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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
Reconstruct Hin.

In the annals of every ma
items history occasionally there
hobs up an unslghtly excres-
sence to mar the granduer of
Of its patriot statesmen. The
United States is no exception to
the rule, Like other countries,
it too must bear the onus Of
having its renegades, traitors
Judas Iscariot's etc.
Down here, the few honora-
BILE and honored survivors of
our late unhappy fight for right
and the seantity of our heart
and homes, have long ago
yielded to the victor the spoils
of battle. and in good faith,
accepted the situation. There
is record proof of this, yet il
appears there is still living in
the north one man, who by the
accident of fortune occupies a
position his fanaticism dis,
graces, who needs reconstruc,
tions more than did the south
in 1865.
Mr.. Boutelle of Maine, hold
ing a seat in the United States
congress, has on more than one
occasion exemplified the truth
of the Darwian theory and the
consanguinitV of the mule tc
the Jack ASS. In his lonely
granduer and bomb-proof
bravery, he has recently posed
as the lone and solitary Mace
DOMAIN to hold the pass against
the Cuban resolutions. Not
satisfied with this, he was the
only man who disgraced con
gress and the nation by record
ing a lone vote against the ex
confederate amnesty resolution
Ian enactment dead except fol
the sentiment 1t contained.
What few are left of those
who wore the gray, have never
and do not now ask forgiveness
for their conduct. When Gran
said "let US have peace" the
south accepted it, and has acted
loyalty to the fiag-free from
the embers and bitterness Of
the old strife.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
Cuban Synp athy.

Among other paper north,
south-a.l over the land, the
New York Mercury felicitates
itself on every success Of the
Cuban patriots, 1t is well for
the editor Of that paper that
will not appear in Spain with
copies Of the issue Of the 25th,
wherein he lets out this:
"The most favorable news re-
ceived from Cuba for several
days is to the effect that two
Spanish columns, out recon
noitering, fired into each other.
Seventeen soldiers were killed
and ninety-two wounded. Now,
if Gen. Weyler had only been
between those two columns he
might have got a dose of his
own medicine. Let us hope
that the army of invasion will
keep up this style of fighting. y
While it may not be the par
ticular mission of the United
States to take under it's guard
ianship all the oppressed of the
earth, after what has occurred
in congress she owes it to her
self to recognize the belliger-
ency of Cuba. We have hello
out reasonable hope that would
be cruel and inhuman if retract
ed now.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
Too Much License.

Recently several of the lead
ing papers of the state have
very appropriately adversely
criticised the action of some Of
our judges in permitting attor-
neys to bull-dose and insult wit.
nesses. 1t is to be regretted
that the evil has been permitted
till public opinion cries out for
reform.
The granting of license to
practice law does not include the
privilege Of taking the advant-
age Of a witness before court,
who would be promtly fined for
contempt, if he would instinc.
lively answer some questions
that would never be asked him
if the interrogation did not feel
safe under the wings Of the
court.
Lawyers are, as a rule, among
Our best and most courteous cit.
liens. The exceptions are rare,
yet, sometimes in their zeal 10
carry a point, they forget what
is due to a witness, addressing
HIM ia language and manner un-
warranted-digging into the
private character, which has
nothing to do with the truth or
falsity Of his testimony-expos-
ing long forgotten skeletons
and character cancers.
So far as the public is concern
ed, it is well they should know
from the record the moral lep.
ers they are enfOlding in their
bosom, and in this sense the law
yer may conceive that he is a
public benefactor.
However this may be, IL were
better sometimes 10 let the the
dead past bury It's dead
when the resurrection is capable
only Of harm-with no possible
hope Of advantage to the com
munity or any individual.
Go to church today, but don't
act the Pharisee by taking a
conspicuous seat, thereby call
attention 10 the little irregular.
tiles you have been guilty Of
during the week. Forbear loud
"amcns," and thanking God
you are not like the publican
and sinner. Humility and con.
triton best beft the day, the
place. and christian profession.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
Death.

