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The record-union., 1897-08-02
Unique Church Clubs.

Among the variety of church educa-
tional clubs in New York there are two,
connecting with the work of Grace
Church, which are unique in the prac-
ticability of their aims. One is the
City History Club and the other is the
Grace Settlement Social and Political
Science Club. The first mentioned in
stitutiOn is comparatively new. 1t was
organized through a suggestion to es-
tablish classes throughout the city for
the study of New York institutions and
history with the idea of arousing
deeper sense of responsibility in it's
citizens. Mrs Rober Able is the Pres
ident of this club. Thus far classes of
boys have been carefully instructed in
local history and the duties of citizen
ship. The lectures are usually illus
trated by photographs and objects Of
interest relating to the subject under
discussion.
The Social and Political Science Club
has made some progress in the study
of present day social and economic
problems from both the theoretical and
practical standpoints In order that
real work may be done, a severe
membership test is imposed. Each ap-
plicant must go on probation for two
months before being elected. In this
way the club is enabled to see what
stuff the applicant is made of. Lately
this club has been discussing English
social movements, trusts, railroads, the
land question. criticism of the social
democracy, and the theory Of value.
The Rev J. II. Leighton is the Presi-
dent of this organization.
The record-union., 1897-08-02

choral wedding that morning, and there
was not much time to spare. The curate
was really very busy
So the Man from Stalybridge went to
his work as usual. That evening, be-
cause the strain of the last few days had
been heavy on him, he repaired to the
Dusthole, and got very drunk indeed,
and by some confused association of
ideas, he sang songs from "Jephthah.'
The last heard of him was a faraway
below of deeper and deeper still as he
rolled home along the line. Five min
utes later the express passed. After that
a lad came into the station saying that
a man was killed, and a porter set out
with a lantern to investigate, accom-
panied by the lad. They found the body
lying in the siX-foot way where it had
been flung by the rushing death. The
face was untouched and the porter,
holding the lantern close, exclaimed
with unfeigned regret, TN dom'd if it
isra the chap fro Stalybridge! MAC
millan'S Magazine
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Making Diamonds.

William Crookes, the famous Euro
pean savant, announces it as a fact
that within five years it will be posi-
BILE to make diamonds to order, just as
it is to make a suit of clothes. All
that We lack, he says, is development
Of the process, the intrinsic points of
which we know full Well There are
no mysteries to solve or hidden prin-
ciples to ferret out. Professor Crookes
is the inventor of the famous Crookes
tube, without which the X-ray would
never have been discovered. 1t is evil
dent to any one that a person who had
brains sufficient to make this contribu-
spectful attention.
Professor Crookes says that now.
thanks to Professor Moissan. diamonds
can be manufactured in the laboratory.
Such gems are infinitely microscopic,
it is true, but, with crystalline form and
appearance, color, hardness and action
on light, are the same as the natural
gem The first necessity is to select
pure iron and to pack it in a carbon
crucible with pure charcoal from su-
gar. Half a pound of this iron is put
into the body of an electric furnace,
and a powerful arc absorbing about
100 horsepower, is formed close above
it between the carbon poles. The iron
rapidly melts and saturates itself with
carbon.
After few minutes heating to a
high temperature, the current is stop
ped, and the dazzling, fiery crucible is
plunged into cold water until it cools
below a red heat. Iron increases in VOL
ume from the moment of passing from
the liquid to the solid state The ex-
pansion of the inner liquid on solidi-
flying produces an enormous pressure,
under stress of which the dissolved car
bon separates out in a transparent
dense, crystalline form. This is the dia-
mond.
To obtain the diamond from the me-
tallic ingot, or mass of metal, requires
a. long and tedious process, and the
specimens thus obtained are. as Pro-
fessor Crookes says, only miscroscopic
The largest artificial diamond yet made
is less than one milliliter across. Many
circumstances point to the conclusion
that the diamond of the chemist and
the diamond Of the mines are strange
ly akin in origin. 1t is clearly appar-
emit, Professor Crookes says, that the
diamond genesis, or origin, must have
taken place at great depths and under
high pressure. Therefore, thousands
of feet down in the earth there from
time to time takes place on a gigantic
scale the same process described as
occurring in the laboratory of the
chemist. In the latter the results are
minute. In the former they are great
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@zl5lsISlil < ! i: K|:SSSD

