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Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-06-11
LOCAL NEWS.

Parasols and Sun Umbrellas at low
prices to all, at the New York Store, 93
Commerce street
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-06-11

The charter of the Cumberland Ma
tional Bank has been extended until
June 9th, 1905. period of twenty years.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-06-11

Summer Silks in pretty styles at low
figures. Call and examine them before
purchasing elsewhere. New York
Store, 90 Commerce street.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-06-11

Gloves, Lace Mitts, Hosiery and Rib
bons in great variety, at low prices, at
the New York Store, 90 Commerce St.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27

A writer in the wsll.spring, tell.
ing Of bis experience while travelling
in Mexico, mentions the following;
"In one Of the small towns bought
some lines and gave the girl one dol
lar In payment. by way Of change,
she returned me forty.nine pieces d
soap the size Of q water cracker. !
looked at her In astonishment; and
she returned my look with equal sur
prise, when a police officer who wit
messed the incident hastened 10 in'
form me that for small sums SOAP
was the legal tender in many por,
tions Of The country. 1 examined
my change, and found that each cake
was Stamped with The name Of
town and Of q manufacturer author
lied by the government. The cakes
Of soap we're worth one and q hal
cents each. Aferward, in my trav'
els, I frequently received similal
change. Many Of The cakes SHOWED
signs Of having been In the wash
tub; but that, l discovered, was no
at all uncommon. Provided ih'
stamp was not obliterated, the soaT
did not lose any value as currency
Occasionally, . man would borrow
cake Of q q friend, wash bis hands
and return Il with thanks. / mad
use Of my pieces more than once u
my bath and subsequently, sPen
Them
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
Biting at the Naked Hook.

Some little time ago there appear
ed an advertisement in a weekly
journal in which the writer affected
70 make an offer to the reader, which
he assumed no one would answer,
simply on account Of incredulity His
proposition was made as q test TO show
II there was any faith left in man.
kind. He didn't expect any reply
gut he simply made the experiment.
The offer was to the effect that ifany
Iof the readers would send him FIVE B
cent stamps he would return them
e present suitable ID their wishes.
Nine people out of ten would have
~ d that ng man or woman could be
'gaii enough to be taken In by such
a bait as this: nevertheless several
parties sent the stamps entered into
particulars Of the station Of life In
which they moved, and indicated the
kind Of presents that would be accep.
table One young lady stated that she
was about to 60 ball, and no doubt
believed that she would either get q
silk dress ora pair ofdiamond brace.
lets by return post. ~...s..
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
A Renaissance ofBenjamln.

A London correspondent says Lord
Coleridge in q recent address In the
House Of Lords upon Earl Cairns,
made public an interesting bit Of
history about the late judah p.
Benjamin. He said he proposed to
Lord Cairns when chancellor, the ap-
pointment Of Mr.. Benjamin, to the
bench, Mr.. Benjamin" said Lord
.coleridge, twas a man whom l was
anxious to see amony the judges Of
England and who to my knowledge
would have felt himself honored by
being placed among them" Lord
Cairns however refused TO consider
his claims. We are not told why, OF
why Lord Coleridge having disclosed
50 much should have kept back this
critical part of the story. All he
says is, that Lord Cairns grounds were
forcible and such as most men would
have held to be conclusive, while the
personal wishes Of the lord chancel.
Ior were with Mr.. Benjamin. II i.
probable that either he or Lord
Beaconfeld thought the nomination
Of q Confederate secretary OF the
trtasury not likely to be acceptable
tp the American government. The
south at that time had hardly gotter
back into the Union. However thai
may have been, the incident brougt
forward by Lord Coleridge show:
.asSa.in what high esteem the extra,
4hary power Of Mr.. Benjamin
|Plse him among leading English
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27

