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', ( IF YOU ARE HUSTLER 'I " BUSINESS Machinery. E. E. MILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XII. . , ;.:.:.;;- i'oWI-.k. ". ,. ; ,t-, ti-metlt abOUt ', : , -C! i jt ill ,; DEMOCRAT, , , ; in ! ji i-i jif-- nil EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. HSC KITTSON I: .... SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 4. 1896. NO. 2f MISSION OF THE VIOLETS M I D BATHS. I'.V V. M M A I'l.AYIKU M-.AJ;VI:y. r ! ton Mf ' ni'" . The Democrat. i i WKLL, i;v; Hotel, Main . K'-k, N. C. hi- oiTiee when not I o be where. : ! VlillMOX, r?7- i .' Sir n T,V i vs.K ...... -. -rv s-vv v? n .!. S. Bowers t Cos .-tore. , n 'i t 1 o'clock : 2 to !. X! Xlii'K. X. C. ! toniey at Law, :; i ir.i.i), x. c. .. . ;:. ;,'! the Courts of llali ::::ng ci unit ie and in the ; Federal 'ourts. Claims .:n-t-: of t lie State. i-i'NN. ; : y ; r-.i r-L A m N:tk. X. C. .... -. ';-:'i' his service are UJ Hi n i '-'. I; P. Hureon Dentist, KNFin.n, X. C I i ! i- Dru"" Store. :.. tbavis. ri AtT!i"V ('OJlHsOlor Jit L:lW, WW A FAX, X. C. ?SS V ";i '"') I. a nils. trorney-at-Law, , HALIFAX, X. C STILL HERE J0H1ST0IT o-.-h knowledge of the oleic ')Utnt of tools am !!;"! prejiared tlian hing that is expected o! j li-maker and jeweler. i :; line f.f Watches, Clocks. Jewelry AL liC-TIU'AlI- XTS. 1 eve Lrlaso proer!v ... i n fu-f i! cl large. .vii I i and as low as gooi ' ..-... ,; s!,-d a nil r - : r .r my big watch sign at g St' re. T. JOHNSTON. ?; a a H y a s ; v . i : i : a s i: i my facil ! . M )W rnKl'ARKD ' : U !ii lsoriiLF ;rSrA!-. will take contract to '??f?:niMi lots I n.m r0.0(!() C?".::- jiiore anywhere within 1 C."X" niil.-suf Scitland Xeck f ":-h wliat: .rr.-pond-ggr : - - .itched. 5 Sc-' land Nock, X. C i io lift- l'AI'KK. I. 'A Ul'EXT ER. ' Hr.a-kft :md Scroll :!:!-. Viik dune cheap ' ..'airnitecd. il l. AM) v. c. Wanted-An idea Who ran think .f some simple thinir to oatent? Wfl. ; '.,;.''f ti,pY rnay t.ring you wealth. -A. ': ' w--ll-,EHtKS & CO.. Patent Attor ta . Vl",t"''- c- foe their i,suo prise oiler '-r tu Luniirei Uiventlons wanted. 3 1 PI Long ago- ago. when tlie earth wh young. There were wood nymphs j.laving around. When the son;.' of .-.mnrner had nil been fcim.tr. And the leave- fell on the ground. And the touch of the frost had blight ed the flowers. These fairies used to weep. Into a tree, in the ferny bowers, And cuddle down for a sleep. And they never nwoke through the w inter, von see, Till the Spring came over the hills. And the sap welled up in the heart of the tree, And the sunshine freed the rills: And a robin sun;.,' in the topmost hough . And the arbutus stalled in the wood ; They knew it was time to wake up now. And the fairies understood. One year they danced so late in the fall They dreamed when the Spring was nigh ; Turned over, and never woke up at all. When she kissed them and passed them by. And Summer came tiptoeing down the glen. And the fern leaves whispered and shook. And the wild rose scattered he'- blos soms again. At the witching call of the brook. And the daisies, were dead, and the parching grass Hustled its faded shreds, The nestling"" chirped when they saw them pass, As they stole trom their mossy beds ; And no one welcomed them back to earth. Xow frolicsome Spring had fled. And the Oueen of the nymphs had lost her mirth. In the rollicking dance she led. She summoned her court, and a law was made, That some of the fauns must lie T'nder the snows that the winter laid, And the leaves that were drifting by, And watch through all the icy cold, For the Spring and wake the rest ; So the violets hide in the rich brown mold. And pull it over their breast. Hut whenever they hear the voice of the Spring, You are certain to see them peep, And they make the loles of the forest ring. Waking the nymphs who sleep. For the violets are as true as the skies. And the Dryads have no fear ; So thev sleep till they open their sweet blue eyes. And call that the Spring is here. V7hy Latin is Used. Yui'th Com ymn ion . "Why doesn't the doctor write his prescription in English instead of Lat in?' asked a man of a druggist, whose replv the Xew York Hrrahl publishes: In the lirst place, Latin is a more ex act and concise language than Knglish, and being a dead language, does; not change, as all living languages do Then, again, since a very largo part of all drugs in use are botanical, they have in the pharmacopeia the same names that they have in botany the .