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The News and Observer RALEIGH, a. A. ASHE. EsrroB SUNDAY- .NOVEMBER 13, 1881 Congress meets in three weeks. Guitfeau s sister is said io be crazy. Cannot the postal authorities arrange a pouch tp leave Raleigh for Newbern ? And?now let the people of Virginia Drcparc for the inundation of Northern capital. Virginia bonds declined six cents on the first news where will they go to? To the waste basket Frojn the Wilmington papers we learn thai the injunction proceeding to be- half of Mr. Matthews to prevent the con summation of the sale of the . Carolina Central io President Kobinson has been withdrawn, nnl that the sale will be com pleted, t I :- The Republicans have had possession : of the New York Legislature time out oi mind. This year the Democrats j turned the tables on them, and now say to the dis comfited' jobbers and nngmen of that cor nipt pa?ty, "Not this year; som.e othci som.e other I year." j . : j Oai Thursday an elevator ; fell, from the fourth story ot the Belvedere Hotel, New York, to the ground, the rope break ing. X number of persona were standing upon it, and were severely injured. Some, it is thought, would eertainly die. We prefer the steps. The Virginia Readjustcrs have pro claimed their intention to put only pledged men on the 'Supreme Court bench, men who are not to decide according to law ind the constitution, but according to ; their: pledged. Farewell judicial purity in Vir-: ginia's liighest court. ( The fusion or coalition movement which: the Republicans tried in Virginia, uniting their colored cohorts with unscrupulous whitesj was also tried in Mississippi', but there it failed. The , Mississippi Demo crat say to the Radicals, "Not this year ; some Other year." , i J j , ; Among the mummies recently dis covered at Thebes was one whose casing indicated a doubt as to its age, but on the i removal of the outer wrapping it was found swathed in its original bandages . and on its brea8t an inscription showing it f to beiRameses the Great, who lived ever so far back. j S-Th.e attorneys employed in the star i route cases say that they are going to , mend their licks and present bilk of in- ; dictment for the action of the grand jury; next ! month. They blame the district attorney, Corkhill for discharging the grand jury so as to prevent bringing the cases;before that body this fall : Corkhill,; it is said, is to lose his place. J It is announced- that in consequence Ul U1V UU11HMUU w mm .41 VI u jxiimi Hf Review of "recent articles" (Bob inger-.l soil's; apparently) D. Appleton & Co; have declined to act as rxutor Kice s publishers, after the close of the present year.; By the way, the editor of the North American . Review declares that Judge Black cannot rightfully find fault with him in ennneo-i $ ...L uiuvmiuu ot Ingersoira last article. He has made a lengthy ex-i planition that does not seem unreasonable.: I w -w - - fThe Star says that- Mr. Pi Blaxtens. who! has charge of the' steam fire engine 'Adrian's" horses, discovered a httmaa jaw-bone in the midst of a pile of bdlK-V a few days 6racc,rith i full sot of only; one of which was" in the least de cayed. It was examined by a professional gentleman, versed in sich matters, and pronounced the jaw bone of a yountmia about twenty-years of age, who had been dead only about three years, as indicated by the character of the skeleton. 5 The ballast in which it wai -found came, from some port in France, and is being used, on our streets. . t;..L4-g'-,i Te Constitution says that Atlanta: writers are in demand. Miss CannVMay Witt has just contributed aieiial'story to, the Savannah Weekly Nevo$, and this is to be followed by a novelette front the pes: of Miss Mat Crim. Why don't ouf South ern folks write more ? ..Is it constitutional modesty, the absence of ambitiuk a shrink ing from notoriety, or unwillingness to do mental labor. f ; A. paragraph says that Bulger never wrote more than tnree hours a day. After an early breakfast he wrote until ten, and that ended his day's work. In three hours each day one can accom plish a great deal Mr. Atkinson, in his Atlanta address, mentioned that the wages of a laborer for a single day would bring his supply of provisions lor the whole year from Chicago to Boston, more than 1,000 miles. In Massachusetts, while' there is $75,000,000 luveatea iq couoo mUlS, Were IS lUO,UUU,. OflOHnwAafcMl in U .-A ' detedir tUnnr. deposited in the savings banks than the sum oi Dom nut togctber. This is the lessen of frugality thrift and enterprise. Indeed, it is the deposits of the saving banks whichj supply the mills wfch the necessary working capital. ; : -tThere was a big real estate iransaev tionjat Crown I'oint, Lake oountv. Ind.. reoently. Mrs. Carolbe Forsyth and her nusoano, i oi. Jaeeb if orsyth, signed a. warrantee deed for an 8,000 acre tract of land owned by them, located about . four teen miles irom Uhicaeo. for which it : 000,000 is the consideration. The pur-T chaser was William W. Green, of New Jersey, who immediately gave a warrantee deed to the East Chicago Improvement Company, the consideration being $3. 