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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-05-13

Tuesday afternoon Mr.. H,
Hilhseth, who lives near the
Cason Old Field, Gulledge
township, suffered a peculiar
and, to him. a very painful
accident. He had both bar
rels Of his gun heavily load
ed and was in his corn field
hunting crows He carried
the gun on his left arm cock
ed, and as he was in the act of
shooting a crow both b a r
rels were accidently discharg
ed simultaneously. When it
was discharged the butt o /
the gun was just opposite
Mr.. Hilbreth's face and it
kicked him squarely on the
nose, breaking that member
and cutting a severe cash in
one OF his cheeks.-Wades
boro Messenger.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-05-13
"WAGES MUST GO DOWN.,

In q recent interview, Sen
ator Elkins, who is a noted
champion OF protection and
other schemes to enrich the
few at the expense of the
many, is quoted as saying
that under the operation of
the Dingle.y tariff "wages
must go down." The Nc
Kinle.S act sent them down
not only to a lower scale,
but made it impossible for
wolkingmen to get employ
ment at all. And now we
are told by one of the lead
ing protectionists. W h e n
wages are lower than before
the enactment of the Me-
Kinley act, wages in
America stand against a re-
vival of business"
Senator Elkins may be
right when he says "wages
must go down" Under the
gold standard and a protec-
tive tariff higher than ever
known before, wages have
gone down and employment
has lessened. In the last
campaign Senator Elkins and
his party assured us that Mr.
Mckinley was the advance
agent of prosperity" and ar
pealed to the workingmen to
vote for him in order to Sc.
cute high wages and steady
work. Now Mr.. Elkins turns
to them and says: Wages
in America stand against q
revival Of'buSiness." In 9th
er words, the threat is made
to the wOrkingmen that un
less they consent to a afurthel
reduction OF their wages the
promised "revival Of busi
ness will not come.
The threat of Mr.. Elkins IL
but a candid expression o
the views OF the syndicate
that purchased the preslden
cy last November. They
want high tariff to add t(
their incomes, but they dom
want to make q fair dlvis
ion with the wage-earners
and sooner than do that
they will postpone the "reviv
al of business"
One Of these days the hum
bug OF "protection' will full,
expose itself.-News and Oh
server.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-05-13

AGENTS WANTED-For Warm
n Cuba by Senior Quesada, Cuban
Representatives, Washington. En-
dorsed by Cuban patriots. In tire
mendous demand. A bonanza TOR
agents. Only $3.50. Big book,
big commissions. Every body
wants the only en- orsed, reliable
book. Outfit fire. Credit given.
Freight paid. Drop all trash and
make $500 a month with War in
Cuba. Address today the NAT
IoNAL Book CONCERN 352-356,
Dearborn St., 'hicago
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-05-13

Wilmington Messenger:
Miss Edna RobesoR has been
appointed by Judge Sutton
stenographpr tor the circuit
composed of New Hanoyer.
Mecklenburg, Cumberland,
Robeson, Craven, Wilson,
Halifax, Warren. Nash and
Edgecombe counties.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-05-13

Darling" he said, falling
upon his knees before herand
covering her little white
hands with kisses, darling,
can't you see--can't you
guess that | love your"
She drew herself up to her
full heighth, looked at him
for a moment and then Jald,
"Wpll, | should hate to think
that this was just your nat
ural way of behaving in com.
panyp'-Leader.
~ f,u-
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-05-13


