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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18

Have you ever noticed how your system
seems TO crave special assistance in the
spring? Just the help required is given by
Hoods Sarsaparilla.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18
LOCAL Personal.

Mr.. c. B. Power of the Pittsburg Leader
is accompanying the Pittsburg ball team
on it's visit south. He will remain with
the club during its practice here and will
keep the Pittsburgers posted on its do
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-11
The Origin Of Outsider" You're a
Daisy and 'Too Thin"

dun" i. word whose meaning i:
now known to every one who under
stands the English language. About
the beginning of the century, says the
Boston Post, a constable in England
named John Dun became celebrated as
a tirst-class collector OF bad accounts
When others would fail to collect bad
debt, Dun would be sure to get it out
OF the debtor. 1t soon passed into a
current phrase that when a person
owed money and did not pay when ask
ed be would have to be "Dunned, .
hence it soon became common IN such
cases to say "You will have to dun So
and-So If you wish to collect your mon
ey."
Until the nomination of Franklin
Pierce tor the Presidency the word "out-
slider" was unknown. The Committee
ON Credentials came to make It's report
and could not get into the hall because
of the crowd of people who were not
me mbers of the convention. The
cha irman of the convention asked if
the committee was ready to report, and
the Chairman of the committee an
swered eyes, Mr.. Chairman, but the
committee is unable to get inside on
account of the crowd and pressure of
the outsiders The newspaper report
ers took up the word and used It,"
"You are daisy" is used by Dick
ems in "David Copperfeld" in the sense
of calling a person daisy in the way
to express admiration and at the same
time to laugh at ones credulity.
Steerforth says to young Copperfield
"David, my daisy, you are so innocent
of the world. Let me call you my
daisy, as it is SO refreshing to find one
in these corrupt days so innocent and
unsophisticated. My dear Copperfield
the daisies of the field are not fresher
than YOU"
"Too thin" was given currency by
Alexander III. Stephens, of Georgia, in
the United States Congress in 1870.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-11
A Few Hints for Girls.

Harper Young People.
This is what I wanted to say to you
about books, girls They seem to me
much like pleasant countries with paths
leading here and there, and when you
open a new one it is like taking little
journey. You never are sure OF what
will be the next surprise. Cultivate a
love for books. [ know that school
girls have not much time to deyote to
reading, their lessons and other duties
taking up their days SO fully, but one
can secure a half-hour now and then,
and it is a good plan to keep good
| book on hand A half hour every day
Will make itself felt in the course of a
year, as you will be convinced If you
will take the trouble to make list, one
| bv one, of the books you read.
Now for a step to something quite
different Can any girl explain why
most girls are so much opposed to wear
ing oyershoes. s'Don't ask me to put
on rubbers," says Molly, when the
spring rain is pouring in flood. "My
shoes are thick, and ! hate rubbers,
anyway !" If your shoes have cork
soles you may venture safely outdoors
ON moderately wet day without other
protection. but the ordinary boot is not
thick enough to let you do this safely.
have a fancy that girls ought to please
their mothers in little thing of this
kind
In conversation, girls, it is as well
not to set people right in case of their
making unimportant mistakes. Char
lotte is describing a person she met last
summer. "He was very tall" she says !;
s.as tail as q ReginanId, and looked SO
strong and we'll. "Oh, no, sister !" in
terrupts Anne; ''he was taller than
Max. and when we saw him he was
very pale"
You can readily understand that the
interest of the little incident, whatever
it is, does not depend on the inches OF
the hero; and in setting Charlotte
right Anne throws the whole story Off
the track, disconcerts her sister, and
makes everybody uncomfortable
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-11
YOU NEVER CAN TELL.

You never can tell when you send q
word
Like an arrow shot from a bow
BY an archer blind-be it cruel or kind
Just where 1t VIII chance to 90.
1t may pierce the breast Of your dear
est friend,
Tipped with its poison or balm
To "a strangers heart IN life's great
mart
1t may carry its pain Or it's calm.
You never can tell when you do an act
Just what the result will be;
But with every deed you are sowing a
seed,
Though its harvest you may not see
Each kindly act is an acorn dropped
In Gods productive soil
Though you may not know, yet the tree
shall grow
And shelter the brows that toll
You never can tell what your thoughts
will do
In bringing you hate or love;
For thoughts are things, and their airy
wings
Are switter than carrier doves.
They follow the law of the universe
Each thing must create its kind;
And they speed DER the track to bring
you back
Whatever went out fIom your mind
Ella Wheeler Uilcot IN Munseys
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-11
The Blessing Of It.

