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TIE STIR DM LA IMS EST PAPEll - riUlLISllED in coxcokix ruNTAlXS MO UK READING MATTF.II TITAN AN Y OTHER I'APFR IX THIS SECTION. sroitv or the nr.sT i CIIAPTKU FIliST. Oh, 'lis immense! I've learned the vu-k. You bet your lift' I'm clever. T! .. fu st cigar makes some boys T.ut I could smoke forever. CIIAI'TKK SECOSP. Tiio hut half isn't quite so nice As when you first begin it Not qr.itc i o much like paradise; I guess I'll rest a minute. C li A 1 TKlt TillltD- S e how tlie building whirls and reels! Now esviy (Ling'd begun it 0;, u'rii.'ious! How my stomach fe Is! .1 vi.-h I hadn't done U. chai'ieu ioith. . : ?-.tt?- eiiAriKii fifth. It isn't right for boys to smoke, And all good boys admit it. I d ied it once, just for a joke, Hut since ll'eu I Lave quit it. Chicago Herald- Mrts:mN Other Coulrie. National Economist. Re-'inning with the continent cf Europe, Austro-llungary is quoted as .being heavily mortgaged, cspe cially tin? agricultural portions, with a tendency toward a rapid increase, fully one half of such property be ing encumbered. Interest about 5 per cent. In Belgium the recorded indebt .lness for 180 was 200,307,000 francs, while the total amount of valuation taxable was only 341,017,-r.i-i francs. It shows all kinds of indebtness to be on the increase. Iu .'eivst about 5 per cent. '; Le condition of Denmark dis- . - a had state of affairs indeed. The ir.oitgage indebtedness on laud, d estate during the period from lST'i to lsS4 increased to an average of 41 per cent of its selling value, w h;!e the mortgages on Copen hagen City property was fully 70 pw cent of the value of buildings and groand. The condition of the farmers in particular is shown to be almost unbearable. Interest 110. -i ." t 7 per cent. In l-'r;;!.ce mortgage indebtedness is --a !.. increase, notwithstanding 111. - nuthod of intense farming that is praei.ci.-d. The amount of this kind of debt is placed at about 35 per cent of the taxable paoperty. i'lie'V;'. from ." to 7 per cent Tiie condition of Germany from ;) reliable source of information is .--li.j.vn to be deplorable. Prof. l'rsersas: "There is no mistake in stating that H per cent of the entire taxable real estate in the tieriiian Eatlierlad is charged with mortgage scarcely redeemable on the part of the mortgagors." Dr. Jacg-r says: "We will scarcely fall short of the truth in estimating the amount of mortgages attaching to farming in the German empire at a round ten milliards of marks i -J.",000,(iOO). What German farm ers pay merely in interest to capital ists every year is a tribute of about iive hundred millions of marks -,:.( to,( (ni,f. OO)." Interest from 4 to : per c nt. This statement sounds familiar, and might have come from Kansas or Michigan, In Saxony, from 1 8 7'. t.j. 1SS4, this species of iu.lelM dne.ss increased 30.04 per ni, i r 7 3'.) per annum. Interest about 5 per cent. Italy is in no better condition; the mortgage indebtedness on agricul tural property is given at about 50 per ft ut of the value. Interest n'iout ") per cent. lit the Netherlands the statement is made that the mortgage indebt edness has rapidly increased during the pa-r eight years. The report of the mortgage banks show an in crease from 37,541,201 florins in issuio M),(JC,S01 iiorins in 1887. Interest 4 to 5 per cent. From Portugal comes the state ment that mortgage indebtedness is ou the the increase, with interest at " to G per cent. In Russia a very large proportion vf h u led property is mortgaged for more than two. thirds of its value and is bringing about the usual re sults of misery and distress. Inter est from 5 to 7 per cent. In Spain the mortgage indebtedness is on the increase, the interest being about 0 per cent. The report from Switzerland shows that the ratio of mortgages to the total valuation is from one-half to two-thirds, with interest at 5 per cent. After a careful examination of all the eports from England there seems to be no doubt that the mort gage indebteduass of that nation is on the increase. In the opinion of those competent to judge, from one VOL. III. NO. 13. half to. two thirds of the amount of total valuation of taxable and as- s?ssed property is under mortgage. Interest from 3 to 5 per cent. In Ireland the conditions are much much worse and the means of col lection more severe aud exacting. Statements from Scotland show that the mortgage indebtedness is in creasing and the value of land de creasing at a rapid rate. In Glas gow seven-eights of the real estate is mortgaged for two-thirds of its value, while mortgages upon coun try property is almost universal. Interest about 5 per cent. From the continent in Asia comes the report that, in Turkey the rate of mortgage indebtedness is in creasing rapidly, with