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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-12-01

The Lincoln county papers say
times are better in Phoebe.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-16
Free Pills.

Send your address to H. E. Bucklen
& Co., Chicago, and get a free sample
box of DR.. Kings New Llfe Pills. A
trial will convince you of their merits
These pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective IN the cure OF con
stlpation and Sick Headache. Fol
Malaria and Liver troubles they have
been proved invaluable. They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free from
every deleterious substance and to be
purely vegetable. They do not weak
en- by their action, but by giving tone
to stomach and bowels greatly invlgo
rate the system. Regular size 25c. PEI
box. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
druggist.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-16
K, NC, THURSDAY. MAY 16. 1895.
Forget E!s Own Name.


| Selected.
Some of the most amusing stories Of
the tricks of memory are those which
illustrate the facility with which prop
er names escape the recollection They
elude you like creased pigs Then /
had it on the end of NY rorgue," and,
II recall your face, but Tor the life Of
me ! can't place you" arc :, common
ly heard as to excite no comment
by the way, how do you spell your
name?" inquired a young lady of an
old acquaintance. She took this way
Of recalling, without embarrassment, a
name that unaccountably escaped her
recollection. "S-m-i-t-h," he replied
to her confusion.
1t is related of Joe Jefferson that he
was one day introduced to General
Grant, an event that naturally impress
ed him strongly Later in the day, ac-
cording to the New York Nail and Ex-
press, he got into an elevator of the
hotel at which they were both stopping
A short, heavy set man also got in, lift
ed his hat to Jefferson and made some
remark. 81 beg your padon. Your
face is familiar to me, but cannot re-
call the name" said the actor. Gener-
al Grant courteously gave his name,
II got off at the next floor for fear
should ask him if he had ever been in
the war;" Jefferson said, IN relating
the story
Worse than that, he once forgot his
own name. He had gone into a post
office at some small resort where he was
unknown and asked the clerk if there
was any mail for him. whats the
name !" asked the clerk. Name? Oh.
yes, certainly. Why, let's see I play
Rip Van Winkle, you know" "Jeffer-
son" said the astonlshed and delighted
clerk. Eyes, Jefferson, thanks he
answered politely, as he received his
mail and bowed himself out.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-16
She Only Wanted to Know.

1t was little, dried-up, stoop-should-
cred, thlck-lipped, white-eved black
woman who went into big dry goods
emporium the other day and said to
the affable floor-waIker az he met her
at the door:
"Got any yarn knittin' thread? ?"
"Yes. step this way, please
"Walt minute, honey" said the
old woman, grabbing the foor-walker
by the coat tails, much to the amuse-
ment of all the idle clerks, who began
to gather around to see the fun. Il
amt AK you yit. Got any pins an
cotton stripes, an silk dresses, an
bleeched termestic, an blue ribbon,
an plller cases, an undershrts, an
SEWN machines, an bustles, an crimr-
in pins, an table colors, sn'-an'-"
"Step this way and / will show you
what we have" interposed the floor
walker, thinking she was about to
break down, but she had only paused
for breath.
What mex you won't lemme ak
YOU what ] wants?' she went on.
"Got any cookin' stoves, an lace cur
tains. an lamp chimblies, an carpets
an chany cups, an hairth brooms, an
pitcher frames, an writln' paper, an
kid gloves, an head hankchers, an
"Step this way"
"Walt jess a minute te, chile, tell dc oil
oman gifts though, can't you7 ]
d'want to look at nothin' tai todd !
What l ak you, is you got en-"
Yes"
well, now dat's what | wanter git
at. Whyncher say so fust, den
wouldn't be here pesterin' you so long
You see, its disser way. De OF man
come home tother night and fotch me
a speckle pullet, an when Spring gins
to open dat pullet jess nachelly gwine
start to lay, amt she? Well, dat's hue
huccome l come here akin you what
YOU got sos I'll know what TO spect fer
dem aigs when / fetch EN- to town
dat's all"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-16
NEVER TOO LATE.