The philosophic mind will
sometimes dwell upon the logic
Of things-recognizing that each
and all will have an end. There
is no more appropriate day in
the week than this, the one set
apart to render praise and
thanksgiving to the great au-
thor of our being; and arbiter Of
our future, to contemplate the
end of our existence here, and
the morning of a new life deg
ignated by that grief striker
word "death."
We know that the time is near
when the strongest of us "must
shuttle off this mortal coil'' and
enter that mysterious country
to which a just Judge will as
sign us, according to the "deeds
done in the body" To those
whose lives have, like unto a
vessel wrecked by the flashing
of cruelty resembles waves-to
the children of misfortune beset
with temptation on every hand
and at the turn of every corner,
death is a peculiarly sad sub
ject of contemplation.
That there is a hereafter all
sane people admit, and all sane
people should prepare for it, YET
how few do, even in this land
of churches and christian privi-
leges. No matter about the in
constituencies of different
churches, or seeming contradic.
tions of Holy Writ, there is an
mate and Unborn knowledge
conscience within us unmistak-
able, that the grave is not the
end-that we are not to be ami
Inflated, burnt as the stubbe oil
the field. Think of these things
today. 1t may be too late al
anytime. Rob death of its sting
and the grave of its victnrY.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

The Washington Post of the
25th pays a high tribute to Sen.
ator Joe Blackburn of Kentuc.
ky. 1t is rarely that we have
read higher tributes paid TO any
man or in such exquisite Eng,
lish. Snch recognition from the
leading non-partisan paper in
Washington carries force and
weight. Both the man and
the politician arr championed
for the straight course pursued,
while attention is called to the
ovation given upon his return
to Washington.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
we YalId.

For the benefit of North Car
olina Rportsmen in general, and
those who tell of marvellous
hunts in particular. we reprint
an article from the Washington
Post that willis every descrip-
ton of a hunt or fish. published
in these parts. Such a thing
could not happen here, but out
west-well most anything can
and does. Here it is;
TOPEKA, Kans., March a.
State Senator Kelsey Wilcoxon,
of Logan county, took part yes
terday in a jack rabbit chase,
the largest one ever known in
this state. The farmers assem-.
bled at an appointed hour and
spread themseles over a large
area of country, forming a cir.
Gle, and all marching steadily
and evenly toward the center
In this way they encompassed
every living thing within the
circle. The catch included, BY
actual count, 5.l26 rabbits. II
coyotes and one lynx, and killed
the rabbits today. The caras.
SEES were then buried. the object
of the chase not being food, but
to get rid of the pests
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

. / 4
AS evidence of the political
muddle we clip the following
paragraph from the News and
Observer: Representative Set
tie serves notice on Russell that
his turning board process will
not work, and that Holton will
s'appoint a committee on ere.
dentials and hold the gavel un-
Til a permanent organization
is effected. lie he sticks to
this, and If Russell sticks TO his
brag, there is going to be some
fun in the Republican State Con-
vention.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

The Lumberton Robersonian has
the following truthful paragraph:
OF all the campaigns Of educa.
ton" that we have had in the
last eight years, none Of them will
equal the one upon which we are
now entering. There never was
such disposition on the part Of
the people, democrats, republi.
cans and populists, to hear all
sides. They have all learned at
least enough TO know that that
person is only half educated who
only reads one side.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

The republican convention OF
Texas was dominated and CONTROL.
ed by the Reed men, who will
elect the delegates to the St. Louis
convention, leaving the Ohio
chieftain in the lurch. While this
is 50, Virginia will send an almost
solid Mckinley delegation. TAX
en- all in all, it is evident that Nc.
Rinley can only be ousted out oil
the nomination by the con. bination
Of the entire forces OF each Of his
opponents.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

