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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24
Paying Your Small Bills.
Philadelphin Record.

Phiiadelphin Record.
l would be Impossible 10 - disturb
credit and confidence as To BRING on
conditions Of stagnation and panic
II every man and woman owing small
bills TO the grocer. the doctor. the mil
liner. the baker. the butcher the ear
pen,er, and the hundreds of persons
in other callings who minister 10 our
daily wants. should make prompt pay
nent If the ten-dollar debt owing
10 the grocer should be paid to him
he could settle his debt with the doct-
or. and the doctors wife could settle
with the milliner. and the miiliner the
baker. and 50 on.
The ten dollars once started on it,
crrand of liquidation might satisfy
hundreds OF dollars of Indebtedness q
fast as il could be passed from debtor
70 creditor. The man who thrls;s
it in his pocket and lets lis creditor
wait. contributes his share toward aug
menting business distress When
thousands OF men. actuated by Tear ol
careless disregard OF obvious dutv. be
gin to hoard money, instead OF paying
their debte. distress must cStili. v hel
millions lose confidence and only pa.
az they are forced to do Ii. furtlel
business is impossible. All the wealth
Of the millionaires thrust INTO breacl
co,,ld not make good the de1ault.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24

mss through three feet Of water.
AT each end of the long embank-
rent which forms side OF the canal
te,ween the main dam and the spur
dam. there i. al abutment Of solid ma
sonry about 60 feet long. II feet high.
- foot tbicl, ri base and feet AZ the
top.
On the lower half OF the canal there are
no dams, the most OF the work being
excavations and side embankment. Al
one point in the lower half there l. a
waste-uay 100 feet long, feet high,
81 feet at top, 6A feet at Bottom, with
two discharge gates, all of solid mason
~. This part Of the canal Is also sub
stantially riprapped on the side of the
amlank1nents next 10 the river.
THE POWER AND COST.
The fall in the river for two miles
parallel to the canal is 81 feet : so that
the canal being cut with very slight
fall at the lower end of the canal the
river is 81 feet below the canal, and
where ii turns into the river there is a
perpendicular fall of 81 feet This fall
with the present height Of the dams Is
sufficient to run S,COO horse power.
And the power can lie increased at Will
by raising the dams above and thus
increasing the depth Of the water in the
canal. At the lower end OF the canal
where the fall is 80 great is beautiful
site for any and all kinds of manufac-
tories. 1t is a level on the high river
banks with firm and solid foundations
Of rock below. This rock foundation
runs down the river bank the entire
length. of the canal and we'll below the
end Of it.
The cost of the work thus far, includ-
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24

could be any possibility Of extra pres
sure against the work by reason OF
high water Or any other cause.
The main dam of sos feet is built
across the canal-like division OF the
river where ii flows back into the NV
or about a mile below where IT first
sets off The spur dam of 1,l33 feet
at the upper end OF the natural canal
where it breaks off from the river, Is
built across that half of the river that
Rms on the south side Of the island
which divides the river into two
streams. By means of this dam the
water OF the river that flows Oh that
aid, of the island. which is more than
half of the whole current. IS turned
down the canal, and the main dam
across the natural canal three quarters
of a mile below serves as an overflow.
or cascade. where all the water passes
over except the 10 feet depth for the
canal below.
Now. between the main dam ana tie
sn,,r dam there is solid embankment
OF dirt thrown up to keep the water
from f1owir. back into the river. The
ar, r,bankmert IS about $500 feet long.
12 feet high, j. feet wide at the top
and Is feet vide at bottom and con
tsins about 10000 cubic yards OF cart n.
RIGHT across the canal about hall
way from the upper to the lower end
and just at the end Of the main dam o.
| 56S feet, which makes side OF the ca
| nal that distance. is a bulkhead, Or gate.
way. loO feet long, including the width
of the canal and the abut1nents at the
ends. This bulk-head is 13 feet ) inch
es vide at top, 81 feet S inches wide a
bottom, % feet high from foundation
TO top and is all made Of solid masonry
In the bulk-head, Or waterway, ther'
o,e - Gates each six feet wide and l.
feet to top of arch. There Is also at tn
south of this bulk-head main oPenin
or waterway for boats, s feet wide,
feet 4 inches high and it will admit
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24
WELL ENGINEERED.

