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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-08-11
Napoleon's Grit

Was of the unconquorable, new
er.say.die kind, the kind that you
need most when you have a bad
cold, cough or lung disease Sup
pose troches, coug.., syrups, cod liv-
er oil or doctors have all failed, don't
lose heart or hope. Take DIR. Kings
New Discovery. Satisfaction is
guaranteed when used for any
TIN ioat or lung trouble. 1t has
saved thousands of sufferers. Ii
masters stubborn colds. obstinate
coughs. hemorrhages, lagrip. Group,
asthma, hay fever and whooplng
cough and it is the most safe and
certain remedy for all bronchial at
fections. SOC and 81. Trial bottle
free at all druggists.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-08-11
A Ffigttful Wreck

of train, automobile ol buggy may
cause cuts, bruises, abrasions,
sprains OF weunds that demand
Bucklen's Arnica ear'h's
greatest healer. Quick relief and
prompt cure results. For burns.
boils, sores of all kinds, eczema
chapped hands and lips, sore eyes
or corns, it's supreme. Surest pile
ure. 252 at all druggists.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-08-11
Furniture & cofins;

At our store you will find the
most up-to-date line of Furni.
ture, Dressers, Sideboards, Bed
steads, Tables, ETC., eyer shown
in the county, We also carry d
fuli line 81 Coffihs and Caskets id
mahogany, gloss-white, whitS
and black plush and plushette.
OF all sizes. Call and see ourline.
Best attention given to phone
orders. Yours to please.
Boone Furniture Store,
(At Moretz Old Stand
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-08-11

A man may style himself "the
lord ofcreatlon" and may proud
ly boast OF his superiority ovel
the gentle sex, but there are two
things a woman can do that he
cant do to save his life, and that
ID bite a thread in tive, and hold
IA dozen hairpins in his mouth
and talk at the same time
Henry Blount.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-08-11

Soreness Of the muscles. wherthe
induced by violent exercise or iniu:
ry, is quickly relieved by the free
application of Chamberlain's Lini.
ment. This Lin,ment is equally
valuable for muscular rheumatism,
and always affords quick relief.
Sold by all druggists,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-08-11

The sen atorialcommittee lin
vestigate the high cost Of living
lhus discovered tlatit Is due to
the increased coast Of things II
you do not believe it, the senate
willy cheerful appoint another
committee to investigate the
findings u the 6rst aforesaid
committee Washington Herald.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-08-11

the back are also symptoms that tell You
the kidneys and bladder src out Of order
and need attention.
What To Do.
There Is comfort in the knowledge sd
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-R Root, the great kidney REMEDY,
fulflls almost every wish in correcting
rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys,
liver, bladder and every part Of the urinary
passage. Corrects inability to bold water
and scalding pain in passing II, or bad
effects following use Of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant me-
ecssity Of being compelled to go often
through the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and
immediate effect Of Swamp.R0ot ID
scoh realized. It stands the highest Be.
cause Its remarkable
health restoring prop I1qq2
critics. If you need fssll::::,'ss|::..iDe::s
medicine you should :::::.:is|.::::- e.
have the best. Sold by f||3<9r
druggists in fifty-cent f
and one-do1lar sizes. as.s q s.s.vSsst
You may have sample bottle sent fres
by mail. Address DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bing;
hafnton, N. Y. Mention this paper and
remembertheha name, Dr.. Kilmer's Swamps
Root, and the address, BinghamtooI
N. ", on every bottle.
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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-08-11

q brick dust sedis
tnent, or settling,
stringy or milky
appearanceoften
indicates an un.
healthy condi.
ton of the kid.
neys; too fire..
quent desire to
pass IL or pain id
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-08-11
Prophecy u the Applicants FOR State
Certificates.


