Watauga Democrat
Published Every Thursday.
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Eat not to dullness, drink
not to pvHtion.
Speak not but what mny
benefit others or yourself; n
toid trifling conversation.
Lose no time; bflalwaysem
ployed in omthlnfc useful;
cot off oil unnecessary ac
tions. Use no hurtful deceit; thitik
Innocently nnd justly, and, if
you speak, epeak according
lj.
Tolerate noclpanlinpss in
body, clothes or habitations.
Be not disturbed nt trifle
or at accidents common or
unavoidable.
Drire thy business; let rot
thy business drive the.
Early to bed, earlj to rife,
makes a man healthy, weal
thy and wise.
He that hath a railing hath
an offie of profit nnd honor.
One todar is woi th two to
morrows. Buy what thou hast no
need of nnd soon thou wilt
sell thy necessaries.
Keep your eyes wide open
before marriage, half shut af
terward.
They that won't be coihi
seled can't be helped.
A man may, if he knows
not how to save as he gets,
keep his nose all his life to
the grindstone and die not
worth a groat at last.
Bit lB.Te.tloM and Disoorenei.
Invented the first stove us
ed in this conn try.
Discovered and defined elec
tricity, and proved that it
was the element of lighting.
Invented the lightning rod.
Demonstrated the different
effects of color as to heat by
laying squat es of differeut
colored squares of cloth up
on snow on a sunny day,
Introduced the basket wil
low into this country.
Invented the floating sea
anchor.
First demonstrated the pos
eihilities of dtttplay and pic
torial advertibing in newspa
pers. Proved that vessels move
faster in deep tbaninsballow
water.
Molded the first printing
types cast in America.
At the age of 21hinvented
and built an improved print
ing press.
First published the lasts a
bout the gulf stream and
made a may of it.
His essay on the people of
countries supplied Malthus
with foundation for his fa
mous theory that popula
tion increases in geometrical
ratio, and means of susten
ance only in arithmetical ra
tio. If people living along the
rural tree delivery routes
want the routes continued,
tbey should get to t a k i n g
mora newspapers so as to
give more mail for the carri
ers to handle. It is said the
postofflce department is con
sidering plans to discontinue
' all routes that handle less
than 2,000 packages per
month. The routes are a
great help to the people and
tbey should show enough in
terest not to allow any to be
discontinued. Greenville Re
flictor.
It invigorates, ttrengt bens and
builds op. It keeps you iu coodi
tion phyBically, mentally and
morally. That is what HolHuter'a
" Itocky Mountain Tea will do. 85
cents Tea or Tablets. M. B. Black
burn, Bloping Rock DrugCp
Iuh Hd t Strut bt
. Four remarkable hand
were helo in Jersey City r
night last week by two young
men and theirgirlxin a friend
ly game of poker. It was pen
ny ante, two cent limit, and
the players were all novices.
Mr. A. dealt and Minn B.
asked if h could open a
jack pot when the figures ran
straight along without any
break. Mr. A. said she could
and she pushed two brand
new cents into the pot. .
Mr. C. who hud placed po
ker before raised the open
two cunts and Miss D. trail
ed along. The others saw the
raise and things began to
look very serious. Drew no
cards. The young men assu
med a reckless air and the
girls became deliriously ner
vous.
"You might as well drop
out" murmured Miss B. as
she studied her curds. "1
know I've got you all beat
en."
"Don't be too snre ot it,"
said Mr. C, Poker's an awful
uncei tain game. Two cent s
more."
"I'll take a chance." said
Miss B. shoving two cents to
ward the middle of the ta
ble. Then the dealer said "Once
more, please," and the open
er gasped.
"What's the use of betting
all your money on one hand,
she asked. "Why not suve
some for the next deal?"
She was game, however.
and stuck it out until each
player had contribtted the'
sum of twelve cents to the
pot.
Then a showdown was n-
greed upon and each bad an
eight high straight.
Three little little babes were nes
tled in bed.
