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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-06

FEATURING COMPANY.
ITEMS RELATIVE TO IT.

"Miles are mighty long in this part
of North Carolina" Such were the
words that issued from the lips Of q
seedy looking individual the other
day. The time was six o'clock, p. m.
The place a certain caravansary where
lagerisdispensed to thirsty customers,
and at this same caravansary might
have been seen" as G. p. r. James, the
novelist, would put it, "a solitary
pedestrian, his clothes fecked with
the dust of weary miles of travel, his
hair awry," and his general makeup
that of a second.c tramp.
What, no !" landlord, he called in
stentorian tones, another bottle of
lager, and bless my eyes if Lam ever
deceived into walking three or more
good long miles again to see any fact.
ory." The soothing effects of the
favorite beverage of Gambrinus were
noticeable, and. sool this wayfarer
l"babbled,' not as Dickens hero did,
ssofgreen fields, /" but of Corliss engines,
of spinning and carding machines and
of all that goes to make a modern
cotton factory. A RECORDER repor-
ter accidentally being present, he
made note of the strangers remarks.
eyes," said the stranger, and he
seemed to be quite philosopher,
about it: at is the first factory of its
kind in Durham, and il . promises TO
be good thing. Why shouldn't it ?
| 1t gives employment to large num-
Der of people, utilities home products,
and finds, largely, home market. !"
4 And from the said "seedy- looking
individuals conversation we gathered
the following additional facts.
I The Durham Cotton Manufactur.
ing Company was organized in Feb
ruary, 1884, and the corner stone OF
) the factory was laid, with impressive
ceremonies, on the 18th of the follow
ing May. Work upon the buildings pro
! crossed rapidly after that, and. brick
by brick, story by story, the factory
was advanced toward completion, thu
finished building showing the follow
: ing dimensions Factory proper
!, 150x75 feet, four full floors, with tow
er, five, floors. There are also sucl
} additional, buildings as the 'picker'
ROOM. 30x50 feet. boiler and engin
room 28x48 feet, and the company.
store and Offices, the dimension
of which do not appear upon our not
!, book.
The engine room-the centre o
e powers we'll worth visit. Here j
a magnificent Corliss engine of 30'
|, horse power, and it runs more smooth
e ly aud with less noise than any sew
ing machine to be found IN any lady
boudoir. Three hundred horse pow
er, too. The great drive-wheel is 2,
e feet in diameter, presents a face of 3
t inches, weighs $4,000 pounds, and 1t
: revolutions are as regular and rs uni
: form as the dicta Of Fate. Near b
t arc ah0iiers, tbEe mammoth con
el rch, and they e
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-06

DoN'T FORGET that the RECORDER
is trying to advance the interests of
Durham. Subscribe for it-adver-
tise in it.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-06
III. MACKAY.

is of such consequence as to justify us
in devoting considerable space to it.
1t represents many millions of capi-
tai, and i'm its own peculiar field of
action aids in advancing the general
good. Take the agency of Mr.. Mac
kay, as an illustration. He is the
representative here ofsuch staunchand
reliable companies as the Liverpool,
London and Globe, the Lion, of Ions
don, the Fire Insurance Association of
London, the Insurance Company of
North America, the Crescent of New
Orleans. the Sun of London, the
Northwestern of Milwaukee, the. New
York Mutual Reserve Fund Coop
rative), the Life Insurance Co., of
Richmond, Va, and the Mutual
Live Stock Association, of Emmetts-
burg, Maryland. The fire companies
named in this list aggregate
fully one hundred million dollars of
capital-enough, certainly, to afford a
feeling of security on the part of those
who hold policies.
We need hardly tell the readers of
the RECORDER that Mr.. Mackay has
been successful in a marked degree in
working up the business of his agency.
We use the term working up" adj
visedly, too, because extremely hard
work and the most persistent effort
have been required. He came to
Durham three years ago this coming
fall from Raleigh where he had been
connected with life insurance. He
didn't find it the easiest thing in the
world to establish even the ground.
work or the basis of subsequent bust.
ness, for he himself once told US that
his first months work Melted him just
65 cents. Quite a contrast is to be
drawn between the results for that
month and those for the month OF
last December, when his business ag.
gregated 900 (don't misunder-
stand us, reader-he didn't make that
snug little sum as clear profit, though
for our part we wish he had.)
| Mr.. Mackay is anything but tyre
in the insurance business-it has been
his, occupation since the war. He is
akISaiiye of Beaufort equity, S. c., and
lated at the military school al
ISarIsston. When the
a. school boy
!.nent, and from
the surrender he was
se duty, first in the. infantry,
~ cavalry and then in artillery,
| AfterSth close of the war Mr.. Mac
kay was engaged in merchandising
for short time aud then he accepted
the position of canvasser for the
Security Company of New York, and
he was 'eminently successful IN that
capacity. Since then Insurance.
either Fire or Life, has been his bust.
ness or profession. We know, too
how carefully he consults the interests
both of insurer and insured. He
realizes that the obligations and the
benefits are reciprocal, and lie knows
that a Policy in either company that
he representsis good.
We can unhesitatingly recommend
Mr.. Mackay to those contemplating
insurance-he- will, we feel sure.
cheerfully impart all the information
in his power, and in advance we can
say that such information will be
found reliable.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-11-24
Josh Billings' Philosophy.

