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DEMOCRAT. THi: DEMOCRAT ONLY 0H3S DOZaZ.AH. A YEAR, IASIL-IX-ADYAXCE. A i iitimm, M i in m Id I'IRST ( . ASS job orncE NTT Mi l -1 E. K1LLIARD, Editor and Proprietor 'EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. VOL IX, SCOTLAND NECK, C THURSDAY. MARCH Hi. 189S. n) It; i J. B. WHITE & CO, General Produce COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Jl 13 ll-j&ooke Duck. ij 'J I. NOKKOLK, Va. ". rr" - ij P K O F E S S I O N A L. n. w . (j. Mcdowell, Or J North s;on cr New IJote Mn:: .Vat-el. 5t;OTLANL NECK,. N. C. Always at, his otlice whn hot profesftiotiuliy enged elsewhere. ' '?t D II. A. U. LIVE 11 M A N, OM- rcK- oyer J. I). R ay's. Main Street 'i ly. Scotland Neck, N. C. rflfOMAS N. HILL, AT TO UN EY AT LAW, Halifax , N . C, Practices in Halifax and adjoining counties, and the Federal and Supreme Courts. 3 8 ly. UkAVID BELL, aJ AT TORNEY AT LAW, Knfiixd, N. C. i'l 'i -tices in all the Courts of Halifax an 1 a'''!:'.:-' counties and in ;ne Su pr. in- ;if: Federal Courts. Claims col leotci in all vrU of the State. 3 8 ly. A T T O RNKY AT LA W, Scotland Neck, N, C, Practices wherever his services are f- uedir. febl3 ly . 11. KtTClIl, Attorney end Counselor at Law, Scotland Neck, N. C. IJfflj" OiBce: Corr.er Main and Tenth tr ; -:ts, 1 5 ly. 1.. I. MERCER & SON. Nc. 1 0 South 9th St, (bet. Main A Gary Sts. RICHMOND, VA. dumber Commission )Merclant Gives persona! and prompt attention of all consignments ot Lumber, ohingles, Laths, Etc. 4 17-W) ly. iNKW ewelrv After sx yeirs experience, I feel thoroughly competent to do all work that is expected of a WATGll-MAKKR & JEWELER WATCH-MAKER & JEWELER. Repairing ami Timing Fine Watches A SPECIALTY. I also curry fi full line of 'V arches Clocks nr.d J.rrlry. Musical Instruments anel Fancy Oo'hI. Spectacled aud Ey e- 1 a sse s p ro pe r ly fitted to the eye. 1 SMaril Sewing Machine THE BEST ON EARTH. 3WS 11ACH.NES CLEARED AND PEP R S A T I ? 7 A C T I O X fiUAUANTEKD, W FI. Johnston, Next door to N. B. Josey. lo lira Pure I Brilliant s Perfect I USED EVERYWHERE, AND EN DORSED WHEREVER USED. The Most Popular Classes in The United States. fhey are daily worn and arn warmly praised by the solid Representative Men of this country, many of them being of National fame. The lit embraces Bank ers, Mei chants. Lawyers, Governors, Senators, Foreingn Ministers, Mechanics reachers, men eminent in all professions, nd trades, PHYSICIANS RECOMMEKD THEfVI- U:Y WOSE . 15i:T T1IEGENUINE These perfect (Jlasses are accurately ail justed to all ey i. For sale by, T- Whitehead & Co. 3 20 lv Scotland Neck, V. C .V ' 1 " ( " "- !'' r-. ' - , .ly; :r i;irl. In "Vt. r : ..i' . t it-: r v,' -V illi ilnrgi&t - I't :(;;, i. "C. A r iiu. . ' mmjI f--.r Ion. Store Into rny c!oet tiering, as the dove Doth homeward liee, I haste awy to ponder o'er Thy love Alone with Thee. In the dim wood, by human ear unhsard, Joyous, and free. Lord, I a lore Thee, feasting on Thy word Aljne with Thee. Amidst the busy city, thronged and gar, But One I see. Tasting sweet peace, as unobserved I pray Alone with Thee. O happy life! Life hid with Christ in Ood! So making me At home, and by ths wayside, and abroad, Alene with Thee. Mrs. Prentiss, BIDDY ON THE MULE. jieu motiiek'h shame. Cor . to The Democrat. Deii Editor: I have been told that newspaper men know every', thing:, so I come to you for a little information on a subject that is causing me excrucerating pondera tion Its about a point of law and as I have never had cao.e, until now, to have anything to do with lawyers being a stranger in this part of the world, I thort I would rignt to you and ask your advice. I was bom in Ireland, my faither lived in a beautiful castle by the sea, near Dublin, and 1 was his 19th child, (some people may tell you that my Par's castio was so large that you could put your hand down the chimney and unlock the front door but you needn't believe all you hear in this world, if you will ex cuse me for savin' it) but as I wa sayin' I was the ltfth child and when I was IG years old I come out to Amerky to seek tne fortune. I met and lnanied Major Fitzfoozie a gallant offlser in tL?e late unpleasant ness between the north and south, and a man who served his country so well in that line that the presis dent (heaven bless the dear crea ture) appointed him Post-master in tins important town. Now we, the Major and myself have a dorter, a plump, buxom little flower of a gurl, and as like as two peaa in a pod what I was whin 1 fust come to Ameriky, an' whin we got inter of fice we detarmined to educate fcei and give her a chance to git all the polish and accomplishments possi bel before sne made her debut t intei society. 