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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-01
BEARS WATCHING.

Norfolk V1rginan.
The Washington Post thinks there
ls abundant evidence that the Third
partv In North Carolina is especially
hostile to the Presidential nominees
of the Democratic party, and the
Post is right. The State convention
recently held at Raleigh manifested
this hostility as well as an utter in
difference to the risk of RELOCATING
the State to Republican rule. When
Harry Skinner declined to accept
the conventions nomination for Gov
ernor except upon the condition that,
Hif the new movement should form a
basis for Republican conspiracy to
get control Of the State be should be
left free to vote the straight Demo
cratic tiket." scene followed, the
like Of which has never been witness.
ed in the old North State. and as q
result Col. Sklnrer's nomination
was withdrawn and another more VII
ling than he to sec his State disgrac-
ed was selected.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-01
SCOTLAND NECK. y. G. THUR RSDAY. SEPTEMBER l. IS92
THE CONDUCrOR'S STORY

Wilson Mirror.)
when man has been railroadIn twenty
long years
lie glts kinder hardened an tough.
An scenes of aft iction don't trouble him
much,
Cause his natur' is coarse like and
tough.
But scene that took place on my train
one cold night
Would a melted the heart Of a stone.
An among the adventures which have
been through
That night jist stands out sll alone.
Twas bitter cold night, an the train
was jam full,
Every berth in the sleeper was taken:
The people had jst turned in for e
night,
An the train for New York was a
MAXIM,
When jist as the people to a sno1e had
begun,
An L with satisfied sigh
Had sat down on cnalr for a short rest.
| heard
The sound of a young baby's cry.
"it was one O. those loud, aggravatin'
like Yells.
" the pattern that makes you jist itch
For gun or an axe an ex cites up your
mind
With mild thoughts o'murder AN sich.
1t went through the car, and | need't re,
That the snorln' stopped right there an
then,
An the sleeper was filled with bllln hot
" mad women and wild, swearin' men.
The curtains jist then that-concealed
berth Is
Were open an out come a man,
AS fine young feIler as ever | seen,
But his face was all white like an
wan.
He carried the kid that was raising the
row,
An commenced walkin' down thro ugh
the aisle
A tIyin' to stop its loud screechin'-but
phsaw,
1t seemed to get wuss every NILE.
"A n idea seemed to strike on Old felier
jist then
An he sad TO the pale faced young
1t scenes to me stranger, that kid could
be stilled
BY simple an feasible plan;
The noise that It's maxim betrays what
it needs
The child wants its mother, that's plain;
An why don't 1u call her? Ten chances
to one.
She's sleepin' somewhere on the train.
"A look then came over that young faith
er's face,
A look full of anguish an pam;
A look that will haunt me as long as
live,
AS long as | work on train;
An he answered that man, IN a hoarse
stifed voice
That sounded as though from afar;
Her mother is sleeping on board of this
tram
In a box in the baggage car"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-01
EXUM RICH.
VOICES FROM HIS HOME.
a PROPHET Is NOT WITHOUT uo~.
OF, Etc.
olisboro Argus

.Golisboro Argus
IL IS an old anage. We believe, and
is so written, ths. "a prophet Is nsy.
Ter without merit save in hs own
/ county )" which is generally inter
preted. that son eiimes a man stands
q chance where ne is not Known
and this is why DR.. Exum succeeded
IA getting tue Third Party noniiur>
ton for the hrst place on their State
ticket up q, Raleigh But before
the ides of Move nber DR.. Exum will
be known throughout the length and
hgedth Of North Carolina-he will
"tell 1t himself" and then the peo,
pie will not want him for Governor
and consequently will not vote for
him. He tas gone West now 10 be.
gin his boom.
DR.. Exum IS man OF wealth sc
cordiPx to his own statement be car
ries around often as nuch as six
thousand dollars on his person a.
mere pocket change, not 10 speak OF
bis resources 10 reserve-sach as
twelve hundred bales OF cotton
brought over from otter years, TWEEN
" five hundred goats that he keeps
purely for fertlizing purposes on
his farm, and among other thing,
too numerous TO partlculariz-, a fab
ulous yoke of oxeE that can pull
10000 pounds on wager.
DR.. Exum, himself, is man Of
srength-a modern Milo, who was
just a little less strong than Sam.
son. He can lift thousand pounds,
with his own weight on 10? Of fl.
With so much wealth aud so mucb
strength the Doctor can readily meet
all the demands Of his Third Party
constituency, and, therefore. the per
picking question of campaign funds, ,
etc, etc, ETC.. Is At once settled -
The Doctor ''he can pay the bulls"
But to come right down to rea!
serious consideration OF the Third
Party State Con, ontiou and the
ticket they have put out, healed
by DIR. Fxum, it out Radicals Raj
lcalIsm 10 it's balmiest days OF su-
preme sways over the dessinies OF
North Carolina. 1t is made up
this ticket is-of some OF the very
Radical thugs, that in those days,
that "tried true mems souls" were
in league with negroes and carpet
bag harpies from the North for spoils
and for spoIls only :: and into thi-
gang as a confrere and leader, whose
purpose is to disrupt and destroy
the Democratic party, DR.. kxum
has gone, who then stood with Us for
white supremacy and the untrameled
rights OF Sonthern, men as as ainst
the encroachnents and theiviUgs ab q
acknowledgements heapcd upon them
by the Republican party, with the
power of its voraclous greed ano
sectional hate.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-01
Whooplng up Massacre.

