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,- w.". .v - "?5GK2i3 388333' l'ST,""Sswjt.rsv - - "I - ' ;.'--' . p '.'II, ' j. vr. if in?utt !J Priprlifr. IND EPENDENT I1ST ALL THINGS. U. .1 A Vmrwaxm 00.00 Xar ' NEW BERNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, DECEMBER 14, 1882. -rt T" i uiiVtU 'O Il i4 -I ;"T0;3G. mam i miai jmi ms? (iv Aviv i my Professional Cards. t i or it qj- b't'Xaw, W1U praetlc Whfiwrtr iofeiKaei?mces at requlrati. ; P. t.miy. fUWlt. S.Cl A. Home, Jjjon Sinn " iOMi ; HaTt N'ew Berae. Nl ? ' cUkiuut. .1.... - - - - prlwT , . . . f -Jtt-tvt:ti-w tx itQirt" ! P. BIUSPHY Will pnkiilmZ Mi iU'Aifrfiiit. o 1 .nil i iHinlln M.mfMim uul Joartv 'akAnrf-bM.'t,nor t-Anf a"ny other cfty iu the C4 lectin pecaiJ ; ' p:! ilAwtf New Beraa Advertisciaeats.: 'W: H'URTT,' ;i J L' ts; 'T v rv t; . .-.UZEDLS ST21XXT, -;w -ju-j-v r -1 imtt W 1 .I'm I MerdiuaxvdMJlrich "tff i f t f n: mM.AattfXiIf;trKr aw, and Oakum r..- t !.i. ? i. buv JIIJAIK SACKS iiiv i i'.il.tj and. in v r:rs n i i sf i n cai -1 . T''F?mZXt&te OWKSrtlr3IFcret agent i i i .-i 4 a i aud were exchanred for drntrs for 1 s . ' ? r MirtsPKtii.( inimi rriTfn t srrr-w3 steaaiaet. A'-,i..n u .iwii.of niiti io fcs3 i.oi'i s AM TWIXIS. ' ' ' . ,1 . iiau PAINTS, OILS aad-BSUSHIS. EC7.SZ3. IHJIESL'-. PONIES VTclss; Piiilt5r4 .fiflei.V itlsro, --JOfff Vkji ; si )iAli l good YODiWsreqK A. &. M.'IIAHX ''jiJartiriilar of every attack. Opposite F-iH-ivoj-al Church and Odd Fellows Hall. . : Junel5w-Cai ., ' jlc: : m. HACKDURU BROTHERS AYtIOLKSAL.Eft HETAIt C-ai-ej&a QuCSJl fctree, t --r.r-n T i : NEW BERNE, N. C r -f i - ' ' Il3l 'n MH --r'tle . irou-clads fired with much TINJTTf iTli tnHlnnflS irreater'nrecision and with more Mar. CO, t'y JOHN DUNN, . 31 A VTJFACTTKEX of r " f Vff i. ,tr,f 1 i Ana vv(yFJli.lIjr - J" - StP9Tn.TP.ST1'GrtTtfrdfmerTi.ilajna:e was done b that thirty-. '-rw-m i. ' CANDIESiB FKESH 4TTTXJCNED rUUITST J - - ' Crachers and Cakes, i 1.1 J:Jk - f Aiul all Kicda of OiiMret'i ' " WAGONS & tic TOY ' C. S0ULOCK. SL, New Berne, N. Aprl S,ly w wau Lqiiw i -0. - J.i w JL fry Jt GENERAL MERCHANDISE CAST izzzii&zzAXtzL -j x. r. ,1'.-. H.r WHO L 1?SA E ' t! i: o V E j: , , . ' ' i .'AND . t. . ooaiaiissioir . mxhcuants. prt.d t T ' FORT AND FLEET. The Siesre of Sumter and Charleston How Both Held Ont to the Bitter End A City Under Fire For Almost CMIjs. (IVtrott Free Pnii.) Charleston was" the Sebastopol of the American cival war. Much as itntxnUl hxx leascd the Feder- al Government to have been put in liossesstou of Ktchoioud. it would baye pleased It far more to have been ahLq tasivl tast Fort Sumter anl 1j5 i9A band on -tlw Hty which incited rebelliou. If otto's Wnemy frfves hiin a fair fight that action compel-t ailmini tioji. If an enemy hates us, and consistently and steadfastly uutil tul canse is removea, we musr iRnw-t himforhiseonsistenev. I a 1 re- So it was with Charleston. If she beam jtbe war. she contributed ckmtn to keep alive the name. Mie hated the 4 Federal Government, and the Federal Governient hated in return, M.Yhere thousand dol lars waAmetl to ; apjoach Rit-b-mond, ten thousand were spent in tirinc to nenetrate the annor of Charleston,. . Each victory en- sctQraj?d C'harlestony each defeat made the Federal Government more determined. CUAfcLESTOX'S SACRIFICES. " Wlien the war beeata the citizens of ClmrIestondiyidel with the Con federate Government. Within a year. they divided again. Before the war was two years old silver ware a lieiag melted np, church bells sent to the cannon foundry, and every family was making a sacrifice in some direction. ; When the Confederate Government. want- ied lead the water, pipes of Charles ton were torn,, out , of . house an d street andipontnbutd to the extent of eOiOO poomlSi-'- When iron was Sauted the gas-pipes were cheerful ly parieu wiia. x.very- uoiise was a temprffjyy hospital; '(anf every household lelt.Ut - duty to-.-dviide provMiens and. bedding- wwb ton did no esnlite m the-'inis- Lfortnnes of the poor. Instead of Uaying in clothing and provisions to 'sell again at an advance, , they clubbed together to fit ont whole companies of soldiers and batteries of tartHleryV'Y Richmond took np the rails of her atreet car lines and V":,fsent them to th ConfedeYat form- thing. t Meldlknd&ron'nBr' took i"i,000 worth, of ladies' jewelry to, Nassau and ( exchanged the lot fojr23.0O0 worth of shoes and cloth- in for Cgn federate, soldiers, yaj-j ualk walchesTtiiauiontIs ani bfaT sick soldiers. .-Uedding; carpets and crockery were taken fom iheUround the Confederate forte, Jh-luoas and seittvpejurrfJCn feaekitBiMpitiOs, aF lbiit itJn oat a demand having been made for even a" pin. While - Charleston aqdnteuable theory 6he fonghtso Ufa aiTO'ebmpePtteaaiiration 4f. those whasonght to batter down Ihef walls. . 'V . - oize:-the defense of Fort Sumter as 4tb-inost gallant 'sndi." detertniaed act in the history or this - nation. Wrested from Maj. Anderson in ISol, it did not receive a shot from tnc'FederalS ontil April, 182, and then occurred the first trial of - the nionitors, as described in ar former lltulderaiGoferinent on its ilfeule. anllrparattoifs'SreTe at opceenteredinto to attack Charles: Umifrom everyside.heprQgramme included, the occupation of Folly orris JsiMdv and the reduc- I lull I ounat Q4;cbuii.u ujujiwhu t1 otaadr rw nnflintr i lOdef may take the okLfiles'o .te Rfissaarsaas s i i w r x L In the fight with tne lron-ciaas in April the fort was not . damaged to any extent. . The bombardment was renewed on the 17th of August the fame year and con tinned with sjceW'aBv&GUr JeijefirussSon.. to tro22d4fcUttriiigflif3 interval fbe Federal iron-clads threw 5,862 mis siles at the fort; Over 3000 of which struck and inflicted damage. J Again, on the evening of September m a&86rf,and : tne ironsides .J-.:. i.L hj. ..Jtl.; run iu uuu tuuiv up niiiiu3 w umn 800 yards of Sumter and opened SUCh-a fire as had not been hereto fore experienced. Ihe srunners on IU J1UU , and the Confederates found the big fort being kuocked A noMBAI! D- down by piece-meal. THE BOBROKS OF MEXT Wben Anderson held the fort "i5t the Confcaeratea the bom- Wiramenc "waschaxaeterized as ter- rifte. aud vet not one-teutu of the i,,.