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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-03
Dying Echoes.

Ever and anon they come 10 Us in
in the fragment ofa song, the dead
fragrance Of some long culled flower,
or the last football ofa loved one.
Years may have intervened since We
draped the snowy folds around the
rigid form, but those soft, deep echoes
still linger about us, giving mourn
ful pathos to our lives and filling the
atmosphere around US with the taint
of dust and grave-nould.
The old home, though dismantled
now and reft Of all who once filed its
halls with music and gladness, is
fraught with memories pungent and
bitter. and we love TO linger amid its
gloom and desolation for we feel the
presence We have so lost, and those
dying echoes break the deep silences
Of the moss-grown ruins. Every
thing there seems 70 have lost It's sun
light, and every memory seems to
come from for-away realm whose
penetralia we are forbidden to pierce,
and every echo like music borne over
dark, still waters.
The new year Is upon rs with Its
gifts and graduation, It's pans and
pageants. It's grand All Hail and
huzzas, but there are hearts il can
not lit from the dust, and heads
that refuse TO shake of their ashes,
for, like Rachel, they are mourning
and refuse 10 be comforted. The old
year h planted The Y. ed sxnnnn1
and se5I tone over their hopes, and
music and feasting will neyermore
stir their hearts TO the Joys Of life.
But lighter spirits are awaiting
the Joyous peal Of wedding bells, and
mirth and rcvelry must rule the hour.
The grange wreath and filmy lace
must be donned 70 cheat US into the
belief that the time for the singing Of
birds and perfume Of yoilets and
bursting Of buds has come.
Young hearts are throbbing with
love and hope and joy, and 70 them
the New Year is the glad awakening
Of the purple and golden dawn that
whispers Of q glorious field Of beauty
just TO revealed. Bid them enter, and
quaif its nectar draughts, for the
time will surely come 10 them, too,
when dying echoes will be the only
reminders Of present biles. Let us
rcyel in the suaiight while we may,
"heart within and God o'erhead."
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-03
An Orange County Tradition.

II was several years ago. when ma
ture was just breaking the ICY links
Of winters chain, that Q friend and
took q walk in the western part o.
Orange county. As we ascended q bill
we caught sight Of q grave, nestled
upon its very summit. Approaching
with reverent Difference we found the
grave built up Of brick, now fast
crumbling into dust, surmounted by
a marble slab bearing the inscription,
Sacred to the memory Of --,"
some old Revolutionary hero who
died In 1898, and who was remea.
bered only in the traditions or the
neighborhood; one ofwhich my coaa-
|panion now related. Upon tie sur
rounding farm this old time worthy
lived in his princely mansion aad
counted his slaves by scores. He
was hard master and wrung labor
from his servants hands with unpity.
ing severity. His broad acres were
we'll titled, his barn we'll filled. butin
the heart Of the slave love for the
master found no place.
Gray slowly whitened the locks of
the planter and the shadows we're
lengthy, until one day when the srn-
light came shimmering down in gold.
en- waves across his threshold, and
the glad bird warbled his spring.time
song, the Angel of Death touched
him with bis sable wand. As he lay
dying, he heard q conversation just
outside his door, between two Of his
slaves. ...-...z....z.
"Well, John, they say old marsier's
gwinter die he been o hard marster,
and worked US hard, and now we'll
enjoy ourselves and won't have to
work much"
"Well, that's SO" said John, "and
as soon as old marster dies I'll be q
happy man."
Slowly the recedidg life current
paused aud for one moment the mas.
ter seemed TO regain his vigor. Call
ing in his slaves he rose In his bed
and said:
II heard your conversation. Yes,
you'll be glad when / am dead
Look, do you see yonder hill over
looking this whole farm : Well. when
| die am going to be,buried Standing
up, SO that can see every field, and
If you once shirk work my spirit will
haunt you forever"
He ceased speaking and the next
moment was a corpse. The funeral
procession bore him TO
his cold and narrow dwelling. and
placed the coffin In vertical posi-.
70 his last wish
The slaves toiled from pornirg tiil
night, believing that the masters
foirit hoyered above ready TO avenge
my delinquencies in labor, and To-
d Y, when the shadows Of night have
fai en- the negroes Of the neighbor.
hood '-ill 20 long distance out of
their way 70 ayoid "0ld Marster's
MrGNA.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-03