1t Is possible to write a paragraph that
never will be forgotten; it is equally possible
to write a book that will knock the bottom
out OF oblivion, and take the author with it.
If VIC should live to be two hundred years
old, we should have 10 spend the last hundred
in forgetting what we learned the first
Lies are groing more plenty, but thinner. l
haven't heard first-rate one in two years.
Don't forget this. my friend If you are as
honest as one of the ten commandments, you
have got to prove it.
The man who d7n't believe in hereafter,
settles with himself for less than twenty-five
cents on the dollar.
a good picture is a proverb, biography, a
perpetual history.
The best We can dc is to neutralise the in-
evitable; we can't dodge it.
Nature makes no compromises her price
IL one hundred cents on the dollar, and no
man ever gifts discount
We can live on Hope long time, but we
might as well undertake to gilt fatt on the
wind
Precocious children are selduu blessing;
an educated child at twelve years IL a calam-
ity at large.
Silence can out-talk any man.
Intimacys seldom elevate equals, and be-
tween unequals the lowest level is always
reached
Thinking is mathematical; we have to learn
how, Just as we learn to multiply, add, sub
tract, and divide figures.
If fool hesitates be is left; he must shut
up both eyes and pitch in.
have known people to travel all night on
the cars to save time, and then sleep all the
next day to catch up, but don't see where
the mathematics comes in.
Vanity has q ravenous appetite, and q re-
morseless digestion.
We know a thowsand times more than we
can prove; here Is why our instincts beat our
reason.
Man compared with man, is wonderful
creature; but compared with many other things
be is a mere ghost.
All genuine music is pathetic harmony. An
educated ear is, like an educated heart, as
bloodless as stone.
An epitaph is the safest Of all literature.
They are always quoted at par, II there amt
4 word Of truth IN them
An ideot is the only being who has di4ine
right to be an unbeliever
Old age is honorable, but not always res
pectable.
The reason why good opportunity Is 50 often
lost IS because most people are hunting for a
circumstance.
A very long creed is just SO much extra bag
gage-at risk OF the owner.
4 literary woman IL she Insrries at all,
should marry coxcomi; she can despite him
az much az she pleszes, and be won't know
The difference.
The hen Il called phool, aud kalkulatiDg
an eclipse gness she Is, bat for laying twelve
eggs in safe place, and staying with them
until they are bern agiDs she haz nc peer.
Military herus are too oflen military
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-11-24
Some Big Things.

