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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-02-20
LADIES IN FEEBLE HEALTH
ROM ANY CAUSE

Send al once for a bottle Of Fly,
Nerve Tonic Pills. as this remedy is
guar 4nteed to cure you, as it has been
prescribed by leading physicians Of
the Unit-d States for more thar 9
quarter of century. but as 90 space
il limited, We can name only o few If
the many diseases for which il has
been successfully used, among which
are Headache, Neuralgia, CONFUSION
or Fits, Constipation, Kidney trOus
bles. Corea Neuralgia Of the Stomach
and Bowels, and is a specific for Eeu-
ralgia II the Womb and its append
ages and all diseases resulting from o
want Of sufficient nerve force, thor
oughly regulating all the functions Of
the womb. And more especially the
reproductive organs Of both sexes,
enabling young girls to safely pass
the critical change from girlhood to
womanhood. Correcting all men.
strual irregularities and many dis-
placements Of the womb, thereby
conducting her through the import.
ant period OF child bearing. relieving
her Of many of the pains and anxiety
incident thereto-through the men.
opause or "change Of life" to a bale.
healthy, vigorous and enjoyable old
age. II relieves the sicknessof preg-
nancy and promotes o speedy recov-
cry from confinement. II puriiies
the blood. builds up the system and
imparts vigor as II by magic TO the
whole body, clearins the skin Of dark
or brown blotches on the faces Of
ladies suffering from some form Of
menstrual arrangement.
II j. not only a most invaluable
r, medy for female diseases, a. above
.taied, but is peculiarly adapted 20
some diseases Of men, such as Sper.
matol hocs, loss Of nerve power, pre-.
mature Of old age, and want Of nerve
ylgOr peculiar to- professional men.
Can be taken with benefit and per.
feet safety at any and oil times.
Each bottle contains one months
treatment. Price 81 90 por bottle.
Sent By mail on receipt ofpriee. Adj
dress L. i. Fly, Sole Proprietor,
Memphis. Tenn.
feb. & GIN.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-02-20

Time divided is never long, and
regularity abridges all thlngs.-Ame,
de Stael.
According to Bishop Horne adver
sity borrows its sharpest stings from
our impatience.
Do good and throw it into the sea;
| if the fish do not know it God does.
-THrkiSa Sayings.
For the snake Of one good action a
hundred evil ones should be forgot
ten.-Chinese Pr0verb.
The present is bright speck be
| ween the darkness OF the future and
the twilight OF the past.
Nothing is so strcng as gentleness
nothing so gentle as real strength
ST. Francis de Sales
Christmas Island, the last annexa'
ton OF Great Britain, is the highes
coral island known, rising three OIL
four hundred feet from the sea.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-02-20

A Ninth ward schoolboy admins,
tered a thrashirg to a playmate, and
as a punishment for his pugnacity
his teacher required him to write il
uo" and read the composition before
the school. The youth has in him
the making of a great poet, az bis
illusion shows. Two hours of soli-
tary confinement evolved the follow
ing.
When l was awalking around one
day | met Robert Jones;
Before l said a word to him he began
Airing stones.
Do you suppose I'd stand ADDING no.
thing on the ground
While he was singing rocks and
stOGes and everything around?
So | Just goes up to him and battle
him in the eye,
And then th3 little coward hollered
and he begun to cry.
He tod the teacher what I'd done
and she made me write it up;
And that's the reason l think Bobby
is sneakin' little pup.
-BinghamtOa Republican
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-02-20

According to the English newspa.
pers. America is pulling John Bull:
nose; according to German newspa
pers, England is pulling Han:
Bsuer's nose: according to Ameri-
can newspapers, Germany is pllli ag
Brother JJna:han's nose If the
triple alliance continues nobody = il.
he mistaken for Joha Ch;n9men.-
Pill. Times.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-02-20
A FINE JERSEY BULL FOR
SALE

A fine Registered Jersey Bull for
sale. al q bargain, Registered in A.
j. G. g. No. 1906. For price apply
at the RECORDER Office. feb. 9 e.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-02-20

We desire all having claims against him Individually
dos to mail TO u.s. statement of same Properly Aed.
To his debtors would well be- know what sto
start from nothing and toll and labor for cohes
We ask your undivided attention and your help
ing relieve him by coming earliest convenience
office in Durham N c. and paying Indebtedness full
least making that win be entirely satisfactory
which We believe every and will do and saving the
trouble and expense sending your houses
ing you tannoyance and Of being called upon
entertain our legal representative your residence.
Please remember that do avail yourself invitation that
you may expect authorized agent any moment
IT, ii. MARKHAM, l,..a
". x. FOSTER. { ihosiEhs
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-02-20
Cleveland and Thurman, 1853.

