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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1903-10-22
W WASHINGTON LETTER,
From our Regular Cor esp0ndent.

From our Regular Cor res espondent.
Political circles here are dis
cussing the presidential boom
OF William r. Hearst, Of New
York. For several months he
has been making a special ef'
fort to obtain the next demo
cratic nomination for presi-
dent. His extensive press bu
'reau and experienced agents
are booming his candidacy
in everypart of the country,
but especially in labor circles
and IN the South, where the
name OF Hearst is now mrn-
toned as frequently az Cor
man. Representative GrIggs,
of Georgia. who is chairman
of the democratic congress-
ional campaign committee.
haS become an enthusiastic
supporter of Hearst, as has
also the secretary of the com
mittee, Mr.. Charles Edwards.
Hearst il himself president Of
the National Association OF
Democratic Clubs. One of his
favorite methods is TO send
political agents to meetings
of labor organizations and
after working up enth usiasn
in his behalf to have the
samepxprpssed in resolutions
which are afterwards distrib
uted in pamphlets. Last Au
gust snch a meeting was held
here and is now being dis
cribed "a vast antitrust
mass meeting held under the
auspices of organized labor
at which Mr.. Hearst wasnom
mated for President by acrla
nation and amid scenes of
enthusiasm" He makes a
great point of his attack up
on the trusts and in a pam
pblet circulate by the Hearst
League of New York is found
the following summary of his
qualifications for the Office OF
Chief Executive: 'Rich en-
ough to tisfy honest wealth
that he will be conservator
of legitimate business inter-
ests, he is the acknowledged
champion of the masses. JET
fersonian enough for the m ost
exactirg de nocrat; honest
enough tobe beyond the reach
of corruption; patriotic ems
Ough to consider the country
as a whole. Western enough
/ to be born in the west and
eastern enough to conduct a
great enterprise in the me-
tropolis. Politician enough to
obtain the greatest popular
endorsement at the polls ever
given any one in New York
state. Young enough to be
progressive yet old enough
to have exceeded Bryan's age
when the latter was nOmina>
ted in 1896 and Roosevelt 's
age when Roosevelt was nom
mated in 1900. Philanthropy
ic enough tC endow seats o.
learning, sell coal at cost tC
the freezing poor and give a
way hot coffee and sandwich
es nightly to New York :
homeless and starving in the
winter" At the coming ses'
sion of Congress Mr.. Hearst
will take his seat in the House
IN the representative of the
eleventh New York district
He Is determined to be a car
didate and some of his sup
porters declare that if he does
not receive the dcmocra tic
nomination he will place hin
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1903-10-22

A man has a lot m ore
friends on his pay day than
he has on theirs. New York
Press.
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The Master Of Your Trade.

The following is an extract
from an address delivered BY
Mr.. Victor s. Bryant at the
unvelling OF u monument to
the late Plof. l.. Shurley, at
Pleasant Valley, N. g., Il few
weeks ago:
"a favorite teeypression with
our teacher was: Whatever
is worth doing at allis worth
doing WE'LL And does not the
observation of each one OF
us, demonstrate that he was
correct? Look around about
yOu-Wh herever you live or
may go. Is not success perch
ed upon the banner of those
who can and will do things?
"The lady who makec the
purest and rleanest butter,
sells hers with less trouble
and for more money. One
good woman goes to her !
npiQ hhoring city, rings the
door tell OF half Il dozen hOu
ses, sells her entire product
IN those homes at t h irt y.
five cents Il pound the year
round, and n dozen morerun
after her to buy. Another car
ries hers to to town rings a
hundred dOOr>bells and Wis
it's a dozen stores. finds few
or no purchasers. and returns
home with the product un-
sold. You may call one good
luck, the other bad; YOU may
not understand the cause,
but knowing how to do things
we'll makes the difference.
There is always a dennndfor
he best, and the best is the
product oflight thinking and
intelligent effort. The man
with the largest watermelon,
the best bale OF cotton, t h q
finest colt, will find the read
lest market and the highest
price,
"MisS Stevenson, Il grand
daughter Of a South Carnli-
ma Judge, pursued her stud
les, finis h @ d a collegiate
course and looked around for
something to do. A friend in
a Massachusetts town sug-
gested that she open a ba-
kerry there and make good
bread. She accepted the sug-
gestion, made 1t a study,
mastered it, and now sells
her bread for twice as much
money per ounce, and more
ounces than anyone else, and
it is shipped over the world
for consumption. She h a s
learned to do one thing as
we'll or better than anyone
else, and her fortune is Sc
cure.
"Why is it that one minis
ter finds an empty church
fills it to OVERLOOKING, builds
another and fills hat while a II
other minister with equal OF
greater opportunity finds Il
crowded g b hurc b, gradual y
emptles the pews and leaves
fOr,another field. and finally
quits the ministry? Why is il
that one physician is brought
from Europe to America to
treat the daughter OF Mr.. Al
) mour and paid $50 900 fol
one opel ation, while hundred
of others would not he per,
mitted to enter his door free
OF any charge? Why is it tina t
some members Of my profess
sion can command their ten
twenty or five hundred thou
sand dollars a year, while or
prs stand about Il pOlire rOuri
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DR.. J. NJ. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNERS ELK. N. L

