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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-16

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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-16

Ii may not have occurred to you,
but every single bill Of money or piece
Of coin handled by you registers a
point IN your financial success. or fall
ure in this world, as we'll as for your
moral ALLEGATIONS. 1t is not always
written on the bill or coin-indeed sell
dom ls-hut the handling Of each piece
writes a registration somewhere which
helps to make the total footing up. A
tvo-dollar-blll recently passed around
in Boston with it's record actually writ
ten on 1t in red ink Here is what was
written, says the Northern Messenger
"Wife, children and over $40 900 all
gone | alone am responsible. All ha.
gone down my throat. When | va.
twenty-One | had a fortune. | am not
vet thirty five years old. | have killed
my beautiful wife, who died of broken
heart have murdered my children with
neglect. When this bill is gone | do
not know how | can get my next meal
/ shall die drunken pauper This i,
my last money and my history.
off this bill comes into the hands oi
man who drinks, let him take warn
ing from my life's ruin
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-16
VOL. XII.
The EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs Of Things
Present, Past and Future.

The story goes that a madman imag
ined himself made Of glass, and wher
some one threw him down he eyclaim
ell Smash -, and died because ht
thought he was broken to pieces. AnC
this illustrates the sum total Of life fol
many persons. Not few persons II
the land imagine they are having
hard time in this world, when
really they are enjoying all the advan t
ages that their capacities can control
if they only knew it. But under the
imagination Of the hard time their
burdens are about as grievous as If they
were real THE DEMOCRAT believes in
optimism.
Count Tolstoi, in his essay on "Life," !"
wrote that men fear the death of the
flesh because they expect to lose their
personal ego" by the dissolution. But
do not most men fear death, if they
fear it at all, because they feel quite
uncertain about the future world :?
.sWhat the future holds for me" is the
most perplexing question to most per-
sons as they contemplate death, We
think. When all men shall come to
Tol.toi's idea of what true life Is, then
perhaps they will be more concerned
about losing their ego" than about
the future of bliss or misery.
THE DEMRCRAT has never seen the
wisdom of the Government spending
so much money every year in the tree
distribution of seeds. The seed con-
tract recently given out BY Secretary
Morton to D. Lambeth 4 Sons, Of
Philadelphia, calls for seventy thous-
and dollars. worth of vegetable seeds for
free distribution. Also a contract was
given seed concern in ST. Paul, Min
nesOta. for five thousand dollars worth
of flower seeds. 1t would be just ~
right for congress to appropriate one
hundred thousand dollars to be expend-
ed IN subscriptions to different news-
papers to be sent to the homes free that
the people might find out what paper.
print the best literature.
Freight rates and railroad schedules
have become matters Of great interest
to truckers In Eastern Carolina. Not
ong ago the people Of Washington ask
ed tor some better freight rates, and
now the Clinton Democrat tells of
truckers convention held in Clinton
few days ago, asking the railroad peo-
pie to give them, during the berry seas
on. a schedule whereby they may con-
meet closely at Warsaw with express
trains going North This is what the
people OF the Clinton section ought to
have The railroad companies gener-
ally do what promises good business
and a. this would seem to be business
for the railroad interests, they will
doubtless do 1t. And then railroads
are kind and obhging more than they
get credit for anyway.
1t may not have occurred to you,
but every single bill Of money or piece
of coin handled by you registers a
point IN your financial success or fall
ure in this world, as we'll as for your
moral obligations. 1t is not always
written on the bill or coin-indeed sell
dom ls-hut the handling of each piece
writes registration somewhere which
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-16
" ritten for TEE DEAoCRAT
CHRISTIAN MISSIONS.
HOME AND FOREIGN.
Missionary Boards and Methods O
Work.
III.

