North Carolina Newspapers

THE JOURNAL. k. a. mvrm. KZW BXXXS. K. CU, JULY It. 1883. at Kw sua applied for a peaaitm ioxthe loss of. a tooth which be broke vbfle war rin jf mj ulianl tack.";" "A'Totrxo lady fa ;2fotf Orleans, , who recenU j performed a remarka ble teat ia rowing, has been pre sented with atoack,- v . 8txtxstxc8 show - that not quite one 'third of tha population of the United States ia foreign born, or foreiza in the second deeree. Of 1 tho 13,000,000 " included in the above account, aboat 4,500,000 hare Irish fatbersy r v v . The woonded duelist, Elamsajs he . ia doing "wonderfufly wefl," while the other duelist, Beirne, has been Ubooed by the Baltimore Club . of gentlemen. These fighting edi tors hare been proposed aa oppos ing candidate tor Governor ol . Virginia aid lnay "now hare to : fight it oof ob that line. 7 It is now proposed to distribute the immense snrplos in the United .States Treasury about ' 1100,000,- COO among the Statea after the scheme of the distribution or the proceeds of the - sales of - public lar. This is' good fold -Whig doctrine and ought to' commend it self to the remains of that defunct ; party - J: - -" - 7i iZf:' Tets postofice at Balefgh has grown to the dimensions of the Free Delivery system' After completing the prereqnisites-i-Bnmbering the boosea -mail matter, letters and papers will be 'deiirered at every hocs twice a day and postal mat ter for the mail will be collected twice each day. This must be a great convenience to the eitiaena of 1 this city. S.-r -T ?i it PosnciBTXs Giztxxix. Gbjesh , am Las revived, a former order of Postmaster General Key, refusing the use of the United States mails to . Danp'u ins'. Louisiana - Lottery. Hail matter directed to that Lot tery comes within the laws ot Ithe United States, prohibiting the de livery and transportation of lottery mail m tter. r - - -s' It is saestedthat Saratoga, K. U the right place for holding the next National Democratic Conven tion and the New York Sun adds, tLit the month of September, 1884, would be early. - enough.. This . would give two months and more for discussing- the merits of. the candidates and for the maneuver ing of the ppii ticiana. ' The people who. vote need only one day.; . ' 1 . Thb Presbyterians 'and Meth odists save made a' lodgment . in Zlexko and are trying to bring the people over to the Protestant faith: but they do not suseeed very welL TLe Ilexicana, who-are-not already firm ia the Catholic faith, are firm in their prejudices against the peo- r'a of the Uciied : States. They it.. i( to see .27 difference between a Gospeller &zd any other Yankee, Ix New England,' large co-ope- rilive stores have very effectually ! i s.-r?.j with the credit system en 1 nr-T !::; cash stores are seek- izj ta f ; ; laat the co-operative etcrts. ILa store credit system is ruinous to the industries of the country and prosperity will surely fw'.Iaw. its abolition.'.. The pay as yr pi an is the heapesi and L,i stracUtiy ia all' cases. . "2. Justice SlArus sentenced a r-ral prisoner n England in the f." : rizs words "?Trisonef at the I yotir counsel thinks yoa are xzzzcezi, the counsel for the proa- ec ; t ioa tLinks yoa are innocent, I tL::.k ytn are innocent. -..Bat j ary of your own countrymen, in the exercise of such common- sense as they possess, which does not seem ."'V' te nine;, ! ave found yon gnilty aai it remains that' 1 should 'pass on yoa ids sentence oi tne law, ' ' TLat is that voa bekeDtimnriaoned one day and as that day- waa yea- . ' terday, yoo mayi go; about j joor uusioes. tianes uae we - aoove nsoally bang or fail to agree. . i - The Tewksbnry Almshouse -3n vestlgation . is . progressing and . - l smells very fool aa it progresses. - , ine uovernor saia injustice would . - -Lo dose, if BorgnnientiBLtha. evi dence was - perm ii ted. ' have go Governor Butler, flve ! different specimens of tanned skins of human - beings. Here Is a 'pair - ' of slippers cut oat from - the breast of a white woman' and ! have' a whole skinrom the back of anoth v er woman. This business has got to be a commerce. If this investi- - - pation baa coat 120.000." I am kaMh. I;, ( fled if .bave aceomplisbed nothing - - but the stobrnn s of this new Indus. ' try. Tbe 'money -Is well spent." Tha land of the Pari tana has be- eomo ' famous for its commerce in WAvf nlttAtftt", Anil-' T nim a n .VIm I. alippera"v-ii --- n. Oxx more wnfbrtnnate inventor has tackled a problem that is likely to get the better of him. He hails front California and has travelled all the way to Washington to show how to bring rain from the skies. Bin plan ia to invade the upper currents of air by means of bal- loans and through his invention to - divert them earthwards. Tbe des erts of Sahara are to rejoice with Jtae showers and the discontented itizenaof the Ever Green Isle are , to find there a pleasing habitation. la like manner he expects to divert the catastrophe which he says is predicted in 2d Peter, 3d chapter. OUGHT THE A. N. C BI1LEOAD ' BE LEASED I We learn that the Directors of the 27. 0. Railroad' at their recent meeting adopted a resolu tion looking to the purchase of the A. & N. C. Railroad. If this be true, then ought the A. & N. C. Railroad be leased f Should the Governor as custodian of the State's interest, and the county proxies who represent the interest of their respective counties consent to a lease under the present circum stances 1 The par value of the stock in this road is 11,800,000. Of this the State owns 11,200,000; the county of Craven $130,000, Lenoir $50,000 and Pamlico $20,000. If a lease should be effected now the State's interest and that of the counties would be worth nothing. Within two years certain mortgage bonds are to be paid for which the State's interest is liable. These mortira&re bonds with interest amount to, perhaps, $500,000. With a lease running for thirty years the stock belonging to the State and counties if put on the market would sell for a nominal sura. This proposition needs only to be stated to be proven. - There , are now three