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Oregon, tho Paradise of Farmers.
Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Full Information free Address
Oregon immigration Board Portland Oregon
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He who waits TO do great deal at once
will! seldom do any thing at all.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-10-02

A cELEBRATED Samoan beauty is an
American widow, thirty-six years old, and
has $50, 600 acres Of land
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LONDON and Paris railroad street-cars
aug omnibuses are allowed by law TO carry
only certain number of passengers.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-10-02
LUKE MASON.
q Thrilling and Romantic Story
OF tho Late Civil War.
BY JOHN IL. niusIcK

BY JOHN Il. NiUSTCK,
nuInoR OF BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER"
hhLkN LAk9NAS," WALTER BROWN
FIELD BANKER OF BEDFORD"
AND OTHER STORIES
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- ~ Address P. II. FITZGERALD, U. g
Claim Agency Western Soidiefs Ind napolis Ind
srNAaiE THIS PAPER sssry tine you vritA
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-10-31
A Novel Campaign.

Henry A. Cook, of Leom-
inster, Mass. is at present
conducting; a novel cam
to get himself nomi-
mated a candidate for the
next State Legislature. He
wants to go the Legislature
and has put a card in the
local paper. hired a hall and
placed hilrselfin for the nom
before a convention
Oi enthusiastic fellow citizens.
He said that he had been a
hostler. J: peddler, a tramp,a
aIOceryman, q, ssablelnan, a
chailanaker. q combmaker, a
carpenter, a blacksmith, u
manufacturer, q gambler. a
thief, a large real estate
dealer, a lawyer. a defective
and that his present occupa-
sion was seeking the Office Of
representative. The humor
and frankness Of the would
be legislator made him hosts
Of friends and he is now sure
ofthe nomination. !,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-10-31

and Sir Charles Lyle startl d
the word BY annnunt.in
that hairy frozen el.Aphan i
were found wedged ampug
the Siberian icebergs. iii
scarcely anybody knows
that throughout Aloslsa ara
the remains OF countless
thousands of lnasttalunx.
You can dig them nut and
find them ON tLeslrf'u.p uisy-
where. | saw hundreds ~
them, possibly, on nly last
trip, and | am now anxiossss
~ TRYING to get up there tO
complete my Investigations.
SO thick are the elephant l'p.
mains that the native In,
|Iians, on finding them bur-
led partially in the ground,
decided that were some kilnll
Iof great mole that burrows
in the soil. This is the story
given me. | collected a lot
Of remains. The collecting
OF elephant tusks every sum.
lner is a regular business in
Siberia, just over Behri,lg
Sea. We have just as many
of them on the Alaska side
as they ever had in Siberia.
Ages ago great herds 0f ele-I
plants foamed over these
shores. Perhaps they exis-
ted down to a comparative
" recent date, too, for thu
hairy bodies and wAll-prA-l
served bones were evidences
of that
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-10-31
wATAUGA.

/ love the land OF my birth,
l lovei it for it's golden worth.
! loveWatauga, mynative land,
Il love her charms Oh every hand.
! love her gentle sloping hills,
Hove her babbliEg brooks and
iills.
] love her valleys and mountains
high
Rising up to kiss tho sky.
llove her fields Of golden grain,
Hove her forests III living green.
] love her rapid flowing waters.
love her matrons and her
daughters.
] love her people true and kind,
AS any people you can find.
Of the countries east and
west,
Hove my native land the best.
Ilove our spring with her buds
aid flowers,
love our summer with bergen
tie showers.
love our autumn with his gcl-
den grain,
/ love onr winter with his snow
and rain.
NIGH.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-10-31
The Democratic Idea.

The difference between the
Democratic and Republican
parties on the question OF
taxation is not a difference
between AZ md 40 per cent,
which is a mere matter OF
detail, nor Il question he
tween a pruhibi!ory tariff On
one side and free trade on the
other, which il d mere acade-
zhic discussion. OF no interest
TO practical men. But il u
difference that lies at the
root Of all government, u
question upon which it de-
pends whether our govern
lnent shall be Of the people,
for the people and by the
people, or q government Of
|all the people, BY q very few
|of the people for an extreme
|ly limited class Of the people.
THE Republican party says
that taxes are blessings. and
THE more, the people Of ana
Ition are taxed themore pros
|perous the nation is as i
whole. The Democratic
party declares tia I taxes art
burdens, md the less wt
have of them the better, and
THAT theidea ol olenricllingtht
whole community by tnking
property in minute qnanti
Eties ton few people N simply
lrlbhish S;Atv million dol
lalsinone nuns Isotlet I'LL
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-10-31
A Curious Clock.

