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turn
P
I l,tt
D et think for a sins! !
moment that consumption IM .
mr ftrike vou a sudden blow.
Jtdoea not come har way, . ' :
It ereeaa its way along. ..
. First, you think it Is a littla
coW; nothint but a little back
, lot couch; then a lhtle lou in
weight: tbon a harder couefa
then tot fever and the n&ht'
-awcats. .', - .; t
. The suddenness cores when
you have a hemorrhage. v ',7
Better atoo the disease whlla
It ia yet crceolnt. .r":-''.'.,
loucanao uwtta ..
....
; S You first notice that you
cough less. -The pressor , on
the chest is lifted. That feeling
of suffocsdoa is removed. 'Ai
cure la hastsned hyplacineoue of
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Dr. Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral Plasteip:
;oyerXlbe;Chesf.;i;H:v;
A Book heol:jr:yl
It la on the Diseases of lh
I Throat and Lungs. .
1 If han ant semnlatal Vhlmr
4 satlr Um bitaudioaladTleroa
ck poatblf nmW. writ Ui doctor I
. DR. J. a ATKR. irwU, Mm.
: Di'aests whatyoa eat.
It artl fldally dlgea ta the food and aid
Nature In strengthening and reoon
tructing the exbaoated digestive or
g&ns. It la the latest discovered digest
ant. friul tnnln. Na other Dresaratloa
eao approach It In fflclncy. It in-
Dyspepsia, Indlgew
FlatuTence. Sour S
Mon, Heartburn,
S&
a
Hick Headache.Gaatralffia,i
all other resuitsoi impeneciaigesuon.
Vrpurt4 by E. C. owik oca cbtcaa
cotley BrbsTPhilli ps & So a.
; mofessional:
; rtVB.COUNCILL, Ju.
. Attorney at La nr.::- -r
"'v.v'"v Boone, N, C.
. LOViLL. C " J. C. FLETCHER.
LOViLl & FLETCHER.
WATWUmXSATLAW,
BOONE, N.C,
tarSpecml Attention fiven
the colletion of claims.-
Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist. T
BANNER'S ELK. N. C
hoKDite.No. Burning Out
Highest refereiices and endors-
r medts of prominent peroonrsM-
and N.C. Remember that there
is no time too soon to get rid
a cancerous growth-no matter
i DOW small, biaiuiuauvu hcc,
lettera answered promptly, and
satlafactioa aaranteea. . . :
NOTICE ,
T lThe nudereigned having qnal
' ifiiod M admistrator ol -1 h
estate ol B.(F. Tugraan, deceas
ed,l all parties ; having claims
1 11 ia yet creeping. 3 s ; H
. ma .
:':-' loucanooitwita g
Oys popsia . Ciiro
r against the said estate are here gentativea on the Commis
' bt notified to present;the same 8on,: It is equally, farcical
duly : authenticated w tntn
twelve olonths from ; the date
vwreorpr tniR nouce wau Fau fc wg j t6 fae thor
Itf bar ol their Kcoyery.; :. All per M , .. ... i
sonWa thesaid estSe impalistv
il! pTcase' make "prompt; set f Although : the,,. Wisconsin
!;,." Tihi -xn ov iqoo: ; democrats made; a strong
'.v'" Aiirainfitrato'r.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
txm om :7 E.lw CorreipondoBt
!The deinorr8 1 of t hp Hou8
haven. light to ii-laiuj the. a
ippiidmnt tfi the Porto lth
mn taiiff.WII; whicri- tHe 'r
patiliconw were fomiHrtl to
make at the eleventh hoiiir in
order to et t be repahliran
votes needed to pass the bill,
as a party triumph. The firm
and united; attitude of ' the
demherata wait what enabled
the republican objectoia to
Lfti'rV-e the a mend men t of the
bil).
r As predifTtecl. the'gold stop
dafd bill, reported from ; the
conference committee is a lit
tle bit worse than either the
figuse or. the Seriate bill."' it
contains every objectinable
feature that was in both and
has made most of them more
ftbjectionabler -r As the repub
I jeans have the votes, t h e
t'onfereucfi bill m ill probably
be ruahed through at once.
It has already been a trreed
that the Senate shall vote up
on it this w?ek.r ' :. ,
; Quay is in skht of iRUccess.