corpora tions, perhaps four, that wish to control the A. & N. C. Railroad The W. & W a well managed and prosperous line; the R. & vigor ous and enterprising, .with wonder ful power and full of thrift and energy; the lines under the man agement of John Robinson, well conducted, safe, out of debt and far aeeinfir. and a yonne rival, the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley. All these wish . possession of or control ot the A. & N. C. Railroad, and why f ,Tbe- W. & W. ia com pelled to submit to Robinson's power both at Weldon and Richmond; the Richmond & Danville is subject to similar restraints at Richmond; the Robinson lines - cannot afford to loose its bold upon the above named rival " corporations, and tbe Cape Fear ' and Yadkin Valley need a quicker line to tide water than by way of the Cape JFeari i Each J will bid upon the A. N. C when put up for sale; and neither can permit the other to . boy for less : than its value. i'U" " ' .What is that value t Ninety-six miles of road as it stands-with the equipments would be an admirable investment at $15,000 vper mile. That wool be $1,000,000 for (he State's interests - Admit that it would bring only three-fourths of that sum and the State would have returned, after paying tbe mortgage boncbv nearly or .quite " $250,000, Say it ; got only ; $100,000, . that would be ' cash v in the treasury. But ; the Governor by act of the Legislature of 73-74 (see page 38, section 10) is empowered to sell at ay tin to the 2IT. C-RailroaS while any other sale would require to be antborized'jby Legislative . enact ment in tbe future. This briefly as tosale. ; - - - "The' propositions offered at the last meeting of the stockholders appeared to be simply "feelers' and could not. have been presented in earnest, regarding a lease. The security was a mere trifle, $50,000; the lease to run fifty years and at a fixed rental of $30,000 per year. It ia well known that under the feeblest : and worst " management quite double that sang was realized by Best & Co., although it is quite as well . understood that it is very difficult to ascertain the amount realized . by-the road during the Best - regime, c Could a sliding scale of rental be fixed,' say begin ning' with a two per cent rental for the first five years and increase it one per cent every subsequent five years, something like a fair rental might be obtained and no reasona ble objection could' be offered to such': a. lease, prorufed sufficient guarantee could be secured for good faith and fair dealing and for just treatment to the private small stockholders who' might be in the Company. ; But alter all, would it not be wise to let tbe A. & N. C. Company ran under the present management till the meeting of tbe next Legis lature when5 we f would be able to find oat its annual earnings and be in v condition to determine its value; and tbe Legislature could act intelligently in ordering the sale, which would definitely and finally settle3, all matters concerning this constantly recurring and ever vexed question.' Should, however, the N. C. Rail road Company offer now to buy and present such inducements as appear reasonable, then would be red, as originally conceived, the tkrottgk IT. C. line projected and' urged upon by Caldwell and Morekead. We throw out these suggestions, knowing there are many things that can be said in favor of a lease and against a sale. Governor Jarvis should look well to the in terest of the State. That he will do this no man has greater claims to the confidence of his fellow citi zens; for whatever may be his short comings, devotion to duty ami to the welfare of his people have ever been conspicuous traits in his ad ministration of public affairs. Tildex and Hendricks the old ticket, without a platform seems to be the presidential boom of the hour. Mr. Tilden is not alarmed about John Kelley. On the con trary, he sees in him a valued ally, who has been .forced by cir cumstances up to the present time to take the part of "His Majesty's opposition;" but will see things in different light, when asked to join the Ministry, as he intimates distinctly that he will be. WOBKIKOHAN-S SCHOOL. We have long thought that our public school system, if we had money to make it worthy of the patronage of the public, is deficient in one thing, and that is an indus trial department for both boys and girls. Every pnblic school for the education of the masses, that is kept open ten months in the year shonhl have a work shop where a boy can be taught the use of tools, and a department where the girls can be taught to cook and to use tbe scissors and the needle. That there is a necessity for something of this kind we need not go outside of tbe city of New Berne to demon strate to the satisfaction of every candid mind. How many families in the city of New Berne have their cooking done properly T It is well known that the class relied upon to do the cooking are utterly unrelia ble and ignorant of the proper methods of preparing food. They have the physical strength and that is about all that can be said. And again, how many farmers in this section know how to stock a plow, repair a wheel, bnild a gate or even a chicken coopt It may be said that children should learn all these things at home, Lnt unfortu nately there are so many parents that are ignorant of these things that a child would have but a poor showing at home. We claim that every young lady, no matter how wealthy, should know how to prepare a meal prop erly and economically, else how do they know when the .servants per form their duty. A New York City College is making preparations for a systeiu of this sort, for the boys, and we predict that it will be so successful that the plan will be generally adopted for all public schools'. , We copy below an article from the Scientific American which shows tho workings of the system already in practice in New York: We have frequently had occasion to refer to the growing dissatisiac tion felt with our present system of school culture, and the efforts made to improve it. At the College of the City of New York, preparations have begun for the erection of a workshop, and in some or tne puimc schools in .Boston one ol tiie scnooi rooms has been converted into a carpenter shop where the boys spend a few hours each week in learning the use ot tools. A large and well ventilated build ine. has recently been erected in West . 