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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-03
Are You working?

That is, are you doing any.
thing to advance your county OF
your capitol town? 1t is in the
power of every man here to sith'
er help forward the development
or cast his influence against
it. When the year 1892 re-
places the present, it is the citi.
zens of this town and every one
of them who will be responsible
for the results apparent. We
expect to see and feel confident
that these results will be great
but we tell you frankly that il
will require the devoted work
of every man in this town il
you propose continuing in the
front ranks. We would rather
have ten men active, broad
minded and progressive men,
than every natural advantage
that 10 possessed by the most
favored spot in this world.
Men make or mar all enterpris.
es. There are men in this town
and there are men in every
other town who are lying back
trying to make all they can of
of other persons efforts and moi
only not doing q single thing
themselves to advance the work
but with q cool, hard assurance
criticizing and condemnine
those who are working for moi
building q city in q day. Such
men deserve only tine contempt
of the community in which they
reside. No one respects them
for their actions or words. II
an enterprise falls through,
then they say, 1--WE told you
So" They advise and they ad.
wise but suggest something u
them that will require q dollar
or q little Of their time and
there Is no direct benefit h
them that can be seen from Il
and they tell you they really
can't spare q cent just now or q
minute Of their valuable time.
Citizens, this 10 not the way "a
build q town. Every man in II
must work for IL advancement
and not discourage Others by
his wretched representation.
Ten minutes work on your part
il worth one hundred times
what ten hours saying what
you would do were you some
one else.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-03
MORTGAGE SALE.

by virtue OF q mortgage deed
srecuted 10 me by Louisa Leigh,
will offer for sale at the Court
House door In Durham at public
auction on Saturday, June 10Th '9I.
at ~ o'clock, che said land contained
10 the said mortgage, containing
81 Ia acres. Theresa good dweIl-
ing house, barn and other out
houees, good crop Of wheat, corn
be-, growing. The said mortgage
Is recorded in Registers Office,
Book i6, page 10 and so.
TERMS Of sale cash. The said
land is IN Lebtnon Township,
Durham county.
JAMES A. GARRARD,
May IS, '91. Mortgagee.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-03

Few, II any, lines of business
have made such rapid growth
In this country in the last de.
cads as that Of flower culture.
The census shows that from
less than 400 in 1870 the num-
Der Of florists establishments
have increased 70 1859. These
are valued atnsarly $4,000, 900,
and give employment 10 16,s47
men and 1858 women, who
earned In 1890 more than %, Ooo,.
900,
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-03

A GERMAN inventor proposes TO
make boots with stone soles. He
mixes with q waterproof glue q
suitable quality ofclsan quartz
sand, which Is spread on the
thin leather sole employed as q
foundation. These quartz soles
are said TO be very flexible and
almost indestructable, while
they enable the wearer 10 walk
safely overslippsry roads. Now
IL some one viii invent some
thing 10 prevent the uppers from
wearing out the thing win be
complete.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-03

THERE is a movement on foot
at Ashsville to erect a granite
monument on the square in front
of the court house in honor Of
the Confederate dead.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-03
Barnum's Ashes Disturbed.


BRIDGEPGRT, Conn, June /.
"A daring attempt 10 steal the
body OF p I. Barnum, the dead
Snowman, was made about 3
o'clock yesterday morning by
ghouls. The watchman was
aroused by the sound of pick.
He quietly aroused his compan-
ion, and both proceeded in the
direction Of the grave, whence
the sounds came. They crept
TO within q dozen feet Of the
tomb without being heard.
One then asked: TWho Ia
thereg' No reply came, but
the work stopped and one Of the
men exclaimed: "Run boys,
for your life; we are caught"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-03

100000 was the amount APP
proprhted by the Pennsylvania
Legislature to defray the ex-
penses Of a State exhibition at
the Worlds Fair.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-03
DURHAM RECORDER
WEDNESDAY, june ), lSsl,
TINE QUESTION OF IMPROV-
ED ROADS.

