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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
Around tic World i'm Sa,entr DAYS.

A'o"hd the "o'ld Ill seventy Da!s.
A Sun reporter asked Mr.. George
Fade, manager for Thomas Cook / son,
the tourist agents, the exact time in
which passenger can 60 around the
world.
After few moments of thought and
study OF guide books Mr.. FADE said:
IN these days Of rapid transit with
vestibue trains and fast ocean steam
ships it is possible to make a circulation
so close that person, in New orh say,
can decide the very day on which he
will return to the city, having completed
the tour around the world. l should
work it cut like this:
"Lcavlng New ork at 9. 80 A. NJ. on
Monday, November -, he would arri& e
at Lhicago at 80 a. ". Tuesday. Ieay-
ing Chicago the same day he would ar
rive at San Francisco at 10 4. NJ. Sat
urday, the / til. On the same day the
Oceanic ComPany's steamship leaves for
Sydney at ?. NJ, and the steamship is
due to arrive at Sydney on December -.
! cavlng @ydney the same day by tram
at =. - p. y. he would arrive at Mel
bourne at Il. Is 3. NJ. on the following
d y, december -. After resting in
Melb 1urne for day our Traveller would
leave by the Peninsular 4 Oriental Steam
ship Company's steamship on the ! tn
for Brindisi, calling en- route at Ccylon,
then crossing the ed ea to Port Sad,
after which the steamship goes through
the Suez Canal direct to Blindisi, arrIv-
ing there on January 20. The train is
then taken for London which IS reached
in three days, and on the follow ne day
(the 24th) he would leave London by
North German lloyd steamship and
reach New York on February l.
lit is a welI-established fact that first
class 0.aop c+aorpc,.iD, ,0oI-a THAR ,-Or
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
Lost Privileges OF Two Cities.

An event notable alike in commercial
and political history has Just occurred
in Germany. Hamburg and Bremen have
surrendered the bulk Of their ancient
privileges as free Hanse towns and be-
come incorporated in the general Ger
man customs system. Lubbock lost these
privileges in 1856, but Hamburg and
Bremen have been able thus long to cling
to them in the teeth of Bi0marck's hos
tiEty. They still retain the right to send
repre- sentatives to the Bundesrath and
Reichstag, but that will be the last re-
naming vestige of an independence
which, in the Middle Ages, gave the
Hanseatic League the wealth and cOur-
age to make war upon Kings. The mer-
chants of Hamburg have made during.
the past six years extensive preparation
for the change. Whole blocks Of old
houses have been torn down, new ware
houses and new quays built, canals wild,
ened, and a general transformation Of
the wharf quarter has been effected. 1t
is claimed that the change will ma
terially augment Hamburg's tonnage and
imp0rtQnce in the trailing world, but it
is Utterly unpopular with the great mass
of citizens. as it will increase by twenty
per cent. the cost of living and rents.
Three thousand German custom officers
have begun an inquisitor.aI housc.to-
house inventory of every citizens pos
sessions in Hamburg ana Bremen, and a
duty will be exacted on all above seventy
bottles Of wine, twenty bottles of spirits,
six pounds of tobacco, thirty pound, Of
coffee, and so on through the long list.
1t IS no wonder that the Burghers are
not enthusiastic. -Neto York Isnss.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
AuyIS.

"There is one pccul a little fact in re-
gard to the heavy hardware business, >"
said }Ir. James NJ. COrbitt, Vice trcsi-
dent Of the Beck & Corbitt Iron Co., in
a recent conversation with a Reptile
representative, (which is deserving of
mention. We Issue a catalogue of coo
pages, containing a list OF every article
of iron and heavy hardware which We
manufacture or sell. OF the thousand
therein enumerated there is only one
that we have to import, everything else
being manufactured best in this coun
try, and that one article is an anvil.
Three or four manufacturing firms in
England supply the entire world with
auvils, and one especially, in Dudley,
England, whose goods are the standard
in that line. And anvils also are the
only articles we handle which we do not
guarantee. Blacksmiths are so care vi
as regards their anvils, and there is lch
peculiar tenn, eT necessary. that We re
cure then to test an anvil for them
selves, or when we receive IN order by
mail we ship the anvils without guaran-
teeinr, and as q rule the standard makes
90 through al right. Why it is that
this country does not manufacture an
anvil equal to the English ones I do not
know, but the fact is that they do not,
aad hence that one article has to be
bought from the English manufacturers.
81. Louis Le1Gblic.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
A Dudes Frank Confession

