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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1903-09-10

THE GENUINE VS.. CoUNTERFEITs,
The genuine is always better than
a counterfeit, but the truth Of this
statement is never more forcibly re
allied or more thoroughly aPprec'a
ted than when you compare t h c
genuine Dewitt Witch II a 4 c !
Salyc with many countcrfcits and
worthless substitutes that arc on the
market. ". S. Ledbcttcr, Of ShrcYe
port La, says; "After using numer
Gus other remedies without bcnc-t
one box of DeWitt's Witch Hazel
.3alve cured me-" For bird, bleed
ing, itching and protruling. piles no
remedy is oqual to DeWitt's Witch
Hozel Salve. Sold by Blackburn.
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FEAR FOR FAMOUS DOCUMENT
One Hundred Years Prom Now the Parchment Which
Written the Precious Declaration Of independence Will Be
Bank-Efort Restore" It May Be Made, X *[ &c *E &c


One hundred years from now the
parchment on which the Declaration
of Independence is written will be q
blank.
There can be no doubt about it. The
precious writing has not only half
disappeared already, but is steadily
continuing to fade. Though now locked
up in steel box, where not so much
as ray of light can get at it, the
most interesting and valuable docu-
ment in the national archives is
doomed. The committee of the Acad-
emy of Sciences which examined it
the other day expressed to Secretary
Hay this view, while discountenancing
any project of Restoration"
Nevertheless, it is by no means cer-
tain that an effort to "restore'' it will
not be made before long as a choice
between evils. Hazardous though
such an experiment might be, it would
be preferable to certainty of abso-
lutte loss.
The Declaration would be in as per-
feet condition to-day as when it was
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J The text OF the Declaration is even
now fairly 1egible in most of it's parts,
but nearly all of the signatures have
vanished. This circumstance neces-
sarily gives great value to the origi-
nal and perfect copper plate, which is
preserved in the archives of the De-
partment Of State. Not for any ordi-
nary consideration, however, would
the government permit even one
more print to be made from it. It has
been reproduced in the shape of an
electrotype, from which any future
copies that may be required will be
struck off when Congress chooses so
to direct.
The Declaration of independence
was given into the keeping of the De-
partment of State as a part of the Of
fetal papers of the Continental Con-
gress. A report went abroad that it
was fading, and in 1876 Congress
passed a resolution to consider the
question of restoring it. The matter
was submitted for judgment to some
distinguished scholars and chemists,
who were asked for an opinion. There
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painfully apparent. The National
Academy Of Sciences was called upon
for an opinion, and declared that the
precious instrument ought to be put
away in the dark. This was done, and
since then the Declaration has not
been on public view. Unquestionably
the treatment adopted was beneficial,
but it has suticed only to lessen the
rapidity of the fading.
The original Constitution of the
United States is in an excellent state
Of preservation, though the edges of
the paper on which it is engrossed
are somewhat broken, owing to the
fact that the document used to be
kept rolled in a cylindrical tin box
To prevent further damage from this
cause it was transferred about ten
years ago, to portfolio expressly
made for it. The text of the Consti
tuition is today perfect in all respects
save that the ink of the words, "We
the People," in great letters, with
which it begins, is somewhat crum.
bled by the rolling.
The Declaration of Independence is
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, camera was unknown, and the experts
engaged for the work performed their
task by laying sheet OF damp linen
cloth upon the document and going
over the letters with a. stylus.
Through this medium the writing was
finally transferred to a sheet szof COP
per, from which all of the authentic
extant replicas of the Declaration have
been printed.
The copper plate copy, which every
body has seen, was admirable. 1t re-
produced the document to such per-
fection that not shading nor a whis-
ker on. letter was missing. But it
ruined the original. The wetting dis
solved, to some extent, the ink, and.
incid dentally, the parchment itself
was seriously damaged. Hence the
progressive deterioration which has
followed.
How far the process of copper plate
reproduction above described was re-
sponsible for the trouble is proved by
the fact that Thomas Jefferson's
rough draft of the Declaration (made
previously, of course) is as good as
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Not Wanted.

