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" " "J 7' VOL 1 HOOXE, WATAUCSA COUNTY. N. (, TIIUltSDAY, AP1UL, 24, ISM. NO. 41. WASHINGTON LETTER. From our RijTilar Correspondent. For tin Ihmocinr: Ex-Speaker Carlisle presen ted theminority report oithc Ways and Means committee to the House. It tnks tin MrKinley I i 1 1 in detail ami shows the injustice of that measure, and goes into thej strongest kind of argument ia fa vor uf a genuine tariff re form, our that will afford 1 1 1 country some real relief in stead of deluding, as the Mr Kinley bill will do. those who know no better, into expect ing benefits that, will never come until thedemocrnts arc returned to power. The democratic rooster has had a glorious time in Con gress since the returns from the spring elections began to come in. It was for several days hard to find a demo crat's desk in the Housethat was not ornamented with a newspaper with cuts of one or more roosters lustily crow ing forvi tory in its columns, and the favorite democratic passtime last week was to show these papers to the re publican members. Serious ly though, the best informal democrat. i in Congress be lieve thespringloeal elections to be but the prelude of the great tidal wave which is to give the democrats the eon tVol of the next Ilouseof Rep resentatives, ar.d tlu' Pivsi-j d.'ii.-y in 1 s:)2 ' j Unless there is "it " givn t ; change df opinion among the! members of the House, thi abortion which the Judiciary committ ee reported and the Senate passed last week un der the name of an an'i-trust bill will never be heard from ia the House. It. might as well have been called an anti-small pox bill, for all that it could accomplish if it were a law. The bill to appropriate $75, 000 o make good the money stolen by Silcott isalaw.and the Congressmen who lost their Noveir bersalaries have all been paid. Representative Wilson, who ranks high among- the demo cratic leaders of the House, says the republicans will cer tainly pass a Federal election law during th? present ses sion. If they do. it will have ' to be done by order of king caucus, because there are e nough republicans in the House who a re opposed to any such a law to defeat it, unless they are compelled by order of the party caucus to swallow their opinions and vote with their party. The republicans uf both Senate and House have held caucus after caucus within the last few days trying to get together on the silver question. Secretary Windom has brought all of his powers of persuasion into action in trying to have the caucus a dopt his silver bill, now be fore a House committee, but so far, nothing has been a greed upon. Between the anti-silver republicans and the free coinage republicans there is a wide chasm which will have to be bridged in some way before anything like uni ty can exist in the party on this subject. In the mean time the most of the demo crats hold thcmselvesin read iness to vote for free coinage, pure and simple, if they can get an opportunity. The bill to revive the grade of lieutenant general of the Army has been favorably re ported to the Senate. If it be comes a law, it is expected) that (Sen. Schoheld will at met' be promoted. The Ton ey bankruptcy bill has been favorably reported to the House. This bill has leri very highly spoken of by lawyers as being equally just to both creditor and debtor, The I'an-American Con gress wants an international Vmerican Hank established under a United States char ter, with branches in all A merienn countries. . The Con gress will adjourn this week, and on Friday the delegates j start on their Southern trip. The Tanner ad i .inistration of the Pension office has-been stirred up again by the dis missal of the assistant chief of an important division, who had his pension re-rated. They go slowly but they go. Brokers from New York, Chicigo and New Orleans, have sent delegations hereto protest against the passage j of the Butierworth bill, tax-j ing dealers in "futures" and j ''options". Another democrat Ilepre-; sen tat ive Wi-e. of Virginia j has been deprived of the seat' in the House of Representa-I tives to which he had been le-j gaily elected, and a republi can put in his place who was not elected at all. Supervising architect of the Treasury, Windrim. denies that he was influenced in se lecting a site for a public buil ding at Springfield, Missom i, by winning a large amount of money in a game of poker, from a party interested, as has been charged. Mr. Harrison has, by au thority conferred upon him by an act. of Congress, pre sented a gold medal to Mr. Joseph Francis, the inventor of t.hefirstlife-savingcar. Mr. Francis is 80 years of age and extremely feeble. The World's Fair business may be regarded as settled. The senatecommittee has fa vorably reported the Chica go bill, slightly amended, and it will be passed by the Sen ate in a few days. Washington, 11 C. Ap. 7,9. While Mr. Denis Hart was editor of the Recorder at Hills boro, his motto was some thing like this: To an ene my, forgiveness; to an oppo nent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to j-our child, good example; to your fath er, deference; to your moth er, conduct that will make her proud of you. How grand is the Bible! It is the wreath into which are twisted all garlands; it is the song into which are struck all harmonies; it is the river into which are poured all the great tides of hallelujah; it is the firmament in which suns, and moons, and stars, and constellations, and universe, and