VOL. XII.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTV, NV C, v.--rilUltSDA Y, AUG- 30, 1900. , 'h-ifi
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Why let
all your
n c I g.h
bors and
friends
think you
must be
older than you are?
Yet It's impossible to
look young with the
color of 70 years in
the hair. It's sad to
see young persons
look prematurely old
in this way. Sad be
cause it's all unneces
sary; for gray hair
may always be re
stored
For over half a cen
tury this has been the
standard hair prepara
tion. It is an elegant
dressing: stops fall
ing of the hair; makes
the hair grow; and
cleanses the
from dandruff.
scalp
. 11.00 a bottle. AUdraroM.
H I buTfl been using Ayer'i Hlr
Vigor for over 10 yean and I can
heartily recommend it to the public
M tod beet hair tonic in existence."
Mrs. O. L. AliiRWS,
April M, 1899. Ector, Texs
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yon expected from the Vigor, wlw
the Doctor ahout it. Addreu,
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
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from our Hesruiar Correspondent
Repnblican oiiduoitj has
done Home very nervy things
in the claiming line of the
past, but the claim of tbead
ministration sbouteis that
the rescue of the foreigners
in Pekin by the allied array
was a triumph for Mr. Mc
Kinley's Chinese policy is a
hoot the "weakest ever put
out. in the flrst place, it
necessary for amanto hae
a policy before that policy
can triumph, and in the sec
ond place, the foreigners at Pe
kin wer rescued by an army
composed of soldiers from
half a dozen nations, less
than on-tenth ot whom were
Americaus. Everybody re'
icices that the Americans
and other foreigners who
have been shut up in Pekin
have been rpsrued, hut that
rpscuH was no triumph for
Mr. McKinley's policy, if his
drifting along ran be digni
fied by the name of policy. It
wan rather a piece of luck for
Mr. Mckinley, inasmuch as
it relieved the strain on the
public, and opened up an
other drifting period for him,
in whirh he need not take
any chances of going wrung
by doing something. It is
significant that friends of the
administration are begin
ning to talk about the prob
ability of the administration
being compelled to take Chi
nese territory in lieu of cash
indemnity. This is believed
to be a feeler of the public
pulse.
Henry Cluy was the only
man defeated when nominat
ed for President again after
being defeated when first
nominated. That and other
important, political facts
were recalled by Col. E. McC
Ford, n well-known lawyer.
now in Washington, when he
said: "With one exception
evpry man who has- received
a second nomination for the
presidency, after having been
defeated the first time, has
been elected. In 179G Thorn
as Jefferson was defeated by
John Adams. In 1800 Jpf
- . a 4
ferson was nominated again
uid elected. In 1824 An
drew Jackpon was defeated
by John Quincy Adams but
four years later, when he was
nominated for the second
time, he defeated AdamB. In
1836 William Henry Hani
son was defeated by Martin
Van Buren, but in 1840 Har
rison turned the tablps and
was elected. The case of
Bryan is like that of .leffer-
son, jacKson ana wwnam
t t ITfll -
Henry Harrison, lie was
defeated in bis first canvass
and four .rears later he is
again the candidate of his
party. If precedent is follow
ed, he will be elected." .
The republican managers
are worrisd no little over the
general party apathy and
are studying hard to try to
think up something that wil
stir the party up. Mr. Mc
Kinley brought a rough
draft, of his letter of accept
ance with him when he re
turned to Washington, but
after submitting it to
the criticism of a nunrber of
party leaders it was torn up
and he will write another of-
trr lie has fl talk with Ilnn
ru. who meet mm in
Canton after the . A. R. en-
campment, in Chicago, which
Mr. M'Kinley is booked to
attend to see if the soldier
votpfs t-iin't ha workpd on
into some semblance of en
thusiasm.
A committee of Cubans are
in vv ashington for tne pur
pose of trying to hurry up
American'evaenation of the
Tulrtnrl. and tn sppnrft what i
very doubtful whether the
administration ever intends
to give them-the right to
establish an absolutely inde-
npnHpnk tlnhfln rpnnhlin
vu ua o fiir ;k
Mr MpKinlPv nnrl with Spc.
retarv Root and have sub-
mitrprf n tvnP-writtPn tint,
ment of what those they rep-
i-ppnr nBk fnr hnf thpv hnrp
received no promises from
pitW Thp mpmhprs nf thin
risnprna wfin p hP first
resident of the Cuban Re-
rvUl!n rt 1 OOi fJrrnr-nl Mnr.
IIUIIU Vl lUlUj UbllCI (11 lUUI-IOU'J
nr whornmrnnnrlpd n divis-
. ... ..w .. . I
ion ot tne "Linerating Ar-
my," and Rev. Dr. Louis
Mnstelipr. On the same dav
hnt thn pninmittM flrrivPfl
he 1 337 fliilmnfeehool teach
MrsahnhflVP hRPn tnkini? n
ponr-fl t Hnrvnrrl TTnivers-
tviwnchM) Wnshinatnn fnr
two days of sight seping be
ore going back to their
homes.
