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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-30

If YOU eat what YOU like, and digest It,
YOU viii surely be strong and healthy.
But if you don't digest it, you might
almost as we'll not eat, for what good
can your food do YOU if il doesn't nour-
ish YOU?
# you find that YOU can't digest It
there is simple help for your stomach
It is Shaker Digestive Cordial mace
bv the Shakers Of Mount Lebanon. /
has never failed to cure the worst case
Of indigestion.
strength and health come from the
food you eat after il has been digasted
ana has gone into tie blood.
The best tonlcls dieeSted food. The
best aid to dige>tion Shaker Digestive
Cordial.
When you have acid eructations
nausea. headache. wind, dizziness. often
sive breath, or any other SYMPTOMS o
dyspepsia. Shaker Digestive COrdla
Will cure ycu.
At druggists. Trial bottle 10 cents.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-30

1t Is q great pity that we cannot
learn to utilize things instead of des-
troy them. Now that a greater part Of
the timber in many sections is con
sumed it IS learned that sawdust NAV
be made into fuel blocks The Phila-
delphia Ledgcr recently said
"SaWdust il turned into transporta-
BILE fuel In Germany by very simple
process. It IS heated under high steam
pressure until the reslnOus ingredients
become sticky, when it is pressed into
bricks. One man with a two-horqe
power machine can turn out 5000
bricks a day"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-30
-hs Poetry :: :hs Waltz.
kott5 and lu<rls.

N1tt5 and Qu<ries
The waltz wss introduced into En-
gland much earlier than 1873 In the
Life Of Mary Russell Milford, edited
By the Rev. A. G / Estrange. there !
letter to sir William Ei3rd dated
Dec 8. 1913, where Miss Milford speak
Of having learned il from a French
dancing master, when she was fourteen
years old This would be IN 1901
From what she SAYS in the letter,
gather that the dance rn@ have he-
come fashionable in 1911 certainly in
1872 In another letter, 81 date Jan.
2, 1914, to Sir William Elford, Miss
Milford give. the verse. on the waltz
attributed to Lord Byron. She saws
that they are by Sir Henry Engle-
field
What the girl adore BY another en-
braced
What the balm Of her breath shall an
other man taste
What pressed in the whir by anoth
er's bold knee
What painting, reclined on another
than me
Sir, shes yours you have b.ushed from
the grape It's soft blue
From the rosebud you've shaken the
tremulOus dew
What YOU have touched vO1 may take
Pretty waItzer, adieu
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-30

The principles of the christian rellg-
ion ought to be the great break-Water
AGAINST the high waves OF dissenslon IN
times like these. During political
campaign party spirit sometimes runs
hiob and even boldly invades the holy
nrpcincts of church organizations In
many places in North Carolina TINS
was the case in the campaign OF 1871.
We have seen nothing more com
commendable than the action OF the
ye.t Cbowan Baptist Union Meeting,
those resolution Rev c. W. Blanch-
AID ,anorts to the Biblical Recorder, as
follows:
.,ResoIrea. That t is the sense OF TINS
1-n1on Meeting, that IN view q lht
con,ing excitement in polltics' ana %
t,o vast harm done to our ch'lrches y
naIitical preiudice and the bitterness
i.a.,,it1oe, from 1t during the last polltI-
cal campaign, it becomes Us 4 M lnltis. :
tar. and as laymen to see to 1t 'na' u :
christians we will know no poii'lc"l
!; ;traron.os that we will do all IN our
nover to Danish from our conveFsallolif '1 :
"a froo o,lr conduct all bitterness Silo
o;,dica and strive to lmpless o'''
lLrothren and the world that we are
a,,d o desire to be first of all, servants o
Jesus Christ"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-30
SUCCESS

rdisu1 arn1 outiie1s na,r -t6i..H i.t4~
world time and again With nondcfiu
inventions. those who searched aifn j
constitutional cure ior EIItl u Al
TI1N were Uatllcd until reccut.N
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-30

Wonder treads upon the heel Of
wonder" now if it never has before.
Professors H. z. Pratt and Hugo Wight
man Of Chicago have announced that
the N-rays ABSOLUTELY destroy the germs
Of diphthoria and typhoid fever They
applied the rays to tubes IN which
these germs were collected and the
germs direct under the rays were mas
sacred outright, and the germs on the
edge were 50 stunned that they did not
stlr in ten days Prof. Pratt said if this
application Of the Roentgen rays is
made on patient 1t will destroy the
germs Of the disease 1t is said to be
the most important discovery made ~
a decade.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-30