-cientific names. Two-thirds of such drugs haven't any English names, and so couldn't be written in English. But suppose a doctor did write a prescription in English for an unedu cated patient. The patient reads It. thinks he remembers it, and so tries to get it tilled from memory the second time. Suppose, for instance, it called for iodide of potassium, and he got it confused with cyanide of potassium. He could safely take ten grains of the first, but one grain of the second would kill him. That's an extreme case, but it will serve for an illustration. Don't you see how the Latin is a protection and a safeguard to the patient? Prescriptions in Latin he can't read, and coneitient lv does not try to remember. Xow for a final reason. Latin is u language that is used by scientific men the world over, and no other language is. You can get a Latin prescription en,,.! in nv conntrv on the face of the earth where there is a drug store. We had a prescription here the oth er dav which we had put up originally. and which had since been stamped by t !,,;: TV-vlin m- drllgglStS HI J.OIluon. i .in. , ? - stantinople. Cairo and Calcutta. What rrood would an English prescription t.e in St. I'cfer; ,ur Eid Yon Evsr Trv Electric Hitters a a remedy for v-ur to.ubles? H not, get a bottle . i ,.it.r T'iU medicine has linv. aoo i.i h-'-'i . been f.und to be peculiarly adopted to the relief and cure of all Female ( om- , . ,;..' .i mini lerful direct in- plaints. c voi mi-, cl liner.co in giving strength and tone to the organs. If vour have uo.-s 01 ..j petite. Constipation, Headache l anu-n-Spells, or are Nervous. Heepless, Excitable, Melancholy or troubled with lhv Snells, Electric Hitters is the medicine you need. Health and Strength are guaranteed by i ts use. Eifty cents and JfUKJ at K. 1. White head &. Cos Drug Store. Stay Cut :f Tier Rit-fi in i Oll'.l J )n natifc. f v . . 1 How to wake uj the mind, fortify the heart, and toughen the i-inews and muscles f-.r the battle and business of life is almost the lirst thing that occu pies a man when he finds hirnelf the father of a real boy. Blindness and ig norance and helplessness are terrible to contemplate. Light, knowledge, and power are the prime necessities. How the poor, helpless little one shall be de veloped, strengthened, and equipped and thoroughly furnished f jr a useful and happy life is the great study. Naturally, as the son of man is ex pected to move among men and be one of them, as men are to be his compan ions and antagonists, his friends, and his enemies his helns and his onm i.oti. - L., tors, tils lirst business is to know them. As mankind are to be the element in which he moves, he must make him self well and familiarly acquainted with human nature. How to go about to learu human nature iss the great con sideration. The "mud bath," or immersion m the river Styx, that, according to heathen mythology, bounds Tartarus, has in the heathen and half-heathen past been accepted by many. To re lieve their offspring of the sensitiveness, the shrinking modesty, that somehow is, like the down on fruits and flowers, the almost sure attendant upon deli cate sensibilities and noble natures, they send them out into the world at a very early age. And, in place of ma tured characters, of healthy bodies, and great souls, there result perverted, warped, dwarfed, dried, unhealthy bod ies and hardened, withered hearts. The mud-bath education makes