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The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-11-08
Harper'S MAGAZINE,

The frontispiece of Harpers Magazine
for November is a fine engraving Of Charles
and Henrietta Maria from painting by
Vandyke. "a Day with Sir Joseph Hooker
at Kew is delightful description of the
Kew Gardens in England; and Andrew
Lang writes a chal ming sketch of the wise
and witty reviewer Sydney Smith. a
picturesque narrative of a picturesque
people called Norman Fisher Folk" by
Mary Gay Humphreys; 'Chrysanthe-
NUNS" by John Thorpe, the last install
ment of ''The Great Hall of William
Rufus,' containing description of the
trial of Warren Hastings and magnii-
cent full page picture of ''Westminister
Hall and Lord Mayors Day." are all ex-
ceedingly interesting articles and pro-
fusely illustrated. ''Judith Shakespeare, y
by William Black, is finished in this num-
Der. Judith Shakespeare, the heroine, is a
new creation and may be added to the list
Of immortals just as surely as any creation
of recent fiction, and personality has
been given to the great dramatist himself
that will not easily fade. Mature S
Serial Story" contains more Of love and
less of nature than usual. Two short
stories, two poems, an article about The
Art Competitions, by I. D. Millet, and
the ''Acadian Tragedy" by Francis
Parkman, and the well filled editorial de-
partment complete this number and the
siXty-ninth volume.
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THIRTEEN MILES
VI AiSLES IN THE GREAT NEW
oRLEANS COTTON EXPOSITION.

General View of the Magnitude of the
largest Exposition ever Projected in
the World.
Special Correspondence to The Chronicle
NEW ORLEANS, LA.-Oct. 27.-A few
weeks ago | wrote you about the compile
ton of the main building of the Exposi-
tlon. To-day the Government and States
Exhibits Building, the second mammoth
mouse, was practically finished.
IL Is needless to go into description of
the wonderful structures. The pictures
scattered broadcast over the country are
pretty good. But they convey a very
inadequate idea of their immensity
The main building is 1873 9o5 feet,
that IS, it is 1922 yards around it. How
long Will 1t take you to walk 1900 yards?
There are seven miles of aisles in this one
building, that is the visitor Will have to
walk seven miles to get a sight of each
one OF the separate exhibits in it. And
this building will contain only 80 per
cent. Of the total exhibits. This house is
sight in itself. The exterior is not more
surprising than the interior. Looking
across the floor, it is like boundless
forest of stately trees. 1t is a series of
grand avenues of posts which support the
roof without the interruption of parti-
tions.
IlOui l1Ic S,otllcI1cS tIlC SlSuG Is tFou
more impressive. Overhead the cOnstruc
tion of the building is as wonderful as its
size. Span rises upon span, truss above
truss until the central height of rs feet is
reached. Engineers say that the archie
tect's bold manner of constructing his
roof will be one of the wonders of the
Exposition to all of their profession.
Everybody predicted it could not stand up
when it was first started and many con-
sulting engineers declared it was danger
Gus. But there it is to-day, as solid as
the eternal hills, a complete refutation Of
all those who were simply unable to grasp
it.
1t is thus with many new thing. The
plain little Swedish architect Torgerson,
who prepared his plans in little Missis
sippi town, has shown himself a genius
and will rank hereafter with Eads among
the worlds greatest builders.
The Government and States Building,
just finished, is $50 yards around. 1t will
contain the Department exhibits from
Washington, the State and Territorial ex
hibits, the Educational exhibits, the eX
hibits of the colored Department, OF Wo-
mans Work and of the Railroads. The
Richmond & Danville and the East Ten
nessee, Virginia, and Georgia systems
have space Immediately adjoining North
Cardinals space.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-11-08

On Saturday afternoon at 1870, Mr.
VIM. b. Norwood, aged about 60, died at
his residence in this city. The funeral
was held from the First Baptist Church
yesterday afternoon and was attended by
a large congregation Of friends and
acquaintances
The funeral services of little Frank
IIeartt, the infant son Of Maj. G. d.
Heartt were held yesterday afternoon by
Rev. DR.. Watkins. The pall-bearers were
Messrs. W. G. Stronach, 4. NJ McPheeters,
f. K. Stamps and W. H. Bledsoe. He had
been critically sick for long time. The
whole community extend their coincidence
to the bereaved parents.
The sad intelligence reached the city
yesterday Of the death III Greensboro of
Mrs. Lucy Jones, the wife Of the Rev.
T. NJ. Jones, President of Greensboro
Female College. She was a sister Of the
late Mr.. ThaddeGs McGee Of this city.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. VIM. I. McGee
and Miss Hattie McGee left this city fol
Greensboro.
Mrs. Jones has intimate friends in every
part of the State, and hundreds Of former
pupils of Greensboro Female College will
receive this sad intelligence with very
heavy hearts.
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LIFE AT u ALE.

