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Tobacxjo Plant THE 1JXJR HAM ('i' ..-af?gviiif.'ili- rV VOL. -XIV.--.no. 22 PROFESSIONAL, K BOON K, f"7! CARDS. ATORSKY AT f DURHAM, N ' OfBc? in Di'iW. i.-.-i t- l. AW, C. next door to lVrson an1 iT, Tk. ,;'7,u8 m Ouiwre and VJort. Aug 20 ; ATTORNEY at iin . . . . AW. N. (C Oa Main Street. 2ii door belov always open street. Offi.-.e and patronage solicited Jcob A. Lo.n-u. ii oueu r C. SlltCDWICK. I Attorneys nnH r. . ',, . . wuiise.iorsat Law. Dt'KTIAH, N P. rm tice in the fonrf j r.r !.,.! . nd (',is- Apl 30-tf JOSIAH TUttNEB, orney-atj-Law, DURflVM, n c. w W FULLEIt. Attorney and Counseler at Law T DURHAM. N. C. , AMES B. MASON, Attorney at Law, CHAVKt, HILL, 0. ''' MA.NOUM, Attorney at Law, LAT BrVER, DURHAM CO N. O -Collections aud settlement of estates a M ernaltv. . -.. JOHN W GRAHAM. T1I0S R JI1TX. RAIIAM A UUFFIN, ATTORN EE YS-AT-L AW, HI LLSBORO, N. C. Practice -irrthe .iiinnt'et. ef Alamaiirr, Cas- ( Imrhatit, Guildford, Buckingham. Person ami Uranus. ; . " . :,, tr -W. GUAHAM, Attorney at Lav, . . ' HiLLSBORO, C. : Practices in the Courti of Orange, Person, A!Rrnanc,e, Chatham, Granville and Wake. Collection of claims a specialty. yi. L. B. HENDERSON, DENTIST, W-A PRACTICE OF FIFTEEN' TEAP.3-e DURHAM, N. C. P?st roforeneaa iu the Str.te tjivmi. All op raliong perfoiTned iii the latest and bust style, a ad as none but the b; st material will be used, ; A-irranU entire Batiilactiou. Chakoes Mou- BHATK. ' ; .SUJAVING SALOONS. WRIGHT &RSICK'J i SHAVING AND HAln DRESSING SALOON, M1IN ST., DURHAM, N. C. Work done in flrat-elas3 style; Clean toweln and bay rum for every customer. The best hair tonic for .sale. Illustrated papers kept for the benefit pf customers. mr20-tf Pomona Eill Nurseries. Applo, Peaoh, Pear, Cherry Apricot, G rap 8 vines, , ... , ' Strawberry, riowers, &c, &c , : -; (- Everything of the hardy clans usually kept in a flrit-clasa Nurserj- . 1 . 0 jrrespouden.ie solicited. Descnptivo Cata loizce free on application. I. VAN LiNDLEY, Proprietor, Greensboro. N. 0" TAKE NOTICE. " , A11 persons are hereby forewarned against . '. L. .tn ,1 r .if .if Vl.irUJlliel fT f 'TRESPASSING A7 ANY MANNER,! . 1.... 1., " C llnJS Sarah C. Vic .kera, M. W. Geer, E. R. Geijrt A. D. Markhim, B. B. Urojjdon, S. J. Bete ley F M Glenn, W. W. Hamlin, !- M, Cheek, J. J. Cheek, J. T. Driv r and F. C, (ieer guardian of Edgar Cheek. AU pcr f,ons bo offending will be prosecuted ta the full extent of the law without compromise. Sept. 1st, 1884. l'-:"R- MOTHERS mhATID! ..1? H ith any disease pe- 4. tlU VDlJUU cnliar to your gentle box? If 90. to yon ivs bring ti lings of comfort aud great joy. Yon cm- BE OU 11 ED and restored toerfect health byiiing. Bradfleld'S Femal8 . Regulator! It is a Special remedv for all diases per tHininir to the womb, and a..iy intelligent wo '. . .. n-r,y h.Taelf bv followini? the duec- tmn. It is especially enicacioii incises Of t Dressed or uainful meiutruation, in whites a i'l partial prolaps'is. It alfjrds immediate reliefaad oerinancntv restores the fpenstniai I function. A a reai-tdy to he used duniisr that c tied period known as "OuASiiP op Life. . tb s invaluable preparation has no nvil. SAVED EEELIfi; ! Itmr.E, Mclsroan "Co., G a. Da J. BavDPiF.uD Dear' Sir: I have takeu several bottles of vour Female P.egu'.ator for falling of the womb and other diseases ooai b ne 1, of sixteen ye irsuUu dins," and I really believe I am cured entirely, for which please accept my heartfelt thanks and most profound gratitude. I know your medicine saved my life, so you see I cannot opeak too highly in its favor. I have recommended it to several of my friends who are suffering as I was. Yours very respectfully, ' ilHS. W. E. ST2BBISS.V Oar Treatise, on the "Health and Happiness Of Womant mailed free. . ...,,' Sbadfuld BEaULAToa Co., Atlanta, Ga. .The Munok Iii. School. The fllowiug iucideut in a District School, described by Mr. Wi'liaui Pi t Palmer, of New York, Presi lt-nt of the Manbatten Iosaraace Company, in an address b f ire. "The L;tcrary Society, in StO( kbn 1'e, M us , Lis n i!ive boaie, will tak-i mffiv whosehea Is re now str( aled with ...silwr.y ha'rs, a journej back to boyiiood' an 1 e irly Ji?e:j A I)istri-?t Sclipol. not f:tr a.vay, .'Mid l rl;siiiri Injl.i. on.