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crease in price. but I'm one important re-
spect they have now ceased TO be felt.
In 1898 the Marine department. which is
the home OF the champagne Industry.
yielded more than 1900 600 gallons OF
wine, whereas the quantity in 1892 was
less than 100000 gallons and the ship
pers were able to buy on practically their
own terms in the abundant year. with the
result that they are holding unprece-
dentedly large stocks. At the beginning
OF last April. indeed. there were over
l00.Vo.O00 bottles in shippers caves. while
the quantity of wine in casks was only
a very little short OF 1O.OOO.Oo gallons.
During the last few years the demand
mas been contracting, rather than ex-
panding, and looking at this fact in con-
nection with the enormous stocks. a re-
auction OF price seems to be inevitable
III Is natural that the shippers should de-
sire to dispose of the 1892 vintage at such
rates as will return "A profit, but those
VINO nave made up their minds to lose
something on the 1925 and recover II on
the lesSs. which were, to them. only half
or a third as costly as the others-are
Following the wiser policy in the real in
terests of the trade. There is plenty OF
good wine available-the quality given I'm
champagne generally has undoubtedly
lmproVed-and in these circumstances II
would he a fatal mistake to cling TO a
hisher price when a lower one might be
accepted. Champagne is the most inspir-
ing OF all drinks. but II the inspiration be
made too expensive people OF moderate
means will be obliged to forego IL.
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count was written by the genial old
| gentleman himself)
| l left my home in Mount Vernon.
Ohio, in the year 1892 and Joined a
| circus as musician and comic singer.
! In 1912 located in New York, where ]
/ joined band as a fifer and played in
| theaters at night as banjoist. found
myself engaged at the Bryant's min
| strels of No. Az Broadway, New York
this was in the spring of 1859. My par
tlcular engagement was to compose
comic, negro and plantation negro
songs, and act as musician when re-
quired. 1 also was the basso in the
quartet.
One Saturday night after the per-
romance Mr.. Bryant overlook me on
my way home and requested me to
compose a new plantation walk
round" one with a lively tune and
catchy chorus. and that the boys could
learn quick and sing through the
streets to make ii popular Next day
being Sunday and a very rainy one
at that, / was compelled to remain
within doors, when / composed Dixie"
as IL is now sung verbatim throughout
both sections of this union Ii was
composed and sung north at least IS
months before il was even sung in the
South, when the confederates adopted
1t as their national song. l being a
nOTlneTn man, GOOD unlOnlSt and the
proved author of both words and mu-
sic of the song, was the only man al
lowed to sing ii in any theater or other
place of amusement north of Mason
and Dixon's line" 1t is now sung uni
versally North, accompanied with as
loud 'yelf' as was ever heard in the
South.
/ neglected to issue IL until II was
claimed as common property by every
body. After l published IL / had TO
prove authorship to keep from being
sued for infringing on other peoples
rights. IT'S a well-known fact that /
am opposed TO all unnecessary noto-
riety that might be bestowed upon me.
through my being the author and com
poser Of the song. I have lived for the
past 10 years on my farm, and not even
my nearest relations. neighbors or the
citizens of Vernon generally had the
least suspicion from any word or hint
that / might have dropped. that was
the Dan Emmett. the author of Dix
ie." and they would have remained in
ignorance OF the same had not Al @.
Fields exposed il when he came my
house to engage me to travel with his
present popular and superior min
strels
/ was born Of southern parentaRe
My father was a Nirginian and my
mother a Marylander. but I myself was
born in Mount Vernon, Knox county.
Ohio. on the 2sth day OF October. 1915.
consequently / am now in my Slst year
and a hale and hearty man for one OF
my age, and bid fair, with proper care.
TO outlive many Of the present genera
ton.
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ONE HONEST MAN

Dear Editor. Please inform your read.
ers that II written to confdentially vii
n all in sealed letter the plan pursuel
by which / was permanently restored "a
health and manly vigor after years O,
suffering from Nervous Weakness. nigh
losses and weak. shrunken parts I hav.
no scheme to extort money from any on,
Whomscever. as / was robbed and swim
died BY the quacks until / nearly los,
faith in mankind. but thank Heaven. ]
am now well. vigorous and strong. anc
anxious TO make this certain means OF
cure known TO all. Having nothing to ser
or send G. o. D.. ] want no money Ad
dress JAMES A. HARRIS. Box S72. Del.
ray. Mich.
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From Corsica TO st. Helena.
THEY HAD KNOW ING HENS.
How "a Proud and Sensitive Fowl As
serted tier Dignity.

