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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-16
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY.


This 10 the only Southern line having
the general Office Of its entire system
located 10 Washington. The general
Office building Of this system 10 situated
81 1900 Pennsylvania avenue. This is no
small advantage to passengers going from
any point in the South and stopping At
Washington en- route. becsuse they can
always be assured Of receiving 10 this
way from the Souihsrn Railway The very
beat and most satisfactory attention.
Hence most passengers going 10 and
through Washington prefer that their
tickets read, "via the Southern Railway"
o., Of course, this grea: system slwsys
otfers the very best through trains be.
tween Washington and oil points south
and Southwest.
vVuIbtgthh Brt"e0h eHJ pV'"t 0""tu
and the Northeast you will naturally
decide 10 10 via Washington. and hence
quite IS naturally. will prefer TO take the
most delightful aud shortest route, viz:
the Southern Railway, which extends
from Washington along the charming
mountain sections Of virginis snd North
Carolina, and unltes ai Charleston. 5. e.,
with the Florida Central aud Peninsula
RalIfoAd. vie Savannah and Jacksonville.
AuIiliary tours are provided al smsl
cost 70 the patrons Of the Southern Rail.
wy, TO enjoy detoaf through the grand
mountain scenery o. Western North CAFE
oiina-tbe "Laud al the ss,"-embracing
A.hevlIls. Hot springs. and many other
points u special interest reached BY the
Southern RaiI say.
Luxurious dfaHing room cars through
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-16

course Is divided INTO departments, and
the departments are each taught by a
special teacher These departments are:
Greek and Latin, Mathematics, History,
Science, English, Drawing and Manual
Training Manual Training and Draw
ing are taught throughout the entire
course in all the schools, by a special
teacher.
The Whitfield School Is for the Negro
race. They have nine grades of study,
embracing the same course as that Of the
white schools; and in addition, a course
10 en"king and sewing for each grade
above the third.
The entire faculty of the three schools
c"mprises twenty.s.ven teachers: twenty
one ladies and six men. Mr. J. A, Math.
es0n is superintendent of the schools;
Mr. W ID Carmichael, principal Of the
MoTehead School: MIR Z. J. Green, prin-
cipal of the Fuller sch 'oi. aud Mr. W. q
Pearson, principal Of the Whitfield School
fine school committee ia composed Of
j 5 Carr, chairman; W. II Rogers, b
n. Duke, + L Fuller. ". II Jones aud
Geo W Watts
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-16

The number of textile mills constructed
or contemplated 10 the United States for
the last half Of 1890, a. reviewed by The
American Wool aud Cotton Reporter. 10
1888 against 10 for the fret halt Of the
year. THIS makes total OF 900 mills for
the year, sgaiast 2G2 for 1893, and i5j for
1897 The south still leads 10 the new
mill construction. with . gain Of IA mills
over the numbsr for the first II the year.
The North has sbown . greater increase,
having an accession Of 50 over the Is
reported the iirs, siE months In the year.
North CaTOllns, IS usual, leads the list,
With total Of Il Georgia comes second
with total Of 81. Pennsylvania shows
10, south Carolina. 10; Aiabama. t6, Mas.
sacbusetts, 10; Nes YORK, 0; Rhode 10.
land, q: Maine, 9; Mississippi, Tennessee
aud Virginia. 0 each; Teas. 8; Connie
ticut. LouisIana aud New Jersey. . each:
Ohio, Q; Illinois. Maryland, Michigan,
New Hampshire, New Mexico, Mort
Dakota and Vermont, / each.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-16

A dispatch from Leesbutg, Florida,
says: Ninety four thousand acres Of
land have recently been purchased 10
Lake county, this State, BY the Dukes, Of
North Csrolins. They expect To cut Of
and utilize the timber, plant the land 10
tobacco AMI eventually run = railroad
sctoss the county 10 connect With the
Florida East Coast Railway.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-16

aid in building and developing the ma
terial, commercial and every other re
source Of the city. To the liberal and
conservative spirit Of the members Of the
Tobacco Board Of Trade, Durham IL 10
debted for much Of her present proves.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-16

