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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-25
THE HEAVENWA CALL.
LUCY LAKCCM.

What shall do, my Lord, my God,
To make my life worth more to thee
Within my heart, through earth abroad,
Deep voices stir and summon me.
Through strange confusisn Of the times
| hear thy reckoning call resound;
There is pathway more sublime
Than vet my lageard feet have found.
My coward heart, my tagging feet,
They hold me in bewildering gloom
Come thou my stumbling steps to meet,
And lift me into larger room.
The dearest voice may lead astray;
Speak thou! Thy word my guide
shall be,
G, not from life and men away,
But through them, with them, up to
thee.
1t is not much these hands can do;
Keep thou my spirit close to thine,
Til every thought thy love throhs
through,
And all my words breathe truth
divine.
With souls that seek thy pure abode,
Let my unfaltering soul aspire;
Make me a radiance on the road,
A bearer Of thy sacred fire !
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-25
Wisdom cf Self-restriction.
s. s. Times.

s. s. Times
Perhaps there is nothing under
which men vince and fret more than
the restraints and restrictions which
the circumstances of life force upon
them. And yet, humanely speaking,
there is no greater helper, no truer
guide, than external restriction. Every
one knows that it is comparatively
easy to act the gentleman in a society
where the forms of etiquette are rigidly
observed, but it is not easy to come up
to the same requirement in society
where freedom is the rule and where
rules are free A newly employed
street-car driver has no difficulty in
finding the route over which he is to
the track without being jolted into the
consciousness of his own error But
ride across trackless prairie, while it
leaves the rider free from the restraints
of the rail correspondence opens to him
the danger Of going astray. Many a
young man desires to leave his present
that he may be "his own
master himself until he knows how to
impose restrictions upon himself as the
servant of that master nor Will he be
to serve and accept the res
trictions which it would profit him to
receive from himself as the master of
that servant
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-25
The Sin Of Trettirc.
Iielea Hunt.

Helea Hunt
Thc,o is one sin which it seems to
nc i everywhere, and everybody Is un-
derestiinated and quite too much over
looked III valuations Of character. II
is the sin oi frct;ing.
1t Is as common as air, a. speech -
usual monotone We do not even observe
it. Watch any ordinary coming to-
gether Of people and We zee how many
minutes it will be before somebody fret-
that Is makes more or less complain
ing statement Of something or other
which most probably everyone III the
room or the car or on the street corner
knew before, and which most probably
nobody can help. Why say any thing
about it,
IT j. cold, il j. hot, il i. wct, il j. dry.
somebody has broken an appointment,
ill-cooked meal stupidity or bad faith
somewhere has resulted in discomfort
There arc plenty Of things to fret
about II is simply astonishing now
much annoyance and discomfort may
be found in the course Of every day :
living, even at the simplest, il one only
keeps a sharp eye out on that side Of
things.
Even Holy Writ says we are prone
to trouble as sparks fly upward. But
even 10 he sparks flying upward, in the
blackest Of smoke, there j. blue Ky
above, and the less time they waste on
road The sooner they will reach 1t
Fretting is all time wasted on the road
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-25
Gocd Sense fer Farmers.
u GrTepfon Rc0rd

UGrreafon R,cord.
1t strikes ~ rs being bad judgment
for man to rent land year after wear
when land is as cheap as II in the south.
In few years ms rents would pay for
a home, tnat j. if he makes any kind
Of crops and is farmer. One trouble
we apprehend is, that many Of Our
get along with less than two or three
hundred acres. when really they would
be better off with forty Any man
with forty acres Of land can make a
good support for his family, that j. to
say, if he would make it on larger
farm A man had better have ten
acres which he can call his own than
to rent When the land is hls, he will
take an interest in improving it. be-
cause he will feel that what he put. on
it is his. If he plant tree, improve
his house or add any convenience, he
feels il is for the use and benefit of
himself and family lie has the pecu-
liar feeling Of proprietorship bringing
sense Of qualification which the man
who never owned Il home has never
realized. We do not mean to advise
any one to buy On credit a large farm
which he has not the capital to
properly work and which he can
never pay for, but start with small
tract, if only ten acres and add to j. a.
his means may enable him.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-25
What Does Your Chil5 Read!
DR.. T. H. Pritchdrd IN Charlotte
Observer

