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THE JOURNAL. m. s. mnr. : . &TKW B23HE. X.C.. SEPT. 23 1S87. ' ftlml 11 Tv sfflea s If r Bars. W O. - GOTKBKOB Fitrhngh Lee of Vir- ifkiia, hM been invited to oar State Fair. Hope he may come. W. O. BrUKHEAD, Esq. h.is re-, tamed to the Tobacco Plant. There . U where he ought to stay, and ; make the Plant grow with Dnr kam. THS Volunteer has been selected to compete with the Scotch yacht Thistle for the America cap. The race will come off sometime in Oc tober and is looked for with mnch interest. TffE Chicaaro Anarchists are to hang for the Hay Market riot in ' taxes collected are occasionally not which several of the police force quite sufficient to meet current ex were killed and many wounded. 1 penses. One of these laws makes It i4 joat decision if the facts have ; it the duty ot the county treasurer been given. , to post at the court house door on G S3? KB AX Wm, R. Cox is promi Bently spoken of in Washington circles for Assistant Secretary of State, Judge Porter haviDg re signed the position. If he has a aotion of taking a hand in the campaign in this State next year he may decline the position if ten dered him. lie is an excellent campaigner and has the confidence of the people. The Democrats will seed all such in 1888. Gkobgia. has imposed a tax of ten thousand dollars on wine rooms. It is getting about as rabid on prohibition as Maine. High license is one of the plans to close bar rooms and prohibit in temperance, bat high license, pro hibition laws, and all the sumptu ary laws that u legislative body can conceive will not prevent men's drinking wine so long as the grape Is permitted to grow. THE Chicago Anarchists are con idering the question of carrying their case to the Supreme Court of the United States. Perhaps it will be well for them to axhanst every means to save themselves that others of their faith may know that while this is a free country, the lives and liberties of its citizens are protected by laws which demand life for the willful taking o( life. THE Governor's mansion at Raleigh seems to be an elephant on somebody's hands. The Demo cratic party having undertaken the job onght to complete it and pay la it. The present salary almost preclades the idea of electing any bat a rich man to the office, and If he has to live in the mansion a poor man would be absolutely pro hibited from being a candidate. TIES Rutherford Banner suggests the name of Maj. C. Dowd as a candidate for the nomination for Governor by the Democratic party ol North Carolina. The Charlotte Chronicle says he is very popular in Western Carolina and can easi ly carry tha State. It is as im portant that the candidate shall be popular in the East as well as in the West. We want a man known all over the State; one who is ac quainted with the people, knows something of their habits and wants. Such a man is Judge Gil mer. THK Raleigh News and Observer ia noticing the fact that the Geor gia Legislature has passed a bill to submit an amendment to the State constitution providing for five Sapreme Court judges instead of three as now, suggests that North Carolina should follow the example of her sister State. We were under the impression that the General AMfmblr At lt& last session did the very thing that the Georgia Legis lature has done, and there is no necessity of follotcing the example of oar sister State; but it is worth while to make an effort to have the .people ratify the amendment. Hex BY Gsobge talked to the farmers of Washington county, 2f. Y.f at their annual fair last Fri day. He announced that he was a Bepoblican-Democrat nd at the same time the nominee of another ! party. Under these cirdKnstances he did not think it proper to talk politics, and what he meaut by politics is generally to be the abuse of the other nide. lie denied that It was the object of his party to abolish property, Dot it is to make Terybody rich. But he did not explain how he proposed to keep them rich after they are made so ; a more difficult task if possible than making them rich. : The New York Republican State : Convention has headed its State ticket with the name of Col. Fred. D. Grant. This, it is said, is in tended to heat the differences be tween the 6talwarts and half breeds. Seth Low of Brooklvu. a Cleveland Republican in 1881 was; temporary chairman of the conven-' tion; Warner Miller, the defeated candidate for the I". S. Senate was ' permanent chairman: a resolution was adopted lookiog to the appoint- j mens of a colored man .is an extra j member of the State committee, 1 and a little bid was thrown out for the prohibition vote. The object of the convention seemed to be to harmonize differences and bring ..... , t .- , . rp, all lacUona into- the fold The principle thing that Grant baa to recommend him is that he is the son of hts ratner. ii ne were a candidate down Soath many of the Republican voters would rejoice to think that they had an opportunity of voting for the General again. ?ECT7LAT10NSIN COIXTY PAPER. The Goldsboro Argus speaking, of the financial affairs of Wayne: county says it is a crying disgrace that the county orders are sold day after day at a discount. We know of several other counties in the same deplorable condition, yet they U3,c uc"' u' a" Bm Ci jftmPle3 01 the reiU benefit of the 1 ment. e do not attribute this state ot auairs in counties winch we now have in mind to the present system of county government ; the same thing existed in a worse form under the electiive system, and it existed in many counties then where it does not exist now. The General Assembly has from time to time passed rigid laws in regard to speculating in couuty claims, and if these laws were en forced there would be less of it than there is even in counties vhere the the first Mondav in each month au itemized statement of receipts and expenditures during the preceding month. This is one of the safe guards against speculations, but how many county treasurers com ply with this law ' We are pleased t-i state that the present treasurer of ( raven county does. It is al most