Postmaster General Villas has sent
ost an official hint that the best way
10 get Democratic Postmasters is TO
show that the present. ~incumbents
are either personally unfit, or oii.cisiiv
unworthy by reason Of having made
their Office the source Of political
intrigue. and offensive partizanship:
II think that from Is 10 25 per
cent, Of the fourth.class postmasters
might be removed within The next
two months, and great good accom-.
plished thereby, If our people adhere
10 proposed plan.
This is, in short, 10 pick out the
most obnoxious and offensive par.
tisans In each county, 10 the number
IDf a sixth TO o quarter Of all, and
choose first.class men 10 take their
places. will require no more proof
q partizanship In these selections
tian the affirmation Of knowledge
en- the part ofa representative or
fenator that the postmaster has been
an active editor or proprietor Of q
Itebnblican news paper, printing Of
sfcnsive articles, easily shown by slips;
hr a stump speaker, or member Of q
political committee, or officer Of a
Ieampaign club. er organizer of poll.
teal meetings, or that his Office has
been made the headquarters Of poll.
teal work, or that his clerks have
been put into The performance Of poll.
tical duties. Possibly other acts Of
equal force may be noted in some
eases.
"In recommending for appointment
beg the representative will state the
age, and what kind Of business ex
pHience, and 4 description Of the
tFIfncsse character Of the applicant,
end also Of bis habits and standing
10 the community. IL would be well
70 Gle evidence showing that he will
ss satisfactory 10 the community,
aBd when there are various candidates
! .hall be obliged by any explana.
fnen which The representative can
give"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27

A woman's safeguard is to keep o
mans hands off her. If you need
his assistance in walking take his
arm instead ofhis taking yours. Just
tell him in plain Englieh to 'hands
off," He may not like IL at first ;
but he will respect you ten fold more.
Men will do just what the women
allow them 70 do. Men will not do
10 trust. Give a man your arm and
you will find him very confidential,
and he will take q great many priyi.
leges he would not take IL he was not
permitted 10 do so. lie will give
your arm many loving sly twists and
squcczcs that he could have no op.
portunity Of doing, and opportunity
Is just what he Is afler. A Few more
words Of advice and l will close.
Keep your girls of the street, except
when they have business Teach them
Il il unnecessary TO 20 70 the post.
Office every time they 20 out. Your
girls can 90 home alone just rs well
as your boys. If possible, instill
into their very nature that they are
safer In their own hands than they
are in the hands Of any man-prcach.
ers not excepted.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
Young at Eighty.

In a discourse on this subject, Rev.
DR.. Collyer, Of New, York, gives these
hints to the candidates for a bale
hearty and happy old age" The first
element to be considered lies beyond
your reach and mine, in the homes
where you and / we're born and nat
ured. One great reasons why l never
had a really sick day in my life was
that / was born and natured ina
sweet little home where we lived on
oatmeal and milk. and brown bread
with butter once q week, potatoes
and bit ST meat when we catch 1t,
and then oatmeal again. So | don !
know to day as ] have system or "a
digestion at all; 1 am never consoles
Of such thing Hence I say we
must go back to the parents for the
first answer to the question Thousa'
nds ofyoung men come such cities as
this from the Green Mountains or
from New Hampshire or Maine, with
just such q constitution as mine They,
they with them all condition for a
long sweet life. They can use their
years wisely and we'll, write at the
end Of eah one. "Value received" or
they can oyerdraw their accounts as
they may do, God help theml Instead
Of saying at fifty / am young yet
they will say at forty, 4 am indeed
DID, They arr so ambitious to get on,
some of them, that they are used up
two days in one, and waste their vital
powder. They ride when they ought
to walk down town, and they take q
little something as they say. TO res.
tore their lax energies, for which they
have to chew q Glove or coffee berry,
| am told. They are oyerdraweding
their account, ! say, and some day ma.
ture and the grace of God win shut
down on them. Those who do differ.
emily keepagood digestion stay young
and bouyant, love good, sweet CON.
pany, and are not ashamed TO look
their mothess sisters in the face Or
kiss them. Another secret that must
be known TO the young at eighty is,
that you must keep faith in the con-
ing manhood and womanhood, and
in the advancing drOgress Of the
day."-Selected.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
A Shot from the Enemy.

