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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-10-14

ker supposed that when the
deal was patched up, largely
through Mr.. Mckinley, by
which Mr.. Hanna was to be
supported for the Senateand
Gov. Bushnell renOrninated,
that factional differences WEI e
to be shelved for the ti:,eand
the campaign made harmon
iously. They soon discover
ed that the harmony was to
consist of constant hnmliia-
tions put upon the Foraker
men by Hanna, his man
Dick, and their henchmen. 1t
has been steadily getting
worse ever since the cam
palgn opened and the end is
not yet. although Senator
Foraker became 90 disgust
ell that he left the state with
the intention OF remaining
away until the election. Mr..
Mckinley has persuaded SEN
atOr Foraker to return to
Ohio, and promised him that
If he would go ahead and
make speeches he would see
that Hanna and Dick gave
him and his friends better
treatment. Foraker accept
Ell Nh. MckinIey's promise
and left Washington today
for Ohio, but he knows that
Hanna considers himself Nc.
kinley's master, and he
HASN'T much confidence in
that promise. Foraker will
have a personal day of reck-
oning with Hanna, as sure
as you live, whether it be on
the floor of the United Sta tes
Senate or in the State Ot
Ohio"
There is an unusnal lot o'
growing among the Office
seekers in Washington be.
cause of the little time thar
Mr.. Mckinley devotes t c
them. They go to the White
House every day but few q
them get an opportunity tC
see Mr.. Mckinley, and those
who do see him do not gel
much satisfaction. He max
es some appointments near
ly every day, but lots OF then
are men whom he knows per
sonally or wishes to rewarC
tor personal work do2e fol
him. AS Il result there II
some plain talk in the hote
corridors from those who be
lieve themselves entitled tC
official recognition and who
have been led to suppos'
they would get it. Slowly
but surely, an anti Mckinley
sentiment is growing amohs
republicans.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-10-14
GOOD ENOUGH PLATFORM.
Burlington News.

AGO0D ENOUGH PLATFORM.
Burlington News.
The newspapers and poll
ticians ebeginnihgto . think
uf and talk about the next
campaign, and the proper
course to be pursued to yet
rid of the present official set,
SO far as the election next
year will do it. More than
twenty years ago, when the
administration of our public
affairs was very bad, but no
worse than now, if indeed SO
bad the democrats OF Wat
auga county. in convention
assembled, passed short res
olutions, only two OF them,
which were copied with ap-
pl obaliOn by the democratic
papers of the State. and re.
ferrpd to during the mpmor-
able campaign of 1876. We
have thought of them often
in the condition that we have
been placed in by the defeat
of the Democratic party. II
there is one thing IN the fu-
ture that is certain, and that
all reasonable, well-iniorned
and candid men are bound
to admit, IT is that the Dem
cratic party is the only par
t.y to which the people of this
State can look for good gov
ernment There are good
men in other parties. bnt
good men, capable men, do
not control other parties,
and the fusion of other par
ties have gwen us more in
competent men in public
place and office than the
State and it's counties ever
had before. But to the Wat,
auga resolutions. They were
in substance, il not in exact
language, as follows:
"Resolved, |, That we are
opposed to the set now in.
"ResoIved, 2, That we ia
vor anybody who can beat
them"
That is about our conGi-
ton now. We will not charge
corruption in the adminis-
tratiOn of our public affairs,
both State, and Of the coun-
ties in the State, but it is no.
torious that inrompeteEcy,
and extravaganza and blum.
dering carplpssness are to be-
fonnd in more places than
ever before known in our
State. We d o not ch trgp
corruption, out OF great
charity, for there are certain
lyno evidences warrant the
charge. What ever may be
determined on as the cam
paigD policy OF the Democrat
ic party, if 1t is at all wisely
adopted, we have faith IN the
honesty and good sense OF
the people that leads us to
believe that they will defeat
the present bnngling admin
iStration Of our public af.
fairs.
X ally Unkind.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-10-14
The Negro as an Obstacle.
Biblical Recorder.


