The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-17

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his horse about town with a wet
sponge fastened on the animals
head.
lit IS awful to think about;
nearly every exchange that
comes to this office-and there
is quite a number, contain ac-
counts of crime. Why is this?
are judges and juries doing
their duty? There is no excuse
for the epidemic OF crime which
now prevails. We need Eng
lish justice in this country;
English justice makes no COM
promises with crime. It shuts
its eyes to the influences Of rank
and Of wealth. 1t goes straight
forward to its work. If its code
has been denounced as a bloody
one, it can point to the sub
ssantialfruits ola system which
has made murders rare, which
makes forgeries criminal, en-
bezzlement and defalcation dis
graceful, and which affixes such
a faint to the possesser Of ill
gotten wealth that he covers
before the eye of society as well
as of the law.
Crime is on the increase; and
it will be unchecked SO long as
juries and judges fail to do
their duty; proper verdicts must.
be brought in and judges must
be equally prompt to impose
proper penalties. Ii is time that
this was done. Murder! A man
takes the life of a fellow man,
he is tried and found guilty
guilty Of what? Why, he's crazy,
that's all; and between two
lights he is carried off to an
asylum; there he fares well.
There are today in the asylums
men, guilty of the blacklist
crimes, and the people are
taxed TO keep the institutions
up. These institutions are in
tended for the unfortunate
people whose reasons are de-
throned, and not for murderers.
-Oneof the jolliest old gen.
tlemen across the water at the
present time is Mr.. Washington
Duke. In about a fortnight he
will turn his face homeward.
In this connection we print the
following, which appeared in
the Hartford Conn. Post, Of a.
recent date: The old man said
one day there was three things
he could not understand. One
was the steam engi,.e. He could
not get it through his head how
the power was actually produc.
ed He knew the theory Of the
expansion Of steam, but the
practical operation of the en-
CINE was an everlasting mys-
terry to him. Another thing he
did not understand at all was
the Holy Ghost. That was To-
him-to whom is it not?--an
other unsolved riddle. The
third thing he could not see
through at all was amy SON
AT home young Duke
has always been known as
Buck" Probably the old
gentleman never will under
stand the genius whom he
helped bring into the world.
But he may well be proud of
him, and he can safely boast
that no smarter man is to be
found anywhere within the
limits Of these United States.
Look out Mr.. Fred Womble,
she's coming; but Mr.. Womble
doesn'tcare a straw, heis cham,
pion in this section; and THE
RECORDER happens TO know
that he belongs 70 that happy
throng which bachelors hope to
join.
Whiz-W-h-i-r-r.
Biff-B-u-r-r.
The bicycle girl Is coming.
Clear the track.
Stand off, Fall back!
Whiz-W-h-i-r-r.
Biff-B-u-r.r.
The bicycle girl lisa sumner.
Defying all talk.
More fun than TO walk.
The bicycle girl is runner
Whit -W-h-i.r-r.
Leaves--S-t-i-r-r.
The bicycle girl Is coasting.
Ha! Ha! What fun.
Hel He What q run.
The bicycle girls Boosting.
Lace-S-k-i.r-t.
Girl-H.u.r.t-
Screaming yelling! bawling
Come TO her aid
For she's afraid.
The bicycle girl Is falling.
Ach Weh--A.c-h Web,
All. Lack-a.d-a-y.
Her cavalier is flying.
With lack Of skill.
AT the bottom of the hill
The bicycle girl is lying.