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DEMOCRAT THE DEMOCRAT ONLY SI-JE DOLLAR A YEAH, ASII-IX-ADYANCE. ,oo I ni:T I. job omen VTTAi III ! L. E. J1ILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. "EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. tc r I p loo no it ( VOL IX. J. B. WHITE & CO General Produce COMMISSION MERCHANTS 11 & 13 Roanoke Dock, 3 2 3 tii Norfolk, Va. Y ROFKS8IONA L. u. w. o. Mcdowell, D Office North corner New Hotel Main Street. Scotland Neck, N, C. "Always at his oflice when not professionally engaged elsewhere. 3L6 1V yyll. A. C. LI VERM ON, i r-v v Office-Over J. I). Hay's Office HOURS 9 to 1 o'clock: 2 to 5 o'clock, p. m. 2 12 If Scotland Neck, N, C. D AVID HELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Enfield, N. C. Practices in all the Courts of Halifax a:i I adjoining counties and in me Su--cme and Federal Courts. Claims col--cted in all parts of the State. 3 8 ly. y A. B'JNH, A T T OKxXEl AT LAW, Scotland Neck, N, C, Practices wherever h; uedir. his services are febl3 ly: 11. KITCHIN, attorney and Counselor at Law, Scotland Neck, N. O. fx- Office: Corner Main and lenth Sr.r ts. 1 5 ly. I.. I. MERCER & SON- 62G East Main St. RICHMOND, VAi umber Commission lililercrjant (iives personal and prompt attention of all consignments of Lumber, Shingles, Laths, Etc. 4 17-90 ly. :neyv Jewelry Store After sx yeus experience, I feel thoroughly competent to do all work that 13 expected of a WAT OII-MAKER & JEWELER. WATCH-MAKER & JEWELER. Uppairins and Timing Fine Watches X SPECIALTY. also carry a fall line of Watches Clocks and Jewelry. Musical Instruments and Fancy Goods. Spectacles and Eye-glasses properly fitted to the eye. m mm mm THE BEST ON EARTH. SEWING MACHINES CLEANED AND REPAIRED. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED., W. H. Johnston, Meat door to N. B. Josey. 10 C 6m Norfolk & CaroUna R. R- CONDENSED SCHEDULE Dated Jan. 29. 1893. Daily ex. Jran. South Round Trains. Stations. Daily ex. Sun North Round Trains No. 103 No. 23 P. M. A. M. No. 73 No. 102. P. M. A. M. 2 10 a 40 2 5S 3 28 3 43 4 10 4 21 5 02 5 29 5 57 9 ir Lv Norfolk Ar. 6 00 10 6 0 4 iPinners Point 5 35 9 329 10 07 10 22 10 5S 11 19 11 37 11 53 Drivers Suffolk Gates Tunis Ahokey Aulander 5 11 4 57 4 23 4 05 3 45 3 31 2 54 2 35 9 4 S 51 8 31 8 15 9 33 7 5S 7 19 12 32 Hobgood 12 51 A r. Tarboro G 55 Ar. Lv. 57 1 25 l-tocky Mount 2 05 C 30 M. P. M, P. M. A. M No 23 carries pullman parlor car Nor folk to Rocky Mount and connects with A C L Train 23 tor all points south. No 103 connects at Hobgood for all eastern Carolina points, also at Rocky Mount with. ACL train 27 lor all points south. no 78 carries pullman parlor car Rocky Mount to Norfolk and connects for all points north. For all information schedules call on or addreus i .M. SERPELL, J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager. Sup't Trains. T. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Passenger Agent. M MinsHlgilil Remedy ' i Venule-. ji, an! la iho only safeguard. la S .-: a:: Las .vtrfjiii. Order NOW from yoardruggtet tu i',.M i p. Pi -ice. Sue. A Mtnpie JMiwi'erbjT reAlllbr 10c Nil R. ID!H PR0P!f T '."y'Mfc TIME'S HEALING POWER Kaltimore Sun. A-ife would soon become intoler able bat for the healing power o tit. . uiue. w nen a great grier comes upon oh, euch as the loss by death o a dear companion, relative or friend we seem to be inconsolable; even the chorch prayers and the lessons from the Bible fall upon deaf ears Bat time, the great healer, comes gradually to oar relief. The poigD ancy of our grief fades away and in its place comes the sweet consolation of having bsen permitted for a time to live in sweet commun'on with the departed. Sonow for the Jo9s o one dearly loved will never cease but the active affairs of life permit no brooding over grief and as time passes the sorrow becomes less ob strusively present to philosophy, but not until it has spent Ha force. All who have known pnef or who have witnessed it know its history. The wounds of the soul heal as do the wounds of the body. There may be ruuch pain at first, which gradually disappears, but the scar remains. As one can scarcely realite when look ing at a bodily wouud how nature can possibly reconstruct the torn G bres, so to the man or woman bowed dowu by the sudden loss of a loved friend recovery from the blow 8teiii8 to be impossible. The prospect is altogether dark, yet we know from analogy that time will bring relief. And when relief comes the chief con solation upon the goodness of the depsrted friend. One incentive to