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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16
ODD BITS HERE AkO THERs

"OLD CoSELY RAILRopE" was the
superscription on postal card which
, recently passed through The Boston pos.
Office.
A STONE building 1t Decatur, Mich.
is nicknamed "Nunmery block. be-
cause al the village secret societies
meet there.
B. T. STEARSE, Of Lynchburg. Va
has in his possession curiously carved
violin, said to have once been the prop
erty Of Thomas jefferson.
SPEAKING Of brief names. there i s.
family in France named 3, one IN Bel
gium named 0, 4 river in Holland called
the \ and village in Sweden named a
On the top Of a dead spruce tree at
Brookfeld, Gre, are growing an elder
and salmonberry bush as complacenty
as if on terra frma, two hundred feet
below.
THE ninety-foot tower erected at
Kearney, \. j., in 1s43 has been torn
down. a man named Haskell built 1t,
and on certain day ascended it with
his family expecting the Lord To snatch
them into Heaven.
\ PHILADELPHIA cable-car turning a
street curve joited the bang" off the
forehead Of a stylish lady and flung it
on the newspaper of gentleman who
was reading of scalping incident some
where west.
A CLUB composed Of married men has
been started in Hannibal, Mo. The os
tensible object is to induce married nleI
to spend their evenings at home. They
meet very frequently, almost every
evening, at a drug store and pass hours
talking about the pleasures which mar
ried men miss by spending much of
their leisure outside of their own house
holds
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16
Now Try This.

It will cost yoa nothing and will
surely DO you good. # you have a
Cough, Cold, or any trouble with
Throat, CHEST or Lungs. Dr., King g
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to
give relief. or money be paid back.
Suffers from La Grippe found it just
toe thing and under its use had a
speedy and perfect recovery. Try
y sample bottle at our expense and
learn for yourself just how good a
toing it is. Trial bottle free at E.
T. W hit ehead & Co.'S Drog Store.
Large size SOC. and S1.00.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16
THE UNITED KINGDOM.

IT is proposed to build an open-air
theater at the Crystal palace, London,
with seating capacity for five thou
sand people.
THE consumption Of tea in the United
Kingdom during 1890 reached the un-
precedentedly high figure of 500 pounds
per head.
ABOUT half of the kerosene consumed
in Great Britain comes from the United
States, three-eighths from Russia, and
one-eighth from Scotland.
IN England the old four-posted bed
stead is the pride OF the nation, but the
iron or brass bedstead is fast becoming
universal. The English beds are the
largest beds in the world.
THROUGHOUT the whole Of British In
dia los, 838, 357 males and Ill, 1872, 927 fe-
males, or 217,171,2 284 persons in all, are
totally unable to read or write and are
under no instructions of any kind more
than one-tenth Of the males and about
one-ninth of the females belonging to
Bombay
AT recent meeting of the Geological
society, London, a model of the largest
gold nugget yet found in western
Australia, known as the Little Hero -
weighing $50 ounces 8 pennyweight,
found at Shaw's Fall, 200 miles from
Roeburne and so from Nullagine, at a
depth of inches, was exhibited by Mr..
Harry Page Woodward, f. G.. S.
THE bank of England was established
in 1894, and is older than any of the in
stitutions of the class in any other Of
the great nations. 1t was not the first
of the important financial houses, how
ever. The bank of Venice was created
in 11o1, that of Genoa in 14O7, that Of
Hamburg in 1919 and that of Rotterdam
in 1885. In 1903 the bank of France
was esta b1iShed
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16
Regular Publications Best.

No one takes up regular publicat-
ION without the expectation Of fn-
ding something of interest, The
simple act Of turning the pages is
as positive an example of expectation
as Is the opening Of a closet if one
is iii search of a coat. Hence an
announcement in regular publlca.
tion has an advantage over any
other form Of business solicitations
that of meeting the sought for eye
at time that il is in mood for
such greetlng.-A. G. Ladd.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16
Spec;H,a enCaScS.

