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VOL 5
W. 1$. COUXC1LL, Jit.
Am ux:y at Lav.
Boone, N.' C.
W. B. COUXC1LE. M. I).
Boone, X. c.
Resident Ph.vsi.inti. Office!
on King Street north of Post
Office.
K.F. LOVILE
Attouxky At T aw,
' Rootle X. (.'.
dr. l.c. reeves.
PllYSUIAX AND SlRUKON
Cff.cc at Residence.
Roone. X. ('.
L. 1). LOWE,
filijiiiay aS Law
A N It-
AO tar v rrnuc,
raxxi:rs elk. x. c.
j. FHdiiPflitfr.
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IIAKIOX. --N
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Wiil practice u t bt cunts o
YVntan-a. Ashe, Mitchell. Mellow
Al and '.ill itii.'" i-'Hii ties in the
.vestPiii lisEiict JiK'tial iitlen
tiongivpii to ihe rollrttiou of
NOTUCK.
Ilotrl I'mprrty toi S;iie.
On account of raiting health
of r. si If and wi! 1 otl'er for s.d
I?; v hotel p:'rprt v in tlx town nl
pMi'i.c. Noil h CnioliiMi; nr.d wili
-,'!! low lor HJ'h n) reake tona.
c. !uit the Inner, nii.l will taki
rpal or !(!: fit propi-i ( v in ox
I ill, .
Appiv soon.
Y. I.. nsYAX.
Notice.
For nle. 1)00 acresof land,
on Rich Mountain, Watauga
County, on which is asbestos,
nnd fine land forcheep ranch.
Sales private. E. T. Lowe &
I. T. Fnrgerson. Ex'trs. of
Mrs. A. I CaUosvnt. deed.
Banner Elk, Nov. 1 '1)0 .
- NOT UK.
Partis putting papers in
ro.y hand for execution will
pie ase mlvnncfi the fees with
the papers nnd they will re
ceive prompt attention, other
wise they will be' returned
not executeil for the want of
foes. D. F. lUrrtn ShTF.
lTl. GKEKNE, ifc co
REAL ESTATE AG'TS.,
HOO.XIi. N. C.
Will giv special attention
to abstracts of title, the sale
of Ileal Estate in W. N. C.
Those he ving farms, timber
and mineral lands for sale,
will do well to call on si id Co.
nt Boone.
L. L. GREE. & CO.
March 10,1893.
K0T1CE.
The taws of the State re
quire Jill weights and meas
ures to be sealed, and f here
by notify the people that I
am prepared to do such work.
You will find me in Boone nt
the residence of D. H. Dough
erty. J. JI. Cook,
Standard Keeper.
IMS rit Pfioaans OF ELECTRICITY.
dr. raisriijrj'o
i - t i.
V. V".
?rlrle. and nil
, r a ii a iTitr n im ail
, I nrrnaged n uktn. Peal hur
rtnti In strapft for teook on
V ahovi fl1acwKi, and how to
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DR. ALBERT F. SNELl a CO.,
WAsiiix(iTox ki:tti:i!.
From our EejaUr Csrrcjpoaljal.
ChtMopher ColmnbiH is in j
Wat. I. initial. Xot the dieov-j
eler of Aini iea, lait his d!
sci'iidant, th D.ikeof Vara-1
i . . . ..i
liua. wuo is n America an X lie
especially invited and honor
ed giifst of the V, S., for the
purpose of at lending the o
peningof the Columbian Fx
iiosition held in honor of his
illustrious ancestor.. The
I)nke and his party, in ehar.y
of Commander Dickens, F. S
X.. who is detailed for the
purpose of looking after the
comfort of the party. arrived
ed here last Saturday evening
and Went at once to the ho
tel at which a mngniflcent
stii'e (if rooniR had been en
gaci d for them, and o v e r
which the Spniiish flag will
fly during their stay in this
eity. Yesterday they atten
ded divine services at St.
Matthew's chun-h, and this
after noon a special reception
was held in thir honor by
President and Mrs. Cleve
land, ami to-njiht a musical
entertainment at the i-esi-di
n'd )' Senator Hriee. To
morrow will lie devoted to
the siirlils of tbo Xational
Capital, including historic
Mount Vernon, ami Wedne-s-day
the Duckal pjrty will g
to New York with IYeidmt
Cleveland. Mrs. (Wlandand
the Cabinet, wleM'e they will
seethe great. naVal review
from the deck of the V. S. S.
