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1JOONK, WATAUGA ( OUNTV, N. C "TIIUKSDAY, JANUAIIY 25.
NO. 15
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How
To Invest
Small Amounts.
This is a problem that puzzles
more than one man who saves a
portion of his salary. The fol
lowing Utter gives the result of
an investment iu a Tontine
Policy of the
Equitable Life.
Usiok, S. C, Dec. jo, 1&9J.
W.J. Roddey, Ksq., Ajjent.
Dear Sir: Your favor enclosing
check of the Equitable I.ife Assur
ance Society iu acttleuicnt of my
policy, No. 209.310, came duly to
hand. The settlement is a liberal
one, exceeding my expectations, and
I am pleased with it.
Yours truly, William Mcnro.
There is no form of investment
to-day that offers such absolute
security and such liberal divi
dends as the proper form of life
assurance. It's a matter on
which every man should be
posted. We send you figures
and particulars without charge.
W. J. RODDEY, Manager,
Department of the Caroiinas,
ROCK HILL. S. C.
I'llOFl.SSJOXAE.
Y. 15. COUXC1LL, Jk.
Attorney at IjA.v.
Boone, N". C.
W
B. COUNCILL. M. 1).
Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Oi'Iicc
on KingStivet norr.Ii of Post
Ofliee.
j. if immw,
A1WRSEY Al LAW,
MA1U0N, N.t
-(o)-
Will Di-tictice in the courts of
Watiuia.AwSiC, Mitchell, Mellow- J
aii.t iiil other ooui-ties ii!
t!"'i
.vtsiern Jistrift Sjkm i.tl at
tioii fi,i-en to t!e collet liua
. 1
of
cl;uiiiOjSa
r. J. C" Butler. r. T. C. Bl-irkbum.
Trada, Teua. Zlonvillc, X. C.
Butter & BlaokLura,
Plpos & Sarpoas.
BK&'C.'ills attended at nil
June 1, '93.
K. F. LOVILL. . C. FLKTC1IKK.
L0Y1LL & FIETGIO,'
AT'WRNhYSAT LAW,
BOONE, N. C.
Special attention given
to the rolletion olrlaiin.&
L. L. OllEEXE, A COT,
REAL ESTATE AG'TS.
HOOSE,N. L.
Will gissecial attention
to abstracts of title, the sale
of Heal Estate iu W. N. C.
Those he ving farms, timber
and mineral lauds for sale,
will do well to call outbid Co.
tit Uoone.
L. L. GREES & CO.
March 1G, 1893.
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Sate.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, I oiler for sale
my hotel projertv in the town ot
Boone, mirth Carolina, and will
nil low for cash and make terms
o suit tlis buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L.KRYAN.
NOIRE.
Parties putting papers iu
my hand for execution will
nleise advance the tees with
the papers and they w'll re
ceive prompt Attention, other
wise they will be returned
vot executed Sor the want of j
D. F. Baikd Shff.
tees.
WASH1NGTCX LETTEIt.
Froa our Regular Crreponder,t.
"President Cleveland in nil
honest mull, iiikI 1 believe he
ns shiccie v; lu-n ho said In
!.i! re, -I red the whole rnnt
tf r to Congress and would be
ulad t fo-(iH'nit' with it in
tile execution of any p 1 n 11
tint was consistent witli the
donor, inti-triity and mor.ili
tyofihe 1 7 n i tl States and
for Hawaii." This was tic
comment made by chairman
McUary of tic lionet rum
nit tee on Foreign Affairs on
tli.' Hawaiian correspondence
laid before the House Satur
day him the Senate today.
Mr. Mcltary said the commit
ii'M on Utiles Im promised
liisti Hie i i:litof way and that
jest as noon as th tariff bill
disposed of he proposed
to call up thin Hawaiian bus
iness. That will make it like
!y to ie Ir-fore the Hons" be
f re it is taken up by the S"i
ate as it is ind expected that
the investigation ,,f the Sen
ate committee on Foreign ll'1
latiotis will be completed by
the 2'.). vvhrtn hr House will
pass the tariff bill.
