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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1890-03-20

A minority report was nh,
United bv M Oates v,ho ~
will lie remembered ono;nos,:
led the long deadlock Z q ~
last Congress against. M
same bill. No deadlock 49,
prevent it from becnm;nc q
llaw this time. S'1.
The House comn,;ttaa a. !,
Pensions seems Il, have o,f,r,o9
daft. a majority II 3has.S
committee has practicallv as
greed to rvport biIls fhat
would, If they became lawa.
require nearly &7O0 0O0 (,0(,|
/ to pay the pensions Thee
reports are only bunkum ~.
sane man has anv idea that.
more thun one ofthe bilIs-the
dependant-will be passed
and that il bv No nea ns co,,,
tain, as the RAPIDLY lesseninr
Treasury surplushasa ALREADY
caused the republican leaders J,
to notify the chairman ii
committees to curtail their
appropriations if they expec-
ted the bills to get through.
The House will probably
take up the bills admitinrS
Wyoming and Idaho this
week. The democrats VIII
antagonize the bills with an
omnibus bill prepared by M. \
Springer providing for the
admission OF Wyoming, Ida
ho. New Mexico and Ari-
zona.
It;..was supposed that ii
view of the facr and the law.
and also Of the fact that the
votes were not specially need
ed that the Senate COMMITTEES I
on elections could afford t0
be fair in making a decision
in the Montana Senatorial /
contest, but by q strict par
ty vote it has decided to ~ 4
port in favor Of the republi- \
cans. A more outrageous
and unfair decision was new
er made BY anycommittee.
II is impossible to get q n.
publican member Of tho
House Ways and Means
committee to saw q word ifif;
ovor = nohodv soon,e vv;ll;rr
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1890-03-20

great length. My object ir
writing this sketch is more
especially for the purpose d
presenting to the public my
idea OF his learning and the
powers Of his intellect. Yet
that he aas a man Of great
moral worth and high chris.
tian character as all who
knew him could attest. In
his long life there never was
lisosfar as | know an intirna-
Ition or suspic on touching
his honesty or his moral
character. His sincerity and
lofty purposes, no one, | pre-
sumo ever for a moment
doubted. He wasindeed and
in truth a genuine, manly
man and we shall perhaps
never see his like again. /
H tx
have written this brief biog-
raphical sketch Of my dead
friend because | thought it
not meet that one who had
toiled long and.arduously up
the rugged pat thway, trodden
by so few Of us mortals here
below, until he had reached
its giddy heights on whose
summit is blooming in I'M
mortal youth, the unfading
amaranth, should die and be
forgotton and perish from
the memory OF men. For
years before his death, owing
to physical and mental
trouble, he had partially re-
tired from the public gaze
and most Of his contempor-
aries had preceded him to
the spirit land and especially
many OF those who had
known and admired him
whea lie WIS in the fnll pos
ed his physical and.
powers. Bnt llc.ssi is
gone. Tie bowed his head III.
at the great age, OF u
bout four score years and
on that ocean
whose waves have never
brought back a returning
sail.
Strange to say, that this
extraordinary man has left
behind him no brilliant SER
mons to be remembered and
no books in which
the fruits Of his learning andl
were gathered and
preserved, and they who
knew him intimately are
passing away and owing to
mis- long retirement before his
1eath, his reputation as a
scholar and divine is ,apidly |
becoming traditional. And |
very glad shall | be if by this
slight memorial | may for Il
moment arrest >the |
yales Of timein their adyan-
'ilg flow ever the sands inl
which are written. his name
ind the names of,many 9th |
RS OF our best and greatest.
fl. Bingham.
Statesville N. G. March II
Wants 40 Take His Place.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1890-03-20
A BIOGRAPHYOFT THE
REV. R. p. FARTHING.


