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W. B.C0FNC1LL, Ju.
Attoxxsy at La v.
Bonne. N. C.
W. B. COUMTLL. M. I).
Boone, N. ('.
Rendent Physician. Oflice
on Kititf Street north of Tost
Office.
E.F. LOYILL
Attokney At T aw,
Boone X. C.
PR. L.C. REEVES.
PHYSICIAN AND Sl HGKO.N
Office at Residence.
Boone, N. C.
L. D. LOWE,
Attorney at Law
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NOTAItY PUIILIC,
BANNERS ELK. X.
C.
. ft. V1LBAR,
DENTIST,
EL PARK, NORTH CAROLIXi.
Oners his professional wTviii-M
to the. people 01 .uiu-ucii,
w'Mtnii.m nnil ndioining coun-
tiw-WTA'o tiri mutei.il used
May 1 1 J
J, F. HORPHKW,
ATTORNEY Al LAW,
MARION, - N-C
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Will practice in the courts ot
Watauga. Ashe, Mitchell, MeDow
11 iiiid nil other counties in the
.vestern listrict.fc-Sp.'cinl at ten
lion iven to the collection of
Ed Madron,
DHNTAL SURGEON,
loscne, North (fmdinn.
Offers his professional services
to the people of this and adjoin
tug eom ties. All work promptly
:lone and satisfaction guaran
teed, Oct, 27, 3 mo.
NOTICE.
Hotel Property for Sale.
On account of failing health
of myself and wife, I offer for sale
my hotel pro'tercv in rue io n in
Hooue. North Carolina, and will
wll low for cash aud make terms
to suit the buyer, and will take
real or personal property in ex
change. Apply soon.
W. L. Bhvan.
Notice.
For sale. 900 acres of land,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which is asbestos,
nnd fine land for sheep ranch.
Sales private. L. D. Lowe &
J. T. Funrerson, Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. P. Calloway, deed.
Banner Elk, Nov. I? '90..
Money to loan.
Persons wishing to hot
row money, who can secure
it by mortgage on good real
estate, can be accommodated
by applying to
J.F. Snainhour. Boone N. C
or A. J. ditcher, Morton N. C.
4. 24.
NOT If -IS.
Parties putting papers in
mv hand for execution will
pleise advance tire fees with
the papers and tliey will re
cei ve prom pt a t ten tion , other
wise they will be returned
- not executed for the want of
fees. I). F. Batkd Sijff.
ItOOXE. WATAWjA
Wroaf CpUInt.
For more than two hun
dred jhim the cry in Eng
land w ti h high taxation.
Franco up to tlu French Ib-v
olution was lifcrally despoil
ed, crushed, ruined by taxes.
Shaketqenre measured their
true worth. He siiterizednnd
denounced them again and
again. II? said that taxa
tion even reached the woods
"We take from every tree,
top, biirk, nnd part of tlie
timber, nnil though we leave
it with n root, thus hacked,
the air will drink the sap."
He says of taxes, that "nil
their curses now live where
their prayers did," and "nil
are in uproar, und danger
serves among them."
But the complaints of the
centuries were wrong and ill
founded, nnd Bhowed ingrati
tude. The true way to na
tional prosperity and bless
ing, ns we have Reen, is by
the smooth, lawn-like, flower
si row n way of taxation.
Make the taxes high enough
and everything prospers at.
once. This ist'e Harrison
curative for nil political ills
File up the taxes and you
make the people happy.
If you would let the great
American Republic outstrip
all rivals and become a land
of milk and honey, with gold
en rivers running everywhere
nnd n bucolic people happy
beyond the race, all you have
to do is to strengthen the
bonds of taxation and levy
contributions upon the poor
er classes for the special ben
efit of nabobs and Million
airm. This is the sum of the
wisdom of the Harrison-Reed
McKinley gang who are the
agents and exponents of the
half million rich men of their
party. The higher the taxes
the happier the people. What
a commentary upon common
sense ! Wilmington Messen
ger. IneTltable With an If.
