AGRICULTURAL Wwr Wm Mm T«i HmLtr.-Put In «r mora quarto of water in nkettle, add one large seed pepper or two email ©nee, then put tho kettle over the fire. When the water boils stir in a eoaroe-groond In diaa meal. until you make a thick mush. Let it cook an hoar or mora. Feed hot. Horseradish chopped floe, and etiired into the modi has been found to prodooe good •ssulta. Vow weeks ego we commenced tarrting oar hone modi ae prepared in the (tare direction!,and for raeolt weara get ting from fire to ten eggs per day; where as preriooe to feeding, we had not hed egg* fer a long timet We hear a great deal of compkint from other people about net get ting eggs. To all each wo woald warmly ae commend cooked food, fed hot. Boiled apple-skins, seaeooed with red peppers, or boiled potatoea, seaeooed with horseradish, era good for feed; mnoh bettor than no. eooked eon. Cora, when fed by itself, has a tendency to fatten hen*, instead of fluting the more profitable egg-laying. A spoonful of sulphur stirred ioto their fled occasionally will rid them of vermin end tone up their systems. This is espe cially good for yooog chickens or turkeys. Oat of a flock of ton hatched the fast of November, we hare lost but ose. They hare been fed cooked feed mostly and are growing finely. Picxnra on POTATO BLOOBOW.— We ob eenre some disc union in the papers on tho the practical utility of picking the blos soms off from growing potato-plants to in crease the growth of the tubers. Accord ing to theory, this would be the result, the lorqpstiqnof seodnlways tending to exhaust more or less the vitality of the plant. Many yean ago a statomeot came from Europe en this subject, and we were told that the * crop would be increased one-third by care fully removing all the hloseoms. We gave it a careful test to rows side by side, but ordinary measuring did not indicate the slightest difference, which must havo been very small if any—probably requiring mora weighing to distinguish it, and of no sonasqnenee whatever in common prao dee. ' . ' • Rsnixnra ANTS. —Some years ago, eays a eorreepondentof the London Time*,tU my hansa io the country, a colony of ants en tablishod themselves under the kitchen flooring. Not knowing the exact locality of the Met, I endeavored to defray the in sects with treacle, sugar, arsenic, Ac., but although I slew numbers thus, the plague atQl ipcrssssil At last, bethinking my eelf ftat ants dislike the smell of tar, I pro cured some carbolic add, and diluted it with abootn down times its weight of wat er. I squirted a pint of the mixture through the air-bricks under the flooring, and my enemies vanished that day, never to return. It has always been suoosssfuL For crickets, Jbo., also, a little of this sent Into their holes acts as an immediate nfotioe to quit. it 1 I Tiunr na Qim.—A correspondent sf the Field says: "One day X noticed a flock of eleven pure toed Crove-Cosur chickens very bad with what is called 'gapea.' I remarked to the man who had them in charge that he would not have many chickens oat of that lot •Oh, never ohd* 1 said he, 1 have got a Care for them from a neighboring woman, vhfeh is a common half penny tallow cao dle melted and mixed into aboot a quart ef Bat meal sthnbont.' The remedy waa resorted to and theCreve-Ooears have every i recovered and grown into finely devd l chickens. I havestnoe tried this cure i invariable success on Brahmas, Dork ings, Ae." Cum Usoms.—The following treatment is said to be good t The best remedy we ever tried was to baths it theeooghlysnd persistently with tepid water, nd milking data. Some DM •ah and water, others ealt sad Tinegar, but i we doabt whether they have any advaatage ewer the pm water. The txkUr at such thhea, ia.of coone, iaflMned. aad persistent application of water will redace the infla nation, enabling you to draw the milk. It wmj reqaire mm) battling! to entirely "■'» U» cake, hat «• an confident thlttwittn ontol (owr it will fnn wmmmmmmmmm rt>gg«n in ptga, Pre*. Law giree tUto! When tha hog ie attacked, daeh bneket fttlatf flold water mr the body, throw a jargnthw bgectiaa Into tha Motaa,«M. rated with terpentine any be dor the rida behind theenia, or the back of the neck aaar ha blistered by robbing in . thanaaeeefaCUiCoraia variety whkh isaaid and the excellent quality * the fionrinade boa it. It * mid to hay* bronght $1.60 