goodness, to an avoidance of even temporary estrangements, to a culti vation of kindly manners, should be the thought of their effact aftsr one's death. The man whose mourner can truthfully recall bis gentle spirit, bis kindly manuer, his upright chars aeier, has left a legacy to coa:fort them during their days upon earth. Bitter must be the anguish of the survivor who has parted in anger from a loyed one suddenly stricken down and ro whom earthly forgiven ess has beciimp Impossible, Yet with life as uncertain as we know it to be, this anguish may come upon any one who fails to gunrd his temper and his tongue. A happy life and a peaceful death can come only to those who are upright, sympathetic, considerate and loving. VVhile they live they will have the good will of all whom thay meet and consoling recollections of the friends who pas away before them, and when they die they will be sincerely mourned, yet leave a legacy of consolation be hind them. It is something to have known and loved a great, masterful man of simple manners and kindly heart. These qualities all may culti vate; they bring happiness to the man while living and when he is dead they afford enduring coneola tion to his sorrowing friends and relatives and all who have known him. List Them Right. Free Press. Keal estate all over North Caio lina is valued for taxation at not more than half its tiue value. Each county does this to keep fiom paving State taxes as far as possi ble, The valuations vary in differ ent counties. This system not onlv encourages fraud not only gives encouragement to the more wealthy to hide their property from taxation but makes a poor show ing for the State. There should be some way to have property all over the State valued uniformly for taxation and thus cost no more to the tax payers than under the present bad system; besides it would cause our wealthy citizens to more equally bear their poition of t he cost of State government. The present system encourages fraud and should be changed. Guaranteed Cure. We anthourize our advertised druggist to sell Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption; Cougns and Colds, upon this con dition, if you are afflicted with a Cough Cold or any Lung, Throat or Chest trouble and will use this rem edy as directed, giving it a fa'r trial and experience no benelt, you insy return the bottle and have your money refunded. We could not make this offer did we not know that Dr. King's New Discov ery could be relied on. It never disappoints. Trial bottles free at E. T- Whitehead & Co's Drug Store. Large size 50c and $1.00. SCOTLAND NECK, ARCHDEACON FARKAR ON DRINK. tor every victim of the slave trade there are a tnoasand who are bound in the strong fetters of drink. Whenever any effort is made to redress a wroog, to re move a curse, or fight against an evil, tne forces of the world, the flesh and the devil pot on their utmost possible strength, and by lies and sophistry and bribery try to check the efforts for good. And this being so all those who desire the good of their country must, in this instance, rally their forces and amalgamate, in every possible way, to combat this unscrupulous antagonism. If any man desirei to act as a good citizen, and is only convinced that there is in the the midst of us a burning evil, it :b his duty as a man and a Christian to fight to his utmost against tins terrible evil. If there are any who have not seen the evil if that were possible there are only two ways to be convinced one by the evidence ol competent witnesses, and the second by both of these branches we have proof which is utterly unlimited. It comes from every age , and rank, and clime, and every century nince that time smce man appeared on the surface of the earth. We have the evl dence of the greatest man in the World, Mr. Gladstone, whom in March, 1880, I heard utter these memoraole words words tnat sent perceptible chill through the House of Commons . "The evils produced by drink are worse, be cause more continuous, than those produced by the great historic scourges of war, famine and pesti- ence combined." The one solution of the social problem lies in the lands of the working classes theni- selveg they may uplift them selves into plenty and happiness out of their present position if, as a class, they will get rid of what drags them down. IT FAYS TO FARM. Atlanta Constitution. ''Only a boy," is a vry common phrase, aud it generally means that a youngster cannot he expected to set tle aown to the serioa3 businees of lfe and achieve any marked degree of success. This is a mistake. Frank