davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-05-18
Just As We see TIA Pen Picture.

/, On a hill stands a mansion
grand and stately, surrounded
by a beautiful lawn dotted with
lovely flowers and shaded with
pretty maple trees, whose bran-
ches sway gently in the balmy
breeze On every side broad fields
covered With ripening grain and
vast meadows herded with cat
tie. A gentle stream wends It's
way through and glides reace-
inlly on to join it's sisters in their
rush to the, Nigh ty OCEAN.
On the broad piazza An oldgen-
tleman is doing, dreaming, per-
haps, Of his hard, but honestly
earned wpalth: OF a faithful wife,
fair daughters aud noble sons,
all promising TO rank high in the
dawning future. What can YOU
picture more fascinating? But
ala>! As he dreamed a great
shadow is seen lowering over
head. Its very weight seemed to
rouse the old manfrom his peace
full midday nap, and he see s
closing in upon him n huge eagle
like form, who carries on his
head the seal of" ."Avery." His
wings sufficiently large enough
to cover the old mans entire es-
tate, are beautiful and shining,
and each one branded in large
gold letters, "Prosperity."
The old man rises slowly, and
peering more closely, finds this is
only Il thin outer covering, while
bis real wings are built entirely
Of state and county bond; road
taxes, without roads; school tax
es without scho, Is; cooperative
company taxes paid by the poor
laborers, and everything else con-
stitutpd to Prevent Prosperity.
The old man turned hastily away,
rushes inside, gathered his loved
ones around him and bars his
doors against the intruder. But
hungrey for prey, and jealous OF
the old mans prosperity, lie does
not despair. H. turns at once to
the sergant quarters and finding
a few Navering ones, uses every
conceivable plan imaginable and
with his deceit, Aattory and bri-
berry, succeeds in getting them to
unbar the doors for him. claim
ing to show them what wonder
full things he can do. But once
inside he readily throws aside the
lovely outer garment and to
their dismay the uufaithful ones
see him just as their master saw
him before.
What can you picture m 0 e
trying? What can cause more Ell
w and strife? Now that the Av
cry eagle has gained It's territory.
can he expect friends in the once
happy and prosperous county
he has torn up? No Ianswer en-
phaticalI, NOT one And he has
even confessed as much in t IN {
language: "We do notappreciate
the ones we have bought, and
not one Of them could we ever
trust to help compose a jury in
our courts" Make the best of 1T,
Mr., Avery, but don't expect too
much of those You have wronged.
i ONE OF THE FAMILY.
Hale, N. C.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-05-18

No doubt the average man
thinks he is merely trying to take
his own part when he attemps to
grab the whole thing.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-05-18

J. NJ. Howell, popular druggist
of Greensburg, KY. says, 1--WE use
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in
our household and know it is excel
lent. For sale by all dealers
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-05-18
EOIEYS ORINOLAXAIIYE
Foa srorAen TaovslE and comsr,pAries
BOONE FURNITURE
COMPANY.

Go to the Boone Furniture
Company for anything you want
in the line Of House Furnishings.
! We have q new and up.to.date
line OF furniture, Bed Springs,
Mattresses, Comforts. Blankt ts,
and various other articles. need
ed in the home. Be sure Gnd give
US q call AMI get prices b"iore
hnving elsewhere. Store in. Bank
Building. Very respectfully,
BOONE FURNITURE co
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-05-18
Most girls like to have red hair
if they haven't.
Do You Have the Right Kind of
Help?

Foley Kidney Pills furnish you
the right kind of help to neutralize
and remove the poisons that cause
bakache, headache, headache, ner-
vousness, and other kinds of blad-
der ailments" N B Blackburns
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-05-18

"Your dodgers complain that
you read their letters" well
can't ask them questions about
their private affairs. That would
be indiscreet." Transcript.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-05-18
The farmers Free List.
Charlotte Chronicle.