54th Street, New York, for the accommodation of a "working man's shool. r This name does not as many suppose, . imply that it is a trade school, nor yet a school for men, but that its benefits are in tended to accrue to the children of the workingmenr wbo may them selves-become workingmen.' It is in fact ' a -post-graduate kinder earten. taking children at that sus ceptible'.age when" their faculties have ' been arousea id tne. ki naer ear ten, and;' by substituting work for play, continuing the natural method of object teaching. In the kindergarten, however, the child learns by observation, in the sehool he learns by creation, by tbe pro duction of things. This creative method, as applied to education, is not intended; in that school at least, to make the child machine like or subserve "the bread and batter interests" or later life, but to be applied to the training of the intellect, to tne development and refinement of the taste, to the for mation of character. Such are the aims and purposes of the founders of the Workwgmau's School, in how far they : will be able to carry out in practice these high ideals, how far they can impress their thoughts upon the material at hand. and to what extent they will real ize their own expectations, time alone can prove. Teachers have to be trained, methods devised, and details arranged. - Tho present workings of the school are such as to encourage the hope :. that much will be realized, and a glance at some of their meth ods may be of interest to our read ers. The youngest- class (VIII), as it comes from the kindergarten, which is in tbe same building, are taught to draw as well as to make things The workshop and atelier are side by side. For example, the hrst exercise in drawing consists in placing before the class the model of a house, the- end consisting oi a square and triangle. A ruler and triangle are used in drawing it on drawing paper. In the workshop tbe pupil lays out a sqnare of tbe same size on a piece of clay, and then carves itout, thns learning the use of the chisel and try-square. So the exercise or drawing rectan gles, parallelograms, and triaugles on paper is followed by carving them from clay. Clay has the ad vantage over wood that it does not require tbe use ot very sharp tools, which could not be safely intrusted to children of six or seveu years. In tbe next class (VII) the use of compasses and dividers is intro duced both in drawing and carving. In class VI. drawing boards, T. squares, compasses with pencil and needle points, and scales are intro duced into the drawing room. In the work room geometrical forms are cat from pasteboard. A cube, prism, pyramid, etc., are made from pasteboard alter solid models. In the next class (V .) the pnpil gains an idea ot area and ot a unit ot area, while the use of a baud bracket saw is introduced. These four classes are already at work, ami their productions are viewed with interest by those who visit the school. In addition to the work above described, the pupils learn to model in clay from copies, and then make plaster casts of their own work. This att'ords an opportunity for awakening the slumbering art in stincts, as they learn to model leaves, heds, and ornaments. Instruction is not limited to the few subjects above mentioned, tor there ae many other things that go to make up a general culture. Heading and writing are taught simultaneously, as in Germany. A word is broken up into its elements and written by the children in script. Beginners in arithmetic use little numbered blocks of two sizes for tens and units. No slates are allowed, being injurious to eye sight. In teaching geography one year is spent on the city, another on the State. It has been found that in the next year tbe children are able to master all of the United States, ana araw tne maps. Music and calisthenics receive due attention, and are made as at tractive as possible. In 1881 and 1882, two weeks were spent in out-door life on a farm in the country, Sherman, Wayne coun ty, Pennsylvania, having been the spot selected. The results were most satisfactory. There in the woods, and among the hills, andl aiong tue screams, they gained not only new health and vigor, but also that more vivid realization of natural objects which contributes greatly to enhance the value of their winter study. The pupils In this school, it must be remembered, do not represent the best possible material to work upon, being taken mostly from ine tenement houses of a large city. Yet the principal, in his last an nual report, says: "We have very few, perhaps 1 in 100, that deserve to be called bad; that is, persist in an evil practice in the face of gen tle but continued repression of bad proien8ities and encouragement of good ones, which marks the ordi nary discipline of the school. As a rule, the children of t he working man's school are wideawake, but cheerful and obedient. As to the mental status of the school," he says, "a good number of the chil dren are exceedingly intelligent, and in the 150 members of the school there is no really feeble minded child, and only a few are slow or stupid." Whether the system of education here introduced for the first time shall prove worthy of imitation in schools for the wealthy or well-to- do or not, there can be no doubt that tb is school is doing a good work among the poorer classes of New lork. CH BISTIANITY THIS PBIMITI V E KIND. We clip the following item from the New York Sun, which tells of a noble act of a brother in a family of eleven children, which the Sun calls Christianity of the primitive kind: "A man out in Ohio his name is Robert Moore has just given a very wonderfnl piece of evidence in favor of Christianity. His father