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VOL IX.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY? MAY, 6. 1897
NO. XIX.
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WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Begnlfr Correspondent.
v : 4 x ue cuiei pie uii runner
I and , his assistants . havingl
fr v orie to Nfw York to take
tuirt'in dedientinir the tuorfb-
jr. . ,7 . r .
thent to (Jen. Grant;, the' pie
v -hunters who hadn't the mon-
ry'or the railroad passes to
' . accompany them are taking
D. ; a rear, aooui nui or lou
gress is nlso gone, as it was
r," previously ' greed. Jatv the
Hbase and Sena teT should
?1 meet : today and Thursday
only to adjourn. ' '
, ' It is becoming apparent
- that the administration is
preparing to let down some
.'-;'of the
civil service bars to
r-'-.i tho nfflfP nifltiirpH '
Mr. Mci-
,; . Kiniey has been talking over
r . .
the matter with the civil ser
vice commission and two of
his cabinet Gage ,nd Wil
son -have publicly ndvorat
ed modifying the Civil Ser
vjvi - vice uuiequtf uppue'j iu ineir
if departments.
'P Some surprise was express
I- ' ed by Ohiamen whowrenot
f-UirisiJi the Ktimeiti'topeak'
when Judge Day, of that
- State, who was supposed to
- . " I . O.I
r preparing to go to uuon,
0 iitipet 'com ralss'oiier, at
lS? lowed himself to be noininat-
v i6)Vd First Asst. -Secretury of
vWtate. iney krew t u a t
Judge Day had resigned two
f,: judgeships, both paying moie
salary than any of thu JLsst.
i S?cretares get, imd that he
f, wasn't exactly the sort of
man who would :nre to be
ri anybody's assistant. ; Well,
-he is to be Sherman's assis
rttant only by name. So far
lVuuh the matters he will handle
';;vy,";i9recoricerned,"he will be Sec
r cretarv of State, and if Mr.
'."Sherman, who is giving visi
ble evidence that he feels his
age, gets tired of the woiry
tfnd resigns, the portfolio
; will be given to Judge Day.
: tVhat Mr. Sherman thinks o
o ?tt8 programme would mnkt
Interesting reading, but un
v 7 " less he concludes to- add an
.'other volumn to his "irectl
; ' lectiQiis" the public will have
vO:--tdb.e content with guessing.
rMIad Sherman wot been in
' 'Hanna'a way in tho Senate,
: 'be. would never have been
, mnri Swrernrv of State. and
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I : ieArould n jt be persuaded to
7 . withdraw it should he tender
his resignation.
ljVv Senator Foraker won his
' ' flgbt against Delia my Storer,
. f Ohio, without having to
"i ask for, votes in; the Senate
4 ? . to reject' his nomination to
fV;,Jib-jWBSt. Secretary of State,
-t: Storer Was nouztnated Minis-
ter "o Itelgiunv fnstead, and
Foraker lias no objections to
his going there.
Had 22 niembefs who were
, , present but did not vote. sup
". " p o-t te d Representafive
'm . BlapdV appeal from the de
cision of the Speaker,, refus
ing hiib recognition to otter
his resolution calling upon
the Attorney- General for in-
.:.. formation to what steps
' .,; had been taken to protect the
j . interests of the Government';
fn relating to the sale of the
i, . Union: Pacific Railroad, the
ZJ': Speaker would have been de--'
. . ; ' featedas the vote.stood 87
fonnsustnmuiglhe . bpeak
er and 75 aiialnst. " Such
close call as that ought to
convince Mr. Reed that he
ins got til be a little careful
or he will fct a heavy throw
down someday. . . ' '
Th'e'd4th of Judge Hol-
mnh, 01 Ind. so losely fol-
owing that , of ex-Senator
Voorhees, another di 8 tj..n-
guished son of the Hoosier
state, is deeply.ielt b the
old-timers in Congresf. : Not
withstanding his fume t an
obju'tor to bills carrying ap
propriations he believed to be
iinhepssary, hn . member of
the House had more person
al friends. That he valued
the food will of his associat
es was strikingly shown sev
eral yea rs n go.- ,He was very
poor and when, approached
by a publisher with a liberal
offer; he decided " to write a
book covering his reminis
cences during his long mem
bership in the House, and
actually began the prelimi
nary work. About that time
John Sherman's book' was
published, wn. when he saw
the antagonism that was
thereby arouspd, he co.nelud-
d not to wrfteabook. When
teinonstrated with he said:
book of remmiscences that
?ome8 out only makes tron-
tile for the writer, lie is
Innnd to say something, ev
. m - a . r
en if he is iunocent of any
mean intention, that will
cause heartburning and mis
understanding. I must not
let the end of my life becloud
ed in snch a way."
