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6 am & it- ' w ' W W A INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. CI. 50 Per Year. Single Copies, 5 Cents. NEW BERNE, CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C, DECEMBER 10, 1891. VOL. XIV. NO. 37. 3 HS3 PS ' If SI 'HI 111 II E? 0. K. BAGB7, BURGEON DENTIST. C W&Uf - 13. J. D. GABK, it destist; OSs vi' Cra Wiwtssi T-oTlock A-CL-B.- THOMAS, iinn in t::itan in iw W MM K. K- C Attorney - at law, Now Bro, N. C Boot and Shoo Maker. All &jJm Of Boots aad Boom eaads v to ordot oa short aotico. 60. HEERSON, r. . a KMiiM. ua.iuk liwwiw CM7. la r r. mij MRS. J. H. HINES' in nun nm ;inn hgii. J. M. HINESi Agent. ilHttf K. R. JONES, Coriliixd md Otil ft Ax iauff ' ioil at MjmufmtMrtn? iYic. Dry Goods and Hotionj 2Mcm M low mm tk LovMt. IaI:ron2dToflrriYo: . this. Hour, 8qht, : -5 Pork, IS - ' Oil. . ICO 1 lime, ICO Cement, 30 Banff, SCO boxes Tobcco, 800 w" Ctmrt, ICO 8Urch, 25 A. rearUue. W gross Bakiu Powders, 7J .".Jlstdiss, J W Ccff se EsseoM, 20 sseks Coffee, 5 csms Tea, . ' 100 roCs Bzing. 600 bdU. Tis lC0raxQPp' Paper Sscis, ' SO dcxen Ares, 40 Pocket Kaies, ; -ao. : IHs, . Id M Locks, sH sites, 10 M Coffts Hills. .. Also a thocsaad snd one other rtkles too nomeroos to mo- " ties. - ' ' These) Goods xaost b sold. Call to see us, foot of Middle Lrlicn. Edmii & Co. aS wlf 1 IXIII, rns. Tia. tilllUlks Trm, LLiunncuUcr. The National Bank, 07 SHW.BZBHE. K. ,C. - " Xscearoaaxs IMS. -CspiUl, - - $200,000 8axplas ProflU, - 80.700 '') '" -DI2XCTCE3. JasVA. fisTA. . ' tsos Ptsrns. Qaaa. S. Bar as. J. B, Hjckscss, JLUMX. ifn iSW, . Lb iusttt. HEADQUAETEBS FOE FDES11 EGOS. f v.SEW LOT CTCaJtTASZD IffilCX XXAT. A y wxrCaTWEIAr. -s BOXXXT. . : OAT30XU. t .. . A v .. . -CQXtXD ZZXI. Fh::i0y:!:rCfnc!ccr3 LS THS CITY. LTTC A3 & IET7IS. EDITORIAL XOTE5. Thx wsr floods bsre again ptsied from European skiff. Sis. Mn.U bss ezprsased the opiitoo tbat be will be Bominsted fjr Speaker on the flnt ballot. Brazil, la by no means quiet. Ex- Preaideot Fooaecs ia in one of the pslsce raided by soldiers, sad President Pel into may bare to appeal to the army to sustain bis authority. SAP0LX05 at 25 commanded the army of Italy. At 30 he was not only one of the most. Illustrious ffeaersla of the time, bat one of the treat ls firers of the world. At 46 he saw Waterloo. THS Saow record has been broka.t The 1st ttor sv Is napr eedehted is JTorsmber Calendars. There was saow all orer the coun try, orth. Booth, East sad West, t Korfolk tbe snow was eight inches deep. It has been offlcially decided that Chili will proTide the snm of 1200.000 for her representation at the World's Fair at Chicago. Really there is lothing warlike in that. Ws hoDe that Brail will traoqnillxe and harmonize, and eome op with s like shoving. Tubs is rrest difference of epioion s to the parpose of ilr. Blaine. As cz.Se a ator is reported ss saying that the Secretary of Stats wjll next week satborlse the statement thst nader no circa m stsaces will he eoaseot to be a ssadtdate for President. Mr. Blaise U agala repreeeated ss beiacla excellest bealCh. and a majority of people bellere that Barkis U willing." IS Foaghkeepeie. N. 1 there were six Democratic letter-carriers oatil Friday. Now there are none. Postmaster Piatt, on seeing that the rote of Patches coanty hsd sleeted Osborne, the Democratic Senatorial candidate from thst district, chopped off the heads of the Democratic carriers slick and clean. It may safely be affirmed that this psrticnlar Postmaster has s leaf ail by h!mell is Darld Ben. nett Hills pr.rate memorandam boekv PhiL Becord. AT s recent meeting of the 'ew Tork Democratic State Committee, Wm. F. Sbehss wss elected s member of the National Democratic Committee in place) of Herman Oolrichs resfgned, and s reeolstioa wss sdopted declaring that la the opiaioo of the committee it would be detrimental to the best interests of the Bute sad the Democratic party for Got. Hill to relinqai&h kit office sa CheLf Msglstrste an til the explrstloa of the time for which he wss ehosea. Fok s dying month, NoTember made s Tery rigorous demonstra- tioa sad its bad example will probably affect tbe incoming month. It U jost as well hoverer, that December should eome is "like s Hon' in order thst it may depart like s Iamb sad make things mors pleasant for the ytraajc year 92 so shortly doe. There is s saggestios of old-fashioned Christmas time shoot these snsppy cold days, sad, were it not for the blosterlog wind, they would not be so bsd. Mrs. Ajxa BSJlT lectured in New York Ssaday on Mms. H. P. Blavstsky, the noted female ex ponent of theosophy. There were two things worth noticing, Mrs. Bessat did sot wear her wedding ring sod the distinguished lady of whose life sh spoke lived with her bosbesd ooly a few weeks. It is passing strange thst God's "direct Inspiration" comes through gifted vosaea wao havs pat off their wed ding rings ana who do not live with their hosbsads. It may be that they are the "chosen vessels," hat there will always be those who doubt their . divine Inspiration.. Bute Caroekie. Exports from the scene of tbe catastrophe ia Japan continue to es ell the frightfnt aggregate of death and suffering. It is now beyond dispats that tbe disaster exceeds any thing m history. More thaa 20,000 square miles are inclu ded In the wreck, and bundredt