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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27
CLIPPINGS FOB THE CURIOUS.

Constantine, king Of the Scots, pun
fshed drunkenness with death, a D.
SO.
The finest pork made in the world is
that Of the Madeira islands, where the
swine live principally on nuts.
The first known circulating library is
said to be that of St Pamphilus of
Casarea, who IS 309 a D. collected
80, 600 volumes to lend out.
In 1904 an English prelate preached
against wearing the hair long, and 50
moved his hearers that he was allowed
20 crop the entire congregation.
Bread was known in the Patriarchal
ages, and the baking Of il became pro-
fession at Rome, 10 B, c. Bread was
made with yeast by English bakers in
1884.
So far as is known there are only four
teen Chinese women in New York City.
Of these, nine are married. They obey
to the very letter the customs of thei
own country, where the wife is the
property of her husband.
Charles GoIIiher of Unionvi.Ic, Mo,
was born twelve years before the sign
ing Of the Declaration of Independence,
and is consequently 112 years old He
is quite spry for his age and retains the
use Of most of his faculties.
Here are few strange but true
names: Echo HaIfnose, a Chicago
merchant; Sapphire Gunny5ag of Bos-
ton, Applique Johnson of Pittsburg,
John Vadanhigligenberger a shoemaker
of Philadelphia, and Liberty Todd also
of Philadelphia.
The waters Of small stream that
flows into the Saskatchewan, near Pine
City, are said to be so thoroughly i'm
pregnated with carbonate of lime that
any soft substance immersed in them
turns Immediately into stone. Animals
accidentally killed in the stream have
been found to be so thoroughly petri-
fed as to resemble marble.
A Brooklyn horse has an extraordi,
nary passion for raw eggs. He quietly
watches the hens that frequent his
manger until they leave their nests,
when he noses about until the eggs are
discovered, then he breaks and devours
them with gusto. The effect of this
strange diet upon his physical condition
is beneficial, and his sides have become
round and glossy.
Books were originally bound in oaken
boards, such being the manner in which
was found the manuscript copy of the
four Evangclists, the book on which the
kings of England, from Henry I. to Ed
ward VI, took their coronation oath
Velvet was used in the fourteenth cen
fury, and silk soon after. VelIum was
introduced early in the fifteenth century,
and leather about the same time. Cloth
finding came into general use in 1881.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
Material For Bedding.

A few loads of dry loan in some
place convenient to the stables, where
it can be used every day as an absorbent
for the liquid manures, will prove
good investment. Beside making the
manure heap larger aud much richer,
its use will keep the air weet and whole
some, and prevent the animals from be
ing troubled with what is known as
Charm mango" Dry leaves should be
collected for bedding, There is nothing
much better for that purpose. They
contain much value when decayed, and
it is now easy to rake up several loads
Of them in almost any locality where
trees grow. Cattle and horses appreciate
a soft bed rs we'll as the human race,
and will thrive much better when they
have it than when obliged to lie upon
a bare floor II Cultivator.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27
Remarkable Pistol Shooting.

In shooting gallery in Louisville
hangs valuable pistol, one worth
about 500, which is the property of
whoever will come and take it after
fulfilling one trifing condition. The
condition is that he shall equal feat
in pistol shooting once performed in this
same gallery. A target was set up the
usual distance for pistol practice, and
about the white a moderately large ring
was drawn about as wide at any point
on the circumference as a quarter of
dollar. On this ring fifty marks were
made, so that the centre Of thu target
was surrounded by a circle composed of
fifty white spots. These were marks,
competitors having fifty shots each.
William Hanlon, one of the famous aero
bats, is great pistol shot, and, some
years ago, succeeded in making the re-
markable score Of forty-ninc out of fifty
possible hits. This score has never
been equalIed, and the beautiful pistol
offered as prize still hangs in the gal
lery awaiting an owner.-- Chicago
Tribune.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27
Kentucky as a Diamond Field

A diamond expert says in the jew
elers' weekly: DO I think Kentucky
will ever figure prominently as dia-
mond field? Well, don't know; what
do know is that man came to me the
other day with rough stone weighing
about IS carats, which he said he had
picked up In that state, and more be-
cause it was curiosity than anything
else | paid him s. per carat for it. The
stone is a very poor one, and very much
off in color. Leaving aside the curl
osity, the price of really good diamonds
seems to be rising, and if dealer sells
81, 900 worth he is pretty apt to reinvest
in 81, 600 worth as soon as he can find
suitable goods"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27
Pigs For Income.


