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THE PUBLIC LEDGER. WASHINGTON NEWS. WHAT IS GOING ON ATTHL NATIONAL CAPITAL. wmmmAnfa Af What Is Transniriii jc in Coneaess ana the Various Depart monta of ttie flovernment-PMOiial and Otherwise. THE WATCH DOG. There are great men on the com mittee on appropriations, but Hol- man stands among them like fcau of Kish in the tribe of Benjamin, and ho will make iust as much trouble for the Amalekites. He will fill Sam Randall's shoes. He may also fill the cuspidor of his committee with tobacco quids, but every quid will represent a saving of 8100,000 to the Mational treasury. PAPER CIGARETTES. Representative Williams of North Carolina, is preparing a bill in the nature of an emendment to the in ternal revenue Ipws which he be lieve will practically suppress the paper wrapped cigarettes. He pro poses to tax the paper cigarette so heavily as to compel the use or to- be ceo wrappers. Mr. Williams says that the anactment ot such a law would not only correct the deleter ious effects now retributed to paper covered cVgarel-tes, but would benefit the iobacco trrower in extending the - t ) ' market for his product. FILIBUSTERING ON THE SILVER BILL. The indications are that there will be some pretty lively filibustering in the House of Representatives before 'the silver bill is disposed of, its oppo nents endeavoring thus to stave it off and give the tariff and other matters precedence, while the free coinage menrre just as determined to force it to the front and give it pre cedence over the tariff and every thing else. The Rpablican minority will doubtless enjoy this, and will give the filibuct2ring all the aid and comfort they can, for it plays just into their hands. As they can't control legislation they will do all they to retard it, while the organs, in the meartime, taking the cue, will fo'minate the regulation editoral scoring Congress for killing time and doing nothing. ELECTIONS SHOULD ELECT. With each new Congress come a number of contested elections, and the contestants are almost invariably defeated candidates who are in poli tical sympathy with the majoiity of the House. The last Co lgress 7&s Republican and the contestants were nearly or quite all Republicans. The present House is Democratic, and the contestarts are nearly orqir.te all Democrats. It is only in very rare instances that men contest seats in the House when they must appeal to an adverse political majority. It has been done, and done successfully, in some instances where ti e' wrong was so flagrant that all were willing to correct it; but the general rule is for contestants to expect a party majority to seat them because they are in accord with its political faith. The last Congress made the most atrocious record of modern ti nes by the dismissal of a number of mem bers, many of whom weie elected by large and some by overwhelming majorities. INDIAN AFFAIRS. The President's special message to Congress on the subject of the appro priation to pay for certain Indian lands in Indirn Territory raises a number of interesting qaestions. In the first place, it appears that the nioney, about 83,000,000 in amount, is to be divided, one-fourth going to the Choctawrs and one-fourth to the Chickasaws. Of the first, or largest amount, 25 percent, appears to have been guaranteed by the Indian au thorities to three men who were act as agents to secure the passage of the appropriation. As the appropriation was put in the bill by a yea and nay vote, con trary to the recommendation of the committee on appropropriations, some of the members of the House are smarting under the exposure, as it carries with it the implications that some of the twenty-five per cent, had to be divided with Congressmen to secure the passage of the bill. PENSION OFFICE INVESTIGATION. ' Speaker Crisp has shown a level headedness in the appointment of the House committee to investigate the Pension Office which does him much credit, and disarms adverse criticism in advance. Allfiveof the committee are from the Northern States, four of them served with distinction through the war, and the fifth who is not a soldier is a Re- publican, as is also Rrosius, of Penn- disposal of the business of the ses sylvania, one of the four Union sion that will leavt the political soldiers, so that the committee stands . issues of the year distinctly defined. three Democratic soldiers,one Repub lican who was not a soldier with a wounded veteran, Wheeler, of Michigan, as chairman. It cannot be said even by the most carping critic that this committee is com posed of men hostile to the Union soldiers, or opposed to granting pensions. What this committee says ought to haye weight with the peo ple of the country regardless of poli tics tor its composition is such as to entitle it to the confidence of every one except, perhaps, the