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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
Mortgage Sale.

By virtue ~ powers conferred upon me n I
mortgage deed executed on the iglh day W Jan.
liafy, ~. BY y q lseugglns and y Y scogelns
bis wife, which mld mortgage deed IL Fecnried
IN the office Oh the Register ~ Deeds ~ Durham
county ~ book No, ~, Gage ~. | WILL on Mon.
day the ~ day ~ March, tHag, ~ " O'Clock MI,
~ the court house door ~ Durham sell 10 Tho
highest bidder fhe following described l0ta 81
parcels ~ land. % w.t. lying and being n ntf.
ham township, county Of Durham. state ~ North
Carolina, mQfe particularly bounded and de.
scFltcd ~ follows. H. Wit
Flint Lot Adjoining the lands % A ! Ellis and
the heirs Of0eufRe llafl5re ana others beginning
~ The y q failfuad running s0uth,wcsf elaht
rods 70 piece 81 Iron. thence northwest hVc
fu1s 70 g sake thence northeast eight rods 10
fOrki thence i've rods 70 The beginning. adjoining
bills on The west. the n q miir0ad IN Inc
north, The NOfah and Gray Haflee heirs On the
east and south, containing onefourih u an aefe,
second Lot. beginning 81 Jos = Bmae,s heirs
corner formerly n Fuilcftons c0fnerl a0uih.
east AZ rock, thence west ips feet toa fock cor.
nsF; thenbc north 40 Feet 10 foek corner thence
enst 10 feet 70 rock corner on new prtel
tnenhc south with new street ft6 feet 20 tht -
ginning. containing 0ne-haif acre, more o. les.
Terms o. aale~Canh.
This Jan. n, 1890.
w n. LLOYD, Mofteaecc.
~ PKED A. GREEN. Attorney
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
a Curious Oath.

The following curious oath was
until recently administered in the
courts ofthe isle OF Man: by this
book, and the holy contents there
Of, and by the wonderful works
that God has miracuously wrought
in heaven and the earth beneath in
six days aud seven nights, I do
swear that I will, without respect
Of favor or friendship. love or gain,
consauguinity or affinity, envy or
malice, execute the laws of this
isle. and between party and party
as indiiferently as a herriu's back.
bone doth lie in the middle Of the
fish.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

ENGLAND occupies Egypt, but
she cannot spare men or ships
to compel the Sultan to protect
the oppressed Armenians from
their assailants. Itmay devolye
ON this country, single-hanaed,
to make the Sultan feel that
American colleges cannot be de.
stroyed with impunity. rhe
lesson which Decatur taught
the Dey Of Algiers forms a good
precedent for such interference
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
Hs Ear prop ped OF.

LAMBERTvILLE, M j., Feb.
18.-Charles Taylor, who car
ries the mail between New
Hope and Brownsburg, Pa,
about four miles below here,
froze his ears yesterday morn
ing, and while rubbing them to
get them warm they both fell
off in his hands. He was taken
to the hospital.
William Jones, who works
for Winfield Poole, over al
Blackmanville, while driving 3
New Hope, froze his hand.
While holding it in warm water
one Of his fingers dropped off
and the others hung by threads
Il is feared his whole hand will
have to be amputaed.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
Notice to Subscribers.

The party to whom The
Recorder was sold in August
last and moved to Hillsboro,
having failed to comply with
the terms, The Durham Re-
corder has been moved back
to Durham and will hereafter
be published there. All per-
sons indebted for subscription
will please call at the office
and pay Messrs, King and
Thompson, the leassees of the
paper. Thanking my friends
for their patronage and trust
they will continue the same
with the present leassees,
| am Very Truly,
Z. c. HACKNEY.
Pueblo, Col, Jan. IS.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

b CONNECTICUT is still the moth
er of inventions, her record al
the patent office last year hav,
ing led all others. She got one
patent for every 993 of her in.
habitants. BY way of contrast
it may be said that South Caro-
lima got one for every 1851 OF
hers. Whether one of these
was a patent on Tiilman's
method of pitchforking ''the old
tyrant in the white house" does
n Vt appear. Asfor Mr.. Tillman
himself, he is not worth patent
ing.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
GRRAr FIGHTERS or kkARs

