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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1890-11-06
Habits Of Courtesy.

A boy who is polite to his
father and mother islikely to-
be polite to every one else.
A boy lacking politeness to
his parents may have the
semblance Of courtesy in So
ciety but is never truly polite
in spirit, and is in danger,
AS he becomes familiar, Of
betraying his real want Of
courtesy. We are all in dan
ger Of living too much for
the outside world, the i'm
preston which we make in
society. coveting the good
opinion of those who are ina
sense part OF ourselves, and
y
who continue to sustain and
be intesested in us notwith-
standing these defects Of de-
pertinent and character. We
say to every boy and to
every girl, cultivate habits
of courtesy and propriety at
home in the sitting room
and kitchen as well as in the
lparlor-and you will be sure
lin other places to deporti
yourself IN a becoming and
attractive manner. -Ex,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1890-11-06
ATcHIsoN PHILOSOPHY.

Every wrinkle in a mans
face looks like a dollarsign.
Before doing foolishthing
remember that the world
likes to laugh.
Many times when you are
very indignant you arein the
wrong yourself.
Many a man mas strong,
good points that are over-
balanced by little weak ones.
Heaven must be the place
where every man receives
what he thinks he deserves.
Most love troubles arise
out Of the fact that most
men think women ought to
be angels.
A man may refuse to pay.
everyone else, but he will find
there is no getting out of it
I ii he has the devil to pay.
Man learnsfrom experience,
after all, when the oldest girl
OF the family is given a mu-
steal education the other girls
are not.
| For every day that a man
knows a wolran, he finds her
capable OF doing something
better and meaner than he
had believed she could do.
The most disgusting man
in the world is the fool who
says by actions: Whatever
comes into my litSle head is
right; the world is wrong /
put the thoughts that hap
pen into my little head a.
gainst the experience OF the
world. "
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1890-11-06
Crab Orchard, Lee county,
Va. The tree is nearly eight

Crab Orchard, Lee county,
Va. The tree il nearly eight
cen feet in circumference five
feet from the ground, and
shows a beautiful curl fully
twenty-five feet high.
1t will cost Mr.. Peasants
a good sum ofmoney to have
it hauled to Pennington's
Gap. but a figured walnut
sells very high in New York.
Mr.. Peasants will compen-
safe for his pains.
There are trees standing in
South. western Virginia and
Eastern Kentucky to-day
that will bring $500 on the
stump. The New York &
Southern Lumber company
being proprietors Of large
bodies OF fine walnut timber
both in Lee county, Virginia
and Harlan county, Ken,
lucky, some Of which have q
diameter Of five to six feet
Mr.. Pleasants produced q
picture OF this fine walnut
Big Stone Post.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1890-11-06
Renovat;ng Old Meadows.

1t often happens that old
meadows become unprofita-
BILE: the grass OF meager
growth and Of inferior quail
ty. When a meadow falls off
in productiveness many far
mers suppose that the soil is
impoverished to such d de-
gree that it is no longer able
to produce profitable crops.
This, says Rural Home, is.
in many cases q mistake.
There is no question that
grass as well as other CROPS,
|if cut and removed yearafter
year, will impoverish the soil
but not f,s fast as is generally
supposed. The IN Eager
growth is due to the close
hess of plants, and these
meadows are thlckly matted
SO as to form u compact sod.
Now all that is necessary to
restore such a meadow to a
state of profitable produc-
tiveness-unless the soil is so
far worn as to be the cause
of the unproduetiveness-is is
to thin out some of the
growth, whichisreadily done
by passing over the meadow
with a sharptoothed harrow.
By this operation the sod is
lacerated, the superauous
grass killed, and rs a result
the remaining plants make a
Iluxuriant growth. Thismay
be done either in the fall or
lin the spring.
1t is we'll or even necessary
Ito pass over the meadow
with q heavy roller, as the
narrowing makes the SOD
trough, and III thisbe allowed
/ toremain thecropcannot bs
lieut. aslow asst might be, o.
small pieces Of sud are SURE
4 to get into the hay, and this
His certainly not desirable 4
iudicious application Of vel
.|rOtted barn yard manure
,lapplied as a top dressing at
tier narrowing will greatly
increase the productivenes'
lof the meadow, especially ]
lit be old ind quite worn. l
ldisc harrow will answer, bu'
lIa harrow with teeth il prefer
/ lable. N y
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1890-11-06
Nickname Of Oiisis of the .Cisii Var.

