mMTTHTTI DEMOCRAT j E HILLIARD, Editor and Propiretor. r y v J () N A L. !i , p iioWELL, w. corner New Hote :n e. , . i'I i.A si- Nkck, N. C. ,1..,,, ;tt bin ollice wbeu not engaged elscvdiere. ...fcs?''"'- L I V E R M A N, i', r. Main and Tenth Streets Scotland NkcicJN. C. o 12 IV. rpii1 M A S N. 11 1 1 A'lTORNKY AT LAW, Halifax, N. C, r,- in liainax ami uujuiiuiig .,.,! tlio Federal and Supreme 3 Sly. Ml'''." ' ? "' . i., A i'i iliNKV Al LAW . Knuili.d, N. C. I'lai'tic!;! ail the Courts of Halifax .. j a,'ro;i!'!'' r amities and in u.e Su ' i v.. .,r-l Courts. Claims rol- t,-r,..,l in Hi! I -1 T rt- of the State. 3 8 ly. w A. DC NX, A 1 (j U N K Y A T LA W, M HT1.AND Neck, X, C, 'rv -;iir,!. wherever his services are feb!3 ly. 11. K ITCH IN, Alidl.M ' U:d CoCNSELOK AT Law cotlaed Neck, N. O. .orner .Mam ami ienth 1 o ly. R.I). lt KT"N, Jk. E. L, Tkavis, BURTON & TRAVIS. d Ai luKNKY.S AM) CoCXSELORS AT LAW HALIFAX, N. C. s 1 1 1 V. W.H.I'AV. wvld'jn. R. RANSOM, Weldoil. DAY, k RANSOM. A I TO UN FYs AT LAW, YVeldon, N. C. ! v. I..!. MKRCERic SON- So. los.-wth !th S'. .bet. Main .1 Cary Sts. ki'JHMCND, Va. dumber Commission ecrjant, 'i v v ju-r-nnal and prompt attention to al! on-'LriiHU'nts of Lumber, SUingles, Latti-t. F,f.-." 4-17 -00 ly. AM UYL TT ? 56 tf. Ryland & Lee, Piano and Organ Dealers No. 10 G-ovenov St- Lowest Prices Guaranteed I! KK.l;, tore the public for 'It r ...... V . . . . I .... r. .. .1 ' i i ' y i ' i ' ' ' 1 v ise. !', t u:ade for the V o. . p v NA(,M.K ,liaP fur Ryland Sc ( i - 'i I i Q n n rnol.:rQf a iyrifl MIONINC; Kit.- ;' - - k-mi v l in us.. 11 "- tl . in i e. Low r: i i Ct Votey . A -v fiv.irite. Sim PI" y. tnnke Sweet ':; ' ; . Durahle amT A LARGE STOCK OF Second-Hand Pianos and Organs ALWAYS ON HAND AND BARGAINS SOLD. end us your order, limit us in price and we will meet your wishes. sV eel! for caeb, or on installments. Catalogues and Prices furnishe application. RYLAND LEE, C 2 Cm. RICHMOND, . Heirs to an Enormous Estate (Roanoke News.) The Dopre f-mily m the United States hff f-sirl to h i.eirs to an e:,,,tmo,ls estate m Frti.ce valued at forty million dollars Vtxme h ir are scattered throughout the South ern State. The Duprc- family was b ti.ished from Franc: by Loul XIV.. and came to this country Some of U.e IJup-t's returned to France and recovered their j ro,,ertv while others remained in America. Those who return"! to Fravce have become eitioct and the estate reverts to the American branch of the rainilv. Among the heirs are Mr. M. M. Dij,r, editor of the Virginia Peo ple, published at Charlottsville, Vs., and a Mr. Dupre. of Birmingham, Ala. Among th- heirs also are Dr. J. K. Shield", of this place; V. jj. Side! 1-, W. M. S'lio.d-, Mrs Harper (A! x -r.M :u,d.J.,. (ii.l.on Lamb. 1 7 L uiiurt-n (.i Mr-. W . H. Miu ids. Their mother was Du, re. Ve tin-ereli bope they will come into their own again at no distant i a) . V Million l'rirnl. A friend in nee 1 is a friend In deed, and not less than one million people have found juit such a friend In Dr. Ki-.g'8 New Discovery for Consumption, Cough?, and Colds. If you h-t'.e never ns-'d this siren Cough Med'cine, one trial will nr - vince ou that it has wonderful en rulive powers lu all diea-:eb of Tnroat, Chet and Laugs. Ftch .bottle is kjuaranteed (io all that is aimed or money wli' be rei'un led TrUl '.ottles free at F. T. Whitelr.H A: Co. Irug store. Large fouh oOo. a iid $1 00. ""he Democrat Free! To every person who ?ends us a club of five sub scribers we will give THE DEMOCRAT Free. Cash must accompany the list of names. If the subscrp tions are to run a Year the free copy will be . sent a Yearor for anytime the subscriptions run- H. 15 LKK. Richmond, Va- IMMFXKF - STOCK New and Scorn HAND 0 SCHUI5ERT. The best Low-Pi icel riano on the raHrnet. i,onm: " ii! the modern iinprmeiiic t.s. lUiADHUI'Y PIANO Rirh and f 1 . . IT ( I t m , 1 a ' ,t.niI.r:h,n In orioe New 1 mode of st r i 0 2 i g- Pipe Organs. Samj)l. P ware room. Will pay x p.