What does it mean to keep
clothing generously?
Not merely to have kinds
enough OF suits and trousers to
please all tastes, but to have each
in all the sizes likely to be called
for. Few houses have capital
enough and customers enough to
do that. If you require size SO
coat YOU do not want size 40 cut
down. You want SO.
Again, if after you get home
your purchase doesn't please,
bring it back. No need to hest
tate or to try and find excuse.
You will get your money back
without any grumbling on our
part.
We are determined that this
shall be a pleasant place to trade
in.
The record-union., 1897-08-02

Most people are either Plate or Gaia
phas, those who are instinctively at
tracted by an unusual personality, and
those who instinctively hate it. In this
case the curate, like the Roman, was
inclined to be amiable.
Il dare say some of the choir can at
tend if the funeral is at an early hour.
There is a choral wedding that morn
ing, and they could take the funeral
first. Better see the organist about it.
If there is any particular hymn you
wish for, it could be sung at the con-
clusion of the service"
Il wur thinking O. the Kyrie Eleison
i the Twelfth Mass" said the Man
from Stalybridge; and the curate felt
as though somebody had hit him, so
surprised was he.
Certainly" he replied, after a slight
pause of establishment.
I've sung bits O. yon mass myself, .
continued the visitor modestly, as
though apologizing for knowing SO
much about it; AN theer's a deal O.
sense i the words when yo' turn 'em
into English
This was not precisely criticism of
W
prove, but he felt unable to argue with
this product of the soil, this calm giant
who said so little and yet gave the i'm
preston of so much.
Il conclude you are a relation of this
woman?"
Nay; she wur lady. I nobbut saw
her twice"
This unexpected reply gave the curate
another shock of surprise. But where
are her frends?''
She had none She said she hadna
a friend i the world"
"Ahn' taking up a slip of paper ly-
ing on the table. Il seem to know the
name. [ also recollect hearing that a
lady was lodging in one of those houses
by the line"
Folks said So" rejoined the Man
from Stalybridge calmly.
L suppose it was true?''
Il Gamma tell
Has she left enough money for the
funeral expenses? If not, 1 should adj
wise you to let the parish bury her"
I'VE wilma speak O. the parish
The words were but sound and quietly
spoken, yet they seemed to the curate
"Oh, beg your pardon only meant
- Here he stopped, feeling it safer
not to go on. To his relief, his visitor
next referred to the question of the
ground.
Il mum ha' the sunshine ont. She
wished it,
Poor SOUL" said the curate. 'I am
afraid that idle fancy reveals a weak
and frivolous nature, and explains her
deplorable end"
The Lord created the sunshine an
He said it wur good,' gravely respond
ed the Man from Stalybridge. LAS fur
being fond O. brightness, well. yo' konw
theer isna owt as Gamma be turned to
summat bad. Theirs a chap DER i
Irthdale as wur fair crazy fur walking.
When he'd done's work he'd be off fur
ten mile an more, wet or dry, summer
or winter. He said it made a mon
strong in s legs. One dark November
meet he walked into tn cut an would ha'
been drowned if 1 hadna COON by. /
pulled him out an / says, 'Sithee, /
Gamma tell if thy walking makes thee
strong i the legs, but l can see as it
makes thee weak i the head An after
that he didna walk so much. Watkins
innocent enow, but he hadna the sense
to frame it rect. I reckon it's the same
wi most things i this world, parson. ;"
This was perhaps the longest speech
ever made by the Man from Staly-
bridge, and it was uttered, not as
though in the hope of persuasion, but
simply as an incontrovertible state
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Evidence of Failure.

John Doe-Did he tell you he failed?
Richard Roe-No.
'.Then why are you so certain about
it?'
Il heard him talking about luck."-
Brooklyn Life.
The record-union., 1897-08-02
Some Good Shoe Items.

Women's Tan-Colored Soft
Leather Ties, round or square
toes, with neat tips, 75c.
Well-made, neat and stylish
Oxford Ties for women, tan and
russell feathers, 81 Is.
Mems Heavy Canvas Buckle
Leggings for camping, etc, 75c.
Green Shoe Polish for Green
Shoes, zoe.
The record-union., 1897-08-02
ITEMS Sash Vests.

