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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-03-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

~S6 ~A~A VVAAonPVuu0ul
I Democrats, even those wht
are personally opposed t.
some Of the changes made
are glad that the Senate Fl
nance committee has at las1
got the teriff bill in a shap,
to make it's passage by til.
Senate certain. It is reall,
surprising, in view Of the rae
lcal change made by taking
sugar, iron ore, coal and leaC
ore from the free list and pu
ting n duty upon them, that
the Democrats Of the HOnst
are not louder in their ob
iections. But they regard d
the matter from n common
sense point vi view, knowing
that the Democrats of the
Senate Finance committee
yielded nothing that.it was
not absolutely necessary to
yield in order to get the vot-
es necessary to pass the bill,
and also that they will have
another chance at the chang
es when the bill goes to con-
ference after its passage by
the Senate, :
The Republicans Of the FL
nance committee would like
to waste a month or so by
keeping the tariff bill in com.
Inittee, but the Democrats
will not allow any such time.
II they will agree to have the
bill reported in a week the
Democrats will allow them
that much time; if not the
bill will be reported sooner
without their consent.
Secretary Hebert's answer
to the House resolution ask.
ing by what authority he or
derpd Admiral Skerrett to
obey Mr.. BlOunt when he
went to Hawaii as Special
Commissioner. was, in short,
thatltcame from the Com
mander-in-Chief of the Army
and Navy-the President of
the United States; and he
cited seven Drecidents for the
action, dating from 1923 to
1881.
Senator Blanchard assum-
ed his new duties today and
Justice White, his predeces-
sor, was sworn in as a men,
Der OF the Supreme Court. If
Mr.. Blanchard M a kes as
good d reputation in the Sen
ate as he leaves behind him
in the House the people of
Louisiana will doubtless rat.
ify the selection of the Cover
nor BY keeping him there.
Representative kilgore, OF
Texas, was not altogether
although rather too
general, when he said in the
course oi the debate on the
District Of Columbia appro-
priat ton bill, concerning the
newspapers OF Washington:
The newspapers of Wash
ingt0n have never failed to
advocate any scheme, | DON'T
'are how infamous it was,
hatlo0ked to the expendi-
ture OF the public money in
the interest Of spectators in
and around thecity. / never
knew Of an instance in which
they did not advocate such
schemes" In reply to a pro-
Test fro m Representative
Blair Of N. H., Mr.. Kilgore
.nnf;nuof3. .sWoll 4 motol
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-03-22

- 0ne dollar psys k7r tho
lem ocrat one .Jear. :.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-03-22

Will give special attention
to abstracts Of title, the sale
ri Real Estate in w. N. G.
Those heving farms, timber
and mineral lands for sale,
will do well to call on said 20,
at Boone.
L. L. GREEN Il co.
March 16, 1893.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-03-22
]. F MORPHEW,
ATTORNEY AZ LAW,
MARION, .-----.--.----N.C &C

-(o)-
Will practice in the courts OF
Watauga, Ashe, Mitchell, Mellow
al and all other counties in the
western district sS Special atten
tion given to the collection of
J claims. va
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edy to the impressive manner Of the
t%ragedian. When some mnn offers IS
for an article you don't heal me rattle
away like a small boys toy windmill
with a clipper attached to it. five, five,
Ave, five, make it SIX but in q quiet
way / say, \ am offered S. This I
accompany with either n smile. as il
such an offer were one of the funniest
circumstances in nll of my ~varieguted
experience, or a look of tragic despair
as If l were haunted by the idea that
l was being used US q means for rob-
bling my employer. Got to be a good
Judge Of human nature Of course.
Some men. will shy at u smile while
others will stampede at the first sug-
gestion of tragedy. Women are good
patrons OF an auction after you get
them broke in, but they are naturally
more suspicious than men and are bar
gain hunters. There are u whole lot
VI women who will buy stuff that they
don't need just because it is cheap.
You remember that story of the woman
who bought II silver door plate with the
name of Jenkins on it on the chance
that she might some day have u daugh-
ter who might grow up and might
marry some Mr.. Jenkins. They are
the kind-may I + tribe Increase
who are the a~uctioneer's angels.
Funniest thing that ever Unopened
to me while I was selling goods vas
one night in Minneapolis where I was
selling a lot of silverine watches. I
explained what silverine was, and then
held up u yellow watch, when a little
irishman said, Il suppose Misther Levy
that that one ia buttsrine?'
"Bnt times up; here she goes again. "
And the voice expert darted behind
the counter, mounted his platform, and
In t~hirt5-two seconds by tho watch,
after unsuccessful trying to get the
assembled crowd to bid on u 5000 dia.
mond stud, disposed Of u 25-cent pair OF
sleeve buttons TO u confiding woman
for So, and when left was busy explain
ing the virtues of a filled case chrcno-
meter to a lum bcrmnn from Michigan.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Thing. That Fish Swallow.