hi At 8n Pi>Miii market, when th# QM^wWi A SAD rnuon. It is vain to cling to the youth which is past, bo our unbelief of the fact ever so stubborn. Bather should it be gracefully resigned for the cheerful acceptance of the 1 i duties which mature life is sun to bring. Why, for example, should a single woman of forty cling to the dress and manners of a girl, instead of owning to herself and others that she has fully reached middle ago t Countless advertisements Show but too plainly how many have a horror of grc-wing old, and snatch credulously at j every device for hiding the unwdoome fact. ! Success in such arts means a walking de ! oeption, and where there is falsehood on the surface, there is not much hope of truth benoath; failure means an absurd I anomoly—bright hair does not harmonise i with a faded cheek, or" roug* with a fur j rowed brow. Beside, lovely as in the ': bloom of youth, it is hardly missed when I the beauty of expression beams, forth in | its stead. In mourning over, and magni fying, what is past, there is always danger of neglecting, if not losing, the treasures which remain. Yet, in middle age often only the brighter aspects of youth are re called. "My good days are done," we can imagino one musing in melancholy woman hood ; "bow different it was at twenty; sheltered by tho tenderest love, free from care and anxiety, and happy in what I had and, what was mora a languid, restful, feel ing, which gave assurance of having en joyed myself to the utmost. Around me were intimate friends, with whom I could exchange thoughts and feelings, unchecked by doubt or reservo; health of body made it a joy to live and breathe, while an elas tic spirit sprang freshly fron* every trou ble ; and then the enchantress Hope, how sweetly she whispered 1 But now, many sorrows have chastened body and mind. Reaction has oome to be a thing of dread— most usurious payment for every excite ment. The dear old home is broken up. Of early friends, some are dead, others are distant or occupied, so that we rarely com municate, and fewer still remain unchang ed. Many times bare I been deceived and disappointed io others, and, bitterer still, have been deceived and disappointed in myself. I have to bear my burden alone, and hide my griefs, lest I tease some care less ear, or hinder some busy hand." ISAITS or THIS SHARK. •then all the blubber and fat has been removed from the carcass of the whale pj the Trinidad fishermen, it is usually towed out, and allowed to drift with the current as a bait for sharks, while large canoes, filled somewhat in the style of whaleboata, follow it, to harpoon any of these fish that may corns within range. Sharking is rather good sport in itself, and is at the same time very remunerative, on account of the quality of oil that may be obtained from the liver. The shark is killed much in the same way to the whale, being first harpooned and then lanced till it was ex hausted, after which its liver is cut out and placed in the boat The liver is four or fiva feet long, and a large one will give as much as fifteen or uxteeo gallons of oil. Though sharks io those pacts are numerous, yet accidents while bathing, or even when boats are swamped at sea, are rare; and they will not touch a human being, even when in the water alongside a whale that is cut up. Several instances are well authenticated where persons have thus fallen among them and escaped injury, the shark preferring the blubber and flesh of the while to hu man flesh. No doubt if the person im mersed was wounded, so ss to cause blood to flow, sharks would eat him as readily as the whale. When in great numbers, they WQI out one of their own kind that has been severely wounded, and on such occa sions rush at the' body so fiercely as to foras it above the surfece. AXCIKNT WUKAT. I have before me, says a writer, heads of wheat grown en the eastern side of the Mississippi, within ten miles of Memphis, from grains taken from an ancient Egyp tian sarcophagus sent soma years ago by the American Consul at Alexandria to the patent oßee at Washington The stalks sad leaves an my like those of Indian con, though smaller, and the heads or grain like that of sorghum or broom corn. Strange but true it is that this very wheat degenerate but perfect in all its incidents, still grows among the weeds and gram that oover mounds in the lowlands