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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-08-11
AvERK SICK PATIENT.

Cholera in Europe. yellow fe-
YER at Vera Cruz and the
plague in Persia do not fur
nish Il pleasant outlook. We
hope none of these very de-
structive diseases will reach
any portion of our country.
There are just now a multi
tude OF political diseases af-
flicting the people of this ia
vored laad to worry, make
anXi ions s and widespread
trouble without a visitation
of physical diseases other
than those now located in the
land proving around seek
ing whom they may destroy.
Between the chronic attack
OF the pension purge ( t h q
cholera), and the Consuming
Fever Of taxation caused by,
the high protective tariff for.
the benefit of Monopoly and
Money Bags, levied by the re
|publicans Ga severe and pro-
1onged attack Of pecuniary
yellow. Jack), and the awful
Plague of Consolidation and.
Ushrpation, as manifestedsin
the trend to. q Strong Gov
ernmentin the republican and
third parties tsee the start.
ling proposition to own all.
transportations by the a |
ready dominating, aggress-.
i've Federal Government },
worse than Persian plague.
Uncle Sam is having Il hard.
time of it, and il the republi-'
cans! continuein Office, thanks
to the help of the third par
ty, and the more than twelve.
thousand 1nillien d O ar s
which it will take to buy all:
of the railroads, hmboats!
ETC.. proposed by, third party
cranks, he will fare very
much worse, and will literal
ly die Of. drastic purgation,
1t will require skillful doctor
ing and heroic treatn to
prevent a financial collapse.
Ii the republican quacks are
to be retained and their nos
trums are to be farther ad-
ministe red the patient will
die inevitably. If the third
party charlataus who have
no experience in practical fl
nance and scarcely any knowl
edge Of empiricism enlnlch
less Of true monetary econo-
mics, are to physic the vic
tim and patient, he is a gone
COON He will never survive
the bleeding of a Sub b-Treasu-
ry scheme. and the hlood-let-.
ting of twelve thousand mill
ion dollar debt for Govern
mental ownership Of r a ii
roads, etc. which is a sum
four times the war debt in
1865, not yet all paid by a
great deal.
The only chance topreyent
a financial collapse, complete.
and irremidab.e, Of Y nc .
Sam lwhose Golfers are nov
empty) will be q chnnge ri
doctors. Let DR.. Cleveland
take, charge, and by t h e
help of democratic practi-
TONERS in the next Congress,
he will save the unhappy and
now rapidly sinking patient.
Without a change there will,
be a death and burial. - WH
niiDgton Messenger.
Observer: T h e Chicago
fair is to have the distinction
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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-08-11
The Fifth Sunday Union Meeting.

The fifth Sunday union mee-
ting of Three Fork Associa-
ton met with Cool Springs
Church, Friday at Il O'Clock.
The Introductory sermon was
preached by Elder Geo. Triv-
EFT from John 10-1a.
After the sermon adjourn
ed until ], p. m.
Re-assembled atthe appoin
ted hour and the house was
called TO order by G.. s. Far
thing, the former moderator.
Prayer by DC. Harman, and
then went into permanent or
G. IN zation. Elected e. s.
Farthing moderator and ia
cob Younce clerk.
On motion appointedJ. w.
Payne and w. F. Knight,
with the deacons Of Cool
Springs CHURCH, a committee
ON religious exercises. On mo
ton adopted the program as
prepared by the COMMITTEES,
and discuss the same in their
order.
/. Do Baptist take tkein-
terast in reading Gods Word
that they should, ifnot, how
can they be best induced SO
to do? Subject opened by
John Crisp, and followed by
E. H. pougherty and othecs.
2. What is the duty of min-
listers OF the gospel with refer
ence to the popular vices. Sub
ject opened by f. j.. Norris,
and followed by John Crisp
and others.
The committee on religious
exercises report tonight j. p
F. Eiler tomorrow at III o.
clock j. H. Farthing motion
to adjourn until 9 O'Clock to
morrow morning. Met again
ut night and heard "A sermon
from j. F. Eller. Morning
session met pursuant to adj
;,unrmeut. Devotional exe.-
cises conducted by John Crisp
On motion appointed Il. f.
Jones, A. G.. Farthing and j.
+. Eller Il committee to ar
range program for next Un-
ion Meeting of the Three
Forks Association.
Called for, 3rd. question.
The perils Of the c h3urc
Speeches by J Ii. Farthlng
and others.
Time arrived for the eleven
o'clock sermon, the same was
preached by j. H. Farthiug.
On motion adjourned until
l, p. m. /:
Reassembled pursuan. to al
journment. Called for sixth
question. Do the Scriptures
teach that foot-washing is !.
christian duty to be performs
ed in the church assembled, Ii
not, why? Subject discussed
by j. F. E.ler and others.
Committee on religious ex7
ercises report, tonight John
Crisp, Sunday at II, D. G,
Hartman to be followed by E.
f. Jones.
The committee on time and
place for next Union Meeting
report, the same to be held
with Union Church on Cove
Creek to begin on Friday be-
| fore 9Th Sunday in Oct, '92.
Elder d. C.rHar~lan to prea h
1.-THE introdueto. y sermon.
Motion toaadjourn until s.
fo'clock Sunday. Met at the
Eappointed hour and engaged
LIMA Sunday School m a s 3.
Injecting. Moved tlien to a
Igrove near by. and beRrd .
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-08-11
THE FORCE BILL.
Courier Journal.

