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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-09
An Editor Loose.

This is the way the editor feels
when he does up his sentiments in
blank verse.
II would fly from the city's
rule and law--from its fashions
and its forms cut loose land 90
where the strawberry grows on its
straw, and the gooseberry grows
on its goose; where the catnip
tree is climbed by the cat as she
clutches for her prey-the guile
less and unsuspecting rat on the
rattan bush at play; | will catch
at ease the saffron COW and the
cowlet in their glee: as they leap
in JOY from bough to bough on
the top Of . cowslip tree; and list
while the partridge drums his
drum, and the woodchuck chucks
his wood, and the dog doyours the
dogwood plumb in the primitive
solitude.
"Oh let me drink from the moss
grown pump, that was hewn nom.
the pumpkin treel Eat mush and
milk from q rural stump, from
folly and fashion free-new gath
cred ssmush from the mushroom
vine, and milk from the milk
weed sweet-with pineapple from
the pine. And then to the white
washed dairy I'll turn, where the
dairymaid .hastcning hies, her
rnddy and golden-red butter to
churn from the milk Of her but
terflies; and Ill rise at morn with
the earliest bird, to the fragrant
barnyard pass, and watch while
the farmer turns his heard Of
grasshopper nut to grass.--Ex.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-09
Horace dreeIy on Debt.

10 be hungry, ragged and pen.
niless is not pleasant, but this is
nothing to the horror Of bankrupt
cy. All the wealth Of the Roths-
childs would be poor recompense
for a live years struggle, with the
consciousness that you had taken
the money o. property Of trusting
friends, promising 10 return or
pay for i when required, and had
betrayed their confidence through
insolvency.
l dwell on this point, for |
would deter others from entering
that place of torment. Halr the
young men in the country, with
many old enough to know better.
"would 60 into business"-that's
into debt-tomorrow, If they could
Most poor men are so ignorant as
70 envy the merchant or manufac-
turer whose life il an incessant
struggle with pecuniary difficult
ties, who is driven to constant
shining" and who from month
70 month, barely eyades that in.
solycncy which, sooner or later,
oyertakes most men in business
50 that IL has been computed that
but one in twenty Of them ac-
hieyes n pecuniary success.
~ For my own part, and | speak |
from sad experience, I had rather
be n convict in the State prison, a |
slave in the..rice swamps, than to |
pass through life in the horror ofl
iebt, Let no young man mis-
Judge himself unfortunate, or
lrnly poor, 30 long as he has the |
Iull use Of his limbs and faculties, |
md Is substantially free from
iebt.
Hunger, cold, rags, hard work, |
contempt, suspicion, unjust re-
are disagrecable; but debt |
! infinitely worse than them all, |
And i II had pleased God 10 spare
'itlcr Or MI my sons 10 be the sup
port and solacc Of my declining
years, The lesson which | should |
nave most earnestly sought 10 i'm.
'ress upon them Il! "Neyer run
nto debit Avoid pccuniary OBJ
igations as you would pestilence
n famine If you have but sol
'ents, and can get no more for a
week, buy q peek Of corn parch II
md live on. II, rather than owe
ny man . dollar |
OF course | know that some
non must do business That In.
'olyes risks and must give notes
md other obligations; and | do
lot consider him fully in debt
vho can lay his hands directly on
he means Of paying, at some lii.
lc sacrifice, oil he owes. | speak
1 roal debt, that whi,h involves
TX ar sacrificing on the one side, l,
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-09

The checklist thing that has
come under our notice for a long
time, was that Of a subscriber who
resided in neighboring town, or
dering his paper discontinued, or
rather refusing to take it from the
postoffice, when he was indebt for
three years subscription ($4.50)
and not saying a word about its
payment. There are some brazen-
faced people in the world, and this
chap is a fair specimen Of them.
The sooner people learn that the
only honest way to stop a newspa-
peris to settle up all arrearages to
date, the better for them, and the
sooner they know it is a crime in
the sight Of the law to refuse to
take paper from the postoffice
until it is settled for to date is de-
fined by law as common theft, and
may 50 be dealt with by the pub
Usher if he desire. 1t is perfectly
right and proper that a person
should stop his paper il he does
not desire to take it longer, and
we do not find any fault with him
for doing 50 il he pays the arrear-
ages and stops like a man. We
are glad to be able to state that
there are but few persons such as
We have cited above; that as a
rule people pay for their papers
before attempting to stop them.
-Ex.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-09
RICH IN FOSSILS.
Ths Bad Lands Bonanza 10 tie DHSsnw
Geological Stu dent.