eighteen miles west of Memphis. How say cen turies since these kindred products of Egyptian agriculture she separated, the one to swvs slowly, perhaps with nomadic tribes, around the globe, croenng Asia and the Pacific; and the other west to oar time, serosa the Atlantic, and both • growing here, in the year of our .Lord, 1874. beneath the shadows of Another i Memphis on the shores of another Nile? ' The earns writer says that the same race of > people cultivated the oame crops and gar mnuy and many a ceatury ago. I r i i • i J WAXSAWO PLANT*. —Although the few 1 suisssly and simple rules an very wefi ' known to most plant growers, there are. ' judging from inquiries, some who sssm ' still unconscious of the injury they inflict | upon their pets by untimdy application of ' water. When to a healthy, growing state, vegetation loves a liberal eupply of moisture, and this should be given, not in 1 little and fcegosß* sprinklings, but only " when there are signs that it is required, 1 and then in copious measure. Plants at 1 cestdo not absorb moisture very freely, and too much of it engenders disease, first at the tods and later in the Mhgs* Tin CONTKDKItATK TREASURES. A writer in the Atlanta Constitution tells a carious story concerning the fate el the money in the hands of Davis and the high officials of the Confederacy after they left Richmond. The fugitives halted in Georgia, near the Savannah Biver, and it was resolved to make an equal division of the amount in the treasury, something over SIOO,OOO in goid and silver, which gave to each officer and man $28.25. But there had also been carried off from Bichmond 9100,000 of funds belonging to the Vir ginia Bank, and this was an immense temptation to the defeated and desperate j soldiers. It was in charge of some bank officials, and was stored for a few days at Washington, Wilkes County, in Georgia. After the country had become somewhat quiet, the officials started to return North with the money. Some of the ex-Confed erates who were idling around the neigh borhood heard of the wealth and laid their plans to capture it. About a dozen of them, dressed in Federal uniforms, rode up to the small guard accompanying the treasure, and demanded its surrender in the name of the United States Government, claiming to be acting under orders from General Stoneman. It was handed over ixu them and they made off with it. Buf'esre of the party was tempted to display some of the money in a town near by, and as the fact of the robbery had bocorne known, the possessor of such a rare thing as gold or silver at that time was immediately sus pected of being in the transaction. When arrested, he confcsssed and disclosed the name Bof the whole party. The greyer pari of the money was recovered, but two or three of the men could never be found, and were supposed te have gotten off suc cessfully with their share of the plunder. A CUBIC rou. LOCK-JAW. In the course of the Cantor lectures, re cently delivered before the British Society of Arts by Dr. Benjamin Bichanlson, the following deeply important remarks were made upon nitrite of Amyl: One of these specimens, I mean the nitrite of Amyl, has within these last few- years obtained a re markable importance, owing to its extra ordinary action upon the body. A distin guished chemist, Professor Guthrie, while distilling over nitrite of amyl from amylic alconoi, observed that the vapor, when inhaled, quickened his circulation, and made him feel as if he had been running. There was flashing of his face, rapid action of his heart, and breathlessness. 1% 1861- 62 I made a careful and prolonged study of the action of this singular body, and dis covered that it produced its effect by caus ing an extreme relaxation, first of the blood vessels, and afterward of the muscu lar fibres of the body. To such an extent did this agent thus relax, I found it would even overcome the tetanic spasm produced by strychnia, and having thus discovered its action, I ventured to propose its use for removing the spasm in some of the ex tremest spasmodic diseases. The results have mors than realised my expectations. Under the influence of this agent, one of the most agonising of known human mala dies, called angina pectoris, has been brought under such control that the par oxysms have been regularly prevented, and in one .instance, at