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s KINSTON JOURNAL KINSTON JOURNAL. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY OTJUNAI slates or ADvxKTisncoi AT. A. KINSTON, LENOIR CO., N. C, J. W. HARPER, Editor. 1 ta. 10O 1 U a 00 00 1109 400 IS CO ''50 00 3300 SO CO l UK UM MDO riCO 1900 uoo j 00 :i co mra Iml HATES OF SrBSCBIPTIOH: One Year .$2 00 Six Months 1 00 J. W. HARPER & H. S. NUNN. Proprietors. Independent In All Things. TERMS-12.00 PER YEAR. Coairacts lar adrrUmg aoc aay 1 lias t , t-r ai is cOr lm au trow VOL. III. KINSTON, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1880. Magistrate Blanks always em band. NO. 3. crra?y, Norta Cana. KINSTON el lUnfer. There's glory in the screaming blast, A b-auty In the floated tree; A mystery in the lake that's glassed With ice, and awe opon the sea; Enchantment on the far-off hills, A mufeic in the enow flake gale, Beneath the ice, the ringing rills, 8ing many a song, tell many a tale. I always kr;cw I scarce know why But knew that snpei human power Vs in the snowdrift, 'neath the eky, As wi ll as in the little flower. I knew it whn flrMt I saw the wow Lie V-Vf. :t lr id up:n tlic earth; ybfcn I fclt the gentle soulh winds blow, And newborn roses prarjg to birth. And I have learned to love the time When nature wears its frosty crown; The sleighbells with tlit-ir merry chime, O'er hills and valleys, np and down. 1 like to h ar the schoolboy's shout, The fpai kle of the lasn' ey e ; And murk their footsteps on the route list Jta?s Ixyond the winter's sky. A GREAT. TALL FELLOW. I; had known my sister-in-law Adeline Eliia in a d s-ultory way ever 6ince my fourteenth birthday June 15, 1S72 when I wr9 brought home from boarding-school to Ve present at her marriage to ray eldest brother; but never until that dreadful Fourth of July, 1877, had I had Hit- liifhf'st idea of her extra ordinary capability and endurance as a etory-teller. Nor do I suppose I should over have known of them our ways in lifo lying far apart had not Adeline Eliza's annual visit to New York hap pened at the very time I had my first serious quarrel with Gabriel llaviland. That occurred tho evening before the above-mentioned anniversary of the dchmtion of American independence, and was about dear me! the silliest thing. JHkiug" back, it seems almost Impossible to believe that we could have been so extremely foolish as to quarrel a we actually did But I'll tell you all about it, and you can judge for your self. Gahiir-1 had been reading aloud from Fouic English paper or other tht SUunlny Itiviiwit I remember aright an articlecniith'd ' Mothersnn-Law,'' an as he laid dawn tLe paper he said : " I fudy agree with tht? writer that tbt jokes many of them very stupid ones at the expense of mothers-in-law have 1 lM.cn ouritd i.uite far enough, and 1 also a'irt e with lier " " Or him," I suggested. "or him, that there are lots o; pleadid. women among them, but a1 the same time I must confess that l' prefer a Lome without a mother-in-law." Now I had been an orphan ever since I was five years f age and what pos scssed me to feel so angry at Gabriel' remark I cannot imane; but angry 1 was, and with flushed cheeks and flash ing ees 1 raised 'my head from hi shoulder of course we were engaged and asked, indignantly, 44 Do you mean to say you would not have liked mj mother?"' " Nothing of the sortj" said he, with a smile. I know I should have liked her. She must have been charming, to have had so churming a daughter." But I relused to return his smile, and with head very erect, went on: "But you would not have shared your home with herP" "No, darling, frankly, I would not." ' Then I would never have lived with you if 30U refused to allow my mother to be one of the household," cried I. "Ah, your affection for me must be deep indeed," said he, with provoking cooiness. "liut m spite of your touch ing declaration, my dear, I still repeat, no mother-in-law innxy house. I've seen too much of that Arrangement in my own family. A man may be a good fel low, and his wife's mother may be a good fellow, whilo apart, but bring them together under the same roof, and m nim ty-cine ca.es out of a hundred fire and guupjwdcr would be amiable com panions in comparison." "Other families might be better tempered thin your," said I, with an attempt at swasm. Mine might be." - "No mother-in-law,- my love," was -Gabriel's sole reply. " "Then no Caroline Brower," said I, tn a p?rfcct raw. " And what's more you needn't w.tit any longer. I won't o to our sister's. So there, nowP "very w'U" (why do people sav Very well " when they mean quite the contrary?). And at last, really pro voked, my lover seized his hat, and was Cone in a flash. Did you evtrhear of a sillier quar rel,.taking into consideration, as I said before, that I had no mother, and, as I didn't sxy before, Gabriel was also' niotlur'tff ? ; Tie bells were ringing merrily when I awoke the next m&ning (I had shut out ti e moon, and crhd niyselitosl-ep the night before), and when I drew up xny f Lad.