Richmond Va. Christian Advocate.
Albion w. Tourgee, known As ths
writer OF number OF books SSusivG
of the South, and the originator o.
q magazine that was miserable
failure, Consuming in its collapse
all the money he had made by hs
vile writings, now prophf:sies that
the negroes will rise aud butcher the
Southern whites, justfies the massa>
ere and joys in the prospect OF the
slaughter of men, women and chill,
dren. The negro is not go superla-
tive brute and demon as this white
savage.
Tourgee Is an ex-conyict, and
drifted down to North Carolina with
the carpet.bag scum of "Reconstruc-
tioa Days period that makes an
American blush at its meDtlon
This penitentiary felon sets up for a
"Judge." Ir any person cares 10
canvass the career OF the Judge" !"
let him pass day at Charlotte
n. c., and listen to any re.
spectacle citiz en-. The Judge
was thief on the bench, squeezing
purses far and near, under pretense
of arresting evil-doors. Whoever
had any ready money would soon
find himself in Jail as a "kuklux,' =
and only to get out when his wallet
was emptied.
The Judge" antagonized some
other member Of his band, who at
once obtained all the "papers" In the
Judges trial, crime. conviction and
service in the public work house of
q Western State, and read them in
the presence of the Judge" who
never uttered word, but sat with a
bang dog look TO the end of the
story.
Such is Albion w. Tourgee.
He is now out of pocket, out of
a Job. Why should he not crave
another upheaval Of society at the
South? This cormorant. hungry
and greedy, croaks and clamors for
shlpwreck, slaughter; prev that be
NAV gorge again on human woe.
He hos been found out at home, ard
is loathed by the pure and honorable.
The exigencies Of his decayed fort
una haze maddened him, till. like
the starving caetaway, he seems to
banquet on feasts that once delighted
his palate Hence the ravening
creature sees in his wild wishes, and
shouts over ia massacre such as has
not been paralleled since the French
Revolution" The hldeous crimes
of the wretch have seIzed him, torn
off the veil from this "PIophet of
Khorassan" and Invited the world
to spit on his forbidding ulcerous,
stripped soul.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-01
No | |
~ w uOtIu "

