$1.50 PeYciTaX
INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS.
SiDgle Oopie3, 5 Cents.
V0L.3UV.
NEW BERNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, NOVEMBER 26, 1891.
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100 fitaxdx.
15
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" 0 stSDaar Baking Powders,
75 . .lfatchea.
50 . CoiTeo' Essence,
1 60 aacka Coffee, -
$ cases Tea, .
100 roils Begging;
500 bdl. Tiea,
100 reams Paper,
lOO.OCOraper Sacks,
50 desen Axes, .
. ? Pocket Knives,
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50 Locks, all sixes,
4 ia M Coffee inn,
Also a thotnaad aad ona other
artklaa too numerous to men-
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xnrroEiiL sons.
FoajJOtK la Sherman'
ho
voold bctte iMfbiar stock of lha
I Senile. It would b votM than
kittjla booU.
Thx Peopled part auk 23,000
TotM ta Ohio Aa tba balk of ttM
vara eaat bj Dataocrata, it la aaay
taaadarsUad wkj taa Oaio Daio
.roOMftjeratadcAt aaaaajtaisg fa any la
; taa laird part j moraaeat.
A ftirruT eoataaiparary aajat
"Taara ara atroaf aiaa la taa Watt
vaofiftaay a ad aa opportunity,
vaald aaaw aqaal ability wttk taa
pTav York atataaaea to .laad taa
party to victory." Czafitlj: bat
bow ara wa to know who tbay ara f
IT aaaaa Us, tW Bcpabtieaai
ll ... .1- 1 .k. T .-4 .U
I aaada It I) at UUi a ateei trap, ii
Ijaovlaordarfor ti.rn to aoolr
to taa' Ualtcd Btataa rovers nnt
&eii.M. "Wounded In taa
pa oilo errfe.'
TBX ffew Tor k Herald, Iodlaa-
polIn8oUl and Hew York Baa
taalat tkat taa Daaioeratio eaadi-
data for Preaidaal nnfl coaa trm
taa Waal. IVrkapa Into t ao, bat
It Boat ba remembered thai theaa
pa para ara oppoeed to Mr. Clai-aland
aadtaiafiTea the flavor 'to the
ilk la tba eoeaaat.
Is, It a eaae of strayed or
atoleat1 ' We meaa that addreaa to
ia, people of Soctk CaroUaa
Democrata 'aod. AEUsm Dtao-
erata. Ica irtnda ara Terr mack
eoaeeraed aad fear iaarv baa been
fool play. Any laJormatlaa tkaak
fttUy rtceivad. ' eX
Thx SaUoaal Alliaaoa la aor la
aeaaloa at ladiaaapolla. , Opinio as
vary aa to what acttoa will be taked
la regard to the Third Party, hfaay
are ol opialoa tbat the party jriS
ba orgaalzad to check disintegra
tion, aad aa eqaally large aamber
aeuevw uii. acuoa wiu oa-poai
poaed aa til tba Febrnay meeilag.
. t . . . t ,M L - Z I
walla aot a few iaalst 1 that tba
movemeat to form a third party
win ba abaadoaed.
TSZ drUJera eagaged la tin king
a well for the Satatoriam at Fort
Worth, Taw atrack a flow of water
which exoela that of aay axtealaa
wall kaowiu The flow It 600 gal-
lona per mlaata, aad la aa clear aa
crystal. The well ta 1032 feet deep,
ita a tenvJaea bora at the top,
Uperiag to lva iaeaea at the bot
tom," Fort Worta eaa bow boast
f Urjt flowiag wen la exla-
I ten ee, tho largest kitberto kaowi
al Boors e, Liaooaahira, Eogtaad,
S? ,Do!
: At Aire, La Ue ProTtace of
ArtoU,Fraaoe, tram wbkk prov&ea
la denved the a save or arteaiaa
walla, there la a well from whlek
taa water haa eovUaoed to flow Car
mora taaa a ceatary, and at tha
aid GarthaaUa Ooavaat
at LDrirs
taara la aaotaec whlea
from
taa twalfta eeatary. '
Ha. Josxut noorxs writes that
eaa tboroogbly reliable variety Ls
worth mora thaa a bondred lof
WlUs goad
mallow aoU, all aeeded preparation
ia to maa ara with ao atlated aaad,
aad thea plow deep aad Uoroeghly.
It ta of taa almost Importance &at
tba yoaag ore hard receive a food
aaad-ofli after tkat," II ealtlvated
ears f oily tor a few yeere, meaa
whila eropplag wita vegetajlea,
taara will be ceeaatloa of growth in
the trees. This part or the pro
gramme Is generally carried oat,
bat alter cropping with vegetabiee
how many people ever
fertllisa the aoH or eara lor the
trees! Mora failoree reeeit from
this ceeaatloa of sarfeoe eai tare aad
proper pre a In g, than from attacks
ef laesflte, which, seder prove a Urea
aad treatmeat of reeeat years, are
aot eoasldsred a serioae obstacle.
How to place one's fralt preps rtj
oa the market may aaem a minor
point, bat wbaa we perceive
tomera calliag, year after year, for
packagea bearlag the . im print of
soma noted orchard lata, there moat
ba a reaaoa for it, aad the solution
la that tba fralt la eare folly aad
evenly selected, preserved la flrat-
eiaaa condition, aad la. la abort,
post what tba iavoloa cells for.
