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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
WOMEN TALKED ABOUT.

Mrs. BLAINE is the tallest Of the ladies
of the Cabinet and Mrs. Noble the short
est, the latter being only five feet in
height.
THE Vanderbilts are the pOssessors Of
laces which rival the Prussian and Aus
trian crown laces and are valued at
$500, 900.
MRS ANDREW CARNEGIE is not a pretty
woman, according to recent descrip-
ton. Her hair is dark and her features
somewhat irregular, but she has slen-
der, erect young figure and pleasing
face.
THE late Mrs. Astor had q lace dress
Which cost S15 600, and it is stated that
another was recently sold to an Ameri-
can lady for $25, 900. There are a num-
Der Of ladies in New York who each
own laces valued at from $50, 900 to
$500
MRS JOHN d. ROCKEFELLER, wife OF the
Standard Oil millionaire, is one Of the
most modest and unpretentiOuS of wOm-
en-. She is her own hOuSelleeper, and
she keeps O. set of books in which she
accounts for every cent spent on the
household.
MAUDE BANKS, daughter of General
n. p. Banks and an actress who is win
ming favor in New England, broke the
middle finger of her right hand while
fencing on the stage at Bath. Me. She
showed no signs of suffering. and as
soon as the bone was set resumed her
part, using her left hand.
MISS ROCKEFELLER bedroom at Rock
wood Hall, in Tarrytown, is a most
dainty and unique little apartment,
with its walls and ceiling painted with
leaves and garlands. In one of the
panels is set an onyx clock with a
silvered pendulum reaching to the
floor and richly chased golden hands
moving up among the carved garlands.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
i THE ARMIES OF EUROPE.

EXCESSIVE ugliness is Disqualified
ton for service in the French army.
THERE are now II 200, 900 men in Eu-
rope ready to be called into the field,
GERMANY boasts the healthiest army
in Europe, Belgium is second best, and
England comes in third.
THE latest returns are said to show
that 96, 900 ont Of $4,000 men in the En-
glish home army are under twenty-One
years of age.
THE Imperial German marine staff
for 1912 will require the enlistment
of 400 men annually against BOG as here
tofore. The usual yearly increase of
fifteen officers will be omitted.
THE new law of France which COM
pels theological students to serve in the
army has been put in force. A batch of
eighty-seven young seminarists of the
Order of st. Lazarus recently left Paris
to serve as soldiers.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has just got in his
POtSdam Guards a man that would have
re jOiced the heart of old Frederick
William l., the lover and kidnapper of
big soldiers. Up to November / Captain
Won Plusllow was the biggest man in
the army. He measured just six feet
and nine inches. \ volunteer recruit Of
seven feet and five inches has retired
him to second place.
THE activity of Russias preparations
for the coming war increases. The latest
measure that has set her Western neigh
| bOrs in a new war fright is the abolition
Of the seven great military divis-
ions OF the Russian army in Europe and
the introduction of three commands
the Army of the North, the Army of the
South, and the Army Of the West.
MILITARY statistics show that more
than twenty per cent. of the young men
presenting themselves for service in the
| army in the Governments on the
Vistula are rejected on account of feeble
health. The Medical Department of
| the Ministry of the Interior has APP
| appointed q special commission to in
quire into the causes of the defective
state Of health in that part of the EN-
pre-. y
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
SCRAPS OF GOOD THINGS.

A WOMAN seventy years old, who
lives on the island of Monhegan, Me,
has never seen a horse.
An AtchinsOn man has had the pleas
,re Of reading his own obituary notice.
He wrote it himself, and has laid it
aside. to be published after his death.
An indianapolis man has constructed
a bicycle Of steel tubing and aluminium,
which, though exceptionally light, is
claimed to be practically unbreakable.
4 Ply sICIAN has compiled some very
elaborate statistics to demonstrate that
men Of thought live, on an average,
three years and half longer than men
i'll the ordinary vOcatiOns of life.
4 GIII. at NOrristOwn, Pa, attacked
with tOothache. left the theater, and
going to neighboring dentist had the
offending mOlar extracted, after which
She returned to see the rest of the play.
TWENTY-FOUR pOstmen, mounted on
hicvcles. daily collect the mails in
Washington, =. c. They are on duty
from : q. IN, 10 9 p. Ia, IN phalanxes Of
twelve. 50 that no man has to work
more than eight hours day.
A LECTURER upon the English Ian
ruagl has predicted that before long
English grand opera will be permanent
" established III this country. He says
that the English language can be sung
without N any way disturbing the sus-
tanned legato flow of voice and the
beauty Of tone.
4 VERY expensive fad is having your
portrait cut as an onyx cameo. The
work is very slow, difficult and labOri-
Gus. The image when done is perman-
Cnt and will last for centuries. There
are enough people in New York who
enjoy this kind of extravaganza to give
constant employment to five cameo por-
trait carverS. .~r..a-..
a wELL-DREssED lady On a Louisville
strcet-car declined to pay fare for her
little girl. saying that she was only
three years old" Whereupon the little
thing broke forth: why, mamma,
don't you know that I'm six years old,
and to-day is my birthday" The lady,
blushing like peony, hurriedly gave
the conductor another nickel. =
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
r. raE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

