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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-11-07
The New Mistress Of the White House.
Cnristian Advocate.

The New Mistress Of the White House.
Cnristian Advocate.
Every American citizen is
interested in the woman that
presides over the Executive
Mansion OF our nation, and
desires to know something Of
her fitness forthe position; to
learn something OF her char
acter, her qualities, her vlr-|
tues, her accomplishments,
and her graces, This is righ1.
and we desire to crafty this
feeling as far az possible.
Mrs. Roosevelt il the SER
ond wife of President Roose-I
velt. and is said to be a most
highly accomplished and a
1
very charming woman. Her
maiden name was Edith Ker
init Carew. She is a native of
New York, belongs to an ar.
istocratic family that has
long held a high social posi-.
! ton and welded a wide infu
ence.
In 1886 she was married to
Mr.. Roosevelt, whom she had
known from childhood, and
they now have SIX living chll
dren. The oldest is 18 years
of age and the eyoungesJfour.
She has four homes, a ranch
in North Dakota, a summer
cottage at Oyster Bay, Long
Island and handsome houses
in New York and Washing
ton cities. [The 1S ::year old
is the daughter OF Rooseyelts
first wife.-Ed.]
She is d lady of wide cul-
ture, is very fond Of good lit
| erat ure, and has achieved a
manner that is greatly ad-
mired by those who come in
contact with her. Although
fond of social pleasures to
a certain extent. she finds her
| greatest happiness in h +
4, home, and while she belongs
by birth, to the ultra fash
iona BILE class IN New York
still society has been to her
? an incident and and not an
J aim.
She is a devoted mother
= and has always taken care o.
E her own children, and they
3. have given her a love that is
: beautiful and touching.
J.. From these published state
. ments it is evident that the
q White House will, during the
n present administration, bt
r under the care of a lady o
I high culture and refinement
: and cne who has the INTEL
- gence and force that will emf
a ble her to adorn the high po
v sition she has been uneXpect
n edly called to fill, and q 8
. prove a zeal helpmete to he
. hOnOred husband.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-11-07
Land, Timber and Mineral Wanted.

All persons desiring to sell or buy Lands Water Pow.
ar Timber and Mineral interests respectfully invited
to call and see LINNEY & HAYES, at Boone, n. c.
pH-lf doH't buy, will fnd you buyer.
n1-I YOU won't spll. will sell You.
LINNkY& HAYES, real. ESTATE AGENTS. Boone. y. G..
Per F. A. LlNNEY, Attorney.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-11-07
Il Happened in o Drug Store.

lone day last winter a Ia
dy came TO my drug store
and asked for a brand of
cough syrup that | did not
keep in stock" says Mr.. c.
R. Grandin, the populardrug
gist OF Ontario, N. Y. She
was disappointed and want.
ed to know what cough pre-
paration | could recommend.
| said to her that IcouId free
ly recommend Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. and that she
could take a bottle of the rem
ely and after giving it n fair
trial if she did not find it
worth the money to bring
back the bottle and | would
refund the price paid. In the
course of a day or two the la
dy came bark in company
with a friend in need of congh
medicine and advised her to
buy a bottle of 'ha mbprlains
Cough Remedy. [ consider
that a very good ecom,nen
dation for the remedy" 1t is
for sale hy Blackburn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-11-07

"They say hope crushed to
earth will rise again, but We
have always been very care.
full not to step on it.-Bris.
tOl Courier.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-11-07

kidney trouble.
!. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart Is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
1t used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys.
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
II you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your Kidneys The mild
and the extraordinary effect Of Dr.. Kilmer's
Swamp-ROot, the great kidney remedy Is
soon realized. II stands the highest for hs
wonderful cures of the most distressing caser
sy sys Ii i i;ssss.s iss sa :; i NIFTY. i;i,y
cent and one-dollar siz- y .ss3 s;'E
es. You may have s ls5..:S{s -
sample bottle by mail Home Of s~ampRoat
free, also pamphlet telling you how 10 lind
out II you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writi7y Or. kilu.s
{, Co., Binghantan. n. 7.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-11-07

