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" V,.-, i ..- t i ( i tt w ii. ill it i j utn r 1 1 ii 1 1 '( - i i ,v i v i i i 1 1 .m i v y jr' vu vuv.. . i" 4 i'i .txtnett-ftovf ITesldMil'i Hetara. , nfyarrItic)Q , , a, s f , , pef oinf mnftifetnd it ipdrraowfpjv r. ted that -hw hovrenUy' is .ex- fjictD fnbrt,oii furpo e of its fiffhtiol existence and when 'ft fiiifpss strnjrjfle fjr i its re retnblishment r hni de frentTHteil ffltOft.BtKfHi Rlnch it eann nothHffnraMhiiW the usWh 8!0rifice'o!h6tnah life and uttr ,difltru?tiqn of tn very snojwc mauer oi 5 15 this conflict, a' Bitu(ition:HfriH hp.nrpupntwH in which our ob- lijrntions tci the ivwrenity ,ol Hptiiin, wil W. ; nircedd: by Ohigh.r obliMtions, which ve Vnhall haidly.lips'tHHe ,to re . r.Otfnize and dirtcharR, , ; Defeinni It he. , choice of - , , i - I I. ,r.l" ', ' v ways and methods until-the '', time of action arrives for vWe should make-them depend '.' Upon the precise conditions q then existini?, a n d th e y ; honld not :be detprmined up 5?Pr;ithout 'i?ivins careful liped to every 'eonsideration involving our honor and in- - I terest ; nr tne international f Mnry vre owe toi Spain nntil we face the contingencies sue Reared or the situation in by other incidents imperitivelv changed, we shoul continue .'-'iv in the line of conduct hereto fom pursued.' But I Iim v deenied it not amiss o remind the Congress that a ime may ariwe when a cor rct prlicy and care for our 0 interests as well 'as a regard for the interests of other na tions and their citizens, join ' vi by considerations of hu manity and a desire to see tht rich, country, intimately : related to us, aved from complete devastation, will constrain our government to such action as will subserve the interests thus involved and at the same time prom ise to Cuba and its inhabit ants an opportunity to en joy the blessings: of peice. The present tariff law took effect on Aug.' 28, 1894 WhatHver niay be , its short- comings as a complete meas ure of tariff reform it most be conceded that it has o - pened the way to a free, and gf eater exchange of commod p ittea between the TL S and other countries and thus tur nish a wider market for pro duets and manufacture. The only entire fiscal year during which this law - has been in ' force, ended on the 30th day of Jiioe; 1896. lh that year our imports amounted o- ver those of -rthi previous vear, to more thanf $6,590, .000, while the Value of the domestic products we expor ted was nearly $70,000,000 fj'ipW, than ; the 'preceeing I an Kore convinced . than Avaitf thbt. We tain hflv nu ns- goieo fliiancial plans' and'safe tyjiutll the government cur rency obligations upon wmco gold may be demanded from the treaury , are,: withdrawn from circulation, and , t h i s V'r: might be .done by, the ex change for bonds, bea ring : i - - : low rate of interest or by the O redemption with . t h e pro j ceeds of such bonds. . Obli- Vs Rations redeemable in gold, '' whenever so redeemed should ) be ca ncelled instead ot bei n g ItffOftE; l2 lTAUGA; . COUNTY N,.. reisadJ 'National banks fchculd'' redeem ' thir'o w h nrttes. Tiier HlVould" l) nlluw- pjd'Jp ifsu i'cua tioq tq , the par yalo? or oupna df-pomten as- MH'Oiity for its rwiwnp ion, and, the tax on t h o, l r circulation honli be reduc ed to one-fonrthM!of xine per cent. ' H We have pla'ced to much El contracting 'the, curreney, 4 I ' I and have calculated "too" lit tie upon the gold that would I be" a dded-' to our circii'a tipn ,if invited to us by, better and safer method. It. is not so much a 'contraction of our ciirrencv ; that, should be ayoi((ed as its unequaldistri bution. .:; riiis, might be ob viated, and aiij.frar othai m ful contraction at the same time removed, by allowing he organization of smaMei janks and in less populous communities than are now pirmittedJaiyl alsio autlior iiiiigexisting imjiks to esjab ish hr.inches w . small coin mnnitlcH niiiler certain ' re strictions The day of sensi ble and sound financial meth od will not' da wn, upon us until Qurg6viniiient abnn dons thebankingpusinesand lie: accu