has eleven children and a tract of land. Of this land he left Robert a deed for forty acres and a thirty two years' lease of all the rest. Robert's ten brothers and sisters felt disheartened at being thus leit in penury while waiting all these years for a share of the family property, and so they laid the case before him. Did Robert drive them off, and hold on to his land and lease? Not so did he. He tore up the lease, and said the land should be equally divided between the whole of his father's eleven cluldren. now is such extraordin ary conduct to be explained! Rob ert himself gave tbe explanation of it. He said he acted in this way because be is a Christian! This was his reason, and what au in teresting reason it is! Did you ever hear of another man doing such a thing for that reason? It is a reason that carries the mind back to the old times of the early Christian apostles; aud we must repeat that Robert Moore, the Ohio farmer, has furnished an interest ing piece of evidence in favor of Christianity, the primitive kind of Christianity." There are many ways in which tbe primitive kind of Christianity might be practiced by those - who profess to be Christians, but they are kept in the back ground. And it is the ack of this primitive Christianity in the every day prac tice of the lives of the professed fol lowers of Christ that strengthens tbe Infidel in his position. How many mechanics are employed be cause they are Christians, and will not, on that account, slight their work? Do professing Christians buy goods from a merchant because he is a Christian, and because they know that be will not, on this ac count, misrepresent his goods? If this community, or any other com in unity, could be put to the test, we think it could be established be yond a doubt that Christians have no more confidence in one another than they have in men of the world, especially .in matters of busi ness. This fact is a great stumbling block in the path of Christianity and retards its progress. Tbe Lord prayed that his people might all be one; and he gave as a reason lor this request, "that the world may believe that thou didst send me.'' If professing Christians would show more of the primitive kind show their Faith by their works they would do more to couvert the world than all the preaching that can be done for the next ten years. Wheuever the members ot the Church of Christ so couduct them selves that they may be known to be such by their every day acts by the manner in which they deal with their fellow menthe Infidel's mouth will be closed and the world convinced that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. DOCTORED CROP REPORTS. The New York Sun in the article given below endeavors to put farmers on their guard about the crop reports which are said to be doctored to suit speculators. All that is said about grain crops is equally applicable to the cotton crop. Our advice to farmers is to calculate on a low price for cotton. It is much better to le deceived bv getting more than was expected than to fall short. Cotton should be planted upon a basis of eight cents per ponnd. Iwo hundred pounds per acre is a good average ield. This will bring 1 0.00. Now any iutelligent farmer can calculate the cost of manuring, cultivating and marketing the cotton from that acre, and if be finds it will cost more thau $10.00 he had better ot plant it. Let him plant upon his basis and if per chance he inakps three or lour hundred pounds o the acre and gpts tpi) cents per pound he will feel good: A very bewildering array of rer ports touching the crops is now contained in some newspapers,: On the whoja, the impression cqu veyed is that the outlook is not favorable not exactly bad, but unsatistactory. This is the sort of crop news to which we are accustomed in July since speculation in grain has as sumed proportions so vast, and has become so . widely extended. That is, the crop reports in general are not worth much attention. They are misleading, and are in tended to be so. There is just as much temptation to doctor them to suit the purposes of speculators as there is to doctor reports about the stocks sold in Wall street. Whatever the news telegraphed from different regions of the coun try, where every disaster is magni fied, and every drawback multiplied in importance, the outlook for the crops seems to be remarkably good. If there has been any injury done to spring wheat, for instance, it has apparently been made up for in an increased acreage, and in general wheat looks exceedingly well, about this part of the country beautiful. At any rate, there has been so much of the crop of 1882 carried over that there is every prospect that our supply of wheat will be as great after the harvest of 1883 as it was when the crop of last year was gathered in. Very likely it will be more, and there is accordingly a probability of lower prices, making bread lower. The other crops, of coin, oats, rye, barley, and grass, all promise well in the opinion of impartial and competent observers. And there is good reason to believe what they say. The weather has been gen erally favorable. During the last month, for instance, it has been remarkablyr so on the average. We have had a plenty of heat and a plenty of rain. No extensive ravages of insects are reported, and nothing, indeed, has yet been tele graphed which should induce an intelligent man to take a gloomy view of the outlook. In fact, we are inclined to think that at present the prospects are of an extraordi narily rich harvest. We get from England also very favorable crop reports, and those mean that we shall have lower prices if our harvest turns out as we expect, or as well as it now promises to do. At least, there is no reason for prophesying ill of the yield in mid-July. Never, so far as we have observed, have the fields looked better at this season. It has so far been a very propitious year. Let newspaper readers be on their guard about paying heed to crop reports sent out by interested parties, by speculators who are moe concerned about futures