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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
DOMESTIC iNFELlCITY.

TOMMY you ever see a real cir
Gus, Johnny?' Johnny-"No, but I've
heard ma when pa comes home late,
lots OF times. '-Nashington Star.
Mrs. ENrEC-'If You didn't love me
what did you marry me FORE Enpec-
"Why don't you go and hire ont TO
some paper 10 run their puzzle depart
ment?"
This dress shows my figure admira-
bly," she remarked as she twisted her
head to look in the mirror behind her.
Yes" replied her husband, and the
check it calls for does the same for me. -
washington Post.
SOMETHING He COULD ALWAYS Fr;p,-
Mr. Chugwater (burrowing in a bureau
| DIRE Wcr) ~ never can find anything
want in this houscn'-Mrs. Chugwater
Eyes, you can, dear. You can always
find something to growl about. Chi
| 90 CrD 'TribilDo
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
WITTY AND WIS

GENERAL Belief and Private Opinion
Go not belong to the same regiment
II it was not for the fear = public
opinion most men would Eo To the devil
in the day tlme-Atchieon Globe.
Ny son, borrow nothing and lend
nothing. for the creditor does not love
the debtor, and vice versa. -Tcxas Sift-
ings.
If the sun had nothing else to do but
shine on the righteous. it would be
hardly worth while for him 10 rise is
arly rs ne does.
THERE is difference worth studying
When Il man affectionatcly spcaAs Of
he little woman at home" and the
woman little at home.-Baltimor
American.
THE man who does not complain
makes more friends than the man who
always has n grievance. The dead mar
yr is die only kind that is ever canon
zcd.-N. y. Recorder
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
IN THE MUSICAL WORLD.

A CHOIR of twenty natives Of South
African tribes went to London recently
to show the results of their education
and training by giving concerts.
THE new American prima DONNA
Miss Snyder, is described as above the
middle height, slender, graceful, with a
pale, oval face, gray eyes and dark hair
FRANCIS WILSON. the comic opera
Singer, has built a handsome country
seat not far from New York city. In
the third story he has constructed .
small theater, with stage large
enough for fourteen actors ard au-
dience room for 4 hundred people.
MUSICAL composers, to the astonish-
ment of some people, have at last
turned their attention to the works of
Henrik Ibsen. Richard Genee, the
composer of the Marine Cadet and
other light operas, has chosen Ibsen's
Festival at Solhang" for the found
ion of a romantic opera. 50
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
RECENT INVENTIONS.

y NEW thing in penwipers is a silver
pig whose back is thiclEly covered with
natural bristlcs.
\ HARNESS that is luminous in the
dark has been invented. 1t is intended
to prevent collisions at night.
HERR \. NoLL, Of Be~ingcr, in the
Black forest, has invented a clock war
rantad to go without winding until y.
ID. 9999.
An odd invention, manufactured AT
the suggestion Of a New York lady is
an enameled orange which opens and
discloscs a watch in one half and q
purse in the other.
y CALICo-FRISTIHG machine has been
invented in this country, the novelty of
which is that the cloth may be printed
Oh one side in eight colors or on both
sides with four colors each.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
CARE FOR THE BABIES.

IN Spain the infants face is swept
with a pine-tree bough to bring good
luck.
GARLIC, salt, bread and steak are put
into the cradle of d new born babe in
Holland. --->
IN Ireland belt made of woman's
hair is placed about child to keep
harm away. ---,s~-.
THE Grecian mother, before putting
her child in the cradle, turns three
times around before the fire while sing
ing her favorite song to ward off evil
spirits.
WELSH mothers put pair Of tongs or
a knife in the cradle to insure the
safety of their children; the knife is
also used for the same purpose IN some
parts of England.
THE London mother places a book
under the head of a newborn infant
that it may be quick at reading and
puts money into its first bath to guaran-
tee its future wealth.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
PEOPLE OF ALL CLASSES.


