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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24
Helen Keller.

Forty wears ago Laura Bridgman
was, in her way, the wonder OF her
time. She was both blind and deaf,
vet she had been taught to commu-
nica;e with others in words, and her
mind and moral nature literally edu-
Gated. She died year or two ago,
and now her story is eclipsed by that
of Helen Keller.
Hiss Keller is voting girl Of th;r-
teen. who at nineteen months OF age
was, by sickness, rendered totally blind
an | deaf. At seven Years OF age her
teacher, Miss Sullivan, took her fl
charge Now, through fingers gently
tapping on her hand. she receives COM
nunic.tions from a world unknown
to her by sight or hearing. She an
svers with her voice for she has learn
ei TO speak She has read books
printed in raised letters, and many
other books have been read to her.
Nee remarkable still she Is able to
read what Others are saying, hy LAYING
her fingers lightly on their lips as they
speak. In presence of about fifty people
ii Rochester. y. Y. a short time ago,
as reported in the h'roiine,. OF New
York } nrl1 Civ, she reciteA Loneiel-
ioN Break, break break" with en-
tire di.tinctness She told the story
OF her life, and how it seemed
when first her teacher came ans!
hrough; nl:o her life something
sweet. Her language IS said to be
choice and appropriate. The affection
and gratitude which she feels toward
Miss Sullivan it is not easy to measure.
Shc was 1aEoflte also Oh the late
Bishop Phillips Brooks.
4 short time ago she visited the
Smithsonian Institute and the Nation
al Museum at Washington. and "s,w''
With her fingers many of the most
interesting curiOsities there
She was particularly interested in
a mummy 1000 years old. which
she felt with her hands from head to
tool. sl,!t.tserins as she did so. A.
Miss Keller has been but six Years il
training, and may have many wears
to live, her development will be some
thing very interesting to observe.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24
Dr.. Chas. Lee Smith.

VIZ. Messenger.
Professor Charles Lee Smith, OF Will
liam Jewell College, Missouri. was in
the city two days since and favored us
with call, He is Il young man Of
distinguished promise, native Of
Granville county, North Carolina. and
Baptist lay.,:;n. lie is an alun,nus
q Wake Forest College, attended q
post graduate course ri II: famous
John Hopkins University and was
| afterwards a lecturer there. He Is the
author of a really valuable work O.,
Education in North Carolina, which
WAS noticed in these columns at the
time it appeared 1t shows much
! research and is & very caetiit:.hlc bro
| duction indeed He is one Of the fire
! scholarly young men that North Caro-
| lima has sent out to enrich other States.
! Wewish DR.. Smith could ,however, have
! hacn Kept at home. /, is apity 10 lose
such men as Smith, Page, Battle and
others. 1t is gratifying to know DR..
Smith is seriously considering the
question OF writing a histor; OF North
Carolina. He will do it thoroughly if
he undertakes it, and since Capt Ashe
announces that he will not undertake
| i we hope Or. Smith viii give some q
his years to the preparation of such q
| work. We believe DIR. Weeks is also
gathering material for history of his
| native State. Let both write.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24
Deserving rraise.

We desire TO say to our citizens, that
Tor years we have been selling DR.
klns's New Discovery for Consumption
Dr. Kings New Life Pills. Bucklen's
Arnlca Salve and Electric Bitters and
nave never handled remedies that sell
as well, Or that have given suci, uni
versa satisfaction. We do not hest
'ae to guarantee them every tine
and we stand ready to refund the pur-
chase price, if satisfactory results do
hot follow thier use These remedies
have won their great popularity pure
~ on their merits. f. T. Whitehead
Il Co. Druggists.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24
TIE PLANT OF A PCSSIMlST.

