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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
Call for Meeting i'm Every
- COua* Y ON July 4th.
DU' Il, Y. o., June l. $780,


DU'H II. Y. o., June l. $780,
Tot p.ess Of North Carolina.
CT EN- ss-The call of :he Com
federa1. Veterans Association has
not been as extensively published as
ii is important it should be, and
therefore respectfully ask that il you
have not already done so you will
please give it insertion in each OF
your papers. and also call attention
to it editorially. Please help US,
gentlemen, in this patriotic work,
Very respectfully. ]. s. CARR
Parsuant to a resolution adopted
BY the North Carolina Confederate
Veterans Association, I hereby call
upon the Confederate veterans IN
each and every county in the State OF
North Carolina to assemble at their
respective courthouses, on Thursday,
the 4th day Of July, 1889, to form
q Confederate Veterans County AS
sociation, under the plan Of organiza-
ton heretofore adopted and publish
ed by this Association.
in counties where such associa-
tions have been already formed, |
call on them.to meet on said day.
II is earnestly requested that all
County Associations formed and to
Re formed shall immediately trans.
init the proceedings at said July
meetings TO w. G. Stronach, Secre-
tary Of the Association, at Raleigh,
N. o.. said proceedings to distinctly
set forth the name and postoffice adn
dress of the president and secretary
and the names Of the executive COM
mittse thereof.
IL is most carr estly recommended
and requested as of the utmost inns
portance that at the said July meet.
ing there shall be recommended for
appointment by their association the
names Of two patriotic ladies for each
township in each county, who shall
be especially commissioned to aid in
the glorious work Of establishing q
soldiers' b, me for the old and broken
veterans of North Carolina. Let it
be understood that this association Is
determined that q soldiers home
shall be built.
J. s. CARR. President.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03
The Interstate Farmers Assoc
ciatIOn.

NheNAcbs
This body, which was organized
at Atlanta, Ga, in August, 1857, is
composed of representatives from
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida. Georgia
Louisiana. Mississippi, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas aud Virginia. These repre-
sentatives tive or more for each
Congressional Distriet) are appointed
by the Vice Presidents of the eta.cs,
respectively.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
r +. Kolb, Montgomery. Ala.
L Z. FcatherstOne, Forest City, Ark.
J. T. Petterzen, Pensacola, Fla.
Jno. z. Fort. Mt. Airy, ga.
Jno. Dymond, Beliair, La.
j. 7. henry. Greenwood, Miss.
Elias Carr, Old Sparta, n. L.
L. X. Mclver, Palmetto, ). Z.
l.. ID. Yarrell, Bellfeld. Va.
B. NJ Hord, Nashville, Tenn.
u. Is. Pickett, Decatur, TexAs.
The Association will meet in the
city of Montgomery, Ala. on tn, 2OFh
of August, next. Reduced .tv,, nl.
all lines of Railway viii Ue stcurci, ID
also at the hotels and tosrIj. :
houses of that city. anil VII, .~
furnished to delegates in dde I.ne .
the Secretary.
Composed Of lea ling, pracuy.
agricu tIrists of the Soutu, % hrj,
viii represent the enterprise AID p,-
gressiye Thought, which nvw conjt,
lions and surroundings aave ,yo'y.
aud which must stlve The grta:
economic questions now c4Dmo"t ny
US. Let every State be fujy anU
strongly represented. lmp1rt.n,
questions affecting the matvua' (.
yanCement and industrial dcyt up
ment of the South, and Csp,c,alIy III.
promotion Of her great ag1cuturat
interests, will BE- considered.
l.. l.. PoLK, Pres. Raltish, y. {.
JNO G. CHENEY, Seci'V.
Montgomery, Ala.
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'stings for the stingy."

