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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1903-05-07
The Bonds Sold Remarkably High.
News and Observ,

News and Observ,r.
The sale of thu North t.'rn
linn bonds on Tuesday wa.n
very remarkable one. rOnsil
ering the condition of the
money market. A short while
ago when money Has easier
it wonltl have been a simpler
matter to baye hoated these
bonds, hut at the pre- sent
time the MONEY market il in
such condition as to make il
very difficult TO sell bonds at
all. Our bonds sold higher
Tuesday thnn the bonds Of
Of any European country.
They sol!I full ten points hiuh
or than British ronSols ana
even when the diff rene in in
terpst is taken into consider
alton, the net prize WAS bet
ter than England has obtain
| ed for it's Trnnsvaal loan now
on the market, Ennlnnd's :
consnls. paving nearly 3 per
cent, sell a, 81 and ON lnnG
term. Our 4 per cent bonds
rnnniny only ten years, SOLD
for about 1G3, 50 the net IA.
mnEut perceived for ours
makes the actual interest
paid Iess than England Is
paying. We sold at a high"r
price than any Enropra n
countr.v's sold for and prohn
bIy, ii our bonds had h a t!
such banking privileges as
the United States bonds have
there would have been no ma
tprial difference in the price
paid.
Whpr if is horn in m / n d
that these are the first bonds
that we have offered for salC
in a generation, which do not
convey u lien on some Spe -
rifr tax or source OF revenue
or property (llke the penIt"r
tiary bonds which are tC
some extent Il special lien or
| the ppHitentlary earnings hnr
our 4 per cent bonds Whirl
have certain taxes pledge
foI their payment) and tha'
these bonds are simply baseC
upon the faith of the State
it is seen that our credit is +,
mnrkahIy high.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1903-05-07

An inspector ni schools has
been giving in the Hnnanita
rian II selection of the leading
"howlers" OF his a"qua mt.
an"e. The shrewdes. of all the
answers came from a very
small boy. who was asked to
give Il text which forbade q
man TO marry two wives.
Without ii m 0ment's pause
he replied, No man can serve
two master "-HOusehold
Words.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1903-05-07
LOST HIS NERVE.

Those who climb mountains f.c.
quently find the dizzy depths too
much for them and lose their nerve,
Such i, also the experience Of those
who neglect their stomach or bow
els. Self preservation demands DR.,
Rings New Lie Pills, They arc
gentle bat thorough Only 25c. at
M. B. Blackburn'S.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1903-05-07
THE PLOT THICKENS.

But that has nothing to do with The
fact that there is not a better salve
on earth than Bucklen's ArnicJ
Salve. It's reliable cure lor bruis.
es, bnrns cuts, cornS, sores and salt
rheum. Tried and testedand pIovec
lnfaIlible for piles Only 25c. Salts
faction guaranteed or money refun
ded by M. B. Black bnrn.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1903-05-07

BY cutting back the limbs
of old peach trees SO that the
tree resembles II stump, more
than any thing else, new and
vigorous fruit bearing shoots
will be put out ana several
good annual crops produced,
while the young trees are
coming into bearing. Unlike
appletree surkersthese shoots
will bear fruit the second
year.-lIX.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1903-05-07
To Cure a Cold in One bay.

Take Laxative BrOmD Qninihe
Tablets. All druggists refund he
money if it IaiIs TO cure. +. W
Groves signature is on each box.
Ilr
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1903-05-07
WASHINGTONLETTER
From our Regular Correspondent.