Under this head we clip the fol.
lowing from the Wilmington Morn.
ing Star.
SThe secular papers TEEN with dis.
cussions OF the new revision. Some
are very favorable and some are
SoAerwise. The most competent thai
have Sitten admit that the correc'
ton Of man,3est errors is most i'm
portant. r.or But thoss skaU U love the e1
auisite beauty and charming eS. nS.
Of the English Of the james revision
complain Of the liberties taken with
the new revision Of the Old Testa-
ment, as they did OF the revision Of
the New. There Is no doubt that
some Of the changes made are very in.
harmonious as TO language although
giving q literal translation Of the ori.
ginal Scriptures. In many passages
James translation conveys doctrine
and sentiment that were not in the
Hebrew. But, il is 10 be regretted, that
In making the needed lamentations
the reyisers we're not able 10 give 10
their English some Of the rythmieal
ilow Of the earlier English.
The Philadelphia American, edited
by Prof. Thompson, Of the University
Of PENNSYLVANIA, says Of the defec.
tive English (not ungrammatical but
rugged and unmelodious) Of the re-
yisers:
"There is not o single master Of
the English style among the theolo.
gians on either Of the revision com.
mittces Of either side Of the Atlantic.
The only man Of this kind who OBJ.
tanned q place on the uld Testament
Committee was Bishop Thirlwall, in
England, and he died as long ago rs
1775. Dean Stanley was the only one
on the New Testament Committee,
and be died long before the work was
finished. DR.. Krauth, on the Old
Testament Committee In America,
came the nearest 10 meeting this
want, but he, too, died before the
work was finally revised. The other
gentlemen on both committees are
men Of sound Greek and Hebrew
scholarship; but they arc not men In.
10 whose hands q venerable English
classic could be given with confidence.
As Spurgeon said Of the revisers Of
the New Testament, They may know
Greek, but they don't known English.
In many places the revised version
gives q clearer insight into the mean
Ing Of the original, and lis connection
Of thought"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-03
For Editors and Orators,
A Dit or LIME-KILS CLUB PHILos6
PLY.

~ bAA VT VIZ
ply.
"Am Stepoff Johnsing in de hall
dis eayenin' 7" asked the President,
as he rose up and winked at Samuel
Shin to stir up the FIRE and roust III
der Toots out from behind the stove.
"Yes, sir" replied q high.pitched
voice from. one Of the back corners.
"You will please step TO de front. -
Brother Johnsing has always brag.
ged about the length Of his heels, and
he now appeared TO think that the
hour had come when he wes 10 re.
ceive a prize chrome. Ills face wore
a broad grin, and just at that mo.
ment he would have lent Brother
Backslide Davis fly cents without
the least security.
"Stepoif Johnsing," said Brother
Gardner in bis deep.toned voice, II
war in de ieed-stoah de odder nigh.
TO see about gittin' two bits wuth Of
meal far my hens, when you walked
In an wanted 10 git trusted fur a
bale Of hay fur your mule"
"An' he trusted me, sab"
"Zictly, an pleased me 10 see IL.
In a few minits de old man Cummins
limped In. DE two of you talked
about de gineral wickedness Of man.
kind fur q few miniis, an den a dis.
pute arose as 10 dc aige Of de world
ayes, sar. dc old man Cummins
doan' know nofIln' sab"
"You called him liar"
"But be called me a fool"
"You called him o biggot."
can he called me o humbug."
"'Zactly-'zac,ly--I heerd u oil
Brudder Johnsing, an now / want 70
ax you what you know about de aige
Of de world p
"I-I--know rs much as de old
man Cummins."
"How old am de airth"
II dunno, sah."
"Oh, you don'tl You an Cumrain'
call names an almost fight ober whaI
neither Of you kin cum widin q mil
lyun miles Of knowin'l OATS man
kind, 'zactly. Kin be bluffed on whaI
we do know, but we won't back wa
ter fur any libin' man on what wt
doan' know. When we git q theory
We fight fur IL sooner dan fur solemn
facks. IL we can't convince de oddeI
party by blab we are ready 70 do |
by sluggin'. Brudder Johnsing, J
will be we'll fur you 20 disreckolect
few facks. A Kill Of argument an
worth O bushel Of abuse. IL takes
man Of strong common sense to I'D
init bis faults and errors. You ma.
believe wid all yer might and still b
In de wrong. Find q man who pride
himself on stickin' 10 his opinyun
and you has found q dangerous ma
in de community. y."-Dctroit Ere
Press.
The making Of orange wine
proving o successful business on th
lPacifc coast.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-03