Among the officers Of the
civil war may be mentioned
Gen. Robert e. Lee, who was
.iainiliarlv called Uncle Rob
III Gen. Thomas j Jack
sOn was best known by the
name "Stonewall Jackson"
which he received at the bait
lie If Bull Run. Gen. George
Il. MI cClellan was called Lit
tle Mac, ' Gen. George "A.
Thomas vas called THE
Rock III Chickainauga,' be
Ssuse oihis courage and frsn-
ness in TINT bloody battle:
Gen. Joseph Hooker was adj
snifinely called "Flghting
% q name which needs 10
( explan0tion. Gen. w s,
IIancock vas called HThe
White Horsetnati ~ Getsys.
sburS because he rode i large
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1890-11-06

received when he was collect
or;of internal revenue twen-
ty years ago. Their sins are
finding them out. Oh, the
Radical rascals and thieves!
Messenger.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1890-11-06
GREAT FIRE AT MOBILE.

MOBILE, Ala, Oct. 26.- Mo
bile suffered severely by fire
today, the buildings consum-
ed being a shingle mill, three
cotton congresses, and five t
'cotlon warehouses, $500
bales nf cotton, the Gulf City
Oil Mill, the Mobile Ice Facto
ry, three steam boats, eleven
loaded. and tiveempty freight
cars. two coal and wood
yards, a freigt depot, WithaI
small amountof freight and
six wharves. The fire was aid
ell by a strongnortwestwind
but had it been a point orI
two farther north, pretty
much all Of the town wonld
have gone. The loss is $780,
10Oo, with about 1926, 900 in
surance.
The fire started in Steward
& Butts shingle mill, Just be
.Iyond the city limits on the
north, and destroyed that
large establishment. The
1 sparks fell IN many OF the
warehouses within a radius
'Eof half a mile to the south
land many fires broke out 81
multaneously, thefirst notic-
ed being among the cotton
on the Mobile and BirIning-
ham railroad wharf. This
(. was at once tu,nbled off into
the slip, and though scorch-
led, was saved. Almost at the
same time the Goodman and
, Planters warehouses were
L
, seen to be on fire.
All this northern part Of
II the town is taken up with
property devoted to the han
) Idlaga and stnreage ofcotton;
j whole blocks being occupied
hy ware houses ~ one-story
]. brick buildings, with dead
ON all sides except two,
: which are pierced by a single
) gate. All are covered with
) slate, but have courtyardsin
!, the centre, the sheds being o.
) pen t6 the court. Fire once
: introduced spreads with mai
: velous rapidity from bale tc
&. bale. There was a rain q
l sparksfrom the shingle mil
t fire, and this accounts fol
1.-THE breaking out Of the firt
\ in several warehouses atonce
hi The dense smokewas blowr
+ steadily down the estreetsanf
6 |in the faces the firemen who
! tried to fight the fireinflont
nj Very little could he done
e therefore to stop the prog
5 ress ofthe flames, and it wal
/ not nntil ali open space Of {
s quarter Of a block was me
q lat the foot OF st. Anthem,
! street, that any success wa
simet with. There the south
v ward progress Of the fire wa
3 stopped, after sweeping 9
five blocks along the ri
1 Eer front, except one building
1.-THE Mobile nnd Birming
L ham passenger depot.
is The fire broke out at hall
= past twelve o'clock, and wa
under control at fouro'clock
" --,A s y "a
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1890-11-06

TOLD Ulle UtOwS VI piic dAc.
Pearls red was without
Annie pulled off one in
her struggles. PEARLS cloth I
Is we're scattered by on a
chair ON which she had plac-
ed them on retiring, evidenc-
ing a. struggle. In the hall
between Pearl'srOom andthe
parlor was a pool OF blood,
and there were splotches on
the wall several feet above
the floor. The theory ofthis|
pool was that Pearl and the
struggled from her
room to the hall, when the
killing OF her was effected
Just outside her door, and
that when the assailant car
ried her body into the room
of her parents and threw it
across the bed. The ceilings
and walls Of the rooms were
bespattered with blood and
brains, while here and there
a piece Of flesh which had
been flung from the uplifted
axe clung to the walls and
wainscoating. The bedding.
was soaked with the crimson
life. blood, and on the floor
great pools had formed.
The doomed man slept well
last night from two o'clock
until four. He got up at s
and had a long interview
with a party OF newspaper
men with whom he convers-
led for half IN hour, laughing
;ind exchanging Jokes aud
heing seemingly absolutely
undistml,ed+ hy his approach
ling death. After thp depart
uYa-oi his visitors he bAthell
and shaved aud put on 4
new suit Of clothes. lie was
then visited b. several OF his
re'ntives whom he l,ade fare.
Iwell Without betraying any
emotion. Later he was clos.
eted with his spiritual adviS-
ers, to whom he professed his
belief in his salvation and his
perfect hopes for a future life,
telling the ministers that he
hoped to meet them in Heav,
Ten. For several hours there
after Voolfolk was left alone
land devoted the time tn mec
litation and prayer. About
/ o'clock he was conveyed
under escort ofa local mill
1tary to the ganows, which
lhad been built in Il little val
Hey in the outskirts Of ths
town. Seven or eight thous
and people sWarmed the hill
sides around to watch th,
lexecution. On the gallow'
s|Woolfolk was cooland com
posed. After the minister
HAD prayed he himselfprayet
y
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1890-11-06
VOOLFOLK HANGED.

