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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-09-17
Pills Made of Serperts.

ago, told an interesting sto-
ry of Persian life:
"There are 100000 peo-
pie in Persia, and, though it
is not now the land of the
Scriptures, thousands yet
worship fire, the sun, moon
and the sea.
There are no books and no
printing houses in Persia, ex-
cept those which have beenes-
tablished by the Presbyteri-
an missions. The Persians
have no medical works, the
priests being lawyers and
doctors as well as excercis-
ing their priestly funtions.
There are no drug stores in
Persia, but then there are NO
liquor stores. When the pip
tient comes to the priest for
treatment for disease, the
priest opens an Arabic book
that has been handed down
from generation to genera
ton for over 600 years; and
wherever the book happens
to open, the priest prescribes
the treatmentfor the patient,
irrespective of whether he is
afflicted with that disease.
Holy water and holy dirt,
mixed into a large portionof
the medical treatment"
Speaking Of the treatment
Of sick persons in Persia, Mr..
Karib said:
"When a person is in need
of a tonic of some kind his
nurse or attendant uses a IT,
gers bone for the purposey
upon the principle that as
the bone is the strongest
part OF the animal, it is sup
posed to he the only proper
remedy. Instead of the life
giving compounds made in
this part OF the world. Per-
sian make their pills Of ser.
pents, toads and other repi
tiles. Such a being as a SUR
geon or a dentist is unknown
in any part of Persia. No
time is given to the study Of
anatomy, surgery, or even
the circulation OF the blood,
and many Persians die from
broken limbs which have not
been properly set"
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 4.
:. -"You are an Infamous liar"
came the hot retort in the
Senate chamber this morn
ing, and Immediately the SER
: geant-at-armS was called to-
: prevent a personal combat
between the Senator's almost
in front OF the Chalrman's
} stand. The gavel OF the Sen
ate was upon a marble slab.
Order was restored and the
two belligerents, Senator'S
Alexander and Riley, after
rejecting a little, were sorry
J that a scene had been crea-
4 ted. Both made concessions
;. and apologized to the Senate,
. to one another, and like
| brave men made friends. The
! trouble arose in a debate Q.
! yer the resolution brought
: in by Mr.. Alexander, provid'
i ing that a reward should bt
/; offered for the apprehension
! and conviction Of Messrs. +
rish, Ingraham, Merrill anf
j Hamaker, t he COMMITTEES
! from the insurgent mines q
. Briceville, on the ground
4 that they had excited law
. lessness andrebellionagains'
q the authority Of the State.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-09-17
MILLINERY.
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would liketosay to my friends
In Watadga and surrounding
counties, that atIhavenowo on hand
and am receiving every week, a
& nice line Of
sSPRIN g A.NDSUMMF FIR
MILLINERY Y ANDNOTTONS
I When you come TO lepoir, !
would he pleased for yon to call
and see me. / solicit your Gus
tom. Orders filed promptly BY
mail. Most Resp
\. 4 MRS. NJ: n, HORTON
enoir N &. May u
The morning call., 1891-12-28
THE MILLS ENT.

1t is we'll known that the more pro-
nounced free-traders in the Democratic
party are not reconcfled to the election OF
Crisp as Speaker. 1t was not so much that
Crisp was personally Objectionable to the
free traders as that his election was brought
about by combination of which Tammany
Hall was the avowed head. The election of
Crisp and the subsequent appointment of
Springer as Chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee was equivalent to an an
nouncement that no square issue would be
made OH the tariff question for 1892. 1t Is said
now that Mills, having accepted the Chair
manship of the Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce, will report tariff
bill and submit to the House the ques-
tiGn VIII ether tie Mills bill or the Springer
piecemeal policy shall prevail. Such
movement is in the nature of party rebel
lion. but if it should be successful it would
restore Mills to the leadership of the
House, 1t would also place Grover Cleve-
land again in line of Presidential candi-
dates. The question then comes up as to its
chances of success. 1t should be remem-
bered that Crisp did not get majority of
his party until under the rules the caucus
nomination was made unanimous. If
Mills could have rallied 10 his support all
the members who did not vote for Crisp
Mills would have been elected. Now if
Mills should present a tariff bill which
meets tile approval of all his caucus sup
porters and of the followers Of the minor
candidates for Speaker, who would not de-
sert their favOrite, he would have ma
jority of the Democrats in the House at his
back. 1t is also among possible events that
in the event of a Mills tariff bill being sub
mitted the Republicans might help it along.
A vote TO let the Mills bill come before the
House would not bind any Republican
casting il to vote for the bill when it comes
up for final passage.
The morning call., 1891-12-28
RICH POOR PEOPLE.

