ft «•««■%»> l»' It Mmww mlk* i-^s«>o a' ■ .'] .If /5t THE ALAMANCE GLEANER 'HO. >H LEANED *■* 1 * •"*' ■'' \, r " ! 1 i' ■;* ' PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY - *V , E. B."* * F E R .-K,-l * U rah am, W*. C, J-'v • , . Ralei of /Subscription. Postaye Paid : One. . Attrt**.'.. ...n.W) . Six Months illlliMlll Turde Months ' Every person sending us a cltib of tei) tub* scrlbers with the cash, entitles himself to one >opy free, for the lenrh of time for which the club is made up. Papers sent to different offices jtfb Departure from the Cash System "Transient advertisements payable in advance: yearly advertisement* quarterly In advance. ' ' - / tfev > Fni**}- f "ft -1 quare a |s2 00 $3 00 $4 00 $ BOOitIOOO 2 ..ti»4« v -i4 oql' i Transient advertisements $1" per square for he first, and flfty cents for each subse, AD\yEI^y^EMENTS Prices reduced »,'t ->»■«(« . , J» ■ *•> Perfected Farmers Friend Plows madeln Petersburg Va. One Horse No. 5 Price $4.00 rwoHaMNo.T " 6.00 rw«»HtfpNo. TH " 6.50 rwoHdfte N0.,8 7.00 "VOTTAD-onJIP; mmi fflftH SCHOOL GRAHAM, N. 13. REV. D A. tONG, A.M. ; REv.W W. STALKY, A. M. \* REV. W.S. LOwO.'Ai M. Opens August 20ih 18T8, and closes the last ITrMwy In May, 187 ft Board 98 to $lO and Tuition $8 to $4.50 mouth. KMafia vmmmw»«iqajo*p«« m uiw«|i^(ggw Farmer Friend Plows at SCOTT Jt DON THE GENUINE DR. C. McLANE'S' Celebrated, America -j . WORM SPECIFIC VERMIFUGE. SYMPTOMS mm? mHE countenance fe pale'aAi'leaden-* A colored, with occasional flushes, or a circumscribed spot idh one br botft cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu pils dilate; an azure semicircle runs, along the lower eye-lid ithe nose is ir ritated, swptjnt a swelling 4ttnCTipperTip7 ocfifsionai headache, with humming or throbbing of the ears; an Unusual ayretjpn of saliva; slimy or breach' 1 very foul, particularly in the morning; appetite variable, A j, with a gnawing HB|B>Stil ti#sto®| ach, at others, gone; fleeting pains in the occasional nausea' ind vomiting; vfoKnt jJains throughout the abdomeiy bowels it. regular, «rtu»s l;q|tftaatoofeslhpy{ not unfrequently tmged with blood; belly swollen and hard; urine turbid^ ' accompaqQ Ibf ficydfty fjjpbugh sometinfcllrnmtl convUTSTvd"; uneasy and disturbed sleep, with grinding of the teeth; temper variable/but gener ally irfitable, &c. Whenever the above symptoms * t0 DR. C. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE -— * will certainly effect a cure."" IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY in anQ|ftjnYiiMntngff cn t prepara tion, not: cdpsofeof wnng the slightest injury to * n f ant ' npih Vj kmia I x tt Tr**rv*~ "DiTi^Ml arenoT rew»mena«T® s"reme^B theilU £«!ynruOTraoN«. • the 31PR McLank and Flkmikg Bbos. - • iMi* upon having th* Dr. CMS* Lank'S Livkb Pills, prepared by Fleming K Bros., of PitUburgh, I'*-.,* i" TUB W.1V9188, —r -'■Wfiih. MmTKog it fice reading a very interesting book. It was a part of his business, this reading, for the book wu of a science within the srtope ofr'hls profession. Hte was compar atively a young. Man, and bad the ref.n tatieu ot being an excellent physician. While ho read some one.rang at his office upon tbe stepping stoue he was iudig nant. It *vasa rag tfsd, dirty "boy, known in Eriißworth as 'liamuier Jim'—ragged and dirty, and with the vilencss of the slums trpon liiin—a bov viciotts and pro fane, against whom every other boy was and a Ov erseers had been ablo to reofatyn, and who seemed to care for nothiug but to anilW-peodfc-iflrtM *Sf %Hr. lils'trbd na*B%7ttl rab*C)^eVßeerß' Ammerton. Abtfuthis father nobody in Ernsworth had ever known. His mother bad died an inmate ot the poor house. On tbo present occasion, Jim's lace was not only dirty, bnt bloody; and there was blood upon bis grimed and tattered gats ments. ♦JMesaq FVb got a MnllwwS • What kind ©! * butt?' asked tbo doc tor. • 'l'm afeared it's bad, air,' said the boy, sobbingly, 'One o' Mr. Dunn's inen bit ine with a rock. Oh I' 'What did he hit yon tor?' 