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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-07-07
The Shoe on tho Other Foot.

and political spell
made much use as an argu-
mentatiye piece de resistance
of the suggestion that, irre-
spective OF issuas, Mr.. Brl- :
III should be defeated be
cause ofthe character ofsome
of the support he received.
Developing this suggestion
The long haired populists OF
the western states, the ex
ploitprs Of various isms-sane
or insane-ndd the "cranks"
of all descriptions were fea
tured as being truly repre-
sentative OF the character OF
the democratic army; and so
persistently were the charges
rung upon this alleged argus
nlent that thousands Of tim
id voters in the close states
were. On this account alone.
induced to support the repub
lican nominees.
How will it be in this years
campaign?
This year it is Roosevelt
who is the ideal of thecranks
and will receive Their SUP
port. The certainty that the
democratic nominee will he a
conservative is not r-lished
ny that class OF howlers who
would overtnrn the establish
ed order in a day, and to
whom spectarularities makes
it's strongest appeal. Already
we find such eminent relies ol
the old popnlism as Marion
Butler and PETER in the front
ranks OF the Rooseveltian all
mirers; Prttigrew is going a.
a delegate to the st. Louis
convention, but with open
threats of bolting in case the
conservative element con
trolls, and the lesser lights OF
the popuIistic. socialistic, an
archistir hosts are linin up in
support OF the republican par
ty almost to a man.
The Mormon church has
been swung into line by that
eminent leader OF Utah Re-
pnblicanism, Reed Smoot
The open Advocates ond de-
lenders OF po)igamy, as well
as the less frank, or more ii
mid who deny the existence
of the sacred institution, "
are one in their enthusiasm
oyer the prophet of I he anti-
race suicide propaganda.
And now comes DOwie-
Elijah Second OF Zion City
TO raise his voice in the cho-
rus OF acclaim. The first act
of this bowlegged and White
whiskered captain gpnela! Of
the army Of cranks upon his
return to America is to land
Roosevelt as the greatest
living secular ruler and mon
arch, and to decree that bis
followers line up in the re-
publican army. The sprint
ing. stunts that Elijah wns
put to in Australia and in
London acted rs rounterirri
tant upon the prophet, who
returns to the land OF his spf
cial graft shouting hUsannas
for the man most after his
own heart Roosevelt.
One and all the men Of the
Smoot Butler Dowip stripe
will be found shouting fol
Roosevelt as the campaign
progresses. What, then viii
the republican spplIbinders
do With the star arguments
of 1896 and 1900? Forget
them. ~ ronrsp. Nj man has
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an excursion to the capital
for pleasure and instruction.
II they are representatives
Of their people, we owe more
respect to the Filipinos than
we have vet shown. If the
President OF the Fair at St.
Louis would devisea q plan to
make our people acquainted
with these men instead OF ex
hibiting a lot Of savage Igor
rotps at the Pike, he would
acquire much merit. A score
of Digger indinns caught in
the Band Lands Of the West
wonld represent our native
population as well Hs those
lgorrOtes represent the Flip
NOS"
| asked: what do you
think of their speerhes?"
They were respectable" he
said. but not remarkable
for originality or force. Thev
were about what would be
expected of guests whose
bills were paid by their en-
tel tainers and who would
naturally avoid unpleasant
topics. They were as polite
as Spaniards,"
Don't you suppose their
reports will do good 10 the
arrhipelago?' ! asked "Per>
haps by giving the people
theic more definite ideas of
the extent, power, wealth,
and industrial resources of
this country. don't know
that. the reports will make
them more friendly to us.
They don't fight us as they
did. Chains don't hurt 40
much when they are worn
smooth. But no subjugated
nation loves its masters, The
Beers and Hindoos do not
love the British; nor do the
Firms love the Russians. or
the Filipinos the Americans.
Warships and rapid fire guns
maintain what iscallpd peace
No Filipino rebels unless he
has made his will, but the
spirit OF independence is there
and would blaze up il a ia
vorable occasion offered
Without battlaships and Gnt
lings they are helpless; but If
q powerful nation should of>
fer thsm such facilities OF de-
fence and offence, L, think
they would raise rebellion
from the north end of Luzon
to the southern corner Of the
Sulu possessions. If Japan,
for instance, shall be victOri-
Gus over Russia, what will be
likely to happen? | don't
know; but 1t is a question
worth thinking about. while
we are execratlng Russia and
calling down curses on the
head Of the Gar"
Cortelyou's Department of
Commerce and Labor is try
ing hard to find out which of
It's officials are directly re-
sponsible for the General Slo
cum holocaust in the East
River, There is no disguis-
ing the fact that the blame is
upon some nf Cortelyou's in
spcctors. But when they are
punished, il su"h consumlna-
ton can be hoped for, some
blame will still rest upon
Congress itself, The most
! astounding revelat tons in
ronnection with it IS the pro,
vision OF law which pays in
rpertors according to the
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binder.
+ But will the people forget
those arguments? Mr.. Roose
>elt and his managers doubt
less hope so, but they may
be disappointed.
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Nv. II. BOWER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
LenOir, N. c.

