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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-26

Hon. F. B. LDttin, Ex-senator
from the KInston District, has come
over from the Republican party and
joined the Democratic club. And
60 they are still coming over. The
white men in the Republican party
are getting tired of guilty Of con 70
science; and while we pity the
withered sons of mad perversity. we
welcome them back t. the ranks of
their true cOlOrs Let them come.
We will try to help them be true men
henceforth.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-26

The expression, at is no good
is thought by some to be slang but
1t is not. in fine article on educa-
ton by Oscar Browning, NJ. A. ,
Fellow of the Kings College, Cams
bridge, we find this sentence: at is
no good to teach what is not remem-
bered" If he is sufficient authority
then,t the phrase IS no longer slang.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-26
CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED

To THE EDTOR-Please inform your
readers that have positive remedy for
the above named disease. By its timely
use thousands of hopeless cases have
been permanently cured. shall be glad
to send two bottles of my remedy FREE
to any of your readers who have con-
sumption if they will send me their eX>
press and Uostotiic' address.
Respectfully,
7. 4 SLOCUM. NJ. G., ISl Pearl St.
New York.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-26

Old papers for sale at this office
at 23c. per hundred,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08

down I'M her knees rubbing away roe
dear life. Her face got red, she rubbed
ND down, across and round in cir.
els, bus The polish did not return LIZ
hausteti. she seated herself and began
to get real cool. whcI another ring NJ
the Lell interrupted the flow OF CONVEX
s,tiou. This time it was book agent.
who sold only on subscription. the very
latest cook book. With malice afore-
thought the matron declined to pnr-
chase. but set the book agent on tho
furniture polish vender. Not allowing
an interruption. the former began
recitation Of the virtues Of the book.
Whenever the latter tried to interJect a
word into the conversation, she went at
II with renewed energy and talked the
curl ont of the polish woman's hair.
Seeing no chance 10 get in word. the
attacked female took from her handbag
a bottle of polish and held it mp. Tho
sffsct was electrical. That book agents
face showed her discontinue. and with
out another word she rose and made
for the door. She was followed by the
other, and the lady Of that house VOW
ed thst she had not enjoyed herself so
much for month. and that she forg'ves
them for spelling her after lunch nap.
Toledo Blade. a
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08
Tired of the Telephone.


The telephone has had long rest
from abuse, but its turn has come
again.
"Have you got telephoneP" said
one man in the car to another.
Eyes, and wouldn't be without it
for anything. It's the most useful,
most
Hold on. Got any family-small
family up at your house?"
"No."
"Well. Pm going down to tell thom
to take mine out right away.
"WhyP'
Cant get away from it. My wife
has succeeded in getting at me every
where I've been. and I've Always had
to 20 home. I have wanted 10
have a quiet evening with
the boys for some weeks. but
every time ting-a.ling-a-ling'-that
confounded telephone. Always some
message. You see. I'm too honest
always tell her where I'm going and
she catches me every time. She has
used every possible experiment tele-
phone could possibly carry. but she
has overdone it. and no more tele'
phones"
what has she done?'
"Well, last night made up my
mind I'd take holiday from the fami.
~ SO to speak. and when the tele.
phone rang went to it prepared to
face every argument she could make.
But she got me. had to 60 home.
'.How did she get your
Slang it. she put the baby up to the
telephone and pinched it till it yelled
blue murder over the wire. San
Francisco Examine.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08
THE NUMBER TWO.
IT Ruined One Man and Set Another
on His Feet Again.

