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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-09
Highest Of all in Leavenng PowerLaes U. s. Govt Report
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
Prepared to Fight with Talk.

\ - 49, "N'-sN &sFs
i Secretary Lamont has en-
llivened the current discussion
ana furry about possible wal
with Great Britain by q decid.
ediy humorous contribution,
What he wrote had no imme-
diate reference TO the pending
difficulty. and it was written
"in dead earnest" no doubt,
but that is just where the fun
comes in Speaking of our un-
Idefended coasts and the work
projected for defenses, the Sec.
retary says, "it will require
seventy years TO complete the
emplacements, platforms, ETC., !.
and, further, ''the gun factory
is capable of producing in ten
years the armament required by
the present projects. :,
Now, anybody can see how
easy it is for us to 90 to war.
All we have to do is to request
John Bull most politely to wait
till we are good and ready, and
stay in his corner, as it were,
until we cry 'time." Ten years
IS not SO very long in the life of
a nation and in that time we
shall have guns enough. II the
British, however, want to give
MS a fair show, they will have
TO hold up three score a"d ten
years. By that time we shall
have our coast defensss in ship
shape order, so that British
guns can't make much of an
impression, and we shall also
have guns enough TO give
Johnny q warm reception. IfI
he wouldn't do US a little favor
like that, he would be a "real
mean fellow" There, now!
Speaking seriously, what a
farce il is for us to go around
with a chip on our shoulder
waiting for somebody to knock |
it off. There is not a nation in |
Europe that is not better
for war than the |
United States is with all its |
wealth and all itsresources How |
easy il is to take stock # what
we have to fight with. Wet
have no coast defenses, and /
Will have TO wait seventy years.
10 get them in proper shape.
We have modern small arms
enough for an army of less than
1000 men. In case OF a sud.
len emergency, militia and
volunteers would have 10 get
along with old.fashiOned arms.
And there is the whole shooting
OF course, there will be no
war. The common sense Of the
American people and of the
English people will prevent il.
But il IL were to be war, where
would be at?
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-09
Was Quickly Ended.

II After all, there seems to have
I been a real battle between the
Beers and the invaders of the
/ Transvaal under Jameson. and
the prospects are that the rout.
ing of the Jameson crowd will
END the whole matter, and that
there will be no bad blood be-
tween European states on ac-
count of it.
lt IS really amusing to read Of
the excited cabinet meetings
and diplomatic cabling and for
NAL note sending in regard to
this little tempestin a teapot. 1t
was plainly evident from the be
ginning that the British govern
ment was in no way responsible
for or cognizant of the move
ment, and that only shadow or
reason for criticism was that
the South Africa company, sup.
posed to be back of Jameson.
held its charter from the gov
ernment.
1t is alleged that jameson had
resigned his position in the COM
pany and organized the move-
ment entirely independent of
the corporation, but this looks
decidedly fishy. That being the
fact, the only method by which
the British government can
purge itself of all responsibility
will be by revoking the charter
CT a company which, in the re-
motest way, could conniva at
trouble which might call for the
Intervention of troops from sew
eral European countries.
The revoking of the charter
would doubtless have some eff
feet on South African stocks in
general, which have been ex-
plotted far into the region of fic-
titious values, but the danger
Of any serious panic at this time
is apparently past. The bulls
and bears Of the London Ex-
change who were rampant yes
terday have become compare
lively calm, and "Kafirs,
which are somewhat depressed,
may still be expected to go
booming.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-09
The insanity Dodge.

The difficulty oi securing con-
victions in murder cases will, il is
believed, be considerably increased
bv a recent ruling of the United
States supreme court. That tri.
bunai holds that when the plea Of
insanity is made, the burden Of
proof of sanity is on the 2rosecu-
tion. III the whole evidence, A"
says The court, Including that
supplied by the legal presumption
Of sanity, does not exclude beyond
reasonable doubt that the hypo
thesis of insanity, the prisoner Is
entitled TO all acquittal Of the spe.
cifie offeu,c charged" We have
no doubt tia, this is good law, and
If such doubt existed Il would be
futile for the word of the court Of
last re- rrt is the highest law in MI
inferior couR>
But it does not require special
acuTnn 10 perceive that this decis,
ion is lar more likely to be employ
ed in defeating than in promoting
tile Ell 1, Of Justice. Il is an en-
courag mcnt 20 the continued and
extended Use Of the plea Of insanity
which has already been abused, III.
thousands Of cases to the detfiment
OF justice, to the impairment Of
respect ior courts and jury trials,
aud to the encouragement Of irreg-
ulat methods Of netting out pun
ishment 70 murdcrers.
There is scarcely d state in the
Union where murderers acquitted
On the irsanity plea are not now al
large and attending 10 their bust.
ness with no indication Of mental
disease. Some of them were sent
to hospitals for the insane, and
there regarded as frauds and speed.
iIy discharged. Uthers went d.
rectly from the court house toI
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-09
Another Suit.

