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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-05-29

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Ro
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi-
cal triumph Of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer. the emf
nent kidney and blad-
der sDecialisf and ie
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-05-29

"a woman can make q fool
OF most any man, but in ma
ny cases nature has gotten
the start of her"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-05-29
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK :
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable,

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know Of the wonderful
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-05-29

Where bOasting ends, there
dignity hegins.-Young
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-05-29
Bronchitis

-. have kept Ayers Cherry Pee.
toral In my house for agreat many
years. II Is the best medicine il
the world for coughs and colds"
JIG. Williams, Attica, N. Y.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1902-05-29

| All serious lung
troubles begin with a
tickling in the throat.
You can stop this at first
in a single night with
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. |
Use it also for bronchitis,
consumption, hard colds, |
and for coughs Of all kinds. |
Three slrss: 1Se.. Soe. 81. All drugglsts.
T Consult your doctor. II he says take It, Z
then do a. he says. II he tellA you not
TO take Il. then don't take II. He knows. I
Leave II with him. We are willing.
J.C. AVER CO.. Lowell. Mass.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26

gives me two morning every day When
ne went rambling in the park near his
house in Brooklyn, he acted upon the prin-
ciple that walking was not really exer-
else, and SO waited Till no one was in
sight, or rather till he was in sight of no
one, and ran. He was to some extent a
hygienist, although! exactly how thorough
q one, / do not know .,5
Most OF his life in Brooklyn was full OF
stress and struggle: the building Of three
one after another, with all the
wear and tear Of raising money for the
same, was enough to wear upon even his
seemed like plain sailing; and thousands
Of his fellow Brooklyn gathered in the
Tabernacle to- bid him goodbye before he
took a trip for rest and recuperation
across the ocean.
He seemed upon these two eveningsasoi
he stood at the topmost round of fame;
some of the best minds in the country
were there, praising him in gigantic
and brightly decorated tabernacle, and the
audience cheerad him to the echo. He sat
calmly amid It all. Sometimes I had
to work little to keep my balance, amid
SO much adulatfon, z he said to me, after
wards. "but 1t can be done on all occa.
sions, If one goes at 1t resolutely.
In day OF. two he preached his las
sermon before starting off on the much
needed vacation; and almost before tht
great congregation fled out Of the build.
ing, the editice was on fire. and consumed
before his very eyes. But with magnii
cent nerve and temper. he proceeded supo1
his trip, leaving the ashes of his buried
hopes behind him, but still hoping TO.
q brighter future.
The last daySI ever spent with hin
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26

was in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
was Just coming out of dining room
car on a train that was crashing through
TIE coolest of western drifts, and making
its way toward Chicago as we'll as u
could The present Mrs. Talmage,
charming and tactful woman, was with
him, and we were not long in orga nizing
ourselves into a triangular parity IN "hal-
ing away the long miles.
We found that on arriving at Chicago,
we both had engagements that evening,
not far from each other, on the Baltl-
more & Ohio railroad; but as we were an
hour late, our train would naturally DC
gone before we arrived there. WEI
have to give it up, and go to a hotel and
spend the day he remarked
But was anxious to get through, ano
had an idea that, with Dr.. Talmage, as
sistance and influence, the Baltimore Z
o Ohio train could be held. represented
to him that hundreds of people were ex-
pecting to hear him that evening, thai
it would or would not be oneof the great
occasions Of their lives, and that he
ought to make some exertion to get there
Looking at it from this standpoint, MS
feelings seemed touched, as We're those OF
his excellent wife; and ascampalgn OF tele-
graphing was commenced to get them TO
hold the train. l,
Wien we ruShed INTO CnlCdso,anoWey
it had left three minutes before our tele-
grams arrived But the dining car was
still in South Chicago. waiting to run uT
and ioin the main train at the junction
If we could driYe at breakneck speed tc
| an Illinois Central substation and catch
| su bur ban train there, we might get te
South Chicago in time.
| It was very much like Ben Hur char
lot race; the driver was bribed and pedes-
| trians had to get out OF the way as bes'
| they could. / would not have been sur
prised if we had been arrested; alt hougf
4 I believed DR.. Talmages magic name
would, even then, let us loose again. But
we made every point by the fraction OF
minute and, both reached our engage
ments safely.
Throughout, the whole of it he was
calmly happy. seeming to enjoy the excite
ment as if he were a looker-on instead o
an actor in it..
i During the days railroad ride the coacl
was continually lighted UP with his genia
sallies Of wit and CHEEKY anecdotes of for
mer days, and night came all too soon.
I Many other incidents could 1 give o
! personal contact with this great and ma
jestic figure Of the century, but must con
tent myself with treasuring them In mem
DRY. Some day hope to see him again
i and talk them over ~,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26
o. out, the preacher used to add, with