Miss Gusher from the West, with in
tensity)-'I often wonder, Mr.. Van
Twiller, when you are looking into space
with that far away, abstTacted look in
your eyes, as if your soul were far dis
tant from your surroundings, what you
are thinking off,
Mr.. Van Rensselaer, Van Twiller
SLOWLY and meditatively)- "We1, 1
don't mind telling YOU"
Miss Gusher with deep emotion and q
duplicating upward roll Of the eyes
"Do tell me-
Mr.. \ an Rensselaer, Van Twil!cr-''To
be frank with you, | am usually thinking
what to say next. "-Ne.0 York Sun.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

came from far unfathomed zones Of light
Clad in the rainbow hues:
have aftinities with all things bright
Fine sympathies and clues,
That link me to all beauteous destinies
Of ever-soaring Life;
AL fowery forms and radiant entti
Born of harmonious strife.
bring the benediction of the skies,
To man and bird and flower;
I am Loves herald angel and mine eyes
Once blest with this sweet power
To draw all men, marks my eternal birth;
For was born Of light,
When chaos wrack fe shuddering from the
earth,
And Day divided Night
-EUeI3n EoerStey, IN Youths
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
Afraid Of Them Both.

Young lady Gn dry goods store
These goods will wash, of course, M
Spindle"
Mr.. Spindle who is deyotedly fond
of young lady, while at the same time in
easy hearing distance of his employer
ooh, yes, indced-that IS, [ think they
wiIl-cr of course you know they ought
to wash, they're high eaough-I wouldn't
like to say though they would wash if
tLe7 won't wash bat er nah"
Employer lcmphaticallyJ-" may
say to the young lady, Mr. Spindle, that
the goods will wash, -
Mr. Spindle relieved Eyes, Miss
Withers, the goods will wash. '-Epoch.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

Little Pat was in the habs; OF falling
out Of bed during the night, and hi.
father, to break him OF the habit. would
remind him Of II neat morning. one
day, as Us al. his father said 10 him
Here, Pat, you fei. out Of bed
again.
'Oh- no, papa, said Pat, lit was the
pillow, for l went up TO sec. aud the
pillow was on the floor by the side Of
the bed
what made you cry, them asked
his father.
y ell, you see, " said Pat, in his most
softer manner, 1T was dark. AMI |
couldn't tell whether it was me or the
pillow. - Troy TINS.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
Stung by the Electric Bug.

The Savannah Ca Ne - tells Of a
man in that town who was lately stung
by what they call the electric bug. II
is 50 called because it was never seen
BIZ anybody till electric lights came in.
Within twenty four hours the mans
head and face were broken out with sores,
while the arm to the shoulder was so
swollen as to be useless, 4 good doctor
managed to cure him, though CON
fessedly puzzled by the case, since the in
acct whose bite caused the trouble had
heretofore been looked upon as per
fectIy harmless.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
Snuf- Dipping in Maine

Snuff dipping il on the increase at
Lewiston. In fact the practice is grow
ing quite the fashion. The dcyotees
don't inhale it as did our granafathers;
they make what is cal cd "a smaar' with
casti c soap, and what not, and apply i
delicately. vo.uptuO4sly - the nostrl!s.
A spec.es Of mid intoIicalion 10 said to
result. Twenty-Five pounds Of snuG Is
one to accon.sts order for week. u
comes in Ok bladders Is big as your head
and as old a a Dutch cheese. -Leiots.
ton No JouruQI.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
A Joke on 4 Postal Clerk.