There has been, within the
past week, open avowal of
the determination on t he
part Of certain influential res
publicanS to defeat Mr.. Roose
welt in the national repuhli>
can convention. The OppOsi~
tiOn is based on his alleged
erraticism and the grOund
that he il not a "safe man..
1t is an i'll wind which blows
nobody good however, and
the same men who are Oppo>
sing Mr.. Roosevelt are con-
tenplating the support ofthe
support OF the democratic
ticket il a careful and conser-
vative man should he the
nominee. A prominent New
Yorker who has been recent,
ly in Washington, said on
this subject: 1--WE do not
want a man in the White
House who is always look
ing tor a new sensation and
who is willing to abandon
even the things of his own in
ventiOn as soon asthey cease
to be novel The enforcement
of laws which exist and the
advocacy of more effective
legislation tn a desired end is
not to be objected to in a
President, but we do not
want Il President to whom
the sensational appeals and
who wonld do a thing in the
wrong way rather than in
the right in order to appear
in the glare OF the limellght," "
This is only a sample of the
argumentsadva against
Mr.. Roosevelt's candidacy
by that element OF New York
business men known as "con
servatives" and it is heard
so frequently as to occasion
sprions concern to the suppOr
ters of the President.
The weak and half hearted
manner in which the Post
master General has been cor
aucting the investigations
ordered 10y the President ha:
produced a startling result
during the past week. Thf
wife of the Assistant attor
ney General for the Postof'
flee Department, with the al
, sistance of her sister and
safe expert, has abstracte(
from the safe which contain.
: ed, presumably, the private
L and confidential papers o.
the division, all the docu
ments it contained and re
fused to surrender them tt
the Postmaster General whel
e a demand was made. The sis
;. ter of Mrs. Tyner who a"ron
y panied her on the expedition
is the mother of Hamilton J
Barrett. late law clerk of tn
Pos;ofi 20, whose contract i
now un1er investigation, be
cause of his known assOria
ton with a turf investmen
some of whose officers hav
been recently sentenced t.
=, tel ms in the penitentiary 10
, fraud. 1t is alleged in som
quarters that the object
the raid was the abstractiO
of papers which would hay
incriminated young Barrett
The loose methods pursue
by the Postmaster Gpnerf
. are shown in that, notwith
: standing the TACT that tbi
division is under investiga
c. tion for over q month, hy q
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1903-05-07

the claims 81 Mrs. Tyner that
she removed only private pa.
pers belonging to herself and
her husband. 1t is alleged
that practically the same
thing occurred in the case Of
Superintendent Marhpn safe
which, when examined by the
inspector, was found to con-
tain very few documents. An
other reInaI kable feature of
the T.vner incident is that As
sistant and acting Attorney
General Christiancy failed to
notify the Postmaster Gener
al OF what was going on, al
though aware of the presence
of Mrs. T.yner and h n associ
ates, for fifty minutes, and
not until Mrs. Tyner had had
ample time to leave the bull,
ding. 1t is predicted that
there will be further sensa
tional deve'opmentsafter the
Presidents visit to St. Lou
is this week.
There is CONSERVATION in
the State Department as a
result of advices from China
to the effect that Russia has
refused to withdraw h e +
troops from Manchuria, has
demanded partial sovereign
ty over the province and has
further demanded the eXrlu
sion of all other nations.
This is regarded as IN direct
violation OF treaty pledges
made to the United States,
as well as to the European ma
tiOns, and the situa ton is re
garded as serious although
it ls not likely that this cOun
try would go to war with Rus
sia, even if the latter viOla'
ted her treaty obligations
1t is more than possible, hos
ever, that the United States
will join with the European
powers in the emphatic pro-
test, but that remainsfOr th'
President to decide. Secreta
ry Hay says he will submit
the ease to Mr.. Roosevelt a
st. Louis
A party of forty. six Ger
man agricnlturallsts will ar
rive in New York the fl S
week in May and will make
ten thousand mile tour O
the United States, studying
the agricultural methods O
this country. The expected
visitors are members of al
"up-tO date German ayri-
cultural society WHOSE mem,
bers make annual excursion
to some foreign country WIT
a view to learning improves
methods and beng aUle I,
estimate t h t competition
which cOnirOn.s them in tn
various departments OF agr
culture. The party will be az
, cOmpanied IN this country b.
representatives of the Agli
cultural Department W h
will afford them every asSls
, tance i'm seeing the country
, They will first visit the mort
= west, then go on to the Pa
> cific slope andreturn throug
/ the southwest section OF tn
! country.
. Scientists who have bee
in session in Washington re
J Gently have advised Spcreti
| ry Hay that if the orlgint
Declaration of Independents
= il to be preserved 1t mnst /
= stored in Il light and a j
r proof safe and it has been r.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1903-05-07

