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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16
Oueer Names for Streets.

The first odd thing that strikes visi-
tor to Mexico is that every block has d
different name They do not take the
streets entire. but each block is numbered
and named by itself; and it is often the
case that there are several blocks of the
same name In different parts of the city.
when the practice is to call them San
Francisco No. 1, San Francisco No. 2 and
so on. had friend who lived at No.
10 San Francisco street. l went to four
streets or blocks of that name before [
found him at San Francisco Puente
bridge).
The names of the streets here strike
one with sort of awe, too, for they were
ehristened in the days of religious fanati-
cism Think of living on Jesus street!
Imagine yourself telling a hackman to
drive to No. Blood of Christ street! or
ordering baggageman to take your
trunk to No. 6 Holy Ghost street! 1t
does not sound so much like blasphemy
to speak these names or hear them spoken
in Spanish; but even then, to be told that
one lives over a saloon on the street of
the Love Of God (Calle Amor de Deas)
makes a reverent soul shudder a little.
Here are some of the other peculiar
names: Crown of Thorns street, Fifth of
May street (the Mexican Fourth of july :;
Body of Christ street, Mother of Sorrows
street, Street of the Sacred Heart, the
Heart of Jesus street, John the Baptist
street, Street of Illustrious Men, Street of
Refuge, All Souls street. There are
others quite as striking, for all the saints
have blocks christened in their honor and
no event of religious history is without
some allusion in the nomenclature of the
municipal geography.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16
he WOrk.BAsket.

An old handbag that is no longer
available for shopping may be converted
into a dainty work-bag. The handle is
removed, and the bag is enclosed in one
made of silk or satin, with full pulled
pockets on the outside. Embroidery in
arasene or silk, and bows of ribbon orna-
ment it, and handle is made of ribbon
or silken cord. A pretty one made re-
Gently by young lady was done in blue
and pink embroidered with daisies.
Very handsome waste-paper baskets
may be made at home. Those crocheted
out of macrame cord are very serviceab]e
and easy to form. They may be made
square or round, and the shell stitch is
generally used, deep scallop finishing
the top. After the basket is made it is
dipped into hot water, stiffene9 with
varnish, and put to dry over a peach
basket if round, or box if square. When
dry it will be good and stiff, and should
be finished by another coat of varnish,
and crimson or blue ribbon run through
it and tied in bow knots.
A young girl has made very pretty pen
wiper for gentleman. 1t is in the shape
of heart, and made out of four thick
nesses of channels. The outside of pale
blue satin, with his monogram embroid-
cred in gold tinsel, and the leaves are tied
with bit of blue ribbon.
Handsome velvet baskets on which a
pricka-brac may be placed. are costly
when purchased, but may be easily made
at home The bracket should first be cut
out of wood, or plain one of small size
may be bought for five or ten cents.
Black or dark blue velveteen is suitable
for covering, although deep crimson may
be used It is put over the wood very
tightly and is held down by glue or tiny
brass nails which sometimes form Dor
dering about the edge.
Tiny lower-pots, decorated with pretty
paper pictures or hand-painted make
dainty match safes for the par.or. They
are sometimes put in satin bags and sus-
pended from the chandelier.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16
Queer Head Dresses.

There are many graceful head dresses,
but of them all none is 50 fantastically
beautiful as that in vogue among tbs
Darnley Islanders. who live on an island
in Torres Straits, between New Guine,
and Australia, and are not only ugly
looking, but are more than suspected OF
being cannibals.
On Darnley Island, it appears, there is
kind of very large and most beautiful
butterfly called Papilio poseidon. It is
marked in brown, black, and bright-red
colors, and measures seven inches across
the wings. This gorgeous creature is
captured by the islanders bent on decora-
ton; a tough but delicate vegetable
fibre. in lieu of a thread of
cotton, is tied about its large body, and
the end of the fibre secured in the mans
hair. A half-dozen butterflies will be
tethered in this way to the man, and as
they soon become reconciled to captivity,
their graceful futterings about the I'M
handsome head of the man produce an
effect diff cult to describe and hardly t.
pc imagined.-@. Nicholas,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16
A Chinaman'S Oath,

