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Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12
WORDS OF PRAISE.
The Best Way of Encouraging and Assist
ing Children.


Every one likes to be appreciated.
Kind words cost little, but the good
they may do can not always be esti-
mated. If those who have had expe-
rience and have learned to bear the
trials and disappointments of life may
be benefited by genuine praise, how
much more the children
But says one, They are so much
trouble, 1t is easier to do the work
myself than to spend time teaching my
children" Did you never have to
learn? Could you always do just
right? What if the work is imperfectly
done, and much time is required to
teach your child how to bear the re-
sponsibilities of life? 1t is God-given
work, just as important as any other.
Every child has right to be taught
lessons of .self-reliance and independ-
ence that he may be able to bear the
trials and temptations of life with pa
tience and courage, or as one has said,
Ito make the best of himself" aud the
best of life.
Make the children feel that their la
bors are required and appreciated
Let them bear esponsibilities, light at
first, increasing as they are able to
bear more, but if they fail to reach
your perfect standard do not say,
There is no use, you can not learn, ;"
lest they become discouraged. Rather
let your advice be: Try again my
dear; next time you will succeed bet
ter" You will not be disappointed,
they will do better and may, in time,
excel the teacher. Some children are
so unused to commendation that the
words, You did well," bring tears to
their eyes. Pity such! Their lives
are filed with Encouragement. En-
courage the children. Teach them
that work is noble. Teach them how
to work and make them think they can
succeed. Lift them up by your exam
pie, kind words and sympathy, to
.'hieher life and nobler deeds" You
will be amply repaid by gratitude and
noble. loving service.-Addie Allen, in
Household.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12
used skillfully and applied to its legit-

used skillfully and applied to its legit-
innate purposes. The well-trained
mind is exercising a powerful influence
upon all character and conduct. 1t is
ever searching out what should be
done and why it should be done. 1t
is opening up the laws which under
lie human society and happiness,
and claiming obedience to those laws.
1t is constantly guiding emotions and
feelings into right channels, so that
instead of being wasted in mere ebul-
luton they may conduce to the real
good of society. 1t is also frequently
discovering new aims and better meth
DDS. A recent writer well says: "The
man who recognizes new duties above
those he has been taught to observe
who sees beyond the circle of conven-
tional obligations the dim forms of
new claimants on his heart and SER
vice-is moral inventor. an enlarg-
er of human life. Those who saw the
claims of the slave were such; those
who see the claims of animals are the
same. How many more such are still
to be seen?" If healthy body and a
vigorous mind are thus interdepend-
ent and together powerful on the char
acter, what shall we say of the heart
and the conscience-thosefo forces which
we call moral? Without them, both
mind and body would soon become a
wreck. The capacity may exist, and
the knowledge and judgment to guide
that capacity may be there; but un-
less the desires are aroused, the en-
thusiasm awakened, the emotions
stirred, all will be cold and inopera-
tive. Duties may present themselves
clearly and strongly, but unless the
heart receive them and the conscience
enforce them they will remain undone.
While sympathy without wisdom will
often lead astray, the wisest scheme
of philanthropy without sympathy
would be barren and sterile. There
is constant action and reaction, and
the closer the cooperation between
these three parts of humanity the
higher will each attain, and the more
perfectly will the welfare of the whole
individual and of society be main
ned.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12
TOUCHING THE SPRING.
A Pathetic Scene In the Examination Room
of q Police Station.

