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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-28
True Principle.

The Durham and other papers
speak in high terms Of the fortituds
and unity Of purpose Of the citizens
Of that town under the trying fnan.
cial disturbances which have just
visited it. The people have shown
they appreciate the true principle
which should govern community.
It is easy for a community to stand
AMI work together ia days Of pros.
perity; but il is when aiversity comes
that brings out the true grit and pat
riotism OF u people. Tue business com.
munity Of Durham has acted nobly.
Instead Of rushing in pell-mell TO
grab, they have united TO sustain and
uphuild. They have thus shown theit
confidence in their community and
in themselves which is inspiring. so
much inspiring. that other and out,
side parties have rendered all the
capital which may be needed TO main.
tain the energy and success Of the
place. Well done, Durh .ni! May ye
20 on 10 even greater achievements.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-28

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PROPOSALS.
For sals Of Bonds.

Sealed bids will be recciyeI for the
sale of $50 900 OF Durham, n. c., conIi.
~ bonds until Sat0rday, Seplenber Il.
1883, NJ W O'clocs M, privilege heing
rcacyfd To reject any and an bids.
Bidsw u le received for a part or tho
whole as purchasers may a sire.
These bonds are issued by virtue Of
authority vested In the Board OF Com.
issioners pursuant 90 an election h III
on the 18th day of July, 1856, and in &C.
cordancc with sections 1896, 1898, 1909
and 1000 Of the Code Of thcS of North
Carolina. They are In determinations Of
$1,000 each, bearing per cent. interest,
a. eyidencel by lpapnns payable semi.
annually. ~ April aud orober, at the
Office of the Mercantile Trust Company, OF
Baltimore, lated January lst. 1887, and
paw ii, twenty years aftpr da,e.
l'r aiy firt et ihf rlna iai IA 'css thu
u0drUg ni PsFs. ] OiEY, pes.
idta l. a 'd,arg 4 DueilEn Railroad,
Lynehbufg. Va. -.s.E-. 49,
HID slpnli be ilfessei n above and
marked - ilcd bid" on tho outside Of iho
envelope sept u.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-28
Kind words from Richmond.

Very encouraging news cones from
Durham. Parrish's warehouse ha.
started up again, under the trustees,
with Captain 4. J. Parrish nj IL
heal. We are glad that be as we'll as
the other unfortunate parties have
the entire confidence Of the public
and the planters AMI the Trade,
whicl, assures way speedily out ol
all difIiculii.s.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-28
stand Together.

wha, course is left open t, the
Democratic party Of the South We
must wait and see. II IL is shown
that the policy a. which we hive
hiuted is 10 b. pursued. ;Ie necps,i y
for strict organization with the Dem
octats Uf the South bceomes nf paia.
mount Importance II for no utrer
reason than that f self fprott :inr, /,
is In the highest degree important
that they should stand tog ther to q
man. 20:
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-28
Tie Ensign Wins the Suit.

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov 19.-The
Supreme court today affirmed de-
cision of the court Of claims in the
case If Ensign Simon Cook, who
claimed that bis service at the Naval
Aea iemy III Juld b, imputed 10 reck.
oning his longevity pay. The court
Of claims decided In favor Of the
Ensign. The decision f.vorably
affects q number Of naval officers.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-28
10 ADVERTISERS.

A lit of 1910 ntwspapcts divided
into STATES AMI SECTIONS
will be sent on npplica ion.- FREE
To th % WIN want their advertise
ting 10 pay, wo can oifvr NJ better
medium for thorough and ,fIsrtiye
work than the various sections Of our
sell, CT local lisi.
GEO p. HOWELL a. 10,
Newspaper Avert sing Bureau.
10 Spruce Street, New York.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-28
Times Works Changes.
From our Regular Correspondent.


