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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-16
4 "ul:y Onllni.~iOucr<.

The county county commissioners held
REGULAR meeting IN Halifax June 9Th.
The f0lIowing accounts were allowed
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-16

, Qulte number o. persons went from
V ., place TO the big land sale at Rocky
No"nt yesterday.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-16

4 GENUINE MINERAL SPRING.
Water taken from : spring on DR.. Jas.
b. Halls land, near Clark's branch, has
been analyzed at the Experiment Station
in Raleigh, with the following result:
Total mineral matter on evaporation 2.75
grains per L. 5. gallon, consisting prn-
cipauy Of
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-16

Misses Salhe Collins Stnlth and
Emily Hall returned from s.. Mafy's
school last Friday. After years
close study they will enjoy the res!
and their friend, will greatly enjoy
their SorlEtY
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-16

Mr.. J. +. Bullock and wife
Coneuoe have recently been visit
Mrs. =. J. Madrey.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-16

Rev J. ID. Hutham Of Tar orc &C
c jDpan!ed by his daughter, Mary,
c .me over Tuesday. He return"
Tuesday afternoon, bat Mss May
remains on a visit TO frlends here.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-16

Misses Emily Hall, SallIe ColIj
smith and Annie Wood went
" eidOu Monday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-03-30
Cost of Keeping q Warship.

The first cost of first class battle ship
is only very small part Of the expense
which it entails upon tho nation. ships
like the Chicago, Baltimore and Phila-
delphia carry about thirty officers, 300 en-.
listed men, and marine corps of from
forty to sixty men and officers. The
officers of q first class ship of the line are
the following: Captain, lieutenant com.
mander, four lieutenants, one junior
lieutenant, two ensigns, nine naval
cadets, medical inspector, surgeon, pay
master, chief engineer. assistant engineer,
chaplain, captain of the marines, gunner
and carpenter. The expense OF main
tanning a first class modern cruiser, pay
of officers and men, coal, repairs and
general supplies, is estimated at $1,000
Der day. This is in time of peace. If
fighting is to be done the expense will,
of course, be greatly increased. Repairs
NAV run into the hundreds Of thousands
of dollars after an engagement, while
the cost of firing one broadside from q
ship like the Chicago, 900 pounds of
metal at one discharge from four guns,
ls about $600.-Picayune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-03-30
SHORTER WAISTS.

There is one thing for which we have
great reason to be thankful, and that is,
that some women have the good sense
to shorten the length of their waists,
whether in the interest of comfort or
convenience, it really matters little. A
glance through the pages of some of the
most approved fashion publications shows
US that the true dress reform, which
consists, first of all, in raising the dress
line, is certainly gaining ground. Talk
as we may, it is the long, crowded-down,
compressed waist, the waist drawn in
below the ribs that gives the discomfort,
and lays the foundation for more ills
than even the enormous number of medi.
cal men of the day can correctly dag
nose, to say nothing of being able to
combat them even in limited and i'm
perfect fashion. And go let US send up
a note of rejoicing that in one particular,
at least, it is to be hoped dress reform is
in the ascendent, and it is to be hoped
will continue to gain in favor until the
long, spindling, pinched-in deformity
that has for so long passed as the fashion
able waist shall be no more.-The
Ledger.
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RETURN OF TIE "BEEFEATER."

In milliner. Land the chief event is the
return of the Beefeater. It is to be
hoped, however, that beefeater crowns
will not become such monstrosities as
they did when last in vogue, some
twelve years ago. At present they are
wondrous moderate in size and shape.
Cloth hats are most in vogue, and if
well made, of fine material, look ex-
actly like felts. A pretty combination
was seen in one bonnet, which had a
brim of soft, brown plush and beef
eater crown of pale blue cloth sewn
with gold. Bows of gold galloon and
blue-and-gold ospreys were its further
adornmeIts. Another had a brim of
smoke colored velvet and a crown OF
pale-blue cloth. A wing and one large
single bow of the velvet trimmed it be-
hind. A pretty hat had fat brim OF
smoke -colored plush and full crow OF
apricot cloth. It is IN these skilful
combinations of materials and color that
the whole charm of present millinery
lies; and any one with an eye for color,
light hand (this is as essential in mil
linery as in pastry, and few bits OF
bright.hued cloth may make herself as
fashionable hat as any.-Detroit Free
Press.
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Perils On the Ocean.

