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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-04
FROM THE BUCKEYE STATE
SURGICAL HOTEL.

CoLUMEUs, ONO, Dec. 16, 1898
Editor Dem0crut:
Thinking that perhaps few notes
from this section might be OF Interest
to your readers, take the liberty (hav
ing abundant opportunity to write.
Leaving home on Monday, Dec. 18th
Mr.. Edmondson and myself went to
Norfolk via Weldon Immediately upon
our arrival in Portsmouth, we went on
board the steamer Georgia." whose
appointments seem perfect.
Arriving in Baltimore the following
morning we were Immediately trans.
ferred to Camden Street station where
we were informed that our train would
not leave until 7:l5, p. m. But by
having our tickets changed so as to &C
by Pittsburg we left at 10 :l5,a. III.
We made only short stop in Wash
ington and pulled out for the Smoky
City" The scenery was simply grand
especially after we reached Harper's
. Ferry, where we entered the valley OF
Virginia. For miles and miles we ran
along the river or canal.
At Harper's Ferry gentleman came
on board and the cars being crowded l
shared my seat with him We were
soon in conversation and | learned that
he was Senator Faulkner, of W. Va. H.
was very entertaining and spoke in
quite complimentary terms of our own
Zeb Vance. After leaving Martins
burg, we began to get into the coke re-
gion and we passed through town after
town filled with coke ovens, and the
road seemed almost in light blaze.
And as we neared Pittsburg the whole
elements were illuminated by fires
from coke ovens and iron furnaces.
1t being 8 O'Clock when we arrived
in Pittsbnrg we did not see any of the
city. did not see saw null or a
: stalk of cotton after we left Norfolk
Coke ovens, coal mines, stone quarries
and wheat fields met the gaze in every
direction Washington to Pittsburg.
The remainder of our run being at
night we saw nothing of interest.
We arrived here at 5 O'Clock, a. M,
Dec. 18th, and came directly to our
present quarters, the Surgical Hotel
And although we came up at such an
hour we found everything at hand to
make us comfortable. The institution
is kept open day and night, presided
over by DR.. Hartman, who has corps
of able assistants. Each one is a spe-
cialtist and expert in his line 1t is
the most quiet and home-like place ]
have ever seen. The weather has been
rather inc!ement since we arrived, con-
sequently have seen but little of the
city.
The State Capitol is grand struct
ure, mausOleum like with but little
pretention to architectural beauty. The
.grandeSt buildings I have seen are the
custom house and post Office. Some of
the private business blocks are fine as
also are some of the churches.
Snow is falling, but it is no colder
here than it is usually in Scotland Neck
at this season. When I can get out I
Will write again. j. Y. SAVAGE.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-04
hoods 7i..s &c. eacily, yet promptly and
efficiently, ca the liver and bowels. CSC.

During the epidemic of Ia grippe
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy took the
lead here and was much better liked
than other cough medicine H. NJ
Bangs, druggist, ChatsWorth, III. The
grip is much the same as a very severe
cold and requires precisely the same
treatment. This Remedy is prompt
and efectual and will prevent any ten
dency Of the disease toward pneumonia.
For sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
Druggist.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-04
Administrators Notice.

Having qualified a~ administrator on
the estate Of Rebecca W. Shields, de
ceased, hereby notify all persons hold
ing claims against said estate to present
them to me fcr payment on or before
the 4th day Of Dec. 1891. All persons
indebted to the estate Will please make
payment. J. +. SHIELDS,
This Dee. !, 1898. Admr.
BY L. II. SMITH. Atty. II ct
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-04
Prevention Is Better

Than cure, and those who are subject
to rheumatism can prevent attacks by
keeping the blood pure and free from
the acid which causes the disease. You
can rely upon Hoods Sarsaparilla as a
remedy for rheumatism and catarrh,
also for every form Of scrofula. salt
rheum. bOlls and other diseases caused
by impure blood. 1t tones and vital
ICES the whole system.
Hoods Pills are purely vegetable.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-04
Administrators Notice.

