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W. It. rorxciLL, Jit.
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W. It. COUXCILL, M. I).
President Physieian. O't'tUv
on KingStitvt north of Tost
Oiiice.
H.E. LOVILT,
A TTOIIXEY A T T . A W ,
Itoono X. 0.
Dlt. L. 0. BEEVES.
PlIYSK'l.YN A XI) Sl'KOKON
Office at Residence.
Itoono, X. ('.
L. 1). LOWE,
Attornsy at Law
-AND-
XOTAHY l'UBLIC,
BAXXEBS ELK. X. 0.
J. Q.
DENTIST,
vMi, nohtii cauomxa.
Otters his professional servi'-cs
to the peoph? of Mitchell,
Watairra n nl adjoining coun
ties." Ao h.'id uutte'mt used
nnd .ill work &u;ir:nteed."W
Mav 1 1 v.
i. F. Morjihew.
llnrion, X. C.
K. S. ElukWn
Ji'trff-on, X.C.
M O B P II E W .& 15 LACK 1 5 1 "MX
Atttouxeys at Law.
Will practice in tlio courts
or' Ashe, Yntnuga mid Mitch
ell counties, also in the Eed
rnl courts of the Hist... and
Supreme (.'ulirt Of tliO State.
( ol!i ction at cLiims solicited.
Apil, 10.
Xoiice.
Tor sale. 000 acroeof hind,
on utVh Mountain. Watacga
County, on i ;islisto,
oik! fine laud for sheep raneh.
Hales private. L. D. Lowe &
.1. T. Euruvrson, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. P. Calloway, deed.
Banner Elk. Xov. lc '90..
Money to loan.
Persons wishing to boi
row money, who can secure
it Vy mortgage on good real
estate, can benccommodated
by applying to
J.F. Spainhour, Boone X. 0.
or A. J.Oitcher, IlortoiiX.C.
4. 24.
XOIUE.
Parlies putting papers in
my hand for execution will
pleise ndvnnce the fees with
the papers and thv will re
cei ve prom pt n t tention . ot her
wise they will he returned
not executed for the want of
fees. I). F. IJaikd Shff.
MILLINERY
-0
I would liketo say to my friends
in Wntn.iga and enrrouuding
counties, that Ilia venowon hand
and am receiving every week, a
nice line of
S 1 R I X G ADSUMMFR
MILLIXER I A XI) XO 770X6
When you come to Lenoir, I
would be plensod for you to call
and see me. I solicit your cus
tom. Orders filled promptly by
jnnil. Most Tlesp.,
MRS. M. N. I10RT0X.
Lenoir. X. C. Mav 21.
jtooxK, va'iaiu;a coi-ntv,
WASlIIXCiTOX LETT Kit.
From oar Pejaldr Correspondent
Mr. Harrison will return U
Washington toiiM)rrow, nnd
if he can get his attention n
way from the horde of would
be public pap-sucker now
waiting to pounce upon him,
for:i few minutes, he mav be
able to help clear away the
'suspicion under which the
Tinted States Treasury de
pal tment now rests for hav
ing a .temped 10 hamper the
investigation which it ha
pretended to be so anxious
to have made, of the affairs
of the wrecked Keystone Xa
tional Pank, of Philadelphia.
It is regarded naturally as a
suspicious circumstance that
just as the expert account
ants at work en the books of
fhat bank were getting inlo
the part of their work which
promised important results,
that it should be discovered
at the Treasury that t lie fund
from which they were paid
was exhausted and they must
be dismissed and the in vest i
gationstopped. There's mon
ey enough to pnyn thousand
ml one unnecessary expen
ses for this and that, but not
enongh to pay for the inves
tigation of n wrecked bank
with which a prominent mem
bcr of the administration
had be'n much mixed up.
