Newspapers / Watauga Democrat. / April 13, 1893, edition 1 / Page 1
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--. vol r I'll') l-i'SSlOXAL. liOONK, WATAUGA COl'NTV, X. ('., IIU'KSDAY, Al'i.IL, K) I-.i:. v. p..hfx('1ll, j it. Attok.v.y at La v. Boone, X. ( W. U. COPXCILL, M. I). I'lOOUC, X, C. 1 1 i . . i n r ti Iit'SlllI'lll 1 IIVMCiail. ".liilM (iii K St iHt north of Post Otlice. i:.r. lovill Attohxkv At T.aw, Boone X. ('. pp. l.c. blltks Physician" ani Sritnt.ox CfTce at Residence. Boone, X. V. L. P. LOW K, -A ND- notmiv i r: ii Lie, i-.AXXLirs i:lk. x. j oea?nsw; .177'':7A7vl'-17 A.I H. MAIUOX. X. -()- Will practice in the courts u Wrdaa-j a. Ar.V.e, Mitchell. McDow- U mid all otl r nineties in the ,?f stern listiiet J-'iT Specie! attcn tion given to the collection of I'lainiM." NdTICK. Hotel Vvojifviy fui F;tti'. On nccomit of failing healli of rvyselt'cml vile, 1 otfer for naif iiiy l:ote! prt!;v itv ii; ib" town ul I'oiiiie. Nurtli t'-Ti-nliiia. o.i will .!1 low 'nv !'aj'i ;n! : o suit t! r liiivcr. ai ! ' tf ries ui'i take r-al o C:liJ l .ef. suiial pi-di'eitv iii px- A pl'l V HDI'il. W. L. Hrvan. Notice. For Kale. OCO acres of land, on Kich Mountain, Watau;; County, on which isashestos, find fine land for sheep ranch. Sales private. L. I). Lowe & I. T. Fnru'erson, Ex'trs. of Mrs. A. P. Callowav. deed. Ranner Elk, Nov. IT '90 . NOTICE. Pcrtiefs putting papers in my miuo tor execution will p'ease adxnnce the with the papers nnd t hey will re cei ve prompt at tent i m, other xise tliey will he returned hot eecnie(i for the want of fees. I). F. PiAiitn Sm r. J..L. GltIXli,&CO., REAL ESTATE ACTS., UOOS'E, N. ( . Will giv? sjircia! nttpntion to ihstracts of title, the sale of Ueal Estate in W. X. C. Those hi vintr farms, timher nnd mineral lands for sale, will do well to call on said Co. at Hoone. CSThosp desiring to mor. ti-ap,ereal fstate for money on rensonnle terms, are also requested to .ive us a call. L. L. GHEES & CO. March 1G, 18J3. . IHE tT PRSaWKS5 OF K L Et, 1 r.iCITY. 1 ii.4 for tUr Tritn-ai . : r?f4tM fcrl'.!e, 'ctlixi.s u 1 all 4'l irtlHJ i; in i-M c.i Rriaui-tl and Uvken. Scn-j fur wif in itimi.a fur Kwu.ir fn in5-1 1 .. V .X nb(iv Htsk a, ft'iti hw to s2.rSS ' If you feel weal and ail worn out take BROWN' 5 -IRON BITTERS !vasiiix(;t(ix li;tti:i:. From our Hsjular Corrcspoartect. Scandals involving; tin of ficial ul tlif late lepublicnn itiit;iiiitr.-ilioii mi' roming to the surface with alarming fleolency these d.l.VS. OlU' i na t is almost emharrassing IH'fJlUKl ol til llearin'M of those i-oii'f rri'l therein to'X Piesident Harrison, is tluit unoii i t hei ly SecretaricH Car lisle and (ins'iain, relating relating to th mi n iki- in a hich ex Secretary of State Poster, is squandering t h people's money upon a lot of fa vi rites, nil on pay rolls, that he has taken on a junk eting trip to Paris, ostensi bly to ,ii(J him in thp Behring Sea ni hil ration. As speci mens of this pleasure party these two will SMili.v, giving a fair idea of the whole husi ness : Major Hnlford was inmlf p-iymasti-r in the crmy ar a Hahuy ol $.'.. 00 a ,cr as a reward iir hi- services as Mr. Harrison's private Secretary, and was onlereil to Paris to remain during the a 1 1 I i i at ion, all houj,h n.i one Could see tli- necessity lor an army paymaster t neiv. Mi. Foster, who is P. S. agent at a compensat ioa na :n-d hy himself while Sec. of .'Mate, wished the Major to have a ?ood t ill!" so lie O- dei e-1 ; he should he allowed i i;e Sta.te depart ment :?1 p"r ilfiy forexpen.-. fn :n fa'iiis s. .1 tatdev In-own, m iso was dar fieid's private Si-cn-iary, is drawing ilt) a day ;n a rei' nlar eii!p!ye of the State d-'partme.'it, lu:t !iavia.i or dered him to Paris Mr. Cos ot (iirecieu mar in-, a I s o . 1 A ' i 1 . I I should receive 15 a day for expenses, in adilit ion to tus rejiuhir salary. Then nro a number of others treated e- pnilly .as liberal. Anotlnr scandal e.vists in the weather bureau and Secretary Mor ton is now investign t'"ii charges of general cussed iies:- ng-ainst some of its mos aoiainem oniciais m il a:e almost certain to resali. in a number of dismissals. Avoi ding to tlwsc diaries t h e crookedness b;y,at) from the time the but can was tr'ans IVrred to.the department of A'.