A large number of Chinese had to be
examined as witnesses in the case, and,
as it has often been remarked that the
Chinese care but little or not at all for
the American form of oath, the district
attorney moved that, under the provi-
sions of the civil code which provide
that witness who does not believe in
the Christian religion may be sworn in
the manner which he considers most
binding on his conscience the Chinese
witnesses being required, in addition to
taking the usual oath, to take the Wong
Chung, or yellow" oath. The motion
was granted, and alter the first Chinese
witness was called, and the usual oath
had been administered, the yellow oath
was produced. This is piece of paper
eleven inches long by eight wide, upon
which there are 1913 characters. Before
this was administered by the interpreter
literal translation was furnished and
read for the information of the court and
jury. A free translation of the same is
as follows:
''This is to call the spirits, both good
and evil, to descend and watch over the
trial of Wong All Foo, who is charged
with numbering Loi All Cow. If l swear
falsely and tell one untruth, or do no,
make statement according to the fact,
in the case, l humbly beg the celestial
and terrestrial spirits to redress the
wrong done to Loi All Cow, and to pun
ish me Immediately for having been a
false witness, to arrest my soul in its
flight, to make me. perish by the sword,
or cause me to die while on the sea and
before reach one half the distance to
China. This is the true and solemn
oath, uttered by my own lips, and signed
by me this - day of the second month
in the eleventh year Quong Soy; and in
proof of the earnestncss Of my assertion,
may my soul be destroyed, as l DESTROY
this paper, by fire.
The witness repeated, after the inter.
prefer, every word printed on the paper
and then affixed the date and his sigma.
ture to it, after which, with match fur.
nished by the obliging clerk of the court,
he lit the yellow oath and watched while
it turned to ashes.
In answer to questions by the defense,
the witness said that he felt bound to
sell the truth under the Americon oath.
and he believed that after taking the
Chinese oath he would be afraid to tell
an untruth.-S0n Francisco Call.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16

The causes of joint diseases in childhood
are frequently obscure, but this much is
certain, that the rough handling which
children receive at the hands of igno-
rant parents or careless nurses has much
to do with the matter. Stand on anv
street corner and notice how children are
handled. Here comes lady with a
three-year-old girl; she is walking twice
as fast as she should, and the child is
over-exerting itself to keep pace; every
time the child lags the mother gives it a
sudden and unexpected lurch which is
enough to throw its shoulder out, to saw
nothing of bruising the delicate struct
ures of the joints; a gutter is reached
instead of giving the little fodder time to
to get over in its own way, or properly
lifting it, the mother raises it from the
ground by one hand, its whole weight
depending from one upper extremity, and
with swing which twists the child's
body as far around as the Joints will per-
nit, it is landed, after course of four
or five feet through the air, on the other
side
= Here is girl twelve years old with a
baby of a year in her arms. The babe
sits on the girls arm without support to
its back. This would be hard enough
position to maintain were the girl stand
ing still, but she is walking rapidly, and
the little one has to gather the entire
strength of its muscular system to ADAM
itself to its changing bases of support
to say nothing of adjusting its little bodv
to sudden leaps and darts on the part Of
it's hayward nurse. Sometimes durin,, q
sudden advance you will see part of the
babe a foot in advance of its head and
trunk, which have to be brought un bv .
powerful and sudden action of the ~; ~
cles of the trunk and neck. prohahIr
handled. eo'iif
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16

Ladies' Weaknesses.
MI. T. H. Gafford, of Church ill, Nd,
Is SO thankful for the restoration of his wife
to complete health, that he is willing to GER
tify to the fact and the manner Of her cure.
To Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham. This is to GER
tify to the grand effects of your Vegetable
Compound. My wife was suffering from q
terrible disease which seemed to battle the
skill of the best medical men. She was i'll a
poor languid, depressed, nervous condition
We finally concluded to try your Vegetable
Compound and to our great surprise the half
of one bottle had not been taken before there
seemed to be thorough change in her
srhole condition, and now to-day she is in
good health and entirely relieved from all
former depressed feelings.
IT, TT GaffOrd and wife,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16
Listen to Your Wife

