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0'tt4t"!"':''AfV--:' -i-..':.-., 'v '. -y-- ''';r"'':; :'0'::'':V;';iV?. ' . 'U- tv ' v..,"'4' ;;-.V: 'Vv': ;;-:;V;'r::;-.v' ';-'::- ' . Wataiiga Democrat WASHINGTON LETTER ' From, oar Regular Correspondent. " If nny person in IVaBhing- ton had any reraainigdoubts ,aboiit Mark Honna being the .whble thing under the McKin ; 1pj administration, t h e y must have been dissipated ; since Raima's arrival. He at tracts more deference from Artpublicanir-tbnn the four ' members of the McKinley Cab $het who are in town coin bin ; ed do, nnd accejt8 it all ns his right and speaks with an 1 tl: j. 1- . air oi prupriHiurHuip, uur.tn ly of the coming administra t ion but of both branches of c iODgress. oo Pig nas nan- J ha's bend become that he is : t5ua)ly allowing himself '.to think of trying to take a fall ; c" out of lorn Reed, and is now . sounding Republican mem : bers of the next Housp in or V rier to ascertain whether it will be possible tiy the use of patronage to beat Heed for rne speakership nomination 'IOfefom the republican caucus ' with a McKin ley candidate. i (Jen. FiU Lee's friends are ; not talking for publication, ; j!about Secretary Olney's ' threat to recall Gen Lee be- f cause he has shown the laf k lofjswal on the part of the ad-; rOin 1st ration in protectingA .!:Ariercan citizens in Cuba, but fJeyare wishing that Olney irTill have the nerve to carry ' : ut his threat, because they Ofknow it would make Gen Lea fVthe most popular man in A ..v'merica. ; :While at the Capitol Mr. 'i-Dry an called on many of his ;vfrie.nds among the newspaper -correspondents and spent -eorne time , very pieacantly ? .witn some of those who sei v ied in the House with him. In .. company with Mrs. Bryan he ; left for Nebraska on Tues .(fty.v ' :.?.If some of the appropria-I-tion bills fail to get through before Congress closes, ns ma ;-hy are predicting will be the ;cnse;'it will be because a cote rie of Senators for reason of ; their oivn wish them to fail, !jUboutthe 8mallpsl V'm'e f ; vtmsinessin connecton with the u inaugural preparation was ' the taking down of the white ; and yellow decorations which were being put on the Treas ury-building, becajse some v body suggested that the col iOM stood for bmetallisra. It erstood that the remo (the white and yellow iirect from the White vThia decoration isn't r by the Goverment i the clerks in theTrea fpartraent. .- written charges have ?d with the Post Of fcrtment.by fifty-five fgton Patent Attor deluding four gentle A) have held the office Vuissioner ot Patents, ;the firm known as iddehburg & Co., sue vthe defunct Examin Bureau and the yajms to., in one it seems not in all, National Recorder. paper published by the -..V 'The charges go into detail arid close b,y asking th?t the; National Recorder be hut out of the mails as a Jud, and that a fraud ; or BOON& WATAUGA COUNTY, N. der be issued pgninst " Wed denburg & Co.. for obtaining money und?r false pretenses, In. addition to thu written charges, a personal bearing was given by the Post Mas ter General" to the Commit tee representing . the Patent Atfrtrneys who signed the charges. Ifeither Mr. Cleveland or Mr. Oloey can extract a ti y satisfaction from the part they played In getting from Spain the pardon of Julio SanguMy in order to he a d off the adoption by the Sen ate of a lesolution directing the President to demand the immediate and uncondition al release uf Sanguily t h e y should be allowed to do so. Th' sehtinien't in Congress was pretty nearly expressed by Senator Morgan, when he said in the course of his speech on the recent relations of this government with Spain: "Oh, what weh-ome news was that pardon! to that President of course in the H'hite '.House, who for two vears has been down on his hunkers before Spain. Flow joyous his honest and noble American heart must be, and in what transports of joy must be his magnifi cent person when he hears that by a combination be tween the crown of Spain and the Presideut of the United States they havedragged out of a poor creature a confes siou which enables them to escape the danger of paying damages and gives them the liberty of sleeping and snor ing liko sluggards, -w h i 1 e (Vmericans suffer." It is a matter for all round congratulation that the Sen ate Committee un Public Lands quickly investigated the matter and unanimously arrived at the conclusion that, the land patent to Mr. Perrine, the husband of Mrs Cleveland's mother, was reg- ulaily and legally issued. The farewell address of Sen ator Dubois vas a little dis concerting to the republican leading, who have been ex pecting that the republicans would be allowed to reorgan ize the Senate at the extra session without any trouble. Mr. Dubois told them plain and flat the silver republi cans would not help then; and that they would not be allowed to organize the Sen ate. it will soon be seen whether Mr. Dubois spoke for himself alone or by authori ty of the other republican sil ver Senators. AGENTS WANTED For Warm CubabySeiiorQui'sada, Cuban representutivein Washington. Ed dorsed by Cuban patriots. In tre memJouH demand. A bouanzafor agents. Only $1.50. Mg book, big coinmisHione. Every bodv A ants the only