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XII EC O ML M K W EALT II. Siothnd Neck. N.C 7 1 a mu-omuromisiiis Democratic Jour- bal. Published every Thursday morning. H A J. B. NEAL, Manager. Subscription Stales; 1 Copy 1 Year. " 6 Months, - E. E. HILLIARD, Editor. - "TPE LAD WE LOVE." S2 00. $1.00. VOL.-1. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY,' APRIL 19, 1885 COMMONW A For Dyspepsia, Costiveaeid Sick Headache, Chronic Diar rhoea, Jaundice, Impnrity of the Blood, Fever and Ague, Malaria, and all Diseases caused by De rangement of Liver, Bowels and Kidneys. SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED MVKR. Bad Breath; Pain in the Side, sumetirnes the paia is felt under the Shoulder-blade, mistaken lor Kheumatism ; general loss of appetite; Bowels generally costive, sometimes alternating with lax ; the head is troubled with pain, is dull and heavy, with considerable loss of memory, accompanied with a painful sensaticii of leaving undone sometmng which ought to have been done; a slight, dry cough and flushed fece is sometimes an attendant, often mistaken for consumption; the patient complains of weariness and debility: nervous, ensiiy startled; fcu cold or burn.ng, sometimes a prickly sensation of th skin exists; spirits are low and despondent, and, although satisfied that exercise would be nene licial, yet one can hardiy summon up fortitude to try it in fact, distrusts every remedy. Several of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases liav. nrcurrei .vomli: :-.t.4n after death has tl v.hen but tew or mem cxisicu, y shown the Juivtr to have been exunsmw ucrangca. It slionld be rtsft y aU persons, old and youug, whenever any of the above symptoms appear. persons Traveling or Living in Va h ml thy Localities, by talcing a cose occasion illy to keep the Liver in healthy action, will avoid u Malaria, Bilious attacks. Dizziness. Nau ea. Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. It will invigorate like a glass cf wine, but is no in toxicating beverage. If Yon have eaten anything hard of d'frestinn, or feel heavy after meals, or sleep less at night, take a dose ar.J you will he relieved. Tim and Doctors Dills will be saved by always keeping the Regulator in the House! Far. whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly safe purgative, alterative and tome out never be out of place. The rtnedy is hsrmiess and does not interfere with business or pleasure. IT IS PURELY TFr.TARLE. Aaci !..is all the powvr nr.d efuccy cf Calomel or Quinine, without any of the injurious after el.ccts. A Governor's Testimony. Simmons Liver Rt-gulator has been in use in my fami v for snic time, and I am satisfied it is a vaiu'ible addition to tc medical science. J. t",;.'- Shorter, Governor ef Ala. ITon. Aleian.lrT II. Stephens, r.x On., sav : Htve r : -r.-ne tsnef.i lrom t';i-:- use cf Sira.T.-,T. Liver Regulator, and wish to give it a further trial. "Tlie only Thing that rwr falls to RcUVw.' ( hi-v .ucl many r i-o---.i-.-s i"r Pys-T-7"'n, I.'- r -: :.:Urv i): :.,i;:y, t t r..-:vcr b?Vv v.r.nti air- '.'-.h t .- -'it i;.,- .-. the t -:ent Siin-noro i.i c- K :ii-:-.:-.r : r.-s. I s;nt f-o MSn e ia to Jcor i fjr it. i-i w(v.i..i i-en SofAcr-for such a metiiriii-:. rra.-i ."-luci ruivi.e aU no a ilarly affected i give i- i. rrin! : it scsws ' thing thai tic er iaiU to r.ix -. P. M. J :;:;rr, MintiespoKs, Dr. T. i&sow .-.sj-: Frr.ra acf porieacs in tiv ;kc ci '..". . r.i Liver Il-su. e sim- unr. en r in use my prrictirc i iir.ve L:-'ji-; :.::? rrn atifi ana prescribe it as a purgative mvtiicir:. J.--gVtTae r-!y thr. Ot-r.nfniv wh-ch -hirs has cn the V, ,.pc--T the r"d Z Tiadtt-Mai k una Signature of I. II. ZEILIX .S: O. i't 'R SALE BY M I. PRrGGlSTS. X: fi E T K 11 A L 1 I li E C T O R Y 'OTLiS 'Wli. Major W A. Dunn. Ct'iTimispio'iers Noah Biirgs, J. R. Bal- lanlf It. M. JohnsoT), J. Y. ravage, month at Meet first Tuesday m oach o'clock, P M. Chief of Police G V. Dunn. Assistant Policemen A. Pavid. AV I) Shields. V. F, Speed. Sol. Alexander Treasurer R M Johnsou. Clerk J Y Savage. CHURCHES : Baptist J. T. Hufham. D. D Pastor, Services every Sunday at 11 o'clock. A, M., and at 7. P Also on Saturday before the first Sunday at 11 o'clock, A. M. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday night. Sunday School on Sabbath morn ing. Primitive Baptist Eld. Andrew Moore. Pastor Services every third Saturday and Sunday morning. Methodist Rev. C. W. Byrd, Pastor Services; at 3 o'clock, P. M on the second and fourth Sundays, Sunday School on Sabbath morning. Episcopal Rev. II. G. Hilton, Rector Services even- first, second and third Sundays at 10. o'clock, A. M. Sunday School every Sabbath morning. Meeting of Hible class on Thursday night at the residence of Mr. P. E. Smith. Baptist (colored.) George Norwood. Pastor. Services every second Sunday at li o'clock, A. M., and 7, P. M. Sun day School on Sabbath morning. o Superior Court Clerk and Probate Judge John T. Gregory. Inferior Court-Geo. T. Simmons. Register of Deeds J. M. Grizzard. Solicitor A. J. Burton. Sheriff R. J. Lewis. Coroner J II Jenkins. Treasurer E. I). Browning. Co. Supt. Pub. Instruction D C Clark. Keeper of the Poor House John Ponton. Commissioners Chairman, Aaron Pres- cott. Sterling Johnson. Dr. W. R. Wood, John A. Morlleet, and M. Whitehead. Superior Court Every third Monday ia March and September. ; Inferior Conrt Every third "Monday in February. May. August and November. Judge of Iuferior Court T. N. Hill. NOTICE. "T7E have one hundred towji lots for M sale in this town. Some of them are very desirable. This is a rapidly growing town, and persons wishing to secure good places for residences and bus iness stands, and to make' good invest ments, will do well to call on us. KITCHI-i & DUNN. July 5th, 1882. ea I'SEFIL. ARTICLES,- BEAUTIFUL FLORAL CHR0M0 CARDS, Size 6x8, b4 aa lUoatratad Book, ta aU wha mb4 twa 8c atamp far aoataca aaa reklac. Meatlaa tala aaaaa. 8. RIDEOOT fc C0 HEW YORK. CERES WKEfiE ALL ELSE FAILS. RoRt rYmirh Svtuo. Tkkb Rood. Use in time. Soid by dnwgiaia. mm i Seiiu to MOORE'S 'BCSIXEKSUNIVEBSITT - Atlanta. Ua. For Illustrated Circular. A llvearllU! fiori- A PEEP AND WHAT CAME OF IT. BY LAUTA 'WILSON SMITH. braved the wintry wind and sleet, f o wander down the icy street, r'or bitter thoughts surged in my breast And filled me "with a wild unrest. 1 could not bear my lonely room 1 he silent place that 1 called home. The burning coals had lost their charm, Lnat was enough t cause alarm ; For one is in a dreadful state, W ho, lounging near the glowing grate. Cannot torget all earthly woe. And feel at peace with all below, While castles, ruby red, arise Before his dreaming, halt-shut eyes ; For all these pal -ces of lire Are tilled witn what we most desire. 1 turned to books, but they were stale, L'hey scarce were known before to fail In bringing pleasure or relief, in times ot weariness or grief. i tried to whistle, but the sound Made dismal echo, round and round. t here was no voice but mine to speak, The warm bright room was bare and bleak. t pon the couch 1 nestled down Mv restless heart in dreams to drown ; tJut when I closed my eyes to sleep, Determined my 'resolve to keep, A thousand visions filled my brain. And some brought pleasure, others pain. ;5ut one, the cause or' my unrest, With bitter longing iiiled my-breast.. A verv little thing it was, let hits have changed from some slight cause . And lrom the careless joy I've known, i wake to iind myself alone ! i'o-night when coming down to tea, I caiied my old chum. Dick, to see. I paused beiorc I touched the bell, And peeped within ! (I blush to.tell !) iJut one who writes oi nature's scenes, Must sometimes look behind the screens. 1 wis to write :i sketch lrom life" lhe Cause of Matrimonwr Strife,'' nd so 1 peeped to find a text ! I'd better writs on "peeping" next? -h well, I've had my punishment Lost every v'stie of content ! i'he scene within, a cosy room. With light, w aimth, ana iiow'rs in bloom: tciore the grate an easy chair With uresing-gown and slippers there. And 'neath tiie saovrer of in-llow light flu- table stood all spread with while j f is-;- Miwr sei vice, rar.: and old, iVus graven o'er and lined with gold ; And piatcs for two close side by side, For my friend Dick, and his lair bride. And there. was Dick, just coming in, Wiih snowtlai'-es on tus b.