\ short time ago an order was re-
ceive1 at the postot,ice from Va hington
to return uncalIed-for postal cards to the
writer in the same way that letters have
been sent back. The clerk who was
assigned to this task turned over each
card, read the writer's name, and put it
after the words "Return to-" on the
face of the card. The distributing clerk
was astonished to find several Of the
cards indorsed with directions like
these: ''Retu7n to Father" "Return to
Silas," 'Rcturn to Your Ownest Own, -
etc. Now, whenever the clerk makes
his appearance in the Office lie is greeted
with cries cf "Return to mamma. j.
ABaay N - Je4rn4I.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
A Matter of Money.

A wealthy young widow said joking
ly to her new husband, as she pointed
to the safe in which her money was de-
posted:
Now you have captured the fort, and
me with it, are you salts ed 4"
"Not entirely" replied the new hus-
band, who was something Of spend
thrift.
"What else do YOU want"
Il want the terms of the capitulation
carried out. l want you to turn over
the keys. "-Syl iRgs
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
A left Handed Commitment.

Little Boy (to elder sisters beau -
as that your hcort"
Enamored Youth taking the paper
from his pocAet.-"Yes my dear boy
bought it this morning."
Little Boy examining iN-"I don't
see any scales on it. Pop sad your re
cord was scaly."-PdUado'ptju lie orj.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
Encroached on Prc-empted Ground.

A little girl was sitting on the floor
when the sun shone in her face 800
way go way" she cried, striking out
at it.
"lou move, dear, and it won't trouble
you," said her mamma
Il SAINT; l dot here first" said the
little one Y0uth's Compaaj0a.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
Too Personal,

They were going to have company and
she was suggesting the menu.
eve can have oysters on tongue for
one course" she Observed
Il never heard Of such dish" he re-
marked.
"Didn't YOU It's very good one all
the same" she said.
81 suppose if / get the oysters you can
furnish the tongue2' he inquired limo
Gently.
Then he wondered why she slammed
the door 50 viciously Detroit Free
Press.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
His Preference.

care you fond of dogs, Mr.. Bliven,"
said young woman as she caresscd her
pugs,
Billy was too polite to reply in the
negative, so he murmured
ooh, certainly"
"Do you admire pugs"
"Well, no, not very much"
"What kind do you like be8t2"
81 think, " said Billy, reaectivelY, 81
like stuffed dogs better than most any
other sort. '-Aer hul15 Iraceler.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

Young Mamma-"Children, why are
you nodding and smiling at al the
policemen we pass"
Children (who are in the habit of TAX
ing their morning walks with the nurse
maid i-"Oh, because Mary always does,
mamma. - CarlooA.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

neznark's King and Denmark's people
: at lo4gcrheads. But it Is of no
.-a.ueacc, observes the Washington
IT, Tie great powers overshadow
.e Denmark. It's King has no great
,gonee in its affairs; its people, ap-
-.r,.g. have none at al.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
\ Drop of Dewy Sarcasm

(Ellaand Mr.. <evcrgo are alone in the
conservatory. Time, II p. NJ.
(oice of Mother-"What are you
doing there, Fila"
illa-"Fickjng morning glories,
mamma. Itms
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

.x.covcrnor Alger, of Michigan, as
p. ,aa. tobacco is almost as much OF
erosz.cr IS bread. In sending supplies
our lumber camps in Northern
.hloar, we send $1.5O worth Of
arco to every 81 worth of fOu1."
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
Lines Of Care

Winks-'What a sad, anxious face
that man has"
links -''les, l noticed it, He has a
strained, haunted, afraid t-catch
the train expression. | guess he works
in the city and lives in the suburbs. -
PiuadelDhja Record.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

The success Of four Cinnamon in enter
r. the I nited States from Canada
AVIS declares the Atlanta Constitution,
" difficult it is to enforce our anti
,.re,e bill. ''The border line between
i country and the British possessions
900 mics long. We cannot guard it. "
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17


