North Carolina Newspapers

f I DEMOCRAT Z E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. SUBSCRIPTION 5150 FIR YEAR. OLIME V SCOTLAND NECK, X. (, Till RSDAV. NOVEMBER lv m M I ; I : i : :;. ! V k SI ft.?: it PROFESSIONAL. W. A. DUNN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SCUiLAXD NECK, X. C. i'rnr-i'c. uhTever Lis Fc-rvics are r ; i .' r i. febl3-ly. W. H. KITCHIN, Attorney and Counselor at Law, .'GOTLAND NECK, X. C, ;-5?"0!'acc: Co-nor M-in and Tenth : : r.-.t -t. lo-ly. T. E. WHITAKLR, Attorney and Counselor at Law, SCOTLAND NECK, X. C, 'i'rart ices wherever hU services are T' .ii'ed. apt. W. U. Kitehin will appear with : c in all ca-(-s. 2-3-ly. DAVID BELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ENFIELD, X. C. Tru-!H'' in all the Courts of Halifax , i a.lj ic.ititr counties and in the Su : : and Federal Courts. Claims ool ! d in all parts of the State. 13 8-1 vr GaVIN L HYfflA.N, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, X. C. ( i.i Halifax and adj lining ccmi- , Ci.iKi ti us made iu nil p -its of the !... o-S 1V. V. U. I A V, A. C. ZoI.I.I. -OFFER, 11. Ka.NSOm' '.v, M Henderson. Wcldon. Cay, Zoilicoffer & Ransom, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WELDOX, X. C. S. S. ALSQP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, i:neield. x. c, Tract : s in the Coiiits of Halifax and a ' :i, ii:ir ('i.iiniic. AM 1'i.sirn ss will receive prompt ntten : ,:. o 1-v. I iilijilo ii. Hill, ATTORNEY AT LAV, HALIFAX. X. C, rra:c.s in llaiifax and adjoining -unties, and the Fideral ard Supreme .... ,t. :5-s lv. tUVvARQ T. CLARK, Attorney and Counselor at Law, ia. in ;s wherever hts service are re .dtd. Kpcci.il attention, to collection i la -ins. !$- 1 v. j, h. lav DEALER IX -- Grain, Mill-Feed, Hay, Cloyei And Grass Seeds, IMPROVED FARM IMPLEMENTS A SPECIALTY. ('-ill anil examine Disc Harrow and Seeder, and Gras- Mower, a model of Perfection. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. ja:.0-ly. 1 1 1 0 R C I R, HIv'HMOXD, VA., Lumber Commission Merchant, dws personal and prompt attention ' all cojivinment.s of Lumber, Shiuide?., I. !.. Etc? junl-ly AVILMIXGTOX, X". C. Cos!, fVloaiasses, Salt, Genuine German Kainit and Nova Sco tia Land Plaster. J-tQnotatious on Application. fcbll-lv. rJ JS I !nr4 ' '-:a'innte,-tii.- last n.ai is 3 Lll I lUI l.-.T.firy. Not least :: won !:. : rs fif invent C progress Is a ne-ilio) - fn ,if work Hi r can pcr'oriticl si it ' -,. , , ,.y tV1fW(,.ir R"para'l!!i the woikfis ' i.- hou.i-x -av ilbcfd: any one can " . A- .; k. elti.ci of-x, jouny cir Ol.! ho sppelnl : fv i-.-tj-iirca. r.ipiial noi. ra-i-aed; you ar ii f c a.r this cit an.i r.Hurn to and v, ,.i -.-:. ( yon free. Hii-tlilnu' ('t ere.it va!tl3 a:. 1 i!i.port nice t you. tli t wit si a it vex la t.-:iis, wii ii w i;i t rl-s cu In m-re mon. y, t,-,,v. :,v. i iuin iinvt: iii ee in tiie v.nrl t. ! onV.it tree. Adreos l iue i Co., AugU:tJ., lv. If II fwanloil ar t!io( who rn,i1 II j Hits uli.l t ii-n a''t; tliey will tlrnl llai li'iri'u-ah'f oau'loyiu-iit t'l-u. will ' iK' t ii:a r.'-'Hu th-ir lio!as an-1 taru!li.-s. i r -r-.i s are I m'" aa! sine far e very ltit.j.- ii r-son; many luivi- mailt! an.l ;;re mhv s. -vi-riil hMii'lK',1 dollars a inonin. It ta ' ' ar a!; oatj to nnke $i ari'l iipwai .s per . wl.o h willing to work. Kit her sex. your.? i. .i;:tal not r,'.1''.l; wo start you. Kv iy . Ni, aVili.y ier,uir'"'!; you. ---r. ao !t as well :.s any on'-. Write 1 1 t ca.ee for f aU pai ti oiars, vhlch wo malt Aartha isll.'i.son e Co.. I'ortian'l. Main". 