We are first TO announce that
a suit was begun yesterday in
the Superior courl OF GuiIiord
county by Marseret Cobb and
Peter Cobb, stockholders in the
North Carolina Railroad Com.
pany, to invalidate the lease.
Schenck & Schenck are the at.
torneys. This will be d lively
suit before IL ends. 1t il c,n
tended that even IL the North
Carolina railroad had the right
20 lease the road il could only
be done by n unanimous vote ! t
the stockholders. Greensboro
Patriot.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-09
Their crsstest Effort

! While the percolations of the
Havana censor's office continue
to announce brilliant Spanish
VICTORIES and crushing defea j
Of The insurgents, tie latter
keep right on moving toward
Havana. They are nearing the
capital in three columns and
are said TO be nearly in sight of
| it. Their actions betoken the
intention Of making an attack
upon the city, and though this
may appear almost too daring
an undertaking, considering
the odds they have to contend
with, yet the very audacity Of
the effort may insure Its sue.
cess.
II is impossible to believe that
50 shrewd a straLegist as Gen,
Gomez has proved himself. and
his able coadjutor, Gen. Maceo,
should haye pushed forward in
this way without leaving their
rear well covered. The forces
they carry with them, therefore,
while probably composed Of the
best-equipped troops Of the
patriot army, do not leave the
country back Of them so denud
ed Of defenders as to make il
possible for the Spaniards to
either undertake its resubjuga-
tion or hurry forward to fall
upon Gomez and Maceo from
the rear. The assumption is
warranted, therefore. that the
campaign of these leaders Of
the insurgents has been care.
fully planned and that the bril-
liant results that have so far
at ended their movements will
not be lacking in the present
Instance. f
The Cuban patriots are max.
ing a magnificent fight. Spain
has sent against them her best
troops, armed and equipped
with everything for most ef.
fective warfare. Spanish war
ships surround the island and
rave sought to cut off all COM ,
between the insur- ,
gents and the outer world and {
have failed to do so. In spite
II ships and troops and millions
If money the Spaniards have ,
steadily lost ground, and the
insurgents have as steadily lC
pushed forward. The battle !
or freedom bids fair to end q
ioon with Cubans in control Of :
)uba. Il
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-09
AII Sorts.

1'here are said to be forty Meth.
odist parsons in Western Kansas
receiving salaries of less than $I5e
a year each.
One hundred divorces were
granted in three hours by the Chi.
cago courts recently, Chicago
does not need to annex South Da
kota.
a gravy preacher" in Missouri
means one of those exhortors who
grunt after every word when fairly
under way; on the, my brethren =
uh" plan.
Letter-writers in Spain receive
about 10 cents a page for writing
letters; if required to take extra
pains, as with the young woman 5
love letters, they charge IS cents.
The platinum beds Of the Ural
mountains are the only ones in the
world in which that metal is found
in grains. In several places it is
to be found imbeded in the hard
serpentine rock, but only in the
Ural in grains. !
A high board fence is being
built around the site OF all that is
left of the TaImage tabernacle, at
Greene and Clinton avenue, Brook
lyn. Inside the fence is a mass OF
broken brick and stone and.twisted
iron braces
The largest pine in the north.
west was cut recently in OcontoI
county, Wis 1t was seven feet
two at the base, and GU, six six
teen foot logs, sealing over s, 500
feet Of lumber. Yet it was worth
only $50
Great Britain is tile gratest col
onizing nation the world has ever
seen. This great nation, whose
home dominions are smaller IN
area than the territory of New
Mexico, rules over about ~, 900,
600 square mics ofthe earth's sur
face and over nearly 400, 900, 900 of
its Inhabitants. Il possesses near-
In Fourth part Of the earth's land
nd about a third part ofits inhab-I
stants
Sir John Lubbock has been
experimenting with the appetite of
a spider, and comparing its eating
capacity with that Of a healthy
man. He finds that not even the
ogres Of fairyland were credited
with such eating capacity as a man
must have if he absorbed the same
proportion to his weight in food
that a spider does. If man ate in
the spiders proportion he would
consume the equivalent of four bar
rels Of fish, a dozen hogs, three
sheep and two oxen in a single day.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-09
The Other Others.

