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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
Shears in Warfare.

The spear and its history, says an Eng
lish paper, is coeval with man ever since
the days of our cave dwelling ancestors
and their burned tipped sticks.r Its va
ME kes.are almost innumerable, from the
Macedonian sarissa to the Roman plum,
fEoA tire Zulu >assagai to the heavy Sou
'atanese weapon. For cavalry the, spear
for the lance is only an aristocratic form
sof sleasame weapon-~is, as it is so often
termed, ''the queen of weapons" The
saber has togiyepa ace to it when the
question Of supremacy is at issue. It was
those terrible twelve foot Uhlan lances
that in the Franco German war scattered
dragon, hussar and chasseur d'Afrique
before them in almost every fight. And
before that time, in the war of 1913, the
Cossacks of Platoff owed no little of
their prestige to their fifteen feet long
lances. Perhaps the most sensible step
our authorities ever took in military Or
ganization was to keep up the Indian IT.
regular cavalry as originally constituted.
Each squadron of the Indian cavalry is
armed, the front rank with lanccs, the
rear with sabcrs ready to rush in clio G
after their comrades and use their more
handy sabers with effect upon the broken
ranks of the enemy. The sword needs
but few words, developed as it has come
down TO our times, from the long point,
less blade of the primitive savage to the
short cut and thrust two feet long wea-
pom affected by the DICTIONARIES of ancient
Rome and the rapier of more modern
times. The Soudanese two handed
sword is simply the two handed sword
of our own good old times in the day:
of Flodden-adapted to suit Orienta
handling Play of wrist is unknown
among Eastern swordsmen; sweeping
cut with the whole arm from the shouide
is invariably employed-a sharp blow
with a drawing cut.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Fast Walking Horses.

One experienced in the management OF
horses tells us that any colt may be
taught to be fast walker by little
continued care in handling. A fast walk
in horse is the most valuable gait that
training can acquire. 1t is valuable in
pillow horse, in team horse, and partic-
ularly so in driving horse.
Some horses will trot along very well
until YOU come to ascending ground,
when YOU wish to relieve him by letting
him walk up grade, he then falls INTO
slow lazy walk that is very trying TO the
drivers patience, but a well-tralneo
walker will step off briskiy at the rate
of four miles an hour, and the driver
feels that he had been detained but very
little by letting his horse walk up the
hill. as he starts off at his usual trottlng
speed, being relieved by the change OF
walking up the hill.
Colts should lie trained to walk last
before there is an attempt made to I'M
prove them in any other gait. This may
be accomplished by commencing very
Young, and leading at a walk by your
side, urging add tional speed little by
little without letting it break into trot;
but this must not be continued long at
time so as to worry or tire. One or two
short lessons day will soon show
wonderful improvements; but after les
sons will be required to prevent re-
lapse.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
A Scholarly Lawyer.

An anecdote told by Mr.. Choate 20 a
friend illustrates his fondness for the an
Gent languages: ''You recall a visit
once received from Mr. Webster, when ]
was Senator at Washington, endeavoring
to impose upon the people of this Com
monwealth that l was an eminent states
man. saw Mr.. Webster's wonderful
black eyes peering over my books, as i
in search, and asked him what he would
please to have. He turned to me with
one of his smiles, such as never trans
figured the face of any other man or Of
any woman, and said:
g L observe, Brother Choate, that 20,
are true to your instincts in Washington
as at home-seven editions of the Greel
Testament, but not copy of the Consti
tution.'"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
Farm and Garden Notes.

TO keep hens from flying over high
fences, cut off all the fly feathers on one
wing and it will stop them.
Scotch farmers believe that cut straw
is better for the dairy when newly
threshed, hence they thresh every day
enough fodder for the following day.
Horses may be taught to canter slowly
and gracefully by riding them under the
saddle for long distances up hill The
canter is a gait not so much desired
since horseback riding has gone int o dis
use, but there are many indicate ns thai
the healthful exercise given by riding on
horseback is to become more popular, as
it certainly should.
The ounce is a slow grower. For
this reason it is an advantage to buy
trees well grown, say four or five feet
high. rather than mere slips. Such
trees will come in bearing in three o.
four years, and prove cheaper in the enc
than smaller trees at lower price. The,
will have more than paid all expenses be
fore the smaller trees will yield any
thing.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
The insects may be killed by putting the
cloth in boiling water.

cloth in boiling water.
A simple mode of preventing ink from
damaging metallic pens is to throw either ah.
into the inkstand or the bottle IN whlcn
the ink is kept a lew s da Or anv other
pieces of iron not rusted. The corrosive
action of the acid contained in the INK
is expended on the iron introduced.
An experienced and notable house
keeper says that she has used polish
made after the following receipt with
marked success. Three or even TOUR
drains of cyanide of potassium, from
eight to ten grains of nitrate of silver,
with four ounces of water. Apply this
to silver plated article with soft tooth
brush; then wash the silver thoroughly
with clean water, dry it with soft linen
cloth, and then polish with ehamols
skin, this will not waste or scratch the
plating, and yet will brighten it per-
facf1v
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
Household Him.s.

