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Of modern civilization, Is the undoubted
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- from which thousands Of delicate
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-20
nOKsFORD,s ACID PHOsPHATE

As RefrIgerant Drink la Fevers.
DIR. Q. ii. 5. Davis, Meriden, Conn, says:
81 have used it as pleasant and cooling
drink in feyers, and have been very much
pleased with it,"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
Fashions in Dogs.

''It's astonishin'," said tough old
dog fancier, the other day, 'ow fash
ions in lap dogs comes an goes. Ere l
am, been in the business more'n thirty
year, an I've seen dozen breeds of
ladies' lap dogs rule the roost in turn.
Fust, there was the King Charleses !;
an for lazy, worthless set O. ours they
take the cake The fatter, oilier, an
curly -pateder they was, the more their
missuses was willin' to stake on 'em.
Then come the greyhounds: not the
English ones as kin run a hare down,
nor the racip' dogs like Arthur Cham
bcrs is tryin' to introduce, but the regu-
lar Eyetaiian stay-in-t the sun an -shiver
breed. Nobody ever knowed what they
was good fur, BARR the ladies as owned
'em and fed 'em on lump sugar. Then
there come the black tan; and a
gamer, wirier little cuss never worried
a rat nor them there black-mouthed,
pop-eyed, bulgin'- -forided dogs. How
somever, wot with stuffiin' an pamperin'
on 'em, the only sign O. game they'd
show, arter belongin' to some of them
sassiety ladies for six months, I'D be to
crawl unner chair an stick their teeth
in gemman's leg.
"Then come the pug; good fur nuth :
in, most on 'em; great feeders, ar lazy
as the dickens. A lady brot me one
oncet, an she says to me: Mr.. 'Arkins,
this pore dog O. mine as lost lis appy-
tite; do you think you can cure my
Fido?' l looked the brute over, an,
sor, there wuzn't nuthin' more the mat
ter with him than over feedin'. Leave
him ere for few days, mum, says J.,
for knowed there was $40 in the job.
I just locked Mr.. Fido up in the cellar,
with tomato can full of water. an not
thing to eat. In three days the lady
was back, and says she: Mr.. 'Arkins, is
my pore dogs appytite restoredF 'les'm,
says I, L think it is So borrowed
plateful O. fine shavin's from the carpen-
ter, next door. an when Fido came
tearin' up the cellar steps just poured a
little gravy on them shavin's. 1t would
ha' done yer heart good to see Fido bolt
the mess, shavin's an all. Appytite re
stored2 You'd better believe it was"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
Imaginary Ailments.

Some years ago story was current OF
woman who applied at one of our hos
pitfalls for treatment of nervous atfec-
ton. After listening to recital of her
symptoms, the doctor made her shut her
lips upon clinical thermometer. Upon
removing it, the patient exclaimed,
"Why, / declare it has done me good
already" The doctor humored her de-
lusion, and refrained from any other
treatment than few more applications
of the magical glass tube. She was soon
cured. A parallel case is now cited by
the Philadelphia Medical Ne,os, hysteri-
cal patient having been cured by magnet
ism. The magnet was of wood, but
capped with metal so as to seem cold to
the touch. These cases remind us that
large proportion of such ailments are
imaginary, and will often yield to imag-
inary remedies.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
MarrYins a Chemist.

"I am determined my daughter shall
marry chemist, and if had it to do
over again I'd marry one myself"
"Well. that's the last idea [ ever heard
of. What in the world put that notion
into your head, Mrs. Yumley?'
because chemist can make living
easier than any other man, and if body
has one of them in the house, there's
never any cause for worrying about
what you'll have for dinner day after
Tomorrow"
s'How do you make that out?'
"Why, here it is cold print, and in a
religious paper, too. Read it for your
self.'
And she reads:
-"By the aid of chemistry horse beans
can be converted into an article of diet
superior to beef, and delicate biscuits,
fancy pastry, as we'll as ordinary bread.
can be produced from saw dust and
wood shavings, plus u little leguminous
flour. Excellent sugar can also be made
from old shirts and rags"
"There, now then; don't you see I'm
right2 With chemist in the family and
carpentershop in the neighborhood,
what more does a body want to be COM
Portable and happya"
eyes. to be sure; but believe I'd take
my coffee clear, though" = Chicago
Ledger.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
Wales and the PariSianS,

