The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-19
GOOD IN OTHER PEOPLE.
WHAT THE BOOK AGENT DOES
FOR THE WORLD.
BY 3. F. MONTAGUE.
BY 3. F. MONTAGUE.

EDITOR DEMOCRAT Several days
since. I received your card reminding
me of a promise made to you to write
an article for your paper. l had not
fDgotten it, but was sincerely in hopes
you had Ny first impulse was to
shirk duty, to say that could not pos
sib!y spare the time, for in addition to
my regular work, have very heavy
burden on my shoulders. I have ref
erence to my connection with the
institution for the deaf, dumb and the
| blind at this place. l send you, by
this mail, card, which is self-explan-
planatory. My heart goes out for the
600 blind children in the State, growing
up in ignorance with its attendant hor-
| rors. Can't the editors of the State
| help us QUITO put these unfortunate
ones in SCHOOL, l know they can, and
| believe they will but pardon the
digression, did not intend to write
upon this subject.
1 am enjoying the series OF articles
you are having your friends to write
"Good in Other People" / congratu-
late you-a happy thought. The ar
ticles are not only good within them
selves, but it teaches the writer's a very
forcible lesson, that is hard to learn
otherwise, to wit that not every man
who can read can write. It is so easy
to criticise an editor, to say just what
he should and should not say on given
subject, in short to tell just how sue.
cessful newspaper ought to be run and
vet how hard to write a creditable
article, even when you are allowed to
choose your own subject and treat it as
you deem best
BOOK AGENTS.
From casual observation there is per-
haps no class or profession of men more
deprecated, considering their intrinsic
worth, than the class which heads this
article By a great many, perhaps a
majority, they are reckoned kind OF
necessary evil, "going about as roar
ing lion, seeking whom they may
devour." They are despised and rejected
OF men. And yet, with all this, when
properly considered, they are one OF the
most useful classes of the learned pro-
fessions, for they are professional men.
The time has long since passed when
a common scrub can sell books or write
insurance successfully.
The successful solicitor for the sale
of books must be person OF culture,
refinement, good address and of tact.
Of necessity he must be able to approach
all classes, to know Just when and what
to say and how to say it. He must be
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practical physiognomist, not OF neces-
sitv book-made facial-reader but a
man who can look into the face ol
another and read therein some OF the
characteristics of the subject upon
. whom he looks. He must have entire
self-control, who, being reviled, as they
too often are, must not revile again
: uous. aggressive In short, he must bt
. a we'll rounded man, for upon these
depends his capacity as a bread-winner
. He must see many persons daily anc
), eat no idle bread
: This Class OF men, coming In contac
daily and hourly with the public, mus
1 of necessity be potent factor Of ines
: timable value, object lessons, educators
d teaching by example as well as b.
j. precept, by their walk and conversation
/ They are living epistles, known an'
# read Of all men.
e The good influences of the Bool
: Agent in the ways hereinbetore suggest
ed are very Incidental and of minor i'm
portance as compared with the create
# and very much more important worl
II executed by this class.
s. The great epostle Paul said OF Christ
Il the gospel and the ministry, "And hoy
shall they believe in him OF whom the
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