- wint'-r'-s day, V:is bnniinir: v, u!i it wr.iiicd iniis Of 'tbree-score mingle 1 irls u!i l boys -Koiul- lew uj.oti t'ni'ir t:ik.-i iiit-iit': !nt nior - on furtive i' b -nt: . TIik whiie t'lt- miistor's downwiU-l I iok V'as f;itiri';d on a coi-! ) k -WLen suddt-nly Ixdiin 1 his l) i;-k. Jf's, Hiwrjj itnd l'.-ar. i rou.-:in HMvck ! As 't ! :t lj.'rttiry fi!' hliss I.i l off in on ' trcmcu Ions kiss. Whjit'.s that V" tfiH st;ut!.-.i in ist -r .criui. "Tli:tt thir;'''ii little imp r. jjlii s, ;.';Wtli William 'AVili: iii, if V.u tli e -- I tliuw hi fa kith ShnfUnnuidi Penthe ! ' With frown to make n sbitue thrill; The master "thnndered. "ilitli.n-,. Will !'" Like wretch o'ertnt n in his truck, With" stolen clmtt-Is on his h tck-, Will hi.n j hi head in fiif and sham An 1 to tho nwful presence cam: -A freat, ren, bashlnl siniideton, The hut ol'all ood-natured fun. With fimiltj suppressed, and birch upraised The thr.-utener falte-red, "J"m amazed ' ' Th'it yon, my Invest pupil, shimld ' He guilty of an act so rtt'le.! Hefore thir.whole s t school) to hoot ! Wh;it evil gouius ut yon t ) 't ' ' ''Twas sin' horiielt', sir,'' sobbed the lad, "I didn'tjiitian to, he so bad, ' U'lt wh'-n Susan shyok her, curls, ?'' And wiiisper.cd I i.vas 't'raid of twirls, A And diiisn't kiss a babv's doil, I couion t stand it sir, at all, ut up and kissed her ou the snot. 1 i-iiOv l oo-hoo I o;i.;!it to not' 15nt, -somehow, from ti r l-.-oUs boo hoo I thought she kind o', wished me too. '. ' a glu i' or zion ky. iMiIUoiis ol" Cap ini l,ysii Idle in the iJiiuks. 1 1 1 k . DIEFEKKXT OI'IN'MN.s AS TO THE CAT Sr. AND THE IRO.SPIXT.S CI' A t'UANTJE.. 1 -ti itow' T rk"l)a"ijk "sntTISent 7 last Week show d a surplus on Land of $o7.dlv.y.) orer the reserve fun f require 1 by 1 tw to be kept available. This is the 1 truest accumulation ol funds iq the N. w - Y rk banks foi many yesrs. At the same time last year tae surplus was only 127,025 showing the increa e for on-? year of ho ie'le cap:ti! ou deposit in New York to b 3 $3i,2Sl),02o. What is to be d-on. with tlies accumulated mil lions i a qaesti in now exerci-iug the brains of naanvi-rs. This condi'ion o' t1 ings is no1; confined to Nw Yotk. B inkers all over the country- report idcr- as: d deposits and in Philadelphia the increase h is been proportiocat"?, anounti5g -s'nee ..December 31 to s -me' Ling like :).000,0i) : The bank statemeutLi'sued la.t .Holiday showed that t'ure was in the Philadelphia ban's over '$27,000,000,' or nearly $10,000,000 more tcau the aggregate capital of the b uiks in the Clearing House Association. . - Th-ma3 Cochran, Pie i lent of the (Jitaranfee Trust and 8afj Deposit C -imp my, said yesterday when a-ked as to the causi and iff-. ct of thesaceii mul itin of capital: , (' ; We must go back t3 1873, when the country was paralyzed by the pario. It took thre-i cr four years befo. e an adjustment of the difficulties brought on by the panic in the mon etary sysj em could be effected. The pori;icToM873 w s cau ?ed by overspec ul tion. Followiug that people be came more conservative iu their vn rturis and in 1S78 79 larye cr ps in duced a healthful fueling. THE BOOM OF 1879-80. "Tiiere w is then a rshort igo in the crops of Europe and our surplus was exported at good prices. ; There Was a large increase in the ba'anc i i f trade between Europe and America in our favor aud taere wis an abuudm?e of idle inony. AX thi i time the G veru- ruent tho jght it a good time to refund the Government ljan, wiiieh was d ne, and this p lying off threw a large ad ditional c ipital on the market. What was c died the 'boom' of 1879-Sd was a conseq jence. Prices were stimula ted and specula ive prices were un naturaTy high. Evin soaie stapks hka iron,; weat up to pheaonianaViy high tigur. s. -Than there cane a drj suuiai r, sKort crQps, aud w..ile thsre was uo comm rcial panic there w'as a irradud shrink; age. in' piices, whicl result, d in loss to holders, consump tion was great y reduced aidpracticd overproduction in manuf tetures wis the cbneequence. "But wh should this stagnation continue? ' N one can fix the end ol the present situation, but idle capital usually f 'ices a revival, aDd