interest from 12 to GO per cent; that all farmers are usually in debt, and that the sacred soil of Palestine,- from the midst of whose borders came the divine curse upon usury, and from the temple of whose metropolis the money chaugers were driven with scourges by the Son of God, the vam pire mortgage has laid its slimy hand upon fully three-fifths of its valuation. In British Asia all debts are on the increase, with in terest from G to 7 per cent. In China there is a large amount of foreign capital loaned on mortgages for commercial business purposes at about 10 per cent interest. Hut among themselves the Chinese have no such transactions. They do not trust each other to any great extent. They make the basis of all credit personal security, and all the more important commercial enterprises are generally controlled by families. In Japan the middlemen are do ing very u-ll, but the laboring classes are meeting with increased difficulties each year, even in ob taining a bare living. The farming interests are gradually growing worse. In New Zealand aud Australia mortgages are increasing in amount and the value of property decreasing rapidly. Interest fiom 7 to 0 per cent. ere it not for the wool in dustries these countries would be in a deplorable condition. In South America the reports show that mortgages are increasing hi the Argentine Republic, but not at the rate as in many otlfer nations. The fact is, the financial system of that country is far in advance of that in many older and more im portant governments. It is a sys tem that can be studied with much interest aud satisfaction in more than one respect. In Brazil mort gage debts are on the increase, and all values are decreasing, especially in the agricultural districts. Rate of interest about G per cent. Taken as a whole, the reports from South America, discloses a better financial condition among the people than from any section of the globe. The cause for this no doubt lies in the fact that as yet the blighting hands of trusts and monopolies have not been felt, aud the money of the country is comparatively abundant. In the provinces of British Amer ica the reports indicate that in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia this class of indebtednesses small,while in Ontario it is increasing considerably. In Quebec mortgage indebtedness is decreasing, especially in the farm ing districts. From statements given the provinces are all in n fairly prosperous condition. In Mexico the recorded -indebtedness is about 30 per cent of the as sessed valuation of the taxable prop erty, and is stated as not being on the increase. Rate of interest about 7 to 8 per cent. The above summary of the re ports of American consuls prove conclusively that certain results will follow certain causes, no matter in what clime or under what form of government they may occur. Tlny also prove that under similar con ditions anywhere and at all times money has the same "power to op- pre ?ss." With these facts in view, how is it possible to argue f jr an inflexible volume of coined money ? If these reports are true, there is not metalic money enough ir the en tire world to pay 5 per cent of the interest charges ot its indebtedness. And there can not be coined money enough in existence to pay 1 per cent of the debts of the people. Under such a condition are the wealth producers to blame for be ing restless? Is there not good reason for demanding a readjust ment of economic systems? The same factors in production and dis distributioti which force the Kansas farnur to burn his corn and the Illinois miner to starve for want of it, compel the German peasant to labor sixteen to eighteen hours per day and live on the refuse of his production. The cause is not local nn E or national; it is universal. There is a general conflict at hand iu the immediate future between labor in production and capital. Disguise it in any other form, yet this is the plain truth. When it will be set tled or how this settlement is to be brought about, is and should be the problem which must eugage the attention of all who lay claim to the possession of economic knowledge. This question involves the highest order of statesmanship. JHi'erNOii lnvis' Visit fo Concord. Concord Register, 1880. Some controversy has existed as to the treatment of Mr. Davis on his journey South in April, 1SG5, and as to his personal bearing during the dying struggle of the Confederacy. It was understood that Mr. Davis and staff had spent a night at the hospitable residence of V. C. Barrin ger, Esq., then of Concord, now a Judge of the International Court of Appeals, Alexandria, Egypt; and that Mr. Barringer had afterwards called on Mr. Davis, at Charlotte, and had quite an interview with him. A friend has lately asked Judge B. to give