endorsed, reliable book. Outnt tree. Credit given Freight paid. Drop all trash and make $300 a month with War in Cuba. Addrtfurt t.ndnv th Nat ionaIj Book Concern, 352350, Pearborn bt, .mcugo. The legislature wants to tax horse tradersand itlooks now like the bill will pass. The tax on lawyers and doc tors has not. and will not be repealed. The $10.00 will have to come as usual. OABTOU1A. Hall STjf sfrjl 'A Held Fot The Miasionwles., Morganton Herald. - ' The above ithe caption of an article in last 'Sunday V Pittsburg r Dispatch from which the following is taken. "In the western part of North Carolina there a re sev eral counties amid nlmostin accessiblo ; mountains o f which there is less known to the outside world than t'aere is of Cent r;il Africa. The cll- mate'isunequaledin America. The scenery rivals that of Switzerland. Maghificient bodies of marble, iron mid gold; thonsauds of acres of the finest timber that ever grew, beautiful valleys, where rattle could roam theypar a round without nped of cover all there exist. Wt thena- tiyes of the c untry are prob ably the most ignorant in the United States. They have absolutely no knowlejre of the wovld outside of their own communities. The Mor mons, at th?ir worst, are said to bo far higher in the scale of morality. Pol visa mv is practiced with shameless openness, and the marriage ceremony itself is rare. Mis sionaries are needed as bad ly us in any district in the world." N The Herald arises to say that thp writer of thr above happened to be dead right as to our climate, scenery nnd natural resourees,, but as toxthe natives of the West em North Carolina moun tains being "the most igno rant in the United States" and lower in the scale of mor nlity than the Mormons be is dead wrong. In fact, he dont know what he is talk ing about. If he will conie down lor awhile we will show him that it is quite different from what ho imagines. We will show him culture and re finement even in the co7es of the mountains, and churches with their spires pointing heavenward (lotted here and there-, where the people wor ship their God on Sunday in stead of attending a gime of baseball or the saloons or other places of worldly a musement. We will also show him a people who make their own 'hog and hominy' and do not depend upon the 'free lunch' stands for their daily bread. We will show him the prettiest women in the world and women of culture too. und as pure as the drven enow, and a people who nre perhaps ns high in the scale of intelligence and morality as can be found any where, Pittsburg not excepted. Of course we have some as igno rant people as you will find in the slums or Pittsburg. This class is found in every section. We venture to say that there are people in Pitts burg who could not tell the difference bp t ween a crab ap ple and a June-bug. Brother, come down and we will 6how you a round, 'and then you can write intelli gently, of this section. The green peas on the truck farms around Norfolk are web np and looking very promising. The truckersur very cheerful over the out look for the spring system. The heavy shipments of kale continues, the Old Dominion line alone carrying about 2.- 000 barrels a day to New C, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1&97, Stormy Jordan's Saloon. ' Now York Sun, ' i One of the first sights that greets the stranger hs . he a lights at Ottnmwa Iu.,isthe sign oyer Stormy Jordan's e tnolishment. ''The Way to Hell" is what the stranger reads. Perhaps tie may pass on with a shudder. . If he en ters he will find signs on the wall conveying further warn ing. "Nose Painting," reads one. 'Hell Fire on Tap.' jsays arother. "Beware the Drun karo'sdenthand Damnation' is the warning of the third. Pn-haps, too, an advertise ment of the Ke ly cure hangs on the wall. The customer seats him self at a table and takes up a paper. It is quite as. likely to be a tempeance tract as not. John B. Gough's 'Plat form Echoes' may beat on elbow and 'Ten Nights in a Bar room' at the other. A lit tie bit dazed, the customer marches up to the counter and says;- 'Gimme the best .t ouve got.' The man behind the bar is Stormy John himself. He draws down his brows as he ioo,ks at the customer, scan ning him closely from head to foot. Then, without say ing a word, he walks over to a water cooler and draws a glass of the sparkling fluid. He shoves it across the coun ter and says severely: 'There, young man: that is the best drink I know of.' If the customer does not swear or laugh he probably says: 'Here, what yer givin' us? I want some good whiskey.' 'There is no good whiskey,' answers Stormy with the air of a Sunday school teacher. 'Well, some bad, then,' re torts the customer. 'Gimme some hot stuff or I'll find a joint where 1 can get it.' 