The Greensboro Patriot says:
The papers still continue to
hammer at the question of inn
proved roads. THE DURHAM
RECORDER, the Eatonton Mes
senger and other papers have
discussed the question at some
length lately. We quote from
the Messenger:
OF course any step forward
will be opposed by a certain
class of men, the fellows who
do not propose to do anything
for prosperity because prosper
ity hasn't done anything for
them. But there are enough
live men in Putnam county to
sit on and "sqush" out such OPP
position, and when it 10 shown
to them that it win pay to in
vest in a plan which win give
them good roads, they will take
stock in it and give it hearty
support.
It would be no costly or labo-
rious job to macadamizc Put
MANS roads. Nature has fur
nished the material in prodigal
abundance and placed it right
on top of the ground where it
can be had for the plucklng. A
steam crusher and a few hands
and teams kept constantly at
work under an expert road build
er would not call for q heavy
outlay. Their costs would soon
be overmatched in the saving
to the teams and wagons Of the
farmers, especially in the win
ter months. The steep hills
could be speedily cut off and
the dirt filled in the hollows;
the bitches and culverts could
be made to do proper service.
and the day of deep and danger
Gus mudholes would be at an
end. r. .s#
The present system of road
working is a farce and imposi-
ton. 1t has been tried and
found wanting, and it is time
for a change. There is scarcely
a road overseer who is "up"
sufficiently in bodybuilding to
make a decent squirrel path TO
a spring. The idea of a few
hands rushing over a badly
worn and washed five miles of
road in a day or two, twice,
sometimes once, a year as pre-
posterous. But that is the way
Putman's roads are mangled
under the present system.
One of Greensboro's public
spirited men says he would give
athousand dollars towards hav-
ing macadamized roads in Gull
ford, and we are sure there are
others who would make liberal
donations toward the same OBJ
ject. II our citizens would
study this question more and
pull together there would soon
beagreat change for the better
in our county roads.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-03

A SPECIAL from London says.
The property left by Sir Rich.
ard Sutton, who raced the Gen.
esta for the American cup, ID
over $s5,OOO,OOO. The heir 20
the estate Is q posthumous child
only just born. The sccumu.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-03

IT IS now said that Race pre-
JUDGES, and not religion, is at
the bottom Of thepersecution Of
the Jews in Russia.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-03

THE first number of the Elm
City Gazette, Carleton E. Pal
mer, colored, editor, mada its
appearance last Saturday.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-03

FoRsrrKE county has appro.
priated $500 for the Forsythe
exhibit at the Southern Expo.
sition at Raleigh.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-03

A YOUNG lady created q SEN
sation in Fifth Avenue one day
last week by wearing a hat
which consisted solely Of a long
black snake made Of beaded
cord. The serpent seemed to
be tightly coiled, with the ex-
ception Of its head, which was
raised, and extended over the
front hair Of the wearer. The
mouth being open and the fangs
displayed, the effect on people
meeting the lady was startling,
TO say the least, says q New
York paper. We should say 90
and wonder why some women
make such frights Of them
selves.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-03


Almost every town has more
or less loafers who seem TO exist
on air-at least they stalk about
the streets doing nothing. Does
the young man who persists in
being a loafer reflect how much
less it would cost to be q decent,
respectable man? Does he inn
agine that loafing is more
economical than trying to make
an honest support? It costs
time in the first place day,
weeks yes even months of it;
for no man can be a first class
loafer without devoting his
whole time to il.
The loafer always finds time
to do anything, IL invited at the
cost of friends, but Just let q
crowd get together and offer TO
chip in for some amusement or
treat and he is not in it. If his
frail barque is ever showed out
on the sea of loaferism he bids
farewell TO every friendly sail
that sails under an honest, legi-
innate flag. lt costs money,
for, though the loafer may not
earn q cent or have one for
months, the time lost might pro-
cure him much money if devot-
ed TO industry instead of sloth.
II costs health, comfort, all the
true pleasures of living, honor,
self respect and the respect Of
the world, in fact every essen
tual is lacking that goes TO
make a true man. II is far
cheaper TO be q man, and why
not be one!
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-03

lation BY the t.6e he comes Of
age win be .omething prodigi-
GUS.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-08-07
Courage, Weary Mother.

