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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-09
The Hope Of the State.
Southern Cuitirdior.

Southern Cuitiraior.
A great care for details implies more
economy in small things, or III what
we regard as the immataial leaks" OF
farm life On many fanns, after the
crops are made, weevils and rats are
allowed to depredate at will stables are
not so arranged as to render possible
that the feeding be done without loss
of material, and with the smallest
amount Of labor farm Implements are
left exposed to the weather, or repairs
are DELAYED until the injury cannot he
remedied harness and plo~ gear left
in the stable-vard or hung in the barn
where the action of ammonia causes
permanent injury. The exercise of
these smaller economies, without mig
gardliness. will enable us to make farm
life attractive to our young people, IN
that thrift and tidiness which pervades
our farms. will extend to our tiresldes,
and its cheerful influence do much to
keep our boys and girls happy and con-
tented. We cannot deny that there is
q spirit Of discomfort creeping in, tor
which we should combat by every right
means.
Let us inculcate in our children
lust conception of the duties and pleas
ures of our calling. AS to The future
of our young men, the following
from our honorable Secretary of Agrl
culture, undoubtedly touches the key
note: 81 say Understandings that th'
Young men of our country who vii
bring to agriculture the education ant
intelligence, the industry and perse
yerance essential to success in ever.
other career. whether mercantile, indus
trial or professional, will, in the cours
of the next twenty years, attain Ia
greater degree of material well belnI
on the average, than awaits them L
any other calling" Let us teach ou
boys and girls to read and stuay, a
well as practice. Nothing is MOI
needed than widespread and abldln
and active interest among the comm
men and women in the preparation fc
perhaps the noblest calling of eartl
Our Young farmers are the hope OF tn
State, and it is our duty to Use ever
influence to make them superior
their labOrers The labOrer must hay
confidence in his leader, or else /
follows with but tagging step out OF tt
. old beaten ruts.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-09
Wise Words.

We are shaped BY our yesterdays.
Money is not the measure OF merit.
Love doesn't walt for IN invitation.
Love is a natural product OF human
ity.
Advice should bc well shaken before
taken.
Possession is pursuit with the plth
punched out
Matrimony is a remarkable deyeloper
OF character.
Courtship is glass through which
we see darkly.
Epigrams are diamonds in the gravel
of conversation.
A lite OF crime is often the result OF
running III debt.
We must go away from ourselves Ia
find the ideal.
When Cupid meets a woman ho
smiles and sits down.
History makes lis some amends foi
the shortness Of life.
One who learns the art Of living viii
keep out of trouble.
Life, however short, l. made stlI
shorter by waste OF time.
Watch the dollars in their flight
YOU want to stop their flying.
Cupid may be blind as a bat, but Ia
has ears that can hear dollar jingle.
The wag Of dogs tail l. more to b
trusted than the shake Of mans hand
Feminine beauty j. not the -uhjec
for a man to select for conversations
purposes with a homely woman.
Love makes more people mlserabl
, than it makes happy unless misery /
, love Is one form Of happiness.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-09
Good Advice About Reading.
Selected.

Selected
The following good advice from lit
tie book by DR.. Southy called "The
Doctor" is we'll worth careful reading
"Young Readers-you whose hearts
are omen. whose understandings are not
vet hardened and whose feelings are
neither exhausted nor incrusted by the
vorld-take from me a better rule
than any professor of criticism will
teach you,
"Would YOU know whether the ten
dencv of a book is good or evil, exam
Inc in what state of mind you lay 1t
down. Has it induced you to suspect
that what you haye been accustomed
to think unlawful may after all be IN
nocent, and that may be harmless
which YOU have hitherto been taught
to think dangerous? Has 1t tended to
make YOU dissatisfied and inpatient
| under the control of others and dispose
YOU to relax in that self government
without which both the laws Of Cod
and men tell us there can be no virtue
and consequently no happiness? Has
it attempted to abate your admiration
and reverence for what is great and
good and to diminish in you the love
Of YOUR country and your fellow crea
tures9 Has it addressed itself to you
pride, your vanity, your seltishness o
any other Of your evil propensitleS
Has It defIled the Imagination with VIA
is loathsome and shocked the hear
with what is mOnstrous? Has 1t di.
turbed the sense of right and wron
which the Creator has implanted in tn
human soul? If so, il you are cor
scious of all or any of these effects, G
If, having escaped from all, you hav
felt that such were the effects it wa
t intended to produce, throw the book int
the fire, whatever name it may bear
| the title page! Throw it into the fir
+ Young man, though it should hav
: been the gilt of friend Young lad'
= awav with the whole set, though
e should be the prominent furniture OF
rosewood bookcase.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-09
Levity out Of Place.
YOuth's Communion.

