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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-14

The joint committee of the two
houses of the Legislature for X. R.
Commission met Monday night. a
number Of railroad men were present
and also number of lawyers and
other citizens. y bill was read and
commented upon by sections by the
Tailccad men and others after which
the committee retired for consulta~
ton.
TAe railroad .neo spoke freely and
some OF tAe:u cn1cavorcd to SHOW
tha, thor, Is 20 ucli uC u commits
slu@.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-14

The Statesville LGnGmaTh says :
This is a great country, my masters.
One of the men who has made lot
of fuss about Senator Ransom s
debts is himself in debt for board
bill Of many years standing, and we
can 90 into q court of justice and
prove it.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-14

The Annual report of the State
Auditor is before US. We may
make some comments in Our next
Issue,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-14

The legislature Will attend in a
body the New Berne Fair on 10Th.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-14

l had "a running ulcers on one leg, and
on the other, and felt greatly Frustrated.
l believe | actually swallowed barrel OF
medicine in vain efforts to cure the dis
ease. With little hope, finally acted on
the urgent advice of friend, and got
bottle Of B. b. 3. experienced a change
and my dependency was somewhat dis
PEELED. | kept using it until had taken
sixteen bottles, and all the ulcers rheuma
tism, and other horrors of blood poison
have disappeared, and at last am sound
and well again, after an experience Of
twenty years Of torture.
A. p. BRUNSON, Atlanta Ga.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-14
SALE OF LAND.

Dv virtue of a iadgmen. Of the Super
ID lor Court rendered at January Term.
1889. in the cause therein pending IN
which W. T. Watson is plaintiff snd
James BRINK ley and others are defends
ants. we will sell al the town of Scot
land Neck IN Halifax county On the Ind
day Of March, 1889, the following de-
Scribed land lying in Halifax County to
Wit Beginning on the line of the b. o.
SaysSa or kitchin tract thence along that
line TO pine in the Pocosin. thence
along W. II. Bells line TO a pine, thence
along Jethro Eduunds' line to water
oak, thence up Reedv b'anch to a stake,
in strait line TO an old corner post oak,
B. o. Savage OF kitchin, line, thence
along t1at line to the beginning contain
ing two hundred and fifty acres more or
less. Terms three hundIed dollars cash,
remainder in one and two and three
wears, title retained until whole OF pur-
chase money IS paid.
This January 2lst. 1889.
W. ii. kITCHIN,
Z. Ii. SMITH. JR..
] p It. COmmi SsIoners.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-14

The Alumni of Trinity College
held their first annual banquet at
the Yatborougt House in Raleigh
on Wednesday night 9th.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-14

Governor Fowle sent in message
to the General Assembly last week
recommending the passage of
an act giving the Treasurer power to
sell sufficient of the renewal funding
bonds of the state to pay the bonds
held by the L. S. government a
gainst the state.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-14
ESTABLISHED IN 1872.

Itch, Mango, and Scratches on human
or snimalS cured in 30 minutes By Wool
lords Sanitary Lotion. This never fails.
Sold bY Z. I. Whitehead & Co., Drug
gists, Scotland Neck, p. G. IL 80 SIN.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-14

1t appearing in this action that the
summons has been issued for the defend
ant notifying him of this action, and the
sheriff having returned on the summons
that the defendant was not to be found in
Halifax county. It is therefore upon
motion of James NJ. Grizzord, Attorney
for the Plaintiff, ordered by the Court
that publication be made once week for
six successive weeks in The DEMOCRAT,
newspaper published i'll Halifax county,
notifying said defendant to appear at the
Court House in Halifax Town, North
Carolina on the first Monday in March,
1889, and answer the complaint of the
Plaintiff which will be filed in the office
of the Clerk of the Superior Court of
said county within the first three days of
said Term, and let the defendant take
notice that If he fail to answer the said
complaint within the time required by
law the plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded on the complaint.
Given under my hand and seal Of said
Court, at office in Halifax Town. This
the 18th day Of January, 1889.
JOHN T GnEGORY,
j. Nj. GRIHZARD, Clerk Superior Court.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
III 6W.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-14
A FINE RESIDENCE

HING THE CORPORATE LY1
OF SCOTLAND NECK.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-07-04
DINNER ETIQUETTE.
A Picture of Housekeeping in the Days OF
George the Third.