Having this day qualified as Admin
istrator Of Mary Bond, deceased / here
by notify AL persons holding claims
r. INST her estate to present them by
January !, 1898. This December y,
1892 WALTER j. SMITH.
/ ct Administrator.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-04

BY virtue of q decree OF the Superior
Court OF Halifax county made at the
November term 1898. in the cause
therein pending, entitled r. H. Speight
guardian Of NJ. c. Wells. T. 3. Wells
ct ais plaintiff, against r. II. King and
wife defendants, we Will on Monday
February ), 1894, at II o'clock, in
front Of the Post Office in the town Of
Enfield. y. e.. sell at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash. the follow
ing land in Halifay county, to wit
that tract Of ia1d lying on the road
leading from Enfield to RingWood, and
on the waters Of Rocky Swamp and
Jack Horse Branch. and known as the
CulIum tract it being portion of
the land lately bought by said King
from p T. Henry OF Vance county, \.
G., containing two hundred and fifty
acres more CT less. This i9th day OF
December 1898
&. NJ. I. FOUNTAIN, ro
II Il At ". G. THoRNE.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-04
For Sale!

80 horses and mules for sale any
whore from one to twenty wears old.
Prices range from $50 to 5000 each.
VIII sell for cash or On time
| 4 It FRANK =. SHIELDS.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-04

Positive economy, peculiar merit and
wonderful medicinal power are combin-
ed in Hoods Sarsaparilla. Try it Hoods
cures
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-04
MULES AND HORSES FOR SAIL
4 Rare Opportunity.

| shall sell at auction in Scotland
Nec'> aext Saturday, Jan 9Th, begin
ming at one O'Clock, a large number of
horses. nuies, wagons, carts and farm
ing implements. w. A. Dunn
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-04
LAND SALE.

BY virtue OF power vested in me by
Il certain deed of trust made and execu-
ted by C. I. Lawrence and wife. on the
Both day of March, \. ID. 1883. and re-
corded in the office Of the Register Of
Deeds Of Halifax county. North Caro-
lima in Book 50 page 2S3, | will sell
for cash, in the town Of Scotland Neck
on the Eth day Of January 1894, the
property described in said deed Of trust.
bounded by the lands Of J. T. Brlnkley,
Mrs. w. 7. Darden, Mrs. ~herod Shields.
Mrs. w +. Nhitmore. Mrs. w. :.
Biggs. \. +. Pope and w. II. Kitchin.
containing five hundred and tifty-siX
acres, more or less g. II. SMITH,
II If 1t Dee. Il, '93 Trustee.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-04


DR.. Huffman said publicly and pri-
vatelv that the people OF Tarboro have
done nobly in helping him raise the
money with which to pay off the debt
on his church. And he also said they
were kind and obliging in every posi-
BILE way in which they could assist him
in entertaining visitors to bis church.
1t was a pleasure to us to meet the
following persons who were formerly
residents of Scotland Neck, and whom
all of our peoeIle~ sasnen1ber pleasantly
Mr.. NJ. te'lores ner, VIII . is doing well
in his Mr. R. L ( Harrell, who is
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-04

The visitors to the meeting were Law
ish in their praise of the people of Tar
boro for their hospitality, regardless 0
the denomination of either hosts Oh
guests.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-20
SHE KNOWS A LOT.
That Is the Secret of the Really Popul
Girl

That Is tho Secret Of the Really Popular
The really popular girl always knows
lot, says the Philadelphia Enquirer.
She knows enough not to gossip about
people who have done her favors and
VINO are IN way OF doing ner tavors.
She knows enough to dress appropri-
ately at all times and never to be over
dressed. She knows enough not to
wear diamonds, discuss religion or pol
i4ics. boast about her ancient lineage
or tell long-winded tales. She knows
enough to keep silence and she knows
enough to talk well.
She knows how to dance, swim, row,
sail boat, play the piano and banjo,
sing negro melodies and college songs.
She knows enough not to ''give away
all the funny condolences that the boys
give her when in the blues or feeling
particularly good, and she knows how
to cook when they are stranded on an
island, becalmed and without oars or a
stick with which to pole home. She
knows just how to catch fish and
then to cook it, and 8 he knows enough
not to growl and whine and complain
until they are safely home.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-20
Legislative intelligence.