Youths Companion.
One OF the national vices OF the
American people is levity-the uA-
healthy quality which, in contradls-
tinction to honest and wholesome
galety or humor, turns all serious
things to ridicule, and undermines the
qualities of earnestness and of respect
tor real distinction.
A person reading the debates IN
Congress or in the state legislatures
must sometimes wonder whether the
most influential debater is not he who
can make his Yellow-members laugh
the oftenest with humorous trlvlaltles.
In a recent debate, a member, who
was arguing the appointment OF certain
federal officers from other states than
those in which they were to serve,
said that he opposed such appointments
because he was fond of watermelOns
and he was afraid that if "any more
men wero sent west from Georgia there
would not be enough able-bodied per-
sons left there to harvest the watermel
on crop"
At this the house laughed. 1t may
have served well enough as joke, bu
it was hardly to be accepted as an arsu
ment in favor of the point which ht
was arguing.
Many debates consist largely OF sucf
Jokes. handled back and forth between
members. There is a general flavor
cynicism and lnsincerity about sucl
contests. not of real wit, but OF ldl
levitv-as if the membe did not chOOS
to take the public business as serlo''
matter at all.
Such a tone on the part OF our leglS
]atiye debates is a most unfortunat
matter. The good citizen is not cynlca
about the public business. He know
that seriousness, sincerity and earnes
ness are the prime virtues of the publ
servant
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-09
Nine Rules for a Husband.
Bu q Wife.

By a Wife.
Always come home good-tempered
leaving business cares behind, and do
not vent annoyances met with at the
Office on YOUR wife and family.
Make yourself agreeable to your wife
and your friends, and do not sit glum
all the evening looking utterly bored.
Be lenient to your wife's faults, and
do not expect perfection until you have
first become perfect yourself.
Be punctual at meals. Remember
a cook cannot keep dinner waiting
without it's being spoiled. Do not ex-
pect each of your servants to have two
pairs of hands.
Do not expect your wife to keep ac-
counts, unless you keep your own cor
rectly.
Dress as we'll and neatly as youl
means will allow, ana be careful not tC
| get your trousers wet, as bagSy knees
are what no woman can respect.
BE as kind and attentive to youl
wife as YOU were before your marriage
and remember she has no pipe t(
comfort her.
When YOUR liver is out OF order
remember food cannot be palatable
therefore do not grumble and turn owe
on your plate what your wife has pro
y1ded for YOU as if 1t were not tit to eat
If YOU have wife who does kee]
her house in order, is not constantly a
war with her servants, is not extrava
CANT. has meals regularly and wei
served. and does her best to please, le
her see how you appreciate her, Other
wise she will cease to try and the
vour troubles at home will be Wors
than any you may have at the Office
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-09
THE COMING MAN.

A pair of very chubby legs
Incased in scarlet hose
A pair of little stubby boots,
With rather doubtful toes
A little kilt, little coat,
Cut as mother can
And 10 before us stands in state
The futures ''cOming man
His eyes, perchance, will read the stars
And search their unknown ways;
Perchance the human heart and soul
Will open to their gaze;
Perchance their keen and flashing
glance
Will be nations light
Those eyes that now are wistful bent
On some "big fellows" kite.
Those hands-those little, busy hands
So sticky, small, and brown;
Those hands, whose only mission seems
To put all order uOwn-
Who knows what hidden strength may
Concealed within their grasp?
Though now it's but taffy stick
In sturdy hold they clasp.
All, blessings on those little hands,
Whose work is yet undone
And blessings on those little feet,
Whose race is yet unrun
And blessings on the little brain,
That has not learned to plan
Whate'er the future hold in Store,
God bless the coming man
The Beacon
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-09
Saving w:i
Youth. Companion