A test vote nas made it : sure
that fie will get the seat when
ttieYfinal " vot Ah ; tafeen A
number of democrats will
vote to seat hioi as a'r)iatter
of principle. ; ' -! '; ' '
Senator Butler Chairman
of the Populist Na tional Com
mit tee, expHSses the opinion
that the 'at t m pt ; to crea te
frirtiori jbetween ;. the demo
erats aud populists will fail
Speatyniot of the nominatipn
of Col. Bryan, Senator But
ler said: MtBryaii will bo. the
democratB, the populists and
the silver republicans. The
two latter will meet on t fi e
sa rae day, if present, arrange
ments are carried but, and
wr j,, all probability, unite
upon the same candidate for
YicePresident.-'ife, '.
at ' a ! . I 1
ivepresentaiive iwqnaruHun
the democratic leader of the
House, has, by a new resolu
tion, added the steel trust to
the sugar trust, the paper
trust, the tin trust, and the
oil trust," the products o
which previous ; resolutions
authorize the Inters rate Com
merce Commission to prohib
it the transportation of on
Interstate " Transportation
es ue..evt7 .u,. u v ,
knowledge thatthe prius ask
lines whenever It hey h a v
ed for the goods produce pro
it in ex'ss of 4 per cent, on
the actual capital invested
in the trust which controls
thera.;::-;.--':;;' -
A Mr. JlKinley has tendered
places on the new Philippine
Co,umigPi0n;, to. two good
democrats-General Luke E
ol Wxigbt, of l'enn., and Hen
ry of yermont.. Inas
. . - , , , . .
much as both of these gentle
. men aresupposea loruuurw
the financial as well as f b
; foreign policy of the repub!
can administration, it is far
e laical for Mr, McKinley to ex
pect the Democratic party to
recognize them a its repre
. jabei the n,w ? Coulmis-
8ion,'pbnparti8an, when ev
'and almost a winning ifl At
br Milwaukee; aone of the.rh
have shown) the slightest dis-
grnntlement oyer the choice
of Kansas city for the Na-
ionat Convention, by th
peiuccratic Nationalj Com
mittee. Like all other good
etit'ocrats, they believe"; in
tiin joriry rulei, , and -accepted
lie vote of the .Committee as
ending the .controversy;,!'' It
is the same with those demo
crats who advocated holding
he convent ion ahead, of that
of the republicans. Upon sec
ond thought, every democrat
recognizes bow fitting . ii .is
hat the party which stands
or the true American con
struction of the, .'.Declaration
of Independence, and of the
Constitution, should hold its
National Convention on In
dependence day.
Indianapolis has been nam
ed as the place and Sept, 5,
as the time for holding, the
National Convention of the
Association o I , Democratic
ubs, by the ExecutiveCom-
mittee of the Association. At
the sa me meeting the resig
nation ol Hon. Chauncey F.
rilack, of Pa., as President
of the Association, aud of
Representative Sibley, of Pa..
as a member of the executive
Committee, were : accepted
he new president will not be
announced until April J 3th,
Jefferson Day, when the As
sociation will gi?e a big ban
quet in Washington. Gov.
Benton McAillin,- of Tenn.,
Chairman of the Executive
;om mittee, will act as PreBi
dent until then. "
The cliaue of real estate
speculators, who are after a
Mif nd bt Uncle Sam'a mon
ey, in exchange for the south"
side of Pennsylvania Avenue,
which, notwithstanding its
being a quagmire in which no
solid foundation for a large
Building can be had without
driving piles through thirty
or forty feet 61 mad, they
have been talking up as just
the place to locate future pub
ic buildings, received an un
expected check" when the
Washington Centennial(;om-
mittee came out strong lor
the projected Federal Avenue
from the Capitol to the prtH
oosed Memorial bridge- to
Arlington, over the Mall, up
on which all future Federal
buildings shall be located.
The Mall is owned by the
government and there would
be no pickings in the erection
of buildings by the govern
ment upon its own ground..
Senator Vest thus sized up
the republican pplicy, in a
short speech; "The proposi
tion that the United States
can hold territory as a rol
onial possession and its peo
pie as vassals, is the most
preposterous and dangerous
that has ever been advanced
in the course of my public
life. '- v.'. '.-,' ;'
Mfs. Calvin Zimmerman,
Milesburg. Pa., says. "As a
sneedv cure for coughs, colds,
crouD and sore throat One
Minute tough l'ureisiinequai
ed. It is pleasant for child
rento take. I heartily res
omraend it to mothers." It
is the onjy harmless remedy
mat proauces imnieaiaie re
suits. - It cures bronchiti1
3
dueumonia. tr r i p p e an
throat and lung disease ! t
ili nrevent-consUmbtibii.tworld. Surest Pilecureon earth.
prevent- consumptibn.
Coffey Brov,, Phillips & Sou.oc a box fX niuckburn's. V
CiTtlSerrice Capttol Italde.:-
wasiiiogron vpr. j. i. eun. ; ,
Many stories, some donbt-l
less the work of the fmagina-
lion, ore told o( the guides in
the national capitol.v Occa
8i6hal7 a new; t?uide i in-
stalled; however, who feels it
incumbent to earn his ' tips, j
One of these, recently gradn-
a ted froma civil; service ex.
amination, and still an np
plicant for promotion in the
classified service, bad a par-
ty in tow a; few days ago.