Practices in the courts OF
Caldwell, Watauga, Mitchell,
Ashe and other surrounding
counties.
Prompt attention given to
nll legal matters entrusted to
his care.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-07-07
BRuTALLY TORTURED.

A case came to light that for per.
sistent and unmer ciful torture has
perhaps never been equaled: Joe
Golobick of CoIusa. Calf writes.
For IS yeaas ] endured insnffera-
Bile pain from rheumatism and moth
ing relieved me though ltried every
thing nnown. came rcross Elec.
trio Bitters and it's the greatest
medicine on earth for that trouble
A few bottles oi it completely reliev
ed and cursd me-" Just as good
for liver and kidney troubles and
general debility. Satisfaction guar
anteed by NJ. B. Blackburn.
Married couples in Norway
are priyiI.Rp:i To travel al
fare and 4 half
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-24
WOMAN'S PLACE IN ENGLISH LIT
ERATURE

Until comparatively recent years the
creation of English Literature was left
to man alone. Woman did not become
prominent in this field until the latter
half of the eighteenth century, when
Miss Burney 0752-1840) wrote her
"Evelina." a tale of London social
life. Miss Burney was a contemporary
of Doctor Johnson, Goldsmith, Gray
Thomson, Collins and Young; and de-
spite the fact that the center of the
literary stage, and at that time very
limited stage, was occupied by such
giants of the other sex, Miss Burneys
book gained for her d lasting place
thereon, the celebrated Doctor john
son himself contributing his need OF
praise. which, by the way, was rather
an unusual procedure on the part OF
that gentleman.
leaf from Miss Burney's diary
ABOUT this time records that DIR
Johnson's appreciation almost crazeu
me with agreeable surprise 1t cave
me such a flow of spirits that | danced
jig, etc. This essentially feminine
manner of expressing her delight
shows that she was a very womanly
woman. Notwithstanding her entrance
INTO domain which was considered
by the folk of that time as being
practically mans own.
Miss Burney had full right to be
1ubllant over the success of her Ven-
ture as ii gave to her not only the
distinction Of being the first woman
writer OF any prominence In English
Literature. but. far. greater than tha;
the distinction OF being the writer Of
the first modern book of fiction.
esv vi burns ana Cowper (17S4-
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Behind the Times

l have never hailed a buzzard
Little brother of the air.
Never hid in heaps of garbage
Taking snapshots at a bear:
For his constant depredations
More than for his kin l care.
So I'm rather glad when hunters
Track wild beast to his lair.
Sorrows of an orphan rabbit,
Burdens of the Belgian hare,
Drownings of superf1uous kittens,
Do not drive me to despair
With no thought of brown-throat
widows
Quail | eat with relish rare;
While of friends with scales and fins
on
1 have caught my humble share
You must call the caterpillar
OF eternity the heir,
You must feel the common house fly
All your high ideals may share
If you don't, l warn you gravely,
You will know my hapless fate,
You will learn the shame of being
Altogether out of date,
Margaret Busbee SNpp.
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SOME OF THE THINGS A WOMAN
CAN DO.

