North Carolina Newspapers

f '"" JQUKNAL. a m. wcwm. - - sMHa. 5XW BX53E, N.C., SEPT. 1 1S37. fslsssl M Ck fMt at BTfcW Bars. H C "tTHl Anti-Poverty Society held . a O .3 n - A mMfrlOg m .Baltimore on ouuuaj "lalgbt and opened with the Lord's The spirit of the meeting WJ to fight poverty on the Henry Qcorgtt plan. Tme Sheriff of Cook county, Illi nnli K received the order from at&6 Bnpreme Court of the State to execute the sentence of the Court la the Anarchist cases on the llth . 4ay of JToTembr 1S87. ' THX anarchist easea are to be taken to the Sapreme Court of the United States. General Roger A. Pryor has been retained as counsel for the condemned meu. and he is satisfied that an application for a T k -11 V . Win Ol crrut win w iiuku, TUB Raleigh savings bank has ben in operation four months and haa over six hundred depositors! with deposits reaching nearly twen tj thousand dollars. Institutions j of this sort when properly con . - . 1 1 4. uucicu suo wuriu gicau uci w . any town. THX President's Western and 8outbern trip has been map pod oat. There is nostopping point in North Carolina, but he will return from Montgomery over the Western Carolina rente. Oar lUleieh friends ! hoald begin in time and file an ITitation"for him to visit the Fair i-ia it -ill rtr inrfAr. with bis candidacy for re election. Tmt "Wilmington Star has com pleted its twentieth year. We hare so olten given our opinion of it aa a newspaper ably edited, neat ly printed and unexcelled in its general make up, that we need only say that it has taken no step "backward, bat is constantly push lag forward to the mark of a perfect newspaper. We have Lothing but good wishes for its continual suc cess. The Fayetteville Observer has failed to pat in its appearance for two weeks. We don't know whether to attribute it to the mails onder civil service rule or the Ob server office. We have recently been much interested in the col umns of the Observer, in fact al ways considered it one of our best weekly exchanges. Elope it will come along. WfflSTlTEB or not Mrs. Cleveland nabbed Governor Foraker at the Philadelphia reception does not concern the people so much as a redaction of taxes and preventing the collection of a surplus revenue. Bat there were many others present OA that occasion who did not have the pleasure of shaking Mrs. Clove land's hand ; then why should Governor Foraker the snubbed man. be selected as The question ot mixed schools is being discussed in the Northern and Western States. It will not be tolerated in a community where there are aDy considerable number of colored people. Our Northern friends can have it if they want if. We are sure they would not want It if they lived in the South. The masses of thecolored people South don't want it, and the masses ot the white people will not have it. So that ends it so far as the South la concerned. If Henry George wants to buy land at one dollar per acre we com mend to him the ninety thousand crea of State lands lying in Jones aad Onslow counties. The State board of education we doubt not would entertain a proposition from him looking to the purchase. The location may not suit his followers so well aa Mayor Hewitt's farm, bat, to apply his theory to land, one acre should be as good as an other, and it is well known that all can't own and occupy Mayor Hew iK's acres. THE action of President Cleve land in purchasing government bonds in advance of their maturity ia warmly endorsed in financial Circle in New York, as such ac tlon seems to have prevented a panic in Wall street. If no one but the Wall street gamblers were to suffer from a panic, the President would be heartily condemned for interfering to prevent it. But a panic brought on by these gam blers causes depression and lack ofcoufldence throughout commer cial circles and in that way the whole conn try is made to feel it. -In Addition to this it may be said in defence ot the President, that the treasury is overflowing with the people's money and the pur Chase of bonds, though at a premi om, is better than keeping the money locked up. The surplus most be brought into circulation by tome means. WILMTXTOX. XE BERSE, HEAD CITY .4X0 THE C SORE F. & T. T. B. We regTet to see a disposition on the part of our valued contempo rary, the Wilmibgton Star, in its efforts to induce the C. K. .Sc Y. V. to make its terminus at "Wilming ton, to disparage New Berne and Morehead City. We understand the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley road to be a North Carolina enter prise, owned and controlled by 2forth Carolinians who have some State pride and are anxious to build op the seaport towns of the State, provided it is not done at j their individual Joss. If filming ton can make it to the advantage' of tbia road to extend its line to that port, all right and good so far as New Berne is concerned. If New Berne and Morebead City can by any means secure a connection with this road why should the Star object T The "Cumberland" communica tion in the Fayetteville Observer, erroneously attributed to Col. W. J. Green, seems to havp stirred np the Star. It says : "While on this subject let us re fer again to an absurd idea in the Observer article, to which we called attention in our first comment. It wishes to force Wilmington to ship prodnce sent here all the way to Norfolk. Why this, when W.il mington is really a better market for all North Carolina products than Norfolk is ! "Why ship from San ford all the way to Morohead just to obtain the privilege of shipping to Norfolk to find a market, there being none or but litt'e at Morehead or New Berne, when Wilmington itself offers a market T" Since the Star h.vs seen tit to thus refer to New Heme as being no market at all and boasts of having the best market of any the I ports South like a great many State papers that boasts of having the beat cotton market in the State, thinking thereby to have all the cotton carried there for sale let as make a little comparison. The quotation in the Star of middling cotton for September J'Jd was 1 lrtand the sales of r00 bales on the same day were noted upon a basis of cents tor middling. Cotton sold in New Heme on the same dav for" 9 18 and was sold QP bnsis of 9 rents for middling. The Norfolk pars quoted middling ! for the same day at U 1 4. Again: if Wilmington is really a better market