,selH
Editor ofthe Democrat:
| saw in your valuable pa
per a few weeks ago, that the
Rev. r. r. Farthing wasdead
and ! was pleased with your
brief editorial.in which you
recounted some Of the many
virtues which he possessed.
Yet / had hoped, that either
yourself or some other com.
petentshand, would have at
greater length portrayed not
\ only the many virtues that
adorned the life Of the dead
preacher, but that his learn
ing and his intellectual parts
would have been more fully
elaborated. But nothingfur
ther appearing in thespublic
print, so far as | have seen,
Ihave from a sense OF duty
that | owe to my dead friend,
concluded to write my opin-
ion of the worth and merit Of
brother Farthing.
] knew him when Twas a
boy, and frequently heard
him preach long before | was
old enough to fully appreci-
ate the breadtho hisintellec-
tual power. There were, how
ever, two men about his age,
and by the way Of a different
faith and order, who often
heard him preach and did
appreciate his wonderful the
illogical Efforts, and | often
heard them speak Of the mas
terly manner with which he
handled thesubiect undercon|
sideration. know how, and
have long since known, that
those men BY their educa-
tim and extensive reading.
we're fully competent to sit |
! il indgemsnt and passupon
the intellectual efforts ofpub-
lie speakers. Later in life | /
heard him only occasionally, |
but enough to know that he
was a man OF much more
than ordinary learning, and
the possessor naturally of a
strong, incisive and brilliant |
mind. His early education
was detective and only such
az the common schools OH
the country Of more than a
half q century ago afforded.
Yet I have been told that in
early life he evinced a strong
desire for the acquisition ofE
knowledge, and after his ma-
jority he began the study Of
English grammar, and pros
it with such diligence
and devotion that when |
knew him he was one Of the
very best gralnlnarlanS ! ev-
er knew Nor did he neglect T
the cultivation Of many OIL
the othersciences such asphiE +
los ply, astronomy rhet toric /
and logic. He could discourse
on all these sciences and MAJ
ny others as learnedly asl'
though he had been . college,
professor all his life, nor Yeti
was his thirstfor knowledgeI
satisfied. He turned intohisI
tolric field, and acquainted
himselfwith therise, progress
and fall Of the mighty ems|
pires ofboth ntandmod +
tI'n times. / remember tol'
have heard him preachingl
years ago at the old Covel
Creek Baptist Church, and
while / have forgotten his
INK / remetnbe some Of hisl
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1890-03-20

ulilty. ! have said that his
early educational advanta
ges were Hunted, yetby study
and close application he ac
quire1 the power OF clothino
his ideas in the most classic
languages Hispronunciation
was accurate; his language
chaste. andhis grammatical
constructions almost fault.
4 less. He was sometimes nc.
|cused of Icing a little YER
bose, and perhaps he was,
]yet no one who knew. ever
|soid that the words selected,
though rather high-sonnd-
ling, wereinaccurate, nor that
his sentences were wantingin
their proper grammatical
arrangements. Mr.. Farthing,
was not uniformly a great
preacher. Occasionally his
sermons..we Of the highest
order, and then again they
would fall below mediocrity.
This was owing to the fact,
that he was averse to the
preparation of his sermons.
! have no doubt that if he
had devoted the necessary
time to theh. preparation,
that he would. have been a
great preacher. He did not
however oppose it in others.
but he said he could not do
1T himself. Why he did mott
was always a mystery to me,
when at the same time 4
knew he was n close student
and nmostquestions a very
deep and accurate thinker.
His colloquial powers we're
most wonderful, and in the
social circle he was seen to
the grvatest advantage. |
never knsw any nan on|
the forum undertaketo meas
ure arms with him. all, asifl
by mutual and common CON
sent, listened To his wonder
ul fire-side lectures, and. the
only thing any one would
dare to do, would be to ask
a question or suggest a top
ic, and then away like the
Arabian courser hewould|
plunge into the most intri-
cate questions, and with the
mostccnsummatel skillWould
them in allStheir va
rious phases With the logical
precision OF an Aristotle.
| have said that he was a
man Of more than ordinary |
learning, and this may seem
to many who knew
that his early educational |
advantages were confined toll
the common schools Of thel
country Yet | assert, that
he was a very scholarly mani
and was more deeply learned
Than sl1a n u uhn h.a arI-f Ind ~ 4
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1890-03-20