We were lyidg in winter quarters
and had days and days of nothing %
do. I did not play cards. but my
terminate did. He also had three
special friends who played, and their
meeting place was in my tent. There
lsrSs res ,i~~s.sf. k~--& ~ I
evening until late at night.
tent was built for permanent quaG
In one end We made q door eigh
inches wide by three feet high.
the opposite side was fireplace bl
outside Of small sticks, like stod(
work, and covered inside with clay
mortar.
The boys as usual, we're at their
cards. took o friend into my coun
sels, and We procured q shell which
had blown the load out without burst
ing. We fastened into this shell q
long fuse. then told my friend tC
90 away several rods 10 an empt,
dry goods box, and strike upon il 81
as 10 make il sound like the booming
Of distant cannon. "Hark!" sai(
one, 'd'you hear, thatl That's from
Lees battery on the leil. We ma,
have other business than card.play
iny by daylight.
Just then "boom," went the Ol,
dry goods box, and instantly I drop
ped the shell, with the burning fuse
bown the chimney. The shell fel
upon the FIRE and rolled under thC
bunk on which the boys were sitting
"Tch-tch-tch-" went the bura
ing fuse. The boys thought IL q mes
sage direct from Lees battery. Tw,
tried to jump through ,he door q
the same time, and blocked up mar
row door so that neither was able 4
get out. A full evacuation ofthe ten
was finally effected and q retreat wa
made not, however, in good order
No one was killed; but the boy
waited behind distant trees for NOR
than thirty mortal minutes momem
tarily expecting TO see the tenI
blown 10 atoms. Alter a while thes'
heroes came together, and in th
council Of war they held on the fel,
offright ID was decided that they hal
been the victims Of fraud. But ther
was no aiore card.playing in NY tent
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
The World" on Tobacco.

Mr. Talmage on Sunday preached
against the use Of tobacco, declaring
many Of the ills Of the flesh at.
tributablc thereto. The World, com.
menting on this sermon. says:
at puzzles Us 10 think that DR..
Talmage does not know that while
tobacco Is universally conceded 10 be
the chief cause Of arson, piracy, grave
robbing and spinal meningitis, the
world. from Science down 20 Sunday.
schools, will not believe that tobacco
causes leprosy and spontaneous com
bustion.
"But while DIR. Talmage imagiues
that tobacco produces cancer, Gen
T. L. Clingman adduces positiy,
proof that tobacco applied In th,
form Of poultice cures cancer, and he
has abundant additional facts that I
viii cure pretty much everything
"from aurora bOrealis 10 q pimple,'
besides afTording great comfort and
consolation 10 people not particularly
diseased"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27

"wasted fence corners" is the SUBJ
iect Of q very instructive article In
the Nashville "Daily American
The consideration Of that question
would be powerful argument in fa-
ycr Of the "no.fence law" About
o. acre in every one hundred en-
clos. BY our zig rag worm fences 10
take. b by them, and Lost; worse
than lost. Cor they become offensive
nurseries Of hFiars and bushes and
weeds and vermis-; not only so much
lost to use, but so much added to Ia.
Dor and vexation. These idle fence
runs are taxed as we'll as tfs~ pro
ductive acres. The American" ASKS
IL this ground cannot be utilized in
any way3 and suggests the planting
Of fruit trees in the angles Of the
fences. But fruit is not worth much
without cultivation. and fence cor.
ncrs cannot be cultivated without
labor, labor much more tedious than
cultivation on the open ground. The
wise course is 10 strike at the root Of
the evil, and abolish the fences.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
Divine Afiiatus or BilliOusness.

"Oh, sir" said the faded poetess
addressing the editor, IF i do moi
write the rock will cry out?" 81
"That so?" sz.
"Yes, if l do not write the rocl
will cry out" 81.
"Now / tell you. III ! we're you
I'd let 'em cry a little. Won't hurl
EN-. q few tears won't. Night dc
'em good" ..x4 ....'...
"You are as cold as a stone," she
said. .4 5..
"Yes, that's q fact, but / shall moi
cry out should you fail to write, Miss
Presuming to call you miss"
81 am unmarried, SIR"
Divorced, / see.'
II was never married, sir"
"Then how could you be uumar,
ried? Well, makes no difference. / de-
sire TO tell you something
/ was once light-hearted, gush
ing and joyous. Why did
fall from that joyous estate
| wrote poetry. i felt a surging with
in me. I knew il was muse. The
doctor said | was bilious, but / knew
better. | wrote a poem, and neg
lected the bile. Now, you sec the
wretch that / am. Oh, had / served
my bile as / had my muser'
"You are a fool" said the faded
woman rising.
"Yes. am fool. Should hay,
known better. I will never do /
4 ain" F-y---as.
I"Do what p
"Fail to lock the door when / hea
gentle footsteps, soif and low"
Her skirts popped as she fitte'
through the door.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27

