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The record-union., 1897-08-15
The Turkish Custom-House.

Many amusing stories ore told of the
trouble American travellers have had
with the custom-hous authorities in
Turkey, especially with books and
maps. In the old days ones baggage
would be dumped down on the landing
place at Constantinople, and a tur-
baned old Turk, tchibouk in hand,
would go through a pantomime of ex-
amining ones effects, which would be
abruptly brought to an end by the
application of an appropriate coin to
the palm of his hand. But the politi-
cal troubles that began some years
ago in the Ottoman Empire caused the
Government to institute a more strin-
gent system, and there is now at Con-
stantinOple a custom-house more after
the American style, where a number
of effendis, in fezzes and Stambouli
coats of the regular official cut, pry into
ones luggage with particular care in
search of papers and books and maps
of revolutionary tendency, or ia
which words forbidden to be printed IN
Turkey may be found During the hight
of the Armenian agitation especially
close search was always made for any
thing with the word Armenia" in it,
and whatever it was found in was
summarily confiscated. On the occa-
sion of my last visit to Constantinople
1 happened to have a map of Asia
Minor among my papers, the discovery
of which greatly agitated the examin-
ing offendi, who spoke in a language
he thought was French. "Ah! Azeea
Meenoor!" he exclaimed, as he spread
it out, continuing in his Turko-F French,
Show me Erzerum." Having pointed
out to him the spot where that city was
to be found, he began running his fin
ger over the map until he struck upon
the letter A. This seemed almost to
take his breath away, but when a short
distance to the right of it he found
the criminal letter r he fairly gasped.
The detection of the letter NJ following
it was like an electric shock, and a
bomb explosion could not have startled
him more than the discovery of the
letter E. By the time he had deciph-
cred the remaining letters. MA, I saw
that the game was up, and as he folded
UP my precious map, and in stern and
measured syllableS announced to me
that it was ''defOn- dew, con-fis-kay,"
knew that it was lost to me forever.
A review with an article alluding to
the disturbed condition of affairs in the
Turkish Empire followed the map,
along with some foreign newspapers
Harper'S Round Table
The record-union., 1897-08-15
Baby's Second Summer.

A baby in it's second summer, which
is usually the teething time, should
have a diet as simple as possible dur
ing the heated term. Milk sterilized-
that is, the glass jar containing it set
in water that is allowed to boil around
it for several hours, then carefully COW
cred and set in a cool place-broths
with rice boiled in them. beef juice,
thoroughly cooked cracked wheat, now
and then a soft-boiled egg. and milk
toast, will make a sufficiently varied
and suitable diet until he is two years
of age. 1t is safest to have the drink
ing water boiled, and a band Of soft
flannel worn around the abdomen is a
great protection.
The record-union., 1897-08-15
Willing to Ob1ige.

I'D like to sec a man kiss mel" she
said, with considerable spirit.
We'll" he replied thoughtfully, "as
a spectacle I think you would find it
disappointing. The value of a kiss
does not lie in the looks of it, you
know However, if you feel that way
about it would suggest that you stand
over here and look III the mirror. There.
That's just it."
You horrid thingi" she exclaimed
just about half minute later.
Afterward she confessed to her dear
est friend that she was so preoccupied
that even then she did not see any one
kiss her, but she was pretty well con-
vinced in her own mind that some one
did.-Chfcago Post.
The record-union., 1897-08-15
The Cow Objected.

THAT man Billson is the most ridicu-
lousy obstinate fellow you ever saw.
He's invariably on the wrong side of
every subject"
What's he been doing lately?"
why, he went to our Sunday-school
picnic. and there was cow on the
grounds, and Of course Billson said he'd
milk her.
Did he?"
Did he! She kicked him into the
lemonade tub before you could say
scat"
What was the trouble?"
"Got on the wrong side, as usual
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The record-union., 1897-08-15

