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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-13

DIGGING FOR GOLD.-On the settle
ment few miles from town known as
Bakers" many years ago lived
wealthy family by that name. The
colored people have recently concluded
that perhaps those wealthy people were
buried with gold and other valuables
on their persons, and SO have dug up
the grave yard on the place from side
to side IN the hope Of finding treasure.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-13

FIRE NEAR TIIIERY.-One night last
week at Mr.. j. NJ Mullens farm near
lillery the stables were consumed with
tour mules, two hundred barrels OF
corn. one hundred bushels Of peas and
farming implements. Also the dwell
ing and two smoke houses and a barn.
It was thought to be the work of an
incendiary.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-13

z 7. WHITEHEAD & CO.,
Scotland Neck, y. c
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-13

Read an article from Judge Walter
Clark which we reprint from the VII
mington Nessenger on the fourth page
Of this Issue.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-13

Two EGGS AT a TIME.-Mr. 6. ".
Bryan showed an egg day or two ago
that was given him by B. B. Steptoe,
a colored man living near town, which
was something of curiosity. A dog
broke full-sized hen egg at Steptoe's,
ana on the inside was the usual white
and yellow and also a small egg about
the size Of a partride egg, well formed,
covered with shell of the usual thick
ness, and the small egg contained
the proper proportions of white and
yellow, as an ordinary egg.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-13
THE DEBATE.

l..
Friday night the hall was packed at
an early hour to hear the debate and
orations by the students of the school.
Soon after the school was opened the
first of last September the students Or
ganized the Alamedan and Coloma-
thean literary societies Over the ros-
trum In the large hall and study room
are seen in beautiful, bold letters the
names of the societies. Just under the
names are the notices. For the Ala
medan society the motto is, ''Ad ostro
per ospero," and for the Colomathean,
"Palma non sine pulcere."
Following were the marshals: From
the Alamedan society, Victor johnson
Fred Eagles and Tyler Wheeler from
the Colomathean, Alex. Neal, Frank
White and Chas. Herring. Toy Savage
was president and Ernest Morrlsette
was secretary.
The question discussed was, Re
solved. That more honor is due to the
man of letters than the scientist"
The speakers on the affirmative were
D. Stern and J. NJ. Webb; on the neg
ative, S. Stern and j. S. Brinkley
| The speeches were very fine for boys Oh
their age and observation indeed some
said they had not heard better college
debates. History was referred to and
standard authors quoted with as much
freedom as could have been expected
of men of mature years. The debate
was highly creditable both to the SPEAK
ers and their teachers.
At the conclusion OF the debate the
vote was left to the audience, but Mr.
W. A. Dunn stepped upon the platform
and said that so equal had been the
discussion many were unable to decide
how to vote. He moved that it be lief
to draw. The motion was carried
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-13

.seogr tents Low Cut Shoes be
...,4l y. B. JOsEY.
Ma coined -had-Large size at 10
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-13

s,a1a Lerlings for sale.
n B. JosEY.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-13

CRUSHED HIS HAND.-Master Emer-
son Weeks, son Of Mr.. G. G. Weeks.
while working in the chewing gum
factory Tuesday had the misfortune to
get the first two fingers on his left
hand crushed between the rollers. The
doctor said that he might lose them as
FAR as they were crushed.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-13

0ar stock oT Straw Hats is complete.
n. B. JOSEY.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-26
SHE LOVES THE FRENCH.
That Is Why Queen Victoria Il So Popu.
lar In France.

The great popularity enjoyed by
Queen Victoria in France is due not
only 70 her world-recognized virtues,
both as an exemplary sovereign and an
exemplary woman, but also TO the
knowledge of her extreme fondness for
the French nation and French people
generally, says the New York Journal.
One of the secrets of the queen 5
great personal influence in European
politics-an influence ever used on the
side of peace and good willis her
equal attachment TO the two great con-
tinental nations which have so long
been rivals
l believe we shall know some day
better than we know now how much
her majesty has done 20 bring about a
better understanding between France
and Germany, and so 20 promote the
peace of the world.
Some idea of the burden Of official
work that falls upon the queen may be
gathered from the statement that in
the course of last year her majesty
mastered the contents of no fewer than
twenty-eight thousand dispatches.
Al bhNSC udJS we are so
accustomed to keep uppermos' In our
minds the social side of the sovereign's
duties that we are apt to forget how
heavy is her share in the actual work
of government.
Though her ministers are, Of course,
responsible, no official act of theirs is
valid without her assent, which is never
given without "A thorough and coroSci-
entious examination of the question in
hand.
But, in addition TO her majesty's
heavy state duties, there Is the enor-
nous private correspondence which her
vast and widely-spread family circle
renders necessary and which she main
tains with the most scrupulous and un.
failing regularity
There are probably few women of
seventy-six who get through a 1.-THE of
the work daily performed by the indie
fatigable queen.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-26
"The Younger the Re,,cr"

