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v:.4vJ 7--77 7..-; 7:; . ' 7 : ( pi CPs - - ' ' 'S .. i.r, VOL 7 WASHINGTON LETTER v Prom our Regular Correspondent 7 Pj-eHidvnt CIeviund declines to jrct .'excited l)'eciine Eng land iH engniied in giving Ni- enrHUKUH ;..a niHtapboriral 8pa lining, and lol : thew is a great howl from liin enemies, who ureuse hitri of. abandon" ing the Monroe4 doctrine. If the Monroe doctrine rneana , that the United States shall fight, or threaten to fight ev ery European countrv which thoee cockney little South and Central American repub lics by their hot-headed acts get into trouble with, ought to be abandoned. Aaa niat ter of fact no administration has ever put any tueh con struction upon the Monroe doctrine. While England's demand upon Nicaugiiu may be extortionate: there is no doubt, tha.t it was provoked by Nicarnugua, which had ' somehow got the idea that ' the United States would in terfere in its behalf iieforo the worst came to the worst. England is doing precisely what tueUiiited States would . do under similar circa .iistun cej compelling reparation ior insult and injury to her subjwts althongh tins conn try would pi obabl v" have ,'gone about itdiffnu ntly. Th ad ministration deseivescoai inendaUon foi' its policy oi mm-interferance in this mat : ter, and can be d"epended up on to act promptly, mid pa-' tiiotically when any Ameri can interest is assailed, but it has no idea Of being driven into an uncalled for row with England by .the irresponsible jingo element. ' It is every day tnvoming clearer that the republicans are going to try to straddle the financial question in their "next national platform. A pioposition, which is said to have received the endrorse ment of a number of their most prominent men, includ ing two candidates for t h e Presidential nomination, is that a plunk be inserted in th" platform Ibivthe coinage of $400y00,000 in silver, at . a ratio of 18 to 1, the ideate iug that this will. prevent the bolting of the silver republi cans in the west. It is nothing new to s a y .that Secretary Morton is op posed to the indiscriminate distribution of all kinds of seeds by the Department of agriculture. He has been op posed to it i'roiu the day he learned of the absolute waste which a (to m pin ied the dis tribution of seeds, to say no thing about those t!"ngress nien who sold in bulk their quota of seeds, and if hecould have had his. way, 'ongress would not have appropriat ed one dollar for the puHias of seeds for indiscriminate free distribution during the cjmingfi8calywir. Uuthedid not have his way, a::dnn ap proprintion. eomewhatsmnll er than usual, was made for mat purpose, it is not cer tain, however, that Secreta ry. Morton wi'J spend that ap propiia'tion. The appropria tion net says "the money is impropriated ;foi t he par chas, pnsp.igiition and distri bution of seeds as requited by law ;rhe oubtcd clause H what Seci-etaryMoitoii be lieves is a" bar t6 spending the money j nsthelaw express purcliase and distribution of seeds to "such as are rare and uncommon in this coun trv and it is customary to buy only a few of these for use at the department expe rimental station. The Supreme Court cannot filially dispose of the income rax cases, upon vvmen argu ments for a re hearing will be heard next Monday, too soon to suit Treasury depart ment officials. The vote of Justice Jackson, who will sit to hear the argument for a re-hearing, it cast against" a re-hearing will settle the whole business, as it is under stood the other eight nnni berijof the court are equally divided; but should he vote for tt.reh-aring it will be left open until thatYuhenringhns taken place and a decision shall have been han fed down and that may not until after tl) V first of July, which is the last day upon which , the in come tax can be paid without a penalty. The Vote by which bomls and rents were exempt' ed weretmeh that the result cuiinat.be. changed, n- . mat ter how J usticeJacksoii ni ay vote upon tbem.N Wonder what those hair trigger individuals who were so much afraid, sometime a- go that Secretary Herbert would not have, the Navv properly represented , at celehration attending the