ANS baa LANDS BONANZA 10 HE DnsfA9
Geological Stu dent.
"The Bad Lands" said Horatio Gar
Fett, one of the most earnest rock dell
yers OF the party from Princeton col.
legs that recently visited the Bad
Lands Of North Dakota and Montana
10 collect fossils, to Q northwest maga-
zine representative, ''are O strange
combination of dcsolation, horror and
incomprehensible freaks Of the prime
val world. There'are lofty peaks, bare
and brown-baked into spires Of burn
Ing rock by the hot suns Of millions OF
years. The valleys between are white
deserts, covered with bitter, dusty and
binding alkali that has made oil that
country a desert worse than Sahara
ever was said TO be.
1.-THE rivers run wide or turbtd
with this alkaline concretion In wtu-
ter, and are dry and dusty channels In
the summer. The peaks, the valleys,
and every featute Of the whole region,
In fact, seems to be thrown down upon
the earth in natures angriest mood-a
hideous conglomeration, in which even
the geological strata are displaced and
entangled. This strange region was
once the salt-washed bottom Of q sea,
and the traces of the rceeding waves
are visible on every hand. The fossils,
which were now our main pursuit, are
mostly aquatic animals. Few birds,
and those mostly of the semi.reptilian
character, are found among them,
while innumerable bones Of gigantic
saurians dot the shale and sandstone OF
the valleys. Mingled with them are
remains of bear, antelope and buffalo,
and relics Of an intermediate age, the
bones Of the mastodons and elephants
not mammoths-and OF three-toed
equine, one Of the ancestors Of the
present horse.
"Some OF the saurians Of the eocene
and miocene periods were indescriba-
bly, hideous. Looking upon the rem.
nants of these monsters and gazing On
the awful scenery Of the country, Z bit
OF hades upturned 10 view, one might
SAYS 1t any wonder that the Indians
stunned the Bad Lands and said they
were the haunts Of ghosts and the
home of evil demouRs
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-09
Fr.pee Eneour.ee. rIsctrioal prnrre..-


France has for some time past been
specially active In the application Of
electric power to canals, q fact due
probably to the Importance and extent
OF her canal system. The latest sue.
cessful trial reported is one on the
canal boats Of the Havre-P -Paris-Lyons
compaignie, In which q transferable
electric motor and rudder combination
Is used, while the motor has been driven
BY current from storage batteries.
Tho canal boat, having length OF
thirty-eight meters and carrying one
hundred and eighty tons, Is driven at
. speed Of eighty-fve centimeters per
second, an increase of forty per cent.
over the speed with two horses, while
the electrical energy consumed was
about four and six-tenths horsepower.
At times speed Of one meter three feet
three inches) per second was obtained.
II Is now proposed 10 employ also q
trolley system, as on the Bourrogne
canal, and to let the feed water that
maintains the levels at the proper
height operate dynamos generating
the necessary current. France has al.
ways been foremost In the application
Of electricity to navigation.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-09

A new paper out west makes
this break Al the community in
which il hassprung into existence.
I'VE are here and have come 10
stay, and LET il be bourn in mind
by Tho dead beats Of this burg and
surrounding country, that II Il
money up or no paper, with us.
We are not oyerburdened with
the goods Of this world, but We
ars going 70 make a square fight
for a living, and II We can't ret
pie We will try 70 be satisfied with
bacon, eggs, corncako and such
other stable articles pf diet as We
may find convenient to obtain.
Our paper will appear promptly
evcry Morning whether anybody
wants Il o. not and II our views
ln general do not snit The resi-.
dents Of this township, We want II
thoroughly underrtood that no
amount Of badgcring, bull-iozing
or whocdling win persuade Us to
change them. We are firm as the
everlasting hills in our conyic.
tioqs, and nothing short :pf ihe
Focks can make any impression on
Vs. We arc liberal IN our relig-
lous views, and DO not object to
testimonials of appreciation In
llquiaed iorm,p
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-09
Good Times Coming,

