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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-12-20

IA Bh0NLEb AND BEARDED MAN
about tea. and she felt better after
drinking Il. Altogether she was In
utlite cheerful need when the little
daughter of her landlord came TO wish
Ter merry Christmas and bring an
iavEatinn from her mother to eat her
christmas diauor With them. Dinner
muuld Ire ut half past .. Miss Acker.
pnann thauhcd thrlu very much and
Wauld dine with :hcm with pleasure.
Thrn she gave the ii:tie giri the pres.
cat size had ready for her. ~ stylish
yoarng lady doll dressed In tue latest
fashion with coat and hat complete, a
gift which ma,Ie lis recipient radiant.
and sent her oil To exhibit IL ut once.
III" sermon "Goi's christmas Glfts."
from the text Wait upon the Lord.
1ual h. shall GIve t.s'e the tc~ire of
:hy irart." na,e her IlniupSjsE again.
',3e d,'>Ire al her hnylrt ycsuri *o ex.
t4sliuGjy far of Miss AcAermEgn
,,a% upt "lt.' ut tt4o>s. - sta forget. hari
stss. had tr''I uut ~ gs':..ru.Ur, She
t"u@i her Thought STR: lug bark ten
t"ra an tap seaside. a. l,eT ~! h"m"
M !a"k Their lm~f '1t~ N"rr neigh
era. II"r fasI,e'r anA snFh"r I;,ed III
" j.;t.e f~'t0& suW II M t,*s+., tnta~
~ III thu >r# a't. Ills f1ttrr was ;hr
,.,-~~r~ V-,sn s''''*st"' &ja'.3 <,jtl, tr:s
fables aud gru.t J.as Il dr. - t.se VIZ u.
" hi h brought nh" daily >ut ~, I" the
ro14&4%, Ihcy would j,asr EnoNu
rtti other in any ca%r. i,4t ~ uorn
IL Interviews utcT Iettucc u:ll Strdw.
'prrips,. melons anil tomsto'% brought
Them closer together,
Every one approved Of thcir engage.
trni. and the day was set. when a
:reat misfortune happened her moth.
n and oldest sister were Killed in
,tggy which they were driving by
rain al d raiiruah crossing. This was
lad enough surely. but TROUBLES hunt
Id couples" aud the blow seemed to nj.
f,.ct her fathers mind. lie lerane al.
~ Il childish. took to his ls,I aud
would have iio nnp but her wait upon
3lm. To complete the roll Of disaster
hvr brother suddenly brought hune NJ
alx wife girl whom none of his
friends would have chosen. and the
I'D unn would mt let his dnughter.iu.
taw come near him. TO teii the truth.
shr had mo desire Ia help Miss Ac'ser-
Mann In her duties. She had married
for step up and said plainly that she
ld not mean to slave 10 please any.
itUdy
you 500 how II IL. Jack" Miss Ack.
rrnnun said. with streaming eyes. Il
sunot leave father. oven for you"
Bring him tn our house with you."
replied Jack There IL plenty Of room.
lhd father ard mother won't mind"
"Nc. tact: thanks ever 81 much. hut
hat wouldn't dO any good. Father
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-12-20
M THE DAYS OF 's4.
The Last Christmas Of the Southern
Confeeeracy.

rhs Last Christmas Of the Southern
confeeeracy.
eve had some memorable Christmas
DAYS In the south during the war;"
soid Mrs. Zebulon y. Vance. wife of
tho late United States senator from
North Carolina. "rhat of 1861 was
d,eferent from any thar had preceded
# because we were In arms against the
Federal government, and many of the
male guests Mt southern homes that
day wore Confederate uniforms. Much
II the talk al the Christmas dinner
table was of sieses and battles and
marches. but we We're all full of hope
and confidence. >-*~
christmas, 1862. found us but poor
IL prepared to celebrate 1t. Our sup
niles were few. and Confederate money
was at heavy discount. Then came
the bitter year Of 1868, with the fall of
yIcksburg and the defeat .at Gettys.
urs. With sad faces, harmonlzing
we'll with their dresses Of coarse black
sniff, the women Of the south devoted
themselves m picking lint and spinning
and weaving for husba -. fathers
hrothers and sweethearts - ne field.
christmas. isGi~the lass Christmas
al the war~dawned. and what a
eloony festival 1t was for the people
Of the south. OF manufactured prod
ucts we had practically none. Our
bairpIas were made Of long black
thorns. with a bail Of sealing wax on
the end. We had made into dresses
every scrap of available material.
while our feet were incased In home.
made cloth shoes, The slaves, having
heard Of '!c Emancipation proclama.
ZION. knew that they were free and
had all scattered away. Desolatioa
seemed to reign over everything. or
oil the Christmas days | have known
that last Christmas In the south In
wartime is the one Of all Others that |
am most certain never to forget
pittsburg Dispatch.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-12-20
Southern Railway
IN EFFECT Arcrsr s. i@,s.

