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THURSDAY, MAKCII, 1, 1SU,
WASHINGTON LLTTKK
V. I:. I Cl'M'IM,. M.I).
Boone, n. c.
Besi.lent Physician. Office
on. king Street north of Post
Office.
K.T. LOVILL
Attdkxkv At Law,
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!'Mvir: ami Srw:i:o.
C fTce at Residence.
Boone, X. C.
From our EejuUr Jorrepondeot
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.1 TTOR.XFjY A 7 .4 ir,
MARION. N.r
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Wil practice in the courts o
Vntniitrn. Ashe, Milehell.McPow.
1I nnd nil other com-ties in the
xptprn list riot SSTSpeoinl ntten
tion given to the collection of
claims.
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Fn'ie.
On noeonnt of fnilinir health
of myself nnd wife, I offer for s 1
my hotel propeitv in the town of
lioone. !orTii i nroiinn, nn1 will
3ell low for cash nn1 mnte tcrtna
o mitt the lmvr, ond will tnke
f;ii o pe'-sonni property in ex
change. Applvsoon.
W. L. BrtYA.
A of ice.
For sale. 000 ncrpsof land.
on Ttieh Monntnin. Watauga
County, on whiohisnsbestoR,
nnd fine land for shppp ranch.
Snips private. L. ft. Lowe &
T. T. Funrprsor, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. r. ( jt'lownv. rtwd.
Parmer Elk, Nov. IP '90.
NOTICE.
Parties putting papers in
mr hand for execution will
ploTse ndvnnce the fees with
the papers nnd they will re
ceive prompt attention, other
wise they will ho returned
not executed for thp want of
fees. D.'F. Bairp Shff.
U1UYERS1TY OF WORTH CAROLIN A.
Instruction is offered in four
general courses of study, six
hripf courses, i large number
of special courses, and in la w,
medicine and enffineerintr
The Faculty includes twenty
teachers. Scholarships and
loan funds are available for
nppdv young mpn of talent
and chnractPr. The next ses
sion begins Sept. 1 . For ca t
ulogue with full information,
address President Winston,
Chapel Hill, N. C.
TNB
ft(T PRCSRLfi Of CLKCTRICITV.
OJSi jJTjIj'S
HiiiDal&SllnsJItiiti
for t)iTfOnfmiitofClFml
1'rtraUe, ElcieUe, n ii
HVAB4STEC9 In nil raxog
rriitiffttd ftnd tekc n, (iu4 Nf
ce"t to itAntp tor book on
H Hlimrfi, ftiul how (o
tMid tnem. Cail or nudriiM,
or. mm f. $mi i co.t
until !,lsI,l:v
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KRlf N.WfM4,Md Mfl waWI M?r. totwv rkr.
i mn ftfWr Hni, itHCniH. W. sv fkjnUh ;m 11m ni
yBnlHtHhttlRII, RaiHciKiipliliikm. rfl
1 111 rata TMva AtuiivA.ayUjuk
A f-imcii of disgruntled re
pulIi-in fjteHiii)inhii i
now lin-riven the muntr.v
h.v the tidminisfrutinn in th
manlier in win, h jt j. ihilly
i"K with the criticiil firinn-
HmI Hituutioti. Inslendof t;i-
kintrMonie (h.-ih-d nten to
wards relief, Mr. Harrison
und Secretary Foster are im
ply dinjf nothing, lwii.en.r-
tei-Uv nat lotted if they can
tnveofr thei'ii.His until the
Ii.ivp turned the government
over to the deiuoeiiits. think
Httf thus to escape lewpon.si
hility for any trouhle that
may hpn come. This in vorse
than cowardly; it criminal
The people in this count rv
are not idiots; the will know
wliere to phiee the lesnonsi-
hility i-hould the inaction of
thin administration result in
anythinorliken flnanoial pnn
ic. which heaven forbid.