'I tluno, sir.' 'Yes, you do knew. What did be throw , tbe stone at yort for? 'Why, sir, I wus a-pick'n up an apple under ono of bin trees,' Dr. Wal*h would not touch tbe boy's head with his fingers. There was no need of it. lie could .see that there was only a and that the blood had ceas •Go nome,' he said, Met your folks ease, Mr, iMn't got i»> home, and I hain't got no folks.' 'You Stop somewhere, don't you?' 'J stop at the podr-'us when they don't kVqk tne out.' ' ' 'Well, boy, you are not going to die liom l his. Go and get somebody to west) your bead, or, go aqd wash it your self, and tie your handkerchief on.' JF'fWf fU. I n0 ~~' •Hold tip, boy. I miven't got time to jvastOj You sutler if, jroni go as you are.' " F 'U W wifh thy* Dr. Silas Walsh closed die door and returned to his book. He had pot meant to be unkind; but really be had not thought there was any need Rnd eerraTiiiy ne did IK>T want fnatpad boy in "blvofßce. '' » . - 'iff o-m *■»■« , Bujt not been alone , cognizant of the feov's visit. There had been a witnessat an nuwwindow. The heard. She Dman. Shewas not strong, and resolute, and dignified like her husband. Het heart was not only tender) but it was uged to aching. She bad no chil dren liing;Lut there were* two little mounds in the churchyard which told her down, avd cfj[led tbe boy in, by the back woy>*to> tbe wash room. He came in, rags f ' dirt and all, wondering What was wanted. Tbe sweet-voice that had called him %ad not frightened him. He cajne in and stood looking at Mary Walsh, and aa be looked Jua sobbiug ceased. •Sit down my boy,' He sakiown. I good?J youtrw* l '®MH nmnrio pleasmn&lS »I should ceiMyß |^||h brought MtAcMge, and w m tflrlhand jpead.|Kid face. one. She a a i|tfcifing plaster, which she fi^B and then fiSlhuts ting out the.jagsj*nd dirt, it was jealty a * handsomofaee. 'Mis- *sa> 'What's your name, my boy \W and sometimes flagged ML' TTTW M l :ffiAH£MLN ON WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 6 1879 'I mean, how were yon ohistened?' •Wlenfiß?' • *«•' - ' 'Don't ydti know what'name J-onrpfcr etits gt*e yotl?» - 1 " 'O-ye-es. It's down on the 'seers' as James Aminerton.' ~'Wel). James, the hurt on your not a bad one, and it you are careftil not Utiub eft the plaster, U will aoou heel up. Are you hungry?' . it* *1 (Please, ma'am, !-haven't eat notbing •"i »»*»•• « • • ' • Mrs. Welsh brought ont' some bread and butfer, and a obp of milk, and al lowed ffie to sic there tn the wnsh room and eat. And while he ate she watched hfm narrowly, eeapning every reaturo. Surely, if the science ot physic ognonay, which her husband, studied so teAclu-and witbench faith, was reliable, this boy ought' to imve grand capacities. Once mere, shutting out the rags and the filth, mul only observing the hair now glosty and Waving, from her dexterous manipulations, over a shapely head, and mai king t >e face, with lustroub gray eyes and the perfect nose, and tbe mouth tike a Cupid's bow, and the chin strong, without being unscendy,—seeing tbis without the dregs, tbo boy was hand* some. Mrs. Walsh, thinking of tbe little monnds in the ehurch«.yard, prayud' God (bat she might be a happy mother; and it a bey was to bless "her maternity, she Could not ask that he shonld be hand somer than she believed she could make this boy. finished eating, and stood up. . 'James,' said tbe little woman—for shs was a little woman, and a perlect picture fcf a loving and lovable little woman. 