The Other Others.
The Spanish commanders in Gu,
ba, who have heretofore shot pris,
toner's, butchered citizens, and de.
stroyed property without fear Of
reproof, are not finding the situa.
tion so lovely and serene since the
| Cubans have begun a war Of repri-
sal. Instead of .burdening the
ocean cable with bonbastic an
nonncements Of glorious victories,
they are now sending out fearful
laments of the brigandlike warfare
Gems. Gomez and Macco are waging
i'll burning the sugar cane fields to
IpreTent Spain from collecting a
revenue from this years crops.
The Cuban worm has turned on its
oppressor, and in a struggle for
liberty is stinging to death the
hand that has so long been plum
dering it treasures.
War cannot be successfully wagN
ed with scuffed clubs and gentle
words. Blood must be shed and
misery created. The sword and
the frebrand are legitimate wea.
pons, and the Cubans are justified
in burning property to hasten the
end of the conflict. For years
Spain has used Cuba as a raiding
ground to iecuperate her dimin.
ishing treasury. The maintenance
OF her army and her ai,ility TO sup.
press the insurrection depend large
ly upon the collection of revenue.
and il was a master stroka Of war
like strategy on the part Of the
cubans to destroy the source of
Spain's chief income.
The plant OF the Spaniards and
the devastation that follows the
wake Of the Cubans are sure pre-,
cursors of Cuban success, and with
or without the moral support of
the res. Of the world the Cubans
ale destined to become an indepen-
dent people. An observer graphi-
eally describes the work Of the in. |
surgents when he says: "The en-
tire province seems TO be on FIRE
since the passage Of the Cuban |
army. Great clouds of smoke roll |
up from the burning cane fields;
giant tongues Of fame can be seen
leaping skyward, and a dull roar
comes from our left" But de.
struetion is the legitimate result Of
war. and of a conflict that will |
eventually drive the Spanish army
from Cuba.
II Il reported that President
hesitated between re.
commend ngcuban recognition and
The position he took on the Yene.
zuelsn question when drafting his
famous message TO congress. To
bis asluie mind the one involved a
complication with Spain and the
other 4 diplomatic controversy
vii, England. Both would have
strained the capacity OF the state
department to carry on the neces.
iary correspondence, and in con-
.enpiating the mental picture Of
bis burden Of business the cubans
we're turned to the wall. But that
! 10 reason why congress shall not
Cuba. Her patriots are
a glorious struggle. and in
he name Of freedom and human
rights their cause should be given
'ficial recognition BY our national
egislatiye body.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-09

When you sec a man elevated
70 . position o. Ugh Importance
more puffei ~ by bis personal
prominence than subdued By a
sense Of his responsibility, you
may put u down that o little
man has been exalted beyond
both his abilities and his merits,
and sooner or later he will make.
itmanifest 70 the public. Ashr-
viii Citizen.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-09

Application has been made
for q receiver for che wholesale
drug firm Of Singer 4 Wheeler.
at Peoria, Ill, on the ground Of
insolvency.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-09

The woman who hates notorie-
ty' when she doesn't get II.
The same person emerging from
the rubber blanket at a face.steam.
ing establishment.
The woman who sends thar
gain" Christmas presents receiving
bargain" Christmas presents.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-09
Modern warfare

