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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-04-14
DO YOU GET UP
WITH ALAME BACK ,
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the BOWS
papers Is sure 10 know Of the wonderful
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1904-04-14

Tho manufacture OF high
power incandescent oil lights
is making progress at Ccven
trv England.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-06-30

Great interest Is manifested by all
patriotic societies in the surrender by
he city of New York to the Daughters
Of the American Revolution Of the
funnel mansion.
Desultory attempts have been made
for many years to preserve to posteri-
~ this historic place, and at last the
Iced is done. The beautiful home of
he late Gen. Ferdinand Phinney Earle,
which was recently purchased by the
.ity, is soon to pass into the care of
the general committee of the Daugh-
.ers of the American Revolution, to
whom belongs the credit of having
brought about its acquisition. AS
soon as these ladies become incorpo-
Gated, and thus enabled to hold prop
erty, the transfer will be made to
them. The mansion will be conducted
as free historical museum.
This house, historically known as
the Morris house, was the military
headquarters of Washington and his
staff on Harlem Heights. Here he
first met General, then Captain, Alex
ohuCt WhOIn uc lONcu DIS d
son. Here Washington received the
unannouRced visits of Indian chiefs,
not knowing whether their intent was
friendly or warlike. From the oppo-
site shore he wept like a child when
he saw the Hessians slaughter his
troops. From this house he was
driven by Lord Howe, and he never
returned to it until after he was presi-
dent Of the United States.
There is much of historical nation
al romance connected with the Morris
house, later known as the Jumel man.
sion.
Col. Roger Morris, the ancient mill.
tary companion of Washington in that
hateful and awful Braddock campaign
built this mansion, which he intended
to be the home of his bride, Miss Mary
Philipse, whom Washington had also
loved and wished to wed, but was re
fused
Col. Morris remained true to the
royalfst cause, and after the breaking
out OF the war he took his family tc
England. His property was confis
Gated by the colonial government, but
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-06-30

to the convention, will do everything
possible to prevent the nomination
going to Judge Parker. There will be
enough uninstructed delegates in the
convention to make this result posi-
BILE, provided they can be united to
that end.
With the near approach OF the con-
ventions and the question of the NOM
nations becoming more or less set
tied, attention is now directed to the
subject of the platform declarations
for this years great campaign. AS
usual, there is plenty OF evidence or
attempts at temporizing by those who
have no settled convictions on the
great issues Of the day, and who are
ready always to sacrifice principles in
the hope OF catering to the uneasy
element that is always very noisy in
the beginning Of campaign. Evi-
dences Of this are found in both par
ties. Sturdy advocates OF the doctrine
of protection are confronted by an ele-
ment in the party that is ready to
make concessions to "revisionists' and
to reciprocity" advocates. The Dem
ocrats are troubled by the noisy cla-
mors of the old-time silver shouters,
who cannot be convinced that the
money question is settled and that
free silver is as dead as Organism.
A determined effort is being made by
the really courageous leaders OF the
Democratic party to line up the party
in favor of an assault all along the
line upon the principles of protection.
They desire to make the emphatic de-
mand that protection shall go and
that tariff shall be revised by the
Democratic party without reference to
protection to the industries of the
United States.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-06-30

here in the United States is nearly
equal to the average monthly pay OF
the Indian laborer, while our freight
rates are much lower here than In
any country in the world, India not
excepted. And on top of all this our
free traders tell us that our American
railroads have to pay $28 a ton for
steel rails, while the steel trust sells
to India for SIG. 1t would look as II
the railroad magnates were between
two-yes, three-fres: high prices for
rails, highest wages on earth and low
est freight rates. And yet the year 1908
was the best in the history Of Ameri
can railroading, and less roads Of less
number OF miles and with less amount
of stocks and bonds were sold under
foreclosure than any previous year
How can this result be obtained? Sim
ply because Of the magnitude of our
internal commerce, made possible by
the great purchasing power OF our
we'll employed, highly paid wage earn
ers, added to the well rewarded la
bors of our agriculture. Destroy our
home market and railroads would
have to very materially reduce wages,
raise freight and passenger rates, or
go out of business.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-06-30