4 -
ment ought to be gotten out
Of the banking business" In
reply to the question Would
you not place the people en-
tlrely in the power OF tn e|
bankers, giving them the a.
bihty to enlarge or contract
the currency at wlll?" he re.
piled: "The prosperity OF the
bankers depends upon t h
prosperity Of the lie.
Their interests are itentiral.
NY idea is to get the govern
mpnt out Of the banking bus
mess which is not its prov
ince. That is the business of
the banks" He refused to dis
cnss the matter further, say
ing: For further details you
must wait for my annual le-
port
Secretary Gage expressed
himself as much pleased with
the condition OF affairsih the
West. He believed that IRE.
publican prosperity was 60
ling to continue. The short
crops were offset by t h e
enhanced values and b ere
would be no increase in farm
mortgages" The demand for
bills Ofsmall denominations
is so great that we cannot
supply it, and that is always
an indica ton OF free circula-
tion oi money, freely moving
crops and general prospect
ty."
1t has been made known
at the Navy Department that
Rear Admiral Crowinshieldis
to be succeeded as Chief Ol
the Burenu of Navigation,
by Rear Admiral Henry e.
Taylor. Rear Admiral Crow
enshield will be given con-
mand Of the European sta
tion, so that the transfer viii
he in the nature Of a promo
ton, rather than otherwise.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-11-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

From our Regular Correspondent
The Secretary of War re-
turned to the rity on WednesI
day and the President on
Thursday, and they found a.
waiting them a condition OF
iaffaiIs that caused them no
little disappointment. The
news of continued trouble in
Samar, the constant friction
hetween the civil commission
and the military authorities,
and the in'poissibility Of re,iu
ring the military forces now
ON thu island, notwitbstand-
ing the fact that ten thou
sand men will have to be
hrOught home because oithe
expiration of the terms OF
their enlistment. all combine
tn repudiate republican pre-
dictions and worry the ad.
rninlptration. According to
the latest advices we are try
ing Wpyler's Cuban reconren
.lado policy in Sa!nar. All
persons found outside OF tue
'|tOwns will lie treated as OUT
1la~s.ilt's not surprising thrt
Roosevelt sqnirms at, I b e
pass to which republican col
onizing policy has brought
Eus.
I Senor Baretto, chief trans
IlatOr tdr the provost mar
shal general at Manila ~ in
the city. He is a native Phil
ippipo and knows the Philip
pine character we'll, and he
Fsays that the United States
has been premature in under
taking to control the island.
by a civil commission, thai
the insurrection has not beer
PIT down and that t the strong
srn of the military is essen
tial to the maintenance q
peace. He intinates t h a
the Commission has b eel
duped in the choice of thei
native advisors and OF theil
app0intees and he cited th'
case Of one Fedix Roxas 'wht
having failed in the position
first assigned him, that o
Governor Of Botangas, ha
been appointed Judge OF on
Of the provinces in spite O
n the fact that he has neve
i, practiced law.
Senator Aldrich, of Rhod
Island. was in town recent.
and had a long .conferenc
!. with the President. It will b
remembered that this is tn
gentleman who last year CAV
notlce to President McKin
lev that thu Senate woul
ratify no more reciprOcit
treaties ard would permi
no reduction of the Dingle
Z tariff schedules. What he sal !
to President Roosevelt is nc
known though 1t is presume
that Ne defined the Senate
position along similar line
Representative Hopkins,
Illinois. was also seen at tt
% White House this week. 4
e. says that he is utterly Of
~ posed TO any change of tarl
" schedules or any reduction
internal revenue, that I b
country has too many expt
ses to warrant any such me'
t,S H. nsAn, Al,o
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-11-07