A. the rcSaiar cammautcatipn ~
Davte Lodge No -. A. r. A NJ
a. Ro1otcl, y. e., Friday the l9th
day OF August A. -. lS93. Tho
following resolutions wcrc untmoas-
" adopted:
To the Master. War,Ieus aud
members of navic Lodge No. - A.
r. NJ
Your con mlttcr - draft rrSnlr.
tious of respect 10 our Deceased
oro;her J. ; Gtiihn. hea leave 10
Sahmit the following
Almighty cod 10 HIS iufnltc WIS
dom has seen good 10 remove flom
our midst our beloved brother John
samuel Grihn. Who after an lllness
OF a few weeks. died a. hls residence
IN Lewiston, Berue Co, y G Al Is
minotes past O'Clock. Saturday ai.
ternoon, August 18th. A D.. 1892,
IN the 18th year Of his age.
The termination OF his earthly
existence was not unexpected 10
himself, and during his illness, he
oore his bodily suffcrings with
christian patience aud resignation.
looking forward hopefully 10 the
hour when the allwlse aud merctful
Father should call him hcucr, 10
that temple, Iot made with hands,
eternal IN the heavens
An honest and useful citizen. A
skllllnl physician, "A trne friend, ever
ready 10 do "A relghborly kindness
or deed of charity, devoted hus>
band and kind and afiestionate Ia
ther, worthy mason, an earnest
aud steadfast christian. Ills many
generous deeds of charity will long
i've IN the hearts aLd hc cherished
IN the memories al those who knew
h'm as he was. Faithful to every
trust and worthy OF every couti>
ience reposcd ia hun, his spitt
has passed from among us aud re-
turned 10 the God who gave II.
Aud while we bow IN humble sub
mission TO the viii of an allvise, ln-t
aud me ciul God, we can but lie.
plo our loss o; so worthy brotL>
e., so good and useful man and citI-
zen. And while we grieve That he
= no longer with us. ase will rsrT
in our hearts the meinor, of
his many virtues AZ man, a ma>
son and a. a christian
Resolved, That III the death of
hrother Grifiin this lodge loses one
Of It's most worthy memb bers, Ma
sonny faithful votary, the med
cal profession Jealous advocate,
the State an honorable citizen, the
poor "A true and generous friend, hls
family kind and atiectlonate pat
ron and the christian church. "a lie
votes follower
Resolved, that we tender to LIS
family our heartfelt sympathics IN
this bereavement, and offer tor tneir
G consolation, tine reflection that II.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-01
Rather Late.
Virginian.

Norfolk Virginian.
Rather late IN the day, WhiteIaw
Reid has taken Horace Greeley's
advice and gone West. He will visit
the old home down on the farm, and
talk over the atone bruises of boy
hood days. but they were not a
circumstance to what next Novem.
ber's frost bites will be to him.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-01
Empty Spools

Selected.
want 10 tell you some uses fpr
empty spool: For closets, Try pu' :
spool Oh the naIl, aud then ,f,ye
il in the wall. TLis s.li pfesen, lie
nall from breaking down even when
quite heavy things are hung 90 II.
They are nice 10 use o. d screen t1or
wheD the goodman has forgotten ~
get the knob Jou asked b n to ct
10 town. We sll caolot have many
conyeniences that We would lSe. 80
these makeshifts ms suggest 10
others Say 20 get along Ill better
days arrive.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-01
Selected.

Selected.
| This world is run In great meas
ure by work. The farmer, mechan.
ic, lawyer, and all the other men
who amount to something on this
mundane sphere, have worked. 1t
may De with the hands or with the
head that is lmmaterlal. The
young man who starts out IN life
with the idea that father has done
his share for him, will find out his
| mistake, especially after father dies.
The young girl who is continually
idle will never amount to anything.
1t is recognized fact that a girl
has her place in the world as well
as her brother, where that place
shall be is determined to some ex>
tent by herself All rich mems
daughters are not idlers, many are
trying to do something IN some par
tlcular work for which they have
ability.
The student sometimes longs for
the hustle and activity OF outside
life, yet he is as truly a worker, if
he attends to his studies, as any in
life's crowded arena, he is prepar>
ing for life of usefulness. There
are SO many kinds of work that we
are often IN doubt as to what is best
adapted to our needs and means.
Did yO1 ever thluk OF it? What a
vast amount of work is going on in
this world every day -? And the
number of idlers. sometimes fright
ems me; many of them with strength
and talent enough to make them
selves famous. This age might al
most be called a lazy one Per
haps you a1e not surprised, but
look at the people who try to amass
fortunes without work; who specu-
late ia ways all more or less dis.
honorable; who scheme for power.
1t isn't work which wears such peo-
pie out, but excitement. The true
worker is never satisfied with him
sAlf, but constantly sees something
beyond which seems better than
anything he is capable of doing.
ADO the duty that lies nearest
you," doesn't mean the first agreea-
ule duty, but is generally found to
be disagreeable one.
| don't believe in Overwork: "burn-
ing the candle at both ends" as 1t
were, that isn't duty, it isn't deal
ing fairly by yourself. Life wasn't
meant to be all work; no indeed I.
~e should grow old before our time
If that were the case. Rest and
play are essential to keep brain and
band quick and capa ble, If not con-
stantIy strained they will soon break
aud become worthless.
w WOrk for Independence, Tor pow>
er, TO: fame, for the loved ones, no
matter, so long as the object and
the means taken to attain that end
are fair and honorable. Who are
the great in the worId9 Great in
literature, music, the arts, great
disconI Isers, reformers, philanthro-
plStsf Those who have dug and
delved in one way or another Tor
years and years.
But you will say, 81 may not see
the results of my labor till my figure
is bowed with age" 1t Is no such
thing; you are reap.ng the results
day hy day, if you Will only notice
them. "ROme wasn't built in a day.
but each day something new and
beautiful was added, till she reared
her proud head in finished grand.
eur. Thus IN life, each day some
thing is added, till, ere we know it
time hies so swiftly, our part of the
structure is completed, and the i'm
plements of toll are laid down to be
taken up by other hands.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-01
Proof Positive.
fRoxboro Couerier)

