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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-24
"some Things We Find. !"

cort,-rapssnce suiesvile Landmark.
We find that pure, unadulter-
ated common sense is Quilted a
scarce commodity.
That because you gave q mig
ger" a drink of liquor its no
guarantee that he is going to vote
your way, but there are two things
that you can swear he will do and
they are: 60 TO preaching aud vote
the Republican ticket.
A kind word is never thrown
away but empty skulls are be-
coming plentiful.
Some wbiskey men are well
acquainted with the gentleman by
name Of "adultcration." Some
people like this sort Of mixture
and--well, n few don't.
The way to build up a State Is
10 elect a Legislature that will re.
yolutionize everything.
Consistency Is a jewel scarcely
ever found this side Of Jordan.
A plug hat isn't any sign Of a
goose nest neither is long hair
and a spiketailcdcoat any guaran-
tee that the wearcr Is q million.
aie.
Doctors will differ but we find
that we must pray il we expect 10
reach the other shore.
Some men are solid and some
are son, therefore judge no man
BY his looks.
We also find that because q man
calls himself a Populist Il isn't
any sign that he knows what the
word means; and that kerosene
barrels sometimes contain whisky.
II A
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Charlotte observe

A
How many people know that
the Legislature incorporated in its
revenue bill a provision leyying a
tax of 2 per cent. upon all pur-
chases oil seed ? 1t did,. Any
merchant or other person who buys
seed-clover, lucerne, millet OIL
any other kind of seed---must pay
a tax of 2 per cent. upon his pur-
chase. In the same paragraph
all persons who buy and sell
drugs are taxed 2 per cent. upon
their purchases of these"
We take this ? per cent. is in
addition to the merchants pur-
chase tax heretofor levied. This
will be especially hard on the
druggists, as most all Of them
handle seed, and they will have
to pay an extra tax of 2 per cent.
on everything they handle ex-
cert toilet articles, stationery, etc.
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David Bell, the escaped convict who
was captured Saturday night by Mr..
Houston Barbee in Patterson township,
was brought here Sunday and lodged in
jail. and taken downto Raleigh Yesterday
morning.
Bell was interviewed in the Jail Sun
day He said he made his escape Thurs
day evening about 7 o'clock, it being
about two hours from the time he left
his cell until he gained his freedom.
When asked how he made the keys with
which he made his escape he replied
that he used a little ingenuity" and
that was all that he would say on that
subject. He said that if he was flogged
and put in solitary confinement when he
returned to the pen he would make his
escape again or loose his life in the at
tempt.
Bell was sent from Madison county on
life sentence for rape and ha served
about six years. He is man Of deli
cate constitution and looks like a con.
sumptve, If he does not make his es-
cape or receive pardon he will not live
long.
The penitentiary authorities at Raj.
eigh sent word here to bring him Sc.
curely tied-that he was a slippery cuss.
There was a reward Of sIoo for his
capture which Mr.. Barbee will receive.
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.8ESf9RRR;4S

The coatmakers' strike at
Cincinnati has ended In on in.
crease OF % per cent In wages.
Al Torok, a Cleveland collec.
tor, In o flo Of jealous rage shot
and killed Julie Fallon and then
killed himself. early Wednes-
day morning.
The fourteen n-year old son Of
Milton A. McRae, manager Of
the Cincinnati Post, died We'd
nesday from the effects OF q
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surgical operation.