- the sunshine came in as glo riously bright its though Gabriel and I Lad no: quarreled. But its brightness could not make me forget that we had. I was thinking ofit fill the time I was dres? ing, and wondering what I was to fio with myself all the long-, hot, noisy day. ' vV.-:-' It had been arranged a month before that Gabriel and I should spend the Fourth with his only sister, who lived in acharmiDg c. untry house in a pretty Connecticut village, and Gabriel had failed to escort me thither on the morn ing of the third, when, unfortunately, having a little time to spare, ne regaled me with the article on 44 Mpthers-in-aw." That reading, as I have already narrated, resulted in my staying at home. "I suppose," I said, bitterly, to myself, that Gabriel has gone, and that that Price girl, with eyebrows like interrogation points, will be hovering about him all day, as she always does ;" and I gave my wrapper such a pull that two cf the buttons came off, when Ade line Eliza came in. "Why, Carfline," said she- every body else called me Carrie " ain't you gone?" " No," replied I, shortly, resisting an inclination to make some sarcastic re mark on that most obvi jus fact. "Why not?" ' "Because I didn't want to" pet tishly and ungrammatically. "Had a tiff with Gabe?" (Every body else called him Gabriel.) And then seeing I would not answer, she continued, good-naturedly to do her justice, she was tfie soul of good nature " Well, don't stay mopin1 here. Take a cup of coffee, put on your things, and come with Gus and me. My folks are all a-goin' to meet at Hillside snd have a sped old- fashioned picnic. You know grandfather and mother and heaps of my relations live there. Hurry up arid come along." ? ? i And I hurried upt and went along, for, us I quickly! reasoned, spending the day with daisy-dotted fields, fine old trees, green hills, and an old-fashioned picnic would be much better, than bei'ig nearly driven crazy by cannons, fire works, smoke and boys. 1 Hillside looked cool' and inviting as we stopped at the depot, but my heart sank within me as I stepped from the train. I seemed to be so far from Ga briel, and the thought that the Price girl was no doubt so near afforded me anything but consolation. And now while we are walking sing'e file along the narrow sidcwalk,shadedby round old apple trees, I'll go back a lit tle in my story to tell you that a week before this Fourth of July a burglar had been caught in grandmamma's house. Adeline Eliza caught him, but unfortunately had been obliged to let him go before assistance had arrived. Since the eventful night I had heard aer tell how she " woke up, about twelve o ciock ' lius being away 1 it "feeiin'as tnougn sometnnr was gom a happen, and there stood a great, tall eilow, with big black whiskers, at the varer and how she " sprung for him, md hung around his neck till he begun o choke, screamin' ' Murder!' all the iaie;" and how he "got away, and jumped out of the back winder on to the (rape arbor, just as tie policeman came in the door;" and how ' he had a pistol, md if he could have got it out of his pocket, he would 'a shot me" (before Uiat dreadful day was over I almost -vishedhe had) so many times that I as as awearud a3 "Mariana in the moated grange." And when I heard Adeline Eliza begin, to a relation who had met us at the station, and in whose footsteps hbe followed, "A great, tall ellow," I groaned in spirit. Not that I had any idea how that burglar would pnr3ue me all day. If I ha bad, I 3hould have silently turned and fled, and taken the next train back to the city. , After a quarter of an hour's walk we arrived at the house of the particular aunt who was to be our particular host ess, and found her and her whole family awaiting us on the ample porch, while before the gate stood a large and comfortable-looking carry-all. Into this, after numberless hearty welcomes, we were helped, and in a few moments were upon the grounds selected for the pic nic. Peasant, grass -covered, undulat ing, tree;shaded grounds, with a little brook