invariably the case, specially in counties where the treasurer negb cts this duty, that as soon as it is found that the county receipts from taxes are not sufficient to meet curreut espouses, cashing couuty vouchers ceases, and specu lation is rife, and the speculators' claims are often given the prefer ence. It is where this state of affairs exist that the people are restless and dissatisfied ; but the proper remedy is not in changing the system of county government, but in en forcing the laws. If the laws in relation to county governuie nt were rigidly and faithfully executed the people would be amply protected against frauds, extravagance and speculations. WHAT WE WANT. Our New Berne friends are mak ing a desperate effort to make their charming little city the outlet for the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Road. The Elm City has the Mes ssenger's best wishes, but the Yad kin Valley Road's natural outlet is here at Wilmington, and at no dis tant day our peeple will order it so, and in such a manner that nothing will turn the road aside. Wilming ton Messenger. We suppose the '-natural outlet" will be the place that offers the greatest inducements. We do not object to Wilmington's having a connection with the C. F. Y V.. but the people of this section have about fully made up their minds that the A. & N. ('. R. must be put in a condition to do them substantial service. They want it extended to either Fayetteville or Banford, tod their wishes will be put in such shape that no one will dare to trifle with them. PROGRESSIVE DURHAM. Durham has voted another fifty thousand dollars, for another rail road, making one hundred and fifty thousand dollars within the last three weeks, yet in population it is a smaller town than New Berne. The vote on Saturday last for fifty thousand dollars to the Durham and Oxford road, was unanimous, being six hundred and fifty for, to none against. It is progressing rapidly towards piling up a big debt. But what is a debt to a live, progressive town ! The debt is a small thing, jirorided the debtors get value received. Dur ham has men of such business capacity that they will see that it gets value received for every dol lar put in these railroads. If so, all will be well. Rut if they fall out and quarrel over the manage ment of their railroads while some other town gathers the chestnuts, woe to the people who have to pay these debts. inis leans us to ast, nas raven county had value received for the three or four hundred thousand dollars she has paid for the A. N. .K.T If not, why not. Is it too late to devise means to make it pay! Cannot our people with those ot Famlici'. Lenoir and Car- teret agree upon a plan of extend ing the road so that it will pay ! It is said that New Berne is lack ing m men of business ca pacity. If to preserve harmony in conducting public affairs in which the whole community is in terested, is to ! taken as a cri tenon for judging the buisness qualifications of a town, then we plead guilty. La: we have got men of business capacity, and if they would be of one accord in their efforts to build up and lm- prove th "city the thing would be done. Behold progres.-iv 1 ) urha in Behold standstill New Berne!! Why stand ye here all the day j idle! Take hold of the means' within your power and inaugurate i steps to improve your condition.1 Go at it with one accord and you ; are bound to succeed. The Grand Army post at the, constitutional centennial treated the President with proper respect, There are some among them whose ; patriotism is not overshadowed by ; partisan politics, Bmel' Arnica SalT. Thb Be8T 3t the world for cuu. Bruie, Sore. Clcem. Sai. Rheum, Fever Sorea, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains , Corns, and all Skin Eruption, and poeitiTely' cure piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to fire perfect satisfaction, or money re funded. Price 15 cents per box. For lie bv B- N. Dafifv. declO It Aurora Items. Eggs 15 cents per do.. Mr. ,T. 15. IludneU is with Mr. Felix Cherry. Rev. L. O. Wyche lias returned from Ocracoke. Mr. Joe Crasvford is gone North for new goods. Seed cotton is coming in now and selling at 2.ti to 1' (). Mrs. Ferebee and daughter of New Heme is in town visiting rela tives. Mr. W. Thompson tall goods. We are T. Iiryan and L. T. are gone North to buy glad to see Dr. Fields back again. The doctor has been quite sick. A boat with market, fine fat nice ovsters is in beef. and wo are living just now. The -;oIe hat man" had more new goods come in on steamer Wash ington Thursday. Dr. T. P. Bonner has retarned from a trip to Ocracoke. A short rest has improved him. The "ole hat man" says he has some new home-made brooms and is going to sweep the trade. J. II. Watson is building a new dining room and Dr. Bonner is ad ding improvements to his dwel ling. Mr. S. G. Watson, Esq., has re turned from a long visit to Hyde county. Glad to see him in our midst again. We have a live town now, only one rum mill and we hope ere long to be able to say no whiskey, no drunkenness. t'ottou picking makes things lively for the women and children, and during this good weather lots of it is being picked. Rev. Mr. Wyche will hold a series of meetings in the M. E. Church, beginning on Wednesday before the 2nd Sunday in Octo ber. The steamer Alpha arrived at our wharf on Tuesday last with new goods for J. B. Bonner, White hurst, Mayo, liudnell and W. II. Gaskins. These gentlemen have bought large stocks. We are glad to learn this tine new steamer will make regular trips to our town on her way to and from Baltimore. Onslow County Items. Mr. E. W home from Mattocks has returned Augusta, Ga., on a visit. Our crops are very sorry, except : potato, they have not been tried much yet. Mrs. Ida Fulford from your city and her sister Miss Etta Ilarget are visiting here. M. Russell who has been to Wil mington for a month or so at work, has returned home. Capt. Jas. Langhlln is putting his still in readiness and will com mence stilling next week. Some ing new and wanting in onr vil lage. Mr. G. T. Farnell has