Mnch has haen said concer
ning the abandonment by
President Cleveland of his II a
wniian policy. I can state up
on unquestioned authority
that the President has not
dimmed his opinion on the
subject. On t heconti arv, he
is more strongly convinced
than ever that it would tie
both wise and just -o restore
the government wliieh was
wrongfully overthrown by n
misuse of the power of t h e
I United StHtes in the handsof
an intriguing Minister, and
he believes that, if C'.ingrcss
will divest the subject of sen
tiinent and prejudice a n d
place jt on the high ground
of plain right and wrong ir
will eventually arrive at the
same conclusion. This is jusr
the point. Congress seems to
be utterly unable to divest
it of sentiment juid prejudice
hhI lor that reason, u 11 o
other, is not likely to detiib
iutavorof a restoration of
the foimer government of Ha
wait.
Secre tary Carlisle has three
ted that the clerical force of
t he sixth Auditor's oiiice bj
a t once reorganized. The re-
organization includes the a
bolishment tf the examining
division ano tne tjivision 01
review and numerous chang
es in theuther n't visions, nil
in acctu'dance with the rccoin
inendat.ions of the rejiorfc of
the Doekery eomtuiitee t o
Congress. Some employees
will have to be dropped and
the republicans 111 the office
have an idea, probably a cor
sect one, that, they will all be
republicans. Other things be
ing equal Secretary Carlisle
will give the democrats t h e
preference every time.
The lecision of the demo
crats on the Ways and
Means committee to repor t
the inoine tax as a separate
lull was obtained, like the de
cision in favor of -the. income
tax itself, by h- majority of
only one vote. There is con
siderable talk among demo
crats about calliiga demo-
?ratic caucus for the special
purpose of deciding whether
the bill shnll be made a par
ty measure, as the tariff bill
is There is no doubt about
the income ta.v beingf tvoreti
by a bire uii.jorily t the
denioi-tats of the Ibui-e, but
there are still enough demo-
rats opposed to defeat it if
the votes of all the republi
cans could he counted upon.
ait if the n publicans follow
Foal Heed, they will refuse
to vote when nriattfii.pt is
made to take np t'aehill, just
as they did when the House
was burr days in getting a
qntiuin of democrats to-li-ether
to take up the tariff
bill. If they do thai and the
deiiKcrats opposed to the
liill also rviuse to Vote there
will be no quorum an.l the
bill cannot oe taken up. The
approval of the democratic
caui-us would certainlv make
the measure more likely- to
pass.
The House coinage com
mittee has authorized a fav
orable repot t on chairman
Maud's bill providingfor the
issue at on.e to meet the ."ur
ren needs of the Treasury
of silver ceriilicatcs for th-
seigniorage of silver bullion
now on hand, amounting to
n: re than $.)ri,000,000
The bill will he reported after
the tariff is disposvd of.
The democrats of the
Housecaiue out of the week's
geneial debate on (he Wilson
tariff b II with flying colors;
they met the nriiti merits of
the republicans at every
point, and the votes of the
Ilous upon theaineiiduients
which will be submitted by
democratic members who
arc opposed to this or that
schedule will meet the oh
jections within the party.
These amendments will be
voted upon during the tive
inmiites debate which will go
on until the time for taking
the votes is reached. The fi
nal result is a foregone con
clusion. Secretary Carlisle i once
more the vicMm of the rumor
mongers. Every net and
every word of his is misrepre
sented. For instance, Sena
tor Sherman called at the
Treasury Saturday after
noon and immediately the
telegraph wires were made
hot. by the sensational
stories sent out about his
having been sent for to aid
the Secretary in ptcpaiing
for nil issue of bonds under
the law -f 187i. Your cor
respondent does not pretend
to say by authority that
Secretary Carlisle has or has
not decided to issue bond,
but he does say most em
phatically that whatever he
has decided to do he has not
asKed either aid or advice
from John Sherman.
Bristol Courier:- W h e n
Thomas 15. Heed, of Maine,
was a boy he used to put on
I . i i i i
a oi apron ana iem nis
mother with the housework.
Tin's afforded mnch amuse-
meut to the other small boys
of Portbtnd, who were font1
of calling him "Sissy." One
day he was churning, while
thvdioys stood alnut 'guy
ing" him. He finished the
job' and then took off his
apron and thrashed half n
: dozen of them. After t hat
as the buys" hero.
Tr n V.iirnr Oror, ll. C.
