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Boone, N. C.
Resilient Physician. Ollice
in King Street north of Post
Ollieo.
E.F. LOYILL
Attokxkv At T aw,
Boone N. C.
1)11. L. C. BEEVES.
Physician and Snuinox
Office at Residence.
Boone, N, C.
L. I). LOWE,
Attomsj at Law
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XOTARY run
15 ANN Hit'S ELK, N. C.
J. W1LBAR,
DENTIST,
i:i,K l'AUK, NOKTII CAROLINA.
Oflershis profession;'.! services
Id til" people of Mitchell,
WatauM iiml adjoining coun
ties. roYo I, ml wntf'vil imul
and .ill workininuitcoil.''i
May 1 1 y.
J. F. 51.i !i. w,
li;iri:i:i, X. C.
F. S. Lliidltiiin
Jc civon, N.C.
MOHPllEW iSLACKBFKN
Atttouni:ys at Law.
Will practice ill the courts
of Ashe, Watauga and Milch
el! counties. nH in the Fed-
ial courts of the Dist.. ;ilil !
Supreme Court of the State.
( olfaction ot chiim soUciti'il.
Apil, 10.
Xotice.
For sale. '.MM) acres of land,
on llich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which is asbestos,
and tine land for sheep ranch.
Sales private. L. 1. Lowe A;
,1. T. Furu'orson, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. I'. Calloway, deed.
Banner Ell;, Nov. 1? 'Up..
Money to loan.
Persons wishing- to bor
row money, who can secure
it. by mortgage on good real
estate, can be accommodated
by applying to
J.F. Spainhour, Boone N. C.
or A. J . Critcher, Horton N. C.
4. 2L
NOTICE !
I am just receiving a new
stock of goods bought for
cash down and will sell for
st richly pay down, at prices
to live and let. live. You will
do well to call and examine
my goods consisting of boots,
shoes, dry goods, notions,
tvc. Yours truly,
-T. A. OmTCiiEK,
, I.atiiboo. N. C.
SUTHERLAND SEMINARY.
MISS VMM A HI XX,
Graduate Grwnaboro Frmale College
PIUXCIPAL.
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This Institut ion of learning is
situated in one of the most pictur
esque mid hospitable sections of
the State, and rare oppotunities
are here offered for a, practical,
and cheap education. The school
now has an enrollment of over
100 pupils. Latin, French, and
nil the English branches taught.
For full particulars address the
.Vrincipal at
KlTIIKHT.ANI). N. 0.
Washington letti:u.
F.ora onr Eeular Co.rjoad:nt.
Mr. Harrison woul I gladly,
it is believed, abandon the
vote hunting tour , n
which he st. uts to-morrow if
he could consistently do so.
There are several reasons for
this condition of mind on his
part. When this tour was
first suggested he expected
to be able to carry with him
a prominent party. including
a majority of the( abinet and
several Senators and liepre
sentutives, but as the time
drew near to start he has
had the experience of the
biblical character who gave
an entertainment all had
excuses to prevent their go
ing. Mr. McKiuley, for whose
special benefit the Canadian
recipiocity talk has. been
postponed until after the
Ohio election in October,
would have made a star at
traction for the party, but
his own presidential aspira
tion so fully developed and
he had such an exaggerated
idea of his political impor
tance that would not con
sent to play second fiddle to
Mr. Harrison.
Put, perhaps wh it worries
Mr. Harrison more than all
other causes is his overwhel
ming jealousy of Mr. I'laine.
who he thinks has already
gained more notoriety than
he is entitled to through his
connection with th adminis
tration. He fears that Mr.
r.laine will do koui e t h i n g
w hile he is a way to increase
that notoriety, and although
he has Mr. IMaine's promise
to stand aside and allow him
to be re-nominated if lie can
be, he doubts his sincerity
and is afraid ofhim. It is be
lieved that Mr. Llnineis fully
aware of the state of Mr.
Harrison's mind, and that
lie enjoys it.
The evident intention of Mr.