- . ;....,, four The flionre'wjuik bv the iron-clads. levpif nildnfleou-iueh shells were rberriWe wiseles. - Let one of beni he" explodpd nr it common brick dwelliD2 and the four walls would be blown to fragments andt the roof sent sky wards in a cloud of broken timbers. When they ex l 'p4otfed oh Ktri king the face of the i wall, the concussiou produced great cracks cxteuding from six to teu feet iu several directions, aud jrrst where the shell struck the brick would be ground to dust in a circle two feet across. But many of the .shells iHMietratcd the walls to the dentti of a foot or eighteen inches In,!!,,!. r.i, A l-li. .i tlia Inn in-iviv ua'wiiiii, buu , ,,u ...vr ..... c was truly appalling. Wagon loads oi lirick and dirt and dust would 1h- thrown high in air and llimgall over the island, and the whole fottwoiild tremble under the lavk. 'ImTffH i'u! screams of the ' Iron missiles as they rushed at tin walls were plainly hoard in Charles ; ton, and such a cloud of dust hung over Sumpter that the gunners of ; ten lost sight of the iron clads. A ; citizen living six miles from the 1 citv on a Imh line told me that on that September night he placed a coin in a common water tumbler and placed the tnmbler on aD un covered table. The reverberations not only kept np a ringing by the glass, but in thirty minutes it trav eled a distance of four feet. Panes of gla-a were broken in his win- dows and two courses of brick were (jarred oft the tops of his chim- ! nevs. Ahd jet throughout all, with a gun being dismounted every fifteen minutes and every wall shaking to its foundations, the men in Fort Sumter coolly stood to their guns aud served them with great precis ion. h,very irou-ciaa was nit a doz en times over, aud some of them severely handled, but when the fleet haule 1 off the doom of Fort Sum ter as sealed. It could be bat tered down, but could it be taken 1 The Confederate Government was resolved to hold the fort until it had been reduced to a brick-pile, and then to defend the brick-bats while a Confederate soldier was left iu the field. Immediate steps were taken to strengthen the other forts, and each guns as could no longer be used at Sumpter were transferred to them. I now copy from the files of the Mercury as follows; Up to Septem ber 5, Fort Sumter had been struck 5,634 times by the heaviest mis siles known iu ware fare. From the 2Gth to the 30th of October, 1,115 shots were fired by the iron-clads. From the 28th of October to the 2d of November there was fired a to tal of 5,565 shots. On the 2d the monitors fired slowly at long range and every one of the 140 shot struck the fort. At this time the Feder als had gained a foothold on the lower end of Morris Island and erected a strong battery from which shot reached the iort. At the close of the 122d day of the siege there had been fired at Sumter: Shot. From land rtterle 1,808 Krom monitors 471 From mortar hooner l,i7 Total 8.SU Of this number 2,952 struck the fort with more or" less damage, and the others passed over. From the 7th of April, 1863, to the List day? of November, same year, the Federals threw 18,000 shot-at Sumpter, 7,800 of which missed. After that date no record waajkept tof .the number. r Day ia and day out, night and day, for 130 days the Confederates kept an ac curate account of every shot which hit or missed, and reported the na tnre ottlje projectile. WHAT THE JUNK-DEALER SAID. In seeking to find some' one in Charleston who conld estimate the number of shots fired at Sumter from beginning to end, I ran across ajtmk-dealer whoihad purchased all the old iron picked np . lrom lie figured Tor a. few minutes.and then; Uaid be had purchased enough to load over one Hundred ireignc cars, half of which had come from Sum ter. He bad then on hand enough to load twenty freight cars, and du ring the two hours I was with him at least 4,000 pounds of fragments of shell, cannon balls aud unexplo ded shells ere; brought in t mostly by colored men. ' ' " " ' " '"' AS IT WAS AND IS. When the war dosed, Fort Sum ter was nothing but a huge pile of brick:aad stone, heaped np as 'if a' great wall had fallen. Underneath this debris was a Confederate gar rison with only two cannon, but still strong enough to beat off every attack by - small boats. The rec ords of war for a thousand years past cannot furnish another such case. During the siege? the flag staff was shot away 122 times, and eighty men lost their lives in re placing it. Nothing was left of the fort but the lower bomb-proofs, and the debris was in some places twenty-five feet thick. Since the war the government has spent a million dollars there, and yet the Bpot to day is simply a snd pile, inclosed by a wall ten or twelve feet high, with eight or ten guns in position to command the entrance to the harbor. It . was under constant bombardment for over 500 days, and was assaulted again and again, and yet it fell into Federal hands only after Sherman's movements made its evacuation a matter of policy. Behind the fort that is, on the Charleston is a middle-grouud or flat; which is uncovered at low tide. In May last, seventeen long years after the last shot of war was tired, I saw more than a score of colored men ou this sandy flat at low tide 1.;.. tnn.. ,io 4V... fl,n iiuuiug 1111 luug nuu iwib iui hid shot aud shell which had missed the fort. Some were dug up from a depth of four feet, and great shells which two men coald hardly lift were placed iu row boats to be taken to the jnnk dealers. From this flat, which does not comprise an acre iu extent, enough solid shot aud unexploded shell have leen recovered to make up a freight train of twenty cars. LOSS OF LIFE. It is the most curious thing about war that while a siugle bullet may uow and then kill an enemy who thiuks himself safely sheltered, hours ot the most ternnc bombard- meut may not destroy ouo single j ife. During the two days bom-! bardnient in