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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-09
History OF Peas an I Beans.

Beans and peas, or pulse Of various
kinds, from the facility with which they
are produced in almost every country Of
the globe, and the highly nutritive prop,
critics which they usually possess, have
been favorite food for man and animals
among all nations and in every age of
the world. Thus we fiud that tho Athc
mans employed soddcn beans in their
feasts dedicated to Apollo, and the RO-
mans presented them as an oblation in
their solemn sacrifice called "Talaria f"
Pliny informs us that they offered be m
meal cakes to certain gods and goldesscs
in these ancient rites and cerem mics
and Lempriers states that bacon was
added to bcaus in the offerings to CANA
not so much to gratify the palate of that
goddess as to represent the simplicity Of
their ancestors.
The comm,n garden bean came orig
inally from the East, and was cultivated
in Egypt and Barbary in the earliest ages
of which we have anv records 1t was
brought into Spain and Portugal in the
early part of the eighth century, whence
some of the best varieties were introduced
into other parts of Europe, and finally
into the United States.
The first beans introduced from Eu-
rope into the British North American
colonies were by Capt. Gosnold. in 1902,
who planted them on the Elizabeth
Islands, near the coast of Massachusetts,
where they f]ourished we'll They were
also cultivated in Newfoundland as early
as the year 1929; in New Netherlands,
in 1914; and in Virginia, prior to 164S.
French, Indian, or kidney beans were
extensively cultivated by the Indians of
New York and New England long before
their settlement by tho whites; and
both beans and peas (calarances). OF
various hues, were cultivated by the ma
tives of Virginia prior to the landing OF
Capt. Smith. Among these was embraced
the celebrated COW pea (phaseo!us), at
present SO extensively cultivated at the
South for feeding stock, rs we'll as fol
the purpose of making into fodder and
for plowing under like clover, as fal.
low crop.
The common pea is supposed to have
been indigenous to the south of Europe,
and was cultivated both by the Greeks
and Romans. Its introduction into the
British North American colonies proha
bly, dates back to the early periods oi
their settlements by Europeans, as it is
enumerated, in several instances, among
the cultivated products of this country
by our early historians. = Culicator.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-09
Drowned by an Octopus.

In our harbor lie number Of Chinese
junks preparing for another fishing trip
to the coast of Lower Califo MIA. The
Chinese who sail from this port fishing
are quite different from the Mongols who
run laundries. Sun burnt they are. and
look almost as bronZcd as ModO: Indians.
A Sun representative had talk with one
of them yesterday, named Hoy Kce, who
seemed to be Intelligent and speaks Eng
lish rather fairly, and elected the news
that on their Lost trip they lost one man.
1t occurred down at Ballenas Bay, below
Abrejos Point, on the coast Of Lower
California, about four hundred NILS
south of San Diego. They were engaged
in gathering the abalone, the beautiful
shell which adorns many homes in the
United States. One of the men, whose first
trip this was, strayed away from the
rest, aud it being the lowest point of the
tide, which was commencing to run
in, with big breakers. It seems that
this Chinaman standing barelegged with
the water up to his knees was surprised
at being caught by one of his legs by an
immense octopus, or, as our informant
called it, devil fish, and in second he
was tripped over, drawn out into deep
water and drowned before the rest of the
Cinnamon realized what was the matter
with their fellow shell gatherer. The
boats of the Cinnamon were high up on
the beach, and when they were got into
the water no trace could be seen of the
missing man. Several days afterward
his remains foatcd ashore in a horrible
state of mutilatien. The octopus, from
the description of it, must have been a
monster, with body ten feet long, each
arm measuring about ten feet. Our in
formant said his junk expected to leave
to- day for the lower California coast in
search of abalone shells and fish, but
will not touch at Ballenas bay, of which
he and the other Cinnamon have super.
stitious dread, owing to the loss of the
Chinaman there during the last trip
San Dieq0 (Cul.) S::n.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-09
s0HG OF THE PINES.

