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Tnr. Lul,, i CENTRAL ARGHT M. J. McLEOD, Publisher. VOL. I. 81.50 per Annum. Be Content. Il may not be oar lot to wield The aickle in the ripened fild; Nor oun to hear, on nmmer ere, Th reaper'i aong among the sheave. Yst where oar daty's uk w wrought In antoon with God'i greet thought, The near and future blend in one, And whatce'er is willed is done. And oor the gnueral Mrvioe whenoe Come, day by day, the rsoompenae: The hope, the trust, the purpose stayed, The loan tain, and the noonday shade. And were this life the utmost pan, The only end and aim of man, Better the toil of Held like these Than waking dreams and slothful HAMLET, X. C, NOVEMBER 4, 1880. NO. 4. But life, though falling like our grain, Like that, revives and springs again And early called, how bleat are they Who wait in heaven their harvest day. John G. Whittitr. "hacce.- With fcuiall trults," " I just rohcd out here from the gro cery," said the little green apple as it paused on the sidewaik for a moment's chat with tin; banana peel; "I am waiting, here for a hay. Not a small, weak, debate hoy," added the little green apple, proudly, but a great big boy. a great hulky, strong, leather-uriL-fd. noisy tifteen-year-older, and littl- :ts I am you will see me double up that i(0y to-night, and make him wail and hwwl and yell. Oh, I'm small, but 1 ni good for a ten-acre field of boys and dont you forget it. All the bovs in .oLv' tin: Laie given apple went on, with just a shade of pitying con tempt in its voice, "couldn't fool around me as any one of them fools tuuuuu n uanana. "Boys seem to be your fame." draw ied the banana peel, lazily; "well I suppose they are just about strong enough to afford you a lh tic amusement. tor my own part, I like to take some body of my size. Now here comes the kind of a man I usually do business but" HC '8 largeand stronK. it is true, And just then a South Hill merchant who weighs about 231 pounds when he feels right good came along, and the banana peel just caught him by the foot, lilted him about as high as the awning post turned h . . . , v.iu V 1111X1 UUWU on a potato basket, flattening it out un til it looked like a splint doormat, and the shock jarred everything loose in the show-window. And then while the fallen merchant picked up his property from various quarters of the globe, his silk h.it from the gutter, his spectacles trom the cellar, his handkerchief from the tree-box. his cane from the show window, and one of his shoes from the eaves-trough, and a boy ran for the doctor the little green apple blushed red and shrunk a iitf Kback out of sight, covered with awe and mortification "Ah." it thought. "I wonder if I can ever do that? Alas, how vain I was. and yet how poor and weak and useless I aru in this world." Hut the banana peel comforted it and bade it i0ok up and take heart, and do wed what it h.id t Hn ur,A f .-.I. - ! eood ol tho cause in its own useful sphere. True.-' said the banana peel you cannot ,itt up a two-hundred-pound man and break a ee lar door with biro, but you can give him the choiera morbus, and if you do your part the wor.d will feel your power and bksMd''" "ll Cu':eKes wili cai; yQ And then the little green apple smiled and voiced up with graMiu bluhe on its la. i and thank, d the banana pee for its n ourajing counsel. And that rerv night, an o.d father. who writ hi, Hearty Old Aire and the rn. There was a glimpse of gray darting up the nteps.a quick, ligWatan rat tling and a 8lam of the door, and the plain front of a small office on one of the chief thoroughfares in the city had resumed the quiet, modest air which day in and day out suggests nothing but repose and a.most entire inactivity Yet through that door had just passed a spicndid specimen of old age and a magnificent example of pluck and per severance, while over the door was his name ; a name known in every city vil lage and hamlet around the chain oi great lakes; a name the owner of which iias been a leader in the great business tuuri.-sL oi me northwest, a person who ess than five years ago was a mil lionaire and a worker. , Then his office was not one room pn-nly htted. but a handsome suite of apartments elegantly finished and fur mshed; then he had stenographers i accountants, telegraph operator clerks' 1 messengers and porters; now his book- ! are kept, his errands are done and all I details of his work are performed bv ' himself. J j Now he is upward of sixtv vears ol i age,a poor man in dollars and cents j but in good health, good spirits, energy I ouu union ue is a Uroeus. Fivf years ago scores of supei intendents and managers reported almost hourly tc him for instructions; then lie injured his own property, risked thousands of dollars daily in business enterprises paid out thousands daily foi wages and made profits amounting to thousands t hen lie was a genial, energetic million aire; now he is a sociable, wholes tied industrious and am KJtious