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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-05

saved in the buying.
Garments bearing the
BURK a CO. UNION r. ruTyrssn QzsS cIpprTTr :
LABEL are union-made, T. ~ I'll =
and this fac-simile certifi- S1TSgl TS:ssg 4 HEIit IS
cate Of the United Gar Sisss "a 80 JgI'Eb I'll
ment Workers of America
is attached to every piece
Matters not what may be your size large, small,
stout or slender the mammoth line contains spe.
cia patterns that are form-fttng and are directly
adapted and made for such special sizes
no Merchant Tailor matters not who nor where,
turns them out to fit better and few SO good
Hundreds OF Mems Pants Of pretty stripes, neat
checks, staple hair lines black and blue serges,
worsteds and diagonals have been culcd from the
mammoth Pants Department and have been aver
aged at the Bargain Price Of Three Dollars
Stacks Of Mems Fine Pants that usually sell
everywhere at Five Six and Seven Dollars are in
this line at only -Four Dollars.
Finest Quality Imported Worstcds and Chcyiots
are among the Five Dollar Range.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-05
Big Bargains in the Hat Department!

dor on
aue ms
onyT 0 adM
Approved FOR THE RENOWNED HARRINGTON HAT
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-05-09

had been buried in the soil to O
depth where they could not
sprout. Soil samplesw ere taken
at various distances from t h e
surface to the depth OF a foot.
These samples were placed under
genial conditions and tie seeds
which germinated were raised
and cultivated to n towering
stage. Although the land h o d
ceased to be arabic between three
and four hundred years before,
the weeds of cultivation were a.
bundantly represented, and DR..
Peters claims to have proved
that the seeds of many field aud
pasture plants retain their vital
ity considerably more than half
q century. =,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-05-09
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria,
BIG BID hOR SOME or
YOUR CASH.

We have n full line of Gen
eral Merchandise. and are re-
ceiving new goods every few
days, which we propose to
sell at prices never before
heard of, for cash. We
invite your attention to a
few OF our prices named be-
low: All wool cassimer 80
inches wide ut l5cts., French
casslmers 3Oc., cottonades
1Oc. and mp, heavy domestic
SIC. by the bolt. plaids 5Ac.
standard prints at &c. and
mp, cassilners and henrettas
in all the latest styles, cheap
Crepoline, the latest fad in
dress goods, in the very la
test spring shades at 1Oc.
We just receiving a large
stock of Shoes and Hats, of
all kinds ut the very lowest
prices. Also a nice line of no
tion- cheap. Mems good half
hose at &C., fast black zoe.
HARDWARE
Of all kinds. Farmers, listen
to our prices on hoes: Heavy
6A inch planters hOpfor 29c.
medium cotton hoe 4 Tor $1.
boys hoes 20 cts. each. You
can get anything in tinware
at prices that will astOnish
you. Try our Xxx tinware.
GROCERIES,.
Under this head we are pre-
pared TO offer you some spe-
cia! inducements. Good green
coffee 5 lbs for $1. 4 lbs. Ar
buckles $1, 1S lbs. white ex-
ira { sugar ISL, 6 lbs soda
25:. Oysters, cenned peaches
rolled oats, soaps, etc. In
fact almost anything kept in
Il country store, ut prices
that defy competition.
BW The highestmarket prices
paid for country produce.
sg Try a glass of our great
summer drink only DC. Call
and get our prices before buy
ing elsewhere. Resp.
W. h. SHER WOOD 4 Co.
Amuntla, May l, '95.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-05-09
A Versatile Lawyer.

When Judge Parsons was
Il practicing lawyer he was
once employed to plead two
cases in the court which were
precisely alike, but in one he
was engaged for the plaintiff,
in the other for the defend.
ant. 1t happened that both
cases were tried the. same day.
He spoke for half an hour to
the first jury; the case was
given to the jurors and they
had retired. When he appear
ed before the second jury he
made use OF very different ar
guments from those employ
ed bv him before, of which
the court took notice, remin-
ding him that he seemed to
have changed Ills tune and re
peated to him what he. h a d
said a few minutes before.
Mr.. Parsons fixed his keen
eye upon the Judge and repli-
ed: "May it. please your hon
or, might have been wrong
half an hour ago, but now |
know | am right" He pro-
ceeded, and when the juries
returned it was found he had
gained a verdict in both ca-
ses. Lewiston Journal.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-05-09

Messenger: AS we predicted the
RAIDS have given a serious back.
set to the common schools. With
but little education themselves
they DEVELOPED into enemies of
popular education. Schools with
out proper SUPPLEMENTARY and
qualified teachers will prove a
fraud and a deception. The clerk
is to name the fellow who is to
examine teachers. This IL indeed
a step backward. Why, oh why.
should North Cnroiina h ave
been 80 afflicted, 30 cursed with
such a prostituted, rapacious, in
capable, ignorant body?
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-05-09
A Strange Story.