-arded chin. And i-iis' with her thousni d charms, Hid for a moment in his arms, then two Wii:te. hands brushed off the snow, And Dick's strong faoe bent down so low 1 could see what iiappeiFd quite, So I crept back into the night. Could 1 disturb a scene so iair? i turned away ami left them there. And tried to still my lone heart's throb And struggle with a tearless sob. t ''here were for me no sweet home-ties. No wailing wife, whose loving eyes Would brighten as my step drew near, 'o tender voire mv life. to cheer. My empty arms had never known The bl.ss of folding to my own A heart that beat for ms alone. In all my life I had not known I he taste ot love s enthralling wine Warm, dewy lips press'd close to mine. "O Fate ! ' 1 prayed, "but give m this One day one little hour of bliss." "could not bear my silent room. No voice but mine, no llow'rs iu bloom. Dark, bitter thoughts surged in my breast. And tilled me with a wild unrest. So forth into the icy street, I rushed to brave the wind and sleet. My heart with morbid grief did bum ; Who'd care if I should ne'er return ? Who'd drop for me a single tear, If I were lying on my bier? Who'd care if o'er mv pulseless brow The cold, white snow were drifting: now ? I met the storm with cool disdain, 1 11 I reacned a house in Maiden Lane, And there, to soothe my sad heart's pain, I popped the question to 'Liza Jane ! -Gems of Poetry, WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. (From N. Y. Christian Advocate.) It seems less than fiyc years since the -'good gray head, which all men know," was pillowed for burial ; yet that period lias passed since William CulLm Bryant, at the age of eighty- four, cea-cd at once to work" and live, j His death left a vacancy in our national life which has not been fill j ed. As poet, journalist, and citizen, lie filled so high a place that to have achieved his eminence in any one of these careers were a sufficient crown for a noble life. At the time he died he was easily the chief citizsn of the Republic, ma le so bv his abilities. his character, his services, and his years. He was anrillustration of emi nence reached, without offlae or am bition for public honors, in a country whose measure of greatness is too often the noise made in passing through life. His was a noiseless life. His temper di 1 notallo.v him to seek 1 popularity, permit wide acquaintance or join in the movements of society, j A student, almost a recluse, he knew! how to shut himself away, by manner as well as by residence, from intru dersa Yet he knew, also, how to priz his friends ; how to lead in every form of beneticient enterprise ; how to be i he spokesman of national success and aspirat ion ;how to be true against the mob and to his convictions ; how to patiently and lovingly wait for . ime to do him justice. We know of no life lived on this continent more thoroughly American, or more thor oughly rounded out and complete. We know of no name, more liely to live, than that of William Cullen Bryant. The public is fortunate in now pos sessing, from the pen of Parke God win, an a . pie record, of Bryant's biographer, lie has. done well. not to be in haste. The life be was to por tray, was 6ft long. So-'fulk 9, impor taut in literary and political relation, j sHp, that its story deserved to be well told, if told at aP. It is a pleas ure beyond expression to find the bi ography, which is at length given to the public, worttiy of its subject in luilness, accuracy, and st le, aiid equally worthy of Hryant's fastidious taste in its mechanical execution. A' very interesting feature of this stately Life is the printing, without alteration, of the briet autobiography' hich Mr. liryaut began, but aban doned for reasons which must remain unknown. It carries the reader ou from his birth through his childish days to his young manhood. He is aboiit to teii'us of the various influen ces under whih hisTlianatopsis was written when ne lays down his pen. It is probable that he became, wearj' of thinking so much about himself a practice to which he was always ad verse. While we can never cease to regret that his hand stayed the work, the story of his early life, as. given by Mr. Godwin is of sustained and won derful interest. We see him a delicate bov among the Hampshire hills of Massachusetts, studying, pondering, growing, making himself readv, and being made ready for that beginning of an American literature which was in his hands. Cummington was then a hundred fold more isolated than m.w.a mountain hamlet eighteen hun dred feet above the sea, buried in snow the greater part of the year, having only a weekly mail and keep ing iip on horsepack the infrequent communication with the towns. The isolation and retirement in which the family lived did much to keep the young Bryants pure aud to preserve a simplicity ol manner and taste they never jost. But it had a less healthy I influence also. It gave to the young j poet an austentj-ot deportment which ! iie never overcame. It intensified the shyness of his tamper