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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
)w to Begin the Movement for Fedora.

How to Begin the Movement for n Fedora
tion of Notwithstanding Peoples.
SYDNEY, N. S. w, July 7-United States
Consul Kahlo presided at a banquet here on the
4th inst. Mr.. Daily. acting Colonial
Secretary. advocated universal federation of
the English speaking peoples of the world
as guarantee of the worlds peace, and the
freedom of mankind. Mr. Dibbs, Colonial Treas
urer, suggested that Queen Victoria and Presi-
dent Cleveland exchange visits the first step
in the movement The Americans present
heartily applauded the suggestion.
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Vessel and Crew Lost.

LONDON, July 7.-Advices from Port Stanley,
Falkland Islands, say that wreckage has been
washed ashore which indicates the loss, with her
crew, of the British ship Yarra- Yarra, Captain
Earl, which left Portland, Ore, Feb. 2, for
Queenstown.
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the Council was powerless to discharge him,
refused to deliver the keys. After considerable
parleying, Fowratt retired and set up q police
headquarters of his own. Tonight au order
was received from Judge Scudder, of the Su-
preme Court, at Trenton, interdicting the mayor,
Council, and new police force from interfering
with the old order of things.
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The Pennsylvania Republicans

HARRISBURG, Pa, July From present ap-
pearances, tomorrow's Republican State con-
venton will be nothing more than a ratification
of the choice of Matthew S. Quay as their can
ddate for State Treasurer Resolutions were
adopted indoisng Quay as the candidate Of
those present at meeting held tonight
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Serious News from Madagascar.

PARIS, July THE news from Madagascar is
of the most serious nature. Admiral Mot wants
reinforcements and is obliged to act strictly on
the defensive Twelve thousand Hovas besiege
the force occupying Mazanga fort.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08

Alphonse Benjamin Grollier, member of the
French Chamber of Deputies, is dead
A Hamburg paper says that German com
mercial firm in the South seas has purchased
large territories in the Bismarck archipelago
The details are reserved
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CONVICT LABOR.

The Treasury Will Not Interfere with TIA Em-
ployment on Public Buildings.
WASHINGTON, July 7.-Tbs Secretary of the
Treasury today decided contract case involving
an important labor question. Bids were recently
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SIN IN LONDON.
The Revelations of the Pail Mall Gazette as
to immortality In High Life.

LaDIt SptCIaF.
AS hinted some time ago, an extraordinary
revelation has just burst upon us through the
Pail Mall Gazette. This paper created sensa-
ton Saturday by "a frank warning to our read.
ers, saying that as the criminal law amendment
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10

=
| CUFFEE's MATHEMATICS. A good
story is told of farmer in Schley
who rented some land last year to a
colored man for a third of the crop
When the drought came on, his corn
and cotton were affected by it. He
gathered two bales Of; cotton and
two wagon loads of corn. The lat
ter he penned up for his own use and
the cotton was sold. When his land
lord called for his share he was told
that there was none for him. He was
thunderstruck and asked: didn't
rent you the land for a third of the
crop?'' "Yes, boss" said the dar
key, "but you see dare was no third
De-e was only two bales of cotton
and two loads of corn; all mine and
muffin for you by de contract" And
the landlord could not make cuffee
believe any other way.-Macon (Ga)
| Telegroph.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10
Civil Service.

There is no use in mincing terms
about this civil service reform. It
must always be more or less hum
bug under republican institutions,
unless political parties are divided
upon great and vital issues, so as to
array the voting classes zealously
on one side or the other. Without
some stirring question is to be de-
cided at the polls, the masses of
voters will not vote. You must
have fworkers" to bring them out,
and this is too practical an age and
the Americans are too practical a
people for "workers'' to labor and
spend their money without the
hope of some return or recognition
from the Administration in the
event of success. Indeed, it is not
reasonable to expect them to do so
when there is no great issue at
stake. It is well to prate about
patriotic duty and the necessities
of economic Government, and all
that, but the burden of abuses is
pretty well distributed in this cOun-
try, and it is rarely more to the
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10
HAY.

