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VOL -XIV.
' BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY; N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 241902.
. NO. 10.
001
Fe two Mars 1 suffered, ter.
r!Mv from dyspepsia, with peat
OCpmilOD, MUWMHWlfl reeling
poorly. I tbei tried Ayer'e Sana
parilla. aad in u week I waa a
new man." Jobs McDonald,
Philadelphia, Pa. ...
Don't forget that It's
w Ayer'a" Sarsaptrilla
that will mate you strong
and hopeful. Don't waste
your time and money by
trying some other kind.
Use the old, tested, tried,
and true Ayers Sarsapa-
Afc ymt tetor what ke tblnto Ayer
Juibunily MktM. follow bferloaa4
It id hard to And a truth
without an error in its shad
ow. H Kept his Leg.
Twelve years ago J, W. Buiii
van, of Hartford, Coon., scratch
ed his leg with a rusty wire. In
flamation and blood poisoning
net in. For two years he suffered
intensely. Then the best doctors
urged amputation, but he writes
'I used one bottle of Electric Bit
ters and 1 1.2 boxes of Buck
ten's Arnica Salve and my leg
was sound and well as ever.
1ism AMtnfiAna ahlf kIiaii sv m.mt
ma, tetter, sores And all blood
disorders Electric Bitters has no
eoual on earth. Try them. M. b.
d lack burn will guarantee satis
faction or refund money. Only
SO centii.
True friendship says little
ond does much.
CXcdcl Dyspepsia Guro
dgeats what yoa Mtt
PROFESSIONAL.
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N. C. -
Careful attention given to
collections.
E F. OVILL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
-BOONE, N. C
'Special attention Riven
to all business entrusted to
h! care."
8-23, 1900.
J. w: TODD.
GK P. PELL.
TODD & PELL.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
JEFFERSON, N. C.
Will practice regularly in the
courts of Watauga. Headquar
teis at Coney's Hotel during
court. 5-4-99.
E. S. COFFEY,
ATWRbEYAl LA IV,
BOONE, N. C.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal nature.
tST Abstracting titles and
collection of claims a special
ty. ' , . 23-1900.
Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. C,
Ao Knife; No Burning Out.
Highest references and endors-
laents of prominent persons suc
cessfully treated in Va., Twin,
and N. C. Remember that there
js ao time too soon to get rid ol
a cancerous growth no matter
how small. Examination free.
letters answered promptly, and
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Proai onr let ular Carmpoadeott. j
While the past week in
(Congress has been productive
of no important legislation
it has been replete with' evi
denee of the discord in the re
publican party and, in theii
efforts to secure the passage
of the Cuban teciprocity bill
in the House, the republican
leaders havecoininitted them
selves to propositions hich
will be carefully noted by
their constituents and which
thj will find deeidely em bar
u swing during the next cam
paign. After adopting the
most drastic measures to
prevent the revision of the
tariff along the lines propos
ed by Representative Bah
cock, earlier in. the session,
and effectually resisting a re
duction which would have
curtailed the profits of tue
Steele trust aud other great
corporations, they have com
pletely reversed their argu
ments, receded from their
position that the . Dingley
schedules are 'sacred.' have
cited Blaine and' McKinley
in favor of the reduction of
the tariff schedules, . but-in
both instances schedules
which benefited only the farm
era, sugar and tobacco- and
have scouted the idea of ma
king even a similar reduction
on refined sugar, the differen
tiul on which benefits onlv
the suga r trust at the expense
of the consumer. During his
opening speech on the Cohan
bill, Chairman Pay no was
forced to admit that the con
sumer paid theduty on sugar
and the frankness of the ad
mission startled those youug
tr republican members who
have been trained to believe
that all duties ate paid by
the foreigners. The argu
ments of Messrs. Payne, and
Long il, all make excellent
literature for the democrats,
who favor a general revision
of the tariff.