It made him less approachable than he desired to be, and ave to those who knew him but little an impression of extreme coldness of heart, which was as unjust as it was iaeviiable. He began to make verses in his eighth year, and it is curious to se how the apparent ly incongruous mixture of poetrv and politics which marked his mature life was manifest in the drift of his child hood's talk and writing. Never in any case could the child be more thefather toth man. Nothing can be more de ngnum man ;o ionow the young Bryan through his school days and his brief term at college, back to his home, and to observe how the love of (nature grew on him by daily wander ings in the woods and fields until it I found voice at length in the wonder ful description offorest-life and beau ty Vhicu' he first published and which are prominently present in Thanatop sis. This last, the most wonderful poem ever written by so young a man, is a voice from the primeval woods. At twenty-one he is admitted to the bar and now abandons ms bovisti heroids, "The Tyrtaean Drumbeats," his morbid colloquies with death, and devotes himself to a study of nature. It is impossible to follow further in this place a literary and journal istic career of more than sixty years. Always .at work,-always a 'man. of convictions, brave, strong, and j true, he lived a reverent aud. pure life with a large element of deep religiousness. His life is the history of " American literature ; . his .friendships and cor respondence were with the" men who made us known and secured an Eng lish public for themselves. His life is more than this. It is the history of American politics from the days of the Constitution to the settlement of all the questions which followed the Civil War. True to freedom to the Union, io noble living and high thinking, he achieved a place not reached by any American of his time. It wa3 onr privilege to be of the com pany when the-' Memorial" Vase- was presented to him. Nothing could be more - simple, ; and ; j7et more noble than his bearing, or more fitting than his speech. He wore his crown, of years and honors with a modest grace wiii!h won all hearts. He was then the central figure in one of the most unique occasions in our nation al existence. One was reminded of tiie ancient day's, when the laurel and the palm were given to the worthiest. But there was more than the crown- j ing of hiui who had won and fought j aud written well, It was the corona tion of intellect and character which had baen kingly for eighty years. " j To this noble biography, we give the higaest praise. It is worthy of its subject ; no one can read it with out pride in the thoroughly American genius it describes, and without en thusiastic admiration for one;wbo proved himself worthy m every place. It will be equally prized by the student of lltera ure, of politics, and of journalism. It opens to the world a home which it was not easy to en ter, but in "which love, faith, and purity were constant guests. It un folds a life long hidden from curious eyes, but in which curiosity could have found only the worthy and the admirable. We see Bryant as boy, youth, man, aud veteran ; as poet, critic journalist, and statesman ; as friend, brother., husband, and father We follow him from the Cuaaming- ton hills, which -auraed lua musa; to the Roslyn bowpr, whioh solaced his age. Clear, true, forcible to the last, Lioweil nglitly limned him when he said i And one there was, the Singer of our urew, Upon whose head age waved his peace ful sign. But whose red heart's-blood no surrender knew : And, couchant under brows of massive line, The eyes, like guns beneath a parapet. aicnea, cnargea wit h lightnings yet. PETER COOPER. Career of the Noted Philanthropist- How tHe Acq inred Wedth His Long and Active LifeHis Princely Bemficence. Peter Cooper was born in this citv February 12. 