FERRY, Ga., Uct Z9-InOm
as g. Voolfolk was hanged
at 1:30 O'Clock to-day fora
wholesale butchery he com
initt ID in the summer OF f'S7,
On the marningsof Aug. 81
in that year, nine corpses, he
spAttered with blood and
brains. were found lying in a
house about 13 miles from
Macon. In the hallway, red
with blood and spattered
with brains and hair, lay a
short handled lake, withwhich
the fearful crime had been
accomplished. The scene Of
the butchery was an humble,
one-story building, with a
long veranda in front and a
hallway running through
the centre, intewhich opened
four rooms. The house was
the residence OF r. F. Wool.
fnlf, a respectable and well-to
do white planter. On the
right, on entering. was a par
Ilor, in The rear of which was
Il sleeping room, which was
occupied by Mrs. West, IN a.
ged sister Of Mrs. Voolfolk,
and Pearl aged l7ypars, An
ME, aged 10 yeaw.nnd Rose
lGnd Voolfolk, aged Z years,
ldanyiitpr Of Mrs. voolfolk.
Tie sleeping r,,onimt the left
lot the entrance WAS occupied
Ehy Thomas G., l.ichard and
(, Charles Voolfolk the last two
agea respectively 20 and $
Years, sons Of Mr.. aml Mrs
IWoolfolk. The learroonlo;i
The left was occupied by Mr..
land Mrs. Voolfolk and the
youngest child aged eighteen
months.
In the lastnamed room the
lfather, mother and infantlay
ION the same bed, each reck-
lug with the blood and brains
lot theothcr. The bodies were
almost lying across each 9th
Ter, and their position gave
sevidence Of ngoizing death,
! Across the three corpses was
Eslnng that Of the eldest dau'
tier, Pearl, "a recent graduate
Of the Wesleah Female col
'Ilege, with her head beaten tc
d pulp and her neckand body
mutilated BY the blows q
'|the sharp axe. On the floor
lin the same mangled state
lay the body Of Richard, th'
eldest brother. It was evi
dent that Pearland her rbrotl
Ter had been awakened by cries
'lduring the utchering oftheil
parents, and had brushed int
theroom lyto share thei'
Hate. On the bed III the oppt
oite room lay the body Q
Ms. West, soaked in her owl
bl0od and her braiVs oozinl
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-05-14

ist m re than a thousand million ci.
'ars have been manufactured in the
United States every year in excess of
the number placed on the market dur
'ng the year preceding.
The business OF making cigars in the
tenement hou es of the large cities, es-
pecially in New York, Chicago and
ST. Louis, WAS, in former years, a
source OF immense profit to the large
manufacturers. 1t WAS, at the same
tine, prolific source of demo!aliza-
tion among the vorkmen and their
families and a scandal to the authori-
les which permitted the business TO lie
carried on Legislation was finally i'll
voked TO prohibit the making of ci-
gars outside of factories, but it was
only after a long and bitter struggle
with manufacturers, esp -cially IA New
York, that enact ments We're secuIed
which 1t was SUPPOSED would eradicate
the evil The laws have not been
wholly successful. for even to this day
there are more than a thou and per-
sons of both sexes engaged in making
cigars IN the miserably kept tenement
rooms where they are obliged to live
and sleep amid the odOrs of the fra
grant caves
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-05-14
ORIGINAL FABLES.
And Three Morals.
THE TADPoLE.