Communicated.
After three days hard work at
the closing Of the Appalachian
Training School as l lay upon
my led, l felt a warmth OF SYM
pathy for all the applicants for
a State Certificate. I could see
their eager faces as they looked
over the questions and the mo-
tion Of their hands as t h e Y
grasped the pen; could see them
smile submissively when the diff
ficult problems confronted them
and then faded away rs they
bent to the task. The words OF
the song went through my mind,
"Keep your hand upon the throt-
tie and your eyes upon the, rail"
Presently | fell asleep. When l
realized again what was happen
ing around me things seemed to
have changed as much as they
had to Rip VAN Winkle when he
awoke from his sleep on the
mountain. ! went out OF my
room and on to the front porch.
A carriage was, standing there.
A voice from within said to me;
"come in" l said "thank you,'
and then went down the steps.
The carriage door was thrown
open by the driver, and l was
helped in by Him. who then went
to his seat, and Twas driven rap
idly over the hills and plains.
The country was in a high state
of Improvement, and we passed
many towns that seemed to be
| in a thriving condition.
AT last We approached a beau.
l tiiul city: l eskcd, "What city ie
that?" My compaion said, "'rh's
Is Raleigh, the capital Of t b 9
State. What places would you
like to visit?" Still having a H.
king for school. | said, 81 would
like to visit the A & M. College.
Az we were being driven there my
thoughts went hack to the sum
mer school at Boone. | frs t
thought OF Mr.. Greene, the baby
of the applicants who was fortu
nate enough to win commenda
tions from the lady teacher who
despite all her Seedlings about
promptings On class, lecturine
about not cheating on examina'
tion and qt,ar"eling about hav
ing to stay in the room with us
when she saw the strenuous ef
forts OF her favorite pupil could
not help hut smile and give som'
suggestive hints. Before reallz
ing it we were in front of the bui
ding. The large round pillars
high arched front and heav.
doors showed Signs Of luxury. 4
horse with silver armament wa
hitched to a buggy in front o
:, the house
We alighted and started into
the building. but were met at thu
door by a tall, well-dresaed voting
man with brown eves and blacl
hair. A student came along an
said: "When may I'VE go to tn
base ball game, Prof. Greene"
Immediately recognized the feh
lures of Walter Greene. Thsn
learned that Mr.. Greene h a
graduated from Yale Universit,
J and had been president of t h
/, institution for eight years.
Then / said, "Let ME guto th'
8 Governors MANSION. Quickly
was driven to that lonored spot
After being ushered into the par
lor with it's fine brussels carpe
and upholstered chairs a light
! haired woman came into tn
room. On versing with her
learned that she had gone to tb
: : Appalachian Training School
o Studying ller face l recognize
i it to lie whom had known O
b Ella Day. She had grown tire
Of teaching and had consente
to be the wife Of a young lawye
whO had hapn plocto GOvernO
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-08-11
THE NORTH CAROLINA
College Of Agriculture
And Mechanic Arts.

The States college for training
industrial workers. Courses in
Agriculture, Horticulture, AMI.
NAL Husbandry and I,airyingj
in Civil, Electrical and Mechani.
cal Engineering; in Cotton Mill
ing and Dyeing; in Industrial
Chomistry; and in Agricultural
tearhiDg.
Entrance examinations ateach
county seat on the 14th OF July.
D. H. HILL, President,
West Raleigh, N. Z.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-08-11

lfyou wish to appear agree
able in society you must coucent
to be taught many things which
you already know.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-08-11

enteT6u tIle Guy SOLueVlliuS uhu-
sual seemed to be happening We
passed along the stree and heard
some people talking. One OF them
said, Judge JONES is avery able
man His Judgment is good; he
can deduct many things; he can
think logically; he will know every
point well. That name seemed to
be familiar with me. After think.
ing awhile l remembered MIR.
JONES who always took go much
interest in discussing debates on
the rhetoric class and who sat
SO quietly as to enjoy the rare
privilege OF never having to 60
to the board except with t h e
most difficult problems for our
teacher OF mathematics as firmly
believed in welding the switch
as Ichabod Crane to secure good
order with the younger pupils;
but we all had advanced to the
age OF applying for certificate
and of course it would be too
great a task for him to use that
method. so he Just kept the mis-
chievons ones as busy ts posi-
bic and then said if we did not
behave he would report us to
the superintendent who would
hot give us any certificate. With
this punishment resting upon US
Mr.. JONES was seeking q young
wife and the Thought Of prepar.
ling a home for her was incum-
bent upon him.
After walking around for a
while we went to the hotel and
put up for the nigh. AT supper
a large man weighing about two
Kindred pounds, and six feet
) tall, sat opposite me. Beside him
was a beautiful young woman.
soon knew HIM to be the Mr.
; JONES who had goue to schoo
! at Boone. He had grown tired o
teaching and had turned his at.
tention to law which gave him
ample opportunity for debating
; He had risen successfully and
had been appointed Judge. Also
he had been fortunate in serur
ing his coveted prize-a wife.
Leaving there we decided tt
visit the Day College, an insti'u
5 tion which had heed built fo
fonr years. On entering the bull
ding we were met by a large wo
man as the poet says: 'She wa
the gloss OF fashion and the m"l'
of FORM" She took us into th'
parlor and then asked to be TX
: cusrd for a few minutes. Whel
l she went into the hall we hear'
= these words: "Girls, you must b.
hack Ivy 2 O'Clock, as our Eng
lish examination beain then.
When she returned we realize,
! that we were In the presence O
Mis- Bertha Day. Knowing tina
English was her principal study
and that her opinion on parSine
; was always respected, we had as
{ sociated the name Of the build
! ing and her talent. Later "
: learned that she had been Sacll
l ing in Richmond for ten years
: Under her guidance as teacher c
., English and lady principal, tn
! school had grown in number an
when a new building was needed
Q 1t was named IN honor OF Mis-
Day.
: Attracted by the singing
the birds while we were out dr.
wing. we started out of one ofth
roads from the city. Charmed b
the picturesque country we kel
travelling and at last found ou
: selves in the capital city OF Was
iDgton. Being so well please
= with the scenery it had complet,
;, ly taken away that tired feelin
which we often experience
= travel, we went at once to til
! White House. We were taken II
: to the Presidents office. laske'
"Where is the PRESIDENT" "E
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-08-11
Why AtuseY Your W atch

You do not run your buggy, sewing
ls,h,ne or other machinery till 1t
- AXIS and gripds and cuts itself to
s;.e.-s You clean and oil 1t often. You
sonld be as careful with your watch
III. small and cannot squeak loud
&, i il is dry and needs oiling. You
b not know II till the watch IL
snpIetely ruined and stops Bring
'rfS satch TO me / will show you
''sio the exact condition.
rsttls ~ = vonr watch and
iia tune Consult
.cii isiseases.
Yours Very Truly,
s. NJ. GREENE, teweler.
Ellls, n GRID
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-08-11

The State museum is soon to
receive the skeletons OF two giant
mastidons which We're unearthed
in Joues county some time ago.
Mastidons are supposed to have
been common animals through
out that section now comprising
the eastern part OF the State,
some 100000 years ago. The
animals were much larger than
the largest African elephant -ES
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-08-11
Thousands Have kidney
Trouble and NeTa Suspect Il
How To Find Out.

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours;
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-08-11
PROF FEsSio N AL
DR. OSCAR i. MOORE.
DENTIST.

/ will be at Blowing Rock from
the first to the. fifteenth .iof each
month prepared to do all kinds
OF Dental work.
office Near Wdtaagc Hotel.
Oct. 21, 1y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
No War on HOpple>.