- sitNoiti.s5 StNNb hNo
nowadays Of the horrors ef war i
tie lillt q Tx pffdaiul d,
vanccs TINT have l'cell Maslrin Til
construction Of military Weapons
Che caii seldom take up 4 new.
paper without finding some learn
ed dissertation on the death-deal
ling qualities Of modern arms. th
wholesale destruction to be ex
pacted Of high explosives, and !,
on. Scientific gentlemen wag thel
their heads mournfullw as the,
point out the homieidal possibili
ties Of the latter-day rife compar
ed with the spears and short swords
Of Grecian times, Or even the
matchbox Of the sixteenth cen
tury. We are told that the bat
ties Of Alexander, Of Attila, Of
Seipio, and Of Cesar we're mere
child's play compared with those
which would occur today in case
I war. The outlook is 50 tragic,
indeed, that it would take a stout
heart TO contemplate a resort to
actual hostiiities.
We venture to say, however,
that the rumber Of killed and
wounded in proportion to the mum
Der engaged in conflict has been
steadily dwindling for centuries.
In ancient wars where men bat
tied hand to hand the casualties
were naturally much more num-
erous than they could possibly be
today where armies fight at long
range and where maneuvering and
strategy figure 50 prominently in.
the equation. Just as a street en-
counter is more dangerous to the
parties concerned than duel con.
Quoted under the formallties ofthe|
code, so was the ancient struggle
of man to man more sanguiDary
than the modern battle is. Then
it was practically impossible to tel
which side had the advantage
until one or the other was annihi
lated. Now, one carries a certain
position and the battle ends. When
Attila, in the fifth century, en-
eountered the combined forces oil
Aetius, the Roman general, and
Theodoric, the king Of the yisi-
goths, on the Catalaunian Plain
the dead actually LEFT upon the
field numbered between 25O,000l
and 100000, although the total |
number engaged has not been
at more than 500, 900.
A thousand years later, at Agin-
court, where ten thousand Eng
lishmen, under Henry V, met a
French army variously estimated
as numbering from 10000 10 49,
900, ten thousand of the French
and two thousand Of the English
were slain outright. Do we have
such results nowadays except oc-
casionally and very rarely in the
Ease Of small bodies encountering
Zach other under phenomenal cir
;umstancesY What do we hear
rom the latest sanguinary and
desperate battle in Cuba, where
$50 Spanish troops battled terribly
or hours against an overwhelm-
ng force Of the insurgents? Fif
cen Spanish killed and sixty
voundedY What dld We hear
rom England's great campaigns
4 frica and Asia, within the
,ast few years? One, two orsome.
lines eleven Epglishmen wound.
ID.
II is our belief that with a few
more improvements in firearms
md the general machinery Of war,
,attles will be decided like jack
lots, wislra show Of hands.
The congress has passed a new
,ond bill. All Of the democrats,
II the populists and forty.seven
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-09

The sixteen-year.old stage IN.
genue Of the stage.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-09

The congress has passed a new
bond bill. All Of the democrats,
all the populists and forty.seyen
republicans, voted against Il. II
has yet to run the gauntlet Of the
senate. Some old fogies cannot
see the sense Of Increasing our debt
without putting more money in
circulation, or understand why
paper money Of. the government,
payable on demand. Is not as good
as its forty year promise.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-01-30
THE
@#%~
PACIFIC COMPANY.

Commencin >aturda: No, sA.isy
ana until further ~n0tice.,rains vii
leave Keno as follows: 1928 n. m
f'aiiy Atlantic Express. trains f0,
W lnncHnucca. Battle Mountain. Pals.
aae. oEden,and East. Carries only fir.
class passengers through and local
Dining ear to Ogden.
40 p. m. Daily Pacific Exnra..
train for Truckee. Sacramento, Ben.
celia and san Francisco. arriving q,
6:iI a, m. C~Onnectin: at sacrament
at 1929 a. m. with the New Orlean.
for Fresno. Santa Barbara
Los Angeles. Sat, Diego. also at 7.,N
y. m for WOOdiand and hniahts ,an.
ing.
5:oo p. m. Daiiy-Attanfic Exnrc..
Tor Vi~nneFnUc"a. Battle uouDto,,
saii~ad". tf%icn andfa>t. CARRIE
FIRST as!d ~r""ud class Das.ru~er,
local and s~i,ruugi,.
So p. III. EsAi!s psirihc E,rre.
train for H~oscViisc, ~Eua~finn. Nacro-
hacnio. ana san Francisco via Ben
cFEa arriving at o. - Il. III. t~'ouUaci.
al a~riiiHtentO with train ,rnvfur
al 1000 "a. M. for Stockton. a.atbron
san .so>e. san francisco. Fresno. la,
Angeles san Diego and East. viz. New
SfEeanS; AT 1859 4. ns. for " ii;iYm.
willows aaa Re"din":a III 3:95 d.
for Ued Bluff and at :G::Io u IA. f.,
'~farN>Niils, chico. strtiiin-. stertIa..
and Puget sound points
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-06