his recollections of the in cidents and personal impressions of the occasion. This he has kindly done, and we arc permitted to pub lish the same as below. We may add that General Basil Duke was partly in charge of the cavalry escort of Mr. Davis, and that lie has published a full account of the movement in a late number of the Southern bivouac But Judge B. has not seen General Duke's ar ticle, and the two, therefore, must be taken separately each nn inde pendent witness of what occurred. "I cannot precise the date of what I am about to relate; nor is an exact date at all important to what can never be anything elsa than a mere personal reminiscence. It was I think, about the ISth of April 1SG5, near nightfall. A gen tleman on horseback checked his horse before my house iu Concord, dismounted and walked in. After a few words apologetically, he ail nounced himself as Co! Preaton Johnston, addim William that he had come iu the name of Mr. Davis, President of the Confederate States, to ask a night's 1 dgitig for himself and suite. lie said Mr. Davis and suite, with a small escort were some distance behind on the Salisbury road, and would await there my an swer before advancing further. The suite, I was informed consisted of Mr. Mai lory, Secretary of the Navy, and three or four personal friends. I told Col. Johnston that we would gladly entertain Mr. Davis and his suite, while the escort could encamp in a green nearly vis a vis my house. He thanked me cordially. It grieved me when he said further that the President would be giatified at a hospitality so unwonted; for in his passage from Richmond to Concord he had nowhere shared or been invi ted to share the shelter of a domes tic roof tree. Nearly an hour passed before Mr. Davis and suite arrived. Meanwhile happily time was allowed to make hasty provision for their night's en tertainment. The evening passed in sober-minded gayety. Everybody had a good appetite that sign and seal of inward content. We were a party of "cheerful yestevdays and conli dent tomorrows." A- visitant from the skie3 could hardly have imag ined that we were amid the dying throes of a great struggle. The war, though it must have been near every heart, was not so much as alluded to. The next day my household was up betimes. Mr, Davis was not far behind us in early rising. He came down stairs alone, and sat in the piazza, or walked in the yard, or strolled in the garden among fruits, roses and vegetables, happy in the dewy freshness of the morning. I had been careful to advise the citizens generally of the President's arrival, and to request them to call on him between 10 and 11 a. m. A few only if I am not mistaken, not exceeding half a dozen, among whom I recall Mr. Allison, Col. Long and Mr. C. Phifer came into the house and paid their personal respects to Mr. Davis, but on the op posite side of the street a large crowd gathered to gaze curiously at the fallen chieftain. He talked freely and generously with all comers, but maintained a solicitous silence about the future of the war. Once only, I rtineniber, he expressed the hope that General Johnston would not surrender in event which was then actually transpiring, if it had not already occurred. He alluded vague ly to the possibility of continued hostilities beyond the Mississippi. I mentioned a rumor that Mr. Lin- T CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1890. EXEECISE IFO jR, Convey Despoil Espouse Recount Sneer Queer Screen Geese Fleece Breeze Spirit Gallop Urgent Lackey Donkey Chimney Murmur Coupon Ginger Curfew Journey Folly Midge Scorch Phrase Sphere Rouse Scour Load Gourd G rease Praise Seize Coal (J rain Elegy Larceny Tyranny Salary Burglary Revelry Symmetry Peddler ' Camel Bevel Guess Freight Hawk Crawl Vault Balcony Gallantry -Luxury Usury Counter Amazement Surveying Unlucky Embarrass Installment Flourish Hammock Competency Ceremony Honorary Seminary Capillary Presbytery Purgatory Utensil Diurnal Uncivil Assassin Elixir Pomegranate Swamp Sachel Gallon Eyelet Crisis Decent Barefoot coin had been assasinated. He did not credit the rnmor, there could be Colorado Workman no motive, he said for such a crime, j The following significant jprypto Ile was eutirely indisposed to bewail jgram, composed of the names of all or blame the past, but rather looked J the States in the Union, makes a forward to the dark and shadowy j suggestion for 1S92 that means future with a manly heart. At 11 o'clock lunch was served. Soon after, the whole party, with many expressions of thanks, took leave of us. Mr. Davis mounted his horse with a spring that is distinct ly imprinted on my memory, beto kening a man who, despite years, feeble health and anxieties, seemed still to have on him the dew of youth. The party rode away without a cheer, a wave