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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-05

up a small quantity of plug and more
than double the amount of smoking.
When | began business here / went in
with Mr.. j. n. Green under the firm
name of J. r. Green & Co. After four
months of this partnership, Mr. Green
died and I continued in the same firm
name until February, 1871. Then the
factory and fixtures were sold at
Green's sale by his administrator, and
purchased the factory, fixtures, brands
and good will. then did business I'M
der the name of CIV. Z. BLACKWELL and
my trade kept on increasing and be-
gan to advertise in small way.
All this time I had to buy the tobac-
co To manufacture at the barns and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-05
THE DURHAM OF TO-DAY.
Col. Carr Enunerates its Great Enter
prises and Resources.

prises and Resources.
What shall / write about Dur
ham busy, hustling progressive Dur
ham. Just now the misses children
of the young couples who stood upon
the shores OF adventure when Fate
first launched upon her turbulent sea
Durham's little craft-haye begun to
write Mrs. opposite their namesS~and
those of us who came among the first,
as young men and women-yet claim
to be young.
Thirty years ago Johnston sheath
ed his sword and in the Bennett
House, three miles west of Durham,
on the county road leading to Hills
Dor, signed the cartel that sounded
the knell to a young nations hopes,
and the fortunes Of the struggling
Confederacy went out in the blaellness
OF darkness.
But, sit is an III wind that blows
no good" For ten days the Union and
Confederate armies bivouaclzed around
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-05

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-05

MIR. Washington Duke Relates Some In
cidents in His Life.

Cidents in His Life.
In reply to your request that / give
you some incidents in my life, bearing
upon my early start in manufacturing
tobacco, and the precepts in business
by which / have been guided,
has been received. have never de-
sired to have anything printed about
myself; and yet if, as you say, such an
article would be ''helpful and inspir-
ing to the youth" / win comply with
your request.
/ began life in Orange as q country
boy with nothing. / never inherited a
dollar. Up to the breaking out of the
war | had been farming thirty years.
had worked hard in the fields, made on
the farm nearly everything / needed,
and by close economy / had bought and
paid for my farm and had stocked it
well. This was the result of the savings
of thirty years of hard work and close
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-05
"rm rHE DADDY OFT ALL.
Col. Blackwell Tells What Part He COX
in Building Durham.

/ came here on the 18th day OF
April, 1869. ] commenced to manufac-
ture smoking tobacco on very small
scale without any machinery except
sticks and one hand-bolt. That year /
manufactured about $4,000 pounds, all
of which ! sold. The next year I put
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-05
I'M 7TwIEM7TT'Y =IFlVIE YEARS.
THE FATHERS or DURHAM BUILDED WISER THAN
THEY KNEW.
WHAT DURHAM TOBACCO HAS BUILT.

m.. w r Backwsl Washington Dixie Julian s. Carr and
Duke Of Early ssttisrs Write Of Durham Growth enc
Own Experiences the Entire History OF Durham
c4noa SAss Incorperated.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-01-03
PRANKs OF SCOTTISH FAIRIES.
A Firm Belief In the ".'air Folk" stnl
Lingers.

Firm Belief In the ".-air Folk" still
Lingers.
There still fingers widespread belief
in the north Of scotland that the "fair
folk, " or "gweed noebors, rs the fairies
are called, still live in the hills, and
during the first days of convalescence
mother must be zealously guarded lest
one Of the "wee people" come and rob
the child Of its nourishment Some
times they succeed in carrying off the
mother. Here is one of the supeTstitious
legends:
A north country fisher had fine
child. One evening beggar woman
entered the hut and went up TO the
cradle to gaze into the eyes of the babe.
From that time good health left it, and
a strange look came into its face and
the mother was troubled An old man
begging for food passed that way. When
he caught sight of the child. he cried:
"That's nae BARN. It's an image,
and the gweed folk has stoun his
speerit"
Thereupon he set to work to recall
the fisher IS bairn. A peat fire was heaped
high on the hearth and black hen held
over it at such distance that it was
singed and not killed After some strug-
Cling the hen escaped up the lum. A
few moments elapsed, and then the par
ents were gladdened by the sight of a
happy expression once more on the
child's face. 1t throve from that day
forward. Scottish Review.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-01-03
THERE is NO NATIONAL HOLIDAY.
Not Even tho labor Day Act Creates One,
Say the Lawyers.

