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WASHiNQTOS LETTER.
From our Eaular Oorreipondent.
moved his family niid his !
fl not 'trt Wnodlnv' liis
Buui ban rosMvrnrH, nudr will
only b at the Whito Houwj'
on t h ln.v the t'u binK
ineetH-f.vvire a WHek-for M:im'
time to come. ThiM will give
him nn opportunity to din
pose of a liumlier of minor
mutters which he roul-l not
flnd time t'i get at as lunar as
he wan-aieHBibltf to the pei
tonil callerK lw are nearly
Always on hand at the White
House.
The new ministry of Spain
loa no tiin in proving J hat
President Cleveland was cor:
teet in thinkingthat it would
lo the piopt'r tiling aoout
the Alliance utrage, and
there is little douht that the
apology demanded by Secre
tairyiireHhain will in due time
follow the explanatory com
munication already receive!.
It is positively stated that
a deal has been completed
whereby the Republican Sen
tiltoiH will get. the votes of
the Populist Senators and
reorganize the Senate as
hooii as Congress meets.
Thoi'e is i otbing surprising
in this, as it is expectud by
everybody. One ivsult of
thedea! will be to make. John
Sh'jrin in chairman f thn
FiiuMie committee. Think
cf the Populist helping to do
that. , '
Rumor says the Supreme
Court wii! decide the iii,"or.(e
tax uifonstitution il, a n d
even aivey the position of
each of he eight justices sit
t iisr Jii!tiw Jackson has
tieen too ill to take any part
in the- present term -on the
case. There is, of course, no
method of, ascertaining the
trith or falsity of the rumor.
-which is believed or disbe
lieved accu'diag to t he wish
es of the expiesser of the o
pinion. Whileollicials of the
government would prefer
that the lax stand they say
that an adverse decision will
not make an extra session .f
Congress' absolutely necnn
wiry, unless there should b
another -run oti'ihe Treas
ury gold. .
Ex Senator Mahone'is now
at the head oi a scheme hav
ing for its )bject the political
control ot Virginia. There is
nothing new or startling in
the idea. It. is merely a re
production of (the Ilepuidi-
. can-Populist combine which
hns temporarily knocked out
the Democratic party of
Nrth Carolina. Virginia
D'Miuwirats who. come to
Washington say there would
be nothing t;o ifear in the
v movement even if it were not
led by Ma hone, bat with' him
at its head it is bound : to
full because the few influen
tial Republicans of the State
have had all they wanted of
Mahohe long ago, and they
hate Populism quite as bad
us they do Mahoneism,
r. While Secretary Herbert
when he planned the route
over which Admiral Meade's
squadron will sail daring the
month of April had no idea
Great Britain would send that
ultimatum to little Nicarau
ga, neither ho nor President
Cleveland regrets tha t squad
ron will J reach Grey town.
Nicafangaano'it the middle
of the month. On the; con
trary, 'they rej(a'ce tft ' the
coiaciilpnce which will place
suck formidable American
war-vessels as the $ew York,
Minneapolis, Columbia, At
lanta, Raleigh and Cincinuat
ti in Nicaragua!! waters at
the ti ne that Great firita'ii
will probably be making a
demonstration of force to
frighten the little Central
American republic int j com
plying with its demands as
to the payment of extortion
ate indemnity, etc. It will
show .John Hull that the ad
ministration not only meant
business when it recently told
him thaTt he Monroe (lctrine
was still in force and must be
i eciectcd by him, but that it
is prepared to demand re
spect for the Monroe doctrine
at the cannon's month if it is
not peaciably accorded. No
one heie seeisto know whar
Nicarauga will do, but the
liope is expressed on all sides
tli.it it will politely decline
to accede to the unjust de
mands ot Git'nt Britain.
"Uncle Jerr," the smiling
1 1 9 II IIW 1111(1 J, t JflVlfll-
tor of the White Housesenw
ain'ral Grant's time," U the
happiest '"coon" in Washington-
He has celebrated his
nwHU'i.t" ttrlin titiu huun itint.
silver wedding, and the fol
lowing distinguished friends
end souvenirs of the event:
President and Mrs. Cte vela nd
one dozen silverspoons; Mrs
U.S.Grant, a silver bitter
knifj; Mrs Sartoris, a silver
cream pitcher; Secretary and
Mrs. Carlisle, a si'yer sugar
disli; Secretary ami Mrs. La-
inont, ten silyer dollars, not
to mention the gifts sent by
private citizens. But what
tickled "Uncle Jerry" more
than everything else was the
attendance at the reception
held by himself and 'wife of
Postmaster General and Mrs.