CHIEF JUSTICE LUCAS, of West Vir-
ginia, is said to be the smallest man in
the state. He is only four feet high.
THE youngest United States consul is
j. L. Doty, who is stationed at Tahiti,
and who was only twenty years of age
when he received his appointment,
A FUND is being raised for the Wen
dell Phillips hall and institute to the
memory Of the orator, as his widow OPP
poses the erection of a statue to him.
Col. GEORGE B. Mcclellan, treas
urer of the Brooklyn Bridge Company,
is said to be all the time growing more
like his distinguished father in appear
ance and manner.
DURING the last year in New York
DR.. William A. Hammond is credited
with having made over $3.50, 900, proba-
bly, the largest medical income ever
earned in America -se---- .a.--
THOMAS MORRIS, a colored man Of
Stuart, Va, claims to be one hundred
and ten years of age. He is the father
of forty eight children and has been
married five times, but all his wives are
dead.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
Cold Comfort

A couple from the humber walks
of life came before a justice Of the
peace to be married, when. the cere-
mony being over, the bride began to
weep copioosly.
whats the matter?' ssked the
new husband.
~ never told you that I don't
know how to cook" sobbed the
bride.
Don't fret. I'll not have any.
thing to cook. I'm poet."-Texas
Slftings.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
Poisoned By Scrofula.

Is the sad story of many lives made miss
cradle through no fault of their own.
Scrofula is more especially than any
other hereditary disease, and for this
simple reason: Arising from impure
and insufficient blood, the disease locates
itself in the lymphatics. which are com
posed of white tissues, there is period
of foetal life when the whole body con-
sist Of white tissues, and therefore the
unborn child is susceptible to this dread
full disease. But there is remedy fer
scrofula, whether hereditary or acquired
1t is Hoods S.rsaparilla, which by it's
powerful effect on the blood, expels all
trace of the disease and gives to the vital
fluid the quality and color of health.
If you decide to take Hoods Sarsaparllla
do not accept any subtltute.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
THE RAILROADS OF EUROPE

BIRMINGHAM, Eng, has the largest
railroad depot.
FRANCE has prohibited the working|
of railroad firemen and engineers over
twelve hours a day.
VLADIvosToCK will be the terminal of
the Russian Transcontinental railroad
on the sea of Japan.
THE 12411 miles between Newcastle
and Edinburg, which is done without 3
stop, is at present the longest run in
Britain.
THE Paris municipal council has voted
to have an underground railroad, to
start from the Arc de Triomphe to the
Care Saint Lazare and under Place
L'Opera to the bastile. -.:.<:-->->5. -.-.s,s.
THE largest locomotive vet built in
Europe is forty-six feet over all, with a
total weight of eighty--four tons. On d
gradient of 1 in 40 the engine can, by
exercising its full traction power, move
200 tons. 1t was built at the Hirschau
works in Munich .a-.,E:.-
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29

Imagination goes a long way in re-
heving peoples ailments. \ lady OF
this city has for the past six months
regulated the air Of her room by glass
transom- When the room was too
close, she opened the tra1som to admit
air, closing it at night to prevent
draughts and exclude noise. It worked
like charm until she discovered that
there had never been any glass in the
transom.-Detroit Free Press.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
POINTS FOR MERCHANTS.

PAY as YOU 70.
NEyER fool in business matters.
LEARN h thin, and act for yourself
DoS'T stop 10 tell stories in business
hours.
DO not NEEDLE with business you
know nothing q.
Hive order, system, regularity and
also promptnesa.
y 2EAss Of honor respects his word as
n does Ais bond
II you have \ place Of business be
found there when wanted.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
TERSE OBSERVATIONS.

II never pays to run through briar
patch.
SOMETIMES a good well has a very
poor pump.
IT is the cowardly dog that is always
showing his teeth.
A DOG without teeth very often does
the most barking.
You can never break a COW of kicking
by kicking back agrin.
THE love that never speaks until it
does it on q gravestOne doesn't mean
much.
IT is seldom that a woman gets re-
Ggion enough to love people who do not
praise her baby.
THE best way to get rid Of the blues
is to try to push the clouds away from
the windows Of other people.-Ram's
Horn.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
NIAGARA RIVER
Glacial Action Instrumental In Forming
It's Channel.


