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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-03-05
Much Truth and Sense Here.

History has not attributed il
to public men as a virtue, or
sign of virtue, that, after enjoy.
ing large emoluments, at public
expense for many years, they
have died deeply in debt, leaving
no estates. Macanlay and other
historians have thought it the
reverse of creditable to Lord
Chatham and his SON, "the
younger Pitt" that the should
have left a legacy ot debt for
the public to pay. He would
certainly be a bold writer who
had any reputation to lose, who
should defend the impecuniosity
of Webster, Clay or Grant,
knowing why they died insolv.
ent, owing everybody and leav-
ing nothing TO pay with. In
some instances these men were
bankrupted by their complete
carelessness. In others they
were impoverished by play and
unjustifiable extravaganza.
The notion that Webster's
poverty was a certificate of his
honesty is absurd, since he took
presents amounting to more
than 100000. and did not hesi-
tate to collect money belonging
to clients and co-counsel, use it
and never make an effort to re-
turn it; and his case was not
unlike that of Fox, of Burke,
and of others. We would not
countenance Illicit gains
through the use of official power
and information gained from
official sources; but we have
quite as much respect for a
rogue in Office as we have for
one who lives high and fast on
his country's bounty for a long
time and dies a pauper, leaving
his debts and his helpless family
to be provided for by his coun-
try.-Chicago Journal.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-03-05
His Last Humor.

Tie Charlotte Observer says
that the two paragraphs given be-
low occurred in the last funny
letter which Bill Nye ever pub.
lished. He was lying dead at his
home at Buck Shoals when the
papers containing the letter were
running through the presses, and
arrangements for his funeral were
probably being made when, the
admirers Of the humorist were
reading, with unusual interest,
what they knew was his last eff.
fort:
Many years ago there lived in
New Haven a very bad boy. He
was born 145 years ago, and as
he is now dead / feel at liberty to
write his biography.
Sometimes it is perfectly tire
some waiting for a man to die ST.
that you will feel safe in saying
what you think of him, but if he
happens to be a large, robust
man, it certainly pays to do so.
There are many strange coinci.
dences, but was there ever p sad
der one than this?
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-03-05
a Mothers Love.

Sons know but little of the
anxiety, the nights of sleepless and
minful solicitude which their
mothers have spent over their
thoughtless waywardness. Those
loving hearts 60 down to their
graves with those hours of secret
agony untold. As the mother
watches by night, or prays in pri-
vacy Of her closet, she weighs well
the words she will address to her
son in order to lead him TO a man.
hood of honor and usefulness.
She will not tell hin. all the griefs
anu deadly fears which beset her
soul. She warns him with tiemb.
ling, lest she say overmueh. She
tries TO charm him with cheery
love while her heart is bleeding.
No worthy and successful man
ever yet knew the breadth and
depth of obligation which he is
under to his mother who guided
his steps at the time when his
character for virtue and purity
was so narrowly balanced against
a course Of vice and ignominy.
Let the dutiful son do his utmost
to smooth his mothers pathway,
let him obey as implicitly as he
can her wishes and advice, let
him omit nothing that will con.
tribute 10 her peace, rest, and hap
piness, and yet he will part from
her at the tomb with the debt To
her not half discharged.-Salis.
bury World.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-03-05
Prohibition Killed Iowa.

DEs MONIES, Iowa, Feb. 81
In the house this morning pro-
hibition was killed. The consti
tutional amendment resolution
was brougt up, and the vote was
taken without discussion. The
resolution was defeated by a
vote of Al to SO. A motion to
reconsider was made and laid
on the table, and then the con-
sideration of the resolution in
definitely postponed.
This settles prohibition for
FIVE years at least in Iowa.
There are ninety nine members
of the house. and all but six
were present and voted.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-03-05
Better Work Every Day.

We ought never e be willing
10 Live any year j ,st as We
lived the last one. No one il
striving after the best things
who is not intent on an upward
and a forward movement con
tinually. The circular move
ment is essential, too the going
around in the old grooves, daily
tasks-yet ven in this treadmill
round there should be constant
prog;ess. We ought to do the
same things better each day.
Then in the midst of the out
ward routine our inner life
ought to be growing in earnest
ness, in force, in depth.-J R
Miller. sE.'.s
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-03-05
Cuba Recognized.