runnin? along at the back of them, glittering, splashing, and chattering in a most delightful manner. Beneath a grund old hickory which partly overhung . this brook I sat me down, and Adeline Eliza and several of her brothers, and a few of her sisters and two or three of her cousins, and her aunt, and her bright-eyed old mother, grouped themselves before me. " Isn't this lovely P" exclaimed one of the cousins. " Beautiful!" said Adeline Eliza. ;But I must tell you about the burglar ; never came so near being killed in all my life." I gently swung my feet over the bank on wnicti l was sitting, "l went to sleep to. it night awful tired " I dropped almcst into the brook below "but some- thin' made me wake up " I stole away on tip-toe " and there stood a great, tall ellow " reaching my ears as I descended nto a Lilliputian valley with my spark ing little companion. was heard from the ghost of Hamlet's father. Never saw I so bountiful a re past before and, truth to tell, it was a welcome eight, for, notwithstanding my grief at being separated from my Gabriel, youth and country air asserted them selves, and I was decidedly hungry. "Set right down here, CaT'line," called my sister-in-law, the moment I came in sight, pointing to a vacant seat on her right. I obeyed, unfolded my napkin, took a cup of coffee somebody handed me, said, Yes, thank you," to an offer of roast chicken, when Adeiine Eliza, with her mouth full of succota3b, turning to her neighbor on the left, re sumed the story which my arrival ap parently had interrupted for a moment: "A grsat, tall fellow with big" I jumped up hastily. There was an un occupied chair at the children's table. " I'll help take care of the little ones," said I, and fled once more. Dinner lasted about two hours, and shortl after a stalwart, brown-faced young farmer bashfully proposed a ag, or a 44 scup," as he called it. 1 eagerly accepted his invitation. Any thing, anything, I thought, to getaway from those 44 big black whiskers," and keep Gabriel and that' forward Price girl out o! my mind. Besides which, I was very fond of swinging. So in a few moments I was merrily flying up among the tr-ee-top?, and in another few mo menta a shrill, too well known voice followed me. I glanced down. Adeline Eliza stood .beneath an adjacent, tree, talking to her deal old grandfather. ' No, no, 1 didn't say black sisters," shei screamed; 44 black whiskers big black whiskers." And thereafter, no matter how high I soared, that wretched story soared with me." 44 1 gave him a choke," yrlled Adeline Eliza. S 44 No, no, not 'joke. It wasn't no 'joke,1 but a real burglar." 44 Let the cat die," murmured I to my farmer friend, and befojre it was fairly dead I sprang from the swing, and pre cipitately joined a noisy party who were playing 44 Follow my leader" with shouts of laughter that could have cer tainly been heard a mile away. Supper. Another heavily-loaded table, and people eating as though they had had no dinner. Adeline Eliza sat opposite tome. An elder sister, who had just arrived on the scene of action her car riage having broken down and tumbled herself and children into the dust five milts up the road, from whence they had all trudged, while pa" went to look for a blacksmith took her place at my side. 44 1 declare, when that wagon went to pieces," said she, 44 1 was almost scared to death." 44 Scared to death "repeated my slster- m-law, witn an accent 01 scorn. Gues3 it you'd 'a waked up and seen a burglar in your room, as I did t'other night" 44 No!" exclaimed her sister. 44 No no about it," replied Adeline Eliza, guiping down her ice-cream in such a hurry that her nose turned blue, and I shivered. 44 A great, till fel low" .1 started to my feet, plumped an open eyed, open-mouthed urchin into my M We'd take car of them nicely just around the corner." When, the party breaking up, Gabriel helped me into the carry-all. "Why, Gabe," exclaimed Adeline Elixs, "is that you? Youll have to sleep in the barn." And then, looking down into the earnest face qt a young nephew who sat at her feet, she said : ' Let xn s see. Where was IP Oh yes. A frreat, tall fellow" But what cared IP The spell was broken. I never heard another word of the story, although I believe she told it again to the very end, for my heart was singing loudly, Gabriel is here! Gabriel is here!" Harper's Weekly. cimnizErs qvaixt sayixob. a xoted dixtkitbtuauic zsn Chinese Fortune-TeUerm. Some of the Chinese soothsayers prac tice the divining art in the open street; . 