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physicianH and the public may rent assured
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s manufacturing and selling the best and
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CHEAPEST PIMPS
ever offered to the people trf this State. The**
pumps are as durable as wooden pumps hit be
made. They are easy as anr one wanting
water could wish. They are sold as cheap a#
any one who proposes to buy could ask. ,
P4 U ; H delivered anywhere on short notice, s
Each pump warranted. The manufacturer
refers to every pamp Of hi* ta use. Not one
has ever tailed. •..{ - * .
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are receiving their FALL STOCK ot
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Dry-Goods Groceries,
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Dmgt. Medicines, Paint*. Oilt, Due-Stuff
Clothing; Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes,
Bakbers. Tebarea. Clean, Stess, Teas,
KEROSENE OIL, CBOCKERY,
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I -J. , POKIBV)
I r rojirii«THKß, ~
Whatcan he more touching than the follow-
I iug lilies, l licy were written by it convict in
| the Ohio Penitentiary, sent there by the red
hand liquor:
I ve w° iidej-'d far fro:u thee, mother,
Far from my happy home; f •'
! I've left the land that gave me birth,
In othei clinics to roam;
And time, since then, haS roil'd its years,
And mark'd them on my tfww
"Yet,-1 J4av€ often thougWt. of thcc*- "~'"h
J l'ai thinking of thee now.
| I'm thinking on the day. mother,
.When, atniyteider sides t
I Ton watsbe'l the dawning of my youth,
, And kiss'd me in your pride;
I Then brightly was my heart lit up
With hopes of future joy,
i* 'ft hile your bright honrctrt wort'
®» To deck thy darling boy
I m thinking of tlic day,
When, with Guch'anxious'care,' " >r #
Ton lifted tip your heart to heaven
i Your hope, your trust was there;
Fend memory brings thy parting l -Wo'ds,
liilo tears rolled down yoijr cheek; *
j Thy in f las*, loving look told nore
Tyau u ver WTTrds could' speair.
" ''~i. vj. x x-m •
rf Pirr f;if fiw«y 'from tfiee;- mother?"
No friend is near me now,
'Kwwjtfe iv tender word i v i #_»?
Or cool my burning brow;
The dearest ties affection wove.
Are all now torn from me; , t r
They left me when the trouble came;
They did not love like thee.' • •
I'm lonely and Forsaken now,
Unpittied an! unblest;
Yet still X would not havte thee-know*' ' '
How sorely I'm distress'fl. ' '* \
I know you would not chide, mother,
' You WdVlff gi\ e me*lblame f ;' *
But soothe me with j our tender words, ,
!.* * ' And bid mo hope again.
I yould not have thee know, mother,: •>
ITyw brightest hopes decay,
The tempter with his baneful cup,
\ Has dash'd them all away;
And shame has left its venom sting,
To rack with anguish wild—
Tet still I would not have thee know
The sorrows of thy child.
Oh!. I have wander'd far mother, » , «.» '
Since! deserted. the s , „ (f . H j
And left thy trusting heart to break,
Beyond the deep 'blue sea.
Oh! mother, still I lore thee l well,
> And long to hear theo speak,
And feci again thy balmy breath
Upon my careworn che?k.
But, ah! there Is a,thought, mother, \
Pervades my burning breast;' -i
That thy fre.cd spirit may have flown
To its eternal rest. u■' i ■
Aud while I wipe the tear away,
f.
And bids me seek thee there.
