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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-25
STATISTICS THE WORLD ovEe
IL 1890 Chicago handled 9, 464, $50 hea'

IL 1890 Chicago handled 9, 464, $50 head
of cattle.
THERE were q $50 deaths in Chicago
last year. 90G being suicides.
TIE daily surplus Of births over deaths
IN the United Kingdom is 1900
THE once mighty Indian population
Of the United States has dwindled TO
244. O15. 1-~.<s:- -S-.r--.zz, -7-~-----
TIE income derived by French pco-
pie who rear fowls, according to official
returns, is 81. lO0, GOO francs.
TIE census which was taken III
Japan last year showed the population
Of the Empire TO be 40,072. 020
NEARLY -. 80, 00G year are paid by
the English Government for the car
riagc Of mails in that country. at
on n recent Monday morning in New
York City 105, 900 letters were taken out
by carriers in the first delivery.
TIE catacombs of Rome contain the
remains Of about 5000, 900 human be-
| ings, and those of Paris about 100000.
ACCORDING to the statistics Of the Nor
| wegian postal authorities $50 American
tourists visited Norway during last
years season. "r.'[--.-
THE number of telephones now under
rental by the Bell Telephone Company
| is AIS. 125. an increase Of IS, 885 over the
same time last year. 49, --7.~@=21'f'~
TIE French are reading and writ
| ing people. Parisians send each year
33, 900 900 letters, 100000 postal cards
and s., 900, 900 newspapers -*s.s-->,s5sssas,ss
THERE are twenty-five Social Demo
| cratic dailies in Germany, fourteen
| semi-wceklies, ten weeklies, three com
ic illustrated papers and one Scientific
Review" Most of these fifty-threc pub
| LEGATIONS have appeared since the eX-
piration of the repressive laws on last
| October 1a.-zs
| GERMANY has 9,275 breweries in oper-
alton, against 1856 in January, 1890,
The total beer product of the whole
country last year was 1882, 073, 900
quarts, against 4,760, 293, 900 in the pre-
ccding YEAR The consumption per
capita was 1868 quarts, against 97.9
quarts in the preceding year. The
largest brewery in Germany paid last
| year a tax of $4,000.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-25
INDUSTRY HERE AND ABROAD

THE German Government does not al
low Russians to work in its powder fac
tories.
A COMPANY with two million dollars
capital has been formed to work i
nickel mine in Oregon.
THE largest linen mills in the world
are not in Ireland or in Germany, but
in Jaradova, Russia, where seven thou
sand operatives are employed by one
concern.
AN English company is working q
silver mine in Bolivia which yields
more than three hundred and sixty
ounces to the ton, while specimens of
almost pure silver are met with.
THE Russian Government has issued
an order forbidding the employment of
Austrian .workmen either in agriculture
or manufactures. Laborers of this ma
tionality are conducted to the Austrian
frontier every day by hundreds.
TIE great dam across American river,
California, has been finished. The work
was done by the convictS of Folsom
prison, and great benefits will accrue to
Sacramento through the completion Of
the work and the canal, which will be
completed at Il later date.
THE steam engines of the world repre-
sent, pproximately, the working pow
err of 200, 600, 900 of men, or more than
double the working population of the
world, the total population of which is
usually estimated at 1, 455, 1928, 600 inhab-
itants. Steam has accordingly enabled
man to treble his working power.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-25
CONSUMPTION CURED.

An Ola physician, retired from pract
ice, having had placed in his hands by
an East Inda missionary the formula
of a similar vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure Of consumpt-
ion, Bronchitis. Catarrh, Asthma and
all throat and Lung Affections. also a pos
tive and radical cure for Nervous De-
bility and all Nervous Complaints,
after having tasted its wonderful curative
powers in thousands of cases, has felt it
his duty to make it known to his suf>
feIing fellows Acuated by this motive
and desire to relieve human suffering
| will send free of charge, to all who
desire it, this recipe, in German, French
or English, with full directions for
preparing and using. Sent by mail by
addressing with stamp, naming this
paper W. A. MOVES. $40 Porers' Block
Rochestor,N y 3-91:1y.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-25
The "Class of '91."
On. y. Herald, J

