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HE GOT HIS MONEY,
How . Collector Brought a Slow Young
Man to Time.

How . Collector Brought Slow Young
Man to Time.
For year or two past the collector
for a certain Detroit tailor has been
trying all sorts of pacific ways to get
the sum of thirteen dollars out of a
young man who has been e debtor for
over two years. The collector had
been put off a hundred times by prom
ises made to be broken. and he has
worked every racket known to the pro-
fession without avail. The other
evening he happened down at the
Third street depot and saw his young
man buy ticket for Chicago.
so you are going West?" he asked.
''Only to Chicago. I'll be back in
three or four days. and then 1 want to
pay you that little bill"
Yes Going to Chicago on a
visit
Something of visit going to get
married"
NO"
Fact The ceremony takes place at
ten o'clock in the morning"
"And you want to be there, of
course?'
Il should smile!
The collector took off his hat, re.
moved his coat. and was peeling off his
vest when the other asked him what
was up.
'.rve been biding my time. and my
opportunity las come" he replied.
'.How-wnat?"
I'm going to light into you. You
are the bigger man, and expect to be
licked. but the row will certainly cause
both of us to be arrested and taken to
the station. and you will thus miss your
train. Perhaps l can black your eye.
and in that case the marriage can't
come off for a week. Put up your
dukesw
Say, man. you wouldn't be as mean
as that?"
Thirteen dollars or row.
"Tll pay you half
THE whole or nothing. It's my first
last and only chance Come down or
put mp"
The young took OF: his Doodle and
counted out the amount OF his bill. and
while he skipped for the train the other
calmly donned his garments and left
the depot whistling. Il Wonder What
My Ma Would Say?'-Detroit Free
Press.
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GENIUS AND CRIME.

A Mental Disease Characte lied by q Total
Absence of Dclusions.
While it is fully recognized by med
ical men that genius and insanity are
sometimes curiously intertwined in the
same person. or are displayed in close
ly connected members of the same fam
lily, it is not so easy to trace the connec-
ton between these mental conditions and
those sinful or criminal acts which are
apt 10 be committed by persons so or
gained. The medical profession rec
ognizes forms OF affection or moral in
sanity in which the capacity to govern
the emotions is in abeyance. In this
phase of mental disease marked fea-
ture is the absence of delusions; hence
the conflict of opinion between the med
ical and legal aspects which often arises
where the question of criminality has
to lie taken into consideration.
A person is often tried and condemned
by the law, but is exonerated and pro-
tected by medical judgment which is
permitted to supesede legal judgment
Thus the condemned criminal escapes
the gallows, becomes an object of pity
and commiseration. is protected by and
at the expense of the State, and saved
henceforth from further harm TO him
self or others. He may have BEEN
nay, indeed often is-a person of the
highest talent, or genius
Rev. William Dodd, a canon of the
church. the unfortunate English divine
who was executed on the 9th of June.
1777, for forgery, after trial at the Old
Bailey. is an instance of the INSULT
cheney of the law acting apart from
medical judgment. which unfortunately
in those days had not acquired the
authority it now possesses. In our
day. where doubt exists. the law leans
to the side of mercy. that quality which
is ''twice blessed"
Where the acts of the subject of NOR
al mania are criminal. the question of
his responsibility is settled with much
difficulty. even when. as in such cases,
every opportunity of investigation is af-
forded. How much more difficult, then,
must it be to arrive at a right judg-
ment in those cases of moral mania
where the acts are sinful, but not GRIM
inal. The law does not come to his
rescue. He is not the subject of de.u-
sions, yet his acts are the acts of mad.
ness. not badness" He may inflict on
himself the punishment of degradation
and ruin. and lifelong misery on those
previously near and dear to him. He
bears the scorn OF former friends, and
in his lucid intervals feels it keenly.
But when the impulse is on him moth
ing but the absolute control of others
is sufficient to check his hayward ca
reer. The influence of religion may
have some weight on him. but unfor-
tunately it is too frequently the case
that the strongest faith is inadequate
to stay the downward course.
Men are apt to Judge their fellow
men uncharitably, and 10 deal harshly
with them, believing them to be capa-
BILE of exercising restraint over them
selves, while all the time nothing short
of enforced restraint and medical treat
ment can avail
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hands, and seemed convulsed with emo
ton.
Hes MORALLY woundedr' Guy blurt-
ed out
Kate became still more convulsed.
but it was with laughter. which she
rang out. silvery peal after peal.
whereat Guy stood amazed. till anoth-
er laugh. louder and less silvery. re-
called him. 1t came from the throat
of George Wells. who suddenly ap-
peared on the scene in remarkably
good case for a man with a bullet in his
lungs
You see." said George, Shaping
Guy on the shoulder. I'VE smoked
your little plot. Hiram and ]. and with
the assistance of Kate here. and our two
serious friends, Strait and Blithers. did
a little counterplotting."
The most April-foolish looking man
to be seen that day was Guy Riggs
n. Y. Ledger.
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A PECULIAR INDUSTRY.
Raising OF Kids for Their Skins by French
MOuntAineerS.