From the Senate of the United
States an emphatic word of
sympathy has gone forth tn the
Cubans who are struggling foI
their independence. This result
was reached late yesterday af-
ternoon, after four hours of STIR
ring debate, when the following
resolution, combining the two
features Of belligerency and in
dependence, was ado pied with
only six dissenting votes:
Resolved by the senate (the
house Of representatives con.
currlng), That, In the opinion
of congress, a condition Of pub.
Tic war exists between the gov
ernment Of Spain and the gov.
eminent proclaimed and for
some time maintained by force
Of arms by the PEOPLE Of Cuba;
and that the United States of
America should maintain a
strict neutrality between the
contending powers, according
to each al the rights Of bellig-
erents In the ports and territory
Of the United States.
Resolved further. That the
friendly Offices Of the United
States should be offered by ths
president TO the Spanish gov.
ernment for the recognition Of
the independence Of Cuba"
The announcements Of the vote
was greeted with great ap,
plause.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-03-05
a Double Murder.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Feb. 90.
A special to the Sun, from
jackson, Tenn, says: Near Hen.
derson, Tenn, a few miles south
OF this city. last night, a most
deliberate double murder took
pace. John <. Butler, a highly
respected citizen, gave a dance,
and q large number Of his neigh.
bors were present. Young
James Bagwell, representing a
good family, but himself a dis.
reputable character, was pres
ent, and il is supposed through
Jealousy Of some girl present,
proceeded to break up the affair
in row. He was requested BY
Henry Bibb TO be quiet and the
request brought on hoi words
and Bibb was shot down by Bag.
well and mortally wounded. dy
ing in a few hours. At this point
Butler came forward and re-
quested Bagwell TO leave, say.
that he had already killed a
man who ment him no harm.
This angered Bagwell and with
out further proyccation he fired
upon Butler, killing him in
stantly. The murderer then
mounted his horse and rode
away at his leisure. Owing 10
the remoteness Of the locality,
IL was some hours before tie
sheriff OF the county county be
notified, but a posse was organ.
lied as soon as he beard Of the
killing all Of last night and to-
day the country has been sconr
ed and tonight a fresh party has
gone out. II is almost certain
that Bagwell will be caught,
aud IL is understood that there
Is some probability of a mob in.
terfering should he be brought
In. There is also q probability
that Bagwell will not be taken
alive, as he is known 10 be one
Of tie most desperate men in
this section.
This afternoon two collins
were sent out for the despera.
dos victims, both Of whom had
dependent families.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-03-05
Placed a Coffie at His Door.

Placed a Coffie at His Door,
Reyenne officers have been op
Grating in Radkin, county. They
made raid near Cross Roads re
Gently but found nothing 1t had
been reported to them by an old
fellow by the name of Leonard
that he saw some one haa ing
stands in that direction and that
there was a blockade still there
but it was some one moving
Nevertheless, Uncle Leonard, a
few nights after this found a sma !!
coffin about three feet long placed
at his door with a note which
read as follows. AFTER FIVE days
dwelling in this place you will be
stored away in this" The old
man only remarked that they
would have a hi of 4 time put
ting him in that small box
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-03-05
He Made $4,000.

A shrewd boy in New York
York made $4,000 recently on
the expenditure Of two cents.
The lad took advantage of tie
weakness in Secretary Carlisle's
bond issue notice, and now he
is wealthy, according TO the
small boys standard. When
he read the bond notice he saw
his opportunity and put in a
bid for $3.50, 900 Of the bonds at
a Price which assured an award
to him. He sold his right to
receive the bonds for $4,000.
The only expense he incurred
was two cents for q postage e
stamp to send his bid to WASH
ington.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-03-05

Fannie Letlaw, colored, who died In
Hayti last Saturday, was buried Sunday
afternoon In the colored cemetery. The
funeral service was conducted BY Rev,
l.. 5. Flagg.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-03-05
> Tribute TO Bill" Nye.


