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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-11-27
KINGS INCOMES.

The King of England has only about
two and quarter million dollars annual
income. He manages to get along on
this, though until very lately he was in
debt. His household expenses, chari-
ties. etc., take about three fourths of
this little stipend. The Emperor of
Germany manages to live on only four
millions year, while the Emperor of
Austria has to be content with about
three millions.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-11-27

turncoat that is blessed as the harbinger
OF spring in the North. goes South to
the rice field and does $4,000, 600 worth
OF damage every year. Then hunters
Kill and ship them North again. Still,
1t is hardly fair to kill all other MEM
bers of the bird family because this one
fellow has turned renegade.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-11-27
OUR STAND PAT.
Stick to the thing You know.

Stick to the thing you know.
Don't forget the toll, the thought,
the planning you have invested in the
business you have mastered.
Don't lose sight of the safety-the
certainty-that the work in hand affords
you.
Don't let rosy visions of opportuni-
ties afar blind your eyes to surer oppor-
tunities close at hand.
Don't forsake the duties of to-day,
for difficulties that may swamp you.
Stick to the thing you know.-Sys-
TEN.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-11-27
BLOOD

We live by our blood, and on
it. We thrive or starve, as our
blood is rich or poor. There is
nothing else to live on or by.
When strength is full and
spirits high we are being re-
freshed-bone, muscle and
brain, in body and mind-with
continual flow of rich bleod.
This is health.
When weak, in low spirits, no
cheer, no spring, when rest Is
not rest and sleep is not sleep,
we are starved; our blood is
poor; there is little nutriment
in it.
Back of the blood Is food,
to keep the blood rich. When
it fails, take
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
TO HELP CHILDREN
PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION FINDS ENTHUSIAsBI THROUGHOUT
 COUNTRY.
San Francisco Wlll Have ez41.0o0 Worth of Playing Piaces---Greut Play Cone greas, to Held in September
 fin Metropolis.

New York. July 4.--(Special. l--dore than one hundred and fifty cities of the United States have become enthusi- astfc over the subject of public play grounds during the past year. and will appropriate millions of dollars for piaygrounds in the near future, accord ing to Lee F. Hammer. field represen- tative of the Playground Association of America.
 sixty-six cities are already conduct ing playgrounds and the correspond ence filed at the headquarters of the Playground Association shows that c total of 152 cities are considering the matter now. This gives promise that In short time at least 2Is cities of the United States will be operating play grounds. .st
 Mir. Hammer has" just returned from trip to the Pacific coast, in the in- terest of the playground movement, and. he declares that the enthusiasm which has sprung up In the West and Middle West over the play project will do much toward materializing the aim of the Playground Association. which is to stretch great chains of public playgrounds from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. and the Gulf of Mexico to lada.
 ..As the result of this enthusiasm" he said. i've expect to have far more cities represented by accredited dele gates at the Play Congress in New York, Sept to t3. than were in att tendance last year at the first conven- ton in Chicago. Already the mayors of many cities have said. in answer to Mayor McClellan's letter. that they will either come themselves. or send ofI- cial representatives Tn almost every city I visited several persons interested in civic clubs stated that fhey wouId be in New York at the gathering Of play experts. I think that there is ab- solutely no question that within the next few years there will not be a city in this country which has not made ad- equate provision for pIay-grounds'
 Mir. Hammer, who is sometimes call- ed the playground drummer" al- though he has nothing to sell visits various cities at the request of civic
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
Stray Topics From New York