Urea baa beea aaid recently
aboat aa effort on ths part aT.OaJo
Eepabllcaae to get liLBdoefS leat
ia tba TXfiJSaaata; fer-Ojrernor
"oraker. Tba Governor is voir,- la
Wsablagtoa'aad; ta aiaawer ta; tb
I tfXstloA;W13 124 rpropositkm . y
i a as n ri.-ca oa peraiecea tar; aaa
: aaMr ?1 eaaanePareoaalry
I aarf Mt1B:tt?4r!ta! --UY.
Brice's aeaV aad aa& B&raaaJag
I for sir. Briee'a eeet lathe Senate,
a pceJUoa tbat is certainly aot jet
Yseaat. I am a candidate for tba
first vecaaey that occurs, sad that
ia the successor ship to Mr. Joea
8bermaa. If 11 r. Brloa Is aot en
titled to. a seat la the TJalted States
! Seaate, it will ba for Mr. Sheraaa
to take the la (tie tire aad mere for
his expulsion. TJatU Mr. Sbarmaa
doea that aad it la proved that Mr.
Brloa doea aot rightfully repreeeat
taa State of Ohio la the Ualted
Btatea Seaate, there la ao vacancy,
aad la something with which I have
nothing whatever to do. I ao not
to eater the Seaate by
breakisf fa."
SDITOSIAL IfOTES.
Monxt doea all thlnra for re
ward; some are ptoaa aad boneat as
tbey thrive apoa it, bat if the devil
himself fives better vacee thej
eooa ehaaga their party.
To December Forum alllooo
tala aa artiola by Ooveroor
William S. Boaaell oatheaifaia
eaaoaoftbe Demoeratio victory la
Maaaacaoestta aad Ita beariofa oa
aezt ysax'a cam pal ra.
Thx very geaeral ezpreasioDa of
the Bepabiieaa press la favor of
the re-elect ioa of Joba Sherman to
taa U. 8. Senate lodacea Foraker
to riae aid remark that be is net
raaalaf oatalde of Ohio.
..... i
Thx Episcopal coogrees met at
Epipaaay eh arch, Washington, D.
(X, Taeeday morning. The large
edifloa was crowded to ita atmoet
capacity and the opening sermon
was preached by Bishop Phillips
Brooks.
Ex Got. Cobhxll, oi New
York, refer ring to McKinley as a
Presidential poasibility, sajs that
"no maa waoee name oegtoa vita
Mo eaa ever be President of the
l Uaited Btatea." Be ahomd explain
himself.
Jxsbt SiirPSOJf eaa now add to
his other disqaalifleations the dia
tinetioa of being aboot the worse
propbet. fa the land. Be was
139,000 votes eat of the way when
he Ioadly predicted that the Peo
ple's party woald poll 159,000 votes
la Ohio.
' .
It was expected, eaya the Wash
tartoo Poet, that three-foartha of
the third-party rotes in Ohio woald
come from the Be pa N lean. The
Demoeratio voters promptly far-
Bished their one-foartb, and that
was-Ue-::end of the third party
Totlag.
8XCUTXXT FoaTU has In cor-
porated la his estimates for next
year 13,000,000 to pay the boanty
oa wo gar. This is a redaction in
tht amoant originally estimated,
hicb Wu baaed oa a probable
a agar . prodactioa or 450,00000
pooada.. It ia bow estimated that
aot mora than 400,000,000 ponnds
of sugar win be prodoced.
I jl 'II
3km aggregation which styles
Itself the People's party polled a
ridlealoosly aaall Bomber of votes
where it had a ticket in the field at
all, aad showed ao signs of vitality
anywhere. The ehaaeee are, there
fore, taae tba aext great quadren-
alal election ' will witness a square
aoataejt'betweea the two great
paxUea,aaMlafthiagia the shape
of a akla abow.
J1 1 .
iKjaaUoe to both dealer aad par-
hehaaer, U . woald be well If the
Zfortaene eastern of selling green
groceriea by weight eoald be
adopted la oar Southern markets.
Tegs tables sod berries ara aaiver
eally .sold by weight ia taa large
dtlee- at U' Hortb. Em are
eomefrsiesf sold la tbe same way, as
It U Ter' proper they sboold be,
ana targe egg being equal ia food
valaa tat.-two email ones. Bee i pee
by ' asrate1 cooks frequently eall
for one large or two small egf s.
Obrxaaox Bolt haa commoted
the death 'sentence of George
Dudley, 'of Pitt county, to life im
prieonment. la. tbe peaitentlary.
Dudley was eoavietey ot tbe mur
der of Sedaoad Blow, also colored.
He ought' aerer to have been
convicted of murder. The jury was
oat two daye, aad asked repeated'
tj If lama at her verdict ooald aot
be rataraed'aad were told no.
Judge1- OonnoT and ex Governor
Jarria wsre 'of thoaa who earnestly
asked foe taa eeam station.
Thx saoceasor of Wade Hamptoa
ia -tbe TJalted States Senate, Mr.
J. L. iL Irby,: la reported to have
aafd'la a reoeat latervlew; "There
It. apt ooe ' of tbe Democratic can
didates more objectionable to the
Farm ara' Alliaaoa than Cleveland
oa aooooai ox ais news on tae
silver question, bat I am confident
be wis ba nominated, and, when he
Is, I believe the Alllaaoe mea of
South -CaroUaa will fall into line
aad aapport him aim oat to a man.