tor all North Carolina products than Norfolk, why is cot ton carried from Goldsboro, Wilson and other points along the W. & W. road to Norfolk when Wilming-i ton is nearer 7 Wilmington is the right ter minus for a North Carolina system ; and not Norfolk, in the State of Virginia. We hope the friends of the Cape Fear anil Yadkin Valley Railroad will see this. Richmond,; Petersburg and Norfolk have been j draining North Carolina all through ; this century. Have North Caro linian's no State pride T" j Why is Wilmington the right ter minus for a North Carolina svstem rather than Morehead City T Why, simply because it has capital and facilities for doing business, and not because of its natural advan tages. It is well known that Morehead City is one of the finest harbors south of Norfolk and, un less we have always been misin formed on this point, has a greater depth of water than the mlet to Wilmington. Being not more than a half hour's run to sei there is no better point tor a coaling station, and if the owners of the C F. & V. V. expect the hauling of coal to be any considerable part of their business they ongh: to remember this. TheJot'EN'AL has long shown its desire to see Wilmington really the rival of Norfolk, but the disposition to throw cold water at New Berne will not aid that city in consumat ing its laudable ambition. PE.NMONS. The News and Observer states that the State pension list in North Carolina will be considerably in creased this ear, and that the amount due each pensioner from the .'30,0X) appropriation will not exceed S.oO. The last General Assembly ought to have increased the amount, and it ought to be con tinually increased as the tate grows in wealth until a respectable pension is paid those men who were loyal to their State in the hour ot her greatest trouble, and re ceived injuries in her service that have rendered them unable to help themselves. The North Carolinian who re sponded to the call of his State in 1"H1, was prompted by as pure and patriotic motives as the Pennsyl vanian or any Northern man who responded to the call of his State. It is true we have to help pay the pensions to our Noithtrn soldier friends but that is no reason why the State of North Carolina should not be just to her own. THE MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS. Tike Democrats of Massachusetts assembled in convention at Woreos- .i 0,1.1, 1 , ter on the JOth inst., and nominated H. B. Lovermg for Governor. His nomination is looked upn as an- tagonistic to Cleveland for Presi-1 dent, but it is generallv conceded that the Bav State will fall into line for the President unless it ap pears that some other statesman of the party stands as good a chance of being elected. Touching civil service the plat form declares that : It is "an unquestioned principle that the business of government should be conducted with the same care as personal business matters. Therefore we believe that uo busi ness can be successlully carried on unless those engaged in its prose cution act in harmony. We be lieve that no business man would employ or retain in his employ acy person who was known to be in the interest of a rival who depreciated his business capacity, undermined is credit or disclosed his secrets. j We believe no administration of .the government can be successful unless those who are entrusted ' with the excution of its affairs are 'interested in its success, approve of its policy and believe in its principles. We believe all the im portant offices in the civil service should be filled by competent per sons in political sympathy with the administration; that all other of fices not representative in charac ter should bo tilled by persons selected for their fitness, capacity and integrity." These are the views steadfastly held by the Jovsmax since the in anaguration of President Cleve ' land. That they are sound, no one can deny. But reasonable men do not expect the President to oust every Republican in a day, a year or even two or three years. The process of turning out a party that j has been entrenched in the offices, i inr k n l 1 1 v h t- m m in ii ri f - sanly be slow. It requires the utmost care and discreetness to till the tens of thousands offices with new men who are in sympathy with the administration. Being a Demo, crat should be the second con sideration; fitness, capacity, honor and integrity should always be the first. President ( lt-veland has doubt less shown less partizan spirit in the administration of the govern ment than any President for a half a century. For this reason he onght to and will command the support of the conservative element of the countrv. Aurora Items. We are having rain after a long dry spell. Miss Ida Bonner is in town visit ing relatives. Ir, T. P. Bonner has the prettiest residence in town. Kggs 1" cents ; seed cotton 2.70 cents; hut cotton 9 cents. Miss Rena Sparrow is in town visiting her sister, Mrs. Cherry. Mr. F. B. Hooker is having the bridge at this place repaired. A new store is being erected on Main street. Our town is "com ing." Dr. 1". P. Gates is in town. The doctor has a very lucrative practice in Pamlico county. Mr. Henrv Bonner is in town. He is the chamnion deer catcher at his summer resort at Cove point. The Washington Gazette and Progress are having a tilt over an ink wiper. "Old rags'' are cheap Profassor Bonner's school will open next Thursday, 20th Septem ber. We bespeak a liberal patron age, to this deservedly popular school. Cotton ginning is making things lively. Messrs. S. T. Selby and Felix Cherry have their mills and gins alive to the interest of all con cerned. ' A petition is being circulated to I finish cutting the new road from 'here to Bay river. We . hope our people will subscribe liberally. ' New roads, new ditdies, new I bridges, new farms, new nouses, : plenty of work and we will have i the best country in the world. We want a dally mail from this place to New Berne; we need it and ought to have it. We are going to ask Major L. C.Latham to help us get it and it will be done we lelieve. Mr. Henry Bonner, one of our model farmers, brought us the finest turnips I have seen. He works and makes good crops cot ton, corn, potatoes, turnips, S:c. Thanks bro. Bonner, come again. It sounds a "wee bit'1 extrava gant to a poor man who has to work hard to help pay the taxes to