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ssParaao merchant.n who makes his living
IN New York, and has made BIZ reputation
a. an axpounder Of ths tariff, that the of-
feet OF the Morrison horizontal tarih's
biz, Il passed, will be to reduce the reve-
nue 90, ,O0O, 600. which he divides among
tn nAhadulaa n follow: 49,
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The New York Cox, not ours.
NosR tie WasAtn0ton Pos.

xr0@ Ehs W0shtn0ton Pos.
Congressman Cox, says printer in the
government printing Office at Washington,
the worst copy Of any sc member ef Of
torn from envelopes, newspaper wrappers
and other scraps, and then pins the lot
together and sends them to the printer.
He inter-writes and corrects, and some
times alters his speech entirely before it is
printed.
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UNCLE POMPEY.
g CUPID,S ,, PORTRAIT OF THE
RHKUMATIC LINK

That Binds ms to the Past and Rufla.
Aud Chinneys and Burns Tar, and
Relieves In the C0nturcrss Spells.
dpsct1e Cbsresposdenes ~ Ghs OIros<oss.
Wins CREEK, N. c., February sO.-As
~ things are passing away, and as al
tnngs are becoming new, we meet now
and then, and here and there, connecting
links Of the past.
70 my thinking, old Uncle Pompey,
known on all the piantations. is one Hnk'
md he . fast passing away, to sleep with
n.s 1atheEA There win be no more ike
In whom he departs. His old owner he
loyes, md ii spite Of freei1om takes
hnt - th0 O1d los md NJ !
1os tlIe = = alaafnase I
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Been Here a Long Time.

from kne ASn6DanS CtL1Ze7
When the census of 1870 was taken there
were living in Madison county eighteen or
twenty miles distant three white women
who were then one hundred and four years
old, two of whom still survive and are
now about one hundred and nineteen years
old, retaining their physical powers and
mental faculties in degree truly surpris-
ing. The one, Mrs. Cole, is the Uidov Uf
81 sf s5 sSdsE tas aRdao soldier Of
the war of 1912. She draws pension. She
collects it herself and manages the fund
with discretion The other is named Reed.
She was never married. She cultivates
her own farm, prepares her own frewood,
milks her own COW, does her own milling
and thereby renders herself independent
ly comfortable.
They were born during the reign of
George the Third anterior to the date of
American Independence. Their memories
yet abound with delight at the rejoicings
caused by the surrender of Lord Cornwall
lis, the British commander, and all his
army to General Washington at Yorktown
and the proclamation of peace which im-
mediately followed, and they tell of the
election of the great Washington first Presi-
dent of the United States.
Fbona the Scotland Neck Commonwealth.
We know an old lady in Duplin county
| "a years of age, who, while speaking OF
old time dancing, recently got up OH the
| floor and showed her little great-grand
| daughter in graceful and perfect man
ner the Raquet step of "a years ago.
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How they Advertise out West.
Ftos nNe Detvois Free Press.

A Detroit paper gravely announces in
it's advertising columns:
ITO Rent-An elegantly furnished room to .
gentleman already heated"
Among the artistic advertising notices,
are the following:
1.-TWO young women want Waahing."
"WOOd and coal split"s sH
'"Teeth extracted with great palms,
A cheerful advertisements is this:
ssTry our cofhns. You win win never use any
other"
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taries, and in all the other navigable
streams in the State.