How a Proud and Sensitive Fowl As
serted her Dignity.
From the Wabash Times.
He was being interviewed on the
poultry business, when he said: 81
don't want to boast, but do think Wa
have got the knowingest hens in the
world in our end Of town. / have a
nocl of 200 all black. 1t is a theory OF
mine that black hens lay better than
those of any other color. One day I
found a hen in my flock with a few
white feathers in her tail. ! called the
hired man and told him to catch and
kill her. You can't rely on the laying
capabilities of a hen with white feafh-
ers' / said. The hen gave me a sor-
ro~-ful look. but did not say a word.
Next morning the hired man told me
that he could not find her. A month or
two later I opened a pile of potatoes
] had stored in the cellar and found a
big, hollow space in the center Of them.
There was a bunch Of black feathers in
the place with three white ones stand
ing up in a defiant sort of way. Be
hind the feathers were ff 5-Es. / rec
ognized At ono THAI Il was the work
OF -ne missing hen. The proud. sens.-
tive creature had s-lwed herself away
and worn herself out laying eggs 10
prove that the theory was a mistaken
one"
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lNSECTSAND MALARIA
Scientists Say That Bugs Are Agents
in the Dissemination of Disease.
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS
Even Dead "skeets" Dangerous
How the Pests Further DeveI-
opment OF Poisonous Germs
Results of Investigation.
Copyright 1896 by Bachelor johnson q.

Copyright 1895 by Bachelor. johnson &
Bacheller)
Mosquitoes and malaria are the two
banes of existence for the suburban
dweiler In a marshy region. Some
nave consoled themselves with the
thought that possibly one might be an
antidote to the other-that the mos
quito might be deadly foe 70 malaria
and hence has been placed by Provi-
dence where he will do the most good.
BUT the insect researches almost start
hngly sensational in their results. indi-
cate that the insect and the germ are
partners and work together for the in
jury of mankind. To be. sure, the mos
quito profits little from mis- evil assc-
citation, often succumbing, as 1t would
seem, to the very disease that he aids
in spreading; but that is small consoIa-
ton. There is another, however tLst
has more solid basis. We know now
that we have but one foe TO fight. In
discriminating the mosquito we arc go
ing far toward the humiliation Of the
malaria parasite also.
The finding of all this is a triufnOh If
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Tran S FOR nation Of Parasite
eEter Being Swa flowed by MOSQUITO

minute and painstaking investigation
In the first place, il is now certain that
malaria, like so many other human ills
is germ disease. It's insidious charac-
ter is due to the fact that the seat OF
the germ is the interior of the he'd
| blood corpuscle. The germ itself, in
the course of its development, goes
through so many changes that it's iden-
tihcation was a difficult task, and was
hardly certain until recently. One es-
pecially curious fact appeared-the
parasite seemed incapable of going
through all its changes in the human
body. To complete the cycle and be-
come capable of reproduction, il must
must go abroad again. How does it
get out?
1t has been known for some time
that the malaria parasite is found in
the stomach of the mosquito. This is
natural, of course, for the mosquito
could hardly fail to take il in with the
blood of a malarial patient on whom
he might be feeding. But its presence
there suggested the idea that the mos
quito and other blood sucking insects
might be the means of affording the
germ its needed escape from the body
of one victim, and its opportunity for
entrance into that of another. OF
course the mosquito could not induce
IL directly, but he could contaminate
drinking water or food with II and so
indirectly bring about the same re-
suit.
This was all very fine, as a theory.
but il had no support. The presence
of the parasite in the mosquitoes stom-
ach proved nothing till we should know
what became of IL there. II IL curled
up and died, we might conclude that
after all the mosquito was it's enemy,
and so far as his efforts in this direc-
ton were concerned should be encour-
aged-but If IL thrived and developed,
then plainly the two were partners in
crime.
The solution of this problem has Just
been worked out i'm India by Surgeon
Donald Ross of the British army act
ing on the suggestions of DR.. Patrick
Manson of London. And this is how IL
was done: After looking around
among his hospital patients at Secun-
dera bad, where he was stationed. the
experimenter selected a native, one
Abdul Kadir. whose blood abounded in
the malaria parasite, who, in fact, was
a sufferer from the severe form of the
disease known as malaria cachexia
This man agreed to become, for one
night. martyr to science; and he was
accordingly connned under mosquito
net in company with a number OF able
bodied mosquitoes. who lost no time in
filling themselves with the patients
blood, malaria and all. DR.. Ross then
captured the insects and entered upon
a long and careful examination of the
contents of their stomachs by means
OF the microscope. The result was that
he saw that nearly all the parasites.
far from being killed by their change
. 4. Il
the series Of transformations that was
To fit them FOR entrance into the body
OF another human victim. The same
results were obtained from three other
patients.
To illustrate the manner in which the
disease is contaminated -haikrfiA odw
disease Is communicated. DR.. Ross Sc
lected another scientific msrtYr-this
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Living in a HraIthr Locality.

