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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-19
The Nasal, a Curious African Tribe.

A more remarkable or unique race does
not exist on the continent of Africa.
indeed, 1 might safely say in the two
hcmispheres. In their physique, man
ners and customs, and religious beliefs
they are distinct alike from the true ne
groes and the Gala and Somali. They
are the most magnifcently modelled
savages / have seen or even read of.
Beautifully proportioned, they are char
acterizcd by the smooth and rounded
outline of the Apollo type, rarely show
ing the knotted and brawny muscles of
the true athlete. The women are very
deccntly dressed in bullock's hide. They
wear by way of ornament, from twenty
to thirty pounds of thick iron wire
coiled around the limbs, arms, and neck
beside great assortment of beads and
iron chains The men wear only a small
kid-skin garment round the shoulders
and breast, that being of somewhat more
ample dimensions among the married
men. The most remarkable distinctions
characterize the various epochs in the
life history of the Nasal. The boys and
girls up to certain age live with their
parents, and feed upon curdled milk,
meat and grain. At the age of twelve,
Will tllC SlllS, Stllu 1IOl1 UWCNC w lOuI
teen years with the boys, they are sent
from the married mems kiaal to one in
which there are on,y young unmarried
men and women. There they live till
they are married At this stage the men
are warriors, and their soc occupation
is cattle lifting abroad nd amusing
themselves at home. The young women
attend to the cattle, build the huts, and
perform other necessary household du-
ties. Both sexes are on the strictest
diet. Absolutely nothing but meat and
milk passes their lips. Spirits and beer,
tobacco, or vegetable food are alike
eschewed. So peculiar indeed arc they
| in their notions, that they will not even
eat the meat of any wild animal. More
over. the meat and milk are never taken
together. For several days the one is
their sole diet, to be followed by the
other after partaking of powerful our-
gative. On killing bullock they drink
| the blood raw, which doubtless supplies
them with the necessary salts. In eat
ing meat they always retire to the forest
i'll small parties, accompanied by a
young woman. So pleasant docs the
Nasal warrior find this life that he
seldom marrics till he has passed the
prime of life and begins to find his
strength decline. The great war-spear
and heavy bufralo-hi shield, the sword
and the knobkcrry are then laid aside.
For a month he dons the dress of an I'M
married woman, and then becomes a
staid and respectable member of Nasal
society. He goes no more to war, but
devotes himself to the rearing of brood
of young warriors. His diet changes
with his mode of life and he may indulge
in vegetable food, drink beer or spirits,
and smoke or chew tobacco. At cath
the body is simply thrown out to the hy-
enas and the vultures. .--Joseph Thomp-
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-19
A New Photographic Trick.

I read that an ingenious photographer
has devised a screen behind which Ia
dies may be photographed with dummy
feet of the most charming proportions
peeping from below, so as to look as if
they belonged to the sitter, whose own
pedal extremities may be unsatisfactory
in size and shape. There is very little
truth in the world. Heaps of women
90 about who are one mass of falsehood.
Their figures are tailo--made, and their
complexion comes out of Truefitt's shop,
as we'll as the color of their hair and eye
brows. They wear false ears and manu-
factured dimples. And now means
has been found of positively fibbing in
photographs, cheating the truthfulness
of the sun, and laying open even that
impeccable orb to an accusation of full
luminary accused of libel in the matter
of photographs, but that is superior
and courageous kind of crime as COM
pared with the meanness of the delib-
crate fatterer. Poor sun! And inno-
cent all the time.-London Truth.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-19
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

