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I st .; f '.V, ! - - "- ..., . , v :, 1 v' ' . i . ' . . j .: " . V ill. IDcll iLUM iti I I -V II T II 11.. 1 1XU - 1- .3 VOL. X. BOONE, AT AUG A COUNTY, N. CU rHUllSDAY, JAxUAR ,20, 1898. NO. 4 ?) From oar Eegulir Ctrreipondent. nest bh ever, nnd we who are herein OonjrreHB representing that sentiment ought not to ag Mr. McKinlev, by working overtime and by using a Bhovel on the pie, managed o seinl more nominations to the Senate since Congress re assembled than have before cone in in any single week since he t.)ok charge of the nie counter, but -it has not lessened the pressure on him for Die even a little bit. r oi ' every hungry mouth he has filled there are a thousaiwl askinir to be fllkd. There is a suspicion that Mr. McKin ley, instead of being opposed to the warm fhrht that is be insr made in the House for a modification of the civil ser- vi"e law, is really in favor of it. Lacking the backbone to U8e his authority to modify the rules under the present law. he will do nothing, ftut if Congress adopts any legis lation he will allow it to be cornea law, probably with out h i s signature. The ground for this suspicion is am(le. Many of Mr. MiKin- le'a warm friends areengag edin this fight, and every member of hit Cabinet has gone on record as fa voring some modification. Ihe bil now before the House civi service committee limits the law to those positions pay ing from $900 to $1800 a year. The Senate has taken up the Hawaiian annexation treaty and, if its supporters have their wiy, will consider it daily until a vote is reach ed. Senator Hutler, of North Carolina, has offered join resolution proposing a con stitutional amendment that would revolutionize the U. S courts. It proposes that all TJ. S. judges, including those of the Supreme court, shall be elected by the people, for term& of eight years, and pro vides for a division of the country into circuitafor their election. Speuking of his res olution, Senator Butlersays: "There was a time when all the states thought it incum bent upon them to appoint their jndises for life. Now the lif tPimtp of a nidere in i state is th exception. I be lieve in placing the power over the judiciary i n the hands of the people. If tb ucfltpm nf stated terms is crood in the states it ought to be equally good for the Federal government. Many democrats in Con- cress favor beginning the congressional campaign o f next Fall at once, on the floors of Congress, and keep ing up a red hot, aggressive fitht upon the republicans from start to finish. Among them is Representative De Armond. of Missouri, who said on the suoject: "We ought to be aggresRive. We want to force t'ae subject: "We onchttolosenotimein exposing the hypocrisy nnd cowardice of our political op poDeuts. We can lose noth jng by being aggressive Those who followed the tan dird of democracy and Bry an in the last campaign are as enthusiastic and as ear- Senator Chilton, of Texas, says of the civil service hub- buD in republican ranks: "In my opinion, it Mr. Bryan had een elected instead of Mr. McKinly, the fly specks which republican orators in Congress now imagine to be ilood spots on the civil ser vice system would have es- uptd tbeir attention alto gether. Ihe sudden realizu- ion that the idea of civil ser vice reform has bpen carried oo far is due solely to their mrpose to gat republicans into places now filled by e aually capable democrats, and no democratic senator or representative should give Ihem nid cr comfort in th.'ir designs " Czar Reed is the one repub lican in Congress who has never buckled down to Boss Hanna. On the contrary, he not long ago made Hanna eat a big chunk of humble pie. It all come about in connection with the appoint ment of a ligh1. house keeper in Mr.. Reed's district, a place Mr. Reed had asked for one of his constituents. Instead of the appointment Mr. Reed gxt a letter from the head quarters of the republican national committee, signed M. A. Hanna. That made him mad. He isn't a pro fane '.nan, but his demand for an explanation fiom the Tieasury Department as to what M. A. Hanna had to do with appointments in his district was as "hot stuff" as anybody on Secretary (iage's staff cared to hear about. An apology quickly followed, as didtheappointmentof Reed s man. But that didn t molli fy the Czar. He went after Boss Hanna and mnde him apologize also. Senator Teller mnde a man Iv and able speech in reply to the numerous newspapersto- ries alleging that some of the silver men in Congress have no proper conception of the financial question, and are trvinc to force it. to the front merely to make a breach be tween Mr. McKinlev and his Secretary of the Treasury. He said that it was ridiculous to suppose that Mr. Gage would remain in the cabinet an hour if he and the Presi dent were not in financial ac cord; also that the republi can party was to-day fully committed to the gold stand ard. Every eye in the Senate was upon Mr. Teller when he uttered these ringing wards: "I attack the republican par t.v because it is the party of