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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
A DOctOr's Visit in Persia.

The frou-frou of silk is heard. Three
ladies enter the room. Their feet bare,
for they have cast off their shoes at the
door; but all the rest of them is shrouded
in a large sheet of dark blue silk, the
outer vail of the Persian lady Grace
fully they sink down into heaps in a
semicircie opposite u.s. "Salaam, sahib ::
yOu4fe welcome: Tea, tea for the Sahib ~
l respond in the customary way, and in
quire after the health of my yelled host
esses. One only replies, in confident
tone-she is evidently of middle-age,
and self-possessed; the other two blue
heaps shake with inward mirth, but are
silent. cit cannot be. it is too hot!" the
lady continues, as she casts off her dark
blue envelope-an example Immediately
followed by her companions. Hearts
delight hastily folds up the three walls :;
and plump middleaged lady, very
comely, and her two innocent looking
daughters, handsome young women, fair
as any English girl, with round chubby
faces and magnificent eyes, are disclosed
to view in al the spIendor of the Persian
1ady's dress. The costume of all
is the same, varying only in cnlors, and
these are of the gayest: short and
voluminous skirts of silk, much bouffe.
reaching to the knee; shirts (the Persian
word. like the French chemise, is ap-
piled to the garment of both sexes) of
the silk cause; tiny Zouave jackets of
gayly embroidered velvet, just covering
the shoulders and the top of the back
(of these the sleeves are unbuttoned from
the elbow, hanging down and showing
the gay Innings of the pale -colored but
brilliant silk; the top of the head and
the ears are hidden by gorgeous silk
handkerchiefs, embroidered in gold ana
there is no more clothing to describe, I'M
less the numerous bracelets of the BANGLE
form, of gold and of glass, which iangle
as the ladies move their arms, may be
called clothes. The ladies chat; the
younger ones only to each other in an
undertone, for maiden modesty prevents
their addressing the doctors; but they
giggle and litter good DEAL and are
duly reproved for it by the elderly lady.
Tea IN delicate old china cups is served
we all smoke hubble bubbles, and four
OF them are brought by Hearts delight
and three other black female slaves.
Presently | hear tittering behind me-,
turn, and Instantly there is dead 81
lence as bright curtain of shot silk
quickly falls, but not before have OBJ
served an amused bevy of gayly dressed
women and children. excuse them.
Doctor Sahib; they are so dull, so dull. y
Conversation turns upon the curious Gus
toms OF Europeans. 1 am glad if / am
asked If am married. l have to admit
that | am not. and am duly pitied. But
then, s'after all, you are right. Where
there is a woman there is discord,o saws
my hostess. More tea; more pires.
Sweet cakes, confectionery, am en-
serves are handed; iced sherbet, in Be-
hemian glass tumblers, gilt and OF gaudv
colors, is served. ] ipsipuate something
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

Prot G. Donaldson, New Orleans, La.
proprietor Of Museums, who suffered
eighteen years with rheumatic pains,
states he has spent ten thousand dollars
to get cured. After trying doctors, ia
nous baths, elcctrjct appliances and le-
gions of liniments without relief, he tried
St. Jacobs Oil, which completely cured
him. 1t is a wonderful remedy, he says,
and lie has sold his crutches
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
A Losing Joke.

"A prominent physician of Pittsburc -.
to lady patient who was comp,ainjnsr E s. ssld
continued ill health. and of his irahi,i i, he
cure her. jokingiy said: TRY Hop Bi tte,r,tIoo
The lady took it in earnest and used tho D..
ters, from bich she obtained perman nll'
health She now laughed at tire doctHfhs
as it cost him good patient 'l'uN'
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
thousands Upon Thousands,u