17iil. . ihree years afterward his father moved to Peeks- kill, where he kept a general countrv store. Some time later, when he es tablished a brewery, voting Cooper's nrst a uties in busint -consisted in lelivering the beer ia casks to tin brewery's customers. Afterward the father 'again moved, changing his residenct to Catskill and his business to brick-making- Having again moved to Brook ly n, he took up the manu facture ot hats, and young Cooper learned every branch of the trade. The spirit of change, however, seem ed strong in the father, for after few years he went to Newburgh. N. Y., and returned to the brewing busi ness. Peter Cooper's varied capacity and general usefulness in after life must be attributed largely to these frequent changes of occupation At seventeen y-ears of age he was apprenticed to a carriage-maker in thit efty, receiving ' the small salary of $25 per annum. He lived with his grandmother on Broadway, and spent his leisure hours in carving panels and in doing any other work he could get. He developed early a taste for mechanical invention, a.id duringhis apprenticeship he invent ed a machine for mortising the hubs of earn age-wheels, which was used very profitably. At twenty-one years of age, having gone to visit his brother at Hempstead, L, I., young Cooper was engaged there to work at making machines for sharing cloth, receiving one dollar and fifty cents pti- day. At the end of three years he had saved enough to buy the right to manufacture these ma chines throughout the State of New lork. In this busifiess Mr Cooper made enough money to enable him to pay off a large indebtedness whi h his father had incurred in business, saving the latter from a disastrous failure. After three years he set up a grocery on the site of the present Bible House, opposite the Cooper Union, lie was very successful in this business, and at the end of -three years he was able to buy a glue fac tory, with all its machinery and build ings, and a lease for twenty one vears of three acres of ground be tween Thirtv-first and Thirty-fourth ! a- streets. This factory brought a large revenue to Mr. Cooper, and it may be regarded as the source of all his great wealth, since he continued in the same business till the close of his life; the works, however, were long' s nee removed to Maspcth avenue, Brooklyn. ' The great corporation of Baltimore, known as the Canton Company, was built by Mr. Cooper. Having been induced to buy 3,000 acres of land near the city limits of Baltimore in 1828 for $105,000, in partnership with two other men, he bought out these two' latter for about $15,000, making the total cost him about $40 an acre. Ou this property he put up ir n works lor smelting ore ana making charcoal -iron, and after some time he sold all the property except these works to a stock ccmpanv, called the Canton Company, getting about $100,000 for it, and taking a large part of his pay in stock at the rate of $44 for shares whose par value was $100. In a very short time he was able to obtain the enor mous price of $230 per share fortius stock, and a large sum iu addition for thc-iron works. This venture led Mr. Cooper to build an iron factory, for rolling iron and making wire, on Thirty-third street in this city, but a few years later he moved the machinery to Trenton, N. J., where he purchased a large tract of land (about 11,000 acres),, and started blast furnaces a . 1 and rolling mills on the largest sc:ile. A part of this property was transfer red to the Trenton Iron Company, and another part remained in his posse-ssiqu until his death. This outline of Mr. Cooper's busi ness career up to the period when he had become very wealthy, is r.eees sary not only to comprehend all the difficulties-he. had to meet iu early life, but to show the unusual facility with which his mind nccomra ;lated itself to the varied problems which so many complicated business inter ests must have continually thrown before him. .Nothing mo-e clearly shows the scope of Ins intellect than this capacity to do wany hings, and to do them as well. Especially does this trait become " noticeable when, toward the end of UiaJifeAt.a age when most men rest fiom tlieir ors namely, four seor? vears I was an active participant in the busi ness, in the philanthropy, and iu the politics of the day. Rarely in any country, and least of all in Durs. does a man at that, age show the vir ility ot body and the vigor of intel lect necessary to be a candidate for the highest public office iii the gift of the nation. the cablis a:d the cooper union. The two great works with which Peter Cooper's name will always be connected are the Atlantic Cable and the Cooper Union. In the former he was the associate and firm sup porter of such men as Marshal O. Roberts, Moses Tay tor, Wilson G. Hunt, and Cyrus W. Field ; of the latter one of the grandest works ever devised by any private person he was the sole originator and found er. - When Mr. Cooper was about sixty- five years old he was President of the North American Telegraph Compa ny, owning more than "one-half