'Jamee, when yon are hungry, aad have nothingtoeat,-if>you will eome to this door, I will feed you. i don't waet you tO'g ; tfllung[]^/. , *1 shbbfd likfe to cfrme. ma'am.' •And, if I'fetd yon when you are'hnn {ry, will you not try to be gftod for my afo' 4 '. Tbe boy bang bis Read, and consider* cd. Some might have wondered that he did answer at once, as a grateful boy onght; but Mrs. Walsh saw deeper than that. The lad was considering how he might answer safely ftnd truthfully. flf they'd lot rae be good, ma'am; bnt they won't," lie said, at length. • WHt yon fry" all yoa canT 'Yes, 'm—l'll tfy all I can.' Mrs. Walsh gave tbe lad a small parcel of ioodin arpaper, and patted his curly head. The boy bad not yet shed a tear since the pain of thd wound had been as suaged. Some inight have thought be Was not grateful'; but the little woman could the gratitude- in the deeper light of the eyo. Tb6 old crust Was not broken enough yet lor (ears. AHctaswdeilrs. Walsh told her.- hus band what She had done, and be laughed _ Mara »■ ■ i"J "tit :a - at her. , 'Do you think, Mary, fliat your kind nese can help that ragged waU?' T do not think it will hurt biu), Silas.' It vfas net Ib 4 first time that Mrs. Walsh bad 4ql>vei;ed answers to the eru dite doctor wbiflk-oflflatnnMy stopped dis cussion. ' After that' Jim came often to the wash. Yoopi door,.and was fed; aud be became cleaner andjnore orderly with each suc ceeding visit. At length 'Sirs, Walsh washifdrmedtbata fHend was going aw&fr Into the far Western country to take qp land, and, make a frontier farm. Tbo thought- occured to ber tbat this might be h good opportanitp for James Ammerton. She saw her friend, and brought Jim to his notice, and, the re> suit was, that the boy went away with the emigrant .adventurer. And she heard from ber triend a year late* tbat he liked the boy very much. Two yean later tbe «rmigram wrote tbat Jim was a treas ure. And Mrs. Walsh shoWed the letter td ffer lfthband,'*rtd he smiled and kissed his ffttle'wife, and said bo was so glad. And lie Bad another soprco of gladness, Upon ber bust, JtieaUhx 9*u M>iY—wpQ, promise ot life wnd happiness in the time to come. The years James Ammer ton dropped out from the life tbat Mary Walsh knew. The last she heard *ar five years aftftf be Went away from Erns worth, and Jftn had started *ttnt for ffl golden moun|s]ns of his. own pcoouut, to commence in earnest his own life baU tie. , t * *-i iu * j' 1 iuijHM Bnt there was a joy and a pride in the little, woman's life wh|cb hela its place and grew and strengthened. Her boy whom t)my celled tfbilip, grew to be %- youth of great promise— a bsight. kind hearted, good bey, wbom everybody' loved; and none loved him more then did bis parents. In fact', they worshiped ' him : or, at least, his mother did; At tbe age OMevooteen Phillip Walsh enter ed college, and at v thfK agps of t*entj-» one be graduated with honor; but .the ; I.: »■ -T , i 1 ■ 'f |bis atM tatfy taxcdh's Sy»- lem, .and. bp entered upon the stoge pr manhood nOt quite so slrong in body as to should have been. His mottor saw it mid Wti anxious, His father saw it and lljAt be should have recreation and recuperation before be started into active bnsnasss. D* k Walsbwae not pqj cunuin'ly ib!o to rood his son off on ex pensive travel, but he luund opjwrljbffil _ ty for his engagement upou (he Mult *9? 1 an exptoiing expedition, wiiiob.would combine hcaMhfnl recreation with an equally healthful occupation. The expedition was,bouud for the Wes teru wilderness, and ma need not tell oi the paitiug between the mother and tor beloved son. She ktased him and bless edhim; and then hung up&.» his neck with mote kisses anil then went away to tor chamber and cHfed. Philip wrote hou,e otten while on his way.out; aud be wt;## after he reached the wilderness. Vim accounts were fclowiifg,' and his health improving, three mouths of lp.ftyt 1 life, and forest labor, of which Phillip wrote iu a letter that bad to be borne more than a hun -1)10(1 miles to the nearest post, and then followed months of silence. Where was; Philip? Why did be not wrilef iOue day Dr. Walsh came borne pale and taint, with a newspaper eruinpled and crushed in his hand. Not immediately but by and by, he was iorced to let bis Wtfo read what lie had seen iu tbe pa per. She read, and fainted like one mortally stricken. H'was a paper from a far western