There is no disposition to
rag or talk lor pffect at the
leadquarters of the Demo-
cratic Congressional lam-
pnign Committee. Chairman
Richardson and bis fellow
members believe that the
democrats can carry the next
House and they are leaving
nothing undone that will in
their judgment help to do it
The work of the committee
is in no more advanced con-
dition thanitwaeeyerknown
to beat this stage of a cam-
paign. Inquiries whicn come cy and positiveness. His
to the committee show that friends looked at one anoth
the republican Pirto Rico er in dispair, The men on the
Legislation of the last Con- other side were exultant.' It nnd important issues now be
gress is likely to be a factor was evident that the speaker fore the people. J hen, as
gress is liKeiy to De a mccor
in a nnmtisr rtffVintrrpRHinnnl
districts. The voters are ask
ing for the speeches against
fho Pnpfn ninnn fnriff pqhpp-
- i
iallv thrvao nxnAa hw rpnuhli-
cans: thev are also showing
by the tone of their letters
, . ...
thatthey tully realize the
and danger of
imperialism and Its twin evil, follow the history of the next tljspejjsia gave the following a p
militarism. The apathy a- few weeks. The National De- propnate rendering of Hums' fa
bout which republican man- mocracj was completely dis- mous blessing: "Some have meat
p j r and cannot eat, and some have
agers are becoming so badly mpted and put two tickets nnnflmil1 wnnfc'it: hut we have
frightened has not been dis-
In ho flamnerntip
ranks. On the contrary, re
ports from almost every sec-
tion of the country Bar that
the democrats are in the no
tion to put up a strong agr
gressive fight, believing that
it is on the cards for them to
win both presidential and
congressional elections.
Official statistics of the
omndM thon-oriH fnrl
TV I J C W V upv w
1899 and 1900, have ust
-i j i .l Tk i
been compiled by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Therfover frl.00n.000.000. Per
state tnat in tne countries ot
the Southern Hemisphere, the
whPflf ornrw nre short 160..
FiiMA fru: : 1 aam AAA
uo,uvu iu.a x.uvu.yw
short of last year s produc-
tion.
' . Om Glass of Wine.
Awania vonsuuiuuu..
It tesaid thatasinglegloss
of wjne probably wrecked the
Democratic party In
Tho story is worth relating.
After the breaking up of the
I . It
National Democratic conven
tion at Charleston the party
in Georgia held a State Con- atives had contained a ma
vent ion. Great excitement iority pledged to silver, free
prevailed. The leaders of the
part.r conld notagree. It as
a crijicnl period. .
The majority report indor -
sed the seceders, or bolters,
at Charleston, while the mi-
nority report opposed their
act on. The padinir chamo
Ln r tho m5nri.!tir waa vIak.
shal V. Johnson, and his fob
lowers were confident that
his elonnenceend loirlc would
carry trfe day, . , '
Tt is nnite likplr that such
would have been the case but
fnr nn nnfnrt.nnntu mishttn.
his anppph hpfnrP thp noon fid
jonrnment on the second day
r, rA nnnninAaA at f o. H,nn
VWll'lU'irv. nun UIIIUEI i I
Hid mon whn rpmprnhpr
.
that speech say it was a powr. " . K .
Prful argument, and the imJ
nrpaninn ominprl 0-rnnnrl fhnt
nftoi. tho nnnn ronoaa tbp
Lnpnkprwnnm rlpmnlish his
nnnnnpnf wirh n fpw alprl(rp
hnn,r MnW
lint th ntror nnnfliont
friends of the minority re
port were doomed to disip
I 'a. a . .
pointment. Johnson telt. thp
strain of the morning session
so much that he was unamV
to eat anything and he took
a glass of wine upon an emp
ty stomach to strengthen him
solf. This was a fatal mistake.
That one glass of wine prob-
hbly chanced the destiny of
the nation.
The great orator resumed
his speech, hut the wine nau
seated him. He washazr, ver
hose and unintelligible at
times. His style and argu
ment lacked vigor, consisten-
was evident mat tne speaue
IViorl AnmatraA hSfl nvon Pfllicio
Then HowpII Cobband Hen
ry R. Jackson followed each
nf lioit fnr fha mninritc rp
nnrt Thv snnkp with nn
air ol exultant triumph and
captured the convention
The majority report was a
dopted
It is unnecessary to
in the field. Lincoln was elec
itoA nit the onnntrr w ft s
Johnson succeeded in indue-
mg the Georgia convention
to adopt his conservative
ideas it is safe to say that
other Southern States would
have fallen into line with our
commonwealth, and the Na-
tional Democratic party
would have remained united.
This is the story of what a
little class of winedid. It ru
i r -
. j ... i. a .
'"j riAaS "
(llBHHirUUS Will UIIU UCOUJCO
lhp lnK. oflifp post the South
haps this is rather npecuiat-
lve oui mere are intiuy w"u
oeueven li a generuuuu Ku.
i a amr-kwr a
TXZ
KmmtM stf rT- -
Wu&ffl4UcM4
Democracy Should B United.
