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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-10-10
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our assalar Correspondent

From our Regular Correspondent
( Secretary Carlisle returns
to his desk today, much benz
fitted by his visit to President
Cleveland. He intimate that
President Cleveland will not,
unless he changes his present
plans, return to Washing
ton until about the middle oI
October, In that case he viii
not settle down to hnsiness
here for several weeks as he
is under enlargement to at.
tend the Atlanta Exposition
on the 22ni inst,
While not disposed to do
any blowing over the fact
that the receipts of the gov
ernment for the month of
September were some t W o
million dollars in excess oi
the expenditures, members Oi
the administration are much
gratifed mt this indication of
an improvement in govern
mental finances. which they
hope to gee continue.
No one in Washington was
surprised at the authorized
interview. published Satur.
day, with Col. John C. New,
of Indianapolis, declaring
Mr.. Harrison not to he a can
didate forthe republican Pres
mential nomination, nor at
his adding that Mr.. Harri.
son favored neither McKin.
ley nor Reed as the candi-
date. Ever since Quay and
Platt renewed their grips up
}onthe republican machinery
OF Penn. and N. Y. Mr.. Hqrri
son has been counted out Of
the running. by friends and
foes alike, Mr.. Harrison and
Mr.. Reed never get along, and
neither made any pretense
Of hiding his dislike for III Q
other when one was Speaker
Of the House and the other
President. Mr.. HarrisOn's dis
like of Mckinley is of later
growth and probably has
some connection with the
deal said to have been lately
made between the friends Of
Reed and Mckinley to keep
Harrison out of the nomina-
tion. The only rea snn that
Mr.. Harrison doesn't wish to
he the nominee is that hp
knows he cannot be.
President Cleveland has dps
ignated no successor to Gen.
Scho6eld, who retired from
command Of and active SER
yics in the Army yesterday
by reason of his ha wing rea-
ched the age limit. Secretary
Lamont is now Acting Com
mander.
Hon. W. E. Chiffon, Secre-
tary of State for West Virgin
ia, and Chairman ofthe Dem
Ocratic Executive Committee
OF that state is very deeply
interested in the Maryland
campaign, of which he says.
III look upon the vote of Ma
ryland as a great factor in
our politics at this time.
West Virginia adioins Mary
land and our people are 40
intimately connected st ciaI-
ly and politically, naturally
and from habit, with the peo-
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-10-10

Messenger: Fifty-one new limbs
of the law just licensed in North
Carolina. There must be either
some mighty good pickings" in
the law, or the young hopefuls
thinks there are. blessed is the
man who expectethlittle. he shall
not be disappointed" Perhaps
each new LAWYER thinks there is
room at the ton" ard he has
the ability to reach it and to as
cend those rugged heights that
reach at last fame's eternal tenn
pie. Success to the fifty.one and
all other worthy and honorable
young lawyers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-10-10
Looking Backward.

Right here" said the I'm.
ion soldier digging his cane
into the ground, II stood On
picket duty thirty two years
ago"
I sand | stood or picket du-
ty right over thele," said the
grizzled old COME derate war
rior, pointing hin long finger
att II spot a few furlongs a.
way.
IL wonder" exclaimed the
former. "if you're the John
ny Reb that gave me a plug
Of tobacco when | hadn't had
a chew in twenty-four hours
and was half lead for oneP'
"lf you're the Yankey
that gave me the canteen
nearly full of whiskey when |
was diving for n drink" F" re-
Joined the Sontherner, Il am
The voice cf the7old veter.
an from the North tremblpd
slightly when he spokeagain.
"I have'alwavs' thought"
he said, t"that 7 ever met
that man again this size nj
the River of Jordan l'dt tell
him that that Tobacco ~
the meanest. orneriest, good,
for nothingest dog-goned
stuff I:ever put in my mouth
"Yank." replied the old hoy
in gray with emotion. "l'vp
always wanted tn live long
enough tn meet The man that
gave me that whiskey and
tell him that it was the vilest.
nastiest, cheapest infernalest
hooze that ever insulted the
stomach Of q white man, be-
gad. Sab ["
f. The two old warriors shook
hands and moved off arm-in.
arm in the direction Of a tent
thnt had a barrel inside of il.
.-Ex.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-10-10
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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-10-10

