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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1896-10-22

democrats getting out their
full vote on election dav. This
ls d campaign in which t he
people are sufficiently interes
Etpdin the result to come out
themselves"
Inthe House. ON May 7th,
1890, Mr.. Mckinley made Il
speech in which he used t h e
following language: "When
merchandise il the cheapest,
men are the poorest, and the
most depressing experience
in the history of our country
AYE. in all human.history-
have been when everything
was the lowest and cheapest,
measured by gold, for every
thing was thrn; the highest
and dearest measured by la
bOr."
Senator Butler. Chairman
of the POpulist NationalCom
nittpe has given out h | 9
first estilna te of the result Of
the election, He gives Bry-
an 232 electoral votes with
out drawing on Illinois, Mich
igan, Iowa, Delaware and o.
hio, in all OF whirh lie thinks
Bryan has III equal chance
to wln.-
Reports from tn" Pacific
coast are all one xay-iOr
Bryan. The Secretary of the
Democratic State Committee
OF California, writes that the
State is sure for Bryan by n
very large majority, and Mr..
|C. COwlps. of Los Angeles.
in thu same state, says in Il
litter to Senator Faulkner:
"This state will give IL very
large majority for Bryan. |
think more than $4,000. 1t
cnnno! be figured at less. You
need not waste the party en-
rrgy by sending speakers ont
here. While we would like tu
see and hear them, we do not
need them: Don't scatter.
Break the enemies line The
Chairman of the Democratic
State Committee of Oregon
writes that a poll OF thai
state has been taken an Il
that Bryans $ majority wi !
certainly exceed 1000 an Il
nav go as high as 10000,
while the Secretary Of the un
ion Bimetallic pnrtyss OF the
same State says: 81 see n q
reason to doubt that Bryan
will win this state by from
five to ten Thousand"
Secretary E'lgerton, of the
Populist National Commit.
tee. who wasfor several years
Chairman OF the Populist
State Committee of Nebras
ka, and who is thoroughly
posted on existing conditions
in that state, says Bryan vii
get 10000 populist votes
40, 900 democrati" votes, 10
900 silver republican votes
and 5000 prohibitionis1
votes, ii total OF 123, 900
} while Mckinley alll get 80,
900 republican votes and s.
600 gold democratic votes
and that 4 of the 6 Congress
ional districts will certainly
; elect silver men.
: IL have no harsh words fol
those who honestly believe
that the present financia
standard is better than tht
nh n m ,rn ,ya ,,rnnnca opI uh +
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1896-10-22
IMPORTANT.

Don't delay having courthouse
painted while the season is here.
Don't have your paint wasted
and your work hali done by an
inexperienced I3lntar, as paints.
cost money. | wi,l be Iad to dc
your painting end paperh hanging
ing this season. Ten years eyferi
ence Best OF reference given.
J.P. ABSHER, Boone N. 9.
6-23-3 m.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1896-10-22
WASHINGTON LETTER
Prom our Regular Correspondent.

Il.
Mr.. Bryan's managers have
assurances TINT are positive
as it is possible tnmake them
IN advance of the nctnal an
nonncement h at Del.
awarpr West Virginia. Mary.
land and Kentucky, all Of
which are being claimed by
the republicans, are Az safe
f'r Bryan ns Georgia is. 1t
is just as well known to Mr..
Harla as it il to the demo-
rrntic ..,nnagprs that MrKin
lev will get no elpctnralvO, O,es
from the South. hut he is kne
ping up his claims with t h e
hope that it will help him to
SEEN the Bryan tide that il
rapidly raising in the Middle
West and East and which IL
threatening to sweep every
thing, esen MrKinley's own
STATE, before it.
: Many democrats would like
to know by what PROCESS of
reasoning President CIeve-
land arrives ut the concln.
sion that it is not consist
ent with strict prOp'ipty to
,ningle actively IN the pend
ing cAmpnign" (thpse are his
o IN words) and then writes
in the same letter his cam
nendatinn Of the boiling
democrats to tR read at a
gold meeting ut whirh a mem
lmr Of his chbinpt-Serretary
MortOn-was the principal
speaker. They would also
like to know the sort OF pro
rl'iety which allows the Presi
dent to write in ia avor OfgOl,l
aud the members of his cabl.
net to write anil speak in ia
vor III gold and the mem
l,ers OF his cabinet to write
and speak in favor OF gold
without affecting their Off
clal status. but which makes
working fer silver cost mi.
nor Federal officials their pc,
sitions. And while they are
ut it. they would be glad to
know if President Cleveland
does not consider it actively
ningling ia the campaign tn
be holding consultations in
the White House to devise
means for keeping
demOt rats from voting
for the regular dem oeratt
ticket, al he has been doing
since he returned to Washing
ton. They do, if he doesn't.
1t would seem to most ppo.
pie that President Cleveland
is quite ns actively minglin2
in the present campaign. 4.
gainst Bryan, rs he did in Ell.
ther OF the three campaigns
in which he did in either q
che three campaignsiD which
he was the democratic candi
date, in his own behalf. That
word 'mingle' must have beer
carefully chosen. for Mr.. Ulevt
land has not been a mingleI
as most people un 1erstnnC
the term, since be was first
elected President.
Senator Faulkner SAYS o
the reported Dcast of thp re
spuhlicans that they h a W
money enough to buy up th'
doubtful states this year:
"I have never known an eiec
tinn in any state to be car
rieu by the purchase of votes
and | do not think one viii
he rnrried that way this fall
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1896-10-22

