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LINV1LI.E IMPUOVEMfcXT UO-,
Llnville, Mitchell Co.
N.C.
529-6 mo.
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Regular Conespondent
For the Democrat:
The protection ring is strug
gling hard for life. As long
as their demands were con
fiued within the limits of hu
manity the producer cheer
fully bore the burdens it im
posed. But, like all oppres
sions, it grew more and more
exacting, audacious and
blind, until the patient jade
liredout, and is now in a
state of rebellion.
For many years the farm
er has starved himself to fat
ten the protectionist, assur
ed that there would come a
butchering time when this
outlay would return. He has
followed the ignisfatuus of
specious argumentand ullure
ing promises that this bur
den would be removed. He has
been hovered over and " fon
dled by pick-pockets, who dis
tracted him with prohibition
or whiskey while he was being
robbed. But, while the pop
ulation doubled in numbers,
farms diminished one half in
value. While the farmer pays
double for. all the necessaries
for farm use and consump
tion, his own products are re
duced in price, and his eyes
are opening. The protection
ists, too, see that their ship
is sinking, and the instinct
ive rats have already com
menced to leave. ' ' ,
They had a bad fright ' the
oth'er day when Mr. Butter
worth deserted, lney are
fast losing in the North and
West, but to pain a tempora
ry respite, are about to exer
cise their brain and money
from their present vantage
crouiid of power, unfettered
by samples and bold with tlipj
success of long-practiced de
ception. Protectionists, of
course, is the soul and prop
of the repnhlienn party, and
the means sought to perpet
uate it 'is a federal election
law. It is not concealed that
it is a puiely partisan meas
ure, but the following by Sjea
ker Reed at n recent banquet
explains the matter concise
ly. "The only wise course is
to take into federal hands
the federal elections. Let us
cut loose from the state elec
tions; do our own registra
tion, our own counting", and
our own certification. Then
the nation will be 8atisfied.
The Southern States can by
themselves grapple with the
pioblem whether a State can
permanently enthrone injus
tice. Freed from nil right of
interference from the North,
within their own borders and
their own states rights they
will have the power for which
they hare longed the power
to work out their own peeu
liar problem themselves,"
So the (. 0. P. cares noth
ing for the negros whpse
wrongs have beeu healed so
loudly. They maybe bullied,
and cheated, and murdered,
as it has been claimed they
have been treated heretofore,
at State elections; ust so
that their votes are record
ed for protection, high tariff
and the republican party in
the federal contests. For
greater security Senators
Hoar, Sherman and others
advocate making the tenure
of election officers for. life.
Others wish to charge the ju
diciary with this duty: but
so far no one has been able
to devise any practical bill
that didn't run contrary to
the constitution. This addi
tional election will involve an
extra expense of ten or fifteen
millions, but the tariff men
and rsril-road official will r2
gard that as a small sum,
well appropriatad if it an
swers their purpose.
In the House the tariff de
bate last week was no better
than a squabble, the amend
ments being regularly voted
down as they were offered. In
t he Senate, Teller denounced
the W indom silver bill in vig-
erous terms, and promised
that with free coinage wheat
would sco ur to $1.10. lie
didn't say that it would go
up to that price in f iver-
pool, where the world s price
is made, but virtually con
fessed that inflation was the
object. This bill will be vo
ted on Wednesday and will
pass the House all right. But
wait till it gets totheSenate.
Senator Allison is waiting
for it. The West will show
its teeth. He says that he is
profoundly convinced that
the conditions havechanged,
and will handle the McKin
ley bill so that the author
won't know it when he sees it.
At an evening session of
the House last Wednesday,
139 private pension bills were
passed. As theseclaims are
invariably rejected for want
of satisfactory proof, after
can-fill examination by the1
Pension Bureau, it would
weetn that the House had de
veloped a remarkable capac
ity for business, to disooseof
i great an amount in so
short a time.
At a joint meeting of the
Senate and House commit
tees on immigration, J. II.
I)tiley made an argument in
favor of the b'l' to restrict
immigration reported to the
committee. He is Secretary
of the American Defense Asso
ciation which has a member
ship of 100,000 who approve
the bill.
Representative O'Neil, of
Mass., introduced n. bill in
the House, amendatory of
the Contract Labor law, in
creasing the penalty for the
violation of the law to $500
fine and six months impris
onment, in addition to the
$1000 forfeit now imposed.
The government has deci
ded to send back at its own
expense 21 Chinamen who
were smuggled through Mex
ico. It was feared that if they
were sent back to Mexico
they would be allowed to find
their way back here again.
A. B.
Washington, May 22.
On a Mountain of Fire.
