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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-04-30
A FUTURE WAR.
France and Germany Preparing
for the Inevitable Struggle.
New York Ledger.

France and Germany Preparing
for the Inevitable Struggle.
Nsw YOrk Ledger.
An intelligent study Of the mill
tary situation in France and Ger
many shows q state OF military pre-
paration which Is without precedent
in history. Since the fatald day when
the King Of Prussia was crowned
Emperor Of Germany amid the his
toric and ancestral splendors of YER
sailles, Gaul and Teuton have been
preparing for conflict which in
bitterness and magnitude will eclipse
any war the world has ever seen.
On the day that war Is declared
there will be an instant mobilization
Of the troops Of the two nations.
On the German side, in less than q
week, a little over one million foul
hundred thousand men will be con.
centrated on the frontier at Oh,
points fixed by the general staff
The cars are ready and the coal foI
the railroad was laid in long ago
Five days after the first adyanc,
eight hundred thousand men viii
| form the second line. Finally Their
i will be the landsturm with abou
one million one hundred thousant
On the first call. All these troop
are thoroughly drilled and armet
with the repeating rifle. The Franco
Prussiau war Of 1870 will be q Skin
mish compared with the cominl
struggle.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-04-30
Gratifying To All.

The high position attained and the
universal acceptance and approval Of
the pleasant liquid fruit remedy
Syrup If Figs, as the most excellent
laxative known, illustrate the value
OF the qualities on which its success Ia
based and areabunnantly gratifying
the California Fig Syrup Company.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-04-30

Died.
AT the residence Of Mr.. Il. n.
Tatum, in Bruceville, at ii D. nj,
April 18th, Mrs. Bruce. wife Of DIR.
l. N. Bruce. The departed was q
faithful wife, a loving mother and
devoted Christian. While we hate
TO give her up, it Is consoling 70
think that our loss is her gain and
that she has gone where no sorrow,
sadness, pain nor death ever comes.
--BruceciLe Teri Herald.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-04-30
Jones & LYON.
! ~ W. 2

Spring business is fully inaugur-
ated in every department of our
house. The various stocks of beau
tiful Spring Goods, which, for sew
eral weeks past we have been busily
engaged IN arranging for, are now
ready for your inspection.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-04-30
Advice to Mothers.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
should always be used for children
teething. Il soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie,
and Is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
Twenty-Five cents bottle,
sep N-d-w-Iv.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-04-30
THREE SILK BAR
GAINS.

Ola highly interesting character.
|0aelst Colored Gros Grain silk, at
rs cents per gard. worth sI.00
A beautiful line Of Printed Pongee
Silks, in light and dark colors, full
q inches vide. IL 65 cents per yard.
A,line Of Checked aud Striped
Surah Silks, at so cents per yard.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-04-30
An Honest Face that Looks Up
on the Funny Things of This
NarId

J "Winter Is ended and
gone; the flowers appear
on earth, and the voice Of
the dove is heard in the
\ land. And there are
vsona tb;nos fhaf narnley
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-04-30

and humiIiate us at times" as TIN
following will STOW. The girls wll
cry if the bonnet don'tlook fashion
able. you know
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-04-30
DRESS GOODS.

Thirty-two inch Mohair in The
popular colorings, Is cents per yard,
Thirty.two inch Beige, q very pref.
~, soft finish fabric for Spring and
Summer wear, at Is cents per yard
ROBES &c DRESS
PATTERNS.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-04-30
"THIS BOASTED CIVILIAN
TION OF OURS"