Nothing to do but work.
Nothing to cat but foOd,
Nothing to wear but clothes
To keep one from going nude.
Nothing to breathe but air,
Quick az a flash tbs gone;
Nowhere to fall but off,
Nowhere to stand but on.
Nothing to comb but hair,
Nowhere to sleep but in bed,
Nothing to weep but tears.
Nothing to bury but dead.
Nothing to sing but songs;
All, we'll, alas alack
Nowhere to 90 but out,
Nowhere TO come but back.
Nothing to see but sights,
Nothing to quench but thirst,
Nothing to have but what we've
got;
Thus through life we're cursed
Nothing to strike but gait
Everything moves that goes
Nothing at all bu: common SENSE
Can ever withstand these woes.
-ChicugO Mail.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24
A Million Friends,

A friend i'll need is friend indeed
and not less than one million peonle
have found just such a friend in DR..
klng's New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs, and Colds.-If YOU have
never used this Great Cough Medicine
one trial will convince YOU that it has
Wonderful curative powers in all dis
eases OF Throat, Chest and Lungs
'-8eh bottle IS guaranteed to do all
.u't is claimed OF money will be 90
funded. Trial bottles free at F. ~
"hl'ehead 4: Co.'S Drug store
Large bottles Soc and 500.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24
A Sitting Collar.
EreenriiIe Reflector.

Greenriile Reflector.
Mr.. J. c, Dixon Of Black Jack was IN
tow, . few days ago and told us OF a
,,ec,,liar notion a turkey gobler belong
inc TO him had taken One OF his turkey
hens had been LAYING in the woods
not lar from the house but FOR fear
the foxes would yet the eggs he took
fic1.1 ont - last az l,ii and Kept sGlEe
white mari shells IL the rest When
the ben va. read 10 sii he made her
a ,le.- nest in the yard A few hours
after sitting the hen he missed the
goblcr. In the evening the goblel
came 10 for food and disappeared
again. The next evening the same
ti.in- occurred and the third day, Fri
day. Nh. Dixon followed the sobler to
see what he was up to. The gOblel
went straight to the nest in the woods
where the, hen had been laying. and
getting on it with all due ceremony
went industriously to sitting. As il
is not probable the gobler can sci
ANYTHING out of the mari shells Mr.
Dixon SAYS he is going to give him i;
few eggs and watch the result.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24
~ Dn ~ThrTS
# You Lave Money, Pay !orr Occt'
md Cult Talking Ea-d Times.
Charlotte ObserreT.

Charlotte Obserrer.
These are "harn times and no body
II ever allowed to lose sight OF the TACT.
Something happens to cause strln9en-
cy in money and everybody forthwith
cries .ham times" Then they get
harder. The bank begins to hesitate
about discounting paper and next the
gentlemanly cashier says he Il sorry
but really he will have 10 decline TO
give up any money to the importunate
custo,ner-because the times are
40 hard. The clerk and the wage
worker. whose pay is running right
along at the same old figures, veg
their heads and declare they never saw
such hard times Shylock puts on his
glasses, looks over his notes and tells
his haplcss debtors that in conse-
| uuence Of hard times he must have
his money. The rich man, with cash
! in the bank and no poor kin, stands
off the dry goods merchant and the
grocer. telling them to call again.
The man who IS good, but slow" (yOu
all know hiin) Is in bis very element,
| for what better excuse could he have
Tor being slower still ,I,an the cxcrse
! that times arc hard al:d nobody seems
% nave amy money Incidentally
n rotten bank here and there. the heart
of which was eaten out Years ago and
which was but a she'll when times
we're at the best, ayails itself of The OPP
portunity to let itself down easy, and
tacks on its door little notice stating
that owing to the stringency OF the
times and inability to realize OF
assets, Gc.
And 50 we go The rich and the
poor, the bond and the free, the white
and the black land those OF neutra
tints" all howl calamity until it look
as if everybody had joined the Farm
ers' Alliance The man with his stom
ach full. with clothes On his back an(
2 good balance in bank. is making
more fuss than ANYBODY The MAJ
who is able and rather disposed t
help his neight,or over the summer i
= ratified by the talk he hears and take
Il fresh hold on his dollars III
: farmer has Old corn in his cri|
p bacon in his smoke house and Ia
: threshed out the biggest wheat GRO
). he has had III years, and bank vaul;
+ are bursting with money, but every
body says "hart times" The times al
: hard with thOse who do business O
}. credit-made 50 by fright Of ,hos
d who have the essh"--but they woul
r become vastly easier if those who hay
u money would pay their debts. if thos
y who can help their neishbors woul
= DO 90, and if all hands would quit tall
n ing so much.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24
A Whole day Apart.

