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WASHINGTON LETTER.
From oar Regular Coneipondent
For tho Democrat:
Tim gtoat Congressional
fight is now fairly on, jndtho
donio'Tiitie members of t lit
House are battling: nobly for
the govei anient of the House1
before going; nny farther
with legislation, and they
have, in caucus, determined
to stand by their guns to the
bitter end. Of eourse they
recognize the fact that if the
republicans succeed in their
intention of seating; nil the
republican contestants be
fore the Utiles are adopted,
they can then adopt any sort
of rules they may desire, but
they will have a hard time be
fore they do it. With all of
Speoker Heed's unfair decis
ions it took them three daysj
to get the contested election
case of Smith vs. Jackson be
fore the House. The tight
has been very exciting;, and
the most dramatic scenes
have been frequented on tho
floor of t ho House. "Stand
by your guns'', is what. ex
Speaker Randall wrote from
his sick-room to the demo
crat ie caucus. Representa
tive Rynum, of India .ia. but
voiced the sentiment of his
democratic colleagues when
he said: "You, sir. (pointing;
to the Speaker,) have viola
ted more than any man on
this floor, parliamentary
rules and practices. You
may con .innate what you
have undertaken. You have
the power, backed by a mob
on the floor of this liou.se.
Men have tried toconsumate
&uch proceeding's before. At
the hour of midnight, a Fed
eral judge made a ruling
which perpetuated the repub
lican party in power, but his
name is now forgotten; and
more than that, this proceed
ing; is keeping; with the prac
tice of your party, it is in
keeping; with your action
when 3 on stole the Presiden
cy. You have gone forward
You hnvo usurped power.
You have mutilated the rec
ord of tho House in order to
carry out the behests of the
chairman of the national re
publican committee to turn
out the Representatives of
the people elected to seats on
this floor. Now proceed in
this matter, but in the lan
guage of the immortal Em
met t, we propose to dispute
every inch of ground, burn
every blade of grass, and the
last entrenchment of liberty
shall be our grave."
Ex-Speaker Carlisle is now
engaged in drawing up an ad
dress to the public in justifi
cation of the action of the
democrats of thellouse in re
sisting Speaker Reed's usur
pation. There is also talk of
making a test case in order
to have the Supreme Court
decide upon theconstitution
ality of Mr. Reeds action.
Many republicans openly
condemn Speaker Reed's con
ductand at least two mem
bers of the Cabinet (Blaine
and Rusk) are known to be
opposed to it. The dem
ocratic Senators are aiding
the members of the House in
every way possible.
The President and Secreta
ry Noble are greatly alarm
ed over tie condition of af-
fairs in Oklahoma, and anx
ious that immediate action
shall le taken on thoOklnhirr
ma . tows site bill, which
hasalready passed the House
also the bill providing for
a territorial form if govern
ment for Oklahoma now pen
ding in both House ami Sen
ate. It is expected that the House
committee on Reform in the
civil service will to-day set a
day for beginning the inves
tigation of the civil service
commission-
Secretary YVindom is said
to be very much chagrined
at the opposition already
developed to hfcs silver bill,
and Mr. Harrison has be-1
"iiiiK1 so badly frightened at
the outlook that he has
changed his mind about send
ing a special message to Con
gress in its fa vor.
Secretary Rusk has receiv
ed from Europe a largo con
signment of silk-worm eggs,
lie will distribute them free
to all persons desiring to
to raise silk-worms. He will
also furnish books of instruc
tions in silk culture to appli
cants for them.
Ex-Senator Piatt, of Now
York, paid Washington an
unexpected visit last week,
and all the republican politi
tians are cudgelling their
brains toknow what brought
him here.
Representative Dibble, of
S.C., has a bill before the
House committee on theelec
tion of President and Vice
President, which provides for
two Vice-Presidents. In ar
guing in favor of his bill, Mr.
Dibble stated that the Uni
ted Mates has been without
a Vice-President twenty-five
years during its one hundred
of existence.
Senators Yaneoninl Hamp
ton spoke on the race ques
tion last week in reply to the
recent speech of Senator In
galls on the same subject.
Mr. Vance was the recipient
of a very handsome basket
of roses, attatehed to which
was a card with the follow
ing inscription : "To the Hon.
Z. R. Vance, the honorable,
faithful and impartial defen
der of the welfare of the sons
of Ham.
Representative McAdoo, of
New Jersey, thinks his resolu
tion providing for the hold
ing of Presidential and Con
gressional elections on the
third Tuesday in October
would accomplish grear good
by preventing national elec
tions from conflicting with
local elections.
' Washington, Fob. r.
Harrison is very fond of
Republican editors who did
so mutch blowing for him in
18N8. He has rewarded a
score or so with fat offices.
The latest is C. E. Smith, who
runs that bitter radical sleet
the Philadelphia Pious.. He
has been offered he Russian
mission, that go ?s a begging.
It has been pivv-iously ten
tiered to that jackanapes
Shephnrd, of a New York
evening sheet of some kind.
Mcwngev.