Cleveland and Thurman, I6S.
1t is tradition among the clerks
of the House and Senate that four
years ago each teller made an indie
pendent footing up, and each arrived
at q different result and all four were
wrong, and that the result was de-
clared from a tallysheet kept by the
tally clerk of The House. The tellers
showed themselves better qualified
this year to pass a civil service ex"
examination.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-02-20
lie Desires Everybody Especially his Friends and Gus
toners, to take advantage of this opportunity
from day to day until all is sold. ia =,

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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-02-20

Bissell's Chilled and Steel Conf
nation Plows.
VIM. Decling & Cos All Ste
SelfBindcn, Reapers, Mowers, 4
Autumn, Taylor & Cos Thteshel
Horsepower Engines, Saw.Mills &
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-09
An Interesting Experiment.

In order to ascertain the influence of
tight clothing upon the action of the
heart during exercise, a dozen young
women consented this summer to run
$40 yards in their loose gymnasium
garments, and then to run the same
distance with corsets on. The running
time was two minutes and thirty Sec
onds for each person at each trial, and
in order that there should be no cardiac
excitement or depression following the
first test, the second trial was made
the following day. Before beginning
the running the average heart impulse
was 81 beats to the minute; after rum
ming the above mentioned distance the
heart impulse was 152 beats to the
minute; the average natural waist girth
being % inches. The next day corsets
were worn during the exercise, and
the average girth of waist was reduced
to twenty-four inches. The same dis
lance was run in the same time by all,
and Immediately afterward the average
heart impulse was found to be 1913 beats
per minute. When state that should
feel myself justified in advising an
athlete not to enter running or row.
ing race whose heart impulse was 100
beats per minute after little exercise,
even though there were not the slight
est evidence of disease, one can form
some idea of the wear and tear on this
important organ, and the physiological
loss entailed upon the system in women
who force it to labor for over half their
lives under such disadvantage as the
tight corset imposes.-Dr. Sargent, in
Scribner's Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-09
GRIMES AGAINST SUFFRAGE.
DIR. GLADDEN. Argues That They Should Re
Punishable by Acknowledgement.

DIR. GLADDEN. Argues That They Should Bo
Punishable by Disfranch isement.
The complete disfranchisement of
men who have been guilty of the lesser
offenses would not be just or expedient.
Such men ought to have space for
reformation. The first term OF their
Acknowledgement might we'll be brief.
Conviction for drunkenness or dis
orderly conduct might exclude from
the polls for one year. More serious
misdemeanors might entail longer
disfranchisement. And it would be
well to give large discretion to the
authorities who grant pardons, and
who regulate indeterminate sentences,
that they may restore the suffrage
moro speedily to those whose conduct
in prison has been exceptionally good.
But we should make sure that every
conviction under the criminal law work
some temporary forfeiture of political
privilege. We should make it plain to
the dullest mind that good conduct is
the Indispensable condition of the pos
session of the franchise; that those
who wish to take part ia making the
laws must refrain from violating the
laws.
Some offenses should be followed, as
now. by perpetual disfranchisement.
That all 'felonies" should incur this
penalty is not at all clear; many Of
those committed to our prisons for
crimes of passion may, under proper
care, be reformed and rendered useful
members Of the State. That door should
| by no means be forever closed against
them, nor should the opening OF it be
left to executive clemency. The felon's
record, in prison, should determine
whether he may, after q space, be re-
stored to full political privileges. But
there isone class of crimes for which
the laws of many of our States do not
entail any political disabilities, which
ought to be punished everywhere by
the final forfeiture of political power.
| These are the crimes against the SUI
frage bribery, both in the briber
and the bribed, fraudulent voting. the
classifying of returns, and the like. No
man convicted of one of these crimes
ought ever to be permitted to vote
again. Some of the States, with a
moral obtuseness on this point which is
positively grotesque, provide that man
caught in attempting a crime of this
nature shall lose his vote sin that cleo
toni" What a sense of the sacredness
of the suffrage the men must have had
who could frame into statute such a
grinning jibe as that! The man who
strikes with a poisoned dagger at the
very heart of the Republic-he shall
not be allowed to vote sin that cleo
tion" Could the force of anti-climax
and of a priori theory-go farther?.
Such an offender deserves to be BAN
ished and forbidden ever again to set
foot upon our soil under penalty of
death; certainly the lightest punish
ment that can with justice be melted
out to him is perpetual exclusion from
the franchise. GLADDEN., in Cent
ury,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-09
Headlight for Locomotives.