great wisdom. And he con
tined, | care not whether /
man has had collegiate ad
vantages or not, ii he haI
read and mastered every
thing pertaining to thewhol,
range OF science" / then de
nominate him a scholar.
at once saw and recognized
the full force Of the argument
Innd have neversince though1
or, suggested that the great
Kentuckian was.not an ed
ucated man. And judging
Mr., Farthings attainments
from the same stand point,
again assert, that he was il
the true sense an educated
man. Infuthcr confirmation
OF what | have said ! desire
to relate an incident.
A few years ago Dr. Ander.
son, Of this place, (and by
the way, the Dr.. himselfis a
very scholerly man, and a
friend OF his started on a
mountain tour, and one day
about noon called ut ahouse
on the banks OF a beautiful
river and enquired of a very
aged man, WHO appeared ii,
answer to tLeir call, if they
could get feed for their horse,
they were answered in the a.
fiirlnative, and one of the
party and a boy went to
iced the horse, and the other
remained, and he and the
old man at one engaged in a
conversation. and very soon
the traveller wassurprised to
know 81 '1l' that he was IN the pres
ence OF II man possessin",
wonderful conversational
powers and withal d man of
very s:iprsior learning. He
met his friend who was re-
turning from the stable and
informed him ofhisagreeable
surprise. They both ap-
preached him and as the old
man OF the mountains led of
in his ininitable style they
listened, and they wondered
and for an hour or more he
was the master ofasselnblies.
He began by relating his
troubles, and done
with that, he launched outin
to othel" fields and discussed
each topic as it arose with
such wonderful skill and ac-I
,uracy that they were soon
impressed with the idea that
their host was a man oil
much more than ordinary
earning. On their return,
hey related to me, in sub
stance, theforegoing incident
md they often on my return
rom the mountains, ask ME
fl had seen old uncle Reuben.
presume it is hardly necess-
lryfor meto state the the
i'd man referred too was the
ubiect Of this sketch. One
i these tourists a year or|
more ago rhavingfought|
ife's battleswell andsllccess-
llly laid aside his armor|
ind preceded this old noun
ain phenomenon, tothepor-
ais Of the great beyond, and
ct us hope that ia the far
# realms Of the good, that
hey may meet, not on the|
|anks Of the beautiful Wa
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1890-03-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent,
For the Democrat.
Vice President Morton's
! sudden trip to Florida has
been fully explained to your
correspondent by a promi-
nent republican who is not
Ian admirer of the Doodle
campaign which Mr. Morton
has entered upon to capture
1 the republican nominationin
.|'92. "Morton's object said
this gentleman" in going to
Florida at this time is to
hold a private consultation
with Senator Quay, who isal-
SO down there, and to ascer-
tain whether his support can
be purchased. He is prepar-
ed to pay a big price, Lam a.
fraid he will succeed for Quay
has always had a weakness
Tor money, particularly when
in large sums, and no man
knows the value OF money in
a political campaign better
than he.
There is an old fashioned
game called" the devil among
the tailors" that reminds one
OF Frank Hatton and the
Civil Service commission. As
soon as the testimony in the
Congressional investigation
which. has been anything else
but favorable to the present
brand OF Civil Service reform
was all in, Hatton threw an
other dynamite bomb into
reform.sham c,lmp by charg-
ing that certain letters writ
ten by one W. D. Fooulke
and printed in the New York
Times and the st. Louis Re-
.7uJic which charged Mr..
Harrison and his cabinet
with having entered into a
conspiracy to break a.,'down
the system OF Civil Service
Commissioners. The two
Commissioners deny the
charge. Oh course that was
to bessexpccted; it was either
deny, or hand in their resign
ations. But Hatton will not
let the thing stop here, if he
can convince Mr.. Harrison Of
the truthfulnessof his charge
somebody will hear some
thing drop before long, |
The democratic membersof|
the House IRE fretting no lit
tie because they lost a seatI
in the House last week that |
might just as well have been
kept. The trouble, is that
certain democratic members
Of the House refuse to sacri-
flee either their pleasure orl
theirprivate business to oc-
cupy their seats and attend
to the duties that they are ell
The Butler weekly times., 1890-07-02
HIS PLAYMATE DID 1T.
An Accidental But lnexcusable Kill
ing ut Nevada.