CONGRESSMAN STROUD, of
Chatham, representing the 4th
district was here yesterday. In
conversation with a HERALD re.
porter he said it looked to him
like Mckinley would have a
walk over" Mr.. Stroud was
just from Washington City,
and should be able to fairly
guess the out look.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
How viii You DOT

AT the expense of being
charged with repetition, the
HERALD wants to say to Dur
ham money that now is a
time to invest in munufactur-
ing; or in city dirt. dripping
IF the water wears away stone, "
and possibly the repeated call.
ing of attention to this fact will
interest some business minds.
When the political winds have
waited the murky yapors from
our financial system, increased,
values, both of labor and mate
rial may be reasonably looked
for. Either this has to be done
quickly, or anarchy s wild horde
viii take its wanton sway, and
hungered labor will lead bread
riots. Invest the money in your
lock-box. put it into circulation
and do your part ia preventing
so horrible a catastrophe. II
will be bread cast upon the wa.
ters, returning many times.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
a Cardinal Sin.

Among all the ills that flesh
is heir to in these days Of wobly
business, and disappointed f.
nancial expectations, a common
and a cardinal sin-common
from the land locked lakes of
the far west to the wave dashed
shores of the east-Inability to
meet moneyed obligations is the
crying sin.
The Solons with whom Gre
dulous voters have intrusted
their and the nations prosperi-
ty, have proven recreant to
their trust. Money has been
contracted-cornered-like Chi
cago wheat and pork, and it's
value enhanced fully one hum
dred per cent. And why, and
for what? Simply and solely
that the laborer. the producer,
should be kept under a system
if serfdom more damnable and
inhuman than the yassals of
Europe were called upon to en-
dure in the days Of Baronial
brutality and inhumanity,
That much vilified sect, the
"Jewsn-the race furnishing
the remorseless Shylock, de-
handing his bond Of a pound
Of flesh nearest the heart" from
the Roman court, in their law
had Q provision like unto our
bankrupt law-wiping out all
Indebtedness every seven years
and letting everybody start
even.
BY way Of parenthesis, it il
not out Of order to say these
same descendants Of Moses and
Aaron are won't to practise more
charity than is common among
protestants; but what we want
to say is; that failure to pay
debts promptly these times is
not the chiefest Of sins, and
that fit be, there are few PEG.
pie in this country, even among
the most honest and upright
who upon a sudden call. could
show a clean hand. They try
their best; deny themselves
every luxury, while what they
owe sits upon their slumbers
like a veritable nightmare, and
probably Will until O CONDITION
Of things is brought about by
the providence Of God when our
government will recognise that
the "laborer Is worthy Of his
hire" We do not believe that
the great I Am will be hard
upon those who try but fail,
through no fault Of theirs, TO
"Render unto Caesar the things
that are Caesars, but that in
the plentitude Of His inmacu.
late mercy He will not veto the
act Of His martyred Son: For
give us Our Debts as we Forgive
Our Debtors" Selah.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

FROM out Of the catacombs
of buried human rights there
will ere long arise an army Of
mummies to right the wrongs
Of this country, or battle it in
brothers blood-paint it red
with the heart blood OF men
who have squirmed under the
wreck Of oppression till father
forbearance has ceased to be q
virtue. Our government must
change its ways, or be burned
in the debris of its corruption.
IT is a reflection either upon
the intilect or honesty Of a man
to ask free notices from newspa.
pers.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

IT rs propable that the oppos-
ing factions will turn over Dur.
ham to the Reed.Settle crowd
who 50 effectively downed them
Thursday night. Durham IL a
Settle stronghold. and there are
millions In It,"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

Dockery has challened Judge
Russell fer joint debate of their
claims Of the nomination of the re-
publican convention for governor.
If they meet, to those who enjoy
seeing fur fly and scentilations of
blue powders, it will be as good as a
circus.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