Bissell, Secretary and Mrs.
La mon t and their children;
private Secretary and Mrs.
Thurber and their' children,
oiui a host of minor govern
uieut officials.
When the United States
government sends, as it will
at nn early date in compli
ance with nn act of Congress,
its own engineers to official
ly inspect the route of the
pioposed Nicarauga canal,
it selves notrr to all con
cerned that it proposes to
control that canal when it is
constructed. ,
Persons who s.vnlpathize
with the afflicted will rejoice
with D. E.Carr of 1235 Har
rison street, Kanses Citv. He
is an old sufferer frim inflam
inatorr rheumatism, but has
not heretofore been troubled
in this climate. Last winter
he went, up into Wisconsin,
and in consequence lias nud
another attack. "It came
upon him again very acute
...wl lummin1" lll' ufl!H ' f IT
joints swelled and became in
flamed: sore to touch .or al
most to look at. Upon the
urgent request of my mother
in-law. I tried Chamberlain's
Pain Balm to reduce the
swelling and case the pain,
and to 'my agreeable sui prise;
it did both, I have used
three fifty-cent bottles and
believe, it to be the timet
tiling for rheumatism, pains
and spellings extant. Eor
sale by W. L. Bryan.
; A Few battering TlionjkU.
BY St'ATTKIllfEAD. "j
"For lo the winter is past,
the rain is over and gone; the
flowers appear on the earth;
the time of the singing ot the
hit ds is come, and the voice
of the tui tie is heard in oar
latid.-M?:
Another long and hard win
ter is over, and now we are
cheered with theapproaching
spring Well, every season
has its attractions, and per
haps to some of ua detrac
tions nnd distractions too.
No wonder the younur folks
get kind of poetical about
spring time, as there is so
much to be seen that tends
to auimate them. Yes. every.
thing does appear mighty
glad to' greet the beautiful
spring. The poor old cows
are monstrous glad to nip
the green, tender grass. The
songsters of the woods a re in
a Tejoieing mood, and the
"big black birds" can now uf
ford to put in a few extru
"caws" in prospect of f h e
fine time they expt ct to have
in making Mr. Clodhopper's
corn "c.nne up" in the swe t
by and by. The little iuseeN,
too, are poiveaful glad, espec
ially the "buzzing critters,"
that want the privilege to
roost on a fellow's victuals;'
but notwithstanding the nu
meroup epithets heaped upo'
them by thev good house
wives, they manage to come
around in their season, after
everything else is cleaned up
by the ?old winter. Every
thing that' creeps, or flies,
walks, swims or jumps, join
in giving spring a hearty wel
come.
Well, springtimedoes have
its peculiar attractionseven
the big alder grubs and mat
tock do soirewhat draw the
school boy, i.e. thn sweat
from its tiny wells. The boys
also, are getting powerful
hilarious, and wane folks who
nave an ear cultivated toap
predate sweet, harmony of
sounds, are prepared to en
joy the sweet musii discours
ed by the lowly songsters of
the puddle.
Well, if all nature is having
such a glad time why not the
balance of us, i. e. poor man
has a light to join1 in with
the birds, trogs, and every
thing that has not. got. the
"suiks,"and have a pleasant
time. Let us all try to set
our hearts in tune to the
spring harmony and keep
them so the year round
"December can be as pleas
ant to" us as May." Chris
tians are the kind of folks to
be happy. "Religion w a s
not designed to make our
pleasures less," wrote the
poet and it i s true, only
mennt to finish its passage
with true lasting aiid heaven
ly pleasure Old Satan gets
lots of young people to be
lieve that a Christian has no
pleasure, and the old enemy
ru'ill tMiir f I hum "nu' inuf
t ill ruAji ' ti.t.i... j.