A paste formed of whiting and benzine
will cleanse marble from grease, and one
made of whiting and chloride of soda.
spread and left to dry, in the sun if pos.
sible, on the marble, will remove stains.
The best way that we know of for
freeing cage birds from insects is to cover
the cage or aviary with a white cloth
every night at dusk. During the night
the parasites will crawl from off the birds.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

Bernard Murphy, Champion Youth
Walker of Australia, says in the Mel
bourne Sportmaa:: '>On Monday, pre-
vious to the match with Ormes, of Sid
ney, ]. was attacked with the Stitch l
could not walk another yard, and gave
up all hope of winning. 1 was advised
to trySt. Jacobs Oil. did so, rubbing
little on my side I have not been
troubled since, and won my match"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
A Sure Cure.

A number of cures for red noses have
been suggested. One, a physician, re-
commends vaseline and precipitated sui
phur as local application; another sug-
gests that good strong brine might
effectually and permanently cure the
trouble; while another who signs himself
Slap-Stick," suggests the remedy that
will probably be used In the great ma
jority of cases, viz: s'Keep on drinking
and it will turn purple"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
Thousands Upon Thousands,u

voluntarily sent us, we do not publish tafe
as they do not make the cures 1t is onr , IL
cine, Hop Bitters, that make the cures ied
has never failed and never can We VIII /
reference to any one for any disease sinsa
to their own if desired, or will refer 70 ll'
neighbor, as there is not a neigh!yorhoYoSa ll
the known world but can show lis curo 0 n
Hop Bitterrs. "
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
A Losing Joke.

GA prominent physician of Pittsburr ;,
ito lady patient who was complaining ~
Continued ill health, and of his inaljiitr'
cure her, jokingly said: Try Hop Bitis4
The lady took it in earnest and used Il q
tiers, from which she obtained pcinarl
health She now laughed at the tloftn !:
his joke, but he is not 50 well plea. viii.
'as it cost him good patient.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
Given up by the Doctors.

and at work, and cured by 50 simple rem,
dys"
81 assure you it is true that he is entire
cured, and with nothing but Hop Bitters, a,
only ten days ago his doctors gave him up az
said he must die, from Kidney and Liz
troubled"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

Plerce's .sPleasant PurgatIve Pellets.''
Positively Popular; Provoke Praise; Prove
Priceless; Peculiarly Prompt; Perceptibly
Potent; Producing Permanent Profit; Pre-
Guiding Pimples and Pustules; Promoting
Purity and Peace. Purchase Price, Petty.
Pharmacists Patronizing Pierce Procure
Plenty.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

Many ladies who for years had scarcely
ever enjoyed the luxury of feeling we'll have
been SO renovated by the use of Lydia Pink
hams Vegetable Compound that they have
triumphed over the ills flesh is said to be
heir to, and life has been crowned with
added charms and fresher beauty.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

London has cremation CO operative
association, where, by the payment of a
guinea year. you can be cremated in
hrst class style for $50, and your ashes
will be returned to your relatives.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
Fees of Doctors.

The fee of doctors at $500 a vii. r,.,,
tax a man for year, andin need OF ' Sa;S,
visit, over 81 900 year for medical a,t' ,,SS
ance alone! And one single bottle Of H.
Bitters taken in time would save the SIN
and all the years sickness.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

when you have tried everything else and
failed try our Caroline and be happy; it will
prove its merits. One dollar bottle, and
sold by all druggists.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
Thousands fastened to their q,

BY relying on testimonials written j.,
glowing language of some miracuIon,sn WI
made by some largely pulled up do rs ear'
patent medicine has fastened thonSo.olr o
their graves; the readers having almaass
sane faith that the same miracle viii b Us i
formed on them, that these testimonial PEI
tion, while the SO called medicine is 81 lhel
time fastening them to their graves all U
though we have A
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
Mothers,
If you are failing; broken, worn out and ner.
vous. use "Wells' Health Remover. ''$1 .Drost,

For DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression of spir-
it's and general debility in their various forms,
also as preventive against fever and ague and
other intermittent fevers, the 'sFerro- Phosphor-
ated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell,
Hazard & Co., New York, and sold by all Drug
gists, is the best tonic and for patients recover
ing from fever or other sickness it has no equal
Blossoms AROMATIC ALUM Sr,purp
SOAP" beauties and softens Face and
hands, heals and cures all skin diseases fo1
sure. 20 cents by Druggist" or by mail
VIM. Dreydoppel, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
"She tried her prentice hand on man.

