FOR TilE LADIES.
The Last Cent.
BY BUULEIGir.
the last cent Vm owning,
This iiiekcl so l e I;
All its jolly companions
have i'rom me sped.
Oil/ ho-v shall I .spendit,
Or what will ic b.iy,
And wh *n it has vanished
No others are nigh.
T(» the poor shall I send it?
None poorer than I,
For with this last.ikkel
Goes poverty’s .sigli.
Ah! who would possess it
This Ion dy red.
But the reckle s unfortunate
Who longs to bed ^ad.
Alii yes, who is longing
To quit this sad world,
And seek for tlmt ot ;er
Wlience nnm was hurled.
So nickel 1*11 poise t'c e
Here on my thumb,
And hide thy de-is on
Though tiiou art-lumb.
Up into the heavens
I’ll twirl th -e, o; I red,
And join the '‘tcrnal
If thou turn’'^t head!
Ah. wiiv is it always
My 'nek to fail—
That treachemus nickel
Turns up a tail.
Mother’s Love.
In some spring freshet a river widely wash
ed its shores and rent away a bough whereon a
bird had built a cottage for her summer home.
Down the white and whirling stream drifted
the green branch, its wicker cup of unhedged
song and lluttcring, beside it as it went, tlie
m uher bird. Unheeding the roaring river on
she went, her ci’ies of agor.y and fear piercing
the pauses in the stonn Ho'v Uketheloveof
the old fa>hloned mother, who followed the
child she had tducked from her heart, all over
the world Swept away by passion thatchild
might be it mattered not, though 1k^ was bear
ing away wuh him tlie fragrance of the shel
tered roof tree, yet that mo'her was with him.
a Kuth all his life, and a Rachel at his deatli.
Alleger, Bowlby & co.,
Thoughts-
03d Aunt Nellie Vick, of Wayne county
may well exclaim, '0 death wliere is thy Vick-
tory?’ She's a 120-year-ol 1 iigglit-bloommg
cerens, andiooks like she might hist till another
centennial.
Watching
Ashcriff at St. Albans, Vt., having two in
sane persons to cenvy fromtVie St. Albans
Jail to an asylum for the insaneat Batttleboro,
Vt., called one of th‘ lunatics aside and a'^ked
lusaid in keephig watch of hiscompanion dur
ing tliejo uTi y, and then did thesame with tlie
other. T two hiuaiics sat side by side, si
lently eyeing each other through the whole
route, and they haw contiouiilly kopt guard
over each other in the asylum ever since.
Childhood is the sleep of reason.
A good conscience is a continual Chrlstmas.
Most men ;ph-afraid ot a bad name, but few
fear their consciences.
What we call conscicnt'0 is in many instan
ces only a wholsome f ar of the i-on^table.
There is n »on: ward sign of conrti sy that
does not re.st on deeji mo. al ronndation.
W ithout content we si-all find it almost as
difficult to please otheis as ourselves.
A good word is an easy obligation; but not
to speak ill oiily requires our silence, w- ieh
costs ns nothing.
We must be as courteous to a tran as to a
picture, which we ni’o wilUng to give the ad
vantage of a good ll.ghl.
C 'V tou men lice I money least, yet they
most affect it; but prodlga's, who need it
a.ost, have the lea>t lega -d for it.
Toncglec:,at anv lim n pr pa ation for
death, i" tosh‘ep on air posts at a seige ; to
omit it in old age is to sleep at an attack.
We look at deu h fhj-o-'g'' tlie (“heap glazed
w'indows (if the fie ii, and believe lii‘ . to be the
monster which tlie tlaw’cd and cracked g’as-
represents him to be.
I'he greatest man is he who chooses rig it
with the mo^t inv'.scible re.a)lutiou ; who re-
-i>ts tlm soresl tem,). at’on from within and
without; \Nho bears t’.ie heavie-t bu’’dens
cheeifully: who is calmest in >tonns and
most fearh'&s under menace.s and f:-ow;is;
\viios(* 11 lia ice on ' nth. on virtue and on
Gi:d is most unfalt- ring.
To Mexd (.'iiix.\ware.—Take a very tluck
solution gum arable and .'tir into it plas.er of
paris until the mixture is of pi op r consist n-
py. .\))ply it with a brush to the r'ractured
edges of tlie ehiuaw.ar • an i slick them togeth
er. In a f “w d lys it will be impossible to break
the artic'e i 11 le same place. The whitcnc.ss
of the cement render.s it doab'y valuable.