city. told the sad fate ot th» exploring party udder the charge of Colonel John Beanehampe, how they had been attacked by an overpowering party of indians, and how those not mas* sacred bad been carried away cap. ll # Poor 4UJe woman ! Poor Dr. Walsh; But tbe mother suttered most. Her bead already tdkiag on its crown of silver, was nowed in blinding agony, and her heart Was well uigh broken. The Joy was gone out of her life, and fhick dark ness was round about tor. " And so passed half a year. One day the postman left a letter at the door. The band of the superscription was fa mil lier. Mrs. Walsh tore it open, and glanced her eyes Ovfer the contents. O, ioy 10, rapture I tor boy lived 1 was well! aud was on btf Way home to her. When Dr. Welsh entered the room he found his wife fainting, with tbe letter clutched in ber nerveless grasp. By and by, when tbe first great surge bad passed, husband and wife fat down and read the letter uhde^sUndingly. ' fbauk God 11 found a true fViend, or,' I should say, a true friend found me.' wrote Phillip, after %fe bad told of his safety, and of his whereabouts. 'But for the comeing of this friend I should have died ere this. Ue beard of me by> my name, and when he learned that I was from Erusworth, and was the nonet Silas and Alary Walsh, be bept all Us energies tee my release, Hempen! tbonsv ands of dollars i* enlisting And equips ping men tor the work, and with his own band struck down my savage cap tor, and took me tbeucefortb under Me care and protection. God bless him! be you both ready, to bless him, for be is comin^ftF * **»***" > Upou their bended knees that night, the rejoiceing parents.thanked God for all bis goodness, and Called down his blessings upon the head of tbe unknown preserver of tbeir.eee. f jiii tr And, iu time, radiant and strong, their Pbiliipeame hoine ta tbem—came homo a bold and educated afrit, fit lot tbe bat tie of life—came borne knowing euOtigb of life's vicissitudes, and prepared to ap preciate its blessing, '*'' And with Phillip came a man ot rpids die age-a strong, fnvnk-faced,handsome, man, with grey eyes and curliug hair. 'This,' said the son, wtou,bo bad been released from bis mother** rapturous em brace, 'is my preserver. DO you not* know him?' The doctor looked end shook bis bfeaff. lie did not Mow. But the little woman observed more 'keenly. Upon her the light broke over poweriugly. 'ls it,'she whispered, putting iiwrth her b^'d»— it—James Ammerton.' 'Yea' said tbe man—a stranger WW no more* '1 am James AJimertoa 1 -dfcadL thank Hkd Who has given roe opportu* nity thus twsbow tow gratefully lies member all yonr kindness to'me, my •moee than mother.' And be hald tor bands, and pressed That evening Mrs. Walsh, sitting by her husband's side and holding oue of liis hands said to him. . 1 *5 -f •Once upon a time a pebble was kick ed abont in the Waste ot sand. A lapi- HMt>i "id. . r» 7^ dary saw it, and pliked it np, and when no bad brushed away the dirt lrom its suMeee, he applied hie chisel, and broke through the crust, and behold—a dia mond, puce end bright 1' I , - .: I | VHABtTVteB TU9JIUM nr , tun a .'}>> i)» art Never aay anythiirg damaging Ao .the good name of a woman, k metiers not how poor she may be or what her place in society. They have a bafd enough time at best, tutd God help the teen that would«give*hem a kick down, the hill. We are el) too tree with their namea— talk too much about them and wedoveiy wrong, The least Uule bint that there i* Sethi ng wrong, that 'sho ain't ell I,' whether spoken in jes( or in ear nest, is takeu up aud unlike tbe rolling stone gathers moss as it goes from pleeo to place aud at last comes home to the per secuted with ornsbiug weight. She has done nothing bnt keep quiet while her idle persecutors have pursued her, and now she is kicked from door todoor, «nd is fallen so low that none will do her reverence. Give a dog a. bad uame. aud you had •* well kill him—talk about - a Soon