And when she formed Il 1assies, o."
"What is woman's worth!" asked fair
damsel of crusty old bachelor. He did not
know, SO she said: w. o. man double you
o man, But woman feels worth little if
disease mas invaded her system and is daily
sapping her strength. For all female weak
ness, DIR. r. V. Pierce's "Favorite prescription"
stands unrivaled. 1t cures the complaint and
builds up the system Send two letter
stamps for pamphlet to Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

An exchange tells of "wideawake DO.
iiceman." Had too much dinner, poor fell
low.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
GratefulneSS.

To be grateful for benefits received is
the duty of honest men-one of the sins
that most offendeth God is ingratitude.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

Rough on Coughs.o
Ask for Rough on Coughs" for Coughs.
Colds Sore Throat, Hoarseness, Troc6es'.
l5c. Liquid, 25c, e''o''
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

There is hope for dudes. A French scien-
fist claims to manufacture artificial brains.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

Use the great specific for 'scold in head"
| and catarrh-Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

w Meme genuine without bunch of gr.
HOPS on the white label Shun all the RI
poisonous stuff with "Hop' or "Hops' =
their name.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

Trough on Pain,'
Cures collie, cramps, diarrhea; externally for
for aches, pains, sprains. Man or beast 20 &5Oc.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

"Down the chute'' is new phrase for be
ing sent to Jail.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
Frazer Axle Grease

Frazer Axle Create.
Use the Frazer Axle Grease, It's the best in
the world-will. wear twice as long as any 9th
or. Ask your dealer for it. and take no other
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
Thin People
Emporium

"WelIs Health Remover" restores health ana
yigor, cures dyspepsia. sexual debility. 81
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

ONLY Two BOTTLES. Messrs. Johnston.
Holloway & Co., wholesale druggists of
Philadelphia, Pa, report that some time
ago gentleman handed them dollar, with
a request to send good catarrh euro to two
army officers in Arizona. Recently the same
gentleman told them that both of the officers
and the wife of well-known U. S. A. Gen
eral had been cured of Catarrh by the two
bottles of Ely's Cream Balm. Not LIQUID
or snuff. Price SO cents.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

voice from the deep--Coal miners ask
ing for more pay.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

lmpOrtUmts
When YOU visit leave New York CITY, save oaggags
expressage and s. carriage hire, ana SOP ~ 1ne "
500 elegant rooms fitted ap at cost o. one Ma. Eia
vatcr Restaurant pplied with the BEST Horse cars
stages and elevated railroad to all dspots nes
Hotel than ct any other class hotel IN the CITY
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

Jokes are like eggs: They can never be
too fresh.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

Can the tailor's nag be properly called a
clothes horse?
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-20
THE

When General Hancock was appointed
to take charge of the funeral procession
on the Sth, in New York, says the Hell
ena Independent, he was called to the
most difficult command of his life. To
maneuver a disciplined army should be
comparatively easy; but to marshal an
undisciplined multitude in the midst OF
streets thronged with hundreds of thou
sands, requires the highest generalship.
Universal qualification is expressed at
the perfect manner in which the grand
pageant was formed and moved from the
City Hall to Riverside. A hundred bod.
les moved like clock-work. There were
no mistakes, no confusion to mar the
grandeur and solemnity of the occasion.
The World says, "The greatness of the
occasion was equalled by the success Of
its accomplishment" But the World
does not say to whose genius all this
success was due. Few men ever had
such q command and fewer still ever had
such an array of military talent on his
staff.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-20
eureka Dailp 5entinel.
THE .sUN- TO THE RESCUE.


We reviewed at some length the other
day a leading editorial from the New
York Herald on the silver question. 1t
will be remembered that the Herald at
tributed the business depression to fear
of the standard dollar. The Sun also
replies to the Herald's article. The Sun
holds that ga knowledge Of the facts Of
the case leads to the conclusion that the
present lack of employment for labor
and capital and the consequent stagna-
tion in business are due, not to the fear
of the silver dollar, but to the actual
grinding pressure of the gold standard.
Prices Of all commodities, measured in
gold, have been falling for ten years past,
aud it is not certain that they have yet
touched bottom. Hence, capitalists
wait, and the laborers wait, and every
body waits to see what is going to hap
pen. A similar stagnation, produced by
the same cause, prevails in Great Britain,
where silver coin is a legal tender only
to the amount of forty shillings, and
where the fear Of the silver dollar is
unknown" We thank the Sun for com
ing to the rescue of silver. The reference
to the situation in Great Britain is a
strong point, and complete answer to the
Herald's assumption as to the cause of
the hard times in this country.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-20