but Washington made him member
of his military family, learned to love
him as son, and this love and conf
dence lasted through life.
One of the rooms on the west side
of the Jumel mansion is to this day
covered with an antique wall paper
which, it is claimed, General Wash.
ington and his staff hung, Washington
himself mixing the paste. On the
wall Of this same room, when Gen.
Earle's family occupied the house,
hung thirteen large ears of ordinary
field corn, no doubt from some near.
by farm. Tradition says that Wash.
ington hung up this corn TO typify
the thirteen original states. Whether
or not Washington placed them there,
it is certain that they have been on
that same wall for more than a hun
dred years, and are to this day nearly
perfect, only few of the grains hav-
ing fallen off.
Gen. Earle once gathered up those
fallen grains OF corn and planted them,
but not one grain sprouted into life.
The general said that he did not know
whether this fact indicated that the
life germs of the corn were dead or
that his knowledge OF farming was de
fective.
Councils of war were held in tbs
house by Washington and his staff.
In it's rooms he gave a welcome to
Gen. Lee-upon whom at the time
the hopes of the nation were placed
on account OF his successes in the
south.
Washington loved the place and he
hoped that il the enemy attacked him
there an American victory would re-
suit.
A surprise not altogether welcome
was given to Washington one day
when his orderly announced that some
Indian chiefs waited without, having
sent in request for talk with the
great father" The experience OF
Washington's early life had taught
him that the Indian is an exceedingly
unreliable commodity. AS these
braves were self-invited guests, there
was more than strong suspicion that
they might mean treachery. However
the red men had their talk in peace
took their departure, and no harm
came OF it.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-06-30
THE JUMEL MANSION
Colonial House Whose Story is interviewer with the
Countrys History

The British soldiers were near thema
and an attack might be expected at
almost any moment. On the morning
of Sept. IS. 1776, word was brought to
Washington at headquarters that the
enemy was advancing in three large
columns. There had been so many
false reports of an attack before this
that Adjt. Gen. Reed gained permits
sion from Washington to ride forth
and ascertain for a certainty what
the trouble was.
The firing continued brisk, and
Washington mounted his horse and
rode toward the outposts. He was
met by Reed returning, who told
Washington the advanced post, which
by the wood, had been attacked by a
strong detachment of the enemy. Our
own troops-a company Of continental
rangers-were commanded by Lieut..
| Col. Knowlton, who had distinguished
| himself at Bunker Hill. Gen. Leslie,
the British commander, had under
him three companies of Hessian rife
ulSu, Ouc Va TOyhl IllBuiduucFS, anu
his forces SO outnumbered the cont
mental boys that he had succeeded in
capturing the outposts.
| Reed was earnest In his appeal to
Washington that achievements be
fought so nobly. While he was still
sent to the continental boys who
speaking, the British soldiers came
in sight and sounded their bugles
after the manner of those calling In
to witness the death at fox chase
Both Washington and Reed we're stune
to the quick by this haunting, derisive
bugle call, and three companies wers
ordered out from Col. Weedon's Vir
ginia regiment, commanded by Major
Leitch. A sharp contest took place
in which the Virginia boys We'd will
one another in bravery. Major Leitcl
received three bullets in his side ant
was carried off the field. He died o
these wounds about two weeks later
but not without the happiness o
knowing that he had assisted at abou
the first victory of the Americans an,
with the praises of his beloved Wash
ington to soothe his last moments.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-06-30