Prof. G. W. HALEY dissents from
Prof. Gilbert's theory of the history of
Niagara :river. and believes that glacial
action was an agent in the formation
If the channel. In 1910, he said,
argc surface of rock on the bank of
he river was removed at different
points for the purpose of making GER
ain improvements, and was found to
DC deeply scored, while the vicinity
furnished many granite powders.
Three branches Of drift stone and
gravel are developed at Lewiston, and
the evidences of glacial action are abun
daut These and other facts which the
author mentioned point, in his opinion,
to the existence and progress Of grand
terminal moraine, which was once the
boundary OF an immense inland sea.
SO far from the Niagara river carrying
no sediment, os Prof Gilbert assumes,
and as one who visits it III summer
might be justified in supposing, one
who lives near it many years may see
its waters running for ten days at a
time with a dirty chocolate or dark
mbcr color, and charged with great
Quantities Of sand, gravel and silt; and
can hear in the rapids the gravel and
'pebplcs grinding and scratching their
way along the rough bottom. The
vast dense bar at tie month Of the
river on Lake Ontario is overwhelming
proof of its immense securing proper
ties.--N. y. Observer.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29

Uric Summers-GeraId, don't put
Your arm around my waist; every body
on the piazza can see!
Gerald Blaiser-Oh, no. They might
see my arm, perhaps: lat they couldn't
possibly see your waist:-Puck.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
Her Attractions

clara-charles Jackson P ieters blonde
girls.
Laura-Indeed. l am quite brunette,
you know, and he is always very at
tentive to me.
Clara Probably because your in
Dome Is fair.-Munsey' Weekly.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29

Needing @ tonic, Or children that want building
up. should take
BROWNS IRON BITTERS.
1t is pleasant to take cures Malaria, lndlges-
ton, and Biliopsis... 81 90 ls1eS
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
The "Ueeping" Eye.

A great many people will remember
a practice that was common about fifty
years ago Of rubbing the eye in a pc
cuLiar way, from the outer to the inner
corner. the result being, as was sup
posed, to strengthen the sight The
practice originated with President John
Quincy Adams, who had what is called
"a weeping eye, disease having closed
some Of the ducts, so that he was forced
TO wipe away the Overlooking moisture
about once in every five minutes. He
always wiped his eye from the outer to
the inner corner, and some one. motto
ing this peculiar action, and knowing
also that, although he passed his eight
ieth year. he never used spectaclcs,
connected the two facts and started the
theory that rubbing the eye in the way
indicated prevented the changes insep-
arabic from advancing years. For a
time all the old people in the country
spent half their time rubbing their
eyes, but the fad soon died ont and is
now scarcely remembered save by
some old man who saw people practic-
ing it while he was a boy.->t. Louis
Globe Democrat
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
FOR SALE

A GOOD OPEN CRATE COAL STOVE.
Apply to the editor of The DEMOCRAT.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29
C3E IlISgZ E@i.f


Physicians recommend il.
- dealers keep il. 81 % per bottle Gem IN
- 1-yeS'r and crossed red lines ON wrapae
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-29

her for-when her towns and cities
are hives Of industry, and her coun-
try-side the exhaustless fields from
which their stores are drawn-when
every stream dances on its way to
the music of the spindles, and every
forest echoes back the roar of the
passing trisn-when the valleys
smile with Gbundant harvests, and
FROM her hlllsldes comes the tinkling
of bells as he herds and focks 90
forth from their folds when more
than two million people proclaim her
perfect independence and bless her
with their love-I shall be more than
content, l say, If my son, looking
upon such SCIENCES as these, can
stand up and say. my father bore
part in this WORK, and his name
lives in the memory Of this people,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-08
The River and Harbor Convention


The River and Harbor Convention
meets at Evansville Oct. IA, and it is
a very important meeting to this sec
ton. Mr.. Washington will be there
to represent his constituents, and
likely Nashville will send good
delegation of business men. Clarks.
vile at that time will have the Bap-
fist convention and the Confederate
reunion on hand, still, if possible, we
ought to send several delegates to
look after the special interest Of
GAINESVILLE. We call the attention OF
both the Board of Trade and the
Commercial Club to this matter.
The improvement Of the lower Cum
berland is of vital Importance to
GAINESVILLE, and unless she urges it,
combining with the territory tribu-
tary to the Cumberland below us, ii
will not be done. Nashville is pledg-
ed to the improvement of the upper
OunDtIlaHu uIotS nuu IhO WOiShI vi
her great influence will of course be
thrown in that direction.
The work necessary to give good
navigation the year round from
Nashville to the mouth of the river
will cost but little more than one
fourth the amount necessary to put
the upper river in good boating con-
dition, and it seems that the natural
point to begin such work is at the
mouth and not at the source, as has
been done In this case.
II GAINESVILLE sits still and waits
until the upper Cumberland is made
navigable before the lower river is
the subject of government improve.
ment, she has nothing to count on
for ten years at least. Better be up
and doing.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-08
JUDGE BROWNS REPORT.
The City Judge Defaulting Case at
Hopkinsville.