The Chicago Tribune SAYS
"Spaln rushed in precipitously
and with indecent haste when
our civil war broke out, and with
in forty days after Bull Run rec.
ognized the belligerant rights Of
the confederates. Wehave wait.
ed several months and are still
waiting, for some inscrutabIe rea
son, before recognizing the insur.
gents, though they are a Provin-
cial Government, q seaport, an
army. q long record oi battles
and captured towns, and a q
now pressing on even into the vi
einity of Havana itself"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-10-10

Stewart Bros. of Winston,
the new State printers, have
brought suit against several
of the State officials for Civ.
ing work to Raleigh printers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-12
TATIyE OF ENGLISH Ant,

The other day n was reported by the cable that
Rr Frederick leighton lay dying IN AlglefH' ana
tho news must have net many students OF modern
English art 10 making n review Of the career 10 wh'ch
that art owes no much Happily the dispatch h"sbeen
contradlcied win authority IL In Ha'h 'hat br
Frederick IN rapidly recovering. and the customary
observations Of the necrologsi are rendered unnec'
essary. The moment In not inopportune. however.
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best in Continental art to Italy. He crossed the
Threshold Of his career to enter q Roman environ
ment Born in $780, the clmacterc year, by the
way OF the romantic movement IN france. ne
gravtated so soon toward n CLASSIC atmosphere
that he seems TO have stepped into his CHOSEN
sphere simultaneously with his entrance INTO me-
His parents we're well-to-do people or Scarooroush'
in Yorkshire. They saw hints OF an awakening
talent In the dra wings which their was fond OF
making before he was in MS teens anu VINE"
in his eleventh year they happened to be In Rome
thew placed him under the instruction OF Frances
co Nell Shortly after this the family travelled on
10 Berlin, and in the academy there the STUDIES
beo,n I'm Rome were continued In 1915 Leighton
was in Italy again. and his father TOOK some OF MS
work to Hiram Powers. That American Sculptor
was then one OF the most distinguished members
Of the artistic colony I'm Florence and his WORD was
we,ghty He assured Mr. Leighton that Frederick
was plainly destined for an artsuc career FROM
that time on the future academican dedicated him
so,f IN naintine He studied for n while In Flor
ence but went from there. cur1ously. to Frankfort
on-he- Main where Professor Becker and PROFESSOR
steinl grounded him still further IN the academic
training u, which he was by nature impelled TO sub
m,t Vis,ts 10 Brussels and Paris arc about this
time recorded In his biography. and In the French
IN ni,aI be copied acsIduousy from the masters In
tbe Louvre II was about this time that he painted
his first work In oils. composition ehutIed niotto
n,scovsred nv Cimabue Among the Sheep" He
was still under the influence OF Inc master AZ
rr.nkfort hut in his subject he had declared the
n,r.cron h,s svmpa thies were taking. and early
a.. ~. c,,s. n. came back TO Rome There. under
an Italia, sky and under the force OF Italian trad
49,. =. c,oduced the work which introduced him
% ths Rovai Academy exhibition OF 1856 and found
nnschs.sr In the Queen. This latter fact has
oftsn leaned to create prejudice In the minds OF
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not. perhaps. astonishing that legal objection
should be taken to human whistling. all the
more as whistng 10 popularity described as the
devils music" This, | imagine 10 due to the
fact that whistling usually suggests tdleness
with all the evils consequent upon that vice. and
] presume that II Is upon this account tnat
whstling Is So strictly forbidden 10 me Jesults.
Yet Emperor william, who objects IN 30 marked
q degree 10 whistling IN the streets ny MS sub
jecis, was one o. tho most apprecaiive admirers
81 that American warbler Mrs, Alice Shaw, OBJ
iivIous, apparently, ~ the teachings OF the old
proverb according 10 which;
~ whistling woman and growing hen
Arc neither M for God nor men,
and equally ignorant Of the old irish legend mat
asserts that every time woman whistles the
heart Of the Blessed virgia bieeds. saying that
owes IT. origin 20 the tradition mat a woman
stood by ana whirtled whilst she watched tho
nails OF the cross being forged.
In the south Of Austria, especially along tho
shores Of the Adriatic the daisy 10 regarded by
the authorities as the emblem OF disloyaliy and
Of that great revolutionary association known M
the italia Irrcdenta." which aims nt the resto.
ration 10 Italy OF all Auatria's ltnlian-speaking
provinces The reason why this particular flower
has been adopted by the irrcdentists is because
It's Continental name In synonymous with that OF
ltaly's stu charming and popular queen, Mar.
gueritc. and besides this II In 40 abundant that
II is within the reach Of even the most poverty
stricken peasant. At the present moment there
are men and even women undergoing imprison'
mcnt at Trieste and elsewhere. whose only or.
fence consisted In their having worn buttonhols
and corsage bouquets OF daisies. .
Even in republican France. so far ahead Of all
the other countries OF Europe In democracy and
enlightenment. any person caught wearing a
piece Of coored ribbon In his buttonhoe. he II
temperance badge. Loyal Legion rosette or m rely
the souvenir of some fair lady. renders himself
liable to arrest. fine and imprisonment unless
he can show that he has received special author
ity to do so. Members Of European orders OK
knghthood, whose decorations have been con-
ferred by some regularly constituted government.
alone have the right to wear In their butonhole
a bow or a rosette of the ribbon Of the particular
order to which they belong; while II they are
French subjects they cannot do so unless they
have first obtained permission from the Chance-
lor Of the Order of the Legion OF Honor
Americans will naturally feel indignant at all
these restrictions. which they will Justly de-
nounce as remnants Of medieval despotisn and
for the sake of consistency 1t is perhaps just as
we'll that the Legislature Of the State OF New
York should have rebelled recently against the
only attempt in this country at sumptuary legis-
laton since Puritan days. namely. when 1t de-
clined to pass the measure prohibiting the wear
ing of large hats by women In theatres.
"'e EX-ATTACffE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-12