M. s d. Tiger. a Lancaster,
Pa. printer, has been sentenced
to $1,000 fine and three years
imprisonment for printing and
disseminating obscene litera.
ture.
The revenue cutter Corwin
has fai-ed in its crusade against
unlaWful importation OF liquor
into Alaska, having captured
but ten cases and three kegs OF
liquor.
The trial of Richard Deman.
dy, accused Of strangling the
Market street women in Denver
some months ago, commenced
Wednesday. The evidence
against him is very strong.
Arthur, SON of President l.:
9. Clark Seeley, of Smith col.
lege, a post graduate student,
was found dead on the rocks at
the foot of q steep bluff on the
south end of Mount Ton We'd
mes lay.
Rev. Thomas Dixon was hurt
in railway accident near Flor
ence, s. G., Wednesday.
In the libel suit of OK Mayor
b. Smith, OF Philadelphia,
against the Philadelphia Times
a verdict was rendered for the
plaintiff Wednesday Of s45, 900.
Col. Mcclure withdrew from
he case before it was finished.
Miss Mary Vance, who during
the war was en- assistant nurse
TO Miss Dorothea Dix, sister oi
Gen Dix, is dying as a depend
ent at the home Of Mrs. Robert
Williams, her niece, in Pitts
burg. She was one Of the most
noted nurses in the Union SER
vice.
After twenty-four hours de-
liberation the jury at Portland,
Oregon, in the case Of Preacher
j G. Reed. charged with the
robbery OF the East Portland
National Bank last February,
Wednesday night returned a
sirdict of acquittal on the
ground nf INSANITY. lie VIII
probably be committed to an
asylum
Gov. Stone. Of Missouri, has
respited HEM and Kaiser, the
alleged murderers Of Stockman
Brown, who were to hang April
p to Ma, II James Murphey,
w. II. Taylor, JohE Burrils.
Edward Murray, and James
Crisp, sentenced to hang April
20, have also been respited to
May IL.
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Highest Of all in Leavening Powe-Lates u s. Govt Report
R@Z!a!:'!,!! q! Bski9s BsM5:s,
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOlUTEIY PURE

vacancy in the office the Evans.
vile editor might 'be prevailed
upon, etc, etc.-Washington
Post.
There is much talk about
"sound" money and "honest"
money. What man with sense
enough to keep out of a lunatic
asylum would want any other
kind of money?-Wilmingto
Star.
Monroe Inquirer: About three
years ago two of our bachelor
friends made an agreement
that the first one married should
present the other with a silk
hat. The agreement has been
faithfully kept, for Mr.. L. c.
Williams wears a fine silk hat
and Mr.. r. B. Redwine address,
es one of North Cardinals most
accomplished daughters by the
sacred name of wife.
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which we have any record in
the worlds history, says the
Washington Post, is that which
has just terminated between
China and Japan-a war re-
markable for the popular en-
'Euslasln and consummate gen.
ralship with which it was
Vaged upon the one hand, and
for the absence of patriotic in
spiration and military genius
that characterized its conduct
and led to it's Ieverses on the
other. 1t was a war of modern
progress as typified in the
emancipation of Japan from ORR
entail schools of thought against
an ancient barbarism that stnb-
bornly repelled the advances of
a newer civilization.
But humanity has been the
gamer by this war Never was
such an opportunity presented
before for one nation to impress
upon another a sense of solemn
8uty as occurred while the
Eeace negotiations were pend
ing, and never was an opportu-
uity so admirably improved.
1t is understood that the
chinese have not a single Jap.
a1ese prisoner on hand. AS a
rule it has been all they could
do to betake themselves in safe
ty from the field, without at
tempting to capture or carry off
any If the enemy as trophies of
their prowess. So that SO far
as japanese captlves in posses
sion of the Chinese troops are
concerned there was no question
to settle.
1t is understood, however,
that of Chinese prisoners the
Japs hold not less than 5000,
and as it is the custom in China
to behead a soldier who is un-
fortunate enough to be taken
prisoner, and afterward paroled
| and returned home, the chances
were that as soon as these luck.
less fellows found their way
lack to their regiments or
camps or native country a
wholesale decapitation would
follow and 5000 heads roll into
he basket.
Thanks to the japanese hu.
manity and to the influences
thereby exerted upon the high
Chinese commissioners, this
horrible deed of blood was
ayerted, and the Chinese au-
thorities are saved from a
stigma that would have dis.
graced tue government in the
eyes Of the world for all time tn
come.
! Not only will the lives OF the
ri.rners be spared, but of
tn So Chi=ese subjects who are
known to have furnished the
japanese army with supplies on
! its line of march, and who
would have shared the same
miserable fate with the prison.
ers, had not the japanese in
sisted upon such stipulations in
, the treaty Of peace, as would do
honor 10th to the magnanimity
of the victor and the merciful
instincts of their fallen foe.
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N. Q, Wednesday,,

the people. To stem the tide Of
financial 'heresy at this time Wig,
orous efforts are now being made
and the name Of Cleveland is con-
stantly being used as the natural
leader Of the believers in a safe
monetary system for the Repub-
lie. II
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StagvilIe News.
Read Them.

