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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-09-25
TIE TRUE REMEDY.

W. NJ. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, III.
r'Chief," says: I'VE won't keep house
without DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Ex-
perimented with many others, but never
got the true remedy, until we used DR..
Kings New Discovery. No other rene
DIV can take It's place In our home. as 10
.it we have a certain and sure cure for
Coughs, Colds, WhoopipR Cough, ETC."
IL is idle to experiment with other rene
dies, even II they are urged on yon az
Just as good MS DR.. KiBg's New Dis
covery. They are not as good, because
this remedy has record OF cures and
besides Is guaranteed. 1t never fails TO
satisfy. Trial bottles flee at 3. T.
Harris Drug Store.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-09-25
GRANTS PIANO PLAYING.
A Decidedly Unmusicnl But Interest,"
ing Performances.

.. Ing Performance.
Grant stories are now in order, and
one told by white house attache re-
. Gently has probably never been printed
before. 1t was matter of current his
tory that Gen. Grant did not know how
TO whistle, nor could he turn tune il
his life depended upon it. On one oc-
casion, says the Chicago Tribune,
when an attendant came to deliver
cards from a party of callers, he found
President Grant sitting at piano in
one of the upper rooms of the white
house drumming away with a two
finger exercise. Mrs. Grant was an
amused spectator of the generals
piano exercises, and neither of them
heard the messenger at the door with
the visiting cards.
F;Gn.-, however, TIE attendant
opened the door, but this did not in the
least discorcert the president. WHO
kept on rracticing as though he was
really enjoying 1t. Here are the,
cards, Ulys." said Mrs. Grant, "of a
party of friends whom we invited here
this evening. They are anxious to see
you, and If you are not too much inter-
ested in the piano we will go down
stairs in the blue parlor."
Don't you think you can get along
without me this EVENING"" replied
President Grant. at seems TO me this
calling business is your affair, and l
would great deal rather play the
piano than plunge into the vortex Of
society" u
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-09-25
PEoUAMING POINTERS.

Especial Correspondence to The sESTrSEL)
Ben Coil was over from BaragS
Wednesday. ...
Jos. Coil. OF Baraga, spent Thurs
day in town.
Miss Katie VAIL made a short
visit here on Tuesday.
W. B. Smith and A. E. Williams
drove up from LIfnSe Tuesday.
A number of the-L, IT NJ mem
bers were at l. 'Anse Tuesday.
Chas. Cullnan. of Dollar Bay. was
caller Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Lille Thomas was the guest
of Miss Bertha Moore Monday.
J. J. Powers. of Chicago. made a
business trip here Thursday.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Oscar Zellen. OF
Skanec, were here Monday
Mrs. J. F. HoIlinccr was visiting
friends at l. Anse this week.
Jas. Fl. Huling made short call
on old friends here Thursday.
f. W, Halsry came down from
Lake Linden Wednesday evening,
NJ. ]. Cannon delivered some very
nice pictures here the fore part OF
ihG week.
John Campbell and Geo G. Jack
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-09-25
SPARROW AND ELEPHANT.
A Contest That Was Decidedly
Unequal.

Z
| A pugnacious sparrow the other day
: few into the elephant house in the
Central park menagerie and began pick
/ ing up the crumbs from the table of the
only elephant then inside. The mann
moth and midget apparently did not
see each other for some time, says the
New York Herald, until the former, in
shifting his position, nearly placed his
ponderous foot on the latter. The
fighting little speck of fuss and feath-
ers evidently accepted this thoughtless
act as challenge to battle, and at once
few in the elephants face. The great
beast looked astonished, and, sending
small cyclone through his trunl;
raised such cloud of hay and dust that
the bird was lost sight of.
When the air cleared the biped was
seen on the quadruped's back. a shake
of the elephants loosely fitting, tough
though sensitive hide frightened. the lit
tie fellow, who hoped to the floor and
looked into the face of his antagonist.
Thus they stood. as though trying to
recover breath. for few seconds, when
the elephant reached out his trunk to-
ward the sparrow. The bird, with out
stretched wings and ruffled feathers,
threw himself with full force at the
end of the threatening proboscis. Then
came a gentle blast OF air from the ele-
plants lungs. and the sparrow was
blown against the wall of the house.
The little fellow, without even so much
as a parting look at his huge antag-
onist, mounted to the open window and
disappeared.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-09-25
Just the Place for a barn.

