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The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-15
SETTLE WILL SETTLE II.
After Il Long Fight Tom Settle Gets Both
Feet to the Front and Is "A Winner.

Feet to the Front and Is "A Winner.
GREENSBORO, July 14.-[Special. -
The fifth congressional convention was
called to order at 3:l5 p. m by D.. {.
Mangum, of Durham chairman. The
call for the convention was read by Jesse
HOskins, secretary, of GuilfOrd county.
All the counties in the district were fully
represented. On motion a committee of
fve-Woody, Cheek, Corbett, Bost and
WoOdleaf-on credentials was appointed.
While the convention was waiting for
the committee to report, S. 3. Adams, of
CasWell, was called to the stand and
spoke for harmony, etc. The committee,
who were all Amis men, then reported
that Whereas, etc, that there was i'll
feeling in lhis conventions; etc, and that
this convention adjourn sine die, and
that the chairman then call another con-
v%entiOn to meet at place and time to be
decided upon. This was favored by the
Granville, Person, Caswell and Orange
delegation, Rockingham, Guilford, Stokes
and Alamance opposing it. At this time
Mr.. Harden, of Alamance, made a point
that all of this was out of order, and that
there could be no further business trans
acted until a permanent organization was
effected, and that the e business was
the election of a chairman. Mr.. Wray,
of Rockingham, moved that j. III. Har-
den be made chairman. Another dele
gate moved hat the present chairman be
retained. The first motion prevailed,
and Mr.. Harden was elected. At this
Orange delegation, led by WoOdleaf, a
negro delegate from Granville, left the
hall. Great confusion and disorder pre-
vailed. The chairman then asked for
the sense Of the convention. \ delegate
moved that the convention go into the
nomination Of n candidate for congress:
carried.
Are you ready for nominations :"
asked the chairman.
Ans: "Question."
Mr.. Wray, of Rockingham, put into
nomination a sterling and tried repub.
who was not only known
in this congressional district, but was
known all over the state. 4 young
man OF great ability and was qualified to
I'LL any office in the gift Of the people.
lie am thomas Settle. ecOnded by
harden, OF Alamance.
The chairman asked II there was any
other nomination. No others being
placed IN nomination, a o ! was ordered.
stokes voted :, Rockingham 4, Guilford
t, Aiamance :, Person /, Caswell IA
total Of II! out of 2f for Settle. Caswell
voted for AmiS. When Granville Vas
called, the negro delegate answered,
"Granville not in it
~"OrangeE
Orange not in it," came the answer.
An alternate arose and answered
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-15

lT MAY he observed hat when it comes
TO local news, these days, THE GLOBE, as
usual, leads the procession. And the list
OF readers dailY increases
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-15

This is as the doctor tells it.
He
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-15


The Observer recognizes the fact that
peoples party conventions are for mem,
bers of the peopld's party and for some
others. 1t would scOrn to advise the
capture of these conventions by out
siders; but in bringing the case home to
the third party people we mean 70 show
them exactly what sort of ground they
took in the spring, and where they would
be now if others acted according to the
code of political morals that governed
them a few months back.-CharlOtte Oh
server.
And if all this was known, the peoples
party is for anything and everything.
The third party reminds us of the black
smith who tried to make many things
out of a piece of iron. Failing in all, he
finally said, as he threw a very small
piece-all that was left-into the tub,
"Well, | can make a Damn FiZzle."
And a damned fizzle is about all tie
third party will make or can make out
OF it,.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-15
AT RANDOM.

A lady fair with golden hair.
With fIeckles on her face
She did dip up SNUFF and swear
and cussed me of the place.
/ was Selling Books.
Dr.. JOHNSON, late this spring, sold some
marblehead cabbage seeds, and COLONEL
POSTLEY says that he raised tOmbstones which
had on them his full
Life
Work.
In speaking of DIR. JOHNSON. he claims that
just a short time ago he sawed of the leg of a
Ieper, and the leper died in
Ten
Days.
This is as the doctor tells it.
Died.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03