No knife; No Burning Ont.
Highest references and endors
ments of prominent persons sue
cessfully treated in Va, Tenn.
and N. C. Remember that there
is no time TOO SOON to get rid OF
a cancerous growth-no matter
how small. Examination free,
letters answered promptly, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
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.J
get out OF the difficulty by
appointing a joint commit
tee which will examine the
needs of currency legislation
andsnbmir recon meIdatiOns
to Congress. Representative
Hill. OF Connecticut, the rank
ing member of he last House
Committee on Banking and
Currency has discussed the
plan and declares that many
republicans are in favor oft.
While they do not believe
that Congress is likely to ac-
ccpt the recommendation Of
the com mittee without re-
viewing the whole subject,
they point cut that it is bet
ter to have the present differ
ences fought out in commit
ice, than on the floor of the
House, and also that it will
postpone this embarrassing
question until after the presi
dental campaign. Having
thus postponed tariff revis-
ion and financial legislation
the republicans hope to en-
ter the campaign without
any signs of a lack of harmo
ny in the party. Meanwhile
Secretary Shaw continues TO
provide against a money
Stringency by depositing trea
sury money in the national
banks and by redeeming gov
ernment bonds before they
are due. In this manner he
has placed oyer twenty two
millions IN circulation. The
republicans hope that t h g
Secretary can thus satisfy
thosepoweriul interests which
would atherwiSe clamor for
currency legislation.
Owing to the recent visit
to the White House of sewers
al cranks one of whom had
! to be disHrmeh by the watch
men, there has been a renew
al of the discussion OF fur
nishlng the President with a
military guard. 1t is believed
that the members Of he Pres
ident's cabinet will advorate
some such measure during he
next session OF Congress, as
the present secret service men
are detailed by the Treasury
Department without specific
authority and are regarded
as a kind Of makeshift. 1t is
pointed out that the insufici
ency OF the Presidents guard
has been demonstrated b Y
the fact that the la test armed
lunatic arrested had on the
previous day shaken hands
with President Roosevelt as
the latter came out OF the
church. 1t has also been dis
covered that t h e publicity
given any such incident at
the White House alway s
brings other crazy men in
search OF the President, aud
Secretary Loeb has now is
sued orders that henceforth
all such incidents are to be
withheld from the public.
Last week marked the end
of the postal Investigations
by the Washington grand ju
ry. Just before adjuurnipg it
brought thirteen new indict-
| ments against ten men Whn
stand accused of defrauding
the government. The most re
markable OF the new indict-
ments was that Of James n
Tyner who was ntilrpcentiy
Assistant Attorney General
for the Post Office and dur
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1903-10-22
A PURGATIVE PLEASURE.

