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LlNVILLK iMlMtOVKMKXT Co.,
Lixville, Mitchell Co.
N. C.
5 29 0 mo.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
For the Democrat
The most attractive feat
ure of the present Congress,
is to see the rats deserting
the sinking G. 0. P. ship.
Senator Plumb of Kansas
is the last one to open his
eyes, and swim for his life.
He is one of the largest ro
dents in the Senate chamber
of the vessel ; but he found it
sinking, and is "pulling for
the shore." The democrats
were put into a state of ex
treme gratification, when
they heard the Kansas Sena
tor denounce the theory lie
has boon harping on for
years.
That staunch old soldier,
of verbiage, Mr. Sherman re
plied to him, and showed
that he hated, yet togiveup.
But the fact is growing daily
more apparent, that the re
publican party has absolute
ly stampeded and, if the
country wants "protection"
it will be necessary to find
another guide.
The question was on par
agraph 100 of the 'tariff
bill relating to china, porce
lain, and crockery ware. The
"break" on the subject, made
by Mr. Plumb, was even
more distressing to his re
publican colleagues than was
the first made earlier in the
season, by representative
Buttervvorth, of Ohio.
The finance Committee, of
the Senate reccommended a
reduction of the rates in the
the House bill, from GO to 55
er "ont, on dTciiitod arti
cles, nnd to ."0 percent on
white and utidecorated ware.
Messrs Sherman and His
eock opposed I he Sena I e
amendments. Then Mr. Al
lison of Iowa, arose. -i ml, in
substance, said that he was
bound to get in - word if it
was the last act of his public
career. Ho roared that he
had stated a. few days before-,
(with all the carelesMiess of
desperation) that the in
crease of duty caused by the
administration bill, in tax
ing cartons anil coverings,
amounted to from 10 to 15
per cent. That it was true,
as stated by Mr. Sherman,
that the crockery industry,
had had, in the last few years
a most remarkable develop
ment. He wanted a reduc
tion of duties, such as was
recommended by the Finance
committee, and if it wasn't
done he was ready to throw
up his job.
Mr. Vest wanted the rates
up at 40 per cent, and Mr.
Mcpherson, wanted it a few
per cents higher, Senator
Vance made a humorous
speech on the high protective
system. He declared that
the whole earthen ware sec
tion of the bill was a dis
grace to anyone who claimed
to be tinctured with a sense
of humanity. Because it was
simply a discrimination in
favor of the rich against the
poor. That the same policy
of discrimination ran
through the whole tariff bill,
from one end of it to the oth
er. But the existing part of
the whole matter was--wheii
Senator Plumb committed
mutiny. He had with him,
facts, figures and invoices,
which show ed that originally
and before the crockery busi
ness became fat, it was satis
fied with a gratuity of $16.40
on a given amount of ware.
Under the pending amend
ment it would amount to $31.
32a nd under t he McKinley bill
$57.12. He said "the whole
tendency of civilization is to
ward the reduction of prices
of all products of human la
bor. To claim that the tar
iff has been the main factor
in the reduction of the prices
of manufactured goods, is to
ignore all the forces of civil
ization. The Amei torn peo
ple are entitled to have cheap
goods if competition can
bring that about. When
is the time coming when the
people of the United States
wiil derive some benefit from
the establishment of home
industries?" But the best
of it was the way in which
lie said that he didn't say all
that with the slightest idea
that it would be of any effect
upon the vote in the Senate,
(as if he had cast pearls
before swine.)
Senator Gorman is win
ning golden opinions on all
sides for the able manner in
which he is managing the
democratic side of the tariff
debate. He has already
compelled the republicans to
abandon their announced
policy of silence, and to en
ter into a defense of the out
rageous bill which they wan
ted to pass without debate.
Mr. Harrison and Secreta
ry j'laino now have their
; heads t..j,,.,. (,!. m.,v l.r.n in wr.roi.iTK alhai:my
I'oim t ryiiin to tle it some
; method of preventing th-de-j "Fools names like their fa
feat which! hey an see star- i n's- ,,f,,'!l s'vn public
!ing their party in the face. ph'c." is an ancient truism.
iTheresulr of their liii"t hy ' ""d i'"t older than it is true.
confab will probably soon be Vet th.eof us who read and
'apparent, as they are both ithink. v. ho are interested in
jto return this week. ' the grow th and pms.erity of
Iteprescntative Ciinimings. j Hie country, especially the
of New York has exposed a ;southeii, portion of it, ean-
l:. i l r j ! not view wit lion f in t eresl :nnl
I II u e II I I e Pencil it? 'l r e;i rver
: Heed's to bribe voters in
his
district with
government
I nwinev 1 iv leii-mr V:iw
department order the em
ployment of a large number
of workmen just before elec
tion at the Kittery Navy
Yard, which is in Mr. Hood's
district. Mr. fumntings has
offered a resolution instruct- i period of her history, when of
ing the committee on Naval -U ti'" s,ll should be uni
Auairs to investigate this j tod. deliberate .and strong:
matter. That w. 11, of course wl.. n she of all times needs
be the last of the matter as the wisest, best ;md most ox
far as the House is concern-1 perieneod men at the front;
ed; but the people will be I when she wants unison ami
heard from a little later. " discord, is it not unwise.
