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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-04-13

''' 'ieo' WIZ het' W "
ceipts would be. some mill.
ions less in excess Of his esti.
mates. AS a result, instead
of the hole in the available
cash anticipated on account
of-the big March payments
of $1 100000 was added to
the surplus, and the free gold
now near the three million
mark, continues TO accumu-
late. Secretary Carlisle hasre
ceived many congratulations
upon his first months show
ing, which but tends to con
firm the general belief that
he would make a successful.
Secretary OF the Treasury.
Mr. E. Eilery Anderson, of
New York, credited with be-
ing the principal author OF
the tariff bill recently made
public by the Reform Club of
that city, is in Washington.
He says: "Tbe Reform Club,
which has played such a
prominent part in the pres.
ent situation, has promulga-
ted it's tariff reform bill, not
with the understanding that
it is to be accepted, but main
~ for the healthy and wide
spread discussion which will
follow"
The silly fright which has
been made On Mr.. John e.
Risley, the minister to Den
mark, hasno effe.t here, as
Mr.. RiSley has received his
commission ami taken t h g
outh of Office. He will prob
ably receive his final instruc-
tions this week, and r'lrnOr
says a portion of them will
| e to open negotiations for
the purchase Of a naval sta
tion ON the island DIST. Thom
as, West indies, from t h e
Danish government.
President Cleveland tol d
Senator Roach, OF North Du-
kota, that 10 faction of the
party in any state will re-
ceive recognition to the dis
elimination of another fac
ton. but that the ability and
character Of t h g applicant
viii decide all appointments.
BY the way, speaking OF Sen
nt0r Roach, the impression
seems to be genera! that moth
ing more will be heard in the
Senate Of Mr.. Hoar's l'es0lu-
tion to investigate newspa-
per charges against Roach.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-04-13

sRoNN s IE0N BITTERn
Cures Dyspeps1s, 1n~
dtgs . ion = pebt !
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1893-04-13
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Will practice in the courts O.
Watauga, Ashe, Mitchell, Mellow
III and all other courties in the
western district sT Special atten
tion given to the collection OF
claims. -&
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04
surprising Temperatures.

When Mr.. Whymper visited the
summit of Cotopaxi he pitched his ten I
for the night on the slope OF the ashy
cone, about two hundred aud fifty feet
from the rim Of the crater. With a
great amount of labor he and his men
made a level platform of the ashes
large enough to hold the tent, which
they made fast rs best they could.
"We had scarcely completed our
preparations he said, "when vio-
lent squall arose. which threatened to
carry away the whole establishment,
but the wind subsidized as saddenly as
il had risen. Meanwhile, however,
another cause for alarm presented it
SELF
"A great smell of india-rubber began
to declare itself. and on putting my
hand on the floor on the side nearest
the crater found that 1t was on the
point OF melting. On placing max
imum thermometer on the floor il rose
until IL indicated 10 degrees Fahren-
hcit.
-As my feet did not feel At all warm
] tried the temperature on the other
side OF the tent aud found it only 50
degrees. In the middle of the tent IL
was 1875 degrees. These temperatures
we're maintained during our stay.
"Outsidc the tent the air was in
tcnsely cold, even in the dayti and
Iat night the mercury dropped TO 1S
degrees Fahrenheit. Iowias Cvns-
pdafoB.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04

Die WORT has lots oh music. as mos Everybody
knows;
Oars do tun-tnm oh De banjo, dsr's DO whirly
pars De nl,:ic OBJ planners. dat we hear from
But dar's nothin' dat am ekal TO de music mid
dc corn.
Oh. de music OBJ do cornheld. tits a-goin' night
an ncbbcr heard q fiddle dat go chs'mInsly
When de tassef tops am wsvin' an de corn
leaves, green an long,
Am a.filrtin' Wild the breezes, what am sweeter
dsn de song.
De SUI ., dat wraps Dc kernels CD de corn am
wonder ef II isn't somethin' like dc angels
An. der ncbcr was ajewel dat n lady did adorn,
Dat am finer dan dc pearl heads on de CROWN
De white folks hab white faces, fer dey eat ds
whites bread.
But de hoe cake; an de yellow yam. an water
Am good enough fer anyone dat ebcr yet was
born,
An de cnlle'd folks am happy fnid de music
oh dc corn.
oh. de rustlIn' an de hummin' an de swayIn
TO and fro
While de sumner sun am shlnin an dc winds
chantin' low:
Oars de golden seal oh heaven. dat nobody
dars 10 scorn.
An dc tones Oh harps an yiols mid dc music
oh de corn.
I'm trsheler todes dc kentry shar de halle
luJahs ring:
I'm a.gwine to see de glory oh de "ciry oh d,
kinH:"
An I'm certain / shall listen. or dis niggah'C
feel fororn,
To murmur dat will glib me back de must,
mid de corn.
Laura Rosamond White IN Frank Leslie'i
Weekly
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04