t'A1 Aht' INV NA's
There would seem to be no such thing
in this country as n national holiday,
Lawyers assert that even Labor day,
which was set apart by act of congress
i'm 1894 in such manner as to lead the
confdipg layman To suppose it at least
to be u national holiday, is not such
outside of the District of Columbia un-
less 10y state enactment The creation
and regulation of holidays have been
left entirely to the Legislatures of the
individual states.
The act of congress concerning Labor
day was approved June 2S, 1894. 1t pro-
vidcs "that the first Monday of Septem-
Der in each year, being the day cele-
brated and known as Labor day, is
hereby made a legal holiday, to all in
tents and purposes, in the same manner
as Christmas, Jan. /, Feb 22, May 30
and July are now made by law public
holidays. "
Clearly the proper construction Of
this statute can be arrived at only by
reference to the provisions bearing upon
the other holidays named The act max
ing holidays of Jan. 1, July 4, Christ
mas and "any day appointed or recom-
mended by the president of the United
States as day of public fast or thanks
giving" was passed in June, 1870, and
was restricted in its effect to the Dis
trict of Columbia. These days are holi-
days in the various states only as they
are made SC by the various state legis-
latures.
The act Of Jan. 81, 1879. makes Feb.
22 legal holiday, and the act of Aug.
81, 1888, does the same for May 80,
and both are restricted in their applica-
tion to the District of Columbia. The
act referring to Labor day says nothing
about the District of Columbia, but it
does say that the first Monday of Sep
tember shall be a legal holiday, "to all
intents and purposes, in the same man
ner as Christmas, Jan /, Feb. 22, May
80 and July are now made by law
public holidays"
The intents and purposes for which
and the manner in which those days are
made holidays are expressly limited to
the District of Columbia, and so, by
necessary inference, is the act referring
to Labor day
The misleading language of the Labor
day act has led to n prevalent statement
that the first Monday Of September is n
holiday throughout the UnAad States
by congressional enactment New York
Tribuup
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-01-03

Bisulphide Of carbon has long been
successfully used in France as a remedy
for phylloxera On Rrapevines, and is
coming into use in this country as an
effective treatment for club root in cab
bage, smut in onions, etc. 1t has been
proved in France that the use of this
substance has considerably increased the
yield Of all crops, while soils that were
"clover sick" or that failed to produce
good yields Of crop that had been
grown upon them year after year were
made to give good crops by the applica-
tion Of bisulphide of carbon. Have such
results been observed in this country?
They are important in showing that this
substance is beneficial t. the soil, so
that its use as an insecticide, germicide
and fertilizer is likely TO be governed
by its cost. American Agriculturist.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-01-03
BURNHAM'S ADVENTURE.
Stranded on an Island, He Became Graz!
and Had Perilous swim,

Stranded on an Island, He Became Crazy
and Had PeriIous Swim,
Parties from Snake river, Idaho, tell
of a remarkable experience Of Scotty
Burnham, placer miner. Scotty was
desirous Of examining an island in the
middle of the river, but the water was
exceedingly treacherous around the is
land, and he put it off for some time.
Finally he made a bold resolution to
reach the coveted ground, which he be-
lieved very rich
He started for the island in small
boat, and after hard work succeeded in
reaching it, but as he jumped out of the
boat he fell and the boat was kicked
backward into the current and went fly
ing away with all Of Scotty's blankets
and provisions He built a fire and
waited, expecting some one to come
along ON the bank of the river, but he
waited in vain. He killed some birds
with rocks and ate them almost raw.
How he lived through the bitter cold
night he himself does not know, for he
became craZed.
For days he remained ON the island,
and then, rushing wildly into the river,
succeeded in swimming to the shore,
over 100 yards, through whirling rapids
that it was believed no human being
could live in for a minute. His mad
ness led him to the act which saved his
life. He is now in fair way to recover,
but it will be some time before he will
be able to completely throw off the ef
fects of his Crusoelike experience. Den
yer Republican.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-01-03

A great many sow the WintC- wheat
and winter rye in the fail. and then
leave tho manure for winter top dress
ing, and the results are SO good that the
method is we'll justified.
The work Of every grain raiser in
such times as these is consequently to
increase the yield per acre. Reduce the
acreage, but increase the yield. BY Civ
ing "A liberal top dressing Of manure in
the fail or winter to the grain we make
doubly certain the chances Of higher
yield
There are several other advantages
from top dressing. Not the least Of
these is the protection that the manure
affords the plants. The top dressing
will frequently prevent the sharp frosts
and subsequent thaws from throwing
the roots Of the plants out Of the ground.
1t shelters them from the cold winds,
and during storms, when the snow is
drifting badly across the fields, it catches
a great deal Of it and buries the plants
underneath. As a frost protector, the
manure top dressed over the field in
winter has consequently no equal, says
writer in The American Cultivator.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-01-03
RAyRAIsS51Ss1.t.lli5a.l...ea.a..s,;
S1Saa9$CHRBgA
LloUeFleD HONEY.
The Flavor Of Csndied Honey That Has
Been Liqueflod by Heat.