IL have no harsh words for
those who honestly believe
that the present financial
standard is better than the
change we propose. and who
seek by their votes to main
tain it. But that man, who
has marched hitherto under
the banner OF silver, and has
derived benefit in the way OF
office by reason thereof, and
in this hour deserts, will find
in the day of reckoning that
there will be for him no city
of refuge. c, NJ. Cook at Mt.
Olive.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1896-10-22
AN EXPLANATION.

|fNa #fa AN GANAAN AAhVNs
There seems to he some
Misrepresentation a 8 to the
nature of the Farmers Fire
Insurance Association. | +
d ffers from the Old
Line or capital Insurance
companies in that honest
farmers and persons owning
property In the ronntry
band themselves I . grther
forlnutual protection again
ut Fire Wind and Lightning
and pay a fee of so cents ON
the hundred dollars which is
to: the expenses OF the organ
ization. Hence there is no
reason Orjustice in rounding
this fee any more than there
is in refunding il. in any other
benevolent institution and
insurance society-as the Odd
Fellows, Masonic Fraternity,
Knights of Honor etc. Do
any OF these benev olent insti
tnti0ns refund the fee paid
for member ship? The old
line or capital companies ex-
act exOrbitaEt premiums
from one to five years in al
vance (and in these Associa.
tons there is no expense till
there is a loss and it is the
unearnrd premiums winch
they agree to ref md, more
orless according to whether
the company or the insured
police holder calls for cancel
lation and they do not pay
back all this for they retain
part Of it foreXpellses, acrold d
ing to the standard short
rate scale. There are now
SS members of tins AssOria-
ton to whom policies have
been delivered amounting to
$77 $4,000 record OF which
iSin the hands of W. L. Bryan,
Treasurer, and it is safe t"
say the amount will increase
I.pre as it has done elsewhere
for Mr.. Hosklns--Genela
Managpr-snys this ia by far
the most hutt"ring showing
for the length OF time of any
AsSOciH ton h9 has establish
I'd in the stateand AS to their
strength and yigor you are
referred to those Of Guilford,
Forsythe. anhStokes-Wilkes
and Alleghauy-(atawba,
Burke, and Ashe counties.
+. s. Blair. Local Agt.
We the undersigned have
examined the charter, plans
and workings OF the Farmers
Mutual Fire Association OF
North Carolina, ard find it
to be in every way a legal or
ganization, 1t was charter
ed by the Legislature of N. C.
IN 1928 and amended in
'95, and it is useless to s Il v
that any registration is need
ed in any county in the state.
1t was organized with mark
ed success by Mr.. Hoskins in
the most wealthy counties in
the State, surh as Guilford,
Forsyth. Stokes, Wilkes, AL
leghany and .Ashe. led by the
best citizens of each coun-
ty who control the greater a.
mount Of property. One Of us
has a policy in said Associa.
tion and the other would
ha We were his property so SIT
uated AS to be admitted.
Spencer Blackburn,
l.. u. Lowe.
| e.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1896-10-22
The
Oldest
And the Best

"In the Fan Of '0S, my ser.
r. b. sRoUzIE, had u lngs carhnn-
Gle OH his neck. Tie dcctor
lanced it, but gave him no per
manent benefit,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-02-07
Evolution In Millinery.