The Washington patent Office alone
contains some fifty different models of
swimming belts, cork Jackets, life buoys,
surf boats, life boats and danger signals,
and, considering the elaboration OF
marine charts and safety arrangements IN
naval architecture, it seems rather strange
that the number of shipwrecks of the
northern hemisphere (not including the
Gulf of Persia or the China Sea- should
reach the enormous average of 24OO q
year, involving loss of 5000 lives.
The fact is that new ocean peils turn
up as fast as the contrivances intended
for their prevention.
The very speed of first-class passenger
steamers increase che fatality of such
disasters, asserts Felix Oswald in the
Chautau9uan.
Another new element of danger has
arisen from the fact that the civilization
of the American continent is working its
way farther and farther up north, involv-
ing the establishment of steamer lines
across the drift of polar icebergs.
Ocean racers, indeed, have become as
unavoidable evils as storms and sea fogs,
and plurality of passengers may con-
t,nue to accept them as preferable altern-
atives, but considering the protests OF
an influential minority it seems hard to
understand why their risk has not at
least been modified in the way proposed
by Professor Marquard, of Hamberg, aud
Captain de la Gardic, of the Belgian
navy, w., the use of "companion
steamers" In nine out of ten cases the
worst consequences of shipwreck could
have been averted if more efficient help
than that of frail llfeboats had been near
at hand, and as the chance against the
probability of both vessels being wrecked
at the same time would be as thousand
to one, the popularity of tho feetiest
"ocean greyhound" would be eclipsed
by the plan of letting passenger steamers
start pairwise and keep up communica.
ton by means of signal lights and fog
! bells.
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or as homely as George Eliot; as grace
full as Psyche or as unprepossessing as
Nine. de Stael.
The charm of woman has ever been
the uppermos. theme of poets, painters
and philosophers. They have dwelt on
her beauty of expression, of color, of
motion, of mold; on the delicate beauty
of her mind and heart; on her almost
supernatural instinct, and her natural
tendency toward the right rather than
the wrong; each in his own way cele-
brating these attributes of womanliness
as the Intangible something that sets her
above and apart.
It is this womanllness that wins love
and commands respect; that makes her
strong in helpfulness when concerned for
those she loves, yet clinging and trust
ing as child on the stronger nature
necessary for the rounding out of her
existence; the womanliness that Is her
shield in dubious places, and her defense
in danger; that makes her gentle and
loving, quick of sympathy, patient in
endurance, eager to forgive, generous
and self sacrificing, and that makes the
world lovelier and purer for its exis-
tence.
The womanliness that makes her beau
tiful in the eyes of the men who live for
her and die for her as mother, sweet
heart and wife, and "whose price is fa'
above rubies. New York Press.
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Presbyterian church; Prof. James E. Kelly,
principal of the academy; John T. and Har'
vey Crouch, and Frank and Edward Willard,
merchants, and many others to whom MIR.
QUAINT and his 80 miraculous cure by the use
OF DR.. Williams's Pink Pills for Pale People
are we'll known, were pleased to have the
opportunity of bearing testimony to the high
character Of Mr.. QUAINT, and OF verifying
the story Of his recovery from the terrible
affection from which he had for so long q
time been sufferer.
Truly, the duty Of the physician is not
to save life, but to heal disease.
The remarkable result from the use OF Dr.
Williamss Pink Pills in the case Of Mr..
QUAINT induced the reporter to make further
inquiries concerning them, and he ascer-
tained that they are not patent medicine
in the sense in which that term Is generally
used, but highly scientific preparation, the
result of years Of study and careful expert,
ment. They have no rival as q blood
builder aud nerve restorer and have met
with unparalleled success in the treatment
Of such diseases as paralysis, rheumatism,
sciatica, st. Vitus's dance palpitation OF the
heart. that tired feeling which affects 30
many, and all diseases depending upon
watery condition of the blood or shattered
nerves.
DR.. Williams's Pink Pills are also specific
for trouble peculiar to females, such as sup.
pressions, irregularities, and all forms OF
weakness. They build up the blood and re-
store the glow Of health to pale or sallow
cheeks. In the case Of men they affect
radical cure in all cases arising from mental
worry, overwork, or e1cesses OF whatever
nature.
On further inquiry the writer found that
these pills are Manufactured by The DR..
Williams Medicine Co, Brockvlle, Ont,
and Morristown, N. Y, and are sold IN
boxes tnever in bulk by the hundred, at 5O
cents a box, or six boxes for $3.50, and may
be had of all druggists or direct by mail
from DR.. Williams Medicine Co., from
either address. The price at which these
pills are sold makes course Of treatment
Comparatively inexpensive as compared with
other remedies, or medical treatment.
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Wells in the Desert.