4 1 T 01 aers, in rjetier circumstances, erect a small ttrnt, where, seated cn the ground. a smau laoic in iront, on one side a piece of carpet, ox which are placed in a circle the small ceestial and terres trial wands by which they reveal the secrets ol heaven, they await their dupes. This absurd and impious trade is the livelihood of a number of persons; the passers-by find these snares laid for them in all the principal streets, and in the avenues of the palace. It makes one's heart anhe to see the stupidity of the people in this matter; the very poor est have always some coin in their pocket with which to purchase some prediction or charm, although the sale of these is forbidden by the law; to tiiis imgularity, b;oTs-evcT, tho police axe blind. The fortune-tellers most in vogue are the' Bonzes, TavisU and Lamas, the lattex being the most highly esteemed by the court and whole of Pekin. We have found in the celebrated col lection Huang ming shi fu-lu, book 17, a general table of sigas, prognostics and announcements of tie good and evil for tune which is to befall the sovereign and the state. The preface to this singular work (written by the first emperor of the past dynasty) speaks of these merely a3 warnings from heaven, who is ever willing to pardon the repentant, and punishes with reluctance; this intro duction is so peculiar that we give an example of it: 44 Ground that lapses or sinks indicates a change of ministry and dispersion of the people. A sudden change in the hue of the sky generally signifies that the emperor is governed by women, and that his subjects have but little affection for him; should this change occur in the spring, it announces an unfortunate year; if in summer, sor row will befall the emperor, and the The London TrU advertised to give a prize of 3 3i. for the quaintest say. ing of a child. Several hundred con tributions were sent In and we give a few oft e most pointed : 4 As we were talking one dsy shout churches and their curious ceremonies, a little boy remarked that he had ttn a christening, a funeral, and a wedding. but he had never seen a divorce. Jack (aged four, takiag a walk) What becomes of people wben they die? Mamma They turn into dust, dtar. Jack What a lot ol people there mat be on this road, then. Tcttie I wonder why doils are al ways girls. Ton? Tom Because noys hate to be made babies of. A child eeeing pi bill on a telegraph post: "Oh, rr.antma, look! A niessae has fallen down. A precocious boy of six years, listening weari:y to a long-winded tn'e related hi a prosy relative, took advantage of a short pause to say, slyly: 44 1 wish th story had been brought out in num bers." 44 Little baby is very Hi, Charley; I am afraid he will die." 44 Well, if he docs die, mamma, he won't go to the bad place.' 44 Why, Caarley. how do you know thvt?" "Oh, I know he can't, mamma; he's got no teeth to gnash." Little 'boy, learning his catechism from his mother: Q. What is a man' chief end. A. His head! Girl (yawning over her lessons) I'm so tired ; I should like to go to sleep. Boy--I'll tell you what to do, then; get cp early to-morrow and have a good sleep before breakfast. A little girl, seeing two love birds bill ing and cooing, was told that they were making love. "Why don't they marry?" she'asked; 44 then they would nokmake love any more.' A fond mother said to her little son: 44 Tommy, my dear, I am going to give you a little companion soon; which would you prefer, a little boy or a little girl?" 44 Well, mother," replied TommT. 4 if it is all the same to you, I would rather have a tfttle ilonkey." A little girl, aged five, going to bed one night, and kneeling down to say her prayers, said: 44 Oh, mamma, may I only say Amen to-night? 1 am so tired." Wit 4 Uir's U li. 1H wlllcat jMWf.tH tax eirs, snd t22rMlfaaksaf. ! lived by the chase. la ferto Le was tall, beini jut six !t- His Ut was S po?ca. lis alsray drravi la rrT clulh. and nvJt his own t dlje. Hs was the owaer ot tsajsf cotlf 1 tilt treat:: firm to Lira by cumber ol tLe "Minil pH'B'ers." a socifty ol w.tl Lra l5 LLIaca. wbcta L bad of ea raided la the wii ! U Mueroe axi Northampton tuntl, aad oTer tht fame rrglmi of tht Moosio axd Poooao mountain. II was a gralu. warsa- LeartM mta, aid alwajs ready to rtlaU hi adventure la the wLd swamps ci the Keyston- SU'.f. art sttiitma re mm lairl Uta. Jerry Greening, a noted hunter ol Piks county, P, started oa a hunting trip, a short time ago, aad a-'ter he had been rone aa unusual length ol Use several of his neighbors grew aWrtctd j and started oa a