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DEMOCRATIC ALWATS -A. 1ST 3D TJ 1ST 2D 33 ALL CI3S.CTJ3V:ST A-3STC33S $1.50 PER ANNUM DURHAM, N. C, TUESDAYAUGUST 9, 1881. VOL. X NO. 31. i ) Professional Cards John M. Monixo, Ed. CIIackkey. fORIN'O & IIACK:EY, Attorneys at liaw, DCItllAM, X. C. Practice in the .Courts' of Cranqc,.Cbatliam. Alamance, Randolph, Wake, Person, Caswed nd Granville, ana also .iu the .Supreme ana Federal Court. . sr Collections and settling estates a tipeciaUy. y.V. SvKoci.hac, Vv. W. 1'L I-Ltli. . JOULUAC & FULLER, i Attorneys at Lavr, DCSHAM; C. A-Praetice in State ami Federal Courts. 1 SocJekt c KTUUDWICK, 5 Attorney' at Law, N. C. i t)oTB at r.. BOXBQrwT BlUGuS, Attorney at Law, '1 BUllHAM, N. C. 8pecial attention "rivcti to, tlie collection oi claiin in any part of the Static j g II. WEBB, i L Attorney at Law, OAKS,, K. C. ' -.Will practice in tb Superior Courts of Ala mance, Oiauo and Person. All business promptly attended to. ' .JOliEltT E. CABR, - Attorney and Counsellor at Law DURHAM, K. C. - JQXES WATSON, ; Attorney at Law, " mi.LPIiOKO, N. c. Will attend Durham every AVednesdaj', and an bo seen at bin office in lIi'llub6ro every other day. JOHN W, GRAHAM. Attorney at Law, .. HILI.SEORO, K. C. ' - Practices in the counties of Orange, Ala mance, Guilford, Ciiniveli, Pt-rson, Granville and Chatham, and iu the State Supremo Court and in the. Federal Courts. AT. GUAIIA.M, - Attorney at, Law, HILLS130HO, O. 'PracticoB in the Couris of Orangp, Person, Alamance, Chatbum, Oranvillo and Wake. . Collection of claims a upecialty. L. B. HENDERSON, DENTIST, r A PRACTICE G FIFTEEN YEARS E X J. DL'K;;A:i, :;. c. Boat references iii .tho KUto giyn. , AH op erations perfornn 4 i:i ihe l itest -and host style, and as none but the- tet niateiial vfill he used, warranta entire satisfaction. "Charges Mod EE ATE. . Polytechnic Scliool, SOUTH LOWELL, N. C. The Gtli Session of this Institution will begin Monday, July ISth. A. U. lriHl. For terms and particulars, address O. NEWMAN BURT, je28-tf -. Tiincipal. DR. HiSPENSARV Trwat. ll Chronic Diseases, nnd oruoys a nation al reputation through the curixij?f complicated case3. NDISCRETI OWEXPOSUREg helium oi tbo blood, fckin or biine, treatfrt villi puo cess, without uina MiTtury or I'oisomms Medicines. Y O II N d M E N who are suifeni a from the el'.et-ts i II II ii liil Til - iit'H that unfits its vic tim for hMsiri8 or niRrHtum. r'rroannntly cared. berkuiul coiiuiuUuii n prelerred, wbicii i S'H.fE nnd invit ed. Li of qiiesiiom to tw answered by patients dcairiug treaT- ment mailed frt-e to any aidres on appl"rcaliin. g Pcmonft laO'erine frini Hnptttreltould seort ihetraddrw, ar.4 learn Mnrllitnc to llirir wUanf n?e. Kt.b not ft tru. f ' CommunicitioTH tnrtiy confidentiil. t.ifhot:!'i be aa,' rrssea 00s & nivg::i AND SPEHMATORRHdA. A. T!oable Discovery and Hem Doparturn In Med ical Science, an entirely Kuwaod positively attpctive Kutnedy for tbe speedj and permanent Cure of Semi ; Dal Emissions and Im potency by tbe only truo vway, viz: Dirwct Application to the principal Seat : of the Disease, act ins by Absorption, and exert inn ' ice fpecinc influence oa the Seminal Vesicles, Ejao : ulatory Ducts, Prostata Gland, and Urethra. Tho ' , oss of the Kexuwly is attended with no paiuor lncon venleace, and does not interfere with thr ordinary pursuits of life; it is Quickly dissolved and soon ab sorbed, producing p n Uiimediato Eoot hi ns and restor ative enect upon tlxo sexual and nervous onraniz.-v-tions wrecked from solf-abuse and excesses, stoprnD the drain from the system, restoring the mind to bealth&nd Bound memory, removing tho.nimaes3 of Sight, Nervous Debility, Confusion of Ideas. Aversion to Society, etc, etc., and the appearanca of prematura old ago n'saLW accoriiran;. inn thi3 - --Me, and rwtorine perlect Sexual Vu:or, where It has been dormant for years. This nwlj of treat ment has stood t he tesG in. very severe ca c, aud is now a pronounced enccess. Drugs are too uiuch pro scribed in these troubles, and, a mau;-can bearwit ; nessto.with but lit tie if anypermaneatood. There ' is no Nonsense about this Preparation. Practical ob servation enables ns to-posiiiveiy guarantee that it 1U give satisfaction, jjurirur the eiftht years that It han been in general nsn. wc have thousands of te?tl- iponialsas to its value, and it is now conceded by the medical Profession to be the most rational means yet -discovered of reaching and curinfrthis very prevalent trouble, that Is well known to be tho cau -o of untold misery to so many, and upon whom quack3 prey with, their useless nostrums and birr fees. The Eeinedy is put up in neat boxes, of three