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A Mh tmi rallkbl tmedr fof HEADACHE,
TOOlHAfBl sad MKt'KALUlA. A l.
InH u4 oTr tb painful torfc glrM lm
BdtU MlUf, with Ucalnatlon of th attack.
PrU. . d 0i. 9 kotUa. OB 1AXJI
BT ALL DKUUQISTt.
rrparl only br U KSPHALINI DRUI C.
tviotr. Ntftk Oarellna.
kHlALifofc 1 fcO I iMlihl-1 VItM-k p. m., Susna Kee
Q ton, at the advanced ap;o.
rtLu til years three mo-.iths and
Mr. A. (i. CorpetiMig North j u d iys. Slie was the widow
( 'a tawlia Caldwell Co. N. C. i ol t'iilton Keeton and had
hays, "l write this to say
that the litth bottle of medi
cine called Kephnline is a
plendid remedy for headache
lay whole family use it and
all say that it relieves them."
Mr. Wilson Lantern, Kings
Creek, Caldwell Co. N. C.says
"l have used "Kephnline for
headoiche, toothache and
neuralgia add have never
failed to be relieved, I have
also used it for Colic in doses
of one and two droits with
great benefit."
From Washington Territory.
For the em(X'HAT.
On the morning oftheloth
ofJIareha vrou of 50 in
number, from Watauga and
Ashe, left Johnson City for
the far west, home looked
pale, some were singing and
others crying; so, we went on
journey until Sunday. The
17th we sjent in Chicago, the
Queen City of the great north
w est. As it was St. Fatrick'a
day, and the Irish were going
to celebrate it, we went out
to see the (I rand March, and
grand it was. There were a
bout eight thousand in the
march and all wore uniforms,
it was the most attractive
scene we ever witnessed. In
t lie procession were four bra ss
bands nnd other musical in
struments. When we were
reAd.y to go back to the de
pot we stepped around a cor
ner and left one of our boys,
he did not see us lea ve, and
instead of going back to the
depot, he turned in an oppo
site direction and was finally
lost. After wandering over
the city for some time he ac
cidently ran upon us. Ilis
name is Mon. We saw much
grand scenery while crossing
the Rocky Mountaino the
many high bluffs and pinna
cles and snow 10 inches deep.
Out here it looks like sum
mer, grass is 34 inches high
and all kinds of vegetables
are plentiful
The peach aud j
apple trees are in full bloom,
blossom of all kinds are. o-
llOONi:. V"A r.lT(i A C)l NTY. N. C,
jk'H and everything is green
nud lovely. Farmers mi nil i
through sowing wheat, some!
I.nvea hi tin h.nlev vet to1
smv.
Wis a wonder to see the
emigrants comhur to Vo.xh -
iir-toiiTv from nil pari of
; the world, every train which
i passes through Wnllo Wallo
carrier f rom 300 to 400. 1
will mention the name of a
few of the party that left on
the lath March: lloone Deal
illltl 111 IHII.y , J. a. Hill IMII il llll j "in nn 111' imui mihi'-m-: i . n , wiill-n hit- I inn I V1-
family,.!. It. Fletcher amd cent removal of one cf hin J 1-h Iai:ti repeatedly that aj((1 i)Lno( ratic victn-.y in
wife. Mis. Kime and family. :P.ves. and very sorry toknow ; 'l' "' vimlA be Uhodc Island where the i)em
John A. Miller and wife, - Will I that his neral health is jfdvanta-eously disposni ff ; ocratie candidate for Gov
Patteiron and wife. J. l. Ar-! not the ht,. He is very m r-1 b-v l'" hj;s. s of government ; ,.norha-4 ohtninwl a plurality
nold and wife, Y. (. ("iiurch vou.s and while stmt looks! t)n,!,is-i The Democrats ar-. 0f ov,.r 1,000. Even the L
and wife, Mrs. Xorris and i f-eb!e, and says he does n.,t !R'd that tlit was a lame ishiture is in doubt with a
Mrs. Ilacknev. L. V. Fatter- i feel well, lie did immense la-j d-vie. as holders of govern-: probability that the Demo-
i:on A. J. Triplet. M. t. Xor-j
l is, Y. 1). K ilson, (1. YiIson.