GREAT FIGHTERS OR Liars
One searches history in vain for
such examples Of prowess as are
reported from Cuba respecting the
Spanish volunteers Horatio on
the bridge was mere bagatelle,
md as for Winkelried at the bat.
tie Of Sempach. be "wasn't in it,
with these valiant sons of Spain,
Those noble six hundred that rode
into the jaws Of hell while all the
world wondered accomplished
nothing Of special significance
compared with the eighteer
mounted civil guards who, so the
cable informs us, awere attacked
near San Felipe, by fifteen hun.
bred insurgents, defended them.
selves heroically for an hour and .
half. killed three insurgents, and
think they wounded Gfteen. !"
Just think Of i'll One civil
guard to eighty-three uncivil in
surgents! The mighty courage
and strong right arm of these civil
guards recall to mind the days and
leeds of Richard the Lionhearted
md his famous sword and of the
other heroes in battle of whom
history makes mention now and
then. How utterly foolish on the
part of Gomez and Maceo to keep
this thing up any longer when
fifteen hundred of their men are
unable to overcome eighteen civil
guards.
Another thing to be noted is the
cool calculation and keen observa.
ton of these civil guards while
under fire and beset by eighty.
three times their number. In the
lin and smoke of battle they kept
tally of the foes they slaughtered
and wounded. They killed three
and wo unded fifteen. 1t is posi-
BILE of course that these eighteen
stepped forth from the ranks of
the insurgents so as to take no TN
fair advantage ofthe eighteen civil
guards, and did battle with them
upon equal terms, according to
methods and ideas that determined
the issue of war not infrequentiy
in the days Of the crusades; but
that is imma;erial.
The main point is that either the
civil guards in Cuba are the most
terrible fighters this century has
known. or the Cuban newspaper
correspondents the most terrible
liars in the universe. Exchange.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
Hs knew whsn 70 STOP.

A bashful young man Of q
neigbboring town while attend.
ing q recent revival meeting
was approached by an earnest
young lady who said to him
my dear friend, 10 ' ould fiIl
my heart with Joy 70 lead you
70 the altar" The young fell
low replied In confusion: al
appreciate the honor you wish
70 confer up me very much, but
being engaged 70 two girls al
ready II will be impossible for
me 70 accommodate you. -
Doyer Index.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
WHEN the door OF hope is
shut the gate Of crime is open
ed.

THE Jacksonville IN. c.
Times tells of a case in dispute
there, over the ownership Of a
three dollar hog; the expense
incurred to date amounts to
about $50, and as an appeal was
taken from the verdict render
ed, the case goes to the supreme
court, and we presume that by
he time the case is settled the
h g will have died of old age or
be worth about seven dollars a
pound.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
HASHLNG VOWS BIR7HDAr

HASHLNG TOMS BLR7HDAE
Tomorrow is the birthday of
President George Washington,
who led onr struggling ances-
tors successfully through the
Revolutionary War, conquered
Great Britain, who was at that
time mistress of the world, and
won liberties which we today
are enjoying, and which those
who will come on the stage of
life after we have let the curtain
fall, Will enjoy.
He was our greatest hero and
his memory will live until "time
is no more" The idea of the
public schools throughout the
land celebrating his birthday is
a happy one. The virtue of pa
triotism cannot be impressed too
early upon youthful minds, nor
can there be a more appropriate
occasion for such a purpose
than the natal anniversary of
the central hero in the war of
the revolution, tile first presi
dent Of the United States.
Impressions received in child
hood and during the period Of
adolescence are generally re-
tanned by the man and the wo.
man in after life. They may
lose something Of their vivid
ness as the years roll on and the
hattie Of life calls for new men
tai efforts every day. but, as a
rule, they are never entirely OBJ
liberated. In no particular is
this more true than in matters
that relate 10 the history of the
nation and appeal to national
pride and patriotism.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

R5 FIX
MANY brutal murders have
been committed in Boston with
in the last five years, but the
first hanging for twenty years
will take place there this week.
The New York Mercury says
that people living in a house
built so largely of glass like our
Boston friends, should NOT
throw stones at Southern and
Western communities in which
murders are frequent and legal
hanging rare.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
ATl.asrA SPECIAL.