October, when 1,115 j than would have been shown in j the weights of the members of ex shot were flung at the fort, not one ; New York. While thet-reet cars j cursion parties from outlying towns single person was even wounded, j ceased to run, all other business was j in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and although nearly 1,200 missiles ! transacted as usual, and during the ; Illinois, it was possible to compare struck the walls or fell within. j hottest fire of the whole siege men j the weights of visitors from the .Only one man, so far as can be j were loading vessels at thewharves, j country with the averages of the found by the records, was ever various factories were running, and : men and women forming the whole struck by a missile entire. On one children were playing in the public i number weighed. About nine hun occasion an officer who stood ou the ; parks. Federal history pictures 1 dred excursionists in all were parapet directing the planting of a Charleston in ruins and tilled with j weighed. The visitors from Ohio new flag-staff, was struck bv a 15 inch shell which exploited on the instant. Iu no other way could a human being have been so thorough ly wiped off the face of tbe earth. Three or four clots of blood, the end of a finger and a bloody lock of hair were all that could be found of the victim. The heaviest loss of lite occurred one evening in l.S4. Thirteen Confederates sought shelter from the lire of the monitors in a brick bomb-proof constructed a year be fore. A .'iOO-pouiid I'arrot shell from one of the fleet struck iu such a manner as to cave in the brick roof on the men. and everv one of . 1 ... i 4 --.;. - them were crushed to death. As near as could be figured by those in the fort, one man was wounded for every 5,000 pounds of metal thrown, and one killed for every 9,500 pounds. By this figuring at least thirty 300-pound sueus were tnrown for every man killed. Placing the cost at the lowest figure, ana the Federals paid at least 9600 in cash for every death in that fort. The operations around Charleston, di rectly aimed at Sumter, cost the Federal Government about 920,000, 000 and the loss of 10,000 lives. THE BEPTEMBEB ASSAULT. On the night of September 9, 1863, after the fort had been struck almost 6,000 times, and when it appeared to the Federals more like a brick pile than a fort, an assault was made by - 500 me in small boats. The night being dark. many of the men had landed before any alarm was given. The manner in which the walls had been knock ed about prevented a rush by the Federals, and was t great aid to the Confederates. Ftfftr or five of the defenders told me that they threw down their muskets after the first fire and resorted to brick-bats, pieces of shell and other missiles which could be hurled by band, and directly all the tiring was on the Federal side. When a Federal was hit by a ballet he seldom uttered a sound, but when struck by a brick bat he yelled out in a lusty manner. Whole crews were thrown into con fusion by a shower of this queer ammunition, and the result was a decided Confederate victory. The fight did not last above fifteen min ntes. and the retreat was made in such haste that thirteen officers and 102 Federal privates were marched into the fort as prisoners. This was early in the siege, and while the fort was still able to work all its casemate guns, and yet Sum ter had been so battered and ap pearedso untenable that the Fed eral officers expressed the most unbounded surprise that it bad not surrendered. Anderson surrendered the fort after having one man killed and such damage inflicted that it took almost a week - to repair it. He found the place untenable. The .Confederates held Sumter through over 500 days of bombardment, had over 500 men killed first and last, and yet did not find the spot un tenable, even when it had only two cannon in position and the spray of the sea flew clear over the brick piles. We can make a hero of-a man who endured a bombardment from old-fashioned guns " for thirty hours, but one must give no credit to men who endured the horrors : of 500 days of steady siege by the heaviest ordnance known to war. We can say they were Americans. Twenty years hence the historian will dare to speak of them as heroes and feel a pride in knowing that it took heroes to conquer them. THE 6IXOE OF CHARLESTON. The City of Charleston was under siege 585 days, and for over - 600 days under fire. When Gilmore Grot his "SwamD AneeF7fanted and sent word that he would open fire on the city the citizens of Charles ton laughed over the message. : 118 guns were five miles away, and the idea tbat he conld' do the city any harm was too absurd to enter tain. ? It is just midnight. W-r-r-r-r ! S-s-b-s I Scream rush bang ! Gilmore has sent his first shell in to the city. It strikes a brick bond ing oposite the Post-office and ex plodes with a crash which tarns 5,000 people out of bed. Men who beard the horrible screaming or that great shell as it came over the waters of the bay will never forget the sound. : In five minutes a second one came, but tnis tailed toexptooeano is now on exhibition at Maj. Willis' office on the wharf. .It just fits in to and just fills a nail-keg. liy the time the third one arrived all Charles ton Was awake and full of alarm and horror. That was the begin ning of a siege which has -" no parallel in American warfare. Day after day week after week month afWr month; with only in tervals of a few hours at a time for the guns to cool or some new move to be made. The bombardment continued. Grant did not care to injure Petersburg. Gilmore would have wiped Charleston off the face of the earth if he had been able. IN THE CITT. That first night's experience was enough to arouse the city to action. Not a building in the lower part of the city was safe from the big shells loaded with Greek fire. Under the advice of the Chief of the Fire De partment every house kept a ready supply of water on hand, in barrels an d other vessels. In some districts bodies of minute-men were formed, who would rush to the