This is an article of wearing ap-
parel suitable for this season.
Black in color, made of gros-graln
silk, broad vale diagonal, or other
suitable material and resembling a
low-cut full-dress vest, complete
with buttons and pockets. 1t i'm
parts a comfortable and dressy ap-
pearance to the wearer; at the
same time serves all purposes for
which a belt is intended.
Serviceable, neat, stylish and
comfortable, ST.
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Above the Average.

She-I see by this paper that the av-
erage person speaks 1000 words a day.
He-Yes; but you're way above the
average person, dear.-Yonkers States
man.
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Fair Warming.

Bootblack Billy-Would it hurt ger
feelin's if | called We a liar?
Ned the Newsy-Naw it would hurt
me knuckles.-New York Journal.
The record-union., 1897-08-02
nore Separate
White Skirts.

: We have just received a small
quantity OF fine Pique Shirts, tail
or made, perfect hanging and
worth more than the price we
make, viz, ST Is.
Also Linen-Finished Separate
Skirts at 100. The material alone
is worth that.
The record-union., 1897-08-02
New DENNIS.

The new Denim resembles
Crash. While it is kept at the en-
broidery counters, many who
bought are using it for separate
skirts and outing suits. Colors
Blue mixed, green mixed and OK
blood mixed, SO inches wide, I2c
yard.
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swift I IS
SPECIFIC

is far ahead of any blood remedy on the
market, for it does so much more. Be-
sides removing impurities, and toning up
the rundown system, it cures any blood
disease it matters not how deep-seated OF
obstinate, which other so-called blood
remedies fail to reach 1t is a real blood
remedy for real blood diseases
Mr.. Asa Smith, of Greencastle Ind.
writes: az had sucl a bad case of Sciatic
Rheumatism that I became absolutely
helpless-unable to take my food or handle
myself in any way. l took many patent
medicines. but they did not reach my
trouble. One dozen bottles of S. s. s
cured me sound and well, and Inow weigh
no"
Books on blood and skin diseases mailed free
by Shift Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga.
The record-union., 1897-08-02
Administer Carpets.

Choice patterns in fine High
Pile Worsted Administer Carpets,
sewed and laid, ST IS yard. Wei
ton Carpets, ST yard.
Best Tapestry Brussels, with
borders to match, zoe.
If you pay cash for a Carpet,
why not buy where you will get
the benefit of cash prices.
The record-union., 1897-08-02

III 2. johnson pays respects TO her ma.
lesty, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and
ireland and Empress of India)
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] Special
) Muslin Underwear.
Drapery Silks.

Attractive colors and designs
in Art Drapery Silks, 80 inches
wide, for pillow casing, mantel
drapes, windows, etc, 25c yard.
The record-union., 1897-08-02
Window and Mantel
DraperieS.

About $50 yards of Fancy Col
ored Grenadine, Stripe Curtain
Net, 40 inches wide. Reduced
from soc to 25c yard.
Fancy Colored Muslin, pretty
effects in yard-wide goods, 23c
yard.
Japanese Tinsel Crepes, new
patterns, at &C and I21c yard.
The record-union., 1897-08-02

There are hundreds of men who
read the Sacramento papers who
have no idea OF the perfection at
tanned in the making Of Ready
made Clothing. They do not
know that many of the suits which
they see on the backs of their
friends, and which they think
came from high-priced tailors,
came from here. A little knowl-
edge of Our clothes and prices
would be certainly a revelation to
these men.
We are specially proud of Our
$40, SIS and $50 suits. Look at
them if you look at any.
The record-union., 1897-08-02
Campers.

Parties attending evening con-
certs or who are going camping
will be pleased with Our Folding
Camp Chair, with high back and
hardwood frame, at the reduced
price of I5c.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-06
Rev. Babb is Mad.