Nos. goa and 1ol solid Pullman yeatshuls
Trims between Washington and Atlanis.
Ifains . and q have through sleepers betueeg
weldon and New Work
NO. u makes eioee c0nneciir1 n poftsmouth
With Bay Lac for ailimoir. old Don lnion
steamers fof New YORK every day In the eett
sHcepi Friday. With Merchant and Mineis
Line iof Boston aud Providence every day IN the
week except Tuesday aud THURSDAY. aad
Norfolk and Washington ~ n. Company daily
for Washington
Nos ~ makes rin4ec1nuectt0n a Durham wffh
train going west on q. a u. railroad,
For iufthef Information IN regard 10 co1uees
lions, etc, apply - ~ !. cheaiham, agent, DuY.
ham, ~. e.
JOHN u. wfNDRR, General Manager
T. ]. ANDERSON. q. y, A.
n ST. ioHs vice President
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

MrcH has been written about
the new experimental colony es-
tablished at Fitzgerald, Ca. One
OF the notable features Of the coll
ony IS that negroes are not allowed
in it under any circumstances.
Another colony with similar re.
strictions, is soon 10 be established
in Ware county, near Fitzgerald.
Meantime a colony Of colored peo-
pie is being established on the Alb
bevilIe and Waycross railroad, adj
joining the Fitzgerald colony. In
this no white people are to be al
lowed under ATTY circumstances.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
Beware Of Ointment for CO.
tsrrh that contain Mercury.

as merccry will surely destroy
the sense Of smell and complete.
ly derange the whole system
when entering IL through the
mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they
will do Is ten fold TO the good
you can possibly derive from
them. Halls catarrh Cure,
manufactured by Il, J. Cheney
Il Co, Toledo, o.. contains no
mer ury, and is taken internal.
ly, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. In buying Halls
Catarfh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. IL Is taken inter
nally, and made IN Toledo, o.,
by +. J Cheney Il Co. Testi.
monials free.
Sold by druggist price 75c. q
bottle.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
RLLL WYE DkING.

AsHEvILLE, Feb. 19.--Misses
Winnie and Bessie Nye, daugh.
tiers Of Bill Nye. who have been
TO school at Washington, arrived
this afternoon and left for home
at Buck Shoals on the evening
1 sheyille & spartanburg train.
They were called home on ac-
count Of the dangerous illness
Of their father. Il is feared the
famous humorist cannot live
more tran a few hours.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

HERE is an extract from a re.
cent prayer of a Boston Metho
dist clergyman, says the New
York Tribune: "0h, Lord, look
upon these husband tending,
baby.tending women, and all
these hen-pecked husbands who
have been hanging on on the
ragged edge of hell the last sew
en- days"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
Of tho Wedding Cake

Origin of tho Wedding Cake.
When in ancient or imperial
Rome a maiden was welded &C.
cording to confarreatio, she al.
ways carried three ears of
wheat in her hand, while over
her head was broken q simply
cake of far and mola salsa as a
presage Of plenty and an ample
abundance of tho good things
of life.
lii this primitive custom, then
we see the germ from which
grew the elaborate plum loaves
and daintily beribboned boxes
of luscious richness that form
so conspicuous a feature of our
marriage feasts today.
The bridal wealth Of an early
English bride was likewise
fashioned of bearded (and some
times gilded) wheaton spikes,
while on her return from church
CO IN and other &c reals were
showered upon her and then
carefully gathered up and con-
sumed BY the wedding guests
In this also we recognize q rude
ancestor of a modern fashion,
that of sending a newly married
pair off in a small blizzard of
hard, snowy rice
In course of time, however,
the golden grain was ground
and made into large thin, dry
biscuits, winch were gayly shat.
tered above the blushing maids
flowing locks and then dist i
buted among the bystanders.
To this day, too, in some por.
tons of Highland Scotland it il
Still customary for the best
man and first bridesmaid to
break an oatmeal cake over o
young wife IS she crosses the
threshold of the first house en-
tered after the marriage ceres
mony. This hammock is then
partaken of by all the Assem-
bled friends and washed down
with the Scotch whiskey in
which they drink the health of
the bride and bridegroom and
of their respective clans.-Ag
mes Carr Sage in Lippincott's
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

