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WASHINGTON LETTER.
From cir Regular Correspondent
For tin Democii.vt:
Chief Justice Miller has con
rented to delicr the address
to Congress when iteelebratos
its centennial Wednesday.
One lnndred years of Con
gress is a theme, that almost
any nam could become elo
quent over, and the people
are epectiug something
great fr .mi the Chief Justice.
Admittance into the Capitol
is to be by ticket only, and
already it is almost impossi
ble to obtain them.
Sergea a t-n t-A r m s Lee
dom of t.ie House of Repre
sentatives has the sympa
thy of everybody here in the
misfortune, .that overtook
liim just i8 he was prepar
ing to turn his office over to
Mr. Holmes' his newly elect
ed Republican successor. C. E.
Silcott, who has been Cashier
of Mr. Leedoms office for six
years and who has handled
during- that time more than
$30,000,000 has turned thief
and absconded with about
$75,000 of somebody else's
money. Whose money, and
who will have tobeartheloss
is as yet a very fine legal
problem. The money was
drawn from the Trenwury by
Silcott on salary receipts
signed by Members of the
House of Representatives,
and the Treasury officials
claim that the men who sign
ed the receipts will have to
Ktand the loss, while the Rep
resell tatives are generally of
the opinion that the loss
should fall on the Govern
ment, and that the Govern
ment will have to take its
chances of recovering the
money from Mr. 'Leedom.
Several Treasury experts are
now assisting a committee of
the House to investigate the
books of the ' Sergea nt-at
Arms. As soon as their re
port is made the House will
take,, some acton. (iamb
ling and women were the
cause of Silcoot's ruin. He
is supposed to be in Can
ada. The nomination of Judge
D. J Brewer, of Kansas, to
be associate Justice of the
Supreme Court was a com
plete surprise to everyone
here, except the KansasSen
ators. It Mas hardly a wel
come surprise either to ma
ny of the Republicans. The
fact that Judge Brewer is a
rampant prohibitionist adds
nothing to the popularity of
bin nomination. There is no Fuller' addres to Congp
opposition to his eonfirma- Wednesday. K.
t ion, whi h w ill probably be '' i'mlterthe&th. JSS.9.
pushed light through. j
No official notice of t ej 15ILLY MAIIONE.
death of Jefferson Davis was!
taken here, notwithstanding! Billy Mahone could not get
his having once WnSeeretn-i to Ih Governor of Va . and
ry of War, and quite a sen-jsohe has come to We.l,,n
nation was created in MimejN C. to snerintend the eon
quarters because a lady liv-lhtruction of ,i canal t til t i I
ing several squares from thejizethe great water .power
Capitol, saw fit to drain the, on the Roanoke at that
irom oi ner nouse m mourn-
ing. .
Senator Voorhets is "load
ed for bear" on the tariff
question. He offered a pre-
uir.de and resolution in the
Senate setting forth te fact
that all existing tariff taxes
on foreign men-hand is"
should be so revised, repeal
ed or amended as to provide
First, for the colle ction of a
sufficient revenue to pay the
expenses of the Government
economically administered,
the principal and interest tf
the public debt as they fall
due, and liberal pensions,
but not ac'ollar more; second,
for the taxatioi of all arti
cles of luxury at the highest
practicable rates and for the
reduction of taxes on all nec
essaries of civilized life to the
lowest possible rates consist
ent with a taiff for revenue
only; third, for the curtail
ment and overthrow as far
as possible of 'all monopo
lies in trade by the enlarge
ment of the free list. Mr.
Voorhees ,ave notice that he
would at some future time
call up the resolution and ad
dress the Senate thereon.
His speeches a real ways worth
listening to.
A deluge of Federal elec
tion bids have already been
introduced in the Senate. It
is safe to predict that none
of them will ever pass the
House.
Speaker Reed has announc
ed the House committee on
Rules, Accounts and enrolled
bills. It is not thought that
the complete list of commit
tees will be completed before
the holiday recess. The
Democratic membeis of the
committee on Rules are ex
Speakers Carlisle and Ran
dall. The Civil Service law seems
in a fair way to catch it
from both parties in the Sen
ate. Senator Vance has in
troduced a bill f r its repeal,
and Senator Paddock one re
moving the Railway Mail
Service from its jurisdiction.
Both gentlemen state' that
the lnw is a humlug, and
that its strict" enforcement
would be directly in opposi
tion to our whole system of
Government. When two
men usually as far apart as
these two agree, there is food
for thought in the subject of
agreement.
Ex-Speaker Carlisle .takes
back his old place of Demo
cratic leader, on the floor of
t he House, with is nineh e.-isse
i - ' i i i ' i . '
umi.c.uMieKouiL uu a ,
to accept the sjeake'-ship. j
No man ever had a stronger
jhoUonhi,,..;.. asoei,,tf
j iii Congress than Mr. (.arlisle
lias.