read abont raising the salary of the Oovernor. Plenty of the good men of North Carolina anxious for his place at .the present salary. Our people are tired of the old cry of reformation and reform and salaries of officers being raised all the time. We need more machinery at work at this place. We have a great amount ot poplar, sweet gum, holly, j maple, cypress, juniper and other wood of various sorts that is being cut and burned and wasted that , might be converted into shingles, ' shuttle blocks, spool heads, shoe lasts, butter plates, &c, if our ; mill men would go about it. Who will take the lead T What say you. j Mr. B. II. Thompson or Mr. Cherry, or Mr. J. B. Whitehurst! We ! need men of goahe"ditiveness to i develop this industry-. We want men who will put things to work. More work will give us less chills and more money. I have been a very" close observer and the men who do most work are sick least, and when at work they are not sitting around the street corners cursing in the hearing of passers by. Jones County Items. Farmers are having good weather for saving their crops. Farmers are hauling their cotton to the gins; money will be plentiful for a little while in our midst. Would that these times could last always. Abner Dawson's boarders are continually, we learn, increasing in his country boarding house. We suspect that Abner feeds high and that the law breakers have got wind of it. But Abner you know is a success at farming then why not as a botelist T This is about the time for tenants and landlords to have misunder- stand ngs about the divisions of b . .. . ,, . . crops. All should recollect that crops are short and that going to law is too high priced a luxury, Better meet each other half way in concessions man to speuu lue crop lawing each other Our worthy and efficient Sheriff, C. II. Foy has the tax list and will, I have no doubt, take pleasure in writing out receipts to all who may wish to settle their taxes. We would snggest to our tax payers that times are hard and that money will bo scarce later on than now, so each had better take time by the forelock by walking up and settling during the crop season for cotton money is said to be very slip- ery. We have somewhere read and seen a picture where a chap was fishing with a book and line, read . ing Robinson Crusoe and smoking a cigar at the same time while the musquitoes were dodging in and pelting him. This was said to be catching fish under difficulties. But I saw that feat equalled today by a grown descendant of Ham who was ruling a hard trotting mule whose trotting motion imitated the jog of : the old time mill rice pestle, which jog he was dodging by a spring in the stirrups a kind of go up and let down motion while with one hand he was applying the whip, the other was busy drawing what the boys would call a huge mouth organ across his lips, making to him no doubt very harmonious and delightlul music, so much so that he appeared oblivious to all sur roundings. But as old uncle Zeke often remarked, every man has a certain peculiarity in making his own pleasure. STATE NEWS Greensboro Patriot: The Sandy Creek Baptist Associa'.ion, the old est in the State, will hold its 129th annual meeting in Chatham county, beginning on tne -".ud insr. Statesville Londmaik: Nine waeon loads of dried peaches in a i - body, belonging to J I. l erguson, merchant, of Wilkesboro. were sold here last week at from 14 to 174 ctmts per pound to Col. W. A. Klia sou. Averaging l.ooo lbs. to a wagon at l."k per pound Mr. 1'ergu- son reaiizei about 1, .'."' for his pie material. Lenoir Topic: Good crops are the order of t he day. Mr. William Day reports L'OO gallons of golden syrup made by him and -i.i'oi) bundles ot fodder pulled. Plenty of "long sweetning" and long forage. Mr. John R. Steele tells us that some of the meadows and corn lields on ' the Yadkin have been visjti-d by droves ot a kind ot worm, verv ;much like the army worm, which I destroys the hay and fodder and acts in a very disreputable manner generally. Specimens have been I sent to t he Commissioner of Agri culture, at Washington, with a re I quest to give the pests a name long enough to kill them. J Clinton Caucasian: Holmes, Holiday and moved a stone from t ; a negro boy near C weighed 4- grams, a Recently 1 rs. Havetie re ie bladder of niton which 1 1 1 1 e over an i ounce. The boy has now eoinplete- i ly recovered. Mr. R. G. Brooks, of Piney Grove township, had the misfortune to lose his dwelling house and its entire contents by . tire last Friday night. Mr. Brooks and family weie awav from home and can account for tin- tire in no i other way than upon the supposi tion that the houe was struck by 'lightning. As a result of the j protracted meeting at the Baptist Church. Rev. J. 1.. Stewart, the ! pastor, baptized 1 1 persons laM r riday night. ('n last MinUay morning he preached an earnest, able and impressive sermon for their special encourage neiit. Elizabeth City Carolinian : A re cent issue of the New Oilcans Times-Democrat has an ably writ ten and very interesting communi cation from the pen ot our towns man John W. Albertson. dr., Ksq., calling attention to the fact that Judge Martin, who went from New Berne to Louisiana as Judge of that Territory, after its purchase by the L'nited States, carried with him many valuable records and papers of historical interest, from which he wrote his history of North Caro lina, and asking for information touching the whereabouts ot those papers. The New York syndi cate that purchased the large tract of land in Dare and Tyrrell counties are preparing to erect nulls and manufacture lumberon an exten sive scale. Elizabeth City, we understand, is to be their central shipping point. Wilmington Star: Coroner David Jacobs held an inquest yesterday over the body of the colored man Lfound in the river near the works of the Navassa Guano Co., about five miles up the river, Weduesday last and towed down to this city. Several witnesses identified the body as that of James Wilburt, the colored man who murdered his wife near Caotle Hayne last Snndav. County Physician Dr. Potter care fully examined the head, cutting into the skull, and found no trace of a bullet wound. There was a bruise on the forehe.nl and the theory most generally agreed upon seems to be to the effect that in running from the posse who