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ADVERTISING IS TO BUSINESS -WHAT STEAM ISTO- Macliinery, IF YOU ARE HUSTLER Tor w;t t ADVr.KTUC term Business. J 5! pi 3 -1 n v 4 4 ."I ; -I . A ' V- i 1 i A i f ( j ? 1 -o That Great Propelling Tower. "writo np a nioo advertU-mcnt about v ;,r business and in.-c-rt it in THE DEMOCRAT, an,l you'll ".-ee a change in business all a i dllld. PEQFESSIONAL. D II. W. O. MrDOWELL, Office North corner New Hotel, Main Street, Scotland Neck, X. C. Always at his office when not Professionally engaged elsewhere. 1 9 2o ly D K. FRANK WHITEHEAD, Ofiice North corner New Hotel, Main Street, Scotland Neck, X. C. gjCT Mwny found at his office when rot professionally engaged elsewhere. 7 0 lv D R. A. C. LIVERMON, Office Over J. D. Ray's store. Office hours from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to ; o'clock, p. m. 2 12 ly SCOTLAND NECK. X. C. pAVII) BELL, Attorney at Law, ENFIELD, X. C. Practices in all the Courts of Hali fax and adjoining counties and in the Supreme and Federal Courts. Claims collected in all parts of the State. 3 8 ly w, A. DUNN, ,1 T T 0 R N E Y-A T-L A TP. Scotland Neck, X. C. Practices wherever his services are required. 2 13 ly Joseph Christian. P. St. Geo. Barraud. Late judge Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. ) c IfRISTIAX & BARRAUD, A TTORNE YS-A T-L A W, Will practice in all the Courts, State and Federal, in the city of Richmond. OjHre Room 10, Chamber of Commerce Building, 4 : lv RICHMOND, VA. I. J. Mercer fc Son., G-2( East Main Street,, RICHMOND VA. LUMBER COMMISSION MERCHANTS. -o- Gives personal and prompt attention o all consignments of Lumber, Shin f'J les. Laths, etc. 4 17 90 ly Established 1801. I C. MADDREY CO., COTTON FACTORS AND PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, ITo. 9 Commerce St., NORFOLK, - - VA. Quick Sales and Prompt Returns. Correspondence and Consignments Solicited. Reference : Burruss, Son & Co., Bank ers ; and others on application. 11 1 3m NEW Jewelry Store After six years experience, I feel thor oughly competent to do all work that is expected of a WATCHMAKER and JEWELER. WATCHMAKER xy,d JEWELER. Repairing & Timing Fine Watches A SPECIALTY 1 also carry a full line of WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND FANCY GOODS. h- Spectacles and X. Eye Glasses Properly ZX t Fitted to the Eye. l hki String Mm THE BEST OX EARTH. -o- SEWING MACHINES CLE AXED AND REPAIRED. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Jr. H. JOHNSTON, Avw Hotel, next door to entrance. 10 6 Cm. E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XI. The Old Fi ' And the best friend, that never fails you, i3 Siintacns Liver Begu lator, (the Red Z) that's what you hear at the mention of thi3 excellent Liver medicine, and people should not be persuaded that anything else will do. It is the King of Liver Medi cines ; is better than pills, and takes the place of Quinine and Calomel. It acts directly on the Liver, Kidneys and Bowels and gives new life to the whole sys tem. This is the medicine you want. Sold by all Druggists in Liquid, or in Powder to be taken dry or made into a tea. -EVERY PACKAGE-SI lias the Z Stamp In red on -wrapper. J. H. ZEIL.1N & CO., Philadelphia. Pa. A WATCH IN THE NIGHT. From Youth's Companion. In the long dim night, if you cannot sleep, Don't fall to counting the dreamland sheep. They follow their leader fast and fain Over the hedge in a dizzy train, But they have no power to drive away The haunting ghosts of the weary day. Cease, if you can, from adding lines, Of curtseying figures, sevens, nines, Sixes, elevens, till by and by, Like a cloud of notes in a summer sky, You could brush them away, but back they'd creep, And never, never would bring you sleep. And, whoever may bid you, do not say The verses you learned in your child hood's day, Over and over, until full fain, You wish you