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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
Would Arrest the Army.

Private Secretary Thurber
tells a story, as having CONT
from General Lee while he was
in Washington recently, to illus.
trate the bitter feeling that
exists in Havana between the
resident Americans and the
Spaniards. General Lee said
"a group of Spaniards Were
in a cafe and they got into &
heated conversation with som.
young men from the United
States. Ii was, of course, abouI
the probable complications thin
government might baye with
Spain over the Cuban question
if congress should pass the Can
eron or similar resolutions
When the talk became enpahti
one Of the Spaniards exclaimed
Suppose Spain shou d sert
an army right up to New York
what would Your mercenar,
business people do? What woult
they do?
Why. we would just SIM
ply have the police take tha
army in charge, and If the, di,
not behave, the VII e GROVE
would be locked up was thu
reply Of the American.
Then the Spaniard wante'
TO fight the man from the Unite,
States, Int the difficulty wa
patched up."-Wash. Cor. New
York Sun.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
A Snort cur.

Some Of the gold adyocats have
published some figures which
show that more money is being
deposited in the savings banks
now that before the election and
say that is the sign of returning
prosperity To these statements
the Omaha World Herald replies
and makes the following sugges-
ton as a short cut to prosperity
aIf increased deposits are q sign
of returning prosperity, what's
the matter with putting all money
in the savings banks and reach.
| ing the millennium at bound ?'
Gen. Harrison's Literary Work.
The success of ex-President
Hsrrison's articles in The Ladies'
Home Journal has been SO pro-
nounced that three additional
ones will be gin. These are likely
to prove the most interesting OF
Iall that General Harrison has
i written, in the sense at they
will be more personal. His first
paper will show what "a Day
4 With the President at His Desk
means, giving glimpses of the
president in his private Office. His
second article will deal with
E."The Social Life of the President, y
!, which will cover the Presidents
obligatory social duties and his
part in great State functions. The
last article will 60 into the Presi
dents domestic life aud portray
, "The Domestic Side of the Whit,
House." All these articles will b.
specially illustrated. This will b
the first time that an ex-Preiden
Of the United States has ever writ
ten of his office and Of his home
q The articles will all appear il
. early issue of The Ladies' Hon
! Journal.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
Simply Devotion.

| is amusing to note how TIL
return of the Republican Part,
10 power revives the several Re
publican State associations IL
the City of Washington. I'll, r,
organizations were dormau'
during the Cleveland admins
tration, but now they are awaL
and active. IL Is not to he as
stunned, of course, that the gen
tlemen who promote these asa
Citations have any hope Of Sc
curing office under the new ad
ministration. Theirs is simpl,
devotion to the cause Of Repub.
licanism, awakened after vic
tory is achieved. -Springfielf
Mass Union.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
as the majority Of the parties have
since been married, it will leave
them guilty Of bigamy and open
to criminal prosecution.
FOUND IN A GOLD NINE.

The following from the Char
lotte Observer takes the cake and
we have mailed the Observer ouf
rabbits foot and congratulations:
"The field around the Rudlsill
gold mine is full Of abandoned
shafts of various depths. A local
gold mining prospector who was
examining some Of these shafts
yesterday, explored one that was
go feet deep and from the bottom
Of which a 30 foot tunnel opened
The mouth of the shaft was over,
grown with briars and bushes
When he reached the bottom o.
the shaft he found evidences o
animal life, and exploring The
tunnel he found a family Of eigh'
rabbits, a cat, dog and ont
'possum, they all appeared to b
in good condition, but what the.
existed on was q mystery. H
captured the whole family, turn
ling the cat and dog at liberty ant
taking the rabbits and 'possun
home.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
NUMBER, NOT QUALITY.

President Gilman, of Johns
1opkins University, who Is re-
cognized as one of the greatest
.lnkers and educators of the
day, in his address before the
Tale Alumni, in New York,
lately said: In the whirl of
modern civilization people seem
to find little time for reading,
and when books are read they
are of the light, ephemeral type,
ar such as can be easily carried
in ones pocket and read at odd
moments. The habitof reading
the big books of the world
seems to have passed away By
the big books of the world i
mean those that age after age
have moulded the minds Of men
and the institutions of society.
Today it IS the number of books
read rather than the kind OF
literature that the popular
mind estimates.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
1T Is DONE.