4,What ihall we start oni"' says tiie Major. "Hossback ridiu','7 says I. So we hired a mule frum our najbor, Mr. Greeu, and I en, gaged Tim McCree to wark behind as groom and to give her lessons. I wanted everything done r v as you wili observe. Well, Tim brot out th: mule oue evenin an' the Major and me made him git a chaii an' monnt Biddy properly. I uiver felt, as proua in me life as I did w"ben I saw the swate gurl a settin' r4p there pritty as a picter, and 8s grasfu! as a angtll, when all was teddy the mule wouldent start till w3 had to make him, at least Tim got a good cudget and whacked him across the posterior a rew times and he started off nicely. The Major and me stood and admired her rid in' as far as we could see her, thin I took the male bags and wint on down to the depott to wait, little ilramin7 ot Sim humileration i was co undergo so soon. I was settin' there waitin toi the train whin I beard a big yellin' outside, and what sort ol a spectacle do you spose met me eyes? Oh sir, if you have ever been a mother you caD imagine my feelings at that su preme moment, for there was that mule a tairiu' down the mane street and Tim innniu' behind whacking it with his cudget for all he was worth, and Biddy my Biddy, astride him, staadin' up in the stir aps. Mr. Oreeu nad put a man's saddel on the mule as I afterward krned, she was standin' up in them steirups, her hare all down and flyin' and no hat on, lookin7 as cap py as a big sunflower, while all the boys and men was cheerin'-wavin there haudkerchiefs at her, I thort I should shurely laint with shame think that rny Biddy should but why tell any more of the miserable story. I feel too soiemcolly when I think of it. Now this is where 1 want your advice. The mule died that night and Mr. Greeu is goin' to law to see if be can't ' :e the Major and we pay for i.. mule. Do you think he can do anything worth mentioning about it? Please answer as soon as you can and re lieve my mind. Yours and yonr3 ODly, Mrs. Major Fizfoozle, Post Masteress. ELOQUENCE, A PHASE OF OkATORY. about great speaker?. New York Press. A recent writer denies that the late George Willi am Cnrtis possess e I tbe true oratorical instinct, on the groand that hi speeches and ad. dreases were premeditated and memorized with care. It is manifest tbat the reason assigned for this charge is an ab3nrdlty. Undoubt edly thi3 uiea :s not uncommon. A popuhr fcehag oxiats that elo qaence and flaency cf speech are synonymous, insomuch, indeed, that the speaker who is confined to writ ten manuscript is usually regarded as absolutely wanting in trae orator ical ubiLty. It is unneccessary to say thai such a standard of opinion would condemn all the ancient masters of eloquence from Demosthenes and Cicero down. There have been mo mentous occasions which have etirr e:1 great orators to impromptu out bursts of astonishing eloqeence. Sucj was the cso with itjoio mem orable efforts of Cnatham, Mirabeu and Patrick Henry. But these in Unces only emphasize more strong ly the general rule that studious preparation and memorization have characterized the finest exhibitions of oratory. While it is probabk that geniust8 like Burke, Pitt and Fox never committed their speeche in whole to memory, we have Uieir own testimony that their more pre tintious efforts were ttie result ot careful premeditation. Sheridan made no concealment of the fact that the Oner passages of his speeches were ucut and dried," as he expressed it. Masulay mem orized bis speeches word for word, and delivered them as they were written. John Bright declared tbat while he did not commit the body of his speeches to memory oe al ways prepared hu perorations with great care. Dr. Chalmers, th9 