spot where a j shell fell and quickly subdue the j flames, in case a tire was started, j The business streets were all paved with cobble-stone. These stones were taken up and dumped into the j sea, ana it was a wise precaution. : Scores of shells fell upon the streets, ! and buried themselves in the sand j aud exploded without damage. j By aud bv the people became I used to the situation, and seemed j to go to bed without any more fear , woe aud desolation wituin thirty days after Gilmore opened fire. As ' a matter of fact business was not; suspended tor a single hour, i While a few families left the city,1 others came iu, and after the first fortnight the shells were looked upon as a matter of course. Pro bably not more than thirty iu-: habitants were killed by the missiles direct, and both of the big fires had their origin in other causes. As Charleston began ; haughty , imperious and defiant so she remained to the last, and when : evacuated the Southern Con federacy was drawing its last breath of life. M. quad. A Lay Digeoane. (Pack's Sua.) A eon vict in the Indian apeniten Mary hit the nail on the head when asked how his downward course began, lie said It began in trying to beat 2:40 with a three-minute horse. How many people in all branches of business are trying to beat 2:40 with a three-minute busi ness! The man who has a small business that is paying him, and goes into debt and tries to spread himself over too many eggs, is try ing to beat 2:40 with a three-minute horse. The young man who gets a small salary, and spends more money for ice cream and perfumery and neck ties than he earns, is trying to beat 2.-40 with a three-minute horse. The eijri who is calculated by nature to be a wife of a mechanic, and gets above her business and looks with scorn upon a man who earns his living by hard work, will look at an old maid in the glass a lew years from now. 'and realize that she has been trying to beat two-forty with a three-minute horse. The ordina ry, every day sort of a man, who is elected to a small office, by a big majority, on acount of men voting for him for charity, and who there upon aspires to a big office lor which be is unfitted, will be nomi nated for the big office some day and be beaten higer than a kite, and he will then feel of his aching head, examine bis empty pocketbook, look around at the debts he has contracted and the enemies he has made, aud it will suddenly come to him that he has been trying to beat two-forty with a three-m mute horse. The man or woman who leaves a profession or employment to which they are fitted, and in which they can be prosperous and happy and have friends, and goes upon the stage to compete with men and wo men who have been brought up to it, and who have made success by a lifetime of hard work, will some day realize to their sorrow that they have failed to beat two-forty With a three-minute horse. The summer resort hotel proprietor who fits np an old rookery and fills it with guests, who are seeking com fort, and charges them Fifth avenue prices for Bowery accommodations will look at his empty house the next year and say the season is backward, and when the guests do not come with the dog days, he will suddenly scratch his bead and say he made a fool of himself last year in trying to beat two-forty with a three-minute horse. The whoe-souled, good fellow, every body's friend, gets to drinking too hard, and as he is healthy, he gets an idea he can beat whisky, a game that so many have fried and failed, He keeps it np until his nose gets red, his eyes bleared and his voice shaky, and be has a whisky cough, and his friends try to reason with him and get. him to let up, but be laughes at- them with his good natured laugh, and tells them that he has got -a constitution like a horse, and that nothing can hurt him, and he asks them ' to take a drink. Some day he gets the jim jams, and all his friends say. "I told yon so," and they sit up nights with him and drive away snakes, and just before he dies it suddenly occurs to him that he has been try ing to beat two-forty with a three minute horse. A man who is poor and wants to live on the fat of the land marries a pretty little rich woman, and begins to squander her money, and when she tries to pei suade him to stop it, he gets to treating her like a dog, gets worse and strikes her, and alter a while she gets enough of it and obtains a divorce, and marries a man who loves her, and doesn't want her money, and she is happy, and her former husband becomes a dead beat and a drunkard and would faiu beg for the refuse that drops from the table of his former wife, and when he buttons his summer coat around him on a winter's night and walks around a block for a wind pudding; and looks into the windows and sees the light of the fire from the grate of his former wife's sit-ting-rooru, it occurs to him that if he had not attempted to beat two forty with a three-minute horse, he could have been in there toasting his slippers and drinking cider, and looking into a pair of eyes that would have always looked their love for him, if he had been con tented with a three-minute gait, but which eyes will never look uioii him again except in pity. O, there are thousands of people who make a mistake in trying to beat two-forty with a three-minute horse. Weight of Western Men and Women. During the tenth annual Exhibition of Art and Industry in Cincinnati, which closed October 7, the depart ment of Scientific and Educational Appliances employed a clerk to record the weights of men aud women visiting the exhibit of the Howe Scale Company. There were weighed 7,467 men and 14,688 women, the men averaging i04,uz pounds and the women 130.8 j pounds, ine averages ior u,uuo men and womeu weighed in Boston, in 1864, were: for men 141J pounds, for women 124 pounds or 12,52 pounds and 6.34 pounds less than corresponding Western averages Bv keeping a special account of averaged men 157.38 iouuds, women 133.26 jionnds ; from South ern Indiana and Illinois men 158. 