The season for hay-cutting is at
hand, and the greatest efforts should
be made everywhere to harvest a large
amount. Time cannot be spent more
proGtably than in cutting and cur>
ing hay. The native grasses-and
crab grass, which abounds
in every section.-make excellent
and nutritious forage, as does Be1-
muda, which has spread over a
large portion of the South. OF
course the cultivated grasses and
clover will be made into hay, where
they are..not pastured. The practice
of stacking hay in an open lot and
leaving 1t there exposed to the sun
and rains is one that should in every
instance be abandoned. The waste
in quantity and nutrition amounts to
fully one-third when it is thus expos
ed.-Ex. ... .-..-.,.. -....
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10
What a Small BOY Could do.

In one Of our largest oil houses is
employed a boy somewhat under
size, whose duties are to keep the
Office clean and make himself useful.
One day the senior member of the
firm happened to chaf the little fell
low about being so small, and said
to him:
"You will never amount to much,
you are two small"
The little fellow looked up from
the work he was doing and said:
Small as I am I can do some
thing that no one else about this
place can do" 9. vnit-.- .z.e..
"Oh, what is that?" asked his EN-
|ployer.
Il don't know US I ought to tel
you," he replied. s. .~..........
But the employer being anxious te
know urged him to tell what he coul6
do that no one else about the place
was able to do. ...
II can eep..from swearing sale
the little fellow. ~..a~ .... ..+
There was flush ON more thar
one face present and no anxiety fo
further information from the yer,
small boy.-Phl. Oil and Paint Re
porter.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10

Judge Sanders Ito colored waiter.
say, Bob, what did say yesterday
that catfish weighed?
What time yesterday, boss-ln de
mawnin, at dinner time, or after sup
per?-Christian at Work.
Summer resorts and hotels are
putting on big adjectives and other
wise keeping apace with the season:
Mosenbaum, who keeps the "Bou-
doir," was taken to task for stretch
inc his advertisement too much. Hi
there. Nose, said a friend, l see you
advertise that your rooms have been
enlarged. So dey haf. But there
have been no carpenters at work on
your place! No! Wait till | tole
YOU. l haf scrape der paper off dose
walls. See?-Hartf ord Post.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10
4 WOMANS QUESTION.

Do you know you have asked for the
costliest thing
Ever made by the Hand above
A woman's heart and a wonian's life,
And Woman'S wonderful love?
Do you know you have asked for this
priceless thing
AS child might ask for toy.
Demanding what others have died to win,
With the reckless dash OF a boy?
You have written my lesson Of duty out,
Manlike you have questioned me;
Now stand at the bar of my woman's
soul
Until shall question thee.
You require your mutton shall always
be hot,
Your socks and your shirts shall be
whole; ,... -......-.rs..
require your heart shall be true as
Gods stars, '-''.:-s,.
And pure as heaven your soul. f..
You require cook for your mutton and
beef; -9.3fst.
l require far better thing;
A seamstress you're wanting for stock
l look for man and a king.
A king for beautiful realm called home,
And a man that the maker, God, 60 -....
Shall look upon as he did the first,
And say, ut is very good"
I am fair and young, but the roses will
fade
From my soft young cheek one day;
Will you love me then, md the falling
leaves.
AS you did mid the bloom of May?
Is your heart an ocean, so strong and
deep
l may launch my all on its tide?
A loving woman finds heaven or hell
On the day she IS made bride.
[ require all things that are grand and
true,
! ALI things that man should be;
If you give this all l would stake my life
| 10 be all you demand Of me.
If you cannot do this, laundress and
| cook
You can hire with little tosspay;
But a woman's heart and woman's life
| Are not to be won that way.
| N. o. Times democrat.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10

Fred. Douglas, the champion of
the colored race, yet who married a
white woman, in speech made In
the Lincoln Memorial Church on
April 18th. Emancipation Day. used
the following language:
Mr.. Douglas eulogized Col. Bob
Ingersoll and said, "that the negro
love was better test ofChristianity
than the love of Jesus.
Hereafter all the converted sim
ners should be asked
Do you desire to enter the church,
Yes. ......... ........
Do you love the negro better than
Christ? ......... -
Yes. -..
Then enter into the congregation
of the Lord.-U. s. Democrat
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10
WILD BOAR HUNTING.
Exciting Sport I'm good Old Ok
tibbeha County, Mississippi.

