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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10
A WATCH IN THE NIGHT.

From Youths Companion.
In the long dim night, if you cannot
sleep,
Don't fall to counting the dreamland
sheep.
They follow their leader fast and fain
Over the hedge in a dizzy train,
But they have no power to drive away
The haunting ghosts of the weary day
Cease, if you can, from adding lines,
OF curtseylng figures, sevens, mines,
Skies, elevens, TIL by and by,
Like cloud of notes in a summer sky,
You could brush them away, but back
they'd creep,
And never, never would bringyou sleep.
And, whoever may bid you, do not say
The verses you learned in your child
hoods day,
Over and over, until full fain,
You wish you were merely a child
again,
With head that at touch of the pillow
The tender dropping of slumber's dew.
But, dear, just think Of the forest pool
Where the ferns stand close on the
edges cool,
Where the whispering willows, bend
and lave,
And the lisp is heard of the ripping
Hark to the wind in the plne-tree tops,
10 the svllabled murmur In grove and
cOpse,
Shutting your eyes, drift out to sea,
Where the stars look down and the sails
float free,
And the waters will Groom youa drowsy
tune,
And the luling Of sIumber will reach
you soon.
Or, think, if you will, of the sweet green
Acres and acres where no teed pass,
Of daisies and clover, that over and over
TIE zephyrs kiss, with the heart of a
OF dunes that are billowy meath the
sun,
Where the skylark stoops when his
song is done.
Or eyer you know 1t, unaware,
The angel of sleep will find you there,
Will slft his peoples above your head,
And rock you as if in cradle bed;
And, hushing and hiding, will bury
you deep
In the Wonderful, beautiful cave Of
sleep,
And youn never wake till the new
days dawn,
When the watch Of the dark, dull night
is gone.
Margaret e. Songster.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10
1000 Head Of Cattle.

Charlotte Penny Post.
The Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer
Company has commenced receiving
1000 head of cattle to be fattened with
cotton meal and hulls on the Burns
farm, recently purchased This farm
adjoins the large tract upon which is
located their immense plant. From an
interview published in the Constitution,
we learn that the Messrs Oliver expect
to fatten 5000 head at Charlotte and
Atlanta. Owing to the lack of slaugh-
terlng facilities South, the fattened
stock will be shipped North on the
hoof.
1t is interesting to take a few facts
and figures in connection with this
departure upon which results may be
forecast. The average cost at Sitnon,
Tex, is $2O50 head, freight about
$3.50, making $25 a head delivered
here Now beeves have until recently,
sold in Charlotte at &c per pound on
foot, 1880 pound animal bringing
$25. 1t costs about 1Oc. per day, say,
for seventy-fve days to get the cattle in
good, fat condition, making the total
investment $3.50 per head, which
represents a 1925 lb. cow in Charlotte.
Again the animal costing 1Oc. per day
must increase lbs. per day, in weight,
or 372 lbs. during the seventy-fve days
All stockmen recognize the great
value of cotton meal and hulls as cattle
food, but heretofore no one has had
the temerity to suggest that the cotton
States might become a large source of
food supply to the country. 1t looks
that way now, we rejoice to say, and we
believe that no more naturally favored
region can be found.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10

Anonymous Writing.

DR.. Pritchard in Charlotte Observer.
"Stat nominis umbra." This was the
shadowy title of "Junius," the great
Unknown, who after hundred years of
careful research is still undiscovered
/ once thought that Macaulay had con-
clusively shown, in his paper on Hast
ings, that Sir Philip Francis was Jun
ius," but further and fuller examination
has proven that he was mistaken.
Beyond all question, "Junius" was
great writer his letters have quietly
taken their place among the classics Of
the English language, but so far as l
am individually concerned I can have
no respect for his memory. He was, in
my judgment, a ccwardly assassin, who
stabbed character in the dark, and de-
serves the execration, rather than the
praise of men. He vilifed his king to
such an extent that Edmund Burke
said, in open Parliament, that 1t made
his blood run cold he traduced private
character, paraded before the public
family secrets and misfortunes, with
which neither he nor the public had
any business he mallgned some Of the
best men of his day, and slandered their
virtues, as, for instance, his merciless
abuse of Lord Mansfield for certain in
terpretation of law as posterity has
recorded his chiefest glory. I have no
question but that the influence of
"Junius" has been most pernicious on
English society And all this leads me
to say that l question the propriety of
anonymous writing, and even it's moral
ity, where personal character Is involy-
ed. have never in my life, and l
have been writing for newspapers for
forty years, written an article to which
I did not sign my own name, and even
when associate editor, / have always
put my initials to everything I wrote,
and this think the honorable thing to
do. It is so easy for writer's to leave
! the real Issues of any matter and descend
to personalities-the "argumentum ad
homlnem" is not only easier but sweet
er than any other sort OF argument, and
when man hides himself under a "nom
de plume" he is apt to say things that
he would not dare to say over his own
name. There may be cases in which it
is allowable to conceal the writer's
personal character, but they are very
rare, and 1 give it as my deliberate
opinion, after good deal Of reflection
on the subject, that it is a species Of
immortality for one to reflect personally
on his neighbor from ambush.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10
Free Pills.