for the American Bible society for ten
years, and at the date Of the society's
last report had given away few over
100000 Bibles.
This is remarkable work, but much
more surprising is the fact that these
Bibles are we'll printed on good paper,
with large, clear type, and handsomely
bound, that they are in twenty languages
and dialects, and yet the average net
cost of their production is but forty-fiv
cents each. Adding all the expenses Of
storage and distribution, and still the
cost is below sixty cents OF the million
Bibles given away by Mr.. jackson the
society records show the largest number
to have been in German. Within the
years lately closed the record showed 3d.
239 IN that. tongue. The Swedish stood
next with 1922, and then came the
Danish with 6, s46, English s, 212, and SO
On down to 145 in Welsh, 1876 in Dutch,
s IN Polish, 5 in Portuguese and in.
Hungarian. a
It lis evident that these numbers do
not correspond with the number of inn
migrants from each nation, for the
Dutch, Welsh and most of the Eng
fish had Bibles of their own or de-
clined to receive any as gifts, while
many Italians and east European
folks could not read. Of those able to.
read the highest average is among the
Germans and the lowest among the
Italians. Next to the Germans are the
Scandinavians and next to them the
people of Great Britain of all races.
Many Of those who received Bibles years
ago have since written to Mr.. jackson
testifying to personal benefit gained
from reading the book
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03
A Glimpse of old London.

Mr.. H. G.. Richards lectured in the
English metropolis the other evening on
- ondon's 500 Y ears, and among other
things said '.If you see, as you OCCASION
ally may, a little party wandering about
curiously poking and prying into old
corners armed with Baedeker or Hare,
wanting to get into closed churches "a
standing shame) and asking where are
ancient monuments which had been
swept away by greed and avarice, they
are sure to be American, not English.
Londoners were hopelessly ignorant of
the streets in which they spent the best
portion Of their busy lives.
elbow few who ever stood or sought adj
mission to the private doorway of the
Mansion house pictured or thought of
the scene of 800 years ago-the deep
and winding valley coming down from
Bread street.. clad with villa gardens,
and the little colony of Roman rulers
and traders overshadowed and protected
by the green bastion of Roman fort.
The north wall and ditch extended east
ward for nearly half a mile, and a great
er opening lay to the west for Waiting
street, another to the north for Ermyr
street, and straight road passed the
market place in Eastcheap and went
down to London bridge. If the Romans
could but return today they would hard
ly recognize their old lake fort, the city
of 400 acres, and, with the exception of
Fleet valley, the ancient undulations are
scarcely to be traced of the old city"
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03
THE cH1LDREN's BUILDING.

Found1ings are happily not SO album
dant in Chicago as in Paris, but if there
should be any they will take the usual
at Chicago, however, will be only a
minor adjunct to the Children's build
ing, in which all kinds Of games will be
in progress. Expert kindergartners will
deliver lectures on foreign countries,
illustrating with stereopticon, and then
the children will be taken in classes to
the section of the grounds where the for
eign country is represented. In the
nursery all the latest Improvements in
dressing, feeding and generally caring
for children will be practiced, and there
mothers may learn much that is valua.
BILE.
George Cary, a Buffalo architect,
drew the plans for the building, which
is an adaptation of the palace of Fran
els 1, in Paris, and the entire structure
is 80 by 100 feet. The general form is
long rectangle, with projecting wing
at each end, these wings inclosing a
wide open court before the main en-
trance. The great object was to secure
abundance of light and air for each
room. The main structure is but one
story high and the wings but two, and
on top of the former is to be broad and
airy roof garden, well secured, on which
the children can disport themselves in
safety. There will be receiving, dress
ing, bathing and dining rooms and
everything to make life pleasant for the
little ones. There will also be a phys
ical training section and many other
features borrowed from the most sue
cessful institutions in Europe and Amer
! .. :. ~ !.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03
Siurapore,s Railway.