search. They at o. In tht direction Ukn by Jorry, bat the coM an't !xkre soon drave tbea lm k. an J tt.e; spent the night in arous ing all the men within tn rai'cs and in orrani':ng a searching party. Atdsr. light the titrx morntng the party started for the bear i-ap, ai 1, after three or four hours of rapit marching, cam cu. or the vst ifde that jirroanii t-e treat name'es swarn? of Pike coucty. The doss were put on the ceot, and la a short time a yelp frtnu eae cf the hounds announce 1 a trill. T.i hunt rs followed the- do? as he plunged into the swamp. The intcnecoliha I frozen t!. m&nhes eo that a safe footing was af forded. At lat, in tha center ol tie swamp, on a little knoll ol land coTerM with spruce trees, the search carre to an end. Under the spruce trees lay lour larg bears, dead and frtzn. wi:a bloody gashes in their hides, and cn the moss scattered around hern iy the bloody kull, backbone ruid di j ..w.tcd skeleton of a man. After the fir! shock. was over the banters sc t to work to c x amine tho bones. They were sooa isSed that the boaes of Jerry Greening were before thrm. A part ol the losg gray beird he ha t worn still clunc to the head, from which th be: rs or wild cats had gnawed lbs ears, the noe, and most ol the fl'fli. A survey of the ground showed tkat Jerry had me, tho bars, and that in righting them he hod received wounds that caued his d at!.. Oneof the dead bears had bitten away a part of Jerry's right foot, and the ghailly fragments were still between bistmh. A wound in his 1 e;k showed that his grasp of the hunter's foot was fo1!nort4 Tnw a fll h!nw (mm the hunter's knife. Jerri's knife :.y on the w" trct V t&i. jM0eMfMS J!xs4f letsa. Jattnres of a more complex character frequently borar where acknowledge o. natural laws or forces may be crouxht into operation to a slat la scrocustitf . difXrc'.Ucs. Thus, a lew years ao. aa iron bridge ol considerable Jraftb. the weight being aSotit two hundred tons, was constructed In Eaglan, and erected In a remote part of Germany. By some mishap the bridge, when finished, was found to be so-n?ditnc "out " to cat side, an error which the proprietors In sisted soa.l be rectified. To take down aoi re-erect the bride wmiH be simply rain to the contractor. Bat ne cessity is the rao'.W of Invention, and so it proved la litis e-al. It was iaa mcr time, and the contractor t-roreeded to find the amount ol expsxsloa which was c in ied by the brat o! the son oxer the whole length ol the bridge. He text ascertained wLat eor.tractLm took place ia the 1.1 xht by coo'.icg. Artred with these ta, he thoatht It oUht be pos sible to bring the brlige tota prop-er positka la a few days. TLs bridge, of course, ia lis ordlaary rendition, n panded from the center, pushing Its two ends out war J, ft farther apart, and arsln contracting toward the ccn'er. Takinr advantage ol these coalition, i neend was male tatt lathe sx.rrlng. The Tat lent Jinn in the World. Caang, a Chinese giant, arrived in New York on an ocean steamer recently and was immediately pounced upon by c:i the newspaper mn. A reporter called harvest be bad; if it happens in the I at the hotel where the giant lodged and autumn, it means war; and in winter, I saw, sittingon an improvised seat ol two that the capital will be exposed to dis aster. Winds escaping from the earth with a roaring noise denote that the reins of government are in the hands of women, and that the emperor will be dethroned. Meteors in the air indicate perverted doctrine, insincerity in social life, too lavish an expenditure in the palace, and danger to the latter from an incendiary. Mountains crumbling away mean that the worthiest mandarins are removed from office, while pernicious Dlace. handed him mv" cake and ice- advisers predominate in the council. A cream, and rushed out into the old-1 shower of cinders is the sign of a cruel tashioned garden. Exgn there my evil I government, and defeat of imperial in spirit seemed to pursuifme, and I fancied 1 113 cricnets cmrped over and ovr again, 44 A great, tall fellow," and the treetoids and katydids joined in with "Big black whiskers, big blaek whiskers." "Oh, Gabriel! Gabriel!" said I, 44if you but knew what I have suffered, you wouldn't even speak to that Price girl, let alone play croquet with her, as I suppose you have been doing all after noon I" And I wandered about among the sleeping flowers until the crickets and tree-toads and katydids had resumed their usual son, and then I returned to the house, hoping to find the old arm chair that stood at one end of the porch without an occupant. It was. . All the party, as I saw when I peepedthrough the white muslin window-curtains, were assembled in the long; low-ceil- inged parlor. Adeline Eliza sat in the center of the room, one of her children asleep in her lap. 44 And I woke up," she was saying, "and there stood " 44 Where, oh, where shall I fly?" ex claimed I, in nervous agony; and in my agitation and the darkness, missing the porch steps, I stumbled, and fell into the arms of Gabriel, my Gabriel. 