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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-02
COLLEGES AND THE PEOPLE,
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There is always 3 marked ctasm
between iLtelIig ance and ignorance
as there is between virtue and vice,
but /. is miserable Intelligence that
does not condescena TO reach igno>
rance. Indeed there is a great deal
Of miserable intelligence in this life
or else there would not be so much
miserable ignorance.
In reading of the proceedings of
the Teachers Assembly at Morehesd
City, the reader is impressed With
the address of President Taylor, of
Wake Forest College. His plea
was to bring the colleges OF the State
more in contact aod sy sympathy with
the people anu that people ought 20
insist more upon fostering the uni
versity and the colleges. From the
unanimity that followed, this idea
must have swept through the entire
assembly. Pres. Taylor said that
the University of Berlin had mould
ed the course of Gcrmany's life and
that Massachusetts bad exercised
more influence than any other com
munity, on the character of the
American people, because to every
ESQ inhabitants were to be found 6
college educated man. He deplored
the fact that the university and col
leges of the state We're high up ii
the air, like dome, unsupported by
the people. Ho said the college;
had problem to solve, and that wa
to throw out a lever to raise th'
masses. who are as good IS any
body else and that the colleges mus
, shape their system of education t.
suit The people and not try to shap
the people for system that coulC
not exist.
Now he is driving ut the very roo
OF the failure Of college edncatl0
to control the political conduct 0
r societ,. America stands out i
s prominence as country of dema
, gogues and bad politics. It's cite
E are most wretchedly governed. 1t
I Jury boxes are filed with incapabl
? men, and Its ballot boxes are ofte
: stuffed and it is all due to the fac
8 that the best intelligence stand
aloof from ignorance. The college
t are responsible for this state Of a
8 fairs. Until recently in this State
i the colleges have thrown no innaenc
e for public education, but Presiden
g Taylor says that he would gladl
get down On his knees and beg tn
State legislature to improve tn
common school. What a patr;oti
spectacle that would be, and th
State will never make much real ad
vaucement until all such men as ID
Z Taylor DO get down in the dust an
elevate The people. The Cr0njcle
glad that the President of the mos
prosperous denominations colleg
in North Carollha does not ride
high horse through the air, but ha
y big heart and has warm gras
for the common DeOnle
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-02
REVIEWS.

JHE OLD HOMESTEAD for July has
reached US. The number is an inter
esting one and is quite entertaining.
1t IS u monthly literary journal pub.
Ashed at Savannah, Ga. Subscription
$lCO year.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-02

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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-02
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.


Tia, Mr.. Harrison hss eyer hsi
the .l.sAtest intention Of agrcgrs
to any system u reciprocity that the I.
Canadian Government would accept /.
is not believed hv those in positions /
to know bis real opinions on this I
subject; therefore 1t Is not surprising /
to hear tia. the Informal consultation !
which was sometime ago set for next I
October may not take place 81 ail. |
Il is alleged that the adnInistratfoo /.
feels greatly offended at the pablica /.
ton In an English blue Box" or its /
part in this Canadian reciprocity
business. which IL claims tie repre-
sentatives of Canada bad aqreed
should be confidential until some
definite agreement vas reached, and
hat isl't all. 1t is also claimed that
Mr.. Blaine and the administration
are greatly tnisrepresented IN the
aforesaid "Blue Book" which states
that the first oyertures fer reciprocity
came from Mr. Blaine. 1t doesn't
much matter which side is right in
the present controversy, tut ii looks
very much as if it was TO he made
the excuse for putting an end TO even
the limited prospects of Canadian
reciprocity that have existed. Bul
nobody need be-surprised, as it was
never intended that the conference
should be anything but meaningless
farce. The right sort Of 3 reciprocity
treaty with Canada wonla doubtless
prove beneficial to both countries,
but there is not much probability of
our getting such a treaty until there
is change Of administration.
This very American administration
has contracted for eight gan carriages
Of Russian pattern at 900 each,
to mount the tweiye-inch breed
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Middletown transcript., 1891-05-28
Touching in the Extreme.