! The President
'President are in
I
and Vice
Chicago. !
i
j They both expect to return j
1 in t i:ne to hear Chief Justice
place. Maiione lias, lor a
number of years Wen intei
ested in the town of Wei. Ion
and has made several visits
j theie. dm big t visit several
years ago the little Gen. had
quite a I vely experience,
whi h ought to make a deep
impression of him. Mahone
was milking along the side
walk one rainy afternoon, a
big burly engineer who was
at the depot waiting th
time for the departure oi his
train, walked across the
street, approached the 10."lb
Gen. lift ing his hat and bow
ing politely: '"Why howdy'
General, 1 have not seen von
in a long time." Mahone
hatted the engineer, held out
his hand and said in a fa m l
iartone: ''Don't you know
me General" Mahone only
l.iok d at him with indigna
tion. Don't you know John
R. I was in your command
during the war, "don't you
remember me" pleaded the
etigintvr. Mahone smote his
long beard and in a very in
dignant. manner said: "No
(in you 1 know nothing
about you," ".See here,';
shouted the em a grid engineer
"you can't curse us like you
used to General," and seiz
ing the little Gen. tossed him
ten yards into the muddy
street, 'mid the shouts and
laughter of all present.
Boone N. C.
Dhc. lath. 1880.
Editor Dkmockat:
1 find Watauga county in
a prosperous and thriving
condition, notwithstanding
hard iimes. ; ut the mail fa
cilities are in a worse condi
tion here than any place 1
have ever been. Since I have
been here I have not been
able to get mail hro:igh
from Bakersville, a distance
of 50 miles, under 10 days.
There is a through mail
from Boone to Plum Tree 3
times a week, I have received
my mail from there in 0
days; I have been here
weeks oh business connected
with my office and have not
yet been able to get mail
through toGreenesboro N.C.
and return. There ia neglect
and violation of the Postal
service some where among
P. M's. 1 think it would be
well for a U. S. P. O. Detec
tive to look up matters in
general as the public cannot
endure such treatment any
longer. W. II. Greer,
U. S. Deputy Marshal.
Children will freely take Dr. J. H
M(.Ix.an-K Tj. Wine Blood Unlm
unlike cough svrup, it contains
;o opium, will soothe nud heal
r "'
iviiie.ly.
Sick headache, wind on the
stomach, biliousness nausea.
nre Pro,l'Ptl.v nud agreeably
1 o n !uho 1 K 111 T 11 f nl jjci ii ' o
Litt!e ft.-,j nwy 1MlleU
twenty five its. a vial.
Clips. Marry A Gentleman.
Civility goes a great way
toward making friend and; It wnse.t-el'ent advice that
keeping them. 'was lately ii,ien toyoung la-
I j
A busmess man keeps cop-:
. ies of idl important letters
j writ ten by him and caiefully .
, preserve nil which he re-ei,'es
j - j
j Restlessness and fretfuh.es j
hiuder godliness The verv :
restless will never be very
godly; the very godly will
never I e very resiles. "IV
:!i:i,
idod.
j Til know tli.it I am
Cunning leads to knavery;
it is but a step from one to
the other, and that very slip
pery; lying only makes the
difference; add that to cun
ning, and it is knavery.
All prf-aching starts from
"Christ crucified" and returns
to that. It is no narrow
Ili'Vife, but a swivel gun that
may be swung in any direc
tion and directed to evcrv
piactical issue of life.
Stanley and Emin Pasha
have reached Zanzibar. Just
as they got there Emin had
the mishap to fall from a bal
cony and seriously injured
him. He may die.
Dom Pedro has arrived
in Portugal. He still claims
the throne' of Brazil says
ihathehas r.ot abdicated.
There have been disturban
ces in Brazil. Eight men
were sh.)t.
Washington Notes.
Senator Vance has re-intro
liuced his bill to repeal the
civil service law. One of the
Senator's ablest speeches
w as made in support of this
same bill last winter, and a
similar brilliant effort may
bo looked for when the bill
comes up for consideration
in this Congress. The law
will not bo repealed but it is
very probable that the large
additional appropriation
asked for by the civil service
Com mission 'will be refused.
Dr. Mott, W. W. Mott,
Loge Harris, collector Eaves
find other prominent Repub
licans, are in the city. Loge
Harris wants to be Reading
Clerk of the House. Many
have come to further the
confirmation of their friends
whose names are before the
Senate.
The North Carol inn Repub
lican Association met here
last night and passed resolu
tions expressing their ap
preciation of that part of the
President's message relating
to the South. Messrs. W. P.
Cannady, John Nichols and
John Smythe (a negro)
was apponited a committee
of three to convey to the
Executive this resolution of
approval.
leu me ye win gey wiiwsjfuturo." (Jen. Bruce was for
that 'round my pathway ' merlv a State Senator in Ala
whiz, oh, is there not some!
lonely spot where perfect qui-:r,ms of h""""! trust in
I . .ii i. ' . the Republican part v. Thus
et is some still retreat,1,. 1 . .