We clip the following three
items from the Monroe Enquirer
read them: When you hear one
saying anything about this rev
tangled way the ladies have OF
hair dressing, refer them to the
twenty-second verse Of the third
chapter of Isaiah. And We re,
spectfully ask our lady friends
who delight to wear the NAM
moth, balloon sleeves to read the
eighteenth verse of the thirteenth
chapter of Ezekiel. --"Trust in
God and Work." was the motto q
the lamented John A. Broldus.
No more fitting motto could the
great man have taken. Truly has
il been said that there is but one
royal road to Success and the mile
stones along that road are marx.
ed with that good old Anglo Sax
on, "Work." A merciful Provi.
denee extends a helping hand to
the man who trusts God and
works. April 10th, was the
one hundred and twentieth an.
niversay of the first battle of the
Revolutionary war. 1t has been
said that the first volley fired on
Lexirgtcn green was heard around
the globe and the echo of that
vollcy will reverberate until lib.
erty is fo.ever entombed. On
that memorable morning the
blow was struck which broke the
seventh seal Of oul national bond.
age. None can estimate the forC G
of that volley, fired ly a few lib.
erty loving men, in defense Of
right. Il will never lie known
until We awaken in the white
light Of eternal liberty aud in that
light shall see the secrets Of time
revealed.
Charlotte News: The county
commissioners have ordered the
register Of deeds TO make out a
list Of the merchants who have
failed TO make their purchase re.
turns and that officer is now al
work OH IT,. There are Is mer
chants who are delinquent since
January /. The penalty is $50
A mountaineer from Wat.
auga county was OH the streets TO
day with a genuine combination
O. milk and honey. lie had d
typical covered wagon, and ii wa;
drawn by two cows. His wagon
was loaded exclusively with hon
ey, which was contained in bar
rels aud kegs. II was of th'
finest quality of mountain sour
wood honey and he rctailed ii al
12l cents per pound.
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Volume 75-No. 81

~ paw hUvuiuSh fiNiLth ~
Americans, yet one of the mos
interesting spots in the country
since the first blood Of the Re-
volution was shed there, says
the Baltimore News, is Lexing,
ton, Mass. 1t is quite a pretty
town and, If more in the way
Of travel, wound undoubtedly
be sought by many tourists, es
pecially in the summer
II was upon the well-kept
green at Lexington that l2(
years ago, on April 10, l775, q
band Of go provincials received
n yolley from 800 of Pitcairn's
men, and in that early dawn
seven Of the patriots fell life
less upon the sward. Mr.. Ar.
thur Barnes in q newspaper
article describes in an interest
ing way the chief features OF
the town, SO dear in memories
of the most sacred character to
the American people. The com.
m.n is triangular in shape and
very elevated, and at the apex
Of the triangle there is a pulpit
of dark granite. Back of this
is an elm tree, planted by Gen.
Grant at the time of the centen-
nial celebration Of the battle.
The memorial to those who
fe ] is a plain shaft, clothed in
ivy, and the inscription is of
such fervent character that it
is said TO have stirred the
spirits of Lafayette and Kos
suth The bodies Of the slain
in the memorable battle were
removed from the village ceme.
terry in 1885 and placed within
this inclosure.
On the eastern side of the
common Is q rough boulder
which marks the line of the
minute men, and upon one side
is carved q musket and powder
horn, and beneath are the calm,
decisive words of Captain
Parker: "Stand your ground;
pon't fire unless fired upon, but
they mean 10 have a war let
begin here" The Buckman
avern, adjoining, Is a place Of
bttrest, for, as q tablet relates,
was "a rendezvous for min
tr.mrn, a mark for British
ulleis. The shot holes can
I'LL be seen.
Tie house OF Jonathan Har
ngton stands near, 20 which
attached a pathetic memory.
Harrington was wounded on the
common and dragged himself
b the door and died at his wife's
eet In the old cemetery, not
pr away, the inscriptions on
be graves are very quaint. On
he Bedford road, o short di' :
ance OF. stands the old parson
kge where John Hancock and
Samuel Adams were sleeping
when aroused by Paul Revere
Houses were well built in cid
times, for this one erected in
1898, Is still standing and occu-
pied.
There are many other things
of interest in the old town, and
the meditative visitor finds in
his stroll much 10 awaken SEN
timental and patriotic memory.
II was here that the fight was
begun and the first blood was
shed for our liberty, the "em-
battled farmers" little dream.
ing Of the great consequences
70 follow their daring action in
opposing the British, which to
mony anxious minds must have
looked like madness. But the
dod Of iustics and right was
with them, and although The
fight on that green sward was
brief, it was one Of the most i'm.
portant In the history Of man.
kind
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safe Items.