he use OF the magnet 1Or the cure
certain diseases had its origin with
Actius, 40 years ago.
The Arab compels his horse to feed
from the ground in order to maintain
the curve of the backbone.
The potato, introduced into England
IN 1000, was first eaten as sweetmeat,
stewed in sack-wine and suuar.
1t is said that from the friction of
handkerchiefs the noses of the present
century have steadily diminished in
size.
By popular notion the liver was an
ciently supposed to be the scat of love,
and Shakespeare refers to it in several of
his plays.
Mary is the most common name in
England, 6,819 out of every SO, 900 indi-
viduals answering to it. William comes
next with $3.50.
The beauties of Greece and other Asi-
attic nations tinged their eyes of an OBJ
scure violet color, by means of some un-
gnent, which was doubtless perfumed.
The word trump in card playing is said
to be derived from triumph. Old writ
crs. however, spell the word tromp, from
"iiNll IL LIDS DOCIl COu JCCGuICu lAttG IL
comes from the French word tromper,
to deceive.
Peanuts grow on vine which bears
yellow flowers. After the flowers fall
the fower-stcms bend downward and the
pod forces it's. If into the ground. After
this the ground is dug up with large
forks which takes up the vine with the
peanuts on it. From the fact of the
pods ripening in the ground the peanut
is often called ground nut.
The owl, ''the fatal bellman which
givcst the sternest good night was the
dread of the superstitious from
the earliest time Virgil intro
duces the owl among the prodigies and
horrors that forerun the suicide Of Dido.
1t was said that two large owls would
perch upon the battlements of Warden
Castle whenever an Arundel's last hour
had come.
The ancient Germans could sell wife
as an insult or a punishment; the Ice
landers had this power; the Frisians are
related to have sold their wives and
children to pay their taxes to the Ro-
mans. The Saxons could buy wife,
but were not permitted to sell her. The
l-dHS JULIUS SdFC away "AAS ooiAAS
times to an unfree person, probably as a
punishment.
The Greeks believed that such as had
not received funeral rites would be ex-
cluded from Elysium; and thus the wan
dering shade of Patroculus appears to
Achilles in his sleep, and demands the
performance OF his funeral. The young
Pliny tells the story of haunted house
at Athens, in which ghost Played all
kinds of pranks, owing to his funeral
rites having been neglected.
Two sections OF the United States ha' G
been called the clark and bloody
ground First it was applied to Ken
lucky, the great battlefield between the
Northern and Southern Indians, and
afterward to the portion of that State
wherein Daniel Boone and his compan-
ions were compelled to carry on war
fare with the savages. 1t was also ap-
piled to the Valley of the Mohawk, in
New York, and its vicinity, known as
Tryon county, wherein the Six Nations
and their Tory allies made fearful forays
during the Revolution.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-19
A City's Unclaimed Dead.

Last year there was such an cover
production" of bodies in the morgue in
New York that the keepers must have a
new building. The total number de-
livercd there during the year was 5,575,
or over 100 for every weel1-the largest
number on record. Those not needed
for dissection were buried in the trenches
of Potter's Field. What traglcal pic
lures are conjured up by these figures
1t is terrible thought to most poor peo-
pie, in the presence of death, that they
are on their way to the morgue, the dis
secting room, the yawning trench. But,
in single year, in this city alone, 5,575
men and women went out of life with
this prospect. Then you must know
that, if that host went there, another
host at least twice as great were barely
kept from going there by poor friends
whose last dollars were thus expended.
Yet we have splendid ''mausoleums' for
the rich, and it cost fifty thousand dol
lars to bury Leland Stanford's son. Oh,
poverty! thou art baleful spectre
John Suoint0n'S Paper.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-19
Medical Uses OF Eggs.

For burns and scalds there is nothing
more soothing than the white of an egg,
which may be poured over the wound.
1t is softer as varnish for burn th IN
coIlodion, and, being always on hand,
can be applied immediately. It is also
more cooling tian the ''sweet oil and
cotton" which was formerly supposed to
be the surest application to allay the
smarting pain. 1t is the contact with
the air which gives the extreme discom-
fort experienced from ordinary accidents
of this kind, and anything which ex-
cludes air and prevents inflammation is
the best thing to be at once applied. The
egg is also considered one of the very
best remedies for dysentery. Beaten up
lightly, with or without sugar, and swal-
lowed at gulp, it tends, by its cmolli-
ent quail ties, to lessen the inflammation
of the stomach and intestines, and, by
forming transient coating on these or
gans, to enable nature to assume her
healthful sway over the diseased men,
brane
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-19
How Washington Was Elected.

The following extract is from the pro-
ceedings of Congress, April 6, 1889:
The president of the Senate, elected
for the purpose of counting the votes,
declared to the Senate that the Senate
and House of Representatives had met.
and that he, in their presence, had opened
and counted the votes of the electors for
President and Vice President of the
United States, whereby it appears that
George Washington was unanimously
elected President. Whereupon the fol-
lowing certificate and letter, prepared
by a committee consisting of Messrs.
Paterson, Johnson, Lee. and Ellsworth,
were adopted bv the Senate and signed
by their President:
Be it known, That the Senate aid House Of
Representa- tatives of the United States OF
America, being convened i'll the city and
State of New York, the sixth day of April, in
the year Of, our Lord one thousand seven hum
dred and eighty-nine the underwritten, ap-
pointed president of the Senate for The sole
purpose of receiving, opening, and counting
the votes of the electors, did, in the presence
of the said Senate and House of Rrepresenta-
tives, open all tho certifi cates and count all
the votes Of the electors for President and
for a Vice-President, by which it appears
that George Washington, Esq, was unanl-
mously elected, agreeably to the Constitution,
to the office of President of the United States
of America. In testimony whereof l have
hereunto set my hand and seal.
JOHN LANGDON.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-19
Anecdote of GENERAL Gordon.