My eyes are filmed, my beard is gray,
/ am bowed by the weight Of years;
I would were stretched on my bed of clay,
With my long-lost youths compeers;
Far back to the past. tho the thought
brings woe,
My memory ever glideS.
To the old, old time, long, long ago,
The time of the Barmecides!
To the old, old time, long. long ago,
The time of the Barmecides!
Then youth was mine, and a fierce wild
will
And an iron arm in war,
And a fleet foot high upon Ishkar'S hill,
Where the watch-lghts glimmered afar;
And as fiery barb as any know
That Kurd or Bedouin rides,
Ere my friends lay low, long, long ago
In the time of the Barmecides;
Ere my friends lay low, long, long ago
In the time of the Barmecides;
One golden goblet illumed my board.
One silver dish was there;
AT hand my tried Karamanian sword
Lay always bright and bare;
For those We're the days when the angry
Supplanted the word that chides,
When hearts could glow, long, long ago
In the time of the Barmecides;
When hearts could glow, long, long ago
In the time of the Barmecides.
Tho city and desert my mates and I
Were free to rove and roam,
Our diapered canopy the deep of the sky,
Or the roof of the palace dome:
o. ours was that vivid life. to and fro
Which only sloth deridesl
Men spent life so, long, long ago,
In the time of the Barmecides;
Men spent life so, long. long ago,
In the time of the BarmecideS;
I see rich Bagdad once again,
With it's turrets of Moorish mold,
And the Caliph'S twice five hundred men
Whose biniSheS famed with gold:
call up many a gorgeous show,
Which the pail of oblivion hides;
All passed like snow, long long ago
With the time of the Barmecdes;
All passed like snow, long, long ago
With the time of the Barmecides.
But mine eye is dim and my beard is gray,
And l bend with the weight of years.
May l soon go down to the house of clay
Where Slumber my youths compeerS,
For with them and the past, though the
thought wakes woe,
My memory abides;
And mourn for the times gone long ago,
For the times of the Barmecides,
And l mourn for the times gone long ago.
For the times of the Barmecidesi
james Clarence Mangan, from his Sc
The record-union., 1897-08-15
"Adjutant-GeneraI. etc" +"

"Adjutant-General, etc"
Manassas, July D, 1S61.-General s.
Cooper, Adjutant- General: Victory COM
plete. Advanced forces report that
enemy fled in confusion through Cen
terville last night. JEFF DAVIS"
Afterward, when they learned fully
what had followed the fighting and when
they came to know more about war, the
Confederates wondered why they did not
follow UP the advantage gained, COM
plete the destruction of McDowells
army, and take Washington.
The record-union., 1897-08-15
Puzzled.

Curious times. these" commented
Senator Sorghum, thoughtfully, as he
looked over fac-simile of the Declara-
ton of Independence, very curious"
"To what do you refer?" inquired his
friend.
THE manner in which all these sigma
lures commanded attention and respect
when they were put to a paper that
don't convey any money. y.'-Washingt ton
Star.
The record-union., 1897-08-15
A Compulsory Delay.

Charge" Numbered the comanand-
ing officer. Not a soldier moved An
aide hurriedly approached.
why this delay?" dem;tndcd the
General. ''The enemy IS in f,-oat and
the men are in line
@@One moment" said the aide. '"The
knetoscope machines are not yet in po-
sition-"
Again did civilization prevent blood
The record-union., 1897-08-15
The Guilty Party.

Grigson-What clergyman was il
that solemnized your marriage?
Flippard-It wasn't a clergyman at
all. 1t was Mrs. F.'s mother.-Boston
Transcript.
The record-union., 1897-08-15
The Time of the Barmecides.

the spot in lemon Juice This is harm
less as well as dependable.
The record-union., 1897-08-15

My eyes are filmed, my beard is gray,
l am bowed by the weight of years;
I would l were stretched on my bed of clay,
With my long-lost youths compeers:
Far back to the past, tho the thought
The record-union., 1897-08-15

Ink stains on white material may be
removed most effectualy by washing
first in strong brine and then wetting
The record-union., 1897-08-15

Mrs. S. T. Rorer. the famous cooking
expert, gives this. her favorite. receipt
for making tomato ketchup in the Au-
gust Ladies Home Journal" Use
half a bushei Of sound August toma-
toes. Wash and cut them into pieces.
Cook gently for half an hour, then press
The record-union., 1897-08-15

Try frying cucumbers as a variety in
their serving. Pare and slice length
wise, season with salt and pepper, dip
in beaten egg and bread crumbs, and
fry in very hot though not deep fat
Serve with tomato catsup
The record-union., 1897-08-15

Eggs poached in milk afford not
only a pleasant variety to the fnvalids S
menu, but the dish. besides, offers a
slight increase in nourishment over the
usual way. The milk should come to
the scalding point, when the egg is
dropped in and cooked. as if in water
A little of the hot milk is poured over
the toast to soften it before the egg IS
slipped on.
The record-union., 1897-08-15