52 pounds, women 133.55 pounds; from Kentucky men 158.43 pounds, women 133.76 pounds. It will be noticed that the country people considerably exceeded the average weights, the men by about four pounds, the women over two and a half Hiundit. It would not be safe, however, to infer' that the country oople as a whole were thus above the average weight, since the more vigorous in their re spective localities were more likely than their weaker neighbors to ; join in such excursions. Alcoholic Stimulants Not Wanted This year, Mr. Marriott, of Bees ton, Nottingham, performed, with a lriend who rode a bicycle, the extraordinary feat of riding ou triCVftle from Derhv tn Hnlvlioml . . , .f V. over 180 miles, within twenfv-i'our nours, and they could have gone on twenty miles further if they had not been "checked.by the sea," They aid tins touching no drop ot alco hohe drink byr the way, "and it is certain," Mr. Marriott saysj in his description of the journey, "that they could nof possibly' have done it if they had dared "to indulge in any alcoholic beverage." Their experience only tallies with that of others, and w.iih, tho experience of men who perform other physical ieatB 01 sKUi and; endurance such men as Hanlan, the oarsman; Wes ton, tne pedestrain; ' and Carver, the marksman. ' It -tallies with the experimental experiences of the late Dr. Parkes, and with the prac tical experience of many military men Who have had. occasion to march their soldiery in large bodies over long distances under and du ring great privations and difficul ties. It tallies with the experience 01 tnose who have watched the heavy labors of laboring men en gagtd in such work as brick-inak- mg, iron-forging, wood-cutting, aud the like. But it becomes of unusual value, when it is witnessed from the fraternity of tricyclists, because so many of them are working for the pleasure of the exercise aud the healthiness of it, aud would be the last men to forego, voluntarily, any thing that wonltl facilitate the art. increase its delight, aud add to its neaitu-giving ! advantages. When alcoholic drinks are taken by those who are engaged iu tricvclmsr. the effects are most characteristic. If a very light drink, one which car ries an ' almost . inappreciable dose of the chemical, be taken, a little weat claret lor instance, or thin beer, or thin cider, the effect may oe it, or at most emoarassmsr only for a few minutes. If so much, however seemingly little, be taken, to prodnce what is" felt to be ;tn effect, theii the mischief is done, and the bad results last for -a longer or shorter time according to the dose of the chemical, the alcohol. which has been swallowed and car ried over the body. The skin is more or less flushed with blood, there is a brief interval of hectic level? there is a relaxation of ves sels, a sense of fullness in the head, a feeling of irritability and quick ness ot circulation, and a succeed ing sudden .deficiency of bodilv power, depression, languor, and iu- aomry to -sustain or maintain effort, ending in chilliness- and de sire for repetition of the deceptive frieqd, the stimtuant, or the ''desire for rest from'the l;ibor. The drink which en the whole serves the tricyclist most efficiently is cold weak tea, made a little sweet with sugar it that is liked, but never over-sweetened, for if it be over sweetened it causes thirst. To some the tea is 'rendered more pal- aiaoie Dy oeing treated with a little lemon-juice, .made in fact into what is called tschai. or Russian tea. but I am not sure tirat the lemon does not increase thirst, and I know that iu some persons if causes acidity and heartburn, and pu the whole tschai, is not so refreshing as tea simple. Another,, very nice and more sustaining, drink may be made by pouring boiling milk in stead of boiling water upon tea, milt tea: this, slightly sweetened. can be carried in1 the bottle or flask during the journey, and, diluted with water or soda-water at the waysideiun, is at once refreshing and sustaiuiug. Dr. Richardxon, in Good Word. He Drew a Prize A few weeks ago a Detroit saloon keeper got hold of the fact that a certain customer of his had invest ed iu a lottery ticket, and on he night of the drawing the saloon was filled with a crowd to enjoy a joke which tne saloonist Was to let loose on his man. The' man with the ticket dropped in at the usual hour for his beer, and while drinking it, he heard the saloon-keeper remark that ticket No. U3,2."6 had drawn 5,000. "How do yon know that!" was quickly asked. "Well, I also hold a "couple of tickets, and a friend of mine in Chicago has telegraphed ine the winning numbers." 'Let's seethe telegram!" It was produced. It had been specially prepared for the occasion and appeared genuine. "I hold that very ticket!" gasped the citizen as he produced his wallet. "No!" "Here it is!" Congratulations were iu order, and only a hint was needed to bring an order for beer and cigurs without limit. At the end of a grand hur- rah the saloonist presented a bill for $13.25, and was met with the reply "See you later too make chauge to-night." Yesterday the man of beer went to a justice to see about suing the bill and learned that his debtor was in Colorado. Just how much he made out of the .joke can't be figured until lie gets over kicking himself. (ifttiiig Even W; Mr. Isaacs and kept rival cFotliin; Bowerv, within a tli liliiiiiciitlial. Mr. Blumenthal r stores on the lew doors ol eac a other. Mr. Isaacs was always to bo found with his head out of the door soliciting custom from the verdant passer-by. .Mr. Uliimcn thal objected to this shoddy man ner of doing business, having found that the watchful Isaacs had cap tared several of his customers, and one day he went up to Mr. Isaacs and said: "hook here, Mr. Isaacs, vy don't you keep your ugly l'acem side ! You might pctlcr get a jackass to stand py tie dooi. lie vould pe a big improvement." "Vy,"' said Isaacs, "I did try dot voncc, and all de people as dey pass py say to him: "(io nl day, Mr. Blumenthal; I see you've, moved." Oar Ancestors' Manners. Some one has said that manners in New England went out with the cocked hat. That