President . elct Cleveland
has not pleaned all thedemo-
crats in Fonffress by some of
the splpotions he has made
for his cabinet officers no
President ever did. or ever
will pIcaRp all his party in
making up a cabinpt, but if
the dissatisfaction is n n v
oreater thnn it has bppn in
the dominant party when pv
ery cabinet for twenty rears
past has bppn nnnonnoed
your correspondent has fai1
ed to locate it all. It mus'
tie remembered in consider-
ino-this matter that Cleve.
and has intioduoed jiom
thine: entirely pew in politics
by announcing the members
of his cabinet as fast as they
are determined upon, thus
invinff the oppiwition chnce
to appear much greater than
it is, by reason of its beinsr
presented to the public in sec
tions, as it were. The obiec
tion to JudgeGresham which
at first nppeired to he verv
lorundable, is crowintr less
and Ipsh, now that its an
thors have taken time to
think of the justice of crivincr
thp many thousand indepen-
cnt votes that were cast for
M r . CI e vel a n d 's represn ta t i o n
in the cabinet. There is no
opposition ti Catlislefor Sec.
of the Treasury; Bissell, as
Post Master General. Morton
as Sec. of Agriculture, or Ia-
mont as Sm of War, and the
ittle opposition that has
been expressed to Hoke
Smith for bee. of the Interior
ins mostly come from Wes
tern men who think a West
em man won hi have been bet
ter than a aeorgian for that
position. And not a single
word ban been uttered by
anybody ngainst the fitness
of the pMitlemen named for
these pohitions, and after ell
is not that the principle ob
ject aimed at by every Presi
dent, in seleciiug a cabinet?
If Mr. Cleveland will fill the
two remaining vacancies) with
(dd wheel hoi sea of democra
cy your correspondent pre
dicts that the cobinet as a
whole will be cordially ap
proved of by ninety-five per
cent otthe democratic party:
Vice-President elect Steven
son will be iu Washington
this week to remain until af
ter the Inauguration.
One man paid $500 for one
xo.
24.
hundred seats in thp standi
which fjeea th? reviewing
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Mnn.l fr ni whi h Mr. ( ee
land will review the mauu
rnl parade, which promise
to le the !argeet ever wen.
The treaty nnnexinu Ha
waii, .-nt to thr Senate lust
wfek. has been favorably re
ported. Ir is prnb i hie, but
not certain that it will be rat
ified at thisRespinn. The un
certainty arises from the be
lief of Rome of the Senators
on both side that it should
be Ut for the next session.
Not a sinirl. vote was cast
accainst the confirmation of
the nomination of Aiu(r
Jackson to the Supreme
Court. It is understood thnf
'emoerntio Senatois wpre as
sured the vacancv made bv
his promotion would not be
fillpd by Mr. Harrison.
Senator Vorheea is stronir-
ly in favor of theamendment
to tne Sundry Civil Ap?iropri
ation hill, authoiizin-r the
S'c. of thp Treasury to issue
3 percfiit five year bonds, up
to $."0,000,000, whenev. r in
his judjrment it mnv be desir
able to do so, forthepui pose
of adding to the gold resei ve.
He thinks that theanthoritv
will never need to b" execis-
ed, because the mere fact tliat
it exists will uive stabilily
and inspire confidence throu
ghout the world in our hnan
ces. The Senator says there
is no connccti in between this
amendment and the silver
question, not wit hstading t he
fforts niadebysometo make
it thus appear. The amend
ment, already mlopted bv
the Senate, will, it is believed,
get through the Ho'isennless
the opposition Hhalleonelnde
to talk it to death.
The Senate voted down the
House amendment to the
Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill prohibiting the payment
of expense incurred lor war
rants, arrests or prosecutions
under the laws lelatinirto the
election of Members of Con
gress. 1 his iiMtter will come
up again when the bill gets
in conference, but it is not be
lieved that the democrats
will be inclined to fight very
stubbornly for the restora
tion of the amendment, be
cause they oeheve to a man
that the whole system of fed
eral supervision of elections
will be wiped out by the ne.rt
Congress.
There will be no pension re
form at this session. The on
ly result of the pension dis
cussion was some bad lan
guage and an attempt to ex
change blows by two mem
bers on the floor of the
House.
News and Observer: The
Election of Iloach as United
States Senator from North
Dakote gives the democrats
44 Senators. The Governor
of Wyoming will appoint a
democrat for that State,
which will make the number
45, and leave the republicans
and populists ccmbined with
only 43, even if the republi
cans get two from Washing-
tor, and Montana. Th is is
thefirst time since liueha nan's
administration when thedem
oornts hav had ooth Houses
of Congress and the Presiden
cy at the aatne time. i
A HIT0SlC aiEL.