"Miss Emersonia Osgoodson will
now favor the company with recita-
tion," announced the teacher to the
friends who had assembled IN the
schoolroom to enjoy the regular Fri
day afternoon exercises.
Little Miss Emersonia stood forth
and recited as follows:
Coruscate, coruscate, diminutive
stellar orb.
How inexplicable to me seems the
stupendous problem Of thy existence !
Elevated 10 such an unreasonable
distance in the illimitable depths Of
SPACE apparently in perpendicular
direction from the terraqueous planet
we occupy!
Resembling in thy dazzling and I'M.
approachable effnlgence a crystalized
carbon gem of surprising brilliancy
and impenetrability glittering in the
ethereal vault whose boundless inn
mensity we endeavor to bring within
the compass of the human intellectual
grasp by the use of the concret term
armament"
When the dear little Boston girl
had finished reeiting these touching
lines in her rapt, soulful, Bostonian
way and sat down there wasn't a dry
spectacle in the schoolroom. Chicago
Tribune.
Middletown transcript., 1891-05-28
Figs and Thistles.

You can't shut the devil up, but you
can shut him out.
We all hate the truth that hits US
between the eyes.
The moment humility undertakes
to carry flag it kills itself.
The man who tries to. avoid noun
tains will have a very crooked road.
Never put yourself in the power Of
a man who will kick a dog for fun.
When a man is well satisfied with
himself God is disappointed in him.
Keep close eye on the man whose
wife is afraid to ask him for money.
If you want to live long, don't try to
live more than one day at time.
The man who controls himself will
also control great many other people.
God has nowhere promised to feed
the man who will not take his coat off.
Education doesn't make the man.
1t brings out the gold that God put in
him-Ram's Horn.
Middletown transcript., 1891-05-28
Our Queer American Ways.

He was taking a pleasure trip
through this. country and was unused
to the ways Of its citizens, which may
explain his action. He met a friend,
showed him card and asked him to
go with him to the address on it.
What's the matter 2" asked the
friend.
Why, this gentleman" exclaimed
the foreigner, helped me out of a
very embarrassing position. You see,
through carelessness, I got caught on
street car with nothing but draft
in my pocket, and he paid my fare.
insisted on having his card, and now
/ am going around to thank him again
and pay him the money"
The nickel? 2"
Certainly"
Don't do it."
"But owe it to him."
1T makes no difference; he'll 5e
angry"
And he was. He said the stranger
must have thought him mighty hard
up or close listed to come chasing
after him with nickel, and he indig-
nantly refused to take it,"
But, sir, said the stranger with
surprise. "I owe it to you. I don't
wish to have other people paying my
street car fare."
"Offer him a cigar" whispered the
friend.
The foreigner quietly followed in
structions.
Will you join me in a smoke,
then, he asked Z" putting away the
nickel and taking out a handsome
cigar case.
Why, thank you," was the reply,
and in few moments the three were
smoking.
"Ask him to have something" sug-
gested the friend again.
Again the foreigner followed in
structions and they promptly adjourn
ed to a place where something could
be had. Here each man felt it incum-
bent upon him to buy Ground"
Then the foreigner and his friend
started for the hotel and the former
remarked
"Queer ways you have here.''
"How SO !? /" asked the friend.
Why he was too proud to accept
five cents that was due him, but he
would take a cigar and a drink that
were not. And because he did me a
favor l had to take three drinks that
l did not want and smoke cigar that
l was saving for after dinner. If I
paid my car fare that way I'd be
drunk and broke all the time.-From
the Chicago Tribune.
Middletown transcript., 1891-05-28
Married His Typewriter.