the pupil familiar with human nature in its dregs. And whether in tho expe riences of court life and high society, or the lowest walks, wherever the world the Mesh and the devil have sway, human nature is at its worst. And the knowledge of it that is ac quired under their auspices had better not be known. At best, men and wom en of the world aie safest studied as cu rious specimens, and a plain man or woman may look on their assemblies a? he would visit a menagerie. "Unto their assembly, O mine honor, be not thou united.'' If he will be a little careful he will find them harmless. He will find most of them caged in their own personal vanity and ambition, blind drunk, or huddled together, and shut up with notions of etiquette and conventionality. It Is a rare thing for one of them to get out of its box. The "Travels of Gulliver" are a misan thrope's study of the world with its Lilli putians and Brobdignags, its Laputans and Howynhyms. They landed their author in a lunatic asylum. And the study of human nature from that point ol view, promises utter disgust or lima-1 cv. And yet there are parents who count the mud bath and knowledge of the wickedness of the world that sort of acquaintance with human nature j as a good preparation for life. J When a machine, or engine, or in strument is being made ready for work, its minutest part is cleansed form every possible hindrance in the way of dust, gum. rust, or accretion of every kind ; its pivots and points are fixed and firm, and all its action is assured true and direct. Xo warp, bending, or looseness can be allowed. Any defect may throw the whole thing out of gear. Possibil ity of failure is avoided by excluding irregularity. Guards and double guards are established. "No such word as fail." Tt will not be found in that sort of company. And certainly for the work of life the clearest possible princi ples, as jewels in a watch, are the surest dependence and hope. And the best way to keep out of vice is to keep en tirely clear of the ways that lead into it. To be familiar with it, warm with life and sympathy, is the surest way to be made its captive. Not so bad as rep resented, and alive with blandishments are its commendations. A student of art makes himself fa miliar only with the works ol masters, and with nature in her most beautiful forms. He will avoid the sight of im perfect or bad work. His ideal is his worship, and to it he will be jealously lov-d There is large wisdom in Fal- stafi's observation of Justice Shallow : Tt is wonderful to see the semblable .Jiormfp ot his men's snirits and his : they by observing him, do bear them selves like foolish justices : he by con versing with them is turned into a jus tice like serving man ; their spirits are so married that they flock together like ... ,vnnv wild geese. It is certain 'that either wise bearing orJt;ates norant carriage is caught as F jonn diseases one of another ; tl men take heed of their co- who desires to makey the commission- will be careful tognliy opting the old to that kind ar i 1 i 1 T be ghul to nea a the parents and teachers ca'1 a th i-i nr nnu- hitiL5 I. V I 1(1 .vhich books shall be used. CliiHIiOrKN, X. '., Ay i'o. Will you do me the personal k:t;d- nes.s to publsh tlie following : I am not a politician and tatce HO AS- stock in such matters, but I tm an 'iwi-H aii'i i con.-iauwv waten me i. -., . j i . .. stars, and by them find out the destiny of men and nations. I wil not at - tempt to explain to your readers the science of astrology, for they cannot uiiuer.-ianu ii. imu j am going to ten you what the stars have to say. Ever since the fir.