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IJOOXE, WATAUGA COUXTW X. C rilUHSDAY JUXE.il. 1891,
NO. 30.
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The
Wage
Earner
is, without doubt, the greatest
benificiary of life insurance. It
affords him an absolutely safe
means of investing his savings
and a guarantee that those de
pending on his w:rungs will
be amply provided fof at his
demise. Under" the Tontine
policy of the
Equitable Life
he is also provided with a safe
guard against misfortune besides
receiving a much larger amount
of insurance for the same amount
of premiums paid in. It is bet
ter than the savings bank, better
than the building association,
better than government bonds.
Better for the wage earner, ot for
anyone, than any other method
ever originated. For facts and
figures, address
W. J. RODDEY, Mane.-,
tar tu CmUiu, Rock Hill, 5. C.
5
PROFESSIONAL.
W. B. COUNCILL, Jit.
Attorney at Lay.
Boone, N. C.
W. B. COUNCILL, M. D.
Boone, N. C.
Resilient Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
J. MORPIIEW,
AHORNEYA1 LAW,
MARION, N. C
-(o)-
Will practice in the courts ol
Watauga, Ashe, Mitchell, McDow
ell and all ther counties in the
western district teSeeial atten
tion given to the collection ol
laimt?.TBt
W. B. t'onmlll M. U. T. C. Blackburn.
Boone, N. C. Zlonvillo, N. C.
Councill & Blackburn,
Physicians & Surgeons.
W&Calls attended at all
honrs.'X
June 1, '93.
E. F. LOYILL. J. C. FLETCHER.
LOVILL & FLETCHER
ATlORNhYS AT LAW,
BOONE, N. C.
Special attention given
to the collet ion oiclaiwt.&&
L. L. GIlEfiNE, & CO.,
REAL ESTATEAG'TS.
100NE, N. C.
Will give special attention
to abstracts of title, the sale
of Ileal Estate in W. N. C.
Those he vine: far ms, timber
and mineral lands for sale,
will do well to call on said Co.
at Boone.
L. L. GREEN & CO.
llarch 16, 1893.
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Sale.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, I otfer for sale
my hotel property in the town ot
Boone, North Carolina, and will
ell low for cash and make terms
to suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property ia ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L. Bryan.
NO 1 ICE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
please advance the fees with
the pajcrs and they will re
ceive prompt attention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
fees. D. F. Baird Shff.
WASHINGTON LETTEIt.
From oar Regular Correspondent
Senator Harris beliv?s
that he can reach the final
vote on the tariff bill before
next Saturday niftht, if every
Senator who has promised
to vote for the bill will stand
by him. to the extent of a lit
tle personal incnnvenienc
and discomfort, and he has
during the lat 48 hours
been tiymg hard to get them
to agree. He has the prom
ises of nil the Democratic
Senators he has Keen, but he
had not up to this morning,
owing to the absence of sev
eral Democratic Sena tors and
the sickntss of Senators Gor
man und McPherson, succeed
ed in getting the assurances
of the quorum k will be nec
essary for him to have behind
him to succeed in forcing n
vote. It is now almost cer
tain tnat the Republican
Senators have been wilfully
deceiving the Democrats in
leaving them under the im
pression that they were on
the eve of agreeing to name
a day for tuking the final
vote. It is not probable
that they will ever agree to
set a date -'in til forced t& do
so by the Democra I s. There
is no earthly reason for con
tinuing the debate beyond
this week, yei the Repub'i-
cansare talking of keeping
it up until theniiddle of July,
and they will do it, too, if the
Democrats do not prevent it
by keeping a quorum of the'r
own present toshut them off.
There is much dissatisfac
tion among Derrocruts in the
House over the sugar sched
ule of the tariff bill as it has
been adopted by the Senate,
and the prediction is freely
made by Democrats that the
House will neer agree to it
in its present shape. It is
argued by its opponents that
the tariff on refined sugar is
prohibitive and will result in
no possible benefit for any
body except the pugar trust
and an attempt is now being
made to organize the Demo
crats in the House against it
and in favor of free refined
ugar.
The only one of the reciproc
ity treaties made under the
reciprocity clause of the Mc
Kiifley tariff law that was
ever of any practical benefit
in increasing the sale of
American products abroad
that with Spain providing
an exchange of certain pro
ducts with Cuba and Porto
Rico will soon be abrogated
by Spain. The State depart
ment has official information
that the Spanish Cortes, will,
by direction of the govern
ment, pass au act authoriz
ing Cuba and Porto Rico to
collect a transitory duty of
24 per cent on all articles
now on the free list of the
reciprocity treaty.