Saturday Review.
A young man, walking to
the house of his brother, a
yeoman, found the inn at a
nelghboring town very full.
lie shared the room of q mer
chnnt'who was openly count
ing out his money. Having
occasion to visit the garden
and also to borrow a knife,
he accepted the loan OF u
knife from a merchant. On re
turning to his room he found
the merchant gone; he went
to bed, slept, rose early, walk
ed to his brothers and was
arrested in the afternoon for
lnurdering'the merchant. In
his pocket was that trade
mans knife, and between the
blade and handle wasa gum
ea OF Mary and William.
At the inn the merchants
empty bed was stained with
blood, and though the mer-
chants body was nowhere to
be found, the Young man was
condemned for murder and
hanged in chains on his bro
theirs farm. Here u swain OBJ.
served that the body mt we'd;
it was cut down, life WAS re-
animated and the youth fed
to sea. Taken by Spnniards
in South America, he rose to
be warden of the goal, and
while in enjoyment of that. Of
tice recognized among some
English prisoners the person
for whose murder he had sui
tered.
The fact was that the mer-
chant, while the youth W a Is
absent in the garden, discov-
cred that he was bleeding free
ly from Il vein which h a d
been opened that day. file
hurried TO the surgeon in the
dark, was seized by IL press
gang, elved his Britani>
Majesty in IA ship ofwar, was
taken by the Spaniards, and
at last, met IN goal of South
America, the very man who
had been hanged foI murde:- :
ing him in England.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-05-09

Vitality Of Seeds.-Dr. Peters,
of the Botanic Garden of Coffin
gin, has been experimenting with
seeds taken from different depths
oil soil in a dense wood from
100 to $50 years old, which had
been arabic land for many years
before it cnlne woodland. His oh.
ject was to discover how longthe
seeds Of weeds would retain the
power of terminating after they
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-05-09
Notice Of DISSOLUTION,

The firm of Johnson, Ed
misten < Co., of Blowing
Rock. has this day by mutu-
al consent desolved, Edmis,
ten & Co. to pay all claims
against the firm of Johnson,
Edulisten 4 Go. This April
26th. 1895.
JOHNSON, EDMIsTEN Il Co.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-05-09

indianapolis Journal. "And
now gentlemen OF the jury shou
ted the young lawyer. running
his long fingers through his flow
ing locks, ''now gentlemen of the
jury, | ask you as men and citi.
zens of this great and glorious
republic if the spotless character
"f my client is to be bepermitted to
suffer from the words uttered by
that-by that vermiform appen.
dix who sits in the witness box
with perjury stamped all over
him!'
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-05-09
A Remarkable Cure Of Rheumatism.
From the GrOtcn Connecti.
cut Re view.

: David Lewis, who has been
afflicted all winter by rheu-
matism, is out again and all
due to one of the medicines
advertised n our columns.
After trying everything pos
sible, he used ChamberIain's y
Pain Balm, which has reliev.
ed him of all pain. from which
he was a constant sufferer
and promises to make hin.
f. for duty soon. We know
David has been a great suffer
er and are glad to see him
aronnn again. For sale by
W. l., Bryan.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-05-09
Buckleu's Arnica Sa,vc.

The best salve in the world for
cuts, bruises, sores, salt rheum,
teversores, tetter, chapped HANDS
chilblains, corns. and all skin
eruptions, and positi ively cures
piles, or no pay required. 1t il
guaranteed to give perfect salts.
faction or oney refunded
Price 25 cents per box. For sale
by w. l.. Bryan.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-05-09
Getting Into Trouble.
Washington News.