Another illustration of the folly Of
overriding things is seen IN the condi-
ton Of Halbertstown, n. j. 1t was es-
tabllshed in 1892, says the Ultaess
and 100000 was spent in the venture.
Now the whole town Is to be sold un-
der the sherif's hammer to satisfy
judgments of $4,000. The sale will
include fifty dwelling houses, a large
factory, and 5000 acres of land.
CT late years North Carolina has not
fallen into many such mistakes Let
US hope that all our improvements may
be permanent, even if slow.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-30

Those who have used rheumacide for
the cure OF rheumatism and other blood
troubles are its friends The doubling
Thomases are those who have not tried.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-30
astounding Figures.

The National Temperate Almanac
tor 1898 gave the following startling
facts
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-30
DIRECT COST.

Direct annual cost to United
States of intSxlcants- $4,000 100000
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-30
INDIRECT COST
OTHER MONEY EXPENDED II UNITED

STATES
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29
CAKE-MAKING FACTS.
Twenty Things Necessary il
Successful Cooking.

Successful cake making, says
writer in the New York Re
coyder, depends on about twenty
things:
Proper materials.
A correct receipt.
Following directions explicitly
Accurate weighing and meas
urements.
Compromising the ingredients
in their proper order
Having everything in readi-
ness before commencing to mix
the ingredients.
Regulating the temperature OF
the oven according to the kind OF
cake made. -
Having all the ingredients at
the right temperature.
Not auspending the mixing I'M
til the cake is ready for the oven.
Beating much or little, accord
ing to the kind of cake, and al,
ways in one direction.
Whipping the whites of the
eggs to coarse, moderately stiff
froth rather than fine stiff one.
Folding the -four i'll carefully
Instead Of by strong circular
strokes.
Placing i'll the oven as soon as
the baking powder is added.
Greasing the tin with sweet
lard rather than butter, and sift-
ing a little dry flour over.
Opening and shutting the
oven door very gently during the
process of baking.
Not turning while in the oven
if it can be avoided.
Keeping fruit overnight in a
warm room, dredging it thor
oughly with -four, and stirring
it lightly the last thing.
Lining tins for loaf-cake with
oiled paper.
In baking loaf-cake remember
that unless you place a piece of
paper over for protection at first,
a top crust will be formed at once
that prevents rising. When cake
is we'll raised remove paper for
browning on top
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29
w. C. T. u.
BY 4 MEMBER.

The liquor business is wholly
bad. It has not a single redeem
ing feature. There is not one
word to be said for It. Nobody
that is worth counting dares to
approve it. 1t continues to exist
by mere suffrage. Public opinion
is more and more inclined to
outlaw it. There is not a South
ern State in which the majority
of white voters would not wipe
it out tomorrow. 1t is i'll the
position of a condemned crini-
nal who is making the most of a
brief repriever. The great dis
tillers and brewers know that
their profits are in danger.
Hence they contribute large
sums of money, hire skilled lob
byists, buy up purchasable leg
lslators, and resort to all manner
of questionable methods for put
ting off the day of doom. They
may we'll be alarmed. The de-
cent and God fearing people of
the land will not remain forever
acquiescent to this trade of blood.
Speed the day when they will
demand its cessation.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29
What One Family Did

| The Southern States tells Of
four brothers named Abbott, who
moved from one of the Western
States to Louisiana in 1888.
They all had families (compris-
ing over twenty children,) and
they had among them $500 in
money. They bought farm on
credit and planted it IN rice At
such times as they were not
needed on the farm they worked
at day labor for SI.25 a day. At
the present time (March, 1896
these foul brothers own 5000
acres of land that has an average
value Of $50 an acre, They own
forty mules, fifty yoke of oxen
and large equipment Of reap
ers, separators, threshers, en-
gines, wagons and other agricul>
tural implements. They have
all irrigating canal eleven miles
long and eighteen feet wide.
They own and operate a big saw
mill plant, and have a rice ware
house OF their own, 400 feet long.
They own a telephone line twelve
miles long, connecting their
farms, saw mill, warehouse, etc.
They are part owners in d rice
mill and in the bank at Crowley.
They have some obligations, but
they have rice on hand and we'll
secured notes due them, enough
to pay all they owe, leaving
their land and other properties
as clear aggregate Of the profits
of their farming operations dur
the last eight years. They be-
lieve if they had remained in the
West they would have been for
tunate to have made a living and
saved the original $500.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29
Eastern Carolina Dispatch
OLD Dominion Limo