eizes. J7o. l.tenouyli to tast a month.) S3 ; 2, fsuoicient to effect a per manent cure, mnless in severe caes;) S5; No. 3, ilasting over three months, will Et'ip emissions and ". restore vuror in tho worst oa?es,l S7. Sent by mail. sealed, in plain wrappers. Full DIRECTIONS ior IliilDg W rui i acconjoany EACH J3UA.. ' lets ts ai Vina Anatomiml J llitHtratitnx ' Mimiwii, rl;ieh tt-m eonrinrr ' diui Texltmott stimotiy, irteirh trill , the want skeptical tiutt ?, fan be the maxt eke netoretl to 'ert mf 9thuMf.att4i fit- fed for the flutiet nf life, name as if I never aff ected etnlil O.VH by HARRIS REMEDY CO. MFC CHEMISTS. Market and Stli Sts. ST. LOUIS. Ma HORSE AfiD G ATI LC PQ'Vi : V ----- Will fli-r.? i c .t .. i !pi . Ko Ilor.ss v.it Jic of li'Li--. K. ::s or r. It' For-.tz's lsrli-!3nr ucd !n t :n-e. I-,utz Fov;'.crs : i;r."j.n i lre cnl W- CrroT.Kr .; t .nv: Koati's ?0'-'l''rS in re:-- lite n.M 'nt!v cf t! aid crsra twaaiy isr ccnu. au;l nii-ko i:..-. buti.r S - F'jtit.i's PowdaivrU! r"-rP m P"e''erit alt.iott f Irn.f to vhli-li liors-s r.3.! Caah rr.s ;' t Kot.'s I'oa-baas WiLi'TK SiTisfACriox. ' tl J cvprvwhere. 5 V& Pot?. ' -.X mLXm'm ..mrn All! ura k x mix ; null nun -u i i ! WHITENS THE FIELD CAM!' BltlCfcS AND JlO.VlUS. n-' 500 llkt.no Or-am or lir.iid an-l iiirs forti.at must be ek. 1 out 1m ion. Cc. J A r. fa.-Ji. Down ami lalarwc v ted -j (JtjHbil Cdhii'.-. Oras,T-:'t''Arh.!i'.t : t l'!l!!i't. iflril ti ::. k.;, !.-til 'J in-.' :n . ) :- three nn.ti, us win pires OrtJjcr Int. J I ::v :i.'if aivi a-i veil ca iii.Tt. D.'l with i.Msli ill voi r h 111 I' but I n It mi In order to ehaEge business by the 1st f September next, we will effer from now until that time our entire stock Tho stock consists of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Keady Made Clotliiiig, Is'ow, don't pa33 by this opportu nity to secure bargains by eaying "they all sell at cost' but come and let U3 show yon that We Mean What We Say JBSTLook for the Red Sign, in the Brick j Store, ' opposite Parrish & Blackwell's Vv'arehonse. j I'll! YEAU d- JULES. Durham, N. C., June 21-tf .. : j; " . . : DIIBHAM umiture . NEW FIRM. We are continually adding to our already; , and doing all we can to - " IN QUALITY, STYLE m mil. If yen wish to buy Furaiture at prices never before heard of in Dur ham, j COME TO XJS BEFORE YOU JJUV, as wo charge you nothing for showing our goods. '"A hiut to the wise is Kufiicient." The wt ll-knowa THOMAS F. C'llKEK ia, with us and will take pleasure in Bhowing you goods. Jfer" Iteiueniber we are on Main street, one door below 1'avla' New York Cash Store. H. C. HERBB09 & GO. June 14,U881-3m i ' INDORSED BY PHYSICIANS, .GiERGYM EN, AND THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE. THE GREATEST MEDICAL -.TRIUMPH OF THE AGE. 1 SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LSVEf. TjQbs of pppetite,TJausea,bowels costive, t'ain intheHead.witlia dull sensation ia theback part; Pain upder tha shoulder Blade, fullness attr rating, with a disin clinatiort to exertion of body or mind. , Irritability of temper, Low spinia. lipsa of memory, with a f eelTng of fraying neg lected som.8duty,weariness. Dizziness, Fiutterin z o f thejHjeart," Dote befdr' the ' eyes, V ellow SkmriJeada'cfae, Bestiesa ness at night, highiv colored Urine. IF THESE WARNINGS ARE UNHEEDED, SERIOUS 0ISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVEtOPED. TTJTrS PILLS are especially adapted to such cases. one dose ett'ecf s suchachange of feeling as to astonish the sufferer. They Ini-eaiw ihe .etite, nnd cause the body to Talc o I'lesli. thus tbe system is n.urihet.anii by thWra-onicvlctiouoii tho . lireaMTe Oi-sasiK. liegruiar S(ol are pro duced. ' Price 25 cents. S5 Murray St N.V. TUTT'S HAIR DYE. Gray HAtBorWraBKKRs changed toaOiissy Black by a sintrlu upplication of this Dyis. It imparts a natural color, acts Instantaneously. 6oli by Druggists, or sent by express on receipt of $1. Office, 35 Murray St., New York. Dr. TITT'9, B4SI AI. or TalusMr Inruraatlan ! I'wfal Kce!pt will be milled HtjtS oa appUcatiw. CITI BARBER SHOP Having just opened a first class Barber Shop Over the turuiiuie eioi e of M. C. Herodon 4 M .,rri t "nu'sir HOUSE, I caused Launce Lm tue wors Lean- K i. ,N,,pi "!h?r- ndmu-ers. Handsome- bhe-j ww, ,TTn "rWpit l ""rMFT? PFPrP i witty. and chared nr, beyond compare; H'SMTSS .SrECIALaUiflfiifcii t-"- ;ljUt I;hVtr hU(1 M;y fcm,ugb to mink Store I Co., I rfujiectfully solicit tbe vatronage of the people of Durham. Krerythiug iu the neatest order and satisfaction guaranteed. July 5, 1881. i L, H, ELALOCK. A RIBBON. It was a simple thing to do so inuch harm-a strip of rust-pink silk and cettaiiilv harmless- in itselt. th tli:J.t tl.o warmest vx i'd btr rt-u lii-sj Sillily .that : ever in e a lit tuore: tf:aB wuidd re-.id jo' an pt-n book. If Vir- ? i u ; h. would wri'.t. bett en tee linen, S!1S C'!!t- ll!id-tVel:ty-. Tor tbre.i nioiili-s she dia been Dii.