(N. y. Herald,l
These are the days when genius
ircsdlates the sad and sombre halls
OF learning, It is the time when
college commandments are in vogue.
The youths y 10 within four years
have mastered the mysteries Of life
AMI fathomei the depths Of scieuce
and philosophy row come forward
with thsir flushing honors thick upon
them and lnodestly announce that
they - know it ALL"
Troops Of friends, mostly of tie
gentIer sex, th-ong tue exercise
halls and rapturousiy applaud the
poets, scientists, philosophers, wits
and statesmen who make the "Class
Of '91' the most famous the world
has ever seen. The names eushrin.
ed IL history Will have TO be taken
ont OF their golden frames and new
ones, now SO we'll known in the col.
lege journal, must be substituted.
We'll, al honor to tbs earnes,
Young women Of Vassar, to the hope
full young men Of Princeton, Colum.
b's, the University of the City OF
New york and other colleges whose
names the Herald has chronicled.
They mean well, let as hope they
will do well. Some Of US Lave been
there before and it would make
young and hopeful again many q
Scared and grizzled fighter with the
world to he present at some of these
exercises and watch the lusty life,
the Truth and nohleness evinced by
many graduate. Sweet thoughts.
bright dreams their comfort be, for
the journey Of life is not all sun shine.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-25
Easy to do.

Fault finding Is one of the WAYS
In which men seek to be wiser than
they are. 1t seems to invest them
with a degree of authority in the
eyes Of those who do not realize that
1T is one Of the easiest of all things
to find fault. TO expose error, to
foretell difficulties, to criticise me th-
DDS, to make objections may all be
done volubly BY persons who have
no power to originate better ways or
to overcome the obstacles which thew
spread forth, and who are IN evers
way inferior to those whom they
crlticise or contradict or lnterroe ate
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-25
NOTICE..

Take notice that the above entitled
action, wherein ". II. KItcbin is
plaintl.T and Edward Alcott is defen.
dant, has been instituted in said
Superior Court, for the recovery Of
the sum Of $272C0 doe for lumber
cut pursuant TO Contract made snd
entered toto by said defendant sud
said plaintiff on CT about Ang. Is,
1890, II which warrant Of attach
ment has been issued AGAINST the
property OF ssid AlIcut'. .eto.nah.e
before the Judge Of our Superior
Court at 2 court TO be held fvr Hall
lax County in Halifax town on 18th
Monday after 1st Monday in Septem-
Der 1891.
This 50th day of May 1891.
W. Ii. Kitchin, John Z. Gregory,
Plaintiff. Clerk Sugr Court
Gil f..
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-25
ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH.

THE ancient Greeks believed the sun
was only about thirty miles distant.
AN English astronomer states that
the oldest historical record of a solar
eclipse is in Uomer's Had xvii. 361(.
THE planet Mercury. a celestial beau
ty that IS somewhat rarely seen. may
be observed with a good pair of eyes,
when the conditions of atmosphere are
favorable, in the western sky, follow
ing in the path of the sun and setting
about an hour and a quarter later.
THE total number of stars of which
some knowledge may be obtained by
the optical appliances now available,
according to Prof. Locl<yer, is from 40
600, 600 to 80, 900, 900. OF these only about
5000 are visible to the naked eye, equal
~ divided between the two hemispheres.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-25
RAILROAD NOTES AND NEWS.

THE railroads pay-rons for 1890 will
be nearly 500, 600, 900.
THE five New England States last
year built only sixteen miles Of rail-
road.
THE Northern Pacific added two hun
dred and ninety-four miles of track to
It's system in 1890.
Two THOUSAND two hundred trains
leave London ordinarily every twenty
four hours.
CHINA's solitary railroad is eighty-one
miles long and cost $4,000 mile. 1t
uses American locomotives,
REVISED foOtings show the railway
mileage added in 1890 to be, in the
United States, 6,17S; Canada, sos; Mex
leo. $40 Total in North America, Z, 551
miles.
II is stated that Stanley assigns five
years as the space of time necessary for
the completion of railway from the
seaboard of Mombassa 10 Uganda, III
the interior.
TIE new Trans Siberian railway
from St. Petersburg to NladowstOcll
will be a little over 6,000 miles in
length. and trains will take a fortnight
between those two stations.
THE Swiss Government has contracted
with a number of Swiss and German
banks a loan Of 60 $50, 600 francs, with
a view to making the Swiss railways
the property of the State.
4 RAILROAD line will be built in the
Caucasus along the coast of the Black
Sea- 1t will run from Vladil1avl1as to
Bal1u. over Grozniy, Petrovsl1, Derbent
and Kooba. There is also 4 project for
a line to be built from Nladilzavlzas to
TiHiS
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-25
THE FARM.
kcoOD PLACE.
BoYs AND GIRLS ON THE FARM.
american Farmer