she can talk faster than a man can
hear.
She can sharpen lead pencil if
YOU give her plenty of time and plenty
of pencils.
She can dance all night in pair
of shoes two sizes too small for her
and enjoy every minute of the time.
She can appreciate a kiss from her
husband 10 years after the ceremony
has taken place.
She can walk half the night with
I colicky baby in her arms, without
once expressing the desire to murder
the infant.
She can suffer abuse and neglect
for years which one touch of kindness
or consideration viii drive from her
recollection.
She can look her husband square
in the eyes. when he tells her yarn
about being detained at the offlce'
without betraying in the least that Snc
knows him to be
She can go into commissions at me
sight of mouse. and five minutes
later she can listen TO her husband
story of his financial ruin with ioN-
ing smile on her face, and win
courage i'm her heart that comes hot
within the knowledge Of men.
She can-but what's the use
woman can do any thing and every
thing and do II well. she can do
more in "a minute than man can do
~ = iii7,tif 5ti1u Go " DCICcr she can
make the alleged lord of creation, bow
to her own sweet viii and they well
kuuu IL
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hro,,o1,+ bar at once into proi il14o'.
orousht ~ The London SATURDAY
1 a. ~, article on American flc-
~. " ~ the book: III Is III es-
elo'l' 71' s+11dv of social condltloIls-
SetlIe one had better say OF soclai
pI-l,tions And it is just: II Is do
60, - ono side as to the oIheI' II -
' co. ortisan pamphlet, out an llolI 1,'
no pa 70 reveal both sides OF the
shield to the knights VINO laCT 81,
othnr with it between theul. lsaIeiy
o'. ,a does one meet a book. in
lll tlteb burning question is treated
T,ith as equal a fairness.
VIZ -, s.1rhasn'' is, of course, that be-
-, North ard South, and the story
~ ~ for it's heroine a beautiful SOUTH
n'.,1 Girl. who across the bloody
chasm,'' accepts the hand OF North
ern sutton.
several others, all received with hat
tering marks of favor.
s"Their Dead Selves" is considered
nv many critics as her most thought
FIJI work though it has not been so
r;opular as some of the others, oWlng
poss. bly, to a misinterpretation OF the
title.
Miss Magruder has written many
short stories and magazine articles,
ore of the most noted being treatise
on Typical Women of the New
South" brought out by the Harpers
Miss Magruder's methods are some
what unique For two-thirdS of the
year she writes absolutely nothing.
The remaining third, she devoted to
literary labor.
When moved by the spirit to write
she comes to North Carolina to the
home of her sister, Mrs Robert Glib
son. of Concord. There she has her
work room. and she deVoteS herself
to her la5ors every day from ten in
the morning to one. She writes with
marvellous rapidity, averaging thous-
and words an hour, never rewriting
nor polishing.
'"rhe Princess Sonia" was completed
in eighteen dayS-the time actually
spent upon it being fifty-four hours.
Miss Magruder has a charming home
in Washington, built and furnished ac-
cordng TO her own ideas.
She has spent much time abroad,
especially in England, where she has
many friends and host of admirers
in literary and social circles.
She declares of herself that she has
no "fads." She is not a Club Woman
and cannot even be claimed as mem
her by any Society or DANES or
Daughters.
Miss Magruder has never allowed a
reporter to interview her, and it is
very hard for her friends to induce
her to speak of her work. She is
ready to talk and talk brilliantly upon
any other topic but with wonderful
tact, she invariably turns the CONVEX
sation into, other channels, whenever
it approaches the danger line of
shop"
MISS KATE SHIPP.
Raleigh, y. c., November 81
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MY LOVE.

What doth my Love resemble in her
beauty?
Not the fair lily standing tall and
white,
She is too small for stateliness. TOO
tender
To be by beautys pride made isolate.
Sweet dignity doth mist-like to her
But pride. she never dreamed of such
thing.
Is. then, the rose her beauty's counter
part?
Nay for the rose is all the gardens
queen,
Flushed with their subtle wine of lat
terry
Her vanity a TARGET for their spleen:
My Love hath no such dubious scep-
tire found
And. save by me. is still queen I'm
crowned.
Will not the modest violet then por-
tray
The charm of her elusive Ioveliness -?
Alasi the wonder-nower in all the
world.
That means SO much. is still for love
to guess
she's modest. yet one could not call
her shy.
Her sweet repose. who'd term tim
idity?
Then with my Love. what flower to
compare.
I know ndt. though through all the
world | search.
Yet one frail blossom, passing sweet
and fair.
rhrllle,h ms strangely It's pc, s.na=.
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The Death of Winter Women.
(Ry Susie MCGEE Heck.)