Courier Journal.
The disposition manifested
BY the republican organs 70
get away from the Force bill
issue, or.to pooh-h -hooh it, is
an indication of too much
significance to be ignored.
The majority of the republi
cans were too much devoted
to the Force bill to be will
ling to leave it out of their
platform. IN framing itthey'
exercised their usual duplici-
ty, pretending that free ana
fair elections were what they,
desired, and urging legisla-
tion to that end. That was
precisely the reason t h e Y
gave for passing the Force
bill through the House and.
trying to put it through the
Senate. Though the Force
bill is not by name mention
ed in the platform, it is un-
derstood to be meant by ev-
cry republican. The plank wis.
framed in the hope that it's
meaning might be softened
down in the South, but this.
will not be possible.
The record OF the rephbli-
can party for the past four
years leaves no doubt of it's
intentions upon this subject.
Mr.. Harrison, it's candidate
for the presidency, has. been
insistant, in and out of sea
son, in pressing the passage
of such a bill. The New York
Tribune. the leading organ
Of the party, ofwhi.h it's can
didacy for the Vice Presiden-
cy, is editor, rebuked repnbli,
cans for giving more atten-
tion to the tariff than t n g
Force bill, saying that the
passage Of the latter would
make possible the enactment
of a hundred tariff bills. With
the Force bill a law, the re-
publican party would feel
that il was supreme, that it
was no longer responsible to
the people. The result OF cleo
Itions would be determined by
the wishes of the machine.
The country would be gov.
erned from Washington, and
the result of the elections
would be declared as h q Il
previously been determined
by a junta sitting at the Fed
eral capital.
This year the republicans
have to fight over a vast ex-
tent OF territory. The revolt.
OF the northwest two years
ago il a fa.t Of sinister. aiigu-
ry for the coming. election.
More than ever they feel the
need OF achieving success in
States heretofore democratic.
The third party furnishes an.
agency which they hope to
utilize for so reducing t h e
democratic vote in Southern
States as to enable them to
capture their electoral votes.
In this way they hope to off
set any losses that may sus-
tain in the North. To t h a t
end they desire that as little
as possible be said Of t h e.
Force bin in the South, It
it is intended for consunp-
tion in Northern s tates 4
where it can be used to feed
sectional prejudice.
They cnnnot be accommo-
dated. The Force bill is a me
nacp ~. sf5 nortanf{,us a ila-|
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1892-08-11
], +. MoRPHEW,
ATTORNEY Al LAW,
MARION, N,------------- N. {

