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1JOOXK, WATAl (iAroi;xTY, N. ('., TIIUllSDAY ' .JANUARY 211. !S!:i,
NO. LU
A Democratic family newnnu
it devoti-d to the intercut of-
its County, State ami Nation.
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irASHIXGTOX LETTER.
From ourEeguIar Correspondent.
For the Demockvt:
Ex-President Cleveland ei
ther expects to return to
Washington to live or lie
considers Washington real
estate the best investment
for his money, or both. lie
has just pnrdwsed several
lots near the surburbun resi
dence, which he still owns
here and where he spent the
greater part of his time when
President. Mrs. Cleveland
in writing to friends here,
constantly sjwaks of when
she will return to Washing
ton to live. All of which
may, or may not have a po
litical meaning.
By thedeath of Represen
tative Kelley, of Pennsylva
nia, the honor of being the
"father of the house" that
is, the member who has ser
ved the longest, falls on ex
Speaker Randall. Judge Kel
ley's funeral took place .Sa t
urday in the hall f the
House of Representatives.
The body was taken to
Philadelphia accompanied
by committees of both Hous
es. Ex-Secretary Whitney was
one of the New York delega
tion that appeared before
the Senate committee on the
World's Fair to boom the
claims of the big town.
While here Mr. Whitney call
ed on many of his old
friends.
At last it seems likely that
a bill for the trattsfer of the
Revenue marine servic from
the treasury to tne Navy de
partment will become a law.
Fo r m a ny yea rs t he op j osi
t ion of the Secretary of the!
Treasury has prevented l n:
gressional action, but now
Mr. H'indom favors it. An
other important transfer
that may be regarded as cer
tain to take place during
this Congress is that ol the
Weather bureau
report a bill embodying the!w.pMr.ft n,im fn Mol rj
u. K..n,H (i me several I,,, nii Mj,m.,in,.i;l MllUl.j,
measure introduced
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sentatives of the rival cities
has been, and is, the very
best. All are prepared to
hurruh for the winner and
to take off their coats nnd
work to make it the great
est World's Fair ever held.
Senator Yoorhet resolu
tion, upon which he made
such a bombastic speech last
Wednesday, has lieen answer
ed by the Attorney-Gcnernl-He
denies that any instruc
tion, written or oral, has
been given by the depart
ment of Justice to District
Attorney Maimers, of Indi-
anna, in reference to the ar
rest of W. W. Dudley. Mr.
Voorhees now wants to know
w hy Mr. Harrison does not
remove District Attorney
Chalmers, if he is not in sym
pathy with the recent illegal
action of that official.
The impression is orowinjr
among Democrats that trick
ery is being practiced by the
Republican members of the
House committee on Rules.
It has been given out that
the Republicans of the com
mittee could not agree and
that was the reason for fho
unprecedented delay in re
porting the Rules which are
to govern the present House
This is now believed to have
been only a ruse to gain
timi. Speaker Reed prornis
ises that they shall certain
ly be reported this week.
The war on Mr. Harrison's
nominations has not so far
amounted to anything.
Morgan and Dorchester, com
missioner and Superinten
dent respectively, of Indian
Affairs, against whom there
was apparently such a big
fight, only had one vote
against them in the Senate
Committee on Indian Affairs.
They are certain to be con
firmed tnis week.
Washington has an unsual
quantity of sickness. Opin
ions differ as to whether it is
caused by imagination. colds
or "la grippe." The doctors
say its tue first two com
bined, while the newspapers
and a large portion of the
badly frightened population
insist that it 'is the latter.
Washington I). C. Jan 13.
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ei nvd by Chma, and they ! lMrt ilM','Hiitor it pays
equal in size about one half j,m Political tricksters, it
the whole tenitni v of H,.; P;vh the professional men. it
Fnited States. Above them ' 1"-VM tm' ,,,,,, hants, it pays
lies Siberia, and south of
THE CHINESE WALL.
I have just returned from
a trip to the Chinese wall.