Raising OF Mus Tor Their skins Dy french
MOuntaineers.
The raising of kids for their skins is
principal industry among the French
mountaineers, and it supplies no small
part of their subsistence. Softness,
delicacy of texture and freedom from
blemish are principal factors in the
value of kid skins. and to secure these
great pains are taken. Diet is the prin-
cipal thing, and mothers milk is what
keeps the kid in perfect condition for
the uses of the glover. AS soon as the
young animal begins to eat grass the
value of the skin declines. for with a
grass diet its skin Immediately begins
to grow coarser and harder in texture,
and its chief merit vanishes. 1t is.
therefore. kept closely penned, not only
to prevent it from eating grass. but
also to secure its skin from accidental
injury from scratches. bruises, etc
which are fatal to perfection. When
the kids have reached certain age. at
which the skins are in the best condi-
ton for the use Of the glover. they are
killed, and the skins are sold to travel
ing hawkers. through whom they reach
the great centers OF the tanning indus
try at Annonay, Milbau. Paris and
Grenoble.
The superior quality of these kid
skins. due to climatic causes, it is that
has given France the supremacy in the
manufacture of the finest grades OF real
kid gloves-a supremacy that will
doubtless be long maintained. inasmuch
as foreign manufacturers must in gem
eral rest content with second-rate skins.
unless they maintain agents on the
ground. policy that some English and
American houses have found neces-
sary.-Habcrdasher
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A SPLENDID JOKE.
Though It Did Not Wind Up Ac-
cording to Programme.

''By George! it'll be capital fun!'
'.But won't they smoke it?'
'.Not they; the trains too well laid,
and only needs touching off"
The speakers were Guy Riggs and
Seth Norton, two of knot of hilarious
students, so-called q non studendo-
that is. by the rule of contraries
George Wells and Hiram West. couple
of their chums, We're the theme of
discourse.
George and Hiram were both '.atten-
tive" to the same young lady, and were
thought. in consequence, to be as jeal-
Gus as The Moor il not more so, and
nearly as ,oody-minded.
The first of April was at hand: and
it would be a rich joke, Guy and Seth
and the rest of them thought, if the
rival lovers could be hoaxed into call
ing one another out that day. and max
ing themselves ridiculous by firing
blank cartridges at each other. all the
while believing they were exchanging
bullets.
To work the thing up no end of tale
bearing was resorted to. George was
told that Hiram had cast reflections on
his character-what they were could
not be divulged without a breach of
confidence-entirely beyond the pale of
Christian forgiveness. while Hiram was
given to understand that George had
said things of him, which the informer
forbore 10 repeat. lest bloody conse-
Quences should follow.
And so back and forth reports were
carried, each moro atrocious than its
predecessor. and still more darkly
vague and indefinite.
1t was in the days when people
thought there was logical connection
between wounded honor and wounds of
the flesh. and that however grossly a
gentleman insulted you to-day. he made
you ample reparation if he shot you
through the thorax for it tomorrow.
On the morning of the first. George
received note. purporting to be from
Hiram West inviting him to a hostile
meeting at two o clock that afternoon,
naming place likely to afford security
against interruption.
1T will be unnecessary to reply to this" the
note concluded. AS no other satisfaction will
be accepted for the injury you have done me
than that usually recognized among gentlemen.
If you are as ready TO back your scandalous
words as you have been TO utter them. be pres
ent at the time appointed, with a friend and
armed. Yours, ETC.,
HIRAM WEST
About the same time Hiram received
a similar missive, signed GEORGE
WELLS" Both notes. we may add,
had been written by Guy Riggs. who
possessed precocious aptitude for
forgery. which, unless speedily cor
rected. babe fair to land him in State
prison one day.
They'll be sure to chose some OF US
as seconds" said Guy; land Wen keep
'em popping away till the powder gives
out. shortening the distance every other
fire. and in the end. call them a brace
of April-fools, and laugh them of the
ground"
But suppose they choose other sec
cnds. not in the secret" suggested one
more timid than the rest. harm may
come of it-n
':Pshaw! you croaker." retorted Guy;
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Nothing Left for Them.