., Will practice in the courts OF
Watauga, Ashe, Mitchell, Mellow
All and all other counties in the
western district saT Special atten
tion given TO the collection of
claims. a
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-16

pieces of statuary, q iuxuriously llItvts
smoking-room, and three sleepingrsaloons
each of which is fitted with a bath.
There is large kitchen, and accommo-
dations for the suite and the servants.
Those who have lost all faith in the
weather forecasts are recommended
to try very simple experiment with a
cup of coffee and lump or two of loaf
sugar. Having dropped the Jumps into
the cup of coffee carefully. watch the air
bubbles that rise to the surface. If they
suddenly rush from the centre to the
side of the cup, be sure that it is going
to rain very hard. If the air bubbles as
semble in the centre and then pass to the
side of the cup in a deliberate way, you
must still be prepared for what the
weather forecasts would call "some
showers" But if the bubbles refuse to
stir from the center of the cup you may
go forth to your labors assured of fine
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-16

Though Gov. Boies of Iowa will go to
the Democratic National convention
with but one state behind him, he will
have that state enthusiastic in his sup
port an advantage which none of the
other dark horses are likely to enjoy.
Illinois will support Palmer but half
heartedly if at all, German will not have
his own state on the first ballot, neither
will Campbell. Boies has also the great
advantage of having carried his own
state at the last election, notwithstand-
ing it is normally Republican. If it was
not for his free silver record we should
say that in the event of the defeat of
Cleveland he would be more likely than
any of the men so far mentioned to get the
nomination. But whether the conven-
ton would dare to run the risk of
nominating so strong and avowed free
silver man as Boies may be doubtful.
If it acted according to its convictions it
would, but Democratic conventions are
much more likely to be governed by
policy than by convictions.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-16
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Queen Natalie of Servia has written a
play, in which the scenes and incidents
are based upon her stormy experience as
wife of King Milan.
The growth of the bicycle habit is in
dictated by the fact that Indiana manu-
facturers alone expect to produce $1,000
new wheels this season.
Queen Regent Christina of Spain has
conferred upon Mrs. E. Burd Grubb, the
wife of the United States minister, the
insignia of the order of Maria Louisa for
noble ladies.
Sara Bernhardt, who has just returned
to France, is enthusiastic over her recent
tour in America. She took with her a
box of American soil, which she says she
prizes highly,
Under the conviction that the plumage
of canaries can be altered in color by
varying the food, DR.. Beddoe thinks that
| the color of human hair must eventually
be influenced by particular diets.
Mrs. J. r. Green, the widow of the
eminent historian, is described as a thin
pale faced woman, with curly auburn
hair, closely cut, large eyes, and a mouth
indicative of great tenacity of purpose
| She suffers from writer's cramp, an af
lection which she contracted by her as
siduity in committing to writing her hus.
bands works as he lay on his deathbed
She sometimes wrote to his dictation fol-
eleven hours day.
The German Emperor imperial train
which has just been completed, cos
e150,000. There are twelve carriages, al
connected together by corridors. The
library saloon is hung with Gobelin'
tapestry from the palace of Charlotten
burg, and the dining-saloon is furnished
and pannelled with oak, while there is
drawing-room furnished entirely in white
satin, and two nursery carriages; a re
ception saloon, which contains severa
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-16

Attorney General Littlefeld has de-
cided that under the new ballot law the
Presidential electors in Maine must all
be nominated in the state conventions,
Hitherto the state convention has nomin
ated two electors at large and the four
district conventions have nominated one
each. Already the Bangor convention
has nominated two at large, so the Port
land convention can add four more.
Chairman Manley has issued a circular
explaining that the new ballot law has
made an important charge in giving the
party convention a legal status, whereas
before it has existed upon the s'basis of
unwritten law Section 8 of the ballot
act accomplishes two very important OBJ
jects, which the state committee circular
explains as follows:
First, it divides the state into estate and cleo
tOral districts" so far as the making of nomir-
atoms is concerned; second, it provides sub
stantialy, that nominating conventions, hither-
to not known to the law, Shall henceforth have
candidates to be voted for by the party voters
of the whole state shall be nominated in con-
vention representing the party voters of the
whole state.
Party candidates to be voted for by the party
within county or an electoral district shall
be nominated in a party convention represent
ing the party voters of such county or "elec-
toral district and proper certificates, under
oath must precede the printing of all names of
candidates upon the official ballot.
1t is this section which works the
change in the long established method OF
nominating Presidential electors. Itcan-
not be said that this change is at all
likely to result in inconvenience, or work
any diminution of the autonomy of the
districts. For the duties of Presi-
dental elector are merely perfunctory,
and the nomination is usually rendered
as compliment to some man of stand
ing who merits well of his party as
sociatcs. In those districts which have
already nominated their electors, the
second and fourth, the state convention
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-16
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The Portland daily press., 1892-05-16