TION OF OURS"
An Honest Face that Looks Up
on the Funny Things of This
World.
~ "Winter is ended and
a gone; the flowers appear
VA on earth, and the voiceof
the dove is heard in the
4M4 land. And there are
some things that perplex
and humiIiate us at times as the
following will ST ow. The girls will
cry if the bonnet don't look fashion
able, you know
- For It's | Love
At thy heart Love,
WNSy The st. Louis Magazine
says, a st. Louis girl lately gave an
order to a fnllliner for a spring bon
net, winding up with the following:
lyon are to make it plain but at
the same time smart, as | sit. in a
conspicuous place in the church"
q Here she is at the garden
A gate:
~ II love il, love it and who
ND shall hate
Because | am fond Of the old garden
gate. i,
A swing or two more with my hero
my pride,
| And the chances are good that LII
land him inside"
Here's picture Of the chronic
grumbler, and what Old Hurrygraph
Of the Durham Sun has tosay about
Int:
- IF things de not gojust &C.
cording TO their own ideas il
| ~ a town, everything will 60 t.
| /ONrack. This is q bad spirit Il
cultivate. IL leads tochronic grum
blers, and one soured chrsnic grum
bier can throw damper over tn,
feelings Of a large circle OF his &C
quaintances.
"The fact is, reader, frettlng and
worrying shortens life. Did yol
know that? What is the use o.
doing it, then?'
The Lawrence American says
what a pity it is that our neighbour
do not know as well As we do what
is best for them!
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-04-30

A handsome assortment, Eand ow-
ing 10 the inteness Of the season we
will close them out at Bargain Prices.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-04-30
DOMET FLANNFLS

We are now making q most inter-
esting display Of Domet Flannels,
one OF the most popular fabrics for
Spring aud Summer wear. These
goods are unshrinkable and fast col.
ore, and especially suitable for chill.
dreh's blouses and dresses, and ladies'
house costumes. They come in stripes
only, price 81 cents per yard.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25

facture was not suppressed until a long
time after everybody knew as we'll as
the officers themselves that the coun-
terfeit was manufactured somewhere
up the stream. The "Big Sandy dol
lar, as the counterfeit was denOmina-
ted, was as common as its more legiti-
mate brother from the mint at Wash
ingtOn or New Orleans along the Ohio
valley, and it was claimed openly, and
I believe frequently admitted to this
day by the older people, that the big
Sandy dollar" contained as much sill
yer and was as handsome q piece of
money as the genuine. Even long after
the discovery of the cOniackers' den in
the mountain the bogus dollar re-
manned in circulation. To account for
this the writer has been often told that
the cOunterfeiters had discovered q
vein or mine of silver in the mountain.
and that they were "using pure silver
and more of it" than was contained in
the genuine. Be that as it may, the ira
ditiOn still exists that silver mine
existed and was long worked at some
point on the Sandy.
L believe none of the counterfeiters
were ever arrested, and the reason
given Is that there was a code of ethics
among the inhabitants which granted
every one the privilege of using his
raw material as he saw fit. The same
code prevails to this day in another
branch of Illegal trade-that of moon
shining, or making Illicit whisky-fOr
it is well known fact that although
the article can be gotten at almost
every hamlet no one has yet been fool
hardy enough to betray the maker and
then remain in the country.
The traveller, if he is not 8 spy or
marshal, has no difficulty in getting as
much of the clear, hmpid, but terribly
strong stuff called "pinetop" OF" moon
shine" as he wants. 1t would be little
or no use, certainly very unsafe, to un-
dertake to hunt down and capture the
mOOnshiner, for every tree, or gulch,
or mountain side would be very apt to
be the hiding place of a sharpshOOter,
and these men can shoot, and that they
are overly and uncomfortably fond Of
it the recent terrible yendettas fully
prove.
With all these strange characteristics
and backed by pedigree somewhat
unsavOry these people are kind and
hOspitable in the extreme to any one
who may come among them. The
writer at one time, and that during
one of their bIOOdiest wars, spent sew
eral weeks in the mountains and val
leys, ate and drank, rode and walked,
and slept with them and he never met
with an unkind word, until after the
expiration of several weeks time which
he and his guides had spent alternately
between the factions some one started
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25
Two WomanIE Women.

