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BOQNE, W AT AUG A OOUtfTY, tf. C TClUltSDA JULY, .1, 1897
SO. XXVII.
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WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Regular Correspondent.
The sugar jtrnst is playing
"a bhrewd tariff game to pet
what it wants while pretend
ing to the contrary, nnd it is
bound to win. -The original
Dlngley schedule, which give
the trust an increase of bur
c e n t fe on each hundred
pounds over what it now re
reives on ninty-Bix degrees
wugar, in all the trust expect
ed to get from the beginning.
In the first Senata schedule,
the increase was made nine
cents and in the schedule
which was last week adoptel
by the Senate, the increase
Was put at ten cents a hun
dred pounds. When the bill
goes to conference, the House
will insist upon ita sugar
schedule being adopted, with
the chances in favor of sue
ceeding. Then it will be an
nounced with a great flour
ish of trumpets by Republi
cans that the sugar trust has
been knocked out, while the
members of the trust will
chuckle over having got, as
much as they expected to
get, besides havinsr made a
lot of money Jby speculating
in sugar stock while the sev
eral schedules were pending.
That's a game. Of course
the trust would gladly take
the ten cents a hundred in
crease given in the Senate
schedule, or anything be
tween that and tnofourcents
of the House schedule that
the House conferees caji be
persuaded to gi7e, but it
dosen't really expect to get
more than four cents, which
added to the thirty-seven
-ents it now gets, will give it
forty-one cents a hundred. As
its piofits have been $25,000
000 with thirty-seven cents,
. pt will be seen that it is not
playing for a small stake
even to get the increase of
four cents a hundred.
It will probably be the mid
die of July or later, before
the country is allowed to
learn officially what the Mc
Kinley Cuban policy ie to be,
as it is now stated that the
new policy is to be inangu
rated by negotiations to be
opened by General Stewart
L. Woodford, the new Minis
tei to Spain. a soon af he
arrives at Madrid, and he
does not expect to start un
til after the first of July. Be
fore hp gets to Madrid, ex
Congressman Aldrich,of Ills.
the gentleman who, notwith
standing the backing of Czar
Reed has been turned down
hy Mr. Aiciviniey in lour or
five instances will be nomin
ated to succeed General Fitz
Lee as Consul-Genera I to Cu
ba. If there be any truth in
current talk. Mr, MuKinley's
policy will be mote popular
in Spain than in Cuba.
' There was some talk of
caucus of Democratic Sena
tors to adopt a resolution
to oppose the ratification o
the treuty fortheannexation
of Hawaii, but so many Dem
ocratic Senators have said
that they would not be
bound by a caucus, because
they intend voting for toe
treaty, that the idea has
-teen abandoned. There wil
be less democratic oppow
tion to the treaty when ,he
Senators have had an oppor
tunity to learn thesentiment
of their constituents.
The Democrats won a tar
iff victory, although it will
probably only be temporary,
when Senator Vest's amend
ment putting straw matting,
plain jute fabrics, burlaps,
and cotton bagging on the
free list, was adopted. '
Senator Morgan continues
to take an occasional shot at
Czar Reed's idlers. His la
test was a pointed reference
to a "legislative body that
used to sit at the National
Capitol, about two hundred
feet from us." He added
that the members of this
body rtere now men of leis
ure, meeting only twice a
vvek. in accordance with a
rule of their own adoption
and in defiance of the Cousti
tution.
Air. F. Wolff; President Gt
an lion Shipbuilding Com
pany, at Portland, Oregon,
who is now in Washington,
Hays of the political situation
in his section: "If an election
were held now for Presidout,
the whole Pacific slope would
vote for Bryan over any man
the Republicans could name
t was a hard struggle to
hold Oregon in line last year,
)ut to-day it would be im
possible."
The Ciyil Service Commis
sion is investigating charges
preferred'against Public Prin
ter Palmer, who has been
making removals of Demo-
irats and in every case, giv
ng their places to Republi
cans, inasmucn as I'aimer
would not have dared to act
without the consent of Mr.
Mckinley, at whose pleasure
the Civil Service Commission
ers hold their places, there is
ittle probability that the in
vestigation will amount to
anything practical.
After the acquittal of the
sugar trust kings by Wash
ington Courts, nobody was
surprised that the two news-
pa per correspondents who
were under indictment lor
contempt, were also ac
quitted. In fact, the only
surprising thing about the
whole business was that Biq
ker Chapman was convicted
and compelled to serve even
his easy sentence m jail. It
is difficult for the lay mind
to comprehend how he could
be guilty and ull the others
innocent.