BY REV. 6. A. oGLEsBY, SELMA, y. c.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-16

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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-03-05

The Supreme Court of Illinois has re-
Gently decided q case which is of a good
deal Of Importance both to railroads
and to the travelling public. In the
southern part of the State is road
known as the Cairo Short Line,
branch of which, fifty miles long, runs
from Duquoin to Eldorado, the bust
ness on the branch being so small that
the company ran only what are known
as mixed trains" made up of freight
and passenger cars. The people living
along the line Of the road applied to
the State Railroad Commissioners to
order the company to run one train
day each way exclusively for passen-
gers, and the order was issued. The
railroad company denied the right Of
the board to issue such an order, and
the case went to the Supreme Court,
which affirmed the order of the Com
missioners The Court held that rail
roads are creatures of law and are in
trusted with their powers to promote
public interests, and are, therefore,
bound to conduct their affairs in fur
therance of the public objects of their
creation. The Court held that cit can
not be said that the carrying of pas
sengers in a car attached to a freight
train is suitable and proper opera
ton of a railroad so far as the carriage
of passengers is concerned" While
this decision will be appreciated by
many persons who have had to submit
to being drawn across the country in
mixed trains at the rate of ten miles
an hour, not including interminable
stops at way stations while freight is
being loaded and transferred, it is a
fact that many Western roads do not do
a sufficiently large passenger business
to warrant the running of passenger
trains. This is a matter that a COM
pany ought to have considered when it
asked for a charter, but having re-
ceived privileges from the public such
a company ought not to be permitted
to treat the people as if they had no
rights in exchange for the franchise
they have given. Nor ought the COM
pany to subordinate the conveyance of
passengers to the transportation of
freight. The Court held very properly
that carrying first-class passengers on
a freight train was not in accordance
with the laws Of the State of Illinois
nor with the rights Of it's people.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-03-05

as being at Fire Place. The name has
chung to the two houses, both Of which
are still there. ever since. and it is thus
shown on the maps. Nor are the ORR
gin Of the name and the infniteSimal
size Of the village the only curious
points in regard to the place. 1t was a
man named Miller, who built the first
house at Fire Place. and man named
Parsons who built the second. It is
Samuel D. Miller, lineal descendant
of the first Miller, who now lives in
the Miller home, and it is William III.
Parsons, lineal descendant of the
first Parsons, who lives in the Parsons
home.
More than this the ancient custom
of fire building assigned to Gardeners
Island is still kept up. Ashes and
charred wood from a recent fire may
nearly always be found on the beach.
The island contains over 5000 acres,
much of it hilly and wooded. A stock
farm is maintained there. and wild
deer are preserved.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-03-05

days to make the ghost walk" at reg
ular periods; how the stock company's
salaries were paid one week with a
couple Of thousand borrowed from a
good friend, to be returned the next
week, and so around the circle. How
ever, all difficulties were finally over
come, and, in 1871, Mr.. McVicker re-
built his theater. He opened in August
of that year, himself assuming the lead
ing role in the comedy, Extremes !"
The new house was then admitted to be
the handsomest in the city, and for two
months there was ''standing room
only as regular sign at it's doors
Then drama never thought Of made
the theater itself an accessory to one of
the most terrible spectacles of the cen
tury-the Chicago fire of October. 1871.
This loss was serious one for Mr.. Nc
Wicker, but steadfast and determined
to operate model playhouse, he went
to work and rebuilt this house, and on
Aug. Is, 1872, announced the opening
of the third McVicker's Theater.
In 1885 the theater was remodeled
and was again burned to the ground
Aug. &c, 1890. Mr.. McVicker was sum
mering in the East, and, upon receipt
of dispatch announcing his loss, de-
termined upon it's immediate restora-
ton; and for the fifth time McVickers
was soon opened to the public.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-03-05