-ri"ultnre lad never stop- ped. Unless some sort of a com promise can be reached the republicans holdinir federal offices in Kansas are safe to enjoy their snaps for some time to come, as President Cleveland has directed that no uppointmer.ts be made in that state until it can be sat isfactorily arranged wheth er the fusionists or the strait outs are to be friren control, or a division ma le between them. While Mr. Cleveland wants to do the sq a r e tiling by both sides it is un o pen secret tha t his per sonal feelin.us are all on the side of the straight outs. The administration, a n d democrats generally, Nre de lighted with the March state ment of the condition of the I 'Ct'UO C 11 !' f If l .1 .3 Tf ji i i nu i j . ii. Jl luui r , known befo,'e ,1;in1' lhiU the payments for the month would be unusually large, uuiD'Jniocrnt one year. it was not known, or even T gueed at by ex-Stcretary 1 Foster th.it t!ie March re eeipts would Home mill ions less in execs of his esti mate. As a result, insten.! oftheliole in the iivnilahle' en fill anticipated m account oi iii" I i - .March pnvmeiPs of SLOOO.COO wns ad.le.l to .i. i i ,i , . . t lie mil-plus, and the freehold now near the three million mark, c'.mtinues to Mccunm-J late. Secretary Croiile has re cei veil ma ny contra t u!.i t i ms I upon his tiist m nith's sliow iv.;X. -vhich lait tends to con li a; tiie general belief that he would make a succcssfu. S 'cretaiy ol t he Treasury, llr. E Edery Anderson, ;f Xew York, credited with be iii the principal author d t he tariff bill recently made public hy the Ileform Hub of that city, is in Washington. IT' say.-: "The Reform Club, which has played such n prominent part in the pres ent situation, has promulga ted its tariif reform bill, not with 'he undeistni;di;:e- Mial it is to be accepted, but main ly for the healthy and wide spread discussion which will follow." The silly frie-lit w h'rch has been made on Mr. -John E. Ilisley, the minister to Den mark, has no clTvM-t. here, as Mr. Iiisley has received ids commission and taken t h e oath of office. lie will prob ably receive his final instruc tions this week, ani r'viiiT says a portion of them will ! e to open neotial ions tor I lie purchase of a naval s!a tion on the island ol St. Thorn as, West Indies, from t li e Danish government. 'resident Cleveland t o ! d Senator Ihiacii, of Xorth Da kota, that iio faction of the party in any state will re ceive re -onition to tin' dis crimination of another fac tion, but that, the ability and cnaracter of t h e applicant will decide all appointnents. iiy t!c way, speakiny; of Sen ator i!o,ich, the impression seeais to beec-,ii al i hat uoth in' moie will lie heard i;i tlie S wiate of Mt. Hoar's resold tion to investigate newspa per charges against pkoach. Uristol Courier: Lnm irt ine predicted fifty yea is ago hat before the end of thiscentury newspapers would supplant books. lie said: -'Mankind wiil wiite their books day by day, hour by hour, page by page. Thought will spread abroa J with the rapidity of light. Instantly conceived, instantly written, instantly understood at the extremi ties of theearth, it will spread abroad with the rapidity of light. Instantly conceived, instantly understool at the extremities of the earth, it will spread from pole to pole, suddenly burning with the fervor of soul which trade it burst forth; it will be the reign of the human mind in all its plentitude; it will not have time to ripen, to accu mulate in the form of a book; the book will arrive too late; the only book possible from day to day is the newspaper. VH' One dollar vs for the - ay your subscription. A I IIM.It'3TKAI!. Stlillld M.-ig.izii.M. In a P.tri-diian "tivii room r ... " ;i. " , , ' om some of her compan ions sht received encoiira".!'