Win. perhaps, Increase OI e'-
ficiency Is not denied, but Mr..
Hopkin's bill will not DO so.
His bill provides Tor a salary
Of $500 Tor the Director, ex
Gov. W. r. Merriam, an as
siatant director at 1000
per annum, and numerous
other positions with salaries
varying from $4,000 to ST.
200. Undoubtedly with the
present republican majority
in Congress there will be no
trouble taking care Of thesur
plus.
The report comes from the
White House that the Pres
ident is going to introduce
two innovations in his pies.
ent message. First, that he
proposed to write it all him
splf instead of assigning to
the members Of his Cabinet,
those portions dealing with
their respective departments,
and secondly. that he is 60
ing to send it to Congress in
| typewriter form. it having
] fbeen the custom, heretofore,
! to ty pewrite itand then have
lit Transcribed with pen. The
manuscript copy was t h e n
sent to Congress, which body
immediately turned it over
to the Government printer,
who set it I'D and furnished, /,
within an almost incrpdulons
lly short time, printed copies
to the House and Senate. |
, understand. too, that t h e
President will recommend the
!. establishment Of a Depart
ment of Commerce aud Indus
! try.
In the Stat Department, q
80 omewhat itnpoI tant change
is to be made in the appoint.
/. ,nent Of Mr.. Herbert H. D.
Pierce, OF Massachusetts, to
, be Third Assistant Secretary
vice Mr.. Thos. w. CridIer, re
signed. Mr.. PieIc is n o "
First Secretary Of the Amer
lean Embassy at St. Peters
burg. and is n protage ofSer
{, ator Lodge. Mr.. Crinler's RET
: ignation was requested By
. Secretary Hay, owing to q
9 difference Of judgement be,
+, tween Mr.. Hay and himself
and is mo reflection on hi
. ability and integrity" Mr.
- Pierce was first appointed t.
= the Diplomatic service b!
President Cleveland.
: In the hope Of getting bet
- ter light on Secretary OF tn
Treasury Cages financial b
;, liefs. your correspondent cal
:, ed ON the Secretary and ask
!, ed him to illu.idate his prop
!, osition as propounded to tn
! Bankers Association IN Mil
- waukee. The Secretary wa
a 80 10th to talk on the subiec
. that it gave color to the ri
. inor that the President wa
,f not altogether pleased wit
"a his statements. He said tha
10 to enlarge n2On the subjet
:, would BIZ to discount his fort
If coming report. He wOuldn'
,f admit that the proposition
q would appear in precisely b
n same form in his report. br
y , said that he would dwell III
I'd
IL nJsI- -
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-11-07

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fiji
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
Of order, they fall to do
their work.
Pains. aches andrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood, due 10 neglected
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-11-07

This wonderful medicine positively
cures Consumption, Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneumonia, Hay
Fever, ,PIeurisy, LaGrippe, hoarseness,
Sore Throat, Group and Whooping
Cough. NO CURE. NO PAY.
Price 600. & 81. Trial Bottle Free.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-11-07
Oyer-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1901-11-07

'>Some people are like the
proof of a pi'turp. They lie
velop better in the sun.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

What a wonderful thing it is truly
to be able thus by word and without
an effort to fly away from the fume
and worry of jostling crowds, from
the noise and smell of the streets, up,
up over roofs and domes and steeples
into the silent skies, where the ledge
of your window actually scraps the
sky, as they say!
Look! Here comes a man out into
Broadway through a door in one of
the great stone hives. 1t is past
noon. The man is weary with the
strife and strain. Where shall he 60
for a brief respite and the strengthen
ing of his body? A few years back it
must have been to some Gathering,
busting restaurant level with the
roaring pavement, where was no re-
spite at all, but crowds always, noise
always. Now he walks few blocks
turns in at another door and takes ar
express elevator for the 18th, the 18th,
the goth floor. and in 10 seconds is as
much out of New York as if he had
made an hours journey into the
country. The din dies away. He is
far above dust and changing cars. He
can breathe pure air And, sinking
back in the arms Of a hospitable
leather chair, ne looks down over
the city as a tired traveller might look
down from a mountain crag.-Cleve-
! land Moffett, in The Century Maya
/ zine.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15
CREYHoUNDS.