inter cepted him on Suuday night he slipped or missed his looting on the bridge and fell between the cross ties, striking his forehead as he fell, and so went into the river, where he was drowned. Morehead the Hetter Outlet. The Wilmington Star felicitates itself upon the fact that Hon. Whar ton J. Green did not write the let ter to the Fayetteville Observer, in which ground was taken in favor of the Cape Fear ami Yadkin Valley Railroad seeking its outlet at the sa at Morehead, instead of at Wil mington. It occurs to ns that it can make very little difference who says a thing, the important fact is to know and consider iclmt he says. There must have been just a graiu or two of truth in the idea of More- head being the better outlet, from the fact that so able a journal as the Star is concerned about it, even though the idea was entertained by an ex representative of our district. The Cape Far has always had a charming soiuid to our ears. Not so, we are told it used to fall upon the ears of the hardy-mariners who braved its dangers. The Star strikes a responsive chord in our heart when it exclaims. "Richmond, Petersburg and Norfolk have been draining North Carolina through this century. Have North Carolin ians no State pride?" The older men ot a past generation asked this same question, and concluded they had. These same men, with State pride strong within them, devised.'a State system, they studied the charts of the sea. they marked the course of commerce on the nation's highway, they considered the dan gers of our coast, the advantages of the various harbors, and they de cided in favor of Morehead as an outlet. They then with sagacity and daring, worthy of any State, undertook the construction of a railroad system, that for boldness of design and the maguitude of the undertaking, was not unworthy of the great men of any State or coun try. War with its fearful scourge for a time frustrated this plan, but the minds of the foremost men of the State are reverting to this un fulfilled plan to make North Caro lina a great State, and we begin to feel that this long cherished hope is nearing its fruition. That man is no discerner ot the signs of the times wbo does not recognize the fact, that the centralizing influences in politics and in trade, that are the results of t he war, have about had their day. Each State under en lightened laws will now be left to develop its own resources in the manner that seems to it best, being dependent on no other State to any greater extent than will be condu cive to its welfare. Goldsboio Ar- gus. His Time Vn Valuable. TK AMI' ; whose request tor lood has been denied . " Well would vou let me sleep in ma am, the ten acre lot back of the barn it I won't make any noiseT" Lady of the house. --Ye es, I don't mind lettiu' ye do t hat." Tramp (appealinglr . 1 : Well, ! one thing more, ma 'a in, before I say good night. Would you! have me called at seven o'clock sharp! I want to catch the limi- i ted cattle train "West.'' Neatness. The truly neat person loves clean liness and trimness of body, dress, house and surroundings, not so much for the effect that is produced on Others, as for the personal com fort and satisfaction to be derived from neatness. In some people neatness is instinctive. In others it is the result of training, and the habit may be acquired so thorough ly that the learner will really care more for the pleasure of being neat than for the appearance of being so. Ihe Philadelphia Call gives the following rules, which everv trirl among our readers may and should i Messrs. D. E. Sandlin, W. A. observe: Newbold, Andrew Marshburn, his A girl's every day toilet is pait son and wife, are sick. Mr. New of her character. The maiden who! bold very sick with tpyho-malarial is slovenly in the morning is not to fever; Dr. J. L. Nicholson attend ee trusted, however fine she mav iK physician. look in the evening. No matter how humble your room may be, there are eight things it should contain: a mirror. washstand, water. soap, towel, hair, nail aad tooth orushes. These are just as essen tial as your breakfast, before which you should make good use of them. Parents who fail to provide their children with such appliances not only make a mistake, but commit a mii of omisvon . Look tidy in the morning, and after the dinner work is over, im prove your toilet. Make it a inle of your daily life to ''dress up' for the alternoon. Your dress need not be anything better than calico; hut with a ribbon or tlower, or some bit ornament, you can have an air of self respect and satisfac tion that invariably comes with be ing well dressed. A girl with sensibilities cannot help feeling embarrassed and awk ward in a ragged, dirty dress, with her hair unkempt, if a stranger or neighbor should come in. More over. our self-repect should de mand decent apparelling for juiir body. Yon should make it a pom: to look as well as vou can, even if you see K now vou.- noiimly Exchaiii but ouiM'lf A Vi e rich The L mdoii journal of the has discovered rful Ciiiintry Times, t he l-.i British inefnq that t here is a 1 ling oh-, u ge the and interesting continent on western jside of the Atlantic Ocean. : It has dispatched an experienced ; correspondent to travel through the l'nited States, and to report upon ' the marvels he sees there. He will j describe this "wonderful people at i what seems to be the most wonder I ful moment of its material expansion j and development, when the most active branch of the huma race has j found itself suddenly put in posses t sion of unbounded physical re j sources, and when it is undertaking 'the task of developing those re sources with an energy and a suc cess of which the world has never I before known the equal.'' I The Times is right in believing this is a critical period in our his tory hue the country s progress was never more rapid than now, uew social and political problems are looming up on the horizon. And yet happily, we need not doubt that they will be met and overcome as others and even greater ones have been in the past. The future of the country lies in the hands ot those who are growing up to be its citizens. Everv American boy will have part, whether great or small, t plav in determining the national character and moulding the nation's destiny. How to Act at a Firp. In a lecture before the Society of Arts, London, Mr. "A. W. C. Ghean gave the lollowiug concise and simple directions how to act on occurence of tires. 