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PROFESSIONAL.
W. n.COUMTLL, Jr.
Attorney at Lay.
ISotino, N. C.
W. 15. COUNCILL. M. I).
Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Ofllce
on King Street north of Post
Office.
PR. L. C. REEVES.
Physician and Sruono.v
Office at Residence.
Boone, N. C.
L. I). LOWE,
Attorney at Law
AM)
notary runuc,
II A NX KK'S ELK. X. C
j. tfJIDitPIIKW,
AT10IINLYA7 LAW,
MAKIOX. N-tJ
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Will practice in the court o
Wutaugii. Ashe, Mitchell, Mellow
Ml an. I nil other counties in the
.ventern iistrirt.Specinl at ten
tion given to the collection of
claims."
Dr. J..t Butler. Dr. T. C EUrtbiirn.
Trad, Tewi. IianTill' K- C.
Butler & Blackburn,
Physicians & Sargtms.
sarCnllftnttPHdiHl M all
.J am i, m
E l LoVILL J. C. t'LUTCUEll.
LQViLL & FLETOHEH, .
booxe, x.'i.
KsPNwm attention gi veil
to the collet ion of claims."
L. L. QIlKENE,&CO.,
REAL ESTATE AG'TS.
hoone, n. .
Will giYs special attention
to abstracts of titHs the sale
of Real Estate in W. N. C.
Those lu'ving farms, timber
and mineral 'lands for wale,
will do well to call on said Co.
at Boone.
L. L. GREES & CO.
ItarclilG, 181)3.
NOTICE.
Hotel Property tor Sale.
On account of failing health
of mvself and wife, 1 offer for sale
in V hotel pi-opertv in the town ot
Donne, North Carolina, and will
4ill low for cash and make terms
o unit the haver, and will take
real o personal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
V. It. DdYAN.
Notice.
For sale. 900 ncresof land,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which ia asbestos,
nnd fine land for sheep ranch.
Sale private. L. V. Lowe &
J. T. Furgerson, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. Pi Calloway, deed.
Banner Elk, Nov. l '90 .
NOTICE.
Parties patting papers in
my hand for execution will
ilea se a d raticn the fees wi th
the parers arid they will Pe
cei ve pf oin pt a tten 1 1 an , other
wise they "ill be returned
not executed for the want of
fees. D. F. Baird Bhfp.
Indlgetbon, and Stomach disorder, dm
BltaWKn IROH BIT I KK 8.
All doalera korp It. 11 per bottle. Oi,ulr. h -baik-uiaik
and oxmcd led Uu oti hiui'pe
WASIIIXC.TOX LETT EH.
From our Regular Correspondent.
President Cleveland enjoy
ed his fishing trip immensely
and I-eturned to the hard
worn which still lies before
him in tin-top condition. He
presided ovep a qweial cabi
net meeting to-day, which
was called to consider wins
and means for replenishing
the gold reserve fund, which
has been encroached on to a
greater extent than ever he
foie, in order to meet the de
mand for gold forexport. No
danger is apprehended for
the present, and it was to dis
cuss plan for the futurethat
the cabinet meeting was held.
It is claimed by some, but
not by the Treasury officials,
that under the act of March
17, 1802. which good lnw
y rs w ho ha ve mad- a care
ful examination say has nev
er been repealed, the Serreta
l.V of the Treasury is author
ized t o issue legal tender
note for he purchase of gold
"at. stieh rates nnd up mi such
term as he may deem most
advantageous to th public
interests." Secretary Carlisle
hinks he wmM ha ve no dif
ficulty in getting all thgold
needed in exchange for legal
tender notes if it were l"gal
to issue them; but no Mail de
cision of the matter is likfly
to be made tintil the gold re
serve in the Treasury s'lall
have been reduced to what
Secretary Carlisle considers
nT1nngerous low amount
nivdMhnf may never occur.
Having snt a trustworthy
ngntto Hawaii to learn the
sentiment of the flawalians,
President Cleveland now pro
poses to ascertain the senti
ment of our own people to
wards Hawaii, before fully
making up hitf own mind, by
making public all the reports
made by Commissioner nnd
Minister Blount. These re
ports will be published just
hh soon as they are comple
ted, which will probably be
in a few weeks'.