Corn V.neoar.—Steep a quart of com In
about live gallons of col 1 wuiter for two or three
hours, and then put it on th ■ fire until the corn
shows signs ofbursting. Do not let it burst,
but rake it off the fire an I strain the liquor into
-a cask, and ad 1 about two pounds of sugar to
it. Set the c isk in a jdace where the sun can
dliineon it, and in .hree or four weeks it will
be found to contain live gallons 0i good Nine-
gar. Less quantities can be made in the same
way.
Chicken SaLad.—Mince the white meat of
a chicken very fine ; Cliop the white parts of
celery. Br pare tlie salad dressing thus:
Rub the yo ks of as many hard-boiled eggs as
desirable very smooth with a spoon. Put to
4Mch yolk one teaspoonful of mustard, one half
of salt one winegla-s of strong vinegar. Put
the celery upon a large dish, lay the chicken
upon that, t.i-eu pour the drcs.sing over it. Cut
the wliites ofthe eggs in rinds, and garnish the
di casing. Alto add a few hilts of pickled beets
cutin shapes, anda few sprigs of celery tops.
EVEllETT SMITH,
Life & Fire Insurance Agent,
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Surpasses in tone and power any lieed Organ
heritofore manut'acturod intliis country. It
luia been tested by many competent judges and
Gives Universal Satisfaction.
By askillful useoftlie stops, and of the p.at-
eut kneeswell, the music is adapted to the Im-
man voice, miiging from tlie softest, flute-like
note to a volume of-sound.
Unsurpassed by any Instru
ment.
I'lie proprietors have noted carefully for
many yiuirs tlie iiniierfections and needs of the
reed instruments, and directed their practical
i-.vperieucp to the correction of sucli imperfec
tions, and their experiments have resulted in
the production of a quality of tone vvliich as
similates so closely to the
A convenient article for kitclien use is a
banging salt box; a wooden box a foot long
by a half i'ont wide, with aback projecting
about four iinclied above the cover so that it
will hang lirinly on a nail against the wall,
answers the purpose quite well. Fill two-
thirds full of salt and liang on a convenient
nail u ar the stove. It will save many steps
to the busy farmer's wife, being near at Iiaiid
to season articles wliilo cooking, inste.ad of run
ning to the cupboard or pastry every time for
■a piiioii of salt.
Q,ueen Victoria as a Farmer.
Tluu’c a-'e till(‘t‘separate th; 11)3 Nvithhi li e
j);ecinctsof A i idsoi for s. —the Norfolk, the
Fle.iii'li a.Kl Ihe IM.ice Uoii-nit's bJiaw iavtii.
ThelaeL meut'onea is the Que I’s tavori'e,
though a Lir.;e amount of c ipilal h.is beau ex-
pui.ded up'll the ot.;e;’1 wj, and mo't of Hit*
stock which have won p izes at the recent
agricultii.al show.3 are kept on rieni. 'i he
Sim iv Firm con.'Nts of about 1,1 CO acre, more
tli.in nine-ten hsof whicu ar i pasture, near
ly a'i in a ri.ig fe.ice This is s'id to be as
rinc a spjccime.) of a g.czing farm as oiie could
wish 10 See. Extuiidve epe ation.s aie iu
pro^' C-^s ior cond icdng the sewerage of
WiiKHor out to a fiwm a nrle distant. The
farm ’ouiMings are conveuieuL and well arcaug-
ed. The f.iot-aud-montii di-easc, which is
quite dlsast’OILS among royal caAle as
any oUiLT', lias been so piuvalciit on this
farm that no stock from there has been cxh.b-
ited. The royal daily is a gem. A large
sum of money is rep ‘esented in the majoiic i
and mcsaic ofthe walls, which are sUultled
with medalions of i he Queen, I he Priiiec Con
sort and their children; the double roof and
ti’iple windows, ihe inner wiiulu'w being of
stained glass, the milk pans in whileanl gold,
and the curious inhi'd floor. TuC biuter made
here issent daily to the I'le of Wight, and to
ScollaiKl three times a week when the court
is there, and fruUs and vegetables a. e sent at
the same time. Among the bulls kept on the
farm is King Coffee, an Ashan.ee ball, brouglit
from Cremassie, and valued only as a curiosi
ty. Tlie poult* y house near by contains some
gold and silver pheasants, and .t few Andalu
sian fowls, and some Scotch grays. In the
centre is a littlecottage where tlie Qiren used
to take her 5 o’clock tea The laborers on the
flu m are paid 14. s. a week, but liouse rent,
fuel, and other advantages make their wages
equivalent to a pound a week, Tind some of
them have as much as £30 laid bv.