Prot. Abbott estimates the age Of
the Woodbridge oak at about 1000
years. During the revolutionary war
Lafayette and his army rested under
its limbs. Its remains are now In the
form Of seats for the Quinnipiac club.
! do not know that any body in all the
world cares who the Quinnipiac club
nay be, but we reverenced the Wood
bridge oak. An oak in Marion county.
Florida. Is reported as measuring over
ten feet In diameter and spreading its
branches over . diameter VI lSS leet.
A California sequoia felled in Cal-
veras county bad diameter Of fifteen
feet at the height Of l25 feet above the
earth. The German forestry report
makes the maximum age of European
forest trees 10 be not above 81O years,
except In rare cases. The Pine IL
stated to reach $40 to 500 years. the
silver lir attains I'M age frequently OF
over 400 years. the birch stops at 200
years and the red birch a. about $50
years.
Oak begins 70 decay at the heart
when about 800 years old. the holly
oak excepted. which goes on 10 above
4D0 Scotch Hrs are known 10 live
from I'D 10 so years. The soquOIas,
however ara estimated TO have COW
cred 1900 years, 81. Louie 0iSbe- Dsns-
ocrot
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04
Hot Water Is the Beauty Saver.

Shirley Dare: As for hot water ex-
tracing the natural oil of the skin. re-
member that the oil is constant
secretion and Ave minutes washing in
hot water daily cannot interfere with
the deposition of oily secretion for the
rest of the twenty-four hours Heat
stimulates secretion, cold checks il.
My correspondent has her own expert
ence that the hot water practice is
satisfactory To which let me add this
from the recent letter OF woman who
only began To care for her complexion
after she was past 80, a busy worker in
social ways and model housekeeper.
besides being yiyacious, tir,', ess
writer for the press: my dear. guu are
right am younger, younger than |
have been for twenty years You gave
me a cosmetic some months ago in the
pages of a Philadelphia paper-and
that is hot water" Pray observe that
i; is always advised 10 wash the face
whether in hot or cold water. some
time before going ont of doors. to avoid
the sudden change of temperature ON a
skin moist with fresh secretion. The
hard. red skin. treated 10 plenty Of cold
water and rubbing with coarse towels,
after the parrot advice of writers who
copy each other, betrays itself by
puifiness OF the cheeks and fuzziness
which destroys its charm in the eyes
of connoisseurs We want the peachy
color. perhaps, but not the peachy fuzz
on the cheeks Of women.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04

Miss Blenkinsop unwound the rib
bon. united the knot OF hair and open
ed the door.
You might as we'll go. suppose. |
shouldn't know what 90 do with you
anyway she said, languidly. as she
held the door open. viii look Oh &c.
face at once apologetic and affectedly
indifferent.
The Chinaman did not pause to re-
mark the nice shades of meaning on
her countenance, but picked up his
bundle of washing and shuffled sadly
away, giving Miss Blenkinsop a glance
50 amazingly compounded OF graf
itude, cunning triumph. stolid stupid
ity aud panied reproach that she
mused about il probably for several
moments sequent, only To come to the
mortifying conclusion that @they"
were too subtle for her.
The fact that she had let criminal
out at large on society did not sit with
any grea; uncasiness on Miss Blenkin-
sop's conscience. The great thing was
that affairs had been so beautifully
simplitied. Perhaps. too, this would
rnurau.Iiry yf numfn exrscircee: '3ss
pecially in the line OF stealing.
1T certainly was rather nice Of mo
to let him of. she reflected with i'm
meuse' complacence. Il don't believe
! have any OF those feelings of revenge
and malice that are so disagreeable
and low--and exbausting."
She passed on into her room and
stopped at her dressing table. There
were the open drawers, and every
thing in disorder. and her carved jewel
box Was gone. small affair that she
kept her lesser ornaments in--the safe
downstairs held her more valuable
jewelry.
What was it? Miss Blenkipsop tried
to remember. Oh, yes! the opal neck
lace and one or two rings.
The bonnet string was lying on the
floor. Miss Blenkinsop stopped and
picked it up and threw it into the tire;
then she drew of her long gray kid
gloves and threw them into the crate,
and raked the ashes over them. Then
she went and washed her bands
Genie Clark P0nler0Y
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04
Great Wall or China.