may be so, though we should be loth to affirm that the hist of tho cocked hats was the last gentleman. But it i true that the formal courtesy which once marked every gentleman, and every well bred boy also, was associated with small clothes, shoe and knee buckles and a cocked hat. An anecdote of the Rev. William Ureenough, lor fatty years a pastor iu JNewtoii, Mass., illustrates the in i liners of the olden time. lie was a Boston boy whose fath er had brought him up to feel that a certain amount of ceremony was necessary to the expression of cour tesy. If he took off his hat the sign ofrespeiit was not completed until the hat was as low as his elbow. In the latter part of his life, the courteous old clergyman was not pleased with the change wrought in the manucrs of the boys. He had no respect lor the brusque ways ol young America, and not un fre quently rapped its knuckles, as a protest against its scant cour tesy. His grandson, a Boston boy of ten years, was once visiting at the parsonage. His manners troubled tiie old clergyman, and he de termined to give liim a lesson iu good breeding. One day, as Mr. Greenough and his grandson were at the door, the baker drove into the yard. "Grandpa, will you get me a piece of gingerbread 1" asked the 1KV. "Yes," answered the kind-hearted old man, walking to the cart. Taking a piece, he faced the boy ind said, "Now, William, take oft' your hat and make a bow." Ihe boy, never having been taught that accomplishment, was as much surprised as if he had been ordered to repeat the Hebrew alphabet. He remained motion less. "Pull off your hat, I say, and make a bow," said the grand- atlier, iu a more ueremntorv tone. But William was too astonished to move. Dropping the ginger bread into his side pocket, Mr. Greenough walked into the house. Not a Word was said, but the next morning the baker again drove in to the yard, where grandfather and grandson were standing. "Grandpa, will you get me apiece of gingerbread!" asked the boy, as on the morning before. It was bought and held up, as Mr. Greenough, without saying a word, looked his grandson in the face. Off came the hat and down went the head, for the boy had learned from the lessou of the previous morniug tbat a ceremonious bow must precede his eating of the cake. 1'erhaps, our ancestors were too ceremonious, but a little of their formal courtesy would improve the manners of their children. Food for the Sick. The following advice for adminis tering food to the sick deserves the attention of nurses and of all who iire called upon to look after nerv ous patients: It is a great mistake to have large quantities of fruit, biscuits, etc., lying about a sick-room. A' very few grapes, an orange peeleu and divided, and two or three milk or water biscuits are quite enough to have displayed at one time. The same may be said of food. I have often been pained, when visiting some of my sick pension ers, to see their friends, with well meant but mistaken kindness, bring large basinfuls of horrible compounds, which they dignify with the name of gruel or sago or tapiocaj as the case may be. The mere sight of the food seemed to set them against it. Whereas, if a little care had been bestowed upon its preparation, and a small cupful provided instead of the large quantity I name, they proba bly would have partaken of it with pleasure. Another error, committed with the best of intentions, is to keep asking the patients what they would like, if they could take this tiling or the other. The sickened, wearied expression I have often seen flit over the faces of people who are, recovering from a lingering illness, when their officious relatives come teasing them as to their re quirements ! During the lingering illness of a dear relative, 1 verily believe wo made her often jat, just by provid- i m u' itaintv morsels ot toon, display ing them temptingly arranged, and taking them to her bedside quite unexpectedly. If she had been asked could .she eat anything. 1 feel confident the answer would have inevitably loeii. 'No; thanks. 1 don't feel at all in clined to eat." A very simple and expeditions wav of cooking a little, bit of cliirk- en or fish is to butter a paper thickly, place the food to be cooked within the paper, and place it on the grid excited to i iron over a clear tire. A very short time suffices to cook it thoroughly, audi have often found that to be eaten when all other modes of in valid cookery have been tried in vain. Dinicrs of ti-!stiouiiiK. I f I he man who is addressing a Sunday school is tempted to ask the children a question, our advice to him is "Don't." If, however, he will, he is likely to be ''a sadder and a w iser man.'' In a mission-school iu the city of IVovidencc, a clergyman from across (he river was making a short address to the scholars. Ho was tall, lincly-fornied and faultlessly dressed, and the children seemed to be much interested i ii his re marks. "Now, scholars," said the unfor tunate minister, being tempted to ask a (pies! ion, "look at me; where do you suppose I came fry in" The hand of t he smallest lio iu t lie room went up. -Well, sir?" " tiless er come ll lim the mini try didn't yor:"' That minister will never again give a boy the, chance of relict ing upon his urbane appearance Sonthern Ccnrtesy and Cladaess,. An Englishman of influence, who with his family emigrated to- this country in 1879, settled in one,, of the Gulf States. His , friends, ..In JNew York remonstrated with him urging that the South yet suffered from the effects of the war; .that. trade was duller there than in the JNortn, and the chances lewer i "1 obtaining success in business. "I know it," be replied. "Yon will there be mcasuraUv out of the world of art, music, books even news. The towns aud houses have few modern iinnrovemnbi6 ins advisers insisted. "All very true." "The people haven't the energy oi ine JNortn, , xney are apt. to be bitter in their prejndices.7 j, "But they are so friendly 1" .re pneo tne jnginuiuian. "if l were asked to name the, marked . feature of Southern character, it wonld he