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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28
Snatched from the Grave.

In his testimonial attestjng the
virtues Of Radsm's Microte Killer,
5Ir. NJ. G. Battey we'll and popular>
ly known from bis connection with
tue Queen and Crescent Railroad,
presents picture of the results OF
blood-polsoniug which cannot bat
have its weight with evenly balanced
minds. BloUd poisoning comes to
the sufferer in such an insidions
shape that it Is only discovered
Wheu, under ordinary circumstances,
it is too late to combat it. Accord,
Ing to his well-authenticated states
gent, Mr.. Battey was veritably
snatched from the grave By Radam's
Microbe Killer, and hence gives to
the world his faith in it as cure for
blood poisoning, while Others tell OF
it as having cured them of consump-
ton and kindred diseases.
For sale by E. t. Whitehead &
Co. sole agents.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28
Driveri Crazy by Cigarettes.

Birmingham, Ala, Aug. 20.-Wal-
ter Numelee, First Lieutenant Of the
Woodstock Guards at Admission,
Ala, has become violently insane
from smoking cigarettes. He was
to-day removed to the State asylum
at Tuscaloosa. NUmalee was former.
ly ode of the editors and proprictors
of the Annlston Daily Wotchman.
He had purchased an outfit and was
preparing to start new paper, when
symptoms OF insanity compelled him
to give up. He smoked twenty pack
ages of cigarettes daily.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28
Eiae First Step.

Perhaps you are run down, can't
eat, can't sleep, can't think, can't
do any thing to your satisfaction, and
YOU wonder what ails you. You
should heed the warning, you are
taking the first step into Nervous
Prostration. You need Nerve
Tonic and in Electric Bitters you
will find the exact remedy for restor-
ing your nervous system to its nor
NAL, healthy condition. Surprising
results follow the use OF this great
Nerve Tonic and Alternative. Your
appetite returns, good digestion is
restored, and the Liver and Kidneys
resume healthy action. Try q bottle.
Price SOC. CAT L. L. Whitehead &
Co.'s drugstore.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28
Ehe Future Life.

l feel IN myself the future life.
| am like a forest which has been
more than once cut down. The
new shoots are stronger and live
lier than ever. l am rising, | know,
toward the sky. The sunshine is
over my head; the earth gives me
It's generous sap, bat heaven lights
me with the reflection Of unknown
worlds. You say the soul is moth
ing but the resultant of bodily pow
ers; why, then, is my soul the more
luminous when my bodily powers
begin to fail? Winter is on my
head and eternal spring is IN my
heart. l breathe, too, at this hour
the fragrance of the lilies, the
viOlets, aud the roses as at twenty
years. The nearer / approach the
end the palmer l hear around me
the immortal symphonies of the
worlds which unite me. 1t is mar
velous yet simple. 1t is fairy tale
and 1t is history. For half a cen
tury l have been writing my
thoughts IN prose, verse, history,
philosophy, drama, romance, ira
dition, satire, ode, sOng-I have
tried all. But / feel that | have
not SAID the thousandth part OF
what is in it. When | 60 down tC
the grave l can say, like so many
others, II have finished my days
work." but | cannot say, II finished
my life" My days work will begin
again the next morning. The tomt
is not a blind alley; it is thorough
fare. 1t closes in the twilight t.
open with the dawn. l improve
every hour because | love this worl(
as my fatherland. My work is only
beginning, is hardly above 1t.
foundation, ! would De glad to SEA
it mounting and mounting forever
The thirst for the infinite proves
.n6nity.-Victor Hugo.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28
FOR FARMERS
To READ AND CONSIDER,
THE TRUE ISL +.