tAmerlcan Farmer
Every human soul is born with a
longing for something better. 1t is
this that pushes civilization, this
that turns the wheels of progress.
1t is this desire to improve their
moral. mental, and financial condI-
ton which leads So many OF our
bows and girls away from their
Uuiet:country homes into the noisy,
busting city.
Sometimes they find what they
seek: but often only bitter dlsap-
recruitment and sometimes disgrace
and ruin.
Ny farmer friends; you desire to
save YOUR children from such temp
tation. Rest assured, they will &c
where they expect to find it most
pleasant and profitable. These two
things, pleasure and profit, in some
farms make up the sum of Lying
Our task is to meet these require
ments.
Make home pleasant. Children
Will not willingly stay where they
are not happy. From the time a
child first reaches for bright rib
bon or glitterlng chain you may be
ON to cultivate its love of the
beautiful.
Tired mothers, 1t is always worth
while 10 look as pretty as possible
Neat dresses, clean aprons, anC
smiling faces will leave an impress
for good. Decorate your homes
Dainty wall paper, pictures, anc
furniture have a great influence
IfyOlr surroundings permit, fill
your windows with delicate geran.
iums, prlmroses: fnchsias, and tea
roses. If this is not possible YOU
can at least have an endless wealth
Of summer blossoms. Teach your
children to love them.
Good fences, we'll kept machine
~, pant on the house and every
thing kept in order will prevent the
bows and girls from being ashamed
of their homes
II possible furnish them a horse
and buggy to use. Pleasant games
would add much to home attrac
tions. Any musical talent among
them be careful to encourage.
We must make the farm profita
bic, though, as as business it is moi
a swift road to wealth. Take the
children into partnership with you
let each have some part of The
work. Teach the boy self-relianct
by putting dependence in his judge
ment. Make him feel an lnteres
III owning a farm of his own in til,
future. Let him feel that his is !;
noble work, that
Honor waits DER all the earth,
Through endless generations,
The art that call her harvest is forth
And feeds the expectant."
Fathers and mothers, let me i'm
press one truth upon you. Their
is no other agent that will do s.
nuch for your boys and girls a
good literature, poetry, and fiction
with cno!ce bits Of humor. Aboy,
all teach them to love that book O
books, the Bible.
Finally, let us make home th,
brightest, happiest, best place o
all, fit symbol of that home beyond
Goi which this life is bot a trainln,
school. ADDIE WALLACE.
" ahaSh. Ind
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-25

Itch on human and horses and all
ahimals cured in 80 minutes by Wool.
iori S Sanitary Lotion. This never fails
oola oy =. 1; " hitehead 4 Co.'S Drugs
store. Scotland Neck. N. q. S2I1v
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-04
Defied tho Omcers.

NASHVILLE, Aug. 26.-One Matt Allan
Is under Indictment for Illicit tippling
in Benton County. This morning Sheriff
Mcintosh, Constable Broadus and Night
Watchman Stone went to the house of
one Modlin, in West Erin, where they
knew Allan to be, surrounded Modlin's
house and demanded that Allan surren-
der. Instead of surrendering, Allan sat
coolly with a rifle across his lap, where
open door and defied them to enter.
Finally, no one of the officers seeming
disposed to enter the house, and Allan
perhaps fearing the coming of reinforce
ments for the sheriff's posse, laid down
his gun, armed himself with an ak,
came boldly out of the door with his
formidable weapon lifted in striking
attitude IN the face of the officers and
walked backward away from them.
They cautiously followed, he still hold
ing his ak in a threatening manner and
uttering oaths and epithets of defiance
until he had gone some distance from
the house, when he turned and fed to
the woods, making good his escape.
The officers having no legal authority
to shoot him, had to depend solely upon
feetness of foot and superior brute
strength to make the arrest. 1t seems
that in both these Allan excelled. In
an hour or two after the chase began
Allan returned to Modlin's house, where
he was seen by passers-by, sitting con-
spicuously, but as composedly as II
nothing unusual had occurred. Allan
is wanted in Davidson County and other
places to answer various charges, and it
is said it is these he breads more than
the Indictment in Benton County. No
further efforts have been made to cap
ture him.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-04
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS.
weather and crop..