An old Sussex farmer visiting Lon
don for the first time was taken INTO ST.
Paul's cathedral. He stared about him
in amazement. and his establishment II
the magnitude of the building seemed
too great for utterance. It was only
when he stood under the dome and
gazed down the vast nave and up to
the dim and misty roof that his admira.
ton at last found vent in words: "My!
what foine barn this 'ud makei"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-09-25
He WAS PERPLExED.
James Felt Unequal to His Unique
Task

James Felt Unequal to His Unique
Task.
The directors of bank had enga ged
the services of Waterman, who came
well recommended, but did not seem
over-eXperienced. The chairman, says
an exchange, therefore, sent for him to
post up a bit, and began:
james, this is your first job of this
kind, isn't it?"
"Yes, sir"
Your duty must be to exercise Wig
lance"
"Ycs, sir"
BE careful how strangers approach
you"
II will, sir
NO stranger must be allowed to en-
ter the bank at night under any pre-
text whatever"
mo, SIR"
"And our manager--he is good
man, honest, reliable and trustworthy !;
but it will be your duty to keep your
eye on him."
But it will be hard to watch two
men and the bank at the same time"
Two men-how?"
"Why, sir, It was only yesterday
! that the manager called me in for a
talk, and he said you were one Of the
best men in London, but it would be
just as well to keep both eyes on you
and let the directors know If you hung
around after hours" tis1
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-12-09

and you only have$2.25 cts.
on the head and this to be
the largest amount we have
to pay at all on this debt in
any one year. Who of us could
not afford to pay this a
mount each veal even for 25
years, to have the advant-
age of n railroad through our
own county and step about
1000 from going to enrich
the toll-getters of Scalpy,
Cranberry Hill. Cranberry
Forge and on the turnpikes
to LenOir. The extra CAPT
tai inside OF five years, which
would be added to the cOun-
tv would defray one half Of
our county and State taxes.
This is before us and for US
and our children, and If we
fail to accept it we may nev.
er have such another propo
sitiOn for a decade Or even
25 years Let's be careful nInot
to slay it until We closely ex-
anime il and see that we can
not afforn to accept it as it
is. Make calculations in due
randOr and let's not lOSe it,
and be longer slaves to the
Will and orders of Others a.,
round, but have a market ut
home for what we raise and
when we work have a salary
of one dollar per day. and it
IN ca III at night if we choose.
Now we ha We a chance for a
railroad let's have it.
JOHN BINGHAM.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-12-09

The bill by which the non
Catholic marriages are legal
lied, in Peru. has finally been
passed 10y the Legisla ture, a
gainst the protest: OF the
priests and clericals general
ly. The fact is another illus
tration of the loosening OF
the hold of the priesthood on
the laity in thoroughly Ro
man Catholic countries. Pc
ru has been one of the most
thoroughly Romanized of the
South Amer ica countries; and
one of the disabilities endur
ed by others than Romanists
was in the matter OF mar
riages. -
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-12-09
A Valuable Find.

\ wonderful discovery has
recently been ma lie in Egypt.
near the river Nile, and t W o
young Englishmen are the
diScOvelers. The discOverers
and the discoveries are enter
tainingly talked of fin a recent
iSsne of the Youths COmpan
ion. 1t says:
The buried and longforgot
ten city of Oxrhynchus, in the
Valley of the Nile, has yield
ed up one of the most pre-
riou5 bits of ancient manu-
script ever discovered. 1t is
but a single leaf from IA book
the rest of which is perhaps
forever lost. 1t is barely larg
er than q postal card, and is
mutllatpd Gn,i decayed with
age; and much of the writing
originally upon it cannoC be
deciphereh. Yet this frag-
nent of papyrus is the Oldest
known 1e:ord of the life and
sayings of Jesus Christ. 1t
is certainly quite a century
more ancient than any exist
ing copy OF any book of the
New Testament. The writing,
which is in Greek, contains
eight sayings, called Logia,
attributed to Jesus. We are
told that the Apostle Matth-
ew compiled these logia in He
brew. 1t is supposed that We
now have a part of the Greek
version Of them, transcribed
sometime about the year 200
of the present era. Such a
compilation, the leading crit
les have long maintained, un
derIies our present Gospel of
Saint Matthew. A transla,
ton OF the sayings has been
published. For the most part
they bear q close resemblance
to passages in the Gospels as
we know them. In one of t he
logia there is a stronger in
junction to observe the Sab.
bath than lsCOntained IN any
part of the New Testament;
+ and one passage-"Rnlse the
stone and there thou shalt
find me; Gle I've the wood and
| am th fe"-may give rise
to theological controversy" F"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-12-09