Kinley was nominated an d
el ,cted, and that he has re-
fused all offers OF other posi-
tions, although some Of them
carry more salary and insist
ed upon being nominated
postmaster at Augusta. The
Georgia Senators believe they
can defeat his nomination in
the Senate, ana it is certain
that they will fightin the last
ditch and hang it up if they
can't defeat it,,
"Oh, its just the regular
pendulum" is the substance
OF what members Of the ad-
minlstration say when their
attention is called to the
large amount OF gold-more
than $1,000, ,000-engaged
last week in New York for
shipment to Europe, "and it
will all come back again in
the fall to pay for ourcrrps.
They may be right, out those
with good memories have
not forgotten that Secretary
Carlisle and his assistants
talked the same way in 1894
when nearly $102, 600, 600,
in gold went to Europe, and
in 1895, when the value ex-
ported almost reached $1O5-
100000, and again in 1896,
when it went close to $5T,.
100000, and they know that
this gold was only brought
back by issuing $261, ,0OO.-
900 in United States bonds.
Mr.. Mckinley has said that
he would notissue bonds, but
he has also said that Mr..
Cleveland did right in issuing
them when the continued de-
mand for gold caused the
gold reserve in the United
States Treasury TO fall below
the arbitrary limit set with
out any legal authority by
John Sherman he was Secre-
: ta7y of the Treasury. Every
bodyhopes,that this gold raid
isnot made by the New York
and London money cl.ang-
8 ers to force to force another
issue of bonds, hut that
doesn't keep people from
wondering what Mr.. McKin-
ley would do, should it turn
ont that way.
Democratic employees OF
t he Treasury Department
who are not so unsOphistlcat
ed as to expect to be protect
ed ny the civil service com.
mission are preparing to get
: it in the neck" A commit
tee has beer appointed to in
yestigate all the bureaus o
the Treasury Department
and to report a plan of reor
=. gnnization that will enable
the most efficient employees
, to get the largest salaries
= That sounds all right
doesn't it? But every wid'
y awake democrat knows thai
;, the plan reported will Civ
=, the biggest salaries to the re
r. publicans, and is preparing
to take his dose of reduction
. with as good grace as he cal
- if he isn't IN a position tC
y, show his disgust by resign
ing when the reorganization
. :, is made.
o AGENTS WANTED-For Wari
~ ACuba by Senor Quesada, Cuba
: representativein Washington. E
J. dorsed by Cuban patriots. In tr
l. mendous demand. A bonanza TO
4 agents. Only $3.50. Big book
VI k;,r onpn rnicciouc Evary hod
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-05-13

The Indiana town elections
on Monday last showed de-
cided Democratic gains-as
every election has shown
since the people found out
that the extra session of Con
gress was the advance agent
of higher taxes, philadelphia
Record.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-05-13
After A Wife.

the s scenes and the actors he.
ing in a Western North Caro-
lima county not 100 miles
from Bun"ombe. There lived
in one OF the country settle
ments a farmer, tOlerablv
we'll fixed, who had been SO
unfortunate as to loose.
through death, three wives.
But he was of a phllosophi-
cal turn of mind, and he de-
terminei he would not give
way to grief, bit seek solace
in another marriage. So one
day he diked out in his "Sun-
day.go.to, meetin's." put
bear grease on his head, and
set out n counting. He went
to the county seat, and then
directly to the home Ola lady
who was, while not quiet
young, yet not to he called
ole or even middle aged.
The wife hunter immediate
ly launched into a discussion
of business. He had been
told, he said, that the lady
would entertain a proposit-
ion looking to matrimony,
and he had come 70 make an
offer. He had been a widow
or three months and while it
seemed a short time in the
eyes of the world, still he
could not see that it wasary
one else's business. Would
she have him.
The lady thought it rather
sudden, but was disposed 70
look at the proposition in
the right light, and she in
turn proposed thatshe would
go with him to his home and
remain with members of the
family a week TO look the
ground over. He readily as
sented.
When they reached his
home he took her into his
pnrlor where hung three pic.
lures. "These," he told her,
are pictures Of my wives.
This one was my first; she
made me what | am; yes, she
). made me what | am. This
was my second; she was
dear good woman, but the
Lord saw fit to take her from
me. This. my third, | loved
best of all, but they are al
gone, and [ must not mnr
mur." He bade her make hel
self at home and she diI 50
Later she returned home
asking Il week to think il
over.
The week up, the hero o
the story called for his an
6 swer, and was told she be
lieved she would continue SiI
, gle, for a while at any rate
"All right, he replied, "bu
| must say | think you ar
missing a fine chance. p"
The wife hunter was mex
, heard OF preparing for hi
: marriage to a young woman
who lived in his imme1iat
neighborhood.. The day bG
fore the wedding, however h
, received n note from the ia Il
er that the daughter had re
considered. This did no
daunt him. however. "l'l
!, go and see about it, anyway
So when the time for the ma
riage came he. went to tn
II home OF the bride elect. Sh
D had retired, but after a cor
% % sultation with the farmer sh
r was called in, and as a resul
(, ,ba was won over from he
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-05-13
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Regular Correspondent.