inula tiou of Junds, and confines ; its monetary operations to the re?eij)t c.f the mytiey; contributed j. oy the people foritssupport and to the expenditure . of suth money for the people's bene fit. When our differences nre rorgotte'n, and our contests of political opinions are no onger remain here J, nothing in the retrospect of our pub lie service will be as fortun ate and comforting as the recollection of official duty well performed, and the inui ory of a constant devotion to the interests of ourcooflu ing fellow-country men. Grover Cleveland. A Smart Parrot. One of Knoxvjlle's most popu lar and eloquent divines, who has betn spending one time at Lea's Springs, relates the following. One of the lady guest own a la vorite parrot, which has kept the guests amused with his luu ny sayings, and wus taken sua aeuly sick, in fact every one thought it was the last of pret- ty Poll, when some thoughtful mrson susrirested to cive her a I on 7 dose of Dr. Hart's Great Relief At least twenty iruests rushed to their rooms to get their bottle (as no one thinks nowadays of being without it). After giving him ona the parrot got entirely well, and now cries all day long: Polly wants some Hart's Relief.' Thisisafact. The Waldensian church has, in the Waldensian valley b, 17 con gregatione with 23 pastors, h membership of 14,248. good sap ply of schools, 4.634 lay pupils, and 3. 6&5 Sunday scholars. I has also a Theological Seminary aind college at Florence, a Latin school and high school lor girls. The. contributions were 69,643 lire for all church purposes. In other parts of Italy there are 44 Waldensian congregations, most of them having churches: i -arson fiora. with 43 Dastors. and a (- r memlwrahip pi 5,018.- Ex. OABTOXUA. WASHINGTON : LETTEU fTom nr ' Segrular Correipondent. There is a great deal more in the announcement that the republican members of the H n u 8 e Committee on IVavs and Meanshave begun work on the tariff bill which they are to attempt to. puss at the extra session of t h e n-ixt CongresH to be held ear ly in the spring, and that the committee are to grant hear ings to manufacturers at onne than appears upon the surface. There are reasons to belif ve that this announce ment was hurried up as a part of the plan to elect re publican Senators enough to make a majority for that party. The republican Steer ing Commitee of the Senate succeded in getting Mr. Han na to undertake this job of electing Senators in Ken tucky, North Carolina, South Dacota and .Washington and everybody knows that the only lver Mr. Hanna relies upon for success is money. By giving the men who ex pect t get big profits thro' the 'protection' of a republi can tariff bill hearings before the committee they can be shown that they are t; get what they want and thus e put into the humor to fui nish what Mr; Hanna wants More cash. The same talk about a mod erate tariff which is now be- ng given to newspaper men was prevalent when work was began on the McKinley bill was. It is true that many of he republicans would really ike to see the bill made mod erate, but it is equally true that the men wio made re publican success powsible this year tire determined that the duties hall be made high. President Cleveland has gone to South Carolina on a fish ing trip and Congressmen are jocularly charging him with having run awa, to e8cape the ex-Queen of Hawaii, who is coming to Washington to present, him with a bill of damages for failure to fufill his promise, not of marriage, hut of a restored throne. The populists in Congress are a little ihv about t li e rumpus between Senator Ma rion Butler and Tom Wat son, but it is plain that some of them especially those from the South, believe tnat but ler will have to do something to show his resentment or lose his influence with the populists of thatsection. A Georgian, who is not a popu list, said about the recent phase of it: "There were fight ing words in that signed ar tide of Watson's and when 1 was a yoiiiig man it would not have. been a question of publishing a . similar attack upon the other party. To have said