Nevada, Mo-, June 25.-The Cor
oner's jury in the case of 13-year old
Burt Thomas, whose mysterious
death from a gun-shot wound occur
red here yesterday afternoon,
brought in verdict that the fatal
shot was fred by the dead boys
playmate, another boy 13 years old,
named James Roberts. Young Rob
erts admitted this morning that he
fired the shot. He says that while
in the house alone together Thomas
picked up one gun and he another,
and that in fun he drew aim on
Thomas and said:
"Your money or your life, pulling
the trigger as he spoke.
The result was the gun was ex
ploded with fatal effect. YounI
| Roberts was released from custod,
this morning, his statement of tn
accidental character of the affair be
ing generally credited.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-07-02

For Cnnsumntion. Aatbma. Rronchitis. Dys.
fva n.,.os. T.tsryh H.v Fs:.r HsadsrIe f,e-
hsittw Rhsnmn,ism Nsnrslsia ara All
Chrcnie and nervons disor,iers'
1.-THE Compound Oxygen Treatment.0
~h,.h nrs stsrTav Paisn have disnsnsed
Snr;nu the Issf twsntv ysars Il 4 scIenffdc ad-
ir.trnser. ri tha sismsn;s ~ hxyvsn and Nitro
gea magnetized. and is 30 condensed and
made portable that IL Ia sent all over the world.
It cures - nature cures: Gives strength. re-
wives circulation, provides something Il: TO
circulate. The late T. s. Arthur, well known
through his powerful works OF fiction, and the
late ''Father Of the House. Hon. Wm. d.
Kelly, were strong friends Of the Compound
Oxygen Treatment. and always rec0miIended
Il. In addition to them Drs. Starkey L Paien
| are permitted TO refer to
The Butler weekly times., 1890-07-02
Blasted Open a Gey>er.

Ar. Murphy. proprietor OF the
Steamboat springs, on May IA made
an experiment that gave birth TO
hrst-ciass geyser. Some distance to
the northward of the bath house
was the dry basin of an old hot spring
III which there has been no water
for fifteen years. This basin was
about l. feet deep and nearly rod
square. Mr.. Murphy caused a hole
to be drilled in the bottom OF it to
the depth Of some II feet, He then
inserted a pipe in the hole in the bot
tom of which We're placed sticks of
giant powder. When the charge
was fired it shook the whole country
and in an instant column of water
foot in diameter was shot upward
to height of about 90 feet.
For several minutes there was q
magnificent geyser, from the top of
which, umbrella-like, fell hundred
sprays of steaming water. The col
unn of water was shot up with {
great roaring, and immense volumes
of steam were given off from it. SooI
however, the falling filed up th'
old basin, and as the depth in ii in
creased the spouting column decreas
ed height. Even with depth of l:
feet OF water to contend against, tn
column of water rose to height 0
eight OF nine feet,-Virginia CITY
New Enterprise.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-07-02

