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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-09-01
Example In Tariff Taxes An Actual
Transaction Under the McKin.
ley Law.

ley Law.
An example is always bet
ter than an argument. Here
is one:
81 received a shipment this
week from Manchester con-
tanning a number of cases of
dress goods. .mostlyall wool,
9nd some warp dress goods.
Entered value, $2, ,631; pack.
ing Is accountable for $19 of
this, the value. $2,612. I
[p,ai i d $2,621 .O5 duty. OF
course the consumers, tn Q
public at large, will eventual
ly pay this"
Let us study this concrete
example for a moment.
First. Wesee that t cloth and
dress goods of the value OF
$2,612 cost the importer $5-
233 ,O5, which sum he must
get back from the consumers
OF the goods with his profits
upon the transaction. -
Second. The goodsimport4
ed are among the necess;,ries
in our country and climates,
and not the mere luxnries of
those who are rich orextrav-
aYant.
| Third. The farmer or tho
laborer buys these goods for
his wife and children,. and ha-
lieves when he puts down on
the store counter a dollar OF
llls,earliings that he is get
ting a dollars worth ofgoods
when, in TACT, he is paying
more than one hall the mon
eY fo: the tilx. and profits Of
the tax for the several mid
d;er,pn that havn secrntlv
wr,,pped mn in tha ,y,,nJs
Fourth, These yonds aro.
alsl5 ,ecaely nnde IN in 'thss
country Thev w,s,,ld not hs
|i.nporIed n,Ipss nv ,,,,,I,,
be Sold here for cny ~ !, !, !
and y fnir nrf,f, ! l,m MN NJ
cent for tbs inv wa ,nia ,,,,,,, -
them for the COST aa ana ~ 2 sa;.
nrnf;t On Il Tbo @ to,;e " +ar "s.'
which tha ,o ~ ~, -,
with them h.fora 4 aiinas. i
them tn r,,ss ;nte tio ''.'T0 :, ~,
ing of II the rs neonla % thss i 49,, ,,,,,,,
than donhIes fho;,. s n.,st,. ~
at the same time ;ncreasos Shu i -.
a like amnnnt ~ ',,,.;oaa, I HI (,
which similar bni,,a bp',Ge y ! ~
goods can ba saIa ~ tha - g
nle- This "a tba y, -, -, ous o,, XIX, III.
which Il ;s lav;adp "' f,oso - sN''s III
Fifth Th, Iah. : loost "a.
prnd,,cinr tisasa M ~ .r,,nds s,', I, t,,;a 11
eonntIv e n,ors l,o 81 ! = Or 'a.,y ,a....,
cent o1eatar than tha - I, XIX. p',
cost II Manchaster ana Ma
- =. ".usieii0oL0i, ullu DuCs
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-09-01
Ed M. Madron,
DENTAL-SURGEON,

Roscoe. North Carolina.
! Offers his professional services
TO the people of this and adioin
ing counties. All work promptly
lone and satisfaction guaran
feed. sw
Oct, 81, 3 mo.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-09-01

For aalp. 900 acrpsof land.
on Rich Meurtain. Watauga'
tonnty. pn whichix 4 asbestOs,
and fine land forshaAnrahch.
Sales nrivate. i. y. lowe &
7 IT, FurdRrson, Ex'trs snf
Mrs A P Galloway deed.
Banner Elk. Nov. u '90..
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-09-01