-.t.rfcss of (iraoty, a magn;lic:ut eld 11. 1,1 v it; hH' t nee. liie Ll'ca: iv.au ,! fef (.ulli;fr: it Granby hiid come to her. And there she. dwelt Villi h-r guardian,! Iir. Israel, her aunt Content aird a goodly train of -Kfrvaiits. Tlie . JieircSs oi Granby, being w ho she w as and what the wa-t, was toasted far and neat, and natural y would have become a prey to fortune hunters, but for one clause of her father's will. It had been the one "prayer of bis life, and it was his diDg request, carefully welded upon paper, that Virginia, then a child of nine years, ehould marry Lauu'celot Lisle. lie was his stepson, already a young man of character and weight. But he bad never lived at Granby, and .when Virginia, at 1G, met him, ehccould uot remember to have seen him be- fnri'. . , . ". :. . ' : It was cn tbo day cf her father's lun'.rul. Her stepsister bad been dead saveral years-, aud but for the sister of her own mother, aunt Content,1 she was quite" alone. Launce had a most imm diately gone bat k to L iiitlon, but he. had come to htr, shivenng in btr black robep, under all the excite ment, and said f ently, that he ft tired she would; be Very 1 ii-some that he w'shed he oull r, mi in at Granbj that h uiigLt be ot tome service to her, etc.; but briefly he was goLej aLd she had returned to 'schooL j At IS she was at iJranby .ig'ain, and, wit'j her guardian's approval and pemiL&l oversight, saw iiiiich company. It was bett-.-r she should sen somtthing of the world before choosirg a husband, he;said; and;sc, people argued she was not ecgaged to Launce Lil, though Virginia ski I freely that sL was so, utiiess i-lr. Lis lo preferred otherwise since her father had wished it. Whatever the truth mtht be, the fact seeiuedjo maKO ioi tune hunters at 'Jtat . lre quent. But oc fact, as I have s.-iid, was? p'tnt 11 if Pay ne untr liit ' id. Many argued the' p-rof oi b-r engage ment b om this; ot tiers ius'.iuctttfcly read anciiLer cause ia a cti;atu venial pin Uy of the g:rl a couulenauce when iu utter repeso. j Iu tiie play of conversation it was charmiuly vivacious aud taseiaating. Her crimson lips and soft -black eyts, tbr; white temples aud ra-riaut, color, helped make un a face which, when ftiliv Ket-n, c-u!d never be forgotten Ct-rfsdiiiy -JLauucH Lisle thought so. coming upon it suddenly, for another bi ii- w tjf-k of his life, on a hurried busiuessj trip to Ntw York... ' i ; It was just alter Virginia b cams legal y mistress of Granby. She waa spcsuliug tho' winter in the cty 'I s.iy, Lautic ,' Kaid l'ejton Lesley, 'you vid'se iur betrothed to-night. She is to be at Madame Hyacinth's ' Launce ma :e no reply, hut when he was alone with hi-. sistsr, a very swett woman, whom ho dearly loved, he asked : 'Do ycu know Virginia Payne, i Prue?' P.j .lira. Iloberts replied that she did. i Do you like her?' ; 'Yes,' said lira. Iloberts, with deci sion. ! That was enough. ' Launce said no more. But at supper Virginia's name was again mentioned. He heard then that she never flirted. i He was conscious of dressing with unusual care for the evening's enter tainment Belore he left the house he took from a trunk a photograph sent him by Virginia's father, some 12 years previously. It represented ia I, slight child of eight, with soft, dark eyes, and a wealth of dark, curling hdr. He had the pale' child's image dimly.in his mind, eoufuatd by tbje memory of the same at 1G a timid girl, trembling in ber black dress-i wheh, an hour later, he came face tf face with Virginia, in her flush of youthful loveiiitsa. j Mr. Israel, upon whose arm Bhe leaned, welcomed him" warmly. I ' We are going back to Graubv to- morrow, be ""bard, Come soon" and visit us, Laur.ce did not know what words he used in accepting this invitation--the petite figure in w hite and gold confused bim so; but he had armed late, and Virginia and guardian were already going, aud that waa. the tnd ot the conersiti n He mused over it, thiuking that the lady was simply, polite, and seemed indiiTerent t-impiy because she .was not so. At ight of the frank, sfeel blue eyes, the hrm,: whita brow? shadowed by riDga of fair hui", the finely chiseled mouth a't -ot whr.-.u sLe tcDjembered perfectly her heart gave a traitoroas leap and threatened so alarmingly to- go over to the 'stranger that she swiftly sum moned all her native caution. He did hot love her, probably perhaps ilever would ; and she was very proud. Even ber father's wish' must be set aside before ber rights as a woman ta be preferred solely for herself. V But Launce went to Granby!?