th3 gold standard. I hope to see it go down in 1900, and I pledge you that I wi do everything in my power to drag it down. It's policy is not such as is demanded by a great and free people have no quHrel with the President, but he stands lor the gold standard, a policy which in my opinion will lm poverish and wreck our peo pie." THE LIEUTENANT'S TIE. Mr. Edmund Kirk, writing in the Atlanta Constitution, relates a n anecdote which was told him by one of Gen. Grant's staff officers. The occurrence took place early in the war, in southwestern Arkansas, while Grant s troops were o n a march thrjuch a wilderness, and were really suffering for food. This state of things lasted for two days. - Then a few scattered houses were passed, and foraging ivns in order. On that day Lieutenant Wirkfield. of anIndiana cav alry regiment, commanded the advance guard of eighr hundred men. About noon he came upon a small farm house, whose appearance in dicated that there might be some food upon the premises laltinghis squad, he dis counted, and' with two of his subordinate officers enter e'' the dwelling. Assuming a stately demean or. he ncccsted the mistress of the ho'ise with a demnrn 'or' food for himself and his staff. To her enquiry as to who he was, he answered, "Brigadier General Grant, and at the sound of tha name all the members of the family flw about serving up all they had in the house with proluse expressions of loyalty. They were all women, the men bein- away with the body of Confederates that fTranr was nursuinjr. The lieutenant and h l s squad feasted to their hearts' con tent, and then demanded what was tn pay. "Noth- genernl read the following or der: Headquarters, Army of the Field, Special Order. Lieutenant Wick field, ot the ndiana cnvalr.y. having this day eaten everything at Mrs. Sflvidge's, at the crossing of the Ironton and Pocahontas and Black River and Cape Girardeau roads, except one umkpin p i e, Lieutenant Wickfild is hereby ordered to return with an escort of one hundred cavalry and eat that pie also. "U. S. Grant, "Brigadier-General Com manding." At seven o'clock the lieu tenant filed out of camp with his hundred men, amid the cheers of the entire army This escort returned tocam about midnight, reporting that Wickfield had eaten the whole pie, nnd had appeared to relish it. Ex. ing," said the mistress of the "Subscribe for the Demo chat. I1C&C. tall to cure, 4ruccisu refund money. house, who protended that as a loval woinan she could not think of accepting pay from the defenders of the countiy. With this, Lieutenant Wick field and his "staff" went on their way rejoicing General Grant had halted his forces a few miles buck or a brief rest, and about the time the lieutenant was out of sight he rode up to the houne. and inquired if the good people there would cook him a meal. "No." ca ne from a gruff female voice on the inside of the closed door. "General Jrantand his staff have just been here and eaten up all we. hd in the house, except one Dumpkin pie." . . "Indeed!" said thegeneral "What is your name? "Selvidge," replied the wo man, now venturing to open the door. "Well, madam, Iwantthal nie." said Grant, tossing the woman a half-dollar. "Please keep it for me. I will send for it tonight.' The woman took the mon ey, and Grant rode on some fifteen miles to where the army was to camp. There the various regiments were notified of a full parade at half past Bix. This was so unusual that it cieated a de cided sensation, and many supposed that the enemy was uDon them. The parade was formed ten columus deep and nearly a quarter of a mile in length, and after the usual ceremon ies the assistant adjutant A DEMOCRAT RIGHT. Sews and Observer. . The courts of Pennsylvania are struggling to settle the question whether a man in his will can condition his leg acies to heirs depende nt upon their political faith. This provision was incorporate! in the will o Geo. T. Wilcox: "As to all my grandchil dren, I give to1 them a por tion each of $1,000 upon the following conditions: lhat they support the Democratic Administration, both State and National, nnd in case anv one fails to do this, then his share is to he divided a- mong my other grandchil dren, share and share alike, nn in case none follows my direction, then the money is to go to the Democratic Na tional committee. "I also give and bequeath to each of my granddaugh ters $500 apiece in cuse they remain Bingle or marry dem ocrats. In;cise they do not follow my direction any one failing, her share shall be di vided among my other grand children." The Auditor, n Republican by the way, has decided that the conditions attached are void hecause of the tempta tical creed. He holds that thij is contrary to thegenius of our institutions. The case will go to the Supreme court The time was when a man could not disinherit his chil dren, but in this country ey ery man in his right mind is by law given the right to dis pose of his property as he pleases. If Mr. llcox desir ed none but Democrats to re ceive his property, he had a right to so desire it. It can not be