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WASHINGTON , LETTER;
. from oar. Edjalar Cerreipondent.
! With n few exppptioiw dem
, ocrutH hih ncreed ttint ; it is
theduty of the .democratic'
Kenatoraro retain control of
the Senate until they "are for
ced to tfive it uj), -There will
be no ocpasion to fill the va
cancy of the office of Presi
dent Pro T-tn of the Senate
ro hng ns Viee President
' Stevenson is on' hand every
day to 'preside over the Sen
nte, and he can be counted
. upon to Iw on hand unless
prevented by serious illness.
It is underHtjixl that the
democratic t jeriii commit
. t'e f the Senate will rerom-
.mend .'following this line of
ftoliey. idsorfhat every mean
Ure which comes hofore the
Senate nhall he fully debated
by the democrats, in order
that the position of the ;ar
ty may be thoroughly under
stood liy the country. The r
publican senators,; can; of
course, obtain control ofTlie
Senate at once without the an
sistauiHM f tlie populiwt ami
without their aid if Dapont
is seated from Delaware when
thf Utah Senators take theii
seats, whif.h will probably be
. early in the coming year, if
they can agree among them-
( ri Ives," but up tu' this time
they nr a l.mg way from u
mreing, and by harmonious
nnd skillfull tactics the dem
tuTAts :nay remain in c-jn-trM
during the entire ses
sion. As the annual reports of
the bends of the various
branches of the government
service are made it ja easy to
s je that democratic ideas of
economy in public .expendi
tures have been put into ef
fect wherever possible. The
grand aggregate of 'ill t. h e
savingseffected may be found
in the footing of the ordina
ry expenditure coin mn of the,
JLK'S. TreAsnrer'H annual re
porti. Those footiugs show
i; that for the (idcnl year end
ing June 30, hist, the govern
"j meat srient for ordinary pur-.'-
" 'll.aiO 981 less than
spent the jireviou year.
riew people m Washington
take any stock in the story
that comes. frpn New York
t the effect trfutMr. Harri-
rison has made a combina
tion which is topluceex Stna
a tor Warner Miller on the
tail of the Harrison ticket.
Washington people know Mr.
Harrison for one of t h e
shrewdest politicians the
country has ever had.viiot
withstiinding the impression
(f some' people that he is too
dignified to get down to the
level from which political
wires have ti be pnlled, and
"knowing that they cannot be
lieve he has mdo any deal
with such has-been as Miller.
If he could get Gov. Morton
to enter a combination for
the nomination of the old
aticket he'd jump at it,
but Morton has not love en
ough for Mr. Harrison to do
so, even if hedesired to again
become a candidate for Vice
president he remembers '92.
., Failing to make a dtal with
, Mr. - Morton, Mr. ilarrison
has made one with Senator
Allison, it is said, fnr the ex
press purpoJ of opposing
both Heed and McKinley; In
cidentally they have agreed
that if ntiany time during
their convention their com
bined strength will nominate
either, it shall be given to
the one controlling the larg
est number of votes.. Hairi-
son next to getting tne nom
ination for himself wants to
keep both Reed and McKin
ley out. -
Some people havt quper
ideas of what is good taste.
For instance, Hon. John M.
Thurstnnof Nebraska, who
was for years in the employ
;! one of the Pacific railroads
only resigned within the
last ten days, aj though his
salary as Senator began on
Match 4th, last and who is
said to ; owe J) is election to
the United States Senate to
the influencejjf that corpora
tion, proposes to inaugurate
his senatorial eatver by intro
dudng a bill providing for a
settlement of the debts due
thp government from the Cen
tral and Union Pacifi Rail
roads He says that while
his bill differs in details from
the sentiment recommended
by. the govehifner.t directors
ot those roads the results
will be the same. This may
be true, but when his past re
lations with these corpora
tions ure remembered suspi
cion will naturally arise that
he Is merely continuing to do
their bidding by introducing
this bill'.
Senator Hill has started
much gossip by renting a
lare house in Washington
and reports as to his inten
tions coyer every imaginable
thing from getting married
to opening a political club
house for thu starting of a
new boom for the presiden
tial nomination. It is proba
ble "that his personal conven
ience was his only reason foi
setting up house keeping.