Send your address to H. E. Bucklen
& Co.. Chicago, and get free sample
box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills A
trial will convince you of their merits.
These pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in the cure of
Constipation and Sick Headache For
For Malaria and Liver troubles they
have been proved invaluable. They
are guaranteed to be perfectly free from
every deleterions substance and to be
purely vegetable. They do not weak
en- by their action, but by giving tone
to stomach and bowels greatly invigo-
rate the system.
Regular size 25c per box. Sold by
E. T. Whitehead & Co., Druggist.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10

Az OLD AND WEfI~TRlEp REMEDY
Mr.. Winslow's Soothing syrup har
been used for over fifty years by mil
lions Of mothers for their calIdnon
while teething. with perfect succc-- 1t
eoothe- the child, -oitcn- tie gums,
alayz all pain cures wind collie. and ~
the best remedy for Dinrrhoa H.
plcasant to the taste. sold 10y Drug
gists in every part oi the World.
Twenty five cents bottle IL value
j. incalculabe. BE sure and ak ior Nir-.
Winslow'- Soothing syrup, and take
no other kind.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10
ALI Free.

Those who have used DR.. Kings New
Discovery know its value, and those
who have not, have now the opportu-
nifty to try it Free. Call on the adver-
tlsed Druggist and get Trial Bottle,
Free. Send your name and address to
H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get
a sample box of DR.. Kings New Life
Pills Free, as we'll as copy of Guide
to Health and Household Instructor,
Free. All of which is guaranteed to
do you good and cost you nothing at
E. T. Whitehead & Co.'s Drugstore.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10

Curious Newspaper
London Press Netcs.

form a readable chapter in tie history |
of journalism. Here are fevOld sam
pies. The largest paper ever nblished |
was Tor is, for the promoters haye the
preposterous intention OF bmging il
out once every century, the Illustrated
Quadruple Constellation.
The first number came ou.in 1853.
consequently No. 2 i. due Il95S. It
measured eight feet long by six feet
wide price, two shillings The first
number did not contain a single adver-
tisement.
The smallest newspaper in the world
is Ell Telegrama, published in Mexico,
exactly four inches square.
In Japan, the Shi Clio Shu Den
Kwai Zassht Is printed with its sheets
Or leaves of different colors. The title
is printed on white paper; the inside
leaves are printed on various bright
colored green, orange and yellow. 1t
is not printed on both sides, but each
sheet is folded at the fore-edge. not at
the back, as in this country, and the
printing Is done on the first and fourth
pages. 1t is about the SIZE of a crown
octave pamphlet
The Austrian Fortnightly Reuiew is
unique literary publication, in that
it has contributors in almost every
land, and each article is printed in the
native language of the writer.
The City of Roman Express was a
little paper printed and published on
board an Atlantic liner. Every voyage
it made its appearance, price &c. a
copy, and had a circulation of 400
Hora Joctnda Is useful monthly
periodical for the blind, printed in
Edinburgh, from the ''Braille" type
and all engaged in its production are
blind.
The credit of having the smallest
circulation in the world belongs to the
Imperial Gazette, Berlin, of which two
copies are printed daily. This exclusive
publication is intended for the perusal
of the Emperor alone.
In Turin is paper printed with an
ink that becomes luminous IN the dark =,
so that the matter may be read without
the assistance of artificial light.
At Prince Albert, a township in the
Northwest Canada, weekly newspaper
appears in the handwriting of its pro-
f)1lCUOI, wiz Is dlSO LIS OWIl i,
reporter, printer and advertising agent
The paper appears in violet ink from a
gelatine hectograph, and is said to be
widely read, and is often quoted by the
printed papers.
In France, NJ Pol Martinez, the
editor Of the daily farthing newspaper
published in Paris, has overcome the
difficulty presented by the absence of
the farthing from the French coinage.
1t Is printed on alternate mornings on
paper of two different colors. The pur-
chaser, therefore, pays a half-penny for
one days color, and receives on the
next the other color in exchange
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10

