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URHAM Recorder "J KNOW NOT WHAT THE TJlbTII MAY BE; I'LL TELL IT AS IT WAS TOLD TO ME." olume 75 No 41 Durham, N. Ci Wednesday, February 27, 1895. Established 1820 ' i HE 5U2vllt News. t Crowded out Uit wook. Staqville, Feb. 18. Miss Dell Durham, after visiting mends d relatives hero for the past ek, has returned to her home ar Chapel Ilill. After a short 'visit to relatives jt Willardville, Mies Lola .South knd again greets her young Kends here with a pWsant smik As we look out from our warm nd coey fireside, the .world doth 1 in her mantle Vwhfteuess, i m irt -l il hay cause mucn suuering id pok on iC as a' great blessing, not July in the' increased production '1 W3 WJ1L UU HIC mnuwinviii f health, building up of the ays- iiseasee, and to refloctivo mind t carries us back to the day Vhen we watched . our traps and Jead-fallsand chased the hare. Probably some man who h.v jrown old in sin may in thought Ve carried back to a pious home )f his youth, and his heart softened la that it may be a turning point lhat will lead him to a new and better life. t The cold and now has not proved a great , hindrance to our progressive " Stagville: Mr. B. jbamyron ever witli an eyejto buni tuns took advantage of the occa uiou and filled two largo ice house. We cannot imagine anything comparable to the pleasure with which the small boy here watches ;his traps and slyly swallows s handful of-snow which his mother ,ha.i told him will cause little V iy' throata to become sore. I We are reminded by the jolly aounl of the huntsman s voice "chi ning in witls thoe ot his dogs, cheering on his ever faithful cur that the hare is not enjoying the tho ix. ace that is calculated to mike him happy. , Ojr school, under the care of eur excellent teacher Mr. William Wools Is progressing finely with good attendence despite the in clemency ot the weather. Mr. W.. A. Southerland, who has been in delicate health for some time improves slowly. Col. B. Cameron lost a fine mule a few days back. From our law makers wo can Dear but little, , Congrers hui taken the pnw from ine old lieu that act .herself to death on the door knob, but the result of batch in is the same. As to our Legis- lat've body, we ran only exclaim in the words of the parson, "From such oh Ird deliver us." After a careful perusal of fbr eolumns of last week's Recorder we discoved 'that our com mnnioatiou had found its way to the want basket. The letter fui to reach this office. El Recorder III s, ectfully, Jamks B. Lasiii.ev PCSMANENT PROSPERITY. Hon. M. F. Laprey, member of the National Itauocratic Com mittee from California, in an in k-rview with the Washington J'ot regarding tlieflnanci.il qur tion says: " , "2 do cot believe we ahal have any permanent prosperity in this eountry, until our currency sys tem shall rest on the broad and sensible basis of bimetal iam., To strike down one-half of the money of the eountry means apprecia tion of the other halfand a con sequent shrinks' In the valuo o: all products. " I si -cut ten month tf lt year in Mexico, and thougl that nation is on a silver basis, it fa very' prosperous, and develop ing its home industries far more rapidly than our people have any idea of. Were it cot for her heavy foreign doot, which is rievwjs harden on the people, Mexico would today be in splen did financial condition, because it is a country of wonderful resour ces and untold . mineral wealth. Though the Mexican silver dollar is worth "abroad only half its face value, at home it is not depreciat ed in purchasing power in the lightest degree. With its greater wealth and more advanced civ- ilution, I am fully satisfied that the United States could maintain biraetalisra systemwith or with out the cooperation of European gold standard countries.'.' - , GREEN b" JOHNSON. ' A very solemn looking man, vho appeared to be sixty years M, with his bald head and gray eyebrows, was sweeping the steps f Sheriff Rigsbee's office the oth- jr day when a chunky chap of his xlor, dressed in a black suit and carrying a cane, came around the -orner and was passing down the, treet by Dr. Can's office when the old man hailed him with: "Heah, yo' pusson, cum back bah!" "Whatyo want T" asked the chunky man as he returned. "Hain't yo'r name Johnsing?" "Dan's my cognomen, sah." 