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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-01
TIE NEWS AND OBSERVE Err, AUGUST 1, 1897.

congenial crowd meets at any Southern
summer home than you find at the Fair
view. The location is par excellence, with
q view from the veranda that fairly
dazZes the eye.
The Watauga Hotel is located directly
in the village of Blowing Rock. 1t was
the first hotel built here and has for
years been popular hostelry. 1t is owned
by Messrs. Corpening and Coffey, and
Col. Williams, of Charlotte, is its popu-
lar manager.
The Skyland is kept by Mrs. Stewart,
formerly of Davidson College, and is one
Of the most popular resorts at the Rock.
The vicinity is full of cosy cottages, all
of them full of charming people. Mid
way between the Green Park and the
Blowing Rock Hotels is the Boyden cot
tage, tenanted by Col. John A. Boyden
and his family, of Salisbury, and the
Burners. of Raleigh. Near by is the Rem
taIs cottage, full of charming Charlotte
folks. The Mcdowell cottage is located
near the cliff and is tenanted in summer
by Mr.. f. b. Mcdowell and his family,
of Charlotte.
Tie Pruden cottage on the cliff is oc-
cupied by Rev. Mrs. Stagg, of Charlotte,
nee Miss Nellie Rice formerly of Raj
eigh; her sister, Miss Fannie Stage, and
their charming guest, Miss Maria Louise
Jones, of Richmond.
The Cobbs, of Durham; Schencks, Of
Cleveland; Hardees, of the Palmetto
State; Pitchers, of Charlotte; Harpers
and Bernharts, of Lenoir; Martins, of
Davidson college. are all cozily cottaged
in this grand little summer city. Among
IL h., dive hal-
tons, Heards, Blands, Dowds and others,
of Charlotte; the Seagos. Gimbles and Il
dozen other families, of New Orleans;
Mrs. and Miss Ransom of Northampton;
the McCoys and McRaes, of Laurin-
burg: the Bears and others, of Will
mington: the knights, of Jacksonville;
the Pattersons, of Roanoke Rapids; the
Hollis, of Burlington; Dukes of
Durham; fuckers and Hunters, Of
Raleigh; Mrs. McNair, of Norfolk;
and dozens of other families of summer
tourists, all forming colony of the best
people in the land.
, 1t is no wonder that they come here,
and it is no wonder that they come sum,
mer in and summer out. This whole
broad country has no more inviting
| place than Blowing Rock.
oHe Oh THESE udyS soille SeHslDle anu
| enterprising men are going to build an
electric railroad to Blowing Rock from
either Lenoir or Morganton and then
| instead of six thousand visitors year
it will have nearer twenty thousand;
| instead of half dozen hotels and half
hundred cottages it will have three
times as many, and then some million
| aires will want to come and build sum-
mer palaces away up here in this sum-
mer home of the snow-bird and the
| robin.
! +. b. ARENDELL.
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some money, and consequently it will be
good time one of these days to sell
plows. That is all there is to it, The
tariff is no more concerned than is the
Talmud. BY the way, esteemed Jour
nal, the same day that you saw 1000
pillow makers go to work unhappily wit
messed over 5000 men quit work in
Northern cotton towns. Now if. as you
say, 1000 men going to work in Louis
vile means a beginning of prosperity
that will please and bless everybody
who is willing to work and to accumu-
late something ahead" does the dis
charge Of over seven times as many men
elsewhere mean the same or different
thing, and what is it?
And also what is the meaning Of the
proposed strike Of $4,000 cloak makers
in New York who have been on starva-
ton wages? Has the wave of pros
perity caused by the Dingley tariff bill
reached Louisville from Washington and
missed New York in its onward sweep?
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hard enough. She travels path of endur
ance and suffering to which the average
man is an entire stranger. Then let us
make that path as pleasant, as easy and
as bright as possible. Every dollar that
a man spends on his home for the happi-
ness and comfort of his wife will come
back to him four-fold."
That is true-all true. Better mend the
broken pane or that sash cord or that
gate latch and sometimes take an hour
off from business and take her to ride.
The Odd Fellows and Masons and
knights of Pyth;as are good institutions.
but should not come in between man
and his wife. The mother wants help
with the children, for | tell you my
like nursing and caring equal
to that for n little child, and
nobody but a mother will do it will
. ngly. a mother who has reared eight or
ten children from infancy to maturity,
and four years of the time during a pitt
less war, when she had to flee from the
foul invader with her little ones and hide
them, half clad and always hungry, can
say with Paul, II have fought a good
fight; | have finished my course" Yes,
Paul said that, but he was an old bache-
or and knew nothing Of what a mother
uffers. The most pathetic line in all po-
etry is that Of Fitz-Greene Halleck
where he apostrophizes death:
Come to the mother when she feels
For the first time her first born's breath.
The death of a young mother in child
firth is the saddest of all natures calam
ties.
! Maternal love-maternal interest
What is it that so inspires a woman tC
,ear her fate-to suffer and be strong?
BILL ARP.
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cludes a stage drive of twenty miles, is
not only comfortable, but charming.
From Raleigh via the s. A. l.. to Lin
cotton, the Carolina and Northwestern
to Lenoir, and the splendid Hinckle d
Craige stage line to the Rock is one OF
the easiest and most interesting OF the
States summer outing. trips. Leaving
Raleigh on the Atlanta special at z
o'clock a. M, an hour in Charlotte for
breakfast and little rest; change at
Lincolnton into the "Ethel," the charming
summer parlor car of the Carolina and
Northwestern; on by Newton, Hickory
and Granite Falls to Lenoir, where, at
the Merchants Hotel, Mr.. L. Henry Hlg-
gins, the popular proprietor, has
steaming dinner in waiting for you. Then
