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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
ri Is ENGLISH you KNOW.

The tendency in this country
among the anglo maniacs and Of
certain magazines and journals to
laud every thing English and to
hold UP the British government
as an exlmpla for our imitation,
is disgusting to- every loyal
American.
Lets look into the matter d little
and see what kind Of an Eden
this is that we are asked to lmini-
tate. The support Of tie Royal
loafers known as the Royal fami,
" costs the English people about
Sl0,000,000, annually. The pre-
sident Of the United States receiv-
es salary Of $4,000 annually.
Englalid's army and navy costs
S155, 100000 annually, ours costs
SOL, 100000. Her interest on
the public deb. is $4,000, 900,
ours is about s95,0OO,OoO, Eng
lands per capita debt is SSs.14,
:.
onrs is SILL per capita.
These items are sufficient for
our purpose without enumerating
Others proportionately great. In
England everything is taxed,
either directly or indirectly.
Owners Of land and houses, occu-
piers Of land and houses, as well
as professions, all trades, incomes
from whatever source, deeds,
probates, legacies, and SUGGESTIONS,
bill.o exchange and receipts, pat
eats, carriages, horses, man-ser>
wants, guns, dogs, and personal
property generally must pay.
The revenues of the United States
are derived from customs and tax
on tobacco and whiskey and a.
few other articles not of prime
necessity. With the exception of
the income tax, Englands fiscal
system does not commend itself to
t ne Americans and this latter
strangely enoughis the only thing
English that is condemned by
the aforesaid maniacs.
Such people should move to.
England and partake ofsuch rare.
blessings Of Royalty and act fun
key and toady to their hearts
content.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
Outrageous Tactics.

The Progressive Farmer says:
We learn that certain patent med
icine houses are sending out adj
yertising propositions which ought
to be rejected BY all selfrespecting
papers, and buyers should leave
the medicines for goldbugs. The
Lumberton Robesonian says it
has received a proposition from
one concern with the following
stipulation at the bottom of the
contract;
1T is also agreed that sh, u!d
the free silver candidate Bryan be
elected, the DR.. Miles Medicine
Go. have the privilege of cancel,
ing the contract"
We are glad that Bro, McDiar.
mid had the courage and honesty
to refuse the offer and expose the
scheme.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
How and why il Rains.

Rain is an accumulation of the
tiny particles of the vapor of the
atmosphere into drops. These
drops, first small of size, attract
others OF their kind and become
drops of such magnitude that they
fall to the earth because of their
weight. There is a limit to the
quantity of water which the air is
capable of absorbing and retain.
ing as invisible vapor. Warm
air is able to hold more than cold
dir. Hence, when the air which
is saturated with moisture be-
comes cold for any reason what
ever, it can no longer retain its
moisture. A portion must, under
such condition, accumulate into
drops, These fall to the earth in
the shape of rain.-St. Louis Re.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
weyIer win sweep the island.

HAVANA. Aug. 90 Cal. Tort,
learning the insurgents were
encamped in the vicinity of
Gomez, in the province of Ma
tapzas, ordered a cavalry charge
on the Spanish forces. The re.
suits, according to the official
advices, was a decisive victory
over the insurgents. The Gu
bans were compelled to fly for
their lives. They left ninett en-
dead on the field, including DR..
Bacallao and Lawyer Roiolfo
Gayilan. Two prisoners and a
large quantity of ammunition
aud a considerable amount of
mail were captured.
Capt. Gen. Weyler is about TO
issue a decree placing certain
limitations and prohibitions
upon the raising Of next sugar
and coffee crops. BY this plan
he hopes to d-prive the insur
gents Of their resources, and
bring all Of the planters to the
support Of Spain. Capt. Gen.
Weyler also announces that 1t is
his intention, as soon as re-en-
forcemonts arrive from Spain,
to concentrate his forces and
sweep the island from one end
TO the other. BY this means he
hopes TO speedily put an end to
the present instruction.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27

chants seles and I'll except the
favored few share in the gen.
eral disaster to busin SIS.
With such experience can
there be any doubt as to a re-
turn TO a financial system un
der which II prosp red. Rea.
son and com non sense says no.
Greed, indolent Indifference
and beastly selfshness alone
approves Of present conditions.
La k CT money cannot be RENEE
died by making it scarcer and
easier to corner andlcontrol
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
IN UNIoN---sTRENGTH.

