in Subscription $1.50 per yeai WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. W. II. Kiichin, Orer. VOL. 2. SCOTLAND NECK. N. 0., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1885. NO. 1. GIFTS. If I could give you what would outlast time Remam as fixed as polar star above Something to live and thrive in any clime, I'd give my love! And should you ask for that more tiuo than steel. A something of yourself, a kindred part. yiy inmost thoughts I'd then to thee re veal, And give my heart! Should friends desert you, fortune cea e to smile. Should joy itself appear beyond recall, Your weary moments I would then be guile. And give my all! But if some !ofty sacrifice you'd ask, How glad I'd yield me to your dear control And give since giving is love's sweetest taik My very soul! And, oh, believe me. could I turn away, One cruel shaft, one pang of this world's strife, From your great heart, this day I'd give my.life! (For the Democrat.) Atio:a ti n sAXDYricii ISI.A.MS. 'llilo. Or Waiakea harbor is most de lightfully located on the eastern side of t he isiand of Hawaii, and on approaching it from sea, the whole surrounding couutry being well studded with trees and perennial verdure, even to the water's edge, and presenting none of that bleak arid appearance which is so com mon and remarkably striking upon Hearing most of the other ports, exhibits one of the most pleasing and extremely picturesque sites that the islands can afford. The harbor, which is a natural one, being formed .seaward by a reef, composed of coral, sand, and lava, and extending from east to west some 1390 fathoms, assumes a somewhat semicircular shape, the diameter of which is from 1000 to 3200 fathoms; it is spacious and extensive, well protected, and be inxix seldom visited bystrong winds .affords a most convenient and safe asylum for vessels. The"depth of water in'the harbor varies from 20 to 50 feet. Large numbers of whaling ves sels annually visit this port, inde pendent of merchant ships &c. As inducements, for whale ships espe cially to visit tin 3 port, it would not be amiss to state, that very rarely does the Captain experience difficulty with his crew, which fact can be attributed to no other cause than that of the impossibility of the men obtaining anything in the shape of intoxicating liquors, for the sale of which happily no license has been granted on this island and so stringent is the law that the boarding houses are strictly prohibi ted from even making beer, or giv in it to their boarders. In enumerating what ships can obtain, in the first place, an abun dant supply of fresh water can be had all the yer round from the numerous streams and rivulets which empty themselves Into the bay, a supply of recruits, such as fcweet potatoes, squashes, bananas, oranges, beef, pork and poultry, ean always be obtained, and Irish -pota toes, although not grown in the neighborhood are procured in refli ness frmo the whaling fleet in the spring and fall of every year. Cab bage is grown in abundance on the island. With regard to the temperature of Hilo it is remarkable for its equality, and though at certain seasons of the year humid, the ch mate may be, and is considered sa lubrious and temperate. This is land is well wooded, The woods ex tend back into the mountains, and reach to within two or three mile3 of thegca coast, and contain an al most inexhaustible supply of tim ber, a great deal of which is the ohia, which for durability in a great meas ure resembles the oak. - The principal articles of export are coffee, arrowroot, pula, goat skins, hides, sugar, molasses, ffnd yrup. The production of the three last named commodities having varied of late years, but all of which "light be very extensively, and prof itably raised, were the communica tions with the interior of the coun try mere accessible, where there are thousands and thousands of acres having a soil of extraordinary fer tility at present almost entirely un cultivated, congenial to and capa ble of producing most abundant crops; but the state of the roads renders them almost impassable to any but foot passengers, and the hitherto most expeditious mode of conveyance, being by means of sticks slung across a native's shouN ders with the burdens at the ends, makes it much to be regretted that although so favorable to commerce Hilo, in an agricultural point of view is so lamentably crippled. With more avuilablo roads and oridges, but few ports on any of the islands of the Tacific, with an industrious population could pour into market such an amount of produce. There are two volcanoes oh this island which are continually burn iug, and on approaching the island at night they look tike immense fires on the summit of the moun tains. Mauna Loa is the larger and is about 60 miles from Hilo, Ki laneathe smaller being about 23 miles from Hilo. Mauna Lea has the largest active crater in the world. On the 11th of August 1855, a great volcanic eruption commenced on Mauna Loa. For fifteen months this great furnace continued to dis gorge its floods of molten minerals with an energy not a little start ling. If we take into account the amount of incandescent matter dis charged, tha length, breadth, and depth of the stream, and the time of its continuance, this eruption has no paralell in the history of volcan ic phenomena with which we are acquainted. The lava stream was about seventy miles in length, and about two miles in breadth, and fioni ten to three hundred feet deep. The angle of descent down the side of the mountain