A very neat essay is one entitled
'Stings for the Stingy," which re.
lates 10 the miserly habits Of illus.
,rous men and the little arrows shot
at them by lavish and therefore im-
pecunious literary archer. This is
one on Marlborough, q couplet, about
brige over q small stream at Blen
helm:
The lofty arch his high ambition
shows,
The stream an emblem Of his bounty
flows.
Once rat was found dead in Lord
Elden's house, and an anonymous
epigram was composed for the occa.
sion
Found dead, q rat no case could
sure be harder.
Verdict confined o week in EIden's
larder
Hook was once INVITED 10 dine al
the Star and Garter by q skinAini
peer For q party Of four there was
q small chop apiece, q few potatoes
and . pint Of sherry. After the
meager dinner, Hook sang the ma
lional anthem with the refrain
Happy and glorious,
A pint between four Of Us,
God save the king.
Lord Alvanley was the guest Of &
host whose residence was elaborately
adorned, but wherS the dinners were
scant. Alvanley wrote:
The eyes cannot feast where th,
stomach is starving;
Pray, less Of your gliding and NOR,
Of your carving.
| The smartest thing is not in verse
but plain prose, and Hook said i,
Invited TO dine by q lady, q plate wa
uncovered and a brace Of scant cut
lets exposed. "Mr. Hook" said th
hostess, "you see your dinner.
THANK you" observed Hook "bu
where's yours "--San Frnciscc
Argonaut.
.-sa==a@=@
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4 Remarkable Coincidence.

Several years ago Revs. Charlie
Jones Soon, Chinamaa, and Charles
E. CharIstrom, a Russian Finn, we're
shipmHes. Soon professsd religion
AMI io;ued the Fifth Street Metho-
dist Church of this city, under the
nini,ttaiton of Rev. 7. Page Ric aud,
aai became anxious as to the salva-
lion Of MS 7aipmate. Carlstrom. A
few 1raos after, at the same church,
Carl>;rom was c0nyeredd under the
mil.istratsnu OF Rev. d. II. Tuttle.
: .bwA. eIuc4ted by the Methodists
Il Durham, aud is bow, and has been
i,r scver.l years, in China laboIng
a. a preacher Of that denomination
for the salvA,ion ii bis fellow coun.
trymcn, willie CarI.,rom and family
!, II thu ci.y on Friday for the pur,
pose OF lal,oring as a Methodist mis-.
sionary in Laplaud for the salvation
also Of bis pcople.-Uh Star.
There was all interesting meeting
Of the executive Committee Of the
State Agricultural Society on Thurs
lay last It whsch II wss decided TO
ao3 H.. <'ate FAIR on Oct. 18th,
III =. l7t4. aUd 18th.
t4y:r @a> c~c"t from distance
~a,,, ID IL. Graves. { Selma, Mai.
!. > ...lst %. Of RI. .isyille. Mai ],
II .tt.I ua+, ut Frrtsville, Capt.
il %. r. II, T.. e. Beddin.feld.
tet!,g. ", q. Upchurcb, j. 5.
81. s,f C"wper, W. L. Ba:caClor.
L =. -" IA a,i oth"ts.
I&e b> feeling prevailed anil
t.,, tt w"s "a cXprc<>:on If conf leuce
t'. Z a4tte-s & f The lair this year.
.hr uau-3A,iy g3ol grain crop has
,'.u psr:e in bop, n, IL .pi, and the
al4nss I'd, ut w"s sue it had acted
al. 10 i'ot bt&mulrE work until
"a, i0Ll.c fe+lIo4 was ripe tJl ii.
g ttt.v wilson ri 1rte progress
Ajl,ady. lie rarrastI The fight made
3 lit Io.t ]. cl,latare i.'r a sheep Iaw
,",t .;r il i. ia. ir, Cap Alt1an.
I.r. Co.,. i..5A atd toI. lick and
tt:-eht,y 49,, i .n /" make accept
~ e. Ittt 81 cutuar letters al.
raa e. rat e. sfsi1 growers for
srr, an, n' at gr .ss and grain. And
.s~, .,.;.ts l.ogn associated railways
guA"a#t, u : the rats Of one ceut 4
mil ior ry,ry mile travelled and free
transport ,ti~n for exhibits. News
ObsCTVer
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The man who invented the loco
motive cow-catcher never got q cent
for il. And yet il has given lots Of
men a lift.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

In bathing suits Of modern cut
Alongthe beach the maidens rush
No wonder that the sunlit waves
Are seen so often in n blush.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

Rtidsville Weekly: DR.. Gallaway's
old stroke Of paralysis was renewed
Friday evening, aud bis coLdilio1 is
the cause Of deep anxiety on the part
Of his friend. Corn and tobacco
are In splendid condition. A good
crop Of Both staples is confidently
expected In every section. We
are glad 10 learn that the Reidsyille
Cornet Band will be revived.
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Montgomery, Ala

Durham Sun: The man wh1c u1d
run a paper to suit everybody t.r
heaven wearing a crown of g's1ht5.
proportions and double set oi Wings
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