Chairman Clarkson. of the
National Republican Coin
nnttee says the renomina-
t.ion of Harrison isinevjtnble
and that thi will be accepted
as a fact by all within the
next sixty days. Clarkson ad
mits that llurrison is not his
choice, but he, in common
with other Republicans, must
take his medicine. This, com
ing from the 'head of the Re
publican maetiine, seems to
be authoritative, but there's
many a slip 'twixt the cup
and the lip. especially when
Blaine is within reaching dis
tance of the cup. Kansas
City Star.
Speaker Crisp has an unus
uali.y difficult task arrang
ing the committees of the
House. There is a very large
proportion of new members
and the traditions of the
House are opposed to giving
them prominence. Itisclear
ly a case where tradition
should he put aside aud the
nembers be assigned accor
ding to their auility and fit
ness to serve the House and
the party. , Tnere are old
members enough for the re
sponsible positions, but the
"filling" should be donefrom
the best material available.
N. Y. World.
A terrible massacre of chris
tians and converted natives
has taken place in northern
China. The Belgian mission
station was burned. Press
find Cuvolinaian.
COUNTY, X.
THOSE STOLE GRAPES.
IIY MAY THOMAS.
'Oh, mamma! see what 1
ha v brough t you,' excla i med
Willie WarnT, us he ran in
the nent little toltagehecall
ed home.
"Where did .you get those
lovely ginM?,'" said a weak,
thin voice within.
"I don't know," said six-year-old
Willie. "Jim Hook
told me he knew where mere
were such nice grapes that
we could easily get, sohennd
I agreed to &o nnd get some.
After we had gotten them, he
said we Irid better not let
anyone see them. I don't
know why, but I suppose he
thought they might t.ike
them from us," said innocent
Willie.
The sick weman wasonthe
point of scolding Willie nnd
telling him he must take them
back, when a heavy knock
was heard at the door.
Willie answered the knock,
and before him vtood an an-
grjMooking farmer.
"flood morning," was the
surly salute.
Willie looked innocently in
to his face nnd said, "flood
morning, sir."
"Where is your mother?"
"In the next room. Step
in, sir. said poiiro line.
"flood morning, Mrs. War
ner, I just come ter .ell ye
that. I am goin' ter have yer
boy 'jerked; I'll l'ai n him ter
steal my grapes, the young
rascal."
"Why," replied Mrs. War
ner, '1 d m't.think Williestole
them purposely.'
"Yes, he did not mean ter
steel them, that is always
the cry. Fll I'arn hiin."
"Mamma, I did not take the
grapes," said Willie. "Wait,
Mr. drover, Fll tell you all
about it:
"Jim Hook told me about
such nice gi apes; he said he
would take me along to get
some for mamma, for she was
sick, and I tell yon, Mr. dro
ver, I would do anything for
my mother, l his morning
westarted to get those gra pes
and he told me not to let any
one see me. I asked him why,
and he said 'keep quiet,' nnd
I thought he was afraid some
one would take them from
us. but I did not know they
were stolen grapes."
Mr. flrover a row, a tear
glistened in his eye, and in an
unsteady voice he said: "I
once had a mother, too, my
boy; and I believe you have
spoken the truth."
He started toward thedoor,
but stopped and said: "Mrs
Warner, where isyer friends?'
Tears came to Mrs. War
ner's eyes, and in an unsteady
voice she said. I have no
friends."
"How strange," thought
the farmer, "I once had
daughter, she ran off with
the man she loved, and we
never forgave her, so she
passed out of our lives unti
my wife died, nnd on her
death bed she made me prom
ise to hunt and never give up
till I had found her."
Mrs. Warner sprung from
the couch and threw her arm
around him a n d sobbed
"Fatherl"
All hecould say wasDang
C TIIITUSDAY,
ter! my lost Ethel!' j Th R;al lnrtralia.
Her story w as mnn told.J Among the tacit uiisconeep
Her Moved husband h a d J Hons into w hich distant crit-Ix-en
killed nnd t-he vn too, i s are most likely to fall n
proud to write to her friends j lmt antipodes affairs isthat
for aid. At last thev moved which is based upon ignor-
nwny from the old place, and
she lot nil trace of them, un
til the meeting of fat her and
daughter an above.