sfreams in tho Sto+o
-, VIC o'"'0
NE" bkRNE AND BEAUFORT CANAL ROUTE.
Private enterprise and capital have de-
veloped, within the past two years, a canal
between Clubfoot and Harlowe Greeks, of
seven feet draught at high water-fve feet
at any tide, and have set before themselves
the task OF making this a ten foot ship
channel seventy feet wide. But the nee
essary appropriations for developing its
water approaches have not been asked for
by our delegation in Congress, nor has the
small appropriation already made been ap-
Piled. The completion of this work would
measurably afford the people of portions of
Carteret, Craven, Jones, and all of Ons-
low the relief they are so lmperatively in
need OF. . our attention Is invited to this
as one OF Ine most Important measures OF
Denent ana protectlon to our people to
y. Mn1cn you could give your consideration.
Inc commercial and industrial interests of
..sa - .s7l 2. - =. y lOW0r
tared frm f,ffv 3, 40 ,s 8 .'t - 8
&C., e, fIi, - s,et ~
- SIere -. 81, - 8:
1890 n, 1nsSs ,,<ss r 8 1ss.5
q 6 ~ <Yyil1t ~ 41ls,l -
Nh3ch Trey e1n -avaiI fxs1 ~ -
ls69s fss s. r. -
tIfoy A1e 81 8 li1en1 pesl]l 3R In m p
s0f 111e &c ~ il I1l1r3{5Yll 1Ss
monlk one 81 osrr veI.1ls 81 tl1is poft 'NI1
s1rncled. With fotaz loea o. hin Gisd yr1n-
ahdec cafx0, On fle outsi (le beach al5oyo hfrt,.
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ReO. Capers Normas, Rkstor E5s,stos,
Street Aethodist Church, Raleigh: Ny
former acquaintance with the most Of my
flock have found was q very great ad-
vantage to me and, though had some
misgivings ct first, / feel that my work is
getting under way, so to say it. And the
new chnrch-but really-yes It will be
built. A movement seems to be concon-
trating, too, to endow Trinity College.
The College is at that period in its career
when an endowment, apart from the di-
rect benefit that money gives. is the thing
needed. to strengthen Il in other ways. An
endowment, you know, is not everything.
William and Mary in Virginia is an endow-
ed institution and it is dead. Our Baptist
brethren have not only done a noble work
for themselves but they have stimulated
all other people in the State, in endowing
Wake Forest.
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e sef 49, ~; y
q HlncY - III = r. y. I1IlffIi
- NJ 6caxhosaSh 3 md
saying net only fhat ~ U = 90 ~
but mnst have, natdoua1 q II p 4. !.
! lf that be true-wel, the Ghonf n o16
Hickory must wander mfgASys rustlea1Ry
these strange and ominoGs Democratic
nights. Major Bingham sid 10 ms il the
most matter-of-fact way: stOf course we
| need the money. Let's take it Il We can
An ON q sudden, after . period Of as-
tonishing dulless, the political goasips be-
gan again-this time, amagine for the
long whet, which shall end only after
the election. have heard more random
talk this week about Mr.. Gilmef and M.
Holt than any others A veteran ooesin
said to me this week: eff Tom Holt could
only make speech! In fact, he could. if
he only had . notion that he could. In
business one Of the most energetic men
lvlng, as soon as he begins to talk, he has
an appearance of laxiness about him that
dims the hope that thousands of us live
under that he may be the Democratic nom
inee."
And such is fame Frank Leslie ia al
ready on the track of the State Exposition.
which is to say that he (Or she. for it il
Mrs. Frank Leslie" now has ordered
photographs of President Primrose, Seo-
retary Fries, and others, and of the build ~
lngs yet to be-sO l happened to hear.
Well, Mr.. Primrose will look well /; about
the building I know nothing; Mr.. Fries,
10 hovr s.>~A n II.
card, his hair and q III beard being too
light to be caught by the photo
grapher's instrums Am the executive %
committee VET they are not particularly
Several years ago was mailing Han e 6 wel alef
railway journey through Missouri. The
cars stopped at an ugly station, and q
an old split fiddle. The boy that accom-
panied him held his hat under the car win
dows for nickels. There was priestlike-
looking fellow near me who from the first
took an uncommon interest in the old fd
dler. At first he laughed, and then looked
piteously at the old fellow, and attracted
my attention by dropping dollar into the
hat. About week later / went to the
opera house in one of the little cities up
the river to hear Remenyi, the violinist,
whom all good North Caxolinians are nov
having chance to hear. When the vio-
lnist walked out on the stage, 10 he was
the priestlike fellow who gave the old I'D
dler dollar
Two weeks ago had occasion on the
same day to 60 into the house of very
plain man in the county in one of our best
| agricultural counties, and into the home Of
| lawyer of shrewd sense and good deal
| Of influence in one Of our important towns.
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GOOD FARMING m NORTH CAROLINA.