Now it is cryptoscope, which
will enable one to see through
solid substances such as armor
plates, cannon balls, and ba n
doors, with the naked eve.
Next we may look for an inyen-
ton which will enable one TO
see ahead and behind at the
same time. This might be call
ed the Observation-Disclosures
scope.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

Ex-Congressman w. M. Cocker
of Tennessee. who died a few day.
ago, was the man vino caught
John Quincy Adams IT, hi
arms when Adams fell in the cor
ridor of the capitol at Washington
shortly before bis death. -.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

A SPECIAL from Danville, Indi-
ana, says: Blaine Lynch, rs years
old. committed suicide last night
by jumping down a coal shaft 200
feet deep. He had been caught
robbing his fathers store. At the
top of the shaft was found a note
which said: You will find my
body at the bottom Of the shaft,
and / will meet you skating in
h."
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
A couNrRYMAY in the north

A coUETRYMAS in the north
ern part Of Maine has discover.
ed a new way to bake apples,
and win apply for a patent. He
puts them in his coat pocket
and then hangs the coat over a
radiator. The principal value
of his discovery is that while
the apples are done to a tune
the coat is not burned. No
wonder Maine has all the fat
Offices at Washington.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

JOHN RUsKIN, it is said, is
very fond of jewels and goes
about with a number of loose
diamonds in his pockets. An
exchange thinks that should
John visit this country the light.
fingered gentry will give him
the magic touch and cure him
of the habit of rafting dia-
monds in his clothes.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

Tie Car and Czarina Of Rus
STA intend to pay a long visit this
year to their relatives at the court
Of Denmark, whether they will be
accompanied by the Dowager
Empress. They will probably
arrive in Copenhagen in August
on the yacht STANDARD. The visit
will last about two months.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

CAPE MAY, N. j., Feb. 49,
A remarkable atmosphericaI
phenomenon occurred early YES.
terday morning over the ocean.
The frosty air there was filled
for some twenty feet deep with
ice crystals, the frozen eyapor.
alton Of the warmer water Of
the sea. All the fieecy, fiaky
characteristics Of drifting snow
were present. On this bank the
shipping Of the ofilng seemed 70
glide IN and out Of the bay like
figures on the mimic stage.
The sun had assembled some
thirty degrees above the hori-
zon before the novel sight dis.
appeared by the melting of this
attenuated snow bank. Seamen
note such occurrences In the
Gulf stream, where the warm
water Of the ocean Is evaporated
and frozen near its surface on
frosty mornings when the air Is
still.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

THERE is a banana plantation in
Cuba covering an area Of so square
miles, containing on an average
2.5oo, 900 trees, and keeping in
constant employment $500 per-
sons. A feet Of twenty.six steam
ers is required to transport the
fruit to the United States.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

The Geld wave has struck Durham In
dead earnest which reminds one that he
needs coal 20 keep himself warm. When
In need Of that kind Of fuel v. s. Riiby
q Co., can supply youf demands. They
have large lot on hand Bell phone "a;
Interstate fs6. Ring them Up, give your
order and theY viii do the rest.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

GIVE men employment that will
furnish food and shelter for their
families, and you may manage the
government to suit yourselves, but
let them be hungry and homeless
and no sort Of government will be
satisfactory.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

A GERMAN publisher has issue
a Liliputian encyclopedia with
$4,000 references, small enough
to be attached to a watch chain.
A microscope goes with it, and the
whole costs only thirty-fve cents.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

WEYLER gives the men and
women ten days 20 prove their
loyalty to Spain. IL may not
take as long a time as that for
some liberty loving Cuban to
prove that it is time for Weyler
TO die. VI.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
Fast Life Leads to Q shortsqe,