First Burglar Creeping watch at back
window)-Wot's the matter. Bill?
Wot's scared you back so quick? Any
O. the family awake?
Second Burglar with extreme dis
gust)-Naw! Somebody's been yere
ahead of us-that's all Fust thing
found wuz a receipted bill fur new
school-books fur six children. Pick up
them tools and let's git away. No use
wastin' any more time here-Chicago
Tribune.
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OIL PiCKETT'S NELL:

Feel more an ever like q fool
Sence Picketrs Nell come back from school.
She oncet wuz twelve and me eighteen
(Nd better friends you never seem;
But now-Oh. my!
She's dressed so fine, md growed so tall
Nd rarnin'-she jes knows it all
Shs's eighteen now, but I'm SO slow
I'm whar wuz six year ago.
Six year! WAL. wal, doan't seem q week
Sence we rode Dolly to tn creek
ND fetched TIL cattle home at night
Her hangin' to my jacket tight.
But now-oh my.
She rides in Pickett's new coopay
Jes like she'd ben brought up tibet way,
Nd loolSin' like reg lar queen
TIL mostest like lever seen.
She ulster tease, nd tease. nd tease
Me fer to take her on my knees;
Then tired me out 18th Marge'y Daw,
md laffin' tell my throat wuz raw.
But now-Oh, my.
She sets up this way-kinder proud,
Nd never noways laughs out loud.
You va d mt hardly think tibet she
He'd ever see-sawed on my knee.
md sometimes, ef at noon I'd choose
To find shady place nd snooze,
I'd wake with burdocks in my hair
Nd elderberries in my ear.
But now-oh, my,
Somebody said Ct wuZ yesterday:
Let's hev some fun vile Ned's away;
Let's turn his jacket inside out.''
But Nell-she'd jes turn red nd pout.
Nd oncet when wuz dreamin' like,
A-throwin akerns in tn dixie
She put her arms clean round my head.
Nd whispered soft: Il like you, Ned"
But now-oh. my.
She curteseyed so stiff nd grand.
Nd never oncet held out her hand.
nd called me Mister Edward" Laws!
Tibet amt my name, nd never wuz
nd them at knowed 'er years ago
Jes laughed [ see 'er put on so;
Coz il WIZ often talked. md said:
'.Nell Pickett S les cut ont fer Ned"
But now-oh. my,
She held her purity head so high,
M skasely saw me goin' by
1w'u'd mt dast (afore last night
A-purposely come near her sight
Last night.--Ez wuz startin' out
To git Ia cows, heerd shout;
Nd. sure ez ghostess she wuz thar,
A-settin' on OF Pickett's mar;
Nd then--oh my,
She said she'd cried fer all tn week
To take tn oil ride to tn creek;
Then talked about OF times. nd said:
Then days wuz happy, want they Ned!"
TIL folks wuz talkin' ev'rywhars
Bout her a-puttin on sech airs.
Nd seemed L me like they wuZ right,
Afore HI cows come home last night.
But now--oh. my.
-Mather Dean Kimbail in Century
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A Gastronomical Criticism.

Here's pointer for ye. Bill" said
q tramp to one of his companions.
don't never 60 to that house on the
hill yonder"
why not?"
cause whenever they've got pie
they haven't any cheese. and when
they've got cheese they haven't any
pie. wouldn't eat at no such place
"a that"-Merchant Traveller.
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" o to be dead and done With sNs ,,or,,.
That All, each 6ev S;,S OeoiS q,

to Be dead and done With the trouble
THU In. T ,hs each Gay With dreary pain"
~, wno tninas she can never be well again.
we're better for me and better for othorr
III we're dead, y and then tear fan Ssss
NOT 20. not 80. o wives and mothers.
mere bow OF hope In the sky ~ last.
which has spread its shadow over YOU will
give way TO the sunshine of renewed health.
II You are wise, and try DR.. Pierce's Favor.
lite PRESCRIPTION. 1t can and will efYectuaIly
cure all female weaknesses and derange-
ments, and no woman who has not tried il
need despair, for a trial will convince her
that it is the very thing she needs to restore
her to the health she fears forever lost
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First Published in 1875.