Henrv Wilson, the post mas
terat Welshton, Flu., says
he cured a case of diarrhoea
of long standing in six hour?,
with one small bottleotf'hani
b.'i Iain's t'oli-r, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. What a
pleasant surprise that muse
have Invu to the mifterer.
Such cures ire not unusual
will) this remedy. In many
instancen only one or two do
ses ire required to give per
manent relief. It can always
be de
ducei
to ta
gisls.
ended upon. When re
by water it is pleasant
;e. Foi sale by all drug
The State Auditor's report
of tlie taxable valuation of
land in North Carolina for
1891:, for which the taxes
for 1895 are being collected,
was recently made public
T 1 . t Jti4
valuation ot iani. - $i in.
1JS2.723; town lots, $43,000,
141. Total, Slo8.0H8.H64.
personal property, $76,391,-
037. The valuation o'rail
way property, etc., tor '95 is
as follows: Railway proper
ty $34,501,899; Pullman
enrs, $22,043; telegraph ami
telephone fines, $21.2,602;
steam boats and canals
$298,003. Grand total $259,
034.419.
Bucklcu'a Arulca Sa've.
Tbe best, salve in the world for
cuts, bruises, sores, salt rheum
feversores, tetter, chapped hanas
chilblains, corns and all skio
eruptions, and positively cures
piles, or no pay required. It is
guaranteed to give perfect satis
faction or money rtuiided
Price 25 cents per box. For sale
by all druggists.
Mr. Mnne; ComM to Toi. '
Statesvilfe Land mat k.
Hon. Romulus 2 . Linney,
Congressman from the eighth
district, was in town. Satur
day en route to Washington
to take his seat in theOon-
gress which fleets next Mon
day. The (Congressman from
de ate" was in tine humor.
He was about to realize the
ambition that has been fore
most in his mind for many
unions a seat in Congress.
His honors, though, have not
caused him to forget the rock
from whence he was hewn.
He is a putiiotic Alexandri
an and in his shirt front he
sported a native Alexander
county g e in, handsomely
mounted, that glittered and
flashed like a 'diamond. To
his watch chain dangled an
(KIipi native Alexander gem.
of large hi'b? and great beau
ty, while he carried in his
pocket three others no less
beautilul, and mounted.
Mi. Linney may not be as
much of a dude as some of
the other North;Caro!inaCon
gressmen -re may not talk
is pretty us Col. Harry Skin
ner or Air. mcrimond fear-
son, tor instance, and his
clothes may nor be as fine or
fit as well as the hitter's, but
he has native ability and he
will be seen and heard during
the' coming- session of Con
gress. '
Mr. Linney has appointed
Mr. E. Spencer Hlackburn, of
Ashe eojunty, his private sec
retary; aid so Maj. Foot's
son, Percy, and oen. Bry
ant's sou. Sherman, and all
the others who gathered at
Wilkesboro Saturday a week
go.to take that job are not
in it.
ilt. Aiiy News: ''A negro
w io stole a row from the ed
itor of the editor of the v or
est City Ledger was recently
sent to the penitentiary for
four yeais. If all the fellows
who steal from editors were
sent to the penitentiary it
would br sofuIl of them that
their feet would stick out of
the windows. In oui 30 odd
years' experience publishing
a paper we have accumula
ted $8,000 of subscription
debts that we will take one-
fourth of a cent on the dollar
for. Our deliberate opinion
is that the men who have de
frauded us out of the just
fruits o? jwr labors are as
guilty of theft in the sight of
the Almighty as the negro
wlrj stole Editor Hreen'scow.
It is no consolation to think
that they will not escape hell
in tbe next world aseasily as
tbfy have the penitentiry in
this. . ,
Croup is a Urrbr to young
mothers. To post ther.i con
cerning the first symptoms,
and treatment is the object
of this item. The first indi
cation ot croup is hoarseness.