YALE COLLEGE, Oct 80, 1884 The
CHRONICLE reads as though North Caro-
lima had migrated to Raleigh. Surely you
are having grand jubilee. How | should
enjoy seeing the sights, and grasping a
few Carolina hands In the midst of all
this learned city, | can be proud of my
State, and show THE CHRONICLE as a Hv-
ing specimen of the States development
The country around New Haven re-
sembles Orange county very much. Twas
much entertained few afternoons since
in examining a rock fence. 1t was not so
good as the rock walls about Chapel Hill
yet [ could but imagine that our good
Dr. Mitchell carried the pattern to Chapel
Hill.
The political fever is very high here
This week Carl Schurz made a mastery
appeal to the independents. He is noble
speaker He stands about six feet ard
looks very graceful with his thur bs in
the pockets of his trousers. The were
no jokes told. The crowd was held by his
powerful logic and faultless English.
rostrum, about fifty of whom were ladies.
1t looks odd to see a woman walk deliber-
ately upon the rOStrum and take her seat
ready to vote, | suppose.
The independent party IS doing very
hard work. | was surprised to see that
this city had no system about making
streets. There is legend associated with
the founders when they were laying off the
city, much like the one about the foun-
ders of the University. The consequence
is we get lost frequently. On one occa-
sion man from Prince Edwards Island
came to my rescue. He seemed delighted
to learn that | was from the South. My
accent and frequent use Of the word
''right' amused him very much.
1t seems to me that we meet everything
here In our department Of study there
are two negroes, one Indian, one Japanese,
several Welshmen, St. John men, Belva
Lockwood's man, and nephew of Horace
Greeley. Mr. Greeley is our eccentric man.
He seems to think it mark of genius to
be odd in his dress. He is a Republican.
The most eloquent minister of New Ha-
ven, DR.. Peck, is Methodist. | was
much pleased to hear him refer to Judge
Merrimon in one of his mastery climaxes.
Thus it is. By degrees our great men are
! forcing themselves into recognition once
more.
Special among the many great advan-
tages of this place I consider the privilege
of studying German under DR.. Heness.
| He is a scholar in the true sense-and to
| him may be attributed the Natural
| Method' of studying languages. The man
whose name is identified with that method
was a pupil of DR.. Heness. The Doctor is
! the columbus of the method.
CHAPEL HILL.
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The Mourner's Bench.

Mr.. w. Duke, of Durham, came down
Thursday and spent several hours at
the Exposition. 81 think it is a grand
thing said Mr.. Duke, land now our own
people ought to patrOnize our own manu-
facturers. Six weeks ago we established
a cigarette factory in New York where we
are now working nearly three hundred
hands, and all the cigarettes that are
made there are sold in New York City !;
and sold, too, as fast as we can make
them and, as soon as we get our new
factory completed at Durham, we want
four hundred additional girls to make ci
garettes We regret that we couldn't
make an exhibit at the Exposition, but
were so busy that it was impossible to do
SO. North Carolina is going to be the
leading State in the Union," said Mr..
Duke. ''All we want is four more years
of good Republican rule. We must try
Blaine four years, and then if you Demo
Gratis will get right, and we can afford to
risk the government we will be willing to
turn it over to YOU" Mr.. Duke then told
several good jokes and smilingly resumed
his sight seeing. Coming back a few min
utes later, Mr.. Duke said: 81 tell you, your
man Ransom is a dangerous man to send
out speaking. He made great speech IN
Durham, and some of the boys said that
they thought if they had called for mour-
ners after his speech that l would have
gore up. Considering how bad you all
need them, don't you think they ought to
have called for them 2"
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GOOD ELL n w WATEIeS.
A Large Display of Excellent Wood
Working Machinery.