The Chinese minister at Washington
Is fond Of young girls, the younger the
better, and the authors Of THE Show
at Washington" tell this little story of
how he was fascinated by the vivacious
ten-year-old granddaughter of Senator
Palmer: lie saw her at reception
one afternoon, and, asking for an in
PRODUCTION, devoted himself 20 the little
maiden while he remained. Everybody
crowded about, but all unconcerned,
through his interpreter, he carried on
an interesting conversation with the
equally unembarrassed little girl. The
next day the minister's carriage drew
up in front Of Senator Palmer's door
and an attache delivered TO the child
packet containing six exquisite silk
handkerchiefs, embroidered in the
highest style of Chinese art, and ten
little chests Of the kind of tea which
Chinese gods, on a Chinese Olympus,
make Chinese nectar of.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-26
The Horse Knew sunday.

A Dexter Me- man has a mare that
knows several things, and, among other
accomplishments, apparently can tell
the day of the week. On recent Sun.
day the gentleman hitched up, and
having assisted his wife into the car
riage, got in himself. He was busted
for a moment in arranging the robe
and before he had taksn up the reins
the horse started out of the yard into
the street His purpose was to attend
church, and, as the horse took that
direction, he decided 20 let her go with.
out guiding, TO see what she would do
The route is altogether different from
that taken in the weekday driving
He left the reins hanging on the dasher
but, nevertheless. was carried as
straight 90 the church as he would have
gone IL he had turned the horse. With.
out a word, when she had turned VI
TO the church door and the carriage
was in position at the steps, the mare
stopped for his maste- 70 alight.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-26
An Interesting Bandit.

manuel Garcia was a curious char
acter," said a Cuban gentleman in
speaking of the reported death of that
rcvolutionist. "He was more like a
character in novel than a man living
in the nineteenth century. His home
was the mountains and he led regular
bandits life, every now and then hold
ing-up Spaniards on the road or carry
ing off one of them and holding him
for ransom. He would write 20 a
Spanish planter, send me five thousand
dollars or l shall burn your house,
and if the money was not forthcoming
he would carry his. threat into execu-
ton. He would even write TO govern
mental officials, signing himself; King
of the Mountains, and demanding trib-
ute. He never preyed on the native
Cubans, only on the Spaniards, and
gave most of his money TO the revolu-
tionary party TO purchase arms"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-26
TREATMENT OF SUNSYROKE.
New Electrical Device by Which Patients
Are Easily Handled.

OF late treatment In sunstrole cases
has altered materially. The old treat
ment included warm drinks and hot
applications TO the body, with a view Of
drawing the heat from the head, as well
as iced applications 10 the head. Now,
says the New York sun, the patient Ia
immersed in very cold water and kept
SO until the abnormal temperature de-
creasss. Some remarkable cures have
been effected by this method of treat
ment. The new apparatus is designed
for the transfer of the patient TO the
bath. 1t Is worked entirely by cleo
tricity. A sort of hammock suspended,
not from the ends, but from the sides
between iron bars, is the receptacle for
the sufferer. The end of this hammock
at which the head lies Is higher than
the other end. The bars are suspended
by chains from wheeltrucks overhead,
running on tracks, and both the motion
backward and forward of the trucks
and the raising or depressing Of the
hammock by means of the chain are
controlled by the electric apparatus.
On the entrance Of the patient tho
hammock is lowered and he is gently
slid from the stretcher into it. A turn
of the motor wheel lifts him, and
another turn sends him moving along
until he is directly over a tub contain
ing water iced TO the desired temporal
ture. Then the machinery lowers him
slowly into the tub until only his face
remains above the water. Ice IS packed
around his head, and he is left there
until his temperature is lowered TO
point where it is deemed safe TO take
him out. Then the machinery gently
lifts him again and transfers him to a
pallet at the side of the room. If sec
ond iced bath is not necessary the pa
tient is then removed 20 one of the adj
joining wards. This method of hand
ling Is not only attended with less jar
ring 10 the patient than any other, but
IL also saves the doctors and nurses
much exhaustive work, particularly in
the case Of heavy patients. The appa-
ratus was designed by Dr. Lewis A.
Stimson, attending surgeon TO the
House of Relief
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-26
WHAT ARMY BUTTONS SIGNIFY.
Different Designs and styles According TO
the Rank Of the Officers.