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a. Information. al il @rb;er, IT, ,.,..',>.s
without notice 10 The public:
Trains leave Durham. NC.
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inc 4; 49, f~,~s.g
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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-12-20
An English Superstition.

Tho most popular superstition In
many parts Of England In that every
remnant of Christmas decoration must
be rrfis5vsd before CaulIcmas day.
Should si,rig Of holly or other ever.
green be left IN any house ole ut it,
occupants will die within the year.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-12-20

nrs A---Meu are so queer after the
honeymoon. II you tell them your
love II growing cold they dont even
glance up from their abominable pa
pcrS Mrs. Mo; but tell them the
soup il growing cold and they jump
about tn Eeet.-PhIiadelphia Inquirer.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-03-21
FEELS PAIN IN BURIED HAND.
Relief Comes When Fingers Arc Elk
humed and Strengthened Out.

Gallipolis, O.-The case of Robert
Wolf of Couch, w. Va, is another link
in the theory that the several mem
bers of the human body do not rest
painlessly in the grave unless put
away in a perfectly natural position.
Mr.. Wolf, while out hunting, shot his
right hand, managing it badly. Doc
tors from Point Pleasant were sum
moned and amputated the hand above
the wrist. The member was buried,
but for some time afterward the in
iured man was restless and could not
sleep, and was worried. He did not
complain about his arm hurting him,
but said that his hand panied him
very much. He showed his relatives
with his left hand the shape his right
hand was in when it was buried,
The pain increasing, and Mr.. Wolf
still complaining, Mr.. Phillip Wolf, a
brother, and another went to the place
where the hand was buried, dug up
the box, and found the hand cramped
in exactly the position described by
Mr.. Wolf. The fingers were carefully
Strengthened out and the hand placed
back in the box in such manner that
there was no pressure anywhere and
reburied. The injured man at once
became easier and said that his hand
did not hurt him except for slight
feeling above the thumb.
Physicians explain that the sensa
ton of severed arm or foot being in
place, when in fact it is cut off and
buried is caused by the nerves at the
end of the wound. They do not eX
plain, however, how man may think
his fingers hurt him when he no longer
has them.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-03-21
cURFEW LAW HITS WOMEN.
Indian Territory Teachers Rebel at
Nine O'Clock Order.

Muskogee, l. Tive won't stand
it, Let them go and get old maids
if they want old maid school teach
ers," said petite young school
teacher to a group of her fellow teach
ers, and she stamped her foot when
she said it.
This was all because the school
board has applied the curfew law to
school teachers of Muskogee. From
Tulsa and McAlester comes informa-
ton that the school board at each
place has made a similar order.
The boards of education in these
towns have decided that the teachers
in the public schools must cut society
five nights out of the week at least.
The boards have given it out that they
do not expect to see the teachers out
after nine o'clock at night through the
school week, and they do not add that
the teachers are at liberty the other
nights.
This order has created a storm in
the towns mentioned. Some of the
teachers are in open rebellion, and
say they will go where they please
and when, and some of them have
done so, but it is noticed they are
waiting with some apprehension for
the next meeting of the board.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-03-21
HAULING FARM CROPS
FIGURES ON TRANSPORTATION
BY WAGON.
interesting Statistics Prepared by De-
partment Of AgricuIture-Average
Cost of Carrying Wheat 10
Cents Per Ton Per Mile.