The Dean Of Windsor once observed
that this was an age Of "patty-pan
knowledge" that is, Of desiccated in
formation impaired on all sorts of sub
1ects in convenient shape for ready re-
ception. one of these aids to the gen
eral woman is a book, published in
England. which gives illustrated in
struction on every sort Of mending,
patching, and darning. Once upon a
time all this learning was acquired by
the little seamstress at her mother S
knee. Nowadays, the busy mother IS
not prepared to teach, and may herself
gladly receive this series of hints upon
every department of household needle
work.
The record-union., 1897-08-15

inforcements, arriving from the Shen-
andoah Valley, under Jackson, left the
cars. and marching northward by the
sound of the battle, fell upon the right
flank Of Mcdowell, driving him back
ward over the identical fields he had
crossed victoriously "a few hours before.
The Union troops fell back in tolerable
order until they reached Bull Run and
there unaccountable panic came upon
men who had fought we'll from early
morning. Once across the Stone bridge
and the fords the retreat became rout.
From Bull Run to Centerville and thence
10 Fairfax Court House within sight of
Washington, was scattered the wreck OF
ali army But the Confedcrates didn't
know what they had done. At G:30 III
the evening, with the panic stricken
Union troops in full flight, this message
as appears from the unpublished man
uscript. was sent from the front to the
lAdjutant- General of the Confederacy al
Richmond:
CAS- far as 1 can learn, we have won
the battle. but with heavy loss. Colonel
Barlow killed, also Lieutenant Colonel
johnson of Hampton's Legion. General
Bee is mortally wounded, and it is
| feared, General e. Kirby Smith also. ]
will telegraph as I get intelligence"
Not until the day after the battle did
the Confederates learn of the magni-
tude of their victory On Monday, the
ed of July, these kilograms. heretofore
unpublished, passed between Manassas
and Richmond:
sepicbroand J,llv 80 1861 -Coyn.
inanding officer at Manassas, Va.-Tele-
graph in few words what is the actual
state of things this morning in order
that communication may be made tC
| Congress when it meets at II O'Clock
to-day, especially as to the certainty o1
| the victory. S. COOPER,
The record-union., 1897-08-15

A curious idea for a memorial gift to
be sent to a funeral is an open Bible
covered with flowers of either white or
lavender and purple. An appropriate
text is woven across the pages in fiex-
ible twigs. A trio, heart, anchor and
cross, standing upright, may also be
made of white and mauve flowers, or
almost any one can cover a cross of
laths with first moss and then fatty
laid flowers secured with thread. White
blossoms may be used here, and laven-
der or purple pansies may make a sin
gle word or initials across the middle.
The record-union., 1897-08-15

MY MEMORY ever gIlueS.
To the old, old time long, long ago,
The time of the Barmecides!
To the old, old time, long. long ago,
The time of the Barmecidesi
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21
IN RELIGIOUS CIRCLES.
Special Sermons at Church Of the Good
Shepherd-Taberna Revival.

The Rev. DR.. Pittinger, rector of the
Church of the Good Shepherd, announces
that series of sermons will be deliver
ed in that church on Sunday nights, be-
ginning with tonight, and extending
through several months, ON the general
subject of "The Apostolic and Ante
Nicene Fathers"
On Sunday, November Dist tonight
there will be an Introductory sermon by
the rector, giving an outline of the course
with Clement of Rome" as his special
subject.
There win be sermon on "Ignatius"
by Bishop Cheshire, but the date is I'M
certain.
On the night Of Sunday, December
26th, the Rev. S. B. Hunter will speak
on Justin Martyr"
The Rev. J. S. Weston will deliver a
sermon on "Polycarp" on the night of
January 9th, 1898.
Sunday night, January 23rd, 1898, the
Rev. Mr.. Plummer, of Oxford, Will de-
liver sermon on "Irenaeus."
The Rev. Mr.. Horner, of Oxford, will
sneak on "Origen" on the night of Feb
ruary 9th, 1898.
The seventh and last will be delivered
by the Rev. DIR. Murdoch, of Salisbury.
His subject will he "Cyprian."
These sermons are to be delivered un-
der the auspices of the Brotherhood of
ST. Andrew, and the public is cordially
invited.
The Western North Carolina confer
ence of the A. Nj. Il. church, colored,
will convene in this city next Thursday,
November 25th. Bishop James A. Hand,
of Baltimore, will preside. The address
of welcome will be delivered by Mayor
VIM. Russ. The pastor Of the church,
where the conference will be held, will
preach his farewell sermon tonight.
At Central Methodist church to-day the
pastor, Rev. Mr.. Glenn, will fill his pull
pit devoting both services to the tenn
perance cause. At II o'clock a. M, his
subject will be the "Sixty Thousand"
In the evening at 100 his theme will be
"a plea for Total Abstinence" The
public is kindly invited to attend and
take part.
Rev. Thos. Needham who is conducting
a series of most interesting Bible SER
vices nightly at the Baptist Tabernacle
church, has decided to continue them
during this week. The attendance has
been large and the interest has been
most pronounced. Rev. Mr.. Needham is
a student of the Bible; his discourses are
original, forceful and persuasive, and
the services during the week have been
most successful. To-day services will be
Lad three times-morning, afternoon and
right. A special invitatira is extended
t . public to be presexz- = all the SER
vi, :.
l. '. J. e. Whit. -~N occupy the pul-
pit to-day at tt ~srst Baptist church
The srbject for the morning service will
be State Missions" and the subject for
the night service will be Daniel The
public is cordially invited.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21
vo-DAY,s NEWS AND OBSERVER.
And Some Observtions on Our Future
Plans and Purposes.