Biblical Recorder.
The colOred man will be
with us of the South always.
His tribe now numbers 1000
900; his increase is about
100000 annually. To send
him back to Africa is impos-
sible, it would be utterly i'm
practicable. 70 colonize him
in this country is also both
impossible and impractira-
BILE. Analgnmation is It's.
ing ground instead of gain
ing, which is vastly to the
credit of our country. So
the colored man is here to
stay. We must take account
of him, we must reckon on
him.
Since the gates of Eden
closed of Adam and Eve no
greater calamity has befallen
a people than that which we
thrust upon t h e stricken
South by the act giving L.
600, 900 slaves, sons OF GEN
eratiOns of slaves, the right
OF franchise. From thatday
until now the course of the
Southern people has been a
desperate struggle no grade
against odds that would
haye daunted a less valiant
race. Politically we ar q
where we were three decades
ago. No reforms could b q
initiated, no advanced posi-
tions be taken, because ev-
erv year and hour the slight
est disaffection would throw
100, 900 colOred voters into
ascendan'y. Take simplein
stance: The editor Of the
Biblical Recorder, now gath
cred to his fathers. was de-
nOunCed and abused through
out North Carolina because
he WOul 1 not advocate Il pro
hibitlon party. Those who
knew him knew why he was
silent. He knew that to all
vOcate the Prohibition party
wonld divide the white peO-
pie, ana the cOlored voters
would rise t , power. He
preferred liquor-selling with
honorable white men in office
to liquor selling with inrOm-
petent colored men and rep.
resentatiyes of them in pow
er. His position was sound.
This is only one instance
Hundreds might be named.
For every reform crea tes di,
vision, every new idea crea
tes disaffe"tion. And in con
sequence the larger element
of the white people in the
South are politically t h e
sl0west in the world to move.
And it will be so SO long as
there is the almost inevitable
consequence that to initiate
II change will turn the conn.
try over to an incompetent
and unworthy regime.
Without another word it
is clear that the negro is an
obstacle; clear chat inevita.
bly, the Southern country
must be retarded in her pO
litlcal progress so long as he
is an obstacle. 1t is clear
that he is here to stay. What
then? Disfranchisement. 1t
is the only hope. There is
but one ground that will
reach this mark, and that is
IlliteIacy. 1t is Il good one;
it will stand the test Of com.
i .,l.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-10-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

"Cuba; it ought to be and
it shall be free!' That is the
motto on the flag which the
friends Of Cuba, many and in
fuentialin Washington, have
nailed to the mast. TIE new
campaign for free Cuba was
opened with a big mass meet
ing, under the auspices OF fthe
Woman's National Cuban
League, participated in by
many prominent men, includ
ing a number of Washing
toms foremost ministers of
the gospel. Other meetings
are to be" held, not only in
Washington. but in all sec.
tions of the country, to give
that hearty sympathy for
Cuba known to exist a chance
to express itself in such an
emphatic way that the leis-
nrely AMI uncertain steps OF
the administration will have
to be quickened. whether it
be agreeable to the govern
lnent of Spain or not. At
this meeting a picked choir
OF sixty voices sang for the
first time in public Joseph
Adams "Ode t % Cuba,'
which he dedicated tr the
League. There was great
enthusiasm, and those who
III charge say that it isgo!ng
to continue to grow until it
becomes Irresistible. These
people believe with the Gu
bans that nothing short OF
freedom for Cuba will be ac-
cepted, and that the admins
tratlon scheme of pacitica-
tion for Cuba under a contin
uance of Spanish rule is
bound to he Il failure.
Ex-Governor Hoa d e y,
Chief Counsel for the intend,
ing purchasers Cf the Union
Pacific Railroad, has been in
Washington for the purpose
of securing the official con-
sent OF the administration to
the deal made by his clients
with the Cleveland admins
tration. He secured it, OF
course, and the road will be
sold next month, nOtwith
standing the protests of the
Senate Committee on Pacific
Railroads and the charge by
reputable citizens that the
sale is IL job to do the gov
ernment and the private cred
itors of the road out OF mil.
lions of dollars.
1t pays TO be the Presi.
dents doctor. Dr.. Newton
l.. Bates, II medical director
in the Navy. who was the
private physician of Mr.. Nc.
Kinley when he was in Con.
gress, and who has occupied
the same position since he
became President, has beer
appointed Chief of the Bureau
of Medicine and Surgery il
the Navy Department., a |
though he was not next ir
line tor promotion.
An Ohio republican who
would not allow his name tt
he used because it figures OF
an official pny roll and HI
wishes it to stay there, ha!
been telling the inside facts
about the high-handed wa,
in which Boss Hanna's mar
Dick has been walking rougl
shod over the Foraker repul
leans in the state. He haI
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-10-14