The intelligence of member of the
Kentucky legislature has at times been
called into question, but it is hardly
fair to that distinguished body OF
statesmen to have any doubt on this
subject. In testimony whereof is this:
Two newspaper men reporting the pro-
ceedings at Frankfort were disputing
over the spelling of a members name.
..By George contended one, Il tell
you it is spelled with an a"
.si;ll bet you dollar it is an e." in
sisted the other.
81 know better and we'll leave it to
him"
The other gave long whistle.
ssLeave it to him, nothing" he ex-
claimed; ''he doesn't know how to
spell his name, and I've seen him run
his tongue out four inches trying to
w-ite it."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-20
Western Indian Fcuds.

Dueling is now pretty generally
recognized as relic OF barbarism,
but perhaps it's most satisfactory form
is that practiced by some tribes Of
western Indians. Quarrels are rare in
a tribe, most of the fighting being re-
served for outsiders, but when feud
arises between two braves of the same
tribe all their friends unite to see fair
play. The duelists are stripped, and
the seconds toss up a piece OF bark.
The winner then seizes piece OF hard
wood seasoned by years of service and
stained with the blood Of former duels.
With this war club he hits his OPP
ponent as hard blow as his strength
will permit. The injured man then
picks up the club and hits back, and
the blows alternate until one brave or
the other has had enough and declines
to pick up the club again. The punish
sment inflicted by these clubs is fright
full, every blow bringing blood and
causing deep cuts and bruises.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-20
MlLL:ONAIREs' HOBBIES.
Baron Rothachiid and the Late Jay Gould
Spent Fortunes This Way.

Baron Rothschiid and the late Jay Gould
Spent Fortunes This Way.
In reply to the question of who
spends the most money on hobbies an
English writer says: This, almost
necessarily, is one of the great million
aires of the world, who can not
only afford to have hobby, but can
indulge it to the fullest extent regard
less of expense. Two men, one still
living, the other recently deceased,
have been preen1inent in spending
large fortunes upon their respective
hobbies. The hobby of Baron Roths-
child, of Tring, Hertfordshire, is
the accumulation of works of art Of
almost every description and the estab-
lishment of one of the finest museum
collections in the world. His resi-
dences at Tring and in town are both
filed with probably the finest paint
of private Individual in this country
or in the world; while his museum,
housed in a bxilding especially erected
for it in Tring Park, at q cost of over
ten thousand pounds stell ling, is un-
equaled by any private and is superior
to many public collections.
This museum, which is under the
personal supervision of Baron Roths-
child's son .(Hon. Walter Rothschild),
assisted by curators and science ex-
perts, is especially rich in birds, but
tertlics and insects from all parts of
the world, and is open to the public
four days a week. There are also val
liable scientific collections in the mu-
scum, which those engaged in scien-
tific inquiry can obtain permission to
view and study. The collection of
these valuable and, in many instances,
priceless treasures has cost Lord
Rothschild almost fabulous sum,
amounting to several hundreds of thou
sands of pounds, and is still growing,
agents in all parts of the world being
continually on the lookout for addi-
tions.
The deceased millionaire who spent a
large fortune on his hobby was the late
Jaw Gould The wonders of his immense
botanical gardens at Irvington have
been frequently described, and included
acres of hothouses and vast cole ction
of native and exotic plants and flowers.
Enormous sums Of money were spent
by Mr.. Gould upon this hobby, and
such was his enthusiasm that he knew
the botanical name of every inmate of
this aggregation of hothouses, its or
der, family, genus, species and sub
species, if it had one, and could give
the botanical visitor fund of knowl-
edge as to its habits, peculiarities and
features, minute and general. Mr..
Gould, like most other millionaires,
had yacht, though, probably, in the
matter of these floating palaces that
of Mr.. Vanderbilt, which cost up
ward of a quarter of million sterling,
would eclipse all others.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-20
GEO. j. LEWIS, Agent.
Notice of Forfeiture.

