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- "1 . t. .A ' f c J VOL. Y; , , : , -' NEW BEKNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C., JANUARY 11, 188;?. v . ' NO. 10. Profesrional Card. ": GEO. 1L LUID3AY, J A.tt or n fe yTa t aw s - ' ; ICTHfim. AT. C. :.v -'' Will araitlc TrWyvar lil lift li mal iW . &trrt . r Bom. A. R. Merrtiooavjoawpa r Uauajr. fa-lJt. -N. C4 A. Bora, in Jt.C . ....... v ocCMwU lec::i:'3 jruooKE, : A 7 T 0 IV.tEY XT I A W ICA srniii 1 New Berne, N. nil aMIn In tknxnMr of OfMM. I- ot r, J n, On k w' Pm Uco CrTili; fciao " La Lix r H. DtMrVct OMirL. - , Prompt Mlmtlaa pM o Uie aoilMtlon of p. iiunpirr peabsall, - irKMUIT AT LAW. Zldvr Eerno AdTerdiekients; DWI'SURTT;5 "itMT tjiii no ii mikwiu n n c7 t Br Sim, V. C kr. W. (aw G?.0 EIHE3 d;DBY GOODS rOOTS. SHOES; HATSTHI. ei.TwIne, Paint Oil Cb vavs, and Oakum. ". i:ce to bay GBAXN 8ACX3 is LOIilJUKAUli SSUFr . . - 'u-hf'thmlML " ' . and SFINES. V tr. St. I v ' w - , Mil UJl'lIJ AND TWINES. NAILS, OANTA A m ALX. KIXX "to PTi'mn.nv . 1 ' .- cn3 &na B2,tjshe3. :..-j,':7JLrsipoinis' W ' GCDD YOUNG STOCK , . - - - .t v -.t; .. . Alwjt oo hand, and fee Ml LOYf FOBpASH. . . A. & LI. IIAIIN, Oppoulu pucopl Ouncbaoj Odd JunelSw-Ci SmaU IY- "U pji, Jiek gales. i J . A7IIOL13A1.EAKETAII., ;. -" y-v -t-r--r-k ir-Ai5f? GonMT Broad BC3X;-N. ait i::?.Li!n iirni in laicai: JOHN DUNN, , . JLLXITACTrXZ 07 And WaoUmI and Uil Vmlniat 8teom reined. Confectionery. CANDIESV ' Cracker indf Cakes CIGARS, lad all Kinds of CLildren'a TOTS . WAXUlSS v, - - ' yoxxocx ' Aprl t,lrw .JTrw WM. LORCH, - DEAtA nr CCNSHALi ISRCIIANDXSE ' CA2?ES7SX aCCCaQCSlTXjn, . mwm St. r mmw. V. p. t DAIL 'BROS.. V nn T eft A r 'ts n n n e a i TJJUiiflJi UftVVSKt ooaocssxox jn;wKir, Aprl. 4 w! I t ! ;'l THE GOTER'OR'S MESSAGE. Governor J arris makes nil ex- cellent gtnmp apech and writes a most dm trable mdssaire Tbe foandation for both these lies in the good common sense cro8&ssed by, tim. I0 "fa yitj ele&headed and deals with men and matters in a common sefise' manner, plain and practical. The Jotjenal has often differed from the Ctorernof ta.sooiil of his rleir $ : hot Mh al ftaj-a been-1 flat! to commend his practical ad ministration of the State's affairs. We .jnote and comment from his message, - r , f . He calls attention, in opening, to the . low valuation of ; property in North Carolina. We neeti everv year about tsabotTtorry 6Vpi rwniwi xoRrna en i:- du raise this amoat tax levy of 28 cents on the one hsodretl dollara' worth of property is made because the pro perty In the State is valued atoulyj 9JLD4,uvu,uuu-wau ;jia rev Tame is something near $300,000,000. If the trae valuation were ' placed on the propertyeighteen i cents on the one hundred dollars wonld be suffi cient, v The great need, . on this matter, is iformtty ' of valuation, which is not bad nnder the present j.The. Governor recommends that thd Supreme Coor be'increased to Ave members, and that the nnmber of Judges ot. the Superior Court be also4' increased: A good sueges- Uon,for theJudges are.very mmcfrr1" if jiT t? L V . f T j t ri s tT.lStte's interest in the road lost. If, overworked? and if he liad aisb K- ha mt,annma . thU mnM overworked; advised ah increase in their salary, it would not have been amiss. ' Bat t alsoTsbows Deuocratie - i . a made the reduction In the Atuaaer of JadrS ' HAreuchmeU and' Ve- form were going too fast then. ' " In . xliiicnssiBjr- the' Courts the Governor makes another good sag gestiouj ift recommending asimplL fying and shortening of 'bills of Indictment.? So many , criminals escape punishment,-pufthe State to great delay, irom the mere - omis sion of a technical word in a bill of indictment. And VhJ16 on'; that subject therecommendidoii J&Ftne JotrETf AL, beretofQrq (4 allow nine ot "the twelve jurors to give the verdict would also' 'be-' worthy of consideration. 'u :i vw On the subject of "public schools the mefwagd stands squarely on the groan d held by philanthropists and modern educators, and;4emands increased taxation for the schools. The JotrajCAi. has - steadily - mai view. . It is now becoming' popular for communities to have a special x of their, ownto hiuid aay ieavieige: gentrar taxation i will not be( submitted to. In the last two" years there have " been d.in theTr State :wigit Graded School-a" preftV good" in dication of the tendency of tbtraglft in that line. a i i.a iia - The Governorbecomeatfle frt orVi f a! n .ywn tliA wtAVola rf tfiA I jouHg men-at oar User3ityjand onihis ow aceountithOBrtrafly- snggestioB-from the Trustees, re eonwendstaalatote of -Moral - Science - and Christian Evidences. n We quote his language: There is a fearful tendency among the advanced thinkers of the presen t I age to ignore, li .not to hold m con tempt, the elaims of . the Christian religion. - I want to see our State declare in no unmistakable manner that at her University no system of philosophy is to be listened to for one moment that does not teach that God is the Creator., of all things? and the Ruler of all thines. and as such: eiitrUed.tn:eervices of aa men,' and that 'the Blble is the great book for the study of mankind. ask that ; an annoal appropriation of two thousand dol lars be madd "far this purpose, and that the' trustees be required to make the selection. '. r T J In all of which the Governor ,is evidently ftooi previous.' From Ume. imniemorial JJMoral: Science aniJChtianTidences'' have al ways been taught there not by a special Professor, but generally by the President. This was done as a part of a young man's literary cul ture, for no education would be eomplete without thernr But if the Goveruor.w after having Theology taught as a specialty, we think the State will i pretest. .There are Theological Seminaries all over the country and to' them let tSej-ouLg an ;ge wlo I preiltvring Jrr the ! mfhistry. ' " We again eive an extract on a subject of some considerable impor tance to this section: ATLANTIC AND NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. ""This property was leasod for thir ty