Ilagan, of Icger3oll, Tex., is Bixteen years old. He has just quit achool after winning several prizes, During his school days he cultivated three acres of land at odd times, producing cab bage weighing SO pounds and onions averaging a pound each. The crop netted him enough to pay for forty eight head of range cattle. This year young Uagan has rent ed fifteen aorea from bis father, fur nishing all the vegetables the family can consume as rental. He will hsve four acres of oats that will yield seventy-five bushels per acre, six acres of irish potatoes yielding about 30 barrels to the acre, three acres of eabbage that have 9,000 plants to the acre, expected to average eight pounds to the head, and the remain der of the land is devotea to onions tuat will yield 600 bushels to the acre. He is also raising a large number of turkeys. The boy works! only one band, and will clear at least $1,000 for his year's work. He is pow offered $1.50 per barrel for onions, 3 cents per pound for cab bage, and $2 per barrel for potatoes. He takes several agricultural journ als, and ts quite an autuorit on all .natters pertaining to farming. There is plenty of room in the South for suc boys. They are n?ed ed to help the old folks and to ad vertise the fact to the world that farming in this region is a rtioney uiaklug business wuen it is rightly managed. That Texas boy deserves a medal. A. Leader. Since its first introduction, Elec tric Bitters has gained rapidly in popular favor, until now it is clearly in the lead among pure medicinal tonics and alteratives containing nothing which permits its use as a beverage or intoxicant, it is recog nized as the best and purest medi cine for all ailments of Stomach, Liver or Kidneys. It will cure Sick Heaaacbe, Indigestion, Con stipation, and drive Malaria from the system, Satisfaction guaran teed witn each bottle or the money will be refunded. Price only 50c. per bottle. Sold by E. T. White head & Co. N.C.. THURSDAY. PERSEVERANCE. Selected. Of all the qualities of the human mind pereeverance is perhaps the mos. Qibfil,.the most indispensable, the most m?nly. Without persever ance,genian. wit,talentor even benev olence count for naught; bat with it and these combined a man i a "giant in ths land." Without it a man is thistle-aowDj with it, a pillar of gran ite. Perseverance is one of those things whose effects can be seen and felt, but wbicn is easier to think about than describe. It is that -'stick to it, never say die" qoality, which nev er gives up a thing as long as there is a shadow of hope for its accoms pllshment. Compare the abstract with the concrete, it is nior like the grip of a bull dg than any thing ekej let it once 21 1 a hold, and you cannot break it loose with a crow-bar. As for examples of perseverance, you can pick them op as easily as you can pebbles. Do you cot know many men in your classes that pos sess this quality lu a high degree t They may possess neither ganius nor talents, they may be stupidly dull, but tbey htve in them that which more than compensates for all these defects. One man is down near tht foot of his class, the geniuses shoot by him aDd take the wind of hi sails on every occasion, but wait; the second yer he is doings better, and the third year better still, till at length he fairly surpasses those who were so easily above him in former days. He has laid a broad, deep foundation on which he can build with safety without having to go back to repair any gap? theirs is a loose disjointed mass ia constant danger of a tumble. The stomach of his inind contains no undigested lumps; theirs are soured and dys peptic from the loose caans of things thrown into them without being ground, or mixed. In the work of life the difference becomes broader1 still. The man of perseverance Is the slow horse who plods onward and goes a hundred miles in a clay, tae man of genius the racer who breaks down after tbe first mile. The men of perseverance a-e the trunk and limbs of the social world while the men of genius are only ihe flowers wbicU ornament its branches. Turn the pages of history, stop bap-hazard at the first great man, and in ninety-nina cases out of a hundred you will fiad this: "He possessed great oerseverance and indastry." What scriptural hero do you admire most? David perhaps. David wait ed through many weary years before he was called to tbe throne and per severed in doing right against ali temptations. Oa the page of our country's history Washington stands pre eminent. What, man ever pos sessed more perscvenncet Through cold, hunger, treason, false friends and all other trials, he worked stead ily till he was rewarded by being hailed as father of his country. Take whom you will look at him from all sides and if yoa find anvthing desir aole in him, you will be prettv cer tain to discover Derseverance hidden away in some corner but ready U -tep forth on occasions wheu needed. Vermont's Mammoth Cave New York Mercury. 