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The Durham Recorder.
THE FIRESIDE.
The Sultan and Satan.

There il an eastern story of a sultan
who oversight himself, so as not to
awaken at the hour Of prayer. So the
devil came and walked him, and told
him to get up and pray. who are
you p said the sultan. 20, no mat
tar" replied the other. "My act is
good, is it not? No matter who does
the good action, so long as it is good"
eyes" replied the sutton, "but | think
you are Satan. know your face !;
you have some bad motive" "But,"
says the other, II am not so had as I
am painted. You see | have left off
my horns and tail. am a pretty
good fellow after all. was an angel
once, and | still keep some of my
original goodness" ''That's all very
WELL" replied the sagacious and pru-
dent caliph. "but you are the tempter;
that's your business and | wish to
know why yon want me to get up and
pray" "Well," said the devil, with
a firt of impotence, "if you must
know, | will tell you. If You had
slept and forgotten your prayers
you would have been sorry for it after
ward, and penitent; but, ifyou 60 on
as now, and do not neglect a single
prayer for ten years, you will be 81
satisfied with yourself that it will b.
worse for you than If you had misset
one sometimes and repentel of it
God loves your fault mixed with pen
itence, more than your virtue season
de with pride
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-06-27

A"c riding t, the Practitioner, II
simple and eifariivr rrm' y TO 49,
moving the pain 1T wolnl |. raus ii y
burns or scalls. is II >a urnty,l solution
of hicarbpua e OF soda in eth T. plain
or cam, .horat d wIt..r. Toap,ny VA
remedy, all that is necessary j., i, eat
u piece of lint or oEl .,tt rag. " even
thick blottlns paper ola sIz' su!lici
ent ont to cover the b ,rned ar sc.;tlet
parts, aud to ke 'p it e Instantly W Ii
wetted with the ,nliac lotior, soa. to
prevent its drying. BY this mean. it
usually happens, that all pain C. asses
in from Il quartrr t" half an hour, or
esenin much less time. When the
main part of II limb, such as the hand
and forearm or the foot and leg. has
been burned, it is hest. when praeti-
cable, to plunge the part at once into
Il jug or pail, or other convenient YES.
sci filled with the soda lotion, and to
keep it the until the pain subsidies;
or the limb INA. be ~ a;hed ar cncirc-
IT, with ~urg'UI = c,ttut hlniaIe
pravi IA " soaked in the %aIula ell
solution, aud kept constantly wet ell
with it The relief being Usually i'm.
m.4liat .protidr'l III" >o!'t,i III is' at
urated AMI ..'l,I.
KEEPING iCE IN THE $tK Ruoa.-
Cat piece "fiianne!. al,nG nine zach.
es square, and sccu,e il i.y .igature
rou.ld tirt Ia ,u,li al a. ordinary III b.
Ter, saas H. leave Il cup shaped de-
PRESTON of flannel within the tumbler
TO about half i.s ,lrpth. In Il e tian.
mel cup 50 constructed, pieces of ice
may be preserved many hoars; all the
longer, II piece of flannel from four
10 five inches square be used as :
loose cover to the ice-cup. Chear
fRssRRael of comparatively open texture
is preferable, as the water easily
drains through it, aud the ice is thus
kept quite dry. When good flannel
with close texture is employed a
small hole must be made in the bot
tom ofthe flannel cup; otherwise, il
holds the water, and facilitates the
melting of the Ice, which is. neverthe
less, preserved much longer than in
the naked cup or tnmbler. In Il tum
bler containing a flannel cup, made a
above described, it took ten hours ant
ten minutes To dissolve two ounces o
ice: whereas, in u naked cup, unde
the same conditions, all the ice wa
gone in less than three hours. - Witch
mnn.
CoSrIDEScE IL CHiLDRES.-Su
mrintendent Stone, Of Springfield
Mass, says with much g,""l sense
"Teachcrs should place conf :vn''e il
children, until there is cool rea>o
for withholding l.; aud, when chill
exhibits consciousness of truthful
ness and honor, that principle shout
he carefully cultivated and strength
eaed, and guarded against unfavori
BILE influences. When such u sent
ment does not exist in the chilli
breast. IL l. thc teachers duty /
strive to implant il there. aud {
guard it, growth. IL should lie deeI
" impressed upon the minds of pr
pills, that, when they speak 10 It's, W
have, by the common consent 81 maj
kind, n right 10 exp"ct the truth: an
that, when they are guilty Of talst
hno |, ar Of u III honorable act. h..
d. violence Ia their own moral natIr
ant self.respect, and forfeit our c1I
fidcnrc, to be restored only when the
slnw themselves worthy Of II.
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Kisses on Interest