Three of us were on a deer drive
in good old Oktibbeha county, and
bordering on Trimcane swamp. A
few miles west and north of Stack
Vile lies a beautiful eggshaped
prairie, about one mile across and
two the longest diameter; perfectly
level, and at the time one mass OF
brilliant flowers and wild strawber
ries. A gray horse in the company
looked as though he had walked In
blood fetlock deep, just from the
Strawberries crushed in riding ove1
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10
,OTLAND NECK N. c., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER TO- 1885,

interest of one man to exert himself
at the polls or in inducing others to
come to them, than it is to another.
If it is not absolutely unjust, there
fore, to demand such service from
men when they know they will get
no credit whatever for, their efforts
and sacrifices from the Administra-
ton, but are likely to see the drones
who either did not go to the polls
at all, or did not induce any one
else to go appointed to the most
important and lucrative positions
under the Government, without
having any superior claims to them
whatever, it is certainly very fool
ish to expect it.
Whether justly or not, the fact
must be admitted that the present
Administration appears to have a
downright prejudice against demo
Gratis who have been known as
organizers and Eworkers," and has
sought to make most appointments
from a class Of drawbacks and
drones, upon the plea that they are
''business men' and not politicians
We take it that this is unjust and
ungrateful. Men who have spent
their substance in a cause; who
have labored for it's triumph year
after year through the dust and
heat of the conflict; who have clune
to the democratic party through
evil and through good report, anC
who have never wavered in thei1
loyalty or zeal during the darkest
hours Of its history, are certainly
entitled to more consideration from
a democratic administration thar
the time servers who constantly
consulted their own selfish aims
who deserted or struggled whe1
they were most needed, and wh(
played fast and loose with botl
sides, waiting for others to decide
contest in which they were toe
proud and too cowardly and two
selfish to participate.-Commer cal
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10
AMONG THE DERRICKS.

Is say, conductor," remarked a
passenger as he boarded a train on
a narrow gauge railroad in the oil
country, (which is the shady side
of this car?0
sThar hain't no shady side, IRE
Piled the conductor, who was born
in that region and knows how to
speak the language.
E'No shady side?"
"No, sir. Thar's so many curves
and twists on this road an the train
runs so fast that the sun shines on
both sides at the same time.-Er.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10

The Catcher's wife-'Home
again, paddy? Well, what luck?"
The Catcher-''Immens !; wiped EN-
OUT "The score, Paddy-the score.
..Six to nix" "And you, Paddy?
Did vou-' "Dld I distinguish
myself? Look at them, my love J"
LAYS three finger nails and one tooth
on the table.) "The umpireE (anx-
iously.) (SoIemely.) "He sleeps.
"Did you pluckily continue?' NO
I pluckily retired. And now, darling,
To hash.-PhiL. CAL. ..r
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10
A. NARROW ESCAPE.

Army Officer (atWashington)-
Yes, I have been in the service
nearly ten years.
Young LADY, suppose you have
had some very narrow escapes?
Army Officer Cunning pale at the
recollection)-I had a mighty mar
row escape only a short while ago.
Young Lady (breatblessly)-
What was it?
Army Offcer-I came near being
ordered West.-Er.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10
EASILY PLEASED.

III must congratulate you on your
marriage, Mr.. Pugsby. Your wife
is charming woman" ...@ ...
"She is, indeed; loving, amiable,
and accomplished, and so easily
pleased.'
ooh, I knew that when | heard
that she was about to marry you.
PhH. Call. .-
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10

| An old negro whose raiment bore
evidences of a recent hand to hanG
encOunter called on the Secretary
of State.
"Well," said the official, "wha1
can 1 do for your
eyer kin hab er mean man erres-
ted, 's.whut yer kin do"
'sThis office has no police jurisdic
ton, old man,
Ger haw, haw," laughed the ole
fellow shaking his head, Ger haN
haw. Ju'isdiction-er he he. WY
sab, yer puts me in mine O. de facl
dat Pse er skuller an er genner
man. Now dat's de way ter tall
ter er pusson. Iwuked fur er pus
son las' yeah, an durin' de whole
time he didn' say or word like dat
-didn' treat me wild de right sort
o. 'spect, sab; but dat aim de bus
lness in ham dis mawnin'. Dis an
it: Ger while er go er man named
Lige King come ter my house, call
ed me out on de commons, an almos
whipped de life outen me-"
"Well, we haven't anything to dc
with hat" 81
| ode debil yer ain't?'
"Of course not"
"Ain't dis heah de State-'ouse?"
| eyes," s.- ....-f .f#. s-
"Wall, doan I lib in de Stateg"
"Oh WE'LL" the secretary pleasant
ly replied, @you ought not to grum
Bile about a whipping. A grea1
many men are killed, and I thinl
that you have gotten off WELL"
"Oh, it amt de whuppin' dat
mines SO much, sah.''
"What is it, thenf''
"W'y, de 'fernel scoundrel callet
me outen my house an den whup
ped me. De whuppin' wuz all right
but whut make him want ter 'sturl
er gennerman whut am at pra'r
lDoan de law O. de lam say dat d.
'ligous worshup mus'n' be 'sturb
edf'
eyes,"
oval, den, dat pusson 'rupted mi
while I wuz at worshup. Oh, Ps'
able ter STAN de whuppin', but whel
er pusson comes er roun' an 'noy'
Ime when Use 'munin' wild Peter an
Paul an Silas an niger Demus
wy it flings me all outen j'int, sab
1 bids yer good mawnin', sah."
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10

