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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-05-17
She is always neatly dress
ed, cheerful, good tempered,
smiling and contented,F Z fill-
ing tie hJme with sunshine.
EEx.
GREAT REIiai6us BODIES.

There are two large South
ern religious bodies soon to
meet. The Baptists Withhold
their annual gathering at
Dallas, Texas, beginning on
the 1lth Of May. LIN Texas
The B,ptlsts are very strong.
We do not know the number,
but probably 100000. The
Southern Baptist Convention
is a very large body. Last
year there were nearly 800
delegates who attended at
Nashville where it met. The
basis Of representation is a
money one, but we do not
know what it is, North Car
Dina will be well represented,
no doubt. but the distance
will lessen the number Of del
egates.
The Southern Presbyterian
General Assembly will meet
on the 18th inst, at Nash.
vile, Tenn. 1t is said that
the session will be very active
as there is a great deal Of
business to come t,eforeit. It
is an intellectual, able and
leariied body. One Of the in
cidents Of the session will BE-
the appeal case Of Miss
Means, tile telephone opera
tor of Columbia, $. T.. which
attracted sd much attention
some time ago. She was,aus
pended fof operating On Sun
lay. The Presbytery sus-
1tainsd the action Of the Sec.
ond Church, out tile Synod
Of the State ordered her re-
storation to membership. ],
The Quadrennial General
lConferrence Of the Southern
Methodist E. Church, is IN
session at Memphis. The dis,
|patches sent out are lean
land beggarly and Of but lit
tile interest. This body. meet
ling but ohcein iout years and
representing 1900, 900 MEM
Is ers, is important. The
methodist constituency III
1 southland to day is Quite
$4,000, 600 counting Ave for
I.very actual member. Mes
| SenQpI.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-05-17
"Stop MI Paper.o

After you get angry and
stop your paper, just poke
your finger into water pun it
out, and look for che hole.
Then you will know how sad
Iy you are missed. A man
who thinks a paper cannot
thrive without his support
ought to go off and stay a.
while. When he comes back
half his friends will not know
he has gone. and the other
half willnot care Il cent: while
the world at large kept no
accoiint Of his movehient.
You will find things thatyou
cannot endorse in every pa
per. Even the Bible israther
PLAIN, and hits some hard
raps. II you were to get
mad and burn your Bible.
the hundreds ofpresses would
still 90 on printing it, ami
when you stop your paper
and cali the editor names
the paper ill still be publish
ed and, what i more, yor
viii redd it on the sly Tht
tCvcle.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-05-17
The Model Maiden.

She helps mother" nlook- !
ing after the RoIse. and car
ries many of the domestic
burdens; on Ker strong shoul-
ders.
She devotssa portion Of hpl
time daily to the improve
ment Of her mind.
She is mulch too sensible to
imagine that ifa man shows
her any ordinary amount Of
attention Tie Is SO smitten
with her charms that he is
only waiting for 4 suitable
|opportinity to Ahrow him
self at her feet aud propose.
marriage.
She makes her own bed, !
keeps her room in order, and
is always ready to lend a
Ehand ID any household enier-
Egehcy.
| She places implicit truth in
IhAr parents, and thinks
ltsmOtker'' the dearest woman
lin tile world and "father"
the best and most sensible
lmam.
| She does not w8ste theeye-
| sigIltover uselessfan work,
hut takes a pride in keeping
the holfsehold linen and her
.l6wn clothes in good repair.
She is ueveruusympathetit
lwithher brothers in theirlovt
laffairs on which q mans
who:e future life may depend
i She makes herself happy an(
Icontented at home, and i
mot perpetually pining iol
- s. :. x. :. :, ~ <ksxe>o> hox, ov1f
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-05-17
WANTS BOWER AGAIN.
An Alexander Democrat Urges the
Democrats OF tho Eighth to RetnIn
Bow. + 10 Cong ess.