gone to Bayboro, Pamlico county to take charge of a high school. We wish him success, he deserves it, being a graduate of Nashville, Tenn. Messrs. I). J. Sanders and W. H. Hawkins have just returned from your city via Morehead and Bogne sound. They were in the hot, calm waters of the sound about 16 hours, arriving here about 11 o'clock at night completely fagged out. Another hot, dry spell of weather whicn causes an amount of sickness. Capt. lieady and K. Mills are very sick, several other cases among the children; your correspondent is sick, his family are sick. There is more sickness in this place now than has been fer years past. There has been six deaths in less than a month. Col. W. D. Harrison and nephew, Mr. II. D. Hilliard, capitalists from Nash county, are booming our place : they are putting up a steam saw and grist mill, cotton gin, workshop, blacksmith shop, buggy and wheel wright shop, &c; have rented or leased the large brick store and will, next month put in a large stock of goods of all kinds. Fish, except flounders, are very scarce, but no end to flounders. We think there has been 10,000 (founders caught here this week. They sell very cheap, from 1 to .lets each. Dan and Dave ward, Willie Mattocks and Mack Jones went out last night and caught over 200 which they sold for $1.75, some of them '2." inches long. Mallets sell for 2oc. per dozen 1J inch size. Stone crabs and clams are plentiful and sell very low. Home Industries. It is clearly evident to most Americans that the advantage of this country liesjin multiplying dom estic industries rather than in diminishing them. Every new in dustry that can be maintained, which supplies a waut felt by the people, is a clear gain in every way, as employing workmen, keeping profits at home, using materials produced here, paying wages that are spent here, and tending to' make us industrially independent. The very highest form of national life is (that which exists with the widest possible diversification of industry. England suffers to-day because she has intensified her soil thoroughly. Ireland and India suffer because tbey have agriculture without manufactures. We give onr people a chance in every direc tion so we possess the highest pros perity and the robust national life. Textile Record. One of Mark Twain' JoWes. Mark Twain, before he built the house in which he resides at Hart ford, was one day house-hunting through the stseets of that citv. when he saw "To let,"' written in i large letters, on a oill in the win-j dow of a house. At the very same j moment the lady of the mansion, a sparkling widow, and her as i sparkling daughter, appeared be- hind the notice. "Which!" in quired Mark, pointing to the words, ' and politely taking off his hat to the ladies. The effect was irresist j ible. They retreated at once ffbm their truly accidental and accident ally true position, to enjoy a hearty laugh out of Mark's sight. An Englishman, when travelling in Canada, wishing to impress an Indian chief whom he met with the v.ist power of Great Britain, in formed him that the sun never sets on the British dominion. This : seemed to make a deep impression on the chief, who remained thought fully silent, till the Englishman asked him if he knew why the sun never sets on the English empire. At this question the Indian roused himself and answered: "'Cause the Great Spirit is afraid to trust j an Englishman in the dark-" Our Couutry's Chief Teril "Are we a nation nf gamblers!"' This question was asked by a re- tired niercliaut of high character ami sterling lntegntv. 11 is com- pan ion, the tiead ot a great bank ing house, sadly replied : "I fear 1 must answer yes." They were converging about the fluctuations of Willi street, and about the cor ners in foodstuffs that have been manipulated frequently of late years. "Oh," said the first speak er, "the papers talk about o :r danger m case ot foreign war, be cause we have no naval defences, and of the ease with which the great ships of even some of the South American States could compel our seaport cities to pay tribute, to them: but perilous as it is to re main in this defenceless condition, it does not trouble me half as much as it does to see the demoraliza tion of the public mind brought about by the great gamblers of the country." There is good reason for such gloomy forebodings as these. (Jamb ling of every degree and kind is an evil, not a crime. Every State has laws more or less repressive that represent the enlightened public sense on this subject, but all these refer to petty things, while in Wall street and all the other commercial centers the evil increases, and has reached a magnitude exceeding anything this country has hereto fore known. Railroad corporal ions, transportation and telegraph com panies, and even the tood of the people are at the mercy of the men who play for stakes as great almost as the wealth of the country. The honest investor no longer dares to buy stocks and bends to- hold for lor legitimate income. It is im possible to foresee how long it will be before the soundest and most valuable properties will be wrecked, not by misfortune or by "visita tion of God," but by selfish ope rators with more millions than conscience, who care only for their own aggrandizement, and are utter ly reckless of the sufferings of their victims. It is bad enough that the .