An improved headlight for locomcs
tives has an adjustment which allows
the engineer to conveniently dieect the
light as he may desire, to various
points off the line. The lantern is
supported on frame or platform,
which has movement to right or left
about a vertical axis, and also up or
down by the same means, the operat-
ing mechanism leading back to the
cab, so as to be within ready reach OF
the engineer. He is enabled. by this
arrangement, to examine dangerous or
doubtful parts of the road, and in
stormy weather to turn the light upon
threatening trees or masses of earth or
rock upon either side, and which are
liable to fall. The device also permits
Of the lantern being turned so as to
throw the light across sharp corners
and exhibit the line of track at some
distance ahead of tGe train and at
points which would be entirely out'of
reach of the light in its usually fixed
position. According to the usual con-
struction and employment of locomo-
tive headlights, they are fixed to the
engine front in such manner that the
light is always thrown forward and
concentrated in oae line only--this
being, OF course an inadequate ar
rangement in the case OF sharp curves
IN. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-09
PEARS AND APPLES.
There Is No Reason Why Every Boo
Should Not Have a Supply of Each.

There Is No Reason why Every Body
should Not Have Supply of Each.
The pear and the apple are the staple
fruits of our zone. Other fruits are
good, but transitory. Strawberries.
gooseberries. blackberries, are very
well. but perish in the using. Cher
ries, peaches, plums, belong to a few
brief weeks. They are the butterflies
of fruits. But besides their intrinsic
flavors, the pear and the apple, in one
form or another, last through the year.
The pear is a dainty fellow. The ap-
pie is robust and hardy. The pear is a
cultivated gentleman, the apple "a
plain. honest citizen. The pear is a
cavalier, the apple is a very Puritan.
The pear is Norman, the apple a
Saxon.
The pear is fastidious. 1t has very
exclusive tastes. 1t disdains vulgar
conditions. 1t has gentlemanly dis
eases-the pear blight being kind OF
apoplexy, resulting from too high con-
dition. The apple is contented and
hardy yeoman, tlourishing on all soils,
and upon any fare. The apple is food,
the pear CONNECTION. The one is a
necessity, and the other a luxury. The
apple is the prose and the pear the
poetry of the orchard. They should
go together. They are congenious,
and though the apple is the common
peoples fruit, and the pear the gentle
mans dainty, there is no reason why
every citizen should not have both of
them. For dainty Duchesse or Bose
languishes as sweetly upon q plain
farmers tongue as if he were prince.
Did you ever take pear supper?
This is the way to do it: Gather in
your friends at evening. Let tea be
taken and mere souvenir of bread.
Then, while all are fresh, uustutfed
and unsated, bring in your pears, seven
or eight kinds. Let one man carve.
Take the probably poorest first; and
yet, your poorest must be good. Give
to each guest section of the same
pear. Eat together from the one fruit
and be united and magnetized by the
spiritual essence Of the one fruit. So
on from fruit to fruit. and from kind to
kind. Thus each one, without cloying
or over-fulness, will have tasted of
each kind and of every specimen.
Pears thus discriminatory and I'M
selfishly eaten, will prove to be not the
forbidden fruit!-N. Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-09
AMERICAN MUMMIES.
An Interesting Discovery Made in the
Sierra Iadre Mountains.