thOflfie-.
WILL ENGINEERED.
Mai. Emrv secured at first the very
best engineers for the great work be-
fore him, and every single foot of the
work has been done under the engi-
neer's direction with Maj EInry quite
practical personal oversight.
Mr.. George NJ Lehman Of, Philadel-
phia, was employed as chief engineer
Mr.. A. f. Lehman, OF Philadelphia
consulting engineer. and Mr.. Henry
Steinrok, Of Philadelphia, assistant en-
ginee.
THE IMMENSELY OF THE WORK.
The entire length Of the canal Is
about two miles including that part
made by excavations, dams and eni-
barlkment. Ii is 60 feet wide at the
bottom, 80 feet wide at the top and
will carry at its lowest depth 10 feet Of
water.
The excavation is about 500 feet
long and in some places the entire ex-
cavation was through solid rock. The
main water dam is 56S feet long
and the spur dam is ] ,433 feet long
In these dams have been used 925 ,OOl
feet Of timber and about 90 tons OF
spikes and bolts. The dams are made
in the most substantial manner, being
spiked to the rocll-bed OF the river
and bolted together to the top. Be
sides being firmly fitted to the solid
bottom Of the river, they are filled
underneath the planking with tons o.
broken rock taken from the eXcaya
| tons in the canal and then substan
TALLY riprapped below wherever there
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24

~ olp ANp MALL Tmsp RlN4pN
Mr. Wm-loN Soothing syrup har
been ,.-,d Cor over titl, Years US mi3-
lions of molhcfr iur their children
While tecthnp. With icfi"ei ucec.a IL
,o1the. ih. child. -.ii"n- The gum-.
allavs an pain cure- wind eolir and l.
ihe best remedy for piauhoA L.
pleasant to th. ta-ir Sold ~ Drug
eists in every par, oi the World
Twenty five cents bottle L. Naluc
lnaalcuiahic Eesunc Hnd ra
Ainslow'- Soothing Syrup. and tax"
no other KIND
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24
RTCkLEN'S ARNICA SALNE.

The be-. .aiyc in the world for Cuts,
BRUISES. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheun,
Fever Sores. Tetter. Chapred Hands,
Chilblains Corns. and all Skin Erup-
lion. and positively cures Piles or no
nav required 1t is guaranteed 10 give
nerfect satisfaction. or money refunded
Price % cents per box.
For Sale by
T.. 7 Whitehead &. CO.
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Chimney Pipe.
.IIon ro ornl u 81. 49, /.

~fmpl, appls ~vnNur- utnimrni
10 Internal medicine r~4Uit~i ,ur'-
tct:er. ccrma. itch all cu1pn"u- ga
the face hasd- no-" .Nr lratug th"
kin clear. white and hralthN IT. great
healing and curative roaer af" le'~.
.,~~ed -, ~ other wmc,iN Arh Nuur
druggist fot ~wa,n.- ointment
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24
NORTH CAROLINA
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ARTS
RALEIGH \

vi IL. BEGIN IL = ~ II Nl-79t''N
II SEPTEMBEE 7fh 1888
This College j. now we'll equipped
FOR lts special work, having cNfcneiN"
Wood and Irion shop carefully HHod
up Drawingroom. Chemical. botani.
ca and Horticultural iab1rlt9fIoF.
Greenhouse and Barn.
The teaehlug force lor tho meat tcr
consist. ~ fifteen men. ibc tvo ,pur.-
e. lead 10 graduation in ARIcniiure
and in Mechanical and civil Engineer
ing.
Total cost year including hoani
County students. ~"
Pas student. t-*'
For catalogue. apply ~
4. z. HJLt ~ f.tafaf.
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24

English SPAWN lfuimont removes
All Hand soft or Callou-"d Lump and
and Clcmishc- from hatc- Blood
Spavin ~urb-. Splint.. sweeney Ring
worm tlfc4, Npiaits, and swollen
Through. Coughs Etc. sac % hy
use of one bottle Warranted th"
most wondlful B'ein.-m are ever
known sold bo / + Whitehead q
Co. Druggists, Scotland Neck. y 9
10 | lN.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24

