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VOL. IX.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY, DECEMBER, 16, 1897
NO. 52
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. WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our EegnUar Correspondent,
Democrats and populists
are not behind the republi
cans in joining in the general
sympathy extended to Mr,
McKinley because of the
great sorrow which hascome
upon through he dying ag
onies of his mother. Forth
time, the strong opposition
to the recommendations of
his annual message is held in
obeynnee. and the criticism
to which to which the mes
sage is open is unspoken. In
the presence of the angel of
Death, as it were, nnj dis
play of partisanship would
be unseeminly.
The opening of ihe session
of Congre ss whs, owing to
the circumstances, quieter
than usual, although the
crowds wen there as usual.
There were numerous empty
seats in both House and Sen
ate, although theattendance
was, on the whole, about up
to the average of opening
days.
Senator Daniel was warm
ly congratulated by his col
leagues on Hs unanimous re
notuination by the democrat
ie canons of the Virginia leg
' ialature.
Because it fcappens that all
of the outspoken opponents
of the annexation of Hawaii
in the Senate are democrats
it has been stated that par
ty lines are to be strictly
drown in the discussion of
the treaty, and that a demo
cratic caucus is likely to be
held for the purpose ofdeel; r
i n g against, annexation.
There is no disposition on
the part of those democratic
Senators who opposing the
ratification of the treaty, to
make it a party question, al
though they will do all they
can to defeat the treaty. This
ought, to be apparent to all
when Senator Morgan, o f
Ala., a democrat of the, rock
ribbed kind, is one of the fore
most advocates of the ratifi
cation of the treaty. While
the advocates of annexation
are just as confident as ever
that it will be accomplished,
not a few ot them express
doubts of the ratification of
the treaty, and believe that
. it will have to be done by
joint action of Congress.
.Representative Allen, o f
Miss., who enjoj s the reputa
tion of being the wittiest man
in the House says: "Down
in Mississippi, we have not,
as yet, been deluged with
prosperity. The advance a
gent is tarrying along time
on 'lis way to our section.
Tupelo (Mr. Allen's town) is
waiting for him and will give
him a brass brand reception.
Our people, however, or not
suffering for the necessities of
life. We live modestly and
contentedly, and are long on
bog and hominy, however
short we may be on 'filthy
- lucre. We do not go much
on clipping coupons, but as
the poet well tfnyti "We are
the people."
Senator McLanrin, of S.C.,
ie opposed to the Postal Sav
ings Bank scheme, unless ma
terial changes are made, be
cause he thinks it would im
pose hardships on owners of
real estate," especially farm
lands. He says that the Na
tional Banks having nolegal
right to make loans on real
estate, the private and sav
ings banks are the principal
source from which such
loans are necessarily obtain
ed, and that the" operation
of the Postal Savinfts Banks
would drive all the idle mon
ey into the United States
Treasury and the National
Banks, leaving n o place
where land owners could bor
row money. If the scheme
be amended so that the mon
ey deposited in the Postal
Savings Bank can be loaned
to land owners. Senator Mc
Laurin will gladly support
It is a real pleasure to tie
able to give this administra
tion credit for so commend
able action a the official ac
tion of the Post Office De
partment, closing the maih
to all newspapeis that print
advertisements offeringchan
ces in any disguised lottery
sheme, such as missing letter
word, guessing. etc. These
swindles have been shown up
almost is often as the green
good business; but so long
as they could advertise they
could always find new vic
tims. Although it is perfectly
clear, chat, a 'arge majority
of the House are just as
strongly in tavor of adopt
ing the Morgan resolution
for the recognition of the
belligerency of the Cubans,
which was adopted by the
Senate at the extra session,
as they were at the extra
session, it is equally clear
that they will not do it. Czar
Reed and his lieutenants a
grw with. the McKinley pol
icy of waiting and will not
give the House opportunity
to vote upon the Morgan or
any other Cuban resolution.
Thus, the countrr is shown
how mistaken it has been in
supposing that, under our
government, the majority
rules, in either or both bran
ches of Congress. The ma
jority rules all right, when al
lowed to vote, but voting is
onlvdone'n the House by
Cz ir Reed's permission, and
in the Senate voting is only
done when the minority con
sents.
The fight against Mr. Mc
Kenna has probablv already
caused Mr. McKinley to re
gret having promised to nom
inatohim to .heUnited States
Supreme Court. It's grow
mg quite hot, and the end is
not yet.
Hon. C. li. Watson spent Sun
day at his mother's home near
Kernersville. He carried with him
as he thought, an old coat and
vest which h had . promised to
"Old Bill Dally," who lives in the
neighborhood. "Old Bill" came
tor the coat in the afternoon and
when he had put it on Mr. Wat.
son remarked that it was a bet
ter coat than he was wearing
himself. When he returned home
yesterday morning he had occas
ion to don his best suit but when
he went to get it great was his
dismay to find that he had
through mistake carried that
identical coat to "Old Bill." He
had only recently had it made,
too, at quite a cost. Winston
Seutinel.