TIE highest range of mountains is the Him
alayas, the mean elevation being estimated at
from 10000 to $1,000 feet,
The largest city in tho world is London.
New York, with population of about 1850,
900. comes fifth in the list Of great cities.
The largest theater is the new Opera House
in Paris. 1t covers nearly three acres of ground.
Its cubic mass is 1921, 900 feet 1t cost about
E4,2OO,OOO.
The largest suspension bridge the one
now placed between New York and Brook
Ign. The length of the main is sos feet
six inches; the center length of the bridge
1889 feet.
The largest island In the world is Australia
1t is $500 miles from north to south. Its area
is 2,9si,2s7 square miles.
The longest span of wire in the world is used
for telegraph in India over the river Kistnah
between Bezorah and Sectanagrum. 1t is more
than 5000 feet long, and is stretched between
two hills, elch of which is 1900 feet high.
The largest ship in the world is the Greai
Eastern. She is $50 feet long, So feet broad
and 90 feet deep, being 1927 tons builder
1925 gross, ard 1891 Ict register. She
was built at Millwall, on the Thames, and was
launched January 81, 1857.
The largest University is Oxford. 1t con-
sists of twenly-one colleges and five halls
Oxford was seat Of learning as early as the
time of Edward tue Confessor. University
College claims to have been founded by Alfred
The largest body of fresh water on the glob,
is Lake Superior; 400 miles long, 100 miles
wide at its greatest breadth, and having al
area of $4,000 square miles. Its mean deptl
is said to be 200 aud its greatest depth abou
900 fathoms. Its surface is about 635 fee
above the level of the sea.
The most extensive park is Dear Park, in th
environs of Copenhagen, in Denmark. TIL
enclosure contains about 1900 acres. and i
divided by small river.
The biggest cavern is tue Mammoth Cave
in EdmondsOn County, Ky. 1t is near Gree
River, six miles from Cave City, and about 2
miles from Bowling Green. The Cave consist
Of succession of irregular chamber, some G
which are large, situated on different level:
Some of these are traversed by navigabl
branches Of the subterranean Echo Rive
Blind fish are found in its waters.
The biggest trees in the world are the man
moth trees of California. One of grove i
Tulare County, according to measurement
made by members Of the State Geological Sur
vey, was shown to be ZIG feet high, lO6 fet
in circumference at base, and 10 feet at poiI
IL feet above the ground. Some Of the larges
that have been felled indicate an age of frol
1000 10 $500 years.
The greatest wall in the world is the Chi
nese wall, built by the first Emperor of th
Tain dynasty, about 22O B. G., as protectiO
against Tartars. 1t traverses the norther
boundary of China, and is carried over tn
highest hills, through the deepest valley
across rivers and every other natural obstacl
Its length is | $50 miles, including parapt
of five feet; the total height of the wall is :
feet; thickness at the blse, Is feet; and at th
top, Is feet. Towers or bastions occur at in
tervlls of about 100 yards.-Eecldags.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-11-24
crnrraI aOptrtIsrrItnts.

skourgss, and should be kept on oxhibishun
like other feroshus beasts 10 kagos.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-11-24

IA ,rrnad hack without waiting for orders On
sss- ;' ne firing; aud NJ. Theirs thinks that
y r-1S,ehv had done the same at Waterloo,
~. ,,rrept Of The worlds history might have
hon NJ reversed. He is welcome to THINK So;
~, 10 Hero Of Hundred Fights. Thought
Sissren,ly. A drawn battle and a short si re-
snite were the very utmost Grouchy s timely
arrival could have gained for ms Imperial
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-11-24
THE CENTRAL
Cigar& Tobacco Emporium
csmpbsHs El0es, Merchant street.
Houoiuis. H.

The CENTRAL has been opened for The sec.,usods.
eu q the lovers q the ehoicer article % The weed
intend 20 keep al the CENTRAL hne variety q
CIGARS and TOBACCO. and have made special
arrangements with importers FROM abroad Trustfnrf -
Ahsr1l share q rairurtcv, remain. respectfully
l-sss J T. WlSENAN
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-11-24
Stamped Envelopes

or THE nENOAIIN ATOMS OF
" L. q , 1nd 40 Crafts, can b. purchased At the
fosfcfice. in ans quantfr frrm To one thousand
Enverres- Persons rg.iGinr tar other Isiands can
nrrHre them froa M ioca <oatc4re; also domestic
and foreiS1 rePiy e1ris. i1es
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-29
THE coLLEcToRsHiP. FIGHT.