friendliness. When I went among them, for the first time in my lifa .1 iouno myself in a world where every man reany seemed to believe every other man - his blood , relation. Though be had never seen him lie- tore, he stood ready to invite him to dinner, or to befriend him, if he. needed it.77 , , i , ,f : The Englishman remained a( the soutii. He could not , tear . bimseli away from the pleasant, intangible ties which had been spun around mm No one can travel through the Koutu without leeling the powerful charm of the universal atmosphere oi good-numor, kindness and cohr tesy that is found in its people. iNot oniy is it snown in tne hospital; ity of the upper classes, 'but . the poorest of your fellow-passengers, is ready to render yon a service, We have known a train. stopped for en hour in order that a doctor might lie summoned to a sick child, and in all the six cars full of pas sengers, t here was not a grumble of discontent neard. It .evidently seemed to them the natural and, right thing to do. llfi . . ' In the majority of ,caseri.ol course, the good-will is shown ,only iu a smile and pleasant word; ,but no one who lias .not, lived , in. this perpetual sunshine uin understand its tranquilizing, cheering, effect.-,, , There can be little use, in. the union of the different sections of tins country, u the two cauaot. learn something from each tl other , ,lf Northerners ! are, , perhajisiibJe, tq teach their' Southern brethren ou)e lessons of energy and of progress. the- can also learn from them inuchj mat win make )u sweeter higq'-r. uuu ir ueiier wurvu ine ivmg. - The Northerner at heart , Is per haps as faithful a (oyer aud .us kind a friend, but be keeps bis love and kindness for his personal friends and for his own household, and al lows very little of either to illumine his face, words or manners inftho l: - . i ; ' . j- i ' oruiuary associations ot l(ie, They Can't' Be Beat." At Charleston I met' a nian" frftrti Biughampton, N. Y if lio Iras ageb( iui Buuie euiv ui vuuuu, uiucuiiiery, and almost the first thing he asked me was: 1!. J ' ' ''' "How do you manage pwitli, the hotel waiters!" ,.,..... , , , ,',.,, "Why, I have to fee them .of course." ; ' "' " ' "That shows how green !'ybix-am I am going to stop here ;f our v days, and 1 won't pay'enraceut.". j, "Then you won't jget , much Her. vice.7? ' ' ' il "I won't, eh! Well, you jnsf, watch me and learti a thing or two; See that!" . It was a lead half-dollar, . neatly, covered with gold foil and at first glance it seemed to be a 92u' gold piece. When the NeWYotkekV trunk came up stairs and tho two darkeys lingered around for a quar: ter apeice that "twenty" appeared to view, and he sait: "Smallest I've got to-day. IU see you before I go." . The same thing was worked oh the table-waiter, on the waiter who brought up ice-water, and on sever al other colored Individuals, and when we were all ready to take the train for Savannah the trunks went down on the wagon ami we walked to the depot. Two minutes before the train pulled out the New Yorker turned to the African with his grip sack and said: . . . ' "James, will you tuktf this coin aud square up with Hie boys for, me?" "Yes, sail." -'Place it carefully in yourjiockcf and don't lose it." "She's dar', sah, an' Ize In illy un o' times obleeged to you." "Never mind that. Well, we arc off." All the way down to Savannah that evening my companion chuck led over his keenness in beating the colored population; but wheu we readied the latter city his chin took a drop. We were not clear of the depot when arrested for passing counterfeit money, and all his ex planations did not prevent his re- t'ii to Charleston by the next train 1 met mm altewaids in Alabama uid he told ine the afl'air cost him Foundling. A skating riuk is a good place see stars and stripes. A little girl had beun scolded her grandmother. She picked her little, kitten; and caressing to by up it, said: "I wish one ol us three dead. And il ain't ,ou, kitty, it ain't me." An old story is being revivi a prayer meeting held for a was and d of poor fi Mow s relic! w ho had broken his leg. While Deacon Brown was pra ing a tali Icllow with an ox goail knocked at the door, saying: "Father could not come, Imi sent his p:icrs in Ihe carl." They were ol !l. otaloe lieel, j.oik and When he had lo oi der, I trot hi said: "(len'leli w l.r, Is on a l I 1 1 1 1 1 'l moc. called I he meet ing i r ( ..miner .nose and 1 if it wasn't for de w a; gut hen ';, a ii I (In land an' hat de wa; de whe ;in el am ou, deu w hat ' emnl elaimc(l Iv'rccl !'" w hi.spci ( sol i h . i n lil iing ins 'We he, ile wagili We w ill now pass i de grea -." case!" -of old Mini, pre idclit, logether. ile wheels, aroiin' for Crfrac'Wf and' '()). ' ' The Veth'oAfri preachsr; U ia bar -, and eittxy ttlwr. . , :Tbe Urr uit Rider:' hrf hai com r.lotsd b! rvuvdV. and. aiming- th liixhor. ' await froth order., .' t:Th ftihop and liU Cabinet: who can' tefll their McreUf Their war ar mat' odtag oV. wnere, two or tbre MtthodlaU ar tatheVrd tORlher, thar Will aeolUottoa -betaA-an-np. . ;,. .. , : Johu VVtMler "hand full" Viu W oom at6wiifaR," yen; a world-full; 4 in, , awancaAr':UMtwarmd kwhaart , , hum la all lands, ; The1 'Mrd worked 'and w poorly paid MelbadUti'rMchar J will . count .out . oagh BhekU to carry Uim born, and , btforath Conferenc cloa will (lv !4a ife ' farthing 'to tba Mlasiouarr ; csaaa, com atrugxllng chorea and col leotion for (out broken down broth ar ftad tfc widow and orphan of mm ral Comrade. Metbodint preacher, fol lowing tba axainpl of John Wealey, ' VKet all (bey ean. a all they can and gm all tbey can." ' ' I . mv. h. if. wiuon. ti.n. Prealdinx Elder of 'the llilUbnro Di- tricwuwAaUye of ttulUord county. U , about 90 rear of ace, and Wa liceuJ to preacli In 194S. lie ha been pra idiac eider for many yeari and a dele- , rat to tb General CW-rcnr of tl.a Southern Church nince 1S68. 11 led u.a deleattoa to tlMlaataeeeral Conference ' or 88 otee. and reeeWed a Urc vma for BUhop at that Conference. 