Hlaineto surrond thepresen':
condition of the Italian ques
tion with an impenetrable air
of mystery is having a bad
effect. He refused to give out
any information, even to sta
ting whether he had sent the
answer to Hudini's last dis
patch. From other sources
it is learned that a draft of
that answer was read at a
cabinet meeting-last week and
approved by those present,
but if it had been sent it went
by mail to our minister at
Home, because, if it had been
cabled over, the Italian pa
pers would not persist in say
ing that Uudini had notified
Mr. Biame of his intention to
break off all diplomatic rela
tion with the United States
if he did not get a satisfacto
ry answer by Tuesday of this
week. This last of course is
a. bit of buncomb that is fear
ed by nobody.
Nevertheless, Mr. Blaine's
refusal to make public that
dispatch of Kudini's has
caused many people to be
lieve that it was not of such
a conciliatoiy nature as we
had been led ta believe it
was by the cable synopsis of
it that came from Home, and
which, by the way, is all . the
information we ever got con
cerning it. Americans are
not fond of mysteries either
in their public or private af
fairs, and Mr. Llaiue woildj
b' tter take them i'lio his
confidence.
Mr. ILuri-on's attempt to
plaoate the disgrantel
gro 's is not a brilliant sue-!
ces. Hi! appointed a negro.
H. (I. l'.iiker. of Missouii. to!
be alternate Commi.-sioner;
al-large for the Columbian
exposition, but tin negroes
are worse than ever, because, '
at the same time, he appi in
ted a white man, K. W. Fur
nas, of Nebraska, to be a
Commissioner at -large. They
say that if Mi. Harrison
wished to recognize the ne
gro he should have appoin
ted him Commissioner and
thewhire man aiiernate as
the negroes had no rcpres"ii
tn'ive on the commission,
and t lie alternate is simply a
fifth wheel, unless for some
reason the Commissioner for
whom lie is alternate becomes
unable to servo.
Republicans w ink knowing
ly when anybody says any
thing about Secretary Tra
cy's declared intention of con
ducting the working forces
at the various navy yards
without ngard to partisan
politics. Mr. Tracy may be
perfi -ctly honest, in his inten
tions but either the republican.-
do not believe it or they
think 1 hey can out wit him.
They certainly do not. antici
pate giving up thena vy yard
pat rouage.
Secrtary Fosler has gone
to New Yoi k to take a hand
person. illy in making tin- liar
rison machine of the Federal
ollice holders in that city.
That's one of the thugs he
went into tho cabinet to do.
Ap;ain it is thought that a
successor to IT. S. Treasurer,
Huston, has been rarralled.
This time it is Mr. E. N. Ne
decker, of Indiana, a gentle
man supposed to be influen
tial with the Germans in that
State and able to offset any
adverse influences which Mr.
Huston may be disposed to
attemp to use against Mr.
Ilnsrison's re-nomination.
Millions in Cotton Oil Soap.
A big soap manufacturing-enterprise
was organized in
Houston, Tex., March 21.
The corporation will have a
capital of fir,()00,(M)0. The
syndicate propose to estab
lish plants to cost from.f.")0;
000 to $200,000 in Houston,
New Orleans and other South
ern cities id the cotton belt,
where there are oil mills, as
well as some plants ia
the North. William Rice, a
New York millionaire, and
others are its promoters.
We advise .r farmer
friends again to steer clear
of debt in the arrangement
they are miking to start a
crop. The farmers may not
be able to take this advice in
whole, but they' can take it
in part. That, is they need
not go into debt farther than
absolutely necessary. Let ev
ery man see to it, that when
his debts have been paid this
fall, ho shall have some part
of his crop left over to take
him and his family through
the winter. This advice is
common place, but it is im
portant. Progiesxi ve Fn r-nior.
KuT falsi: r.eopui.rs.