The Flavor OF Csndied Honey That Has
Been Liquefiod by Heat.
The following query was answered
not long ago though the columns Of The
American Bee Journal: "After candiod
honey has been liquefied by heat, is it
inferior to its former qualityT" This
query ELECTED 25 replies. Four of these
was plain "no" without any qualif-
cations. Two answers were to the effect
that the quality is injured somewhat by
leating. The majority seemed to think
that if the liquefaction is carefully done
1T the lowest possible temperature il does
not affect the quality of the honey.
Will Barnum said, "I have never de-
tected any difference in the quality, but
it is quite probable that too much heat
would be detrimental. j. M. jenkins
replied: "No, unless overheated. It is
not necessary to cook or boil it to liuuefy
honey, and care should be taken TO use
only enough heat (hot watcr) to attain
the desired result " G. II. Dibbern said,
''I think not, unless the heat is up to
about the boiling point" J. M. Ham
baugh's answer was, "NO, not neces-
sarily. The flavor is often injured by
allowing it TO become too hot. "
G.. W. Demaree wrote: "The honey
will not be injured if melted under
glass by the heat of the sun. Put
y ur candied honey i'll small, bright tin
buckets. Set them in shallow box,
covered with glass (like solar wax ex-
tractor), put the lids loosely on the
buckets In this way you may melt 100
or more pounds each clear day, and the
delicious odor of new honey viii appar-
emily be restored. l use my solar wax
extractor to melt candied honey, and it
does the work we'll.
Allen Pringle expresses the opinion
that honey is at its best a few days after
being extracted when it is fully ripe.
No matter how ripe the honey is when
extracted, he thinks the taste is i'm
proved somewhat by allowing it to
stand exposed in n warm, dry place for
a short time. 1t loses the pungency to
some extent, without deteriorating in
Favor, con the contrary, when candied
honey is liquefed, it should not be left
exposed at all, but sealed up tight at
once while it is hot. The o>posure in
the one case improves it, w To in the
other it deteriorates it. II .c honey
has been properly hand lr the
start, and is liquefed ri, ,uU us up
at once, as above, it wi bou.uIy MS
good as ever, but not qui .o rln flavor
may be about rs good, bu thHr fragrant
aroma is partially lost. "
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-01-03
A SUNBEAM BROKE A BANK.
The Faro Dealer Thought It's End Was 8
white Check.

W mite 0nrCN.
"Tbat piece in your paper bout the
gay that cleaned up tho faro banks ont
III Seattle mustd Bettam High, the
Chicago gambler as he told the waiter
TO bring on three fer half, - cain
in it with my pers nal experience. This
was out in Cripple Creek when the
boom was way up an good play
ngin right bank, see, was wuth moro
TO the banker than split in the best
claim you could git if they hrtke even.
Do You know Eaten Up Jalpf That
wasn't his name Of cou's bat the gang
give him the handle V.u,e he could
chew SO fast. see? We'll, Ia'om Up got
hold Of n pSce Of money in Chicago
he win out roll OFF, short money, see,
an he gees eli 10 Cripple Creek an starts
to dealin. De 10y out wa in "a little
frame, pine board JOINT bouts big's a
dry goods box Jake gets Il good pluv,
you knOw-touk Il minute 10 settle after
every turn, sect But didn't tell YOU
bout the EnCthole. You SEQ, there's a
knothole in boaId right back of the
dealer. Jake, he's in the lookout chair,
seef Jake don't have no clock theie,
see, so nobody mirds the daylight, only
1t makes the denler little sleepy, an
Jake he's kinda dopy.
well, there's a tin horn from over
in another joiut-a plugger in the stud
game, seer He blows in an buys two
red checks, waits fer cases, fergits the
copper Cne play an gets whipsawed,
see-loses roth bets. Then he buys half
n stack of whites an keeps the seat,
playing mostly cases. He keeps his
checks in his hands, an Jake don t keep
cases on him. Well, he goes broke, but
Jake doesn't know it,
"The jacks a case, see, an the sun
lights coming through the knothole
over the dealers shoulder, hits the lack
right in the center, an it looks like a
white check. The jack wins. Dealer
pays white check ON the jack. Tin
horn pushes the sleeper over between
the queen an the king, an it wins
again, see? An, On the level, the puy
win and win, an nothin can stop him.
Five deals afterward he has the check
rack out, an Jack says;
4 can't deal fer you no more. Me
roll is gone
next day l stake Jake in the poker
game an tell him how it happened, an
he says:
Well, walyetink Of thatf Wouldn't
that skin you? I've heerd Of guys win
ming out do bank roll off'n eat money,
but l never heard Of winning out ON a
shadder. ".--Elmira Telegram.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-01-03