Editor Thornton, of the
Hickory Press and Carolinian,
has a knack for saying things
irrespective Of what other peo-
pie have said on the same sub.
ject before him or what is likely
10 be said after him. Here is
his tribute to Bill Nye
"Mr. Edgar W. Nve, pseud.
nomically "Bili Nye," the brill.
iantly and humorously Humorous
writer who travelled all over the
world and then settled down at
Buck Shoals in North Carolina
has resigned. He died the other
day--the cause being stated
from a stroke of paralysis. Some
people will turn in and say il
was from whiskey. But my
goodness, haven't we got to die
that wayl That is, when we
can't get it2 Eh? We pause
for u brief reply. There is more
in this than Horatio ever
dreamed about In his best dream.
ing night, lam sorry for Nye.
Because | shall really miss
him. occasionally" 49,.
An EXCHANGE says that O fel.
low in a nearby town who
couldn't spare 81 for a news.
paper, sent fifty 2 cent stamps
to a down East Yankee to learn
how to stop a horse from slob.
bering. He got bis receipt and
he'll never forget IL: "To stop
your horse from slobbering,
teach him how 10 spit. =
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-03-05
The American Eagle

On the back OF silver dollar got to talking with
the Goddess of Liberty on another dollar the other
day, as they met in the pocket of newspaper man,
who was fortunate enough to have two whole dol
lars at one time, and to oper conversation, he
fpped bis wings and said. 81 can't get this free sill
yer thro my head; can you.'' "Why, yes; that's
llan enough" said the Goddess" ''You see, fel.
low in Chicago named Harvey was going to 'coin'
money free that's what he started out to advo-
cate, but he madeia mistaken wrote,,a book about
it. which happened to take and he's coin ing money
so fast now he can't spend 1t. Now what.he wants
is for everybody to take all their old silver to the
miLt and have it coined into quarters era halves
and dollars, and spend 'en all for Coins Book
What will happen to us Eagles on all this silver
money-will we be free then?' "Oh no." said the
Goddess" You'll always be on the American silver
dollar to make it pass Which goes to show that
altho the Goddess may be slightly mixed on the
silver question: she knows that Uncle SANS money
will always be goou to take Veil take 5000 Tin
silver for an elegant all wool Checked Kersey Suit,
and $S0 for beautiful all wool Cashmere worth
$40. We're glad to trade clothes for silver and run
the risk of buying more clothes with the silver.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-22

Good soc neckties for 25c at Bears.
Delicious Ice Cream at Opera Res
taurant. 10
e. G. NARROW made business trip
to Webster, s. d., last week.
Bring your job work to this office,
and you will receive satisfaction.
Bring your produce to Stringer's
grocery. Highest prices paid. 3O-2
Good meals every day for 20 cents
at Opera Restaurant, 2l5 West Water
st.
Our stock of dry goods will be sold
out very cheap. MCCAULEY q CARO-
Ian.
Miss Name Collins, of New Hamp-
ton, visited with Mr.. and Mrs. Edw.
Larson last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Puntney left
last Tuesday for Savage, Neb., for a
visit with relatives.
Fresh peaches every day at l.. A.
Marsh's. We have them in baskets,
from bushel down. -
Emil Assem- left for Troy, N. Y,
last Tuesday night, to continue his
course i'm civil engineering.
Herman Book is being tried at
New Hampton this week, for the muir
der of Miss Augusta Bartz.
"A most beautiful play with its
wealth of scenery and accessories, is
the Ensign at the Grand next Friday
night.
Get your Watermelons at Daub,
ney's. He has them in his large re,
frlgerator for customers, and you can
get a nice cold melon as cheapas any,
where. 25tf
,--Call on M. c. Steyer & Son fol
prices on all kinds of cut stone, etc.,
for building purposes, at 1l9 w. Water
street, opposite Lutheran Publishing
House. ~
-Thos. Gilman, of Canoe Township,
was a pleasant caller Saturday. He
tells us that boy and girl-twins-
came to gladden. his household on the
9Th inst.
For the next two weeks we will
sell Frances Complexion Soap at IL
cents per box and Queen Buttermilk
Soap at 10 cents per box. Brunt q
Parman's.
DO not fail to try a sack of tioui
from Emil ROsenthal. The "Royal
Rose" so cents per sack, and"Success'
patent, 80 cents per sack. There il
none better. Try sack at once. o.
While John Stortz, living about
three miles north of this city, was
cleaning out an oil hole in fodder
cutter, last Friday, his hand caught
between the chain and the sprocke
wheel. He lost his forefinger and 1t il
| feared his thumb also.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-22
Ice Cream at Daubney's.
Buy your fruit at Daubney's.