Mr. j. J. Litc1Jord Don't worry me
about this Lieutenant Governor business.
But have got something to tell You. The
papers are all making a great ado about
the Furman system Of farming and give
the late Mr. Furman, of Georgia, the credit
for the 'sintensive'' system. That's all
well enough. But some of our own peo-
pie of whom you never hear anything do
just as well. Look in Hale's "Coal and
Iron Counties of North Carolina page
384, and you will see in the sketch of
Franklin county, written by Joe Davis, the
following account of little farming oper-
alton. Go publish it and throw up your
Mr.. Davis, ''tO prouuce twv
ton to the acre in Franklin, and the capa-
biities of the soil are very great. One
farmer in the county, Mr.. Henry Pearce,
near Franklinton, has, for many years,
averaged more than one bag and half to
the acre, and in 1890, on 40 acres of land
he produced 73 bags of cotton, averaging
475 pounds; on % & res he made SO bags.
Mr.. Pearce did not confine himself to cot
ton, but has raised abundant supply crops
and illustrates the capabilities of the land
of the county. Every section of the coun-
ty could be made to produce as well"
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THE TRAVELLER.


Aaaofs, Facts, Fancfes, Speeulationa
Su39ects Picked mp all Over the state.
l read in New York society journal, or
SOMEBODY told me, or got it somewhere
somehow, that there is q New York dnde
which wears socks with ave toes to 'em.
Think OF the emotions Of "Cupid'sn >
" rosum-chawer" If he were to zee this
thing in sock feet! '--'
l believe that this u the frst period in
the history OF North Carolina when wedil
not nave great orator. Excellent and
fofcaDle speakers We now zhave, Of ecuroa.
and number Of. thsna, hut no or1tor eacR
= DphoiR = Henry ". lTilIer ~. q evS11
aeaton Galee Ihe9p y i ypason - &
s - enze a - - r. li1
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~ s zlI1IE
q - e snvs t. .llllSil { = 81 q
1Wenty-dye yeap hace & &
dozen az two millionAiree amQpG m
WIN 10 the man who utf2fSeo
our xa1tor1 countSes have 80 fxea1 WiintGE
resort; smother win b the oWn6e Okan f1ns
nAense vineyard, and others win be pan
facturers of-well, say Of some very p1s
ful thing id almost universal use. cloEhs
pins or cheap ready -made clothin6, ~
s6mething Of that sort something Wh1
can Be practically monop0lised. Somebody
win get rich out OF building Stone -
West. Why, the discoverer Of cheap III.
easy death to tobacco worms would 49,
low In wealth. Every year brings As1
possibility for us. The tobacco ,hg. lt'
perfect yet. A cheap jewelrX mann
tory for Negro trade has poeibiGtieA H.
pinchhack Yankee things arc 6ougHE
them only because there il not souel
that suits their taste better.n ]" yemaes
gone Tar enolgh,,'n ] said. = 1nf1 -
talking the plain TRUTH Was his al10N
The gateways Of wealth are Just
for the shrewd." sfs]
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Pills for the Dyspepttc.
From Gbs Rssthe,7erdeon Bossnsv.
Mcdowell county II waking up, and at
the next meeting of the commissioner
will order an election to be held for . sub.
scripti0n O2 q, 900 for . railroad.
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The work accomplished within the past
few years, with limited appropriations ON
the Pamlico and Ter, the NeuBe, Content
nea, Trent and Cape Fear Rivers, the bar
at Smithvile and the Beaufort Harbor i'm
provements have demonstrated such results
in the renewed activity, the commercial
and agricultural prosperity OF the people
tributary thereto, that no lover OF his State
should fail to put forth every exert1on for
the continued improvement of these water
ways. and the development of the best
practicable navigation in all their tribu-
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-31

two Continentals, carrying gsrlands of
flowers, stepped forward aud twined them
about tho tomb
From the cemetery the troops marched
back to Fredericksburg aud proceeded to the
new opera house. where the ladies had spread
q sumptuous banquet.
The following ladies comprised the enter
tainment committees Mrs. John Taylor Mrs.
Joseph Halle, Mrs. John II. Goodrich, Mrs.
Josiah Hazard, Mrs. Charles Ftchett, Mrs.
Jane Taylor, Mrs. Fleming, Mrs DIR. Doggett,
Mrs. George w. Shepherd, Mrs II. NJ. d. Mar
tin Misses Jones and Freeman, Mrs. William
A. Little, Mrs. Charles Il. Hunter, and Mrs.
j. J.. Green.
Tho visitors left fredericksburg about 5
o'clock, and the commands from this city
arrived hero about . o'clock, tired but well
pleased with their journey.
During the decorating of graves in the
national cemetery tall Virginian said 81
stood here during the last battle. was n
member of tho 22d Virginia regiment. and
should like TO meet man who stood on the
other side that day"
And ], >" said another man, was in the
regiment of Pennsylvania reserves that drove
you back"
And we came back and drove you out
again"
"Yes, you did" said the other.
The speakers were w. q. Fuller, a carpen-
ter Of Richmond, and Major +. A. Conrad,
also carpenter of this city. Tho gentlemen
exchanged cards and proposed to visit each
other occasionally.
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The Pom Rnnir OF pittrI,nrr.

