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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
Tnnla1n Rianta.

Tomato plants should be set out about
the 1st of June; the ground should have
been made very rich, and if it is kept
free from weeds no further attention
will be required. Just before frost the
vine may be taken up, with all the earth
that can be kept adhering to the root,
and transferred to the cellar, where all
the full-grown tomatoes not already
picked will ripen. The writer has seen
perfect ripe tomatoes of most excellent
quality on the table at Thanksgiving,
which had ripencl in this way. There
are so many good varieties of this vege-
table that it Is hard to make selection.
Three or four dozen plants may be re-
quircd il order to furnish good sup
ply all summer; they should be set
eight feet apart, and will occupy
about two rows such as described. -
LVIck's Magazine.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
The Esurdock and white Grub.

A contemporary relates the following
experiments for protecting rawberly
plants from the attacks OF the white
grub:
Three hundred strawberry plants
were set in ground, previously in grass,
and we'll stocked with tho white grub.
No sooner had the plants fairly com
menced growing than they commenced
to die, one after another. The dying
plants were found to be nearly rootless,
and in most Instances the white grub
that had eaten the roots was found in
the ground under the plant. A bundle
of burdock plants was gathered, cut and
pounded, and soaked in water over
night. With this infusion a dozen or
more strawberry plants in different parts
Of the patch were watcred. Under two
Of them, as special test plants, living
grubs were placed. But they did not
eat them, nor to this day have any of
the plants treated at that time been at
tucked. II the meantime the untreated
plants were dying, one after another,
from the ,oss of their roots. = Farm,
Field and Stockman.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
Food for CAiCkens.

A great deal of nonsense has been
written about the proper food for the
brood, when they first come from the
nest--as that "they are to have pepper
corn and some hard boiled egg" As a
rule, they need nothing the first day but
the quiet and warmth of the mother.
Milk is perfect diet for fowls as we'll
as calves, and if coarse-ground Indian
meal be mixed with scalded milk, it
will be as safe food as can be offered.
Some green vegetable food should be
added, after two or three days, and be
kept up while the hen is confined to the
coop. Fresh grass, cut up fine, or cab
bage, or onion tops, viii meet their crav-
ings and keep them thrifty. The young
broods need to be fed five times a day,
at equal intervals, and in such quanti-
ties as they will eat up clean. They
should have a feeding board at each
coop to be cleaned before every meal. Fer
mented or filthy food Is not wholesome
for man or beast. This staple food,
after few weeks, may be varied with
cracked corn, wheat, oats, barley or
buckwheat, fed once or twice a day. a
shallow vessel for fresh water should be
kept near each coop, for the hen at
least, from the start. The chicks will
learn to use it as they need. One per-
son should have the care of the hens
and chickens for three months at least,
and be held responsible for all the de-
tails of management. 1t will be the
most economical arrangement for the
owner of the hen house and yards, if he
has any leisure, to attend to these de-
tails himself; bu5 if that cannot be
done, he must walk in the tracks of his
subordinate, occasionally, and know
that the latter attends to his duties.
With fifty or more early pullets in No
vember he has one of the conditions of
getting egg in winter.-LCountry Gen.
| tIemau
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
The Chinaman's DevOt on to Rice

A Canton correspondent says that the
Chinaman's devotion to his rice is as
great as an Englishman's to his dinner,
and at their regular times for ''chow'--
II in the morning and in the after
noon--nothing can take him away from
his bowl of rice. As all the city life is
al fresco one sees miles of feeling
Cinnamon if he progresse. through the
streets at their meal hours. In each
open room or shop tho scene is tho same
"a circle of dirty heathens gathered
around table shovehng the rice into
their mouths as fast as chop-stlcks can
play, the edges Of the bowls being held
to their mouths merely as q funnel to
direct the stream. One can stand in
the shops, vainly waiting to purchase,
and a surly Chinaman will only come
forward when he has finished his bowl
If rice, and has sublime indifference
to trade, profits and cheating whom it is
his rice time.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
An Awful Strain.

"Why do I discharge you?' asked
old Chinacrate, why do 1 discharge
you2 Well, because you have been with
me only five months, and have already
appeared in your third new suit of
clothes" 'Well, SIR" demanded the
young man, "what of that? Haven I
served you faithfully Do you bring any
charges of dishonesty against me? Have
I done anything wrong2' No." said
the old man, kindly, II don't, and you
haven't, but l can't stand this constant
strain upon my confidence and credulity.
1t isn't on your account, lut my own,
that l am compelled to part with YOU
{Burdette.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
Onion Culture.