than about telling the truth. Not "many men in independent circumstances would risk life by going voluntarily to Egypt for the purpose of investigating the nature and origin of the cholera solely in the interest of science, yet this is what M. Louis Pasteur, the great chemist of. France, proposes to do. Having been successful in finding a remedy for sheep cholera by in noculation, M. Pasteur hopes to be equally successful in treating the form which attacks human beings. His courage is no less than that of the greatest warrior, while his ob ject is greater than that of the most ambitious of conquerors. It was a shrewd Democrat who appointed the new colored cadet at West Point. Ho remembered how much trouble Whittaker's ears caused tho Republicans. Philadelphia Items. Twenty-eight cases of violent and sudden deaths were investiga ted by the Coroner on Monday. Fifteen of which were found to have resulted from sun stroke. Fatal deaths for the past week, five hundred and four, a decrease of seveut3'-fonr from the previous week, but an increase of two hun dred and fifteen over the corres ponding week of last year. The hot weather has gotten up a flow of hot blood here as well as down South, a city Phisician riding down Chestnut street" in his carri age one day last week, crowded too closely on a salesman who was crossing at the time, which pro voked the pedestrian to give the At. D. an invitation to go to a place snpposed to be several degrees hotter than Philadelphia, where upon the doctor alighted and asked the meaning of the surprising civ ility, and receiving a second invi tation drew off and knocked the salesman to the gutter, when a re serve policeman appeared and took them both to the Justice to decide the matter. While the waiting room at the Broad street depot of tho Pennsyl vania Railroad-was quite well filled with persons a few evenings since, a well dressed gentleman entered and quietly deposited some light packages he was carrying, walked straight across the room to where another gentleman was reading a newspaper, and without ceremony, gave him a blow with his fist that settled him if not the difference between them. Upon being taken to a Filbert street Justice, they both begged to have no turther proceedings in tne matter, it is said that a Philadelphia lawyer can tell how the blow felt and a New York lawyer how and why it dealt, One hundred and ninety thous and Philadelphians stepped out in the cool, or in search of it, on the Fourth. Last Sunday was about the hot test day in the city this summer aud great numbers sought the in viting shades of surburbian resorts and the refreshing breezes of river excursions. Late in the afternoon a gentle rain came from the north and a lowering of tho mercury fol lowed, which added much to the comfort of all, but played havoc with fine dresses and park parasols. The Republican State Convention is in session at llairisUiirgand this city is on the look out; State Treas urer is about the highest ollicer to be voted for this fajl. On Saturday the 1-tth each of the three courts of pleas of this city have a divorce case set for a hear ing. Dr. Dix will have to "come again." On Friday last two eminent phy sicians, brothers, were drowned while bathing at Reading. They were both good swimmers, and one is supposed to have been driven into a whirlpool caused by some rocks in the river and the other hearing the cry of his brother rushed to his assistance and be came involved in the same difficulty. The coachman and the son of one of the deceased were awattingthem at the carriage in which they had driven down, heard the cry u thought it was in jest, until the long delay aroused their suspicion aud a search was made. 1 STATE NEWS. Gleaned from oar Exchanges. Chatham Record: Mr. B. E. Webster, of Hickory Mountain township, showed us a few days ago, some samples of wool recently sheared from his sheep that were lz and lo inches long and of su perior quality. From one of his sheep, that was 2 years old, he clipped ten pounds of wool at one shearing. Goldsboro Bulletin: There is such a thing as overdoing the thing, and if the rains continue we think it will be fully demonstrated in the crops in this section. Cotton and corn are growing entirely too fast. We shall have a fine crop of weeds but not fruit, we fear; and for a crop of hay well the farmers can get it from any part of their farm from the cotton patches as well as their hay fields. The heaviest rain of the season, (or for any other season, for that) fell here" on the night of the 9th. Clinton Caucasian: Mr. J. D. Carter, of Lisbon township, farms on a novel plan. He raises a corn crop only alternate years. This is an off year with him. He has 3,000 bbls. of that staple grain in his cribs now and two years supply of bacon in his smoke house. No danger of the lean-visaged monster making his appearance on those premises. We are pained in the extreme to announce the death of Rev. Edward Schulken, which oc curred at the residence of his father in Wilmington on Sunday night last after an illness of several weeks. Wilson Advance: A young gen tleman, who ought to know, says there are by actual count, 236 young lady visitors in Wilson now, and that they are all young, and pretty and attractive. There are just 16 visiting yonngmen in town, and it is needless to say how popu lar they have suddenly become. The fastest time ever made on the W. & W. Railroad was made by the fast mail on Monday night uy xom ljawther, ol engine number thirty-four, running tho distance 102 miles, in 3 hours and 36 min utes. rlo give our readers an idea of the speejl, we may mention that the. big driving wheels made 336 revolutions to the minute. Fast turning, that. Charlotte Journal: The railroad hands are this week engaged in lining and dressing up the narrow gauge road recently completed to JNewton, and on the 15th mst. the first train will be run from Lincoln ton to Newton. No arrangements have j et been made for any very imposing ceremonies on the occa sion. Mrs. W. M. Matthews, an old lady who is well