OF testimonials of the most wonderful, c,n.
voi 4h sent US, we do not publish tba@
cine, Hop Bi'ters, that make tha cu uul med
has never failed and never can We ,r;,,
reference to any one for any disease sins i've
to theI own if desired, or will refer 9 81
neighbor, as there is not a neighhorbIoood any
the known world but can show its cures ou IN IN
Hop Bitterrs. u pY
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
An Aboriginal Methusaleh,

On Sunday an Indian named Hoopness
died at the rancheria on Rancho Chico.
who had seen $50 years. Hoopness
never knew the year in which he was
born, but to calculate back to the
''moons" that he remembered placed his
age at 1870 years. He had been big war
rior in his day and served for years as
chief of the Diggers-an Office he was
compelled to relinquish by old age. His
funeral took place Monday afternoon
with all the pomp and circumstance of
Indian customs, Chief La Fonso ofliciat-
ing at the burial There are old men in
the tribe now who can recnlcct fifty
years back and at that time the age OF
iloepness was placed at eighty years
Caiso tCd.) C:troaic5
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
thousands fastened to their r..

BY relying on testimonials written in ~.
g goIn language of some miraculous r crv
natcut oy some largely pulled up doctor eul
shelr graves; the readers having Islands TO
sane faith that the same miracle viii iI lbs III
formed on them, that these Testimonial &c Per
non, Whlie the so called medicine is al men 81
though we have ~ s'@'es' Al
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
FauIt Finding.

Nothing is easier than fault finding.
No talent, no sclf-denial, no brains, no
character is required to set up IN the
grumbling business. But those VINO arc
moved 10y a genuine desire to 40 good
and benefit their fellows have little time
for murnuring or complaint.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
Given up by the Doctors.

els is possible that Mr.. Godfrey is y,
dy?" ''De
Il assure you it is true that he is entro,.
cured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters an,
only ten days ago his doctors gave him uDan,t
said he must die, from Kidney and fiv|r'
troubled"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

Now is the time to prevent and cure Skin
Diseases, and to secure white, soft and beau
;iful complexion use ''BEEsoN's AROMATIC
gists,or by mail. VIM Dreydoppel, Phila Ia
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
Kindness,

Kind looks, kind words. kind acts and
warm handshakcs these are secondary
means of grace when men are In trouble,
and are fighting their unseen battles.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
Fees Of Doctors.

The fee of doctors at $500 a visit wou,d
20 .;a. a lllah Ior year. and.in need of a daily
VlslC' over -, QUO year for medical attend
ance alone! And ore single bottle of Hn,
Bltters taken il time would save the 81 UCn
and all the year S sickness. '''0
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
''That Miss Jones is nicelooking girl,

''That Miss Jones is nice-looking girl,
isn't sheer
Eyes, and she'd be the belle of the town if
it wasn't for one thing"
whats that!"
''She has catarrh so bad it is unpleasant to
be near her She has tried dozen things
and nothing helps her. I am sorry, for |
like her, but that doesn't make 1t any less
disagreeabie for one to be around herr
Now if she had used DR.. Sages Catarrh
Remedy, there would have been nothing o.
the kind said, for it will cure catarrh every
time.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
MENsalAN's PEPToNIzED BEEF TONIC, the O,

MENsMAN's PEPToNIzED BEEF TONIC, the onl.
preparation Object containingits entire nut,i
tlous properties. It contains blood-mahia
force generating and DEMONSTRATING properties
Invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervo.,.
prostration, and all forms of general debility
also, in all enfeebled conditions. whether the
result OF exhaustion, nervous prostration, over-
work or acute disease, particularly if resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard {
Co., Proprietors, New York Sold by druggists
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

Ladies of all ages who suffer from loss of
appetite, from imperfect digestion, low spir-
its and nervous debility, may have health re-
newed and life extended by the use of Mrs.
Lydia F.. Pinkham's remedies for all COM
plants specially incident to the the ft male
constitution. We not only have living faith
in Mrs. Pinkham, but wc are assured that
her remedies are at once most agreeable and
etfica cious.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