Southern Cultivator)
The burden ofwhich these toiling
sons complain must be rolled OF
and the decisive battle of relief
must be gained by a reform Of the
tariff, imposition of an income tax
and an expansion of the currency
by legitimate and constitutional
methods Special remedies may be
applied, but the old sore, with its
accompanying evils. will still re
main.
Every we'll informed farmer
remarks the Monroe Advertiser.
knows that the heaviest and most
unjust tax that he pays is that
forced from his pocket by the Op,
Grafton of the present tariff. He
knows, too, that about four fifths
Of that tax is never covered into the
government treasury, but flows into
the pockets of special classes who
have grown rich and are growing
richer from these taxes. Under an
income tax the milltonaire's millions
of income from their millions of non
taxable bonds would help to bear
the burdens of government, whereas,
under the present system these vast
millions pay not one dollar tax.
That the currency is too contract
ed to meet the demands of business
is too patent to demand argument
and is known to every informed
citizen. Herein is where the farm.
ers' liens, mortgages and poverty
have their birth, and the present
financial system will continue to
give birth to these until its genera
ting capacity is destroyed by wise,
healthy and just financial legisIa,
ton. This and this alone will
oring the needed relief to all classes
On this tariff reform, income tax
and currency expansion platform
the allied farmers should plant
themselves and fight unitedly as
one man until the battle Of relief is
won. These are the demands that
the farmers in the North, South
East and West should make upon
their legislators, and never cease q
press them until they shall have
been granted.
Reform the tariff to an equitable
and legitimate basis, put on ma
tional income tax, and expand the
currency to proper bounds, and in
comparatively short period a
healthy status Of affairs, financially,
would be manifest all over this
county.
Brothern Alliancemen. this is the
line upon which the battle must be
fought to the end, if we would win.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28
SCOTLAND NECK, \. c.. THURSDAY, AUGUST2S. 1890
''A eep Your Heart Up. "
young Reaper.)

young Reaper.)
keep your heart up, my boy
said kind old man, putting a half
penny into the hand of snow
sweeper OF a pathway. He WAS rot
the only one who gave a coin to the
lad that day. Most people pitched
1t down on the snow; but this one
put it into his hand. They passed
without looking at bin; but be smil-
ed and spoke. The bry brushed
away awhile in silence forgetting 10
ask for copper. "Keep your heart
up keep your heart ur," he kept
saying to himself. Poor fellow! he
had plenty of need to do so. His
father was worse than dead-a
drunkard; his mother was i'll; his
little brothei was hungry.
eyes, / will" said he, with an ex-
ira scrub with his broom. He moved
so quickly and looked so bright thai
more than the usual number of cop
pers fell to his share.
That night he was tempted by a
bad boy.
"No, DO, Jack,' he replied; a
cannot DO that. The old NAN told
me to keep my heart up, and | mean
to hold my head up, too" And he
did.
A wealthy merchant, who had
often passed HIM without giving him
q second thought, was one day at
tracted by the honest face of the
boy, and. after making full inquiries
and learning his sad story, took him
into his employ. He afterwards
found that his confidence had not
been misplaced. The boy developed
into a true Christian man, and is at
the present time the head of one of
the staunchest ard most trusted
firms IN The city of London.
Boys, keep your hearts up, and
you will be sure to triumph over the
greatest difficulties,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28
'Wanted--BOard for n Youn.
Couple"


Iedger.)
So begin many advertisements in
the large urban dailies What
mistake that young couple should
enter conjugal life in so unnatural a
manner! What mistake that they
should not, in the sacredness Of a
home of their own, consecrate their
lifelong promise to walk hand~in.
hand, for veal or for woe! What 3
mistake that the sweet home>cares
which sit SO gracefully on the young
wife and house-keeper should be
thrust aside for the flippant convers-
alton Of public table or the mean
lngless etiquette Of boarding. house
parlor
What q mistake that the husband
should not have a home" to return
to when the daily duties of office or
store are OveT-Instead of 9'room,"
made up by the chambeEmaid, with
out the touches Of the dearer femin,
inc fingers! "Be it ever so humble
there's no place like homev'
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28
"SaiIIyyeIE" ssidn't Do Well,
durham SUM

Durham Sum
A fellow by the name of ShllweU.
in Mecklenbnrg county, before the
criminal court, submitted in forty
three cases to retailing liquor
without license. Judge Meares
didn't propose for him to violate
the law without paying the pen ;lty,
so he fined him SO in each case.
The cost will amount to 1925, so
Mr.. StiIlwell will have to pay the
sum Of $3.50 When Judge Meares
gets q fair chance at a yiolator he
shakes him up pretty thoroughly.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28
By The Spring.
BY HERBERT THORNE.

