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liOONi:. WATL'AliA eOCNTV, X. (. rilCl'SDA Y, JAXUAIIY II. ls:l, XO. 13.
Your
Future-
Prospects
way look bright enough to-day,
but what guarantee have yoa
that they will tc the same a fc
years hence t How do yoa know
but that you will be incapacitated
or deprived of your present in
come by an uafurrecn calamity f
Ask th?se earns questions of a
policy holder ia the
Equitable
Life
and sec how quick he w ill answer
that he is protected against mis
fortune; that he is assured of
comfort in his old ae; that his
family is provided fur after his
death. This is worthy of close
investigation. For particular!
address
W. J. RODDEY, Manager,
Department of the Carolina,
ROCK HILL, S. C.
professional.
W. T. COUNCIL!,, Ju.
Al TOIfNSY AT l.A.V.
Boone. N. C.
W. j;. COI'XCILL. M. D.
Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Ofliee
on King Street north of Post
OUice.
j. 9 Sionrasw,
A'llORSEY Al LAW,
M VUIOX, - N.C
-(')-
Will prr.tice in the courts o
Vutntt!i.;i. Ashe, Mitchell. McDow
ell atui ai! other wnieties in the
.vestersi listri t 3-i;ii'riiil atteu
tion ifi veil to the collection of
claitns,"teJ
r. J..l BuJltT. L'r. T. C. Blackburn.
Trad.?, Tiaa. Ziouvilta, X. 0.
Butler & BhOA-jnrn,
?yjmm & Surgeons.
Calls attended at all
liotus.X3k
June. 1, H)3.
.E. F. LOVJLL. J. C. FLETCIJEU.
L07ILL h FLETCHER,
ATIURXMS AT LAW,
boone, n. c.
Special attention given
tn ttu1 '(l!(-t'on (1cUrims.
i. L. UKli MJ, tfc CO.,
REAL ESTATE A GTS.
house, .v.
Will giv special attention
to abstracts of title, the sale
of Real Estate in V. N. C.
Those hi." ving farms, timber
and mincinl lands for salt',
will do well to cull on said Co.
at Boone.
L. L. GREEN & CO.
March 10, 1803.
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Sate.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, 1 offer for sale
tn.y hotel property in the tow n of
Boone, North Carolina, and will
ll low for cash and make terms
o suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L. Hryan.
NO 1 ICE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
pleise ad ranee the tees wi th
the papers and they will re
ceive prompt attention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
tees. D. F. Baird Shff.
Washington letter.
From oar RcgrHr CorrerpoPfletit.
President Cleveland, the
member? of the cabinet and
the ladii's of their fa miles, in
! accordance with a custom as
old as our government, devo
'ted New Year's day to recep
tions, official and general.
: For about four hours n pro
cession composed of the di
p!om a tie representa ves of all
: the foreign govei meats, mem
bers of the cabinet, the justi
ces of the S'lpreme Cauit,
: roatrn ssmcn. Aimy and Na
vy olllers, minor officials
and the general public pour
ul through the White Houe
where they were received by
President Cleveland assisted
iy Mrs Cleveland. Mis. Ste
venson; tin' ladies of the cab
inet and several guests of
Mi s. Cleveland, including the
wife of ex-Gov. Russell, of
Massachusetts, and Miss Hen
edict, of N. Y. Later, recep
tions were held at their'sever
al residences by Vice Pi evi
dent and Mrs. Stevenson and
by members of the cabinet
and the ladies of their fami
lies. Nearly all of the Congress
men have returned. There
was a quorum of both House
a"d Senate at the W h i t e
House reception to day. By
fr?ely circulating among the
returned members of the
House your correspondent
ndeavored to ascertain whe
ther conference with their eon
stitnauts had increased o
decreased the opposition to
the Wilson tariff biil. In one
respect it ia apparent that it
has increased it. That is,
there aii more demoer.its
who will endeavor to secure;
in tin? caucus to beheld mod
ifications of various clauses
of the bill. Hut, as nearly ab
of them announce while sta
ting their intentions that
they will, whether successful
in getting the bill modified
or not, support the bill, it is
clear that-tlieir opposition
dots, not go beyond that
which it is perfectly legitimate
for strict party men to occu
py towards a party measure
not yet approved by a party
caucus, and does not jeopard
ize the liual success of the bill
as approved by the caucus.
Senator Voorhees is get
ting a heavy mail thesedays,
and not a few of his letters
contain request for hearings
on the tariff before the Sen
ate Finance committee of
which he is chairman None
of these letters have been es
peciliealiy answered, because
he believes that u circular
letter which he is now having
sent out, containing thirty
odd printed questions and
requesting a reply to eath,
will enaUle nine-tenths of his
correspondents to lay before
the committee all the infor
mation in their- possession
relating to the effects of tar
iff upon their business just
us well as they could if given
a personal hearing. It is
not his desire to cut any one
ojt ofja hearing and those
desiring to furnish informa
tion not embraced by the
printed questions will, where
their prominence as manu
facturers or buisness men
justifies it, be given personal
hearing.
Representative H o I m a n
has not issued the call for a
Dem viatic caucus, but it is
expected that he will do no
i this week.