'Curn down heah ,bout a month igo from Ilillsboro?" f "Yes, sah." "One time licad waitah oUt to e Orange Houso?" . 'Yes, suh, I occupied dat oc- cupa.shun. What docs yo' want, sah?" "What does I want? Doesyo' know what buildin' dis amf "It's de cote house, I reckon." "Yes, sah, it's de cote house, whar all de law bizness am trar&acted. Does yo' know wlo am?y "Does yo' understand de po- sifchun I dun occupies aroun' heah ?" "Xoi sah." "Well, sah, I wants to adven- tuate a few remarks for yo'r bene fit My came are Green, an al- us spelled wid a big G. " "Yes, sail." "While I'xe under de jaintor of dis cte house, Mars William Hen ry Harrison Carter, I'te a sort of assistant to all de jeugea." " "I fee, but what has dat got to lowidmef "What has dat got to do wid yo r it lias got a neap to ao win yo', sah t Fur instance, if I should go upttairs when Jedgo Gus Gra ham comes here, an' tell hi in dar was a sawed off, one-story cigger in tits town who . was sweiiin aroun' art' fa.ein dis cote house widout Fiieekin' to me, what sin biguous disobecrvashshuns do yo imagine be would fling cut?" Ho couldn't do cuflint" re plied the chunky man, though evidently somewhat alarmed. "He couldn't! Tusson, dean' yo thceive yost-in lie would y ti me, he would: 'William, yo keep yo'r eye on dat aforesaid nigger. De next time ho pnsws a till yo wiaout uowin l it iiev ue Sheriff bring him in hear, an' we'll try him fur alimony an' send hirn up fur five y'ars! Dat's alnt he would say, sah', an' yoM (jiiit yo'r wcllin' around migl ty fudlenl" Mitecr Green, kin I spoke to yo?" humbly asked the chunky man. "Yes, sah." "Den I should like to fft dat owin' to my precarious hurry to eotch de deKt I didn't perceive yo'r pttsencc." , "Den it's, all rightall right, Mitwcr Johnsinir. Kot dat I kecr about bein perceived, yo' know, but it's fur yo'r own benefit. In de fuchtr, when yof pass dis cole house an' see me around heah, it will be jist as well if yo' articulate de prognoslicashun an .recognize my existence." In our ramble for news Friday morning we ran across the above. We suppose it was written by Colonel R. E. Carr, and believing that he in tended it for publication, we take the liberty of publishing it in his absence, as we learn he went to Raleigh to visit the Agricultural Department in regard to his ground hog. V V rtarriesthe Slave. The Khedive signed a marriage contract with his favorite slave ast Thursday in the presence of the Egpytian ministers. This act constitutes a marriage to the slave, and there will he no public cere mony. About ten or twelve years ago Khedive's mother : purchased sev eral Circassian' slave irls as up per servants for her children later on. inese Urcassians were tnen mere children and have since been brought up in the palace. On the accession one of the young women was attached to the apart ments of the Khedive in order to watch over his wardrobe. The Khedive took a great liking to her, but for some time she did not bo- come his concubine, declining to. enter into that relation with him. But when the Khedive's mother, went to 'Const aiitinc ple last yea and a marriage with some Twi ll princess was talked abot t the . Circassian held out no longer, seeing that her only hope of ad- vanccmcnt was to become enciente to the Khedive, and thus, if a son were the result she could' claim marriage and the proclamation of her son as Crown Frince. . When the Khedivah learned of the relation which existed be tween the Khedive and the Cir cassian, she was very angry, but upon her son asking her forgive ness and stating that he wished to marry the girl, she relented and gave him her blessing. It was thought that the Khedive would marry the girl, who is three or four years older than himself, bc fore the birth of the child, in order to insure its legitimacy, as there was some doubt as to whether egitimacy could be affected by a marriage after birth, the girl not being the slave of the Khedive, but of his mother. According to certain of the best authorities the Kncdive cannot acquire the prop erty of his slave, as his mother Las no power to sell or give away anv slave, such an act Lome con trary to the Egyptian slave law. The other members of the Khedi vah family are furious at the situation of affairs, as they fondly hoped that the Khedive and his only brother, Mohamed Aly, might die childless. SIX PERCENT. rrrm U 8hlty Aaron, Kit. The Populists have complained of scarcity of money and hard times, so to bring prosperity and more money in circulation they tossed lirt Monday the six per Cent interost bi ill. Whun mor.cy is scarce of coarse lower intero-t will make it more plentiful, bring gold and silver fromWull Street and make the hard-hearted fchylocks lend it nt ix jht' cci.t it.tore4 and luip the borrower. , 1. In Shelby a New Orleans company has lent money here on land for the last five yeers to many in Cleveland and Rutherford They have intruded their agent, R. L. Rybura to discontinue lend inu money in this stale. So it drives out cash capital in Korth Carolina. 