Senator4 Jones, of Ark.,
said, speaki? g of the futtw
of the ; gold Democrats;
"Some will remain In the Re
publican party and others
will return to us. t is too
early yet to predict what pro
portion will renew theicalleg
iance to Democratic princi
pies, but I think a very con
siderable number will. Those
w'io are willing to support
Democratic prinnples will be
welcomed back. We shall be
glndnof the assistance of any
man who believes as we d'j
and votes with us; that is
sound Democracy. The gold
Democrats may not. be per
mitted to vote at the primal
ies in some places, but that
is a local matter determined
by local sentiment. General
ly speaking the Democrats
who left the party last year
because of the money ques
tionwill be permitted to
identify themselves-with the
organization agairf, if they
will support our platform."
. A small boy waved down
the C. F. and Y. V. passenger
train last Sunday, and when
asked by the conductor wha
ivasthe matter, inquired it he
had any cignrettes on board
The. conductor told him h
had no cigarettes, and was
also Kind enougli tc direc
him to that country where he
c6uld 'fret a light," Ex.
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bit;, commissions'. Everybody
A'ants the only endorsed, reliable
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Freight paid. Drop all trash and
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BETOLUTI0N REBUKED,
. H'e publish elsewhere the
Sjjpremo Court, affirming
Judge Adams, in the cases
affecting , the control of the
hospitals for the insane in
t li State, the decision,
w hith is able and clear, was
written by Justice Montgom
ery.-und . is the unanimous.
view of the court. :
No decision has been render
ed by the Supreme .Court In
many-years which will be as
gladly hailed by the' whole
people as this decision.'.. It js
a final rebuke totheabortive
attempt to revolutionize the
charitable institutions of the
State in the interest of "self
seeking politicians. In places
hat are purely political, it M
bad enough to sea incoinpe
tent and base men foisted on
he public; but to see t lie. in
stitutions established foi the
are of the. insane prostitu
ted to such base ends would
tiring a stiirirn on the State
th it would he disgraceful in
the extreme.
There is not a neighbor-
lood in North (,'arolina from
which there has not gone
some unfortunate - suffer, to
seek healing in I he hospitals
provi jed by the tax-payers
Relatives and friends, in sor
. .
row and in deep anxier.v
pray for their restoration t(
Jiealth. Their anguisn in
seeing them bereft of reason
is terrible when they kftow
they are given the-best treat
ment and kindest caie. The
fear that. they would be'tnrn-
oil fiver to the management
f pie hunters has hung like
a pall over them, and as they
rend Justiee Montgomery's
able decision they will feel to
thank God 'tha. their Joyed
ones are not to be threaten
ed with dangerous changes.
The insane, too, who are
keenly alive to the attempt
to remove kind ph.vsieians,
will be glad that the faithful
ministrations of Dr. Miller,
Dr. Kirby and Dr. Murphy
are to be continued.
Phe old notion that insan
ity was something else than
a ten-it le disease is passinu
away. " Asylum give place
to hospitals. Tbekeepingof
the insane h now secondary
to their rnedicul treatment.