except the family COW, will pay better
than a breeding SOW, says F. D. Curtis
in the New York Tribune. lido not cal
culate from the standpoint of a breeder
of fancy stock; but from the plain or
practical basis of the everyday farmer.
a Mr.. Kirby, of Chenango County, New
York, informed me two years ago that
he was led by my points on hogs to in
vest in number of breeding sows, and
that they pa d him the best of any stock
on the farm. He did not pretend to
rear thoroughbred pigs, but sold all of
his stock at farmers prices.
He has since very wisely purchased
a pure Durcc-Jersey boar to i'm
prove his pigs. Sows kept on cheap
food and with little care will average
eight pigs. These pigs, anywhere in
the State of New York will sell, when
five weeks old, for 81 so to 50 each if
ready to take away by May 1. Early in
September, the same sow will have
another litter and this time there will
be ten. These pigs when six weeks old
will sell from 81. so to s.. 1t is a mod
crate estimate to put the sales of pigs at
$35. All the high feeding that the sow
requires, is after the pigs are week
old and until they are taken away. Dur
ing the summer she may run in the pas
ture and have nothing else and during
the winter she may be fed on very cheap
food.
The growth of the SOW will help to
make up the cost of keeping. She may
be fattened by January and should
weigh, dressed, 300 pounds This sys-
tenn may be turned to good account
otherwise. The sows will help out in
other ways. If put into the field in
tended the next year for corn, they wils
destroy all Of the grubs and othe:
deprcdators and so help prepare thn
field for a good crop. They will en-
rich it far more than any other animal.
If it be not convenient to carry swiIl tc
them, they may be fed dry meal in suita-
BILE troughs, and they will cat it readily
and it will do them as much, if not
more, good than when mixed with
water. They should always have
plenty of pure water to drink when
they require it. We fed a large number
of hogs and pigs in this way last sum.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27
Saving Seed Corn,

The importance Of saving seed corn
by careful selection has been preached
from time to time out of date, and re-
peated experiment has proven the neces-
sity for care in the storing of the corn
selected for seed In sections where
short seasons prevail carly varieties are
desirable, hence carlincss ought to be
promoted even in sorts already early by
selecting such from stalks that first
ripen their cars. The importance of
choosing fair-slzed, wcIl-developed ears,
taken from stalks which bore at least
two ears, is apparent to every one who
has given the subject any thought.
In the selection Of seed corn too much
care can not be exercised IN keeping a
well-estabIished and desirable variety
pure. 1t should be borne in mind that
two sorts growing within quarter of a
mile of one another are liable to mix.
hence it is not wise to save seed from
such corn.
There does notappear to be any safer,
easier or better mode of saving corn for
seed than the old-time one of pulling
back and braiding the husks of twenty
or more ears together, and then hanging
these braided strands from the the raft
ers of corn house, smoke house, the
attic, or any other dry place. The corn
must be kept dry and out of the reach
of rats and mice 1t is wise plan to
select only the perfectly matured ears
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27
Five Ways to Stop or Cure n Cold.

1. Battle the feet IN hot water and
drink pint of hot lemonade. Then
sponge with salt water and remain in a
warm room.
?. Battle the face in very hot water
every five minutes for an hour.
3. Snuff up the nostril hot salt water
every three hours.
4. Inhale ammonia or meuthol.
5. Take four hours active exercise in
the open air
Summer colds are the worst of all
colds, oftentimes, as it is then very diff
ticult to protec ones self properly A
ten-grain dose of quinine will usually
break up cold in the beginning. Any
thing that will set the blood actively in
circulation will do it, whether it be
drugs or the use Of q bucksaw.- = Medi-
cal News
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27
Potato Culture.