DR.. T. II. Pritchdrd in Charlotte
Observer.
This is question Of moment, for
read he ought and read he will Tie
mind requires food a. well a. the body.
and the parent should see TO II that the
right kind Of mental and moral pabu-
lum is provided for his children. Ob-
seryation reflection and communication
are the three great sources of Knowl-
edge. Conversation and books are the
means by which we learn most
Doubtless we learn more from conyer-
sation than all other sources. but
book me the material for reflection
They awaken and stimulate thought,
and they exert powerful and perma-
nent influence on character. Pad
books make bad men. An impure
book, or one tainted with -cepticiam.
read by child, mar affect his thinking
and his character for life The stats
tics of criminals in this country show
that those under twenty, and | am
sorry to say sometimes even under that
age, have been largely given to the
reading of pernicious literature, cspe-
cially "dime norc|s" By all means
encourage your children to read and
know what they read Take the pains
to get good books and papers for them
and they are to be had in great album
dance. Some of the best minds in the
world have written for the young, and
you can get books of adventure, of
travel, of science, of religion, which
are adapted to their age, and will in
tensely interest their minds and do
their hearts good. If possible, control
and direct the reading OF your children,
if you would have them to grow up
virtuous and useful men and women.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-25
LAND SALE.

b. virtue Il an execution IN my
hands from the Superior court ~ Hail.
fax connty la the cause 81 David Bell,
administrator ~ -. +. Bell against j..
n. Whitaker and John X Whitaker ]
viii on Monday the 9TH day - Fehrua-
~ 1894. expO-e to public auction % tie
highest bidder for cash. ia front 81 the
court house door in the town of nali-
fax. in laid county Of Hallfaa all % the
said l.. II. Whitaker and JOHN X.
Whitaker intere-i in and - f'at tract
or parcel Of land situated iu the un-
ty Of halifax and state pi Aor.h 'nro-
lima, lying on Fishing creeE nd
bounded by the land- - J a Parker
+. II. Whiiakcr, 4. \. flrmad. tie
late Mr.. r. Whitaker and ether AND
containing one thousand acre. m'.e or
jes-. This J., DAY of January 1871
H. AiI-BKook, Sheriff,
LAT per :. J. Clark II. ;.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-25
About Negro Schools.

This trick never fails.

EIcHdHye.
There are 25, $50 negro schools now
in the South, 2,25OO0O negros have
learned to read, and most of them to
write. In the colored schools are 23S
900 pupils and 2o,OOO negro teachers.
There are $50 schools for advanced ed
ucation. and Z colleges administered by
negro presidents and faculties, and Of
these presidents three were formerly
slaves. There are 154 negro editors,
23O lawers, 74O physicians, and there
are now educating themselves in Euro
pean universities. 247 negros from the
South. In 1889 Bishop Atticus G.
Haygood published paper in Harper's
Magazine. in which it was demonstra-
ted that up to that time the entire
North had given So, ,767 ,747 to this OBJ
ject. while the south, by State Govern
ments had given $37 ,377 ,67S.24. While
the taxes paid by the black men have
not been more that two-tenths of the
whole amount of the school fund, he
has received about third and in some
States nearly one-half of the entire
school tax.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-25
A GREAT PHYSICIAN ON DEATH.
Sir Andrew Clark's Secret Of Health
---Tennyson's Deathbed.