Pathetlc Scene In the Examination Room
of a Police Station.
If you were a sergeant at the desk
in the Central Station you, too, would
seem grim and hard-hearted to an out
slider. They see so much crime-they
see so many phases of it-they hear
the same excuses over and over until
they seem to lose all faith in and all
hope for those who sin. Their hearts
grow hardened, the well springs Of
mercy dry mp, and you see no pity in
their glances. And yet it needs but a
sentiment to break through this crust.
The other night woman was
brought in staggering drunk. She
had face that was pinched and
drawn, and it was plain that worry
and hunger made her look years older
than she was. You and would have
looked into her face and said that she
had some excuse for temporarily seek.
ing to forget her identity. The grim
old sergeant saw only an infraction of
the law, and he frowned upon her as
she stood clutching the desk.
Here was living book which re-
corded twenty years of worry, suffer-
ing, heart-aches, poverty, woe and
want, but he refused to turn the pages.
He had no curiosity; he had no pity.
"Name" he sharply demanded.
She gave it.
"What have you got in that parcelp"
"rll never give it up!" she ex-
claimed.
1t was something wrapped in an old
handkerchief, and she clung to it the
tighter. You and 1 would have won
dered if it wasn't bit of money she
had there, but the sergeant thought
of poison or some other danger and
ordered it handed up. 1t took two
men to release her grasp, and when
the parcel was undone, what do you
suppose they found in itP A wee lit
tie stocking, such as child couple
of years old might wear. The big toe
of the wearer had made hole, and
the heel had been worn thin, and the
bright red color had faded away as the
glow fades from the summer sky when
the twilight comes down.
The sergeant held it up-not in
mockery and ridicule-but as if it were
tender thing. The grimness went
out of his face, softness replaced the
frown, and as the woman bent her head
and sobbed, he said:
1T is a relic of her dead child!
Poor, unfortunate mother!"
"You won't take it from me?" she
gasped.
Not for the world! Can you 60
home?"
Ell guess so. feel stronger"
"Then go, and may ali men ard
women be merciful to you"
The spring of mercy had been
touched. As the grim old sergeant
held up that faded stocking he remem-
bered that he had relics at home-rel-
les Of children who had danced on his
knee in the sunshine of the past, but
who now moldered in the dust. Not
for all the money in the world would
he have brought one more burden to
that Door SOul-UetrOit Free Press.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12
ALL AROUND TRAINING.
The Dependence Of Intellect and Charac
ter on Physical Health.

The Dependence Of Intellect and Charac-
ter on Physical Health.
We are beginning to find out, through
the teachings of science, how dependent
are both intellect and character upon
physical health. Educators are ceas-
ing to;expect good results from stimu-
lating the young mind at the expense
of the body. The feeble frame and the
pallid cheek are no longer supposed to
be favorable to fine mental acquire
ments, or to moral and religious de-
velopment. Yet we still have much
to learn in this matter. Day by day
we-are proving how dependent we are
upon sound health and vigor, not only
for our happiness, but for our useful
ness in the world. But the necessary
care, training and self-discipline to OBJ
tain this boon are very far from oc-
cupying the high place in our thoughts
and hearts which they deserve. To
disobey the laws of our physical ma
ture is too often condoned when it
should be severely censured. simply
because men do not appreciate how
largely it enters into and influences for
evil both the mental powers and the
moral character. So with the intel
lect; its efficiency extends far beyond
what we call the mind itself 1t en-
lightens mankind as to the best ways of
living; it teaches him how to take care
of that body which must be kept
healthy, and that character which
must be kept pure. 1t would, indeed,
be far better if in all educational sys-
TENS this enlargement of the province
of the mind were more fully provided
for. 1t may be that our present cur
riculum pays too exclusive attention
to mental discipline and too little to
the results to be attained. 1t is good
to have a tool we'll made, finely tenn
pered and sharpened to keenness; but
it is also good to see that that tool is
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12
Once. said Lawrence Oliphant. ]

Once, said Lawrence Oliphant, I
was in Cornish mine, some hundreds
of feet down in the bowels of the earth.
Crawling down a ladder, and feeling
the temperature was every moment
getting warmer, l said to miner who
was accompanying me: ut is getting
hot down here. How far do you think
it is to the Internal regions?n Il don't
know exactly" he replied, "but if you
let go you will be there in two min
utes. "-L0nd0n It'll Bits.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12
-"Prisoner." said the noli

Prisoner" said the police magis-
trate, ''you are charged with being
found drunk and disorderly on the
street last night at a late hour. Have
you any thing to say?" Nothing, your
honor" replied the prisoner. I'm
guilty. l carved my first turkey yes
terday before dining room full of
guests my poor fellow" exclaimed
the magistrate compassionately, Il
know just how you felt. Officer, re-
lease this man" Chicago Tribune.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12
A Valuable franchise Secured.