A union of the reform forces
makes success at the polls prob.
able.
Separation of those forces
rakes success impossible.
The man who wants success
flvors the methods that lead to
it.
The man who desires disaster
to come 70 the forces favors dis
union and antagonism.
Look out Cor the disorganizer,
and divider.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
sfso.ooo far North ICaroIIna.

The Washington correspond
ent of the New York Journal
says that the mixed.up condi.
tion of politics in North Caro-
lima has caused Mark Hanna 10
lay aside a quarter of a million
dollars TO buy the State for Nc
Kinley. The correspondent
truly says:
"But North Carolinians,
though poor, are proud of their
independence, and are apt TO
resent signs of corruption at the
polls in an effective and ex.
tremely disagreeable way
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
Rand Of Moonshiners Caught.


BaIsToL, Tenn, Aug. 20. A
party of re.enue officers repre-
senting all sections OF Virginia,
went to Franklin county yester.
day to break up the most noted
band of outlaws and illicit dis
tillers in that state. BY artifice
they succeeded in capturing
twelve outlaws without blood
shed, and destroyed several
stills. Among the captured
were Caloin Moore, the Martin
brothers, and the Atkins broth
ess, leading spirits of the gang.
While coming out Of the noun
trims the officers were fired on
at different points, and in one
instance waged a fierce fight on
the would be ambushers, driv'
ing them back.
This raid was the result of an
effort made a month ago to cap
tnre these men at which time
the officers were repulsed. Over
200 shots were fired, three Of
the horses we're shot down, and
some OF the outlaws wer;
wounded, while one Of the Of
ficers' pilots was killed ant
another wounded.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
The Coal Trust.

The greatest "hold up" Of the
ages is th recent decision of
the coal barons TO reduce by
8 6,50o.G00 tons the out-plt Of
anthracite coal during the cur.
rent year. That act filches from
the pockets Of the people at least
$40, 100000 In comparison with
these bandits the effect of the
acts Of the Jack Shepherds, u e
Jameses and the YoungerS pale
into insignificance.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27

The Progressive Farmer in
commenting on this says thai
the first step in the formation
Of this nation of ours, which in
l20 years has become the rich
est nation on the globe, was a
declaration of independence.
Nothing in all the. world of f.
nance and commerce is of suf-
flcieEt value to tempt this peo-
pie to recede from the high
ground taken in that splendid
declaration OF the carly fathers.
w ateyer we do with the cur~
rency should be done with an
eye single to the good Of the
American people ard regardless
Of any conditions which may
have grown up in the monar.
chies Of Europe, where the peo-
pie are forgotten that royalty
and sham nobility may dwell in
idleness and luxury.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
Boy Killed His sister.

NEW YORK, Aug. 23-Peter
Fisher, twelve years old, living
at 40 East Eighteenth street,
shortly before 6 O'Clock tonight,
shot and killed his sister, Eliza
beth, aged thirteen. He was
using a FIobert rifle in the
kitchen and said the shooting
was accidental. The ball en-
tered the left side Of the girls
neck and took an upward course
TO the BRAN. The boy was ar
rested.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
Marvellous Results.

From a letter written by Rev
j. Gunderman, of Dimondale,
Mich, we are permitted to make
this extract: IL have no hest
tation in recommending DR..
Kings New Discovery, as the
results were almost marvellous
in the ase.of my wife. While
I was pastor f the Baptist
Church at Rivers Junction she
was brought down with Pneumo.
MIA succeeding La Grippe. Ter
rible paroxysm Of coughing
would last hours with little in.
terruption and il seemed as IL
she could not survive them. A
friend recommended Or. Kings
New Discovery; il was quick in
It's work and highly satisfactory
in results" Trial bottles free
at r. Blacknall & Sons Drug
Store. Regular size soc and ST.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27

THE old theatre at the corner
of Broad and Seventh streets,
Richmond, Va, on the boards of
which many of the greatest actors
ofthe day have played their parts
and in which many important
conventions, political and other
wise, have been held, has been
torn down, and ON the site large
and modern storehouse, which
will be occupied by a Chicago
firm will be erected.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27


Hon. FERDINAND WINTER, of
indianapolis, law partner of OK.
President Harrison announces
that he can not indorse the
single gold standard, and has
made for Bryan. The world do
move" an | it Is now in order for
Mr.. cleveland's law partner,
be that manipulated the recent
bond sale in which S9,OOg, 900
profit was realized by the syn.
dicate" to do likewise. Confes.
sion aud repentance is in order.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
WE CAN STAND ALONE.