years by the stockholders on the 1st day of July, 1881, to the Mid land North Carolina Railway Com pany, for the sum of forty thousand doHarsaiyear and upon the condi tion that the Midland Company would build a road front Goldsbero to Salisbury. It was this condition that secured the vote of the State in favor of the lease. The Mid bud Company built a railroad to Smithfield, a distance of twenty- two miles, on their way from Golds borof Sal wT, nd there stoppeti: In cooaeiinence ef this cessation of the work, the stockholders of the , f Atlantic Company, after full ao- tice to the Midland Company, on ; the 10th of Novein!er, 188', declar rwhat WundEc ttlTHew road' it would be good for the 9 ,. . . . ... years to bring in 11,000 a year. .to North Carolina will not sustain his T.;?. . . v 1- , ' ilfu . . ..... ... tWSiAmittr anil nnvan'a aWlr ed the lease forfeited and directed the .President of the: Company to take the necessary steps to repos sess the Company of its property. A. suit for this purpose has been or will soon be. commenced. . rlf the road cbald be-completed to Salisbury, it would run through the heart of the State, and would give to a productive Rection ample railroad facilities. It would ran along' of kear the fine water power of Chatham . and . Kandolph and would irreatly aid in the develop menu. Its value to the State, could it be built, would be great, and I ask yon to authorize me or some one else to enter into a con tract with any person or corpora tion to give them the State's inter est in tne'sfocjc ofhe, Atlanoc road npoa the eomplefidn of the road to Salisbury I do not . know - that such a contract can be madeKbut iUisArorfh ther'hial.1 The SUte'S interest in the Alantic road is not to-day practically worth anything Mtbsbtaf,i while an 'hnndred and fifty miles, iu new road from Golds- boro to Salisbury. would be worth a grtf(aeal.,.';i'" ,V..V X. "' : It is tme that the State has a nominal interest in the stock of the Atlantic road to the amount of tl. 276,000 For this she issued her bonds to that amotut, begining 1st oi January, l56, to run for thirty vears.'and pledered her stock in the roa4 tor their j redemption. Some of itese bonds have been taken up by tne state at , forty cents in the douari bat there is still outstanding -4o,uyu viiia xourieen years accru ed interest, which is a lien1, upon the .State's "itock. Some of these bonds fall due January 1st, , 1886; so thatia: three years from now, the stock will be sold ont and the m A. A L:-i, ' f i could be utilized i to secure the building of one bandied, and, fifty miles of could not be affected,' and the pur chaser . would not ' be deceived, for he will s haveT- foil knowledge of .the facts. The State now- has an Interest in the stock with which she can part, and I advise the pass age of an act authorizing it to be done upon the completion, of a rail road from. GoHsboro to Salisbury, Olfarlottflf bra' hundred1 and fifty miles in anftiteetfcui.b Y-' 'i VI ' Just there the JouENAL. makes an issue. q&epu subscribers bare at timeremonstrated against on J strfttfiieA bi 1nfe"'(act8 of 'tooSrliorafvis"'. Ttlsgenerally nsideredlreasoiA toTcriticise.''-- the acts of one's poia leaders. Bat now what say the people of Lenoir and Craven to this recommenda tiod.J r'No one denies 'that if acoiv poration gets the State's interest, it will thus have the power to con-. trol and virtually annihilate1 the in dividual and county stock. i Lenoir 92,0OQ . a i year-r-and , yet this, is If, ha mf hlAoalir filontrhlimul.lif'rhttt be ruthlessly slaughtered at the . x, . And. why should the'Stat M .';s6j lerrioiy anxious to jjivtt u iauiiu lu some corporation, toobuild a .rival line to the North Carolina railroad in which the State now ownS?l a' valuable interestT, And the 'cheekiest part of. the . - ni-gues that while ' in three yean I trom now, th stock will be sold pat and the State's interest .losf," yet Lhe expects to find a corporation fLi -a. .., .-1 T . rr. .1 ui ruau for this very State's interest ! ! Worth ' nothing to the State, bat some corporation will build 150 ihiles Of road ibr it I The Governor . relies ' on findiog a very gullible corporation or a very gullible Legislature. . a A threat Advocate. . I&fniphoate was noted for his success in criminal - -cases. It is said that when he practised in Essex joonhty,' Mass., during the early part of. his professional life, no client of bis was ever convicted a criminal charge. ' His reputation as a criminal law yer was exhibited once so grotes quely as to put him in an em harass ing position.. He. was cross-exam iu a. Bufli'iin ho-uin t t.nrnf."S(-at'a State's evidence," was testifying against his comrades. They were charged with stealing money, and the sailor Bad said, in his testimony, that Air, Choate's client had instigated the theft. "What did be sayt" asked Mr Choate Tellrae how and what he spok'e to you. 'LI "Oh" answered the sailor, with the coolness of a Jack Tar, "he told us that .there was a man in Boston named Choate, who could get us off, even if we were caught with the money in our boots." The court and sjiectators shook with laughter at the "fix" into which the lawyer bad precipitated himself. But not a muscle of Choate's face showed whether he was amused or annoyed. His .Reason. It was in one of t he battles of the Peninsulacanjpaign 'that a certain Virginia regiment was drawn up in line of battle. Jake and Jim, two colored boys, had carried their mas ter's dinner to hini at the front, and us they started back, shot and shell legan to fly very fast. In an instat Jim dodged lehind a tree and Jake behind a rock. A lull in the fire made Jim brave, and coming away from the tree he ad vised Jake to put his trust in the j Lord and come on. ' 'No sah, not dis child," yelled Jake, a big shell bursting over him at that moment. "No Bah; der's i too much powder behind dem tings ' for de Ijord to have anyting to do i wid 'em!" Milton in "Paradise Lost" makes Satan the inventor of gunpowder weapons; but probably oor Jake never heard of Milton. TALMAGE OS LENGTH OP LIFE, Reifteax Why,ii;MsjheBttr to Die ! Young thaata LlTe ta be Old. (Xw York Sun.) If any one dies in Tooth said Dr. Talmaere yesterday morning. we say, "What apityP If one of be in pleasant circumstances ne never wants to go. William rem fen Bryant at 82, standing in ? jny house - and reading; 'Thapatopsis' Witbont apectarlfs, was) asj as anxious to live as wnen ne wrote that immortal threnody. Cato at 90 was afraid .he wouldn't live to learn Greek. "Thnrlow Weed at 89 found life as great a pleasure as when he snuffed out bis first! poll tician. 