000,000. V --Dr. Wm. A. Hammond has expressed a Very strong opinion regarding cigarette fmoking. He belieyes that cigar sxnokmg is beneficial to adults alter eating-, or. when th labors of the day are over, but the use Of tobacco in any form is highly injurious to young persons and women. He says parents f hould prevent their boys - from smoking cigarettes, which are worse than cigars, as tbe paper absorba th ninin The effects upon growing boys arc to de stroy their appetite, stunt their growth, injure their voices and affect their memery. f-The new ' Fontaine" locomotive, lo run with a double set of wheels, making 95 miles an hour, has aot stood a i Satis factory trial. Experts declare that the damage to the tracks is greater than the economy in time, and that, while upon a 'perfectly straight road the locomotive might make a splendid performance, it is not adapted to tbe grades and currcs of the Pennsylvania road. An officer of the jomPany adds : "Now, for instance, we fake an engine of the kind known is 'long fegged loco. No. 10,' hitch on ten cars and ltart her off. Away she goes, swinging around curves and climbing mountain aides, and giving the speed that the .builder calculated in his model. I doubt,: if .trie Fontaine engine could make any kind of time up a mountain side with one car. and I should feel considerably alarmed in a fwing around a curve behind the new ma chine. You can rest assured thatsuch a pfyle of engine will never be adopted on this road, and I do not think it will be Wanted in the West, for it could. not run Against the heavy winds they ; have on foada out there." - y; U ' The naval advisory board recommends the building of forty-one new navy vessels, twenty small gunboats, to make ten miles an hour, ind the balance very lare ves sels of etoel to run fifteen miles an hour. We think it would be better to have some Md-fashitfned sailing frigates, and some light, smart gunboats, capable of ; making Seventeen miles an hour, leaving the heavy nd costly vessels to be built hereafter. At present we have no need for them, and fntU the present contract between prp- jectiles and armor defenses is determined, I it would be unwise to build larger' vessels that might answer no good purpose. ' idanono has been interviewed, tie says : "What a struggle it has been ! Just think of what we have to contend against, le aristocracy, society, the church, .the bondholders and all. What a struggle, And the Republican coalition did not work as smoothly as it ought" There is a good deal of candor in that. He admits that even society was against him. He was a Header of a movement at war with all that men hold dear in our civilization, and he so ac knowledges. What an outlaw and out cast he must feel himself to be. 'fie says that the United States Senator to be chosen Will be either Riddleberger or Wise, who fe believe is the son of Henry A. Wise, ePttca0 j I Whrw the Democratic Congress last year passed a bill reducing the rate of in terest to three per cent, and relieHng the tanks of certain taxes, the Republican Readers raised a great hullabaloo' - over the matter, and declared that the banks would byrruined by such legislation. ."Indeed, &e pressure brought to bear on ; the Pres ident was so great that notwithstanding it was apparent that a three per cent bond apuMbe floated at par, he vetoed the bill in the interest of the banks. Mr. Windom, tb.e Secretary of the Treasury, 1 subse quently extended the bonds at 13 ij per cent. He now claims that the Demo crats were wrong, and tries to show that things are better as they are than they Would have been under the Democratic 3j per cent. bill. He says the difference in interest between 31 per cent and 3 per cent on the debt is only 2,&)7,HUU, while the taxes proposed to be repealed are $8,676,699, and that his plan; is bet ter, therefore, by $5,777,899 tun the Democratic plan. That, ho were r, : is specious reasoning. These taxes come 4 V tha ' m Jc, WKU the banks, and are a charge upon business. We are, therefore, unnecessarily taxing biasness to pay the amount so unneces sarily raised over to the bondholders, ilut afart from that, what has become.ot the cry raised against the Democrats that they were oppressing the banks when the act result of the law would have been about seven millions of dollars mofe bene Beial to the banks than the present ; ar rangement, according to this Republican Secretary? Oh, consistency, thou art a jewel. ' ; A SINGULAR question is presented in Njew York. There is a law there forbid ding a Judge to hold office after he has atlainetT the age of 70 yean. Judge ,Pp&r, onej of the Judges, thinks that he wtll attain that age in 1882, having been korn aeoordlng'td Msjremnection, in 1812. He, therefore sent in his resigoation to tale effect December 31, 1881. j But some one having found an old family bible in which the birth oi the Judge was set down as- occurring in 1810, the: Demo crat conceived that the office was already vacant under the law and ran a candidate for it The Republicans in like manner made a nomination, but their nominee hating learnt from Judge, Spier, that he was born in 1812, took his word foUod withdrew. A--Mr, O'Qorman, the Democratic nominee, was thus elected without opposition.. lie will apply for induction into office, but the Governor wiI probably hold the elec tion a ntitKty, and appoint some obe else I M conicst oyer tne ww v7 termjuod by.the finding of a jury as to whether; the entry in the bible is' to be believied pt whether Judge 'Spier's . recol lection u ue better evidence of the of Jus birth. ' 1 We suppose that almost any man wqb know pretty much when and where be was born ; but contemporaneous enlries in family bibles ate very good evi dence. , . S ' .iV'i 1 in ' . ;.