= In the year 1857 the French engineer,
Jus, demonstrated that that portion
the Sahara Desert included within the
ea of French Algeria contained large
background supplies of water, and the
mber of wells bored since that time in
departments of Algiers, Oran and
bnstantine amounts to more than 13,-
DO. These wells vary from 100 to 400
ct in depth, and the pressure of the
|ater forces it couple of feet above the
; rface OF the ground. 1t is then led
to bitches, and is carried in this way
the vineyards, date trees and wheat
lids. No fewer than twelve million
Eres of barren land have been made
|uitful IN this way, an enterprise repre-
|nting perhaps the most remarkable e1-
|nple of irrigation by means OF artesian
ellis which can anywhere be found.
bgeria owes to this method of cultiva-
|pn that it is becoming most i'm
prtant wine-producing country, as may
! gauged from the fact that it sent to
rance in 1866 10000, 900 gallons
|hambers's Journal.
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MhY q Horse Eats Dirt.

there was a block in the street up towr
other day, and a crowd of people anG
number of carts, street cars and car
les were generally mixed up and de-
I'D for some time.
Directly in front of one of the cars was
: brit loaded with fresh dirt from some
ar. The passengers on the car noticed
Z one of the Car horses was interested
he load of dirt. Finally he stretched
neck out and picked up small
7athful of the clay, which he seemed
try to dissolve in his mouth, with con-
|erable satisfaction.
1sWhy, that horse is eating dirtl" said
assenger with some astonishment. 81
/ er seen the like"
Nor l." said another man.
Reckon you gentlemen don't know
|ch about horses" said a quiet man.
hoss," he went on, "knows as much
hny animal about his own stomach,
b If men knew as much as animals do
y wouldn't have dispepsy. A hoss in
country if he can get a bit OF grass
th his dirt he takes it that way, but
fe in the city 1 suppose he must be
ID to get the dirt clean. That's why
1t hoss is eatin' that dirt.
F'I don't pretend to know what they
dirt for" the man went on, "but I
pw that they do eat it ouce in & while,
B it must be for the good Of their
machs and that they know what they
doing.
animals is knowing things, and so is
ds. A hen will eat clam-shells and
Ickle over them if you'll pound them
fine. A dog will hunt out certain
rbs when he is sick. A COW knows
len she wants salt as well as man
es, an it's the same way with any
Ter animal except man. New York
ii and Express.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-03-30
THE DOLL WOMAN OF BROOKLYN.

Inc OOLI NOAdS Oc onOShL1Ns
There has just died in the City of
Churches in her SEVENTEEN year a re-
markable old lady, known for years as
the "doll woman" She was Miss Mar
garet Eall, and there is about the story
of her life a pathos which would have
appealed to Dickens. Indeed, 30 like
was she to the little doll woman whom
he immortalized that she was known as
"Jenny Wren" She was one of the
early graduates of Rutgers College, was
brought up in luxury and lived in the
very shadow of the old Lorillard man
sion among the aristocracy of the early
days of New York. But reverses came
and she was left with an in6rm brother
and crippled, decrepit sister to sup
port. She opened little shop at first,
but the big stores crowded her out, her
trade fell away and the wolf looked in
at the door. Yet she had business ideas
and was ingenious, and from the tarte
she began making her quaint little dolls
she found ready market for them at
the Woman's Exchange. So she lived
comfortably IN her little home with her
"babies," as she called her brother and
sister, until just before Christmas she was
taken i'll, and after lingering some weeks,
died. Now the 1nfrm brother and the
decrepit sister are left alone in the
world, but with childlike trust they be-
lieve that they will be taken care Of
Chicago Post.
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FASHION NOTES.
Jet bonnets are fashionable.