1 suppose that Methusaleb at 969 was afraid to go out in a storm and get his feet wet lest he shook! shorten hi days." -yi-; j. .JJr.. Tahnage said that if be were an agnostic ae woum can a man blest according to the nnmber of years he could stay on terra: firm a. But, since men believe in immortal ity, an aDDrevtated existence on earth is a blessing because it makes one's life more compact. Some men can do their day's work in ten hours, some in five, and some in one; and other things being equal, the man is to be congratulated who can get throBgh: his . work in one hoar. If a person dies at 5 years begets thorogh his '.work at 9 in the morning; if he dies at 40 he gets through at noon; if he dies at 70 he gets through at 5 id. the afternoon, and if he diesat 90 be has to toil op toll o'clock at night. ! , "All we ought to be anxious about is to- get ear work done," Bald . Dr. Talmage,", and the sooner the ' bet ters The aomber of men who fall into rain between 60 and 70 years of age is simply appalling. . If they had died at 30 it would - have ' been better for themselves' and for their families. The great temptation of ft man's life sometimes comes far on in middle life. At about 45 years of age wman's nervons systemJ changes -ny the advice or some friend he takes a stimulant to keep him up and be goes on taking stim ulantaguntllj itukeepsbia dowtfe Oooocrning a Vastimidtitnde U seems as if it would be better for them to embark" from this' earth early in life.s Why do so many die before they are 30 yeara . pldt Be- cause God sees the storm coming up from the Caribbean and run tjiem into the first harbor. If a,, soldier who IiasJbean on guardrail night ' ts srlad when some one comes to , re lieve him, ought notf.ihat-T man- to shout for joy who can pot down hia weapons and go mto the lung's eftstlef i; m, -: t .i u ) Illustrating how men. escape perils early ia life and fall in with tbem later,, ; Dr. .Talmage said: "the first time I. crossed the Atlan- tip Ocean ifc was" as - smooth -as a miU pond, and I wrote.; a , magazine essay on tne caim sea. ii a naairc wirittep it 4henn before I crossed the ocean again, I never could have written it ' 1 nv- v- '' y Another reason why it is a , bles sing to die eariysDriTaJmage said, isj because those who die in youth escape so manyr'fiarthly , bereave ments. He enumerated--some of the sorrows - which King David would havealso eseapedtheratiffiBr ofuQcleanneai anif murder, WbeM God takes little children," the rnwa cher continued. . '.'He usually takes the greatest capacity for' suffering if permitted tiive.'? 1 ; 1 " ' (Agin, to die early in life,, Dr, Taimage said, "brings one so much the sooner to the centre of things. All astrobomera. agree. that Jhejuni yerse swiags arbdme great centre. God's " favorite figure in geometry is toe drclei2i: Somewhere is jthe great hahjonAdhiCLb;t vfneeivoruie nmver9i tarns. :ang that is beaveat. Our titer lppiafe"n this world isiectiveiMftif tne wrong enu oi .ineaeistescope. We are down in Vbjs f life, and yet trying to aeaathe broad heavens of immortality while oar departed Christian friends have gone up stairs to study it. . The Child who died at 5 years of age a few days ago, at waose funeral I officiated, knows more to-day of God than Andover or Princeton or all the theologians of the world. Yet men are rushing around among the apothecaries, wondering if this medicine is gooJ for neuralgia, and that for rheumatism, and others for other diseases, lest they should be suddenly ushered in to heaven. Men ought not to go around groan ing because another year is gone. We ought to be living not accord ing to the old maxim, which says men should live as though every day might be their last, but as though we were to live forever. But don't let us be nervous lest we should have to move out of a shanty into an Alhambra." A Mdest . Xaidea's BostoBikle Be- qaest. (TezM Sittings.) An Austin yong man has been boring a young lady with his atten tions for some time past, although on various and suudry occasions she had given him to understand that he was distasteful to her. A few evenings ago he assured her that be was anxious to fulfil her every wish. "Is it really a fact that you will do whatever I ask you!" "Your slightest wish U law. Command me and I shall obey." " WelL then, I wish you would see i 1 vOu can i nduce my mother to marry you. She is a widow, and is not as particular about whom she marries as I am." Dangers of Courtship In Nebraska. From tbe Schuyler 8ao. A wildcat weighing 33 pounds was exhibited in town on Saturday. It was killed by young Luschen in Shell Creek Precinct, where, it is stated, there was a den of thirteen three having been captured. These animals would come in day light to the premises of the farmers in the vicinitg and attack the chick ens, and, in the absence of man and gun, could not be frightened away. The young men who go "sparking" in that neighborhood now stay till broad daylight, not caring to brave their apprehensions of meeting one of these wild animals. AN AWFUL ACCIDENT. Etgateea Coatleta Pronaed at Onte.