1t appears that the income
tax will yield about $l5,Ooo,COO
after all, but it is unfortunate
that most of the richest people
in the country escape II. The
courts are not yet through with
the law and there is no telling
what It's future status will be or
how long il will remain on the
statute books.-Atlanta Jour
nal.
That little furry over the
salary of Minister Ransom
didn't last very long, but IL was
of sufficient duration to enable
the friends of Hon. Gil Shank
lin to suggest that in case Of a
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Oil will probably not get so
high but that enough will be
available with which to grease
the way for a downward move.
msnt later on.-New York Adj
vertiser.
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About two years ago I was confined 10 my
room with breaking out on my leg vhich my
physician pronounced Eczema. About three
weeks ago the same disease broke out again on
the same leg, and my physician has beea attend
lug me regularly, calling from once 10 twice
daily, the SORES all the time getting wOrse.
friend called to see me, and brought about
one half teasp0Onful Of CCI1CURA, advising
me 90 try IL, telling Of himself, brothers and
mother having been cured BY u. I would
not ~ ii AZ frst, although ! had been on
Critehes for over two weeks, and at one time I
counted between twenty-five and thirty suppur.
aIing sores, and hal not slept more than nte
hours in three nights. Monday morning about
four o'clock the pain, turning and itching be-
came 20 severe that I detefmincd to Try CCIts
crRA, thinking that u Il did no good, u could
not make my leg much worse, for u vas a. raw
a. a piece of beef and a. red ~ . beet, 80 I
applied the CUTICURA, and IN fiye minutes after
Ilaid down ! was asleep. Next dag sent and
got box Of CrItCrHA, and Ill pledge my honest
word ! would not take st19 to-day for ", ~ !
could not get another. I commenced using
CUTiCuRt Monday morning about four o'clock,
and today Tuesday my leg is nearly vel, not.
withstandinE had not walked step without
my CfutChes In two weeks. NJ gratitude 20 the
man who first compounded CUT1CrHA u pro.
found. May Ifod bless him.
e. T. FRAZIER, south Boston, Va
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ON GRUTCAES 2WEEES

Limb Raw ~ Beef and Red as Beet.
Pain, Burning, and Itching Ter
rible. Not 8 Hours Sleep in 3
Days. Makes One Appllca- !
ton OF Cuticura and In
8 Minutes Il Asleep.
A Remarkable
Case.
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An engine on freight train on the
o. & C. was wrecked yesterday morn
ing about $3.50 O'Clock near the Virginia
line.
The train was running at her usual
speed when in turning a short curve the
axle Of the front driving wheel broke
and brought the engine to standstill.
The engine was badly torn up and an
engine was sent for to haul the train.
The track was cleared and the train
brought in. The disabled engine was
carried to Burlington yesterday evening
for repairs.
The engineer stuck to his engine and
was not hurt.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-24
JOLLY OLD UNCLE JOSH.
HIS GREAT GENEROSITY TOWARD
HIS NEWLY rIARRIED UNCLE.
Realistic RomaHce Of Durham In Which a
Number Of Prominent Business rien Take
avery Conspicuous Part.

