VOL XIV.
BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12.
1903.
NC. 61.
Bad
"I had bad cough for six
weeks and could find no relief
until I tried Ayer'a Cherry Pecto
ral. Only one-fourth of the bottle
cured me."
L. Hawn, Newington, Ont.
Neglected colds always
lead to something serious.
They run into chronic
bronchitis, pneumonia,
asthma, or consumption.
Don't wait, but take
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
just as soon as your cough
begins. A few doses will
cure you then. u-vmimL
imt Mia: uc, wc,n. An
Camalt roar doctor. If ko wyt Ukt It,
thea do u ho njr. II ho tall too bo
to Uka H. tkon don't teko It. Ho know.
Lwro It wttb him. Wo oro willln.
i 0. ATKB CO.. Lovoll. IUM.
The religion that;does not
teach a man to strive to
pay all his honest debts will
not brine him reward in the
next world. Of ajl rhings that
the Bible teaches, none re
ceives more stress than that
a man should be thoroughly
honest. Ex.
A Care for Lumbago.
W. 0. Williamson, of Amherst
Va., says: "For more than a
year I suffered from lum
bago. I finally tried Cham
berlain's Pain Balm and it
gives me entire i elief. which
all others remedies had failed
to do.'" Sold bj M. Ji- Black
burn. PROFESSIONAL.
EDMUND JONES,
-t-LA YER
LENOIK, N. fi
ll' Practice Regularly in
the Courts of Watauga,
10-25 1 y.
J. C. FLETCHER,
Attorney At Law,
BOONE, N. C.
Careful attention given to
collections.
E. F. LOVILL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BOONE, N. C.
"Special attention given
to all business entrusted to
his care.8
8-23, 1900.
9. W. TODD.
GEO. P. PELL.
TODD &PELI.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
JEFFERSON, S. C.
Will practice regularly in the
courts of Watauga. Headquar
ters at Coney 's Hotel during
court. 5-4-99.
E. S. COFFEY,
-ATWRNEY Al LAW,-
BOONE, N. 0.
Prompt attention given to
all matters of a legal nature.
VST Abstracting titles and
collection of claims a special
ty. cS-23-1900.
Dr. J. M. HOGSHEAD,
Gancr Specialist,
BANNER'S ELK. N. C
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
From oar RegnUr Com ipondent.
President Roosevelt's mes
sage to Congress, transmits
last week, constitutes a most
remarkable recognition of
some of the monetary theo
ries advanced by Mr. Bryan.
Accompanying the Presi
dent's 'communication were
notes received from Mexico
and China requesting the U
nited States to join with
them in an international
movement to establish n
standard for silver, the depre
ciation and fluctuation of
which was causing untold
loss to the countries named
and tojthe Philippines and
French and English colonies.
In view of the ftct that de
monitization has resulted in
so serious a depreciation' of
silver, it is suggested that
the ratio now belfixed at 32
to 1 . The President requests
that he be empowered t o
take the steps suggested. He
has also suggested thai Con
gress authorize the appoint
ment of three commissioners
to meet with comrrissioners
from the countries named
and an effort will be'made to
inlist the cooperation of
Great Britain and France.
Addressing himself to the
subject ol thejproposed plan,
a leading member of the Sen
ate, and one who has most
vigorously opposed every the
ory advocated by Mr. Bryan,
said to vour correspondent:
''On its surface the plan ap
peals to me. If we were to in
sist on a gold basis in t h e
Philippines and it were to be
come necessary for all the si I
ver-using countries to follow
suit it would certainly prove
a severe strain on the g o I d
supply of the world and would
probably result in an appre
c i a t i o n' of our own cur
rency. Of course this is not
a scheme for a silver stand
ard but for'n gold standard
with practical bimetalisra
The gold would be the yard
stick by which the silver
would he measured. The in
creased and steady demand
for silver would probably pre
vnt further depreciation of
the value of that metal which
is seriously effecting all silver
using and producing coun
tries. As great producers of
silver we are of course vitally
interested in anything which
can be done for silve. I hope
and believe that the Bcheme
will be found practicable and
that all the silver using coun
tries and all countries hav
ing silver using colonies will
agree on establishing the val
ue of silver on a basis of 32
to 1.
By singularly clever tac
tics Senator Quay has placed
the republican senators who
are opposed to Statehood in
a most difficult position. He
has secured the attachment
of the Omnibus Statehood
bill to the Agricultural ap
propriation bill and predicts
its similar attachment to the
sundry civil and postofflceap
propriation bills. The admin
istration Senators have al
ready countenanced t h e at
tachment oftheGereral Staff
bill to the Military Appropri
at ion bill and have thus es
tblhbed, at this session ol
Congress.'a precedent! along
similar lines. Having'accom
plished this, Mr. Qnay h a s
announced that lie will not
further press the Statehood
bill on the floor of the Sen
ate and thus the republican
are afforded an opportunity
of demonstrating the sinceri
ty of their desire to enact an
ti trust legislation.