Bow, I 10 Cong ess.
Cor. Landmark.
! AS the Landmark has a
large circulation in this coun
ty and enjoys an enviable re-
pritation all over this, thel
eighth congressional district,
with your PERMISSION | will
voice the sentiments OF the
solid Democracy through the
columns ufyour paper, touch
ing thenominee for the com
ing congressional race. 1T
has been the custom with the
party, time whereof the mem
ory of nan runneth not to-
the contrary, to endorse an
official wheli his past services
have beeii In a measure con
sistent and satisfactory. This
has the iorce Of unwritten
law and il basel on the fact
that. other things being
equal, experience is one Of the
most essential requisites to
efficiency in Office. This is d
truth that no one can success
fully deny. 1t has been exeln-
plified a hundred times over.
Webster, the great exponnd-
er OF constitutional law, new
or could have enjoyed that
distinction had he been re-
tired TO the common walks
Of life after his first term, in
the United States Senate. But
while all Of this is very true
and a number Of other in
stances could be cited along
this line, | am DEPRESSING
somewhat from the main cur
trent OF my subject. Withou,
further prelude let me say
|that, as Il matter Of course,
the Hon. w. H. Boweris pre-
eminently the man tosucceed
himself and represent thepe
lple of the eighth district in
the Fifty-fourth Congress.
The able canvass that he
.|made in '92 entities Eim e
lit; the splendid record he is
\ making in the Fifty-third
! Congress entities him to II
Ibis sterling qualities as 9
man and Il statesman, anC
j above all, bis unfiinching de
I votion to his constituents
II
Interests, mark him as h i,
own successor.
He carried the Democratic
\ banner to victory in themen
!, orable campaign Of '92 owe
1.-THE forces Of the enemy, de
heating the Republicans AM
Populists comDined, and his
/ tory will repeat itself, coal
ton or no coalition to th
I contrary notwithstanding
nevertheless, il the colofs ar
! entrusted to his hands in th
coming contest.
| Mr.. Bower hasmade ag0o'
t Representative. His recor,
: cannOt ba attacked. he is
l+a,.;ff f.,,,- no vo,tfio-fi,ll q Hntnf
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-05-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

n r. Dl
Coxeyism is rampant in
Washington, and no wonder.
When Coxey, Browne end.
Christopher columbus Jones
were arrested for violating
the law BY attempting to
speak on the Capitol steps,
they found sentimental wo.
men and men III search Of.
notoriety ready to furnish.
bailfor them, and When their
rases were called for trial liz
the polire court they foun1
among their volunteer soun-
sci one United States Senator
and hall dozen Representa-
tives-all populists. And ii
the trial, now in it's third
day, RESULTS in conviction,
they will DOUBTLESS have their
fines paid for them by people
who will imagine themselves
phiIanthropists for contribu-
ing money tosilch a purpose.
So much for the leaders, who
stop at hotels and enjoy
their notoriety.
| About one mile soilth OF
the Capitol building is an
enclosure which hasfor years
been used as 4 dumping
ground for miscellaneonscity ty
filth. In that enclosure are
NEARLY 500 lnen. fonr-fiftl OF
who IN are professional
1tramps. An admission fee
|of % cents is charged to 20
lin and look over the collec-
ton. SO fsirthis has sbrou9ht
lin enough mohey to feed the
.|tramps and they have nude
inc trouble, but the pubic
Icuriosity hasnow beeh pretty
|well sated and, unless the i'm
aginaryphil anthropistss shall
|contribute to feed the gnne
1 the army will soon begin ta
IdrserS by wholesale. That
1 they will not work has beer
Iproven by Coxey's refusal o
Ian offer Of a cAmpihg gounC
|nf 60 acres in q healthy loca
ltion just outof town. as long
men wanted TO use i
and $500 incash forcleaninl
1.-THE underbnsh from same
He preferred to keep the mel
lin their present unhealthy lo
cation, because he though
The could get more money on
Iof the admission fees than h
tcould ifthe camp was relnov
led to the country. He think
I more, however, of his blood
led horses, as he removes
!, them from The camp in whlc|
1.-THE health Officer. says h
would not be surprised q
SEany time 10 see several cor
ltagious diseases make thei
: nlappearance, and from whic
are every day carried {
!. hospitals.
J. Coxey has 80 far been yer
sefll and law-abidlnl
with the exception of h
mild break at the Capitol, ,bu
Eftis because hisforce has nc
been strong enough for hi
to be otherwise. His intel
4 tion Is hi the end 70 NAL
Is trocble if.he can get q sutl
ot cient force &) lneii here
Y in Washing St6n to do so. /
se lstin talks about eseDtuaI'
\. having 2a0, 900 nlenherear
other Yot 81 the same sor
His coming here wasa fool
lerrand, and ha hue been E
n firely too lenientI deal twi1
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1894-05-17
$4,000 to meet the expense