1-ire requires air; therefore, on its appearance every effort should be made to ex clude air shut all doors and win dows. By this means fire may be confined to a single room, for a sufficient period to enable all the inmates to be aroused and escape; but if the doors and windows are thrown open, the fanning of the wind and the dranghtjwill instantly cause the flames to increase with extraordinary rapidity. It must never be forgotten that the most precious moments are at the com mencement of a fire, and not a sin gle second of time should be lost in tackling it. In a room, a table cloth can be so used as to smot her a large sheet of flame, and a cush ion mav serve to beat it out; a coat or anything similar may be used with an equally successful result. The great point is presence of mind calmness in danger, action guid ed by reason and thought. In all large houses, buckets of water should be placed on every landing, a little salt Demg put into water. Always endeavor to attack the bed of a fire; if you cannot extinguish a tire, shut the wiudow, and be euro to shut the door when making good your retreat. A wet silk handker chief tied over the eyes and nose will make breathing possible in the midst of much smoke, and a blauket wetted and wrapped around the body will enable a person to pass through a shee t of name in comparative safety. Should a lady's dress catch fire, let the wearer at once lie down. Rolling may extinguish the fire, but if not, anything (woolen preferred) wrap ped tightly round will effect the de sired purpose. A buru becomes less painful the moment air is ex cluded from it. Oue part of car bolic acid to six parts of olive oil is found to be invaluable in most cases, slight or severe, and the first layer of lint should not be removed till the cure is complete; but satur ated by the application of fresh onter layers from time to time. Linen rag soaked in a mixture of lime water and linseed oil also forms a good dressing. Common whiting is very good, applied wet and con tinually dampened with a sponge. Scientific American. New Music. People who desire bright and pretty piano music and songs, will like the following new pieces which are found among this month's musi cal publications: "The Manhattan Beach Folka," by Raymond, (oocts.) JJennie, Zane," 2 oug and chorous, by Turner, v;U cts); "Sailin' down de Ohio," a song by Keyes, for male or mixed voices, (3o cts.): Wii Wuro T.)r,.t her o. Knncr lir Lombard. i-'5U cts j; "Cricket on the Hearth," song aud chorus by Mil ner, i.i.j cts.! Any of these pieces mailetl to any address on receipt of price by Oliver Ditson Co.. Pos ton. Train p (to woman) Could you give me something in the way of old clothes, ma'am? I'm gettin" shabby. Woman You're gettin' more than shabby. You kin change coats with the scarecrow back in the cornfield if you want to. That'll slick you up some, an' it's the best I kin do. Onslow County Items. Weather continues very dry. Considerable sickness yet, and some deaths. Bilious dysentery seems to be the prevailing disease all over the county. Both grown folks and children have the disease and a j great many die with it. I D.J. Moore, at Queen's creek, ihas some very pretty large tame j white rats. Says he,'isgoing to raise , cs to seu already has a dozen eDaged at 1.00 a pair. Little Myrtle, the two year old daughter of B. F uanKs, jr., near the mouth of New river, died a few days ago and was carried to Jones count v where the family moved from last year, to be interred. The northwest bridge between . Gum branch and Mr. C. Stephens,1 across New river prong, is finished j at last ; the county threw it aside ; and the citizens took it in hand ' aad have made a good bridge. i The Missionary Baptists, Presby-! terian and Methodists held a two! weeks' protracted meeting at Rich- j lands lately, closing lait Sunday I night. The Baptists had seven ac cessions and the Methodists and . Presbyterians twenty-two acces sions. Revs. Cashwell and Baker ' were the Baptists ministers, and Revs. A. G. Gnatt Methodist and J. 1). Stanford Presbyterian minis ters. Mr. Nat. Taylor, an old citizen living near Piney green, was taken with a tit. fell in the fire and burned to death before assistance came. Dr. W. J. Montfort was called, but could render little assistance, and the poor man died in a short time, suffering terribly. Mr. T. was a widower with two small children. A very poor but good man. His little children were taken care of by Messrs. Henry Willis and R. H. 1 lender. The Quaker bridge road is in a bad fix. What is to be done with it! It seems the people can't or won't work on it, and now it is al most impassable, and in wet weather is entirely impassable. Several parties coining through have been mired up ; among them Mr. Hill Humphrey of New Berne, Charles White of Polloksville, and some Northern prospectors while coming through like to have lost iheir teems as well as themselves. Let something be done to remedy this evil if possible. E. L. Franks, Esq., has killed a deer at last, the first one in ten years. Mr. Franks said when he would go hunting they wonld always say, uPa, you go yonder or stay here or go over there and you will get a shot," but never a shot did he get, while some ot the rest always shot the deer or bear, so yesterday when they told Mr. F. the same old thing to go there or yonder, Mr. F. said I'll be dadfetched if I don't go where I please, and he did and killed his gatae a nice buck. Now be says they can't fool him any more. Kad Koonce and Jim Franks were the ones that kept him in the dark always. A large crowd assembled at Rich lands last Saturday evening to wit ness the Dan Ducello combination show. Cowboy riding, ventrilo quism, burlesque talks and tem perance speeches amused the peo ple much too much for me, paid Ed. Franks, as he picked himself up from the ground, where he had measured his length and breadth caused by a collision with the little cowboy horse. And when the old woman came 0116 with her pfft poodle all dressed up, calling it her baby, old man Lafayette cried out in a great glee, boys I'm satisfied now, I've got the worth of my quarter if I don't see anything else ; and the old gent fairly danced for joy. .The boom in Swansboro