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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-22
$1,000 Miles Of Postage Stamps.

Selec'ed
Last years issue of postage stamp
was, in round figures, four thousand
million, says Blue and Gray for March
If these had all been OF the Columbian
size they would have been sufficient Il
make a ribbc a long enough To encircle
the earth three times. with something
of a remainder. The postal cards used
during the same period, If placed end
10 end, would put paper girdle around
the earth more than a dozen times.
1t may not be generally known that
Uncle Sam prints one postage STAMP
that is not for sale, t. e., the second
class matter stamp. This stamp, new
or cancelled, never passes out OF the
hands Of the post-ohice officials. Post.
age on periodicals il prepaid by the
pound, in cash, and the receiving clerF
cancels these special stamps 10 the val
ue Of the postage thus prepaid, and for
wards the Cancelled stamps 10 the dc.
partment as vouchers.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-22
Farm and Garden Notes.

After choosing place for the bee
stands do not change it.
A little drive every day AIDS the de
velopment Of young horses.
Italians produce larger number oi
bees than blacks, and 20, indirectly
more honey.
The French stnff their fowls with
fresh butter before roasting them, and
baste them continually.
Fertilizers should be applied broad
cast around the trees and not in irnme-
diate contact with them.
To leave the bees reasonable supply
Of honey for the winter Is better than
attempting to feed them.
Mating for the best results in vigor
aid fertility requires careful study and
practical observation.
The goose-raising English and Irish
countries are those with very thick pas
lures with short grass.
Ducks should never be yarded with
other poultry, as they will pollute the
water and cause sickness.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-22
4 Cool Head.

Harper's Baaar.
Nothing conduces to a successful
cool head, with a feeling of perfect
confidence that everything is going to
come out all right Whether things
are coming out all right" or not, at
least the feeling of quiet self-control
makes one better able toward the good
result. To a mother this self-posses-
sion is invaluable. In large family
small events calculated to upset the
domestic machinery are constantly oc-
curing. 1t seems to be a law of nature
that children should continually have
hair bread tn escapes and come within
an inch Of loosing their lives. But it
is equally law Of nature that they
should escape. And whenever the
critical moment arrives in her own life
or in the life Of another, it is impor-
tant for woman to remember that the
very worst thug she can do at that mo
ment is to lose her head.
To do that means to be helpless in
stead of helpful, to be drag instead Of
an assistance. In an emergency one
should rather seem heartless than inef-
ticient. There are always ten people
ready to cry or faint or shed tears over
the sufferer where there is one who
stands coolly by and sees the way TO
help him. Affection and sympathy
are often best proved by ignoring them,
particularly when the moment arrives
which calls for action and not tears.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-22
SCOTLAND NECK, N. c.. THURSDA,

quence in my life. He held an au-
dience Of l,2OO spell-bound As the
papers put it-he just captured Column
bus single handed. To hear him | con-
slider an event Of a life time. | called
upon him in the afternoon and bade
him goodbye from the stage after
his lecture. The proceeds Of his lee
ture were given to the Relief Committee
Of the city. J.Y.S.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-22
Library Etiquette.

Standard.
Books books books? What pleas
ure they may give, and yet what an
noyances they become when misplaced,
or irretrievably loaned, or hopelessly
ruined Good Housekeeping has made
a few mild remarks to guests about
these library friends of ours,-remarks
which many a hostess has Ionged to
make herself Hear them
ct is bad form for guest to take
books from the bookcases without per
mission In many instances they re-
main in the guest-chamber to be re-
placed by some member of the family
who requires them for immediate use.
Magazines, periodicals, papers, are for
the library table, and should be left
there Order and consideration for The
desires of all are among the canons OF
good society. The best seat by cheer
ful blaze should be for the invalid or
elderly person Age and sickness de-
mand a courtesy that should be on all
occasions extended to them. 1t is
their prerogative. Don't fail in prop
er attention to elderly people Don't
stand before the fire to the exclusion of
the warmth from others Don't fail in
good manners in anythlng.'
There are three articles that should
be chained to the library le,-the
paper-cutter, scissors, and pencils for
family use L is the displacing of
these little instruments Of usefulness
that disturb the disposition, irritate the
tempter, and are among the causes Of
the hasty word and the unkind
thought.
The borrowed book" What a
text for sermon said a clever author
If books are borrowed, mar them not :
neither turn down the leaves. and
above all, be careful to return them in
as good state of preservation as when
borrowed. To write on the margins is
vulgar, ill-bred. And
so the library has its etiquette, social
laws, and good form. In this inviting
place the inmates enjoy the calm re-
pose, the new books, the fre-hght's
sparkle. Here they pen the loving
words, and in this sanctum our intel
lectual life grows, spreads and digests.
1t is the room of sweet disorder, where
dead authors lie and give US all their
gems of thought and intellectual
Iife."
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-22
Prccrastination.
Charlotte Democrat.

