The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-02
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

out INV iitulc you KNOW.
Philosophy lights no candle
in the night of death.
"A kind wordiwill go further
and strike harder than a can
non ball.
IF it were not for hunger
some men would never do an
honest days work.
AN exchange says, Jerry
Simpson is no longer sockless.
The weather is against him. Is
that all?
Under all circumstances, un-
der all conditions under all in
fluences, Bradycrotine will
promptly cure all headaches.
: No remedy more effectually
destroys and expels worms from
the intestines than Shriner's
Indian vermifuge. 1t is, with
out doubt, the best article in the
market.
Whence is it? And how is
it? Go to Stokes Hall next
Tuesday night and you will see
it. 10 sets of special scenery,
flight of the Fast Mail, Niagara
Falls by moonlight, with boil.
ing mist. Practical working
engine and IA freight cars.
with Illuminated Caboosc. The
Dago Dive, Realistic river,
scene aud steamboat explosion,
the police patrol and a hundred
other startling effects.
The attention Of our readers
is directed to the advertisement
of Mum & Co., patent solicit
tors, in another column. Their
name is familiar to patentees
throughout the country. In
connection with the publication
of the Scientific American for
the past forty-five years, they
have made the drawings and
specifications for more than one
hundred and twenty thousand
inventions, and their facilities
for obtaining patents were new
er better than now.
"A great calamity has be-
fallen Spain, the most populous
and thriving part. Recent dis
patches bring us the inforina-
ton that floods have devastated
and the greatest distress pre-
vailing there. Along the river
valleys, especially on the Jugar,
the orchards OF oranges and
other fruit trees have been bad.
ly damaged, and all other crops
destroyed. The lowland farms
are Uttered over with drift and
stones left by the foods, many
dwellings are ruined, and thous-
ands of people are suffering
from exposure and famine. The
health officials think that an
epidemic Of typhoid and mala
T ial fevers Is imminent. A more
terrible calamity than is threat
ened that portion Of Spain can
scarcely be conceived. Let US
hope that the worst fears may
not be realized.
Independent. An exchange
well says: The farmer does not
realize how Independent he is.
He is a workingtnan; but his
ambition begins where that OF
any other workingman ends.
The latter tolls long and
hard 10 procure food for his
family. The farmer takes no
account Of the farm products
consumed by his family; he
thinks he is in O very bad way
if at the end OF the season he
has nothing 10 sell, no matter
how well his family may have
lived in the meantime. He
aspires 10 be q merchant as well
as a farmer, and counts only
what he sells; not what he
raises. And yet il Is perfectly
clear that a man with q farm
worth having need never come
20 want for food. II this is not
being independent, what Isl
The people in the country
have commenced this early to
buy their Christmas goods and
supplies for the winter. These
people generally buy frem their
home merchants, thereby keep.
ing their money at home. The
RECORDER has frequently en-.
deavored 10 impross upon the
minds Of its readers the impor-
lance Of trading at home-all
things being equal. Keep your
money at home. DO net send
elsewhere 70 buy what can be
bought here. A great many
people prefer TO send of to buy
what they need because they
think Il sounds bigger to tell
their friends that such. and
such VS. ordered from the
city. We have heard OF in
stances where people ordered
articles from a distance and paid
heavy express or mail charges,
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