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VOL. XL Loninville Courier Jonrnal: I Ibi man who can avoid it nnd yet works, either mental 1y or pIiisicHlly.sucb weather as this, strikingly illustrates the wiwlom of nature in pro reeding upon the theory thai it would be entirely super floua to appoint an official fool killer. Poor clothes cannot mike you look old. Even pile cheekt won't do It. Your household caret may be heavy and disappoint ments may be deep, but they cannot make you look old. ' One thing does it and never fails. It is Impossible to look young with the color of seventy years In your hair. permanently postpones the tell-tale signs of age. Used according to directions it gradually brings back the color of youth. At fifty your hair may look as it did at fifteen. It thickens the hair also; stops it from falling out; and cleanses the scalp from dandruff. Shall we send yon eur book on the Hair ana its Discaacs? i 4 If ye art tol Ml U it iyoM4 from U bmC lii ?lor. rtU th 4aetr tboat lc MA fntttlr Uir la Mm dUBeoltr 11 1U yar,t;n intom wWlfc if I 0 mtr bi MtllT nmtni. A14rM, Ft VJ m. I. O. ilKB. bowU, Mam. V Digests what you eat. - Itartlflclally digests the food and aids Nature in strengthening and recon structing the exhausted digestive or gans. It Is the latest discovered digest ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It In stantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea. Sick Headache,6astralgia,Cramps,and ill other results of imperfectdlgestloo. rtparad by C. C. DW Itt Co, Chicago. coffey bios, Phillips & JSou. L. C. Reeves PROFESSIONAL. W. B. C0UNC1LL, Jr. Attorney at Lay. Boone, N. C. W. B. COUNCILL, M. 1)7 Boone, N. 0. .- Resident- Physjcirfn Office on King Street north of Post Office. P. LOVTLL. J. C. FLETCHER. I.OVilL & FLETCHER. ATlOUNhYSATJLAW, JJOONE, N. C. KsT Special attention given to the colletion ofcl&Cms."&l Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD, Cancer Specialist, BANNER'S ELK. N. C. No Knife; No ButningVnt. Highest refereuces and endow ments of prominent persons suc cessfully treated in Vs., Tenn. I and N. C. Remember that there is no time too soon to get rid oi a cancerous' trrowth no matter how small. Examination free, ' letters answered promptly, and atisfaction jjuarantecd. , . 8HW Hi Sine IMS Mil Dyspepsia Cure HOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. WASHINGTON LETTER. From oar Xegular Correipondent "End the war In the Philip pines spi-edily or the resul twill be disastrous to you and to the republican party." Thin is the sum and substance of what is being daily dinned in to the ears of Mr. McKinley, not by his opponents, hut by leading republicans," who know how unpopular that war is becoming all over the country. Mr. McKinley is gradually becoming convinc ed that the reaction in pub lic sentiment concernine his Philippine policy, predicted more than a yearugoby Col. Bryan, is at hand, and once fully convinced, there is no telling what he may do, for this country has never had a President who feared the pub lie sentiment of the country as much as Mr. McKinley does, or who tried sohard to make his official acts rreet its approval, regardless of his own opinion. The most striking thing connected with the hearing on tru&ts. by' the Industrial Commission, was a daring and somewhat scandalous at tficK upon Vice Chairman Phil lips of the Commission, who is connected with an indepen dent oil company in Pennsyl rnnia, by officials of the Stan dard Oil Trust. Mr. Phillips denied the charge that he bad been mixed up in an offer to dicker with the Standard Oil Trust, but the charge left a bad taste in everybody', mouth, and is not calculated to add anything to the pres tige of the Commission, which isn't any too great at best. Senator Stewart is a fine specimen of stalwart radical ism in all his views. He nev er trims on any question and conservatism is unknown to his mind. He has got it in for France for several reasons, the latest of whicb'is the sec ond conviction of Dreyfus, and says that country really has no government at all, and that we should break off diplomatic relations until France gets a government. The Senator threatens to of fer a joint resolution to that effect when Congress meet; also a bill repealing all offi cial recognition of the expo&i tion at Paris next 3 ear. The administration ap pears to be still determined to leave Gen. Otis in supreme command in the Philippines, although Secretary Root is understood to have recom mended a change, and to fa vor sending Gen. Miles over there. There is politics in this determination, and it is not the sort ot politics that reflects any credit upon Mr. McKinley, The Hanna crowd are afraid of Miles now, and if he should go to the Phillip pines and do what Otis has so signally failed to do, they would fear him still more. They know that Otis is not likely, under any circumstan ces, to develop popularity en oogh to make him a political rival of Mr. McKinley. That is why they wish to keep Gen' eral Otis in command, not withstanding the overwhelm ing evidence from alllsourees, 0! his unfitness, not to call it by a harsher term. The a gent of the nonpartisan As sociated Press, in a long let ter f'om Manila, just publish ed, after going into details, showing the failure of Otis, euma up by saying: "The se cret of the whole trouble here is that the government has left a small man to deal with a roost delicate problem, re quiring broad statesman ship. Everyone agrees that Otis is honest, and that ac counts for much in a posi