The INTERPOLATION of the buttons on
uniform is just as much a matter of
regulation as the cut of a coat. The
general wears two rows of buttons on
the breast OF his frock coat, twelve in
each row placed by tours. The dis
lance between the rows is five and a
half at the bottom. The lieutenant
general Is entitled TO only ten buttons
in each row placed by threes. The
brigadier general, eight, in groups of
two. The colonel, lieutenant colonel
and major have nine buttons in each
row, arranged at equal distances.
There are different designs, OF course,
not only for the buttons of the army,
the navy and marine corps, but for the
different branches Of the service. There
are the infantry, artillery and cavalry
buttons, the engineers buttons, the
ordinary corps button, and the button
of the marine corps, and the navy but
ton. The navy button is made in Eng
land, because no American manufac-
turer has been able 10 make bronze
which the sea air will not tarnish. All
of these buttons the army and navy
tailor must keep on hand and send on
according TO regulation.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-26
LANGUAGE OF FISHES.
The Creatures Seem To Have n Means q
Communication.


An English fisherman, Mr.. Basil
Field, has been making some investi-
cations which lead him TO suppose that
fishes have some way Of communicat-
ing a notion of their experiences 20
other fishes. Mr. Field, says the
Fortnightly Review, carried on his ex-
periments in the fish ponds of Mr..
Andrew at Guildford, Eng. Those
ponds are full of trout, which at the
time when Mr. Field first visited them
were So little accustomed TO being
troubled that when he threw baited
hook into the water all the trout in
sight-a great number-rushcd eagerly
upon it. lie caught one, and, removing
it from the hook threw it back into the
pond. Then he put in a freshly-baited
hook. Two or three trout only came
after IT,
One of these he caught and threw it
back into the water. Again he re-
suped his fishing with a ncwly-baited
hook, and this time, although the
pond was swarming with fish, it was
only after a long time that he lured
another trout TO his bait And after
little further time it was entirely inn
possible TO catch a trout in this pond.
However, by experimenting in another
pond equally well stocked. and not
throwing back any fish, Mr. Field
found that he could catch trout as long
as he chose.
The fish did not seem 10 understand
that the removal of one of their num-
Der by this strange means meant
danger 10 them, but came continually TO
the bait If, Mr. Field reasons, it is
only when the captured fish, released,
goes back and mingles with his fell
lows that the danger is learned, and
then is learned instantly, it must fol-
low that the released fish has some
means Of making the others under
stand the perils of the hook. This,
whatever it is, may be called ''lan-
puage"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-26
MOI A wHITe CITIZEN.
Florida Town Wholly Owned ana Con-
trolIed Nv Colored PeoDlc