The steamer Neuse leaves Elizabeth
| City Tuesday, Thursday aud Saturday
at E p. M, for Ncwbcrn ConncCt;ur
with the A. & NC. R.R. for Goldsboro,
Kinston, and Morehcad City, and with
the w. n. & n. r. r. for Jacksonville,
Wilmington, N. c, etc. Returning,
leave Newbern Monday, Wednesday
and Friday stopping at Roanoke Island
going and returning.
Tickets on sale at Elizabeth CITY
Station to Roanoke Island, NcwhcrrC.
Kinston, Goldshoro, Morcil2a,t CITY
and Wilmington, n. c.
Daily all rail service between Eliza
beth City and New York, philadelphia,
Baltimore and Norfolk.
Through cars and as low rates and
quicker time than by any other route.
Direct all goods to be shipped via
Eastern Carolina Dispatch as follows:
From Norfolk by Norfolk s, Southern
Railroad; Baltimore by P. w & B. r.
R., President Street Station; PhiladeI
phia, Philadelphia X. R., Dock Street
Station; New York. by PENNSYLVANIA
R R., Pier Fl North River, and Old
Dominion Line.
For further information apply 10 NJ
H Snowden, Agent, Elizabeth CITY, or
to the General Office of the Norfolk &
Southern r. r. Company, Norfolk, Va
NJ. K. KING. General Manager.
Fl. C. HUDGINS. G. F. & P. Agt.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29
She Felt O. X.

Here is a rich item from Ham, S
Georgia C1OckTv: "She is sweet
sixteen, and she says the first
time her sweetheart kissed her
ii made her feel like a tub of
butter swimming in honey, CO
logne, nutmeg and cranberrjes,
as though something ran down
her nerves on feet of diamonds,
escorted by several cupids in
chariots drawn by angels shaded
by honey-suckle, and the whole
spread with melted rainbow"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29
An old Doctors Favorjte

DR.. L. NJ. Gillian, who practiced med
icine over forty years, originated, used
and claimed that Botanic Blood Balm,
(B. B. b. which has now been in use
about forty five years, was the best
Tonic and Blood Purifier ever given to
the world. 1t never fails to cure the
most malignant ulcers, sores, rhcuma-
tism, catarrh and all skin aud blood
diseases. Beware of substitutes. Use
this standard remedy. Price per large
bottle, SI.oo.
For sale by Druggists.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29
Which Are You?

By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
There are two kinds of people on earth
to-day,
Just two kinds Of people, no more I
say.
Not the sinner and saint, for It's we'll
understood,
The good are half bad, and the bad are
half good.
Not the rich and the poor, for to count
mans wealth,
You must first know the state of his
conscience and health.
Not the humble and proud, for in life S
little span,
man.
Not the happy and sad, for the swift
Tying years
Bring each man his laughter and each
man his tears.
No; the two kinds of people on earth
mean,
Are the people who lift, and the people
who lean.
Wherever you go, you will find the
worlds masses
arc always divided i'll just these two
classes.
And oddly enough, you will find, too,
wcen,
There is only one litter TO twenty who
lean.
In which class are you! Are you casing
the load
Of overtaxed liftcrs who toll down the
road?
Are you a lcancr, who lets others
bear
Your portion of labor and worry and
care.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29

Too many men complain that
they are OH the ragged edge OF
poverty before they try the viz
tue Of a garden patch in their
back yard.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29
- -

Who is true mano He who
does the truth, and never holds a
a principle on which he is not
prepared i'll any hour to act, and
in any hour to risk the conse-
qlences of holding it. Thomas
Carlyle.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29

Wilmington has the largest
negro population in the State
1900 against 5000 whites
New Berne comes next with a
colored population of 1900
against 5000 whites.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29

