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HOOXti. WATAUGA COUNTY, N. (. rilUKSDAY. JAN IT All Y 1. 18!1, NO. 11.
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Attokxky at La v.
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M. 1).
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Resident Physician. Ollh-e
on Kinr Street north of Post
Office.
Dii. l.c. rkkyks.
Physician .m Siiuucon
Cff.ce at Residence.
Boone, X. C.
l. i). lowt:,
Atlanuj at Law
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xotmiy ri'uur,
BAXXKRS KLK. X. C.
J. p 3I0RPIIEW,
AllOliSEYM LAW,
MAIUON. X.C
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Will practice in the courts o
Wutaliga.,Ashe,Mitchell, Mellow
ill an 1 all othtr coneties in the
.ri'steni district JXTtfpen.d at ten
t ion given to the collection of
claims."
r. J. V Sutlor.
Trade, Teal.
Dr. T. C. Blackburn.
Zioa villi-, N- C.
Butler & Blackburn,
Phy
mm & Surgsons.
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June 1, '93.
E F. LOV1LL i. C. FLKTCHKIt.
LOVILL h FLETSO,
ATWRSi'sTSATLA U
boone. x. c.
&".S' wa a 1 ration i ven
to the rollftion olvin wis.
L. L. GKEENE.&CO.,
REAL ESTATE A3' T3.
W.VK, A'.
Will e iv snecia! attention
to abstracts of title, the sale
of Hen I Fstate in . N. C.
Those lu ving farm's, timber
and mineral lands for mile,
will do well to cull outbid Co.
at Boone.
L. L. GIIEEA k CO.
March 16, 18U3.
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Sme.
On nceount f failing health
of myself and wife, I offer for sale
my hotel property in the town ol
Boone, North Carolina, and will
sell low for cash and make terms
o suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L. Bryan.
NOTICE.
Parties putting papers in
mj hand for execution will
please advance the tees with
the papers and they will re
ceive promptattention, other
wise they will be returned
not execute! for the want of
fees. I). F. Baird Shff.
FOR SALE!
In the tow n of Boone, acorn
fortable dwelling house with
6 rooms and five tire places,
with nine acres of land, good
spring, someapple, peach and
chestnut trees, situated some
300 yards from Main street.
It is a desirable private resi
dence. The place will be sold
cheap on terms to suit the
purchaser. For further par
ticulars applv to 1. W. Thorn
as, Hibriten.N. 'J., or W. B.
Council!, Boone, N. C.
WAsmxr.Tox lhttf.r.
From ear Regular Coneipondeat.
President Cleveland nud ev
ery member of his cabinet, ex
crpt AMorney (ineral OIney,
w h o i in Boston, sicnt
Christmas in Wasl.ingt n!
with their families. Th" day
has ben a quiet one at the
White House, a large pait of
it devoted tothechildrenatid
their Christmas tree which;
was put up Saturday even
ing, although Mr. and Mrs.
Clevela.id informally enter
turned several friends ootii
at lunch and at dinner. I he
idea of going to Lakewood,
X. J., for a lew days hasoeer
abandoned, but the Presi
dent hopes to get a little re
creation this, week on a short
hunting trip.
In view of the missfate-
meats which have been made
. . A . 1 t
concerning tne atmmie oi
Commissioner Lochren to
ward the pensioners the fol
lowing from a speech he made
in the case of Judge Long, of
Michigan, wliosepension was
suspended by him. which is
pending in a Washington
court, is worthy olattention.
"I am not anxious to worry
or t cut off m. old com
rades with whom I fought
n n 1 carried n musket. 1 nin
anxious that thev should get
all their dues. Yet. at the
SMtne tim ns nn offier of
the law. I have a sworn duty
to perform, to sv tlint they
do not rrt more than they
are entitled to."