mat have | done to-davr' the tired
mother asks OF night. Nothing but take
care OF baby and plan the meals and pick I'D.
My lie Is wasted on trihes.n Take courage,
weary mother! The progress Of the world
depends on the devotion of good women to
just such ''triles." Who can do a greate r
work than these-care for a child and look
aIter the interests of a home She who with
patient mother love prepares a human soul
Tor MES responsibilities, does valiant service
Tor both God and man. The first years Of n
child life must, Of necessity, be devoted to
The care OF the body, but the body should be
made fit temple for the indwelling of an
immortal soul Taking care OF. the baby is
surely no tritie when viewed in this light.
ANA what are the other services that 20 to
make home: hnumerable as the sands of
The seashore for number, and in themselves
almost as insignificant in character, but the
grand sum total serves, as does the sandy
shore, to stem the swelling tide of outside sin
ana suffering that menaceS with sullen war
the sanctlty OF home and the safety of society
The husband and the children who know the
comforts of happy home are safe from
many woes that prey Oh those outside its
shelter Blessings on the wife and mother
who 'looketh well to the ways of her house
hold, and eatcth not the bread Of idIeness.n
The heart Of her husband doth safely trust
III her ''Her children arise up and call her
blessed-n strength and honor are her
clothing, and she shall rejoice in time to
come.-IOWa State Register
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-08-07

Finally the best wine came last; the best
speaker was the handsomest ard most at
tractlve woman, and if | could tell her name
you'd all recognize her as a notable social
leader. She said that She had just one little
story to tell apropos Of the discussion on
dress.
an teaching my class at Five Points, she
said, Il used to always try to dress plainly,
and finally one day l had to 60 to a friends
from the mission, and had TO pat on Il visit
ing toilet | was troubled about it, but l did
not see any way out Of tie difficulty, SO de-
ternined to go on and forget about 1t as we'd
As | could. Well, as | was talking to the
class poor woman near me kept smoothing
down the vcl~et Of my skirt; all the time
she kept it up, touching it softly. After the
regular session was over asked those that
wanted to speak to me to wait, rs | always
do. The woman stayed, not saying any
thing, but going on softly smoothing the vel
vet. Do you like my gown l said
Sure, ma'am, We poor folks don't see
anything so soft down here, and touchin' it
has made me feel quieyer than anything You
said
''Since that I've made a point of dressing
handsomely when l went to Five Points.
That's my little contribution to the discus
sion on dress. New York Graphic.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-08-07
Charm of Little Dinners.

The sincerest form Of hospitality, and by
far the most enjoyable left to US, is .'littlen
dinners Snowy hanquets and display feeds
may possess some interest as spectaces, and
various forms Of gIorifcation, private and
public, individual or collective: but the real
soul OF good fellowship is in gathering Of
SIX to dozen persons-inteIIigent, congenial
round the table of a discriminating, ex-
perienccd host or hostess Tor both, who in
vite their friends, not to show the extent Of
their wealth and the luxury Of their plate
though there is no objection to the use Of
beautiful things, if one possesses them-but
whose first thought is comfort, and Il little
season Of unclouded, and, therefore, rational
enjoyment, on such q basis as can berepeated
and made part, indeed, Of the daily life
its milastones and happy occasions. Jennie
June in American Magazine.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-08-07