Getting Into Trouble.
Washington News.
IL have n friend Yelling
through North Carolina, ~
said D. +. Stuart at the Raj.
eigh, 'He has a natural pro-
pensity for getting into hot
water. In IL letter to me the
otherd day hereIa tes n funny ex
perience he had at Il hostlery
in II little town OF the State.
This is part of his wall:
And now let me give Won
a brief sketch of the latest
predirament | GOT into. Igot
into Il little place called Mai.
den, and stopped at Il hotel
for thinner. They hnve no wal
ter there. at sleast they had
none when | was there. They
mny have got some since. TO
tell the truth, they had a de-
vice rugged up which nispens-
ed with their service. The ta-
ble was round and composed
of two tiers. The first, or low
er tier was stationary, and
on it rested your plate, otr.
On the upper tier was PLACED
the dishes, containing the in
evitable ham, the onniprps
ent fried eggs, the mashed DO
tatops. the tnrnip-top let
ture (?) and al. other things
which 60 to support life in
this Old North State. THIS
tier is so built thatit revolves
so that if you want the stew
ed tomatoes and they chance
to bp in front of the pimply
faced fertilizer drummer, all
you have to lo give a spin,
AMI presto, yon have the to-
matOes in front of you. One
drawback to the thingis that
you have to hold it while get
ting the stuff or else some fel-
low at the other side of the ia
ole Will spin it away from
you. | wanted some but ter
the day I was there and it
was half way round +, ON me.
An elderly lady lit so hnp-
pened but did not know it)
was helping herself to t II e
ham ami had hold 0i the ta-
bic. | tried to spin it, but it
wouldn't move. | got mad
and braced myself. lust as
| got IA good gIlp on t h e
thing the aforesaid elderly la
dy let go and the d : thing
went whizzing. | caught the
tomatoes on my lap, the plm
ply-fnced drummer was fortu
nate enough to stop the po-
tatoes, the elderly lady got
the rice, the ham caught the
landlord in the stomach and
caromed off into the lap of a
young lady on his left, the
turnip top lettuce unloaded
onto the head a very red,h hair
ed and much freckled youth
who sat on my left, while the
butter stuck in the hair of IA
man who was drumming for
Il coffin factory. The land lat-
dy caught the biscuits and |
caught the devil, Az well as
The tomatoes. Il cost me just
$3.50 to pay for the dishes. :"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-05-09

Ivy id"y N He quOteu clauSe
IS what t SpcrptaryMolton ton be-
lieves ia II bar to spending
lthe money, as thelaw express
lly and distinctly, limits t Ii e
purchase an1 distribution ol
seeds to ''such as are. rare
and uncommon in this coun-
tr,," and it Is customary to
buy only a few of these for
use at the department expe.
rinental station.
The Supreme Court cannot
finally dispose of the income
tax eases, upon which argu-
ments for Il re. hearing will be
heard next Monday, too
soon to suit Treasury depart
mpnt officials. The vote of
Justice Jackson. who will sit
To hear the argument for a
re-hearing, itcast against n
re-hearing will settle uh Z
whole business, as it is under
stood the other eight me I'M
hers of the court are equally
diyided; but should he vote
for a. lpilearing'it will be left
open until thatrehearing has
taken place and n decision
shall have been han led down
and that mny not until after
tba first Of July, which is the
last day upon which the in
come tax can be paid without
n penalty. The votes by which
bends and rents were exempt
ed were ~nch that the, result
cannat be changed, NJ mat
ter how Justice Jackson may
voteupon them.
Wonder what those HAIR
trigger individuals who were
so much afraid, sometime a.
go that Secretary Herbert
would not have, the Navy
properly represented at
''elebration attending the
he opening of the sea canal
dt Klpl, on June l6, think Of
themselves now? In addition
tn the San Francisco and the
Marblehead, first 1esigna ted,
Secretary Herhrrt'has order.
ed that the New York and he
Columbia shall also go to
kiel.. And there is' Il possa-
bility that.the Secretary may
20 himself on the Dolphin.
Secretary Morton's beef
Investigations must be dis
quieting the beef trust. when
one OF it's members makes the
ridiculous charge that those
Investigations arekppping up
the price of beef. Secretary
Morton smiles ut me charge,
which he. correctly character
i"es as nonsense. and asks
pertinently: "Why should
asking questions, in order to
get at the truth, asitate any
body, or effect tn beef mar
ket?" That why will doubt
less be echoed by the beef con
sumers who have been com
PEELED 20 pay tribute to the
gretdiness Ot the men W h o
compose the beef trust.
Buckleu's Arnica Sa'vc.
The hest salye i'm the world for
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1895-05-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