ioHtA : Companion
"MoTnin' hoy. sal oid JacA. Who
believed IN Judieiou- ilaiieT> ana Who's
dolIss ar rep'Tiel ~ Hhfl~f '"''1
Peopis. y he spoke Il" lad down i1-
saw. Feclin well. hnic le- ""-i
No'hin Ike ieelin vel !" make q iei''t
ieel good. lon don '"'N i''"'f'o'
strong though, tommy 70" ~ 'Nln.
wv hats That lou n WHY ~ N'
don I heiieNe that lou e'9''H "a"
one Q. them sucks thf"ush. l"" N''
Ho seem eiieNih
why. ye k'' ~" i'"s "e''.
stronger y - 10"
better myself. lie beat9 YOU on S'"'" .
guess' boooN' IN ii' '''''
he kln' oeheNe. he'" - "'' ""''''
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-09
His First Case.

A newly elec ted Justice Of the Peace
in Kentucky thus charged the jury in
his first case If you believe what The
counsel for the plaintiff has told 20,
your verdict will be for the plaintiy
but if. on the other hand, you belize
what the defendants counsel na- told
yo,l. YOU will give a verdict for the de.
fendent. But if you are like me and
don't believe what either Of them said
| don't know what you will do ih'
Jury disagreed.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-09

Sleep,ng-cars and Travellers Rights
Rich ~ ond Dispn'ch.

Richmond Dispatch.
Mr.. Pullman i quite often referred
to as the Inventor OF the ,leeping-car.
which We think. l. not correct.
About fifty years ago, a we have
read. there was a sleeping-car fitted up
and used on some occasions on the
Fredericksburg road. which then ex-
tended only from Richmond 10 Acquia
Creek. But that car had stationary
berths.
A similar car. but better finished and
furnished was in daily use for many
wears after the war on the Chespeake
and Ohio railroad, between Richmond
and the White Sulphur. and the prices
charged on it were only half OF those
now demanded By the Pullman Com
pany.
The invention of Nh Pullman, If we
are correctly informed, is Of movable
berths, and adaptation of the sleeping
car to day use.
The great fault of the old Chesapeake
and-Ohio sleeper was that it was useless
in the DAYTIME. 1t either had to be
side-tracked in the day or else hauled
as lightweight. Mr. Pulmans lnven-
ton was of a car suited to passenger
service by day or night, and the great
feature of it was its movable or adjust
able berths.
In Europe number of the chief
lines have bed-carriages," which are,
in fact, very neat and comfortable
sleeplng-apartments; but the rates for
these are high higher than the Pull
man Company exact here. One or two
lines. we believe, now use sleepers bull1
for them bv Pullman, but the use o
, sleepers abroad is limited, one reason
!, therefor being that the distances whlcl
separate great communities are com
paratively short. 1t is but four hours
> travel from Liverpool to London bu
. seven hours from London to Paris.
. Our railroad companies have to pa
- Pullman a fixed sum per mile to lnduc
o him to put his cars on their tracks. !
is q business. however, which pay
Pullman more than it does the railroa
q companies.
A prevalent opinion with the trave
ling public is that Pullman's prices ar
. too high Another complaint whlc
q is frequently heard at this season c
. the wear from dav-passengers IS tina
some railroad companies "play into
Pullman's hands by failing to provld
sufficient accommodations for the
patrons thus absolutely compellln
many of them to seek seats IN til
t. Pullman coaches, for which, OF cours
'e they have to pay extra.
:: Recent occurrences are coming
is cause very powerful search-hght
ot be thrown upon all OF Pullman's met
re DDS That it Will result IN benefit
,e the travelling public we hope al
e believe.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-09
A Southern Boys Success in New
York.