8-22-1 v. t :V. C t v or Woii!.i exist la thousands oi b''l ere :;tirt!i.s.st'rt hv the nmr. !' ,.' " ,y wr.rlc that can be fione while t ' -V".' .r'V''' at once send their address V;.m, , ra-''"I'tlaad, Malna. and receive, . irironu.Mioii h .w elttit rsex, of all og:e, V!"t.J.r,i rora,S' to $25 per day and upwards tt -Yr, . y. : a s:rtxl iros. capi usr at ttla wwic. Ail su;?l. HORSE WHISPERERS. Their Mysterious Ascendancy Over Vicious Equines. , The Wonderful Achievements of Con Sullivan of Cork. It ii commonly bcliovoJ, say the Farm tag World, that thero aro un doubtedly mysterious iifljonce3 by v.liieh aa inimoiiat'j ascjndaacy is fjainol over tho horso iadepsadeat of th'j Troccas of teachiag or proraptias ol ;.il" etioa. Thero -wa3 fcrmorly living in tho county of Cork, Ireland, a family wli; iail claim to tin possessioa of a secret by whidi tlio wiliest or most vi cious ho3c ccu'.d bo tamed. This se cret ii sai i to h.iv.2 booa .original ly im parto 1 by a IJohemiaa gypy to the then head of tho faaiity, a century aad a ha'.f ago, and to havo been rogularly traaamittoj, as a parting legacy at tho titno of death, from tho father to the e'.dust son. Possibly thero in iy bo ia thj county of Cork a scion of tha family still practicing, with more or les3 sue-ces-.tho art of ''horse whispering," but it is an indisputable fact thit at tho com mcacjni3at of the present century the ftuno of Con Sullivan, tho then htad of the fimily, for miraculous cures of vic ious horae3, ha 1 spread far and wide throughout Ireland. Among tho many well-attested i.ecouats of tho wonderful achievements of Coa Sullivan, "The Whimperer," tho services which ha ren dered to Colonel Vfasteura, who after ward succeeded ts the title of li issrnore, wero tho talk of the whole country. The colonel hid a splendid raco horse called Rainbow, aad ho wis aaxiou3 to nn him at tho rasos oa th) Ctirragh of Kildare, bu: he was so will and vicious that his owner fouai that ho m i;t ivo up all thoughts of Irining him out r.cd ruaniag him. Hi would Lito overy one who went near him, liko th; present Lord Falmouth's brute. Mnley Eb.ii, wlu "cuvaged1' tho late Fred Arch or' a arm, aad it was nccc-sary to tio up his head when tho groom who at tendod him was with him. If a horso chanced to b; near he was sure to bito him cr try to; and tho legs of the jockey who attempted to mount him did not e c uie his fangs. L ird D net vll'c sr.id ho knew a per son who could cure him and a waga of ."iJOO was 1 .id o:i tho matter. A mes heag.r was despatched for Coa Sullivan who was known throu.diout the country hi le as "tho whisperer,' from tho sup podtioa that ho whispered into the horse's ear, by which m-aus ho qui .-ted such as were unruly. "When ho was told the state of Coloacl Wateura's horse he desired to go into tho staLlo to se3 him. "You must wait till 1m head is tied up," was sai 1 and repeated by those prese-at. "X) occasion," sail Cjd, "he woa't bite mo."' So ia ho went, after peremptorily ordering no one to follow him till a given signal should imply that they had his permis sion, lie then shut the door for the unen viable tete-a-tete. In a little more than a qunrter of an hour the sig nal was hoard. Thoso who had been waiting ia alarm for tho result rushed in and found the horso extended on his brick playing like a kitten with tho whisperer, who was quietly silting by Lim. 15 tli horse aad operator appeared exhausted, particularly tho latter, to whom it wai necessary to administer brandy and other stimulants beforo he could be revived. Tho