In the centre of Machinery Hall is a
very extensive display of machinery made
by Messrs. Goodell u Waters OF Philadei :
phia. The first thing noticeable is a very
simple but convenient and substantial
flooring machine, the next implement is a
No. 2, 90 inch four-roll single s-urfacer
and hatcher; then comes a No. 2, care
fully built compact planer and hatcher;
the next is new machine recently patent
ed, "a inch endless bed surfacer, eXhib-
tied here for the first time. Then comes
finishing planer designed for cabinet
makers, carriage makers or any shop
where fine work is needed. The next i'm
plement is a new Patent SO inch hand
saw. and near it is new Bracket hand
saw. These machines are being used eX-
tensively.
A new 7 inch molder built from entirely
new patterns and a single spindle reversi-
BILE shaper are also exhibited. And among
other machines are Amsbury's hand saw
filing machine and setting machine, and
an automatic knife grinder and an adjus-
table top saw table.
All these machines are models of skilled
mechanism, made from the very best ma
terial and furnished to the trade through
travelling statesmen as low as good work
can be had anywhere.
Messrs Goodell & Waters are already
interested in North Carolina manufactures
being large stockholders in the North Car
olina Car Works here. Mr. Daniel A.
Waters is one of the directors of the COM
pany. Mr.. VIM. G. Vernon, a member
of the firm, who has spent the month
here expresses himself as being highly
gratifed with the Exposition. ''It costs
lots of money!" said Mr.. Vernon, ''to
make such an exhibit as we have, but we
find that nothing pays better than adver
tising and our display here has done US
GOOD ,,
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The New Secretary.

Hon. Hugh McCulloch, who has been
made Secretary of the Treasury, vice Mr..
Folger deceased, is about seventy-four
years of age, but is still a man of active
habits and vigorous health. He was born
in Maine; removed to Indiana and was a
banker there till 1868, when President
Lincoln appointed him comptroller of the
currency. He was appointed Secretary OF
the Treasury by President Lincoln on the
7th of March, 1865, and held that office
throughout President Johnson's admins
tration until succeeded by Secretary Bout
well, under President Grant, March II,
1869 Mr. McCulloch then established in
London the banking house of Jay Cooke,
McCulloch & Co., with which he contin-
ued until the suspension of the American
firm Of Jay Cooke IL Co., in 1878, when
the London house reorganized under the
name of McCulloch & Co.
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No Effect on Business.
Herald Editorial.

One thing is certain. The election alone
is not going to affect the markets perma-
nently. The business Of the country IS
too large to be governed by the so-called
policy Of parties as expressed in political
platforms. The election of Blaine will
not bring prosperity; the choice Of Cleve-
land will not send the industries of the
land to the dogs. They who claim these
results talk foolishness, and belittle the
strength Of what they assume to have
under their care We advise all, however,
to keep out of the markets until after the
election. There are men who have an in
terest in manipulating the markets in the
meantime
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Fire at Exposition.

We, the undersigned were appointed by
the managers Of the North Carolina State
Exposition to witness the fire test of the
magneso calcite Fire Proof Safes exhibited
by Messrs. J. w. Denmark Il Co.
We state that cord and half of dried
pine wood was piled on a bond and note
case 14x8x9 inches exterior measure, and
the case was subjected to an intense heat
for one hour and twenty five minutes,
the box being red a good part of the
time. When opened the contents, con
sisting of written and printed cards, let
ters, tissue paper, pocket knives and
matches were uninjured. The iron case en-
closing the fire proof material was one
eighth Of an inch thick, and the material
itself one and half inches thick.
$Foi t. + :: 5: =; ni$$$5, nif$$; %$$5, Committee
Oct 20 1854
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THE CLOSING DAY.
Good Number of Visitors Presen, Mt
the Lively Tobacco Sale at the Expo
sitIOn.

