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DURING the season OF the year when the wealth
er is ehangeable and the mornings and evenings
day is quite warm, there is danger Of taking
cold and having the system disorganized, cul
minating very often in fevers, bilious disorders
or lung affections. All these dangerous disorders
may be ayerted by the judicious use Of Mishler1s
cites.
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THE BURDEN OF THE NAILS.
The Amount and Character ofthe Bust
ness OF the indianapolis PoStofice.
A Report of More than Ordinary Interest
and Importance to the Public-The
History Of the Local Office.

Postmaster Wildman has prepared a report of
the business transactions of the indianapolis
postofice for the year 1884, together with
comparative statements of the operations of the
office for the past three years. The facts set
forth are Of much interest to the general public.
The following table presents the general bust
ness of the Office for the years ending Dec. 81,
1881, 1882, 1883 and 1884:
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City Alderman, Hon. r. c. Payne, Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia, writes that he tried many
remedies, including ~galvanic batteries and Turk
ish baths, for rheumatism, and finally used st.
Jacobs Oil, the great pain-cure. 1t gave him
instantaneous relief.
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THE MoNEY-oRDER BUSINESS.

THE MoNEY-oRDER BUSINESS.
The following reorganization shows the
amount and character of the money-order bus
mess of the Office for the years 1881, 1882, 1883
and 1884:
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There are forty-two men employed in the car
tiers' department of the Indianapolis postofice,
as follows: One superintendent of carriers,
thirty-tive carriers, six substitute carriers.
The business is divided as follows: Thirteen
carriers make four deliveries and four collections
iaily; twenty carriers make two deliveries and
Two collections daily: one carrier makes three
deliveries and two collections daily, and one car
rier six collections daily. A collection Is made
IN the business portion of the city at Z p. NJ, and
q delivery and collection at the principal hotels
al P. NJ. The carrier force is on duty every
day, Sundays not excepted, and there are some
who have not been absent from duty a single
day, and a number who have lost but two or
three days during the entire year Just closed.
During the year 1884 there have been 70. SEQ
n1ilil-bags and tie-sacks received for repairs and
Is. 588 have been repaired.
THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS.
During the year 632. PIC pounds of mail has
been sent ont by publishers and newsdealers,
which, at 2 cents per pound, yielded a revenue
Of $l2.6 Gas. 50.
There are 50 newspapers entered on the books
Of the Office as being published here, namely:
Journal, Sentinel, Times, Telegraph. News
Farmer, Swine Breeders Journal, Herald, Re
view, People, Farm Implement, Clay Worker
Monitor Journal. Age, Independent, National
Presbyterian. Baptist. Sportsman. Live Stock
Review, Pythian journal, Drainage Journal,
Indicator, Educational Weekly, Jersey Bulletin,
Indianapolis Gazette, Talisman. Eclectic Med
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The SUNDAY JOURNAL is not DO,
litical in character; but gives the
News, and in all departments
is a heightened, pure, honora-.
BILE Newspapers welcome visitor
to every family, and indispensable
to anyone who wishes to be served
with a Sunday paper.
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Money orders are drawn on all of the cities,
towns and large villages in the United States,
and upon the following foreign countries, viz:
Great Britain, Canada, Germany, Switzerland,
Italy, France and Algiers, Jamaica, New
Zealand, New South Wales, Victoria, Belgium,
Portugal, Tasmania, the Hawaiian Kingdom,
India, the Cape Colony, Queensland. the Wind
ward Islands and Constantinople. A remittance
by money order is absolutely safe, as payment
to the proper person is guaranteed, and in case
of loss or destruction of an order a duplicate is
furnished by the department. without cost to
the applicant.
Postal notes are issued for amounts less than
five dollars, and are drawn on any money-order
Office, payable to bearer. In case of loss or
destruction of a postal note no duplicate is given,
and the amount for which it was issued reverts
to the government The fee charged for postal
notes of any amount from one cent up to five
dollars is three cents, and If the note be not pre-.
sented within three months from the last day of
the month in which it was issued it must be re-
newed, for which an additional fee of three cents
is charged. The postal note is not intended to
take the place of the money order, but was orig
mated for the purpose of supplying the demand
for a convenient way of transmitting fractional
parts of a dollar through the mails Since the
retirement OF the old postal scrip and fractional
currency postage stamps were used for this pur-
pose, but were found to be inconvenient to par
ties who received them in large quantities, as
they could not readily be converted into money.
Hence the postal note. 1t would be we'll to re-
M nber that a postal note is at the risk of the
sender.
During the year 1881, 1853 registered let
tiers and parcels were dispatched and 46, $50 re-
ceived; in 1882 there were IL, $3.50 dispatched and
55, 2S8 received; in 1883, IL, 1888 dispatched and
0,48l received, and last year 1900 dispatched
and 50, CSC received.
PIECES OF MAIL MATTER.
The statement of the number of pieces of
mail matter dispatched from the Indianapolis
~postofice from Jan. /, 1884 to Jan. /, 1885, is as
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-07