Writes Frank G. Carpenter
in a Peking letter, and I
have seen enough to say
that there is no doubt of
its existence and its grcat
ne.vs. Puilt 1700 year he-
. .i lore America was oiscovei-wi
t rainier uuii'uu iroui inej
War to the Agricultural de-j"11 ur ancestors, altogetn
partment jer savage, wandered through
the western edge is Thibet
and Hi, which are also Chi
nese countries as to govern-
merit. - All are sparsely net
tied ami Mongolia has less
than two people to the sqare
mile, while its whole popula
tiou is not greater ih n t ie
city of New York. ManciiU
ria has twelve millions of po
pie but both countries are
far more savage than the
Chinese, ami tin? Mongolians
live largely in tents. The
trade of all these people,
however, comes north from
Peking and passes over the
mountain, and through the
great wall at the gate which
I visited. The wall .vas built
originally to keep them out.
but . they have swa rated
through in hordes again and
again, and it.isn Maiichurian
emperor thai now sits upon
the Chinese throne.
What a wonderful struct
ure it is! It would extend
more than half-way across
America and it must have
consumed years in building
it. As I stood upon its ram
parts I could see it climwiag
the mountains mil going
down the valleys as far as
my eyes could reach, it did
not diminish in strength nor
size at the various points
1 visited, and its masonry
would have been good work
for the American builders
of to-day. It is about twen
ty-five feet high anu at the
top it is so wide that two
carnages could drive a breast
along it and the hubs of one
would not touch those of the
other. Its exterior walls are
of blue brick of such a size
that they look like massive
stones, and these are filled
in with earth and paved w ith
brick at the top. The grass
and the moss have now
grown over the top of this
great wall. No arches now
guard it, and it stands amid
the snowy mo?n tains a mon
ument of the almond-eyed
men who thus, two thousand
years ago, sought to protect
their homes and those of
their descendants for all time
to come. No one can stand
upon the ramparts of this
structure and not be impress
ed with the greatness of the
Chinese nation. It is a great
er monument than the pyra
mids of Egypt built by self
ish kings for royal tombs,
and its purpose was nobler.
It is a monument also of tlr
great truth that while man
could be r.-'i.'Ved fniiii the
,htgh tariff lh-y pay 011 nil
pays hainlsoi-ely. the ton's they use. Vr..
t he saih a ds i t ! ;j ml ( Vj rolhihi 11.
the manufactures it 1
' Car IxtPi
! lIVJltllMMlt of HJ-jilX w,ii..
lioiTiMv gHjte llie patient ami
dtstroy tlii' (Mating i.l tin ttn:ii
nt he. nr. J. M, i,.-nii'n Chills ami
fever Cill-e. It.V mild vet eflT.llive
action will can'. StM at tilty
cents n pottle.
A Fatal .lump.
I lie money barons, it pays
the banks, it. pays trusts,
combines nnd other forms of
legalized robberies: it pays al
most everybody except the
farmer. Oyes, farming pays I
Vwfi rpssi vo F.i 1 inpi;
And why does it not pay
th farmers? Whose fault is
it that the railroads, manu
facturers, speculators, trick
sters and everybody else gets
pay from the farmer's work,
while the farmer the great
est wealth produ-cr of the
world, it not paid? Is it. not
his own fault? Before fhe
rairloads were built the farm
ers hauled their produce to
market in wagons and made
money. The roads are still
open and the markets are
still there. Before the matm
focturers filled the country
with ready-made plow-stocks
hoe and axe handles, and ev
ery conceivable wooden artie
ledown to toothpicks, the
farmers made thosethings at
home, or did without them,
and made money. They have
the same privilege now. The
political tricksters, profess
ional men, merchants, money
barons, bankers and every
body else have to buv and
eat of the products of the
farm, and why is io that the
owners of thesoil the produ
cere of what everybody has
fo buy cannot make farm
ing pay? Do they plow deep
while sluggards sleep? Do
they do justice to the soil
from which they expect a
profitable return for their la
bor? Many of them can an
swer yes to all these ques
tions and still they can hard
ly keep out of debt. by is
this? The politicians sav it
is the tariff, and to some ex
tent that is true. There is a
tariff on everything the farm
er uses, but he is not com pell
ed to use the Yankee mad ,
high taxed tool when he can
make one at home that will
do as well. If our farmers
would live moreat home, put
in more of their time and na
tive ingenuity in providing
many of the agricultural im
plements for which they
in debt, and pay extortion-
(JergeJVan l ibilt -Engaged
Charleston. S.C. .Ian. 8, "00.