Oh. song so strange, oh, song 81 S"o'
The pines keep ever chanting
Why is it when the world Is g'ao
Seems sorrow to be haunting
rbsse dark old woods in Southern land,
Where trees grow tall, unbending,
And solitude becometh grand,
When years have brought no endinga
Is Nature closer to US herea
We think of wise old sages,
Who found her teachings always clear
Far back in those dim ages.
She sympathized with human woe,
And set to music willing,
The melody SO sad and low
These lonely woods is filling.
-Mdellie v Dudley.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-09
words arc too feeble we play together

words arc too feeble VIC play together :
he and l."
She had risen, and stood before them
with loosely -clasped hands and far-away
eyes. Frank, in his well-fed. placid,
domestic life; Harry, in his struggle for
the almighty dollar and his tranquil Gu
gagement, could not follow her if they
tried, and they did not try. They
vngucly felt that she lived in an atmos
phere too rare for them; that poets write
of but never find. Then Noel came back
and they rose to go.
"God bless you, Clara, wherever you
may CO." said her brother in farewell
God bless you, Clara" said Harry,
clasping her hands.
But when they were gone she leaned
her head against her husbands arm, with
the light still in her face, and as she bent
his face above her hair, in her heart she
blessed Max Heldmann, who had given
her to art and to love.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-09
Running for the Train.

More than one medical authority has
admonished people of the danger of
running to catch train, especially for
those who are subject to heart disease,
one of the most common Of ailments i'll
these latter days. The following, from
an English paper, may serve to empha-
size the warning: A few days since,
a railway clerk, aged twenty, was found
dead in sitting posture in second
class railway carriage when it arrived at
Woolwich. At inquest, it was stated
that deceased had been suffering from
heart disease for two or three years, and
it was supposed that he had hurried to
catch the train that morning. The sur
geon who made the post-mortem ex-
animation stated that the heart was en-
larged. Another case of death from
exertion in a man suffering from dis
eased heart has occurred. A signalman
at Brixton railway station, while pulling
on the levers, suddenly fall backwards,
and on the arrival of surgeon was pro,
nounced to be dead. The widow stated,
at the inquest, that deceased had been
treated for an affection of the heart for
some time. In this case there does not
seem to have been post-mortem exam
ination. Yet another death from exer-
ton has occurred. A young lady, aged
sixteen, expired suddenly in a gymna-
sium after performing a feat of skill.
According to the medical evidence, she
was suffering from valvular disease of
the heart. How often has The hurry to
catch train, or some other sudden ex-
erticn, throwing extra work on a dilated,
fatty or otherwise diseased heart, re-
suited in fatal syncope! 1t is our duty
to warn such patients of the risk they
will run if they allow any consideration
of business or convenience to attempt
them to single rash act of this kind
London Lancet.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-09
Securing His Notes.

Fitzgay appeared on the street when
the thermometer was eighty two degrees
in the shade, with pair of earmuffsi
adorning he side of his head.
s.Hello!'' said a friend. whats thel
matter9 Aren't afraid of your ears be-
ing frostbitten, are you?"
ssOh, na a-w; not at all, thanks. Wen9
to the Thomas concert last night. Don'(
want any of the harmony to escape, 70
know. ."-Uartford Post.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-09

Mexico is making rapid advances in
industrial pursuits. She has eighty
seven mills which run 247, 894 splndles,
and 8, ,745 power looms.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-09

Kangaroo leather is tho toughest
leather known, but not much used.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-17
A Home Market.

The Marquis de Mores announces
publicly that the Northern Pacific Re-
frigerator Car company win buy dry
cows and beef from the Little Missouri
stockgrowers during the month of June
at Chicago prices, less seventy cents per
hundred, to cover freight and shiinkage
The cattle to be delivered in the evening
at the Sully creek corrals and to be
weighed in the morning. It certainly
seems as though the freight and shrink
age are figured 50 equitably that the offer
will tempt good many to deal with the
refrigerator car people. Should that
system of trading become well establish
ed along the line, cattle will be market
ed almost as easily as wheat and the
proceeds viii be handled by the beef
growers In the territory instead of at
Chicago. The complete development of
the system viii not be brought about for
a long time, but when the stockgrowers
can sell their beeYes at all the leading
points in the territory at Chicago prices,
less fair deduction for freight and
shrinkage, they will make few trips to
the Illinois metropolis and spend more
money in improvements at home.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-17
Some British Breeding.

