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ILPOH
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professional.
w. b. councillor.
At i okn k v at L.v v.
Boone, N. C.
W. B. COUNC1LL. M. D.
Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Office
on Kins Stivet north of Post
Office.
E. F. LOVILL
Attorney AtT-aw,
Boone N. C.
DIt. L. C. REEVES.
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Residence.
Boone, N. C.
L. I). LOWE,
Attorney at Law
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC,
BANNER'S ELK. N. C.
J. WILBAR,
DENTIST,
ELK PARK, NORTH CAROLINA.
Ofters his professional services
to the people of Mitchell,
Watauga and adjoining eoun
ties.Si.iVo lau innteial used
and all work guaranteed."
Mav 1 1 y.
J. F. Morjihe. E. S. Blackburn
Mrirn, N. C. Je mon.N.C.
MORPHE W & BLACKBURN
Atttokxeys at Law.
Will practice in the courts
of Ashe, Watauga and Mitch
ell counties, also in the Fed
rnl courts of the Dist.. and
Supreme Court of the State.
Collection oi chums solicited.
Aprl, 10.
Notice.
For sole. 900 acres of land,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which it asbestos,
and fine land for sheep ranch.
Sales private. L. 1). Lowe &
J. T. Furgerson, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. P. Calloway, deed.
Banner Elk, Nov. I? '90..
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. 24.
NOTICE 1
I am just receiving a new
stock of goods bought for
cash down and will sell for
strickly 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,
c. Yours truly,
T. A. Critcher,
Baniboo. X. C.
SUTHERLAND SEMINARY.
MISS EMMA WINN,
Graduate Greensboro Female College
PRINCIPAL.
This Institution of learning is
situated in one of the mostpictur
esque and hospitable sections of
tue fetate, ami rare oppotunities
are here offered for a practical,
and chea p education. The school
now has an enrollment of over
100 pupils. Latin, French, and
all the English branches taught.
For full particulars address the
Principal at
Sutherland, N. C.
Representative Springer,
not to be behind the oilier
candidates for the speaker
ship of the House, Iwis given
out, in the shape of a news
pa per interview, n statement
of his position upon the var
ious questions now before
the country. NeedlosH to say
that he stands upon good
solid democratic ground, just
as he has done for lo these
many y en m. Mr. Springer's
opinion on New York politics,
expressed in the same inter
view, has excited much inter
est here. He says that Rep
resentative Roswell P. flower,
who was tin.- chairman of the
democralicCo n g re hs i o n a I
committee last year, will cer
tainly be nominated forGov
ernor of New York this year,
and that if he is elected by a
phenomenally large majority
as he thinks hf. will be, he will
be the Presidential nominee
of the party next year.
Such prominent South Car
olinas as E x-G o v e r n o r
Thompson, now the demo
cratic Civil Service Commis
sioner, say that the telegraph
reports of a movement in
South Carolina for the deser
tion cf the democratic party
by a large number of white
men who will act with the re
publicans in future is news to
them, and they nil expressJpas spent in his office in tin
themselves as not believing
such a movement possible in
that State.
The fact that Mr. Harrison
is jealous of Mr. Blaine has
long been apparent, but a
story that I accidentally
stumbled upon makes it out
even a worse case than 1
thought it to be. Russell
Harrison, according to my
information, w ho is now tra v
elling with the Presidential
party, took occasion before
leaving Washington to inti
mate to several people whom
he thought to be unfriendly
towards Mr. Blaine, that he
thought it was a shame that
his father, who had been for
ced to almost resort to com
pulsion to prevent Mr. Blaine
taking steps towards concil
iating the Italian Govern
ment should be deprived of
the credit for the firm stand
taken by this Government in
that matter, when it was to
him, and to him alone that
it was due. Russell also said
that "Father may find it
necessary to break with Mr.
Blaine, in order to place him
self in the proper light before
the people." Poor things!
The republican post office
officials are indulging in a
great deal of self congratu
lation over the establish
ment of post offices on sev
eral lines of ocean steamers
for the distribution of mail
matter in transit, which is
exploited as something en
tirely new, and due to the
fertile Wana maker brain. A
way back in the Buchanan
administration similar post
offices were maintained on
the lake steamers that ran
into Chicago and if brother
Wanamaker,will examine the
records of his office when he
gets back to Washington he
may be able to get some use
ful pointers on the conduct
of steam boat post offices.
The steamship post office is
au excellent idea, but it did
not originate with Mr. Wan
amaker. The grip has got Attorney
lienerai .Mi er. which com
pelled the government to ask i P,ov'11,(' ,f '
for a week's continuance of th.minost part o f Spaine.
the Savward case, whi h wns!Th.. town issituated upon the
to have been called up in the'S,,"i,it f (:'l":,'b'r. The
Supreme C0in t to-dav. This tmvn ws iln,'',, UwUmfihn
case it will b.. reineinbere, -w Ma Irk, a Moslem chief who
the one w hu h bears upon the j M'! the spot in A. I).