It is related of the late General Gordon
that at dinner in London club one OF
the members iokingly accused him OF
secreting bottle of wine in his pocket:
Others observing that his pocket bulged
out, made bets that they could guess the
brand and challenged him to produce the
bottle. In Indignation he drew from
his pocket prayer book and said
This little book has been my companion
for years, and 1 sincerely trus5 that you
may find a comforter and supporter in
the trials of life that will prove as true
to you as this has been to me-" Then
he withdrew from the company and the
next day received many apologies.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-19
NUMBER II.

HE BLOOM uFor THE BRANCH
The bloom upon the branch must dio
Before the tree can bear;
1t is the truth that wakes tho sigh,
And hope that brings despair.
The syn that paints the flower to-day
VIII fade the flower tomorrow;
The longest joys will pass away
And end at last in sorrow.
tits that thought informs the mind
That souls are filed with fear;
It is that nature is unllind
That starts the bit er tear
The passing air by which we live
Still b, ars our breath away;
The hanl which unto life doth give
Prepares the bed of clay.
The brighter beams the steady light,
The darker falls the shade;
The colorS most divinely bright
Are still the first to fade.
It is because all ties must part
That farewell words are spoken;
1t is the love that fills the heart
Dy which tt, hear is broken.
--Robert Burns Wilson.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-19
EO { heck u Sty.

A physician says he never saw singleS
instance in which a sty continued to de
yelop after the following treatment had
been used: The eyelid should be held
apart by the thumb and index finger,
while the tincture of iodine is painted
over the inflamed papilla. The lids
should not be allowed to come in con-
tact until the part touched is dry. A
few such applications in the twenty four
hours are sufficient
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-19

In Hamilton, Ca, according to the
Journal of that place, there lives gen
tleman who finds that one species of
meat for other men is poison to him. He
cannot tolerate hens eggs. ga sip of
coffee settled with egg unsettles his
stomach and makes him sick. The pres
ence of egg in anything he eats nauseates
him, and less than the twentieth part of
one egg has made him sick for days. To
handle broken eggs blisters his fingers,
and to eat single egg he thinks would
kill him."
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-19
THE HOME DOCTOR.
Health MaXi.lr6.

Take the open air,
The more you take the better;
Follow natures laws
To the very letter.
Eat the simplest food,
Drink of pure, cold water,
Then you will be well,
Or at least you ought to.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-19
New YORK, April 6, 1879.

SIR: have the honor to transmit to your
Excelency the information of your unani-
nous election to the office of President of the
United States Of America. Suffer me, sir, to
indulge the hope that SO auspicious mark of
public confidence will meet your appreciation,
and be it considered as sure pledge of the
affection and support you are to expect from
free and enlightened people. am, sir, with
servant JOHN LANGDON.
To his Ex'cy GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-19

There are $50 tradesmen in Paris whe
deal in nothing but old postage-s stamps.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-19

The Chilian government offers re-
ward of s. for every eoRdor killed.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-19
February %, 1885

4erer loved ne. No sane one
I'd love and Go as he had DONE
my heirt clung and ciung to him,
when respect and faith grew dimI
Brightest t0ucn coIld thrill me so.
kak girl, twas hard to bid him 90.
bEgn wayward WIS his heat knew,
<orld have sworn that he was true!
!, how / owed him. or maybe
Eed s0m4 one that thought was he.
Fey brought me-what? his mangled rse?
paid God they h I'd! They brought me
worse.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-19

oh, sweet mo: heri l must write
words that would be said mi hit,
OU could hold my tired head here,
haot see one gleam OF cEc r;
is garret room. SO bleak
gold air stlngs my failing cheek;
e>s my room, my gar is thin,
hateful Hunger has come in,
ksays, "Ioil on. you foo ish onaI
shall be mine when all is ,Ae''
6ayS and NIGHTS of pain aHi dread
gnaHe upon 4 crust OF bIeld
ha; scant nonrishment 'twoIld giye)
ri, could not eat and live!
bother! | to God shall pray
ase In heav II may nc er be told;
ou are where whole streets are gold,
-tarn twenty cents day!
Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-31
PANIC.sTRICKEN GIRLS.