Charlotte Democrat.
All of us, even the most conscien-
tious, are disposed to procrastinate We
say to ourselves when a duty arises in
our pathway: Il will do so tomorrow. +"
| But alas tomorrow may not present
the same opportunities, Or may never
come at all. We know not what a dav
may bring forth 'and thee the all-be-
holding sun shall see no more" Our
| life is but span at the longest and lia-
| BILE to be broken before the three score
years and ten have passed The drunk
ard SAYS Il will stop tomorrow" But
at night as he staggers home-such a
home as it is-his stupifed mind does
not realize that the engine is almost
upon him, even when the engineer
gives the warning whistle, and he is
borne to the home he has ruined and
to the faithful wife who has PRAYED in
vain, a mangled corpse.
Procrastination He meant to
reform next day. But next day for
him is one endless night They say
the road to hell is paved with good res
olutions. When the last day comes
and we stand before the Judge of the
Universe, with what bitter lamentations
will we look back upon all that we
meant to do in the future, but failed to
accomplish. Our opportunities never
stay. They are like the swallows that
abide season and are gone. They
never return in the same way. A
young girl was walking along one of
the principal streets in a large city,
when she saw a poorly clad girl stand
Ing on the pavement. She intended
speaking to her and giving her a cheer
ing word for she was a Kings daugh-
ter, but seeing some of her companions
approaching, she fastened on. Her
opportunity for speaking kind word
had gone, never to return again. We
do not pass on this road of life but once,
and we cannot turn back and retrace
our footsteps, Or accomplish something
left undone. We are tramping, tramp
ing onward and our hearts are cheat
ing funeral marches to the grave"
Then let us work while we NAV for the
night comes when mans work is done
Our cares are but today;
Our joys are all to-day,
And in one little word, our life,
What is it but today?
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-22
Where the South's Money goes.
Manufacturers Record.

Manufacturers Record
Under the above heading the Savan-
nah Neus breaches a sermon against
the disposition of Southern people of all
classes, from cotton planters to cotton
commission merchants, to speculate in
cotton. The News very truly says that
speculating in cotton on the part Of
Southern people is almost as much q
waste of money as investing in lottery
tickets Prices are not regulated by the
law of supply and demand, except IN
the long run covering period Of years,
when they may move up or down on a
general average, as supply and demand
may regulate, but the speculator who
attempts to make money on short-time
operations is very generally left. The
South annually dumps into Wall street
millions of dollars of good hard money
to pav for cotton losses, and vet very
little is heard of it. 1t is within bounds
to say that within the last twenty years
the Soutlr's net losses on cotton specu-
latlons have run up to a hundred mil
lion or more. This money, had it been
kept at home and invested in develop
ment enterprises, would have added
vastly to the wealth of the whole South,
furnished employment to many thou
sands of hands and brought profit to
those who owned it. Producing as the
South does not far from 50 600, 900, 900
of agricultural, manufacturing and
mining products a year, there ought to
be very large surplus, and this sur
plus will constantly increase as specu-
lation in cotton futures decreases.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-22
Repartee on the Bench.

Selected
Some Of the keenest Wit we heal
about is flashed from the legal brain
The Green Bag reports the following
Chief Justice jeremiah Black, OF
Pennsylvania in reviewing case which
came up from the court of his old
friend, Judge Moses Hampton, remark
ed that Surely Moses must have been
wandering in the wilderness when he
made this decision and sent the case
back to the lower court. Judge Hamp-
ton, on ite second trial, took occasion
to remark that although he would have
to submit to the higher authority, yet
he still thought he was right, ain spite
of the Lamentations Of jeremiah"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-22
c-a Lc.ha.s Mistake.