The one question which is
everywhere discussed is that
of pensions, which seeirs to
grow in importance. As might
be expected there is any quan
tit.v of fool talk on the sub
ject, and it is the exception
to find a republican who will
calmly discuss the matter;
they seem to think that the
argument is entirely closed
whn they charge the admin
istration with being antago
nistic to the tfnion veterans.
A striking exception is (len.
H. V. Boynton, whose radi
cal republicanism is widely
known, and who earned his
title bra vely on the field of
battle. He handles the pen
sion question without gloves
and among other striking
truths says: "While, in its es
sence, the pension question is
non-partisan, it is such an ea
sy one to conjure with a
gainst the! democrats that
the moment anyone of t h i s
party undertakes to coriect
the abuses which every fair
man sees and admits, d gen
eral hue and cry is raised at
once that the democrats ore
at last wreaking their spite
and their vengeance on the
old soldiers. No one stops to
think that a verj large pro;
portion of these old soldiers
wlr went to war in 1801,
when the question of pen
sions was not in the remo
test thought of by nn. .f
them, Were democrats. Even
democrats themselves forget
to make answer that a great
company of the leading cap
tains of the Tnion hosts
Hrant, SherniHii, Buell, Ros-ene.-ans.
Thomas. McClellan,
Logan, Butler, Franklin, Slo
cum. Sickles a n unending
column of such meuandth 'ii
followers were democrats.
The reputation and honor of
the (1. A. H. are now at stake
in this matter. By the ac
tion of its highest officers it
has been committed to the
remarkable proposition that
grand army posts shall not
openly discuss u.ud uphold
pension reform. It is idle to
make answer to this charge
by pleading technicalities.
The (I. A. K. now owes it
to itself to support a search
ing examination of the pen
sion rolls. And whenthecoun
try is satisfied that the rol!
is a worthy one, and not un
til then, will the feeling pass
away that pension expendi
ture is in considerable part
an unjust burden."
Comptroller o f currency,
Eckles, is determined thatno
national bank director shall
plead ignorance of the lawns
an excuse for having neglec
ted his duty. Hi? has had a
circular prepared, a copy of
which Kill be forwarded t o
each director ol every newna
tional bank, containing the
laws denning the duties and
obligations of bank direc
tors, nnd the penalties pre
scribed for neglect, of duty.
He says he wishes to impress
upon the minds of bank in
spectors that they are liable
under the law for the fulfill
ment of their duty to stock
holders and depositors.
According to the reports re
ceivtd at the Treasury the
Chinese are making use of the
"underground railroad" to
come from Canada to the U.
S., in considerable numbers.
Several Vermonters have
been arrested for running one
of these lines.
Those near to President
Cleveland and hiscabinetsay
that, they are now confident
that Congress will repeal the
Silver Sherman law soon af
ter it meets. The doubt has
been as to the Sen ite, but it
is now claimed that it has
been removed by assurance
from Senators.
Charlotte Observer: Sever
al dujs since a gentleman
from an adjoining town who
had not seen his brother for
20 years, came over to meet
him, expecting him in from
the South on the evening
train. During the day he
went, into McAden's drug
store, and to his surprise
found his brother, as he sup
posed, nproaching him fr.nn
the rear end of the store. He
marched quickly forward, the
brother still coming toward
him, until he ran square up
against the big mirror in the
back of the store, and found
that the brother was he, but
he was not the brother. He
turned off quickly, looking
and feeling cheap.
tUsTOne dollar pays tor the
Democrat one year.
California Letlrr.
Editor lhinorrat:
There is much live-oak in
California, especially in the
foot hills of the Sirrra Neva
da Mountait s and in the Sac
raiueiito valley. It does not
glow very large. The leaf has
a dark green appearance,
and it is an evei green nev
er sheds its leaves. 1 notice
in the town of Woodland a
great many varieties of trees
grown for ornament nnd
shade. We see the cotton
wood: different varieties of ac
casia, the tig, different, vari
eties of cedar, all growing to
gether in the same yard or
park. We also see the com
mon locust growing beside
the palm and century plants
blooming near. The palm at
tains the size of two Teet in
diameter and twelve or fif
teen feet. high. Lumber for
building purposes is high, cos
ting from ?2 t to $30 p e r
thousand feet.