2. It is aimed for the benefit o the poor man and to cripple Shy- kck seeking big Otct, but this may hurt the poor man and force him to buy supplies and merchan disc on a credit at 50 percent pre mium from a store, instead of bor re wing at eight per cent the cash with which to buy supplies. , Is it not better to pay eight per cent in terest for money than 25 to 60 per cent for goods bought on a mort gage from the stores?J - 3. It is a trite and , undisputed maxim in commerce that naviga tion and trade should be free and not bound by arbitrary laws. Let trades between individuals be free and not subject to class legislation. When you restrict and frighten away Capital, Capital retreats to its fortress, bars the steel doors to its vaults and hides until the storm is over. It can retire far one year from business and regain in its castle, while Labor, gaunt and hungry, can not fight long with out money and bread. I 4. If I can hire a $100 horse or mule on a farm one year for $20 rental, or rent a $100 cottage for $2 per month to a tentct or mill operative, why should iot I have the right to rent the Use of my $100 cash for $8 for , ibne year ? Why; force me to take 6 per an num or six per cent Interest on $100when my neighbor rents a town cottage for $24-four times higher. If one is unjust and a heavy burden, why is nft the own er of the cottage opp-essing the poor man as well as usurious Shy lock? - - j .- 5. It is not more unjust to rent a eiuuu larra ior zivu ior one ear than to rent or- lend $1000 cash for one year. " But you say money is different and every one as to have money, so they also - . . . - . have to nave nouses ana lanas and the landlords charge higher for houses when houses are scarce. If you can not regulate by legis lation the price of calico, a horse, a farm or the rent of a house, but allow freedom of trade and con tract between the ' parties, theif why not let money be fte, invite more capital which the booth now needs to build mills and develop her bidden resources ? Let mon ey be the subject of contract, then you invite more capital 6 Usurious lawg are a relict of barbarism and the tendency ot civilisation is to allow freedom to the borrower and lender and to submit to the laws of supply and demand which governs money and everything else. - All writers oh political economy oppose usury laws as unwise and impolitic. 7. The value of money vanes in different places, in different years and seasons, and legislation can not fight against the laws of supply and demand. Interest regulates iteelf according to sup ply and demand and ht men of sense and business capacity re gulate their own trades. In Kew York money is more plentiful and cheaper than in North Carolina or Virginia, In the South the farmer needs money in the sum mcr to run his farm, whiie in the winter he can do without much cash. f , 8. The rate of interest shoul vary or fluctuate with the risk and promptness of the borrower. There f..re ono standard of interest is un just. . . , -V - ' The United States government borrows money at 3 to 4 per cent, so do some of our nnlional banks borrow at four or five per cent. lccauso the risk is less, the ability and promptness to pay are greater than with you or me dependent upon crops, accident and vicissi tudes of fortune. A loan on a real estate mort gage worth four times the debt and with a legal and undisputed chain of titles extending 21 years at 6 per cent is better and safer than an 8 per cent loan on a crop lien er a personal surety. A loan to one man at 8 per cent is better than to another Ira provident man at 12 perceu Capitalists say that a thirty-year bond at 6 per cent, is better than short bond at 7 per cent. So you see