I sea no iva ox why the history of the past past s'jou'd be reversed. A Sx-EEUY KEViVAL FIlLDiCTED. . "There is uothiog in the sources cf the wealth cf tae coaAry unfavorable and I b lieve a rtVclsin is soon com- ia; Yoa may. f.sk wh-t efl.ct the ac- cumula'ion of c qv.tal nas upon tae masses. I will answer by saying it has a greater effect upon the rich than upon the poor. The shrinkage in val nq riccAfiions a rich man's panic," and the welith ot tho rich decreases more than the earnings of the poor. It ia ino speculative channels that cipittd finds its way, and the great deprecia tion in stocks and bonds has made in- PBMOORATIO vestors wary. The monsy is in the banks and ready to be used if owners had c nfidenfe in the ordinary chan nels ri invfatment. It is this doubt of nactudtin rValafs which retains them" . ' frILVER TIIE ROOT OF THE EVIL. Joseph Patterson President of the Ytsfern XitionHl Biok, took a view somewhat different from Mr. Coch r in. attrib ite the evil to the s'lver (j:'.-iuap;e bill pass d bp Congress in '78. ii pi -icing 82 4,000,000 of silver coin uimthe country :Vi.ry year, Congress s responsible f jr the e-ils of to-day :i;i ! the greit r on. s 'which threaten u-id whtch will be inevitable if the pre sent s stem is co itinued. I spoke oa t'jis subject at t'.'e couven'i n of b inlers held at Saratoga last year, aid; I saw then what has already come to pass. C ngref-s express dly beUbv ed that an ii crease in currency, hnther it weie degra led be'.ow the higLer t-t indard of value or not, woal 1 promote the ac'ivities of commerce, s'imulate madufact jred adinlustry, iuereasa the waes of lb raod gener dly make everybody prosperous aud happy.. THE RAILROAD BUILDING MANIA. . "As soon as it became reason ibly c.Artiiiu that the -silver, coinige bill ou'.d pasi now radroads; were map ped out and built." Compet:tion be auie lively and in the be'i f that there uu d be p!a ty of money -and stocks hi i bonds w.';uld sell readily at par or a lit de below sch mers organ'zed railroad cjmpan'es all over the coun try. Competition of that kind, when tiiere was no demand for an increase of railway facilities, brou-jht on the preseu t depreciation in values. Stock have "one Tim i-'-"t.T i- j jsrnijDts are scarce, lt iilroads which a year ag paid dividends ot nine per c -nt. no i pay six, and those that paid -tiutdler cr no divi lends are much worse off. I , TOKPOr. FOLLOWING EXCITEMENT. railroads of consequence are being built 1 3-day, and coaseduently interests d pen lent upon them to a great extent are suffeiing. The exci ta'ion of a year or two has developed a financiil torpor. The primal causa is; as' I sai 1, the passage and failure of repeal of the siiver coinage bill and giving us a dollar worth 85 cents. All uu-.viso legislation seriously aF'f.l the currency, and especiay degrad ing it, disturbs market values, unset tles th ; public mirid in regard to them! and embarrasses and restricts all in-! dustries. The substitution of a cur-j reucy of iLferior value in larger quanJ 'itv ior one 01 U'gner value ana more iiuiite 1 quantity, as a remedy for com- counted for. The latter number is mercial and industrial embarrassment ab0ut equal to the number attending and depression, is an exprrimeLtas school or phj sic illy incapabla of la A as civilza'ion itself, is temporary bor. in its effects, if it has any iu the dirtc- The census Ehows an increase over t:on of improvement, and has ever 1870 of about" 30 per cent, in popula- t been productive of dis is'rous conse- ueEcs 7 activity without stabi ' if y . " "Flooding tha country with a cur- ency 01 inferior valua excited the money market, whde it gfcve no sta- bility. The ventures which were orig- inatei by reason of the silver c jinage bill have proved unprofitable. Tne people who entered into them have suftered by the depreciation of the tocks so produced, and the hesitancy which governs them now when'casting about for investment- is traceable to the fa lures of prvious enterprises and investments. With a sound currency, worth dollar for dollar, the , present evils would disappear." a lack of,coxfide-ce. Charles S. L, wis, President of the Bank of North America, s aid : "Money is'lyiig idle simply becaaaJ the people lack