A clergyman preached on the
sin Of attending to money matters
on Sunday, and when the deacon
passed the contribution plate not a
person would put cent III it. And
some how the preacher didn't feel
flattered at the effect his sermon had
produced.-Tenas Siftings.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10

Old Judge Sanders isa great
brag. and has told about dozen
stories in regard to the weight Of a
certain big catfish that he caught.
A friend, trying to entrap him, ask
ed:
Judge, what vas the precise weight
of that big fish you caught!
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10
Far Sighted Generosity

'Say, Charles,'' said Mr.. Buysell
to his clerk, elf you will buy seal
Skin sacque for your wife I'll give
you S25 toward the purchase"
Il will do It," replied the clerk,
"nut Mr.. Buysell, why this burst OF
li6erslty?" -t-.-. ...ss... 4,
mo liberality about, my dear boy
II your wife comes out in a sealskin,
"oht you see it will save me the eN,
pehse of having to buy one for Mrs
Buysell."
How SEP"
wi ny, you don't suppose she'd
year the same kind of clothes as my
N'eFk wife wears, do you?"-Ec.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10
THE BISHOPS VISIT.

DWELL, my little man. said the
Bishop to Bobby, ''do you reHnen'.
Der me?D .: ... ..-. ..-.. ..
"Oh, yes, sir" replied Bobby.
''You stopped with US when you
were here before. Pa thinks it
can't cost you much for hotel bills"
-EX, ..,....-. H., .,.'r.. ..
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10

eff you want to see something
curions,' said a friend who was a
member of a government survey, ''go
down with me to Woodbine'. Four
miles beyond Woodbine, out on the
sand stretch of old sea bottom or
beach, that is termed the Cape May
peninsula, we came. upon Dennis
vile, where all the Dennises of ! al
time had evidently settled. - ~e.
<..We're all in the loggin' business"
said a tall. thin Dennis, yet as far
as the eye could reach not a tree
could be seen standing that would
make even the ghost of a fair log.
They're underground. We dig for
them, as you might say. 81 Here's the
tool" and stepping intoa low hut
he brought out a crowbar that. like
everything else, seemed attenuated,
out into a long, slender pointed rod.
"We wade along" continued the
man, land probe with this feeler, and
when we strike log we feel around,
and if it's big one we dig it up,
and if amt we let it soak: that s
about the way of it, ..r
$50 down in Jersey you burrow
for your logs?'' -.>sz,as.t -.
"That's about it, replied the man.
"You know we're obliged to be q
whit odd or so; we've got the name
Of it anyhow" -.',', ..,is p"
"The secret Of this business" said
my friend, the geologist. ''is that
ages ago all this area was covered
with a fine growth of large trees,
and the same are found growing in
some parts of the swamp yet, but
they have died out and fallen down
and sunk into the soft mud, and so
been covered up by mold and mud,
until many other layers have grown
over them; but in some remarkable
way the wood is preserved and
these sunken ancient logs are just as
good for shingles and other articles
as they were when alive, hence for
many years there has been steady
hunt for them. and Dennisville is a
result of the industry. To the bot
anist the tree is the evergreen white
cypress, and the numbers once grew
over this swamp and that have been
entombed are beyond conception.
The trees upon or near the surface
| are the only ones available and for
tunately are the best, but far below
there are probably myriads of others
turned to stone and representing the
past geological ages Of the earth.
The logs are worked out by the men,
who are nicknamed 'Swampoodles,'
and who live in the midst of the
malarious district all their lives.
When log is found a ditch is made
about it, INTO which the water soon
flows. A great saw is then applied
and the roots removed, and as rule
the log will rise to the surface and
can be cut up and carried off, though
in many localities the shingles are
made right on the spot and dragged
over the swamp ON roads In many
cases made Of boughs and twigs.
this curious business is not confined
to New Jersey, but over in Delaware
and Maryland there are similar
swamps, where the shingle business
has been carried on for years. One
of the swamps in Delaware extends
over twenty-five square miles, and
hardly a house in Sussex county but
what is shingled from the ancient
deposit.-Phite Press. :; s,<.Hg "a
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10