Bu1ulo Press.
Bernard-'Why are you sad, Mabel
darling,?"
Mabel was Just thinking, dear
est, that this was the last evening we
could be together until tomorrow"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24

No 23 carries pullman parlor car
Norfolk to Rocky Mount and connects
with a. G. l.. Train % for all points
south.
No. JOB connects at Hobgood for all
eastern Carolina points, also at Rocky
Mount with A. C. L. train q for all
points south.
No. Is carries pullman parlor car
Rocky Mount to Norfolk and connects
for all points north.
For all information schedules call on
or !, ddress
G, NJ. SERPELL, j. r. LENLY,
Gen1 Manager Sup't Trains.
T. Nj. EMERSON.
Gen1 Passenger Agent.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-24

Ar LIZ.
81 - Rocky Mount 2 o. 6 &c
P. NJ. 7. NJ. F. NJ. (. II
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-10

committee on platform. He made q
speech there, placing before the conven-
ton the name of Michigan's candidate
for the vice presidency, Judge Morse.
Mr.. Uhl is an intimate personal and
political friend of Don M. Dickinson.
He is a lawyer with q large practice and
is the attorney of the Michigan Central
Railroad company and president Of the
Grand Rapids National bank. He is
Michigan's vice president of the Amer
can Bankers association, which recently
met in Chicago. He has accumulated a
comfortable fortune from the emolu-
ments of his legal practice and shrewd
investments, and the mea@er salary of
his position, $3, 500, is considered to be
one Of the least of the inducements that
led him to accept office.
The power and patronage attaching to
his post are great, however, or win be
great if the same conditions prevail that
obtained during Mr.. Josiah Quincy's in
cumbency. That gentleman exercised a
supervision over all our foreign consul
lates and in most cases practically de-
cided the question of appointments to
that branch of the government service.
There are not many very desirable APP
pointments left to be made, but the hon
or of acting as the chief assistant of the
secretary Of state and as the official head
of the department in the secretary's alb
sence will no doubt be some compensa-
ton for the dearth of appointments to
be made. g ra.. Fl
Mr.. Uhl is a native of Michigan and
about 80 years of age. He was born near
Ann Arbor and educated there at the
Michigan university. taking the law
school course and degree after gradnat-
ing from the academic department. He
is said to have refused an appointment
as assistant secretary of war last spring.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-10
MUNlFlCENT MlLLlONAlRES.
The Generosity of Chicago's Wealthy Citi.
zensAA Recent Case In Point.

The Generosity of Chicago's Wealthy Citi-
zensAA Recent Case In Point.
How would the City of Magnificent
Donations do for a new nickname for
Chicago? Hardly a month goes by with
out one or more of her many public
spirited wealthy citizens donating a nice
pot of money to found OF foster some in
stitution of scientific utility or practical
benevolence in the community where
they have amassed their fortunes, and it
looks sometimes as If there were an emu
lative competition between them as to
| who should be foremost in the number
and amount of his gifts.
Marshall Fields magnificent gift of
81, 600, 900 for the endowment of the Co
lumbar Memorial museum is a recent
case in point. Some of the Worlds fair
directors wanted to found a museum
where the scientific collections made for
them could be properly and permanently
housed and cared for. In canvassing the
matter they discovered that they could
add many of the valuable private collec.
tons exhibited at the fair if the proposed
museum was established. Then they APP
pealed to Marshall Field, and his gen.
crosby has made secure the foundation
of an institution unrivaled either in the
United States or abroad. m,
The man who made this gift rank:
among the foremost merchant princess i
the world, but is personally much less
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-10
Mortgage Sale.