- i nn nt, lint the majoritv ex- , ,., , ' . ' . l pressed themselves afler this fashion: "Such tremors nre incurable. As nature h a s form d us. I. old or timid, cold or ardent, grave or irav. so we must it lnain. Whoev er saw ambitious man cured of his ambition, or a miser of his avarice?-' Some members of the com pany objected to the fatal ism of these observations and one said: "Ifyouaslc for a on verted miser, I can show you one. Here he is. I j ,n one."' The man who said this was a popular dramatist, noted for generosity. His statement was received with ejacula tions of "Xous mse."' "Imp's si!)!",'" '"Do you expect us to believe that?" "Imbed." answered he, quiff seriously, "I speak the tiuth. although now. I trust, I nm such no longer, it you would care to hear if. I wil! relate to you the story of my conversion. 1 1 fl A 1 I 1 1 ii was ciivred oy ; cinld s tear.'" All present i mined i- ati a iv y e'-owded around him he u il from hn litis th 1 following recital : 'in l!i C5." ttii the dram atist, "'1 had iuit given the theater of the Porte Saint Martin one of the most suc cessful of my pieces. One day about that time two letters reached :n by tlcsnniepos". Roth were fram Marseilles. One was from a theatrical manager, informing me that h intended bringing out my new piece there, and that he desired my presence at the fi nal rehearsals c.f the drama. With regard to remuneration for my trouble, I might make my own terms in reason. The stcond was a very brief one, ran thus: "Monsier, the wife and daughter of your broth er are dying for want. Some hundreds of francs would save th'nn. and I doubt not that you will hasten to visit con nections so near to you, and make arrangements for their present and future comfort.'' Tiiislftter tiore the signa ture of Dr. Lambert of Mar seilles. "As I hav already told you. I was a miser in the worst senseof the word. The physician's letfer, far from moving me to pity, merely renewed certain angry feel ings which had formerly ex isted in my mind toward my sister-m law. When, some years back, my brave sailor brother, wdio had sinea b en drowned, had written to tell me of his approaching mar riage to a fisherman's daugh ter, I, in my miseiable wide and misetliness, had replied . . . 1 j t ;.i." i i, fill I i i; ,iii.'iui-ini mill lie ni. loing a most foolish and de grading action. I was even wretch enough to advise him to break off the match, if that were Htiil possible. My brother, like the honorable man h was, wedded the girl he loved. My sister-in-law, w ho was a high spirited Bre- ! ton, never forgot my lei f i . j and despised I In writ er. When sh'' lot Ict hu.-'o ind a :i d i i-Miii'i .-"-ii u: i j . ii )ir ( ...... j i ....if : i ; .. .... ; hm ere she could in itiir her - : self to rippl v to mr I'.ilt the s'uht uf her on!v child wast- imraway from sh want, , , . ,' . . , , , ; had at least hroken down Ict pride. As the ( ng.igement at Hie Marseilles theaterseemed like ly to proven profitable one, I, as you might expe t, lost no time in accepting he of fer. I wrote off to the man ager at once, and followed my letter in person with as little delay aspos. ible. Wlum I arrived at the principal tio- tel in Marseill' s, 1 encounter - ed there, in the act of enquir - ing for iiu', the dor-tor who had written on my sistet-in law's behalf. As I had not re plied to his letter, the good man said, in his simplicity: "He will be here in pei son, ami had looked for me every day. "You have lost no time, sir," said he. "Doubi less you th. ught, and rightly, t h a t did you delay, death might forestall you. Ah ! I am in deed glad to s.e you !"' 