TttIBVTB TIIH MKtlOKv 0F
'D'AXIEI/ JR. '
The following sketch is published ,*t'
the request of an eld affectionate moth-'
er, The subject was an amiable voting
man, a valiant soldier, an affectionate
and kind son, brother and friend. Thp
author of friendship*: tribute to yoothtul
worth, as set forth in the following
sketch, has too been, summoned from
earth, a.ulJike to him, whose memory
he sought for a little while to preserve
he is now mourned, and fond recollec
tions of him, are now cherished. Thia !
sketch was prepared aud published du
ring the war, which must account tor
any want of refereuce to events since"
transpired. Many mothers can subtti*
tute a name, and read, a« it were, of
their loved and lost; so may many aia
tera, brothers aiid friends. " Who hath
not lost a friend?' Who did not loose a
soldier kindred or fiend? Who will
begrudge the space this tribute occn
pios ? Who will fail to sympathise with
the aged mother in her det-ire to see \
republished the good rep >rt of her loved
noble, dead bov ? [EDS. GLEANEB.JL
I**4 born in old Orange, now
"ArartiirtccT the3o(b May, 1839
He was a«on.,*f Mr. Daniel Waggoner
Sen., who is a pure and good man and
a valuable citizen of that county. His
was,
attached to yonng Daniel perhaps more
loudly than to any ot' the rest of their
children. He was such a paragon ot a
bo- , that to kntfw feW Wat lb love hitn.
Without the rud'eneaa of a spoiled chikl,
without tbe guile of a crafty boy, jrith
out that uneveuress of temper which
sweetness of 'society, without thai
duplicity of mind whieh destroys friend
ship, and confidence, he grew up to a
loyely*i(ir wpuning manhood,' oa hi*
fathers' farm near the Company Shope.
His education was simply iu the EngKsb
branches, and not as thoroughly in them
as he desired. At the age of nineteen
be gave bis heart to Jesus and became
a member i>f, the, Lutheran Church, at
Friedens'. His nature wae the most
! lovable, Md thia faith la his Redeemer
GHAHAM, N. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1875.
vlehlv and beautifully crowned liis
na'ir 1 character.
tt-' Mr. Waggoner-had a heart that loved
to rec.procate kindness and aflection.
He was devotedly attached to all his
:ear kindred, but particularly to his
mother and Sisters. While in the ariny,
he thus addressed his parent who gave
hitn \iirtli and rocked.the cradle of his
infancy: " Mother I have oiten thought
of the time when we were separated
Of the htfppy moments we spent together
in ottr lovely garden, ere your soldier-
adieu... It isoften in
oxy mind and as olicn as it in, it brings
up the image of you, ray dear mother,
1 can still hear the
sweet yoice that then spoke to my ear.
Even how it often speaks to me with
the Same sweetness with which it then
greeted nie. Mother, I would like ver.
nVßch lo have an obnor'tuiiitv of sneak
•l'aLi" ••«*, *tl? S(H!I -it"
pig" to you again , but, as our country is
ii) the same condition that it was. when
t left you all,l fear it will be many days
before this inexpressible pleasurewill be
?• •*, *j ! f • * 1 't / \
enjoyed. But be this time long or shon
let us be iniiidful of each other, and
hope that'we .may again and soon have
peace and harmony jji our country
To one of his hp. tlpts wrote,
i d.eu£ i «\st;s is,a u exquisite
pleasurv, i'orlthei e is no ono in this life
whom rty heiUf hrfs" dcsiie to
behold tb'an yourself' Oft'eli do I think
of you by day t\|Va of you b.
l ight,- I-h»tl the rapt plea*?"
ure of beholding ydur angelic form and
of '£vect smiles. Bift 1
am npw tar away from you, and firm
.home, and tho place where I have time
jtiid.again sporUnl iwiln 'yoii in boy
hood''* bnglrest rf&W. OI 'tifose day's'of
fiappipess, and ijpft.en tiimk.
ami tQ return; Unt they
are passed and'frond to«eVer ! Would'
tTiat rMadtiiji* wlhgs' of flie 'moruiiur.
that I could fly. to,'.you. 1 , ahtj kneeling
befouo'you etijoy opoe again your smiles
of sisterly afl'ectiort." **; "
' rli6' ranks. }f the .Confed
erate Army lhriorig the foremost,. jjjtar
did bus country ever have a better or
braver'
and bisj company, Jip ..n afi iy f f xceJlci:t
healtji a; the time our regiment suffered
so much lie was a full
match for A. Wi\jpp in,bis
t ki| , d.