on the success Of the republi-
can party. Senator Quay
started the cry, Of "no; mon
ey" hoping thereby to de-
tract public attention from
the corrupt use of money by
the republican National con-
mittee of which he was then
chairman, and Mr.. HarYi-
sons lackeys, who are this
year running that committee
have started it again for the
Esame purpose. Let the fact
not be lost sight OF by Any
democrat that il money law
|ishly spent will carry the
country, the republicans will
always win,. as that party
has always legislated in the
Interest of the. monied men,
Nnd corporations OF the Uni
ted States.
Representative Fl dimes, who
has been sick ever since the
Adjournment of Congress, lis
a little Better, and hopes to
be able to go to India in a
few days. Over-work during
the session and just after
wards is what broke h i'm
4 down.
There is IA very decided diff
ference OF opinion among the
1 democrats here as to the N is
dom of the national commit
tee in deciding to open a
branch headquarters at Chi
cago. OF course they will sin
! cerely wish for good results
from the innovation, but ma
ny express the fear that they
may not come.
1 The Navy. department. may
find itself the centre OF an Ell
ormons scandal If it does not
satisfactorily explains wh.y
the style OF steel "a r m @ r
plates now being furnished
by the Bethlehem iron works
and the Carnegie concern was
changed in a way to save the
4cOntractors. several hundred
thousand dollars without a
corresponding reduction be-
ing made in the price paid the
contractors. 1t is charged
TINT the change was made at
Carnegie's request, and ex-
perts say that it largely de-
tel.iates the defensive quail
ties OF the armor. 'The act
ing secretarNof the Navy at
tempts to explain it by say
ing that the style of armor
called for by the original
specification could. not be
made in this country. That
fact WAS very well known
when thecontracts were made
but the contractors agreed
to putin plants to make it,
This they have not done. a
better explanation will have
Ito be given or Congress will
have to investigate. 1t is
probable that d considerable
portion OF the Illegal profits
of this change has already
lfoundits way into the treas
ury Of the national republi-
Gun committee.
|: u -.
Weave<'s Hank.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-09-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

gives lndlcatlons OF having
i'm attack Of "Jingois H." No
one is surprised. the attack
has been expected ever since
he entered the cabinet. 1t is
part and parcel oftheschene
fo get u p a foreign war
scare as a bid fol. votes for
Harrison and Reid. The or.
~ difficulty has been in find
ing a weak country that
would give the administra-
tior a chance to bully it I'm
til after election. Il Turk e v
which is certainly weak en-.
ongh to be bullied by any
government, is the victim Sc
ltcted, the special occasion
being the recent burning Of
the house of DR.. Bartlett, an
American Missionary In Asia
minor. Secretary Foster ad-
mits that similar troables
have occurred before in the
donnnions Of the Sultan, but
a national campaign being
now, pending, he. proceeds to.
fisuratiyely chew soap, in or
der to- foam at, the mouth
while he informs the vide,
eyed newspaper men, who Wis
it the Department Of State.
in his heaviest tragedy voice
that 81 have cabled a de-
mand for indemnity and for
the punishment Of the guilty
parties, and the q. s.. cruiser
NewarksAnd Bennington will
be ordered to. Turkish wa
ters to support this demand.
which this government pro-
poses to enforce at all haz-
Yards. No fears need be en-
tertained of a war with the
sublime Secretary, Fosters
demand is like that made by
Rudini, the Italian premier,
upon this government Just ri.
ter the New Orleans massa-
cre- intended solely for home
consumption and effect.
The acting Attorney Gener
al has declined to give an of
feial construction of. the new
eight honr law, which the ac-
ting sscratnry of the treasu-
.ry requested, on the. ground
THAT he cannot legally do so
until the question comes be
lore him in connection with
theadministration Of the law.
There is lots Of politics in
that eight hour law, or rath-
er inthe econstruction which
the legal officials of. the gov.
ernment may he pleased, to-
put upon it, which accounts
for the refusal of the tempo.
raly head OF the Department
1f Justice tn give an official
pinfcn on tbesnbiect at this
time. The presidential cleo
tiOn is too near athand, and
the 3. Q. p. has already, lost
too many votes to take any
more changes
The republicans are rails
sr<s &3,o rr.y, Ur .x1 >,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-09-01