-v k Flat Boat.4lKk.' With Thorn In the i TaekaaeefM KI rer. tltsisiah: Nm-Obaerver.) A few days since we published an account; , of j the trip of. Govenor Jams to the? Western North Caro lina Railroad and gave an account of the operations at the Cowee tun nel, wnich isnear the, bank of the Tackaseegee ..liiver,; in Jackson county.;. On that section of the road are -employed' about 100 con victs. -Testertlay Lieutenant-Gov ernor James L. Robinson, who came down from bis home in Macon conn ty, brought the news f a horri ble disaster' at- the crossing of the Tuekaafieme River 'r the news, of which he received from Mr. ; W.B. ; Troy, the ofacer m charge f eon viots on tt .Western North UaroJitta Baiboad. - It appears that the cainD of the eonvicta.; that is, the stockade in which thex are' Quartered, is on the bank of the Tnekaseegee liver, op posite the Cowee tunnel The river is at that particular point, deep,with a u current -somewhat sluggish , as wwjKu;wf -iu -pari-ti. immeaiaieiy aDoye ana below, where it ' breaks ipto .rapid' and rashes with' the swiftness "peculiar to those ' moun ttrin torrents. ; .j'The means ef fer-' riage across the stream has been a large barge or flat boat capable of cootaining . niiy - convicts, a - rope stretched across jbeing' grasped' by the' hands ah4 tb0.boatj;hea pulled oyer, ,,PAi Saturday, while thirty convicts x wem. being thus transfer-- red, they. $ame alarmed on seeing some' water and ice' inr the boat, and despite the Jact there was no danger;ru8hed : panic-atricken i to one end of the boatv which was at once eansized - and -all : the- Men thrown--into the 1 cold river, there ! deep, .though not more than, fifty W9t$0V!fa, white guardwhei was on the boat went.down with the reat i A terrible scene' followed a the inen- straggled to get out,: each man lookin g only after,' bis victsrswam ashore, - or after- being Fwashed h down s ' short ' distance reached the bank ere they coma : to the svlfl water. ,Trelve thus saved: tbf msejvf ' bat eighteen ; clasped eachjother.so closely that they be came a struggling. tnaBS and were all drowned. ' The guard was takes , from the water, to Tiir aODearanoe Hiead) and It was pulyf by dint-of grea ,;ana , sipngi oontinuea enorts thattthis.li&ilras ved. : " ! jThe gangf eonviets at this ' par ticular placepl? rat her section of the road-was ih chatgeoC ,Mr JM. MdMurray. Yesterday , aOemoon Oapt. E. B. Stamps, chairman-Tof the board of Penitentiary directors,' left -for the- seene toniakettestt-.i him. It was one UtbtBata Which seem to be unavoidable,1 and deto the sadden panic which sei? . ed the oonylcts in' the beat, , wich it is" said was in no danger pfjdnk lng,.the ; water having fallen in it from the rains. Seme .of --the. drowned men were found sdnMfrus' tance below, locked, , together in last and fatal enibrace,', Jtfany who could swim were hampered by: oth er wiiOfdntched them in a death This is the greatest; disaster that a. i i . tion a the Cowee tunnel was of so treacherous -a - character that it caved in on n nambetre convicts, and theyJ narrowly escaped death. The utmost precautions were used to prevent- a repetition of the oc currence, an immense "cut'' being made and arched oyer. The dirt was. replaced, and all made secure. The tunnel is eighteen;' miles from the. Balaam mountain and thirty- four miles from Pigeonr River, and is on what, is known, as the Duck town bianeh of the Western North Carolina Railroad. Wasted Him to Take more Exercise. XawTork Sun.) Scene; Office of a pompous doc tor who knows it all.' Enter a tired man who drops into a seat and says that be Wants treatment. See doc tor puts on his eye-glasses, looks at his tongue, feels of his pnlse, sounds his chest, and then draws up to his full height, and says: Same old story, my friend. Men can't live without fresh air. No use trying it. I could make myself a corpse, Ipse you are doing by de grees, if I sat down in my office and didn't stir. You must have fresh air; you must take long walks, and brace up by staying out doors. 1 could make a drua- store out of you. and you would think I was a smart man but my advice to yon is to walk, walk, walk' . Patient But, Doctor Doctor That's right. Argue the Question. That's my r reward. Of coarse you know all about my busi ness. Now, will yon take my ad vfcet Take long walks every day, several times a day, and get your blood in circulation. Patient I do walk, Doctor. I Doctor Of course you do walk. I know that; but walk more. Walk ten times asmuch as you do now. That will cure you. Patient But my business Doctor Of course, your business prevents it. Change your business, so that you will have to walk more. What is your buslnes? Patient I am a letter carrier. Doctor (paralyzed) My friend permit me to once more examine your tongue. What's Ib Education! Arkansaw Traveler. "Lemme tell yer," exclaimed old Nathan, arising at an educational meeting and addressing the assem blage "dar ain't half as much in ed dycation as a man in a moment ob 'thusiasm might promulgate. 1 raised two town sons. Jim went ter school an.' got a good eddyca tion, but Tom stayed home an' neb ber looked inter a book, but yit he made a quicker showin' dan Jim." "Howf" asked a chorus of voices. "Why, he beat him inter de peni tentiary two days," exclaimed the old man, as he sat down with the air of one who feels that he has the weight of evidence iu his favor. BEATING THE STANDARD OIL CO. A Sixteen. Yrar-Old Hesseifer Makes $40,000. ((Indnhtil F:nimlrer.) Boy The Standard Oil Company has lately been bear en by Mike Keating, 16 years old, a messenger boy of the western Union Telegraph Com pany at Oil City. Mike has been iu the employ of site telegraph com pany since. Uo was old enough to carry despah-hes, and nearly all of this time he has been in the Oil .exchange at the Oil City, carrying messages to and lrom the brokers. The large operators in tietroleum send their., despatches in cipher. The boy had earned no many mes sages sent by t lw Standard from its headquarters at Cleveland that " ho nau'unraveiieit me mystie ciiarac- a - . - , .-. - a . - - . (era, arm coma reaa inetn use , a printed page Just prior to the re-, icentexiraorjiinary auvance in tne . .- . . petjrvieujn.-mju-Ket-, wnen rue prices juniped.in a; few. days from fifty cents to, f 115. Keating ' carried a nnmber of telegrams to the stand ard's brokers ordering them tp buy large blocks of oil. The monopoly had laid its plans td boom the mar ketand the Oil City brokers . were ordered to buy everything. "Buy half a million: barrels," "Buy a million barrels.". "Buy two million barrels,'' were the way these or ders came in. They" were riddles to all but the broker.