Long before reaching this point.
however. says j. j. Anbertin, who saw
1t lately, we caught sight of the great
animal coming headlong down an ap.
parently vertical side OF big mount.
ain in the distance straight before us,
but we were not yet to get through
the archway. / thought we should
never do so. The windings Of the road
toward the upper end appeared to ms
interminable. At last. however, be-
hold the longed-for goal.
The wandering. pitching, Chamber
ing line stood close before us; and
here, by the irony of history. was seen
that vast structure which was intended
to keep out that race--the Eastern or
Mantchou Tartars-one OF whom now
occupies the imperial throne of China.
We OF course dismounted and climbed
on the serpentine monster. The even
ing light and shade lent great effect to
the surrounding scene.
We therefore wandered and pom.
dered at our leisure. and walked on
the top up the declivity to our left for
some little distance, until brought ~
by huge and ruinous fall OF the
structure, which made further passage
impossible. This stupend6ls struct-
ure. said to have been completed soms
200 years Il. C.. appears TO be com.
posed, as the walls Of Pekin. of huge
mound of earth in the middle. built in
and supported on both sides by walls
of mixed brick and stone.
II begins with mass of stone at the
seaside, and runs over hill and dale
some 1900 miles. varying i'm height
nll through; and at short intervals it
is fortified with large. square towers,
perhaps thirty feet high. Where we
saw it the wall itself might be twenty
feet high, and its width at the top per-
haps fifteen feet. You can not see any
great length Of it at one time. because
OF the great and sudden irregularities
of the ground. 1t shoots down upon
you, runs by you. mounts and disap-
pears. and then gives you parting
glimpse on yet more distant apex
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04
Isr.elI.e Crossing of the Red Sea,

The n. Y. Observer has the following.
There is little favor of chestnut in
the story, but its revival is timely. A
negro preacher. touched with the
-higher criticism once elaborated q
new theory of the exodus. to-wit: that
the Red sea was frozen over, and so
afforded the israeiites safs passage;
but. when Pharaoh with his heavy
iron chariots attempted to cross. he
broke through and was drowned. A
brother arose and asked an explana-
ton on that "p'nt" Said he: al's
been studyin' g'ogrophy, aud de g'og-
raphy say dat am de place whar dc
tropics am, an dc tropics am too hot
for freezin'; de p'ut to be 'splained is
bout breakin' through de icc.' The
preacher Strengthened himself up aud
said; -Brudder, glad you axcd dat
question, for il gives me 'casion TO
'splain 1t. You see, dat war a great
while ago, bcfo' dey had any g'ogra-
phies. and befo' dere war any tropics.'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04
Swingir y Around the Circie


OF the diseases TO which il j. adapted
with the best results, Hostetters stOm-
ach Ht'ers family medicine. compre-
hensive in its scope, has never been thrust
upon public attention i'm the guise OF a
universal panscea for bodily Ills. This
claim, daily arrogated in the colums OF
the daily press by the proprietors of med
ieines far inferior % il a specifics, has
in thousand instances disgusted the
public in advance by It's absnrdity. and
the prospects Of other remedies of su-
perior qualities have been handicapped
by the pretentions OF their worthless
predecessors. But the American people
know, because they have verified the fact
by the most trying ties :, that the BitterS
possess the virtues OF real specific in
eases OF malarial and liver disorder, con-
stipation, nervous, rheumatic. stomach
and kidney trouble. What i. does IL does
thoroughly, and mainly for this reason
il is indorsed and recommended by hosts
Of respectable medical men.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04