It is known that President
Cleveland has lately given
considerable attention to the
selection of a newpublie prin
ter and it is believed that he
has picked out the man .and
'hat his nomination will go
to the Senate in n few days,
probably this week. Humor
has comi'M-ted the name of
Chief Clerk I)ani"ls of the In
terior Department with the
position. Mr. Daniels was
not an applicant for the pos
ition, but his expei ienee as
editor and publisher of news
papers in North Carolina
qualifies him therefore should
it turn out that he is the
lucky man. Nearly every
Democratic Senator ami Re
presentative has a personal
preference for public printer
bat they will all be satisfied
to see the position filled t).v
any good Democrat who will
give the Democrats a show
at the three thousand posi
tions in the Government
Pi inting Olliee, a very large
majority of which are still
filled by republicans.
A new batch of rumors con
cerning cabinet resignations
are being semt out by repub
lican correRpondents. There
is just, nbotit as much truth
in them as in those which
have been periodically sent
out by the same men ever
since the present Adtninis
tratun came in.
No action is expected in
the House concerning the fi
nances of the Government
until after the tariff bill has
been passed. In fact the
Ways aiirl Means committee,
which will prepare whatever
financial biil may be deter
mined upon, will not have an
opportunity to devote any
time to the matter until the
tariff is out of the way.
Represent a t;ve Springer
wishes it understood that
his biil for a neiv national
currency, which was made
public a few days ago, is sim
ply his own idea. The sub
ject has not been considered
by the committee on Hank
ing and Currency of which he
is chairman. His principal
object in making the bill pub
lit! was to invite criticism
and uggesti ns.
Gov. Fish back, of Arkan
sas, lias issued an open let
ter to President Cleveland in
regard to the Unite j States
at 3 nee assuming its right of
eminent domain over the In
dian Tern t or . The reason
for it is that the Indian Ter
ritory has becomean asylum
or place of refuge for crimin
als and they are making de
precations in a d j o i n i n g
States and robbing and mur
dering. It is also eharged
that it is the home of the
train robbers. It, seems that
Gov. Fishback's presenation
of the eyes carries with it suf
ficient weight for immediate
action.
' Many Persons are broken
down from overwork or hou&ehold CRrca.
Itrown's Iron Bitters Rebuild the
system, at.1 dilution, removes excess of bile,
uC cures maiuria. Get the genuine.
S-One doilai pays for the
De woe fat one year.
IMU-Irnry of 0,O0O.tMH...
YYlut the Dvraecritlc I'arlt IUi (
Wrestle lih.
The fb'ti'i -ial condition of
the government is a matter
jthat i ca using t he D'imicrats
M-f both lions s of Congress a
(good d al of uneasiness. The
'advisability of issneing t()r
the information of the whole
country n. statement of just
how bad matters are is ser
iously discussed.
The deficiency in the reven
ues when every thing is con
sidered, is estimated at $200,
000,000. This includes pub
lie works on which payments
have not been made, b-uld-inus
in course of erection on
w hich work has bf en stopped,
and containing appropria
tions that have come to the
Democrats as legacies from
their predecessors in power.
Just now the government
does not find it necessary to
meet all these obligations,
but the money must be paid
nt some time, and a conse
quent shortage in the reven
ues when the dav of reckon
ing conies is certain.
The information the public
has regarding the matter is
of the vaguest character. The
people generally believe a
bout oO.OOO.OOO would pay
all the government's debts,
and they look to Congress to
raise this sum in some man
ner that will not be seriously
left by the taxpayers.
To oVer makinga thorough
explanation will, it Is thought
increase the embarrasment
of the Democratic party, be
sides injuring its prospects
for future good. A promi
nent member of the Senate,
who is heartily in favor of
some declaration which will
show by figures how deeply
involved is the present finan
cial condition by reason of
the extravagant misrule of
the Republicans, said ta day:
"There is not a single difficul
ty confronting the Democrat
ic party that did not origi
nate with the Republicans.
The Hawaiian matter is a
legacy from them. If they
had been content to observe
the American policy of non
interference we would have
had nothing to do with if.
The present bankrupt condi
tion of the treasury, the ef
fects of the McKinley bill and
the existing financial strin
gency throughout the coun
try are the results of their
work. Even the trouble
over pensions began with
them. The Republican Sec
retary of the Interior on two
or three occasions decided
that Jommissioiier Raum's
interpretation of the pension
legislation was wror.g, and I
am informed .4,000 pension
ers were dropped from the
rolls without notice before
we took control of the" gov
ernment. The task notify
ing them devolved upon us,
and as a result we have been
credited with being opposed
lo giving pensions to the old
soldiers. The .. Democratic
party has taken up a fearful
burden, and it is but right
that the people of the coun
try should know who is re
ponsible for it." Washing
ton Jitter to Baltimore Sun.
Starter "I met a man
this morning who said Hook
ed like,ou." Smartly "Tell
me who he is and I'll go and
knock him down" Starter--'1
did that myself.''-Tit Hits.
A Fi'mlnlne I'topia.
I'althitore Sun.