No one III ordinary health need be
come bald or gray, if he will follow
sensible treatment. We advise clcanli-
ness of the scalp and the use Of Hall
Hair Remover.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29

tuent principles OF popular IaVo1
lit appealed to mems better
nature-it taught and enforced
the resultant duties from the
brotherhood of rnan-the neces-
sites of mankind or sympathy
land SO, beginning its sacred
mission in the world, its pro>
gress could have no more been
obstructed than you could have
stayed the course of the sun in
the heavens
Gradually overcoming all im>
pedients, slowly, but surely ems
volving itself from its original
environments which clogged its
course, it grew and fourished,
gathering strength with each
advancing year, until it stands
today before theAmerican people
and the world, in full, clear light
of prosperity and peace and in
creaslng power. It has passed
the stage of doubt or criticism.
It does not now need to defend
its existence or explain its creed.
1t is known as one of the great
moral forces OF the age, and today
it stands serene in the conscious
ness of its acknowledge power
with fraternity as the central es>
sence of its strength, and practi-
cal charity the outward and daily
manifestation of its mission. The
world has no barriers that can
impede its progress or stay its
onward march. 1t numbers
more than 10000 members; its
annual income is about $780,
900, it expends annually through
its regular channels for the relief
of its members more than S3,-
100000.
Odd Fellowship is no rival of
the Church. 1t is neither a subs
st1tute nor an equivalent for re-
ligion. 1t deals with man S TEN :
poral welfare alone. 1t seaks to
improve and elevate his charac>
ter, but it quits him at the
thu eshold of the grave. 1t is a
purely human organization, in
stituted by man, dealing with
human nature and the struggle
and adversities incident toIhuman
life. It does not intrude upon
the sacred domains of the church.
| x *
| Odd Fellowship knows no
dividing lines between the na>
tons of the world. 1t is abroad,
tolerant, patriotic, cosmopolitan
in its structure and policy. With
| +1,o o,-o1o ~ +1,a D-1o- cootio,,,
alism is forgotten and national>
tiles ob1iterated and yet it teaches
the highest patriotism, the con-
trolling obligation due from a
citizen to his government, for a
true Odd Fellow must be as
we'll faithful to his country as
fraternal to his fellow man"
The Order has always stood
for peace and reconciliation. 1t
was the first organization in this
| broad land to declare the war be-
tween the States had not severed
the fraternal relations of its
members. 1t was the first or
ganization, social, commercial,
political, religious or fraternal to
meet in joint assembly and bury
it forever, saving, of course,
those glories OF the conflict that
are today the common heritage
of the American people,
And this corner stone, just laid
is the beginningand the evidence
Of the building so soon to arise,
is the outward and visible sign,
the manifestation in brick and
mortar of the principles we de-
clare, and the duties we incul-
cate. The Orphan Asylum
shows to the world that we prac-
tice in reality the benevolence
that we teach, that our promises
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29

Impoverished blood causes that tined
feeling, Hood 5 Sarsaparilla purifies,
enriChcs and vitaltzes the blood aud
gives vigor and vitality.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29

1fyou want Corn in large
lots, address G. c. Allen,
Eliz beth City, N. G. Els
tablished in 1865.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29
Norfolk & Southern R R
Schedule in effect April 20, 1896

Schedule III effect April 20, 1896
Norfolk & Southern r. R Mail and
Express trains, Southbound, daily lex
cept Sundays,) leave Elizabeth City at
1910 a. m, and at 5:53 p. M; North
bound, daily, except Sundays leave
Elizabeth CITY at 2:45 p. M, and sos Il.
N. The trains arrive at and depart
from Norfolk & Western depot, Norfolk
connect at Norfolk with all Rail and
Steamer lines, and at Edenton with
Steamer for Roanoke, Cashie, Chowan
and Scuppetnong rivers; transfer
steamers to Mackey's Ferry, thence by
Norfolk & Southern R. R. to Pantego
and Belhaven, connecting with. Steamer
Virginia Dare for Makeleyville, Auro-
ra. Washington and all intermediate
landings.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29