An Interesting Discovery Made in the
Sierra Madre Mountains.
A Mexican archaolOgist, Senior Mar
ghiere, has recently made an interest,"
ing discovery of naturally mummified
human bodies in a cavern in the Sierra
Madre Mountains. The cavern is of
natural origin, and lies at the height of
about 1000 feet above the sea. The
mouth of the opening had been artifi-
cially closed with sun-dried bricks and
stones, so contrived as not only to close
but to conceal the entrance. In the
cave the dessicated remains of four
human bodies were found, apparently
all members of one family, the father,
mother, boy and Il girl. The bodies
were in the position so commonly
given to the dead by American Indians;
they were in u sitting posture, the
hands crossed over the breast, and the
head inclined forward toward the
knees. They all were placed with their
faces toward the East, and were
shrouded in burial garments.
III tlSiCo COiiScL HltlS OliCoO IClllstlIo
the writer assumes that the preserva.
ton of the bodies was due to the pecu-
liarly high and dry atmosphere Of this
southern cline and elevated level. In
this conclusion he is mistaken, for the
reason that, in at least one case of
human body, discovered about fifteen
years ago in a cavern near the Natural
Cave in Kentucky, a similar natural
desiccation had taken place. The re-
mains were those of Il child twelve or
fourteen years of age. The unfortu-
nate creature had evidently been lost
in the cavern, and had wandered until
starvation brought about death. The
position OF the body was that of per-
feet repose, showing that the sleep of
exhaustion had passed into the rest of
death. In this case, as in that of the
remains found by Senior Marghiere,
the integument was well preserved,
there being no trace of decay in any
part of the form; even something of the
expression of the face remained despite
the emaciated look given by the pro-
cess of desiccation.
Whenever the circumstances of bur-
ial are such as would be afforded by
any caverns in this country, where the
access of the germs which conc duct the
Preventative process of decay is pre-
vented, and where the air has an ordi-
nary dryness, a like process of num-
MITIGATION would certainly ensues 1t
thus seems probable that the Egyptians
took an nnecessarySamount of pai&s
to presorveeheir dead in the mummiied
condition. In their dry climate the
same end could have been attained By
much simpler processes. AS far as the
preservation of form is concerned these
mummies of Moxico or Kentucky are
bodies as well preserved as any of
those from Egyptian burial Places
Nature.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-09
FAMED BY POETRY.
How the Young Duke of Burgundy Was
Reclaimed by Fenelon.

Reclaimed by Fenelon.
Plato thought that boys are the most
untamable of wild beasts, and his
opinion has had eminent supporters.
Pope probably meant much the same
thing when he said that school-boys
have no character.
In view of this opinion the story of
Fenelon and the young Duke of Bur-
gundy has a peculiar significance.
There is. indeed. no more signal ex-
ample of the immense Importance of
well-conceived, well-directed methods
which Fenelon wrought in his royal
pupil.
A more intractable subject probably
never exercised the wits and patience
of his instructor. Before he was placed
in the hands of Fenelon the Duke was
in simple truth much more of a wild
beast than rational human being.
One of his chief pleasures was in
kicking and biting all his attendants
who approached him. At times he re-
fused to speak Il word for hours. On
other occasions he would not eat,
though tempted with all the triumphs
of the royal cooks.
His grandfather, Louis XIV, had
been at infinite pains to obtain for him
the most judicious attendants and
tntors, but all had given up their
charge as hopeless. At length Fenelon
was called in.
Fenelon was not without experience
in dealing with young people, and he
had already written book on educa-
ton, but his peculiar fitness for the
task he had undertaken was that of a
character unique in charm and sym.
pathetic insight.
In Fenelon's dealing with his pupil
he had one leading idea, to which, per,
haps, educationists have not given the
Importance it deserves. This idea
was, that for every individual there is
one poet, who above all others appeals
to the deepest instincts of his nature,
and is therefore fitted to be one Of the
highest forces in educating the best
qualities of his mind and heart.
Fenelon had not been long with his
pupil before he discovered that with al
his ungovernable passions he had 6
"Virgilian soul''-in other words, that
in the depths of the boys nature there
was that which responded to the grace
and tenderness which distinguish Vir
gil above all other poets.
Virgil accordingly was made the in
strument through whom he sought tc
effect his ends. The result exceeded
his hopes. Virgil did indeed become
the Dukes favorite poet, and the chic
formative influence of his brief life
Chambers Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-09
COMING NEW WORDS.
A Dangerous Fad Affected by Poets, Re
porters and Preachers.