Dolphin. The Duke and his
wife ami daughter express
themselves as b"ing delight
"d w ith'America and will) the
more than cordial reception
which has been given them in
New York and Washington,
the only two cities they have
yet visited.
Prompt and decisive na
tion on the part of President
Cleveland and his cabinet cfl?
ried the country through
what at one period last week
looked verv much like a dan
gerous financial crisic. The
bee gold wan exhausted and
the continued d'Maiiid for
gold for export brought the
administration face to face
with the question ()f whether
bonds should be sold or a
portion of the $100,000,000
gold reserve fund should be
used to mh en) notes presen
ted to the treasury. Under
the law gold might have been
refused for treasury notes,
they being payalde in co n,
but as it had been the prac
tice of the department to re
deem these notes with gold it
was thought that it might
hate a bad effect to discon
tinue the practice just now.
so it was decided to use a
portion of the reserve fund,
and .ft 3,000,000 of it. was us
ed; but it was only for a sin
gle day. Now, the treasury
has replaced what it used
from the fund and has, be
sides, enough gold to meet
all demands, for the present
at least. Public opinion, na
represented in Washington,
is with President (Jlevelan 1 in
the belief that so long as
there is known to be more
t.hani 1700,000,000 in gold
in the United States, there
is no necessity for the gov
ernment to sell bonds to pro
cure gold r nod as for using a
part of thegidd reserve fund'
to redeeni note-, that is pre-i
riscly Ahat that fund was:ic-i
cumulated lor, and m a n r
prominent democrats ! not '
hesitate to say t hat it should
lie used, if necessary, until it j
becomes appal rut that it will ,
become exha us'ed, before)
bonds should be issued. The
present indications are that
the treasury will soon have
plenty of gold, as bankers,
particularly in the West and
S uith. are placing their gold
at its disposal, and visitors
to the World's Fair will soon
turn a stream of Furoi-ean
gold our way.
Fx-congressman Vance, of
Connecticut, while on a fly
i n g visit t. Washington,
dropped some pleasant dem
ocrat ie news concerning his
state, which, although regu
larly casting its electoral
vote for a democrat, Ii a s
been unable Tor a long peri
od to send a deaiocrnt tothe
United States Senate. Mr.
Vance sa.s the legislature to
be elected this year will be
democratic and that Sena
tor Piatt will !e succeeded by
a democrat, and his friends
add, "his name will b" Hob
Vance."
The weather has been unu
sually cool " t his spring, but
then' if no comparison be
tween the weather and the
action of republicans u a w
holding federal ollices in va
rious states, in writing let
ters to I he heads of the de
partments under which they
are, .asking that they be al
lowed to remain in office.
Even such a pronounced par
tisan politician as the noto
rious Webster Flannagan,
now collector of customs at
El Paso Texas, has written
asking that he be kept, in of
rice, Evidently Flannagan is
of the same ij?ind now con-
rniag the hohbogof federal
offices that he was almost a
sc re of years ago when he
tart led a Republican Nation
d ' '(invention, to which he
was a delegate, ?hen the
same subject was up,. by ask
ing; "What are we here for?"
It is probable that he will
soon learn what the demo
crati.' administration is here
for, and the knowledge will
hardlv please him over much.
Hon. T. F. Paird.U. S. am
bassador to (ireat Hritiin,
w ill start for London on May
20th. He has been, while in
Washington, the receipt of
unusual courtesies and atten
Hons from Sir Julian Paunce
Vote, the ISritisli ambassador.
The McMillan mnsee of 0
maha ovrns the largest, spec
imen of the bovine race now
in existence. This gigantic
ox was bred by C. W. Curtis,
of Cass county, Indian. At.
last H?eount8 he weighed 3,
740 pounds, stood six feet
and four inches in height and
measured ten feet, and eleven
irxMies in girt..- 'St. Louii Re
public .