When nat av falteis and re
qures help, recruit her enfeebled
energies with Dr. J. M. M Lean's
strengthening Cordial and blood
purifier $1.00 per bottle.
ki:mimsi:k( xs, cogitation
a:;d news items.
Nl'MUKU VI.
Fol tltO lh-UHH Vilt.
I promised to tell your read
ers about Dengue.
It is a disease confined to
cities, does not spread itself
over country and city, as En
iripio does. It isiiot annn-l
mini, nor even a septenial. It!
seldom visits a city a second j
time. It is not like the chol-i
era, a traveler, visiting all j
parts of the world by fre-l
quontod paths or highways,
but comes to a single city,
and quietly and effectually!
visits everv household in it.'
It is therefore a contagious!
disease, confined to a small
district. 1 said I knew what
Dengue is. I have had it, and
can tell from experience, as
well as observation, how it
works.
At first the victim of the
disease feels a pain in the
back part of the head, which
soon extends too, and down
the spinal column and thence
all over 1 he body, till the
very marrow in the bones
seems to feel the pain. Hence
the name in English Rreak
bone Fever. The patient be
comes thirsty and swallows
water to quench the thirst-,
which fools like dry meal in
the mouth. The fever has a
run of about fourteen days,
on the average some get
well in less time, while others
are confined to the house
three weeks. It is seldom fa
tal. Next to none who are
free from chronic diseases die
of it. When thedisease visit
ed Memphis, Tennessee, as it
did in 1861, the physicians
estimated that not more
than throe per cent, of the
population of that city es
caped its attack, and only
two, or at most, three deaths
oecured from it.
I said to my companions,
that if the disease attacked
me, I would take a pack.
Some of your readers, Mr.
Editor, may not know what
a "pack" is. To take a pack
one denudes himself of cloth
ing and has a sheet wet in
cold water, thrown over and
placed closely abouthim. He
is then helped on to a bed
and is liberally covered
with warm bed clothes
in order that he may sweat
freely. If a patient does not
sweat readily, hot, bricks or
stones or sad irons a re appli
ed to the feet am body. Af
ter sweating a halfhouror so
the patient is uncovered and
rubbed down with coarse
towels, and soon is in a nor
mal condition.
Well, I was attacked and
took a pack, though my com
panions told me it would kill
me. I went into the pack at
about 11 o'clock, P. M. and
the next morning at 11 o'
clock I was setting type a
gain as well ass ever. It. as
tonished the natives.
New Orleans, Pensacola,
Charleston and some other
southern cities have suffered
from the Dengue. Charles
ton had it bad, only a few
years ago. It is pronounced
as near as I can in nice it
with our English letters,
dougway.
Now some words about the
weii t her. People, and old
people loo, are constantly
saying that never was sneh
a winter known. The ol 1
folks forget. In the winter
of 1K10-1 I was ineold, bleak)
ice-bound New Hampshire. j
Rut one snowfall was ex per-j
ience.l till into February. The;
weather was warm, and there'
was much sunshine. Hut aj
small rainfall was had. Rut'
in February the enow was!
piled snow on snow, and thej
same in March, till there was
seven or eight feet of snow
(in tho ground, which did not
disappear till the middle of
April.
Some fourteen years later.
I remember, but little snow
fell in New England till De
cember 2:2nd. when it was
blizznrdly cold.
Let the reader remember
this is written on the fifth
day of February, while the
warm weather still continues.
Nkws Itkms.
William Al ridge, who went
home wit'v La Grippe, has
returned to his employment.
F. P. Moore & Co. are ad
ding an addition to the rear
of their store. They have
dug a co'.Ier, over which they
will place the new part.
John Henley has the frame
of his two-story house on
Roanoke street up.
("apt. Jordan Cook, lyour
county, has purchased of
J. S. Warner lots 70(5 and
70S, .on Roar. oke street, on
which is a new story-anJ-a-ha
If house. '
Mr. Warner did not sell
him the barn which has been
moved on to lot 710, on
which he now has a, house,
and small building suitable
for a shoe shop, or bed-rom
or kitchen to his 16x21
story-and-a-half house. He
is ready to sell this propei ty
if anv one wants to purchase.
J. S. W.
Linvflle Fi'b. oth.
WHAT IS LIFE?
The mere lapse of years is
not life. To eat, and drink
and sleep, to be exposed to
the darkness and to light,
to pace around in tho mill of
habit and turn th ught into
an implement of trade-thisis
not life. In all this, but a
poor fraction of humanity is
awakened, and the sanctities
still slumber which make it
worth while to be.
Knowledge, truth, love,
beauty, goodness, alone can
give vitality to the mechan
ism of existence. The laugh
of mirth that vibrates
through the hf .rt, tho tears
that freshen the dry wastes
within, the music. that brings
childhood back, the prayer
that calls t he future near, the
doubt that makes us medi
tate, the hardship that forc
es us to struggle, the anxiety
that ends in truth, an agen
cy that is upright and pay
ing, are the true nourish
ment of our natural being.
Select.