Of bis native STATE, be has secured the
love of his neighbors and the admiration
Of bis countrymen.
At home bis influence has been several
times acknowledged 10 comforting upon
him the distinction Of representing Per-
son county 10 our State Legislature. The
State has twice paid tribute to his well
known executive abilities By electing him
President Of the North Carolins State
Fair. All of which positions he has filled
with credit 20 himself, codnty and state
alike. His modest and retiring disposi.
ton has retarded political preferment.
de has never been ambitious Of political
favor. But nov his popularity has
sought him and his friends in various
sections Of the State bsve named him as
q candidate for Governor. His claims to
this high Office are being urged with
earnestness and are everywhere received
with very great favor.
should the Democratic Convention
nominate Colonel Cunningham, We are
confident that be will maBifest'a lively
appreciation Of the dignity, the responsi
bllities and the possibilities Of the Office,
and that be will call to his aid such
forces 10 the campaign that will secure
bis election, aud. that Ss Governor, be
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-16

No force 10 Durham has ever been
more true to her hest interests than the
press has been. And no power has done
more To secure her present, and assured
future presIage, than the same press.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-16

ebriate who was recklessly baniering the
bystanders, when his attention was ar
rested by the stately appearance of the
Bishop. Awed and silenced for the mos
ment by bis commanding look and noble
form, he turned to him aud inquired:
"Who are you; ar you Judge, a MEM
Der of Congress. or Governor of the
stater II you amt any of these, you
ought to be-" The commanding bearing
of Colonel Cunningham never fails to
excite Ike inquiries. among strangers. Is
those addressed to Bishop Elliott by this
poor unfortunate.
Eminently digaified, yet courteous and
affsble 10 manners, his imposing form
attracts attention in every crowd aud IL
at once recognized as q leader Of men.
Further recitsls Of facts. which would
but serve to justify the importance Of
this pen picture, Is precluded for want Of
space. And Sc, We must add, that 1t IS
In the privacy of bis own elegant home
that his virtues are most conspicuous 10
oil these relations he Is provident and
loving. always setting 8 high Christian
standard, In generous thought for the
welfare Of others; In fine. In all that
makes a mao among men, 10 here re-
fiecleh.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-16

rbe State school fund for Durham
county, by townshlps, IL a. follows
Durbsm, $50 50; Lebanon, $1,000; Man
gum. s129 90: OAK Grove, tgl.7I; Cedar
Fork. t29GS; Patterson. tg0Sg
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-16

Number Of school children 10 the
county, s.475, divided BY districts IS fol.
lows: Dutbam, $500; Lebanon, 435:
Msngum, $40; Oak Grove, al; Cedar
Fork, 2I2; Patterson, G4g.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-16
Durham Tobacco Board of Trade.


As an indication of the progressive and
enterprising spirit which prevails among
our citizens 10 the matter of progress
the Durham Tobacco Board of Trade
fulfils most worthy object.
Representative business men in leading
avenues Of trade, saw the necessity If q
closer relationship, more defined dis
seminatinn Of trade and more frequent
commingling Of all whose interests could
be benefited by such an association.
This Board Of Trade Is composed OF the
cil,'s leading and most energetic business
men, whose object Is to foster the present
business institutions Of the city, induce
new enterprises to locate therein. and TO
promote It's general interest aud prospects
ity by, first lonSing veil Ia her leading
Industries incident To aud gro sing out Of
the tobacco trade
By judici0us aud Careful n hnd. this
Board Of rFaie has within the st twelve
months, restored to Durham her former
prestige rs the leadiI z tobacco market 10
the great tObscch center Of North Caro-
lima, aud II stands ready aud anxious to
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08
Hints Tor the Housewife.

When a house is TO be closed for u brief
period in the summer, and it is not wish
ii to go into elaborate preparations for a
long closing, it is wise to pin up hanging
curtains twelve or eighteen inches from
the floor, and to leave closet doors open
as a protection from the depredatons of
mice, says an exchange. To get into a
closet where the door IS closed, a perse-
vering mouse will gnaw through the wood
in a few hours. Hanging drapertes af-
ford an easy route for these exploring
Vermin.
Whenever a bureau drawer, a trunk, or
closet is cleaned 1t is a good plan to
wash the crevces with naphtha A long
spout oil-can, kept for the purpose, accom-
pltshes that very quickly. The fumes of
the naphtha quickly evaporate, but no,
before they have done their work of ex-
termination upon any insects or eggs that
may be deposited in cracks or corners.
This course, persisted in at regular inter-
walls, will practically protect from moths,
carpet-bugs and other pests.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08

