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The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-25
an Observing Baker.

During u war between Austria and
Turkey Il baker in his cellar kneading
bread noticed a slight noise rising and
falling at intervals, which seemed to
come from a distant corner of his cellar.
He stopped his work, and tracing the
sounds discovered that they were caused
by a few marbles dancing up and down
on the head of IA little drum his child
had left there.
The majority OF persons would have
been satisfied to attribute the motion of
the marbles to the rumbling in the
street, OF 10 the occasional firing of guns.
but this man was an observer.
Surprised at the perfect regularity
with which the marbles jumped from
the drum head, he put his ear to the
ground and noticed a distant tapping.
He recalled how as a boy he had heard
from one end of Il long log "A companion
scratching with a pin upon the other
end, and he judged that the earth was
Just such Il conductor of sound as the
log had been.
Suddenly 1t flashed upon him that
what he heard was the sound of a pick.
and that the Turks We're doing what had
50 long been feared, undermining the
clty. The news was carried to the Aus
trlan general, examination made, p
counter mine prepared and exploded. and
the Turks put to fight.-Youth's Com
Ianion,
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-25
Connections Produced by Electricity.

Many effects have been attributed to
electrical connections, but for ONE Of
these it would be hazardous to vouch.
There are wells and springs which are
thrown into a state of apparent ebulli-
ton on the approach of a storm. Fount-
aims are said to pour out cOpious streams,
even in times of drought, when Jupiter
media nimbOrum in nOcte, cOrusea full
nina malitur dextra." Subterranean
thunders have occasionally been heard
preparatory to an aerial eruption. The
sea has cast up volumes Of water, as if
volcanoes were exploding below. The
ground has burst open, and floods of
water have gushed forth from the sides
Of hills or from assures in the rocks.
Taking another class of effects, cures
have been performed by lightning; equity
men have been enabled to walk freely;
epileptic persons have been healed;
amaurosis has been removed and rheu-
matism dispelled by a flash. But one
dare not look too closely into the sub
ject of medical electricity, nOr venture
TO recommend any n to tempt light
ming in the hope Of experiencing its cur
ative powers, for its action is arbitrary
and Oftener than not hurtful. Three
hundred persons were once struck in
Charleston prison and clean robbed Of
their muscular strength.-Chambers'
.JOurna1
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-25
Patti Sang for the Parrot.

In her castle at Craig-y-Nos Nine.
Patti has a $4,000 parrot, which she
cherishes and pets as if it were a child.
One day there went to interview Patti a
young man who had travelled long and
far to view the beautiful Craig-y-Nos
palace. Mime. Patti will be here in a
moment said the door attendant.
Just then there was a rustic of skirts
and Mime. Patti swept into a room adj
joining. In a minute the most beauti-
full, birdlike notes rose upon the air, I'M
mistakably from PATHS throat.
''She is singing to me-" said the de-
lighted listener to himself, land she is
too modest to come in and sing directly
before me. She wants me to hear her
as she sings at home. Oh, what JOY to
have this privilege!'
AT this moment the heavy draperies
were pulled aside and the attendant
said:
You may wait upon Mime. Patti
now. She has been giving a short les
son to her parrot. She teaches him
every day. This way, sir, if you please"
Chicago Post.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-25
The Division OF Time.

At the poles, where all meridians con-
verge, there can be no natural standard
time, for it is every hour of the day at
once; but the regulation Of time at these
singular points has not yet become a
burning question. Were the system Of
time reckoning recommended by the
prime meridian conference carried out
in its entirety, the minutes indicated on
all we'll regulated clock dials through
out the world would be the same at a
given instant, but the hours would diff
fer at each i dogs. of longitude by steps
Of one, twenty-four standards encircling
the globe. Thus, for example, at twenty
five minutes past noon of the prime Cor
rather the zero meridian, clocks 80 dogs.
Z. would show twenty-five minutes past
6 p. N. Dish. 25m.); those 90 dogs. W..
twenty-five minutes past 6 a. m. (6h.
2jm.), and those at 100 degs., twenty
five minutes past midnight.
The zero meridian adopted by the
prime meridian conference is that of
Greenwich, and definite time stand
ards based on hourly intervals from this
starting line have been used since 1883
on the railways of North America. The
continent is divided into strips Of -
dogs. il width, in each Of which a sep
arate time standard prevails from the
Gulf of Mexico to Hudson bay. Allan
tic time in the eastern province of Can
ada and in Newfoundland shows s a..
IN. at Greenwich noon; eastern time in
the Atlantic states of the Union marks
7 a. IN. at the same moment, while CEN
trail, mountain and Pacific time indicate
respectively 6, and 4 a. N. The merid-
ians which set the clocks across
America are those of 60, rs, 80, 105 and
12O degs. W.-LondOn Nature.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-25
Too Frank Expressions.