II is too late All, nothing is too late
Till the tired heart shall cease to pal
pitate.
Cato learned Greek at eighty; Sopho-
ces
Wrote his grand "Gdipus ;" and ST.
mOnides
Bore off the prize of verse from his
cOmpeers
When each had numbered more than
fOur-scOre years
And Theophrastus at fourscore and ten
Had but begun his "Characters of
Men -
Chaucer, at Woodstock with the night
ingales,
At sixty wrote "The Canterbury tales ;"
Goethe, at Weimar, tOiling to the last,
Completed Faust" when eighty years
were past.
These are indeed exceptions but they
How far the Gulf Stream of our youth
may flow
Into the artic regions of our lives,
Where little else than life itself sur
wives.
-Nem York Christian Adrocote.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-16
Had Need Of a Tiger.

Selected.
At a sale of animals from Darnum' 3
hippodrome in Bridgeport, says Life, a
tiger was being offered. The highest
bid was made by man who was a
stranger. and to him 1t was knocked
down. Barn1,m. who had been eveing
the stranger uneasily during the bid
dino tben wont m To him and said
pardon me tor asking the question
but will Won tell me where YOU are
from, 2"
..Down Soutb a bit" responded the
mo-,
..Aro Won connected with any show %
.Noo
"And are Won buylne this animal for
,-onr.o1f2,
..vos,,
Rarnr,n shifted about for a few mo-
ments looking alternytelv at the man
and the tiger, evidently trying his best
70 reckon the two together. 'sNow
xo,,no man y he finally said. .vou need
not take this animal unless you want
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-16
Giants Of Their Kind.

Exchange.
The largest bell in Japan, is that In
the temple at Kiota, it is "a feet high
and l6 feet in diameter across the rim
The largest bunch of grapes of which
there is any record was picked at San
Jose. Cal, in September, 1886 1t
weighed 16t pounds.
The highest chimney in the world is
at Glasgow, Scotland ; height Ala feet
The deepest coal mine in Europe is
at Lambert, Belgium depth 3,49O feet
The highest price paid for a modern
painting was $11O,6OO for Millet's AN
gelus."
The highest monument In the world
is Washington's at Washington, D. c.
height $50 feet.
The largest landed estate is that OF
the Gar Nicholas Of Russia 100000
600 acres.
The largest landed estate In Grea,
Britain is that of the Duke Of Suther-
land; 1,35S,OOO acres.
The largest bronze statue is that oi
Peter the Great, at St. Petersburg
weight 1000 tons.
The largest library is in Paris, the
National containing 2,2OO, 900 volumes
The deepest artesian well is at Pesth
Hungary depth 8,l4O feet.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-16
All Free.

Those who have used DR.. klnS ;
New Discovery know its value, ana
those who have not, have now the
opportunity to try 1t Free. Call on
the advertised Druggist and get lrlal
Bottle, free. Send your name ana ao-
dress to II. f. BuckIen & Co., Ch1caso'
and get sample box of DR.. KING
New Life Pills Free, as well as a copy
of Guide to Health and Householo Ill
structor. Free. All of which IS guar
anteed to do you good and cost you
nothing at E. T. Whitehead q ~
Drugstore.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-16
DIFFERENT REMEDIES.
Curing The Blues.
Youth 5 Companion

Youths Companion
People who are subject to thick
coming fancies that trouble the brain
| and weigh upon the heari should heed
the prescription Of the doctor liz Mac.
beth Therein the patient must
minister to himself" The blues are "a
be cured not by drug, prescribed By Z
quack, but by the personal struggles oi
the afflicted one. Harper's Basar tell.
OF the struggles OF blush people oi
different sorts and conditions. from
which sufferer may choose remedy
to his own case
Il take a walk" said one young wom.
an, vigorous Of mind and BODY. III
the trouble comes from indigestion, a.
1t usually does, there Is nothing like q
ten-mile tramp to put your internal or
gans to rights"
The reply of Boston maiden may
be deemed characteristic Il sit down
to the hardest mathematical problem
that / can find"
Il go into one of the alcoves in the
reading room," said another. the pos
SCISSOR of that Boston patent of nobili V
share IN the Athenanum, with the
new magazines or pile of local histo-
ries.'
Il suppose the salntly-minded would
say that the best plan is to go to see
some one who is worse off than your
SELF" said young woman of feeble
constitution, but brilliant mental en-
dowments. 81 only add this misery to
mine, and the sum total is suicidal |
just think, 1T Isn't illness and it Isn't
death ; nothing else matters Or | try
to bring myself to the admirable frame
of mind that Dolly Madison attained
at eighty: My dear, when you have
reached my age, you viii! learn that
nothing matters.
81 sweep my room," said an energet-
ic little housewife, casually to the in
dlgnation OF the maid, who has just
completed the same task
Perhaps the best suggestion of all
came from the tired little bookkeeper :
Il try to do something for some
body else" For, as the Salvation Army
sister phrased it, at you make other
people 'arpy, you've 'appiness in your
art that don't come in no other way"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-16