There is no medicine in the
world equal to Chamberlain's
cough remedy for the cure of
throat and lung diseases.
This is a fact that has been
proven in numberless cases.
Here is a sample of thousands
of letters received: 81 have
tried Chamberlain's cough
remedy while suffering from
a severe throat trouble, and
found immediate and effect
i've relief. | can unheSitat-
ingly recommend it. LEDGER
W. WHITTHMoRE, Editor
Grand Rivers (Ky..) Herald.
For sale by M. b. Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-12-09
JOHN ". DYER,
BLACKSMITH and WHEELRIGHT
(ST. JUDE, N. C.)

| am now well prepared to
do your smith and GOD
work on short notice. |
now have on hand for sale a
new two-horse wagon that |
wish to sell. Call and exam
Inc it. Repairing hacks, wag-
OGs, ctr. a speciality. Culi.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-12-09

and territory shall have u
proportionate quota of the
employees of the Government.
Secretary Gage has just had
a list prepared showing the
residence of the employees OF
his Department. and has an
nonnced h is intention to
weed out the "barnacles. -
This has been interpreted hy
the employees to mean that
dismiSsals are to be nj de a.
mong the residents of those
STATES having more than
their share in order to give
the places 20 residents of
states which have less thar
their share. Should this be
true, many persons residing
Or claiming n residence, in
nearby states will have to
90, ns the nearby states will
hayr more than their share
but the heaviest blow would
fall upon residents of the
District of Columbia, which
is legally entitled to only
nine clerks in the Treasury
Department, but which has
more than three hundred.
There have been several
scares OF this sort before, hut
it isn't the sort OF thing that
the poor devils who have
been in government employ
so long that they have for
got huN, il they ever knew to
make a living outside, can
get used to. The odd thing
about it, ifcarried out, would
be that it would catrh many
more republicans than demo-
Gratis, but not a few of them
are political hpmaphrodites.
making it their business to
always appear to belong to
the party on top. without
actually belonging to either.
Representative Hartman.
of Mont, takes issue with
the republicans who are try
ing so hard to create the i'm
preston that the silver qnes
tion is dead. fIe says it is
the livest issue now before
the people. owing to the ab
sOlutp failure of the Wol'Ott
Commission; that last year
thousands Of republicans
yoted.for Mckinley, believ-
ing that he would DO some
thing Tor silver, and now
they know he will not. Mr..
Hartman makes this predic-
tion for 1900: "There will
De $500, 600 free silver re,
publican votes, 1900, 900
pOpulist votes, and 1900
600 democratic votes for the
n0minae who STANDS for the
identical principles that Mr.
Bryan stood for last year"
Representative Livingston,
of Geurgia, who is one of the
best friends Cuba has in Con-
gress, doesn't think the out
look good for legislation fav,
orable to Cuba. He thinks
there will be q lot OF talk but
no action.
The bill by which the non
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-12-09
STARTING THEM IN LIFE.