NERMlLLlON, S. D., Dec. 5.-(SpeciaI1-
Many Of the creameries in this county are
being compelled to close for want of milk.
The cold weather has made milking and
feeding of the cows very difficult work. and
as consequence the daily quantity is greatly
decreased. During the past summer in this
county seven large Creameries have been
either built or old ones repaired and nut
IN running order. The farmers throughout
the county are devoting more and more of
their time each year to the raising of milch
cows, with the intention of eventually MAX
ing this branch of the farm work the prin-
clpal part Already South Dakota butter is
quoted on the New York market at ure-
MUM. The butter is much sweeter and of
a better flavor than the famous Illinois hut
Ter. the grasses on the prairies are very
nutritious. and large herd of cows can
be fed and made to give plenty of rich
mix from them as food, with perhaps a
small amount of other feed once a dav.
During the dryest time in the year there is
always sufficient nOurishfnent in the grass
to carry the stock through until fall The
work TO the farmer is much less and the
pay much greater. 1t will not be long be-
fore a creamery will be in every township
and butter and cheese making will be the
principal industry of the farmer
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-06
TWO MORE DEsTRoynns LAUNCHED
Gunbonts Nicissburg aud Newport
Tmise EirsI nnlha snrccssImII.-

HunboatS NtcitsburS and Newport
Take First Baths Successfully.
BATH, Me. Dec 5.--The new gunboats
Vicksburg and Newport were launched from
the yards of the Bath Iron works this after
noon before an immense crowd. The Vicks-
burg went into the water at 1896 o'clock
and the Newport followed twenty minutes
later. The launchings were successful in
every respect.
The gunboats Vicksburg and Newport
launched today at Bath, Me, are vessels
of entirely new type so far as our navy in
concerned, in that they are of composite con-
gtruction. all OF the framing being of steel
but planks of Georgia pine being worked on
the frames below the water line secured by
composition bolts in such manner az to
prevent galvaRic action, and being then
covered with copper, This will make the
vessels largely independent of docking
facilities and economical in the use of fuel
as to the exspoiation Of the copper causes
the barnaclCs and sea grass to fall of aS soon
az the ship moves, thus keeping her bottom
clean, and insuring the maintenance of full
speed with minimum coal consumption.
Another feature of these vessels that dis
tinguahes them from other naval ships in
the use of full sail power in addition to
steam They will be rigged as harkentines
and will be able to sail twelve knots an hour
without using their engines. so that they
will prove most economical cruisers for
foreign stations. The Vicksburg and New
port sister Shi3s OF 600 tons displace-
mont, drawing twelve feet of water, 16S feet
long by thirty eight feet BEAM ana will cost
1929 400 each.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-06
GERMAN GoxEnSMENr PROTESTS.
Objects to Tonnage Dues ON Vessels
Enterinxl An,erican Ports.

WASHlNGIODe ftec. O'-lhe herman gov
ernment has lodged an energetic protest
with the Statesnepsrtment against the ac-
tion of the presideAt in imposing tonnage
dues on German s3ips entering American
ports, The reqspt Iof this protest will be
duly aoknowledEelSi but there tte matter is
likely to rest grakss the German govern
ment takes stePSS u remove the charges on
American shipSHaSs which formed the basis
for the presldcatsfprcclam issued yes
torday The contention of the German gov
ornment il that Il dGes not TAX American
shipping and that the imperial government
cannot be held accountable Tor the UpG2l-
tion OF local charges by provincial ard mum.
cipal officials. The contention Of our gov
crnment on the other hand, H. that, rcgara-
less OF the question OF who is ro1qons-
bic for the leyying Of the port dues, their
collection from American vessels Is the olly
fact necessary to be established TO put N
operation at once The Dnglcy law mpoIaE
tonnage dues on German vessels. That the
law iN 0eif-oReratiyc and once the pgCs,deG.
Is satisfied thrt port chsrpes OF any character
are imposed on American shiga by a loreiga
government Le must prO1laln that fact, tau,
Getting the law la force. IL H. said here
that since German ships In 1885, by SecIp-
tary Bayarda act, were relieved OF TONNAGE
dues in American ports, our sJipa entering
German ports have been assessed and pal
port dues to the amount of about S5)00Jj.