government only, a full legal
tender for all debts, pnblic
and private, and without ban
king corporations; a just,
equitable and efficient means
OF distribution direct to the
people, ata taxnotto exceed
2 per cent per annum, etc. ,
[Applause]. Now myfriends
we are all interested in this
vital currency question and
Iit,ia too serious a business to
admit OF quibbling, Of soph-
istries or mistakes. We can
not afford to deceive our
selves in so vital "a matter.
What. does this Il e m II n d
mean? Ii ! nm capable of un-
derst anding the English Ian
gunge. it means there shall
be no banks in this country,
except the one gigantic. col,
ossal conscern called the Uni
ted States government.
J Have YOU thought serious
ly of the scope and immensi-
ty of that demand? Who is
to he the, leader of this mon
ey? The Federal government,
Who are TO .sbe theacustom-
ers? Sixty-fve millions o t
people. at least ten millions
of whom would beborrOwers.
Who are to be the manag-
ers of this prodigious, cyclu-
Dean bankinges ablishment?
Not men who have any mo-
ny or property or financial
interst staked upon tissue.
cess; but hirelings, govern
ment employees and favor
ties Or pets o. the political
pai ty which for the time hap
pens to control the govern
ment. How many Of these
EMPLOYEES will there be. Let
those who nre good at fig
ures make their own calcnla-
tions. How many banks,
banking associations, trust
companies. brokers, and pri-
vate money lenders are there
in the United States at I. h e
present time? These must all
close. their Offices, for the gov
ernment lending money at 2
per cent, all other lenders
must go out of business. Cal
cnlate if you can the number
Of this proposed army ofgov
eminent money counters. Ev
cry one OF these regularly or
ganized banks, trying to cur
tail lexpenses, has, as a rule,
president, q vice-president, a
cashier, d teller, bookeepers,
clerks; collectors, directors,
etc. ALI this vast aud com
plicated machinery, now run
BY a hundred thousand ofthe
most capable. men On the con
tinent, is to be transmitted,
by,a vote OF Congress. into
one leyiathan governmental
banking blishment. Thn
army that followed Lee in
the Wilderness or Grant at
Chickamauga, would be moth.
ing as compared to it. Arid
when our third party friends
se,nre that other delhanl,.
the control BY the gove,l.
ment of-alt rail roads, d n d
steam boats and canal boats
and telegraph linpa, you mus.
ter a horde, eclipsing in num-
Der the legions which follow
ed the eagles oi Rome when
she became mistress OF t he
world
The Leaksville Gazette says
thnt she Third r,actv ~ ;+s
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-09-01
j. +. MORPIIEW,
ATTORNEYA7 Law.
.MAkION, ,...------------ IN.
-(o)-

Will practice in the courts of
Watauga. Ashe, Mitchell, Mellow
III and all other counties in the
xestepn district eS Special atten
tion given to the collection of
claims. -
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-09-01
WeaveI's Bitterness.

|
Congressional Record of Ju-
ly II, 1883, OF the first ses-
sion of the 50th Congress.
Hesaid at Alba, Iowa, on Ju
ly 18th. 1866.
IL want to- congratulate
you first, fellow citizens, on
the suppression of a purely
democratic rebellion, gotten
nn by democrats for the dem
ocratlc purpose of dissever-
ing this union and perpetual
ly establishing human sln-
very, Nov and forever it is
est ab!ished. as an 9 ter |
truth that the democracy in
no place ~ state can ever be
trusted with government. AS
"a party they should dis
band, lust us a section OF it
did at Apponattox."
He said at Centreville in
1867:
Again has the democratic
party of Iowa spoken. Why
sir, | am astonished beyond
measure that a party with a
record so utterly vile a n d
wrctched and wicked should
be SO lost to all shame and
decency as to make anappear
ance before the loyal people
Of Iowa"
",They should be trampled
in the wilderness Of oblivion
and .rever more return
4Hn said in a joint debate
with Col. II. H.. TrimbIe, at
Bloomfield on Sept. 4, 1868:
Here we have the old fight
over again. The Confederatp
democracy north 8nd south,
in which the famous copper.
head divislon Of Iowa ap-
pears, are again contesting
with grant for the safety OF
the Uuion. AS at Donelson;
he proposes to move on their
works at once. and there is
no escape for this rank trai-
tOrons horde. except in an
other surrender. Charge on
them, fellow republicans, and
spare not one, not even atlep
fnty road supervisor, from to
tai political aanihila tion." !,
4 He said in Bloomfield or
Sep. 26. 80:
"What is the use of further
arraigning t h e democracy
with all hoary crimes ut the.
bar of public opinion? We
know that it's acts comprise
murder. treason, fraud, per-
Jury and all crimes possible
for an organization tc con-
nive at. 1t would be a mer-
cy to put it's record a million
miles deep in the pit that is
mentioned in; Holy Writ; and
| may add that if a. lar q e
q n d distinguished assort-.
ment OF it's alleged statesmen,
were sent along it would be
onlNcommon Justice.
sHe said at Keokuk. Sep.
I16, 1871:
), The record of the republi-
can party appeals to the can.
did Judgment of all mem his
nnimpeachable, save, per
bans, that it was too lenientH
with the leading democratic.
aspirants. The s a m e old
gang save those who were
shot or hung, are again con-
spiring totget possession of
the government next yeslf.
Woe to osthemg for the loyal!
hosts will crush them forever.
|nnd forever cut off all ,,ossi-
bic danger Of such a Iliisfor.
tune to our common coun-
try.
He said at 0kaIoosa, Sep.
%, 1872:
No Yepuhliran IN +, 8 uo,. !, !,
Iron County register., 1892-03-24
Georges Reply to the Pope.