"I'll name William, Willie and
Bill," Mother said:
Wide whs her ,Binile, lor triplets
they be,
She lays her good luck to Rocky
Mountain lea.
Great baby medicine. Blowing
Kock Drug to. M. 15. iilacKbnrn.
The proposed bill making
it unlawful to bury people a
live is the only thing we know
of that seems to offer a
means by which Mr. Odell
may obtain redress. Rich
mond Times Dispatch. -
Water Curb for Constipatio .
Half a pint of hot water taken an
hour before breakfast will usually
keep the bowles regular. Harsh
cathartics should be avoided. When
a puigrtive is needed take Cham,
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tab.
lets. They are mildpqd gentle in
their action. For fcle by J. M.
Morett, Boone. N. C, and Blowing
Rock Drug Co., Blowing Rock
N. C.
Comanissioner Garfield says
he has "never had the slight
est difficulty in getting infor
ma tion about corporations."
What has he done with the
Information?- AuguitaChron
icle.
MAS STOOD THE TEST 2y YEARS,
The old original Grpve's Tasteless
Cnill 'i onic, xou know what y
are taking. It is iron and quinine
in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay
5oc.
The man who thinks much
of his wife likes to bang
around home on Sunday fix
ing Shelves, etc the other
one goes to a saloon and
Kets full.
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f
Many a man shrinking
his back under u bag of shad
ows. ' . -
A story is told of a speech
recently made by an Irish
barrister In a court ol law: .
fle was for. 'the "plaintiff,
whose cow had been Ktiorked
down and killnl t a train,
and this was his contention:
"It the train had been lun
as it should have ben ran,
or if the bell had been rang
as it 6hould have been rang,
or if the 'whig tit had been
blown as it should have been
blew, both of which they oid
neither the. cow would n o t
have been injured when she
was killed,"
Dangers of a Cold and How to
Avoid lhom.
Mere fatalities have their origin
V ICBUli 111'" " w.v. ....'.a -" ' ;
other cause. This fact alone should
make people more careful as t.tere
is no danger whatfiver from a cold
when it is Dronerlv treated in the
beginning. For many years Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy has been
recognized as the most prompt and
effecfial meaicine in use for this
disease. It nets on nature(s plan,
loosens the cough relieves the lungs
opens the secretions and aids nature
in restoring the system to a healthy
codition. Sold by all Dealers Boone
N. C. and Blowing Kock Daug to.
Six million dollars is the
sum paid every month to
the wage earners of Binning
ham. Most of it is epi nt ui
home, and that part which
is not paid out over the coun
tere is placed in savings
banks, iu building and loau
associations and iu home en
terprises. It is not difficult.
therefore, to understnnd why
Birmingham is so prosper
ous. Evening Times.
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A J A AiCAN Ladv Speaks H ighly
Of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy.
Mrs Michael Hart, wife of the
superintended of Cart Sa n ice at
Kingstcn, Jamaica, West mutest
Islands, guys that she has for some
years used Chamberlain 8 Cough
Remedy for coughs, croup and
whooping cough and has found it
very beneficial. She has implicit
confidence in it and wimd not be
without a bottle of it in her home.
Sold bv all Dealers Boone N C. and
Bowing Rock Drug Co.
Democrats need not. go to
sleep with the thought that
the fuss now going on in the
State betwten the llepuhli
cans means that they will not
get together when voting
time comes this year. They
always have a row ovei the
offices, asd apparently be
come very bitter, but they
have a way of burying thuii
diBVrenr-es when they goto
the ballot box. Louisbuig
Times.
Half the World Wonders
bow the other half lives. Those
wlm use Buoklen's Armca Salve
never wonder il It will enre cut,
wounds, burns, sores and all kin
eruptions, thev Know it will. Mrn.
Grant Shy, 1130 E. Reynolds 8t ,
Springfield, IU., says. "I regard
it as one ol the absolute neceesi
ties of housekeeping.'" Guaranteed
by all druggists. 25c.
A golden heart is not gam
ed by setting the heart on
gold.
A Fearful Fate.