his mind to curtail some Of
)the extentiOns OF the civil SER
. vice rules made by Mr.. Cleve-
land, but he lacks the nerve
to do so until public opinion
has been worked up a little
or the subject. That is why
members of his cabinet a n d,
other prominent officials are
. making public their opinions
against those rnlps. Ofconrse
every body understands that
the rules do not keep the pres
ent democratic occupants OF
the positions in office, but SO
long as they are in force they
do operate to keep those re-
puhlicans who are not alrea-
Gdy in the government service
out of office. And that is the
milk in the cocoanpt. Prom
ises have been made t. h a t
have got to be kept, and the
only way to keep chem is o
Withdraw the civil service
rules from some OF these pla-
. cess Had Mr.. Mckinley been
a man OF backbone he would
simply have recinded Cleve-
lands orders extending
the rules and said no more a.
. bout it, anil that won!d have
(, been a much more manly
way than.'this beatireth dev
I'll around the 5u sh in order to
make it appear that the pub
Tic demands their abrogation
when every body knows that
the public doesn't care a con
Stinpntal who fills the minor
]. offices un,ler the government
The Dingley tariff bill i
sh,.uId now he known as the
AIIisOn--Aldrich--P Plat b i'll ],
since those three Senator's
have added more than a thou
sand amendments to the bill,
which was to-day laid before
the full finance committee OF
the Senate. The amendments
have not made the bill any
less objectionable as a whole
TO democrats, hut some OF
them have started many re.
publicans to kicking at a
lively rate; hut there IS nc
likelihood that any of them
will kick out OF the party ira
ces.
There hasn't been n deter
: mined fight MADE in the Sen
ate against a ny appoint
ment yet made by Mr.. Nc
KinIey, but if he persists ir
trying to make J. W. Lyons,
: the negro member ot the Re
publican National Commit
tee from Georgia. postmas
ter at Augusta, Ga, t h e r
will be a fight and 4 very bi'
ter one too. The entire Geor
gia Congressional delegation
made a respectful protest. a
gainst appointing this negro
postmaster at Augusta, tn
king the groun1 that ther
were plenty of places payinI
Just as well that could be gi'
en- him, where the perform
ance of his official dutie
would not necessitate cons
Iant irritation of the entir
business interests Of a cit,
and the greater part of it
popula tion-probably n in
tenths of it's mail receiving
population. Postmaster Ger
eral Gary had given the Ga
delegation to understan
that he was opposed to ma
ing this negro postmaster a
Augusta, but it seems h a
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-05-13

There was no need OF a
Tariff bill. The republicans
now tardily admit this by
their proposition to raise by
revenue taxes an amount
even larger than the current
deficit. This they should
have done in the first place.
They have disturbed the
business Of the country and
checked returning prosperity
for no public reason, but
simply at the demand of the
favored private industries u.
pom which they are accustom
ed to rely for campaign funds.
The history of the Dingley
bill to date is a history OF
preparation for a great par
ty disaster. New York Times
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-05-13

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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-13

his horses, as the sharp words of the
drill sergeant cut the silence of the sum-
mer day, grieved for the boy who was
obstinately yet blamelessly minded just
now to go into great danger. And the
little children whose brothers were fol-
lowing the drummers up and down the
public square shuddered as they
thought of the battles coming, and
wished-very ingloriously-that this
company might be sent to some place
where hostile bullets could not come
At the end of the bridge, on little
elevation that commanded distant
view of the public square. Judge Wade
and his wife sat in the back seat of their
open carriage, and looked at the soldiers
learning promptness and precision and
concerted movement. On the front seat
sat young Wallace Wade.
'Drive on, said the judge. eve have
seen enough of Them
But young Wade gathered the reins
slowly, and looked again at the uni
formed men, at the handsome dress Of
the officers, at the seductive CLINT of the
guns.
Come, come" said the judge.
Drive on, Wallace" said Mrs. Wade.
But yet the strapping fellow lin
gered. He was in the untried ground
where two allegiances met. Presently
he turned impulsively, yet resolutely,
his eyes full of light his parents rec
ognized, though they never had seen.
''You drive home, father" he said,
and passed the lines to the older man.
"I'll be at home for supper" And he
leaped lightly to the ground.
For there at the corner of the public
square was Elenor Thompson, and she
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-13
SHE TURNED TO HIM INSTANTLY.