Raleigh Obser: Cyclones and
polities are among the use
less (hings that distress Kan
ms. They cannot be cured
until the wind has reason ami
the people have' cense,
830ne doihr p,ys for the
Di'inoeiHt one yen r.
ComoiU tur the DrmM-rt.
Theoutlook of our
try's lit. u.ci.,1 interests f r
......... t l..',ee.. ve.v m,-
satisfactory, and many of
our ci'ix mis hnv.MMvo,nedis-:ingf.
heartened with the prospecisa
before them. A number oMfood. and thev thev were
them have turned aiw.iy in
disapproval ami gone to thej
West to ret k better fort lines i
than it seomed likely they
W(u!d tind here. u'hile we
wish them greai success in
their new homes and deplore;
the fact that we could not of
fer sui'Iicient inducements to
hold them among us, still we
are disposed to credit their
dissatisfaction to allurement
of the imagination, and to
fancied, rather than real dis
advantages of ourown coun
try. The Western States have
been, am' are et, places en
wreathed with a halo of fa
bled glory, 'ind th reputa
tion of many of them almost
induces 'Is to believe that the
Alchemist's wand or the Phi
losopher's stone, either of
which enables one to convert
everything into gold, are
there ready for all of us who
will go and pick them up.
We are lisposed to believe
that many who leave our own
dear county to go West are,
like .Juan Ponce De Leon, ex
pecting to find the fountain
of perpetual youth, or some
othes similar unreality. But
even if such is the case, there
must necessarily be s o m e
cause for so many people
leaving their native homes
for strange lands, more than
j usr more a 11 n remen t s or seem
ingl.v good prospects there.
If they were doing a success
ful business here, such allure
ments would have no atten
tion. Our climate is superi
or to a'l.v western climate;
our A-afer is pure, while in
many instances the western
water is alkaline, and our
country in general will Favor
ably compare with most wes
tern regions. Still we havt
poor people, plenty. In fact
we are all poor, if we value
riches n'ccoiding to the stan
dard of a Wall Street prince;
but to get to the true valua
tion of riches which is to have
all the money you want. If
one wants ,vl;;ff five cents
will buy and has ten cents, he
is wealthy. If we value rich
es b this standard, we have
many rich men. and every
one may be rich ii he will.
It is in acknowledged fact
that the cost of living is much
less in this country than any
where else in the U. S. Our
progress has been slo w for a
few vents, but. how have our
energies been? Our finances
have been on thf decrease for
a few year?, but how have we
applied our time? Stock has
been of less value than for
merly, for a few years, but
how have our facilities for
stock-iaising been? We have
been sluggish and drlatory;
we have frittered away much
valuable time, and as a con
sequence our production of
grain and hay has been limi
ted and as a final result , out
less thrifty farmers who fail
ed to produce enough susten
ance for themselves and their
stock have been obliged for
several su'eesvve years- o
,,.k employment to earn ,
coun-itheirdailv bread, and most!
: gen. rail v thev could not liad
em t .i. m..n f . ml !..,.
ought to have been prcpar
a-themselves toput out
er p: but in. n must have
compelled to neglect theirj
business. ;ind by being neg
le.-ted their crop is nt half!
what it ought t'.i have been,!
and each year makes it wo: . I
lly not raising enough grain
for food and feeding, many
fail to raise pork sufficient
lor their own use, and thus
is caused another leak for
the small sui plus of mom y.
These and many other li!"ji.,;t.r:U;andyethalfthegood
ev.is w men our peope, na e
oeen ca i eiess enough to per
mit a beginning are the main
causes of our present hard
times. They are like an elder
sprig which begins to grow
in a rich field. It dues riot
occupy mu"h space at first,
but every year it spreads far
ther and fart her and in a
short time it has covered the
field. A man does not '.hink
it a very big thing to buy ait,,!L ()f,pn
little grain or feed, but ev
ery cent that he sptrndy in
that way is that much capi
tal stock sold from his farm,
if he is a farmer, and renders
him that much b hind in his
next year's proceed, and the
result is increased by arith
metical progression ever y
year it is continued. Let our
fanners begin to think. Don't
think about the West for
that tends toward an unset
tled mind; hut think over the
best plans for producing en
ough grain and sustenance
for themselves a n d stock,
that they may be able to
keep Mieir stock until the
market is fair, instead of be
ing compelled to sell it at a
sacrifice or let it starve, or
spend half as much money
as it is worth to buy feed for
it. Study how -.o manageto
produce sufficient supplies so
thut yon will have enough
and to sp ire, and then the
change you have accumula
ted can ji(i towards supply
ing yourselves with more
comforts ,r towards the im
provement of your farms,
aid yoi'i can' begin to rejoice
tind say "Hurrah for Watau
ga ! She's the best land a
shoie. I once thought she
was no ;i.ood but I think it
no moie. I find that, thrift
will pro. luce wonders a n d
that industry and economy
will make her independent.