- :Iw the Charleston Courier we find a very excellent letter irom Atlanta descrip Tive of North Carolina's exhibition at the grand Southern fair. It is signed J. 0. H., and would make two columns of this paper, 1 be writer devoted himself ctusivery to pur woods and wines, and pftf posed in lis next to speak of "the 4gr'tcul tural and manufacturing resources of the good, old North State." We will make some extracts herealier. Also in the (Jn cinnati Enquirer we find a very interesting leptcer concerning North Carolina, 4'part of which we hope to print in jour next issue. The Comtif ution also devotes quite a long editorial to the display made of-North Carolina woods and productions, indeed sb many good things are being said about our exhibits io the leading papers of the. tin ion, that we feel much regret at Cur inability to copy them. We cah only make our acknowledgments of such gen eral appreciation and feel happy. i It is suggested thai the North Caroling Press Association shall attend the AtJ lanta fuonvenuon, and to tnat end tbe isecretary is now in communication with tbs bilroad authorities seeking to arrange for transnortation. If a favorable reply be obtained, it is likely that a special meeting of the Association will be called at an earlv da v. The plan will doubtless be to assemble at Ohirlotte and ge in a body from there to Atlanta, remaining in the Gate City about three days, which would give amole opportunity to vLdt the fair. We anticipate that the call will be for, some day towards the first of December. Regularly twenty days' notice s ncccpsary before calling a swcial mectin", but as this mooting is uot for purposes of busi ness we presume the violation of the by laws; in thus respect will not be regarded as a serious offense. Let us prepare to go and see this wonderful display of Southern products.1 Baptist State Convention. Winston Leader. FIRST PAY. The North Carolina State Convention met in its fifty-first session on the 9th of November. Rev. N. B. Cobb, president, called the body to order, and Dr. Skinner conducted the devotional exercises. A brief and appropriate address was then de livered by the president. A committee on credentials was appointed, and reported nearly a hundred delegates in attendance, The convention proceeded to the election of president The tellers announced the election of Rev. N. B. Cobb, president. The committee reported as vice-presidents: J. C. Scarborough, Rev. J. B. Boone and Rev. J. A. Stadley ; as recording sec retaries, Wm. Biggs and W. L. right ; treasurer, B. F. Montague ; auditor, T. H. Briggs, Jr. The following prominent visitors were invited to seats in the convention: Rev. Dr. J. L. M. Curry, of Richmond, Va., president of Foreign Mission Board of Southern Baptist convention; Rev. Dr. F. A. Douglass, of New York, corres ponding secretary of the American and Foreism Bible Society. Rev. Win. Bca- vins, of New Hampshire; Rev. Dr. W. H. Mcintosh, of Marion, Ala., corres ponding secretary of Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Conven tion; Rev. U. W. Thomaspn, ot ooutn Carolina Convention. Tbe introductory sermon of the convention was preached by Rev. Dr. T. & Skinner, pastor of the First Baptist church at Raleigh. It was a great effort, and, though occupying more than an hour in delivering, was followed with marked attention by the congrega tion. SECOND DAT. The committee to whom was referred the propriety of making the treasurer of the convention a bonded officer, recom mended that he give a bond of $10,000. Mr. J. E. Ray, corrponding secretary, was eallcd upon. He spoke of the im portance of having a large supply of books, maps, lesson helps, &c. Rev. A. C. Dixon favored making Raleigh a central point for supplies. Organize chuvches first; wea want no school unless under the direction4 of some church. The des titution of Bibles in Western North Carolina, he declared, was alarming. On motion the whole matter was referred to a couimittee of one from each asso ciation. Thv president announced the following committ 3ea : On Presidents J. E. Carter, A. C. Dixon, P. Oliver, J. K. Faulkner, C. A. Jenkins. : To Nominate Board- of Minions C. T. Baileyf" J. A. Stradley, E. Frost, J. B Richardson, Tbco. Whitfield. To Nominate S. S.'Board J. M. Heck, T. G. Wood, F. P. Hobgood, D. G. Woodson. To Nominate Board of Education C. E. Taylor, P. A. Dunn, J. A. Munday, A. G. McMannaway. OirObituarics Theo. Whitfield, F. II. Jones", E. L. Davis, E. Dodson, R. A. Patterson. ; Items from the report of the Sunday school lboard: Sixty-seven new schools have 'been organised j during the year. Number of schools at last report, 650 ; present' number, 692; number of attend ants, ;48,000 ; contributions to this work la Various ways, $7,300.01. : There was pledged