4. Ruined One Man and Set Another
on His Feet Again.
A correspondent of the philadelphia
North american tells this story of an
adventure in Ell Paso: with few
companions l had been having quite
night of it, and at 1:50 in the morning.
with just five cents in my pocket,
found myself alone on-street, El
Paso This was terrible state 10 be
in. considering that 1 had not friend
to whom l could apply with any Ger.
tainty thought of my position so
earnestly that discovered myself
standing quite still, cursing my bad
luck. determined to make the best
of it and was about passing on. when
was suddenly surprised by hearing
some one exclaim: Ruined by two.
turned and saw q well-dressed young
man standing at the door of one Of
the most noted gambling saloons in
Ell Paso. l was about to approach
him when he left tho door and was
lost to view in the darkness beyond.
Feeling deep interest in what had
seen and heard l determined to 60 in
side aud learn if poss BILE the cause OF
ibis despair.
Gaining Ambulance, quietly asked
a looker-on at the game what was the
trouble with the young man who had
left but few moments since. He told
me that he had been playing at the
wheel (roulette), and each time he
doubled his bet OH the number two.
and not once did he win. AS he was
speaking l heard nearby bell strike
two, and as the wheel was then spin
ing around determined to risk my
nickel, placed it on two; the wheel
stopped, and I had won. l was then
worth $1.So. I received checks for
that amount and placed the whole on
two again, and again old two did win.
I was then worth S64.S0 The wheel
was spinning for third time. and for
the third time did l risk my all on
number two, aud for the til ri time
did two win that night Not daring to
chance it again I cashed my checks
and departed a winner by 81. 1872. rs.
just two days later i met the young
man to whom number two had been SO
fatal and begged him TO accept $500.
Reluctantly he did, and to-day he is 8
highly respected merchant of Calves
ton. purposeiy withhold his name
out of respect to his family"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08
Such a STUPID Man.

Commend me to woman for max
ing blunders," said well known Wall
street man to reporter. "About noon
yesterday I sent telegram to my wife
in Brooklyn, in which I said: Meet
me at Wall street ferry at 8. my inten-
ton being to take her to see game of
base ball at the Polo grounds. I was
on time but could see nothing of my
wife. I waited until two boats arrived,
and then the thought suddenly struck
me that she might be over at the
Brooklyn side. So took the $500 p.
m. boat over. Arrived there-no wife.
I spent about ten minutes darning my
luck. and then asked the man who
closes the gate If he had seen lady
waiting for someone. OF course he
had. She waited about half an hour
and took the $500 boat for. New York
just the time 1 left There was moth
ing to do but 60 back. took the $40
boat and stood outside to cool off In
midstream we passed the other boat
and I'll be blown if there wasn't my
wife going back to Brooklyn. She
saw me and shouted come back but
evidently she did not hear. for when
the boat returned she wasn't on it
Then l was mad. Leaving word with
the gateman to detain my wife If she
appeared-to arrest her if necessary
I caught the 4 o'clock boat back to
Brooklyn. Again in the stream I saw
Mrs. C's red parasol on the other boat.
skunk back out of sight. didn't
want her to follow me again. At just
4:18 got back to New York and found
the lady there and not in tears as ex-
pected. but In fit of laughter at my
stupidity as she called it for sending
such an indefinite message OF course
we missed the game. "-New York
Su41
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08

nations become more civilized the coins
in use become subdivided 10 meet the
demands of more diversified trader
May 1t not come from leaning to-
ward a fresh cigars When one man
wants to consume d box containing
one hundred cigars he finds the last
row too dry, and hence his change to
the fifty or twenty-five box.
But" continued the dealer. III the
Wholesale and retail tobacconist Of
this county do not soon awake from
their long sleep they will wake up soffie
fine morning and find that their trade
in costly Havana cigars is in great per-
il, and the work they are now refusing
TO do will be many times harder when
the critical point is reached. The point
in question is that fool sh freak of ma.
ture, the insane fashion for light-color-
ed cigars, and without one word of COM
ment on explanation the tobacconis SITS
have been catering to that silly whim-
Matters have gone from bad to worse.
until whole crops of tobacco have been
ruined in the endeavor to supply some
tn ng that nature would not produce.
In the tobacco-growing districts of
Cuba the crops have been cut long be-
fore maturity. and. as natural conse-
quence. very inferior tobacco was the
result The customer still asks for
light colored cigars. and at the same
time condemns the inferiot quality of
later-day tobacco that, nine times out
of ten. has been spoiled in order to
satisfy his craving for pale cigar.
This is all wrong, and it is within the
power of the retailer to counteract this
tendency on the part Of the con-
sumner and bring him to a realizing
sense of his own danger, 1t is need
less to lay down set of rules for the
guidance of tobacconists. They know
! that tho sol and climate of Cuba will
! not produce light cigar tobacco any
better than any other. When nature
produces a tobacco light in color it is
unsuited for cigars is a well-known
fact the world over. This is the rule
that nature herself has made, and when
you get pale color you may know
that the tobacco has been doctored and
lis unfit in richness, aroma for delic-
,ous smoke. The crop of Havana to.
bacco is dark; the coming crop Will. in
jail probability, be dark also; and it
the dealers do not bestir themselves
and enter into the work of converting
Their misguided customers they will
,imperil their trade of the finer grades
lof cigars. The Havana tobacco excels
all other for cigars. The Mexican and
Man la weeds are favorites for che
roots. The Kentucky tobacco is in
'termediate in character. The tobac CO
;of Virginia is the best for pipe smok-
ing, while that from Maryland is us ed
for the cheaper grades of cigars.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08
The Negro Losing His Birth
marks.