tho germs Of ds-xas. 20 enter she cirrGlA:aca
OF tho blood
You ougs. 'o lss germ prof against Grip,
Malaria. or Consumption yea viii ee-G
you tax. pr. flurcss ooAtra Mc.ical DIS
coverv.
When yuur f'~~h IL rciucrd below a h0sl;hv
standard. when yoa arc ,ruulsct with In.ft-
Piles and i.oiIs or IL yoa have dizzy. weak and
sleeph-xs spells il list "a hecj The nrs1rAsaJ
Build up your strength. purify the bAcsi.
and st an The organs - The body into ac~
tvity, ty 'slia. Tire Discovery It's gsssrr~
antecd 70 t-cns.ft or cure al diseases resulting
from impure blood or inactive liver. or The
monay paid is refunded.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10

INvENTOR-'I've hit a money max
ing thing at last. The preachers will
90 crazy over it, and it Will sell like hot
cakes. It's a church contribution
box :"
Friend-'What good is that?"
Inventor-"It's a triumph. The
CONS fall through slots of different
sizes, and all dollars, halves, quarters.
and dimes, land on velvet; but the
nickles, and pennies, drop on to Chi
nese gong."-Ex.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10
BUCkLEN'S ARNICA SAINE.

The BEST SAIyE in the world for
Cuts, Bruise-. Ulcers. Salt Rheum. te-
yer Sores, letter. Chapped Hands,
Chiblains, Corns, and all skin Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. II j. guaranteed 80 give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price - cents per box.
FOR SALE By r. T. WHITE
II FAD x co.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10

English SPAWN Iinimcnt removes
al Hard. soft or Callou-cd Lump aud
and Clemishos from horses Blood
SPAWN Surhs, Splint-. Sweeney. Ring
worm tifics. ~prain-, am" swollen
Through, Coughs, Etc. Save 30 10y
use Of one bottle. Warranted the
most wondrful Blcmi-m Cuie ever
known. Sold bo T.. I Whitehead x
Co, Druggists, Scotland Neck \ {.
10 | ly.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10
ALL CAS- GIT WELL cnrArIY.

When druegists DO not keep Blood
Balm-and they are few---end slD
for a large bottle, OF 500 ior slN bot
ties. and il will loo sent 10 you, freight
prepaid, by the Blood Balm Co. Atlmn-
tn. Ga. Book Of wonderful and mar'e-
lou. cures Of blood and skin diseases
sent free. Send for it, and read adycr
tlsement in another column.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10
Hog Cholera.

The famous Major Hog Cholcra
Cure. which cures and prevents cholera
in hogs and poultry j. on sale at \ j.
Jo-cy's and at +. r. Whitehead Drug
store. The medicine is highly rcom-
mendcd by many western farmer G.
sure cure. Try package. At u
Josey'- and Drug Store.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10
NO. 5.
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-05-16
WILMOT.