that a man tells an untruth merely for the casu al pleasure of.baving decelv ed' would have meant duel ling pistols wad an early inor ning meeting in the vicinity of Bladensburg in the go( old days." There is no idea that Butler will do anything more than ti call Watson au other. r Jf McKinley is half as wise C:. ; , THUHSD A Y , DECEMBEB 2j. 1896, as his adr.iirers think him to be he will quietly, ' let it be knowrijumong the republican Selia tors' tha t Proctor, of Ver mont. is not to be the. ad ministration leaderin the Sen atehf the next Congress; n position now assigned him by rnmori"Senator Proctor is a nice enough man in his way, but he has not. either '' ' as a member of Harrison s Cabinet, or as Senator, shown any of thb qualities needed for successful leader ship, and, and there is' no rea son to believe that he pos sesses them. There are al ready a number of republi can Senators wl.o do not feel over cordial towards McKinley, and if hehn't'very careful, he will be in hot wa ter almoht as soon as he is in the White House, v -The House made a fairly good showing for the first week of the session, having passed the Pension Appropri otion Bill a nuiiner of post al bills, a bill against the sale of liquor in the Capitol build ing, and a whole batch of private pension bills. The Senate held only four sessions dining the week, and it has very little to show tor them At one of these sessions some commotion was caused by i motion made by Senator Al leu to take up the Diugly bill The motion carried nut the only lesuh was the killing o a few minutes time, nt the expiration of which the bil went back to the calendar under the rule.. Senator Teller has been quite a busy man since his arrival in Washington. One of the first men he had an ex tended conference with was Senator Jones of Arkansas, and tht subject of the confer ence was the future policy o the silver men in Congress. Both Senators declined to be interviewed on the subjec and no public announcemen is expected until ufter the conference of silver leaders, shortly to be held, and it may not be deenied politic then to announce any forma programme. "Five hundred dollars would not go very far towards the edu cation of the children ot the State, and we propose that it be snenk,on the ball." This is a statement made by the Charlotte Observer, and priuted in many napers. It was made iu view of the fact that the Qovernor-dect has very sensibly decided to dis pense with the usual inaugura tion 'clap trap.' The ball has al ways been paid for by private contributions. But the State has been in the habit of ap piopriating $500 for the inaugu ration, The point that we desire is this, that $500 will run lour schools four months; and four schools tour months will reacli 200 'children. This mav not be going very far, but it it better than going into ciap trap. --ne corder. Bnokleu'i Arnica Sa've. Thu liest Halve in the world lor cuts, bruises, Bores, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hanas chilblains, corns, and oil sHn 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 sale by all druggints. OA8TOXIZA. Mail SlfMMM Mm Nir Col. Siilaaer's fir It Sterne. Washington Post. , , , , ,. 'This is what 1 1 thinks will habpen in 1900 .tinWsathe gold standard bi ings'Jpros- yritt that bids fair. to, lie ivi manent," said Congress man Harry Skinner, of North Carolina, at the Ebbitt. "The Populists will hold their national convention early, sooner than any of the other, parties; as early per haps, as the?23rd of, Februa ry. The,y will proceed to nominate, with practical una nimity, W: J. Bryan for Pres ideht and MarioilButler for Vice-President, and the lead ing plank in "the platform will e an unequivocal declara tion for free silver coinage, at the ratio of 16 to 1, inde pendent of the other govern ments of the wOrld. Now, if the Democrats who support ed Bryan this time were sin cere, how can they avoid giv ing him their assistance four wars from now? They will simply have to take him up, and I doubt not they will do so cheerfully. 