Ths Tennessee Weather-Crop Bull.
letin for the week ending Saturday,
August %, 1891, issued by the Tennes-
the United States weather bureau, says:
The weather conditions for the past
week were, for the most part, favorable
to the growth and maturity of the various
crops. The principal exception to this
is cotton, which has been injured by
the cool weather. In the cotton dis
tricts of the western division rust is re-
ported spreading rapidly and is iniuring
the prospects of the crop. Picking will
begin regularly in few days in sec
tions whore the crop is most advanced,
but rain is needed in those districts to
give the plant more healthy develop
ment. In the middle division the crop
is reported in good condition, except
shedding Of forms in some localities.
The tobacco crop has also been in
jured by the cool weather of the past
week. In some counties of the northern
central division the crop was greatly
damaged by the excessive rains of last
week, and reports indicate that this
damage extended north through the
tobacco districts of southwestern Ken
lucky. In this State it seems to have
been confined to narrow strip of terri
tory above the northern limits of Mid
die Tennessee, as reports south of the
Cumberland river indicate a scarcity OF
rainfall. In the western division the
crop is in good condition, especially the
medium paintings, which are about
matured, and which promise a good
yield. Like cotton, it needs the most
favorable conditions of temperature for
its maturity before the frosts of autumn.
Corn is reported fine, and in most Sec
tions, particularly whore rains have
fallen, the late crop is considered secure,
and promises a large yield. In few
places where rains have been continuous
fears of rot are expressed.
Other crops, as Irish and sweet pota-
toes, turnips, peanuts, ETC., are in good
condition of growth. The later plant
ings need rain. Flowing for fall seedlings
is progressing favorably, as the recent
rains left the soil in fine condition.
Reports indicate good average to DO
sown in wheat.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-04
TRADE REVIEW.
Dun's Weekly Report Shows the Crop and
business Prospects Good.

Dun's Weekly Report Shows the Crop and
business Prospects Good.
NEW YORK, Aug. 29. -R. G. Dun &
Co. S weekly review of trade says:
Money is moving rapidly to the in
terror but the treasury has been
strengthening itself, adding 50, 500. 600
to its gold for the week and also taking
in 5000, 900 more treasury notes than it
has put out By requiring deposits of
gold at New York against shipments
of currency to the country banks, the
treasury has somewhat increased it's
gold reserve, bat the main fact is that
its receipts for the past week have ex-
ceeded its payments of all kinds by
about 81, 200, 900. The official announce
ment that all the Al per cent bonds
not offered for extension Septemb Der 1
will be paid on demand promises large
addition to the available currency after
the first of next month.
Crop prospects are in all respects ex-
ceedingly bright and the reports of in
jury by frost do not appear to affect
any considerable portion of the crop
There is every reason to suppose that
the yield of wheat would be larger
than the 544, 600, 900 bushels estimated
by the agricultural department, though
a yield no greater would leave 200, 000,-
900 bushels for export. Hog products
are somewhat stronger In sympathy
with corn
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-04
miscellaneous.

