Democrat
VOLO
BOON?:, WATAUGA COUNTY, X. C.
riiunsDAY july. iy. is?),
XO. 40.
Protection
That Protects
When a man insures his
life under the old form of
insurance, he is simply
assured that a certain
sum will be paid to his
wife, children, or heirs at
his death. Good enough
in its way, but there is a
much better way. The
Tontine Instalment Pol
icy of the
Equitable
Life
not only insures but pro
tects the benificiary from
loss of the insurance as
well. For further par
ticulars, address
W. J. RODDEY, Manager,
ftrtktCaraliiiM, Rock Kill. S. C
PROFESSIONAL.
V. B. COUNCILLOR.
Attorney at Lav.
Boone, N. C.
W. 15. COUXCILL, M. 1).
Roone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
J. F 1I0&PIIHW,
A7 70RXEYM LA W,
MARION..-. N.C
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Will practice in the courts ol
Watauga, Ashe, Mitchell, McRow
ill ami all itlter counties in the
western district W"Steil ntten
tion given to the collection ol
tliUlllf
W. B. Council! X. D. T. C. Blackburn,
Boone, N. C. Ziouville, N. C.
Councill & Blackburn,
Physicians & Surgeons.
&8CaUs attended at all
hours.&
June 1, '93.
E. F. LOVILL. J. C. FLETCHEU.
LOVILl & FLETCHER
ATIORNIA'SATLAW,
BOONE, N. C.
8 Special attention given
to the colletion otclaims.'&
L. L. GREENE, & CO.,
REAL ESTATE AG'TS.
UOONEs N. C.
Will give special attention
to abstracts of title, the sale
of Real Estate in W. N. C,
Those he vine: farms, timbei
tllKI II1IIHTIUI icumo il nuir,
will do well to call on said Co.
ut Roone.
L. L. GREES & CO.
Uarch 16, 1893.
NOTICE.
Hotel Property tor Sale.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, I oner for sale
my hotel property in the town oi
Boone, North Carolina, and will
ell low for cash and make terms
to suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L. Bryan,
NOTICE.
Parties putting papers in
my hand for execution will
please advance the tees wi t u
the paiR,T8 and they will re
ceive prompt attention, other
wise they will be returned
not executed for the want of
tees. D. F. Raird Siiff.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Froa our Regular Correspondent
(irover Cleveland's marvel-
a a
ous hack rone was never
mure creditably displayed
than in the crisis now upon
the country. He recognized
from ihe first that the Hr-t
and foremost duty of the
President of the United
States is at all times to main
tain the authority of tV
Federal Government, which
was defied by the stoppingof
mail facilities guaranteed to
the HKple by the National
(Jovein merit, and ly the re
fusal of rioters to oliey the
judicial orders regularly is
sued bv the United States
courts, and he did not hesi
tate to order that the army
be nsed to uphold the au
thority cf the Government.
No one can regret mare than
he that men should have
been killed by the militia,
hut he is not blind to the
fact that it is betler that
men who openly defy Hip
laws should be shot down
than that red-handed annr-
chy should be in control even
for a single day of any por
tion of ;nr country. He in
tends that the people shall
enjoy their mail lucilmes
and that the dignity and au
thority of the United States
Courts, shall ie maintained
no matter what the cost
may be in money or blood,
and his entire cabinet and
an overwhelming majority
of Congress, regardless of
politics, are behind him.
It is a matter for regret
that several Democratic Gov
ernors of states and a few
Democrats in Congress
should have confused the
question o f states rights
with the patriotic policy
which the President has
adopted. It is a mistake.
There is there can be no
connection between the two.
Nothing has been done by
he administration to inter
fere with the rights of any
state, and nothing will be
done. It is tor the preserva
tion of the rights of the Na
tional government t ht the
President has ordered that
the tied up Pacific railroad
shall be operated (as pro
vided for in their charters)
as military post roads, and
that United State troops be
used to see that the mails
ate not obstructed upon any
railroad and that govern
ment property is protected.
The government that does
not maintain its own author
ity cannot retain the respect
and allegiance of its people.
The United States govern
ment claims no authority to
interfere with railroad or
any other strikers, but when
strikes at e made the means
for the propagation of an
archy and the defiance of
National authority it may
be relied upon to act, as long
as President Cleveland is at
its head. There is nothing
in common between a patri
otic American and the teach
ings of anarchy, and there
caunot be a doubt that
Presijent Cleveland will re
ceive the thanks of all good
Americans for the prompt
ness and decisiveness with
which he has acted in sup-
anarchUt tendeii-
Cies.