iROXbOTO JOuerleTI
If any one doubts that Elias Carr
Is a good man. and one in all ways
tittei TO be Governor, ne csn have bis
doubts removed by reading the Pro
gressive Farmer, and the Clinton
Caocaslon just after the May Conven-
ton. Blessed and happy ls the man
who even meets the approval Of his
enemies.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-01

The action OF Colonel Skinner for
the time being, was reassuring to
the Democratic party, and be was
applauded for the stand be assumed
in the premises. But his subsequent
action in accepting the nomination
as an elector has greatly diminished
Democratic confidence, as the Post
says, and it goes without saying that
Harry Skinner should be watched
1t Is plainly evident that the Third
party people in Carolina are hostile
to the Presidential nominees of the
Democratic party and that Skinner
is with them to the end.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-01

U!6I4Jn9N puB slT. sIGmo0 I9A!I sseusno!uS
unt4se8!puI 'B!IBIBE saIn0 :iuBsseId ST II
-SATLLIa NOAI S.NiiOAH
SyBl p[noQs 'dn sui
'i:na !usA oqA usIpUqo 10 '3Iuol SuTps
SHIQ|V
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-01
1T TELLS.
WORK THE THING.

NlTHING ELSE CAN DO 1T.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-01

Pipe Organs.-Ssmple in
ware room. Will pay ex-
press 60 Richmond and
return if church repersen-
ative buys aPipe Organ.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-18

ions tread upon each other and crowd
upon the woaror' II Is worthy OF notice
to see the ingenious economy practlced
by clothmakers, who contrlTo 90 leave
spaces between the button patterns,
which are woven In pieces many yards
In length and half yard wide, uncov-
cred by any portion Of the eilken web.
This rigid economy, however, 10 car
ried out In the whole business of button
making, the scraps OF metal being re-
turned TO the furnace and even the
shreds and fragments of paper to the
paper mill The old-fashioned horn
button has almost entirely gone out OF
common use. At one time It formed a
very important branch of this industry.
But, after all, perhaps the. prettiest
manufacture OF this family OF produce
ton is the making of pearl buttons. IL
may be that the charm lies In the ma
terial OF which they are formed-the
shell which we know to have been not
long ago lying in the realms of the deep
sea tb,nizens and the coral beds at the
bottom OF the Indian seas. The rain
bow light cleaning from the pearl shells
before us seems TO picture something OF
its foreign surroundings; of the dusky
barbarians whose bread depends almost
entirely upon the pearl shell, and who
dived beneath the waves to reach the
wonderful homes of these shells; OF the
rustllng of the palm trees stirred by the
tropic breeze blowing from the rice
fields as they came to the light of the
sun and blue skies for the first time, and
their subsequent crowding into barrels
and boxes and shipment to PARKWAY
America.
The finest shells for this purpose come
from Singapore. The black pearl comes
from the shells OF oysters that grow
around the islands in Pacific seas. They
are most plentiful around Tahiti and
Hawaii. The iridescent quality of this
pearl in the finer material shows a brill
liant luster, giving forth all the colors
of the rainbow. and is transparent.
Pearl is hard substance and requires
strong and exact machinery to cut it
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-18