-t of April there has been a strange movement among the stars. They say that Grover Cleveland is a man of greater destiny than Napo leon Bonaparte. He is going to sud denly change his views on the finan cial question. He has been under the spell of a powerful hypnotist for the past lew years, who has been employed by Wall street and the bankers of Eu rope to influence him This powerful spell is going to be bioken by a most mysterioua influence, I cannot under stand. The next Republican National Convention is going to break tip in a big row. The next Democratic Con vention ii going to declare for the un limited coinage of silver at 10 to 1. Grover Cleveland is going to be nomi nated by acclamation and will be elect ed by 100 electorial votes, and his third administration will astonish the whole civilized world. Jule Carr is going to be elected Governor of North Carolina by a majority of 75,000 votes. Tho Populists and Democrats are going to fuse and sweep tfie State from the mountains to the seashore. Cuba Is going to gain her independence in six months and Spain is going to get into a hort but lively war with the United States. On the first day of August, tho United States gun boats will vigorous ly bombard tho city of Havana. Gen. Weyler will be killed in this terrlffic battle. The English, French and German press will be exceedingly hostile to the United States. There will be wars and rumors of wars but the United States will steer clear of war during the clos ing months of summer and fall months there will be unsual phenomena both on land and sea. and the whole world will be in a stato of intense excitement. The churches all over the United States and Great Britain and Ireland will be thronged with worshippers and preach ers everywhere will bo proclaiming the adrent of the millennial dawn. lMea.-e don't put this in tho waste basket for it contains the language of the stars. Don't call ths author a crank or pronounce this eensatlonal. Tell all of your readers to save the copy of the paper containing th s article and tell them to watch. De Castko, Astrologer. Williard Colony in North, Carolina. The May number of the Southern States Magazine said : "The Francis E. Willard Co-Operative Colony has just begun operations, it is i said, at Andrews. N. 0. It is lo cated in Valley river valley, which is in the extreme southwestern corner of North Carolina. The railroad from Asheville to Murphy passes through the 2UKX) acres of land purchased by the Willardites. The first instalment of the colony, headed by President W. C. Damon and Secretary E. P. Smith, arrived in Andrew, last October, and since then the population has steadily increased. The colonists have adopted a novel and interesting set of by-laws to govern their enterprise. They say that they do not wish to boom land, or to build a town ; that they are moved bv a deep conviction that society throughout the United States generally is constructed on a wrong basis, end they propose to begin all over again in their new locality and so gradually bring the entire people around to their way of thinking. It is reported that befere the war more than a million and a half of gold was taken out of the val ley where the Willardites are located, and expert gold miners say that with improved machinery more than that amount can be taken from the mines formerly worked. Condensed Testimony, Gila's. B. Hood. Broker and Manu facturer's Agent. Columbus. Ohio, cer tifies that Dr King's New Discovery has no equal as a Cough remedy. J. I). Brown. Prop. St. James Hotel, Ft. Wayne, Ind., testifies that he wa? cur ed of a Cough of two years standing. caused hv. ba onnpe. oy in. King .1 -w . I T X " 1 New' ry. B. F. Merrill, Bald- Oar" Fay? 1 11511 1)e h nsefl V dek stomaeli can be cured and di ded it and never knew it f e.tinn TnH(le ea,v pv .haKor D-ge-Mve The One True BKi rather have it than ; (-ortifl prepared only hy cruse it always cures. ! j, (M,res nau-ea. loss of at.rietite. Main -22 E HOOd'S Pill.it at hand and has . a.., --eause it in-tantlv lllnntorl An Botl,e?i at E- T' viaiiicuHii tig Protect your Ideas; ther l Write JOHN WEDDEKBtTR, :tore. and list of two bundrtxl lavsv afco Irrz Tears tzi a Half. i'.' i- ! J uri; :l. ! Thr sen i.i- o'rw' wn n j ,'- . th x--n h t o f'.Tf V. L':.i.s, j eight hundrM a:i i :. 