Nervous debility, premature d.
cline of power in either sex, speedily and per
manently cured Large book. three lettc!
stamps. Consultation free Worlds Dispen
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

Porous and strengthening, improved, the
best for backache, pains i'll chest or side, rhen
matism. neuralgia. Csc. Druggists or mail.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

ImUOrtNNI.
When You visit or leave New York city, baggage
e1press3ge and So carriage hre and stop at the Grand
Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central Depot
oVO elegant rooms. fitted up at cost of one mio,.
dollars. 81 and upward per day. European plan Ele
vator Restaurant supplied with the best Horse cars
stages and elevated railroad to all depots. Families
can live better for less money at the Grand Union
Hotel than at any other first class hotel in tho city
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

ACLERGYMAN dying from a catarrh diseased
throat was saved by a curious Persian PR
sc'lption and has given means for sendinu #
to others. Address Dr. Kennedy. Auburn n v
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

W Ncne genuine without a bunch of ers0.
Hops on the white label Shun all the ,, zen
poisonous stuff with "Hop" or Hons Is
their name III
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
Barthoidi's Statue of Gill crty Enliehtcnin
he

will be reminder of personal liberty 70,
ages to come. On just as sure Il foundation.
has Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
been placed, and il will stand through the cy
cles OF time as monument TO the physica.
emancipation of thousands, who by its US
have been relieved from consumption, COZ,
sumptlve night-sweats, bronchitis, coughs.
splitting of blood, weak lungs, and oGle.
throat and lung affections
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

IT, FRAZER Axle Crease
Inc frazer Axle Grease received medals q
me Centennial, N. c. State Fair. Paris Exne
s'6'on' American Institute, N. Y. and others
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
The British Ally in the Soudan.

The mudir of Dongola is one of those
able and successful soldiers of fortune
who have always been abundant in the
East. Born of Circassian parents, he,
like his great predecessor, Mehemet Ali,
began his career as slave, and fought
his way up to almost uncontrolled power
by the same personal ability and I'M
scrupulous determination. Still only
forty three, though looking much older,
he is now one Of the leading potentates
Of the Soudan, and England's stanchest
ally in her recent difficulties, which
would have become quite insurmount.
able had the Mudir yielded Dongola to the
Madhi's tempting offers six months ago.
The first impression of his large jawed,
hook nosed, high checked face, with its
struggling black beard, and his mounte-
bank dress of orange colored turban and
flannel coat, loose linen trousers, and
red tipped shoes, is not particularly at
tractive. But no one who has seen him
transact business can doubt that he is
fully worthy of his reputation.-Neu
York Times.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

The best answer to all criticism, the best
test of all work, is--result
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

The Hope of the Nation.
Chidren, slow IN Development, puny, scrawn,
and delicate. use ''WeiIs' Health Remover "
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

Animals are such agreeable friends! The
ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
A UNIQUE Club,

w. A. Croffut says in one of his New
York letters to the Detroit Free Press:
AS Sorosis is to women: the Twilight club
is to- men, a protest against the formal
clubs where dinners are eaten in swal-
low-ta coats and only certain cOterie
can obtain admission. The Twilight
comes within an inch of being no club at
all; and yet in some particulars, it comes
just about as near being the best club in
the city. 1t has no president, no con-
stitution, no bylaws, no members, no
club room, no fees, no dues, no claw
hammer apparel. But it has weekly
meetings around the tables in down
town restaurant, in the twelfth story of
Mills, building, on Wall street, where q
fair dinner is served for one dollar
plate. Any respectable man can be in
vited who wishes to be. and will hint
the fact to Secretary Wingate, who ex-
any man who attends and pays
his 81 for his dinner, is ex-officio mem
Der "for this occasion only" Three
quarters of the gentlemen present are
usually good takers, and when the
twilight dinner is over they make the
tables ring. Generally some specific
topic is thrown out in advance, and this
is often suggested by the political situa
ton of the hour, or some pending CO.
nundrum in church or State. War, re-
ligion, education or industry-these are
handled without gloves and with a
breezy freedom. All professions are rep
resented, and many crafts; and the
members come and sit down at the table
in clothes they have worn in the bust
ness of the day. One of the best meet
ings was that which tried to answer, by
individual confessions, the question,
GLOW did you earn your first dollar?"
One witness said that the first money he
earned was when as a sailor boy he hired
out for $40 to stay as a hostage with the
savages of Sumatra, to be killed if the
ship didn't come back.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
"Rouch on Couxlis,,,