"a mans first child makes
him feel ten years younger;
his fifth adds three genera>
tions to his age"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1903-05-07


Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, ard makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart 10
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.
If you are sick you can make no mistaIsa
by first doctoring your kidneys The mild
and the extraordinary effect OF Dr.. Kilrner's
Swamp-ROot, the great kidney remedy "a
soon realized. It stands the,highbst for rs
wonderful cures Of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits EfT
by all druggists in fifty fzsTR l@5 II
cent and one-dolar siz g Eis 3is s;,;| :,I
es. You may have <isla6s4 M 4sf - ~
sample bottle by mail Home Of swampRoaG
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out If you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing DR.. Kilnaee
& Co., Binehamton. Ny.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1903-05-07
Oyer-fIork 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, 1903-05-07

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 fahto do
their work. ~
Pains. aches andrher.
matlsm come from ca
cess Of uric acid In the
blood, due 10 neglected
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15

from her own home is so frequently purely artificial creature, to all appear ances so sweet-tempered, bright and un- selfish. full of spirit and energy, laughter and fun. But frequently in her home, where these qualities would be so greatly appreciated, and do so much good, what do we find? That she possesses an un- limited faculty for making home misera- ble She is selfish and ill-tempered. and will see her own mother overcome by work or anxiety, but will not hold out the helping hand she would give to strangers With a desire to appear well in the eyes of others, it is astonishing what an amount of trouble she will give herself and how helpful she will be. But all this is spoiled by her increased ill-temper in the home circle
 How can the girl who is not genuine expect to possess the desire of all girls a happy home of her own? She imposes upon a man for a time, but when the mantle of airs and graces slips from her and he has been treated to one or two domestic scenes, what bitter disappoint- ment follows Girls, don't put on your smiles with your visiting costumes, but let them be for home wear, and they will become part of yourself. Don't make those who love you unhappy, but cult- vate a willing, cheerful disposition and a determined spirit to make the best of things. You are not only making those who love you suffer, but are laying up for yourself a store of misery. You can avoid this if you wish it; every girl can become what she should be-the sunshine of her home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
A Sound Reason

At rural watering place the guests were sitting on the front piazza, which overlooked the street, says Lppincott's.
 A rustic, who was greatly under the in- fuence of liquor, found his way up there and became extensively "agreeable.' Be- ing admonished to desist from his atten- tions many times, he persisted, and at last approached one of the ladies and commenced to annoy her with rude at tempts at smartness.
 A gentleman who had been watching him closely, but saying nothing, now swift ly approached him and tossed him over into the wet sand below
 He got up. pulled a much-soiled hand kerchdef from his pocket, wiped the sand from his eyes and mouth, and then, look ing up as he swayed back and forth, ad- dressed the man who did the deed:
 "Yes, - - youl I suppose you think you're smart, but I don't I expect you think I don't know what you done that for. but I'll let you know that do. Blank your buttons! The reason why you throw ed me over them banisters was that you don't want me up there, you!''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
He Got the Job.

'T was much amused the other day." said an uptown hardware dealer. accord ing to The New York Press, "at a small boy who came around looking for a job. One of the clerks had dropped lot of sharp-pointed tacks into a drawer of brass screws and had given up the idea of taking them out.
 When the youngster turned up looking for job we thought we would try him out by letting him sort the two articles. He went at 1t the same way we had be- gun, picking out the taclks with his fln- gers and getting the point of every third tack in the ball of his thumb.
 'He had enough in about a minute and he strengthened up. We all began to smile, expecting him to give up the job Instead of that he went over to the show case and picked out horseshoe magnet. Then he came back to the box. In thirty seconds he had the tacks out and the screws were still in the compartment. He knew that the magnet would attract iron and not brass, and in a jiffy he had &C., complished what we had been trying to do all the morning.
 "We don't really need a boy, but this chaps smartness appealed to us. and we find him so handy to have around that next Saturday he gets a raise.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
A Disparity in Height.