of thousands of human being have been killed, wounded, aad impover ished. Nothing comparable to It has occurred la the civilised world sad, IX we consider the character of ths regiofv involved, the importance of its ladutrlee, the intelligence and condition of the population, it woald seem that tbe calamity is without s parallel in history. A2f othkr sensational report of ran liny ia an English regiment, aad one wbieh nearly bad a fatal ending, oomes from England. It appears that s number of the men of ths Second Bat tal lion, Royal OaaadUns, the Prince of Wales' Leinster Regiment, stationed at the great-military camp at Alders hot, eaaght aad hanged a tyrannical corporal, and left him suspended to the tree. He woald havs bees dead is a few minutes bat for tbe oppor tune arrival of s sergeant, who cat the corporal down. As it was, the orgsoos hsd bard work to revive him. A number of the men sus pected of ths matin r have de- rserted. EDITORIAL SOTTS. Earthquake shocks were felt on the Pacific coast on Sunday. Balxa.cbda'8 little affair In Chili cost the people about 73,OoO,. 000. Ths First Presbyterian church at Colnmbus, Qa., was burned Saadayi loss $40,000. Ths Governor of Tennessee says the convicts shall be returned to the mines if it takes every able bodied man in Tennessee to do it. JtnNJS Crisp, of Georgia, was born in England while his parents were visiting there. This is being used against him in his canvass for Speaker. Ths insurgents ia China are advancing on Pekia and the Gov ernment is making strenuous efforts to stop their advance. Mean time the rebels are murdering missionaries and other Christians ia captured districts. The Republiain party regards "reciprocity" as the trump card in its hand to be played in the presi dential campaign. The Republi can party offers reciprocity with halfdosen or so countries. But tbe Democratic party offers to the people reciprocity with all coun tries. Judging from the result of the last two elections the Demo ratio card is the commanding one. A Kit O&LKAJts dispatch says: A d is astro as fire occurred here tnis morning, destroying tbe main balldWjg, a frame structure used as a library, and several other build, ings belonging to the Straight University for colored people. The loss is 9300,000; insurance not yet known. The buildings were owqed by the American Missionary Asso ciation oi New York. No party that favors tbe free coinage of silver can carry a single eastern State, and without help from these States no party can elect a President. New York and Massachusetts, which have just elected Democratic Governors, are against it, and the Democratic parties of those States were wise enongh to condemn it in their plat forms. Sarsnnah News. Democratic prospects a year la advance of the Presidential elec tion have never been more enoour aging than they are at present. Of the forty lour Governors the Demo crats hsre thirty. They sre strongly intrenched in power in all the doubtful States, not excepting Indiana, in which they hold-all the State offices, except tbe Governor aad the reporter of the Supreme Court. DRAW off S0,000 or 40,000 voters from tbe Democrats and you bind North Carolina and all of its pre cious interests fast in the iron shackles of tbe unfaithful, incapa ble and robber party that between 1807 snd 1870 well nigh ruined the credit snd interests of North Caro lina for all time. Is this to be gone orer again T Divide the white men of the State and that will happen as certain as fever consumes or the tides run. Wil. Messenger. AT the American Stock Show at Chicago last week there was a trotting match between two dogs harnessed to small sulkies. A dog by the name of Dock won the race, covering bis mile In three minutes with never a break. Tbe dog be longs to a boy named Willie Ketchaw, who bought him some time ago for 17. His owner now has in bank, it is said, 17,000 that the dog has won for him in races. A tsrt important mineral has Just been unearthed in Ashe coun ty, known as micatlous spectral iron ore. The vein is located near Pond Moantain, in the northwes tern part of tbe couDty, sixteen miles from the city of Damascus, It is very valuable in making a high grade of steel. Er. Just as we expected. If any tbiog valuable is wsnted just look iu too njtuvjyiacw iur n m .-uuu under its operation the innocent Carolina and you will be sure to are punished and the guilty go free. And it- j Admitting that this is often the Pbesicext IlA-BBisox is so as- case, what is to become of us if the tounded at the roaring prosperity system is abolished! Who will of this nation that he refuses to furnish a substitute that will better beliave that it is due to nataral meet the ends of justice! causes, and refers it to a benefioent 1 Complete justice is not to be providence which has the United : meeted out in this world, and there States in special charge. But In 1 fore a day of judgement isappoint thls crediting oar beatific condition ed when justice will be executed in to supernatural causes is not the ; righteousness. President, guilty of disloyalty to ( But, we are not ready for that his party T It Is the current im-! day, nor can we escape the reqire preesioo in high Republican circles , ments of tbe present time, that It Is all on account of tbe Mc- Civil government must be ad Klnley bill. St. Louis Post-Dis ministered, and