No Do1-rr exists as TO the fact that
many deep-sea animals do emit hight.
thnugh the precise nature OF the
mechanism for its emission IS not al
ways certain.
TIE alosn of the ocean. and especially
of hirhlv-saline seas. are in all respects
different from frcsh-water alga. 1heF
constitute two independent orders, one
of which Is adapted by its organization
10 fresh water. the other to salt water
THERE are the curious ribbon fish,
with their fms prolonged into feelers
MANY times as long as the body; and
there are other strange types with
Dointrd tails and eyelesS heads that
look more like nightmares than actual
productions Of matter-Of-fact nature.
THE whale is no more fish than the
bat is a bird. It's young are born like the
kittens and the puppies, but only one at
= time. The young whale takes ITS
nourishment at its mothers breast, Just
as the human baby does, and 1t Is Just
as carefully watched and guarded by its
parents.
Down to the depth Of two hundred
fathoms, where daylight disappears, the
eyes Of fish grow constantly bigger
and bigger Beyond that depth small
eyed forms set in, with long feelers de-
vclopcd TO supplement the eyes. Sight
in fact, is here beginning to atrophy In
the greatest abysses the fish are mostly
blind.
THE Spanish maclzerel, with its
smooth, cone-shapcd body, is among
the swiftest of fishes, and for speed
only finds parallel in the dolphin.
There is a great similarity in shape be-
tween these two, and both cut the
water like 4 yacht. The first follows
the fastest steamers with the greatest
ease, in its dashes swimming at five
times their speed.
TIE method by which the sole
searches for food is peculiar. He taps
the sandy bottom with his head, guided
apparently by scent only; when the
tactile Glaments find something edible
ne Immediately scizes it with vigorous
and sudden snap Of the lower half OF
the laws. where the teeth are situated,
but never snaps at any thing not first
Realized by his feelers.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
CONCERNING OTHER NATIONS.
OyE-sEvESrH Of the land owners in

OHF-sFvFSTH Of the land owners III
Great Britain are women.
PARIS can now be reached from Lon
don an hour sooner than Edinburgh.
OVER 5000. 0o0, 600, 900 envelopes are
manufactured in England annually
PARIS Is accounted the most beautiful
city in the world. 1t contains 77,426
shade trees.
THE Sutlei. a large river in British
India. with Il descent Of $4,000 feet IN
$50 miles, is the fastest flowing river IN
the world.
LONDON affords for the use of its
4, OOO. 600 inhabitants only nineteen free
public and twenty-five commercial
bathing establishments.
THE French are a reading and writ
ing people Parisians send each year
80. OOO. 600 letters. 13, 900. 900 postal cards
and S., 900, 900 newspapers.
VENICE has 40. 900 inhabitants. Of
these no less than COCO are enrolled as
recipients Of relief: that is to say. near
" one-fourth Of the population are pau
pers.
II the twenty-six years, 1861 TO 1856,
the total actual u 4'ilAeAAN t7bAA
cides in Denmark was 2,S03; the calcu-
lated number was 2,S09, difference Of
six only
THE most expensive Legislature in
the world is that of France. 1t costs
annually about $4,000, 900. The Span
ish Parliament costs S250,000 the Ital-
| ian S43O, 900; the Belgian, 100000; the
Portuguese, $3.50, 200. 49,
/ LONDON to-day is five times as large
as it was at the opening Of the present
century. From 900, 900 at that time the
population grew to 100000 in 1880,
and by 1855 it had increased to $500, 600.
| Since 1855 it has more than doubled.
| WHEN the Russians took possession
| Of Siberia they found it so densely
peopled with deer. antelopes, squirrels
| and other sociable animals, that the
| very conquest of Siberia was nothing
| but hunting expedition, which lasted
| for two hundred years.
| DUELING continues very frequent in
| Italy. During the last twelve months
| 2, 759 duels were fought and fifty of the
| combatants succumbed. Some of the
| duelists were wounded several times in
| the same conflict, for 1901 wounds
were inflicted and over 1000 of these
| were serious
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
SICk-ROOM ADVICE.