At the ThankHgivingdinner
the reunited family looked
happy, bat as they looked
around the table, they saw
an emty chair it was the
mother's.
so.nrnoin kise mk;ht."
A lady was quMly walking
along a city street not long
ago when a door flew eii
ma; a hoy shot out with a
w hoop like a w ild In Fan.
Once on the pavement, he
danced a double shuffle all a
round the curb-stone, and
then readied the street, in
great haste,forit wusevident
trom the booksunderhisarm
that he was going to school.
She was thinking what noisy
thoughtless rreatures heal
thy boys are, w hen just a few-
yards beforehrrshc sawsome
thing yell'iw lying on the
tones. Coming nearer, she
ancied it a pin shaving and
ooked after the boy again.
She saw him stop short in a
crosvd of people at a crossing
nnd come back as fast as he
went, so t ha t just before slu
reached the shaving he dived
nnd picked it up, not a sha
ving nt.ill, but a long slimy
anana skin. Hinging it in
to a refuse, barrel he only
waited long enough t ) say:
Somebod v else might have
slipped on it , and was off a
gain. It was a little thing to do,
:ut the one glance of thf boys
clear, grav eves made the la
dy s hpart warm toward the
noisy fellow. He did not slip
nmself; he, was Far past the
langcr. and when one is in a
hurrv it is a great bother to
go over tne same ground
twice; but the somebodyelse
might slip, so for the sake of
this unknown somebody th
lurrying bov came back, and
it mav be saved the lite or
imb ol a feeble old man or a
tender young child . Ange-
us.
If membership in? the alli
ance does n-t interfere with
a man's politics or religion
how is it that the so-called
"Reform Press" feels at lib
erty to bully Congressman
Branch, drady, W illiainsand
Alexander for having gone
into the Democratic caucus
and voted for Crisp for Spea
ker?
If membership in the alli
ance does not. mterleie with
a man's politics or religion
how was it that Mr. J. S.Bell
did not feel at liberty, on ae-
count of his position as State
lecture, to sign the Demo
cratic address? Landmark.
Prayer and study are the
two hands of the ministry.
Prayer the right hand, study
the left. One-armed people
have not power to accom
plish much. Both arms, both
hands must be active" Much
prayer is the preacher's duty;
much study, not little. One
alone is not sufficient. Faith
comes from the sermon, but
the sermon must grow out of
the ground of study and be
aromatized with much yray
er. Familien Freund.
Pott rtTSPF.Pf.1.,
Indigestion, tml Stomuob dlsonlen, e
BKOWK'I IRO HITTKIIS.
" Ail dctikTS kcp it. $1 iT t Uie. Uoimic Iwv
DKCKMUHIS. :J1. ItfU.
unco of the enormous urea
and possibilities of ihe .'olo
nies. EsMvinlly is this likely
in the Failed States, where
the assumption may bthat,
as the population ol Austra
lia is about the same ns ilmt
of the thirteen original sea
board colonies of America,
the sin face over which they
are distributed is also ap
proximately the same. Asa
matter of fact, there is no
such proportion. New South
Wales alone is as large ns
they were; Tasmania, the R.
I. of Australia, is as large ns
large us that State with New-
Jersey, New Hampshire nnd
Massachusetts added; Yicto-
iii.,the smallest colony ol
the enntinent, is equal in size
to dreat Britain; Queensland
surpasses the united area of
Vustralia, France and der-
man.y: Nmtn Australia, one
third jj i eater than Queens
land, is nearly as large as
Western Australia, which of
itself has nearly four times
the extent of Texas, while the
two colonies together a re lar
ger than the whole of Europe
without Russia. The seven
colonies between them occu
py a territory' greater than
that of the United States ex
cluding Alaska. It is true
that at present Australia has
barely four million inhabit
ants, but these immense ure
as represent a potential pop;
illation to which it is impos
sible to set bounds. No part
of the continent is so hot nnd
so unhealthy as to forbid
white settlement, nnd if the
strip of low-lyingcoast-lnnds
in the north be omitted there
is no part of it yet colonized
in which Europeans can not
work. Port Darwin, theconn
trv about the flulf ofCarpen-
taria, and an indefinite belt
toward the northwest lie with
in the tropics, and are suita
ble for tropical productions;
but the high plateau of nor
thern Queensland, which runs
close to ihe sea, is found
thoroughly healthy for Eng
lish miners aud graziers, and
enjoys a bracing wiuter. The
back country, though water
less by comparison with the
Mississippi Valley, is able to
carry stock-well in most sea
sons, and with wells, tanks
and dams may be made to
do so in all years. The desert,
country of Eastern Australia
has vet to bi found. Scrib-
ner.