The healthfulness Of Lynton. a sum
mer resort in Devon, England. is ad-
vertised by this story: Recently a viei-
tor began to talk 10 an old man in
Lyuton and asked him his age. where
upon he said. Il am just Over 20"
Well said the visitor. you look as
II you had a good many years TO live
yet At what age did you father die?''
Father dead" said the man, looking
surprised. Father isn't dead; he's up
sie.ra putting grandfather TO bed" d.
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From Corsica to st. Helena.
A BulIet-Pruof skull.

william Dyson is a negro bootblack of
san Francisco with a bullet-proof skull
In street fight the other day another
bootblack fired three shots from a re-
Voiver at Dyson. One bullet struck Dy-
son squarely in the forehead and passed
around his skull. lodging under the right
ear. The wound was slight and after the
surgeons had removed the bullet Dyson
was all right again.
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Dan Emmett's Great Song.

From the Buffalo Courier.
ct is a pleasure to offer to the read
ers of the Courier the following ac-
count of the circumstances connected
with the composition of "Dixie"-to use
Uncle Dan" Emmetts words. This ac-
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MISS Frances. sturned Wednesday
ihornlng from Albny. n. Y, where the
idtter has been aiending school Miss
helot health as materially i'm
proved.
Thursday afterDon Mrs. KYLE Price
entertained the ldies of the w. c.
7. L.
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Hotel
.-.May
Boulder Hot Springs,
Boulder, rlont.

This popular resor. has long
enjoyed the pa rouage OF Mon
tana's best people. Inc Hotel IL
large. commodIOI5 and Pleas
antly situated. ami the Springs
are Jed 10 be the best
in the West.
The undersigned has secured a
lease on tina pro perry tor a term
OF years, an i from MS Iona ex-
perisnce in this business can as
sure the pubic that thsy Will al
ways find Hot May a COM
Portable and pleasant resort
Rates reasonable.
Free Bus 10 AMI from all trains
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Diaries Bsnished From st. Louis
The St Louis city council has pro-
hiblted diaries from being conducted
in the city limits because they are sup
posed to be menace to health
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time perfectly healthy native-and
administered to him water in which a
couple of malarialized mosquitoes had
died after depositing their eggs. In
just IL days (the regular Incubation
PERIOD or malaria) the man came
down with malarial fever.
That the mosquitoes stomach is an
extremely favorable spot-a sort of
sanitarium-for the parasite, was
SHOWN by the following facts: One of
Ross patients showed signs of a Sc
rious attack of malaria just as he was
about to be fed to the mosquitoes, and
was given a stiff dose of quinine AS
always happens, this paralyzed many
of the parasites; but as soon as they
got into the mosquitoes stomachs they
became lively again. showing that even
the effects of quinine-malaria's worst
enemy-can be overcome by such a
change of environments.
Altogether DR.. Manson and Dr. Ross
make out pretty good case of con-
spiracy against the malaria parasite
and the mosquito. DR.. Manson for
bears from dogmatism, however, and
acknowledges that there may be mis-
take. There is great need of someone
who can follow the parasite through
all its life in the insect-a difficult, per-
haps an impossible, task; but i'm the
meantime. If anyone is offered a
draught of water in which MATERIALLY
inclined mosquitoes have recently been
drowned, 1t may be as well to decline ii
with thanks.
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To illustrate the manner in which the
disease Is contaminated -haikrfiA odw
disease Is communicated. DR.. Ross Sc
lected another scientihc martYr-this
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The finding of all this is a triumph of
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-02
rnz pas or srtLgSc sruict~rs
= on nre1i'.A Thu, 10 PIER C e

