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. tiger, tl)c pi'obabiiltic3
o r coasumDUon.
mtht throat and
S-r luncs cecome
touch and in
flamed' from
and
germs . of
consumption
mm
find an easy
entrance. Take
no chances
with the dan
gerous foe.
if
-rorbO years
there has been a per
fect cure. What a rec
ord! Sixty years of cures.
socthec and heals . the
wounded throat and
lungs You escape an at
tsck or consumption with
alhits terrible suffering
and uncertain results.
f -There is nothing so bad
for the throat and lungs
as coughing.
A 25c. bottle will, cure
an ordinary cough; hard
er coughs will need a SOc.
size; the dollar bottle is
cheapest in the long run.
One of my ons we (pitting
Mood with a hich fover and was
very ill. We could hardly nee any
Bigrn of life in him. The doctors
. did hint no good. But one dottle of
your Cherrirt'ectoral cured him and
RiTbdhiullfe." C.G.Akdkraon,
Kov. 18, lblS. Pukwuna, S. Dak.
Write the Doctor. If yon hnveany -onir
plaint whaUiTxr mil driilre tlie
nei mMiicai "v'co, write the Doc
tor treaty. AMmn
i)r. j. c. atbb, ixrweu, Hast.
PROFESSIONAL.
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
lioONE, N. (I
rCiirpful HtteutioD given to
oollfotions.
" .P LOVXLL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOOSE, A. C.
- CSpecial attention given
'to all business entrusted to
- care."5J
V 8-23,1900.
4. W. TODD. . . GEO. P. PELL.
5 TODD & PELL, :
:AT'J011SEYS Al LAW,
v 'JEFFERSON, S. C.
Will practice regularly in the
cowtB of Watauga. Headquar
teis at Coffee's Hotel d u r i n g
couit.
-4-99.
E.S.
-ATTORNEY ATLAW,
L BOONE, N. C
' Prompt attention given to
nil matters of a legal nature.
: Sr Abstracting titles and
"collection of claims & special
ty. "
23-1900.
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V V Cancer Specialist,
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Ao Kuite; No Burning Out.
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i;;'-.i"B.ati8faction UHranteca.
iBOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N.
' ' - Was It Bnrdorl
Sunny South.1 . "
A gronof officers atood in
an Atlinta book atore one
Multry afternoon in. 18.64wdis
cursing the execution of a
luHrh ofdeserters. It wasjuRt
befoi e t he tdege. Sher ma n was
on the other side of the Chat
tnhooche, hnd as the offiCis
talked the eullen boom ofthe
cannon every now and thun
interrupted the conversation.
But. was it murder?
This question - wns npper-
inontin my mind as I listen
ed horror-stricken to the run
ningtalk mound me, It hart
been remarked that one of
the deserters,. who had been
sholan hour before was a
youth of sixteen. .
"I was rather sorry for the
ooy" observed the major.'
"Discipline must be main
tained at any cost." put in
the general.
"Yes, of course,"- assented
t'Ue captain.
"Ue.vond a doubt," was the
major a comment.
"Besiilus," said the -gener
al ' He was no longer a uov.
Ht? was a soldier, and when
he deserted he knew the con
sequences.
"Just So," echoed the oth
ers simultaniouslv bnt their
faces worn a clouded look.
The gtnral picked up Join
im.8 Art o War. ano spoke
of it as a greatly overrated
book.
"What is the prico of it?"
be itiquired.
"fifteen dollars," replied
the book seller.
"You seevgentlemnn,"8aid
the general, "how these cor
morants take advantage of
our misfortunes. Fifteen dol
larsfor a bo.)k worth fifty
cents?"
The military man glared
at the book-seller who wisely
said nothing.
."Yes," said thecaptnin, ap
parcntly resuming his Ntalk,
"I was never so affected in
my life as when. I saw that, lit
tie fellow shot"
"Did he flinch?" said the
major.
"Not a bit. He was yer y
pale, and his eyes, that had
tl.at far-away look; peculiar
to men who a re looking death
in the face. He stood it like a
hero. He never trembled, and
had bis witsobout hi in to the
last.
'Died instantly.didn't he?"
said the general.
"Yes, four balls through
the heart." -
"So much the better, hedid
not suffer." And the general
picked up Mahan on Field
Fortifications.
"What is this worth?" he
asked.
"That," answered the book
seller, is worth twenty-five
dollars."
"The mischief," blui ted out
the general. "Now. .this is an
outrage. Here is a book pjiir
Chinese are dangerous enemies
for thev aietreiH'hei'OUH.- That's
why all counterfeits oi DeWittV,
Witch Hazel Svilve are dui.gei-j
ous. They look like DeWitt's.but
instead of the all-healing witch
hazel they all contain ingredUl
ents liable to irritate the tkin
and cause blood poisauing. .For
pik?8( injnries an i skin diseases,
use the genuine and . original De
Witt's witch hazel salve. Moretz
& Farthing. Buchanan and Jphu
son. . 1
tenon hrown paper, bound
in paste board, hardly worth
picking up in the'Toad, and
this man wants twenty five
dollars tor it. I. won't pay it.'