Isn't that suspicions of it
self? 'Ireasury officials protend
to be rucking their brains to
dis-overu way to pay these
men, meanwhile the men
have stopped work. Perhaps
when they resume, if they ever
do, some of the books may
be missing. The Philadelphia
people have taken the mat
ter up, and if their commit
tee's stinging letter to the
Treasury department does
not cause Mr. Harrison to
takf. some action he is either
thicker-skinned than he has
been supposed to be, or is a
fraid for his friend, Mr. Wan
aniaker. At any rote the let
ter, a portion of which fol
lows, will make Mr. Harrison
do some thinking: "It is of
vital importance alike to the
credit of the national bank
ing system ad to the cause
of justice, that the investiga
tion shall be puisued to the
end and directly under the
auspices of the United States
government. If it be true,
as stated, that "the experts
employed by theg(vernmeiit
ha ve been disaiissed for the
reason that there are now no
luuds available for the pay
ment of their expenses, then
tnis committee will advance
any reasonable amount re
quired to meet such expen
ses." Everything may be
perfectly straight about the
action of the Treasury oifi
cials in this matter, but. it
certainly does not look so.
Everybody will concede tint
the finaiici il system of a na
tion should be, like Caesar's ;
wife, above suspicion. There
is now a large and respecta
ble body of our citizens bit
terly opposed to the ontirej
National baukingsysteni, be
cause of its principles, but
even they ha ve never 'diarged !
that there was crookedness
in the administration of thei
system, and woe beunto that !
administration upon which
crookedness is proven.
A gentleman who is very
close to Representative Mills
said f the report that Mr.
Mill.' was hedging on ihe nil
ver question: "Those who
believe such a 8tory do n,
know the man. He nevei
straddled a question in hisi
life. I could talk to you for
an hour ahoiit Ids position,
outinsrcaui wm refer vou
"U
to the first speech he makes!" ! ?' utr
in.: i . if land m (heorokee county.
II VM1IV7. lll.illl Mill lie Oil tilt
1 0th inst. I happen to know
that he will on that occasion
tally define his position on
every question now before
the public, an I," with a wink,
'that is more than some of
his competitors for the speak
ership nare to do."
The deni rratie missiona
ry party, or rat her a portion
of it, left here yesterday for
Chicago, where they will be
joined by the remainder.
Their first stop will be at St.
Paul on the 13th inst. They
are due at Spokane Falls,
Washington, on the 21. inst.
Tariff will be given every
where. Your correspondent was
shown today what purport
ed to be a letter from an 0
bio republican to a member
of the same party in Wash
ington, which, if the writer
knew what he was talking a
bout, contained a most im
portant, piece of political
news. Following U a copy
of a paragraph in the letter
referred to; "Don't get wor
ried about the hewspaper ac
counts of the Sherman-For;.-ker
feud: there is no feud be -tween
them, but on the con
trary the most perfect and
cordial understanding. Ithas
been thought be.t to have
them appear to be lighting
in order to bring out a
ful' vote through the efforts
of their respective followers
many of whom are not in the
secret. If we succeed in elect
ing a majority of the legisla
ture, which, between us, is
far from a certainty, John
Sherman will be re-elected to
the Senate as a "vindica
tion" so to speak. He will,
as may seem best atthetime,
either decline or before the
adjournment of the legisla
ture resign, giving as a rea
son his desire to retire from
the cares ami troubles of
public life, nnd Foraker will
then be elected to succeed
him. lie careful to whom you
speak about this, as it might
seriously interfere with the
party leaders' plans, should
it get out; but you may de
pend on its being true.
Maj. Moses P. Handy will
find it impossible to get rid
of the title of "Head feeder
to the WoiTs Fair foreign
committee", which has been
givvn him on aceout of hisex
t r a ord i 1 1 a ry ga s t r o n o m i ca 1
feast while traveling through
Europe in interest of the fair
some people spell it f-a-r-e.
There was death in the re
flection of the mirror before
which a Minnesota girl, on a
visit to Washington stood
and cut her throat, wit h a ra
zor. It is hardly probable,
however, that this incident
will deter girls from looking
into mirrocs
x. c, tiii:issi)ay,ski-it:mijki:. lm. iwii.
Msb rrit Xortfi Carulin.