There is no mistaking the
sentiment which caused the
Democrats of the House to
vigorously applaud the plain
words of Chairman Wilson
concerning the Senateamend
merits to the tariff bill, which
the House refused to concur
in and which are now being
considered hy n Conference
commit te of 14 inemlers
seven Senators and sev?n Re
presentatives. Mr. Wilson,
said concerning the work of
the Ways and Means com
mittee of the House: ''the
committee performed their
work honestly, deliberately
and to the best of their abil
ity. The bill was based up
on the principle that, in
garnering revenues, taxes
should be levied upon finish
ed products and not upon
raw material, which was in
accordance with a great
fundamental Democratic
idea, i'he bil! comes back
from the Senate and does
not recognize that principle.
Only wool and lumber have
comeback undisturbed by the
Senate amendments." The
Conference committee held
its first meeting today.
Daily r.ieetings will be held
and progress will probably
from time be reported to the
ilouse and Senate, but it is
hardly possible that the com
mittee can conclude its la
bors inside of two weeks,
although there are not moie
than 25 of the amendment
over which there will be any
serious difficulty in criming
to an agreement.
It can be stated on the au
thority of leading Dem acrat
ic Senators that there is no
foundation for the stories
sent out from Washington,
that Senator Hill was to be
read out of the party by a
Democratic caucus. There
is a general feeling of regret
among Democratic Senators
that Mr. Hill should have
voted against the tariff bill,
a r.d a few of them have said
harsh things of him, but
there is no disposition to
force him out of the Demo
cratic party. On the con
trary, the disposition is to
treat him so that he will not
be disposed to take himself
out of the party.
Secretary Carlisle has been
quite sick for a week past
and he has not yet sufficient
ly recovered to actively re
same his duties at the Treas
ury, but he attends the cabi
net conferences which are
daily held a t the White
House with President Ckve
land to decide upon the tele
gruph reports hourly made
to General Schofield of the
movements of the army and
the condition of affairs at
Chicago and other places
where there aredisturbunees
One pint of milk, oneounce
of gelatine, one half pound of
sugar, six eggs, oue quart of
whipped cream, rut t he milk
and gelatine in double boiler
and let them come to a boil.
Reat the sugar and yolks to-
getherand stir in the mi'k.
When cold stir in the whip
ped cream, and lastly the
whites of theeggs beaten to a
stiff froth. Pour into moulds
that have been wet with Cold
water and put on the ice to
harden.
presing
A C4Rr TO THE CITIZEN OF
HOKTH CAROM A COM IRS
1U BLI1IMhlLDKL,
In view of the completion
of Hie Morgauton Institu
tion for the education of the
Denf, and thir removal from
the Institution for the Deaf,
Dumb and Rlind at Itahiuh,
the latter Institution is bet
ter prepared than ever before
to sustain and educate the
lilind. (Mir capacity is in
creased, our force augment
ed and our methods amelioi-
ated; all of which enables us
to do more efficient work
than w have hen tofore
lone. We are anxious that
every Wind child in the
Siate receive an education,
we wish to do all in our pow
er for the betterment of this
unfortunate class, to enable
them to avail themselves of
this FREE Institution in
which the State so magn ini-
mously offers to instruct
this class of its citizens.
With a view to this end,
we earnestly apjwal t i the
philanthropic people of our
commonweal to aid us in
this noble work. We wish to
be put in touch with every
Blind child within our bor
ders. We desire the name.
post-office, township, county
and nearest rail-road sta
tion of every child of this
class in North Carolina. Al
so the name of the parent or
guardian of such child. With
such lata, we will cones-
pond with the parents and
guardians of these children,
and in this way put them in
reach of an education.
Will not the good people
of the State who know of a
Rlind child or children in
heir vicinity send us a card
with the information want
ed? We promise to use our
oest efforts to get these chil
dren in school, if ,ou wi'l en
able us to get theire names.
Please forward the data at
once and greatly oblige.
Very truly,
W. J. Young. Principle.
Tobacco Cause Loss of Memory.
Those annoying and unac
countable lapses of memory
experienced when one is un
able to recollect some well-
known word or the name of
some perfectly-familiar friend
are attributed by a French
physiologist to the excessive
use of tobacco. This gentle
man has observed that
aphasia and amnesia are at
present almost unknown a-
mong the gentler sex. On
the other hand, he has near
ly invariably found these af
flictions common in men
who are habitually heavy
smokers, while in cases where
they are only of rare occur
rence he hasfrequently known
the extraordinary lapse to
have been preceded by an ex
tra dose of the fragrant
weed. It is comforting, how
ever, to be assured by this
same authority that a mod
erate use of pipe or cigar is
in no way harmful to the
memory. Westmimtei Ga
zette. The new French President
is a brave and modest man.
He walks about Paris, and
in his inaugural message he
said :
"I love my country too ar
dently for it to be a happy
day for ine when I became its
chief Executive.''
Col
Sklnier a4 Xr. Illaw Exchange
Btomt.
Wednesday evening as Col.