One Of the most curious
clocks ever made will soon be
finished. A bronze figure,
four or five feet tall, and
alone worth 500, g,asps a
rod which runs through a
hollow brass globe, nearly
eight inches in diameter.
The globe is engraved with
.meridians aud the parallels
and the various countries OF
the earth. The oceans will
be coiored with the various
hues. All the chief cities oil
world are laid down. Over
the bronze figures head is
suspended a plate glass disc,
which is a dial for indicating
local time. None Of the
machinery appears. It is
all hidden within the globe
and in d little pill-box affair
behind the glass dial. The
globe is the ball Of the pen
dulpm. 1t swings back and
forth, and at the same time
rpvolves. A stationary belt
about the globes equator
bears the the figures Of the
dial, and a glace will show
you the time OF the day al
any city you may name
When this clock is finished j
will be marked afancy figure
and will And d ready sale.
New York Star,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-10-31

that amount he lnnst sup
port d family hirea hand to
work the road from liye to
twenty days il q yesir, or
Faya fine of $l.s)0per du.y.
ft,rall the days he misses on
the road.
| don't know how the
Methodist Minister'S are paid
iMt very it il Il hard field for
i, Baptist Preacher. Now it
may be that some our hreth-
REL. who spend halftlleir time
loafing and hanging about
,sturesMill kick when they
read this but if tlley display
no more energy in their
''kirkilrg'' than they do in
working for their families,
til eir country, andtheir God.
nobody WILDE hurt. Yours
against two many cropkes.
r3ads and loafers. j.
Monrille, NJ t. Oct, 23, >S9.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-10-31
Strange Things in Alaska.


There : are 40 many
strange things in Alaska, !"
says the discoverer Of the
Muir glacier, "that have not
vet come to the knowledge
OF the public, that one who
has seen them hesitates
where Il, begin. Elephant
remains are found all oyer
the great valley oi the Yu-
lkon. Az q matter uf fact,
they are found everywhere
Ethrorghout the great wes.
tern slope AIask Dane
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-10-31

II e.
very imposing evidence OF
his prosperity, but the ma
tion would be better off if
each one Of 6O,000.0OO peo-
PIE had a dollar in his pock-
ct aad put it into the other,
but that doesn't make tlle
whole amount any greater.
And SO II makes it circulate
to takeit from one man and
give tito anothos but the
process does not bless the
man it is taken from.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-10-31

corps OF assistants will get
to work by the first day Of
November. AS the clown.
said: Eve must have a rail
rGad!" Then, won't Linvill
loom up? Yes sir! and it
win boom too.
Mr.. Bulgin has, burned two
lkilns of brick, audi now at
work on a third one. And
the demand is not hall sup
piled.
The post-office has been re-
moved to Moore & Coffey's
new store Carelina Avenue,
and Ed Coffey isassistant
postmaster. j. 5. w.
October Path 1889.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-10-31
LINVILLE LETTER.

EDITOR DEMoCRAT:-W e
now have three saw mills un.:.
der full headway-A. S.
Church has two northwest Of
the post-o office, and g. H.
Weld one directly south of it.
The three are not more than
hall a mile apart.
A. S. Church is putting up
q dwelling house close to his
saw mills.
Z. F. Parker is putting up
a second double tenement
house onMRuffin street. !,
w. Aldridge has his large
livery stable enclosed on the
sides and ends and will soon
put on the roof.
Mrs. Shope has moved her
one-story dwelling on an ad-
joining lot on Linyille Aven-
ne, put on anotherstory and
now it il a respectable two
story habitation,
.dr. Richie is drivingaway
on his new. house. Both
chimney's are up, and the
family of about 30 persons
this includes boarders) will
I, soon be dOmiciIed in it.
The Company has erec-
I ted a new black smith and
shop on the corner Of Ash
and Hemlningway streets,
16 by so feet. So soon as il
is entirely finished q tool
house viii be erected 16 BY
26 feet on the adjoining lo'
Of Ash street. Then the tool'
will be deposited there Al
night and taken away a
wanted. Good thing this.
] r. Erwin, civil engineer
viii lie here in q few days t
receive instructions concern
ing i preliminary sulve,
which ~ IA bc nude tex B
railroad from. here II Cram
beIn Itis expected tha thil
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-10-31