There may be a few who will not
vote for him. but they will not
aasooat to mncb. The Farmera
AJuaaea man or this etate are
Daaoerata, aad they may be relied
apoa ta vote for the Demoeratio
aeajaee.
THX Meaaeager's Raleigh oorres
'woadsat touches off a swindler
thasly An alleged Cuban victim
Ued tba people bare today, aad
year oorreepoedeat deairee to wars
eiaer people again at him. He
eaters aa office and pretends to be
oa bis way to New Orleans, fle
opeaa a package of cigars and care
lees y lights ooe. Ita aroma is fine.
It Is a Havana. Be offers "genuine
Havaaae" at a great sacrifice.
They ara cabbage leaf, of tbe
meaaast kind, a mere mockery of a
real dgar. If the people of Wil
mington or Charlotte or aay place
where this swindler may operate,
win give bfa a beating or kick him
oat, It win. be a good thing. Be
found plenty of aaekers here, where
anybody sboold have known better,
aad sold cigars (made In Pennsyl
vania), for A3 to 96 a box. Their
real valae la 00 cents.
EaUDOCT.
The readinar oat - erecess has
never bad any terrore with sensi
ble men.
Daniel Webster and John C
Calhonn were read oat of their res
oective Dartles. bnt the world has
lose for rotten by whom it was
doae, and Webster aad Calhonn
atand the landmarks of their conn
triea greatness, known and honored
throng host the world.
The latest "read oat,? -or rather
threatened "read oat," is by Jerry
Simpson, a man who mistakes
notoriety lor fame and confounds
toleration with approval.
Be declares that the Alliancemen
will not ander any circumstances
or in any possible contingency aid
in the election of a Demoeratio can
didate for bpeaker, no matter who
may receive the caucus nomination.
"If any Alliancemen should how
ever," continues Mr. Simpson, "cast
bis vote for any save the Alliance
candidate, that member will not
hereafter be recognized aa one of
as. Be will be looked on as a mem
ber of the party for whose candi
date be voted and be treated ac
cordingly. Be will not be consult
ed by na, or will he be permitted
to take part in any of our confer
enoea. There are a n amber of
Congressmen from the South who
were elected by our votes. If they
do not stand with us this winter
their chances of re election next fall
will be of the slimmest."
This is a good joke on Mr. Simp
son. Be doea not aeem to know
that the late storm in Kansas took
the roof from bis own house and
left him a shelterless tramp in tbe
land of his fathers.
What infatuation ! Does he
really believe that Alexander,
Branch, Qrady and Williams will
care a fig for his "read outf"
Simpson has probably beard of
"the Pope's ball ol excamanica
tion," and, with bia badly fuddled
Ideas, be presumes to do something
of tbe same kind. He may be a
Kansas ball, and tear op tbe ground
for an acre or two, bat he is no
Pope, and bis "edicts" are as im
pots at as they are insolent.
The Democracy of North Caro
Uaa eare for none of these things.
Alexander, Branch, Grady, and
Williams were nominaaed ia open
eoa vent ion of the Demoeratio party,
and the peopled ratified the action
of tbe conventions at tbe polls.
Bead them oat, Mr. Simpson, and
possibly tba ox may discover that
there is a fly on bis horn. Verily,
Bimpaoa tbe sockless, has become
Simpson the senseless 1
North Carolina baa aaaay sons of
whom she is proud, sad 'prominent
amoog them are the Alliance Demo
crate who will represent her in the
present Congress. As to their
future political prospects the peo
pis of the Old North State will see
ta that without leave asked of
Stapeoa or aoy other BepaULoan
aaequrading as the dictator of
Southern gentlemen. -
THAXKSGITIStf PB0CLUIAT10N.
It haa long beea a custom, ap
proved by christians and sustained
by tbe moral sentiment of .tbe
general public, to set apart special
occasions of thanksgiving to the
Great Creator for His good a eaa to
as as a people, and our excellent
Governor has done well in issuing
the following
raocuiMATioif.
Statk or Nobth CAaouwA-
Praise and thanks giving to God
as required by bis word is tbe dally
duty of all individuals, ana as a
Commonwealth, It is out nt ana
proper that we sboold oa stated ec-
easwos. aa a people, renoer unto
Bia. tbe Great Baler or tne uni-
verae, our united praise and thanks
giving for the many oieesings
mercies we dally receive at
and
Bis
hands.
To bim we owe our civil institu-
lons and our religious' liberty
which brine happiness and num-
berlee blessinar alike to the rich
and poor. The people of our State
have much to be thankful for. Tbe
earth has yielded op- her treasures
with a bounteous hand and peace
prosperity aad happiness prevail
within our ooraers.
Now. therefore, that publie ac
knowledremeat of oar trust in and
gratitude to Almighty God for His
great goodness to as aa a State and
Deoole msy be made.
L Thomas M. Holt. Governor of
North Carolina, do hereby appoint
Thursday, the 26th day of Novem
ber, 1891, aa a day of general
thanksgiving and praise, and
earnestly request tbe people of tbe
State to assemble on that day, at
their usual places of worship, and
offer up their thanks for the innu
merable blessings and great proe
parity we enjoy.