S. H. Clifford. New Cassel, Wis.
was troehled with Neuralgia and
Rhe1matisu his stomach was dis
ordered. his Liver was affect to an
farming degree. appetite fell away
end he was terriblp reduced in flesh
and strength. Three hotties of E.
aectric Bitters cured him.
Edward shepherd, Harrisburg, Ill. .,
had a running sore on his leg of
eight years standing- Used three
bottles of Electric Bitters aud seven
boxes of Bucklen's Arnita Salve,
and his leg is sound and we'll. John
Speaker, Catawba, O, had five large
Fever sores on his leg, doctors said
he was incurahle. One bottle Elect
ric Bltters and one box Bucklen's
Arnica sa!ve cured him entirely
Sold by Z. I. Whitehead s. Cos
Drug Store
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16
HOW'S THIS.
ment.

We offer One Hundred Dol1ors reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. DHENEY Il CO.. Props, Toledo,
O.,
We, the undersigned, have knownF. J.
Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
West Il Truck, Wholesale Druggist,
Toledo, Ohio. Walding, Kinnan & Mar
vim, " holesalu Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure IS taken inteIally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, Price, 75c.
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
4-16-1m.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16

The poets sing, in dainty rhymes,
Ot summer days and sunny climes,
OF beauteous maidens, passing fair,
With witching eyes and waving hair,
Till near the end, you're apt to see
'TlS bat an lad" for ?. f. P;
that Is, Pierce's FaYorIte Prescript>
Jon, the infallible and guaranteed
remedy for all kinds OF female weak
ness which cures the ailments of
feeble, "rur>down" and deoilitated
women, and restores them to Vo1th-
fulne5s and beauty once more. The
price Of this royal remedy, Dr..
Pierces Fsyorlte Prescription. is but
$1.00 a bottle, and money refunded
Ia every case if it dosent give salts
faction. See guarantee on bot le-
wrapper.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16
HAPPY GIRLS.
NEW DEPARTURE.
TIE G. F. C. GIRLS WILL no LONGER
BE DEPENDENT UPON DREssMAKERs.
Greensboro Patriot.)

| Greensboro Patriot.)
DR.. Dixon has introduced a new
school for the Greensboro Female
College which promises much for the
good of that institution in the fU.
ture. The girls will no longer be
obliged to rush frantically around
town about commencement, hCrrsing
up delinquent dressmakers and
losing their religion on failure to
| get pet COnstume ready in tine
for that occasion OF occaions.
Your reporter recleved an invitation
some time ago to visit this depart.
ment and be was not slow to respond.
After climbing two or three flights
of stairs we were Ushcred into room
where We were met by Miss Thaxton'
voc has charge Of the class in gar
ment cutting and fitting. After b..
ing introduced to the class, we were
shown through the room where
some Of the young ladies were draft
ing patterns, some cutting out and
fitting garments, others still were
sewing. The system in use now
was introduced by MIR. S. D. Ramsey
and is called the National Garm ent
Cutter. Mr.. Ramsey Is travelling
through the South Introducing his
system in the schools and colleges,
and wherever he has been he re-
ceives most flattering notices. The
beauty Of this sy stem. Miss Thaxton
says, is its simplicity, almost anyone
having any knowledge at all Of cuts
ting and fitting can learn in few
hours to make any kind Of perfectly
fitting garment, and make it in the
very latest style. One pupil learn
ed the whole system perfectly in
four hours. The young ladies are
very much pleased with their new
work and are proud Of their aohiev-
meDts in this line and Miss Thax ton
seems to be very popular with them.
She says some of her pupils did not
even know how to sew when she first
Came, one youug lady was pointed
out who was just beginning to learn
and seemed to be very much ashamed
of her ignorance. "You see' res
marked Miss Thaxton." | am trying
to fit these young ladies out for good
wlvee,' at which remark all the
Young ladies shook thei- heads,
iDdignantly showing plainly they hsd
30 idea of ever taking euch course.
rbese young wonen intend to make
all their commencement dresses and
will make Dr.. Dixon suit of clothes
which he will wear on that occasion.
In our opinion this is a step in the
right direction, the young ladies will
not only become more Independent
but it will enable them to feel that
ia case they should ever be thrown
upon the world they will haYe a
means of support. DR.. Dixon is
delighted with the department, and
~e wish every female school in the
South would have just such depart
mont
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16
Whiskey did it,
(GoidSboro Argus.)