Jlp was another, Kftg*} Sam»rUau. lie
>yas never.al any timg much uuwel'
n».
*»• in
too
#W4;&W T SttF , ftillb bi-Hla'
«fcd not expite in hi
&!«*# WtliM *»K . *rM«l desire to
w - u,ia >VWablc, our
fpea. iifi desired
to conquer them, but his exceedingi
oJ|i.cai% forbade the indulgence
'of over their slaughter
and He grieved over the
loss of fhuman lives apd of immortal
souls in bath armies though he fek ye
were iu' the as it was the wrong
of the Nfdrthern Government which
f it- Oij every field where his
regiment has, acted ,*s. daringly and
heroic^/ he uiisurpas-sed by the
fe2 Bt > ?r»t.bttMe of Feder-
where tbe co|or of the regi
jnent fpjl, herushed seeing
it, boi-e it prouJlj ou jo From
be the calor-bearer
of the glorious old Twenty-First, and at
Chaitceriosville Jvo did wbst had never
-been dblle bV k«v trtje before him— he
carried ify broughttheni
QtU Hfihttrf, MfUj/jh ke.uw in the k»tte»i
of thefyfhl, ai uk tba oofors were: twice
shot through. • NoiS[»rtailevcr behaved
wltb/ a noifcrherblsirf than &ld Sergeant
Waggoner I lie w«us an ardeiit acd en
> LbaaiaMic ttdniiier of Lieut.Ge«j Jack
sort; He wrote! Hie sisters a' tttodiiug
lettfer Hi ftgttrtf ttftbe Wcnmding bf that
f.Mfr gt.rfviltt
badxbo prtvUege of. hsgrlug the, 3*»p
.laia«f Manecai Jwkmiipreach at kif
-OV» hfaifqnsrters. He prcacfied frirta
1 1%' And
i we kowrt hat sail tidHK* work iegeiher
, for gouklfc*tbem that love Wod, totbem
who (ire. the called according, to - his
"purpise*. 1 " He the Cieueral bad
•4U»*«rß«il*itb.fciM ma ay timeeoti-that
■ e*t #«h»dfcd,and several
»BWtJi*i4*k»fd, itvery., apnidence ,iu
uttenaoce of xPmI,- and be
billy belief it was'•fofUntne
purpose that he WW, B9 wounded, Ser
geaut Waggoner ever hoped to reaob
his borne again; but ia his writings tie
often betrayed bh apprehensions that
bamight not. Shortly, before bo. went on
that hazardous ezptdMibninto Penntyl-
Sh Ui«t*r
I Kate: 1 r.-.it', 1 ||f»i - ft tit« • .'j •• !■ ■■
Forget thee, oli! when life shall cease
To thrill this heart of mine ;
But not till then can I forget
vpe luuk or Mill! 01 Ululi i. '
i . Oh r no, it mingles with the sound
Of everything I hear ;
Anil think thou I can forget
My sister 1 lore FO dear.
Forget tlice ! 'tis a bitter word,
| ,B? ' I would it Were uusald ; ' *
Foriretfillness is not with life,
But,with the silent dead.
lothen may cease to think of thee,
i . AN earthly mortals do ;
But oh ! I'll meet my sister In heaven, -
| ... j-- With he.ii t unchanged and true. _.
Though his heart beat stoutly and
proudly aa T-is Corps, d'armee advanced
along the highway toward that small
town whose name was soon to be sadly
immortal in history,it was like a muffled
drum " beating funeral inarches to the
grave."' His Company cummander,
Lieut. Dick says, ou the Ist day of July
we attacked I lip Yankees at Gettsburg,
I'a. We succerded in driving them
through the town to jheir fortifications
on some heights near. it. We gained a
oomple to victory on thai day ;killed and
took a great many priaonors. Our loss
was vei;y light. 1 had live wounddd in
my company. Sergeant Waggoner went
tiirough unlmrt,earn ing hw colors as gal
liyitly as,ever man did: Ou lho ev«ning
r o£ th£L2nd,af that monlit «iiiie
adti wasl>iugin line ofbafllehe req eat
! vd li.C, Clupp, his friend and tent mate
to wriu hia fattier, sliauid.ho fall in the
which was close at hand.