The Editor's Diary.
Tim Johnson
feeling merry.
Paid.
Died
dave hint a
free obituary. Joe Jenkins
skipped aud much did vex us;
Was f!iot for stealing horses
in Texas. The Widow Brown
paid up with laughtef; dot
married twenty days thereaf
ter. Old Col. Brown refused
to pay; Shot gun: Small fu
neral yesteiday. Y o u u g
Jones refused to pay in fuli;
Killed by John Spraddler's
Jersey bull. Judge S m i t h
paid cash, without reflection;
Will run for Congress next e
lection. Still in our boots
and Jinen duster; We'll run
this p!iper till we bust her.
Brist ol Courier.
NO. 21.
T(8 ('iVaa.
Ienth is not a thing to be
tearful of. It is not a painful
process. The only terror it
has is thecesoationofnll that
we enjoy in life. Death itself
is n passive condition nnd no
more to be dreaded than the .
condition we rani" from when
life began. Before we were
born we di not suffer on nc
cr tint of not existing; and af
ter death the surrounding
will be the same.
Of course lift is pleasant
nnd we like to retain ns lor.fj
a hold on it us possible. Ytt
when we lose our grip on it
we merely lie down to an ex'
ngerated sleep.
The man who sleeps nnd
does not dream is in a condi
tion fully ns unsatisfactory
us the man in the tomb. The
man w ho sleeps renews Hie.
That's nll'the difference.
It is disagreeable to face
the inevitable and to know'
that von must leave your
ivife and babies, your friends
and neighbors, but it is grea
ter loss to them than it is tor
you, for they realize the sor
row of parting and they miss
you, but you miss nothing ex
ept the good tune you might
have had if you had continu
ed to live.
Therefore, w hen death star
es you in the face accept it
gracefully, satisfied that you
are the gainer over the man
w ho rt tis never born at least,
ami that you havehad apret
tv jrood grist of pleasure out
of life even if it does not last
forever.
however, it is just as well
meanwhile to stick to life
while it lasts, nnd to make it
as enjoyable as possible, for
you will have all the rest ot
eternity in which to be dead
Bradford .Era,
The New York Herald now'
approves of the policy of the
Democratic party as under
stood to have been outlined
by the leaders in Congress. It
says:
There will be no attempt
at Washington this winter
to pass a radical and sweep
ing tariff bill. Such is the
sensible course decided upon
by the conservative element
which w ill rule the great Dem
ocratic majority in Congress.
The defeat of Mr. Mills pre
vents the Democrats from
making n serious mistake.
He and his friends would
have insisted upon the pas
sage of a radical measure
which would not only have
disturbed business but w ould
Ir-tve been nbsolute insanity
from the standpoint of party
politics.
Our Washington eorrespoit
dent infbrmsusthatthe Deni-
ocraMe leaders have decided
to attempt at present no
tariff revision, but will try to
achieve a few substantial re
sults in the obliteration of
duties upon raw materials
through separate bills. This
will leave the party in posi
tion to attack the McKinley
bill next fall if it chooses and
will prevent it from having a
oill of its own in attacking'
which the Republicans would
put it upon the defensive. In
the meantime business will
not be disturbed by tariff
tinkers, and the party will go
into iis fight unhampered by
demagogues.
The Herald saw the broad
guaged road which the defeat
of Mills would disclose and is
rejoiced to see that the Dem
ocrat majority in Congress
intends to U ael in it. N.vs
a.nd Observer ;
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