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Feb. 49,
Charles s. Nazworthy, deputy
county prosecutor, q member Of
the Knights Of Pythias, the Ma.
rion Republican Club, and Q
well known young politician
and lawyer, shot himself in the
mouth this afternoon al his
room, 1874 North Meridian street,
and died two hours later. Nag.
worthy was recently appointe
assignee Of theAmerican Lounge
Company, but was removed 10
day by the court. He was cited
to appear and produce his re.
ports before noon. Later q
shortage was discovered In his
accounts. IL will reach about
Al 900. He is also thought %
be short In his accounts as dep
uty prosecutor. Nazworthy was
twenty five years of age, and
had recently been living e fast
life,
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

A CELEBRATED Frenchn an said j:
Perfection consists, not in doing
extraordinary things, but in doing
ordinary things with an extraor
binary spirit"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
Pueblo, Col, Jan. IS.

SOME men work so hard to pre-
serve their reputation as to create
the suspicion that it is a little
tainted.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

The idea that Spain has a
large standing army in Cuba i
an erroneous enc. The fact is
that Gomez and his aids keep
her army on the run most Of the
time.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

If A great many people were no:
more anxious to appear well than
to do we'll, the collecting agencies
would have to 60 out of business.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

THE indications are that the
North Pole has got away from
Nausen, the great explorer, and
passed over Durham the other
day.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

The capitalist who looks upon
money as a captured prisoner,
never TO be exchanged, re eased,
or paroled, is Of no use 10 any
c community.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

"THE road 10 Heaven" says
+. l. Stanton, lis so narrow
that some people have about de
cided there is not room for two
at q time"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
AN ErFoR1 IA heing mazda

AN EFFoRT is being made to
get q pardon for John Y. Nc
Kane, who is serving a sentence
IN the Sing Sing. n. Y, peni.
Tertiary. Among the things
said IN bis favor is that since
his imprisonment he has saved
the state $4,000 by acting as
supervisor Of the buildings.
They may possibly conclude
that a man as valuable as that
should be kept in the penitenti-
AIRY. @
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
ENCk1ND WILL ARBI7Rd7I

LosDoS, Feb. l0.-The Daily
Chronicle will announce the &C.
tual situation between Britain
and the United States in con-
nection with the Venezuelan
boundary, thus: Great Britain
Is resolved 10 arbitrate the Ven.
ezuelaD boundary dispute d.
rectly with the United States.
The method 70 be adopted and
the details OF the settlement are
alone under consideration.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

GROVER doesn't speak French
or Spanish, but he can arbitrate
in any language.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

Mrs. LEASE has won political
honors and boomers, and now
has her eye on wings.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

CONGRESS could make a big
hit by passing the appropria.
ton bills and going home.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
A YOUNG woman in Kansas

A YOUNG woman in Kansas
who took advantage Of leap year
TO propose to q young man, was
accepted and now hasn't this
young man, but a breach Of
promise case TO entertain her.
The young man bought sixteen
dollars worth Of store clothes TO
be married In, but when he was
ready for business she said she
was only In fun. He didn't see
any fun 10 it, brought suit for
damages 10 cover the new suit,
&c and now she doesn't see
any fun In II either.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
q III co0KE.
Secretary Of state

-1s-@s-ss.-.---
S. Sal. Al
between Durham and Henderson, Norfolk
richmond, Washington, BALTIMORE, Philhdel
plia and Sew York, aud Boston. also Raleigh
Charlotte Wilmington Monroe. chester. Greens
sood. Athens. Atlanta and all points south aud
Vest.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

MRS. LEASE in the pulpit bids
fair to~be agreater success than
she was in boomers.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
sTATE o. NORTH cAROLINA.

sTATE or NORTH CAROLINA.
0FItrE % SECRETARY ~ srATE
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
RALSIaH. n G.. Dee do is.s.
IN compliance with SEC. aOf An Act % t0nsoll
dale thc Insurance Laws ~ North Carolina h
certify that ths above 4 d true exlncl ffsai liz
sworn statement ~ the fenasylvania Fire In
surnee tia., On Decemher ~, is95, nov on MI
III this department.
q y. COOKE.
Secretary Of sate