DO NOT forget that kindness and ten
derness are essential to successful nurs-
ing,
Don't ask convalescent if he would
like this or that to eat or drink, but pre-
pare the delicacies and present them in
Il tempting way.
4 NURSE must never get impatient. A
sick person is often irritable and some
times obstinate, but this must be over
come by kindness and tirmness.
DO NOT fan a sick person unless you
are requested to do so, or there is a
good reason why you should. A nervous
person is often made very uncomforta-
bile by it.
THE nurse must learn to be cool and
collected in time of trouble. Any ex-
preston Of alarm or anxiety, at criti-
cal moment, may result disastrously to
The patient.
~ the early morning hours the vital
forces Of the patient are at an ebb, and
it is often necessary to add additional
clothing to the bed or provide some
thing stimulating at this time.
IN bedside watching the nurses work
IS often very responsible and trying.
And it is here that the observing physi-
elan can reatsly determine whether the
nurse is experienced or not from her
general bearing.
AVON Earring the bed and do not al
low any one to sit on the bed. Avoid
haste. Do things quickly by knowing
what TO do and how to do them. All
appearance of haste and uncertainty is
annoying to the patient.
UNNECESSARY nOisa and confusion
should not be permitted in the sick
room. Nothing is more irritating 10 a
nervous patient than loud talking.
When it is necessary to converse with
the sick let the voice be sufficiently loud
and clear to enable the nearer to under
stand without special effort. a..As.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12


Trains Scotland Neck Branch Weldon $40 Halifax
p.
a. IN. Weldon lG5 N.
c.. d Z T.
Sunday $40 Sunday 800 WILLIAMSON 7a0 95so AT:'
Tarboro NC m,
C c.
a
800 q CotdsboTo, c. O. 0a.un.
Train Nashville Rocky Ees.
P Hope Returning sTHg
600 and II Is Returning a. 1910
m, Warsaw 40. and7
Souhbound Nojnd
Train No South viii wilson, Goldboro Magnolia
Tai via Richmond and daily Sunday via Bay Line.
The New
Weldon Monday, Wednesday,
Weldon
ace
II. r. KENLY,
Trans. I. NJ EMERSON, Gent Passenger Agent
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
NcNr0EOic Persons

And those troubled with nervousness resulting
from care or oyerwork will be relieved by taking
BrOaUn's Iron Bitters. Genu;na
has trade mark and crossed red lines on Wrapper,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
MODERN DEFINITIONS.

Run to seed-Birds. IL
LEADS in fashion-F. ,.1>..stsss.s
DOUBLE playa duet. .a ssfss9s,ss
ALI. take turns-Wheels. = 80 - il; !
ALWAYS have fits-Keys. f's:.esssss:s )
ALWAYS tie-Marriage.
TURN by use-Door knobs.
THE doctors rounds-Pills.
A GREAT falling off-Niagara.
A PUT up 5ob"-Bricklaying. =
Has the shakes-The dice box.
A PUBLIC resOrt-The post-office.
USUALLY under cover-The table.
CROWDED to the wall--Boolxcases
SOMETHING of Observation-Disclosures
WARLIKE infants-Babies in arms.
On its last legs-The rearing horse.
A RATHER weighty subject-A ton Of
coal.
SHORT, but not impecunious-The
days.
Do NOT play music--The bans of mat
rimony.
MAKE assignments in prosperity
Hotel room clerks.-Mail and Express.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
TALKS ON ASTRONOMY.