4 faith 50. talking 10 hi> castlrss
daughter. sai.I:-'I want to ,psak l."
YOU Of your mother. II may h. thar
ym have no iced carcworn l.",k
i,pon her fiicc lately. OF coursc. il
has nj; hpen brought there by any
A., of v"urs. still il il your duty 10
c',ase Il away. want y"u to get up
Tomorrow morning and get breakfast:
and when your mother comes aud lie.
gins tocxpress her surprise, 80 right
M 10 her aud kiss her un he mouth.
You can't imagine how II will brigh.
Ton her dear face. Besides you owe
her n kiss or two. Away back when
YOU were - little gill shc kissed you
when no one else was tempted by
your i,.vertaintcvl breath aud swollen
face. You were net a. attractive then
A. YOU are nov And through those
years II childish sunshine and shad.
ows shc was always ready to cure BY
the magic OF a mothers kiss, The little,
dirty, chubby hands. whenever they
were injured in those first skirmishes
with the rough old world Aud then
the midnight kiss with. which she
routed 30 many lad dreams, as she
leaned above your restless pillow,
hayp nh been On interest these long,
wears. OF course, she Is not 50 pretty
ami kissable as you are; but If you
had done your share of work during
the last ten years the contrast would
moi he 20 marked. Her face has
more wrinkles than yours. far mote;
and vet IL You were sick that face
would appear more beautiful than an
angels as it lowered over you, watch
ing every opportunity to minister TO
your comfort and every one Of those
wrinkles would seem TO be brigh
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TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
ASnEIILLE FEMALE GALlEGE.

ain the land of the sky" Asheville, N. g.
is one of the best and cheapest schools in the
Ugion for the Higher Education Of Woman.
Climate renowned for its healthfuIness. Full
faculty Of experienced teachers. Thorough
instruction. Firm discipline. Music spe-
cialty. Supply q instruments ample, in
Guiding amagnifcent Pipe Organ. Session
opens, second Wednesday I'll September.
Board and Tuition III Literary Department
for the year $3.50 to $l70 A discount to
clubs. Send for catalogue. Address
REV. JAS. ATKINS, Jr., President
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PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS
WITHOUT CHANCE. I.

On trains No. 80 aud IL. between New
York and Atlanta.
On trains No. 81 aud 3D.. ietwee,I Wash.
ingtun aud Augusta aud Dantille and Rich.
tnUad.
II Through Tickets on al" ~ UfteIlsbo'
a. Haleigh. HuIIsljUFu. Salisbury aud Ehar.
lgtte, for All points south, S.althwcsi, North
and Fast. For Emigrant Rates to Louisiana,
Texas. Arkansas aud the Southwest. address
". SLAUGHTER,
Gen'l Pass. Ag't.
7 NJ. n. TaIcott,
Gen'I Manager,
Richmond, Va.
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No. II connects at Greensboro NTH K. Il
d. r. X. for all points North, Fast and
West of Danyille. At Salisbury with W.
y. G. II. X. E,r all prints in Western North
Carolina. At GoI,lshsr0 with ". Il w. X.
H. daily, umd at Greensboro with Richmond
aud Danvil!e l.ailrad for all points North,
East and West.
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of sunshine chasing each

wayelets of sunshine chasing each
other over the dear face. She will
leave you one of these days. These
burdens, if not lifted from her shout
ders; will break her down, Those
rough, hard hands that have done so
many necessary things for you, will
be crossed upon her lifeless breast.
Those neglected lips that gave you the
first baby kiss will be forever closed,
and those sad, tired eyes will have
opened in eternity, and then you will
appreciate your mother; but il will be
too late. "-Selected.
A tender conscience is like the APP
Pile of mans eye-the least dust in
it affects it. There is no surer and
better way to know whether our con-
sciences are dead and stupid than to
observe what impression small sins
make upon them.
is there any person you wish ME
to marry p said u wife to a dying
spouse, who had been somewhat Of a
tyrant in his day. "Marry the ID.
ifyou like " was the gruffreply. "No
| thank you, my dear, one husband
of the same family is enough for me.
The bee., 1883-07-14
CLARA TO LOUISE.
BENNINGS, July y. 1888