In a child who is subject to
croup it may be taken as a
sure sign of the approach of
an attack. Following this
hoarseness is a pecuha r rough
cough. If Chamberlains cough
remedy is given as soon us
the child becomes hoarse or
even after the rtjugh cough
has nppeared it will prevent
t he-attack. It has never been
known to fail. 25 and 50 c.
bottles for all druggists.
.Children Cry for
Pitcher's Castorla. .
Ad Ofetdn flentlrt.
"When I was , tiaveling
through southwestern Ore
gon last month," said Attor
ney VV, V. McNair '"I found
myself in a smuil village nnd
with a large toothache. I
found a lO'-al dentist with his
whirligig engine tint resem
bled a small lathe at the liv
ery stabie clipping n horse.
"Do you treat teeth?" I ask
ed. '
"Course what dnyod stip
pose I'm here for?" he replied
in a nettled tone.
"Well I ha v one that needs
attention'
"Want it pulled or plug
ged he asked. '
"I want it treated. Hovdo
you treat a tooth that is ach
fug?"
"Pull it in-plug it."
"I tl. Ink this one could be
saved if it had the proper
treatment."
"Want it pulled then. What
is it jaw t.ioth or gnawer?"
and he tried to force a finger
that was covered with dirt
nnd horse hair in my month.
I had grown a trifl suspi
cious of him. so I thought I
would find out what sort of
work he did.
' I) i vou do bridg work?"
I asked.
"Not since I bepn pract lein
I did build a bridge across
(low creek when I was ranch
in', but I mostly confine my
work to draggin' fangs, doc
torin' horses and barberin."
"Do you ever transplant
teeth?"
"S.tv T tried that nhoe, blit
she didn't work. 01' Bill Rob
inson had a tooth that was
achin' an' he wanted it pull
ed I got the wrong tooth.
I tried to put her back."
"I sawed off tbe snags nnd
riveted it to Hill's plate of
false teeth, but she wouldn't
work. The first time Dill bit
a bone with it the tooth
swung around on the rivet
and he bit a Inle in ihe roof
o' his mouth as big as a ha
zel nut."
"1 concluded not to have
my tooth treated. The den
tist was sorry and told me
that if t was holler to heat
u knittin' needle hot an poke
it in the tooth und to hold a
chew i4 terbacker in my
mouth. '-San Francisco Post.
There is a tradition that
t urkey of Verm on t li yes sU in p
tuously Ihe last tlnve weeks
of his earthly career on a
prepared food of ground corn
and chestnut meal, nnd that
the course of high hying pro
duces a delicacy nnd subtle
delieiodsuess of j flavor when
he is roasted and basted that
dei idely lifts Tiiin'as a dinner
(I ish whollyout of the realm
ot ttie commonn'ace. lie is
not easily obtainable, for
tins pro:esis ot kittening' is
followed only Jen fewfarms,
08 it isexpensiye.-rN. Y.Sun.
The Tennessee Tomahawk
says, and truthfuHy t.oo
that "Human life is getting
to cheap iii this country. Too
many men a re being killed on
slight provocation: The law
needs to be tidnun.ist.ereu in a
vigorous manner. When this
is done and .proper punish'
nient is imposed there will be
n stop made in the killing
business uud that speedy.
' Wbftrt Ctmfeoertfe Monef does.
. "Did you ever, know what
has become of the tffeoter
part of the Confederate pa
ler money with which this
country as flooded some
years back?" asked a local
buKinesf man who had just
returned from a trip to the
Atlanta Exposition. "No."
Well, neither did t Until 1
struck Atlanta a few weeks
ago. In that town I-found
an old man who makes n bus
iness of quietly gathering in
all the Confederate bank
notes he can find. Yos know
the stuff ns issued by t h e
ton during rhe war, and theie
is any quantity of it s t i 1 1
floating around. When the
old man gets a big bundle of
paper he sends it to Edison,
the inventor, who pays a
good price for it. Edison us
es it to make carbon for in-
candescent lamps. The paper
upon which the Confederate
notes were engrnyed w a s
made ol the pulp of sen grass.