A man in Virginia, lode
forty miles, to Fairfax Sta
tion, for the express purpose
of getting Chamberlain's
f1ough .Remedy, and took
home with him, a dozen bot
tles of I he medicine. The
druggist who retails the in
cident, adds: "Your remedy
seems to be a general favor
ite wherever known. Its ef
fects are indeed wonderful in
11 lung and throat troubles.
Procure a bottb at M. D.
Blackburn's.
Conld RelieVe Him All Eight.
The Wife-'Doctor.can.vou
do anything for my hus
band?" Doctor-"What seems to be
the matter?"
"Worrying about money."
"Oh, 1 can-relieve him of
that all right." Yonkers
Statesman.
To Car Conutlptloa Fonvftf.
Ttke C&scareta Candy Catbartlo. 10c or 25
II C & O. fail to cure, druggUU rvtuixi money.
France Wants Information. ;
About North Carolina ana
Its People and Natural Re-
- soarces.
The tollowing letter making
. f iL
inquiries concerning orin
Carolina and its resources,
was yesterday received from
France by the Governor and
turned over to the Depart
meat of Agriculture to be
properly answered:
33 Rue (1'Amsterdam,
Paris, June 8th, 1897.
To His Excellency the Gov
ernor of North Carolina,' U.j
S. A.:
Excellency Some friends
and myself have lately or
ganized in Pa lis a Commer
ial and Industrial League in
order to unite more closely
America and France.
To accomplish this we
have concluded that two or
three of our society must go
personally and study there
on the place itsell what will
be the most advantageous to
be undertaken specially in
the south of the United
States.
Will you have the kindness
to send us as soon as possi
ble all Which has been official
ly published by jour State
on its history, on its agricul
tural, mineral resources and
regarding its timber, etc. etc.
together with maps giving
as much as possible all de
tails railroads, rivers, moun
tains, etc. ,
It is necessary to have all
these informations before
starting on the trip, in order
to conclude this profitably.
We would also be grateful
to you if you would suggest
us which might, be the new
idnstries introduced into
your State.
Will vou kindlv hivor us
with a reply at your earliest
convenience, and oblige,
Yours respectfully.
LE COMTE DE CRE MONT
In answer to the above a
lot of printei matter will be
sent, including the book re
cently published by the de
partment "Noith Carolina
and Ita liesourees." inis a-
lone will make such a show
it-g of the State as no one
need be ashamed of and one
that may result in bringing
to this State a colony from
France. Ex.
The Wisconsin Index mak
es the following pertinent re
marks as to things that are
not: "Mckinley is elected;
Bryan i s not. Confidence
has been restored; prosper
ity has not. The capitalists
are banqueting; the common
people are not- The idle are
satisfied; the struggling mas
sos are not. The population
is increasing; the volume oi
money is not. The number
of empty mouths is increas
ing; the ability to fill them is
not." The State adds that
the friends of free silver are
willing to meet prosperity,
who will stait the "ball roll
ing;" the goldbugs and Re
publicans are not. The peo
ple everywhere are trying to
"get into the push;" the rep
resentatives of the monopo
lies and trusts are not. The
producers are trying to re
cover from their losses; the
money speculators are not."
-Ex.
The death of Mr. Christian
K. Ross (the father of Char
ley Ross, whe was kidnapped
from his home in German
town on July 1, 1874,) will
recall memories of a most
pathetic tragedy, which,
though enacted nearly cen
tury ago, is still familiar as
an ofttold tale in every house
hold in the country. Nop; is
it strange that this is so, for
no deed of crime ever rous
ed so widespread a sense of
horror and of indignation in
this country; and thougr.hu-
man law was powerless to
run down the criminals, there
was universal rriief when a
vengeance wlmh seemed noth
ing less than Providential
smote them dead, like wild
beasts on the highway, be
fore the year was out. In all
probability the final chapter
of the Ross mastery has been
written; but the country will
pause l u syaipathv beside
IhegHveofone who was a
f j i i i
laitniui punno servano as
well as a sorly bereft father,
and will recall to his lasting
honor the heroism w i 1 1
which he maJe his longstrug
gle t o regain his child
hopeless struggle as it prov
ed, yet not altogetherafutile
one, inasmuch as it served to
keep alive a sentiment which
has ever since preserved the
country from a repetition
of the hideous crime. Phila
delphia Recoid.