remembered in Charlotte, dropped dead at the residence ot her son, W. M. Mat thews, Jr., in Providence township, this county, a few days ago. The cause of her death is supposed to have been heart disease. Mrs. Mat thews was the widow of old Esquire McMatthews who kept the Charlotte Hotel, from 1868 to 1874, and who died in this city daring tho latter year. FayeOcvlle Observer. Mr. S. R. Parker, Superinten of the poor house, has in his possession au ancient Bible, 216 years old, whose title-page duly sets forth that this "Holy Bible was diligently compar ed and revised by special command of his majesty (George III). Ap pointed to be read in the Churches." We are also informed that the book is published at "Edinburg by Alex ander Kincaid, His Majesty's print er, MDCLXVII.The print is good, and the body of the volume still in excellent preservation. Col. Mor rison's surveying force is at present in camp along the railroad, near the stockade, in readiness for the next movement to be made. The whole line to Shoe Heel has been carefully retracted. The grading of tho track to the river is now going rapidly on. Greensboro Patriot: We learn that several northern capitalists are in Thouiasville prospecting for mineral property. Philo Norton, of Connellsville, Pa., J. M. Treck and J. Griscom, ol Pottsville, Pa., are among the number and are ne gotiating for the purchase of the Silver Hill mine. An attempt was made last night to burglarize Uienu's drug store. (Jol. Hunter the night clerk, was aroused by the noise, aud rushing with great ve locity from his room fell over a box ol empty bottles, which frightened the thief off evidently believing that ne nati struck dynamite Robt. Wilson, who put a few carp in a private pond last spring, was surprised to nnd that hye months old these fish weighed from 16 to 20 ounces without any cost or care, except the building of the pond and the shooting of a few tur tles and ducks. Will our people remain without these fish when it costs so little to raise them? At the age of two years they will weigh eight pounds, aud who wants larger fish? Parties who have private ponds, or will construct them, can get the fish by making application through Gen. Scales. Statesvillo Landmark: A citizeu of Olin received through the ex press oilice of this place, a few days ago, a return ot 9Job.2o from a lot of Confederate bonds which he had sold to a parly in Richmond at 7.50 per 1,000.- A little girl of Mr. J. P. Brewer, at Grade post office, Alexander county, was bitten by a snake, on top of the foot, on the 30th ult. The leg was corded and a poultice applied; the child was givcu plenty of brandy ip drink and recovered Some jears ago 11. Z. Linuey, Esq., of Taylors ville, took a twenty acre field which was too poor to sprout peas, and began to improve it. Within the past two years lie has put on it !j130 worth of manure. This year he made oil' of that field just 206 bush els of wheat, having threshed out his crop last week. The result marks Mr. Linney as a good farmer as well as a good lawyer. Daily and nightly services are being held at the Baptist Church. The pastor is assisted in the meeting by Uev. Dr. W. A. Nelson, of Shelby. Rev. Dr. O. F. Gregory, of Charlotte, and Rev. Joseph Munday, of Tennessee, a native ot Statesville who is -here visiting his father, are also iu at tendance. There is considerable interest. Raleigh Xeics and Obxirccr: . J. Ward, Esq., a justice of the peace for New Light township, died a day or two since, lie was a well known citizen ami was a mer chant. Raleigh is keeping up its reputation these days for morality and quietness. The police say that there is a notable absence of dis order of any kind. FJaborate preparations are being made for the camp meeting of the colored Methodists which will be held near J'Save-reut' lie-ginning today. Tents; bowers and sheds are being put up in the woods there. A few years ago the square bounded by JonesLane, McDowell aud Salis bury streets, in lront of the deaf, dumb and blind institution, had only one house upon it. Now it is covered with houses, nearly all in good style. So do we progress. This morning at 5:30 o'clock a fire was discovered in the armorv of the Raleigh Light Infantry, in the Pullen building, Fayetteville street. The carpet, a chair, etc., were destroyed. There was a bond-burning at the treasury de partment yesterday. These events do not occur now so frequently as formerly, as b t few old bonds now come in. The Governor, Auditor, Treasurer and Attorney-General generally take a hand in the work of destruction. First the old bonds are carefully counted, and the char acter, numbers, dates, etc., com pared with the records in the big books. This being done and all being found correct, Messrs. Hal. Worth and II. M. Cowan take the bonds and placing them in the capacious fireplace "apply the torch," or in modern parlance "stick a match" to them. Soon they are but ashes. Thus went $500,000 yesterday. For these old bonds new ones have been sent out to the holders at the rate of redemp tion prescribed by law. Normal Items. The University Normal School is progressing steadily with its work. The pupil-teachers have had unus ually fine opportunities of seeing exemplifications of tho best meth ods of instruction. And they have evidently profited by them. The gentlemen who conduct the Common School Course here are strong men every one. Prof. Moses, of Goldsbovo, car ries with him always a freshness and breeziness that actually brings comfort to the listeners. ' He im presses himself with such vivacious force that his methods cannot be forgotten. Prof. Leaser's good bard sense illumines the subject of English Grammar aud leaves the. impress ion on the hearer that a master is handling the subject. Prof. E. L. Harriss' genius and industry are giving lessons in Draw ing and Penmanship that will not soon be forgotten. He is growing constantly in his profession and bids fair to become one of the first artiytsot his native State. Cap?. Jno. E. Dugger, our Secre tary, is a prince in his line. His teachings in Phonics and Reading are very forcible and valuable. Dr. Welborn, in his Geographi cal lectures and expositions, ia one of the best teachers of the subject that we have ever heard. 