While driving home with wagon
load OF guano Saturday evening from
this city, Jesse Trrnaee, white ten
ant on the lands OF Mr.. J. b. Edgerton
in Fork township, fell from his seat
on the wagon and the heavily loaded
vehicle passed over his body. from
the effects he died Sunday. he was
within half mile Of his home when
the fatal accident befeU him. The
unfortunate man had been drinking
and hls fail was due to his lntox!
Gated condition.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16

A fret worth knowing is that blood dis
eases which all other medicines fail to
cure yield slowly but surely to the blood
cleansing properties of P. P. Pnckly
Ash, Poke Root and Potassium,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16

People wonder when they find how
rapidly health is restored by taking P. P.
P. (PrlcklY Ash. Poke Root and Potas-
sium) The reason is simple, as it is a
powerful ombination of the roots and
herbs of the h0ma U.a4d<-
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16
". ". CALD WELL.

President aud manager.
La Grippe corresponds very nearly
with our broken Bone Fever or Dengue
Fever. Johnson's Chill and Fever Toni,
Is specific for any malarIal trouble.
hence it cures La grippe
For sale by all Druggists, and one -
cent bottle guaranteed to cure in every ill.,
Stance, or money refunded.
9-25-lY.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16
SpESl AZ. .NOaal Il.
OFFICE OF CALDWELL COMMISSION {
CHICAGO, ILL, Jan. II, Is

OFFICE OF CALDWELL COMMISSION Co
CHICAGO, ILL, Jan. II, 1890.
4. b. GudaaaeaH, .Sucaaah, Ga.
DEAR SIR: My son, man or ?.
years, was attacked with La GrIdpe, aud,
believing it TO be OF maidriai origin took
your Johnson's Tonic as DIR ctcd fer
ChilIs and Fever. The result was he
escaped the Fever winch follows the
severe aching, and was able t. be At
work the second Gay. was taken with
the disease. Lrery bone 4" me Jegant Ia
ache, and my suffering was grca. | was
compelled to g. homo and to bed. !
fully expected to be there week Nv
son told me of his experience and urzeu
NE TO take Johnson's Chill and Fever
Toaic. | did SO, with regularity All
all through the night, and was agrceably
surprised to see that no fever came. /
continued until had doses-fclt weak
and exhausted: but no jecer, and achin,
disappeared Next morning had a
good appetite for my breakfast, felt
quite well and went to nv buSIruss rs
| ever was. Since then haye tired ],
with like two other cases, Yours
truly.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16
Special to The Ladies.

Larger ants. at I Of Que per cent
3-l9-tf.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10
THE TAMMANY GRIP.

A pretty kettle of fish this Crlsp-Mills
business has got the Democracy lnto'
Massachusetts supporter Mills and op-
posed Crisp because the latter favored
silver. For the spne reason the west
supported Crisp New York backed him
because he vas Hill-Tammany man,
deeming itof more consequence to extend
Tammp4y's influence into the very halls
If congress than anything else. Thus
th election of Crisp as speaker means
chat the clutch of Tammany's tiger has
fastened itself on the throat of national
Democracy. Hill is ahead for the time
being and Cleveland isn't Sin it" any
more, anywhere. But Hills is merely a
temporary victory, and his very success
at this juncture ruins his chances as a
presidential possibility next year. He
has played his last card to beat Cleveland
at the out set, but in doing SO he has had
to reveal his connection with Tammany,
and the Democracy of the west and north.
west will either have to beat him in con-
vention or crnge to the rule of the New
York tiger. There is no question but
that they will adopt the former course
and relegate Hill to the rear quite as
effeotually as he has side-tracked Cleve.
land. In the light Of all that has hap.
pened within the past few days it is rea.
sonable to predict that very large element
in the Democratic party will be hunting
fresh presidential timber Immediately.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10

prove valued patron of the New Mexico
coal pits. Coming nearer home, we
find western Texas, southern and central
New Mexico, Arizona and California, a
vast territory, that must greatly rely upon
northern New Mexico for its future fuel
supply. Then further south is Mexico,
practically without coal, and here also is
a great field, particularly when manufac-
turing enterprises shall have been started
there. All this region is practically
tributary to the coal measures Of south
Santa Fe county, and come what will, no
power can stay the development of those
measures. The better half of the whole
west demands it and stands ready to
nav tribute to the Black Diamonds from
CerrillOs
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10
STILL WRIGGllNG.