It is a tearful late tohave to en
dure t he terrible torture of Tiles,
'I car truthfully fay,1'' writes
Horrv CoUnn. ot MflHonville. la.
"that for blind; bleeding, itching
and protruding pilen, Bucklen'B
Arnica Salve, in the liett cure
made." Alsoltest lor cuts, bums
and injuries. 25c at all Dealers.
KBLLthi COUCH
I AND CURE the LUNC8
w Dr. ling's
Vm Discovery
ONSUKPTION Met
OUGHSm. SOclfl.OO
OLDg First Trial.
,'j tiureist and Quickest Cur (or sJl
1THE0AT and X.T73TO XEOUB
i Z.X3, or BACK.
The Cldoken Law.
Now that spring iscoming,
hm.vs ihe Lenoir T"pi;s it
might be wll call th atten
tion of our readers to t h
hit-ken law passed by the
last Ifuislaiure.
Section 2 of the act pio-j
vides that any person s-i.per
mining his fowls to run Ht
large, after iieing notified, to
keep them uo. shall be gnilt
of a misdemeanor and iipim
conv c'ion xhall he flnd n t
exceeding $5 or imprisoned
not exceeding five days, r f
it shall appear to any jnMi-e
of the pence that after two
day's notice any person j"i-
slsting iu Hliowing bis fowls
to ran nthirgemid fails or
refnet to keen them np, then
said jus'-ice of the peace may
order any sheriff, constable I
or other fbVer to kill said
fowles. orsni i jiisti' of the
pewc may, in his diHTeiion.
deputise the nxiipNiningpar
ty in kill fowls when so dep
redating.
Tin?, is n State law, not
a 'ity oi'difince, and cannot.
bestisp hdeil, amended orrej
pealed by local authority.
Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy
The Children's Favorite
CUBES
Coughs, Colds, Croup and
Whooping Cough.
This rented jr U faraon for it pure tyrer
Urge part of the civilized world. It oca
always bo depended nixro. it enntnim no
opium or other harmful drag and max be
(Wen u oonndenUy to a baby at to aa adult
Price 26 ots; Large Size, 60 eta.
Hade scientifically from pure sugars
and with aa eye to healthfulness
and ease of digestion
Goyer's Maplecane
is made of pare maple and
boiuauuia cone sugar, ot rtcn,
smooth consistency and the true
woodsy "ma pie aayor. Whole
someyou can eat it every day.
FOR SALE BT
R, M, Gresn,
BOONE, N. C
4. BO YEAR8'
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anlclilf aacertaln our optnton frae whether a
Intention to probably patentable. Communlo
tlonantr'atlrennDdentlal. HANDBOOK on Patent!
tent free. Oldest arencr fur eecunnf patent.
ratente laaen inroueu Muna m ,
xetal aetke, without oharea. In the
Scientific American,
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Tear i four month, SI. Bold by all newaneelera.
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We promiilly obtain L. i. anj rorrljin
aeiul model, ikutch or r) oto ol Idti iition lot
free report oa Patcntabillt
patcntaMlltT. For frt book,
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Jtood the test 25 years. Average Anntial Sales
wiuw. AAuusrecoraoi merit erjDeol to von?
. factos with saHttfah Ten Cr;
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XVtgctable Preparationfor As
similating UieFoodandBegula
ling the Stomachs andBowels of
urittA iijnitiini i
Promotes Digeshon.Cheerfi
nessandRest-Contalns neither
SMumXorphine nor Mineral
OT NARCOTIC.
Mx.Smut
Itaaaw AaflM
Aperfecl Ilemedy for Cons lipa
HonrSour Stoovach,Diarrhoea
Worms .Convulsions .Feverish
ness and LOS9 OF SLEEP.
Facsimile Signature of
NEW YORK.
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EAACT COPY OF WRAPPDt
ClnH duly Uniikf umi n
diM'ult.vJn jfr-rtlnK nn un1i
enre with th PresiilftiH. Hav
inn just rwome a Rfd Mnn
hiiiHtflf, th- Prediilent rouhl
not refuse h pow wow to a
iliatinirmshrxl brother. Kn
HtH Oit? lournnl.