story ABSURD upon the face of
it-has been assiduously making the
rounds to the effect that the action Of
the National Trotting Association. in
gradually tabbooing topples, would
mean turf war and the organization
of rival turf body that would eppeal
particularly to the half-mile racks,
and which would, OF course, sanction
the use of the Indiana straps. Nc
Hagj. conference VIII be necessary to
prevent any war over the hoppl4s
question. 1t is true that many-prob-
ably the lnajorlty-of the half-mile
tracks would have preferred to have
seen the topples retained in good and
reSular standing At tie me time,
there are associated with HE better
class of half-mile rings exactly rs
good sportsmen, exactly as interested
in the welfare of the light harness
tors' as those who prcsid over the
dcstinies of ',he once-around courses 5.
Here and there a bull ring" may be
found-there are one or TWO Df them
right here in New England whore the
racing is conducted solely as cold
business proposition and a money-get-
ter for the lessees of the track. They
are men who do no, care a rap about
IN. proving the harness game, 50 long
as their meetings yield gcci financial
returns. They are The ones who
would favor n hostile organization.
But they are lacking in strength 20
carry through any move The pity IS
that with topples now limited in their
career matinee organizations do MT
como out unanimously against their
use in club ana interclub races instead
of permitting the hoppled side-wheel-
er to compete on equal tc"ms WI h tie
,frec-legged PAGER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
One Kind Of Manners.

"If | had my way there should be
but one kind of manners, and that
good" says Virginia Terhune Van de
Water in the Womans Home Com
panion for March. 81 would have each
child drilled to be as scrupulously po-
lite to the members of his family as 20
the guest within his fathers gates, as
courteous to the employee in the
kitchen or chamber as to his mothers
callers If from birth he knew no al
tentative of behavior, he would prac-
tise none.
of we are honest, we must admit
that with many educated and refined
persons there is, all unknown to them
solves, difference in the courtesy
displayed to home people and that
directed toward strangers. The man
who does not consider it worth while
to rise when his wife or mother comes
int the room will spring to his feet
when the guest of wife or mother en-
ters, The lad who mods to his sister,
whom he meets alone on the sire 1t,
will take off his hat when that sister
is accompanied by her pretty chum.
CAS- for knocking at the door of the
room of any member of the family
who thinks of doing k? But let us re-
call at the same time that we do not
rush into our guests rooms without
a preliminary knock and a gentle oh
so gentle, May | come in?' Personal
ly | believe that this disregard of per-
the worst of our set of habitual bad
manners"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17

purses M beyond the half-million
figures.
The Great Western Clrcdit under
its new makeup, will open on July
/ at Ft. Wayne, with weeks following
at Terra Haute and Grand Rapids he
fore joining forces with the Grand
Circuit for the Kalamazoo, Detroit
and Cleveland meetings that follow
upon consecutive weeks. The Great
Western then jumps to Peoria. Gales
burg, Joliet and the State iairs at
Hamline and Milwaukee before
swinging in with Columbus for the
meeting there the last two weeks of
September.
Then comes Springfield, HI, for the
first week in October, followed by
long jump into the far Southwest,
with Oklahoma City the first stopping
point, followed by a weeks session
each at Dallas, Ell Paso and Phoenix,
Ariz., where the circuit ends the week
of November 8. But, of course, nobody
expects that any OF the horses that
start in at FIT. Wayne will be in at the
finish az Phoenix 1t is possible, of
course, as was the case with Margin
and few others last season, hut not
altogether probable.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
FARMING FOR PROFIT.

The people of Vermont do not real
ize, probably the profits that are be-
ing made in agriculture in our own
State. We read of the great crops
raised on irrigated soil or in the
Canadian Northwest but the land Of
opportunity too often in our though Int
lies beyond far horizons. For this
reason a few illustrations Of profit
able agriculture in our own vicini v
not remarkable stories, perhaps, but,
nevertheless, encouraglng-may be
of interest In a recent issue Of the
Rural New Yorker the experiences CT
a young Vermont farmer are related.
Beginning by taking his fathers farm
on shares he saved enough to make
the first payment on a farm purchas-
ed near his home costing 81 200. He
sold standing timber for 81 900 and
soon owned the farm clear OF debt
and herd of 10 high grade COWS
which made $500 pounds Of butter
each year. He sold this farm for 3d.
900 and bought another for $4,000. In
a year or two he paid for this prop
erty and soon sold it for $500, pur-
chasing one of the best farms in his
section Of country.
A young man with a little money
saved from his wages as a farm hand
bought a farm near Newport, paying
So 500. He sold vegetables, poultry,
eggs, milk, cream and butter direct to
200 TO 800 a year until he sold his
farm for $500. A man past middle
age borrowed money and bought a
Vermont farm for $4,000. He SOLD
standing timber worth $1,000 and
owns his farm and herd of Jersey
cows that give him an income of s.
day the year around
A Windham county man has peer
raising small fruits for more thar
thirty years. He sells cherries fol-
81 bushel, plums for 40 cents 9
basket of four quarts, and from lesi
than quarter of an acre has produced
more than 5000 quarts of strawber
ries which sold at 10 cents a quart
bringing in $3.50. Hundreds of bush
els of raspberries and blueberries ar
grown and the owner of this farm
says: Were 20 years younger
would set 300 acres of apples and il
a few years be independently rich"
A man from northern New Yorl
purchased an abandoned farm in
remote part OF Barnard paying abou
81 900. After cutting timber wort
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17

ers Of harness racers, says that good
driver Is as essential as a good horse.
II don't know" Splan further says,
that good man could do much with
a stick of horse, but l have seen
many a good horse defeated that
would have won if his driver had
known his business. Just what makes
good driver you can't tell. Such q
man has got to more than sit behind
horse. He must look out for the
shoeing, must get the horses head
just right, and know how he must be
fed and harnessed. There are humid
red things besides the mere driving
that he must have his eye on and be
studying. Horses are just as differ
ent as are people. Some are nervous,
fretting and stewing all the time, and
others are so cool that cyclone
would not make them jump There is
one thing driver must have and that
Is q cool head. He must not be all
down when he does not win, or all up
when he does, but he has to take it as
1t comes and go at il again. ] have
seen men on the track with money
up on their horses who were as work
ed up about it as an old lady that has
got to have her teeth pulled out. That
will never do"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
Good Old Goshen Track.

The famous half-mile track at
Goshen, where one of the most sue
cessful trotting meetings of iast sea-
son was held last summer, will be the
scene OF even a more brilliant meet
ing next season if plans now being
made do not miscarry. In addition to
classes and purses for the aged horses
on the same scale as those given last
summer, the program for 1910 will
have substantial purses for Il 3-year-
old trotters and PAGERS and possibly
the 2-year-olds will also be provided
for. Orange County, where Goshen is
located, is sometimes appropriately
termed the cradle of the American
trotter, for it was there that trotting
horse breeding got its first impetus
and within it's borders were foaled
the most famous of the sons and
daughters of Hambletonian that in
after life made their sire's family the
principal factor in building I'D the
breed of trotters as it is known today.
Orange County mas ever been loyal
to the trotter and it is still the home
of many breeding establishments
fact that goes long way in making
the race meetings held at Goshen the
most successful of any held over
half-mile track without the county
fair features aid At last seasons
meeting the attendance was larger
than characterized some Grand Cir
cult meetings and the racing was of
the highest character. With no spec
ulation or side shows the meeting was
II success financially and the methods
in vogue could well be patterned at
ter by some of the mile-tvack associa-
tons whose meetings are far from so
successful.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-03-17
From TT. Wayne to Phoenix.

Tho first 100000 racing circuit in
the history of the light harness horse
was organized at Chicago wnen to5
stewards of the Great Western circuit
got together for their much belated
annual meeting. They made up for
lost time however, in mapping out
circuit that not only for the richness
of The prizes offered, but for duration
and territory covered is far more nrc-
tenticus than anything ever before at
tempted.
Just how far--if at allZthe Great
Western circuit will hurt some of the
Grand Circuit tracks remains to be
seen. 1t is certainty, however that
in the case of Kalamazoo, Detroit.
Cleveland and Columbus the circuit
will be benefit, as all OF these tracks
made application for and received the
same dates in the Great Western cir
cult as they now hold in the Grand
Circuit Some may construe that ac-
ton as an indication OF weakness on
the part of the Grand Circuit tracks.
but in any event it assures larger fields
for the Grand Circuit meetings during
those weeks in which the purses are
OF top notch proportions. Indeed it Is
the $4,000 that these four Grand
Circuit tracks will hang up that sends
1 the total of Great Western stakes and