The negro is changing in appearance
and losing some of the birthmarks pc
culiar to tho African race. The
new generation is showing tho effects
of higher culture. Especially is this
noticeable in the towns where contact
W tn the whites shows its effect. The
flatnose,l, kinky-headed negro is pass
ing away and becoming an unknown
race. All the colored children, no
matter how dusky in hue, show the
change. Among the females, long hair
of that peculiar woolly appearance.
hangs in long braids or curles down
their backs. Aquiline noses and smaller
mouths with thinner lips are the rule.
For years, and in fact ever since their
freedom. the negresses have endeavor-
ed to do away with the short kinky
hair bestowed upon them by their an
cestors. Much of their spare change
is invested in various tonics and invig-
orators, and the long attention and
care bestowed upon it is shown in their
descendants. The South Georgia ne
gro is an evidence of evolution, the
survival Of the fittest. Atlantic Goa.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08
SHE MADE A SALE.

The Fair Book Agents Triumph
over q Poor. Defenselsss Mani
She was h pretty Romab. and she
bowed to me bewitchingly as she came
in, says writer in 1oOn Topics. She
held up one finger archly. and said.
impetuously:
s.Now. sir. 1 want you to stop your
writing and look at my book"
Then she blushed charmlnglz. as If
embarrassed al my look of ainaseiiieht.
1 said.
'.My dear madam. / am busy to-
day. and beg you will excuse me-
She sat down beside me and made
herself comfortable at once.
"Now. don't let me hear another
word about thati you are going to buy
book, of courses"
But, my DEAR
She took my hands gently but firmly
in hers:
Il know you are a busy man-you
write all day and are too tired to read
you hardly find tine too look at the
paper--you-"
Eyes madam; that's precisely the
case"
She chucked me deliberately under
the chin.
DO you mean to say that you are
going to refuse me a miserable little
dollar for this beautiful book7"
Igasped feebly at my Office boy. He
was evidently interested. l said.
you must be successful book
agent; you have the most fetching
qualities l have ever seem"
Rash words!
She rose at once, and sitting down
upon the arm of my chair, threw one
arm around my neck. and, bending
down, looked tenderly into my eyes.
Now. you know darling. you are
going to do just what say; you are go.
ing to buy"
l heard my Office boy chuckle to
himself. I protested. said:
my dear madam, this is really EN-
barrassing-do you KNOW am mar
ried man-that l."
She replied: II have nothing to dc
with that am here for business"
I replied: 'Teat statement is I'M
necessary; the fact is quite apparent
But I am really fond of my wife.
You've got hold of the wrong man"
She seemed trifle hurt at this, bu
she did not take her arm from my
neck. She remained in this compro
missing attitude apparently lost ii
thought broke into cold sweat.
"l'll tell you what I'll do" she said
suddenly, bringing her face dangerous
ly near my own: If you II take copy
of that book I'll promise not to kiss
you before l leave the office"
bought the book.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08
PLAYING Confidence Games.