While the House has been5
quarreling over the Cuban
bil the Senate ba6 demon
atrated u serious lack of bar
mony on the question of Chi
nese exclusion and the result
which wiil be made known by
the vote next Wednesday, is
now a matter of doubt. A
number of Eastern republi
cans whose constitute s
have nothing to fear from
Chinese competition, haveop
posed the bill and the confi
dence with which Senator
Penrose called up bis meas
ure is now sadly wanting; To
exciude the Chinese from our
foreign possessions will be in
juring those friends of the
administration who hope to
to expltit the Pbillipines for
their own benefit and th
magnificent profits to be
gained from the use of all
Paging, Boariaa Flood
Washed down a telegraph Itae
wbicb Charles (J. bills, of Lisbon,
la. had to repair, "Standing
waist deep in icy water" he
writes, "gave me a terrible cold
nnrl nnnirh It trrnvr urnrsa Ha'iltr
Finally the best doctors in Oak
land, Neb: Sioux City and Oma
ha said I had consumption and
could not live. Then I began us
ing Pr. King's New Discovery
and was wholly cured by six bot
ties." Poiitively guaranteed for
coughs, colds and: all throat and
lung troubles by M 0 lack
buni Price 50c. and fp 0, .
most free land' and the cheap
est class of labor in the world
and the influence of those
'friends' is making itself felt
in'the Senate. ' :
Recent disclosures in : the
Phillipine Committee of the
Senate have become grave
sources of apprehension to
the administration. Reports
of tyrani'al and brutal tneth
ods of dealing with the na
tives are multiplying and, as
a logical eequence to republi
can imperialism, there conies
by cable the news of the ar
rest of two Manila editors
forlese mnjeste. According
to the report of Mujor Gar
diner, civil governor of Ta
byas. those Phillipinoa who
were once friendl.v to this
country have grown to hate
it because of the despotic
treatment afforded them by
the American soldiers and,
iu the view of the governor,
continued military occupa
tion will result in leaviug
thiseoutry without a friend
in the islands, with the ex
ception of those who have
been appointed to govern
ment offices at munificent
salaries. . . .
The determination of the
republican eteeringcomtnitte
of the Senate to ignore the
wishes of the President and
and take the Phillipine civil
bill before the Cuban reci
procity measure is Another
evidence oi the disruption
which is taking place in the
party and theoietion of tbe
committee is heartily resent
ed by the President. The an
nouncement, under oath, by
General Schofleld,! that the
President and the Srcretary
of War were not on speuking
term 8 with the Geiisral com
manding the Army, Miles, is
typical of the methods adop
ted bv Mr. Roosevelt and tns
members of his Cabinet in
their dealings with their su
bordinates in hxeoutive De
pattments. The bill offered by Repre
sentative Adama providing
for the reorganization of the
consular service has been fa
vorably reported hrtheCom
nuttee on Foreign Relations.
Speaking to me ol the bill re
cent I j, Mr. Adamssaid; My
bill provides for a commiss
ion to reorganize tb consu
lar service, at present admin
istered under a most haphaz
ard system. For the first 100
years of its existence our
country had to pay so much
attention to its internal
needs that the development
of foreigu relations was let t
largely to itsfli and grew up
without tbe supervision it
should havejind. Even at
its inception Washington
railed attention to its needs,
but half a century passed be
lore thre wasany further in
terest in the service by Cong
ress or the country at large
The pay depended u great
deal upon the fees attached
The Brat Time,
The best time to cure a cough
or cold is when Tou are first af
fected. A pleasant and sure rem"
dy tor sore throat, weak lungs,
bronchial soreness, cougbing etc
is Oooch'e McxicaH Syrup for
colds and consumption. Be wise
iu time and keep a bottle in .your
medicine chest, always handy for
immediate use, remembering the
old adage, "a stitch in time
saves nine. It is a true lung ton
ic aud sells for only 2 cents.