the confidence to in- vest it The depreciation in etocs,, ol alii the laborers being engaged in the great investment of floating capi- that employnaent The mining popu tal, is one of the causes. It is true lation has increased from 152,000 ia that in Ph.ladelphia, as elsewhere, the bauk deposits show a great increase, People have becoma more economical and the speculative ctaze has suffered tothe beaefit of a hsalthier desire to be satisfied with sufficient ratherthan There are 1,88,9,000 ancler the head of incur risks in the Ipps of securing common laborer. The number of more. There is no distrust in business e'ergpmen in 1880 was G4.000, against circles, A year ago bank failures 43,000 in 1870; the number of law created a degree of'diatrast, but ihit ye: s 64,000 in 1880, 40,000 in 1870; has disappeard. Mony istasy and the number of physicians increased w bile a twelvemonth ago single papr was closely scrutinized to-day it is honored at 3 or 3. per cent, while a vear ao 74 Der cent, was charcred. J "O il. All values have gone down anl money nroDoru mately. Necessirily, when 1 . - - goods sell at 5 per eent less than they formerly did a corresponding smaUer c-ip tal is required to' operate them. The praet Crf has b -en to cut, and as the capital is not legitimately em ployed it has aocumnU'eii THE EFFECT ON THE I'EOILE. "What effect has this idle capital on the people, you ask? : It effects all the rich in their income and the poor m the withdrawal ot money and the consequent lessened amount of labor. It will not be continuous, ancl when the reaction comes everything will have a healthier aspect Capital is rIwavs seekinsr investment, and as -A.I--W-A."5rS .A. IST ID DUBHAM, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3. 1885. soon as owDers of money feel reasona bly safe the glut will ba itmoved." Stephen D. Caldwell, President of the Fideli'y Trust Company, said: "Honey has been accumulating for ' the last ten years and the unusual overplus to-day is due to the cautioa of the people, who do not care tt ven ture their wealth without reasonable assurance of its safety and some p-ofi. I have not studied the question rnucb, but I am of the opinion that overpro duction and distrust are the cau ; s an l that by the removal of thee a re vival of business will ensue " John Rommel Jr., President of the ilechanics' National Bank, said: - "I am not like a great many others; l am not nopeiess ot a speedy return 1 to business activity. AU agree thut the reaction will take place as soon p. the bottom ia reached and I think we have nearly reached it. It is unneces sary to go into the question of produc tion and overproduction. The f ic s exist and aie apparent. The surplus in manufactures is being rapidly work ed off an 1 with the growth of the cjuntry an I the demand for more manufactures cupital mu?t come "out of the dep ositories and s'imulate the industries while obeying the necess ties of the countrv." - " Then you do not b -litve the pres ent idle capital willl)3 largely aided to and the decrease in cifculAtiou ad vanc d ? ' " No. Capital will move when there is the demand for it, and the idleness new is due to the lack of demand. This is the dull season, and I conli deutly believe that we are on the verge of renewed activity." Ph:L Tunes. . Perhaps the most important sig nificant information presented by! Gen. Francis A. Walker, Superintend ent of the Census of 1880, is what he siys about tha occupations of the people of the Unit id States: The ceasus gives the number of persons engaged in giiuful occupations as 17, 392,000, or 47.31 per cent, of the total persons over 10 years old. These were engiged in the four chief lioes of occupati sn as follows : A 5; i . ul ur j, 7,670,000; professional and personal services, 4,O7d,O00; trade and trans portation, 1,810,000; manufacturing, mechanical anl mining industries, 3, 837,000. In 1870 the number engaged in oc cupations was 12,503,000. Of those in 1880, 2,647,000 were women. Tae number of persons over 10 years of age is 30,761,000, 19,3t'9,000 uaac- tion, but aa increase of 39 per cant. in tbe number enacred in occti nation. This increase ia number engaged in occupations over the gain in p.opula- tion is accounted for by the