One lame A. Wcnuhy, an
alleged manufacturer, re
siding in the city of Philadel
phia, has been interviewed
by a reporter of the Chi ago
'tribune, tells a lugub'ious
story of how he was take'i
in ami done for by sharpers
in somei.'snd transact ions in
North Carolina. Thesumaud
snbstnnctt of his story is that
II., '. 1 14.- ,, .
at thc price of o,000. He
spent a month in the county
before making the purchase,
and every one treated him
right royally, because every
one kn"v that he wanted to
buy that land. Everything
went on lovely till he forked
over his;?G0,0U0, when about
a dozen other claiiaents for
the land appeared, ami he
found that the title which he
"supposed perfect" wasn't
worth a continental, and
then nobody had any use for
him. having squeezed all the
available cash out of him.
After that, he learned by way
of consolation, perhaps, that
he was "not all the Northern
man swindled iu North Caro
lina," and he therefore con
clude 1 that a conspiracy ex
sists in several those Wes
tern counties to take in and
do for fill th' Northerners
who are unfortunate enough
to fall into its meshes. He
1 . . A 1 I 1
Miruiersays mat any man
who want. to can Rirvey a
pi!. ceof property anywhere,
in town or country, go be
fore the Secretary of Stat,
get a laud grant by payiag
the usual fev and "purchase
the whole tract for twenty
cents an a .-re." A citizen of
Michigan, seeing this "inter
view" in the Tribivh sent it
to Hov. I:!t, nskiiig if there
was any trutdi in it. The
Governor, who had never be
fore heard of Mr. Wenoby,
who U probably a myth, re
plied at lengt h, showing that
Mr. Wenoby, if such a man
exists, had grossly slandered
North Carolina, and that. his
statements were absurd on
their face. The man who
would Acknowledge that he
had paid for 00,000 worth
of land without first ascer
taining that he had a good
title to it simply writes him
self down an ass or an idiot,
who shouldn't be permitted
to leave home with money in
his pocket without a guardi
an. If he be a Philadelphia
manufacturer, as hois repre
sented to be, ho eeds some-!
thing more than a protective!
tariff to take csire of him. !
Wilmington St;ir.
Ex-.vJpoaker Reed is a candi
date for paity discipline. He'er
calls Blaine's Pan-American
reciprocity "an attempt to
carry on commerce by diplo
macy," and adds that "the
commercial world can only
do business on grea t com mer
cial principles, not on cor
respondence between State
depaitments." This is trea
son of the rankest kind, and
.Mr. Heed will nrobablv had
that he has no influence with
tins administration when he
tries to get an official plume
for wane of his constituents.
If you feel weak
and all worn out take
BROWN'S IRON BITTERS
IVn-tiny Hi'0erHM in Ftfjpt.
The result of he recent ex
ploration near (Juccii Ma
tas i, Thi bet, U a harac-
ter to arouse l he interest of
all students of Egpytology.
ueieed it is one of the mot
important and n nnrk iblc
'finds" ever made it: Egypt.
The Ten pie of Qi."u Hat a
sa stands at the head of n
ba. on the river bank, clone
under a steep bluff of lime
stone. Near this temple is a
shaft, deeending through the
solid rock about fifteen yds.,
and out of thisshaf" ha ibeen
hoisted 1 00 mummies. Their
cases and wrappings were
painted sit least :,000 years
ego, yet thecolors areas bril
liant as when first laid on.
The bodies sire rhieily those
of male and female priests,
and of members of the myal
family. What makes I his And
of special interest and value
is the fact that it is an entire
ly new one. These mummies
have remained untouched
since the day when they were
first laid away in their rocky
chambers. What wealth of
historic information may be
gleaned from them and from
the jewels and manuscripts
found among their wrappings
Tiie nmbe of manuceripts is
groat; for not only are there
many within the mummy ca
se; but many others have
been found in the tombs laid
upon or among the cotfris.
II is believed that those were
not placed there at the same
time as the tnummios, but
were thus hidden at a later
day by the priests who pos
sessed the aecret of the tombs
to save them from the thiev
ing hands of some invndorof
the land. Indeed it is an spec
ted that tie1 en! i:-e tomb was
not originally intended for
that purpose, but that the
mummies were removed hith
er from the temple, where
they were originally placed
to keep them from spoliation.
