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WASHINGTON
WATAUGA COUNTY, X. ('., rilUUSDAY, HXi:, 1, y..
NO.
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w. b.cofxcill, j.
Attok.v.v at Lay.
Boom-, X. C.
W. 15. COFXCILL. M. I).
Boone, X. C.
Resident Physician. (M'.ice
on King Street north of Post
OihYe.
DR. L. C. REEVES.
PilYSK'IAN AND SlIMiKON
CfFce at Residence.
l'lOOUC, X. ('.
L. I), lowi:,
Altofiiay al Law
LEI rKI'.jKtiltcs as lie is hv those fro:r. ! Thf j Ua? ietl;i Tinrinta li.r.e
:a and position to
1 1 v tlf vc.-.x I wa Vil'ivLt J or. ier . U:
i . . . . .... .. ... t. i.
in own state tie would prol.- What is there, wha li po.v ; t h i o ict ol Spain with ma- be wha ! d round and round,
amy s" urethe prize. I nere.sesses such iiill i.MK f over Mil-; n v other '.uh ks of ni t. Mv
are a score of '.itiiliin ts I the feclinirs as the work of Virginia a.-i-b.i -.-.I fur i.e..
From onr RegnUr Correfponrtecl.
President I'IpvpI'iiuI -ifi!iiit
l.v beli-v in m!iintniiiingthejr,',,ni MM'r Motions, l.nt itjthe he ven-born n r t i s t V 1 1 housau J .!-.!! ars. Finally I vcr to the ! sti'on whether
a i ranged as to appear in
endles-, iVght in sjm't. Inar;-
A.vn-
yOTAHY l'MLiC,
Raxner's elk. x. c.
J. PBOaPIIfiff.
ATlOllXLY .17 A. AH",
M Alo'ON, N'.l
- -()-Will
practice tie riHirls o-Vnt:;;nr:i.As,:-
Mit!:'il, M Dow
I! n:nt fill other com tii's in tin
.vpstern liitii t vafS'.trial uncn
tio:i fiivcii to the rolU-H ion u
i;!iias."S-
Hotel Vto; rvty toi Ship.
On M-( i,r,';1 r f fniliis: he;:ltl
of nir!f ami I olVfr lorh.ilc
my hold projrl v in tiir town of
Poonc, North Cnioliun. nftl vi!l
low for 'M.-h . i n T rink- IfViiir
i rx 1 1 : t t !i f'iiy i-, iui l v,i!l tnkr
ral o rsonal iio)trly iu cx-chui'f-.
Apply MM.n.
W. li:?v.N.
For a1. iu i) in-rivof Inin!
tin Kih Movnit.-iii1, V.'nl.-i'.ji
( onnly, f.!'.i v!ii,hi.'Niishi'stos.
nnd fine hi iiel lot sheep much.
Sales privnlr. Ij. I. IiOvA'
I. T. Knruvrson, Ex'tis. of
Mrs. A. 1 Ciillown.v. deed.
Ihinner Klk, Xov. K- '.)0 .
' xmif h
lV.rlies putt ins; ptipers in
mv liinwi for exedilion will
p!e ise uuvHUCf the fris with
the ihim-s nfid tiieV will le-
rci ve prom pt Ht tent ion, other
wise they will he returned
not executfd for the want of
fees. D. F. Raum) Shff.
L. L. GllEKNE, & CO.,
REAL ESTATE AG'TS.
HOOXE,X.( .
Will ;ivu n pre in I nltentii.n
to uhstrjictH of title, the sale
of Real Estate in W. X. V.
Tho.-e hf vinu- farms, titnbei
nnd ininetal lands for sale,
will do wHI to t-ail on said Co
tit Roone.
L. L. GUE1L k CO.
March 16, 185)3.
NOTICE.
The laws of the Sta1 re
quire all weights hikI meas
ures to he sealed, and I here
bj notify the people that I
am prepared todosuch work.
You will find nie in Roone at
the residence of D. R. Dough
erty. .1. II. Cook,
Standard Keeper.
FOR SALE!