made on the day that the frst card was given out.
 The Historic and famous old Bowery Mission at 55 Bowery is to be torn down. to make room for the approach of the new Manhattan Bridge. The Mission, however, is by no means to be abandoned for 1t will occupy new quar- ters- a little farther north on. the Bow cry, The old building is famous not only for the men 1t has recalled from the gutter but for it's noted bread line where fifteen hundred starving men are given roll and 8 cup of coffee every night.
 It was at one of the Sunday morning meetings in this old Mission that the story of the volunteer organist had its inception. The regular pianist was ab- sent. Several hymns had been fiat faii- ures without the music. Finally the leader turned to the ragged men on the benches and asked if anyone could play. ;.
 | A rusty hobo came forward and seat fingers fell on the keys the, hobo strengthened up. The old plano seemed to undergo a transformation too.
 The volunteer pianist devoted the rest of his life to the mission and was instrumental in having an organ pre- scented to the Mission later. The vol- unteer was Victor H. Benks. a son of respectable German parents and had become Bowery bum through dissi- patton.
 Benke was offered positions by many churches but he stuck by his old Bow cry friends and a marble tablet, for Bsnke died four years ago. now adorns one of the walls of the old Mission. It reads: Tn loving memory of Victor H. Benke.- the Volunteer Organist. The Men of the Bowery loved him"
 For curious antiquity 1t would be hard to beat William streets last block from New Chambers to Pearl street. There Is an old fashioned German as- pect about this block which is .enhan- ced by the old Minzer Hof which one sees looking across Pearl street. The signs on the block are old and wealth. or beaten. At night the families pos- sessing high stoopd come out and en- joy the air. At the lower corner of the block the horse cars roll by and lend the finaI touch of age to the scene. Yet a block away you can mix with all the noise and cheap glitter of Park row.
 The observation tower of the Sim ger Building has been opened to the public. It is in the Forty-second sto- ry, b4s feet above the earth. the high est observation tower in the world. On the tower from the rallied platform. which accommodates forty people one can see for thirty miles in all direc- tions The area of territory included within the scope of the eye from this tower is not less than 200 miles. in- cludinR New York city and all that surrounds 1t. Express elevators run from the tower making the trip In a minute. Guards are stationed on the platform to point out the sights" and to supply information to visitors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
CLEARS THE COMPLEXION
 OVERNIGHT
Pamples, Rash, Eruption, Etc. ouiek- Iy Ersdicsted by the New skin
 Remedy.

Since its discovery one year ago: pos lam. the new skin remedy. has m iss extraordinary accomplishments, exceeo ed the most saguine expectations or tne eminent specialist who gave 1t 70 tne world. It has cured thousands Of cases of eczema and eridicated facial and other disfigurements of years standing. The terrible itching attending eczemA is stopped with the first application. giving proof of its curative properties at the very outset.
 In less serious skin affections. such as pimples, rashS herpes. blackheads. acne, barber's itch, etc. results show after an overnight application. only small quantity being required to effect cure Those who use poslam for these minor skin troubles can now avail themselves of the special 50-cent package, recently adopted to meet such needs Both the 5o-cent package and the regular sz Jar may now be obtained in Montgomery at E. c. Fowler's leading drug stores.
 Samples for experimental purposes may be had free of cnarge by writing direct to the Emergency Laboratories, city Q)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
Original GiGvinE.

" 84A&AAAG a N9tA Oote
 Tn these days of generous giving 1t is interesting to notice the different directions peoples Judgments. tastes and impulses lead them to follow in bestowing their benefactions.
 They most run in well-dehned and familiar channels--churches hospitals. colleges. libraries, with an occasional excursion to one side to be found an art gallery or music hall or lay out 6 park. Once in & while some ona de- velops q capacity to get out of the ruts and do something original. and in this respect Mrs. Russell Sage easily bears the palm. Not that she has not given largely to the usual objects. whose cof- fers are never full. She has. but she has also found new ones. which must have added zest to the pleasure of Kiv- Ing Her great foundation for the in- veatigation and cure of social disor- ders was unlike anything ever before undertaken. and is thought to be do- ing excellent work. Another very pleasing variation from the convention al was Mrs. Stages large expenditure to restore the interior of the City Hall in New York to it's original condition. of which there were but few traces left, This was something the city could not do. or would not, and is work of great beauty and value. which every one appreciates. but which no one else had thought of undertakings. A not less unique and charming gift lately made to the. city by Mrs Sage is S60.000 worth of beautiful rhododen- drons. stretching for a mile along one of the principal parkways, for the en- Joyment of rich and poor alike. Only 2 refined and generous nature, appreci- ating loveliness and wishing every one to have something of it. could have thought of such a plan and carried 1t out. Such benefactions to a city not only beautify it and make it more desirable and attractive place to live in. but they strengthen the love of its citizens for it and give it a valuable educational influence.
 Mrs. Sage reminds one of 6 century plant. Up to a recent period she had no control of the funds she now pos sesses, but the generosity and helpful. ness were growing and accommodating thorugh all the years. Now they have burst into sudden and fragrant enlors essence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
The suffraxettes,