Major John w. Powell's geological sur
vey is still wriggling over the government
reservoir scheme. 1t was thought the
"sarpent" was dead, practically, but it
seems his head has only been slightly
bruised. The press and people of the
west must look more carefully after this
wiley old lobbyist. He gives it out in
Washington that he has been doing won.
ders toward the settlement of the arid
lands problem out here in New Mexico
during the past year. He reports that
during the year he has Selected, surveyed
and located thirty-nine government reser-
voir sites in New Mexico. Possibly he
has, but his one-lung brigade Of assistants
have been previously quiet about it; they
must have known public sentiment was
against them. Wonder where those reser-
voir sites are?
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10
MADE A HIT.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
has made hit at last. For years it has
been sloshing about making no incon'
siderable noise, but its results we're such
as to set everybody to asking what it was
created for. Now, however, it has done
something, at least, and something, too,
that will serve to open the eyes of the
public as well as those of the railroad
men to the fact that somebody is respon-
sible for great public wrong. The
statistical work just issued by direction Of
this commission shows that the increase
in the railway mileage of the country last
year was $3.50 miles, and the increase in
railway capital was $444 1858, 1893; that
would indicate cost of $4,000 per mile
for the roads built last year. They act
uallv cost not more than $25 900 per
mile, 80 that the increased capitalization
should have been $3.50, 900, 900. All over
that sum in the increased capitalization is
nothing more nor less than water added
to the already tremendously watered
stocks. The roads are capitalized now at
the rate of $780, sl per mile, and the &C.
tual cost was not more than one.half that
sum. Putting the roads, as they ought
to be put, at their actual value, the
charges made last year would have paid
10 per cent on every mile OF railway in
the United States.
These are startling figures. There has
long been Suspicion out that watered
stocks and not legislation was the real
matter with the railroad corporations.
These official figures show where the
trouble lies. We are not advocating
government control of transportation lines
Just at present, but under the circum-
stances and with such showing it is no
wonder that there is a very strong public
sentiment springing up throughout the
country in favor of such proposition.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10
Orthodoxy Made Easy.

Sermons written while you wait" ap-
pears to be the motto of a novel enter
prise that has just come to light in Chi
cago. 1t make point of supplying SER
mons fresh from the barrel, at the ridi.
culous low price of dollar or two, to all
such ministers as are too lazy, too busy OF
too brainless to write them themselves
The stock covers all creeds and al
shades of orthodoxy. One need only
drop his dollar into the slot, with the
request that it be Lutheran, twenty five
minutes long, orthodoxy fair to middling
eloquent peroration, etc., or Baptist
hard shell, soundly orthodox, time one
hour and twenty-five minutes, TWEEN.
ty-nine headings, ETC., to get pair Of
sermons warranted not to fade or guar
anteed to convert Jay Gould.-Bethlehem
Times.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10
CERRILlOS' BLACK DIAMONDS,

Frequent references in the press dis
patches of late to the severe weather in
the plains regions of the west, and the ex.
IRENE shortage in the coal supply, sug.
gests fact that many seem to have lost
sight OF in their estimate Of the resources
Of New Mexico. The coal measures in
the northern portion of this territory
have long been recognized in general
way as being valuable, but when we come
to consider the field they are destined to
supply with fuel at no distant day their
value appears to he almost beyond esti-
mating. With the Colorado, Wyoming
and Iowa coal pits working at their full
est famine is threatened in Nebraska
and Kansas, and as the plains regions
continues to settle up that region will
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10

EVEN the noble red man up in Mon
tana has caught on to the boomers meth,
DDS of getting easily through the winter.
The Cheyenne Indians are reported to
have resumed their ghost dance and
threaten an attack. It's all in the play.
Hard winter coming on and settlers want
q home market for their forage. Same
old cry of send the soldiers. It's dodge
that will hardly work again.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10