tFor THE DEMOCRAT.l
To-day l rambled near spring
Where oft in days Of yore
| drank with one whom love we'll
| could not love him more;
passed the spring and turned around,
''For sake Of long ago
One drink said, and siezed the gourd
And drank its cooling flow.
[ sat me down and bar ed my head,
And lost myself Ill thought;
And after all, the joys of life
Are ever dearly bought.
All! those were sunny, golden days,
Those days Of long ago.
Life seemed dream and all was love
And nothing smackcd of woe.
Together there IN opening Spring
We've watched the black-brds build
Until the setting suns last ray
The vernal valley filled;
Together there in Summer days,
ulu from Cne burning sun,
I'd seat myself between his feet.
And hear the deeds he'd done.
Together there when Autumn winds
Made music in the trees,
We'd castles build and wish for days
Of endless idle ease;
Together there when Winter winds
Came with their ice and blow,
I've nestled closely to his side
And watched the falling snow,
No change of time or scene or place,
If with my prince Of men,
Could jar my trusting, loving heart
Oh! was happy then,
But time has sSdlY changed it all,
| seldom see his face,
The seat We raised has fallen down
And reeds have claimed its place.
o, childhood's love-man's sweetest love
We all know, disappears
Like mist before the morning sun
In strife Of coming years.
I've loved, and hope still more to love
| know pure love is bliss
But life to me has never shown
love so sweet as this.
| siezed the gourd and drank again,
And laved my throbbing brow,
took my hat and turned away.
Oh, I'm not happy now.
Let useless men make mock Of love,
1t is the theme above.
Dark is the heart that feels it not.
Gods greatest boon is love.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28

DON'T read Don't tnink Don't
nelieve ! Now, are You hetter2 You
women who think that patent med.
icines are humbug, and DR.. Perce's
Fasorite Prescription the biggest
humbng of the whole (hecause it's
best known of alI)-does your lack
Of faith cure come?
1t is very easy to "jon't" In this
world. Suspicion always comes
more easily than confidence. But
doubt-little faith-never made a
sick woman well--and tie "Favorlte
Prescription" he's cured thousands
of delicate, weak women, which
makes US think that our "Prescrlp-
tion' is better than your "don't be-
Iie7e." We're 10th honest. Let us
come together. You try DR.. Pierce S
Favorite Prescription. If it dodsn't
do as represented, you got your
money again.
Where proofs so easy, can you
afford to doubt.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28
The Difference.

A little girl in q primary school,
being asked to tel! the difference be-
tween the words fleet and "foot,"
replied:
"One feet is foot but a whole
lot of foots is feet"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28
H1 aEae shade,

California is making arrangements
to send big tree to the Worlds
Fair that was originally 312 feet
high. Our Pacific coast friends are
obviously bent on throwing all other
exhibits in the shade.-Ex.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28
A Settler.

HEAD OF THE ESTABLISHMENT
David, you are fool!
DAvID-Well, sir, can't help it.
When you engaged me, you told
me to initiate yoU, and I've done the
best | could.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28
New ORLEANS, La, Oct, %, 1889.

New ORLEANS, La. Oct, %. 1889.
" u. Radam, NJ. K:
SRI cheerfully testify IS t. The
curative powers of your medicine.
Having been q sufferer frfm weak
luugs, bronchial affection and il
digestion, after taking three gallons
of Microhe Killer all OF the above
symptoms have entirely disappeared.
Yours etc., Tuos. L. DAVIS 4,
Jauitor Howard Memorial Library.
For sale by +. L. Whitehead &
Co., sole agents.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28

Little but active-are DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets.
Best Liver Pills made; gentle, yet
thorough. They regulate and in.
igorate the liver, stomach and
bowels.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28
AMI


ExteTminates tie Microbes aul drives
thcm out IL the system, AMI when that is
done you cannot have an ache ar pain
No matter what tho disease. whetaer a
simple case OF Malaria Fever or camhiu-
alton ot diseases, uc cure them all az the
same time, ss we treat all diseases cau-
stitauonally-
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-28

EUCKLEHs AREIrA $ALFt
Huntsville gazette., 1890-07-12
Foreign Notes.

Lcrd Rosebery has resigned from the
county council.
The lIblic prosecutor has appealed
against the acquittal of Moussa Bey, aud
a new trial has been ordered.
In the Portuguese chamber of deputies
the government asked a credit for the pur-
pose Of granting bounties to shipping
The editor Of The BeI lin Army Journal
has been sentenced to one months impris-
onment for wearing a decoration to which
he was not entitled
1t is reported that girl shot NJ. SIAM
buloff, the Bulgarian prime minister,
with revolver at Sofia The report comes
by way of Bucharest and Vienna
Ten thousand dock laborers and other
workme:i paraded the streets OF Cardiff
Monday. They afterwards held met inn
at which speeches We're maze denoulcinG
employers.
There Is great S arcity of coal in Dublin
as the result of the strike of the coal
porters. Numerous small fights have oc
Cured, but none of them worthy the
name of "a riot.
The Federal council OF Switzerland has
been petitioned to expel all Mordlops
from the country, The petitions are very
largely signed by the poorer classes. who
openly threaten violence to the Mormons
Huntsville gazette., 1890-07-12
New Market Dots.

