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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-04-14
SEABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY.

Effective January 5, 1908. and
subject to change without notice.
Trains will leave Durham as
follows:
No. 23s. -10.05 A. NJ. connect
ing at Henderson with No. 3e
which will arrive at Portsmouth
Norfolk at $50 p. NJ, resuming
connection at Weldon with A. G.
L. for Eastern Carolina points
and at Portsmouth Norfolk with
Steamship lines for Washington,
Baltimore, Cape Charles, New
York and Boston. This will also
connect at Henderson with No.
&C for Richmond, Washington
and New York.
No. 241 will arrive in Durham
at 6 P. M.
No. 221 will arrive in Durham
at go P. M.
No. 222 will leave Durham al
$50 P. NJ. :.
The Durham & Southern trail
No. Al leaving Durham at IA
LIP. NJ. and arriving at Apex a
loco p. M. connects with Sea
board No. IL and 43 for Char
lotte, Atlanta and points West
and Columbia, Savannah, Jack
sonyilie, and all Florida points
For Timetables, rates and an
information desired apply to I
lW. Woodward, Union Tickle
Agent. or x. L. Moatgomer
Agent, "Phone No. IL, or writ
to-
G. III. GATES,
Travelling Passenger Agent
/ Raleigh, N. c.
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Undeuhtedly.

The people of Holland are COM
monty as matter Of fact as the
Scotch, and a figurative phrase both
ers them sorely. Not long ago an
American traveller found in a cafe
at Amsterdam Dntehman who had
Travelled much and who spoke Eng
Iish perfectly well.
The Dutchman was smoking .
china pipe Of remarkable size and
beauty. and the American, as an adj
mircr and collector Of such bric-a.
brac. took the liberty to comment
upon it. (.
sYou could not stumble upon .
pipe like that every day." said The
| American.
The Dutchman took three or foui
whiffs at his pipe and then SLOWLY
removed IL from his mouth.
Certainly not. without breaking
I'll" he said grayeiy.
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An excellent rs we'll as witty re-
proof. which might be applicable to
some politicians even IN these en-
lightenei DAYS. is accredited 70 the
celebrated Richard Brinsley sher-
idan. When bis son, Thomas sheri'
dan. was candidate for the repre-
sensation Of n Cornish borough ne
told lis father that II he secured the
Office he had q mind TO place a Label
on his forehead with the words TO
Let" printed on il and. side with
the party which made the best offer
avery we'll, Tom," replied his "a.
Their dryly, but il you do that don't
forget 10 add the word 'Unfurnish'
"a 30
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Southern Railway
REFLECTIVE JANUARY s, 1907

L. EFFEcTIvE JANUARY b, 1907
Trains leave Durham, N. c.
r:ao a. m. No. III westbound daily fol
Greensboro and points South and West
Connects at Greensboro with No. north
for Danville and Richmond, and south |
with Nos. 3o, IS, II and 81, for Sails
bury, Charlotte, Columbia, Savannah,
Charleston, Jacksonville, Atlanta, and
New Orleans; at Salisbury for Asheville.
Knoxvillef Chattanooga, Nashville and
other points west. =,
3:o7 a. M, No. ia, eastbound, daily
for Raleigh, Selma andl Goldsboro. Car
riss Pullman Sleeper Greensboro to Raj
eigh.
OLA M, No. 1903, eastbound, daily
for Raleigh, Selma and Goldsboro; con-
meets at Selma with Atlantic Coast Line
north for Wilson, and Rocky Mount, at
Coldsboro for Tarboro and Norfolk; at
Selma for Fayet' eville and Florence.
o:so a. M, No. 1907, westbound, daily,
for Greensboro and intermediate local
points; connects at Greensboro with Z.
s. Fast Mail for Danville, Lynchburg,
, Washington and all poinls North and
West, as also with No. 7 for Charlotte
! and intermediate stations. Southern
t Railway Dining Cars operated on trains
|, Nos. sc and so. 49, As"t s',7 :,
= cos a. m, No. II6, noIthbound, daily
for Oxford, Henderson, Ieffries, Keys
}, vile and Richmond, where close con
r nection is made to all points north. Clos
n connection at Jeffries for Norfolk ant
i Steamboat Lines to Wash ington, Balti
= more. New York and Boston.
;. $40 D. m, No. I36, eastbound, dali
y for Raleigh, Selma. Goldsboro and IN
" termediate stations. ~ -.
3:5o p. m, No. .I35, westbound, daily
:, for Greensboro and all points. connec'
y at Greensboro for Winston. Salem, rals
:. with Nos. IS and % for Sails bury, Cha
ID llotte. Columbia, Charleston, Savannah
n Jacksonville, Atlanta and New Orlean
At Salisbury for Asheville, Knoxvill
u Chattanooga, Memphis, Louisville, Gil
r. cinuati and St. Louis. Connects mort
nd hound with No. II for Richmond, No
n. s. "a and 4ofor Lynchburgr Charlotte
"a Vile, Washington, Baltimore, New Yor
w Richmond and Norfolk.
zee 4:4S p. m, No. 274, northbound, dal
lst except Sunday, for Oxford, Keysvil
no Richmond and intermediate stations.
nv No. lis, Richmond to Durham,
n rives S:35 p: m.
ON For further information call on a
the agent Southern Railway, OF address.
op- H B. Spencer, Gen. Manager, Wa
ington, ID. c,
:, S. II. Hardwick. Pass. Traffic Ma
lao ger, Washington d. c.
ide W. II. Tay oe, Gen. Pass. Age
in | Washington, ID. c.
nv RI. Vernon, Tav. Pass. Agent CT
hat F.W. woodward. Union TicketAgs
so Durham. II. c.
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THE REAPER.
IN Modern Farming Cost In Time
Must BE Reckoned.