Sunday School Times affirms at is
great blessing to any man to have
work whether be feels like it or not.
If a man is 50 circumstanced that he
can lie in bed in the morning until he
feels like getting up Or that he can do
nothing as soon as he has eaten his
breakfast unless be feels like doing
something's or that he is not necessitat-
ed to take hold of business on days
when he feels like doing nothlng-he
is at a great disadvantage in life, and
cannot at anv time do the best work Of
which he is capable. Pressure is es-
sentia to the highest measure of phys
ical or mental success If you have to
work every day, whether you feel like
if or not. thank God that YOU are so
circumstance. If you are at liberty
to work or not, according to your
feelings, pray God to bring you, by
some conditions, into such state that
YOU must be worker"
They quote the Fourth Command
ment too often as if it were only
command to rest one day out OF seven.
Rut. as we read it, it commands work
as we'll. and six days of it every week.
Work NAV be so long continued as to
become a never ending grind, grinding
all happiness and love and content out
Of our very existence. Not of this
kind does commandment four speak ;
but of such work as will support
family. and keep at it six days in the
week.
There Is busy idleness protesting TO
be studying while we are but turning
over leaves: or reading books Or mag
azines or papers, by which no soul OF
man will be lifted up into the larger
thoughts or grander conceptions OF
truth and goodness.
There is a busy idleness In other
ways, but work is of the very essence OF
happiness and content. He who has II
not to do is floating amid the dlscon
tents he who has it to do and does II
we'll, i. healthier and happier thereby
Possibly, as the Times says, we may
need pressure to make us work at oth
best then pray God for pressure pray
God to keep us in work with desire t(
do it, lest the miseries and dlscontent'
eat out the happiness OF our. lives.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-11
Two Lives Saved.

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction
City, Ill. was told by her doctors she
had Consumption and that there was
no hope for her, but two bottles of DR..
Kings New Discovery completely cured
her and she says it saved her life. Mr..
Thos Eggers, 139 Florida ST., San
Francisco, suffered from dreadful cold
approaching Consumption, tried with
out result everything else then bought
one bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery
and In two weeks was cured. He is
naturally thankful. 1t is such results,
of which these are samples, that prove
the wonderful efficacy Of this meoicine
IN Coughs and Colds. Free trial bot
ties at E. T. Whitehead & Co.'S Drug
store. Regular size SOC. and $1.OO.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-11

the s q m e
of the Red
packa ge.
never fail
and people
DoeD per-
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-11
Old People,.

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric Bitters.
This medicine does not stimulate and
contains no whiskey nor other intoxi-
cant. but acts as a tonic and alternative.
It acts mildly on the stomach and
bowels, adding strength and giving
tone to the organs, thereby aiding
Nature in the performance OF the func-
tions. Electric Bitters is an excellent
appetizer and aids digestion. Old peo-
pie find it just exactly what they need.
Price fifty cents per bottle at E. I.
Whitehead & Co.'s Drug Store.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-11
SCOTLAND NECK, Nc THURSDAY, APRIL IL 1895
Chicken Cholera and its Prevention
f. E. Emru, Experiment Station.