The triangular contest for the collectorship
between the Hon. Bion Bradbury. Gen. S.
J. Anderson and Judge Cleaves (who by the
way is not seeking the Office himself but is
being pushed against his will by his friends)
has been viyified good deal Of late by rca
son of the rumor that the President had about
decided to throw these gentlemen overheard
and appoint Judge Redman. AT the earnest
request of Tabulator Chase, Judge Cleaves
started last Sunday noon for Washington to
visit his brother, who we are informed is TAX
ing his vacation in Bridgton. Being disap-
pointed in not finding his brother and time
hanging heavy on his hands it is said that
the Judge visited the President in'the inter-
est of one of the other candidates, assuring
Mr.. cleveland that under no circumstances
could he himself consent to take the office,
with the single exception that if to appoint
him would relieve the President from embar-
rassment and restore harmony among the
brethren he might be induced to sacrifice
himself. The President is reported to have
expressed himself as highly pleased with
Judge Cleayess utter disregard of self
and to have indicated to Col Lenont
subsequently a strong desire to appoint him.
Tabulator Chase. the Democratic dictator in
these parts, is said to have become profound
ly impressed of late with the propriety of
selecting Judge Cleaves, and it is reported
that he has instructed the Hon. Simon S.
Brown, who is now in Washington, to bring
his great influence to bear in favor of the
Judge. The Tabulator is supposed to be
governed in this matter, as helis in all such
matters, purely by desire to have the offices
filled with the best men. There have been
rumors that he was supporting Mr.. Cleayes
because he was intensely hostile to one of
the other candidates, and thought the Judge
was the best man to beat him with, but they
do him great injustice. We are assured
that the Tabulator is animated by the most
patriotic motives. His choice would have
been undoubtedly to take no part in this
business, but the voice of the people demand
ed that he should make his preference known
and he has reluctantly yielded.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-29
STATE OF MAINE.
BY THE GOVERNOR, 4 PROCLAMATION

The National bereavement caused by the death
OF General U. s. Grant, has suitably called forth Il
universal expression of sorrow throughout the
civilized world. | am aware that the heart of the
people of this State is in full sympathy with the
general expression of enc0mium which has been so
richly bestowed on his exalted character-meas-
rred on the battle field for this Union, in its Ma
tlonal executive departments and finally eXempli-
fed in that last great trial for life which he dis
played glorious spectacle Of divine self sacrifice
and composure. the fruit of God-like manhood.
In consideration Of the death of so illustrous a
patriot and statesman do recommend that our
National flag be suspended at half-mast on the
public buildings of our State until the day Of the
funeral, and that there be general suspension of
public and private business during the hours of
the funeral services of our honored ex-president.
Glyen at the Council Chamber at Augusta this
twentytourth day of July, in the year of our
Lord, one Thousand eight hundred and eighty
fiye, and the independence of the United States
OF America, the one hundred and tenth.
FREDERICK Robe.
By the Governor,
oRAMANDAL SMITH, Secretary Of State.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-29
MIR. DANA SHOULD FIGURE ON AN INCREASE
IN THE RATE.

Statistics are valuable Here are some
that are particularly interesting: The whole
ed by the President is 2,233. The whole num-
Der in the class appointed by the postmaster
general is 81 ,0OO President Cleveland has al
ready appointed 400, and Postmaster-Ge General
V las $500. That is to say, at the present
work will be finished, so far as Mr. Cleve-
land is concerned, in about twenty months,
and so far as Mr.. Villas is concerned, about
sixty-eight MONTHS or, say, in March, 1891,
if the process is not interrupted meanwhile
by unforeseen CONTINGENCIES
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-29
CARPET DEPARTMENT.