Mr. Editor, for the farmers
Life will acquire new zest, and to turn their organization in'
ch.-crfulness return if you will j t() l(,jtj,.., ,11;H-liino? And
impel vour liver and kidneys to.. ' . ,
tliej'e'rfornKUiceotthrirfiintions;'" J? s,) to turn down
nr. j. H. McLean's i.iver and Kid- their wisest, most exporio"o-
ney iialm will stimulate tlieni to
healthful action. ftl.OO per bot-tle-
TllK MOON'S IXKLl'KXCK OX VK(i
KTATIOX. The reflected light of the
moon has no appiociable in
fluence upon either vegeta
ble or animal life on this
planet, and if there is any
electrical or other influence it
has not as yet been discover
ed. The idea, however, that
the moon has some peculiar j farmer to array all against
influence on vegetation and those who are not farmers,
animals is a very old one, The lawyer, doctor, merch
and while there never was ant, mechanic, preacher, phi-
any foundation for it except
the vairaries of a disordciod
brain, still, as the belief is
perfectly harm'ess, it is use
less to disturb the quiet of
your ignoi ant neighbors who
take so much pleasure in
planting their cucumbers
and beans during certain
phases of the moon. The
poor old moon has long been
accused of being the cause of
many a catastrophe of which
she was only a silent specta
tor. What are called the
sign.s of zodiac originated
from the supposed influence
of certain planets within the
imaginary band or zodiac
extending around the celes
tial sphere, having as its
mesial line the ecliptic or np
parent path of the sun. The
original planets know to the
ancients within this band
were Mercury, Venus, Mars,
Jupiter and Saturn, but la.
ter other planets werediscov-
ered, and this destroyed
some of the old ideas of the
planetary system, as well as
the influence of these celestial
worlds upon our own. No
intelligent or learned agri
culturist of the present day
pays any attention to the
signs of the zodiac when
either pianting or IhTrvest
ing his crops, or in weaning
his calves and pigs. New
York Sun.
The danp and decaying vege
tation of regions newly cleared
of timber, exposed to the rays of
the sun, is sure to breed malaria.
lt
r. J. 11. McLean's Chills" and
'ever Cure, by mild and gentle
I
mtion will radicallv cure. ;()
cents a bottli
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soire anxiety tin present
acts oi me inruiers alliance.
That th" farmers should or
ganize to protect and pro
mote their interest was natu
ral and right. At the pres
ent time, critical time, when
the South is passing through
a most crucial. -md important
. i f i
ed and bet friend? No one
denies the power, strength
ami ir.lluence of tlx? farmer.
It would be idiotic to dream
of such nonsense. We have
all been taught from our cra
dles up to believe our agrictil
tural friends to be the "bone
and sinue", and I wil.addthe
true aristocracy of the land.
But, iy.v UwMiti. ir, it cannot
be and is not under any cir
cumstances 1 he in forest of the
losophor, miner, and, m fact.
all creatures ort earth an
consumers of the farmers' la
bor. Then are we not mutu
ally dependent on each oth
er? In the alliance are men
like many outside, men who
love office bettor than plow
ing. My sight is not as good
as it was t hirty or forty yea rs
ago, but I can see them in N.
C. and S. ('., as well as else
where, oven from this dis.
tanee. They are the men the
farmers need to watch and
see that they do not lead
the men who Jo the plowing
into trouble. I have no fear
of the genuine, working, hon
est, hard-handed farmer. He
"is all righ-t" and will be. lie
always was. But it is the po
litical, tho "ollicial" some
call them, or miss call them,
literary fanner that we fear.
Toll the real farmer to go
Islow, to bocaroful, and watch
these fellows. Look at dear
old South Carolina. Itemem-
berwhat it was a few years
after the war, under radical
rule, when the farmers' home
had neither value nor safety;
when the merchant from
whom the farmer bought his
shoes and trace chains, had
no money nor credit. Look
now under the democratic
party with snch men as Gen
erals Hampton and Butler
at the helm. All is prosperi
ty, peace and com'ort. In
spite of this, bad men have
taught the honest farmer to
doubt and suspect their best
friends. What a. mistake. I
do hope and pray that the
North Carolina farmers can-
11(,t be duped bv any such po
litical tramns. Ba I ti in ore
, n ;,,,..,
imp
correspondent to iminton
Messenger.
X I'AU OI T STAK.
It tomtit 11 r A demon H ill tnu.iHHl,.
i. V.MrT II t ll.
It ' difli'ult to conceive
that the !e;iuti!ul dog staris
a globe much larg-r than
our sun. y-t it is a fa t th it
Sinus is a run many tbics
more mighty than our own.