20 Cure : |upstlGat lon Forever.
Take CasCarets f.r.' tlartc, l0c or 25c,
|! C. &. c. fail to Cugs, arCsgSts refund money
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-10-14

NOT Eac fCr kifty Cents.
:. Guaranteed to- gc,O 10 Bit cTre In, Les veal,
meh sLrU.ls. tiopI rGrg. JvC, 81, All druggists
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-23

result will be nobler men, more beautiful
women, happier homes, grander lives.
greater perfection in our race, and W,
will appreciate the threefold blessing OF
Heaven, the gift of our imperfect world
of the the True, the Beautiful and the
Good"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-23
Quinine and other fe-
yer medicines take from 5
to 10 days TO cure fever.
JOhnSOn'S Chill and Fever
Tonic cures in ONE DAY.
JUMBO POTATOES.
(Newbern Journal.)

(Newbern Journal)
r. d. Hodges, of Kershaw, n. c.
presented f. Fl. and ]. A. Meadows,
Monday, with barrel of Irish potatoes
that must take the premium for size, as
the barrel was filled by 165 OF these pO-
tatoes. Any person knowing how many
potatoes Of the ordinary size it takes to
fill barrel can appreciate the size Of
these 1G5 potatoes.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-23
BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Few
err Sores, letter, Chappad Hands, Chill
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price
% cents per box. For sale by all drug
gists.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-11-06