One was perhaps %, the other a lit
tie younger They were pretty, and
were stylishly dressed. A carriage
stood at the Fourteenth street entrance
Of Wizards Hotel, awaiting their
pleasure. 1t could not be supposed
that they were IN very distressful fnan-
cial straits.
They sat at a table in the reception
room of Wizards, deYising, concOcting,
and instituting a telegraphic message
to send to some friend. The elder on Q
did the writing, and scratching, and re-
writing, which used up six or seven
Western Union blanks. The younger
one leaned closely over the scrivener
and furnished suggestions at just the
right time to make the seriYener tear
up blanks.
eve viii be there tomorrow"
That was what they wanted to say.
That was what they did say in the
very first writing.
"But, said the younger. IF we say
we are coming home We shall both
have to sign it."
"Carrie and 7 viii be there to-mor-
row.
That was the result of much men
tai effort spent in composing and much
physical exertion spent in erasing.
81 guess that will do, said the
younger, and the two seemed to breathe
with that freedom which tells of great
responsibilities unshOuldered.
"Hold on, said the elder, at the
door.
what? 2" asked the other.
Carrie and I viii be there to-
morrow One. two, three, four, five,
six, seven-Only seven words"
"WelI?"
"Why, we have to pay as much for
seven words as we do for ten"
Here was more difficulty. It would
never do to pay for ten words and send
only seven. That would be a reckless
and wicked waste. They proposed
many ways to 1engthen it, but each
time they talked off a new message on
their fingers they found they had either
too few or too many words.
"Pshaw !" said the younger one; "why
didn't I think of it before? I have it.
"Have you? Have you?"
"Why, of course. Leave it Just as it
is and add, Yours, very truly"
If the young lady had had an inspira-
ton she could not have looked proud
er of it and as for the older one, she
simply looked on the sweet face before
her as that of wonderful being.
Carrie and 1 will be there tO-mor-
row. Yours, very truly" was the mes
sage that went through some operators
hands yesterday afternoon Washing
ton Critic.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25
She Didn't Run the Town.

No matter what may be a mans per-
sOna1 convictions on the temperance
question, he is bound to respect those
of his wife. The venerable Senator
Thurman was never considered rabid
on that issue, but his wife, for reasons
Of her own, was fully imbrued with the
touch not, taste not, handle not" prin-
ciple. It is related that upon one oc-
casion Senator Thurman's friends Wis
tied his house to apprise him that a
new political honor had been conferred
upon him. He was pleased, but after
they had been seated a few moments
the conversation Jagged, and the old
Roman seemed to be i'll at ease. His
wife tried her best to entertain the
campaigners, and the Senator excused
himself. He presently appeared with
his boots and tOp-cOat on.
Gentlemen" said he, eve will now
go out and get something to smoke.
My wife is the boss here, and we never
have anything to drink in the house. :"
Mrs. Thurman looked pleased as she
closed the door after them.
CAS- L was saying" added the Sena-
tor, she runs the house; but, thank
God! she doesn't run the town. "-NelV
York Herald.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25

Gurneth away wrath
Who keeps her sweetest smiles and
most loving words for her husband
Who is his cOnfdante in sorrow OF in
JOY, and who does not feel the neces-
sity Of explaining her private affairs to
the neighborhood
Who respects the rights of hus-
band and children, and in return has
due regard paid to her.
Who knows that the strongest argu-
ment is her WOman1iness, and so she
cultivates it.
Who is sympathetic in joy or in
grief, and who finds work for her hands
to do.
Who makes friends and keeps them.
Who is not made bitter by trouble,
but who strengthens and sweetens IN
der it.
Who tries to conceal the faults of
her husband rather than blazon them
forth to the uninterested public.
The woman whose ife-bOok has love
written on every page.
Who makes a home for a mana
home in a house and in heart. A
home that he is sure of, a home that is
full of love, presided over by one whose
price is above rubies.
She Is the model wife.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25

Frank Stimson and Mary BaIIman
were married in AshevilIe, N c.; in
1865. Subsequently Stimson secured
a divorce from his wife. Five years
ago Mrs. Stimson, accompanied by her
two children, came to Georgia and To-
Gated in Camden County. She bought
a small farm, which was tended by her
son, aged 10 years.
Soon after Mrs. Stimson left her old
home the former husband married
again. and one year afterward his secs
ond wife died. Stimson found the life
of a widower not a pleasant one, and
he cast his eyes about for another com
panion. When he thought Of his first
wife the old love revived, and he wrote
to her, pleading for a renewal Of her
love.
StimsOn was successful and viii
marry his divorced wife some time next
month. The comiag wedding has set
the whole neighbOrhood to talking, and
great preparations are being made to
do honor to the couple.-Atia71tG
Journal
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25