the lines then in use in America, and he was then elected President of the New York, Newfoundland & London Telegraph Company, which company intended laying a cable across the Atlantic Ocean. The innumerable difficulties encountered by tnis comoanv at first would have dis couraged any but the most determin ed men. Mr. Cooper personally su perintended the laying of the cable across the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Newfoundland, and owing to the ig norance of the captain of the steamer :he first cable was lost. When the second' was laid tsuccessfully, Mr. Cyrus W. Field went to England to get suosci ipu us ioi tne ah. -to we cable, and this cable was also laid successfully. Only about 4U0 mes- iges passed through it, however. since its construction was lauity. Then followtd the faiiure of 18G6, the success of the next attempt, the recovery of the second cable, and since then a general encirclirg of the earth, with a network of telegraphic wires. All these great results were largely due to Mr. Cooper's practical aid in money and brume s ability. The institution which will hand Pp.ter Cooper's name down to a grate ful :md appreciating posterity is the Cooper Institute. Early in life he had felt the difficulties that young people meet in seeking education in art and science. He determined to aid those who should come after him by placing within the reach of any one in his native city the means of getting such education as each per son might mo t need. The building for the Cooper Union was begin in 1855. on its present site at the junc tion of Third and Fourth avenues, and Eighth street. The first cost amounting to more than $600.000 and all the expenses of the Union, ; have been defrayed, by Mr. Cooper. The plan of the Union is based large ly upon the working ot the Poly tech nic School of Paris.. .There are free schools for instruction in the iesthet- ic and industrial arts and in scientific de artments beyond the teaching given in the public schools. Tnere are regular courses of lectures on subjects' of art, science, political and social economy, and literature, and more than twenty professors and in structors are employed at an annual expense of $50,000. I his great ex oense is met by the endowment be stowed by Mr. Cooper ana ry tne rental of business stores Jn the 'build ing, which is, of course, equally his gift Nowhere in the-woild, can a finer monument to any man's memo ry be found than this unostentatious building in the midst of a thickly setlled city, in which thousands now living and thousands yet to come will always bear in grateful remem brance the name of the benefactor who helped them to educate them-, selves and lay the foundation of their success and. happiness. . Mr. Cooper had ix children of whom four died in childhood. The two who grew up are Edard Cooper, cx-Maor of tias city, and Mrs. Saah Amelia Hewitt, wife of Abraham S. Hewitt. Mr. Cooper was never, a politician, and, "except as Alderman of New York city, he never held- any public office. II S POLITICAL CREED. Mr. Cooper was an enthusiastic s importer of the rmtermd theory in government. ' He believed that the National Government ought to pro vide for the comfort and prosperity of the whole population, so that there should be no more suffering and want He favored the encouragement of ira mi i i o f if in hv Gnvernmatit grants of money and land, and he believed 1 - f .1. ....... .lk.n -v f" .,,,1,1,' i in v..Lania rin a liirft si-fl le at Gov srrnntr v ill Liie niatujui i "jw... JHUVl lll. li - ' ' ' 1 ' " eminent expense . . i Miss financial rneones were iommen ...... ia ,.,H.-.ri . -:!;" doctrine ,' .-... r.... ..nl.lt nameiy, m.. ir. . cr-nte monev by smipiv printing and giving the printed Arbitrary values. The slips of paper! currency wa ! not. to be a promise to pay fo many- dollars, but it was to be regarded as the-" dollars" 'themselves- that is,'-a; piece- of- paper-bearing .theGoveruT,' paper Mr. Cooper's belief in .bis theori was undoubtedly genuine and firmly rooted. It was due to his opinion on finance that h3 became a nominal candidate for the Presidency iu 1876. lie nan no idea that he would be elected, no pjrsonal wish to assume the office ; nor would he have wished it, even had there been auy probabil ity of his election. Referring to his candidacy, he wrote: "! need not say that this sacrifice of peace . and rest is like the surrender of what remnant of lite I may have." The candidacy of