Charlotte Chronicle.
The now celebrated farmers
free list Till. which passed the
House, provides in full that on
the day of it's enactment, the fol-
lowing articles shall be exempt
from duty when imported into
the United States: Plows, tooth
and disc harrows, hende RI, har-
vesrers, v rfapprs, agricultural
drills and planters, mowers.
hoIserakes, cultivators, thresh-
ing machines AMI cotton gins,
farm wagons and farm carts and
all other aariculturalimplpments
ofany description, whether speci
fically mentioned herein or not,
whether in whole or 10 parts, in
cIuding repair parts.
Bagging Tor cotton, gnnny
cloth and all similar fabI les, ma
ierials or coverings, suitable for
covering and baling cotton COM
posrd in whole or in part ofjnte,
jhte butts, hemp, flax, seg, Rus
sian seq, New ZEALAND tow, Nor
wegian tow, aloe, mill waste, cot
ton tarps, or any other materials
of fibres suitable for covering cot
ton; and burIaps and bags or
sacks compused wholly or, in
part of jute or burlaps. for sack
ing agricultural products. i.
Hoop or band iron. or hoop or
band steel, cut tolengths, punch
ed or unrunrhed, or wholly or
partly manufactured into hoops
or ties, coated ornot coated With
paint or any other preparation
with or without bubrkles or fas-
Jennings, for bailing cotton orany
other commodity; and wire t 0 r
bniling hay, straw and other ag-
ricultural products.
Grain, buff, split and rough
sole leather band, bend or belt
ing leather. boots and shoes,
made wholly or in c''ieI value
OF leather made from cattle hides
and cattle skins Of, whatever
weight OF cattle of the bovine
species, including ca|fsSins and
harness, saddles and saddlery in
sets or in parts, finished or IN.
finished composed wholly or, in
rhieI value Of leather: and leath'
er cut into shoe uppers or vAmps
or other forms suitable for con-
version into manufactured arti-
cIes.
| Barbpd fence wire. wire rods
wire strands or wire rope, wire
woven or manufactured for wire
fencing and other kinds OF wire
suitable for fencing, including
wire staples. Beef, veal, mutton,
lamb, poLk, and meats OF a !
kinds. fresh, ralttd, picked, dried
smoked, dressed or undressed,
prepared Or preserved in, any
manner, bacon, hams, shoulders
lard, lard compounds and lard
substitutes, ard sausage a n
sausage meats.
Buckwheat -four, corn meal
wheat -four and semolina, ryt
flour. bran, middlings and other
offats of grain, oatmeal and roll
ed oats and all prepared cerea
foods, and biscuits, bread, wa
|fers. and similar articles n O
sweetened. .
Timber, hpwn. sided or squar
I'd, round timber, used for spare
in building wharves, shingles
laihs, fencing posts. sawed boards
planks, deals and other lumber
dressed or rough, except boards
planks, deals and other lumber
or lignum vitae, lance wood, eb
ony box. grnnadilla, mahogany,
rosewood, stainwood and all ott
er cabinet woods.
Sewing machines and all parts
a~ n lrrScA
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-05-18
willing to Work.
Monsoe Journal.


said that before any girls allow.
ed to marry she should have a
certificate from some competent
authority setting forth that she
had learned how tn cook. A lady
in Monroe on reading this, re-
marked that it was not nearly 80
important that a girl have "A GER
tifcate in cookery rs it was to
that she have one setting forth
that she was willing to work al
tpr she knew how, that the tron-
l'le was not SO much that girls
didn't know how as it was that
they were unwilling to learn how
and then do it. Any girl coming
through the schools with ordina-
ry intelligence can soon learn to
cook or do anything else it she
only has the desire aud the am
bition to do it.
There is a great hue and cry
now that our schools should
teach this practical thing and
that practical thing. There is no
particular objection to this, but
it will not take the place OF the
thing that must go before it,
namely, the obligation that rests
upon every human being to do
some kind OF useful labor OF soci-
ETY.. Whether that laboris cook
ing, keeping books, t e aching
school, keaping poultry or rock
ing a cradle, she must learn that
there is a dignity anl a duty in
doing some lind of work either
for herself or for Others, and do.
iny it well-the best 1t can BE-
done. The 'lrOne should have no
more respect in human society
than he has in bee colony. No
matter if one 'ancies that he or
she is able to live without work.
ing, it should never be forgotten
that the one who does it is living
on the labor of some one else.
Labor is the sole creator of val
~, and if you are not doing
some useful work you are living
on the work done by somebody
else. So many persons are doing
no work or useless work that the
remainder Of mankind is doing
double and treble its share Ii
.yon are not working yon are RI
ding IN the hack of somebody
else, and surely that is an unwor
thy thing for any person made in
the image ola superior being to
do.
Not only must the schools quit
advocating short cuts to ease,
and tea"h the value, dignity and
necessity OF labor-not necessa-
rily with hands but something
of use to mankind-but they
must cease to hold out the idea
that a little book learning is all
that is required. They must go
hack to the fundamental idea
that character is the first requis-
ite. "R"member thy Creator in
the days of thy youth"-did you
ever think what that Injunction
really mans? 1t means charac-
ter formation. Our God is truth
and justice and honor and righ-
teousness, and a love of those at
tributes is what makes charac'
epr. hence the youth is admon-
ished to remember them early
that his whole life may be a sue
cess anil a blessing.
Human character is the most
important OF all things and the
care OF the body, the temple in
which the spirit dwells, is t h e
next important thing, Yet many
of our schools are forgetting
these things in a mad rush to
teach less essential things, to
leach how to make money quick
1lytstesteacll how to shine in soci'
etv, to teach how to farm a n d
manufacture, and hundreds OF
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
PRINTERS OPPOSE
POSTAGE INCREASE
Protest Against Bill Pending
Now Before the Senate.