In the town of Roone, a com
fortahle dwelling house with
6 rooms and five tiro places,
with nine acres of land, good
8pring,somenpple, peach and
chestnut t reps, situated some
300 vtirds from Main street.
dignity which Inch he diinks
belongs to the 1'iesident of
the Tinted States, and in ac
cord;; n e -, it h that belief he
declined most positively to
agree to theiMtggeat ion of the
Spanifh minister t a t he
should follUv Euiopean eti
cjuett- anil retu-: in jMrsoii
the official visit which the
Spanish Infanta paid him on
Saturday. American 'thpiett
is good enough for him and
also for the Infanta Ealalit
if her mniling and h tnds mie
face is an index of her feci
ings. The Infanta was met
at the depot by Secretary
.'irevham, who as the I'resi
dent's personal representa
tive welcomed the nation'.
guest and her patty andcon-
ductei them wider "seort of
two troops of '. S. Caval
ry to tlx elegant quarters
which h ill been piepared for
thrm. Mrs. Cleveland and the
cabinet ladies i eta tried the
call which th Infant a a n d
her party paid to th" White
House, and to-morrow even
ing the IYeside'it ;,n, Mrs.
Cleveland will give a Sfnte
dinner at th" White Housein
ner henor, which will proba
bly he Mrs. Cleveland's last
public ppfarnnce until af
ter the interesting e vent
which is e peered in Jul v.
This week IVim-v Eulalie will
go to New York, and from
there dir e! to th World's
!''air. The Infanta comen to
America as the p rson.-d ami
oflicial re(iresentative of the
Queen Regent of Spain, w ho
was invited by Congress to
visit the United States du
ring the Columbian Exposi
tion. The Infanta apparent
I r has none of the top-hftica
notions which 'he Snanish
minister has so industriously
oeen trying for several weeks
to make Washington people
believe were inspperable from
Spanish royalty. On the con
trary she appears t ) he n
very sensible little woman
and she dist nu t ly says that
she wishes to be entertained
in American style. She met
many old friends here, among
t hem Rev. Dr. ( 'ui ry, w ho was
minister to Spain during the
first Cleveland administra
tion, and his estimable wife
whom the l'rincess met with
an affectionate kiss on each
cheek, as is the custom in
Spain nmoun relatives and
close friends.
"It seems a little queer,"
said one of a group of demo
crats who wererliscussingthe
nppicutment of a new public
printer, which is now daily
looked for, "that the South
has only put forward onecan
didate for this position.
which is, in my estimation,
the most important place be
low the cabinet under the
government, and which has
never, I believe, beer, filled by
a Southern man." It is queer,
hue it is a fact, and if Mr. J.
Alurphy, of Knoxville Ten
has leaked out that I'resi
dent Cleveland has been en
quiring about nici wno are
not can lidates at all. and
that has prevented the friends
of any of them feeling over
confident. The term of the
present public printer expir
ed on the 13th inst.
I f t here a re a n v si necu res
Wheth -r painting or sculp-j was told, perhaps a year nf-! t !: hru-h was ever ustM' as
ture.it bend the mind t oj terward. ti. ! I mint tak.Mii- w II as the chisrl. hat lingers
the illustrious, as if by thei Miram e. My grief can beim-l pointed fo picture on the
witchery of enchantment, and
sin rounds itshll-bour.d with
any i leal creation, at its
pleasure. In the nervjce of
Xavy Yard, which is in reali
tv no longer a Xavv Yard,
but a gun shop, they have
got to go. Secretary Her
bert has requested the com
ma udent to report at. once
whether any position or posi
tions now filled can be dis
peiised with, and whetherany
person now employed is in
competent or inefficient from
any cause whatever. A sim
Mar request will probably be
m ade of the cotnnmndentsnt
all the govern met na w vards
There is to he a big dis
charge at the end of the pres
ent fiscal year from the (cti
eral Land Olnce, ovsnig to
the cut made in theuppropri
afion by Congress. S i x t y
eight clerks in the classified
i i i
seric(-ai'l l lui'iy-niii spec-
agents will sever theircon
. i i r i . i .
i ion wn n i. iieie j-.-.am s
business on the 30th of June,
unless they fan before that
I WW-. ly I l il UNIr IT(M TO S()!'iH
. i i - . i
oi ner i)."ni;cn oi i lie service. :n
order to avoid the pressure
by the friends of the clerks in
that bureau it has been deci
ded that tin dismissals shall
be made solely on the rec
ords of the clerks.
Secretary Herbert has de
prived the Nicarauga Canal
Co. of its chief engineer by or
tiering Civil Engineer Meno
cal, who has been working
for the Canal Co. for about
four years, to return to du
ly. The demand for gold for
export hasagaiu brought tit
gold reserve fund very near
to the $100,000,000 marl;,
hiit no uneasiness is felt b.
Secretary Carlisle as offers of
gold are still freely coming
in.