The trains Saturday carried quite i
number visitors 10 the Exposition. who
wished to see the last Of North Carolina ;
greatest industrial show, At the grounds
everything was confusion, everybody was
busy packing up and the handsome county
exhibits were no longer attractive
The exhibitors looked sad and the yisi-
tors couldn't hide their regret at witness
ing the close of the greatest month i'll onr
recent history.
The principal feature was the to-
bacco sale conducted by Mr. J. S Lock
hart. At - O'Clock, in front of the War
rem exhibit, Mr.. Garland Webb announced
that the sale would begin. In an instant
nearly everybody in the building rushed
there. The first lot sold was 10 lbs Of
bright Warren county wrappers bought
by J. W. Blackwell at $3.50; the next
was 10 lbs. donated to the oxford Orphan
Asylum, by Mr. F. H. Allen of Warren
county. This brought S34. 30 BLACK
wells Golden Belt Cigarettes being the
purchaser. Several other lots were sold
from Warren Then two lots from Chat
ham at $1,000 and $500. Caldwell's
specimens was sold at S39. 30 to The Black
we'll Durham Tobacco Company. Several
lots at Rockingham's exhibit were the
next, the price ranging from $40 90 to
SoO.OO ana the Golden Belt Cigarette
was the buyers. Franklin's bright cutters
brought $1,000, bought by Mr.. J. S. Carr.
lot Of Davidson's bright golden leaf
sold at $4,000 to the Golden Belt Ciga-
rette, and several lots of Catawba weed at
prices ranging from $50. 90 to 80. 90. Two
lots Of Wake tobacco sold at Wakes eX-
hibit at S42.O and 200, Messrs Dib-
brell Bros. Il Co. were the buyers.
Messrs. Lockhart, Carr, Reams, Webb,
Walker, Puryear and Blackwell, from
Durham, We're present; and Capt Elling
ton, Of Reidsville, and Mr. BlacknalI, of
Kittrells, were among the bidders. The
sale was very lively and greatly enjoyed
by all present.
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Whit Gen. Clingman Saws.

Gen. I. l.. Cllngman, vigorous in his
general health, interesting and voluminous
in his talk, is preaching his tobacco cure
as matter Of great benefit to suffering
humanity the most unselfish zeal.
eff | could patent it, or cared to-" said
he, 81 should become the richest man in
the world More copies Of his article on
the tobacco cure have been published per-
haps than Of any similar article ever writ
ten in America. About politics, Gen.
Clingman expressed himself hopefully of
the election of Cleveland, and as sure of
the election of Gen. Scales. 1.-The national
election, he said lis a treacherous thing
to bet on. There are so many disturbing
elements | think old Ben Butler has
played out. and st. John will no doubt
take away i good many votes from Blaine.
The prohibitionists are a stubborn set Of
fellows and h@1i on to their idea with
tenacity The Butler men are floating
particles that are easily picked up and
they as easily Slip away. The Democrats
lack the strength that great rcsolute
these late years would have given them-il
man with Thurman's ability and Bayard's S
ambition combined a man Of resolution
like Clay or Benton y
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Sunday night the residence Of Mrs. K. T.
Jones, who lives about five miles north
east of Raleigh, together with all her fur
niture, was totally destroyed by fire Mrs.
Jones and her children retired early in
the night. They awoke about % O'Clock
and found that the house was on fire and
that the fire had made such headway as
to render it difficult to escape and rescue
the children. They were all saved un-
her clothes, even the dress she wore
Sunday, were consumed.
1t is thought that an incendiary set fire
TO the house. Mrs. JOnes's friends here
and elsewhere will sympathize with her in
her misfortune.
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Old Joe Brown Talks Sense.

ATLANTA, GA, Oct 29-At the Demo
cratic mass meeting here last night United
States Senator Joseph +. Brown replied
at length to Mr.. Blaines recent charges
that the colored voters in the South were
not permitted representation in the cleo
toral college. Senator Brown said that in
the sixteen Southern States there are
about one million of colored Republican
voters, who form a large minority Of the
total vote of these sixteen States. III six
teen Northern States, making due allow
ances for Republican majorities, there
were /, 900, 9S5 Democratic voters who had
not been represented in the electoral col
lege in "A years. If Mr.. Blaine had a
right to complain because a minority of
one million voters in the South were not
represented in the electoral college, there
was much greater cause of complaint
when double that number of voters in the
North had been unrepresented for "a
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-11-08
LYNCH burg Tobacco Trade.

LYNCHBURG, VA, Oct. 27.-The tobacco
trade here is very much depressed. While
manufacturing is more active than it is re
ported in other tobacco centres few sales
are being made owing to / he difficulty of
making collections. TheTeport of the in
ternal revenue collector for the last week
shows less than $4,000 collected on to-
bacco, a sum unprecedentedly small for
the season. The leaf trade is also depress-
ed by the drought, which has had no
abatement here for over two months.
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CALDWELL COUNTY.
Notes on rs Location Products, People
and Opportunities.

