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H C II - L I G II T TUKSDAV;. ..AUG. 25, 1874. IZp, We are sorrv to notice that our ItrJtir.T editors ot the iVejcs and Sjutuicli of Raleigh, have got into ruiotliefw.irni-eonU AWtrust th'iy -may settle their atr, fair qnietl Uwithout having so much to i s about it in the colum us of tl leir papers. , .,JDTlionfias", Blanket an Eng lish weaver invented the hlauket which was called after liim. Has notthis fofimtten contribution1 to .. .. . . . . . our comfort Kloue more for man kind than tile whole arm v of h kej p'.iLiMtliropiti with the: im- mi c ilate: Ieury Ward Beecher at its head. 7Lg' Ha4 Pollo-w These Eidss. . Thelet?oii for every young man is this : AIong as you have the health and power to do ; ".'go ahead; it vou tan alone tinner. try auoth- cr and a third a dozen even. Look at t ic spider: nineteen times it tried to throw out its web to its place of attachment and on tho tvvoutiQth " succeeded. ' The A-ouug mariYwbcv.has the gift of continuance is : the; only one who will bo able to breast the angry wipers oi( iiUji "of hu'maii disiouracrenient. ! Tcaatces. . V ;v The proper Miame is tomates vli: in Arjibic is said to ' signity ;app!c.s whibh cause love,". The ,iccp intio luced the tomates into Spain and the Spaniards transla ted tho name "into 'lanzana de amor" (love; apples) but the Ital ians .'who id ived this fruit from Spain corrupted the Spanish name into "mal A cx dl a mor, T (insane from love.) This the Germans, who in turn received the tomatoes from IUdy, translated by,"toll-ap fel" (madness apple) and hence, though cultivated as a curiosity, it ia realy eaten in Germany from a popular belief, derived from this unfortunate translation, that the use of it will produces insanity; -So much for ;i n: ic. -- :.:: We irazed on tlio :1 c an aged juau v. u . crowed withernam brow o! 1 . ' whose fir-i " . and a; wrhose . 1 et his seal, and ' cold that youth Wltll . .lions' h id ; forever listened to his totter ach footfall seemed to say-prr. ide tlio c " : beautiful uirl w K. the hectic ilu h c er ccr.-;',un?-"ti: and as the r tt food ol" :Jrr.. dyinar face. . seemed . to a. a r. We stood be- t t a young ana whose cheek .ataldestroy- r.. ould be seen, tt ; sun threw a light .upon the .ast faint moan pacing ' away. All carthl;- r- - ll 14 t X I . things, are' " passing Ti parkling "fpuntaiu, mountain, the mighty 1 1 lie ' gorffcous si lowclad at tower to the n brthern are! al passing away. - mi is- a n iev word latelv ? m- vented and brought into bein: crradnallv use, as a substitute for iostohiee money order," just as "telegram j r as been adopted in the place ,of "telegraphic dis patch." It is a very good word, an d its adoption Wi 1 be a great cpn venience ; We trust that hereaf ter we will ;find ourselves in; " re ceipt of many .pomos ; daily- Exl The W il mington Star has found t h wickedest man in that towni Ho is a 'vcun'q;"' man tweuty rears c r ae, and 1 as never read- a page u the Bible. tii n 1 "Whiskey Has Used Hia Up." 'I There is scarcely a community or neighborhood from Maine to Oregon where this sayings is not used every . day in tho ' .yeai and altogether too truly.' - A' subject of this kind is to be foimd. in al most everyjown. The merchant done it; a The lawyer with brilliant tal ents aud ia large ' business has fal- en below the range of respectabili- ty ana onnaence wnisKey -was the eauae. J Tho politician, with bright prospects before him played out, and the account is charged to whiskey.