From an Mterrieu IN Westminster
Reuiew
"keep my name out and then tell
the world what | tell you, as far az
words can tell such things, Of that
glorious deathbed down on the Surrey
hills" and then, with glowing emotion.
. ~ . voice that rose and fell, and
~~nften grew husky and unsteady, he
It'd me of the last watch by the bed
side Of the poet.
II have stood by the bedsides of
thousands Of fellow creatures" he said
land have seen very grand and solemn
death bed scenes, but never, never one
ike that from which ! have just come
from
Sir Andrew, when he grew animated.
had a strange magnetic power over his
hearers-I have heard others, students.
medical men and private friends of his
often observe this-and | sat in spell
bound silence as he told of the glorious
day which, in the midst OF the autumn
storms and rain, dawned over the world
as the poet lay on his deathbed.
One sentence / remember of the de-
scription which he then gave me-
The distant hills, shroudcd in mists
of perfect white, could be seen through
the oriel window of the room where
Tennyson lay like piece of breathing
marble"
He went on to describe the night
flooded with moonlight, the perfect
stiffness, the dying mans request for
his Shakespeare, and, "after that the
dark" and then he rose again and
walked up and down the room. l also
rose to go.
':Sit still !" he thundered suddenly.
'Shall l tell you why Tennyson's death
was so peaceful? This not to be put
into the papers to-day. Probably it
would not interest them to-day. But
the secret is this: He lived quiet,
laborious, simple life. 1t is secret
which few men learn in time to profit
by it, / was his friend before l was his
physician. Metaphysics drew us to-
gether. Gladstone, too, is deeply inter
ested in that subject, and we all three
agreed in our taste for a simple life,
and a life Of work
Half the disease Of the generation
is due to peoples idleness. Idleness,
the beginning of all evil The mother
of pampered darling of a daughter
sends to me. The girl ails, no one
knows why. | am to come and pre-
scribe / know before / go what is the
matter with the girl. 60 to your
local medicine man. I say; he can
manage the case very WE'LL But no,
/. must be Sir Andrew, the grumpy
Scot. and Sir Andrew prescribes long
walks and less rich food, and regular
meals and early hours And presently,
when the young lady has regained her
red cheeks and high spirits, they think |
I have performed wonderful cure
Now let me tell you how ! myself
have managed to live at all. | am &C. |
Over thirty years ago, when l was
young and obscure Scotch practitioner
in London, applied for place on the
medical stiff of the London Hospital |
The authorities there said 'Oh. let US
give the poor chap chance. He is
he won't last long Let
us, in pity, give him the post Well,
l have outlived nearly every one of
them. All my life l have been deli
cate have several times been at |
deaths door, but by reason of simple |
life and a life of work, I have managed |
to get very close to three score and ten"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-25
The Fer Capita Circulation
Philadelphia Ledger.

Philadelphia Ledger.
The official Treasury circulation
statement places the present percapita
circulation at $25.49. This is all in
crease Of about 81 per capita since July
l, 1892 On the breaking out of the
war of the rebellion the per capita cir
culatiOn was between $I3 and S14 On
July l. 1862, it had declined to S1O.23
the lowest point reached to the present
dav.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-25

FITs-All fits stopped free 10y DR..
KIine's Great Nerve Regtorer. No fits
after first day'> Use Marvellous cures.
Treatise S2GO rial boctle free TO Fit
eases. Send to -. Kline, 93l Arch II,
Philadelphia, L.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-25
RAISING -r-1p DEAD
How Chinese 9:-es are Dug - a.i
Ser: Back g China.

--
Bones Of Cinnamon are valued in
China, says the Chicago Times No
matter how worthless the owner II tie
bones ms have been whc. ve. a.
soon a- he j. dead Lis remains are ST.
cred and mus, take NJ ;l.e.r final -,st-
ing place in no suo. outside the Flow
cry Kingdom. When a ChinamaIi dies
in foreign land be does SD With the
iuil understanding thar s"IHc t'H< IN
the future his brethren VIII CT II
back 10 tie land whence he came. In
Chicago work was recently commenced
on the sacred caty Of e%hum'ng the
bones Of 4 nuinber OF Chinese who haFe
been tead SIX wears or more The namcs
and dates of death OF the met whose re-
mains ale 10 be carefully prepared Tor
shipment 10 CHINA are Lay Lun, 1879 (;
Mon Ie. 1880 Ling B1ng. kee Hong,
Moi Tong Leng, Quong Moy Shung,
loS2 kee Moy Ham, Two Bark, lice
Lee lie Iiiiis' i'o' ii'lS " an long
,hlllS' 90 Lam 1901 -lal Oh '7lii-'
tAh 0huk' 'iayhah hih8' 1909 Ling
0liis' lie 'iilh9' -i"' % "iil9 i'''S
Cho", 'N FOX, looo 1oh sam non
lip, WOO Nah' loo"-
Owing to the rough weather this work
was put OF, but nothlng OF nuch I'M
portance was accomplished beyond Sc
curing the necessary Board OF Health
permit. An inspector from this depart
ment was sent WIN 0aih Moy 70 nose
nh anu "f"ee'''i'o cemeteries where
'ii0 ''e"'' A'ie'i ~" ie''' ~ 7'0 'A'''' ''''
eAiio''' MS pi0'0'' "''' ''''0 0''''e
20 law. AS SOON DIS 'Ae "e"'iiel l'eihii's
Iile WORK VIII oe c'ii io'' oii III e'ilicS'
ana the 'hlheSe ooileS VIII oe prepared
'or 'iieii nii'i Si"'o
The Chinese custom Is to take up the
dead after they have been buried SIX
years or more and send them to their
friends In China, where once every year
celebration In memory OF '11em taxes
place. On that occasion the graves are
decorated with flowers, and the dead re-
cel'e olierirss oi roasted 'liicNei1' WHICH,
iio"e'el' Is ai'ei""ioS e''ei' oH ''io IN
ihS "lVh many WISHES 'iiaV 'i'7 ei''l 'cu
eo''io nc 'iiefe 70 ENJOY II WIN '''cin
Dooio' ii"fo oo0ii o\i''''i'' d San
rralclsco' Iof'l'i!u' anu o'ilei p'aceS III
America ana sent across 'he ocean ou'
''io ii"' ''o ei i'0' '''' ''o'
~ ~'''O"5'' 'o 'i''' '''' 'e'''''
'io'liy wv 'Joo'' W '''o '1iii i'oio VI an"
ooll u 'he sun ioS' III NoS'7iill "1''
Nr"ceiailu cclhe'erlt1. some u 'Iies+
nave peen uiloer the ground longer 'haA
tlle requisite perloo Oh SIX years ai'u
'iie'l o'iies aie ~ ''e ''7iii'oi ie"' '"io-
iuil' sealeu III tiil poAeS' anu shIllsn
70 the iahu oi tleiI ha'lNIt!, "lieIe lei-
'0' = - -NN>1i' ~ '''-' ''- ''0'-'
- ''''>' ''
Inc WORK VIII De carried Oh "iioef Oh
rectlon OF an oiflclal rom oan Francis
co. known AS the thinese coroner
Ills name Is Crlh JOY roo
The Chinese quarter is greatly inter
ested ID the undertaking, chiefly be
cause the custom has never been put |
into effect here, and the strange rites |
celebrated in connected Herewith pr55i1
lse some diversion to the Chinese,
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-03
Thought He Was Acrobatio.