-mall investments in stocks and bonds upon which the widow and the fatherless had depended for sup port should be made worthless, as they have been time and again by the manipulators ol Wall street, but it is far worse thai it should be in ttie power ot one man, or ot any combination of men, to force the prices of food and fuel to a piint that carries suffering to the labor ing millions of this country. These thiugs have been and will be done until the public conscience is aroused, and State and national Law makers are compelled to make all evil acts and crimes punishable by law. It has been said that this is impossible, but that is a mistake. The same principle that underlies the laws against lotteries, policy shops and gambling houses, auplies ; shortest summer vacation ol with equal force to these weightier ! schools is eight weeks, and of some evils. When men conspire together j it is almost three months. Former to advance the price of wheat or i ly the stores were open later on pork, or of any other thing that ! Saturday nights than on any other enters into general consumption. evening. Now the city stores all creating an artificial scarcitv, thev 1 (.'lose at five o'clock every day in do an evil thing that is easily to be j the summer, except on Saturdays, 1 that nun-lit to be when thev close at one, or two at severely punished. Thus far the South i as escaped to a great extent the gambling mania that prevails in the North and Northwest. Her banks, cotton and produce exchanges have been notablv conservative in their busi ness ideas and methods. Her i people, like those of all other sec j tions of the Cnion, have suffered j from the effects of gambling opera- tions elsewhere, and industrial do-j velopment goes forward and wealth accumulates, they will feel it still! more. The Manufacturer's Record calls upon its readers to consider this grave subject, and to use their influence to arouse a public opinion against it. If this evil continues to increase in the same ratio it has for the last decade, it will demoral ize all legitimate business, retard Southern progress, and go to work untold mischief in all parts of our land. It is the chief peril of the country. Let us all join hands to suppress it. Baltimore Manufac turers Record. ltest Time for Harvfstinir Crops, In harvesting, important princi ples are involved. While we allow root c ops to grow as long as they ean, and harvest them before frost damages them, grains, wheat, bar ley, oats, etc., need to be cut before perfectly ripe, if we would secure the largest uinoiit of starch ia the kernel, which improves the quality ol the flour, the value for malting, etc., while, at the same time, the straw is better for feeding. Indian corn is sensitive to frost. Sorghum should be cut when the grain is fully i ipe to secure also the largest quanity of sugar in the stalk. Grass when cut before it is in biossom is innutritions, and dries out greatly in making hay. When cut in full blossom, or when just out of blossom, it is in full flavor, in its highest degree of nutritious value, and loses far less in diving. When cut after the seed has formed, much of the foliage wili have turned brown and dried, the stems will be woody, and, though it dries with comparatively little loss of weight, yet it is far less relished by cattle, and is less nutritious, while in very few grasses does the seed make good the damage to the rest of the plant. The same general principles annlv to clover and other forage crops. Thus corn for ensilaing or I for drying for coarse fodder should ' be cut up after the ears are w ell j formed, and before they are fully rine. for then the stalk is richer in ! sugar, has more foliage, and less woody fiber. American Agricul turist. Itrandeil Chestnuts. If all jokes were required by law to have their age appended to them, what a marvelous exhibition of longevity there would be! Tail ing this, the New York Sun has succeeded m ascertaining the birthdays of two specimens which maystill be found feebly gjiu g the rounds. Here they are : "Mrs. W., walking on one of the wharves at New York, jocosely asked a sailor why a ship was al ways called she. Oh.' said the son of Neptune, -because the rig ging is worth more than the hull.' "' "A preacher who kepi a huck ster shop was heard one day to say to his shopman : John, have you watered the rum!" -l'es.. "'Have you sanded t lie brown sugar?" Yes.' "Have you wetted the tobac co!' ,Yes.' "Then come into pray ers. The first was published iu the " Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New- Hampshire and Vermont " Almanack,'' in 17'J'J, and the sec ond in ' Benjamin West's Rhode j Island Almanac" of 1 Ofi. Holidays. An.ei icans bear, throughout the world, the reputation of beiug a di iving, pushing people, eager for "t-aun, aim unsparing oi mem seises in their struggle to obtain it. 'The almighty dollar"' is a phrase which i-i supposed to set forth the ot'iect of American worship, and to emphai.e a belief in the national . idol. It is not worth while to hold an argument to maintain that this reputation is a slander so far as it implies that Americans are less scrupulous in their dealings, or more frantic in their seeking after wealth, or more niggardly in their use of money, than aie the people of other countries. I: can be truthfully stilted that the foreign policy of onr govern ment is not governed by the inter ests and demands ot trade, as is that of Great Britain: the materials and methods of American manufac ture aie as honest and substantial as they are in any country of the world, and nowhere else are such princely sums given for charitable and benevolent objects, and for the endowment of new and old public institutions, as are frequently given by Americans. No doubt that which we see to day is the result of a gradual change, for whit we now call a slander would have been far nearer it he truth twenty ears ago than it is at present. Ttie change is to be perceived in another direction in the matter of holidays. ( )ne manifestation ol the frenzied struggle for wealth of a lormer gen eration ot Americans was the con tempt men had tor the idc.i th.it they nefiled periods of rest. They did cea-e Iroin labor on Hand.n. and the had three or four hob, lass in a eai: in New Engl unl they were t he Fourth of ,J uly, Chris: in as, Thanksgiving, and Fast Da . Excepting on these da;, s. m.