a smile.
Twice I saw in the Talmage church
that solemn cercmony-the marrying OF
pastors daughter to the man OF ner
choice, by the pastor himself. The spa.
cious auditorium being in amphltheatrlcal
form, 1t seemed as if the event were taxing
ing place in the midst of some gigantic
family circle. The words spoken by the
father we're the most original OF any l
ever heard pronounced at marriage
ceremony:and were fraught with the
deepest of feeling. AS ! remember these
two brilliant functions, the sad contrasI
rises in MY mind Of Miss Maud's sad Wed
ding the other day in Washington, Wnen
that same father lay in an upper roolI
unable to participate in, or even KNOW OF,
what he would have SO heartily furtnereo
could he have done So.
Difference to Wife.
The first Mrs. Talmage, like the last
one (and. believe the first one, although
I never knew her), was a most eHcl 81. !
aid to her husband, in many ways Sne
earnered the large sums that came IRON
Various sources; she attended to his W1de
and varied correspondence; she was nol
only his wife, but, in a manner, MS
More than that, her observation was SC
varied and acute, and her Inauguration ..
vivid that there is no doubt sne neipeo
him very much in gathering material te
enrich his many sermons ana il.el l',,,s
work She was always on the qul vis :
for subject matter of this KIND.
Dr.. Talmage's Difference to MS wire
opinions was something amusing; a ma
always wanted tall white hat, ne salo
one time, laughirgly, but she told me !,
would not become me, and TesolussE
resisted my purchasing one. pu. no We
travelling in Scotland, It was aans,
that she should take the trip TO st -
by rail, and that l should 60, by noaa, =, ~ !
tbe long and picturesque Californian eana !,
while waiting for the boat, saw a Ca
white hat that exactly pleased me, ana 3
honaht the forbidden article, and startee
aff 9as ight have been said II 1t were I
n;ane al feminine headgear) IN All
Feather. o1ae, J.
gust Of wind lifted my new tile graceIIu, W.
! from nav head, made a balloon OF ~ lne'
transformed 1t into an airsh1p (Wnlcn a. :
nv fellow passengers greatly aoniIeu !,
and afterwards turned it into para'ccn l :,
which gradually subsidized into the cana ii,,
! coma distance away, and foateo sraci ,1,l |:
/ nav forever-leaving me hatless. IN
1 Incident taught me always 70 5ooe =
y,fe. concerning articles OF dress
Hygienic Ideas.
4 DR.. TaImage had a great many very sen
sible hygienic rules and expedients, and
was greatly surprised to know that he ha
Welded, even at his age, to anything les
4 than an accident. He seldom failed
take a nap, soon after luncheon. :
awake from it invigorated.' he said q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26