Hi* seemed to feel t hat- his ftvral hour was
ilrawilug nigh. As dark was gathering
»>ver us, writes Mr. Clapp, wo wereor.
dered forward to charge.a battery. Ser
„gfaint Waggoner was bearing the color'
, of the regiment, near the battery ho was
•truck -by a, g*;ape-shot, below ..the
stomach, which.passed through him and
took lite instantly. Cool and composed
as he was on sucl\ occasions, he kuew
he must die, and he exclaimed: " Have
the Jlug; / jm a deqd, man; but all is
well i with qic." 'ln tailing back our
mfu were compelled to icave liim aud
never, recovered the ground ao aa to get
his bodv. lie fell in a strange land and
was bliried, if at nil, by strangers, but
.his is that of a martyred christian
patriot! .si,?; ~,
i'm,OVLATII INTRRGNT
AM» MUAT WILL ■ I' !>>.
The following rules are so simple ayd
so trne according to all business usages,
that every banker, broker, merchant ot.
clerk,should post thein up for reference.
There being ho such thing as a fraction
in tj there is scarcely any liability to
error or mistake. Hy-rtoather arithme
tical process can the desired infer,
uialiou be ebtained by so few fig
ures: mi a*. ! ;r~*Tr*r« , T —■ >•■*'» -j ( - j
Six per 6ent—Multiply anv given
nftniber ot dollars by the of
!kys ! ot interest desfred; separate the
tfght ham! figure and divide by six;
the result Is the true "Interest on such
sum for such number of days at six per
cent.
Eight per ce&t—Multiply any given
amount for the number of days upon
which it is desired to ascertain the in.
tercst, of such sum for*'time re
quired, at eight per jjei>t, and divide by
„ - lU + rtVHHUX i »*!•».♦«
Ten pfr cent—Multiply tbe same a*
above and divide by 36, and the result
will be the amoont of interest at ten per
cent.
What It WilKDo—-If a mechanic or.
cierk saves uuly 24 cent* per day, from
the time he ia twenty-one nntil lie is
threescore and- ten, the aggregate,
>ith interest, wfll amount to $2,006;
Mid a daily saving ot 274 oenta readies
the important mjiu of #29,000. A six
pence saved daily wHI provide a tnnd
ot #7^oo0 —sufficient te pnreham'a. good
farm, a There arc few employee* who
cannot nave daily, by abstaining front'
tite use of cigars, tottocee, liqnor, ate*
twice or ten times the amount oftfce'six
cent piece. Every person should pro.
vide for old age,- and tbe man in bosi
ue*s who can lay by a dollar a day will
eveutoaHy And himself possessed ot over
$100,006.
* Oregon has a new cereal which looks
like wheat, rye, and barter, and isn't
either of them and the leading agricul
tniiilisia' of the State are pozaliag
| tliemselves about it. Its history is
strange. About four years ago a tarm r
' living in 7'i'amook county Oregonkkil t
ed a « i!d goose, in whose 'craw be
foiyid a peculiar looking, grain. He
'planted it; it maHiplied wonderfnllv
"and be subsequently raised forty' bush
els on nalt an acre of land. Its growth
is peculiar, from seven to ten stalkd
springing from one root. The kernels
very thin aud compact,of abriglitstraw
j iolor and extremely hard.
CHANOING HIM WAHIB.
The other day a young African flsked
us to change his uame. We replied tluit,
if he had a good name, he had better
keep it, as a go id name was the one
thing'to be desired in this world.
"I'se got apntty frtr name," he said,
" w'at I'se had eber 8««ce de war, but
it won't do for dls chile any moah."
'•Why, what'? the matter v.lth it?''
we asked y
•(•Well/yoa see boss, dar'n a fool
ger come-liayr Irom GhiHicoffee, an'
he's a huzzin' aronnd hero with my
uame. an' no two niggei'3 can circuni
gate in de same town ouless one or de
oiierob'em had a different procog
nein."'