A few months ago the Chester & Lenoir
Narrow Guage Railroad wended its way
down to Lenoir, the pretty little capital
OF Caldwell county, and in fitting way
the people turned out and celebrated the
most important event that had ever hap
pened to these excellent people. Caldwell
is one of the rich counties belonging to
the Western division. 1t has Al, ,405 acres
Of farm lands valued at 81 1S3, ,42S and
On these lands nearly everything that
grows can be successfully cultivated.
Through the county runs what is known
as the frOstless belt Here fruits are never
killed and all manner of vegetation grows
in abundance
Some Of the best fruits and also good
cultivation of excellent farm products
were shown in Caldwells' exhibit in the
eastern centre isle of the main building
of the Exposition.
4 great variety Of grasses are also
shown THE noted queen of the
meadow twelve feet high with a crown of
purple flowers, clover that grows five feet
high, and timothy as fine as is raised any
where IN the country. Nuggets Of gold
worth $500 are also exhibited. Among
other specimens Of minerals, which give
an idea Of the county's wealth in mineral
deposits. Specimens of tobacco, cotton,
flax, hemp, fruits, honey, native roots
and herbs, vegetables, ears Of corn Is
inches long, and various other things, all
Of which have been nicely displayed by
DIR. +. L. Beall, of Lenoir, who has the
countys exhibit in charge. Our county
has almost unlimited resources" said DR..
Beall. With the Yadkin, the Catawba
and the Johns rivers, together with their
tributaries, it is one Of the best watered
counties in the State The mountain
scenery IS grand. Our climate is so good
and our valleys SO fertile that we can
grow almost anything we want. | have
drank out of a spring on Grandfather
mountain whose waters divide, part flow
ing down to the Atlantic, the other wend
ing its way to the Mississippi and through
it into the Gulf of Mexico. The county
has total population OF 10,291, and the
people are keeping pace with the new day
in North Carolina
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THE GREAT DEMOCRACY.
SOME FIGURES WHICH SHOW
HOW STRONG 1T -.


'''os~ W AsNFuohs0u NUM-
There arc now Democratic Governor
States, while twelve Northern States hav,
Republican Governors.
IN the House of Representatives ihs
Democratic majority consists Of p3 Repro
seutatlves from IL Northern States and
iu3 from Ia southern States.
In is~a the total vote of the Sorthcrr
States Was pcmocratic, a.6ia. i7a; Re
publican, =, SOS. 2o2, Democratic maioritJ
III the Northern States, a.e-o. And Thu
does not count the phenomenal majoritd
of Cleveland III New York. tho vote fol
Congress In isSe having been takenl
C!cvcland's majority would give tho Dal
mocracy over i0o, 600 majority in thsl
North alone
The vote of the Southern States in iss.|
was bcmocratlc, i,3s3, ,es2, Republican,
26e. 2g3.
Total vote in 1859, North and South
Democratic 3, 996, ils. Republican 1867.
is5; Democratic majority. 43s, ,6i9. IL
appears, then. that the Democratic party
are IN a majority IN the Northern Stat.s
alone, and Il the people had the right te|
elect "a President by popular vote the,I
would elect Democrat.
The Democrats in all the Northcrf1
States, except SIX. have had no ruprcscn
tatiyc ia the electoral college for twenty
five years The electoral college il an
exact representation ot the membcrshiI|
Of both houses Of Congress Each StatsI
las a. many electors ~ she has SENATOR
and Representatives
The total number of electors and alss
Of Senators and Representatives Is exactl,I
the same-to wit. 40i.
In Congress the Democrats havo-
senator's ...... 3t|
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Durham Still Ahead.

Capt. E. J. Parish has purchased one
fourth of an acre of land adjoining the
lot on which his warehouse in Durham
stands at cost of 81 900, and will imme-
diately commence building an extensive
addition to his already commodious ware
house When the new addition is com
pleted his warehouse will be 56 feet wide
and $50 feet long, giving him 20, 100
square feet of room for sales. The Parish
warehouse will then be the largest to-
bacco warehouse in the South.
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November IL.

This is the day that has been set apart
for the grand opening sale at the new
Capital tobacco warehouse of Messrs. I.
Norman Jones & CO. 1t will be an occa-
sion of great Importance in Raleigh. There
will be buyers from this and adjacent
markets, large lot of tobacco, and a pro-
gramme as interesting as so important an
event demands. The enterprising ware
house firm will make it big day.
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BALTIMORE, Oct. 29.-Fallen forest
leaves are giving the Maryland Central
Railroad trains trouble. For the past day
or two the trains have been delayed by
the accumulation of leaves on the tracks
at steep grades and deep cuts in Baltimore
county. The slippery debris has made it
difficult for the locomotives to make time
on their trips