1 Vermont has u mysterious cave which for generations ha been re garded by the country fo'.ks as the headquarters for hobgoblins or other residents of spirit land. A newspa pr man letely explored its depths to a limited exteut and says he found a wonderful freak of nature. The opening of the cave is a large Gssure in th hiv.t: of the rrountain bordering on Maidstone Lake, in the town of Maidstone. A charcher "0 feet deep an I ten (Vet hijh, encased in solid wt.lis of ioe, leid t 1 huge chamber in wyich is t. spring of on usual Pize, bubbling in a little pond. The water dashes down a steep in cllne through a tunnel, and then falls over a precipice so hgn tat the sound of the falling water can not he herd. Hy following a clrcituous. route down a steep incline for a d8 tance ol 100 yards ihe explorers reached the brcok again in another big chamber filled wito level bouldeits of granite apparently dislodged from the roof of tbe cave by earthquakes. The explorers followed the course of the brook aud emerged fiom the cave on tbe opposite side of the mountain, a distance of neany two miles over land from where tbey entered. Tbe cave is one of immense size, and con coi. tains many chambers which the explorers did not dsre enter without proper instruments for measuring distances, and apparatus tor scalirg the precipices wbich are known to exist. JULY 20. 189:. WISE W0HDS. Ram's Horn. Gold lvy has a mcrket. A fool cmie his naree in his month. It Is easy to be, but hr 1 t ap pear to be. Tne goo! reer In' hr :r per secated. If yoj want r get hftppiota. try to jive it. The wren has a sweeter song than the peacock. Self receptioo is one of the most dea lly of all dangers. There is no easy pUce anyhre on earth for a laay man. The man who mikes bis own god has one that is merciless. There is as much love in a wrn in as lje'ri it Li a .-m-ho. i utre aro two wys f telling a oose ; by its gabble and its walk. The men who lias the king's word commands tbe royal army. Every man is a hypocrite r.ho Drays one way and live antticr. The great quetioa Is not bow birig we aro are going to live , I nt bo. Find a man who has no hobby, and you find a roan who not hppy. Nothing will do more to imp'ov the looks than sunshine in the heart. Running down another is oniv in other way of trying to pri t )ur self, A discouraged man is one of the saddet sights angels ever hii o look at. The rigut kind of a man always learn something worth knowing from a mistake. loere are people who will never nave any good said about them ntil it is done on a tombstone. Tuere are gracious, 8?r,n-. uojit-ful and happy old wo-i-en w L.o are ui.-re ncsutiful in thtir wrinkle than tbey svere in their ma'.ilea roses. HOW TO PL AVE THE BED. Sr. Louis Globe Democrat. The first thing I do w".:en I get to a hotel is to see how my t ed stands in regard to the points of the compass," said ureancK wnnnr, wuo is at the Laclede, "It is usual in Oxlng up a room to put the bed here it is most convenient, without, regard to the direction in which the head points, and this is the principal reas on why travellers sleep ;un i I v in one town and lie ahke "rubbling nil night in tbe next. To ohvWi: ! hi- 1 !h'p m l-.rin4 with a forapaR. nr.'i (fun fud s. not arranged witn tne he;td either north or south, I ssvin u arour.d rig't away and make it faie the norvh if possible, accepting the south a compromise. Som people think .t all nonsense to talk about n current of magnetism passing steadily from a po'e to pole but nay telephone op erator or fixer will w vm n a few minutes that this is a 'tuull : h e case. Ifyou sleep witti your hd to the enst or wV, j-ou doo'c beneHt of tin electri" currev, w( iftouhe in tbe )rcpr posit'. passes through the body through 1; Ik niht and has a soothing, rrup :- tive effect. Try tlie experiuiiil, yon will laui;b at, tUose wh' tkc opiates with a view to woning r freshing sleep." Spider Giant of the World. St. Louis Republic. 1 be spider giant of the world Is in Central and Northern South Am-, ica, raugmg to the north as far a- i.ne southern border f Mmxioi. He le the titan of the migsle np-cis, and from his hauit of prevlni upon "he smaller representative- of h !'!