Hartford Times.
 Mir Asquith's declaration that if woman suffrage is to be granted in England 1t must be desired by the sex as a whole" Is said to have led to a resolution to show that that state of affairs exists. There was a procession of woman suffragists in London on women are said to have taken part, and this is declared to be only the be- ginning
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

Rowland Hill's famous old chapel, best known as the "Rotunda," in the Southwark section of London. is once more in the hands of agents as a de- sirable workshop or. factory. 1t having been used for such purposes for many years but Hills body. which was buried beneath the pulpit. was removed be- fore the place fell into its evil days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
A MiIIIonaire Writes Opera.

Count de Camondo, the well known Parisian millionaire and artlover who has probably helped more artists to- wards fame than any other living man in this city has now himself entered upon an artistic career by composing an opera produced at the Opera Conli- que. of which institution he is one of the packers.
 The Count whose music Is very pleasing to the ear though not remark able in any way had the opera perform cd privately some time ago, hiring one of the smaller theatres for a series of performances in which Miss Geraldine Farrar was engaged to sing and spent many thousands of francs In fitting up the theatre in the most lavish and artis- tic manner.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05


 An A1umfnum Bird.
 M. Marcel Deprez. member of the Institut de France has invented an aluminium bird which rises against the wind and stays in the air without being sustained by any mechanical device. Mir. Deprez explains that his expert ment was entirely based upon his ob- servation of an eagle rising against the wind and soaring aloft without any motion of It's wings. The solution he adds Is very simple.
 The aluminium bird consists of two planes one large and almost horizon- tal and another smaller and almost vertical resembling in shape a visiting card. with one end bent back. This aluminium sheet. is inclined slightly against the horizont q current of air somewhat ascendant in direction is brought to bear against 1t and the metal bird rises and remains suspended in the air.
 As soon as 1t can be practically ap- piled M. Deprez thinks this invention will greatly simplify aeronautics and will moreover mean a simp1ification of construction and great economy in the force, necessary to propel airships and a considershle increase of their staying powers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
An AIurninum Bird.

resident of London and has spent some
 time In America.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
Bernhard Resigns.

Mme. sarash Bernhard has resigned her professorship of dramatic art at the Paris Conservatoire. to which she was appointed on February 18th 1907.
 It was practically an open secret that this was a means whereby Mime Bernhard hoped to gain the cross of the legion of honor which had been refused her as an actress last January when her name was suggested by the Minister of Public Instruction.
 The fact that the coveted distinc- tion has still been withheld from her is evidently the cause of Mime Bern- hardt's resignation of the professor shin
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05

oDD LENGTHS IN woRsTED TRoUs-
 BRINGS
 In stripes both neat and. nobby Never out of date. Made to measure. Just enough for one patr fin many of them Trousers that were made for Q1O .00, e11 co and et2 %, we're making uow for ee50. ee00 ana e0QO. PRTCKHTT-GERSON CO. 2s Dexter.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-06-18

Nature has provided the stomach
with certain natural fluids known
as the digestive juices, and it is
through these juices that the food
we eat is acted upon in such a way
as to produce the rich, red blood
that flows through the veins of our
body and thereby makes us strong,
healthy and robust and it is the
weakening of these digestive juices
that destroys health. 1t is our own
fault if We destroy our own health,
and yet it is so easy tor any one to
put the stomach out of order. When
you need to take something take
it promptly, but take something you
know is reliable--something like
Kodol For Dyspepsia and Indiges-
ton. Kodol is pleasant to take, it
is reliable and is guaranteed to give
relief. 1t is sold by J. M, Hodges,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-06-18
BLACKB ERRY PIE.