W. c. Scherf, of Antioch, was in the
village Sunday.
Chas. Vincent was over from Salem
Saturday.
Henry Hegeman has opened up shop
in Sabin's old stand.
The Dramatic club played Penn
HapgoOd at Columbia hall, Silver
Lake, Saturday evening. The attend
ance was not suggestion of the pack
ed house which greeted the play on its
initial appearance at Woodlands hall
three weeks before.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Hogle have sew
cred connections with Israel and gone
to dwell beyond the Jordan. AS long
as music retains it's soothing influence
we suppose that Israel will be COM
forted.
Miss Lettie Wheeler is visiting rela-
tiveS and friends near Salem.
During the past few weeks the river
banks have been thronged with fisher
men and fisherwOmen.
Wintermute Bros. circus gave per-
formance before a large audience
Thursday evening. Owing to the
spOngy condition of the ground the
seats were unable to stand the strain
imposed upon them and gave way,
thus making a diversion which was not
on the program. A few sustained
slight injuries. 1t was deemed unsafe
to rebuild the seats and SO the specta-
tors crowded around and in the rings,
making their tasks doublY hard for the
performers.
The bargain sale store is now i'll
charge of youthful member of the
firm. As a salesman he is a rOOsting
place for flies, but as heart breaker
he is positively dazzling.
On last Saturday evening occurred
another one of those pleasant "sur-
prises" which have enlivened the adj
Joining Randall district during the past
winter. Mr.. and Mrs. a. G.. Pacey
were selected as the victims and the
twenty-f1fIh anniversary of their we'd
ding answered for an excuse. Fred
Sherman took a load of people from
WilmOt in hay-rack, driving four
horses abreast. He claimed the entire
road and doubtless took more than he
claimed. All preparations were made
with great secrecy, but Mr.. and Mrs.
Pacey were about us much surprised as
duck is surprised at getting wet
when diving after Il worm. The guests
numbering about fifty, were so we'll en-
tertained that it was nearly four o'clock
before they thought of returning to
their homes. By way of expressing
their regard the hostess was presented
with many beautiful presents.
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SALEM.

The frost Monday night did quite
little damage IN this section to gardens.
George Phillips opened his hardware
store Monday and has in fine stock.
Mr.. Phillips, of Hebron, is spending
a few days with his son George.
John Bacon arrived Tuesday morn
ing from the west on visit to his par
ents, DR.. and Mrs. Bacon.
Ann McKune is very i'll at the RESI-
dence of Mr.. Kinnicutt in the village.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Ward visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Rafferty, in Brighton on
Sunday.
Mesdames Tuttle and Curtis enter
tanned Mrs, Hannah Kingman and a
cousin from California the past week.
DR.. Tiedt's mother, of Chicago, is
spending this week with him at the
Hooker Lake house.
Mrs. J. Titus, the genial hostess of
the Hooker Lake house, spent Thurs
day in Kenosha.
Miss Addie Hannahs returned to her
home in KenOsha last Saturday after
spending the past week with Miss
Pearl Sanborn.
Mr.. Stafford, of Chicago, was through
this town last week tuning and repair
ing pianos and organs.
Mrs. Henry Schlax came home Sat-
urday p. m. from Kenosha, returning
Sunday morning. She is helping to
take care of her mother, Mrs. Jacobs of
that city, who is very low with cancer
of the stomach.
Miss Edna Foster, of Silver Lake,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Will Mutter
and Pearl Sanborn.
Mrs Ben Miller, of Pikeville, visited
Ada Johnson Friday p. N.
The I. o. G.. t. gave a " social" Gust
for the benefit of the members), Satur-
day evening.
Mrs. George Hartnell entertained
her sister Miss Sandberg, Of Fox River,
the past week.
This cold weather furnishes the
principal topic of conversation among
the farmers at present.
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COUNTY NEWS.
Leaves From the Lives of Those Who
Dwell About US.
BRIGHTON.

Louie Smith, of Silver Lake, visited
in town on Sunday
Mrs Robert Shoultz visited in Ra-
cine from Wednesday until Saturday
G.. II. Whitcher, of Bristol, had bust
ness in Brighton one day last week.
Mike Eppers, of Minnesota, arrived
here in time to attend the funeral of his
step-father, Mr.. HOtz.
Mrs. A. Allison has returned from q
visit in Milwaukee.
Few of the young people from this
division attended the "play" at Silver
Lake Saturday evening.
Herman Molitor, of KenOsha, paid
our town visit last week.
John Hotz, accompanied by his
brother Matt, came from southern Min
nesota to attend the funeral of their
father.
The bans were published Sunday
morning in ST. Francis catholic church
for the marriage Of Hubert Zeinhen and
Miss Maggie Ludwig, 10th of Brighton.
Mr.. Otto, of Union Grove, has taken
the place vacated by John Benedict in
the Oak Grove creamery.
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CAREFUL, the eye of the world is upon
us and ready to criticise numerically.
1t you have an aXium in Uclid or a
demonstrated Equasion in Algebra to
prove each point, then you may assurt
q proposition without fear of contra
diction. You say something about my
seeing something's from my standpoint,
thereby insinuating that my standpoint
was not of the highest order; Well, /
don't pretend to see through an oak
tree nor any thing that is not visible to
the human eye, | have not the eyes of
faith nor the gift of the spirit of Proph-
icy! But | think that | stand upon an
eminence equal to any of my peers.
namely, The highest Eminence of Re-
publican Political Economy, and
furthermore, my telescope is not re
versed. You say "there are no Gold
Bugs in this country, Well will call
them humbugs if the term suits you
any better; But who are those Rant
ing, Rouring Rascals that makes so
much noise and throw mud on the
bright faces of our silver dollars? Are
they all foreigners? Now Please be a
little more lucid and explicit in your
next Editorials. I do not understand
parallels nor conundrums very we'll and
it makes one some truble to decypher
the same.
Your very respectfully,
Bristol, May II, '95. E. JONES.
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SILVER LAKE.