An English writer has recently made
a study Of the queer things swallowed
by fish. He leaves out of the question
the large fishes, like sharks. which
swallow nearly everything that comes
in their way. He confined himself TO
the small fry, and tells these stories OF
odd finds:
Not long ago n fish merchant found
tho amber mouthpicce and 4 portion
of the meerschaum stem OF a pipe in q
goldfish he was dressing for a customer.
At Scarborough the writer saw a
child's coral which, not halt an hour
before, had been, on the most unde-
nisble authority, taken from the gullet
Of a good-sizsd conger.
That bright objects attract the at
t%ention of fishes Is undcniablc, and at
u of the great London clubs n silver
spoon was found in a fine sSmon. The
spoon had upon it the crest OF n we'll
known noblemen, and inquiry showed
that the latter had been cruising about
In his yacht in the very district in
which 1t had been caught. The yo-
racity of the pike is notorious, but a
year or two back in a loch of the canal
at Cation, near Lancaster, England, Il
huge pike vas caught which had swal-
lowed an assortment of hardware, in
GLIDING soma pieces of tiny toys, q
spinning ball and hooks attached com
plete, an old : fashioned two-penny
piece and the head and part Of the
handle of Il tack hammer Waver-
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Fish of Solid Gold.

G. a. Guinand of the Nadeau hotel
was fishing at Santa Monica recently
when he caught what at first sight APP
peared to be a solid lump Of gold.
When the prize was safely landed II
proved to be a specimen of the Japan
ese fish known as the papraka, and by
experts here is said to be the first of its
kind ever caught on this coast.
The fish is Il beautiful creature, being
exactly the color of FURNISHED gold and
of graceful contour. 1t is abou. 9
inches in length, 5 inches in width and
about l 1-2 inches thick. The head is
short and the mouth is small, but full of
rows of sharp frontal teeth. The dorsal
fin is OF short length, but is sharply SER
rated, and continues along the back,
ending in a larger fin, which, in con-
n~ect!on with a corresponding one I'M
derncath the body and tail, gives the
specimen the appearance Of a three
tailed fish.
A remarkable feature of this beautiful
fish is that it is furnished with two dis
tinct sets of gills. The eyes are promi-
nent and bright yellow in color.-San
Francisco Examiner.
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READY FOR CHRISTMAS.

People who have contracted this or
that disease from too familiar contact
with their pets are simply victims Of
their W imprudence, for il we must
avoid altogether every animal which
might be the transnitter of deadly
parasites, then we should not keep
cows, oxen, or swine. AS an illustra-
toni need but to remind the reader Of
the trichinm and murrain which are
often epidemic.
Regarding snappishness in dogs, only
a few words will suffice here. A dog
which is continually set on man or
beast, in sport or in earnest, thinks
that he only does his duty when he at-
tacks all visitors. An animal which is
made to feel the whip at every provo
cation will soon exhibit the same
eowed t~reachery which degenerates a
,naltreated child. Keep a dog con-
stantly chained aud when liberated
he will prove an Enthusiastically COM
panion. In all these cases the owner,
not the dog, should receive the blame.
have raised perhaps q dozen dogs
and 10 one of them became vicious.
That they will defend their master and
his belongings can surely not be called
sHaPpiShEess, put rhtner DetrayS inc
admirable trait of constancy and faith-
fulness. l will herewith attempt to
describe hcw canine attachment can
be developed as exemplifed by my
faithful Caesar. 10 enumerate the
many instances in which my dog has
shown his self-denying love.t mention
all his tricks and amusing perform
ances would be impossible in this
brief sketch; he must be seen for a day
or W. with my children in order to
understand how we Gun value him SC
much.
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To Do Up Handkerchiefs.