He was in the midst Of disserta-
tion on the woes of man and the diff
ference and thoughtlessness of women
when he noticed that his wife was
using pencil industriously.
Mary" said he, "what are you
doing"
"Shorthanding your remarks,
John," she said, quietly. Then, as he
glared at her, she continued:
You talk great deal about being
consistent, John, and say you never
find fault except under the greatest
provocation. should like to read
you a few extracts from my note
book. This is a verbatim report of a
brief conversation which took place
night before last:
"Mary, where in thunder are my
slippers? 2"
"Just where you lett them, my
dear"
"s Where I left 'em, eh? Well,
you're fine wife Too busy running
around millinery shops to put 'em by
my easy chair, where I can reach 'em,
I suppose. Where did I leave 'em 2
Come, trot 'em out, and be quick
about it. The idea of making me go
chasing all over this measly house
after slippers when I'm all tired out.
Don't you care anything for me?'
Sand this, John, took down last
night:
"s What's the matter, John ?
Matter! Matter, Mrs. Blink
ins! Some inspired idiot has put my
slippers right in the middle of the
floor for me to stumble over. Started
to look for 'em and nearly fell on the
top of my head. Some people haven't
got sense enough to last a canary bird
over night
"t Why, John, you said
"sOh, of course. l said to put 'em
where I could step on 'em and roll
over and break my neck. That's just
like me, but if you'll just leave 'em in
the same place every night, I'll get
'em without crippling myself for life.'
"To-night, John, you start in like
this:
"Mary, I suppose you've put those
slippers of mine in the cellar, or under
the kitchen range, or somewhere.
You can find more blamed fool hiding
places for 'em than anyone l know.
Here I've been hunting for 'em for
fifteen minutes. You couldn't find
'em with a search warrant. If yo've
got brains enough to grasp one single
idea l wish you d.
"And, then, John, you noticed I
was taking notes and stopped. Ifyou
will go on"
But John slammed the paper into a
corner, kicked over chair, and ex-
claimed in disgust:
Well, that's the last time I'll mar
ry my typewriter
Now he's trying to explain his last
remark.--Chicago Tribune.
Middletown transcript., 1891-05-28
WHEN I'M DEAD.

don't want any new tangled flowers placed
on my coffin when I'm dead
Just pick bunch o. datfodils and lay 'em
round my head.
Don't make floral emblem of a pillar broke
in two.
Or cross of fancy flowers wet with the
mornin' dew.
just 90 out in the country, If it's summer
when die,
Nd gather a few wild roses md a bunch o.
ripenin' rye,
ND lay them on my coffin just above my
breast,
For If I'm worth more flowers angels III do
the rest.
Ii it's winte when the summons comes, md
snow Is on the ground,
Ofcourse, out in the country, no Mowers can
But there's always lots o. evergreen hid
underneath the snow,
Round the trunks o. hemlocks with their
branches hangin' low
just gather up a bunch md make wreath
or two,
ma lay them on my coffin, md guess thatll
Somehow too many flowers q look all out o.
Piled upon my coffin md stuck all round
For never had no beauty md amt lived
none too straight,
ND pile o. fancy flowers won't help me
through the gate,
If the Lord IS goin' to take me to dwell In
the land o. bliss,
He'll 40 it, md I'll be happy md the flowers
III. LsHines in Springfield Homestead.
Middletown transcript., 1891-05-28
Inventors of Perpetual Motion
Machines.