The News and Observer goes to Its
readers to-day sixteen pages big, and
every one of these sixteen pages is I'LL
ed with live and interesting reading.
This sixteen page paper has been built
under some difficulties. 1t means that
these $4,000 pages in ll,have been print
ed on an ordinary hand feed press that
can make only 1000 to 1900 impressions
AN hour and does imperfect work In
spite of all we can 90, ana
this is only an earnest or
what the News and Observer proposes
so do for its patrons when its new Web
perfecting press has been put in place
and become n part of it's otherwise COM
plete plant, this new perfecting press,
our Board of Directors, decided to buy
during the past week, and it will come
direct from the factory. 1t will be in
place in the early part of the new year,
and is guaranteed to turn off 5000 to
1000 complete News and Observer per
hour.
OF course the News and Observer could
not have presented to it's patrons this
sixteen page Thanksgiving edition, nor
promise other editions as great or great
CT WITHOUT tue generous ala II Is FeCeIV-
ing from its business friends.
Nearly one half of to-day's paper is
edited by the leading business men in
and out Of the State. These men know
how to write, they write on interesting
subjects, and they know too just where
to print their articles in order to reach
the people of North Carolina.
They have learned by thirty years of
exnerienca and close observation that
the News and Observer is the vehicle in
which they may ride into Tar-heel homes
from the mountains to the sea. We full
ly appreciate the patronage of these our
business friends and we thank them one
and all for their liberal patronage.
1t is our purpose to cele-
brate the putting in of our
new perfecting press with a man.
moth illustrated industrial and educa-
tional edition devoted to our home town,
the city of Raleigh. In this edition we
propose to write the history Of the CAPT
tai city. It's public institutions, its vast
public improvements, it's churches,
schools and other religious and charita-
ole institutions, its professional, manu-
featuring, mercantile and general indus
trial and business interests. / short, it's
glorious past, its more glorious present
and it's still more glorious future. 1t is
our purpose to enlist the best energies
and. capabilities of our staff in making
this edition surpass any industrial town
edition that has hitherto come from a
Southern press, and a credit to the charm
ing and enterprising cit Oaks which
we all love and hon - see grow on
apace.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21
AT PEACE INSTITUTE.
A Brilliant Musical Recital by It's
Teachers Last Night.

Teachers Last Night.
In Difference to the debate between the
Trinity and Wake Forest students the
teachers recital at Peace Institute,
which had been arranged for Thinks
giving, was given last night. No higher
compliment can be paid the recital than
to say that it fully maintained the high
standard of Peace Institute, which is
rapidly building up most enviable re-
putation for its school of music.
The programme was as follows:
(A) Romance, (Rubinstein.) OBJ Night
ingale, Uiszt)-Piano: Miss NJ. Johnson.
For all Eternity, (Mascheroni-Mi
scherzo, op. 81, (Chopin)-Pian Miss
b. Dinwiddie.
Aux Ptaliens, Owen Meredith)-Miss
v. Caspari.
Souvenir de Posen, (Wieniawski)- VIC
lin. Miss NJ. johnson.
Rosemonde, (Chaminade). Serenade,
{E.5 W. Nevin)-Miss B. Dinwiddie.
(a) Melodie, Rubinstein. (b) Die
Mazurka, Denee)-Mr. G. w. Bryant.
Where the Lindens Bloom, Buck)-
Miss G. Lennon.
(a) Serenata, ONm. Mson). (b), First
Schalkhafte OPP. SO, (Eberhardt)-Violin:
Miss M. Johnson.
These teachers recitals are given ev-
cry five weeks and are great treats to the
music-loving people Of Raleigh. And
hardly less enjoyable are the recitals
given every other Saturday night by the
pupils.
They are always Of such excellence as
to reflect the greatest credit upon the in
stltution and its able corps Of teachers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21