ing the purchase of 5000 acres of land
living all along on either side Of the
river. and the whole expense of the
work, reaches well up between $500 600
and S4oO 900
WHY NOT A GREAT CITE?
The Great Falls Manufacturing and
Improvement Company through the
plans and calculations OF Mai. Emry to
lead, has made it possible for magic
city here in Halifax county The 5000
acres Of land contiguous on either side
of the river to the great developed VA
ter power, give the company room
enough to Law off the boundaries Of a
big town, which they will do as soon as
| the work is completed and the building
. Of factories and mills begins.
! EXCELLENT FOR HEALTH.
There is every possibility for the
place in point of healthfulness. The
banks Of the river are hi gh, the water
runs rapidly over the falls. there are no
| pools or ponds OF stagnant water near
and no canals or bitches on the levels
above the river bank but the whole
area has beautiful and most advanta-
! geous natural drainage. The water Is
cold and pure and excellent, and the
| health Of all the laboTers and Overseer-
! has been remarkably good during The
whole time the work has been IN prog
ress. The company is capitalized at
| two million dollars. and already men o.
large capital are turning their attention
to this place that offers such fine op
portunities for safe and profitable III
J vestment.
| MAJ. I. L. ENEI.
/ This mammoth enterprise Is one tha
Mai Emry may we'll feel proud Of. Ht
was the first 70 see the opportunity and
, with others whom he wisely induced Il
share it, he promptly seizeI it, and ia
, thus laid the foundations II one OF th
. largest and most promising enterprise
) in the country and it does seem tha
, with the many and varied advantage
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24

TITS.-All fits stopped free by DR..
Kiine's Great Nerve RestOrer. No fits
after first days ,ise. Marvellous cures.
Treatise $500 trial boctle free to Fit
cases. Send to DIR. Kline, 931 Arch St,
Philadelphia, P.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24
Roanoke. Poultry Yards,
J.C. LASSITER 4 CO.. Props.
RICH SQU ARE. \. G.

BLACK NINoRCt~ 4 SrreftlTN.
THoRorGnHRFp NoN-siT1ER~.
LaYlNG CAPACITY 900 to $50
EGGS \ YEAR.
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has all the while been perfectly satis
factory to the States psnitentiary au-
thoriti.=.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24

The next Session Of this
school begins Aug -. ls93.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-17
A Cano In Eleven Hundred Pieces.

William E. Yale, a wealthy Brooklyn
IN. ". bachelor, is a remarkable traV-
eler. and his delight is historical study.
He has a cane that he carries with hlm,
which is undoubtedly the most costly
and unique of anything of the kind in
the world.
The stick contains about HOO pieces
of wood. Each piece is cut in a curious
and artistic shape, so that the cane with
the various colosed aud shaped woods
has a strange appearance.
Mr.. Yale planned and made the cane,
and work upon it consumed weeks OF
labor at different times in the course OF
several years.
Sixty of the 100 pieces of wood are
of great value to relic hunters. Zoe
head OF the cane is made from a post in
the house of Shakespeare's birthplace at
stratford,I England. Set in the mead is
$ small lock OF white hair from Martha
W~ashington's head, the lock having
been given Mr.. Yale thirty years ago by
Robert E. Lee, a descendant OF MRS.
Washington.
There is a piece of wood from the
! birthplace of Napoleon, on thu Island OF
Corsica, aud one from Napoleon's writ
ing desk at St. Helena.
Other pieces Of the cane came from
the Charter Oak, from the home OF John
Adams, from a chair of Oliver Cromwell,
from the home of Julia Hancock, from
the Mayfower, Roger Willlams's pew
from a desk of Abraham Lincoln, from a
penholder of Gladstone, from a rule that
| Garfield used at school, from a penholder
Of Longfellow, from a trunk that Latay-
cite used during the Revolutionary War,
from the bed upon which John Wesley
died and from the guillotine upon which
Louis XVI. ard Marie Antoinette were
beheaded. Mr.. Yale spent years and
much care in collecting the relics
He has been offered $4,000 for the
cane. which is truly a wonder. He will
leave it to the historical department OF
Cornell University when he dies.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-17
A Queer quaker TroYeIel