growth 01 the factory system. The lowest proportion of population engaged in occupations i3 in West Virginia an J Utah, namely, 28 par cent, and the highest in Montana, 57 per cent. The great grain Jstates keep down ihs proportion of bread winners in their boundaries. I'be percensage in the cotton growing States is higher, owing tothe women and children goiDg to the fields; in the manufacturing States the percent- age is higher still, owin to the eai- ploymentof women and children in stories, while in the mining States l 13 01 aa., Agriculture rema.ns the great occu- pation of the country, nearly one-hah 1870 to 234.000 ia 1880. Qf all in oc- pupation, 23 4 ptr cent are in profis- sional aid personal service, which in- eludes from the lawyer and Judge to the barber and common drudge. during thedecade from G2.000 to 8G,- 000. In 1880 there were 4,800 actors and 12,000 jouroa'ists in the country. Tue cumber of domistic servants is 1,076,000, an iuereasa of only 10 per cent., in- tbfe decade, although the population gained 30 par cent In 1870 there was one servant to every, 7.7G famili s; in 18S0 one servant to 9 21 families. Virginia, Maryland and Dcdeware leading all the States in the largest population of servants. Next comes the State North of them, al- thugh domestic service has decreased th re since 1870. Comparing our in door servanfs with England's we find that 1,287,000 are in-door servants, there, exceeding the agriculturists by 0 per cent. that is one person in every twenty-two is an in-door servant there, while here the proportion is one in forty-seven. X7NDER -a-ll cmctr 3y; stances Bill A'rp's Letter. OFFICE -SEEK I Na. Iam afraid I a-n g-tt;ng behind. I d n t know that I wut an oifi bat I d. n't like to sea them all gobbled up in such a hurry. I think I will wr.ta to Mr. Cleveland 'to set as:dc about hVif a doz n guo 1, fat ones. fol ic e to fake choice of when I wnke up .By tuiad. I was rumir.a'ing ov r two or three that woi.-ld p-ty pivtty wed, nn I 1 t me stay at lume most of Jhe ti-jK-; but there ar3 a dozen or rri-rt f oilers after them, and wli it wnrriw j m, i-,, t-i..y want mv h b t -et t jl gC.f a letter mosfeverv dav fr- n! ! oaie stiriGg De-aoora whoh-is beei- wurkir r f,,r tlie ) ir'r for years and yefirs, and is just "obl'ged to t ave a oOiv-e. Icuj't goto Uuvn but whal .-ome fel'er Wlns me to si 'n a ptti- lio" I don't kuo w how m -.ny I havt f-ined for difLint ones for the same office, f r I like all the boys, ai d want them all to have a chance, so I sign every one they put at me. I reckob ilr. Cleveland will understand it 1 wish there was .a go d, fat office foi everybody who wants one, for there are lo's of clever frllers in this coun try that work don't agree with The -ii constitution needs an easy sidentar life where thjy can set around, an: smok, and talk, aud entertain thel! friends, and take on flesh, and accu mulate' tfjme "om bony pong" as the French c Jl it. I . dinire a good, fat office-holder. If Mrs. Arp en 1 I con; luds that I must have an office, I want one otthe kind tbey'call a sinecure or a sine qua non or a sine die or sometirms apu. An ofiiea with large pay and little ti a cheap feller to do the worki It would be a splendid thing for Mrs. Arp and the children to have ab -,u. $200 coming in every month. I think I would like that What a harmoniz ing effect it woul 1 have on domes'ic all iirs. The mony ome from the treasury, au I it seems like it d ui't cost anybody anything. Pab'io money is easy to spenl, and if a man, str-ab a 'ittle it dout se.m near so Lai as to steal from his nabor. My father u;e 1 to tell ab: ut old tiyr: Dade who rode 300 miles on his 'ii'r'.y mare tj g.-t an r fu.