-.ss 'o Richmond return if ehurcfj reper.x ii ativu buys aPipe Organ. SCOTLAND NECK. N. 0.. THURSDAY. WOMWN rilll LII Y. A woman paced the old rickety riocr, The cold wind swept under the rattling door; As the lire burned bw, nhe hugeed to her breast The sick little cne she was coaxing to rest. Her hushnd lay piled in a stupor bo deep. That it seemed rather death, than a mere drunken sletp, ADd the poor woman thought of the old home so dear, Of which she had once be n the light and the cheer; Of the day when that father she rashly defied And ran oil, to become handsome Willie Brown's bride. She placed her pick child in the wee cradle nih, And sank to her knees with & pitiful cry: "Oh (iod! I can bear to be hungry and cold: I don't miiul n-v :iri:ient-i so tattered a; .1 ol I, But oh, for Thine own nake, in mcicy God iye Roth clothing and lire that uny bahy may live. The old door is tapped; then it swings open wide And an old man fur-coated steps soft ly inside. Kittie!" "My father!1' with quick tateJ breath, Each stares at the other as pallid as death. The old father sees the young husband arise, And gaze at him dully, in stupid surs prise; He sees the wan face of the sick, sleep ing child; His Kittie's lrowii ees, so pathetic and wild, He opens his aim, and his girl's head i pres.-ed In passionate sorrow to her old father's brf-ast. "Come home with your bahy, dear, never ngai" Sha'l yiui or he k.iow aught of poverty's pain." Then he turned in his wrath on the wretched young man: "You miserable sneak, look at me if you can! You fctdnm sweet uirl lie a thief in the night, Then saciiliced her to your curbed ap petite." "Hush, father!" the womam with flash ing eyes cried As she sprang from hi aims, to her young husband's side. 1 Nay, Kittie, my darling, he is .'-peaking the truth; 1 have ruined your lift ; I have spoiled your bright youth, You mu-t go to your father, and try my poor wife To forget all the pain I have brought to your life. And say to me, Kittie, b- fore our good bye, That 'twas the liquor that starved you. ret I." Theiri s.ole aga'n to her o-i lather'?. .-Me, I love ou! I think you, dear papa," she cried; 'Take bah;. ; las young life with every good fill; But father, I'm going to stay here with Will. 'For better or woie,' father, that wa rn y vow. My love i.s the only thing lelt to him now. ' ' The old man's dim eyes and the yoiigoi' one's met, ".Such love sho.ild," he whisper'!, "make a man of you yet." "Wont you kneel," plead the woman, "and help me to pray That the cloud o'er our homo may Le taken away? That God will lay hold on this fierce ap petite?" And the ttiree humbly knelt in the gloom of the night. The fadier and daughter are standing once more But the husband still bows, motionless, on the tl ior. 'Good-night, little daughter, to morrow shall bring The food and the fuel you ne d- every thing." Then hege. The wife knetds by her young husband's clmir. And caressingly strokes hi dihi-veled brown hair. Through the night thus they kneel, mute and till as the dead, Till the dawn through the casement her pale light has t,hed. Then the man kissed hi-; wift with the ol-l courtly grace, And went oft to woik with a calm, happy face. Since that day. ye:-r- h;vc flown; and now Willie Brown Is a prosperous, trustworthy man in his town. He is trusting for help in a power above. He is saved by God's grace and a true woman's love. Western Christian Advocate Knglish Spavin Liniment removes all Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and Clemishes from horses; Blood Spavin Surbs, Splints, Sweeney, Ring-worm