His countenance was open and bright
and showed nothing of that satirical
bitterness for which he was so eminent.
Leigh Hunt, in proposing his health on
one occasion, called him ''the bitter
JerrOld, with honey under him" |
once ventured to tell him that several
members of the club were afraid of
him and his bitter tongue and Stunned
conversation with him on that account.
when he said to me with great energy.
Sidney, | have never in my life said
or written a bitter thing of any one who
did not deserve it"
And must say that have frequently
heard him speak of persons and things
in the most courteous and beautiful and
even feeling metaphor fol-
lowing metaphor, quaint conceits, grace
full images, beautiful ideas and
thoughts, all expressed in one con-
tinual flow of eloquence from foun-
tain ineXhaustible In the winter Jer-
rold always took a chair close to the
tireside where he sat with his cigar, and
whence he issued his witticisms in his
dry and amusing manner, keeping us
all in continuous state of uproarious
laughter.-T. Sidney Cooper.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-08-07
Wives and Husbands

They were discussing the awful problem
of the ineifcency of 50 many men. There
were three of them-aIl ladies who had known
plenty and now were their own bread WIN
ners in consequence Of the failure of husbands
to even keep the wolf from the door. Il be
Iieve in setting out the slippers and all that
old time nonsense about IA wite's duties" said
one, ''if the husband provides the home and
its necessities. But when am obliged to 90
out into the world and earn the money to buy
his bread as well as my own, rs do now, |
give up the practice Of setting out the slip
pers.n Another remarked that a married
woman made the mistake of her life when
she began to do anything to carnlloney. The
third said she also believed that the efficiency
of woman was creating a race Of inefficient,
irresponsible men.
After talking it over in plain language, in
which use was found for tremendous en-
phasis, they all agreed that, as women were
so frequently obliged to earn their bread,
everything should be made as easy as pos
sible for them: but the Old way of the hus-
band earning and the wife eXpcnding the
money for their mutual comfort was the best,
and any departure therefrom showed that
there was something radically wrong some
where.-New y ork Press Every Day Talk
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-08-07

Mrs Abby Diaz recommends overworked
women to let good many unstarched arti-
cies go rough dried, with only a little pulling
aud smoothing, to put palmer clothes on
children, and to quit baking so much cake
and pie. The great point is to gain time
Let them give up doing those things for
their children, III order that they may do
better things for those children, such as read
ing, talking, walking with them, especially
walking the woods and fields, such as getting
light on matters connected with their proper
training. | don't mean to say that we never
have bit Of cake or pudding in the house
IN fact, we do often have plain cake and gin
gerbread, and occasionally, to help out, q
pudding. But they are not counted in among
the must HAYES l have escaped from that
tyranny. If there's no cake in the house,
don't feel myself to be a shamed and sinful
creature, as l used TO. New York Post
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-08-07
Where Nobody Starves.

Within a hundred miles of the east
coast of Australia no nativein an uncrip-
pied condition has ever died from lack of
digestible food-a rather comprehensive
term in country where fern roots are
boiled like potatoes, and snails and grass
hoppers are considered tidbits Strange
to say, the martyrs Of that horrid diet
get old, as a proof that freedom from
care is, after all, the main condition of
longevity A similar phenomenon may
be observed in the villages of Central
Russia, where mental stagnation pre-
walls in its ugliest forms, but where
charity and parish poor laws protect
every native from the risk of actual star
walton. = Professor Oswald in Good
Words.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-08-07
$4,000 NILES OF RAILROAD.
analysis Of the Work ard the Money Re-
qaired for Building 1t.