Evolution in millineryis quite an i'm
portant question. First comes the in
definite fall hat of sober straw, or felt,
with its sober trimmings Next, the
genuine winter hats, with feathers and
plumes galore. Then, the intermedi-
ate season, for fancy head-coverings,
and SO on, until spring is with us once
more and straw hats never seemed 50
beautiful. The hat en- regle for pres
ent wear is the soft English walking,
mostly seen in black, but also in the
dull-colored felts, to match costumes.
Those having broad band of velvet
or ribbon and a bunch of quilts at the
side are the most genuinely smart
The perfectly plain ones, having an
immoderately sporty air, which most
women dislike and shrink from, while
being quite au fat for any outdoor
athletics, are quite another thing for
street wear. st. Louis Republic.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-02-07
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.


Rev. Thomas Treadwell Stone, ID.
D., one of the oldest minister's in the
country, died n short time ago in Bos'
ton, at the age of o5 years.
The senior medicos of Michigan
university have elected Chinese girl,
Miss May Stone, otherwise known as
Meiyii Shei as their secretary.
Miss Stella Franklin, grand.
daughter of Benjamin Franklin, sailed
recently from New York to Bombay,
India, as a missionary. This is the
second of the granddaughters of Ben
franklin now on the foreign field.
Mr., John K. Mott, college secretary
of the international committee of the
Y. NJ. c. A., has gone abroad for eigh.
teen months work. After visiting diff
ferent places in Europe he will go to
Turkey, Asia Minor, China and Japan.
-Four professors of the University
of California, after listening, as judges,
to public debate on the new woman
movement, voted solidly against the
new woman, deciding that the move.
ment sis not for the best interests OF
| her race"
The Board of Foreign Missions OF
| the Reformed Dutch) church has COM
menced determined effort to pay off
its debt Of $4,000 If this can be done
Immediately it will leave the board in
better condition for work than many
years past
The monthly statement of the Mis-.
sionary union is as follows: Appropria-
tions, including debt, S67s, 1894. AS; re-
ceived in donations and legacies from
April /, 1895, to November ], 1895, $l9l,'
GAG. Al, which leaves the amount needed
by March 81, 1896, $4s6, 7lS or baptist
Waterman.
"A Franco-Scottish historical society
has Just been formed IN Edinburgh,
which, besides encouraging the study
of the historical relations between
Scotland and France proposes to buy
the old college des Ecossais" behind
the Pantheon in Paris and turn it into
house OF study for Scottish students.
German students of literature are
much exercised over the decay of po
lite letters in the fatherland. In schol
arship it more than holds its own, but
neither in poetry, drama, nor fiction is
there anything notable being done. II
may be said that the same is true o.
music. Germany no longer leads the
, world as she did in this art
ALI France is talking of the extra
ordinary attainments of Mile. Jeanne
Benaben, who received the college de
gree of bachelor of arts two years ago
when she was sixteen. She then be-
came professor of philosophy in q
woman's college at Lyons, and this
year was candidate at Sarbonne fol
the important degree of licentiate II
philosophy. The examiners, though
prepared for prodigy,were amazed a
the extent of her erudition and hel
: serene composure in dealing with the
vexed questions of Descartes, Kan
t aud Compile.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-02-07
His Retnrt Cnnrtenns.

She had yielded to the destinations
of the new woman idea, and was at
least neck ahead of the most ad-
vanced. Her husband was meek and
lowly, and they lived out on Fannin
street After supper she put on her
boomers, got her hat and cane, and
said she was going down to the club
for an hour or two. Henry had gone
to bed, and was trying to figure out
why he had been born. She reached
up to the gas burner and said: SIS
there anything can do for you, Hen.
ry, before put out the light?" Yes,
my dear; I'm feeling rather nervous to.
night Would you mind looking un
der the bed TO see if there's a woman
there before you go outP"--Houston
Post
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-02-07
lpIoMs OF TIE PRIZE RING
Sporting Reporter Taken to Task by HI
Chief.