II an irish daily there recently ap-
pared this advertisement: "Wanted-A
gentleman to undertake the sale of a
/ ',anl medicine; the advertiser guaran-
le's Il will be profitable TO the under
~ta--'-." This is even an unhappier mode
81 expression than that adopted in a
local paper, when the editor regretted
10 nave 10 announce the death of Mr..
So-and-so, but was not astonished to
near Of the sad event. as deceased had
been attended for some time by DR..
Smnjn.-WOnan.
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J. 8 MeS1eY.
THE KELLEY INSTITUTE
Twelve Years Of Established Merit
NOTE OF WARNINCI
TO THE PUBLIC:
DWIGHT, ILL.,, April 80, 1892.

DWIGHT, ILL.,, April 80, 1892.
As a matter of justice to ourselves and to
the reputation of DR.. Leslie +. Keeley's
Double Chloride Of Gold remedies, for the
cure of the liquor, opium, morphine and
tobacco diseases and Neurasthenia, We warn
the public that these remedies are used by
no institution or sanitarium in the United
States except those established by ouI CON.
pany under the uniform name of "The
Kelley Institute"
All others claiming to use our remedies
are frauds and imposters.
We have now sixty Kelley Institutes -
tablished in various parts Of the nited
States where the Kelley treatment is adj
ministered and the Kelley remedies sold
We, however, caution all to examine well
and know that they are dealing with genuine
representatives, authorized by US, beiore
taking the treatment or purchasing remedIea'
The fraudulent establishments use the name
Of "Bi-Chloride OF Gold" or similar titles
The newspapers do not discriminate sun
ciently to know that they are imitatOrS and
SO put down all accidents occurring at such
establishments as being brought about BY
the Kelley treatment. This is a matter Of
much concern to us, hence this warning.
Respectfully yours,
THE LESLIE L. KELLEY GO.
Curtis j. Judd, Sec'y and Treas.
The Kelley institute at Greensboro, y. -
is the only one in the state, and all repre-
sensations that there is in the state any cure
that is identical with, or the same as the
Kelley Double Chloride Of Gold Cure arc
malicious, false, and made for the PurPoTe0 o.
deceiving. We learn with indignant regre'
that s,lch claim is being made, and feeling
that if it be hurtful to u it will prove more
disastrous to those who are deceived thereby
sound this warning.
THE KELLEY INSTITUTE
Greensboro, Nc.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-25
J. p. CAMPBELL,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER.

New Boots from $50 TO 5000. Shoes, $500
70 $50. Halt SOleS-Men Shoes, 30 cents 10
$I.U: ladies' Shoes. 40 70 20 cents; Children's
Sizes, - 10 ~ cents. All work promptly and
neat lone, and guaranteed.
shop on Main street, near Postofice.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-25
TRINITY COLLEGE.

The next session opens September l.. 1892. at
Durham in the new buildings on Trinity Park.
Seven departments of instruction. Asuperior
faculty. New laboratories, libraries and mu-
scum. Finest dormitories in the state. EX-
penses reasonably low. All courses open 70
local patronage. Catalogues may be had at
Gattis' book store, % by applying 10 the pres
ident. For rooms apply to
JOHN r. CROWELL, Pres,
Trinity Park. Durham. NC
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nR. j. j.

With fifty years experience as a General
Practitioner, tenders his services TO the citi-
Lens Of Durham. His specialties: Mucous
Membranes, Glands and Nerves females in
PARTICULAR, Indigestion, Bronchitis, Scrofula,
Constipation and Headache, Secondary and
hereditary Diseases. Home at c. Il. Hern-
dons. Once over Jones' Jewelry Store. Once
nours, : { cock a. m, TO II M. and from 2 p. Ne
20 .. 10
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-25
THE EFFECT.

The effect Of the determination Of the
two companies to build largely has not
only stitfened prices Of lots and made in
vcstmcnts in them active, but has created
an increased demand for the stock Of the
Newport News Building company. This
company is managed by some Of the
.turdiest and most conservative business
men Of your city and Newport News,
and they have not attempted to boom
their stock, but let the demand create it.
self, and their sagacity is bringing forth
good fruit for all who have invested in
it. 1t has rock bottom as a security, see
ing that every advance in land in the
plateau on which its lots are situated in
crcases its value-and this advance, as all
can see, is steady.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-25
REPAIR SHOPS.