Ten Thousand Yards all ALL Wool CAR
PETS, latest patterns, to be sold for 60 Cents
per yard.
Some of the patterns are controlled in this max
ct exclusively by us. We carry in stock full line
OF WIltOms, MOquettes, Brussels and ROx-
bury Tapestries, together with large assert
ment of Rugs and Mats
DECORATED DINNER SETS. RA-
BY CARRIAGES, REFRHGERATOR
AND OIL STOVES I'M GREAT VARHE-
IN, OF WHICH LACK OF SPACE
EOkBAPS MENTION I'm DETAIL.
We can and do under one roof, furnish complete
outfits for hotels, boarding houses, private dwell
lngs and restaurants, either for cash or INSTALL
ments Catalogues and terms OF household goods
any OF the above goods promptly attended to-
NO charge for packing. Goods delivered in
Portland free of charge.
diff
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-29
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Gen. Grants death leaves only two living
ex-Presidents, Mr.. Hayes and Mr.. Arthur.
New named post offices are Ethel, Sarah,
Edith, Eve, May and Violet There are also
Wayback, Wildcat Snorteryille and Onion
Three hundred and tifty-eight criminals,
who have escaped from Georgia in the course
of the last thirteen years, are wanted" in
that State. The rewards offered for them
aggregate 100000.
A clerk who levanted to Canada from Sc
dalia, Mo-, with his employers funds, has
returned and restored $4,000, saying that he
would sooner go to the penitentiary than live
in the Dominion.
The department clerks in Washington are
usually careful to get all the vacation allow
able, but this year few have quilted their
desks. They seem to fear that voluntary alb
sence would be made disagreeably perma-
nent,
Mr.. Roach's property in West Chester
county, consists of Ophir farm, for which he
paid $780, 900; 90 acres in Rye, price $4,000,
and 276 acres of the N. d. Higgins estate,
price $4,000. There is an $4,000 mortgage
on the farm, and $4,000 mortgage on the
276 acres. The three pieces of land would
not sell for more than $4,000.
Postage stamps were first used in the
United States in 1S47 that is the government
did not adopt them until that year, although
stamps had been used in New York and some
of the other states in 1916. This idea came
from Europe, where stamps came into Bse in
England in 1888. The first postage stamp
used in Germany was in 1S49, Austria took
them up in 1850, Russia used postage envel-
opes as early as 1915, and took up the adhe
sive stamps in 1856. France adopted the
postage stamp in 1S4S. The South American
states took them up in 1853
A lad named Emil Beecher was haying in
Montana recently and cut off rattlesnake's
head with his scythe He foolishly picked
up the head to examine it more closely, when
the reptiles mouth suddenly opened and as
suddenly closed, striking its fangs. into his
thumb. His thumb swelled quickly, and
soon the whole arm turned black as far as
the shoulder. A companion ran for whiskey,
while another cut the thumb open, and pow
der was put into the wound and fred The
boy drank quart of raw whiskey,. and al
though he had never touched it before, the
liquor had not the slightest effect upon him.
He then began drinking alcohol, but has
since grown worse, and his life is despaired
of.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-29
The burial of General Grant in Central

The burial of General Grant in Central
Park is strenuously opposed by the New
York Evening Post. 1t says:
The whole ground is dedicated to the purposes
of pleasure. 1t has no other object Solemnity Of
any kind is foreign to it. In the present temper of
the public mind the assigning of Central Park as
place of sepulture for Gen Grant has the ap-
pearance of generosity, and is therefore all the
more popular Everybody feels as though he would
like to make some sacrifice for the purpose. Be
cause itwould not be done for anybody else there
fore it ought to be done for him, is the general
feeling. Some time hence, when it is perceived
that the repose of the departed is not in harmony
with the gayety of the living, and that fiattery
cannot soothe the dull, cold ear Of death, it wifi
be acknowledged that mistake has been made
in placing Gen. Grants remains in the midst of
or in close juxtapostion with scene OF pleasure
and frivolity however healthful and innocent they
may be-
The improperly of burying man in mu-
nicipal play ground is probably perceived by
every paper in New York, but none of them
but the Post has the independence to point
it out. The rest of them chime in with the
thoughtless crowd who see in the burial of
Gen. Grants remains in Central Park new
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-29

The report that Gen. Gordon is still alive
in the Mahdi's camp has just been varied by
fresher rumor that Olivier Pain is now liv-
ing at Berber, and that the Mahdi is the on
ly dead man Of the three. No evidence short
OF the production of the bodies of Gordon
and Pain and the exhibition of the Mahdi
himself, alive and well, is likely to put stop
to these imaginative tales.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-29

A Washington despatch to the Portland
Advertiser reports Judge Cleayes as saying
that he believes he has an excellent chance
Tor appointment as collector of the port Of
Portland. 1t is positively cruel on the part
OF the President to insist OH Mr. Cleaves
filing an office which he has over and over
again protested that he did not want.
The Portland daily press., 1885-07-29

A prohibitionist clergyman of Utica. N.
Y, wrote to Miss Cleveland to find out if her
brother really go fishing on Sunday. In
answer Miss Cleveland sent back clipping
from the Washington Star declaring that no
one OF that well advertised party did any
fishing whatever. They were in Maryland
at the time, and the laws of the State forbid
fishing on Sunday. 1t will undoubtedly be a
great relief to the prohibitionist clergyman
to know that Mr.. Cleveland was prevented
from fishing on Sunday by the laws of
MARYLAND