Some Of the most ingenious and
persistent men are laboring on the
hopeless task Of devising perpetual
motion appliances. Our educational
system is in many respects responsible
for so much mental energy being
wasted upon fallacies. If natural
philosophy and elementary mechanics
received the attention in common
schools that their Importance de-
mands, there would be fewer persons
pastoring their friends to supply
funds for the development Of ap-
paratus intended to cheat natures
laws. Ignorance Of the laws of ma
ture is, no doubt, responsible for the
majority of perpetual motion deyotees.
yet some men who are we'll educated
become pursuers of the chimera. 1t
is frequently difficult to understand
the mechanical fallacies that creep
over what are otherwise bright in
tellects. Electricity seems to be de-
ceiving many men and leading them
into the belief that by means of this
mysterious force more power can be
received than what is given. Since
the electric lighting and electric
Transmission Of power era began,
there has been a great increase in the
applications to the Patent Office for pro-
lection of what are termed electrical
perpetual motion machines. For years
the Patent Office income was con-
siderably augmented annually by the
receipt of fees from inventors of per-
petual motion machines, but no fees
are now accepted from men working
on that kind of apparatus. A printed
circular is sent to applicants saying
that nothing short ofa working model
would be received. and as the inventor
never gets a model of this kind to
work, be can do no more with the
Patent office. A correspondent of the
Isl. Louis Globe-Democrd gives
particulars of some curious recent
perpetual motion cases. Mr.. Keely
has a good many imitators in a small
way. A few months ago New York
lawyer went to Washington with
parts of machine and had quite a
controversy with the Office because
the patent was refused. He insisted
that he had seen the machine in oper.
alton, that it was running day after
day land keeping cider press going
to boot. There was no deviating
from the rule. The lawyer went
back to New York, saying that he
would produce the machine. He was
| not seen again until the centennial
celebration lately, when he reminded
the examiner Of the case and told him
how he had been fooled. At the
time of making application the lawyer
really believed that his client had
discovered the long-sought principle.
But when he got back to New York
and told that the patent had been
refused, the client confessed. The
perpetual motion was no motion at
all. Power was concealed in the
cider press. It ran the press, and the
press made the perpetual motion
machine go. The inventor had been
charging 10 cents admission to see
perpetual motion. He had fooled the
public and his lawyer, and he hoped
to slip through claim.-National
Car and locomotive Builder.
Middletown transcript., 1891-05-28
DELAWARE, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY %, 1891.

you what am going to do. I've
sept to Scotland Yard for one of their
sharpest men, and he'll be on the
wharf the next trip"
No crimson dye of Eastern fame
could equal the tint of Captain Mug
gins face.
A detective put on his wharf-to
overlook ham
He dared not offer a remonstrance.
but any one who knew him could
Judge for themselves what nice time
Lis wife and daughter would enjoy
when he returned to his home, as they
were always the helpless victims of
his fury when any indignity was put
upon him by outsiders.
He left the office and returned to
his duties. His blood boiled with
indignation, and he scarcely replied
to the many questions asked him
during the day by those with whom
he came in contact through his official
position.
When the steamer arrived and her
passengers flowed ashore in a stream.
the captain espied the widow advanc-
ing with her usual smile, her nurse
and Ter baby.
"Ah, how are you, my friend 7"
said the charmer, in her usual soft,
melodious accents.
Well, thank you. How is Master
Henri?"
"Oh, so we'll, 50 beautiful
The trunks were passed, and, after
few pleasant words, the widow pre-
pared to depart, but just as Julie, the
bonnie, had announced the carriage, a
quiet-looking man, in salt.and-pep-
per suit, stepped up and laid a pro-
fame hand on the beautiful shoulder
of the charming widow.
Caught again Iky!" he said, in a
pleasant manner.
The widow started. She glanced
around in terror-alarm.
No use, Ky" said the salt-and-
pepper man. I've been wondering
why you kept SO quiet. Game up,
old boy"
The captain stood by in .speechless
amazement while the detective arrest.
ed the beautiful widow.
And the baby, Master Henri, what
of him?
He was disrobed of his lace and his
embroidery, and he proved to be one
mass of smuggled goods, adroitly
built together on the foundation of a
bottle Of the best French brandy,
and furnished witha waxen face and
an apparatus to make a noise resem-
bling the cry of an infant.
The captain is still employed as an
officer of Her Majesty's Customs, but
be is more humble, for his beautiful
widow was smart young smuggler
from Paris. He was singularly hand
some and made up well as a woman,
and he had brought thousands Of
pounds worth of valuables through
right before the redoubtable captains
nose and as long as the captain lives
he will never hear the last Of the
widows baby.-Frank Leslie's Maga-
zina
Middletown transcript., 1891-05-28
Laughing Himself Away.