And this corner stone, just laid
is the beginningand the evidence
of the building so soon to arise,
is the outward and visible sign
the manifestation in brick and
mortar of the principles we de-
clare, and the duties we incul-
cate. The Orphan Asylum
shows to the world that we prac-
tice in reality the benevolence
that we teach, that our promises
are not illusory, empty words
signifying nothing, but are the
pledges of earnest, faithful men
and made, not to broken or for,
gotten, but fulfilled.
1t is gratifying to note that
throughout the land, in almost
every jurisdiction these Odd
Fellows Homes are being built,
some for orphan children, and
some for aged and INDECENT
brothers. They did not stand as
charities of the Order. The dis
charge of a sacred obligation is
not charitable gift. They are
the evidences Of our sincerity,
the simple proofs of our faithful
ness, and they show the strength
of the order. Far better than
ceremonial splendors, more beau.
tiful than ritualistic glitter is the
giving of bread to the orphan,
fitting him by moral and intel>
lectual training to grapple with
the problems and overcome
them.
Let us cherish this noble In>
stitution as the chief treasure of
North Carolina Odd Fellowship,
giving to it our substance as God
has given to us, and upholding
with sympathetic endeavor the
hands of those who are specially
charged with its oversight and
care.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29
ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS
The Foremost Fraternal Organi-
cation in the Land.
Extract From Address of Hon.
Chas. M. BuSbee at the Or
phan's Home Cornerstone
Ceremonies in Goldsboro.

sNURING the session Of the
AZ State Grand Lodge I. O.
O. +. in Goldsboro a few days
ago the corner stone Of the SIo,-
900 addition to the Orders Or
phans' Home located at Colds
boro was laid with appropriate,
interesting and largely attended
ceremonies. Hon. Charles Man
ly Busbee, Of this State, Past
Grand Sire of the Supreme
Lodge of the world, delivered the
address. The Argus published
it entirely and from it we take
the following extract:
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29

And with these three-Water,
Flowers, MISUNDERSTANDING
Friendship, LoVe and Truth, you
will dedicate this building to the
uses and needs Of practical be-
nevolence; to the care and main
tenance and education of those
little ones, who in their desola-
ton, are, of right, entitled to the
loving watchfulness, the tender
ministrations, the faithful guard
ianship of their fathers brethren.
Splendidly may this building
rise; long may it stand-an en>
during monument to the vital
and humanizing principles Of the
Order, and an honor to the wise
and loving enterprise of the Odd
Fellows of the Old North State
Work, architect and artisan; with
an increasing zeal lay ye the
foundations deep and enduring !!
Let it's walls arise in strength
and symmetry:
Build that its walls to future genera
tons,
Your strength, your skill, your faithful
ness may tell
That all may say, when storms and
centuries test them;
The men of old, their temples Duilded
we'll"
And when the work is done
and its doors are open, let it be All
abiding refuge for the Orders Or
phaned one, where, amid a peo-
pie virtuous, patriotic, charitable
illustrating in their daily lives the
sturdy virtues Of this good old
State, they may learn the lesson
of an upright life and be taught
to walk in that safe and narrow
way that leads to happiness and
Cod.
It is proper that On this occa-
sion l should speak briefly in re
gard to our Order: It is the fore
most fraternal organization in
the land; strongest in numbers
and influence; dispensing a lar
ger benefcence, throbbing with
a more abundant vitality.
Transplanted from England to
America early in the century
and hampered by the character
of it's early surroundings, it
struggled for years against adj
verse fortune and the difficulties
that besetits pathway. But cons
tanning within its organism the
elements of final success, it's OUT
come growth were inevitable. 1t
had within itself the vital prin>
,ciple of life that could not be de
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29

This paper for $I.oo a year.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29

My brethren, we have assem~
bled today, in recognition of our
duty to our dead brethren, to lay,
with appropriate ceremonies, the
corner stone Of the main build
ing of our Orphan Home. l
felitate you upon this work, that
exemplifes and illustrates the
principles and the mission of
Odd Fellowship, a work done
only by those who are animated
by that divine spirit of Frater-
nifty which is the strength and
glory of our Institution. May it
stand for all time, sheltering
within its hospitable walls our
orphan children-for they ARE
ours, in deed and in truth-a
worthy memorial to the genius
of our Order and to the devotion
of the Odd Fellows of North
Carolina; a fitting exposition of
sublime virtues that underlie its
being and constitute the germ
and essence of its development
l count myself fortunate that l
ain able to be with you this day:
1t marks all epoch in the history
of North Carolina Odd Fellow
ship. We are to typlfy and IL
lustrate, in material form, one of
the fundamentals of our Order
the care and education of the
orphan. Animated by a com
mon impulse with ore heart and
one mind, we are gathered here
to do honor to this day and to
this occasion. I bid you well
come, my brothers-God-speed
and hearty welcome.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29

Tile audibAe JooL/aH Of M0Hght O" tic page
Tie arHcHLaLc bca/0f tie heart u Mr dye.