The engagement of tJeorge
Vanderbilt to Miss Mary
Johnson, daughter of Col.
Win. Johnstone, of Annadale
South Island. (J. orirei own
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county. S. I'., is announced
Mr. Vanderhilt was at Ashe
villelast summer looking in
to his real estate, on wnich
he is going to establish a
Southern Tuxedo Park-
While there heme! Miss John
stone on R auketcher Moun
tain at the residence of her
relative Mr. Miles llazzard.
a prominent rice planter of
Georgetown. She is of extra
ordinary beauty and he im
mediately fell in love with
her.
A few weeks ago he visited
her at her father's planta
tion on South Island, and
an engagement was there
suit. The Johnstoiies are of
the highest social standing
in this State, and noted for
Ihe beauty af their women.
Rcfore the war ('. I. Win.
Johnstone was very wealthy,
but is now in straightened
circumstances. The John-
stones claim decent from
the Scottish Earls of Anna-
dale.
SOMK PKKSOXAL GOSSIP.
George Vanderbilt is the
youngest child of the late
Win. II. Yaii(h'rbi!r,a:id is a-
bout twentysix years of age.
He is 01 a quiet, studious
disposition and has gone er
y little into society, preferr
ing to closet himself with his
books, of which he has one oi
the finest collections in Ihe
country.
He inherited 970,000,000
by the terms of hilS father's
will, which millions he has,
in the slang of the day, "sat
upon,'' never speculating or
spending a hundredth part
of his income, residing al
ways with his mother. New
Fork Hetuhl.
A Hot Springs njH'ci.-il t
the Asheville ( itir-en h.-.v:
,'Gii Friday night n the i-.r
th.in the n.ii-Hh la,.,,,,! tinin was running in-
to Hot Springs, a man by
the nnuii'of Van Henderson,
after firing off a pistol se r
al tim. s. jn i.ped from id
front platform of the pasi v..
ger coach, t.hi train 111 ming
at fullsMed, and was dash ,
against the rocks of the road
bed. He was at once picked
up and carried on a stretch
er to I In. house of a relative
in the village. Dr. Ross. Iron
Mountain Park hotel, wasat.
oncecalh'd and found him
with one arm and e broken.
a crushed .skull and one eye
ut. Drs. Prank and liar !
wicke, of Mar hall, were sent
for and went downyestei-dnv
morning. F,, to ten o'clock
yesterday when Dr. ibank
was interviewed as to his oat
dition, he was slid alive, but
the probabilities wei-e that
he w u d n ;t,u. vivehis inju
ries. It seems that Henderson is
a tough character and had
been arrested at one time at
Hot Springs for creatine n
disturbance. h- was intoxi
cated on the train and had
been making a row, and fear
ing arrest when he reached
Hot Springs, concluded that,
he could jump from the traiu
and go into the town unob
served, wall the above fatal
result.
When nature faMei-s and re
qurcH help, recruit in r enf.-chled
regies with )r. .1. II .f..f. ,',,
stii'iigthenii.g ford;. 1 ;"il blood
purifier .? !.() per hot lie.
If .you siilTer pricking paius on
1i! ii'iuir I 1.1. f.f.w . . m 4. I
ate prices with big interest i bright liht. a id liml your sight
and mortgage fees, they w,," :l"d tailing, you should
ji Mi 1 "an s
e twcJity-
would l.em,bT,,1n,W,.ni....J ."',M"i" ' "'!'