l. L. LHtFu, experiment. StHtlon-
Why submit TO heavy losses from ,hi.
disease? Up to April, 1894, this dis
ease had not been on the Experiment
Farm to our knowledge. Early in tha,
month hen became sick and dump
lsL with dark comb all TODD and water
refused 1t was thought useless to
treat this case, but EPSON salts wa. ad-
ministered and this was followed with
copious watering put in the mouth
with spoon. The hen was placed in
| a warm, sunny place, isolated from us
ual runs, and recovered very slowly.
Another hen died in few days and
then another and cockerel, and sever
al persons who had had experience
with cholera pronounced this disease to
be cholera. The hen and cockerel died
near night, and next morning two 9th
er hens were dead and eight more were
in different stages of the disease.
Treatment was begun at once Two
hens were killed and buried as those
previously dead had been. The six
were brought out into the sunlight and
given salts and water.
The house and yard were thoroughly
disinfected with one pint Of strong sui
phuric acid to gallons of water, as
suggested in poultry books. The hens
themselves we're sprayed with this
Their drinking water was charged with
carbollc acid Il teaspoonful to half
gallon water) and asafutlda was put in
their food at the rate OF l heaping
tablespoon to the food of 80 chick
ems
The next morning six hens could not
get off the roost, though all but two
had gone up as usual the night pre-
vious, after their treatment These
were treated as before and put outside
the yard. Before night all but four
hens were walking about picking grass.
After three days of isolation these four
were returned to the yard cured and
all have been in good health since.
Six hens and a cockerel were lost be-
fore the health of the flock was res
tored by the treatment as given above.
Had we known the disease at first, it
Is doubtful if single bird need to have
been lost. Promptness to disinfect and
treat the sick birds Will save many loss
es. The doses of salts, not before rec
commended to my knowledge, doubtless
helped rid the birds of the cholera bac-
cilli sooner than if it had not been given,
and so hastened the qualification of the
disease. The asafntida acts as q diffusi-
bic stlmulant to keep the birds warm.
The drinking water was for some
days kept charged with carbolic acid,
and all that is now needed to secure
immunity from another attack is sec
ond thorough disinfection and to con-
tinue for some time the addition of car
bollc acid to the drinking water.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-11
FoE oYER FIFrY lEAn-

An ON tSD WuLTmu iutuY
Mr- Wiu-lor' Soothing -yup tas
been used for over fiff rcar h mIi-
lions of mother- ior their ehanan
while tecthing, with perfect neee IT
-oothe- the child. -oitc- the ams,
allays an pain cures wind ca.in au3 Ia
the best remody faf bauhaH o.
pleasant 10 the taste sold hy Urls-
gi-t- in every part of ihc Nor.d.
Twenty five cents bottle d. sa.ue
j. incalcuhblc Bc sure and e far Sire.
WinsloW'- Soothing Syrup. rd lac
no other kind
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-11

The last man will perish and the sun
will rise upon an earth without an in
habitant. Its atmosphere, its seas, its
life and heat, will vanish, and tho planet
Will be an idle clnder uselessly spinning
in its Orbit-Ingdlis.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-11

FlTS.-All fits stopped free by Or
kline's Great Nerve Re1torer. No fit
after first days use. Marvellous cures.
Treatise 800 trial boctle free TO Fit
cases. Send TO DR.. Kline, 93l Arch II
Philadelphia, 7.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-11

tnEn-h SPAWN l-mmeut removes
an Hand ~oft or Cailoucl auH and
and Cleml-h,- from hure. Ba.d
SPAWN Surh-, ~pIuf-. ~aeouer Ear-
worm uGct. ~prmn~ amf u.Ion
Through. ConEb- He save go hY
u~e 81 onc bottle NaHu~tol the
most won1rfu Blrm.Hu Cr.e eFcr
known. Sold bo t.. ! Mnt.bead 8
Co, Druggist. Scotland Npeb. N D..
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-11

know it by
old stamp
Il on the
1t h a 8
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who have
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-11

When Baoy was s,ck, we gave her CastoriA.
When she was Child she cried for Castoria.
when she becems M;ss, @he cIung to Castoria.
When go ts / Children, sho gave them Castoeia
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06