1 V - ! T jrni!es in diameter, i e h'. I)' '.red ' and ei-ht earths d 1-e c- i..f rt.iblt ranged side acros the dik. To comt the surface would riuirt manv th-u- an.l-'. To fill the interior we td.ouid need one million three hundred tl. -is- and. On a smaller e.c,tle e inlhi rep re-eiit the sun by a ball two feet in d i- ameter and the earth by a god -iid gram of shot, bet the bo hallow ed out. then place the earth at it- re! distance of two hundred and f-.rt? thousand miles. There would yet re main nearly two hundred ihu'i.md miles of space between the moon's orbit and the inclosing shell of the un. In deed, to journey from one side of the sun to the other, through the centre, would lnke one of our swift expi-en trains nearly two years and a half. So vast a globe mu.-t be heavy . Since its density is only one-quarter that of tho tho earth, it only weighs as much ;is three hundred ami thhty thousand earths, or two octillions of tons! The attraction of gravity on its surface would cause a man whose weight wa one hundred and fifty pounds to weigh two tons. Dangerous Literature. Durhinn Sun. Some one has remarked that "'good books are a blessing ; all others a curse." It is a sweeping declaration, vet inn great measure true, for there is a class of books that are literally a cur-e to the (-(.immunity. Tho kind of nt'1. Men tion that may be designated as dime- noveliitci anno i-itliemrwf .1 ,,..,.,-. imaginable, especially for boys between the ages of fourteen and eighteen. They may be harmless for people who have passed the three-score-and-ten mark. for their imagination is not rasilv in fiammable, but for the minds of youths tfiey are the rankest poison. How they ' vitiate the current of life in the young j has been painfully illustrated in the! case of three boys, none of them over eighteen years of age, upon whom jut now terrible punishment has been vis ited by a Pennsylvania court. They were sons of respectable, even well-to-do parents, living in happy homes, surrounded by good influences- : ofTsprinc of pure mothers and honora ble fathers. Jn an evil hour some cursed yellow colored dime novel of the "Bloody Bill, the Terror of II a. Hu man 's Gulch" order tell into their hands. It was eagerly devoured ; then another and yet another and so on un til their imagination was all inlhimed with the ambition to lead the life of desperadoes. They left their homes one night and placed obstructions upon a railway line with the intention of de railing a train and robbing the passen gers. They succeded in the first part of their program, even to the extent of causing the death o the engineer and fireman, and the serious wounding of several other persons, but they failed to rob anybody. In time they were de tected as the authors of the crime, tried and convicted, and a few days ago the court sentenced one to imprisonment for life and the others to penal servi tude for forty years. "I Don't Want To.' Exchange. "I don't wan't to pile that wood." whined Jim. "I don't want to go to the store," growled Ned. "I don't want to fill the wood-box," grumblen Tom. Ho, bovs ! shame on von : Who does everything for you? Your moth- er? Who gives you your bright eyes.: your quick feet, and strong hands? Be sure He wishes you to use them u hon-' or him and to heln those who love voti Up. boya ! I hope the boy who rea-1 this paper always do what mother wants. And girls should try. f. What the Shakers of Mount Lebanon know more about than anyboky else, is the use of herbs and how to 1-e heal thy. They have 'tudied the power o; food. Thev neariv all live to a r;ie old age. The Shaker Digestive Cordial is r-re- pared by the Sinker plants with a special her an tome power over tne stomach. It helps the stomach dige-t its WA. and digested food is the strength-maker. Strong muscle, strong 1-odv, strong I . . . . hrain. all c.me Irorn itoj-c rlv digetei i f , th ,toinnch Oil iliMiP. g Oil IIOss. 