-.h red tribti, is us 1 illy referred t s the "bird catchi'(i spider. Trsis formidable insect ha r. holy from 4 1-2 to 6 1-2 inches long; his diam etsr, with lgs extended, beia?. in some ins.moe, as rruoh tift.cn inches. The nesls of these creatures resemble those made by the larger caterpillars those idhabiting trop ical countries consisting cf a beau tiful white dilken tissue, tbe whole strengthened by very strong threads, capable f instantly arresting the flight of any bird not larger than a common English sparrow. In the center of this web-iike tisue, which i composed of numerous layers, like the side of a hornet' r est, are pi teed tbe eggs, wulcb vary in number from 1 to 3000. This species of spider is very powerful, beicg provided witb wicked-looking instruments of attack, which enable it not only to desrroy small, harmless birds, but the ltrger lisards and other reptiles. SEA W0NDLKS. ftoluw half a a. i.e in '-p:h ' wler of tL ncrtc i lnlne ' '; 1 . rercOrjinjj ho'.h winter n1 uuji .' at a pvlot uvlf iiL.tly "-itc ftt t in Tbe ror.leou of trwi t . vi td -' from t" rw,r of t.f r j 1 r wtl! ;. fjaiid lu h.r'.udr tr.ul .' C'te that ! uerl freri' All of the life in the -water called the Pacific i ei hr'; near the furfc or at th liit it The abysm al fishes csntiul liw ! i cept under the rronon pru"'' water mounttd t oer twn tn..j .... 1 im 11. e aiaare inch at irri- u dewn to wnich ley re ubjecl. I' order that tbev mav to hl Jare thl , the tl.m o t iir t.e j act en thel lcr. re Trrv . i in iexiur. 1 Ijimiu mli 1 , 't under .hi mn iit ot,. m,t 'i' are mi cufttoiued, the e pupy when draped up i Ihe n , air. Their eve kimes they actually burrt "inn j 1 Why Plonks Are so tali a Kxcliaoge. 1 Everybody known wlut n ' nie !s but most folks mui'd find !t! hard to iy how it Kt 1 1 . L uhiim,! and yet it im Nitnplf uouti wluhl ou come to leaiM it. iVlien 1 pu-' nlo was being; airut-d hir, tl. i custom originally that ih. u intended to tu prtent houi.l mji ply the eatable and t 1 1 1 . 1 i -A list of Miom n ri!SMt:es Mlllg been drawn up, it sa pa round, uud eacli person pu kid n..t tht aiticle ot food or firing ' r he or she was willing to tu;.iii;, and the name of the aiti'dr v, nicked, r ticked otl tlie liwt I he open air enter;. nuuient uui e came known 'iMi,k and n ri The cilHtotji is rtld to have dared from 1S0J, m that the pl'Ui t: It wholly an institution ol the n ; leenth century. HOV TO STERILIZE MILK. l'lace ihe milk id flik, ir.mr'i. wad of eottin in the ii i k :ut one inch iorit nnd elonr'v j !-' ' . l'l are the llask in a tin ''l filLo with wnter, keeping the n....i,'i .'id ue the .tjrface if th water, i;. i out! ?0 illume-. It will be thi'n vcnl..ed and can be Ice.t in the flask jant as :tis for weeks. I'!m heitiriji :i--ir ivh the roicrorrs. Th srco'i l living j nakes sure of whi:. li e 'ii-t "cai-iiriK i night tins. The plo of rni:ui, rh !ia lonj; been known, empl-'el v ix-, j'udei tlr- microti---. Humorous Fuzile I want to liretk un ! ongTigemcnt with Air. Supple, hit Ii fon't t'OW to do it Wi'h r. driv the poor fell.iw to sulci ie. Liu;-j llrotLitir Wliy don't vo l let him irou in curl papers jut oao? Do you know if Mr. Me'iru'er -as no'i as the peopi -tiy h iiT' "I m very ei-rUm of it." '-H-w do OU jude?" '4V'e eat :L t!.e DiU,. lce. I have a dinner ail a nap-j kin, while he sits on a si .! at the lanth connter." Wife Why, Ctisrlen, wl. mean by burning all '.iu ol I i-.v j letterP Husband I have . ii reading them, rny der. And ii I occurred to me that after I die -om-one who wished to biek uw ' might get hold of the.n to prove M.tt Wtloa f Ot Its .uil I fail tc RMk b-tWrr I Wl Ui. I I,X wi4 t. put bMt .In I wu. I mm trk mmyw m4 frnA f t)w Aup. I nemiml ym V.mM n mi ttmtn b-im mj. Wiil marwrt ail lalnH it f It lmk,l far rwf-j." I PATIENTS TREATED BY MAIL CONPI0EWTIAL. Iwlm. MA llll Iimimwi hmt llrU. , Wm fM mt mwk mm to mn lllf. IITItt mtlll I TltlTtl. Cltllt ILL ! "Il'iw To Cukic A hit in I)isKA-r " ftiuiply apply "Swavne'h Ojnimln 1 ." j No I'iUrnsf rnediciuc tt-pjirel. '.'ur.- j tetter, eczema, itch, all eruption on 1 fce, hands nose. Ac-, leaving the i-i-.i. clear, white and healtiy. Its great fceai in; and curstive powers ore psAed h do other remedy Ask vojr dri7j-t f-.r Swayne'i Ointment. ."'- . 11.- 10 20 lyr. 1 ANDERSON BAG LEY & CO. nottoo Factors aifl General Uommissiou Mercliaiiif ! 5 ana 17 Joanoke Qoch. 10Tf Ol'K Vx! Special attention given to the sale of Maarkat Prices guaranteed, and and OoDsicnoieDU solicited. Refermoe: orctm uicjiDTwirts. v :: i Ss Life Worth Living? Ti.rt i n ! : . 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