Avere merely a child again, With a head that at touch of the pillow knew The tender dropping of slumber's dew. But, dear, just think of the forest pool Where the ferns stand close on the edges cool, Where the whispering willows, bend and lave, And the lisp is heard of the rippling wave. Hark to the wind in the pine-tree tops, To the syllabled murmur in grove and copse, Shutting your eyes, drift out to sea, Where the stars look down and the sails float free, And the waters will croon you a drowsy tune. And the lulling of slumber will reach you soon. Or, think, if you will, of the sweet green grass, Acres and acres where no ieed pass, Of daisies and clover, that over and over The zephyrs kiss, with the heart of a lover, Of dunes that are billowy 'neath the sun, Where the skylark stoops when his song is done. Or ever you know it, unaware, The angel of sleep will find you there, Will sift his poppies above your head, And rock you as if in a cradle bed ; And, hushing and hiding, will bury you dep In the wonderful, beautiful cave of sleep,. And you'll never wake till the new day's dawn, When the watch of the dark, dull night is gone. Margaret E. Sangster. Investor "I've hit a money mak ing thing at last. The preachers will go crazy over it, and it will sell like hot cases. It's a church contribution box :" Friend "What good is that?" Inventor "It's a triumph. The coins fall through slots of different sizes, and all dollars, halves, quarters, and dimes, land on velvet ; but the nickles, and pennies, drop on to a Chi nese gong." Ex. Pretty Calendar. Hood's Sarsaparilla Calendar for 1895 is out and may be obtained at the drug stores. It is one of the most beautiful that the firm has ever issued and the edition was the largest ever printed by any one concern, being over ten millions of copies. There are two faces on the calendar, both of children, representing "Summer" and "Winter." The design was by one of the most gifted artists In the country, and the coloring is most exquisite. The calendar is not only beautiful, but it is also useful, as it presents all the desired information concerning astronomical events during the year. If your druggist does not have Hood's Sarsaparilla Calendar it mar be obtained by sending six cents in stamps to C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, SHORTHAND IN OLD TIMES. The Greeks, the Eomans, And the English of Queen Bess' Time Had it. The art of "branchygraphie," or shorthand, as we call it now. is by no means a modern invention, says the Xew York Post. Even the Greeks and Romans had their system of abbreviat ing language, using it to take down public speeches. By the time of the renaissance the art had grown to con siderable proportions. England has always cast a more favorable eye on the system than any other country, and in the dajs of Queen Bess stenographers were plentiful. They were not, however, contented with reporting merely speeches and and sermons, but copied down the dra- mas of the time ani always got credit j for their thelt, owing to the miserable copyright laws. It is not surprising then that John "Webster should make Sanitella in the court-room scene of the "Devil's Law Case," exclaim : "Do you hear, offcers, You must take special care that you let in Xo brachygraphie men." Surely the circumstances must have been exasperating to those sturdy old dramatists if such lines as the following of Thomas Heywood m the prologue of "Queen Elizabeth" are true, He says the play "Did throng the seats, the boxes and the stage, So mivh that some by stenography drew A plot, put it in print, scarce one word true." The mangled condition of many of our finest Elizabethan dramas can largely be attributed to these "brachy graphie" men. Of the systems of this time we have knowledge of but two, those of Timothy Bright and Feter Bales, but considerable is known cf the life of these men. Anonymous Writing. Dr. Pritchard