In Mad Chase.
MillioiiB riiKh in mud elinpe af
ter health, Irom one extreme of
faddism to another, when il thev
would only eat jrood lood. and
keep their bowels are regular
with Dr. King's New Jfe Pills,
their tr.iubleK wiu!d nil jmush n
way. Prompt relief nnd quick eure
for liver and Ntoinach truulile. 25
Ct-t. "t I'll denler
TRAVELER TOBACCO.
TUK BIGGEST BIG PIECE OF GOOD TOBACCO ON
-EARTH.-
A 15 CeLtHuB for 10 Cents-
MANUFACTURED BY -
Alien Bros. Tobacco Go., Lynchburg Va,
SOLD BY: . .
Rotibina & Grag, Shull's Mills. N. C.
II. V. Miller. Blowing Hock. N(V
Hull & Robbina. Blowing Kock. N. C.
J. M. Morelz. Boone, N. (.
D. . GLENN, ZioumtB, W. R. P.
D. No. I. anys: "BliaaNaUTCHcrbecnrcd
me of Rbrnniatura and Conatipation. J
think it a great medicine."
A BOX of Bliss Native
Herbs is a family doc
tor always in the house.
Its use prevents and cures
BLISS Constipation, Dys
NATIVE Liver Trouble.Skin
HERBS. r?seases Rheuma
tism ana many
Blood diseases. It is purely
vegetable contains no min- I
era! poison and is pre- '
pared in Tablet and 200
Powder form. Sold DOSES
in One Dollar boxes i rn
with a Guarantee to ,,uv
cure or money back. Our 32
page Almanac telling how to
treat disease sent on request
MAST 6 CO.. Agents.
Zionville. N. C.
R.r. D. No. 1.
THE ALONZO O. BLIS5 CO.,
' WASHlNOTON, d. c.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic
For Infants and Children1'
the Kind You Have
Alw
Bears
Signature
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
Sine we nri not to vole in
tlie Miiroeran affair we tr
same we are merely going to
the 1'oriferenro to how that,
we have nn international retf
istration certificate and h
poll tax receipt Charleston
News untl Courier.
lou will not find beauty in
your rouge pot oi complexion
whitewash. True beauty corres
to them only that take Holliri
ter'H Rocky Mountain Tea. It in
a wonderfiii tonic and beantilier.
5i.rn!eiitH Tea or Tablet M. M.
lilncktiurn, Biowii g lu.ck Dniv
Co.
HOUinXR'S
Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets
A Buy Modiste for Boiy Fpl.
Brisfi OoUm lesltk ssi Keatwai Vfpt.
A aneclflc for Oonatlnttloa, Indlf estlon. Live
ml Kiilney Troubles, Pimples, Eczema, Impure
Howl, Bad Breath, Blnnlsh Bowelj, Hea-lai lie
.ml Backache. It' Rock Hmiotatn Tea In lab
't form, n cent" a bo. Ortinlne made bf
Um.T.iBTan Daua Cohpaht. Madison, Wis.
! GOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE.
DeWitt
DeWlrllaNia bum to look lor when A
K I to to bay Witch Htel Salve
Witt' Witch Haul Sarrs I (be
ortelnal and oal? tenwlr.. In (act
DeWllt'sla the only Witch Hatel Stlre
that I mad from th anaduitwated
Wilch-Hazel
An others sr corsMrfetts-baM Iml
totkna. cheap end worthleu even
danserotn. DeWltt's Witch HaialSalrf
Is t spedflc (or Plies: BUnd. BleedUif .
hchlni and Protredlni Pile. AlwCuts.
Bums. Bruises, Sprain. LacentlorA
Contastons. Bo41a, Carbunelei. Ecmp.
Tetter. Saft Miaw sad sit ether SkN
viiaaaea.
E.CaBeltia.Co.,Chie.o
Sold by M H Ujackbum.
over One ai a
Nnrw NaPav.
ays Bought
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