Washington.-At an early date the
United States department of agricul-
ture will issue Bulletin 40 of the bu.
reau of statistics, prepared by Frank
Andrews, transportation expert Of the
division of foreign markets. This
bulletin Is q report on the cost of haul.
ing crops from nearly 1000 counties
and cover practically the entire farm
ing area of the country.
The average cost to the farmer Of
hauling wheat from farms to ship
ping points is given as nine cents per
100 pounds, the average distance
hauled is "a miles, and the average
wagon load of wheat weighs 1888
pounds, thus containing about 55 bush
els. For cotton the average load is
1,702 pounds, distance from shipping
point 11.S miles and cost of hauling 16
cents per 100 pounds. Reduced to
terms of cost per ton per mile the
rate for wheat is 10 cents and for cot
ton q cents.
The highest cost of haul is for
wool, which is carried on an average
1913 miles from farm or ranch to ship
ping point at a rate of "A cents per
100 pounds for the entire distance.
The lowest cost for any one product
is for hemp, which is hauled from
farms to shipping points at an aver.
age cost of six cents per 100 pounds,
the distance hauled being so miles
and the average load of hemp weigh
ing 1898 pounds.
For the entire distance from farm to
shipping point corn, oats and barley
are each hauled at an average cost of
seven cents per 100 pounds; hay, flax
seed, rye and timothy seed, eight
cents; wheat, potatoes and beans, nine
cents; tobacco and live hogs, ten
cents; rice hops and buckwheat, II
cents; apples and peanuts, IL cents;
vegetables (other than potatoes) and
cotton seed, 10 cents; cotton and fruit
(other than apples), 16 cents; and
wool, "A cents.
Except in the case of wool, prac-
tically all costs represent the expense
incurred by farmers in hauling their
own produce. Wool is hauled in the
Rocky mountains largely by regular
freight wagons, and the wool growers
pay for the hauling at varying rates
per 100 pounds.
The total tonnage of farm products
hauled on country roads in the United
States is not known, but of II leading
products it is estimated that nearly
50000,000 tons were hauled from
farms during the crop year 1866, at
a cost of about sS5,OOO,O0O, or more
than five per cent. of their value at
local markets. OF this traffic, 100000
900 tons represent the weight Of corn,
wheat and cotton, and the cost of
$4,000. 900.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-03-21
MAIL ORDER WAYS
A BAD ADVERTISEMENT FOR
CATALOGUE HousEs.
AT SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE
Sooner or Later Il Teaches Every Mail
Order Patron the Error Of
Sending His Money
from Home.

The methods of the mail-order
houses are their worst advertisement
Sooner or later there will come a time
in the experience OF every purchaser
of their goods when he will wish "he
hadn't done it," when he will wish he
had spent his money with his home
merchants. This is not only because
he will see the ruin wrought in his
own community by the nefarious prac-
tice of sending the money of the COM
munity to the city, but also because of
the practices of the mail order con-
Germs.
The story in the catalogue sounds
well. 1t sounds like you would get
the identical thing you wanted and at
much lower price than you had i'm
agined 1t could be bought for, and you
order it. The purchase arrives and
when opened you feel that some mis-
take has been made, that the concern
has sent you the wrong goods; it is
not what you ordered.
All, but 1t is! The difference is be-
tween the way it actually looks and
the way 1t sounds in the catalogue.
You explain that the goods you re-
ceived is not what you ordered and
ask for an accounting, and are told
that 1t is you that is in error, that
you got just what you ordered, and
then if you are wise you buy of the
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-03-21
Rurro Drivers Carry Candles.

In Mexico all vehicles, be they
handcart, automobile, or anything be-
tween, must carry light at night.
This rule or law is rigldly enforced.
Even the drivers of the poor little
burro or mule carts, on their two
wheels, must carry light.
So, rather than buy lanterns, which
cost money, they take a dip candle,
and wrapping it in bit of newspa-
per to shield 1t from the wind, carry
It in their left hand as they drive
along homeward from work after
evening has fallen. The effect is
striking, as the light, falling strongly
on the Indian driver, throws the face
of the man into strong relief against
the darkness.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-03-21