- - The " juage pf talent, ago and respectability is the sub ject of private and neighborhood talk,. His enemies point with de rision, arid his friends ? hang, their heads in shame, and whiskey has done it. That kind hearted neigh- nor ana nara worjanEf man nas ne come a pest in, society and trouble to his family.! Whiskey . has beat him Whiskey will beat any man living, and that is k justrwhat It is ,4Lio 'Is J real life is ' earnest.' V J j , , i Yes, life is earnest i it is jiot, a dream as one will t sometimes r.al: most imagine ; it to the. i. Man i is placed here; by the great author for some; wise - purpose Every one has his . mission to fulfill ; an influence to exert Jf we all would strive forrthat Jife which is beyond the grave arid, seek thet ''pearl of great price,", ; ho w 'different would every ; thing be. Iso ; contentions. No bloody battles to be1 fought. What a change ' there Would be ! Life! thou art f dear to youth and. full of hope and .ardent im pulses everreadyto cast its bark upon thy. waters ; "grasping at the gilded 8hows"of this world. But there is a life eternal beyond ;this vale ; ,of tears ; wrhere: the weary will be at rest: a beautiful land where the pretty gates are open and- the walls' of the Heavenly mansions, reflect with . Jasper ugnis, anu aDoae pi enaiess piiss. where the harp strings are swept by angel . fingers, , continually sen ding forth "praise to God, whose eye and care are over all. . ,f - y TOere, Ch 1 Where f. ere is; that ' comet gone? Our daily hash disquieted within us for fear t is lost fXastTiight from dewfall till sunrise we sat a on the topmost bough ! of a; picket fence, arid swept the heavens with a wisp broom in search of that comet, but found it -noti A. ; Z And-. thereby: : . wo are made unhappy.; Once we were almost certain .we V saw the , comet's, tail swinging in its erratic course about seventeen degrees above the western " horiz oil; but 1 a ciy,' not unlike a child in distress, dispelled this fancy, and. to . our awakened vision the supposed comet appear? ed as a very ordinary " member of the feline race pacing back ' and forth on a neighboring clothesrjine, while m.mew$ical. accents he told of woes endured and ixloye . un requited. ' a ':. v : , ? v .a;;; a We b rushed himr off the line with a brick-bat a'v a:r '! Z-A v.This morning a; stranger rescue ed us from our perilous t position on the fence, and we rewarded him with a two-cent piece. --jV v'yow-'we''wat'to know where that comet Is - A-; a r - :AAAA Life wont bo . worth a cent to us until wro find buta.; a!,- --It Ai destructive tornado a passed through. Dixon, HI, aMonday night, and did 'great damage' to crops; fences, and other-property in that .vicinity . :i v a ; t?ii- TflE T0SCII-LIG11T ABROAD ; OLD VIRGINIA. . The Junior Among the Scenes of. his 1 , -Childhood. r.'. : . ."Mid alaoea and pleasures tho' I may Be it every so, humble, there's no place " r like hoine.'? I 1 s ; .Ko! there's noplace like, home --unless 'tis your ' sweetheart's l am now amid the scenes of my earlier years I have greeted great many old I comrades c and friends and two or. three ol.dsweetrhearts (but many a blast ,hes blown over the garden of my memory since then.),;',,' .:V, ;. . ,r , yl The sun is casting hfe jjlast gold en raj oyer the Jmoun tains.. ' ; The busy hum of the little village of Orange , is fast .dying r.away 1. Ko sound is, heard save the' tinklings of the cowrbell.ani the cows come to their milking , The.uresky peers softly through