-e fro -a J. din Tyler. He was a frisud aud n-;b .ii- t Tler's father in Wtstem Virginia, and hal got old and p. or, and so hi hitehe 1 l is mare t'j the Wlifte-hoi.se fnc3 and went in -aid tjlu John how dy, and without cc-remony told Lio: his business. "Xw Johr," said h "rrc aud i-"d hI.i . t k m! it a 1 over, and he tul.l tus te you Lx uie u all ri :t. I wa-ii aa cfTn-e wit! ;;Oxi pay an i n- t' ing t a do. My ole 'oji-id what uf. d to giv -' you vicsr c ikes it dead aud gorie, yn i I h.l ub iut as leave be here in Waihiogt -n as any where.'' Looking out of ibe window he said: "I soe the old mare has go' loose and you had better step put and hicth her again, John, f r I'm power ful tired right no So Mr. Tyler thought all over the vacant offices, and finally made the Maj -r a warden of tho district peni tentiary, and he made the convic's a little speech when he took charg", find told them all about old man Tylei nd John, and how many milts he had' come to get an easy place, t and he wound up by saying that if thej all behaved and.put bim to no trouble it wou'd be all right all round, but i they got "to cutting up he would, turn the last one of them out of there and let them shift for themselves. But they siy that Mr. Cleveland means reform, and I'm afraid there won't ba rn any sinecures. The Dem ocracy can save half the expencs it they want to. They cai abolish about half the offices and cut down the pa of the othr, half to a living sum. Our judges get only $2,000, and it takes- $500 of ilia' to pay their traveling ex pence - But the tios'.tijas'er at It uu gets $3,000, and dent hive to travr 1 at a 1 I can find a dzen good men who would be glad to take k at $1,G00 t year. I know men in the ltovenue department who gets $150 a month who don't have but I'Vl to do. Tnere are millions upon millions that can be saved. Thev sav t'-jat there is a sur- plus of $80 OOO.OVO in the Tre isun now, notwithst&n lin all the &tea'ae an 1 all the eyT.tvajjinca. X aw, if wi keep up. the present t iriff anl cut down expences 50 per cent , I want to know what we will do with all th ; money that wi 1 liow like a stream cf gold in'o the treasury. That is what with a high tariff what reform do with the money? Well I reckon we ean divide it among theS'ate?, aid t ike the ytate .tax o2f the people. I want the Democracy to thin about that If! they want to do something thrV will perpe'rate their p.ver, let them re duce the State tax in that way. Why the could divide out that $80,000, 000 next 'year, and Georgia would get about a million of it, and it would pay all our taxes and leave a big sur plus to educate the poor, Well, I'm sorry for Mr. Cleveland right now, for he is going to have an awful tine in picking out . the' best men. They say it killed old General Taylir. It just wore him out; and I reckon it killed General Harison, too. am g!al that; Mr. Cleveland has got jo fatnil; I am glad he has already g t some experience in the .business. I am glad he is of a quiet, lymphatic temperament and takes everything oatien ly. Iam glal he is kind and lot vindictive, for I don't want him to do like Gen Jackson aud turn every body out. There are good men and ,'oo.l women in offica and where they ire po.--r and helpless I hope he will let them st-iy. But he will have to nake a pretty clean sweep down South, for the Repub.icans dident uave enough decent men down here t ) fill the offices, and they had to fall 0 ;ck on sca'awags and niggers. As a general tning they are a hard et;ck, again kept approving time and pres and we are 6ic'i of them. They are entiy I slept without interruption. the fellers who made the negroes be- lieve the Democrats wanted to put diem baik into slavery. They are slanderers of nnr npnnlft. and write ies for Northern newspapers." I shall rfinifi to flfl tbm down ftnrl nnt But our p.ople had better go slow ib3ut getting office. I am afraid they are in too birr a hnrrV. Tf tb.v ar in ; - -0 j . J i living business they had better keep it. In the first place, they will have to humble themselves in getting up a pe'ition or in importuning friends to uembers of Congress, and at the last not get the office. .Then again, most of the offices require a bond a good oond and security and solid men lou't like to sign such bonds for their lUji'flfiffillc'r 1 bond and he can't do it The first thing an ofiics seeker ought to do, it to find out for certain that li9 can give th bond. . A friend wr6te to me the other day for a recommendation, and wrote to him to know who would be lis securities, and he went round to see and found be couldent get any body worth h iving and so he backed iut of the busines 3. It is humiliating .0 ask and mortifying t be refused, an 1 even when a man does give secu rity he feels all the time a fear that his security is uneasy. So take it all m all, there is not much comfort in trice see' in g. If a man succeeds it xcites the envy of th"S9 who didn't get it, aud they watch him and talk about him, and a government detec tive comes slipping around, and if 'here is ths lea&t irregularity he is re oorted and perhaps removed. Why, t e Atlanta office has had 12 postmas ters since the war. Uneasy lies the head that wears a post oflir-e. If a man ge's an. office he has no security of keeping it more than four years, and if his party is beaten hd goes out. and if he hasn't stolen enougo to do mm a eai ua iwu, uC a, ia . 