That an era Of renewed pros
perity Is dawning is most conclu.
sively proven by the growing &c.
tiyity and increase in volume Of
mail business. Those who have
weathered the storm Of the past
year are reasonably secure If they
will apply their energies To bust.
ness and let others know IL. No
man can live unto himself and
none can prosper except by inter.
course with others. Let all buy
with confidence aud push business
with determination and real, old.
fashioned prosperity will reward
every effort. You can't reap with
without sowing; you can't expect
people In the adjoining counties
to patronize you in Durham, unless
you let them know you have
soInethlng they want. IL you
want to prosper; IL you want to
build up your town and benefit
your fellow beings, let them know
ii through a liberal expenditure
Of printers ink.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-09

A iohu hiOllleF Tells now SHE
married off her six daughters:
81 did it." she said, with the
frying pan, a cozy fire and cush-
ioned chair. There now, you
have the whole story" confessed
the lady. 81 would have every
one of those girls on my hands
this minute if / hadn't found
them husbands out of my cookery
book. Despising an old maid as
! do a smokey chimney, when
my eldest girl was full grown |
turned right and left for some
means OF marrying her. Mary
was neither very handsome nor
very lively, so | knew better than
TO trust to luck. So | just set to
work and determined ON a plan
that has never miscarried with
any of them.
"All my life | have made close
observations of mems ways, and
have heard great stories of the
happy results of feeding the sex.
So I looked carefully over the
field and picked out a pleasant,
thriving young fellow, whose
habits were good and his heart
whole. | began by asking him in |
a friendly manner to call. Then
| led the conversation around 10 |
his mother, the way he had been
nurtured and what he most cared |
10 eat in general. | never missed |
a word, and after the first visit We |
got him TO drop into tea on Sun.
day evening. Then YOU may be
sure, | did my best, and when the
second meal was over | knew the |
warnings Of the mans appetite
better than he did himself.
my calculations seemed to be-
Iieve II best TO start toward the
olose Of the year. Spring Is no
good. A man loves all woman.
kind at that season; his appetite is
slight. In my experience, court.
ihips started in November leads,
IS a rule, to a wedding in May.
Of course, my chief reliance is In
food, but would always
ldyise supporting the liberal table
With q big comfortable rocking
hair, drawn sfacing a cheerful
ire. Speak Of II, ~ his chair,
md YOU won't make any mistake.
Another thing, don't be too
pressing. A steady eye and a
light hand count more than nag.
Iing. | was always careful moi
o gush, but II I had apple fritters
N Tuesday, I apologized for their
voorhees, and begged him to drop
n on Thursday and let Mary no.
Ieem her mothers reputation
With some particular appe.izing
Iish. In the evenings | had her
rained 10 sit In a low sewing
hair under the big lamp and !,
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-09
To the Highest slddsn

, A once famous English barristes,
who dearly loved o lord, on arriving
one day at Hamburg learned that q
distinguished member Of parliament
was staying at the hotel which be
had selected. He at once called the
waiter and offered him half na-
poleon, at the same time requesting
that a place might be reserved for
him at table d'hote adjoining that Of
the noble lord. When dinner was
served, however, he entered the
room and found that the seat was
already occupied. He summoned
the waiter. why was not that
place reserved for me2" he demand.
ed, angrily. well, sir, I'm very
sorry" replied the waiter; YOU
gave me half q napoleon to place you
near his lordship, but he gave me =
napoleon to put you on the further
'lde Of the table. ."--Argonaut.
Be your own competitor. Tho
man who Is not constantly breaking
bis own record Is tending toward
that point where he can make no
record at all.-Young Mans Era.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-09
Waite.s Parting Shot.

