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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-05-30
Thg Durham, Recorder.
THE FIRESIDE.
low Shall the Word be Preached with

w Shall the Word be Preached with
Power?
Not with elaborate care and toll,
With wastings of the midnight oil,
With graceful gesture studied well,
And fully intoned syllable,
With trope and simile, lending force
10 subdivisions of discourse,
Or labored feeling framed to please
The Word of power is not in these,
Go, preacher, search thy soul, and mark
Each want, each weakness, every dark
And painful dint where life and sin
Have beaten their hard impress in;
Apply the balm, and test the cure
And heal thyself-and be thou sure
That which helps thee has power again
To help the souls Of other men.
lio as k the suffering and the poor,
tio ask the beggar at thy door,
90 to the sacred page and read
What served the Old-time want and need!
The elasping hand; the kindling eye,
Virtue given out unconsciously,
The self made selfless hour by hour
In these is preached the Word with
DOWer
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-05-30
Encouraging Words.

The boys in school were engaged
at their writing one day. when the
visitor" passed around among them,
examining their work, and giving
each pleasant. helpful! word. He
came To Charley's place, and II twink.
IT, went around the circle, for awk.
ward Charley was 1.-THE dumbest boy"
in school, and even the teacher lost
patience with him sometimes because
of his slow progress. They thought
how Charley's writing would look"
to the gentleman, aud the poor bow
himself flushed crimson as the man
bent over his desk. But the dcrisiye
smile died away on his schoolmates'
lips a. the gentleman said cheerfnlly:
Never mind, my lad; don't I've
discouraged: just do your best, and
you will be u writer some day. re-.
collect when first began to write
being quite as awkward as you are
but / persevered, and now see here"
And he sat down with u smile aud
wrote his name on Il piece Of paper in
u fine. free hand. The piece OF paper
was treasured like u talisnIan. That
name became the bOy's watchworl.
Those words Of encouragement. pyt.
haps the first he had ever heard.
thrilled him through aud through.
He did perscrvere. He did his hest.
and he worked hard until he arose
heal and shoulders above many who
had once sneered at him. lie became
q man Of mark and useiulnr,.. and
years after he met his beneii,ct,,r and
hal the Iong.desired chance of thank.
ing him for those encouraging word.
which hal turned the whole current
Of hiS life.
II van chance Ia know u pour, di..
Outraged, awkward child who il con.
stantly scOlded for his shortcomings.
try q little Ofthc oil and wine of en-.
couraging words upon him. Wake
up his soul by kindness instead Of
blows. oh, there's u word Of cruelty
to children going on Of which the
"sucieties" never take cognizance be.
cause il is out Of sight! It Is bad
thing. indecd. u see little. frail
body bruised and blackened, hut "a
wounded spirit who can bear 2 Those
words came from him who can read
the spirit and how II suffers. "IIcavi.
ness in the hear; 0f man causeth IL to
stop: hut goM word makrth IL glad.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-05-30

"Will you asked pleasant voice.
And the husband answered. Yes.
my dear, with pleasure" 1t was qui.
city but heartily said the tone, the
manner, the look, were perfectly nat
ural, and very affectionate. We
thought, how pleasant was the cour-
teous reply! How gratifying must it
have been to the wife. Many hus.
bands of ten years experience are
ready enough with the courtesies of
politeness to the young ladies oftheir
acquaintance, while they speak with
abruptness to the wife, and do many
rude little things without considering
them worthy an apology. The strang.
er, whom they have seen but yester.
day, is listened to with Difference. and
although the subject may not be OF
the pleasantest nature. with a ready
smile while the poor wife, ifshe re-
late domestic grievance. is snubbed
or listened to with ill.conceaIed impa.
thence.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-05-30
selfsaacrifce.

The enthusiasm Of genius has been
like the rainbow, made out Of mingled
tears and sunshine. and the true order
Of mobility among men has been com.
posed Of those unselfish natures whose
love laiI life as a daily sacrifice on
the alter. five examine the eleventh
chapter Of Hebrews, and from that
down through all the peerage of noble
souls who have adorned humanity,
and "of whom the world was not wor.
thy" We shall find that each one had
received the fiery baptism Of selfsacri.
fee as preliminary to their exaltation.
It may he a mystery TO us, that the
most princely lives must be immalat.
ed for the sake Of others, but that Il
is the more excellent way and that
il tends to ennoble mankind, Is assur.
ell by the fact that Christianity itself,
the Inspiration and the hope of The
world. il q religion Of self.abnegation.
IT, symbol l. q cross.-iStected.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-05-30
See What Children Can Do.