There is no place in a hospit
al for spoilsmen. The at
tempt yf the Governor and
the Legislature, by Revolu
tionary methods, to convert
our efficient h-imane institu
tions into wards for the sup
port of incapable politicians,
was the crowning act . of the
infamy that marks the new
regime. It aroused the peo
ple as nothing else has done
or could do. That the mon
strous plan was abortive is a
subject, for Statt-wide con
gratulation. Let us hope that Senator
Pr itch arc n n d G" over nor
Russell can giye places to
tjigir relatives and political
henchmen without debasing
the Btate -hospitals to the
level or purely political de:
payments. The Supreme
Court has effectively .rebuked
legislative revolution. The
people wiP rejoice and ap
plaud a decision so just ami
wise, and couched iularguaue
so plain und terse. N. & (.
To Car Constipation Ferarnr.
TakeCn'Orptfl 0nd Cathorllc. Wc or 'So.
If C. C C. lail to tore, Urusitu refund noney.
When Lovinr Hothen Grow Selfish.
It is when children, reavh
rltatiirit.v that the supreme
writes lOdward W.' Bok, dis
cussing the home-leaving "or
childien at time of marriage,
in the May Ladies Home
Journnl. "All throqgh in
fancy and early, years? the
children ore moreorless'.carp;
And then, just as the parents
feel relieved from cares and
6hxieties."and are beginning
to enjoy, i ue ruuipaiuoiisiiii
of their children in the.serejie
and complacent way which
grown-ups' have, the re
comes' a nmtering ot tne
wings, a remote suggestion
of flight. .The son is no less
then his mother's boy than
he has beea nnd ever will be.
Rut he is-and who realizes
it so quickly as a mother?
in a new- and very natural
sense, another woma n's hero:
and that woinn a girl. With
her he discerns, away out on
the horizon line, the 'shad
owy lines'of akhnyse that is
to become a h.)me, their very
own. The cirL'ioo. whose
going in and out of thehoiw
has been a daily joy to the
parents-she, too, has become
a heroine to some one othea1
than her father and mother
It is hard for the patents to
realize that this mate of her
flight can care for her as they
have; that in her yonngeyes
in her young heart, it is pos
sible thar he can benltogeth
er noble nnd capable! Am
after v nnir birds havetaken
fliaht. the patents wonder
sometimes they donotjgrkve
m their new life. 15iit sonn
fine moining a clearer visjpn
is given them, and they real
ize that, after all, their chil
dren are only . playing the
same role which they-playej:
a few vears betore. It is a
nagnificent quality in par
ents when they so perpare
themseve that they can
rneft this inevitable tijne
with th properspirit when
in other words, parental lov
e m net t y better of selfish
Tbe Two Were One.
Washmgron, April. T h
audden and almost dramatic
death ol Judge W. S. Hoi
man s wife here a year ago
was a great shock to him.
Mrs. Holr.ian nearly a help
less paralytic 'Fhev wer
talking of thefyiioItahility of
one ontnving I ljfoth",r, hff h
beiiig possessedfijl orifcinnlh
M tirifs,
vigorous constifutuiur
ami
f
coming fit an long-livnl fami
lies. Finally Mrs. Holmaii
Uaid: "Never mind, dear, we
wont quarrel about it. I be
lieve we will reach the foot of
the hill together." With
these words on her lips she
fell forward, and before aid
could be summoned, she was
dead. ,
"And so wc did," Mr. Hol
man used to say," for ever
since she died I have been but
aa dead man." N. Y. Sun.
Brerrbody Sarf Bo."
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derful medical discovery of the age, pleas
ant aud refreshing to tne taste, act gently
and positively on kldueys, liver aod Dowels,
Cleansing th entire system, distel colds,
cure heailaol) fever, habitual roust ipntion
and bllioiisnes. Pleaso buy and try n box
of C. C. C. to-ilay; 10, . !0 cents, bcldand
guaranteed to euro by all druggists.
., Prosperity unmasks t h eJ
"vices; adversity reyeals the
virtues.