The freedom of North Caro-
linlans is a thing of the past.
The will of the people has been
thwarted and the Wall St, eet
money kings have taken letter
Prltchard and rsmmed him
down the Threats of our people
againsnt their will.
Populists. professed silver
men. Those who say they are
the father of the silver move-
ment went to Raleigh and vio-
lated the trust placed in them
by the mass of people in this
state. After a conference with
Mark Hanna's agents, the man
who is employed by trusts, CON-
bines, and money powers to
make laws to suit them, they
have cast their vote for Gold
Bug Pritchard and he will suc-
coed himself.
This crime. for such it IL, was
committed yesterday about
noon when on joint ballot
Pritchard was elected tc sue
coed himself by a majority OF
twelve. To secure this majority
IL was necessary for him to re.
ceive the votes of 90 popuIists,
which he did.
These populists are marked.
They have let the glitter of gold
allure them from the path Of
Right and today they are out
casts-politically-iu this state.
God pity them.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
NOTHING FOR CUBA.

Cubans still continue to fight
for their lives and liberty but
the United States government
stands idly by and watches the
heartless Spaniards butcher
their helpless victims without
opening their mouths and ask
ing that the outrage be stopped.
From the present outlook it
seems that the struggling pa
triots are to get no help from
this source at all. President
Mckinley is now said to enter
tain the same views. in regard
to the matter that President
Cleveland does and if that is
the case he could not be kicked
into a fight.
Senator John Sherman, who,
together with the mug wump
Cleveland, should be banished
to some uninhabited island, has
been given a place in McKin-
ley's cabinet so as to make room
for Boss Hanna in the senate.
Recently this same Sherman in
speaking of the Cuban situation,
said: 81 do not believe this
government should interfere
between Spain and the Cubans
/ do not believe this govern.
ment should attempt 10 settle
the war or take any steps pat
ting upon us the burden of de
termning the nature of rule il
Cuba in case the Cubans win.'
This is about the same posi-
ton Mckinley will take on tn,
subject and if the patriots ar
waiting for help from this ma
ton which is ruled by trust
and combines, we say "poo
Cuba"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21

LONDON, Jan. 20. A Times
dispatch from Teheran. Persia,
says that an earthquake occur
ed on the island of Kishm, in
the Persian Gulf on January IL,
attended by enormous loss of
life.
Kishm is near the entrance
to the Persian Gulf, and is the
largest island in that body of
water, being surrounded by
many smaller islands. Its
length is seventy miles and it's
average breadth twelve miles.
The population is estimated at
5000, chiefly Arabs. The island
belongs to the Imam Of Muscat,
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
IT MADE HIM LAUGH.

Sometime ago a sensational
story was sent out from Wash
ington, d. g.. to effect that
there was trouble brewing be-
tween Senator Money, of Miss
issippi, who recently visited
Cuba, and Consul General Lee,
who is now in Cuba represent
ing the interests of Uncle Sam.
The story said that the trouble
grew out of Senator Moneys
letters on the Cuban situation
and that a duel was iminenl
between the men. In speaking
of the matter this week Senator
Money thus disposes of the SEN
sation: "There is not a word Of
truth in the story that / have
the slightest misunderstanding
with Consul General Lee grow
ing out of my letters on th,
cuban question. General Lei
and / are the best of friends, ant
there is not the least particle o
a chance of our disagreeing.
was as much amused over tn
newspaper publication tha
there was to be a duel between
US as the General will be whel
he secs It.,
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
CLEVELAND WANTS TO AID SPAIN


There is only about a montlg
and a half more of Clevelandisln
for this country but in that short
space of time he proposes to do
exactly as he has in the past
violate every wish of the Ameri.
can people.
He is now not only in favor oil
not helping Cuba but he wants to
aid Spain. In conversation with
a cong FRESHMAN recently Cleveland
said:
at is my hope to wind up this
matter before the end Of my term
as president, and / shall look
upon the peaceful settlement o.
this controversy between Spain
aud her rebelling colony as one
Of the grandest achievements ii
my Administration.
Spain stands ready to give III,
people of the island a home rule
government, I'D there exists NJ
reason, so far as I can see, VIII,
this government should not use
its Offices to bring about the ac-
complishmeht Of these desires Of
the Spanish Government"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21

THE Manufacturers Record has
decided to publish a seaboard Al,
Line supplement. !"1n 1t will be
covered every branch of industry
and all agricultural interests OF
the country between Norfolk and
Atlanta and from the mountains
Of Western Carolina to the sea-
coast at Wilmington" says The
Record. "There will be special
articles by experts on cotton and
tobacco manufacturing, fruit-grow.
ing, water powers, etc. The Man.
ufacturer's Record promises 10
make this the most attractive
special supplement that it has
ever issued"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21


THERE is an angry father in
Indiana who has applied TO
Judge Rockingham for an in
junction against all the minis.
ters and magistrates in Shelby
county to prevent his daughter
marrying a young man in the
neighborhood named Snodgrass.
IL seems to us that it would be
easier to get out an injunction
against the girl and prohibi. her
from marrying any one with
out his consent.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
EDITORIAL BoNBoNs.