There is a tox-tail grass here
that grows in the fields, by
the streets and everywhere it
can get a hold. It grows from
three inches ro three feet
Inuh and each stalk has n
head. When these heads get
dry they nre troublesome, as
they are very much like bar
ley having very stiff beards.
Those heads and beards will
work themselves through the
clothing and throuhg the
shepps' wool and make the
sheeph' back sore. When they
start up a man's pants they
just go on for you can't pull
them out without t e a r i ng
them to pieces.
Everybody goes in a hurry
here. It i a rare sight to see
a person on horse-back. It
is not. an unus'iul sight tose
men and women riding onbi
cycles on the streets, in fact,
more people ride, them than
ride on horse back. It is not
common to see men and wo
men riding together in bug
gies. The men drive by them
selves and women by them
selves as a rule. Every horse
is a trotter here. Some, it is
true, do not trot very fast,
b-cause they have trotted
too long. The roads are all
gravelled and hard as a floor.
Whin the air is still you cai
hear horses' feet on the roads
and streets for a long dis
tance. Many of the side-walks are
paved w i t h nice, smooth
stones. The stone is acompo
sition of cement and gravel.
I notice that they are water
ed to keep t hem from grow
ing soft and disintegrating.
California boasts of her line
horses and cattle, and, in
fact, they are like other peo
ple, they think they have the
best of everything, but the
''silt-foot," as the easterner
is called here, don't believe
everything he hears, especial
ly until he stays awhile.
There are two daily papers
in Woodland. These papers
issue on Sunday as well as
anv other day. The Salva
tion Army parades the streets
with drums, baujos flags and
singing on Sunday. They do
this to draw a crowd. I am
thoroughly convinced that
what Watuuga county needs
as much or more than any
thing else, is public roads. A
good system of public roads
all over that county, in i v
judgment, would bewoi'l
more than a rail road at t he
present time. Suppose .vehad
a good graded road on n lev
el grade from Blowing Hock
to Mountain City. A ruad
such as they have in Califor
nia, a man can drive 10 miles
an hour with a good span of
horses, or draw from three
to four thousand pounds on
a wagon with two good hor
ses, you see that distance
A-ould be shortened at least
one half.
Much love to ill my Wat
auga frinds. The city clock
is striking eleven now and I
remember it is 2 o'clock in
Hoone. You are three hour
earlier than we a re. Some of
our Watauga boys are work
ing on a much some five
miles below us near the back
water from the Sacramento
Hiyer, and they complain of
the black gnats as being a
terrible'pest. there. They are
at work with two men who
have 1G.000 acres of land in
one body in this valley. They
have 200 young mules and
six or seven hundred head of
horses. It takes twenty handi
some three weeks to cut their
hay, which consists of oats,
barley, wheat, etc. Yours tru
l.V, E. F. Jones.
Woodland May 29.
The Bright Side of it.
Itural California!).
Work on the farm need not
be a drudgery; it should not
be. (iood management i s
quite as necessary in thisline
of woik rs in the office or in
the store, or in the affairs of
State. After all, we t h i n k
there is more real pleasura
ble hope in the hearts of the
husbandman than there can
possibly be in that ofthemer
chant or lawyer. Each mor
ning as he openshisdoorand
looks over his acres he sees
the beauty of his labors
spread out before him like a
great panorama, and every
evening as tlx sunset glow
gilds delicate edges on his
grain, he cannot but be hap
py. Then when the skies dar
ken with clouds he does not
think of the mud on his new
ly poli'i-xl shoes, but of the
fresheningsowers, and he won
dersjut-t how 'much the corn
will glow during the night.
Even wl) n the dry days co'me
he doetf not grow wildly dis
couraged, for he sees his work
going on, perhaps slowlj-, but
he knows that when he puts
the seed into the ground he
made - no risky investment
that iti.iv cause his ruin.
Night Schools of .Crime
St. Paul Globe.