At the meeting of the City Council
in Hopkinsville Tuesday night,
Judge Brown, of the City court, sub
mitted his answer to the charges
made against him some time ago by
the municipal investigating commit
tee. In this answer the Judge
claims that he is entitled to $500 for
every fine that has been worked out
during his administration, and that
he is entitled to five per cent. of
every fine paid. These few items.
supplemented by a few minor eharg-
es, leaves due him by the city SAG. 81.
The City Council chairman
would not accept the answer, and
ordered Judge Brown to pay over to
the city by this evening the full
amount of his shortage, 1857 90.
Commenting on the answer SUBJ
mitted by Judge Brown, the New
Era says:
"The Board treated the report of
Judge Brown as no answer to the
charges preferred. Judge Brown
claims that he is entitled to $500
costs for every case where a prisoner
has been sent to the work house and
worked out his fine, and these cases
aggregate the sum of $411OO which
he puts in as set-off to the city's
claim against him for money collec
ted and retained by him. This
charge, preposterous in itself, is the
more absurd when it is understood
that in each of these cases the chief
of police, or officer making the ar
rest, is entitled one dollar of the So. 90
charged, and if there was, in fact,
any shadow of right to the claim,
only two-thirds of the amount would
be available to Judge Brown as an
offset. And as matter of fact, the
costs in no case have been worked
out, the City Council in 1885 having
by ordinance rejected the provision
previously existing, which permitted
the working of prisoners for COSTS"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-08
--7--l-l----l-l-----l-71-177--
Grand Sale of Live Stock.


Strother Banks, one of the most
successful breeders of fine horses and
Jersey cattle in Southern Kentucky
has tempting offers elsewhere and
will change his business and his
home. With this end in view he
will offer for sale on Wednesday,
Oct. IA, at his farm one mile west OF
Trenton, all of his horses and cattle,
consisting of trotting, pacing and
running horses, mares and colts OF
the best strains, and about fifteen
head of Jersey cattle, embracing
cows, heifers and young bulls of the
Signal, Coomassie, Tormenter and
other fashionable strains, The hors'
es consist OF about fifty head, includ-
ing the stallion Robber Boy, by
Mambrino King, one of the best in
Kentucky ; the fine Jack Gilderoy,
Jr., and mares, colts and geldings by
such slres as Marabout, Principe,
2:24l, Farmers Bank and Robber
Boy. Will also sell number OF
work and sucking mules.
9.29d&sw2w.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-08
Quarterly Conference.
Springfield, Oct. 5.
PALMYRA. nj PALMYRA Oct. q.

Springfield, Oct. 5.
Palmyra, at Palmyra, Oct. 8.
Saline, at Burr's, Oct. Is.
Indian Mound, at Stamper's, Oct
IA.
Montgomery, at Wylee's Oct. Is.
Antioch, at Zion, Oct. 1913.
Ashland City, at Ashland City
Oct. 20.
Pleasant View and Mallory's, a
Pleasant View, Oct. q.
Asbury, at Mt. Carmel, Oct %.
GAINESVILLE, Oct %.
State Line, at Guthrie, Oct. 24-25
Red River, at Palestine, Oct. 26.
If the brethren desire preaching al
any of the above appointments let u'
begin at 1890 a. m, with dinner or
the ground at 1890.
Local preachers and trustees will
have written reports. Let the pas
tors have all the statistics to be re.
ported to the Annual Conference, sc
that ] can have the minutes full be-
fore signing. Let everybody work
hard for a good finish.
w. II. PEBBLES.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-08
is CENTS PER WEEK.
BRANDON BARKsDALE. PROPS.