If you ever took De Wits Little
Early Risers for billiousness or con
stipation you know what a purga
tive pleasure is. These famous little
pills cleanse the liver and rld the
system of all bile withontproducing
unpleasant effects. they do not
gripe, slcken or weaken, but give
tone and strength to thetissucs and
organs involved. w. II, Howell Of
Houston. TEXAS, says: "No better
pill can be used than Little Early
Risers for constipation, sick head
ache, etc. Sold by Blackbutn.
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| are also made, about eo,OOO00o pounds
of paper being annually exported.
WORK AND WAGES IN FINLAND.
am surprised to find grent deal
Of manufacturing done here. Finland
has large number Of wooden, linen
and cotton mills; It has iron and en-
gineering works, porcelain factories,
glass factories and many wood work.
ing establishments.
The wages are exceedingly low fac
tory employees receiving less than $40 q
month, Including house rent and fire
wood Women IN the linen mills get 30
cents q day, boys, 30 cents and little
girls, ~ cents. In the saw mills the
hands receive about slT0 a year and
in the engineering works the wages
sometimes reach as high rs 500. 1t IL
estimated that the average income OF
family in the country does not ex-
coed $500 Such wages are for long
hours. although the hours for children
are limited. Boys and girls between
~ and 10 years OF age may not be
employed more than seven hours a
day and they must be allowed one hour
for luncheon. Children between Is and
is may be worked for II hours a dry
provided they have two hours rest for
thNNi'f 'NN az NiiitiNit N"lA NC N4llAps
ed at night.
RUSSIAN FINLAND.
The czar is doing what he can to
Russlanize Finland. The people here
are moro like the Swedes than the Rus
SLAMS, They are independent ana lib
erty-loving and the majority OF them
hate their masters. They have n con-
stitution which provides that they shall
have their own parliament, and that
II shall take the assent of this body
10 levy new taxes or change the consti-
tuition.
Within the past few years the car
has claimed the right to do as he
pleases about almost anything. He
can now dismiss any Official and the
mall Is open TO the inspection OF the
Russian officials. According TO a re-
cent order any matters relating to Fin
land that affect Russia may be settled
by the car without the consent of the
Finnish parliament, and by other or
ders the old military system, which
was like that of the Swedes, has been
wiped out and the Russian military
system instituted, All young Firms
have now to serve In the Russian
army This has caused great distress,
and many of the young men are emil
grating TO the United States to escape
the three years service required.
THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
There are 100000 people In Finland,
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an ANCIENT MoUsER

G. Leslie Nye, commonly called
Pretty or Purt is the oldest cat in
the United States, having Just cole
brated his eighteenth birthday ami.
yersory. Az q frolicsomo kitten In
was conspicuous among tho weddluo
Sits of Mrs. +. A. Mye OF Cation
Mich, and after long life his MIA.
tress insists that he Is the most even
tempered cat IN the world--becnuse be
Is always cross. But this Is really n
llebl, as he has been perfectly devoted
10 Mrs. Nyes only son and Is fondy
attached to tho whole family
But he hates feInes, and wars with
every cat that ventures on the place.
Mrs. Nye raises 1000 chickens every
summer, and for years he has assumed
the responsibility Of protecting then,
from cats, dogs and rats. Even Inc
willy weasel Is no match for G. LeelIe
Nye, who catches and kills every ono
that visits the chicken ranch. His ONLY
afliliation Is with the family COW
which allows him TO ride bareback
fashion when she Is grazing in the
pasture
He Is an epicure---loyes good brand
OF coffee and dotes on raspberry pie.
Also squash, corn, cabbage and tonla-
toes put MS cnlet dellcacles are fish
Oysters and game. He IL perfectly i'm
different to yellow legged chlcAaus
but wants his milk served in a ~
saucer and insists on having IT NJ
and foamy from his friend the bogsi,
G. Leslie Nye IL a beautiful oianse
cat with white markings, and Mrs
Nye has a life sized pastel made of her
famous pet Notwithstanding his ad
vanced age, he Is In perfect health
and the fact that he has lost most OF
his teeth does not cripple him as n
ratter, as he holds the rodent with
both paws and worries II to death by
twisting its head until its neck is
broken.-Chcago Tribune.
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and Of those only 5000 speak Russian.
Nevertheless Russian has been declar-
ed the official language OF the country
and this must be used In all public
documents, The Firms have been not
cd for their free thought, ana for their
public spirited newspapers. Within the
past few years the Russians have bepn
suppfesslng all journals that seek 10
create sentiment adverse to them A
number OF papers have been wiped on,
and others are now subject to capeoy,
ship. Indeed the freedom Of Finlnnd
IL fast passing away.
FRANK q. CARPENTER
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Speca Correspondent Of the Dard Nus b. Franz capn ~

