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Watauga .Democrat. VOL. XI. boone, Watauga county, n. c, Thursday FMrniAirrriisoa 4.- Aiovesi A 11 virni II Ml . omption? Te are sore you do not. Nobody wants It. But tt comes to many thousands every year. Itcomes to those who have had coughs and colds until the throat ii raw, and the lining membranes of the lungs are inflamed. Stop your cough when it first appears, and you remove the great danger of future trouble. stops coughs of alf kinds. It does so because it is a sooth ing and healing remedy of great power. This makes it the great est preventive to consumption. Put one of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Plasters over your lungs A wholm Mmdtaml Library F rerev For four rents In tamp topey poifc. Re. wlU eend J en tixieeu nieaiceA book. Matfloml Adrian From. We here the exclniive lervlcee of tome ef tlie mcftt eminent phyilrlani In the" Cnitr Statei. Unumutl oppor tunities and lung experience eml nentlv fit them for livini vou mediciil Advice, ultn in your cum write ireeiv en ine panic- ou will receive a J prompt replv, without cant. Lowell, Mall. PROFESSIONAL. W. B. COUNCIL L, Jr. Attorney at La a'. ;V Boone, N. C. W. B. COUNCILL. M. D, Boone, N. C. Resident Physician Office on King. Street north of Post Officer ( B. F. LOVILL. J. G. FLETCHER. IML & FLETCHER. ATWUNhYSATLAW, BOONE, N. C. tSSFSpednl attention given to the eolletion oiclaims. WILLIAM R. LOVILL. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Sutherlands, N. C. Practices in the State and Federal courts. Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD, Cancer Specialist, BANNER'S ELK. N. C bio Knife; Ab Burning Out. Highest references and endow ments of prominent persons suc cessfully .treated in Va., Tenn. and N. C. Remember that there Is no time too soov to get rid ol a cancerous growth no matter how small, Examination free, letter answered promptly, and Satisfaction guarantee. NOTICE, Having qualified as Adminis tratrix of L. L. Greene, deceased, late of Watauga county, N. C, this is to notify all Hr8on hav ing claims against the estate of the deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned within twelve months from the date of this no tice or it will be plead in bar of their recovery. All pcrftonsindebt cd to said estate will please make laimediate payment. Dee. 15, 1)8, Mattie J. Creese, Adm'x. NOTICE. Having qualified as adminis trator of l'inkii?y Uuderwood deceased, all persons having claims against his estate are no tified to iwresent the same duiy authenticated within 12 months from the date of this notice, or it will be plead in liar of their recoV 1 ftiert cry. This Jan.2,18au. - ' C. J. Cottuell, Adm'r fJUCLE SAM TAtatS. The Chirks ville (Tex.) rim es is responsible for the fol lowing speech delivered by Uncle 8a in on the 4th day of July, 1895; "Ladies and gentlemen," said Unele Sam, clearing his throng "I tnwt that on this most glorious fourth of July yon will 'pardon any seeming boasting on my part. I do not expect to make a speech to-day, but as I have some few facts and figures at hand I shall endeavor to give you a few pointer that will J trnst if not entertain, at least interest you. "When- ahem the fourth of July was first invented I was in very delicate health and many of my friends fear ed that I would riot five until the next one. In addition to my wretched heulth my pov erty was most appalling. My real estate consisted of a fringe of territory along the Atlantic coast, and even that was in litigation. As for money I had none. 1 gave inv note for whatever sup plies I couldn't do without and notes soon became more plentiful than precious. "For seven years I litigat ed with one John Bull and at length acquired a clean title to 13 colonies, which I im mediately combined and call ed the United States of Amer ica; It was qu'te a big name for a small property, but by careful management 1 soon began to expand my posses sions, in tact, l grew very rapidly and was doing splen didly when, in 1812, l was forced into litigation with that same fellow Bull. It didn't last long, however. and we compromised in my favor. "For forty-five years grew like Jonah's gourd. In 1860 1 got into a very costly dispute with some relatives of mine who were about to ahem divide my property whether I consented or not They came in an ace of mak ing off with my garden spot, but I argued with them four years, and, though their ar guments were the warmest I have ever had to meet, I fi nally prevailed upon them to withdraw their claims. From that time until 1898 I had no trouble, but m the year mentioned I was insulted by Spain, a peninsular kingdom across the ocean. 