This splendid star, whi.-h.
even ia our most powerful
telescopes, appears as a mere
point of light, is in reality a
globe oinmitting so enor
mous n pi dity of light and
heat that were it to lake the
pi. ho of our own snn every
creature on this earth would
he consumed by its burning
rays.
Sirius shining with far grea
ter luster than anyother
star, it was natural that as
tronomers should have re
garded this as being the
nearest of all tin? "fixer"
stars; but recent investiga
tion on the distances of the
stars has shown that the
nearest to us is Alpha Ceu
tauii, a star belonging to
the Southern latitude,
though it is probable that
Sirius is about, fourth on the
list in the order of distance.
For, though there are about
fifteen or twenty stars whose
distances have boon conject
ured, the astronomer knows
tiiat in reality all of them,
stive three or four, lie at dis
tances too groat, to be meas
ured by any instruments we
have at present..
Astronomers agree in fix
ing the distance of the near
est iixed star at 22, 000,000,
000,000 miles, and it is cer
tain that the d stance of
Sirius is more than three and
less than six times that of
Alpha Centauri, most likely
about five times, so that wf.
are not. far from the truth if
wo set the distance of Sirius
at about 100,000,000,000
miles. What a vast distance
is this that separates us from
the star! Words and fiig
ures t hei",s( vos fail to con
voy to our minds any ade
quate idea of its true charac
ter. To take a common exam
ple of illustrating such enor
mous distances. U is calcu
lated that the ball from an
Arm strong 100-poundor
quits the gun with the spf-ed
of about four hundred yards
per second. Now, if this Ve
locity could be y'cept up it
would require no fewer than
100.000,000 years before
the ball could reach Sirius.
.S' 'ii 1 i fit' 1 mcrici n .
Senator Vance has intro
duced a bill providing for
the repeal of the tax per cent
on the circulation of state
banks, and providing that
no higher rate of tax shall be
levied on such ciivuhntion
than on that of national
banks.
This is one of the demands
of th-" r.iliance and should be
passed. Ex.
The most delicato constitution
can safely use Dr. J. h. McLean's
rar wine Lung nalm , it is a sure
reaieth-y for coughs, loss of voice,
and all throat and lungdisoases.
There are many accidents and
diseases which all'.-ct Htock and
cans) serious inconvenience and
loss to the farmer in his work,
which may be quickly remedied
by the use of Dr. J. 11. McLean's
Volcani-' Oil Liniment.
Mli) Wciran U.ljnMljst TrloiJ.
First a?;d foremost a wo
man is a man's bet friend:
I'eea'.H'1 hli 1 is his mother.
Set ond. because shu is his
wife.
Because she is patient wilii
him in i'ihiess, endures his
fret fulness an I "mothers"
him.
II causo she will stick to
him through good and evil
report, and always believe
in him, if she loves him.
Because without her he
would bo rude, rough and
ungodly.
Because, she teaches him
the value of gentle wonts,
of kindly thought and of
consideration.
Because she can, with him
endure pain quietly and meet
joy gladly.
Because, on her breast, he
can shed tears of repentance,
and he is never reminded of
them afterwaids.
ecause when he is having
like a fretful boy and we all
do, you know, at times
with no reason in the world
for it, woman's soft word,
touch or glance will make
him ashamed of himself ashe
ought to be.
Jee.'-n '3 without her as an
incentive he would grow la
zy; then! would be no good
w ork done, there would be no
noble books written, there
would be no beautiful pict
ures painted, there would be
no divine strains of melody.
Bee-inse she has made for
us a. beautiful world in which
we should be proud to live,
and contented to die.
Because -and this is tho
best reason of all when the
world had reached an unenvi
able state of wickedness, the
blessed ta.-k of bringing it
a Savior of ad mankind was
given to a woman, which
was God'd way of sotting
His seal of approval on her
who is mother, wife, daugii
er and sweetheart, and,
therefore, man's best friend
Ladit's' Home Journal.
Sick Headache and a sensation
of o ppression a nd dullness in the
head, are very commonly pro
diieed by indigestion: morbid
despondency, irritability and
over Heiisitivness of the nerves
may, in a majority of cases, be
traced to the same cause, in1. J.
ii. McL-aus Liver and kidney
r.alm and oillets will positively
cure.
Auk yoi; ix the vixk?
I have seen a branch tied
to a bleeding tree for thtf
purpose or being engrafted
into its wound vl body, and
that thus, both might he one.
Yet no incorporation had
followed; there was no living
union. Spring came singing,
and with her fingers opened
all the buds; and summer
came with her dewy nights
and sunny days, and brought
on" all t lie flow rs; and brown
autumn came to shake the
trees and leap the fields, and
with .dances and mirth to
hold the "harvest home;"
but that, unhappy branch
bore no fruit, nor flower, nor
even leaf, .lust held up by
dead clay and rotten cords,
it stuck to the living' tree, a
withered and unsightly
tldng. So also it is with
many who have a "name to
hve and are dead." Gnth-lie.