1t holds a place in the estima-
tion OF all lovers OF good things
to eat that no other product of
land OF sea occupies. Blackberry
pie bridges the chasm between
the millionaire and the pauper.
1t is found on the mahogany ia.
BILE OF the naughty society lead.
er and on the oil-cloth covered
pine table OF the lowly washerwo
man. 1t is on the bill OF fare of
the grandest hotel and is fed to
the inmates OF the poor house.
The rich man who rides in his
gasoline buggy and the poor
tramp who rides the rods under
the freight cars or steps from
crosstie to crosstie in the blister
ing sun meet on q common level
at the lunch counter and both
order blackberry pie. In a word,
blackberry pie is the one article
of diet which makes the whole
world kin. Blackberry time, good
folks, is here.-Monroe Enquirer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-06-18
D E B T.
Gastonia Gazette

Gastonia Gazette.
There is at least one other kind
OF prohibition law that we need
that is a law prohibiting a per-
son from going needlessly, heed
lessly into debt. We cannot rank
anything else as worse than
debt as a source of despair and
final defeat in all that makes life
worth living. The following from
the editorial column OF the York
vile Enquirer on this timely top
ic is worthy OF a place in the
school books, and we copy with
the heartiest endorsement:
THE most satisfactory way of
getting rid of a debt is to pay it,
"The best way OF keeping out
oil debt is to buy nothing on cred
1t that can be dispensed with.
"The man who contracts a
debt in the absence of a definite
idea as to how he isgoing to pay
it, is very dishonest or very TOOL
ish.
"There are men who think it
smart to get the money of their
fellowmen under the pretense of
a loan to be repaid; but there
are other men who think this
practice very criminal.
THE suspected sneak-t h e f
stands pretty low in the estima-
tion of honest people; but he
stands severalpoints higher than
the known debtor who continues
to use money for his own pleas
ure and enjoyment while his hon
est debts remain unpaid.
"Of the people who hold that
the world owes them a living,
some understand that the living
is to be secured through honest
work; some think that they are
justified in resorting to burglary,
sneak-thieving and highway rob-
berry; Others more contemplate
and cowardly than the last nam
ed class, prefer to resort to t h e
practice of betraying the conf
dence of unsuspecting fellowmen.
"The sneak thief and the high
wayIrobber can be reached by the
law when they are caught; but
the fellow who depends upon Dor
rowing that which he does not
intend to return is safe from ev-
cry form of punishment except
the well merited contempt ofhon-
est men.
1.-THE seryile beggar is far bet
ter than the man who borrows
with the deliberate purpose OF
swindling.''
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-06-18
Attitude Of the Roads.

The tone in the testimony Civ
en- by railway officials at the re-
cent freight rate hearingat Wins
ton-Salem suggested that pesti-
lence, famine and sudden death
would inevitably follow the act
OF reducing rates in this state to
a parity with other states. In
very torcible manner the Twin
City Sentinel ridicules the atti-
tude of the railway witnesses as
follows:
Judging from the testimony
OF railroad witnesses VIC would
infer that the life and prosperity
of a number of railroads are de-
pendent on the line from Roano-
Ike to Winston--Salem and t h e
maintenance of freight rates
thereon. We never knew before
just how important WinstoD-Sa-
lem was as a railroad point. Ev-
en- the railroads seldom seemed
to realize the Importance of the
place until an action for lower
rates was started"
But, supposing we admit all
the claims OF the roads, would
the burden reduced rates would
upon these roads in any measure
compare with the outrageous
load every cirlzen is called upon
to bear because of these rates,
which the roads themseles admit
ediscriminatory?Itwi will require
more than sympathy to cause
the people of this state to aban-
don this fight for fairness and
justice. Charlotte News.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-06-18
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CA 3To RIA.
Bears tho nlm Nnd You Aas Always Bcush
''''a'''' ss N12ZIM
FOR SALE.

Ninety acres of fine grass lands,
having on it good barn and three
acres of fine orchard, the trees all
bearing. Une splendid farm near the
town of Montezuma. containing "a
acres in timber the remainder in fine
timothy. Also good twelve-room
hotel, we'll furnished, in the town of
Montezuma two lots, a cottage.
barn, cellar, poultry house, spring
house and fine running water, all
goes together. Come and see me at
once or you will lose bargain.
j. C. CARPENTER.
Montezuma, N. e.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-06-18
Thinks 1t Saved his Life.