Ice Cream at Daubney's.
Buy your fruit at Daubney's.
Try the PUBLIC OPINION for
job work.
Best lunch counter in the city at
Daubney's.
Cigars Ice Cream, etc, at the Opera
Restaurant.
Queen Buttermilk Soap at Brunt
& Parman's.
Everything new al Strnger's
grocery store. 3O-2
Get Your Sunday dinner at the
Opera Restaurant. 16
All you can eat at the Opera Res
taurant for 20 cents. Is
Good Iricot whale mackintoshes
fol- 81. As; 60 to Bears.
-Gollmar Bros circus showed at
New Hampton yesterday.
Fred Haislet came over from New
Hampton Saturday afternoon.
H. A. Ness left last Tuesday to re-
sumo studies at the state university.
Nothing equals cast aluminium
plates. w. III. SIMMONS, Dentist.
Sheriff Campbell, of Cresco, was
in the city last Friday on official BUSH
ness.
Miss Louise Davidson has been
visiting sister in Mayville, N. D.,
since week ago.
"A girl wanted to work for her
board and attend school. For partic-
ulars call at this office.
e. S. Gjellum and Rev. J. A. Otte-
son left for Madison, Wis, last Tues
day land attended a Norwegian old set
tiers meeting.
The Opera Restaurant makes a
speciality of Sunday dinners, and the
price is only 25 cents. Come and bring
your whole family. Is
DIR. c. l.. Topliff has new remedy
for nervous people with sensitive teeth.
1t takes the pain away and enables one
to have teeth operated on with COM
parative ease. Try it.
The printing of the Fayette COL
legian, the official organ of the Upper
Iowa University, has after repeated
changes, been given to DC. Cole, of the
Postal Card, where it should be
printed. The first number for the
year is a very neat and tasty job, and
would be credit to any printing office.
IF. G. Schanck's stage office is at
the ST. Cloud Hotel. Leave orders
there for the north. Stage leaves daily
at 800 p. M, for Burr Oak, Prosper,
Hesper and Mabel. Connects with
train going west on narrow gauge, and
makes drives to any place within 25
miles of Burr Oak. Telephone him at
st. Cloud hotel or Rollins barn
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-22
Politics..

Politics.
Now politics are growing hot,
And politicians talk lot.
They harp on subjects worn and Old,
Some are for silver, some forg gold.
The tariff, too, is much discussed,
Till every voter is nonplussed.
Whenever an argument begins,
The one who talks the loudest wins.
Meanwhile the business man is mad
Because his trade is very bad.
But he's all right if he is wise,
He only needs to advertise.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-04
Prodige de L,Amour.

Voici une frafche historic d'amour
qui nous wien du Kentucky, ce pays
des gras pAturages ct du bon vienx
whiaky. I'm jeune Romeo aimait une
Juliette, mails la mere de celie-ci ne
partageait pas 10 godt de ga file ct
nn enlAvemeDt devintn6cessaire. Avant
que les fngitifs n'eussent r6ussi d gag
ner l'endroit on lis deyaient etre unis
par le marriage, des officers 4 leurs pour
suite les arretaient. Go fut en- vain
que des amis interyinrent, 10 mere ne
voulut rien entendre. dependent tout
finit par s'arraDger d Ia satisfaction
generate: 10 jeune file ne vonlait pas
abandonner son siance, la mere await
IN champ ct 10 beangars s'engagea par
contrat d y labourer pour la vaIeur de
once dollars en- 6change de la file. LIE
urge dc paix, au lien dc le faire METRE
en- prison, ft Ia c6r6monie du marriage
a. Fecp "a paiementdeu cent cinQuant
boatures az patatss doace. Lhistoire
n,6st pas invented mais est r6ellA ct
fait voir cs quo peuyent nnc affection
v&fitable et Ia fermet6 de ~cnractere.
Combien dc jeunes garcons ne s~auraient
% fnire antant, ct combien d g0m-
m4ux v6g&keraient dams le c6lbat ell
lonf fallait lab0nrer POM 0nze
piastres pour avoir Ia flle qu'ils
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-04
Silver Men Determined to Control the
Convention.