A curious looking, white haired old
man, arrayeAin a peculiar garb, with a
black choker and broad brimmed hat, is
at the Occidental Hotel. The old gen
tleman is Isaac Sharp of Warwickshire,
England, a Quaker and a religious en-
thusiast. He is now eighty-four years
old and for fifty years he has been travel
ing in various parts Of the world, and
this in the interest of the Quakers.
He has just now returned from 1900
miles up the great Yang-tse.kiang River
in the interior of China. Hitherto he
has been in Iceland, Greenland, Labra-
dor, Norway, and in various other places
in Europe, Asia aud Africa. In the
Dark Continent he visited the Congo
Free State, the Orange Free State, Basu-
toland and Madagascar.
Isl spent a year and a half in Africa"
said he, ssa year of which was in NADIA
gascar; two years in Australia and New
Zealand, and the remainder of six and a
quarter years IN Canada, the United
States and Mexico. That was the extent
of my last trip before this. This time |
have been out a long time also, my great
object being to visit the interior OF China
and do what / could there.
"It's only a very little that I could do,
there are so many millions of people
there, but I have tried at least, and that
is something. The people. are very poor
up the Yany-tse ,kj4ng River. That
stream, which is nj , larger than the
Mississippi, is a mihe and a half wide
| 1000 miles up. It is rough from there
on, and 1 think in the additional 500
| miles I saw the wrecks of 500 Chinese
junks.f
"The Quakers hav0 n mission in
China, one in Japan, four in India, one
in Syria and one in Madagascar. There
may be Is, 900 Quakers now in Grea'
Britain and Ireland, which is somewhere
about one-fourth of what there are in the
United States and Canada. Elsewhere
we have a few members who are doing
all they can for Christianity.
81 have been travelling and trying to
find out what was the best thing to d.
and how to do it. I have seen many
curious things in my long years of travel
but the thlng which has impressed mt
more than anything else is this: Tha'
the hearts Of the people arc everywhere
the same. I go nov to tho east, to tn
strongholds of the Quakers in Pennsyl'
vania, where I will talk tt, the people O
what I have seen aud confer with then
as to the best means of reaching the PEG
ple in China and elsewhere in Oh
Orient."-San Francisco Examiner.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-17

will reproduce, but the young are 50 sus.
ceptible to cold that 1t is very rarely n
is raised. If my hippopotamus should
die I do not believe l could get another
in this country. They are getting mighty
scarce.
"Bears are as good stock as we can
buy, as they are easily kept aud not sub
ject to disease. The North American
grizzly, thouga-the real ARTICLES get
ting scarce. I would like to get one.
The only one I know of Is in California,
offered his owner $1,000 cash for him,
but he would not talk of selling him.
You see plenty of so.clled g~rizzlie!
around. They are MT the real article
though, but Of the silvefstipped variety,
worth $3.50 each for the best specimens
Other bears are cheap enough. "-Nea
York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-17
mnsIa AMI HArnTsm.

More than any other of the arts music
is capable of n particular interpre5a"
tion-that of herojsn, writes Canills
Bellaigue. Its worst detractors havo
not been able to deny that it inspires
courage. The military value of ml:ic is
the first that strikes the attention, but it
is not the only value. Its heroes ara
distinguished not only by extraordinary
bravery in war, but by force of charac-
ter, of virtue, of greatness of soul sell
dom met. Perhaps it is to veil the hor'
rors of war that music has always been
united with it. Music is more natural
to combat than religion or love. 1t is
easier to worship or to love silently than
to kill. Savage and civilized races alike
are nerved for battle by music. 1t has .
mysterious and double power, it calna
and e~xcites. it lulls s~utferin and quick
ems courage. Animals are sensible TO
music alone Of the arts. :
It is not the noise, the sound, which
makes the impression, but the music;
that is, sound regulated aud modified
by certain laws. Aud of these laws it
seems that the most e cessary to the ex-
preston OF war-like sentiment is rhythm.
The trumpet is par excellence the instru.
ment of warfare. =
The music of war may be traced as far
back into the past as war can i~tselfI
military music, properly 50 called, be.
gan to be organized by Louis XIII, but
it is from the French Revolution that
the true beginning of heroic music
dates. The French Conservatory was
formed by a Captain of the National
Guard and musician, serette. His little
orchestra first taught the "Marseillaise''
to the troops, who in turn taught it to
the world. BY it the world was revolu-
tionized. Of all National songs tho
"Marseillaise" is the most heroic. Tho
heroic lies in its rhythm, which is of q
marked particularly, stating as it does
with an upward beat. All the Impulse
of the composition confc"' in its pecu-
liar accented misunderstanding Cit.
S1nn
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-17
Vt, paul's Great Clock to be Replaced.