tion affording such chances for dishonesty, but every body agrees also with the most remarkable' unanimity that he has bungled affairs from the beginning." It is evident that to t h e most casual observer of those political currents which are to be found by those who know how, just below the sur face of party waters, that the republican leaders are care fully paving the way to drop Mr. Hobart if they shall con sider it expedient to do so. The state of Mr. Hobart's health is made the basis of all these preparatory stories. If it doesn't improve, "his family will have to veto the idea of his remaining in poli tics," etc. This is all Tom- myrot. Mr. Hobart has shown upon several occasions (luring the last three months notably by his getting Alger to resign, that his health is good enough to do what oth er men, not on the sick list, failed to do, His 'health' is likoly to remain in a precari ous condition, until boss Han na has lolly made up his mind whether it will be best to have him run again with Mr. McKinley, and he isn't likely to fully decide until the National Convention meets. Then Mr. Hobart's health will take a good or bad turn, in accordance with Hanna's decision, After wobbling around the question for about two weeks, the War Department, under political pressure, is sued the order for the enlist ment of two negro regiments for the Philippines. They will bring the volunteer army up to the limit set by Congress, which it has been clear from trie first tnat the adininistra tion intenled to do, Col. W. J. Bryan was unan imously elected a member of the Council of Administra tion, of the Spanish War Vet erans Association, which has just closed its first encamp ment, at Washington, altho' he did notattend the encamp ment. Ex-Gov. Oates, of Al abama, was also elected a member of the Council, as was U. H. Blount, a Louisi ana negro, who was a Lieut, in the 9th Immunes. . Gen. J. W. Keifer, of Ohio, was elect ed Commander-in-Chief of the new orgaization, which hopes ultimately to embrace all the state organizations of Span ish ,War Veteransjwhich have been formed. Kodol Dyspepsia cure is a sci entific compound having the en dorsement of eminent physicians and tbe medical press. It 'digests what von eat' and Dositivlv cures dyspepsia.' M.A.Ketron, Bloom indale, Tenn. says it cured him of indigestion ot ten years stand ing. Coney Bros. Phillips Son. L. C. Ileeyes. ' C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1899. Aa Old Ledger. News and Observer. Treasurer Worth has nn- earthed an old ledger in the Treasury Department. It shows how accounts were kept and settled in Re vol u tionary days. Principal a- inong the items which one no tires in glancing through are salt pork and corn which ap pears to nave been not only "money current with the mer chant," but with the State as well, since the treasurers of the districtct settled with the State Treasurer in vouch ers standing not for dollars and pounds sterling, but for barrels of pork and bushels of corn. One of these officials ap pears to have made a bad mis take in his accounts accord ing to this order which is fas tened to a leaf of the ledger with an old time hand-made pin. "Charge John Ashe, late treasurer of the Southern dis trict with 6,385 currency, being balance of bis account settled with committee of ac counts in Noyember, 1777, and omitted to be credited in either of his accounts settled since viz: October, 1779 and April 1780, in both which he has credited the public as fo' lows by balance in my hands on settlement with the com mittee of accounts November 1777, and not carried out any sum but left it blank and cast up the other credits ex clusive of that from the ap pearance oftheaccountsthat balance is totally omitted and never been accounted for John Ashe." This was a considerable mistake as 6,385 pounds would be approximately $31, 000, and money was then ac a big premium. The leaves of the old ledger are of the hand made paper and are perfectly preserved. Xhe book was beautifully kept. Times Democrat: A very peculiar case of hydrophobia is reported by the Alber marlo Enterprise. About two years ago a dog, seemingly in play with Charles Little, a young man who lived in Stan ley county, dropped some foam on Little's hand. Sores broke out on his hand. The dog proved to bo mad. Some time ago Little started to Al bermarle, but after going a few miles, refused to continue further. Later he became inad and was carried to the hospital at Morganton for treatment. The hospital phy sicians diagnosed his disease as a very plain case of hydro phobia and the young man aied in terrible agony last Friday. Good Enough to Take The finest quality of loaf sugar is used in the manufac ture of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and the roots used in its preparation give ita flavor similar to that of ma ple syrup, making it pleas ant to take. As a medicine for the cure of ccugh9, colds, lagrippe, croup and whoop ing cough it is unequalled by any other. It always cures, and cures quickly. For sale by druggists. Us Kind Yoc Haw Imjt Bnght . Q,66rThiaralboat;iroru A remarkable thing about these creatures is that the large part of the breathing is done through the' skin, in fact, it is said that this sup ply of air is a necessary addi tion to that taken in by or dinary breathing, as the lat ter does not supply sufficient air to support life of a frog. Another peculiar thing n ubout the skin of the frog is its powerful absorption of wa ter. This, of course, is due to the numberless minute pores with which