- I hardly know of anything on earth that would have kept him from going. Virginia bad reigned mistress there only since the previous autumn, but her taste for what was artistic and beautiful bad given the interior of th great mansion striking charm, Lovely pictures It ant d frum the walls: agaua. eriiceful tiuurts in bronze and marble i but graced sbelvea and niches; floors had been relaid in polished wood,' and covered with rich &kic3 and foreign rus. Ana over tnis teautiiui Dome reigned a pn-sence the most beautiful b'j' bud ever ; een, Launc9 thought, lie t;iikt(i. and roJe and drove with Virginia, and she was swett and gtn" tie. But others talkeJ atid rode, and drove with her sons and brothers of her neighbors whom she bad kn.jwn ail Ln- life and sbe wsis twiet and ifcntle with thsiu. Thtre was-AUau Stuai t. Gudliev Grcv and the llaue. of- umtiwiee tetv.fcen htr trefttinetjt of tht-m atiii of Li in self. lie pondered 'tiie mntter at nihr, oa a feb?tp'e8 pilhnv, the ujoou loa'iriug tit him tbrou l the sicken c-u.'tairjs oi t tit w a iLoroublv muuly.M Gne day when they were out riJing Kvas Tom' Arlington, and the lady Vir with a piity of four olhers, he pro- gini it '-he -act of turning" toward the posea mating u cross cut tbrongu the woods to rind a whip whicb he had! lost tbeiH the day previous, and asked Virginia to accompany him. 'We will meet the others st the turnpike crossing ' be said. Virginia turned her horse's bead readily, all unsuspicious; but, when t(hey were hid auioug the balsamic firs, she suddenly became aware of her companion's manner. A sudden bloom showed in her cheeks; she be gan herself tbe search for the whip. 1 do not care a picayune for the whip. I. came this way, Virginia, that I might be alone with yon for a moment . This did not tend to make the soft cheeks any less vivid, but Liaunce did not notice. 'I want to tell you ometbing,' be went on, steadily, 'which you nave heard from other men, I dare say, but it is nevertheless true from me. I have never in my life seen a woman who suits me as you do, Virginia; and h ia not because of what your father wished and planned for us, but be carase of yourself. . But while you are beautiful and attract ive, there is noth ing wonderful about me; and though I don't know why you should marry me, I wish ycu would. Not because of your father's wish, either-.' He bad taken her hand, stopped the horses, and was looking into her face, with its downcast eyea and tremulous lips. 'Could you love me, Virginia ?' A dimple stirred the eoit obeek. Terhaps.' She never knew what startled her horse at that moment; but be shied at some object in the wood, nearly un seating ber, arid then flew like the wind down the path. Launce fol lowed unsioaely, but she bad rat ths'J others o; the p-uty-before he overtook hex-. There was no chance to ae her alone again that day, and the n;xt ha had set for his departure. But she bad confessed nothing, promised noth ing, aud Le. was, perhaps, less at ease than before his declaration. There was company to entertain that day-a:nc rig thy number Tom Arlington. L:iunce had often heard i him' spoken ct and did not wonder. lie was a singularly naudsome man. with a brilliant complexion, disheveled hair, curling silken beard, a blase air, aud: the tout ea.emblc of an artist Lauiice. looked critically at the rose-and-gold of Tom Ariiugtou's make-up, an Jf did not like him. This before he observed that his attentions to Vir- j ginia during tho evening vervfeiy marked. Si:e talked to him, played for him, sang Viiih him. Poot Vir giiiia ! So near fo being perfectly happy that sha dared not contemplate I it, bhe seized t;pou the first -pretest j for concealing her emoiioD. And j that 'pretext, unfortunately was Tom I Arlington. ' ".' "Alas ! Low easy the trcrld goqB wrong ! 'f A kiss too niuch or a nigh too long, s Aad there follows a lnibt and a blinding rain, And life is never the game again'." Launce rt membered that Virginia 'did not flirt,' and though he strug gled maLfully against it, his heart sank like lead before the evening w"as through. So you ug, so sensitive, eo susceptible to beauty and grace in others, was it likely that he would win her? No, no ! he told himself, bitterly. He knew how, alone and unaided, he had battled with tbe stern realities of life, how he had conquered the temptations of early youth, and worked, out o'f the hardest and most adverse circumstances, a pure and noble life; but what did that go for with this charming and petted girl, who had ever laid among the l-oss and fed on the lilies