Apropos to the discussion
which justnow SO fiercely RACES
as to the influence of Great
Britain upon the currency leg
islation Of this and other coun !
tries, the following figures Of
Prof. Mulhall, the eminent Eng
lish statistician, showing the
comparative wealth of nations,
are Of interest. They explode
the theory SO commonly held,
that England alone is the rich
est nation, says the Farmers
Voice.
Great Britain, including her
colonies, doubtless is, but in the
world of finance that countries
colonies do not count for much
These figures represent the tan
gible property of nations, in
cludipg land, houses, and ali
kinds Of personal property:
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
Nebraska bank In Trouble.

Beatrice, Neb., Aug, 2i.-
The Bank Of Wymorc closed its
doors this morning. No state.
ment Of assets or liabilities are oh.
tainable. II is one Of the depOsi-
tories for Gage county. Six
thousand dollars are on deposit,
amply protected BY $4,000 in
bonds. No run was made on the
bank, the directors dceming L
advisable TO close on account q
slow collections and inability L
renew loans.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27

ANOTHER of the worlds great
souls has changed habitation. The
great English artist, Millairs, has
passed over the river lie lett
evidences of his divinity in the
great paintings which he produc-
ed. lie was 50 absorbed in the
owe of the beautiful, that evil
was forgotten in all lIe did and
said. He helped to make the
world better. lie never added
au ght to the burdens Of man.
,iore such men are needed. ~.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27

. Trr f:rnan family is loom
ing up. Hon. George N. Til
man, the Republican nominee
for Governor of Tennessee, is a
relative of Senator Tillman, of
South Carolina, though distant
Iy. One If the Tillmans is reg
ster Of the federal treasury,
another is United States min
s!tr to Ecuador another . is a
United States Senator. another
is a professor at West Point and
another is a lieutenant in the
army.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27

SENATOR THUEsroS apologies
for slandering Bryan. "An hon.
est confession is good for the
soul" " II the railroad wreckers.
bond conspirators and stock
gamblers will apologize for the
vile epithets such as repudia-
tionists," "cranks." "anarch.
ists," cic, which they have ap-
piled TO Their moral superiots
who differ with them ON the
money question, all will be for
given.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
NATIONAL PARTY pLATFoT N.


The National party which met
IN Greensboro Friday adopted The
following platform:
L In consist devotion to the 20
litical principles, which for many
years have been promulgated by
the National Prohibition party,
which its recent convention at
Pittsbug abandoned, and which
we now find expressed, in their
entirety, in the platform Of the
new National party, we the citi-
zens Of the State Of North Caro-
lima, in convention assembled,
hereby declare our continued allie
glance to those principles and en-
dolse the platform ofthe National
party and its candidates for Pres
ident and Vice President, C. u.
Bentley, Of Nebraska. and ]. Fl.
Soutngate, IF North Carolina.
2. We invite to the support Of this
its candidates all citizens
Of North Carolina, whatever may
have been their past party affilia
tions, who desire the suppression
Of the'dnnk traffic and the aboli
tion Of the monopolies, which
nov control our money system,
our politics, our lands, our rail-
roads and telegraphs, TO the OPP
preston ofour people.
3. North Carolina should be re-
deemed from standing 50 near the
foot Of the sisterhood Of States, in
the educational rank Of her public
schools. Having already pro
vided funds for higher education,
we demaud that legislation how
be directed to the improvement Of
the basal part Of our educational
system. the public schools, now in
i crippled condition for means to
improve. We favor the gradual,
but speedy increase Of the public
school term to eight months in
each year.
4. The bettermen. Of the public
highways is the most important
economic Issue in internal i'm
proyemeht. We demand, there.
fore, that such changes in our
laws be made as will provide for
remanding The able bodied male
criminals Of each county 10 the
care, and custody Of county au-
thorities, for work upon the high
ways within the respective coun-
ties; the distribution, by the
boards Of agriculture Of literature,
setting forth the most improved
methods Of road building and a
more equitable basis Of taxation
for the road fund.
Before adjourning the conven-
ton adopted the following resolu.
ton:
Resolved, that the National
party. in State Convention as
sembled at Greensboro, August
2lst, 1896, sorrows with all who
honored and loved in life the
Hon. W. 7. Walker, Of Brown
Summit, Guilford County, N. c.,
and desired to record this testi-
monial Of its regard for one whose
heroic, consecrated championship
Of humanity's cause viii forever
link his name as an inspiration tc
the history Of our State"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27