1 " - -v t (la on1 no mousy, na unw.w, no fitness for wori and 11 he couia aear like a telephone he would hear lots of fellers say, " Now, dogon you, go t j work and see how you like if When an office -holder has to walk a plauk there is many a man to l .ok n and glory in human misery. So, on the whole, I reckon I will stay at home and let Mr. Cleveland alone. Bill Arp. A Cow-Boy in a Sleeping Car. HOW HE OUIETED THE CONDUCTOR AND MADE THE PORTERS PRANCE AROUND. "Where do I c imp ?" he inquired, and was shown the lower berth next to me. 'That's my pigeon hole, is it ? All right, old son, just watch my motion .vhile I file myBelf away." At this junction he was desired to turn over his revolver to the porter, which he delined to do in a very spirit ed manner. ,; 'Old Dad' (his revolver) and we al.vajs sleep together and we don't want no divorce." he explaiue 1. The conductor remonstrated, but was ad is d not try to braid this mule's tail.' "This here's a sleepin' car,' ain't it ?" he at length icquired. "Y.'-s." "Well, whv in dou't you let people sleep then wh ra tU-y've paid an 1 gone into your gamy ? If you 1 are a'.ming to keep people awake and j want company, just dancji .to tae next car; there's lots of foks there don't want to s'eep, n hew, aid they'll b. glad to see you." The coriductor withdraw and my ; friend pulled off his boots and s'rtdch- td himself, with many comments in aL undertone on the poverty of the sur roundings. In about ten mina es the erratic rer- -t - son Lad his head out in the au'e. "Yay, you bey V to the porter. "Wc'l, sah." "Come a running." The porter drew near and was hand ed a pillow about as big as a pin cushim. "Take that goosohar thing away,'' CQoavanded the cow-boy. Don't you want a pillar, sah asked n nnr "That ain't no pillar and I don't want it no how; Pm afraid it'll get in my ear." ."After this, silence, and for a short time I slept. I roused up, however, at an exclamation of the part of my neighbor. . HoLt on there, my son, jist drap them boots. "I was only jest gwine to black 'em, boss." ' Drap ru.". They drapped. Just gwiua to pull them epura, I rccion'. Now, don't monkey around my cimp, taking things no more. If you want anything speak for it If you ciu't speak make signs, and if you can't make signs shake a bush- Yon ba 'r me.'' -"Yes, sah." After this silence. The wheels and rails again sang together and the car Rocky Mountain Daily News. Slightly Sarcastic. Can 7 wriie for a newspaper? h' eS they: Can if they want to. There is nothin& to stoP "J.bodj from wnn for a VP"' AUU Pala Ior Oh, ye3; there is nothing to stop anybody from being; paid for writing lor a newspaper. What is the ;be8t subject to write about for a newspaper? Ob, anything which happens to in terest you it is a sure sign it will in terest everybody else. How does an editor"like to have an a few moments to spare,! have dashed off these few lines in the hope that what I have ground out may interest yqur readers. I have not said on this subject all I could or all lean; but if it should prove 'interesting, as I hope it will, I trust I shall be able to say more on this aod other topics, etc'' The longer you can keep on in this strain the more will, the editor be de-1-ghted with your article. In what style does he like to have it written? lie likes to have it written in a very fine obscure hand, with lots of inter lineations and letters sprawled across each other,, and, if possible, on both sides of thepaper; and then you should call for a proof of your article, and when vou get it conclude to strike out every third sentence and put an other in its 'place, and when youTget a "revise