PIONEEEDAYS IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
"Congress first assembled
fn the newCapitol on Novem
ber 17, 1800: and John
Adams, then President, took
up hi abode intheExecntive
Mansion,' writes ex-Presi-
dent Harrison bf'4The Do
mestic Side of the' White
louse" in the May Ladies
Heme Journnl. "Neither the
'npitol nor the Executive
Mansion ,wns fully completed.
The proporlioh of tho house
seemed to Mrs. Adams 'as
grand nnd superb." The plan
was taken from the palace o"
the Duke of Leinstvr in Dub
in. H they will put me up
some bells and let me have
wood enough to keep .fires,'
wrote Mrs. Adamsj 'I design
to be pleased.' But, though
literally in the wooas.moone
could be found to cut und
cart firewood, Thefewcords
of wood that had been pro
vided had been expended to
ilry the rilastering. A Pen
nsylvania wagon, secured
through a Treasury clerk, de
livered a cord and a, half of
wood, 'which is,' wrote Mrs
Adams, 'all we have tor this
house, where twelye fires are
constantly required, m we
are told that the roans will
soon be so bad that it can
not be drawn.'
The society ladies were
'impatient for a drawing
room' in the Executive Man
sion, and this when. Mrs.
Adams had 'nolooking glass
es but dwarfs,' and 'not
twentieth part lumps enough
to light the house. There
wa no inclosure, and she
made a Irying-room fpr her
clothes of the grfeat East
Room. The original cost o
fthe White House is 'said' -to
have been a little more than
three huficfred thousand dol
lars,' and something' more
than that amount was ex
pended in restoring it (after
its destruction by fire in 18
14), fllid in the building o
the north south porticoeg."
The First Railroad ip America.
Grid ley Bryant, a civil en
gineer, in 1826, projected the
first railroad in the Uniter
States. It was built for the
purpose of carrying granite
from the quarries of quinct
Massachusetts, to the near
esl tidewater. Its lenaht wnf
Jfour miles, including branch
ei. tip rt ! .
es, nnu ics nrsi cosifoo.owo.
JThe sleepers were of stone
and were laid across the
track eight feet apart. Upon
rails ol wood, six inches wide
nnd a qua iter of an inch
thick, were spiked. At the
crossings stone rails, were
used, and as tlw wooden rails
became unserviceable they
were replaced by others of
stone. May Ladies Home
Journnl.
- "freddle's
an awful fool,
ainfthe?"
"He's in love, you know."
"What has that to do with
his being a fool?"
"Don't you know the. defi
nition of bye? 'Two souls
with but a Single thought,'
ect."
"Well?"
"-That allows Treddle justj
half a thought, you see."
New York Sun
EUurmm Your Dowels With Ctsrarctit.
Candy Cutlinrtlr. euro connttpation forever.
10c. Iff . ir f. C V. fall, dnirtrit rrftimt nwnry.
Statenville Landmark: Geo.
W. Weld of LinvilU Mitchell;;
county, came to Statevslle'
Monday night to attend Fed
eral court. Mr, We'd having"-
heard that the mill fixtures
ui the Watts mill; in Shiloh
township, were for pale, went
out there Tuesday afternoon
to look at them. ' During the
nifchtjie. was seized with ase-.
izjd with a Severn sickness,
nnd UieoV-nbout 12. o'ct jck
Weduesday.'" Death ;was dne
to acute opiwndicitis. -f f
PROFESSIONAL.
W;B. COUNCILLOR.
Attorney at Liv. ;
' V;ABoone, N. C.
W. B. COUNCILL, M. D.
- B9one, N. (5.
Resident Physician. Office
un King Street north of Post
Office.
T. C. BLACKBURN, M. D.
BOONE, N. C.
Offlc4 at (je residence ot
M. II. Bloc fr bury. .
BT Calls Promptly Attended
E. F. LOVlLL. J. C. FLETCHER
l.uViLL & FLETCHER
ATlOUNhYSAT LAW,
BOONE, N. C.
VST Special attention given
to the colletion ofolaims.Hk
WILLIAM R. LOVILL.
Attorney at law.
Siitheriands, N. C.
Pract ices in the State and
Federal courts,
TDr. J. M. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
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