the decissions of patch. juries respected until something NsASLT every tax-payer of any note In Virginia takes an active Interest in tbe old debt that has been hanging over tbe State like a cloud far many years. One of tbe most thoroughly posted men on tbe subject Is Col. II. C. Parsons, ol Natural Bridge. He is acquainted with every detail of tbe history of the bond debt and predicts a glow ing future for the Old Dominion State wben the burden shall bave been rolled away. In 18G9 Col. Parsons was one ot tbe commis sioners ol the State debt, and two yerra ho visited England at the invitation of several of the most prominent bondholders there. THE FORCE BILL. That man is not wise who looks only ac present danger. "The pro dent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself." There is no immediate danger of the passage of the Force bill, bat it throws s shadow across the fatnre hug enough to darken this fair land It has no place in Democratic policy. It is a frosen serpent now, but warmed into life by Republican J success it would at once sound its rattle and emit its deadly poison, j To show that the Force bill has j not been consigned to the sleep j that knows no waking, it is enough ; to reler to recent utterances oi leading Republicans. Henry Cab bot Lodge, the author of the bill, defended it In the late canvass in Massachusetts, and Tom Reed, un der whose rulings it passed the House, eulogized those who stood by it wherever he spoke in Olfio. But, later still. In his speech before tbe National Executive Com mittee of the Republican party, while advocating Cincinnati as the place for holding the National Republican Convention, Governor, elect McJ$inley, ol Ohio, said that tbe Republican party had made a mistake in not paying more atten. tion to the Republican States of the South. He wanted the National Convention held in Cincinnati. "So that those Southern Republi can States would be put in touch with it. He declared that the Republican party was "united on the question of insisting that every citizen of the country shoald have the right to vote and have his vote counted." "That," be said, "was one of the great cardinal principles of the Republican party that should never be forgotton. and no Repub lican speech should ever be made in any part of the Union that did not insist on the recognition of that constitutional right of suffrage in every section and corner of the land." Mr. Fassett, late Republican candidate for Governor of New York, made the same manner of address while extolling the achetve ments of the Billion Congress, When the Force bill was defeat i ed in the Senate, it was believed to be dead and burried, but Republi can orators are the apostles of a resurrection, and point to the first Republican National sue cess as the period when it shall arise to rule sovereign of the ascen dant. Here, then, is another reason coquent and overpowering why the South cannot afford to give encouragement to the Third party. We know that many patriotic farmers laugh us to scorn when we tell them that this seems to be the trend of the Alliance. They have no Intention of contributing to th? success of the Republican party, thus infusing life into the Force bill. But the fable to which we have re ferred has its lesson. It was an honest, industrious farmer who, moved with compassion, put tbe frozen snake in his bosom, but, wTien the viper was warmed into life it stung him to deatn. If the farmers of the country warm the Force bill viper into life by causing the success of tbe Republican party, they cannot essape; for the fangs of the reptile will strike to their vitals. The assumed failure of the States to protect voters in the South was, and is, tbe plea for tbe Force bill. Democrats insist that elections are fair in the South, nnder the author ity and control of the States. Re publicans answer by a demand for a National election law known as the Force bill. The sovereignty of the States and the liberties of the people are invalred iD the j issue. THE JURY SYSTEM, A number of our contemporaries ; ftre hurling their javalins at the jary BjBrem. They tell us that I better is oivlsed, orsociety advances to the position of self adjustment, ! aQd man reaches the now inaccee- sable bights of perfection. "Delegates and convention boomers stopped over in Chicago long enough to declare with great unanimity that Mr. BIain will be the next Republican nominee. It is not denied, however, that Mr. Harrison is entitled to a foreign post or a place on the Interstate Commerce Commission if be wishes it." Pueblo, Col., is raising money with which to equip and send to Chicago a "cowboy band." THE FARMERS. Why the Farmers should organ ize for political influence, more than any other class of citizens, is j more than we have been able to comprehend. That they would J organize for consultation and for1 mutual improvement was not sur prising indeed it was in accord with the situation and tbe natural order of sequence. Really, we do not believe that they have organized for political effect. That certain leaders are attempting to precipitate a politi cal revolution with the farmers in the lead, is quite evident, bat it is yet to be demonstrated that far mers can be led by a halter. It is certain they cannot be driven. No man can deny that agricul ture is depressed. There are inauy