the. iree tops. The hum of the summer insects in the, air, and I live . byer.agaui the. days of my. early recollectiohs! Home is a sacrea . spot ..to me, for was it not here j-my battle of life began ? It was " indeed a cra dle of; hopes, and', expectations, few of which- have Keen' realized. J v But now the shadowSi of night are falling., " The golden treetopi have assumed , !a soinbre shacfe" the azure sky, has changed. its hue, ana in its. Dosop xneyening aia monds are . twinkling .far above, and' the gentle.breeze ia whisper ing'throug the trees, and I think mayhap x the', saine ;wihd Jmay sweep , oyerp the . very .' spot; and very ones my membrys musings has j conj ured up.. So mote,r it, bej Jtut I am trespassing upon your patience, kind jj reader, with the thousjhU that, crowd, my, mind, b6 i win pia you aaiea.ior tne -pres- This is the pfatical, joke in thd West : A ' man runs into a saloon j the bartender of which he knowsj arid says excitedly, "Give me a dripk, quick! There'll be rthe bigj gestrow you ever saw in about twO minutes !" The' bartender, sets ou the whiskey bottle, and. the man nervously fills' j liis glass .to the brim," drinks it off at ."a swallow j an d vlooks at the chambers of his revolver. Xeaving his hat' where! it was throwniJbeliurriedly goes to the door, looks out . a moment! and then exclaim? , "Yes, in less than half a minute' there'll be 'an awful time here ! Give metinother drink, quick I" j The bottle is again passed outj another glass drained; arid the man picks iip his' hat anc leisurely walks away. The ; bar tender calls after him: "Say, look here ! What's all this about a row i You est come back here and bav for those-drinks, f or I'll a let7dayi lifrht into Vnnr hidtf !" A t thia ihk joker turns and coolly says, "Ther you go ? Didn't I say there'd be a - -T -J " " fearful a row here- in a i minute! I knew it. There - you go; just 'as I expected;" Of course the drinks are not paid tor. a. aai?a , -5 I Apoplectic Apcti-eghms. j -t -J i . Always ."take to the right" oh the sidewalk., i Otherwise a : you must be left out among the incur able greenhorns. . - ; a-...i A half truth is generally more influential for evil than an out-and- out whopper,;; Eaaaaaia bnooks age tian a A a summer, surely . Say; nothing but good about "the dead j is a peremetoryl oadea in mano a case for .you to keep your mouth shut about a. that scoundreL A. , i i - ""'. ,-a : j-. t A celebrated: doctor, says ;.that .walldng is al perpetnaL falling, and "a perpetual Belf-recovery't Up to the tune we read thi3 we enjoyed walking: Kow, that "we know that it is hard 1 workih 6tead of relaxation, as we have all along supposed the ; edge of our enjoyment ii blunted, a ;a,r:' ! "Who was the meekest man J'? asked . . a ; ; Sunday-school teacher. "Moses Very well : Who was the meekest woman f'Pever was any." ; - ? i A savs this is the ironv tailv5:.-.andrheiur mioixnad iJV:lii3 ;. leastwise ihe rage ofa"Cliris-1 yA in9.s statesman ;" :r I tiausne liad.j.Qr.rpwed.l f rieinrooi single swallow does not ijinko u , n i-i'gh I crf ;?aid;.he, .wuld'teach ;:cDut several k swallows, f ner.inow, ia ,iretiK. ttie Sabbath 'i makela hummera- I A al4)WlI .Q-y iappm? jier laws ,p v- :' ' - ": a a::. Those who have never patiently and thoughtfully, endeavored, to analyze human , actions l and lo trace them back to i their first lm pelling motives'- would, bo vastly surprised were they to learn how strongly the current of popular opinion and the.bia3 pi personal conduct is set in any yertirec- tiori by the early instilling of some illogical deduction, - or even the Uogical aeauction, -or even' me ac false fmaxim. The " supposed a so , maxim. Tne suDnosea harmlessness oreven desirableness .... . ....... i - i x-. ; of young 'men's sowing, a 1 certain amount of "wild oats," is an; apt illustration ?6f ; this.' : "Oil' uiljell come out air right, he is only ..sow-, ing his wildcats; is the opinion one often hearVgiveit ia partiality. v.!', i .