-i who received them, and Mike Keatinc who deliv ered them. . ,. :,. Keating knew something extror- dinary was soon to . happen . The market, which -had been ' like' a stagnant pool for a year, was ' al ready creeping np the scale: Or ders for immense blocks of oil were siriu coming trom ine oianaarps, headquarters. :. There was' no time to loss' Bat; what, could a boy . .do without a dollar in ..his. pocket! Keating went to,ne of the largest operators on the floor of - the Ex change, outside of the ' Standard's agents,' and -told him, he had a pointer." The broker laughed at him. The boys earnestness . finally. commanded attention, and the bro- fceragreed to his proposition, which was that the, broker should furnish money for; a "deal," if he was satis fied with the information, ' and divide the profits ' equally.1 Then the messenger told the broker what behad, and of ; t he telegrams he had been carrying from. the Stand ard's 'Cleveland ..office. , ..The next message that fell into the. boy's hands was carried secretly to the broker, and translated' It was Rn order to boy -everything that was offered. The, brokerprobably' swal lowed to keep Iris heart down.' Anv way, he went baek to. the Exchange and began,, to , .buy, He .saw . the Standard's agen ts buying right and, left,-aad was satisfied a. bigdeal was in progress. He- took every until he bad -a The market was' already jumping fast, , and 'his miibi barrels, .had, been secpred at an; average coss oi seventy-two cents. ti i;He dras loaded to the guards." -Orders to buy and orders to sen were pouring iu, irom . every quarter,,; and t(ie excitement was becoming intensei .The market was. stilt pounding npward with the usual nuctations.' vlfiyery time the prices 'advanced 'cnt .or declined a icjDl the brbker,8aw a profit ,or .ft loss. pi, $iu,uuu. tio Kept nis neau. honever, -and- when the market Scored -above 80eents he began - to unload." "Tb.6 StaiVard inen were, on hand to take eyerythingV and'-he, got rid of all his eil at an average price of 80 cents a barrel. He had bought t 72, and his profits were therefore eight cents a barrel or f80T000'fn all. - He divided equally With Mje Keatfug, the' messenger boy who had. unravelled the ..Stand ard's jOiphe according to agree ment.' It is well enough to remem ber that oil touched .il.35 during this tett days spnrt,' and if the bro ker had held on until the top was reached the profits of the two would have been $530,000;" It goes without saying that the Standard Oil Company has a new cipher and one messenger boy is ut of a job. Notes of Industry. (New York Sun.) '' ' The Shovel Company of St Louis turns out about 200 dozen shovels a day. A thirty-ton balance wheel has just been cast at a Hartfood foun, dry. Nail kegs of sheet iron are to be manufactured on a large scale at Cannonsburgi Pa. There are sufficient orders to keep the nail mills in the Chenango Val ley running through the winter. Two wealthy New England . lum bermen propose building a $400,000 railway into the Adirondack Wilder ness. The buildings of a malleable iron company at Bridgeport covers 3J acres, the foundry alone covering an acre. The daily earnings in the cotton factories of this country are nearly double what thej were in 1840. The total number of spinning spin dles is 10,653,435; of looms, 225,758. The actual consumption of cotton last year was 1,700,000 bales. The methods of transporting cat tle across the Atlantic have been so improved that the voyage is accom plished by the cattle now in safety. A system of ventilation has been adopted, whereby in all sorts of weather, even with the hatches bat tened down, the holds in which the cattle are can be kept free from nox ious vapors, which otherwise pro duce suffocation. The wool manufacturing estab lishments of the United States now numbers 2,084, with a capital of $159,644,870. They give employ ment to 75,334, men and 85,664 women and children. The average paid each toiler is $293.05 a year, or $24.42 a month. These mills consume 296.192,229 pounds of wool, of which 222,991,531 are of home production, and 73,200,698 pounds come from abroad. The average cost of the wool is 32 cents a pound. The manufactories make a profit of 36J per cent on the capital in vested, clear of all expenses. Hiring a Sabittitate. Chicago Herald. "Smith," said a well-known Chi cago merchant to his cashier, " you are going to tne dogs." "Sir " "Now, there's no nse denying it. I see it in your face. You were drunk last night, and the night be fore last, and yon are bracing up on wni.HKey to-uay. it wou't do. sir, it won't do. You can't stand it, J li j - . V m. mm ' ami ii you couiu wny, i can'C" . "Well: sir. replied Smith. "I ad mit that I've been going it a little too strone lately " , i&i "A little!'- Well. I should: think' you had a little. Look here. Smith. you're a good cashier, and an .hon est one, i oepeve, and 1 dpnt want to Jose you' Now, tell mevwhy .da you -aruuo" ,, v , u -wii. 'lHra sorry L to say v sir, that -it seems to be a eenoine love" for lia- uor. U am always Jthh-8ty'- for liquor.' ' "That's bad: but not incurable. t was one the boys myself once, and I go oyer it. Yputry my.blan,and j. imuK it. wiu woris witu you.f ir.y "What is your planwrt"!.. i ; "I'll tell you. .When I 'was a salesman about fifteen1 -years ago, ' I got to running' around 1 nights and drinking and carousing until I be-, gatt to look lost like "von do how. My employer came to me one day and remonstrated. ? , "You must either let somebody . else do yonr drinkinfe- for yott o' somebody do yonr; work." . That gave- m .an mea, anu a acteu upon it. stepping into the nearest saloon, I invited all hands up. to drink. wThev . re sponded t with alacrity. . I nicked the. toughest, customer in -the lot, and asked him what he 'did 'for a living. Nothing,wihe replied. "Howmnch will you charire a week to do my drinking Jfbr met"; . "Wot d'ye toeant',. he 4wked.'