BENNINGS, July y. 1888.
DEAR LOUISE-Are you surprised
that this note is dated as it is? We
drove out here for jaunt and bit of
pure, fresh air, Percy and l. pre-
sumo you noticed how dull and blank
it was in town? dislike to admit it.
but really l envy your good time at
Harper's Ferry. Still, we had quite a
pleasant round at Richmond 1t was
my first visit. / was very anxious to
see the capital of the defunct confed-
eracy. | am more than surprised
eCen HoIO at what | saw, especially
how well to do are all the people SEEM
ingly in that much-talked-of city.
What elegant church edifices and de
lightful private residences owned by
colored citizens. have yet to know
of the place in the North where our
colored citizens are better provided
with substantial and modern improve
ment residences than they are in Rich
7nond.
Yes, indeed; Captain f., as usual,
looked out for our comfort, and we
were pleasantly located from the time
we left the depot until our arrival at
home. The Virginians are SO evenly
balanced, and SO well know how to
make one 1T home without any big
noise or hustle and excitement. How
much gallantry there is in these Vir-
ginia gentlemen! 1t seems to he a
part of their natural condition. All
the time we were there no Virginia
gentlemen smoked a cigarette or cigar
or drew pipe in our presence. They
tell me that real gentleman in the
South will not smoke in the presence
of ladies. How very different from
our gentlemen up this way.
We had quite a reception at Mr..
D's: twas a quaint affair. Imet some
regal gentlemen and queenly ladies,
and had good view for an hour of
old school Virginia aristocracy, all of
which will tell you about at another
time.
The bee., 1883-07-14
Thieves Who Live Luxur iOus Lives

There are number of ell-known
thieves and burglars who live in good
and even luxurious style in this city.
The majority have led life of crime,
and many have carefully put away the
proceeds of heavy robberies or bank
burglar.es, the interest on which ena-
bleS them to live well. Being known
to the police their actions are carefully
noted, and every move they make is
reported to the ch; ;ef of the detectives.
They know this and cOnse Iuently are
seldom seen together. They do not
engage in any business, but at times
follow the races, and manage to add to
their accumulatiOns by gambling.
could mention scores who in their
prime have been thieves and pickpOck-
cts a1d are now gambl er5 but it
would not be square to give them away
as long as they keep straight. Then
there are others who, being clever as
well as lucky. live entirely off the pro-
ceeds of rObberies. and manage to elude
the vigilance of the police. But they
must sooner or later come Into the hands
of the law, and meet the fate of all
wrongdoers. This they seem to real
ize and make hay while the sun shines.
-NeeU York Journal.
The bee., 1883-07-14
tn he Continued.

AS the boat put in at James Land
ing, Ark, we saw four steers tied to
fence, and every passenger at once
carried his chair over to the port side
to see the fun. If there is any fun
about steamboating it is to load a
number of stout steers, with wild eyes,
long horns and handy legs. They
don't accept circumstances, and they
have no romantic notions about sail
ing up or down the Father of Waters.
AS soon as the plank "as lowered the
mate and a dozen hands started for
the cattle, the officer singing out:
"LoOk alive, you men! On with
'em now-what are you doing?"
With great deal of hooking, and
prancing and shouting and kicking,
the first steer was pushed aboard.
When the second was tackled he
braced his legs, held down his head
and six men could not bulge him.
The mate went around behind to
twist his tail, and as he gave a twirl
at that useful appendage, he shouted
out:
"Now, then, every man break his
back! Up with him. Boost
boost
At that instant the steers heels
took shoot out behind and the mate
rolled over the grass. Some of the
men went to him and called him fond
names and unbuttoned his vest, and
stole his plug of tobacco, but he was
dead. When the cattle were loaded
we took him on and laid him out on
some sacks of corn, and as the boat
steamed away we all spoke well of the
dead. Some said he had a kind heart
for all his bluster, and others affirmed
that if ever steamboat man went to
heaven this one surely slipped in for
his charity toward the poor. We were
about to draw up resolutions of synl-
pathy to present to his widow, and to
make up purse for embalming his
body, when the miserable sinner sud-
denly sat up, gasped once or twice,
and continued
C him up higher than Gilderoys
kite! Now with him! Now up!
Why, I'll murder the whole pack of
YEP
When he found out that he had
been dead for half an hour he was
dumbfounded. The idea that the mate
of steamboat should succumb to
anything less than blow-up annoved
him so that he sat down on q nile of
bacon and wept.-Detroit Free Press.
The bee., 1883-07-14
Monkeys Made Useful.