A $4,5OO Fire in the Building on State Street Occupied by the Elm City Shirt Company and Niagara Laundry.
 The four-story brick building on the corner of State and Court streets belongs to the es- tate of the late c. P. Hubbell and is in charge of MT. Horace J. Morton. The building is occupied by the Elm City Shirt company, of which George P. Marvin is secretary, and by the Niagara laundry, of which George B. Perkins is the proprietor. About five min utes of six o'clock last evening the forty or fifty girls in the ironing room thought they smelled smoke and one of them looking up saw flames bursting through the ceiling in the front part of the room. She quickly told the other girls, who dropped their irons and panic-stricken rushed down the stairs and in to the main office crying "Firel Firel' Miss Mary Brennan, who is employed as clerk in the office of the laundry, gave an alarm of fire, which was sounded from box No. 26, and the fire department was quickly on the spot. Ladders were rais- ed to the upper story windows on the Court street side, where the flames were bursting forth, and five streams of water were put in-
 
 tween the floors of the building and the latter was completely flooded from top to bottom before the fire was extinguished, after hours work by the department. The last man in the department where the fire caught was Mr. Hitchcock, the superintendent. who left the room about half an hour before the fire was discovered. The fire originated be- tween the ceiling of the ironing room and the floor of the cutting room and was probably caused by an overloaded steam-pipe running from the third to the first floor. The loss is mostly by water, the fire doing very little damage. The damage to the building will be abont $3, ,000 The loss on the stock and machin- cry of the shiDt company will be about $1 200 and that of the Niagara laundry about $2OO. The insurance will probably cover the loss in each case, the building being insured in J. c. North's agency, the stock and fix lures in the Security Insurance company and the Niagara laundry stock in the Wilson, McNeil Insurance company.
 After taking cold use Dr. Roberts Cough Syrup of Tar, Boneset and Wild Chery.
 A soft, lovely complexion from using Cream Japonica. Fifty cents.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-31
Keep The Ball q Rolling.
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE READERS OF T


 COURIER.
 About month ago we advertised grand clearing out sale. Our reason was that we have it, and have had it for over eight days. Now we are going to make good use of it. You remember those pretty jersey caps that we sold at 25c last season; well we bought 200 dozen of them yesterday, in gns1s aas Tbs gagdna naZy sSs bfo"n Ss tws Spa and one-half cents, and you can have as many of them as you like. Extraordinary good values in blankets A splendid one for $16211, well worth $250. One hundred pieces diapering received, 10 yards in a piece, 45c, actual value $1.00. Turkey red mask table linen 15c, well worth 25. Fifty cent turkey red stand covers at 25c. Elegant In digo blue prints 61a cents, real value 10c. Gents scarlet underwear 74c, actual value $1.25. Cents white msrino shirts and drawers 36 cents, worth 50 cents. One thousand dozen ladies' English cashmere hose, warranted all wool, hose, same quality, 14c pair. Elastic cor ner's flexible hip corset 75c. Children's cor sets 25c. Shaker flannel Sc yard, worth 15c. Large sized comfortable 65c. Scotch gingham umbrella ten-ribbed 45c, real value 1.O real value $1.50. Ladies white merino underwear 55c, worth 5oc How about these pricesa The heaviest ticking in Ameri- ca only 1315c. Three bales extra heavy un- bleached Canton flannel, 81sc., worth 12c. Lonsdale cambric 7c. The celebrated ''dis- mond" corset, French woven and handem- broidered, &C.,, worth $1.25. A full line of common sense corsets at reduced prices. The c. P. a Ia sirene $1.25, sold all over at $2.00. Gents heavy grey shirts and draw CTS, 29c., worth soc. One lot ladies' cash mere gloves in navy brown and black, 25c. pair, well worth 40c. One bale extra heavy unbleached sheeting, 61ac. Colossal clean sweep of cloaks. Cloaks at half price. Cloaks at quarter price. Cloaks at any price. Absolutely the greatest chance this season to buy handsome cloak at your own price. Ladies it will pay you to note the following prices. Closing out. Closing out. At $2 one lot ladies newmarkets worth $S. $8.75. At $3. 50 one lot tailor made jackets worth $9. At $16 one lot seal plush coats worth $25. Also hundreds of other bargains that must be seen to be appreciated. Try and come early this morning because the crowd in the afternoon is something inde- scribable. Ladies' rubber cloaks $1.1O, worth $1.75 they are good goods and are warranted. 1000 corsets, odds and ends 45c, worth $1. Cents Shaker hose lie pair, worth 20c. Exclusive and extraordinary value in ladies' and gentlemen's underwear. We give notice to our customers that no goods will be exchanged to-day or bundles delivered.
 s. BRETzFELDER,
 S32 Chapel street.
 For mems furnishinps-Stone's Chapel
Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-31
The Robins And The Late Fiji
Hymene0l.