Jet bonnets are fashionable.
Princesse effects are very stylish.
Brocaded silk for party dress is the
rage.
sponged cloth is used for bat trim
mings.
Blue and medium shades of green are
in favor.
Gauutlets reaching to the elbows are
exceedingly fashionable.
The present fashionable bodice is as
nearly seamless as possible.
White silk, corduroy and velvet are
popular for evening dresses.
Heart-shaped lockets, in gold and
silver, are the fancy Of the hour.
Blue serge makes one of the prettisst
and most serviceable street dresses.
Girdles of jet, dull gold and silver are
to be worn upon the street as we'll as in
the house.
For informal outings, driving, and so
forth. the loose-dtting jackets will be in
general use.
A new fashion in color is combina
ton of blue and yellow, or black and
fawn color.
Very few of the new costumes show a
lining, being simply faced and worn over
pettlcoss of silk.
Velveteen is to be used for seasonable
suits. Narrow passementene Or gimp is
used for trimming.
Handsome cashmere shawls are being
made up into street gowns, the border
forming the bottom of the skirt and a
side panel.
Some skirts have width of four and
a half, or even five breadths at the lower
part, narrowing in the sloping to three
or more, according to the use or not Of
gathers or plaits.
The breakfast and loupging jacket has
grown in Importance until it has sue
ceeded in capturing the prettiest fabrics
in the market. A lovely material espe-
cially fancied by those women who can
buy without counting the cost has the
appearance of highly wadded silk. The
favorite tint is an ivory white surface
powdered with dellcately toned blossoms.
A profusion of lace and knots of ribbon
add to the beauty of these house fancies.
A great many jackets with pelerine
effects will be seen upon tie promenade
during the coming season. These wraps
are 80 constructed that viewed from the
front they appear to be composed of u
series of shoulder capes, but glance at
the back shows that they end just at the
arm-hole. When the background of the
material will allow the combination, two
and even three shades are employed, but
OF course, the harmony must be perfect
if ono does not wish the prst.iness Of the
tiny capes utterly destroyed.
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LACE IN FAVOR.

Lace of all kinds will be employed upon
all sorts of garments this coming season.
The prlce of the imitation guipure is
marvelously cheap, some of the house:
running out lines of wide guipure for
twenty-five and forty cents of deep
width and quite good enough to make a
handsome trimming for cotton and cre'
pom dresses. I saw lovely new lace
recently called Point de Gaze, which is
one of the handsomest laces have seen,
and not too expensive either. The tint.
ed guipures--real and imitation-in
ecru, gray and green, are very popular.
Cloth dresses and all sorts of woolen
stuffs will be adorned with lace in pref
erence to any other trimming. Capes
and pelerines, cascades and corselets of
lace are arranged as the wearer fancies on
any sort of fabric.-New York Herald.
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HISTORY OF MOURNING GRAPE.

Mourning Grape seems to have been OF
Japanese origin. In 1743 it was extern
sively produced in England by the Hugue'
not refugees. There has always been q
secret in the manufacture, and in old
days apprentices and assistants promised
not to reveal certai2 processes. 1t is
made of silk from which all the gloss has
been taken. The lightest kind of Grape
consists of flaments of silk lightly
twisted technically called ''singles." In
the thicker kinds two or three flaments
are twisted, and the subsequent dress
ing is with gummy preparation.
The custom of dispensing with Grape is
much on the increase, and many women
are content with perfectly plain wooden
stuffs. New York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-03-30