~
The only important bills that
have been before Congress are the
bills the people have to.
pay.-Dallas News.
Now New York has begun a
var on the tall church bonnet.
This looks very like a movement
against feminine piety in its most
popular form. Boston Herald.
Itappears that there is an i'm
preston among some persons that
they can make good bank officials
of themselves by committing sui
eide New York Journal.
There are limitations that
Thomas B. Reed holds the other
key to the safe deposit vaults and
that Mckinley cannot open gen
eral prosperity without him.
Minneapolis Times.
Recent events in Western bank
ing circles are likely to increase
the popularity Of the stocking
heel and the chimney as places Q
safe deposit for people Of a saving
disposition. New York Press.
1t cannot be denied that tn
Treasury had a surplus of $500,
900 in December, however mucl
it may displease those patriots VIII
would rather see the Treasur
suffer than lose q partisan point
Boston Globe.
Men are not opposed to allow
ling women to vote. tt is the W.
men themselves who are oppose
to it, and this opposition will |
quietly but successfully exerte
for many years to come.--Atlant
Constitution.
One of the most sublime an
ridiculous attributes Of huma
; nature is the perennial assnmI
7 ton that If a few-men will me
and pass a law against an evi
will at once get scared that ey
parts unknown.-St. Louis R
; public.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21

Yesterday was a great day 70,
the North Carolina Democrats
The proceedings at Raleigh will
make il rather difficult for The
populist party IN make any ex.
cuse for existence in that State. "
Washington Post. The Post II
right. The populist rart, which
claims to be for silver and votes
for a Gold Bug Pritchard has no
claim on anything.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21

AT Hutchinson Kan. a young
lady broke her engagement with
her lover because he gave a dia-
mond ring to a girl as a Christ
mas present. Now she is sorry.
she has since learned that ths
girl was only two years old rnd
a relative of the young man.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21

THE University of Wueriburg
has awarded to Prof. Behring,
of Marburg, the Rinedker prize
of q gold medal and 1000 marks
for the most important discov.
cry of the last three years-his
antitoxin for diptheria. The
significance of this may be EN-.
phasized when the fact is re
membered that Prof. Roentgen
is Of the Wuertzburg faculty.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21

The failure Of Charles r. Rum
sey, boot and shoe manufacturer
Of Lynn, Mass, is announced. The
failure is due, il is stated, TO poor
business and the failure Of Burpee
Rumsey, brother Of Charles, sew.
cral months ago.
The herald., 1897-04-04
A Horse Saved the Firemen's Lives

Several f1remen had a narrow escape
from being killed by falling ladder at
a fire that broke out early Tuesday eve-
ming in the four-story building of Ed
ward F. Dykes shoe factory.
The firemen were picking up their
hose by order of Chief Swenie prepara-
tory to returning to their quarters, when
q fifty-foot extension ladder, which was
standing on the edge of the sidewalk.
slipped and fell sideways to the ground.
Chiefs Swenie, Musham and Captain
Humphreys shouted for the men to get
out of the way. and nothing would have
saved them from being struck by the
heavy ladder had not horse attached
to hose cart belonging to truck No. 2
became frightened at the shouts Of
warning, and. turning quickly around,
placed the left wheel Of the hose cart in
a position to break the fall of the lad
der.
Truckman Casey, Driver McAuliff and
Lieutenant Hackett crouched to the
ground and their heavy helmets saved
them from injury as the ladder fell
among them.
The fire started in the Dyke shoe fac
tory in the rear of the third floor. On
the first floor and in the basement there
was large quantity Of oil stored. be-
longing to George B. Jenkins, and this
was removed by the firemen. A saloon
was damaged by water. The loss of the
Dyke shoe concern was $780, The build
ing was damaged about $300.-Chicago
Times-Herald.
The herald., 1897-04-04

