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A 1em hath; family nevpn-jfeel ill at ease, but to feci per- J nature, without apparent CoL Uor A P Shot tad Instant
m r (Wotwl to the interest ol ; fn-tlv at home, and I could icause. pass into the Walk,.
it County, Statf and Nation.
Put.lihhed Every Thursday nt
Itoonc, Wutauga County, N. C.
1). It. iMH'OHKltTY, Kw-niH.
lt.c kivkks, pniusntit.
Sill -kiithin Hatks.
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imagine how it was to steal amd awful shadow of insani
awav from the maddening if v. nnd consigned to the
AUVKUTININO RATKH.
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throng, nnd enjoy a pood nop'
of last' and biscuit'. So 1
hung in v hat on a lamp shade
and sat down on the floor bc
sidehitn. I picked up and ate
. ii i i - i i 1
acruminne ivany nan oro
ped. I did that to make him
feci that I was his equal. I
mn my thumb through a but
ton hole in his coat and told
him I wanted an office.
"What kind of an office do
you want?'" he asked in a
tone so cold that it freezed
the lasses. "Most any thing
will do sir" 1 said with
warmth. Well sir 1 will con
sider you lie said, good day.
I got up and starred out; 1
felt insulted, so I had but lit
tle to say. Mr Harrison call
ed me back. "Are you any
kin to the Harrisons'' he ask
ed. No sir I said, 'Nor to the
Scotts nor HcKee's?' A ten i
be shade passed over his face,
but it lit up again. Are you
any kin to Main? ' No I said.
A Mfe ind rell.ble TtmeAy for HEADACHE, 1 frtoe flSSUmed a gllUStly
TOOTHACHB .nd NKl KAL;IA. A few ,
ixril0"V1kh1:irfr,k,! i liue. "How dure you be so
Price SSc. and BOr. par bottU. FOB UAJJt
BY ALL DKUUU1STS.
LOOK OUT, WEAVE STRUCK EOTTORI! !
Standard Prints, (i to 10 c. Worst hi! I2f4 to 22 rt.
shville. N.C. Julv 23. Minis of dress goods at corivbpondirigly low figuri.
iYA Rnm-r V Pmlp a nmnii-1 "K f,om 6 to 10 ts- M1' '! hat. 2.V. tof 1. Fur
keeping of these walls; hen . )(,nt jawyer nn,j editor of te:nf,, lw-,b Ha.idware consisting of, plows, hoe,
are dreadful moments in lr,.v I tiniH IlAzisUTtiX Marion X. j P'a nw '')t1. saws, hammev, hinzes. & etc & etc. & etc.
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Prepared only by the KEPHALINC DRUtt CO.
Unetf, North CroHf.
KEPHAUNE TESTIMONI
ALS. Mr. A. G. Corpening North
Catawba, Caldwell Co. N. C.
says, "1 write this to say
that the little bottle of medi
cine called Kephaline is a
splendid remedy for headache
my whole family use it and
all say that it relieves them.-'
Mr. wilson Lanton, Kings
Creek, Caldwell Co. N. C.says
"1 have used Kephaline for
headache, toothache and
neuralgia add have never
failed to be relieved, I have
also used it for Colic in doses
of one and two drops with
great benefit."
Life's Philosophy.
Do not hurry, do not flurry!
Not hinir irood is got by worry ,
l?.Mle the hour to make the
Nnriiiitr!
Take life- easy, that's the
thing.
Do not trouble, do nottroub
lei
Heavy hearts make maketoi
ling double,
Groans the back with loaded
nain.
Laugh, and 'twill grow grow
bright again.
Do not soi row, do no sorrow!
GrM today is joy tomorrow,
Life Hew smoothly afterfears
Eves shine brightest washed
with tears.
Hark the children, hark the
voices!
Somwiicre everything rejoic
es,
Blasts without, of wintry
ring,
Ye niirti within makes end
less Spring.
We clip the following from
the Scotland neck Democrat
I went up to Washington
last wEek to get an office
called on Mr. Harrison. H.
w as lying on the floor in the
back hall sopping molasses
with baby McKee. He seem
ed muchembarressed when
made my day boo, and baby
McKee dropped a lump of mo
lasses down his grand pa's
collar and made his hand's
photograph in molasses, by
slapping it on his shirt front.
audaciously presumptions
then! Goto Maine." I went.
Ie was sitting on a wooden
rocking chair, rocking like
the salvation of the adminis
tration depended on his rock
ing. He had a hand on each
n m and every time he'd go
ack he'd kick his feet out be
ore him. When I first got
in hearing he was singing "1
el j u st a s a ppy a s a T Vi g
Sunflower." He learned it
rom Harrison. He soon
changed to "Johny Git Yo:irj
iairCut. 1 went in. lie
lushed singing, but did nt
stop rocking. ell sir,' he
said -'What can I do fory on?"