women o*4be streets and across arroom aeu uters, and. you bad as welt set her4swr»at ouueas a social wreck. No one wants to help . her. We don't went so much theoretical religion; we want * kind of blue jeans and nomeapun pity that will do for tbe washtnb and the kitchen as well as tbe drawing room and parlor—a sort ot universal hoeesty that; will not think a woman, a thief because she happen to .wear a sun bonnet , and walk across the street with a siring of mackerel in her hand. There ia nutbing wrong in saanual labor, aud honest pov ei ty is a sure passport to heaven. • leonn asNANe OLD, A man is ordinarily said to be young, even in this country, where we live pre tevnataely fast, up to 86 or 40; to be raids die aged from 40 to 60,. and not bo posi tively old; if he be of sound health and well preserved,'until he si oil have reacts edGO or thereabout, t Thia estimate oi years would indicate the normal. ago et man to be 100,. fae Button declares it should be) though kieavsrage is searcely 60, aad 60 M much beyoud It. What reason is there, then, tor speaking ot S6 to 40 asyouog, 40 to 60 as ralddtowige? None, unless we consider that we' begin practiole and ÜBetpl existence, as we re- ally do, with the attsluaeot of our legal majority/and, as a sole people hare very life -90 to 86years— atcer that. It is common to speak ot men, especially in pnblio positions, of 60. as in tneir prime. •A very few appear to be so, notably iu Europe; but they are not actually, since, at 76, the public distruets them merely from their ago. R'he great majority of men are burled and lofgotten - before* tliey gain three score, and be who .la 111 ilia prime then, in a seeming sense, is ex ceptional as he who lives 00 or 96. We all like to delude ourselves in respect to life, i When our neighbor is 60, be apt pears to be very old. When we are ot that age, we are not young, to be sore but weifeel as young, we say as over, fcr faot, weareiu our prime. While we can creep around and are in possession of our faculties, qre lnsist tbat we are not very old; but'our Iriends, Smith and Brown, with not a year more than we-,: if the truth were known, make them selves ridiculous by trying to appear young. ISeS SDB S*BOPI,B. i: . « ' , '' Odd folks here and there are describei in the newspapers. Koxbury, Massachu setts, has an eccentric tramp who liyea in a cave during the winter, and apenils the summer iu .making begging excur* sions to neighboring towns. He never i say#o word', and his dress eoosiats en tirely of old bootlegs fastened together witH' leather strings. A small wagon drawn by two goats, and containing a' helpless, shrivelled man, attracted attent ion in Hagerrtown, Maryland. He said, that he had traveled in that manner for many years, and called himself the "Ameriean Tourist." He is entirely Jielpless. His wife and four children accompany him, and attend to. hia wants, getting their Ifving sale of tem« peranee song rfnd otlier small articles. Jefferson Stevens, who live* near Sul phur Springs. Kentucky, conclude that he is gifted With peculiar powers, «f Which he lately gave a street exbiUtioh. He held a forked dogwood switch, like hose used by wizzards, i a Lis m ft uth» and tol4 the to ask pny questions .tlnyr pleaaeA A pair of tramps turned upat Dee Moines, lowa—Peter Carlisle t en£«ri£s£wbD were»on their way to Lead viHe from the FmtrsylvniM coal regions. They had pushetl 4 handcart all the way, containing their baby girl and a lew, household utensils. Cjuson Carr of Cal., will on no account walk a. but always runs, no. matter if tbe distance is only a few feet; whHn> Mrs. Main uf Chicago, wiH neither run nor waftnmugM i*yi«Eiiiw%W«#lF, because ahe thinks KSfleJk will drop off if stirs them. The jtory comet from Uve f.. ne , ar that 4jfcy. He says %fiwt t-arly in Jife he ran iway from home and went to sea. He Was early shipwrecked on one of the Soot* Be* Inlands, where cannibalism was and idolatry was the wor