least, altogether re moved- Even tetanus, or lock-jaw, has been subdued by it, and in two instances, ef aa extreme kind, so effectively as to warrant the credit of what may be truly called a cure. WHAT ILLINOIS WITKS OAK DO. lie married women of Illinois acquired by the law of 1874 the right to do almost everything. They can sue and be sued in their own names. They can—blessed privi lege—sue their own particular tyrants. Whan a husband deserts his wife, the latter has the custody of her children. If the husband stays out of the State a year and 4Aa nothing to support the wife during that time, or if he is imprisoned in the penitentiary, the wife can, upon obtaining an order from a court of record, manage his property absolutely. The wife is not •tall liable for the husband's debts te amed before marriage, and only in excep tional circumstances for those incurred afterward. She can manage any business iadspeodently, except in case of a part nership, which aha cannot enter without hsr husband's consent. A wife's earnings wnot be touched by her husband or bis creditors. A married woman can ac quire, possess, and sell real and personal property as freely ss a married man can. This Mst of abilities is expected to be large ly iacnassd the present year so aa to tohrii suffrags and other incidentals, eee zsa - wnraiM iw Bommm. On the wedding day the bride and bride groom are brought from opposite cade of the vSlsge to when the ceremony is to be performed. They are made to tit en two baas of iron, that blessings as ImU the pair. A cigar and a botal lad, pre. pared with the areca nut, are next pat in to the handa of the bride and bridegroom. Ons of the priests then waves two fowls orer the heads of the oouple, and in along ad dieee to the Bupreme Being calk down Misrfngs upon the pafe and implone that After the heads of the aOanced have been leaf and dgtototo of thTtSwS while she dpea the same to him, whom she , thus acknowledges ss hsr husband. K»9=9K=£s=B L Tn tonsof copper minsd in Mieh i tast year, is estimated to be worth IMM-iao. •rnci «r tm Alamance Gleaner, We call the attention of the public to the appearance of THE GLEANER. 't It will be fnrnlsbed to subscribers, until further notice, at the low rate of M.M Pw Aa^ns, V ' • THE PUBLISHERS PAYING- ALL POBT -- AGK. Payable in Advance. Our aim will be to make the Ouum A FIRST-CLASS FAMILY PAPER ia *my respect. 11 m X .... •'' ', H J Itwn. contain all the Local News of the County, State News, the most Important Tele graphic News of the week and Carefully Se ected Miscellaneous Hatter. It will be a paper which no family in Ala mance County can afford to be without. THE GLEANEB will also prove of particular interest to former residents in this section, now living in other partrof the coun try, and to all such it will be Mailed t* aiirees mpmm receipt •t MbMriptisa prits. We would can espeeial attention to the value of the GLEAISTER '"V '•'*' ' »* V , .1 il AM— : 1 Am Almiwlsi Miist k> , ' • • ■ , ■ ,4\j »' I v .v , \'i ~ . . ' 1 I „ -— 9", THE QUAKER has a rapidly growing eircu atkaa In the Meat Tobacco aai grian growing PUT four money where it wtUao the mod good and tubacrite at once to Urn GLEANER. PARKER * JOHNSON, AI >Y I.KTI SKMKNTS. it fllwllriililßlilirf) Dr. J. Walker's California Vin egar Hitters.arc a purely Vegetable preparation, made chicly Xrorn the na tive herbs found on thoilower ranges of tho Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor nia, the medicinal properties of which are extracted therefrom wKhont tho uso of Alcohol. The question' is almost daily asked, "What is tho causo of tho unparalleled success of Vinegar Bit ters?" Our answer is, that they reffiovo the causo of disease, and tho patient re covers his health: They are the great blood purifier and a life-giving principle, a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the system. Never before in the history of the world has a medicine been compounded possessing tho remarkable qualities of Vikkoar Bittkrs in heal ins tho sick of every disease man is heir to. They are a gentle Purjrativo as well as a Tonic, relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, in BUwos Diseases. The properties of Dn. Wai.kei?