for State Missions $3,400, and with this there will be raised by 'associations enough to make this amount about $10,000. The committee to nominate preachers for (the next session reported as follows : Introductory sermon, C. A. Jenkins ; H. A. Brown, alternate. Missionary sermon, J. E. Oarter; J. B, Boone, alternate. THIRD DAT. The report on education wi s read, being the, special order for j the hour. There port was full ot Tacts and nures. JS From 1830 to 1840 the average number aided annjually by the board was two, now there are twfaty -three. The receipts of the board for the year have amounted to $3, 4GS.C3. This is in advance of anything that has ever been done by the Baptists of North Carolina in a single year. Fifty seven new school houses have been erected in one county in the past twelve months. Upon this report interesting speeches were made by Prof. C. E. Taylor, Dr. Skinner, Dr. Pritchard and Dr. Carter. The report of the board was adopted. ; Report of committee on Sunday school board was adopted. The committee ap pointed to consider the report Of tbe Sun day school board recommended that the board raise sufficient capital the coming year to purchase and keep on hand a supply of Sunday school literature, books, maps, papers, etc., La order that it may furnish our Sunday schools with (ho literature, : .! l. t ii- without cost to them, the destitute places within our borders. Recommended that churches take up stated collections in be half of their Sunday school board. The evening session was spent in tbe discus sion of thin subject. One thousand dollars was raised for this board. Boston has analysed her drinking-water, and the Globe of that city prints a map of the result, which is quite an interesting menagerie. A mong the animalculae shown we recognize the skeletons of the mega therium, the glyptodon, the ichthyosaurus, the plesiosaurus, and the pterodactyl, all Of which lived before the flood. The veg etable matter brought to light by the microscope includes what appears to us -to "be a' broken cart wheel, a section of stove- pipey a prize beet, a clothes-horse and an oki saddle. We are not surprised that 'tie temperance party in Massachusetts is Wking progress backward. Nor.ittovm Herald. ; TVKKOROFAIR. j AaPnttre Success Bejend all AnUeJpettooe-. A Large Attendance and KxhlblU I BpeciM to Thk News and Observer f 1 Our fair at thn place, now m progress is the best of all the exhibitions held here, The appreciation of the public is made evident by the fact that on Thursday i$ was estimated that 12,000 people were o the grounds. No fair ever held in North Carolina contained so many fine horses;, thoroughbred and otherwise, for show and for raring, as the grounds contained 8 stalls and they were all full. i President W. S. Battle, ol the Kdgej combe Agricultural and Mechanical Fair Association, formally opened the fait, making a good speech Senator Rinnnm delivered one of the best of his many eloquent addresses, anil electrified the people. Edgecombe can beat aH the State on fairs. The attend ance was large to the last, with no abate ment of interest. X. j Helping the Party. in the days gone by a Detroit sheriff who had made a close shave of being elec ted, had the ill luck to lose a prisoner from the jail. The fellow made good his escape to the country, but the sheriff over hauled him about eight - milesj out and drovo him under a barn. The prisoner was captured and yet he was not If bo could not get out the sheriff could not get in, and threats had no effect on hint. In this emergency the officer j called out: "Say,Jim." j I Te." "You know I had a mighty close shave getting -this office?" "You did that" j "Well, I'm laying my pipes for a sec ond term. If I lose you I might as well hang up. The opposition will hold it up in letters four feet high, and hundreds of men in ray own party will slip my name. Do i you bear me?" I "I do' j "Well, I ask you to come out, not ex actly as a prisoner going back to jail, but more as a patriot bound to stand by his party. Come, Jim. "I'll be hanged if I don! t!" replied the prisoner. The judge was agin me, my sentence was unjust, and I hate your jau, but if it's going to help the party and crush the hydraheaded opposition out I come!" A Cae or Conscience. " A citizen of Detroit entered a Michigan avenue grocery the other day and said lie wanted a private word with the proprie tor. When they had retired to the desk he began: T atinf malTA confession and repa- ation. Do you remember of my sugar here two or three days ago?' a. niuaaw w euavu buyiqg "I do." f "Well, in paying for it I worked off a counterfeit quarter on the clerk. It was a mean trick, and I come to tender you good money. I 'Oh, don't mention it," replied the grocer.: "Bui I want to make it right." , ! "It's all right all right. We knew who passed the quarter on us, and that afternoon when your wife sent down ja dollar bill and wanted a can of sardines II gave her that bad quarter with her change. Don't let your Conscience trouble you at allit s all right. A Tar fleel on Post. It was a North Carolinian at last who weeded the row at Yorktown. There he stood as sentry in his butternut clothing, with orders to let no one pass without