A London letter says: The Prince of
Wales is used to being made warmly wei
come wherever he goes, but nowhere,
perhaps, so much as in Paris. He is
rangely and universally popular in the
French capital. The ardent and red
democrats tolerate his rank and overlook
his royal descent because he brcakfasted
with Gambetta on "biftek Chateaubri
and" in the cabinet particulier of a res
taurant, and it p eased them to see fu-
ture king hob mob with the son of re-
publican grocer. The army likes him
because he never fails 10 visit Marshal
Canrobert in his retirement, and to refer
with him to the ole Crimean days, when
the French and English troops
fought side by side. The clubmen at
the Cercle de la Rue Royale greet him
cordially. They appreciate his good
natured familiarity and easy bonhommie,
but not so much as his superb attitude at
the card tables and his cool assumption
of perfect Indifference when he loses
large sums. His royal highnesss status
in the green rooms of all the theatres is
too much a matter of contemporaneous
history to be mentioned at all.
Another trait of the Prince of Wales
which Paris appreciates is that he is un-
mistakably what our neighbors call ''une
belle sourchette." He has fine appe-
tite and gourmet's palate. At Sand
ringham he has three cooks, French,
English and Italian, and they are bound
to send up two new original dishes at
each dinner. Tfis trio of culinary art
lists is frequently nonplussed to find or
invent gastronomic novelties, and resort
at times to surreptitious rechristening
of half forgotten delicacies.
Life at Sandringham is more lively and
amusing than in any other royal resi-
dence, and looked upon in consequence
with stately displeasure from the austere
decorum of Windsor and Osborne. I'm
fortunately life at Sandringham is only
enjoyed by fits and start, and never f)r
long intervals The series of guests are
limited. The house party consists as
rule only of ten women and about fifteen
men. Private thcatricals, tableaux, mu-
sic, dancing and some romping games
fiji up the evening.
The Princess of Wales does the honors
with that matchless and sympathetic
grace which has made her so deservedly
popular in society, but undoubtedly she
owes her great success in England, and
the undisputed place she has taken and
maintained at court, to her absolute want
of ambition and her complete abstention
from all the graver questions of govern
ment and politics. She is sincerely at
tached to England, and is fond of Eng
lish people. but her innermost predilec-
tions and faithful love is for her own
Copenhagen A French lady in conver-
sation with her remarked that she spoke
all languages equally fluently, English,
French, German. eyes" quickly in
terrupted the princess. land think in
| Danish. ,,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
A Great Wash Day.

We have just had mi-careme such as
Paris has not witnessed for several years,
say. a recent letter from the French
metropolis. During the afternoon the
boulevards were so thronged by sight
seers that one could only move at
sna1ls pace. The mi-careme is the great
fe.e of the washermen and washerwomen.
Some of your readers may ask what men
have to do with the washtub. In France
they have much to do with it. Here
men claim their right to wash and scrub.
lust as women claim their right to vote
and to shoot their enemies. Both sexes
batter your linen to pieces, burn it with
sulphuric acid, and grind off your but
tons, in perfect amity. But on the mi
careme there is not man nor woman
who would condescend to look at wash
tub. In the world of soap and soda it
is the day of days. Then you must ex-
pect to see your buxom laundress attired
as Juno in a cavalcade with her hus-
band as Jupiter or Apollo by her slde
In the evening the washhouses are turned
into bathrooms.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
THE FAMINE

All along the meadow-land
The rain beat and beat,
And no aloft, the orchard croft
And in among the wheat;
And where the corn was standing green,
And where the oats were white,
osy after day, day after day,
And through the dreary night,
The driving flood came down and down,
Until in sore despair
The people cried, "Go1 stay the tid
And let His winds blow fair"
For blight was gathering on the wheat
And mildew on the corn,
The oats hung down in rotting brown,
The rye-felds bent forlorn
But day by day the lowering clou
Poured forth their floods, until
The evil spell of hunger fell,
And famine had its will.
Then rose a cry that went to heaven
And opened all its doors.
And hurryins forth from South, from North,
And up from distant shores.
The agents of the Lord came swift
To succor and to save
With corn and wheat tn, ships sailed feet
Across the ocean wave.
Then ceased the wailing cry of woe,
The dread note of despair,
And hand claSped hand from strand to strand
And curses changed to prayer.
Then knit the tie of brotherhood.
And love sprang into birth,
Where scorn and spleen had come between
These nations of the earth.
Nora Perry, in Youths Companion.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
NUMBER "a.
THE ROBINS NEW lay.