Picture Of Housekeeping In the Days of
George the Third.
A writer has collected some facts
about ye olden time housekeeping, who
asks: How does the housekeeping at
this hour of writing compare with that
of one hundred years ago? Mrs. Papen-
dick, in her journal of Court Life in
the Time of George Ill and Queen
Charlotte" which I have before me,
mentions many curious facts as to do
mestic economy of 1888. The dinner
hour was two p. M, or for company at
three p. m. The dishes and cooking
were very much the same as those in
middle class houses now. Malt LIQUOR.
cider and sherry were the ordinary
drinks at dinner, port and Madeira be-
ing put on the table along with the
slight dessert. ''lf the gentlemen
wished to make drinking boat, which
was often the case, it began after sup
per-" Few families had more than
two female servants. Rooms were very
plainly furnished, and ornaments were
kept in closets or chests, to be brought
out only on state occasions. Little
silver was in daily use. Silver forks
we're only seen in the houses Of mobiles
and foreign ambassadors. Forks had
three prongs. Knives had broad ends
for eating peas or catching UP gravy,
as dessert spoons were unknown. Yet
there was as much refinement in feel
ing as now, modern fashion in comfort
and luxury having gradually changed.
The price of mutton or beef in 1888
was ten cents pound; bread eight
cents or ten cents 4 quarter loaf; eggs
in spring, six cents dozen; fowls,
thirty cents pair; loaf sugar, fourteen
cents a pound. Wages of house-maids
were thirty-fve dollars to forty dollars,
or eight guineas, with FIVE dollars foH
tea or beer Washing was always done
at home. st. Louis Savings
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-07-04
The Elm-Tree Beetle.

This pest OF the elm is the European
leaf-beetle-Galeruca xanthomelaena.
1t is becoming a serious enemy. 1t
prefers the European elms, but very
likely will attack the American when
the European is destroyed. This beetle
is a near relative to the Colorado
potato beetle, which it much resembles
in its natural history. The best remedy
is to spray with London purple. We
find by numerous experiments that
one pound of this poison to two hun
dred gallons of water is effective, and
less injurious to foliage. By use Of
our powerful force-pumps this can be
thrown even to the top Of quite large
trees. 1t is important that all affected
trees be treated, and so in cities it
would be wise for the authorities to
take the matter in hand. The spray
ing should begin as soon as the leaves
are attacked. Prof. A. j. Cook.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-07-04
sLIclNo TO DEATH.
Barbario Method of Torturing COndemne
Murderers In China.

BarDarto Method OF TOrturtng Condemned
Murderers In China.
At the back of this execution ground
stood half dozen wooden crosses. If
you will take a piece of telegraph pole
eight feet long and set similar pole
five feet long into it at right angles two
feet from the top, you will have the
Chinese cross. 1t is upon these crosses
that the criminals are bound when
they are to undergo the punishment of
Ling Chi or slicing to death, which is
the sentence for all who murder a
brother, a parent, teacher, husband
or an uncle. The criminal is stripped
and his feet are raised upon brick or
a stone. His cue is tied up to the cross
and his arms are stretched out upon
it's arms. A British naval officer,
whom met at Hong Kong, described
an execution of this kind which he wit
messed a few weeks ago.
''It made me feel very green at first"
said he, ''but after it was begun could
not keep my eyes off it. l have had the
experience over again three times in
my dreams. and | would not want to
see it again. had the best guide in
Canton. and we saw the execution from
the roof of one of the buildings beside
the execution grounds. There were
two criminals, and it took about thirty
minutes to cut each of them to pieces.
The first cuts sliced off the cheeks and
the second the eyebrows. After these
a man held fan before the faces of the
prisoners, and all we could see of them
was the blood running down upon their
bodies. The next cut was of the flesh
between the hand and the elbow, and
the arteries were first bound above the
places cut so that the man would not
bleed to death before the ceremony was
completed. Then the shoulders we're
cut off. Then the flesh of the thighs,
and after this the calves of the legs.
The seventeenth and eighteenth cuts
removed the hands, and the last cut
took the head from the body.
I'm both cases the men did not faint
away. The pain was too terrible. They
could not cry out, as they were gagged
and their writings were horrible. The
last cut killed them. IF. Caruen.
ter, in Cleveland Leader.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-07-04
GENTLE SPRING.