The other day, says London Queen,
young and very pretty woman, with eyes
of the kind supposed to be able to melt
the typical ice, was ON the point of STEP
ping into an omnibus where only one
seat was left. A well-dressed, well-got-
up man of about thirty pushed her
rudely aside as he sprang up the steps
and took the vacant place. At another
time, on coming out Of theater while
the people were waiting just inside the
door for their carriages or cabs, man
lighted cigar and blew the smoke into
the lace of a lady standing there with a
friend. She made gesture of repug-
nance. when the man said: Gentlemen
may smoke here" "You may smoke
here, but you cannot be gentleman if
YOU do" said the lady-one of those not
easily put down.
The annoyances to which young wo-
men travelling alone are often subjected
to is again by no means proof that our
poIiteness is intrinsic. If lady meets
an ordinary young Englishman who
does not know her, she meets some one
who does not hold her worthy Of polite
ness, and who does not 60 out of his way
to show her any. If she is pretty, he
stares at her, perhaps smiles, perhaps
speaks; if she be of no personal attract
tiveness, and has only her womanhood
as her claim, he leaves her emphaticaIly
to herself. Whatever she may be about to
do--to pass through doorway, enter a
railway carriage. or an omnibus, or lift
he pushes past her. though no one is
hurried for time, and lets her follow
meekly after. The elder men are more
courteous. They retain still certain
flavor Of the stately old times when
manners were part Of a gentleman's edu
cation, and politeness was one oftht
points of distinction between a courtiel
and boor.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-17
Crop Prospects.

H4sTtTSGTIS Inn ~ fI''"'s =" ss''~ ~
port Of the department of agriculture
will make an increase in the cotton AREA
of 5 to 6 per cent. The general average
is 90, which is higher than in the three
proceeding years in June. The condition
of winter wheat is reported lower than
ever before in June. The percentage
has declined from 20 in May to ti2. The
average of the principal states are: New
York, 81; Pennsylvania, 81; Ohio, So;
Michigan, "a; Indiana, 6S; Illinois, 40;
Missouri, 50; Kansas, So; California, so.
In the same states there has been a
greater loss of area than was anticipated
in previous reports. The average Weld
will evidently be less than ten bushels
per acre. The probable product in the
winter wheat states, according to these
returns, is reduced to about 2O7 600, 600
bushels, but none of the territories are
included in the winter wheat area.
The report OF spring wheat is more
favorable. The disposition last autumn,
to reduce is breadth on account of the
low price, was checked by the loss Of
winter wheat area, aud later to the Brit
Russian war rumors. Substantially
the same area has been seeded as last
year-about eleven million acres. In
Northern New England, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, iowa and all the territories
the percentage of last years area is 50 in
Wisconsin, SO in Minnesota, 102 in Iowa,
98 in Nebraska and 103 in Dakota The
condition of the spring wheat is 81 and
indicates crop of about 15S million
bushels. The average for Wisconsin is
IS; Minnesota, 81; Iowa, 100; Nebraska,
l02; Dakota, 101. The present report
therefore indicates wheat crop OF $50
million bushels, % million bushels small
Ter than 1881. The general condition of
rye is 81, and barley is nearly the same
as in 1884, with an average condition of
SO. The acreage of oats has increased
4 per cent and the average condition is
"a. The corn crop will be reported in
July, but voluntary returns indicate an
increase in area.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-17
Ammonlated Bread.

Ammoniated baking powders-that ia
baking powders in which carbonate Of
amonia is used AZ an ingredient, and
which exhale an ordor of amonia when
heated--are classed bv many eminent
physicians and sanitarians as superior 70
all Others. Prof Hassell, Of Iondon.
who is recognized as highest authority
on the subject OF food hygiene, COM
nlends in the strongest terms the use Of
carbonate of amonia as q leayening
agent, stating its great advantage to be
in its perfect volatility, which permite il
TO be, by the heat of baking, entirely
thrown into leavening gas whereby the
bread is raised.
The experiment with heat would
seem to indicate the super ior. not the
inferior, value of such baking powder.
The little heat that Is impaired 70 il
when held over gas jet, lamp or store,
surffices to resolve the carbonate Of am-
monia into leaving gas and throw Il oh.
The first heat of baking therefore, will
effectually develop all the gas, thorough
| " leayen the loaf and dissipate the gas
producing ingredients Of powder Of
this kind, and this is the highest test Of
d perfect baking powder. When other
alkalias alone are used they are not IN.
frequently retained unresolyed. through
th- whole process Of baking, and iemain
~ unwholeeome ingredient in the fin
ished bread. The carbonate Of fainmonia
eanr,e; be used as . substitute for cream
! Of ssrtar.-Eew York weskly Tribune,
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-17
Profits In Raising Horses.