rngllsh SPAWN Iiu1meut removes
all Hard. soft or Ca'lu0-c3 Lump. hd
and Clcml~hc- from horo- blood
SPAWN Surb- ~plmt-. Sweeney. E.ue-
worm uhce. ~pr1us. aut swollen
Through. Coughs Efe. save 30 by
u-e of one bottle NHm to3 tbc
most wonariui BlemI m Cure ever
known. Sold bo T. D. Whitehead &
Co, Druggists, Scotland Neck ~ q.
10 ~.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-16

Itch on human alf har@e. $500 Hli
animals cured IN SO minute hN Wool
ford'- Sanitary Lotion Ihis notcr
fails. Sold 10y = 4 Whitehead IS Co.
Druggist Scotland Neck \. G.
IL / - ly
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-16


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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-16
NO. %
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-16

-, Joy most on
cellcnt health ! would. 10 day have t-~n
Ia my grave. and my little children mother
Itse had II not bs@s.n fnT yull and ynur rn..i,
cine. ] ssin recommend your medicine a.
long rs live
II any one doubts this give my name and
address
Yours sincerely.
MRS. MALvISA WILSON.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-16
A Cheerful Face.

Selected.
There is no greater every day virtue
than cheerfulness. This quality in
man among mon is like sunshine to
the day, or gentle renewing moisture
to parched herbs The light of q
cheerful face diffuses itself and commu-
nicates the happy spirit that inspires
it. The sourest temper must sweeten
in the atmosphere OF continuous good
humor. As we'll might fog and cloud
and vapor hope to cling to the sun-illu-
mined landscape, as the "blues" and
moroseness to combat lovial speech and
exhilarating laughter.
Be cheerful always There is no
path but will be easier travelled, no load
but will be lighter, no heart Or brain
but will lift sooner in the presence of a
determined cheerfulness 1t may at
times seem difficult for the happiest
tempered to keep the countenance Of
peace and content, but the difficulty
will vanish when we truly consider that
sullen gloom and passionate despair do
nothing but multiply thorns and thick
en- sorrows. III comes to US providen-
TALLY as good, if we rightly apply its
lessons
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-04-05
uousekecper's Sunday.

Hcusekeepers need one day in seven
for rest as much as any other class OF
laborers. but too often the Sabbath is
crowded with work that seems newt
able. While some duties must be per-
formed, Sundays work may be greatly
lessened. Much work may be saved on
Sunday in the cooking. During the week
the wise housewife will plan all her
Sunday meals and purchase everything
needed. 1t does not look very consis-
tent to see professed Christians patron
lie butcher shops. bakeries, milk and
ice wagons on the Lords day. The
mothers Sabbath is not complete UNI
less some time is spent in religious in
struction, and by an attractive recital
of Bible stories, early teaching a love
for Gods word. This hour can be made
one of real pleasure to the little ones
IL wisely conducted. and will be a
bright spot in their memories and an
incentive to right living in the years to
come. A calm useful, well-spent Sab
bath is the browning Joy Of the whole
week.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-04-05

