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The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26
Valuable Real Estate.

The prodigious increase in the value Of
Fifth avenue property IS indicated by
the terms in which a part of the land at
the southwest corner Of Fifth avenue
and Thirtieth street, upon which the
new hotel, the Holland house. stands, has
been leased by Mrs. Mary j. Van Doren,
the builder and owner Of that imposing
edifce. 1t is understood that Mrs. Van
Doren was able to buy outright three
fourths OF the land necessary for the site
but that for the corner part Of it she was
compelled to pay the almost incredible
ground rent Of $4,000 a year clear, she
agreeing to pay the taxes.
1t is understood also that the lease is
for 100 years. Hence the wner of this
land and IT, = rs Will enjoy an income
of $4,000 ar. free of all burden or
expenses. fer i.e Hext 100 years. ThinI
of It'll Thirteen hundred thousand dol
lars merely for the use of a piece Of
land on a Fifth avenue corner, without
the owner being obliged to spend one
cent for improvements, taxes or any
other form Of outlay. Fortunate, in
deed, are the possessors and inheritors OF
Fifth avenue corner lots.-New York
Cor. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26
A Black Cat in a Courtroom.

Toward the close of the trial Of NJ. F.
Kerr, of Charlottesville, Ind, for forgery,
an incident occurred which, while anus
ing, demonstrated that the average
American still believes in the efficacy of
"signs." During a lull in the proceed
ings d strange black cat, with fierce.
glaring eyes, appeared in the doorway,
causing a solemn silence to fall over the
assembly. 1t paused, looked about, and
slowly swishing its tail to and fro ad-
vanced toward the space between the
prisoner and the jury's box. The Sd
lence became oppressive, and the judge,
lawyers, jurors and prisoner craned their
necks and with open mouths gazed at
the creature.
Would the apparition approach the
prisoner to be touched?" If SO the mar
was innocent and would be freed.
After standing as if transfixed for sec
onds it approached the prisoner, who
with a superhuman effort stretched
forth bis hand and touched the glossy
fur. Immediately the cat gave a joyous
meow" and disappeared. All were con
WINGED that Kerr would go free. He was
acquitted.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26
4 Vicious EaMk.

An Auburn business nan and a friend
were out hunting the other day. / big
hawk flew over their heads and they
blazed away at him. The shot broke
the birds wing and he came to the
ground, alighting on his back. He was
unable to turn owe and get upon his
feet, but was lively just the same, as the
Auburn hunters found before they sue
ceeded in killing him.
The business man placed the ra1nrod
of his gun in the hawks big, grasping
claws, all Of which straightaway closed
like the jaws of an enraged mud turtle
swapping at n stick in the hands of mis-
chievous boy. With the claws thus
taken care Of the business mans friend
proceeded to wiring the birds neck. In
the earlier stages of the operation the
harder the friend worked the tighter
would the hawk grasp the iron ramrod
and flap its wings.
All this was fun for the hunters, who
after a long struggle declared them
selves winners of the scrap. They had
hardly SO proclaimed when the bird got
his wind, and leaving the ramrod vi.
ciously attacked his prosecutors.
AS fate would have it, the business
mans friend, being nearest, was the first
to catch it. The hawk lighted on his
wrist, and the way he stuck there was a
caution. One claw sunk deep into the
hunters wrist, and he called loud and
long for mercy.
The business man, seeing that some
thing must be done at the risk of his
life, finally went to his friends rescue.
He got a good hold on the sunken claw,
braced his feet against a rock, and was
successful in pulling it out. AS the
claw came out, the hawk fell back and
in a moment was still in death. They
found that the birds wings measured
three feet and ten inches from tip to tip.
Maine Letter.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26
Real Babes i'm the Wood.