Y FfeSl0ent CieVnlan0 declines
TO get excited because Eng.
land is engaged in giving Nj
carangua "a metaphOriral
spanking, and 10! there is d
great howl from his enemies,
who accuse him of. abandon
ing the Monroe doctrine. Il
the Monroe doctrine means
that the United States shall
fight, or threaten to fight ev
cry European country which
those cockney little South
and Central American rppub-
lies by their hot-hradpd acts
get into trouble with, ought
to he abandoned. Asa mat
ter OF fact no administration
has ever put any such CON
structiOn uron the Monroe
doctrine. While England's :
demand upon Niraugna may
be eXtortiOnate. there ia nt,
doubt. that it was provoked
by Nicaragua, which h q d
somehow got the idea that
the United States would in
terfere in it's behalfbpfoe the
worst came to the worst.
England Is doing precisely
what theUnited Stat would
-dO under similar circu nstan-
ces compelling reparation
Tor Insult and injury to her
subje.ts-aHhon this conn
try would probably have
gone about it differently The
administration t!esel YES com
nIendation Tor it's policy Oi
nun-interferance in this mat
ter, and can be depended up
on to act promptly and pa
tlioticiIly when any Amer
can interest is asSailed, but
it has no idea ofbeing driven
into an uncalled for row with
England by .he irresponsible
lingo element.
1t is every day becoming
clearer that the republicans
are going to try to straddle
the tina ncial qupstionintheir
next national platform. A
proposition, which il said to
have received the endrorse
ment of a number Of t h e i T.
most prominent inen, iilclud-
ing two candidates for t h Z
Presidential nomination, is
that a plank be inserted in
tn" platform for.the coinage
of $40O, 100, 600 in silver, at
Il ratio OF IL to l, the idea 'je
ing that this will prevent the
boiling of the silver repubii-
cans in the west.
1t is nothing new to say
that Secretary Morton is op-
posed to the indiscrimina t.
distribltion OF all kinds of
seeds by the Department OF
agriculture. He has been op-
posed to it from the day he
learned OF the a bsolute waste
which accompanied the dis
tribution of seeds, to say no
thing abont those Congress
men who sold in bulk t h e ir
quota of seeds, and ifhecould
have had his, way, Congress
would not have approprlat-
ed one dollar for the purchas
of seeds for indiscriminate
free distribution during the
coming.fiscal year. But he did
not have his way, AID an ap-
preparation. somewhat small
er than usual, was made for
that purpose. 1t is not cer-
tain, however, that Secreta-
ry Morton will sf,end that mn
Evening star., 1895-08-20
LABOR BUREAU AND LIBRARY.

Conference Held of Representatives
OF Labor Organizations.
The first practical steps toward organiz-
ing the labor bureau and library to which
reference has been made in The Star, and
which has been indorsed by the Federation
of Labor and District Assembly, No. SO, K.
of L., were taken last night at a meeting
of g committee composed of one delegate
from each of the labor organizations of
the District.
Mr.. j. B. Fenton was called to the chair,
and MIR. E. j. Rea was chosen secretary.
Mr.. w. H. G. Simmons gave his views on
the subject at some length.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Simmons ad-
dress the question Of the expense attendant
upon conducting such an establishment
was taken up and very fully discussed. A
number Of plans for raising funds for the
purpose were suggested, but the one which
found most general favor was that a fair
shall be held.
The opinion was expressed by several
speakers that an appeal to the merchants
and buSin ,ss men Of the city In the inter-
est of such a fair would be literally re-
sponded to. No decision was reached in the
matter. The matter will probably be fur
ther discussed at the next meeting of the
committee
Committees were appointed to gather sta
tistics. to procure necessary books and to
ascertain the cost of hall suitable for a
headquarters
The request was made by the chair that
the members of the various committees
above named shall lay the subject of the
bureau and library before their respective
unions at the earliest opportunity.
Evening star., 1895-08-20
THE BATHING BEACH POPULAR.