(Ry Susie MCGEE Heck.)
Awav on glitt ring glacier Winter dwelt
Enclosed by mirrored ice in Arctic
Seas;
4 woman she, all worn with waiting,
thus
To Nature loudly walled her Woman's
woe.
"Bereft of beauty, sadly here I sit
And mourn ny bitter portion. Fair
was /,
OF all of Natures children, fairest /
And then they fondly called me
Matchless Sp ring.
s"The DAYS passed on and / grew with
them till
My beauty greater than in childhood
bloomed
In maiden glory Summer was my
loved the worlds admiring glances,
The sun, the moon, the stars. Loved
all Love
Where e'er twas found. Beloved of
Love, loved.
With ne'er a thought of future pain,
To matrons richer beauty, crowned
the queen
OF seasons wasI. Autumn was my
name.
And now, alas, my beauty's left me.
Gaunt
And haggard now am l. Useless.
lovelesS
And unlovely. waiting summons but
to die
To her spoke Nature sternly, cease
your walls
The wind an echo sends your sobbing
Ger the seas.
Your weeping makes some hearts
still Sadder, some
That were already sed. Black fear falls
ON little children hiding on their
mothers breast
Afraid of such tempestuous GRIEF AL
though
Your youth and love have left you,
beauty still
Should hold her place. Your life COM
* plete you gaze
Upon it. see its mission, see its end.
Rejoice that Spring your child shall
soon succeed
To honors you have known. Her child
in turn
To those which she has had. Fulfill
ment is
The browning joy of life. Thus age
brings peace
And peace brings beauty greater far
than youth or love-
w.
And Winter listening learned the les
son taught
BY Nature; casting off her sable robes
She dressed herself in gown of velvet,
gray, @
Of hue; then threw around her azure
cloak.
Her snowy hair, she decked with bril-
liants
And jewels glittered at her throat. A
bunch
or snowdrops fastened she upon her
breast,
Then turned and smiled on Nature,
smiling died.
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WOMAN IN LITERATURE. =.
A IsAIN-SINGER.
Johanna AmbrosiIs, the German Peas
ant Whose Verses Write Them
selves.
(By Mary MacI,ae GrayD

To my mind there is nothing more
irresistible than the good cheer of a
wren singing in the rain. 1t means
neither hope of sunshine to come nor
faith in the wisdom Of the eternal
plan, but merely an utter and extrava-
CANT disregard Of all things else in
the pure joy Of being. The triumph
of his gayety is complete. Given the
proper mechanism of the throat, ary
bird might be expected to sing in fair
weather; but with wonted pastime
thwarted, with neither the inspiration
of comfort nor encouragement of ones
kind, spontaneous song of gladness
presupposes the heart behind the
throat.
There lives in Germany a peasant
poet who sings like the wren. Her
name Is Johanna Ambrosius: Johanna
feminine of John, plain. straightfor-
ward, with "a SAVIOR of wild honey in
the still at tho .stIsl N, ---..,a
- ~ VI NESS AuiDl CssAat
food for the Gods--is the name On
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The Scientist.

(By Susie MCGEE Heck.)
Alone, unheeded and unsought, he
works
And strives and seeks to find
The secret that in Nature turks,
All hidden from a lesser mind.
His muscles tense, his thought on
Ere
Each sentient nerve in answering
strain,
And thus with hearts enfiamed desire
Each sense obeys the brain.
II.
His nimble fingers fast contrive
An instrument of skill,
Fen callous metal seems to strive,
To do the Masters will.
His ear attentive to each sound,
His eve alert for every stir,
His pulses beat with eager bound.
He waits what may occur.
III.
Behold. 1t thrills. 1t Stirs. 1t moves,
1t comes responsive to his care,
Each atom there his theory proves
And Natures secret is laid bare.
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Thanksgiving.

We're thankful, yes we're thankful
And give praises to the Lord,
But most of this here thanking
Is just a downright fraud.
We've plenty to be thankful for
With cotton way up high;
And everything so prosperous like
And trouble nowhere night.
But don't you think that thanking
Is a mighty poor return
For all the blessings we receive,
And all the things we learn.
And all the happiness we get
Why blame it can't you see
That all of these great blessings
Come down to us dirt free.
For thanks are just as cheap as mud
A thousand amt worth a cent
And all the thanking in the State
Wont help you pay your rent.
Now there are many kinds of gratitude,
But only one that's true,
And that amt in how much you talk
But just in what you do.
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A Song.

Cecilia Myrover Robinson.)
The bees have been humming 1t all
day long,
Down in the red sweet ciover.
And up in the trees the hooking birds
Have sung it over and over;
II love you, sweet,
love you, sweet"
And here meath the brooding summer
While the lingeringg light of the sun
set dies,
Bound by the witcherie of your eyes:
II love you, sweet,
l love you!"
My heart has been singing it all day
long,
glad refrain
over and over the same sweet song,
Again and again:
Il love you. sweet
l love you, sweet
And now in the pale moons langor-
Gus light
Meath the fragrant roses, red and
white.
In the glamour and CLEAN of the sum-
mer night;
Il love yo-L. sweet,
! love you.
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MISS JULIA MAGRUDER.