giving the countersign. One fellow ap proached and sought to pass, but the tar heel came down with his bayonet and de manded the countersign. The fellow han ded out two or three old countersigns, but the; would not do, and then he showed fight and said to the tar heel bedurned if he wouldn't pass any way. Then showed the grit in the old tar State. The sentinel throwing down his gun began to shuck his coat, saying as he did so: "I won't shoot you nor I won't stick ye, but you ainter passin' here without me to whip!" and at nim he went with his fists doubled and in his shirt sleeves, and the stranger retired in good order. Some of the Dan ville Grays witnessed the whole thing, and regret that they didn't find out the name of tbe tar heel sentry. Who was he? jReidtnUe fime. i : j Behold the Printer. He is Hunting for a Pick-up of half a line. He has been hunting for Two Hours. He could have Set the-half line in twenty Seconds, but: it is a Matter of Principle with Him never to Set what he Can pick up. Tne Printer has a Hard time. He has to Set tvT all nicrht and Play oedro for the Btser all Day, We would Like to Be a Printer were it not for the Night Work.- Dottier 7WZne Primer. 1 ; ' i ' r . Mr, Chas B. Wayman, Erie, Pa., writes : "My physicians had given ttie up to die.. They told me my lungs and liver were kll decayed and gone. I was very weak, pate and emaciated. By obanoe I saw Brown's Iron Bitters; advertised. I immediately realized that without iron in the blood, life could not exist With trembling anxiety I sent a servant, vho procured me a bottle. I must have taken it with great faith, for almost . Immediately its beneficial effect. Soon all dyspeptic symptoms dis appeared, my lungs grew strong, pains in tbe region of tne heart vanished, my urine became free of sediment, and in a word I have regained perfect health. Now I feel ab'e to thrash the doctor that attended me. and really believe I ought to do it." - I -. ' - 'SW ' Folks who don't think the Lord can see the hole in .a punched quarter ' dropped into the contribution-box have no paitlo- clar reason to go to church. On Thirty Days' Trial. We will send Dr. Dye's Celebrated Elec tro Voltaic Belts and other Electrio Ap pliances on trial for thirty days to young men and older persons who sre aitliciea with Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality, etc., guaranteeing speedy relief and complete restoration cf vigor and manhood. Also for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Liver and Kidney difficulties, Ruptures, and many other diseases. Illustrated pamphlet sent free. Address Voltaio Belt Co., Marshall, Mich. oct 28-ddtwlf Under the head of "Short Stops,! Chicago paper fells how a man stopped in jail for three months. They haven't much idea of time in Chicago. Deserving articles are always appre ciated. The exceptional cleanliness; of Parker's lialr Balaam uaket it Donular. Gray hairs are Impossible with its occa sional use. A CAROLINIAN ABROAD. j "ImpreciloBi ef TraTel-lBtarviAnl lieinln- lecsacaaor an Ocean Voyage. - We publish ecr-a few days aioGS kn Inter esting and vfvd deecriptioo ofa tolir abroad, as gath;d from A. W. Haywood, whose trip to foreign lands the past sum mer was so fu'l of pleasant incident We now give the conclusion of the Interview. Desirous of ascertaining some facta as to the mattei of travel, tbe reporter asked : How are the facilities for traveling in cities in Kurope? Very good. There are omnibuses and atreet-cars-Hbe latter are called "trams," and both are "double-decked " that te. they have seats on the top as well as in side; jaunting cars, cabs, hacks and han soms. Tn Loudon also the "Underground Ilaiiway," wr ngly so called, for it runson the level, Over streets, over house-tops, over bridges, upon embankments, in fact, everywhere above as well as undeiground. Fares are regulated by law, but drivers always demand extortionate prices from strangers, and are a merciless set In ad ditlc n to tbe legal fere a small amount is w iBtiu tare a buibii uiuuu i. is pected as a "pour boire." In Venice tbe iy conveyance s tbe gondela, which is a ex oniy conveyance s tbe bo very cheap, and delightful mode el travel ing. In what respect do the railways and railway travel differ from ours? With the exception of a line or two in Switzerland, the eoacbea, which are called "carriages" and sometimes "wagons." aie generally divided into distinct and narrow oompartments, ranging in numbers from lour to eignt for each carriage. Bach com partment contains two seats, extending from side to aide of tbe coach and opposite eacn otner, so mat pavengers sit face to face, those on the ont seat riding with their faces in tbe direction in which tbe train Is moving, the others ridinsr bark wards. The com Dart merits are entered at each end through a door in the side of the carriage. Tbe doors open outward and tbe upper half or each la a window, that lets down into tbe lower part of the door at the pleasure of tbe passenger. On each side of these doors is usually a narrow window. The door fastening is a strong spring knob on the outside, and on tbe continent, in addition, there is on tbe out side of the door a kind of metal latch. which drops down into a catch. Upon