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sj Hjvij a iocs, irusrsnnu com-1 ill e cents a box
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umestiiey so much abuse.
The industrious fanner
ought to be the most inde'pen
dent man on the face of the
$:J,000,000 Short.
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earth, and the way io be it,!, ' 14.-Atleve-
is to keep out of debt. j ,;,mI' ' llnl that a
r ,,f A morning paper publishes a
isi.umenr suomited Dvanex
out France, (Jer many and dies, his work remains, and
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the height of her i-erml.if"in (ipm t
pert nook keener, showing ir
form of uovfrnmwit. -awA ist ti.bi v thn, u.a Aa- i ti,u i- . i ''u ti tles In the old accoun
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wicv ii y ui v.ieveiani ag-
$3,000,000.
money way
j paid out by the city without
riartment.
New York, Chicago. St. Lou
is and Washington have all
made their strongest argu-
mittee on the World's Fair, I , " llo,n,,n Empire had j that carved the Venus di Me- Upending a cent for whisky ! . n
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and now tlie committee will r -7. ; w "? J' wrote i or i.n.acco. v e read or one A- . 4fi, - t.. '
itdountovvork Hi, ,,nf re tow'rH Kt,!1 cnu Shakespeare and the .Enied, last wwk who said farniinz y . fV1,s.lnon waK
thought that the committee! i ""f tl,w lKI'nnd in a humbler though no j paid him, but he gave it his j tJ f Exposure to rough Ui.T.t.
of cither HouseorSenatwill !n,leH "f w 8t,,l1 It 1 less effect ive way, the musidej whole time, not taking timet'V'l,,,10V,,1 of th .... ting wet, living In damp loccl
ut r iioube oi JM-nawwili w u t0-davs bv tUmkrvUu., ,i .,..L. ....... ... ' .... -ilthoughthe awsofihpsJt., ties are favorable to tiiP nut,.
recommend city for theloca j trout Peking; and one goes' Z . . , AUMUT' 1 " of Ohio ds;incti. Viition of diseases of the kijs
..V......VIU.,,, Ul niiiui uu-,mr i'iuimimv o'cui:ar men. ,i . . y . " - - ana mauuer. As a trevent ve
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The New York Tribuno has
taken time in the midst of its
very active labors toimbli.-li
all sorts of outrage accounts
about the South, to direct
its eye to the religious condi
tion of New Fnghind, and
asks:
'"Is religion dying- out in
New England? Look at
Vermont, for instance. Fot-ty-t
wo percent of its native
population live out of the
State, and they seem to have
carried a great deal of the
religion of the State with
them, for the regions which
are people almost exclusive
ly by pure Yankee stock
show the greatest religious
destitution. In the little
town of Halifax there are
two extinct churches, and
yet in time past this town
has sent ten men into the
ministry. In Vermont more
than one half of the popula
tion are not only unreached
but are absolutely unan-
proached by any direct Chris
tian efforts."
That is extremely shock
ing. We knew it was very
bad up there ia the matter
of divorces and farming, but
we did not know that the re
ligious destitution was so
dense. The South must send
some missionaries to thai,
benighted, irreligious sect o i
of the Union.
tionof tht Fair. It will be I through the northern edge "". wmcn tneare prooamy pulmr men.',; t , " : , , ,
easier to settlethat question if the great plain of China uillen and architects eon-There are no doubt inar.v : ; M r ' Uil Y in(;lu,wJ
by vote of the two Hound meets it in the great the mighty C.xthe- win, take a day off. imi, vr tnt ( u.ar cbmn ordinan
HTiat tnev will do will be to!:" f mountains Mhkh!,,aI "f Milun.-Es. : money by , arming, but theyj(e' J ' Publication creates
-' lid ma'ie inucJ. ia.ire if they la great sensation. .Vcir.y-O?.
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