these fluctuation in the rate of interest, which law cannot change or regulate. : 9. It is often inoperative and a dead law, rarely executed. It has not the sanction of, business men who ; borrow often and largely from national banks. A farmer can avoid it success fully and Jlegally by selling five cent cotton for seven cents on time payable one year, from date, or he can sell his corn at a higher price on time and charge for his risk. can discount or buy a $100 note for $90 on B or C. and the laws cannot prevent. I can buy a $100 horse and sell him for $125 on time. It is a dead law, a relict of the past EDITORIAL 0HNI0KS. After the American Wheelmen baYe drawn the color line, it will be in order for the American WKeelwomen, to draw the garter line, Chattaneoga News. ' "The bunches of snow on the magnolia trees," says the Birming ham Age-Herald, in poetical mood, look like magnolia blossoms. The snow is typical of the north and the magnolia of the south, and the blending of the two is sugges- gestive of the union of the north and south." Very suggestive. It is a "freeze out" for the south. Charleston News and Courier. Banking' statistics as furnished by the treasury department . at Washington , indicate a more healthy condition of affairs, the reports from most of the states showing that the amennt on de posit in the various savings insti tutions of the councry are steadily increasing. Chattanooga Times. "I am not in favor of negro rule" is a common saying with the pop- lists. They will vote in favor of negro rule every time they change city charter In Eastern North Carolina. They will be judged by their acts rather than by their professions. Raleigh Observer. The United States imports sugar to the value of $t 18,000,000. Ala bama planters could raise cane enough easily to make all the sugar that is used in the state. "I There is nothing needed for man or beast that cannot be easily and successfully grown in this state. Montgomery' Advertiser. The Gainesville Sua is opposed to the whipping post for wife beaters, as it is barbarous and 1 cruelty of a by-gone sge. Is it any more so than a kig, strong man chastisinz a weak and frail woman by kicks and cuffs? Jack sonvilleFla.) Metropolis. i IXTHM SCtSIOK TUfCO. The country has berne up brave ly under the disappointments which this congress has inflicted upon it, but the knowledge of th fact that there was a turn in t r lane, that cone-ess was bound t die, has sened -1 keepnpcoura.t It is not, tbcrciure, to be expected that it should view even idle talk ot an extra session with any sort of equanimity. While Senator Chandler, it will be admitted, not infrequently talks ot things he knows nothing about, the mere suggestion of an extra session w make timid people uneasy until al! danger of such a prolongation of misery is at an end. However, there is little of a sub stantial character behind this sug restioa kr Chandler. There is nothing sa extra session of con tress would do that the country wants done, and there is nothing the country wants done an extra session of congress would do. About the only thing, it is gtner ally believed, that wouldiindrce the president to call congress to gether tin would be the failure of the general eppropriation bills to pass, and they are pretty sure to get through all right. A few weeks sgo the finances of the government were in suck con ditioa a nd congress was so deter( Highest of all in Leavening Powers-Latest U. S. Gov't Report. C7 ABSOUXEIY FURQ mined to prevent any amelioration that the extra session was looming upas a sort ot nightmare, cut the president's determined stand and bold action changed all this. Even they who are loudest id their denunciation of the bond deal must admit that it had much to do with averting an extra session of con gress. The country should : will ingly spare a few millions to be saved from that calamity. The republicans of the house and sen ate have not shown such a regird for the welfare of the nation as ould lead anybody to believe that they would'aecomplishmuch for the country's good in an extra session. -sure news. Mrs. Jonn Cobb, an aged lady of Caswell county, died of pneumonia at her home, near Blackwells,' last Thnrsday night. She leaves eight grown children, two of whom are Messrs. W. H. and S. K. Cobb, of Danville, v Winston Enquirer: Ur. VVn. Parker, of Lanes Creek