reasons why this is so. Some of these are climatic, and nearly all of them are more of less influenced by local causes, How is it in North Carolina? Here, as everywhere else in the United States, the tariff bears heavily on the farmers. For this they are not responsible. It was imposed by an element in the nation hostile to their Interests. But they will be responsible if they do not present a united front to the Republican party that made the tariff, or if they fail to unite with the Democratic party in its hercu lean effort to throw it off and re deem the people. That the farmers of North Carolina will stand firmly in the Democratic column, we have no doubt. But, there is a condition of affairs for which they are responsible. North Carolina ought to produce its own grain. That farmers should raise their own food supplies is not debtable, but they must go fur ther and meet the demands that come from all classes. How many bushels of corn are brought into North Carolina Carolina from the West! We do not claim that grain should be the principal crop, but it should have its place in a wise arrangement of diversified crops. So with hay. No part of the world is better suited to hay raising than North Carolina, and yet thousands of tons are sold here to the immense gain of the North and the West. The Wilminton Star says: "North Carolina imports annually millions of pounds of bacon, from the West, great big, fat greasy bacon, for which she pays 8 cents a pound up. Now, in addition to this salt pork she is importing fat live hogs from Tennessee." No State can raise better pork than we can, and as for bacon North Carolina can take the lead. Much more could be said on this lime, but this must suffice for the present. SENATORS BRICE AXD CALL. We are not of those who defend men simply because they are Demo crats. When the Senate meets it is probable that the seats of Senators Brice and Call will be contested. If so, we trust that the investiga tion will be open and above board, and a decis ion reached indepen dent of party considerations. It ia alleged that at the time Col. Brice was elected a U. S. Senator, from Ohio, he was a resident of the State of New York. The truth of the allegation has been denied by Col. Brine, and it is evideut that the Legislature that elected him believed him to be a citizen of Ohio; but a dispatch from Lema, O., Dec. 2, says: "The treasurer of Allen county filed a suit against United States Senator Calvio S. Brice this morning for $17,S50 deliuquent taxes. The Senator has constantly refused to pay taxes here during the last few years, alleging when ever pressed for settlement that he had no residence at this place. The amount asked for included over 12,000 in penalties." It certainly reflects no credit on Ohio to De represented by a man who is a resident of Ohio when he wants a Senatorship and a citizen of New York when taxes are to be paid in Ohio, and we are very sure that the Democracy at large is not solicitous of having such a Senator on its side of the Chamber. The truth is, Mr. Brice was elect ed by money for the influence his money would have in elections, and we shall have no tears to shed if, after a fair investigation, he is un seated. The Senate has been, and ought still to be, the most august i deliberative body on earth. Much as we would regret to see the seat : to which Mr. Brice was electea rilled by a Republican, we are for the right whatever it may be. "Let Justice be done, tho the heavens fall." Tho case of Senator Call, of Florida, iseHtirely different. Both he and Mr. Davidson, who contests his seat, are Democrats. The Governor Florida insists that Senator Call was not consti tutionally elected, and that the failure of the Legislature to elect a Senator created a vacancy which i it was the duty of the State Execu tive to fill. He did fill it by appointment of Mr. Davidson. The Senate will determine who is en - titled to the seat, and it is pleasing tnA that ithr cwntlpman will reflect credit on the State of Flori - da and the Democratic party. In any event the U. o. senate win ue Kepnblican. THE STRANGER ABOUT TOWN. Fourth Tour. told Enough for an Fgh-ugh-iighlster ! Ti,e Lightning Fire Kindler-A Model IIouse Wlfp Mr. Eiitor, the cold snap ia. t Sua duy almost doubled ma up. Aa Pi f. Saepaid, tbt) world renawued loaeuri.w artiet at tba GaiHon House rtmirkud from behind hit! executive chair, "ItB mighty bard o . . coming so auddeu ! " The professor vj formerly bib strop and lightning hair depilealor to the late lamented Bill Arp, and I disliked to contradict him ; so I replied in the per. suaaive vernacular of tbe season, that ' it certainly wan." This seemed to pacify him, and aa there was no further chance for a scrap the work proceeded without more interruption, and I was soon turned loose again, a stranger on 1 the cold, cold world. ; That evening I cntattd a stout ein- ger colored boy at the buDdoil j Intelligence Orlice to make flres in nay bedroom on cold mornings, at not to exceed half a dollar a nre. He said he was aa expert accuaitomed to coal fires, and bad served his time on a lire en gine in Sivannau. I informed him that breakfasted at b o'clock; that I always dreosed myself before breakfast, ana that I wanted rny fire made before I drtseed. I farther btattd that I was predisposed to consumption, and tbt my physician