Il Is said ttat when = girl gets 10
be 50 shc Is fond of being called
Daily, il that happens 10 be her first
name At l6 she insists on being
called Miss Smith.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-28
Observation-Disclosures" "
''The Squarest, Most Business
Like Series of Failures i'm the
Whole Record of Assign
manfso
Wilmington Messengtr.

ments".
Wilmington Messsngtr.
There has not occurred in the busi-
ness history of the State q financial
failure of such general interest to th
people of North Carolina as the Black
well-Durham embarrassment la1
week.
1t appears to have been the squaI
est, most business~like series
failures in the whole record Of
signments. Every man involved Q
square to the trout, made plain
statements, and unreservedly
down every dollar he had in the
for division.among the credit
all the advertising Durham
this is the best and will do
most cool. IT will prove Il
est day in her history. Tt
a reputation and charac
commercial and financial
many times the dollars ii!~ .I040ll
OF Durham as a town, it ought to
be said she is the pride of the State.
The name of Durham has gone fun
ther into the rem ,te corners OF the
earth than that,of any town or city in
he United State; and even beyond
that OF the United States. It has car
ries witt 1t the name of North Caro-
Tina, and has advertised the State
throughout the world, The advantage
that Durham has been to North Carr
olina cannot be approximately esti.
mated. 1t is beyond ascertainment,
and is daily growing and extending.
1t is a town, with its industries and
enterprises, in which every citizen Of
the State is bound to feel an interest
in proportion to bis regard to the
state, or the public welcome of our
paople.
The figure that led in the Durham
failure is a colossal one. William T.
Blackwell is a greater than the con.
quervr of the nation. He founded and
largely built this unique city; and be
began it not with money, but with
nerve, energy and industry. Follow
ing in the way he blazed out, there
were hundreds Of the same push and
restless energy ss the old founder, and
Ihay have all united to give the town
magical growth and phenomenal
success.
Durham will in no-wise suffer from
this temporary emb .rrassment off some
Of her business men. The business
and credit of the place is not affected.
They will all be on their feet again,
and whatever momentary set back,
there will be quicker compensating
movement forward.
People of the pluck and energy Of
Durham men do not halt at slight oh.
stacles. Where there is so much
business. activity and capital, and
such faith in themselves and their
town, thirg like this Is nothing more
than a storm OF the evening before.
While we ferl the deepest interest in
tie welfare Of all concerned, and res
greet any loss or inconvenience they
may, any OF them, sustain, we really
feel more like congratulating than
commiserating the community, for We
IL lily believe that il Is such q failure
as reflects credit and honor upon those
involved, and strengthens the business
character and reputation Of the town
Of Durham.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-28
!. w. GRAHAM THus. RuFFIN
GRAHAM q RUFFIN, .-.
aTrORNRs : an Law,
HiLLSBORO, AZ,

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Practice 10 the counties 81 Alsmanc
Caswell, Durham, tinilford, ROckingh,m IN
Person. and Orange
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

The current and the gooseberry thrive
best in partial shade.
As soon as the stem will part readily
from the tree. pears should be gathered.
A Maine fruit grower applies manure
literally to plum trees on the first indica-
ton of black knob.
Remember that the strawberry beds re-
quire attention now.
Young poultry should now be protected
from sudden and heavy showers.
Give to poultry good grass run if pos
sible.
Do not forget that the present is an ad-
mirable season for gathering dry earth
aud putting it under cover in convenient
proximity to the chicken houses, for fu-
ture use as a dust bath and as an absorb
ent.
Feed plenty OF charcoal mixed with
ashes and salt to your swine.
The Clydesdale breed of horses origin
ated in the valley of Clyde, in the vicinity
of Glasgow, Scotland.
An exchange recommends sheep for
feeding orchards rather than swine.
They leave no safe cover for insects to
breed and will keep the orchards healthy
and the trees MANFRED.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
How to Use Cine.