eternities wheel, and blaze, and triumph. Tal ma so. THE AITIiOA( IIIXU CE.NSl'S. It is of very great impor tance to the whole country that the cunsus to be taken in June, 1S0O now almost here should be carefully, fairly, honestly and thor oughly taken. It should be correct in every (articular. If the best selections of work ers possible are not made, then we may expect that the work will be slip-shod, and e ven unfair. In 1880 the cen sus was imperfectly taken in some respects, and in the Southern 'cities the returns were not full and complete. It is known that in AVilming ton scores of familes were o verlooked altogether. The probability is that the popu lation has "00 more at least than was reported. Our la mented friend, the late ('apt. Muse, thought from what he could gather from the police and others that the real cen sus was even more than 500 above the actual returns. Let us have the. census ta ken for once with all due care, and with no purpose to sub serve a party. In 7880, the census was a mere sham in the South. The republicans, to meet their own purposes in South Carolina and other states made partial and false returns. This is well under stood now. The census of 1880, unmistukably showed how unreliable and imperfect the preceding census was. If ineflieicnt, ignorant, un reliable acn arc pet in as e:i numerators it is the duty of the press to promptly expose and denounce all such instan ces, and the people should wat'-h their movements. Com pet en t men of good charac ter should be selected in ev ery instance. Unlesssuch men are (losen, the white people will put no confidence in the returns. We confess we have no confidence in Porter, the British fellow at the head of the Census Bureau, and not because he is foreign but be cause of his known anteced ents. These give no guaran tee of fairness, whatever his capacity. He is known to be one of the most reckless and unprincipled manipulators of facts and figures in behalf monopoly, although when in England he was an extreme Free-Trader. His economic views are governed by coun tries, latitude and longdi tude. But let us have a trust worthy census or none. AVs-senger. Mr. H. C. Lea, an able Re publican author of Philadel phia, asks the President in an open letter to get rid of Quay, and thereby "apply con science to public affairs." That is asking far too much of the Boodle President. Mr. Lea thinks and very proper ly that the ' temporary ab straction, by the latter of GG0,000 from the Pennsyl va nia treasury, alleged by the New York World, with details of names, places and dates, disqualifies him, Mr. Lea. con tends, for his pres'-nt position as intermediary net ween the President and the people in the distribution of offices from the postmastergeneral ship down." Doubtless, but Quay is the chief-corner stone of the Harrison-Wanamaker ed i fi ce. Messenger. A UUEJLT MAN GONE. Washington, April 13, 1890 Samuel J. Randal is dead. His end was quiet and peace ful, and only the trained eye of the professional attendant was enabled to determine the precise moment at which dis solution came. Since Sunday last Mr. Randall has lain in a semi-conseiousstnte. At five o'clock this morning he n woke from his stupor, and fixing his gaze on Mrs. Ran dall, who sat by the bedside with his hand clasped in hers, he uttered the simple word "Mother," the term by which he usually addressed her. Mrs. Randall leaned forward and in gentle tones inquired if she could rentier any assis tance. The other watchers, who included the members of the family, Postmater Gen eral Wanamaker and Dr. Mal Ion. gathered about the bed side to lend their aid in case it was needed. But the sick man made no response and four minutes later his soul passed from earth. LAYSSIX EGGS A DAY. We ndviseall contemporar ies to yield the palm to the Asheville Citizen since it has perpetrated the following:' J. M. Fuller is the name of a chicken fancier living in Ash ville, and at present he has struck a bonanza. It is in the shape of a hen that lays six eggs a day.. Mr.. Fuller fin.it noticed this enterprising spirit in his fowl about three weeks ago, and at first he would scarcely be lieve it. He .vatched her for some time and finally he be came certain that he had run across a gold mine it) disguise. To make more sure of it he put the hen in a separate coop where he felt that she could receive no outside assis tance, and when he returned at night, the customary six eggs -were waiting for him. This state of afiairs contin ued for a week and on the Sunday before Easter Mr. Fuller avers that his hen went her record two better and dropped eight eggs in her nest. A number of friends and scientific, gentlemen were call ed in. They could not help but admit the facts but could not solve the mystery. Since then Mr. Fuller has given it up himself, though the hen keeps on in her good work. The chicken which is cred ited with this wonderful re cord is a modest and demure looking Plymouth Rock. Evrybody who has seen her admits that she is not the least stuck up with her super iority over the other hens, but that she is a "hail fellow well met" with everyone in the yard. Old people sutler much from di.son.ler8 of the urinary organs, and are always gratified at the wonderful fleeots of Dr. J. H. Mc U'an!s Liver and kidney balm in banishing their troubles. $1 per bottle. Imperfect digestion and assim ilation produce disordered condi tions ol the system which grow and are confirmed by neglect. Dr. J. II. Mclean's