A farmer says in the Rural New
Yorker: My plan of raising potatoes is as
follows; Manure broadcast in Deem
Der or January-not later. Plough the
manure under as soon as the ground
will admit in the spring. Harrow well
and plant in drills, three feet apart,
pieces of potato cut to two eyes, one
foot apart. Cover with a plough when
Just coming through the ground; cross
narrowing, killing all the weeds that
have started. Then cultivate often I'M
til the vines are too large to work in.
l am entirely satisfied that manure APP
piled broadcast in January is worth at
least four times as much as that put on
at the time of pIoughIng. keep one
lot especially for potatoes and raise
nothing else on that lot. l use manure
every year in December, thirty loads to
the acre. OF course the ground is get
ting very rich and mellow by constant
manuring and tilling, and that is Just
what potatoes want l can get in this
way, say, 200 bushels per acre, and am
always sure of crop. have no trou-
bic whatever with grubs, and think
this is because apply the manure when
| do.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27
Tha Ghnrthnrn Cow.

There does not seem to be any good
reason to fear that the noble Shorthorn
is to be counted out Of the ranks Of the
mixers vet. Formerly this breed was
the best dairy COW known, and in those
DAYS when Mr. Bates was busy improv-
ing them, the original Shorthora cows
were copious and rich mixers. Forty
two quarts Of milk and two pounds Of
butter per day was the common
Weld Of the first Duchess without the
excessive feeding now common with
"tcsted" COWS. There was no testing
about the Duchess her weekly
product Of butter was made on the
pasture and sold by her mistress every
week. And the natural proclivity to
make milk and butter has not left
the Shorthorn race, although breeders
for many years have been doing all that
might be possible to eliminate this valu-
able characteristic and make them only
fat-producing animals. At the recent
English Dairy Show Shorthorn COW
proved the champion mixer and butter
maker After 224 days from calving,
her milk yield amounted to 455 pounds
daily, and her butter to A per cent,
equal to q pounds per day. The total
solids in this milk amounted to 14.2 per
cent, which shows that the COW was not
only an excellent buttcrmakcr, but ex-
ceptionaly good for cheese. If there is
really good general-purpose COW this
Is surely one. New York Times.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27
An Odd Enitanh.

This is the cpitaph on the tomb of
Chas, II. Salmon at Drakesvllle, n. j.:
''In memory Of Charles H. Salmon, who
was born Sept. 10, 1853. He grew,
waxed strong, and developed into a
noble son and loving brother. He came
to his death on the 18th of October
1884, by the hands Of a,.c.re1essKdrug
clerk and two excited doctors a.
o'clock at night in Kansas City"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27

for seed; these dry more quickly and are
not so likely to mold. Not few farm
ers always plan to hang their seed corn
between the rafters of their smoke
houses, believing that, in addition to
the dry atmosphere there found, the
smoke that permeate5 the kernels acts
is a preventive to insect pests after the
seed is planted. - Inter Ocean.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27
Death of An Inventor.

The man who first used the torpedo in
naval warfare, died recently in George
town, d. c, Francis Edgar Shepherd
came Of an old North Carolina family,
was educated at the Annapolis Naval
School and at the outbreak Of the War
entered the Confederate navy. Just
twenty-five years ago Shepherd blew up
the United States gunboat Cairo, on the
Mississippi, by means of an old-fashioned
torpedo Capt Shepherd watched the ex-
plosion from the bank of the river, and
declared that torpedo warfare was COW
ardIy, He never again set a torpedo
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27
The Snnn0rt of Alias

CHOW, Mary Ann" said the teacher,
addressing the foremost of the class in
mythology, ''who was it that supported
the world on his shoulders"
cit was Atlas, ma am"
"And who supported Atlas?"
''The book doesn't say, but I guess
his wife supported him. - Chicago
National.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27

We would be pleased tn know OF a man or wo-
man who has never had headache or been sub
feet 10 constipation. As these seem TO he uni
vcrsal troubles a little advice may Dee in order
Why should persons cram their ~tomarhs
with nau9eatinE purgauye pills, etc, which
sjCkeu and dtbiiItatc. when such pleasant
and sterling remedy as Prickly Ash Buffers
viii act mildly and effectively on the liver,
kidney, stomach and bowels, and AT the same
time tone upand strengthen the whole system,
causing headache, constipation, and all such
lLstr..- irI,. owls u nuIn,LN aL-nLnnnr.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27
Come to the bridal chamber, Death!
49,. L..

and thou art terrible!
The untimeiy death which annually carries
of thousands of human beings in the prime of
youth, is indeed terrible. he first approach
Of consumption is insidiDus, and he sufferer
himself is the most unconscious of its ap-
proach. One If the most alarming symp oms
of this dread disease is in fact, the ineradica-
able hope, which turks in the heart Of the VIC
tim, preventing him from taking timely sters
to arrest the malady. That it can be arrested
in its earlier stages i beyond question, as
there are hundreds Of authenticated cases
where DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
has effected complete cure.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27
THERE are 80 cotton mills, cmplo