It is remarkable to think of the ma
terial progress of the age. The news
comes that the Island of Singapore now
possesses railway one mile long, which
is the commencement of proposed cleo
trio line intended to be laid down be-
tween the town of Singapore and the
village of Kranji. The town of Johore
lies on the other side of the straits,
which are here one mile across, exactly
opposite the village of Kranji and on
the southernmost point of the Malay
peninsula. The need of convenient COM
munication between the two towns has
long been felt, and if the scheme is car
ried through it will be of great benefit
to the trade and to all visitors to the
beautiful Island Of Singapore.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03

Mrs. Lease has certainly had an expe-
rience to qualify her for understanding
the needs of many classes. She was
born in Ireland, and with all the Irish
capacity for wit, sarcasm and eloquence.
She was brought to the United States in
childhood, and her father enlisted in the
Federal army and died prisoner in An
dersonville She married and with her
husband put in many years of very hard
work ON a Kansas farm, growing poorer
as they worked harder. Their home is
now in Wichita, and fortune is a little
kinder to them. She thought out for
herself an explanation of the depression
in agriculture, and SO became an elo-
quent advocate Of the Peoples party.
Many good judges consider her the most
eloquent speaker in Kansas; but even if
the legislature should elect her the SEN
ate would then have to decide on her
eligibility, and there the chances are
very decidedly against her.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03
KANSAS WOMAN POLITICIAN.

The Possibility That She May Be United
States Senator.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease says she will
enter into no scramble for United States
senator from Kansas, and will make no
fight on any other candidate unless she
is attacked because of being a woman
candidate. In that case she wants it I'M
derstood that there will be lively lack
ct. And having thus spoken she added
this singular but truly feminine state
ment: ssIa
sThere is one very peculiar fact con-
nected with my candidacy. have re-
ceived hundreds Of letters of encourage
ment. from men since the announcement
of my candidacy, but not one from a
woman. am the only woman who has
ever been mentioned in connection with
place of this kind, and | naturally ex-
pected some encouragement from my
sex. If the politicians see fit to attack
me because of my sex shall fight this
thing to finish as a matter of principle.
had a suffrage plank Incorporated in
the Populists' platform, and forced the
Republican party to do the same thing"
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03
A story of Professor Huxley.

Professor Huxley, Dr.. Wayland de-
clares, was once sitting at dinner beside
a lady who, in impassioned tones, asked
him whether he did not think it very
terrible thing that the Rev. Mr.. Jones,
the vicar, should have adopted the east
ward position in administering the sac
rament. ''My dear lady," he replied, II
am told by Sir John Herschel that to
drop pea at the end of every mile of a
voyage on a limitless ocean to the dis
lance Of the nearest fixed star would re-
ruire fleet of 10000 ships, each of 900
tons burden; all starting with full
cargo of peas. Now do you really sup
pose that the Maker of the fixed stars
considers this new position ofsMr. Jones
a serious thing?' New York Tribune.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03
A Chinese Theater.

A syndicate of Chinese capitalists,
some Of whom reside in Picking, are
building theater and bazaar at the cor
ner of Stony island and Sixty-fourth
street, Chicago, which is to be run dur
ing the exposition in the highest style of
Chinese art. The structure will be three
stories high, 81 by 100 feet, and will be
built of brick, stone and iron, with a
highly ornamented roof. The entrance,
which is to be fourteen feet wide, will be
adorned with Chinese designs. In fact
the entire front will be one combination
of Chinese symbols. In the basement
will be large dining room, where
dishes peculiar to the Chinese race will
be served. Opening from this will be
four private dining rooms. Az
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03

There will be a large tea store and six
smaller stores on the first floor, an open
stairway twenty feet wide will lead to
the theater ON the. second floor, and the
general finish of both will be thoroughly
Chinese. At each end Of the structure
will be Chinese pagoda, highly dec
grated and surmopnted with a 350-foot
fagpole. The theater will seat 1000
persons and will be finely finished in the
style of Picking. The cost of the structure
is put at 100000. Tom Sing, Of New
York; Sam Moy, of Chicago; the Chinese
representatives at Washington and
agents of the Six Companies of San
Francisco are working in concert.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03

a mere lad. The =. =. ANUS : y
fact that man of that age is honored
as one of the citys pioneers is star
Ting evidence of Chicago's wonderful
growth.
Mr.. Armstrong was born Nov. 90,
1842, in what was then north suburb
of Chicago. In boyhood he commenced
planning how to make his fathers real
estate there more valuable, and his first
conclusion was that in his lifetime the
city would grow far beyond that locality
and therefore land should at once be re-
served for park. In the spring of 1863
he was elected member of the city
council as representative from the Thir-
tenth ward, and as no one objected on
account of his age he entered on his.
duties at once and made the park sys-s
tenn a specially. AS there was already
cemetery there to which many re-s
mains had been moved from the center
of the city, the papers attacked the prof
ect with much heat, but the measure
was carried and work was begun the
next year.
Once Lincoln park was q fact, and
people found what a nice place it was,
South Side and West: Side citizens be-
stirred themselves to create parks of
their own, and SO Mr.. Armstrong may
be considered the father of the city park
system. All the aldermen who served
with him in 1868 and are still living
were on the reception committee, and
fine oil painting of Mr.. Armstrong was
presented to him. He is known to the
present generation as one of the firm of
Armstrong & Egan, architects.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03