The sprlngtime is here and the earth
Re-echoes with music and mearth
And every one
Comes out in the some
To witness Dame Natures new hearth.
The flowers lift sweetly their heads
From out OF their moss-covered beads;
The song Of the bird
On tree-tops is bird,
And COWS won't go back to their sheads.
The 'skeeters are nightly plague;
The tramps in the country will bague;
The rooster now breaks
Your slumber and teaks
The credit of laying the eague.
The farmers, to get out of debt,
Their snares are beginning to sebt
For borders who'll fare
On water and are
And in the hot attics will SWEPT.
The amateur farmers will ache
Who rise before daylight to mache
A garden-when they
viii find 1t don't pey
They'll hang up the hoe and the rache.
The circus will come and wen go
To just give the youngsters q sho-
But the Queen on the horse
Wen gaze at, of corse,
Because we can't help it, you kno.
H. c. Dodge, in Goodalrs Daily Sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-07-04
puNeENr PARAGRAPHS.

Lie on the left side, says health
Journal. If it had been a law jour&al
it would have said: ''Lie on both sides. "
Boston Courier.
1t is said of aDistrict Attorney out
West, by a rival politician, that the
only thing he ever succeeded in hang
ing was his shingle.-Drake's Maya
zine.
-''It takes three generations to
make gentleman" 1t would some
times seem as if the thing most requis-
tie to accomplish the result were one
regeneration.-Puck.
-''Jane," said Carlyle on one occa-
sion to his wife, but then he was no
model husband-"Jane, yell find your
self in more compact and pious frame
of mind if ye shut yer mouth"
II am self-made man." said
sharper, the other day to gentle
man whom he had just got the best of
in a bargain. Il am glad to hear you
say so" responded the gentleman, 'for
it relieves my Maker of a great re-
sponsibility. IN. Y. Ledger.
Lately a gentleman sat down to
write deed and began: "Know one
woman by these" "You are wrong" !"
said friend, sit should read know all
men, ETC. >" Every well," answered
the writer, ''if one woman knows it all
men will, of course"
Mr.. Impecunious-''Mary, have
brought you home a little book on
How to Cook Mrs. Impecunious
(sarcastically)-"Thanks, my dear,
but what l need worse is a book on
What to Cook. - Burlington Free
Press.
-Philosophic bore-"H you will lis
ten to me for ten minutes I'll prove to
you that the theory of the survival of
the fittest is correct" Sarcastic suf-
ferer"-If that theory is correct, how is
it that you manage to survive? Ex-
plain that, please, before you go any
further. Texas Siftings.
Mrs. Walworthy II declare,
Henry, your eternal talk, talk, talk of
how good a cook your mother used to
be will drive me wild some day! My
most fervent wish is that little Johnny
will never worry his wife that way
when he grows up and has home. :"
Mr.. Walworthy-"There's no danger
of that. "-Terre Haute Express.
-"Mr. Dusenberry-I can't see any
thing about the shipwreck which hap
pened in the paper" ''Look under the
head of marine intelligence my dear" !"
1T isn't there" Then look under
marine stupidity" ;" There isn't such
a heading" Then there ought to be,
my dear. No intelligent collision ever
happened. Time.
"A man who persists in imagining
that he can sing when everybody else
knows that he can't, lifted up his voice
the other day in a strain of harassing
discord that compelled his wife to COM
mand him to stop. "Wife." said he,
''you are too critical. When man is
doing the best he can that is all that
should be asked of him" "Very well,
my dear, but the best thing you can do
is to abstain from singing-and 1 GER
tainly don't ask any thing more y
Lewiston journal,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-07-04
Stufing the Sayages.

The South Sea Islanders who fed in
dismay when they saw white man
take off one of his legs, could hardly
be more astonished than the two Mat
abele chiefs, if they swallowed all the
yarns that were told them during their
recent visit to London. They were as
sured, for instance, by their humorous
guide, when they witnessed the aero
batic performances at one of the thea
ters, that such feats of strength and
agility were required of all EngIishmen
before they could aspire to be warriors,
and that the gentlemen in tights were
merely undergoing the training needed
to fit them for the army. The audience
had attained perfection in aerial
maneuvers, and ground and lofty tum-
bling, and were merely applauding the
young aspirants who were striving for
excellence. There is some reason to
believe this whopper was taken with
considerable salt, for one of the chiefs
remarked dryly, as he pointed to some
female gymnasts among the athletes:
al did not know the English made sol
diers of their women."-N. Y. Sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-07-04
An Old Proyerb Illustrated.