in Charlotte Observer. "Stat nominis umbra." This was the shadowy title of "Junius," the great Unknown, who after a hundred years of careful research is still undiscovered. I once thought that Macaulayhad con clusively shown, in his paper on Hast ings, that Sir Philip Francis was "Jun ius," but further and fuller examination has proven that he was mistaken. Beyond all question, "Junius" was a great writer ; his letters have quitly taken their place among the classics of the English language, but so far as 1 am individually concerned I can have no respect for his memory. He was, in my judgment, a cowardly assassin, who stabbed character in the dark, and de serves the execration, rather than the praise of men. He vilified his king to such an extent that Edmund Burke said, in open Parliament, that it made his blood run cold ; he traduced private character, paraded before the public family secrets and misfortunes, with which neither he nor the public had any business ; he maligned some of the best men of his day, and slandered their virtues, as, for instance, his merciless abuse of Lord Ilansfield for certain in terpretation of law as posterity has recorded his chiefest glory. I have no question but that the influence of "Junius" has been most pernicious on English society. And all this leads me to say that I question the propriety of anonymous writing, and even its moral ity, where personal character is involv ed. I have never in my life, and I have been writing for newspapers for forty years, written an article to which I did not sign my own name, and even when associate editor, I have always put my initials to everything I wrote, and this I think the honorable thing to do. It is so easy for writers to leave the real issues of any matter and descend to personalities the "argumentum ad homlnem" is not only easier but sweet er than any other sort of argument, and when a man hides himself under a "nom de plume" he is apt to say things that he would not dare to say over his own name. There may be cases in which it is allowable to conceal the writer's personal character, but they are very rare, and I give it as my deliberate opinion, after a good deal of reflection on the subject, that it is a species of immorality for one to reflect personally on his neighbor from ambush. EXCELSIOR" IS OU MOTTO. Curious Newspaper Lonilon Pre AWr. Curious newppaiers by tfem?elves form a readable chapter in t! history of journalism. Here are a fevpld sam ples. The largest paper ever jiiblished was (or is, for the promoters Save the preposterous intention of bulging it out once everv centurv) the Vastrated Quadruple Constellation. j The first number came ou in 18T8, consequently Xo. ,2 is due PJ.jS. It measured eight feet Ions by six feet wide ; price, two shillings. The first number did not contain a single adver tisement. Ihe smallest newspaper in tb world is El Telegrama, published in Mexico, exactly four inches square. In Japan, the Shi Gio Shu Den Kwai Zassht is printed with its sheets or leaves of different colors. The title is printed on white paper ; the inside leaves are printed on various bright colored green, orange and yellow. It is not printed on both sides, but each sheet is folded at the fore-edge, not at the back, as in this country, and the printing is done on the first and fourth pages. It is about the tizo of a crown octavo pamphlet. The Austrian Fortnightly Review is a unique literary publication, in that it has contributors in almost every land, and each article is printed in the native language of the writer. The City of Roman Express was a little paper printed and published on board an Atlantic liner. Every voyage it made its appearance, price G2c. a copy, and had a circulation of 400. Hora Jocunda is a useful monthly periodical for the blind, printed in Edinburgh, from the "Braille" type and all engaged in its production are blind. The