titles. Sprains, and Swollen Through, Coughs, Ete. Save $50 by use of one bottle. Warrauted the most wonderful Blemish Cure ever known. Sold by E. T Whitehead & Co.. Druggists, Scotland Neck. N. U. UM ly, EXCELSIOR" ISOUK MOTTO. FAMILYREL1C, AND A STORY OF LOVE. THE OLD CLOCK BY THE STAIP v. vSouthrrn Cultivator.) I here is ever home tender asso ciation connected with a lamily relic, some interesting tear staiued story. An old table, a stand, where the family Bible lay, an oUl chair that was pnt into the atno by in different band., and rescued l3' a loving child placing it reverently at the honored neat ty the fireside; although it looks homely and ciude, amidst f'oe modern l'urnitaro up bolstered iu eatin and Telvec, it was lathoi'd or mother'.-, and noth iufijcould be dearer to the child's hmt than that memorial eluir. I remember a touching incident. A mother was Liken to b.-i tenia! home leaving beh.nd i b.Jiy boy. Sometime aliet her death It lends were examining bei wardrobe Coming across and old lded m in-ing-gowu they laid it aside, aud, alter replacing her clothing, took it up intending to put it in the rag bag. The child who bad been p!ay i ii r with toys m another pait.oi the room, had been au unooserved spectator. Going as quickly as his little leet could tiavel he took hold of the, tassel that hunt; suspended iiom the waist of the old gown, and aursting into a passion of tears lisped t iie w nl-4'Miiiiinn, mamma." No co.-tl.v lo'.te, wit'i bice oi ermine trimming was dearer to that lonely bab.y'rt heart ta.n the faded garment of bis mother. My grand!' ithei's clock stands in r ite family mi ting loom, bes.de t la st airs, in my dear o!i home. It is h dignified, veneiable looking pi ce ot furniture, tall as a good sized man Its solid m:;L'ogauy ense is now aiinost blackened by time; the woiks are brass, tt is stib-tautially made as things were ill tii.'e dajs b.foie ours of cheap cotnpt titir.n. Ifs face is white, at the top of which i's foiehead as it were, i a ship attached to the pendulum within. This ship rocks backward to and fro upon a sea of dark blue waxes, n- vi i advancing or receding, as It notes the fi'-efng tune. Jt ws biought to cur home by my fatnei wbeu he marrio .ijy ,i.oLLer, and was a valued and useful oina ment Li the young p op'e'. ht)me, rt iinessin.4 u any important events iu their marned life. First, the lirue of their first bom, their -um-mer child, wo came amidst the roses of Juii. in t o-summer f their youth and happines. How gaily the old clock ticked the bout of his biith. Years passed, the frosts f winter blighted that bud, almost before it blossomed. Sadly, like t funeral knell ?t tolled the hours when the little slumberer lay in his coffin,, his golden bead and pallid face tinned like a broken snowdrop all aside. No more tb" ten icr blue eyes would look up to w;.tch and wonder ;t the mysterious ship, w hich hnd r corded the time as his young i.fe passed away, ticking on, as they bore Ivm out into the storm and sleet of the winter day, to place him in the silent city where t!ie inhabitants nerd .no clock to tell their hums, their t.me being eterni ty. How I ued, when a child, to sit at my mother's keen and watch that sailing sh;p. W hat strange pictures my childish imagination painted theie I sometimes won dered if it was bound for a tiopical shore, a land ot singing birds and blooming flowers with skies of sappbue hue, when- iu the distance the featheiy ieaves, ! the tall cocoa palm seemed outlined against the clonldless sky eterual summer laud.-, wb ch in onr fancy we blend with vi.