''Look here" said Mr.. Blankerton,
as he sat opposite his wife at supper.
What's the matter?"
'Ive found a pearl in my oyster"
Its odd, " said his wife after pause,
chow every day brings forth some
illustration of an old proverb."
/ 81 don't quite follow you.n
81 was just thinking of the casting OF
pearls before swine. Merchant TRAY
eler.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-07-04

-Four years ago boy and girl OF
York, Pa, each six years old, asked a
minister to marry them. To humor
them he read something out of an
almanac and told them they were
united. The boys family moved to
Baltimore, but he still writes to his
Dear Wife," In his last letter he
says: 81 don't know whether you
would know me or not, because am
wearing long pants. .
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-07-04

The so-called antique oak is ordi.
nary American oak sawed in peculiar
way and stained to look like the old
English oak.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-07-04

Aniline was discovered by Nuver.
dorben in 1926 among the products oil
the distillation Of indigo.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-10
Real Estate Transfers. Dec. 8.

E. p. Thompson to ]. A. Mcintyre,
lot B, blk II, and 6, blk II, Warren
ton; $3.50.
NJ. Young and wife to d. J. Steiner.
lot l and 2, blk 13, Young's addition;
Sl10.
NJ. Young and wife to r. l.. Jeffery,
lots l, 2, 3, 4, 5, G., Z, 8, 9, and IS, blk
2, Young's addition; S615.
s. ID. Langworthy to j. II. Lang
worthy lots 81, 80, 80, "a, and 35, blk
4, Meriwether Downs; $3.50.
McTavish and Carruthers to c.
Young, lot /, blk Ga, McClure's; $8,000
A. Hackleman to J. T. Gray, lot l.
blk 10, McClure's; $3,750.
]. G. Dement, to w. ID. Baker
and Theo. Bracker blk q, Dement'S
$40.
M. NJ. Dee to Mary J. Ward, 5 acre
tract Chelsea; $500.
NJ. NJ. Dee to l.. Mason, blks 2 and
| 13, Chelsea; $500.
J. H. Mansel1 to Walter B. Wright,
20 acres. T8N RS W.; $1,000.
j. j. l.. Ferry to j. Kelly, lots 6 an6
8, blk ia, McClure's $500.
H. G. Thompson to Chas. Vers
lungs, lots TO, IL, and IL, Laurel Park
800,
j. T. Gray and wife to ID. B. Mon
teith and A. Hackleman, lot /, blk 10
McClure's; $500.
E. A. Noyes and wife to M. A. Mil
Ter lot %, blk 2, North addition; $50.
E. A. Noyes and wife to Geo. w
Bender, lots 3, 4, 5, 6, z, s and 9, blk 8
and lots Is, 16 and II, blk IL, Nortl
addition; $500.
E. A. Noyes and wife to J. G. Court
ney, lot %, blk 2, North addition; S55
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-10
SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
EDITOR Historian:

With the progress this city is max
ing, and with the increased popula-
ton which is expected here, more or
less poor and INDECENT people will find
their way here. There is at present
no provision made for the relief of the
poor with the exception of such as the
county affords. There are times
when immediate assistance is neces-
sary. Such a case occurred short
ago. Three or four parties circulated
subscription lists and our citizens
with their proverbial charity re-
sponded literally. Who knows that
the moneys thus collected were handed
to the parties they were collected for"
Would it not be better for some of
our good women to form relief COM
mittee, to whom such contributions
should be given, and who would make
it their business to find out where
charity is necessary. Again, often
parties known to the relief committee
can find employment as laundresses,
nurses, etc, by which they can sup
port themselves and families, which
would be unknown to the public in
general. c.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-10
GOOD WORDS FOR ASTORIA.
Candied Compliments From the Capital.