Pointing out a desk iu the As an individual I am infav
lower house; he said: , or of the amendment arid
'That was the desk of the
Hon. Soi kless Simpson He
was . the only congressman
who didn't wekr socks, and
the reason was, I1 am told, I
not because he didn't , have
any, but because he used to
kepp 'era in his desk
Asked about a certain mem
ber, he replied: ..'That w the
Hon. William Astor Chand
ler, one of the Astors, and
husbapd of a celebrated wo-
man who wrote a novel call-
ed "Are you Alive or Dead?"
He mnrried herivhile he wus e
traveling in Egypt studying
theSpinnex." ' V
IVhich is Mr. Jeftersoo 1
vv?" asked one rf th erouD.
Tim rrnlrla iirAror him n 11 tlDHSUSd tO UI8 OWH detH-
and said: '
"That's him writinir. He
irives dances and picnics at
Mounty cello, which he owns.
He is krnt rjrettv busv writ-
ing passes for people w h o
Want to visit his possessions
HaH tAhim
Mr.Thomns Jeflerson. who
hitched his horse to one of
the nillars -of the capitol
when , he was.-'naugu rated
Dresidenf. '" 1 r -"--w,,!
fhpn he no nted out n snot
over on the Democratic side
und said: "That's where
congressman Roberts , stood
when he mide his speech. He
tried to break into the capi
tol with his three wives, who
were up in the gallery whrii
he was djing the speaking
act op the floor. They let bis
wives in that da7 when wo
men who didn't ha ve hut one
Imfthnnd. and some who
didn't have any, couldn't ev
en iret standin' room."
"Whni- in thor.hnir?'-nRk
j a
,u.mnn
The guide strained his eyes
mnmnf.Mnflnnlipd! " ftlest
1 1. ut. ,,
but it ain't Henderson. When
HptirlorunnV in t h e chair
thn,r rp nniet na a lot of
rniou in th Hhiikp nut whpn
mi ..I .
Dave wants to take a smokerdub" out oi tne nanus (
or something, and let the
t.nHv he ft Pome
"
I,rl ""M " '
hody to take his seat that
v ..
the Conirressmen cau have
fun with." '
4 Who is Dave?" asked one
of the group. .
"Whv. the Sneaker, w e
all call him Dave."
' m f . W
AH thw Is roiiched for by
..,..., V.
one ot the group, wno paid
thetip.
" He Fooled pie Snnreona.
All doctors told ttenick Hamil
ton. of West Jeffereon, 0.; after
snfffrinir 18 monthifrom Rectal
FiHtnla. he would die unless a
cp&tly operation was performed,
buit he cured bimsell with Buck
Urn's Arnica Salve, the best in the
v f rOPCtlSTS TOR IT.
news ana uuseryer, ;:rx v
We haye already published
many letters from Populists
who will support the amend
meat. ' rOne of the ablest and
best iof the Populists ia the
State il DK-W; P, craven - ol
Mecklenburg. ! He Is a kins-
man of the great founder of
trinity coliegtv He tells the
the charlotte News where he
stands in these words:1,
"l am a Populist from prin
ci pie and have always been.
shall vote for it. I do not
think it is a partisan meas.
ure and no Populist in the
State should so consider "it.
think each individual should
vote as he thinks best. If he
is a Populist and thinks the
amendment a good thing, 1
think he should support the
measure. If a Kepublican
and th.nks the amendment
is right, he should voteior it.
I think we should, all unite
and support what we honest-
Mv, think, is uest for the mass-
Ever ir.ce the war thene-
gro Iuih hwn .an incompetent
Voter. He has been in tne
possession of a club wuicn tie
ment and to tneoetnmenror
ol! three political parties. In
taking this cluu .from the ne
we not oniy neipaiuurt
parties, out ao tne negro i
kind act for, being inctjrope
tenr, ne aoeanoiKnow wneui
er he is 'voting right o r
wrong. v
' There ore Populists -and
Populists. In Northcarolina
wben.the Populist party was
fltst. organized it contained
ueai m Bir,MW,-n
thought it the best way to
secure rem rms xue ...wmvi
necessary for the betterment
tne conoinon oi rne .
es. The .number.', has taiien
from 48,000 to less than 10.
000 in'Noith Carolina betviuse
instead f fighting for prin-i
pies, the Populist leaders
have sold out the party to
the negroes and other Repub
Means in order to get offices
and jobs for themselves. In
this crucial test. the. office
holding Populists will vote
to kepo "the club which he
has used to his own detn
ment and to the detriment of
three political, parties in
the hands of the negro. The
Populists who prefer princi
ii. avi i a . . . .