Ilucai injury. oile Oi lne
passengers described it rs
being an exciting occasion'l
On and on, till We Reached
Minneapolis, d large and
prosperous pla ,e-there We
changed cars and took the
Minneapolis & st. Louis rail-
roat' Now about dark we
landed in st. Louis On Sat
urd;sy night, where they
were going to haveone of the
Igr,ndest professions that
had ever been in the City,
|replxssAting tile n ellie d
Prophets, etc. There were
80 many people, we coild
scarcely get. to the depot.
There We made another
change and took the Chicago
Bridge Tunnel, and pushed
ahead for Cincinnatti, the
pppulatiDn of which is 900 3
800. From Cincinnati, we
took the Queen and Crescent
route to Krathly. and on the
yay we weilt through 23
tunnels and over Il bridge
80 feet high. Gracious
How curious it made us feel.
Ne hanged again at Keath.
|iy taking the Il. Tenn. Va,
( Ga. r. r., passing through
Knoxville to Johnson tity
where the 3 c. Co., is build
inga railroad.
From johnson City we
fiook the narrow gauge to
FIX Park, and from there we
INT the grit for "home sweet
home" on Saturday night
|Oet., the happiest boys "on
top Of the green carth." We
mtn:ncd ike the Prodigal
son senou;gll ef-ts,sliinyton
feeling that the trip benefit
tied us a thousand dollirs.
Dear reader, | would not
|advise any one to g, West
or stay; but please aolrt
listen 10 z. $. Patty, or any
other wilrod agent; for it is
the way they make their
|9ood money by getting the
people to leave the .Land oi
THE Skies z and the land
they love, to go West
.. M. Mast.
Sugar Grove, N.C.Oct. IA 'S9,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-10-31
Razors on a Circus Train.

:
Capt. Becry had a rough
time on his Carolina Central
train which left Charlotte on
the night Of the circus. The
Wil1ninton Star saysi that
."the train had on board a
mixed crowd of whites and
blacks numbering about 35O,
returning to Their homes
from a visit to Charlotte to
see thecircus which exhibited
at that place on Tuesday.
Many OF them were under
the influence Of liquor, and
before the train had pulled
out Capt. Beery, the condllc-
tor, was obliged to have six
of the most disorderly ar.
rested. Trouble broke ont
afresh AFTER the train WAS Il
few miles from Charlotte aid
a general melee ensned, in
which several Of the parties
received severe cuts with
razOrs. '
One Of the wounded was al
woman, who was slashed oa
one her arms; the others
were men. The fighting was
CONFINED to the negroes who
Islashed each other to thpir
own satisfaction. Capt.
Beery, went into the cs.acR
while the fighting was goinX
when a colored man brslads
Iished a razor before him.
which the conductor kicked
out Of his hand and sent "
flying to the roof Of the cAr,E
..o.,.1r ,vl.;%n IL II s.,1.xsl
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-10-31
For The Democrat.

Will you please publish in
yournewSy Journal, our trip
from Washington, back to
the "Old North Stase.f
There We're three of rs t.
wifi: Charley Mast, William
Wilson and the writer.
Harvest now being over,
we made preparations +.
leave Washington, which
has now become 4 state, and
We had the pleasure OF vot
ing the Democraticticket be
fore W. left. Will you let Us
give a little Of our history
while in Washington.
During harvest we GIT
from $l50 to S2.00per day.
Some will answer, isn't that
good wages? 1t is good vs.
GEES? 1t is good wages, but
dear reader, let Inc tell you
how we got $2.C0 per day:
1t was working from day
light till dark, makihgabout
fourteen hours, and then go
to bed and sleep ont on the
ground and view the twink
ling stars and rise ut morn
ing and brush Of the frost.
They have irostevery month
in the year. / will not go
further, but il anybody
wants to know more Wash,
let them call Oh us at Sugar
Grove, N. G..
So, on the Sd Il Oct, we
went to Garfield and bought
our ticket which costs $57.'
so to Bristol, Tenn. The
next morning being Friday
we took the trainatBelmont
on the N. T. R. RI fort Home
sweet home.' z
What happy bovsl w
reached Spokane Falls q
I1O:30 o'clock, and had t
]lay over till 1910 p. in
We amused ourselves whil'
there. by running over thl
town looking OF the ruins Q
1.-THE City there being 81
blocks burned, and it is nov
covered with tents principal
I|ly used for gambling.
"Get ready boys the trail
lis comeing.' Now we tool
the train at 12:40, an,
moved onward for Nortl
Carolina. AS We moved o.
I've would sing, "Carolinu
4 Carolina, Henven's blessing
ATTEND her, while we, live W
Hive we will protect and d
lfend her. :
On We SO. and wes on SAT
lnsaay evening ii Montana
" e saw the wreck uf tx
trains which was q 'sa'
I scene The engineer was n
Y ~; Z Z, VI 4, III, N, II h bnf fl.x yax
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1889-10-31