township, has a calf eighteen months and fifteen days old which weighs 656 pounds grass. The calf is just common cow, no fine blood cours ing through its veins. Mr. Parker wants to know who ownes a larger calf, age considered. The Carolinian, of Elizabeth City, which was burned out on the night of the 9th, came out last Wednesday as usual. The Evening Star, the daily pa- per recently started at Elizabeth City, has suspended, having not received a sufficient patronage to continue its publication. News and Observer : John T. Patrick, of Southern Pines, was here yesterday. He says the ho tels there are well filled, and the resort has a crowd twice as large as at this season heretofore. Mr. Merrill, manager ef Leslie's Weeklv, Mr. Merrill, and tke Leslie artists, J. C. Hemmett and F. C. Peffer; J. S. Cassidy, of the New Yerk Daily Mercury; Ed ward Atwell, a prominent New York journalist, Mrs. Atwell and Mrs. Edwin Atwell, and a number of people from Northern States have been at Southern Pines this week, enjoying the week of old time Southern sperts. A ST0KT StHATOH HLMtH TUS. "My grandfather," said Senator Palmer, "was born down among 'he fish and oysters of Northutn txrrland county, A'a. There are plenty of Palmers down there yet, and my friend, Colonel Jones, has had a great deal to tell of them He went to see an old lady one time when I was expected down to make a speech and when be discovered that her maiden name had been Palmer he teld her that there was a man tip here in the senate of that name whose grand father was bora down there. The old lady remembered that branch of the family perfectly and claimed kin at once. She could even de tect in me some unmistakable family traits. 'But, aunty," said Colonel Jones, "Senator Palmer fought in the northern ' army That staggered the old lady, tor she is as loyal to the lost cause anybody in the south, but once she had claimed kin she wasn't eoinz to back down. 'Well honey,' said she, with a sigh 'there's always a black sheep in every family.' " HI torts or imnuT. Boston boasts .Chinese druggists, The world's railways employ 391,000 people. &A Harrisville, Mick., nian re cently trapped ablck torn and the felt sold for $ifo. Henry Griffin, the ij-year-old . jockey, has engagements for this year that will set bin about $30,- eoo. . . . Nashville is the first city in the world for hardwood limber, and the largest milling city of the South. ' ' "The Campbells are Comin" is a very old Scottish air Copies of it dating back to 1630 are known to exist. Providence, R. I., is 00c of the chief cities of the world for the manufacture of jewelry and silver goods. Of the la.ooo Canadian Indians on the Pacific ceast. 800 have been baptised or attend Christian wor ship. The gospels have beejt printed tor them in foir languges. Cn Wisner, Neb , Mrs. McDer mott carried' her child four miles to be baptised. As it was blizzard weather she wrapped it up se closrlp against the cold that it was -smothered before reaching the church. The taller bird takes its name from its habit of seweing together two leaves in order to make a pocket, in which it places its nsst. Its thread is a vegetable fibre. though it will in preference, use a string thread or cord, if suck can be found. aaBammaaBeBnn-a4nBBBBmmTBBani Friday while testing the torpedo outfit on the United States steamer Minneapolis, at Newport, one of the torpedoes became uncentrell and dashed itself to pieces against the stone breakwater. These tor pedoes are ran by compressed air, and it is presumed that the water so chilled the torpedo as to make it ineffective. Unlike the Howell torpedo, the Whiteheads do not . run well in cold water, and are' better for summer esc. Mrs. Lynn Linton, who is the ef the most popular of English writers, will follow Mr. Hawthorne the News' short story series, and a novelette by her, "Between Scylla and Charrybdls." Mrs. Linton is a graceful and charming writer and this new story from ker pen will undoubtedly prove a treat Jo 7 The Only Preventive of Pimples j Blackheads ' Mothy Oily Skin i is 1 CUTICURA 50 AP It Strikes , At the Cause viz. The Clogged Irritated Inflamed j or ;! Sluggish , ' ! PORE ; th Irtinr'. Markhata. ft tMi.rmck hMwta irtia taa awk.Miiag kau, a4 katj .lin- ft WBaaartak. al4 ikmrlMtt I""- tBte t Vuuf V"r - " 4
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