-n worked, anil woikeil hard. J heir hours of labor were many and their toil unremitting. Employers were constantly at their posts, and they required 'he clerks, apprentices and artisans under them to be equally regular. W hen men now in middle age were boys, they had not more than eight weeks' vacation in a whole year. At that time, too, very few men of business took any vacation at all, and fewer still al lowed a vacation to those to win in they paid wages or salaries. Now notice what a change there has been. The days observed as holidays in New England are eight iu number twice as many as for merly. Almost every business man takes a vacation of from two weeks to three months every year, at least to the extent of spending his nights and Sundays at a country or seaside i esidence. A 'most every person employed by the year is allowed two weeks' ' vacation without loss of pay. The the latest. In New York the Sat urday half-holiday is a part of the j law of the State, although it is not compulsorv If any evidence of the vast change were needed, look at the wonderful multiplication of sum mer resorts. Seaside, mountain, and country places for vacation tourists spring up almost as magic ally as mining camps among the Western mountains. Tin1 niat nt Maine is rapidly becoming lined with summer cottages. Twenty five years ago even Mount Desert was almost unknown; and at that time there were not ten cottages along the coast from Eastport to Hatteras, where they are now num bered by the thousand. Certainly, the American people gain in health, in social culture and in breadth of view by extending the holiday system. We need not say a word to encourage the ten dency. Indeed, the present danger, if there is any danger, is that the people wili devote too much rather than too little to pleasure seeking. Either system is bad; perhaps of the two faults it would be better to fall into that of excessive devotion to business. But it is too warm weather at this season of the year for any preaching on 6uch a topic to be effectual. Youth's Com panion. Tire Fierce Soldier of Chili. As a soldier the Chillano is brave to recklessness, and a sense of fear is unknown to him. He will not endure aseige,8ays W. E.Curtis, in Harper's JMagazine, nor can he be made to tight at long range, but as soon as he sees the enemy he tires one volley, drops his gun, and rushes in with his "curvo."' His endurance is as great as his cour age, and no North American Indian can travel so far without rest or go so long without food or water as the Chillano peon or Roto,'" as the mixed race is called. As 'the 'Cholo" in Peru is the descendant of t he Spaniards and the Ineas. so is the "Koto" in Chili the child of the Spaniard and the Arancanian Indians, the race of giants with which the early explorers reported that Patagonia was peopled "menne of that bigginness," as Sir Eraucis Drake reported, "that it seemed the trees of the forests were uprooted and were moving away." They have the Spanish tenacity of purpose, the Indian endurance, and the cruelty of both. Each soldier. ! in the mountains or tuo desert, carries on his breast two buckskin bags. In one are the leaves of the coca plant, in the other powdered lime made of the ashes of potato skins. The coca is the strongest sort of a tonic, and by chewing it the Chillano soldier can abstain from food or drink for a week or ten days at a stretch. The Chillano soldier is not easily subjected to dis cipline, and outvandals the vandals in the destruction ot property, as I the present condition of Peru will ! nrove. He burns and destroys j everything within his reach that has ' sheltered an enemy. No ' authority can restrain his hand. : The awful scenes of devastation . thattookplace;in Peruhave nothing to parallel them in the annals of modern warfare. On the battle fields nine-tenths of the dead were found with their throats cut, and the Chillanos took no prisoners, ex cept when a whole army capitulated. They ask no quarter and give none. The kuowledgeof this characteristic and the fear of the Chillano knife were a powerful factor in the sub jugation of. the more humane Peru vians. We exaggerate misfortue and happiness alike. We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say we are. How Wallace Wrote. Gem. Lew Wallace has been talk ing to a reporter. He says; I began ' The Eair God' when I was 18 years old. Mexico and her history has always had a charm for me. I began this book and then I went to the Mexican war as a soldier and fought over the ground I had thought so much about. When I returned I took up the thread of the story anil finished it. '' 'Ben Llur' is now seven years old and yet it continues to' sell. That story went very curiously. It did not sell so much the first year as the second. That is something rather unusual, I am told, in a story. The public didn't seem to under stand what it was exactly when it was first published. But it is certainly going very nicely now." 'Don't you attribute a portion of its success to the fact of its semi religious nature?"' "I certainly do. I think a great many people read it who do not read novels generally. You know it is said that a large element of John B. Gongh's success lay in the fict that he had power as an actor. People who never thought of at tending a theater would listen to Gugh with great pleasure." Had you ever been in the Holy Laud when you wrote your book.''" "No. sir. I finished 'Ben Hurin the old palace of the Montezumas, at Santa I-'e. New Mexico, when 1 was Governor of that Territory. I worked with a large map of the country before me. 1 studied every point and carried my characters from place to place with erreat care I read all the books I could get hold ! of on tin' n .1 aire of the country and the habits ot the people. "uuJ, finally, when I was Minister to Turkey, I decided to go to Pales tine and Jerusalem to see if there were any potions of the book that ought to be re-written." Dil you find any? I found there was not a single word I could change. It was just as I wanted it. There were, indeed, some very striking coincidences. I rode out from Jerusalem to Betle hem and. leaving my horse, walked back. Ail this ground I hail de cribed minutely by studying my map for the geography and study ing books of travel tor the topogra- phy. At a certain point in the book I described the mother and ; sister of my hero, who were lepers. , as taking refuge iu a tomb and waiting for the coming of Jesus. hen 1 reached the proper point in the jour ney, sure