1t is hard to say which portions OF
this work are the most valuable. Each
reader will find for himself those points
which appeal most to him. Naturally
we are charmed with the way in which
George, taking up the dry subject OF
finance. transforms it into something
most interesting Our popular preach
ers would start If we asked them to
preach sermon on the National Reve-
nue.. yet Henry George does. He says
mo sooner does the state arise than,
as we all know, it needs revenues This
need for revenues is small at first, while
population is sparse. industry rude, and
the functions of the state few and SIM
pie. But with growth of population
and advance of civilization the func-
tions of the state increase. and larger
revenues are needed. Now, He that
made the world and placed man in it;
He that pre-ordained civilization as the
means whereby man might rise to high
er powers and become more and more
conscious of the works of his Creator,
must have foreseen this increasing need
of state revenues, and have made pro-
vision for it. See how, with
the growth of such cities, the one thing
that steadily increases in value is land;
how the opening of roads, the building
of railways, the making of any public
improvement adds to the value of land.
Is it not clear that here is a natural
law-that is to say, tendency willed
by the Creator? Can it mean anything
else than that He who ordained the
state with it's needs has in the value
which attaches to land provided the
means to meet those needs. London
Financial Reformer.
Iron County register., 1892-03-24
The Pictorial Steed.

"Realism grows apace." said promi-
nent artist the other day, land the
conventional ideals are being bowled
over by it in the most distressing fash
ion. The principal one of these is the
pictorial horse of our childhood-the
long, lean, fiery courser, who scours
the desert, the plain, or the race-track
with outstretched neck and a stretch of
limb extending over some forty feet
They don't do him any more. Wheu
Muy bridge got to work with that little
snapshot camera of his he knocked the
pictorial horse of tradition into a
cooked hat, and the artist of to-day is
doing the rampant steed on strictly sci
entific principles. The result is aston
ishing. and it will be some time before
the eve of the ordinary picture-lover
will be educated up to it. One of the
leading American painters of horses
has just completed n picture of the last
Suburban finish. with the action of the
racers taken from the Muy bridge pho
tos. The animals are in the most gro
tesque positions, and look as if they
We're indulging in a series of equine
epileptic fits instead of bursting rec.
or(s N. y. Commercial Advertiser.
Iron County register., 1892-03-24
PiTH AND POINT.

-Tom-"Know Wilson," Jack
"Yes." Tom-"very well?" Jack
Eyes. Fifty dollars
Having fun is like buying catfish;
after you have cut the head off there is
not much left.-Atchison Globe.
The man who is in 1.-THE hands of
his friends" is liable to take fall at
any moment.-Milwauke Journal
Your friend will always be pleased
to learn that you are getting on nicely
just so long as you are not getting
ahead of him. News.
The married man who interrupts
while his wife is giving him curtain
lecture only delays the time of his go
ing to osleep.-Somerville journal.
If a mans wife caught him kissing
his typewriter it could hardly be
Typographical error. but it would cer-
certainly be a misprint and would be
promptly corrected.-N. o. Delta.
Poor man." said the sympathetic
young woman; 81 suppose you are not
equal to hard work" Equal to hard
work?" responded Mr.. Weary Watkins,
II am superior to it. ."-Indianapolis
Journal.
II never withhold anything from
my wife tell her every night all that
have done during the day" And do you
tell every day what You have done dur
ing the pight?' well, that's differ
ent. IN. Y. Sun.
Where the Profit Came In.-Mrs.
Trotter-"How much did you pay for
that cigar" Mr.. Trotter-''Ten cents,
my dear Mrs. Trotter-''Rather a
profitable investment-conside that
the cigar itself has about twenty
scents. IN. Y. Herald.
"A Disappointed Man.-Customer-
'You cheated me in those apples. 1
have made inquiries and discovered the
fact" Dealer lin a hurt tone)-"And
yet you. said you would have perfect
trust in me. How disappointed l am in
you."-Yankee Blade.
you know, Dorothy, these bis
cults of yours" he began, as he reached
across the breakfast table and helped
himself to the seventh. 'Yes?' said
his wife. with a weary, feeble smile.
"Ah! they're nothing like mothers. :"
Mop" And the smile was gone. mo.
Not bit. You see, mothers were
heavy and gave me dyspepsia, while
yours are as light as a feather, and
can eat about-why, what's the matter.
Dorothy?" She had fainted.-Kate
Fields Washington.
Iron County register., 1892-03-24
SELLING MONEY.
why the People in the Car Looked
Sheepish.