A bird on bough chirped a mournful lay,
Te-wit, te-wot, tee-woo!
And his mate came not in the ivelong day,
Te-wit, te-wot, teeroo.
What will lone birdie dos
Above his perch hung an empty nest
Te-wit, te-wot, tee-woo!
She cometh not, and the sun sinks west,
Te-wit, tewot, tee-roo.
The wind sweet blossoms blew.
The blown blossoms fell in the singing stream
Te-wit. te-wot. tee-woo!
Like a-shower of pearls flushed in dream,
Te-vit, te-wot, tee-roo.
His song less mournful grew!
"Why should grieve for missing mates
Te-wit, te-tweet, tee-tee!
There are other loves in the hedgerow gate.
Te-wit te-tweet, dee-dee
I'll pine no more for thee!"
He plucked his heart from the empty nest
TIE twit, te-tweet, tee-teel
And few with it to a new red breast.
Te-twit, te-tweet, dedee.
"No grave through grief for theep
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
Cure for Infantflc Bawling.

Two Dallas ladies were overheard
talking over the fence as follows:
''What is the Datter with your baby |?
I don't hear it cry any more"
II have cured it of bawling.''
'sDo you give it soothing syrup with
opium in its''
"No. l don't give it any medicine at
all. I have adopted an entirely new
plan.
''What is it2"
''When it begins to cry smear the
tips of its little fingers with molasses,
and give it few feathers to hold in
one hand. Its attention becomes aroused
and it picks off the feathers with the
other hand. The feathers stick to the
other hand, of course, and the little
darling picks them off again. The little
angels mind is thus SO completely alb
sorbed with the feathers that it forgets
to ."-Teras Siftings.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
A Worthless Animal.

Farmer Diggins had a horse to sell, and
at the market he commenced to dilate on
the animals good qualities.
How much will you give for him?'
shouted Diggins.
Forty dollars" yelled voice.
''Twon't do" said Diggins.
"Ten dollars" shouted Il wall-eYed
man.
"He's worthless" cried another.
"Who said he was worthless ami
mal?" howled Diggins. "'Twas you,
you lop-eared rais-chopper.
81 didn't say any such thing, you
mule backed lump of clay" replied the
man. 81 only said he was worth less
than forty dollars, and now blamed if 1
don't think he is worthless
Diggins traded the horse for side of
bacon before the close of the day.-Car}
P,etzeL's IHesHy.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07

building in which he works Just about
the time he goes home. The villain,
who has an Office in the same building,
gets on to this, and tells the gyurl's
father that Robert, the young man, is
plotting to become plumber and ruin
him. The old man naturally trembles
IN his boots, and goes in with the vii
lain to put up a job on the young man.
The villain then steals little lead pipe
himself. and going by night to the young
mans room on the East river shore at
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. splendid moon
light view of the city for you-sews the
pipe up in the leg of the young mans
dress trousers. Then with detective
he lies in wait for the young man, and
the two pounce upon him just as he is
struggling to get his feet through the
leg of the trousers. The accusation is
made, and the young man, feeling the
lead in his trousers, says:
"'Great Heavens! 1t is fate!'
"Then they led him away to his dun
geon on one leg. In the next act we see
HIM on the island. The gyurl, under
pretence of visiting the insane patients,
comes to see him, and there's chance
for big lcve scene, ending thus:
Jerusha, you do not-can not be.
lieve me guilty of this foul crime?'
"'No, Robert, love you, and I be
lieve you are guiltless.' (Throws her
self upon his boso om.)
"Then they are torn apart by ruthless
minions of the law. That ght Rob
/ ert escapes and goes to fight the mahd
in the Soudan. Big scene of boats as
cending Nile cataracts-new sensation,
never done before and chance for daisy
effects in the desert Robert rescue;
from the murderous fire of the Arabs
Canadian naturaiized bank cashier, whc
confides to him the fact that he-tht
cashier-was the partner of the polished
villain in the robbery of the bank il
New York where they both worked
Robert buys his discharge and hasten
back to New York, arriving just in tim,
to hurl the proof of the villains villain,
into his face at the foot of the altar. anC
prevent his marriage with the gyurl
The old man weakens, and, finding tina
Robert never stole any lead pipe, ane
never was likely to become a plumber
being only corporal, gives him hi
blessing, the gyurl, and three million
of trade ducats. How's that for a melo
drama?"
'Josephus, don't think I'll write
melodrama as long as you live. ."-Puck
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
C0urting by Note.

Greensborough has certain young
gentleman who has lately been enchained
in the silken fetters of Cupid, and
thoughts of the fair enchantress con-
stantly fill his mind. He has special
book in which during the week he notes
down the thoughts which occur to him
about his lady 1--we. When Sunday comes
he visits her, armed with the note book,
and proceeds to read therefrom the most
tender expressions which have occurred to
him from time to time. This can really be
colied counting by note.-Sarannah (Ga,)
Neus.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
The RurrO.