-ions of Paradise. I would ak mother innumerable questions, 'It there weie any little boys and giils on board, and it they weie not weary, ud cross and naughty at never beiug perwitud to come on shore." At other times my reflec tions would be more serious, and seeing no signs of people upon board, I would be certain they had eucountered a teiriule storm and had been washed over board into th cruel sea; r peihaps a disease had broken out among them aud the messenger if tleath had left none to tell the story of their woes, aud the charnel ship, with pesti lential breath, woald cause death and sorrow if it come to harbor, aud I hoped a merciful Providence .U'LY 7. 1802. ; yroa!d keep it ever oar at e ! Thu my eh;ldir- nu 4 gintion pictured it with vi-d m winch att'.-t i never dreamed ot 1 Time rolled or, and with tb change from ';hd lboHl to w.un-iu-j hood oth-r association, nn"1 im portant, connected themselves with the old clock by the stairs. The twelve numbers weave them selves in:o a diary, each leaf a tablet recording some important family event. A bright day in leafy June. At the hear one the old clock noted the b.rt'u of the fi-st child in ti e home, tbe one over which the moss is mingled xvitb buttercup and daisies, kept fresh xvitb drew drops, like tears In tbe sweet springtime. Sometime later, at two o'clock In the morning, when the storm weie ushering iu the spring, a daughter, like a suntx'am, cam to fid tb place of tbe loved and lot with ht-i smibng presence. When she giew to womanhood t was at ten o'clock one bright iimI fummei day wbeu the tuainag bells chimed sweetly upon tin fragrant air, proeliioiiug her a bride. She left the family nest, the sweetest bird that ever journey ed to soutbern climes, with a m sionary husband, lor tbe salvation of souls iu a benighted land. Two years alter at seven o'clock one dark, stoimy mornuig my saiioi-brother lelt Ids home to voyage upon the sea in quer ol fortune and adventure.- One ye..r later, when the eailb was coven d with a deep December snow, the chilling nexvs came over tbe win s, telling of i he sinking of hi- shii, wCh tbe loss of all upon hoard. The old clock struck eight that evening wbeu the- sad news came. Alas! Ins fair form sleeps beneath tho coral reefs in a cllinless grave iu tbe mighty deep. At unit1 o'clock, months aftei, o; e misty morning my second sii ', a girl of sweet sixteen, left to join her mairied siMer .n her christ i-m woik iu a distant land. .shortly after dcpaiture, at three o'clock iu the. moiniug one m;d snmmei day the mesneugei of death came and claimed aiy baby bud mi How well I lemember the weeping aud soi rowing for the little boy that died. The following year, when the orchards were made pink and white with apple blossoms, my ebb st living brother took unto binielf a wife, bunging hi chatming binie to visit us, enteiing the ball as the sinking afternoon sun was gilding the sigh of its decline upon the xvall as the clock struck six. llow we regret a few weel;s after their departure, as they left us for their new home away amidst slumbeiing savannas, in that land where magnolias bloom, in the s ct-t sunuy South. When the clock .-truck eleven a year after, the to came one uiotiug telimg us an angel had come to fold its tiny wings within their southern m -i. At five o'clock one autumn after noon, at nearlv the same time, when the leaves, stonn-tos.-ed, were falling upon garden mid U'd, the news came from a foreign shore telliug us of the mirrige of my pretty youugest sister. Tne clock struck four in the silence of that November moiniug when the spirit of my mot tier de parted to seek out tbe place of her loved and lost who bad goto before her to the spirit land. One year after, at midnight, strange mystic h mr, as tbe clock chimed twelve my father was taken iu the fulne-s ol year-, like a shock of corn garnered in it- sea son. He Lad Jived a lang life, made up of noble deed", I-aving bebiud an bonoied memoiy, a precious