pen sion shark. AT ODDS. There is the best of evidence to prove that the relations between the President and Secretary Blaine, which have long been represented as strained, have becomes so virulent that each never overlooks even the pettiest opportunity either to harass or insult the other. The gossip about the appointment of William N. Grinnel, the new Third Assistant Secretary of State, has many facts to substantiate it. John B. Moore was, until some weeks ago, the occupants of this position, and he had the regularly allotted room, gorgeous in upholstery which is relieved by a huge portrait of the Sultan of Morocco, the Ahkoond of Swat or some other dignitary of an unfamiliar clime. Moore was allowed to retain his posi- tioi until he completed a valuable treatise on extradition. It has been for years the precedent in the solemn and unchanging re- cesses Known as tne otate JJepart- ment to promote the chief of the diplomatic bureau to any vacancy in the Third Secretaryship. Mr. Blaine naturally asked for the ad vancement of Theodore W. Cndler to the vacancy, but in accordance with the spiteful procedure now obtaining the President nominated Mr. Grinnell, who is the nephew of Vice-President Morton ano who con tributed $2,500 to the ublocks of nve in loo. THE WORK OF CONGRESS. The House of Representatives has thus for disappointed the expecta tions of those who thought that the great crowd of new members would make it unwieldly and disorderly. The - proceedings have been at least as dignmed as usual, and notwith standing the delay in the appoint ment of committees, caused by the llness or the bpeaker, the business of the session is quite as far advanc ed as is usual at this time. The action of the committee of ways and means has clearly defined the party policy of the majority. rills removing the import duties on wool and simplifying the tariff on woolen manufactures, and placing on the free list binding twine, cotton ties and cotton bagging, will be re ported in the House and pressed to early passage. There may be other tariff amendments proposed, but these cover the features of the Mc Kinley act most obnoxious and most distinctly oppressive. They will all pass the House, and some of them that placing binding twine on the free list, for example may pass the Senate. The party line will, of course, be drawn most distinctly on free wool, and it is not expected that this measure will become a law. But it was on this point that the issue was most clearly made in the campaign that ended in the election of this Congress, and the Democrats will have discharged their immediate obligation to the country when they have passed the bill in the House. With regard to free coinage the Democrats in the House are not so well united, but a majority of them are evidently in favor of the Bland bill, and it is most probable that it will be passed, though against a strong protest. If considered in the Senate at all, it will reveal corres ponding differences among the Re publicans there, so that the political significance of this question will be necessarly subordinate to that of tariff reform. All of these measures are now in a position to be disposed of quite promptly in the House, and there is little else to divert attention from the appropriation bills, upon whick there is no party issue to be mad except in a record of carefulness and economy as contrasted with the reckless extravagance of the last Congress. As there will be no dis position to stifle the minority or to compel it take part in obnoxious leg islation, and consequently no occa sion for the minority to interpose delay, there seems, now a very fair prospect of a prompt and orderly I MTT.WICIJPAI- SANITATION. A Splendid Paper on tills Subject by Dr. P. Booth. To the Honorable Mayor and Com missioners of the town of Oxford Gentlemen Municipal sanitation is an all important consideration, and I thank you for the invitation and privilege to present to you a few brief sucrerestions on this point. It is gratifying to know that the public is becoming more and more interest ed in, and more in sympathy with the work of the sanitarian; for, while no one can assert positively the amount of good it has accomplished and the number of lives it has saved, yet the experience of all ages of which we have a history, and espe cially of the last few years, point with unmistakable certainty to fa vorable results. "We can point to cities and towns in our own country scourged with yellow fever, cholera, diptheria and other filth diseases, freed by proper sanitary measures. "We see the mor tality of typhoid fever, diarrhoea and dysentery deceased, and enterprises flourish, cities and towns prosper increasing socially, industrially and: commercially by the wise employ ment of such means as furnish an assurance of a reasonable preserva tion