"I heard the boy belonged
to a good family said the
major. "He ran nway from
home, joined the arm and
fought bravely. "His deser
tion was more of an escapade
thananythingel.se."
"If iSherman was not press
ing us so infernally hard," in
terrupted the captain, "he
would have been let off, but
the court martial just rushed
things through, and there
was nobody to look alter
the boy."
Boom! Boom! thundered
the cannons over the hills at
the front. '
" M'hy should anybody look
after him?" enquired the gen
eral. "We munt look after the
army and its discipline."
Boom!
"The fact" continued the
general, "but it makes my
blood run cold to slaughter
mere boys."
The general tucued Jomi
ni's Art of War in his pocket
and paid for it. Then he turn
ed around and cleared his
throat.
Boom!
"Now listen to me, he said
impressively, "You certainly
will give me credit tor the av
eragb auiount of kindness,
.sympathy and human feel
ing. Yet I cannot agree with
you about that deserter, Ac
cording to all accounts, he
was n sensible lad. He knew
his duty as a soldier. He
knew that if he deserted he
would be shot. What did he
do? When the enemy was
marching on threatening this
very city, endangering the
existence of the Confederacy
he sneaked off to the woods.
Some say he was going to
see his mother. It does not
matter. He was a deserter. If
we spared him others would
have to bo spared. The army
would be demoralized Deser
tions would be 'the order of
the day. We had to shoot
him as an example. It could
not be avoided. Now let us
drop the subject. I know that
I am right and I should like
to see any one stand up and
say that I am wrong."
The wave of thunderous
sound lolled over the whole
city and people stopped to lis
ten.
Just then a iiht wagon,
covered with dust and evi
dently from thecountrj' stop
ped at the store. Two women
alighted and came in. One
was quite young, and the
other who was old enough to
be her mother leaned on
ii Kin
h"i
Ol III. , Q
"Have j on an evening pa
per?" asked the young wo
man of the bookseller. -'.,. '
He handed one to her and
the old woman, 'iiiTanttinir
"I ha ve used C ha mherla i n's
colic, cholera and diarrhoea
remedy and find it to be a
great medicine," says Jr. E.
g. Phipps, of Poteau; Ark.
"It cured me of bloody flux.
I ennnot ispeak too highly of
it," "fhis remedy always
wins the good opinion, if not
praise, of those who use it.
The quick cures which it ef
fects even in the most .severe
nses make it it favorite ev
erywhere. For sale by Black
burn. '
C, TnURSDAV, NOVgSlOOO.
her spectaejes, glanced r.er
Yonnly over it.
"Yes, it is true that there
was un execntnn here today
she' whispered hurriedly to
her comDanion.
Boom!
For some reason the offi
cers relapsed into an embar
rassed . silence. Tnjpj Major,
with his iudex flngercomrnen
ced drawing tortificatioua on
tire map-of Georgia. The Cap
tain looked inoodilj at the
floor. The General pulled Jo
mini's "Art of War" out of
his pocket and thrust it back
again.
"Oh mercy!" exclaimed the
young woman in a low tone.
'.'These people told us the
truth then."
' "Oh my God!" My poor
murdered boy!"
So wild, unearthly, and
piercing was the cry that ev
er.F man in the room started
in alarm.
The old woman had fallen
back in a chair gasping for
breath, with her face as white
as a sheet.
Her companion geutly fan
ned her until shelaidhergray
head on her hands and sobb
ed aloud.
Turning to the sympathet
ic and silent spectators the
young woman turned to a
paragraph and said:
"It was her boy, her only
son. The paper culls it mili
tary justice we call it mur
der." Ttie General gradually mov
ed toward the door. His
head was bowed and his
hand trembled. As soon as
he got out he walked off at a
rapid pace. The Major made
several ineffectual attempts
to build to strong redoubt
with his finger upon the map
of Georgia but he suddenly
corhfpsed nud abruptly bolt
ed. The captain remained
He brought the old woman
a glass of water, and fanned
her while he listened with a
sad but kindly face to the
young woman's story.
It seems that the boy's
mother lived thirty miles in
the country. Vague reports
reached her that her son wus
in trouble, and she rode in
with a neighbor arriving an
hour or two after the execu
tion. I caught this much of
it, and then an eager desire
seized me to follow the' ex
ample of the Major and Gen
erul. At the dor I looked
back. The old woman was
silently praying while the
tears rolled down her wither
ed cheeks. Her friend looked
down upon her with pitying
eyes, and the Captain had
one hand .over his bror.zei
face. The big guns contin-
lued to boom all that after-
kno'oa but I aid not hear
them. I had something else
to think of.
To remove a troublesome
corn or bunion: First soak
the corn or bunion in warm
water to soften it, then p-ire
it down as closely as possible
without drawing the blood
a n d apply Chamberlain's
pain balm twice daily: rub
bing vigorously foi five min
utesal each .application A
corn piaster &iio(iirrte worn
orn plaster fcnofnd'be worn
for a few days, to protect it
from the shoe. ; As a general
liniment rorapijgJriH, bruises,
la mer.ess a i)dy5ni)a t ism,
pain balm isuheqifaled. Sold
by Blackburn:. '
. Fam's Horn Blast.