equaied advantages to limited number
of girls at the womans cottage where
the girls reduce their expenses TO
minimum by doing their own house
work."
The voman's cottage is supported by
the Womans Educational Aid society.
It Is Just across the street from the
hall, and belongs in Mrs. Miller's do
main, but Is under the direce guidance
of a matron-Mrs. L. ]. Hu ison. Fifty
two girls live at the cottage. All the
rough work, such as scrubbing and
washing, is done by two hired Firls,
but the sweeping, daily care or rooms
and waiting on the table Is all ATTENDED
to by the girls themselves. This takes
only about an hours work day ana ~
more of a recreation than task. MIS-
Hudson has a perfect system In her
little household. She said: THE girls
here conform TO the same rules as they
do at the hall. Their hours are just as
strict here as over there. Each SirI
has some particular work to do. Thus
seven girls wash the dishes in the morn
ing, two wait on the tables, one attehus
TO the lamps and so on until each girl
has something assigned to her. we
have very pleasant time here. we arc
just like one large family. 1t Is con-
coded that the best and most earnest
workers stay with US. They are the
less wealthy classes, who take IRE III
earnest. Socially no distinction IL
shown. The same callers come here as
go to the hall, and my girls are invited
out in the same circles of society as are
their friends across the street.
When questioned as to the domestlc
life of her charges, Mrs. Hudson salu'
II allow the girls their own way as
much as possible. Certain rules must
be obeyed. but the fewer rules are need
ed the better. At table, for instance l
do not allow any bolsterousness, but
always interfere as little as possible.
Sundays and several days during the
week we hold prayer meetings. This Is
generally after supper. Sometimes re-
peat a verse from the scriptures. when
is repeated by the girls. We nave prl-
vate sociable and literary meetings con-
tinually, and once in a while we give q
reception to which friends are invited.
Through the kindness Of Prof. &. IL.
Atwell, the registrar who has collected
statements from a number OF young
women. the writer gained some inter-
esting information. Many Of the girls,
said Prof. Atwell. learn good wages by
typewriting. They get from 20 to 30
cents an hour for that. Many of the
girls procure good homes by taking
care OF children. Waiting on table pays
for board. / know one girl who earns
her room rent by taking care of stu
do. There are two girls in school now
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-04-05
A Little While.

/ sometimes go into n sick chamber
where the prisoners of Jesus Christ"
are suffering, with no prospect of re-
covery. Perhaps the eyes of some Of
those chronic invalids may fall upon
this article. My dear friends, put under
your pillows these sweet words OF Jesus
"a little while" 1t is only for a little
while that you are to serve your Master
by patient submission 10 His holy will.
That chronic suffering will soon be
over. That disease which no earthly
physician can cure will soon be cured
by your divine physician, who. by the
touch of His messenger, will cure you
in an instant, into the perfect health
OF heaven! You will exchange this
weary bed Of pain for that crystal air in
which none shall say. II am sick"
neither shall there be any more pain.
Not only to the sick and TO the pow
erty-stricken child OF God do these ten
der words OF our Redeemer bring solace.
Let these words, "a little while" bring
healing balm to hearts that are smart
ing under unkindness or wounded by
neglect, or pining under privations. or
bleeding under sharp bereavements. /
offer them as a sedative to sorrows and
solace under sharp afiliction-'a little
while and We shall see me-" and the
sight OF him shall, in an instant, wipe
out all the memories of the darkest
hours through which you made your
way into the everlasting rest.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-04-05

the principal Of the woman's hall, Mrs.
Emily Huntington Miller. When living
with private families they must sign a
paper stating that they will conform to
the regulations in force at the hall.
The hall is a large. three-story build
ing. accommodating 10 boarders Every
girl has her own bedroom, which is tas-
tily furnished and supplied with every
thing conducive to comfort. There are
four parlors-two for the girls in gener-
al, one for the members Of the senior
class and one for the faculty. a pipe
organ, fifteen pianos and eleven music
rooms testify to the musical nature OF
the students
The girls are kept under very strict
discipline. At o'clock in the morning
every girl in the house must be at the
breakfast table. After breakfast they
pass to their o'clock recitation at the
university, where they generally re-
main during the morning hours. At IL: 80
o'clock comes lunch, and o'clock is the
supper hour. The literary side OF the
girls natures is not neglected even at
this happy hour of the day, for two spe-
cial tables in separate rooms have been
provided for the advanced pupils in the
German and French departments. The
ltblt DItSlutd ONNA ny ApAs
Wheeler, while Prof. Freeman is chair
man OF the German girls. At these ia
bles nothing but German and French is
spoken, and any one caught talking
English is fined When the fines have
accumulated to an appreciable sum a
feast is spread.
On certain evenings of the week call
ers are allowed. The calling hour is
frors to 8. When n young gentleman
presents himself for admission he must
first show his card TO the chaperon in
charge, and he may then remain until
o'clock, but no longer. Friday nights
callers are allowed to stay later, and Of
that privilege free use is always made.
All the lights in the house must be out
at 1890 p. m, and except on nights
before examination this rule is also
strictly enforced. Dancing parties are
not looked upon with favor and trips to
Chicago theaters are not allowed except
on special occasions and then only
when parties are formed and proper
chaperons have been appointed. Speak
ing on this subject. Mrs. Miller said:
II do not see that we have any right
to keep girls from attending dances
or theaters so long as we have written
statements from their parents counte-
nancing these forms OF amusements.
However, we shall not allow any dan
cling here in the hall or elsewhere in the
name of the institution. when we know
that large majority of the people who
send their children to the university are
opposed to IL. We have in our own prl-
vate circles weekly literary meetings,
musicals and similar entertainments,
where the girls meet and have a pleas
ant time"
On the subject of expenses Mrs Miller
said: THE cost of living is not great.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-04-05
Living ht Our Best.