A prominent citizen Of Philadelphia,
Mr.. J. G.. Strawbridge. has walked up
to Il realizing sense of the fact that that
city has no fitting memorial Of Ben
jamin Franklin, though the old philoso-
pher was so intimately associated with
it. Mr.. Stra Wbridge, therefore, has
given commission to the sculptor,
John j. Boyle, of the same city, to pre-
pare model Of a bronze statue to cost
$4,000, its artistic merit to be decided
by jury of three well-knOWn artists.
The Fine Arts League Of the city will
select the site. 1t is gratifying that a
similar commission recently given in
Chicago by one of it's citizens has rous-
ell slow-going Philadelphia to a sense
Of its deficiency in this respect. OF all
cities in the United States it is the one
which should commemorat the career
of Franklin.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-03-05

Because his horses could not pull his
wagon out of the snow on South Water
street, at Chicago, Emil Rau, the driver,
dashed them until he was tired.
After resting while he went at
it again, but was compelled to desist
by one of his horses, which kicked him
into a snow bank and broke his leg.
1t is one Of the mysteries of nature why
some animals, particularly the horse,
are not conscious of their strength. If
more Of them were, and. when the OPP
portunity presented itself, would retail
late in kind, there would be fewer bru-
tai drivers. Mr. Rau may learn use
full lesson during his hospital confine-
ment if he is so disposed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-03-05
STUCK TO SPARTACUS STORY.
Congressman Hopkins Could Not See
the Joker's Point.

Congressman Hopkins Could Not See
the Joker's Point.
Mr.. Hopkins Of Illinois is not alto
gether inaccessible to the subtlety of a
Joke, but in the main the taWny haired
statesman is disposed to be serious
and grave. Updegraff is a dry joker,
and Lacey of Iowa is always bubbling
over with the spirit Of merriment.
Some time ago, while Hopkins and
Lacey were smoking in the house
cloakroom the conversation drifted to
the subject of gladiators, and Hopkins,
in his serious way, began to extol the
martial achievements of one Spartacus,
not unknown to most readers, from
juveniles up to gray-haired statesmen,
in connection with poem beginning:
Eye call me chief. And We do we'll to
call him chief who for twelve long
years." etc.
"You can talk about gladiator in
tones of contempt" said Hopkins, "but
Spartacus was a great general"
Updegraff was half asleep, stretched
out on the lounge within ear shot. He
caught Hopkins remark and drawled
out:
you're mistaken about that, Hop
kins. That wasn't Spartacus at all,
but Cantharides."
ooh, no." said Hopkins; sit was
Spartacus."
~ tell you it was Cantharides." in
sisted Updegraff, provokingly; II know
what I'm talking about"
Updegraff and Lacey soon after left
the cloakroom and took their seats
Updegrafr knew Hopkins was right
But it amused him to be perverse. So
far as Cantharides was concerned, it
was the first word that popped into his
mind. The two had occupied their
seats but little while when Hopkins
marched down the aisle with Anthons
classical dictionary. He banged it
down on Updegraff's desk and pointed
to the history of Spartacus for veritica-
ton of his assertion.
Updegraff looked at it, then at Hop
kins. and in very dry tones said:
That's right. That dictionary is re-
sponsible for that cock and bull story.
There it is. sure enough. But l pre-
sumed. while it had misled so many.
you. Hopkins, couldn't be taken in by
that kind Of authority"
Hopkins looked at him for a moment
in blank amaZement at such display
of human perversity. closed the book
in disgust and stalked up the aisle
Washington Post.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-03-05

appearing as a page. AT the age Oh
he began theatrical life on his own Y
count, and in 1852 he came to this coul
try and played in Wallack's Ihea.1
New York. He remained with "1
lack four seasons and then Joln1
Laura Keene's company. supporu1
Joseph jefferson in the 'Helr a. Id"
and "The Spectre Bridegroom.
From Laura Keene's Stoddar' I n.1
went to the Winter Garden IN lo']
under the management of Dion Dou:
cault, playing the character pai'
Boucicault's plays. In two !eai'
went to the Olympic Theater' hianasv
by Mrs. John Wood. Here stoouai' 4
NAMED five seasons, and here ne s.Oit
his first great and striking succea |yr,1 |
the character of Moncypenny Ill I
Long Strike In 1867 he returpou
Wallack's and in 1874 became d nn
Der of the Union Square lhea'ei
pany. Some Of his successes W.
won as Pierre Michel in Rose Nl. :. snl
Fletcher in Saints and Sinners o. s|
Col Preston in alabama" Mr. o..j
dart is courteous and genial MAJ o.
is one Of the favorite actors Oh 'n'
school
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-03-05
MAKING OF FALSE TEETH.
Ivory Is Not the Only Material EN-
Moved.