Though the fire is extin
guished in death, the gold
will remain. ,1
The bst heart purifier Is to
be filled with thoughts of
God. . '
The light 8 of the world need
focusing m the lens of Christ's
love. .
It is praiseworthy to as
pire to the stars, but you
must also plan to drop on
the earth.
Education may furnish you
a headlight, but only the
grace of aod can help you
make steam.
It takes two to make a
quarrel, but one may mend
it.
A lie in its own clothes is
always impotent.
Easy preachingcomesfrom
hard preparation.
It is impossible to put . off
sin till you put on Christ.
God's laws of givinc are &s
fixed as His laws ol living.
A sincere man is nine-tenths
right and 99 per cent pure.
There are no dead saints. -
Love only can lighten la
bor's load.
A long prayer may come
from little piety.
Tapering off a bad habit is
but spinning out a ropa to
hold you till the next seigeof
the temptation.
Too many preachers are
thinking more of salary than
of service.
He who groans most in
prayer frequently loans the
Lord least in charity.
The spirit of the meeting is
not greatly helped by the
people who say, "I will be
with yon in spirit."
The Christian who knows
God, will praise Him every
day of his lite, whether he
feels like it or not.
The raven who failed to re
turn to the ark is a picture of
many Christians who, being
saved, neyer look back to
say so.
The better days will come
only as you do your best to
day.
The more intpusive your
faith the moreextensiveyonr
influence.
The church without a pray
ermeeting is a body without
u heart.
If .jon give no place to Ihe
devil you will not go to the
devil's place.
While we are elosetoChrist
we never find uny weight in
his yoke.
i Tillage BUtkHinitli Saved His Lit
tle Son's Life.
Mr. H II. .Black, the well
known village blacksmith at
Grahamsville, Sullivan Co,
N. Y., says: "Our little son.
five vears old, has always
leen subject to croup, and so
bad have the attacks been
that we feared many times
that he would die. Wh have
had the doctor and used nn-
i) medicines, but Chumber-
lains cough remedy is . now
our sole reliance. -it seems
to dissolve the tough mucno
and by giving frequent doses
when the croupy symptoms
appear we have found that
the dreaded croup , is cured
before it gets settled." There
ih no danger in srivintr tins
(remedy for it contains no
opium or oiner injurious
drntiandmny le given, as
confidently to a babe as to
un udult. For sale by Black.
NO. 42.
. Wise Rale of Ceitaet.
Stephen Allen, once major
of New York Cit carried
these maxims Ip his pocket- '
book: - '
1. Keep goodxompany or '
none.
2. Never be idle.
3. If vour hands cannot '
be usefully employed, attend
to the cultivation of yonr
mind.
4. Always speak the troth,
5. Make few promises.
6. Live ap to your. engage
ments. -
7. Keep your own secret,
if you have any.
8. When you speak to a
person, look him in the face.
9. Good company and
good conversation are the
sinews of virtue.
10. Good character is a
bove all things else.
11. Your character cannot
be essentially injured except
by your own acts.
12. If any one speaks evil
of you, let 3 our life be so
that none n ill believe him.
13.. Drink no kind of intox
icating liquors.
14. Ever live (misfortunes
excepted,) within vour in
come.
15. When you .retire to "
bed, think over what yon
have been doinjr (juring the
day.
16. Make no haste to be
rich, if you would prosper
17. Small and steadgains
give competency with tran
quility of mind.
18. Never play nt any kind
of game of chance.
19. Avoid temptation,
through fear yon may .not
withstand it. ,
20. Earn money beforeyou
spend it.
21. Never run into debt un
less you see a way to get out
again.
22. Never borrow if you
can possibly avoid it.
23. Never speak evil of any
one.
24. Bo just betore you are
generous.
25. Keep yourself innoceqt
if vou would be happy.
26. Save when you nrc
young, to spend when you
are old.
27. Head these rules a t
least once a week. Ex.
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Our content is our best
having. Shakesear.
Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys
Unhealthy Kidneys Hake Impure Blood.
All the blood In your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
i ne Kianeys are your
blood purifiers, they fil
ter out the wwte or
Impurities In the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order, they fall to do
their work.
Pains, aches and rheu
matism come from ex
cess of uric acid In the
blood, due to herlected
kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as Soujh
they had heart trouble, because the heart la '
over-working In pumping thick, kidney.
poisoned blood through veins and arteries,
It used to be consideredlhat only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kldneya."
but now modern science proves that snarly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ning In kidney trouble.
If you 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 hlebest for tta
wonderful cures of the most distressing cat
by all druggists in fifty-.
cent and one-dollar six-1
es. You may have a
sample bottle by man
free, also pamphlet telling you how to fim4
i out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
, Mention this paper when writing Dr. Klines
ft Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
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