excitement. both before and after the
event; so that, apart from the expos
ure to the chances of Chill, and i'm
proper food and drink on the occasion,
there is an amount of wear and tear
and waste attending these parties
which ought to be estimated, and the
estimate can scarcely be a low one.
1t may seem ungraciOus to strive to
put limit on the pleasures of the
young, but it must not be forgotten
that early youth IS the period Of growth
and development, and that anything
and everything that causes special
waste of organized material, without
compensatory stimulus to nutrition,
ought to be avoided We turn from
these to the mental and nerve injuries
inflicted on the growing organism.
They. are certainly not to be disregard
ed. A perfect storm of excitement
RACES in the little brain from the mo
ment the invitation has been received,
and the affair is talked about In the
nursery until after the evening. Sleep
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25

a report that we were spies. Fortu-
nately we got wind of the fact that
crowd" was coming after US. Three
horses were never saddled more quickly
and three men never made better time
for over forty miles than did we, and
we made it none too soon, as a couple
of bullet-holes through the OvercOat of
the man in the rear as we flew down
the mountain told US that Big Sandy
sharpshOOters with Winchesters at 500
yards were dangerous creatures when
riled.
Across the State OF Kentucky.
through the northwestern part, is a
long range of mountainous country
filed with forests and lined by a dense
growth of underbrush Through this
dense forest there are passes which are
known like every trail and road to its
citizens. Many Of these passes are
narrow deftes, where two or three men
with Winchesters can keep back a
regiment, and it is through these
passes that the many escapes from the
officers are made. It is a well-known
fact that for many years a large band
Of hOrse-thleves has preyed upon the
! people Of Kentucky, Indiana, Tennes-
see, and even Illinois, and that they
have been trailed to the mountains OF
Kentucky and into the neighborhood OF
some one or more of these passes
say Crackers Neck" near the West
/ Virginia hne-but very few of the
! thieves were ever captured, or the
! stock recovered. After the band sue
ceeds in getting through into tht
mountains, it considers itself safe from
pursuit.
] Crackers Neck is a fair sample O.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25
Tho Is a Model Wife ?

MODEL wife is
t h q wO man in
whom the heart of
her husband doth
Ssafely trust.
She is the woman
who looks after his
h US e hold, and
makes her hospi-
tality a delight to
him, an d n o t a
burden.
Who has learned
that a soft answer
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25

Scientist-So you have followed the
sea all your life! presume you are a
thorough meteorological prognosticator
by this time.
Jack Tarre-A which?
4A-Imean you can easily foretel1 a
gale, can't you ?"
Easy 'nough, sir. When you see
the captain dancin' around an yelIin'
out forty orders at onct, you kin Jest
make up y'r mind thet it's goin' ter
blow. "-Ne2g York ReekIg.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25

dreds of desperadoes, it got a wide
Along in the ,4O's and sos the eoun-
try for hundreds of miles above and
below was filed with e0unterfeits,
principally silver dollars. The Gov
eminent of the United States sent out
a number of it's best detectives, and
after long time they located their
manufacture at Sandy, but the manu-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25
THE PAST.
81 MRS. NAPOLEON B. moBAxaE.

81 MRS. NAPOLEON B. MoBANGE.
Like mist upon the mountains far,
Like moonlight on a sleeping stream,
Or, like some pale and distant star.
Our past lives seem.
Their memories eIude our grasp,
Their events perish like the flowers;
IN vain we stretch our hands to clasp
Those lives Of ours.
The Past how vague and shadoyVy All
Did we those misty pathways tread2
And they VINO answer not our CALL
The silent Dead,
We're they once with us as we de5mE
Their images are fading fast,
Or is it but a cherished DREAM
This phantom Past?
Comes there from that shadow-Iand
Aught else but shapes as in a dream?
We greet no actual kindred band
We catch a gleam,
TITS true, of what we call our Pasts
A visionary glimpse we get,
AS OF q twilight waning fast,
and then-fOrget.
NEW YORK CITY.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25

AN interesting astronomical dlscov-
erv is. announced from Italy. After ten
years of Investigation, SchiapareIi has
found that Mercury, the planet nearest
to the sun. has a rotation like that Of
the moon. The planet turns once on
its axis during the period Of It's revOlu-
tiOD round the sun, so that the same
side is always turned toward the sun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25
ChiIdren's Parties.