MASy Il hoy aud many girl lima.
CINE they are tou little Ia h. Of any
particular Use. They are going to do
wonders when they bcrunc big men
and women. hut nov they eau do
nothing but play. This i. mistake
a mistake which parents and older
brothers and sisters gan aud should
correct. There are a multitude Of
things which even little dots can do
and nothing 80 plca.cs child as
to he able Ia be Of some list.
We give an Incident showing what
number Of children can d.. and
everybody knows h"w children love
to work in forks:
Each scholar IN SUNDAY .srhwul at
Franklindalr. Pa. was given ten grains
&C corn to hr planted aud cultivated
during the summer. the prOrectls Of
the harvest Ia he used for the benefit
"f the school. The girls we're to raise
chickens. IN the fall the poultry and
grain werr sold at auction. The pro.
,eeds Of the sale amounted to SlO.2I,
which was laid out in subscriptions
t,r the childreu's winter reading.
These children enjoy ed the reading 81
their paper much more than il il had
hren provided tor them by their teach.
er- ar parents. without any effort Of
their avn. and the example If this
school il suggestive TO all.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-05-30

Injecting pine railroad ties with
chloride Of sinc preserves seventy.
nine per cent. Of them for over
twenty one years; beech ties injected
creo.Ctc, iifty.four per cent for over
twenty-five ears, and oak ties injected
with chloride Of zinc preserved tween.
ty.one pes cent for over seventeen
Vsars
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-05-30

TINE wears slippers Of list. anl his
tread j. nOisless. The days come
nftIy dawning "ue after another: they
creep in atthe windows; their fresh
morning air is grateful to the lips as
thev pant for il: until beiore we
know IL, whole life Of days has pos.
session Of the citadel 1nd, time has
taken us for it, own.
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viii Meet the Wants

and be appreciated and patronized by
all right thinking men Of this vicinity
Notwithstanding the place may be
flooded with "bogus anti-bogus Tai
lors" from every section with their
satchels and samples. Having just
returned FROM the Northern cities
with a
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-05-30
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! take this method Of returning
othanks to the citizens of Durha n and
vicinity for their very liberal patron.
age and good will for the past few
years, which evidently shows that
they are an appreciative people and
prefer to have their
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-05-30

Dlv0RCE-No publicity; residents OF any
State DesertiOn, non-support. Advice and
applications for stamp. W. IT. Lee, Atty
Ra9Broadway, y, Y.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-05-30

before dipping II new pen into ink
thrust il intoa iresh-cut potato, and
the ink will never cling. Wh,n tie
pen j. thickly gimmed with dri,d
ink. few thrusls will clean il pei.
fectIy. When not in use. some ac
eountants leave their pens sticking
into q potato kept On the desk for The
purpose.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-05-30

No. 5l-Connects at Greensboro with R.
4 ID. r. r. for all points North, East and
West, via Danville. At Goldsboro with W.
g. ". r. II. for Wilmington.
No. 5S-(onnects al Salisbury with W.
n. G. X. r. for all points in Western North
Carolina; daily at Greensboro with r. & D.
h. X. for all points North East and West.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-05-30
FINE CLOTHING
MADE At HOME.

and by man Thoroughly Identified
with our much loved and thriving lit.
tie city. My relations with the intel.
igence of our town, and entire com.
munlty, convinces me that sach an
establishment as ! have opened at
some little cost,
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No. 17-Daily except Saturday,
Leave Greensboro 600 pm
Arrive at Raleigh 304 a IN
d" at Goldsboro 8 90 a m
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
rHxrLANxux.