During the day there are dispatched from this
Office 116 pouches of mail, and the same number
f pouches are received.
THE CARRIERS DEPARTMENT..
The following shows the business of the car
riers' department tor the years 1883 and 1884:
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uNT& McCURDI, REAL ESTATE GEN
OF percnaD disc in city or country bought cut
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-30
HOP DO TOU LIKE Us.

Now, friends you see we have
both sides home made. Don't say it
is not as good as the other. Now
help us. We intend now as ever
to make the DEMOCRAT a good pa
per-secOnd to no weekly in the
state. We want the patronage of
the public and we thank them
that since we have taken hold OF
this sheet that we have met with
great encouragement. Tell Your
friend if he is not subscriber
TO send in his name at once and
take the DEMOCRAT. Lend him
your paper one time and let him
try it. We will send sample cop
les to all who will give lis theil
addresses. You will find the
DEMOCRAT to he democratic
firm, newspaper. Subscribe.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-30
. A G,S II E A q .

Ae's He Ei 8 p:
Snlendid and safe Sea Bathing. Fish
and Game in abundance. Kitty Hawk,
Roanoke Island, and other Historic Sur
roundings easily accessible. me on ny
reliable route to this delightful seaside re-
sort is via the
ALBEMARLE & RALEIGH K. X.
Roanoke Steamer Plymouth to Edenton
thence over Norfolk and Southern II. H.
to Elizabeth City and thence by Oid DO
| minion S. s. Conpany's Steamer ohen-
andoah every Saturday. ~,
Schedule for 1855 in effect THURSDAY
June 25. Passengers will leave Tarbofl
every Friday at 6 p. m. on regular Tram
arriving at Nag's Head on Saturday at
D. m. Returning the Shenandoah lease
| Nag's Head every Monday. eonesua.
and Saturday morning. making close CO..
nection at Elizabeth City with tram 10
| EdentOn.
Fare from Tarboro to Mays Head an
| return $500. Tickets Good for the Sea
son. The Conductor on Albemarle ant
Raleigh Railroad will sell tickets on tran
to parties getting on cars at Stations be-
low Tarboro, upon same terms anu con
ditions as from Tarboro.
>''''~ J. H. PETTY, Gen. Supt
T. j. CHANDLER. Gen. F. & 2. Agt.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-30

your honored selves. Don't misun-
derstand us. We are not fighting
the administration. We most cor
daily approve Of nearly all it has
done, and it has done much and is
doing much in many directions.
We are not complaining OF what
they have done and are doing. No,
we only want a little more done in
other directions. Are We not emit
tied to out demand :! Have the
people not right to have the Re.
publican Post-masters replaced
with competent, honest, faithful
and tried Democrats, n0tWlth-
standing the opinion of the Wilson
Advonce to the contrary! Come
Mr.. Cleveland, Mr.. Villas. Mr.. Ran
som, Mr.. Vance, the people over
| in Macedonia say come over and
help us.
We need you, we need you every
4 hour, for the next sixty days-by
that time we can get rid OF the
iother side of the house. Is II
your purpose to disintegrate the
party, to split up our White folks
j South so you are doing 1t very
successfully. And gentlemen &c
YOU know two things, and two only
have held the white people OF tht
South together since the war! Ii
you don't know let MS tell you
i Nothing but the..wrongs and Uutra
f ges committed by the Republican
party against the white people o
the South in cOntradistinction tt
the white people of the North, ant
, the negro-yes the negro, has KEEP
the white people together il
the South. Now, if the sam'
wrongs, to any extent, are to be per
petrated against us by Our side o
t the house, then farewell to you
! Democratic party South. Cursed
p thrice cursed be the man or part.
who would divide the white peOpl
of the South now.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-30
NEWS OF THE STATE