And at the same time let us re
member tbe widow and tbe orphan
the disabled soldier, the poor and
dieted ia oar prayers, and oontrib
ate of oar sabetasoe to those insti
tattoos whlek our people have
established for their maintenance.
Ia witness whereof, I have here
a a to set ay hand end caused to be
affixed the great aeal of tbe State
of North Carolina, at the city of
Baleiga, thia tbe IS day of Novem
ber. ia tba rear of onr Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety
one, and In the ooe hundred and
sixteenth year of our American In
dependence. Thoxus M. Holt.
By the Governor :
S. F. TsXFAIX,
Private Secretary.
Ik tbe Pas de Calais department
France 40,000 coal miners are on a
strike.
NEW
UNDER THE
6TJ5.
It is often said "there ia nothing
new under the gun,'' but its amis
take. The people of Kansas want
are assistant for Senator Plumb.
Now the necessity for aa assistant
Senator never occarred to the
framers of tbe Constitution. In
their most visionary moments the
never dreamed that the members
of a State Legislature conld so
forget their obligations as to
elect such a man Peffer a United
States Senator. Bat it has been
done, and , good natured, hard
working Mr. Piamb is calling for
help. Tbe people of Kansas are a
rongh but a generous people, and
the wail of honest old Plumb is
affecting them to tears.
The scheme of the Kansas Re
publicans to have tbe State appoint
an assistant Senator to cooperate
with Mr. Plumb in looking after
the interest of tbe people of Kan
sas at Washington is based opon
the assumption that Mr. Peffer,
thongh fully capable of filling his
Senatorial seat and drawing his
salary, Fill be of no particular
service otherwise.
Tbe total inability of Peffer to
fill the high office of United States
Senator was apparent at the time
of his election. Totally mexper
ianced in public affairs, entirely
unfurnished with material, and in
capable of Bbaping it after it is fur
niabed, he will be known in Wash
ington as tbe "Lone Fisherman" or
the "Wandering Jew."
It is seriously proposed in Kan
sas to appoint, or elect, a man with
a salary of $5,000 a year to be paid
by the State, to assist Senator
Plumb. Of course the assistant
Senator would have no seat, voice
or vote in tbe Senate, but he could
pirouette around generally; tackle
the olerks in the Departments; jaw
with desgruntled constituents, and
do a thousand and one little things
that Plumb would not like to do,
while Peffer looks on with the in
telligence of an owl, the hide of a
rhinoceros, the instincts of a hyena
and the impudence of the devil.
Tbe Washington Post says: "The
objection to it is that it would prove
a bad precedent. If tbe necessity
for an assistant Senator from Kan
sas exists, and the State takes ac
tion accordingly, tbe example
might prove contagioas. Other
States that happened to be troubled
with a Senatorial misfit would
naturally want to adopt the sub
stitute system. And if assistant
Senators, then assistant Repre
sentatives, to take tbe place of the
practical nonentities of the House
whose public service is limited to
answers of tbe roll call.
Ia time, therefore, the singular
spectacle would be presented of a
lcate Congress wandering
about tbe corridors of the Capitol
and roaming through the Govern
ment Departments and doing a
general Congressional business on
the outside. It might be a great
improvement on the genuine article
and prove a good training school
for rising youne statesmen and
lobbyists, but to avoid unpleasant
interference the better plan would
be to eleot men of this caliber in
the first instance.
So far as Kansas is concerned
Mr. Plumb is a big enough man to
look after tbe whole State without
any help, if it be that be has to
shoulder tbe whole burden.'7
THE new idea to preserve a soft
pencil is to take a gross of the use
Col articles and place them in ajar
of linseed oil. Allow them to re
main in soak until tbe oil tbor
onghly permeates every particle of
the wood and lead. This has the
effect of softening tbe mineral, at
the same time making it tough and
durable. It has been found very
useful and saving, an ordinary pen
oil being used twice as long under
the new treatment.
No doubt our Governor is a brave
man, but tnat ne is a pruueni one
none can deny. Dining at the
Eden ton Fair oysters were banded
him on a salver. Our host, in sotto
voce, saidt "Governor will you take
oyster t" "No, Sir,'' said he, and
then with a look askance that was
unmistakably significant and sug
gestive, added "No, thank yon
sir, I'm afraid of oysters, and
oyster grounds."
In an interview with a New York
"World reporter Mr. Fassett, late
Bepublican candidate for Governor
of New York, is quoted as saying:
'As the situation stands today Mr.
Cleveland has unquestionably got
the better of Mr. Hill in the strug
gle for Democratic leadership.
When Mr. Cleveland made his
speech at Cooper Union it changed
10,000 votes. Mr. Cleveland did
more to defeat mo than any other
one man.
Wk noted on yesterday that
Taeeday, Nov. 17, woald be noted
for its fires. We instanced tbe
fire at Brooklyn with a loss of
$30,000; Chattanooga 50,000 and
8t. Louis 11,000,000. We have
since learned that at tbe same
time St. Paul bad a fire that caused
a loss of from $900,000 to 11,000,-,000.
SOMETHING
NEW BERNE, WILMINGTON AND
ONSLOW RAILROAD.
The Delay
:i Finishing it, Unfair
New Berne.