ONCE the money question is
settled in the interest of the mass
es, other reforms will be taken up
in the order of their importance.
The reform movements of the
day are born with a destiny and
a mission. The problems of L
generation will find a solution,
and humanity will so forward,
under the stimulous of just condi-
tions for another century. The
hand of God is in it.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
Ism erionncies of ihe nnns cnll

The exigeneies Of the ages call
up men for every occasion. A
Moses will yet arise to lead man.
kind out Of mental, moral, ply
sical, industrial and political bon.
dage into the broad light Of hui
manity, justice and freedom.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27

The News and Observer says
that three electoral tickets in
Georgia would not lose the State
to Bryan. Article four of the
constitution of Georgia provides
that candidates for elector must
receive a majority of all the
votes cast, and if they have not
received a majority the Legisla.
ture shall choose the electors.
This makes Georgia certain as
he Mckinley electors cannot in
any event secure a majority.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
Highest Of all in Leayening Power-Lae U.S. Govt Report
q! Bskasgl! BBakieg
AnSNn HrEWv nsynE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

The News and Observer of last
Sunday morning got out a special
"Fish, Fruit and Truck Edition
Of Eastern North Carolina" II
was sixteen rages in size and was
an honor to the industries men.
toned and to the State of North
Carolina. It should be preserved
as it contains many facts that
will be of interest in the future.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
THE PAST FIFTY YEARS.

The past fifty years represents an
epoch Of invention and scientific
discovery in the history Of the
world A gigantic waves Of human
ingenuity and resource, stupend--
GUS in magnitude, complex in di.
versity, profound in thought,
fruitful in wealth and beneficial
in results to that extent that the
mind is strained and embarrassed
in its efforts to'fully appreciate it.
1t has been grand climax Of
discovery.
The great works Of the ancients
are mere monuments Of patient
manual labor. Not so with mod,
ern achievement. Ideas, brain
and energy have SO combined
that their developments partake
Of the sacred qualities Of creation.
Seeing with the eye ofscience man
has touched the possibilities Of
matter with the divine breath Of
thought and made a new world
The creations OF science and
genius have burst upon an incre.
dulous and supersititious world
like the flashing Of meteor
Intellectual and spiritual forces.
have become infinitely more po-
tent over all material things. By
science through the agency Of
machinery on the one hand, and
Of social organization and commu-
nication on the other, the empire
Of mind ever man as we'll as mat
ter is extended. Human life is
improved, the soul relieved and
society lified 70 q loftier cansci
business. Christianity and philos-
ophy is exalted and illumined.
Fifty years ago the telegraph,
the telephone, the phonograph, The
electric light, the sewing n achine.
the typewriter, the reaper and
binder, the fire engine, the ocean
reLie, the ice machine, the air
brake, the screw propeller and
hundreds Of other inventions and
mechanical appliances 50 useful
to man. and 80 perfect IN opera
ton that they seem endowed with
life and thought, were practically
unknown.
knowledge Of microbes and
disease germs, Of remedies and
preyentatives Of disease, TIE X
rays, autiseptics and anisthetics
have added 70 longevity and al.
=
most destroyed the horror and
pain ofthe surgeons knife.
We shrink from the thought Of
what It would mean 70 modern
civilization 10 eliminate from its
life these potent factors Of its ex-
istence. The last half century
has Dot only produced greater ad.
yancement than any previous
period Of equal length, but more
than all the centuries that have
gone before.
Remarkable indeed is the fact
that the field Of all this develop
ment, Is confined 70 q relatively
small number Of the Caucasion
race, and under Tie benign influ-
ence Of a christian civilization.
Every new discovery only pro-
claims the wisdom and power and
grace Of God, whose creatures we
are. lie moves in a mysterious
way His wonders TO perform. Is
IL His purpose TO make all see
what is the fellowship Of the mys-
terry whicn from the beginning Of
the world hath been hid in God"
Truly does il seem that but q few
more steps remain ere we reach
the top balcony Of the tower Of
scientific discovery, when We will
see oil the glories Of the day q
Gods unfolding. When peace on
earth, good will 70 man will be
realized and Christ's kingdom on
earth be established.
So mote II be.
SLIM JIM
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-08-27
slim JIM.