Miss Magruder, the author Of
"Across the Chasm," ''Their Dead
Selves ""The Princess Sonia, ana
other novels and short stories, we
proudly call a North Carolina writer,
though she is by birth Virg1nian.
Her earliest years were spent IN
Lumberton, n. c., where her rather
Major Alan B. Magruder' sent ms
family during the Civil War.
The little village was then a IA
vorite resort for refugees and many
distinguished families were represent
ed there by the ladies and children,
whose homes lay in the pain OF
danger.
When Mrs Magruder, with her four
Young daughters joined this little col
ony, the group formed most welcome
addition to it's society MAJOR Ma
gruder, a brother OF the confederate
general John B. Magruder, was IN the
Southern service, and at the end OF
tbo war like SO many others, had to
heoin life over. in a business way. He
took nm the practice of his profess
sion the law. in Baltimore, and there
Miss Maaruder was educated one
who knew her in her childhood writes
of her as "a charming enid very
bright. and very pretty, with large
truthfr looking eyes. She was al
WAYS willing to run erFahdS Tor oIdef
npople and never in the way" The
writer of this letter goes on to give
many Instances of her unselfshness
and Vivacity
She grew UP into woman of I'M
usually attractive appearance. She
has fine physique, an easy and erect
carriage. and is noted for the charm
and graciousness OF her manner
Her first stcgy. written at eighteen.
appeared in thN SoulhtGrn Masazlne'
edited by Dr. WI, nam iiahu htoWne'
who receives FROM MISS MagTuusE II .
fttIe of nor "Iiferayy godfather
49, first novel Across the Chasm, :"
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n Song.

Cecilia Myrover Robinson,)
Moonshine and starshine weave a
crown of light;
West wind and south wind, blow soft,
blow low
Red rose and white rose, lift your
blossoms bright,
Lily-buds open to fragrant blooms of
snow:
West wind and south wind whisper
that / love her.
Tell her roses. lilies, moon and stars
above her.
Junc-timo and bloom-time! Love, It's
time for loving!
GIANT heart and faltring tongue,
whisper low your storyD
Down amid the blossoms like a queen
shes moving;
(Her lips We're made for kisses and
her hairs a crown of gloryD
West wind and south wind whisper
that | love her;
Tell her roses lilies, moon and stars
above her.
Song time and joy-timc, For aye It's
summer weather.
Across the dewy garden she came to
me, my sweet:
Thro' the wondrous, loVelit world
we're roaming now together,
Past the crimson roses splitting fra
GRANGE at our feet:
West wind and south wind, moon and
stars above her.
Red rose and white rose, envy me, her
loveri
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MARRIAGE VOWS.

Up-tO-Date.
ITO have and to hold"
Until of her / tire,
Till she begins to scold
Or another | admire.
From this day forward"
How long | can't say,
Till she ceases to f1atter
Or no longer is gay.
For better, for worse"
May it always be better,
Be assured if it's worse,
| will promptly forget her.
For richer, for poorer
OF one thing I'm sure,
She'll make me much richer,
If l make her poor.
I'm sickness and in health
But if microbes shall take her,
Despite all her wealth,
I'm quickly forsake her.
Till death us do part"
But twill probably prove
That the death which parts us
VIII be death of our love.
Margaret Carmichael.
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IIARps ON THE WILLOWS.

(Lines Suggested by 131st Psalm)
BY BabylOn's lonely rivers
We sat us down to rest;
Besides the murmuring waters
BY beauteouS shade trees blest.
Upon the dropping willows
Our harps were gently hung;
No touch aWoke the slumbering
chords,
No songs of home we sung.
In suIlen silence hung those harps,
Nor woke at harsh command,
Nor lions daughters sung her songs
Within the Strangers land"
In vain in hooking tones they cried
"Sin@ lions Songs Again.
Hosannas languished ere they rose.
Died on our lips the strain.
For thee, O Zion, fell our tears,
In bitterness and woe
For thee, o Zion shall our tears
In love forever flow
Cleave, to the mouth. the pulsed
tongue
If we forget to raise.
In sweetest songs of hottest strain.
Jerusalem's high praise
If we forget to bless Thy name
Above our chiefest JOY
Let music's cunning art" no more
The skilful hand employ.
And lions daughters TO Thy courts.
VIII pass I'm joyful throng.
While harps ON willows slumbcring
long
VIII Vaka =. aDup
To ye, today, with hears bowed low
Kpiling LIES weary way,
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II.
StcinnlctZ,
FLORIST,
RALEIGH. N. C.
Phones 13

Roses, Carnations, Violets
and other choice cutiiowers
for al occasions. Floral De-
signs. Palms. Ferns and
other Gccow;i.c plants for
home culture. Hyacinths, Tu-
lips and all kinds of bulbs for
the house and ont of door
planting. In the sDring bed
ding plants of all descriptions
to beautify the yard also
vegetable plants, Eycrgreens
and MagnoIias,