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
company are putting up here extensive
repair shops, which will employ several
hundred hands, and it is stated that the
company also intend to erect a round
house here. This latest Improvement
has long been regarded as a necessity.
The simple truth is, the situation at
Newport News was never more favora-
be for investment than at present,
whether the investment be in bare lots
OF in stocks of companies. Everything
is steadily on the up grade and is going
to continue so. The work of Messrs.
koutJ and Lipscomb is going to make a
tremendous push forward in prices of
lots in the immediate future, as their ex-
ample is to be followed by many individ-
nal owners. Every house built is money
in the pockets of contiguous property
owners.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-25
University Of North Carolina

instruction Is offered in four general cCu,So,
of study, six brief courses. a large numO en-
special courses, and in law, medicine an1-
gineering The faculty includes twenty tStaGIs
ers. scholarships ana loan funds are aNal,.r
for needy young men OF talent ana chAi Eor
The next session begins september
catalogue with full information. address,
PRESIDENT WINbIOH,r
Chapel Hill NJ
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-25
BUILDING CONTRACTS!
4 LARGE NUMBER BEING LET AT VIR-
GINlA'S GREAT SEAPORT.
Rapid Advance in Prices of LOts-Demand
for BuiIding-COmpany stock
Repair shops.

NEWPORT News, Va, Oct. 22-The
best evidence of the increase of popula-
ton in a place and a demand for houses
is effort TO meet said demand. At pres
ent there are more %stenuOus efforts at
Newport News in this direction than
ever Mr.. l.. =. ROutt, general agent OF
the Newport News Building company,
has been here for several days letting
contracts for a large number Of houses to
be built on the lots Of the company, and
Captain J.. S. Lipscomb, Of the North
Carolina and Newport News company, is
here doing the same thing in respect OF
the holdings Of his company. The latter
company bought a block of lots from the
Newport News company, whose plot, as
! have hitherto described, is located on
the great plateau extending from New
port News to Hampton, and the lots Of
The Newport News Building company are
also situated on this plateau.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-25
y NEW DISCOVERY
EADINd'S SURE PILE CURE

Almost Instant relief in the majority OF cases
IN from 70 10 ID days. Never returns. No
purge. Ne SuppOslIury. II is guaranre. d TO
cure the most aggravated and obstinate cases
or money Will be refunded. For information.
prices, ETC.. call on FRANK A. NADINE,
l02l Liberty ST.. Winston. y. (.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-25
Durham Male Academy!
A School of High Grade for Boys
and Young Men.
The session of lS92-93 viii open on Monday
AugU>. -, lS92. and continue 40 weeks.
Charges Coz de AN term of 20 weeks:

Primary department. $500
intermediate department. I.J)
Academic department., sauce to 22.5O
incidental fee, .
students entering during the first two weeks
VIII De charged for the term those coming in
afterwards from date of entrance TO its c'osc.
All mis- due AT the beginning OF each quarter.
NO deductions will be made except in cases of
prOtraCted sickness.
This school offers excellent advantages 10
young men desiring to prepare themselves for
coIi'He or the business pursuits of life.
Especial attention is given to Latin. English
and Mathematics.
For frrther particulars. see or address the
principal,
l.. T. BUCHANAN.
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The Lamar register., 1892-03-26
EARy,s poloos.
what a Baby Did in Ono Hour.