& V ixegab Bittkrs are Aperient. Diaphoretic, Carmiuative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-irritant, Sudorific, Altera tive, and Anti-Bilioos. Grateftil Thousands proclaim Vnc egak Bitters the most wonderful In viguraut that ever sustained tho sinking system. No Person can take these Bitters according to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their boues are not de stroyed by miueral poison or other moans, aud vital organs wasted beyond repair. Dillons, Remittent and Inter mittent Fevers, which are so preva lent in the valleys of our great rivers throughout the United States, especially those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan sas, Red, Colorado, Brazos, Rio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ro anoke, James, and many others, with their vast tributaries, throughout our entire country during tho Summer and Autumn, and remarkably so during sea sons of unusual heat and dryness, aro invariably accompanied by extensive de rangements of tho 6tomach aud liver, and other abdominal viscera. In their treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow erful influence upon tlieso various orJ gans, is essentially necessary. is no cathartic for ilio purpose equal to DN. J. Walker's Vixegab lUttkks, j as they will speedily remove the dark- i colored viscid matter with which tlioJ bowels aro loaded, at tho same tinjfl stimulating tho secretions of the I'.vrw] and generally restoring tho hcaltnW functions bf tho digestive organs. Fortify the body against diseadH by purifying all its fluids with Vinegar Bitters. No epidemic can tako hold of a system thus fore-armed. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Head ache, rain ia the Shoulders, Tightness of tho Chest) Dizziness*,SouX Eructations of tho Stomach, Bad in tho Mouth, Bilious Attacks, PalpmK tation of tho Ilcart, Inflammation of ttf| Lungs, Pain in tho region of tho Jvjßr neys, and a hundred other painful av tome, aro tho offsprings of 0110 bottle will provo a better guilßkco of its merits thau a lengthy adveSse- Scrofnla, or King's Evil, wa Swellings, Cleers, Erysipelas, Swelled XnH| Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammations, Indole WW Inflammations, Mercurial Affections, Old Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore Eye*, etc. In these, as in all other constitutional, Dis eases, "Walk ire's Vinegar Bittkils havo shown their great enrative powers iu the most obstinate and intractable cases. afcr- - For Inflammatory and Chroop Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious, tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseavbf the lilood, Liver, Kidneys and these Bitters have no equal. Such arc caused by Vitiated lilood. Mechanical Diseases.—PersUHL gaged in Faints and Minerals, subKm Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold-beaters, Kt.'' Miners, as they advance in life, aro subJSBW to paralysis of the Bewel*. To guard agaiust this, take a dose of Walker's Vix eoar Bittkrs occasional) v. For Sk'in Diseases,' Eruptions^*- ter, Salt-Rheum, Blotches, SpoU, JBPpfc*/ itwtules, Boils, Carbuncles, Kjap-worniH. Scald head, Sore Eyes, Scurfs, Discoloration* of jUmnnn and lliaeaaes of the Skiu of naino or nature, are literally ting S|aiid carried out or the system in a short wßt by tho uso Pin, Tape, aid otup Worms, lurking in the system of so nffiuf thousands, are oflectually destroyed aud remoVed. No system of medicine, no no an-, thelminitics will free the sflHplfom worms like these Bittern. For Female ConfMplnts, in yonng or old, married or dawu of wo manhood, or the UgSi «f life, these Ttmic Bitters display s? dißled aa influence that improvement is shJ perceptible. Cleanse the YWned Blood when ever you find its burs ting through the skin ia PinipUs, or Sores; cleanse it whet , you not It obstructed and slo|gish in deanse it when it is DnitlSUwl Geo. Agts.. San Francisco. Cnlifoml ■■Adar. WMbiagtoa ami Chariton Six.. X. V. Sold by *ll UnqncMt »nd nrnltrt. qittting and making. Robert A. Koell, Offers his services as a Tailor, to the public. His shop is st Us residence, in P IT. C. His work warranted, in fit and finish. fcblO-Iy ADVERTISEMENTS. J. Q, GANT & CO , Ji " ' ■ I Company Shops, IS". C.,' Buy their goods for. CASK,and thus get them at the lowest figures, are content with small profits, and that is why they sell so cheap and such * EXCELLENT GOODS. That they did so has been the ivonder: —Now yon know the reason why. They keep every thing to eat aud to wear, apd a creaj, other things! They "will buy all yoU have to to sell, for cash or barter. In h, SHOES it* ~ . . _ . 