flask from his hands and flung it far
down one of the unexplored corridors.
For an instant he stood as if thunder
struck.
Then with incredible quickness and
without uttering a word he drew a
stiletto from his breast, plunged it into
my bosom and darted down the corri-
dor. l fell fainting to the floor, but be-
fore / lost consciousness | heard q long,
blood curdling scream, followed by a
deathly silence, and | knew no more.
l returned to consciousness in the
humble hut of a fellah near the scene
of my explorations, whittier had been
conveyed by my men, who had found
me insensible in the thick darkness of
the vaulted chamber. 1 had lowered for
weeks between life and death, but the
anxious care Of a physician whom the
Scientific society had sent me ON hear
ing of my wound finally restored me to
consciousness and life. No tidings of
DR.. Batesi had been received.
AS soon as l was able l revisited the
tomb. Of its former treasures not an
atom remained. The wretched fellahs,
who are not permitted to sell any of the
treasures of antiquity which they may
discover, had taken all away to dis
member them at their leisure, in order
to sell the fragments surreptitiously to
tourists. The body of the priest had
disappeared with the other contents of
the tomb.
Feebly and disconsolately I crawled
along one of the corridors which seemed
to me to be the one down which l had
thrown the crystal vase. Suddenly my
torchbearer, who was in advance, start
ed back with a cry of horror. Advanc-
ing cautiously, l found myself looking
down into a wide pit which was sunk
perpendicularly in the center of the
passage. | threw a pebble down it, but
no sound of it's fall returned to my ears
from the thick %blackness below.
AS | turned, weary and sick at heart,
my foot struck a soft object. 1t was a
light felt hat. l knew it and it's own
er's fate.
The mex day found me on my way to
the dahabeah which was to take me down
the Nile. After my litter had been
placed Oh board, looking up at the bank
| CHANGED to see a tall, majestic figure.
richly clad in garments Of strange and
ancient fashion, gazing intently upon
the boat, and, as it seemed, at me.
"Who is that MANI" l asked my
servant.
"He is a stranger, excellenoy, a
newcomer. They call him Neffar. He
is very wise, they say, very wise and
very rich, but he talks little. Some say
he has the evil eye, but l do not know. "
The dahabeah cast off from the shore
and with a favoring breeze shot swiftly
down the stream. AS we swept down
ward | kept my eyes on the grand, i'm
posing figure of the stranger as his gaze
followed the boat until a bend in the
river shut him from view.
"Strange, " said to the doctor at my
side, what Authorizations sick men
nave. Now l almost thought that
eyes, they are strange" he replied.
TIE END.
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corridors.
of the personality of the being whom
we were about to restore to life. Read
ers of De Quincey's opium dreams will
remember the horror with which "the
tremendous, the horrible antiquity of
the countries Of Asia inspired him as
wildly as they recall his %''cancerous
kisses of the crocodile" Such an indie
Unable horror now possessed me. The
being before me had lived and loved,
had thought and dreamed, had hored
of history, when the earth was peopled
with strange races whose very names
had been forgotten long ons ago,
when the flood was a matter of yester-
day and the tower of Babel an existing
wonder of the world, and yet l now
saw before my eyes the tide of life,
stagnant for ages, once more beginning
to course within his veins.
Antiquity had not begun
Long ere his primeval race was run.
He seemed to belong neither to the
living nor the dead. He was a frightful
anomaly. ! sickened with horror, but
still continued mechanically to chafe
his limbs.
After the lapse of some minutes,
which were accompanied by increasing
evidences of the return of circulation,
the doctor opened the firmly compressed
lips and with his penknife easily pried
the teeth apart and poured several drops
of the liquid down the throat of the
body. The effect of this was soon evil
denced by a very slight but yet percep-
tible respiration. There was no longer
room for doubt, if indeed there had
been any before. The man lived.
The doctor was still silent. and in the
whirl of my thoughts l was incapable
of speech. We renewed our rubbings
with the liquor, and the respirations
grew stronger and stronger. At last
they were quite normal. The doctor
poured a few drops of the cordial down
the throat.
"We may rest now," he said.
! threw myself ON the floor and think
| must have tainted from the exhaustive
labor. the tumult of my thoughts and
the heat Of the chamber. At n rate
l was unconscious for some time.
When l regaiped consciousness, the
Egyptian (for now hat he was alive |
suppose he should be properly so called
was breathing easily and naturally as
though in a profound sleep. The doctor
was seated on the floor, his back against
a sarcophagus, locking intently at the
crystal flask which he held in his hand.
Its contents, about one-haif of which
had been exhausted, Cparkled brightly
in the torchlight.
! arose and approached my friend.
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The late Confederate General Shell
by stood up for the rights of the ne
gro on n occasion in a way that
entities him to high praise. When
he was appointed a United States
marshal, he selected Lee jackson, a
negro, as one of his deputies. He was
severely criticised for this by some
southern papers, but he refused to
weaken and justified his act in the
following reply: 1.-The young mar
is competent to render effective serv-
ice in lines where white men cannot
do as well, perhaps, is he will do.
/ appointed him for efficiency and
have no patience with that senti-
ment that gropes always among the
tombstones instead of coming out
into the bright light of existing life
and conditions. The negro was al
ways faithful to his people when a
slave. He has been no less faithful
to his friends since he has become a
freeman. He is becoming useful in
ways never dreamed of before the
war, and it is unmanly to deny him
the right to do for himself every
thing that will improve and better