Vx. Ii. (Jrnpjr, (J. Y. Dotson.
A. M. Mast, .J.A.Sutherland,
I). I. Sherrill. Y. Swi;t. M.M.
Norii, Y. D. I?iiii!:er and D.
Must. A. A. II.
TrijiienVN C
April the 10th. 1HS:).
To the Democuat :
Died in Elk township on
'I'll., l.i r Aiit-Mlli. (It!, ,il.t
drawn a pension for the ser
vices of her husband in the
war of 1812. She wan a mem
ber of the Ha pt ist church and
had been a 'bright li.iht in
dark places for many wander
ing feet.
' While she was able to sit
ujshewasa great student
of the Bible atld pondered its
pages day by day.
A friend..
Moraviar, Falls, X. C.
To the editor of Democrat :
We, the peopleof Moravian
Falls, desire to be recognized
through the columns of your
paper. We are having ince
dry weather at present, but
will not grumble at a shower
of rain, as oats wheat &c.
are needing rain very bad
ly. The school at this place is
in a very prosperous condi
tion ; it will close withtht an
mini commencement 'ay the
21st. '89. We hope to a
full attendance from Watau
ga at that time, especially
our old teacher and school
master. The farmer's Alliance has
beer, organized in Wilkes, and
seems to take well with the
farmers.
The lin J'.varehavinga live
ly time, they want the offices.
7Vue enough, they can't be
blamed, for t hey all have been
promised offices.
The 11. It. from Winston to
Wilkesboro seems to be move
ing along slowly, but the
Winston paper says that
they are coming up on the It.
R Christmas to take dinner.
"I glory in their spunk, but
pity their judgment." Long
life to the Democrat.
En-masse.
Senator Vance's Health.
Senator Vanei wlio has been
for some weeks at his country !
home, "Gombroon," in IJun-
combe county, went down
the Western road Saturday
on his way to Washington,
(To a gentlemen who got on'
the tram here he said ho had j
Ieen engaged in preparing
his laml fa-a c.on and in!
iliw prir-g pl.ii'iii . hut that
he. had gotten so hmesoine
all hy lam'-li out in the
! tm.ur.t'.ius (Mrs. Ya-uvh n:,
till in "'Vsbmgtori) that 1.
couldn't stand it any longer,
1 and hud to lea e in senivh of
companionship. Our readers
will le glad to know that ;
j Senator Yance isentirely freej
lor duriiie- ihe short sesion
ui the hist Congress and las."P e.vor.nranr. prices n,
present condition is doubt- j there was noaliernativefor j I
less the result of
Yt- hoi e with all
ovci-vvo. k.
our liMit
...
tii.it the Miaiii.er's
quiie restore him.
Senator
Yance was asked how he
accounted fia- (he rcsuit of
last ueeks ehn-tiuiis through -
out the North and West, atal
answered that it is cleartleit
i'-f omebodv is dissatisfied
-Stnt s r;e I:t!iliiinrk.
Tuning the Kaltis Out
Corporal Tanner, Comniis-j
Kin mot i it' ! Vi r, w :i iinon hcmw i
that Democrats in that office
must walk the blank. In
this policy he is fully backed
up by the Secretary of the In
terior who says: 'Commis
sioner Tanner is not a bit
more radical in his politics
than I am, and I am in thor
ough accord with the Com
missioner in the matter of
making removals of incompe
tent or inefficient Democrats
and the selection of Republi
cans. Tanner believes in tur
lnA" out theex t'onfedeiates
whenever more competent
ITnimi soldiers e;u, heemolnv
ed, and so do I'
Secretary Noble goes on to
say that ISO special exami
ners, all of whom are under
stood to be Democrats, will
be dropped from the roles at
the end of the current fiscal
year, and that the work of
turning out Democrats will
not atop t!i"ie, as a great ma
ny more will have to go.
This is politics. This is
jpst the talk that should have
been heard at Washington
this month -i years ago. The
Republican administration
has the power, the privelege
and the right, to constitute
the civil service of men of its
own party, and it will avail
its sell of the opportunity.
We had the same right, pow
er, and privelege, but did not
exercise our prerogatives.