famous Scotch pulpit orator, read t;s sermons from manuscript. Ireland is commonly reported to be a nureery of eloqaeucej yet Grat tan, who by general consent stands l the bead of her orators, labored tirelessly over his political addresser Richard Lalor , Shell followed hi example, and carefully memorized each word of bis speeches. The orators of the United State? have heon no exception to the- practices. Clay, Calboao, Webster Choate and Pbiliips, while not ad dicted to memorization, usually made no formal addresses and speeches which were not the fruit ofsevare preparation. Some of the nobler Qight9 of Webster, like those of hhendin's had long been prepar ed. Notably was this the cat with the glowing peroration ot bis reply to Hayne. Edward Ever ett religously memorized bis ad dresses even to the attitudes and gesturte. Charles Sumner followed the same practice. Lincoln's Get tysburg speech is said to have beer, written on the bsck of an envelope while he was on the card on bis way to the battle held and was read from this manuscript. Colonel Inger soli's historic speech nominating Blaine was the result of premedita tion, a? are all of bis great oratories efforts. Koscoe Cc-okling's naorr elaborate speeches were largely cone mitled to memory, It is impossible to lay down an iron ru'e for public speakers. The capabilities of orators differ too much to admit of the establishment of laws applicable to all alike. The great end of public speaking is to arouse, persuade and convince. Where this can be accomplished on ly by diligent study and memorisa tion it would be idle to adopt a dif ferent course. Where it can be best attained by momentary inspiration it would be a waste of labor to col tlvate artificial aids. Guaranteed Cure. We authorize our advertised drug gist to sell Dr. King's New Discov ery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, upon this condition. If you are afflicted with a Cough, Cold or any Long, Throat or Chest trouble, and will use thi9 remedy as directed, giving it a fair trial, and experience no benefit, you may retcrn the bottle and have yeur mcney re.unded. We could not make this offer did we not know that Dr. Kings New Discovery could be relied on. it never dis&p. points. Trial bottle free at E. T. Wihtehead & Go's Drag Large size Oc. and $1.00. BRO BLOUNT CAPTURES FLORENCE. Mat Chronicle. Florence. S. C Mr. H-orv 7 Blount, tbe witty and briPss.nl edit or, and eloquent orator delivered a lecture in this place ht nigbt that awakened a storm of tnt Lmikitlc admiration. His name is on every lip, and all pronounced him one of the most magnetic and thrilling ora tors tbat ever charmed in auditnee. He held evirv bodt under his magic wand ofloqoence aud of ora torv, and all dav our people have oeen discussinz in terms of hubeet praise, the thrilling and fascinating power of this ersatile and wonder ful genius. His reputation a an eloquent, witty, original writer and speaker, has been justly bestow ed. And all who heard his aldres filled rith eloquent strains of word painting?, diversiGed with bursts of wit and genuine pathoe, thought it delightful to hear. Mr. Blount ifi8ifettd at the beginning that he had been overrated as an orator, but we think his modesty caused the assertion. He held hl9 audienct sptlNbuund witb tbe graceful peri ods and eloquent language used, and many of the audience might at times be seen leaning forward to drink in the words as they fell from the speaker's hps. The entire audience seemed highly delighted." A Noble Boy. Youth's Temperance Banner. Well ! I saw a little boy r"o some thing the other day that made me feel good for a week. Indeed it makes my net rt Oil with tenderness .:d good feeling even now as I write about it. But let me tell yoc what it was. As I wtts going dowt tbe street I saw an old man who seemed to be blind walking along without any one to lead him. He went very slowly, feeling with bis cane. ''He's walking sliaight to the highest part of the curbstone," said I to myself. "And it's very high, tooj I wonder if some one won't tell him, and start him in the right direction?" Just then a boy, about fouiteen years old, who was playb-j near the rorner , left his playm tee, ran up to the