Superintendent Stevens Says There fs
No Stagnant Water There.
'sThe growing popularity of the bathing
beach has procured for it SO many advo-
Gates and defenders that for the past year
or more it has not often been necessary
for me to appear in print" said Mr..
w. x. Stevens, superintendent of the bath
ing beach, to Star reporter today. 1T is
very gratifying to know that persistent
telling of the truth does gradually remove
prejudice ard win public confidence"
Mr. Stevens then referred to publications
alleging that there was stagnant water at
the beach. This he. denied. There are
not" he said, ''any treaeherous holes in
the bottom. The sand is thin in some
places that may be waded to at low tide.
If you chance to be in the water at the
turn of either food or ebb tide. and there
is no wind, it appears absolutely still, but
when the tide is running either way there
are queer eddies, risings and fallingS
around the wharves and along the shores,
which set spectators to watching for big
fishes or the kraken, or sea serpent or
whatever monster Imagination can build
out of their stock OF big fish stories. but
there is no current in any one direction,
and no stagnant water, to endanger life.
Every six hours the tide either rises or
falls over four feet. With these changes,
and great waves, which have often tipped
pieces, there could not be stagnant water.
And we do not have to wait long for an
angel to stir the pool. as OF old; the little
angels-or imps, according to the prevalent
disposition-of nearly every household in
the city vie with each other III their efforts
to be the first in. and 10 o'clock a. m. sell
dom sees less than fifty in line to register
and be tfcketed. Every morning our at
tendants have to skim the water of great
amount of grass. weeds, pollen Of trees
and moss torn from the rocky borders by
waves, but no stagnant growth. Warm
and cold veins in the water absolutely
force circulation. and cannot be found in
stagnant water. Swimming far out is
against the rules, being unnecessary and
dangerous. Let me advise all who are
subject to cramp to stay near shore, with
in assisting distance of the life guard, who
daily helps such. An average registry of
almost 700 'bathers for every warm day
stretches our capacity beyond what may
be called accommodation and. as the pub
lie gradually wakens to the fact that our
patronage is wholly orderly, and mostly Of
the best class. the revulsion of feeling IN
favor of the beach is rapid, demanding
greatly increased accommodations"
Evening star., 1895-08-20

mother interfered. You will go your lane,
Jamie Lauder. I dinna ken whether you
are right or wrang. I ken naething about
that weary siller. But do ken there has
been naething but trouble since Andrew
saved you from the sea. I'm no saying it
is your fault, but the sea has been against
you'll stay AVA"
Christina! Am I to go?"
Go. Jamie, but I'll come to you, and
there Is name shall keep me from YOU?
Then Jamie went, and far down on the
SANDS Christina heard him call. Goodbye,
Christina! Goodbye" And she would have
answered him, but Janet had locked the
door, and the key was In her pocket. Then
Tor hours the domestic storm ragged, An
drew growing more positive and passion
ate, until even Janet was alarmed, and,
with tears and coaxing, persuaded him to
go to his bed Still. In this hurly-burly of
temper, Christina kept her purpose intact.
She was determined to go to Glasgow as
soon as she could win outside. If she was
In time for a marriage with jamie she
wcrld be his wife at once; If Jamie had
60 re, then she would hire herself out until
the return of the ship.
This was the purpose she intended tc
carry out in the morning; but before dawn
her mother awakened her out of a deeI
sleep She was in a sweat of terror.
Run up the cliff for Thomas Roy" she
cried. land then send Sandy for the doctor
Andrew is raving, and I'm feared for him
Quick, Christina. there isna a moment te
lose!'
Continued on Wednesday,
Evening star., 1895-08-20
KILLED IN HIS OWN TRAP,
Grocer Cross Fixed n Gun for Burs
lars and Forgot About It.

Grocer Cross Fixed a Gun for Burg
lars and Forgot About 1t.
A special from Suffolk, Va, says: Benja-
min E. Cross, who did a grocery business
on East Washington street, was shot by a
trapgun Saturday night. sustaining injuries
terminating fatally Sunday. His store had
been recently robbed. and, thinking to be
prepared for the next marauders, Cross
set an old army musket in the rear heavily
charged with No. shot, with nicely ad-
justed wire attachment to the trigger He
put out the lights about midnight and was
preparing 20 close the doors when he re-
turned to the back Of the store to get a
forgotten package.
Forgetting the trapgun, he struck the
danger wire, which discharged the piece,
and he received the load of shot in the leg
near the knee The limb was nearly sew
cred, parts of the flesh and muscles being
torn away and fmbedded in the wall Drs.
Barker and Gibson were summoned but
owing to the great loss of blood before their
arrival they could render no service except
to alleviate pain, and the victim of his own
scheme expired yesterday. He leaves a
wife and two children.