Whereas, defanlt has been made In a payment
of the principal and interest on the money Sc
cured By a mortgage dated the 24th day Of septtem-
Smith, to Hiram ID. Upton, and which mortgage
was recorded in the Office of the register of deeds
Of the county. of Lake, state Of South Dakota, In
book T of mortgages, on pages 262, 263, 264, at 4
O'Clock p. M, on the 10Th day OF September, 1881;
and, whereas, Hiram d. Upton did, on the I'd day
Wilbur +. smith, said assignment being recorded
In the office of the register of deeds of Lake
county, state of South Dakota, on the 22d day of
December, 1891, at O'Clock 2. M, In book = OF
mortgages, on page 34; and, whereas, on the
14th day of April, 1892, said mortgage was duly
assigned by said Wilbur r. Smith to p. II. McGuf-
Ace Of the register of deeds Of Lake county, South
Dakota, on the 18th day Of September, 1893, at 1855
o'clock q. m, and recorded In book 10, page 40;
and, whereas, no action or proceeding at law or
| debt secured by said mortgag or any part there
of; and, whereas, default has been made in the
pa' ment OF the principal sum together wi; n the
| due: and, whereas, the whole amount of the prin-
| cipal and interest has become due and payable;
and, whereas, 1t Is stipulated In said mortgage in
substance that ii the mortgageor shall fail TO pay
| the taxes on said land described In said mortgage
when due, that the mortgages may pay the same
cent. per annum shall be secured by the above de-
scribed mortgage; and, whereas, the MORTGAGE
has paid the taxes ON said land which with the
amounts to siso. 40; and, whereas. il IL stipulated
In said mortgage that in the event of the fore
closure of the same, $500 shall be allowed az
attorneys fees: and, whereas, the amount claimed
10 be due on said mortgage at the date OF this no
tice la &56S.0S, and the taxes paid amount to $780,
40, and the attorneys fee OF $500. Now, there
fore, notice IL hereby given that by virtue Of the
| power of sale contained In said mortgage and duly
recorded as aforesaid, and In pursuance Of the
statutes In such case made and provided, the
said mortgage Will be foreelosed by a sale OF the
mortgaged premises therein described, at public
auction, ut the front door OF the court house, Ia
| the city of Madison, and county of La a, and state
OF Sonth Dakota, on the 18th day OF November
1896, At one o'clock In the afternoon Of that day
| The naOrtgaged premises are situated In the coun
IL OK Lake and state Of South Dakota, and de
seribed AZ foliows, 70 wit; Lot ten no, IN blocl
twenty l2OL original plat of the town Of Madison
Dakota, tnow South Dakota, according 20 Oh,
recorded plat Of said tom, in the efiiee OF th,
register Of deeds In and for Lake county, Soutl
Dakota.
Dated at Madison, South Dakota, this snd da.
ri. MCCULLOUGH
Assignee Of Mortgages
Il D.. D. HOLDRIDGE q SON,
Attorneys for Assignee.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-10

a matter of fact, Horticulture has long
been one of the surest n to the
rapid acquisition OF wealth. Several of
the notable fortunes of the country have
been won through its prosecution, nota-
bly, at Rochester, for years famous as the
Flower City after the Minneapolis mills
had destroyed its right to its old time
title of the Flour City. The cultivation
of flowers in the suburbs of the great
cities of New York. Philadelphia, Chi
cago, Boston, ETC., in great profusion,
is, however, a growth of the past 90
years. In the vicinity of New York es-
p~ecially its proportions have now be-
come enormous, and there is a region in
the Orange mountains of New Jersey, 90
miles inland, where flower growing is
by all odds the leading industry of sew
eral towns. Roses, chrysanthemums,
orchids, carnations and violets are the
specialties there, and so advantageously
placed by Dame Nature are the sunlit
southern slopes of the hills that the
blooms produced are of extraordinary
size and rare beauty.
1t is estimated by Mr.. Manda, whom /
have before quoted in this article, that
the various greenhouses between Morris
town and Orange, on the slopes of the
Orange mountains, are rooted with
about 100 acres of glass, and some idea
Of the extent of the business done may
be obtained from the fact that during
the rose season, which lasts from Oct. l
to May 1, the daily shipment of buds
averaged last year not less than 10000.
Horticulture for profit in that locality
grew out of the success that attended
the efforts of the gardeners employed by
a number of New York business men
who found homes on the mountain side,
and one of the most extensive establish
ments, devoted largely to chrysanthe-
NUNS and orchids, has been built up
around a nucleus formed by the private
greenhouse of a New York millionaire.
Many of the cut flowers furnished to New
York are raised by growers in many out
lying tow1E, and this is also true of ev-
cry big city. The lily of the valley, SO
popular this year, is almost entirely the
product of small establishments.
Some of the stories of the rapid max.
ing Of money by men who have under.
taken the cultivation and sale of flowers
are veritable of businesssuc.
cess. Here is IN
In the spring of 1882 a business a OF
20, who was located in a small town in
Ohio, was obliged, by reason of the
failing strength that with old age,
to go to his physician for advice. The
man of medicine looked his prospective
! patient over and told him that it was not
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-10