"Perhaps yon can prerail on 1 iin to
adopt anotlier name."
sahi J offered him f>n bits and
a rashor to call hisself comethhi' else
'sides George Washington Jones, but de
yallcrfbol won't do it."
44 Yaller, is he?"
"Yegj sah; an' dat'a what makrs me
so injuifods about it. He says de Jone
ses was do fustest families of Virgimiy,
an' dat he's condescended in a direct
line irom deu>, an' consequtenchly dai
foah w a lues de name moah exceedingly
Uaif add«mi«r; M — -
4 -8o you propose to off" with the old
nftme and 011 with the new?"
4 *Bomi'thiu' like dat. I s'pose, boss.
An' 1 wants to ax you de favor to aejest
some disappropriate name, dat'ti tTo for
acullud pusson ob standin'. I don't
soshate wid de oomnion, iow class nig
gers, an' I wanfs A name ont o'dcre uu
comprehension— wat dey can't Meal,
you know."
"How'll Arnold do?"
"De Arnold am toniah, for snah, but
dar's too many Benneys an' Dioka
around. Try a:itl udder one boss."
"WuU- Algernon Sartoris, bow's
that?"
"pat's *auperlagant] Algei neymau
Startoris A i non Id—dat'll do for some ob
do name. Please reach for annudder
one, sah."
44 Why that's name enough. How
much do you want, for goodness
sake?"- fit-,,)
'■Boss, you must remember dat I's
dcckcuin de aud 'prietor ob a
house an'lot.'* , c -
"Ohl yes; well— ict's see—Bill Al
,>«?% :Hr . - « ~• •
"Dat s too cotaiDM.
Lincoln?".
"Too ocdiuarjr, sah. GU uj) higher.'
"Phil. Sheridan?"
Wb.ii/you please.'*
, ,JVuv Tecumsah Sher—"
"Stop, sah—dat's nuff—ueen t feel no
ftirdcr. Wily urn Qherkonyey— dat
sounds like old Kaintnck—Wiiyom
Cherkumaey Algernyinan Sartoris Ar
nold. Yea, sah, dat'll do—no low claaa
nigger can get iuaide o' dat. Yoirae de
aplemn witness, boas, dat dat'a my name
from hencefo'th on to all precedeif time,
f'se obleeged to you, sah."
; > Aa he walkod majestically away, re
peating the uame to himself, he waa the
proudeat nigger in Brunawick. Aud
yet Shakapeare aaya there nothing in a
name. ;
aewino GRASS A .to CLOTRR
WI^UOBAIH.
One great cause of failure of graaa
in the South, aaya the Rural Carolinian
for October, haa been the seeding of
the crop witb small graina. Thia ia a
common practice at t'ce North, and we
were formerly inclined to tavor it, but
later experience forces na to the coir
1 elusion that In onr climate at least, tltc
practice is a had one, aud that it ia far
more profitable to BOW each by itself,
iramrdi.ttelly (when not already in)
grass and clover, will no soitabl®
tftty*i|Ain, auck * growth before the
hot weather of setting in >
as will iisiire them against, injury'
without the ahade of the grain, which
jpill.be injured by the plover and graas,
while injuring them iu return. ID any
case the land for clover and the grasses
should pchand thoroughly prepar
ed by deep, close plowing, followed by
harrowing, previous to which a good
dreaalng ot super|tboephate may be
applied with advantage. Brush lightly
to cave, and except on very heavy soils,
by all means roll the fields with a
tolerably haery roller. This last ia an
important and too generally neglected
process. It you are to sow both clo
ver and grasses on the same field, it is
beat to sow the elcver by itaelf, aa the
s -ed does not mix well with the graaa
»eed.' The various kinds ot grasa seed
may be mixed before sowing
You aiwaya carry too much baggage,
complained a man while journeying
with his wife. Yes, she said I know I
do dear when I travel with you.