legacy to his children. It is a bleak winter night, with hail aud slet. The bare branches of the linden and ash trees tap against my wuiO"V panes. With out it, is cult and stormy; within, curtain closed ami warm. A bnght fire is upon the health; in the ab sence of lamplight it makes lau tastic shadows upon carpet and wall. The old clock catches the reflection aud appears half lignt, half shadow, tbe ship tonslng as if in a sea ol flame. llow uiany visions are connected with it as I sit gazing at it this lonely night. It takes no idle fancy now to con nect each uumber marked upjn its face with au event makiug a family history. Like the one facy paints in the imagination of the toiler is that one i here, ever sailing but uever coming Highest of ail ia Leavening Tower. mm. ABSOLUTELY PURE Into j ort . Ti.c ;o..or. Mp that the hopeful 'j oc', lade1) with tre sure which ly dippomtt d them. Ol 1 th myvic Und f ii e future with aii-gir.jj t irds and crystal fountain, who ever find It? The old clock ef.re me is a re cord. As I gaz at i now It causes me in memory to review th eent of the hygooe year, sacred to me with their joys -nd sorrows. It is a lesr as an old family 'rifr. as it goes on tic!;ir'g, paiimtly tikuR in its place in mvde.r ! I home !otde the stair. Amki.ia 1'ak ic. Faith and Works. A pecnliar so-r f person in n Highland glen, much given to con tradiction, was delating with a boatman one day while crossing e small river, about faith and works, says the Scottish-American. The minister contended thnt"Fai'h with out works was good." "Na n," retorted the boatman d!) mu I seriousness, -'faith without nr..'! no do. I'll gie you an int;ni'-. We'll ca' this oar -'fniih" m.d thi ither oar ''works." Very well. Tk 4fskith'; Qrst ; and while rowing will it alone the boat went round nn round. "Now," srld the Ooitman "let's tak' work' next; ni.d rown with it alone the boat w id un i rid the other wi.y. "Wo will n ," conunucd tf.e boatman, "Viki -Inith' an' 'works'' tog ther. Noo," ex. claimed he triumphantly, a he ;ow d with noth ores at the aniii) time, ,4we can gel wer the water; an" this is the only way that we cmi gel ovt r the trouble! ocenn o' the warl' tae the peaceful shores o' Immortality." Don't do it. I)') not Uijgh at the drunken man reeling through the street", however ludicrous the sight may be. He is gomg home to some tender heart that will throb with intense aoi.y; some doting mother, perhaps, who will grieve over the downfall of her sinless boy; or it may lie a loving, wife, whose heart will almoat burst with grief if she views the deslrnct ion of Ler idol; or it may be a lov ing sister, who will shed bitter teais over the degradation of her brother , shorn of his manliness and self-respect. Rather drop a tear in silent ay in. athy with those hearts so keen ly sensitive and tender, );t Mo proud ly royal that they cannot accept sympathy tendered then either in word, look or act, I though it miiil t fad opon tl.eir wounded anil crushed hearts as the summer dew upon the withering plant. Fx, j - - 4 l'liil(ti4'ifil ramllj. Amelia has pimples, and sores ihe head. Frra humor.i 11 ternal her nose in llhH grown r 1; She's a boil on hf r neck that is big as a b-dl. But, in o'her res)ect! she is doing quite well. Aud pa bis dyspepsa, malaria bl(1 gou, His handi ith sal: Rue urn are. all brokea fM ; He is pror.e. to rheuuja'.cs th-!, m '!( Lis !v - ewel . Bnt in other respect- lie iB d' ir g quite well. And ma hs niht -sweats -irid a troablesorxe ciugh, Th-.t j'.ll of our doc' ra cai.'t -.:, to drive otf; She w ikes Vcry mj: nd cio;i.