Do not try to do great thing; you
may waste all your life waiting for the
opportunity which may never come.
But since little things are always claim
ing your attention, do them as they
come. from great motive, for the
glory Of God, to win his smile Of APP
prevail, and to do good to men. 1t is
harder to plod on in obscurity, acting
thus, than to stand on the high places
Of the field, within the view Of all, and
to do deeds OF valor at which rival
armies stand still to gaze. But no such
act goes without the swift recognition
and the ultimate recompense OF Christ.
To fulfill faithfully the duties of your
station; TO use to the uttermost the
gifts OF your ministry; to bear chatting
annoyances and rival irritations as
martyrs bore the pillory and stake; TO
find the one noble trait in people who
try to modest you; to put the hndest
construction on unkind acts and words;
to love with the love Of God even the
unthanlful and evil; to be content to
be a fountain in the midst of a wild
valley of stones, nourishing a few
lichens and wild flowers, or now and
again thirsty sheep, and to do this
always, and not for the praise of man,
but for the sake of God--this makes q
great life-F. y. Meyer.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-04-05

Henry. or Frank. or Mary. or Annaf
Where are those precious souls whose
interests 1 committed into your hands?"
A dying son said TO his father, Faith
e.. you gave me an education, and good
manners, and every thing that the
world could do for me; but, father, you
never told me how to die; and now my
soul is going out In the darkness"
In st. Paul's. London. there Is a whis-
pering-gallery. A voice uttered most
feebly at one side of the gallery is heard
distinctly at the opposite side, a great
distance off. So every word OF earnest
prayer goes all around the earth. and
makes heaven a Whispering gallery. Go
into the ark-not to sit down, but to
stand in the door, and call until all the
family comes in. Aged Noah. where is
Japhet? David. where is Absalom? Han
nah, where is Samuel?
On one of the lake steamers there was
father and two daughters journeying.
They seemed extremely poor A benevo-
lent gentleman stepped up to the poor
man to proffer some form OF relief, and
said: You seem to be very poor. SIR"
Poor, sir" replied the man. II there's
a poorer man than me troublin' the
world, God pity both of us!" II will
take one Of your children, and adopt II.
IL you say so. l think II would be n
great relief to you" "A what?" said
the poor man. "a reliefw Would 1t
be n relief to have tie hands chopped
off from the body? or the heart torn
from the breast? A relief, indeed! God
be good To US! What do you mean, sir?'
However many children we have, we
have none TO give up. Which Of our
families can we afford to spare out OF
heaven? VIII IL be the Oldest? VIII
II be the youngest? VIII II be that one
that was sick some lime ago? VIII II
be the husband? VIII IL be the wife?
No! MOI We must have them all in.
Let US take the childrens hands, and
start now. Leave no one behind!
Come, father! Come, mother! Come,
son! Come, daughter! Come brother!
Come, sister! Only one step. and we
are in. Christ, the door, swings out to
admit US; and 1t is not the hoarseness
Of a stormy blast that you hear, but
the voice Of a loving and patient God
that addresses you. saying. Come
thou and all thy house into the ark. :"
And there may the Lord shut us in!
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-04-05
Not In the Blb,e.

Nine persons out OF ten, or there
abouts, II asked where the expression
God tempers the wind TO the shorn
lamb" can be found, will answer, I'm
the Bible" But they will be mistaken.
This is one of the three or four proverb-
ial quotations generally believed 10
be in the Bible. which are not there.
1t ia from Lawrence Stern's famous
Sentimental Journey" I'm the chapter
called Maria" The other proverbs
commonly credited to the Bible are.
Cleanliness is next to goodness, /"
which is found In one of John Weley's
sermons. and Pour oil on the troubled
waters" which is derived from a state
ment in Pings natural history, written
1880 years ago.