Astoria will have four railroads in
less than three years; work is being
done on two of them now. There is a
chance for the thousands whose after
sight painfully convinces them of the
golden opportunity forever gone by to
make fortunes by getting in early and
buying property IN first class sea-
port which is at the same time rail-
road center.
The excitement ip regard to real es
tate at Astoria at the present time Is
something remarkable. The real es-
tate dealers are busy from morning
until night making out deeds, alb
stracts, mortgages and contracts, and
none of them pretend to show the
property they have for sale, their time
being entirely consumed with Office
work, but buyers are not at all par
ticular, but seem to believe that any
real estate in or about Astoria is
desirable thing to have.
A young lady from Oregon City
some weeks ago discovered that
eighty acres of land lying back some
distance from the water front be-
longed to the government. She at
once secured it and has since been
offered $4,000, and could get for it S16.-
600. This activity in real estate is not
due to advertising or booming methods.
The activity in the real estate mar
ket began some three months ago by
parties from the outside, mostly from
the eastern states, coming quietly into
the city and investing largely in real
estate and returning to their homes.
This is supposed to have been caused
by information quietly having been
given by railroad men who are on the
inside to their friends who at once
took the hint and purchased accord
ingly. But a hint is hardly needed
to convince men Of the future of Asto-
ria; first-class seaport with mag
nifcent navigable river reaching every
part of the vast, rich, productive coun-
try back of it and four railroads is
sure to make city. Compare Asto-
ria with Seattle and Tacoma:
First. 1t has just as good a harbor
and no other harbor within a hundred
miles, while all of Puget sound is a
harbOr and in a few years a dozen
rivals will spring up for Seattle and
Tacoma.
Second. Astoria has the best sys-
tenn of river transportation back of it
of any city in the world, and in these
two very important respects will never
have a rival on the Pacific coast
Salem Statesman, 6.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-10
MARINE NEWS AND NOTES.

Griffith and Knowles have bought
the steamer Mary d. Hume for S25,-
600.
The Alliance arrived from Gray's
harbor yesterday, with 1000 cases
salmon.
The schooner Johu q. North ar
rived from San Francisco yesterday
to load lumber.
The steamer Fannie is bringing
large quantities OF hay here from Free
port, on the Cowlitz.
The American ship McNe0r coal
laden arrived at San Diego, Cal. last
Tuesday from Newcastle, her log book
shows that an important discovery
was made during the trip. When
some distance east OF Pitcairn island
the lookout suddenly discovered indi-
cations of shoal which does not ap-
pear on the charts. Muddy water,
seaweed, drift stuff and numerous
birds were encountered. When Cap.
tain Warner, who was in the cabin,
reached the deck, white frothy water
could be plainly seen denoting shoal
from coral reef. The dangerous
place was given a wide berth, but
bearings were taken to locate its posi-
ton for-the benefit of navigators in
that locality.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-10
USEFUL INFORMATION.

Tilbury Fox, NJ. D., the eminent medical
writer, in his work " Skin Diseases" thus ac-
counts for the pimples so common to the
face and neck. Eating too rich or too greasy
food, or too hearty eating while the ex-
cretory organs are sluggish, causes in most
people indigestion or q dyspepsia condition,
which causes the blood to move lluggishly,
and enfeebles tho pores. The result is, that
the exuding secretions block in the pores.
which inAame, each distinct Inflammation
being pimple. DR.. Fox therefore does not
prescribe % blood purifiers" so called, but
dyspepsia cure' to be taken, to use his own
words "tH the dyspepsia symptoms hare
disappeared" The old idea was, that face
eruptions were caused by humor in the
blood" for which they treated the blood
giving the mineral, potash. Joys Vegetable
Sarsaparilla follows tho modern ideas OF DR..
Fox, and aims with gentle vegetable altera.
tiyes at the stomach and digestive organs.
Tho reason is apparent why it cures dyspep.
STA and indigestion, and tie pimples and
skin cruptions which result therefrom and
why sarsaparillRs that use minerals fail
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-10
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. w. A. Stein has arrived from
the east.
Mrs. Christensen has returned from
California.
Josiah West, of Clatsop, was in the
city yesterday.
Mrs. J. Pinschower returned from a
three months visit to Portland, Sun
day.
NJ. J. Meara returned yesterday
from a pleasant business sojourn at
Gray's harbor.
Grand Patriarch w. II. Bentley is
in the city on a fraternal visit to
Ocean Encampment No. 13, /. o. o. F.