Greensboro, N. 0.
Represcats tlie Metropolitan Life of New
York, the iiiauguratorof the two most popuJav
and equitable plans of Life Insurance,
THE RESERVE ENDOWMENT
and
THE RESERVE DIVIDEND. PLANS.
Every pledge of this company is plainly
wu'itten out, and the full resi oi sibility oi the
Company and assured dcliiied, the Policy
ofthe Metropolitan shi.uld be read htfwt
a Policy in any other Company is accepted.
Observe thefollowing Original and Cliarac-
terlstic Provisious of this Company:
Its aays ol gi’ace, from on> month to six, de
termined by the age of tl el-'olicy.
Its conli uance frcmime ii suredpenod
another wiiliont inen a^e of ]-.remium.
Its Reserve Dividend Fui.d considered as a -,
deposit at an interest for the payment of fu
ture premiums
Its Specific Guarantees of Dividends and '
gnrrcnder Value,
Its Incontestable Glau.=e, opr^rating from the -
paynicur ofthe first premium.
The amountexplicUIy .stated to bov
paid in death.
The amount ex|jlicitly statedto b&
PAID. IN LIFE.
Also represents several First'CInfeTire Com -
panics, in which risks will be writien on alt,
classes ofinsurable property, andon Ihe.most
lavorable term.?.
5—
JAS. SLOAN’S SONS,
GREENSBORO, H. C.,
&ENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Lime. Cement and Planter, Phospliatcs smd
Agricultural Implements a Specialty.
1—
That it is difficult to distinguish between tlie
two.
THIS INSTRUMENT HAS
ALL THE LATEST
IMPROVEMENTS
And every organ is fully wananted. Large
Oil PoliBh, Black Walnut, Paneled Cases that
\Yill not Crack or Warp,
And forms iu addition to a splendid ' instru
meiit of mu-sic
A B eautiful Piece of Furniture.
This org.in needs only to be seen to be ap
preciated and is sold at EXTREMELY
LOW PRICES,
For cash. Second hand instruments taken in
exchange.
AGENTS 77ANTED.
(Male er female,) in every county in the United
States and Canada. A liberal discount made
to Teacliers, ^Ministers, Churches, Schools,
Lodges,:etc., vliere there is no agent for tlic
Sl’AR'ORGAN. Illusirated catalogue and
price list free. Correspondence solicited
Address tlie Managers,
ALLEGER, BJ7YLBY& CO.,
WASHINGTON, N. J.
EUGENE ECEEI.,
Druggist and Pharmacist,
Gkeej;sboeo,N. C.
Personal attention to compoiir.ding Pre
scriptions at all hours—day or night. 2—2
THE YARBOROUGH HOUSE,
RALEIGH, N. C.,
G. W. BLACKNALL, Prop’r.
Refer to all traveling gentlemen. 1—
JOHN ARMSTRONG,
Book Binder and Blank Book
Manufacturer,
1— EAIEIGH, K. a.
MRS. S. M. SMITH’S
BOARDING HOUSE
Middle Street, one door below Patterson’s
Grocery Store,
1—
KEfV BERNE, N C.
THE NATIONAL HOTEL,
Delightfully situated,,
RAIE1&.1I, .N- C.
A New House. Piue Roonis, Well Pin---,
iiished and Pitted up in the Itest Style.
Batli-Roonis ami \v a'.er-Glsscts on each
Floor. Billiard Saloon in Basciiu lit.
C. S. BROWN, Proprietor,
1- .Tno. W. Kekr, Clerk.
II, WILLIS.
II. 1). L. NORCOM.
j H. .VV. .-VLLEGER, 0. P. BOWERY,
——— —— i T. B. McMURTRIE,. EUW.ARD PLOTTS,
ADVERTISING PAYS.! is-
WILLIS & NORCOM,
Commission. Merchants,
And Dealers iu
FRESH and SALT FISH,
COUNTJtY PRODUCE,
Front Street, AAA (/EOAT, A. C.
E^Orders piomptly attended, to.*f3a
J6@” Quick returns on Consignments.
_20 r. 0. Bos S3„
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