10 JOHN W. PLATT, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of five hundred (5O0) dol
lars m in labor and improvements upon the
DEER TRAIL lode mining claim,
situated on the Smoky divide, about twen-
tty-two miles from kctchum, i'll Warm
Springs Creek mining district. Alturas
county, Idaho. as required by section 1924
Revised Statutes of the United States, be-
ing the amount required to hold the same
,or the years ending December 81, 1887, to
december 81, 1891; that your proportion Of
me me, same is $3.50, being one-halt; and il
within within ninety 90 days from the service OF
.his .lis notice, or within ninety t9) days after
ms ms notice by publication you fail or re-
iuse to contribute your proportion OF such
expenditure as co-owner, your interest IN
said claim will become the property of the
Undersigned under the provisions Of said
section 1924, FRANK J. LEMON.
hetchum.. Idaho, July %, 1892.
First publication July 80. 1892.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-20

croft, Mendelssohn, Edwin Forrest, T.
H. Huxley. Cyrus w. Field, David
Hume, Edwin Booth, John Boyle
O'Reilly, John Ruskin, Thackeray and
Voltaire. Under the clerical head are
such names as John Calvin, John Wes-
ley, John Newman, Cardinal Richelieu,
Cotton Mather, Jeremy Taylor and
John Goldman. All the signatures Of
the presidents of the United States, all
the cabinet officers from the time Of
George Washington, all the governors
of all the states and the United States
senators from Massachusetts, appear in
the collection.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-20
Of the Great Upper Wood River Mining Region.

bright lines in the spectrum, which In
dicate respectively the height to which
each substance extends-not difficult
in the solar spectrum; but it was en-
tirely unexpected to find bright line
spectrum in the star under observation
surrounded by an atmosphere of hydro
gen gas of such enormous extent as to
be measurable. Prof Holden declares
the discovery to be entirely unique and
to open az -atirely new field of knowl-
edge.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-20
A QUEENS EQUlPAGE.
The Favorite Team Of England's
Stout Sovereign.
Her Majesty Has Grown So Rotund In
Her Old Age That She Prefers Low
Pony Phaeeon for ,0en-
ernl Use.

However much England may have
fallen off in other respects there is one
thing in which it assuredly retains its
supremacy-namely, the number, the
variety, the comfort and the beauty OF
its carriages of one kind and another.
They range from every kind OF coach
and drag down to the most diminutive
of pony carriages and carts, and it Is
perhaps among the latter that the
greatest ingenuity and amazing dis
similarity are to be observed. Especial
ly rich in conveyanccs of this charac-
ter are the stables of the queen and OF
the prince of Wales While it is inn
possible to conceive anything more
dainty and elegant than the little
phaeton which the princess of Wales
is accustomed to drive about Sandring-
ham, the acme of comfort and,con-
venience is assuredly embodied in the
low pony trap used by Queen Victoria
to take her daily airing at Windsor and
Osborne.
Her majesty has inherited the ten
dency to obesity peculiar to the MEM
bers of the royal house of Hanover.
and this. together with the rheumatic
ailment from which she suffers, rem
ders locomotion matter of some diff
Guilty and the use OF a carriage almost
imperative.
1t is difficult to realize that the lit
tie, stout old lady, whose stature is
considerably under five feet, was once
ship or that she bears any relation to
the young and elegant queen, whose
appearance on horseback, with her
shapely figure arrayed in the scarlet
and gold-braided jacket of colonel of
the guards, and plumed hat on her
head, aroused so much enthusiasm on
the part of her soldiers at a certain
memorable review at Aldershot short
ly after the establishment of the great
military camp there.
AS whip Queen Victoria has never
attained any fame, differing therein
from the princess of Wales and from
the latter's daughter, the duchess OF
Fife, both of whom are clever four-in-
hand drivers. Indeed, the princess of
Wales is almost as much at home with
her four-in-hand team of ponies as is
her cousin, the queen of the Belgians,
while one of the most charming and
welcome presents offered to the
duchess OF York on the occasion of her
marriage was four-in-hand team Of
ponies and diminutive phaeton in
keeping with their size, given by Lord
Vernon, whose wife is daughter of
Francis Lawrence, of New York.
American roads are as a rule SO bad,
says the New York Tribune, that the
very low pony carriage so much used
by women in England could hardly be
made available here. Where roads
permit they should certainly be adopt
ed by timid feminine drivers, for they
are among the most luxurlously COM
Portable of vehicles, and it is very easy
to get out of them at the approach of
any danger rendering the use of ones
own feet desirable.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-20
BATTLE ROYAL BETWEEN ELKs.