milo than any other country II Is
called the land OF a thousand lakes.
and ] am told that the lakes actually
number 10000 They are Joined by can-
ais and you can now 60 all over the
country by water Many streams llOW
into these lakes and the sea. The coun-
try IA rough and the streams have hun
dreds Of waterfalls. recent measure
rlent Of 700 falls shows that they could
furnish about 100000 horsepower, and
Il IS now expected that this horse
power VIII be developed by electricity,
Some electrical plants have already
been put 10 ana many others are con
templated The Westinghouse and Gem
era Electric pe0Eic should look into the
field and send thclr best drummcrs here
to develop IT,
THE CAPITAL or FINLAND,
I write these notes IN Helslngfors
the capital NJ Finland. Tho city has
100000 population II Is situated on
the Gulf OF Finland. on an excellent
harbor part Of Il beinB on an island
which Is connected with the mainland
BY bridge | came IN by sea from
ST. Petersburg md when I landed II
seemed TO me as though | were back In
America. The people look more like
american IMAM lkuhSluINt' anu INC
buildings not unlike those u our cit
les.
Some OF tho business blocks are large
and several OF them would be q credit
TO any city Of the United states. They
are made OF Finnish granite, In blocks
as big as the biggest stone blocks used
IN the buildings OF Chicago.
The Firms are not Ike the Russians,
They are better dressed and more intel
llgent The Russian drosky, with its
great bow over the horses neck, Ia not
seen here, and the cabs and carriages
are much like our own, The women
OF the lower classes wear about the
same dress as woll-to-do Russian peas
ant women. but otherwise they look
more like the Germans
AN INTELLIGENT PEOPLE,
The Films are more intelligent than
the Russians. Helslngfors has Ave
times as many book stores in proper
ton to It's population as 81, Petersburg.
The books are printed IN the Roman
text, which seems friendly after my
long experience with the Greek hlero-
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W " ELsINGFoRs. Finland Aug
v u ISL have stepped here on
my way from Russia to
y Sweden to look up American
n interests IN the land Of the
n films. This country Il stead
A nv increasing az customer
IA Tor American goods. 1t has
some Of the thriftlest people Of north
ern Europe, with wants about tw.ce
as great as the average man the world
over. The people arc comparatively
poor, but their foreign trade now
amounts to slOo,ocO,o0O a year aad their
imports are equal TO an expenditure OF
1888 for every mon, woman and child IN
the country. In Russia the imports do
not average more than s. rer person,
so that Finland Is worth 20 the rest
of the world six times az much az Rus
STA, in proportion to It's population
FINLAND ~ 1903.
But flrst lot me give you the land in
a nutshell This country Is a great mass
of granite rock. half surrounded by seas,
rlNeteu IN DetNetu Nuhhld, NOFNdS anu
Sweden. II is a land OF forests and
lakes aud cultivated farms. II belongs
to Russia and is ruled by the car,
but It's population is not Russian at
all. II has altogether about 100000 in
habltants, and OF these less than 600
are Russians The remainder are
Firms, Swedes Germans and Lappland-
ers. The Firms number more than 3,
coo 900. the Swedes, 100000, the Ger
mans, 300 and the Lapplanders 1900
The Firms came originally from the
heart OF Russia. They were Of two
tribes. one dark haired and the other
light. They drove the Lapplanders 10
the northward and have 50 crowded
them out that there are only few
hundred left, and most Of these work
for the Films, The reindeer belong to
the Firms and such Laps as remain
are nomadic. m-ly Of them wander
ing about IN the cold lands Of the
north, living IN tents.
A CHANCE FOR AMERICAN ELEc-
TRicTTY.
Finland has more lakes TO the square
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A TYPICAL FINN AND HIS FAMILY.