Lawrence McNulty has moved in his
new house and Mr.. Gilman of Chicago,
one of the purchasers Of his old place
has moved in and will spend the sum-
mer there.
Mr.. Foster and Gus Johnson are in
surfing the safety of their property by
lightning rods.
Miss Belle Crib of Lake Villa, spent
a few days with Miss Edna Foster the
past week.
The play given by the Woodmen OF
WilmOt was quite largely attended and
highly pleasing entertainment was
enjoyed by those present.
Miss Ellen Clark of Salem spent sew
eral days with Mrs. VanWie.
Misses Louise and Emma Nichols
spent few days with their sister Mrs.
VIM. Schenning of this place.
The furniture belonging to Mr.. Off,
man of Chicago while being hauled
from the car the horses became fright
ened at train and ran away doing
considerable damage to the furniture
and the wagon being entirely destroyed.
Lawrence McNulty took trip to
Lake Villa Sunday.
Messrs. Schenning and Laughlin of
the Uihlein stock farm spent Sunday
with Fred Stoffer.
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last Sunday with her parents, Mr and
Mrs. FL. L. belong.
Rev. Otto Anderson is visiting in
Madison this week.
Chas Flett, now DR.. of Rush Medi-
cal college, is spending a few days at
home. He graduates this week and
will, we hope, find it convenient to 10
cate near here.
It was decided at last Friday nights
school to close the singing school May
Both with a concert. This is a very
appropriate idea and will undoubtedly
draw a full house as the proceeds will
be divided between the two church
societies.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Daley and Ed.
Doyle, of Chicago, spent last Sabbath
the guests Of the Morans.
Lee Fink is working these days as
operator at Mont Glare near Chicago.
c.. F. Miller commences work at Gray
land tonight.
The following are the names of pu-
pills of Dist. No. Z, who were neither
absent or tardy during the month end
ing April 26, 1895: Roscoe Fink, John
Smith, Evelyn Fink, Edward Ozanne,
Albert Ozanne, Leon Fink, George
Bohm, Peter Rice, Willie Davis, Arthur
Bohm and Annie Davis.
JESSIE T.. MCNEIL, Teacher.
The following is a list of those pupils
of Dist. No. 5, Somers, who we're pnnc-
tual in attendance for the month end
ing May 10: Sadie Haigh, Christina
Jensen, Blanche Yule, Katie Schaeffer,
jake Schaeffer, Willie Thompson,
Clarence Yule, Annie Nelson, Lizzie
Gitzlatf. Irma Bowers, Estella Jensen,
Laura Jensen, Ida Nelson.
MINNIE A. GRIMsHAW, Teacher.
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SOMERS.

The heavy frost Monday night has
done much damage to fruit of all kinds.
The strawberry crop will in most cases,
it is feared, be a total failure, as they
were in full blossom and far enough
along to be killed. Many fields of corn
were frozen to the ground, this, how
ever, will come up again.
E. 0. Vaughn, of Springfield, is work
ing this section of the county in the
interest of NJ. W. of A. Accident in
surance.
Henry Washburn, whose genial
bearing is always welcome in our midst,
is now engaged canvassing for the
Yeoman piano of Waukegan. Henry
Lyle is his first purchaser. He got a
fine instrument.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Clemens, hard
ware merchant of Robinson, H., are
the guests of their sister, Mrs. n
Lyle.
Clayton Reas, of Portersville, CAL.
is in town for few days renewing old
acquaintance. He reports the pros
poets for crop in his country very
good.
Mrs. VIM. Burgess, of Chicago, spent