ladies' u-u iIr. ..al.se- A-5rtydicaI li't-, fT1fr
Paris. France. Established 90 Europe, 1893, United
Stages ss7 cures al sgpPressl9as irregularities an
monthly arrangements. Sa'e harmless, reliable
They positively must not be taken during pregnancy
Many ~ the ils 10 which ladies are subject arr th'
d!Fcc: results u Irregular inenstr01t1l. Continued
monthly sGpTresgiurs result iE b1od poisOuta. and
quick consumption. 81 package vr for e. per mail
10 pisia sea ed envelope. receipt q! price The Il
Rue Chemiea! Co., pvogrirfars : be genuine piN 49,,
by sedZwick L Cr8tv. siogs Ctts "a wholesale AZ.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04
500 Rswarj SOD.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
10 learn that there j. at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able 10 curt
in all its stages. and that Is Catarrh
Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only positive
cure known 10 the medical fraternity
Catarrh being q constitutional disease, re-
quires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mueus surfa-
ces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease. and giving the
patient strength by building mp the con
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have - much
faith in its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any ease
that it fails To cure. Send for list of testi-
monials. Address.
F.. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo. O.
z Sold by Druggists. zoe
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04
REVERSING THE STORY.
m In.idsns in St. Augustine by the Sad Sea
Waves.

II witnessed little scene on the We
anda of Ponce de Leon, 81. Augustine
few DAYS ago" said the curly headed
irummcr with the dreamy eyes. 'that
stirred my very soul; for, being bach.
.lor still, my soul is susceptible TO q
mustard poultice of loves emotions 1,
was the story of the man, the girl and
tbs dog reversed.
They. including myself, were scat
,ered about the veranda. as Is usual a,
winter resorts. killing time.
How generous you are with your
.areSses this morning; ! wish some one
wotefyay that to me, the red lips muir.
INJURED, and the white lace Mt the throa,
'ose and fell trifie faster.
lie pushed his pet from him ant
arose. so did she, with q
startled, almost terrified expression
There was a short struggle. the two
arms In the black coat encircled the
wnitc 9rrss lag ;..:.. .....c s..:::r,-a chin was
pushed mp. and the red lips were GOV,
cred by his with the rapidity of mar
who covers the limit when he has an
ace full.
''Of course he was her husband. and
as two or three of US made dive fo,
the shifting sands and the sad sea
waves. TO find out what they were say
ing about it, l heard her whisper
How coule you. Jack, before all thess
people?sr'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04

Syrup"

Mr.. Albert Hartley of Hudson,
N. c., was taken with Pneumonia.
His brother had just died from it.
When he found his doctor could not
rally him he took one bottle of Ger
man Syrup and came out sound and
well. Mr.. S. 3. Gardiner, Clerk
with Druggist J. L. Barr, Aurora,
Texas, prevented a bad attack of
pneumonia by taking German Syrup
in time. He was in the business
and knew the danger. He used the
great remedy-Boschee's German
Syrup-for lung diseases. o
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04
TO MOTHERS.

The time to cheek an attack of crouI
IL in the evening when the baby begin
In be troubled with coarse. rougi
cough. Sometimes this hcgins in tn
afternoon. As soon u, 1t manifest
itself, give your little one Reds Ger
man Cough and Kidney eurc. Ii nats
he necessary to weaken il a little with
water. II the druggist does not keep
IL, send your address 10 ms on postal
card, TO the Sylvan Remedy Co. PEORIA,
ILL.,, and they viii sent YOU trial
hottie free, because they want You to
try it.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04

A government official sent ont 10 the
northwest long before there were any
railroads in that part of the country. says
that the glaciers OF the Selkirk range
were pure white and blue then. Now they
have grayish color, and in some lights a
reddish appearance. and on examing thf
surface of the ice IL IL found 10 be covered
with little Jumps Of what seems TO b
clay. The official saws that this substance
is ashes from forest fires
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04

One Of the oldest officers in her majeS
tvs navy il sir Lewis Tobias Jones who
on Christmas eve. attained the age Of ~
S.r Lewis. who entered the service at 4
very early age "smelt powder az the
battle of Algiers in 1916, where he was
rather severely wounded
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04