the curious moving sidewalk. On the first
floor and on the floor above a hundred
inches hold as many historical subjects
scenes from the history of all ages and all
countries. Here is a Roman or Byzantine
presentation Of the customs OF the Re
naissance, the Trianon of Versailles, the
Paiais Royal. of the Directory, ball
In the last years of the second empire,
and last, the costumes Of our day.
Each OF these groups Is installed in a
nook of its own, softly lighted so as to
render as life-lke as possible the coloring
of the waXen figures. Among the more
modern tableaux one shows Catherine de
MediciS, paying a visit to her aStrologer.
Another shows the daughters of Louis Nv
surprised by the Dauphin while smoking
pipes. A dressmaker's shop in 1888 is an
interesting group. The most gorgeous tab
leau is the Eve of the Coronation Jose
phine is trying on the velvet mantle which
David immortalized in his famous picture
She stands in the middle of the ROOM the
red velvet mantle spread out and spark
Ling with its golden bees. Leaning on
the chimneypiece Napoleon looks on at this
rehearsal Of the first act OF the imperial
play. Small wonder If he looks impressed.
That. mantle alone cost him small for
tune. The mantle worn by Marie de Med
icis in the scene, spoken of above, is
adorned with a thousand golden fleurs-de-
lys. Each embroidered flower cost 20
francs. The bees cost even more, and the
coronation robe of Josephine is strewn
thickly with them"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08
Suggestions for a Dyspeptic Menu.

In this dyspepuc age. says the Boston
Globe the crucial question is, How does
each kind OF food digest? What are the
chemical changes which it sets up in the
stomach? Thanks to the careful and
painstaking Investigations of a dstin-
gulshed German professor. Dr.. Miller, It
IS possible now to arrange table show
Ing the precise proportion in which the
various foods generate gas in the human
system. BY a study of this table those
persons inclined to dyspepsia, the most
frequent cause of which is too great an
accumulation of gas in the system, may
know which foods to avoid In order to
escape its terrors.
Although the eating of nuts is increasing
daily, they are most indgestibe for those
persons inclined to be dyspeptic on
account of their tremendous gas-gener-
ating property. DR.. Miller takes nuts as
the standard. giving the greatest amount
of gas. or 100 per cent. The filing made
of bread crumbs and onions, with which
roast fowls are stuffed, ranks next as an
indigestible food. Corn and It's products
are apt 10 produce great quantities Of
gas, and carrots are only slightly more
dgestible- Raw cabbage is about equal
TO carrots and bread. when fresh, IS little
less deeterious to delicate stomachs.
Even raw milk produces more gas than
caulifower, and tomatoes are more diges-
tible than onions, though spinach is most
digestible of all vegetables from this point
of view Roasted or broied meat pro-
duces very little gas, but when stewed
or seasoned with sugar or vinegar it is
as bad as potatoes as a gas-producer.
Butter generates slightly less than plain
meat but eggs, fish, lettuce, cranberries,
and clabber or thick milk produce no gas
whatever.
There are other considerations which
have some weight In determining the regi-
men Of the dyspeptic, but the avoidance
Of such foods as produce a. large amount
Of gas is one of the first precautions TO
be taken by those whose digestive appa-
ratus is not all that it should be.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08
Sarah Bcrnhardrs Debut.

Her first impulse upon leaving the con-
vent for good was to become nun! ST.
Augustine, the patron saint Of the instl-
tuition where she was brought up, ana
whose pictures were plentiful there, nad
been her first love. and she was also
deeply devoted to her little golden image.
But fate mad other things In store 1or
Sarah To begin with. glover. tan
Ter and a chemist successfully asked hef
hand in marriage. The purchase OF some
transformations had instigated the phar-
maceutical passion. which naughty Sarah
rejected, as she had the honest signs OF
the glover and the tanner. The Due de
Morny. a friend OF her mothers, then gave
his opinion that Sarah ought TO go upon
the stage Her mother considered her too
thin and too plain, but yielded to the
Dukes persuasions, and allowed her child
to apply for admission TO the .Conserva-
toire. The manner in which she recited
the Two Pigeons by La Fontaine,
secured her place at once. Auber, the
composer, and Regnier, the poet were
on the examination board.
Regnier predicted she would become
comedienne, and one OF his colleagues
that, she would be a tragedienne; but
another one of the directors prophesied a
yet more alluring prospect-that she would
be both.
So Sarah went to work. But she did
so without the least enthusiasm. She felt
no call for the histrionic profession. Her
likes and dsukeS had not been consulted.
but that particular vocation had simply
been thrust upon her. She had been at
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08
The Mucb-a bused onice-seeker.