44 Who are you flying from, dear?" he asked, as he gave me a kiss. 44 A great, tall fellow" began I. He put me away from him sternly. 44 While I have been at home alone all ierests by those of the pcopl ". Heavy rains out of reason indicate that the empress interferes in state afTtirsani that unwise and meddlesome persons 3cek to disturb the established order of things by introducing inn-vations." The work, as it will be seen, enters into au infinity of details and possibilities too wearisome to enumerate ; but the earth, the sea, the atmosphere, furnish the author with few omens compared with those offered by the heavens. H'rper' Weekly. I walked with the happy brook a mile he f ld " poking f " cr more, and ihe fre k.v .k. UBSU1B w euuure JUUI auxuw MJ UfVIk S lilt dinner-horn sounded. And such a din ner!, or, more properly speaking, such a locger, have followed you here, you, it breakfast, lunch and dinner all mingled into one huge meal, as met my aston ished "vision when I again joined the party! v Giant loaves of home-made bread: biscuits, buns, crackers ; perk and beans together; beans without the pork; pork without the ieans; chickens roasted, broiled, and in salads; beef boiled and baked ; peas, corn, and more beans skill- j fully combined, or in separate dishes; young beets, cucumbers, lettuces ; cakes a legion of cakes ; pies a host of pies ; berries bushels of berries; coffee, tea, and lemonade gallons of them all! If ever table did groan beneath the weight offer d; those tables should have groaned with a groan more appalling than ever 4 No, no, Gabriel," I almost shouted ; 44 you are mistaken ever so much mis taken. Yea can't imagine you never couM imagine what this day, has been raa vj to me by what's its name? it- I era tion, as somebody say3 in Henry the Fourth. Poe's raven, with its funereal 4 Never more, must have been bliss ia comparison. Only listen." And he list ened, laughing heartily one moment, and sympathizing with me the next. Yoa poor little martyr," he said, when I had finished. 44 But it's all over now, and well never quarrel again. Had you fifty mothers, they should all be welcome to the shelter of my humble roof. -:..:v . 44 Oh no, you are too good, dearest,1 cried I, not to be outdone In generosity Altered Titnem. In the year 1671, cn the second read ing of p. bill in the house of commons for building a bridge over the Thames, at Putney, after a number of members had delivered speeches in ridicule of the idea. Sir Henry Herbert, jsst before the house divided, rose and said : 44 1 hon estly confess myself au enemy to mont opolies. I am equally opposed to mad, visionary proiects; ana 1 may be per mitted to say, that in the late kiig's reign several of these thoughtless inven tions were thrust upon the house, but were most properly rejected. If a man, sir, were to come to the bar of the how. e and tell us that he proposed to convey us regularly to Edinburg. in coaches, in seven d ays, and bring us bock in seven more, should we not vote him to Bed lam? Surely we should, it we did him ustice ; or, if another, that he would sail to the East Indies in six months, should we not punish him for practicing upon our credulity? Assuredly, it we served him rightly."" The journey from London to Edinburg is now accom plished in something like eleven hours. What would Sir Henry think now could he arise from his grave? airs with heavy boards laid across, a presence which seemed to fill the whole room. Chang is unquestionably the largest man in the world. He is gigan tic. Ashe sat there smiling and nod ding, his thoroughly Chinese face looked fully a3 bread as an ordinary man a shoulders, and as long, if no4. longer than a Qour-barrcl. HU cheek bones bulge out. and are as large as a fall-sized orange. He is thirty-three years old, is theson of a wealthy silk and tea mer chant in Pekin, where he was born. Is well educated, speaks, reals and writes Eizlish. German, French, Italian and Spanish, and is thoroughly courteous ar.d gentlemanly. Wit'i Chang Is hi "secretary. a bustling, busy, eatnes little Frenchman named Neaud, woq loksupon the giant with admiration and delight. 