the on tattle af the rinnra i rttm tha nliu Ja tne m Parent, as -First Class," I class compartments seat nix or eight pas ovwuu -'imra i;uw." iuo ursi sengers and are elegantly upholstered, havlog arm-rests, and often ihead-resU, racss ior Dafgage, silk curtains at the win dows, Brosseil's carpets upon tbe floors Tbe second class compartments seat eight or ten passengers, and are furnished simuariy to nrat Glass, tnougb not so ex pensively and are far cheaper. In the third class Vie seats are plain, deal boards, ub cushioned except in tbe through trains for long distance, and each teat holds five passengers. These have luggage racks, sometimes curtains at tbe - indows, but no carpets nor arm-rests, w nen a ooacb contains only third class compartment. tnese are onen separated from each other by partitions, wbioh extend only Half way irouj tne noor t tne celling. Kacn com- partment is lighted by means of alamo placed in the roof, and. over whiich a shade oan be drawn if desired. In E glaad you will see compartments labele t "Smoking," (permission); in Uerminy "Nicnt Kan cben," (forbidden); in France "Fumer" and "Nen Fumer;" in Holland "Niet Roeken" (forbidden). In England one of tbe porters will paste on the ' indows of a :com partmont the label I'smok'ng" very frequently when so requested. Tbi is now law, and tbe passenger Can indulge bH habit, and is expected to reciprocate in the way of solid thanks. Each coach is numbered, ana tne traveler an uld care fully note tbe number of th carriage he is riding in, when leaving tbe trail at any of tne stopping place", e:se be will nave some difficulty In rinding hi compartment, so much alike do all the coaches look. A'l passenger- trains are aoompanto t by a gurd or conductor, whs is always -u fjrmed . Tbe fares in England are: For first el as"? six cents per mile, for second class fou cents; for third class two cents. On th continent they are much ckeaper. In mot continental corn tries and. also in and collected by officers at the stati ins, the conductors having notnlog apparently to do With tbe in. They generally one coupon tickets, as with us, for long d stances, only they are in tbe shape of a little b -ok. Bnt in Italy tbey have one ca led a circular tlcket-an invention of the enemy. I pur chased one frr mv Italian tour without having examined it. I made a note of it after using- it. It bad 73 lines of condi tion 4, averaging 14 words to a lice, printed in very small type and required innumera- oie tmngs to oe oone by tne bolder, among th"in to be stamped at no le than 7 dif ferent cities, ome of which I passed at midnight. A violation of any of these con 1 . 1 : 1 . m f I . . . 1 . Jk nnn. uiuuvh woras a lorieiture oi we uci S makes you liable to pay 3 times the lar fare and subjects you to all the and penalties set forth, in section 65 railway police and eouT'v act, confirmed by royal decree, dated October 31-t, 1873, jm. it87, series i. ur course i didn't Know what these penalties Were, but naturally supposed tnat tbey were of a fearful and a wfol nature, and congratulated .myself that',! was not bung, at least, before getting lidsf it . On tbe continent tbe departure of trains from stations is controlled by large gong- Dei is rung joy electricity, or py $ne guard wno diows aaarge tin or crass norn, or a ram's horn, at small stations, se-metim- s by tb ringing of a. band bell; la Britain by a small metallio whistle blown by b conductor, or Dy a oeu. in ureat Briuin and France the passing of trains is at the lert, wnicn is tne case arso ex wagons in cities and In country, but pedestrians-! projecungoui rrom eaeo lower comer; pf, tne jrame two in iront:and two in tbe reap Iron rods or arms about two feet long, the extremity of the outer ends be ing ; disk shaped, the inner ends being in some way connected wlita. strong; springs, yvnen tne cars are attaeneato .fretbety-'the disks first come In eootaet at 4 tne coaBUng is made of two so art chains fastened to a screw and nut, by which tbe two cars are drawn tightly tegether, the dtsas being in1 contact ana tne springs in tension. r The whols train is thus litesmJly one continuous ceacb. all coaches anDear. lng to start and atop as one, and there is no jar or pitcmng or rompiBg. j i ne trains are iar less noisy nan oors. the whistles are not so tond dot 'sounded so lbng, but are very SbrWl sound like of thelnv and some of tbeni have roofs with ovur openings in them, which are covered wHh caavas Jin. rainy weather. Tbe engineers and dremen have little protection from the westkerl Often only what corresponds to tbeuprlght front portlooefur engiaeers' cabs, having windows in front. Tbe loco motives look curiously-abrupt and un finished, in front, because tbey- have no cow catchers, only ths projecting: aprlng bnffeid.' By tbe European system1 pas sengers eannot be made happy-: by 'the presence of tbe "peanut boy." , ( . -How about the railway stations Tbey are called "s atlons" in the United KiSgnom, 'bahnhofs'" in Germany, sta tioaes" iu Italy and "gareV or "stations" in France; are generally finely appearing building', being substantially constructed of stone, brick or iron, and often elabo rately ornamented, some of them having extensive glass