Editor I'iftu.i' rat:
Tli -re jirn a gr-tt many
things with which we coaie iu
coat act ill this way ward lift',
t Ii it are nap! -asjur, unrea
souable a;;. I disgusting, and
o!v of i h"sc things with which
w cou iu contact in every
('a y life and which to me is
;;o s cssed of the three dis i
irre able natures above men
tioned, is oar present road
system, or the manner in
winch our roads are to b"
be made and k nt up.
E :di division of road i as.
: ii;u"d so many hands and
an overseer is compelled to
sp.til a d iv in notifying his
ai n -.vl:er: he road will be
worked, and when the ap
pointed t iui" ro'ls around he
is comjH Hi'il to do t he hard
est .lays work of any man on
the road, lest he loses a weks
time in listening to what A
15 or C has to say about the
hard times, the tariff, the sil
ver question and thedefieien
cy .:f ihe present wise admin
istration. Tiie road working
day seeenis to be regarded as
a day set apart fo the dis
enssion of these tpics which
is ably (?) done. Then it is
almost unanimously decided
that the administration is
the cause of the hard times.
But. the overseer being dis
gusted at ths unreasonable
aiguniHits and nt the slow
progress being made on bis
road, i enabled to see at
once that it is not Uk ruling
of Co-over that causes t h c
hard times. It is inertia on
the part of so many of o u r
people. If we were more ac
tive at our homes, on our
farms, in our business affairs
and on our road working
days, doubtless we would en
joy different results ami have
lesi tiaie and room to com
plain of hard times.
T ! I It 1 i . i All
i ec coniu enr. tnar.rnereis
enough money in circulation
to meet our demands if we
had something with which to
buy it. If there were one mill
ion dollars coined in your no
ble little town each month,
would it profit me anythii.g
if I had nothing to buy i t
with? I say not.
Now the only thing for us
complainers of hard times to
do, is to go to raising more
cattle and better ones; more
stock of all kinds and belter
ones, (iood stock always du
mand thecashat. a fair price
Every two-year-oi l steer we
make weigh 1,000 pounds
will bring Irani 2 to 3 cts.
per pound in our own pas
tures, and every man with a
farm of from 75 tc 100 acres
ought to make from five to
ten two-year-old stee is weigh
from 8,000 1 o 1 0.000 pounds.
This can be done very easily
with the proper application
of our time which ivould ena
ble us to let the hard times
alone, and take more inter
est in our roads which aie so
sadly neglected.
Mr. Editor, will you please
tell your readers when the
road year sets in and h o w
many days a man can be
made to work on a new roud
during that time?
The health of this comuni-
iy is generally gooti.-.uua is. tM result mij. '.it have beendifier
almost Ulifathomably deep. jeiit from that recorded in scrip-
.ii j
jOiiOofour fiiouJs. who husjturcs.
to cross the road to get to
get to his barn, is trying to
devise a .l.i it upon uhi h to
make n cjtioe that will runtime it is not t rival pngi-
iti the mud so that lie can get
his barn without subj.-cting
himself to an untimely death
in the mud.
Like S. M. I) U g g e r, w ho i
points out th" ii i-ltU - o?j"'!
ram Jones, I a.n .oe -t ! :.!,)
ed to star, on a ' ;: !..;
tour on the imsf;.!: ;; e; i; !
It. Hix in regard to th wea
tiier this winter. 'B.'
It Maj Cam.'ta liir.niii.
It will be remembered that
some time ago a w-.Vi,hv
I'rendi knly left 1(10,000
francs to the
France for th
Institute
' person.
of
of
whatever co u n t r.v, who
should, within ten ycavs, find
some means of communica
tion with (he inhabitants of
Mars or anv other heavenly
hodfj and get a response.
The institute has submitted
to rie council of state the
question w hei her it can ac
cept the legacy. and the nial-
tei will soon be decided.
In case it be refused, the
money is to go to the Insti
tute of Milan, and if not re
ceived there, to the Univer
sity of New York. The lady
evidently thought that if
any body could get into
communication with th
planet an American could
Charles Cros, the discoverer
of the method, of photo
graphing in colors, asset t--that
Mars, has inhabitants
and that he has disn rned
moving being on its surface,
but La Liberta savs that his
credit as a scientist is not
very high in France. His
opinion seems very reason
able at all events, but the
question of communication
with these luhaiatants is
quite another matter. X.-O.-(
hronkh.
Big Suit In Sight.