4 journal which advocates an income tax
in place of collecting revenue from duties
on foreign products says:
The poor family of five members requires for
absolute needs almost as much clothing, fuel,
sugar tobacco, beer and other articles of every.
day use rs does a rich family Of the same size.
Doubtless the poor family of five men,
bers require about as much as the rich fam
lily of five members. But it will be found
upon examination that the poor family will
have to get along on an Income of $500 or
$1,000 year while the rich family will SPEND
ten times as much. The poor family will
buy very little of imported goods except
sugar, coffee and tea, which are admitted
free. They will be rich poor family, indeed,
if they can import high priced cloths, silks,
laces. velvets. wines and cigars. There is
hardly thing that poor family has to buy,
except spices and drugs, which is the higher
for the protective tariff which provides the
Government with the greater part of its
revenue. The home tax on whisky, beer,
etc. only affects those who indulge in these
luxuries.
The morning call., 1891-12-28

WATER COMPETITION.

Recently articles have appeared in papers
that profess to be friendly to the Traffic
Association, showing that competition by
water will be more expensive than esti-
mates would have 1t appear. The papers in
which articles of this character are printed
are very much distressed at the showing
made, but of course are too honorable to
suppress facts TO advance a cause which
they profess to have at heart. In MIR.
Dickie's estimate of the cost of transport
ing goods from the ports of one ocean to the
ports of the other he assumes that $40
ton will be the average freight charge. At
that raIe he figures out a handsome profit
on each voyage, from which minor incl
dental expenses may be paid. Now if it
should appear that $40 a ten is too low. it
does not follow that water competition
should be abandoned. There is consider
able difference between $40 ton and the
rates we now have to pay There is con-
siderable margin between the rates of
freight round Cape Horn by sail vessels
and the rates Mr.. Dicke estimates as the
average of steam vessels by the Straits of
Magellan route. A certain portion of our
people seem to have attached their hopes to
competing railroad. But none Of these rail-
road advocates inform the public concerning
the details of their plan. 1t will be admitted
that our shippers will have but small
voice in the management of any road they
may help into this city. Such a road will be
run, not in the interests Of our shippers,
but in the interest OF its owners. 1t will
compete with existing roads only 50 long as
it is made its interest to compete. 1t should
also be remembered that freight rates can
not permanently remain below the cost of
the service Any competing road will have
to incur the expense of 5000 miles of land
travel, an expense which will be at least as
heavy fer a new line as for an old one. The
advantage Of a water route is that it can be
owned and controlled by men whose inter
est in low freights will be greater than any
interest they can have as common carriers.
All san Francisco is interested in line of
steamships that Will enable our merchants
to recover lost trade. The object of pro-
Gueers, shippers and business men gener-
ally would be to maintain freight rates at a
point which will make it possible for our
merchants to compete with localities which
depend upon railroads. The cost Of moving
goods by water is so much less than by land
that there can be no radical error in cal
culation which points TO a water route as
the natural solution Of the transportation
problem
The morning call., 1891-12-28

represents? He cannot very well take a
dollars worth of the land upon which
the currency is based. The land may be
Invisible. but it is not deliverable. If the
holder of a bank note redeemable in coin
wants the coin he can get it, but If The holder
of bank note redeemable IN land wants
land, the thing of value the note represents,
there seems no way to get 1t. 1t happens
frequently that while greenbacks are worth
their face in gold one wants gold for them.
The Treasury is always ready to hand out
the amount of gold greenback represents.
But the holder of a land note would have
something which he could not convert into
money. The law might make his land note
legal tender in this country, but out of it
the land note would have only speculative
value. And yet no one would say that the
land against which the note was issued was
not good security. 1t would be good Sc
curity, but a poor circulating medium. 1t is
urged in support of the land-money scheme
that there is not gold and silver enough in
the world to serve as the medium Of ex-
change. If this is true the remedy is not
to issue currency against FERNS of property
which cannot be turned into money, but
the addition of some other metal which con-
tains the essential qualities of gold and sill
yer to the stock of MONEY!
The morning call., 1891-12-28
LAND MONEY,

The universal practice of the commercial
world is to recognize as money some thing
Which can be used in payment of things
purchased. Gold and silver have been Sc
lected as the metals from which money
might be coined, not because gold and silver
are the only things Of permanent value but
because these metals best answered the pur-
pose of circulating mediums. Payments
could be made in gold or silver coin, but it
would not be convenient to make payments
In iahd, IN grain, wool, cotton, iron, lead or
other forms of merchandise Let us sup
pose bill should pass Congress and become
law authorizing the issue OF paper cur
rency based on land, for example. A man
owning 1000 acres of land worth $50 an acre
is enabled by the law to draw $40, 600 on that
land In the form Of paper currency. Now,
when the holder of any part Of this cur
rency wants money for his currency what is
he to do? How is he to get the money?
The piece OF paper he holds is not money,
out promise to pay money. How Is he to
get the thing OF value the paper he holds
The morning call., 1891-12-28
A VERY NARROW ESCAPE.
Wharf Watctman Charles L. Levi.
PeriIoUs Position.