horse was per fectly tame and geutlo from that day. Ia the spring of ISO-t Mr. Whaley's Kinir Fipj ii was brought out to run at the Curragh of Ivildare. He has been described as a horse of the m:st savage and vicious disposition ; he had a haLL. cf living at and worrying any person who caino near him. "W'.ien ho could turn his head rouid ho would seize his rider's lee; wi'.h hi? teeth and drae; him from his back. Tho dilaeulty of man aging such a horso may be conceived, aad on this occasion it was impossible to put a bridle oa hi.n. Tho whnpercr was now sent for. He remained shu: ia the stable all night. Ia the morning King Pippin was seen following him like a dog, lying down at the word of com mand, and permitting any person with out resistance to put his hand into his mouth, while ho stood "gentle as a lamb." He was brought out ia the courso of the meeting, was run and woa the raco. Tho fi'.mo of tho whisperer had now spread throughout die country, and hi services wero ia extensive demand. This extraordinary persoa had been noticed ia many and various publica tions. Crofton Crocker speaks of him in hi? "Fairy L -gends '. as an "ignor ant rustic of the lowest class," whilo ho bears ample testimony to his extraordi nary powers. The Incorrigible IJrother. iiimpkias Are you fonl of cabbage, lli-s Lovelace? Miss L. Ah! Indeed I Johnny (her little brother) Of courso She is, p. pi says sho ought to bo fond of cabbage and grceas as long as sho keep3 company to match. Oaiaha World, Crab Farms. The crabs are sent to tLi3 city, says th:Xew York Telegram, from Long Island, Xew J.rsey, Delaware, Mary land, Virginia and perhaps from bays aad ialet3 further south. All persona who go to maiket know how tho crust aceans aro shipped. They come ia Hit slatted boxes or crate wrapped ia damp, salt-smelling seaweed or grass. They are very cheap at tho water si 13 aad rather expensive in market. Per haps the finest crabs aro found in tho waters of the Delaware and Maryland peninsula. Tho Chosapcako and its hundreds of tributaries oa one aide, aad the Atlantic, with its many bays and inlets, on tho other, abound in all good things that swim. Xot tho least cf these is tho crab. From Ilavro do Graco to Capo Charles the soft she'd crab is eaten ia abundance by the in habitants, and tho surplus is shipped north to feed tho epicures of Xew Y'ork and Xew Eagland. The shallow waters about Chiacot eaguo Island, on tin Atlantic sido of Accomac county, Virginia, swarm with soltshell crab3 at this season. Whoever goes to Chincoteaguo lindi set before him at dinner oysters ia at least three styles, white pirch and crabs. Hot bread i3 an invariable accompani ment. Down in Sussex county, Delaware, is perhaps tho only crab farm in tho world. It is oa Iadiaa river, a shal low 6tream flowiag iato Iadiaa ILver bay, and is farmed, oddly enough, by oao of the few surviving Indians of the peninsula. Tui3 particular Indian i3 ono of 8 scoro or so who farm their own lands and live as civilized life as any white inhabitant of their nativa state. Strangely enough, too, they have a special school system of their own, bccauic th:y will not send their chil dren to tho schools set apart for col ored children and aro not permitted to send them to tho schools for whit es. Tho crab farm i3 a very suc cessful institution, whero tho farmer studies the ways of the crab, provilej or him tho most suitablo food and promptly takes him cut of his nativa element when the market offers the most inducement. Hundred of crates of sofc-h li crabs are sent up from the peninsula every seasoa and not a few of ih mi coma from tho Iadiaa R:ver crat arm. Shameful Popper Adulteration. The pepper of commerce is furmsbed by the Piper nigrum, cr black p -ppei plant, which grows ia the East and We-t Indies. There aro two varieties of pepper, known as "black" and "white" pepper and botii are obtained from tho same plant. B ack ground pepper is the entire beny of the plant red-.