ship of the natives. How long ho re*- poained there be does not know, but he learned to enter into their savage ribee with a good deal of zest, and oonfessse to have acquired a taste for Cannibal iao, ■ .u.WwaiWt 11 • 11 NiJiiflSr mmrnrnammmmmmmmm G leaning's. In 1877 Jacksonville. Fin., l«ui 1,700 I'M 14,000. The son o» ilie lale Gen. Gideon J. Pillow is writing his father's biogia ~* A cotorM WethNlbt dHm'rh !n Abbc- Til«e, 8. C.. ga*e> •$ I,SOO last year lor Ch TbwjfSu"th ' 1 * f(tee and mind au the presence of good There are fpW doois thrOngh which liberality, joined with good humor, caa not find- its w«y. •*» *, | a It is easy to pick.hujLee in ether people?* work, hut Jar more profitable to do bet ter work yourself. > jfr> ♦iJtir. » jai *">▼■ As long aa hearts b ? at as long as life exintß, in whatever age, iron or goldeni you will findlorV. >XS * ,fAr# 4 ' taetififtff ai* »-;«* ■*» . Madame Gnrster. the soprano, cejvw only S2OO a nfcht MM *W: h»i nM'i *4) »iwr lii* Jl9l n 1 Jp the Atimippi penitentiary there are over 200 convicts who are imprison ed for lifer ***** **>- St. Louis manufactures six hundred thousand barrels of beer a year and the consumption there is two hundred thooe •odi »r»r it an ■wi vKtiJf !»+ Loud talking is a attra sign of vulgaris ty; but whispering ia tba lawesb sort of Ulking any one can do.— Richmond i'i HiVfittf - s »j'U .jdfit antlKthT' , **&>«*- X>bKeeT ffi?g U witf'"hair So belles orm# 'Orleans', ttftnb out to be 'V cook. nAi tfsa fcrtrt; Laura D. FMfy the CkKfoVntT W deress, who nerer bad a baby herself, has in vented a baby carriage and sold .. . , Mr. Henry Smart, who wrote the hjrnm. "From Greenlaw's. ley foun tains," has received a pension of SSOO from the British government. The hay crop of the United States, at a valuation of fivo (dollars per ton, is three times that of cotton, ten times that el wool and twice that of wbeet. A French uewspaper the other day hafl Uie *n its police intelligence: "Suicide of two persona; statement of the one that survived." Chief Justice Che*e> grave at Oak Hill, near 1 WashWfcon, U* marked sim ply by a Mock of gray granite, bearing only the record of hia birth and death following his name. There could hardly Wte a rulS? er ' mOnU?DeU - n ° r 006 10 "George,'* said she to the''perspiring yonng man, 'I 10re you just the same but as our city relatives are co.ning next 1 week, mother,,(.biaka yen had better stay away, becapse your long hair and freely lea face might make them think our ac~ qualntance' weren't very high toned/ The young staying. ' The Emperor WilWam sleeps on a bed hard enough to have suited the Duke of Wellington, does not amoka or ape snutf, Of flowerf and especially gaily. He fs tighi jltH years oTST arid Can ride horseback like a trooper. a fine report thiß ia from ioe " Icetatid the region of intense natural cold, is full of raligions warmth. The Word of God is the text book of Un peo ple. Every heme*ae itß Bible, not just a* an ornament, not» m the wt*ll 'kept cberiahed marriage giftynor beoautn ot* some undefined auperstibunis feeling of reverence, but. for use. Ip loeland the Bible is constantly read. As a con sequence, Iceland is without a theatre or fff liuJ ,W> B,lch offic f 4lß , Bliers *m "" y *4 it* »#» K ' » *mo a«n>H u> »« six minutes, and a birth every /our. Thejutupih oCjlha ifc,»t rate^l^MTyguv each day. The total length oTiha streets in London is akuut mil*.; there are built T r l y .t ar , abou u t9 ? Q^ 0 ****&»* b ' which the length ot the streets is ed by miles. In the jaila there is an arerege of 75,000 prisoners. , The foreign born repeats of London number about thirty.seven per cent of the whMe population were »born out of the eityH^r«wi MtrruAt? Toibbatiow.— That house wiU be kept in tormoM where there is no toleration of each OtKSfrs* errors. It you lay*"s£pgle stick of woo* dn the grate and apply fire tait, it wilt go w»t; put on another Hick, and , they will - *™** mL yo 2i sL