A Magnificent Combat Which was Eno00
by Two Well Ahmed Bullets.
In a little glade, one hundred and
twenty-five yards from us, two bull
elks were engaged in deadly combat,
while two others were looking on, says
Theodore Roosevelt in Wilderness
Hunter. 1t was . splendid sight.
The great beasts faced each other with
lowered horns, the names that covered
their thick necks and the hair on their
shoulders bristling and erect. Then
they charged furiously, the crash of
the meeting antlers resounding through
the valley. The shock threw them both
on their launches; with locked horns
and glaring eyes they strove against
each other, getting their hind legs well
under them, straining every muscle in
their huge bodies, and squealing saw
agely. They were evenly matched in
weight, strength and courage; and,
push as they might, neither got the up
per hand, first one yielding a few
inches, then the other, while they
swayed to and fro in their struggles,
smashing the bushes and plowing up
the soil. Finally they separated and
stood some little distance apart under
the great pines. their sides heaving and
columns of steam rising from their
nostrils through the frosty air of the
frightening morning. Again they
rushed together with a crash and
each strove nightly to overthrow the
other or get past his guard; but the
branching antlers caught every vicious
lunge and thrust. This set-to was
stopped rather curiously. One of the
Unlocking elks was a yearling, the
other, though scarcely as heavy bodied
as either of the fighters, had finer
head. He was evidently much ex.
cited by the battle, and he now began
to walk between the mbatants, nod
ding his head and uttering a queer,
whistling noise. They did not dare
leave their tanks uncovered to his as
sault, and as he approached they
promptly separated and walked off
side by side few yards apart In a
moment, however, one spun around and
jumped at his old adversary, seeking
to stab him in his unprotected flank,
but the latter was just as quick and as
before caught the rush on his horns.
They closed as furiously as ever, but
the utmost either could do was to in
Aict one or two punches on the neck
and shoulders of his foe, where the
thick hide served as shield. Again
the peacemaker approached, nodding
his head, whistling and threatening;
and again they separated. This wcs
repeated once or twice, and began to
be afraid lest the breeze, which was
very light and puffy, should shift and
give them my wind. So, resting my
rifle on my knee, fred twice, putting
one bullet behind the shoulder of the
peacemaker and the other behind the
shoulder of one of the combatants.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-20
Notice of Forfeiture.

10 j. z. FULLY, his heirs and assigns:
lou are hereby notified that 1 have ex-
pended the sum of one hundred (1OO) dol
lars III labor and Improvements upon the
YOUNG A AMERICA
mae I;1t mining claim, situated in Little Smoky
ursstrlct, urs, Alturas county, State of Idaho, IN
oiuef TO hold said premises under the pro-
Visions of section 1924, Revised Statutes of
lme United States, being the amount re-
H;uired ; to hold the same for the year end
ny ,,s december 81, 1892; that your proper
s uon OF the same is $40. being one-tenth; /;
sau saa II within ninety (90) days from the
service of this notice, or within ninety COY
lays sa;yy after this notice by publication you
20 lau or refuse to contribute your proportion
y, ,,uin such expenditure. including costs OF
t';r pt'G;r1iicatlon, your interest in said claim
WI %lll become the property of the under
MsRned s93 under the provisions Of said section
-0-4 JOHN GORMAN.
FIRST publication, June II, 1885,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-01-20

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