The Manchester Guardian, June o.,
says: ''h, lSa
At one Of the
''WindowS''
Looking on the woodland ways, IT,
c!umps OF rhododendroms and great m,ss WI
group. erestl,
1t included one who had been o ac.
spinner but was now so eottMI
Paralyzed!!!
That he could only bear to lie in q ro,,
position. 'ihlng|
This refers to my case.
was Attacked twelve years ago with T.,
comoter Ataxy" 'Vn To-
"a parallytic disease of nerve fibre rs,s
ever cured 'fe!
and was for several years barely able 10
about. 81
And for the last Five years not ab,e =.
tend to my business. although W a.
Many things have been done for mo
The last experiment being Nerve sfrotoh:
Two years ago was voted into The lung
Home for Incurables! Near Mancbaston
May, 1882. "
am no advocate: "For anything j.
shape of patent" Medicines! =" 'ns
And made many objections TO nv H..
wife's constant urging to try Hop Bttsyrs I tal
finally to pacify her 9lt
COnsented!
I had not quite finished the first botfs,.
l felt change come over me. This was Snaa
urday, November Sd On Sunday oorn;s@
felt SO strong said to my room com panipssl
Il was sure 1 could t''''as
"Walk!
So started across the floor and bac,
hardly knew how to contain mvse9e T.
all over the house. [ am gaining stro."s
each day, and can walk quite safe without a q
"Stickl'' any
Or Support.
am now at my own house, and hope Som
to be able to earn my own living aran sum I
have been a member of the Manchester Ter
Royal Exchange"
For nearly thirty years. and was ,,o..
heartily congratul.S d Oh going into the r r,s
on Thursday last. Very gratefully yours S'p
JOHN BIAckBrRy
MANCHESTER (Eng) Dec. "A, 1883.
Two years later am perfectly we'll
None genuine without bunch of preor
Hops on the white label. Shun all the VIII, r;a
poisonous stuff with Chop or Hons Is
their name.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16
He Could Hold In His Head.

81 tell you what it is Mrs. jerks" said
the lady's husband, wrathfully, 81 don't
want you or any other man to say I'm
crooked in my dealings"
"Who said you were?" she answered,
sulkily.
''You did, madam, when you intimated
That I had money, and lied to keep you
from using it. l want to tell you,
madam, l can hold my head up any
where"
''That's nothing" she snapped out.
"Ain't it9 / think it's more than q
great many husbands can say"
''No, it isn't either, if their, heads were
as empty and light as yours is"
jerks adjourned the meeting.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16

Grateful Thousands proclaim VINEGAR
BITTERs the most wonderful Invigorant that ever
sustained the sinking system.
Wade from California roots and herbs, free
from Alcoholic Stimulants. PurEzative
and Tonic.
This Ritters cures Female Complaints,
Inhammatory and Chronic Rheum atism,
GOut, Bilious, Remittent and Intermittent Fee
vers. Blood, Liver and Kidney Diseases.
dyspepsia or lndig eStiOn, Headache,
Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs. Tigbtness of the
Chest, Dizziness, Sour Stomach. Furred Tongue,
Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, P5eu-
monia, and Pain in the regions of the Kidneys,
are cured by the use of the Bitters.
FOR skin diseases, Eruptions, Bois
Erysipelas, Scrofula, Discolorations, Humors and
diseases Of the Skin of whatever name or ma
ture, are literally dug up and carried out of the
system in short time by the use of the Bitters.
1t Inv1gOrates tho Stomach. and slim
uates the torpid Liver and Bowels, which rem
der it of unequaled efficiency in cleansing the
blood of all impurities and imparting new life
and vigor to the whole system.
NO Person can take the Bitters and remain
long mwel.
Pin, Tape and other Worms. are
destroyed and removed from the system.
Cleanse the Initiated blood whenever
1t is foul your feelings will tell you when Keep
the blood pure, and the health of the system
will follow. e'o'-
In conclusion Give the Bitters a trial Il;
Will speak for itself. One bottle will prove q het
ter guarantee of its merits than a lengthy ad !.
vertisement 49,
R. III. Mcdonald Drug Co.. Proprietors
San Francisco, Cal and 52s $50 $50 WASHINGTON 81
Cor. Charlton ST., New York WI Nv
sold by all Dealers and Druuoista-
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16
Household Hints.