It will be notioid th u our Onslow
county correspondent epeabs proudly of
how conrenieDtly Wilmington can be
reached by tbe railroad built from that
city a little over half way to this. It is
indeed a juat causa for ooDcra' illation
for both Wilmington acd tbe region to
which tbe road reaches, but how is
New Berne effected bile matters stand
as they now are? Why j ist tbis way.
Trade which I merly came to New
Berne and right, u y belongs here, has
been turned in tbe opposite direction
owing to those recently established trans
portation facilities which are as yet
lacking in dealiog with this city but
which when onr citizens voted an ap
propriation of $50, COO towards the
construction cf that railroad we
expected we would be enjoying, ere
tbis. equally with the other end of the
lino.
Not only does this disadvantage to us
work a present hardship and we think
we would be warranted in saying an
unjastone bat tho resul's will reach
into the future.
Habit binds and even after the road
is extended to this city it will be found
harder to regain the lost tiade after the
people who- formerly traded at New
Berne have become accustomed to going
el.ewhere than to have retained it and
even to have secured still more if we
had been placed on an equal footing
with the other end at the start.
It might have been well for the city,
if. when voting on the proposition to
subscribe the 850 000 to the road, the
payment thereof had been made condi
tional upon the road's reaching here by
a stated time. It is to be hoped there
will be no avoidable delay in construct
ing the remainder of the line.
We do not doubt that the road will
ba finished to New Berne, but that
alone is not the question. When will
it reach here V That is what we wish
settled. We need it now, for the
reasons stated above and others eqaally
as strong, and our businees men and
Other citizens generally ftel that their
oommercial relations with and $50,000
interest in the road give a just claim
for attention by the rariroad authorities
to the expression of their opinion in the
matter.
COTTON.
Loss from Storing it Damp A Warn
ing to Planters and Iuterior
Buyers.
It will ba remembered that last
season numbers of farmers through the
country had cotton to epoil on their
hands which they were holding; some
lost quite heavily in this way. Having
recent troublesome experience in mind,
Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son, commis
sion merchants oi warning ton nave
issued a circular letter to cotton plant
era and interior buyers calling the
attention, in view of prospective wet
and stormy weather to the important
matter cf dry storage for cotton 'to be
held or handled during the winter
months. They say:
"It will be remembered that a large
part of last season s holding was ren
dered unmerchantable and worthless
by previous exposure to the weather in
open nelds or under tne eaves of out
houses, either from lndiBtfrence or
ith the unworthy purpose of adding
to the weight by moisture and theieby
increasing its marketable value. Many
exporters of ootton wera thus deceived
and made such heavy losses from dam
age and falling off in weights that it is
their fixed determination to utterly
refuse cotton which has not been pro
perly housed this season.
Our purpose is to show that such care
lessness reacts upon the planter. Many
bales which came to us laat spring
apparently dry and in good condition,
were found upon examination by tne
testing rod. to be utterly rotten ana
valueless. In one instance a bale of
apparently dry cotton weighing 640 lbs.
was opened for examination ana founa
to contain OM lbs. of rotting cotton
which was sold for aboat one cent a
pound. Many other similarcases oould
be quoted, but this will suffice to justify
tbe warniDg tnat a planter or mercnant
who risks bis cotton out of doors in bad
weather is likely to suffer serious con
sequences in neavy allowances lor
damage or tne utter rejeotion or tne
cotton as unmerchantable."
ONSLOW COUNTY AND NEW EITER.
Oysters The Law Works Badly
Mills and Steamers Trucking Ad-
Tantages and Development.
The oyster industry is the big thing
now in our county. More tban a thou
sand bushels a week are taken from the
waters of New river alone, and along
the sounds from While river to Pender
county line double that amount are
caught per week.
Tbe oyster law, in our judgment, the
way it stands is a humbug. No doubt
the authors of the law meant well when
they framed tbe same, but we think
they were like the man who had a
brother who was a Baptist preacher; the
man said his brother didn't have sense
enough to preach, but he himself did,
so the Lord called bio (the man) one
niffbt when he was asleep, and hit bro
ther John answered. John's intentions
were good, but he didn't know how
and spoiled it. So with tbe oyster law,
we think. Oysters are selling now in
shell for $2 00 per bushel, SI 00 per gal
lon opened in Wilmington. The facto
ries in Beaufort are paying from 15o. to
30c. per tab, but don't want any but
good large ones, and tbe catchers are
grumbling, in fact some or tnem nave
stopped catching. We hope the law
will berepealsd or modified in the next
Legislature.
The Onslow Lumber and Steambot
Company is prospering. Their large
mill at Jacksonville is in full blast, and
their steamer? run up and down New
river every day, and sometimes twice a
day.
Truck farming is beginning, and
there are some of the best lands for
that business on New river of anywhere
in the county or State either, we reckon.
Col. E. W. Fonvielle has some lands
that can't be beaten for truoking. Then
the facilities are so good, transportation
is the beet; you can put your produce or
track on the steamer everyday, and it
will be in Wilmington (he same day,
via Jacksonville, on the O. & E. C. R.R.
Those who like trucking should visit
New river and see the prospects. An
other advantage is you can get track
ready for market from six to ten days
earlier there than anywhere else in tbe
State, we think We have no frosts or
freezing weather after February comes,
once in ten years, and hardly ever a
frost until November in the fall.
For Over Fifty Years.
Mas. Winslow's Soothing Sybup has
been used for children teething. It
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Twenty
five centy a bottle. Sold bv all drug
gists througnout the world.f
THE CENSUS.