Hrrhaagr
II seems 10 ne. -ali a woman late.
ly.-one whose -ons and daughters arc
grown ard oui i'll the world that
| had ny childncn 10 bring up over
gain would size M everything ana
devote my-cli l. cach ill he Ma. tsc
,ear, old
Mia, did wa~ t. employ nur-,--
Nhal / trvcrily 81 tile icndcrly @s
r;hcan, world from infancy 20 alou'
That time. when looked after them
II, elf
"one Of NY childtcn--he S., u,sr
ricd uian now-eheri-hc~ sull mo.'
unrcs s~oninc fear y the darA even d
passing an u4lighted apartment. hc
cause. for>ooth year, ago in hi- baby
hood. nurse urged him 10 sleep. t., i
wolf should come ont of the dark and
get him
- second eon pill carry ,o hi- graz {
a nervous dread u laughing. born of q
practice lN anoiher nurse II showing
Her large, White cliltefiue tecth IN /,
mirthless grin when. A. an infant be
frot:oa ! caught her AZ it one day
and instantly sent her away hut tie
mischief was done, and have been
helpless to combat IT, And my mus :
were no wot-c than my neighhors
"A childs caretaker should be "a
child-loyer and who loves a child like
his mother? | long u say TO every
young mother ! know Stay with
your babies, if you possibly can, until
they are big enough to know what il
going on about them.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-22

English SPAWN linimcut removes
all Hard. ~oft ot Cnlloueod lump- and
and Clcml.he- from horses Blood
worm tii'e-. ~prains. and swollen
Through, Coughs. Fte save 80 hy
use 81 one b0ttF Nnrr.-tc4 tho
most woudrfnl Blemi-m Cure ever
known Sold bo T. + Whitehead &
Co, DRUGGISTS, Scotland Neck y q.
10 ~.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-22
Relief for a Burn.

Ne,c York Dispatch.
An immediate application Of ordina-
~ table salt to burn Will lessen the
pain considerably and result in a speedy Y
cure. The application of the salt must
be prompt, however, for if delayed
much Of its good effects will be lost.
As soon as person receives a burn, let
them run for the salt cellar and thick
" cover the surface Of the affected part
with salt, bind it up with cloth, not
forgetting to moisten the linen. A lit
tie biting" will take place, which will
soon cease. In less than twelve hours
the cloth can be removed, as the sore
spot will be nearly healed.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-22

Drive the colt the first time with a
fast-walking horse.
Feed and shelter the COWS we'll this
winter and you will be surprised at the
increased amount of butter.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-22
FROM THE BUCKEYE STATE
Incidents Of Travel. IA Great Lee.
ture.
COLUMBUS, ONO, Feb. 9, 9

COLUMBUS, OHIO, Feb. 9, '94
Editor The Denocrot
Thinking that, perhaps, few lines
from the "Buck-Eye" State might be
OF interest to your readers / make this
little contribution to the columns Of
your readable paper.
When Mr.. Edmondson and myself
left home, we expected to take the n
& W. train at Petersburg about 10
o'clock that night, But there we were
informed by the agent that we would
have to lie over at Blue Fields, w. Va,
six hours, which would put us in Co
lumbus as late as Wednesday morning
We went on to Richmond and took a
G. 4 o. train at 10 o'clock.
When we arose next morning we
were at Clifton Forge, Va, on the east
ern slope of the Alleghany Mountains.
Clifton Forge is town of some size and
considerable note, beautifully located
and resting in the valley among the
foothills of the Alleghanies
A little further on we struck Gum
briar river in West Virginia. and from
thence on to where it empties, or rath-
er merges into the Great Kanana at
Charleston, on its way to the placid
but muddy Ohio into which it empties
at Kenova
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-22