-.te 1 to powder, while the white c iidsts of the same Lorry decorticated or deprived ' f its outer black husk or covering. T le consumer cf pepper can be accommodated with aa article adul terated to any extent from tea to ninety per coat., and if he prefers to do his own a lulteration, a Xew York "manu facturer of spice mixtures" will supplj hi:n with tho requisite material, while another Xew Y'ork hou-e will make "goods to order for wholesale grocers and druggbti" and furnish "pico mix tures." From inquiry among tho trado in this city it would seem that tho pop per mixture caa bo furnished at fron& two to live cents per povid, whilo puro pepper will cost about eighteen centa per pound. The United States agricul tural department chemists found bran, roasted s'u . 'Us, corn, cracker-dust, char coal tod fibrous matter ia samples oi pepper iliitimore Sun. Roman Vanity Originated 3Iininture. The origin of the word "miniature is as follows: Ia the golden days of Ro man literature to be a successful author was to be as great as a king, for kings looked to their poets for immortality, as Augustus Caear did to Horice. Hence it was to be expee'ed that authors would feci their importance and diap'ay more or loss vanity. O. cof their weak nesses was to see their portraits painted in artistic fashion in their parchment books. Thb work wa3 intrusted to ar tists called "miniatores," that i artists whose work was largely done ia vermil ion, a color extracted from cianabar, and called by tho Romans "minimum." Those "iidniatores'' choso tho oal form for their beautifully brilliant portraits on the pircliiont books, and her.ee tho origin cf the term "miniature," a small, haul-painted oval or round portrait.- jPhiladclphia Call. Antiquity of Brickmaking. Briekmakiag is oae of tho oldest trades ia the world. The Egyptians taught to the Greeks, aad thoy ia turn taught it to the Romaas. Somo of tho bricks made hundred of years bofore Christ are still ia existence and they are better than the modern article. The wages of bricklayers havo been steadily increasing. In Babylon a brick layer got forty cent3 a day; in Rome, under the empire, ho was paid a dollar, and in London ia tho sixteenth century he got two dollars. The average pay for a bricklayer ia this country is $3.20 for a day's work. MILMIFK MILU'S. A petroleum engiee it now Icing ex hibited ia Lugland, and is attracting a great deal of attention. The ! ngth of pipo kii ia Parn for the dLtriou'.ioa of pavtr by om pressed air, already cxeeds thirty miles. If tho wooden die blocks use 1 ia a shoo factory Le coated wkh shellac every night they wi.i Ia.it much longer without plinin". A Pittsburg optician makes the state ment that gum chewing has a harmful cfLct oa the eye, and when carried to excess ii apt to cans j LI La inoss. An important invention ia railway practice is tho method of welding of steel rails by cdcctricty, by which track layers aro enabled to lay a coutinuou rail. Tho new G inch gun, throwing a 100 pouad projectile, and penetrating thir teen inches of plating at IojO yards, is a gua of sufficient power to deed with almost anything built an 1 building. It