The 4nsericdn Architect Boston: Ticknor T.
Coz Is the oldest as we'll as largest and most
profusely illustrated building journal in
TINS country, and as such We can recommend
it to our readers
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AN Irishwoman, unlimited to wake
We'll, we'll, I'll have a corpse Of my
own In my house some day, an thin
you'll see who'll be invited"
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"ARRAH! Where will you find a mod
ern building that has lasted as long a.
the ould wan?'
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If YOU want to be cured Of q cough use
Hale's Honey Of Horehound and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
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To cleanse the stomach. liver and system
generally, use Dr.. Pierce's Pellets. y cents.
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"A prisoners bondman has a bailful
influence On him. -Yonkers States
man
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iSh0dO,red by Three, Z f:yk l; l.

Emo. ego Pages IS full-page Illustrations A
fze ins.inR exciting Detective story. a great
n.yei Largest and best Books ever sold for price.
only rs eents, postpaid. Address ALEX I. LoID
Co. Lakeside building. Chicago, III.
-xANI nus HAHI1 WI tnsyHWA
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-12

Grafton they found that they could
save their men bY f,e.iDZ the negro
If they aid tits il would stop them
from raising lroNi-i"n~ for The rebels
and tn: il would weaken them, and
so NJ. Lincoln on New ! ears Day
oflS63 issue! the emancipation pros
clamation, which declared fee all
the slaves within the hortcrs Of the
confederate states. l. tbs act lie
gave them ninety days.
IfIam right this shows IN one
respect that tie did not in.cLd 10 f1te
them if he had lie would not have
given them more than tn days to
think. But We src tod that the
reason is bCcaQse If hs gave them
ten days and they did not cone to
time ard free them the Nortu WouI"
wlthIrs~. Bat this is balery for
they tell that The republicans are the
friends Of the Col0reQ ne, 81 If %
| don't believe that the North woui"
withdraw if Mr.. Lincoln wan,et to
free them right away, for the tact Il
known that J ou were not The t"IoTed
mans friends and to dsy you are
not, for | well remember Htle IN
cident that happened il A.c 10.
Tuere was q ColOrtd man who was
intelligent and capable Of pertormlne
his daty as an eli er 50 tar as tie
constable work is to 30. Tue r'pnb,
Leans have majority Of 2l2 Ii.
Aledo. This man was nom'n ted
fair and square and was the repuo>
lican nominee. They claim 10 be
the colored mans frienl and then
went to work and voted hin down
by putting up another republican
/ Think Of this-what | think IS low
life, sinking trick as party couId
do when it claimed to be the cClDreo
mans friend-and tell me about the
colored man not beng represented
in the South. Stop and look al
Your own part Of the county FOL
once, If you please, aud tell me any
more about bulliozlng il the South
Samuel Clark, q northern coIDren
map, who was the nominee Tor to"n
clerk, was dropped IN the same way
Think of this and consider it.
How msny colored people ar,
there in Illinois? Well. there are
about $4,000, and Mr.. Flfer received
the larger part of their vote. OF tnis
number what has the cOlored man
got in return? Nothing. Will they
everp No. l would like to know
what is the use of voting the repub
lican ticket all the time and getting
none of the spoiIs, | say If colored
man who voted for Mr.. Fifer without
any of his colored brethren receiving
any appointment he IS a fool in big
words. | don't doubt but what you
may say that l an fool, but If so
SO be it, ard | trust God that l an
in the right
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-12
PLAIN LANGUAGE.
a CoIored Wan Speaks.