AT Greenwich the moon has been OBJ
served with scarcely any intermission
for $50 years.
THE celebrated star Algoi has di-
ameter of 1,11G,0 900 miles, or 5000
times greater than our sun.
THE sun is tremendously large. II is
equal to 800. 900 earths, but owing 70
it's small density its weight equals that
of only 1872 900 earths.
IT has been demonstrated that many,
and probably most, Of the stars are
suns. greater by far than our sun as
givers of both light and heat.
THE sun gives 100000 times as much
light as the full moon; 1000, 900, 900
times as much as the brightest star IN
the sky, and SO, 900, 900 times as much
as all the stars in the heavens com blned.
SOME Of the seas which the telescope
reveals on the planet Mars have quite
suddenly become crossed by straight
lines: so straight and parallel that some
astronomers have thought them to be
bridges constructed upon an enormous
scale py highlycivilized beings.
EVERY advance in the improvement
of the telescope has brought to our
knowledge still closer double stars, the
distance between them being 50 magnl-
fed as to become visible and measur-
able. But the spectroscope has revealed
| to us a double star 50 close that no tel
cscope will show the distance between
the two stars.
ASTRONOMERS agree upon three, mo
tons of the earth. The rotation on its
| axis in one day of twenty four hours, the
| revolution around the sun in one year OF
| three hundred and sixty-tive and one
quarter days, and very slow gyratory
| motion Of its poles around and outside Oh
| a line at right angles to the plane Of the
ccliptic and coinciding with the line Of
| axal rotation at it's center in 25, 96s
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
ART NOTES..

JOHN LEWIS BROWN, the Paris painter
Of battles and horses, is dead He was
born in Bordeaux in 1929.
THE artistic staff of Punch is to be
strengthened by the engagement of
Bernard Partridge, of the London Char
ivari.
THE pictures that hang on the walls of
the Postmaster-Generars Washington
residence (the old Frelinghuysen man
sion) are worth more than 100000.
CHIEF-JUsTICE FULLER has commits
stoned Mrs Ida J. Bergen to decorate
the MUSHROOM in his new mansion. She
is the first American woman to attempt
mural decoration.
THE painter, Franz Won Lenbach, has
been commissioned to paint ife-sized
portrait of the German Emperor for the
Empress. The same painter has been
busy on portrait Of Count Won Moltke
for the new museum at Hamburg.
A DISTINGUISHED French artist has re-
Gently been engaged in painting the
picture of Mr.. Jay Gould. The painter
says that Mr.. Gould never distracts his
attention or wastes his time by talking
but sits perfectly still, and is therefore
a good subject for an artist.
UNDER the will of the late Allan Fra.
ser his castle at Hospital Field, Ar.
breath, Scotland, viii become a mOnas
terry for a brotherhood of painters
sculptors and literary men, and a trial
school for young artists, who will be
bound to study art for term of years.
Mr.. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT has Just
purchased two of Turner's pictures, one
of which represents the grand canal al
Venice and the other beautiful land
scape. The former cost fifty Thousand
| dollars, the latter thirty thousand dol
lars. They are still in London, where
they are to remain at present.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
Forever FIFTY YEAR,.

Mrs, WINDOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has
been used for over fifty years by millions
of mothers for their children while teeth
ing, with perfect success. 1t soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays
all pain, cures wind collie. and is
the best remedy for Diarrhoea.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer ms
mediately. Sold by Druggists in every
part of the world. Twenty five cents a
bottle. Be Sure and ask for Mrs. Win
kind. 10 % ly.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
T0BACC0-S FED.

RAGLAND's Varieties are Standards Of
Excellence IN ali classes and types OF
Tobacco, and particularly for
EXTRA FINE BRIGHTs, MAHOGANIEs
and SWEET FILTERS
For which his collection is unsurpassed,
and that produces the best paying crops.
His new Catalogue Free will convince
planters Of the advantages in using his
Superior Varieties.
Write for one, order the BEST, and
raise crops that pay.
R. L. RAGLAND,
l I'm. HYCO, VA.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
MONEY TO LOAN.
2-19-1y.

On improved farm lands in sums Of
$500 and upwards. Loans repayable in
small annual InstalmentS through a period
of years, thus enabling The borrower to
pay off his Indebtedness without cx-
hausting his crop in any year.
Apply to BURTON Il TRAVIS,
Attorneys,
II IL 6m. Halifax, n. {.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12

Use HOnc buI ELAN Baking
Powders.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
Is the Best and Cheapest Family Paper
in the United States.
NOW is The TIME TO SUBSCRIBE.

Many novelties will be added to the
variety Of its contents during the year
1891, and nothing will be left undone to
please and crafty It's subscribers.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
You Are in q Bad Fix

Bus we will cure you if you will pay
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and debl!ltated, who, by early evil habits,
or later indiscretions, have trlHed away
their Higor Of body, mind and manhood,
and who suffer all those effects which
lead to premature decay, consumption or
insanity. If this means you, send for
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The Red Cloud chief., 1891-09-18
FARM NOTES.