$50 900 to meet the expense
of employing extra deputy |
marshals to deal with the
gang OF lawless Coxeyites in
the northwest, and the bill
for extra police protection
which the district Of Colum-
bia has been pairing for al
week past-and will continue|
untilthe Coxeyitecraze|
has passed over amounts to]
not less than $500 q day.
Senator Harris says that
after the amendment to the
tariff bill are reported; to the
Senate, which will be It'll ex-
pected early this week, 7he|
proposes t o Immediately
force a lengthening Of the
daily sittings of the Senate.
unless the republicans will
agree to set Il time for clos
inp dpbate. A little furry
has been created here by q
rulnoI that the Louisiana
legislature that meets on the
Is, INST, would demand tna.t
il duty Of two cents a pound
be puton shgarand that fail.
ing to get it they will elect
successors to SenatorCaff fiery
and Blanchard who will be
instructed TO vote against
the tarifi bill. Few demo
Gratis believe tile rumor. 1t
is Of too eatfanrdinary a ma
ture to he believed, and prob
ably owes its origin to the
fact that this legislature will
elect successors to the Sena-
Y i b..
tors named who are both fill
ing nhexpired terms by ap
pointment ot. the governor
+ Judge B. F. Heayt,ls, 81
Terre HrutE, Ind, who vat
ID re en- t in Washington,
throws considerably needed
light upon the CARRYING Of
|many municipal elections in
This state by the republicans.
1.-The truth is said Judge
Heavens" that the demo
Gratis were not organized any
where and let the things go
Iby default. Itlon't think the
A p. A. rut any great figure
lin the result, though that
Organization helped to or
ganize and solidify the reput
licans. There arc Just as
lmaEy democrats in iloosief'
ldom as ever, but some q
Itheln are growing RESTLESS az
1.-THE long delay in passing 3
|ltariff law. As soon as thai
lis done democratic stock vii
take a strong upward tnrr
lin the political market"
4 large and distinguishes
,Iparty will 60 from Washing
lton to attend the unveillnl
.[of the Mary Washington
monument at Fredericksbur,
Iva. next Thursday. Presl
Il dent Cleveland has promises
Y - 4 l..
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-20
ONE RESULT OF THE STRIKE.

Governor Altgeld has received a letter
from committee of Pullman citizens
asking assistance in feeding 1900 fam
ilies unable to get work there, SO a
Springfield, ILL.,, dispatch says. The dis
patch further states that "the Pullman
company is alleged to be importing men
from all over the country and turning
many old hands out on the street. The
Governor will investigate the situation
at Pullman today"
That the self-caused distress now
existing at Pullman may have to be
relieved by public charity is quite evi-
dent. The men at Pullman chose to
Loaf rather than work, and even
when given an opportunity 10
return they refused until many
OF the vacancies were filled.
Now they ask that the bread of charity
be furnished them and theirs and this il
Independence" OF course their suffer
ings will have to be relieved and their
wants supplied but just why they should
demand State aid for suffering brought
on through their own acts it is
hard to see. Suppose bodies of men ali
over the country quit work because they
were dissatisfied with their wages and
demanded to be supported by the
Government, how long would the public
support them in idleness! Would il be
the duty of the various States to tax
those who were willing to work in order
to support them? Yet the people have
to pay the bills in the end.
And how much cause for complaint
have the "old workmen" because Mr.. Pull.
man has seen fit 20 secure men willing 20
work. They forfeited all right for con.
sideration when they quit work and again
when they again refused to apply for
WORK. Governor Altgeld does right in
investigating this claim for aid. To
grant It merely because il is demanded
OF asked would be well-nigh criminal.
IL they were suffering because of ina
bility to get work from causes not self |
brought on they might properly ask for |
assistance, but, having created the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-20
AN OLD SWINDLE.

Every once in while the woman
bobs up, whose brother was a Harvard
or Yale man, as the case may be, way
back in the seventies, and strikes some
classmate of his for a loan on excuses
that would look reasonable enough but
for the fact that the dodge has been worn
threadbare. Her story generally is that
she has lost her purse on the train. and is
absolutely stranded until she can get into
communication with her friends. she
is always well-dressed, apparently n
lady and thoroughly posted about the
class to which her alleged brother be-
longed, but she is always fraud and il
hardly seems as though college men
would continue to allow themselves to
be swindled by this confidence game
any more easily than they would yield
to the gold brick swindle, or the wiles
of the green goods man.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-20
Chinese Learn From Foreigners.