The great clock Of St. Paul's, London,
England, has been taken down from its
lofty height aud is to be replaced by n
Of modern construction. Why this piece
Of vandalism should be perpetra5ed it is
difficult to imagine. The clock, which
was put up by langley Bradley in 1903,
is in splendid condition. and might to
all appearance go on for another two
centuries without failing to bear accurate
record of the passing time. 1t is a grand
old clock, remarkable for the magnitude
of its wheels and the fneness of its
works. It cost $500 to build. Its two
dial plates are fifty-one feet in circu'n-
ference aud the numerals two feet n
inches in height. The minute hands are
nine feet eight inches long and weigh
seventy.fve pounds each, aud the hour
hands are five feeyAtnine inches long aud
weigh f~orty-tour 'spounds each. The
pendulun IS sixteen feet long. It is an
eight-day clock, striking the hour on the
great bell, which is suspended about
FORTY feet from the floor. TIE heal OF
Of the hammer weighs las pounds AMI
and the clapper 49, pounds -caicago
Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-17
NICE WAY TO COOK A sHAD.

A very nice way to cook a shad is to
bake it. Prepare it IS for broiling.
Chop a couple of shallots or two snlll
onions, and put them v e the fish,
which shouldWe we'll buttered. Place
it in the bottom of a dripping pan in a
moderately hot oven. Let it cook till it
is thoroughly done, which will take
about half an hour. Il should be COW
cred with buttered paper if it sho Ss any
tendency to brown too much. Make a
vert.pre sauce to serve with it as follows:
Melt a tablespoonful of butter in a sauce"
pan and stir in a tablespoonful aud a
half of -four. Stir this we'll, but do not
let it brown. Then add slowly CLIP of
rich white stock. Break the yolks Of
two eggs in a bowl and pour the boiling
hot stock over them, betting all the
time. Strain the sauce through 8
'sscotch cap" or pointed French strain'
er. Add q tablespoonful of lemon juice,
a teaspoonful of butter and a saltspoon-
full of spinach green. Set the sauce in q
basin of hot water and stir it for about
three minutes. Then add a teaspoonfuI
of minced chervil. Pour half the sauce
sver the shad aud serve the rest in a
sauceboat. New York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-17
RECIPES.

Tea Cake-Two eggs; ! cup butter;
II cup sugar; / cup sweet milk; three
cups flour, more if necessary to roll; one
heaping teaspoonful of baking powder;
roll thin, cut into small cakes and bake
quickly.
Fried Hominy-Have q frying.pan
with hot butter in it, and put in as muca
hominy as required for the meal. Pour
over it a very little water Or milk to
keep it from burning on. Salt to suit
the taste. Do not stir it while cooking,
but leave the kernels whole.
Bakers Yeast-Boil six potatoes,
mash them, add two level cups -four aud
pour upon it a hot tea made of a handful
Of hops and water enough to make a
strong tea. It should be strained before
being poured on the -four and potatoes.
When nilkswarm add a cup of yeast or
two dissolved yeast cakes.
Mushroom Sauce for Fowls Peel
about a pint of young mushrooms or use
q can of canned mushroom MS; put them
into a saucepan VITA q littls salt and
pepper, a very little mace, a pint OF
rice, sweet cream and a gill of butter
rubbed up with a %teaspoonful Of -four;
boil up nee and serve in a gravy boat
Graham Bread-soak half a cake of
compressed yeast, add n quart warm
water and two quarts Graham -four.
Dough should bo as stiff as can be stirred
with a spoon, put into a well-greased
deep sheet iron pan. When light bake
n hour. Make bread from the entire
wheat -four the same way, only a little
sitter.
Yeast Corn Cake-Pour three cups OF
boiling milk over two cups of cornnsal;
beat thoroughly; add a teaspoonful oil
salt, one tablespoonful or cigar, eVo OK
butter. Mix we'll. Let this cool and
add two t~ablespoonfuls of liquid yeast
and one well beaten egg. Let this rise
Eve hours before pouring into a well
creased baking pan, pouring about one
and a half or two inches thick. Raise 9
half hour before hsking. Bake f'Tf5
minutes
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-17
r REMEMBERING.

Lemons will keep fresh for weeks II
covered with water.
Nasturtium leaves are beautiful for
garnishing fish and meat.
For taking blood stains from white
goods nothing equals kerosene.
Never put leftover food in tin vessels.
Vegetable, scrubhing and other
brushes should be kept with the bristles
down.
Dip fish in boiling water for a minute
and the scales will come off more easily.
sadirons will not scorch if they are
first wiped on a cloth saturated with
kerosene.
Rub soft, not melted, lard over the
top of bread before baking, and wrap in
a damp cloth with a large dry n after
baking, and there will be no hard ctusts.
Keep bread in a covered box.-American
Agriculturist.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-17
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas.
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax"
alive efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak"
ening them and It is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.