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VOL. .2 NO. 40.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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jacket, your pocket have been picked, or your
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uuy b woiii uruugut uo gam ;,Lut tnese cmngs
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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-
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stantaneously the stomach svmoathizes. A
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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' ? :
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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
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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
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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.