to theofflces but the shipping
bill of 1888 did away with
the whole schedule of fees for
American vessels, and not h
ing has spice been given to
compensate for that reduc
tion. The entire fee system
should be abolished and nd
equate salaries provided, and
not only should they bo ade
qnate but equitable In many
instances at the present time
the consul at a point of little
important draws a larger
salary than one where the
work is onerous and the du
ties require a high grade of
intelligence. And further, the
whole system should be or
gnnized on a merit basis, in
atead of on the basis of polit
ical preferment as at present
and there should be provis
ion made for promotion and
general recognation of good
work done Almost every
other government in the
world has a regular system
of consular training as apart
of the cpvil service of the
country and the honors and
emoluments offered are suffi
cient to attract the bpst
young men of th country to
enter on a life long career
with tbe assurance of a high
position as the reward of dil
ligeiice aiid 'aptitude. In A
merica, on the contrary, no
amount of valuable service
will ensure a tenure longer
than 4yr's especially if there
is a change of administration
just at the time a man is get
tidg acquainted with the con
ditions he is apt to be remov
ed "to return to his home,
where he has been left behind
by the tide of affairs, thus
losing place ever where
though his tenure of offl?e.
which has probably been so
poorly paid that he has been
impoverished by the venture.
Moreover, the legislation pro
posed will not only benefit
the consuls, but the whole
service. By insisting on hav
ing men trained for the po
sitions and required to speak
the language of the country
to which they are sent, the in
formation that they can give
to the home government will
be doubled in value.
"A neighbor ran in with a
bottle of Chamberlain's Colic
Cholera and Diarrhoea Rme
dy when my son was suffer
ing with were cramps and
was given up as beyond hope
by my physician, whostands
h'mh in t.is profession. After
administering three doses of
it, my son regained conscious
ness and lecovered entirely
within 24 hours.,", sas Mrs.
Mary Haller, of Mt. Crawford
Vn This remedy is for sale
by M. B. Blackburn.
When men give God their
manhood as well as their
names the church will not
lack for means.
Many wonder wh it is that
pin worms and stomach worms
get into little children, or how a
tape worm 800 leet long can get
in and exist and graw inside of a
man, as it sometimes happens,
They m ly well wonder, for it is
a great mysterj, However, ma
ny know now by exerience that
Mother's Worm Svrup wil rid one
ot intestinal worms and greatly
improve the- health after (he
worms are ex pf lied and destroy
ed, ft. is absolutely a harmless
remedy to take, and as it only
coKts 25 cents, all should try it
who suspect worms to be the
cause of their ill health.
Kick kin ac Poor aa LsfiaUtorf
A dispatch the other day
called attention to the sur
prisingly' larae number of
men in Congrss who do not
need the $5,000 salary they
draw. Some of the well to do
Congressmen are bankers,
ranchmen, manufacturers,
druggists, etc It is donbt
less better for the country
that there is a large spiink,
ing of this class ;of men in
our legislative balls, Too
many men run for the House
merely for the paltry $5,000
there is in it, caring all toj
little about the interests and
welfare of the people. It is
tbe fact that members of (he
British Parlfment draw no
salaries, that keeps the edu
cated and statesman like'ele
ment in control of that body
and makeR'itJthe wisest and
safest Icgislativejassetr.hly in
the world."
There is mnch'truth in J the
suggestions. On the other
hand it is a fact worthy of
some attention that the very
wealthy man sometimes
takes a seat in Congress not
in the hope of enacting bet
ter laws but'kfor the purpose
of aiding some plundering
scheme. A very wealthy ship
builder, for instance, might
find it greatly to his advan
tage to accept ajseat in Con
gress to fight for ship subsi
dies. We have no simpa
thjwiih those Swho would
have the poor Jdistrust the
rich and the rich distrust the
poor, but the other side of
the Observers problem is
worth considering. As the
Honorable Peter Stirling has
aptly said, while the poor
legislator is sometimes bribed
by another mans money, the
rich legislator is just as often
brihed by his owil. Char
lotte Observer.
PHOT IN HIS LEG.
I'iOr all kinds of sores, burns,
brumes or other wounds DeWitts
Witch Hazel Salve is a sure cjre,
Skin diseases yield to it at once,
Never fails in cases of piles; cool
ing and healmg. None genuine
but DeWitt's beware of counter
feits. I suffered for many years
from a sore caused by a gun shot
wound in my left Ifg, says A. t.