AS the old woman once said: "Poor
folks have poor ways" This might
be stated in another and better form:
Poor ways make poor folks" 1t
is very poor way for a farmer
to better his condition by listening
to the songs Of his woe and desti'u'
ton as sung by the sub-treasury DEM
agogues, and sit down in the agony
Of his poverty and wiring his hands,
while his corn is suffering for plow-
ing, or his tobacco needs taking in
to save 1t from the worms and frost.
II merchants were to do this way,
leaving their business all to the
clerks, they would very soon be
bankrupt.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-08
The Polk Place For Governors Man


A contest and squabble has come
up over the Polk homestead in Nash
Vile. The will is to be contested
and there is talk OF moving the re-
mains OF President Polk and his wife
to some other place and cut the place
up into lots and sell it.
This would be great shame. The
State ought to buy this property, If
It can be had reasonably, for gov
ernor's mansion and preserve it as it
is. The State pays her governor a
small salary and ought, out of State
pride, to furnish the executive a
home. II the State would take
charge Of the coal oil inspection in
large cities, and elect salaried officers,
under strict regulations to do the
work and turn the income over to
the State, just as the Comptroller,
Treasurer, prison superintendent and
other officers are paid, the income
from this source and some other
sources would soon pay for the Polk
place, to be preserved for govern
Or's mansion.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-08
THEY HuaoEp 8 TREE.
The Sheriff OF Crittenden County, KY.
Administers the Whip.

They have whipping post law in
Crittenden county, KY, of which
ex-Representative f. Q. Flannary
is the author, passed and approved
May 20, 1890.
The law was not put in force until
few days ago. John Crow (col.)
was brought before the court at
Marion, KY, on charge of stealing
turkeys from J. H. Walker, AMI was
convicted. The judge said the Jail
was already full of prisoners, sent
there to pay fines by labor, but there
was no labor for them to do. The
county was at the expense of keeping
petty offenders, and that they could
not be punished as thejury directed,
and he felt that he owed it to the
people as an official sworn to enforce
the law, to break up the petit larceny
that was growing so common, and
he would obey the mandates of the
whipping-post law, and therefore
sentenced the prisoner to receive
twenty lashes on his bare back
Sheriff l.. w. Cruce and deputy took
Crow to the courthouse yard, strip
ped off his shirt, and, while Grow
Rugged locust tree, hit him twenty
lashes with small cowhide. The
ticks were laid on lightly. Crow
WINGED and begged the sheriff at the
thirteenth lick 70 give him a little
rest.
After Crow was released he wen
to the judge and confessed that hi
got one of the turkeys and Sherman
Wheeler was with him and got thu
other, and, as Wheeler had enjoyed
the turkey with him, he should also
enjoy a little of the whipping
Wheeler was arrested, convicted ant
whipped. The same law includes
wife beating, and applies to any
county that may adopt it. Critten
den is the only county that has pu
the law in force.
The Crittenden Press, speaking o
the matter, says: 'It has set thu
public to thinking and talking, anC
the concensus of opinion was that il
was the right thing in the right place
Punishment heretofore inflicted fol
such crimes has no terror whatever
for such individuals as John Grow
while entailing an expense on the
county,.
1.-THE operation may be distastefu
to our refined ideas and we may call
it barbarous, but Mondays escapadt
shows very plainly that it reaches
and Furnishes a class that no othel
law has yet reached Crow felt the
disgrace, as well as bodily pain, and
at once exposed his companion in
crime, which he never would have
done if he had been sent to a com.
Portable room in the jail
Kentucky is not unlike Tennessee
in respect to criminal prosecution
Such a system as the work house
plan in this county, the several coun
ties in a judicial circuit joining
together and working criminals on
public roads, may serve to lessen
crime and reduce the number of con-
victs in the penitentiary, otherwise
the whipping post will have to be
resorted to, or we will soon have 2OOt
convicts in the penitentiary.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-08
La Grippe Again.

During the epidemic of La Grippe
last season DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
proved to be the best remedy. Re
ports from the many who used it con
firm this statement. They were not
only quickly relieved, but the disease
left no bad after results. We ask you
to give this remedy trial and we
guarantee that you will be satisfied
with results or the purchase price will
be refunded. 1t has no equal in La
Grippe, or any Throat, Chest, or Lung
Trouble. Trial bottles free at Owen &
Moore's Drug Store. Large bottles,
SOC. and 81 90.