a:in. ';'w"cn he was but here he comes, let's folio w him. With his gray and well-shaped head leaning in advance of a slightly stoopino but firmly knit frame, he walks quickly mm uicsum ana is just going to turn the corner when, " How are you? Any thing new to-day?" and he haa stopped to speak to a new nmnoltvtonxo ti answer is given, the old gentleman smiles, turns lightly on his heel as he says, " Good day," and passes on, hav ing made a firm and old friend of tht new acquaintance. To gain a few sec onds' time he loses his dignity and rung several steps to get ahead of a street car. Just then he espies a customer three or ftnros away and actua.ly shouts, Hello. This from an old man and one who was once a millionaire result maousiness transaction which brings in something like $1.50 to the one who shouted. So he goes through rain, wind and sunshine, always on the qui vive, always sociable, pleasant and with his eye on the main chance. His loss of wealth honorably lost does not seem to weigh ins minu an instant. He does not appear to realize that he is old; he i alike to all, young or old, rich or poor, and, :n brief, his condition is pithily described by himself as follows: "You see, my boy, I have a good stomach and take care of it. Never had the dyspepsia or any other ailment lb my life." Detroit Free fress. j ""M fralt In the Black HUH, B,ack Hills country to the Chicago thelrrTwK r(U' TS We Wilj Wilh fVnnJ fawberry-by saying that they are found here m liberal abundance, the quauty bein? little above the common Thln8AraWberry in Western States, then the grape comes in about thesame proportions. They are of the same va riety as those of the West with a noticeable prolific vigor a little in ad vance of those of the States. The wild plum is very common in the foothills and of several varieties. The Oregon grape is very abundant in the mountains and some places in the foothills. It is a smaii plant or shrub not much larger ' , a a W oerry piant, the roots being much larger than the top. ft holds its ; leaves in winter the same as evergreens : , It is not prized so highly for itsfruitsas for its medicinal qualities. The roots ! when steeped in water, yield a tonic which, though very bitter, is powerfully j invigorating. The June-berry is auite : ! common though not abundant. It grows . i on a shrub from one to four inches hi"li ! I is about the same size as the gooseberry 1 ; is biack when fully ripe hnd verv pa.,,- ' ! u m C 7 two kin,i of" currants. the black and the clove currant. Th. . I believe are only found in the vall.-v-j among the foothills. The ., b.-rrv' ; I . ' j ' ouiiiion, emoraeing three varl. t:es, the eading one ein ' r.:'et:v f same as was in trod uc t!inu. !,...J( tl' estern States twentv vears i. m 'm-, u . tivation and whi, !i ; ,rovd a sU,v.,. I he on y disraiatrt liU Lt that 1 k- "v -to gro-.-ing i:uu. iru't j, j, ;' '! the ; ... i rot re- ve..-:ue. j.. siat O.nat is the rah at plq.) . There arc several ot.KTi varieties oi fruits in a small ay that I shall not mention now. but the crowning Irui sot this region is the raspberry and buflalo berry The raspberry is very abundant and of the finest qua.ity, suit prior to any tmngof its kind that I have ever n under cultivation. The vine a moder ately fair grower, the berrr red. of fine flavor and uncom men ly large. A i t hou n iutr are pieanteous .md fripe tor all. yet we have known pickers earning from three to four dollars per day gathering them for the m irket. Then comes the buffaloberry. Perhaps you think he is going to be a lusty fellow, but T can Dest describe it by saying 5t is in siz" shape, color gathered) nearly exactly thesame as the common nd currant. It grows on a bush or shrub, is in size an3 appearance very much like the crab apple, which begins to bear at three years old, and re mains in bearing for aianyjars. The berries are of fine flavor, very asciduous and excel the red currant for table no They are a very prolific bearer. A bush not larger than n nrHm.r. n;M u apple bush will yield from two to six luarts of these berries. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Hours a day. :.n! a patient mother who waa.mot ready to sink trom wearing- and a nur.-e and a doctor sat ur until mar.-,- morning with a ttiimvn-year-old txn-.who ivm a., twisted up in tie hene oi a r.g-j. three, while al. the neighbors on that b.ock sat up and listtned and poun.:ed their pi. lows and tried to s ee and wished that boy wou.d either die or get we.i. And the little green apple was pleased id its .ast words were: "At least I have beep 0f some little use in thia great, wide world." Hilling to Wve Way. On the J.-tl- r. ,n :iv nue lin- recently f W(man of tit:-:, r. i up to iook about tw.'nty-i;v, y..-,., 'ot aboard at a e.-'-sng to tin : 'v.ryseat occupied. -U)od for a mo.uent, and then se ie. ting a p.Mr v-dressvd man about forty-live y. ars ol ;u- , iie observed : " Are there n,j fe-eut..'men oa thi car ? , ".In- -vd. I drnn...' h- replied, as he u - Il tL.