This branch of the paper-ma
king industry ha become ti
dead art. Sea-grass paper,
when chemically treated by
Edison, has bwetl found to
make the very best carnon
for incandescent lights, und
so there is always n demand
for the Confederate bills."
Philadelphia Record.
W. A McGuirp, H well known
citizen of McKay, Ohio, is of
the opinion that there is no
thing as good for children
troubled with colds or croup
as Chamberlain'sCoiigh Rem
edy. He has Used It in his
family lor several years :itb
the best results nnd always
keeps a bottle in the house.
After havingla grippe he was
Irrnself trou tiled with a severe
oUg'i. He Used other reme
dies without benefit nnd then
concluded to try the chil-
nren's medicine and to his de
light it soon affected a per
manent ?ure. 25 nrd 60 ct.
bottles for sale by all drilg-
gists.
Still Justice in the Land.
When un old maid at Flat
bush, N. Y., brought n young
married woman before Jus
tice Steers the other day for
kissing her husband and thus
disturbing the other board
ers, a righteous decision was
made which will win lusting
fame for the learned justice.
The charge was that the os
culations of the wife and bus
band-newly married persons,
were too frequent aud noisy,
producing a report like: that
which follows the withdraw
al of i mule's foot from the
thick mtid of a bog. Such
kisses, it was complained, dis
quieted the complainant's
mind, and were, in effect a
nuisance which she wished to
have abated The justiie
with a human liking for the
good things of this vale of
tears,, decided that people
have h right to kiss oat loud,
and put the complainant un
der a bond of $200 to keep
the peace. The vacancy on
tne Supreme Lourt hench is
not too good a pi.tce for .lus
tire Steers such, at.least, is
the prevalent view at Flat-
bush. Baltimore Sun.! '
THE DEMOCRAT ONE YEAR..
isrtsr ONE DOLLAR.
W. L.Douclao
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5. CORDOVAN, ;
Hftu fiut CMUCmnud ..
f 43.WPOUCE,ssoLE
2ktf BOYS'fcKaSSA -
OvttOo Million PwflweartiM
W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Slice
All our hoes are equally satisfactory
They glv th bMt valM for b wmh.
Thy aqual cmtonl hM In ttyla ni Au
Thdr wMrinff 4iiMUs ara HHMrpMMd.
Th price trn uniform, tampM on Mi.
From Si to $3 saved ovtr other aukM.
If yoar deaki caaaot supply you we as. Sold hi
Dealera ererrwhere Wnuted. aeent tl
take exclusire sale for this vfclnltr
Write at onco. ;
The limnagement ot the
Equitable Life Assurance J
Society in the Department of
the Carolinas, wishes to se
cure: a few Spec i it .Resident
Agents'. Those who are fitted
for this work will' find this
ft
It is work, however, and those $
who succeed be9t ia it possess $
character, m$ture judgment,
tact, perseverance and tlte
respect of their community.
Think this matter over care
fully. There V an tmusral
opening for sOftiebody. If it
fits you, it will j?ay you. Fur
ther information Oft reqlWst.
W. J. Roddey , Manafcr,
RockHllf,S.&
VROMSSIONAU
VV. B. 0OUNCILL, Ju.
At TORNRY AT La f.
Boone, N. C.
W. B. C0UNCILL, M. D.
Boone, N. C.
Resident Phvsiciali. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
l F JIORPIIfcW,
A770RNEYA1 LAW,
VfARION, N.C.
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Wlll prnotlce in the courts o
Vatauga-, Ashe, Mitel icil, McDowl
and all nimr cpuhtiis In the
western district KTBpicial atten
tion given to the collerMon o
laime."1 - '
W. B. t'onntill M. D. T. C. Blackbara
Boone, N. C. Zlonrillo, S. C.
Council! &. Blackkrn,
Piiysicians & Surgeons.
Calls attended at all
June 1, '93.
B. F. LoViLL. J. C. FLKTCHEIt
LOVILL & FLETCHER
ATlUltXhYSATLAW,
' BOONE, N.Oi:.'
1fiSSpecinl attPution givetl
to the colletion oiclaimsJ&i
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kidney disorders and destroy vorms, giving
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