Lester NJ. Nelson, of Naples,
Maine, says in recent letter: 81
have used DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry many years, for coughs and
colds, and l think it saved my life.
| have found it reliable remedy
for throat and lung complaints, and
would no more be without hottie
than | would he without food" For
nearly forty years New Discovery
has stood at the head of throat and
lung remedies. AS preventative of
pneumonia, and healer of weak
lungs it has no equal. Sold under
guarantee at all druggists. soc.
and $I.oo. Trail bottle free.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-06-18

Same weeks ago Gov. Glenn
granted q conditional pardon to
Dick Williams, white, OF Burke
county, serving a term on t h e
CASTOR county chain gang. A
few days later the Governor re-
voked the pardon, claiming that
he had been deceived as to the
condition of Williams health.
The attorney for Williams has
taken the matter into the Supe.
rior Court on a writ of habeas
corpus to test the right of t h e
Governor to revoke the pardon.
Landmark.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-06-18
LIFE-SAVERS.
[By VIM. R. Savage.]

[By VIM. R. R.Savage.]
| know a band of brothers,
Men, both brave and true.
A noble set of fellows,
The Keeper and his crew.
Their duty Is to watch the sea
In storm and in calm.
Their fellow-men, off yonder,
To snatch from out of harm.
In time of great distress,
In time of fear and woe,
This noble band of brothers
Right into danger go;
They have no fear of danger,
They know not what is fear,
Though, often they must face it,
AS it comes from far or near.
These men of whom | sing,
Are on the sea-coast wild,
Where they watch both night
and day,
In weather, rough or mild;
They watch the broad and cru
ell sea,
For human lives in danger,
And try to save them every one,
Foe aud friend and stranger.
This noble band of brothers,
The Keeper and his crw;
Are the bravest set of fellows,
I'm sure ever knew
And they are in a service,
Than which there could not be
A nobler one in all this land,
This land of liberty.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-06-18

Stomach troubles are very com
mon in the summer time and you
should not only be very careful a.
bout what you eat just now, but
more than this, you should be care.
full not to allow your stomach to
become disordered, and when the
stomach goes wrong take Kodol.
This is the best known preparation
that IS offered to the people to-day
for dyspepsia or indigestion or any
stomach trouble. Kodol digests all
foods. 1t is pleasant to take. 1t is
sold here by j. M. Hodges.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-06-18

funds to carry on necessary ex-
penditures OF the government in
various parts OF the country.
Any action which the various
church conventions, held at this
season of the year, may take re-
garding Sunday diversions BY en-
listed men OF the army and navy
will in no way alter the position
of the War and Navy Depart
ments on this subject. The Pres
byterians in Kansas City have
taken the first step in that dircc-
ton when aU their meeting, re-
Gently, they listened to a report
criticising the Secretary of War
and the Secretary of the Navy
for permitting Sunday base ball
playing on the part of the SOL
diers and sailors. The position
of the authorities is atenlisted
men have little enough opportu'
nifty for relaxation and that al
ter. the usual hours of Sunday
worship, it will be entirely prop
er to allow them toplay baseball
on the naval and military reser-.
vations, where such contests do
not interfere with other peoples
observance OF the Sabbath. Or
ders will be issued to have t h e
military and naval reservations
closed to the public il. the games
become a nuisance or an annoy
ance in any way to the civil COM
munity,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-06-18
God Bless The Life. Saver.


God bless the noble Surfmenl
God bless the Keeper, too,
The man who bravely leads the
men,
And gives them work to do
Not easy work, nor work that's
light,
But hard, and rough, withal,
And filled with danger all the
time
God bless them, one and all!
God bless the wife that's left at
home
The Surfman's on patrol
God bless the babe that daddy
loves with all his heart and soul
OF whom he thinks while out.
alone,
For whom; on God, he'll call,
God bless dad," the wife and
God blesss them, one and ALL
God bless the noble service
To which they, all, belong,
In which they rescue humanl liyes,
And, so, l lift my song
In praise of all the noble crew,
In prayer for loved ones, all,
The Keeper and his dear ones,
too,
God bless them, one and all!
Blowing Rock, NC.