11a in a preajeberwf ability. aa4 1 regarded a on of the tront debater Iu tha Con- . mence. lit adm niatrativa cai., ii U (Teat, and hi riawioa all ImporUut aebjscta aradtaU ia tha big heat Mlrm, hi wiadora, rectitude of purfxiea aud botMtyroonviction bctng nndobted. He i thoroughly .acquainted with the need of tbe church in all ua.ru of tha Oonfarenc and with thecharacter aud eapaeitieavf the miniater. and hence make on of the tuoet Invaluubla main- ber of tb Duhop Council, r it air; L. a. arvxHXAs. n o.. la a Batir of Daridaun couuly, and la about 69 year of . Ua joli.eU the ' Oonferetio in l . aad haa. from hi drat oonnecUon with it. o loved iu re- pect and confidence, aa wur of Im portant elrcuM Aud eutioua. au.1 iaa- WtoC -flder ,of ..UiaUicla. aa ll aa yepreaentativ of th Ounlerem:v t tha Crane rat ODnfraenc of the Southern CJiUTCh auao IBOtt, and to . hit IV.uuen. cat Council in Loudon iu lssi,, Ai it theoldgian lie1 M a leader in th dm erac, .and from Ihe pulpit, a . ll t Wim nt pen, wiid n Iniluoiica that i widely felt." U i hUmcleaa ia Uin " Twalk an ooneeraatioB." haa etrouir , . and decided oony ictiona ou all nhj u . and ie frank and fenrleae in n plowing them. Attue-lale (feneral t anf r n bereoeiyed. reral .rotea for IiiMh.ni.. U ia th choice of ii'iAuy for the I'leol' enc7r 'iriaity cu.iuue. Uuritie tl.a ' y irr be baa. buu paator of lha cnurcli at fSew.llorna. I -itie-. J j j u- .i., . i . .. . 2Veaaiu!l4MTver. Rev.1 L. "W. 'Crawford: hairmt.n -t,t ui committee aiuioinUMl at tha l.u.t . Conference for the relief of (Jm Gofletce, Yoad the reiinn ofthe commit' lee, atatirw that the .oollexe lad teeu bought t publio auction by J. H. Carr, and other, and that tha frratlcmeu OlTered KtO theCouft-ranoa.if the ( u. Terence would relle thorn from hII la epoiinibllitie.' Referred to Hie commit-' feM-6Vduoatina;'i :.t - i-i ,(. ... H He. P. , iTowaeeud f we irrantiHl loava of aoeenca. '' ,'' JLa rtfek itAM aakftt I a ti m Cotifereace adjouraed itha hymn 14 . by the tJiahop. and the UuyUicuoo. i ''! ,it, 'KOTE9.' ' "I - . ; .. Tbe rjoafereec baacoinplMwH Iu or- auisation and la now .fairly umlvr Way; 'WUhop Keener lone no time. A . arre.aineunt.ot btttin wan done yea- ,', teriiAT and tbe Conferenc did not lurk time for eiioeeh makitiK ithr. Al- tlioufcbiad Al W tlia busuaea waa of m private natuie, tbe.-tim nailed rery pleaaantly tothe' audiouce, who weia1' ocouakmall rf reahed wltii flee mm. btea apeech from eoni one of th iror. inept yinitor praenC , Tha addiaaa of "' Uutiofl Keener totheoanditiate for mi'" JiibwiunMito ftiUuierabarariiii ia euukn . jVf aa one ot the bent thing. u that line - eTcrneara in tiie ntmn vuroiui uon- ' fereaeu; ' "Drw jAfferty. naual. rot' - everybody a attention and kept it. Her. UMVia- Mortbu 'HKewiM made u rood " ' ViaUoui who Itave not attended tbe Cohfercut id aevernl yean cannot but ' be impreeeea .wiUi the arrrat tJimnaa. wbieh appear in the make up of tw . body.' Few of tha men-who took k pruralneit rt tn tbe work eC tlia ifen . f erence a f tw year ao are tu be aean now.' T)o of theial Dn.' Cloaa atii Craven , have' died rig the mu4 ' year. ,.1 nt ti; ' . Maiiy compuinent are iMuaied uoou the venonnei of the Otiuf eyutm. ' - 1 l.vaa ' re all deaeryed, but the fiotwt looking , man we nave ecen on the floor la, nut, a mermrer, Dut a viaitor, ur: K. A. loutuf. -of Jiaauvillu, Uifl aiiaaioiMtry eecratarj. . ; U if 4all. witlv a dicnired , bourn., heavy-built, and with noble feacurca a npte3idpeoimea of L pbyaioaj uian. It ia aaid lifa be ba equal mental yrv portion. ' - 1 ' ' .Every aeeUou of the State - la t repr v eeuUid araoDg.the vieitora, ,to tb lMi. : ference. It lit ?aid that the numbar of , ladre In aUendance la larger Uiau tr bafore.. ,,,,, ,,,; .:,(...!,.!: t' , , lijahop Keerer, in hi addreaa ywU r-' day, UMd tbe young preaeber thml o4w ' gyman ' anr throat waa nothing but a! i lack of sympathy between 'tha tUntat ' and the brain'. It ik presumed that there ' ' will be bo more cotn plain to. beard ,u. tliat score aoon. ..-.,, The repbrta of the praachor on their ' . several cbaXRtw,, show, that , MAwttli. . atunding the drouth of a year ago there Iihb been very little if lUiy falling off iu the culleotiona orde-ed by.,UUe Uouftu. ence. Besides thi it J eifNntet that when the report are summed up it will' 1 be found that a larger number of chart h- " esthan wejal have been built during the ' yean -. i ,.. - i . Dr. Yale aad bia Oommitte bay . '' been very auooeaafut in providing for , th seasious of the Conference. Tbe ' Conference room baa been 'awpitlled' ' with every eonvenienoe, -and 1 both ing -' h&a been laft undone to previd for the ' comfort of tbe preacher. , ,, Sowe Hnall Thing, William II. Vanderbilt ha the leant to say of any man on Wall a treat. The emalleet navy In tbe world for the money spent on it tbe United ' States. The khortrnt verae in the Dible is tbe thirty-ltfth verev of the eleventh chap ter of bt. Jolitt. , The mule haa the raHi tali onfif having the Hinaileat and daintieat foot for Ito kiku of all hoofed animals. Watchnn luude as early no delicately uomitruutcd so suihII hn to cuHily lit oil llM(J M'IIL'il. aa 1700 wrw by haml and Ui top U h Hisiuarck in e.-isily offended. A Uer- on uuu her naiuiMl one ol but pi ihe Bisinnrc.k suinai-i.'' and roiluut for a mii;i!I HtlmiK wan HrrcKted. It ih uoithy of reiiiikik thut thi mow ijiuto liiiw oomieiiled in bin bill six O1M11 iiile surniiiil iiihIi uinentH. ca b ao In Hi -lite .is t he iml is ernahle to the linked ye. :-u. lniKr. editor ol it iM!waHtier imII(sI (he Key Wel Deiuocrat, iilwtiu ty yearn old. forty inches high ilinl weijiha thirty live mhiihU. TIk) (l.inei. al u ns born in Kan llomiuo and rai u i in Florida. The Ht inn of u honey bee whej ton-imre-l with the Hintof a line no vile un ci er a Hiwerful magnify ing glasa, ci Kcarcely diacerniblu. The point, of tioj needle scpihh to bo about an inch 1 4 breadth. f
New Berne Weekly Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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Dec. 14, 1882, edition 1
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