Gen. Grant has been severely ccnsured for
allowing himself to be swindled by his junior
partner. Better fnanciers than Gen. Grant
have been deceived by less accomplished ras-
Gals than Mr.. Ward A committee composed
of the ablest and shrewdest bank cashiers in
Pittsburg were deceived the other day by n
doctorcd statement of the debts and assets of
the Penn bank and certified that it was
solvent. These exports were acting for the
banks which they respectively represented and
for the commercial community in general.
The Penn bank had suspended, and its Off
GERS ad appealed to tho other banks to help
them out of temporary difficulty. Before
the banks agreed to loan any money the
cashiers investigated the condition of the
Penn bank, reported that it was solvent, and
upon their recommendation the associated
banks put in $2s9OO0 to help it through the
crisis.
The effect Of the report of the committee of
cashiers of the associated banks was to re.
store public confidence. The Penn bank
opened its doors and resumed business, de-
positors returned with tho money which
they had drawn out, and everybody supposed
that the trouble was over. 1t was not long,
however, before the money borrowed to meet
the unexpected drain was checked out, and
the bank again closed its doors The expert
cashiers who had given the bank certificate
of solvency and loan of $2s9,OOO were as
founded to find that they had been misIed
| by false statements. The figures exhibited
TO them as representing the condition of the
bank were made ND for tho occasion. Solid
men who did not owe the bank a penny
| figured on the books as debtors, and fictitious
firms were credited with large amounts
which had been lost in speculation. 1t lis
surprising that the committee of experts did
not find anything to arouse suspicion in
these extraordinary entries.
The Penn bank is state institution, and
the depositors have no security. By a
provision Of tho charter tho stockholder can
not be made liable for any sum beyond the
face of the stock held by him. Tho officers
and directors gave their individual notes 10
secure the temporary loan of $2s9,OOO, and
aftor these notes have been paid there will
not DO much left for the depositors, even il
they have the right of action against the
unfaithful custodians of their money
Pittsburg is one of the great centers for
petroleum aud for speculation in petroleum
certificates, Some of the officers of the Penn
bank evidently got on the wrong side of the
market
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wanted-A Winner.

The national convention will not do its
duty noxt week If it does not nominate
ticket that can be elected. Delegates
naturally have their preferences, but they
should not let their likes or dislikes run
away with thor cooler Judgment to the
jeopardy Of the party. The convention can
easily nominate q successful ticket. and IL
can nominate ticket that will DO fore
ordained to almost certain defeat.
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN has strong
preference for President Arthur. because it
believes he can be elected that he is stronger
in New York than any other man the con-
vention can name; that he has earned
nomination, and that the party and the
country owe him an election to the high
| Office he has so ably filled for nearly three
years; that he can carry any other state out
side of New York that any other candidate
can, and that ho is the undoubted choice of
the party. 1t does not pretend that President
Arthur is tho only republican who can be
elected next November. 1t will not insult
the intelligence of the party by any such alb.
surd claim, but it does say in all candor that
tho convention can put a ticket in the field
that will be temptation to fate and an in.
vitation to disaster at the polls.
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN firmly be-
lieves that President Arthur would be tho
best man the republicans can select for their
standard bearer during the approaching cam
paign for the reasons that have been given
again and again; but If the convention in its
wisdom concludes to honor another man with
tho nomination, it could not offend
the country by naming any one out
of nearly a dozen gentlemen who have
been mentioned moro or less prominently in
connection with the presidency. The people
have confidence in Edmunds, Gresham, Shor-
man, Lincoln, Logan, Harrison, Fairchild,
Allison, and Hawley, and they would rally
to their support with earnestness and en-
thusiasm. With so much good timber to pick
from, the convention ought not to go wrong.
1t will not
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GEN. GRANT is again target for the mud
throwers who can never forgive him for the
part he took In putting down the rebellion and
brushing away several belonging traditions
that stood in the way of the nations progress
for nearly century. He has been more
roundly abused than any living man, but
fifty millions of free Americans will be-
lieve and trust in his honesty through good
repute and i'll. Historians will record naught
against him, and the writers of to-day who
are doing their little best to besmirch his
great name will fill forgotten graves when
future generations are singing the warriors
praises. His place in history has been made.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-31