China, so long the most stationary OF
all countries is decidedly marching on.
The Viccroy Ii Hung Chang's Medical
school at Tientsin for the study of the
western arts and sciences Of healing is al.
ready in active operation, and it Is stated
by Chinese paper that the army and
navy will in future depend upon it for
their supplies of medicines as well as for
the appointment Of efficient medical men
for both services.
The same authority states that tho Chi.
nese druggists arc totally ignorant of med.
ical chemistry. All prescriptions are filed
with raw drugs, and the patients take tho
medicine In decoctions. Chinese surgery
Is based upon brass model representing
the structure and locality Of internal
organs in the human body. The model
Is vague and unfit to be uscd by students
of such an importan. subject. Whereas
says the writer, "the anatomical works of
the west are written upon the exact knowl.
edge OF the human body. There are no
guessing works done In the west. Every
tissue Of the body Is infinitely described
Ind located. London News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-20
THE INCOME TAX.

There are indications that if the Ad-
ministration expects to derive any inn
mediate receipts from the income tax
that 1T may find itself seriously
embarrassed when it undertakes it's col
lection. Chauncey NJ. Depew, who is at
the head of many trusts and estates, as
well as president of the New York Cen
trail, is quoted as saying that he is con-
vinced that the tax is unconstitutional
and will be contested by some of those
from whom heavy contributions were
expected to the income tax receipts.
A long and tedious fight in the United
States courts may follow the footsteps
of the tax gatherer, but those who can
not afford to thus combat the recent
legislation should in all cases pay the
tax under protest, leaving it to the big
estates and corporations to settle in the
courts.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-20
Invention of the Screw propeller.

The introduction Of the screw propeller
into use was accomplished simultaneously
by Smith in England ard Ericsson in the
United States. Both were men of great
ability. Each considered himself the in
ventor OF the screw propeller. Each took
out patents in England In 1886 and In the
United States two or three years after
ward. Each patent differed radically from
the other. Neither patent, for the general
application Of the screw propeller was
sustained either here or abroad, and neither
Smith nor Ericsson patented additional
improvements on the screw propeller.
Each built small screw vessels In England
that were successfully tried In 1887,
Smiths being Of six tons burden, with a
wooden screw, driven by a six horsepower
engine, and Ericsson IS, named the Francis
Is. Ogden, having about double the ton.
mage and power.
Each built larger screw vessels that
were successfully tried in England in
1889. Smiths vessel, the Archimedes, be-
Ing upward OF 200 tons burden and driven
by engines designed by Rcnnie, of 90
horsepower, circumnavigated the island Of
Great Britain In May, 1910. Ericsson's
vessel, the Robert +. Stockton, smaller
and with less power, was tried in England
under steam, and then, I'm April, 1889.
crossed the Atlantic under sail Each in
troduced the screw propeller on merchant
vessels In 1910. Each introduced the
screw propeller on war vessels in 1s43.
Ericsson on the Princeton and Smith ON
the Rattlcr.-F. Is. Stevens In Casters
Ma0azine
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-20

The Atlanta Constitutions Washing
ton correspondent is responsible for the
statement that Senator Blackburn Of
Kentucky, in debate ON Friday last,
called Senator Hill 'cowardly whelp"
and shook his fist at him. The story rs
told by The Constitution is as follows:
When Senator Harris made his
motion today 10 place Mr. White of Cal
| ifornia on the finance committee, Sena-
| tor Hill undertook TO defeat this motion.
Mr.. Blackburn, enraged by this attempt
Of Democrat 10 defeat measure of "a
Democratic finGnce committee. turned
to the Senator from New York and said;
You miserable whelp, you would
not dare outside the sanctity of the
rules Of the Senate betray your own
party to the enemy
Senator Blackburn then crossed over
to Senator Harris and urged him TO let
his resolution lie over until tomorrow.
The remarks Of Senator Blackburn
TO Senator Hill were not understood
upon tue floor, but to The Constitution
correspondent tonight Senator. who
was sitting between the two, stated the
above conversation.
LUIS Is presumably another instance
Of Senatorial courtesy. "The scanctity
of the rules of the Senate is good
coming from man whose quarrelsome,
overbearing and insulting disposition
has been borne with so often on the
floor of the chamber he again disgraced
by his Billingsgate language to Senator
Hill.
Senator Hill can afford to ignore the
epithet which was snarled at him from a
mouth more accustomed to epithets and
loose talk than any other in the Senate,
and charges of betrayal of party come
with ill-grace from the man who
has deliberately voted down
every attempt made to vindicate the |
principles of the Democracy during the
recent tariff controversy. Blackburn is
rapidly developing into a common bully
and his cheap blackguardisms may yet
get him into serious difficulty.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-20
A Sailors Experience. with Disea,e.
No. e Westminster St. Corner Nv