The Pal HdU Gazette says: the
Straits settlement of the East, large
apes of naturally intelligent breeds are
employed by their masters much in the
same way that human slaves are made
use of in some parts of Africa. The
cocoanut palm is valuable for its
fruit, but this is very difficult to pro-
cure, so the landlord of "tope OF
palms in the Malayan peninsula trans
his apes to climb the trees and judi
ciously pick the ripest nuts for him.
just as the Mozambique Arab trains
his negroes to perform the same aTdu-
Gus Office. But there appears to bea
slight difference between the two
cases-the apes seem to delight in the
work. We learn from some CORE
spondence in a Ceylon newspaper
that the apes thus employed IN the
neighbOrhOOd of Singapore and Penang
are bred at Atchin, and the owners
itinerate and hire them out. They 60
up the trees with a line attached, anu
obey the command Of theiF masters,
choosing the proper fruit. They tWlSI
the nut round and round till it taIls
down from its stalk. when the feat IS
hailed on the part of the apes by Jumps
and chuckles of evident satisfaction
The correspondent of the Ceylon Jo"f-
nal says he has frequently stopped az
the police station az Tungey BekuP'
and had a kurumbat . sent down
from the cocoanut trees in tnls
fashion.
The bee., 1883-07-14
THE (?D TURNING TWINS.

We believe in men being honest
We hate hypocracy. We propose to.
show up mems deception. There was
a great deal of opposition to Hon.
Fred. Douglass on the part of these
men who were pretending to support
him. We must admit that Messrs. 2.
H. Carson and NJ. NJ. Holland were
honest in their support of Mr.. Doug
lass, while the others, such as Dick
Laws and John Freeman, had lie
clared yengence against Mr.. Douglass
and did all in their power on the out
side TO prejudice delegates against him
Why Laws asserted that Mr.. Douglass
refused TO 90 with him to get him a
position in the department. Free
mans opposition WAS similar. He
told several men that he did not in
tend to support him, because, said he,
Mr.. Douglass and his sons are all for
NliNIboNlNNTH, ftllt lilttb liS AdN Illtu VI
that kind of business. These two
twins changed bases, because the young
men had decided TO make the editor of
the BEE their temporary chairman,
they Immediately circulated the report
that we were opposed to the election
of Mr.. Douglass and 50 informed him.
For four months have we been defend
ing the committee and assumed the
responsibility of the attacks that have
been made against the committee and
for it, an attempt is made to slaughter
us. The sword has been taken up.
This fight will decide whether the
sword is greater than the pen. Since
you will make us fight, whether we
will OR no. so here is to decide it.
The bee., 1883-07-14

The meeting of the Virginia Asso-
citation this week was largely attended.
The VirginianS have fully organized
for the campaign, and from the way
things looked at the meeting Monday
night, the campaign that is to decide
whether the new policy that now pre-
walls shall remain, or the Bourbon
again return to power, will be we'll
planned and well-conducted one. Work
vigilantly, and success will reward
your efforts. This journal wishes the
cause of liberalism in the State the
most abundant success.
The bee., 1883-07-14
SHAMS, FRAUDS AND HUM
BUGS.

This community has full quota of
itinerant dead beats, and the very
meanest species of unmitigated swim d
lers and frauds, who go under the
guise Of doctors, fortnne-tellers and
roedoisln. They make their way al
together with and among the super
stitious and ignorant white and colored
population. The law, SO it appears, is
not strong enough to drive them out !;
hut we think there is public opinion
in this city, that if properly appealed
to. can and will rid the community of
these pests. We know that many Of
our intelligent people are aware of the
iniquity and crime that these men and
women frauds, of both colors. are
heaping upon the community. We
ask the assistance of our citizens to
help ferret out and bring before the
courts of justice all these criminals.
Send us letters, giving information
that will put the police on the chief
operators, and the location of their
dens. We will publish such with COM
ments, and keep the name of the
writer confidential.
The bee., 1883-07-14
How Chinese Freshen Fish.