Pears-Fnncy halves 6ia; fancy quarters
61a; choice 41kd5 standard, A. prime. 21fQ3
Plums-Pitted, AZ; unpitted. III.
Prunes-Four sizes, 81.
Nectarines-Fancy, 5A; choice. 4h;stand
ard, T.
Figs-Choice white, a: do black, 3; fancy
white. in lob boxes. G5G7Q
Raisins--Jobbing prices: In sacks or 50-t
boxes, four crown, loose. 81; three crown
4$ two crown. az; seedess Sultanas, 5%
seedless Muscatels AZ; in 2olb boxes, three
crown London layers. L30; clusters 1.60
Dehesa clusters. 2.I5; imperial clusters. $40
Grapes-ln 20-lb boxes: Three crown Lon
don layers, LIS: clusters. 1.60; Dehesa clus-
ters, :.7o; imperial clusters, 900.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 1914: second
DO, I2Ql2ls; fancy dairy. 49, second do
11Q12
Cheese--Tancy mild new, 6tsGJ7: fair to
good. bH46; California cream cheddar II
oil: Young America, 7@S; eastern, 14Gl4la
western, 10laM12
Eggs-Store. 10ia6Dl2: ranch, 10ikH12.
Poultry-Live turkey gobblers and hens
14la415 per lb.; old roosters, 3.75Q14.00 dozen;
young do. 6.00n7.00 broilers, small, 350Q
young do. large, 5.O0dG.0e; fryers, 5.50@6.00
hens. 4.0OQ50o; old ducks, 5.00@60o;
young 7.5Ois.50; geese, 1.75d2.00; goslings,
2.50d300; pigeons. old, 1.25@15o; do young,
2.50d2.75.
Game-Gray geese, $50: white do, 75Q1. 90;
brant, 1.2601.50 hare, 75q1.00; rabbits, 1.OoQ
l.5o; English snipe, 2.b0
The herald., 1897-04-04
san Francisco Produce

Mill and Feed Stuffs-Middlings, 15.50G
lS.So, CALIFORNIA bran. 12OOQ12.50; outside
, Hey Msyy1Wheat. s.ooas,5o; wheat and oat
per ton; best barley, 6.5o@s. 90; alfalfa. 5.Oj
Gs0o; clover, 6.OO@s.OO; stock s. .OO@6. co. com. nm.
pressed wheat. 6.00D950; compressed oat.
6.00Q1.00. Straw, per bale. 35050. ~
Potatoes-Early rose. 65@75 cents pe VEN
tai; Salinas Burbanks. Ql.10 garnet> Nile.
!uGSo; Oregon Burbanks, To01.1o: Peta.
luna and Tomales Burbanks. 60@s0: new
potatoes, 2Q2H cents per pound; sweet Do
tatoes, LOCAL. 70 per GENITAL
Dry Beans-Pink. 1.05@1. 20: Lima. I.b5G
1.65; small white, 1.10G1.20; large white, ia
various-Onions, 225@275 per GENITAL: Or
egon do. 2.0002.50 per GENITAL; dried peppers.
sal cents per pound; dried okra. 10@12h
garlic, lAQX;. common asparagus sos:
choice DO, 9Ql0; tomatoes, 1.00Q1. rs per box (;
green peas 2l4@3h per lb. string beans, iO6
pan oc per rosnd per 6ox
1.%W1.50 per box; rhubarb, 75Q1.25 per box:
cucumbers, 1O0@1.50
Fresh Fruits-Good to choice apples. 100
01:!O per box; fancy do. 2.009225.
Citrus Fruits-Navel oranges 2O0Q3. 50
re- m.s PHI SEoss sssSlnS e. 90; 75Yl s5 Mexican
7t&l.W; seconds, do. l5091. .75: fancy do. 225'
Yropica! fruits-Bananas, 10O62O0 per
bunch; pineapples. 20004.O0 per doxen.
SMYRNA figs, ls@l4 cents per pound: dates,
Dried fruits, jobbins prices furnished by
Ap1icots- Fancy Moorparks. Is; choice
Aigass AAppisss-Eyaporatsa y sun dried. a.
ard' s; prime At' pssI6d, a boxes. iia5S. -
The herald., 1897-04-04
GOWDY TO PARIS
The President Has Kept His Word
Though the Heavens Fall