credit of having the smallest circulation in the world belongs to the Imperial Gazette, Berlin, of which two copies are printed daily. This exclusive publication is intended for the perusal of the Emperor alone. In Turin is a paper printed with an ink that becomes luminous in the dark, so that the matter may be read without the assistance of artificial light. At Prince Albert, a township in the Xorthwest Canada, a weekly newspaper appears in the handwriting of its pro prietor, who is also his own editor, reporter, printer and advertising agent. The paper appears in violet ink from a gelatine hectograph, and is said to be widel read, and is often quoted by the printed papers. In France, M. Pol Martinet, the editor of the daily farthing newspaper published in Paris, has overcome the difficulty presented by the absence of the farthing from the French coinage. It is printed on alternate mornings on paper of two different colors. The pur chaser, therefore, pays a half-penny for one day's color, and receives on the next the other color in exchange. Likes North Carolina. Josephus Daniels in News & Observer. The most Enthusiastic lover of North Carolina I have met in a long time is a lady who has spent some time in Polk county and made some investments there. She was passing through "Wash ington, heard that I was a North Caro linian proud of the State, and said she came to see me because she wanted to talk to some one who shared her en thusiasm. "There is no place in the world like it," she said, "and no climate so positively delicious, and no people so frank, clever and hospitable. I be lieve it is destined to hold a vast popu lation attracted there in the nursuit of health and fortune." She is right. Free Pills. Send your address to H. E. Bucklen & Co.. Chicago, and get a free sample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are easy in action and are particularly effective in the cure of Constipation and Sick Headache. For For Malaria and Liver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They are guaranteed to be perfectly free from every deleterions substance and to be purely vegetable. They do not weak en by their action, but by giving tone to stomach and bowels greatly invigo rate the system. Regular size 25c. per bJX. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co., Truggist. JANUARY 10, 1895. A CUEIOUS CLOCK. It Was Made by a German Artir. Who Worked at I: Six Tears. X. Y. Sunday Adtrrtin'r. A curious clock h. een made by a clock-maker at Warsaw, named tiokl- facon. who ha- worked at it ix ear. The clock represent a railway fiatiori. with wailing rooms ior the traveler, telegraph and ticket oi!:.-es a vrry pretty, well lighted platform and a flower garden, in the center of which is a sprinkling fountain of clear water. Past the railway station run the lines. There are also signal boxe-a, signals, lights and reservoirs in fact, every thing that belongs to a railway station, to the smallest detail. In the cupola of the central tower i a clock which shows the time of the place ; two clocks in the side cupolas show the time at New York and Pekln, and on the two outermost towers are a calendar and a barometer. Every quar ter of aa hour the station begins to show sins of life. First of all, the telegrajh official logins to work. He despatches a telegram stating that the line is ilear. The doors oien, and on the pkiform appear the station master and hij assistant ; the clerk is seen at the window7 of the ticket ofiice, and the ? pointsmen come out of their boxes and c0se the barriers. i A l)ng line of people forms at the ticket; office to buy tickets ; porters carry luggage : the bell is rung, and then ,out of the tunnel comes a train, rushing into the station, and, after the engine has given a shrill whistle, stops. A workman goes from carriage to carriage and tests the axles with a hammer. Another pumps water into the boiler of the engine. After the third signal with the bell the engine whistles and the train disappears in the opposite tunnel ; the station master and his assistant leave the platform, and the doors of the waiting room close behind them ; the pointsmen return into their boxes, and perfect stillness prevails till, in a quarter of an hour, the whole is repeated. 