Baltimore Sun
The platform adopted by
the Democratic National
Convention in 1896 made
the free coinage ot silver the
leading issue. If Mr. Brran
oaa oeen eiecrta at tnattime
and the House of Represent-
It 1 A
coinage legislation could and
probably would have been
enacted The , platforin a-
dopted at Kansas City last
montQ makes imperialism
tne paramount issue, it is
truejhat the platform also
ronmins a specinc ueemm
tion for free coinage,- but it
fqally true that therecan
be uo free coinage as long as
tne. benate 18 controlled bj
the Republicans. The high
est authorities on nuance in
the Republican party have
agreed mm me currency leg
I isla tion enacted at the last
WSHlon of Congress Will main
10,0 ine oia "nanra bb
lOHC BS XUC OCX, reillUIUM UU
e BlBlUie UOOK8. ii.bihw
nnnnnt ha ronoolorl an Inn rr n a
the Kepublicans are in the
fore, in thlS Campaign, 18
scarcely more than an aca
OemiC question. was a po
Mtical blunder to pat the sil-
ver declaration in
the Kan
sas uy piattorm, nut us
presence in the platform does
not make it a live question.
With a gold standard Senate
to hold a silver President
and House in check free coin
age is certainly not a piactic
al issue tor the time being.
The platform of 1896 related
exclusively to domestic ques
tions. The platform of 1900
makes wars ot conquest, forci
ble annexation of territory
and imperial tendencies in
government the paramount
issue. There are, therefore,
abundant, reasons why Dem
ocrats who refused to go
with their party in 1896
should make common cause
with it this year on the new
that sturdy gold Democrat,
GeD(:ral C.U' ! Iio8tn're
cen ,a lDe miegnny uh
well as the honor of the Re
PUOlIC IS in peril
all minor
ir or wail
q' u ibuph u. wu
until the safety of the State
is assured."
of
meat and wecaneat KodolDys
DeDftia Cure be thanked.' This
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stomach disorders, coffey Bros.
rD,II,P8auu DOU-
in .
Mary Ann Butler says she
is for Bryan but cannot sup
port Stevenson, as she insists
that the Populist National
Committee, which meets the
27th inst,, shall name a can
didate for Vice President.
UU H. nuuer i uum iu iiiur
hplipve thnt she is nolitirallv
r - ,
dead, but such -is her condi
- tion. much to thesatisfaetion
Dj tjie e0pie of North Coroli
na
Dr. DeWltt S li.lflV Klfers dre
famous little pills for liver and
bowel trouW. Never miw. rot
'fe.V Bros.
fellow "Sitter" to UatcH Batter.
On the subject of th recent .
controversy between Senator
Butler and- Congressman '
John D. Bellamy, The Wil
mington Messenger publishes
the following card from Mr.
J. C. Stanly, of Marlville.
Bladen county, for bis ten
ants, addressed to Mr. But
ler:
'Sir: We have seen your
challenge through the papers
to our beloved and honored
Jno. D. Bellamy. Mr. Bell
amy, is too high in the polit
ical arena; and too 'much
honored to deal with yon
personally, and he is too pure
in the estimation of sixteen
thousand constituents t o
have a personal encounter or
to reply to your banter, or
to serve you in any purpose.
There are ten thousand good
people in Mr. Bellamy's dis
trict who will meet you, roan
to man, and settle all chal
lenges that yon may give
out. I have a farm thatem
ploys fifty good men, and
any yellow nigger that 1 have
says that he will match yon
as to personal' encounter.
They say you have betrayed
them in every trust thatthey
have confided in you."
The law holds both makers and
circulators of a counterfeit equ il
I.V guilty. The dealer who sells
you a 'dangerous counterfeit of
TteWitft Witch Hnzezel Salve
risks your life to make a little
larger profit. You can not trust
hnn. Dewitt b is the only geuu
ine and original Witch Hazel
Salvf , u well known cures 1 o r
piles and all skin diseases. See
that vour dealer gives you Da
Witt's Sal ye. coffey Bros. Phil.
lips & Son,
The Rev. Charles Sheldon,
of Topeka, speaking of his re
cent visit to Kngland ' says:
"We have been jostled on rail
road platforms by drunken
men and woim n, we have had
intoxicating diinkfloffeied us
at the house of English peo
pie, we have seen the public
house on almost every cor
ner with bar maids bemud
the bar and little children in
front of it and men und wo
men crowding every inch of
room in every public house
in eyery town and city."
The Salisbury Truth Index
says thit lightning struck Dr. J.
B. Gaither's house at Ch i n a
Grove Sunday and one end ot
the house was damaged connidera
bly. No one was seriously hurc,
but Dr. and Mrs. Gaither were
slightly shocked.
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your kidneys oeeVenr three minutes.
H.lfe. The kidneys are your
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impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order, they fall to do
their work.
Pains, achesandrheu
matlsm come from ex
cess of uric acid In the
blood, due to reelected
kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as hough
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working In pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
It used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ning in kidney trouble.
lfyou are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy la
soon realized. It stands the highest for Us
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