A perpetual motion machine has
not vet been discovered, but the
tongue Of a 7-year-old boy asking
questions comes pretty near It.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

The snakes a man sees When be 's
with o severe altdch Of d.
Iirinm tremens are not "wa'er"
snakes. This is reliable.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

One way TO make Congressional
garden seeds come upis toput dyna-
mite under them.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

This is the season Of the year in
which you can get what you do not
want real cheap.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

Theavorage man is apt to be the
next thing TIA f)ol when he gets
beside himself.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

That Virginia dog with two tails
is pei haps another gn of the growth
Of the Country under Mr.. Harrison.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

If beauty Is only skin deep the
rhinoceros should be the handsom-
est beast afloat.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

Il yn', h4Dp"n to SEA a small boy
,'ua>irg turnbIc b." YOU viii know
wacn ng veil that he has caught il.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

The near.sigat. 4 hen that swallow
ed hes was not long 4 concluding
that hers was a peck Of trouble.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

First Cn.cago Lady -"Hov do
you Ike Emih's new husband?"
Seem | Chicago L1ly-"I Eeyer
tried him"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

The butcher is a fat, jelly man
w-o Is i'll lie habit 0; taking life as
it com ).
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

Shormakers may not know it, but
for line of slippers its hard to
beat banana skins.
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NO. 33
Inspiration.

]anpythoucht, the parent said,
A j'l stole softly DER him,
e.. : r.a - bust d into town"
j ..'' mo" ,oy's bank upside down
t,.-- al ,hty Cw'ar. what iroVn;
w. ~', a ID been there before him.
--lHjadeiphia Press
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

A Rochester man has very slow
horse that he has named "Poor
Joke" because a poor joke doesn't
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

After youog BoIEins had hugged
his gil Ire called her strained honey.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03
/ sweet Girl Graduate.

She aa' n"i5he | alta cooking school,
Aud wnoA ] ra>hly satd,
>eo >ciecce lead your thought to
re
does the college bred:"
,wrrei c,ldIy, "Sir, not so;
il. lps HE to prepare
=. / atmosphere for you
r. IN currents in the air."-Lite.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

When On Office is out seeking q
man il is like a ghost. II startles
everybody.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

TUE p rson who sneers at virtua
waits It bad.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-03

IL" l)..rge man. like the ther-
t'"~.tr", : known by his degrees.
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The rain which comes in sheets is
not much Of acomfort.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14
THE SWAMP LANDS MONEY.

The tlnanciers of the County Board
are in IA strait. With treasury
empty and the old easy way OF going to
the bank, as in the good old days, be-
fore and during the building of the
Court House and Jail, cut off from
availability, the question, how to
raise the wind, Is really grave one
The question is the more serious, in
that the present shortage means not
onlya temporary squeeze, but one that
will be repeated for several years to
come, accompanied by tax levies that
must reach the constitutional limit.
With an assessment for the whole
county annually growing less and less,
in order to keep pace in the downward
race of assessments the state over a
real flnancier would have seen the
necessity of a larger levy September
a year than was made, In order to
keep the treasury IN funds. Instead
of that, the levy was reduced along
with the assessment, and the conse-
quence is a deficiency Of about $50, 900
at this time, more or less great for
years to come until the highest posi-
BILE legal levies coupled with economy
shall wipe it out. Just when that
| time shall c0me-the assessment nat
urally falling, and the expenses nat
urally increasing with the growth Of
the county--the tlnanciers OF the
Board of the Norton type may, per-
haps be able to say; no one else can.
The Doc might ease up matters just a
little by returning that 81 900 grabbed
in so questionable a way; but he isn't
built that way.
Meantime, the Board, like all men
sin a hole" have to "resort," and now
have turned to that old chestnut, the
swamp lands indemnity fund at Wash
ington as the Mecca of relief from the
dilemma. The fact that the swamp
lands fund is now considered at all is
evidence of the parity OF the situation
to certain degree. Years ago, as
regularly as the drop of the chair
mans gavel opened each quarterly
session OF the Board, and the clerk
had finished the roll-call, and Fades
or Brer Fischer had moved that all
bills be referred without reading, the
clerk would announe that he had re-
ceived communication" from Isaac
r. Hit, state agent" on swamp
lands, embodying a request to be EN-
powered TO go ahead and collect the
county's share Of that fund for halt
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14
THE SURPLUS.