Pleading as toilers and fair-minded
workingmen that Congress reject the
bill proposing an increase of cents per
pound on secOnd-class mail matter,
which is calculated to seriously dis
turb the business of thousands OF publi-
cations, and throw all branches of the
printing industry into a turmoil" more
than 300 members of Columbia Typo
graphical Union, No. 1O1. at a meeting
yesterday afternoon adopted resolutions
protesting against the bill now pending
in the Senate
1t was announced that the fight against
the increase of rates on second-class
matter, which it is sought to advance
from l cent to 4 cents a pound. will
be taken up by every similar organiza-
ton in America, comprising about 10000
members.
Columbia Typographical Union, No. 1O1.
is the strongest branch of the organiza-
ton, having hundreds of members en-
ployed in the Government Printing Of
fee.
A long speech, in which he outlined the
injustice which would be done printers
in general, was made by President
Roberts His speech followed a lengthy
conference yesterday morning with men,
bers of the Printing Committee of the
House. 1t is announced that within the
next few days unions of other cities will
send similar resolutions to Congress
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
TAFT WINS HEARTS
OF TOTS IN PARK
Stops to Shake the Hand of
Each Child.

President Taft gained some votes yes
terday-not votes that will help in his
fight to obtain reciprocity with Canada,
nor yet votes that viii aid him If he
becomes a candidate of the Republican
party in the Presidential race OF 1872
But If some fifteen years from now
Mr.. Taft is a candidate for Office, ne
can count on a score or more of nurse
girls, if women are voting then, and chill
dren, all OF whom he won over in a little
walk through the residential section of
the Capital
The President started out for a stroll
in the afternoon. accompanied by SeGe-
tary Norton and the usual Secret Service
guard. In Farragut Square he ran into
a convention OF nurse girls and babies.
He stopped to shake each child by the
hand and to remark to the nurse in
charge what a fine baby she had under
her care
Some of the children were too young
to recognize the President. but many
OF them did know who the big man was,
and the delight depicted on their faces
after he had passed augured well for Will
lam H. Taft.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
"ANGEL MARGARET' RECEIVERS
FROM HER FRIGHTFUL BURNS
Child at Last Undergoes Successful Skin Grating Oper-
alton Her Back and Will Leave Providence
Hospital After Long Confinement.

she was allowed a short visit to her
parents in Alexandria, remaining with
them but a day, however.
She came back to the hospital and was
told that she might go home for good
in a short time.
The sisters and nurses almost worship
little Margaret. She has, by her child
ish ways and lovable disposition and pa
tience. gained love from all with whom
she has come in contact Flowers and
books, mostly fairy stories, are sent to
her daily by the kind-hearted sisters and
the big doctors, and her life is now a
merry one.
Constant Cry for Mother.
All day long she plays with her dol
lies and the other little children of the
ward, but her one constant cry is for
mama" She is counting the days until
her father is to come for her. and once
again she will be in the home from which
she was taken in a dying condition.
No more pitiful case has ever been
treated at Providence than that of little
Margaret. For many months she was
forced to lie on her back day in and day
out, not knowing whether ever again she
would romp and play with her school
mates across the Potomac River
With her infantile face all aglow with
happiness, and her mass Of tangled gold
en- hair rumpled with play, she was a
perfect picture of young girlhood yeSter-
day when told that her mothers arms
were awaiting her. Her merry laughter
was punctuated with a few sobs, but the
mere mention of the magical word
home" husbed them
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20

Little Margaret Nugent, known to the
black-robed sisters and the nurses OF
Providence Hospital as Angel Marga-
ret" a name gained by her childish win
someness and beauty, will leave the in
stitution within the next few days. She
has been there for eighteen months, re-
covering from frightful burns on her
back
Margaret was injured in front OF her
home in Alexandria on July 4, 1909. when
her clothes became ignited from the ex-
plosion of firecracker. an accident that
all but claimed her life. For months
she was treated by local physicians, but
the fearful burns defed medical treat
ment, and it was necessary to resort to
skin grating to heal the tiny back.
Three Operations Fail.
mere shadow of her former plump
self, the child, carried on pillows, was
taken to Providence Hospital, and there
placed in the Mathilde Ward and expert
surgeons assigned to the case. Three
times cuticle sacrificed by her relatives
was grated to the chiId's body, but each
operation proved unsuccessful and all
hope was given up for her recovery.
Finally about a year ago another at
tempt was made, and this time the untir-
ing efforts of the physicians were re-
more, although nearly seven years of
rapidly in strength, and was
doing so\well at Christmas time that
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
PLACES OF INTEREST.