Why should we indiscrimately hate those
who seek office? asks eX-PreSident Cleve-
land in the July Atlantic. They may not
have entirely emancipated themselves from
the belief that the Offices should pass with
party victory; but even if this is charged
against them, it can surely be said that
in all other respects they ara at last in
many instances as honest, as capable, and
as intelligent as any of us. There may be
reasons and considerations which properly
defeat their aspirations, bat their aIplca-
lions are not always disgraceful. have an
idea that sometimes the greatest difference
between them and those who needlessly
abuse TIM and gioat over their Giscom-
fituhe consists in the fact that the office
seekers desire office and their critics. be-
ing more profitably employed, do not. feel
constrained TO say this much by way OF
defending, or at least excusing, many be-
longing to a numerous contingent Of citi-
zens. who after the Attn of March, 1885,
made large drafts upon my time vitality
and patience. and feel bound to say that
in view of their frequent disappointments,
and the difficulty they found in appreciat-
ing the validity of tho reasons given for
refusing their applications, they accepted
the situation with as much good nature
and contentment as could possibly have
been anticipated. l. must be remembered
that they and their party associates had
been banished from federal ottice-holding
for twenty-four years.-Grover Cleveland
in the July Atlantic.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08
! CURRENT LITERATURE FOR BUSY READERS

cd by members of diplomatic mission.
ard had even gone the length OF saying
tina. most OF the Dutch women were
FAT. Needless 10 say, my remarks were
translated into the Afrikander papers.
and somewhat extensively read. especially
BIZ, the ladies in question and their rale
relatives. nor did the editors OF those
nzpers forbear to comment on them IN
leading articles. Shortly afterwards. there
VAS a great and stormy meeting OF Beers
AZ Pretoria AS matters began to look
serious, somebody ventGred among them
r. ascertain the exciting cause and re-
turned. with the pleasing Intelligence that
they we're all talking about what the
F,ng;ishnan had written about the ply
s,.a1 nropor.ions of their woneukind, and
domestic habits, and Threatening 70 take
up arms to avenss IL.
"Of NV feelings on learning this news
will not discourse but they wers uucor-
fortabIs TO say the least Happily. In
the end. the gathering broke up wtthou.
var being declared, but when the late Sir
.Rsr+Ts Frere came 70 Pretoria some
months afterwards he administered to me-
sro,,-,,, and well-deServsd lecture on my
i,discre,ion. I excused myself by saying
.L.t 7 had set down nothing which was
not strictly true. and he replied to the ef-
90, that therein lay my fault. I quite
ograe with him: indeed. there IS little doubt
h7rt that these bold statements IT fact as
n tf,s stoutness OF the Transvasi 'fraus'
and the lack of cleanliness in their homes
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08
Dangers OF Seli-Sacritice.

There Is one very gracious virtue which
has habit OF harborins most pernicjous
Mesd: / mean that flower of a sanity
AfS-eelf-sacrIfice. It Is tragic Co see how
tbs most angelicly- unselish woman Will
corrupt and ens!aye to self other really
weA-naean!ng souls-souls for whose happi-
ness her own life would not seem 70 her
100 high a price to pay. This dear saint,
who manufactures sinners with such hap
Ply co.nplacency, Will sacrifice her health.
her comfort. her opinions-perhaps. even
her principles, to her husband and emil
dren II would seem as though her very
enjoyment of such sacrifice might make
her little suspicious of its real unset
fshness: but ehe never sees that side
of It Her husband who at first protested,
Perhaps, at hef~abnegation. Yields at last.
Roer fellow. In spite OF himself, and be-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08