"William B.Richardson, the
young Boston naturalist, has
succeeded in reachmg the top
of the volcano Colima, in
Mexico.
The feat was a daring one.
Richardson pitched his tent
at the upper line of pine trees
and just below the lower 1 ne
of ashes and lava. Thetrees
above had all been burned,
and it was impossible to wall
in the deeo bed of ashes.
From this point Richardson
and his Indian followers
could hear the sound of air
from numerous rents in the
side of the volcano. The In
dians were much terrified,
and could be induced to stay
only by the earnest persua
sion of the naturalist. One
night during the eruption
thev could distinctly see the
j
deep red glow of melted lava
as it ian down the line, a n
ery stream, burying itself in
ashes, trees, or in beds of
brooks and older beds of la
va. One dense cloud of ash
es covered the party thickly
and drove the birds lower
down
The Mortranton Herald
sivs, that on the Neuse river
D 'nr Ralek'h, on ' Monday
night Lemuel Bryan, aged a
bout 35 yars, wasshotfrom
ambush and killed. A com
panlon, Robert Pully," who
was with him testified that
the shots seemed to have
come from the river, where
he saw a flash in the dark
ness. The examination be
fore coroner's jury indicated
that Pulley was suspected.
The shooting was done on
posted land where Bryan had
been forbidden to fish.
The man who stops his pa
per because it has published
something that offends him,
is sure to borrow a copy of
the next issue of some one to
see how it survives, and he
always finds it does. Dur
ham Reporter. ' .
(hat. j Tiw'i Tc.
In an address pefore thejGeorgia, in a remit address.
Railroad Branch of the:
Young Men's christian Asso-
ciation of New York, Hon.
Chauiiccy M. Depew gave an
incident from his early life
which carries a weighty les
son. Said he:
Th best thing I remember
connected with myself is that
when 1 graduated from Yale,
I thought I would lead a life
of scholasticease. I thought
would read and write a lit
tle, take it easy and have a
good time. I had a hard-headed
old father of sturdy Dutch
ancestry. He had money e
nough to take care of me,
and I knew it; and when he
discovered that I kaew it
and intended to actaccording
y, it was a cold day for me:
'You will never get a dollar
rom me except through my
will. From this time forth
you have got to make your
own wav.
"Well, I found I had a hard
ot of it nobody hadahard-
i 1 1 i i ii
er one, ana rneoia gentle
man stood by and let me
tussle and fight it out. I
bless him to-night with all
the heart and gratitude I
have for thai. If he had ta
ken the other course what
would I have done? I would
have been up in Peekskill to
night nursing a stove, curs
ing the men who had succeed
ed in the world, and wonder
jng by what exceptional luck
they had got on; but having
my way to dig' alone, I got
beyond everything my fath-
er ewr dreamed oi : out; u
1 1
was done by fourteen hours,
or sixteen hours, or eighteen
hours work a day if necessary
It was done by temperance,
by economy.
"When you make a dollar
spend seven tyave cents and
pu t the other twenty five cents
by. No man can stand still
When God created us he did
a fortunate thing for us; he
made us so that we must
oirher go backward or for
ward. A man who bottoms
a chair, gets up and goes
to his meals, and then goes
back and bottoms a chair,
and then to his meals agani,
in the course ot hve years
will be the biggest dunce in
the community, and his
opinion will not be worth
knowinsr. He will lose his
power for work, and wjll no
be worth three cents an
hou r . Recorder.
J. W. Davis, son of the late
Dr. Davis of Chapel Hill, am
a graduate of the State Uni
versity, is now in jail in Fort
Worth, Texas, under sen
fence of death for murder
He was a clerk in a store
and while crazed with liquor
slew his employer on July
(Uh. 1889. lie has apnea lw
for a new trial. His widow
ed mother is crushed by the
fate which threatens her son.
Her maiden name was Eliza
beth A. Cotten. Recorder.
For sick headache, female trou
bios, neuralgic pains in the head
take Dr. J. Mclean's Little Liv
er and kiduey pillets 25 cents a
vial.
C norp suffocation, night coughs
and all the common affections oi
the throatand lungs quickly re
lieved by Dr. J. II . McLean's Tar
wine lung baim.
j CnucrnMii Mrwart tad Trap rantr !
Congressman Steward, ofi
in Washington, related the
following touching story
which, he said, led him to be
come interested in the cause
of temperance:
"When a la.l, living among
the Georgia hill, he had a
friend bright and promising.
who married a beautiful and
wealthy girl. He fell a victim
to drink, and coming h me
once in a debamh, seized a
little chihl who ran forward
to meet him and dashed it .i-
gainst the wall. Not know
ing what Tie hud done, he
threw himself upon the bed
and was noon in a drunken
sleep. When told a few hours
a ter by the crazed wife and
mother that the child was
lead, he dashed out of the
unise and no one saw him a-
gain, "mat day, said Mr.