To have your hundkerchiefs always
looking like new ones wash and iron
them after the following directions
After they have been washed and
brought in dried from the line, instead
of spriukling them for ironing, as you
do the other clothes, put two quarts OF
water in a bowl and squeeze six drops
of bluing into it from the bluebag; then
take a piece of raw starch the size of a
pigeons egg and dissolve it in the wa
ter, being careful that it does not settle
in the bottom of the bowl.
Take each handkerchief separately,
dip it up and down in this water two OF
three times, squeeze it as dry as posi-
bic with the hands; then when they
have all been dipped in lay them out
smoothly in Il towel and place them in
the clothes basket.
To iron them lay them out flat on the
ironing table and smooth them on both
sides. After this, make u fold two inches
deep across the handkerchief and press
it in lightly with the iron; then make a
fold the other way across the handker-
chief just rs they are folded in the boxes
when you buy them. By laundering
them in this way, handlerchiefs will
look quite new as long as they last.
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HOW TO TREAT spRAlNs.
Prof. Attln. the Strong Man, Gives varu.
able Information to Athletes.

Athletes in all branches of sport are
more or less Liable in competitions or in
training to suffer from over exertion,
producing severe sprains of the cords
and sinews. Unless properly attended
to at once, these injuries often cause
weeks and months OF pain and suffer-
ing. and sometimes result in permanent
Injury. People generally do not know
that the simplest treatment in these
cases is the best. ] recently talked
with Prof. Attiia, the strong man, now
located in this city, says Il n. Y. Herald
man, and he told me of his personal ex-
perience with sprains during his pro-
f~essional career, extending over a Pc
Rod of twenty years.
Without doubt the professor is one of
the really few bona tide strong men of
the world. He is Il yeritable Hercules
In strength, and has a record of public
performances second to none. He it
was who brought out Sandow, and to
the latter vas due an accident which
gave Attila a knowledge of the proper
treatment Of strains OF the fibres of the
biceps.
The accident in question happened in
Luitt's hiitC Shttlltt anu DtluOW were
performing together. 1t resulted in
the breaking of Il number of cords of
the biceps and the severe straining of
others, causing the entire arm to turn
black, and producing great pain. There
was no outward wound, and the emf
neut physicians am2 surgeons of the
ointment We're puzzled over the proper
course OF treatment to pursue.
Finally Atlila left the professors in
dispair and, at his own suggestion. the
injured part was wound about with a
firm, soft cloth. The first day after the
cloth was put on he was able to lift
with the injured arm a two-pouuddu dumb
bell. The second day he raised u three
pound weight. He kept increasing the
wcighlalaiiy until lie could raise the
iifty-pound bell. Then he knew he had
mastered the injury. In u compare
lively short time The wound had healed,
and Attila, strange 10 say, was stronger
than ever in this urn.
In eases of strains of cords in the
wrist Attila says the injured part should
be tightly bandagcd, and twice a day
held under afancet, allowing cold wa
Ter to fall OF it from II height of two or
tnfee ieet. lhiS produces q natural
steaining, very beneficial. In a short
time an Improvement is noticed under
this curse of treatment.
Where the tissues of the muscles of
the leg are strained the only treatment
necessary is very simple. Bandage the
injured part tightly, and exercise it
daily, a little at first. If allowed to re-
main inactive the injury grows worse
In all cases. The straining of the mus
cles OF the back is best treated by appli-
cations OF lipiment and judicious use OF
electric treatment.
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oSe daily GRAND. 70 butcher .na