The Chicago HeroM of 2Sth ult
2publishcs an address by a young
4colored man named Jesse Mason.
In it he says some very sensible
a;hings to bis colored brethren. He
Gives at Aledo, ILL.,, and cast his
1irat vote last fall. He has worked
3nornings and Saturdays and thus
Damaged to take a course IN Aledo
5IIigh School from which he will
9graduatc next year. Among the
I triking things ne says in his ads
] ircss to the coiored people are the
5following:
! Il want to know how could q man
! who is 4 a republican stand up AMI
fell the colored man that If he votes
.ttle democrats ticket he ought to le
iaung, or, il other words, be tarred
!; nd teathered? This is the argumeDt
FUSED to compel the colored man to
SYote the republican ticket. If YOU
] ak about bul,dozin5 in the South,
5iwculj like to know if it is not the
3Same in the North, which | believe
& { is
& Close 90 where | live at present
.SJhey have told me Mr.. Lincoln was
a friend of the colored man, which i
s@eiieve to be fact, but do not be-
sileye that his Intention was to put
s !oWn slavery, but only to restrict il.
g claim that it was war measure.
7athat the colored man was made free,
s OF this reason that during the cons
5test between the two great armies
B Or neatly two years , the South was
! GAINING all the time. Tie North. on
& eejng that they could do nothing
8 Coward defeating the South unless
s hey sacrificed nearly all their men.
j set the negroes free that they might
. % longer raise provisions for The
sSouth.- Taking all this Into consid,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-12
a 0IysCONCEPTEON.

Standing on the street but de-,
ago we heard farmer cay that
few more poor crops aud the farmer
will be compelled to quit their bust
ness, Said he, They are looked
upon rs the ofrscourings of creation
any way"
We were Stieved to hear his ut
terance. We asked him when b
had ever heard any one say such
thing. or in what newspaper did d
ever read such expression. He diC
not remember ever having heard an
one say sc or ever having read sue
a thing.
We take it, then, that he simpl,
Imagined something and allowed hi
imaginatlons to assume the form c
expression. 1t is q fact, and on
that We regret very much to note
that there is springing up feeIin!
of dislike between the farmers az,
men of other business and profes
sions. This feeling is being nurse,
on both sides, and if persisted in 70
few years will entirely destroy tn
confidence of the people of all class
es and SO will tend to rapture th
solidity of our institutions an
government.
We raise our voice against al
pickering and strife, and admonis
the people of all classes, trades an
professions. to put away from Their
all unklndly feelings and wor
together for the. mutual good O
each other. In unio1 there
strength in di,union there is grea
weakness,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-12
DOES NOT WANT ENFsss
SESSION.

EDlToE DFNOCEAT:-You cditor.-
al opposing the assembling Of tn
legislature meets the approval of al
With whom have coaverscd. The,
say there are more certain, speed,
and appropriate ways of relieving
the necessities of the people than
going to such an expense.
The cost Of a session of the !cois
lature would relieve the necessities
or those in distress and it will have
to be met some time. There is
surely hard times in some section,
and hope the committee will devise
plans to relieve it in some way, bu'
those with whom | have talked doub'
The proprict} Of calling Il session Of
the Legislature. GEM.
Ringwood. Dec. Z, 1889.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-12
Our Dead Chief.
Richmond Di<Datch J

! }nl'"Aon" III, Pa'o"''
ONE, brothers OF our southern land
i Who grandlv wore the gray"
], Come, let us mourn cur fallen Chief:
let US in sack cloth aud in grief,
8 In sorrow, weeJ to-day.
j
s A man OF WondronS gifts IS gone,
& man Win Nn9ly 6f3ceS Dorm
"a lICr' a'es.'l''lLueau.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-12
TO OUR PATRONS.

The editor Of THE DEMOCRAT
realizes that times are Lard and thai
every business in this section must
suffer. We do not expect nor desire
to fare sumptuously and leave our
neighbors and friends and patrons
cramped AMI suffering in conse
ouenee of the financial depression
amongst our people.
We desire to be fair AMI obliglng
TO all. The crops have come in short
and few men IN the country are able
to meet their obligations.
This paper has been under present
MANAGEMENT for nearly two years
Many of-ou. patrons owe US for thu
whole time, and some for lOngeI
time. We must collect at least I
part Of what ia due US in order t.
continue the publication of thi
paper.
We make this proposition To 81
who will respond to this appeal b,
18th Of tlis month eithe: in full pay
ment of what they owe us or in part
we will be as lenient for another yea
aswe can. We expect some expires
zion from every man who owes Us.
This Is as fair. it seems to US, a
any one could ask. We have trie,
10 serve our patrons faithfully, an
now we hope to hea- from each on