1000 Head of Cattle. Charlotte Penny Post. The Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Company has commenced receiving 1,000 head of cattle to be fattened with cotton meal and hulls on the Burns farm, recently purchased. This farm adjoins the large tract upon which is located their immense plant. From an interview published in the Constitution, we learn that the Messrs. Oliver expect to fatten 3,000 head at Charlotte and Atlanta. Owing to the lack of slaugh tering facilities South, the fattened stock will be shipped North on the hoof. It is interesting to take a few facts and figures in connection with this departure upon which results may be forecast. The average cost at Sitnon, Tex., is $20.50 a head, freight about $4.50, making $25 a head delivered here. Now beeves have until recently, sold in Charlotte at 2c. per pound on foot, a 1,250 pound animal bringing $25. It cost about 10c. per day, say, for seventy-five days to get the cattle in good, fat condition, making the total investment $.i2.50 per head, which represents a 1,6251b. cow in Charlotte. Again the animal costing 10c. per day must increase 5 lbs. per day, in weight, or 372 lbs. during the seventy-five days. All stockmen recognize the great value of cotton meal and hulls as cattle food, but heretofore no one has had the temerity to suggest that the cotton States might become a large source of food eupply to the country. It looks that way now, we rejoice to say, and we believe that no more naturally favored region can be found. All Free. Those who have used Dr. King's New Discovery know its value, and those who have not, have now the opportu nity to try it Free. Call on the adver tised Druggist and get a Trial Bottle, Free. Send your name and address to H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a sample box of Dr. King's New Life, Pills Free, as well as a copy of Guide to Health and Household Instructor, Free. All of which is guaranteed to do you good and cost you nothing at E. T. Whitehead & Co.'s Drugstore. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE S oo. NO. 5.! TTIS HACK TS VTOS or ft U (ftxoi 1 4 ! U pur a4 ti liter rtiTk Fcr U li-r la pmr.it -r i tU the jcfrma of dim- to tnur lb nrvti'-AUca of tb 14xL you U.k Dr. IVwi IrvASm AltvliraU injt- from imp'iro t-kl or Inactive tsr, or Lb inoaay pai l i rfutdl. pkJ"0 Stlh0 iit.rraXcirl1 Th proprietor of tlii modicUM 17 $-aO lor an y lncurmbl caa. BUCKLEN'S A UNIT A SALVE. The Dfst S.uvk in the world fori Outs, Brui-e. Ulcers. Salt Phourn. F- j ver rvres, letter, hapjxM liana-, Chilblains, Corns and ail Skin Erup tions, and jwisitively eurvs Pile", or no pay required. It is guaranty! to give jK'rfect satisfaction r money refunded. Price 25 cents jer box. Foil SALE IIY E. T. WHITE HEAD fc CO. J, H. LAWRENCE, Dealer in GRAIN, MILL FELD, HAY, CLO VER ANI) CRASS SEEDS. Improved Farm Im plements A SPECIALTY. Agent for Clark's Cutaway Harrow and the Deering Mower A Model ot Pertection. SCOTLAND NECK. N. C. J. D. HILL, THE BUTCHER. At Old Stand Near Prick Mill. ALL KINDS OF FRESH MEATS AND FISH. Prices low. The Only RETAIL ICE DEALER IN TOWN. ORDERS SOLICITED. Prompt Attention to all Hnxiii'H. r :n tr. jSSSSSSUSSS ; FOB THE HEALIMi OF THE MTI0S Rntanin Rlnnd Balm I j wv m a w v w rr THK (.BEAT SOUTHER KISE ' M Skin and Blood Diseases Jt purifies, builds up and enriches -iTIk the blood, and never tails JX)to cure the most inveterate, ! I BLOOD AiND bKiiN Ulb V EASES, if directions are fol- 3 Hl lowed. I housanJs of grate- " tui pcopie buunu ils