"Miss Summers-Polly
L" But the spea kel
took a header over bashfulness,
only to hear a sweet:
"Yes, Charley
"Can ! aspire to-er-to-that
is"
Again a lapse into silence, fol-
lowed by an encouraging;
"Yes, Charley"
"Oh, if | might only hope to er
to
Another failure oflanguage. Il
was seemingly a hopeless case, ALI
might have been, only for a dc
mure:
Charley, | have said yes
twice, and if you mean it, 1 mean
it, too, and"
And to this day that young man
Will insist that he popped the
question.
All this happened away "down
east" and it wasn't long before
there was a wedding. Not much
longer before there came a letter
from Polly's Uncle Josh, down
hele in Old North State who wrote
efiusively at her exhibition of
what he called grit" and he
proposed that if the young people
would locate at Durham he would
start them up in life as a wedding
gift, and at the same time give
them a lot Of good practical ad-
vice. Of course they accepted,
and were bidding their friends
adieu.
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4 few weeks subsequent to the
above conversation travel-stain-
ed party arrived at Durham. Our
friend, Uncle Josh, took them
straightway to the Carolina
where he had engaged an elegant
suite of rooms for them to occupy,
until their own home which he
had previously decided to Polly,
was in readiness.
"After breakfast" said the old
man, 81 am ready to 60 buy your
outfit. To expedite matters l have
ordered a carriage from S. Jour
dan, livery man." When the
carriage, with elaborate trappipgs
and pEancing horses drew up in
front OF the Carolina, Polly de.
clared it the "finest turnout she
had ever seem" "Yes," replil d
Uncles Josh ''the three SIS Speed,
safety and Style is Jourdan's
motto. So young folks, when you
want to take a drive, either for
business or pleasure, go to him for
rig every time"
Ii was in this stylish turnout
that the rounds of the city were
made.
IL have already provided you
with a cage for your bird" said
Uncle Josh, "and now the first
thinli we'll look after will be the
furnishings for it," Hereupon
Polly energetically declared that
she had heard so much about
Royal 4 Borden that she had de.
cided to 90 there. The result was
that they were ushered into such a
bewildering display that the girl
was at first at a loss how to select
But she soon yielded to the seduc.
tiveness Of a magnificent prior
suite, a bid room ~ i'm oak, anti,
que finish, that w,llid have done
credit to old Antiquity herself. re
this she added a dining-room SET
with all accessories, and didn't for
get a most convenient aud orna.
mental writing desk for Hubby
Charles.
"A pretty good start" said Il c
old man, "and now we'll go "a
J. I. Womble's hardware store.
Polly's housewifcly instincts had
full play in marvels Of kitchen
apparatus. There is not an es.
tablishmcnt in the country tlat
carries a more comprehensive stock
Of household furnishings. Every
possible piece Of kitchen furniture
/ ON a tin diprer to a cooking
range is here in all styles and
variety. If Polly fails 10 accom-
plish wonders in The culinary art
il will no he for want Of superior
cooking utensils, for she purchased
an Iron King COX stove with all
equipments needed in a well re
| gltlatcd kitchen.
"IIaltp commanded Uncle Josl
as the party came in front o
Vaughan's handsome drug store
"Walk right ill.," "Why, Uncle
we're not sick, and" Guess
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-16

discern but two methods OF settling fhs
dispute. one is by arbitration 0f the
rights OF the disputants AS Go tne l0sfr.-
tive historical rights or Holland anil
spain over the territory BOO question, ANA
the other Is 10 determine a new boundary
line in accordance with the dictates u
mutual expediency and consideration. he
also reminds England OF Der boosted ale
v0cacy Of the principle of arbitration.
lie further says ln note To Dr. ht-
yard. dated December J. 1885
81 cannot believe that her Majesty :
government Will maintain that the Fiiii-
itv OF their claim 10 territory lpht 3.
dispute between the two countries sNtl
bo conceded as a condition rreceirtt I'd
the arbitration or the question whether
Venezuela Us entitled 90 other territory
which until a very recent peroi' "''
never In doubt
More recent dispatches have NOT been
made public. nevertheless ~ ls stated '1
tho public press that England has rYN-
tcmptu0usly refused % submit hci 'liII''
TO arbitration.
ut now deyOlyes upon fhe United n'i''
TO cOerce her. if uect Say Df INl'' ".
arms. into granting common justice I'
our republican nc.ghh0r whose 'NIrl'''
ton Is "A copy Of our own and who's.
institutions are modelled on ours.
United States has already rcrilalhr
France and Holland from inteffeilhs pa
the internal affairs OF Venezuela ana NY"
10 Is Great Brlfllu's turn
1T IS certainly time Tor Us 20 admins
ter her another severe lesson IN natlona
morality. .....,