y contemplative frog used daily to
lit by the edge of the pool he Inhabited,
and study life as il appeared in the
ws'er at his feet. One day a shoal of
tadpoles SWAN past, and one more for
ward than the rest, thus addressed the
frog:
"well, Croaker, and what are you
thinking abOutp"
II am eXcogitating," gravely an
swered the frog, ''the origin and de
velopment OF our species. Now which
came fir>t-you or 1? 1t is perfectly
certain that the frog couldn't have
come without the tadpole, but equally
certain that the tadpole couldn't have
come without the frog -
''Give it up" said Taddy. task me
something easier"
MoRAL.-There ara questions We
cannot answer.
THE THISTLE
Whatever Is the good of this this
tle?" said Dobbin, one tine morning
''Simply so much waste herbage!''
''PTeCiselyi" agreed Molly, who came
up at ;he instant; II can't eat II, nor
any other well-regulated beast
Not the least good in the world. &"
acquiesced Woolly, "gets in my coat
awfully. and makes no end of a
tangle"
NO good at ALL" barked Rover,
who. bounding up. had overheard the
talk Cant even get a decent TO on
it." and he grubbed lis nose at the
root aud cyan to rub his matted coat
on the ground.
''SO-hol'' sighed Neddy, 1--we been
looking for a salad ever so long; but
Rover, you bad dog, you've spoilt a
line morSel there"
MoRAL--Do not gauge the taste o.
Other people by your own.
THE CLOCK
Come, hurry up!'' said the second
hand of clock 10 the minute hand,
you'll never get round in time il you
don't. See how fast I'm going" con-
tinuei the fussy little monitor as it
fre,ted round on Its pivot.
'Come, hurry up!" said the minute
to the hour hand utterly oblisious of
being addressed by the second hand.
''lf you don't lie quick you'll never lie
in at the stroke of one"
Nv ell, that's just what our young
friend there has been saying to you"
At this point the clock pealed forth
the hour, as the hour hand continued,
ou see were all in time-not one OF
US behind. You take my advIce-!o
your own work III your own way, and
leave others alone"
MoRAL.-Mind your own business
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-05-14
Kind Words.

Kind worJ5 have a much larger am
more important mission than is usually
supposed. They are much more than
mere sweetness OF daily life; they pre-
pare the way for every kind Of liter
course that may be necessary and facili-
tate its aim. Take, for instance, the
case in which il is often thought best
to dispense with kind words-that of
one who Is called upon to criticise or
reprove. The manner of doing this
delicate task frequently makes all the
difference in the way 1t Is received
Given with kindly feelings and in kind
words, IL carries with it power on tn"
heart that can never be expected ny
cold severity or hot anger. If the pur
pose of reproof be the good OF the Oh
fender, not the outlet OF indignant dis
pleasure, no medium can be found so
favorable as the earnest and kindly
speech that betrays sympathy, compa =
sion and hope.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-05-14
Charity Begins at Home

4 thin, areworn-looking man, hav-
j. e pencil and tablet in his hand,
called at house on Second avenue the
other day, and said TO the lady as she
openel the door:
VI adam, | am canvassing for sub
scriptions for poor family. Will you
put your name down for small sum-
is it a worthy family?'
Yes, indeed
do you know them personality
Il DO, ma'am-'
And they are really in need?'
They certainly are
Very well-I'l give you a quarter.
She put her name down and handed
him a quarter, and he reached the gate
when she callel him back and said:
1t has just occurred to Ine that this
might be your own family
Exactly, ma'am- 1t is my family,
but modesty forbade me to say so, / am
not one who seeks to push himself
foTward-though 1 would doubtless get
along better if l was Thank you,
ma'am-I know the family. and / as,
sure you it is all right-all right
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-05-14
Artificial Coffee.

We have received a somewhat re-
markable pamphlet on the production
OF artificial coffee, and also some
equally remarkable samples OF the imi-
tation article. The pamphlet bears the
name of Mr.. Paul GasSeD, Cologne,
who describes himself as specialist
for alimentary produce" This artili-
cial coffee is said to be Sin imitation OF
the natural bean." but after an exami-
nation Of the samples, We are bound to
say that there Is very little resemb-
lance, either in aroma or appearance.
between the product OF Mr.. Gessen
and the original article 1t is stated
that this article is ''in Its composition
free from ingredients of strong OF
disagreeable smell. or of a sticky ma
ture;" and it is further advanced that
ian addition of 16 to 20 per cent. o.
our artificial coffee to a good quality of
genuine coffee cannot be detected.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-05-14