"Give me an office" I said.
Are yow any kin to Ren?"
No but my name is Ben. He
stopped rocking, "well what
is your shirt? Vamsutta lin
en I said. "1 mean what is
your key board?" Ihavenev
er had one, I do not like pian
oes. He flushed. Which leg
do you dance on?" Both. I
gave him a jig. "Ha vn'tyou
got a bit of sense, he howled,
What is your tick?" A water-
bury sir, he sprang from his
chair. "Are you a Dem or a
Rep?" he stormed playfully
ninchinsr mv ear. A Dem I
said. "Well sir, yon may go,
at the next sitting of Con
gress I will see what I can do
towards having a Bureau of
of Lunacy established for
you." ,
With a heart beating high
with anticipation, I left.
Hen Roht.
own life when 1 too am haun
ted by the Misj icious fear of
a diseased braai. and it may
latitat I or some one whom
Ilovelretter than my own
soul may have to I war this
greatest of human calami
ties. I pray, I beseH-li you.
g,)od Lord, to so enlighten
the understandings and the
hearts of the members of this
board, upon whom rests the
great responsibility of caring
for these unfortunate people
ami of ameliorating their
sufferings by all possible
means in their power, that
they will be able to see their
duty and have the courage
to iM'iform it. So fill their
hearts with kindness, with
mercy and with the love of
tile poor suffering men and
women who are or who may
be in mates of this institu
tion that they will cast out
and utterly Jestroy that ter
rible macnineof torture, that
blot upon the civilization of
the 19th century, the bad
stranip, in whose embrace
good men and women have
suffeied the agonies of the
darned ; and let them send
back into the shades of ob
scurity, let them remove
from this sacred temple him
who makes use of this cruel
instrument upon the wretch
ed insane in his keeping as a
punishment for nets or word
bevond their control. Aews
& Observer.
BITTER WORDS.
Eva ngel ica 1 Messenger.
A single bitter word may
disquiet an entire family for
a wholeday. Onesurly glance
casts a gloom over the house
hold, while a smiie, like a
gleam of sun-shine, may light
up the darkest and weariest
house. Like unexpected flow
era of the Spring up along
our path, full of freshness,
fragrance, nrd beauty, so
kind words, gentle acts and
sweet dispositions makeglad
the sacred spot called home.
No matter now humblethea-
Pbode, if it be sweetened with
kii.dness and smiles, the
heart will turn lovingly to
w ard it from all the tumults
of the world, and home, if it
be ever so homely, will be the
dearest spot beneath the cir
cuit of the sun.
C, was shot and
killed at that placi
just after alighting from the
miil-night train which had
brought him from Round
Knob. He ad gone about
one hundred yards from the
station and was leaning on
the arm of his friend, Judge
Haywood, from Texas, while
on his left wasanotherfriend,
w hen some one came up and
shot him through the neck,
which was broken by theball.
His assailant ran, mounted
a horse and fled the tow n.
A coroner s inquest washur
nedly held, rendering a ver
dict of death by a ierson un
known. A young man who
had threatened to kill Col.
Page was seen following the
dead man at the depot last
night. Quite a crowd had
gathered, expecting trouble,
and indeed the rumor that
some one intended to injure
Col. Page was so current
in town that when a pistol
shot was fired at mid-night
ma'w persons remarked that
Col. Page was in trouble. It
is 'said that a woman is at
the bottom of the tragedy.
instantly '.Cutlery of ali sort, at bottom price,
last night i Yariety, ami as cheap as it can !. U
Crockery in iudless
amd in the Coimtv.
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NOTICE.
By virtue of an executior
in my hands for collection is
sued from the Superior Court,
Clerk's Office, of Watauga Co.
in favor of Joel NorrisA. sons
& against Alfred Greene, for
the sum of $S,1(), with inter
est and cost, I will expose to
pulic s.'de, for cash, at the
court house door, in the town
of oone. N. C, on the 2Gth
day of August, '89, it being
Monday of the Superior
Court, Alfred Greene's inter
est in a certain tract or par-
el of land in Watauga coun-
jty anjoining the lands of J.
11. Urown, II. r. 'Uler5cotn-
ers, ir, uemg uie nome piace
of Alfred dvene, Levied on
v me on the 22nd day of
Julv 18H1), to satisfy said ex
ecution and costs. This July
22nd 89. J. L. Hayes Shit.
Drugs, Patent Medicines of all kinds, at factory prices.
Large lot of shoes in latest styles, Boots at prime cost.
Always on Hand a la roe lot of Coi'iVy P.rother's leather,
at factory prices. Jeans and Cassimcrs a factory prices.