er fioriculturists the increase since 1890,
when figures were obtained by the census
bureau, has been much more rapid than
ever before. 1t is in some quarters, in
deed, held that the volume of business
has doubled in the last three years.
In 1890 there were 4, $50 establishments
in the United States devoted to the rails
ing of flowers, employing 16,S47 men
and 1858 women. 1t cost about 81, 000.-
900 a year to bpy the coal burned in
maintaining a temperate heat in the
greenhouses, and their managers ex-
pended about 1880, 900 in advertising.
For postage on their catalogues, circu-
lars and business correspondence $780,
600 more was at that time expended an
nually, and the yearly sales of cut flow
ers and shrubs aggregated sec, 211 800. n.
The growth of Horticulture by private in
dividuals has grown in like proportions,
and the amount of money permanently
invested and annually expended in this
direction must be ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in
deed in relation to the flowers grown
than in commercial Horticulture, where
the utmost possible economy of time,
money and space is scientifically applied.
The attention paid to flowers and orna-
mental shrubs by municipal. authorities
has also increased materially. OF Amer
lean cities. Chicago probably spends
most money on flowers in the public
parks, while Boston's expenditures are
considered to be in the best taste. New
York is behind many cities in this re-
gard, although its collection of trees in
Central park is a notable and interesting
one.
This increase in the production of flow
ers has come of course in response to a
popular demand-a demand that has I'm
doubtedly received much stimulus from
the constantly growing beauty and pro-
fusion of the blooms, for in some direc-
tons the florists of America are now the
most accomplished in the world. The
chrysanthemum, for instance, which is
q native of Japan and was carefully cul-
tivated for many years in England before
any scientific attention was paid to it
here, is nowhere else produced in such
beauty as in the United States. This is
also true of the ~carnation, and as for the
queen of flowers, the rose, the develop
ment here has d~istapced eve the wonder
full roses of France, the American varie-
ties being the despair of rose growers in
every other land. Within the past few
years, in fact, the expectations of rare
plants and flowers from this country have
exceeded the imports, the excess this
year being very large.
With the increase in demand has come
a gradual elevation OF taste, and the
gaudy carpet beds" at one time so great
a fad, are being displaced by a much
saner, less obtrusive arrangement Of
Towering plants. There is no doubt tina
this improvement in taste has been great
ly fostered by the botanical gardens a
Washington. Harvard university, Am
herst and Cornell and the Shaw gardens
Mt st. Louis. The growth of a love TO,
beautiful trees, closely allied to the low
of flowers, has been promoted largely b,
the various arboreal collections of tn,
country, among which the Arnold ar
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pretentious than a great many Of his
thousands of employees. The trade OF
his house extends all over the west, and
his sales aggregate upward of $50, 0o0, 900
annually. while his IMPORTS are shown
by the custom house records to exceed
those of any other merchant in the conn
try.
Mr.. Field is a native Of Massachusetts,
where he was born in 1885. He went to
Chicago in 1856 and has been there ever
since. His mercantile house il the result
of efforts put forth during the early
years of the civil war, and the profits
piled up then laid the basis of his enor-
NOUS fortune. Heis reserved in manner,
but very public spirited and active in all
movements looking to the betterment Of
public interests and affairs. He has very
decided opinions as to- the duties Of 0
citizen and lives mp to them.