EOne Of the ugliest things that
a gentleman can do is to receive a
newspaper a whole year, and then
DENY that he ever ordered it, to
keep from paying a dollar and ho!J.
-Methodist Adrdnce.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10

Fifteen marriage licenses-12 for
white and 3 for colored couples
were issued from the Registers
office during the month of August,
being an increase Of one over the
proceeding month -Asheville Trib-
Mne
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10

Il don't understand how the rail
roads can afford to reduce the fare to
one cent mile.
Oh it's very simple.
They have to make up the loss in
some.way.
They do.
How?
They make the sleeping car por.
ter divide with the company.-E1.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10

1nere are many kinds of meanness,
@0t the man who steals fan takes
t"e PAIN. Noah got off his joke, and
- Is repeated here as an interesting
P.'ce OF ancient history.-BaH.
Ansericon.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-10

At a negro baptizing in an Arkan
saw bayou, a rather small preacher
conducted a rather large brother
down into the water, but only partly
succeeded in immersing him. -
"Look heah," said the large broth
er, drawing himself up, sis dis all
de baptizin' whut Pse gwine ter git?''
"Ain't dis ernuff?" the preacher
asked - = u. ~. - =. *, ,,.'l
s"No, it ain't.'
"Why so, sah?"
Cease, wild dis little de debil will
git me sho.' Use prowled erroun
too much to hab my sins washed er.
way by dis little dip"
"Come on, brudder, ver's beer
bapJized ernuff. Ricolleck dat it an
de faith st lead O. de water dat do dc
good r 81 -1--- ~ i
"Dat's all we'll ernuff. Come. soust
me under heah erg'in.'' ..s
The preacher soused him again
Arising, he began to shout with q
loud voice: ooh, Pse got de ole de-
bill by de hons dis time. Gwine ,ul
wander W nar-'' he suddenly stopped
The preacher asked the cause.
ooh, doan say muffin. Dar's e
white manout yander whut am er go
in ter cuze me er stealin' his coat.
lneber seed him afore, but jes' know
dat he am er gwine ter do dat fack.'
|-ArEaasdao TraUeler.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-08-02

At oil Times Prepared to Meet
ANY Decline in the Market and
Give the Benefit Thereof
to his Patrons. Always
on hand 4 Full and
Complete Stock
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-08-02
An Unnatural Father.

LONDON, July 31.-The crusade
against immortality in this city and
country grows daily, and the lead
ers in most cases are women. To-
day a motherless girl named Da-
vies, aged sixteen, gave birth to a
child at Dudley, in Worcestershire.
The neighbors became convinced
that her own father was the father
of her child and crowd Of women
assembled to punish him. They
invaded the factory where he was
employed dragged him from his
work, tore off most of his clothing
and gave him a terrible whipping
with rawhides. The victim howled
for mercy, but was told he had
shown no mercy to his victim and
he should haye none. When the
women were tired of whipping him,
they tied him to the tail board of a
cart with placard on his bleeding
back setting forth the crime with
which he was charged. Finally
Davies was turned over to the po-
lice to be tried on charge Of in
cest as soon as his daughter is we'll
enough to give her testimony.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-08-02
New Kind Of Fuel.

The Tuscarora Times-Review has
the following: "Peter C. DeLind,
of Running Water, Dakota, be-
lieves he has solved the cheap
fuel question, and advocates the
growth of the mammoth Russian
sunfower. They should be cut
when the leader, or top flower, is
ripe, then laid on the ground about
three days, first cutting of all the
seed ends. The stalks when
dry are as hard as oak and make a
good hot fire, while the seed heads,
being very rich in oil, will warm
better and burn longer, bushel for
bushel, than hard coal. They
should be packed away in a dry
she'd"