Budding can h. best done late in the
spring or early summer. hat In. tor
plums and peaches The buds should
bc taken from this seasons growth
Poultry like frui, If nil kinds, csp~'
ciaily apples. which nj this season can
nearly always bc fed to a good advan-
tase when more or less is going q
waste.
Will. Lcghorns are the best winter
layers il il necessary Ia provide THIN
with comfortable quarters II they arr
kept laying. this should be- arranged
for now.
Western farmers are rapidly learning
the advantages Of fall blowing AMI IN
some localities nearly or quite ali the
land intended for spring crop. Is
plowed In the fall.
The magnitude of the alfalfa industry
in Colorado is something enormous foI
SO young a state. Colorado contains
i6l, Sj4 acres Of this magnificent hay and
pasture crop. Placing the estimate al
the low average of Tour tons an acre,
and We find that 6i7. 40 ions arr pro-
duced annually. and valued at - \ tor
the crop il worth. Ia the state 81, so. 49,
"A trifc less than one-sevcnth 81 the
total value 81 the mineral output 81
the state.
One of the advantages in fall blowing
is that IL the work II properly done
and good drainage provided the land
will dry out and warm mp quicker aud
bc ready to work earlier than IL left un-
plowcd. But good drainage must IL
provided in the fall so n tn get rid Of
the surplus water readily in order To
secure the full benefit GENERALLY all
hat will h. necessary II Ia run cut the
burrows lean The work should always
be done before ground freezes
On the farm IL is always good econ
omy Ia store MP a sufficient supply Of
fruit aud vegetables in the IA N las,
all winter. IL the work IL properly
done they can readily be keep, In good
condition. While the cellar = n CON
v~enient place for keeping what Is need
ed during the winter. the average farm
cellar is too warm To keep fruits or veg
etabi-s a long time. Nearly all vsrie-
ties will keep rest At n low temperature
as nearly just above freezing a. posss-
bic.
II il with the late .ummc and early
fall apples that the evaporstprx can b.
used 10 the b,st sdvantagc. Winter
fruit can be- stored away and kept un
Ill needed. or !, can b. mar<etsd. bu.
when there Is anything like a full sup
ply of summer aud fall fruit II il often
difficult 20 market to an advantage
green, and IL IL cannot b. rssiily cvap-
Grated will often te waste On a more
or less extent IL the wo-k IL done
properly all Of these can D. evaporated
readily and IN this way b. n nksted 10
a good advantage Cor. Li'c Stock in-
dicator.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-09-18

of the tool house 10 the height OF the
door than To use an incline, as il Is
easier to roll the stock in and out. An
excellent building erected for this pur-
pose ! saw in Worcester county. Mass
1t is built like the drawing. The little
doors enter a shop = feet wide across
one end. Rolling doors protect the re-
mainder Of the front. They are hung
as to pass one another " the small
doors and the convenience is perfect
Wagons or machines out If order may
be taken bodily into the shop where
wrenchss. etc. quickly put them 70
rights wet days. The shed is 20 feet
wide and may he made Of any desired
length. A rolling platform sxl2 feet
cover an aperture in the upper floor
through which slcighs, rakes and other
light things are raised by pulleys for
storage. \ piece of scantling fastened
To the wall near the floor will prevent
mowers and wagons from marring it
with their hubs. Abundance of light
should be let in and the fowls kept out
the same as snow and other destructive
Observation-Disclosures Sage. in Farm and
Home.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-09-18
BRGAOSTUFFS.
The Exports of Brcadstuns SHOW . Re-
mn4kAble Increase.

The Exports nj B~rc,d.tun. SHOW . R~-
mArkable Increase.
WAsHINGToS, Sept 1.-The exports
of breadstuffs from this country for
August have been compiled II was
known that the increase would be
great, but such a showing as the fg-
ures make is a surprise even To the bu-
reau of statistics Here il the official
statement as completed:
Exports Of brcaisiufs August. $3.50
Exports of brc,dstuff- August $50. 10. Il. no
In other words the aggregate OF
grain and OF fiour shipped ont Of this
country last month was nearly three
times what il was during the same
month last year. This is an unprcce-
denied showing. An examination OF
the figures for the two months makes
it appear that the tremendous increase
in exports had its beginning in July.
hut il received most Of It's swell In Au-
gust when the shortage in other coun-
tries came tn he fully realized The
official report Is as follows:
Export. Of breadstuHs for July and
Exports "a breadstun. for July and
August. iso1 ....---.----....- n,Gt.s7s
Reference Ia the report in detail for
August reveals the fact hat wheat Is
the item mainly responsible for the sur
prise. The wheat exported from this
country in August 1871. reached sra
774.979 In August 1890. the wheat es-
ports were 81. 9.9. sTo.