ious fervor. At no time In all the
dark days Of the revolution was his
spirit more overcast than when the
Morris house, on Harlem Heights, was
his military headquarters.
Every school boy knows that Wash
ington served his country without
compensation, that he kept an account
Of his actual expenses, which the gov
eminent was to pay; but few know
that the Father of his Country was
one of the richest, If not the richest,
president we have ever had. Wash
ington was millionaire in his own
time, which Is equivalent to being q
multimillionaire at the present day.
1t is only necessary to think of this
and the comforts his wealth would
have given him in England, or even
in France, to realize the sacrifice he
made. Add to this that all his tastes
led him to the life of the aristocrat,
and you will get still keener percep-
ton. II Washington made no COM
ment upon the fact that one OF the
captains Of his company, acting in the
Capacity VI d DttTDeT, SndNeu lue SUI
diers in front of the house in which
he had his headquarters, 1t was be-
cause his mind was occupied by more
weighty and important matters rather
than that he approved of such a
breach of military caste and dicci-
pine.
When he walked on the lawn he
had in his mind picture of the half
starved, half-naked soldiers all over
| the country. For them he thought and
worked and prayed-the democratic
captain, strapping his razor, was a
trifle. Washington rode about the
place giving directions that the an.
proaches to his camp should be forti
fed by redoubts, abatis and deep in
trenchments.
During these rides he saw some
work that instantly attracted his at
tention. Upon inquiry, he was told
that they were constructed by Capt
Alexander Hamilton. This young
mans talents in the military line had
been previously spoken of to Washing
ton by Gen. Greene. Hamilton was
scarcely in his twenties at that time
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-06-30
Victories
That Wen
Liberty

This encounter, though unimportant
in itself, was the means of cheering
the disheartened troops. But Fort
Washington was a veritable Naboth's
vineyard to Lord Howe. He closed
in on it as much as possible. Wash
ington was Of the opinion that the
Americans could not hold the fort
against such numbers of well fed, well
clothed, disciplined soldiers; but as
Greene differed with him in opinion,
and Greene was in actual command
Washington having gone over to the
Jersey shore-he deferred to Greene.
Lord Howe's forces were encamped
on Fordham Heights, from which place
he sent to Gen. Greene a summons to
surrender. The demand was accom-,
panied with threat of the extreme
measures to which the British Officer
would resort If he were obliged to
take the fort by assault.
An American Is, and always was,
the poorest man on earth to swallow
threat, and Gen. Magnaw, who had
received the summons, returned Tire
reply: Assure His Excellency that,
a2tuated by the most glorious cause
that mankind ever fought in, am de.
termined to defend this fort to the
very last extremity"
Lord Howe had planned four stimuli.
taneous attacks. The fort fell into
his hands, with a loss to our cause OF
upward of two thousand men killed
and wounded. From that time until
evacuation day Fort Washington was
held by the British.
1t was fourteen years later that Gen.
Washington next passed the portals
of the Morris house. He was then
president of the United States, and he
made a note OF this visit in his diary,
under the date OF July 10, 1870. In
the party that accompanied Washing
ton were the vice-president, John AID
ans, and his wife; Miss Smith, the
secretaries of state, treasury and war,
and the wives of the two fatteY; also
all the gentlemen of Washington's
family, Mrs. Lear and the two chill
dren.
This party visited the places of the
surrounding country where Washing
ton had walked and ridden on his
horse when he was so weighted down
with the responsibilities OF war.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-06-30
About Baby ReeH.

In making baby beef it Is necessary
that the calves to be used for that
purpose contain a good deal of i'm.
proved blood. 1t is not easy to make
profitable bunch of baby beeyes
from every kind Of calves. The higher
the grade of calf used the better will
be the results both in feeding and in
marketing. This is a point that is
neglected by thousands of men that
try to make money shipping cattle to
market. After all that has been said,
1t Is surprising that men will still try
to make high-priced baby beef out OF
the poorest stock they can obtain.
Good breeding Is the best foundation
for good feeding. After the question
OF breeding Is settled comes the ques-
tion of time of age of the calves. 1t
is evident that the man that Is trying
to prepare bunch of such animals
for market will need to have his ami
mails Of about the same age at time
Of marketing. IL their ages vary
greatly he will find it difficult to feed
them with an economy OF time and la
Dor, and when he comes to market
them they are likely to be SO uneven
that the price will be considerably re-
duced. What is more likely in such
case is that the animals will, part
of them, stay at home and part go to
market. This will mean that the mar
keted ones will cost more for trans
portation than they should and that
the others will have to be marketed
later at considerable advance in cost
for shipping. Where they are of near
ly the same age they will grow up to
to the marketable age having a nearly
uniform appearance.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-06-30