THE political wise.acres Of the
capital now say that Cleveland
the man Of destiny, has been
horos;oped as the nominee Of
the democrats for another term.
This news may be acceptable TO
Wall street democrats, but not
southern democracy, between
which there is a wide and
seemingly impossible gulf I'M
changeably fixed.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

People who suffer themselves to
be caught by the seeming low
price for goods advertised by
northernn concerns, are not very
amiable when they come. They
could have bought the same arti>
cles in Durham for less money.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

WAY back before "de wah"
there vas a trite adage that
"molasses caught more flies
than vinegar" There Is a lot
Of philosophy in this, AZ appli-
cable now as then. The un-
necessary wounding Of Gods
most insignificant creature,
will react sooner OF later-the
cur unworthy kicked will find
and opportunity 10 stick his
fangs In your flesh.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
Vaughan sl1agsI.l.
ST. yITUs DANCE.
A Physician Preseribes Or. MiIes'
Restorative Nervlne.

Dr. Miles Medical Co. Rlkhart, Ind,
Ny daughter Matte, aged n, was afflicted
last spring with st. Wins dance and ner.
sonsness. her entire right side was numb
and nearly paralysed. We consulted ply.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
TO THE READERS OF THIS PAPER

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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

sician and he prescribed DR.. MIlos' Ressora.
tive Neryine. She took three bottles before
We saw any certain signs Of Improvement.
bnt after that she began 20 improve very
fast and nov think Hbc Il entirely cured.
She has taken nine bottles OF the Nerylne,
but no Other medicine of any kind.
Knox. Ind, Jan. .. 'a5. n. w. H0sTwrrru.
Physicians prescribe DR.. Niles Remedies
because they are known 20 BE- the result 81
The long practice and experience OF ono u
The brightest. members OF their profession.
and are carefully compounded By expert.
encedchemists. In exact accordance with Dr.
Miles prescriptions. As used in his practice.
On sale at all druggists. Write for DR..
Miles Book on The Heart and Nerves. Dr.
Niles Medical Co. EIkhart. Ind.
Dr.. Miles Remedies Resiors Hath
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-06-24
HE LOVED HIS MASTER.

Two Stories of sosimo, Robert Louis Ste
venson's Faithful Samoan Body Servant.
The other day tho cook was away,
and Louis, who was busy writing, took
his meals in his room. Knowing there
was no one to cook his lunch, he told
Sosimo to bring him some bread and
cheese. To his surprise, he was served
with an excellent meal-an omelet, a
good salad and perfect coffee.
"Who cooked thisP" asked Louis, in
Samoan.
81 did," said Sosimo.
"Well," said Louis, "great is your
wisdom. :"
Sosimo bowed and corrected him
"Great is my lovei'
Long ago Louis had topaz stud that
was somewhat difficult to put into his
shirt. SO he gave it ONE. laid it away
in my trinket box and was dismayed,
when l first wanted to wear it, to find
it gone Sosimo had missed the stud,
discovered it in my box and carried it
back to Louis room. kept up the fight
for some time, trying to secrete it from
Sosino by putting it in out of the way
places, but it was invariably found in
Louis room, no matter where l had
hidden it.
When he came up from tho ship he
put Louis valise down on the veranda
and carefully distracted from his mouth
tho precious stud he had carried there
for safety. / gave up, then, and it is
now Louis own. Robert Louis Stew
enson's Home Life" by Isobel Strong,
in Scribner's.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-06-24
NIGHT ON sHIPeoARp.
Tho Regular Duties and tho Time Fol-
General Relaxation.