'I recognize fully that con ditions may be changed in 1900 that the leading issue of the campaign just ended may not come to the front. It would be neither patriqtic nor wise in Democrats or Populists to endeavor to thwart the incoming Piesi- dent in any of his policies that tend to bring'baekpros perity. In fact; they owe it to the country to lend him a helping hand and to co-oper ate in every measure tha makes for improvement. And lam satisfied that if McKin ley's administration is mark ed by a restoration of pros perity, that he will berenom mated and re-elected. One of the saddest results o the masfiacifs in Armenia it the helplt'ssuess of thousands ol or phan children, some of whom have lost boh parents by death; while others, whose fathers are dead, have mothers who are suf fering torments worse than death in TuriBh harems. Ihe American Relief Association has underta ken as far as possible to provide for these. It asks contributions. One dollar will care for an orphan tor a month. It does not propose to build orphanage, or found en dowments, but to relieve present need. In supporting orphans, it will, in many instances, also re lieve widows, as in many villages five or ten orphans may be en trusted to the care ot a christian widow, who by this means earn her own livelihood.- Ex. A bilKhas been introduced in CongreHS to increase the salary of Senators and rep resentatives in Congress from $5,000 to $7,500, to make the Speaker's salary $10,000 and the Vice-President $15, 000. An amendment is said to be readv to increase these br makintf the salary ofCon o-rfwmien $10,000. The style set for living in Jvash- ton has become so expensive rht it will not bo lonir be fore all salaries will be in creased. About the people who pay the salaries? They will not beconsidered. N&O. NO. I Best .! '-. '. Iff';:! ''' .:'.f.S,'j.:-.w.-- ; j Medicine "I have taken Ajrert Fffli M many years, aud always deriret tha best results from (heir us . For stomach and lirer trouble) and tox, tbe furcof headache, .,. LrJ Cattartfc Ri viiuuut uc . rquitiPa. n neri hit friends ask me what In the best . remedy for disorders of the Mom ' ach, liver, or bowels, my Invrtla ble answer is Ayer's Pills'r-Mri, May Johnson, New York Citk Highest iV-- T:Z Awards at World's Fair W. L. DouclaO S3 SHOEnfr I. CORDOVANm rfimcit iHAtump tMT. 1 3.yPOUCj30U. Z.WORKINaarjJV ' LADIES ' Ovtr Om MUUoa Pwpto wmt th W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes All our shoes ar equally Mtlaf octory They glv tb bast valut lor th aoney. Thar aqual cama nv in nyw ana nw. ThsfrwMrinf qualltlt ir nrarpaauS. Th prices ar Balform,tamp4 j. Prom $i to $ j saved vtratbar aukM. U your dealer cannot supply jo we can. SoUbf professional: WILLIAM R. L0VILL.1 " ATTORNEY AT-LAW. Sutherlands, N. 0) ' Practices in the State and Federal courts. Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD, Cancer Specialist, BANNER'S ELK. , N. X. ftoKDife; No Dui ning Out, Highest reffereuces andendorsu ments of prominent persons suc c8sf ull v treated in Va.; ' Term. and N . C. Remember that tlsn-e is no time tod soon to get nd ol a cancerous growth- no,! matter how Rnaii. liXaniinatioii iree, Mh'vti answered uronuitly, and satisfaction guaranteed. W. B. COUNCILL, Jr. Attorney at La r. Boone, N. C. W. B. COUNCILL, M. D. Boone, N. C. Rosidpnt, Phvsiciari. Office on King Street north of Post OLHce. J. P IIOBPlIKff, A110RNEYA1 LAW, MARION, N-C Will practice in the courts o Vatauga,Ashe,Mitchell,McDowl and all other counties in the western district ISrSpecial ateu Mon given to the collection, of laimr."W ' " ' 1 E. T. LOV1LL. J. C. FLETCHER I.0VILL & FLETCHER ATlOUNhYSATLAW, t BOONE, iN.;. kW Special attention given to the colletion of claims. IMPORTANT., , Don't delay haviug yourhouae painted while the season is here. Don't have your paint wasted and your work hall done by. on Inexperienced paiuter, a, paint cost money. I will be glad tp do your painting and paper ha uging 111 Vlliei BtHtBUII. im jriiiovp.u ence Best ot reference given. J. P. ABSHER, Boone N. cf C-23 3 m. ;I ( V. M v. y K
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