II Viii not cure everything u i-
No. claimed that it Niil cure bat one
complaint, that j.. dyspepsia We car
not say that II viii cure every case ol
dyspepsia, but il Will cure a large
majority 81 them Such cases a. are
adobled 10 Its Use viii derive immrllaio
benefit. one small bottle VIII hc -ni
ticlent 10 test IL.
The Shaker Digestive Cordial II -
pecially adapted for emaciated or
elderly people whose food doe, them
but little or no good because IL j. NOT
digested. The Cordial contains an artl-
ticially-digested food and j. a dipc-icr
of food happily combined. Read ono
OF the little books which your druggist
Is now giving away and learn 81 this
wonderful remedy.
A really palatablc Castor ON can
now be had under the name Of LaNol.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-02
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

Az OTp ANn Wrtf-IWuu EF~ErY
Mrs Winslov'- Sotthug Syrup h1s
been used for over hi'y teWe ba iutl-
lions II mother- for their eh..1wu
while teething with perfect -Ucen-e IL
-oothes the child. -effcu. the rW-,
allays all pain cures wihd collie aal s
the best remedy 81. Diauha l-
pleasant 10 the Taste. sold ht brlg.
gi-ts in every part ~ fho NJ -.
Twenty five cent? a bottle li ta.ue
l. incalculable Bc sure and Mn-.
no other kind .lI g -G lf
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-02
GOODFOR EVERYBODY

and everyone needs it at all times of the
year. Malaria is always about, and the
only preventive and relief is to keep the
Liver active. You must help the Liver bit,
and the best helper is the Old Friend, SIM
MONS LIVER REGULATOR, the RED L.
Mr.. c. Himrod, of Lancaster, Ohio,
saws: "SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR
broke case of Malarial Fever of three
years standing for me, and less than
one bottle did the business. | shall use
it when in need, and recommend it"
Be sure that you get it. Always look tor
the RED Z on the package. And don't
forget the word REGULATOR. 1t IS SIM
MONS LIVER REGULATOR, and there IS
only one, and every one who takes it IS
sure to be benefited. THE BENEFIT IS
ALL IN THE REMEDY. Take it also for
Biliousness and Sick Headache; both are
caused BY sluggish Liver.
j. III. Zeilin s. Co., Philadelphia.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-02
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
ANNUAL ACCOUNT FOR 1885.

OFFICE OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Annual report of accounts audited
and approved by the Board of County
Commissioners for Halifax county, \.
c., and also Of allowances for which no
vouchers are filed, for twelve months
ending November 3Oth, 1895, in &C
cordance with Section 713 of the Code.
1909
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-02

Continued on Fourth Page.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-02
SCOTLAND NECK, N c.. THURSDAY JANUARY 2. 1896

; ] Clark, conveying lunaiic Is -
james Hines. coffin pauuer > 60
N Ii Clark examining luuailc -
Jno Fenner. 81
] Frank Brinkley. one day rs clerk tp
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-02
PIERCE es,-. cglQE
OR MONEY aIrva ~Gp.

Fur al Carwrsr. - lAnSwr1mx FNslra cay
or Cks-~s ps@a~- ~ hsy nsrf.sfsa iarvns.ssss.
Scv~r~ Cosz-,hs. -3aissras q HA.s Fatfas -
1b~~l AMI tAsara Iir Fs~ryo~s t.uAira Ms.laaAl
Dls>aN cvy = q sovereign rr2ns~ty
In Asthma ); il sJ~anr
To bsiiAi up t.pth hr~h ard ssrwsagtA ~h~n
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-16