When the agricultural ap
propriation bill comes up for
passage a point of order will
be doubtless raised. Mr,Qiiay
will cite numerous precedents
for his action and if the
question is permitted tocome
to n vote the Statehood ma
jority will decide in its favor.
The only reraaing hope of
the republicans in preventing
the passage of theStatehood
bill lies in their ability to
talk on the point o! orderal
luded to until the end of the
session. As this would defeat
regular appropriation bills it
would , 'necessitate an extra
session of Congress. The re
publicans declare their inten
tion of taking that step if
they cannot otherwise block
the Statehood campaign, but
the pro'StatehoodtSenators
declare they .are bluffing and
compromise is in the air.
Not since 1897 has there
been suh hope of recupera
ting popular favor among
the democrats as these is to
day. present indications are
that the republicans in Cou
gress will fail in even in
stance to carry out the will
of the people, No effective an
ti-trust legislation will be
passed. TheCubantrenty will
be left unratified, and every
other real important meas
ure will in the judgment of
the democratic leaders, be
leftjundone. Under these cir
cumstances is it naturally
argued . by the democrats
that the people will turn to
them. The President is rapid
ly losing his popularity alio
ver the country !and his oppo
nents in his own party are
contributing to that end. In
the South he has made blun
der after blunder in his deal
ings with the negroes, and
it is doubtful if he would car
rv his own state today, as he
has lost the confidence of the
business interests of theooun
try. The Democrats in Wash
ington are jubilant and say
that with a strong nominee
they are certain to win in
1904. The name of Judge
Alton B. Parker of New York
and Senator-Hejt Arthur
P. Gorman are most often
heard in this connection
although it is yet too early
to make predictions.
An evidence of what the
republican leaders think of
the President's negro policy
is furnished hv the action
of the Commerce Committee
of the Senate which has
determined to turn down the
nomination ol Dr. Crum, the
negro appointed Collector of
the Port of Charleston. S. C.
Although an earnest effort
has been made to defend the
Indianola post office case it
is freely udmittcd, confid
entially, that the President
has serbudy blundered in
that respect and has caused
grave embarrapsment to his
party. Moreover, !.e is at
outs with his Secretary 'of
the Treasury who declares
that Mr. Rooeevelt idcoquet
ting with free silver and
stulifving the republican
platform.
The pathetic case ot one
J nan Gatan, a Filipino whose
horse was forcibly taken
when questioned by an Army
officer in November, 1900,
furnishes an excellent exam
ple of one of the most serious
minor defeats in the Federal
svstem. When Gatan's
horse was taken he was told
that he would be reimbursed
by the United States but he
has never received his money
although the case has twice
come under the supervision
of twentyeight army officers.
It is now in the hands of the
House eommitteeon Military
Affairs and as Gatnn has no
influence in Congress it will
probably rest there for all
time. Although the Secre
tary of War knows the case
to be perlectly just it will
require a special act of Con
gress before he can reimburse
the man for his property
taken and lost by the United
States army.
"Some time ago raydaugh
ler caught a severe cold.
She complained of pains in
herchestand had abad cough
I gave her Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy aecording ti
directions and in two days
she whs well and able to go
to school. I have used this
remedy in my family for the
past seven years and ha ye
never known it to fail,sn.vs
James Prendergast. merch
ant, Annato Bay. Jamaica,
West India Island. Thepaius
in the chest indicated an ap
proaching attack of
pneumonia, which in this in
stance was undoubtedly
warded, off by Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. It counteract
any tendency of a cold to
ward pneumonia. Sold by
M. B. Blackburn.
General "Phil"' Sheridan
at on time asking at what
little incident did he laugh
the most. "Well," he Raid,
"I do not know, but 1 always
laugh when I think of the
Irishman ai)d the army
n.ule. I was riding down
the line one day, when 1 saw
an Irishman mounted on a
mule which was kicking its
legs rather freely. The mule
finally got his hoof caught in
the ktirrup' when, in the
excitement, the Irishmen
remarked: "Well, begorrah
if you're going' to get on' I'll
get off!"
Washington Post: Thene
gro employees of the N w
York Union League Club are
raising a fund to spend with
the lawyers who are making
a specialty of testing the new
Virginia Coustitution. Per
haps it might be well for them
to save their money. They
may need it as the sentiment
of employing only white ser
vants in this exclusive Repub
lican organization is by no
means dead. It is liable to
crop out again at arif time.
They Work While You Sleep.
While your mind and body rest Cas
carets Candy Cathartic repair your
digestion, your liver, your bowels,
put them in perfect order. Genuine
tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold
in bulk. All druggists, ioc
Jailors must lead a painful
existence if we may judge by
the number of felons they
haye on their hands.