Afhllfu ~ toibffu feOplc.
Eatonville. Fla, Is "A place wherein
no white person lives. an Incorporated
city owned inhabited and governed
exclusively by negroes, with "a colored
mayor and colored officers throughout.
II is said 20 bc, says the New York sun,
the only incorporated place inhabited
and governed wholly by colorcd per
sons in this country, and it is as law
abiding place as can be found in
Florida
1--WE nave a lookup here" said the
colored postmaster and eX-mayOr, j. Il.
Clark, but It's the idlest building in
the place 1t is hardly used twice
year, for we have 40 saloons nor low
places Of any kind. and, as nearly every
man owns his own home, we all have a
personal interest in preserving order"
Although Eatonville is "A city in law
and in name, having received a city
charter from the legislature, with
power 10 make and enforce its own
laws. 1t is, in fact, pretty little village
of three or four hundred inha bitants,
lying at the head of Lake Sybelia, in
the center of Orange county, one mile
from the railroad station at Maitland.
No colored people live in Maitland and
no white ones at Eatonville There is
the best Of feeling between the two
places. Maitland has work, and Eaton
vile has men and women 10 do IT,
No place in Florida has more of a
West Indian appearance than Eaton
vile. All the traffic on wheels is done
on two or three of the principal streets,
and the others are perpetually green
with a beautiful carpet of Bermuda
grass. These walks are lined with rows
of white oaks, which make Of every lane
and avenue shady bower from the be-
ginning Of Januar till the last Of De-
cember The houses are all of wood
and generally small, but every house
stands in its own little grounds, with
flowers blooming in front, and bananas,
oranges, lines, lemons, pawpaws,
guavas and other southern fruits BIOS
soming or fruiting, and in the rear
vegetable garden that produces food at
least ten months of the year Close 10
the head of the lake stands the African
Methodist Episcopal and Baptist
churches, and in the center of the town
is the public school, with its colored
teacher and forty or fifty pupils. The
free masons and odd fellows have their
own halls, and there is a labor aid
society. John Heiston is the present
mayor, and the city limits include Just
one square mile.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-26
A PAYING INDUSTRY.
Renting Out Bulldogs to Protect Prop
erty in summer.

Bulldog Douglas is character In
the suburbs of this city, says the Wash
ington Star. But il is not of Il. d. SO
much as his occupation one wants TO
speak. The latter is peculiar and alto
gether suggestion of Bulldog Doug
las. BE il known that Bulldog Doug
las is the proprietor of a multitude of
bulldogs, all of whom he dearly loves.
just as a miser might love and hoard
money, just so does Douglas 90 on
through life amassing and boarding
bulldogs. He can't, 10 his notion,
have too many of these bellicose chat
tells. AT last it would appear as if he
had found IA use for them. The idea
had suggestion to him because of the
expense of maintaining his canine
standing army. He must find some
thing for them TO do. The other day a
gentleman met Bulldog Douglas tow
ing Misunderstanding dog at the end
of a rope.
Just hired out another dog" re-
marked Douglas, delightedly, pausing
and looking fondly on his vicious pet
What do you mean by that?" queried
the gentleman.
Bulldog Douglas then advanced an
explanation. Many of the residents of
Washington leave town for the summer.
As protection to their houses during
their absence Bulldog Douglas rents
them a savage dog, warranted 70 tear
the hind leg off "A burglar or a tramp at
the drop of the hat. Rent, per dog,
three dollars per month bulldog
Douglas stakes out the canine sentry
in the back yard with the rope long
enough 70 allow him 70 patrol the
whole rear of the house. Then when
the burglar appears the dog mingles
with him and the burglar soon after
ward hurries away. The inventor of
this unique patrol for back yards
claims great things for his system.
During the summer season he puts out
some two scores of dogs TO hire after
this fashion. Bulldog Douglas makes
the rounds once "a day and bestows wa
ter and rations on the dogs They do
the rest It's novel industry and dur
ing the touring months Bulldog Doug
las declares il TO be paying one
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-26
A Hint which Is Quite Effective.

The night clerk in any big newspaper
Office has his hands full OF work. but
time and time again is bothered by the
tramp who wandcrs in 70 get warm.
ing. Ostensibly the visitors look over
the file 20 search with advertisements,
but with bowed head soon fall 20 sleep.
The true tramp can go 70 sleep stand.
ing as long as the surroundings are
warm. \ night clerk in a newspaper
office has discoyered a sure way of
ousting these undesirable denizens
without force. He keeps small col.
lection of the electric light lamps that
have become useless. lie waits until
the tramp is Dreaming his soundest,
and then throws one of the Innocent
looking globes at his feet. There is an
awful explosion. The tramp looks
around in wonderment and fright.
The imperturbable clerk is hard at his
books entering the last ads" sent in,
and the tramp 'scoots," thankful to
have escaped some greater danger.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-26
DWELLING BUILT OF TUBES.
Remarkable Structure Put Up by a Ger
man Inventor-Its Advantages.