What a Baby Did In One Hour.
He was the good-natured bachelo;
of the family, and. being the child.
uncle, was left in charge OF the baby
one day while everyone else was out,
and out OF curiosity be made list oi
what the baby did in one hour. Here
it is:-
1. Yelled fifteen minutes without
taking breath (The bachelor time.
keeper declares solemnly that this is
true statement.)
2. Pulled enough hair from his
uncle's head and whiskers to stuff a
soia-pillow.
3. Further decorated the wall-pa.
per as high as he could reach with the
poker.
4. Broke glass vase by sitting
down on it.
Swallowed six buttons and a good
part OF a sSein of thread.
6. Emptied the contents of his
mothers work-basket into the fire.
place.
7. Tried to squeeze the head of the
cat into n cup, and was scratched
badly in the attempt.
s. Knocked the head of fine wax
doll belonging to his elder sister by
trying to drive a tack into toy wag-
gon with it.
9. Fell off the edge OF the sofa and
brought down with him two costly
vases, which were ruined.
10. Broke two panes of window
glass with a cane which uncle let him
have.
IL. Fell into the coal-scuttle and
spoiled his new white dress.
-. Set fire to the carpet while un-
Gle was out of the room hunting up
something to amuse him.
13, Crawled under the sofa and re
fused to come out unless uncle would
give him the Jam pot.
IA. Got twisted amongst the legs OF
a chair, which had to be broken toget
him out.
10. Poured jug of milk into his
mothers slippers.
16, Finally, when he saw his moth
er coming. he ran to the door and
tumbled of the steps, making his nose
bleed and tearing hole a foot square
in his dress.
And still that youngsters uncle
thinks that boy will make something
yet.
The Lamar register., 1892-03-26

terrified to see an Albanian sitting on
the iioor, smoking a pipe. The man
went away, and kept the matter to
himself. An unfortunate boy. OF
ABOUT twelve years, having seen this
omora, went and told about it. Upon
the next opportunity, thestrange visi-
TOR seized him, and throwing him from
great height, either out OF window
or down the stains, killed him. Upon
an occasion. in Zante, one OF nv chill
dren was seized with an hysterical fit
at night. The natives said that he
must have seen the ombra OF the
house, black man in chains.-Eng-
lish Paper.
The Lamar register., 1892-03-26
LIGHT FROM INSECT,

American Firetlies. English Glow
Worms, Tropical Lantern Files,
and Centipedes.
flretlies have been put and are even
to this day applied to some curious
uses, says the Washington Star. In
st. Domingo and other West India
islands they are employed for light
ing purposes, being confined in lam
terms, both for going about the
country at night and for the illumin-
alton OF dwellings. By attaching one
OF these to each foot while travelling
IN the darkness they serve as a guide
to the path. They are also utilized
IN Cuba and elsewhere for ornaments,
wherewith the gowns and Coitfures of
ladies' are adorned on festive occa-
sions. One can read by the light
which n few OF those insects give. One
point that may be urged in behalf OF
these tiretlies is that they kill mosqui-
toes. The sncients were probably
unscquainted with the species Of
hrutlies which are 30 familiar in
this country, because the most re-
markable of these are peculiar to
America. The great lantern-fiies of
southern Europe and Asia, which are
sometimes called ngglow-worms,
are allied to the boat flies and water
scorpions. On the other hand the
tiretlies OF the tropics are beetles. The
latter ars OF somber hue in the day
time, and it is only at night that they
show their lights. The English glow
worm is the wingless female OF n
winged beetle. Some suppose that
the Light she bears is bestowed for her
protection to scare away the nightin-
gale and other nocturnal birds. 9th
ers, however, believe that the gift OF
brightness is the very lure by which
her foes are assisted TO discover and
deyour her. Much speculation has
been INDUCED in as to the nature of the
slow-worm' light, which is not put
ont by water nor seemingly capable
OF giving forth any heat 1t has been
asserted that the light.difusing sub
stance contains phosphorous, but
this has never been proved. Certain
ly It is incapable OF communicating
ignition to anything. Least attract
i've among the insects which give light
are tine so-called electric centipedes"
black crawlers with many legs, which
have been likened TO serpents' skele-
tons in miniature. They moved in
snakeliks fashion. forward or back
ward, leaving behind them a bright
track OF phosphoric light. However,
they are most accustomed to appear
in the day time, when the illumina-
tion they afford is not visible.
The Lamar register., 1892-03-26
HE WAS a sTIcKER.
And cIunE to the Bar with a Tena-
City OF Purpose.