of life ? fche wag as JiKely aye, lar more likely to be pleased with the artist, Tom Arlington ! He rose early from the night's troubled sleep, and went down into the garden of Granby. The great golden day Idies were in lljom, and tha trees vtiled with young grefn. Suddenly, on a rustic seat upon the terrace, hs saw Tom Arlington. He was directly in his path; he could not 'avoid bim without turning directly back, aud so be wa'ked in and saw what Tom had in his hand a ribbon of piflk silk, with a rose worked in silver thread upon one end. Now it eh a need Skat Launce knew the ribbon vry welt. He had marked it knotted among the lace at Virginia's throat, and at sight of it his heart seemed suddenly to stop beating in bis bosom. Desperation made him quick-witted and unsparing of himself. 'You have found a ribbon of Miss Payne's ?' be asserted, with fine care lessness. No,' said Tom, laying it gently be tween the leaves of a book apon his knee. 'She gave it to rae " Launce reeollected again that Vir ginia 'never flirted.' He made no further effort to see her alone, but the next day departed from Granby. ! Virginia never guessed all this, but before Launce s very wretched sum mer had passed she began to wonder that she did not hear from or see him E.ebad gene back ttfE-g and, abe kpew that be wa3 to teturn to America in September at least. She could not but think it natural that he thould write to her all this time. But Lantca was far from dreaming of such a thing. He was tryinpr with all bis might to forget her;" be succeeded so ill, that at last be determined to visit Granby onco wh is more, una behold brr betrothed, if i not married, to Tom Arlington. 5 lie left bis 1" i'so at the gate with a ser vantj anJ came quietly on foot up the avenue. The red leaves of the maples coventor the ground made Lis steps sonnci! baaueaiy, atnoEjr tue dress, and a trees, h'i Isaw a rrray niaa's (iterant 1 .mugiug figure. The letter liued-with a downcast a"2d suilt.n f:iue, ayt.icst the trunk of a tree, Lii countenunce and attitude in titrong Contrast to his costly dress and .ir of a'T.leasure-seeker. 1 The man nousii. 'Niy jftt eaid, clearly, 'you cannot displaying the ribbon I eimply and unsuspiciously gave you as a book mark displaying it as a token from me you have acted a falsehood which will never profit jToa.' He muttered something. Forgave you ? No.! But I will certainly do my best to forget you,' she answered, and hurried away. - There Were tears upon bis cheek when Launce overtook her, but ber blush of delight burned them away, and bhe gave him ber hand. 'Virginia,' be said, 'I am here to repeat what I told you once. Will you say 'perhaps' again ?' 'No,' she answeied, with a deeper dimple and a brighter flush; 'now I will say 'certain.' .' FIREMAMC: HUMOR. A short while ago the city of Dart mouth being about to purchase a steam fire engine, and being pressed to buy a Silsby, sent out a circular to the various fire chiefs in the United States asking information of the merits and work of the Silsby. Chief Little, of the Griffin fire-department, showed us yesterday a pamphlet containing the replies to all the circulars. With one exception the replies were matter of fact, giving simply answers to ques tions. The exception was replies made by the chief of the firo depart ment of lloberly, Missouri, which we republish: ! 'What is tho population of your eity ?' 'Six thousand five hundred to seven thousand.' 'Is it hilly or flat?' 'jb'fcq npHncake soil muddy.' 'Have you iu use "a Silsby steam fire . I'i.'giae V Yts,- we use it at city officers' funer als, ai.-so to pump out a cellar occa sional y; hardly ever get it around in time for a tire.' 'Oi what size?' j 'Mfcdium. Eize iu dry weather, but on a n uddy night it is bigger than a house and as hard to move.' 'For how long have you been using it?" 'Five years, off and on.' 'Does it give general satisfaction?' 'Yes. Looks immense on parade.' 'WbLt'repairs has it required ? Cost or nati.ro of ' , none; cost, nil.' . 1 'Is it easily handled by men, with out horses ?' ' 'No! jYou just bet it ain't. I've been thtre.' . i 'Would you advise the town of Dartmouth to purchase oue ? Popu lation i;ooo to 5,ooo. 'No. Use bucket?, end trust in Providence and fire insurance.' 'What eiz-a would you advise?' 'Common, 3 hoop, cedar.' 'What is the annual cost of main tenance fcr engine and hose?' We pav engineer $15 per month and he acts as extra police, bingineer don't get any repairs, Hose don't cost us anything, stand them off for it. You will find it a great saving to pay the engineer in city warrants.' : 'Is there any other information you could give on the subject ?' 