look at theseChristiauswhat
long faces they carry, and
just listen to them talk a
bout theirbigtrialsand what
o herd time they are having
and thus see how had and
gloomy are their lives." We
never did think it was their
big stock of religion that
would cause people to fee! bo
mean and look so ugly, but
the lack of it. Henpof times
when a Christian does things
not much nice, he fels won
deful bad,' looks monstrous
sheepish, and is powerful shy
and skittish, as though he
w.iuld like to hide in some
unfrequented spot Sin does
make cowards, and is the
meanest thing in this coun
try. We generally think itfi
looks uglier in other folks
than in ourselves. When a
Christian gets oft the Irack
he is mighty apt to have to
take a bitter dose of physic
called "repentance," and we
know while it is doing its
necessary work that the face
is sue to wear a wry aspect.
Some people mav put on a
doleful look to 'make folks
think they are not lacking in
Sobriety. There is a great
deal in this scene of sin and
suffering likely to produce
anything but glad feelings
a n .1 bright countenances.
Bui. we have long since learn
ed that our sad hearts and
ugly looks can't atone for
one wrong doings, and the
sad failures of others. Some
say we should be mourners
all of our days, because our
Lord was when He visited
this .vorld. Brother, this is
a mistake. Christ "bore our
griefs and carried our sor
row's, also our iniquity was
laid upon Him." He carried
. r
sorrows so tnat in Him we
might have an abundance of
peace and jo v. If this were
not. true, why would He tell
that He made provisions tor
t i a II II I
our "joy to oe run,- nni
then exhorts in. His word to
"rejoice ever more?" Mourn
ing is truly the part of the
sinner out of Christ, though
we dare not say but what
christians will mourn to
some degree, over sin wher
ever found. Yes, if we und.'r
take to tote our sorrows we
will soon fall under the bur
den.Our God does 'not re
quire it, since Christ has done
this for us. So we insist, that
it is the Christian's happy
privilege to be in a happy or
rejoicing state all the tiifie
Well, savs some sad brother, I
Scatterhead is preaching doc
trine contrary to the old
hymn that "we can't sail to
heaven on flowery bds' of
ease." We agree with the old
writer. Yes, in the world we
will, if we live Godly, meet
sore trials, heavy tribula
tions, and Idinll suffer perse
cutions, and though oui va
ried sufferings we are made
ripe to enter heaven. Yet in
the Lord we are to be in a
State o? peace and rejoicing
every day and every hour.
Paul wan a powerful sufferer
in His Masters ciuse, and
yet he was cheerful and hap
py all the time. Paul would
HI us to let our faces shine
with gladness all the time
just by keeping company
with the blessed Lord and
doing His bidding, and he
also teaches tnat vvnen we
have melody in our hearts
to the Lord that it will not
lead us to "foolish jesting,"
or in any way cause us to
make "provisions for the
flesh to fulfill its lusts." Chris
tians ctn be happy always
in the Lord and yet always
have fellowship with His suf-
ferrngs. Self must be yielded
up to God v our will swallow
ed up in His, nnd let Hi in
"work in us to will and do of
His good pleasure," and then
we can be vessels fit for His
use." beiner filled with His
Spirit and thus beSpreparel
to do His work, enjoy His
presence, giving joy to the
Christian's heart, while in his
strength.
Globe, N. C, Apr. 5, '95,
The P. Ice of Cotton in 1848.
We are indebted to Robert
1. Carter, Esq.. of Anson ville
township for a bill for six
bales of cotton sold by the
late John McLendon, of this
county, to LaCost & Evans,
at .Cheraw, in Sept., 1848.
From the bill it appears that
Mr. McLendon received 5
cents for theootton,and that
he paid. 10 cents a pound for
sugar and 20 cents . a yard
for bagging. From this it will
be seen that th price of cot
ton in 1848 was just about
the same as it is now, while
theprjeeof other commodi
ties were very much greater.
The difference is that in those
dys our farmers raised all
their supplies at. home, and
cotton was planted only in
sufficient quantities to meet
t hei r com pa ra ti very few needs
for ready money . Our forefa
thers piospered under this
system, and there is no rea
son to believe that we, the
descendants, cannot make
both ends meet by copying
after them in this respect.
Wndosboro Messenger.
