deservingit. There
is no way of preserving reputation like
continuing to deserve it. If you would
have Others think good deal of you, first
see to it that there is good deal due you.
If you think too much of yourself, others
will not. Ifyou think very little of your
self, others may think more. Not until
you have forgotten yourself will the world
generally feel any responsibility to give
thought to you.-iS. s. Times.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-06-17
The Sinking of the Oregon,

The pilot boat and the small boats had left
the sinking ship with heavy loads Of human
freight, having about one hundred persons
aboard. The steamer was settling lower each
minute, the prom being much lower than the
stern, aud il seemed that each moment was TO
be the last. We could Imost feel the last
conclusive culver preparatory to the hnal
plunge. This was an exceedingly trying mo
ment. There were no life preservcrs, Us the
heavy sea had carried them overheard. Stand
ing rather apart from the other passengers,
was a beautiful girl whose terrified face de
picted the horrors of the fearful experience.
A tall handsome young man stood beside her
with his arm tenderly encirclng her slender
waist He was evidently trying TO comfort her
with hopes of rescue: but the sweet creature
saw to plainly that unless something unlocked
for should occur they would soon lie at the
bottom of the great ocean, far away from
sweet home and dear friends. The young Tel
low was about to tell his sweetheart that they
were lost when one of the sailors raised loud
cry and looking over the bow of the boat the
passengers saw something dark standing out
toward them, and as the vessel drifted little
nearer, all saw that IL was a great sign hang
ing suspended to something, and upon the sign
were these words: Emerson holds the bridge
to help the folks over" and in few minutes
they all stood safely upon old mother earth:
They all shook hands with Uncle Emerson
and many of them accepted the assistance he
offered as they had lost all their effects on the
sinking ship. ~
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-06-17
PERSONAL.

MIR. K. Ii. McCraCken has returned
from Mexico. uncOnverted, as usual.
Judge c. X. Cox, OF Houston. Is at the
Southern.
ID. HerfeId, a saloOnist Of Gonzales, is
at the Southern.
Mrs. Annie WINNER and child, OF
OakVille, are in the city.
Mr.. II. Goodwin Mitchell leaves to-
day on business trip to Lavernia.
Sd. Harbert and family, Of Cotulla,
are ut the St Leonard.
Mr.. NJ. Oppenheimer and family, OF
Eagle Pass, left this morning for New
York to spend the summer.
The Misses Morell and Miss COchrane.
of Laredo, left this morning for Dayen-
port. Iowa.
Miss Mary Illg is rusticating for few
weeks at the McLane place, head OF Inc
river
W. 5. Carothers, formerly Of the firm
of Searight q Carothers, Is at the South
srn from Austin.
Rev. Sterling Fisher and Miss Fisher,of
Laredo, are at the So .thern. They are
ON their way westward, and Will start
tonight.
Conductor Fred. DeyOe, OF the Sunset
has obtained leave of absence, and with
Mr.. JOhu Bollins, leaves for his home IN
New YORK next Saturday.
Mr.. Joseph DOnath, Of Fayetteville,
his son-in law, Jake PinetZ, and ii. w.
II Zapp. son Of the Fayetteville post
master. are visiting the city. Thirty
wears ago Mr.. Donath was citizen OF
San Antonio.
Miss Lucy X. Oakley, who has been in
charge of the musical department OF the
Georgetown Female college, is in tie
CITY visiting her brother, Mr.. +. A. Oak
lev, ere she leaves to spend her vacation
aft her home in South Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Roman, of this
CITY, expect to leave In few days 10
spend the summer months. They Will
visit Mrs. X Is old home in Montgomery,
Ala, and will then take in Long Branch,
Niagara. and other watering places, fin-
ishing the season at Waukeshs.
An Austin party, oonsistingof f. PEN
ningtOn and wife, and the Misses Ada
and Mary Pennington, accompanied by
the Misses Emerson, Tasse and Corn
wall. are In the city, making visits.
Mr.. Thomas Purcell, merchant and
mine owner, of Saltillo, is visiting the
city. He is accompanied by Senior Mar
cellinO Cara, Mrs. Elena EspinOsa
Perez, Miss Marie EspinOsa and Miss
Buchard. The party are going north,
where Mr.. Purcell will buy mining ma
chinery. Mr.. Purcell shipped $40 car
loads of ore to England last year.