to his royal master, the latter gave
orders that in future, as each dish was
brought on, the name of its cook should
be called out, in order that praise or
blame might be bestowed where due
In strong distinction to Queen Vic
toria's tastes are those of another royal
lady-Queen Margaret of Italy. The
latter's tastes incline specially to-
wards olives and cakes fried in oil
When the royal guests consists ex-
clusively of Italians, none but national
dishes are served, spaghetti garlic,
onions, aud oil, forming the chief com
ponents of the meal Both the king
and queen of Italy are especially fond
of fritto-a terrible compound of
artichokes, chickens livers, calves
brains and cocks combs.
The grand duchess of Baden prides
herself on her coffee, which she pre-
pares in Russian coffee-pot with her
own hands. Her husband, on the 9TH
er hand, grows his own wine, and is
his own cellar-master. His favorite
dish is lentil soup, made toothsome
with a little vinegar, and Frankfort
sausages; while his wife is extremely
fond of sweetmeats.
At King Oscar of Sweden's table
national dish consisting Of raw salmon
preserved in earth is almost invariably
to be found There is likewise curl
Gus soup composed mainly of barley
and whipped cream No waste is al
lowed, and once week the remainders
of roasts are hashed, formed into balls
and fried in OIL This dish is served
on large silver platters, the borders of
which are garnished with fried eggs.
The emperor of Austria especially
affects spaetzle "a national dish some
what resembling macaronD and apple
wine, while the Empress Eliza beth is
extremely fond of sweets of all kinds.
AS n rule, however, her food consists
of cold meats, fruits the juice of raw
becfsteaks, and tea. Her majesty is
extremely partial to Bavarian ''Knoe-
dels." but does not venture to indulge
in that delicacy, for fear of its infiu-
ence on her figure, of which, as is well
known she is very proud. .-Cassell's
Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06
FRENCH USE OUR WORDS.
But They Seldom Spell or Pronounce Them
Correctly.

But They Seldom Spell or Pronounce Them
Correctly.
The United States has added its spe-
cial quota of words adopted into mod
ern French. For instance, they speak
of ''le sleeping carr and of going ''sans
snow boots" The crowds who join the
police chasing the bomb throwers in
varia bly, cry ''Lynchez-le, lynchez-lel''
The expression ''le struggle for l1fe,"
which they are SO fond of using, bears
the American stamp. But they are
never quite so pleased as when they
bring out with great gusto: ''Times is
money" They refer to US humorously
as ''L'Oncle Sam" their usual attitude
toward US, for though they are amia-
bly, inclined, they do not as yet take us
seriously.
Often their reason for adopting En-
glish words is that the sound amuses
them, sending them into gales of
laughter; as, for instance, the word
picnic. which they spell ''pique-
nique," thereby adding new charm,
kind of French style to it's uncouth-
ness. ''C'est tres shocking" they
laughingly say, in derision of their
English-speaking visitors, who must so
often use that word in Paris. High
life is a favorite expression of theirs,
but they pronounce it to rhyme with
fig leaf.
Often they. quote us where there are
equivalent French words, simply be-
cause it sounds piquant, as when the
students inthe Latin Quarter call their
sweethearts darling" or in this sem
tence in a story, EN- Angleterre il Y a
beaucoup de little children dams les
nursery"
They are beginning to prefer our
word gentleman almost to their own,
but use it not so much in it's original
fine meaning, but rather to indicate a
showily-dressed man. / seems strange
that they should not adopt our word
home, but they sometimes make wild
dash at originality and speak of ''les
homesick."
It seems like an indication of pro-
vincialism that, with English-speaking
people so accessible these quotations
should so often be incorrect. Music is
spelled 'mousic,' and stout and whisky
rendered ''stout en- whisky" They
form the plurals, too, in their own way,
and say ices cream" and LEADERS
writers. "-Leslie's Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06
THE FOOD OF ROYALTY.
Some of the Favorite Dishes of Europes
Monarchs.

Some of the Favorite Dishes of European
Monarchs.
A dish that is almost certain to lead
the way on queens menu is kind of
oatmeal soup. The wine served with
it is white sherry, which her majesty
generally drinks from a beautiful gold
cup formerly belonging to Queen Anne.
Boiled beef and picked cucumbers-a
favorite dish with Prince Albert-in-
variably follow the soup, while baron
of beef is likewise constant feature
1t is noteworthy that the queen still
adheres to the old practice of having
the cooks name called out as each dish
is brought to the table. This custom
dates back to the days of George IL.
and had its origin in a conspiracy
against one Weston. formerly an assist
ant, whom the king had raised to the
dignity of chief mouth cook His
late comrades, jealous of his prefer
ment, endeavored to disgrace him by
tampering with the dishes. Upon Wes-
ton proving the existence of this plot
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06