cOllSlueIdDic HOle, beautifully LOCATED
and resting in the valley among the
foothills Of the Alleghanies.
A little further on we struck Gum
briar river in West Virginia. and from
thence on to where it empties, or rath-
er merges into the Great Kanana at
Charleston, on it's way to the placid
but muddy Ohio into which it empties
at Kenova.
GRAND SCENERY.
The scenery through the mountains
was simply grand and beyond descrip-
ton by such feeble pen as mine. All
through, for more than a hundred
miles, the mountains, with snow-c!ad
peaks and slopes, and deep ravines re-
sembling ocean waves, lowered many
hundred feet above U.S. And the tur-
DulcuU VlIIUl1dI, Will ulCS pei
pendicular and picturesque, rocky sides
and bed, with its foaming waters and
beautiful cascades far below, presented
a scene ever to be remembered. With
the train dashing along the curves of
the river, first on one side and then on
the other. occasionally darting through
a tunnel and ever and anon darting
past, or stopping just a minute at, some
little mining town, we were simply
dazed with the ever-changing scenery.
A RUN TO COLUMBUS.
We left the C. & O. road at Kenova
and boarded a n. & w. train for Colum-
bus, arriving st 10, p m.
From Kenova to Portsmouth we ran
along the Ohio river and the scenery
was lovely. Low peaks could be seen
in the distance on either side of the
river. and between the mountains and
river large grain fields of wheat and
oats up and growing we'll. There were
large and stately mansions, frequently
of brick, with beautiful surroundings
and ample barns and stables. Lots of
fine cattle could be seen in the barn
wards and great cribs and bins of shuck-
ed corn, and everything presented an
air of prosperity.
NIGHT CLEARS THE SCENE.
At Portsmouth we left the Ohio and
entered the Sciota valley. All the way
the whole country seemed IN good con-
dition. Night overlook us before we
reached Chillicoth and we saw no more
Of the country by day light.
100000 BUSHELS OF CORN.
Near Piketon we passed the farm Of
Judge Van Meter. of Chillicoth, said to
be the best farmer in the State of Ohio
He produced on his farm last year 1OO,-
300 bushels of corn. His corn cribs
could be seen from the cars and they
we're the largest I have ever seen.
Near this place we passed a cemetery
n which is a large mound with several
smaller ones around it, relics of the an
,ient "mound builders, an extinct race
which once inhabited this country and
If whom nothing OF very little is now
1nOwn. I was informed that the Gov
.rnment sent to make examination OF
hese mounds last year, and quite a
lumber of relics were taken from one
# them and placed in the Smithsonian
institute at Washington.
GORDON IN COLUMBUS.
We arrived here at the Surgical Ho-
ell at 9 o'clock. The Legislature is
till in session but the event OF the |
eas0n was Gen. Jno. B. Gordon's lee
ure last night. Subject "The Last
Jays of the Confederacy." OF course
went. l have never heard such elo-l
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-22
GORDON IN COLUMBUS.

We arrived here at the Surgical Ho-
tel at 9 o'clock. The Legislature is
still in session but the event OF the
season was Gen. Jno. B. GOrdon's lee
ture last night. Subject: ''The Last
Days of the Confederacy." OF course
I went. I have never heard such elO-
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
Do,ncs of China and Japan.

Mail advices from China show that
tho Chinese government has prohibited
the expectation of horses. Horses are
regarded as contraband of war by
Japan. Urgent orders have been sent
from the northern to the southern
arsenals for powder and other muni-
tions. Recruiting is pushed. Japanese
have fortified the passes leading from
China into Corea and established elab-
crate defenses at Seoul, the capital.
One hundred and sixty thousand men
have been modified by Japan and the
reserves have been called upon for SER
vice in Corea. Sickness prevails in both
the Chinese and Japanese armies. China
has accepted the offer of Lui Yung III,
the celebrated ex-chief of the Black
Flags in Tonquin, who is now a naval
commodore at Canton, TO recognize the
Black Flags to fight against Japan.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE.