his been di covered that a large portioa of Utah is underlaiJ with a stratuiu of water which may be rer.clitd by boring wells from if) t j 2 h) feet. The wells 11 nv so liberally that oae of them will water live t) aix acr-.s thor oughly. The idea that all microbes are in jurious to health, is a very common ono evea among those who pose for well informed p ersons. The fact i s that they are now believed to play a not unim portant part in the process of digestion and the transformation of food iato as similablo form. Several inventors arc at work upon machines which cist and set typo at the samo time, each letter being cast when a key is pressed. Tho principal trouble with this class of machines, and with other typo setting machine, is that it is difficult to "jutifyM that n, to ft out tho liue? evenly at the right-hand cad and space properly b:tveeu tho words. A new ship log is provided n it li a hollow tube, running down its centre, which is connected by a canvas-covered india rubber tube to a pressure gauge on board. "When tho ship k under way the How 0' the water past the log estab lishes a pa.-ti.al vacuum in tin tube, and causes the p unter cf the pressure pauge to ii o ' 0 over its dial, which is gradu ated to givo the speed cf the vessel from four up to 25 knots. Tho Tay bridge when completed ac cording to tho vast and admirable de sign of its projectors, will be oae of tho greatest marvels of engineering con struction which Europe can show. Tho Island cf Inchgarvie, in tho middle of the arm of tho sea which it crosses, en ables tho bridge to be ia fcur spans, only two of which aro ever water; theso two principal spans aro cacli of about 1700 feet, and the height above the sea of each of them is 200 feet, all of tho most massive masonry. In Carlisle, England, tall fr-ctory chimneys aro being utilised as sewer ventilators with good rcsu ts, twenty nine now being used. The velocity of of the rising air ha3 been measured by Surveyor Mekie, and it is found to bo 1202 fc-t a minute in ordinary weather. I'ho owaer3 of the factories mako no objection to this U33 of their chimneys, aad tho practice seems to meet with general approval. This suggests a plan that probably might bo profitably em ployed ia many cities ia this country. Yith chimneys of ample proportions thero would seem to be no serious trouble ia using them to somo extent as ventilator-. Seir-IdcntiSicalion. I A novel and iagenioua ;lan to cnablo : n person to identify himself under all 1 circumstances, as when cashing a check or money order or ohtaiuiar registered : letters cr mail utatter, his recently been invented. It is ia the form of an "iden- ! tih'oatioa card," which is inclosel in a i morocco case so that it can be carried ! around by the owner conveniently. j The card contains ia ono corner a ! mi-.Liture photograph of the person to ' whom it is issuod, with his signature below. Beneath this is xhc attestation of a nctaiy public to the genuineness of tho photograph an 1 signature. Oa another division of the card ia registered the name, occupation plaei of birth, age and citizenship of the pos sessor, together with an accurate- de scription of him and his place of resd 3ciioe. R:om is also left in another column for signatures and addresses of any references that the bearer may have. similar tut less perfect system of identification card has bjen in use for o:ne time in Europe and is required by law in soma places. Bmk3 and trust commniis ia this countrv which have hcurd of the systam say that it is just the thing they have wanted fcr a long lime, an 1 declare that it will do away completely with many of the inconven iences and delays which are now exper ienced in tha daily ccursi cf business in identifying persons who present checks and orders for payment and can not properly identify themselves.