Then; is where we got left.
Inste.id of t urning out ail the
Republicans he could lay liis
hands on, Cleveland contin
ued to appoint them to the
day of his defeat".
The President actually ga ve
commissions to specialagents
of various services, in the
Summer of 1888, who roam
ed the country in the interest
ot the Republican campaign
IHnomits may have cause!
for indignation at their treat
meat at Washington, butthe
cause lies against their own,
and not the present adminis
tra tion .Messenger.
V I j I )N KS1 ) A Y, A.I Mtf
The Prciicraf PoliryOr erUsi. ,
Baltimore Mm.
retnry Window's refusal
; ,n !,l.v over IO.S for 4',
! "'tit wibstantiaUy the rate j
! S-ret:iry Iairr.iihl .aid i.- j
!,I,,n,Mh "'kuk. Iowa, nnd UvansviUe,
1 tween now ami th-m in oIi-(
i ,irS- V'1"'1' I'1 si,'r,,t,;'1
j 'niiip.iigu was in piogress .
,,,!'' veryiio.iy asking what ; crown the trophy dej-eted ;
to. 1m non? w,tli xUi j Democrats will he di-posiHl
if t,H' ta,iff ti,x's w'viti enit over these cliTriu-r j
; I;',Mir '".' woum run tiiem
! ph'thorie trea;u:y but to buy
I u'duuigs. Aiidoithas:lriwli,iv0enllv in the list of
i i h i i.. . ..Mi, i .
rest vi!rof.!'l''1"cu. i loiuersoi peri
' "t luein lSl)l,want lOSJi:
1 ':Yt " ll)-:2 ir tnebomls
! interest. wliileMr. Windom
' "'iniot w his way to paying
; OV(: 1()S nd iioldersof 1 per
'(-i;!'- ';,"t ''e whereas
!s,,',r'tn,,.V I'Hircliild. on dan-
ua'y the 14th, did not feel
justified in pacing over 1:27
. It is to be feared that the
bond holders, in view of Har
rison's declarations and in
! ""iwqnence f the refuel of
the Senate to pass the Mills
revenue-reduction bill will
leave the Treasury in dilem
ma. It may be the. policy of
the new administration, it is
true, to hoard cash forexpen
diture by the next Congress
in subsidies, pensions, &e.,
but that is a policy theeoun-
try would hardly
approve,
The Secretary of theTreas
ur,A is right, of course, to re
fuse to pay over 1.08 for -1
per cents., but if he is right
the Presidents campaign pol
''' was Very wrong.
Pittsburg, Pa.
April 0th.
The heaviest snow storm
of the season prevailing this
section about 10 o'clock last
night and has been snowing
ever since. The snow fall is
about eight inches up to ten
o'clock this morning but in
the mountains the 'railroad
men report from 18 inches to
2 feet. The trainsarebehind
time but no accidents have
been reported. The storm
sems to be confined to the
western part of the State.
Afcsrw ;inrl Observer.
A Sa:ieiofD3ji3:.'ati3 7ioioriai.
The Democratic success re
cently in municipal elections
in various parts ol the East,
North and West are very
suggestive. The first notable
gains and victories were in
the town elections of Connet
icut and Ohio, butthesehave
been lost rjght of in the hitter
flood of democratic majori
ties in other States. St, Louis
for example gives a Demo
cratic majority of 1,020 in
stead of the overwhelming
Republican majority of last
November. Other important
towns in Missouri report
similar results. More sur
prising still Chicago elected
the Democratic municipal
ticket from top to bottom
by a majority of over 11 ,500.
Nor wasthe movement which
L VlI SS!."
plVe the capital of the North
west to the Democracy con
lined to Chicago, hut extend
ed to Springfield, Illinois.