1 prompt ly ducked Spam in the deep, damp sea, and retained such of her possessions as I liked as pay for my trouble. In fact, I added Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippine islands and some other smaller change to my map and since then have been improving the propertv. "At this moment I am champion land monopolist of the universe, and my share ol the trull stream would ir rigate a planet While my sunburned boys are harvest ing bananas at Porto Rico their fur-clothed brothers oi Point Barrow are harpoon ing iceberg. While my nim ble fingered maidens at Ma nila are weaving straw braids into headgear my study men of Maine are lippingsaw logs into lumber. From the Ars tic ocean to the Antilles and rom Penobscot to the Philip lines 1 am the whole thing. M.v coat-tails flutter overten million square miles antl the' tour winds of heaven have their headquarters i n my whiskers. I'm the moon hawk of the mountains and the star-spraftgled terror of the seas. In short, I'm, the coupling pin of the continent and a red hot huckleberry from the headwaters of the hemisphere." And the band played "Dix ie A Preacher', Confession. Richmond Times. In his letter of resignation, Rev. Thomas Dixon said that he had met with disappoint ment in trying to organize the "People's Church" in New York; that he had not been able to raise sufficient money to meet expenses, and that he had been "disillusionized." The ReligiouH Herald i s glad that Mr. Dixon has been "disillusionized," and inti mates that there is hope for him. The trouble with Mr. Dix' on, as we said yesterday, i that he contracted the re form habit, and departed from the old time preaching: which he did not approve. fie thought that preachers ought to discuss all sorts of secular questions from their pulpits and tell people how to vote. Accordingly he preached about all the ques tions of the day, from a bi cycle race at Madison Square Garden to a Gubernatorial election. Whatever the news papers talked about Mr. Dix on preached about in his People's Church, and his bearers got all the news of the week from Mr. Dixon's pulpit, served up in the most attractive style and ptinetu- 'ated with sensation invective. Mr. Dixon is a man of learn ing, and a gifted orator. He is also a man of great mag netism, and those who hear him are usually fascinated with his style. Yet his "re form" preaching don't suc ceed with the public, and Mr. Dixon i s "disillusionized," Which, being interpreted, means that he has failed. Mr. Dixon has a brother who is no orator as Thomas is, bnt a devout man, and a fervent preacher, who has stuck to the old time relig ion and the old time style of preaching the Gospel, pure and simple, without theflow er of secularity and sensation alism. He has sometimes gone into the streets and preached oh the 'corner to such a crowd as he could as semble, but he has always preached, in church and out of church, the religion of the Bible. His lot, too, was cast in New York, and his ministry has been eminently successful. The last time that we heard from htm he was still walk ing in the good old way, teaching repentance and sal vation,, and if he is "disillu sionized," he has not made the fact public. The old way is good enough for him. But Rev. 1 nomas Dixon has not made a complete fail ure. He has had a negative success. He has succeeded in showing preachers how not to preach. He is a living and an eloquent warning -to the ministry 1 letter Fnntf tire- Itate Nornkail' ate; Industrial Sfrtml. EdH&F Democrat. Thinking perhaps1 nonw of the Watauga people might be interested in a short-letter from the-Normal ctnd Indus triat College, I thotfgbt that i would try to entertain the n awhile by tetlrng tbera some' thing of the work and tsar rotmdings of the College. There are two large brick buildings one of which is the school building, and the oth er a dormitory. Besides these there are two wood dormitories and another brick building used as an in firmary. There afe about 300 students boarding in the domitones, besides quite a number of day students, and bo-irders in private" families; & arty afl of the counties in 1 he State are represented. Our Watauga girls, the Miss es uaird, burket and Mast are sustaining the reputation of the1 mountain girls for hav ing such bright minds and are doing efficient work. All of our neighboring counties have students here. Wilkes boro sent three ol her bright est young ladies as represent atives. Four regular courses lead ing to graduation are offer ed by the college. The Nor mal, Domestic course, Com mercial, and fourth course, which last provides for two modern languages. There are 40 members ofthegradu ating clasis this year, and we new girls wonder if we will ever reach the distinction which the seniors have at tained. We are all dreading the ordeal of mid-term exam inations, which begins o n Friday Jan. 27th and we are working as hard as we can so that we may pass them successfully. Many thanks for the weekly visits of the Democrat. I hail its com ing with delight. ( Minnie Farthing. Chicago News: "And now," said the professor, as the reg ular class exercises were fin ished, "is there any question any of theyoungladies would like to ask?" "How is it, sif,'y inquired the auburn-haired girl at the pedal extremity of the class, "that Father Time is always represented as being bald headed?" "That is easily accounted for,'y replied the professor. "So many people during their school days grasped Time by the forelock in trying to get away from the foot of the class that his hair has all been pulled out. See?" The girl at t he foot answer ed never a word. The great men of theworld have been workers. This is true without exception. The world always finds a place for an earnest worker. Edi son says that ! works'twen ty hours a day. No wonder he has astonished the world with his inventions. Moses and Paul, aud Lutbei, and Wesley, the world's great re formers, all died with the harness on. What a young man wonts to learn more than anything else, is