CHICAGO, June 3O.-If the prognosti-
cations OF which Heinricbsen. delegate
at large and Chairman Of the Illinois
State Central Committee, are correct,
the gold standard delegates to the Ma
tional Democratic Convention will be
given nc quarter.
y "The silver men are going to run
the convention" said Mr.. Heinrichsen.
"They will control both the temporary
and permanent organization, and will
nominate a free silver ticket from top
to bottom and adopt a free silver 16 to
/ platform. The wishes OF the gold
men will not be considered. The
States they represent will not vote the
ticket, and so they will be ignored.
Last year when the Democrats OF
Illinois held a convention and declared
for free silver, l wrote to Mr.. Whit
ney and a number of other gold stan
Democrats, asking for a confer
Vince between the gold and silver men
odthe party. The replies were short
and curt. They conld not think of con
sulting with SO Insignificant a crowd as
the free silver wing represented
Things have changed now. We have
two-tbirds of the delegates. We vii
not confer with the gold men because
we have nothing to confer about. The
great Democratic party wants a free
silver ticket and platform, and We will
give it to them"
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-04
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON D. c., June 29th, 1896.
The delegates to the Chicago conven-
ton have all been chosen, and even
President Cleveland now recog-
nizes that silver has won, and that
a free coinage plank in the platform Is
as near a certainty as anything not yet
actually accomplished can he. There
isn't half the kicking from the anti Sill
yer Democrats that might haze been
naturally expected. There iHa gene
raj disposition to submit asESfacefnlly
as possible to the old Democratic idea
| that a majority rules. But the contest
for the head of the ticket is not over.
| The work of the convention will prac-
| tically begin this week, when leading
representatives of both silver and anti
silver Democrats will meet at Chicago
| for the purpose of comforting with their
associates and agreeing as far as may
be possible upon a programme FOR the
Comr-5On.
Col. Isaac Hill, better known to
evervbody around the House end of
the CAPITOL, where he has been the Dem
ocratic whipper in for many years, as
"Ikehill." has Just returned from his
Ohio home. He a Mckinley canno
possibly carry that State.
Mr.. Walter H. Hammond, whose
home is at the Indiana town named fol
his father, who was a member OF the
fifty third Congress, says Of Democrat
ic prospects in Indiana "A majority OF
the Democratic voters of the State are
ardent believers in free coinage as was
shown at the late State Convention, and
a great many Republicans can also be
counted on the silver side. Another
thing that will ;beIp the Democrats il
the strong feeling that has developed
against the Nicholson law regulating
tie sale of Intoxicating liquors. The
responsibility for that law rests on the
Republicans, and it is SO obnoxious
to q large class that they will vote
against the party that enacted it
Taken ALTOGETHER, | think the Demo
Gratis will cal fy the State"
Hon. C. AT Hardin says that State
can he counth upon with certainty t.
roll up a big majority for the tickle
named at Chicago, and he is equally
positive that West Va. where he hat
:. just been on business, will do the same
The Opelousas courier., 1896-07-04
Protection Socialism.

United States Am bassador Bayard, in
his celebrated speech in England, which
brought upon him SO much cOndemna-
ton at the hands of the politicians OF
all classes in this country. uttered this
expression:
aIn my own country / have witnessed
the Unsuitable growth Of that form OF
State socialism styled protection
which, I believe has done more to fOs-
ter class legislation and create Unequal
ity of fortune, to corrupt public life, to
Danish men of independent mind and
character from the public councils, to
lower the tone of national representa-
ton, blunt public conscience, create
false standards in the public mind, to
familiarize it with reliance upon State
aid and and guardianship in private
affairs, divorce ethics from politics, and
place politics upon the low level Of a
mercinary scramble, than any other
single cause.
It is Just that sort of thing created
and fostered by Congress which stimu-
ted and set on foot powerful and most
dangerous social movements, and 1t Is
not strange that the political parties OF
the country are being driven from their
principles and forced to adopt schemes
for the enrichment of individuals at the
cost of the public. Men who are still
faithful to the old party doctrines
know no longer where they are. Sc
much have the parties shifted ground.
Instead of principles, personal selfish
ness seems TO have become the key
note of party action. and lt 10 lmpos-
sible to foretell what will be the out
come. The prospect, 50 far as general
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