Kdnoat Your Howell Willi Otscarrta.
Candy f'aiMartie, rur constipation forever.
:Oo, itfo. II C C. C. fail, drugx Uu refund money.
A letter front Banner Elk.
Editor Democrat.
In passing a group of little
girls the other day , on9 of
them told me that her mates
told hei there was no Santa
Claus, and said: "Please tell
me truth. Is there a Santa
Cluas? Tell it in the Demo
crat, and they will belieye
it."
B'hy, bless your little uoul;
of course there is a Santa
Clans. Votir little friends are
wrong. They have been af;
fected iy the skepticism of a
skeptical age. They do not
believe except they see. They
think nothing can be which
is not com prehensible to their
little minds. Yes, my Ijttle
girl, there is a Santa Claus.
He exists as certainly a s
love and generosity and de
votion exist, and you know
that they abound, and give
to your life its highest beau
ty and joy. Ho drear;
would be the world if there
were no Santa Claus. It
would be as dreary as if there
were no little girls. There
would be no childlike faith
tben, no poetry, no romance
to make tolerable this exis
tence. Not belieye in Santa
Clauid You might as well
not believe in fairies! No
body sees him, but that is no
proof there is no Santa
Claus. The most real things
in the world are those that
neither children nor men can
see. Did you ever see fairies
dancing o n the lawn? Of
course not, but that's no
proof that they are not there.
Nobody can conceive as im
agine all th wonders there
are unseen and unseeable in
the world. Santa Claus!
Thank God, he lives.
You remember what an
army-sized flourish ws make
by the Republican press last
tall over what they were pleas
ed tos'all the "death of De
mocracy and Br.vanism.
Some days ago I clipped a
little piece from a Texas pa
per which shows up the other
side of the picture. It. runs
this way:
'When Will Democracy pie."
When the lion eats grass like the
ox
And the flshworm swallows the
whale;
When the robin? knit woolen
socks
And the hare is outrun by the
snail;
When serpents walk upright like
man,
And doodle bugs travel like frogs;
When grasshoppers feed like hens,
And feathers are growing on
boss,
Whem Thomas cats swim in the
air,
And elephants roost on trees,
When insect in summer are rare,
And snuff never makes people
sneeze,
When fish creep over dry land,
And mules on bicycles ride.
Wheu foxes lay eggs in the sand,
And women in dress take no prid?,
When Dutchmen no longer drink
bcr,
And girls get to preaching on
time,
Whou billy goats butt irom the
rear,
And treason's no loncrrir a crime,
When humming birds bray like
. an ass,
Andlimberger smells like coloerne
When plowshares are made out
of glass,
and the heart of true Texans a
stone, 1
When ideas grow in Populists
heals,
And wool on the hvdraulic ram,
Then the Democratic party will
be dead,
And the country won't be worth
a dn !
Phantom.
The Hon. Romalns Z. Linnejr.
A figure equally as picturesque
on the Republican side of the
chamber in that of Romulus Z.
Linney, of North Carolina. He is
an old time country lawyer, fresh
from the mountains, and he car
ries the breezes of the mountains
with him. ne looks like a Virgin
ian of the time of Patrick Henry.
With roman features, ruddy face
and lone.curling.iron gray locks,
he personifies intellectual ability
and physical vigor. Aroused in
debate he reminds you of Judge
Baldwin's delineations of old fash
ioned lawyers in the "Fluph
Times i n Alabama." Quaint,
incisive, discursive, apt, antique,
unique, and persistently origi
nal, he tears the House up by
the rrtots whenever he addressee
it. It resembles a circus in a
town off the railroad.
Warming with his argument,
the mountaibeer Congressman is
battled i n prespiration. H i
shirt collar wilts, and his wrist
bands melt. In his gesticulations
he swabs his face with his pocket
handkerchief, addingeniphasiH to
his arrrnment by the very swab
bing. His words well to his li,is
seemingly unbidden and are ut
tered with rapidity an! precis
ion. Tlice are thunderstorms
and vivid flashes of lightning in
his spppfhos, but solt tropical
ukies and goldensunsets follow
thein. Anon the atmosphere is
itidiscent with sarcasm. He
throws pictures upon the clouds,
pictures that, reonll the pencil ot
Hogarth, Finnally, he winds up
with a terse and masterly sum
luing up, topping it off with a
quotation from either Shake
speare or the Bible, gathers up
his paper, and resumes his gat.
Then the spell is broken. Mem
bers flo k about him in congrat
ulation, and the House regains
its composure.
Judge Linney (anybody who
is not a colonel or a general is a
judge in the House) is 5G years
old. He was a private in the
Confederate army, and was so
badly wounded at Chancellors-
villo that he was discharged from
theservice. His prepartory school
for Congress was three terms in
the Legislature of North Caroli
na. Fortunately, o r unfortu
nately, for him he is a member of
the committee on elections and
of no other important commit
tee. All his speeches have been
delivered o n election contests.