roofs ever tbe tracks. Many of them are rendered .attract! va in summer time . by well cared for flower gardens at tbe sides, and some times the name of a statioa is eown in delicate flowers amid a bed of green grass. Flowers and evergieaus abound at the hotels also, in the balls, ou tbe dining tables, Ac The eating and waiting rooms are divided into classes also, like the oars. Tbe tioket offices in many places are still called "Booking Odices," an evidence of the intense conservatism of the people ; In others "Bureaus," each class ef tickets haying its own special bureau. -Generally passengers are unable to gain access to the ears until a few moments before the de parture cf the train, when ths gates are opened aod tickets Inspected. In Britain, tne station platforms are long, ana are built up in a substantial manner, as of 1 1 ne or atone .and earth, to such a height' that only on short ateo is required to be ' attached to the carriage ueaeath the doors sinejt asdr tneir speed, is oou. Many the' freJgu 'ears a mere open platform wagon, witrf large coverings thrown in erder to step directly into the compart ments. Passengers are not permitted to cross the track, unless by the elevated or the "ander passage" ways. Ojd tbe con tinent, the station platforms -are low, as with ua generally. UposKtbe arrival of a train at a station, the porterjt who are always minicioirw) has'en -4npen the carriage doors aud ask if t hire is any lugaase to carry. Hacks, fcabs and 4mniDusa ahouaa to wait . seiigers, but there are no express de livery wagons or transfer vodya.ni(s, as with us. Iiis about fatal o Qiice appear Damc-stri-keu and uu rtainj amoug a o ,dy of idle poi lers or cabbies. You ue"er seo "hoiel-ruopar" iu Europe. Tbe meeting an J parting of friends 6u the con tinent ca'iuot .extend lieyoud. the antey rooms ol the stations. The baggage car ii called the "baggage van," and freight ac commodation train is called la "aoods "i train. - mey nave no "check lag system for baggage, and the traveler must look after bis baggage at the dineront stations. which i a source of endless perplexity to an American. The c- nseoneahM Is that most Europeans tray el with only such - . . ?ft5,e "tijcHi carry Inoompartmento "i6in- ? TUCKER HALL, - f- FOR ONE NIGHT OLY Wednesday, November 0, 1691. Engagement of the foremost American character actor f 1 Milton Nobles, and bis fan 1 ties supporting Come ly Com pany, p-"seuung toe unique .American Drama, written by Milton Nobles, entitled THEPHCHNIX. Played by him over t,a08 tlmss. An American tlay by an American au thor, correctly interpreted toy ? American actors. , PRICES AS USUAt. Reserved seats may be secured at Heartt's Drug Btore. TXJ CKER H-A.Jl.T-rr A WELCOME STAR IN RALEIGH ! The Great Comedy Success of the Past and Present season. Monday Evening, Nov. 14. Engagement of th greatest Comedian and Character Actor of theAge, SOL SMITH RUSSELL i In bis famous creation of TOM DjLLOWAY, injb t$ own s iew American comedy. In fou awts,' entitled I I i I f ffPfftXAn Hfl r QIkC I O - - w - ..w supported by bis own company of TALENTED DRAMATIC AB'lISTS. "The play, the star and' the t eoirjoanv bave made the hit of the season in this city." Ci7icinnati Enriuirer. . $ 'ridgewood f olks is n ling the Park Theatre nightly, anl Sol tsmith Russell has bee i me the talk of the lownf-N. Y. Herald. i 'No such actor and no such acting bas been sen in this city for several seaons past." Scranton Republican. f- Frices of admission-! 1 00, 75 and 50 cents -Sea.scan be secured in advance at JUeartt's Drugstore. NEW INVENTION. prAxnrras rcxa Uza, 1870.) YMGM,PETTi&CO. An open THE LADIES The brflllant, faftclnaiing tints ofLCoraplexion for Which ladies striTe are chiefly arti ficial, and: ftHirito will take the trouble may- secure them. Siese rxweat;bwitchlng hues How the ose f Hagan'g Hag ftolU Calnv-A delicate, harm-. less and always wliwloarucJe. Sold yall sirulstg. I The Ibgnollallalrii conceals i Tery blemish, remotes Sal- jowness. Tan; Redness, Krup , ilons, ail evidences ol exeit- inent and efery Imperfection. , plUeffecttfate immediate and . iu natural thai no human being can detect' its application." I ; M.-l '"7i, . ri . .,; ...v aier VarnaM City property. BY VUELTUS otthe powers Cxintalped In j avdead iif trmtih)mLI.MlIUUug ton and Hal lie, his wife so me as trsetee, registered in book 60, .at page 67, of tbe Regiater's ofllce of Wake county, to secure certain debts therein" set out I will sell, at public auction, at tbe ourt house door in Raleigh, on SATURDAY, the 10th day of December. 1881, at o'clock m., the trsot of land lying in the city of Raleigh, west of tbe Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, and about '260 feet north of U ills bora str?5t Beginning at tbe northtastcorqer of ionea and. Hannders sis; thence nearly porth alorg Saunders street 30 feet tor Isme atnet j thence nearly east along Ln street S49 feet; thence south 10 degrees west 818 fee ; thence sonth 20 degrees west US feet to J(onjB8 street; thence nearly west along Jedes street 149 feet to the beglonmg, eon tailing about twt acres. ' The. said 'land adjoins , fhe railroad for some dktanoe. There are two houses on iu . Terms of sals coaA. , " f , : .. . W E, ANDEtWON, nov9 dtdf Trustee. , . , i . r Notice To City Tax-Parers. rrUIE city charter requires all taxes to be JL' paid by December 1st. If not paid by that thne a penalty of one perl cent. - per month' will be added for each month the tax. remalna unpaid thereafter ", Call, aud settle.... A. D. ROYSTER, ' nov 9-lw Qollector. Fertilizers for Wheat. ' lbO Sacks Walton. Wbann a Co'aBaw Bone Superphosphate. . i . 