love all sights Of earth and skies. From flowers that grew to stars that shine: The comet and the penny show, All curious things, above, below, Hold each ia turn my wandering eyes { claim the Christian Pagan's lIne, Humani n.hii-eser so.- And is not human life diyinef When soft the western bTsezes eio.. And stro!iinr youths meet sauntertng maids love 10 watch the stirring trades Beneath the vaiiombrosa shades Our much enduring elms bestos The vender and his rhetoric's s ro@, That lambenf stream cf liquid lies The bait he dangies from his line. The gudeeon and his gold-~ashed pFlde. I halt before the biszoned sign That bids me finger to admire The drama time can never ure, The little hero of the huneh. With iron arm and soul off fire And wiil thas work his fierce desire | ntamed unscared, uneonquered Punch My ear pleasing torture fnds Intones the withered sibyl grinds.- The dame sans merci's broken strafn. Whom erewhiIe. perehanee have known. M'hes; Orleans sl.ed .As Bourbon throne, siren singing by the Seine
 But mos, love the tube that spies The orbs celestial in their march
 Ina, shows the comet as il ~h.sks
 Us tale across the planets disks. As If 10 blind their blood-shot eyes. Or wheels so close agains, the sun We trembie al the thought ot FISK Our it,le spinning ball may ran.
 To pop like corn that children pareh, From summer something oyerdone, And roll. a cinder. through the skies.
 -Cl!s,er HsHd<H Heiss5, ss .H1y .faGsfss
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26

the child was annouacsd sShe shah be called Aurora. afler my mother. said Maurice, the faihez. -Aurosa is born amid music and rose-color.s added the aunt She died in the village of Nahant, on the Ssh of Jane. 1876. and vas buried in the little church yard there. Nothing marks her grave, tor her injunctions were that only grass and flowers should cover her las; resting place. During her latter years she is described as "a large. tran quil-eyed woman. dressed in the simply Beriehon style. sitting indolcntly in the old hall of the chateau. She vas never xithoat . cigaresse.- She liked nothing better than to be forgotten in her draw ing-room. listening to what was said. bu, not speaking much herself As sooa as her guests departed for the night she shut the door and fell to smoking, think ing and writing for several hours. some times until daybreak. She says in a letter ,o Mme. dAgouk. -I pass long hours tete-a-,ese with Dame Fancy; never go to bed before o'clock in the morning"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26

is myself. Yes. t does seem tough to ses peopie never allow Eirl to reform. Nov ia bible times. the Saviour fotgave Mav or somebody. forget now what he, name was, and she was better girl thar ever. What we need is more of the spirit of Christ. and the world would b< besser.~
 What ve want is about ten thousand Christs. We ought to have ten or fseen right here in AtilwAukec. and they would find plenty of business, too. Bu, this climate seems to be too rough. Say. did l tell you about pa and ma having ,rcableg"
 No. what's the rows"
 Well. yoa sec, ma waats 10 economise all she can. and pa has been getting thinner since he quit drinking and re. formed. and have kept on growing until am bigger than he is. Funny. aint IL, t,at boy shoull be bigger than his pa Pl wanted new sui, of clothe.. and ma said she would fx him. and co she took one of my old suits and made ii over for pa and he wore them a week before he knew 1t was an old suit made over. but one day he found A handful of dried up angle-wosms in the pistol pocket that l had forgot when ~as 6shing. and pa lad the angic-worms to ma. and ma had to explain that she made over one of my old suits for pa. He vas mad and took them of and threw them out the back window. and s~ore he would never humila,e himself by wearing hts sons old clothes. Ma tried to reason with him, but he was awful worked up and said he was no old charity hospital and he stormed around to find hts old suit of clothes but sna had sold them tc a plastes-of-par's image peddles. and pa hadn't anything to wear. and he wanted ma to go out ,n the alley and pick up the suit he threw out the window, but a rAl man had picked them up and vas going away. and pa he grabbed linen das,eI and put il on and went ou, aftef the ras picker. and he run and pa after him, and the rag man told policeman there va, an escaped lunatic rom the asylum, ane he was chasing people over the city. aat the policeman took pa by the linen uls,e, and pulled t od. and he was . sight whes they took him to the pol,ce-station. Ma and me had to go down and bail hlu out and the police lent us a tarpaulin [, put over pa. and we got him home. an, he ,s wearing his summer pants while ,h. tailor makes him new pair of clothes. think pa is too rNcitable. and too parsicu lar. l never kicked on wearing pas ol, clothes, and think he ought lo veal mine now. We'll, mus, go down to th, sweetcned wind factory and jerk soda. and the boy went out and hung up a sign in front of the store. "spinage. fo, greens. that the cat has made a nest IT over Sunday"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
Mrs. Csudls in Zuni.