Library Of Congress-Opsn a m to 10 2. m. on
secular days; from p N To 10 p m on Sundays
and on certain holidays, During July. August, and
September, closes p. m Saturday.
Public Library-Open a. N to p m; holidays.
a to ?. m-; Sundays. to p. m
White House-Open 10 a. m. to p. m.
United States Captol-Open a m to 30 n m.
CorcOran Gallery Of Ar-open (free) Tuesday,
Thursday. Saturday, $50 q. to p. n Sunday,
l:SO to 4z1 Other days, admission.
State. War. and Navy Depzrtments-open a u.
to 2 p. m (The original Declaration of Independ-
ence is in the library at the State Department)
United States Treas1ry-Open pa m to 2 p. m
United States Patent ofice-Open q m. 10 9
p. m
United States Pension Burean-open g. n to .
p. m.
United States Post-ofice-Open a. NJ to p m
Washington City Post-ofice-Open an hours CThe
deadletter Office Is the city post-od8ceI
National Botanic Garde1s-Open a m 20 p m
Fish C0mmission-open a N. to 40 p m
Army Medical Museum-open a m to 40 p m
National Museum-open a m to 40 p m Tin
cluding holidaysl.
Agricultural Department-open 3 a m to 4D
p. m
Bureau of Engraving and Printing -opo . a. m
washington Monument t555A feet in heisht,-open
$50 a. m. to 4:sO p. m CEaeTator runs from g. m.
to D. M
Smithsonian Institdtion-open a m to 40
p. m. dncfuding holidaysl.
Government Printing ofice-Open 10 q m. to 3
?. m.
Navy Yard-Open a m. 10 $50 p. m.
SouthVorth Cottage, 5th and Prospect ave
Key Msnsion-Home Of Francis Scott Key. author
Of The Star Spangied Banner" 5ls NJ street
northwest- Open daily, except Sunday, 9 g. m >Sp
$50 p m. Admission free.
IN THE SUBURBS
Arlington National Cemetery.
Chevy Chase and Kensington.
BIOLOGICAL Park topen all day..
Rock Greek Bridge and Park.
United States Naval Academy. Annapolis. Nd.
Mount Vernon 1.-THE home and tomb Of Washing
tonj-Open II a m to p m
Naval ObserTatory-Open a m to p N.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
MEET TO DISCUSS
PARK EXTENSION
Fine Arts Society to Aid
Rock Creek Valley.

The development Of the park system of
Washington with special reference to the
Improvement of Rock Creek Valley, will
be discussed at a public meeting to be
held under the auspices of the Washing
ton Society of the Fine Arts at Con-
tinental Memorial Hall this evening.
Thomas Nelson Page will preside.
President Taft will send a letter, a pre-
vious engagement preventing his at
tendance, and addresses will be made by
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh,
Glenn Brown. secretary of the American
Institute OF Architects; Richard B. Wat
rous, secretary of the American Civic
Association, and A. R. Serven, chairman
Of the committee on bridges Of the Wash
ington Board of Trade. =
Glenn Browns address will be Illus
trated by stereopticon slides, showing
present conditions and possibilities of i'm
provement. The Washington Chamber OF
Commerce and Board of Trade and the
various citizens associations are co-op-
Grating with the Washington Society of
the Fine Arts to make this meeting
success. The doors viii open at 7:30
o'clock. The meeting Is open to all.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
OBSERVE NATAL DAY.
Prominent Washingtonians
Celebrate Birthdays.
GEN. E. A. DARLINGTON Is So
Inspector General of Department of
NCaIifOrnia and Prominent C1ubman
w. M. Beaman Is Forty-four and
Archibald Hopkins Sixty-nine.