100 Barrels Superphosphate and raadv lor immi ibite deliver v. I Potash, j ALSO ! i mom WlLLIAMLON & UPCHCRCH, Movemi er 1 188L M W .ADVERTISEMENTS. Ai R. LED0UX W., 17 Cedar 8t, New York City, Chemists' and Assayers, Make ANALYSES OF FERTILIZERS, Chemical., Mineral., Ores, Ac, Ae. FAR- y?-1,"" to PURCHASE FERTI LIZKR$ er --AGRIH.11,TBRAI CHBMI-UAia,andAGENTS-(leeiringourANALY8ES or our INSPECTION OF UOODS in BalU. more. New York or New England are invited to correspond. Faithful work and trustworthy reports guaranteed. og2 Andrews&Fenall GROCER?. We arei offering NEW MACKEREL in 12, 15 and 20 pound kits, and J and J barrels, very cheap. CORNED BREAKFAST BACON, FINE VIRGINIA HAMS, BALTIMORE HAMS, BREAKFAST BACON, N. C. Side Bacon ratals' BEEP TOSGCE AND BR0ILIS6 BEEF, H AX ALL LATENT FLOUR, PA TAPSCO AND SEA FOAM FLOUR, N. 0. FAM FLOUR. ILY IKCSjB AND IWEET POTATOES, ONIOM, &. September 11881. , . ' r I NOVEMBER 1, '81 EDWARD J.HARD1H, Eiucer Cordon & Ollworth's Goods It is not necessary to remind our cus tomers that the Preserves. Jellies. Catsups and Mince Meat, made by Messrs Gordon A Dilwortb are tbe best made, tor sale, in America. In 'the materials used, and in cleanliness of preparation; tbey are like tbe best borne made articles. I offer the following, of this season's packing, bought direct of the manufacturers: Preserved Wbiie Cherries,. , Limes, Pears, , , Quinces. Peaches, . Damsons, Rod Currant Jelly, Raspberry Jelly, Lemon Jelly Gordon fc Dilworth's Tomato Catsup, very nne; Gordon 4 D 1 worth's Best Mlnoe Meat; Gordon Dilworth's Olives On these goods my prices are the same as those cf Park A Tiliord and other New York grocers. Also cheaper Preserves, 'by the pound. Peaches, Cherries . i arrant Jelly, Apple Butter, c, made by Messrs James D Mon tfc Co. and of good aualttv. Cheaper Mince.ea Atinorers, i2Jo pound. per T a e & 6 lack well's ' ilckl s " Walnut and iiAurqQia CaUupJ Durksv Snlad DreNsJng(bes ), WorrestirSauoe J Mustards ol every description, Ac j IsRW BUtKWUEAT, Porto RIoj Molasses, bright, sweet; equal . ' to New Orleans, and better than. ny syrup. FliTE APPLES (to arrive Wednedy ; Winesap4t '. , I " Rome Beauty, v Hall's Seedlintr. 'It will pay fcfbuy apples by the barrel. I ' Frepch ' Prunes. In k6gs of about 140 lbs eacb,'or at retail. . Fin New .England Yellow. Onlona, at a ciose ngure dt tne twrrei. I t ' AS .' l,WI l ' : - . ' i- . ! I ' ' 1 ; r t f f lKH t '.' mm nnnntflfniir. i II ill' li t P A W's Broiled Mackerel and Tomato Sauce, in cans; P d W's Soused Mackerel in cans; ;. P4 W's Prise Mess Halt Mackerel, 6 lb ' cans;' . ...... Mackerel in kits, barrets and at retail. i Fjnt Cheese, best Italian 'Maocaronf, J'euris' H ams, 'tongues. Meats of all kinds, 4 adned Ooods, and all the staple iro- Tiaions appropriaxaa ine season. 2$ Kits Grayson county. iVa) Butter a - jd batter for all oookiaik Durooses. and . y many nsMoSa' ussd forLhs tahle. For sale close by the kit, 25 to io lb each. I The cs4efra5a.LuaclrM best of all plu Crsfckers, 1 'Soda BisCult, , - Mr asm f Inrxtr fnuiEAri 1 i LlOUOtt, Ac Pure and . metiiclnal reliable Lla oors and Wines tor. , andN-imify use. Whiskies BrendJ4s. Ale, Porasrager Beer, Ac. JlsT All goods promptly delivered in i partof tWfeVr. " i ryrrR-T any UxVcVy.- . J. HARDIN. i -3- '! Halts'via:waaltliV Vi DR. a.. C. WEST'S Kxb.v a Sun TasATMksT, a apeviao Sat iteiia, Disvinesa, Convulsions, JieryeasT Headache Mental Depression, Loss of Memory. Bneraav toitbcBa, raipotency, Isvolaatary fnisnoBS. Prstiature Old Age, caused by overexertion, self-kssse, or everjndajjemes, wajoh isass to B'aiirydscay and death. Ooa hex will ears reessi esses. Eaoh bex eoatalas sai Mestk'i treatisest. Ose dollar a box, r six boxes for Its dollars sent by mail prepaid m receipt of pries., VTe s-aaranter six "boxes to eve soy eaas. . With eab rdar fyed by as foridi Woaea, aeoompanied with.Ive dollars, w will end ths- parcbasei' oar writtea guaraatoeta retarn-th money if ths tisatasat dees not fTee i a curs. Gaaranteea issned by WM. 8IMPSON, Draggiit, Baleigh, N. C., Whole, aaleaad Retail TLgent. Orders by aaail wtfl reeslvs srempi stsestioa. tsekS8dtw 1 ' Coal. PRICES LOWER THAW C H BB beitght from any other plsbsV ill orders left la Order Box at Peeesd, Lee A Go's Drag Store, opposite . postoffiee, will be promptly tiled. R J HARRIS. October L 1881. ' ' oeU4m C. J. F R1EL, Sfloeessor to Jasv P. HATaa, ! Dxaxxa m Cotton, Bides, run. WooL Beeswax i . f y .-T - ; irm iwv. xaupw; oaeep, uosx ana vemr oaua ( na ttemr DkL&scult. thai rdier.7-jr gBa,ps73 Ola aietai. Bags, pnea irrun, waa, , "factory Waste, psper SaVlnga, Oly Books, so., .. .rfieUh . ioh, n. a iii. i'i, Oorrespondenos sollolted,
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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