an hours rest on the cool, shaded verandas
Of this popular hotel, and all aboard,
easy hacks, with four-in-hand of spirited
mountain steeds, or if you prefer, in a
party of four, in an elegant surrey, and
the bugle sounds for Blowing Rock. A
twelve mile drive up the beautiful val
ley of the Yadkin and you approach the
foot Of the mountain; then up perfect
dream of a mountain turnpike and the
4 op is reached All the way the eye is en-
chanted and the mind busy with the va
rying scenes The first hosiery reached
is the popular Green Park, one of the
States leading summer homes, built and
owned by company of enterprlslng
gentlemen and managed by Mr.. Stewart
late of the Waynesville White Sulphur
Springs Hotel and one Of the most popu-
lar young hotelists in the South. The
Green Park is a large, well planned edi-
fee, expressly arranged for summer
guests with accommodations for three
hundred guests, and there has not been
a summer since its compile
ton that it has not been full
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the open cavern beneath me, | saw a
beautiful vineclad, laurel decked, river
threaded, valley a thousand feet below,
and / saw stretched out in the distance
a vast torrent of topography, nearly a
hundred miles square, in which | beheld
a thousand mighty mounds that God
built over the dead remains of every ism
or theory that was ever imagined, ex-
cept that which teaches that the hand
that made them was divine.
l saw over in that great area of tangled
topography, old Grandfather. the veneer
able Sage of the Skyland, with his
head, his nose, his chin, his neck and
his knees all forming a perfect profile,
his eyes looking forever heavenward.
Near by lay old Grandmother, another
of the worlds mountain phenomena.
Beyond these l could see towering away
up above the clouds old Table Rock,
Hawks Bill and hundred other dizzy
peaks.
/ saw two thunder storms as they
arose down in the valley and leaped
from peak to peak. l heard
the roaring of thunder away
down five hundred feet below me and /
saw the flash of Jehovah's canonading
as it leaped from the clouds and streak
ed the gorges with momentary chickering's.
1t seemed like az reat impending con-
f1ict of war between the clouds and the
cliffs. 1t was short but fierce; the
mountains were the victors and the two
furious storms were vanquished. Then
a great flag of truce, beautiful rain
bow, appeared arching the horizon with
each end resting upon towering hill.
An hour later the twilight revealed a
great cavalcade Of cliffs and peaks,
halted and at rest, and as serene as ie
there had been no conflict, while the ex-
hausted storms now enshrouded in snow
white mist lay almost motionless at the
feet Of the victorious hills with their
white arms stretched out as if pleading
for pardon. Another hour passed and
the bright cleaning light of a full moon
now peeping over the lofty hills changed
the scene. l saw a great phantom lake
with million cloud robed phantoms
and fairies, rompping over the gorges
and carressing the majestic peaks, the
most inspiring and fascinating scene
that nature ever painted upon land-'
scape.
In the morning a bright sun converted
it all into still another scene of gran
deur and glory.
The eye never gets weary at Blowing
Rock, the mind never gets tired and
there seems to be always room in the
soul for more scenic grandeur.
This is indeed natures wonderland
grander than the grandest scenes along
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it would take thousand harps to play,
and the hills and valleys and cliffs would
still ring with unbridled melody.
The orator might stand and thunder ell
oquahce till the world was spell-bound
and then find that his happiest and holt
est Dromptings had died struggling for
utterhnce. This beautiful mountain sum-
mer, home has never, and can never, be
fully appreciated except by those who
have been here. The scenery, while it en-
chants the mind and charms the eye and
inspires the soul, cannot restore the weak
nor rest the weary. Here the splendld eli
mate is brought INTO requisition the YER
nal summer wind, the high, dry and light
atmosphere, the soft cool breezes that
fan away the suns hot rays and cool the
corridors of every cottage and Inn. line
balmy air that gives the same tint to the
maiden's cheek that it gives to the bloom
ing, blushing rose tinted rhododendron:
the evening zepyhr's cool, calm, quiet
that brings sweet sleep alike to the weary
and the we'll these crispy dew laden
morning breezes that make even little
fire look good and feel good in July ana
August. These are they that bring color
back to the paid cheek and elasticity to
the tired step.
Next is the pure. cool limpid water
gushing through thousand sparkling
springs brewed and filtered and purlhed
away out in the middle of the noun
tains in freezing subterranean labora-
tories. near to natures heart, gushing
from crystal fountains that never run
dry. As cold as the drippings from an
iceberg. as pure as "A melted snow flake
and as light and limpid as falling dew
drop-refreshing and invigorating. No
wonder that thousands of people come
hither with the return Of each summer.
Enchanting scenery, air that is so pure,
light and cool that it stimulates like
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nous Yonablossee leading to Linville.
Iheselare treadways that link together a
hundrid peaks and reveal to the traveller
the mpst beautiful typographical scenes
under the sun. 1t was said by one gentle
man Eho rode his bike from Blowing
Rock 70 Boone that tbe Roona turnniIxe
was tile only road in the world that was
down hin both WAYS
OveI these dreamy drives tba snonlsing
teams from tbe we'll stocked stables of
Hinckte. Craige g. Co. the nonular liy-
ryme1 Of Lenoir and the Rock carry the
matrob, the maiden, the gallant beaux, IAe
gents DE- riper age and the enchanted chill
dren uIp and down these beautiful roads
at pice that would do credit to a race
track.
A viEit to Blowing Rock, while it in
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-01