10 the latest wrinkles in advertis-
On composed of deaf and dumb
fers. One of this kind is in the
wi a glove store on upper Broad
Now York. The nan of the
II Of the goye is net spelled in bold
ST. bat by fingers so arranged in a
'sfaph as to leave no doubt of the
l'y1saess Of the scheme, provid-
u course, that the reader is up in
le'i aud dumb alphabet. Hun
[ d Persons stop daily to study the
No., but only a few are abb to
- t. reel mean NJ.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

ne Of the reasons why cattle ranch
business at the West is more pre-
BUS than formerly, is the change in
ate as civilization progresses west
Its not certain that the winters
2 colder and the billiards more
70 but they are more destructive to
I than formerly, for the reason that
f. feed is much poorer.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

Us the New York Wor5f: "Ameri-
customs are making an impression
q most conservative sovereigns of
oPo, At q torchlight celebration
q in his honor at Breslau last week
GER William Of Germany shook
Is with each one of the paraders.
young nan evidently knows thing
20 about coal oil politics.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

~. ,hown by the annual horse show
View York that bang tails are the
ian Of the day. From the pole pony
-. sarste carriage pair the horses
-.r switch is made to conform to
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

OTIS Island off the Maine coast,
Z he a vcritabIe earthly paradise,
e it is asserted that there are neither
nps, dog, mud or mosquitoes in the
9TH or breadth of it. The houses are
neat and in good repair, poverty and
les equally unknown, and no intoxi-
ag liquors ale to be had for love OF
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

writer in the At7aattc N0nIEy says:
ncr..a. next to Italy, is now acknowl-
ID to possess the most favorable at
nlere for the production of good
es al American singers are begin
? to take the precedence of all others
he great musical centres of the
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

Those Ecntucky-Wcst Virginian
Is are worse" states the New York
~ than the worst of the Corsican
-ettas. The blood that is shed seems
to stimulate the blood thirst of the
jvors. The Governments of the two
es should combine in vigorous
It to suppress the evil and vindiCate
outraged law.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

p. r.~.,ri.al World says that medical
.,r, are saddIing on the telephone
. Of the responsibility for the in
..a Of Iunacy. They seem to think
j. is the people who use the teIe-
me whose sanity is endangered.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

. Che-ter,' H., George W. Boland
uocrat and William Heining (Repub-
II, candidates for the Office of
as- in Randolph County at the
."ccc.ioa, each received 2t03 votes.
e ..oaing Thursday they appeared
Ire the County Clerk and decided
Off, Bolamd was the lucky man.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

.e1t.0n IS making Nevada q very
active State. \ Nevada man raised
aa-o this season so large that when
en-. j. to friend by mail he had to
fly cents postage on it, Another
da mau shows three potatoes which
ei.Gy weigh nine, SIX and five
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

nay be safely stated that not one
amer in ten likes his situation, says
.r./e Eegi.5r. After the novelty OF
f wears of an intense Ioathing of
y d grows upon him. There is some
9tterIy ropngnant to the average
y Lem obliged, willy nilly, to
rom place to pace as if driven by
ION of rcstlcssness. To a married
$ especially SO, and therefore
fummers are young and single.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

to recent consular reports it appears
fotton manufacture in Japan is
Is Increasing, and that in the near
e Japan, from being a large i'm
Tof cotton cloth, will become ar
rteg Of that commodity. The wooler
1try, too, is receiving considerable
ltiou, as there are now improved
ltlos for obtaining Australian wool.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

~orror- General of Canada haa
.. arc1y against annexation 70
/ tales.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17
BUDGET OF FUN.
HI HOROUS SWITCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

1 Titled HUBBY nder Certain Con
ditfons-N Drop OF Dewy Sar-
Casm-T onsoriaI-Iincs
Of Care, Etc. Etc
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