The two pretty little children of DaviJ
Wismer, of Quakertown, figured III the
role Of the Babes in the Wood" a few
days ago, but were rescued before the
birds had occasion to cover them W
with leaves. They suddenly took it in
their heads, while playing in the street,
to make a pilgrimage, and set out with
no further preliminaries than the prince
in the fairy tales. They came at last to
the road at Perkasie, several miles
away, but still were unweary, and kept
on their journey over the hills. Wonder
ing farmers .gaped at them a. they
passed.
The little ones soon struck the woods
and wandered around among the trees
until dusk d~eepened into evening, when
they composed themselves complacently
for slumber beneath the ov~erhanging
branches. Meanwhile the frightened
father had spread the alarm and wa
fast on their heels. He traced his babes
to the woods, where he awoke them,
and took them home with him hall
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26
The Cave Craze. Q

Half a dozen of our lads have lately
had the cave craze. They nave been
reading dime literature and became the
slaves Of an intense desire to become
robbers and live in caves. One Gay a
few weeks since they took shovels, picks
and hoes and went into a piece of woods
near the city, and without even think
ing whose the property might be, began
to dig a cave. A hole four feet square
and sever feet deep was dug. At the
bottom the hole was widened to nearly
eight feet. Over this was placed old
planks and brush and leaves, SO that the
''cave" was completely hidden. Here
they crawled into their wild abode
and imagined all sorts OF terrible things
of themselves.
About a week ago the owner of the
woods happened to be going by the spot
and noticed smoke rising from the
ground. He poked around in the leaves
and discovered the boys smoking ciga
rettes. What are you doing down
there?:" he called. I'VE are robbers aud
We'll cut your throat" said one youthful
voice. "No we amt either" said another
rather frightened boy; "we're only boz,
and we won't hurt you. This is ON
cave"
The owner of the land made the boys
get up out Of the pit, and while they
were crawling up cut a brace Of birches.
But when six lads III knee pants stood
before him he relented and punished
them by making them Immediately take
shovels and fill up the hole, into which
some Of his cattle might have fallen and
broken their necks.-Lewistou Journal.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26
Couldn't Collect with a Climb.

1t Is astonishing how history repeats
Itself. Tor centuries we have been try
ing TO perfect the laws SO that no trace
might be LETT of the good old rule. the
simple plan. that he may take who has
the right, and he may keep who can"
Still we are a long way from the mil
lennium, and every once in awhile some
worthy citizen. relapses TO the feudal
principle Of trying TO punch the head Of
a creditor when he fails to observe the
sacred traditions of steamship day. An
exasperated Market street tailor way
laid a risky advertising agent the other
evening on the steps of his boarding
house and collared him.
"If you don't pay me that bill this in
slant I'll club the life out of you," said
the victimized tradesman. The adyer-
Using agent cast an anxious look around
and there wasn't a soul in sight. Every
one was in the crowded dining room.
His resolve was instantly taken.
Come right into the parlor and II
give it to YOU" he said, with a smile,
and the man with the bludgeon released
his grip on his collar and followed him
uuIll the swinging doors OF the dining
room few open and the astonished tailor
stood confronting the staring crowd.
"Do any of you ladies and gentlemen
know this NAM asked the agent. The
boarders glared over their knives and
forks and shook their heads. Il thought
not. found the fellow ont in the Cor-
ridor trying one of the doors with a
skeleton key, and l guess he's the man
that's been robbing the hat rack lately
The positive resistance and declarations
Of the creditor only made his case worse,
and when the help got through busting
him with his own club the ashman would
have hesitated to pick him up from the
sidewalk.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26
They Deceive Their Parents.

There are some secrets of the football
field that if known to the papas and
mammals of the boys who play the game
would cause CONSERVATION. 1T is SO
dangerous" say these affectionate par
ents, and they tell their Willie or John
or James that he must not think of be-
ing a candidate for the eleven. But it
sometimes happens that the aforesaid
son is not as Obedient as he might be,
and under the disguise of a name not
his own-Smith or Jones or Brownie
plays "for all he's worth" for gore and
glory. The printed roll of a college
team mailing from a point not far from
Philadelphia contained last fall not less
IMAM tour bogus They were +"
oLnd to the parental eye and proved
most Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26
DURHAM SUPPLY co.


Are the town talk and our sales this week have been enormous. We have
just repenished them with an elegant assortment of choice bar
gains which we have marked down 70 very low that we
are confident that in one week from date there
will not be a dozen remnants left
in our entire stock.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26
Partisan thieves recently succeeded in

ParlS1an thieves ItCtHIIN suCCtOUcU
stealing and getting safely away with
an entire house and its contents. The
building was a two story frame struc-
turs.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26
zone Regiments Colonies.