had cautioned me not to stand barefooted in a cold room; and I added confidentially that I was bueiiy occupied in contriving a chemical pre paration to take the pucker out of y ""u'uo, ' " " .. t3 rue. I also impressed upon bis atten- tion the importance of promptness, 1 1 told him that punctually was a cardinal virtue; that I had been accyatQmed to promptness all my life, and that it was difficult for "an old dog to learn new tricks," or words to that effect. To all of which he responded : "You kin de pend on me, boss." Next morning the eun was shining full into my chamber when Lucifer Napoleon appeared. He said be had come to make my fire, but he only took a look at tbe stove aud went out again. I glanced at my watch, and it was 8 o'clock to a minute. I groaned in wardly, apprehending a cold breatfast, but I made no protest, for I had been told by an old resident, on tbe quiet, that if I found fault with the colored help they would go off; so, as the air was cold and the thermometer stood at 36 degrees in the shade of the bed, I waived communication. Resides I thought tfl myself, the boy won't be long; and sure enough, he came back soon. This time he brought an empty coal scuttle to take up tbe ashes, he said . "Hurry up, me lad !" I pleaded, by way of encouragement. "And I say, place my slippers beside the stove won't you ? that they may warm." Just then a tall colored woman whom I bad never seen before, stalked Into tbe room to inquire how the fire was a coming on, ana also to borrow a match. After she had gone out again, Lucifer remembered that he hadn't brought any lightwood sticks, and bo he went back to the yard to get some. Presently he came back with a lot which he placed into the stove one by one, slowly and very carefully, remarking that there was "light smart of snow on 'em,': but he "reckoned a little kero sene would make the firs come. " So he went out again for the kerosene can. Then he came back and drenobed the stove inside and out with herosene, lighted a match, and touched it off. While it was burning he went out for the coal. When he ame back the fire was out, and he made it over, and put on more kerosene. He said he had UBed up a gallon of keroiene on fires sinoe the cold snap earns on. After he had lit it seven times, and got the wood warmed through, he put on a part of tbe ooal and went out. Then I got up. At this juncture the maid came in and said breakfast was on, and didn't I hear tbe bell ring half an hou ago V It was now 9 o'clock. So I whipped off my pjamas and got into my slippers in a iitjf y. I found oce of them full of coals and kerosene, and the other of aBhes. This of course involved a change of socks. By the time I was dressed the fire needed more coal on, to keep it from going out, and I called for Luci fer. Tbe maid came instead, and said she would tell Lucifer right away. In about 10 ministers the lad cams up smiling. He asked if the fire was all right, and if I wanted any thing more ! He looked so lamb-like snd innocent that I wanted to kiss him. but I fore bore for want of practice. "Coal !" I gasped, "More coal !" He touched his cap politely, aud went out. He was back ia a minute with a scuttle full", but he couldn't get the top of the stove off because the lifter was gone! He reckoned he had carried it out with the ashes, and so he started to look for it. Luckly, the junk man was late tht morning and is was found directly. More coal went on and I de sended the grand staircase to breakfast with many mitigivitiits. for it was already lOo'olo k. However , I found everything abundant, well cocked and hot; plates warm, and a spang clean napkin alongside, with a cup of steam ing hot coffee, and a cheerful welcome Ynr.t T navor in"invifi A 1 ftfcft hrpafe- fagt so much, and I remarked that the cook must have an unusual modicum of patience to keep breakfast on tor two hours and a half. "You are a little off, Mr. Slocum," she replied. "I cooked your breakfast. myself. In this country servants never live in tho house. Toey always go home as soon as anything is required to be done. " Snffiie it to say. that by the time the dishes were cleared my working day was hiilf gene; but tbe tire burned all riaht. and before dark I was fortunate enough to score a new point on my per simmon patent. So. I went out to the fancy store and bought three mottoes, to hang up in my room, namely, to wit: 1 "A singed cat dreads the fire;" 2 "God bless the cook," and 3 "All's weir that ends well " Sam Slocum. p, S. I have signed papers with Lucifer to make fires for me by the day's work, from this time on, as I like to encourage home talent. Mem To buy 480 grains quinine, if the cold snap continues. S. S. A U 1425 N. Y. Ave., WASHINGTON, D, C. Office of York Enterprise, Yorkvillk. s. C. Atlg: 14, '1)1. ti am c M-ECTROeoiSE Gentt'men: Fni the'a b five ears my wlf has bfej a suff rer rr .m difpeDsia l-o completely dUi the d'.siase mateareoh of tier former self ibat Ufa was almost, despaired of Her nervous syBtem wan inmost entity de BtVoved end the slightest noise would throw ber Into a nervous epasm, which wouid last ior hours. Madlcl akdl failed to b TbrifuiVThe r'eoommendation of an emi nent d vine we were lnciuo-d to try the Klectrcpoise. Afte- a persistent use of tbe instrument, the ertect h8 been wonderful. Her nervous system has been restored to lta almost normal oonditlon; lior digestion Is lne in flesh; and, upon the whole. Is making a rapid rr oovery. wnich speaks volumes for urnnrierrullV improveu; ouc the wo-derfQld curanv pm curative powers of tne j W'if'.E are ,Vti 1 le; .s her case was considered on tne suu- lectropolse, end Its "untat. lcsiy aiBpti an I Yours truly W. M. PROPST. : For information ' 2a K1MASt.ultl!SS 'charlkston. s w M. watson. Agent ew Borne, N. O. SPORTS IX CAROLINA. NORTH What One of Our Northern Visitors Has to Say of Veiv Berne ami Vicin ity as a Game Country and Otherwise. We ha,', a rt-fcrtuca j fc.