For glue to be properly effective, it re-
quires to penetrate the pores of the wood;
and the more body of glue penetrates the
, wood, the more substantial the joints will
remain Clues that take the longest to dry
are to be preferred to those that dry quickly,
the slow drying being always the strongest,
other things being equal
For general use, says Scientific American,
no method gives such good results as the fol-
lowing: Break the glue up small, put it into
an iron kettle, cover the glue with water,
and allow it to soak twelve hours After
soaking, boil until done. Then pour it into
an air tight box, leave the cover off until
cold, then cover up tight AS glue is re-
qured, cut out portion and melt in the
usual way. Expose no more of the made glue
to the atmosphere for any length Of time
than is necessary, as the atmosphere is very
destructive to made glue Never heat made
glue in a pot that is subject to the direct
heat of the fire or of lamp. All such
methods Of heating glue cannot be con-
demned in terms too severe Do not use
thick glue for joints or veneering In all
cases work it well into the wood, in a similar
manner to what painters do with paint. Glue
both surfaces of your work, except in cases
Of veneering. Never glue hot wood as the
hot wood will absorb all tho water in the
glue too suddenly and leave only very lit
tie residue.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
Care of Corn Fodder.

An easy way to take care of corn fodder,
says The Prairie Farmer, is to shuck in
the field and tie in bundles which are
afterward stacked. Lay piece Of Irvine
on the ground of length to suit the size
of the bundles you propose making;
place an armfull of fodder on the Irvine
and shuck out the corn which may be
thrown into wagon. Repeat this opera
ton until yon have bundle of the de-
sired size, which tie firmly. The bales
from two to four shucks can be piled to-
gether until convenient time comes for
hauling, or until the first snow comes,
when they may be hauled to the stack on
sleds In piling in the field lay one bale
on the ground and put others crosswise.
BY using a pitchforil to handle the bales,
one man can load with greater ease and
rapidity than two in the old way, loose
In stacking the stalker takes two bales in
his hand and sets them up perpendicu-
larry, building on each side of this row
until the desired size is obtained. Now
lay bales lengthwise on the top of the up
right ones to raise the shedding bales to Is
half pitch and if necessary the stack can
be covered with long slough hay to shed
snow and rain. BY this method the fod-
der is kept straight, dry and convenient
to feed
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

The manufacture of salt around the shores
Of Salt lake, Utah, is an important and
growing industry. Nearly all the land
adapted to the purpose has been appropriated
by settlers.
A level meadow is usually selected few
inches above and ad jacent to the water of the
lake.
The surface of the soil is scraped and made
level and hard like the floor of brick yard
A storm or high wind will drive the water
in from the lake and cover it, and slight
dam prevents its return. 1t quickly evap-
orates and leaves a residue Of solid salt six to
ten inches deep, that is shoveled into farm
wagons and marketed.
This salt, owing to the considerable per
,entage of soda it contains, is not considered
desirable for meat and butter, and does not
command the price of a pure article, but is
in general use in the territory.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

FIG. 1-ELEvATIoN OF OcTAGoNAL BARN.
q cellar or partially above for base.
ment, or wholly above for stable, az
inclined way being built on two oppo.
site sides to give access to the barn
floor Upon this foundation the stills are
laid, the corners being made at an angle
of 135 degs., instead Of 90 degs.,
as in the square building. There are no
cross beams necessary except upon the
floor, there being eight bents in the build
ing, all on the outside, the plates being
mOrtised exactly as the stills are and the
posts placed with regard to the necessary
doors and windows and the strength nee
essary to support the roof and stiffen the
building. AS many braces as are thought
needful may be used, but the braces must
all be on the lines of the walls and none
Of them cross braces. The roof is an
eight sided cone, strengthened with purlin
plates, and may be open at the center for
q cupola or ventilator. The joints of all
the plates and the stills will be at an angle
Of 62a dogs. instead of 45 degs., as in q
square building
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

Professor Gage, of Cornell university, rec
ommends, as preferable to linen or chamois
skin, the so called japanese filter paper, the
bibuous paper often used by dentists in fill
ing teeth. 1t is soft and flexible, absorbs
liquids readily, is less likely to contain gritty
particles that are liable to scratch the lenses,
and it is SO inexpensive that when piece has
once been used 1T may be thrown away.
Every director of microscopical laboratory
appreciates the difficulty of getting students
TO exercise the proper care in cleaning objec-
tives and eye pieces Every large laboratory
Is sure to contain some students whose genius
Tor scientific study is exhibited chiefly in the
careless handling Of delicate apparatus.
Doubtless if in "a microscopical laboratory
each student were provided with quantity
Of this paper. fewer valuable lenses would be
INJURED
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
Device for Packing Apples.