had seen him. He did not go straight
to her, though his mother knew that
would be his destination.
+ ''That Thompson girl will persuade
him to enlist" said she. 'tShe is half
the cause of all this enthusiasm"
IF she does persuade him. said the
judge, bitterly, II will never forgive
either him or her."
Wallace greeted few friends as he
joined the ranks of the spectators.
"Why aren't you with them?" asked
a young fellow to whom as properly
the question might have applied.
'"They need you," added an old man
who was thankful for his age.
"You know how to drill men," added
boy. eff I was you"
Wallace will go when the time
comes" rejoined a pleasant old lady
who had no sons to bereaUe her.
He let them banter. He had fought
it all out with himself and resolved his
duty was filial obedience. And he knew
his fathers wishes. But he drifted
along the line of watchers and Joined
Elenor Thompson at the corner of the
field. The soldiers had completed an
evolution and the people were cheer
ing. She was waving her handkerchief
wildly. Her eyes were flashing, her
bosom was heaving. She was instinct
with martial enthusiasm. sHe touched
her hand.
"You are in earnest" said he.
1T is splendid. How grand they
look! How noble they must be! If 1
were a man"
She paused, but Wallace knew.
''Let us take walk" he said, pres
emily.
{. 'No." She was filled with the spirit
that inspires Spartans-as were multi
tudes in that day. Her ideal, her hero,
must be soldier.
II am going to enlist he said. For
Sc are our resolves consumed.
She turned to him instantly with eyes
that blazed in worship and devotion.
She put out. her hands. There was ca
ressing, there was ardor in them.
There had been an hour of resting.
The drums were beating again. The
flies were piping up patriotism. The
company was counting tours and learn
ing the sskirmish drill. At the farther
side of the square dozen recruits, en-
listed since the parade began, were
learning the foot drill, and Wallace
Wade, light rattan cane in his hand,
was teaching them. When it was over
he looked in Elenor Thompson's eyes
and was rewarded.
There was a public dinner for the
soldiers. There were speeches by poll
ticians who lent their voices and be-
lieved it excused them from lending
their arms. There was music, and the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-13
AN EXCELLENT sTRAINER


eight inches deep. with the top of the
hoop a little larger than the bottom.
Fig. b is a tin hoop similar in shape but
trife smaller than the hoop which
forms the top of the funnel. When I
wish to use the strainer place a piece
of muslin Is inches square over the top
Of the funnel (a) and the hoop (b) is put
on top of the cloth, which, is pushed
down inside the top of the funnel. A
perfect strainer with cloth bottom is
thus obtained. The bottom of the fun
mel is made to fit the top of my milk
cans. When ready to milk, the strainer
is placed in the top Of the can and taken
to the barn, and as soon as a cow is
MIXED the milk is poured into the fun
mel, strained at once and all dust per-
fectly excluded. AS the top of the
strainer holds several quarts, pail Of
milk can be emptied at once and no time
lost by slow pouring.-Samuel S. Reed,
in Orange Judd Farmer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-13
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

1t is less work to wash the butter
milk out of the butter than, to work it
out.
Milk the heifer clear up to within a
week of her second calf if you can.
This helps to develop persistent
mixer.
There is no doubt that butter is q
more remunerative product than cheese,
in markets where it can be readily
sold.
If the cows teats are creased each
time she is MIXED the warts will dis
appear. Large warts can be removed
by keeping silk threads tied firmly
around them.
w. F. Massey tells the Practical Farm
or that while cottonseed meal NAV be
an excellent feed for cattle, he does
not want any fed to his milk cows if
he is to eat the butter. He would pre-
fer pea meal. If cottonseed meal be fed
at all, it should be within small quanti-
ties and with ersilage or cut hay.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-13
The Difference Pointed Out,

If ten dollars worth of hay is worth
five dollars as fertilizing material, then
ten dollars worth of milk is worth,
with fertilizing material at the same
price, just SO cents. When we get ten
dollars for our hay we should deduct
five dollars from this price and invest
it in fertilizing material, for in selling
the hay we have parted with just that
much of the stuff. But when we sell
ten dollars worth of milk all we should
pay the fertilizer mann Is the sum Of 88
cents. If we have carefully saved the.
manure from the COWS that have the
milk.-Western Plowman.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-13
Trade In Bogus Butter.