you might rewnt9 the en- lire tiiiium uver niia.ui. w.k wan wane 0 - ii : : rri :n i the entire office happy and cheerful. Av hat will the editor do first after He will order a new club for you when you call. Win re do you generally put the Ion arfide8? Iq thfl wagte ba8kct Do von niav for triom? xt u l iu 11 1 j . No, but the old lunk man does. at -1 the rate of a cent per pound. There j . r is a wood nriftnior to mat a nom mnnnv o 1 o - J writing long articles providing you live long enough. What idea is born into the world with nine men out of ten? - . That they can successfully write for and run a newspaper. Where do most of them take this idea? Out of the world with them. Hash ! Hah! Delicious Hash! Of which that made of cold corn beef is delectablest Of'taters boiled and meat a shaie, Ghop-chop-chop with care. Add a jucy onion, too, . Chop-chop-chop it throngh ; In a spider put some fat, Pack the hash in rather flat. Keep it there until 'tis brown. And crinp upon the side that's down; On a hot dish turn it out, " Neatly jfence it all about With round pieces of fried bread, .Or some nice poached eggs instead. Or you needn't have either bread or e8" I've met plain, ungarniahed I aimerican hash, that, moved thereto by a deeply felt recognition of its ster ling qualities, I've offered my plate to at least three times during one meal. Free Press. Drowning Wot Painful. A good deal haa been written as to what the Penstiosis of people are sup posed tc ba wh,o ere drowned. The Nautical Magazine relates how a little girl who was thrown into the Thames, at Ke v. bv its nurse. exDlained the matter to a jary in her own simple way : '' I sank till I felt my feet touch the bottom, and then I fell asleep till I found myself wrapped up . in a blanket in the boat house:" She ad ded: "TUero was no pain beyond -he Ci ot stock of the water.'' It m&vj thua bo gathered that deatavJQj dri-wnnjis by no means .Vpfriutol one. or Tut The girls of MinneaDolia hav club with thd motto: " The lips that touch wina Will never touch mine." And the young man hare formed an opposition club with the motto "For. lips red with J Vie never will si " I $1.50 PER AMUU Administrator's Notice. Having this day qualified as Administrator on the estate of John -T. Thompson deoeaaed this is to notify all persona indebted to aid' estate to make immediate parment to me and all pen 00s having c'aims against said estate present them to me within thetim prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. May 13, 1885. W. T. REDMON, Adm'r. Justices of the Peace Take , rsotice. The Justices of tha Vexee, nt TWli are herebv notified tn mmtt with iko R,..ni n County OommiMiioner, at the Court House tn Durham on the first Monday in Jane next, for the purpose or levying the taxes of said county for the year 1885. By order of the Board of vuuuy uommiasionera, May 5tU. 1885. fASCHALL LUN8FORD, . Clerk of Board. This Celebrated Spanish Jack will stand the resent season at Brajrtown and Durham, 'ill be in Durham tmn Htnr.i.. . . then can be found at his stable in Braetown. D.U BELVIN, Bragtown, N. C. 15-tf. sALoos. CRO W I Proclaim the Glad Tidings! HO! YE THIRSTY 1 1 Tho Beat In Tha World I I COME AND DKINR. . ,, H -H PlHPTVnTriV iron Kin film. . . , ,. , , , T. . House, Beer Bottling Establishment arid Ice House in Durham. His Stock is IMMENSE, and as evidence ol the good quahty of his Liquors he sells more than all the Houses in Durham. When jou want a drimk that does , . J , , , , ?..., -VI ft a V A W n A Vk a WawV i-iw. ''rail . f"Z r"ZZZl7 J get vo UAititiiNGiajri a corner. o u wtuo. PURE LIQUORS of every variety, WINES, etc, in abundance. Be sure to call on S. R. CARRINGTON. Durham, N. C. ii Twinkle " THE . Glad Tidings. Crooch and Johnson PROPRIETORS OP THE ?raA! Man gum Street, - Durham, n). C. . ' - " Have just received a Fresh Supply ol CORN and RYE WHISKIS, j ' Brandies, iWines, FINE CIGARS, TOBACCO, &c, ka. dWe taT. recenUy fitted np ourj'l STew Bar - first-class style, and IoleepI.oa-rrffat',1', tnet personal at- goods. oaness, and promist 1 iii... . "wn to our customer. uooch A JolmsoB, Proprleten, Jim Crow . ... 1
The Tobacco Plant [1872-1889] (Durham, N.C.)
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