Life is too short In the estimation
of most men TO he squandcred on read
ing pub. docs" Of the length OF Sec
rotary WINDOWS treasury report, yet
there are divisions Of it OF reasonable
length that one can read with inter
est. Such is his treatment OF the sub
iect OF the surplus revenue. For the
year ending June last, he says federal
taxation brought into the treasury, in
round figures, 1887 zoo, 600, and during
the current year the income will be
about 1886, OOO,O 900, making a total dur
ing the two years Of S772, 600, 900. The
total expenditures, including pensions
and interest upon the public debt, for
the same two years he places at S575,-
DOC, 900, leaving surplus for the TWO
wears of Sl97, 900, O00-within fraction
OF 800, OOO, 600 a year drawn from the
peOple above the needs OF the govern
ment, even after many undeniably eX-
travagant appropriations!
That is to say, taxes at the rate or
nearly 81 for every man, woman and
child, are annually paid to the govern
ment in excess of its needs. The peo-
pie of Illinois consider their annual
assessment OF taxes for state ana
county purposes so high as in many
cases to be serious burden, yet they
amount to little more than they pay
to the general government over ana
above its needs. And this eXtOrtion
has been going on not only for two
years, but for ten years or more, and
instead of trying TO stop it, Congress
has only gone on passing laws for its
continuance.
So superabundant have been the re-
ceipts, especially from tariff taxation,
that the plethora has led to a state of
carelessness, recklcssness and dis
honesty in the administration of the
revenue laws at the custom houses
that are simply appalling. He de-
votes over dozen of closely printed
pages to the exposure Of these frauds,
which he mildly calls faults OF our
revenue SYSTEM" showing that in
every conceivable way the present
tariff laws are made instruments of
fraud, injustice, oppression and rob-
berry.
Yet, startling as the exposure may
seem, it is really an old story. Sec
rotary Manning made the same eX-
posture, and Fairchild repeated it, yet
the fiat having gone forth that under
Republican rule there shall be no
vital change in our system Of tariff
taxation no cure of these crying evils
need ever be looked for until once
more the Democracy, the only party
that ever had honest tariff reform at
heart, shall obtain possession OF the
government - House, Senate, and
| President!
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14
TUESDAY.

Speaker Reed yesterday announced
the committees on ways and means,
with Mckinley of Ohio, as chairman;
that on appropriations with Can
non, of Illinois as its head. Kelly
reads the committee on manufactures.
These committees are all that are as yet
announced; but they indicate that so
far as the organization of the house is
concerned, the programme will be TO
follow the message by legislation In
favor of the high tariff beneflciarles,
rather than i'm favor Of lower taxation.
The Presidential party arrived In
Chicago yesterday morning, and were
escorted by "A procession to the resi-
dence of f. w. Peck; in the afternoon
there was reception at the Union
League Club; and in the evening they
were present at the grand opening OF
the Auditorium building.
The Erie County Athletic Club
offered a $50, 900 purse for a glove con-
test between Sullivan and Jackson,
the colored pugilist.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14

DR.. II. w. Thomas, of Chicago, who
a few years ago was shining light of
Methodism, but has lately been regard
ed as somewhat off in the faith and is
running an Independent church, in
his last Sundays sermon repudiated
the doctrine of original sin. "The
common sense of mankind" he said,
cannot believe that they were in
Adam. If the present generation are
to be held responsible for what Adam
did they will set up the claim that it
is un-American, that they never voted
for him" Meantime how does DR..
Thomas explain where this universal
human cussedness come from?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14
NHE NEWS.
SUNDAY.

Fire destroyed the National steam
ship Company's dock at New YORK yes
terday afternoon. The bodies Oh 'ouI
workmen have been taken from the
rims, and it is possible that Others
have persisted. Five men were Sc
riously burned. The money loss Is
over 100000.
The steamer Alagias from Brazil
has arrived at Lisbon, on which were
Dom Pedro and family in excellent
health. The Dom described the cap
ture by the revolutionists, but de-
clined to talk of Brazilian affairs.
A sneak thief at Wilmington, Dell
seized box of securities worth S3o,
900 from which bank officer was CUT
ting of coupons, and escaped.
Zeb Kennard at Sullivan, yesterday
got twenty-four years for horse-steal'
ing. Horse flesh is valuable in South
ern Illinois, it seems,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14