The commissioner Of internal reve-
nue. reports that in nine years 100000
900 pounds of oleomargarine have been
made and sold in this country. This
bogus product has taken the place OF
butter to the value of about $SS ,OOO,O 900.
And it is safe to say that nine pounds in
every ten have been consumed under
the impression that it was butter. Some
cattlemen denounce laws restricting
the sale and use of oIeomargarine and
declare that the manufacture of the
stuff adds quite q sum to the value of
every animal sold. One who can be-
lieve that oleo has added $ss,oO0,OOo to
the value of cattle in nine years can
believe anything, with Or without evil
dence.-Dakota Field and Farm.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-13
PLENTY OF PURE AIR.
Cows Need 1t More Than Any Other
Kind of Farm Stock.

Cows Need 1t More Than Any Other
Kind of Farm Stock.
An authority on dairying and certain
dairy breeds says that no successful
dairying is permanently possible unless
the stock is kept in sound health. 1t is
true that we read of great many dis
eased COWS being killed which were at
the time of their death doing good work
in the dairy, but such conditions are nee
essarily temporary. Even waving all
questions of contagion, such an animal
is bound, sooner or later, either to re-
cover or go down. The first requisite
for the dairyman is thathe should start
with sound stock, the next that he
should keep it sound. To do this, es-
sential conditions are necessary.
Among these conditions there is moth
ing of more Importance than that the
cows should have pure air. To secure
this the stable should be of size proper
tionate to the number of the cows and
then the means of ventilation, includI
ing both outlets and inlets, should be
ample. In many dairy sections one may
go miles without finding a stable large
enough to afford healthy quarters for
the cattle it is designed to contain.
Numbers of stables can be found
amongst good dairymen, too, which do
not contain over 300 cubic feet of air
space to the COW. Every stable should
contain at least double this amount of
air space per COW and three times the
amount would be still better. Most of
our stables are too low. Ten feet in
height is none too much. With this
height and with a stable 80 feet wide,
allowing four feet in width for each
COW, we have about 700 cubic air space
to each cow which will do fairly we'll
Dakota Field and Farm.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-13

us too bitterly now. I said before
Wallace enlisted that if she got my
son to go to the army she would regret
it. I think she has. This Memorial
day nonsense will be forgotten long
before Harold grows up
It was new ceremony, but the spirit
OF it appealed to the people, and they
paid all honor to the armies that lie
front face to the stars Harold Wade
felt the significance as he laid roses
on the graves of men who had made
earth's final sacrifice. And when other
ceremonials were occupying the rest
he slipped from his schoolmates and
laid a rose On the grave of soldier
who had fought for freedom and had
neglected to accumulate even so much
as would have purchased a monument.
AS the boy turned back to the crowd
a woman approached him swiftly-a
woman of fair and happy, yet wistful,
face. Her gentle hands had caressing
in them, and the fragrance of her
breath was like memory from in
fancy. She gave him paper.
"Read it when you get home" she
said. ''When you have found the other
half you will know" Then she stopped
and kissed him and walked swiftly
away, while he stood wondering.
1.-THE other half! Twill know-what?
Who was she?"
He looked at the paper. 1t was torn
bit of a letter, much wrinkled. It was
dark stained on the uneven edge. And
there was a miniature flag, like mono
gram, on the upper corner. And this
is what he found:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-05-13

Salt is universally recognized as of
prime Importance to farm animals, and
especially to mich COWS. Rock salt is
not as much in favor as formerly. It is
a good plan to have loose salt where
the animals may have daily access to
it. Prof. Robertson, of the Ontario ag-
ricultural department., says that salt to
the amount of a quarter of a pound a
day should be added to the ration Of
a mich cow. He says that, other con-
ditions being equal, a cow fed this
amount of salt daily will yield IA to II
per cent. more and richer milk than if
deprived of salt; that in, hot weather
milk will keep sweet several hours
longer if salt is a part of the daily ra-
ton.