In theohl tiineparertskept
their young children off the
street at night time. A boy
was not permitted to be out
alter dark until he was well
towards 20 years old. To
day the streets of every city
are filled at night with boys
under ten years. The major
ity of these youths are con
stantly schooling in crime,
and very many of them are
growing up to follow crimi
nal careers. Many of these
little lellows do not consider
it wrong to uteal from a fruit
stand and if they are rm tight
at it the chances nre about
100 to 1 that they will not
be punished either by the
courts or their parents.
?POioTr'ij si', H"r.
! I. iu.iL' -I mi m i.i 'i i -
Mi v- I U llu'- V , p.; 1
M ' to have U.'ii fi .t m.'d. I
Mr. iVCo.-iii'js h"ii the 'i,'.im r
wriM (wilding, the piissiie of
v.hi h would tnke from ti gnat
ninny settlers their lands. De
Cosmos was in a hojieless minor
ity. The job hnd been held back
till the eve of the close of'lhe: nes
sion. Unh-Hs legislation was ta
ken In-fore noon of a given day
the art of confiscation would fail.
The day before the expiratiou of
the limitation DeCosmosgot the
floor aViut 10 a. m. and began
a sjieeeh egninKt the bill. Itn
friends cared little, for they sup
posed that by one or twoo'clock
h" would te through and the
bill could lie put on its passage.
One o'clock eairte rind DeCosuios
was speaking still had not ni are
than entered upon his subject.
Then 2 o'clock came he w as say
ing: ' In the second place." Three
oYl;n-k ho produced a fearful
bundle of evidence and insisted
on reading it. The majority le
ga'i to have a 8uspicion of the
truth, he was going to speak un
til next iidon and kill the bill;
For a while they made merry o
ver it, but as it. came on to dusk
they began to get alarmed. They
tried interruptions but sown a
bandoned them, because each one
afforded him a chance to digress
and gain time. They tried td
shout him lown, but that gave
him a breathing ipace and final
ly they settled down to watch
the combat bet ween strength of
will and weakness of body. ThSy
gave him no mercy no adjourn
ment for dinner, chance to do
mora than wet his lips with waJ
ter, no wandering from his sub
ject, no Bitting down. Tnllight
darkened; the gaa was lit, mem
bers slipped out to dinner in re.
lays and returned t uleep in
squads. but'DeCosmos went ori;
The speaker, to whom he was ad
dressing himself was alternately
dozing, snoring and trying td
look wide awake. Day dawned
and the majority slipped out in
sq nails tc wash and breakfast
aud the speaker still held ou. It
cannot be said th8t it was a vf ry
logical, eloquent or sustained
speech. There were digressions
in it, repetitions also. Bat still
the speaker kept on; and at last
noon came to n baffh-d mnjoritv,
livid with rsge and impatience,
and u single man who was trium
pliant, though his voice had snuk
to a husky whisper, his oves were
almost shut and were bleared
and blood-shot, his legs tottered
under 1dm. his blackened lips1
were cracked and smeared with
blooii. poCosmos had spoken
twenty-six hours nnd saved t ho
settler.; their land.
M m -I'Mivyer: Mr. HhynC, whose?
store wii 't 'iiirning at Shelby, ran
to the .afe, took out all the sil-
ver and d imped- it into a. water
bucket. Thntreenlls an incident
wt wif--.' ssed in 1851 at Oxford.
One ol the buildings (tnree sto
ries) of the Baptist College was
on fire. I t was just at dark. We
saw the venerable 1'reBi dent, the"
late Rev. Dr. White, come out of
his study in gown and slippers
holding in his hand a candle
stick with a number1 six adaman
tinebarnirfg to enable him to
discern where the fire was burn
ing. We saw that. WealsosavV
some of the stalwart wotkfrSear
ry down the flights ot stairs the
mattresses and bed clothing and
throw the bowls and pitchers
out ot the window. We recall
this most vividly as one pitcher
struck us on the arm and came
near tract uring it.
: tAnrei
HMdint a tonle, or children who want tafld'
Ing up, should take
BROWS' IROH U1TTKR",
Tt is pleasant ; core Malaria, IndlKetthAV
BiMiwmma, Uvi tXunpialnU and neuralgia