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1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 VOL. .2 NO. 40. KtO H A R D T. F IT L G'H UII , ' CONDUCTING EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. OFFICE OVER CITIZENS' NATIONAL BANK. FAYETTETILLE 'STREET. TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. r TERMS CASH, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. RATES OF ADVERTISING: 1 square, 1 week, $ 1.00. ;3 " 6 months, 20.00 35.00 10.50 22.00 30.00 50.00 20.00 55.00 100.00 SSjOO 75 00 100.00 150.0Q 2 3 squares, 1 year, 1 month, 2 " 3 6 14 1 year, 1 months 3 6 " 1 year, 1 month, 3 2.50j 5.00 6.00f 10.00' 18.00! -5.oo: 12.00' 16.00; column, 1 montn, i 3 " 6 " ".1 year, W column, 1 month, K 6 " " 1 year, I column, 1 month, 30.00 7.50; 14.00; 3 6 ct tt tt 1 year, ST The above rates are "for Single Columns..Jg3 A Small Girl's Wishes. I wants a piece of calico, To make my doll a dress ; I doesn't want a big piece, A yard'tl do, I gness. I wish you'd fred my needle, And find my finable, too I has such heaps a 6owin', I don't know what to do. My Hepsey tored her apron A tum'lin down the stair, And Brudder's lost his pantaloons And needs anozzer pair. Ij-wants my Maud a bonnet, She hasn't none at all, And Fred must have a jacket, His ozzer one's too. small. I wants to go to grandma's, You promised me I might ; I know she'll like to see me I wants to go to-night. She lets me wash the dishes, And see in Grandpa's watch Wish I'd free, four pennies To buy some butter-scoich. I wants some newer' mittens I wish you'd knit me some. 'Cause most my finger freezes They leak so in the fum. I wore'd 'em out last Summer, A pullin' George's sled : I wish you wouldn't lagh so ' It hurts me in my head. I wish I had a cookie -I'm hungry's I can be ; If you hasn't pretty large ones You'd better bring me free. Ercs vs. Meat. . W ould it not bo wise to substitute more eggs lor meat in our daUy diet ( About one-third I.: 1 - . 1 1 mt . oi ! an egg is j soiia nutriment, lnis is more thkn can be said of meat. Thece are no bones and tough pieces that hava to be laid aside. A good eorsr is made ud of ten narts ehelL eixtv Darts white, and thirtv nartn vnTt .TTioirViifo X 7 J r J w uttv of an egg contains eighty-six per cent, waterk the yolk fifty-two per cent The. average" weight of an egg is about two ounces. Prac tically an egg is animal food, and yet their is none ol the disagreeable work of the butcher necessary to obtain it. The vegetarians of England nseeggs freely, and many of these men are eighty, and ninety years'old, and have been remarkably free from illness. A srood egg is alive. The shell is porousy and the ox ygen of the air goes through the shell and keeps up - a kind of respiration. An egg soon be comes stale in bad air, or in dry air charged with carbonic acid. Ecrsrs may be dried and made to retain their sroodness foi a loner time. or the shell may be varnished, which excludes the air, when, if kept in a moderate tempera- RALEIGH, K 0., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 18T4. tare, they may be kept for years. The French people produce Vnore eggs than any other, and ship millions of them to England annually. Fresh eggs are more transparent at the centre, old ones on the top. Very old ones are not transparent in either place. In water, in which one-tenth of salt has been' dissolved, good eggs sink and. indifferent ones swim. Bad eggs float in pure water. The best eggs are laid by young healthy hens. It they are properly fed, the eggs are better than if they are allowed to cat all sorts of food. Eggs are best .when cooked four minutes. This takes away the an knal taste that is offensive to some, but does not harden the white or yolk as to make them hard to digest. An egg if cooked very hard is difficult of digestion, except by those with stout stcjmachs ; such eggs should be eaten with bread and masticated very finely. An excel lent sandwich can be made with , eggs and brown bread. An egg spread on toast is food fit for ajking, if kings deserve any better food than anybody else, which is doubtful. Fried eggs are less wholesome than boiled ones. An gg dropped into hot Water is not only a clean and handsome but a delicious morsel. Most people.spoil the taste of their eggs by adding pepper and salt. A little-sweet butter is the best dressing. Eggs contain much phospho- rous, wS who use lch is supposed to be useful to those their brains much. . Be Cheerful at the Table. Harper's Bazar i edited by a lady who prob ably knows whereof she affirms, has some very' truthful remarks concerning a matter of in terest to all the people, though perhaps de signed more particularly tar the eyes and ears of city folks. Listen : Hasty eating is uni versally disaonroved. and cheerful sociability recommended. ; Yet feaw . . . t . , , . i . . . oicen is me dinner nour tne special time when the tired Ihusband is treated to a detailed ac count of difficulties with servants and children, or the wife receives a depressing record of ousmess trouoies I ine cook may have given warning. Willie may have ruined his best j tf . v "V jacket, your pocket have been picked, or your J J ' ' 1" 1.1. : Ai ii uuy b woiii uruugut uo gam ;,Lut tnese cmngs :n i. !. i.