P" race, wno mvor wii.i
supremacy and good govern
went! will help take- t h i s
... , ,
negro, t.u ur.uravcu w. .
find that the minority wul
I i f II.. . .., i.t
voieior iue nmniumrui, ...
. is. r...
sieaaoi npeuu.KouufT ap
L M.kVkM A s tost 9
to vote for another dose of
Negro Rule. ,
A Fiendish Attack.
An attack was lately mad, on
C. F. Collier, ol Iowa, that nearly
proved fatal. It camethrough his
kidneys. Hw Dae got ho fame
heconM notstoopwirnout greai
uain. nor Bit in a chair except
votvped by a cushion. No r-me-
dy helped him until he t ried Elec
trie Kittprs whicn enectea bucq a
wouderf j1 change that he writes
r.hnt he feels like a new man This
marvellous medicine, cures back
ache and kidney troublts. puru
fles the blood and builds up your
health. Only 25c at Blnckburn's
Btus the .-v The Kind YoaHawWwaTS 6acnt
I et l
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RooMtbe lor
billousnca. sicX
pld llvef, aod. cut
headache, . Jaundice,
nausea, Indlgcs
tlon, etc . They are h ,
valuable to pmotit a cold or break op a
fever. Mild, cntle, certain, Uwy are worthy
your confidence. Purely vegetable, they
can be taken by children or delicate women.
Price, 25o. at all medkine dealers or by mail
oi C. I. Hood A Co,, Lowell, Mass. ; t , -
! , i Had 'Em U Bara. 4jl:
Here is ex-Governor Bob
Baylor's latest joke which he
sprung on a uaem phis audi'
nce last week: , :;;
The conductor on a road
north of the Ohio River was V
going through his train ta
king up tickets when he came
upon a lady passenger who'g
was weeping as though Tier ,; ;
heart would break. He anx
ious! v enquired the ca use of
her distress, at the s a m o.
proffering his services to re '
lieve her,'-; ' ;'V'r:v"
Oli, W; you i-flo clo noth-
ing. My grief is inconsolable. ;
I am on ray way toCincinnat
tl to have the remains of my !
husband cremated; and he is
the fifth; boo ho!" :';:
She was a pparently ayoung u
woman and pretty, ' and af
ter regarding her a moment '
in aympairy vanu uiytnery
the conductor was about 'to
pass on, when a fresh burst "
of grief from the opposite v
side of the car attracted bis
attention; and turning about
he beheld a woman o 1 d er
than the first, howling like a'
demon. A p proa ching her ' he
said: "Pray, madam, be com";
posed ard I el I me the. cause
of your trouble. ' : ''''
ule composed! Howican I
be composed? I am nearly 42
husband', and there's t har
oung thing that's got 'em
o burn.
I used KodolIDyspepsia cure
in my family with wonderful re- ;
suits. It gives immediate relief, is
pleasaat ta take and is truly a
dyspeptic's beet friend,' eajs E. ,
Hartgennk, uvensei, Mien, vu ,
gests what yon eat. Cannot lail :
to cure, coffey Bros Phillips &
Son. ': . . ; v :'t;
Durham Herald. When
Drices are hich the man who .
has to buy raises a kick and ' '
uiksn nfinuj a pu liW lVlO inHH .' : i
U IJCII p.liro IIIV fV,. S J
WUU lino IU ecu nivno mv. , , -
and to find a happy middle
ground that will suit all par- ,
ties veins an impossibility.
Tnotsasds Have Kldnty Tfotkte
and Doa't "Know it
How To vuaomk ' , ' .-
Fill a bottle or common clasa with year
water and let It stand twenty-four heura; a
sedimest er set
tllnt tndlaatea an '
unhealthy condi
tion of the kid
neys: if It stains
your Uneo It It.
evidence ef kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire I
pass tt or pain la
the back Is also--
convincing proof that the kldpeya and blad
der are out pf order. ... , :
Wka to Do.
There is comfort In the knowl4f to
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the freat kidney remedy fulfills every
wish In curing rheumatism, pain ia thi
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part 1
of tne urinary passage. It corrects Inability , ; :
to hold water and scalding pain In passing .
it, or bad effects following use of liquor, ."
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to. ge often- i;-'
during the day, and to get up many times '; '.
during the night. The mild and the extra i
ordinary effect ot Swamp-Root la aooa V; '!, !
realUed. it stands the highest for Its won- " ' -
derful cures of the most distressing cases.! f
If you need a medicine you should Cave thai
best. SoldbydruggbUln50c.and$l.siies.'v,: f '
, You may have a sample bottle of thia.-f'
wonderful discovery '' tZfF-' ' ','.;'
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more about it, both sent ,
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address Dr. Kilmer tt m it swp-to. ' . .
eiit.... Kl v VAim writlnv mrai . . '.
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