One of the principal sights in Tan.
glefs, to certain class of tourists, is
the city gao1, wherein the sultan of
Morocco's subjects are kept chained
amid surroundings that are inconceiv-
able to European minds.
But the "trippers" do not see the old
original prison that did duty in Muley
Hassan's time.
That was built deep down below sea-
level, and was so unutterably loath-
some that; it was, in Difference to the
prejudices of the foreign consuls,
closed outright by his majesty's ex-
press order. " , ,.s
This, however, did not suit the then
governor Of I: Tangiers. 1t seemed to
him a wicked and wanton waste of
valuable. space. So he had. the. ;horri-
BILE place perfunctorily cleansed- in
obedience to those, ridiculous consular
prejudices again and utilized it as a
storehouse for ripening bananas
Stray Stories. ss..: 4, ,s .=.z; .$=
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Gable Has ono .ife ;.

3: u, section OF cable in the Caribbean
sea was emily raised from =2s1 $50
fathoms Of water, where It had lain
for thirty years. 4 Tests showed its
core to be Ia perfect electrical condi-
ton and the tth!e rulbber 4 llator 5unin,
5jured. fear that sulphur from the
rubber might injure the copper wire
had no found on.
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through the conduits and laid upon
racks. This, method will remove any
necessity for interfering with public
traffic on the street levels. The whole
plan, as outlined, means that in the
near future the streets of Chicago
will be used only for pleasure driving.
without the interference of heavy
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|O||||I| T / THE ] DN|I ]
Still Belliaerent.

Still Belligerent.
Miss Peacemaker-"Come now, why
don't you and Miss Oldun become
friends again." r.
Miss Snappe-"Oh, / don't see the
sense of going to all that trouble for
her."
Miss Peacemaker-"Buti it isn't any
more trouble for you to make up than
it is for herr
Miss Snappe-"Don't you believe It.
She's used to making up, for she's
been doing it for years."
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written but for an outrageous assault
that was committed upon it's precious
text in 1928. In that year a copper
plate was made from it, in order that
copies of it might be furnished to the
descendants of the original signers.
Nowadays such a purpose could be
accomplished by harmless photogra-
phic processes, but in those times the
The Cook County herald., 1903-07-18

School children of New Haven,
Conn.,, have formed a union and threat
en- to strike if they are not given q
session lasting from 8 8'a.>m. till p. m.
Now is the time for their parents to
begin a strike in the woodshed.;
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new to-day, the ink in which it was
written being perfectly black. The
Articles of Confederation Of the colo
MES likewise (exquisitely engrossed)
look almost as if they were written
yesterday. They are on a long roll
of fine sheepskin parchment, the
sheets of which are sewn together
with the utmost delicacy.
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Great Britain has succeeded in con-
structing the immense battleshtp Com
mcnwealth in ten months. This would
seem to be a favorable opportunity for
some of The American .shipbuilders to-
arise and expatiate again upon the i'm.
possibility of building a battleship
',n.Ier th:ee years time ..;~ .y<..5
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sent to all parts of the city, and
which will also carry telephone wires,
cables, etc., together with additional
smaller galleries and conduits for the
carrying Of pneumatic tubes and cleo
trio and water mains. 1t is also pro-
posed to provide within the subway
region a modern and improved sys-
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Fixing the Limit.