Raising horses has been regarded as
the most hazardous and least profitable
of all farming. Too often country horse
jockeys have furnished sires of the low
est cost and in the worst condition of
fatness and idleness, and village Jockeys
have made the profits whenever a horse
has proved worth the buying. In many
sections this is now changed The far
mers provide valuable stations of their
own, raise enough horses of good class
to attract city buyers. get good prices
and make the business highly profit
able.
Whatever class of horses may be
raised If enough are to he found togeth-
er to enable the buyer to secure them
in carload lots at uniform prices, he can
afford to pay one third more for each
one than he can pay if they are widely
scattered and must be hunted up, priced
and brought together at great ex-
pense.
Where but one horse of kind is
raised, he is liable to be sold at half his
yalne, or to be held at q fictitious price
until he eats his head off ant is passed
selling. The selling value of a horse de-
pends on the estimation in which he is
held. An isolated owner cannot well
tell what that should be Often an in
qpiry or visit from some one living at
Il distance doubles the asking price of u
horse Recently Missouri man had a
Morgan colt that he was eager to sell at
$500 But when one was ready to go
800 miles to.bny the colt if he suited,
asktd the price Of the animal, tue owner
replied that it was worth ST 900. but that
ne wOHIiI Take vctu ,ucii esasen are oI
so frequent occurrence that buyer can
not afford to hunt up scattered horses
and bring them together, after paying
anything like the value they would have
if they were all in one nelghborhood.
In the more progressive parts of the
country breeders are learning to JOIN
breeding one class of horses, to raise the
best of these to sell as early as possible
and to make handsome profits.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-17
Exit GLADSTONE.
The English Ministry Driven From
once bT the Commons Adverse
Vote.

LONDON, June 9.-The cabinet council
was convened at noon and was in session
until lilo O'Clock. 1t is understood that
the situation was thoroughly discussed,
and it was decided that in view of the
defeat last night on the budget, it would
be inconsistent for the members of the
cabinet to remain longer in Office, and it
was resolved that their designations be
rendered the Queen at once. This decis-
sion of the cabinet has caused feverish
feeling on the stock exchange, and con-
soils have declined 3-16, while Russian
securities are 1c lower. On all the pro-
vincial exchanges the weak feeling in
financial circles is more marked, as is
also the decline in the above govern
ment bonds
40 p. m,-Mr Gladstone has just an
nounced to parliament the resignation
of the cabinet.
The budget came up in the house of
commons Yesterday, with an announce
ment by Mr.. Childers. chancellor of the
exchequer, that the amount of increased
duty on spirits paid over the extra shil-
ling gallon as finally decided would
not be refunded to taxpayers. The reas-
on given for this conclusion by the gov
ernment was that consumers had been
charged higher rates after the announce
ment of the original increase. The mat
ter was at once hotly taken up by the
tories with an inquiry as to why it had
been necessary to resort to extreme
measures of taxation, in order to meet
an outlay of G10,0O0,OOO. The interrog-
atory was put by Hon. Michael +. H.
Beach, a conservative, and drew great
applause from his party. Further dis
cussion ensued between Mr.. Childers,
John Cross, under secretary for India;
Sir Charles Dixie, Sir Stafford North
cote and others, when Mr.. Gladstone
spoke He referred to the danger
threatening the empire, and the need OF
the government to raise money, and
said it was imperative to increase the
taxes. He would accept the issue as
literally one Of life or death and did not
envy the tories the consequences if they
were victorious. The budget was read
for second time, and was rejected by a
vote of 265 to 252. The defeat of the
government was received with the Wild
est demonstration of satisfa ction by the
conservatives and Parnellites It was
several moments before motion by Mr..
Gladstone for adjournment could be
heard, he meanwhile being made tar
get by his opponents, who ieered and
yelled like mad
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-17
II was the Dog that Died.