In 1873 the death OF sir Francis Grant made vacant
the presidency OF the Royal Academy, ana Leigh
ton was elected to MI that ONCE. The Knghthood
few years after. and ever since Sir Frederick
Leighton has stood at the head OF English art In
the official sense. the type and the guardian or
those qualities for which the Academy stands. lie
has been unique president. but OF his purely or
ncial character more may be said below. IL Is
necessary to glance now at his artistic character
The central ambition Of Sir Frederick Leighton
appears to have been to say something whenever he
touched brush to canvas. not to be merely anec-
dotc as so many OF his countrymen have been. but
to touch the imagnati ton some high ground. to
make his design the occasion for something more
than the exercise Of those subordinate faculties
In the average man which the average artist Is
quito content TO excite. II may be asserted that
Sir Frederick has lost himself sometimes in the
delights of a gracious form. tina: he has become
enamoured OF n linear Ideal! that he has sought In
drawing the effect which can spring from spiritual
qualities alone. This criticism IL familiar but
false Because he Is lacking IT, passion his imag!pa
tive force Is weakened. and he leaves the spec
tator cold where he ought TO prove stirring In the
highest measure. But this does not argue an In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-12
NIGHT CROWDS IN 4 MUSEUM

NATURAL HISTORY TREASURES SEEM TO HAVE A
GREAT FASCINATION FOR THE UNLEARNED.
II Ia only on two nights In the week. Tuesdays and
Thursdays, that the American Museum OF Natural
History Is open the public. and the way In which
II Ia patronized shows how we'll the poorer classes
appreciate these chances OF seeing one OF the finest
collections OF the kind on earth. The hours are
s to 10 o'clock. The man who has been working all
day long goes with his wife and children. and the
young women who have worked In stores or who
have been humping the typewriting machine go
by the
The section OF the gigantic sequoia II hating
place for every one. but II is up in the rooms filled
with the BIRDS the animals and butterflies that the
visitors find their greatest enjoyment Go along
with group of these persons They will stand
aghast at the size Of the condor. shudder at the
negro-coop, turn away in disgust from the vultures
fall in love with the humming birds, and when they
come to the parrots the Ananias OF the party
will tell some tale OF a bird Of which he knew.
Many make a careful study of the excellent groups
Of American birds that exhibition. with their
nests eggs and environments. So natural are these
that often may hear some youngster excla!m
with glee that he had seen that bird roaming about
the park
Up on the floor devoted to the silent menagerie
women and men look with horror at the groups OF
gorllas chimpanzees and ourang -outangs, laugh at
the lifelke pastures of the smaller monkeys. look
with wonder at the giant manatee and stand aghast
1t is the women who get enthusiastic In the room
given up to butterflies and moths Here are to be
seen some Of natures greatest triumphs In coloring.
and the envious .ohs"' that go UP at the sight OF
the beautiful butterflies Of Central America and
Northern South America ought to make those
pinned specimens almost contented with their fate.
All through the building these nights there Is
ever a throng Of people wishing to learn some
thing Of which they have only the yaguest kncwl-
who may have some acquaintance with birds or
beasts to correct an statement OF pater
familias. He Is bounced upon at once. asked ques-
tons about the bird. and will. II willing or not
willing be dragged through the songless aviary with
an ever-increasng crowd behind him. TO tell awful