wine, water that has never touched a
communicating influence; sunshine as
soft in midday as the glow of a cloudless
twilight; showers that are but little more
than the spray of passing mist; drives
that are dreams, walks through laurel
and ivey and fern that seem never to
tire you; shaded dells and hooks, rustic
retreats and bramble woven idlewilds
that enchant the visitor morning or
evening And all this nature did for
Blowing Rock, leaving man nothing to
do except add a few conveniences and
then sit down and enjoy it all, and many
of these conveniences have been added,
splendid hotels, pretty cottages, delight
full walks and drives, stores, splendid
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The Green Park has at all times dur
ing the summer charming crowd of
summer wanderers and many are 10th
to leave even when the leaves begin
to turn.
The Blowing Rock Hotel is owned
and managed by Messrs. Council and Tay-
lor, natives Of Watauga, and two of
its most popular and prominent young
citizens; son and son-in-law of DIR. w. B.
Council, of Boone, who has been a leader
among his people for many years. The
Blowing Rock Hotel is situated on the
southern slopes of lofty knowl, COM
handing an enchanting view of the best
of this gorgeous mountain scenery. 1t
is enveloped in well kept grassy lawns,
shaded by giants of the native chestnut.
1t is deservedly popular resort for as
fine crowd Of people as gather to-
gether in the southland or any other
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-01
JOhnSOn'S
Chill and
Fever
Tonic
Cures Fever
In One Day.
BAD CASE.
Detroit Free Press