'Man you sent tn fix that range Of
our'n puot?" asked rural looking
customer of the proprietor Of u down
town plumbing establishment
"I-I-really, | don't know" re
spondod the startled proprietor, with
look Of sober inquiry.
" 'Tain't aS got anything particular
agin poe.s,' explained the customer
suavely as he took a chair and cleared
his throat, "but I'yo bearn tell Of folks
missin their rocations-them as ought
to be hoeip petaters and huskin corn
gittih into pulpits and lawyers Offices,
for Instance. Course l amt sayin as
reelly seen any of your young mans
poetry. jest sort Of s 'picioned leetle
that he mOught be one Of them kind,
'cause that there range won't draw or
bake since he tinkered with il. Poets
may be all right enough in their place,
and | reckon there's hicks in the world
for every sort, but when a cookin range
is out Of gear one wants plumber. -
Now York Sun
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-01-03
LONDON,s GREAT PARK.
The Iun Of the Metropolis Pcuetrates I
with Ever Varying Cadence.

The Iun ot the Metropolis PCuetrates 1t
with Ever Varying Cadence.
The greatest attraction Of Hyde park
is one which Lordoners and most visit
ors fail to discover and appreciate. 1t is
a unique aud subtle charm whose mean
ing only those can know who have fall
en- under its spell Hyde park, be it re
membcied, is the only great plot Of
verduro in the world set in the very
center Of great city. Boston Common
is but garden compared with it, Cen
tral park may soon be hemmed in by
New York's teeming millions, tut not
yet. Hyde park is a grateful refuge Of
silence in the midst of turmoil Only
upon its outer borders does the restless
mob infringe. Within, away from Rot
ten row, away from carriage drive and
fashionable promenade, there is always
rest, tranquility, silence no, not 81
lence, but in its place the thing which
is the mysterious charm Of the spot.
Find a seat upon bench in the midst
of the wide, sweeping, open green where
the eye secs only grass and trees, with
no sign of the vast city ON any side. Sit
for few moments and listen-listen,
and there will come to your ears the
most wonderful sound in all the world.
1t is the voice of London-an ever
changing inarticulate, pregnant solil-
oquy. One day it will be the gentle
murmur of sea shell. Again it is the
harsh grinding Of the mill Of the gods
crushing human grain beneath its upper
and neither millstones. The mighty but
distant reyerberation ii sometimes q
triumphant harmony, soAetimes minor
note, melancholy and despairing. The
myriad tongued voice which comes from
the east is sullen, protesting, enduring !;
that from the west is a careless chorus
Of pleasure and prosperity; that from
the north is hopeful strain of patient
progress; thst from the south is a ca
denoe Of struggle and sorrow, and the
whole is symphony Of human life, ma
jestic, inspiring, infinitely pathetic.
Nowhere save in this spot does the
greatness Of London impress itself upon
me. Boston Transcript
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-01-03
THE OLDEST oBELlsK.
II Stands on the HANKS Of the Nile Not
Far From Cairo.