commission merchant at New Orleans
Each gang" of ''pickers" and ''chop-
pers'' has a camp, where they live or
sleep at nights, during the picking sea-
son.
The houses are of the most primitive
style of hitecture-unhewn logs,
with one-sided roof of clapboards,
slanting from the ridge pole to within
ten feet of the ground.
The baling process is also primitive.
Mule power is used, and sometimes
hand power. The press is log lever
put into mortice in large tree. Of
course the baling is very crude, but the
darky only wishes it to last until he
can haul it to ''de town" The bale is
fastened on each side by cypress boards
in the rough, bound with wire, vines, or
hickory bark. A picker gathers from
$50 to 400 or 500 pounds a day, and as
each days ''catch" is buried separately,
it is also baled separately when dug up,
and this accounts for the bales of all
sizes coming to market.
Moss loses about half of it's original
weight on being cured. The picker
gets from ~ to 2I cents a pound, but
his days work Of 400 pounds has shrunk
to about 200 pounds on being ''killed, "
yet this is good pay, and enables the
darl1y and his family to live in clover
during the picking season.
The country store-zeeper ships the
moss to the commission merchant, or
factory, Of which latter there are four
in New Orleans, and, it is believed, the
only moss factories in the south, as
moss is not paying merchantable
| commodity anywhere except in Louisi-
ana, although moss is found in small
| quantities in the swamps Of al the gulf
states, but not in paying quantities.
At the factory these rough bales are
opened, and the leaves, dust and small
sticks taken out by a process o1
ginning, similar to that Of ginning cot
| ton. It is then put through a boiling
process, in mixture of sulphate OF
iron, or copperas. The process fixes
the tannin in the bark, turning the
moss into glossy black. The moss is
then dried, and sometimes recleansed
by another ginning. It is then
| classified into four grades: Gray
brown and gray, brown and black, and
pure black. The pure black is the
more valuable, being softer and more
flexible, and is sometimes sold in the
| north as the finest quality Of ''horse
hair"
In this refined condition the moss
sells at from seven to twelve cents pei
pound. When the picker ships direct
to the factory, without curing by bury
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06
DIR. Lewis Upon Footgear.

Mrs. Lewis has furnished some
hitherto unpublished manuscripts of
DR.. Dio Lewis upon footgear. The re-
nowned hygienist said that the ankle
should not be closely fitted, because a
ligature about the blood vessels, mus
cles and tendons must produce weak
ness. Cloth uppers should be worn in
warm weather, because the porous
texture permits evaporation and cools
the feet. Rubbers should not be worn
except under most exceptional circum-
stances, because they produce tender
ness. Walking he regarded as a most
important means of health, and he
said that shoes should be such as to
permit easy walking and good circula-
tion. So long as women walk on the
same earth as men, DR.. Lewis said,
their stockings and boots should be as
thick and warm. DR.. Lewis advised
that children should be allowed to run
in the garden without shoes in sum-
mer, with their feet in loving contact
with the bosom of mother earth. -
Journal of Hygiene.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-06

ing, he receives from 25 to so cents
per hundred pounds. Many of them
do this, rather than to cure the moss
by burying it, and waiting two or three
months for it to die. They mainly
ship by steamb boat, which is very much
cheaper than by rail, and many of
them float down the bayous or creeks
on hatboats into the Mississippi, thence
to New Orleans, where their cargoes
are sold, and their purchases Of calicoes,
provisions, ETC., are made. But, too
frequently. these needed purchases are
omitted, and the pickcrs fall in among
the dens of colored thieves in the negro
quarter, where they are stripped of
their earnings as they have denuded
the trees of the swamps.
The receipts of moss average about
100 bales daily, or about 30,0 900 pounds.
The factories put up the moss in quar-
ter bales of 100 pounds, and in half
bales Of 300 pounds, which are known
as ''nachine-cured moss, and is shipped
to the principal cities of the United
States, also France and Germany, where
it is used in all kinds of upholstery in
which hair is used. Notwithstanding
for Louisiana, or Spanish, moss, the
supply seems to increase. Piclzers
state that it seems to be more plentiful
than ever as if its growth were increased
by the annual thinning out of the moss
forests. The demand is greater this
season than ever, and it promises to
supplant the use of hair.
There is not an object of nature, per-
haps, more solemn and impressive than
a dismal, moss-covered swamp. As one
glides along the waters darkened by
the deep shadows of the messy cavern
of dependent MOSES, remindful of
stalactites in cave, the tail cypress
and Spanish oaks rise above in their
grandeur and solemnity like giant sen
tinels guarding their dismal abode as if
to shut out the sun and make it one Of
perpetual darkness and solitude.
J. NJ. SCASIAND,