Judge CAN'T was born in Putnam
county, Georgia, October q, 1916,
and is therefore nearly 45 years of
age. He was educated in private
schools until, at the age of l6 years,
he entered the confederate service in
the Twelfth Georgia regiment, and
served with it throughout the war,
being in Rhodes division under
Stonewall Jackson. He was wound
ed twice at the battle of Gettysburg
and once at the battle of the Wilder
ness; was disabled at the battle of
Cedar Greek, October 19, 1864, from
which his leg has since suffered.
Judge Can't began the stedy of law
at Macon, Ga, in 1866, and gradual
ed 1868 from the University of Vir-
ginia. He came to Missouri in 1868
and located in st. Louis, where he
began the practice of law During
the following year he moved to Clin-
ton, and thence to Sedalis, in which
latter city he resided for nearly two
years, ass law partner OF Senator
Vest and Judge Phillips. He went
back to Clinton in 1874, and in 1880
was elected Judge of the twenty
second judicial circuit, composed oi
the counties of Bates, Henry anc
Benton. He was succeeded in 1856
by David A. DeArmond, and it ii
quite o coincidence that Judge Cant
placed Judge DeArmond in nomina
ton for the supreme bench at Spring
field two years ago, and that Judg
DeArmond performed similar sci
vice for Judge CAN'T at st. JOSEPH
The Butler weekly times., 1890-07-02

Time Table.
L, s. S DIVISION.
TRAINS RUNNING NORTH.
No. 3o4, passenger 4;47 a m.
3I,, local $50
,o,,passenger SIS P. m.
TRAINS RUNNING SOUTH.
No. 3of, passenger 1890 P, m.
!" 311, local 500
q so3, passenger 9:4o "
ST, L. Il E. DIVISION.
No. 343 mixed, leaves o:45 a. M
g IA " arrives 3:25 p. m.
" E. K. CARNES, Agent.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-07-02
Thought 1t Was an Earthquake.

Thought 1t Was an Earthquake.
Atchison, Kan, June 25.-About
/ o'clock this afternoon q meteor
fell with a terrific explosion on
farm near Washington, Kansas, scat
tering rocks in every direction. One
piece weighing nearly ton embed
ed itself in the ground tolthe depth
of several feet. The rock was of a
grayish color and was intensely hot
The shock of the explosion was felt
for miles around, many persons
thinking it was an earthquake.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-07-02
Arsenic and Potash Three times u da '
for Twenty-Five Years.

Arsenic and Potash Three times da y
for Twenty-Five Years.
I have been using 8. S. S. (Swift's
Speci6c) and feel it my duty to state
its results, that others who are SIM
ilarly affected may profit by my exc
perience and be relieved of their
suferings. Ihad suffered for long
time with what the doctors called
Herpes. an eruption of the skin,
forming scales and blotches which
were horrible to endure. Under the
advice of physicians I took 80 drops
of Fowler's solution of arsenic every
day for Is years besides many other
kinds of medicines without a cure.
have been taking S. S. S. for about
two months, and the eruptions and
unpleasant symptoms have all disap-
peared, and I am continuing it to
completely root it out of my blood,
| which I am confident it will do; and
what it has done for me I am conf.
| dent it will do for others, for there
are thousands of such cases all ovel
the country which resist all othe1
treatment. I have lived here in my
present business for p years.
r. r. Rouse, dealer in machinery
81 and SO West Maryland street,
Indianapolis, Ind
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
/ SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
| Atlanta, GA.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-07-02
Entitled to the Best.

All are entitled to the best that
their money will buy, so every fami-
ly should have, at once, bottle of
the best family medicine, Syrup OF
Figs, to cleanse the system when
costive or bilious. For sale in SOC
and S1.OO bottles by all leading
druggists. 2S-1m
The Butler weekly times., 1890-07-02
r. r. D = A G 0 N