their skin is provided. It has been proved that a frog can thus soak up half its weight of water in an hour. The skin of the stom- ach is most activein this way, and at the same time, most often in contact with moist ure, such as mud, dewy grass wet ground and leaves af fords. As the skir. perspires quite as rreeiy as it absorbs, it is easily peen that why con tact with moisture is so nec essary. Besides the loss from evaporation, there is the stop ping of the skin breathing al so, because the skin has to be kept moist and soft to ab sorb fresh air and give off us ed air from the system. The soaking of water is what gives the frog's skin such a cold, clammy, and uncanny feeling, when handled, and it explains a strange thing. Though a bullfrog were po ked with a red hot iron, it would not feel it enough to move out of its tracks, for the moisture of the skin forms a kind of film or vapor between it and the iron, which it takes time to heat through; and so the frog would not reel pain from the htat. Yes, if hot water is dropped upon him, he will in stantly jump from pain, as this beat at once strikes in to the skin. The frog has another safe guard againstdryingupthat i&, a kind of interior sack for storing water. Like the cam el it thus keeps a supply that carries it over many a dry place,when, when other wise it would lose its moist ure and die. The water is as pure and tastless as that of any spring. In Australia it is said one species of frog pre pares for a drought in a won derful way. Some times the traveler suffering from thirst will come to a bush, and dig ging into the ground a foot or two will find a clay ball. He cracks it open, and out j u in ps a frog. Stra nger stil 1 . inside the ball is found a good drink of pure water, and with this the man quenches his thirst. St. Nicholas. They are simply perfect' writes Robt: Moore, ol La Favette Iud. of DeVVitt's Little Early Risers. the 'famous little pills for con stipation aud all liver ail meets. Never gripe, cofley Bros. Phillips lc son, L. C. Keeves. The new beef combine is probably playing for high steaks, remarks the Kansas City Star. There is always hope while there is One Minute cough cure. 'An at tack of pneumonia left my lungs in bad shape and 1 was ntar the nrot stages of consumption Une Minute coueh cure completely cured me." wiites Belea McHen- ry, Rismark, X. I). Gives instant relief, coffey Bros, Phillips & son. L. c. Keeyes. v NO. 39. i Ono Dono . Telti the gtory. When your head. 1 octet, and you feel bilious, constl 1 I 'paled, and out ot tune, with jronr 1 I I stomach tour and no appetite, Juat I I I boy a package of ( Hood'aPiiio . And take a dose, from 1 to 4 plH.! i 1 . You will be aurpriaod at bow easily 1 I ' they Will do their work, care yoar I 1 I I headache and biliousness, rouse the I I i liver and make you feel happy again. I f25 cents. Sold by all medicine dealers, p For Craelty to CoavlcU. The last legislature appoints! a committee to investigate the State prison farms. The commit- tee has lately been at work and has unearthed a terrible story of wrong and cruelty inflicted on convicts for trifling offenses by one Summerell, who was appoin ted by the fusion administration as supervisor of the Northamp ton farm. Tte committee has been in session at Halifax. The most important witness was D. S. Russell, who was Sum merel's steward in 1898, for a pe riod ot eight months Russell is a half brother of Governor Daniel L. Russell, aud a full brother of former Warden Russell, at the penitentiary at Raleigh. From Russell's sworn statement it ap pears: 1, One man was beaten to death on Summerell's farm. 2, One man was beaten so he could not get out of bed for two weeks, was left without food for two days, and was denied medi cal attention. 3, Numerous others were beat en in the most brutal manner and were, some of them, disabled for days. The employes stood in mortal tear of Summerell and dared not make complaint against him. Other witnesses testified to the character, truthfulness and lack of prejudice ot Vfr. Russell. Governor Russell has ordered Summerell removed, and he will doubtless be prosecuted toth full extent of the law for his out rageous conduct. The Governor has also written to Solicitor Dan iel and oftered to employ counsel to help him prosecute Jim Sears, the guard who aided Summ6rell in beating to death the convict Lowe. Monroe Journal. The Green county election cases have at last been set tled. Consent judgment rec ognizing the fusion board of county commissioners and the four commissioners ap pointed by the last Legisla ture was entered before Judge Bryan at Snow Hill yester day. Tbe democrats are to keep all the county offices ex cept the three members of the board of commissioners elec ted by the people. The board of county commissioners now have seven members, three elected by the people aud four appointed by the Legis lature. The democrats have which were caused by this election a majority of t h e board. All suits muddle have been stopped and peace a gain reigns in Greenecounty. Kinston Free Press. In its reiteration of old ism and issues that Ohio demo cratic platform smells strong ly of the bargain counter in a country store. Syracuse Standard. Chester H. Brown, of Kalama zoo, Midu., says: "Kodol Pjs pepsia cure cured me of a sever case of indigestion; can strongly recommend it to all dyspeptics.1' Digests what you eat without aid from the8tomacb and cures dys pepsia, coffey Bros. Phillips end sou. l. c Keeves. -v
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