-'!-aa' ; ; ' s i lnnd-him;anrlaIlonglave -; Wild f oata ;i nd eedj 'a Why what , a mad tejw.he awontdjbe called, ! Who shQuld-firtiwhis iutendepj wneat nem witn cockics. or nis es. , or nisi garden with spices with. uettlesi a? les!a? preparation for. the tvaluahle i3ro! ; Cpo men gather figs from thistles?-' : It. is a short sowing, but 'along harvest.' 3Isth' a ? - man "whose i Dowea iorm anaieeuiestep.pl ine narrow house, f has been;;br, long years slowly breaking down under the' burden of that harvest whose sowing. was soon r to' be over, so menas, tnougnt in , .t nope, iar, pacK days when hewas .the. pride and hope of loving .hbuseholdr Nor is the harvest1 limited by this present me. ii exienus on, aqa on, ana on, far beyond the reach I of 11117 agination even,,and from the lips of its reapers now comes: the glad shout of harvest' home. A. "He' that soweth to . the 'flesh ' shall of the flesh rean corrmitibii.'VOnccsbwnl wild oats are so hard to eradicate. Many a- man whoi seemsf to. be a model of : christian'1 integrity ;ah'd zeal; could tell yoit rthat-pltenr he i-f ' ' - 1 - ' -i I.-. ' ' ..;a nnus mmseii pn ine very vercce 01 despair as -he i "discoyern r.:this seed of his early, sowing sprouting: out; here and there, an1' his inner : life, just where he thought it "was eh tirely uprooted. ; r As in the fable, the .dragon's - .teeth, when sown, sprung upa aroundd men, .so Ifrom every wild oat sown , 1 springs up an armed foe bb ately I cohtest- mg every, app p peace, vir- tue,. aqd -.eternalriueTr ; A.nv, -m A Ifiaister W2up3"lils, Wife'fcr Bfeng .. aa;a.au ai.;f-a,vh. .-.ica-:ov The 1 Veh vten-Jif Cliesapeake met m Baitimoref Wednesday, to trystue case -pt Jhe, ftev II, Ef C. Baekervillev of Xhurel,' charijed witli; 7 wliipig 5 his wife The specifications Is 'that one .Suh'davi a .short time .sihee geiltleniaii ,'4 who. is t h e' provider for thej'.hpuehbldr' diaSlng'jfaileKto procure auythmir tor breakfast ex- ce;t;bread,;j-a!jd, butter. Z waVsnrr prseu jo imu . frOpae ctrs on tne one; offhersa:5iriKJg her?p3'thq eyani'tlyackui'' towhichlhe;', had so often fondly gazed. . ,., '4 - , f -T i j f .what ITcnserssf n r- f. i ottit f a h-. u a a u -j a i?ya! a "'!'Ap Jexehange'devptes a qifarter of a column' to tell i:ihow mirrors may be ruined? The Whole thing eoutd'have heetiexptaiued: in 'two "How mirrors, may' be ruined.fr Mash emilh a5, hahimef.'lWe believe in condensing things; ;v: :- ;-!.;: i-ZL v mml " m-.:,j; la-: - a IXS The! tobacco, xn op in Per son, Orange, Granville andaCas- well will not-be-wer-two-fitths of or mere inUoiigntlessncs$;.of some .U1;4", u r 'v r-rrtfr. SuthKyhis'fast arl;::l"Cv: iLiL&x -itv U;;n '.the, fiscal rvear ciidins Juue 3.0tb to tool with the English aUriguage.: Why couldn't the editor have said t what it ' Hst!jt?arV A1 . a News of tue Week. " Caswell crop3 ; are flourishing. Charlotte: t has had. a terrible thunden storm. 4 ; f r There are ;now 445 Granges in the State.. V. : . p.