The Arson Advocate declares that it
does not believe that the Democratic
State convention will undertake to COM
nit the party for or against prohibition,
but if it does, it says that nobody will be
bound by it. The Democratic free rum
campaign, which started out so briskly
in the cities some time ago seems likely
to get badly chilled before the convention
meets.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-16

The action of the granite manufacture
ers of this city in closing their works
Saturday, is part of concerted move
ment affecting nearly all the granite man.
ufacturers of New England and about
10000 men. A big battle seems to be be-
gun between labor and capital, and Maine
is interested in it to a considerable ex-
tent.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-16
TIIE PRESS.
MONDAY, MAY Is.

Two of the aldermen of Lawrence have
been indicted by the grand jury for ac-
cepting brides to grant liquor licences.
Yet have been frequently informed
by some of our esteemed contemporaries
that the license system of regulating the
liquor traffic did away with all corrup-
ton.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-16

will undoubtedly ratify those nomin-
ations; and in the other districts the
selection will undoubtedly be left to the
choice of the delegates representing
those districts.
The Portland daily press., 1892-05-16
TO CONTRACTORS.

GEALED proposals will be received by the
- undersigned until Saturday, May 21st,
1892 for furnishing materials and labor, and
erecting house located on the town farm.
New Gloucester, Me. Plans and specifications
can be seen at the office of the selectnlen.
Rights reserved to reject all bids.
New Gloucester, May IL, 1892.
G. w. HATCH Of
T. A. COLLER,) New Gloucester
may12 d6t
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-06

ization as the universal tendency to make
monetary success so complete triumph
as to condone the means by which it is
obtained. When man becomes none
tary power all who seek the same goal are
ready to make his power and wealth their
sole standard. The means of acquiring
property that are injurious to the masses
become vested interest. The abuses
which consolidate wealth in the hands Of
the few are tolerated both by those who
wish the good will of the powers created
by them, and those who desire to copy the
same methods for their own enrichment
The creation of wealth per Sc is not an
evil The multiplication of property
means the increase of comforts for the
whole population. But that this effect
may have its highest benefit the distribu-
ton of wealth must be the widest possible,
and the means by which the few obtain
the greatest share must not be winked at.
And above all it should be remembered
that no multiplication of material benefits
can be any compensation for the loss OF
independence, justice or the active and
intelligent patriotism which leads men to
interest themselves in politics solely for
the public welfare.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-06
JOURNALISM VS. DIPLOMACY,

The question whether editors succeed as
diplomatists being barred by the previous
testimonials as to the success of Messrs
Whitelaw Reid and Charles Emory Smith
at Paris and St Petersburg, the alterna-
tive presents itself of inquiring whether
diplomacy succeeds with the editors.
There certainly seems to be doubt on
this point suggested by the fact that Mr.
Reid Is already at home with the inten-
ton of resigning his post, while Mr.
Charles Emory Smith is expected to re-
sumo his editorial duties about the 1st of
May, leaving our relations with the Gar
to other hands. Mr. Murat Halstead, who
did not go to Berlin owing to offended
Senatorial dignity, can, by studying the ex-
ample of his esteemed contemporaries, con-
sole himself with the reflection that he
was thus saved the trouble of resigning.
There is significance in the fact that while
the President assigned three of the five
first-class missions to prominent editors, the
two who were confirmed have resigned
their diplomatic honors to take up the
editorial oar. Is the editorial position
more grateful and less surrounded with
red tape? Or have these journalistic war
horses smelled the battle of the Presi-
dental campaign afar off, and found that
they could not remain contented in Europe
while the fray is on?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-06
will learn that there is one power he
should never have dared to defy and that
is the great American newspaper.
RUssIA,s .GENTLEMEN.r