Yes, I've raised up a large
family, but none of the children
ar left with me-" replied the old
man in answer to my question.
Last y'aI ! made up my mind
they'd never amount to anythin'
unless they made O start fur
themselves, and 50 | bought Bill
a shot gun and says.
"'Bill, this we're roost amt fur
yo' no mo- Jest 90 out and do
suthing' to start yo'seif along
"And Bill he took that gun and
went over to Orange valley AMI
shot a reveno officer and got in.
to state prison fur life, and is all
settled down. When he h a d
gone | bought a bike fur Sally
and took it home and says:
Sally, this yere rOost amt
fur yO' no mo-. Git ON that bike
and go out into the world and
ketch a man." and she didn't
lose two minits hoppin' into the
saddle and whizzin' up the road
and in two weeks was married to
q feller who saved her from git
tin run over by a six mewl team;
The day arter she left | called
Joe u, and says to him:
Joe, yer mouth ar too big
and yer knees are shacklety, but
mebbp thar's suthin' in We arter
all. III gin We that old blind oy
to make a start with. and don't
yo' come back to this roost no
mo-
"Joe' took the OK and Went,
and, shuck my hide. if he don't
lead him down to the railroad
and git him killed by a train anA
rake in $40 damagesi Yes, sab.
and he bought a mewl with the
money and is sittin' rich by car
ryin' the mails. Jim was next. |
calls him up and looks him over
and SEE:
"'Jim, yo'r too pizen lazy to eat
good bacon, but I'm goin' to
send yo' out to hustle. All | kin
spar is a dollar in cash. Don't
come back to thisroost till yo've
made yer fortune
".Jim took the dollar and went,
and darn my buttons IT he dldn t
hire out to a dime museum man
as the champion terbacrer CHI, W.
er of the world and he's now
DRAWN a salary of $25 a week
and board! Thar was one left,
and that was Sue, and | calls her
up and says:
"'Sue, it's time fur yo' grown
up chiI'en to be a-gitten'. III
buy yo' II new par o shoes and
a sunbonnet and yo' must light
out.
"Sue started right off next day
and got married and up to this
time she's eloped three times, sot
the house afire twice and pizeped
her husband once, Looks like
she'd do the best of the hull lot. y
New York journal.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-12-09
The Pension SWindle.

The feesfor examining surgeons
and expenses of dispensing the
moneys have amounted to $72,.
100000, and the pensions distri-
buted reach the astounding to-
tai of more than 50, ,107, ,O00,0 600.
AS we get further away from the
period of the war, t lie pension
list, instead of dwindlihg, is in
creased IN a geCmetrIcal ratio.
The $4,000 900 of 1866 has
grown to $4,000, 900 in 1896.
and is still swelling.-New York
Herald.
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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-12-09
As " the Rail Road Bonds.
Editor Democrat.