.. I explained to him that l had a perpetual thirst and. that 'whisky on fitted, me, ibr business, so 1 wanted him to do my drinking for. me MI'li: lo It for $5 a week and found,1' be replied. "That found in whiskyl" 14 "Yes that's it boss." J Well, it's a bar gain," said I,' and we Bhook hands on it. I took him to the store with me and sat him out of sight,,, When l began to feel thirsty A took .him out and made him;drink a good big glass ot whisky. Somehow, -I felt bettor alter seeing him drink. Well, t had to Jake himon! several times that day, and before' night,. be; was a.,,- T' At. J'l hopelessly drunk. I had been out with the bovs and taken him alonsr. They kicked at first at havingnch a measiy-iookingi.cramp.' aione, rtDui wheuj explained they ; thought it, quite, a Jokei My appetite i for' drink was too -strong for" him. ';I hired another drinkery and w stayv ed by me for three weeks. '.Then I caught him -throwing ja, glass of WUIBAJ' UVtJI UlCf 0UUUIUC1, UU A UW cnargea mm. nem usea up nine. able-bodied drunkards before I ab solutely quenched my thirstf but I quenched it at last.' I never think of taking a drink now." ' "I believe I'll try yourplan," said Smith : . " Do, said the merchant. "I am sure it will work. It may take a long time a year, , perhaps but you stick, to it, nd you'U . drown your appetite to a ' dead certainty. If you find it is costing you more than you can stand,' I'll increase your salary.'' '. ' '" , People who are not intimately acquainted with Smith think he is going to tte dogs at lighting ex-, press speed- They judge so be cause he ja always, seen in the com pany of a drunken-. bummer of the worst - possible description. 'But Smith's friends know that -he has not drank a drop since he had . that talk With his employer. . He nas us ed up three drunkards, and is look ing around fpr a lortn. Fatal Aeeideats With Fire. (NewTorkHun'.) . Miss . McDonald was fatally burned by her clothes catching -fire from a-camp fire which her brother had made near Savannah. : Two colored youths, in Memphis, who slept iii a store, smoked cigar ettes in bed. The bed clothing caught fire, and they were - fatally burned. 'A-tramp got permission from N. W. Dunham, neAr Burnt Hilts, N. Y.. to sleep in -his' barn. The next day the tramp's bones were found in the ashes of the barn 1 Sue Miller of Muhlenberg county, Kv.. was burned to death by her clothing catching lire from a grate, before the eyes of her aged mother, who was bedridden. The shock killed the mother. . The four-year old daughter of Fred Sohaffrier of Marshall, 111., five-year-old ' colored jrirl at Louis ville, and the four-year-old daugh ter Of Mrs. Robert James of Chat tanooca were all burned to death while locked in the house, their par rents having gone away xto work. Mrs. Barker of Estelline, Dakota went out to the barn leaving in the house three children, aged 5 years, and 6 months, respectively. When she returned two of the little ones had been burned to death and in rescuing the baby Mrs. Barker was fatally burned. Mrs. John Stafford of Ironton foil asleep near the kitchen fire, and a spark catching in her dress she was burned to death. The house caught fire, and when help came Mrs. Stafford's blind mother was sitting paralyzed with fright while the Are was falling about her from the burn ing rafters. Michael Hayes, of North Fifth street, Philadelphia, while intoxi cated, set his house on fire in try ing to light a gasoline lamp. His wife, who was iu the second story, threw her three children out of the window, but passers-by caught them. Michael, although severely burned, spent his Christmas behind the bars of a cell. A rich silver mine has been dis covered at Mineral Wells, In western Texas. The Georgi a Pacific Railroad has reached Tallapoosa, hfty-three miles froia Atlanta AaWfiTHI MOBTBMM KBMU.I What Pnftww ItkttM mot mm Nartaara Trip Ilia InprawlHi al ' Mataaa,Taaekaraaa4 raptla ' The Principal of the 'New Batm Graded ' School returned on Tuesday morning from a two weeks trip among tos school or Baltimore, WaabinKton. New York and Boston. He was treated with much courtesy and kindness wher ever he went and found his trip an ex ceedingly interesting one. I ne follow ing ia the report of a talk had with- im by the Jocrxal Reporter on tasereaiBff Of Ms arrival: - : "Well ITofeeaor, 1 want to interview you on your Northern trip, and get your impressions of Northern ways, manners ana proirress." " XYsrx. well. l am willing to: Airs you., any (information , I bsT. I ant went to Richmond to see Dr. . Curry about getting sid from the reabody fund, and he thought he ooald anaiat us with about 700. - Xhis waseatiefaeiorv. and I intended t make out the formal a polio tion as soon as I came home: tat on reaching New Berne I find, a letter awaiting me stating that New Beraebad received aid three time sines 1805, and thafthis was as fsr as the rules allowed sid to be given.:- This is bad, but I think now when genuine, amest effort is being made by the whoU tiiy to establish a Graded School, 'and where an addi tional building must be erected by 'the people, thatDr. Curry will think it not amlM to aid once more ia making the start.' New Berne will never turn loose the school now insugurated. but the hardest struggle for 1te maintenancS is now, in the beginning when extra sacri flcee must be made, to erect proper buildings." " " . ; 4M anoDOse the adrantaMs ebiored br tiSMB aobooU Tialted by yon in the aiae and adaptability of th f buildings most have impressed yoni".', '. . ' " xes, l maas a special stun y of build. ingsas io- 'veatilAtlon' 'heating' and 'lighting, '.and nnd mach'to ,ooaaaiiand and admire. . There is such an enthusi asm for schools in that whole country tnat comparatively small towns, and even township schools have commodious and tastily constructed buildings, coat ing rrom CTO.uw upward. The build inea I visited were elegant m apBearanoe and admirably adapted to 'the purpnae oontemplated in