'No. I don't believe there is. We are. out of information and in a atate of Jqhronic inflammation. This town is strongly Democratic, and therefore water and water engines are not very popular.- Have you tried the Bell Punch yet?' Fw'eJd Alf: The' above informa tion is tendered 'without money and without price' only too hippy to ob lige you. Our fire company is a thing of the .'Sweet gone by, and by faith we can't see it at all.' Call agaiB some evening. Ta, ta McG. A wasp found in the Yosemite Val ley measured six inches from tip to tip of wiugs, and curried in its grip sisk a javelin three inches long. If tiat ovt-rgrown wa3p were to come East aud see how llutntly a wasp only an inch long can ascend the trousers .if t e m oil Krti? nrfl rt nt-n V . . . i 1C" oi i Bujsii ujv aiu inane uiiu , ,1 i .i . (lunfiA t ! t f . V n ' 1 (-. r if. ll-fm 1 ( 1 resrrrt-.T 1 lint it wasn't born a dwarf. When a woman burns k(r finger she cries a little over it, and keeps the burn in -good condition to show her husband when. he comes home, and get sympathy. A man in the same condition will stick his digit in his mouth, kick over the office stool, swear at the boy and forget all about it One is the effect of love; the ether of business. What does a woman care who wrote the declaration that made us free, so leDg as she can get a bustle for fifty cents ? How Long Man May. Live, It w.13 Prof. Hufelaiid's opinion that tbe limit of possible human life j might be set at two hundred years. ! This on tbe. general principle that the! life of a creature is eignt times the vears ot its period t f jrowiH. That hich is quickly foimtd q ;.ic;Uy per-1 h?F, :iud the earlier c:nijht devel-j opwn d cay t is reach d tue soontr bodily (-'hues. M'jto wouiea reaeh old ajre. than men, 'but iii-. ro men at- tain remat kablel-ne; vi; tiiii.n women..! at Some animals grow io !e v.ry old.- Horned -el1;.i is Uvsi hhorte-r. lives tban those ii'i- ut l i r., fi i'c .-. !o 1-! fti-r than iiu id. . u 1 ai.. Pint i hs h u-1 o ' I ger than tiiose which :n;abifthc air. j Tbe voracious p:ko ixi,ts, it is 'said, t to an ago f H,e years; tie turtle dred y? ; nu r it. or the gulden t agl huiiured P-tul U;ty id g o.l f r a hun r; ii'i-i among birds i ; Luov.a to have lived nearly two hundred Ve ira, while the sly said souil.-re crow i colics the venerable age ofa'centiirv. d'assiug ! of li e to man, and , . i i pasian, in tha year. 70, there were one hundred and' twenty-four men living in the limited aresi between the. Ap pennines and the Po of one hundred years and upward, three of whom were cue hundred and forty, and four over ono hundred and thirty-five years old. Cicero's wife lived to the age of one hundred and three, and the Roman actress Luceja - played in public as late as her one hundred and twellth year. , Coning down to more recent times, the most notable authentic instance of great age is that of Henry Jenkins, ot iorkshire, England, vvno died m 1G70, one hundred and sixty-nine years old. He was a fisherman, and at the age of one hundred easily swam across the rapid rivers. Another his toric case is that of Thomas Parr, of Shropshire, a day laborer, who lived to tbe age of one hundred and fifty two years. When more than one hundred and twenty he married his. second wife, and till one hundred and thirty he could swing the scythe and wield the flail with the best of his fellow laborers. In hi3 ere hundred and fifty-second year Parr went up to London to exhibit himself to the king. It proved an unlocky yisit, for, vio lating the abstemious habit of a cen tury and a half, the old man feasted so freely on the royal victuals that he soon difcd, merely of a plethora. On examination, his internal organs proved to be in excellent condition, and there was no reason why he should not have lived much longer, save for this unfortunate tasta of royal hospitality. Professor Hufeland's roll of centenarians includes many more remarkable cases, among them Rbat of Mitt! ;s ted t, a Prussian soldier, who served sixty seven years under both Fredricks, fighting mauy battles aud enduring much hard campaigning, and who, after all this, married suc- cessively three wives, the last: when he was one hundred and ten ytars-old, only two years before hi3 death. Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. By virtue of its age and value and previous associations, this little prayer has become a classic. It must be very ancient, for who can tell when cr by whom it was written ? Thousands, from the silver-haired pilgrim to the lisping infant, sit.k to nightly 'slumber murmuring the. sirrple petition. It ha3 trembled on the hps of the dying. One instance -was that of an old saint of eighty-six years,, whoso mind had so failed that he could not recognize his ovn daughter. Very t touching, says the relator, was the scene one night after retiring, as he called his daughter as if she were his mother, saying like a little child, 'Mother, come here by my bed and hear me say my prayers before I go, to sleep.' She came near. He clasped bis white, j withered hands, and reverently eaid : 'Now I lay me dov n to sleep, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep; If 1 should die before I wake, I pi ay Thee, Lord, my foul to take;' then quietly fe1! asleep and woke in heaven.' A distinguished judge, who many years ago died in extreme old age, said that his mother had taught the stanza to him in infancy, and that he never omitted it at night. John Qaincy Adams made a similar asser tion; and an old sea captain declared that, even before he became a decided Christian, he never forgot it on turn ipg iu at night. An eminent bishop, in addressing a Sunday School, said that i every night since his mother taught it to him when a babe at her knee he was accustomed to repeat it on retiring. , There is an addendum (by whom unknown) which brings in the Inter cessor, giving a distinctively Christian tone to the lines: "An t now I lay me ilwii to sleep, I nray Tbte, Lord, my soul to keep; If'l should die before I wake, 1 pray Thee, Lord, my soul to take, And this I ask for Jesus' sake.'' From another unknown source is a t , - , i companion prayer for mormng, which 1 1 J may oe readers: welcome to some ot your "Now I wfke me out of sleep, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to-keep; Jf I should die before the eve, 1 pray Thee, Lord, my soul receive, That ! may with my Saviour live. Amen." She asked bim what she should get for Supper, and he said he didn't care, so that it was a light one. But when she put on the table a plentiful sup ply f bghted candles be couldn't see the joke. . It was a funny little boy who, when he saw a dairyman feeding his eows salt, said he thonght they didnt salt the butter till after it was charned. A muzzle over a dog's mouth acts as a suspender to his pants. Tlie South. The average Northern man knows very little of the obstacles which have been put in the way of prosperous reorganization at the South, the real difhculties under which the houtnern peonla have labored we mean the intelligent class and those -who keep aloof from politics, and politicians as much as they can, and wlrose inter- csts are purely in a business way; both regards their own and tua country large. . At tiic time reconstruction was Gr- g'anized the general government bad the misfortune to send iuto Southern j cities and States men who had no I . . . character and no '-purpose, -except to secure the most dollars thtl they could, and men who were not partic ularly scrupulous as to the means they employed. It is not, therefore, to be wondered at that soniepf tho Southern people may have had reason to suspect somewhat the sincerity -pf the iNorWit:! n prior to iu1- Lu-. .-ants i irrmyBieans the average ! Northern manv and did not. represent! in any way tue .Northern hnsinpss mant nor the disposition of the North ern people toward the Southern. If the matter had ended here it was un fortunate enough, but it did not. These people, who were so fortunate for themselves to disgrace' an official position, to a very great extent either, formed or influenced public ooinion at the North regarding matters at thej South, and iu this way they have done' irreparable irjury to both sections ' injury whion has been brought- about by absolute and intentional niisreprs sentations bat it is certainly a mat ter of pleasure that, within the last twelve months, business men of the North have been carefully through the Southern States; they have a6ked questions, have investigated the au thenticity of statements and asser tions; they have looked carefully to ascertain who was makiog all these improvements in building, in manu facturing and mechanical establish ments; who owned and managed the banks, and how they were managed. The general answ er to all these inter rogatories has 'given many of the Northern capitalists much confidence, so much eo that they have invested in various enterprises through the South ern States probably several millions of dollars. t " When the writer of ihi3.was in R'ehmond, daring the fall of IS80, he was surprised to find that so much of the burnt portion of tha . city, which j was the very heart of the buriness of the city, had been rebuilt, and with a'class of buildings nob second to those of Boston or New York. ' It is s lid that Secretary Blaino sometime during tho past year was in Bich mond, with anew