By the way. spanking of
pensums, it was lately decid
ed bv Commissioner Loch-
r'n that no retiring official
of the pension office canl. I do
business as f pension attor
ney before that bureau until
he hid been two years out of
the office. Had (len. Rnum
made a similar decision the
bank account of "(Corporal''
Tanner, who was so mcere
moniouslv kicked out of that
office by Mr. Hnnison, nn l
who is said to have mad1 a
fortune as a pension attor
ney, would be verv much
smaller than it is. It is, how-
. ti
ever, a wise decision nnu oj
would be well if it were mnde
nruleinnllbfancV.es of the
government spt vice, as it is
well known in Washington
that mnny officials make use
of their positions to accumu
late information which they
turn to valuable use as at
torneys after they leave the
government service; and ca
ses have been known in which
they have undertaken as at
torneys ?to have decisions
wrongfully made by them as
officials reversed by their sue
cessor in office, the inference
being that the decisions were
internationally made wrong
in the first place.
Secretary" La mont scotch
ed n. sensational stoiy, that
be promised compelling the
clerks of the record and pen
sion division of the war de
partment to again take up
their quarters in Ford's old
theatre, by making the fol
lowing statement: "Th re is
no purpose or disposition on
the pait of any officer of thisithaC they pay the printer, as
department to quarter any
of Its clerks or employees in
any building not determined
to be perfectly safe. On that
point that point there is no s; 3i'llr aill We'Tf Sjwd. U-en good to meaud sustain
quest ion for uneasiness. The This i the liejrinning of thejed me ul) my !ile. The beat
.(.()()() appropriated by Con new year, and we have made i religion is to trust in the
gn sm for repairs to the old,
Ford's theatre building liaslers say that Vn a m a n
Imnmi expended under the di-! gets lot in the w ilderness he
. ? t .i . . i t .t ! i .... i i :.. .
feci ion fit 'neciuei 01 t-iigm-
ers of the aran , as ilireetl
by law, and the building Iris.
been t cstored to the rondi-J
lion it was in b"forf the com-
nieneement of the iuipnive-j
meats in progress nt thetimel
of th aci id'Mit, with somej
consentient strengthening olihave traveled rourxl nnn
its foundation. While it is
probable that it would serve
its former purpose, the coin
mission of exper's jippointed
by the department to exam
ine and report as to the safety-of
the building find that
certain additional work
should be done before i t
shall be occupied by clerk.
This report will be referred
back fot an estimate ot the
cost of this new work, a u d
when returned ths matter
will be submitted to Con
gress for its direction as to
further alterations " Ju.-t be
fore the Sena te(ad join ned for
the recess Senator Voorhees
offered a resolu'ion against
the qua 1 tering of clerks in
this building again.
The number of Congress
men w ho went home to spend
their holiday was unusually
large this year; consequent
ly there is just now a decided
lull in the talk about tin tar
iff, Hawaii, etc, which have
been constantly going on for
mouths ami which w ill take
a fresh start next week when
the absentees will again be
on hand prepored for the
hard and long struggle thai
is b ?lore them.
A suo-eominittee ot the
House ways and means com
mittee will spend the tno.vt of
their holiday in working up
on the internal revenue bill,
which it is hoped will be rea
dy to be repotted to House
w hen it again assembles. Sev
eral democrati: members of
the Senate finance commit
tees are also at work on the
tariff, so as to be prepared
to receive the Wilson bill as
s on as it is sent ovet from
the House. The work of the
Senators has been, so far,
mostly confinel to the gath
ering of information which
will be useful Intel on.
Speaker Crisp, who iH still
in Washington, is confident
that the tariff bill will be
passed by t.'ie House before
the first of February, and
that it will not be necessary
to deny any man the right
to be heard thereon in order
to get it through by that
time.