h opening of the sea canal at Kiel, on June. 16,;'thiijk'of themselves now? In addition to the San Francisco and the Marbleliead, first designated, Secretary Ilerberfhas ifrder ed that the New York and th ('oluadiia shall also .go to Kiel.. in thei e is. a possa bility that the Secretary may go himself on the Dolphin. Secretary Morton's bef investigations must be dis quieting the beef trust, when one of its members makes the ridiculous charge that those i u vest iga t ions a rekeepi ng u o the price of beef. Secretary Morton smiles "it the charge, which lie. correctly character iesas nonsense, and nsk. jiertinently: "Why should asking quest ions, in order to get at the truth, agitate any body, or effect th.- beef mar ket?" That why will doubt less be echoed by the beef con sumers who have been com pelled to pay tribute to the greediness of the men w h o compose the beef trust. Bucklou's Amies Sa'vc . The best salve in the world for cut, liruipes, sores, salt rhewn, tevtrsores, tetter, chanied hanas chilblains, corns, ana all skin eruptions, and positively Cures piles, or no pay required. . It is guaranteed to give perfect satis faction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For Bale by V. L. Bryan. Vitality of Seeds. Dr. Peters, fof the Botanic Gardeu of Gottin- gin. has been experimenting with seeds taken from dhferent depths of soil iii a dense wood from 100 to 150 years old, which had been arable land for toany years bjfore it enne woodland. His ob ject was to discover how Ions the seeds of weed h wuld retain the power of germinating; after, they T WATAUGA COUNTY, N. had been buried 4n the soil to a depth wheti they could not sprout. Soil sam pies w ere taken at various distances fiom the surface to the depth of a loot. These samples were placed under genial conditions and the seeda which germinated were raised and cultivated to a flowering stage. Although the land had ceased to he arable between three 9-nd four hundred years before, the weeds of cultivation were a- bundantly represented, and Dr. Peters claims to have proved that the seeds of many Held and pasture plants retain their vital ity coiibiderably more than half a century. Getting: Into Trouble. Washington News. 4,I have n friend traveling through North Carolina," said D.-T. Stuart at the Ral eigh, ''He has a natural pro pensity for getting into , hot water. In a letter to me the other day herein tes a funny ex perience he had at a hostlery in a Httlatown of the State. This is part of his wail: "And now let me give you a brief sketch .of the latest predicament I jiot.into. Igot into a little place called Mai den, and stopped at a hotel for dinner. They have no wai ter there; at Jleast they had none when I was there. They may have got Bomosinee. To tell the truth, they had a de vice rigged up which dispens ed with their service. The ta ble was round and composed of two tiers: The first, or low er tier, was stationary, and on it, rested your plate, .te. On the upper tier was placed the dishes, containing the in evitable ham, the oinnipres" ent fried eggs, the. mashed po tatoes. the turnip-top let tuce (?) and al! other things which go to support life in this Old North State. This tier is so built that it revolves so that if you want the stew ed tomatoes and they chance to be in front of the nimnlv tne d fertilizer drummer, all you have to do give a spin, and presto, you have tho to matoes in fiont of you. One drawback to the thing is that you have to hold itwhileget- ting the stuff or else some fel low at the other side of the ta ole will spin it away from you. I wanted some butter the day I was there and it. was half way round from me. An elderly lady (itTTrrh7tp4f pened but I did not know it) vus helping herself to the ham and had hold oi the ta b'e. I tried to spin it, but it wouldn't nuve. I got mad and braced myself. Just, as I got a good gup on t h e thing the aforesaid elderly la dy let go and the d thing' went, whizzing. I caught the tomatoes on my lap, theplm ply-taced drummer was fort u nate enough to stop the po tatoes, the elderly lady got the rice, the ham caught the landlord in thestoma 'h and caromed off into the lap of a young lady on his