'I wascomplefely nonpluss ed. My sole object in visit ing Marseilles, bad been the professional one; but how could I avow such a fact to such a man? For very shame I could not doso. According ly, instead of going straight to the theater, as I had in tended doing. I walked away with th 3 doctor to my sister in law's poor abode. "It was a most wretched room. Yet. the first object in it that caught my eye was a very beautiful one. Xear the invalid's bed stood her little girl, with black eyes, pretty curly hair, and a face ivhose expression vvas a p.j the tic combinaiion of yon Hi fid brightness an-1 prematm-f sadness. At the fiu-t. -iaiii-e I could have taken the love-! ly creaiuie mro my arms; Then I sternly repressed this alien emotion. The doctor, after he had spoken a few words to his patient, beckon ed me to approach. As I did so the poor woman tried to raise herself. The mixture of sadness and pride upon her faded countenance told me plainly how great an effort it had cost In r to appeal to me. Using C.e strongest plea that she knew, she pointed to her child with weak, trembling linger, and said in low tones: "See here! She will soon be alone in the world !"' "Even this touching a ppeal produced (I blush to fay it) no ei'ft ct upon my hard heart, j answered coldly : 'Why give way to such fears? You are young; you have a good phy sician, why lose all hope?' A less selfish man would have added, 'you have a brother-in-law also, who means t o do his best for you.' Put I said nntlmifi if t r i ii cjt v " i - l II 111 mi ' I. IIU CJl I. .11 V W(l thought was how I might ., uiore easily escape from the threatened burden. The lit tle girl, who had been gazing at me with wondering eyes, now came to my side and said: 'Will you please sit upon th) bed? Because you are too tall for me to kiss you if youBtnnd.' "1 toi ' dim lied up ' mother's CVCS TT CI'IS- lasp- ii, turn ii-r iijiim VH-rei ... i .... i t i. ... i ! ed ! i;ethei MS if in pravr. I'lial'i'iilifil hv in v Idack look, the little one hrrw hr arms around my nH-k, and pressed !;ir lips to my check. Wil1 you be my papa? said j she. I will love von so dar- i ly ! You are like papa. He was very good. Areyo igood too? My only answer was to unclasp her arms Home what roughly from my neck, and set her down upon the floor. Sne cast noon me a i glan.-e .of mingled surprb .ippointm-Mitan I fear, and 1 n tear rolled ,' !o vly down her (check. lJ4.r njeiit sorrow j worked t lie mira ic that her prcttv f ud prattle had failed to effect As by an enchant er's wand, the ugliness of my character, the utter brutali ty of my conduct was reveal ed to me in that moment. I shuddered in borrow and self disgust, and yielded at once to my good angel. I hfved t he disconsolate little maiden into my armsand, laying my hand upon her head, said: 'Yes, my child, I promise to be a father to you; you shall be my dear little daughter, and I wiil love you and take care of you always.' "How h ippy this promise made my sister-in-law words fail me to describe. Her joy ful excitement alarmed both the physician and myself. Joy, however, seldom kills. Prathei ! brother!' she mur mured, 'how my thoughts have wronged you ! Forgive me! Hergratit u ie stung my newly awakened conscience more sharply than any re proach could have done. I hasrocri to change the wib- r si-; r. o a hitler .i a remo v it o dwelling. The , ,"eh Iv kilidlK'S, 'he ta. oi' how lur which f,as' : place, was not so '.or, wii-h 'Maiertook :Ht!eg. reerto lb; Well (jliaii- tied. "lie found for us a delight ful cottage in the neighbor hood of Marseilles. There we three my sistor-in-law, my niece and myselflived for three months. At the end of that time the mother passed peacefully away, leaving her child to my care, with full confidence in my affection. Marie has been with me evr since. Her jos have been my joys, her life has been my life. Do I not owe hermn'-h? That tear of hers a prec-io'.is pearl gathered by my heart has been to ii what the dew drop of morn is to the un opened fio.er -expanding it for the entire da f of its ex istence!" b..b. n: .!. D. Watkins, Blakely Ga. writes: "Old sores covered my entire person and itched intensely night and day. For several months I could not work at all. 1 commenced the use of Botanic Blood Balm and commenced to grow bet ter the first week, and am now sound and well, free from soifs and itching and at work again." fiROO'i ir.C-N SITTERS Cures DyspspBia, In digestion & Dobility.
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