Tt was the young pastors first we'd ding, and was performed at his house. The bride and bridegroom were strangers to him. She was fully six feet tall and broad in proportion. while his head reach ed barely to her shoulders as they entered the room,' says 'The Washington Post ''
 Tho clergyman learned afterward that she was extremely sensitive about the disparity in their sizes, and he had good reason to believe 1t, for, as they went for ward to take their places and the wit nesses began to come in, the bridegroom halted and moved chair forward. The bride looked at the clergyman in evident embarrassment. Then she seated herself resolutely.
 I'm feeling faint she said. If you don't mind, think I'll take 1t sitting.
 And with as much gravity as he could muster, the clergyman performed the ceremony with the bride in the chair"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
BY KATHERINE MORTON. Copyright, 1908. by T. 0. McClure.)

As pliant as blade of grass-this is %he athletic girls latest whim.
 To swing and sway and bewtlder the geyes with wonder of grace and move ment-this Is her chief desire.
 The exercises are wholly Bernhardt- esQue; indeed, the society woman who nrst introduced them to her set learned them from the great Sarah herself. She visited her in Paris; she saw Bern- hardt twiri and wrfthe and sway, spring from the ground like a cat. shake her self as though she were made of saw dust and bend from the waist like a rag.
 'sEhe looked like a flower stem, so graceful, so wi1lowy body that every movement. every turn made me exclaim with delight" said this woman, when explaining the beauties of Sarah's sys- tenn to a group of eager friends.
 Bernhardt, as every one knows, has no bust, no hips, no calves, but these things don't count when a woman can be panther-like and bewildering ir every movement.
 The costume in which she nttires her self for her athletics is of flesh pink silk soft, anliable silk, that follows tie figure and makes artistic folds and wrin- kIes. The color makes the actress face young. like a girls. and 1t is beautiful with her red hair. Walking about the room, on the white fur rugs, with her ssll1-stocldnged feet, she is a picture.
 She first filings open the long French windows and breathes in deep, full breaths of air.
 This is the beginning of things. She fills her lungs over ard over again, breathing from her stomach. Her chest like elastic, expands and contracts as- xoundingiy, while her back is as will aowy as a spear of grass. When she breathes, her feet are placed closely together, her knees held straight, her body thrown back and her abdomen drawn in.
 After she had finished her breathing exercise, tn. actress flung herself down on one of the white rugs, limp, p;iant, utterly relaxed in every muscle. She shook her hands and arms as if they were dead, iaanimate things that some other force than her own was manpulat- ing.
 In a few minutes she sptang up and seized a cane or a wand. The first posi- fion was to hold the wand back of the figure, with the arms stretched taut and firm. It was then raised over the head and drought over in front, without once bending the elbows, a feat impossible to perform without long practice, but Bernhardt's arms came over her head as straight as one would hold the arms at tie side.
 Next the wand wos held high over the head and slowly and steadily brought down to the floor Tn front without bend ing the knees, thing even more difficult to do than the otEer.
 Then the wand was held to the floor at
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
Wished Him a Long Life.