Miss Lillie B. Knevals, of New York, and MT. Frank B. Wesson, of Springfield, will be united in marriage at Zion church, Madison avenue and Thirty eighth street, on Novem- Der 18th. The bride is daughter of Sher- man W. Knevals of New York, who is law partner of ex-President Arthur and was for merly of this city, being son of the late Deacon Knevals. The groom is Harvard graduate and son of Mir. Wesson of the celebrated firearms concern of Smith & Wes- son, Springfield.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-31

We are adding something new every week Saturday or Monday and secure one of them. Handsome new scrap pictures given to every purchaser. Best goods at lowest prices. Sat- isfaction guaranteed or your money return ed. Centennial Am. Tea Co.,, 363 State street. Club orders are coming in from all over the county. Send for new premium list for club orders. o19 ID, ,tu fri, sat
Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-31
VOL. LII.
Saturday, october aI. 1885.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY.

Athiophoros2 Druggists'
 Amusement Ghanfrau; Ho
 Amusement-Carll's Opera House.
 Artists Materials-At Northrop's.
 Bargains-A J. Stone.
 Board and Rooms-16 York Street.
 Century for November-Century O.
 Ghildren's Cloth Hats-stevens & Brooks.
 GarpetsMBoiton $ Nicely;
 Canton Flannel-At Franks
 CIaribell-International News Co.,
 GreiTT0faor@Mzt Gream bnoesNHs RyGer's. R S Slark
 English Robes-Stevens Brooks:
 Fire Place Furnishings-E. Arnold Co., For For ssie-HousesIes4 ssIeHo1sees Chapel Street
 Fine Furs-Stevens Brooks.
 Great Reduction-L. Schonberger.
 Glace Fruits-At Ryder's
 Hoods sarsapariIla5sA aosAt t;d5 PrSsg@ists'. @ Knit Skrts-At Franks.
 Linen Collars-At Franks.
 Marshmallow Drops.At Ryders.
 Merino Wrappers-At Franks.
 Notice Board of Registration.
 overcoats-Meigs & Go.
 Pantaloon Patterns-Joseph Kaiser. PhotegPsphso @e Psptse sSs 7Ss Chapel Street Political Notice-Town East Haven. Plush Sacques-Stevens Brooks Ready Made Clothing Joseph Kaiser. Stocks-BunneI & Scranton.
 Salvation Oil-At Druggists. Solar Tip Shoes-D. W. Cosgrove & Co. Scotts Emulsion-At Druggists. School Hats-Stevens & Brooks. Seal Sacques-Stevens & Brooks. Silk Circulars-stevens Brooks. Silk kUmbrellas-Stevens & Brooks. Sunday Services-Spiritualists' Hall Sunday Services-First Baptist Church. Sunday Services-Church of the Ascension. Sunday Services-Calvary Baptist Church. Sunday Services-Church of the Messiah. Sunday Services-Trinty M E. Church. Sunday Services-Dwight Place Church. Sunday Services-Davenport Church. Sunday Services-Church of the Holy Spirit. Sunday Service-College Street Church. Sunday Services-Humphrey Street Cong. Church. Sunday Services-Howard Avenue M. E. Church. Sunday Services-Cood Samaritans. Sunday Services-FirSt M B,Church. Sunday Services-St. John Street N. F. Church. Sunday Services-Gospel Union. Sunday Services-George Street M. E. Church. Sunday Presbyterian Services. Sunday Services-United Church. Topics of Interest-S. BretZfeldef. Trunks-Stevens G Brooks. Underwear-B. B. J. Stone. Wall Papers, Etc-E. R. Jeffcott & Co. Wanted -Situahon-Box4 464, Westvile. Wanted-Nurse Girl-27 Warren Street. Warm Boots-D. w. Cosgrove & Co. Wool Hose-B J. Stone.