of the hand, or ai.y signal of respect on the part of the crowd. I suppose none was felt, for men seldom respect the fallen. Soon confirmation came of Mr. Lincoln's assassination. Viewing the alterated situation which this event was likely to produce, I went imme diately to Charlote, accompanied by Dr. Logan, of Charleston, an army surgeon, who was Etaying with me at Concord We went in a carriage by the country road. I called on Mr. Davis. He was lodging with a Mr. Bates, who had, he said, hospitably given him shel ter. He was occupying, however at the time of my call, a small room, as a business office, near where the First National Bank now stands. I found Mr. Benjamin aud Mr. Breckenridge with him. He was by no means in a melancholy humor, but easy and chatty rather. I fancied that he saw his path clearer, that the end had come and he had made up his mind to face it. This fancy became a settled conviction before I left him. Alluding to Mr. Lincoln's death the thing uppermost in every mind, he declared it to be an unmeasured calamity in every point of view. He had become convinced that the spirit of the South was broken. Further insistence by armed force would be criminal. He touched delicately on the aloofness of the people in regard to himself, as manifested everywhere since the disaster around Richmond, but he excused it on the ground of undefined fears in the presence of a probable wreck of the cause. Yet it was proof that resistance was no longer possible. He talked at considerable length gently toward all, with one excep tion, lie avowed that he had little or no faith in President Johnston. Neither Mr. Benjamin nor Mr. Breckenbridge uttered a word. The hitter was busy at a desk, writing something, I thought, which related to the movements of the troops. He paused twice or thriCe to ask me a question in respect to the relative situation and distances of certain places in central North . Carolina. The former sat unmoved with a sweet play over his handsome fea tures, that left one in doubt whether it was a smile or a sarcasm. Victor C. Barrixger, Alexandria, Nov. 8, 188G." We publish the above letter, taken from this weeks Ballot. A good many of our town people recollect the circumstance We have consult ed Mr. and Mrs. Allison, Dr. J. P. Gibson, Col. P. B. Means and others 1 1 ,1 f tv...:.- ...i suite on that occasion and they cor-iv . roborate the statement made of Mr, Barringer.J Ed. Register. AND ARB. 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Fewer nnil Holler Nqnii-ea. .Statesville Landmarks The State Chronicle, speaking of the justices of the peaoe, says "they are'the most importantofficersinthe State and ought to be well read in the laws of the State and men of the loftiest integrity." Whereupon the Hickory Press and Carolinian en quires: "why not suggest that mag istrates' fees be such as will com mand the services of men 'well read in the laws of th-j State,' and men of the loftiest integrity?" The principal thing the matter is that there are three times as many magistrates as there should be, and the result is that the business is so divided up that rone of them cmi afford to prepare themselves for the proper discharge of the duties of the office. There are hardly as many "Men of the loftiest integrity" in the State as there are squires, and even if the fees were double what they are the division would still be so long that the office would holtl. out no attractions to men competent to fill it. The State needs fewer squires and better ones aud it will never have better till it has fewer. "I jes' believe thet thet -r feller is jes' as well off widont eddycation." "Wall, I dunno. There's Bob Sawyer, he sent his son Bill to col lege an' worked night an' day to do :t. Bill went to teonn, got a job in a bank and he has jist sent Bob phu w r. ' - ' 'off all the uiortzazes ou his farm and hnild a new barn." Life. S 3? 3U Xj 3L COUNTY, April 12, 1890. Skepticism Syllogism Polygon Myrmidon Barrister Bachelor Conqueror Counselor Copperas Almanac Saltcellar Laureate Buoyancy Prophecy Propel Instill Extol Descent Symptom Sarcasm Breeching Niece Crayon Cipher Tweezers Cypress Porous Quadrennial Collateral Corroborate Delineate Commensurate Executive Decrease Concise Reprieve Receive Relief Campaign -Obscene Receipt Preengagemeut Apparatus A Fatal Accident. Raleigh News & Observer. A most distressing occurrence took place at Washington, X. C, on Wednesday night last. About 10 o'clock, the large saw mill of Mr. Walling was discovered to be on fire. The whole town seemed as if lighted by electric lights, so great was the blaze. Mr. Thos. Car mault and wife, who live on Rcspees street, went to the scene of the fire, leaving their adopted daughter, Miss Julia Archbell, a very bright and beauttful young lady