The writer has had thirty-fve years
experience with the onion as field
crop, and has not been able to discover
any change in those fundamental princi-
pies which are indispensable to its
growth and perfect maturity. 1t re-
quires a fine, firm texture of soil, drain
age and rainfall Cor irrigation) at suit
able intervals, and if the soil has been
exhausted of its fertility by repeated
rroppings it will refuse to yield har-
eest, even in these modern times, be-
cause the onion has nothing in itself to
make crop of.
In the matter Of rotation, we have in
creasing evidence that with proper TIL
lage and fertilization, onions may be
grown upon the same field for long
term Of years with reasonable prospect
of success. But methods and systems
have changed. 1t was formerly said
that the man skilled with the hand hoe,
who would start early and work hard
and long, would be sure to succeed
with this crop. While the hard work
has not been eliminated, something
more is required now. New and i'm
proved implements have been intro
duced, whereby labor has been very
much abridged.
Chemical fertilizers are more general
ly used. The demands of the market
are constantly changing and there is
competition on every side. The sue
cessful onion grower of tho present
time must be not only willing worker
skilled in the use of improved imple-
ments, but he must be we'll read, care
full observer and able to direct every
operation with q we'll educated iudg.
ment.
The soil upon which our onion crop
has been grown is alluvial, heavy loan,
but easily cultivated, nearly level and
absolutely free from stones The recent
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
Measuring the COurtshfp.

Fathers would probably welcome the
introduction of system of courtship
pursued by the Beers, thrifty race of
Dutch descent in South Africa. Here it
is the practice for the young man t.
make known his intentions to the young
lady of his choice by calling, armed
with long candle. If his suit is agree
able to the lady and her family, tho
mother lights the candle brought, sticks
a pin in it to indicate how long time
the young people are allowed to devote
to wooing this time and leaves them
alone. When the candle has burned
down to the pin she returns and the
young man must withdraw. The same
candle is brought out at subsequent
visits and burned by instruments and
when it is entirely consumed the girl is
expected to have her trousseau in readi.
uess for the wedding.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
How Cavalry Horses are ShOd.

A recent order from army headquar
ters gives the following directions for
shoeing cavalry horses, and rescinds all
previous regulations on the subject con-
flichng Herewith;
In preparing the horses foot for the
shoe, do not touch with the knife the
frog. sole or bars. IL removing surplus
growth of that part of the foot which is
tho ''seat of the shoe,' use the cutting
pinchers and rasp, and not the knife
The shooting knife may be used, if ncces-
sary, in fitting the toe clip. "Opening
the heels" or making a cut into tho
angle of the wall at tho heels must not
be allowed. The rasp may be used
upon this part of the foot when neces-
sary, and the same applies to the pegs.
No cutting with a knife is permitted,
the rasp alone when necessary. "Flat-
footed horses should be treated as the
necessity of each case may require.
'In forging the shoe to fit
the foot" be carful that the
shoe is fitted to and follows the cir
cumfercnce of the foot clear round to
the heels; the heels of The shoe should
not be extended back straight and out
side of the walls at the heels of the
horses foot, as is frequently done. Care
must be used tn It the shoe is not fitted
too small, the outside surface Of the
walls being then ra5ped down to make
the foot short to suit the shoe as often
happens. Heat may be used in prepar-
ing and shaping the shoe, but the hot
shoe must not be applied to the horses
foot under any circumstances. Make
the upper or foot surface of tho shoe
perfectly flat, so as to give a level bear
ing. A shoe with concave groun6
surface should be used.
These are the results of an investiga
ton made by a board of officers con
vened at jefferson barracks for the ex
press purpose of reporting upon thu
best method of horses hoing for the
army.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21

Inc IItIN''-' IA NJ "A 1 Dlh-N.
From, an Eciie'S Sketch in the June Century,
built to accommodate 500, where, at the time
OF Mr.. Remnants visit, l74l men and women
were imprisoned. In rooms built to accom-
modate forty men, 100 were sleeping. Il
breathed as little as l could while [ was
there" says Mr.. KEENAN,, but every respir-
alton seemed to poIlute my very soul, and l
became faint from nausea and lack of oxy-
gen. 1t was like trying to breathe in an
Underground hospital-drain."
Mr. Remnants articles are torn out of the
copies of The CenturU which enter Russia
they, as we'll as Mr.. KEENAN, himself being
now on the Russian blacklist. But other
writes. The articIesaTT being translated into
Polish and they are appearing also in the
organ of the Russian liberals at Geneva.
Even Dutch newspaper published on the
Island of Java is repriuting them in four
page supplements.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21