A veteran seaman now residing at
Portland Is promising candidate for the
honors of having survived the most cpl
denies Of any man in Maine. When but
10 years old, ne caught the smallpox and
was very sick, but four years later had
fully recovered and shipped from Portland
for Savannah. There he contracted the
swamp fever, and for two weeks lowered
between l!fe and death in Savannah hos.
pital He finally was sent to New York
by tho hospital surgeon, and from there
got TO Boston as n stowaway, and thence
home on n boat where he had friends.
IL took him year TO recover from this
experience. In 1854, when % years cid,
nc reached Cuba just as the yellow fever
was raging and Of course took the dis
ease. The man In the bunk next TO him
died, but ho recovered. Three years later,
while In New Orleans, he caught the chol.
era and was in acute distress for several
hours, but his strong constitution pulled
him through. Even with all this expe.
rience no is yet strong and vigorous at bs
years and ready for whatever comes next.
-Four ycors ago he left OF using tobacco,
a habit which lac began in boyhood.
iston Journal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-20
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING.
Wipe Off the Slate.
Springfield Republican.

The Boston Herald deprecates "the npblj-
cation Of what one and another man has said
in the course of this tariff discussion. the pres-
ident included" and says that all this taIk
now reads very much like ancient history >,
The Herald would have us drop the past out
of sight altogether. wipe off the slate. and
devote our attention To the present condition
of things. "rhe country" says The Herald
cares very much less as 10 what
one or another politician or pnb-
lie man thought of the tariff law
and of the circumstances that attended IT'S
passage than IL does as 10 how that law is 10
operate" In measure, we suppose that IS
true, but we are forced 10 Judge of the wis
dom OF politicians and public men and most
journalists by what they have said and done.
The tariff bill Is up to date the supreme effort
OF the Democratic party to carry out It's prin-
ciples. That party will be judged by its
works as related 70 its principles. The
Democratic platform Of lS9s cannot
be wiped out, neither can the
uttefances OF Democratic leaders be
ignored. We do not wonder that Tho
Herald dislikes 10 read quotations from Mr.
Cleyeland's letter TO Mr.. Wilson because tb.
party perhdy and party dishonor" which
The President portrayed has been consum.
mated by the surrender OF the Presldent,s
friends. The Herald Is accustomed to re,art
Mr.. Cieveland's utterances as inspired. and 4,
should not complain II people continue 4,
quote them. We shall look 90 see wbetho,
the President Is prophet or not. The Herald
has always sworn by his predictions. and its
endeavor now % ignore them amounts IN a
breach OF faith.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-20

held tho matter to be obscene and Wise was
arrested.
In this case the defendant will make the
point that II II Is lawful to send the Bible ~
mail tits lawful u send portion OF H. Years
ago George Francis Train was locked up in
the Iombs on similar charge. but his case
never came TO trial. Naturally, the fate of
Wise will he awaited with interest and the
hsht IN tie courts over his remarkable postal
card VIII attract IA good deal OF attention
IL strikes us that when man with evil in
tentions makes improper use OF portion OF
the scriptures In manner that is calculated
10 injure public morals he commits a crime
ana should be punished. lie should not be
permitted to shield himself behiud the plea
that he was merely quoting from the
Bible. The man who deliberately picks
out single sentences from the Bible that will
suggest impure thoughts and then makes
them public is an enemy to society, morality
ana religion. There should be heavy pen
atty Tor such offenders. and it is to be hoped
that Mr. Wise will not escape.
No good citizen.-no Cnristian-ever hunted
up certain peculiar passages In the Old Testa-
ment and published them without their
context This should DO the test.