At the Episcopal Church, Rev. J. H..
Edwards, Sunday, preached from the
text, Matt. XIV, 30: Castye the unprof-
table servants into outer darkness;
there shall be weeping and gnashing
of teeth.
Almost everyone has an idea OF his
own on the matter of future punish
ment. Some are so sure. that they
wonder how anyone can think differ
emily. 1t seems to me that those who
have discussed this question have lost
sight of its significance to them. do
not intend to discuss any particular
idea of future punishment, but if pos
sible. to set forth clearly what is
certainly true about it.
There are three theories generally
accepted by Christian men. The first,
held alike by the Puritan and the In
ouisitor. is that the souls of the wicked
are punished eternally and are forever
shut out from the sight of God. The
second view is that there is dreadful
punishment awaiting the sinner, but
only for an indefinite time, of such
length as to justify the use OF the
term everlasting" yet some time the
punishment will end. This is the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14

| the sum realized. And just as regu-
larly Armstrong or Lewis or Uncle
John Miller would cry rats" or words
10 that effect, and Mr.. Isaac II. Hit
and his little paper would be con-
signed to an early burial son the
table"
TWAS never thought then that there
was anything in the swamp lands"
businessmen even enough TO let Hit
90 ahead and collect the money at his
own expense and divide. Every now
and then, however, newspaper para
graph announces that some county in
Southern, Central or Eastern Illinois
has recovered sum more or less great
from the government which years ago
sold the lands and pocketed the
money.
1t is just barely possible there may
have been some lands of the kind sold
in this county for which the general
government got the money which may
yet be recovered. 1t is really hard to
say. Former reports made away back
in the COS on this subject show that
there is or was very little. If the
money is there the county ought to
have its grab at full-to-overfowing
treasury as well as all the other grab
beers: but if the holders Of accounts
due from the county at this time bank
very much on getting their pay out Of
the swamp lands fund they'll go broke
for some time to come, one imagines
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14
SILVER.

We have mentioned heretofore, in
general way, that the plan of Secre-
tary Window to deal with the silver
question is to receive silver bullion at
the Treasury and issue paper on it at
the bullion price. More in detail, as
now presented in his report, his plan
is to tissue treasury notes against de-
pOsitS OF silver bullion at the market
price Of silver when deposited, payable
on demand in such quantities Of silver
bullion as will equal in value, at the
date of presentation, the number of
dollars expressed on the face of the
note at the market price of silver, or
in gold at the option of the govern
ment; or in silver dollars, at the option
of the holder" OF course the plan
wolves the discrimination of the coin
age of silver, except at the option Of
the government.
The plan has at least the merit Of
novelty. Though manifestly one that
must delight the heart Of the silver
men, it was not even thought of at the
recent convention Of the silver kings
at St.Louis, who had nothing better
to propose than the free coinage of
silver. In their interest the Window
plan is certainly better. 1t gives them
the same unlimited market for their
bullion, and, as the silver certificates
are raised to the value of gold, it
greatly enhances the chance of silver
appreciating on the market.
The arguments by which Mr.. Win
dom supports his plan are ingenious.
The silver dollar is worth but 20 cents,
still depreciating-the people will not
circulate it, and nowhere outside of
this country is it taken at its face
value.
BY the adoption of this plan each
dollar in silver certificates would rep
resent the equivalent of dollar in
gold, and they would circulate as readi-
ly in all countries as greenbacks do
now. He has no apprehension that
the plan would swamp the country
with bullion notes, as little silver be-
vond the product of our own and few
of the Mexican mines would be likely
to be offered at the treasury. Besides,
| if any such danger should occur, the
issue of certificates could be stopped.
The first and obvious objection that
presents itself to the plan is the over
whelming inducement it would offer to
the silver kings, money kings, brokers
and spectators of all kinds to manipu-
late the price fsilver. Nothing would
be easier than to form gigantic cOmbi-
nations for that purpose, and with the
Secretary of Treasury as their natural
head, that official would need to be an
angel of light in purity and integrity
not to yield to the temptation of his
corrupt surroundings. Who but HIM
self would have the fixing Of the price
of the bullion? Can any man of wo-
man born be safely entrusted with
such power?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-14

shown that the latter has lost any
thing. Sllcott, now that he has cut
stick" is recollected by everybody as IA
notorious bad case. He was IA we'll
known gambler, and kept mistress
in an expensive establishment, though
he had wife and family. 1t seems
amazing that such man should have
been SO implicitly trusted, yet his
habits are so common among his bet
tiers" at Washington that they attract
ed no special attention.