One OF the members of the kitchen
cabinet told me today that there was
strong pressure brought on the presi-
dent to prevent the appointment Of
"Oom jack" Gowdy as consul general
Ito France, on the ground of his general
unfitness for the position but he said
that, having given his promise to Mr.
Gowdy last fall, he would not have
broken 1t If all the world had tried to
induce him to do so. At the same time
it would have been a great relief to him
If Mr. Gowdy had signifled his willing
ness to accept some position in which
his uncouthness would not have been so
manifest, and for which his training
and experience had qualified him. But
the president never violated promise.
He kept mis- word with everybody, even
If the heavens fell My friend also said
that the president believed Farmer
Gowdy would acquire little more pol
ish after he had lived in Paris awhile,
and that his natural abilities would en-
able him to learn the duties of the office
so that he could perform them In sat
isfactory manner after few months
He had been tried in good many differ
ent lines of human industry, and had
usually turned out well, and he did not
think he would do anything in Paris to
disgrace his country.
While it is satisfaction to know that
the president has so much confidence, 1t
is unfortunate that he did not learn Mr..
Gowdy's limitations before he promised
him the Paris consulate. He would
have made an excellent official for the
agricultural department, for he is far
mer by trade and practical man,
and there are a number of other posi-
tions for which he is qualified, but he is
no more fitted to be consul-general at
Paris than any other farmer in Indiana
or elsewhere. and it will be hopeless
task when he undertakes to grapple
with the undervaluation frauds in silk
goods, wines, china. glassware and other
lines of expectation. None but an ex-
perienced merchant, familiar with the
foreign trade, or man who has served
long enough in the consular corps to ac-
quire a knowledge of that subject,
should have been sent to Paris.-Wash-
ington Correspondence Chicago Record.
The herald., 1897-04-04
to successful table or medical wine or

to successful table or medical wine or
brandy making.
While Southern California excels in
sweet wines certain counties farther
north are unexcelled for their dry wines,
champagnes, madeiras and the other
high grade beverages te
Mr.. Pironi says that while three or
four tons of grapes is profitable yield
per acre, for the labor required, eight to
ten tons would, not be considered, an ex-
travagant yield. The price has been as
low as 50 a ton (M Of a cent pound) but
that frightened SO many winners that
the over production has not beet so
great, and prices have ruled according
to the season and stocks Of wine) from
$8 to SIS per ton.
Various pests have. attacked the vine
yards, but are now mostly rid Of and
the business is assuming q more profit
turns are looked for at the end Of the
present season.
The greatest advantage which the Cali
fornia wine grower enjoys Is the nomi-
nal expense of cultivation and harvest.
The vines are simply cut back to q
rough looking stump with numerous
arms; none of them more than twenty
inches long. No trellisses or poles are
necessary and when 1t comes to gath
ering the punches, two or three are as
much as q man can carry, and they do
not drop OF as the northern grapes do:
which have been tried here and found
to be useless.
1t could hardly be expected that Cali
fornia should in few years step in and
take the place of old experienced lands,
but they are rapidly getting to the front
and some lands that at first look
almost like deserts are found to be
among the most productive.
NJ. p, THATCHER.
The herald., 1897-04-04
LINES OF TRAVEL
Pacific Coast Steamship Co.

The company's ,slsgant steamers steamer Santa "a
and Port Los Angeles at 2:2o PM for San
Francisco via Santa Barbara and Port
Hartford, April 2. 8. 10, IA, Is. %, rs, &c. May
i. s. IL. is. 20 "a, 2S. June / s, O. 49, II. q. rs
%. Leave Port Los Angeles at a. m. and
Redondo at ii q. m. for San Diego April
!! s., il, Is. 2o r. Is May 2. 10, H. 4 is. 2s Is.
calls at Newport. Cars connect via Re
dondo leave Santa Fe depot at 10 a. m. or
from Redondo railway depot at $3.50 a. m.
Cars connect via Port Los Angeles leave
8. P. r. r. depot at 1885 pm. for steamers
The steamers Eureka and Coos Boy leave
San Pedro and East San Pedro for San
Francisco via Ventura. Carpenteria, Santa
Barbara, Gaviota. Port Harford, C%ayucos, %
$40 p; n; April b :, H. l5, is, ss - ~ May aS
81. Is. 80. Cars connect with steamers via
San Pedro leave 8. p. r. r. (Arcade depot
at 6:O3 D. m. and Terminal ry. depot at sos
pm. The company reserves right to
chanEe without previous notice. Bteamers,
saiiiris dates and hours Of sailing. w. Par.
ris: Agent lA "; secSnd on st., d Los ga angeles. Lee
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Gen. AstS.
San Francisco.