Col. G. N. Folk, of Cald
well, has brought suit a
gainst the government, in be
half of claimants living in
Germany representing a part
interest in the land on w hich
the United States court house
and post-olfice at S'.atesville
are located. The: late E.
Weiseiifield and M. A. Low-
enstetn couveve.l trie proper
ty to Walla-e Bros., and the
latter gent Kiiien riade a deed
j
o tli government. It now
.t . 1 oi tri!
appears that li o eisenneni
had a wife and son in Ger
many, although this was not
known in Statesville at the
tine of his dath some six
years ago. The: son, who is
now 21 years of age, brings
suit for the interest as stat
ed. District Attorney Glenn,
of this city, is making a care
ful investigation of the gov
ernment's title to the proper
ty, and a very interesting
suit promises to be the re
sult. Winston Sentinel.
Greensboro Record: Saidavery
aged and respected citizen t h e
other day, who has the grip
for a month: '. ib ' id b )iisanl
could scratch and find some lit
tle consolation, but he never hal
the grip:" He didn't exactly say
so but the inference was that had
Job been afflicted with the prin
1
John L. Knotlrd Out 11 III Wifr.
John Ii. Sullivan hax b-en
knocked out again. Thn
list. His wife did the job.
It all occurred earlv Snndnv
morning. The ex-champ'ou
was laid out so clean ami
cold l!
too'
doctor a
i.r
i
. .,g ':iai to.
- the -.iu-.v
1 'onrt ! e. t
y i.;.hr J.!.:i
i ! ce a;".r )')d
I!
!.-
L. pr i-eii. ,i ,
time" rihl to '
Vi i i
a few." John kept up the
gait until neatly 3 o'clock,
when he took a cab to the
Tiffit House. It was all he
could do to reach his room
with the assistance of a hotel
porter. Soon after n greit
racket was heard, and Sulli
van was fouhd unconscious
on the floor of Ids room. A-
mid hysterical tears, Mrs.
Sullivan said John L. had
i bused her and in self-dt fense
she had picked up an Indian
club which was used in train
ing and tapped him over the
iea 1. It was harder than
she intended and John L.
went to sleep.. All were pledg
ed to secrecy, but the story
leaked out. Mrs. Sullivan, it
is said, was once a "strong
woman,'' who swung clubs
and lifted heavy heights.
An Indnsirioiis Woman.
Mrs. Adelia Niver, near Scran-'
ton, Pa., makes a good living
out of things tlia,t would go to
wast" if it was not for her indus
try. Evc-y spring she taps fifty
or sixty maple trees near her
house, gathers and boils tho se.,;
into syrup herself and sends the
product to market in tin cans
holding a gallc n each. At t h e
end of the sap season Mrs. Ni
ver begin to pick winter-green!
berries on the neighboring ridg
es for rhe city markets. Last
spring she gathered two barrels
of the bright red and fragrant
wild red fruit. Later in the (sea
son the industrious woman dug
several bushels it gjnsing a n d
gold thread roots in the woods,
which plie sold at. fair prices.
She also digs quite a quantity of
sassafras and sar.apavill:i roots
every year. In August Mrs Niv
ers gathered a wagon load of
boneset, pressed it into bales and
sent it away to be sold. She gets
a little money out of spearmint
and jioppermnit, as well as for
Final! qualities of pennyroyal and
wormwood. All the farmers in
th'' Tie'-.! -I diliood l t catnip
giow oi; i li.'ii' j.laecs tor M:s. Niv
it to gai her. In la,l!" June and
cany .iai sue j.ieK'1 I t wo nusti.
fis of lich M ia wherries to sell,
ad later she g.-.Th -ril and sold
800 qaarts ot rl rapl i ! i. sand
black berries. This fall Mis. Ni
ver made a few dollars out of
beechnuts. Ex.
Baltimore Dispatch, 11th -A
most remarkable electrical
experiment was successfully
exhibited at the College of
Physicians void Sargeons here
last night. By means of a
flexible rubber tube a dim
inutive electric light was in
troduced into thestomach of
a patient. The lights in the
room being lowered, over
200 students viewed th
workings of the internal or
gans through the transpar
ency the light created in th
abdominal wall.
ProiVssor JiiSius Frieden
wald conducted the experi
ment, winds has hcref oforo
been regarded as an impos-
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