NEW YoRK.-Dunns review OF trade says:
The new tariff, il signed bv the president, as
expected, provides definite basis for business.
No supplemental legislation Is thought possible
next year ut least. Large improvement
has been expected from any until
settlement, the more because of a vast amount
Of business deferred from week to week in
hope OF more definite conditions. The rush OF
such business or even part Of il might easily
double the transactions for a time. Resump-
ton 10y iron and steel works. which were
stopped by the strikes continues to depress
prices OF some finished products. but with more
furnaces operating prices OF pig iron are not
lower. Comparisons, given show fall in
prices ranging from 20 to ~ per cent in iron
and its products since October, 1890, which
sufficiently accounts for the idleness OF more
than third OF the works. Speculation in corn
has been active. the price falling &c, rising 3sc
and falling %, with varying reports of injury,
which in some OF the states Is undoubtedly
severe. While western receipts In two weeks
have been only 2.426,578 bu, against 4,3iSl03 bu
last year. the high price explains exports OF
only sal $50 bu. against 33Oi sos bu in the same
weeks last year. Pork has advanced SOC and
lard 35c per 100 lbs, with justification In the IN
jury to corn. Wheat is about lc lower. western
receipts being very heavy for two weeks, To-
$50 AIS bu. against 59io.5Si bu last year, and 10
is claimed that Minnesota and the two DakotaS
will yield Us ,OOO.OOO bu, the second largest
WELD in their history. The failures this week
have been 22j in the United States, against 400
last year, and 45 In Canada, against " last
wear.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24

The Peruvian government troops
have Suffered defeat from the rebels
at Lunahuana, in the province of Ca
nete.
The constitutional convention at
Albany, n. Y, has decided by deci-
sive majority upon removing the 1000
limit for damages by the loss of life.
Earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul railroad for the second
week in August were S5l1, 424, an in
crease of So, 900 over the earnings for
the corresponding week of last year.
Through an outcome of the recent
fire in Chicago the Siemans-HolskeC Co.,
electricians; the Wells-French Car com.
pany, and the Grant locomotive works,
have formed combination ca pitalized
at 81, 900, 900 to manufacture cars and
locomotives and electrical apparatus
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
StRte Fair Mt Detroit.

There promises to lie an unusually
large display of farm implements and
vehicles vt the state fair, which opens
on the Detroit Exposition grounds
September 10, and continues until
Septcmber 81. w. p. Custard, of Men
don, is superintendent of farm imple-
ments, and Ii. Il. Dewey, of Lansing,
has charge of the department Of
vehicles. The fair will not be open
evenings the hours being from a. N.
TO p. IN. The admission will be
placed at 80 cents, project to make it
25 cents having been discarded as not
feasible. There may be one or two
special 25-cent days, however No adj
ditional charge will be made for any
exhibit inside the grounds. The horse
and bicycle races are exciting much in
terest. Six days will be given up to
the trotters. PAGERS and running horses
September II, ID, II, II, Is and 10.
There are &c premiums offered in the
children's department, for hand and
machine sewing, patching, darning,
embroidery, crochet and knit work,
dolls wardrobe, painting on various
materials, paper flowers, collections of
postage stamps, scroll saving, wood
carving, drawing samples of canned
goods, etc.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
Gigantic Frauds Mt Mempb,s. Tenn.

The Memphis, Tenn, grand jury has
unearthed frauds of gigantic proper
tions. Through the criminal careless
frauded out of nearly $1,000, 900 in
revenue during the past eight years.
The grand jury began an investigation
a few days ago, and discovered that
nearly 600 saloons and seV eral other
firms, embracing almost every branch
of business, had not paid a cent in
taxes and privileges, licenses, in eight
years The jury made partial report
of its work to the criminal court, and
as result 736 indictments Lave been
returned against the delinquents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-24
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Lord Randolph Churchill denies the
story that he is a victim of morphine,
and says that the report was mali
ciously circulated through spite.
The L. T. Harris company, architec-
tual iron works at Chicago, has as
signed. The assets are worth about
$40, 900, about $4,000 of which are
available. The liabilities are about
$50, 900.
The one hundredth anniversary of
the birth of William Cullen Bryant
was celebrated in Cummington, Mass,
his native place. The exercises took
place in the grove just beyond the
Bryant home.
The Rock Island and Lake Shore
Railroad companies have commenced
the elevation of their tracks at Chi
cago-a work that is calculated TO oc-
cupy four years, cost $1,000, 900 and
save thousands of human lives.
During the last few DAYS over 400
anarchists have landed in London. A
special branch of ths Scotland yard
police force is very busy watching
over the new corners. The Scotland
yard men are assisted by large draft
of detectives from the different police
divisions.
Emperor William, wearing the uni
form of the First (RoyaD dragons, OF
which he is honorary colonel, wit
messed the sham fight at Aldershot
camp, England. The emperor was &C.
companied by the duke of Connaught
and suite. His majesty galloped from
point to point, closely watching the
movements of tho troops.