AS q rule, Glamorganshire ministers
never settle down in Cardiganshire. The
tide usually runs the other way. No rule
Is without an exception. A Glamorganite
recently settled in Cardiland, and as he
has to preach three times and travel Is
miles every Sunday he hires pony. He
Is no rider, and the very first Sunday his
pony raised trot, and ss some fowl unex-
pectedly crossed the road the horse stop
ped, and the minister turnsd complete
somersault and landed on his feet "What
an escaper' exclaimed the minister. "Oh,
! thought you did it purposely," " replied a
lad who looked on.-South Wales Daily
News.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-03

A. f. Taylor Of DR.. JENNIE NJ TAYLOR.
Martinsville, Pa, younger brother Of
Bishop Taylor. She is a very learned
young woman Of 20, entitled TO write A.
B., A. NJ, M. ID. and ID. ID. S. after her
name. She is small in stature, but ro-
bust, and has no fear Of the hardships
sire will have to endure on her long trip,
which will include sojourns in Liberia
and the province of Angola and voyage
Of several hundred miles up the Congo.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-03

MAS exhibit at Chicago. Among the ex-
hibits is the typical mining camp Of the
days Of 1s49. In the center of the camp
Is street 450 feet long, and on either
side the old dilapidated shanties that did
service in the days of gold as hotels, sa-
looms, gambling houses, theaters and
newspaper offices. Some of the houses
in the camp are the actual cabins Of men
who made fabulous fortunes in the
mines. The huts of Senators Perkins
and Jones, John Mackay and others are
set up just as they were when the mil
honaire miners left them.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-03

duced and the districts to be managed
bylocal committees Of a cooperative ma
ture, elected in fixed proportion by the
shareholders and the miners. The price
Of coal is to be regulated by the govern
ment, and liberal wages are to be paid
the miners. A majority of two-thirds Of
of the coal owners and lessees would be
required to insure the inauguration of
the scheme, which, 1t has been estimated,
would require a capital Of $3.50, 200, 900.
Sir George Elliot, the father of the
project, is well known in England as a
man who has made his way from being
pit laddie to position Of wealth and
influence,
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-03
Behind the Times.

Aunt Maria-And how were the ladies
dressed, Carrief
Carrie-Why. aunt, I'm astonished. La
dies are gowned, not dressed. The word
''dressed" is only used In good society In
reference to ood.-Boston Transcript
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-03
FlIiot's Vast Mining Scheme.

Sir George Elliot, Bart, has a great
scheme in view. He proposes to effect
the naturalization of the coal lands Of
England, Scotland and Wales by the
formation Of a gigantic trust to control
them all. The trust is to be governed
by a central representative council elect
ed by the different coal districts on q
basis Of the number Of tons of coal pro-
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-03
A Poet For President.