LippeiioottV.
To give an idea of what a
brave man can do if he un
derstands fencing thorough
ly and but keps cool and
oolU ted in danger, we will re
late a historic duel. So ex
traordinary is that combat
that it would le hdd a ro
innr.ee had it not been wit
nessed 'y a whole army. Th
hero is Jean Levi's, one of the
great masters of the hegin
ning of this century, und the
duel hnpened ot Madrid in
lie was theni.ister-at
arms of the Thirty-seeont
regiment of French infantrv.
The First regiment comix a
ed entirely of Italians, form
ed part of Miesaine brigade
Itegiineiital esprit de corps
and rivalries of nationality
c a u s e d constant quarrels.
when swords were often whip
ped out orhulletse.Ychanged.
After a small battle had oc
curred in the ut reefs of Mad
rid, in which over 200 French
ami Italian soldiers had ta
ken part, the officers of the
two regiments, in council ol
war assembled, decided to
give su h breaches of order
a great bhuv andfto re-estab
lish discipline. They decreed
hat the master-at-arms of
I he two regiments should
take up the quarrel and fight
it out.
Imagine a whole army i;i
battle array on ono of the
large plains that surround
Madrid. In the center n large
ring is left open for the con
testant. The spot is raised
above the plain so that not
one of the spectators of this
t ragic 3cene g,-i i y d ressei I of
licet s. soldiers in line, Span
iards excited as never a bull
fight excited them -will miss
one phase of the contest. It
is before 10,000 men that
the honor of an army is about
to be avenged in the blood of
o0 bra ye men.
The drum is heard. Two
men, naked to the waist t
step in the ring. The first is
tall and strong. His black
eyes roll disdainfully upon
the gaping crowd; he is Gia-
como terra n, the celebrated
Italian. The second, tall al
so handsome, and vvith mus
cles like steel, stan Is modest
ly awaiting the word of com
mand: his name is dean Lai-
is. the seconds "take their
places- on either side of t heir
principles. A deathlike si
lence ensued.
"On guard."
The two masters cross their
swords. Giacomo Ferrari lun-
g b repeatedly at Jean Louis
but in vain. His every thrust
is met by a, parry. He makes
up his mind to bide hischance
and ciresses and teass his
opponent's blade. Jean Lou
is, calm and watchful, lends
himself to the play, when,
quicker than lightning, the
Italian jumps aside with a
loud yll and makes a terri
ble lunge at Jean Louis a
Florentine trick, often suc
cessful. But with extraordi
nary rapidity Jean Louis has
parried and risposts quickly
in the shoulder.
"It is nothing,'' cries Gia
como, "a tneie scratch," and
they again fall on guard. Al
most directly he is hit in the
breast. This time the sword
of Je in Loir-, who is now at
tacking, jnetrates deeply.
(iififomo s fact became livid.
zptte sntstH that t h
State employ its most oom-
i-trm '-luzn ar a yearly
jhis sword drops from hislniy of and all necessary
hand, and he falls hf anlv to
the turf. He is dead
lea ii Louis is already inpo
Mt'on. He wiped bin reeku
Us !e; then, with the point
of h;j sword on the ground,
he calmly awaits the next
man.
The best fencer of First reg
unent lias just been carried
away a eorpss, but the day
is not yet over Fourteen ad
vert i r ies a re t here, i m pa t ien t
to measure swords with the
conqueror, burned to avenge
the master they had deemed
invincible.
Jean Louis hail hirdly two
irinute's rest. He is ready. A
new adversary stands belore
linn. A sinister click of the
swords are heard, a lunge, a
parry, a impost and then a
ery, a sigh, and all is over.
A scon I body is before Jean
Louis.
A third adveisary advanc
es. Ihey want Jean Louis
to rest, "I am not tired," he
answers, with u smile.