Frank T. Cushing. ia May Csntury.I
 kia-wu troubled herself much with hef husbands actions. They usually slept along the spposi,e side of my liule room. Night atcr night. hour aates hour. have heard her. In the peculiar sing-song tone of her race and sex. lec- ture the silent governor. The darkness would grow deeper. the cmbess on the hearth fade to ashes. but the theme lost neither interest nor voice. IL used soseiy to provoke me and in my owniang uage, hopcicssly striving to sleep, would sometimes curse both the pcrsisteney of the Zuni Caudlc and the silence af the matrimonial stos The voice would change, but not cease. Ho. the younger brother Is thoughtiul to-mot. row will hs his bed better" 1t would say, and the governor. filling the ca clama,ion ~I,h the most perfect under. standing of the situation. would etae- ula,e, :" Humph.' but no more Ind,s- tusbed, the current would flow on until later. by considerable distance of the stars, the tone would die away. A mo- men, of dead silence. then a cough from the governor. followed by the bland in- quiry:
 " ls that all;"
 What more should ,ay, ,alkless Il the old woman would reply. in A mos, injured and ill.conisoiled tone.
 Well, then :" (wIth yxwnl. "iet's go to sleep, old girl (o' ks-n-ls), for t, time. and the yousger brother Is rest less." With which he would turn over, cough again. and lapse into silence, hopeless 10 the tongue weary woman. al eviGced by her long continued, hall smoihered sobs.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
George Sand.
Enehaage.

The mans costume ln which George sand delighted was described ,n part by herself as "a long gray oyercoa,. a ~aelen t,e, snd-an6- ra:. ef boots = The boots she dotted upon. Il longed to sleep with them" she wrote. She iros- ted from one end of Paris to the other - in them. A cigarette often, cigar some times, completed the costume. When she published .. Indiana. her first im- portant story. written without colzbofz- ton. she vas about twenty-nine years of age, and, Henn Heine says. .' beautiful as the Venus of Milo. Her features were regular, her fnrehead lcx. shaded 5y rsch bands of chestnut hAir- She had her nom de plume in this way. She wrote articles with Jules Sandeau. and they published a novel, ~Rese q Blanche,- under the name of Jules Sands- Whm 'Indianar vas printed Jules Sands declined to take any credit for . york in which he had no hand, and by his advice she called hezse3f George Sand. Be3ore she had signed herseif Arore Dudevant. her real name being Aurora Duplan. She was bonn in Paris July. 1894 4 fe~ minutes before her birth her mother was danfing dressed in rose-coiored gown. erfzther ~as play ing the fiddle for his guests Mime Da- plan Jeff the room. and soon the birth of
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
Aneieni Indian Cannon.
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IL is matter ot suprisc to Europeans, ~ho sisis India ,ha, A people who were a, one time so far ads aneed in fs,undfy pfac. tee as the Hsndoos should have lost the art, even ~hiic surrounded by exc ellen, and enduring productions of that art. Immens~ iron columns oi superior finish. both with reference to workmanship and design. support and adorn many old Hln- doc edifees and occasionally travellers came across some very isne production, of old tune foandfies Ia the shape of ord. nance of style nos obsoiete. such as the London iiwsI describes In an article in which reference is had to the big gun ai bslspoof.
 This gun was the work of Cha.eby kooniy Khan. an officer in ihe service of iioosein S,xam Shas. d Aimednuxxer 1t ls fsmed of mixed metal of which there IS sAid to be very considerable pof. ton of gold and very considerable qusn. tIty of s,lves. which latter g,srs is cieaf. sososous ring when |, is struck wish a solid substance. isweighs lossy tons. and is. therefore, considered the largess gun tn the world. The mold in which ts vaa east h ssiii in exisssure and ises negies ted in the garden of the tosnb of the founder.
 