"A new class of swindlers have be-
gun operations in Fifth Avenue and
Upper Broadway.' said one of lnspoc-
tor Byrnes' detectives this morning
while watching well-dressed woman
across the street.
That lady over there is leading
member of the gang" he continued.
She would make $40 or $l5 to-day il
let alone. She used to be shop
litter. Because of the danger OF de-
lection, and certain knowledge that
she'd be sentenced for the longest
term possible if again arrnigned be-
fore any justice in this city. she and
some of her former companions have
conceived the idea of making a good
living as aristocratic beggars. You
see they dress fashiouably. have pleas
ing manners and know just whom to
strike.
"A good natured business man Is
their victim every time. One OF the
gang will accost him in the middle OF
a block, out of hearing distance. Her
manner of greeting him would lead
anv one across the street to think her
an acquaintance. In low tone she
says she has lost her pocketbook or
been robbed. Her husband or BROTHER
of course, is a member of the same ex-
change as the gentleman addressed
Her name Is given and recogn zed.
and then. with false embarrassment
and bushes, she would trouble her
victim for a few dollars.
mime times out of ten the unsus-
pecting individual will say. Why
certainly; pray don't mention It, and
pass over tive-dollar note in hur-
ny, glad at tie opportunity to do II.
The swindler asks for his card and
goes Ia search of another victim, after
expressing her hearty thanks. The
same person Is never struck twice.
and in this way the swindlers escape
positive detection. A few OF the fra
ternitv will tackle members OF their
own sex with story calculated to
win dollar or two; but this is only
done when there is scarcity OF male
prey. They work all sorts of lodges.
and are often successful simply be-
cause of their fine appearance and
good manners. I tried hard to get D
well-known society man who had been
swlndled by that woman across the
way to prosecute her. but he declined;
saying it would be shame to lock up
such a pretty woman. "-NsW York.
Telegram.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08
The New York Swell at Home.

The New YORK swell at home.
where do you suppose that fellow
livesP' said man about town yester-
day to real-estate broker. pointing to
a faultlessly- dressed man who sat OPP
posite in street car.
He looks as If he might live in bach
elor apartments at good club or at a
first-rate hotel" was the answer.
"Well he doesn't live at any
such place. See he's going to get OF
here. Let's follow him up" The
suggestion was accepted and ten min
utes later the subject of the CONVERSE
ton was seen to enter door leading
to rooms above an humble grocery in
Fourth Avenue.
"How did you know where he lived@'
II didn' t know exactly. but 1 knew
he was hard up and l learned his
habits years ago He lives up to his
income and sometimes little above it,
When he is hard up he economies by
taking cheap lodgings. Fourth Ave-
nue. Is a quiet street not too far from
Broadway and the fashionable quarter,
and rooms over here are not expensive.
There are some snug old-fashioned
fats in Fourth Avenue. occupied by
sort of people you'd hardly expect to
find here. The genuine Tichborne
claimant lived in modest quarters on
Fourth Avenue for a long time when
he was hard up
"And do many really fashionable
men have lodgings here?"
Il don't know that; but New York
is so big that man may lodge almost
anywhere and his friends be none the
WISER You be surprised at the lodg-
ings of some men who belong to swell
clubs, dress well, and know the sons
of millionaires. A hall room costs
| from 80 to 81 a week, and when o fre4
quent diner-out gets his lodgings down
to that figure the problem of living Is
| almost solved. Poor men who wish to
shine among swells must economize
somewhere. and that's the point at
which most of them begin. -Nev York
| TeZe1rnSn
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08
The Poor Mans Club House.

An old stager sat at small round
table in a liquor saloon. with a beer
glass at his left, when he said: "Therd
is enc thing overlooked by the tceto-
talers who want to abolish the liquor
saloons, and it is that they are all club
houses. Every one OF them is a popu-
lar clubhouse, free and easy, open day
and evening to everybody, in which
anybody can enjoy glass of beer. q
social chat pipe. and a newspaper.
Hereabeut for example, we live in
rookeres and tenements, but at this
saloon the neighbors can drop in OF ON
evening. pass an hour after their day
work,and get all the benefits OF free-
and easy club. pretty cheaplv, TOO; yes
low as five cents. with the foaming
amber thrown in. Ii is we'll enough
for the nobs who have nice homes or
festive resorts to try to tear down the
liquor saloons. and drive us from garrett
to gultor, but they can't do it till they
build club honsesC OF bettor kind 81
the corner o! every block IN iQwh~s
Nov yorh gsM
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08
. dear friend, a lover, or a brother,

b dear friend, lover. or 4 brother.
enter the room In some mysterious
manner. thicken out Of mist into a re-
semblance to the familiar form, then
with long. mournful gaze pass out
again to pursue the mystic journey.
This gentle, harmless shadow is all
that remains of the stern, sleepless, vim
dictive ghost who could never be quiet
till his secrets were told or be had had
his revenge or burial but who is now
inferred in that graveyard of romance
where lie the fauns and satyrs.
brownies. elves, and fairies, the WITCH
es and warlocks. the hobgoblins and
fiends who made the air round our
forefathers thick with fear and mys to-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08
Two Meals a Day in Cuba.