The oldest Of all the ubelisks is the
beautiful one Of rosy granite which
stands alone among The green fields on
the banks Of the Nile not far from
Cairo. IL is the gravcstone of great
city which has vanished and left only
this relic behind That city was Beth
themes Of Scripture. the famous On,
which is memorable 10 all Bible readers
as the residence of the priest of On,
Sitipherah. whose daughter Asenath
Joseph married. The Greeks called il
Heliopolis, the city of thSss1n, because
there the worship of thcfun had its
chief center and its most sacred shrine.
1t was the yyu- of the most ancient uni
versity in the world to which youthful
students came from all parts of the
world to learn the occult wisdom which
the priests Of On alone could teach.
Thales, Solon, Eudoxus, PythagUras
and Plato all studied there; perhaps
Moses too II was also the birthplace of
the sacred literature Of Egypt, where
were w,itten ON papyrus leaves the orig
inal chapter Of the oldest book in the
world, generally known as "The Book
of the Dead, giving most striking
account of the conflicts and triumphs of
the life after death,a whole copy or
fragment of which every Egyptian, rich
or poor wished TO have buried with
him in his coffin, and portions Of which
are found inscribed on every mummy
case and on the walls of every tomb. In
front Of one Of the principal temples Of
the sun in this magnificent city stood,
along with a companion long since de-
struyed, the solitary obelisk which we
now behold On the spot 1t alone has
survived the wreck Of all the glory Of
the place. It was constructed by User
tesen /, who is supposed to have reigned
$500 b. c.. and has uutlived all the dy-
nastic changes of the land and still
stands where it originally stood nearly
a. centuries ago. What appears of its
shaft above ground is G8 feet i'm height,
but its base is buried in the mud Of the
Nile, and year after year The inundation
Of the river deposits its film of soil
around its foot and buries it still deeper
in its sacred gave. Pail 1,all Gazette.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-01-03
A WHISKY OCTOPuS.
What Mr. Little Found In Flask OF
Georgia Moonshine.

What Mr. Little Found In a FLASK OF
Georgia Moonshine.
A Mr.. Little, who lives near Chestnut
mountain, some two or three weeks
ago, while in Gainesville, bought a
half pint Of blind tiger whisky. He
and his brother, who was with him at
the time, drank little over half of the
stuff, and upon arriving at home hid
out the remainder to get morning nip.
Next morning, bright and early, he
went out there to where he had left the
flask, but when he picked it up to emp
ty the contents where they would do the
most good he noticed a small gray sub
stance, about as large as a pea, floating
around in the bottle. He eyed the con-
tents very critically, and with pang Of
regret at being knocked out Of his morn
ing dram he corked the bottle and laid
it away to await developments.
The thing began growing, and grow
ing rapidly. 1t is said to have grown
until it has almost filled the bottle and
is of toughness akin to rubber. Innu-
merable tentacles have grown at inter-
walls around the body, and it is assum-
ing a very sataniclike appearance. Emil
nent physicians have examined it, but
say they don't know what it is, except
one, who maintains that il is miniature
devil, and further maintains that all the
liquor sold in the city is full of the same
sort. .-Gainesville (Ga. Eagle.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-01-03
An Old Colonial BIoeEhouse.

Among the attractions Of the town Of
Bourne, Mass, are two historic cellars
One was dug by the Plymouth colony
and the other by the Dutch traders
These cellars lie side by side, and the
structures built over them were filed
with goods so necessary for the comfort
of the early pilgrims as well as the
Dutch. The pilgrims needed manufac-
tured goods such as the Hollander had
for sale and the Dutch required prod
ucts such as the colony could supply.
Governor Bradford, in his diary, states
that this blo'S bOuso was built as early
as 1927, only seven years after the land
ing of the May flower, st, Louis Globe
Democrat
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-01-03

1t takes very little heat to start as
paragus into growth, and occasionally
it is desirable to replace beds Of old
plants with young ones. In this case the
old roots can be taken up and placed in
cellar or even a frame where they
can be protected from frost, and tho as
paragus sprouts win come into use a
month or two before they can be obtain
ed from the open ground. They can be
set very closely together, so that a large
amount Of asparagus shoots can be OBJ
tanned from a comparatively rgll pace,
but, explains Meehan's N..r'r hese
roots usually are not oonsldrrea oft lqh
value after one crop hu- been taken
from them in this way. EbUlarh Iuuts
can be made to produce early stalks in
much the same manner.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-01-03

An amusing scene was witnessed by
many pedestrians one day at the corner
Of Thirty seventh street and Broadway.
A fence, about 80 feet high, covered
with theatrical autographs, incloses o
lot on that corner, where the founda-
tions Of new building are being laid.
1t was the noon hour, and six brawny
sons Of Erin were seated on a slightly
raised platform, resting against the
fence. They were eating their luncheon
and were joking and laughing to their
hearts content. Those who stopped to
look at the group could not withhold a
smile, for directly above this jolly group
Of Irishmen, in bold, lurid letters,
were the words "The Gay Parisians. 4"
Here indeed was a pleasant SATIRE the
result Of accident. wonder the work
ingmen wondered why people smiled at
them so much. New York Herald.