For tens Of centuries men garner
ca their haryests by hand, stopping
-. score Or more Of them in a small
fieid-to snip, snip with hand sic
kles at the stalks that should yield
them bread. Behind these workers
came Others, laboriously binding the
grain into sheayes. And every
bushel required in the gathering
three hours of a mans time.
Then came the reaper-and today
leviathan bites a twelve foot road
way through the grain with it's
sharp teeth and ties the sheayes
with its steel fingers. Four strong
horses may be needed to move it,
this giant machine-but in all the
great yellow field is no human be-
Ling sa e the man who sits comforta-
lbly on the harvester driving. Or ],
NAV be a woman or even child
| And the reaper has reduced tn
| time price Of harvesting wheat u
ten minutes a bushel--a gain o
two hours and fifty minutes TO
every bushel of wheat and a re
n lease to other industries Of nine 10
) borcrs in ten, or even larger mum
! Der. for in the far west there ar
|. harvesters that do more work IN
/ day than twenty laborers using tn
. siekle's big and swifter brother, tn
: scythe. + le :,
/ Translated, this means primaril
i vastly more wheat. That Is sin
" ule matter of mathematics, a prol
!. lem too obvious to require stat
al ment. IL means for America Il
e development Of the magnificei
grain lands Of the west, where thr'
/. lstatesMinnesota and the Dakot
n TODAY produce enough wheat
feed all the people Of England.
means the new farmer and the wo
4. | ders OF scientific agriculture.
ncans great cities, with gigan'
mills and manufactures that crea
new wealth at the rate OF sixte
r. billions d year. Tt means Americ
Il. iprospcrity.-ER eybody's Magazin
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The young wife Of a prominent
View York physician teaches a Sun
1lsy school class Of small boys One
sunday not long ago, after she had
finished telling them the story oil
Joseph and his coat Of many colors,
she said: :,
is there any question you would
like 10 ask me before We so on with
the catechism!"
HYes'm." answered little Sammy
Eastwood.
well, What is il, sammy
win Won give me a ride in your
automohilo!" ,
The question was not answered
then. but. as a matter OF record,
Sammy got the ride.-New f0rk
| Times. @tr@
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!. Wa. /. so.sy Prize.

A woman fell from a ferryboat
crossing over to Camden, and q
poor freshman sprang over and res
cued her. When she was safely
landed on fhe deck her husband,
Who had been calm spectator Of
the accident, handed the brave fell
low a quarter. =.
Some Of the bystanders express
inc their indignation, Pat said
aArrah. don't blame the gentleman
he knows best. Perhaps II
hadn't saved her he'd have given
me a Dollar Philadelphia Ledger
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~There'll be the devil to pay il
not A very uncommon phrase IN the
vocabulary Of some, occasionally
With The addition of "and no pitch
hot which points to the orlgina;,
ION Of the saying. 1t is q nautical
one. With but little reference TO ms
satanic majesty, coming straight
from the shiyyard. In calking q
ships deck--ihat is, in filling the
cams between the planks with OAK
nm and aftcrvand pouring pitch
over the oakum--the outside scam,
being very difficult 10 work, came 70
~ known as the deya. The teen
meal term for pouring in the pitch
vas paying" which makes the
shole matter clear.
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Showed Keen Appreciation.

al Stood on the brink 81 the
Grand Canyon Of Arizona" relates a
local railroad man. Il stood almost
spellbOund, for when YOU gaze into
tkat vast canyon you feel as II you
were almost in the presence OF the
Almighty It's so vast that it fright.
ems YOU. Just while ! was in that
mood a party of women came from
the big hotel and paused to look
into the canyon. Oh spoke NJ
one shrilly to another one, but
weren't these pancakes We had for
breakfast about the best you e'eE
ate? 81,
Il FASTENED away" says the rail
road man, ~beforc | heard AM
more" -Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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CHINESE SAILORS.
L,ooira q Crew In London For an
English Ship.