After considering the. mat
ter from every point of view
the cabinet came to the con
clusion that the best thing
the government could do in
connection with the v e x e d
Chinese question i to devote
the money now on hand and
that to become available Ju
ly 1st, to strictly enforcing
the provisions of the act of
1831, leaving Congress to
say what is to be done with
the tieary act.
agined at tic supposed fiii.tl . wall, whi di were then oxam
hss of Virginia. These dates Jined. The knowledge which
are not remembered. 1 could i Miss Lauder p assesses is cer
not give them coi rectly with-i tainlv from the inspiration
virtu-- it iieco-nos a --....itiiry ,out examining my papers. It iof natural genius. It must
incentive to all that is lovely I must have b -en about lN.'.V : be inborn; it could not benth
and exalting: and though its ! She coat hucd: Tiieie isalawjcr vise. About to leave, after
in-
attached to the Washington jdelights are of the most ev-i in Spain w hi h prohibits theja nist"ei.tert;inin"- and ri
" X 1 1 1 ! . . . I . .
(ii!site character, they aieisinpnietit o: any cast away ! sti uetive hour, two photo
home of Virginia Dare. We
need not say the reference is
to Mrs. (leorge Kiider a u d
never found to lire. I prism ; article s w tic coast, except j graphs were presented of Vir
tlies-' words on a visit to theidiivet to the place first de?ig-! giaia Dare, from the ntntno
anted. Thus, as before sai !, by Miss Lander, which could
I thought Yirgiiiiagonefro.v! ! not have been placed m hands
me, ii" safe on shore. Rv.t for-! more reluctantly to be sur-
Mrs. Robert Cotton, discov-: tut.utely tln re weie kuc !i a rendered,
ermg the marble of sucli ex-Npiantity oi works of ai t for The height of the otiginal
(uisle beauty so full of life; Roston, with Virginia, a -.-s-j statu" is five feet four inches,
that it seems as if the fire of Ise! vaf sent, for them, thus! ;-.!i.,s Rc-kens writes of her
Rometheus had been applied, she reached ohi.s country, the: great father that he would
and she would speak tothoRejeomlitiou of the contents ot become so involved in hisown
two noble ladies whohave so
liraceaiiiy and overflowingly
filled i he task allotted t o
them for the welfare and hon
the box unknown. Virginia
had been sold once by me for
So, 000, the highest price then
pa'd for siii'ii a work of art,
character'? as to be percepti-
or of .North Carolina, at the! but in consequence of the pur
greatest ot all expositions, jchaser s inability to meet pay
and give the fullest history
of the first born off spring of
English parents on this wes
tern world.
After the depths of three
centuries thus bv Louise Lan
l.'ly affected by them. Miss
Lander's attachment to Vir
ginia Dare nears that of the
affection of a mother for her
fluid. It is the joy of h r
mnits due. Yirgmh came i heart. 1 1 : should be. J. I). IF.
back into my possesion. In j in A'ew.s- nnd Observer.
Rostrin in a box, with my Vir
ginia standing on her head,
I was offered i; fui thireliiiu
dred dollars. With lieud off
An t3( !J? t of Oic Preoilent's Kccepi
tiou. r
der was re-created Virginia i or head on 1
It is ii desirable private resi
dence. The place will be sold nessee, the sole Southern can
cheap on-terms to suit the 'didate, Where is Rronghton
purchaser. For further par
ticulars apply to I. W.Thom
as, Hibriten.'X. 'J., or W. R.
Council!, Roone, X. C.
and Harrell, of N'orth Caroli
na? Remociurt. whs as
strongly hacked by Congress- would be so great
men from the other soutaem 1 olw J ovrn.il.
A Big Blaine Montanent.
It is proposed to set un the
b i g monolith quarried at
Printice, Wis., as a monu
ment to James CJ. Blaine. It
is the biggest stoneeverqunr
ried, It is 115 feet long, 10
eet square at the base and
our feet square at the too.
md is 46 feet longer t h a n
leopatra s nedle. It c o s t
112,000 to cut it out of its
bed, ami it would vost 22,
000 to transport it to the
World's Fair. There is some
doubt, however. abo:it itsev
er getting to Chicago, as the
expense of transportation
dinnvap I
Rare. And how can any one
define the gratification com
municated by such a speci
men of art?
Rrir.ii in Washington re
cently, with ills Lxcelieiiey.