after peace was declared the crown
made good all Col. Morris losses as a
reward for his loyalty. BY an ante
nuptial agreement this property mad
been settled upon Mrs. Morris After
her death the claim of ner heirs wax
bought by John Jacob Aston. The
profit of this transaction in real es-
tate is said to have netted the old man
the snug sum of 100000.
Subsequently. the mansion was
bought by Stephen Jumel wealthy
French wine merchant, whose widow.
at the age of sixty married Aaron
Burr, who was at that time marked
and ruined old man of seventy-eight.
Ultimately the property reverted to
lineal descendant of Col. Morris. the
late Gen. Ferdinand Phinney Earle,
whose widow lived in the Jumel man
sion until it was acquired by the city.
The ancientS represented Time as a
monster devouring his children. The
march of time and the wonderful in
crease of property values are devour-
ing every landmark of the struggle
that made us nation. Parcel after
parcel of this old property that once
belonged to Col. Morris eas been sold,
cut up into city lots and built upon.
But the Jumel mansion, IN the midst
of nearly thirty lots, and the sycamore
trees that M Jumel brought from
France and planted there-the emily
trees of the kind in the country-hdve
not been disturbed.
II caution and modest Difference to
the opinions of others are faults in
the character of military man Wash
inston possessed these faults to a
marked degree, and it is perhaps due
to those same faults more than to
any other cause that our struggle in
the war for independence ended in
giving us national birth. A bold dash
for freedom would have ended in
prison or worse for all the leaders, but
the patient policy of worrying the
enemy to death won,
There was little of the frivolous in
Washington's nature. From early boy
hood he was orderly, methodical. He
appreciated the praise OF people per-
haps as much as any man that ever
lived. but the weakness that marks
the poser" was kept in careful rein
by his scrupulous honesty and relig'
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-06-30

was over, began to anticipate the free,
trade measure which was bound TO
come. II was well known thGt the
house would pass as drastic meas.
ure as had ever been enacted, and
there Is possibility that II 1t had
been known to what extent the bill
would be changed in the Senate the
panic would not have been quite so
severe. Uncertainty and suspense are
always productive of greater fear than
the actual result, however severe that
result may be. The manufacturers
and merchants of this country simply
had to prepare for the worst, with the
result that 1t was necessary to cur
tail production, which In turn created
idleness and lack of purchasing
power, which is SO essential to the
welfare OF every agricultural and man.
ufacturing community in the land.
MIR. Cleveland only begs the ques-
ton when he throws the claim for the
panic of 1893 and the disasters which
followed upon oar monetary system
and the laws OF our previous admin
istrations The historian does not
care so much for the way in which
the s262,0O0,000 worth of bonds were
sold as the reasons for the necessity
of their being sold, and these reasons
| are to-day pretty well understood by
all and acknowledged by the candid
and fair-minded business men OF the
country. When man of ex-President
| Cleveland's experience and knowledge
undertakes to explain the necessity
for selling the s262 100000 worth Of
bonds which were sold during his ad'
ministration, without abiding to the
tariff question he shows himself to
be either dishonest or exceedingly dis.
| ingenious.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-06-30

The delegates are chosen for the
Republican national convention. More
than two-thirds of these delegates are
instructed for the nomination of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, and 1t is known that
q majority of the remaining third are
outspokenly in favor OF his nomina-
ton. II appears to be settled that the
domination will be unanimous and
that no other name will be presented
before the convention. The sentiment
regarding the nomination for Vice.
President is divided between Repre-
sentative r. Il. Hit Of Illinois and
Senator Fairbanks OF Indiana, with
the indications that one or tho other
Of these gentlemen will be selected.
The Democrats are not making
much Roadway in their efforts to get
together" for campaign In which
they believe that, with united front,
they would have some chance OF sue
cess. All indications point to the
nomination of Judge Parker of New
York, but there is a determined mi
nority opposing him, and under the
Democratic convention requirement
Of two-thirds majority to effect a
nomination, 1t is by no means yet
certain that the opposition may not
90 able to defeat the New York candi-
date. There is bitter opposition to
Judge Parker, and 1t is expected that
,he Bryan element, which will be rep
resented in large numbers on the floor
oI the convention, and will be led by
The Nebraskan in powerful speech
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-06-30
An Amazing Way.