Remarkable Structure Put Up by a Ger
man Inventor-Its Advantages.
a German inventor has built a house
Of hollow tubes, whose advantages are,
he says, a constant temperature and in
cidentally strength, durability, COM
fort and beauty, says the New York
sun. lie first put up frame of water
tubing, allowing continuous circula-
ton TO a stream Of water. Around this
frame he put up his house in the or
binary way. The popularity is that all
floors and ceilings are crossed and re-
crossed by the water pipes The water,
having passed through horizontal tubes
under the floor and ceilings, passes
through the vertical tubes until all
have been gone through. In summer,
fresh cool water circulates under
pressure through the network of tubes,
cools off the walls, and, after having
run its course, flows considerably
warmer than when it entered In its
course 1t has absorbed much heat,
which 10 carries away. During the
long and severe winter the water en-
tering through the basement is first
heated TO nearly one hundred degrees
and then forced through the tubing.
OF course much of the heat is left all
over the house. and at the outlet the
temperature of the water Is about
forty degrees. The speed of the cir
culation of water can be regulated so
as TO allow the fixing of a certain tenn
perature, which is equal throughout the
building.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-26
UNFRAMED IN FIRE.
German Fireman Wears the "scaphander"
and Secures Immunity.

German Fireman Wears the "scaphander"
and Secures Immunity.
There are some fire apparatus and
appliances in which the tiremen of
Berlin, Germany, are undoubtedly
ahead of us. OF these apparatus the
most notable IS the fire ''scaphander.
The word 'scaphander," which means
either hollow man" or hollow TO re-
ceive a man" is generally applied to
the suit of impermeable material In
which the diver arrays himself before
he goes down into the water. The fire
scaphander is on the lines of the divers
scaphander, the only difference, in
fact, being that il Is made of different
material. The fire scaphander is made
of asbestos and rubber, and is absolute.
ly proof against fire. 1t neither takes
fire nor is permeable 10 the heat of fire.
a man in an asbestos suit or scaphander
can take a leisurely walk through roar
ing flames or through the thiclIest vol.
ume of smoke with comfort, or at least
with complete immunity from being
burned or choked. The helmet is
donned apart from the rest of the suit
and is Theoretically fitted TO the suit,
the riveting being so perfect that air is
excluded. A plate of glass, specially
prepared TO stand great heat without
cracking, is imbcdded in the front OF
the helmet and allows the wearer TO
see plainly. To the fireman thus
equipped air is supplied, Just as it is
supplied 20 the diver at work, through
a tube, the one end of which is held al
the earth's surface and the other end
Is in the helmet.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-26
A Bank
Failure.
AN INVESTIGATION
DErlANDED.

A general banking business is done bv
the human system because the blood de.
posts IN its vaults whatever wealth we NAV
gain from day 20 day This wealth is laid
up against a rainy day" as reserve fund
we re IN condition of healthy prosperity
II we have laid away sufficient capital to
draw upon in the hour of our greatest need
There Is danger in getting thin because it's
sign OF letting down in health To gain
IN blood is nearly always to gain in ukole.
some flesh. The odds are in favor of the
germs of consumption, grip, or pneumonia.
If our liver be inactive and our blood i'm
pure, or II our flesh be reduced bsIozV
healthy standard. What is required is an
increase IN our germ -HghffRg strength Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery enriches
the blood and makes il wholesome. stops
the waste of tissue and at the same time
builds up the strength. medicine which
Will rid the blood ofits poisons, cleanse and
invigorate the great organs Of the BODY
vitalize the system, thrill the whole being
with new energy and make permanent work
OF II, is surely a remedy of great value. But
when we make positive statement that o8
per cent of all cases of consumption can. IL
taken in the early stages Of the disease. be
CURED with the Discovery, " IL seems like
bold assertion. All Dr. Pierce asks is that
you make a thorough investigation and
satisfy yourself Of the truth of his assertion.
By sending to the Worlds Dispensary Med.
ical Association, Buffalo, ~ ", you can get
free book with the names. addresses and
photographs of large number of those
cured ofthroat bronchial and lung diseases,
as we'll as of skin and scrofulous affections
by the Golden Medical Discovery" They
also publish book Of 100 pages, being a
medical treatise on consume ion bronchitis.
asthma, catarrh, which will be mailed on
receipt OF address and six sents in stamps.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-07-26
OF Value I'm Murder Cases.

A spectroscope detector by which one
part of blood in a solution of $50, 200
parts can be discovered has been invent
ed by M.de Thierry. 1t will be otvalue
in murder cases where the stains are
very minute.