OF only In win
ter, but at all
S e a s Ons, tn g
amusements of
young children
ought to be sim
pie, unexciting,
and as free as
possible from the
characteristics of
the pleasures -
of late years.
The so called
pleasure" of a
chi1dren's party
involves a very
large measure of
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25

An inventor Of Belfast, Ireland, has
made a pneumatic tire for bicycles that
is claimed to destroy all vibration. 1t
is about two and one-haIf inches IN di-
ameter, and consists of an outer cover
ing Of rubber inelosing an inner air
tube. Air is pumped In by Q loot
blower. and valve prevents its re'
turn.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25
IN A WILD COUNTRY.
Where Feuds Do Most Prevail.
- HE mountaineers

HE mountaineers
who live along
the Big S andy
river, which forms
the dividing line
b e t we e Il West
Virginia and Ken
lucky, and their
n e / ghbOrs Of
n orth e al t ern
Kentucky, who
have b e e n so
for
many years in
feuds, vendettas,
and bloody bat
Ties. are q most
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25

is disturbed by dreams, or, IN some
cases, prevented. by thinking Of the
occasion, and afterward the excitement
does not subside until days have
elapsed, perhaps not before another
invitation Is received
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25
He Came Out a Winner.

A couple of old salts met after long
absence and the following amin ated
conversation ensued:
A-WelI, old man, how are you get
ting on?
B-First rate; [ have taken a wife.
A very sensible idea.
B-Not bit of it; she's a regular
Tartar!
A-Then Pm sorry for you, mate.
B-There's no need; she bought me
a large vessel as her marriage pOr-
ton.
A-Then you made'a good bargain
after ALI
B-Nothing to boast of, I can tell
yOu; the ship turned out a worthless
old finder box.
A-Then I'm sorry I spoke.
Bah you can speak as much as
you like! The old tub was well in
sured and went down on her first
voyage.
how?
Blot so much mate; only got
five thousand dollars out Of the job as
my share.
A-That was too badl
B-TOo bad? Nothing of the sort (!
Wife was on board and went down with
the rest.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25

tonnage 3, 053 net. In the construction
Of this big ship 700 tons of Virginia
oak and /, 200, 600 feet of Virginia pine
timber were used. The frame is Of oak
and well seasoned when put up, and
the first quality of Georgia pine was
used in the ceiling, deck frames and
planking. The Rappahannock is the
heaviest spared ship that ever foated
the stars and stripes. Her mainmast
IS 80 feet long and 381 inches IN diam
eter; the foremost Is SO feet long and
80 inches in diameter; the main top
mast. So feet; main-tOp- gallanb-mast,
II feet; main yard, IS feet; fore yard,
95 feet; lower main-tOp-sail-yard, 81
feet; upper neutrality-suspicious. 81 feet;
lower main-tOp galIant-yard, re feet;
upper main-tOp-ga llant-yard, 81 feet;
main royaI-yard. 80 feet; main sky
sail-yard, - feet. The lower masts
are of Georgia pine and the other spars
Of Oregon pine. Her spread Of canvas
IS $4,000 yards. When loaded she
draws twenty eight feet of water. The
Rappahannock took on her first cargo
st Philadelphia, consisting of /, 200. GOO
gallons Of oil in cases for Japan. the
largest cargo of the kind ever ex-
ported.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25

The price Of game In France is al
legged to depend principally upon the
state of the moon. When the moon Is
dark the poachers cannot see to set
their snaFes at night, and game IS scarce.
When the moon IS full there IS plenty
Of Light, and the poachers get lots Of
game.
49, - = -, =, H.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25

- "a o - has a e phiz.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25
The Biggest shfp Afloat.

HE new ship Rap
pahannock, recently
completed at Bath,
Me, at a cost Of
1925, OOO,is the Iarg-
est wooden vessel
ever launched. Her
dimensions are 287
feet long, 4S& feet
beam, and her total
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-25
Az ADVENTURE WITH WOLVES.
A True sketch of Border Life.

WENTY years ago,
when I was a child
Of twelve, my par
ents moved to a
wild part of the
Rocky Mountains
of Colorado. He
built a small but
comfortable house
on the mountain
side, In the midst