The wheat and oat crop is the light
est in years, but the prospects for
plenty Of corn and tobacco are encour-
aging.-Groham Cleaner.
Mr.. Beam has good farm and
mill and we hope he will soon be able
to rebuild.-Neao Era.
A white man by the name of Lucks
killed one white and seriously woun-
ded three negroes near Manly one
day last week.-Durhona Recorder.
Alderman J. L. Dudley, who has
recently travelled through Robson
and Richmond counties, says the crops
are looking sple ndid and the farmers
are in the best of spirits.-Star
The frog croaketh in the meadow,
the green grass withereth, the fly
walketh as pestilence in daylight,
the mosquito troubleth at night, the
mercury all the while riseth to the
top of the thermometer, the beautl-
full dresses are in vogue, and verify
we believe the summer is here
Concord Times.
Jas. T. Lincoln, Esq. handed US
this week pair Of very fine tom atoes,
both growing on one stem. which gave
them the appearance Of twins. The
pair weighed one and one half pounds,
and were of the Trophy variety.
Who can beat it?-Pamlico Enter.
prise.
Mr.. George C. Worth shot and kill.
ed a gray eagle at Sheriff Blacks old
place, Oh Middle Sound, on Monday,
which measured six feet six and half
inches in length. The marksman kill.
ed the monster bird with a load of
buckshot from an ordinary shot gun.
Star.
We would suggest to our farmers
and gardeners to save specimens of
their finest products for exhibition
at our fair in November. Let the
ladies also have the fair in mind when
putting up preserves, jellies, canned
goods, pickles, etc. land put aside
some of the best for that OCCASION
Messenger.
Maj. B. F. Bullock says, that Mr.
n. D. May says that sometime
between 1915 and 1850 a tree was
cut down on Tar river below Louis
burg in tue hollow of which twenty
eight persons found shelter during S
thunder storm. Mr.. Mays father
was full six feet tall, and he walked
erect in the hollow of the tree
Fra"klinton Weekly.
we saw yesterday, at the Fayette
vile street store of ". C. & A. r
Stronach. a ben egg weighing fon,
ounces and measured 81 xs inches
IN circumference. Ire EGG was sen,
70 the Messrs. Stronach by Mr.. e. P
Council. Elm Grove Chatham county
Call and see it. And whilst callino
70 see the egg, ask Alexander to Lei
you see the Irish potato curiosity he
mas there. The latter is a Raleioh
product. and like many other thinos
produced here. is worth see,n1
-Nea0s. Observer.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-30

praise. Could the natural prompt
ings Of his manly nature have con-
trOlled the Northern mind at the
surrender and thereafter, this coun-
try both North and South, would
have been blessed in prosperity and
happiness, beyond their conception.
: But not being great man from
our standpoint, he allowed himself
to be controlled and Influenced by
the wild, despotic, and unhallOwed
opinions of the most blood thirsty
ambitions and designing classes OF
the Northern people.
Up to this time he deserves a
crown Of glory from his common
country; up to this time we cheer
fully award him the palm, the chap
let, the garland, the golden crown.
But should we sing paeans O
praise to his name thereafter WE
! should belle our feelings and play
the role of sycophant and hypo
| critic combined-yOu will please
! pardon us for the non commission
Of so heinouS offence as this would
| be. Let the North eulOgize, le
| the world eulogize, let the historian
give him the highest niche i'll thu
temple of glory, let the poet sing o
his glory and greatness until time
shall be 40 more. To this we have
not one word to oppose. But above
all let the South be moderate in its
laudatiOns of his character, because
should it be too lavish of prais'
for him who above all other men, i
has nenounced ten thousand time
over again and again, as usllrpe
of powers never granted as DIES
pot, as corrupt man. and veal
statesman, and a disbander of Stat'
legislatures at the point of the bayo
net, as the oppressor Of the South, i
might appear a little hypocritical
Let us draw the mantle of CHART,
over his faults. and let his ashe
rest in peace. If no one disturb
them, we will not.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-30
POWER OF DEATH OVER THE
press

What a wonderful change is
wrought in the mitds of men, and
particularly in the minds of news
paper men by the cold, icy hand of
death! A man lives to-day and
acts. He controls men, communities,
states and conventions. He disa-
grees with part of his fellow citi-
zens. Some times he is honest,
manly, just, and dignified. Some
times he is mean, corrupt, unmanly,
dishonest, and unjust. He is now
alive and an actor in the busy scenes
of life. By the newspaper men,
when he stands on the other side,
he is denounced rs corrupt, immoral,
unworthy, as bad man, fiend,
and devil. Tomorrow the scythe
in the hands of the Great Reaper
cuts him down and he is gathered to
his place-may be to his fathers.
At once by these same newspaper
men he becomes a great man and a
good man. He is speedily trans
formed from an unprincipled dema-
gogue and a demon Oh earth into a
true patriot, christian gentleman,
saint, and an angel in heaven.
Oh! Death, what power hast thou
over man! Especially the newspa-
per man. What a virtuOus world
we live in! And how blest and for
tunate we are to live all our days in
sin, wickedness, fraud, outraging
public sentiment, living in open re.
bellion to the rights of others, to the
rules of decency, to the laws of mo-
rality, without the fear Of God OF
man before our eyes, OF the love of
Christ i'll our hearts, and immedi
ately after death to be suddenly
transformed into angels-fit sub
jects for God and his Kingdom
Sad commentary upon newspapers
if true. Is it true Give the an
swer to your own conciences. We'll
50 far as we believe, if man is a
bad man and rascal living. he is
made neither gentleman nor 3
christian by death.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-30
INTERNAL REVENUE.