my wife cleans house eight times a
year." said the applicant for divorce.
Decree granted" said the judge in a
voice that shivered.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-01
ON THE PINNACLE OF THE
CLIFF, AT BLOWING ROCK,
OVERLOOKING "THE GLOBE" A
LITTLE WORLD OF WONDER
LAND.
Blowing Rock, n. c..

yerr, telegraph, telephone and double
Ia mails, these and other conven-
en- s and comforts have been added,
rani forming the place into little star
issei summer city, where thousands
ath4r to while away the heated terms.
lord than six thousand people came to
itw ing Rock during the summer of
g. his summer visitors will probably
Gee that number.
BID Wing Rock is situated near the
oun Try line that divides two of the
lost picturesque and productive noun
hin bunties in the world-Caldwel and
VatsJhga. 1t is twenty miles from
lenot, twenty miles from Linville, ten
lilesI from Boone and thirty-five miles
ROM Morganton. 1t is the junction
th{ee Of the grandest mountain turn
ikes lin the world-the Lenoir and Blow
lg Rock, the Boone turnpike, the IA
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to Overlooking. 1t has thousand
feet of veranda, affording it's guests
the most delightful promenades, whether
the sushine or it showers. An excel
lent string band furnishes music and the
evenings at Green Park are always
crowded with pleasure. 1t has large and
splendidly furnished parlors, dance halls,
billiard halls and boiling alleys, with
the prettiest shaded walks and prone
nades over an estate of several hundred
acres.
1t is but five minutes walk from the
famous Blowing Rock, with dizzy
heighths and green hill, but moments
stroll from the hotel.
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land. 1t has accommodation for one
hundred and fifty guests, and each re-
curing summer finds it crowded The
guests eat, dance, promenade or sleep by
strains of the sweetest music by a first
class band.
Mrs. NJ. j. Brady, of Charlotte. She
is also it's popular manager. Mrs. Brady
has friends enough to fill three or four
such hotels, and it is rare that her house
is not comfortably crowded early
in the season. She is de-
lightful hostess, sets a table that
would tempt the most fastidious and
makes every one of her guests feel that
special provision is made for him or her.
The Fairview has devotees from all over
the South and no more agreeable or
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-01
PROSPERITY WAVE.
Baskerville Citizen.)

The Knoxville Journal is greatly ex-
cited over the news that the Avery
plow works of Louisville, Ky, is to re-
sumo work. 1.-THE news is glorious" it
says, and indeed it is very pleasant
reading. The Journal adds: Here is
fact that outweighs all the theories
of all the free trade shriekers in the
whole world" Doubtless, esteemed con-
temporary, but in what way, and to
what effect. and ON what scales? We
have got bountiful crops, other countries
have not; hence the farmers will have
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-01
THE FAIRVIEW HO TEL. Blowing Rock N. G.

the rugged Rockies, happier and sweeter
than the Alpine or the Alps, more
beautiful even than star-kissed Switzer-
lad, more enchanting than the highlands
of Scotland. The scenery from Blowing
Rock could never grow monotonous. 1t
never changes, and yet it is forever
changing. This great cycloramic SOL
diery never moves and yet it seems
marching always with the clouds, the
sun and the stars.
1t has never been described:
it never will be- The poet
might catch every rythm and rhyme
that his deepest emotions could
conceive and there would be ten thou
sand sweeter volumes untouched.
A Beethoven might catch idylls and
lyrics enough to make a TIE Deum that
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-01
A PANORAMA OF BEAUTY
The Summer Home of the
Snowbird and the Robin.
AND ITS THOUSANDS OF VISITORS
And the Many Attractions That Abound on the
Enchanting Highlands of the Wat
auaga, The Johns and the
Yadkin.