about seventeen years of age, who was about retiring to bed, when they kft the house. Shortly after they left a pistol shot was heard, but no attention was paid to it. Mr3. Gaskill, who lives near by, heard something like sounds of agony aud suffering, and went to the front door and found it open, and found Miss Archbell on the steps of the back porch. Seeing that she was in much pain, she got her to the bed in her room,when it seemed she had just left and in which a pistol was found. Upon examination it was observed that she had shot herself through the left side, the ball going through the entire body and lodging in the bed. She was conscious, but gave no account of it, saying she could tell nothing about it. She had been that night with a friend to church. It is supposed that she. be came frightened and took the pistol in bed with her as a matter of safe ty if any robbery should be attempt ed while Mr. and Mrs. Carmault were at the fire. Di-3. Blount and McDonald gave every attention, but the young lady died about 10 o'clock the following day. She was very popular aud much esteemed. She was one of a class of twentr-two confirmed by Bishop Watson on the night Easter Sunday. of Ttnrletl iolI. Dental Register. French statisticians are making a curious calculation of the amount of gold which is annually buried in the United States. N. Victor Meunier asserts, after careful inquiries, that the American dentists insert in American teeth the enormous of 800 killogrammes (about 1,800 pounds) of the previous metal, which reyresents nearly four hun dred and fifty thousand, American dollars. This gold is never recov ered, of course, but is buried with the person in whose mouth it is placed. Making allowance for the rapid increase of the population of the United States aud for the con tinued deteribation of American teeth, it appears that in less thau a hundred years American cemeteries will contain a larger amount of gold than now exifts in France. This is no fancy sketch as the pockets of every uentist, and especially every dentist's patient will attest. Editor James, what is that mov ing in the waste basket a mouse? James (examining basket) No, sin it's one of them throbbing, pas siouate poems, sir. Editors-Pour soma water on it and throw it in the ash barrel; the place isn't insured. Munsey'a Weekly. WHOLE NO. 117. I 3ST Gr C Metaphysics Incidental Sacramental Cinnamon Skeleton Cylinder Emphasis Traitorous Sulphurous Mischievous Thought Wednesday Clumsy Grisly Anonymous Amphibious Significant Irrelevant Embellishment Impediment Indifferent Omnipotent Sterility Ascendenc3r Derogatory inflammatory Declaratory Muscles Dairy Shrivelled ..Eccentric Recreation Proboscis Precede Proceed Buzzard Lizard Mortise Cornice Lettuce Changeable Aqueduct Apparel Prairie Perceive Privilege Innocence Programme Fatigue Fierce Syllables Promenade Absces3 Surgeon Scaffold Suspicious Paregoric Brilliancy Incessant Catechism Veugeance Subterranean Extraordinary . Biscuit Allurement Victuals Incendiary Confectionery Involuntary " Legitimacy Accompaniment Inflammability Disciplinarian Heterogeneous Intellect Permanent Arrogant Diffident Sociability Descension Secession Paralyze Tableaux Pyramid Asylum Peaceable Whore Is the ftollnr. Progressive Farmer. "What are the farmers conmkin - ing about ? They have never seen the time when they could buy so much with a dollar as now." Ah, good friend, there is no man in all this land who knows better than the farmer the purchasing power of the dollar. He knows full well that it will buy more than ever before. He knows that it buys more bushels of wheat, more bush els of corn ai.d more of labor than ever before. It buys double a3 much of his cotton, corn, etc, as it did a few years ago. Yes, the farm er knows the "dollar will buy more than ever before." But what is equally important and interesting to him is that other question: Will it pay more taxes, will it pay more debt, will it pay more lawyers' fees, will it pay more on his mortgage than ever before ? This is the scale in which to weigh the dollar to see how much more it is worth to tlie farmer than ever before. Verily, the farmer knows the purchasing power of the dollar. We have often heard of late this sage and consoling remark made to the farmer. It is easy to tell him that a dollar will buy more than ever before. But he involuntary responds: Where is the dollar? A tramp approached a citizen standing on the street and said "My dear sir, can you tell me where I can get a good square meal?" "Yes," said the citizen, "just around the corner, you will find a nice place where yon oau get a good meal for a quarter." "Thank you kindly," said the tramp, and he hastened away in- the direction indicated, and when he had gone about half the distance, he suddenly