Bobby was lonesome and Minnie was
on city play with her doll. en employ
ment in which Bobby had vaialg sought
diversion.
Mamma" sighed Bobby, Il wish l
wish | owned the whole world"
The whole worldi What would you
do with 1t, darling"
"Pd trade Ninnie's doll for . pup. -
BingAImtgn Re- Il, lem.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
If You Feel Tired

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state 81 tie syssers pa saoaIi take Hoo5s sa-sa.
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
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Address, s1trso7 To- EeK so lurtlaEd, Mama
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21

ONE Of the or atcst causes Of trouble
IN this world, Is the habit people have Of
talking faster than they think.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21

EIGHT hours spent in work, and four
hours spent in study, will afford better
results in the agricultural world than
twelve hours spent wholly in manual
labor.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
What n Duucei

suffered with fever hot head and foul breath,
With stomach disOrdered-was sick unto
bore o f a noel-suretv was Ounce
Then [ took a few 'Pellets'-they cured me at
once.
What Ounce, indeed to neglect such rem
edy and suffer week, when quick relief could
have been found in DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pur-
gative Pellets.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
u az 10 Eel.

Tear I'll. III write you short letter
70 say I'm W nderfuliy better;
How much hat means CT ClEht 10 know,
" no saw me ju-t one month ago
Thin, -,-.vous, fretfu5, white as chalk,
Almost too weak 10 brea the or talk,
Head thr1bhing, a II fit for breaking,
\ weary. ever-presg Tt aching.
But now life seems a 4 .fferent thing:
feel as glad as bird on wing,
! saw and fear no CENTRALIZED n.
That FlerCe's EaYOrite Prescription
] Crana, Why, III have led without III
Ma thinks there , no mistake about IL.
It's driven all my ills away:
Just come and sec. Yours ever, MAY.
The state dcb. Of F1nrids : now but slightly
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21

Mothers, Oyerworked Men, and for all diseases
where the tissues are wasting away from the
inability r. digest ordinary food, or from over
work of the brain or b edy, all such should take
SCOTT's EMULSION of Pure Cod Liver OIL with
Hypophusphltcs. Il used the Emulsion on a
lady who was delicate, and threatened with
Bronchitis Itput her in such good health and
flesh, that must say il is he best Emulsion |
ever uscd."-L. p. WADDELI4 NJ. D., Hugh 5
Mills : O.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
Makes the Weak Strong

Feeling hngail and diary havine 10 aTp-t3tA
ard no ambtisa 70 work took Ha1dA SArAapar..sA
with TIRE best results As - health iRytsorator aa4
medicine for general tebiIty thiak 8; superior 10
anything else-"-A A RINER, Ctic1, Ny.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
Hoods SarsaparilIa

"Ihave taken Dot quite s bottle CO 8ooas sa-xa
pariA and mast say (; Is ozc OF tic Rest raclzl -
for giving an appetite, purifying the blood al
regulating TIE digestive organs TIA; ever hcArl =
II did me great dcAl q: Eoed."-MRs- n. 4 81 \
LEY CanasfatA y Y
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21

Don't plow more than you can cultivate
don't plan more than you can execute.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21

On rising in the morning, use Longs Pearl
Tooth Soap. Your druEgist has it.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
Delicate Children, Nursing

The state debt Of Florida Is now but slight
more than one million dollars.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
Hoods sarsapafiIia

Sold by all drngytsts 81 six for IS. Prepared mi,
by c. L HOOD CO. Apctb scA-ieS Lowell MasA
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
Hu'Iein Better than Cod Liver OIL.

Hu'lcin Better than Cod Liver OIL.
DR.. Quillan, the leading authority of Great
Britain on lung troubles. gives his opinion
based upon experiment, that mullen Is better
in consumption than Cod Liver Oil. Taylor )
Cherokee Remedy Of Sweet Gum and Mullen
Will cure coughs, colds and consumption.
Sau Francisco is to have crematory. -
company has been formed TO build one.
Ifyouhaye catarrh, use the surest remedy
DR.. Sage's.
Muscular labor cant win success farming
| brain, more than Drawn, tells now.
If afflicted with ore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp
sons Eyc,watcr. Druggists sell at &c per bottle.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21

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INVISIBLE
Velvet
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equalld for
delicate tran.
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
] DISEASES OF
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
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50 Lines not under the horses feet. Write
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21

EpIIeptic Commissions, or Fita, Pa
raIysis, or Palsy, EOCOm Atax IA,
st, Vitus's Dance, insomnia, or IHablity
| NERVOUS
/ DISEASES.

eases with unusual SUCCESS.
different illustrated pamphlet
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21

If You have catarrh, use the surest remedy
Dr
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21

of inexperienced
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relief and cure.
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To intrust this c
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testimonials.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-02-03
The Gum. Chewing Habit.