Blowing Rock, n. c., July 31-fStan
This is remafkaple
country-a veritable wonderland Where
the terrestrial and the celestial seem 10
commune each with the other.
/ stood the other day on the crest OF
the famous Blowing Rock, that granlte
girdled, hollow worn cavalier OF an the
cliffs, that cloud wreathed, wlnd t"lsuhg'
sky encircled geological phenomen. L 1elt
the twisting winds as they escaped from
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-01
STANDS AT THE HEAD.

Aug. j. Bogel, the leading druggist of
Shreveport, La, says: DR.. Kings
New Discovery is the only thing that
cures my cough, and it is the best seller
l have" j. f. Campbell, merchant of
Stafford, Ariz., writes: CDR. Kings
New Discovery is all that is claimed for
it; it never fails and is a sure cure for
consumption, coughs and colds. l cannot
say enough for its merits" DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
ana Colds is not an experiment. 1t has
been tried for quarter of a century,
and to-day stands at the head. 1t never
disappoints. Free trial bottles at any
drug store.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-05
BY AUTHORITY
EXECUTIVE NOTICE.

The President directs that notice be
given that
Mr.. John Emmeluth,
Mr.. VIM. n. Armstrong and
Mr.. Alexander Young
Have been this day appointed mem
beers of the Labor Commission, in ac
cordance with the provisions of Act
II of the Laws OF 1895.
GEORGE G.. POTTER,
Secretary, Foreign Office.
Executive Building, May 5, 1897.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-05
FOREIGN OFFICE NOTICE.

Official notice having been received
that during the temporary absence of
Mr.. +. 4. Schaefer, Consul for Italy,
MR.. JULIUS NOTING
will discharge the functions of that
Office as Acting Consul for Italy, all
persons are hereby required to give
full faith and credit to all the official
acts of the said Mr.. Julius Hoting.
HENRY f. COOPER,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Foreign Office, May 5, 1897.
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PROVE SINCERE
CONTINUED from Page One. }

81 am glad to know that the plaut-
ers and Government representatives
seem to have entire confidence in me.
All have treated me with the greatest
consideration since my arrival AMI
have not only given me all the inform
alton | have desired without any reti-
cance whatever, but have shown de-
sire TO have my Investigations deer
and searching. that definite couclu.
sions may be drawn. ! think | have
dug pretty well down to the bottom OF
things. and feel very well satisfied
with the result of my mission here."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-05

The Westfeld Qndiana) News prints
the following in regard to an old resi-
dent of that place: Frank McAvoy,
for many years in the employ of the
L. n. a. d c. railway here, says: 4
have used Chamberlain's Collie and
Diarrhoea Remedy for ten years OF
longer-am never without it in nv
family. | consider it the best remedy
of the kind manufactured. 1 take
pleasure in recommending it, 1t is q
specific for all bowel disorders. Fol
sale by all druggists and dealers. Ben
son, Smith & Co., wholesale agents
for the Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-05
A CAPTURE.

Detective Cordes caught four Chi
nese with opium in their possession
yesterday. They are laundrymen and
own a place on Queen street, opposite
the Government building. Cordes had
been watching them since early Mon
day morning. He saw one of them
carry a package of opium into the
house. At l o'clock yesterday after.
noon the detective descended on the
place and the Chinese scattered, hid
ing in various places about the prem
Uses. The bakers boy happened in
and was sent to summon aid. Two
officers went up from the Police Sta
ton and with their help Cordes cap
tured ali four of the Chinese i'm the
place. Six tins of opium were fount
in an clubhouse, and more in the Chi
nese sleeping room.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-05-05

Yes; some-not all. But
that isn't the point. You
drink because you like it-not
because it is good for you.
The wholesome tea is also
the best tasting. Schilling's
Best-at grocers' in package.
A Schilling & Company
san Francisco
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