without injury. The first operation after
cleansing the shell is cutting the blanks,
which is done by a tubular saw worked
in lathe. 1t is caught and held with
an iron grip, while the saw cuts out the
disks, which are some as large as
child's fist as seen on the shaggy over,
coat of a sportsman, or the saucer-like
circles on some of the fashionable
jackets, while others are as small as the
tiny buttons seen on baby clothes.
They are one by one clutched by a
sort of pincers and held against a re-
volving cylinder to be polished with
sand or emery and oil. Then each one
is turned and smoothed in lathe;
adorned with designs, stars, dots, con-
centric rings or leaves; then corded or
milled at the edges with streaks almost
too fine to be seen by the naked eye.
The figures in the middle are to mark
the holes by which the buttons are to be
sewed on. Into the small center de-
preston hard drill fixed to lathe de-
sends and bores the holes. The edges
of these holes, as every housewife
knows, are sharp. But for the cutting
of the thread in course of time by these
edges the button might last forever.
Now and then the thin pierced bit of
pthil III INC DItdho Oul, DuJ IuuCH
oftener the button is lost by the cutting
of the thread.
In many pearl buttons a shank Of
metal is inserted. AS neither solder nor
any adhesive composition can be used
an ingenious device is resorted to The
shank, below its ring of metal, is split
into the form of an inverted V; the
turner now cuts at the back of the but
ton a hole much. wider at the bottom
than at the oriflce; he Inserts the shank
at the aperture, and a sharp tap of the
hammer causes the A-shaped wire to
] spread out fiat, and shank and button
are inseparably connected. The button
is next polished with soap and rotten
stone in the lathe, and 1t is done.
The scraps of pearl left at the facto'
ries are crushed and used for land fer
tilizer, which purpose it serves admira'
bly,, having great enriching qualities.
A large factory will produce severa
hundred tons of this shell-refuse in {
year, which it disposes of for this pur
pose. Birmingham, England, was Ions
the center of the button industry, but 1
has spread to various cities. Americ'
has many large factories.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-18
New Diainfecfanf.

The manufacture of new disin-
fectant and deordorant called Sauri-
don has been commenced at Maryhill,
England. 1t is residual product of
an uncommon kind of black stone
shale, which is composed of animal
and vegetable remains, is remarkably
light and yields large proportion OF
heavy volatile oil. The oil is extract
ed by distillation, and the residual
product is reduced to grains Of differ
ent sizes, varying from a fine powder
to the size OF pea. The powder is
claimed to have an instantaneous
effect upon obnoxious matter, while
also being tasteless and colorless and
harmless to animal life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-18

A Pretty story Of the Great soldier Told
by Ono Of tho German Papers.

Pretty story Of the Great soldier Told
by ono Of the German Papers.
A pretty story OF the late Emperor
Frederick Is told In one OF the Ger
man papers. Some years ago, shortly
before the death OF the old Emperor
OF Germany, tall, handsome gentle
man jumped into third-class carriage
Of a local railway at Berlin, just as
the train was leaving the station.
An old flower seller, with basket OF
newly-cut hyacinths, was the only
other occupant of the compartment.
He asked the old dame to sell him a
bunch, and, Modified by his suave
manner, she chose the freshest and
largest, and handed It TO him. Its
price was penny, but as the gentle
man had no coppers and the old
woman no change, not having sold
any OF her goods yet, she was paid
with mark piece, which, as she said
at once, was a thing that had never
been heard of before In a third-class
carriage.
Presently the stranger and the
flower seller were deep in converse
ton, and it turned out that the poor
woman was the only breadwinner of a
family of four. Her son was crippled,
her granddaughter a little school
girl, and her husband had for some
months past been out of work, since
a new railway official had dismissed
him as being too old to do much
work. The stranger then suggested
that she should apply, on her hus-
bands behalf, to the railway authori-
ties. ~That is no good whatever,
she replied, as she wiped her tears
with her apron. "If you haven't the
Pope for your cousin nowadays, you
can't get anybody to listen to you.
"Try the Emperor, the stranger went
on. "Alas!" she sighed, "if the old
gentleman was allowed to see the
petitions that are sent, it might do
some good, but he does not get to
know about us poor people,"
well, then, let your husband write
to the crown prince" "Yes," she
said, she might do that" and she
would tell him so as soon as she had
sold her flowers. BY this time the
train had got to the terminus. The
old dame bundled out her basket and
noticed with establishment that the
officials and the crowd on the plat
form looked at her carriage and salut-
ed and cheered. whats up?" she
asked. "Why, the crown prince was
in the same compartment with you. y
Then the flower seller held her head
high aud told every syllable of what
had happened TO the delighted crowd.
Her flowers were sold before five min
utes were over, and fortnight after
ward her husband was at work again
again in his old place.