October Path 1889.
EDIToR DEMocRAT:-Per
haps a few dots fl ON this cor
nerof our County will notbe
uninteresting to your many.
readers.
Well, the good citizens Of
this corner have commenced
to build, dig and make the
Accommodation Road au-
thorized by our County Au-
thorities. Said road has two
beginings-one is near the
residence of the widow Chris
tiana Wilson, and the other
is nearJeremiah GREEN'S. And
he ends of said roads are
in the middle. 1t is named
the Accommodation Road
because it winds around and
up and down the valleys
and the ridges, to visit the
citizens houses Of this Sec
ton. Those citizens have
good farms and houses, but
unfortunately they have new
Ier had tfme or public spirit
enough to build roads to
their own doors and now
their neighbors are called
from their farms and public
roads that need dwcrk. badly,
to build a road that will not
benefit the public only sit
benefits the citizens OF this
settlement.
How is it, that the Old
North State is two poor to
build, and keep up her public
roads without robbing her
pulpits to do it? Every
minister Of the gospel must
walk down from his pulpit
and shoulder his mattock,
and march sometimes from
three to five miles and work
all day under an overseer,
who has fifty per cent ofmus-
Gle and one per cent. OF brain.
If the Minister doesnot leave
his Bible or his Pulpit he
must pay a fine, accordingto
the laws Of our State.
Some say ''let the preacher
work the road, heis no bet
tier than I am and Ihaye to
work it," That is true per-
haps he is, no better than
you are reader, but what
class Of men Of our county
give more time to the public
lgood our county than the
| Minis FER Of the Gospel?
The members OF the Board
.(of Education get two dollars
per day and milage. The
4 County Commissioners, get
'Igood pay. All men engaged
lin public, work for the coun
sIty get good pay but the Min
listers. There are 7churchel
! in the Three Forks Associa
s|tion, and those z churches
paid tlieirpastnrs tile rounf
{ sum Of 1888 lastyear. Near
HIS $23.5 .50.to the church.
4 Now enc man can preacl
Ito four churches by ridins
f,suN 10 to1Q0 miles toyisi
4 his churches ana then ge
I less THIN S94 pe'' year. @
, 1889-04-04
Tho Erooklyn Expl.sion.

NV YORK, March 27.-Tle FIRE yes
teriay was Immediately followed by i
heavy explosion and one shock, and at
tended by many casualties. The ire
started i'll four store brick building on
Kent avenue, Brooklyn, about I O'Clock
this afternoon, and inside of an hour the,
structure was mass of ruins. The
scene around the factory beggars descrip-
ton; woman after woman covered with
blood, and many men in 4 kecondition
were rescued from the roof OF a small
building in the rear, all manned and one
at least fatally injured. Hundreds OF
people rushed from their dwellings and
places of business. Many believed the
accompanying shock to have been
caused by an earthquake. The explo-
sion had occurred on the first floor occrI-
pied by the Eureka Shoe Manufacturing
Co. Forty-five hands are employed in
the factory, and the greatest excitement
ensued. All the ambulances and foui
patrol wagons were telegraphed for AID
hurried to the spot. The explosion oc,
cured in the office OF the shoe company
but the cause could not be ascertaIned
Among the persons injured are AZ IN
known man who died on th' -ay TO the
hospital, Edith Boyle, jaime y, \
Fireman, Sadie Smith, l.
Katie Mclaughlin, VIZ
Henry Doud, Jno. Harri
frey, VIM. Collins, The II
field, Jas. Hart, Fred L..
, 1889-04-04
Condensed kilograms.

WEST HAVEN, Conn, March PA
destructive fire is raging here. Five
buildings have been burned including
one church.
PITTSBURGH, March 26.-McIctosl &
HamPhill's foundry was burned this
morning. Loss 500, 900. Insured.
OMAHA, March 27.-Jno Rosenburger,
a farmer, shot dead Castilian, in row
over trivial matter near Creighton
yesterday, then burned his own house to
the ground and then shot himself 10
death.
CHICAGO, March 27.-Tenperature:
New York -; Chicago 36; st. Paul - ;
Winnipeg 10; New Orleans 5G.
LoNDoN, March 27.-The Lincolnshire
handicap, one mile, was won by Wiz
man, Acme second, The Baron third.
There were 26 starters.
PROVIDENCE, March 27,-The ballot
for United States senator to-day re-
suited in no choice.
WAsuiSGToH, March 27.-Supervising
Architect Window has appoidted w. Z.
Bell to be superintendent of public build
ings at Chicago. Bell was formerly su-
paTintending architect of the treasury.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-The com
missioner OF the general land Office has
issued an order establishing two offices in
the Oklahama territory; land office for
the western district to be located at king
fishers state station, and for the eastern
| district at Guthrie.
, 1889-04-04
The Eminent Statesman Dead,