Sporting Reporter Taken to Task by HI
Chief.
where's that sporting reporters
yelled the notwithstanding editor
as he finished reading the graphic de
scription of prize fight
Here, sir. What's wanted?' and Mr..
Biffs stood before his chief.
"You state here" said the editor,
without looking up, "that Young Nau.
sea and the Pawtucket Pontoon en-.
tered the ring in the pink of condi.
| ton"
"If it's there wrote it," Mr.. Biffs
proudly replied. "They never monkey
with my copy"
"Were the men pink"
The sporting editor looked startled.
mo, not exactly" he replied at
length.
what color were they, then?'
yellow, / think" Mr.. Biffs con.
fessed, as he shifted his weight to the
other leg. His work had never before
been questioned
"Why in thunder didn't you say so,
instead of deluding the public with
the belief that we have pink people in
this country. Now, your account
states that the men tipped the beam
at 154 pounds. What did they tip it
with?"
themselves. That's what the men
weighed" Mr. Biffs answered. He was
growing warmer.
ooh, it is, is it? Very singular.
How about the nine rafting rounds
the men fought? Did you hear any.
thing rattle?'
Mr.. Biffs sat down and wiped his
moistened brow.
II also see that a fat purse was
hung up. On what was this purse sns
pended?"
"The mill" said Mr. Biffs feebly.
"Then you forgot to mention that
the fight took place in a mill. Young
Nausea, you remark, was hog fol
punishment That is an elegant term
| must admit, but do not understand
it. Kick hog in the face and he will
quit. Isn't that SOP"
The talented and versatile Mr.. Biff:
groaned aloud in the anguish of hi
spirit. The horrors of the printed
prize fight were beginning to dawr
upon his darkened intellect
"In the fonrth round" went on tbs
remorseless editor, young Nausea
reached for the Pontoon's wind. Wa,
this gentleman's wind visible to the
naked eye, or did Young Nausea us,
forceps?"
| Mr.. Biffs arose and staggered weakly
toward the door.
"Rallying quickly, the Pontoor
landed lala-cooler in his opponent
bread basket, sending him to grass
That's fanny" unused the editor sc
never knew before that pu2ilists car
ried their lunch into the ring; but thei
you were there, Mr.. Biffs, and"
But wild yell in the corridor an
nounced that Reason and Mr.. Riffs hat
flown together IN. Y. Journal
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-02-07
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

IF you want your cream to curdle
in your coffee You can generally oh.
tain the wished-for result by putting
the cream and sugar into the cup
and then pouring the hot coffee in.
The way to avoid having it curdle is to
pour the cream in first, then the coffee
and the sugar last of all.
Liver Croquettes. Bake calf's
liver on apiece of paper the day be-
fore. When cold chop fine, season
with salt, pepper and the piece of an
onion. Add one well-beaten egg and
two heaping tablespoonful of cracker
crumbs. Form into coquettes and fry
in hot butter. Farm, Field and Fire
side.
Plum Pudding. Eight crackers
rolled fine, four eggs we'll beaten, one
quart milk, three-fourths cup sugar,
two tablespoons butter, one-fourth
teaspoon salt, one-fourth nutmeg
grated, one-half teaspoon cinnamon,
one pound raisins, seeded. Mix all but
eggs, then add them beaten very light;
bake in moderate oven about one and
q half hours. Orange Judd Farmer.
Caramel Custard. Turn one-fourth
of a cup of sugar into a stewpan and
stir it over the fire until it becomes
liquid and brown. Scald cup and a
half of milk and add the Drowned
sugar. Beat two eggs thoroughly, add
to them one-half cupful of cold milk
and turn the mixture slowly, stirring
constantly that no Jumps form, into
the scalding milk. Continue to stir
until the custard thickens. Set away
to cool and serve in glasses. Good
Housekeeping.
Lemon Pudding. Make n nice two
layer cake, any kind you wish, and for
filing (which is the pudding) make q
custard of two eggs whipped very
light one cupiul of white sugar, one
large lemon; CRATE the yellow rind and
press out all the juice and pulp, and
add to the eggs and sugar. Place this
in double boiler, stirring slowly un-
til it thckens; spread it between the
layers of cake. Have both cake and
custard hot. Serve warm with whip
ped cream sweetened and favored with
lemon. Ohio Farmer.
Almond Cream Calie.-Two cupfuls
of powdered sugar, one of sweet milk,
three of flour, onc-fourth of cup OF
butter, whites of four eggs, we'll beat
en-, and two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder and half a teaspoonful OF
vanilla. Bake in four tins and put to.
gether in layers, with cream made as
follows: Whip one cupful of cream to
a froth and stir gradually into it hall
a cupful of powdered sugar, a few
drops of vanilla and one pound of al
monds, blanched and chopped. Spread
thick between the layers. Frost the
top and sides.-N. Y. Ledger.
Fine Beef Jelly.-An excellent
food for invalids and convalescents.
Put pound of lean beef, cut fine, into
a porcelain-lined stewpan, with pin,
of cold water. Let it stand half an
hour, and then put it on the stove,
where it will heat gradually. While
boiling hot skim carefully and put
it where it will simmer gently for hall
an hour. When this is cooking, put a
third of box of gelatipe in two table
spoonfuls of cold water. Salt the
broth to taste, and strain, boiling hot
over the geIatinc. Stir till dissolved
Strain into cups or moulds. Set away
to cool.-Mary Mason, in Boston
Rudpet
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-02-07

WET-BLANkET PEOPLE.
Those Whose Very Presence Is Menace I
Happiness.