Wharf Watef,man Charles L. Lewis
PeriIoUs Position.
Charles f. Lewis. Waterman at the
Arctic Oil Comrany's wharf, near Long
Bridge, and residing at s02 Fourth street,
had very rough experience yesterday morn
ing in which lie narrowly escaped losing his
life twice within few seconds of time.
About $3.50 o'clock he started to 90 on
board a vessel lying at the wharf and had
almost crossed the gang-piank, when it
Slipped at the end resting upon the wharf
aud came down with a crash, precipitating
Lewis forward against the side of the ship,
the plank striking him IN the side. Then
he fell into the water, where, although al
NEST unconscious, he managed to get his
hands upon rope dangling from the ships
fender. He held on to his support, like
drowning man will, for almost two hours,
when the Waterman on the ship, missing the
gaDg-plank, Instituted 4 search and discoy-
cred Lewis in the water. dragged him from
his periluus position, and as suon as posi-
bic took him to the Receiving Hospital,
where it was fouHdthat Lewis had sustained
a fracture of the ribs, besides having the
skin scratched from the right side OF his
face. When his injuries had been attended
to he was removed to his home
The morning call., 1891-12-28
FREIGHT RATES.
The Way in Which They Are Said to Be
Made Here,

The Way in Which They Are Said to Be
Made Here.
A Kansas City man, in talking with a
Star reporter, told this little story to Illus
trate how freight rates are made, says the
Los Angeles Herald:
Il know man out West, he said, ''who
learned that hay was selling for $40 ton
in Tucson, Ariz He could buy the same
hay for 81 In Los Angeles. My man went
to freight agent and wanted to get rate
on hay by the carload lot from Los Angeles
to Tucson. He wanted to make contract
with the road.
How much is hay worth in TucsonY
asked the freight agent.
Forty dollars answered my guileless
friend.
What can you buy it here for?'
-Four dollars
The rate to Tucson is $34 per ton.'
said the agent That will leave You
profit of So per ton, and you can make
nice thing out Of it. -
The morning call., 1891-12-28
PROPOSALS.

pRoPoSALS-NEwC CITY HALL-SEALED PRO-
i posals for the following work and materials will
De received by the Board OF New City Hail Commits
Sioners IN the chamber OF the Board of Supervisors
on Tuesday, the 18th dav of January 1892 be-
tween the hours OF II A. and IL NJ. of that day:
Contract 32-For providing and putting in Mace
walnut furniture in the Assembly chamber of the
1892. 90
Contract SS-For piastering of the exterior W ais
etc. or the northeast and northwest wings Bids will
be received for each wing separately or for both
To be completed by May 81. 1892.
contract 34-For repairs in tn Office OF the City
and County Assessor. 70 be completed by March
81, 1892.
Contract 35-For certain work in the northeast
wing and the finishing of the basement and sub
basement thereof and other works adjacent. To be
completed by June 80. 1892.
Contract 36-For finishing the exterior of the
OF principal baluS,rade aud other work: also for
building masonry, steel and other supports etc To
be completed by April 80, 1892.
Contract 37-For supplying and putting in praoe
furniture and fittings etc, in the new rooms Of the
March 81. 1892 ~
Contract Ss-For supplying 1000 barrels OF ce-
ment before March 81, 1892 according to speeifca-
lions. ~ " -
Reference Is hereby made to the plans specIhca-
lions and conditions OF contract In the office OF the
secretary and Architect under which this work
must be done. The Secretary will furnish blank
forms OF proposals to intending bidders No bids
WIZ be entertained unless made upon blanks SO fur
nished. All bids must be accompanied with Ger
tined check for 10 per cent of the sum OF ten
DER The board reserves the right to reject anv ana
All oius Payments Will be made by audited de-
m anas on the treasury drawn against the New CITY
Hail Fund Bidders must strictly comply with the
proposals In reference to certified checks
GEORGE II. SANDERSoN THOMAS ]. L.
SMILEY LEY JOHN II. BURST, Board OF New City
Hall Comm issioners.
EDWARD 1. WOLFE. Secretary. dell BOT
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RESTING In THE MORGUE.
Three Cases Awaiting the Necessary E1
In.