Inere are no more reliable men in the
business than Mr.. Jno. G.. Drewry, Of
the Mutual Benefit Insurance Co.; Mr..
Il. Is. Raney, of the Reliable Old Penn
Mutual, or Mr.. j. ID. Bushell, of the
Aetna, ana there are no better COM
panles than these to Insure with. In
flre insurance the reliable old North
Carolina Home Insurance Company
should command your attention, and to
those VINO have to give bonds of any
KIND, Mr.. X. Il. Raney, of the American
BONDING Co, or A. w. Maye & Co.. of
the United States Fidelity and Guaran-
tee Co., are the men to see.
The Citizens Cooperative Co. has
a new store full OF everything nice and
deslrab bic in the grocery line, and for
bakers goods, dread, cakes, ETC., Mr..
Chas. f. Brestch is headquarters.
AS we pass along up Fayetteville
street we will step in and see our old
friend John s. Pescud, and leave our
prescriptions for him to fill, and we must
not forget our young friend, w. Garland
Upchurch, the clever young groceryman.
Then there is DarDell and Thomas
Some of us will want piano or an or
gan, and that is the place to buy them.
We all like Norfolk Oysters. They have
a distinctive deliciousness about them.
and we will leave our orders for these
at r. A. White and Company's. There
will be lawyers in the crowd who will
want law books. Mr.. NJ. NJ. Smith can
supply them at low prices. Then we
will for few moments rest at the Art
Emporium IF Fed A. Watson. and
amuse Oul and the THANKSGIVING
shopping party will make their homes
brighter by buying some Of his pretty
goods. Oh, yes; some will want Litho-
graphing done. Wen see Mr.. Guy V.
Barnes for this, and then take lunches
at Dick Giersch's popular restaurant.
While We are here we can just step in
and make arrangements with the Oak
City Steam Laundry for our Thanksgiv-
ing laundry work, and many of the gen
tlemen will want to see Maurice Watts
and have their barbering done for the
Thanksgiving occasion. We will not for
get the corner druggist, our young friend,
w. III. King, and then we will test the
bargains being offered by the Raleigh
Stationery Company.
The immense Furniture store Of the
Royal and Borden Furniture Company,
must be visited. Here everybody can
find just what they want i'll furniture
and house furnishing goods.
Raleighs schools must be visited.
Parents and pupils will be interested in
a trip to Peace Institute, to St Mary's
School, to the a. and NJ. College, and
to Prof. Morson's School for boys. They
are among the best educational institu-
tons in the land. The famous and
popular Marlborough will be pleased to
entertain the members of our party, and
the clever managers of the Park will
be pleased to see the friends of this
popular hotel during Thanksgiving
times. We should go out to Steinmezt
and deck ourselves with his beautiful
flowers before returning home. Take a
look at the marble works of f. I.
Marks and finally, however tried or
weary we may get in our industrial
rambIes, we win rest well when we re-
turn home if we are possessed of the cele-
brated Raleigh Spring Bed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21
KEEHs MURDERERs ON TRIAL.

The trial Of Fred Keers murders at
Tarboro moves slowly along. Prof.
Withers, who has been attending it as
a witness, says up to Friday night only
ten of the jury had been selected and the
panel and special venire having been ex-
hausted the sheriff was sent out to Sc
cure another venire. Prof Withers
made an examination of Keeps stomach
and is therefore an important witness in
the case. He goes back to TarborO
Monday. He says it is sort of three
eornered fight. A white man named
Afford and negro named Fields are
accused of the murder. Fields has turn
ed States evidence and acknowledges
giving the poison but says Afford hired
him to do it. Afford, Of course, denies
this. So the attorneys Of the negro are
trying TO hang the white man: the white
mans lawyers are trying to hang the
negro, and the Solicitor is trying to hang
them both. g.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21
THE REX HOSPITAL.
A Thanksgiving Offering of Books and
Periodicals Suggested.

To the Editor: Please permit me to
suggest through your paper to the good
people of Raleigh, who have entertaining
books to spare, that, on Thanksgiving
Day, they will give some of these books
to the little library at the Rex Hospital.
Seeing the necessity for good reading
matter for the recreation of the intelli-
gent young ladies who constitute our
nursing force, when off duty, and Of
Convalescent patients, we have ordered
q few periodicals, but the funds of the
Hospital will not justify our buying
books, except such as may be needed for
the instruction of nurses in their duties.
We therefore venture to make an appeal
to those who appreciate this worthy
charity that they will add to its now
scant and unattractive library on Thurs
day next. The books contributed should,
in part at least, be such as are calculated
to interest those who are worried by ex-
acting and wearing employment and
those who, recovering from spells of
sickness, need mental recreation in their
weakness. Very respectfully,
r. III. BATTLE, President.
For the Trustees Of Rex Hospital.
Raleigh, N. c., Nov. Goth, 1897.