This i Dockland, and this street
= -" can call London's beach. And
lora Is the mercantile marine Of.
% Of the board of trade. In one
bonn a crew is signing on. BEHIND
~ counter is the smart young OH.
Kali keen to see that the ships
,u' is legally drawn up. and.
leside him is the skipper, elderly,
[;tb a severe, weather beaten face
nd cray, wavy hair. He lifts his
Insby eyebrows when looking
fbroagh the glasses perched on his
haze. On the other side of the
Iounter is the proposed fo'castlt
trowd--thirty Chinese, gathered
from the opium dens Of Limehouse
khis morning, with a few whites
[among them to give assured sub
[tance to a cheap thing. The cap.
FAN is quiet, but sometimes whis'
|rers a half apologetic aside TO the
|Soung official, who smiles cynically
fIfor he knows the British ship own
/ sr better than most) and gathers II
| the crowd before him with his eye
! He squares the documents on tn,
counter. calls for the "first hand
among the Chinese and reads tn
lsgreement to a yellow sphinx. TIL
fChinese makes no sign. "Now 70
chow" says the official and detail
he proyision allowance. But Il aF
bears the Chinese does understand
HE will not agree to fresh brea
only twice week. "Eyiee day,
he saws. The captain has to submit
IN he did not these Chinese woul
leaye the Office in q body, and thel
Is no time TO find more men.
"Sailormen now" says the Of
! cial. He is going 10 take the me
in detail. "What your nameg
"Hongkong.
"No--yoGr anme-what you ca
| ed? Wang Fook!D
"Ycrs." W.
"Yoa plenty savee steerT
A pen is placed on the count
That is the ship. The Chinese IN
Gates the nib a. the stem, the e
| Of tie handle as the stern q
which side port and starboard. =
plenty sayec stleer.
"Where YOU come from, ehg'
The man looks aroundanxiously
i his countrymcn for light. Some z
signals to him. "Alle same =
sian ship" he says, With q brit
smile. -.s
So that ship gets her crew. !
flies the union jack, and there
British sailors--who want too M
money. rs much ~ 81 per mont
on the payemen; outside waiting
berths. The Chinese file out. IS
posing you all could get throl
right enough" says some one m
hall to the skipper genially, 1t
I hope she piles up tonight in
channel" The helpless skiT
smiles -riu,ly and locks bis por
lio.-London Leader.
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wHEN TO SHOOT A MOOSE.
Hunters Cure For the Blues In the
Canadian Wilderness.