n. Y. Cor. to Charlotte Observer.
The secret Of success is constant,
painstaking toll and self denial. Luck
has but little to do with It, The man
who works is the man who wins. One
of the most eminent surgeons in this
CITY is a man who came here from the
South ten years ago with but $500 in
the world. but with indomltable energy
and that capacity for doing everything
thoroughly which made Cleveland Pres
ident, and which is very jewel char
acterlstic, it is so rare. His name
anybody who needs his services can
have. He SAYS that he lived like a dog
while learning to be a surgeon. He
bought one medical book and mastered
that. then sold it and bought another.
As soon as he graduated he went back
South-"to the backwoods," he says.
A little child was his first patient. Her
ewes we're crossed and he Strengthened
them. The operation took fifteen min
utes-so short time that her father
thought the doctor ought to be satisfied
with thirty cents for the job and handed
him that amount. AS he could moi
afford to practice surgery for recreation
he left the backwOOds and came to New
York. He rented a cheap apartment
on the East Side, the teeming, swarm
ing East Side where the poor people
live and the sick. There he soon hat
more patients per week than countr,
doctor has per year. He wanted prac
tice and he got 1t but 1t brought hin
little money. However, he seem
never to have cared about the fee 81
much as about the thorough success Q
the operation. He also worked in on
of the hospitals. One day while a
work with another surgeon on 4 yer
!, delicate operation, he doing little
however. but look on, the other SUI
eeon, celebrated man, tainted. Sell
ING the instruments while more tlml
men hesitateu ne Immediately con
pleted the operation with success.
few wears later he was able to pa
$50 600 for a handsome house up tow
which he has converted into a san
tarium, and in the last two years he h'
made $4,000 in his practice. He me-
: or lost a case. Incredible as it may seen
he is only % years of age. He attrl
utes the uniform success of his oper
tions to the swiftness with which L
works, and believing that an old ma
cannot work fast, declares that he WI
l. retire at 45. But this man has worke
$ as few would work. All his wakl1
moments have been and are given
10 his profession. He has not even take
time to fall in love or to learn TO smol
= or to try the effect of glass OF win
Strange to say, he gives but two hou
n a day to pay practice the rest of b
IS work he gives free to the hospitals.
'e one of them he is the leading surgeo
81
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-09

Our own children are about the only
things we have which we would rather
have than have the things other people
have.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-09

English SPAWN Linlment removes
all Hard. soft Or CMlon-ea L"nt ID
ia Clemi.he- from horse ISL Il
Srayin Surh-. ~plint-. Sweeney. Elag-
rnr,n rife. Spraine. ane swollen
Tbrnpob Coughs. Etc. -re 80 by
nsa 81 one bottle. Wara- aaa lhe
most wondriul Bleini-m tme ever
known. Sold 10 f. + Whitehead *
Co, Druggists, Scotland Neck y {.
/ 10 | ly.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-09

Old newspapers at this office.
The evening world., 1894-07-11
NO CIVIL war
IN CALIFORNIA.
Strike Leaders Go Home 10
Bed...NO More Talk OF
a Bloody Conflict
SACRAMENTO BREATHES EASY,
Regular Troops, It Was Decided
Should Enter Without
Trouble
STRIKERS TOOK GOOD ADVICE
Were Tod that Their PROPOSED
Res. stance Would Be
Treason.
STRIKERS TOOK GOOD ADVICE.
10y Associated Press. }