Imports OF raw materials" continue
to increase, although the enemies OF
the Dingley law said that with such q
tariff we could not get them. And
the best Of it is that these materials
are worked up into finished products,
mainly to be exported in that form.
See the figures for annual exports OF
manufactures, now close to the $780,.
100000 mark, which Is not far from
the total of imported raw materials
That Dingley tarlff has an amazing
way of confounding all the predictions
and upsetting the calculations Of the
free traders.-Ohio Valley Manufac'
turer.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-06-30
clexeIand,a Bond Sale.

Ex-President Cleveland's attempt to
explain his bond issues in the Satur-
day Evening Post neither throws any
new knowledge on the transactions
nor puts them in any better light be-
fore intelligent people. Mr.. Cleveland
says that the repeal Of the act OF 1890
did not give any relief. and yet we
are told by free traders that the cause
of the panic Of 1893 was the Sherman
Silver-Purchase law of 1890. Protec-
tionists have always known that the
repeal of that law by no means met
the situation, nor could prevent the
distress that came upon our people
Immediately after the election of
Mr.. Cleveland, and with him a Demo
cratic Senate and House in 1892. The
ex.President says most truly, how
ever. that "a factor in the situation,
most perplexing and dangerous, was
the distrust. which was becoming
enormous, regarding the wisdom and
stability Of our scheme Of finance. "
and he might have added, in antici-
patton Of the coming change in our
taritf policy.
Free traders cannot explain away
our calamities of 1893 and the follow
ing years by ignoring the fact that the
people, as soon as the election of 1892
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-06-30
rhe Horse,s WALKING Gale

How fast the horse walks regulates
to some extent his value. The slow
walking horse is a tfresome animal
to labor with II one has an ambition
to do a good days work. On the
farm the rate at which n horse can
walk is seldom considered at breeding
time, yet we must expect that slow
walking horses will produce slow
walking horses, and that fast walking
horses will produce fast walking
horses. This is principle that 1t
will pay to keep sight of when the
mares and stations are being mated.
Some OF our best farmers claim that 1t
is largely a matter OF training, and
that the slow horses can be trained
to increase their speed of walking.
This may be so, but 1t Is more likely
that the habit OF slow or fast walking
Is a matter of Inheritance. However,
it will be a good thing for the men
that teach horses to work to take the
habit of slow walking in hand II the
colt has formed IL and try to break 1t
by teaching the animal to walk fast.
One horseman says that IL colt Is
allowed to walk slowly when he is
being trained to work he will hold
TO the habit all the rest OF his
life. A colt that is naturally slow
may be taught to walk fast, SO this
man says, and once the habit IL
formed it will remain with him when
he Is actually engaged in work, though
he may drop back to his old habit
when he Is out Of harness. Slowness
of walking is great defect in the
otherwise valuable horse. II there Is
another horse with him that horse
also must walk slowly to adapt him.
self to the first horse, while the man
that drives them must also lose his
time. In the course of a year this
amounts to very large item, and
when it Is figvved in dollars and cents
is not factor to be despised. It Is
desirable to have on the farm only
fast walking horses, and such animals
make all farm work easier where
horses are employed. When we con-
slider that some horses walk fifty per
cent faster than do others, we can
readily understand that the additional
work done by fast walking team Of
horses over slow walking team
might easily be the difference be.
tween profit and loss on the opera.
lions with which they were connected
on the farm. It is suggested that
when the colt is being broken to work
he have a ration rich In protein, like
oats, so that he may have sufficient
stamina and latent force to make II
sasy for him to adopt vigorous gait
In his work. @f