Steward "I looked up to
God and swore that 1
would fight the curse." He
thought no section of the
country was so much in need
of ptohibition as the South.
It would enable the two ra
ces to iive together in peace.
Of the ten race riots during
the hol'ida.vs in Georgia.
eight of them were directly
tracable to' whiskey. He said
if all church members of ev
ery denomination would do
their duty in working for ten
pern nee, prohibition would
sweep the land.
The Detroit '7ve 'msssays:
A thoroughly pernicious
i in 1 uti-Am rican habit is
Miat of "tinninuv Thee is
no honest labta of which any
man need be" ashamed when
he earns a regular and recog
nized income and livs upon
if. Thus in his way the wait
er, the porter or other per
son occupying a position at
service, has as much right to
his own self respect' and to
that of the world as has the
physician or the bank cashier.
That is. he lias the right so
long as he does honest work
0
for honest pay. Thernoment,
however, that he permits
himself to accept gratuities
for doing his recognized work
he becomes a mendicant and
degrades both himself and his
position. Employers who at
range the wages of their men
with the understanding that
these are to be supplement
by such contributions from
the public, are parties to this
process of degradation, an
at the same time unjustly
place upon the shoulders of
iheir own customers the bin
dens of their own pay-rolls
There is a bright future for
the rail-road manager or Mie
hotel-keeper who will pay his
employes a living, and abso
lutely forbid the acceptance
of tips. An experienced trav
eler estimates the porteragt
fee necessary to the making
of a comfortable trip from
Kansas City to New York at
$5, which is $5 too much.
1 on will nave no use tor wpec
fades if you use Dr. J, II. Mt
Lean's Strengthening Eve Salve
it removes the film and skum
which acumulates on the eye balls
subdues lnnamation, cools ami
soothes the irritated nerves, stru
gthens veak and tailing strength
2o cents a box.
DEBT.
No Blister draws deejicr
than interest. It works all
day and night, in fair weath
er and foul. It ha- no sound
in it footsteps, but travels
fast.
It gnaws at a man's sub
st nice with invisible teeth.
It blinds industry with a film
as a fly is bound in a spider'
web. Debts roll a man over
and over, binding hinihui'd
and foot, ami letting him
hang upon the fatal mesh uu
til tle long legged interest
devout h him.
There is but one thing on
a farm or plantation like it,
and that is the Canada this
tle, w hich swarms new plants
every time you break its
root; whose blossoms are
prolific, and every flower the
father of .a million seeds, ev
ery leaf is an awl; every
ranch a spear, and every
hint like a plattoon of bay
onets, and the whole plant is
a torment and a vegetable
curse, and yetthe farmer had
better make his bed of Caua-
a thistles than attempt to
eat ease upevi interest.
Southern Fanner.
M . Varina Caapman to beCreomat:d.
Ashev:lle, N. C. May 19.
Mrs. VarinaS. M. Chapman
(formerly Miss Moore) died
at her home in this city, yes
terday afternoon, of conges-.'
tion of the brain, aged seven
ty-four years. The greater
part of her life was devoted
to teaching, in which voca
tion she acquired a wide and
er.y favorable reputation.
She was the principal of
schools for young ladies in
Wilmington, Goldsboro,
Charlotte and Asheville.
Late in life she was married
to the Rev. Robert II. Chap
man, I). D. , once .a promi
nent. Presbyterian clergy
man, who died at an advanc
ed age several years auo.
ind whose remains are buri
ed here. She left directions
in her will that her body be
cremated, and it will be tak
en to Philadelphia after the
funeral services at her late
residence tomo.Tow at noon,
which will be performed by
the Moderator of the nssem-
oly and the Rev. W. S. P.
Bryan, of the Presbyterian
church here. The pall-bearers
will be selected from the
assembly. Richmond Dis
patch.
The reigning beauty of
New York society is now
Miss .lulia Screiner, a niece
of Willian Cullen Bryant
She is six feet tall, and the
Prince of Wales says she is
the most distinguished-looking
American he ever met.
Where are our American po
ets? laments the Chicago
Herald. Tennyson, if 1 he
could see her, would weave
another "Princess" about
this Amazonian beauty.
And how Byron would have
raved over her! : "Her' stat
ure tall," says he, "I hate a
dumpy woman."
Frequently accidents occur in
the household which cause burns
cuts, sprains and bruises , for use
in suih cases Dr. J. H. Mclean's
Volcanic Oil Linimenthas for ma
ny years been the constant favor
ite family remedy