Points of Interest in Regard to North
Carolina.
The Census report for North Carolina
is out. It sho ics the Dooulation of New
to
Berne, to be 7,843 in 1890 against 6 443
ten years before, an increase of 1,400,
21.73 p?r cent. The population by
wards is: 1st ward, 033; 2d ward, 830;
3d ward, 793; 4th ward, 1,806; 5th ward, I
4 281. The 8.h township, including
New Berne, has 0 S43 against 8.033.
James City baa 1.237 against 1,100.
Craven county has 20 533 against,
19.729, an increase of 804, 4.08 per cent.
The population of the 8tate in 1890
was 1,817.947, in 1830 1,899,750 an in
crease of 218,197, or 15 59 per cent
during the decade.
Eight cities and towns more than
doubled their population. Aeheviile
had the largest increase. It went from
2,616 in 1880 to 10.235 in 1890, an in
crease of 7,619, or 291 25 per cent.
New Berne ranks fiixth in population
In the list of cities. Twenty three cities
and towns show a population of over
2,000. Those places and their popula
tion in the order of rank are:
Wilmington, 20.056; Raleigh. 12.678;
Charlotte, 11 557; Aeheviile, 10,235;
Winston. 8,018; New Berne. 7.813:
Durham. 5 485; Salisbury, 4 418; Con
cord, 4,339; Fayetteville, 4 232; Hen
derson, 4,191; Goldsboro, 4,017;
Washington. 8,515; Greensboro, 3 317:
Elisabeth City, 3,251; Reidsville, 2 969;
Oxford, 2,907; Salem. 2.711; States
ville, 2,318; Edenton, 2.205; Wilson,
2,126; Hickory, 2 023; B?aufort, 2 007.
FIGS.
Plants and Cuttings Freely Distributed
by the N. C. Experiment Station
Direction for Planting and
Cultivating.
W. F. Maasey, Horticulturist, North
Carolina Experiment Station gives
noti;e that fi tree plants can be sent
this fall only to those who applied last
spring and failed to be oupplied, but
cuttings of a number of varieties will
be sent to all in the State who send 10
oents to pay postage on tnsm aa long as
the supply lasts. The plants that are
now ready for distribution are large,
one year old ones from tbe open
ground.
All who receive plants or cuttincs
will be expeoted to report to the station
in regard to their success and the
quantity, quality and comparative
hardiness of the different sorts. Many
of those distributed last epiiag were
sent out by cumbers. Those who re
ceived them will now be furnished
with the proper naaies if tbey will send
a postal card giving the numbers.
The directions to those receiving cut
tings are that they should be set closely
in a row about 6 inches apart in a
sheltered spot of sandy or loamy soil,
with only the top bud expD6d. They
should be covered with pine straw
during the winter (o keep the ground
from freezing and allowed to grow
where first set during the summer
By fall they will be fine large plants
and can then be set in their permanent
locations about twelve feet apart each
way.
Figs prefer a flat and rather moist
soil with plenty of vegetable matter.
Wood aehes and salt are specially re
commended for their growth,, bat
apimal manures are apt to encourage a
rank and badly ripened character of
wood which does not stand hard frosts
so well as a more moderate and better
matured growth and which also fails
to be as productive of fruit.
Important to Cotton Growers.
The Raleigh Newa-Observer, one of
whose editors resided for several years
in Japan, and who keeps well posted
on the subject of cotton culture, has
the following to esy in a recent issue
about the growth of cotton production
throughout the world:
It may be true that for the present,
the Southern farmer holds a virtual
monopoly of cotton production, but the
inoreasmg area in other countries en
gaged in the cultivation of tbis staple
may soon successfully dispute such a
monpoly. Nearly the whole of the
Southern part of China ii growing cot
ton, and the falling off during the
past few years of the importation of
cotton goods to that country proves that
China is not only cultivating cotton,
but is manufacturing the raw material
so aa to supply tbe necessities of her
own people.
The same is true as to Japan, where
the traveler can see at thia season cot
ton fields that will remind him of the
ootton fields of the South. A few years
ago there were no cotton factories in
Japan, but since then the most im
proved machinery has been imported
from England, and the Japanese of
today are growing and manufacturing
their own cotton. India cotton has its
reoogcized grade and demand in tbe
markets of the world, to say nothing
of the probable cotton future of
Brazil.
With the advance of civilization,
aided bv scientiflo appliances and a
better understanding of climatic Influ
enoes it is rersonable to conclude that
the development of new cotton fields
and the consequent increased projuct
ion will ere long be so far in excess of
the demand as to make the cultivation
of cottoa-upon the principle followed
bv Southern planters to be unremuner
alive if not ruinous. The diversifica
tion of agricultural products woald
seem to be a safe remedy and enjoined
by prudent foresight.
OLYMPIA, N. C.
Weather Crops Successful Hunting.
The weather is very fine.
The crops are good and while the
weather is so favorable for gathering
them the farmers are making good use
of the opportunity afforded and housing
them rapidly.
Game is abundant and the hunters
are having a good time. Last Thursday
night five of us with two good dogs and
one sorry one went hunting down in
Mr. Cornelius Dixon's (deceased)
pasture which does not cover more than
one square mile, and caught eigbt
fine o possums and returned before
midnight.