fbs about this bird that He escapes from the
other floors only by solemnly swearing that he
has hazy ideas about the difference between a
COW and a camel and thinks the househy and
dragonhy are almost Identical.
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difference to the spirit OF theme and preoccupa-
ton with details OF draughtsmanship. On the con-
trary, 1t is often plain that Sir Frederick "oua
reach a much loftier plane OF imaginative excite
ment than he does. II he could. The impression
left by his works is that they have Just tailed
TO come OF - that through no fauit OF the artist
they have fallen short Of an ideal when IN evsry
thing but inherent temperament he is quaLiheu 70
pursue our readers win doubtless recall me gpea
figured In the exposition at Chicago lnere ne hau
mighty theme. and In almost everything Una. con,
mastery performance II lacked fre TOT mat maj
the gods are 10 be blamed, not ths pa '.,i gh or
in this in all his works Sir FredereS ieisht ion
fcency. He has made himself master Oh "e s,n
composing his picture with cehrht ns,e s y
among annmy modern exempars OF the academic law can
provide parallel And though SIR iSnra na
lesser man ha9 his Frsnca Oam ne Engshman
SS ss' some OF the eortiess perfection Of line Pc
cuar Ingres Had his temPerdahhen' on his own
nro,nd As il u.s. there has been no one else In re,
Cent English art who has applied so hs Da,n ,e
die.a e, o' review s You must admire again and again
the iucidty and charm OF his comPoson me
and foycstu purity Oe d s ms a'h Is aus
~ The drawing due to the design but sun more
10 o ,"I ne repeated TO that essential aim OF which
= meyer we 50 work osf liz M high plane
He strives to realize noble on,aadfsstly 10 make
ern artist has endeavored more h Jules, sense of
ths word Tor he puts his uplifting forms ana IN
venons at the service Of an upt nniv Se ;an,I,ar
circular picture we reprodIse' Inclusion among the
nnsrtngs at the fair il Instantly Impressive through
the felicity Of the composition and the snake are
OF n through the fascination OF that group OF forms
itsef But like all fine pictures nscsive in poetc
thought sa tbs 20 ,S X co ns one bound car
ssI by any work OF the painter with reference 70
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for the survey Of his work which momentary con-
centration OF attention upon his name has suggest
ed. There has rarely. indeed been greater need
than at this time for the rcairmaton or just those
principles OF art which the president OF the hoyai
Academy summarizes for the conservative element
In his nation. The tendency Is all In the other d.
recton now The Royal Academy Is losing much
Of its prestige before the determined efforts OF the
younger men In London and Glasgow, and with the
diminishing OF tho institution there has gone a
diminishing respect for Its ideals Partly the dis
respect is justified The current exhibitions at Bur-
lngton House are as rule very bad. ana IL Is
said that the collection now occupying the walls
Is no better than usual. But denunciation or the
Academy is too often prone to Identify Itself with
denunciation OF academic principles, and the art
OF Sir Frederick Leighton Is alone sufficient to
prove the shortsightedness OF such course. In
his work discerned expressions OF those qualities
In academic art which are right and valuable and
to which contemporaneous painters must moro
and more return II the close OF the century Is
not to witness a kind Of riot In so-cailed 'indvId
uaiity" and freedom.
The president OF the Royal Academy traces his
artistic development back TO the source Of what Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-12
THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY.
petorsb,irQ NowOsti.