The French Minister Of The Int.
rior disposes annually Of 100000
secret service money, and is not re-
quired TO account for the disbursement
ola single franc. In theory he Is,
indeed, responsible 10 tLe President
Of the republic for the use be makes
Of the money; and he sends him o re.
port every year, which, however, is
practically limited 10 o de.
claration that ID was spent In the way
In which IL was meant 10 be spent.
No details or vouchers accompany
the report, which is thus the merest
formality. The Emperor exercised a
real control over the disposition Of
this fund; but The existing Constitu.
ton gives the President no such pow.
or, and the Minister is free 10 dispose
at all events Of one.halE of it precise.
ly as he pleascs. Wi. Revier.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
WHAT Is THE CIVIL SERVICE

1t includes the men who transac
the ordinary business Of the govern
ment, clerks, book-keepers policemen
fremen, health officers, letter carri
ers, inspectors, etc, just as soldier
are included in the military seruice
and sailors, ETC., are included in tn,
napal service.
How many persons are included il
the Civil Service?
There are employed in the Ciyi
Service of the United States 10000
Adding to those who are employed
by the several States, and by thu
cities, counties, towns, etc., there are
probably altogether more than quar-
ter af.assxiliss Pcrssss-cmpfuyed II
the Civil Service Of the whole coun
| try. & a@ NJ. a@ @~
What is meant by the Reform ol
| the Civil Service?
Ii is meant that every competent
citizen of the United States shall
have an equal chance to enter the
service, and that it shall no longer
be kept for the support of the party
politicians.
It is meant that in order TO enter
the service, a man must show that he
Is competent. 1 ,a
1t is meant that when he has en-.
tered the service he shall be kept
there as long as he faithfully and ef.
fciently performs the duties of his
Office, and not be compelled to give
place TO another man because the lat.
ter knows how to pack q primary
meeting or is willing to vote for q
particular candidate.
IL is meant that citizen shall be
able to go freely to the primary
meeting and TO the polls, and not
have his political action controlled
by a body Of office.holders.
1t is meant that Office. holders shall
not be assessed by party politicians
for political purposes.
1t is meant that if salaries are so
large as to admit of such assessment,
they should be reduced.
What interest has a poor man in
the reform OF the Civil Service?
Erery interest. He has a personal
interest in the first place, because be
is not necessarily incompetent in con.
sequence Of being poor, and he has q
right to chance for appointment il
he wishes it.
He has q personal interest. be.
cause if not competent himself, his
son, educated In the public school.
may readily become so.
He has q personal interest, because
reform .ksSfsnswes taxes. and aha
tr-s rsass pays his fnllT Share OF t<xes
In house rent, and food and clothing,
and everything that he uses.
He has a personal interest because
it is the the interest OF every citizen
that the business Of the government
shall be we'll and honestly managed
He has a personal interest, because
the politician who is trying to feath'
er his own nest Is always the worst
enemy ofthe citizen, while pretending
to be his friend, and the Reform Of th,
Grill Service means destruction Of tho
Boss.
He has a personal interest, becaus,
no other reform Is safe, or can even
be successfully prosecuted, until Re-
form Of The CirH Service has been Sc
cured.
How can one learn more about thil
movement
BY addressing the Secretary Of th'
Civil Service reform Association, No
4 Pine street, New York.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27

Some remarkable photographs Of
apistol bullet in its flight, under The
Illumination Of an electric spark,
have been secured by Prof. Z. Mack
oiPrague. lie has also photographed
Tie air streams which one may sec
over n Bunsen burner placed In sun.
shine, and has even obtained pictures
d waves Of sound, these last being
made visible by o method IN which
advantage IL taken Of the irregular
rofraction Of light by the waves eel
10 vibration BY sound. Although
these experiments may not have any
PRACTICAL value, they are interesting
:. showing The great degree Of per
fiction 10 which 10 Photographic arI
has been carried.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27

There arc no such things as white
teeth, as can be proved BY contrast
ing those called white with snow, raw
cotton or marble. Roughly, teeth
can be divided, as regards color, into
blue, gray and yellow, with hundreds
Of different shades. The apparent
whiteness is due 10 the complexion
and hue Of tho lips; and the "glisten.
ing worries" Of the negro are. as a
rule, so exceedingly yellow that they
would disfigure q white person. II
IL the black skin, hair and eyes thai
make them look white.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
Millinery, Millinery, Vii Iinery.