mousn 6e daily errands TO butcher ana
baker.
1t is true that other dogs will PR.
form the same tasks. but Of how many
can it be said hat they were trained
without having been whipped as was
the case with Caesar, and that he does
1t all not under compulsien but gladly
and amid joyful barks.
In the winter my little ones indulge
IN delightful sleighing parties. Cesar
plays horse and has a large stick in
his mouth for bit, which he will mind
in true equine fashion. When he is
tired Of pulling he becomes tho pas.
senger without being particular about
the length of his trip or his d~estina-
ton. As patient and meek rs he may
appear In his eQuipage 1 would feel
sorry for the individual who would
attack my children during their sport.
1t is surprising how for hours he will
be able to jump in the water and In the
fields after sticks and missiles, the
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graft AS that was right after the war
except in boom days in a mining town
when the fellows used to dig gold and
buy brass. When you can find a town
where everybody has money, where the
test of tone is ability to tell the time
OF day without taking a peep at the
sun, and where men regard 1t to be tho
correct thing to wear a solitaire dia-
mond on a blue flannel shir' then you
have found the a~uctioneer's feam of
paradise. Such a place has been near
est approached in my time by Rapid
City, in the boom times Of the Black
Hills, and by Lcadville and Cripple
Creek later on. Take the business as
1t now is 1t is enough to make an auc-
tloneer discouraged. One thing that
Is sad for the gentlemen OF our profess
sion to note is that the public is getting
very cunning. Con men, and when l
speak OF o men l want it understood
that l do not think that they are in
any way allied to ~auctioneers, have to
go q long ways out in the brush these
days to find q purchaser for a gold
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enjoyment as we'll MS the incorrigible
players, hunters, lovers of books,
politicians, bicycle fends, and others?
! also have my passion, the posts
sion of which | have pever regretted,
writes A. Won Rhein in the Daheim. /
refer to my love for large, stately dogs,
which many parents fear to keep,
especially in the larger cities. I do
not love these animals simply because
they afford such excellent protection to
my family or from some other mer-
cenary motive but more particularly
on account of their incompatible faith
fnlncss and often astonishing sagacity.
| know that their thick fur is an excel
lent breeding resort for parasites and
that a savage dog can be the cause OF
much mischief, but Hens and other
parasites can be overcome and a snap
pish dog is the product of injudicious
training.
That l love my dog does not mean
that l permit him to lick my mouth,
nose, and ears, nor that his food is
served in anything but his own dish,
nor 40 l neglect to wash my hands
thoroughly when my faithful quad
ruped friend has expressed his affection
on them somewhat profusely with his
tongue,
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S'O HoSA
auctioneers in America outside of those
fellows who sell secondhand plows
and ~broken-down horses out in the
country in the latter part of the win
ter. We do not count them as ct our
profession. The highest rank among
n%uctioneers is taken by the men who
sell jewelry. They must know when
they pick up a watch how much it is
worth, and the least it can be sold for
without an actual loss. Next cores
the class OF men who conduct genuine
sales such as those caused by Il dissolu-
ton of partnership or u real failure.
To the third class belong n lot of fell
lows who will sell anything, and who
are willing a thousand times a day to
pledge their word and honor that the
brass watch which they are trying to
sell for S3.75 is of l4-karat gold. The
better a nan is ut this business the
less noise he makes. When you hear
one of these NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
make-it-a half men you can make up
your mind that he is some cheap guy
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Faota About Postage Stamps.


Postage stamps, stamped envelopes
and postal cards are now all made by
contract none of the work being done
In Washington. At each factory in
spectors are stationed, who must exer-
else strict oversight of the whole bust
ness. from the taking in of the blank
paper to sending out of the finished pro-
duct upon regulations from postmasters,
all of which pass through the depart
ment at Washington. Every sheet of
paper must be accounted for and If a
single stamp be imperfect or imperfcctly
printed the whole sheet containing the
defective stamp must be sent to Wash
ington for examination and destruction.
From 5000, 0OO to 5000. 900 stamps are
thus sent to Washington every week,
where they r carefully counted.
checked of and burned. Blue and
tray.
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Tho Standard of True Refinement.