THERE are 80 cotton mills, employing
nearly $1,000 hands, in India. A note
worthy thing about those mills is that
when trade is dull their owners are uni
formIy animated by an intense desire to
avoid Sunday labor, but as soon as trade
becomes brisk they would keep running
eight days if there were that many days
i'm the week.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27

To the Fditor:-Please inform your readers
that / have a positive remedy for the above
named disease. BY its timely use thousands oI
hopeless cases have been permanently cured /
-hall be glad to send two bottles OF my remedy
FREE to any of your readers who nave con
sumption if they will send me their Express
and /. 0. address. Respectfully, - y
I. A SLOCUN, NC, Isl Pearl ST, n /.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27

When Catarrh has taken a strong hold on
the system Taylors Hospital cure, pa B'Way,
New York, reaches, by means OF the NebuAzcr,
the very seat of the trouble.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27
BreakInU n Window.

A writer suggests that John L. Sullivan be
called MARS" The application is self-evident
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27

If tree were to break a window, what
might the window sayI Tremendous tree
mend-u9. Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of
Sweet Gum and Mullen has a tremendous
sale, for it mends all forms Of coughs, colds
and lung troubles.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27

A New York house has received an order 70
100000 scent postage stamps for use Ia hill
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-27

Walking advertisements for Dr. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy are the thousands it has cured.
Three Thousand women in Toronto, Canada,
vote at municipal elections.
The Irish standard., 1888-08-11
SheriR's Execution Sale.

Under and by virtue Of an execution issued out
of and under the seal of the District Court Of the
State of minnesota, in and for the Fourth Judi
cial District and County Of Hennepin 90 the 10Th
Gay of June, 1888, upon JUDGMENT rendered and
docketed in said court and county in an action
therein. wherein Andrew J. Finnegan was
plaintiff and George r: Wright was defendant,
in favor Of said plaintiff and against said de-
PENDANT for the sum OF one hundred eighty seven
aud e6-l0C dollars, which said execution has to
me, as sheriff Of said Heunepin county, been
duly directed and delivered, l have levied upon,
bidder. at the frontdoo of the Courthouse in the
city of Minneapolis i'll said county of Renlepin
on Monday, Che 18th day Of August, 1888. at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon Of that Gay, all the right,
debtor had in aud to the real estate hereinafter
described On the 5th day OF March. 1888, Or has
since acquired. that being the date of the rendi-
ton of said Judgment, the description of the
property being as follows, tor-wit:
Lot eight (8), block twenty -seven (27); also, lot
eight 81, block forty five .45), all in Calhoun
Park according to the plat thereof on file ane OF
record in the Office of the Register of Deeds in
and for Hennepin county Minnesota.
Dated Minneapolis, Mimi, June 16. 1888.
PETER =. SWENSEN.
Sheriff OF Hannepin County
B1 L. c. SHEpIEY, Deputy.
a. D. SMITH. Attorney for Judgment Creditor.
The Irish standard., 1888-08-11
Sheriif''s Sale Under a Decree.

cree ensered the t District Court OF Hen n
county on the goth Gay OF July, 1sss,in an ACTION
tiff. and Frank Stranahan, John S. Anderson,
John ". Schackelton and Willie a. Mitchell
We're defendants. in favor Of said plaintifs
qnd against ad 19[ the sum
s7-lo5 dollars, a Certified copy Of said
d ers eGoR WITCH '5s aam any is r %ads
lien upon and orders the sale Of the prop.
erty below described: will sell at public auc-
ton to the highest cash bidder, atthe front door
in said County Of Hennepin, on Monday the 18th
day of September, 1855, at 10 clock in the fore
noon of that day, the following described prop
Of Minnesota, to wit: Al that part Of the
southeast Is. e. Al quarter of the northwest
In. W. II quarter Of section l27] twenty-seven,
township L2gl tweaty-nine, range I] twenty y
intersection Of the north boundary line of Thir-
teenth street in the city Of minneapolis, with
the west bou odary line of Mary Place, and To-
Gated and e1tendt d through said quarter sec
ton, thence west along said north boundary
line Of Thirteenth street 118 feet more or less
to the land described in the deed recorded in
nepin County, in Book ''15s' Of Deeds, on page
1925. thence north alJng the last boundary line
Of the land described in the said deed to the
south boundary line OF harm3ns SECOND t,e a.
Thereof On file in said office, thence along said
lastdescrbed line to the west boundary line of
Mary Place, thence south along said last de-
scribed line to the place of beginning, being all
of the land conveyed by Abraham NJ. Reid and
wife to William H. Mortimer, being west of
said Mary Place according to the survey there
Of, to pay and satisfy said Judgment and inter
est thereon ana the expenses Of such sale.
Dated July 80, 1883.
PETER P. SWENSEN,
Sheriff of Hennepin County, Minnesota.
By S. G. SHEPLET, Deputy.
The Irish standard., 1888-08-11
Notice OF Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.