GEN. BUTLER has not yet accepted the
Greenbackers nomination, but as his ostrich
stomach takes in anything rand everything that
comes along without revolving, there is no
danger he will decline the honor. Backed
by three or four nominations, Gen. Butler
becomes formidable candidate before the
democratic convention. He will represent
a powerful and untractablc class vote in
several Hose states and his claims can not be
coughed down. If he is ignored he will I'M
ouestionably throw the weight of his influence
against the democratic ticket in Ohio, Now
Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Delaware,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania. lie is to-day
tho greatest existing obstacle in the way Of
the old ticket scheme. The democrats cannot
win with him, and they cannot win without
him. They can pay their money and take
their choice.
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Irving on His American Tour.

LONDON, May 3O-The annual dinner for
tho benefit of the general theatrical fund was
held at the Hotel Royal last evening. Mr..
Henry Irving presided. Mr.. George Rig
mold, Mr., Justin Mccarthy, and Miss Ellen
Terry were among those present Mr.. Irving,
in replying to toast to his health proposed
by Mr.. Toole, said that the hopes with which
his American tour was begun had beon more
than realized. lie trusted that the unbounded
favor accorded the English company by the
Americans would DO monumental in the his
tory of tho English stage. During the course of
his remarks he said: 81 cannot express my
gratitude for the generosity and kindliness of
the Americans. They did all that was posi-
BILE to make us feel that America was homo
and not u land of strangers. They worshiped
at the shrine of the fair lady who graces this
banquet. Above all we brought from Amer
lea a most profound impression Of the love of
the Americans toward the mother country.
The new friends we made In America will
doubtless cordially greet us when we revisit
their shores" Miss Jennie Dickerson, of
New York, sang during tho evening.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-31

enemies is tho man the republicans want, If
they only knew what they wanted. This
earnestness for Arthur is oil delusion. II Is
the man who is not called for either west,
east, north, or south that the republican
party really wants, only it doesn't know it,
A few wise men know it, but beyond this
charmed circle the party gropes in darkness,
wholly unconscious of its great necessity.
Thus tho Trarcter rattles innoccntly on, en-
larging upon the idea at considerable length,
and winding up by advising tho nomination
of r. b. Hayes as tho ideal candidate tho
reachers after tho unattainablo are hunting
for. The suggestion is cruel.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-31

CORRESPONDENTS IN GLOVER.


GRAFTON, W. VA, May 3O-A troop of
Washington newspaper correspondents as
guests of.the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad COM
pany, left the capital city this morning on
special train to write up the Chicago conven-
ton. They are forty in number, with w. b.
Shaw as their dean. Tho train is expected to
reach Chicago before noon tomorrow. Tho
hospitality of the company is not limited to
tho nero transportation aud entertainments of
its guests to and from Chicago, but the special
train is to serve rs . hotel all the time
the convention is in session. 1t is under the
charge of Major j. G. PanRborn, assistant
general passenger agent of the company.
The entertainment of the correspondents Is
supervised by Mr.. Charles Selden, superin-
tendent of the Baltimore and Ohio telegraph
company, assisted by Col. Harry Clarke, its
Washington manager. The run to Cnmber.
land was at the rate of 40 miles an hour. A
canvass of the presidential preferences of the
correspondents and others on the train has
just been taken with the following result:
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-31

TuE Boston TjGUeller is Of opinion that the
great masses of business men Of the republic
and the conservative, thinking mon do not
want Arthur To DO sure, thoy say they
want him and act as though they want him,
but they don't. They only think they want
him. Thoy really do not know what they
want, but If they should happen TO find out
what they want they would be surprised to
discover that. instead Of wanting Arthur,
whom thoy know, respect, aud esteem, they
want some iuoHonsiye creature Of the neuter
gender whom they do not know and never
heard of. The man without either friends or
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The party reached Cumberland at 2.3O
o'clock, whore a dinner of nearly dozen
courses, with as many different wines, was
waiting for them. Among the cars assigned
to the correspondents is the magnificent
drawing room car used by Adelina Patti
when in this country. 1t is beautifully up
holsterod and furnished, possessing, among
other attractions, a fine upright rosewood
piano. Upon arrival at Grafton handsome
collation. was served on tho train, and to-
morrow dining room car will be attached
to the special and tho party will be break
tasted on the rail