Mr. MeKinh v has n verv
peeuli ir gin ve-vard whistle, i
He is now feeling his war in
the il.ii k and whistliugloudlv
and shrilly to keen Ms cour-l
ageup lie is takiiiirtheflat-Uhe
tering in -tion to his soul
. . , . .. . . . .
tliat all is well with his un- "oreign i-oimi r.es i o-i i -in rcsi
wtse and wicked law for Mo-' ding. Nothing of the kind is
nopoly. He tries to delude! ' 01' should be for a urn
himself with the belief tluit 1 n'"t tolorattMl: the grenera'
the people are ng-ain chang-i government already has e
ir.g to higher taxes. He is e- nough power, many think en
nough to d"c1are that "the t iifl.v too much, oer the in
people rire beginning to find
out the fa's" prophets who
talked about the tariff lat '
year." How -false prophets."' ,
The democrats declared that
the republicans sought to in
crease the burdens of taxa
tion. Is not this true? Mr.
McKiuley in his recent speech
es admits that the tariff bill
herenoHed ne.r! iv.-tq ...i. I
ted increased the tax from -ir'not believe that it, will ever;
toCOcts. That was wrong lw "lged because of Luro
as to the 4-r,. The old tariff , Hamor, not even if Ita-
was 17.10 per cent average.
Then the democrats said it
would make goods higher. Is
that true? Ask the dealers.
Nay, ask the buyers. Hard
ware, glass, woolens, carpets
and so on have all advanced
and some very much. Let the
higher taxcontinuefora year
or two nut'! all the goods on
hand havbeen disposed -of
and prices will range even
higher yet. So the prophets
of evil were true and not. false
prophets. The Itepublieans
may return (o their false gods
of protection and bow down
and worship again in the
temple of monopoly, but the
truth of what the democrats
declared and prophesied in
advance remains true all the
same.
The business outlook of the
country has been deteriora
ting: all the year slowly but
.itirely. At last it has reach
ed thatjpoint when Dun & Co.,
of New York, announce in
their weekly review of trade,
that there is no expansion of
trade, that the iron product
is diminishing in volume and
in price, and that the flour
and grain markets show- less
activity, and in volume are
far below last year. This is
very bad. What the remedy
is must be found hereafter. In
the mean time the decline is
here. What did the repub
lican lleKinley high tax for
the benefit, of Monopoly of
last November have to do
with it? Mu'h verily as we be
lie ve . Moscnor.
There are some disadvantages
connected with the running of a
weekly paper. Noticing, several
days ago, the probabilities of war
between the United Stab's and
Italy were diminishing, it occurr
ed to us to remark that it didn't
seem to be worth while for John
ny to get his gun. And the very
next day the Aew'York Herald
sai l that very thing. Thus it is
that no matter ho w smart a week
ly newspaper man may be or
what brilliant ideas his brain
may conceive, there is always
some daily newspaper man who
is just as smart as he is and w ho
takes the words out of hismouth.
Landmark.
The late Gen. Joseph E.
.Johnston's will showed his
estate to be worth 80.000
Ejurowm rAUAGturns. I
A lot of "slush" ha been i
nad is being w ritten about j
'' necessity of aincudingotirj
Fonslit utiou so as to enable;
Federal Covrrnment, in;
several states, greater!
'protection to the subjects of i
ir . ii : .. !
ternal aliairs of the States.
There, is noStat 'in IheFnion
t,lilt U(H'S ntKm tin-foreign
snhjeets precisely thesame
protect ion ex tei.d"il to native
American citizens; nrue they
have no right to ask. The
!' "titi.tiou of the United
St.-nes was not framed upon j
I'V" models or upon
K.mpean ideas, and we do
ly should be joined by every
nation in Europe.
The Indians are rather
choice. It is stated that they
refuse to enlist in the army
unless allowed to join to
the cavalry branch of the
service. They have evident
ly never heard the song that
was more or less familiar in
the Virginia trenches during
ihe late war, the chorus of
which was "Ifyou want to go
to h 11 just jine do cavalry."
Blaine's reciprocity eggs
are not hatching very fast
notwithstanding h i s perse
verance in sticking sonstant
1y to the nest. Perhaps the
bad boy, Bill McKinley, who
isn't very much in love with
reciprocity or its foster-father,
may have been changing
those eggs.