Within one week's time (3unday
excepted) we have captured nineteen
o 'possums and one raccoon. What do
you think of that 'i Jones, look out for
Pamlico. We've got game as well as
you.
BCCKLEU'S ARNICA SALVE
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi
tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. Forsale in Newbern by F. S. Duffy,
wholesale and retail druggist.
ChUdren CryJorPitcher'sCastoriau
THE QUAKER BRIDGE ROAD.
Its Advantages and the Trouble -Ita
Being Out of Order -Causes.
It Oought to be Fixed at Once.
T.ie Quaker Biidgo road is cf such
importance to the people of both One-
low oounty and New Berne that it
ought not to be allowed at any time to
get into such order that it cannot be
easily travelled over. Tbe road is ten
miles in length, and connects the Jack
sonville road on the Onslow end, with
the Polloksville road on the Jones
oounty end, acd saves ten miles one-
foarth of tbe distance between Rich-
lands and New Berne.
ihe road runs through a pocosin and
is drained by ditches on either sido
which connect with a canal that carries
the water towards White Oik river,
It Beems that only about two miles of
tbe road is in very bad order and the
trouble appears to be that roots and
vegetable matter which were used in
filling up the road-bed have decayed,
which causes the soil thrown over them
to give way. Widening and deepening
the side ditches, filling up the road
wiLh the aoil taken out and extending
the canal to the main channel of the
river will effectually remedy tbe
trouble.
The road is in a measure a State road
it was built by convict labor and if a
force of convicts can again be secured
the road can quickly be put again in
first-class order. Mr. D. E. Sanderlin
estimates that 100 convicts can easily do
all that is needed in a month or less
time. In the event that they cannot be
obtained he signifies his readiness to
contribute liberally towards having tbe
road fixed by private subscription and
he knows of others that will do like
wire. For the convenitnoe and benefit of
the Onslow people and those of New
Berne, Jones county and vicinity the
road ought to be keept at all times in
good order.
INTER-SOCIETY UNIVERSITY
BATE.
DE-
Contest Between the Philanthropic
and Dialectic Societies.
Last Saturday night waa n night that
had been anxioualy awaited by the stu
dents of the University for many
weeks, and especially by the Freshmen
as tbey had never before witnessed an
Inter Society debate.
At balf-past seven the hall of the
Dialeotio Society was lighted and the
audience commenced to assemble; at
eight the hall was filled and the debate
was opened.
The query for the evening was: "Re
solved, that England is justifiable ia
maintaining Turkish supremacy. " The
Phi's bad the affirmative with Messrs.
A. H. Koonce, son of F. D. Koonoe. of
Rio' i .nds, Onslow county, and Austin
as their debaters. The DVs bad tha
negative, represented by Messrs. T. B.
Lee and EUar.
After a hot discussion of abont two
hours and a half the debate was decided
in favor of the Di. The speeches were
very good on both aide and did great
credit to the University.
It is given up by all that Mr. Koonce
made the finest speech of the evening.
He has quite a reputation as a debater.
Youj correspondent was present at the
time ne won tne aeDater's meaai at
Davit' School, and haa had the pleasure
of hearing him speak several times
sine, bnt const- say that' Mr; Koonoe's
speech of last Saturday night was the
best of the kind he ever listened to.
The hall adjourned at 10:30, bnt the
Di's being so elated ovar their success
made the college bell the victim of their
merriment, and, to the sorrow of all
sleepy students, did not adjonrn till
abont four o'clock the next morning.
J. E. M.
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY
For North Caroliaa During October-
Temperature Rainfall Wind-
Frost-Hail.
Temperature: The monthly mean
temperature for the State for October
waa 65.9 degrees, which is over 4 de
grees below the normal for the past
twenty years. Mean maximum tem
perature for the State, 60 4; mean
minimum, 45.6.
The highest monthly mean tempera
ture Hor October occurred in 1879 (mean
66.2 degrees) ; the lowest in 1891. mean
55.9 degrees.) The highest temperature
before recorded for Ootober was 94
degrees in 1884; the lowest before re
corded was 25 in 1886.
Rain-fall: Average for the State, 2.51
inches, which is 1.66 inches below the
normal for nineteen years. Greatest
amount 7.74 inches at Hatteras; least
amount 0.10 at Headeraonville. The
wettest Ootober in thia State occurred
in 1878 (average 6 74 inches); the driest
in 1884 (average, 0 81 inch.)
Wind: Prevailing direction North
west; average hourly velocity, 7.7
miles. Prevailing direction deduced
from many year's observations. North
east; average hourly velooity, 7.5 miles.
Miscellaneous: Frosts ooenrred on
following dates: 9h, 13th, 16th to 24th,
26th to 80th.
Hail occurred on 19ih. Lnnar halos
observed 16th. solar halos 31st.
General remarks: The month was the
coolest Ootober since 1873, but never
theless a very pleasant one. The rainfall
was exoessive only along the coast. The
average number of rainy days was
only 6.
H. B, Battlb. Ph. D. Director.
C. F. von Herrmann,
ROSOOB NUKN,
Assistants.
Exterminating the Oysters.
Complaints are coming from the
oyatermen of Queen Anne's county
about the use in their waters cf deep
water tongs by oanoemen of adjoining
oounties. The deep water tongs is "a
recently patented devioe whioh is re
garded with grave apprehension by
people interested in the oyster ind u Hry .