THE bill for the services of the Look
out Mountain Guards at Knoxville,
awaiting the orders of Gov. Buchanan,
has been made out and sent to Nash
Vile. 1t amounts to $500. The pay Is
the same as United States Army officers
receive. The bill for the services at
Briceville will be about $3.50.
The citizens of Crockett County are
at present busily engaged getting up
statistics and subscriptions to offer the
Mobile e. Ohio railroad to build branch
from Hum mboldt to Alamo, the county
seat of Crockett County. The fruit
growers of that region are at the head
of the scheme, claiming the road is
necessary for them to reach the North
western markets. The road would pass
through a finely timbered section of
country, and would be of considerable
advantage TO Humboldt
P. L. HINsoN, young man 20 years
of age, was arrested 1T Nashville last
week on serious charges furnished by
the authorities of Shelbyville. There
is the strongest proof that Hinton, in
May burned barn, two grain cribs and
threshing machine. In July be
burned two large barns and small one.
stored with grain. He is also wanted
for house-Dreaking and larceny. and for
robbing peddler last month. He is
the leader of gang of barn burners.
In 1880 the assessed value of property
In the State of Tennessee was $2l1, 1,77s,-
53s, and in 1890 it is found to be sS47,-
$40, ,103, being an increase of SlS5, ,565
in ten years. This is an increase from
e137.31 to $1oe.61 per capita
Mrs. KATE r. HEARN, nee Roberts.
died recently at Soochow, China. She
was born and raised in Montgomery
County, Tenn, and was sent, few
years ago, from Nashville, as a mission-
ary to China. Her mother resides in
Nashville. Her husband. Rev. Mr..
Hearn. is q missionary in China at the
present time, Mrs. Hearn LETT Ru In
taHt boy.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-04
At a StandstiIi.

ALEXANDRA, La, Aug. 29.-The con-
struction of the Kansas City, Watkins
& Gulf railway from Spring creek to
this place is at a standstill, as the teams
and commissaries of the Prosser- Ware
construction company are still under
seizure for about SIS, 900 due to salaried
officers and laborers. 1t was expected
some days ago that the construction
company would send and pay the in
debtedness, as they wired from st.
Louis the day of the seizure. but 3. l.
vanzant. who represents the firm. ar
rived here to-day, and says that he
does not know what will be done, as
the contract was taken too low,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-04

"A colored brother thus addressed
his congregation: de fo' part of de
house will please sit down; fo' de hind
part can not see de TO part if de fo' part
persist in standing befo' de hind part, to
de utah obsclusion of de hind part by
de fo' part"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-04

As love is the most delightful pas
sion, pity is nothing else but love soft
ened by degree of sorrow. In short,
it is kind of pleasing anguish, as well
as generous sympathy, that knits max
kind together and blends them in com-
mon lot--Addison.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-04

If some people would alway; think
twice before they speak, they would
keep still good deal
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-08-27
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY

eral States" etc The Convention adopted
this amendment: "And we further demand
that our Representatives in the United States
Congress be given to understand that unless
they can agree to these demands they must
give US something better or rs good"
GENERAL
The will Of James Russell Lowell disposes Of
substantially his whole property to his daugh-
ter and her children. His property was not
large.-The White Star steamship Teutonic
arrived al New York from Liverpool last week,
making the passage in five days, 16 hours, 81
minutes, which beats the record by one hour
and 81 minutes-Charles Forrest Smith mys-
teriously disappeared 10 years ago, when only
two years of age, from his home in Saginaw,
Mich, and although his parents used every
effort to fud him they were unsuccessful. He
has now been found in Detroit and appears to
have been brought up by an uncle ut Brighton,
whom he always supposed % DO his father.
The uncle is now dead, and Smith Is entirely
ignorant as TO how he came into his possession.
Prof Charles Belknap. Of New York. mado
his second trip to the clouds in his airship, at
Monticello, Ill., last week. He had it under
| perfect control aud ascendod 10 q hight of 500
feet near tho city. and held the airship in posi-
tion with his rudder and paddles for 30 min
utes and moved in any direction he desired
MyrOn C. Cole 81 years old, and Mrs. Walter
Hurst, &C. were married ut Flint, Pa, last week.
| The couple were intimate years ago, and are
said To have been in love with each other. At
/ all events Mrs. Hurst married another man,
who died several years ago. Mrs Hurst will
| inherit large amount Of roperty.-Benja-
min L. Hutchinson, odd Hutch" whose luck
| was so bad in the stock market that in q few
| months lac lost millions OF dollars, has been a
bull" on wheat for sometime, and last week
made 100000.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A terrible Iain-storm occurred at reading.
! Pa, great damage being done. 1t appeared 10
| be a succession of cloulbursts, aud IN some
/ cases people had 20 be removed from their
houses in boats. Railway tracks were washed
/ out and telephone and telegraph wires were
! knocked down. Pottsviic suffered severely
| from a cloudburst.-The night express train
| from Macon. Ga, Aug. 90 was held up at Col
| Inns Station by three masked men, and the ex-
press safe robbed. The highwaymen were
/ heavily armed aud secured several packages
making probably 100000.