--r- hain't, tm,! y..u ar- . -:r.g ,-:.:tr through. I'll t.;u. :u;. iu-. i,.. ,,u at the end of thf i. r. was an -m,.arra-sing!ince for ai::o:::nt. an.: th. n a light broke in on ':!; a., of a sudden, and he rose and Said : " 1 -.n car. Lav. :!,: seat, madam I am -i us per: -A . .13i, u ,.tanri up nn'' 7'' UiJ" a' '" ar'-VDodi' older than That decided her. She gave him a lok whicii U wi.i nut forget to hi dying day. and grabbing the strap she re fused to sit down, even when five seats lad become vacant.-Zrca Free Press. ' Words of Wisdom. Never be ah:-med of employment, that earns an honest .'ivin. Good heslti. is a blessing that few ! uik oi tK-iug grau-iu. lor. j Envy is destroyed by true friendship, i and coquetry by true iove. ' Somyri-auiants of good caii be found in t he-Uiost depraved characters. : Wlien lore begins to sicken and decay, , it u.-e:n an enforced ceremojiy. ; Ju.-tice i-onsists in doing eo irjury to rna.: decency in giving th'. m no'of- 1 ;. - . pungency of pleasure is as tran - th- team t .at iLar.tt rou-1 its i r- ra. frars r. irpmUr t,,-.w O u s Uki- what care - ' :t i-. . lit lis ong as Tt:. : t : jd:.,i A sub shade An eclipse.. Out on the fly Various fish. Road to matrimony A bridal path. A four in hand is wortn iwo in the ; bush. Electric lights are talked of for Lon don streets. There are nine tenant-farmers in the I British parliament. . The individual who points with prid is the woman with a handsome ring. The State of California has 50 frOO people less than the city of Philadelphia ce has 36.000,000 people and $600.. poo.000 revenue-the largest' raho known. The cattle bells in the Harz mountains are made so as to harmonize ' with one another. One-half of the household, says a : critic, does not know how the other halfiives. j A barber is not always a wise man U 'l19 Iafor is mostly head work. Water. ' IO Observer. It was the man caught by a prairi nreon his own section of land who ran , through his property rapidly. An amateur farmer sent to an agricul tural society to put him down on the premium list for a calf. They did so. No man. says the Oil City Derrick, it capab.e ol gneefu Iv licking a postage stamp in tue presence ot rretty Dost : mistress. : When twoyoHr.r- pu-, P)et they , dress each on.rr as -"Uld Man;" aud when two old feiiows meet they say , My boy. 1 j We uo not know as green apple be long to any secret fraternity, yet they seem to have the grip. Marathon Inde pendent. It is a contradiction of natural phiita ophy. but cold, cold ice cream will warm up her heart. -Aw Haven EcguLer. Beware of the grocer's scales, for they re lightening, and it often strike more than once in the same place Waterloo Observer. The Territory of Montana has alreadj produced upward of $147,000,000 In gold, and 6,000,000 in silver. The ancient black glass of the Vene tians is now bo ciosely imitated at to defy detection. The process is to nse a mixture of sand and sulphur, with an addition of fifteen percent, of manganese Protestant Episcopal Sunday-school scholars in New York city number 24.000 It Is estimated that there are 500 1 uonsts establishments within a radius i of ten miles of the New York city ha.,, . , knd that the capital invested in land : trurtures and slock is not leas tha ! $20,000,000. A very simple model enables us to , realize in some degree the vast size of the sun, as compared with the earth VV he the sun is represented by a ball 3f three inches in ..iameter. a minute ba,, of 3100 of an inch in diameter must be pjaced at a disance of thirty : feet from it to represent the earth and ts distance from th- un. T he moux Geld their annual sun dance .n D.tKota recent. j and the usua. scene A crue.-y were . na ted. -.One young varrior he.d out for ntty--ix hours and h-n tainted. He waj, hanging a that ne by a sti--k run through th- ti-sb - . . .- back. He fain d ,, 1 jr.- th. t'e-i. v. way. He Wa- m grieved ovfr hi ai.ure ih.it heiiKd to ti,. hifnaeif 7J A California heroine, who lives upon her :.-.ther's ran.-J in S1-. 1. v 'I ru- it with a we-d- mg and--'"" - r.Wr.. watchtukfc xu- lut ivou cjuntv. wa- recent. v intr ..!cr. ,. to a benrMn the aV,nrof !.r ta-h-r. Sj,e did not c.o-e and ixi t the doors and tate nfuee ratehtuMlJ What sSri of throwinj with a y it is to r- ad tfftf thought have no r-gft, - ' ' ;t fcwav hv pan-eisandmVa: ' ' " Lat wu'- i be the state ot t high ways ot life rf we l(A dr.ve our ttiought-sprinLlerg through them, with ra.ve open, umes. ur.:.r the ned. M.e summoned, -he faiiii.v d ?. and turned them loose up'-n her vi.-itor. Bruin made a ma-t-r.y retreat to the nearest tre. Mis Jennie took down her father's Winches ter n2t, and wa king to the foot of the tree, took de.iberate aim and fired. Fortunately, the fim shot proved a mortal one, and the bear fell from his perch dead. MisJnni- is aid to be a young .ady of diminutive physoa vid rmusua-.y quiet demeanor. 5 C
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