or tne puonc neaitn. And m England we are told the mortality of scarlet fever and measles has de creased from 14 to 26 per cent, and of typhoid fever 45 per cent, in 10 years: and in some of the manufac turing towtis the death rate has been cut down one-half by careful sewer age, pure water and modern sanita tion in all its branches. Then, with these results elsewhere is it not apparent that the welfare of our town demands sanitary tten tion? It is true, we have had no ep idemics traceable to bad sanitation Yet individual cases might be cited; and the welfare of the individual is the welfare of the community. And is it not wise to take precautionary measures before we are forced to taice active uerensive onesy l am convinced, gentlemen, that each one of you see the importance of it : for I am sure you do not believe in the theory that the spread of epidemic and contagious diseases should not be checked, as they prevent over crowding, and prove "the survival of the fittest." Little solace in this, as there is no respector of person, and the most useful and robust are as liable to succumb as the vicious and . puny. Let it then no longer be said that the only money we spend for health is in "doctor's bills and funeral expenses." There are places in our corpora tion which are a disgrace to any in telligent community which have at times during the hot weather of sum mers past excited the disgust and in dignation of some of our citizens and served to entertain attention for awhile, but which are forgotten when cooler weather comes. But their lurking germs and deadly gasses "are not dead but sleep," and from just such neglected places deadly diseases spring to life. Year by year the filth accumulates ; year by year decomposition goes on ; and year by year disease germs multiply and become more virulent, until fi nally with a soil reeking with filth and water stagnating in some places, with drinking water becoming more and more polluted annually, typhoid fever in bastard and true forms, di arrhoea, dysentery and other filth diseases will become more and more prevalent and fatal. Give us then, as far as practicable, the old hippo- cratic prescription given twenty three centuries ago, which no one has ever disputed or improved upon, viz.: "pure air, pure water and pure soil." I could entertain or bore you many hours telling how this might be ac-! complished, but will content myself with only a few instances. We can not hope to have perfect drainage or thorough cleanliness without sewer age and water works, but much can be accomplished, and so much great er the demand on your Attention. The grand fundamental object to be attained is ajKly exprested by Dr. Waring, viz.; The prevention of de composition of refuse matter any where in house or town which im plies the complete and immediate re- moval to a point well beyond its lim its of all waste matter. How can this be accomplished in such a place as the bottom running from High street just beyond Mr. Harry Bry ant's to the old depot with the refuse from privies on both sides and pig stys on its banks with no way of es cape except to be absorbed by the ground? Or of the bottom running from the lot between the Granville Institute and Mr. Hart's by the L. J. Smith prize house with refuse from tenement houses, dwellings and priv ies lodging and no way of escape? Also the bottom near the Hicks fac tory with like conditions? I answer by thorough ditching with good fall. These ditches should not be simply "water furrows," but broad, deep ditches sufficient to carry all the water emptying in them and fall to clean themselves at least 1 foot in 300 and deep enough to drain the soil, with plenty of side ditches emp tying into them from either side. And if any one will only take the trouble other places may be found in like condition. Then by observing some of the back lots, ntoably be hind Herndon Blocks Nos. 3 and 4 and the lots behind the rows of stores on Main street below the court house anything but cleanliness will be found. Then there are cellars one under the old thespian hall, another under the house at S E. corner of College and Maclanahan streets and perhaps others that will certainly, if they have not already, prove danger ous to health. These places should be attended to and that at once. All ditching should be done before spring. No ground should be allowed to be turned up between May and November. The effect of turning up ground after hot weather is invariably to increase the number of cases of sickness. And after such an accumulation as will be found in the back lots and privies, both private, and public it is also es sential they should be cleaned and disinfected before hot weather. It is not . expedient for me to go into details of disinfection and how ap plied. But by all means have the town cleansed from "turret to foun