old man, put his baud through the m in's arm, aud said, "Let me !ed you across the street.'' By this time there were three or four oihers watching tbe boy. Hi not on lv helped him over one crossing tut ied him over another to the lower fide of the stieet. Then h ran back to his play. Now this bov thought he bad onl done the man a kindness, while 1 knew tbat be bad made three other persons feel happy, and better, and more careful to do little kindnesses to those about them. The three or four persons who bad stopped to watch tbe boy turned away with s tender smile on their faces, ready to follow tbe noble eximple he had set them. I know that I felt more gen tie and forgiving tiwar 1 every one many days afterward. Another one that w made bappv was the bov himself; for :t is impos. sihle for us to do a kind act, or to make any ose ele hnppy, without being batter or happier ourselves To be good, and to do goo I, is to be hippy. I.ady .viacDofialtl'N Teetotal im. Lady Macdonald the wife of ti e lato Prine Minister of Canada, is a staunch foul abstainer. Tbe story of how she became so has been told by heiself. She says, af.er some reflection, ehe was led to give up w'tie drinking suddenly at last oc Ch'istmas Dy, 1867. She had thought h good deal on the subject, but never any resolution until that day. Conversation at dinner turner! ou total abstinence, end a guet, a strictly temperance mm, who held high office in tbe dominion, said that practical !y total abstinence was impossible for any one "in society." Lady Macdonald combated this and, as a result of further discussion. she was challanged as to whether she would hers?lf -'give up her glass of sherry at dinner " She at once decided to trvt saying. ''Henceforth I enter the ranks of total abstainers and drink to our success id water. Her ladsshiD's testimony is that a - "Since then, thank God, I have never found soy necessity for wine. In health I can do my life's work without any aid Iron dangerous stimulants; In sicknes 1 have inva riably and oositivelv- refused to J! .... touch it." HOW TO GET RICH. Darbam Sun. Yoo art, probably, more rjnc to koow Low to g-t ri:b Usa rot are to get t teavtc. Thi cry not oar. 4 very pleaantlr, hat dn'' )ou tblok it i true cf some perou with wboa joa ars cqaicitedl J here! a rule which, if observed crefat!j, will land you a winner. E U! not make you a millionaire, bit will pn r'cb yoo to aucb an extent tfcat y- will always have a fur hank icnmi.t, enable jou to own tour own h'o:e , and to feel quiU eaay a to the fu tare. It i the rule which all well to-do oeoole have followed. ave something every day. Toi is the rule. It is shorter than !he gohUn rule, sf.d taore east! id. served b those w bo are no, phi o !uc enit;h to realize tnut ly making othrfa l aj py i the only w?y in which tuey cai Of really hippy. By nvinji otne thing every day, If it i o ilj a nirk. el, joj wy readily become Hch You uu ieratand, of course, that it i one thing to be rich and q-ii'e an other tbing to be wealthy, li chee i simply an excess of means over c luhl expenses, and the dtticidug power of one dollar is as great nn a million, and may be as effective in krepii p one out of heaven. The teat of dan serous rich.? is in the h-arf. a il n in the pocket. It is te dut of ery one to save t portion of hi e. rn lugs. A or kel a day or even oue t week will in the course of time. amount to a sum suuicient to meet at least ionic of the emergencies n.- cidental to oi l wr. The average young man Ciin easily save one dol lar a week, ar.d by practicing re iso able economy be cac douhle i?. Tiiif, If judiciously invested, will mak hiiu indt pendk . t ol everything ex cept work. He cannot live on th income from it, but It will remoti that senso of drudgery under wbiil thosft la or who live bejond theii means, r sp- nd their salaries befoie the arc arned. Sive Bometlnrg eery day ard yoo will he a bppirr and I'etter man, and your chancer final suci e&s in life will ha gre dl enhanced. AT RANDOM Anatomists way that the average veight of the circulating bio 1 1 of the body is about 28 pound. Near Wheeling W.jVa,. bears aie said to be committing many di predatious, and hunter? are brings ingdownagood nurnbor of them. The