They Are the Fleetest of All Four Footed
Animals.
Comparatively few people realize of
what remarkable speed dogs are cap
able. Some remarkable statistics in
regard to this have been gathered by
M. Dusolier, a French scientist.
After pointing out the marvellous
endurance shown by little fox terriers
who follow their masters patiently
for hours while the latter are riding
on bicycles or in carriages, he says
that even greater endurance is shown
by certain wild animals that are akin
to dogs.
Thus the wolf can run between so
and 60 miles in one night, and an arc
tic fox can do quite as WELL if not bet
ter.
hansen met one of these foxes on
the ice at point more than 70 miles
northwest of the Sannikow territory,
which is $50 miles from the Asiatic
coast. Esquimau and Siberian dogs
can travel as miles on the ice in five
hours, and there is one case on record
in which a team of Esquimau dogs
travelled six and half miles in %
| minutes.
According to M. Dusolier, the speed
of the shepherd dogs and those used
in hunting ranges from 10 to 10 yards
a second. English settlers and point
ers hunt at the rate of 18 to 10 miles
an hour, and they can maintain this
speed for at least two hours.
Foxhounds are extraordinarily swift
as is proved by the fact that dog
of this breed once beat thorough
bred horse, covering four miles in six
and one-half minutes. which was at
the rate of nearly is yards a second
Greyhounds are The swiftest OF all
four-footed creatures and theil
speed may be regarded as equal to
that of carrier pigeons. English grey
hounds, which are carefully selected
and which are used for coursing, are
able to cover at full gallop a space be
tween 10 and % yards every second
How great an achievement this il
may be Judged from the fact that
thoroughbred horse rarely, if ever, eX
ceeds 10 yards. Moreover, it is sai'
that hare at it's greatest speed neve
goes faster than at the rate OF i
yards.
These interesting statistics are eS
citing much comment among sports
men and other lovers Of dogs, and tn
opinion is unanimous that M. Dusc
lier has fully proved the right OF tn
greyhound to rank as the swiftest q
the quadrupeds. Express engine
only, surpass them.-London Mail.
The lawyer doesn't believe that eV
cry man is entitled to his opinion,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15
A DAYS TALK.
The Average Man Speaks About Twenty-
four Hundsed Words

The Average Man Speaks About Twenty
four Hundred Words.
Il have been trying to figure out
how many words the average man
utters in every "a hours" said a gem
tleman yesterday. who has pen
chant for peculiar things but have
been unable to reach any satisfactory
conclusion on account of the different
rates OF speed at which different per
sons talk OF course / have no refer
enee to the different kinds Of words
which may be found in the daily yo-
cabulary of the average man, but | am
talking about the total number OF
words uttered, counting repetitions
and all, during every "a hours. There
is the quiet, melancholy gentleman
who will not speak on an average OF
500 words a day. and there are many
who for one reason and another would
not utter anything like this number.
On the other hand, there is the con-
versational gatling gun, not always
woman either, who will roll off words
at a fearful rate of speed, and whose
aggregate for one day would run up
to dizzy heights Then there is the
normal talker who will neither bore
you with his Indifferent silence nor
tire you with his meaningless verbos-
ity But suppose we figure that the
average person will utter an average
OF 60 words every minute. This
would amount to 24O0 words every
hour or about $1,000 words for "a
hours. OF course no person will talk
this much, as the windiest OF men
and women would probably break
down before they had talked as much
as 81 columns in the average daily
/ newspaper. The only question is as
/ to how much time each person puts
in talking during each day. Some men
and women are situated so that they
cannot talk during the day except at
meal time on account of the charac-
ter of work they have to do. There
are others. such as travelling men,,
for instance who depend upon talk
for their living I have figured that
the high man, probably the travelling
man, will talk five hours out of every
"a, which would give him total of 12,-
600 words every day. I have figured
that most any sort of man will talk
as much as ten minutes out Of every
"a hours, and this would give him a
total of 600 words for the day. These
are the two extremes. I am satisfied
that the normal man. the man who
strikes a decent average between in.
different silence and disgusting YER
bosity, will take probably one hour
all told, every day, which would allow
him 2400 words. And this, by the
way is considerable talk, for it will
fill two columns in a newspaper, and
a whole lot of wisdom can be crowded
into two columns. New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