The signal is given. The
Italian is as tall as the one
who lies there covered by a
military cloak. He has close
ly watched Jean Louis' play,
and thinks he has puessed
the secret of hi? victories. He
multiplies hisfeir.ts and tricks
and then, all at once, bound
ed like a tiger on his prey,
he gives his opponent a ter
rible thrust in the lower line.
But Jean Lewis' sword has
parried and is now deep with
in his opponent's breast.
Wh.it need wetorelateany
more? Ten new adversaries
followed him. ami the 10 fell
before Jean Louis amid the
excited yells and roars of an
army. At the request of the
Thirty-scond regiment's co-
onel, who thought the lesson
sufficient, Jean Louis after
much pressing consented to
stop the combat, und he
shook hands with the tv:u
survivois, applauded by ton
thousand men.
From that day fights ceas
ed between French and Itul
ian soldiers.
This wonderful and gigan-
ric comuar. migtit De held a
fable were not all the facts a
bove stated still found in the
archives of the ministry of
war.
A Slate History.
Warren ton (itzette.
We are much in need of a
first class history of North
Carolina, but the trouble has
been and is, perhaps, there
aie b"it few men who can
properly write history; und
among those few in our own
State probably all of them
have to earn their daily
bread in the sweat of their fa
ces, nnd hence have not the
time for such work. To pre
pare the material and write
such a history as should be
written would doubtless re
quire several years time, and
we have but few among us
who art pecuniarily able to
live and work on such a long
perses in traveling to iir-
pnt points to search rerords
tc; have the work prin,- l
and sold by the Stale an.!
require all the public .Ln .)r
to use it as a text book and
in the place of some of th
readers now used. Sjy tr.a !
it would require three vems
for the work, and the salary
and expanses were three thou
sand a year; nnd th only
other cost would be in pub
lishing and selling, which
would depend upon nbc of
voluneand numbers. Asa
further incentive to er.od
work the author m ght be
given a percent upon all th
histories sold. Could the
State posibly lose if some
such plan vere acted upon ?
I wo facts in connection with
the matter or patent, to wit:
need n good history, and to
get it the State must do th
financial backing.
Ureairot Lifing Wonder.
One ofthetnostremarkabh
joys in the world was in Tei;
arkana, Texas, a few !ys
ago. He went from ther- to
Pine Bluff, Ark. He n a ne
gro, only 5 year? old, who
never attended school nnd
was never taught even the
alphabet, yet hecan read and
speak all the languages dot
in use and all of the dead
tongues with fie except ion of
Greek and Hebrew. The bo v
was born at Farmersville,
Union psrish La., Dec. 'J.J.
1887: now measures 3 fset
3 inches in height and weighs
33 pounds. He is a full tdood
negro, very black, but has i
Grecian noae, with block,
sparkling eyes and a hend r.
raarkably well shaped and
developed. He first began
to read the Bible about eigh
teen months ago, nr.d wh,m
asked how he was able to do
ro. stated that he was con
trolled by. a spirit. Hi f.ith
er, an ignorant country dar
key, became alarmed, think
ing his sou was "pusses,
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inenevii, und iWrted him.
The boy's grandmother then
took charge of him, arid
thinking to turn his peculiar
p iwers to pecuniary profit,
began to exhibit him, charg
ing an admission fee to tire
negroes on the plantations.
The poor negroes, however,
in their superstition, conclu
ded the boy was "a witch,"
nnd consequently gave him a
wide berth and the venture
ended iu disappoint ment and
failure. A day or two turn
A. H. Whited, u former rail
road conductor, secured the
bov. signing a contract, fnr
two years with his relatives,
and will travel and exhibit
him throughout theoonnt.-v
going lirst to Tennessee, Mis
sissippi anj Alabama, and
t hence tothe Northern States.
He will also take him to the
W orld 8 tair. which noint. he
experts to make in July or
August next. The boy' was
seen by a number of the citi
zens of Texarkana, ail of
whom were trreat.lv Hiotnniah-
ed at his strange power. Te
ooy goes iy tne euphonious
credit. ludge Clark could do
the work admirably, but it is' name of Beniamin Franklin
hardly probable or desirable Coleman. His health is goo A
that he should resign his pies and his body pei fectlj form
ent office. ed. In his speech there is a
Some years ago the Ga- slight stammer. Ex.
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