The United States can now boz "
having the tleetest and most fc. nlua a.
war vessel of its class in the v'fiu. . t -oo
Nav York is an armored cr.sler OF SOW
displa cement, and is MAKE ."en'y
knots per hour. She c'rries enu"sn wa" Va.
to make ths voyage across the Pacific at
f,ll sneed without COallLg.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10

JUST before the BATH, the Fort Worth
Gazette arose to rema'k: "The only evil
omen that has teDled to shadow Col.
Mills chances 80 fsr has been the incl
dent that he wss driven to the capitol
Saturday accompanied by Editor Whisk-
ers, of the st. Louis Jonesy. Still, little
thing like that ought not to hoodoo as big
a man as Col. Mills" Wonder how the
Gazette now feels about it?
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10

The New York gold bugs seem to have
quite concluded that, in the event OF a
free coinage act, the president will veto it.
This authority, however, is not good.
IHoio ".0 --."J 49, .-------'e-- ~ the sem
ate in favor of such an act; it only re-
auires three additional votes to pass the
bill over a veto. This is narrow margin
that may have materially warped the
judgment OF the gold bugs.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10
A Warm Heart.

You will see the pools and standing
waters frozen through the winter, when
the little running streams are bounding
along between frlnges of icy gems. Why
is this? The streams have something
else to do than to stand still to be frozen
up. Be you like them. Keep your
hearts warm by feeling for others and
your powers active by work done in
earnest.-John Hall.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10

The supreme court of New York mas
taken under advsement an apparently
verv fight matter. They are bordering
tbspuzzling question: Are the tights
a an actress wearing applrer or tools OF
trader" Thus Agnes Hunington's tights
are hung up, for the time being, in high
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10

WITH snow foot deep in yenver and
much deeper throughout otter quarters
of Colorado coal famine o, in Kansas
the mercury away below ZERO in Iowa,
and poor old Missouri ir the grasp oil
fever and ague, sunny New Mexico Is
open for congratulations ,hese days.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10

been trying to break records. Here is
the big showing made in the reduction of
mortgages for the month Of November,
the figures being official and furnished to
the Journal by E. M. Speer, abstractor,
of Hill city: Mortgages recorded, ST.
$3.50; mortgages released, $50, $3.50 .93 !;
Excess of releases, 500 ,Ol593.-K. G..
journal.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10
why Shouldn't He?

1t is predicted that Senator PETER will
act with the Republicans in the senate.
Of course he will. PETER is not very
strong man, but he is not bad one. He
is certainly not so depraved as to act with
the emocrats.-Lawrence Journal.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10
A PHILOSOPHER on He'll,

The esteemed New York Sun discusses
"hell" to the extent of one solid column.
Although it is a non-political subject the
logic of the Suns argument is that "its
better to be sure than to be Sorry
Washington Post.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10
EDITORIAL COMMENTS.


There may be ground for doubling
whether the world would continue to
move if South America should stop her
revolutions.-Buffalo Express.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10

lyme NEW MEXICAN is the Oldest news pWst
amer in New Mexico. It Is sent 10 ever 9G gro U
nfioa In the Territory and has large anu gio Nv
Umce tr ~ emong the intelligent and pro-
aressiye people of the southwest
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10
THURSDAY, DECE MBER 10.

WE'LL This is cheering. Peru ano
Bolivia want to form an alliance with the
unjtad States to lick Chill.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10
All contracts and bills for advertising payapie

All CONTRACTS and DIS lot HuVel'1'f"6 P''
monthly. .,,,
All communications intended lot paOl1 ,a and
must be accompanied by the writer's na aHiSenee
aood faith and should be addressed TO Gh 1S
editor Letters pertaining to business sho o
De aooresseu " Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-10
$500 Reward i!

WE will pay the above reward for any case of Liver
Complaint, Dyspepsia Sick Headache Indigestion, Con
stir alton or Costiveness cannot with Vests
Vegetable Liver Pills. when the directions are strictly
complied with. They are purely Vegetable and
Tail to give satisfaction Sugar Coated Large boxes
containing 50 Pills. Is cents. Beware of counterfeit
and limitations. The genuine manufactured only By
THE JOHN c. WEST COMPANY. CHICAGO. ILL.
For sale by A. g. Ireland, Jr.