One who signs herself "A Vassar Girl"
writes to know IL the habit OF gum-chewing
is really injurious AMI al4o whether it can
truthfullv be considered De rop.
The letter, though carefully and ngeniously
written, is scarcely the work OF a Vassar
girl. Vassar girl, with the educational
advantages OF that institution, and knowing,
as she must, that man is n cudless animal
would hardly address such a question TO the
undersigned. This young woman must be
playing upon the credulity Of one who is
easily made the dupe Of those who write
tender words with Gothic penmanship and
seductive odors. Vassar girl would not
need TO ask whether II would be Injurious or
not for a person not having four stomachs to
try and emulate the cud-bearing or edogen-
Gus mammalia She would know IL at once.
But II il not done because gum chewing Ia
Injurious that | would speak against it. Ii Is
unnice None Of us are using gum this win
ter I'm our set 1t interleres with n clear,
nasal enunciation: aud when one goes TO bed
with gum IN the mouth It is too apt TO be
stuck on the hesdboard OF the bed, where, as
II becomes more and more frequent II mars
the symmetry Of the furniture and takes of
the varnlsh Moreover YOU seem to accom-
plsh So .little Ia chewing gum. Chew. dear
one. as long "a YOU NAV. but wad OF spruce
has gum to stay. Mnn gets weary at set OF
sun. but YOU cannot fatigue cul % gum.
IL can do ANYTHING further In the wav Of
advice or album poetry | am chewer GER
vice -BU Nye, m Aeo 70 K Word
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-02-03
Curious Discoveries.

Some wood-cutters In the forest ~ Dromm-
ling made strange discovery. They began
to fell venerable oak, which they soon found
TO be quite hollow. Being half decayed 1t
speedily came 10 the ground with crash,
4 sclosug skeleton in excellent preserva-
lion; even the boots which came above the
knee were perfect By It's side were a pow
Ter horn, porce ain pipe bowl and a silver
watch. The teeth were lerfect. Ii would
seem 10 be the skeleton OF man between
III rty and forty wears Of are. II /. coniectur-
Ell that, while engaged in hunting, he climbed
the tree for som- purpose aud slipped into the
hollow trunk, from which there was no re-
lease, aud he probably died OF starvation
Another mystery was found In the heart o.
al oak.
From tree OF this kind a large bio OK
about eighteen inches In diameter, that had
been knocking about in various yards and
wood sheds, was spit up lately, and In IL was
found an anger hole about three -fourths OF
an inch in siz-, containing bunch OF hum an
hair done up in a piece OF printed paper.
The hair was near the centre II The block aud
fastened in With piece OF pine plug. Ii was
apparently put In when the tree was quite
small, the tree had grown over the plug 10
the distance OF about four inches, with the
grain perfectly smooth and straight. natural
curiosity was SHOWN IN timber IN 'fchants
workshop This was the nest and skeleton OF
b ri mpcded in zee Of beach. The
timber seemed quite sound all around the
cavity, AMI there was no sign OF any aperture
into II but The timber being sawn up, tho
nest with the bird sitting uDOn IL was found.
The nest appeared 10 be built with mud
and the brl rcsrmb' d ttmouse. Prob
ably at the looping OF branch = cavity was
formed and the outside subsequently grown
over; but how the bird was enclosed seems
difficult To imagine. In the centre OF log
of Honduras mahogany the saw revealed n
] rye piece OF honeycomb The finder SAYS
the wax with the cells was hard and rescmbled
in color the appearance OF mummy. The
remains Of tie bees were incrusted In the
wax Another log OF mahogany was being
cut In vrneers by a cabinet maker, when his
attention was attracted by the appearance OF
a remarkable aud striking profile ~ her
majesty I'm knot ~ the wood The likeness
was 60 true that all who saw 1t acknowledged
the resemblance. -ChdD,b'rs's JOurHA