These Goods are being sold and sent by
express 10 different parts Of the State Ny
Stock Of Millinery Is more complete than
ever. We can show you everything new in
this line. Our baltimore Milliner will ar.
rive today. she has been on the principal
markets North for several months getting
all the new ideas and selected tie entire
stock Of these goods herself. When you get
Hat or Bonnet gotten up by Miss Arm.
field and herself. you can rest assured that
Jon have taste and elegance.
Laccs, Hamburg, White Trimmings, Ru.
chings, Veilings, all over Hsmburgs and
Nett Goods Cor Yoke and Sleeves, fun, com.
pleie and cheap line.
We want you 10 see what We have before
sending away for anything. Our Millinery
room shall be an honor 20 the county.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
The vltriol Of Life.

He was very tight. He reclined
upon sofe and a friend came up 70
him. He had not seen him for soise
time.
.Hos ,Ee ys xR lFs = -
briate.
sam I?'
Indeed you are. Say, you must
have found that stuff they talk about
the vitriol of lifef"
Il guess that's what you've found, I"
said bis friend.' What he meant to
say was the elixir Of life, but it was
all the same to him at that moment.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
Ginger Ice Cream.

The latest novelty Is ginger Ice
cream" In which the hsat1af tht
ginger counteracts the.chill Of tht
cream, and the frigidity Of the cream
nullilies the fire Of the ginger, pro
ducing, it is said, a happy medium
most gratifying 10 the epicureau
palate.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27

A whole family Of negroes, in
Stokes county, Is said 10 be using q
preparation on their skin TO turn 10
white. We we're shown one Of the
men on the street, o few days ago,
and he presented the appearance
Of o leopard about the face.-[Twin
City Daily.
An old colored man who had
imbibed too freely Of New Jersey ap.
ple.jack said: 'Sume people 10 filled
with delight, but Use filed with do
lightning"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27

Cracked corn is claimed 10 be much
better AMI more economical than
whole corn for chickens, and as there
l. but little difference In The expense
of the two IL iscertainly more suitable
ior spring use, as II tligests much fas'
Ter and easier than the whole grain
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
WAGONS.

The bcst wagon ofIercl % the trade. The
"Old Hickory" stands Al.
These goods arc all 10 be sold aslow, for
cash, a. a. any pOiut In NORTH CAROLINA.
But can not sell YOU goods on time AZ cash
prices and will not. We have customers
that are buying from us on time and spend-
ing their money In other towns. This is MOI
the proper thing; tote fair, gentlemen. No
man shall ell you goods, for cash, for less
money than myself We have what you
waut and want what you haze
ants n ~
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
Dress Goods.

Ny stock Of Dress Goods you will find
more complete than ever. have paid par.
ticular attention 10 the All Wool materials.
A fine line &c fs'~aha--a -ani Lawns The
Inst complete line Of Ginghams that has
ever been here. A Full Line Of Colored
Lawns, Crctonnes, and q beautiful stock
White Goods, India Linen, &c, &c.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
p15.Sn
1895 SPRING. 1886.

! have to offer this Season, the Cheapest,
Handsomest and Most Complete Line Of
Colds that will he offered in this section.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
Seed.

Clover, Orchard and Herds Grass, Tim
oshy, Seed Corn, Potatoes &c. Lime, fresh
car. Molasses, two cars cf Cuba and Porto
Rico.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
Fertilizers.

Tho leading brands--aOber's," STAR
..'Game' "Bos and "British Mixture"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,

An the leading PlOws, single and double
shovel chilled ploNs I have an excellent
chilled plow at O. Harrows. cotton and
tobacco plows, reapcrs, mowers, corn shelters
facd rutfera. kr.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-27
Clothing.

Twill want TO SEC you all about clothing
Ny stock Is jam npi Hats, allthe novel
ties In new nobby Straw Goods. q.