A republic in Norway is among the
probabilities Of the near future. Its es-
tablishment next year would not seem a
very surprising thing to close observers
of affairs in the scandinavian peninsula.
The national elections are to take place
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-03

He finally induc-
ed DR.. Jennie NJ.
Taylor TO take q
special course in
dentistry and go
out with him on
bis next visitation
to his African di-
ocese. They are
now on their way
thither together.
DR.. Taylor is a
daughter Of Rev.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-03
H4:lyZ3TIEIJJLT17W3
GRATEFUl-COMFORTING.
EPPS'S COCOA
ppCAHCA -CIIppEQ
BREAKFASr-SUPPER.

"By "A no ough knowledge ef the natural
laws which govern the operations OF diges-
tion and nutrition. ana by careful applica.
tinn of the fine properties of well select ed
Cocoon, Mr.. Epps has provided for oul break.
fast and snpper delicately fovored bever.
age witch may save us many heavy doctor
bills IL f. by the iudicious use of sucn ar.
ticles OF diet that constitution may be
q adually built up until strong enough 10 re.
sist every tendency To- disease. Hundreds
Of subtle maladies are floating around US
ready To attack wherever there IL weak
point. We may escape many fatal SHAFT
bv Keeping ourselves well fortified with pure
blood and properly uulished frame."-Civli
Service Gazatte. Made simply with boiling
waite Ell or milk. sold only in half pound tins.
b. Grocers, labelled thus:
JAMES EPPS Il co Ltd. Home9 athic
Chemists, London, Englard. d24 4w
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-03
California; Mining Exhibit.

The mining department at the Califor-
MIA Midwinter fair makes its display in
the eastern end Of the Mechanic Arts
building. The main entrance TO the ex-
hibit and one of its most attractive fea-
lures is the grand arch and facade Of
onyx, marble and other stones which
was such notable feature of Califor-
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-03
A Woman Dentist In Africa.

Bishop Taylor, the founder Of the
Methodist Episcopal missions in Africa,
has been trying for several years to get
q proficient dentist to go out to his diocese
and fix up the teeth of his missionaries.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-03
pIoRNSTIERNE RIoRNSoN.

then. There is no personal i'll feeling
against King Oscar. On the contrary,
his popularity is probably the strongest
bulwark of the union. Bjornstjerne
Bjornson, poet, patriot, orator and lead
er Of his people, is mentioned in connec-
ton with the presidency of the proposed
republic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-28
The Politics OF Puilm~n.

Defense of Mr.. Pullman is neces-
sarily indirect and consequently diff
cult to rebut. Fortunately informa-
ton is at hand to meet the argument
which the New York Sun, plainly
acting under inspiration from Chi
cago. entered last Friday.
While the strike was at its height
the New York Herald printed an ar
ticle in which it was stated that Mr..
Pullman had ordered his workmen to
vote for his friend Mr.. Harrison, that
the majority of them not only refused
to obey this instruction, but voted for
MIR. Cleveland, and that, in conse-
quence Of this. MIR. Pullman decided
to reduce their wages and expressed
his decision in the manner that is so
characteristic of him. The Sun
undertakes to disprove this report BY
pretending to publish the vote of the
town Of Pullman in the presidential
election. 1t asserts that there was
no great change upon which MIR.
Pullman might base his revenge. 1t
declares that the vote was: Cleve-
land, $40; Harrison, 9Ii. Then the
Chicago Post takes hand in the dis
cussion, and SAYS:
Alone. this would make out the
case. Unfortunately. for Mr.. Pull
man and his press agents neither the
figures themselves nor the deductions
therefrom will 90 unchallenged. The
town OF Pullman proper comprises
the Ninth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth precincts of
the Thirty-fourth ward. From the
time of the establishment of the
town to 1888 republican majority
Of between 800 and 400 had been re-
turned. In 1883 prohibition ticket
was put up and much of the republi-
can vote detected. Moreover, Mayor
Hopkins, whose personal following
in Pullman and among workingmen
in that neighborhood is extraordi-
nary, lent his influence with great
effect and as result the democrats
predominated over the repu blicans
by IS votes.
subsequently the town went re-
publican repeatedly. In 1892 the
most determined efforts were made
by the republicans to carry it.
There was no serious effort on the
part of the democratic organization
to elect a congressman from the First
district. 1t was well known that
Mr.. Pullman and Mr.. Harrison were
warm friends and that the magnate
had devoted great sum of money
to the presidents use in former
canvass. Yet the vote OF the town
was largely democratic, as the fol-
lowing table will show: