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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09
The Year Without a Summer ;
Hartford Conn, y Times.

Hartford Conn., Times.
The year of 1916 has been cal
led the year without IA summer,
for there were sharp frosts in ev-
cry month January was mild so
was February, with theeXception
of few days. The greater part
of March was cold and boisterous
!ril opened mild, but grew col.
der, as it advanced, ending with
snow, ice and wintrrcold. In May
ice formed one.half inch thick.
buds and flowers were frozen and
corn killed. Frost, ice and snow
were common in June. Almost
every green thing was killed and
the fruit was nearly all destroyed
Snow fell 10 the depth OF thr e
inches in New York and Mnssa-
chusett-, and ten inches in MaHne.
July was accompanied with frost
aud ice. On the 9TH ice as thick
ms window glass was formed in
New York, New England and
Pennsylvania, and corn va S
nearly all killed in certain sec
4 tions. III August ice formed one
half inch thick.
A cold northNe est wind prevail
Ell nearly all summer. Corn was
so frozen that much was cut and
dried for fodder. Very little r.
, pened in New England, even here
lin Connecticut, ana scarcely any
!. even in the middle states. Farm
ers we're Obliged to pay S4 or "
q bushel for corn OF 1916 for th'
, next springs planting. The frs
two weeks Of September wtr
mid. the rest cold with FROST
an] ice one iouI tn inch thick
October was colder than usual
! with frosts and ice; NOvembe
= cold ana clustering with sno'
o enough for good sleiehing, De'
d ember quite mild and comfort;
+ ble.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09
Marvellous Discoveries

mark tie wonderful progress OF the
age. Air nights on heavy machines,
kilograms without wires, terrible
war inventions to kill men, and that
wonder Of wonders-Dr. Kings
New Discovery--to save Ire "heh
eatened by coughs. colds, la rip,
asthma. Group, bronchitis, hemor-
rhages, hay fever and WhooPlng
cough or lung trouble Fer all bron'
chial affections 1t has no equal. II
relieves instantly. lt'sc,he snfes'
cure. James NJ. Black. of Ashev'lle
N. C., h. r. No. 4, writes 1t cufeo
him OF an obstinate cough after al
other remedies failed, soc. and Sl
A trial bottle free. Guaranteed b!
all druggists.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09
Clark Sounds Keynote.

"Ihe Payne-AIdrich-Smoottar tar
iff revision was upward! 1t was
upward by approximately LII
per cent! 1t has already result
ed in increased prices all along
the line" Thus Did Champ Clark
of Missouri, leader ofthe Demo-
Gratis in the house of representa-
tives, thunder his reply to the
speeches of President Taft an d
OF her Republican leaders who
have attempted to feed the pub
Ilic on the assertion that t h e
Payne. .Aldrich bill "was the best
tariff bin" ever passed. Mr..
Clnrk's svefch had been carefully
prepared, 1t was a complete and
effective answer to the countless
bald Misrepresentation t h a t
haye been manufactured by tNe
Republicans, who are desperate.
ly in need of campaign material
OF any sort for use IN the npproa'
ching Congressional elections
The Minority leader denounces
the proposed appropriation q
$25O,OO0 of the peoples money
|for the purpose OF enabling tf'
Republicans to gather data will
which to proye that the new tar
if law il a God-send to the coun
try. He denonnco the joker in th'
Joker in the sugar schedule. til
dep,ored a condition which per-
,nits the steel trust and Othe
monopolies to sell their manu-
, facturel products cheaperto for
4;yn rs than to America s. Ii
short, Mr.. Clark's speech will g
2 down as one OF the great Demo
ocratic key,notes OF this, sessio
OF congress. sit is true" admit
\ ted Mr.. Clark, "that we reduce
the duty on lumber, and rhatth
lumber trust marked up tn
price OF lumber ST. per thousan
: feet before the last OF us got ou
1 of Washington. And If the ID
o partment of Justice had done il
duty it would 10y this time hav
o fl ed the jallI so full OF lulnl'f
II trust magnates THAT their arm
and lpas would stick out at ii
q windows and the doors. On, We
l my Republican friends, yon WI
. meet in November, because yG
l. cannot help yourselves. And wht
y YOU do meet us in November yt
will receive the bloodies' licklI
a. YOU have had since 1892
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09
Why AbuseYour Watch

You do not run your buggy, sewing
machine or other machinery till II
sou axis and griDds and cuts itself to
pieces You clean and oil it often. You
should be as careful with your watch
1t r. small and cannot squeak loud
when it is dry aud needs oiling. You
,nay not know it till the watch is
completely ruined and stops. Bring
your watch to me | will show you
and explain the exact condition.
Take proper care of your watch and
At will last you life time. Consult
!. me ON watch Diseases
Yours Very Truly,
s. M. GREENE, Jeweler.
EiQnyille, n 9. RED
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09

ave all know that will be re-
nominated. That is inevitable"
says the Washington Post. which
in the National Capitol is con-
s'dered by many to be an admin
lstration mouth piece.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09

When the stomach fails to per-
form its functions, the bowels be-
come deranged;, ;,the liver and kid
neys congested causing numerous
diseases. The stomach and liver
must be restored to a healthy condl'
ton. and ChambcrlaiA's Stomacf
and Liver Tablets can be depended
uron to do it. Easy to take a d
most effective. Sold by all dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09

The worlds most successful med
icinc for bowel complaintsis is Cham-
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Dial-
rhoea Semedy. 1t has relieved more
pain and suffering, and saved more
lives than other medicine in use. In.
valuable for children and adults.
Sold by all dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09

A goat on Mr. Rance plyler's
place, in Bu'ord township, killed
IA dog Wednesday night in a pc
culiar way. The goat and The
dog got into ascrlmmage during
the night aud rext mocnlng the
goat was walking around carry
ing the dog on his horns. Ills
horns had become fastened un
der the collar which the dog hal
abou, his neck and the latter be
ing chokpd to death. h.-Monrot
journal.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09

vigor and cheerfnl.
ness soon disappear
vixen the kidneys are
out Of order. or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become SO prevalent
that it is not unconi-
mon for q child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. If the
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liv-
er Tablets gently stimulate tae liv-
cr and bowels TO eypel poisonous
matter, cleanse the system, cur e
constipation and sick headache. Sold
bv all dealers.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09
is estimated that in 1905

1t is estimated that in 1908
the cost of living was nearly II
ler cent higher than it would
have been without a tarlif Hence
calculating that the average tam
ilv consumed $94l worth OF sup
plies per annuin, its Increased
payment on account OF the tar
if was Sill. OF this Sill, $l6.-
so went to the governm mt IN
collections, AMI $94.50 went to
the trusts in high prizes. OF this
$94.5O, 1925 was on woolens
more than SIT on other cloth
ing, rs 25 on furniture, S4.2 on
beef and mutton and pork, $lO :
% on building materials aud sc
on. In 1910, the cost of living
being 15 per cent. higher than ii
1908. the average family pays
$1,OS0. of which ten per cent
or $lOS, is tribute to the trusts
land other protected industries.
| Teething children have more o
less diarrhoea, which can be cor
tr,lled by giving thanberlain's Go
/ ic Cholera and Diarrhoc Remedy
! Al that is necessary is to give IN
prescribed dose after eaci, operatio
of the bowels more than natula .
and then castor OIL to cleanse tn
system. 1t is safe and sure. Sold b
| all dealers,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09

Salisbury Post: Mr.. A. z. Mil
ler. who lives near the ladkln
river, in thlSrounty, reports that
a white snake, the first he ever
saw, was killed in Davidson ronn
ty last Wednesday about 100
yards from Mr.. Ernest Mills saw
mill. The snake was four fe 9 t
long and four inches around aud
bad coal black eyes 1t was killed
ty Mr.. C. H. Long, who with Mr..
Clamie Bringle was hauling legs
to the mill. The wagon first run
over the snake and then Mr.
Long cut off it's head. Mr.. Miller
who gave in the report, yonches
for the statement.that the snake
was white; he sawit with his own
eyes. He learns that a similar
snake was killed about ten years
ago at Cotton Grove in the same
county.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09
A Century Of Progress In Missions.

"A century OF rrOSresS III MiSsiohS'
Missionary Review,
The story OF a century of Tor
eign missionary achievement
should thrill US with enthusiasm
for the tasks which are yet be
fore US.
1910.
| Nearly every country in Asia
| and Africa was closed to the gos-
pei.
The Church did not believe in
foreign missions.
There we're practically no Pro-
testnnt Christians in heather
lands.
Only one hundred foreign mis-
sionaries had been sent out.
The Bible was translated into
only sixty.fve languages.
Only few thousands OF dol
lars were given yearly iorfo'elgn
missions
There we're no mejliral mission.
aries.
Kage were were ro mission
J; hospitals or orphanages'
4. There were no native Christian
=, ministry.
. MissjpsAry work was not rec
ognizeas asiasAmeriran and Britis'
colleges
There We're no unmarried wo
man missionaries, and no Or
ganiz d work for women.
n There were No mission presses
or agencies for preparing q II c
distributing Christian literatur
= in uon-Christian lands.
.> ~ 1910.
Practically every nation in tn
world is open to missionaries
Mevange1iral churches are in
o tprested IN missions. TO spea|
vi against missions is counted
disgrace, aud a sign OF lgno1
ance.
More than two million Prot
estant Christians have gathere
in heathpn lands-lesidrs all wh
have died in the faith
Thert are nearly twentv-tw
fn thousand foreign missionaries
the world. ''
= The Bible has been translate
intu about five hundred langn,
= geS and dialects.
Total foreign missionary ro1
tributions amount TO near
or $25,OOO,000 annually.
Thousands of medical missio
~ aries in the heathen lands trei
three million patients year.
There are 400 mission hosp
tails and over 500 orphanag
and asylums in foreign lands o
Grated Ivy missionaries.
There are over six thousaI
unmarried women women mi
to sionaries TO hpathen women az
40 children. There are about min
:, ty-three Thousand native pa
' tors. evaneelists, etc, workll
." among their own people
There are nearly thirty tho
. sand schools and colleges CO
Quoted by protestant mission
rips in foreign lands.
m There are over 100 publish
houses and mission presses, a
:. 400 Christian periodicals are p
M lished on the mission fields.
~, n |
ma Thousands of college studel
'"o are on the mission field. a
'eS' thousands are preparing to &C
And yet to-day one billion p
-"s pie are still ignorant OF the g
" pei OF Jesus Christ, the son
God and Savior OF the world.
A Womgn Grea Idea
is how to make herself attracti
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09

Blame yourself when you fail,
and you will succeed; blame some
one else. and you remain a fail
ure.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09
R, Ross Done||y.

UNDERTAKE Err & EMRAIM Elk
SHOJJN,S. ---- Tennessee,
Has Varnished and Glass White
Coftins; Black Broad 10th and
White Plush Caskets; Black and
White Metallic G a S X e is Robes,
Shoes and Finishings,
Extra large CoHins and Cas-
kets always on hand, Phone or
iers given special attention.
X. ROSS DONNELL4.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09
Women as Well as Men arc nads Miserable
by kidney and Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind.
discourages aud lessons ambition; beauty,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09
PR ESSIO N A L
DIR. OSCAR L. MOORE.
DENTIST.

/ will be at Blowing Rock from
the first to the fifteenth OF each
month prepared to do all kinds
OF Dental work.
Office Near Watauga Hotel.
Oct. 81, 1y.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09

Only a widow seems tO appre.
ciate that what q man eats is q
important to him as what q wO-
man wears is to her.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1910-06-09

child urinates too often, ifthe urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with hed-wet-
ting, dependnpon it, the cause Of the dill.
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the 'hrst
step should be towards the treatment OF
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble IS due to a diseased condition OF
the kidneys and bladder and not to
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as iuen are made rn.ser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy:
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp.Root is soon realized. It is solo
by druggists, in fifty ssA,
cent and one-dollar EIlN.(lnAll11
size bottles. You may s:ss:ssss:: =:
have a sample bottle :::.::ss::s:.:.:::3
By mail free, also a
pamphlet telling all ~
abort Swamp-Root, I,ens ois~snp ROOF
! including many Of tke thousands OF testi-
! nlouial letters received from sufferers
who found Swarnp-Root to be Just the
\ remedy needed. III writing Or. Kilmei
! & Coz Bingha1nicn, n. Y, be snre anc
| mention this paper. Don't make any
| mistake, but remember the uatue, Dr..
! Kilmer's swamp Root, and the a4dxsael
singhsmton. y. X. g. svsr5 e9ts's.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-11-02
BIG AUDIENCE DELIGHTED.
1.-THE Flirting Princess" Plays to a
Crowded House Which is Well.
Pleased.

''The Flirting Princess" will go
down in local theatrical circles as
one of the best productions of the
present season. 1t was greeted on
Monday night by an audience which
packed our beautiful theatre, and
seldom has there been such a con-
tinuous uproar of laughter and such
prolonged applause in this theatre
The laugh provoking antics of Harry
Bulger and mis- associates, the many
beautiful and enhancing dances,
and the beautiful song hits kept the
audience applauding 80 muchs.that
the progress of the play was inter-
rupted repeatedly. In it's music, it's
comedy, its stage settings, it's CO.
stunning and its novelty and origin
ality, DEBORAH has seen nothing in
years to surpass 1.-The Flirting Prin-
cess" 1t is production that has
delighted the biggest cities of the
country, and DEBORAH is mighty for
tunate to get such a play.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-11-02
Auto Accident at -Calmar.

Wednesday evening when Thos.
NJ. Pierce was coming home in his
auto from DEBORAH, accompanied by
Mary Shema and Sam JLeichtman,
his-ear was wrecked, just above the
round house. He was coming in on
that nice stretch of road at pretty
good clip when one of the front
wheels collapsed and the machine
swerved TO one side and crashed
into an almost perpendicular six
foot bank, throwing all three of the
occupants violently out of the car In
the rebound the rear axle was brok-
en-, both rear wheels being broken
off and the car badly damned other
wise, and strange indeed no one
was hurt worth mentioning. 1t was
mighty narrow escape for those
people.-Courier.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-11-02
THIS is GOING SOME.
Discoveries of All Sorts Put to
Sleep by Dubuque Farmers.

DR.. o. p. Thompson, of Hamp-
ton, state milk inspector, has hog
story about Dubuque county, which,
If true,-and he swears it is
opens big field for the specialists
on hog raising who have been tour
ing the state on the bacon special. A"
DR.. Thompson's report is to the eff
feet that Dubuque county farmers
have a strenuous time trying to
keep their own hogs alive, due to
the fact that the ground in the
county is uneven and the hogs die
of insomnia, and he explains the
reasons for the strange phenome-
non in the following manner, .to-wit:
Dubuque county is all up and
down hill. he says, and so chopped
up that porker can't find a level
spot big enough to stand on-and
DR.. Thompson asserts that hogs
must have level ground to stand
on or they will not grow perfectly.
Dubuque county farmers have dis
covered, he asserts, that it Is better
for the hogs to stand with their
heads up hill. 1t is claimed that
this aids digestion. while if hog
stands with his head down hill, it
makes the beast bilious.
So, he says. all the hogs in Du-
buque county are continually going
up hill. Trained to stand always
with their heads up hill. he says.
they have contracted the habit of
always going up hill and never
coming down. And from this. Dr..
Thompson says, comes the illness
which causes the porker's death.
Every Dubuque county hog has a
long bushy tail. he says, and Du-
buque county is covered all over
with sticky clay. In walking up
hill, he points out, the bushy tail
of the hogs drags in the clay and
gradually gathers up ball of it.
The more the hog walks up hill
the bigger the clay ball on the
end of it's tail gets, DR.. Thompson
says, until it finally gets so big that
the weight of it pulls back the
skin of the hog so hard that the
hog can not close. its eyes, as a
result of this Dr.. Thompson says,
the hog can not sleep, and finally
dies of insomnia.
"a citizen of Dubuque county in
whom / have the utmost faith told
me that said DR.. Thompson, land
asked me. to report the case, to the
state veterinarian or sOme-,y other
authority on hog raising. Think,
however, the specialists on the ''hog
special" should investigate"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-11-02