The railways laid out 15.0Oo miles If nav
road for 1887, ana as near rs the bset laii
plans OF man can 20 it was completed If
not done inside January and January If was
sum matter of unfinished business left over
and when the work laid out is closed III, II
VIII De found that it was a round 1000 miles
" ~ ne" iihes Tor which the builders set out at
the beginning of 1887, As this is benominr
complete, and the competition created bv il
pl'ptdrS' the necessity for adjusting rates and
business relations, and the care of the bonds
anu some interstate questions are presented
Ihe managers have set down to digest the new
responsibility they have created. To do this
Is hAeiy to occupy six months at least. and
Tue question comes up. what is to he the ont
come:
IN bonds and pledges and bonuses this
l0,otO miles Of new road represents a round
sum OF S45O,0@,O00, which has been placed
IN new relations to the business world 4
large part of this has been taken ont of tbe
control of Wall street, and leaves that most
pare OF the material for speculation and re
speculation. The greater part of this has
been absorbed and cannot 20 back to Wall
street again, except in dividends and prod-
uctS and III the sale of new bonds to Fnro-
lean investors. But the expenditure of
sl20'oOo'OO0 in new roads IS but a small part
OF the work, and only part of the expense.
The "ballasting upn and rounding ont of
the skeleton of the creation is an equally i'm
portant work. There must be locomotives
and rolling stock, and repair shops, and the
Strengthening Of curves, and reducing of
grades, and building of switches and sidinCs,
ana depotS and StOrehOuseS to an extent M
most equaling the first expenditure of labor
and money.
When this is done, and every car shop and
machine shop in the country has been taxed
to the utmost and the new employees at work.
and the new freight ARRANGEMENTS made
then comes that other question Of a set battle
with each other for business In this is the
governing phase of all new railway building
II by the construction Of a feeder or the ex-
tension of parallel the war Of rates created
destroys the profits upon the Old line then
the profit and loss is a serious considera-
uon.-Chicago Journal Of Commerce.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-08-07

Most of our boys assume the responsible
tics Of the citizen. and our girls enter upol
the duties of the wife and the mother will
cLl5 the knowledge acquired in the pubh'
schools.
Nov. what do they know!
low many of the girls understand tn
s.. Is, rules of diet, ventilation OF health
full dressing? How many know how 20 treat
a person suffering from sunstroke! How
many coulI bind up wound so as to check
the flow Of bloods How many could take
prom1t and efficient action in those moments
when it is 50 imperatively required, those
fearfullv important moments, before the
doctor come>:" In olden days the house
mother had learned in her girlhood 1.-THE use
of simples and the most noble art Of chirur-
gerv." If. vi,I our far greater knowledge
of the human body and its laws, we adopted
she same plan i'll teaching our daughters
how many precious lives would be saved
E. NJ. Hardinge in The Epoch.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-08-07
Amusements of the Eskimn-

In the matter of amusements the Eskimo
are not badly Off. They have a form of Gun
and ball, the ball being a block of ivory
pierced with holes at different angles, into
one of which the players strive to insert an
ivory peg as the block falls, the position of
the hole determining the value of the stroke.
Anoth I game closely resembles dominoes.
and contains pieces running as high as
"douJle thirtjes," but the sequences are not
regularly carried out, the breaks III them
seeming to be without system.
When they can borrow or purchase a pack
of cards they will play cuchre and high low
jack with considerable skill; and they also
enjoy draughts, having learned these games
from the whalers. They have a game ex-
actly like solitaire with the exception that
ivory pegs take the place of glass balls. The
special amusement of the women is a species
Of eats cradle" which has been brought to
such perfection that they develop from twenty
to thirty different figures in it. Indeed, they
are extremely clever in performing tricks
with string, winding and twisting a piece in
and out among their fingers and then olsen
tangling it by a single pull ON one end
American Magazine.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-08-07

One OF the strangest lapidarian freaks
that has ever come within the knowl-
edge OF diamond experts is at the Burns
hotel in Kimberly, South Africa. The
stone is in shape and size like a pigeons
egg, of a dark brown color externally,
and at first sight Opaque If viewed in
a dark place, with candle or other light
SO placed that the rays pass through
the stone before falling on the retina,
however, one sees distinctly the image
Of man from the waist upward.
Turning the pebble, he sees at another
point a wOman's face, partly concealed
by heavy tresses, and yet, again, on
another portion of the surface being
applied to the eye, a moonlit cloud
sketch is clearly delineated.
The stone was found in a debris
wash up, and $50 have been refused for
it. A Mr. Bergsma, debris washer,
was the finder of the remarkable stone.
jewelers. Weekly.