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CENTRAL
ARGHT
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VOL. I.
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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.
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