The franchise of easy digestion-one of th'
most valuable in the gift of medical scienc,
can be secured by any person wise enough
to use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, eithe
to suppress growing dyspepsia or to uproo
it at maturity. Bilious, rheumatic and fevel
and ague sufferers, persons troubled will
nervousness and the constipated, shoulC
also secure the health franchise by the
same means.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12
-
IN. p..s 4 - - 4 4.

The new President of the Haytian
Republic wants to have a standing
army. His wish explains itself There
is not room in the island for an army
TO sit down. Philadelphia Times
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

USED one bottle of ''Mother's Friend" be-
fore my first confinement. 1t is lC0nde1flA
remedy. Looked and felt so well afterwards
friends remarked it. Would not be without
''Mother's Friend" for any consideration.
Mrs. Jos. B. ANDERSON, Ochoopee, Ga.
Write Bradfield Reg. Co., Atlanta, Ga, for
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

SUDDEN Changes of Weather cause throat
Diseases. There is no more effectual rem
edy for Coughs, Colds, etc, than BRowNs
BRONCHIAL TRoCuEs. sid only in bores.
Price 25 cts
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

THAT tired, languid feeling and dull head
ahce is very dlsagreeable. Take two of Car.
ters Little Liver Pills before retiring, and
you will find relief. They never fail to do good
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

Do NOT purge or weaken the bowels, but
act specially on the liver and bile. A perfect
liver corrector. Carters Little Liver Pills.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

lF afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

For Cough or Sore Throat the best medi-
cine is Hale's Honey Of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

THIS is one of the queer things about
amateurs: the more they practice a song
the worse they sing it-Dallas News.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

THE manufacturer of newspaper philos-
ophy means kind of | terary saw-milL-
Merchant Traveller.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

Bakers Norwegian Cod Liver Oil
Prevents, controls and cures Consump-
ton. To insure success, insist on Baker S
Oil. Jno. c. Baker & Co., Philadelphia.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

An Old WINE bibber says that an empty
champagne bottle is like 1n orphan be-
,auso it has lost Its pop.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

RYE nour--the whisky blossom
Haute Express.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

THE ancient Peruviaus had whistling
jugs The modern Jugs simply gurgle.-
Toledo Blade.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

THE residuum after the efferves ceDce of
love is common sense, which is the ground
work of well-regulated matrimony.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

The best way to preserve apples is
keep them from exposure to the heir
7errs Hdute Express.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

IT is to be supposed that Helen, wife Of
Menelaus, had her collars done up at the
Troy laundry.-BOSton Gazette.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

IN English the average Russian word Is
pronounced failure-Puck
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

AN undesirable vocation n-oquiYocation.
Magazine.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-01-12

Fold by Druggists.
JoHE CARL & SONS. New York
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-08
Five II Pow :.
BY ELLA WHEELER " LcOx.


las Your 'ce bitter sorr0we
Live it down.
Think about bright to morrow,
Live it doWl.
You will find it never pays
Just to sit, wet eyed and gaze
On the grave Of vanished days,
Live it down.
Is disgrace your CALLING burder:
Live it down.
You can win brave hearts gpcrdon
Live t down.
Make your life so free from blame.
That the lustre of your fame
Shall hide all the oldcn shame.
Live 1t down
las your heart a secret troublc?
Live it down.
Useless gri4fs viii make it double.
Live it down.
Do not water it with tears
Do not feed it with your fears
Do not nurse It through the years,
Live it down.
Have you made some awful error?
Live it doN /.
DO not hide your face in terror,
Live it down.
Look the world square IN the eyes,
Go ahead as one who tries
To be honOred ere he dies,
Live it dow /.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-08

We cannot conquer fate AID nee
essity, but We can yield to them in
such way as to be greater than if
we could.
The distance of memory alone can
change the drops Of time through
which we swim into the rainbow Of
enjoyment.
In all worldly things that man
p1rsue3 with the greatest eagorness
imaginable. lie f4ds rot half the
pleasure in the actual possession
that he proposed to himselfiA the
expectation Of them.
Honor is but the reflection Of 8
mans own actions. shining bright in
t1e face Of all above him, and from
,.cace reboan 3.ag upon Linse'-
Tae savere5t + 4lshment OF any
injury IS The consciousness of having
done it; and no one bat the guilty
know the wj.AerIng pains Of repent
alce.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-08