Trough on COughs.''
Ask for Trough on Coughs,' for Coughs
Colds Sore Throat, Hoarseness. Troches
15c. LIQUID, 25c,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

FROM b. f. L1EP sNER. A. NJ, Red Bank,
N. j. have been troubled with Catarrl, ca
badly for several years that it seriously affect,
ed my voice. tried DR.. IS remedy with
out the slightest relief. One bottle Of Elv's
Cream Balm did the work. My voice is fully
restored and my head feels better than for
years.
In REGARD TO Ely's Cream Balm for G.,
tarrh, my answer is. I can recommend it as
the best remedy I ever used.--Dr. !
VAUGHAN, Dentist. Muskegon, Mich. See
adv't NV
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
llllU0EIHnI

Use DIckey's Indian, Blood and Liver
Pils.---The best made. az" H''ef
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

The rooms in Danish hotels are like bald
headed men--they have no locks.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

Catarrh of the Bladder.
Singing, inflammation. all Kidney and Url
mary Complaints, cured by "Buchu- Paiba
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

Girls look upon the engagement ring
rs u very promising affair
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

Why liz il called The honeymoon asked
an exchanges. Because it,; Il sweet lunacy.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
Many a Lady

is beautiful, all but her skin;
and nobody has ever told
her how easy it is to put
beauty on the skin. Beauty
on the skin is Magnolia
Balm.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

California is getting rid of the cucalyp-
tuS tree.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

The number of envelopes manufactured
YEARLY in Great Britain is estimated at
700, 900, 900. while in the United states
they amount to 2,5Oc, 900, OOO. II naho
labor were employed to do the work now
done by machines simply in making en-
velopes, taking no acc cunt of the print
ing done by some of them, the services
would be required of 275, 900 workpeople.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

Herat, on the Afghan frontier. has Tor
wears past been the gate through which
Manchester cottons and calicoes, Shef-
field cutlery and Birmingham hardware
nave poured into Central Asia to crowd
out Russian goods, $50. 900, 900 worth of
such wares passing yearly through Box
bara alone. Herar is the city which
Russia desires to hold and which Eng
land is determined shall not be held py
the Russians.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23
TIMELY TOPICS.

The United States is said now to be
the third largest silk manufacturing s;
country in the world, and this dispute all
that has been said and written to dlscouf-
age the raising of silk in this country.
The value of our annual silk product IS
now placed at $35, 900. 900. About 90,
600 pounds of cocoons were raised IN
1888.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

The doctors and police of CONSTANT
nople, writes correspondent, have com e,,
bined to drive out the magiclans. Inc
maoicians arc mostly black men from
Morocco, and their studios are in nearly
every street. They perform more cures
than the doctors and catch more thieves
than the police, hence the professional
opposition to the wise men of Morocco.
The sultan's government has directed the
officials to prosecute the magiclans as
frauds and rogues.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