'His method is most practical and ben eficial. Prof. Kennedy, of the Durham Graded School, gives instruction in Algebra and Philosophy. Ho is a clear headed teacher, and leaves no gaps behind. We have heard him on Algebra aud with profit and pleasure. Dr. Lewis, of Kinston, has a class of forty who listen daily to his lectures on Thysiology and Hygiene, aud who flatter him with their undivided attention and in terest. Mrs. Humphrey, of the Goldsboro Graded School has done a most la borious and patient work for the teachers. She is, most assuredly, mistress of her profession, and has no superior in the State. Prof. Meares, of Raleigh, has charge of the Vocal Music. We are no judge of music, but we find, from expressions of opinions from his class, that he is an excellent teacher. One thing wo do know he has a delightfully musical voice and it is a real pleasure to hear him sing. President Battle is to be con gratulated for his Normal of 18X3. The Normal students have been more attentive to their work than ever before, and the results will be seen in their schools during the coming session. Prof. Winston, of the University Faculty, gave us a most delightful treat on Saturday night last on "The Three Great Races." Akaciiel. Chapel Hill, July 10th. 1883. Adulterated Teas. Under the operation of a new law against the importation of im pure teas, more than 3 000 pack ages of tea brought from Shanghai, China, aud valued iu the market, if sold, at -20,000, were condemned recently by the appraiser at the port of New York. The teas were mixed with sand and gravel, ex hausted tea leaves, and dirt and paste rolled into pellets to represent dried leaves. In several instances the impurities were evident to an ! inexperienced observer. When taken in the hand and crushed be-1 tween the fingers, the sand was ! plainly visible. ! About 000 packages ol colored ; Japan tea, of which a greater por tion was dust, were also rejected after a careful examination. This I tea was of high color and mixed ', with mineral substances lo increase i the weight. A Slraiffht .Man. A clKip who plumped till' the wharf at the loot of Kanrtolph si rc-( the other (lay was promptly pulled out by three or lour men who wit nessed the action, and when the victim was safe on the planks one of the men remarked: 'Did you fall in?" "No. sir; I jumped in." "Ditl you intend to commit sui cide?'' "No, sir." "lut you must have been tired ol ifo to take that leap. Tell us your troubles, and perhaps we can as sist you."' 'Gentlemen," said the stranger. liter swallow iu a glass of whisky which a boy had run for, "I'm a man oi'straiht business principles. I've jumped oil' the docks along here some six or seven times this pring. I'm always sure of being pulled out. ot securing a big drink ol' whisky, and I he ca-.li collection runs from seventy lic cents to three dollars !" "Well, you won't get no cash out f this crowd," said one of I he men. '1 realized that as soon asmi pulled me out and I sized vou up.'" replied the stranger, t'and 1 ma as v.'oU add that the hisk im sent for is the poorest stud' I cer drank. Take il altogether, I'd have made more to faint away or had a tit in a saloon."- Ex. iSi'vrr lias l.t'un .Mont v:ik' Springs, lisro el cd Trim. A Jackson claims to be t cliiltlrcu. county ((! it' I'atlicr ol I.) llr;;T Curt v Iwo Mr. Isham Bridgford, Warren tonN. C, says: "I had the dropy and waa benefited by using Brown's Iron Bit ters." dw Wanted To know where ther la a Wuulon Kootory that mnkfiB aporlatty of mnDuruclurliic wool Into MnnfcelB. AiKlreM P. M . Oomfort, Ji'lj l.Vd(ilw3t Jone Count jr. N. C. MEDICAL BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF NORTH CAROLINA. Tarhoho, liny nth to 17lh, UKt. 1.!8. N 11. KTREKT and J. C RCARBORO, of Joiich Count)-, and U. C. EUWAKDH, of (ireenc County, having pasted an approved examination before the Hoard, have been licensed to prnctlre Medicine In all It branch es, according to law. Kee chapter iVt, page SM, Private lwa of 18-Vi P K. JUNKS, M IL, President. M. T. I1AHNHON, M.U.. HecreUuy. Juljii-wlt Greene County, N. C. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: We expect to navigate "Onntentnea Creek" or "MoccuKin Klver" with HtcamboaU, which will retjolre draws thirty feet wide to paaa through with safcl) ; nnd all persona having bridges over s.il.l Creek or It.vrr will please construct draws of mil, I widlli In said bridges' or the pennllics prescribed by Inw will be en forced against them. June llth, IKS.".. W. 11. UAIU President of the Farmers and Merchants w.'.in Htcnmlmat Co. of Snow Hill, N. C. Bargain. A 1- lrM -Class Bran New Hewing Machine can he bought cheap at the w JOURNAL OKKICK. DR. J. W. SANDERS' CHILL PILLS. A Certain, Safe nnd Immediate care lor Clillls aud Itlllons Pevera. ,.i.r known ,, fiiil. 1 le y cun, tb chills the Dm day, no nuu e rliow h,n or wven tne attack. t-rK one: ed for any ro one bos will not rurs Id by drnfuiata on llietr merit only. J. W. Samdere PlM-telor, wly Sanders Store M.C o. r. T. A.. Goldsboro Music House WILL. It. L.ANI3, Manager. Branch of Ludden A Date'1 Southern Aftmr House, Savannah, Go., aad New York City. The Great Wholesale Piano and Organ uepot or tne tJoutii. CARD TO TIIE PUBLIC. For tho more convenient supply of our Oaro- nna ami v irginia inuie we nave opened m-anch MukIc House nt uoldsboro. f. O. un der charge of Mr. Will. H. Lane, who has been our General Travelling Halesman fur some years. This House we control alstolotely, and dealing with It Is the same as wltil ua. Prices, terms ami management are precisely tne same asnt our Snvunnah House. Hove freight nnd deiny by buying ntourGoldalH.ro Uraneb M lisle House. LI UDKN HATKH, Havannali, Ua, PIANOS AND ORGANS, From (lie World's Beit laktrt. A Grand List to Select From. diirkrrlni k Souk, Mbum k DimliB, Lmldrn k linlrs, JIallett & Darin, Anon, Mart, lUathuKhrk, Packard Orcbntra Kight leading and Reliable Makers. Over 3UU dillerenl styles and prices. Noolher Mouse In America oners such a magnificent line of ursi-ciass instruments. Pianos, 8200to$1000.jOrgan, 822 to$500 Solil on catty Install. nent Terms. Iongtlm aud small imyments lfi dnya trial Ktven. HI years gtini-antee. Privilege of exchange, Htools, covers, Music Hooks. Lowest prices In America. Only House In America selling on the One Irice System. Kvery Inducement that any honest I louse can oiler and live op to. Square trade S ft. to the yard. IS oa. to lite jt. r.iHiortM-mcnia irom uuMiaands t-f sat isfied etisu merit. Keud for oatakitniea and price Lists, or call and make onr acquaint ance. i a (i resit WILL. B. LANE, GoldabororN. C Manager of Goldaboro Music House June! I wly New Berne Advertisements. Queen thc South FARM MILLS Farautk M er Mad a family Baa. -10.000 TXT T7 Wrist far ruaalrt. Sspm A Omit Co. aaseawn rraiva iu.ua, CINOIHMATL O. Complete de Cbeap rioaur Mil trataMa, t.eo. i Hen & Co., Ageatts at RtwWrs, Well, What of It? Nothing In particnlar, only during this heated term, and dull, rainy weather, you can find at W. I.. PALMF.H'H, on Mkldle street, fiood Cool soda Water, 9ssIm Iee Itork Water, and excellent (J la ajar Ale, good and refreshing drinks. Also, Ihechotoeat brands of Ulnars, ions ceo, and dandles. Cakes, Iflmonit, Oranges, etc anything In my line, freely exchanged for Cnsh. Trade Dollars taken nt their liulllnn Value; all other cur- rciicy ni itieir current value. W. U PAI.MKK, Second door north east side, comer of South l-'roniand Middle sts., jnlyll'f Ntw Hkrhe, N. O. GrlUU1 BELL, THE JEWELER, i iKl'liliS THK LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE STOCK Watches, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE AND SPECTACLES I',, be found iii hastci-ii Norlh Carolina. Kt :it l,-le Kohl warranted as represented 13K riain Gold Engage ment and Marriage Ring a Specialty. No charge for En graving. n.v article i-iireluised not KullKftietory .111 l.e , X, li;o,i:,-,l. All in, i u 1 1 i-H by mail nini,tlv nn- v.. A iti;i.i New Heme i). v. nuiriT, MERCHANT-TAILOR. old T A .N I ), MIDDLE STREET, New Berne, N. O. si :t r 31. tunw New Berne Advertisements. Brick! Brick! .Brick!. For sale In quantity and quality to uH purrhaaers. Contracts solicited, halea ) ard on Market Dock. Addreee all oommanlaatloaa U J K CLARK, Jlvlddwtf. 'ew llerna, kj. C, GEO. W. J. HAHVEY, as HimMonD rrM ' PHILADELPHIA. KHTAIlLrMIIKD M - Maker Osaitleaaaat's- fin 'rutm Bms f lave LoOees SI toe aad BUT UKaUEK. - , Wonld refer to Meaara. R. ,K. flryan, ia Henderson, (iao. II. HntieYla, lien, A. Oliver aud others, ail of Mew I tor. Orders fcr Hall seUeltad. julysddwlx jOEO. W. 3. HAttVKY. ASA -JONES, Middle Street, New b era, N. V., DEAUB IM - Staple and Fancy Dry, Goods BOOTS, IBOES, CLOTEISO, Etc.' . Agent for the II A MOKTanr.Tl ataun. dried lat. Iandrtd tl.sV And the aelebrated Waraer'e Uurallna Unreel. IHetlU. ' A fall llneof Oentr. Ladiea- and rViiMren'a Underwear, Uen la' Llnao, Celluloid S'-l l-aiier dollars and CutlaHllk aitd Linen lii..iwr chlefa,all klnda of Ueitts', ladles' and Chil dren's Hand and Machine HwlrMim, tutit lier Utatte, Hata aad Khoce, lilies' -loaks and Jacketa, and every t hi n umml ly k etit I a a U rat claaa Dry Uooda kitora. ASA JONES. marMwly M kldla aU. op. llanllat (1iur4 Gaston IIcuso Sdccn, NKW BEItNE, N. tt, , a-As. OAMrniiijij, t ; ' - ' ,- ' ". , PEOrBIETOR.'- J. AT. SCOTT Has lost opened. nn the evmlhuretrt nrner nf Mkldle mid Month KroulMrrets, stoek of First Class Family Groceries Constat ln( of ' , - Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Molaie$, Sy. rupt, Meatt, . Canned Voodt, Cracker, Soda and Sugar, AImo Tobacco, Banff and - Clean Will sell kt BOTTOM frlees tiw CAUH. - CbliMMt nunlM belors t.o lot eU when. , . r inii 44 uot i-llJUATI-.O'lllM.,- The'GIcba Ucu:2f; Ko.l77 K&io Street, Korfblk, U. sum or BOAkDua: Mnito I)jr. Two lMn-B . fl.M .... It Ml .... k ii ..... in .. , . I Three Usys . Per Week .... . , Tftiile Hoard, iter Week. Kupar, Lamltflnii nl ltraakful.., Lodsinf ..Mir. 1 his house hu been thoroughly renin, lot, e.1 and newly painted. Tha table will be alrss supplied Willi ths best In sea sou. liar always stocked with Ilia fines wines llqnors ami elfars. ... Give (lie Globe J Torino n Trial. , No. OT Mal Hlreat, Norfolk. Vs ' , .kU PKPIH.lt. k Jull-dJIWUlU- rprler. . Just Received : line Sugar Cored llatnn, " Breakfast Bacon ' . - Sugar Cured BUoulder. , V Choice Butter And Clcfcr, ' . 1 Beet Quality of Lard. .- HEADQUARTERS FDR "FINE Vlt Catawba,' Scuipcruoog, 'Blifrrj and Port, Wine,: md' p.: Complete Line of tbe Bent Grades of Liquor, for family use.- V . f ' ' dAw CHAS. H, BLANK. B. IJ. Ij A. is Dealer In and Shipper nf t . Freslt and Salt Fisk, Outers, Etc.; Etc, Mew It erne, J. V, Kraah Klah and f H-alem ahlntMMl be Vieu CO. It. to all part of tha eonnlry. Tiiiirl atralnat dVaMS-jHSiitment nrnera shawiM ,-.) ma M koant a-or im, lluia of sfctnaneiii 4T ooda. .'. ' - 'lanH-dawly R. BERRY & CO., ; t v 272 WAHIIINOTON'KTUKKT, Produce Commis'n Merch'ta ANLV Purchasing Agents. ! ".' I' ConVignmrnta of ,Truc k, TVult, Ea, anJ oilier Southern Produce aolUiUiJ. - - Stencil fumifthed on application tout ' or at the Drug Store of It. Berry, at. New Iierao, N. C 1 d&w ' lenbern Branch Office W. F. K0R1TEGAY & CO., OF OULDHUOUn. WATERT0WN, ECLIPSE ' i , AND - FRANK ENGINES Are FIKST C LASS, eqnnlfil liy fer cxccllwl by none. lUttorciic.e is mnrie to every jmrty using them. Satisfac tion puRrantootl Do not be ou" witli the common engine now flooding the mniket, Imt tall and TTrnniiii JMHl finil Irturi rtinw you their poiuUt or excellence Also, agents fcr the HANCOCK INSPIRATOR. the Ix-ht lioilt-r fcctlrr known. COTTON OITSTH AMI Simplicity Power Presses, llic licxt mailt'. Griit Mills, Belting, ripe. Fittings. anil machinery ircncraHy. SamiIo en trinoii nlwayft -in stock. For further informnlion call on or oJ tlrcHs, .1. I.. ItUVAN, Manager, inayUtUwlf Ne lleruc, N. C.