For a period of more than a dozen
years our folks have been denounc'
ing the Internal Revenue, or system
bv which it is gathered into the Fed
eral Exchequer. Our folks are now
controlling the destinies of this peo-
nile. and collecting these Internal
Revenues.
Was it wrong to collect taxes on
whisky and tobacco Under Repuoll'
can rule ? If so, it is equally wrong
under Democratic rule. Was the
manner Of its assessment, the mooe
Of its collection wrong under the Re-
publican administration If SO. it
cannot he right under Democratic
! administration:
Now we gre not blind to the fac'
that with men, it makes a big oil
ference as to who does thing
whether it is right or wrong. That
Thad Stephens, said to be a good
man, all things else being equal. al
WAYS wanted his side in and oc
side out, and upon oae occasion III
contested election case between
Democrat and a Republican, asked
not to be informed as to the facts
but simply requested to be informed
at roll call which Of the two 81
our rascal
Our opinions are more or les
fixed and known on this subject
nor are they IN any way changed DE
cause the revenues are collected b.
our party instead of by the Repub
lican party.
If there was no National debt t.
pay we should say blot out the dlrec
tax, because then it would BE unre
publican to levy and collect it. eu
we stand where we have Away
stood and always expect to stand OF
this question. The system and mo
dus operandi of collecting thes
taxes are as detestable and as oGiou
as the laws Of the Modes and PEI
slams.
We are in favor of whisky and to
bacco bearing part of the burden
! of our public debt, but are desper
avely opposed to this horde OF Inter
nal Revenue officials,san if no othe
means can be devised to collect thl
tax than the one now in operation
we might be induced to favor IN
} abolition of the tax, in order to bio
out the officials. but more anon.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-30

The Wilmington Star last week had
some very able and pointed editorials
in regard to the University. We
hope every one connected with the
University had the pleasure of read
ing them and will take note, We
wish every North Carolinian had
read them.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-30

permanency by honorable policy ana
give the patronage of the government
to the victors, the friends. If the
Democratic party does not do this
then some other party with the same
principles which now support our
party will add to its glorious plat
form this plank "to the victors be>
long the spoils" AMI then its perma>
nency will be insured. We believe
that this is Democratic now but our
contemporary does not.
The most damnable doctrine
ever preached IN American politics"
What is that? To whom do they be-
long? If not to the victdrs then to
the victims. Now surely our Goa =
temporary does not mean that the
offices belong to the defeated party.
What then does it mean?
Here you see we differ.
We trust that we are mot one of
those who have eyes and see not, who
have ears and hear not" who have
brains and understand not.
The Advance, it seems. has tried
in vain to convey the impression
that we believe in fighting for the
spoils, that is for the patronage of
the Government. Our readers
know what we believe on this ques>
ton fight for principles and when
we have gained victory there will
be spoils necessarily. Is that not
so? Now We say give this patron
age of the Government-the spoils
} to the victorious party, we say il
justly belongs to them, our contem
porary, we think, says it does not
We differ. Don't fight for tht
'sspoils," don't think about then
until you have them, then we say
emphatically to the victors they be-
long, and we believe nine tenths of
the democrats agree with us and
our friend is in the one tenth. There
is great difference between the AID
vance and the DEMOCRAT and it is fo1
the public to take their choice
on this. question. Our contem>
porary has yet never told the
public whether it wants the Repub~
lican Postmasters in the county O.
Wilson removed and in Wayne cou1l
ty and in Halifax, Warren, and in
others. 1t said it wanted the one at
Wilson removed because he was not
the proper person. Nov if the Al
: rance wants all these Republican
Postmasters removed, we agree, and
lif it wants them retained we differ
Will our contemporary please state
its position on this point9
It now appears to us that all the
points that can be made on botl
sides of this question have been made
and so it seems to us to be better
that we agree to disagree. Perhaps
our readers are not so much interest
ed in this discussion as we are. I'm.
less there is some new point develop
ed in the reply to this piece, if W
are answered without misrepresent
alton and fairly, and no doubt We
will be, this shall be our last articl,
in this discussion with our esteemed
contemporary, the Adoauce. w
differ on the question in hand, but OF
the other great questions we thin!
we hearti ly agree.