 The cannon Itself is mounted on the dii ,psdz,ed walls of the obscure town of B<Iapoor. where Il ,s greatly rcverenced by the natives. who believe, sn common wssn Indian hisios,sns. that n was taken in i5bs. by Ally Adj Shad. l. is styled " Muik al Mesdau," Sovereign of she ifainl and IS approached by the native. sish sovnienanees m shseh devotion may be plainly read. And that they regard the gun as iind of de1fy or the abiding place of dessy,s still further shown by their praetsce of ad0fning the bore of It wssh flora. decorations, and smearing the port mpxxle ~ith white einnsbsS and oil The gun is enssehed by inscriptions and deuees in the Aofid style, which ehsrsx- terixes Oriental workmanship. aad the porsioas thss omamentsd pssssas sus- lace - smooth and giossy ss to be sbso- iutsiy sIipposy. ls wiii cnaezin sss per- ssns vifhest mach csowdisg. bus those who sssosa ae t = . ssseing paacs are frs- queutly dsives ct hy bIOw op the out edo s( the sns by ssne Issss of misrhieS. Tho soeeds cd vhsneiens of blow on tAe os1nt6e ass appel1inG, and tho psrssa U porseas wiGhjn coms oss e rzptdly as Ha cAagEs of powdss hsd bssn ssp,odsd is ths Gus- It is snjA by the nssises ssouod nojapoos tkst she eun had an eqoai - sise as Rocaah naUed kurk Q B5dIss CThssd~ aad Lighmisgl and hat ' vas carssed to iss present resting pance yeass ago.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
An Animal Drinking Saloon.
1 Washington stas.

An Englishman has con ssrueted in Peru an apparatus for disiiiiing rain wa- ter. to avoid the necessity of transporting ii fer miles on the backs of mules. This mans income is nos SS,ooo per month. Ausched to his distilling tAnkssre num- ber of uoughs. which are euelosed by a fence. This IS an animal drinking sa loon. and here, for ten cents. the horses, mules. et1., are admitted and can drink their i'll. About this saloon bammers and uAmps lay in wait Sometimes a mule would ~ait around the corner nrtl the gate happened ,o be Jeff open. Then he would boi, tn and steal drink. Like his human prototype. he would be driven out with curves and bloss.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
An Insurance Carpenter.

Derrick Dodd. in San Francisco ros,
 The other day. during case m the police court, witness vas put upon the stand. ~ho gave has occupation as that of A carpenter.
 Where is your shop.- asked a law yer.
 Haven't any" urbAnely responded the witness.
 ..H He~ can ses be . carpenter without a shop.~
 Well, you see, I don, need one. I'm an insurance carpenter.
 '' Whats that
 Well. I'm employed by the insurance companies 10 estimate damages to houses. You sec, 1t works this way: A building catches fire and burns up a few rooms ; or, say. the roof caves in. The company sends for me as an ex- perl, and look around. measure with this tape-iine, and do lot of 6gurinz on . shingle with . big rcd pencil. Then say, can repair the damage for Ss-7o, or something like that.
 And how does it work :-
 @Oh irR rate The house-o~ner says he'l afsend to the repain himself He seads in bill for three or four hundred dollars- The company shows my essi- mate, and rather than bring a suit the man takes one-ha1 oo which 1 get my per centAge, don't you see:~ and the ex- pert smiled benesolenkly.
 And so you never saved board ia your life: sad the Judge.
 '- No: nor drove a nail, grinned the witness: but tell you, gentlemen. the cornDznies couldn't ge. along without me
 No more they coald gentle reader; no more they could
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
4 Younx-oid Man.

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 There ss, in schuyler rosaty. Mo, a young old man. who. without appalent cause, living plainly on a farm, has in eighteen years passed through the phys lcsI changes of fourscose. Al the age of six he had all the development Of strength and muscle usually found in lad of hf- teen. Al twelve his beard was grown. and gray hairs appeared Nov, ss eighteen. he n e decpspit as any old man of eighty, and seems sostesing on the verge of the grave.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
vorssnsssiy.
lNev Ynk Wosidf

| ~as chatting vish . bdgAs ysaag gid the othsr evening q . smau Cernas, when our attention was disortod = . taa1 and hasdsems woman, vhs hadjkst ss- tered the room. Who is she Ss ssksd ny companion i; asd 1, wishiag so bs ps- eeicai, ansssred: A daaGhs<s q the gods.r :. dont know her, my partner replied; l" the gods arc not in our ct"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26

It ~as a negro who acknowledged after a tenpestaoas voyage zt sea that he vas A land Iubber. He said he dubbed it SO wea thzs he never wanted to go 70 sea again.--ExfAaags.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26

@Worsh her weight in gold ' Is not the most complimentary thing thas can he said about a woman, as she would have 10 weigh 3ooo pounds to bring her value up to sloo.ooos--Ershsag<.