turpentine gatherers of Geor gia, It is estimated, have during the past five years destr.ed $200, 000,000 worth ol pine titnr. A woikmau at tho vVorld' Fair grounds was blown from tb top o a budding GO foct. lie lit upon the back of a horse. He was not burr, neither was the hoise. Where Crocodiles Are Fuud. London Saturday Review. Crocodiles are found in Africa, Asia, the tropical parts of Australia Ceutral America aud thj West In dies, while the alligators, with the tne exception ot one species dis covered eome few years since in China, are found ouly in America. Tuey are all of them tt-rribU destrcci tive cieatuie?. The young feed principally ou tiab, out as they grow larger toey attack every ani mal that they cm overcome, drag ging their prey into the water and so drowning it. It has been said that morei people are killed by croco diles than by auy other of the wild beasts of Africa. matrimonial Insuranct. Exchange. An interesting matrimonial ioer ance company has a beallrr txis tence in Sweden. It does not aasare marriage nor iusure agalns' marriage but insures against failure to marry. Its members are yoai.g women, wno Day a small sum monthly, aud if they are unmattied at forty 3 ear of age they receive a weekly aliowance from tne company so long as tUey contin ue ufmarrie. AN IMMENSE STONE. Chicago Herald. The larzest artificial stone in the world form. tne base of tue Bartbol di atatute of Liberty, on Bedlo's is land, New York harbor. This im mense stone was made from oroktn .... mot anri and Amancau ce-1 L., tyr t inent. Five Hundred carloads of sand and over 20,000 barrels of ce ment were used a manafactiiring j tnis mobster. ANDERSON BAGLKY - CO. cotton Factors anfl Goneral Commission MnrcL-:nis 15 anfc 17 Roanoke Dock ,WV)U ( V A Maarkat I'rice goartitrd, n,l and('on'cnments aolK-itc 1. RtUune made on Cor.ionr. CONSTIPATION Is called the "Father of Di-M.-. It i. raujfti by n Torpid i-vcr. uud is generally arcomiianicd with LOSS OP APPETITE. SICK HEADACHE, BAD BREATH. Etc. To treat constip.it icn .uooe.-. fully - - ' --'' . m mm. . w m mm H m m i It id a mild lasatiTo and : tonic to th.- dicrostivo oraii. '.-. t kit:i Simmons Liver lU-.ru! :.r v.ni promote digestion, brine "a reg ular habit of 1m1v and prevent Biliousness and Inditrttio:i. "Mywife i!itirrij v ith C.t,i j tion and toughing, f.li.w ! ith l'ir.lic 1 After four month u"" .-f u 11:1 ' n t r T j .'ai. -r he is almost entirely teucic ', i,.-:.'iirg ir-tijjb ml flesh." W. 1!. l.nri , I tr. I . i . Take ntij tfir (it miinr. Whiih ha on the Wrajijirr tl.r rr.l 1 rJe- Vlt'a and Signature i J. II. Kll IN X CtX Vrent. nn 1 Trn' Mr.rVa vbtnlnd. and I'M nt tiiiPin- n !ii t i! fur Modtr' F tit. Our Ofi-ce n- posiie U. S. Pirnt 0e. aci '' "ti -.a'lT.t in It tunc than thir remote fr.in V. hi'iton ht-nd no.. nm ! fihoto.. vith ri'"'-it tlon. Wo hu' ,t ;iatttit.ille vr in. I, ttn ft charge. Our f nt lu' till j.at.-nt l -- - ! A I'amph!'.:. llv to oMsm ratct.ti." itti Bamee t a t uhI i ; .cnt in your Stale, C"ia.t;. t r town, pent free. Addrt M, C.A.SIMOW&CO. Opposite PaUnt Offict. Waahinoti" n r I 111, 11.1 sivl 115 Hank St., Nortolk. iVa I y-'.-'riimJ i . P tv--.'. - 1 .c -LAHGI'j STOCK OF VIMSHKD- Monuments AND grave Stones Ht.v!y for Immel ate delivery. Write fr prices and dei-ns before ordefinp elsewhere. An inquiry ttiav save vfi !'Uirp. 5 1". ly. JN0.0. GAMAGE. Wood-iile Whltf. NOKFOI.K. - - - - VIlKil.MA. l ime, Plaster, Bricks, LATHS SEWER f 1 PIPE, D RAM TIL K. COAL, TAR. &C Special prices andfrates on ear load lots. 7 1 1 )r LAND IN FLORIDA FOR SALL- Fine 110 acra tract of land in Orang county, F!a.. n mile Irotn Orlando, 21 ailen from ore estahli-het' railroad line and mile froru a newly graded radroad An orange grove -ith about;.30l trees jut be ginning tc beer j H ILL SELL FOR MUSKY OR TRADE FOR LAND in Halifax or adjoining counties. 2-16-tl. ' Apply to E. K. HlIXlAl.l. FITS. AH Fits stopped free bv t. j Kline's Great Nerve Ret torer. 5o r lUj aaer first day's use. Marvellous cute Treatise r2.0J trial botlle frev. to Y it cases. Send to Dr. Kline, 931 A tc. m. Philadelphia, Pa i in - Th Cop Ivi WorKs 13. irl irn rnl j f. t-- r. 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