There's nothing lets
of Catarrh, when you use DR.. Sags's
Catarrh Remedy. With the poison
GUS, irritating snuffs and strong,
caustio solutions, q good deal .
left. They may, perhaps, stop Il
for o time, but there's danger Of
driving it to the lungs. They work
on false principles. -
But Dr.. Sage's Remedy cures Il,
no matter how bad the case, or d
how long standing. Not only @.
tarrh itself, but Catarrhal Headache,
Cold in the Head thing
catarrhal in its nature. The worst
cases yield to its mild, soothing,
cleansing and healing properties.
So will yours. You may not be-
lieve it, but the proprietors of DR..
sage's Remedy do.
And to prove it they make yoa
this offer:
If they can't cure you, they'll
pay you $500 in cash. It's a busi-
ness proposition from a responsible
house.
But do you think they'd make
it if they, and you, couldn't depene
upon their medicine 2
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-03-30

Elsewhere in this issue are published the partic-
ulars of remarkable cure that fairly outrivals
the celebrated case of John Marshall, Of Ham
ilton, which created such sensation through
out the country. The particulars of this case
are vouched for by the Albany Epenfn0 Jour
nal, recognized as the leading newspaper at
the New York State Capital, and one Of tho
leading papers of the United States. There is,
therefore, no room to doubt that the particulars
Of the case are accurately and carefully set
forth, in every respect true, and must therefore
prove of deepest interest to our readers; the ar
ticle is commended to their CAREFUL perusal.
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THE PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINERS.

The professional! entertainer is the 60
Just now. Hostesses consider that it
saves them an immense deal of wear and
tear, as she is not obliged to consume
her time and lessen her own enjoyment
by endeavoring to make people have a
good time. This fad is an importation
from England, where it has long been
practised.-St. Louis Republic.
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THE NEW STYLES IN PARAsoLs.

THE NEW STYLES IN PARASOLS.
Plain coaching parasols and eux tous
have gone into retirement to give place
to more fanciful parasols that are neces'
sary adjuucts to the elaborate costume:
soon to be worn in the park and fol-
afternoon visits in town and country.
Thin light fabrics-gauze, chiffon, silk
mulls, crepe de Chine and net-form the
greater part Of the parasols, and are made
UP in puffs (vertical, horizontal or pyra.
midal by shirring or pleats. with one OF
two selvage frills finishing the edge like
founce. To prevent the shielding
canopy being too transparent, these dla-
phanous fabrics are usually gathered over
an inner layer of thin silk. A puff or
large chou is around the top, and an
other is on the handle. The new shapes
are of medium size, less like an umbrella
than those of last summer, and have
eight cores gracefully curved from center
to tip.
A great deal of jet is used for decor
ating parasols, in ornaments OF fenr-de-
lis shape, stars or bow-knots. For all
black parasols moire will be liked with
plain edge, or bordered with lace, also
polka-dotted satins with large and small
dots together. Turquoises as large as
nail-heads are on the black net parasols
to be used by those wearing colors.
Small sprays of heather or other flowers
are fastened in net covers that are gath
cred over surah cores. Chevron-striped
silks make pretty waving lines around
plain parasols of tan, cream, olue-gray
or cardinal shades. Changeable taffeta
silk parasols for general use are in the
closely rolled shapes, or with club sticks
and tops. Sun umbrellas of blue, car
dinal or black silk in twenty.four to
twenty-six inch sizes are rolled slenderly,
with natural twisted handles of cherry,
furze or Madagascar wood. Filigree
silver is applied to other plain wood
handles, while those with crooks OF ivory
or colored horn are studded with small
fleur-de.lis of gold or silver.-Harper's
Bazar.
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A United States Commissioner IN Chi
cago, ILL.,, having been called upon to
pass judgment on comic valentine case,
found that there was no statute to cover
this class of nuisance.
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There Is moro catarrn in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to
be incurable. For great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly falling to
curable. Science has proven catarrh to be q
constitutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the
market. It is taken internally in doses from
10 0drops to O teaspoonful 1t acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
They Offer 500 for any case 1t fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
.: J. CHENEY G. Co., Toledo, O.
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The organized militia of the United
States consists of 101, 321 men COM
manded by 1879 commissioned and 124S
staff officers.
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A couple of drops of camphor sprinkled
a toothbrush are said to make one Of
be best and most refreshing of tuoth-
fashes.
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WoMAN's GREATEST CHARM.

And this virtue is the innate woman
illness that is the distinct charm of every
womanly woman, be she as fair as Helen