A Good, Word for the Bird
Charlotte Observer. '
In our twentieth century
civilization hnmnnitarianiwtn
is more highly organized
than ever before in the histo
ry. of the world. It has been
carried beyond thought
and solicitude for humankind
into the realm of animal life
We have in every respectable
city in the United States, 'a
branch of that praise-worthy
Statelinwtitution, the So
ciety for the prevention oferu
eltj to animals. Books like
Mr. Ernest Ston- Thompsons
Wild Animah I HaveKuown,
have humanized to us the
brute creation, and familiar
zed us with lhrir huhitsand
with "their manners." It is
not unnatural to find, part,
passu with all this, a society
not just springing up but al
ready at work, in the inter
est of, the feathered tribes.
The An lubon Society is a
world-wide institution.
Does it feeem to any that
life is too short, and th a t
there are too many big prob
lems in life pressing for solu
tion to spend time on just
birds.'nothing butbird&?The
answer would seem to be
that if God, who keeps con
stantly in His omnicient
mind the doings not only of
our own but ofevery planet
of the universe, is advertent
to the earth of eveiy wing
wounded sparrow. Man who
is made in His image might
well ioiitate his Master in
this.
We are witnessing in our
day the passing of the birds.
The blue bird who laid her
eggs in the deep hollow of the
gate post has been ont ol
sight too long. The pot-hunter
that unspeakable Turk
in realm of sport, is waging
the war of extermination up
on the "Bob Whw
met in
It is well,
...I.;.,f l..
of the wheat field.
then that North Carolina
has a branch of the Audubon
Society, "nd the Observer
hopes the Legislature will
find time in spite of thewigh
tier matters that press upon
it, to hear the plea that it is
making for the birds. Legis
lation looking to their pro
tection is already before .the
body.
Tbejeading authority on
birds in this State is Prof. T.
Gilbert Pearson, secretarv of
the Audubon Society with
headquarters at Gre nsboro,
He shows in a recently pub
lished pamphletentitled Uur
d'ild Birds in Agriculture,"
that we are not only in debt
ed to the feathered tree dwell
era lor the music of the for
est, but that they have a
very practical value as well.
They are invaluable as in
sect destroyers. One tenth of
the entire agricultural pro
duct of the United States isa
total loss through the in
roads of injects. Here are
some of the interesting facts
which Mr. Pearson has com
piled:
"The young of som1 .-penes
eat more than their o w u
weight in inject food daily.
Grown robins also have befn j
known toconsume more than i
their own weight during a!
period of twenty four hours.'
A bird's heart beats twice hhJ
fast as a human heart nu1j
the temperature of its blood
would be to im a terrible; ;
consuming fever. To keep
up sn h wonderful vitality, a
greut quantity of the most
nourishing food is at all
times absolutely necessary.
The great majority of birds
subsists chiefly on Jinsect
diet, pict and two thirds of
the varieties found in North
Carolina are almost wholly
insectivorous.
Birds digest their food so
rapidly that it is dillirult to
estimate the real amount
which they consume. It is
known.however, that a swal
low will eat six or eight hun
dred flies in a day. The
stomach of a cuckoo (rain
crow), shot at 0 oMnck in
thm rning, held 23 tent
caterpillars partly digested.
The stomachs of chickades
have not infrequently been
found to contnin over 200
egj;s of the canker worm and
as many as 25 of the female
moths, each holding over
100 eggs. It has been eBtN
mated that during the one
month that these insects in
fest the trees, each chickadee
would dentroy over 130.000
eggs, A pee'v. which I once
watched in Guilford coulij
capturted sixteen insects
during a period ol ten rain"
ntes.
This paper has already
urged better protection of
the game birds of the State.
The Audubon Society in lead
ing a crusade for the birds
is doing a' most commend"
nble work.
A good Recommendation.
"1 have noticed thnt the
Hale on Chamberlain's Stom
ach & Liver Tablets is al
most invariably to th'se
who have once used them,"
says Mr. J. H. Weber, a
prominent druggist or Can
cade, Iowa. What better
recommendation could anjT
medicine have than for peo
pie to call for when again - in
need of such a remedy? Try
them when you feel dull after
eating, when you hhve a bad
tiste in your mouth, feel bil
ions, have no appetite or
when troubled with consti
pation, and you are certain
to be delighted with the
prompt relief which they
afford. For sale by M. B.
Blckburn.
Three things that beat a
drum for noie are a small
boy and two drum sti -ks.
Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys
Tjnhealuy Kidneys Make Impure Blood
All the blood In your body puses through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
i no moneys are your
blood purifiers, they fil
ter out the waste or
Impurities In the blood.
if they are sick or out
of order, they fall to do
their work.
Pains, achesandrheu
matism come from ex
cess of uric acid in th
blood, due to neglected
kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as 'hough
they had heart trouble, because the heart la
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 ,
nlng 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. Kllmtr'J
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy U
soon realized. It stands the highest for Its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and is sold on Its merits
by all druggists In fifty-,
cent and one-dollar tlz- f
es. You may have a
samcle bottle by mall
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer
it Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
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