| A/dfCNl AVfhOCftO.
| hope the voters of Wat
anga county will all take IN
interest in thinking OF the
proposition made with re-
gard to the rail road to run
from Shelby, N. C., by way of
Morganton, Blowing Rock,
Boone, and, at least, 20 miles
through Watauga to some
point, SO as to connect with
some Tenn. or Va; route
probably Abingdon or Bris-
tot. What we lax in t Ii i s
county. where there is. n o
doubt, $50, 900 wort h of
fam products wasted each
Year for the want Ola market
is n railroad.
Now, the proposition t o
build a railroad, nsproposed
by Mr.. Miliner and his Co., is
very lnlr to my mind, where
taxes are required At all. He
says theIo. proposes to build
the road through the county
az above named, and W h n
completed the county to is
sue $50, 900 in bonds ornotes
to the 60. 10 run for 25 years
on interest at 5 per cent. per
annum. Now, we are not to
understand that the whole
amount of bonds issued are
to run for the 25 years, but
only su''h q part as may yet
he unpaid at the end of 25
Years, from the fact that, as
We understand it, we are to
issue these in $1,000 each.
the total number OF W h ic h
will be so 81 600 bonds. Now
we pay the 25th part of the
bonds each year. $4,000 di
vided by 25 or multiplied by
4, which is $4,000 and leaves
only $4S, 900 to pay on for
second year, and at this rate
until pald at the expiration
of the 25 years. The last a,
mount, if we understand the
proposition, will be only two
bonds, or $4,000. Interest ii t
> per cent. and principal to
be ~, 100, then we are done
and owe them nothing.
Now, as it is clear to all
that the largest amount we
have to pay in any )ne year,
until this all shall have been
paid, let's add the $4,000,
which is the 25th part of the
$50, 900, to the interest which
is $2,5 800, and we have 81,
800. Now. say the county is
assessed at 81, 900, 900, tho
it is about one and a h a
millions in reality, then let S
take 81, 500 and reduce it to
Il deem al and it will give the
amount that we will have to
pay on one dollar, which |,
first, by a rough calculation,
thought to be .O0045 on the
dollar, or AK cents on t h e
500. 90, or 45 cents on the
81, 600 valuation; but | find
by re considering and max
ing a calculation correctly.
that it is .0045 on the dollar
which is 45 cents on the hun
dred dollars, although John
y. Robbins, Larkin Trivett,
and others, who are teachers
of experience, made the same
mistake, which was 45 cents
on the 81 900. So much for
this. hut as | made the mis-
take and now see if. | think
1t nothing but right to COZ
rect it.
NOW, take the $4,000 for
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-12-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
"Wnlk into my parIor,"
siys the spider to the fly;
"walk into my National bank
scheme" says the admins.
tration TO the Southern dem.
ocrats. As fast as the South
ern demo ,rats arrive in Wash
ington, they are buttonho]ed
by agents of the administra-
ti0n. who try To convince
them what a boom it would
be for that section and for
portions of the West, where
banking facilities are def.
cient, if National Banks
could he established in small
towns with a capital of $25,.
600. we're allowed to issue
currency to the par value Vt
bonds deposited with the
government, and the tax on
that currency was made
nominal. After talking up
the advantages of Il plrnti-
full supply of currency Il
home, to meet the home de-
mand, they try to get the
Southern d e IN ocrats to
pledge themselves to vote
for Il bill embod.ying these a
mendlnents to the National
banking laws. 1t is Il shrewd
game, and the arguments
are plausible when used to
men who know how their con
stituents are at times incOn-
venienced by the lack of sui
ficient currency to meet their
needs, an0 it is not surDris
ing that some democratic
support for the idea has been
secured. II he adIniniStra-
tion hopes to get enough
democratic Senators to put
this scheme through the Sen
ate, in connection with other
financial legislature, about
which care is taken to say
nothing at this time. or if
that is not feasible, to put
through a bill with no other
feature. Anything that will
strengthen t h e National
Banking system will strt myth
en- the gold standard pulley
Secretary Longs annual
report contains several SEN
teEces that must have escap,
ell Mr.. McKinle.y's blue pen.
Gil by accident. For instance,
he speaks Of "possible annex
alton of islands in the PacIf-
ic," as though heentertained
doubts about the annpxa-
tion of Hawaii, and he ac-
knowleGges his fear of that
growing Treasury deficit by
saying that in expenditures
for the Navy "a due regard
is necessary to the relation
of the national expenditures
to the national revenues" 1t
is very difficult to reconcile
the decidedly peaceable tone
OF the Secretary's official
talk about only small adGi.
tions to the Navy being pro-
vided for by this Congress,
and of his intention. to take
warships out OF commission
in order to say running ex-
penses. with the action just
taken by his department in
placing a large contract-the
largest made since the war
for ammunition and guns.
Several hunt red employees
OF the Treasury Department
And If ,mpOcaihlo tO prpna rp
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-12-09

No-fo-B -Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men s.rong, blood pure. SIC, o.. ALI druggists
Arizona republican., 1897-11-28
NO RELIEF FOR BONDsMEN.

A New Normal School Board Suppo ts
 the Old.
Arizona republican., 1897-11-28
PERSONAL MENTION.

Hon. Thomas G. Norris of Prescott t was in the city yesterday.
 MT. H. Quinn, wife and daughter of Chicago are registered at the Ford.
 Gus Heyman of San Francisco ar rived in the city yesterday morning.
 Milton Gunckel of the Jubilee Sing CTS company is registered at tIhe Ford.
 F. M. Evans, commercial man from Los Angeles, is a guest at the Ford.
 Sam Mckee, of ''The Trip to China town company, spent yesterday at the Ford
 B. H. Vincent, San Francisco commercial traveller, is at the Hotel Adams
 Dr. James McNaughton, super;ntend- ent of tfhe normal school, was iE the city yesterday.
 c. M. Ford, Ettleton, Colo, sn< Miss