-J : The famous Tarbro'i House at Raleigh is now finished. arfrrr : Charlotte is to: have a new: -Masonic Temple. j : a . : A ? Monument . has : just been ere ovVr the! grave: of Gov. imuj -ji - inA' , new wsw Aiiw. .. ua., r r ;ehed attatterson's ;MUls;; in .Orf ange Co. i lloha; Wi A; -1 Smith it gam one huu dred dollars 1 in ' cash 1 tathe Orphan-jisylum- at,Oxford; o f O' l :? ;A fircC'lSas occured jJtaMnntreal Canada5, causing; the loss ' of one are twa.lTvmdren andpisrhtyTseveu dr6uglltv thoa will: With ade.' The avorao in cotton is,i:a rrf 'cent: essrt Imn las year. 1 ;-r.- i jThe;. -Pen?ylyama4 ;-raUway ' company has. issued A an -ordftr.dpr J the -abolition . of a ljartixiomDpr ncted with, eating QUsephor teis ortu cpmpaiiyT:aiirja, pc:tlfV JdhhPayriewhb resided in Alexander fcount jy : wa3ibitten,iby; u eopperneau suaKe, a iew uays. ago and died ' ironV its enect iii ; a few-hbtfrsa'j; Ji haJ ; rrThe pepplbi ot Raleigh . seem, tp be excited over the , ,'cbming'of ol4 Jack.'fliobiiisbn's,. rshow.Xoin pays . your . , way ,.- ana , taKes vour choice " ? 1 ! 1 t S atu rday -, iif ter noori policeman Edward Mc Grath of-New; i York and yonug wohian naniedHittie McGuire,' wholiad accompaujed him to; Coney, Island,! were drowns ed- while bathing at that place,?' - . I c t i i - - i; Col: Ji Hickmari RW?: T.V left the city ; last week. taking his . vnfe with him for ' a brief trip to' ' : North Iy Carolina; ' 5gbing 1 vid w asmngton uityaana lticnniona, Va. We . wish him a very pi easaht "and a safe journey.Ua Temperance : --.a:'' isiu J-'H .tart; :ul nitvh- r:, The Milton Cfirfiiiiqle . says jln the - Oliye Hill qwnship,;iPerson county. r reside 4 two! 8tepienes, two Samuels and one Elijah all born the same day. and sane hour in 1795. They were I rocked in the cradle of poverty,, and raised on corq-bread. They are now acy tive and industrious men, as erect and traightaas an arrpwwj.iib in or!!aThe Junior- is absent pn a visit to his ) friendsaiin Virginia and job work and pother pressing duties 6rtlia7preehti: week, must be an apology for the lack of the usual "amount of good reacting matter in this issue of the "Toacn" but J- we trust kind reader you A S'View-.uSaWith a criticseyev -?v j:A But pasa our imperfections by.?, . There is but little news afloat and 4 - - . i J j ' a. a.. 'J . -. nothing to tfer the rea'deri atthis ter iiL-.ttie .nineties. The election a a.'- :."v'j' ra-i-a v iiaying .passea, ptner.-suDjects w c mui pubUcM attention;' iramong t he mt h&' ndnt ri al branches, a & tbrj, Aeir material prbspoHty aSid should : encourageiwith imight; and main;' the-Toncni-LiGiiT, 'as: in 'the past wijl bedevote&lltliese interests: and. m tarn we hope for ejicouragement from those, ; who are so laudably engaged In rthosA honest; hbnorableand jusefixl vioca tions uponVwhich l rests thcvhole fabric ' of "'. individual and natibhal prospenty Honoryna M"wUn yopr snbsenption and.we Willi give ypn a paper weji m)rin yonr patronago.- There hasI)ecnMib rain-in Cas- ' a I dull season - of Ihe year,' and in the iieated ferht -with the r thermome- i well conritv to'dd1' anvvTFltlnA MRCT ccfaingoIijrctOOO! 