The rights or stockholders and cred
itors OF corporations to examine lists
of stockholders are exceedingly limited
according TO decision OF the Supreme
Court. The Constitution provides that
\ list Of stockholders shall be kept at
the Office OF every corporation, and that
this list shall be open to the inspection
of stockholders anu creditors, but the
Supreme Cour: decides that this does
not confer the right TO take copies OF
such lists. Th1s limited, the right 10
inspection in the case OF corporations
with thousands Of stockh lIers is prac-
tically vllueless. A stockholder with a
good memory might by frequent inspec-
tions Of the list get the information he
desired for purposes good or bad, while
others would be practically barred out
in spite OF the evident purpose Of the
Constitution TO give stockholders an
opportunity to learn who were asso
ciated with them in corporate enter
prIses.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-05-14

PREPARATIONS are being made for
the annual meeting of the lnterna-
tional typographical Union, at At
hnta, Georgia. and a correspondent of
the Typographical Journal gives III
advance some interesting information
respecting the proposed Home for
Printers. to be erected at Colorado
Springs on land presented To the Union
by the citizens of that thriving city.
The site Is rapidly increasing IN value,
owing to the extension Of railroads In
that direction and the building up of
adjacent properties. 1t is intimated
that within a year 4 s5o, coo home may
be erected and yet leave the nucleus OF
an endowment for the support OF the
institution, which Is to be known as the
Childs-Drexel Home, because OF the
donation To the Union which started
the project. An estimate. based on
the experience of other Homes in Col
orado, shows that patients can be sup
ported and provided with medicines,
delicacles, attendants. &C., at cost OF
about So per week each in a Home with
not less than 30 inmates
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-05-14

Twenty years ago a Dutch carpenter,
named Sluik and living at Harlingen,
Netherlands. Invented a sort of kite,
intended to serve as means OF communI-
cation with the shore in case Cf ship
wreck.
This kite. consisting of canvas and
stretched out on a couple of laths, is
held by strong rope. At some fathoms
distance from the kite is loop TO which
a belt is attached aud in which a man
places himself when jumping into the
water, and then by veering out the kite
the man is carried to the shore.
Some tine ago a man WAS expert
mented with, and with the best results.
On Monday morning, March 10, 1890,
while a strong breeze Was blowing
from the southwest, another exper.
ment was performed in the presence Oh
some captains of the mercantile feet
This time, however, a bag filled witt
straw and sand, and having the shape
Of a man, was put i'll the belt.
Within five minutes this object was
carried from the one pier of the new
harbor,' at HarIingen, to the other, a
distance of 200 m ters. The kite held
the supposed man very well above the
water.-Sctentytc AmeTlcan,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-05-14
Tempora Mutantur.
b r. A. PETERS.

II was a maid with blushing cheek.
And eyes cast down in fashion meek,
The while he looked upon her;
He looked-but then he rode away:
I he words that he had thought TO say
Might wait until another day.
Since no one else had won her.
And sang lie. as he rode away.
III saunier back some other day
Since. let me ask her when may,
lis clear her answer viii be aye"
Twas thus he thought upon her.
IL is maid with laughing eyes.
Laughter halfscoTn and halfsurprise,
The while she looks upon him.
She sees him rise. she sees him go,
she can no answer make but No"
Because that she - laughing So
To see confusion Oh him.
And sings She. as he rides away,
To come again no more for ave,
20 hearts ike yours may pine and break
For any word that I shall speak:
And he that will not when lie NAV.
When he Will. he shall have 'Nayr"
lis thus she thinks upon him.
Home Maker
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-05-14

So LONG as there are politicians there
Will be gerrymandering OF districts un-
less Congress passes law making
changes without its consent impossible.
Mr.. McComas' bill providing that the
next Congress shall be elected from dis
tricts as they now exist is meant 10
head off a movement to capture one or
two Congressman in Maryland 10y
throwing all Of the strong Republican
counties together almost regardless of
geographical location. II Is step III
the right direction, but it does not 20
far enough. 4 way ought TO be found
to put an entire stop to gerryman-
dering
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-05-14

No woSDDR the United States off,
GERS in charge OF the new immigrant
station at New York have had some
trouble getting it INTO working order.
The business Is enormous. There were
lSOO immigrants landed recently and
100 more were expected quite soon
after. 1t takes a prosperous nation u
stand the diSturbar ce TO Its labor mar
kets caused by such an influx OF for
eign Wu. kers even when the latter are
provided with some capital, and come
IN without having their labor contracted
fer efore their arrival