Blacksburg (S. C.) Xews: A
strange phenomenon r a s
seen by many of our citizens
ou last Wednesday just be
fore sunrise. It had the ap
pearance of a bright seipent
playing in the air. above the
rising sun. Some look upon
it as a sign of the end of time
and have already begun to
prepare for the event. Would
it not be well for those sign
reading people to keep them
selves ready for that last
e.tfv? We ui.nlil nlso snsrirest
thev can never tread those
goldeu str eets as long as
their subscriptions remain
unpaid.
a T'-ry long journey . Old tra v
goes roinn nun i ouiai mi 13
nig t go atie.itl. an 1 lie nmls
himself fo!!owinc..his o w 11
t racks in a circle. I d o 11 t
know wii"ther this i so or
not. but I Know that today
we are right exactly where we
were a yearttgo, and yet we
round and round nearlv G.
000.000 miles at the rate of
1,000 miles a minute. As
tronomers tell 11s that we are
right exactly where we were
a year ago.
This is mightv cuiiou.- lo
me. Who is doing it? This
world has been going on this
grand round for thousands
of years ami is still at it.
What h it? for I want to
know. Why don't it stop and
rest? What did it ever start
for? If this earth was made
lorns. why does it have to go
round ami round forever and
forever? If it has to go
round the sun, why wouldn't
t s
a circle no as wen as nn
ellipse why go at nil? Could
not the universe be still and
every planet ! independent?
Whv does the earth have to
turn a somersault every day
and whirl us round nt flip
rate of a thousand miles nn
hour? Who is doing nM this,
and w hat is it done for, and
when is the w hole business to
come to nn end, or a focus,
or a transformation?
I confess mvignornr.ee and
fel as humble as a dog when
I 'contemplate the wonders
and mysteries of creation. I
don't understand how the
corn grows, nor the flowers
bloom, nor the hirds hatch
their young, and yet I realize
that everything h-is been
made for our good, our com
fort, our pleasure.
I was popping corn last
night for a little grandchild,
and I know that in the grand
design of Providence this lit
tle corn was created just to
pleas" the children and noth
ing else. I know that cotton
grows to clothe the millions
in summer, and the sheep
were created to give us wool
in the winter, and the cattle
to give us milk and butter
and shoes. Even our com
piHjnts and' ailmentsare pro
vided for in nature's remed
ies, for :e have quinine and
calomel and casior oil and
opium and turpentine and
mineral springs, and the best
are the cheapest. All the
best things are the cheapest
the air and water and lire.
the bread and meat and veg
etables, anil the fruits of the
earth and the meterial for
clothing.
The evidences of design and
care and love are all around
us every where aad in every
thing, and I cannot .under
stand how a thoughtful man
can be nn a gnostic or an
infidel. I want to thank
somebody every morning for
preserving me through the
night, for I know that sleep
is near akin to death, and I
cannot keep my own heart
beating. There is some groat
thing behind me, and I will
tnwt him because he has
Lord and dog od. Hill Arp.
IS FAROFF HI SM A.
T,p x1.f tftrs.a.u BrlnVJey to
the Young "Twelve Daj'Fetil.
Ill the smaller cities of Rus
sia, Xew Year's day is in the
"Tuelv- Ways' Festival."
The Russians in many parts
have held to the old ways
. t Ml
irom time immemorial. 1 ne
preparations for the season
b 'gineariy in .November. The
host of some great hom3 be
gins to lay in stores of salted
beef and sausages, liquors,
etc. 1 h hostess calls nn all
her friends and invites young
and old. Xextdaysheis suc
ceeded bv the nurse, whomake
the same rounds of visits.
Her duty is to invite espec
ially the young ladies. She
is hailed with joy, and the
lady of the house hanteus to
mix lor her he cup of wine.
She delivers her message and
is plied with questions ns to
the invited and rej.s-ted. But
the most important question
i.-., "Who are the elected?''
These are the voting men in
vited by the hostess for the
girls or ' fair maidens," as
thev are called. The duty of
the young man thud design
ated is to lock after the
amusement and pleasure of
his ''fair maiden" during the
'twelve days." The respon
sibility of the choice lying
ivith the hostess:, she has to
be careful in her selection.