And ciunE to the Bar with a Tena-
City OF Purpose.
The head barkeeper at the Ebbitt
has an amusing story that he likes to
tell, says the Washington Post. About
ten years ago, when the proprietor OF
that house concluded to remove the
bar downstairs, a man had been there
all the evening and had imbibed rath-
er freely.
Toward midnight some of his friends
took him home, but he was restless
and could not sleep, and in a few
hours he concluded to go back for
several more drinks. When hereacheS
the Ebbitt he was surprised to fins
that a sign had been placed on the
door which read. Bar removed to
the floor below"
"Hows this?" he inquired. II was
hers not long ago and now you say
the bar has been moved"
'Yes. " remarked one OF the attaches
OF the hotel "Ii you want a drink
badly and must have 1t the men are
at work downstairs and you can pro-
badly get it."
Downstairs they went, and sure
enough the visitor was accommodated,
but he actually remained there all
day. from O'Clock in the morning
until 10 O'Clock at night, in one place,
and kept drinking plain whiskey. His
friends heard OF it, and at the last
named hour besought him to go
home.
BLAMED if do" he calculated. al
know the trick. went with you last
night and they moved the bar down
stairs while was away and if go now
they'll move it somewhere else. Not
much"
Finally his friends succeeded in get
ting him away and soon afterward he
disappeared from Washington and did
not return in ten whole years. lis
made much money out west and when
here recently opened a few bottles OF
wine in the Ebbitt for the sake of old
times.
The Lamar register., 1892-03-26
GREAT RAsstr HUM.
Over n Thousand Bunnies Killed
in Ono Day In Illinois.

in Ono Day In Illinois.
Many OF us have engaged in coon
hunts, fox hunts, and wolf hunts,
others have hunted bear. deer, chick
ems, quails, &c, and every one OF us
has, when there was a good heavy
snow on the ground, bundled up warm,
taken the family gunsfrom thecorner,
and with old Spot or Tige sailed forth
some cold winter morning TO take Rd-
vantage OF any and every rabbit
which might sally forth from its bur
row in quest of food. But very few
persons have engaged in such hunt
for rabbits "a party OF young men
living near Homer participated in one
day.
In the absence of all large game
and the prohibition as to shooting
chickens and quails, the young farm
ers pass away the monotony of the
winter days by organizing hunting
parties, which enter into competition
as to which party will bring in the
most game by given time. Usually
these competition hunts are between
the young men of different neighbor-
hoods, and neighborhood "honor" is
big thing in this country.
One day n very exciting hunt was
made by two parties of farmers living
near Homer, which on account OF the
number OF men engaged and the
amount of game bagsed, will be house
hold lore in the neighborhood for
many winters. There was one COM
pany OF twenty five men and another
of twenty-four men. All had to have
their game in by o'clock in the even
ing. and most OF the men started in
quest OF "Brer Rabbit" before daylight.
"And they gathered them in from the
highways and hedges, for when the
count was made in the evening one
party had secured 633 rabbits while
the other had slain 525, making a to-
tai OF 1,15S.
A sumptuous supper was spread
that night, for which the defeated party
had to pay. Then the rabbits were
sold and the money divided into
three purses, which were presented to
the men who killed the most rabbits.
Jessy Doney took first, having cap
tured sixty-nine. Feast Hall had six
ty-eight, and Edward Brown sixty.
Probably so large number ofrabbits
were never before killed by one party
in Illinois IN one day.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Lamar register., 1892-03-26
Edward Everett nale,s TrnIts.

A correspondent writing from Boston say:
that one peculiarly in the library of DIR. Ed,
ward Everett Hale, the clergyman and author,
is series of market baskets filed with pam.
phlets and suspended from the ceiling in such
a way that they can be raised or lowered by
means Of a pulley and a clothesline. DR.
Hale is now 20, but he grows buster in literary
producuveness every year and in addition tC
what he writes he edits several journals and
magazines and preaches two sermons every
week He is a man of notable absence OF
mind and Is reported to have left 4 prospeo-
tive bride and groom waiting at the altai
while he went ON fishing trip. DIR. Hale has
been blessed in his children, who have al
done well In the world and some of whom
have inherited their fathers Chicago
As.r.
The Lamar register., 1892-03-26
American Beds.

In this country almost every one
sleeps in spring bed, or rather on a
spring mattress, says a traveller, but
this luxury, inexpensive as it is, is by
no means universal throughout the
world. In many parts OF Europe the
feather bed still holds it's own to the
exclusion of springs, and when feath-
ers are too expensive hay or straw
are resorted to. In Mexico spring
beds OF American make are beginning
to make their appearance, but even
at the best hotels 1t is quite common
to be given a bed whose hardness is
somewhat painful until the traveller
gets used toit. IE some parts OF Mexico
the beds are only about fourfeet long,
and n six-foot man sleeping in one
has to assume n very cramped and
awkward position, resemblmgin some
respects the attitude OF the local loaf
er. who, instead OF leaning up against
door-posts and cosnters, settles down
in a semi-sitting attitude and main.
tains it an almost unlimited length oil
time without suffering any OF the
torture which an American would
have to endure under similar condI-
tions.