stiil con tinues. The Messrs. Harrison & Co. are goahead, working people, and then they have got the energy, and what is more they have got the stamps. Jacksonville is also on the boom, so we hear. Messrs Bynuin & Collins from Jones coun ty have rented stores and are put ting uo goods by the wholesale there. Hurrah for our capitol ihey smell uuiroad there we reckon. Our commissioners are to meet on the first Monday in Octo ber and appoint the dav for the election for suoscription for the GO,000 to build said road, but we don't believe they will vote for it. They don't understand it; don't tnow where tne road will run or stop or what about it. We under stand there will be speakers out here to tell them all about it be fore the election, and we hope there will be. Care of the Feet. A few drops of extract white oak baik in the morning foot bath, with a pinch of boracic acid, will go far to harden the feet, and bath ing at bed time with pure alcohol will quickly remove soreness. But shoes must be looked to. Corns and bunions come from friction and unequal pressure; and it should be known that shoes loose enough to permit the foot to slide about in them are eveu more likely than tight ones to produce these trou blesome growths. Shoes should fit exactly ; a desideratum more easily fouud when they are made after the anatomical pattern than any other way. They should be quite heavy. Very light boots are good enough to dance in, but for every other purpose the soles should be thick enough to protect feet from small stones or acciden tal blows. Heavy shoes seem j tirgsome to walk in at nrst, Out i after a few davs the feeling of com- ; fort and security that comes with wearing them is so great that they are rearely given up. American Magazine. A Missionary who had been in China said that a Chinese thief is the most impudent creature on earth, and being asked to give some facts to substantiate his as- he said . "The clock in , ,i the hall of my mission residence was stolen one night, and the next afternoon the thief brought it to me to show him how to wind it up." And did you do it?'' asked an auditor. l,No,'' answered the missionary, "but I wound the thief up so thoroughly that it took him six months 111 j an to run down." ' Vitality of Great Men is not always innate or born with them, but many instances are known where it has been acquired by the persistent and judicious use of Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic. PKAIRIE MEMORIES. HAMLIN GARLAND. A wide o'er-arcbing summer sky ; Sea-drifting grasses, rustling reeds. Where young grouse to their mothers cry. And locusts pipe from whistling weeds; Broad meadows lying like lagoons Of suniest water, on whoso swells Float nodding blooms, to tinkling belle Of bob-o'-linkums' wildest tunes: Far west winds bringing odors fresh From mountains 'rayed as monarchs are In royal robes of ice and snow, Where storms are bred in thunder jar; Land of corn and wheat and kine, Where plenty fills the hand of him Who tills the soil or prunee the vine, Or digs in thy far canyons dim My western land! I love thee yet. In dreams I ride my horse vgain. And breast the breezes blowing fleet i rom out the meadows cold and wet, : From fields of flowers blowing sweet, And flinging perfume to the breeze. The wild oats ewirl along the plain; I feel their dash against njy kneee, Like rapid plash of running seas. I pass by islands dark and tall With painted poplars thick with leaves; The fcrass in rustling ripple cleaves To left and right in emerald flow: And as I listen, riding slow. Out breaks the wild bird's jocund call. Oh, shining suns of boyhood's time! Oh, winda that from the mythic west Sang calls to Eldorado"s quest! Oh, swaying wild-bird's thrilling chime ! When loud the city's clanging roar Wraps in my soul, as does a shroud. I hear those songs and sounds once more. ADd dream of boyhood's wind swung cloud. A Mammoth Proposed Tunnel. The plans for the proposed tun nel under East Hiver, between New York and Long Island, are rapidly Hearing completion. As soon as the right of way has been granted the company will perma nently organize, elect officers and begin work at once. The tunnel will be five miles long. The esti mated cost is ?1, 000, 000 per mile, and it will likely be completed about January, 1889. The eastern entrance of the tunnel in Long Island City will be nearly three quarters of a mile from the river. The western terminus will be in the old depot yard of the Hudson tiver railroad, between Ninth and Tenth avenues and Twenty-Ninth and Thirtieth streets in New York. The depth below the surface of the water will be about 100 feet, rising to the surface under the cities in either direction at an incline of about sixty feet to the mile. The intended width of the tunnel is twentyseven feet and the height-twenty-one feet. A double track road will be laid, each track to be continuous rail, to prevent noise and jarring. The trains will be operated 'by electric motors, and the tunnel lighted bv electric lights and ventilated by steam fans. A Happy Meeting. A most touching scene was wit nessed in the streets of Paris re cently. A little girl of abount five years of age was rolling her hoop; the hoop rolled up against a gentle man sitting on a bench, and the child, going up to him to get it, looked at him involuntarily, and suddenly cried out: "Oh! if there isn't the gentleman of mamma's miniature!" This exclamation, of course, attracted the attention of passers-by, and of a young woman, who immediately came up to the child, and giving a glance at the gentleman, fainted away. He ap peared stupefied, and stared from the child to her mother as if he was losing his senses; but when he saw the latter fall fainting on the ground he caught her up, clasped her in his arms, and covered her with kisses She soon regained her senses, and fell weeping on the gentleman's bosom. An officer coming np led them off, with the little girl, and calling a carriage, put them in; but bystanders had already learnt their history from their different excla mations. Five years before they were married, with every prospect of happiness before them; but the husband, being young, was led as tray by dissipated associates, and becoming jealous of his wife, treat ed her so unkindly that she finally left him, and took a humble lodging in a