Excuse me-" said the good old dea
con of the village church to the new
parson, "but some members of the con-
gregation complain that you do not
speak loud enough"
well, deacon" replied the parson,
money talks, you know; but you can
hardly expect $500 a year to give an
Imitation Of foghorn.'
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Miss Noble advises the professional
woman to shun cocktails, man and
flattery." Stunning cocktails is per-
fectly proper, safe and wise, but would
she be a woman if she could turn her
back on man and fattery?
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1t takes $1,oo0,0oo,ooo per year to
keep the people of the United States
in whisky, and still there are millions
of them going about complaining that
they are as dry as fishes.
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TEN Of high and low level sewers. i; ~ !
' A novel and useful feature will be-
] the provision of facilities for the lay
III ing electric wires and cables from
within 1t the tunnels, and not. as,s now,
I from the street. The cables, Oh roll
Il ;ers, are 81 placed Oh cars and lowered
tothe tunnel through shafts Oh pri-
zzySate prop ana are then carried
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Nine. Monteith, an English singer,
has declined an offer to come to
America, it is reported, because of the
ominous prediction of fortune teller
Why didn't Mascagni think of this
before he came over?
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were many volunteers who guaran-
teed to work wonders with the disap-
pearing text, but the final decision of
the Department of State was unfav-
orable, and nothing was done.
Eleven years ago the question was
revived owing to the fact that a pro-
gressive deterioration in the condi-
ton of the document had become
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Chicago is planning a new system
of subways, by means Of which the
greater part Of it's street car traction,
traffic and telegraph and telephone
wires are to be placed underground.
Already eighteen miles of one .of
these subways, built in connection.
with the plant to give Chicago an
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automatic telephone system is fin
ished, and plans for the completion
of the system are now maturing. !. II
is proposed to construct Il. tunnels
which will furnish an improved $sys-
tenn Of rapid transit q separate tun-l
mel correcting with the easements OF
stores end 81 warehouse along the
route,#at hrough which freight will bes
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The Omaha Judge who has enjoined
a woman from talking to or about
neighbor's tenants,'is likely to find
that government by Injunction of a
woman's tongue is not wholly simple
task
The Cook County herald., 1903-07-18

Even if Mr.. Morgan has bought
some bogus art treasures, he has the
satisfaction Of knowing that some peo-
pie of undoubted artistic judgment
have been fooled in stocks.
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The president did not speak softly
to the boy who called him Teddy, and
it may be hoped that the boy subse-
quently made the acquaintance of a
small but tough stick welded briskly
by the paternal hand.
The Cook County herald., 1903-07-18

The objection is not so much to TAX
ing the liberty bell to Boston as it is
to parading all unnecessarily large
number of local statesmen along with
it.
The Cook County herald., 1903-07-18

Judging from the crop predictions.
the man behind the plow is going to
see to it that his country remains in
the front rank Of prosperity nations
for another year.
The Cook County herald., 1903-07-18

The Augusta Chronicle is the oldest
newspaper in the southern states, and
it's new owners reckon that they are
going to make it as lively as the
youngest.
The Cook County herald., 1903-07-18

Morristown, N. j., which has sew
enty-five resident millionaires and a
bankrupt city treasury, is inclined to
protest against it's fate.
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ii. -, II /. { ~ - = = = =.
Not the First One.

= Not the First One. y
b Oh, she's so sweet, SO angelic and
fair. sighed Lovett sFursyte. But l
know shall never succeed ID winning
hef love- =. 4. r. !. III ST r r T.
.Nonsense!" exclaimed May Sharpe.
"Lots OF other men have succeeded.
Why shouldn't your !. @2s3 .s$z@12%
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Not that it will do any good to recall
one persons were killed and 2,772 in.
jured in the Fourth Of July celebra-
tions last year?
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A germ has been discovered that
generates a fevered frenzy indicated
by a mad desire to haul up carpets
and scrub floors.
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o,nethinu More Important.

S0meInlu0 WOEe yuPOFt1nI.#x
u es, explained the whole theory
of the new discovery 10 my wife s & \
ss And what did she say !'' .sss S.
/ sGE"she said, George, can you rem enn-i
55ber who the Sourfield girl marrtsd?
I've been trying all day to think of III
name 81
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Japan is going to spend more than
$5,000,000 for her navy. And if she is
going to war with Russia she will
need to.
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A Market Valuation,

I'm afraid you have no sense OF
humor."
my FRIEND" answered Senator:
Sorghum, you wrong: me. value;
humor highly. If had speech to,
make I'd. be willing to pay as much ~,
anybody for few good guaranteed
anecdotes to put into it."
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the moon he'd want. some warmer
star for a winter resort.
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If all women with social aspirations
left husbands who have none there
would be many more grass widowers.
The Cook County herald., 1903-07-18