The Regular Duties and tho Time For
General Relaxation.
The First call" is sounded again five
minutes before shutdown, when the en-
sign and the jack halyards are manned,
and staylight made ready for hosting
to indicate the ships whereabouts dur
ing the night. Then the color call fol-
lows at shutdown rs the flag is lowered.
and saluted by all as it reaches the deck.
The assembly is then sounded for even-
ing quarters and muster, but there is no
drill.
As rule, it is just after sunset when
the bugle call is sounded to "stand by
hammoclSs. That brings all the crew
on deck, and they stand in silence close
out to tho ships side beside tho ham,
mock MEETINGS, in two ranks facing the
stern, until the boatswain' mate reports
to tho officer of the deck, "All up and
aft. +" The latter then orders, "Uncoverl
-pipe downP and i'll obedience to this
order and tho boatswain's whistle the
MEETINGS are thrown open, and the ham,
mocks are served out and taken below
to their proper places Each hammock
has printed ON it q number, and that
Same number is on the hooks below
decks where that hammock has to be
swung, SO that each man sleeps in the
Same place every night. and that place
is called his billet
Unless, now, boat is called away
there will be no moro bugle calls until
five minutes Of 0 O'Clock. The period is
one of complete relaxation. and is spent
by tho sailors in smoking spinning
yarns, singing, playing ON musical in
struments, and dancing. At S55 the
first call is again sounded as warning
to the crew to prepare to turn into their
hammoclks and go to sleep Then at o
o'clock comes the call known az "tat-
too. "
This tattoo is the survival of an old
custom. In the "old navy" it used to
last 10 minutes, and was performed
with drum and fife. playing all manner
of airs and quicksteps according to the
fancy or ingenuity OF the drummer and
fifer 1t is even said to have been handed
down from u period of superstition,
when they used to mako hullabaloo
after dark to drive tho devils ont of the
ship. At tho last note Of tattoo the ships
bell is struck twice for o O'Clock, and
the boatswain's whistle sounds Pipe
down" Every man must then turn into
his hammock, whether no is sleepy or
not. for an inspection is made by tho
master ut arms to see that all have done
SO. Then sounds that last, long, mourn
full call, "taps. Lieutenant John M.
Ellieott. in St Nicholas.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-06-24
A PILLOW OF PINE.

rest on pillow of pine, brought homo from
the summer mountains
Tho balm of its needles is soothing, and CRATE
full feel to the hands,
The tender and thoughtful hands of the friends
that gathering remembered me.
And yet the aroma 1t yields takes me farther
than summer mountains,
Takes me down to the forests of pine in Vir.
ginia and North Carolina
Again ride horse and sleep in the woods
and by roadways.
Again am with companions and implements
of warfare.
hear tho drum and the fife and thu bugle's
call to action.
The batteries bclch their fire, and the squad
rons charge like demons,
And from rude made breastworks come show.
ers OF lead like hailstones,
Whilo the flag goes up or down as success
crowns our endeavors.
The wounded lilo in tho forest, but o FIRE is
eating its way there;
Wliilo helpless they lilo till consumed in the
terrible havoc,
And men are dying with thirst in the CRIME Of
the conflict unending,
While tho night stops only awhile the carnage
and belchings of cannon;
And lie on pine needle bed. under tho
bright stars of heaven.
Edward s. Dreamer in New York Sun
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-06-24
How Napoleon Raised Money.

Napoleon had the lavish hand Of a
parvenu, but his benefciaries were not
grateful, and with ever increasing in
science were always craving more. The
system Of private confscations or forced
contributions from individuals had al
ready attained vast dimensions. During
the winter of 1809-10 it was extended
and regulated; the sums wrung from
German princes and Spanish grandees,
from English merchants and the Italian
clergy, We're not entirely exhausted; the
remainder, together with what was FAC
cepted" from timorouspoliticians, crafty
ecclesiastics, sly contractors and unprin-
cipled financiers, was now erected into
the dignity Of the emperor's "extraor-
binary domain. " The term "army
chest" had been devised for times Of
higher public morality it was now dis
carded Conlscatod palaces, forests,
lands, fisheries, moneys from the sale Of
American ships-all were now the en-
peror's private property Professor
Sloane's Life Of Napoleon"