Hurrah for Watauga !"
Wu.lkt S. Miu.cu.
An alluminiini vhlin has
been constructt (I by a musi
cian of Cincinnati and h a s
been tried in concert as well
as in private. It cannot be
distinguished by its tone from
the vyoodn instrument.
It is claimed that it is supe
rior to wood in durability,
freedom from accident and
susceptibility to moisture.
J. D. AVatkins. Blakely Ga.
writes: -'Old sores covered
my entire person and itched
intensely night and day. For
several months I coild not
work at all. Icommencod the
use of Botanic blood Balm
and commenced to grow bet
ter the first week, and am
now sound and well, free
from sores and itching and
t work- agiiiBv"
Ti.e i rintii r rrr-f rtor for Botk
till,
.TM ' "'r''1' . .
Iheartof pnutinghas pro
I veri to be one among the
rn'T ,!,,'Msil,H toour r;,("H
of all the inventions of man.
. "'''" I"
t A t 1 .
imsror.v r iren, nations, em-
jpiresand kingdoms. By it
our laws, literature ami news
are made, ami gives us in
book form the works a n d
pioductions of poets, of lite
erary, philosophical and sci
entific men, and above al!, it
give U3 neat and cheap Bi
bles. It is, in faet.n great ed
ucator and so cheap that all
im.-iv 4 vail themselves or its
jt ,ias hnf. notl)een to,(J
While it produces so much
good, it also produces much
evil. Such as printing obsene
periodicals, magazines, nov
els and all light publications
which pervert the minds of
our young men and young
women from the realities of
life. Reading such stuff cre
ates i:i the mind fanciful and
unreal heroes
i ml heroines
leads to elope-
mem.s and unhappy mar
riagv. Could I but !a!i the
evils tell, I would feci that f
had done well. Our daiiy and
weekly newspapers are pow
erful agents for information
and to give us the genera!
news.' An, one who doesn't
take and r?ad a good news
paper is away yonder nehind
the times of this fast and pro
gressive age, and about two
of the meanest things we cart
do is to subscribe for a pa
per and not pay for it, or to'
read a borrowed paper. The
newspaper men are about
the hardest worked, the poor
est paid, and often the least
thanked and the most blam
ed of all classes and profes
sions. If they have unpaid
subscription and need their
money they must dun their'
delinquents with soft and pur
suasive words. It seems to
me that everybody ought to
trtke some good pa per, espec
ially our county paper. We
all ought to be proud of the
Pemochat, and if we aref
proud of it. and like it, why
not take and pay for it. It
ought to have one thousand
paid up subscribers. Wereit
not for the advertising fees
no local paper could live.
Therefore let, the good peo
ple of Watauga and surroun
ding ( . .unties, and elsewhere,'
subscribe and pay for the
Ihaiw! .::Af-a pa per chock full
ol wit, humor and news, and
a werkly and welcome visit
or. Miry it long live and its
publisher grow as hale, hear- ,
ty and fat as its editor, but
not quite so lazy.
As the editor of the DkMO
cuat has so nobly honored;
his vvidowerhood by con seer a
ting so many years of his life
to the memory of his worthy
and beloved wife, would it
not now- be advisable a n d"
commendable for him to
take unto himself a help
mate to share his joyp, hi
pleasuies and happiness to
soothe and comfort him iu.
t rouble, sorrow and pickm-.-:. ''
If he is not pledged and row
ed to perpetual widowerhood
let lnm accept the hove
friendly suggeshoin a.rl
make them practical. So may
it be.
Si'Rinni.EKv