have American reapers and mowers
and not few have steam engines. In
some places the houses are grouped
together in villages, and in others they
are scattered over the farms.
Farther north the farmers are poorer,
and In some parts very poor In times
past when the crops failed they lived
upon bread made OF pine bark and
chopped straw. Now they use rye bread,
sour milk and salt fish. In many faml-
lies the bread Is only baked twice or
thrice 4 year. The diet is such that II
causes catarrh Of the stomach, and In
some parts OF the country nearly every
other man or woman is a dyspeptic,
HOW THE Firms BATTLE.
There 10 one thing, however, in which
the Firms surpass any people Of Europe.
] refer to cleanliness. Every family
has Its own bath house, and the bath
house Is often built before the dwelling
Is built II usually consists Of large
room with a ledge well up under the
roof. There is an oven In the room,
In which heated water is thrown caus-
ing an enormous amount of steam TO
pour out, The bathers lie on the lodges
and thus steam out the dirt, whipping
themselves with birch twlgs now and
then 20 accelerate the circulation. Every
one takes a bath Saturday night, and in
hard working seasons one every night.
There can be no cleanliness without
perspiration, and man who has not
taken a Turkish or Russian bath does
not know what II is to be clean.
SAVING THE FORESTS.
After n century or so of wasteful-
ness the Firms are beginning to save
their forests They have been cutting
the trees much as we have, and millions
of acres of timber have been wiped out
without adequate return. Today there
are government laws as TO forest cul-
ture and numbering. A school of for
estry has been established, some Of the
woodlands have been drained and a
general interest in conserving the trees
Is manifested. The big trees OF the
government forests have been counted.
IL Is estimated that there are more than
so 600 900 trees of merchantable quality
left. and that the crown forests number
twice as many.
PINES AND PAPER.
You have heard OF Norwegian pines.
There are thousands of them In Fin
land, although they are being rapidly
cut for shipbuildlng and numbering.
There are sawmllls and planning mills
In many parts OF the country, and the
numbering business Is rapidly increas-
Ing. II might pay Americans to look
into this field for possible sales OF mill
ing machinery.
Another product OF the forests Is wood
pulp. There are twenty-five wood pulp
mills now in operation. which make
product Of about l0O,000000 pounds of
pulp per year. About one-half of this
Is exported. Thousands OF tons of
pasteboard, cardboard and cheap paper
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| glyphlcs of Russia. The signs over the
| stores are IN Roman and one can spell
| out what they mean. The majority Of
| the people here can read and write,
! which Is not the case In Russia. There
are public schools all over the country.
| There Is a university for $500 students
OF whom 400 are ladies'. There are also
business and technical schools, includ-
ing q agricultural schools rs dairy
schools, IA schools for cattle managers
and schools for gardeners Finland
has about 200 newspapers Of which 1870
are printed in the Finnish tongue. The
most OF the people are Lutherans
There are few Baptlsts, few Ro-
man Catholics and a few who belong
20 the Orthodox Greek church of Rus
STA,
MONEY IN FINLAND BANKS.
dropped into the Union bank here
TO get some money on my letter Of
credit, and got It. At the same time |
gathered some Information about the
banking business. Ii Is profitable. The
Union bank Ia now 40 years old and
Il has been paying dividends of from
10 TO "a per cent since It's beginning.
It's capital was originally 5000 0O0 but IL
has been raised TO 100000 and the bank
now has more than twice that amount
as n surplus. IL has about SIG 1000 900
OF deposits and It's stock Is quoted at
800, paying about per cent on that
valuation,
Another big bank Is the Joint Stock
bank OF the North for Commerce and
Manufactures. This has a capital Of
$4,000 600 and II pays dividends OF per
cent In addition to this there are many
other prosperous banks and many saw
ings banks.
AMERICAN GOODS IN FINLAND.
But come with me to the Finnish
stores and see II they have any Ameri-
can goods. We need not go far TO find
them. There are California pears and
peaches, oregon salmon and canned
meats from Chicago There are sew
ing machines and typewrlters, cameras
and monographs and oil sorts OF
American novelties. The most OF the
textile goods are German or English,
but the merchants tell me that a great
deal of Finnish cloth IL made from raw
cotton imported from the United
States. The Films like our pork They
smoke our tobacco and they light their
homes with American petroleum.
They ore importing our farm machine
ry especially reapers and mowers, and
now and then a thresher. Some of the
farmers here have steam plows and
there Is one who has an electric
threshing machine.
FARMING IN FINLAND.
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FARMING IN FINLAND.

Farming and numbering are among
the chief business OF Finland and
farming leads only about one-third
OF the country Is cultivated, and the
land does not compare with ours IN
fertility, Nevertheless Il Is well ham
died and the farmers make money
The average farm Is small. There