the way of economics: the retailer sees
materially changed relations between
himself and the jobber, and large ele-
ment of travelling men "see their finish.
Although the hardware merger has
made much progress it is not yet an as
sured fact There are $50 hardware job
bling concerns in the United States, and
of these the merger promoters have so
on the list These concerns handle about
&C. per cent of the hardware Of the United
States. The merger promoters hope to
win the big house of Hubbard, Spencer,
Bartlett & Co. of Chicago over to the
merger idea, in which case the percentage
Of total output controlled by the comblne
houses will be materially increased Some
Of the northwestern houses are v1taliy
interested in this part OF the program,
as the northwestern hardware trade VIII
be more peaceful with such a big house
in the combine than on the outside.
In the meantime the work OF fixing ng-
lires on which the various concerns Will
enter the combination Is progressing.
Nearly all of the companies have sub.
mitted estimates Of stock on hand ana
statements Of net earnings during Inc
past five years. These items are T, 10 pc
used as a basis in apportioning the COM
mon and preferred stock. The arrival OF
representatives of the promoters who will
60 over the books and take inventory OF
| the stock on hand is daily expected.
WHY other Jobbers Are Interested.
Even should the present plans of the
| hardware merger promoters fail, discus
| sion Of the utility Of the combine in the
| iohl,ings trade will have been carried far
| beyond the old limits, which many whole
| saiers believe will work material results
/ in the future. Should the merger plans
be brought tosa successful issue the Job
hers in other lines would regard 1t as a
| big experiment we'll worth noting to the
! smallest detail The northwest has sew
eral prominent jobbers in various lines
who have been friends of the consolida-
tion idea for years. At one. time 1t was
4 proposed to organize the big hardware
i houses in the west, including Chicago, II
4 a big corporation which would have prac-
]Etically controlled IS per cent of the trade
j west of Chicago. Consolidation has beer
i successfully worked in a small way IN the
grocery trade There is now a corpora
j ton owning. a line Of houses in Iowa and
4 Minnesota the management of which Is
4 we'll pleased with results. A prominent
1 st. Paul groceryman has advocated fewer
4 houses as the best means Of reducing
operating expense for several years The
4 head of one of the 4northwestefn houses
i Twas an early advocate OF the PROPOSED
i hardware merger,
Best Line to Merge.
While the opinions of jobbers as to tn,
B outcome OF the merger plan in operatin:
,5Ewholesale houses vary greatly, there Is
y i,lnaninity of opinion that the promote
4 has selected in hardware the line promis
{ ing the most success in demonstrating TIL
feasibility of the scheme. Compared will
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26

the money In a wise manner. he was dis
missed with good advice instead; but he
declined to leave the block, and spent a
half hour. parading up and down in front
of the house quoting such passages Of
scripture as: 'Wo unto you, scribes and
Pharisees!'' Tt is easier for a camel,
ETC., etc. and various other selections
to indicate that he was bearing the mar
tyrdom of wealthy mans snubbing. A
policeman finally came un to take him
away, but DR.. Talmage, who had been
much amused at the cleverness of the
renegade, begged him off. gave him some
money and told him to go his way and sin
no more "But I'm afraid he LETT the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26

It is the first merger attempted in the
jobbing field. Opinions vary as to the
feasibility of the combine in the whole
sale trade. If the hardware merger is
finally consummated, it will be the
pioneer consolidation in American whole
sailing. If it is a success 1t will work a
revolution in the methods and expense
of distributing merchandise. If the ex-
pertinent is reasonably successful the
wholesaler sees in it big possibilities in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26

While the. opinions of jobbers as to the
outcome OF the merger plan in operating
wholesale houses vary greatly, there Is a
unanimity of opinion that the promoter
has selected in hardware the line promis-
ing the most success in demonst rating the
feasibility of the scheme. Compared with;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26

Dr.. Talmage had great many very sem
sible hygienic rules and expedients, and
was greatly surprised to know that he nad
yielded, even at his age, to anything less
than an accident. He seldom failed to
take nap, soon after luncheon.
awake from it invigorated." he said. 1T
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26
FOR EXAMPLE

Brooks, y said Rivers, that sithe second
time I've heard you use the phrase aching
void 4 wish you would tell be how void
can ache. 49, 49, IS
WELL said Brooks, rejecting a moment,
.snot to speak of a hollow tooth, don't you
sometimes have a headache 2"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26

