The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-06-04
MUD BATHS.
NOT GOOD FOR ANY.
Stay Out Of Them.
RichmoHd Dispafch


the heart, and touehen the 7inews anC
: muscles for the battles and business .
lie Is almost the first thing that occu
pies man when he finds himself tn,
father Of a real boy. Blindness and ig
norance and heIplessness are terrible tl
contemplate. Light, knowledge, anc
power are the prime necessities. How
+ the poor, helpless little one shall be de
yeloped, strengthened, and equipped
and thoroughly furnished for usefu
and happy life is the great study.
Naturally, as the son Of man is ex.
, pected to move among men and be one
Of them, as men are to be his compan.
Ions and antagonists, his friends, and
his enemies, his helps and his competi-
, tors, his first business is to know them
As mankind are to be the element in
which he moves, he must make him
sell we'll and famillarly acquainted with
human nature. How to 90 about tC
learn human nature is the great con
sideration
The mud BATH" or immersion IN
the river Styx, that, according to
heather mythology, bounds Tartarus
has-ln the heather and half-heathen
past-been accepted by many To re-
lieye their offspring Of the sensitiveness
the shrinking modesty, that somehow
IS, like the down on fruits and flowers,
the almost sure attendant upon deli
cate senslblitles and noble natures
they send them out into the world at a
very early age. And. IN place of ma
tured characters, of healthy bodies,
and great souls, there result perverted
warped, dWarfed, dried, unhealthy bod
les and hardened, withered hearts.
The mud-bath education makes the
pupil ZANZIBAR with human nature in
its dregs And whether in the expe-
riences OF court life and high society.
or the lowest walks, wherever the
world the flesh and the devil have
sway. human nature is at its worst.
And the knowledge of it that is ac-
quired under their auspices bad better
not be known At best, men and wom-
en- Of the world are safest studied as Gu
rious specimens, and a plain man or
woman may look on their assemblies as
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their assembly, Q mine honor, be not
thou united IF he will be little
careful he Will find them harmless
He will find most OF them Gagged in
their own personal vanity and ambition,
blind drunk, or huddled together, and
shut up with notions Of etiquette and
cOnyenhonality 1t is rare thing for
one Of them to get out of its box. The
Travels of CULVER are a misan-
thrope's study Of the world with its Lilli-
putians and Brobdignags, its Laputans
and Howynhyms. They landed their
author in lunatlc asylum. And the
study of human nature from that point
OF view. promises utter disgust OF luna
cv. And yet there are parents who
count the mud bath and knowledge Of
the wickedness Of the world-that sort
of acquaintance with human nature
as a good preparation for life.
When a machine or engine, or in
strument is being made ready for work,
its mlnutest part is cleansed form every
/ possible hindrance IN the way OF dust,
gum. rust, or accretlon OF every kind ;
It's pivots and points are fixed and firm,
and all its action is assured true and
direct. No warp, bending, or loosene.s
can be allowed Any defect may throw
tie whole thing out Of gear. Possibll-
itv Of failure is avoided by excluding
irrecularltv. Guards and double guards
are established. No such word as
fail" 1t will not be found IN that sort
Of company And certainly for the
work Of life the clearest possible princl-
ples. as Jewels in a watch, are the surest
Idependence and hope. And the best
way to keep out OF vice IS to keep en-
tireIv clear of the ways that lead into It.
To be familiar with it, warm with lie
/, and sympathy i the surest way to be
made its captive. Not so bad as rep
resented. and alive with Establishments
,ro ,+- communications
A student Of art makes himself IA
miliar only with the works OF masters
and with nature in her most beautiful
forms. He will avoid the sight Of i'm
perfect or bad work. His ideal Is his
worship. and to it he viii be jealousy
Ioval. There is large wisdom IN FaI
staf's observation Of Justice Shallow
1T is wonderful to see the semblable
. conference OF his mems spirits and his
tbev bv observing him, do bear them
, selves like foolish justices be by con
: yersing with them Is turned into JUS
: nce like serving man their spirits ar
Q % married that they flock together ik'
; 80 many wild geese. 1t !
: certain that either wise bearing or "a
:, norant carriage is caught As 3 Jot
b diseases one Of another t