From The 81. Petersburg NowostI
The preliminary work OF the trans i5sikaI section
OF the Siberian Hallway IL now concuaed; Inns mas
the one originally planned by Engineer Wtasemski
Which was erss n Length p Swns rns sHus
and streiinsk and terminated at Pokrowskaja, on
the river AMOR was 70 have been tf brosab 20 ds
tricts IN which 1t was impossible TO raise gran ana
where but few colonsts can exc oS W
longer 1t will run by the rivers pisna: rscnk k.
chsS and IDA through ren sod n sScs
many mines have already been sstsSHssneq ,,s IN re-
sady ope o. namely from cSebnsk
TO Omsk In the west Ho miles; a AZ from vlsdi .
yostok to drafskaja in the east ss ~ Mnscov ma
st., Petersburg OF the total Length OF coout 100
miles, from the Russian capital q tso"os'ox'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-12
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY, 49, lsaaTtRTY PAGES

some Of Leightons critics. II o. true that the
Queens artistic patronage flows toward the fh'hs-
tine. In the MAN. and from this u mas been as
sumed that Leighton must be bourgeois beyo .
the shadow Of n doubt As a matter Of fact tbs
picture Of "Cmabne's Aiudonna Carried In Process
sion Through the Streets Of Florence was worthy
OF more than royal admiration, and II set up
standard which the artist only strengthened AZ time
went on lie went 10 Paris on tho morrow ~ MS
success at the Academy and from AIRY schener ana
Robert Fleury he gained much In artistic stlmuluA'
but throughout tho years following his nrst au'
thoriative appearance IN adhered 70 the classic
tradition, more Italian than French when he had
earliest imblbed, iie has painted many subiecis
Mythology. Biblical lore Italian history ana poetry
Spanish and Moorish themes have MI been attacked
by him. and he has done some remarkable pof'rnhH
iiut take his work m whole and n II the classical
temper Of that Garden OF the Herperdes. which
we reproduce herewith. which II chiefly reflects
Tho Academy elected him an Associate IN 1885,
and made him q full AoademIcan Ave years later
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-12
A QUICKLY INFECTIOUS rAwy.

One many things on the elevated railroad cars
that are amusing and sad An entertaining incident
came under the writer's notice a few days ago. His
neighbors were evidently well-todo brokers' and one
bet the other a level S. that he would have half the
car yawnng in Ave minutes. The bet was taken.
The betor yawned his best stretched out his arms.
dsarranging the glasses from the OF his oppo-
nent and then fell back YEARLY into his seat. AL
most the next TO yawn was the man VINO mad taken
the chorus. Men and women In the cross-seat IS
threw the yawn back at another, and, save for
a baby in arms. every one had yawned in less than
onehfth Of the time stipulated. The two men got on
at Fifty-eighh-st. and Sxth-ave laughing heartily
AT the experiment. They seen later entering
the cafe entrance Of the Plaza Hotel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-12
HINT WHICH rs QUITE EFFECTIVE.

The night clerk in any big newspaper ONCE has
his hands full OF work. but time and time again is
bothered by the tramp who wanders In to get q
warming. Ostensiby the visitors look the file
to search with advertisements. but with bowed heads
soon fall to sleep. The true tramp go to sleep
standing as long the surroundings are warm.
A night clerk In a newspaper Office has discovered
a sure way OF ousting these undesirable denizens
without force. He keeps small collection OF tho
electric light lamps that have become useless. He
waits until the tramp ~ dreaming his soundest and
then throws OF these looking globes at
his feet. There Is an awful explosion. The tramp
looks round In wonderment and fright The impcr-
turbabe clerk Is hard ut his books entering the last
ads sent In, and the tramp "scoots. thankful to
have escaped some greater danger.
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4 RUSSIAN EARTHQUAKE sr0RY.
tr-o.x v,ha \ ootap Cloha

A Russian journal, with name that one with
only one tongue In his head would attempt to pro-
nounce. gives a story from Khorosan that we have
some difficulty In accepting. certain carter relates
that on leaving the town OF Kutschan on January
back and saw the air filled with clouds OF smoke
and dust and says that when they cleared away
there was no town left. The consular agent In
Kutschan has written TO friend In Askahabad
that on the same date he felt strong shock OF
whole place disappear In an immense chasm In the
earth Why he did not disappear. too. We 40 not
in that part Of the world 10 ~ strong ~ the earth
Quakes.