Exposure to bad weatlioiyget
t ing wet, living in damp loeal-ti-'s
are favorable to the eontrae
tion i if diseases of the kidneys
and bladder. As a preventive
and for the cure of all kidney
and liver trouble, use thatvrlua
ble remedy. Dr. J. II. McLean's
liver and kidney balm. 1.00
per but tie.
THE RACES OF MAN
KIND. There niv Seveiit v-two of Them
Existing Now All Came
from Asia.
M. do (Juarterfages, tho len
ding French ethnologist, in
presenting thesvond part ofj
Ins "Introduction to thej
Study of the Human Race"
to the Acade-iv of Science,
has given an interesting sum
mary of his general conclu
sions with regard to the ori
gin and distribution of man
kind. Neglecting the minor dif
erences, lie estimates that
there are no fewer than seventy-two
distinct races in the
human species. All these de
scend or branch off from
three fundamental types
the black, the yellow and the
white, which had their origin
at the great central mass of
Northern Asia, which is thus
the cradle of mankind. Rep
resentatives oT these different
types, and the races which
sprang from them, are to be
found there.
The whites, according to
M. doQu.itrofages. appear to
have originated on ;;tho west
of the central mass, the yel
low on the north and the
blacks on the south. The
whites extend westward and
northward, giving birth to
three secondary types, the
Finnish, the Semitic and the
Aryan, if we except the Allo
phylos, which form a differ
ent group. Their area of dis
tribntion is continuous, as is
that of tho yellows, because
of the extensive land surface
of tho Eurasian continent.
The yellows spread eastward
and crossed into America.
The whites and yellows check
ed or blended with each oth
er, producing many varie
ties of man. Tho blacks, or
negro typo, which origina
ted on the south of the cen
tral mass, was forced by the
nature of the continent, and
probably by the attacks of
the whites and yellows, to go
south into Africa, and east
into the Indian archipeligo
Melanesia.
The proto-Scmites arrest
ed their distribution in the
norih of Africa, and the mix
ture of the two races gave
rise to the negroid popula
tion. In the center and
south of Africa the blacks
continued in their ethnic pu
rity until the infiltration of
other races from Europe and
the north of Africa in modern
times. Those which remain
ed in their original home be
came blended with the whites
and yellows, giving rise to
the Dravidian populations
which pass by shades into
the three fundamental types.
As for the Allophyles, rep
resented by the race of Cro
Magnon, they occupied tarts
of Europe and north Africa,
from which they extended to
the Canaries. The three fun
damental types also found
then-selves in Oceania; the
Allophylian whites occupy
ing Polynesia, the blacks Me
lanesia, the yellows Malasia
The latter were, according to
M. de Quntrefngo, the last to
come into the mart ime wo rid
The people of America date
from the quartmary period,
and is due to migration of
different tyjH's Allophylio,
white and yellow, blending
with a local unrternary rn
rs, winch also belonged to
the yellow tyje. Euiope,
since the tertiary ages, has
has received only Aophyli
an whites. Finns and Ary
ans. The number of races
now existing in a pure state
is exceedingly restricted, if,
indeed, there is a single one
which can accepted as such.
Perhaps some little groups,
protected by their isolation,
such as the Mincopies, may
show an identity of charac
ters attesting their ethnic
homogeneity London
Times.
Senator Vance In Anxious Puntiiit of a
Stray Hat.
Senator Vance, of North
Carolina, lost his'hat the
other day. He came out of
the Senate cloak-room bare
headed, with his overcoat on
his arm, parading the eori
dors asking every one he met
if he had seen a tall hat stray
nig about anywhere. He
was asking the question ol
Captain May, thedoorkeeper
at the loby door, when the
page came up with the miss
ing article in his hand. Sen
ator Vance was just saying:
Of course I don't think you
have seen it, you know, but I
was just asking,' like the
man who came into ray office
once when 1 was Governor of
North Carolina. He was a
tram pish looking man, and
his clothing was worn and
seedy, lie looked carefully
around the room, and then
said :
"Governor, you ain't seen
nothin' of a pair of boots a
round here, have you ? I left
'em in that corner last night.
and they ain't there this
morning.'
"I answered that I had not
seen the boots.
"I knowed somed d thief
had stole them,' said the un
known. 'Of course I knowed
it wasn't you, but I just
thought I'd ask. New York
Tvibune.
Is Emigration Compulsory 7
It seems that some of the
colored people are in doubt
as to whether they will be al
lowed to remain in North Ca
rolina or not. Gov. Fowle
has just received the follow
ing remarkable letter.
Kingsboro, N. C. Feb.3
Go v. II 0. Fo wle, Ra high N. C
Dear Sir: Will you be kind
enough to inform me some
thing about the emigration
question, I want to find out
whether or not are we com
peled to emigrate to the
western States. I want to
know all the particulars a
bout this matter. I isn't
satisfied in mind because I
want to stay in my native
State. Rut if we are compelled
to go I want to know in
time. Please answer by re
turn mail and thereby oblige.
Your very obedient servant,
Gen'l M. Bullock.
Are you restless a t night, and
harrassed bv a bad cough? Use
Dr. J. II. McLean's Tar Wine
Lung Dal m, it will secure you
pound aleap, and effect a prompt
and radical cure.