Three Cases Awaiting the Necessary Ex-
aminaIions-
Three bodies were taken to the Morgue
yesterday before being consigned to their last
resting place. The first was Daniel Leary,
whose body was taken from the City and
County Hospital early in the morning The
deceased was picked up by Policeman
Hayes on Polk street on the oath inst,
being intoxicated at the time. lie was sent
to the Home for Inebriates, and from there
taken to the hospital. He died at 5 o'clock
yesterday morning of apoplexy. The
former residence OF the deceased was 537
Sacramento street. He was a carpenter by
trade and 90 years of age. He leaves a
widow and family.
The second case was that of Charles Shaw,
who was found dead in bed at the Coso
House. All Sansome street, at noen yester-
day. The cause of his death was con-
sumption.
The third was that of John Delaney. a
l0ngshoreman. native of Ireland. 55 years
of age, who week or so ago, fell into the
hold of a vessel and seriously injured him
self He was removed to st. Mary's
Hospital, where he died at 10 o'clock Satur-
day night from a fracture Of the curvical
yertabIp
The morning call., 1891-12-28
FOOTBALL MATCH.

Olympic Club VS.. Los Angeles Athletic
Club on New Years Day.
Arrangements have been made for foot
ball game to take place at Central Park
between team from the Olympic Club and
one from the Los Angeles Athletic Club on
New Years day. The Olympic team is
composed entirely of players from the San
Francisco Football team, which defeated
all competitors last winter, but as most of
the members Of the latter club are also mem
bers Of the Olympic Club it has been de-
cided to play under their name and colors
this season.
The Olympics win line up as follows:
Right end, Morse; right tackle, Meighling;
right guard, O'Sulliyan; center rush, Tay-
Tor; left guard. Howard; left tackle, Har-
rison; left end. Sherrard quarter back,
Pugh: right half, Tobin; left half, Porter !;
full back Ricketts,
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licans, says the Democratic organ, must face
the tariff issue. Nothing would give Repub-
licans greater pleasure than to face the
tariff issue But the trouble is TO find an
opponent. The Democratic party appears
to be only opposed 10 the present tariff in
srots. 1t proposes to reduce the duties on
certain articles and to take the duty off
sother articles, but does not seem inclined to
frame bill to offer the country as an alter
native of the present tariff. The men In
the party who are not afraid are denomi-
The morning call., 1891-12-28
A VALUABLE COLT,
The Last STEAMBOAT Minnehaha Colt
Dead.

The Last Stamboul Minnehaha Colt
Dead.
Word reached this city yesterday from
Rosemeade that the yearling colt by SIAM
boul, out of Minnehaha, died yesterday
morning, says the Los Angeles Herald of
Friday. This piece of news will be read
with regret by every horseman in America.
The colt gave promise of being the best son
OF Minnehaha. the greatest broodmare in all
America. He was a symmetrical and hand
some appearing youngster. like all his dis
tinguished brothers. Mr.. Rose recently sold
this aristocraticaly bred youngster for
slO.O0o. Ii the writer is not in error $1,000
was paid as a deposit, the balance tn he naid
on tine delivery of the colt Mr. Rose has
the sympathy Of every breeder in his loss.
brother of this colt sold for S26, 600, which
was the highest price ever paid for two
The morning call., 1891-12-28
WEATHER REPORT.
DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE, !
WEATHER BUREAU.
81 EpANL.Is.-n lecanl her u. 1901.