SOME or rev. SAM JoNEs's SAYINGS.
@Some preachers" he said receit-
ly, fare 50 elegant that they always
refer to hell as the burnt district.
This sort Of dignity is the starch Of q
shroui." Another time he said !:
"Pull up your doubts by the roots
and you'll find q seed at the bottom,
and that seed Is sin" Once he
reused the sluggish by saying -
Many good Christians sleep so sound
that the devil can come up and saw
off their heads with q dul! case
knife before they wake" II can get
along better" he said in Nashville the
other day, "with most everything in
this world than the people that talk
too much. A lie is always on the
down grade, but the truth you have
to hitch an engine TO-" Speaking Of
trouble be said "The best woman in
this town Is the woman who has wa
ded through trouble that an angels
heart could not have endured. When
God wants to strike us with affiic.
tions let us not run but stand and
take 'em." A few days ago be star
tied a large congregation by this ut
terance: "A woman that marries o
man with whisky on his breath is the
biggest fool in the world, except the
one who stirs his toddy for him after
she marries him. III you don't like
that sort Of talk you can rack out Of
here" Again he said: Opinions
ruins the world. That old Colonel,
the old cuss, will say, fits my opinion
so and So A dozen young men who
hear him win 60 or and say its my
opinion so and So" They get their
opinion from the old Colonel, aud he
gets his from hell. say to them,
shut up you old blab.mouthed fools"
What's culture WORTH" he asked
again, 'ifit's nothing but whitewash
on rascal % ard rather be in heay.
en- learning my A B Cs than in hell
studying Greek. My God, keep my
boy pure and honest and let him die
q fool Talk about an honest man
starving to DEATH" he broke in the
other day; athey won't stsrve. God
will feed an honest man II he has TO
put the angels on halt rations."
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-03
The Good old Times

WHEN Gas AID KEROSENE WE'RE NOT.
Uncle Dayie was giving The boys
some aiv,cs In their love.making af.
fairs, and one Of them asked him how
the young people did when he was
sparkling. Them was great times,
boys" he said in reply. I'VE didn't
have no gas nor Kerosene. We done
our sparkling by q plain talIow dip
but most frequently just by the fire.
light Firelight is warmin', boys,
and flickers just enough 70 make q
girls eyes shine. It's mighty soft and
purity, too, and kinier in away none
Of your gas.lights know anything
about. Sometimes the FIRE shined "
o little too powerful In places, and
the young man would get up without
ssyin' anything and put Q shovelfaI
Of ashes on IL. Then he would cud
die up TO the girl in the shadows,
and she would cuddle some, too. ant
Il really didn't seem like there wa'
anything else in The whole big rount
earth 70 be wished for. Purity sool
the Gre would get obsreperOus again
and the little flames would twinkle Il
and out, as II they wanted TO see wha
was goin' on, or had seen and wa
laughin' and winkin' about IL an,
havin' some fun, too, and the younI
fellow would reach for tho shove
and the ashes and cover the brigh
blaze all up. And sometimes-rt
member, now, only sOmctimes--.h
girl would get up and put ashes OF
land hen-well, boys, when the blu
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-03

birds came IN the spring, and th,
fishin' worms crawled out Of the
ground. and the boys set on the green
banks Of the little creek waitin' for .
bite, and the johnnyJump.up nestled
in the sunny places, there was wed.
din In the old house, and when the
winter come again they set by their
own fire and the shovel and the ashes
was out Of a job.--Merchant Trave.
Ter.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-03

Philelphia Record: One Virginia
postmaster has been re.appointed-
Mrs. A. L. Long, Of Charlottesville,
wife Of Lees Chief Of Artillery. She
10 q model official, . lovely and cul.
tured woman, the sole suppot Of her
husband, now blind, and their thiee
children. Her father was one Of the
stoutest Of Union soldiers-General
T.. W. Summer--and o Republican
President, Grant. gave her first com.
mission 80. --<
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-03

Keep good company or none. New.
er be idle.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-03
10 be coninued.l
David Davis Advise TO o Young
LAWYER.