a mood of profound contemplation.
Alphons Pelzer, the sculptor charged
with the execution of this work, is APP
parently new man in American art,
and his presentation Of Columbus pos
sesses the primary virtues of simplicity
and clearness of conception. It repre-
Bents Columbus the thinker-Columbu
Mt the time when he was planning his
great expedition and when there was
still great doubt in his mind as to its sue
cess. In one hand the figure holds 6
globe and in the other a pair of com
passes. The cross on the pedestal is an
emblem easily understood, and dove
Shas been added to give an air of light.
ness and grace as well ss-to typify peace.
The statue is to be executed in bronze,
and wilIsbea most appropriate figure in
the capital Of Ohio, a city named for the
great 6scoyerer,
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03
panr,,xa. or Hungarian Pepper.

A very delicious red pepper, too little
known in this country, is the Hungarian
paprika. 1t is little, if any, stronger
than white pepper, has an exquisite flavor
peculiarly its own, and threatens no he
patio troubles Although a very good
pepper for table use, the chief excellence
of the paprika is iniculinary employ
1nent. Heat brings 1out its flavor, and
being 81, mild it may be used lavishly
without giving pain to tender mouths.
The Spanish blacklpepper which grows
in long pods like vanilla beans, closely
approximates to paprikaAbut is not quite
so fine a flavor. Il is a little milder and
is princinal'... reea knocking. Food.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03

expert to guess
his nationality,
for he speaks
English, French,
German, Danish,
Swedish, F in
nish, Dutch, Rus
sian, Bohemian,
Polish and Slav-
ic, the first five
Like a native and
the others tolera-
bly, well. He is
a Swede, and his
name is Ernst
jackson. He has
Iara +1;a x.y<>rlr
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03
A Monster Specimen.

& The largest specimen of extinct ami
NAL ever found in the world was the
skeleton Of a Dinosaurian reptile dis:
covered in the Bad Lands in 1852, The
weight of the skull alone was 694 pounds,
and of the whole skeleton ] 800 pounds
1t is now in the rooms Of the Academy
of Natural Science, Philadelphia. 81,
Louis Republic.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03

q -
cago, to do honor %
to .ex=Alder1nan
John M. Arm
strong, father of
the Lincoln park
system. It is all
the more notable
because it was
held on Mr.. Arm
strong's fftieth
birthday, a n d
cennaemorated a
work which he
began thirty-two
years ago, when
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03
FOR THE CHILDREN.
A Beautiful Building That Will Be
Worlds Fair Feature.

The Children's building at the Column
bian exposition and the attached creche,
as it is called, will he places of great
interest as we'll as of much value to
mothers. Although the plan is borrowed
from France, it is to be hoped that the
experience of the good ladies will be
very different. During the Paris ex-
position of 1889 mothers took their in
fants to the creche and left them in care
of trained nurses while they wandered
about the grounds, and when the ex-
position closed the appalling fact was
published that about 5000 infants had
been abandoned and left to the mercies
of the creche.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03
ESTABLISHED JUNE %, 1se2--voL. 81.
GROVER And His GUN.
The President Elect Has Been Stir
ring up the Ducks.