left, the turnip top lettuce unloaded onto the head a very red hair ed and much freckled youth who sat on my left, while the butter s"tuck in the hair of a man who was drluiiniing for a coffiin factory. The landla dy caught the biscuits and 1 ca tight the devil, an well as ibe tomatoes. It cust me lust $2.50 to pay for the dishes.'' C. , THU11SDA Y , A8trang-e Story. Saturday Review. . : A young man, walking to tno house of ,li8 brother, a yeoman, found the inn at a neighboring . town . yery full, ile shared the room of n. mer clinntSvho was openly count ingouthis money. Having occasion to visit the garden and also to borrow a knife, he accepted the loan of u knife from a merchant. On re turning to his room he found the merchant gone; he went to bed, slept, rose early , walk ed to his brother's and was arrested in the afternoon for iinurderingthe merchant. In his pocket was that trade man's knife, and between the blade and handle wasa guin ea of Mary and William. At the inn the merchant's empty bed was stained with blood, and thoagh the mer chant's body was nowhere to be found, the young man was condemned for murder and hanged in chains on his bro ther's hirm. Here a swain bb. served that the body mtved; it was cut down, life was re animated and the youth fleJ to sea. Taken by Spaniards in South America, he rose to be warden of the goal, and while in enjoyment of fhat.or fice- recognized among some English prisoners the person for whose murder he had suf fered. The fact was that the mer chant, while the youth w a s absent in the garden, discov ered that he wasbleedingfree ly from a vein which h a d been opened that day. -He hurried lo the surgeon in the dark, was seized by a press gang, seivert ins isritanK Majesty in a ship of war, was taken by the Spaniards, and at last, met in goal of South America, the very man who had been hanged foi innrde: ing him in England. A Versatile Lawyer. Wljen Judge J'ursons was a practicing lawyer he was once employed to plead two cases in the 'jourt which wer&Jcassimers prreisely alike, but in one he was engaged for the plaintiff, in the other for the defend ant. It happened that both cases were tried the same day. He spoke for half an hour to the first jury; the case was iven to the jurors and they had retired. When tie appear ed before the second jury he made use of very different ar guments from those employ ed bv him before, of which the court took notice, remin ding him that he seemed to have changed his tune and re pea ted to him what he. h a d said a few minutes before. Mr. Parsons fixed his keen eye upon the judge and repli ed: "May it please your hon or, i might have been wrong half an hour ago, but now I know I am right." He pro ceeded, and when the juries returned it was found he.had gained a verdict in both ca ses. Lewiston Journal. Notice of Dfsolutioii, The firm of Johnson, Ed- rnisten &, Lo., of Ibowmg Rock, has this day by mutu al consent desolved, Edmis ten & Co. to pay all claims igainst the firm of Johnson, Edmisteii& Co. .This April 2Gth, 19i)5. . Johnson, Edmistisn & Co. MA, 0. 1805, Jndianupolia Journal. "And now gentlemen of the jury,' ehou ted the young lawyer, running lus long fingers through his flow ing locks, tiow gentlemen of the jury, I ask you as men and citi zens of this great and glorious republic if the spotless character "f my client is to be permitted to suffer from the words uttered by that -by that vermiform appen dix who sits in the witness box with ' perjury stamped all over him!" A Remarkable Cure of Rheumatism. From the Grotrri Connecti cut Review. David Lewis, who has been iifflicted all winter by rheu matism, is out again and all due to one of the medicines advertised in our columns. After trying everything pos siblf, he used Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which has reliev ed him of all pain, from which he was a constant sufferer and promises to make him fp. for duty "soon. We know David has been a great suffer er and are glad to see him aronnn again. For sale by W. L, Bryan. Messenger: As we predicted the Bads have given a serious bock het to the common schools. With but little education themselves they develoued into enemies of popular education. Schflols with out proper suierintenderii'y and qualified teachers will prove a fraud and a deception. The chrk is to name the fellow who is to examine teachers. This is indeed a step backward. Why, oh why. should North C'iroiiua have been so afflicted, so cursed with such a prostituted, rapacious, in capable, ignorant body? Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. IUG IMl) hORWMEOF YOUR CASH. We have a full line of Gen eral Merchandise, and ure re ceiving new goods every few days, which we propose lo sell at prices never before heard of, for cash. We invite your attention to a few of our prices named be- lov: All wool cassimer 30 inches wide at 15 cts., French oOc, cottonades 10c. and jp, heavy domestic 5c. by the bolt, plaids 5&c. standard prints at Gc. ami up, cassnners and henrettas in all the latest styles. chean. Crepoline, the latesJMnd in dress goods, in the very la test spring shades at 10c. We are just recei vi ng a large stiK'k of Shoes and Hafs, of all kinds at the very lowest prices. Also a nice iine of no tion- cheap. Men's good half hose at 5c, fast black 20c. HARDWARE Of all kinds. Farmers, listen to our prices on hoes: Heavy G inch planter's hoe for 29c. medium cotton hoe 4 lor $1. boy's hoes 20 cts. each. You can get anything in tinware at prices that will astonish you. Iryour XX tinware. GROCERIES. Under this head we are pre pared to offer you some spe cial inducements. Good green coffee 5 lbs for f 1. 4 lbs. Ar buckles $1, IS lbs. white ex tra C sugar $ 1, G lbs soda 25;. Oysters, crnned peaches rolled oats, sonpi, etc. In fact almost anything kept in a country store, at prices that defy competition. 8Tbe highest market pricps paid for cotintty produce. Bfep 1 ry a glass o summer drink on our great y 5c. Pal I and get our prices before buy ing elsewhere. Res p. W. . SHERWUOlfSc Co. Amontha, May 1, '93. SO. 27. L? Doucla S l THK WST. FIT rod AKIN.. cOtebovAM. 9.V POUCCa Jotxs i.AiiEa Ow Om MlHIoa Paopl ww Um W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes All our thorn are squally Mtlstactory Thty give Mm bmt valw for the mrty. TJy 4oal ctMtmo ho tn ttyl tm4 AL Thslr wMrini qaalltlM ar mmnnrnti. Th prlcet art uniform .tanned M mUi Prom $i to I j Mved orar other ankat. II jrour dealer cannot supply you wecu. Sold btf Dealers everywhere, WHiitcd, tgeutto take excuuire sale for tbls vicinity Write at onco. - ' !! Docs Ms ! I Hit You? ! The management of the Equitable Life Assurance 9 Society in the Department of J the Carolin&S, Wishes to se- cure a few Special Resident 2 Agents. Those who are fitted 2 for this work will find liis 5 A Rare Opportunity It iswork, however, and those 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. W. J, Roddey, Manager, Rock Hill, S. C. PROFESSIONAL. W. B. COUNQ1LL; Jr. . Attounry at La . Boone, N. C. W. B. COUNCILL, M. D. Boone, N. C. Resident Physician. Office on King Street north of Pout Office. J. F SIORPHKVT All ORNEY A 1 LA W, Vf AltlON, N. 0 Will practice in the courts o Viituuga, Ashe, Mitchell, McDovrf and all ither countiim in the wcstrn dist rict W'.SiH'cial at ten Jon given to the coIIitMoii o lalnn?." W. B. Coitnclll Sf. 1). T. C. Blackburn. Boone, N. C. Zlonrillo, N. C. Councill & Blackburn, Physicians & Surgeon . tJ&'Ciills attended ut all homs.H - ' 7 June 1, M)3. E. F. LOV1LL. J. C. FLETCHER. LOVILL & FLETCHER. ATIORNEYSATLAW, BOONE, N. C. tB Special attention giveu to the colletion ofcInims.&l Obamberlsia'a By w4 8Ua Olatmamt Is certain cure for Chronio Sore fye Granulated Eye Lids. Sore Uipplea. PUes, Eczema, Tetter, Salt Rheum and badd Head, 26 cent! per box. For sale bj druggists, TO E0X8E0WKXB8. . For patting a horse In a fine healthy con dition try Dr. Cady'a Condition Powder they tone tip the system, aid dipeetion, cura Inwt of appetite, relieve constipation, correct kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving new life to an old or over worked hone. 23 cents per package. For sale by druggists. rOH PIlfEJWUL lodiirmHro, and Btoraaeh dtaocden. takw BHOWXt IRON BlTTKR. AlldealwtkwolVtl pwboUla. UMuiMBa tadt-mark croacd lad Uaeica wnfptA j 4-r 7i
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