The tributaries of the Chesapeake- bay
which contain tha finest oysters are
generally protected from dredgers and
BCrapers.
The deep-water oyster beds were in
accessible to tonirers, and the spawn
from them supplied the shoal water
bars and effectually protected them
from depletion. A year or more ago
an oyster man in Calvert oounty invent
ed the deep water tongs, whioh are
operated bv a windlass inxhe oanoe and
can reach oysters in almost any depth
of water. They can gather oysters
almost as rapidly as a sorape, and it is
feared that they will deplete the deep
water rooks, and so destroy tba source
from which tha shoal water bars are
supplied. Baltimore Sun.
Oh, What a Cough.
Will yon heed the warning. The
Bignal perhaps of the sure approach of
tbat more terrible disease Consumption.
Ask yourselves if you can afford for the
sake of saving 60c, to run the rik and
do nothing for it We know from
experience that Shiloh's Cure will oure
your cough. It never faila. This
explains why more than a Million Boo
ties ware sold tbe past year. It relieves
croupe and whooping cough at ODce.
Mothers, do not be without it. For
lame baok, aide or chest use Sbiloh's
Porous Plaster. Sold by New Berne
Drug Co.
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figa is taken ; it ia pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
rently yet promptly on the Kidneym,
Liver and Bowels, cleanser the tya
tem effectually, dwpela colds, head
aches and fevera and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of ita hind ever fin.
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, timmnl In
Its action and truly beneficial in fta
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and arreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Fies is for sale fn E0o
and $1 bottles by all lead in 2 drop
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand: will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it- Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIQ SYRUP CO.
AH nt A DOSCO. CKLt
iomtvrus, nr. ntw rmnr. n r.
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Alt, of tbe above medicines are for
jale St the drug store of F. B. Daffy
ta4B- Berry, Middle street. New
garni. N. C.
Tha East Carolina Kailroad
A 'FAILURE T
They are Moving Too Slow to Ever
Beach Newbern. .,
Can the People of The Old City of Elms
j Wait on them Any Longer ?
Wotf1d.lt not be best to take oar art
thousand dollars In bonds and give It to live
manafaotnrliig Industries wnu Will nor
tneVr iplanta to Newbern and employ ooe
bnbdrei or mora hands eaoh. dally 1 Ten '
thousand dollars e cu to Ave lDdualrles of
some kind would be a contluerable lndtioe- .
merit (for them to move to Kewbern.. We
have frater transportation equal to any M -the
country. Our Railroad Uomintatlooera ,
give riaaalow rates .of freight aa any. We-:'
have khe laboring class, both while and
blackj here; wtaat fear need we h va toatara
the ball In thia direction T
Wei Id It not be wel 1 for theel tv anthorltlM
to loo c Into the matter and aee if something
can't done? If the Itatlioad -will be traUt "
and ISey Intend to get our bonda, let them,
atve tte some aranranoe aa to when H will be""
completed. There aeema to ie oonaioeraoie
donbaas to Big Ike ever visiting hla native '
county any more if ho waits to go on tne K. .
O. K. 4. There la no doubt tbat rewbara ta
on tha greatest boom during ccr existence..
Real eatats has advanced from two to fl '
bundsed par ceut. Not a vacant house la
the eity. .Families hare moved o f town '
for waint of houcea to live In men. women
and children. Then why should tb1e little
pitiful sum ol bU.OUO dollars r llruiwl bonds .
atr-plne progress of m r.enllful a eity as
ouib?; Why not call a;i election .st once and
vote 54 thonaand more and Rl ve to manufac
turing Industries s above stated and em
ploy seme good agent, aav J. W. Waters, to
travelrthe manufacturing cities of our coun
try anfl show tnem the advsntvres our eity
has over any other town lu thia country,
Onr Board of Trade. Ooltoi foxchange ana
Hlother orgauiza tlo; S have Leid meetings
and advlBed every plan imMglnaWe ahd' ail
havefalled. Now put this matter before the
peoplef and let it he moroiiBiiiy aixcnnsrq
and voted ud n and ll 11 it
rib Tba. vho bnvs ko many people rut al n.
SO aod 6"i4o. on the dollar, Hi pay thaonltr
expense of the eleeilon. Tl.e gueatton la.
now wa have got Newbern on a boom, WIU
we oontlnhe to t o m hor T
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Jijst Arrived :
Young Kentucky and
lYcst Virginia
Horses
Has Just Arrived
with Two Car Loads of Young
KENTUCKY and WEST VA.
HORSES AND MULES
From 3 to 7 Years Old.
EXTRA FINE DRIVERS,
Draft and Saddle Horses,
Which Will Be Sold Cheap.
Also Nice Variety of
Carriages, Buggies, Carts
Harness, Whips,
Lap-Robes, Dusters etc., etc
OUR MOTTO IS
Quick Sales Small Profits.
Call and see us before you
buy; it will be to your advantage
to "do so.
U. HflHN & GO.
ROBERTS & BRO.
Wholesale Dealers In
Groceries, Provisions
TOBACCO Bud SJTCFF, BOOTS njitl SI10ES
We are aUo aeenta for STOCK "DIADEM"
PLOUK, every barrel wariantl.
A laree slock, of l'UUK WK.8T INDIA
MOLiAHsK-i, our own lm por'atlon.
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