Miss Maud would marry Z tie,
, she went Tar over the sea.
nile there sla MARI 81 . tarun,
And baron indeed was he.
or barren ne was u r onev.
Ana OF lands most barren was be:
his title, too, it was barren
But spe.t II with doua.e-r-e.
-bazt0R Transcript.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

air of freedom again, now 7 could de
On, on 7 went until al last nature, weak,
worn and exhausted, left he ra---
ing a. the door Of al inn.
recall the keepers b1r'7
form and red, good natured face, and
then my senses must have left ne. for I
awoke to ind myself in this led where ]
am writing, / have seen only the .:t.'e
girl who brought me materials for VIZ
ing, and have sent down the .ewe.s
from the sword hit 10 compensate the
iAnkee3er for his care. I shall see him
tomorrow. and then I shall know If
those who love me still live. if those for
whom have cared will now care for tn 5
broken reed that the storms Of life have
blasted. In the seventh house beyond
the wooden bridge at Ierne Hill road 1
let M wife and children. Shall l see
them again! Shall l c~er--"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

Stories of Abe Lincoln always pass as
coin everywhere, and it IS not too late for
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-17

.sl in Toxic, Japan, TO erect
j. -yment to the memory OF
srs. Gra-t.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-25

license votes in the State as whole. In 1886 there was an aggregate majority for mo- license of g ,295, the no-license vote being no-license majority fell to 7,2O0 and the mo- license vote was 51. .58 per cent. of the total vote. But in 1888, instead of majority for no-license, there was majority of 8,077 for license. and the license vote was 53.45 per cent. of the entire poll.
 The richest man, probably, in the British House of Commons is MT. Isaac Holden, ,mem- Der for the Keighley division of Yorkshire. He was born at Paisley, and was for some time an ill-paid schoolmaster. While teach ing his pupils chemistry he discovered the principle on which lueifer matches are made. But out of this great invention Mir. Holden made no money. Later on he became book keeper, and it was while he was book keeper that he first began to devote his mind to the study of machinery for the carding of wool, and 6 machine was invented which revolutionized the whole system of wool card ing, and in that way revolutionized the whole manufacturing history of England and the world. Possessed of the patent rights in these valuable machines fortune poured in upon MT. Holden He has mills not only in Yorkshire, but also in several parts of France. The average sum he receives every year probably is something like $1 1000, ,0o0 Like most millionaires the habits of MT Holden are as simple as those of clerk with thirty shillings week. Throughout his life he has never missed day's exercise, unless, indeed; he was confined to bed. MT. Holden is two years older than MT. Gladstone, and is quite AR aotiye
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-25
Friday, January 25, Iss9.
EDUCATION OFF

EDUCATION OFF THE INDIANS.
 More progress than many realize has all ready been made toward the education of Indian children. Of day schools there were during the last fiscal year S5 conducted by the Indian bureau, with an average attend ance of 1929 pupils, and g operated under contract, with an average attendance of 7S6. Of boarding schools, which of course are much more expensive, there were 69 belong ing to the government, with an average at tendance of 1, s41, and 4s contract schools, with an attendance of 2,945. The aggregate expense to the government of all the board ing schools was $s20, ,325. 50, and that of the day schools was $72, ,244. 92. Then there are industrial training schools in various parts of the country, 5 of which, including the well known one at Carlisle, are conducted by the Interior department, while for others one at Hampton, second in Philadelphia and third on the Flathead reservation there are special appropriations. The aggre- gate gives 2S3 schools, with a capacity for 16,464 pupils, an enrolment of 15,212, and an average attendance of il, ,420. The cost, exclusive of expenditures for the construction and repairs of buildings, the transportation of pupils and so on, was $1,20S, 74S for the last year, which is an increase of about $37,- 723 over the year preceding.
 There are, it is stated, forty thousand more IHdisn children who ought to be in school Still, there has been much progress. Says the New York Times: To see the gain ef- fected we need only note that as recently as 1883 there was total of only 142 boarding and day schools, with 8 total average at-
 tendance of only 4,042. Railroads make the reservations more and more accessible, and the prejudice of the Indians against schools grows less and less. With the spread of the severalty allotment system and the conse quent concentration of the Indians, the es tablishment and maintenance of schools vii become easier and less costly. The subject ii one, however, which should receive Hbera treatment at the hands of congress.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-25
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