BehriiiL'seailisoute. l7,- l'K ' time f the
Secretary Foster having
returned froir his political
trip to New York he ami Sen
ator Sherman put theirhnds
together to make a little fun j
for Ex-Governor Foraker in
Ohio this year I asked Sen
ator Sherman if it was true
that he intended retiring
from public life at tie1 end of
his present teim, but I am
still waiting for the answer
he talked nboet the preva
lence of 1 he grip very freely,
but of politics not a word.
However its dollars to wood
tooth picks that John Sher
man never willingly retires.
Secretary Proctor has gone
to Vermont to look after his
marble quarries, and inci
dentally to clinch the bar
gain he is believed to ha ve
long ago made to succeed
Senator Edmunds. I should
like to know exactly the num
ber of davs that Mr. Proctor
War department since he be
came a member of the cabi
net. No cabinet officer in
my time has. ever touched
his record as an absentee.
When Secretary Tracy's
order for and alleged com
petetive examination in the
New York and Norfolk navy
yards was issued Represen
tative Bowden, of Virginia,
who lives in the Norfolk dis
trict, came post haste to
Washington to find out
what, it meant. Before hav
ing a talk with Secretary
Traey he was very blue, but
afterwards he was all smiles
and said '' Oh, all my consti
tuents will pass theexa initia
tion and be re-appointed."
Did Tracy let him see the in
side of the humbug?
There has been a good deal
of talk in the papers about
Mr. Cleveland's position on
the free coinage of silver ques
tion, some saying that his
opposition to the unlimited
coinage of silver will damage
his chances for the Presiden
tial nomination. Bat it
should not. since his views
have not changed on this
subject. His Warner letter
was about the same in sub
stance as his last to theclub,
and it did not interfere with
his nomination three years
ago. Why should it now?
He has undoubtedly studied
the question, and we think
he is right in opposing unlitn
ited coinage of silver, We
would rather vote for him
now than ever before, because
of his manly and satisfacto
ry explanation of the impor
t a n t question. Salisbury
Truth.
No man is so foolish, but
he may give another good
counsel some times; and no
man is so wise but he may
easily err, if he will take no
othe's counsel but his own.
1 Een- -Johnson.-
THE TARIFF.
The word tariff is fieri veil
ifrom Tutifa, n town of the
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.111 M i 1 1 1 ' i I! I 1 It 1 I 0 III I - f f I II
blackmail was levied from
this paint upon nllshipethat
passed through the Siraits.
Tin utrolig castle, w h i e h
stood upon a rocky promon
tory, commanding the nar
row passage from sea to sea;
and all ships were forced to
come to under its frowning
turrets, and pay blackmail.
We have given theoriginof
this word to show that it is
the spawn of infamy that it
w as associated in its very be
ginning with, and was the
progeny of, infamous wrong.
And, since the day it was first
empioyed to give name to
robbery and spoliation, it
has been used in connection
with transactions of govern
ment, not one whit, less infa
mous in their essential princi
pies, than was the blackmail
levied on commerce by the
Moors of Spain.
The tariff of the II. S. is n
system intended to operate
to secure the plain robery of
certain classes of men for the
enrichment of other classes.
Was the blackmail of the
Moors of S p a i n anything
more or less? We say the sys
tem of tariff is intended to
rob certain classes for the ben
efit of oth'T certain ch.sses,
because those who devised
it, and those who uphold it,
know thatitwas precisely this
effect, and nootleT. The man
who is in favor of a tariff, is
in favor of a system that ex
torts taxes out of the consu
mers for the benefit of those
who have articles to sell. This
is the plain english of the
whole matter. And the trans
action is not one jot more re
spectable now than it was a
thousand years ago; and the
American who supports this
wicked system is not less a
robber than the Moorish pro
totype of long ago.
Some people may think the
language we use needlessly
harsh. But we do not think
so. What we have said is the
simple truth; and it ought to
have been said long ago. We
do not intend that, the sin of
silence upon this question
shall rest upon our soul.
Some of our poorer fellow
citizens are bing robbed by
this infamous tariff system
day by day, and we will not
hold our peace, and let the in
famy go on. We want all the
readers of t h e Piogivssive
larmer to remember, that
the word tariff had its origin
in infamy a thousand years
ago, and has beea ever since
used for purposes of in
famous exaction. Progres
sive farmer.
Ingalls has alreadv begun
to qualify himself for mem
bership in nliauce. If the dis-
latches are to be believed
le owns 500 acres of timber
and in Kansas which he is
clearing for a stock farm. He
will raise draft horses and
cain. Omaha World Herald.
The Sew OrleaM inttij
NewOil ans, La., April 18.-
Itsauthoritively learned here
to night that by the e.;d of
next week the famous report
of the grand jury which is in
vestigating the tragedy at
the parish prison, and the re
sult of w hose labors has been
so atiXi usly looked forward
to, will be presented to the
public. The jury has been at
work on the matter fully a
mouth, and i large number
of witnesses have been exam
ined from different walks in
life.