What mockery it is to speak OF
usurious Russian landowners IS gentle
menl Men brutal enough to use starva-
ton as means for striking hard bargains
for that labor which is the PEASANTS only
possession and his only safeguard against
repetition of the famine, are very far in
deed from that definition which describes
gentleman as zone who never infilcts
pain" Never was there a greater ex-
hibition of utter absence of conscience
than that made by such actions on the
part of those who are almost entirely re-
sponsible for the state of affairs which has
produced the prevalent disaster. These
actions Of the comparatively wealthy are
in striking contrast to the sacrifices under
gone by the poverty stricken to alleviate
the wants of their famishing families.
1t is not wonderful that such of the
peasantry as emerge far enough from the
darkness of ignorance to see the unjust
of their lot should seek a remedy
in explosives. The poor are actually too
weak to rebel now, and they
are too ignorant to realize the injustices
under which they suffer. But knowledge
will come in time, desperation will exc out
attenuated physiques and retribution will
follow. A bloody nemesis can hardly be
avoided, and even the slaughter of the
oppressors could not call
out sympathy for them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-06
CLEVELAND'S LATEST SPEECH.

Now stand back and listen to Rhode
Islands responses to Grover Cleveland's
great second-term bid.-Nelo York iduertiser.
IT may be that Mr.. Cleveland meant David
B. Hill when he spoke of unsteady lights in
the wilderness of doubt and danger."-Buf-
Jdlo Express.
WHEN it comes to talking Mr.. Cleveland
can be more voluble in the language of Mug
wumpery and more mute in Democracy than
any other citizen of the land.-NeD York
Sun.
MR.. CLEvELAND's speech at Providence,
like all of his previous utterances OH the
tariff subject, was remarkable only for the
unsatisfactory nature of his remarks.-PhiLd-
deiphid Inquirer.
THE ex-President rarely fails in speaking
to enrich the literature of political discus
sion with a phrase OF two well worth re-
Numbering; and the Providence speech was
no exception in this respect.-Detron Free
Press.
GROVER CLEVELAND did not dare to men,
ton silver in Rhode Island. To have done
40 would have been statesman-like and NOR
ally CONTAGIOUS. To keep utter silence on
one of the great issues before the country
was cowardly.-Ne,0 York Press
Mr.. CLEVELAND covered himself with glory
in his Providence speech last night. If
Providence smiles upon his efforts to attain
the Presidency again the State Of Rhode
Island will roll up big Democratic major
1ty next Wednesday.-Neso York advertiser.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-06
THE LAW ON TRIAL.

Reports from Somerset indicate that the
energetic efforts to capture the mountain
moonshners and murderers have dwindled
away into futility. The announced prof.
ect of placing pickets around the outlets
of the mountain region in the hope that
the outlaws will kindly come out and be
caught SINNERS down into a method of
letting the public down easily to the fact
that in the last decade of the nineteenth
century, and within the limits of the State
of Pennsylvania, there is section where
the States warrants do not run
The disclosure of the fact that within a
days journey of Pittsburg there is sec
ton of country where the laws of the
State and Government are powerless,
where murder is committed with impunity
as the revenge of law breakers, and where
the State cannot make its authority felt or
extend its adequate protection, is not a
satisfactory picture of energetic enforce
ment of the laws. The character of the
country can hardly be accepted as an ex-
PLANTATION of this state of affairs, for there
are other mountain regions where the
laws are supreme. Indeed, if we mistake
not, there have been plenty of periods in
which the supremacy of the law was fully
acknowledged in exactly the same district
where it now is held at defiance.
The efficiency of the law and the Gov
eminent is on trial when confronted with
state of affairs like that reported from
Somerset county. If 1t cannot prove its
power over few square miles of mount
ain it is time to find some substitute that
will protect life, enforce the laws and
punish crime