to work. There i bo room for idlers, -" . ' . -j, h . Sfevr 1f orfc World;.. ' Hie Itenwittatitf Ittitutfcv The Democrats- in both tfoei Seriate1 am) tfie florae ar practk'aHy nUttnfmorjsljr op posed to the annneiation and1 permanent governtnent of the Philippine hy the tfnited States-. They stand by otrr ftectaf- at ion of Indepen dences They abide by the Constitution. They respect the traditional policy of the Repjblic. Tliey are satisfied that the control of this continent andthedom ination of this hemisphere rtre enough to keep us occu pied and to satisfy any reas onable ambition for glory. They believe, contrary to Mr. McKinley, that we have unsolved home problems of sufficient gravity to tax our wisdom for years to come. They do not believe in the "assimilation" of 8,000,000 mongrels and savages 10,- 00O miles away. Tbey do not favor a permanent annu al expenditure of $200,000, 000 to support a graft of im perialism upon the Republic Ihi8 position, shared in common by Cleveland and Bryan and by nearly all the Democrats in Congress, is creditable to their good sense and their patriotism. If only party interest were consider ed the Democratic leaders would permit the President'? absurd abominable imperial colonial policy to be adopted with simply a protest. This would give them an issue for 1900 that would put all dif ferences on other questions out of sight and sweep the Republicans from power with the force of a whirlwind. But the Democrats in Con gress are right in standing firmly against this wild scheme ot imperialism now, so that the nation shall not be committed to it. "Our countrv first" id a good mot to. Some days ago Senator Foraker, of Ohio, asserted in a speech in the Senate that it was the purpose of the gov ernment to hold the Philip pines only until the people are Capable o f governing themselves. This remark at tracted attention, it being assumed that Foraker spoke for the administration. Fri day Senator Foraker denied this, stating that he spoke only for himself, and his re mark that the Filipinos would begiventheirindepend ence when they exhibited a capacity for self-government appears to have been based on pure assumption. Land mark. Landmark: In Wake Su perior court last week a cod vict named Moore was con victed of murder in the first degree and sentenced o be hanged March 30th. Moore is a white man. He wassery ing a sentence in the peniten tiary for stealing a mule and killed a guard while attempt ing to escape. A correspondent of the Sali bury Sun says the boiler of I'rest wood & Co's. saw mill, near Con over, exploded FVidayaud pieces of the castings were thrown a dis tance of 400 yards. Six men were standing near when the explos ion occurred, but " fortunately one of them- were hurt. tnr eloffing' ooe ftS& ftd ; dressc Bob Infers a "pus - Bwxneed1 the foflowiiTg. tenet i faf eneotfrhuw ttpm Sfaafc spewrer "Shakespeare wrt&frtf FftM fecttfal oeettt whose Waves touched al the- horer?' o f thought? within whosebosomv were all the tides and wave of destiny and will' over which swept all tbestoT-n&of fate, attibitroo and revenge,. Upon vthich fell the gloom and darkness of despair awd death and all the sunlight ot a continent of love ar mtet lectuatl ocean towards which all rivers run and from which now the isles and continents of thought receive their dew. and rain, Few people seem to realize that it is but seventy years since the first railway in the world was finished, and at present there are 400,000' miles of constructed railway. Xo other fact shows how fast and far the world has moved within the period of a single human life. . The railroads have been the measure of the" advance of man in the me1 chanical skill, in invention In knowledge of the forces of na ttire, and in ability to com mand the resources 0 f the' earth. The great and eon trolling nations of the earth are the nations with the best systems of railway. Ex. Private Earl Agnew, a Min nesota boy at Manila, says in a letter to his parents "The inhabitants here are not very modest. Some of them wear Rimply a smile while the rrore bashful of them wear a garter string." This observing young man also notes that "during the dry season it only rains six days in the week, but during the rainy season itrainsonly once, and that is all the time." Lawrence Pulliara, default ing cashier of the first Nation al Bank of Asheville, who dis appeared in December, 1893, has surrended himself to the sheriff at Stockton, Cal., and will be brought back to Ashe ville to stand trial. Pulliam's defalcation was not discover ed until some time after be left Asheville. He was short in his accounts about $7, 000: There is perhaps not a par allel in the history of the United States f jr the Gattis Kilgo incident, reported in the last issue of this paper- the case of one minister of the Gospel suing another for libel, says the Statesville Landmark. Tennessee Tomahawk; The former editor of this paper, whO has heen spending a few days in Carthage, the home of Governor McMillin, says that the people over there have great faith in Benton, and belieVethat he will make one of the best Governors the State lias ever known. Gus M. Douuelly has been? appointed post master at' Sutherland, Ashe county. , ToniA. Ttkt Kiittt Yra Haw IUvjit) eev..r - . . ?v rw hiah-f L.aI
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