A correspondent of The Prairie Farmer
who has had experience in gathering and
packing apples, describes as follows de.
vice, of which the cut is here reproduced,
and gives some practicable instructions in
the matter.
Gather the apples as soon as they are
ripe, which is as soon as you can pull
them easily from the twig, Sort them
while picking leaving all small and i'm
perfect ones on the ground. would like
to impress it upon the minds of all fruit
growers that it does not pay to put small
or imperfect apples in the barrels. Small
apples fill the spaces between large ones
they do not measure any, and lower the
price of the product. Put all sound and
perfect fruit in bushel boxes, and take
them to some central point to pack in
barrels.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
APPLE PACKING DEVICE.

Make table, say feet long, 81 to 8
feet wide with sides to s inches high.
Have the legs long enough so that bar
rel will go under one end. The other end
should be four inches higher, so the ap-
pies will have tendency to roll toward
the end where the barrel is Empty the
fruit from the boxes into this table, set
the head of the barrel with smooth ap-
pies. Now by holding one hand half way
down to catch the apples, you can let
them drop in from the table. The advan-
tage of table is that you can see any de-
fective fruit, and, by turning them half
over as they go into the barrel, you see
all sides of them. Again, your hands
being free, it enables you to sort them
much better than from baskets, and more,
it saves handling. Every time fruit is
handled you lose 10 per cent. A man with
true eye and quick hands will fill bar.
rels as fast as another can head them.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

A story from Vincennes, Ind, is gong the
rounds to the effect that mysterious vine
gar well which was dug on the farm Of s.
w Williams, just east OF that city, has been
accounted for, after much discussion by
chemists and others. "Some twenty years
ago the farm was owned by f. NJ Fay, vino
had an extensive orchard. The apple crop
was large, and he made several hundred
barrels Of cider, to be converted into vinegar.
While the fluid was fermenting about 100
barrels burst and their contents were lost.
The cider sank into the ground until it
reached an impervious stratum OF clay, where
it lay until the well was dug on the same
SPOT
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM TRUSTWORTHY SOURCES.

Optical Illusions, Illustrated with Inter
eating Variations OF Professor Thomp-
sons stroboscopiO Circles, That May Bs
Experimental with by AIy One.
A correspondent in La Nature suggests
several interesting variations which may be
given to the experiment with the strobosco-
pic circles discovered by Professor Thomp-
son about ten years ago, and familiar to
most of our readers Two of these variations
are depicted in tho cuts here given
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
Ono Cnnse Of EaiInres.

Many a man fails because he has too much
ability. lie is able to do a great many
things with facility, and acceptabiy. If his
capacity were limited to but one Of these
things be would be the gamer by it, because
he would be able to concentrate his whole
attention to that one thing and his mind not
being diverted to other arts familiar to it,
could work constantly and attentively for
that ono object, with an assurance that in
dustry would eventually insure success. -
Sewing Machine News
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
FIG. 2-PLAN OF BASEMENT.