proper, is about Cf In some places however it is 20, 30, and 50 degrees, and ii many places the burning flood plunged over perpendicular preci pices in awful splendor. The veloc ity dowmthe steeper parts of the mountain was some forty n;iles au hour From the base of the moun tain to the shore the country is an inclined piano on an angle of two or three degrees with a surface broken and irregular, and forming a valley or water shed, down which rivers which water the town and bay of Ililo all rush. Down this valiey the burning river came sweeping away forest, consuming the jungle, startling the wild herds, rending the rocks, evaporating the waters, licking up the dust, fill ing the atmosphere with smoke and sulphurous gases, darkening the orbs of heaven, uid throwing its baleful glare against the sky. Fall ing into the channels of the princi pal streams, it filled and obliterated many of them, while the remainder sent down waters so dark find fetid as to be unlit for use. A. St. C.B. (TO BE CONTINUED.) If ot To Lmrg-c. . Arkansaw school teacher (to toy) "Why d.oesnt your father buy you another book!" Boy (holding up a volume of uBenton"s Thirty Tears in the American Senate") "Cause I ain't wore this here one out, yit." Teacher "Cut that book is not the kind you want. Ton must bo gin with a first reader.' Boy "This one is the fust. It's the fust one I ever had. Tap lows that when this one is read, up he will r'ar aroun' some whar an' git another. This ain't too big far me, fur lemme tell yonr I ken hold a yearlin' calf when I try." Teacher "Why, you can't spell, yet.- . Coy "Nuther ken pap." Teacher "You don't know your letters.' B0yKuther does mam." Teacher "Well you'll have to get another book or I can't teach you.. Boy "Wall then, that let's me out. Here, Bose,'' (calling his dog) "we'll go out an' tree another 'pos sum." Traveler, (For the Democrat) iE-u.vn:v sot is:tii:s. Wherever we find man ill contact with his fellow man, wherever we find the least trace of literary cul ture or philosophic spirit, there we find meetings under some name fur free discussion. Oral discussions were among the earliest and most effective means of eliciting truth and diffusing knowledge. Among all the schools of the various philosophi cal sects of antiquity, free and open disputation was the favorite method of testing the soundness of theory and finding out the disguises of error. We learn not only from ancient history, but also from modern that these apparrently transient conflicts of opinion have wrought great and mighty changes, Social, civil and religious. It is here for the first time, that many a master mind ha fait a real consciousnes of that strength which afterward rendered them distinguished. Man' who have aspired to distinction in public life, whose hopes were directed toward the great scenes of controversial en counter, and whose ambition was to reach the zenith of political power, took their origin in the debating so ciety. The purpose of debate is to establish truth. I: is often indeed urjed aside from its proper aim but never from its proper profession. What mountains of prejudice, what barriers of interest, what sha les of ignorance have often been swept out of the pathway of truth by prompt displays of controversial power. The world 13 flooded with preten tious doctrines, theories and sys terns ; not only pretentions but per nicious. They are the prolific sources of schemes affecting every interest of humanity. They infest chambers of commerce and halls of 'emulation. They start up in educational bodies and seek to sway the decisions of all deliberative assemblies. Now debate to be effective must bring all" it assumes to the test of logic. It asks nothing but a fair field It3 motto is hear both sides a motto breaded only by error, for error hates to be seen except in her own liht and in her own choseu position. xo cieoate suecessiuuy requires practice. It is capable of indefi nite improvement. It is serviceable in every station. In ihe debating society a young man of any promise soon comes to discern the value of profound and patient thought, close investigation, riid analysis and careful deduction. These come to be indissoluble connected with the idea of a good aeoatc. While mere words, tones, gesture, however fluently uttered, however gracefully managed, fail ut terly to carry convictions to the minds of his audience he must dis daiu ail aids of sophistry, ail idle rhetoric and rely for success only on a manly logic wlucn alone can carry conviction to the judgment of bis hearers. Reason soundly see that every link in the chain of your argument ia strong and sure, for tliey are present who are easier to find the least flaw. Should you put your trust in wit- irony or sarcasm, be cautious in the use of these dangerous weapons, remembering tht often iu such case the recoil is i'ar more dreadful than the discharge, There are many advantages de rived from the exercises of a deba ting society. Tenacity takes lessons from caution timidity learns self reliance, i resumption abats sunder tht check of prudence, add many olh er features of character exercise a friendly influence one unon another. This wholesale discipline has of ten been acknowledged by men of the most illustrious ranK. it is espec ially the experience and therefore the testimony of those who in early life while yet 'Chill penury repressed their noble rago," found in thesehumble tioas a fostering mother to th 1 A genius wmen in arter 3'ears was ;b!e 'The applause of listening Senates to