-.l.ys ago to a two-column article which bad j jst appeared in Foret and Stream, devoted principally to tho sporting attractions of Eastern North C.irolina. We have the pleasure this morning of presenting our readers wi.h the first part and will give the concluding portico of it to morrow. The author of the jrti k a ilr. Chaa. Hallock, a writer of prominence, who i t -.. . uas lormeny visited ? - v btrne at times when cur - BW would bo in progress aad whoistl.i year upending the winter in ihii city. Mr. Hallock aad bis f ,mi1v v,. borne a conspicuous pait i tho journal-. ism of the couutr;,-. Tiij Nuw York Journal of Coa-,uiero3 vrao founded iu 182 by hia father, Mr. Gerard Hailock, associated with Mr. DivU Hile. and Mr, Chan. Hallock was associated with hh father as etie of tie owners and editors of the pjper for nine yeirs from IS 52 to 1861 ad was subsequent ly a stockholder as recently aa 137$ Mr, Hillock hiaite f -i the author of several standard sporting works, and ia . , . . ' - "!-u "upuri ia nueu matters H'j waa also the founder and for several yearj exclusive ova:i of Forest aod Stream, the interesting and reliahle sporting periodical of New York, from which the article is taken, whish has an extensive circulation, not only in America but in England and the conti nent of Europa. This following ia what is said of our section and people: A couple of successive visits to the eastern counties of North Carolina within the pise three year?, together with some previous acquaintance with the eame resorts of 6ther portions of the State, including tbe mountain region, has prompted mo to pitch my tent here at N.ewbern for the winter, where the climate is sufficiently warm without being enervating, and where there is plenty of game and fish at hand in great variety. The sounding ocean is but thirty-six mi es distant as the crow flies, but the penetrating salt sea breeze is tempered by its passage over the land. The piny woods country lies directly back of us; tho wire grass and saw grass prairies are belovr us, and the sweeping buzzards in the a;r are above and all around qa Morehead City and Beaufort are within an hour's ride by rail, and the Neuse and Trent rivers, which inclose the city, run up into tbe homes of the Tar Heels and Crackers. Surely such a happy combi nation of seashore and upland, of river, lake and brackish sound, of meadow, marsh and forests, of rank lagoons and barren sandy points, of sunken ledge and broken reef, of blue sky and genial, bracing atmosphere, can seldom be found in the wintsr season anywhere. Of course there are raw bleak days at intervals; but this ia the weather that hardy sportsmen want, for it brings in the ducks and geeee, and there is no field sport that can compare with it. Yet trie average day is as nearly per fect as capricious man could desire, and happy is he, I say. whose lines may happen to fall in such pleasant places. Friends and followers of Nimrod and Iziak Walton can find an abundance of diversion all ovr North Carolina from coast to mountain, but when it -comes to the "beet sport in the world," a local writer says the eastern counties bear off the palm, and I am not disposed to question his testimony, though I intend to prove it by personal tests forthwith Faith I have. It is not the grain of salt, out the grain of mustard seed which enters into this equation. This gentle man Bays: - Our fall and winter hunting is pretty near perfection. In the first place, cur weather during those seasons is nearly perfect. This, of course, is of the ut most importance to those who desire to leave the frosts and snows of the North, with its accompaniment of lowering skies and icy winds behind them, and are iu search of a country where they can revel in balmy eunsbine, and whose soft winds bear upon then tb.9 breath of eternal spring. Ths climate of eaete rn Carolina com pares with that of southern Frnce. There are comparatively few cold aud wet days, the winter j weather being for the most part bright and crisp. It is claimed that there are several points along our coa?t where frost has never been known Oa the mainland, on cur coa-.t and the islands adjacent, the climate is nearly perfection on account of the proximity ct the Gulf Stream, which tempers the cold winds coming from the North. Toe lovera of the rod and gun can find no more delightful spot, neither can they find one where they will meet with greater success. Thty will find the waters teeming with game fiah, ana on the main land and islands plenty of game. It seems incredible, but it is nevertheless true, that within less than a day 's journey from New York, and a few hours from"Wa8hington, bear, deer, wild turkeys, wild cattle, wild hogs, etc., are to be found in great abund ance, while