But the . invitation has
again to be repeated, this
time by the master of the
housein the person of !iis ser
vant or "swat," who, with
mace iii hand, performs his
mission. On entering each
louse he offers a prayer be
fore the shrine of the saint to
which it is dedicated. He
then delivers the invitation
in the name of his master 01
mistress. At first, according
to etiquette, the invitation is
refused, bUi after much fires-
sing it is finally accepted
When the day arrives, the
young ladies who are the he
roines of the season appear
in a sledge, accompanied by
their mothers and" favorite
companions, generally gins
of inferior rank, w ho sit at
their feet. This sledge is fol
lowed by another containing
the tire women, charged with
caskets and dressing boxes
Other sledges follow, the
longer the procession the
irreatcr the honor to the
house visited.
On thearrival thohostanc
hostess meet the g jests at
the gate, bow wit bout speak
iug and conduct them into
the house. The young maid
ens are then delivered over
to the care of the hostess
and after friendly greetings
presents to the domestics
and sweetmeats to the girls
the mothers and retinue re
turn home. On Christmas
as the oeiis are
awakens the fair maidens
and serves their breakfast
with the help of the nurses.
But a very important part is
the interpretation of their
dreams on the first night.
Then the "elected" arrive.
. . , , . , w to meet! .them. .The cable
ringing, the hostess herself .
J The days following are full
ofgayety and past inn s for
young and old. This season
is very important to the
young jwople in Russia, who
at other times of the year, by
the strict etiquette observed,
arj kept much apart.
AmongourHclve.sthe"Hap-
y Xew Year" greetings and
the social patherings are
now the sole recognition of
Jan. 1. Cxchnnge.
(iov. Rissell, of Mnssa-
husetts, has received the re
ortof Hon. Daniel Xeedham,
'resident of the Xew K;ir-
and Agricultural Associa
tion who represented Massa
chusetts ill the Farmers' '
Congress at Savannah, and
in it Mr. Xeedham ex messed
limself as deeply impressed
by his visit to the South and
the kindly spirit m I'iifepted
iy the Southerners iwr the
Northerner's delegates. Thitf
seems to point a moral. There
ins been too much misapj
prehension among suclt
Northern men us Mr. Xted-
lam about us. The es
trangement began a century
igo and has been maintain-
through interested motives
ever since, in order lo undo
it let us seek to have those
men visit the South oftener
uid remain with us longer
when they ,come. there ai'u
some points of difference, tt
in I rue, but in the main asso
ciation will round off fnany
angels, and smooth Jthe Way
to a proper understanding.
iV.- 0.-( hronicle.
6?ntor;Z.rB. Tane.
It is stated that Senator
Zeb. B. Vame is in very poor
health and is quite feeble.
This is sad news to all North
Carolinians and to the coun
try at large.
Senator Vance has for a
long pefiod of time been a
potent factor in the polities'
of the old North Slate and
in the South. His word has
always had much weight. In
NorthCaiolina it has been nnd
is still almost supreme. With
his passing away the people
of this State will lose their
trusted leader in whom they
so long implicity coniidad.
Hehas had a remarkableand
phenomenal career. No man
has evernjoyed the high es
1eem of his people so uniform
ly and uninterruptedly as
has Senator Zeb Vance. We
hope however that many
years yet wiUJibe spared to
the good mauVto bless his
peoplo withjhis filial love and
esteemed advice. Hickory
Press.
War Cloud in Honduras.
Washington, D. C, Dec 23
A cablegram has been re
ceived at the State Depart
ment from Minister P. M. B.
Young, dated Nicaragua,
stating that th? Honduras
revolutionists are marching
from Nicaragua to Honduras
Th artny of the latter coun
try has been put in motion
gram gives no hint of the
probable outcome of the con
test. tssiiis no ui GiNiona
-no J I at AH "ST'BVETI
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