New MARKET Ala, July 7th, 1890
Editor Gazette:
The Sunday school and Literary
society had grand time here on the
4th. They had a regular OLD FASH
Toned picnic
The program consisted of Decla-
nations, singing and sp. echcs.
Prof. J. G. Bone of May sville,
Rev. Moss, Rev. f. d. Brooks and
Rev. Legion made good addresses.
The entertainment was highly ap.
preciated by all present.
Miss Alice Brooks is here to re-
sumo her school to the JOY Of her pu
pills.
Mr.. E. j. Morris will leave for
Hartford Conn, today, whore he ex
poets to mage in business, Mr.. Nor
ris is rising young man and we
predict for him bright future.
Mr.. j. M. Rice leaves for Oregon
Tenn. soon, where he has school.
Mr.. Charlie Battle and Miss Mil
lie Baker were united into the holy
bonds of wedlock on the 9th inst by
Rev. Legion
Mr.. John Daniels Of Huntsvl is
in our burg.
Crops are looking fine
What has become of Jack Daw?
More anon,
"NEw MARKET"
Huntsville gazette., 1890-07-12
Call far a Republican Congress
SiOnal Convention.

DECATUR, Ala, July 10, 1890.
To the Republicans oftte Eighth Congress
sional District:
In compliance with resolution of
the Observation-Disclosures. nittee,
adopted on the 4th inst, at its meet
ing this city, District Convention
Of the Republican Party is hereby
called to meet in Decatur on Wed>
nesday, August 6, at two o'clock p.
m. The representation from the
several Counties in the Convention
will be as follows, tO-wit:
Colbert, 8, Lawrence, 6,
Franklin 6, Limestone, 6,
Jackson, 6, Madison, 6
Lauderdale, 6, Morgan, 6,
The Committee further directed
that in all the Counties the Repub i,
cans call Mass Meeting or Conven-
ton at some convenient time and
place, at which the delegates to which
such Counties may be entitled in the
Convention, be elected.
Respectfully.
r P. BAKER, l.. W. WILLIS,
Secretary. Chairman.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-07-12
A HOT CAMPAIGN.

Ut sumter,
New YORK, July 1.-THE Suns spe-
cisl FROM Columbia. s. c.. says:
The most important meeting Of the
South Carolina campaign was held in
Sumter to-day. This is the home of
Earle, the candidate opposed to Till
man. In order to insult Earle, and cap
ture the meeting for Tillman, thou
sand men were taken into Sumter BY
special train from other counties They
were organized and instructed to pre-
vent Earle from speaking. The meet
ing, however, was strongly Earle.
Capt Tillman had q moderately fan
hearing. He WAS frequently inter
rupted, but was able to deliver his
speech.
When Earle was introduced . scene
began. He faced the bowling mob for
. half hour before being able to say
word. The howle were massed in
front Of the stand The supporters of
Earle finally charged u..on the body,
drove them out and took pos. essi ion Of
their ground. The row till continuing
on the outside. the mob was again
charged and the ringlcaders were
dragged of the ground and locked up.
During this time there was several
fights, and pistols were drawn. A gen.
eral fight with firearms was expected.
After the arrest of the rioters the meet
ing was Earle's. 1t was one of the few
serious defeats Tillman has sustained.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-07-12
COLLISION AT A CROSSING.

our People Killed and Several Injured
at Sibley, Ark.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, July ia serious
accident occurred Wednesday afternoon
AL Sibley, Ark, four miles west Of Mem
phis. The outgoing passenger train Of
the Memphis and Little Rock railroad
was crashed into by freight train Of
the Kansas City railroad. One coach
was demolished, Il sleeper knocked off
the track and four negroes We're killed.
A dozen others We're injured, some of
them seriously, that they will probably
die Among the wounded are:
Charles Hackmeyer, Of Cincinnati
arm broken.
Frances Farwell, colored, of Edmond
son. knee crushed; will probably die.
William Sellers, of Greenville, Tenn,
seriously bruised.
J. Stoner and wife, of Galveston,
Tenn, seriously.
Sibley, Ark. is the crossing of the
two roads, and the accident was due to
the inability Of the crew Of the freight
train to stop it in time.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-07-12

Why should one Republican in
Franklin county have as much influ
ence and authority in the councils Of
the party and in shaping and deter
mining its actions as seven equally
as good Republicans in Madison
county, two IN Morgan &c! The
Republican party believes in fail
play and equal rights. The District
committee should speedily correct its
error.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-07-12
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