The govenrment at Wash
ington in its correspondence
with the Italian government
has not failed to i in tress up
on the latter the fact that,
the grand jury of the State
of Louisiana wasthesupreme
authority as to whether
there should be a prosecu
tion or not, and the gentle
men of the jury who represent
the leading commercial and
social interests of this city
are fully alive to the interna
tional aspect of the case.
The jury held its session
on Friday. On that day it
adjourned until Tuesday
morning.
It is learned to-night that
between 300 and 400 citizens
will be summond to testify
before the jury when it meets
Tuesday, and when the tes
timony is in the jury will be
ready to report
Among those who are in
the secret of the indention of
the jury to summon so large
a number of witnesses, differ
ent theories as to the cause
therefore are assigned, but
the general impression is
that these persons will be
summoned to tell who were
present in the crowd, armed
and tacitly encouraging the
commission of the tragedy
It will not be a difficult
matter to obtain t h e s e
names, and the result will be
that the jury will return in
dietments, not only against
the persons who led the move
ment and who signed the
card calling the massmeeting
and those who were in the
prison when the actual shoot
ing was done, but against a
very large number of citizens
who were present. In other
words, a very large propor
tion of the somtnunity, it is
pected, will be ind'eted.
It is felt that this would be
the proper move, in as much
as all who went down to the
prison and morally supported
the movement with their
presence are equally guilty
with those who were actual
leaders and avengers. It is
also stated on the very best
authority that the report
will be a sensational one in
many respects, and that in
the treatment of the tragedy
by the jury New Orleans and
its citizens will not be injured
to any extent.
The United States district
attorney has not completed
the report ordered by Secre
tary of State Blaine.- Obser
ver. After an exceedingly close
and exciting contest, the
Florida Legislature succeed
ed in electing Senator Call to
succeed himself. The Alliance
was against him.
TALA(;E'S BIST WIFE.
Mm. Tulniagv is distinctly her
linshaiel'H right hnud, and all
!the details of hi htifV life are
looked after by her, miyn Ivhvard
W. Hok. in thp Iridic' ltnmo
I T 1 CI .
Miumni. .-.lie is ii uuniness wo
man, having a rare executive a
hility, en pa I tie of handling a num
ber ol things nt the "same tiniii.
Much ot Dr.Tnhmige'Hfluily work
is planned and laid out by her.
She makes his pastoral and m
cial engagements, nnd oil his'lec
turing interests are in her hands.
She knows hin capacities nven bet
ter than he. Whenever a journey
is to be made, it is she who lays
out the route, procures Ihe tick
ets and state-rooms, and attends
to all the details. No public man
pel haps is saved so many annoy
ancesnsis Dr. Tahnage by his
wife's foresight and ability. The
rear apartment of the second
floor is Mrs. Tahnnge's working
room. It is tastefully furnished,
but more with an eye to utility
than ornamentation. In this
room she sjtends most of her
time. It is "her private den."
All the mail that is left at the
house of Dr. Tahnage is taken in
to this room and is opened by
her. It is not an unusual thing
for the post man to deliver be
twmi one and two hundred let
ters a day, all of which passes
through Mrs. Tuhnage's hands;
liusiness letters are answered by
her, and all letters that may be
of an annoying or unpleasant
or personal naturearedestroyedi
Dr. Talmagy never sees them.
A day in Mrs. Talmage's honle
would be a revelation to those
who believe that the life ot a pub
lic man's wife is a succession ot
pleasure, dotted here with apret
ty compliment and there with
some token of honor. While many
j)eoplt are yawning "and prepar
ing to break their night's rest,
Mrs. Tahnage is already up o
pening the first mail. Breakfast
is promptly at 8 o'clock. Then
the family seperate and the wife
begins to receive callers which
alone is a task. It is awellknowu
saying among the neighbors that
"the Talmage bell is never still."
All kinds of people must be seen,'
innumerable appointments made
and kept, the pastoral work of
the largest church in America
must be looked after, the details
of a score or more missionary,
church, literary societies with
which Mrs. Talmage, or her hus
band is connected, have their de
mands, and, in addition to all
these, are the household cares of
a large house and a family of
growing children. All the ap
pointments ot th? Talmage home
in Brooklyn reflect the woman
who presides over it. Gaudiness
in furniture or decoration is ab
sent, and, instead, one sees a har
mony of good taste on every
hand. Mrs. Talmage is an excel
lent house-keeper and her home
shows it.
Ingalls is devoting his en
tire attention to raising a
potato crop and refuses to
talk politics. He will have
plenty of time to raise sever
al crops of tubers before he'
will be harrassed by calls to
again serve his people in a
politicul way. New Orleans
Delta.
Grover Cleveland says he
is a partisan democrat That
is right. So are all patriot-'
ic American citizens. Grover
Cleveland will be the demo
cratic candidate ftJr president
in 1892, and the democratic
partisans will elect him."
Mem phis Appeal-A valanch'eV