better to call upon our local dealer
and look over his stock where we can
see the goods before buying. There
are then no errors in change or re-
funds to be haggled over across 300
mile stretch.
Yes, IL is better to trade at home.
Our home merchants guarantee upon
an article means something, as he
wants our good will. Keeping the
money at home benefits home indus
tries and thus, indirectly, us. We can
not expect to sell our products to the
local merchant and do our trading in
Chicago. 1t is all one-sided and some
time we would have no local merchant
to do our buying.
Catalogue houses, have found from
bitter experiences, are tricky. If those
who are dealing with them will watch
their purchases, they will find it so
sooner or later. Our last deal, had 1t
occurred here at home, would have
been Strengthened out in five minutes
and without feeling, but with you 1t
takes me all winter to get my money
back when the goods are not satisfac-
tory, and even then / get only credit
card which is lost through studied
carelessness upon the part of someone
in your concern so that l have moth
ing to show for my claim.
Every man should trade at home IL
conditions admit of purchasing good
article at reasonable prices. If not,
then he had better trade at the next
town or city that his money may go
to build up the country around him.
He sends it to Chicago that it may go
into profits of some big mail-order
house until there is enough sucker
money to build and endow some great
charitable institution as a monument
to the greatness of the mail-order man
and the gullibleness of the easy pub
lie.
l have already asked that you adjust
the matter of our last deal. l want
my money returned without further
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-03-21
GIRL BARBER is BUSY.
Young and Old Men of Ohio Town
Are Acting Real Glddy.

Hamilton, O.-After completing a
course of study in a tonsorial acad.
envy in Cincinnati, Miss Minnie
Boone, aged 23, prepossessing
young woman of Mauds Station, But.
Ter county, returned to her native
village last week and opened up a
neat tonsorial parlor in the staid old
Butler county hamlet.
Success marked the first days bust
ness, and Miss Boone has made a ten
strike. 1t is even limited that the
men of Mauds Station love to lingeI
in the comfort of the barber chair
and the run on hair tonics made by
some of the bachelor residents has
been matter of comment.
Sea foams are all the rage, and the
old time shampoo is being revived.
Facial massage is also growing popu,
lar, and instead of the hitherto week
ly Saturday afternoon visit to the
man barber of the village of Maud's
II is said that some of the youths and
"old bucks" have taken to HAVING
their faces shaved and whiskers
trimmed two and even three times q
week,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-03-21
A SGuelcher.

II gave that odious Mrs. Dough-
purse something to think Of this after
noon," says Mrs. Bankfull to her hus-
band, who was amusing himself by
tossing $50 gold pieces into the artifi-
cial lake in the drawing room for the
pleasure of hearing the gold pieces
PUNK as they sunk.
"Whaija say to herr" asked Mr..
Bankfull, rolling himself a cigarette
in a hundred-dollar bill.
she was boasting about the solid
gold radiators they are having put into
their new house, and | told her We
thought steam heat was so old-fash-
toned that we were going to heat our
house with radium hereafter. Judge.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-03-21
A Turkish Health Report.

The French government, wishing to
obtain definite statistics on points re-
lating to certain Turkish provinces
recently sent blanks with questions
lating to certain Turkish provinces,
to be answered to the Provincial gov
ernors. The replies received from
the Pasha> of Damascus are worth
quoting:
Question. What is the death rate
in your province?
Answer In Damascus 1t is the will
of Allah that all should die. Some die
young and some die old.
Q, What is the annual number of
births?
A. God alone can say-I do not
know, and hesitate to inquire.
Q. Are the supplies of water suf-
ticient and OF good quality?
A. From the remotest period no
one has died in Damascus of thirst.
General remarks as to the local san.
itation: Man should not bother him.
self or his brother with questions
that concern only God.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-03-21
DESK AT ALBANY, N. ", WAS I'M.
PORTED IN 1850.
Is Property of First Reformed Church
Built in 1793--President a Mem
Der While Governor of
the State.

Albany, N. Y.-This city has the
honor of owning the Oldest pulpit on
the continent, along with that of being
the oldest chartered city in the United
States. The pulpit stands In the First
Reformed church, which was built in
the year of the building OF the old Cali
fornia missions, 1893, but, unlike them,
IL is as strong and in as good repair
as 1t was when the builders left 1t.
The pulpit was brought over from
Holland by the Dutch in 1856 to stand
in their new church, which was just
building Twenty-Five beaver skins
were sent to Holland as part payment,
but they became damaged in transit,
DO the pulpit was donated by the Dutch
West India company. The building
served as fort as well as q church,
cannon being mounted upon the roof,
and while the service was going on
within sentinels watched for signs of
VI foe.
To-day the old hour glass and an
cient Dutch Bible are still in their ac-
customed places, while in the olden
time the pews in front of 1t were oc-
cupied by Col. Peter Schuyler, AL
bangs first mayor; the patrons of
the Van Rensseaers, who owned land
hlong both shores of the Hudson river
for "a miles, and Gen, Philip Schuyler,
one of the first three major generals
in the revolutionary army, also first
United States senator from New York.
Within It's shadow the famous Iro-
quois chieftain, King Hendrick, who
with sir William Johnson defeated
the French and Indians in the battle
of Lake George, was converted to
Christianity and Col. Aaron Burr,
United States senator from New York
and vice president under Thomas JEFF.
ferson. was married to Theodosia Pro
,yost.
President Roosevelt sat before II
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-03-21