There is nothing that is so cheer
rich recompense for all she has sac
rificed and endured, as the kind, af-
fectionate remembrance of her chill
dren. There is nothing that can
adorn man or woman more than the
tenderness and gentle care they
manifest towards their aged parents
as they totter on the borders of
another world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-11-02
How the Elks Came into Being.

How the Elks Came into Being.
Just after the Civil War there was
in New York certain crowd Of
young men, for the most part con-
nected in one way or another with
the dramatic profession, who met in
a. room every Sunday night and cal
led themselves the Jolly COras.-
One gathers from the existing data
legs5ding this group that perform
rs In the variety theatres of that
day predominated in its member
ship. In a pamphlet issued over the
name. of one of the charter members
Of the ,Elks, the late George w.
Thompson, the origin of the order
Is described. Having attended a
meeting of the Jolly Corks at the
invitation of one of the regular at
tendants, he writes: =
Il remember we passed a very
enjoyable evening and dispersed
with an agreement to meet on the
following Sunday. Brothers Riggs
later said: This thing is better
than a mere jolly crowd and will
one day amount to something -
Metropolitan.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-11-02

DR.. SToCKDALE wants every person
who suffers from a chronic disease-it makes
no difference how bad the case, or how long
they have suffered, to cali and consult him.
He will make a thorough examination of
their case, tell exactly what can be done,
whether they are durable or not how long
it win require and all about 1t. He treats
only chronic diseases. He has devoted
twenty years Of his life to the study and
treatment Of diseases Of the Stomach, Liver,
Bowels and Kidneys; Indigestion, Dyspepsia.
Constipation and Diabetes; Heart and Nerve
Troubles, Rheumatism, Chronic Catarrh in
all its forms-in fact all Chronic Diseases
DIR. sToCKDALE has a. system of treat.
ment which he believes is the best known
fos chronic diseases. He Is able to cure
many cases that have resisted other treat.
ments-that are considered incurabe. He
wants II distinctly understood that he does
rot undertake any case that he thinks is
ncurabie. and will tell the patient candidly
when he has made the examination.
HE HAS A SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR
NERVOUS AND PHYSICAL WEAKNESS
OF MEN, WHICH HE WOULD LIKE TO
EXPLAIN IN PERSON. CALL AND GET
HIS OPINION AND ADVICE FREE OF
CHARGE.
If for any reason you cannot call or visit
him personally, write him for an examina-
ton blank at his home Office.
Address
DIR. B. A. sToCKDALE,
Utica Building, Des Moines, Iowa.
89'The Doctor can be seen in his Office in
Des Moines, on Fridays and Saturdays or by
Pecial appointment
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-11-02
FOR BALD HEADS.
A Treatment That Costs Nothing If
1t rails.

We want you to try three large
bottles of Rexall "93"' Hair Tonic
en- our personal guarantee that the
trial will not cost )yeu a|penny If II
does not give you absolute satisfied
lion. That's proof Of Jour faithAs in
this remedy, and it should jndisptt-
ably demonstrate that we Know what
we are talking about when we say
that, Rexall, "9S"- Hair Tonic vii
grow hair on Bald heads, except
where badness has been of such
long duration that thei roots of aiie
hair are entirely dead, the follicles
closed and grown over, and the
scalp is glazed.
Remember, We, are basing our
statements upon what has already
been accomplished by. the use Z of
Rexall "93" Hair; Tonic. land we
have the right to assume that what
II has done for thousands of others
ii will do for you. In any event
you cannot lose anything by giving
it a trial on our liberal guarantee.
Two sizes, soc and s100. Remem-
Der, you can obtain Rexall Rene
dies in this community only att our
store-The Rexall Store. Brunt &
Parman.