enough, there was the tomb, as I had described. I had also described these women as having sat by the wayside on a big white stone. Even the stone was there. The description which I had given of the view from Mount Olives, across the valley of Kedron, was as good as I could have written as I sat there and actually saw it."' Besides a work of extraordinary merit, Mr. Wallace has in BenHur, as regards accuracy of detail in his torical events, a novel that ranks with the most careful ever written. However, one error has come to our knowledge in book III where a traveler is spoken of as being able to see the smoking cone of Vesuvius in the year 2i, A. D. It was as late as 79 before Vesuvius again became active. The Truest Democrats After All. When Democrats wish to protest in party conventions against being robbed any longer through our present system of Federal taxation, they are told that they will drive into the Republican party the men who are robbing them and all others whom these persons and their agents are engaged in misleading and deceiving. Democrats are told that they must 8't in silence and suffer themselves to be despoiled, and that if tbey make any outcry they will be left at once at the mercy of" black Republicanism. If Democrats do dare to make com plaints, as the farmers are now do ing, they are denounced as bolters and fomenters of strife by the very men who are at the same time up holding and cajoling those who threaten year after year to revolt if they shall be asked to relinquish in the future any part of their plunder. But Democrats are tired of hear ing the expediency men, the politi cal whisperers of the party, say ''hush!" They are not children to be kept still by either threats or commands. They know that their views on public questions are Dem ocratic, not only because they are a part of the Democratic history of this county, but for the very reason that they clash with the ideas of those upholding monopolies and demanding special privilege. They count in their ranks farmers, mer chants, mechanics aud laborers in all other callings, men who are de termined that they will have their rights, and who will consent no longer to submit to injustice and wrong merely to conciliate the per petrators. But these Democrats, men Democratic to the core, Demo cratic because they make these protests, and making these protests because they are Democratic, will wage their contests within the Democratic party. They have no need to revolt. They would only weaken their cause if they did re volt. They would lose the prestige of Democracy and become the ene mies of the very principles for which they are fighting. No! The farmers' renewed inter est in State politics can do no in jury to Democracy. On the con trary, it will inspire, enliven and strengthen it. It will bring thou sands of Democrats to the polls who have been idle and indifferent because they have been disappoint ed by repeated failures to receive what has been justly promised them, but who are now seeing that the only way in which any man can get justice in politics is by taking an active part in it and making their influence felt. Unlike those iu whose interests they have been wronged, for whose benefit their food and clothing have been heavily taxed, the farmers do not threaten to desert. No! They wage their contests within the party, and they will honestly cheerfully, manfully abide by the result. Richmond State. Inherited. Many people have their own particular methods ot fibbing, and indulge in the practice with perfect unconsciouuess of its true bearing. Iu the following case, the son only displayed an aparently inherited proclivity. "Papa," said a lady to her hus band, "do you know that Bobby told me a deliberate story today!"' "What's that?" said papa, looking sternly at Bobby, "A story! Do you know what becomes of little boys who tell stories?" Bobby did not know. "The lions and tigers eat 'em up. Yon mustn't tell stories, Bobby. It's wicked.'' MANAGING A 3IULF. BY 1RV.-IN HVSSELL You, Nebuchadnezzar, whoa Bah! Whar is you try in' to go e a ! j ? I'se a holdin' ob tha lines". Y'ou better stop dat pranciu': But I'll cure you ob your b:r:e. Look heah. mule! Better min'out. Fuat t'ing you know you'll liu" out. How quick I'll wear d is line out. On your ugly, stubborn back. You needn't try to steal up. Y'ou's KOt to plow dia liel' up: You haa eah. f. r a f ie". Dar. dat's de way to do it! He'n comin' right down to it: Jes" watch him piowin " t'ro- a: Dis nigger ain't no Cool. Some folk3 dey would "a beat him; Now dat would only heat him: I know jee" how to treat him: You mii.t reason wid a mule. lie min's mc like a nigger. If he was only bigger He'd fetch a mighty figger. He would. I tell you! Yes. sah! See how lie keeps a-clickin'. An' nebber thicks o' kickin' Whoa dah! nebuchadnezzir! I- dis me. or is it not mo'.' r is de iK-bbii got me'.' Hub I laid heah mor' a wet Dat mule do kick amazin". De beast was fpiled in raisin' By now I "spec he's grazing. On de odder side de creek. Fai'raid's Flair Ship. There is a general desire on the part of the people that the govern ment should spare the good ship Hartford, in which Admiral Farra- j got performed several of his most memorable exploits. The vessel would not bring much as o but she would yield a large revenue ol' j.l-;i,-'. :i erations as i he , -ship, in which iu- . sippi forts, :t-id time the nature nf lick-. 