114 k , ' V . ....... - . J . weakness and other symptom- of indi gestion, certainly and jermanently. Sold bv druggist- Trial little cents. A -i ; : ::!.' o l . :i I M, g .i : ! :: u. . i.e i '( ; . : . v C '.:;" be w - . 1 moro dig!,ifal and .i-M-onq : struck ii. o tl.c v'iiii; :'. ; nanco wouM b: :t hte:i. .in 1 1 a.s-e:!t !o. !:!v. ci ',:. d eonciJ: -'.J no . r ir !y iC T KC' d;t 1 1. ! ' r ..b ' n' t c ! 1 1 f H: the w f ! 1 " d i, Agn;n. we have a '. I : . : lie V p -t :i y the the :.v d! ten t 'W n ! h ( !; :c c 1 r- Aire.-i I t! . ; - I think I c :i-t! v fee!;i:g ill,.: n. v m . !. w il 1 t - not a "burp Fn but bo Wits nrs- iii iti leu ic'ou- . and I . t - ' 1..TO , question him m a d::b.-u!t I .;. der s(, m1 ,md could u.ako . f .,' ' 1 1 ! assistance w hich 1 b j i .4- ? ! f rded. i If 1, who am not i-a-.lv d:!'i:N'l, j ftd almost incapable of ln.piiritig fur ther after recei lng one or t wo thor .uh, no doubt, but to my unod'n tal mu d ! not unite intelligible as.rt i :,. fi.-jn i 1 j hl majes'y, the present !i;i-';mbe:i? I how bfclplcs.- imi-! l e the tumd i -.;,..i j standing btdure such a m.ign.i'.i" 1 If you nul. . i man heic m l tbe:o are-noii iino, i, it. an l U!.u ' i : thetlc w ith 1 1 1 a o a i'.oo -u w I o h ,i c i Ir ! . j M'n"' y ou will s,,. ,j, fin 1 that that large number of ' fir.!-" e-timatcl I Carlyle in the general populaii. .n wi ! ie sen-ilile enough to t.a-s mi b I unsiilted to their a-e. Meantime ! "lne ',u ?it ulU' :,t t!"' ' '"'i ' f f"ln your kindly iv.al will win that s.'''uerrd pidmnago which -.on win. ; vu,,m1 l"'-iti..n a: d n.c-e -hp . f ! "u.nner 1 hoi --b . pei ha or.! , . :, i "lou.iily may b .-t o reer. It doe-n't pay to bo t oo f, miy. .1 a i!d l..e,r !of fare man w ho formerly boarded hrtei u-ed alway to caM f r when he .iw chi'-ken on The The fable gnl and nn-t th-oeiipon j,-e-pared for him. and nhene. r chi. wax nerved an old hen wa- pios :.!.!. and thi" particular boarder !il;i. got .f i,U. nnier of thing" had eontiniU'd f ir t! month., wi hiilir IIiO I oa n le r l i e.o; ru the joke, one day hea!Iol the ai?re to him and told her ho vrr-s .'effing :.-L j of old hens, nnd ho d like to have i tate of cliicken. "Very well," was ib roj.lv, ,'you can have it. b'lt 7"U ordTfd old ben regularly, and :m this ho ;o always plea-es it" gues'rt is hen it i- pos sible we've been uivl"g you vtJiat vou ordered." For Parents. Dunn I'.tii'ii. Tfcaoh your children by x.irnple. Be a cojty for them. Excuse them f(,r such of your faults n they inherit Don't bequeath tJ;em a hn-ty t-mj.or and then whip them for it. D .n t gossip before them arid punh tlj-m for gossiping. Don't prevent them from romping and having n.n.d- of thu own. Don't frigJjfen them wltli hot stories. Don't najldct to give promise thern- :e to thern. Don't i them antt.bing vou ! . b even pun:-hr:.f-:it. U'-u't foriret that yci cfj'.ld oi.eo. ar;d d ) to tJiern as yu'i would .ha - hud othrr lo to you. SUCCESS J'er-evei an'-e a! wa v-! bring-;:. V.'io'e , hdi-n ar.d ot tier- ha'.e -l ! world time arid again w.:h w-tcie-f .' i invention-, th wi. -e.: ;.e ; ,..': ,i I con-titutionaleuro -r BH K I" M 'il - M ' were b.irJ!i nn'i! rec ently . RHEUM ACIDE. I- the 1 I t . i.:r.:ii r '. I.e.--:- ti'-e ge:.:u-s-o'!t,ern 1 1 ;:.gred ' J : ' trie ! b ! tl -r:i . 1 t ; -. r w ro, a : " u r-d ? l.o 'in .-t T w -rt 'i . 1 '' ,1 known. A trial will -'.. .:.--. So'd inS'-otland Neck by K. T. he;cl A 'o. Price $ 1 j-er j'X.k 4 '.t I'm QUDSGN'SJNGLISH KITCHEN, 17 Ma:n St.. NopFubK. V . I- the heading Dining Boom in the City for Ladies and ientiona-n. Stri t ly a Temperance Place. All rne.tS --'c. H, r7"Hudson surpassing Co'.lee a i Specialty. 1 c ly 1" i l . b ( i s , M 1 d W N I I r I ' . ! . 1 I C.I. I e: J 1 I 8 Vi Y.P 'i 11 Vm ditz vA A Lr TASTELESS HI B ILL. LA 2 ki I - a dk IS JUST ASCOOD TOR ADU! T ". WARRANTED. PRICC f.O r-ts WE TjY 1 ' ev ) e ' I s tiu i, p. th" ': ! fro'.b'e- i-f . ' Th 'inase- a.e r ITO t
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