| Waite's Parting Shot.
/ Gov. Waite, in his final mass
age at Denver last Saturday t
the Legislature, $4,000 words il
length, discussed all his peculial
theories about finance and othel
matters. He said: ut is a mat
ter Of congratulation that at the
last election the issues were SC
clearly defined that the devil
claimed his own, and the traitors
who had been 50 long masquerad,
ing as silver Democrats and Pop
ulists were compelled to throw of
their disguise and openly cling to
the bosom Of the Republican par
ty-a party responsible before
God and man for the destruction
Of our silver product, the depres-
sion within the last sixteen
months Of all real and personal
property in the State Except
money and money securities) to
less than one-half their former
value, and the loss of employ
ment to thousands upon thou
sands of silver miners" -
The governor declared that dur
ing the last yearthe President had
sent troops into Colorado and
Illinois in violation of the consti-
tuition, and recommended the as
sembly ITO memorialize Congress
to solemnly protest against the
unsurpation Of the United States
and United States marshals, who,
with the aid and consent of the
United States judges, have con-
verted the United States court
houses into recruiting stations to /
enlist desperadoes as deputy mar
shals without any regard to their
proper qualifications, but simply
for military purposes.
In conclusion the governor
said: "A brief two years ago a
Democratic national administra-
ton arrcgantly assumed power in
all the departments of the govern
ment. Today that administra-
lion lies crushed and bleeding. It's
success contained all the elements
Of its swift destruction, for the
money power which controlled
The party prevented any relief to
the people, and so the Republi-
AN party, controlled by the same
relentless power, can grant no re-
Iiet--no substantial prosperity-ll
md would not il it could. Hence.
I, too, must give way to the party
" progress and reform.
"The Peoples party of colora-
10, though never in control Of the
general assembly, and with its
State officers somewhat divided
md discordant during the most
'xciting and troublous times that
'ver have existed in the history
II tho State, turn over TO The in.
'oming administration the affairs ,
Il the State with q clean bill ofli
lealth, and we shall hold our
dominant party to a like rigid ac-
cunt.
Il will not say Hail and Fare. .
pelll' That would be too formal, Ii
Ne will meet you, gentlemen, in
wo years at 'PhilipiI'" l.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-09
Durham. n. G. "Wednesday, January ., 1ees

obligations and dependence on the
other-and | say, from all such
let ryery youth humbly pray God
to preserve him evermore =
Horace Greely in N. Y. Ledger.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-09

The North Carolina Grand
Lodge Ancient, Free and Accept.
cd Masons. met In Raleigh
yesterda \.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-09
FOR FACIAL BLEMISHES

Sold thsoaFhouttbs world, Price, 7se. FCrTxR
pHcg AsD CasMs CJRF., Sole PrUps, Boston.
Az about The skin, Scalp, and Hair" ffs~
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-24
RINGS AND PINS.

The love of ones personal property is
distinctive, and woman gets to feeling
for her rings and pins sort of affection
viii III is made up of whole sheaf of min
glcd associations. The engagement and
the wedding rings are of course sacred. but
while they cluster around themselves the
sweet memories of the happiest period of a
girl life, other rings are almost equally
priced. This one was bought one summer
III Venice or Geneva: it is a souvenir of n
charming trip. The other has been lost and
found half-dozen times, and seems TO
have mysterious faculty of returning to
its owner, however careless or unfortunate
she may be. About the opal ring a host
OF Legendary superstitions weave their
shadowy halo, and there are people who
cannot be induced to wear the beautiful
gem, so timid are they in reference to its
bringing i'll luck in its wake.
Jewels possess the subtle beauty of flow
ers i'll less ephemeral shape and texture
Handed down from generation to genera.
ton, they survive all dynasties and crashes
of change and time. One may hold in her
hand ring or pin which was worn bv n
reigning belle in the dim antiquity of the
ages when Babylonia and Assyria were in
their prime. Men come and go, but gems
like the earth, abide forever.
A celebrated divine used to carry about
in his pocket few beautiful uncut pems
loving to handle and to look at the smould.
ering fire of the ruby, the deep cool green
OF the emerald, and the golden heart of the
topaz. Surely Il beautiful and delicate
fancy to crafty. Harper's Bazaar.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-24
LIARS EDITORIALLY CONSID-
Erred.

The liar whom the editor hates worse
than all is the man who, when dunned for
years subscription, says he only received
two or three copies during the year, and
refuses to pay.
Next to, if not above this one, the editor
hates a liar who takes the paper seven or
eight years, and, when finally cornered for
settlement, says he never ordered the
paper at all.
But the worst liar of the whole LOT ;s
the man who takes the paper several wears
then moves away without paying or saving
anything about it, and yet says he is AN
honest man.
But there are Others. For instance; The
man who is two or three years behind ON
his paper and pays one years subscription
and year later, when dunned, saws he
paid for last year and doesn't owe for Init
one year.
Brethren, we all fall short of the truth
The biggest liar Of the whole lot is the
editor who publishes the obituary of tho
aforesaid liars and intimates that thew
have gone to acknowledgement Indie.
pendent.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-24