stopped and turned and hurried back to the citizen, and in the blandest and most polite manner said to him : "My dear sir, you were very kind to tell me where I could get a meal for a quarter, will you now please tell me where T can get the quarter?" Farmers, when men tell you of the amount a dollar will purchase ask them : Where am I to get the dollar ? The National Alliance aid AHNOcifttlon National Economist. For the past two years Brother A. Wardell, as president, with other brethren, have been conducting a mutual life insurance company, with headquarters at Huron, South Dako ta. This company has met with such gratifying success throughout the Northwest that the directors have determined to make it national in it3 operations, and give each state an opportunity to share in its bene fits. For this purpose an office has been opened at No. 511 Ninth street, Washington, D. C, with Brother N. A. Dunning as general manager for the eastern and southern department. Any one desiring further informa tion regarding this matter can ob tain it by addressing the above. A fire insurance company will toon be added to this on a plan giving in surance at actual cost. It has been tried in Dakota for nearly two years, aud has proven a success. The plan is original. THE STllDj-m WE DO ALL KINDS OF job "woirik: IX TIIE xea test ma jyjyer AND AT THE LOWEST RATES o nsr test. Analyze Guardian Parallel Labyrinth Hyacinth Scythe Eleemosynary Alien Glazier Osier Abscission Incision Collision Epoch Ecstatic Pneumatic Synodic Pyrotechnic Schedule Synchronism Scpulcher Chalybeate Precipice Belligerent Exaggeration Contentious Cystic Sieve Tyrannize Chivalry Capuchin Police Convalesce Encyclopedia Avoirdupois Kaleidoscope Militia Scissors Malfeasance Idiosyncrasy Bacchanalian Hiccough . Caoutchouc InterCHt F.Hts I.Ike n (nnker. j Monitor. 1 The following statement of farm ' ,nortgagcs is taken from the Bank- ers Monthly, which ought to be good authority on this subject. The interest was computed by the editor of this paper at the rate of six per cent which is perhaps lower than the average. Farm Mort gages. Interest. Kansas, $ 235.000,000 $14,000,000 Indians, 045.000,000 3,100,000 Iowa, 507,000,000 34,020,000 Michigan, 500,000.000 30,000,000 Wisconsin, 357,000,000 21,000,00 Ohio, 1,127,000,000 67,C20,O0O Just think of this. These, six of the most productive States of the Union, arc tilled with an intelligent and energetic people. Yet the farms are covered with mortgages to the extent of $3,421,000,000, while the whole production of gold and silver in the United States for 1888 was only $92,370,000, so that the entire product of gold and silver is not enough to pay half the interest in the six States above named. If there are any hard money luna tics in your locality show them this statement and ask them what they propose to do about. Many Lives, Histories, or Biogra phies of the late Jefferson Davis, purporting to be written by Mrs. Jefferson Davis, are being adver ised throughout the country. The only genuine work of the kind written by Mrs. Jefferson Davis, is that to be published by Belford Company, 18-22 East 18th street, entitled "Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Southern Confederate States: A Memoir, by Ilia wife." All other works claiming the au thorship of Mrs. Jefferson Davis must necessarily be injurious to her personally, and pecuniarily. The book is sold by ' subscription, and territory is being rapidly assigned. The work promises to " be one "of the most popular ever, published, and those desiring to canvass for it should apply at once to the pub lishers, who will furnish circulars and information. An old convict recently released from the Auburn penitentiary, boasts of the fact that he was con ducted to that institution by Grover Cleveland. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to imprison ment for life at Buffalo in 1871. "Grover Cleveland was Sheriff at the time of my sentence, he says, "and instead of sending a deputy to Au burn with me he went himself, say in? that he had never been in the State prison and wanted to improve the opportunity. I believe I am the only man in the world who has been escartod to prison by a Presi dent of the United States. The very last paper Mr. Cleveland signer his name to at Albany as Cover nod was my pardon, to take effect March 5, 1S0O, and here I am." Who would dare say that Wash ington is a dead town? With a large canning factory going up, tw;o large saw milb nearing completion, six large dry kilns to be ready for use in a few days, a large brick store in the course" of erection, a railroad coming and many other improve ments The public spirited people here have taken the bit in their mouths and the croaker3 are an is sue of the past. Wasbingto'n Pro-gress.