A young lawyer friend Of mine
from Chicago, about 70 be admitted to
The Supreme Court, asked ex,Justicc
David Davis for his advice In regard
to his conduct on the occasion OF bis
FIRST case. The Judge replied: "You
need not be afriad to speak before
the Supreme Court, and fone those
buffers in o toga interrupts you IN
the midst Of an argument by som,
irrelevant question, don't get fright
ened and spoil your argument by
stopping 10 answer him. Just saJ
quietly: Excuse me, your Honor
but / will reach that by and by" ant
IL you don't reach Il, Il won't matter
You need not be afraid that you vii
be called up TO answer u aiter yol
have taken your seat" The youn,
man took his advice, and gained hi
case last week. Cleveland Leader.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-03
The New Evangelist.

SOME op nEv. SAM JosEs's SAYINGS.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-03

There will be an election Of ten llOl
teachers Coz the Durham Graded School on
June 2, 1885. All applicants must be ex-
smined By Prof Kennedy, who can b
found a. the school daily.
fnayT ErgENE MoREHgAp, chr.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-03
DIP. R. HAROEE

Having located in Durham, offers his pro-
iessional services to the people Of Durham
md surrounding country. Office at N. M.
johnson \ Co.'s Drug Store,
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-25
PEN WEPERS.

l
 A dude in one of the new cape coats has ! the general appearance of a peraInbulating pen wiper. Commercial Bulletin. Dr. Samuel w. Francis says that the only I thing to fear from excessive vaccination witt l bovine virus is attlepsy.-Medical Record. 'I carry raiser," remarked @ ferocious looking woman, as she pulled rubber bot 1 tie on a helpless baby in her arms.-Cincin- natl Merchant Traveller. 'fThe evening star is trembling on the hill top," walls an eastern poet. We judge by this that the evening star is married and 1 isn't able to get his wife new bonnet.-New 1 man Independent. Mrs. Bascom writes us that she didn't really think President Cleveland would en- courage frivolity and expense by saying, as he did in his message, that 'parties seem to be necessary. y.'-Burlington Free Press. Minnie Palmer, the actress, is going to mar ry John Rogers. We feel it our duty to tell her that the last lady who married John children and one at breast. Alta Califor- nia
 DeVoe, the New Jersey weather prophet, says January will be extremely cold ronth." This will be very disappointing to those persons who hoped that January would be an extremely hot month, as usual.-Nor- riston Herald.
 Butcher (to lady with dog ill her arms )- What will it be this evsnin', mums Lady Send pound and half of calves liver ill time for breakfast and-let me see, Carlo won't eat lver-and half pound of porter house steak.-Life.
 Magistrate been arrested bsfore2 Prisoner-No, sah. Magistrate-Didn't I send you to the Island last winter for ten dayss Prisoner-I declar's to goodness, now looks at ye', jedge, b'lieves yo' did. But Tse poo han to member faces.
 Two osrd-playing friends were passing through pine forest in Maine, when one asked the other this audacious conundrum ''Why cannot the proprietor of the forest fell his own timber?'' "Because no one is all lowed to cut when it is his own deal. "-Shoe and Leather Reporter.
 Mother" said little Rockland girl, looking up from her book, "what does transatlantic meanl' 'fOh, across the Allan 1l,s me forget my count. stboes trans always mean aerosss' sI suppose it does. If you aan,s ns.- staa staa. Aatherlng ne with xo1E auss; later she was resting in her little couch.- Rockland Courier.
 maiden of uncertain age
 Of ancestry was wont to brag;
 When that attention would engage
 The conversation would not flag.
 'sOne of my ancestors gays she.
 ssCame on the Maydower.'' Gan 1t be!
 Asked one. |" 'TiS distinction great.
 Why 1890 was the date.''
 tsPray tell me-, silly asked another,
 Was it your father or your mother?
 George Birdseye.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-25
@1sCeIlaneu1rs.
As Strange as Fiction As True as Gospel.