Tinware at almost nothing. We also have a lar'g. lot of
DATERSOX mCTORV DATERSON IMCTObV
ATERSOX I' ACTOR1 ATERSON ACTOR
Yarn and Jeans at factory prices, to exchange for wool or
cash. Don't be afraid to trade with us if you one in, for
we will enable you to pay up back debts. All for sale ait,
bottom figures at, Dr. J. P. Phillips & Son.
May 1 ." mo. Sugar Grove. N. ('.
" " 1IOWCAX
Will W. Holsclaw sell goods so cheap ?
1st. By buying for acsh at the lowest prices and getting
all discounts. 2nd. i y being satisfied with small profits.
3rd, ByAaving no "bad" debts or accts , as he sells for
pay down. 1 now have in stock one oi the most complete
assortment of goods ever offered for sale, at bottom pri
ces, even the bottom dropped out. 2,000 yards of calicos,
consisting of indigo blues, ghinghanis, checks, chambrey
finish, all the latest styles, o00 yards dress ghingjBins,
Satines, ll'ortseds, Victoria Lawns, nt 5 to 12 cts. Mull
nainsook, cheese cloth, velvet, drillings at JO c. Sheeting
at 7c. Alamance 7 e. Table oil cloth, Twilled drapery for
IVIIwImW '11 tf fll tliJ (It 11 fviiMlTl rw tl'tiru foit anl KwiJ anouSmAiK
uiuw o vui Utnio ciimi V'l (lll vrtvir) A II fill! V (3 ttJ 1 11IT7I
20 to 50 cts per yard. M n and boys' summer nats 10c.
and up. Misses t rimed hats all styles, 75e aud up, worth
1$. Anything you want at the lowest price possible, from
a paper of needles at 5 c. to plows and even saw mills if you
will let me order them for you. No goods sold on time,
the rotten credit system must go-pay down Low prices,
instead of High is my motto. All orders by mail prompt
ly filled. Everybody is inviied to call aud see my new
goods and low prices. No trouble to show goods.
Yours'anxious to please,
Mar 13 1 m. Will II Tlokchnv
SEWING MACHINES
At the close of Mr. Whita
ker's speech in prosecution of
Dr. Grissom before ttie B'd.
ofvirectors of the I. S. Asy
lum, he made the following
prayer:
"Finally, I beseech you
Great God Almighty, Creator
and Ruler of the Universe, in
wiiose hands are the' desti
nies of worlds, nations and
individuals 1 Thou knowest
that the misfortunes, the
trials and the struggles of
this world are oftimes more
than we can bear. It was
but yesterday, tuat I saw a
1 uniiled my rea-ssureing man of bright intellect, great
smile, and begged him not to I learning, of keenly sensitive-
Even that Republican or
gan, and blower formouopo
ly, the Baltimore American,
can see danger in ti lists, as
well as wickedness, which is
but another word for down
right rascality. It says :
"For instance, trusts are
entirely wrong, and they
seem to take delight in mul
tiplying their own iniquity.
Their securities were placed
in Wall street. There were
large dealings in them and
big figures were reached be
cause there was some sort o
confidence in their Honesty
Now it comes to light tmt
the outstanding certificates
of these unholy monopolies
aggregate the enormoussum
o,219.000.000 Mesttengtv.
NOTICE!!
Bv virtue of an execution
in my hands for collection, is
sued from the Superior court
clerks office of Watauga Co.
in favor of D. P. Mast com
missioner, and against L. B.
Miller & W. N. Thomas for
the sum of f 37.09 with inter-
est and costs. 1 will expose
to sale. -for cash at the court
house door in Boone, on the
2G day of Angus '89, it being
Monday of the Superior court
E. B. Miller's interest in a cer
tain tract of land, situatedin
Hatauga county, in Meat
rami) township on the waters
ot .Meat ca nip creeK adjoining
the lands of J. 11. Brown 11
c. Miller and others, known
as a part of the Isaac Green
t ract. Levied on by me on the
22 day of July '89 to satisfy
said execution and costs
This July 22 '89. J L. Hayes
This handsome 4 Drawer Sew
ing Machine with full set of at-
aenments and
hve years guarantee from
THE MANUFACTUH
ior IMWITEEN DOLL A IIH cash.
0 or 8 other 1st, class Machines
Organs for less Gash than
nny house in Kr.ox ville. 20 years experience 1 n.t his busi
ness. Write at once for circulars and prices. Needles aru
parts for all Leading Machines.
S. P. ANGEL, KIN OX VILLI ,
Tennessee.
30janl2m.
ROCK BOTTOM STRUCK
AND KNOCKED OUT
J. P. HENSON, Dark Ridge
N. C,
is just receiving a largestock
, General Merchandise
which will be sold for Cash or
country produce at prices
never before heard ot. uive
him a call.
apr20ly.
01 WANS
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