contended that it was an evidence of insanity out side of Republican Pennsyl vania. On the contrary, it was the highest evidence of a sound mind to desire to per petuate his devotion to the true principles of government in au erring and peryerse sec tion. The Production of Maple 8nar and syrup in norm uarounsu The value of the yield of maple sugar and syrup in Vermont amounts each year to over $500,000, and the sugar-orchard, as the grove of sugar trees or. sugar ma ples is called is regarded as one of the best paying parts ol the farm. Besides its pay ing so well the work tomes in the middle of winter when there is little or no i ther re munerative farm worlc pos sible. The conditions in sev eral of the mountain counties of North Carolina are quite similar to what they are in Vermont,- the winters being hard and cold and allowing but little agricultural work. Although this is so and there are plenty of sugar maples in portions of the northwestern counties of this state, the yield of maple sugar pro ducts is so insignificant that this state is hot mentioned as one of the producers of those articles. It eould un doubtedly, be made into a arge and profitable ii.dus- try. since maple syrup, espec ially when pure, finds a ready sale in ah towns, being pre ferable to molasnes and cane syrups. Besides no expen sive outfit is iexuire.1 to be gin the vvosk, other than what can bj made at home or is usually already on hand in the shape of cane syrup evaporators. The North Car olina Geological Survey has published a book on the best method o f making maple syrup and marketing it. It is by W. W. Ashe, Forester for " the Geological Survey, and will be sent free to per sons interested in the subject uoon an application being sent to the State Geologist, Raleigh, N. C. f. rn.. rnnatlnatlma ForSTMP. Tk Otacareti Candy Cathartic. lOe or B It C U. C fall to cure, rtruwrtfU return! nonef PROFESSIONAL W. B. C0UNC1LL, Jtt. Attorney at La at. Boone, N. C W. B. COUNCILL, M. D. Boone, N. C. Resident Physician. .Office on King Street north of Post Office. B. F. LOV1LL. J. C. FLETCHER I OViLL & FLETCHER ATlOUNhYSATLAW, BOONE, N. C. IBS' Special attention given to the coiietwu oicmims. T. C. Blackburn, M. D Boone, N. C. Dr. T. J. Profltt, Yulle Crucls, . C. Blackburn & Profitt Associated practicing physi cians. BCnlls promptW attend- ed. o o, y i. WILLIAM R. LOVILL. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Sutherlands, N. C. Practices in the State and Federal courts. Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD, Cancer Specialist, BANNER'S ELK. N. C. Ao Knite) No Burning Out. Highest refFereuces andendors ments of prominent persons suc cessfully treated in Va., Term. nnd N.C. Uemember tnat there is no time too boon to get rid ot a cancerous growth no matter how small. Examination free, letters answered promptly, anJ satisfaction guaranteed. john rr. DYER, , BLACKSMITH and WHEELEIGHT (St. Jude, N. C.) Citizen: Dr. A. Robinson, a dentist of Grand Rapids, . ii. t i Mich., has a hull terrier wnicn recently broke two front teeth in ' a fight. Robinson fixed the dog up in his chair and fitted the teeth wirnjjoid flllinun. and the terrier is a gain on the warpath. Facts anl Figures. A traveler can now go a- ronnd the world in fifty da 8. .Japanese ch i l d ren are taught to write with both hands. Charcoal appl'ed to the sore will cure a bum in an hour. There is a clock in Brussels that is kept going by the wind. In Ptolemy's time any one who killed n cat was put to death. It is intimated that one En glish person in every twenty four had red hair. .Forty four muscles are call etl into play in the produc tion ol the human voice. It takes 72,000 tons of pa per to make the post cards used in England each year. It is said that there is in Sonora a tribe of Indians with yellow hair nnd blue eyes. The axact cost of an Eng lish cabinet ministers full dress uniform is 120 guineas. Bread as a daily article of food is used by only about onethird of the population of the earth. Ahevil'e Citizen: The Brit imh rpo-iatrar ueneral. Dr. .... . . , - , Totham, has issuea n suppie mental report showing the influence of occupation upon male morality. The clergy had the healthiest lives and after them came in turn law yers, dociors and farmers. The good editors die j'oung. I am now well prepared to do your smith and wood work on short notice. I now haye on hand for sale a new two-horse wagon that I wish to rpH. Call and exam ine it. ReDairinc hacks, wag ons, etc. a specialty. Call. i f! fMJSAt" nTKC EEit h?&riT FOB AKIN ftotle aw-- . .-i.-ifiitfyMAiwi iV-.v- - m " iTr.0CK"'.ulu-U-ii-C- cr CiW M1MI--3 f' :!; wrar iH W. L. Douglas $2 & S noes All oar shoes cro equally sj.t;?wtory The y elv the lt t s'ue f nr thf fomy. The e. iial cnsfc-.n iicx" In jtyic aa4 fit. Ill-Mr v: 1.1. ; t- - pr MADE UPON HONOR SOLD UPON MERIT. FULL OF BEAUTY, GRACE fjji STRENGTH. i T-VERY WE!2L VARRANTTD. ( ReipODilbtt DUr larHe tm Cor rtspoad with at. MANUFACTURED Y ! . 3&LLIS CYCLE CO.A t.VOiANAPOUS, tND. J
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