An Uudt Treasurer.
According to the New York
Evening Post, Mr. Ellis II
uooeris wno mis oeen ap
pointed Treasurer of the
United States, is the sort o
defaulter that North Carolina
Republicans love to honor
It says that when Harrison
appointed Roberts assistant
treasurer he "almost immed
iately began to solicit loans
of money from the leading
banks, offering a kind of 'se.
curity which they would nev
er have looked upon n second
time if he had not held the
office which he did hold
These borrowing's were fre
quent and amounted to
about 50,000 in the aggre
rr a i
gate, j'ne loans were not
paid. They were com pro
mised after Robert's retire
ment from office at 2o cents
or some other fraction of
dollar."
The Post concludes its reci
tal with the c o m in e n t
"These tacts were known to
President McKinley." If the
Po'st is right, Mr. McKinley's
weakness nnd subserviency
to Hannaites and trusts are
not the only things that
.liw his unfitness for the
high office which Ilanna
b-Might for him last Novem
ber. News and Observer.
The Providence, R. 1., Dis
patch says that John 1)
itoekefeiler was on the point
of giving a million dollars o
his ill-gotten gains to Brow
University last year when
President Andrews came out
for free silver. Some of the
trustees say that Preside!!
Andrews, who is on a trip to
Europe, will never return to
Brown. If so, some man lik?
Rockefeller may give it a pile
of trust money, but it will
lose its character.
She Must Hare Keen Very Bad.
In this day of slang and
slipshod English, says
Youth's Companion, it is
quite refreshing to find one
lome in which our mother
tongue is appreciated, and
sins against its purity duly
resented.
That there is at least one
such was made evident in a
quarrel which took place in a
iterary household between
he two youngest inmates; a
nuarrel. like most childish
differences, soon Over, but
fierce while it lasted.
When his wrath had reach
ed its height the small son of
he houe, quivering with
anger; sotignt lor language
1 . N
to denounce his sister, who
ind been the aggressor.
"You bud," he buret forth
stamping a stubby shoe
"Yon bad, you Dad "words
ailed him. Then with a flash
of truly literary inspiration
i e concluded: "You bad
grammar, you!"
Low Prices in the West.
Writing from Des Moines,
Iowa, to the Atlanta Jour
nal, Sam Jones says:
"Agricultural products of
all kinds art marvelously
cheap. Some of the farmers
have'lhousands of bushels of
corn, wnicn nicy nave im:
i . i
cribbed tor two years, and
the market to-day is about
13 to 15 cents per bushel
Their oat graneries are ful
uid are selling at about ten
cents. I heir meadows yield
the finest Timothy hay. It
tands in the field almost as
high as a man's head, 2 to 2
tons per acre, nnd retails on
the streets of Des Moines at
25 cents a hundred.
Sam is a gold-bug. He will
learn if he keeps hiseyesopen
in the, West that the fanners
ure getting tired ot a policy
that beats down the price of
all they ha ye to sell. "
What Pleases a Woman.
It pleases her to be called a
sensible little woman.
It pleases her to be called a
well-dressed woman.
It pleases her to be told
that she is fascinating."
It pleases her to be" told
that she improves a man by
her companionship.
It pleases her to depend on
some man and pretend she is
ruling him.
It pleases her to be treated
courteously and with respect,
andtDbe talked to reason
ably. It pleases her to be treated
sensible and honestly, to be
consulted and questioned a ml
not to be treated as a butter
Hy, with no head or heavt.
It plenses her to be loved
and admired by a man who
is strong enough to rule and
subdue her and makehisway
her way, to lead hernial take
care of her. Answers.
The Louisville Post, goldite
predicts that Seth Low will
lie elected President of the
United States in 1900 by "a
regenerated reunited Democ
racy. v This prediction is on
a par with the prediction
lust October that Palmer
and Buekner wonld carry
Kentucky.
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burns, . scalds, pains and
swellings. A 25 cent bottle
of this liniment in the bouse,
will save a great deal of suf
fering. Buy it at M. B. Black
burn s.
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W, B.COUNClLL,Jii.
Attorney at Laat.
Boone, N. &
W. B. COUNCILL, M. D,
Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Hint north of Post
Oilice.
T. C. BLACKBURN, M. D.
BOONE, N. C.
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