-n j.i l .i i . wm Keepi iaiK mem over at anotner time, out let the dinner hour be free from troublesome tbpics. Perhaps nothing is more prejuuicial to the proper assimilation of food than dispu- laiiuu. j.uo iuiuu ucuuuiua HIllitLCU, Uliu 111- stantaneously the stomach svmoathizes. A f m I . dinner-table is the worst possible place for an argument winch may easily become heated and acrimonious. Nor should it be a rlacft where children are constantlv renroved. or f 7 their bad conducf suffered to destroy the com fort of the meal. Discipline in the household is highly Necessary, but the wise mother will not maKe it a prominent leature at tlie table. Good news, happy thoughts, innocent mirth auu uucciiui tjvcujugs are me most emcacious relishes, and should be used freelv. An un comfortable meal, whatever may be the cause, is almost certain to orodnce indiVeRtion Anr! though such small matters may be thought by the establishment of good health, and even il.MW.Asl. l.-.4- .. L 1 A. A. J me iuusi iuuusi uituuui uegiect tuem.witn ira pnuity. I . i How was Fade. As the trials of life thick en, and the dreams of other days fade, one by one, in xne dim vista 01 disappointed hope, the heart grovs weary of long continued struggle. and we begin to realize our insignificance. Those who have climbed to the pinnacle of tame, or revel in Luxury and wealth, go to ine grave; at last with the poor mendicant who begs by the wayside, and like him are soon forgotten.1. Generation after generation, says a'n eloquent writer, have felt as we jeel, and their fellows were as active in life as ours are now. They passed away as a vapor, while nature wore the same aspect of beauty . as when the Creator commanded her to be. The heavens will be as bright over our graves as they are now around our path ; flie world has the same attraction for offspring yet Unborn that she once had for ourselves, and that she now has lor our children; Lucky FARMPB.--The Rev. Mr. .Toh n - An derson, who gave $9 .000 for a tract of land nn the Dan rjver a year or, two since, has a crop of tobacco ' made this-y ear,-supposed to be 15, 000 pounds, for which: he has refused $35 a hundred. This would make" nearly enough to pay for the land in one year. We have this from good authority. It is considered to be one of the best crops in Rockingham county. Danville Times. " A Leader Wanted." , " A Leader is Wanted." says our foreman in the typing department on the busy morn ing of publication day. The call sets us to thinking about leaders in the various walks and ranks of life arid the scarcity of the gen uine article. Let us pursue the subject a few moments for the idea may prove-at least sug gestive. Leaders are wanted in numerous places and positions all over the land and world. Many nations and governments have incompetent leaders such as prove a curse rather than a blessing or benefit and hence the want of in telligence, principle and nerye at the head of affairs. 'Wise and conscientious statesmen are wanted to aid and advise Presidents, Kings, Queens and other head centres in the manage ment of vast Republics, Kingdoms, Provinces States, tfec., to prevent wars or restore peace and otherwise maintain or secure the prosper ity and happiness of various peoples and na tions. For upon the wisdom and discretion of those in authority largely depend the very existence of many, nations and the progress of civilization throughout Christendom. In our own country the right class of lead ers is wanted almost everywhere for in nearly every department there are are some vacancies. Not that we have no good men at the head of national, Dtate Municipal and other anairs, ior we have some; but the incompetency, dis honesty, corruption and general demoralization so alarmingly prevalent clearly demonstrate whot is wanted to secure the prosperity ot the people and' the perpetuity of the Republic. The old political cry or axiom of " Principles. not Men," will not suffice for the people (or any party) now for we need not only principles, out men pj. pure principle at tne neao, and as members of all our governmental and legisla tive bodies National, State and Local and in all corporation.-?, institutions and organiza tions designed to promote the mental, moral and material interests of the body politic. Aye, "A Leader s Wanted" one who is ju dicious, wise, exemplary in almost every school district, town, village, city, county and btate in the union and that- leaders enorts for good should be seconded by all who have '."' . - 1 rt . I . TT" 1 at heart the weiiare ot the community, v erny, the people want the right kind of leaders those possessing ability, integrity, and stamina in every department of official business and private avocations, from the highest to the low- i. A Xli . . Xl ' A est. soiuciais guveriiors, lugisiaLuie, juug es, preachers, teachers," etc., -indeed to every position of responsibility where there is lack of capacity ot direliction of duty, there is ne cessity for a leader Every family and farm, and even the household or "kitchen cabinet," requires and efficient and authoritative head to secure and promote harmonious action fa cilitate progress and assure prosperity. Ru ral New Yorker, - The Blue Grass Girls of Kentucky. A correspondent of the New York South thus describes the beauty of the Blue-Grass girls of Kentueky : : "The fame of the beauty of the girls of the Blue-Grass region has gone to the ends ohtbe earth. Newspaper correspondents have sung their praises in words that did brt feeble jus tice to the enchanting subject, and in attempt ing the task at which so many have failed I feel somewhat timid. Jbirst of all, the repre sentative Blue-Grass girl is a little above the medium height, with a form that might put Venus of Milo to shame. There is nothing frail about her, and, while 6he has every ap pearance of perfect health, there us none of that coarseness in her beauty which calls for the use of such adjectives as ' buxom ',and 1 florid.' . fer complexion is ot an olive color, which gradually changes to a dainty tinge of red in the cheeks; her hair varies frm light golden to dark brown ; her eves arebrown and full of expression ; her lips are ' like to a scartet thread' and a3 red as crushed straw berries; her smile but I must call in the poet: , . ' Her smile is sunlight, and her laugh i That sunlight set to music' ? : i .