Default having been made in the conditions
of certain mortgage made and dated 9th day of
Jul 1887, by George W. Merrill and Kate Mer-
| rill, his wife. to Joseph schlitz Brewing COM
pany. and duly, recorded in the Office of the
Register of Deeds in and for Hennepin county,
| Minnesota, on the eth day Of July, 1887. at 10
o'clock a. NJ, in book ''2O6'' of Mortgages on
page 17q. conveying and mOrtgaging the follow
ing described premises situated in said county.
to wit: The south half Of lot seven (7l in block
6ye Is, of Morrison and Loyejoy,'s addition to
Minneapolis. according to the plat thereof On
file in the office Of the Register Of Deeds in and
for said county OF Hennepin. and containing a
provision and condition in case of default in any
of the conditions or covenants in said mortgage
containe empowering the said, lnortgagee to
the statute in such cases made and provided
and to convex the said premises TO the purchaser
in fee simple, and whereas by said default the
said power OF sale has become operative, and
whereas there is claimed to be due and is due
upon said mortgage at the date hereof the sum
ofS1 $3.50 including interest and $500 as attor-
ney's fees as therein conditioned, and no action
Or proceedings at law have been instituted to re-
cover the debt secured by this mortgage or any
part therCnf.
virtue OF the power of sale in said mortgage
contained and Herewith recorded, and pursuant
of statute the said mortgage will be foreclcsed
by a sale OF said Inor'gaged premises at public
auction by the sheriff Of Hennepin county, at
the front door Of the court house in the city of
Minneapolis, in said county. on Monday, the
3rd day Of September, 1883, ut 10 o'clocka M. of
said day. to satisfy the sum herein claimed due,
together with all the costs and charges Of fore
closure.
5 R5da f III ~ # bs XIV sSS COMPANY
Mortgagee.
CHRIS A. GALLAGHER,
Attorney for Mortgagee, $3.50 stillman Block.
The Irish standard., 1888-08-11
SheriFs Execution Sale.

Under and by virtue Of an execution issued out
of and under the seal of the District Court OF the
State of Minnesota, in and for the Fourth Judi
cia District and county of Hennepin on the 10th
day of June, 1888. upon judgment rendered and
docketed i'll said court and county in an action
therein wherein G.. D. Vernon was plaintiff and
George z. Wright was defendant in favor of said
plaintiff and against said defendant for the sum
Of twenty-five anC 57-100 dollars, which said
Judgment was assigned to A. J. Finnegan, which
said execution has TO ME, sheriff OF said Hen
nepin county, been duly directed and delivered,
I have levied upon, and will sell at public auc-
ton to the highest cash bidder at the front door
Of the courthouse in the city Of Minneapolis in
said county Of Hennepin, on Monday the 18th day
of August. 1888, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of
that day, all the right. title and interest that the
above-named judgment. debtor had in and to the
real estate hereinafter described the Sd day of
January, 1888, or has since acquired, that being
the date of the rendition of said Judgment, the
description Of the property being as follows, to-
wit:
Lot eight 81. in block twenty (27) in CAL
houn Park according to the plat thereof on file
and of record in the Office of the Register of Deeds
in and for Hennepin county, Minnesota.
Dated Minneapolis. Mimi, June L.. 1888.
PETER P. SWENSEN,
Sheriff of Hennepin County,
By L. G. SHEPI4EI, Deputy.
, A. D. SMITH. Attorney for Judgment Creditor.