The plan Of the basement is shown at
Fig. 2, A being passage for the cows and
q driveway for removing the manure; b b
are the stalls for the cows, fifty-two in
number, having the feed trough toward the
center, and all reached by an inner drive
way. There are six stalls, and room
at each end of the stalls for harness.
At is place for storing plows, car
riages, wagons or machines. A drive
way Of F. passes through the basement
from east to west. AS many windows as
needed may be built in the wall. The
sills of the barn are laid upon the wall,
as already mentioned; the posts are %
feet high, and the plates upon these sup
port the rafters.
The plates are fastened together at the
ends by being halved and the corners fas-
tened together by half inch bolts. At
each corner is brace of SxS timber,
bolted to and through the plates by three
quarter inch bolts and strengthened by
an iron plate on the inside, through which
the bolts pass. The shoulders of the cor
ner rafters rest upon these braces and
plates These rafters are of 6x12 timber.
Purlin plates of SXl0 inch timber are
bolted under the rafters and fastened to-
RSIIlcI tIlc III tiic SoiilC
as the plates The intermediate rafters
rest upon these purlins. Iron tie rods
may be used to strengthen the rafters
and hold them together, if thought neces-
sary.
Fig. shows the elevation with a por-
tion of the roof removed to show the man
ner of laying the rafters and bridging
them. A crown rim Is bolted to the
rafters at the point of the ROTOR rather
the rafters, the rafters are bolted to the
crown rim-which supports cupola.
The cupola is fifty feet from the floor of
the barn, the roof rising twenty-five feet,
and the post being twenty eight feet high.
The floor of the barn is laid upon beams,
supported by brick piers or timber posts
in the basement. A line Of beams may be
laid above the floor on either side, above
which floors may be laid; the space thus
made may be used for granaries or stor-
age of farm tools or machines, or other
cumbrous property.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
Cool Points of Short Horns.

A noted English breeder in enumerat-
ing what he considered the good points of
short horn cattle stated that among other
things the eye of the animal always in
fuenced his choice to great extent. A
quiet, good natured eye was that Of the
animal likely to suit his purpose, but the
keen eye, in constant motion, he avoided,
because it indicated an irritable, uneasy
temperament, and an animal Of such Q
temperament would not readily fatten.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
Weight of Double Eagles.

One hundred thousand double eagles
(s2, 900 should weigh s,95S pounds 4
ounces. The limit Of deviation from the
correct weight allowed by law is one-one-
hundredth of an ounce for every 5000 in
gold double eagles; therefore the limit for
l00. 1000 double eagles is just ounces.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

These two designs are intended to be copied
on cardboard four times larger than the
original, and rapidly revolved on a pin or
wire passing through the center. Under
these conditions Fig. l will DO curiously
transformed. The four circles will disap-
pear and change into single circle, the cir
cumference of which is bounded by the GEN.
ters of the real circles; outside of this spec
trail circle numerous half circles appear.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22

81 only like cucumbers,n said Pawtuckes
man, when they are sliced with onions in
vinegar. and then Just eat the onions. ~
Providence Telegram.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
Fig. optical ILLUSION

When Fig. 2 is rotated on its axis the
parallel lines disappear and become con-
verified into concentric circles.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-22
NOW OPEN
GARD and Feed Stable,

have leased the Barn In front OF Whites Hotel
(known rs the Ball yaru) and have good stables
10 take horses by the day week. and guarantee salts
faction. ANY one that has horses To board would do
well 10 call and see me- Strangers coming 10 Ottawa
Will find the best Of accommodations and care taken OF
their stock. Teams be gotten from the barn AZ any
hour OF day OF night. Mr.. Brown would like to have
his friends call and him, and he will endeavor To
give them satisfaction. X. X. BROWN,
decl0-u Proprietor.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1888-04-13
Gopher Hill Siftings.

The beautiful weather has stim-
ulated farmers to begin work
again and if it continues favorable
there will be very busy time in
the fields and gardens.
Grandma Cunning has been
quite i'll, but is recovering.
Our school opened the first
Monday in April, with Miss Hattie
Barnhill as teacher,
Mr.. James Mitchell is an expert
farmer, but will not till the soil
this season as he has been employ
ed by his fatherinlaw Mr.. Abe.
Barnhart.
E. Eversull is talking of erect
ing a new residence, and r. Fl.
Livingston a new barn in the near
future.
Mrs. Lansberry is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. A. Pinkston.
Andrew Howk has returned to
his home in Indiana.