1 iron, annual in: ..Id :eu-ll.i- 1'or all ve war- fare. Of the men who became conspicu ous during the late war. Farragut was one of the bravest and the best. Take him for all, he was, perhaps, the most original and the most accomplished naval officer that ever commanded a fleet. Be sides his professional skill, in which he has never been surpassed, he had a great deal of Andrew Jack son's power of '-taking the respon sibility." There were a thousand naval officers who could bavejrun by the forts, if tbey had been distinct ly ordered to do so. but Farragut was probably the only man in any service who was capable of doing it without an order. That gives him rank among the great men of his profession iu all time. Happily, no section can claim him. Born and reared in a Southern State, he was eminently and wholly a na tional man. Therefore, we say, save the Hartford. It will be the only monument the modest hero patriot would have cared for. N. Y. Ledger. Farm Hints for September The general testimony is in favor of early sowing of wheat. It is of the first importance to prepare a good seed-bed, using the harrow and roller until the soil is thor oughly pulverized. No good farm er will sow wheat broadcast. If he cannot afford to own a drill he can hire one, and the saving in seed will pay for the rent of the the ma chine. One great benefit from the use of the drill is that it puts the seed at a uniform depth below the surface. Do not change the kind of wheat without good reason. If a variety is highly praised, and ap pears to oe better than that now grown, try a small quantity, givin it tbc riTii nil and care as the general crop, sowing enough to give seed for next year, should it turn out well . . . .There is, in most localities, a frost about the latter of this month. This catches the buckwheat when the tlower clusters are still in bloom, while at the lower part of the cluster there is ripened grain. Tf the crop is cut when frost appears to be imminent, and placed in good-sized gavels, the partly matured grain will go on and ripen . . . .The root crops will grow rapidly these cool nights, and may still be thincd to advantage, of course keeping them clear of late weeds ... .In localities where there are early frosts, cutting up corn wil be the most important work of the month. Every farmer has his own view of tho number of hills that should go to the stock. A short handled hoe, with the blade ground sharp and kept so by the use of a file while at work will be found to be the most convenient implement. Cat low, to leave as little stubble as possi ble . . . .Fodder corn should be cut upon the first intimation oi frost. If cut and laid in the rows, it will not be injured by the frost as much as if standing. American Agriculturist. The tio of Lemon .Juice. Lemonade made from the juice of the lemon is one of the best and safest drinks for any person, whether in health or not. It is suitable lor all stomach .diseases, excellent in sickness, in cases ol jaundice, gravel, liver complaints, inflammation ot the bowels and fevers. It is a specific against worms and skin e. i! plaints. The pippins crushed m tv bo used with water anil suarand taken as a drink. Lemon juice is the best antiscorbutic remeuv known. It not only cures this disease, but pre vents it. Sailors make daily use of it for Ibis purpose. I advise evejry one to tub their gums with lemon juice to keep them in a healthy condition. The hands and nails are also kept clean, white. soft and supple by the daily use of lemon instead of soap. It also prevents chilblains. Lemon is used in intermittent fevers mixed with stroDg, hot, black coffee, without sugar, Neuralgia may be cured by rubbing the part affected with a cat lemon. It is valuable also to cure warts, and to destroy dandruff on the head by rubbing the roots ofthe ITrur with it. It will alleviate and finally cure coughs and colds, and heaf diseased lungs if taken hot on going to bed at night. Its uses are manifold, and the more we shall find ourselves. Lemon juice, according to a writer in Good Health, is anti scorbutic, useful m removing tartar fro n the teeth, and anti-febrile, etc. A doctor in Rome is trying it experimentally 'iu malarial fevers with great success, and thinks it will in time supersede quinine. People's Friend. A Georgia lawyer complains that anybody who owns a copy ot the Georgia Code and can borrow six dollars, can gain admission to the bar of that State. The practice in Dakota is even more simple. Proof of a man's ability to sit with his feet upon a desk for ten hours and money enough to treat the I examining committee lets him in. j "Now, this piece is a very diffi j cult one," said the orchestra leader, j"and I shall try something distinct ly new in it. All but the trombone ! player are to stop at a certain time, when 1 nod my head instead of waving the baton." "When shall I stop?" asked the trombonist "Ju.-t before I nod my head," re plied the leader. Brace t'p. Yeu are feeling depressed, your appe tite is poor, you are bothered with head ache, you are fidgety, nervous, and generally out of 6orts. and want to brace up. Brace up, but not with etimu lants, spring medicines, or bjiterg which have for their basis very cheap bad whiskey, and which stimulate you for an hour, and then leave you in worse condition than before. What you want is an alterative that will .purify your blood, stai t healthy action 'of liver and kidneys, restore your vital ity, and give renewed health and strength. Such a medicine you will find in Electric Bitters, and only 50 cents a bottle at R. N. Duffy's drug store. "rio I hear, Mrs. Oldeastle, you went, after all, to hear ' Merlin' t '" 'My girl, Sallie, persuaded me; but bless you, my dear, when they had been tuniiifr up for three mortal hours, I pot up, and says I: 'Sallie, my love, I've stood a good deal, for your sake, but its too late now to wait for opera,' and we left.'' A SIVICE TO MOTHEIIS. Mks. WrNsunv's SooTur.vo Syblp should Hlnf.jB be used for children teething It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, a ' , I i r; the best remedy for "diar haja. T . 'Tity-fl ve cents a bottle, m i r 7 1 , i r u I h s a t wlr A. V. V. Lit. 1.