A Graphic Description of the Place
Where Mr.. Cleveland Took His Recent
vacation-'Tis Called Hog Island De-
spite Efforts to Change the Name.
copyright, 1892 by American Press Associa-
toni
Hog island, where President Elect
Cleveland has been taking his vacation
and shooting ducks, is one of fifty such
islands, big and little, that line the coast
of Virginia's two peninsular counties
from Assateague light to Cape Charles.
The island lies about 300 miles south
west of New York and 100 miles south
east of Washington. Upon one side the
other is narrow and shallow inlet sep
arating the island from the mainland
and from a smaller island. The United
States government has vainly essayed to
give Hog island the more euphonious
name Of Broadwater. but the name Hog
island sticks and the island figures thus
upon the official election returns of Vir-
ginia Hog island cast thirty-one votes for
Mr.. Cleveland and none for any other
candidate. That is the usual Democratic
majority of the island, and the vote is
SO easily counted that although the or
binary method of reaching the main
land is by open sailboat the Hog island
returns are usually among the first to
come in.
The area of the island is between 5000
and 10000 acres. Its twenty-ons fam
lilies are employees of the government
and the sporting clubhouse and oyster
men. Every man and every half grown
boy can sail boat, and the people are
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03

ago, and land titles run back much fur
ther. When the government sought to
obtain land on Wallops island for a life
saving station, one Snead turned up,
claiming damages under an early Sew
enteenth century grant to an ancestor of
his own name.
E. N, VALLANDIGHAM,
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03
He GIVES AWAY BIBLES.
A Man Who, Has Distributed Over a
Million Copies.

Million Copies.
When the immigrant from foreign
lands has passed the complicated cate
chism of the government officials at New
York, has been inspected and properly
disinfected and turned loose in the big
room to assert his traps and his crowd
for his final destination, he is accosted
by a pleasant spoken gentleman with
this questions:
"Have you q BibleF'
It would be impossible for the most
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03
cHIcAeo,s LINCOLN PARK.

The Man who Created the Great North
Side Pleasure Grounds.
A very pleasant affair and one de-
serving place in history was the recent
Uatherin, at the Sherman House, Chi
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03

and portraits re-
Gently produced
in such numbers.
Possibly they do
not consider the
difficulty in rep
resenting Column
b u s.. No one
seems certain as
to his real por-
trait, and there is
still more doubt
as to whether he
should be repre-
sented as a peace
full explorer, a
soldier, a ruler of
men or a dream
ing enthusiast.
The artist who
prepared.the stat
ne for Column
bus, o., decided
H. I.sa4 1,S,~1 -,
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03
WASHINGTON WEEPS.
Officeholders Contemplate the Exodus
Of March 4.

For Personal Reasons the Prospect of a
Change in Administration Is Unwelcome
to Most Washingtonians Tradesmen
Will Lose Heavily.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03

Do not be hoodwinked. Use no ''1ust as
gooda Salvation Oil is what you want when in
need of good liniment.
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03
Columbus for Columbus.

The critics are having deal of fun
out of the various Columbus statues
The Portland daily press., 1892-12-03

would be impossible for the most
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-10-21

America, said Darweesh to one
of the ladies', must be a fine place,
and very like Egypt. You have corn,
tobacco, watermelons, and big river
there"
And crocodiles, too, she replied.
Wallahn' he cried in admiration +;
then, with a slight touch of jealousy
that, these blessings should be seat
tered broadcast, he added. do they
eat men?'
No, only dogs" she admitted.
All" he returned, eXulting in the
superior gastronomic taste of the
Egyptian saurian, "ours eat men?"
"Of course, yours will not eat dogs,
they are Moslem crocodiles," she
answered, referring to the Mohamme-
dams avoidance Of the dog as an un-
clean animal
AS one Of the most lovable charac-
teristics of the Arab is his instant and
intense appreciation of the feeblest
joke. Darweesh seemed much amused,
and repeated, with many chuckles,
Ours are Moslem crocodiles," as he
went about his daily work. -Scribner' g
Magazine.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-10-21

Men have natural horror of SHOP
ping" at its best; but send one Of
them to match shades" and he
shrinks from the ordeal like Macbeth
from the ghost. "Take any shade
but that!"
81 have come in here, SIR" said the
angry citizen to the superintendent
Of the horse car company, "to get
justice. Yesterday, as my wife was
getting into one of your cars, the con-
ductor stepped on her dress and tore
off yard OF it.
"Well, sir" calmly replied the
superintendent, 81 don't know as we
are to blame for that. What do you
expect us to do get her a new dress?"
No, sir, l do not" grimly re-
Piled the other, brandishing in his
night hand a piece Of cloth. What
propose to have you dois to help me
mated this piece Of cloth. Youths
Companion