SACRAMENTO. Cal. July 1.-THE
trouble Is practically over here. and
there Is no civil war.
Yesterday afternoon and evening there
was every indication that the Federal
troops would not come to Sacramento
without q fierce battle The strikers
had their guns ready. and their picked
fighters were In possession. They. had
a cannon. and we're loud In their determi-
nation not to let the regular troops into
the depot.
Along the levee werr strung men with
rifles. apparently sharpshooters, to rake
the soldiery as the poat passed. The
strike leaders were reticent and anxious.
This morning all Is changed. The
striker leaders have gone to bed. There
are only a few Of the strikers on guard
| In the depot and the men generally say
tie regulars will not be opposed unless
| they try to, move Pullman cars. when
they win be treated roughly.
Before going home. the leaders of the
strike spoke freely. pleasantly and
peaceab.y. The whole atmosphere had
changed and Those who had expected
20 gee Sacramento In flames this morning
with miscellaneous disaster all along the
railroad. went to their homes without
misgivings.
Sacramento Is. OF course. under martial
law. though thus far It has not altered
things in any way The printed notices
that are posted In pubic places and dis
trlbuted IN the streets got to be an old
story In a few minutes. Nobody knew
exactly what was implied by the phrase
martial law"
1t Is probable that the change Is due In
large degree to an opinion written at the
request Of the Mediation Committee by
ex-Attorney-Genera Hart. defining the
| rights and responsibilities OF the strik-
ers. and informing them that to resist
troops Is treason.
The opinion says In part: at cannot
be denied that as resistance to the law
| and the authority Of the United States
would be treason against the Govern
ment. which would not receive the sup
port Of the large majority Of citizens
who sympathize with your cause, I ad-
wise you not to permit yourselves IN
order and devotion to your cause to
entangle you IN CONFLICT with the
armies Of the Federal Government.
hope that ths me OF tns hSI.
now banded together in labor organiza.
lions In this city to commit any act
which may under any circumstances be
denounced as criminal
| Harry Knox, Chairman Of the Com
mIttee on Mediation, said late last night
| that the strikers would abide by the
opinion OF their attorney by making no
resistance to the troops.
Troops In Possession.
LATER.-The regulars this morning
took possession of the depot. Nc
violence was offered.
The evening world., 1894-07-11
BUFFALO MAN ACCUSED.
omcIaIs Want Druggist ON the
Charge of Smuggling.
M A,sOl L.tel Fress.l

BUFFALO, July IA. +. Kingston.
a wel.known druggist. Is wanted by
Government officers. seizure OF SNUG
gled drugs which are thought to have
passed through his hands. has been made
in Phna Sc CHA, The seizure consisted
Of fourteen pounds OF phenacetin and
sulfenal. the former valued at 81 an
ounce, ana the latter al 81. %. The drugs
were found AT the c, X. Milford Drug
Manufacturing Company. 2l3i Market
street.
The agent who made the seizure says
they came from "a well-known druggist
In Toronto, to Kingston, who In turn
shipped them TO Philadelphia. Milton
Cana hell . OF the Milford Company.
says the drugs were sent to his house
To he compressed into tablets, He i'm
ueilately notified Mr.. Kingston OF the
seizure Of the drugs, and when the offl-
GERS arrived here. Kingston was not to
be { und.
Kingston and his brother were ar
rested In 1888, charged with smuggling
phenacetin from Canada. He escaped
then with hne OF $50. and his
Is costly drug. maunfaetured In Ger
many. and the duty on II " high.
The evening world., 1894-07-11
is SOVEREIGN
MISTAKEN ?
Executive Board Men Say No
General K. Of L. Strike
Was Meant.
A CALL GENERALLY UNHEEDEO
Even Authenticity Of the Ap-
peal Doubted in Phil
|! adelphia.
WAS A REVOCATION SENT OUT 7
Story Of One Received In CIevs.
land 10 Denied In
Chicago.
WAS A REVOCATION SENT OUT
(By Associated Press. }

WASHINGTON. July n.--Messrs. J. W.
Hayes. General Secretary; T. b. MCGUIRE
and C. A. French. OF the Executive Board
Of the knights Of Labor. arrived here
last night on business connected with the
strike. Speaking Of their business, Mr..
Mcclure said:
I'VE are here partly for the purpose Of
working up an interest In the bill re-
Gently introduced In the Senate by Mr..
George. of Mississippi. which provides
for compulsory arbitration. We will
call on Mr.. George to-day and have q
consultation with him concerning Il.
After that we will confer with the local
assemblies Of the knights Of Labor on
various subjects.
1.-THE affairs throughout the country,
on account OF the strike. are SO seri.
Gus that We need all the help we can
get, and I believe that Washington
will stand by us. We expect to stay
in Washington for several days before
finishing our business"
From statements made by the members
Of the Board the strike appeal of General
Master Workman Sovereign contemplates
a progressive strike and not a universal
one.
"rhe present order Of Mr.. Sovereign II
Messrs Haves and Mc(.uir. s,I6 .an
plies to Chicago. and was issued by Mr..
Sovereign on the application of the local
labor unions. 1t applies to no other
place than Chicago It does not contem-
plate general strike. and Mr.. Sovereign
has not the authority to order such q
strike except by the consent Of a ma
jority Of the Executive Board of the
Knights Of Labor"