pjaiscs and attest its virtues. C-WRITE for Book of Won derful Cures, sent free on ao- l r i. i : 15 plication. If not kept by your local druggist, send Si.oo for large bottle, or j?5-o2 for six bottles, and meaicine win De unt. freight Daid. bv am. UtZXSSXMXtZ 4 V.) ly (h) o C3 O X o z 0) LAXATIVE O 03 5 QUININE Moves the Bowels gently, i elieves the couh. cures the feverish condition and headache and prevents pnea- O CO monia. Cures in one day. Put up in tablets convenient for taking. PRICE, 25 Cts. O O o z ft) D a D O FOR SALE Br ALL DRUGGISTS. CO tnlAr !, wbaa von ar Uul4i with jcrt- CJC T J H Y pl an.1 li. or 'if roti Ut diurr. ml jvJ rOl' ' ' U jiJ J jT" bWl'W-s fjviU -U W-t to hrl tk rir i. ; -If- I ' A " l J Buttl up vvjur rtrmsth. t-urtfr tb t.kL li ! "J ; . . J ;J 5 I and t ail Uhj om&i... f th Ldr lato u-J rl V M JV r LJ. j f 4 tirity. by tAkm; tlx " Pkr.Trry. It if KlV f- .. t .m . 4 antrcl to K-n-rh or rurt all di rulun CI t . '- ; U O COUGHS O o W ? i E5C? m o VO OLDS rM Yorn At'Vr mint :n Vr. THAT ( LA- or PKAM P. :ih: vor W'Uh jour AilnrUMMurnt To Kt M H .!.', h rr .! Till I'lv - tit. v 3 v H tii Ir;- R QRH. 0. HYATTS SAN ATOBIl'H, 1 ' KINlON, N 11 ' ry . 1 1 Norfolk Commission Co., . N. , SA ri.S. Mr.fr ..of.v: .v. c. Fruits. Ve-euUe. Jtnd other Pp-Iut. ;.; .( .v.jm.i !. A". . .. r.t. Prll;!Ms The Ht;k f 0n irerre. Norfolk, Vi : T. W. Ivwry, "a-hser, Farmers' and Merchant-' P.Tik , New Heme. N. O. ; E P P -nh n Pre-. I!. ink of Wavne, OoM-l-no. N. O. 1 12 lv 1 iffi on human n.i-t n..r" nun all animals curi-d in tiiimitt i.y U'l ford's Sanitary Lotion. Ihi- neer fail-. Sold l.y'l'. T. Whitehead X . Druggist, Scotland N-k N. O. 11 1 .cj lv. Eng!i"h Spavin Liniment ienioe all Hard. Soft or ("allou-l Lump- and ii.t 1iMiil4 from hor- . 1 5 1 "1 - ! Spain Surbs, Splint-. Sweeney. Line- worm lilies. prain-. an- Swol.i-n Through, Cuiidi-. Ete. S.ue by UM l one lttle. Waitatte.1 the nio-t wondifnl Pleiui-m Ctnv eer known. Sold l E. T. Whitehead .V Co., I rugi:ists, Seoihiiid .Neek, .N ". 10 1 ly. A 1.1. TAN .KT Wl I I HI I-I.Y. When druci-ts d i n- t kis-p P.1-..-1 1 ,,j ; ntl they are feu end for a lare little, -.1 f'H for -i i-t- tles, and it will Is- n-nt to fieik'ht prepaid, by the Plood Palm 'o . Atlan ta, O.i. Pxxik of wonderful and in. melon-etucs of bl.ssl and skin dl-e.ie H-nt fris. Send for it, and read adver tisement in another column. Hog Cholera. The fauiou Major Ho '!,.. 'era Cure, which cure-, and preent-cho!ert in hogs and poultry i- on -.!e at N H. .lowey'rt and at E. T. Whii he id - Ding -toie. The medicine i- lti, !ii o otu metide.1 hy many we-icrn fanner- a- .1 -lire cure. Try a package. At N Jt .Jom'v's and Iru: Store. FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS AnOihami Wi iiJ'i:ni L'i MU'V Mrs. Win-low V Soot bin- Svmp h i -in u-el for oer fifty ears l. mil lions of mother- for their nildtfn while U-'thinu', w ilh jsi fe. t -u-.-.. It f-oothes the child, n.flen- the p;n, dt for aiallayH all pain eure- wina eoiir. anu in i-ninr. 3 : the' l-t lemislv for Diiirrho i. In . , i ; plea-ant to the tarte. i I'm.' ! L'ists in eery part of the Wo: 1. i Twent V flC c-nt- a boMle. It- wJ'ie i- ineah-ulablf. Re-nre and a-k f f Mr. Winslow 's Sootliing rup, a!i ake I no other kind. Your Face Will b vreathed ith a moit "Ct'nt trr.llo, tftor ycu lnt In a MeSeiBgMacIie ' t;'J:?PfO WiTM IT! ItlW PINCH TENSION, TENSION INDICATOR AUTOMATIC TENSION RELEASER, The raoit corr.t.!tt- aril uc.r..l devices ever addfd t - ny ttin matLiue. riie aviiiti: u Durably &r,i Handsomely Built, Of Fine Finish r.r .1 Perfect Adjustment. Sews ALL Sev.atls Articles, j And will ?rvi aid please you up Xo the fall limit of your txpcc'.v.ions. Active ItAi.r.KS V.'-.nte: in uwxeu pied territory. IJicri! : -.s. Address, WHITE SEWING MACHINE CO., CLEVELAND. O. rx, iurf iJ eru r liauis MrlPJ Mass.
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