--Ex.
Islanders Attacked by Sharks.
Saxfkaxcisco, Sept. H.--The
schooner General Raniiing arriv
ed from dent's l-.land yesterday
with a carfto of coroanuf h. Her
coininnnder, Captain Spring, re
ports tbat while loading the car
go Lin vessel was twieo Mown out
In ncii by severe storms. On each
Ov'f-isioii iilioul 100 natives were
o.'i hoard en 1 they hastened a,
sliere in ca iloe.-J.
The second time several ctile-es
were capM. 'd and the o'-eejiaids
thrown into the wa I ep. The water
swarmed with sharks, and many
of t lie native were I u.-a ii.ah from
h''b before they cod Id '.e pii kd
up by other ca noes. Or.e yiaa-g
i.siand.-r phn.ged In! o the water
with a ham knife to save his 'ath
both, luMever were 1 oi n to
pieces. One young girl had al
ia o.-'t reached a canoe when a
shark seized her by the middle
and dragged her down. .Oat of
38 people who were thrown into
ihe water cijjht were seiml by
sharks ard kilted, and one man
had a let: bitten oil.
Kaxoiiy has made drunkenness
i crime. It was d aw- on the ad-
jvicf,f u physieians in the
kingdom, who spoilt the idea of
dipsomania nnd declare that men
get drunk not because they are
crazy but simply because they
will. To give liberty and punish
its abase is the perfection of state
ersfr.. X. Y. World.
NO. 7.
W0KDS OK WI0JI.
Learn to explain thy doc
trine by thy lif,
Death breaks the lantern:
i hi't caauot put out the can-
jilh.
Lai-gunge was given that
we might say plesiraml thing
to each ot her.
llesison is that ingenuity of
the mind with which men jus
tify their prejudices.
Purchusing luxuries and
skimping on necessities and
comforts is not wise econo
my. Tin? excuse of cvei nmii
who does not mind his own
business is that he is trying
to do ;cti.
Economy rightly under
stood, is not refusing to
spend money; it is spending
money Judiciously
It, is about as hard to find
a man who will not help you
spend money as 5 1 is to find
a man who will help you to
earn it.
No state can be moredesf i
tute than that of a person,
who, when the delights of
sense forsake him, has tio
pleasures of the mind.
It is the bounty of nature
that we live, but of philoso
phy, that ive live well; which
is, in truth, a greater benefit
than life itself'
It is with nnrrow-Bouled
people as with narrow-necked
bottles; the less they have ill
them, the more noise they
make in pouring it out.
Indolence is si delightful
but distressing state; we must
be doing something to be
Imppy. Action is nolessnec-
esaryjthan thought to the in
stinctive tendencies of the hu
man frame.
Oddities and singularities
of behavior may attend geni
us; but when they do, they
are its misfortunes and blem
ishes. The man of true geni
us will be as.lmmed of them,
or at least will never affect
to be distinguished by them.
There is pedantry in man
ners, os in a1! arts and sci
ences, a n i sometimes i n
trades. Pedantry is proper
ly the overrating any kind of
knowledge we pretend iO, and
if the kind of knowledge be sx
trifle m itself, the pedantry
is the greater.
ft has been said that Mr.
Wiinamaker is no politician;
but if this scheme to organ
ize a grand national politi
cal machine embracing every
postmaster in the U. S., with
the county-seat postmasters
as local bosses, isn't the idea
of a politician we would like
to know what it is. The plea
of improving the postal ser
vice by this method of coun
ty inspections, while an inge
neous one, will fool nobody.
What Mr. Wanamakeris af
ter is improving the chances
of Benjamin Harrison for a
second nomination.
The proprietor of a Cinci
natti hotel refused to allow
a Ohio negro politician to eat'
in his dining room. If such
a refusal had occurred across
the river, in Kentucky,- the'
negro-loving republican edi
tors would hate ri'ised a coTJ
eerted howl about the 'dem"
sd of lawful rights."