John D. Crimmins. in the trial for man. slaughter which he underwent in New ark, N. J., along with other directors of the North Jersey Traction Company. en- tered the court room one morning. smil- ing slightly under his white beard
 Some one asked MT. Crimmins what had amused him. He answered:
 "Outside, just now. a beggar accosted me. He asked me for nickel to get a cup of coffee with. said, fishing in my pocket:
 I haven't nickel, but here Is a quar- ter that I'll give you. Remember, though that you owe me 20 cents.'
 Thank you said the beggar, I'll re- member. and may you live till pay you sir"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15

one end and raised over the back with the other. which swung the trunk round sidewise, but did not move the feet and knees. Only the wonderful Sarah an do feat to perform.
 After this the wand was dropped for a few minutes, and a general shaking of the limbs was gone through with. Then the actress flung herself down limp and lifeless on the fur rug. 1t was only for five minutes, and then the long, 1.-the figure was up again, and the last exercises were rapid and fu- , rious.
 She held the wand stretched at arp's' | length, she sprang forward. she flung her body backward, sidewise. one leg for ward, one leg back; she sprang from | the ground like a cat, she knelt low, she twirled and writhed and swayed. When it was over Sarah vanished, and after perhaps a half hour returned. She was in white-long, 1.-the, serpentine- | and then one could appreciate her exer- cises and understand how they could make her what she is-tho perfection of grace.
 Cannot any woman do as much for her figure?
 Without even donning gymnasium cos tune, let her take a wand or cane and go through some of these exercises.
 Let her use the cane which she car ries when she goes out for a prome- made.
 Miss Alice Roosevelt set the fashion, by the way, of carrying a cane. ard Washington is struck hard by the new fad, which may be turned to good ac- count.
 While waiting fer your comrarion to join you, take the cane and hold it as though sighting gun. This is called the trigger movement. and Is good for the flat, straight back, which every woman | wants.
 Wand weighing is another exercise. Hold the wan, or cane, horizontally in front of the body, and then swing it upward to the right into vertical posi- tion. The right arm remains stretched, while the left is bent.
 Starting from this position of the wand on the right-hand side, this same weigh ing movement to the left is next taken, with The left arm stretched. But first the cane is again held horizontally in front of the body, and then swung to the left, without any interruption of the movement while the right arm is bent. Then fol- lows the weighing of the cane-so called ito the right and to the left-back and | forth.
 The hips, shoulders and body must not be moved during these exercises.
 If a wand is used instead of a cane, it should be of a length corresponding to the height of the person exercising, | and of a thickness of from three -fourths to one and one-eighth inches. Broom sticks or shade rollers may be used on occasion instead of wand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
Good Plan,

Children are exchanged in Denmark be- tween town and country parents during the summer holidays. Thus, people hv- ing in Copenhagen send their little folks to be refreshed hy the country air and sights and receive in their place young sters from the villages who are all the better and brighter for a little experience of town and the many wonderful and interesting things to be seen there. At Zurich an agency exists for enabling people living in French and German Switzerland to exchange children for few months so that they may learn the different languages.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15

Many mothers of families are this month getting their houses in order for the coming wintry weather and in many cases rooms have to be arranged for the girls and boys. who came back recently from college and university, and, there- fore, the following hint may prove use- full: A cot or couch is not strictly nec- essity in a bedroom. yet so pleasing an addition that it should always receive a majority vote. A highly satisfactory form Is to have the foundation a cedar box, to hold skirts full length, with a hinged cover provided with upholstered springs. This may be conveniently placed at the foot of the bed. Many d weary moment will be successfully routed on this in- viting rest-boX. Resting on a bed with the consequent disarrangement is a more formal matter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15
What to Do Until the Doctor Arrives

"One of my children was taken with cramp collie and suffered severely" says S. B. Elzee, of Monett. Mo. q tele- phoned for a doctor, then gave a dose of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar- rhoea Remedy, and a few minutes later a second dose. Before the doctor came the child was relieved" For sale by all drug gists. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15

Carlotta M.-The brunetta, rather than the blonde, is endowed with more cour- age and physical strength, according to popular tradition. If the blonde type Is dying out, as we are told, and we are becoming a race of dark-haired people, perhaps we are growing stronger physi- cally.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-15

LOSS OF APPETITE is commonly gradual; one dish after another Is set aside It is one of the first indications that the system is running down, and there is nothing else so good for 1t as Hoods Sarsaparilla-the best or all tonics. tu-thu-su.