VI p
san FRAN CIslo, December 27, 1871
Weather Conditions and General Forecast.
Rains and high winds are realized over the entire
Pacific SLOPE from the severe storm that was north
Of western Washington last evening, and there re-
mains a trough Of low pressure over the Northern
States and tie interior sufficient intensity to
give scattering light showers or SHOWS to the entire
slope. Includfu- southern California.
The rh pressure area was forced southwark by
the intensity OF the storm and has recurved TO the
westward, ana now covers the middle and south
California coasts. This position IS favorable to
rains ia Svathern California. aud clearing and
cooler brisk westerly winds from Northern Calffor-
ma Eor-hR.rd. The wind attained velocity of
50 miles per hour at Fort Candy, Spokane and
.keelcr to-day go miles ut Winnemucca IS at Car
sou cry. 81 al 81 crameuio and 81 at san Fran
cisco. ihe prevailing direction being from the south
west
The rains or SHOWS tmelted) OF the past twenty
four hours as follows: Olympia 81 of inch,
FurI Caasy o. -. Portland O. So. Splkan 0.i4.
Baker CITY Olt. Eoseburg I.4s Red Bluff US2,
S.cr7meuto O.5i. San Francisco 90, Fresno o.1S
kre}er O04, san Dlago a sprinkle, Carson O.04.
M!unemucca o.22 ana Salt Lake light snowfall
Inc temperature shows general rise III Caitfor-
ma Nevada, Utah. Arizona and the east portions OF
Washington Tut a fan OF from 3 to 10 degrees oc-
. curing in West Washington ana West Oregon. The
highest temperature to-day ranged from SO to As I'm
W2shiuCt0 "a and Oregon. ~ 10 81 IN ortheTn Cali
faruia IS 90 in Southern California, as to 5S lit
Nevada go to 81 in Southern Arizona and Is in
Northern U:ah
Force st TIL p. NJ. Monday.
For Northern California - Light scattering
showers followed by fair and cooler weather;
winds becoming aorthwester'y.
For Southern Californta-Elin in west and north
p1rlio7G. eastery winds backing TO cooler westerly.
For Oregon aud Washngt ou-Scatterins rains
SHOWS; clearing south to west winds stationary;
Temperature and fogs in west portions; cooler in
g. 5. IlTtiJss.
I5r J-ah--It-ht SHOWS: cooler.
KOBEar L. KERKAa Chief OF Division.
The morning call., 1891-12-28
IMPROVEMENT CLUBS.
Promised Extension of the Castro Street
Cable.

-
Cable.
At the meeting of the Buena Vista Im-
provement Club Saturday night it was de-
cided to petition the Board of Supervisors
10 change the grade Of Market street, west
of Valencia. A district will be formed to
pay the charges If all damages resulting
from lowering Of the grade win be met by
the city. Committees were appointed to
take steps toward securing the seweriug
and grading of Church street, from Ridley
TO Hermann.
AT the meeting of the South San Fran
cisco improvement Club Saturday night it
was reported that the establishing of grades
on Seventh avenue south had been decided
upon. Work has been commenced on the
sewering, grading and matchmaking of
Diamond street, from Twen;y-sixth south,
for distance Of nine blocks. The club has
been promised that The Castro-street cable
line viii be extended out through the dis
triet when it is sufficiently improved.
William Van Housen has been appointed
Chairman of the SeventeeDth-street Extern
sion Commission, which has charge of the
extending of that thOroughfare from Doug
lass to Stanyan streets.
The morning call., 1891-12-28
arcTIoN SALES TODAY.

rrp~iTru:--Ry F 5. spear & Co, at 74l-745
Market ST.. at 10 O'clock.
fUI>IarI sF-Iiy N. J. Simmons, at 1852 Market
ST., ar Il clock
- IuuN1rt-RE--By Geo. +. Lamson, at z6l4 Bry
ave. at Il O'Clock.
IIrNITL rF--By G. n LeutholtZ y Co. at III
N.sS.-I St 1t , clock.
The morning call., 1891-12-28

81 Montgomery street, near Clay, open until IL
.o-locl p. n. BRANCH OFFICES: 40 Market
street near hearny, open until II o'clock midnight;
"a Hayes street, open until $50 O'clock; 6O3
I.arkin street open untll 80 O'CLOCK % S Mission
street, open until o'clock p. NJ; and Il6 Ninth
street. clea until g 30 p. NJ
The morning call., 1891-12-28
GnH e#nraS@s
NOTIC5I

A'.y Of our patrons loho fail to fad THE
NORN{NG CALL for sale Jy traiR-boys
sfl coJg6' faror By notifying tbs Qttce or
iLtJGct, naming the date and rain.
The morning call., 1891-12-28
THE DAILY MORNING GAIL
= = L

New York. .BGENTANo BROS, Union Square
Chicago. ....... News Stand Palmer House
Ngv. orleans .,,....... G ALLOT n ,T0UBERT,
ll5Ia Common st.
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MUST FACE THE TARIFF ISSUE.

party on the fact that the so-called ''bloody-
shirt" issue Cannot be revived. Tue Repub-
The morning call., 1891-12-28

HooD's sarsaparilla. the most popular and sue
cessfui blood purifier before the public. is pre-
pared only by c. 1. Hood & Co.. Apothecaries,
Lowell, Mass and is sold by all druggists.
The morning call., 1891-12-28
MRS. WinsIow.s Soothing srrunr

Has been used fifty years by millions OF moth
eTs for their children while teethng with perfect
success. II sOothes the child. softens the gums al
lays pain cures wind collie regulates the bowels and
Is the best remedy for diarrhea whether arising
from teething other causes. For sale by dru,
gists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask
Tor Mrs. NinsIow's Soothing Syrup. Twenty-Five
eentsa bottle.