IT 10 said that Grover Cleve-
land sent q substitute TO the
Cochran meeting in New York.
He did the same thing when
the country had greater need
for his services as O soldier in
the late waf. Cleveland is great
on vetoes, ducks, fish, bond is
sues and substitutes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-30
FOR SUNDAY READING.
LAST NIGHT.

b
Eleepless last night lay upon my bed,
And in the darkness those love the best
Lay calmly sleeping. while with stealthy
tread
Came all the hateful spirits ofunrest,
And in the utter silence seemed to jeer
At my sad heart. worn out with doubt and
fear. IA W
''Thy friends care not" they whispered;
there they sleep,
Whilst thou art tossed in agony of mind.
Sinking in helpless sorrows lowest deep.
No ray of comfort in thy love to find.
There Is no solace for thy beaten heart:
Thus shalt thou be through life--from all
apart" h'A +tt.t
Then sudden as the lightning cleaves. the
sky AIiEyf ffl
There came a vision Of thorn-crowned
Head. avr.F @a~k
A face blood-stained and pale. that ecstasy
or love ineffable upon me shed.
Love He resigned that He might love tho
Ia more: NHsa "f1Hi @Efi
He all our sorrows In His own heart bore.
His life was lonely. for His loved ones slept
Through all the anguished nights He
watched and prayed; ttA N2# IN
His death was lonelier sim, for then there
wept
But few of those whose ransom He has
paid,
Dear lonely Lord! when my heart breaks.
help me thk4t ~ u
To fly for comfort only unto Thee!
Mary f. Nj. Nixon, in n. Y.Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-30
Attributed to Bismarck.

"Ah, yes" said Bismarck, as he pro-
ceeded to light an excellent Havana,
'the value of good cigar is best under
stood when it is the last one you pos
sess, and there is no chance of getting
another. AT Koniggratz had only one
cigar left in my pocket. This l care
fully guarded during the whole battle
as a miser does his treasure. / did not
feel justified in using it. Ipainted with
glowing colors in my mind the happy
hour when l should enjoy it after VIC
tory. But / had miscalculated my
chances. A poor dragon lay helpless.
with both arms crushed, moaning for
something to refresh him. / felt in my
pockets and found 1 had only gold,
which would be of no use to him. But
stay have still my treasured cigar!
lighted this for him and placed it be.
tween his teeth. You should have seen
the poor fellows grateful smile! 1
never enjoyed cigar so much as that
one which / did not smoke."-Detroit
Free Press. .
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-30
Parents Duty.

Parents cannot discharge their obli-
cations yicariously. The Sunday-school
teacher does good work when done in
the fear and love of Goa. But the Sup-
day-school teacher cannot undo the
ruins that follow parental neglect. The
preacher may do much for child neg
lected at home, but he cannot give what
has been denied the child by unfaithful
parents. Parents only can do parents
duty. We need revival in home govern
ment; then we will grow a race of men
and women capable of noble deeds.
A boy neglected by father and mother
and growing up in all willful ways will
never be what he might have been had
his father and mother been faithful to
him. Even conversion does not make a
boy what he would have been il
taught obedience and drilled in the
elementary virtues Of childhood. And
this not few will deny, but it is the
truth, as both the Bible and experience
make plain.--Detroit Free Press.