Doughnuts fry best in deep lard.
Cut warm bread or cake with warm
knife.
In making soups put the meat in cold
water.
All vegetables should be put in boiling
water.
Bake custaTds in cups set in pan of
cold water.
A tablespoon of corn starch is equal
to one egg.
If there are fruit or rust stains on table
linen and other whit, cloths, let them
soak in a weak solution Of osa.ic acid.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16

Old and dry putty may be removed by
washing lightly with brush dipped in
nitric or muriatic acid. Within couple
of hours after such an application the
putty becomes sufficiently soft to be
readily handled.
Old feather beds are improved by put
ting them upon a clean grass plot during
a heavy shower, permitting them to be
thoroughly wet through and then dried
and beaten with light rods. 1t freshens
the feathers
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16

Every Organ of the Body demands sus-
tenance and support from the stomach.
If the stomach cannot supply the all
ment required, the whole system Ian
guishes. To rouse and regulate this
great supplying organ, when enfeebled
or disordered, there is no preparation at
present known that will compare with
DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16
Farm and Garden Notes.


Professor Cook advises the kerosene
emulsion for cabbage worms.
Professor Tracy advocates the use of
ground tobacco stems as an insecticide for
striped beetles.
Professor Lozenbv reports that pyre-
thrum of Persian insect powder has
proved the most effective of ANYTHING
yet used at the Ohio station for cabbage
worms.
1t is said that wagons made of Usage
orange timber, are exceedingly durable,
the wheels lasting many years, because
shrinkage and swelling caused by heat
and moisture is so slight as to be almost
imperceptible.
1t is claimed that a larger crop of ap-
pies may be gained when hive of bees
is stationed in the orchard. The pollen
is rubbed from their bodies against the
pistils of thousands of flowers, which
thus become fertilized.
The american Cultiuator says that the
cutworm has an aversion to saltpeter.
and that solution of one tablespoonful
to gallon of water has SO far proven a
sure preventive. 1t is applied with dip
per and poured on the plants and all
around the hill.
A Colorado farmer says: "Put a quart
or more of sulphuric acid (oil of WITHHOLD
into crock and add to it old feathe. >
until the acid is all taken up. On stand
ing few days it will become liquid and
eat up and dissolve as many again feath-
ers. In this way the feathers from ten
hens can be dissolved and then used in
the compost heap as manure"
The young shoots of barley arc particu-
larry rich and succulent. They are
greedily eaten by cows, and it is a good
plan to sow patch near the barn to be
cpt for soiling purposes. In lieu of this,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16
MEDIATE RELIEF!

Gofdons King Of Pain relieves pain of whateverna
lure, !ne moment it is applied, and is a Household
remedy re- wherever known for Rheumatism Neural
ga, headache and Toothache, Burns and Sealns
SSPTans and Bruises, DarrhHa Dysentery, sore
threat Ulcers Fresh Wounds, etc Burns will not
wnnfd applied and Bruises will heal in day Tha
remedy Is furnished in powder with labels ETC. ana
and S. packages. The sOc. or trial package. when
reduced to LIQUID form, win ill "a Coz bottles, which
gre worth at retail, 81. Agents can coin money sell
ing u 1t Is worth ten times its cost for burns alone
SehG postal notes or two cent stamps Address
IT, RICHARDS, Sole Proprietor. Toledo, ohio.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16

CHApPED HANDS, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap made
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16


EGG SANDwICH.-Remove the shells
and cut four hard boiled eggs in slices
butter few slices of bread, put the
eggs on them neatly; salt and pepper,
and serve.
BREAD PUDDING.-Soak pint of
grated bread crumbs in one and half
pints Of milk. Beat up the yolks of two
eggs with a tablespoonful of sugar, a
little salt and the grated rind of one
lemon, mix into the bread and place in
an oven to bake. Whisk the whites of
an egg with tablespoonful of powdered
sugar and the juice of half lemon, and
when light add to the punding, return
to the oven again and bake to light
brown.
CURRANT, RASPBERRY OR BLACK
BERRY JAM.-Pick over and mash the
fruit; allow one pound of sugar to a
pound of fruit. Put the fruit and one
quarter Of the sugar into granite or
porcelain kettle; when boiling add an
other quarter of sugar; boil again, add
more sugar, and, when all is used, let it
boil till it hardens on the spoon in the
air. Apples, pears, peaches and ounces
should be pared. cut small. and treated
in the same way. Cooking in only a
little sugar at time prevents the
fruit from becoming hard.
BEEFsTEAK STEwED. Take a piece
of rump steak an inch thick, fry it in
butter on both sides. add enough not
stock just to cover the steak, pepper
and salt to taste, and sweet herbs il
liked, carrot sliced, about half dozen
small onions-more according to the size
of the stew. Put in saucepan or ket.
tie and let simmer gently an hour and a
half or two hours. Put some butter and
flour in saucepan on the fire, mix to.
gether and add some of the liquor in
which the steak has been stewing; add
little tomato catsup. Lay the steak
on dish, the carrots and onions around
it, and pour the sauce over.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16

The purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver
oil in the world. manufactured from fresh,
healthy Iyers. upon the seashore. It is alb
soiuteiy pure and sweet. Patients who have
once taken it prefer it to all others. Physi-
clans have decided it superior to any of the
other oils in market. Made by Caswell, Haz-
ard & Co., New York.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16

An Only Daughter Cured Of Consumption.
When death vas hourly expected from Con-
sumption, all remedies having failed and Dr.
made a preparation of Indian Hemp, which
cured his only child, and now gives this recipe
on receipt of stamps to pay expenses. Hemp
also cures night swea.s, nausea at the stom-
Address Craddock & Co., 1882 Race street,
Philadelphia, Pa, naming this paper.
When you visit leave New FORK CITY, s.ve baggage
aud So carr:ge re ana stop At the Grand
fr1 eIasant rooms fitted up at cost of naalion
doII.ra eI and upward per day. European plan. Els
.tnr Restaurant plied with the best Horse cars,
stages and elevated railroad to all aepoIs Eam!es
I've hotter for less money at the Grand Union
- than AZ any other st-class hotel in tho city
Motto of the girls-sLet no single man
escaDe.H
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16
Rough Handling Of ChiIdron

If afflicted with sore eyes useDr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water Druggists sell it 25c.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16
Baseball statues are crowding wooden In
dams from cigar store fronts.

How often is the light of the household
clouded by signs of melancholy or irrit ability
on the part of the ladies. Yet they are not
to be blamed, for they are the result of all
ments peculiar to that sex, which men know
JOY restored by the use of DR.. Pierce's "Fa-
vorite Prescription which. as onic and
nervine for debilitated women, is certain,
safe and pleasant 1t is beyond all compare
the great healer of women
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16

permanently cured or no pay. The worst
cases guaranteed! Pamphlet and references,
two three cent stamps. Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, 663 Main street, Buff
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16

Song of the corset maker: ''Stay, lady,
stay for mercy's sake"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16

The heightened masculine head is part
ed little left of the centre.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16

Hostetter's Stom
ach Bitters, as a spe-
Iclfic fo- Indigestion,
stands alon'. When
the res ources of the
'pharmacoDRia have
been exhausted, with
out, at least, doing
more than mitigating
the com p la j n t, a
course of this whole
some s t ON a C b i c
effects a perfect and
permanent cure. In
all cases of dyspepsia
the liver is more or
less disordered, and
upon this important
gland the Bitters act
with regular distinct
ness, regulating and
invigorating every Sc
cretive and assimila-
ting organ on which
bodily and mental
health depend. For
sale by all Druggists
and Dealers generally
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16
Il n U IS
p RO SY
TREATED FREE
DR.. H. n. GREEN.
A Specialist for Eleven Years Pas.

Has treated Dropsy and its complications with ,t
most wonderful success: uses vegetable reluadis
entirely harmless. Removes all symptoms "a ircrsr
in eight to twenty days. wv"
Cures patients pronounced hopeless by the besfa
PHYSICIANS.
From the first dose the symptoms raridlv dsr
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Some may cry hnmbug without knowing anytbip,
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to realize the merits Of my treatment Tor yourself
In ten days the difficulty of breathing is reiered
the pulse regular, the urinary organs made 10 ais
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all nearly gone, the strength increased and appe
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Send cents in stamps for postage on medicine.
Epilepsy fits positively cured.
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Mention this Oaper ~
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16
Consumption Cure"

Miss Issippi will give her grand spring
opening in very few days.