different quarter of the city, where she soon after gave birth to a little daughter, and since that time had supported herself and child by her needle. The husband had sought his wife in vain, and had at last come to the sad conclu sion that she had put and end to her existence. This thought had such an effect upon his mind as to cure him, not only of his jealousy, but of his vices, and he had since been living a most exemplary ife, consecrating all his thoughts 1 to the memory of his lost wife. An Engineer on Steam Whistles 'There is something almost human about a steam whistle," said a well known engineer to a reporter. "'When you cross the river tonight pay particular atten tion to their various sounds, arfd see if I'm not right. You will hear the 'look out for-me-I'm-a-big-fel- low, whistle ofthe steamers that run up the sound, and the little steam launch, hugging the dock as it dances over the water, will give answer in its 'don't forget me I'm-a-steamer-too' style. As you ride in the cars on a rainy day the locomotive whistle seems to say, 'I'm sorry it rains!' The short, sharp screech indicates clearly that something is wrong ahead. Whistles that announce low or high water in the boiler have a threatening sound that makes the engineer jump to his feet. Steam whistles at times sound mournful and at other times gay. lou can hear angry wnis- ties and good natured whistles. To the unemployed mechanic the o'clock whistle in the factory has a despondent wail, and the thrifty workman lays aside his tools with a light heart when 12 o'clock blows. The sound of many steam whistles adds greatly to the effect of a pub lie demosstration or celebration. The coarse whistle, with a frog in its throat, can be heard once in a while; and the jolly whistle, which seems to say, 'I'm as happy as a clam!' is ever with us. A disabled boiler gets sypathy from its whis tle, and a cracked whistle tells you to use it gently, for it isn't strong. I have made a study of steam whis tles, and and, well I tell you they're almost human. The Safety Valve. Bill Nye says that when a man called him a 'Mexican hairless humorist," he was so angry that, though not related to the Knicker bockers, his breath came in short pants. MORTGAGE and Warrantee Deeds on hand all the time. The Talne of "Knowing How. A lady went to a jeweler's to have a ring sawed off her fiager. The lady was well advanced in years, and the ring had been put on her finger by her husband on their wedding day, nearly half a century before. The hand trembled and a tear fell upon it as she held it out to have the precious memento multilated. But to the old lady's delight the jeweler explained that it was not necessary to have the ring cut in order to remove it from the swollen fi n ir 1 i T- He then proceeded to wind a length of flat rubber braid around 1 the member, begining at the top, j after which he held the old lady's j hand above her head for an instant j or two, before unwinding the band age and starting the process all ; over again. This was repeated three times, ; after which it was fouud possible, to sli p the ring oft' with ease. j The owner asked if there was any ' charge and was answered: ''One; .dollar. I ask the same amount j that I would get if the ring were left to be mended after being cut "A ' , " 'Of COUrse She might have (lone it'herself,"., the jeweler explain ed afterwards. "It's the 'know how' I charge for, though." Aa we read an account of the! foregoining incident in an evening; paper, we were struck by t be ( thought of what an incentive it; furnished to young students, whoi may sometimes fear that because they are not at work upon some ! thing tangible, therefore they are j not so sure of reaping a reward for their labor. Let them remember' that the '-kuow how"' can be 1 charged for as well as the '-do." Mr. Randall to Illinois I arine-i s. "If," said Mr. liandall to some farmers at Woodstock. III., the other day, "I can claim com mendation for any public service. I feel it is for my efforts to appreciate and foster the resources of our natural capabilities and wealth." The obstructor of tax reduction de serves credit for his "efforts" ter rible efforts they no doubt were, though futile, A Pennsylvania pro tectionist bent on making the far mers of the whole country pay tribute to the artificial industry of his State cannot but find it difficult 'to foster the resources of our natural capabilities.'' Mr. Randall some years ago managed to "ap preciate'' them and thinks they will still stand a good deal of tax ing for the manufacturers' benefit. But he never got so far as to f'foster'' them by letting up the tariff tax on the articles the farmer and others get in exchange for their "resources" when sent abroad for sale at Liverpool and elsewhere. "After all," says Mr. Eandall with the air of a sage, and very sagely, "statesmanship consists chiefly in a full knowledge of a nation's re sources." He knows. lie has been drawing on them a long while for the obliging republican pro tectionists of Philadelphia who so kindly see that the city is always districted so as to make one so called democratic constitueney for him to fall from. But it is a ques tion whether the old-fashioned "statesmanship" is not getting ob solete, in view of the difficulties it is plunging the country into. Baltimore Sun. Henry B. Bryan for GoTernor. The newspapers are beginning to talk about a successor to our pres ent excellent Executive. Fortunate ly we have abundant material for a score of good Governors. We see mentioned Armfield, Dowd, Gilmer, Clark, Jarvis, Holt, Sted man, Saunders and Cook. To this list we add the name of H. K. Bryan, of Tsew Berne. Of excel lent family, of pure character, of fine personal appearance and physique, of high attainments and sound discretion, he possesses all the requisites of a Governor to ensure a wise, progressive and patriotic administration. To be sure of success we must have a strong man before the people. We confidently believe that Mr. Bryan would poll as large a vote aa any one the Democrats could nominate. Perhaps Judge Gilmar has a stronger hold upon the people, but he is from the same town as Gov. Scales, and that perhaps would de feat him before the convention ; and it is understood that he has no notion of allowing the use of his name. We would be glad to know that