to some invest ment. As Mr. Blaine was driven around he asked who built' and who owned tfiat. building. He wa3 told the businc-83 mm of Richmond; names and Jacts.were 'given. After looking earcdally over the railroad and tteam- boat facilities, a3 well as the extensive improvements and changes which are going cn, it is-said that he and sev eral other N?rth3ru men invested sums raugiug from $25,o6o to $15o, ooo each. By ways of argument, this is of. more value than a'l the twaddle of sectional and political papers for the next twenty years. . . The city tf lbchm:nd, without doubt, is to bo immensely developed as a macufactmirg and transporta tion center -within the next ten years. There is not a city on the Atlantic h coast that has better facilities, that is really more central as to time and dis tance, and with the improvements (the Jcgislatiou'for. which is now per fected) finished, as they will be within the next few years, twenty-four ieet of water at. low tide, safe from all j coast harbor, troubles, with a half dozen railroads, centering as was shown us, within firo hundred feet 1 the general steamer wharf, in a union depot yet to be built, coal wharves already lining one side of the river, so that any kind or amount of coal can be had by calling for it, trunk lines connecting with the western water and rail transportation, a place with a very low death-rate in com parison with the population, there is nothing whatever to obstruct rapid progress in all industrial enterprises, or in those which partake of the na ture of mercantile aad eommercial, of which transportation is one.K The city of Richmond Is to-day trippling its facilities for water sup ply and tor fire protection. They are laying out a part of a hundred acrtp, within eapy reach of the central por tion of the city; it has drainage so that no trouble can arise by any ap proximation to a proper sanitary 'ar rangement; end, taken all in all, there is no place we have seen where manufacturers can with more ci rtamty locate than iu and about it. The water-power, which is readily ntiliz able. is in the very h?ait of the city, and to altncBfc any reasonable extent inside of -lo.ooo horses; and there is I no good reason why all these inbr- ests will not rapidly progress, and the matter ot tne ueepeting oi tue river wid effect only ocean transportation and iron ship-building, all other in terests can go forward with present facilities. And there is net a finer place in the country to live during the v.hoIa twelve months than in Richmond J)odon Journal of Com merce. ' Another well-planned attempt to take the life of the Czar has just been frustrated. Ah American cucumber was found in his morning mail. A Irm advertises "Bathing Suits." We knew that long ago. It suits the majority, especially ia summer. Tbe happiness or unhappinees of old age is often nothing but the ex tracts of a past life. ' u.- .- i GO TO iiVEinis i into s-BEflaitia. oU. "I .... If you. want somiethmf? good. Tber are selling lower than any one else for the same grade of work. GO AXI) TRY THEM THEY ALSO ASSOK KEEP MENT A LARGE OF COFFINS, CASKETS AND BURIAL CASES OF EVERYJ DESCRIPTION Always on band, that they will furnish at all times for less money than they can be purchased elsewhere, and ' PATRONS. . HOWERTON & BRO., i Maogum St. 'Durham, N. C. Something You Want. SOMETHING PEOPEfi; WILL HAVE That Good RVe, Excellent Wheat and Pure Corn Whiskey at Car ring ton's - That Old Applo and Peach Brandy, Champagne and all the Finest Winea at Car ring ton's The Largest Stock of Finest Cigars and Cigarettes ever seen in Durham at . - 1 Carriag ton's Polite and atteptive clerks always at their post and ice drinks of every variety served on j short notice. : H. U. CAURIKCJTOTV, Comer near the Railroad, Durham, N. C. WHITAKERS -AND PAPER BOX WORKS! 3d Floor Rirrgsbee Building, DURHAM, N. C. With a tew outfi of the best and I I IB HE I TO .MM , latest i nproved MACHINERY, pW TYPE, Xc, i, AXD A GOOD JiSSOETMEXT OF . Papers, 'Cards, Envelopes, Ac,' I am now prepared to execute car PHOPTLY - All orders entrusted to me, and respectfully solicit liberal patronage. TOBACCO LABELS, CAUTION NOTICES -AKD- Tobacconists' Pjrinfg GeneraUy A SPECIALTY. To those who bkve heretofore pat ronized me so liberally I extend many t thanks, and will $trive. to merit and receive their continued support. J. li. WIIITAKEU, JU., PROPRIETOR. ' - Cabbage heads are solid, which ia considerably more than some men can gay for themselree. . . " I - 1 i JL
The Tobacco Plant [1872-1889] (Durham, N.C.)
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Aug. 9, 1881, edition 1
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