Apart from the Indians and the Mexi-
cans, these animals are the most char
acteristic and ubiquitous objects in New
Mexico. The shaggy little brutes range
from the size OF a small Newfoundland to
that of six months old heifer. 1t is
practically impossible to overload them.
They will carry all that can be piled on
their backs l have frequently seen a
solid heap of wood gliding mysteriously
into town, with no apparent motive
power, but l knew that somewhere un-
derneath the pile there was hidden a
bnrro. When released from their burdens
they will Immediately set to work with
diligence and gusto picking up living
in the midst of stones and dry cactus,
where any other animal would starve to
death. Joe proceeded to attach them
by wonderful series of knots to the
supporting posts under the house.
watched him curiously as he tied knot
after knot, and at length ventured to in
ouire whether burros usually employed
their spare time in performing Juggling
tricks.
Joe regarded me with smile which
was compounded of one part of good
natured contempt, two of superior
knowledge, and three of genuine amuse-
ment.
"Wa'al," he said. you are summat OF
a tenderfoot; that's so. Why, burro
| is a born devil"
"Do you mean to say that burro can
| undo one of those knots with his teeth2
/ asked.
II don't profess to say what he doe.
it with. He may do it with his tail fol-
all know, but if you will learn me 8
knot that burro can't undo, if you give
him time enough, 1 will tell you thanks
Why. the father of all evil is not patch
on an old Jack burro fur internal clever
ness and mischief. .''-Harpea's Magazine
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
A Moving Tail.

"Here, boys" called a man. s'Come
here and catch this rat. Biggest rat you
ever saw ran under that pile of lumber.
Throw it over here. Now We'll get
him."
Three or four men went to work and
moved an enormous pile of lumber, but
did not find the rat.
"The owner of that lumber will be
mad," said some one, addressing the
man who had called the boys.
tNo. he won't am the owner"
''Why, you must indeed be an enemy
to rats, going to so much trouble to catch
one"
81 didn't see any rat"
''Then why did you let the boys tear
down your lumber2"
'Oh, you see I wanted it moved -
Arhansat0 Trare'er.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
Of What She Thought.

"Pway, Miss Hattie" lisped slim to
young woman sitting idly in the sun,
''of what ah you thinking, don't you
know2"
Nothing, Mr.. Montmorenci, abso-
lutely nothing"
Indeed, Miss Hattie, don't you know
-ah-don't you know--now, weally, I
6attahed myself that I occupied youah
thoughts, Miss Hattie"
$50 you do, Mr. Montmorenci, and
the fair girl sat idly in the sun, while
MIR. MontmoIenci went off to the horse
trough to cool his heated brow.-Mer-
:hant- zTuceler.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
HUMOROUS SKETCHES


II guess We'll have some peace at oul
mouse now," remarked Johnnie, who was
calling at the house of friend.
"How's that?" asked the lady of the
house. "Has the baby been sick?'
''Oh, no; the baby cries about two
thirds of the time, but that's nothing.
Hes all right"
''But what did you mean by saving
there would be peace at your house here
after2"
"Why, you see, mas left the church
she did belong to and joined the ONT
where pa goes. ."-ON City Blizzard.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
TIMELY TOPICS.

vaccination is carried out so strictly in
the Prussiap army, that not soldier has
died of smallpox since 1875. If the
same system could be applied to the
whole population of Europe, it is be-
ieved that that the disease would dis
appear in five years.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07

"Now listen to me-" said Josephus to
Ptarximander, 'the first thing you want
to do when you start melo-drama is to
get up high toned polished villain.
You want to give him fine clothes and a
big watch-chain, patent leather boots, a
pair of kid gloves, and brand new
three dollar and ninety cent silk hat.
Then he must have face that blind
man wouldn't trust in railroad tunnel
after dark In melo dramas the villains
always dress we'll, but look like 6ends.
Then you want to provide him with q
victim. A beautiful girl, nursed in the
lap of luxury and fed on caramels, fresh
every hour. This beautiful gyurl ought
to be as rich as Henry Hilton and as proud
as the editor of Kansas newspaper. Then
she must have poor but apparently dis
honest lover, and a stuck-up old pa, who
doesn't go much on the aforesaid lover.
The lover ought to be horse car in
.spector or an elevator-boy-something
that will make him great Intellectually
and vice versa financially. His appar-
ent dishonesty arises from the frequent
disappearance of lead pipe from the
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07

An Oakland, Col, boy has calculated
that there are sos, 900 beans in barrel.
This information should be Of some value
Boston.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07

In a recent issue, the London Spectator
has an article on the mysterious methods
of conveying news employed by the ma
tives of India. Just what these methods
are no Anglo Indian has ever been able
to discover, but they enable the natives
to foiestall the government in the trans
missien of important news. During the
Indian mutiny, information in regard to
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07

The ties and wood fuel used by the
railroads of the United States cost an
nually about $50, 900. 900.