--Naw York World. HOMES! 10OS HOMES At Low Pricas! all! Fan For Sala i:sr lALiFAX COUNTY The Best Place Iu EASTERN CAROLINA. All Situated In the Divido Between The ROANOKE AND TAR RIVER. NEAR THE TOWN OF SCOTLAND NECK, IX- Tfte SVlost a oral Com munity in the State. AND IX 13 Most wmu SS Eaot of the Mountains. FARM XO. 1. Four hundred acre s, two and one-half nide.s fnmi the beautiful town of Scot land Xeck. About two hundred aires ia ruhivatioii. One good Dwelling Hou-e. one good Oiu llou-c, and other oiithou-e-i. Good orchard and good water. Location desirable. PRICE $4,500. FARM XO. 2. Two hundred : : 11 1 .seventy fivo acres, two and one-half miles from Scotland Neck. One hundred and r.venty-livo acres in cultivation. Good Dwtliiug House and good water. PRICE $2,7o0. FARM XO. 11. Two hundred nr-r s, two -: from Scotiand Xeek. Eighty acres Frtsh Lanil. Good Dwelling, some out -hou-, a and orchard, and good water. PRICE $2 500. ALSO, Tiva Sroro-hou-esf an I ne Dwe iii ilouse in the town of Scotl .nd Xeck. The farm-i descrihe 1 ubave are a'l wAi U'tij led t- the production of coi n, cot toe:, heat, u tt-. p' ar.ut-. Held pe:i-, j tato's. and vegi-t .hh.-s f idl kinds. Three r-od churche- in the- t-o.vn of S othmd X- ek, Metlr.dt, IJ.pt:.t und Eoi-ca pal. a:.d a Primitive Baptist church mar the town, together with two of tho b?t arel iu -.-t tlouri.-h'ng aead'-mh-s an 1 female in th- tate. Iiiake this iT.eef the n:o-t ili -l;.i!'.e s' -oions in :;..rth Caioli-n. Tie- pr , 1 e,tab : rhrnciit of nn oil mill and a (aoning ; i t rv will s-'-on add mu-'h to the ad ! intake of owning property in this coui 1 iUnity. Ativ and all tin? property described i j v may he bought for one-fourth ca.,h. fit'i a- much duu as desired on the re- :cr. App;.y To- O AH BIGGS, y REAL ESTATE BROKER, SCOTLAND NECK, H. C. BOY YOUR SASH, BLINDS DOORS AXD- Other Ml? Mated -FKOM- THIUHST & 1 1 iv MANUFACTURERS, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 17 lv. I, LIU U. NORFOLK, VA., Di ah.T Ii. j WINDOWS, DOORS Blinds, Mouldings, Brackets, Stair Rails Newels, Wood Mantles, Slato Man tles, Building Hard war e , Tin Shingles, PAINTS, OILS, Window Glass, Cut Glas3, Ceylond Glass. Varnishes, Plas ter Paper, Sheeting Paper, Hoofing Paper, Windows, Doors and Screens. ::-l v. THE HAXALL CRENSHAW CO , IMALL MILLS, RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. " BYRB-ISLAND 5 Patent Roller Family Flour, And all other urad. s of H A '.SO .in V- V i 1 www 17-lv 1867. 1888. TELEPHONE 385. II SAFFRON Manufacturer of a:.d 1). r ft Jl J MAL Xor. 1 12o, 1 5:h Mo- M -in St!-f ?. a-. 1 22 Governor vr,,.t. V.-.r o rv nod ' li' bt'.-.i.-.g Room-, Noo lo. 1- and z X. F.ft'-e;.tli Mre t, RICHMOND, - - VA. .- IT-'-.m JOHN ROBERTSON'S SHOE SHOP & RESTAURANT. Open at All Hours. Sati-faci'-n guarar.te.-d to patronc. Corner Xinth and Main btrte;., SCOTLAND NECK, - - N. C. j in O-ly UfUT nlUHL PIANOS fiftD ORGANS. All other kind f Mu'lal Instruments, with ScAh- g Machirjr-3. Orders by mall promptly Ihl.d. JOKPi L. KITCHSM. T S2-1J al Will t 1 1 v LIU 1 11 LlLlLlLIU FLOUR CORN-MEAL & ILL FEED w MTU mu Ni.W MAIS i:i..-i.!M jt!m an I lho( pia ( ur4 11 ' 1 I 1 1 . . 1 t. 1 .. M M-IfcHV nuki: Pi t, 1 i: i. . . C . 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