the Van Horn residence, which pre-
sented sickening sight. Van Horn
was lying on the steps of the house
bleeding to death from a wound
through his right lung. His daugh-
ter lay in the front room on the floor
suffering intense agony from a bull
let wound near the heart.
DIR. w. P. King, chief surgeon of
Ike Missouri Pacific, and DR.. c. j.
Hutchinson soon arrived at the
house and dressed the wounds. DIR.
King was asked his opinion of the
effect of the wounds He said:
"Mr. Van Horn was hit in the GEN.
ter of the breast. the ball passing
around the right side and came out
at the spinal column near the shoul-
der blade. The wound is fatal. Car
rie Van Horn was hit near the base
of the heart, the ball ranging up
ward and lodging under the left
shoulder blade. Her case is very
critical
Mr.. Van Horn was asked to make
an ante -mortem statement, which
was as follows: II was sitting at the
east door when Myers came up and
I offered to shake hands with him
but he refused. I told him that he
> did not need to if he did not want
to. Myers then went into the kitch-
en-, where his wife was I went into
the kitchen and saw Myers draw q
! revolver from his pocket. I grabbed
his arm and said, Louisa, run.
Myers turned around and said
Damn you, I'll shoot you, and fired
I fell down and after that I heard
my daughter scream"
Mr.. Van Horn is 81 years old, .
u member of the G.. A. R. and has beel
= employed as a watchman at the
road roundhouse. His wife is a
present visiting friends in Bate
r county, Missouri.
Caroline Van Horn, beautiful
. blonde of II years, was next aske
- to give her statement. She said:
. II was at window up stair
Il when I heard shot fred. I cam
'e running down stairs screamin
:" when Myers met me and said. 'Sto
your screaming and fired, the ba
hitting me in the breast. kept o
screaming when he saidif you screa'
again I'll shoot you again. He the
turned and ran"
1 Mrs. Louisa Myers was seen an
F" said: eve have been married sever
:: years, living at 17o5 College avenr
40 Kansas City, Mo. Three weeks as
~ I left him because of his extren
=, cruelty. He had frequently beat
me until I was black and blue.
- has sent me notes asking me
W. come back and live with him al
N has been watching the house.
0A sent threatening letter to my U
~ Gle saying that he would come to /
house whenever he liked, and th
% people who meddled with other pc
-"- ple's business got into trouble"
' Mrs. Myers is fine looking We
w built brunette of D, and was maxi
eu arrangements to return to her ho,
- on Sunday.
Nelson Chinese was taken to
oo home aud the bullet was extract,
He has only flesh wound and "
recover.
ted At midnight both the patiel
The Butler weekly times., 1890-07-02

were alive, but is thought Van Horn
cannot live until morning. The bull
lets were extracted and the wound.
ed persons put under the influence
of opiates.
[Old man Van Horn formerly
lived at Burdette, in this county,
at which place he ran a blacksmith
shop. He moved to Kansas City
several years ago.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-07-02

The Terre Haute Express says:
ssThe secret of the smooth mans
success lies in the fact OF his never
getting ruffled. The fussy fellow is
the worlds worriment-
The Butler weekly times., 1890-07-02

A man in Chicago has just heard
of the ark and he writes to the news.
papers to know who built it. Evi-
IDENTIFY the work of the home mission
ary society is not yet complete.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-02-08
To Give the Sack.

Two noblemen in the reign of Maxi
milan II. 1564-1576), one a German,
the other a Spaniard, who had each
rendered great service to the Emperor,
asked the hand of his daughter, Helena,
in marriage. Macmillan said that as he
esteemed them both alike it was impossi-
BILE to choose between them, and there
fore their own prowess must decide it,
but being unwilling to risk the loss of
either by engaging them in deadly com
bat, he ordered large sack to be brought
and decided that he who should put his
rival into it should have his fair Helera.
And this whimsical combat was actually
performed in the presence of the imperial
court and lasted an hour. The unhappy
Spanish nobleman was first overcome
and the German succeeded in envelopinp
him in the sack, took him upon his back
and laid him at the feet of the Emperor.
This comical combat is said to BE- the
origin of the phrase, "give him the
sack" so common in the literature of
counting .-Ameriean Notes and Queries.