wlierell.o whole Democratic J
WMJ4 th sef . Leavenworth,
Kansas, Dubuque and Keo-
liMliana were the scenes of
similar Democratic triumphs
uu,i.r the pivsent week. To
j,.,.., v.i: control it on joint j
ballot. I'rovidence under
re.vnt. extension of the
; f.-.-.H-his,. ,:ls arranged itself
Doajocrat ie cities. Almost
! tw wlo number of recent lv
enfranchised voters, it may
be observed voted with the
Democracy. Explanations
are furthcoming in abun
dance to account for the
fact that so many towns and
j cities of the first importance
and in one case an entire
State now give Democratic
majorities in lieu of the Re
publican majorities of No
vember last. One class of ex
planations brings local caus
es solely into view. In this
place it was the pestiferous
prohibitionist in that the
evil minded mugwump and in
the third the labor element
that did the business for the
Repuplicans. The personal
unpopularity of the head of
j their ticket is often mentioned
nsthe reason for a diminished
vote, but the activity of tha
saloon-keeper is not forgot
ten. Those who look to the
field of federal politics for
reasons for the Republican
discomfiture find them in the
disappointment of office
seekers whose "claims'' upon
President Harrison are not
jet recognized in the disgust
of civil service reforms at the
continual decapitation of
Democrats to make way for
hungry patriots, in the dis
content produced by the ma
ny recent, reductions of wa
ges in protected industries
and m the resentment of fair
minded people at the Senate's
rejection of Mr. Ilalstead. All
these factor operated no
doubt to some extent tofro
duce the widespread disaster
but collectively the were hard
ly adequate to a fleet so much.
The true reason for the fall
ing off of the Republican vote
was probably very simple,
and consisted in the fact that
the corruption fund was ex
hausted last November. The
question of reducing tariff
taxes was not the prominent
issue in the recent elections,
and the tariff lords did not
therefore see the use of rais
ing the bribers' fund employed
in November. They refused
to have the "fat" fried out of
them for local elections, pre
ferring to reserve themselves
for emergencies like presiden
tial and congressional elec
tion. We have no account j
of Mr. Wanamaker raising
$-400,00 for the enlighten-;
N(M1
inent in the recent elections
of voters in doubt about the
beautieH of protection. The
"floaters" in a word wei-o
allowed thin time to vote
their true sentiment nnintiu
once by protectionist, gold in
timination. Something, it
must cone eded, was due to
the circumstances that the
present is an "off year" in a
double sense, and it8"offness
as respects the tariff is the
significant thinir about is
when this week'n elections
are to be e.vplainetl. The
Haiti more Sun.
Live and Die on the Water
I took a ride ou the river
this after noon. Canton has
about 300,000 people who
live on tlx water, and there
is no busier city in the world
than this city of boats. Crafts
of all kinds, from the small
steamer, the great Chinese
junk and therivercargo boat
to the sampans and thelittle
tubs rowed by spoon like
paddles, move here and. there
or dart in and out through
forests of masts. Whole
families live on boats about
twenty feet long and no wi
der than the ordinary city
vestibule. Here children are
born, grow up and die.
Marriages take placo aud
the whole business and ac
tions of life go on. Little chil-
dren swarm over them, and
tots two years old with cues
hanging down their backs
play about upon their decks.
The boys have little round
barrels ordrumsaboutafoot
loug and six inches in diam
eter tied by strings to their
backs, and many girls of the
same size have nothing. IP
the girl falls overboard it
would be a good fortune to
the poor family to get rid of
the expense of raising her,
but the boy must have his
life preserver. Frank 0. Car
penter. Fall of Black SnowT
An Aitken, Minn., dispatch
of the 3rd inst. says :
A. peculiar phenomenon oc
cured here yesterday. Al4:45
o'clock it became so dark
that lights were necessary in
business houses and the air
was filled with snow that was
as black and dirty as though
itjha d been tram pad into the
earth. Six ounces of snow
and one-fourth once dirt and
sand were found in the bot
tom of a dish. The dirt is
very fine, something like em
ery, and contains particles
that have metallic lustre.
This dirty snow fell to the
depth of inch. The atmos
phere at the time presented a
peculiar greenish tinge.
There was a little wind blow
ing atthetimefroin the north
west, though there seemed to
be considerable wind higher
in t he air. Solid chunks of ice
and sand are reported to
have been picked up various,
pla ces News-Observer.
The republicans in Chicago
died hard. They caught ut
every straw as they went
down. But the proposed
scheme to keep democratic
mayor elect Crozier out of
his office did not materialize.
The democatic city govern
ment will go in. AWs nnd
Cty.seTer. '