home merchant next time, and know
what you get when you pass over the
money for it He may not be able 10
sell you what You thought you were
buying from the mail-Order house At
the catalogue price. but he can sell
you, If he has it, the same goods you
get from the mail-order houses at an
equal or less price than they ask for
1t, and what Is more, he can sell you
what you really want at as reasonable
price as you can get 1t for else
where.
The following letter, written by a
Michigan farmer, explains in clear
and unmistakable way the danger Of
buying of mail-order concerns. II was
addressed to one OF the largest Of this
class Of institution in this country:
Baldwin, Mich, Jan. IL, 1907.
Gentlemen:
have your favor Of recent date,
and also your catalogues and accom-
panying circulars offering premiums
for distribution Of the same among my
friends. / have no doubt that, as you
say, l will thereby confer a great ia
vor upon you, but l am compelled to
take issue with you on the statement
that l will also confer favor upon
my friends.
In my dealings with you, extending
over some time past. l have received
no favors from you'll paid for all
got, and the length Of time l traded
with you, instead of establishing
friendly relations and gaining me ad-
ditional favor as 1t would in a home
store, gave you the opinion that, I'M
| like a new customer, to whom you
give your very best, so they will come
| again, was steady conner and any
old thing would do for me.
Our last deal opened my eyes and
convinced me of your policy. Your
catalogues offer some apparently great
bargains. But let us draw up our
chairs and see If there are not a few
things very essential to the rural citi-
zen that are not mentioned within it's
voluminous bulk.
For instance, there is no reference
to paying cash or exchanging goods
for wheat oats, corn, beans, butter,
eggs and hay.
How much will you pay for cattle,
sheep and hogs, T. o. b., at Baldwin?
How much will you pay to support
the Lake county schools and educate
our children? How much for improv,
Ing our roads and bridges? For sup
porting the poor? For the general
public expense?
On what page do you offer to con
tribute money to the support OF oui
churches?
What line of credit will you eXtent
to me when my money is low because
of sickness, or poor crops? What dc
you provide in the way OF entertain
ment for the public and in the way
Of providing those things that make {
town desirable and thus keep up the
value of my property?
AS a matter of fact do you do any
thing to help locally, or do you merel.
take the money out of community
returning nothing whatever, beyont
the value of the goods bought? Think
ing 1t over carefully, believe 1t
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-03-21
Idaho, Washington and Oregon May
Be Asked to Contribute Counties.


Spokane, Wash.-Residents all over
eastern and central Washington,
northern Idaho, including the Pan
handle and northeastern Oregon, are
evIncing interest In the proposal to
create a new state by taking rs coun'
ties, with population of 100000 in
the territory bounded on the west by
the Cascade range, on the east by
the Bitter Root mountains, on the
north by the international boundary
and On the south by the Blue noun
tains, and, judging from the hearty
support accorded. there is every rea-
sonable prospect that the project VIII
be carried out successfully.
G. Herbert Moore, chairman Of the
city beautiful committee OF the Spo-
kane chamber OF commerce, who Is
at the head OF the movement, urges
the assembling OF convention at an
early date, at which the new state
plan can be thoroughly discussed by
representative men of the three in
terested states.
The proposed action to create the
new state by taking parts of three ad-
Joining commonwealth is without a
precedent in the history of the nation.
An approach to it, however, was fur
nished In West Virginia, organized in
constitutional manner in 1861.
Prominent lawyers in the northwest
declare that provision is made in the
constitution OF the United States foi
the creation of new states, and they
point TO section 3, article l, as the
method OF procedure. The text fol
lows