A good name is better than great
riches, but to banks scrutinizing the
signatures behind a note a good name
means great riches.
The Cook County herald., 1903-07-18

There seems to be a good deal Of
criticism of DR.. Lorenz. But it comes
from other doctors, not DR.. Lorenz's
patients.
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1t would be just like some grasping
monopolist to organize popcorn trust
and merge it with the new peanut
combine.
The Cook County herald., 1903-07-18

The Ann Arbor medical student who
left behind him "a hair-raising note"
may be the inventor of new hair
tonic.
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1t takes a graceful woman to get
off a moving car backward and never
jar her dignity.
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J Net Very CATCHING.

i. -. Is NV svSTy 1NdkSHIH9s ~ 80
Il. /. Il understand that in Russia they
disinfect their money every now ana
then. Seems to me that would be 1
good idea for this country to try. ry''s=g e =.
ooh, 7 dunno. ! never noticed that
money & here was alarmingly con.
tagious.''' II 6 ~. 5 isSs Si.
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When a man can't go to an after
noon tea with his wife because he has
a directors meeting, it is sign that
it is the horseracing season.
The Cook County herald., 1903-07-18

Colombia is said to favor immigra-
ton, but there is no evidence that the
emigrant favOrs Colombia.
The Cook County herald., 1903-07-18

This idea of living on 10 cents day
may be all right for some other fel'
low.
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That Harvard professor who has dis
covered the germ of smallpox has our
permission to keep it.
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Right for Once.
Tess-"Mr. Brusk is nice looking,
admit, but he's not much Of talker;
never seems able to say anything in
the right place."
Jess-"Oh, I don't know. He said
the right thing last evening, although
you may not think it wSs in the right
place."
Tess-tWhere was that?"
Jess displaying her ring)-"In our
parlor."
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The watched pot that never boils
must be what is known technically as
jack pot.
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Unlike q clock, when a corporation
Is wound up it doesn't go any more.
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enameled in rose which contains q
model of the state carriage in which
she was driven with the Gear of Mos.
cow Cathedral on the day of her mar.
rlage. The model is of gold, with rose
enamel cushions, silver curtains sus.
pended on gold wires, and panels upon
which the imperial crown is inlaid
with jewels. This year the Czarina
received from her husband an ivory
egg containing heart set in colored
gems and surrounded by twenty-five
tiny miniatures of the members of the
Russian royal family. The Dowager
czarina is al7o the owner of some
curious eggs. One given to her by her
husband, Alexander III, is of ivory
and contains miniature ship of solid
gold standing on a sea of beryl The
workmanship Of this little toy is ex-
tremely intricate, even the tiniest
rope being accurately reproduced.
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true cking and of the obstruct ions now
necessary in D epairing unde rground
wires and mains. A "a part ot the street
railway system will, however, be
kept on the street leYGl. b. Win # y fs
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now laid away in a drawer, fiat and
carefully wrapped, in a steel safe,
which also contains the Constitution.
It was photographed April "a of this
year, and will be again photographed
every ten years from now on, in order
to find out how rapidly the process Of
fading is progressing.-Rene Bache
in New York Press.
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Truth Out at Last.

Truth Out at Last.
When Cain and Abel reached the
age of manhood they took counsel as
to what they should do for a living.
"I'm strong and ambitious" said
Cain. "The strenuous lie for me. I'm
going to work.
"As for me-" said Abel, I'm too
lazy to work. I have executive abil.
ity. I'll be your boss"
About a month later Cain did the
rest
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He Was Next.

s*And so this is Tommy, is it?" said
the visitor. LET me see, you are the
third of the family, aren't you?"
"No'm," replied Tommy, I'm the
SIXTH"
Indeed! thought you were next
to your sister, Miss EveliAe."
Next to her." repeated Tommy
promptly. "Well, just guess. yes!
I'm next to her all right, all right
she kissed him three times last
night"
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''You have $4,000 debts and you
want to marry my daughter?"
Perhaps you know better way out
of it,
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Eastle.r Eaa 5 { Gold.