during the fall and winter months the lanes, rivers and sounas swarm with all kinds of water fowl. Swan, geese, brant, wild ducks of all kinds, Bhore birds and-m fact all kinds of water fowl to be found in this coun try. The woods and meadows are full of small game, squirrel, partridge, snipe, woodcock, quail, opoBeum, rac coon and many other kinds, plentiful enough to delight the heart of the hunter. Then as to fishing, whether in the nrean or tbe landlocked waters near the coast, the fisherman has but to drop his line to pull out a plentiful supply ol the garnest kind of fish, such as blue fisb, mackerel, bass, trout, chub pike, etc. To give en idea of the variety of the sport we give the result of a hunting and fishing tiip made by a party of gentlemen to the country near the Albemarle Sound. They brought home the skies of three wildcats, two otters, the antlers of three large Btags, and a wagon load of fish and turtles. They also killed a large cumber of minks, squirrels, raccoons and opossums, be sides a larae amount of small game. Deer, bear and wild turkey are'very plentiful, and along our eastern streams an occasional thot may be had at an oiUtjatnr and if a fisherman gets tired I of the famcua sport of inland fishing he oan take a sail out upon the broad At lantic, fitted out with the proper tackle, and after catching a shark or two he will have all the excitement and exer cise he will need for some time. There ia certainly an encouraging outlook for tbe amateur sportsman with an ample field for prowecs; and the best of it is that the statements put forward are fully substantial by intelligent cor respondents of Forest and Stream who hava hunted the State over. Just at present there is captivating eport at Morehead "catching sea trout or weak fish, and the finh are very large andfine; but as it is altogher deep sei fishing with handlice in ten fathoms of water. I soon tire of it myself , though other j like it fresh every hour. The best of the run will be over by December, but it is no trick at all at present to catch 200 lbs .per day. A week ago I came in from a tour of WINTER the landlocked sounds which lie be tween Norfolk and Newte.-n, and I candidly deolare that 1 never enjoyed a i-horc salt water cruise more heartily . This is saying a good deal for an old barnacle like myself, who has coasted .almost the entire Atlantic and Pacific j coasts from Labrador to Alaska, "as I i failed ;" but in fact the whole voyage i bo novel, and so cheap and comfortable withal, that 1 am constrained to press j the like enjoyment upon any one who I requires a week's or thn e month re" taxation and change of climate at this j season of the year, or at any other season for that matter. One can run out of ths latitude of snowfalls and sleet in twenty-lour hours, and tie up t Nowberu with biigbt-ieaved Deren- nial plants, good friends, and no end of oysters all around him. He can curl himself up in the sunshine like au old houso dog on a south verandah, with, rosebush and wisteria climbing over it, and erioy contentment until hi hrr' j ia full. If he be from ibe E8t he will I misted from home and wondered whr re they have been these many yfars. Hern be can contemplate the "New South' ,D enanKiog aspeots, with the Afri can pequmpra gradually passing off ana giving plaoe io the bright efful gence of a batter day, and a community of elements, once discordant, but now so intimately blended that politics can not eplit them. And when he has chewed his clover cud of fancy for tw days and a half, until the return ttsam er saila back to Norfolk, and been the reoipient of unwonted hospitality from the e$erg6tic residents, and visited the oyster canneries, the pulp end lumber mills, the ginnery, and miscellaneous factories, and inspected the fair grounds, the ooquina sea wall, and the oemetery inolooed by the same quaint eneu rocs aujj irom toe river bed, he will goaway with new impressions and advanced ideaof this peninsular section and ite capabilities. For my own part, I am here to stay until tbe end of spring. This is a rest ful place. Before me is a lawn bespangled with roses and oape jas mines, and shaded by the glossy-leaved magnolia and the dark-hued cedar. The sweet gum, the catalpa, the china berry and the mimosa are just passing out of leaf and baring their limbs for the winter tussle; but there is left a great profusion of clambering vines and bright-leaved plants, ever green, to grace the halcyon Reason. From a broad verandah which flanks my sitting room I have an unobetructed view of the noble Neuse River,; here a fall mile wide, with wooded bluffs of autumn foliage along the opposite shore. Near by a yacht club has its cosy quarters, where jaunty crafts ride at anchor, or e.rtd their white wings betimes and speed away. A ghostly revenue cutter lies in midstream, one of the milk white squadron. In the distance a vista opens down river toward Pamlioo Sound, twelve miles off, in the blue. The outlook ia very charming. Our steamer came up thie river at sun-up one still, bright morning, when the reflections of the wooded banks were distinct upc n the surface of the water; and during all this week the silvery moon has been casting its silvery sheen upon the rip ples at night, and at the full bridging it with a lambent zone which etretohes from shore to shore. One evening I fancied