Cataract in the eye really means an
opaque or clouded condition OF the lens;
With us the operation for the removal OF
cataract is considered a very delicate
one. and is intrusted generally to special
lists. A correspondent of Chambers Jour-
nal saws that in India he has seen ma
tive operate in the street with his pen
knife in few moments-recelve his Zee
of one rupee, and pass on among the
crowd shouting for more patients, and
yet the operation under their hands IS
generally successful.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-23

self, once so rich In magnificent forests,
as we have have frequently shown, is
now being rapidly reduced to coudi-
ton of nudity. Nor is the destruction
of trees confined to the region of the
Adirondacks, although it is most notice
able there. 1t has been going on in To-
calities where it has directly affected the
interests of the farmers"
Chang Tsao Yu, the Chinese minister
to the United States, is about sixty years
of age and of striking appearance He
wears spectacles and yesterday looked
much older than his years. His face is
ornamented by small, curling mus.
tache. Beside the ordinary Chinese
costume of rich materials, he wore
gown of soft, shimmering blue silk and
trailed behind and disclosed in front a
pair of feet so small that they would ex-
cite the envy of any woman A
ht-fitting black garment not unlike a
cardigan jacket in appearance, embroi
dered with beads, was fastened closely
about his throat. A black SIX ull- car
with crimson button Oh top was worn
very jauntily. Under this cap h S glossy
black hair in front was worn in ma
tronly fashion and from behind hung his
queue Minister Chang is the Chinese
minister not alone to the United States,
but to Spain and Peru also. He was ap.
pointed to these positions three years
ago In the Flowery kingdom he is noted
as politician and is man of high rank
He does not understand English, but j.
said to be a good French scholar. Hi:
| wife lived in Washington with him rln
til last summer, when she returned to hel
native land. They were very popular il
society III the national capitol
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-01-19
AN ALARMING DISEASE AFFLlGTiNG
A NUMEROUS GLASS.

The disease commences with slight
arrangement of the stomach, but, If
neglected, il in time involves the whole
frame. embracing the kidneys, liver,
pancreas, and, in fact, the entire glandu-
lar system, ard the afflicted drags out
miserable existence until death gives
relief from suffering. The disease is
often mistaken for other complaints;
but if the reader will asked himself the
following questions, he will be able TO
determine whether he himself is one of
afflicted Have l distress, pain, or dill
Guilty in breathing after eating? Is there
a dull, heavy feeling attended by drow-
siness? Have the eyes yellow tinge?
Does u thick, sticky mucous gather
about the gums and teeth in the morn
ines, accompanied by disagreeable
taste? Is the tongue coated? Is there
pains in the side and back? Is there Il
fulncss about the right side as If the
liver were charging? Is there costlve-
ness? Is there vertigo or dizziness when
rising suddenly from II horizontal posi-
ton? Are the scCretions from the kid
news scanty and highly colourcd, with Il
deposit after standing? Does food fer
ment, soon after eating, accompanied by
tlatulcncc or belching OF gas from the
stomach? Is there frequent palpitation
of the heart? These various symptoms
may not be present at one time, butihcy
torment the sufferer in turn as the dread
full disease progresses. III the case be
one Of long standing, there will be dry,
hacking cough, attended after time by
expcctoration. In very advanced stages
the skin assumes dirty brownish ap-
pcarance, and the hands and feet are
covered by cold, sticky perspiration.
As the liver and kidneys become more
and more diseased, rheumatic pains APP
pear, and the usual treatment proves en-
tircly unavailing against this latter ago
nizing disorder. The origin OF this mala-
-ly is Indigestion ordyspcpsia, and small
quantity of the proper medicine Will
remove the disease il taken N its incl
piency. 1t is most important that the
disease should be promptly and properly
treated in its first stages, when little
medicine will effect Il cure and even
when it has obtained strong hold the
correct remedy should be preserved in
until every vcstigc of the disease IS
cradicated, until the appetite has re.
turned, and the digestive organs restored
to healthy condition. The surest and
most eH'cctual remedy for this distressing
complaints is "Seigcl's Curative Syrup"
a vegetable preparation sold by all
Chemists and Medicine Vendors through
out the world, and by the proprietors, A.
i. White Limited, II, Faringdon Road,
London, E. G. This Syrup strikes at the
very foundation of the disease, and
drives it, root and branch, out Of the
system.