The House Commerce com
mittee has decided that none
of the Nicaragua canal bills
belore it were satisfactory,
and has directed a sub com
mittee to prepare a new bill
with these fonr objects in
view: to prevent the pay
ment to the present Nicara
gua canal company of an ex
cessive sum for its property
and concessions; to keep spec
nlators from profiting by the
project; to provide for the
issurance of United States
notes for the cost of the con
struction of the canal rather
than bonds, and to secure
complete and permanent con
trol to the United States
government. Members of
the committee express the be
lief that a bill along thene
lines ran easily be parsed,
and that it will be approved
by the people of the country
The overwhelming defeat
in the House of the bill for
the repeal of the tax on
State bank currency is re
garded as an indication that
there will be no financial leg
islation at this session of
Congress, although Repre
sentative Springer has not
abandoned hope of getting
action on his ; bill for a na
tional currency.
Coey and hie two lieuten
ants were released from iail
yesterday, having served out
their terms and paid the $5,
fines imposed upon two of
them in prelerence to serving
an additional ten days. The
authorities refused to grant
a permit for a parade, thus
preventing a demonstration
being made over their re
lease.
Senator Walsh, of Georgia,
made a hit with his bill pro
viding for the establishment
of a permanent exhibition of
the industrial .products and
esources of all the states at
the National Capital. Every
body talks in favor of it.
Senator Brice crave the
charges against him in con
nection with the alleged tug
ar trust scandal a bad black
eye when he wrote to the Sen
ate investigating committee
offering his own testimony
and that of his clerks in
Washington, New York and
Ohio, to prove that he has
not bought a share of sugar
stock since he became a mem
ber of the Senate in 1891;
and requesting his brothers
ro make known to the com
mittee eveiy stock transac
tion of his upon their books.
In accordance with that re
quest Mr. Champman, a
member of tho New York
firm of Moore and .Schley,
stock brol hers, testified that
his firm had never bought
any sugar stock for Mr. Brice,
but he positively refused to
answer questions concerning
the business of his firm with
other Senators. The commit
tee will ask the Grand Jury to
deal with Mr. Chapman.
Nothing has so far been
brought out byjlhe commit
tee reflecting upon the integ
rity of any Senator.
A DUCK IN A WELL EIGHT
months. Dr. Frank White
head says that a duck fell in
to n well at his father's farm,
remained in the well eight
months, and was taken out
and is still liviug. The well
hand caved at the bottom
whichiradea short of pas
ture for the duck. When
they would make an effort to
get the duck out it would
dodge under the cave. It
was fed daily like the ducks
outside. The happy duck
again basks in the light of
day. Scotland Neck Demo
crat.
!WE TnorCHTTOU WERE DEAD."
1 Drmti Rome Brtwtea Lot a (
Lead oi Railway Hoatloa.
A curious scene was wit
nessed yesterday afternoon
outside Paddington station.
A respectably dressed joung
woman who hod arrived at
the terminus from the coun
try was quietly prooeeding
in the direction of Edgeware
road when a young man, nl
so respectably dressed, met
her turned deadly pale and
exclaimed, "Oh, Helen, we
thought you were dead!"
and would probably have fal
len to the ground in a faint
ing condition had not the
young woman and sympa
thetic wayfarers who witness
ed the unusual occurnnce as
sisted him into a temper
ance refreshment house
where restoratives were ob
tained.
The;r case proved to be
a strange one. The girl had
for some time' been a shop
assistant, at a village on the
outskirts of South London
and had there becomeergag
d to the young man. She
left her place and returned to
her parents in the country
for a holiday. Somehow or
other a report war. spread in
the village that the girl had
suddenly died from influenza,
and the news appeared so
circumstantial and detailed
that it obtained general cre
dence.
The lover was disconsolate,
mentioned his giief to the
pastor of the Methodist
chapel where he and his
sweetheart had worshiped,
and the minister the next
Sunday preached a funeral
sermon, drawing suitable les
sons fiom the unexpected de
cease of their young friend.
All was over.
The young man was, it ap
peared, actually on his way
to Paddington station, en
route to the home of thegirl,
with the view of visiting the
grave, when he met her in
the flesh, alive and looking
very well. She declared that
she had written to him once
and was astonished not to
havegotten an answer. He, on
his side, averred that the
missive never reached him.
It is very protiablo that the
Methodist minister who pro
nounced her funeral oration
will so'on beasked to officiate
at a still more interesting
ceremony, in which she will
be one of two principal parti
cipants. Lon don Telegraph.
Dealing Out Justice.
Randall, .Wilson colored,
was up before justice Roberts
for assault and battery upon
his wife. The judge said, af
ter hearing the evidence,
Randall you've done bad,
Your wife, looks quite sad,
All sense of honor you've
lost.
In whipping your wife,
You ruin her life,
I'll fine you $5.00 and cost.
George Branch, colored, as
saulted a colored brother
and called him most fearful
mrd names and madethings
ively for a tiro about the
city lot jump. George fell in
to the hands of justice Rob
erts and was adjudged guilty
tMid requested to pay $5.5o.
A peace warrent an I one
forf. and a. were issued bv
justice Roberts.
HlED TICK THE REXESY.
Modera Took SaU to Be Repouitl
for taa Decay of Ttett.