LONDON. March, 27.-John Bright died
at $50 this morning. His end W.:
peaceful and painless, he lad laid IN .
comatose condition since yesterday; a!
the family we're present. Ia the boas;
of commons Hon. VIM. II. Smith, gov
ernment leader, with much emotion r.
ferred to the death of Brigb. and said b;
would postpone his remarks on the sua
iect until Friday, when hr, Giads.0p.
would be present. Many Of the mea-
bers thanked Mr. Smith fuc his copsi2
eraticn in regard TO Gladstone. Brigh
represented She central division OF Biz
mingbam in the house.
, 1889-04-04

PROVIDENCE, March 39-Jack Ashton
and Joe Lannon fought at BurllvilIe
early this morning. For eighteen
rounds the fighting was very light, the
honors being even. The articles called
for but eighteen rounds, but through a
misunderstanding the referee called for
another. In the opening Ashton led,
catching Lannon under the ear, and
tumbled him to the floor, the first knock
down OF the fight; Joe came to his feet
and barely squared away before Ashton
swung his right, catching Lannon on the
jaw and sent him down again. lie got
up dazed and Ashton went for him
forcing him by succession OF blows TO
the ropes where he peppered at his head
for several seconds, Lannon finally col
lapsing and falling full length on the
floor. The ten seconds allowed by the
rules elapsed, but Lannon continued to
lie on the floor senseless, and the refeee's s
verdict was "Ashton wins"
, 1889-04-04
Loss OF an English Mail Boat.

OsrEND, March 50.-The steamer
Countess OF Flanders was run into of
the dock at > p. N. yesterday, by the
Belgian mail boat, Princess Henrietta,
duringa dense Jog. 1t was first reported
that the Countess OF Flanders imme-
diately sank. Later reports say she did
not sink, but her captain, first lieuten-
ant nine OF the crew and three passen-
gers were drowned. Prince Jerome
Bonaparte is among the rescued.
Advices received here this afternoon,
say that the Countess OF Flanders was
cut i'll two and the fore part at once
sunk The Princess Henrietta took the
after part in tow and started for this
port, but had proceeded only short dis
tance when that part OF the wreck cap
sized and went down.
, 1889-04-04
a Wolf in Sleeps Clothing.

ToRoNTo, March PA swindler who
PLAYS the part OF priest and entraps
jewellers into selling him watches and
Jewels on forged checks was arrested
here last night. 1t is believed he is
wanted in England and the leading cities
Of the United States for work of this
sort. The trick which led to his arrest
Was an attempt to get $500 worth OF
diamonds ior . present to the pope from
the priests OF Toronto.
TORONTO, March PA man giving
the name OF Barnet, OF Ottawa, was ar
rested here last night, disguised rs Il
priest on charges OF swindling jewellers.
lie WIS taken before police magistrate
to-day and admitted his guilt and was re-
manded for enc week in order that his
record might be examined into.
, 1889-04-04
The Last Rites.

LONDON, March 30.-The funeral of
John Bright took place to day. and great
crowds Of people lined the route OF the
procession from his residence to The
cemetery. \ number of deputations
headed the procession, and eight of Mr..
Bright's workmen carried the Coffin.
When the coffin was deposited in The
grave the mourners gathered around in
silent meditation, according to the Gus
toms of the Quakers, to which sect Mr..
Bright belonged. Dean, of Lounders'
college, delivered the oration.
, 1889-04-04
Jay GouId's Railroad Scheme.

NEW York, March 30.--Rumors are
afoat that Jay Gould has made great
progress, and some even say practically
accomplished the greatest railroad
scheme he has ever put through, and
that scheme it is said, is no less thar
getting control of $4,000 miles OF road
operated by the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fee. This became necessary tc
protect the Missouri Pacific Rumors
has it that one of the largest stockhold.
ers of Atchison delivered 600 shares tc
Gould yesterday, some said more. Thi:
with other large blocks delivered would
give him influential holding if not actn
al control.