his condition. TRUST that this is the
last I shall have to say in defense
of my official action. l am right in
what I have done, anu by the right
I propose to stand. New York
Tribune.
A settlement.
Lola-Did you effect a favorable set
Element with your creditors?
Wheeler-Yes. They allowed me to
keep my heel.-Truth.
Not What He Wanted.
Haskell-What's Bobby crying for?
Mrs. Haskell-Oh, the poor boy caught
his finger in the pantry door.
Haskell-H'm! He evidently didn't
get the jam he was looking for that
m e.-Twink1es.
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nc DCHC DUCT U6 DOuU.
filed with one immense stone, which
fitted its place so closely that the point
of a penknife could hardly have been
inserted between the ton and the solid
rock of the gallery. Beyond an entrance
so carefully closed ard concealed there
must be new and rare treasures, and it
was with considerable excitement that
I began to consider how to remove the
obstacle in the passageway. Pressure, l
found, had no effect upon it, and there
remained no way but to blast it. l ac-
cordIngly sent for drills and sledges,
and soon had two gangs of fellahs at
work sinking two holes Oh each side of
the slab.
By taking advantage of the almost
imperceptible interstices between the
stone and the wall the work was some
what accelerated, and several hours
labor resulted in two holes some eight
inches deep. These l half filled with
powder, properly tamped the charges,
inserted fuses, lit them and retired with
due promptitude. The deep silence of
perhaps a minute was at length broken
by a deafening crash, followed by in
terminable echoes and a strong blast of
sulphurous air.
Allowing time for the fumes of the
powder to dissipate, we returned and
found the great slab had been hurled
inward, where it lay, broken into sew
eral pieces, upon the floor of a noble
corridor of great width and height.
Selling a torch from one of the bear
ers, I sprang forward into the newly
opened passage without a thought OF
the possible presence of foul air or poi
sonous gases. Luckily there was neither
A moments examination satisfied m,
that this was the real or main tomb, Il
which the other had merely served al
an antechamber or perhaps had beer
placed there as a blind to deceive those
who might search for the principa
structure. Here the passages were un
usually spacious and lofty and wert
decorated with paintings far excelling
both in design and ~coloring, those I hat
been copying.
Nervously pressing Oh down the pas
sage, which was crossed at intervals b,
others as lofty as itself, I came finally
to an immense vaulted chamber Of &C
tsgonal form, in the midst of which
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subject Of which was selected by lot.
But that is mere conjecture.
docs it not seem impossible to you
as a medical MANI" / Queried.
"My friend" was the reply, sit is
only the student of medicine who ap-
preciates how little is known of the hu-
man body. 1t seems improbable, yes,
wildly improbable; impossible, no."
Very we'll, them" l exclaimed, fill
ed with a rising belief and enthusiasm,
''let us try to resuscitate this citizen Of
the primeval world"
"To work." calculated the doctor.
turning to the body.
We first lifted it from the case and
laid it upon a piece of canvas which
was to have been our tablecloth. In
doing so we found it was not so stiff as
we had supposed. 1t was, in fact, limp
and yielding, like that of a person in
some forms of epilepsy. We her pro-
ceeded to wipe it dry with our towels.
The flesh was firm and natural, though
cold as the clods of the valley.
but how shall we use the liquid?''
1 inquired.
why, there are but two ways OF
using it--externally and internally. ]
can probably tell from the odor whether
it is dangerous to give internally. There
is enough Of it, l should think, for both
uses"
So saying, the doctor, after some diff
ficulty, removed the stopper, which had
been sealed with natron. AS he did sc
a light, luminous vapor arose from the
flask, filling the chamber with a deli
cate perfume, like mingled ether ant
crushed apple seeds. For "a moment the
scent made me giddy, but this soor
passed away.
"We will first rub it with the liquid
After that l will try to pry its moutl
open and pour some down it's throat"
We began rubbing the body, For
long time we worked in silence. 1t wa
hard work, and the perspiration wa
soon flowing from us in streams. Al
hour had passed and no result was ap
parent.
I'm afraid it's no use," l said a
last. II don't see any indication O
life"
keep it up" said the doctor stern
ly. "Do you suppose that one is easil,
awakened after a sleep of 30 cen
turies?"
So we continued our work for som
time. l was nearly exhausted, when
cry from the doctor attracted my atten
ton.
Look, lookl' he cried, pointing t.
a place upon the right thigh of tn
body.
l looked at the place indicated. As
did so the doctor pressed upon the spo
with some force. A paleness resulted
followed, as he removed his thumb, b,
a slow tide Of returning color.
almighty Godr' l cried. III
lives! He ~livesl''
The doctor was silent.
1t would be impossible to describe m
sensations on perceiving this indicatio
of returning animation. Coupled wit.
exultation at the success of our expert
ment and the magnitude of our discov
cry was a nameless horror at the though
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The Safe Time.

"Dah's only one time" said Uncle
Eben, "when it's safe ter conterdict a
man, an dat's when he puts ON a melan-
choly look ali stahts in ter tell bout
how old he's gittin ter be. washing.
ton Star
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Travelling Incognito In 1915.


The Storm at Sea.
Ths cloud vas sitting on the air.
The air was stuffed with breeze.
1t made a nice, soft easy chair
As bouncy rs you please.
The sea was moist as moist could be.
So moist that you and
Might mop through all eternity
And never mop it dry:
There came a bang Of thunder loud.
1t bumped against the poles.
The lightning jiggled through the clio
And picked it full of holes.
The raindrops trickled down like tea
Or ginger beer upset.
They trickled straight into the sea
And got their feet all wet.
-TwinkleS