There was . mufEled, squirming
sound on the other side OF the door.
perhaps IL would be just as well II
you kept STILL" said Miss Blenkinsop.
'Plcase don't say you don't 'sabe. for
you do. you know"
An angry voice cried through tho
panels: -Letee glo!"
II can't, really" said Miss Blenkin-
sop.
1t took all the presence OF mind Miss
Blenkinsop could summon TO her aid
TO hold the greasy half yard Of braid
in her hands. She was afraid TO let
20 for fear Il would slip into the room,
where she had no doubt the bafiied
Chinaman was pulling with all his
might; to make IL more secure she
tore of one Of her bonnet strings and
wound it around the knot and knob.
admiring her own ingenuity with COM
placence.
"Now can think. she said.
Thinking was not such an easy mat
ter with an oily celestial and predica-
ment confronting her. The awful
consequences OF her successful capture
now began TO present themselves for
the first time. Her first feeling had
been one OF righteous indignation to
punish the offender, but she began to
consider the cost TO herself of such a
step. She would be the heroine Of
the headlines Of to-morrow's issue Of
the paper, to say nothing of being the
victim OF endless chat, though no one
had ever yet been found who chaffed
Miss Blenkinsop.
Could she endure these compound
resultsp She. who had never been
ridiculous or conspicuous in her life!
She fairly wrung her gloved hands to-
gether in an agony Of indecision. Oh,
why had IL ever happened? Why had
she given way to an impulse and got
| ten herself into this mess?
| ut must have been aIcommon streak
in me somewhere" she murmured. II
suppose l wanted to do something
hroic or great, or something!" sar-
castically. Il wanted to do what was
right, anyway
There was bell just outside the
door Extremely easy To ring 1t and
have crowd there In n minute. A
crowd. Miss Blenkinsop shivered.
After all, how did she know that the
Chinaman had really had time to take
anything? He would certainly not
contide in her IL he had. Then, too.
prisons were not the most delightful
| places in the world. and even a China.
man might have an aesthetic aversion
TO them. Poor fellow, she would like
to be spared the pain of knowing that
she had been the cause Of making a
wretch--of course he was wretch
more unhappy than he really was.
TO herself TO be rid of the responsible;
ity Of bringing the creature to jus.
lice, which was always hard on the
/ nerves.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04
The final settlemen, of the affairs q

The final settlement of the affairs Of
the late samuel j Randall shows that the
which Is not enough To pay the bills OF the
physicians who attended him during his
last Illness. OF this amount $3.50 - was
due by the government for salary. leaving
the total value of his property 500 at the
time of his death. This is a rather re-
marka BILE showing for man who spent
thirty years of his life in the most respon-
si3le positions in the public service.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04
An lmoortant OifgsYence.

To make ii apparent to thousands. who
hink themselves III, that they are not az
ected with any disease, but that the sys.
EN- simply needs cleansing. is to bring
omfort home 20 their hearts, as eostive
ondition il easily cured by using Syrup
4 Figs. Manufactured by the California
rig syrup company.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04

In Rio Janeiro there is a novel system
favoiding the blockading of streets. On
he bus ness thoroughfares all the trucks
nd vehicles are headed in one direction.
n thH way the stream of traffic is kept
onstontly moving II the current is
,olpk krast and a man doing business on
he tirFt cross street east and gets to n
-ss crowded way before turning west
pH
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04

I<EI III NTW,
and your ccugh may end In something seri.
Gus. lSs pretty sure to, II your blood Is poor.
That Is just the time md condition that in
vites Consumption. Tho seeds Gre sown a;,d
il has fastened it, hold upon you, before You
know that IL Is near.
IL wont 40 10 iiiae and delay when tia
remedy IL nt hand. Every disorder that can
be reached through the blood Yields 10 DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. For
Severe Coughs, Bronchial. Throat and Lung
Diseases, Asthma. Scrofula In every form,
and even the Gcrofulous affection Of tho
lungs that's called Consumption, In all its
earlier stages. IL is positive and complete
cure
II IA the oaiy blood-cleanser, strength re-
storer, and fesh-buiider 10 effective that II
can be guaranteed II IL doesn't benefit or
cure, in every case, yod have your money
back. AL rsdicine dealers have IT,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04

Wilson Mcdonald the sculptor, whose
Hancock statue j, soon to grace the upper
end of New York j. modelling statueite
OF James G. Blaine II will bc thirty
inches high and will be finished in bronze,
terra Gotta or any metal desired.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-03-04

The silver mine at Przibram, In Boz
iemia, Is said to be- the deepest mine in
he world. II il more than $3.50 feet deep
that il, considerably more than half "a
ale in darfh The temperature at that
reat depth was found TO be abont ~ de-
rees Fahrenheit: the temperature at the
urface was little higher. driven
gell in this country was sunk To about
100 feet. we think. and the temperature
sas found TO increase about , degrees for
very 100 feet oi depth; but, Of course, no
1an went down the small shaft made by
lac tools