colored trees in their own SOIL But
thus FAR those trees which produce the
rich puppies. crimsons and scariota
have firmly maintained a patriotic de-
termination 70 beautiiy only the land
rcape Of their native CLINE.
The east Is much more productive Of
beautiful autumn tlnts than Is the
west. according 10 botanists. Their
explanation for this rs that the more
humid soil Of the east has It's bene-
fetal effects.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

quiet like SHE'S a calling for You,
men,. But you better believe / didn't
tell her how she was hurt. nor how
she looked. / just couldn't"
So II was that Della Post went into
the presence Of the dying girl without
knowing that she had tripped on the
cellar stairs with a lighted lamp In
her hand and that she was burned be-
yond recognition.
It was an awful sight that the mex
perlenced girl saw when she entered
the garrett where the drudge was per-
United TO sleep. There were good
rooms in the house; but although the
innkeeper's wife had no wish TO be
unklnd to the injured girl. It had not
occurred to her to have her carried in
TO one Of them.
"Oh, Homer" exclaimed the minis
ter's wife, clinging in desperation to
the mans strong arm.
Then there came a moaning cry from
the shapeless figure upon the bed
Bring Mrs. Post Oh, bring my
teacher / love her so"
Without another moments hesita-
ton Della went forward and gathered
the poor dishgured head in her hands.
She had shrunk from touching Katie's
hand before; now she stopped and
kissed the bit of forehead which was
not covered with bandages
Il am here, Katie, and I am going
to stay with you" she said.
In spite of her husbands protest,
Della remained in that dimly lighted
room all night. The pain which poor
Katie suffered was indescribable, and
her means were so piteous that Mrs
Ryan retired to the kitchen, where
she could not hear them leaving the
minister's wife alone.
Mr.. Post waited down stairs, and
his brave wife sat by the sick girls
bedside, holding one bandaged hand
in hers, while she murmured comfort
ing words or sang in a low, sweet
voice. Her husband heard it in the
middle of the night and thanked God
no lcu 6AfCn nm SUN "a Wllts
1t was not until the next evening
that Katie's weary feet slipped over
the brink of time into eternity AS
her sufferings grew worse, she chung
more tightly to the soft white hand
and listened to the loving words which
the minister's wife spoke Mr.. Post
hardly recognized Della in this wom-
an whose tender ministries helped the
wounded, stricken, homely girl to die
in peace.
Mrs. Mcpherson and some other la.
dies of the church came in during the
next day, and they were amazed at the
bearing of the woman whom they haC
criticized for having four silk dresses
and a sealskin cloak. These things
seemed so insignificant in this cham
Der of death-and such a horrible
death.-WaVerley
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15
la. Berths for BnoheIors-

The new White Star liner Celtic has
all sorts of staterooms. There are
a number of suites Of three rooms,
fitted with berths for four OF six per-
sons. There is a large bathroom
tween the staterooms, and damn
parlor at the end of the suite. A nov
eltry in the line Of staterooms are
those which have only single berth.
They are for the travelling bachelors,
male or female and fill a decided wanG
New York Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

A man named Patrick, in the ca
line islands, keeps dog ranch am
sometimes ships to China as map1
as 100 CANNES a month for COOKING
purposes.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-15

The lawyer doesn't believe that ev-
cry man is entitled to his opinion,