NO. u.
mi.U-RSniIKIHG.
Farmers who expect to thrive must
I earn Tho hftbiinut arr of manure mak
ing. An exchange sava:
The futtficr who* has a plenty of
stock will find making both
simple and easy. For tha land there
is nothing hotter than good barnyard
manure.—But in cases where there is
not stock enough on the place to yoil J
a full supply, it is best resort to com
posts. And it is best to get at the busi
ness-$f composting without further de
lay —go at 'it now.
True, you uTay t>3 very busy with
your crop, but you can certainly catch
time enough to start a compost heap or
two. Dig out a flighj concave in tho
earth, near the barn or stable, throw a
few odd* and cuds into it, with tho
loose manure lying about, and the heap
is started. 1 Ijen, from that day on
cast all your refuse rubbish, such as
green weeds, rotten vegetables, rotten
fruits and the like, upon the pile. Or
der your women folks to give it all the
kitchen slops and soup suds. If it gets
to smelling badly, throw on alittleflne
ly pulverized earth— dry swamp muck
T better, if yon havelt, bttif not, earth
will answer.
Thca gather into your pile what you
can through the summer—when fall
cornea on, go to the woods with your
wagori, It yon live in a woods country,
and haul leaves and throw them into
your Stable and into your cow l»t». —lf
you don't live in a woods country, you
may substitute straw and grass for the
leave*. Let your stock tramp it all un
der foot, and mix it with their manure
until pretty well cutup, then away with
it, all together, to your compost heap,,
and down with a new supply of straw
or leaves. Keep the work up at odd
spalls, and wh« early spring comes,
haul and spread upon your land wh«t
| you have accumulated, and turn it under
lat the breaking. Dou't be afraid of get
ting your laud too rich, and dou'tjor a
moment think that what yon are doing
will belabor lost, even though you do
happen to have a soil that is reasonably
productive, aaturally. It might feed
you now, but unless you feed it, the
time will come when it will refuse to
feed you—or your children. And it
will pay you a good return for feeding
it, now. Not long since an old geutle
raan cultivating a Mississippi bottom
farm in St. Charles county, Mississippi,
told the writer of this article that he
manured his rich lands every sea
son, and found it to pay better
than any other work done on his
place.
There is said to be carried off from
the soil nine pouuds of lime in twenty
five bushels of wheat; nine pounds in
fltty bashels of outs, and fifteen pounds
in thirty-eight bushels of barley.
There are thirty-five pounds of lime in
two tons of rye-grass; one hundred and
twenty-six pounds'in two tons of clov
er, and one hundred and forty pouuds
in twenty-five tons of turnips, and two
huudred and seventy pounds in nine
tons of potatoes. Some soils contain
abundance of lime f.»r a thousand
years, while other soils require an occa
sional application of lime as a fertili
zer.
A M ARKING TO BOYS.
A certain doctor, struck with the
large number of bora under fifteen
years of age whom he observed smok
ing, wu led to inquire into the effect
the habit bad upon the general health.
He took tor his purpose thirty-right
boys, aged from uine to fifteeu, and
carefully examined them. In twenty
seven ot them lie discovered injurious
traces of the habit. In twenty-two
there were disorders of the circulation
and digestion, palpitation of the heart,
and a more or less marked taste tor
drink. In twelve there was frequent
bleeding of tlie nose; they had disturbed
sleep; and twelve had slight ulceration
of the mucous membrane of the mouth,
which disappeard on ceasing trom the
Die ot tobacco for some days. The doc
tor trested them all for weakness, but
with Hltle eflfect until the smoking was
discontinued, when health and strenth
were eoon restored. Now, this is no
"old woman's tale," as theae facts era
given on the authority of the British
Medtcial Journal.
There ars three polished-plate glasa
manufactories in the United States—at
New Albanv, fnd.. Louisville and St-
Louis and one rough-plate glass factory
at Lenox, Mass.
No man can go to heaven when he
die* who has not sent his heart thither
while he lives. Our greateefc hopes
should fie bejond the grave.