- qaite a i-p-1 Rut in other repcts she Is dotog rjuite well. There is nothing like philosophy to help one bear the ills ' dfe, but ,n Hie cuse of this famdy what is i most needed is a good siq ply of I)r Pierce's Gulden Medical Discovery It would cleanse Aua lu's had blood, core pa' ailments, nd check u n'a coogb. The ''Golda M ti al Di envery,' by its sctiou on the l:er, cleanBes the system of in. par. lies It cures buyior-, olc-r-. boii-, -erof-ula, salt-rheum. eryip la-, ar.l all kind d sure -ni s w-ll-.ogs. The only guaranteed blol-p . r 1 5 -r. m ! r i 1 1 o m lloo K-r imr, i.i Krpoft, Aug. 17, Batons Long Skirts. (Annual Urgine.) In these day of aanParr rbjjMrn ment, wbrn tbe gospel f rlradines ia nn widely received, wh-n oil reform expresses his co ivK-Mon Ih tl 'aoapology aod acrotHtlogy " are e-,ually as efTicient. !f ni'. more , in tbe elevation of fallen humanity thsn is theology. iD ther oy, when o many of thf dictates of fashion are in accord with the teachings .f hygiene, we are at a ! to under stand what diabolic! m '.; has induced woman t make of herself a street cleaning machine. We are, however, ratified to team that the supreme sanitary council of Huugary has pot its foot on these filthy trains and obsolutely torn tbem otT by Issuing au edict bi lalely forbiddmg their use. What folly it is for our women, rot of whom walk, to take- np a faohion originating m a countty wh-re walk ing is, practically, a lost art A long skirt in a crri ,ge mav I'' a nuiHUCe, on the utrtet It la ll.lliy abomination. Let us appeal in ihe god NeQseof our country women that the reign of the long skirt almll be a jhort one. Electric Light For Trains. Lansino, Mch., dune M. It is anuouced that Prof. . I. I". Mel.lroy, for several years Superintended of tbe State Hchool for the Blind in thin city, has solved the pi b em f lighting trains by electricity in Buccesnftil and cmoin ic a I miiiner. The machine devis-! by l'.-)f. McKlroy is cylin lrlcal dynamo in Itself, which is attached to the for ward axle of the locomotive. 1 ho armature is fastened ifum itdl to the axle, and this revolve In con tact with the otner parts of tee dynamo which rdt upon roller bearings at the cod of the cylinder. The lights urn incsnd "cent, and each car can be allium nated to whatever extent is desired. There ia a device to retain light .n the cars at, a standstill. In each car la a small battery, and whil- th train is in motion these batteries become charged. When the train stops the porwer from the dynano cenes, but automat icaily th atorage batteries come into play, and the lights will be in service for six or more hours. The headlight of the loco'notivn and every light in the train wld hs electric, and the cost of the -yt oi Is lens than the ordinaiy lights now in use. Il-r r li'tc I'ritiar. We desire to say to our citizens, that for ytars we have been selling I Jr. King's New Discovery for 'on- amptiop, Dr. King's New Life iili, I Buckler Arnica halve and Kl.-ci 10 Hitter?, and have never handled remedies that sell as well, or tl.at have given such universal satisfac tion. We do Dot hesitate to guaran tee them every time, and we atari I ready to refund the purchase price, if satisfactory rendte do not follow their Uie. Th -se remedies have woii th'ir great popularity purely on their merit-. K. 1. WLi'.ehevl Co. Druggists. Itch ori human aril hordes ar,'i al fiirrils cured in ?i iniiiu' - y Wool f..rl"s SanitaryLotiori. TKis nev-r faU ol-i by K. T. V'hit-b. a 1 .V C's liruj--rurr. Sctland Neck. N. C. 10 a ly I c jlrtr n'r I f- ' ri'i.nn CT-iiti! n1 Tri'U Mark M. !.-1 n 1 I'll taniti.-. :::'.' '. '.' ' M-ftt F . Our Ofice i Octof" U i Ct'f ' OS rr ;! 'V. f ".f . .err ',.:. '.. . - ren)t fr. -m W..r.tt!.. So4 ei'l'-l. era-Alt j,l...t.. ' ' t:n. W. !?. .'. '' : -t cb .'?. O'ir f- not rt-.e till .iuiii .- - A Pamphltt. H' t ) 0 t..i I n witb naciti f vti.-.l c:ir.t in jo.riU'.t, tui'.,ir C.A.SNOW&CO, Ospotrte Ptrt 0et, WtMao. D. C. tarn