There is no truth in the ru
mor that Mr. B. Harrison
proposed discarding "grand
fa thei 's hat" this spring for
one of more modern style. A
newer hat would dountiess
be more bocomingnnd fit bet
tor, but the gentleman isn't
disposed to let go his only
stock in trade for the sake of
improving his personal ap
peara nee. 'Grand-father's hat
will continue on duty until
the nominating convention
next year, if no longer.
Here's one especially for re
publican editors: If the tariff
isn't a tax paid by consum
ers, why is it that sugar be
came cheaper as soon as the
duty on it was removed?
Take your time, gontlemn, in
answering this.
If any doubt existed as to
why Charley Foster w is ir ade
Secretary of the Treasury it
has been swept away by re
eonfoeeurro'iees. He was se
lected to be commander in
chief of the Harrison forces,
and to so manipulate the im
mense patronage of the t reas
ury department as to make
Mr, ILirrison's re-nomination
by his party a certainty,
and he is doing it to the full
extent of his ability
Mr. Harrison has asserted
his authority and put a break
on Mr. Blaine's reciprocity
policy, as far as it rel ttes to
Canada, by premptorily or
dering the Secretary of State
not to enter upon oven iufor-
no. :j.
nial negotiation with the (a
nndian commissioners until
it shall suit his (Harrison's)
convenience obe present and
take part therein. W h a t
makes this action more hu
miliating to Mr. Blaine is
that he had agreed, and ap
pointed a time, to listen to
an informal presentation of
the views of the Canadian
government on this subject i
ami the representatives of
Canada were already m Wush
ington for that purpose when
the Harrison veto was given
to him. It seems to us that
in addition to being- a snub
to Mr. Blaine this action on
the part of Mr. Harrison was
decidedly discourteous to
Canada, and a discourtesy
t ha t.was entirely uncalled for.
It would have neither injur
ed nor committed this coun
try to have heard the infor
mal propositions of theCana
dians, and, unless Mr. Harri
son has entirely lust confi
dence in his Secretary of
State, there is no good reasoli
why he should personally lis
t mi to these propositions.
Secretary Foster acknowl
edges that .there will be no
Treasury surplus next year.
Bepublican editors will please
take notice,
Mr. Blaine's intercontinen
tal monetary conference was
a decided failure, us far as
results are concerned. All
admitted the desirability of
a coin that would circulate:
in all American countries at
thesame value, but it was
shown that the difficulties in
P'-oviding such a coin are at
the present time insurmoun
table. How long would a law cur
tailing free speech, the1 key
stone of freedom's arch,
stand, if it was enacted by
the legislature of Minnesota?
Just long enough for the
United States Supreme Court
to decide that it was uncoil ;
stitutionul, as it would do
without a dissenting voice.
Mr. Harrison travels oii
free special trains. When Mr.
Cleveland was President and
wished to go anywhere he
bought a ticket just as or
dinary people always do. No
comment is necessary.
The lloih .Jerry Simpson says:
"The defeat of Senatorlngallsby
the alliance reminds me of a sto
ry of two Irishmen. They came
to this country never havingseen
a train of cars. They laid down
by a railroad track, by night,
when one of them was awakened
by a train plunging by at light
ning speed in a treuzv ot terror
lie gazed upon it until it had pass
ed beyond his vision, and theiii
awakening his companion he:
said: "James, they nre moving
hell, and the tirst load has just
geme by." Laughter and ap
plause. We regard the deteat of Sena
tor Ingalls as tle removal of the
tirst load. Asheville Citizen.
"We are late this week, dear
brothers," writes a Georgia edi
tor. "On Monday last we hired
a horse and buggy for $3 and
started out on a collecting tour.
After traveling four days the
horse died with the blind stag
gers, and we had to foot it seven
miles, having collected seventy
flve cents during the trip. We are
not complaining,jhowever, as this
sort of thing in not new to us, as,
we have been in the newspaper
business for seven years." Free'
Press.