The Chinese are the most ingenious
people in the world. Those who think
the Chinese are not up to all tricks of
almost all trades reckon without their
host. The Chinese knowledge of chem
istry is small, but what they have is
accurate and practical. : They know
how to restore freshness to stale fish.
when they are peddling fish. A friend
of ours tells us how they take the smell
off from stale fish. This friend being
asked by Chinsnan to buy a piece {
salmon, refused, because the fish was
stale. The Chinaman departed, and
was soon offering the same piece of
fish TO another man, and in the latter
instance the fish seemed fresh and nice.
Our friend had noticed how the China
man had performed the operation of
restoring the sound smell. The China
man went around behind a cabin and
gave his fish a bath of diluted uric
acid, which did the business. This is
a positive fact, for our informant has
bought many pound of fish from
Cinnamon, and he was 10th to believe
that Chinaman would do such an act
as to give sta'e fish a treatment by
means of human distillation.-GrnSs
Valley (Cal. fittings.
The bee., 1883-07-14

Prof. II. r. Wright, of Augusta, Ga,
has been in the city for few days this
week. Mr.. Wright is one of the most
prominent of the young Georgians.
In politics he is chairman of tn e
County and District Committees, and
a member of the State Central Com
mitteP. He was once chief deputy
marshall of Georgia. but he now holds
no office, other than that Of principal
of the negro school, the only one for
colored in the State of Georgia. We
are glad to see Mr.. Wright in the city
Hope he had a good time.
The bee., 1883-07-14

The ticket that the BEE nominated is
claimed to be elected, with but one eX-
ception. The difference, or that one
exception, can only be healed 10y the
call of another convention, which we
shall urge. We want it distinctly un-
lerstood that we are no candidate. and
would not 90 TO Louisville if elected.
The committee has acted cowardly, and
we have decided TO allow the commit
tee TO fight its own battles. We have
been accused of things which the COM
mittee knows TO be false. We will
therefore take no further stock in the
convention called 10y the committee Of
twenty-five.
The bee., 1883-07-14
THE "GLOBE'S ATTACK ON
PUBLIC PRINTER ROUNDS.

In the last weeks issue of our con-
temporary, the New York Globe, the
editor saw fit to charge us with cow
ardice, because we defended Hon. :.
P. Rounds, the public printer. The
editor of the Globe ought to know that
the editor of the BEE bows to no man,
faction or party. The editor of the
Globe descends from his dignified posi-
tion when he attempts to bring Il
female in his attack on Mr., Rounds.
The lady in question, of whom the
Globe took occasion to mention. holds a
position in the Government printing
office equal to the majority, and d
deal better than some Of the white"
ones whom the Globe mentioned. We
still maintain that Mr.. Rounds has
no prejudice on account of color.
We claim further that he has ALWAYS
endeavored to give the colored man
IN equal chance with the white man.
Hon. A. N. Clupp was the first to ap-
point colored printers; Mr.. John d.
DefreeS decreased them; and Hon. S.
Rounds increased them, and was the
first to remove white men from the
watchmen's force and appoint coIored
men. If our contemporary, the GIobe,
is anxious for information, we desire
To call its attention to the irregular
tiles of the Democratic party in
New York
The bee., 1883-07-14
GuIls Taking the Pelican,s Fish.

Concealing ourselves one morning III
a convenient thicket we watched tna
arrival of about twenty pelicans, WIFI
out being ourselves seen. They Wer0
all young birds with single exception
and he was white-helded old cnaP
who evidently prided himself not n1-
tie on his looks. They arranged tnenl,,
selves in row with the regularity Oh
soldiers, and then the old fellow walker
up and down in front of them seyerdL
times, finally putting himself at tnelL
head. They all marched into tI7
water and swan off to commence ILeH
regular avOeatiOnS of fishing helo
it was laughable to watch them. Insy
would sail along a few feet above tno
water, each bird being attended py
about dozen whte-headed glllS. Inc
moment the fish was seen, down WouIh
go the ponderous head, and tne i,.s DHu,
with wings haf closed, would StIlHo
the water with splash that c0uId po
heard long distance. Tbs was I III
opportunity for which the guns nau
been waiting, and the moment the pOUi
bird came to the service, they ou-
rounded him like swarm OF neesI
alighting on his back, tapping lnsl6 ~
wings in his face and 6tner"lo
troubling him that he was frequen5t!
unable to elevat his head, wlJnou1 ~,
ing which pelican cannot swallow enb sJ'
III sell. defense would drop tls 80 FIT, by
which was Immediately carried e,il,a Oh -
his nfrsecutors.-FIorsst and SSTS''""