North Carolina wonld have for the next term so good a Gover nor as Henry 11. Bryan. Pittsboro Home. A Horse Trade. Stranger, I want to sell yer a horse." "Stranger," was the reply, l'I don't want him." "Stranger, " rejoined the way farer, "yer reely must buy him. Yer never seen a better horse lor the price." "What is the price, stran ger!" asked the contemplative man. "A hundred and fifty dol lars, and dirt cheap at that." The inquirer meditated for a few moments and then blandly remark ed: "Stranger, I'll give yer ire." The equestrian dismounted, say ing with earnestness '-btranger, I won't allow one hundred and forty five dollars to stand between you. and me and a trade. The horse is yours. Professor F. Max Millea, the emi nent philologist, has recently ad vanced the theory that words are essential to thought, or, to put it in another form, that we cannot think w ithout words. In reference to the processes of thought in deaf mutes, he agrees with Professor Hnxley in the opinion that they would be capable of few higher intellectual manifestations than an orang outang or chimpanzee, if they had no society except that of their dumb companions. E. K. BISHOP, Broker & Commis'n Merch't, Offlce and Warehouse next to Clyde Wharf. A sent for Armou & Co.'g Provisions Fire Proof Storage Building. 4S- COTTON, GRAIN and MERCHAN DISE taken on STORAGE at reasonable rates. sep'2 dim Willis, Edwards & Co. Have reopened the New Berne Machine Works, and have added Tools to their works to do all kinds of Machine and Boiler Work at short notice. They have also added a foundry to tneir worKs, ana are prepared to do the best of Brass and Iron Casting, House Plumbing a specialty. If you want good work Rive us a call. All work guaranteed and dope at prices to suit the times. iyll wly mm wmw TORPID LIVER lu known by these marked peculiar- lllMI A ffellng of wpnrlness and palm In th limbs. Had breath, baj taste In the mouth knd furred tongue. Constipation, with (orablonal attacks of diarrhoea Headache. In the front of the head; r.ausea. d:?.z1ne.H. find vellowness of htn. Heartburn, loss of appetite. OlBU'iHlon 01 the ktumach and bowe: by wind. Depression of spirits, and great melan choly, with lassitude and a disposition to leave every lb ing for tomorrow. A natural flow or Rile from the L.ler la mar ni la I to (rood healtb. When this la obstructed It Jesuits la BILIOUSNESS, whuh, if nefclecle,!, soon leads to serlons d KeaseH sliiiiuo'.s l.lver regulator exerts a must felicitous Iniluence over every klud 01 biliousness, it lestores the Liver to proper working order, regulates the secretions of bile and puts the digestive 01 gans in snch condlt ion that they can do their best wore After taking tills medicine no one will say, "I am bilious." "I have been subject to severe spells of Con gestion of the l.ivcr, atui have oeen In its j habit or taking from r, to 20 grains of calomel which general!) laid menp lor three or four ukjh i.ateiy i nae neen using nimmrtu I.iver Regulator, which gave me relief with out any Interruption to busl ness.' J . IIDUO, M iddloport , M1I0. Oll.l UKIl!l.E has our 2j H!aiiij n i on front of Wrapper. J . II. Zrllln .v Co , Philadelphia. Pa. HIM MONH. n.EMINI S1K1.T. SIMMONS & MANLY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ."Will practice in the Courts of OraTsn,JoHM Onslow, Carteret, Pamlloo, Lenoir ana Hyde and in the Federal Oonrt at Ptsw Tsrna. febrt-'Awlj RED LIGHT SALOON, Near Karket Dock, Middle St-, NEW BERNE, N. C, IS WHEKK VOU CAN ALWAYS KIND PURE LIQUORS Of every quantities. variety, in large or small Also the FINEST GRADES of TOBACCO AND CIGARS. All of which will be sold CHEAP FOR CASH! John D. Dinkins, Salesman. E. WHITMAN, dec22dw Proprietor. State of North Cirolina -Jones Cointj Hl'I'KRIOR COURT. E. A. Wiiile and K. H Jont I V8, C. K colt and O. K. Bcott. ad- I NOTICE, inlnlsiralor of J. K. H ott. ) To C K. Krott end C. E. Scott, as administra tor of J. F Scott: Take notice : That the above named action Is Institute! to foreclose mortgages on lands .-iltuted In aald Jones county; and that you are required to appear at the next term of the tald Hupi-rlor Court for the said Jones County, to be held at Trenton In said eojnty on the 8th Mondny after the 1st Monday In September, A. I). 1HK7. and nnsser or demur to Die complaint filed lu the above named action. THOR.J. WHITAKER, auT dvtj' Clerk Bupeilor Court, Jones Ce W. P. BURRUS & CO., GRAIN & COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, NEW BERNE, N. C mav6dwtf Use House's Chill Syrup NOTICE. Sealed Proposals for Building Bridge- State of North Carolina, Craven Co. Office Register of Deeds, New Berne, Sept. 8th, 1887. Sealed proposals for building a bridge across lower Brice's Creek, in Number Seven Township, at the present site, will be received at this office on or be fore the First Monday in October, 1887. Said bridge to be built according to plans and specifications to be seen at this office. All proposals filed, to be properly sealed and endorsed, "Sealed proposals for building Brice's Creek Bridge." By order of the board. Orlando Hubbs, Register of Deeds, se8 dtd Ex officio Clerk. FOR TORPID LIVER. A torpid II Tor dcrangres t!tc wool sys tem, and produces Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Rheu matism, Sallow Skin ami Piles. Tlfere Is no better remedy forth common dlieaura than Tntt's Uvor Pills, as a trial w 111 prove. Irleo, Me. Sold Everywhere. Sale & Livery Stables. THE FIRMS OF A A M. HA UN AND M. HA HN fc COM PANY has been dls olvei) by 'lie death if A. Hahn, M. Hshn fill continue tbe oiiRlness or BALK. H.XCHANGE AND LIVERY of HOR8KH. MULES, etc.. at the "In civna uii juiudie street, where be has been engaged In thn same business In the city since 1 HOG. will b? pleased to meet his old friends and customers. Will have on hand In due season a F1HB LOT OF IIOHSKS and iqVLK8. Also, a FINE LOT OF Bl'tiSIKS Si y f. I K $3 - SATISFACTION GUAKANTEEI). M. HAHN & CO. autfll dw;m EASTERN NORTH CAR0LM1 MARBLE WORKS, VEW BERXE. X. C. Monuments Tombs. And ail kinds Grave and Building work la ITALIANS AMERICAN MARBLE Orders will receive prompt attention satisfaction guaranteed. , JOE K. WILLIS, Proprietor (Successor to George W. Olaypools) Oor. BROAD AbD CRAVEN SU. NEW BERNE, N. C G. . Millsb is my anthoriud mgm n Kinston. maSO-lrdV utts Pills