Mr.. EDITOR Il hsve just read
| AMI rc-read Mr.. c. =. Simmons new
idea of protection. | am not q pol~
itician, nor am | accumulating a for
tune hy taking advantage Of the
necessities o. others, bnt | can not
agree with him, And why should
We ask the government to protect Us
Are he farmers and lahorers in this
country so insignificant that they
shall bow their knees tO--what? Not
60 tie government, for we are, or at
leg - shonld be, the government ouI-
selves.
Mr.. Simmons says we see ours
selves in bad plight, and are seek
ing remedies" ami that is one good
sign at least. And if our eyes are
suf1i GENTLY open 10 see our condi>
ton We must open them wide enough
to correct our raulta.
He says "let each State appoint a
committee comnosod ,f tbo most II
teIlioeot fornora xon
Now | would suggest that each
farmer and laborer appoint himself a
committan ,,f o,,a to fina t,,o osooo;,1
canso of his own troubles. Let the
Iarro farmer osz bimepIf tbie orno.
tion ssDoTot:ond+ +, INV h,oinoos
nreoIf 10 ao..a h;.oa
oon 80 = n,;Io Ioof o.,aa
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-08

AT y DINNER PARTY.


Half peat noon.
Tie other day NY hlghtoned
friend, Sam Simpson. inyii d me to
his delicious hone to meet some OF
h.s intelligent friends and TO take
dinner. He said 1t was to be an IN.
teIlectual gathc ing That is why
he asked ne. I creased my hair
with iodyne. whom l mistook fC-
halr oil, and ate a green persimmon,
so as to draw my mouth ITO beau
tifully fashionable pucker, and went
in all ny pristine glory. My wife
wasn't asked. 81 = says was q fcol
foc going. | don't see any sense in
ii fellow losing GOOD dinner just
because his wife Is net asked. What
is that to him? Well | was present
ed 10 them all. And | took well for
| could see spreading smiles eyery>
where. When | esked a blushing
maiden Of forty-if ste was a day
how mu III her dress cost per yard
and who made it, as | admired the
lace in my fnGers, a snlckering
gjgglc ran around the room. | knew
at once my coming was success.
" hen ] told the sweet maiden of
forty, that she looked like the last
rose of Summer. | was shocked to
see the shade that passed over her
face. | asked her if she had pain.
But dinner me came on before |
could say the many bright thin-s |
had made up at home, and we went
in. | sat by the lovely maid of
forty. There wasn't thing on the
table but 8 big stand Of lowtr5 and
some soup. "Humph" thought |, "a
small dinner TO ask cro@d To-" |
was hungry. | hadn't eaten a NOR
sci that day, been saying myself Tor
that dinner. The rest ote just a
little soap and stopped. you all
were not hungry - | said as l called
for my fifth plate of soup but l
am" | kept on oating. Sam wife's
face was red as a bPet, and Sam
looked uneasy. When | called for
nv seventh Plata Mrs Simroon ol
most cr.ed IS she said she was NOR
tilted bcEo7d measure to be compcll-
atl to say the G vas no more soup.
Is But you are not in the soup, The
soup is il vou N Roht." yelled
Sans hoy as he dc1gcl from the
window Every bo1y la"ghe | at me too.
Then the servants came in with the
finest dishes Of meas | ever saw 4,
but l wGS too full, now | had stopped
eating 10 take any. Then they
brought pastries. None for me. Then
they brought salads and so or.
How | cursed that soup! Then cane
fruits, still l was full The ladies
left. Then came the vino and
champagne, Bat Il! Re | sat too full
/ Of soup to eat q gr0iu or swallow 4
/ 1ruchm. | n2yer want TO see another
drop Of soup. Well ] came tome
and went to O2d and fell asleep and
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-08
Good Boys