Among the strange fatalities of the
real there are none more noteworthy
than those surrounding the cOlonelcy OF
the Twenty-frst infantry. In less than
a year the regiment has suffered the loss
of three colonels-Morrow, OBeirne and
Conrad. We trust that the fated three
break the spell, and that Colonel Jewett
will continue in command until his re-
tirement, March 81, 1898.-Arny and
Navy Journal.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26
1t Was His Quarter,

"g: cohn Dyer, grocer and postmaster
In knightville, was very much sur
prised the other day to receive in pay
go LOT goods an ancient Spanish quar-
.ei u tne date TIA. What most aston
Isheo Mr. Dyer wa to know how this
particular coin, which he had been treas
urlnS Tor a long time as a valuable relic.
nao got into circulation without his
Journal.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26
n Boys Explanation.

FIRST Little Boy-Is we at war with
anybody?
second Little Boy-In course not.
linen wot's the use Of gettin up such
a big navyg'
> we kin sass back."-Good News.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26
DR.. J. C. BROWN,
Surgeon Dentist
DURHAM, n. c.

Having practiced my profession for Is years
for town and country people. I now come and
locate permanently in Durham for the prac-
tice Of DENTISTRY. and offer my services 10
the citizens OF DURHAM and surrounding
COUNTRY in all departments of my profession.
~ Ofhce over Jones Jevetry Store.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26

At the Chicago university there VIII
be four quarters, each consisting OF two
terms-six weeks in each term. A stu
dent will be allowed to choose any two
terms in the year for his vacation.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26

The loss of flesh is a trihe.
You think you need not
mind it.
But, if you go on losing
for some time or lose a good
deal in a short time, you are
running down. Is that a
trihe?
Get back to your healthy
weight and generally you get
back to health.
A book on CAREFUL L1v-
ING will tell you what it is to
get there, and when SCOTS
Emulsion of cod-liver oil is
useful. Free.
SCOTT Bowxr. Chemists. -, South 9Th Avenue,
New York.
Your druggis, keeps SCOTS Emulsion Of cod liver
eii-aii druggists everywhere do. s..
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26

The pickle industry near Pittsburg has
assumed enormous proportions. The
largest shipment in this line ever made
recently left Pittsburg for a Kansas City
firm. 1t filed eighteen refrigerator +
and included over 5 $50. 900 pickles.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-01-26
OPEN FOR HOLIDAY TRADE

The finest Flour in the market 10 cases Three Crown Raisins; 10
cases California Cluster Raisns; 10 cases Peach and Apple Butter 10
cases Peach and Apple Jam; 10 cases choice Nuts; 1000 pounds Candy
Mince Meat, Currants, Prunes, Cucumber Pickle, Mixed Pickle, Chow
Chow, Olives, Sauce, Horse Radish; MOmajo, Lion, Arbuckle Roasted
Coffee; Granulated, Cut Loaf Pulverize, A and Brown Sugar; Cakes and
Crackers, Maple Syrup by the gallon and quarter gallon jugs; New Or
leans Moasses, Cuba Molasses, Syrups, ETC.; so Cheese; Pearl Grits,
Hominy, North Carolina Lard, Rice, Lima Beans, Navy Beans, Flavoring
Extracts, Plum Pudding, White Cherries, Bartlett Pears, Yellow Peaches,
Dat Meal, Dat Flake, Buckwheat.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-01-30

rainment, and work like galley
slaves that they might have the
! wherewithal to indulge in society
luxuries,
/ This is queer world, and the So
styled "short haired women and
! long haired men" are not the only
! queer ones They have stepped
out OF the time beaten track, to set
up a higher standard than public
sentiment for their rule OF action,
and like the Salvation army, follow
Gods will no mater who laughs.
The difference between the cranks
and many other mortals v1o are
sought after in the world IS hat the
cranks spend their Own money for
other peoples good, while their
critics spend the peoples money to
help themselves. Marvel not that
the world hates these peculiar crea-
tures-it has ever hated such a.
these; but it stands in their favor
that the Kingdom has not been
promised to the revilers and extor
TONERS, and these reformers may
turn corner yel, and come out
ahead in the race OF ife-Fd,m
/oHrHaL
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-01-30
GENIUS HAS NO SHOW.