Canadian Whoerness.
sDid you ever spend the winter in
the woods up in Canada cruising for
timber?o said Fl. n. Brown. DO
you know, it is a curious feeling be-
ing out there alone or with just an
| Indian guide. .A'@ ID. +,
eThe thing that impresses you
most is the awful stiffness. The
slightest sound seems like cannon
shot. You get to talking to your
self, asking and answering ques-
lions and lots of things which you
would not think of doing down here,
or il YOU did they would be having
a medical commission sitting on you
as candidate for the dippy house,
] About all you think Of is how to
get enough to eat, for your appetite
, increases as the supply of food
grows less. We got into that condi-
ton finally when it was get some
ii thing or begin to eat our boots.
|, "One morning my Indian came in
with a grin on his face. Now, an
0 Indian up there never smiles. In
r wrestling with that frozen north
d / he seems to get sour and sullen.
8 This made me more surprised when
i the Indian came into the shack
o beaming. We'll, what isitY l IN
e quired. %
J. aMoose, big moose was the re.
ply. went by this morning. Catch
a 'em maybe 49,. .ss !
m "That was enough for a hungr,
is man. I went out, and there wer'
st the footprints of big moose tina
" had gone by, as the Indian said
er about three hours before. l got int
he nv coat, strapped on my snowshoes
ng took my rifle, and we started ate
Mr.. Moose. We went about tie
or miles before we saw him. He wa
m on a side hill browsing on the twig
az 1t was long shot, but raised m
rs, rife, when the Indian touched m
ire arm, saving, No shoot '...sf
all II hesitated, but he insisted, sa,.
ngl ing. No shoot now, bimeby maybe
not By that time the moose had sightt
cir us and started off at rate whi'
zen took him out of sight in few mi
ave utes. We were twenty miles ia
toll Their on when we saw him again al
to we're near enough to try2to shoe
henI but nv Indian insisted | must m
? a Well, we followed that moose thr
ner. DAYS. The big fellow tired at !;
for and started back the way he can
It. we following. Then We came
with him only short distance fr'
the shack. Now Shoot said
said Indian. | fred and the moose dr.
New ped.
for "When it was all over and we
hen meat in plenty and the big h
r. a stretched before the blazing fire
hing the shack I said to my Indian, W
ting didn't Won want me to shoot t
for moose at first, when he was not
and worn down as he was after that Il
chase?'
.ious CLOSE heap fun was the re
e of Well. do you know when l came
ming stud- over il began to see his pr
nest Of view. It was not so much
had killing as 1t was the chase, whicl
,pre- him was Interesting, and he
who willing to travel over forty OF
IS in miles Just for the hunt, and
half more thought of it the MOI
agreed with him. I had been g
men, ing ugly and nervous myself BET
1t, in but after that long chase ] was
ne to other man.D-Milwaukee Sentir
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ITCH cured in 80 minutes by
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion.
Never fails. Sold by HACKNEY
Bros, Druggist. f@ =
cIuin all Wool and Paint ali Paint.

. Is cheaper than shoddy cloth or shoddy
paint. The L, & M. isZinc Metal made
into Oxide Of Zinc combined with White
Lead, and then made into paint with
pure Linseed Oil in thounsand gallon
grindings and mi ings, Wears long;
actual cost only $I,2o per gallon
Hackney Bros. L, & M, Paint Agents.
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Charity Dances.

Awkward spouse--I see our set g
70 have q grand charity ball. Did
you ever dance for charity?
Pretty Wifc--Of course. Don't
You remember how I used 10 always
dance With sou when We first metz
--IlIgeiralca Rite
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n SSzM!..!E6lj6IksMsStsrn

tScheduls in Effect Nov. al, 1901,
DURHAM DIVISION.
FIX Sun Daily ExSun Da5
nm AM. am. pm
$50 TOO Lv Durham Ar HAS s;So
taos 1915 Ar Lynchburg Lv SIS AIS
tiou at Lynchburg with trains
East and Weat bound.
Is arc thinking Of taking trip YOU
want quotations, cheapest fares, reliable
and correct information, as to routes.
train schedules, the most comfortable
and quickest way. Write ana the infor-
nation Is vours for the asking, with one
Of our complete Map Folders.
NJ. r. BRAGG,
TRAY. Pass. Agl
W. B. BEvILL. G.P. A.,
Roanoke. Va. Gen. Office. Roanoke. Va
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Smallest soos 10 the Human Body:

0WINIEt*k IVHN =" W.
The smallest bones in the human
body are to be found in the ear.
The smallest Of these is known by
the anatomical name Of stapes. IL
has a head. neck and two launches
and is shaped not unlike a stirrup
iron. The full extent Of its dimen.
sions does not exceed that Of a pea
and is frequently smaller. BY some
authorities il has been named the
lenticular bone, from the idea that
is shape and appearance resemble
That Of a lens. Il is situated within
the drum OF the ear. +
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4 Rain Provsrh
Rain tesJrr seven.
F4nn ts.fnre eleYen.

faHa brtuTe eleven
have always heard this proverb
with the two additional lines:
n II ralus AZ eleven
Twill issl t1ll sssenL
And I have witnessed the truth OF
the last two lines very many times,
notably on three separate occasions.
on which, being up the river Tor q
days punting, when a fine day
would hare beena godsend to me, II
has raincd persistently during the
whole afternoon, the rain beginning
between 10 and II O'Clock and eeas'
ing within 4 very few minutes Of :
Thus have had the proverb iDdeli'
bly, stamped on my mind-Londor
Notes and Queries.
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,4o,u 81. lion. cap,ur. ouIIa

In capturing gulls the sea lion dis
plays no little skill and cunning.
When in pursuit OF a gull il dives
deeply under water and swims some
distance from where II disappeared;
then, rising cautiously, il exposes
the Tip Of lie nose along the surface
at the same time giving It q rotary
motion. The unwary bird on the
wing. seeing the object near BY,
alights to catch 1t, while the sea
lion at the same moment settles be-
meath the waves and at one bound,
With extended jaws, seizes its
screaming prey and instantly de.
YOURS IL.
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up 20 Him.