William Major Beaman, a well-known
| Topographic engineer and author of this
city, celebrates his forty-fourth birth
day to-day. Mr.. Beaman was born in
Annapolis. Nd, and spent eighteen
months of his boyhood in Honolulu. His
education was obtained at various
schools, and he is a graduate of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. Beaman has been engaged In topo-
graphical engineering in the Geological
Survey of the government for number
of years, and many Of the maps of that
department bear his name as author.
Gen. Ernest Albert Darlington. L. S. A..
is fifty-eight years old to-day. The Of
ficer is a native of South Carolina and
graduated from West Point in 1876. After
filling a number of important assign
ments in the army he was appointed to
command the Greedy relief expedition in
1888. In December, 1890 he was severely
wounded in battle with hostile Indians
at Wounded Knee. and was awarded the
Congressional medal of honor for distin-
guished gaIlantry In that action. Dur
ing the Spanish-American war he was
inspector general of the cavalry division
in Cuba and was present at the battle,
siege, and surrender of Santiago.
Now in California.
After that he was inspector general OF
the Division of the Philippines, and is now
inspector general of the Department Of
California. Cen. Darlington is a member
of the Metropolitan. and Chevy Chase
clubs and an author on military sub
jectS.
Archibald Hopkins. of this city. is
stxty-nine years CID to-day. Mr.. Hop
kins is a wsl-known lawyer, and is a
native of Williamstown. Mass, being the
son of the late Mark Hopkins, president
of Williams College. He is a graduate
OF that institution himself. and served IN
the civil war as captain and brevet ma
jor, lieutenant colonel, and colonel OF the
Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Regiment
from 1862 to 1865 Mr.. Hopkins was an
officer of the government under the re-
construction act, and after the war
studied law in the Office of David Dud-
ley Field, and graduated from Columbia
Law School He is a member OF the |
patriotic societies, the Metropolitan Club !
and of scientific societies
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20
NEWL YBORN CUB MAKES
DEBUT TO zoo CROWDS
"Nigger John" Comes Out of His Cavern Cradle
for First Time-Beautiful Antelope Diving of
White PLague-Zebra Feared by Guards.

have died in the last two weeks of the
white plague, almost incurable among
the denizens of the wild-more virulent
than with man by far
DR.. Frank Baker, superintendent of the
park, said that tuberculosis was worse
with the antelopes than with the
monkeys, who prefer to shuttle off with
nostalgia, or home sickness. When this
malady breaks out among them, the little
the slightest attempt to keep a hold on
life. Several of them have been carried
off this year, but plenty more can be
obtained to take their places.
So merrily they come and sadly they
go at the Zoo-go to unmarked graves
under the oak trees, unwept, but remem-
bered, perhaps. as having lived their lives
as ordained by universal laws.
Too Mean to Respect.
Occasionally singing is INDUCED in by
the keepers at the demise of some hard
faced, vicious brute, born lacking the
milk of human kindness. Such a one
is Dan, the man-killing zebra, who is
too valuable to shoot, and too mean to
respect. OF course, the keepers have not
sang yet, but they say it's bound to be.
Dan has been browsing on the official
grounds of the animal reformatory at
Bethesda, Nd, where he was taken to
be cured OF a broad streak of pure
"cussedness." He came home yesterday
and beyond a playful attempt to mangie
the arm of a guard, kick hole through
the ceiling of his quarters, and bray with
all the strength of his leathern lungs.
was all right He viii be watched for
period for signs of moral degeneration,
and IL no Improvement is evinced in the
very near future, 1t is possible that
bullet win be sent 70 test the thickness
Of his skull
The Washington herald., 1911-02-20

Race suicide Is not apparent at the
Washington Geological Park.
They had high jinks out there yesterday
afternoon, for 'Nigger John" newly born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Russian Black Bear,
came out of his cavern cradle in tow of
his doting mother for a peep at the big
outside world and incidentally to voice
his disgust at the crowds.
A tiny pink nose followed a pair of the
shortest, ambling gated little legs in the
world to the bars of the cage and John
inspected his first human beings. His
big, surIy mamma kept him well to her
apron strings, and when John would
have gone right through the gaps that
keep only big bear from trouble, a
vigorous sIap~brought him to his senses.
He did not complain much-he is so
young and so innocent-but he squealzed
and barred his snow white milk teeth in
something that almost approached q
snarl.
A big woman, all dressed in lavender,
nursed John Just about a minute. Then
John smiled, and accompanied his big
brute of a mother back to the dismal
nursery.
Dying of Tuberculosis.
While this comedy was going on, one
of a different nature was being enacted
up in the antelope quarters A beauti-
ful creature 1t was. that was dying of
tuberculosis The doctors worked over
it and were rewarded by the almost hu-
man expression OF <thankfulness con-
vsyed by the antelcpe's great black eyes.
undimmed by the deadly disease gripping
its vitals
Several valuable species Of this animal