A letter to the Nf7os s. Obsey-
ger from Washington, says:
"There is story out that edi-
tor 7. w. Babb, of Hertford, is
very sore over the treatment he
has received at the hands of Sen
ator Pritchard and Congressman
Harry Skinner. Editor Babb,
so the story goes, was the one
man in North Carolina who
brought about the coalition
which resulted in Buffers de-
feat and the success of Pritchard.
For the part he played in that
deal he was promised good Of
fee. He came here last April
with the expectation of getting
All appointment. He wanted to
be Deputy Collector of Internal
Revenue for the Eastern District
and he was assured that he
should be appointed. Every
day he looked for his commits
sion, but like the letter it never
came. He received, however,
so l am Informed, daily promises
from Pritchard and Skinner that
he wouly be taken care of. In
the meantime his funds got short
and in order to keep himself
ahcat he became a book agent,
but nary appointment has he
received and he returns home
tonight completely disgusted,
His friends say he has a knife
up his sleeve and when he gets
back to the Tar Heel State he
will make it uncomfortably
warm for the two gentlemen,
who. having profted by his po-
litical experience, have fed him
on empty promises since last
April. 1t is understood he will
oppose Skinner for Congress"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-06
MURDERED At THE ALTAR.
a Negro Preacher Shot
and Killed in Church.

In the First Baptist church
colored, at Montgomery, Ala,
July 2S, while the State Congress
of Ministers was in session, Prof.
p. II. Patterson, one OF the lead
ers of his race in the South, a
graduate of the university OF
Michigan, a teacher in the State
Normal College, and a highly
respected negro, was murdered
at the altar. The tragedy grew
out of a bitter factional fight be-
tween the local negro Baptists
over the expulsion of Rev. J. T.
Brown from the pastorate of the
big church for alleged immoral
conduct with 4 member of his
flock. Patterson led the fight
against him, and Rev. A. ].
Stokes, pastor of another church,
sided with Brown.
When the State Congress con-
vened, all argument between
Stokes and Patterson over the
Brown case resulted in a fist
fight, when some negro from the
crowd shot and killed Patterson.
The colored population is very
much wrought up After the
shooting a posse composed of
negroes, captured George Prit>
chett, who had gone into the
woods. He cOnfesses to have
done the shooting. Preachers
Stokes, Brown, BraCy and Bran
an and FIVE other prominent ne>
groes have been arrested. A
conspiracy is alleged to have
existed.
An investigation by the coro-
ner was held. The grand jury
is being held in session to con-
slider the case. Lynching was
talked of. There is every indi>
cation that the law will be
allowed to take its course.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-06
She Learned it at School

An editor who married A girl
from . cooking club prints the
following IN his paper after a
few years of married life
90 stand where | have stood
go feel what | have felt. eat
c'ammy. half-cooked food, and
hsil and eggs that smelt. Go
take what have took, go bear
what | have bore, throw tea CUBS
at cook, and swear as I have
swore. Go live on iuiceless
steak and soegy bread, half
baked; at midnight lie awake
and ache as | have ached. Go
gnaw with all your might on
tough doughnuts or pies, and
stop between each breath to pick
out hairs and flies. Go do what
| have done-make Yourself 4
TOOL, by winning as l have won,
a girl from cooking school"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-06
Facts About North Carolina.

From many sources the follow
ing interesting facts about North
Carolina have been gathered.
1t will be we'll to keep these for
reference
Number of counties 90.
State area, 52,2So square
miles.
Extreme length is 5o3A
miles.
Extreme breadth is 1917
miles.
Number of electoral votes, II.
Length of coast line is 3I4
miles.
Land surface, $4,000 square
miles.
Water surface, 1920 square
miles.
Area Dismal Swamp, 100000
acres.
Number of miles of railroad,
3,5o7.
Indian population Census of
1900 1871.
Inland steamboat navigation,
900 miles.
Total population Census of
1900 I,ol7,o47.
Average mean annual rain
fall, 81 inches.
Colored population Census of
1890, 567.I7o.
Total water-power, $500, 900
horse power.
Western boundary-longitude
81 degrees, AZ minutes, 20 sec
onds.
Average winter temperature,
AZ degrees Fahrenheit.
The highest point is Mitchell's
Peak, 6,8S8 feet.
Average area of counties is
5o7 square miles.
Number OF vari ties of mini
erals discovered $50.
Average summer temperature,
Is degrees Fahrenheit.
Average elevation of State
above sea level is $40 feet
Student.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-06
UNLIMITED TAXATION.