Why the People in the Car Looked
Sheepish.
He was spruce-looking young fellow
with some jewelry display, unquiet
clothes, and polka dot shirt, but he
had money, as fifty-dollar bill in his
hand testified. He looked up and down
the car a minute and then started down
the aisle.
81 say, my friend" he remarked to a
well-to-do farmer, "I need some change
badly, and if you will give me forty
five dollars for this fftydollar bill it
will be an accommodation to me-"
The farmer didn't more than look up
when he shook his head and said he was
short of change.
''All right" chirruped the young one
and passed on to a man who was un-
mistakably city broker.
Can you give me fortyfive dollars in
change for this fifty dollars?" he asked.
sticking bill out at him.
The broker glanced at it minute
and was sorry he couldn't accommo-
date him.
He smiled pleasantly and went on to
a smart young drummer from New York
apparently.
eff you've got forty dollars in change
and will let me have it for this fifty
dollars, it's yours he said laying it
down before the drummer.
The travelling man looked up with a
sly wink.
Come off. Gully" he said familiarly.
81 guess you're not onto my curves.
Suppose you try that hayseed in the
other end of the car
The man with the fifty only smiled
and went on to the next man, to whom
he offered it for thirty-fve dollars, and
then to the next at thirty dollars and
to the next at twenty-five dollars, in
each instance meeting with refusal to
negotiate. Then he made general Of
fer to anybody in the car to sell that
fifty dollar bill for twenty dollars in
change, and then he dropped to ten dol
lars, but still no takers.
There is no telling what he would
have offered it at if the train boy hadn't
come along just in the nick of time.
Here, boy" he said to him. 81 want
two dollars, worth of novels if you can
charge this fifty-dollar BILL
The boy took it. examined it briefly,
and remarked: Cert, mister. Wait till
go git it changed"
In five minutes he returned with a
handful of fives, tens, ones and twos,
took out his two dollars for the novels
and the spruce young fellow, with
broad grin at verybody in sight, sat
down to read and think. And all the
others thought, too.-Detroit Free
Press
Iron County register., 1892-03-24

s'Speal1. he screamed, will you take
the oath?''
A thousand thoughts whirled through
Arundel's brain.
No, not even to nadman would he
perjure himself
Your life hangs on your answers!
Speak, Damiens roared, as he stood
lines in 'land tagging the mouths of the
fretful slorses.
To the right of him was the steep de-
clivity of the bank; to the left, the
river more than mile wide, and now a
plain of snow and ice, peaks of ice,
rough and ragged as when the mighty
stream wish grinding fury piled them
in the fall.
Towards this road to certain death
Damiens had turned the heads of the
plunging horses.
''Will you not speak?" he Kissed.
''Then God have mercy on your soul!'
His whip was poised in the air for a
moment, and the next he brought it
down on the fanks of the infuriated
animals.
Thrice the cruel blows fell.
Then, with the shrek of q maniac, he
flung the reins across their backs.
Even above the roar of the storm and
the crash of the cutter against the
blocks of ice, George Arundel could
hear his wild peals of laughter.
Iron County register., 1892-03-24
CHAPTER XII.
WHAT THE CHILDREN SAW.

Wanda rose early. There was not
much inducement to do SO at this un-
pleasant season; but the riverside folks
were early risers, beginning the days
business at an hour when city people
were enjoying their best sleep, and she
had fallen into their ways.
So, by seven o'clock, the greasy beef
steak and muddy coffee had been dis
posed of, and Mr.. Dolman, who always
conducted divine service in his family
in a way peculiarly his own, had in
formed the Almighty with revolving
familiarity where He should extend His
blessings that day, and she was ready
for the usual routine of duty.
1t was not quite light enough to read,
and the Dolmans were parsinonious as
regarded lamps, SO she essayed to amuse
herself by watching a crowd of urchins
playing in the street There was net
much real daylight yet, but the storm
was over, and the deep snow lay white
and unhurried on the sidewalk.
Presently she noticed that the chill
dren stopped their play and gathered