that I saw a young water sprite or naiad diving off from the edgs of it, but it was only the splash of a sturgeon in the moonbeams. These sounds of eastern North Caroli na are a great deal larger than they look on the map, Pamlioo Sound is forty miles wide at its broadest. Ves sels in mid channels are always out of sight of land, or would be were the bottom not ao near the surface. Land is often visible alongside over the rail On the shoalest spots small cabbins are built on iron piles to serve as beacons for mariners by day and night. Being far from land and apart from inter course with men, the isolated keepers are apt to discover in due course of time that solitude and inaction are not rest and peace. Suoh man have abun dant opportunity to imagine what existence might be if it only were. Gulls would become lonesome in such places. Of course agriculture does not enter into their industrial economy, though it is a current joke among the "bankers" and beach men that they raise from below all that they eat. Quiddities like this, however, are tolerated only on the forecastle deck on a cold day. Besides Pamlico Sound, there are the Albemarle, Currituck, Roanoke and Croatan sounds, all of which the regn largpackets traverse on their watery routes. These coustitute a pleasant alternation from the navigation of the canals through which they have to pass on the way from Norfolk or Elizabeth City. The whole hydrographio system is much like a chain of lakes with slack water connection. Altogether the voy age is a novel experience, and well worth a description in my letter, 1 think It is very easy and oomforable to get one's luggage snugly stowed aboard one of the elegant steamers of tbe Old Do minion Steamship Line, at New York, say the Guyandotte or the Roanoke. and have no more care of it until it is put ashore on the company's dock at Newbern. You simply change at Nor folk from a sea going vessel to a smaller light draft craft, that will carry no more than 7ft., through the oanal. Tnere is satisfaction in traveling in this way. You are at home all the time; you are the guests ct the steamer. You lounge, play cribbage, eat and smoke; you are not hustled, your rest is sweet and unbroken, if the weather be fair, and I have never happened to strike bad weather yet. You need nor, in these days, if you take pains to consult the weather foreoast of the U. S. office. This is a marvelous age! The supplementary steamers of the Old Dominion Line leave Norfolk for Newbern every Monday aDd Thurs day. The duration of tbe round trip is three days, and the cost 82 per day and all found, if one sticks to the ship. I'd advise any reader whois willing to be adviBed take passage with Capt. South gate on the Newbern. This boat can accommodate two dozen comfortable. LEMON ELIXIK. A PLEASANT LEMON DRINK. For biliounesa and ooostipationrtake Lemon Elixir. For indigestion and fouln omach, take Lemon Elixir. For sick and nervous headaches, take Lemon Elixir' For sleeplessness and nervousness, take Lemon Elixir. For loss of appetite and debility, take Lemon Elixir. For fever, chillB and malaria, take Lemon Elixir. Lemon Elixir will not fail you In any of the above diseases, all of which arise from a torpid or diseased liver, stomach, kidneys, bowels or blood. Prepared only by Dr. u. aioziey, Atlanta, Oa. 50c. and $1.00 per bottle. Hold by druggists. A PROMINENT MINISTER WRITES. After ten years of great suffering from indigestion, with great nervous prostration, biliousness, disordered kid- neys and constipation, l nav ceru cured by Dr. Mozley's Lemon Elixir, and am now a well man. Rev. C. C. Davis, Eld. M. E. Church South. , No. 28 Tatnall st.. Atlanta, Oa. I Notice. The publio are hereby notified that Clairmont Bridge, Trent river, is up foT repairs and will be impassable until runner huhuj. J. A. Meadow 8, n20 tf Commissioner, Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria OTI UNJOYS Both tho method and results irhen Syrup of Figs ia taken; it is pleasant tnd refreshing to tho. taste, and acts rrntly yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Jiowtln, t Icanars tho sys tem effectually, di.jxla coIJs, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho only remedy; of its kind- qver pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ao ceptable to tho slomach, prompt in its iWtion arid truly beneficial la its effects, prepared only- from the most healthy and agreeablo substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and havo mado it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50a and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliablo druggist who may not have it on Land will pro cure it promptly for any one vrho wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FI0 SYRUP CO. 8H ntAKCSCO, CAL, lousvruE. kt. hew rank. n.r. Jas. fledmond WHOLESALE DEALLk IX WINES, LIQUORS and OiGflRS, South Front iitrect, Two Doorg Ej.st Gnnton . laonse New Berne, N. C. lune4 dwiv Just Arrived : Young Kentucky and f?esi Virginia 5t0rS8$5lUi8S I his .lust Arrived with Two (tr Lo..;- ol 1 oung KENTUCKY VKSTVA. 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The Semi-Weekly Sun-Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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Dec. 10, 1891, edition 1
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