their rection.. The ventuation m tne Maryland Ktate Nor mal,' Uhder Professor Newell, was the most perfect of any seen." What schools were vialted by yuV" 'Otieday. in the .Richmond school -. two days in - Washington City atid I. ' redict a brilliant socoeas for that school n the future; one day with Prof. New., ell t Baltimore, an excellent institution indeed t one day in New York at Miss Buoknlew's school where 1300 are at wotk; ABd the remainder Of the time at i Boston and the towns near there. . M New York Superintendent Jasper, who baa 8609 teachers nnder his 'cnntrol. ex tended many courtesies. " ' - spent one mar at Wuiecyt meetinir our. New., Berne friend Miss Corinae Harrison -who has a claes of about &0 in charge. She is doing good work and, i ma pleased -Witta bar situation. I gave close attention to the"Qmcy methods,' eo famous throughont Ike oountry, and bad an exempli ties lion of the moulding board', process of man drawing. Of all the schools visited, I liked ' best the one si Woburn. or- burben village near -Boston, where SO teachers were employed." ...' .. . .Give.ns your unprssslone me te the Order, kept Jn the different schools. " 1 had opportunity to compare the 4c8t iron tliscipllne with that of a more moderate order. - At Miss Bockn lew's school every child had a fixed position In his. seat,; and every mover ment was made with military precision. Not a head was tamed nor band lifted save in obedience to command. ' But at the other schools a milder discipline rules and I think is equally if not more effective. ' At Quincy, for instance, the discipline is by interesting and employ ing tne cnua-Hseep- ntm ovf is tne rui followed. Among the smaller children if interest lags on one subject something else is introduced and bis attention gained.". . ' ":" S "Have -your-' observations chsnga your views on corporal punishment. '.' " "ttot at au.i-.ln mauy oz the school methods of moral suasion are, mainly relied upon and, these failing, suepen- slon or expulsion are ho sever reme dies employed J Other ' of 'the schools think that better resoita can, in certain ses.be reached if tne fear er feortuy pain is present to the mind s stim Han to its active , exercise. For,, my own part I think the rod shoutd be used very seldom1, but when needed it should al ways be promptly used." 'iin.i . "You have had charge .of several Southern Graded Schools, and have now just, returned Irom an -inspection of a number Of the best in the North will you live your impression ' as to' the character, mental and moral, of North a contrasted with Southern.- school children?" ,u.-v,Lti! "Decidedly in favor of the Southern child. The faces of our children are brighter "with both intelligence and re finement, ur course this is one, in some degree, to 1fce fact that in the North all the children go to these schools, while in the South the division of races takes, off a larg body of the children. As it is,' the Southern Graded Schools have no need to dread a o narison with their Northern neighbors. We acknowledge our indebtedness to them for many suggestions both In dis cipline and in the art of teaching; bat our schools are, now ranking with the best in the world. The Dead of North Carolina la 1842. (WlLStar.) In the course of a journalistii 'ex perience extending through nearly I quarter of a century we do not remem ber that so many citizens or nonn uaro una either of a general or a looal repu tation have died in any year as bats died during the year that his just closed. It may be as we grow old er as we set nearer to that lateral stream that separates the present from the- life to come that we observe mere oiaseiy the death of friends and acquaintances, or of men of influence and usefulness in their respective sections althoug un known tons.' We do not undertake to give the names of but a few of the men of local reputations who have passed away during the Old Year. We give such as we are able including, we be lieve, all of the more distinguished names among the dead of 1883: Judge George W. Brooks, Dr. C. Tate Murphy, Prof. William Loftin Hargrave, lion, juewu tianesTKeaaing mount, ur Hanson K. Murphy, ur. Kobert U. Jen kins. Captain David R. Murchison, Judge Robert S. French, Rev. William M. Jordan. Dr. J. F. . Hardy, Dr. H. McNair, Major Richard C. Badger, Maior Basil C. Manly. William H. H. Tucker, Dr. Edwin Barnes, Rev. Thomas R. Owen. Rev. Dr. William suioss. Rev. A. E. Bennett, Gen. David Clark, Joseph B. Cherry, Oscar J. Foard, Rsv. Dr. Braxton Craven, Dr. Preston Roane, Henry Lilly, Dr. John M. Carson, Hen ry A. London, senior, Richard H. Bat tle, Benior, Bartholomew Fuller, Col Nicholas M. Long. A. G. Hubbard, Geo. Badger Harris, Col. John H. Wheeler, John B. Uretter. Rev. Elias Dodson, Dr. Columbus Mills, Dr. Joshua C. Walker, and W. P. Phifer. Washington Note. During the pant year 1,935 new post- offices were created. Major J. B. Fassett of New York has been appointed Deputy United States Marshal of the District. The value of our imports of merchan dise for the year ending Nov. 80 was $750,647,826, being an increase of S0O 400.205 over the preceding yesr. The value of our exports for the same period was $752,082,661, being a decrease of S103. 205.038 from the year before. WALK AN TALKS oTilri A VUM se Mr. t. ft, Bkai Vmrm,. ' At this season of the year tha rr-... - t activity prevails on ths tru-V ( near the city, and from , ,t i t we are enabled U give t r. ! m f the Jovbnal. an Idea of tha t t ' the busiona and tha m"le of .m' s and cultivating. On W'ciln- visited the farm of MA. I. U KIKM, who. In poiotof sxtenaivacult'VB. , - f vegetables, msy be refir-!. 