| don't know whether to believe
this or not, said Swayback to
Snooper
What is it?
It's about man named Culver,
who lives i'll Kansas. II says he has
propagated plant he calls the
potomato, that grows potatoes
under the ground in the usual style
and bears tomatoes on the vine at
the surface What do you think of
that ?
Pm inclined to believe the story.
Well, don't believe word of it.
do, and | base it on my own ex.
perience in plant propagation.
What experience is that?
Well, sir, once experimental
long time with egg plants. l ma
nured them literally with lime and
albumen until l got those plants to
bearing eggs which could not be
distinguished from the genuine pro,
duct of the hen, sir?
Why did you quit the business?
Didn't it pay? | should think it
would when eggs are so high in
price
Pay? l should think in would!
That was the mischief of it. 1t
would pay too well.
How pay too we'll?
1t was Just thls way: All around
me lived a lot Of poultry raisers who
got big prices tor their eggs. Well,
sir, they were 50 jealous of my sue
cess and so afraid that my egg plant
would ruin their business, that they
hired a professional burglar to de-
stroy my plants one dark night by
pulling them up by the roots. That
discouraged me so that | never had
any heart to resume my experiments
| til you, sir, genius has no show in
this country when 1t threatens to
collide with some ones vested rights.
And SnoOpcr went vent in search
OF an egg nog made with real eggs.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-01-30
THE FARMS OF THE FUTURE.

Do you not think, Senator, that the
tendency Of the times IS toward small
farms rather than large ones2
No, replied Senator Casey (of North
DakOta), ! do not. think everything
points to expansive farming. The
farms Of the future in this country will
be large ones rather than small ones.
Farming become more Of a business
every year, and the probabilities are
TINT from now on farming will be one
OF the best paying industries in the
UnltedS:ates. The dav OF cheap lands
is passing away. There Is very little
unoccupied Government land left which
is worth ANYTHING, aud the day has come
when the prices of cereals must Use and
the people must rise and the people
must pay the farmers what their pro-
ducts ate worth. The increased con-
sumption OF wheat the world over
averages ioity million bushels every
year, and this increase will 60 on. The
time will come when there will be less
wheat titan the world wants, aud prices
will nave to go up to induce the farmers
to raise it. As it is now it does not pay
to raise wheat i'll most parts Of the
United States. The State Board of
Agriculture for Ohio lately investigated
the matter aud found that it costs $40
per acre to raise wheat in that State, and
the Secretary OF the Board of Trade OF
roEedo made similar investigation and
tolod iSCost $40 per acre TO raise
wheat in Southern Michigan. We find
thatit costs Us about So per acre for all
| the wheat we raise in Nortn Dakota, and
you cannot get the farmers to raise
wheat in Onio until you pay them a
price that will net them a good per
Centage over the $40 that it costs toraise
it. look for the time when wheat will
be SI.5o busheI, and even at this rate
it will hardly pay TO raise it in some parts
of the Union.
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WHOLE No. 2, 2,619

hope that feller will never live to preach
another sermon.
Another thing | have always looked
upon with great disapprOval, namelg:
the public opportunity OF viewing the
remains at the funeral. Before the
funeral service has begun the "last
look" should have been taken in
private and the casket sealed. Let the
friends be spared the public demon
stratlon of their grief. The scene IS
always a most distressing one and
could well be spared in every case.
One more thing, l think these un-
dertakers will bear me witness, needs
reforming, and that is settling the bills.
OfalI disgraceflI debts, that to the under
taker seems to me the most disgrace
ful. Pay him up. And when you are
setting the funeral expenses don't for
get to thank the minister. You may
have taken a whole day of his time
when he could least afford to spare it;
you may have occasioned him great
inconvenience. Now thank him for it.
Do that much. 1t is debt You owe
him. Don't forget it. 1t is one of
the mysteries of my profession that
people so invariably forgot to express
any gratitude for the services OF the
minister. Not once a year IS he even
thanked for his services in burying the
dead.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-01-30
THE WORLDS LARGEST TELE-
GRAPH OFFICE.