command." Indeed it would bo hard to find a man who has risen to any emi nence either as a statesman or an or htor, who was not under more or less obligation to the exercises ofade-fincre bating association The more ed ucated, the least educated, each in appropriate measure have experi encedthe benefit. T-ie celebrated Lord Mausfield after having graduated with the highest distinction of" the University at Oxford, England and, even after lis entrance upon his leading stud ies, sought improvement in a debat- w club. Herein were discussed some pro- bund legal questions, questions in volving many intricate points of law. Ie entered into these discussions with all the earnestness of real life. Ie was careful, copious and thor ough every war in his preparations. The practice here acquired served in a ligh degree to render him ultimately one of the first Jurists of the age. Curran is another example, every thing seemed to be against his cher ished aspiration. Awkward and ungainly in gesture, hasty and in articulate in utterance, with a voice naturally harsh he early acquired the name of "Stuttering Jack.'' Since he daj's of Demosthenes no man apparently had such obstacles to contend with. After completing his College course, ie like Mansfield sought aid in the debating society. lie. patiently with stood the ridicule which his awk wardaess awakened. lie bore failure "with foititude. lie turned all erit icism to g )od account, and at length became one ot the most effective ora tors of wldoh a iy age or country" can boa it. Fox, the great English debater, distinguished alike for' the good and the bad that marked his strange ca reer gave a powerful, though uncon scious testimony to ihe value of debat ing associations, when he confessed as he did that he ha 1 acquired skill as a debater at the expense of tli3 House of Commons. lie had made it a point to speak on every question important or not merely to improve himself in the art of debating, What success he ultimately reach ed as a delibe a ive orator ma" be learned from a witness, r.o less com petent than the celebrated Edmund Burke, who declared that Fox came by slow degrees to be the most brill iant and accomplished debater the world ever saw. One more example and that from our own cjunlry. We refer to Henry Clay a name that awakens at once the thought of even thing that is facinating and convinc ing in deliberative eloquence. Without wealth, without patronage, without acedamical discipline he rose by racms of unyielding perseverance to be among the princes of eloquence in a land abounding in the most gift ed orators, Henry Clay owned frankly his obligations to the exer. cisesof a debating society. It has been my purpose to point out the advantages promised by a well con ducted debating society, mi l I trust that those who meet in Edinonstou's Hall may in eomiug years look back to those debates a3 stepping stones ta their future greatness. M. L. V. Betiiesda, Alw. Not. 12th 1885. fjOveniaTkiug iu Enrjlutj". English girls seldom marry before the age of 22 or 23. Some marry'well at the age of thirty. A marriage iu England la not arranged in a few days or even in a few months. A young man of 20 engages himself to a young lady of 18 aud lovers remain engaged three or even five years. These are the woman's good time. Du ring the engagement she enjoys al most all the sweets of married life without any of its troubles, and she is free. Sometimes she does her best to make the engagement iaat.as long as possible. She prefers to murmur words of love to her betrothed to shutting herself up with him iu Rome semi-detached cottage wherein to be moan the high price of bread and butter and coal. On the day she is married sbe is settled, as they say in England, that means she is establish ed. I would define this word "set tled" more correctty by saying that her business U done for her. I A not wish at all to convey the Men that woman finds "no happiness in kthe EnglHh household : JSotlung is further from my mind, I think, on the contrary, she can enter it with confidence than can her sis ter across the channel, because she assumes less responsibility and be- cause her mother has invariably . vers ed her most thoroughly in domestic economy. Women iu England know nothing at all about their husbands business, no more than a clerk knows about the private affairs of his em ployer ; and it is even a difficult thing for her to say whether he is making a fortune or on the verge of bank ruptcy. Wnen her husband dies an Englishwoman who has no fortune ma' become a governess, a house keeper or a nurse. That is servitude. An Englishman gives his wife to much a month for household expan ses and so mnch for her wardrobe her wages, as it were. She evinces no surprise when she learns one fine mo-ning that her husband is taking her to a sumptuous abode, nor when she learns that they must move some evening in the dark without making a noise. She goes nth the furniture in a double sense. Ccv. A GREAT REFORM. Some time ago, the" Rev. Henry Flint delivered a temperance lecture in Little Rock. Several days since he returned to this place, and, while standing on the sidewalk, engaged in pleasant conversation with a par ty of friends, Old Nat Lucus. of Briar Root Swamp, approached, held out his hand and said : "Brother Flint, I am powerful glad to see you. My name's Lu- eas.! "Bother Lucas, I am pleased to meet yon,"' said the preacher. Yes," Sir. Lucas continued. 