Tic best boys and girls We have
ever known on the farm were those
whose parents gave them an interest
in something to raise or cultivate as
their own. To boy especially the
feeling of ownership is happy
proud hopeful one. He feels that
he has something to work for. look
forward to. The pig will in due
time become q fat marketable hos
t.- tile lamb a WOO .scariu.
sc ,, the colt a / is"me Sc, IT,
chickens grow to profitable henz
and the calf into a fine milch COW
Parents, give your children chance
in this direction, and your farm:
will be better cultivated and youl
homes made happier by it.--Ex.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-08
Ssisy ssad CrOp>"3


Mr.. EDIToR Il have heard so
many people complaining about hard
times and so many baG crops in the
country and what is the cause of it.
| can tell them what is the cause Of
So many bad crops and why times
are SO hard.
After [. came out of the
war l did not have a dollar in the
world and n o one to give me one. 1
got mar led and went to work with
gloves Off, | could hire as many
hands then as | wanted. All the
hands then we're not farmers. l
made good crops and made money,
bought me a plantation of 5I9 acres
of land 0nd paid for it. l made my
own shoes aal for my family. My
wife spun an1 vove mine and her
clothes and cooked and nuGsed the
babies, | had 4 woman - help her
after several years. l accumulated
some property, say 3 or 10 thousand
dollars worth. Then it was quit
making shoes, az Vie Qnjt spinning
and weaving clothes. We could live
without that.
Pretty soon l saw the farm
going down. l thought to in>
crease the farm by hiring hands
and building up again. SO tried
to hire and behold found them
all farming. 50 they said; and
farming it was. They all had them
an OK or q bull or an old mule, land
owners all renting them land, and
the moichacts furnishing them to
ruin land, and the farmers that are
farmers could not b3rc one Of them.
So they could not farm without labor
SO new, Mr.. EhtOc, any man
with common sense can sec why this
country is in such bad fix There is
nothing made to support country
and never will be with that kind Of
farmers. So the land owners ont
the merchants are to blame--if the
land owners will cease to rent them
land and the merchants will not run
them then they can not pretend to
farm as they do now, and farmers
can then hire them to labor on their
farms and make good crops again as
thew used to 60. The merchants have
GOT 10 sharp now. Taey won't take
& mortgage on that sort of farm ur-
less the land lord will release his
rent, The negro will 60 to him and
tell him such fine tales that the land
lord will do so and the result lis the
darkeY don't make enough to pay
out. So the land lord looses his rent
ard makes nothing himself ;and this
accounts for all these hard times.
| LgG CbG LdA''oh 'ICi . N~>'0N ~ ~H0 ~
such farmers and the merchant stop
furnishing such and my wcrd for 1t
YOU will see better times in this
country. in q very few years you will
then see better crops and p!en'y
money; but as long as this State OF
farming goes on you will never see
any better times here.
A FAGNIER.
Teathsyille. n. c.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-08
Cal LESS USE OF KEROSENE OIL.

Washington, n. c.. JuIy %, SO
About six miles from here n most
horrible accident occurred Sunday,
July 2Sth. While Mr.. Nelson Shcp,
herd a7d wife and other members of
the family hal gone to church, the
dreadful news came to them that two
of their daughters who had been left
at home to prepare dinner We're al~
most burned to death. The sad ac~
r!dcnt occurred when they attcmp :
ed to pour some kersOne oil out T..
the can On some wood, and the
can exploded. One Of the girls was
about sixteen years old and the other
about ten.
DR.. ". A. Blount was sent for as
soon as possible but he could render
very little assistance. Al of their
clothes bad been burned off. The
fire had done It's terrible work and it
could not be rcmedied. They both
died that night with a few hours o!
painful suffering, Oar sympathy
goes vita parents ard the bereaved
family. L.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-08

Guarantee Acker's FLOOD Elixir for it has
been fully demonstrated to the people OF
this country that II IS superior to all 9th
preparations for blood diseases, IL Is
positive cure for syphihtic poisoning,
Ulcers, EruptionS and Hlm3ieS. IL Put i
9s the whole syS EN- and th2F"n my
.liids Up the ~ons-ltut!C. Solu l.
=. Whitchea' Co.