Mr. Cooper had no effect upon the result of the elec tion, but in view of tha closeness of the contest between the Remiblican and Democratic candidates, the suc cess of the Greenback party even in one State might have changed the whole complexion of the election. Mr. Cooper was saving, without bring parsimonious ; shrewd, without being sharp ; careful, without being timid. He had acquisitiveness strong ly developed, but what he acquired was put to good use.' Honest and open in all his dealings, just and tol erant in his judgments, courteous and considerate in his conversation, he was a man respected by all the world. His religious views were never thrust upon any one, and his ph:lanthropic works were never confined to aiding the believers of any particular doc trine. Condensed from Evening Post. WASHINGTON IN YOUTH. Fortunately for himself and his country, Washington wa3 educated in poverty, the son of a Virginia farm er. From his childhood he was prob ably employed in active labors. His father had large tracts of land that ippar3titly produced little money. The house in which the voung Wash ington was born was small, and built of wood. The country around was wild and thinly settled. Washington went to a country scnool, where the teacher was very poor. At home in the plain country farmhouse he could have lean.ed little. His mother was an excellent woman, and. taught her son industry ami honesty. His father' died when he was achild, and his mothe.v who was his father's second wife, was left to support her self and her chil.ii en from her farm. She lived in comparative poverty in a small wooilen house. Her son George was a strong, healthy boy, and gave her, ho doubt, all the help he could. He studied well at school. He was alwas industrious. Like many use ful men, he educated himself. His mother would no doubt have been glad to have sent him to college at Princeton o. Harvard ; but the cost was great, and the poor widow's son could hope for none of, the advanta- ,. i : T..1. ges oi a nigner euucawoii. uouu Adams and Samuel Adami could pass through. HarvarJ with success; Hamilton was at Columoia. College, Jetfc;rs,on at William and Mary. But .Vasnington. the most eminent of the patriots, was-oblidged to educate himself in the midst of his labors on the farm. Like Franklin and Burns. Shakespeare and Virgil he probably read as he worked at tne Harvest or guided the plow. Washington had never -any leisure to learn Latin or Greek, or even French. His object was to make a living. He kept no journal of his youth. He nwr desired to become a -great man," bnt he was resolved to be an honest one, and to maintain himself. At one moment he thought of going into the navy, but his moth er opposed it. She said it was ai,bad scheme," and she kept him at home to become the founder of the Repub lie The warrant for making him a midshipman was already signed, when she interfered so happily for all. She would not part with her eld est son. the stay of the family. She feared to expose him to-the tempta tions and dangers of a naval lffe. A mother's love saved him to his coun try. Forty -two years afterward, in 1787, he could still write and sub scribe himself, "I am.honored madam, your most dutiful and affectionate son, G. Washington. At fourteen. Washington became al most accidentally a survey or. He had alreadv taught; himself to write a clear, round hand. He drew well and was a careful mathematician' very correct and methodical in aU that he did. He had left school and went-to stay with an elder Half-brother," who owned the fine estate of Mt. Vernon. He seems tfjjiave re-solved already to become a surveyor, lie had sur veyed the land around the S'-Uooi house, and was fond of wandering over "the country. He had not sutfi- j eient Knowledge to oe-.oiiie n I . i a T A 4-nnnriai - i like John Adams, or a iawer.. - 1 J efferott. He seems to have round farming a pursuit that brought in . nom. iuwi... . v - ,. ' lie passed m wmi-et m yie.. himself for his duties, and., was em .i..i,, he l.or.li ioi piu -. - Fairfax todav out his large ..estates beyond the Alleghanies. . . ., In thiDuruit he plunged. into the wilderness.