1 ; ' i I. ( they defy eompetion. They buy direct from manufacturer!?, and can't be undersold in Ftie© qj* Quality Everything they have is new, Dry-Goods, Queens-Ware, Hollow- Ware, WW,ow- Ware, and /Shoes that will wear forever —as nearly as shoes do. CARRIAGE FINDINGS,—in fact you'll find everything ihere. Go see. feb 16-sm ]WO VALUABLE FARMS For Sale. Having a large quantity of land, I wish to dispose of the following described plantations: First The farm known as the Kulfln Quar ter place, situated in Alamance county 011 the waters of Haw river and Big Alamance con taining Two Hundred and Seventy Acres, one third timber, the balance in a fine state of cultivation Upon this farm, which is conve niently and healthfully located, two miles south of Graham, the county seat, is a film young orchard consisting of 1200 young fruit trees, of choice varieties, carefullv selected ; n good dweling-house and all necessary ou' ousesfor cropers, tenants, or laborers— ii* every way a desirable farm. Second i—The farm known as the Boon plaoe containing Hundred and Seventy- Three Acres, lying four miles south of Company Shops, on the waters of Big Alamauce within a lew hun dred yards of Alamance Factory; Of this farm about oue half is cleared, and in a flue state of cultivation, the balance in original growth. Upon it are two homesteads, both of which are comfortable and conveniently loca ted. These farms are adapted to the growth of ?rain of aH kinds, tobacco, clover and grasses. Toon each are large meadow s, In good condi tion. i also wish to sell a ~V aluahlte ~NV ater power ►On Haw river, attached to which are about Sorty acres of land ; or as much as may be Jesircd. This valuable property is on both ffcides of Haw river eight miles from Mebanes fvtlle, on the N. C. Railroad, and is improved to the following extent: There is an excellent dam, recently and sub stantially built, affordfug a head of water, unfailing, and sufficient to run any quautity *nd quality of machinery. Eligible sites on gltth sides of the river. Tlire is a grist and Hw mill in operation, a good store house, mil ler's house, and some shanties, i Terms made easy. For particulars address cither myself, or E. S, Parker, attorney at law, JBraham P. 0., Alamance county, N, C. I W. R. ALBIGHT. w If the above described water power is not i«oon soldi would like a partner, pr partners 'with some capital, to engage in manufactur ing. W. R. A. isriorrj: c E • —:o: In pursuance of an order of the Super.o Court of Alamance county, I will, ou Tuesday, April 20th, 1875, ,at Jerry Lee's store, in Caswell county, 6eli the following real property, to wit: \One tract of land in Caswell county adjoiy ing the lands of Jerry Lee, Wood Covington •ana others, containing cnc hundred acres. Vne other tract of landln Caswell county ad joining the lands of L. Borland and others, containing twenty-three and one-half acres. AND at the late residence of Jacob Summers, de ceased, in Alamance county, on TUESDAY, APHIL 97th, 187 3* I will sell one tract of land in Alamance coun ter, 6n the waters of Travis Creek, edjoiulng the. lands of Daniel Tickel and others, contain ing one hundred and seventy-five acres. The above described real property was in the division of the lands of Jacob Summcrs.dcccaa ed. allotted to the heirs of Andrew Summers. Ten per cent cash, balance of purchase money secured, by bond with euffl clcnt surety, payable at six months. r E. S. PARKER. roar9-tf Commissioner. AND JUBT RECEIVED. "* A-large lot of Garden Seed, of all kinds. Als oa lot of Flower Seed. I feb 16-2 m P. R. HARDEN. Graham, 2f. C'., DEALK!tS IK Dry-Goods, Groceries, Hardware, IXKOX. 85rBBL.»ALT,«#/LAMJIB . . OVE.»TIIIfFM. DKIJCB, , HKDICINEB, MJn*. BAt'OS, JfcC.. it . Terms Cash or Barter. feb 16-2 m 1 I lyoncE. Application will be made, at the office of the North Carolina Rail Road Company in' thirty days from date, for the issen of a duplicate of certificate No. 1597 dated, May 11th, 18W. tor two Shares of Stock in said original being lost or mislaid, this March 9th, GRIFFIN BEIXERS. fIUK to Jjl 6 )o Perl)a - T *t home. Tcrm» HPf* Address G. Snasox and Co., Portland, Maine. ly.

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