Fuller, English, Ind. "It would
not heal und gave me much
trouble. I used all kinds of rem
edies to no purpose until I used
DeVVitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A
few boxes completely cured me."
T. J. Coffey & Uro.
When Christ is the alpha
bet life becomes God's liter
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Don't neglect billiousness and
constipation. Your health will
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Witt's Little Early Riperscure
all 6ucb cases. M. H. Smith, but
temut. Mif-b... says: '-De Witt's
Little Earl v Risers are the most
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Never gripe nor cause nausea
T. J. Cofley & Bro
There are 312 recoroed sdc
cies of birds in North Caroli
na.and only eight ofthemafi
under protection of law. All
but tbe English sparrow
should be protected from th
ruthless ravages of the rar
mint called mab. Recorder
The word needs kindness of i
heart more than keennes&of
head.
Edaeata Tour Bowela With Curiarata.
Candy Cmthartle, ear eonaiipattoa forever
Ipc. SSo. II p, O. O. nllf dniggtsu refund njonej
Tin republican strcrl.'.;
eommittee of the S mate htz
decided to reecomentl that .
the bill providing a form c!
government for the phi"!
pine archipelago should
made the unfinished engineer
which is the place of ' prefer
en"p on the Senate calendar,
after the disposal of the Chi
nese exclnsion bill and that
the Nicaraguan Cannl bill
should de next assigned to
that position. This decision
sets at rest the minds of
those who hove insisted that
the Canal bill passed by the
House would not come ; np
for consideration in (the Sen
ate this session. A long fight
is expected when it comes np
however. The Panama Canal
project has strong support -
ers and they will bitterly op
pose the Hepburn bill which.
as passed bj the House, pro
vides for a N ica ragan canal.
The second report of the
Walker commission, favoring
the Panama route, will, it is .
thought influence many who
hesitate, and even if tbe bill
finally.passes, it will proba-?
bly be so loaded with amend
ment s that tbe House wilt
practically have to go over
it again. Ex.
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Don't neglect coughs and colds
even if it is spring. Such cases
often reeoit senouniy at ttata sea
son, just because people are care
less. A done of 'one minute cough
cure' will remove all danger. Ab
solutely safe. Sure cure. Acts at
once. Lures coughs, colds.sroup
bronchitis, and ot'jer throat and
lung troubles. "I have used one
minute cough cureseveral years'
says Postmaster c. ). Dawson, .
Carr, III. It is the best cough
medicine on tbe market. It has
saved me man) a severe spe'l of
sickness and I warmly reecomend
t." The chidrens favorite. T. J.
Cagev & Bro.
An ostrich farm is to be es
tablished at Asheyille, work
will be commenced on tbe en
closure in a few days. The
farm will be owned by A. Y.
Pearson and the birds will be
shipped from his farm near
Frelix, Ariz.
it'hen you lack energy and
do not relish vour lood. leel
and stupid after eating, and
yon need is a dose of Cham
berain's Stomach and Llveri
Tablets. They will make you
feel like a new man and give
you on appetite like a bear.
For sale by Blackburn.
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Kidney Trouble Hakes Ton Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads tha news
papers Is sure to know of the wonderful
cures , made by Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
Itw mil ItMiutv
cat triumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years of
scientific research by
Dr. Kilmer, the tmU
nent kidney and blad
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wonderfully successful tn promptly curing
lame dsck, Kianey, Di&aaer, uric acia trou
bles and Brlght's Disease, which Is the worst
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Dr. Kilmers Swamp-Root Is not rec
ommended for everything but if you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble It will be found
Just the remedy you need. It has been tested
In so many ways, tn hospital work,Jn private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur
chase relief and has proved so successful la
every case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried It, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mall, also a book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading Ibis generous
offer In this paper and
send your address to
Dr. Kilmer &Co.,Btng-
hamton. N. Y. The
rerular fifty cent and Bean i
doliar sizes are sold by all good druggtet .
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