The biggest telegraph office in the
world is that If London. 1t is
located in the general postofiice
building, and is not accessible to
the general public. 1t contains
more than thre thousand operators,
and its batteries are supplied by a
plant of $4,000 cells, or enough
to make three solid glass rows OF
cells from tie Capitol TO the White
House. This cthce does more
business than any office in the United
States. 1t dispatches It's business
mrch quicker and more quietly than
our offices do, and its main opera
ting room is not half so noisy as the
main office of the Western Union
Company in New York. OF these
5000 operators about 1000 are
women. They have a room to
themselves, and they do their wori;
with American Morse instrume. Is
with registers and paper reels. In
the other parts OF the office all sort:
instruments are -used----Snd tn;
| Hughes printing re The
a. nODular - eprjDl
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-01-30
THE ADVANTAGES OF OLD AGE,

There is no reason why old age
should not be as happy and as enjoy
able as any other period of lite. II old
persons be asked as to their conscious
ness OF age they will all with one con-
sent declare that there exists nothing
of the kind. An old person has a
knowledge Of his age in the same way
az his friends he sees it by looking
in the mirror, by remembrances of
past events, or the loss of contem
porares, but he is not constantly car
rylng about with him the conviction or
feeling that he Is old he is thus still
able to occupy himself in the business
and pleasures of life.
Bufon spoke of his green old age
as one o! the happiest periods of his
| life, although the kind of pleasures then
experienced are, of course, different
from those Of youth and even when
3ecay comes, and man is becoming
free from the remembrance of all
earthly things, then, as Sir James Paget
says, (and no better example could be
found OF full mental activity by CON
tinued work), it may be SO ordered on
purpose that the spirit may be invigor
ated and undiSturbed IN co templa-
tion Of the Frightening future. Another
writer, speaking of old age in reference
to the decease OF an eminent barrister
also maintained that the highest facul
ties are kept keen by constant exer,
else and the brain vigorous by con.
stant action and renewal.
The understanding has often beer
in the highest perfection in quite ad
vanced old age, and that has :
best period of human If "a
time when the rage cod
, sion have ded
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-01-30
SNOW,

"Hurrlh. how it snpws:' cries the school boy il
glce
And his noisy companions they shout merriIy;
And the pure fakes are greeted whoop aud helloa
Hurrah Tor the luu, its beginning to snow.
Away party OF bellies and beauX.
And Siivery toned voices are Ginning 1t SHOWS 90
And the flakes they are hiding III trcsscs aud
curls,
And mcltin. in kisses on the Iiis OF fair girls.
The snow; ah. the snow, it lightly will fall,
And melt into tears on many pail.
Hearts heavy with sadness will heavier grow,
Remembering the mound now covered with snow
On. soundly they sleep. they heed not the blast.
OR dread the white Storm King Hurrying past
Stately and >tl!l, yet lying 80 low,
Iumindtul OF tears that fall with the suow.
Alas, how it SHOWS. cry the shivering poor.
Half clad and halffed they stand at your door.
On, give of your bounty to case their distress.
With your God given blessings the poor do ye
bless.
And blessings will each You wherever you 20:
Love blessing the hearts unchillcd by the snow.
Sarah Il. Lcr1g.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-01-30

and been forgotten, when memory
fingers upon all that is bright and
charming in the past, and when hope
scatters her most glowing tints over
fast approaching future; or. in the
words Of Sir Crichton Browne him
self; We are able to see in old age
glimpses Of the truth that its chief glory
consists not in the conquest Of pee
wish weakness IN the brightness OF hope,
and in the discrimination of happiness
around. Depend upon it, the best
antiseptic against senile decay is an
active interest in human affairs. and
that those keep young longest who
love most. In the same key did Oliver
Wendell Holmes, the laureate of old
age. sing when some ladies lately pre-
sented him with loving cup in his
eightieth year:
Better loves perfume in the empty bowl,
Than wines nepenthe for the aching soul:
Sweeter than song that ever poet sung,
1t makes an old heart young
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-01-30

u saw thee Smlc-tuc >apphirc's blaze
Besides thee ceased to shine,
1t could not match the living rays
Tint filled that glance OF thine.
As clouds from yonier sun receive
a deep and mellow dye
Which scarce the shade of coming eve
Can banish f:om the sky,
Tnusc smiles unto the modest mind
Their own pure 10y impart,
Their sunshine leaves a glow behind
That li4htcns Ger the heart
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-01-30

operating room of Paris 1000 opera
tors are at work. Nearly one half of
these are women. The day operators
work only seven hours, while the
night operators work ten hours, but
they get bigger pay than those who
work during the day.