dation" and keep it so. I would respectfully recommend to accomplish this that you appoint a sanitary inspector, give him power to act without fear or favor, place at his command necessary means to do what is necessary, and make his compensation sufficient to secure a man or good judgment ana energy and to stimulate him to do efficient work. Make the physicians of the town an advisory board, and require him under penalty to enforce such sanitary ordinances as we have or you may pass, and I believe in an other year our citizens will with one accord endorse the wisdom of your action. Of necessity, gentlemen, I have had to abridge and be very in complete, but I hope I said enough to show the importance of action and action now, for a great writer has said: "But knowledge is not the sole object of man upon earth. Action alone gives a man a life worth liv ing." And 1 hold myself in readi- . i ness to co-operate m any pian you set on foot either as an individual or in my official capacity. Respectfully submitted, Patrick Booth, M. D., Supt. Health Granville Co. I. H! STEGALL'S GROCERY STORE, Next door to the Poetoffice. OXFORD, N. C. Has in stock a full line of FAMILY GROCERIES, Canned Goods, CUKES. FRUITS, CIGARS I TOBACCO. ' Give me a call and I will sell yon foods at bot tom figures. Yours to please, I. H. STEGALL. HARDWARE, &c Edwards & Winston, Oxford, N. C. RE STILL IN THE STRONG CURRENT for trade and possible prices the following goods which are are now onennc at MX Cb VXClCO Hardware. Stoves, Heating and Cooking, and all repairi for same kept on hand. Large stock Axes, Grub hoes, Picks, Ames' Shovels, Spades, Forks, Po tato Diggers, Rakes, Trace Chains, Log Chaini Cow Chains. Barb Wire Fencing, &c. ' Tinware, Crockery, etc. Larce stock Tinware and Lamp Goods. Large Chin biock crocKery rrom a 5 cent Glass to Set. Guns and Pistols. New lot Pistols, Breech Loading Guns and Muzzle Loaders at astonishingly low prices. Big stock loaded and empty shells and wads; in fad, sporting goods of all kinds. Builders' Material. Sash, Doors. Blinds, Lime, Plaster, Cemet, Terra Cotta Piping Paints Oils. Glass, &e. Buggies and Wagons. Just received new stock Wagons, one and two horse. We warrant these wagons to give aatii" faction and the prices are right. Nice stock o f Buggies and Carts which mnet be sold at once a we nave too large stock. Buggy and Wagom Material. Farming Implements. Dixie Plows and Castings. Boss Plows aa4 Castings, Farmers Friend Plows and Castings, Smith's Cutters, and in fact everything la th way of farming implements. Housekeepers' Goods. Sewing Machines, Rogers Knives and Porks Carving Sets, Ac. Choice line of goods suitahl for bridal presents. Belting. Largest Stock of Rubber and Leather fieltiac in the county; in fact, everything in the Hard ware line Pumps of all kinds. Agents for Impont's Sporting and Blasting Ponder. Just received car load best 150 to 160 test Rer and hite Oil, and can eupply merchants at low st. wholesale prices. Gnn and Locksmithing, Guttering and Roofiiajj COLLEGE STREET Feiriale Seminary, OXFORD, N. C. THE EXERCISE - OF THIS SCHOOL WILL be resumed on the 2nd Monday in January, 1892, in new and commodious bui dings, with a full corps of efficient and experienced instructors in every branch. Miss Sue Hall so well known as a skilful teacher of Art, will give lessons in the forenoon of every day. Good and pleasant accom odations are provided for both boarding and day pupils. The patronage of all parents, desiring to give their daughters the advantage of careful and thorough training, is solicited. For particulars as to terms, cours- of study, &c, address REV. THUS. U. FAUCETTE, jan 8-lm. Oxford, N. C. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. A. HICKS, Attorney at Law and Sotary Pnbllo OXFORD, N. CM and J T. HICKS, Attorney-at-Law, HENDERSON, N. C. Will practice together m the Courts of Granville Vance, Franklin, and Warren Counties, and in all matters requiring their joint attention. We hope by prompt, diligent, and faithful atten tion to business to deserve and receive a portio of the law business of this seo tion- g II. GANXADT, M. OXFORD, N. C, Offers his professional services to the people o Oxford ar d surrounding country. Office over HalTe drug store. Residence at R. I. Devin's. D R. J. E. WYCHE DENTAL SURGEON, OXFORD, N. C. Pure Nitrous Oxide Gas administered painless extraction of teeth. Rooms in Herndon Bank Building. for th J. M. HAYS, M. OXFORD, N. C, Offers to tke Public his Services as Prac titioner of Medicine in All of It Branches. Office in Herndon Block, hours from 9 until 10 a. m. Wo-3. 0t gTBATHORN A WARLICK, Attorneys-at-Law, Will practice 1n the courts of Graaville, Tf sonand Caswell eounty. Office at CoL Haf' old law offloe. UaTlo. ti' ill P !ilgf:
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