-.U..O ..ol,lJt.t:,lV h.t. and killed (J'irpe II. Gordon, at I.ira mie, Wyj . on Wednesday night. Both were studeDts of Oxford University, i England, visitiDg at the ranch of flow- j ard Windham, son of the English actor, i While hunting. Whitehouse mistook his i friend for a mountain lion and fired four shots at him. killing bm instant- I Health Marks. A bright eye clear skin, glowing features, animated expression, and a quick, firm etep Thepe are all secured bv using Dr. Iiarter u Iron Tonic, Youl find it good to regu late The organs of both small anagreat. It checks Sicb Headache, and the woe That sad Dyspeptics ever know. Besides 'Us pleasant to the taste. So none need gulp It down In haste. DOOR PLATES! J will lurnlsh yon with a bandsome rnnr plate, full Nickel or Bronze, with your nme lniserted, size S' .x9 Inches, with screws rewly t' attach to froo i. door, by express for 92.50. Thev need to t teen to be appreciated. Agents wanted to whom liberalcash discount will he quoted wlih Barn pie plate of tout name. House numbers made of 2-lnch while metal polisi ed figures, 50c. per fo. by mall Money s:-iu by L. u. monetr order at my ex pense. AdJriss J. K. HI K, Jr.. R'2(i d lm 1' O. Eoi 4. Littleton, 1. C. Use Heuse'sGhill Syrup Take Notice ! Our store is filled with Provisions, Groceries, Canned Goods, lry Goods, Crockery, Etc. We keep a full line of the Celebrated Prison Boots and Shoes. ALSO C. S. Parsons & Sons Boots and Shoes. Every pur warranted to nive satis faction. Country merchants and the people generally are requested to call aud ex amine our large stock before purchas ing. We will give you low figures. We job Lorillard Snuff. ROBERTS L BRO., South Font at.. A'eto Berne, N. C J.A.fiKEKN. C E. FOY. SIUMOSS MANI.V Green, Foy & Co., BANKERS and Commission Merchants South Front Street, 4edwly NEW BERNE, N. C. RED LIGHT SALOON, Near Market Dock, Middle St-, NEW BERNE, N. C, IS WHERE YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND PURE LIQUORS Of every quantities. of variety, in large or small Also the FINEST GRADES TOBACCO AND CIGARS. All of which will be sold CHEAP FOR CASH! John D. Dinkins Salesman. E. WHITMAN, dec2dv Proprietor. nil's Pills will save tbe dyspeptic from mnj (lays of misery, and enable him to eat n nuiever ne nisues. iney prevent Sick Headache, cause the f ood to assimilate and il o n r lsli the body, (five keen appetite, and Develop Flesh and solid mnsele. Elegantly sugar coated. 1'rice, 2Scts. per box. P5 SOLI) EVERYWHERE. Sale & Livery Stables. THE FIRMS OF A A M. HA UN AND M. 1IAHN & COM PANY has been dis solved by 'he death of A. Hahn, M. Hahn continue the business of BALKi HXCHANOK AND L1VKRY of HOIIHES. MULES, etc. at the old stand on Miadle street, where he has been eDgaged In the same business In the city since 1866. will be pleased to meel Ills old friends and customers. Will have on hand In due season a FINK LOT OF HORSES and Jll'lKS, Also, a FINE LOT OF BltiGIKS and HARNESS. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. M. HAHN & CO. augll dw8m Duffy, AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF Surgical Appliances, Druggists' Sundries, &c. GUINN'S riO NEK It BLOOD ItENEWEK invaluable for the enre of Rheumatism. r - Largest, best selected and cheapest line of FINE CIGARS in the city tO.000 just received. The wholesale trade especially looked after. Makes a specialty of SUPERIOR LIQUORS lor medicinal purposes. CF" Prescriptions compounded with care and dispatch. Oeders Solicited. ) JEL. IS. DUFPY sel8 dw North-west cor. Middle and Pollock st8.,New Berne, 1 0. Use House's Chill Syrup GEORGE ALLEN & CO. DEALERS IN General Hardware Agricultural Implements. Plows, Harrows, Cultivator, Hoes and Axea, Wood's Mowers and Reaper, Steam Kngliieg, Cotton dins and Presse. Fertilizers. Laud Plaster, Kaiuit Mechanics Tool and Hardware, Lime, Brick, Cement. Plaster Hair, Paint, Kalsomine, Var nish, Oil, Glass, Putty and II air. Freezer, Kcfrig-crators, Oil Cook Stoves, Kureka Burglar Proof Sash Lockn, warranted to IK security and satisfaction. PIUCRS VERY LOW. JKO. ALLEN & CO. J. W. STEWART, HEADQUARTERS FOR MULES, HORSES and BUGGIES. Horsei and Carriage! to hire at reasonable rates. verythlng guaranteed a represented. apIU d wy Broad St.. Ntnbtr. tf. C. r. H. SIMMONS. CLEMKHT maitlt. SIMMONS & MANLY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. c will practice in thCoortor Craven, Jonas Onslow, Carteret, Pamlico, Lenoir and Hd and In the federal Court at Nasr rsroa. febfriiwlj Old Suits Made Hew. Ccnl li'inrn and Ladloi,' Clolhlng Cleaned, J"J hvJOHN WILLIAMS, on Hancock Biroet. between Soulb Front and, I'ollock streeU New Berne, N. C. The patronage of the citizens of New Bern an J surrounding country Is earnestly so licited Jn24dtrit J. ri. CRABTSEE. BASIL MANLY. JOHN H. CRABTREE & CO. ENGINEERS, Founders and Machinists, Manufacturers and Dealera in j ENGINES AND MACHINISTS' SUPPLIES. nullders of Enclnct. Boilers. Snw Mills. Edging gi Cnt-OIT ITIarfalnrs, We are prepared to do Castings or all kinds with promptness, Particular and Immediate attention glTen to repal s of all kinds. We will bo glad to give plans and estimates for any descilptlon or machinery. We are the agents for the sale of the Amer ican Saw. Also for O. A A. Kargamln'a cele brated Indestructible Mica Valves, We give satisfactory guarantee for all work dona by us. Jy22 tUaw Wiy Fine Art. MISS AURORA MACE LIFE SIZE PORTRAITS in will Uk CRAYON or OIL from life, or any kind small pictures . And will alto GIVE LESSONS IN DRAWING AND PAINTINO after September 5th, 1887. For terms apply at her residence on Johnson street. Newbern, N. C, Aug. 5, 1887. dwtf FOR BARGAINS IN Furniture, CALL AT THE New Berne Furniture Store WEST SIDE MIDDLE STEEETJ Wh re it can be found in great variety. Furniture not in stock will be ordered at a small per cent above cost. A liberal share of public patronage solicited. J. M. HIKES, Manager. mar 14 dwtf Notice to Merchants I Save Freight and Dray age in Buying Your Powder from Ferdinand Ulrich, AGENT FOR Hazard Powder Go. Keep in s.ock all grades and size packages. MIDDLE STREET, NEW BKKXE, N C. T. A. Uheen's Old Stand. PASTERN NORTH CAROLIHA MARBLE WORKS, VE I1EKAE. N. C. Monuments Tombs. kinds Urave and Building work la ITALIANS AMERICAN MARBLE Orders will receive prompt tttentio satisfaction guaranteed. JOE K. WILI, IB, Proprietoi , HTircrsiior to Osorge W. Olaypool) Oor. BROAD AD CRAVE St: .XEW BERJVK. A. C i. E. MlLLKB is my authorized s,geu m80-lrdw n Kinston Druggist, I f i'-i I
New Berne Weekly Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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