Harry Skinner steppwl out
into the passage in the court
house, having j u t t come
down the steps from the
Peoples party convention '
Mr. A. L. Rlow, who it seems
was in waiting for him, dealt
him a severe blow in the face,
just u.ider the eye. Col. Skin
ner struck back, inflicting a
wound on Mr. Rlow's head,
when friends separated them.
Roth men were yery bloody,
though no serious injury re
sulted. The trouble arose
during Col. Skinner's sieech
an hour or two before. He
was criticising the Democrat
ic method of carrying elec
tions and alluded to the
chairman of the Democratic
executive committee. Mr.
Rlow, the chairman, was
present and told lol. Skin
ner that no man could ac
cuse hi in of fraud, especially
one who like him had been
the man who committed the
frauds. Col. Skinner replied
that what he had done was
with the knowledge of Mr.
Rlow, chairman of the execu
tive committee for the Demo
cratic party, and any man
who said otherwise was a
d d liar. Thursday morn
ing the two gentlemen ap
peared before Mayor Fleming
through Mr. R. C. Pearce,
proxy, and were fined $5 a
piece aud cists. Green ville
Index.
Preaching PollMeiaos.
It may be doubted whether
any class of men is so trou
blesome in a community and
so dangerous to its best in
terests as the preacher politi
cians. They appeal to the
religious instinct, arc1 boldly
use it for purposes in no wise
religious. Sometimes blindly
fanatical, sometimes igno
rantly prejudiced, they al
ways sacrifice the peace of
society, the welfare of their
own people, and the true
principles of religion to ac
complish their schemes. Such
men kindled the fires of civil
war, anil mnne impossible a
calm and peaceful solution
of the problem of slavery.
They wickedly urged thesla ve
to massacre the women and
children of the South, they
denounce the Constitution
and the Union as a "coven
ant with hell," they clapped
their hands, when crazy John
Rrown invaded Virginia.
This is not the preaching of
Jesus. These nra not the fol
lowers of the Master. So
church can prosper when
guided by such men. No
State is safe while they in
flame the public mind. They
cannot be trusted, lor they
are blind leaders of the blind,
and their feet are not shod
with the preparation of the
gospel of peace.
Let us have none of this
business in North Carolina.
Let the preachers stay in the
pulpit, and leave to the peo
ple the management of civil
affairs. Let those who have
"taken the stump" on cer
tain civil questions go back
to their churches, and seek
to lead their people along
the paths of righteousness,
or else let them put aside
the preacher's robes, and as
sume the name as well as the
work of the politician. Ex.
A Nnokla; Tr
While waiting for the train
at the Aehevilie (Jpot n few
days ago this writer met up
with a citizen of extreme
western North Carolina. He
lived up near the Tennessee
line, among the Smoky
mountains which permit lit
tle travel in wheeled vehi' les
and off r an inviting field for
the moonshiner, in speck
ing of moonshiners, our new
acquaintance told thiss'ory.
Revenue officers began to
get a little too thick .md
troublesome up there. A real
bright and original moon
shiner dug a cave in the
mountain side just under a
hollow tree and set his still
there, letting the smoke pass
up the hollow and out a
mongthe branches and fol
iage of the tree. People saw
what was known as the
''smoking tree" and marvel
ed. It came to be the great
est natural .mriosity to le
seen in that region, and peo
ple came from far and near
to see it. Rut some who fre
quently visited the smoking
tree came away m conditions
that aroused more or less
suspicion in time. Theirgen
eral walk and con vei Ration
led to an investigation of the
tree by revenue officers, and
as a result the still was dis
covered, and the soft snap
of man of genius and famous
natural curiosity suddenly
passed away. Clinton Demo
ctat.
An Ilnkrw!! Admirer.
About one year ago :i pret
ty young lady attending the
Richmond High School re
ceived a package from a lit
tle town in Virgii-ia contain
ing a handsome and valua
ble diamond ring. Accom
panying the package was a
note stating that the donor
wus unknown to her and she
would, perhaps, never see
him, but he admireJ her.
The ring had engraved in it
the word "Unknown." The
young lady graduated this
year, and recently she re
ceived a package postmarked
from a little town in North
Carolina. It contained an
elegant gold watch and
chain. A note accompany
ing the present stated that
her unknown admirer knew
her birthday occurred about
the middle of June and that
the gift was intended as a
birthday present. The en
amored unknown took great
pains to keep the younglady
and her friends from discov
ering his identity. He even
carved out the numbers in
the watch so the jeweler who
sold it could not be traced.
Neither the young lady nor
any of her friends have the
faintest idea ns to who the
unknown admirer can be,
they not knowiug any one
in the towns from which the
presents cam e. Richmond
Time.
Morganton Herald: Jake
Seagle says that he and Hort
Rower and Will Scott and
Grover Cleveland and the
other fellows at Washington
have been doing some fine
work for the country in the
retrenchment and reform
way, of which but little hasi
yet been said, but which will
come out in the campaign.