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 Dear Sirs:
 With great pleasure | send you a few lines telling you of the wonderful cure your LIVER AND STOMACH SANATIVE has done for me. I have been trying about everything on the market, BESIDES TWENTY DIFFERENT DOCTORS, and found nothing to help me permanently. I s0me- times felt better for a short time, but would then go down again. | have had the DYSPEPSIA and NERVOUS REGISTRATION IN THE WORST FORMS, but to-day ! call myself we'll, and all the result of taking your medicine. Igenerally had a bilious attack about once in two weeks, and HOW have not had one since I commenced taking your Sanative alld that was months ago. CALL IT THE BEST MEDIC ON THE CONTLNFNT -a 0a5"U UV Uo good judge by this time. ana now 5S years old, aa, aqing my own work. and feel
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 MRS. THOMAS TRIPP.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-25
was no more than time to stop the prepara-

was no more than time to stop the prepare
 tions for the wedding Two hours after it had been posted she learned that the rumor of the firms insolvency was false. Accom- panied by her parents she hastened to the postofice to demand the return of her letter. The postmaster politely declined to give it up. The young lady insisted, but the post master remained firm. The parents began to argue the case. It was useless. They be- came excited; their daughter became hyster- ieal and there was a scene. But appeals, en- treaties, tears, wringing of hands and threats of fainting were all in vain; the polite post master had but one answer. The rule ad- mitted of no exception and the letter was al- ready, in the eyes of the law, the property of the young man. It was sent and saved him from the great misfortune of marrying mercenary wife. More than one tale has been written founded on the incident of letter being lost or intercepted. Perhaps it would be well by way of variety, for some rising author to found his next story upon & letter that was delivered against the sober second thought of the writer
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-25
Song of Christmas.

Sound over all waters reach out from all lands, The chorus of voices, the claspng of hands; Sing hymns that were sung by the stars of the morn,
 Sing songs of the angels when Jesus was born.
 With glad jubationS
 Bring hope to the nations! The dark night is ending and dawn has begun; Rise, hope of the ages, arise like the sun. All speech flow to music, all hearts beat one. Sing the bridal of nations with chorals of love, Sing out the vuiture and sing in the dove, Till the hearts of the people keep time in accord And the voice of the world is the voice of the Lord
 Clasp hands of the nations
 In strong gratulations; The dark night is ending and dawn has begun; Rise. hope Of the ages, arise like the sun, All speech flow to music, all hearts beat as one. Blow, bugles of battle, the marches of peaee. E ast, west, north and south let the long quarrel cease; Sing the song of great joy that the angels began, Sing of glory to God and good will to man.
 Harkl joining in chorus
 The heavens bend OCT us; The dark night is ending and day has begun; Rise, hope of the ages, arise like the sun, All speech flow to music, all hearts beat one
 John G. Whittier
Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-25
gT1e 9nmr1s11 and Gu11rier.
Friday, December 25, 1883.
LICENSES AT AUCTION.

An interesting suggestion concerning the l ever present and ever pressing liquor ques- l tion is made by the Hon. George G. Crocker,
 member of the Law and Order league of
 Massachusetts. He proposes that the 1egis- 1 lature shall amend the iquer laws so that l the number of licenses of various grades to | be issued in each city or town may not ex- ceed a certain limit, such limit to be either fixed at statute at not more than given l number of saloons to thousand inhabitants, or to be left for the determination of the aldermen or selectmen in each city and
 town voting for license. The maximum
 of saloons being thus fixed, MT. Crockers
 plan would require an annual sale by auc-
 ton of licenses, subject, of course, to the
 condition that successful bidders should be responsible persons, and that no license should be given for less than a specified amount.
 MT. Crocker takes the case of the city of Boston to show how his plan would work. He points out that in that city under the present law the number of licenses in any grade may be fixed by the police commis- sioners. Owing to their unwillingness or in- ability to resist pressure in the past, the number of these licenses has been to all in- tents and purposes unlimited, and is now in Boston about two thousand seven hundred In MT. Crocker's judgment discretion given to the police commissioners exposes them to unnecessary and demoralizing temptations, and inevitably results in giving licenses to all who want them. And the pressure which is too great for the police commissioners of Boston, will, he believes, always bs found to be too great for any board or individual. No sooner is the final decision regarding the li- censes, or the persons who may secure these licenses, confded by law to any officer or group of officers than the liquor interests combine and try to put those of their own choosing in possession of such center of au- thority. Were the number of licenses fixed by law, and fixed so low that, in Boston for instance, ten per cent of the present two thousand seven hundred liquor sellers could not obtain renewal of their licenses, it is urged tkat bidding for opportunities would be sharp and that such competition would be healthful, tending to drive out the worst class of dealers and encourage the more re- spectable. It would also, MT. Crecker thinks, largely increase the city revenues.
 MT. Crocker's argument is well worth con- sideration. But it is not probable that his 1 plan will secure an immediate trial.