I ,. , , i.the campaign of ir.ucation
, some sohtude that s covered !ro,ls uonjX) j)nd hy on(1
.thick with flies? on bet there theyse the emu of their way
is. go watch the store that and flee from them. French
'doesift advertise. Courier 'Broad Voire,
dies .ii-ging them to marry a j
gentleman Or not marry at
all. The word is ustl in its
broad"st. tilled sense. It did
iiot ha ve reference to those
who have fine raiment and
white hands and the vaneer-
in of society polish. nierelv
to enCtle them to the distinc
fion, but to those possessed
of true, manly and noblequal
itics, however ha id their
hands and sun-browned their
faces.
A 1 rue gentleman is gener
ous and unselfish. He regards
another's happiness and wel
fare as well lis his own. You
will -see 1 h trait running
through all his actions. A
man who is a bear at homea
niong his sisters, and discour
teous to his mother, is just
the man to avoid when you
come to the great question
which is to be answered yes
or no.
A man may be ever so rus
tic in his earl 3' surroundings,
if he is a true gentleman he
will not bring a blush to your
check in any society by his
absurd behavior. There is an
instinctive politeness inhe
rent insu'-h a character which
everywhere demands respect,
and makes the owner pass
for what he is, one of nature's
liolaemen. Do not despair
girls, there are such men still
in the world. You need not
die (id maids, But wait until
the prince passes by. There
is no harm in delay.
You will not be apt to find
him in the ball-room, and I
know ho will never be seen
walking up from the liquor
saloon. Nor is he a champi
on billiard player. He has
not had time to become a
"champion," for he had too
much honest, earnest work
to do. in the world. I have
always observed that the
"champions" were sldom
good for much else. E.y.
Gen. J. 1?. Bruce Dec lares his
Allegiance to the Demo
critic Party,
Gen. J. B. Bruce of Pulas
ki, Tenn., a gallant Union
general, and a life-long Re
publican, and one of the
most influential members of
his party in that State, has
come over to the ranks of De
mocracy. In a letter announ
cing his change of polities he
says he has "Come to the con
elusion that the Republican
party is a sham and a fraud.'
Continuing, (Jen Bruce says:
'There is too much violation
of Civil service law, too much
boodle in t he management of
the Pension Office, and too
much tilriff to suit the mass
es of the American people.
The Democratic party is the
only party for the people,
and with that party I pro-
pose to act ami vote in the
bama. and has held many
BACK BITING
What an ugly, long, conv
poinded word, ami thelexi-
cogrophers have not honor
is! (he word enong'i to (('
ni'ct the two jnrf3Vmi a by .
pheu and classify it us coin-
pOIUKl,
The- word has an ngljr f ' i ,
ird yet the x rson vh'O pii(-
ices the thing is uglier than
the word or its sound. It implies-
,i sneaking cur th.it
wlips up ltthind and kuaVr
.rot? unexpectedly. It is n hit
man dog walking upon I wu
fc, assuming an upright po
sition, but posvssing ' dowil
right" nature.
Men, and women too, who
goftfout inacomiTiufif.t
dlifig in neighborhood gos.iii
and trying to hatch scandals
out of imaginary ovarid,
ought to be condemned by'
the voice of a free people ti
be nibbled todeoibby young
tadpoles in a Htagnrd frog
pond.-Ruthcrford College
zetfev
Far better tliaa the narnh.-
treatment of medicines wLuh
horribly griie the patient ami
destroy the coaling i;t the stoin-
ache. nr. .J. 'i-ui s thwl- uici
fever cure. Iiv milt! et elitvtive
action will cure. Nold ut. utty
cents u pottle.
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BIG BANK-ilUPT SALE!
Oil Tuesday, Dee., 17thr
1889 purchaser, look to
your interest. An opportu-'
nity now offered to buy
goods at your own price.
The entire stock of hard--ware
recently o-wncd by J. F.
Norn's, at Elk Park, X. C,
will be sold at public auction
commencing on- tliel 7th- day
of December HST, mid to
continue from day to day
until closed out. This valu
able stock of hard waii con
sists of every nice line of
goods selected with the grea t
est care ' and suited to t he
needs of every one. Such an
opportunity to buy good sat'
your own .ii has never
been offered in this part of
the State. There will aW
be sold at public auction at
the same time a latge lof o
first class Boots, Shoes, Hats'
and Ready made clothing.
The goods inusf'be sold re-'
gaidless of price, and it wilK
pay every one to attend and'
get bargains scy as have
never baen known in Western
N. C. Merchants will find
it to their interest to attend'
this sale, as the goods are
first-class and will be sold
for less money than can be
bought at the manufactories
for. Farmer? and S&clu'tt
ics will serve- their interest
to be present, as everything
can be bought ut prices never
before known. Let every one
come to the Great Auction
Sale, get good bargains and
go home happv.
IS. J. BANNER, Assignee
of J. F. N!rris
December 6th ISSS-
Krox-isure to rough weather, g It-
ting wet, living in ' da Kip h id-.
j ti s sire favorable to the co-itine-jtionnf
diseases of the kJdneys'
jnud bladder. As a preventive
;jiiidSbr the cure of all kidney
; a nd ifver trouble, use that valua
ble remedy. Dr. J. H. McIjcanVi
liver and khlney balm. f1.(!vi
jxirbol tie.