A Dangerous Fad Affected by Poets, Re-
porters and Preachers.
DR.. Austin Phelps says that as very
sanity man can bear to be seen carry
ing flask of brandy in the street, so
the reputation of very scholarly man
will bear occasional departures from
good English.
For instance, James Russell Lowell
may coin such words as ''cloudbergs, ;"
~'otherworldlinessn and '.Dr Watsi-
ness" and Coleridge may coin mat
ter-of-factness." An exceptional in
diligence is allowed to these scholarly
critics, though even they would scarce
ty expect to see such unlicensed coin
ing acknowledged by standard die
tionary.
The most fertile but certainly not the
best qualified coiners of new words are
found among reporters, who are forced
TO write rapidly. They coin many
words by often adding the termination
''ize" to substantives, for example:
''jeopardize, ''municipalize," Char
tize," 'deputize" and "burglarize.
About one word in a hundred of re-
porters' coinage remains in circula-
ton; the rest are stamped as ''coun-
terfeit, y even by newspaper readers,
and hardly pass dozen mouths.
Preachers are also addicted to coin
ing new words. Their method is to
join two good words by means of hy-
phen. Every Sunday their hearers,
who love monosyllabic words which
are both forcible and correct, are irri-
tated at hearing such hybrids as
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, "soul-destroy-
Ing" "God-fearing" and ''God-defy-
ing"
Professor Phelps aptly calls such
words "long- winded, long WASTED.
long-tongued, long-tailed and long
cared compounds" and says that very
few OF them are authorized English.
All of them are drawl in expression,
and tend to form mannerism which
runs to such extremes as these two
specimens of tape-worm English, quo
ted from novels by female authors:
"Not-attempted-t to- be-concealed care"
and "the-sudden-at-the -moment-though
from-lingering illnesses-o often -previ-
ously expected death. Youths Com
paniOn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-09
IMPORTED PREACHER S.
a comparison of the American and the En-.
glish Pulpits.

glish Pulpits.
comparing the pulpit of the two ma.
lions Intellectually, we need not fear
the verdict, although England has a
multitude of grand preachers, while
the Scotch and Irish pulpits enjoy a
worldwide renown. A well-known
English clergyman has lately asserted
tnat there can be no doubt that the
puipitof the United States is more ably
nlieu' taking it all in all, than is the
pulpit OF the United Kingdom" We
may well doubt so generous an asser-
tlon' Tor many of the British clergy
VINO visit here easily convince Us how
much We gain by studying their
metnods. Their familiarity with the
aps'ssinG Cerb0 of the Bible is amazing;
and the chief charm and strength OF
their Preaching is that, basing it so en-
tlrely upon Holy Writ. they yet adorn
the exposition of the text with such a
wealth Of illustration and with so much
earnestness and sound judgment as to
lead captive both heart and head in
the listener. This seems to be the ex-
planatlon of the fact that so many pull
pits IN New York and in other seaboard
cities are occupied by British clergy
men. We must find in them some
thing which we miss in most OF our
own qergy. The fact is not so dis
So &shle to-us as it appears upon the
suriaA 1t certainly bears witness to
the aoNnce here of certain provin-
clal nariowness which refuses to well
come trutl or power unless dressed in
a native glrb. And we must not for
get that hese clergy referred to are
picked men who would be successful
anywhere aad in almost any profess
sion, for there are hundreds of British
clergy In America filling obscure pull
pits and utterly unknown. And again,
such able men come to us from a land
where. as already shown, the tempta-
tons for clever young men to enter
business life are not as great as here,
and where Cat least in the Church OF
England) many gifted clergymcn who
do not happen to command influence
or patronage are free to look elsewhere
for appreciation and usefulness. Our
parishes welcome such men, and they
are wise to do so. They come also, as
refreshing and stimulating influence to
our American clergy. Nor have we
any reason to doubt, from their own
confession, that they are conscious of
receiving as well as giving in their in
tercourse with our pastors. And we
have reason to feel satisfaction at hear
ing the testimony lately offered by one
Of the most eminent among them, who
said on public platform: II honestly
declare that l never met with a COM
pany of ministers like the clergy of all
denominations in New York, especially
for this, that they have no jealousies
and no rivalries among them. They
stand shoulder to shoulder for the
truth on all occasions, have confidence
in each other, rejoice in a brother $
prosperity, and are ever ready to stand
ronp each other in trouble. Arch
I dl,cSX Mackay-Smith, in Harper'e
| NhkaZine