Iiage right behind us. For mercy's sake,
don't let them pass u.s.
Joe shortened up, and Prince was of like
dart, while his driver waved his hand
decisively at the occupants OF the other car
riage, now close behind them, and shouted:
''No passes on this road" Lucinda leaned
back in the buggy, half laughing, bali cry
ing, while Joe drove Prince with with the
air of Il hero.
"What do you think your sister will say
to So" he said presently.
''lf she had seen you to-day" said
Lucinda, - expect she would ask you how
you supposed Miss Golden would feel when
she foun how basely you had treated her. "
Now Lucinda" said Joe, whose bashful-
ness had somehow all left him; whenever
you say Miss Golden shall ask after Dr.
Grey's welfare;' and then the simpetons
laughed us if there had been something
very witty said.
When they drove up to the Miller home
stead Mr.. and Mrs Miller were in the
front yard watching the people going home
from the picnic, and Mr.. Miller came for
ward at once, extending his hand to assist
Lucinda. But Joe called out, ''you look
after Prince Miller, and III see to
Lucinda; she belongs to me now.'
is that SOP said Mr.. Miller "Well
all | can say il, you've got nice piece of
property. What do you say, Marthy?"
Martha caught her breath and fence
post at the same time, and, before she could
speak. Lucinda had slipped from .Joe's grasp
and was through the gate and in the house.
Then Mrs. Miller, having recovered her.
self, said, Never mind, Joe, she's all
right. But how ia the world did you
ever
Her husband interrupted her. Come
in, Joe, he said; of course you will take
supper with us.
''Of course said Mrs. Miller. You
will have to take pot luck, but that's no
matter; you re onr OF the family now, I
reckon. Here, Be sic =" az the littl, girl
came running towards them, come and
kiss your uncle Joe
Jessie did not understand until matters
were explained, and then, while she did
object to Joe as an uncle, she protested
loudly against his taking her aunt away.
Joe whispered, will give you the incest
little colt, Bessie, for though nobody
knows it, you Helped me out of all my
t!ouble;' and Bessie, if she was ignorant
of how she had helped was satisfied.
Mrs. Joe Stebbins tells her husband she
knows no girl ever had proposal like hers.
"Why, joe" she says, you frightened
me: yours came like bullets"
Well" says Joe, "they hit the
mark. any way. Let's have Il kiss" and,
laughing, Luc!.da says Lets"
But never has Joe said word about
Bessie story OF ''the dog in the manrer. :"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-24
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PRISON POETRY.
For the Wing.

For the Wing.
An inspector of English prisons, on enter
leg prison cell, found the following lines
written on the slate belonging to a prisoner
sentence of penal servitude for
the second time:
cannot take my walks abroad,
Pm under lock and key;
Ard much the public applaud
For all their care of me.
Not more than others deserve
In fact much less than more:
Yet have food, while others starve
Or beg from door to door.
TIL" honest pauper in the street
Half naked | behold;
While am clad from head to feet
And covered from the cold
Thousands there are who scarce can tell
Where they may lay their head:
But I've II warm and we'll aired cell
A bath. good books and bed.
While they are fed on work-house fare,
And grudged their scanty food;
Three times day my meals get,
Sufficient, wholesome and good.
Then to the British public's health,
Who all our care relieves,
And while they treat us rs they do
They'll never want for thieves
j. b. SHEEHAS.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-24
Small Farm For Sale.

The owner desiring to quit farming offers
for sale at II low price farm of AZ Acres, sit,l-
ated on the old Elk Neck road, ~ miles from
2-Story Dwcling-5 rooms-newly rooted last
spring. Good large Apple orchard-Pcnrs
Cherries and Grapes. All necessary outbuild-
ings. One mile from Wesley Chapel, one-hut
mile from school house.
This Is a desirable small place and II nice
home that can be bought cheap. Apply to
uugl0 V. NJ. TORBERT,
Office "Cccil Whig." Elkton, Md.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-24
Pleased With the Armstrong Stove.

Fite's Eddy Hotel, on the Susquehanna
5. A. Danner Proprietor.
FITEs EDDY, Pa, June 9th, 1886.
Dear Sir: | am greatly pleased with my
stove 1t is just as recommended. a good
baker. 1t heats the water well. The pipes
are all good and 1t draws very well. Hoping
to favor you, ! am Yours truly,
S. A. BANNER.
To Mr.. Frank Jones,
of the Armstrong Stove 4 Mfg, Co.,
Perryvillc, Md. jy6tf
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-24

~ saw Mrs. X, going into an auction
sale last Monday. Isn't her craze for bar
gains extraordinary"
''Ncs, indeed; believe she could die
happy if she knew she would be laid on q
bargain counter and be buried "a a rem
nant. Harlem Life.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-24
A FLASH OF DARING.

BY MRS. f. V. WILSON.