44 What Is your exact height, Chang? asked the reporter. 44 1 have never been measured, mc a s'eur. With our people it Is a superst' tion which takes the form of a religious creed, that no man must be measured until dead. I would rather die thaa to allow myself to be measured." Iafaet, If I were measured I would die at once. I fear. I sm, however, somewhere In the neighborhood of nine feet. I will stanp up and you can atand beside me and judge for yourself." Chang roe, and.rising.it seemel a though he would never stop. The re porter stands six feet three inches in height. He. at Chang's suggestion, put cn a high silk hat and walked under the giant's outstretched arm, near the shoulder, without coming within two inches of his sleeve. Then fixing the height of his head about half way be tween the giant's waist and neck, the reporter checked off three feet at a guers and found that the crown of the China man's head was surely nine feet from the floor. HU hands and feet are compara tively small and very well formed. He has exhibited before ail the crowned heads of Europe and Australia, and has been the pet of several sovereigns. He wears a solitaire diamond ring, given him by the eap eror bt Russia, which is valued at f 1.40O. Attached to his chain Is a gold medal given him by the Berlin exhibition, which asserts that he is tie largest man of recent times. He also has half -a dozen Immense diamond rings given htm by rajahs ia India, mayors ground, and into its V.y .r.c ol tne furious brutes had set his teth td bit ten nearly through the st:e;. Shreds of cloth, buttons, and Jerry's gun aad powder-flask lay near by. His silver to bacco box was found lo the mots. S sdly the friends collele i the boar e.f lUcir dead Irid The skii was stripped from one of the dcid b vr. and in mh improvised sack were put the remain, and with this burd'J th started for iOne. Oa Sunday afternoon, at the little oablnoccaphd so many yexrs bythli Angular ol I man, a Strang'! I jnT! took Joce. A rude bax p!i?d on a rough '.able contained the remain. Orcr it was thrown the bear skin. The sxrgh room of the cabin was filled with th' tropbbs of Jerry's victories. Thrr were skint, fang, rallies, and sk'Moas ol monster rattlesnakes, skins and skulls os oxes, wildcats, fawns, panthers, bears, muskratt. and aa endless vari-ty cl snakes, bugs and birds. Every txrct was piled b!h with bcar-knt. atd ever bit of spa? oa tht iog walls was covered with some trophy. The tseu who crowded the hat were true Pike Countiani In every reprtfUl wart and warm-hearted, and tht tears they sled as ths prmcher spjke ol thJ bUtnele purity ol ihedcvl maa's'li'e were tears of trne trimdjhio. The preacher wa a man nam d Merr.il. Oeer sit f. el In stature, wi'.h a lvge 1.1 'crownei b snow-white hair, aad !reo?lng a silvery beard almo:tto his xve. ht scene! a patriarch. He had brea Jerry Iriecd for many years. ar i always visited his cabin wheaoa h;s lons'y tours thr orh his mountain pariib. Th 'S'rvicjerdsd. the red tec fti 1 was deposited la a grave oa the summit of a hill overl-jokinf a beautiful mountain landscape, an I n.w arud islab of slate is the only tb!rg that marks the realm g-plae-c cf the fancus Jerry Grdntn. Oi t ilt aliie slsb Is scrawled in rule letters: from that Imnorab'.e po?nt. Instead of from the middle, as formrriy. When the Iron cornposirg the bridge had ex panded to Its fall extent la the dlrrrtlrns IVXt dd, that end was re'.eae I, and the opposite end made lis!. The bridge then conlrajrtedtjward Us true position. Thus: whatever was galaed by theday'a etpA-.uon, was swear! by the saSie qUtT.tciatran5on when the metal cooled at nig-; aad thpro"sUiB rufvel dsy by dsy. the work was tunceas'al'y anroaipIUbed. A knowledf ol the laws aad extent ol the expansion a-. d contraction I ciea'j opens cpa wjie Cell of oe.'al nos in this connectl3. a?:d Is capable of very exteaslte s;plloatk We see large guns built up la this matter, which could not posilbly be maS-k any other way by the applltac that we poaasas tl present. Tht tires ol whel, as every oat knows, sure also !ix-d oa their pa-es by Ultg first htaiel asd IVa kit to ihriak. Aa la- gaius f.rpllcatlon of this quality ia ueta'.s ws nalecstof la Franc, aad has LeU.nt:y teti 'aiisg adtaatage of since. The walls tf a large trail liag la Paris were obvreed to be giving way by bu'fltg oaiward; aal tht $rrAa was to bring tVra Wk to their vertical