, i. - y Z, - - ~ -
makes - easleI .o OBTAIN N. .consloi ~
MaJoli.y oISt " .ou.pult. NE Lne expense ~
~. aslns g .o.. 81 yt,nls nouss
ehe MT NJ, n,I,ich nnnn
the MN, bar NJ hnmsas As md no,Iid tand -
!
i. AZ
: <, 49, 49,.
= - ha ,a,sa
al =, nrdar - fe s,nn1y The
:, M aa,s don,,
tha n,roha, ~ hn ~, st.rtad sy,o 1ier
in nb nn,nts Tha 5ardware 8 4 trade i is
Jona -1inci = IIu frn1, Tho =; :, centars
SGond;t;one~in +he9aa atarnEioh hino trade
~ ,,raaa,4 - -
sahlis, = ran,.aat;t;a,i
aor .uDp ths+ nrntts i, ma nvlof the bip
honses in Nav York BOSTON and PhiIas
deinhia have haen ,rednced "a minimum
IN p The nti,ar hand western houses
with 4 randy sdaveIoninp country At their
hash have been making monev5 @ Il is
;, tmra1 +ho+ tha 90 shou1d "a
vnr . hio cnnsnlida ttnn as means az
e1i,oi,, tine, svhat thev term rIirons com
petition. The western men looking to the
future are willing to trim the operating
expense or ..cost 81 doing business,
| VI s sss =. IS
20 20 I'M pine ust ne Conse Fl q
Profiting by the experience Of some of
in6IJofriQy snrQQn1Znd
mast few wears. the iohhers who advocated
continuation saws gtiat the iobbing COM
hine M ma 4 I'll At line mist hA
oon al an n ere oneorvat i've min
o;r1as =, i ~ ~, ,syors
pieh - - w .n ia -; -
e %a ~ tSera nae ssnsra Nv bean an
issue of nrefarreas : an Stock -The
rraferred ranrasent "a +Iae actua1 assats If
The cnnstitmanf comna Mas and the com
mon +ba snad viii N nrosnacts Econo-
mies IN nnarat in .wera 1cnn f,dent,v relied
on to pay a good dividend on a liberal
issue o. preIeIrreo..los mahez ins eonl nia
it a value a-raise in price Of the commod-
ity manufactured was one OF the POSSIBLE
tiles counted upon. The. attempt to raise
prices in many cases has had disas-
trous effect. Competition has been en-
couraged, and In combating these I'M
foreseen elements and conditions the div
i idend record of the preferred has been
endangered In several cases recently IT
has been necessary to- tap the common
stock reservoir and let q large quantity
of water escape. The common stocks OF
4 many Of the important industrials are
4 dragging around a low figure, and that IN
! flush times when consumption Is at41ts
i best and demand continually IN advance
LOT the supply. The johber who has criti-
i 5cally surveyed the career OF these yari-
4 Gus trusts takes the position that fnanc-
ing of this kind will bring 81 obbing COM
bine to grief. Economics in operation
4 will pay q good dividend on preferred and
4 possibly on some good will stock, WHICH
the public calls water: But unless tne
source Of, supply can be controlled. any
Z jobbing combine that. attempts to make
its common advance in value by raising
prices will be in trouble directly through
the new ac0mnefjtiOn which Sllch$ a motley
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26

HEN i first came to New York,
some years ago, | utilized the
first Sunday, by taking a Fulton
ferry boat, landing in BROOKLYN,
and climbing the sloping,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26
Jobbers in Other Lines Ar

THOUSANDS Of travelling sales
men and wholesale and retail
4 dealers in merchandise of all
7 kinds are watching the progress
Of 5 the nrOpoSeG wholesale
The new age. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1902-190?, 1902-07-19

lynchings that these acts of mob VIC
lence are usually directed against
black brutes who have committed the
nameless crime against women. He
asserts that "only a very srSall pro-
portion Tin some years one-tenth) #
Southern lynchings are due to rape,
either actual or suspected" Mr..
Sledd's paper is mainly a plea for the
suppression of the mob and the reign
of law. In this issue II. d. Sedgwick,
Jr., pleads for discipline and contem-
plation as a means of correcting the
inequalities that have arisen from the
country's overrapid industrial develop
ment. ]. A. Leroy discusses the race
question in the Philippines. and says
that the pacification of the natives
has been greatly retarded by the
Americans carrying their "anti-nig-
ger" prejudices there. American ex-
pansion is accomplishing some of its
most beneficient results in Porto Rico.
w. F. Willoughby, the island treas
urer, sums up the important work ac-
complished by two years of legislation.
w. ]. Henderson, the musical critic,
is also an authority on boating. and
he has a delightful paper on sailing.
Walks with Ellery Claiming, selected
excerpts from the unpublished diary
of Emerson; a study of Walter Pater,
by Edward Dowden; The Plays of
Eugene Brieux. by Geo. P. Baker, and
an essay on the reading Of books, by
Gerald Stanley Lee, are the special
literary features of this number. "Our
Lady of the Beeches,.. new serial
by the Baroness Won Hutton, is begun
and there are short stories by R. E
Young, Geo. S. WATSON and Dallas L
Sharp.-Globe Democrat.
The new age. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1902-190?, 1902-07-19
Oldest Ship Afloat.