Only two meals day are served in
Cuban hotels says The Home Journal.
They live much as people do in some
parts of France and Switzerland. You
take an orange or two with cup of
coffee and roll in the early morning;
liberal breakfast in courses. is served
at II O. clock and ceremonious dinner
at or 8 in the afternoon. This mode
of living is admirably suited to the eli
mate. and you fall in with the custom
and like it at once. The breakfast
opens with small olives and fresh rad
ishes served in the sans dish; the next
course is fish, then eggs, meat etc.
You are not asked what you prefer, but
each course is set before you and you
partake of it or not Instead of Begin
ming with fruit the Cuban breakfast
ends with it-pineapples cut from the
stalks the same morning, bananas
freshly picked. sapodillas. faint and
over-sweet morsel, with oranges ad
libitum. In Florida, and in many other
parts of the country, the orange is cut
in halves and its juice and pulp are
passed to the mouth with a teaspoon.
In Havana the orange is served whole
on the table. peeled down to the juicy
"meat of the fruit" and you present
the golden ball to your lips Oh the
pronge of a fork At any and every
American hotel the moment you sit
down the question is almost flung at
you: Tea or Coffeep' Cubans bet
ter understand what is healthful. They
follow natures plan and take their
meals more as the lower animals do.
Cubans do not fill their stomachs with
fluids during meals After breakfast
is over then coffee or tea is served
Coffee in French style. at least one-half
the cup being filled with milk.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08
The Agents Were Amusing for
Once.

An Allegheny matron smiles when
ever any one mentions agent in her
presence, and recounts with pleasure
how she got even with two OF the tim
Grants last week. She had sent her
maid out, and was taking siesta on
the couch in her sewing-room. when a
ring at tho bell aroused her. She
answered it and female stalked in.
and seating herself, announced that
she was sole agent for the greatest
furniture polish in the world. guaran.
teed to remove any stain or scratch
from any piece of wood. to renew the
finish and make defaced pieces as good
rs new. The lady of the house point.
cd to terribly rubbed piano. aud The
seaalsr OF the patent goods WAS n oaee
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08

WILLIAM WINTHROP ALLEN, of Med
field, Mass, is now the Oldest living
aIumnus OF Harvard. ne WAS Dorn
January 26. 1894, and was member
of he class of 1917, of which Hon.
George Bancoft and Samuel E. Sewell,
of Boston, are the only surviving mem
harc
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08
Making Both Ends Meet.

I'VE must curtail expenses. said
the husband to his sweet wife. '.In.
deed and don't see how anybody could
be more saving than / am. We've
got family of four of our own and
two servants, and yet l manage to get
along, my dress bills and all. with only
little over 5000 month" '.And l
get q salary Of 500 month";" swell,
you must get them to raise your salary.
You have the least management about
You Of any person ] ever saw, Qh II
] ealy were \ haaf'
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08
ADVICE TO cIeAR.sMokERs.

Buy "Twenty-hve'' Boxes, and Do
Not Select Light-Colored Cigars.
Have you noticed the change that
has come over the trade respecting the
standard cigar-boxp" asked leading
dealer of New YORK Mail and Express
reporter recently. ':Not very many
years ago the standard box held one
hundred cigars. Now the standard
holds but fifty, and the still smaller
box holding but twenty-five is rapidly
pushing to the front 10 this not 90.
pouatsd sss on tbs principle thal ~
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08

: ACCORDING to geograph ical compu-
tations, the minimum age of the earth
since the formations of the primitive
soils is 2l.OO0, 900 years. allowing 100. &.
600 years since the appearance of man
upon the globe.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-08

AN immense pipe Of baked clay. that
probably belonged to some distin-
gujshed mound builder of prehistoric
days. was recently dug up near Purdy,
Tenn. 1t weighs four and one-hali
pounds and Is in the shape of an eagle.