Happiness.
The wet-blanl1et disposition is one
of the most unfortunate elements that
can be introduced into social or home
life. 1t is demoralizing, depressing
and irritating in the extreme to sensi-
tive organizations We all of us know
of places and people where there is a
continual check upon everything that
is proposed or suggested. If some one
has new idea, there is an objection 10
it; if new theory is advanced, q sem
tence from these wet blankets is shot
through it, and it collapses like a
punctured tire, taking the heart of the
speaker, metaphorically, into his or
her boots. Somebody comes in, full of
new project, in high spirits and with
all colors flying, and before the intro
ductory sentences are finished, slap
goes the wet blanket
There are few things that SO quickly
and easily make life IA burden as con-
slant succession of rcbuffs of this sort.
Especially is a course of this kind in
furious to nervous and high-spirted
children. Mlny little life has been
darkened, many mind been warped,
and many a heart broken by repeated
rebukes of this description. If one has
treasure priced above all things
there is always something to be said
against it, or some one else has discov-
cred that it really doesn't amount to
much. If there are great ambitions in
4 certain direction and the child fam
cies that it can reach a desired point it
is crushed by some brutal remark aud
driven back upon itself with chill
that it takes many an hour to recover
from.
There are people who pride them
selves on their ability to do this sort
of crushing. For some reason or other
! they seem TO think it is little bit
smart, and they parade it on all occa-
sions, regardless of whom it hits or
how much it hurts. A blow in the
face with the hand would be consid-
cred serious affront, but it is we'll
bred, merciful and commendable as
compared with this eternal et-blanket
habit that many persons indulge in,
and the worst of it is they do not
seem to realize that they are do
ing anything very dreadful. 1t
is notable fact, however, that
these same persons are exceedingly
touchy if similar responses are accord.
ed to their IDEAS There is likely to
be good deal &C fuss and feathers
when somebody ridicules or protests
against some OF their pet theories. /,
would be a good plan if all children
and young people could take "a thor
ough course of training in considers
ton for the feelings of their associ
ates. A stroke that causes physical
pain can find redress in some way, but
there is neither law nor gospel that i,
able to restrain the malicious or sar.
castle tongue of the wet-blanket fiend.
| n. Y. Ledger.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-02-07
GIRLS WOODEN FROCKS.
Pretty Trimmings and Materials for Win
ter Garments.

ter Garments.
Velvet is the fabric chosen for com
bination with nice woolens, and for
the very few silk frocks that fashion
able mothers permit their little daugh-
tiers to wear. BY way of trimming,
narrow edges of fur are much seen
and lace is less used than formerly,
especially in gathered ruffles. Flat
guipure bands and the white embroid-
cries that initiate passementerie are
very popular Ribbed velvet ribbons
are on the gay little French gowns,
while others have many rows of black
velvet ribbon almost as narrow as
soutache braid. Narrow bands of
black ostrich feathers are also effect
lively used as borders.
Among stylish contrasts of color are
tan cloth dresses with deep collar or
a vest of clear green velvet. A cloth
dress of the favorite green has printed
velvet accessories, green with rose de-
signs on the revers and vest Dark
ruby velvet forms full gathered vest
on waist of brown and red frise wool.
A covert-suiting jacket-waist has a
gathered plastron OF rich nasturtium
velvet. Blue and green are together
in many ways, q deep collarette OF
green velvet trimming very rich
dress of blue and black boucle, while a
simple blue mohair of the heavy serge
twill has stock and belt of emerald
green velvet Brown velvet edged
with mink bands forms large collar
of low guimpe waist of a bright red
crepon, If a girl has a great deal of
color in her face she will wear white
trimming, but satin is preferred to
velvet, as white satin band under
guipure lace edged with fur down the
front of waist of brown or green Gre
pom, and her stock will be of the satin
with great bow in the back. Harp
er's Bazaar.