1t is generally understood
that the school tax will be &c
cents on the 500 and 80 cents
On the poll. You will hear peo-
pie so state. That is not true
The county commissioners have
the right to levy any amount
but they cannot levy less than
the above. The law says:
"The board of county commits.
sioners shall, determine the
amount of tax to be voted upon
by each district township, but
said tax shall be at least 10 cents
upon every 800 worth of prop
erty and 80 cents upon every
POLL
There is no reason why they
should not levy 81 on the $IoC
and s. on the poll. They can
do it if they want to. And in
most cases it will exceed the
minimum assessment, for if it
does not, there will be no taxes
of consequence raised. The rea-
son will not be because of the
lightness and insignifcance OF
the tax. Even that amount will
be a burden. The reason is the
poverty of the people. Will it
pay to levy that much tax for
the benefit of the teachers
only ?-King's Weekly.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-06
BOY SHIPPED TO CHICAGO.

When a train from New York
arrived at the Union Depot, at
Chicago, over the Pennsylvania
line a few days ago, a small boy
attired in a sailor suit, with a
shipping tag attached to his
Jacket, was handed over by the
conductor to Miss N. Nelson
who meets all trains at the sta
ton as a representative Of a
Chicago charitable organization
The tag on the boys jacket read
as follows
"This boy is going to his
father, George Condor, 5o2 West
Taylor street, Chicago, ILL.,"
Miss Nelson took the boy tc
the address mentioned on the
tag, but was unable to find any
person who knew anything
about the child or his parents
Miss Nelson took the child tc
the annex of the Harrison stree
police station, and the police are
now trying to find his relatives
if he has any in the city. The
child says he once lived in tina
city, but went to New YORK
some time ago with his parents
who left him with the family o
E. HamOrne.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-06
Ella Wheeler Wilcox to the Sum
mer Girl.

The summer girl should learn
before it is too late that the man
who kisses and says 81 love you
and no more, is only amusing
himself at her expense.
l once heard of a young man
(his friend was my informant)
who kept memorandum of the
girls he had kissed. At last re-
ports the number had reached
so. The man is still quite
young.
The summer girl who is temp
ted to let an admirer kiss her
should ponder this.
OF course she might rot ex-
pect to be No. I, but it would
be humiliating to think she was
No. 81.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-06
A MOONSHIkER SHOT.
OAK Ridge SENSATION.
Pilot Mountain Baptist
Association in a panic.

A special to the Meas G. o.
ser0er from Winston, N. c.. gives
the following account of the
capture of a desperate moon,
sinner
There was a lively sensation
at Oak Ridge church. Stokes
county on last Sunday.
The annual session of the
Pilot Mountain Baptist Associa>
ton had just closed and the dele
gates and members of the con-
gregation were leaving for their
respective homes, when Mr.. Led
Freddy, the new deputy marshal
for Stokes, arrested Jim Taylor
a celebrated b1ockader. The
deputy had two officers with
him, and when lie called upon
the blockaker to surrender Tay-
lor rolled out of his buggy i'll an
instant and drew a pistol, which
was we'll loaded. Before he had
time to use it, however, marshal
Freddy fired upon Taylor, the
ball going through the hand IN
which the blockader held his
shooting iron.
This caused Taylor to drop
his pistol; in an instant the Off
Ger and his assistants were on top
OF Taylor and a lively tussle fol-
lowed for about ten minutes
There were many pistols flying
in the air; women and children
were screaming, and the situa>
ton was anything but pleasant,
even for spectators The Off
GERS finally tied Taylor and he
was placed i'll buggy and
carried to Jail at Danbury.
~ report was brought here to
dav that some of Taylor's friends
MADE an attack on the OlllCc1S
while they were enroute to Jail,
and that several men on both
sides were wounded.
Taylor has been i'll the MOON
shine business and has dehed the
officers for several years. He
generally carried a Winchester
and pistol with him.
Freddy sent Taylor word as
toon as he VS. appointed deputy
marshal that he had five war~
rants against him and expected
to arrest him. Taylor replied
that he never would be taken
alive.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1897-08-06
Farmers Should Advertise.

People III the country fail to
place proper estimate upon
the Importance and value of
newspaper advertising when
they desire to buy or sell any,
thing. AS Press and Printer
says: GA farmer, for example,
has cattle to sell. A brief an
nouncement to that effect will
often send him a dozen buyers,
Or perhaps he wants to sell
some fine hogs. A small want
ad costing perhaps twenty-five
cents will bring him several
purchasers. Farmers are a con>
servative class, but they should
learn that advertising is prohta-
BILE to them as we'll as the merch
ant, manufacturer or other bus
mess man i'll the city or town
Try it and you will be convinc-
ed"