Congrcssman 0amble Secures for BIZ
Point Favorable Action for Starter.
Work still goes on 10 secure from
congress an appropriation for the pro.
lection OF the river bank north and
west Of the city on the Missouri. The
local merchants who have spared nc
pains in supporting the request for an
appropriation deserve the thanks oil
all. To show the present stage of the
bill Hon. A. o. Ringsrud received from
letter written by Congressman Cam
BILE.
WAsHINeToN, 2. G. April :. 1891. Hon. A;
have persistently followed up the committee ON
Rivers and harbOrs. and the individual men,
Ders 70 secure as large an approximation a. pos
vey or estimates made by the war department,
It was necessary to put good deal OF vigUr into
1t In order to secure recognition. Az ! tele-
fiji VIII ana ppotsce se t
present, and we can follow It up by an addition
al amount after the work il commenced, 50 that
In the end we will he able to secure all that Is
upon S40.UOo but IL was impossible to secure
more than We did, They tried to cut US down to
5000. Very truly yours,
RoBERT j. GAMBLE.
There is every likelihood that the
&c. 900 appropriation will pass both
houses. This Is the first time q COM
mittee has recommended the appropria-
ton. A year ago Senator Pettigrew
managed to ring in q rider on somebill
carrying go, 900, but it died in the con-
ference room.
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CALLED 10 TASK.

Sioux City Tribane corresponden1
Spins Vars.
The following letter, which explains
itself, appeared in Tuesday evenings
edition Of the Sioux City Tribune:
ELK POINT, S. D., April Is, 1885,
Editor Tribune-Dear Sir: The fol.
lowing item from your Sioux Falls cor.
respondent appears In this evenings
Tribune:
A case has just been dismissed In the United
very s IN south psHots potcs
six years ago A. G. Mellette, then governor; A.
q Or. kingsr.d, then secretary q state; W F:
er1s ..en nto s 1ho .n,. - o;c9 OF
ty In the Black Hills. The speculation was mot
q success. Smiths bank failed. The incoming
treasurer, w. ": Taylor, was supposed 70 have
the deal. j. Leslie thompson Of this place VA
appointed receiver for the bank and he began
suit against Ringsrud and Mellette on note Of
Smith was president. This case has Just been
dismissed by the receiver aS he admits that the
amount borrowed Of the bank to put into THU
ledge or consent Of the two defendants named
Your correspondent was either mis-
informed rs to the facts or has pur-
posely spun this ingenious yarn for po-
litical effect. / was never interested
with the parties named in mining prop
erty t. the extent Of one farthing. The
money alleged to have been borrowed
at Smiths bank, and for which suit
was brought against me-presumably
because we had, at one time, purchased
some town lots t0gether-was not used
in any enterprise in which was inter-
ested, of which fact the attorney for
the receiver Of Smiths hank seems to
have become fully satisfied, hence dis
missal Of suit on his motion.
l might add further that neither
w. w. Taylor, nor any other person,
have as yet inherited" any deficien-
cies In public funds arising from bust
ness transactions of mine. Yours re-
spectfully, A. o. RINGsRUD.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-16

Alex. Hughes, our former tOwDsmen,
was elected as delegate from North
Dakota to the national republican
convention at st. Louis.
The Chicago Ladies' Quartette, one
OF the finest musical organizations in
the country, will hold forth In the M.
E. church on Thursday evening, May
II. No one should miss the opportunity
to enjoy this entertainment. They play
In Omaha and Sioux City before COM
ing here. and It is onl1 due to the fact
that they have vacant date Mat they
are coming here. H:
Sheriff Anderson arrived from Ma.
della. Mimi, this morning. On arriv-
ing at st. james, Mimi, they were
met by Sheriff G.. w. Forsyth Of Wat
owan county, who advised the young
Scales to marry the girl which he
finally consented to do. They were
taken to the hotel, a minister called In,
our Hans" acted as grOOmsmen and
Sheriff Forsysh as bridesmaid.
A remarkable line Of ladies' shirt
waists and wrappers havdbjust been re-
ceived by NJ. Hoffman Il Co. The
variety 10 very large and no better can
be found In the city. Ladies' will do
we'll to call and see them. They can
secure Thorn with detachable cuffs and
collars or have them attached, just a.
they WISH. There Is nothing for SUM
mer wear which looks as nice and has
90 stylish appearance a. these shirt
waists. They give a jaunty appear
ance to lady, which nothing else can
do quite so we'll. They can ba found ON
the second floor OF M. HOffmanb
mercantile establishment.