pmUluo. .FoeiLIif or.i tansUrol, birse t Iron having screws and stUw ea-b end were let tbroofb the orpotll walls, mi arrossthe laTervrnlrf trace btwten the aa. Tht aals aad screw Dortioa of the bin were oa'slls. The bars were now healei by a tua'er of aaps mp'-u 'cd b.ow tVrn until they had expanded al roach as pus4sl. aad h nnls screwed no against the o-ti itt ol the two orplte walls. The lamp were next removed, when the heal bars in cooling gradually con trand la their hagth, Wing'ng lh wa it very gently, but with lrTeitlblt Urr. Islo their n?rmJ position. CamVev our mil. : llrrc iiea the bones ol Jerry Grea-: linz. Ho was eat by liaixs lathe H g: I Swamp on the 21 day ol novmb.r. : :I880. Hit ami tt In Heaven. : . Jerry Greening was bm ia th year Id M). an 1 was a native of Tennessee Tne Iv. Mr Merrill gives ioqi po'nts of bis life. When Jerry was young his parents were rich, and he received a good edUMtioa la soruj Southern la-tl. tution. That he was e located is bryond doabt, as ia his cabin were well-worn books, some mxnuscripls la his owala9a., tLe cold was very severe the hand, which may probably bepnbl shed .ji did no, venture, to light their ia a short time ani'apartof a aet ol flna.uroaL The loss aal damage la surveying iastruneats. Mr. Merrill WOfki of art aad aoti4ilUes la tht ci y learned from him that, oa rerasmg to rtrj grnl. A most extraordinary marry a girl selected by his parentt. he DtiurAi phenomenon was observed at a was driven from home, and took up his vX kbo3l kilometers from A gram, abode with some mountaineers, and la Thr a number of foun lairs of hot year or two spent with his new-fvu-d wlXer bunt out fro a the earth. These acquaintances he acquired I hit pas 1.00 I rrm, which resembled the well The reae-it earth uik at A gram Austria, was alaost as terrible as Imi lar convuljkr,s la Soc'h Aaeri a. The damage to privale biildinrs.la that city alooe amocats. a-vording to tht best etUmale, to no ward ot l.onnoo ol florins. Among the minor lacoavea lf nces conseqn3t u 00a th disaster, the tolad tapenil"i ! ihllti by c was severely felt. B 3t the Iahabttiu were not simply d'pnre4 ox Jii'.i 17 sigx.i bat even of fire hy day. Thi chimneys of most dwelling -houses fell down, and So great was European ignorance of in Australia ana poieniaies xrom ai thU country a few years ago that quarters 01 me giooe x cue laigmg 10 Dutch journal inform?d its readers that the reporter ne suuaeniy oivea into New York is a place destitute of law and his vest pocket, which was large enough order, where clergymen carry muskets to now an ordinary man s neao, ana into the pulpit, and where the collection brought lounn a ring wun tne onciu I a . AT e W a is taken np by men armed with re- J seal ma monogram 01 rnncu rfosepa, volvers. - I inscribed to " Chan g." lie also Las a watch, given him by Qaeen victoria. for hunting aad that ski 1 that have male him famous. He was twenty years old when hs left home. Daring the next tea years he lived a'tronnlaJeocs life la the AUeghanies, and ia !f3the had wandered away op into the mountains of Pennsylvania, lie finally drifted to the valley ol the 8oqihinn v aa 1 slace 1&10 he has been a well known naaa ia the mountains cf Pike. Wayne. Moarce, Northampton, aad LuxTrns cocrtles. He has killed many hundred hears, keeping a. record of them by the tails. which he carefully took home with bisi. geysers. known hot sp.iajs la Iceland, were, bowevcr.only temporary. Itwaiajao noticed that all the rivers aad streams wllhia a certain radius ol Arfaa sud denly rose more thaa a yard abort thtlr previous and usual lerth More than 1 173,000.000 of tht Inmate has been la gold, aod nearly fH.OO0.0C0 ol it la silver, while only about t JO CCO. 000 oT it has been In paper. The gold and sliver of this country, according to The first railroad in the United State which weighs two pounds aad a half, J He marked his score of w.l Jcats by tht I the ccmptroJers repen, asouat to wastheQoincy and Boston, to convey I and has a chain nine feet Jong, which I right forepaw. foxes by the right eir, fCli 23.7,wli eiiit a;;regaeao-i eraniU to Bunker Hill Monument, inlbaxelv rtaches around his neck and land nOtfeanakes by the faags. Mr. I cf UiU tenser n.te aaa i- 16f20. - . I down to his vest pocket. I Merrill states that In his hut are tS4 1 aotesU C3,313,l3.
New Berne Weekly Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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Dec. 30, 1880, edition 1
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