3 We do not i think that our readers have lost anything by re-! fusing to soil our columns with the details: ot the Beecher-Tiiton jjHidal. Whether true or. false, qd the public mind is much divi jj set upon the subject, of this offair a ventilation which it has re- Is. has done moreio damacrctho Ctprals of m any of the people who &ve read the meaitricious scandal ffln aiiypther event thvrhat fiit- s,-. licgra saouiu conunue xo ioaa tneir xn' ftltfnv TRnh?t th: sofne, and press it mpon the atten ticjh' of their Jr6adelr33 anutras:e tin? commission of apsprime. f whicii,u iifbrtuiiatelye; na ade quate punishment -is provided by Jllw": Will'V not tceaso tijom pa raaiug, wnetnex;niTru3, or fijise, before the eyes of tthe peo plfe of alV classe??, a scandal so. dam- ! a " T ,iafl?u? . :! -m. flj3"rp-sJiamptoiVvhai; has a Income cf the Crescent ,5vehavn -t "rlcr'eivdd 3;;bony fo? "to mauV a 'W 'W'r ' i at "l I yi- lJ 'V- OliKING PEOPIiE-Ule.or Fo midweek warranted, no capital required Urticular ianl vaiiianip, tKunpies,js?pi. f p e. Address with 6 cent retnrd stamp. OtEOSS, Willi.imsTjoroaN:iY.' . J'- ngh, CodUftaricneii, It ANEKT TJIEpAl piSTteSE&f TJSB ; ;g PUT UP OJilaY LN BlAJE,BOX5S.; Under charge of Clirist vOmrchi Wln- clfesterj Va. rRev- Ji C. Wiiat, L, P;imiipal. (formerly le-rnii. Va. If em Iigt.) -.witli cxmpeteit aiahts in the vknoiis'departmtints: of Enorlkh, Mathe-. mtics, XataraE JSdeSiee LancniajreW M.ic, vocal and instrumental, Drawing arlVPaintiug. ThejSesoionT of tea sclioi- rtJijaVJ,'!. tKflM'ndJ arii ion ' n;- oars': of - cooreea of - 4?tndyitehiiii sext on application to J.;C. Wlieat AMn atjti ciery oi i-ne rrw. Jbpis. cnurcu ox tHeDiocesebf 'Virgluia -V'MA au-L- , . . ,,. .; ,,. , a.: , a.,. ,i Morteaee Premium Bond of th.e Althbiized' !by rtlie"JIgliiare of the Sftte-of'Ei Jo -ia-nai tlSisPREanuM PBAWIXG, SEP-7, v74. cpita: PREjinrai ; $iop,coo. Aldre foft Bonds ari4 fttll 4if ornjatibii iltpGENTH.aiXQ &PQA Fandal Agen, 19; .Prower.,; gmeies received." , J .? ? 1 ,i; fi'. llHAVEtluOUiiTEIEB .. i;' 4' fou so UiiHiid tbnxVrtion' to--q$,Ue:s niortf of an ; effort ihan i yotit' fel capable of making? 'f ifj- 'rAr'V Allien try JufiibeV, the'wondeiiiilto and Invigorator,' which acts sobeneficial ljtorii the secretive; organs ' ai'to irapart vigor toil'th vital foroesl f. f0'U,h-:, Ifc is no alcoholic appetizer, hiA stim-alates- for a 'slrt tlmeV 'oiiijT to let "tho sq;fferir fall t6 Slower deptH Cl niisefj,4 butjlt MnfregetabletqnjciincdiaaUj? oiltlie liver andspleccu , f f JM- ilpgulates:ih(rb6welsV qtet"tho nlfrreg; ahd'giVes;!iiiieli-c& iiellhr ioti&ti t Itrhole'system as f osooamako the in vilid feel like a new. re.rwru a , M I jfts bperatIorisis nbtf ioli Iwt U' clkradterized ' Wmt genUcness ; thd ps jtient experiences not sadden change 114 inarked?suJts,hatigidiiaJUx :" ni tajbles 1 ' 't, 4. rf . ; v-1 iAnrfsiltfntly steal away.'? :tn? i?o 4 - 4f,nis Kiio neT e11111 Wtatied U$ covery, has lek long uwitti.ydnderfiu,' reniedial results, arid is prpnonnce.6! by " theliiglie'inedical authoritiesijHbe most patierful roiiiet aid alteraUvoltknowTi.n Alr, yoor' ,,druggkt for it. For saleijy Wm. F. Kidder & Co'.Xew York." . " ' - - ' - , : BlM " rftjen-thtj Tesult-.of phyicaU ill-i !if4thiarjll feeble stomachs D tiring onc-a tliirj of our tin''thevprocess'Oaf. digest tion-i6ntirtaes.! - To be dyspeptic U to bd mUcrahlc;dy?pepsia IsJthcifoaraanstian of fers and; all the diseases of t'io Ktood.: nve rgrakWy ylelH to the virtne3 y6i the1 vegetable in- . grelents Li that great arifrftU 'tl; bloqd and restorer of healthiDi!; VT jO : xvmPWtFl Zi Vt' Z;aa rF 0. ArmiRTisrn3.44All i r- - - . v-.. .vv. M.U tlsi(ente' should ichd"2j'ccat3-to ' forlIieirJ OCT 'lITJITDirSDlpGB j ." mif '.a-- ' - ' 'i. . . " . - . - - - :- . .a- : . -::: a.---a-- - ..a -:.v- .a ' i ' if,. :- ' i' . .. Uf- - . -a . . . . . f. ' - ' . . .-... .... - ; - - I
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