They are in line with his law
practice, He analyzes the evi
dence and addresses the" House
as he would address a North Car
olinajury. . In this session, how
ever, he may have occassion to
display his ability in another
field- one in which reverberations
from his speeches may be heard
throughout the land. Amos J.
Cumniings, in Charlotte Observ
er.
The Republican party
rtnnds for governmental u
surpation, for the violation
of home rule, for a gradual
strengthening of the stakes
of the federal government.
It shows Ps abuses in North
Carolina in many places e
ven in this city, where for
years local self government
has been destroyed. The
strange thing is the people
remain passive under acts
that would have precipitat
ed war the first quarter of
cmt'iry after government
was established.-Wilmington
Messenger:
EtenboOjr Smji So.
Cascarcto Candy Calliartlc, the most won
derful medicnl dixi-overr of Uie ape, pleas
ant and refrtiliini to the taste, art geutly
and positively ou kiMieya, liver and tx'-.vcla,
cleansing tlie entiro system, disiel colds,
core hendnclie, fevrr, tialilttml const (ration
ami bl'tousnees. Pim.h buy and trr a box
of(!. C. C t.-dnv; in, Xi. .'Ooetits. toltlond
ffuaruuteed to euro by all druggists.
. VAII'a SHARP StYIXQS.
Here are. some of Sam
Jones' witty saying, report
ed by the Asheville Citizen.
He iecturfd there recently:
"This is a great old woild,
and I'm not going to leaveit
oji purpose. Here's one fel
low who is not going to kill
his fool self.
"I've no respect for growl
ers, therefore, I don't respect
many people. This nation
reminds me of a family of
spoiled children.
"That philosopher has not
yet lived who can tell which
is the best estate, to be hun
gry and having nothing to
eat, or to have the colic from
eating too much.
"I want to give you the
worth of your money if
you've got any pbice to put
it. Some of you dollar fel
lows, I expect, paid too
much. But if you haven't
got room for it you can just
sit still and lei it run over.
'There is nothing in this
world to which I tip my hat
with p'-ofounder respect than
a genuine man. The only
trouble about it. is. I don't
have to tip it often. A man
is bigger than a king big
ger than a President. If there
is a man in politics I don't
know it. Take North Caroli
na for example. A Boston
man once asked me, "Does
the negro differ from the
white mao in instinct? I told
him no, the difference was
mostlv the ontstink.
' Some old deacon who
swindles jou will say, "I'm
obliged to live.' That's a lie
he can dieany day he wants
to.
"Among the girls we need
more honey bees and fewer
butterflies. I don't object to
bangs; 1 think bangs are be
coming to women and mules.
"When women get to cut
ting of the tops of their dress
es for the ball room and the
bottom of the bikes, I begin
to get frightened,
"Some say that Sam Jones
is vulgar. When they say
I'm vulgar, it's like the
skunk telling the 'popsum his
breath smells bad.
"It is a reversal of God's
order of things when woman
beeomes the leaderiu immod
esty." The City Girl In the Country.
A girl from to.wn is stay
ing w ith country cousins A lio
live at a farm. On the night
of her arrival she finds, to
her mortification, that she i
ignorant of all sortsof things
connected with farm life
which to her countrycou
sins are matters o f every
day knowledge. She fancies
they seem amused at her ig
norance. At breakfast the following
morning she sees on the ta
ble a dish of fine honey, where
upon she thinks she has
found an opportunity of re
trieving her humiliating ex
perience of the night before,
and of showing her country
cousins that she knows some
thing of a country life after
all. So, looking at the hish
of honey, she says, carelessly.
"Ah, I see, you keep a bee."
Pearson's Weekly.
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Cani'.y rntt'iirtlc, cure constipation forever
10c, 85c. If C. 3. C. fall, druggists refund moi;.
T Care Coastlpatko Tmnvt.
Take Citsvsrets Candr Catbartle. lOe or,
If 0 C C fail to curt. drugKirur' fund moner.
i'llOFESSJOXAl.
W. B. fOUNCILL, Jr.
Attorney at Lkt.
Boone, N. C
W. B. COUNCILL, M. D.
Boone, N. C.
Resident Physician. Office
on King Street north of Post
Office.
B. F. LOVlLL. J. C. FLETCHER
I OViU & FLETCHER
A T1 OllNh YS AT LA IF,
BOONE, N. C.
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Dr. T. J. ProfUt, Tulle Crucl,f. C.
Blackburn 8c Profitt
AHsociated practicing physi
cians. 8Q"Calls prompt! attend
ed. 8 5, 97.
WILLIAM R. LOVlLL.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Sutherlands, N. C.
Practices in the State and
Federal courts.
Dr. J, M. HOGSHEAD,
Gncer Specialist,
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