-slept on the grounq in ' i ' ciuu weaMtr,wiu bacVMbe d ove regg&WMr the the cot ot inoneT want of it until late patriot ran had made him poor; But his work was constant. three years ne was. always busy in the wilderness. He climbed moun tains, explored valleys, became fa miliar wi.h the red men and tne wild m tenants of the forest, and evidently loved ins border lite. Tins was the school and college in which Washing ton W!ia trfliiiprl. Hp vana the nrrulnnf of a laborious youth. Had he been accustomed only to the luxurious life of a city, he could never have borne the toils and cares of his camp life. Had he been lesshonest and true he might have sought a crown and a tyranny instead of the love and gratitude of mankind It was because he turned to labor in youth that Washington became useful to all men. We celebrate his birthday because he labored, not for himself, but for his country. Har per's Young People. GOOD COOKING" Good cooking is an important ele ment in home life and happiness. Many people think that while a girl must &o to school for years to acquire a knowledge of her own and foreign languages, and must' have masters for this aud that accomplishment, st.c may be safely left to pick up an acquaintance with cooking after she has a household of her own. This is a mistake. I myself once had a dread ful time trying to prpare a dinnner in the absence of my faithful Bridget, and I would have given up La an, Greek and French that day to have known when the potatoes were done, and to have discovered bow to get the peas and beans out of the water in which they were floating. To be a good cook, girls, one needs a light firm hand, and accurate eye, and a patient temper. One needs, too, a few ruies and a trustworthy receipe book. We have all seen the easy way in which a good cook makes a cake. She tosses three or four things togeth er, gives a flirt in the spice-box, and a feathery touch or two to her foamy eggs, p"ps the pan into the ovtu, and presto ! there appears the perfect loaf. And if you ask her why and how she did this or the other part or herVork, she will very likely smile and say, "O, I used my judgment." This judgment is the quality which no novice in cooking cau expect to possess, just as no novice on the piano can perform the "Moonlight Sonata" after learning two or three scales, and no beginuer with the pen cil can paint such sea-pieces as those of Dellaas. But it y ou are watchful and preserving, the judgment will surely come, and by and by you will be as independent aa a dear old col4 ored aunty who once cooked for me. una li' when I had ,i Sired some friends, and wanted a vert nice din ner indeed, I asked Aunt Hannah how she intended to prepare the turkey. She raised herself to her full height, and looking like a queen said, "Now, honey, you just go 'long and sit by de fire. It's m business to cook de dinner, an' it'll be youis -to eat it. chile." One of the things you must learn if you wish to cook suc cessfully is the management of your fire. Tne skillful cook keeps her fire raked clear of ashes from beneath. She never heaps co d3 up so high that they overbrim the fire chamber and rattle aga n t the lid, and she does not let her heat go up the chimney when it ought to be baking her bis cuits. Try your oven with the ther mometer. Miss Juliet Carson says that a good temperature for baking meat is from 350 to 400 degrees Fahr. ! Beef and mutton require about twen ty minnte3 to the pound, and ypa may tell when .they are done, and how much, by pressing the surface with linger. Rare or little cooked meat will spring back from the touch. There will be a little resistance if it is quite well done, and none at all if it is baked thoroughly. In baking bread, which is, I think, the real test of a cook's merits, a great deal depends on the kneading. You cannot knead bread too long or too often, and" the more it is kneaded the finer and closer-grained it will be. If you have never made bread, ask mamma to let you try, and then if once or. twice she will stand by and show you how tb sift the flour, how to heap thj rirht quantity into a deep pan, and mike a hollow tu the middle, into which you shall pour your lukewarm water, your yeast,- your wee bit of SUi ar, ana your spooniui t hu. lowing thM by t-nougn lepi i wi.er io :i,y (Imitfh: VOU Will Jim re insif ructions often, and how 4 ....... -!! ho tiip nrsL i uie uo proud papa will be the first - '"k- daughters -home- ; eats a sice " - ! -a read 1 What else vou omit. a ,..i larn to oreDat ( ,ris, . . . jfMK pr0periy, for .lYou inay j!ve with. out friends; and yM But rifili-si men cannot five with. .. .... I . l a rvi cooks. 'Uarpga Young .pfe ' rVs.7
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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