Cincinnati Merchant Traveller; Some
body dead across the way" inquired q
20 ..rif 20 i.asf fk1r .nrAr.a-.
ing in from trip and noticing some
Grape ON the door.
"Yes," she replied, and It was put on
this morning
"Who is it?"
II don't know. Mrs. BIS husband and
her pug-dog were both sick yesterday.
but the undertaken hasn't called yet, and
| don't know which of them died
I don't think 1t was her husband.
though"
"Why not?"
Because saw her at the window p
while ago. and she was crying ss il her
heart would break
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-17
The Heninger Murder.

The preliminary hearing in the case
of the recent murder in German gulch
has been concluded and has resulted in
the holding of Thomas Ford for the muir
der Of Alexander Heninger to bail in the
sum Of $4,000 to await the action Of the
grand jury His bond has been furnish
ed by friends in Butte and he is now ct
large. The trial, which occupied three
days, developed great deal Of conflict
ing testimony, and when the case comes
up before the district court it viii arouse
much interest. Ford admits having
done the shooting, but claims he did it
in self defense. There are several Wit
nesses to the affair, some claiming that
Heninger shot first at Ford, others that
he did not. Ford will probably be in
dicted by the next grand jury, and his
case tried at the fall term of court.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-17

The Helena Herald says that Governor
Carpenter has now heard from nearly
all the states and territories with which
he has communicated with respect to
the custody and care Of the suplus con-
victs for which the Montana penitentiary
has no accommodations. Not one of the
answers received leads to the expectation
that any arrangements can be made for
the transfer of prisoners for safe keeping
elsewhere. The Herald says the COVER
nor is satisfied that the only alternative
onen to him is the one adopted and at
present in force-the contracting with
commissioner boards of the several
counties for the custody and sustenance
of aneh oonvicts within their respective
jurisdictions as cannot be provided for in
the territorial penitentary.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-17
The Bugs Appearing.

CHATTANOOGA, Ten, June 9.--Locnsts
have appeared on the ridges moth of this
city. Their numbers are increasing
and all the shrubbery, trees and every
green object ia covered with them. In
some localities they are SO numerous that
all other sounds are drowned by their
noise. To-day they began moving into
the valley, and are spreading through
the lowland farms. They appeared in
this country seventeen years ago.
and destroyed nearly all the Vegeta
fion
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-17
Indian DepredatIOns.

TOMBSTONE, Ariz., June lO.--lntettf-
gence of three men being killed in So
nora, received here yesterday, created
great excitement, which is intensified
by the arrival of several men with news
of indians in Swisshelm. Capt. Hour,
commanding Company G. National
guard, telegraphed here for orders, and
received the following dispatch from the
acting governor
Pursue all numbering Indiana and
force the fighting when the ira. gets
fresh Don't camp, but push on. Al
petition is circulating to aid in sending
a representative to Washington to show
the trne state Of Indian affairs. is being
generally sighed.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-17
Illinois wheat Crop

S'rRINGFrELD, june 9.--Secretary Mills.
of the state board of agriculture. issued
to-day advance sheets of the Illinois crop
report for the month of June, based up
on reports Of correspondents represent
ing each township In the state. The
indications are from these reports that
the wheat crop will be less than 10000
600 bushels this year against S2O0G,6 600
last year.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-17
appealing to the President.

SAN Francisco, June lO.--The fol-
lowing is Tombstone, Arizona speclak
The following message was forwarded
to-day:
TOMBSTONE, June 10
Grocer Cleveland, President Of The tnatfd
States, Washington:
About one hundred Indians from San
Barlos have been raiding over the couIl.
trv for the last week, DESTROYING property
and killing our ranchers. Last night w.
A. Daniels, a mounted customs inspector.
was killed six miles from Bisbee There
are plenty of soldiers in the country, bus
they are incompetent to do anything.
Can you not help us.
Signed: r. s. Hatch, sheriff X. B.,
Ritter, county treasurer; A. 7. Jones,
county recorder; John Montgomery
chairman board of supervisors; John E.
Easton, collector Of customs; John T.
Clum, postmaster.