The Standard Oil king, John d. Rookie
Teller, was newspaper reporter a quarter
of a century ago.
Edwin Booth tolerates no illusions to or
conversations about }. Wilkes Booth from
any source in his hearing
Professor George Ebers, the Oriental
scholar, has blue eyes and blonde hair and
beard and looks decidedly Teutonic. He is
paralytic, but does great deal of work.
Mr.. George Payne, state coachman to the
queen, has recently retired after fifty-three
years spent in the service Of her majesty
and previous period in that Of William
~.
The body of the late Junius s. Morgan,
who died at Monte Carlo and was buried at
Hartford recently, was conveyed from
Monaco to Havre by a special train at a
cost of 5000.
Gen Caprivi, Bismarck's successor, is a
bachelor who exhibits no fondness for the
fair SEX He is strikingly handsome man.
and bears strong resemblance to Bismarck
in height and physique.
The author of the passion Play" NJ. de
Harancourt, is marquis OF undoubted no
bility He was one of the four mobiles OF
Lorraine before it was annexed to Ger
many, who were dubbed the "Quatre Che
vaux."
Frank Jackson, of Sampsonville, Erie
county, Pa, can place his arms against u
wall and reach feet II inches He has re-
markably long arms. Jackson is six feet
high. The best reach heretofore on record
Ii seven feet.
Hiram Powers studio in Florence, where
he worked so long, remains just rs he left
IT, His widow is still living, by no means
aged parsonage, and his son, Nicholas
LOngworth Powers, is at work in the old
place, doing almost as well rs his father.
Ferdinand j. Dreer, OF Philadelphia, has
presented to the Historical Society of Penn
sylvania collection Of 1900 autograph let
tiers and reliquary curics. The collection
embraces letters of revolutionary interest
and the signatures of distinguished mer
and women of the last 100 years.
Gen Fremont is living on Staten Island
in great retirement But he is apparently
good for many years yet. His form is erect.
and his eyes have the same fash as when
be crossed the Rockies and wrote those en-
chanting reports which, strictly true as
they are, have all the freshness and vigor
Of u romance.
Dr. Hans Won Bulow has written the fol
lowing sentiment in the visitors book at
the Casino, New York: There are but two
places IN the world where ] have founc
and realized the dream Of theatrical model
performances, Bayreuth for Wagner 5
musical dramas and the Casino for Offen-
bachs burlesque operas.
Lord Roseberry has be.o ne the possessor
of the original drawing OF : ~ n famous
cartoon, Dropping the Ply. lie Is, by
the way, said to be great alinirer OF two
men, Napoleon Bonaparte and Bismarck
He disagrees with the methods of both, but
admir.s their genius immensely, the one as
. soldier and statesman aud the other as a
statesman.
Huntsville gazette., 1890-07-12
UNCLE SANS lO8STERS.
Millions Matched vt w Gods HoIl, Mass.
Too Many Young Cod

Too Many Young Cod.
WASHINGTON. July 1l.-Since 1885, the
fish commission has been engaged at
Woods Holl. Mass. in propa,ating
young Holsters by hand. to plant in the
New England waters which the fisheries
have depleted. In 1880 the Cape Cod
lobster fishery. which ut one time sup
piled the New York market almost
wholly, employed only three or four
men. Each year since then fewer and
fewer Holsters have been caught.
Meanwhile, however, the fish commits
sion has been Matching and letting loose
along the shore millions OF young lob
sters. Its work has not as yet had time
to show, because the Holsters that propa-
gate by hand have not had time to
grow big. 1t takes six or seven years
for , newly hatched lobster to grow ten
inches long. But it is expected that the
hoped for RESULTS will soon show them
selves, As has hms been the case with cod
arufcially Matched.
So plenty have young cod become,
owing to the commissions hatcheries,
that fishermen have been seriously an
nOyed by them Of late, through the nib
bling off Of their bats.
Last year the station at Woods Holl
enlal ged 4 $50. 600 young Holsters The
Matching is done i'll glass jars so ar
ragged that fresh sea water constantly
cixcnlstes among the eggs.
The eggs afe olivegreen in color, and
when their time for Matching ap-
proaches, the shells become translucent.
50 that one can see the embryo lobster
coiled up inside. When they come out
they are xbont five-sixteenths Of an inch
in length. and they have to 10 fed with
finely powdered CLANS, crab meat, etc.
Boats ale sent out with nets towed be-
mind 10 scoop ia for their food the small
crustace;. that Goat On the surface OF the
water. 1t is hard to ger enough lobster
eggs.