Ivory Is Not the Only Material EN-
p1oyed.
"Where do false teeth come from ?'
said well-known bone importer, echo
ing question that l had put to him
Wouldn't you like to know? Most
people, ! imagine, think that all false
teeth are made from ivory. That is
quite Il mistaken idea, as the majority
of false teeth are now made from any
thing but ivory. We import large guam
titles of walrus tusks for no other pur-
false teeth. You can go into some
big dental establishment where teeth
are made and you will doubtless find
the remains of walrus tusks lying
around, and, indeed, highly polished
tooth made from walruS tusk is just
as handsome, although not so lasting,
as an ivory one.
"A dentist once came to me for an ele-
plants tusk, from which a good set of
permanent teeth might De made for a
wealthy client of his. He was to spare
no expense. found him a tusk, which
being an especially good one sold for
$3.50 a pound, the usual price being
from $3.50 to $3.50 a pound. I after
ward learned that the dentist made
$500 out Of that set of teeth.
''Of course, it would be impossible
for dentists to sell teeth so cheapIy as
they do now if the teeth We're all made
from elephants tusks. AS matter
of fact, so many people are now wear
ing false teeth that doubt If the ivory
suitable for this purpose would ever
be found. ] am told good many false
teth are being made from vegetable
ivory, ivorine, etc. If so, the price Of
teeth must naturally go down, and in
time the toothless one will probably
be able to replenish his mouth for an
absurdly low sum. A set Of teeth for
$1.25,' continued the dealer, laughing.
would create boom in false teeth. -
Philadelphia Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-03-05
Knew How to Print.

A writer in the New York Art ANA
teur has been describing his visit to the
old Plantin Printing House at Ant
werp. which was bought from the fam
lily by that city for 100000 francs.
when it came to be no longer flourish
ing concern. Many important works
were issued from this house during it's
existence of 300 years, notably the edi-
tons of the Bible. The old presses a nd
everything connected with the estan-
Gshment lie in perfect order. The
writer compares this old Bible-produc-
ing house with its modern equivalent
the Oxford University Press, where
there are architectural surroundings
even more beautiful, and an atlnos-
phere even more academic: but he car
RED away the impression that though
machinery has cheapened the article.
no books have been better printed than
the very first that were made on tho
rediscovery of the art in the fifteenth
century.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-03-05

His honor the president of the Trans
vaaI will not trek to London. The
Beers were at the point of the cape fifty
years ago. The compatriots of Mr.. Jo-
seph pashful drove them out more by
bad manners than by violent arms.
They moved north step by step. trek
king, as they call it, their families and
chattels through the desert to escape
mere contact with the outlander They
braved the assegais of the savage,
fought. bargained. cheated. lied and
maSsacred after the manner Of pioneers.
They won their empire from the abor-
igine, and they have shown by Majuba
Hill and Krugersdorp that they can
hold it against the alien. Why should
Kruger go to London to confab with
the pushful person? The experience
of the King of Ashantee may be in his
mind. That potent monarch having
been invaded by the advance guard of
British civilization, consented to parley
with the governor of the Gold coast
and was whipped off from his capital
while the ambassadors whom he had
dispatched to Downing street We're
ironed and sent to prison. 1t is long
trek from Pretoria to London. The
Boer has made his last journey
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-03-05