The Gzarina sof Russia IS the
possessor of sa gold sn Easter 8egg.
The Cook County herald., 1903-07-18

AF5R4ASRHEMT or JEFEEhS9M5 FIRST PRATT OF THE
DEGLAhATlON, rt1E WRITING OF WHICH PERFEC Il
TODAY AS EVER THOUGH THE PAPER IS VERY YELi,0Y
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-04-29

turtles of the Christ of God? oh, Miss
Andrews, it cannot be possible that our
appeal to the people themselves, in case
all other means fail, will also fail! Do
you have ultimate hope in the peopleF'
She. turned her blue eyes toward him,
and they were glistening with tears.
Whatever her feeling was toward him,
she was one of those great souls who
can carry in their hearts a love for one
being and the multitude as well. All
true love with her must have been of
the highest eXaltation.
81 believe in the people at last. If
all else fails, we will appeal to them.
These wrongs cannot go on forever.
cannot believe that God will permit it..
Child life must be too precious in his
sight"
"And yet think of all these years, of
all you have done and suffered, of the
thousands of innocent lives that have
been smothered and buried alive in
these places of horror. Do you lose
your faith; do you
mo, my friendw she answered, smil-
God is not dead. When / lose
l shall die. Meanwhile"-
Meanwhile we are powerless, with
all this money in our hands, unless we
can stop Randall in some way. OF
course he will never sell us the lots.
Our only use for the money would be
to purchase some of the unburned terri
tory and tear down. But it would be
enormously expensive. The city ought
to condemn and buy up all this district
and put up municipal tenements. OF
course l know you believe in all that,
but a city government that produces
and nourishes men like Tommy Ran
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-04-29
BY CHARLES M. SHELDON.
or of .In His Steps,. Robert ardys Seven Days. Etc.
Copyright, 1901, bv Charles NJ. Sheldon

I love. Poor Archer Mrs Penrose
spoke with a touch of compassion
Its no use"
"But I tell you, aunt, mean to mar.
ry Luella Marsh. l don't give up just
] for one rebuff"
"No? She's never really given you
an answer yet, Archie. Make her say
no, at least"
'She will say yes at last" said Ar
chic doggedly His aunt looked at him
half contemptuously, half wondering
ly.
mot so long as you are Archie Pen
rose" she said finally.
you'll see," Archie said as he rose
and went away. Mrs. Penrose thought
| fully sat and unused until dinner was
announced.
Il have known stranger events to
be-" she muttered to herself. But
Lucia Marsh is million times too
ry John Gordon if she loves him? She
will miss heaven, here and hereafter,
if she doesn !"
John Gordon and Miss Andrews had
turned back into the library after the
visitors had'gone.
THAT Mrs. Penrose is quite re-
markable woman, Mr.. Gordon. Did
understand that she was a relative of
yours"
mo; she was an intimate friend of
my mother. She has always taken a
good deal of interest in me. 1t would
not be surprising if she came to our
assistance. She has abundant means
and leisure; lives in a palace of a
house on Park avenue; is widow
with no nearer relatives than that Ar
chic Penrose. Her mention of Julius
Chambers was encouraging. Oh, if
Mrs. Penrose would only use her in
f1uence it might move something" Cor
don uttered a groan. "But these So
ciety women have no hearts except
when they feel remorse. That's her
trouble. She may be enthusiastic over
a fad like Hope House, as she calls it,
but it won't last. Her old social ambi-
lions are too strong to be broken or
changed into new ones"
Judge Chambers is a new factor"
Miss Andrews spoke softly. 81 won
der what he will prove to be. That
first act of his when he was seated was
encouraging. How would it do to bring
case against Tommy Randall is his
court?"
'Just the thing! l don't believe Tom
my owns him. We have got to do
something and do it hard. If Tommy
Randall puts up those double deckers,
we got to confess that there is no such
thing as justice in a city like this, in a
country like ours, after twenty cen