Joseph Durhlinger of Wrightstown,
Bucks County, Pa, is laughing himself
to death over the Newhope extension
of the Reading Railroad which runs
by his farm. Three months ago he
weighed It's pounds. The first train
passed his farm on the first of March.
Durhllnger has laughed so much
since that he now weighs 11O pounds.
The doctors are puzzled, and Durh.
linger's friends are awaiting the result
with mingled feelings Of alarm and
curiosity. Durhlinger is but So years
old and is a native Of Germany.
On the 1st of March, 1890, the
Newhope extension Of the Reading
Railroad commenced. This road ran
directly past Durhlinger's farm, with
a small station at Walton, about half
mile away. His farm increased in
value st once and Durhlinger began
to grin. All of his talk was of the
improved value which the extension
would give bis land and how his pos
terity would be benefited thereby.
Then he began to neglect his own
work and took to watching the rail-
road men at theirs. He was SO tickled
that he took several of the railroad
men to board at nothing per week.
and did nothing but laugh and talk
about the improvements with them all
day. By degrees his mirth became
more hilarious. When the extension
was finished and the first train ran by
Durhlinger's farm he suddenly became
convulsed with laughter. From that
time be did nothing but sit on his
porch and wait for the trains to 60 by.
His keen ears detected the music of
the whistle at distance, and this was
so deliciously refreshing to him he
would burst into uncomfortable laugh
ter.
After train has passed he inspects
the track, and laughing quietly to
himself, returns to his house chuck
ling to await the coming of the next.
He knows the time table by heart and
can tell to a minute when train
should be due off his farm. He al
lowed everything to 60 to pieces on
his farm, and the watching for and
laughing at the trains became his one
absorbing passion.
He began to lose flesh and is grad.
ually becoming a skeleton. His wife
hopes that the novelty of the thing
may wear off and that her husband
will regain his normal state. Hedoes
not laugh now quite so much as he
did but his interest in and care OF the
road remains as great. A few days
ago he walked 1Smiles to testify for the
railroad company in a case of trespass
on the track. .-Philadelphia Record.
Middletown transcript., 1891-05-28
A New chapter of Proverbs.

As pink pearl in a scullion's ear,
so is fair woman without a good
dressmaker.
Whose telleth the truth concerning
his neighbor is not unfrequently liable
to heavy damages.
Better is chop with a peer than a
seven.and-sixpenny dinner with a
person of no position.
What is sweeter to a soured woman
than the failings Of her dearest friend?
Ny SON, when thou writest play,
know that thy pathos will be under
standed by the pit, thy wisdom by the
dress circle, and thy innuendo by them
that sit among the stalls.
Middletown transcript., 1891-05-28
BRoKEN.HEARTED.

{" Cross my hands upon my breast"
Read her last behest
ss Turn my cheek upon the pillow
AS resting from life's stormy billow
With sleeps balmy zest J"
. Cross my hands upon my breast"
Read her last behest;
"a That the patient bones may lie
In form of thanks eternally,
Grimly expressed ~
We clssp her hands upon her breast
Oh, mockery at misery's hest!
We hid with flowers her body's grief;
But counted by each rose and Leaf
Her days unblessed!
by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop.
Middletown transcript., 1891-05-28
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Map Publishers and Manufacturers

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Philadelphia.
Middletown transcript., 1891-05-28
The Doctor Who Succeeds.

A physician who understands
human nature, who plays with the
baby, makes friends with the children,
and listens to the woes of the good wife
and mother, says a medical journal,
is the fellow to whom the master of
the house most cheerfully pays the
largest bills. 1t isn't the medicine
that's bottled up. but it's the comfort
and consolation that are unbottled that
make the broad line between an
unsuccessful and popular physician.
Middletown transcript., 1891-05-28

kg- The Gauze Door Range in which l am
making drivei is a complete stove. BAKING
bread in it will not mold and meats cooked
are rich and juicy. Call and see the above
named stove.