A certain punctilious old gentleman
used to say that no true lady would ever
wear a stocking with a hole in it. The
same idea was voiced by a young girl
of a later generation, who declared that
she never felt like Il lady when there
was - button off her shoe. Each put
into words an appreciation of the fact
that more is required than outward cor
RICHNESS of appearance to mark the
woman whose innate impulses are all
toward refinement
AS the nan of thorough breeding is
to be recognized by his bearing to his
interiors rather than by his conduct to
his equals, as the good housekceper is
judged by the condition of her cellar
aud pantrics rather than by the state of
her parlors, SO is TIE truly refined lady
distinguished more by the unnoticeable
minuti@ of her dress than by the gen
eral outward etfcct.-Densorest's Magu-
,i,,o
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thrower growing more easily fasigued
than he.

thrower growing more easily faxigued
than he.
have found him an excellent sub
1ect for kodak practice. AS soon as he
sees me approach with my instrument
now he assumes his own posture, and
without awaiting my orders he moves
away when have closed my camera.
He knows when the sitting Is at an
end, and expresses his delight when he
can read satisfaction In my face.
How many professional photograph
ers can obtain a good negative Of the
average dog, when wreaths arc hung
around his shoulders and sausages,
cakes. and tempting bones are held
close to his nose. That my canine
hero car control himself. even under
such trying circumstances, he has
shown on his last birthday, when .
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A PARTY.

party was given in his honor, and I
undertook to photograph him in all his
glory. Not until the festive programme
of the children's speeches and ami
v.ersary songs was finished did Cesar
jump from his table, but he then did
full justice to the string Of sausages,
to the cakes and the bones. All in
all must say that ! prefer a good,
patient, indefatigable watch dog to
the average children's maid. Every.
thing, of course, depends on the dogs
trainipu
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Baby Alligators.

Steve Melton yesterday morning
showed to his friends a score of baby al.
ligators, which came out Of the egg two
days ago. Henry Christopher, who has
an alligator farm on Hannibal creek,
brought them to the city yesterday
morning to be sold. Christopher has
several large gators, which net him
more in the course of a year than q
dozen hens. The advantage the gator
has over the hen is in the matter of feed.
The hen has to be fed every day and the
gator takes his meal about once every
three months.
When first Matched the gators are
about three to four inches long. In a
day or two, however. they double their
size and don't need any food to do ii
ON either. They just seem to grow fat
on wind. If some naturalist could find
out tho secret Of their living he would
have a regular bonanza.-F1orida Times
Union.
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sarcasm at a hard, unfeeling world.
1t was an auction sale of jewelry and
the 4gentlemsnly lecturer" so to
speak, was there passing around on
the inside doing his great act.
In a few spare moments a reporter
got hold Of the aforesaid gentlemanly
lecturer, and finding him affablo and
pleasant In manner, interviewed him
as to his career as follows:
aWhere did ! commence? Why,
where do you su~ppose-where would
an artist in the business begin except
IN Chatham street, New York-the bur-
gain counter of America, the suckers
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ynir and pcautiful Lands across the So,

Sair and beautiful Lands Across the Sen
give promise to the ocean voyager OF
health and pleasure, but there Is q broad
exPanse of waters to be passed that rise
mountain high in rough weather. and
grievonsly disturb the unaccustomed
stomach, moro particularly II it is that of
an Invalid. Moreover the vibration OF tho
vessels hull caused by the motion of the
screw of Il steamer, Ii change of water and
latitude, and abrapt transitions of tenn
pcratnre, cannot. without medicinal safe
guard be encountered with iu,punity. For
sea sickness and prejudicial influences of
air and water. Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters is a standard safeguard. Tourists,
yachtsnlen, mariners, commercial travel
ers, and people bound on Il sea voyage or
inland %jaunt, should always be provided
with 1T. Incompatible for malaria, rheu-
'hatism, neuralgia, sleepicssuess, loss of
appetite, sick headache, biliousness and
constipation.