'Tarn glad to see you for you done a great good for me," 'T am glad to hear it."' "Yes, I attei'.de l the temperance lecture you delivered here-some time ago, and since then I have been a changed man..'' "Thank heaven !" said the preach er proudly glancing at his friends. 'Yes,'' Mr. Lucas went on, '.before I heard th-rt lecture, I drank a quart of whiskey even- day." "Is it possible?,, "It's a fact. You showed me where I was drifting. You proved to me that reform was necessary.'' "My clear Mr. Lucas, you don't know how I am delighted. The good I have done you is worth the entire trouble of coming here and 'elivei ing the lecture, I would like to accompany you home, some time. Is your ife living?'' "les, sir. 'She is of course thankful for the jreat and happy rufonn?" "Oh, yes. She was s-prised whan I told her." "I suppose 1 would" be a welcome visitor at Iier house?" . That you would."- "Well, sir, do you know that it does me good to hear you talk? A ica tsngaged in any sort of eleva ting labor is always proud to hear that his efforts have been proluctive of good. Do you not feci much better?" "Oh, yes. a heap better." 'How much Whiskey did you say you drank a day?'' asked the preaeh et with excusable fondness for hear ing of his woik. "A quart." ''You don't eay so?" "Yes I do.'' 'Well, well. And now you are strictly temperate?'' "Oh, no, but I've cut down the quirt nearly oue-bslf." The Lecturer's countenance fell so low t t&t he had to reach down to pick it up. The fiiends looked at one another and tiler. gri n ncd . Tra c- EIGHT 13 BIGHT. Some of the young newspaper men think tnat because a measure isjwp ular it is necessarily wise and to be desired. The cry is why oppose Civil Service, it is ure to pasf Why get in the way and be crushed? Such men would make poor h'&derp. They would always run with the crowd. Truth is truth, right is right, the same 3'esterday, today anl for ever. In the South, among reflecting men, might docs not make right. Tliorc who have studied with suy sort of care both Parliamentary and Congressional history know how o'f- ten vicious and foolish laws have been enacted. When the South stood up against the infamous unconstitu tional laws the cry might have been sent up, "Why oppose ; the laws are sure to be enacted and executed, whether the South agrees or not.'' Here is the doctrine that might makes rig hi. The Liouth did oppose and the fight was so manly and vigorous that after awhile the better classes iu the North began to see the infamy of such legislation "the hell-broth" Senator Vauee referred to recci.tly in the SLir aud unking with the South the most vindictive laws were repealed or mitigated and thevRepub. licaa Supreme Court of the United States pronounced them unconstitu tional. Right U right and might c m not alter it. If it is wise and democratic, in the true sense, to import into the United States the British system o! life tenure of putting men in office and keeping them there as long as liiV lasts --if this be the true way then by all means let us have it. But if this system be the right one for u, then wise men cf the past were very blind and ignorant, for they did not attempt to incorporate into our system the British system of life tenure and official aristocracy. Washington, Madison, Jefferson, Jackson, Clay, Webster, Calhoun. McDuffie, Badger, Gaston, and the great men of the past lived under a cloud and never knew what was the chief end ol American politics andlhe great boon of all the ages, for they never heard of or fivoiod or enjoy ei that socilled reform that k-eps the enemy in ih. offices and gives a life perpetuity to official existence Great is Diana of the Ephesians I Greater is the great American humbug British Civil Service Lift Tenure. Yes it is bound to come and North Carolina mus! jump on the train and ride with tae boys or be crushed. This is the delicious poppycock that i dished out just now ou the BLiir bill. If iniquities are to be perpetra ted and new-fangled humbugs are to ho embraced, all : right. What North Carolinians should attend to is the motto of David Crockett "Ba sure yo i arc right then go ahead.'' , If Silver is a right standard of val. ue, then let North Carolina stand by silver, if every othor State turns idolater and bo-vs down before tin great 'Golden Calf set up by the Northern plutocrats and monopolists. If Civil Servbebf- undemocratic, unrepubliean unnecessary ; if it be dangerous anu unwise then let North Carolina oppose it to the bit ter end. an l 3uy to all who favor it "We will have nothing of this British system. We believe in reform. Wi belire in having honest, capable, faithful men in ollice.buti wu believe iu rMtti'ju in oftx the old, sou.id Democratic doctrine of the past, that worked so well vid we Believe thai the party in power shoull hdd the offices" If the Blair educational bill be load ed with dynamite and danger, and if it violates the letter and spirit ol the Constitution then North Caro lina should decline to be a party to the wrong and should steadily refuse any of the t'lluriug bait in the shap of millions taken from- the Treasury. If Federal school teaching in the States be wrong then oppose it if the heavens fall. Wight is t'.gU. If the Soutlvwilldo Ma 'duty in those and other questions, upholding ri ih:. preserving inviolate the oun3tit:iio.. refusing all bribes, and then if evil and disaster should come it will b sustained, strengthened, coin fortes! by the asurance. by the jjrateful ie fleetion that "It had no hand in th matt-r that it sought to prevent th bad results. 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