aI.ook here, my lady," exclaimed
the thrifty man TO his cxtrayagant
wife, ayou're carrying too much
sailis - s.s,
"why should that worry your"
she retorted.
because I have to raise the
wind, that's whyl''-Pliladelphia
Press.
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NORTH CAROLINA I In the Superior
Durham County Court
sandy Guy .u..-
.... vs.. hoINE'

-. o rs. NorleE'
The defendant above named will take
notice that an action entitled as above
has been commenced in the Superior
Court &c Durham County to obtain ALSO.
lutte divorce, from her on the ground Of
abandonment and since marrying anoth-
er man and living in fornieatiou and
adulery with him and the said defend
amt will further take notice that she IS
required to appear At the next term Of the
Superior court Of said county, to be held
on the nth day Of May, 1908, at the
Court House Of said county in Durham.
N. C., and answer or demur, to the com.
plant in said action, or the plaintiff will
apniy 10 the court for the relief demand.
"a IN said complaint.
{. n. GREEN,
gisff Superior c i.f'
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-09
". G.. 7. j.
mrs. Jennie Carr piffmdn, Editor.

By a vote of 70 to 4 the anti
gambling bill for the District of
Columbia passed the United
States House of Representatives
recently. Simms, of Tennessee,
championed the bill. 1t was a
most strategic battle, for there
were two men who did their best
by various technacalaties to so
cripple the bill so that it would be
killed there and then, but Simms
stood his ground, hence the VIC
tory for the bill. 1t if the gen
eral belief that the Senate will
vote to sustain the House. If so
book-making will come to an end
in the District.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-09

probably not be determined until
this official count is made, and
that is the race for attorney gen
eral. Both Hal Norwood and P.
R. Andrews still claim the nomi-
nation, but tabulated returns SO
far received seem to give an adj
vantage in the count to Norwood.
Returns in the state auditor S
race show that John r. lobe car
ried "A counties with an aggre-
gate majority of 1887, while
John M. Oathout carried 81 coun-
ties with a majority of 9,313,
making Jobe's net majority g.
Ala,
The counties that are yet hold
ing back or that have not been
announced for most offices, are
Stone, Logan, Montgomery, Mad
ison, Johnson and Crawford.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-09
GALE

Grace Kidding of Redland is
visiting at J. W. Barksdale's
this week.
Fay Kidding returned to hel
home at Emmett Saturday.
OR. Westmoreland and f n.
lily visited at Joe Riddling's S-n.
day.
Waller Mitchell and family $
tied at Mrs. Whites Sunday.
w. J. Honea and family Wit
ed here Sunday.
John and Rosa Barksdale Wis t
ed in Redland township last well
Several attended the funera
Of Grandma Jobe at Caney las
week.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-09
WEAK WEARY WOMEN.
Learn the Cause of Daily
Woes and End Them.

When the back aches and throbs.
" hen homework is torture.
When night brings no rest nor sleep.
When urinary disorders set in.
Women : lot is a weary one.
There is way to escape these woes.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure such ills.
This is one woman $ testimony.
Mrs. c. +. Kohler, wife of c. F. koh-
Ter. a retired farmer, residing at 20
North Twenty-second street, Fort
Smith, Ark, says: Il was annoyed for
two years with pain low down acros
the small of my back, at times very
severe, especially if | over exert my
self or took a Slight cold, for then
could hardly attend TO my household
work. | was suffering very much when
got box of Doan's Kidney Pills. but
! could notice the direct effect on my
kidneys in twenty-four hours, and. be
fore had finished the treatment tie
pain and aching that had annoyed me
for so long, entirely disappeared.
Doan's Kidney Pills in my ease acted
just as represented. and to say I think
well of them mildly expresses my opin-
ion.
For sale by all dealers Price 81
cents. Foster Milpurn Co. Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan and
take no other.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-09
NORRIS

Corn is coming up to a good
stand. Some cotton will be plant
ed this week. Prospects are fine
for a bumper fruit crop this year.
Alex Rudisill is very sick.
Grandma Jobe died on the first
of April and was buried the ID,
Uncle Wilburn Honea conducting
the funeral service. Grandma
was siXty-one years old and the
last Of her family to depart this
life. She saves many friends.
Born To G. F. Written and
wife on the 9Th, a Girl. Babe and
mother do Well
Rev Waddell filled the pulpit
at Bethal Sunday
Bro. Davis will preach al Can
ey next Sunday. Bad Bill.