'You'll be hot enough some day if you keep on this way,' answers Stormy severely. "If you nre bound to have it, though, I had as well sell it to you as let some one else do it. But it's poison, I tell you, that'll send your body to the graye and your soul to perdition. Still, it's as good poison as they make and if yon'r paticular about the taste of it you may as well get it here.' Sometimes Stormy actual ly converts a man to his way of thinking, though each con version is a money loss to him. No one seems to know how he got his name. It's ap propriatpness was recognized when he wa figuring frequent ly in stormy court scenes du ring the ten years or so that Iowa had a law prohibiting the sale of nlcoholic drinks Stormy fought the law on principle. Jt seems to him un wise and unjust. He didn't propose to submit to it. He was rt ihing to join hands with the temperance people, but not with the prohibitionists. Clarksburg, W. Va. is to haye an ordinance requiring boys to get off of the streetB by8:a0at night. The bell will be rung at that hour, as a signal for the streets to be cleared, and after that hour any boy found on the streets will have to give a proper ac count of himself. - Batch of Wondar froih Jeiferaon. Editor Democrat: Is there any way 1o explain the following wonders? When they are explained to the sat istactiou of the public, then I have a few more questions to ask.' 1 wo'nder it McKinley could not protect us better with a 500 per cenK tariff horizon. tal? t wonder if that would not protect? Wonder who will deliver let tors in Coone? Also in Jeffer son? Wonder who Marsh Dixon voted for fo U. S. Sena tor in the place of Zeb Vance? Wonder why the press did not report his vote? Wonder who Tom Bing ham voted for, und why? Wonder if Pritchard's name was Pritchett over in Tennes see? Wonder why it vv a changed? Wonder if it is true that Wakefield voted for Pritch- ard? Wonder how his wife liked that? Wonder if Pritchard will ever come to Ashe court and stand his trial for killing the Sniders? Wonder if he is guil ty? Wonder what would be done if he is? Wonder If Linney was on Lincoln's side at Boston? IKonder what he is going to do about it? Wonder if it was a good speech? Wonder if Linney will sue the Washington Post for slunder in making and pub lishing a picture of what the paper says is Linney? These and a few other ques tions I want to ask to be explained as they appear to be wonders. But maybe this will do for a few days till we hear from McKinley, etc. J. W. Todd. Jefferson, N. C, March 3. A Human Gift. Nothing on earth can smile but the race of man. Gems may flash reflected light but what is a diamond flash corn pared with an eye flash? Flowers cannot smile. This is a charm whi?h even they cannot claim. Birds cannot smile, nor can any living thing. It is the light in the window of the face, by which the heart signals to father that a friend is at home wait ing. A face that cannot smile is like a bud thatcannotblos som. Laughter is day and sobriety is night and a frmile is twilight that hovers be tween both, and bewitching is more than either. Ex. My son follow not iu the footsteps (J a loafer, and make no exampleof him 'who is born tired' for verily I say unto you, business is ' over stocked, the seats on the cor nersareall taken, and the whittling places are all occu pied. It is better to saw wood at two bits a cord than to whittle at a loafing match and cuss the govern ment. My son while thou hast left in tby skull the sense of a jay bird, break a way from the cigarette habit for thy breath stinketh like l r a i i i i a giue racrory, anu iny wuoie (appearance is less intelligent than a store dummy. 'E. OAOTOIUA. Athe- NO. Xt There is talk of art extra session of . the legislature. Please don't, Governor Hus sell. We con en jure famine pestilence, drouth, war, ; but don't inflict any '."prolonged agony on the State; such as an extra session. If they dont do anything let 'em go home Progressive Farmer. MADE UPON HONOR, SOLD UPON MERIT. FULL OF BEAUTY, GRACE $ STRENGTH. EVERY WHEEL WARRANTED. RetpoMiblt Dalrf InWUd to Cer reipdnd with iu. - MANUFACTURED BELLIS CYCLE CO., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. , W. L. Douglas S3 SHOE 19 THE BEST. FIT FOR A KINS. "39. cordovan; TK rRtNCHfcCNAMtUXOCALF. f4.s3FlNtWLrMm"Wll. 3.SSPPQIICE.3SCLKX. Over Om MUllou PmIo wear th W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes All our shoes are equally atlufutory They give the beat value for th vionay. Thy equal cintom hoe In ot vie and fit. Thslr wearing qualltltf ire ununrpaiied. The prices are uniform, itamptd en eofd. From Si to $ j lived over other mike,. II your ieeldi ca¬ supply you wc can. old PROFESSIONAL. W. B. COUNCILL, Jr. Attorney at Lay. Boone, N. C. W. B. COUNCILL, M. D, Boone, N. C. Resident Physician. Office on King Street north of Post Office. T.C. BLACK BUUN.M. D. BOOKS, N. c. Office at the residence oi M. li. Blackburn. WCnlls Promptly Attended E. F. LOVILL. J. 0. TLETnir.R I.0V1LL & FLETGIIEB A T'l UllNit, YS A T LA V, BOONE, N. :. fffiT Special attention gi ven to the colletion otclaima. WILLIAM B. LOVILL. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Sutherland's, N. 0. Practices in the State and Federal courts. Mi ura? Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD, Cancer Specialist, BANNER'S ELK. N. C bioKniie; No Burning Out! Highest reffereucps and endors ments of prominent persons suc cessfully treated ia Va., Tetin. -and N. C. Ilemember that ther . iano time too soon to Ret n J ol a cancerous growth no matter ' how 'small. Examination free, , letters answered promptly, and .' satisfaction fcoarantecd. : , Li
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