The dentists of th rcriod,
who are nothing if not scien
tific, raise u note of alarm
about the growing tendency
to decay of the teeth of the
present and ihe coming gen
erations. Dental caries is
said to be increasing in nn
' extraordinary and alarm
ing" manner. Each succeed
ing generation shows a poor
er quality of teeth. This a
writer for the Hospital con
firms to some extent by tiie
experience of four generations
of his own lamily. At one
extreme was a grandfather
at eighty-six, who died less
than a score of years ago.
with a mouth full of absolute
ly perfect teeth. At the otit
is the great-granddaughter
of that old gentleman, who,
at ten years of age, requires
hx of her teeth "rilled" at the
present moment. What can
be the cause of this very un
pleasant und evn alarming
condition of things? The
dentists tell us that "dental
caries marches hand in hand
with civilization." lfthatbe
so, we can only devoutly wish
that civilization would find a
more encouraging and com
fortable companion. B it t
why does civilization insist
upon destroying our teeth?
Because, say the dentists,
"the increasing perfection of
theculinary art, by reducing
the work of the masticating
organs to a minimum,"
causes both teeth and jaws
to atrophy and decay. So,
then, it is the cook, the scien
tific cook of the schools of
cookery, who, in the last re
sort, is at fault. Even our
domesticated animals, our
cats and dogs, are losing the
excellence of their teeth for
the same reason, and we
shall no doubt soon have
dentists among the veteri
nary surgeons as well as
among the more august pro
fessors of the art of human
medicine. These be uncom
fortable prophesyings! Can
anything be done? A little,
say the dentists. We must
all go in for brown bread.
Whole meal bread alone con
tains in quantity theflojrine
which is so necessary for the
hardness und permanence of
the teeth. Whole meal bread
it must be, then, at monr'ng,
at noon and at night, if we
would avoid the pangs of
toothache and the pains of
dentistry and save our prec
ious teeth.
A FIXE CATCH.
While on a business trip
Henry M. Brown stppped oft
and went a-fishing on Scott's
creek. He caught a trout
that measured 18 inches in
length and weigned 1 lbs.
It was taken on a No. 10
hook with a nine-ounce rod,
and is the star catch of Wes
tern North Carolina.
While on this trip Mr.
Brown saw on the east fort
Pigeon a woman 80 years
old who climbed a tree that
was 70 feet tall to the first
limb, and brought down a
swarm of bees in her apron.
Mr. Brown saw the heroine
of the story in the act of
making fence. Ashevile Citizen.
fiEXATOR TIDE'S REXAISS.
Charlotte OWrcer.
Abbeville, June 11. All
that is T!(;tal of Zeb Vance,
the body that on the 18 of
April was buried in Riverside
Cemetery, overlooking the
benuMful French Broad river,
about which he wrote poetic
words in life, Ins become the
object of a most unfortunate
wrangle in the immediate
family of the beloved dad.
Last W ednesday, seven week
after the interment, it will be
remembered, Mrs Vance
oiiiTieto Asl:eiile nt'd very
quietly h id the remains of
the Senator removed from
the grave in the oid Vance
lot in Riverside Cemetery to
the spot that she had chosen
and purchased for the pur
pose. This is the highest
and most beautiful part of
the cemetnry, nn1 it was
planned that the monument
to Vance's memory should
be erected over this spot.
But the body was not
destind to remain in its new
grave long. Chas. N. Vance
learned of the removal and
came here Saturday evening.
Some lime Saturday night
or before day Sunday morn
ing the remains were again
disinterred und placed in the
plat where they were first
buried, beside the grave of
his first wife, young Vance's
mother, where, it is under
stood. Char'ift Va nce is deter
mined they ehall remain if
there oe any possible way of
enforcing his wishes. The
grave has been guarded by a
special officer since Sunday
morning. It is said he a
greea to the removal of his
father's body provided Mrs.
Vance would allow the re-interment
of the Senator's first
wife by his side, but this Mrs.
Vance would not do.
This wrangle as the per
manent resting place of the
beloved dead is deplored by
the ppople h.-re, and it is fear
ed that it will have an unfav
orable effect upon the move
ment of organizing monu
ment associations through
out the State.
About twenty-six millions
of dollars have been paid to
the sugar manufacturers un
der the bounty clause of the
McKiuley bill since .1891.
This money was collated
from the people by taxation,
and then paid out of the
treasury to the sugar men.
Ah object ion uble as the pres
ent Sena to tariff bill is charg
ed with b"ing. it stops this
bou n ty i n iqu i ty af ler t he fi rst
day of January next, and the
tax paid on sugar after that
date will go into the treasury
and not into the pockets of
sugar manufacturers. Con
gress has the constitutional
right, to tax sugar to raise
revenue to run the govern
ment, but to take money
from the treasury and pay it
to sugar manufacturers, or
anybody else as a bounty,
is robbery pure and simple.
Asheville Citizen.
Mt. Aiiy News; The worst
enemy the Democratic party
has is the man who goes a
round abusing the party
while claimiug to be a Demo
era t, himself. He is a mrfn;
dangerous than an open ene
my and l.-ss manly.