- , She is anything but delicate, for the pure, healthy air of the Blue-Grass region, and her morning and evening exercise on horseback, remove her a great distance from the hot house flowers of the large cities. There is only one word that will do justice to her beauty, and that work is perfection. It is a fact that has been before noted that the average intellectual "WHOLE NO. 92. standard of the Southern girls is higher than that of the men. Especially is this true of Central Kentucky. There is a chivalrons sen timent in the south that gives a girl greater advantages than fall to the lot of a boy, and a Kentuckian loves his wife and daughters al most as much as he does his horses. Learn a Trade. The men always in demand aro the first class workmen on articles used by the million. Carriages, cars, 'all sorts of iron work, furni ture, and the myriads of fabrics in daily use by the civilized world, all need workmen, by the hundreds of thousands. The man who is a master ot his business walks the street with a self-poise that the restless, nervous bookkeeper or clerk ne ver can fael. If the latter loso their pesitions, they kuow how hard it will bo to get others ; applicants out number the vacan- cies a hundred to one. Day after day you may see the same advertisement for a skilled work man in some particular branch in the column of "wants" in a city newspaper. 1 Begin early to learn your trade, aud perfect yourself in it. Do not tool away time when the "boss" is away, thinking it will make no difference with you ; you will get paid the same. It will make a vast difference with you. Not only will a foreman, with half an eye open know which boys are shirks, and treat them according!7, but you are forming a habit which 11 ' L ' 111 IT T. 111' J, i win not soon oe snaKen on. jli win stanu m the way of all advancement in your future ca reer. You will not half learn your (business. and so will be compelled to take your statibn in the ranks of the third-rate workers. Ohr boys despise that. Shun such a sunken rock in your voyage of life. There are "signal warn- ings enough in the smallest neighborhood. Look around you and receive instruction. Look at that poor, shiftless fellow, with both elbows , out, who 13 a third ot ther4imo without work. See his tumble-down home, rented; -at that, with his poor wife going out washing and scrubbing to help piece out a living !' Do you want such a home i Idle apprentices are very sure of such, it they persevere long ; enough. Industry in some department of labor that the masses call for, will be pretty sure to earn lor you a competent support. Of all others, per haps, the farmer s work is the surest, tor peo ple must have food, if nothing else. But what ever your business, never allow yourself to be come third-rate. - Ret u ruing Home W hen in Gaston county, last week, we heard of several persons who had moved away from. North Carolina some time ago retnrning home after having tried some of the Western States. One gentleman who moved from Gastou county to Arkansas about two years ago with $2,500 in his pocket, recently returned with about 1,000 less ; than he started with. He says the health of himself, wife and .children was bad, and thai the land was no better than can be found in this section. We learn from those who are returning to their old homes that many North Carolinians" in Arkansas, Texas and Mississippi would gladly return if they had the monejr to defray their expenses. They have found from expe- rience that there is no better country in the" world than North Carolina, and that if a man will work he can live as well here as any where else. Charlotte Democrat. North and South. These two great sections are indissolubly connected by commercial bonds, and mutually dependent in a very great measure upon each other. The North purchases our cottcn, to bacco, rice, sugar, turpentine, sirups, lumber, cattle, oranges, lemons, fruits, and vegetables of 'all kinds , and we, in return, receive their millions of useful and indispensable manu factures. The one is emphatically an agri cultural and the other a manufacturing people, and therefore indispensable to each other. It would be a great blow to the South to lose its Northern patronage, arid a greater one to the North to be (leprived of our Southern pro ducts. The relations between the two should, then, be pleasant, and it is gratifying to see ?J1 bitterness rapidly passing away from both sec tions. Sunny South. Illinois raises nearly three times as much cotton as" Old Virginia. The latter in,1872 yielded: 183 bales ; Iilinois, 502. -During the war, when cotton, rose to fancy prices, Illinois, -raised 8000 bales, and even Indiana and Ohio raised some.
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