times. though sorry to relate .
picked up by society women who 8
in it novelty and diversion from
usual round of receptions, teas ami
tillons, and it also serves we'll to ,
time during the Lenten season wi,
gayetieS of fashion are put aside 4
it is not that sort Of charitable worj,
which these women OF Atlanta ara
tereSted. They aim sincerely to m,
life happier and easier and hriyb
for the unfortunates Of their city
the head Of the Woman's Aid Soci4
is the brilliant Mrs. Robert J. Low
known throughout Georgia as 4 b,
and leader of the exclusive SET Of /
capital city. She has gathered aroI
her a number of charming won,
some of whom are married and So,
unmarried, and they. inspired by i
goodness and noble charity. will dom
less make that success in their und
takings which Mrs. LoWry's good {
ample and her interest always acco
plish. Mrs. Lowry's beauty of face
as generally acknowledged in Allan
as her beauty of mind and charact
She has all the charms that make 0
attractive and she inspires with d
sincerity and candor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-03-05

PALACE OF FINANCE.
Monetary Mart Which Was Recently
Dedicated in New York City.

Monetary Mart Which Was Recently
Dedicated in New York City.
The new clearing house recently dedi-
Gated in New York city is veritable
palace Of marble and gold. The tradi-
tional notion of the grim, stern house
of business is utterly exploded in this
superb pile, which more resembles
some Byzantine marvel Of decoration
and architecture than q place for the
exchange of mere money. The build
ing is situated unfortunately for the
display Of its great external beauty.
1t was put up on a site on the north
side of Cedar street, between Wall and
Nassau streets Cedar street, while
convenient in loca ton for the purpose
to which the building is to be devoted
is dark, narrow thoroughfare, and
hence the approaches to the splendid
structure are i'll lighted and much of
it's gorgeousness is lost in this way.
But once within it's walls there is no
lack of material for admiration from
the most squeamish Of critics. Two of
the big apartments within are of espe
cial interest and beauty. These are
the library and board-room The bank
presidents will meet in room Of gen
uine splendor. There is a golden cell
ing, laid in panels, with large cornices
supported by marble pilasters. The
doorways and windows are framed
with Sienna marble, which is the most
expensive of that material to be found.
The notified markings are softly blend
ed and the surfaces polished like mir
rors.
A throne Of oriental ma gnificcnce has
been built for the President High
above his head will arise massive
panel of marble. The bankers will oc-
cupy great leather chairs of size suffi-
cient for two men. Nearby the board
room is the library It's walls are of
mahogany, it's ceiling superbly fres-
coed, and at one side is huge mahog-
any mantel, exquisitely carved and
beautifully decorated in gold. These
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-03-05
FIRE PLACE, l.. |.
The Smallest Town On Earth-Co ms
Two Houses,

The Smallest Town ON Earth-Contaips
Two Houses.
Fire Place, at the extreme eastern
end of Long Island, N. Y, is a village
of two houses and eight inhabitants
1t is the smallest village in the world
and the one with the oldest history.
Opposite the village and across three
and a half miles of water Is Gardeners
Island, the first place to be settled by
an Englishman within the limits Of
New York State. The island was the
first immortal estate in this country,
and was purchased by Lion Gardiner
in 1859. Lineal descendants of Lion
Gardiner have continued to own the
island and to maintain home there
even to the present time. How soon
after getting the island the GARDENERS
began to realize the convenience of get
ting to New York (where the Dutch
were settled by means of crossing 10
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source of oil fires and explosions Il the
producing regions, or a spark fame or
lamp of any kind might become the
agent of ignition on board. It did not
require the now almost certain fate Of
the tank steamer Wildfower to con-
vince those familiar with petroleum
and it's iniammable nature that the
tank steamer was no improvement up
on the old methods of shipping oil in
the matter of safety from fire and ex-
plosion at sea. The tank steamer has
doubtless reduced the cost of transpor-
tation materially; it has not reduced
the fire risks. There will be explosions
at sea as long as Oil is subject Of
ocean freightage, and the chances Of
explosion have been increased rather
than otherwise by the adoption of the
bulk method Of transportation.