What is stated to be the oldest ship
in the world has recently been sold at
Teneriffe to be broken up This is
the Italian ship Anita. of Genoa. She
resembles Christopher Columbus ship
santa Maria, was built in Genoa in
154S, and effected her last voyage at
the end of March, 1902, from Naples
to Teneriffe six or seven weeks ago.
The Anita was of tremendously
stout build, and had weathered count.
less storms and tornadoes in all parts
of the world; but. says the Shipping
World, 1T was also the slowest ship
afioat, taking 205 DAYS on one voyage
from Baltimore to Rio de Janerio.
The new age. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1902-190?, 1902-07-19
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL DEvEL.
OPMENTS.

A conference of prominent men at
Atlanta recently brought out some in
teresting information as to the indus
trial employment of negroes; but moth
ing in connection with the event was
so instructive as the visit of some of
the leading Southern delegates to the
Tu6begee industrial institute. The
old South was Indifferent to indus
trial training and education, and while
there has been some change in this
respect, there is still too much indif-
ference to the industrial training of
Southern whites. Some of these visi-
tors had their eyes opened to the fact
that the Negroes, through the impetus
of the Tuskegee institute, are likely
to surpass the Southern whites in this
respect. One Georgia delegate said:
"The results here attained by one
man fratify but brighten me. Every
thinking Southern man would feel the
same way who had seen what I-have
seen today. Industrial education is
good thing for the Negro. but it is
absolutely necessary for the whites.
l am going back to Georgia and preach
the necessity of industrial training
for both races"
Governor Jelks, of Alabama, said:
Il have always admired Booker T.
Washington, and felt that he was do
ing a great work for the state, but l
had no idea that he was coming So
near to solution of the Negro prob
lem"
The reports made to this Atlanta
conference show that the Negro is
making great progress as an artisan,
and through this Industrial training
is gradually and quietly winning his
way industrially in the South. It is
perhaps not generally known that
there are scores of smaller but similar
institutions to those at Hampton and
Tuskegee, founded by graduates from
these schools. The results are so
satisfactory, and the influence of the
industrially educated negro is so
wholesome, that the whites have be-
come much interested in the indus
trial education not only of the negroes
but Oh their own race as we'll
So 1t is coming to pass that a move
ment inaugurated by a colored man
primarily for the benefit of his own
race is to be extended and is in fact
being extended shrdlu shrdluhrdluta
being expanded for the instruction and
benefit of the white race in the South
also. Booker T. Washington has
revolutionized sentiment among his
own people, and exerted a powerful
influence upon the whole race in that
section of the country also. The ne
groes are no longer altogether mere
cotton pickers and common laborers
but are becoming skilled mechanics
trained farmers, men and women go
ing out with not only the ambition bu(
the equipment to become home build
ers and state builders; and their sue
cess has been so marked that it has
stimulated the whites to the adoption
of similar methods. And so, after all
the despised negro, erstwhile slave
is a chief factor in the new develop
ment and upbuilding of the South.
The new age. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1902-190?, 1902-07-19

day that sees common sense injected
into the so-called race problem In all
parts of the United States will mark
the end of the problem. Texas has
opened the way that other states may
follow. There is no more reason for
barring a negro from the jury box at
the trial of a fellow negro than bar
ring a Mason from the trial of Ma
son, an Odd Fellow from the trial OF
an Odd Fellow, Protestant from the
trial of Protestant, a Catholic from
the trial of Catholic. or a white man
from the trial of white man.
The new age. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1902-190?, 1902-07-19
j. M. HENDERSON,, M. d
1924 Fitzwater ST., Philadelphia, p

Texas, the Lone Star State, would
seemingly be one of the last states in
the Union to which our race should
look to for a long step forward. Still
1t is the unexpected that always hap.
pens. Down in Texas, it would ap-
pear that they have a set of men In
the supreme court who are endowed
by God with that greatest Of all bless
ings, common sense. Robert Smith
was recently convicted of having muir.
dered a white woman. He was sen
fenced to death. Fortunately for
him, and fortunately for the colored
race. he was able TO carry the case
to the highest court in the state
There 1t was argued that because
twelve white men sat in the jury boz
they were prejudiced against the &C
cused because he was black and the
woman he was accused of killing was
OF the jury's race. Lawyers laughed
at the plea. but the men of the bencf
did not and few days ago rendered
a decision holding the plea well-taken
and the conviction illegal because tn,
prosecution in selecting the jury has
Disseminated against colored men
Smith was ordered set free. Thi;
may not be law in other states, bu
> 1t seems to be common sense, and tn,