There is a growing opinion at Wash
ington that women employed in the De.
partments should be placed in divisions
by themselves and under female chief.
Experience shows that those under male
chiefs use the arts and privileges of the
sex to avoid or slight their work. The
men employed outnumber the women
four to one; and yet of the sixty.five cases
where the leaves of absence exceeded
sixty days in a year, forty-nine Of them
were female clerks.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-20

The Hartford Courant, speaking of the
Grant funeral, says that "those who
witnessed the impressive scenes, even
those who would have preferred some
other place of burial, must have been
convinced that nowhere else could the
last honors to the beloved hero have been
so magniicently rendered. Such a vast
concourse of spectators and such an es-
cort could have been gathered nowhere
else, and no other city could have fur
nished such broad and handsome avenues
for the use of both spectators and escort ,
This is a candid and just statement.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-20
N Q II I @ E .
Assignee Sale.
Judicial District of Nevada, I'm
n for Eureka County.
W. T. SMITH ct al.

W.. T SMITH ct al.
p. ". HANSEN.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT 1, AS
IN Assignee of the estate of p. N. Hansen,
an 1nsolvent debtor, under and by virtue of
an order Of Court in the above mentioned &C
ton for that purpose duly made, will, on
Monday, the 18th day of August,
1855,
at the hour of l O'Clock p. NJ, sell at the from,
door of the Courthouse of said county, in the
tow OF Eureka, at public suction to tLe high
est and best bidders. for cash, sll the right,
title, estate and interest of said P. n. Hansen,
and all my right title, estate and interest as
Assignee of said P. N. Hansen, insolyent
debtor, of, in or to the following described
property, situate in said county of Eureka;
One stocksde building used for a store.
One boarding and lodging frame building,
One frame stable.
One blsc smith shop and three corrals. The
above property is known as the Pine station
property on tho E. 4 p. r. r..
Also, the noma mine, situate about four
miles east Of Pine Station.
The Deny timber ranch tso-cslledl, about
IA miles west of Pine Station.
The Franklin ranch (so-calledl in Pine Val.
ley, adjoining the ranch of A. Buschazzio on
the north.
The Bald Mountain ranch, about seven miles
northeast from Pine Station, and south OF
Telegraph Canyon.
The Hansen wood ranch, lying east about
two and . half miles from Pine Station.
The Margaroli ranch, about Eve miles south
from Pine station and enc and q half miles
east from Oak Station.
Together with all wood. charcoal, timber
buildings and Improvements of every kind
whatsoever, situate on said ranches, or there
unto belonging.
HIRAM JOHNSON, Assignee.
Eureka, July 25, 1885. jy26-tf
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-20
AaThree.MiIe Boat Race.
Chief Poundmaker Sentenced.


Tassell Brothers give notice that they
have purchased the boot and shoe business
formerly conducted here by Brown &
Tassell, and have removed their stock TO
tho Foley-Rickard building next door to
Remington, johnson d Co.'s grocery
store, where they at all times keep an i'm
mense assortment of gentlemen's boots and
shoes; also, an elegant line of ladies' and
children's foot wear. No store in Nevada
keeps q larger assortment, or sells
goods at lower prices, than the Tassell
Brothers,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-20
NEW TO-DAY.
NOTICE.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE

IhRt0
EUREKA, New, Aug. 10, 1885.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN O.. 8. Preble, OF Carson City, State
of Nevada, authorized agent for the State of
Nevada. and acting for and on its behalf. has
made application TO select. utder the Act of
Congress approved June Is, 1850, entitled A
Act to grant to the State of Nevada lands in
lieu OF the 10th and s6th sections In said
State" the SW Il of the NE. L aud lot / of
the NE. \ OF section 3. the sw. L of the q
u of section II. and the NE. 4 of the sW. 4
of section 40. in township Is. north of range
SO east, and the SW. Il Of the Sc. h and W.. i
OF NV. = OF section S6, and the NE. h Of the
NE. L Of section IS. in township 10. north OF
range 81 east OF Mount Diablo base and merid-
ian. In the district of lands subject to sale At
Nevada. and containing SS4 60-loO acres
or less. The selection Of the above described
tracts of land will be rendered At this once on
Monday, the 5th day OF October. A. d. 1885.
F. II. HINoKLEY, Register.
Eureka. New, August 10, 1885. au2O-sOd
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-20

Commissioner Sparks of the Land
Office is Of the opinion that nearly all
the Chiefs of Divisions of the Land Office
should be removed, as there is incontest'
able evidence that aid has been furnished
to the and.grabbers' ring, in the form Of
information by persons who had access
to the books and papers of the office.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-20

A Washington Judge has decided that
a boy who climbs a telegraph pole TO
watch the performance Of a circus com.
mits no trespass.