(Jovernor Carr, throiigli his
conrtesv wt- visited touetlier
Miss Lander. He had been es
pecially commissioned to do
so. ie!ativ to her stntue of
Virginia Dare, by the Xorth
Carolina Lady Managers ti
t!ie World's Columbian Ex-
position. They had been con
ferring with Miss Lander on
the subject and were using
every means to obtain this
specimen of art for our own
State. Reaching the artist's
residence a stormy afternoon,
not too mix h so, however,
for the lov.-lv circles of flow
ers to attract constantly the
attention of the (iovtrnor as
one w heeled rapidly by them,
we were met very courteous
ly and cordially. The object
of the visit was announced
Po-'.sesfVil'of natural ease of
manners, cheei fulness in con
versation, a captivating dis
position and .i frankness
that could not be mistaken,
Miss Lander won the most
exalted esteem of her visit or
at once. She began in a most
charming way fodesei ibethe
creation ot ' My Virginia as
she termed the statue, "Ob
serving I was in London and
seeing there relics oi" the 'Col
onies,' the idea flashed across
my mind that 1 could re-cre
ate Virginia Dure. I went to
Rome and there begun the
statue, which, in due time,
was cut in marble. The effort
was to represent Virginia
coming out of a bath, and on
the edge of the shore turning
looking dreamily over the
sea for other lands. A fih
net is gracefully worked part
ly aroui d her. The statue
finished was sent to Pa!os,
Spain, from where it w a s
must pay ih!wj
amount. Finally I condadtd
to risk it, and my Joy can be
imagined when I discovered
Viiginia to be safe Miss Lan
der now rend some extracts
extolling the statue, by our
most eminent wi iters. Con
tinuing again, Virginia had
seemingly miraculously twice
escaped destruction by fire.
We have followed Misi Lan
der's history f the statue as
ciosly as possible hd it real
ly appears as will be shown
presently, there is Divine in
terposition to get Virginia
Dare to this State.
(ioverui-r Carr now asked
Miss Lander if she could be
induced to alio ,v the statue
to go to Chicago. She said
she conl I not, giving severed
reasons w hy not. Then the
interior of the Governor's
mansion was (ies-a ibed to her
and the request made that
she would allow it to be set
. promising t h a t
Legisbit are con veil
his efl arts for the
, but he could not
up th'r
wlcm t !;
ed (o us
purcho-
poa I i ivy promise il .
Tiu .o .; ! 1 1 1 is no w in X. Y.,
but not on exhibition being
boxed r hasty removal as
se; ui if y 'gainst iire. flscsti
mated aiue is $3,000.
Miss Lander stated t h a t
she expected to attend the
Exposition, and could not
until early autumn under her
own supervision comply with
the Governor's request, when
she would do so, as she felt
Virginia ought to be in X. C.
Xow we are shown some of
her works of high merit, and
among them is the marble
bust of her own father, with
featurs so resernbiinr her own
Governor Carr and the wri-
Xear the end of the line of
cabers came a poor woman.
j whose pinched lace and shab
by clothes indicated that she
was in distress. As she ap
p;o.; iicd the President took
her hand and gave it a cor
dial .ihak". and hor counte
nance lighted up with a ray
of hope 'hat the request she
was about to make might be
granted. Instead of passing
on as the other visitors had
done she paused in front of
th - President, and, still bald
ing his hand, made a pitiful
appeal for his assistance in
securing nn appointment for
herself. A look of trouble
pas'sed over the President's
face as he bent low to cateh
the faltering words of the
poor woman who endeavor
ed to tell her story without
betraying her secret to the
large crowd standing near.
Several times the Pre ident
shook his head ngativtlyj
but the woman still clung to
his hand. Then he told her
as gently as he could that
she should state her ease at
some oi her time and place,
and withdrew his hand from
hers. It vus a pathetic scene,
and the President seemed re
lieved when the public recep
tion a.-.s over. Washington
SpovLt! to X. Y.San.
Tlie Groat Southern Remedy.
People should not be de
ceived into paying money for
trash v mixtures gotten up to
sell. Botanic Rlood Ralm.fR.
R. R.) which has been made
in Atlanta for the past fif
teen years, never fails to give
satisfaction as a superior
building up tonic and blood
purifier. It is made from the
prescription of an eminent
physician. The bottle islarge
and the doses small. See
i shipped to Boston. I nbick-
their advertisements and buy
that which is thoroughly en
ter simultaneously observed I dorsed hy thousandsof grate
the fac-.
A little gem was held up to
the light, worked with the
head of a pin. It was a cir
cle eight inches in diameter.
In this tv;i.9 a figure ii,h Jm
fill patients whom it hascur-
ed. A trial bottle will test
its merits.
IV TOm BACK ACBK9,
Or you are all worn out, really good for noth
ing, it is (jenCTfil debilitT. Try
nnoiftrs iKOjr hi'ttems.
It rtli curs you. eloarine yonr liver, uxi giT
good apiUtr