1 i . "king trucker of New l.r. ." farm lies waat of the cur. ).,,,.! i way between Neuae and 7 m t - ths soil varying from that on r : a portion being a stifT lnm.i, t . black, gallberry, all with r There are between six sJ - ) I dred acre of closred IkikI In U,i f four bundiwd of wUOi will b iH, . i la track tnt season. Mr. Rhem, 1 noiuo l wn nl sgoyon were placing td in T'mr - , fs along the road; how did It - u r Yea; 1 reckon I rut in ..rm-w i. r.. near two mile of t He. , I ! n 1 1; r k u paid me. It i S Cixxi Vi n T l-i ilr.i n I sides. where the land in rr' ' Where the ditcbe ro'"ii ever two snd one Jia.l J' t h tolay tile." W hat are you rolnir toiiri . t four hundred acres you l.m i.. s . . i for trucklngy" 'I shall tilsnt two huiidro.l e -? , potatoes, one hundred n,t l, in peas; I have put out t cabbage, twenty -five or I! 'r planted in bean, mi or r ' i i , t tore, six or eliiht in-) i vhioh, by the. way, wa .!.. t paying crop a I had hn-t f-1 t , i ei(ht in beetR, and etfml trn In iHnaa." ... .- , , t "What do you regard an t'.n i. i crop to plsn 17" As a genera! tiling lrili i . . When doyou lanty" In February. I 'plant rn- n i Ing irf seed about t-o f.U than the Northern seed; tln v n : much lator, therefore I nn n from tnt own raining but one (lis Spring 1 aave all the nn.-, ; from my Northern iue.l -r. crop, which should be ) :u,, l . 1st of Augunt." How did you Lite tl.e i ' . ' Ihg 'your potato ro i; ajiart to plant a row of o.!:..n t "I didn t like It; in fort a . It is true you can l''t J''"rc..n .!i t. or three week eauixr, l.vii. it better to -wait vit.l '.. i taken otit end put tli o. same drill; tikS tnai.ure t1,' v the cotton aa early a if im " S the rows two or thr'-e i i h i On account of follow li.tc . shall ..have . my row ti.'m i. . i three to three sn.l a hull . --c the potatoes would do U-ut ,, , , two and a nair." ... i! ." !, .MaSCKItH. "Do you find much diflU nltv in j ' Ibitf manure)" ' ' Ties; Uia napt'iy l very uma keep f(airteen mnlea all llielux- ing mack out Of the bram l,-n. m, I . manure a I can y-t ia ti - . these I compost cotton f 1 - I manure. '' We manure pmn the drill, p4yiiig a little ( v it." . . Is that thing a HurwoH.' p.. i amaoars diUii.Ur in t'.c I 'It I a decided uncm. ! r get along without tln-m now. 1 . four of them ; and a k'"'1' h.-nid v ran manure two scr iri,tr. J . three years ago I cart" I out tummr .-, had bands to spreau it iui vi-" was Very expensive. I r:; r l t trihutor as indii,p'",nl -le n u r where manuring receivm 11. e bm. that It ought The v are put i- Mr. George Allen & Co.. r 1 1 caii be built for about thin v i. You see, now." said 'r, i jSre were passing through ) i patch of twenty-hy acr'. "ti.-.i-1 In the bottoms where the luti-l i . re looking betler than tUi i hill's w hers the land In lil l.r. I are much easier killed by cold on I-, land.")'!' -- tl-i ' ' . -IMr. Rhem s preparation of 1 . 1 f cabbage Is much the samsax Mr. 1 .. . andother truckers rows enl ati l t thrown up on the north i.l, and plants set on ths south l J ) now aa yon cultivate uteer, i RhemY" . .... 'Yi Then they begin to grow c'r coins whh A plow ami bar oif th a side of the row and sj.iiy riai,.. pounds per acre, snd nliout t: " t they are ready to hsml we bat c ! I north side and apply 00 pound of i . ano to the acre. .This i to haKtn u heading." -' ' '- Passing' from tne canosge tuitrn v o arrive at a plat of ground la rr,T",,: ' "" for peas. - ' r i "This 'lay eut last year, snd I l .i'" fust turned in S OOat of weed and r ' The next thing on that win t:. ) - rowjand then we will lay oil t:. r. - drill in the manure aad plant. A I (on of cotton seed and two imt... pounds of gnano will nuikeagood n ; of peas." . To the right, as we pax along . ar about fifty hands plcklnR j -notion. "There." said Mr. JUietn. "1 made a splendid crop of peas Isnt Spring, but 1 made a big mistake In planting It in eotton. .ii ought to have let it rrn-d. The cotton has not paid. . , we wui now cruse uio roan an i over to the grsne yinryard."' (Herp strike' the gallberry land wiu n t. r. Rhem thinks is best foe poUUiea. ( r. tng this we come to a hill of llr t I r land.) "That lot there of slxmt ' acre 'contain my tjoncoraa. ' l aoiu about one .hundred and fifty dollars Worth of grapes from that lot last sum mer." It will soon be time now td rut them , beck and plow-the lot. One hundred pounds of boos dnat Is all that , Is needed. The Minn grape is inomy kind I have that will do to ship, lhsva two or three acres of that varirly, and eight or ten acres in Scnpjierm.! ,." In truck Ing. Mr. Kbtm, how do yon calculate on failure V),ui I mean is, bow many failure win a u cesaf ul crop like last year over)"1 'l nave never made oomidet fail ure in trucking since I learned how. I have madt failures in planting wftum, and I don't think. I shall ever, plant rouoh more. In tracking I etMml 15,000 in putting in my erop, 1ut I have it all back by the 1st of J ana, while in cotton I have to wait year for returna." - . One secret of Mr. Rhem Si svooaas as a trucker s that be pfcwtf -eerryt'e(r-There is soaroely vegetable grown ia this section but what he ha some like it m the market and for shrnping., lie has a farm of about 8O0 acre lyiug vn Trent river seven' miles above here where be saakee (torn, ' forage, war melons, eta. . Thirty acres in watsr. melons last year turned bun wit about $800, net, , He will plant one hundred acres this year. This farm is also well stocked with sheep, fine cattle and tvp. Ha Is a mea -of indomitable enerry and pluck, with large xeontive ability, and his reputation as a tracker is such that the widows and old maids whoown lots around the city will not plant them without consulting his methods. . . - Xeakedy-Beeto. t . . (Charlotte Observer.) i Quit an unexpected marriage took place at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. A. C Wad worth, on Wt Church street,' yesterday, at &t oYI.n . Lm. The oontractlng parties wars Mr. , roy R. Kennedy, of this county, aud Mrs. Mary E. Becton. , The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. B. Cheb ire, in the presence of a few Invited friend of th family. ., We extend to the Imn-r couple our oongratulaUona, and U that the new year which has just set iu, and years to coma rAsy bring to then untold happiness. . . . j. . t ' , ;ii::'-'; ; . '
New Berne Weekly Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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