Strengthening Cordial and lilood Purifier, by its tonic properties, cures indiges tion and gives tone to the stom ache. $1 per bottle. A DEATHTRAP. The New Berne Journel of i yesterday relates the follow ing sad story: News of the drowning of ('apt. John W. Hill, of Washington, N. C, was received in the city on Sunday. The particulars of the drowning, as we learned, are as follows: Caqt. Hill was master of the sehooner P. Cora. On Thursday it was sailing in Pamlico sound, off the coat of Hyde county, when a squall came up. A bout sundown, when at Bluff shoals, Capt. Hill attempted to make anchor. He had no one on the vessel with him but a boy. He was .'owering the anchor himself, when his feet became entangled in the "buoy" rope, which was at tached to the anchor chain, and being unable to extricate himself, the anchor dragged him overboard and under the water, and held him fast. There was noonetohelphim, and even if there had been men on the vessel it is very doubtful whether they could have saved him. He never a rose to the top of the water. The boy hoisted a signal of distress, and on the next morning help came. Thean chor was raised and the dead body of Capt." Hill was still in the rope. He was taken to Vashington. He was a brother of late Capt. William Hill, of this city. It is said that a terrific wind prevailed in the sound on- that day. News and Observer. C t. Tom Airing ton's Hors? Shoe. Dropping in upon the rev eries of Capt. Tom Arrington at the Hotel Florence yester day morning, we found him absorbed in looking at u horse shoe.which he had just suspended over the door of his boudoir. In a conversa tion with the Captain we were informed as to the history of the horseshoe. Itcameorig inally from the hoof of no oth er tha n the famous "Maud S," and was presented someyears ago to Dr. (L W. Blacknall, of this city, by Mr. Bonner, the owner of Maud S., while Dr. Blacknall was north and was paying a visit to Bon ner's stables where Maud S. was kept. Capt. Arnngton has artistically ornamented the shoe with graceful inter twinings and hangings of rib bons, and says that since he hung it over his dooK he has no fear of witches which have worried him somewhat of late. Observer. A PLUCKY BOY. Doniphan, Mo., Apr. 15 ch. Two of a gang of four mas ked men who visited the resi dence of an old man named Holland, living near here, last Saturday night, for the purpose of whipping him, were killed by Holland's fourteen-year-old son EdGillam, Jr. One of those killed was the son of a well-to-do farmer of that section. The other, Alexander Gatewood, bore an unenviable reputation. Upon the arrival of the Ku Klnx at Holland'shouse.one of the gang held the horses while the others forced their way" into thedwelling. They knocked the old man down and were kicking him when the boy opened tire on them with a double-barrel shot gun, killing Gillam. Gate- wood attempted to shoot the boy, but his gun misled fire. and the lad emptied the con tents of his second barrel into Gatewood's breast. The meu ran out of the house, but Gatewood fell and lay all night, dying shortly after..he wa found in the morrrimr: The identity of the other Ku Klux is unknown. When you are constinated with loss apdetite. headache, take one oi nr. j. it. McliPan H little liver and kidney pillets. They are pleasant to take and will cure you. 2 cents a vial. Auditor's Department, Raleigh, April, 2. '90, To the Clerk of the Superior Court of Watauga County. Dear sir: In reply to inqui lies received at this office I will say that all applicants for pensions can, under the last act of the Legislature, make their applications and affidavits before justices of the peace, and ore not abso lutely required to come be fore the Clerk of the Superior Court. But in every instance in which the affidavits are made before a justice of the peace it will benessary that the certificate of the Clerk of the Superior Court be attach ed declaring that'the person who claims to be a justice of the peace is acting as such le gally and regularly in the county in which the applica tion is made, this being a reg ular provision of the law as to all documents which are to be filed in another county. Yours Truly, G. W.Sanderlin, State Auditor. A Sad Story of a Colored Exodnster. John Evans, of this city, who went out with a party of exodusters last November to Washington county, Miss., re turned home last night and gave a deplorable account of the sufferings of the colored people who went from this State to Mississippi. Evans was with a party of thirty who were on a raft that was wrecked on Bogue river last Friday near the Sunflower river, when twelve of the par ty were washed off and drown ed. The others were saved by means of a skiff attached to the raft. All of the drown ed were from this city. The party were on tho raft about twenty-four hours, and had drifted sixty miles in that time. Evans says that hundreds of our people areinthatcoun ty and many have been drown ed; the sufferings of the survi" vors are truly distressing. Besides himself, only one member of Evans' family was saved, an infantaboutayear old, with which he swam out when the raft was wrecked. Vicksburg, he says, is full of refugees, many colored peo ple from North Carolina be ing among the number. All are anxious -to return but have no means to do so. Wilmington Star. If you spit up phlegm, and are troubled with a hacking cough, use Dr. J. H. McLean's Tar Wme Lung Balm.
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