though, to be sure, this represents a very
large slice out OF the earnings of the ele-
CANT little "trottin.'' Five francs day
is an excellent wage, and a woman must
be a skibful work-woman to get that. In
very exceptional circumstances she may
get more, but hundreds OF girls work for
two francs 60 cents> or three francs, a
day Out Of that they must feed. or, as
we shy here. "nourish" themselves. clothe
themselves. pay for omnbuses on wet
days, and for sleeping accommodations
if they do not happen to live with their
family.
Yet with all this they form one of the
most patent. lahorious and altogether ad-
nirable classes, though one of the most
tradroed. The vicious worle-g!rl. out Of
whom certain Partisan caricatur.sts have
made much capital. exists indeed. but
to a very limited extent And this is all
the more extraordinary when one realizes
how much temptation falls in the way Of
any really pretty work girl.-Phladelpht
Times
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08
The Paris Work Girl.

a great features OF Partisan life is the
work-sirl, that bright, dninty. neat and
industrious type of womanhood. Early in
the morning. when shop boys are cleaning
ths shop windows, an operation which is
perfCrn.e: very much earlier here than
III London. and when they the scaven-
gers and tbs policemen are the only folk
abroad, the girls may bs seen in hundreds
tripping down from the heights of Mont
martrs or from Clichy or from Grenede
into the heart OF Paris, Few are pretty,
though: one OCCASIONALLY sees a beauty
Most are piQuant. and all are not only,
neat, but chic as we'll. They have their
fashions, just as richer women have
theirs anu each senson most OF the girls
wear very much the same sort of thing,
particularly in the way of headgear. More
often than not their gowns are black, and
they have something white at the throat
and bunch of violets tucked into the
bodice. They walk In groups nnd giggle
and laugh as they trudse along the weary
miles that lead them into theid hard days
work.
AT II o'clock, the luncheon hour. they pour
eut into the Rue de la Paix. They have sp.en-
oid hair, black, red, auburn, all the vurie-
ties Nearly all have quantities of it, as
nave all Partisan women Of the lower
classes, who rarely wear hats. and & is
always eXqusitely dressed The dejauner
Is. as rule. meagre one. I know OF
one work-room. belonging, by the way. to
an English house. which is supplemented
by a kitchen, where the girls may cook
something for Themselves There NAV BE
others OF this Kind. but 1t is not usual!
ana, as rule. 1t is q question either of
being limited TO old riands brought in the
morning or going to ''cremerie.'. or a
marchnnd de wins AT either Of these
places small but dainty lunch may be
procured for little more than 1sano;
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08
Reputation and the Presidency.

Few Presidents have gained in public
estimation by their incunbency- Many
have loss. Grant would have occupied
higher pedestal had he remained al the
head of the army, and Lincoln and Car
field both died at a fortunate time Tor
their fame But. wearing and grinding as
are the stress and strain. few, II any,
have been broken by the tension. The
White House has been exceptionally free
from tragedies. Taylor died from a surfeit
OF cherries and milk. and Harrison from
a cold contracted by riding bareheaded IN
a Snowstorm up the avenue from the
Capitol the day Of his inauguration. Posi-
bly, Polk was the only President who
succumbed to the wearisome burdens of
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08

theatre for the first time in her life a
few days before the examination. when
she saw "Amphitryon'' at the Coincide
Franchise. The piece made her cry.
The stage had no attractions for her.
During her course at the Conservatoire
she often wept bitter tears and confessed
TO her goveruess d preference for paint
ing. Every day her mother gave her the
money to pay for two omnibus farss-her
own and her governess's-but they walked,
and took q cab whenever enough money
was saved. Sarah did not care to rub
shoulders with promiscuous humanity.
Nor does she now,-Frank Lesliss Popu-
lar Monthly for July.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08
Rider Hassard's Baby Effort.

H. Rider Haggard tells. in Success"
for July. how his early writing got him in
10 trouble and very nearly caused war IN
South Africa:
II vas then serving on the staff Of SIT
Theoph!lus Sasrs:one, and the article. Sign
ed With my Initials. reached South Africa
In les printed to.r, shortly ate. the an
nexation OF the Tran.vaal. Young ner
with pens In their hands are proverolally
indiscreet, and In this instance was
no exception In the course. OF my article.
I had described the TFansyaal Boer at
AsuaW1tb GdeHty that should be avoid,