Colorado at the November
election conferied th M ight of
suffrage 'lpon the women of
that State, and the feminine
leaders wha have conducted
their opposed sisters out of
the darkness of their politi
cal Fgypt are now smacking
their .hps over the prosjwe
tiye milk and honey of the
equal suffrage Canan. The
act conferring right to rote
provides "That every fenude
person shall be allowed t o
vote at all elections, in the
same manner in all respects
as male persons are or shall
be entitled to vote by the con
stitution and laws of this
State, and the same qualifi
cations as to age, citizenship
and time of residence in the
State, county, city, ward and
precinct, and all other quali
fications required by law to
entitle male persons to vote
shall be required toentUle fe
males to vote." In the midst
of their triumph at Ihe pas
sage of tlie act alaiost a pan
ic w a s ea used a mong t'ie la
dies by the startling sugges
tion that they would be a
menable not only to jury du
ty but to military service.
The necessity of telling their
ages was not, it is malicious
ly nsserted, regai ded as ob
jectionale by the ladies, but
was, on the contrary, consid
ered as affording an excellent
opportunity of rearranging
natal dates on a more satis
factory basis. Heretofore in
Colorado, as it other places,
ladies have at times been sub
jected to unjust suspicions in
connection with their state
ments in regard to the peri
od of their nativity, and they
have themselves been known
occasionally to express skep
tiiisin in respect to such state
:nents even when made b y
their best female friends. Hut
the new suffrage law, it is be
lieved, will give all the ladies
a chance to make a fresh
start in the matter of age,
removing all previous disa
biUities, and silencing individ
ual asperities and suspicions
by putting ail members of the
sex upon aa equal footing.
The woman who would not
know how to deduct at least
ten years from her age under
the sanction of such a. law
would, it is thought, be so
lacking in self-respect as to
be unworthy of considera
tion. The intimation, however,
that they might be called up
on to perform militia duty
caused considerable pertuba
tion,evea among the most
strong-minded of the sex, for
greatly as the ladies m a y
love to wear the breeches iti
cTotr.estic life, few of them
care as yet, at least, to as
sume a masculine costume in
public, and it was clear, on
the other hand, that a regi
ment of petticoats, even if
?ut bias and with the latest
trimmings, would not pre
vent a martial or imposing
appearance. Fortunately the
wife of the Attorney General
of Colorado is a determined
champion of woman's rights,
and after she had held a pri
vate seance of great vigor
with him he announced, with
due meekness and humility,
that after u thoiougli exam
ination of the jury, m-ilithi
and other laws, he f u u u d
that the ladie, wculd le ex
rn nt from c- ci y thing except
voting an.i keeping their hm
bands in thr-straigl tundnar
row path.
In addition to the c.pportu
nity which the new law gives
them of legally establishing
tlieir age a.t any figure they
please, they bav, under the
provision of the Australian
ballot Jaw, whidi requires
them to be measured, weigh
ed and a general inventory
of their physical characteris
tics taken, the right to place
themselves on record in the
most charming and attrac
tive light possible. No male
weigher or examiner in Colo
rado would have the' hardi
hood to put down anyting
derogatory to a lady, for Col
orado is the feminine Uuto
pia, where the men have been
taught to realize the subordl
ante position they hold in ere
ation. Therefore women who,
in the east or any other part
of the world would be said to
have a squint, will be put on
the registration books of Col
orado as ladies with a poetic
and far-away gaze, and tress
es of the most brilliant red
will be toned down to a gol
den hue. From nil of which
it is evident that the State of
Cob-ado is more desitubla f ;t
women than even the tte
of matrimony. And it, is pos
siblethatin the course of
few years it will come to be
known as the Amazon state,
and that men may not ba
permitted to live there at all
except in the insignificant ca
pacity ol husbands.
The wise philanthropy o
the North has done much for
tl.t education of the negro,
but it has not done half so
much as the South. Inl889v
Bishop Atticus G. Hoygood
published a paper in 'Har
per's Magaz- ie,' in which it
was demonstrated that upi
to that time the entire North
had given $15,767,76 to
this object, while the South,
by State govc.Mitnents, had
giv n $37,377,6 73.21. While
the taxej paid by the black
man have not been more
than two-tenths of the whole
amonatof the school hind,
he has received about one
third, and in some States
nearly one half of the entire
school tax. This strikes me
as remarkable magnanimity
on the part oftho whites, and
3ret I think it was wise liber
ality. Dr. Pritchard inChar
lotte Observer.
The Ode of North Wilkeuboro.
We want you to remember
On the nineteenth of December
That the Winston Land Company
Will nay you a symphony
In the price of town lots.
Where you can live and fear not
As you enhale the b r e e ze
From the mountr in trees.
Now secure ton a h o ra e
And breath this ozone .
You can surely play,
As there is only one-fourth to pay.
So get one of these town lots,
On which to erect your cots.
Hut I must not take time
To make you a rhyme,
Just this remember,
On the nineteenth of December,
As well as town lots
There are lots, and lots, ard lots
Of useful Hardware
And servieable Hardware
That can be found,
without hunting around.
And this, for sure,
At N. M. ALLEN'S STOIIE.