The road law is bothering
our people, as by the act of
the Legislature we are placed
under the Mecklenburg law,
but we do not know whether
it is absolute or whether it is
optional. A tax of ttvo mills
on a dollar can be levied, this
will be 20 cents on the $100.
If the magistrates in -the
townships levy the full a
mount great complaint will
be made, if the law was
properly manged and judici
ously executed it might be a
good larv but great caution
must be observed. A good
per cent of the male popula
tion in each township have
been Appointed magistrates
and will have charge of this
law. So we ill have to bide
our time and s e what is in
store for us in the' way of
roads and taxes. Recollect
we are now living under re
form, and we nrnst be loyal
for there art magistrates in
nearly every well regulated
family to try us and inakeus
"anti-up."
If King Solomon was alive
he would now say: ' (Jo to
the traveling man, learn his
ways, and be wise. Mr. I.
W. Uattell, a Cincinnati
traveling man representing
the Oueen tity Printing Ink
Co., alter suffering intensely
for two or three days with
lameness of the shoulder, re
suiting from rheumatism,
completely cured it with two
a p pi ica tionsoi thamberlams
fain IJaliu. 1 his remedy is
waining a wide reputation
for '.rs prompt cures ol rheu
mutism, lame back, sprains,
swellings, and lameness. 50
cent bottles are for sale by
W. L. Bryan.
One doilai pars for th.
Dp in o'-rut one vvm
; Douglas
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W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes
AH our shoes aro equally Mtlsfactory
" Tbtjr glv Mm hmt value far tha hit. -They
aqual caataal (hoaa la atyla and it.
Tta air wearing a,aalltlaa arc nanrpaiaai.
Tha prtcaa ara nlforsi,taajpa4 aa aala.
Prom f i to tj aavad avar atber ajakaa.
If your dealer cannot tupp! y you wa can. Sold by
Dealer everywhere. Waited, affeet to
take exelnnre aale for tbla Tfclalty.
Write at once.
Does This
HttYou?
The management of the
Equitable Life Assurance
Soclet" in the Department of f
the Caioljnas, wishes to se- j
cure a fe Special Resident x
Agciits. Those who are fitted
for this work will find this
f A Rare Opportunity
who succeed best in it possess
character, mature judgment,
tact, perseverance, and the
respect of their community.
Think this matter over care
fully. There's an unusual
opening for somebody. If it
fits you, it will pay you. Fur
ther information on request.
t W.J. Roddey, Manager,
Rock Hill, S.C
PROFESSIONAL.
W. B. COUNC1LL, Jk.
Attorney at Lay.
Boone, N. C.
W. B. COUNCILL, M. D.
Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
J. f 11
A 2 10RNEY A 1 LA
MAHION, N.C
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Will practice in the courts ol
vatauga, Ashe, Mitchell, McDow-.
and all other counties in the
western district Special atten
tion given to the collection o'
laim."
W. B. Conncill M. D. T. C. Blackbnrn.
Boone, X. C. Zlonrille, N. C.
Councill & Blackburn,
&ZCaU8 attended at all
houts.".
June 1, '93.
E. F. LOV1LL. J. l FLETCHER.
LOVILL & FLETCHER.
ATlORNi'A'SATLAW,
BOONE, N. 'J.
VST Special attention given
to the volktion ofclaims."&L
Ohambrlaln's Jye and Bkla Oiatmaal
Is a eutain cure for Chronic Bon Eyea,
Granulated Eye Lids. Son Nipples Pile,
Enema, Ti er, Salt Kheutn and Scald Head,
25 cents per box. For sale by druggutai
TO BOUBOWVXBS.
For patting a hone in a fine healthy con
dition try Dr. Cady'a Condition Powdenv
They tone np the tvstem, aid digestion, cure
loss of appetite, letter constipation, correct
kidney (Unorders and destroy wonns, giving
oew life to an old or over worked horse. 26
cents per packaee. For sale by dnggist& -
por DTaPEran,
IndJcntlon, and 8tomach dlmrde!!, take
BROW l lBOX BITTERI.
AlldMienkaplt,nprboUla. OsnuliMbaa'
)mt4e-rura sou crowed nd lines on wriTU .
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