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WORM SPECIFIC
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VERMIFUGE.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.
THE countenance is pale and leaden*
colored, with occasional flushes, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu
pils dilate; an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eye-iid; the nose is ir
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds;
a swelling of the upper lip; occasional
headache, with humming or throbbing
of the ears; an unusual secretion of
saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath
very foul, particularly in the morning;
appetite variable, sometimes voracious,
with a gnawing sensation of the stom
ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeting
pains in the stomach; occasional
nausea and vomiting; violent pains
throughout the abdomen; bowels ir
regular, at times costive; stools slimy;
not unfrequently tinged with blood;
belly swollen and hard; urine turbid;
respiration occasionally difficult, and
accompanied by hiccough; cough
sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy
and disturbed sleep, with grinding of
the teeth; temper variable, but gener
ally irritable, Sac.
Whenever the above symptoms
we found to exist,
DR. C McLANE'S VERMIFUGE
*3l certainly effect a cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURT
® any form; it is an innocent prepara
tion, not capable of doing the slightest
t V mt 7 to the mat tender infant.
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better cathartic can be used preparatory
or after taking Quinine.
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diiknatij but same pronunciation.
A nE.nirn,
Fort.nn.Ve is the family that is without
its 'black sheep," bnrt>lessed is the tauii
ly that is without n genins.
It not nnfrrqncntly liap[K>n) that the
poor'black sheep' l>as l>oen dyed his Plu
tonion hue by malice or ignorance, ami
that after leaving the unappreciative told
for new ami more congenial pastures,
his wool is washed as white as snotv b>
those who m .re properly value linn.
Bui the family 'geniui*—oh, we!!! we
have all met a specimen here or t lie re,
and arc almost ashamed to c nfess that
in not a few instances we were sadly dis
enchanted.
Nancy Develin was a family 'genius.'
The divine seal was set upon her the mo
ment she came int) this cruel, censorious
world; the divine afflatus was heard in
the fi>st faiut cry and seen in the -far
away gaze ol her wondering eyes. As.
sn redly she was a marvelous child, and
surprising possibilities lay before her. It
is not strange, cousideiing that the world
is proverbially blind to genius, and
cia'ly family genius, that she was given
a most nnpoetic and
name.
However, (he misfortune vas alleviate
eil a lew years later, wnen the genius
discovered that 'Nuacy' was convertible
to' Anne.'and that'De Velin' was the
proper and .-esthetic tortn of the prosy
cognomen'Deveiin,'so nencefo.th she
was known as Anne De Velin.
The gitted girl had many talents, un
doubtedly, although the simple people
among whom she dwelt did not always
recognize I hem. Lsut she was admired
and flittered lor more prosy considera
tions. She was the ouly child of a wealth v
but practical and unlettered farmer, who
was fondly indulgent toward her in all
things. She was renlly a bright and pretty
girl, fairly educated ami accomplished,
and her wardrobe was expensive and
stylish.
At eighteen, Anne De Velin was high
ly dissatisfied with a country life, and
yearned to know somethingot the gilded
world wherein dwelt men who were not
all boors and women who not all
drudge®, and where on the wings o!
genius she might rise to that dazz'.ing
station she felt she was fitted to adorn.
'Nan ain't goud for much at hum,'said
the maiden aunt, who was housekeeping
for Anne's widow ei father.'andl reckon
never will be. She was born for the pi
anner, and the books with the yaller kiv
crs, and them ar things she paints and
call pictures; but that is about all, I guess,
seeing she kinder hankers tar it, you'd
better let her go to town.'
•What kin she do there?' inquired the
| practical fanner.
j 'Wall,' urged the annt, 'she thinks she
j might git somcthin' she calls fame from
I her varses and pictures; and the gal's rale
handy at 'em, and she's pnrtv, tu, ami
knows hrw ter rig herself in them ar far
belows of hern like a rale princess born to
j 'em-'
'Coll darn the varses and the pictuie*,
and that ar other thing she'll get. Fur
1 my part, I don't value uothin that hain't
1 a good square money valnr. I allers said
' it, and I say it yit. But the sal kin have
! her way, and she's set on it, and ye ktn
! write to Aunt Crowlv and tell her Nan
|is comin'. If there's anything in the gal
! she'll have a right good chance with
I Aunt Crowlv. But I reckon she'll be
glad enough to git back to the farm agin
i arter a spell. Her wisdom teeth ain't
j out yit, and the sooner they be the bet
ter.
Anne De Velin wa3 in an ecstacy of
delight. Iler Aunt Crowlv was a gay
and fashiouable lady, and had spoiled
the girl bv profuse compliments. Anne
had yet to learn that the praise aud flat
tery of a summer guest, are not always
sincere, however agreeable fhey may be;
{and she had never yet visited Mrs Crow
j ly in the city.
I wonder what Joe Sanders will think ?'
' yhonght Anne, when she knew she was
' really going. She ralber liked Joe San
ders, wbo was a sensible and fine looking
young landholder, and who adored her.
Him she had never considered boorish,
nor was his persistent devotion obnoxi>
ous to her, although be was not at all the
port of a gentleman she wanted for a
: lover.
j Anne De Vebn's ideal lover was not
broad shouldered and muscular, aud
bearded like a turk, but be wss tall and
ahapelv; be was dark eyed, aristocratic
ally pale, and had a gracefnlly curved
moustache. He wore elegant clothes, a
diamond on his white hatod, aad a pink
bod in his buttonhole, and was as unlike
Joe Sanders as a prince is unlike a plough
boy. And this was the sort of Borneo to
whom she expected to play Juliet, in the
new. grand city lite before. Bat she was
quite too much of a coquette to part light
; |y with Joe Sanders.
1 re »i|y can't see what yon want to go
GRAHAM, N C-, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20 1879
to the city lor. Anne,' lie observed, verv
soberly,
lhe "irl twisted a showy amefhvst on
her plump finger, and looked as a family
genius is supposed to look when talking
with an interior sort of p rson, who is too
hopelessly stupid to comprehend her no
ble aspirations,
l \\ ell, you see,' she answered with dig
nity, 'I was not born lor tnis kind ot
lite. Something higher and sweeter is
n -ccsary to one like me. Von men here
sow and reip, toiling on and plodding on
year alter year, never thinking of tlie
beautiful things yon might give to the
world hy a stroke ot the pen or the pen
cil. Joe, life is a grand glorious thing if
lived a? it onght to he. O, how I despise
these poor, unrefined women, who are
content to drudge like oxen, with no
rest and no amusement. A little gossip
piug. a little church going, and a great
deafof soul-crushing work is enough tor
thorn. 3ut one like roe, Joe, must have
something different.'
'Ah, indeed; that is it, is it?' returned
tlie'yonug man. eyeing the pretty egotist
with an amused smile. 'What do yon
mean to make your life, Anne? What will
yon be?'
'1 mean to be a great and famous wo>-
mm,' sha asserted; 'I have not vet de
cided how. Perhaps 1 shall be an artist
or a prima donna.'
'And perhsps jou will l»e my wife,'
was the thought that he did not utter.
'After a few days of pleasant prepara
tion, Miss Anne De Velio became the
guest ot Mrs. Lrowly, who received the
girl affectionately enough, but not with
the manner ot one who realized the aus
picious presence ot a family genius. Anne
soon learned thai her relative cared a
gre.it deal tor social pleasures, but did
not appreciate her marvelous talents in
the least.
'Yon sing on the stage? What an ab>-
surb child you are!' she criett, laughing
heartilv.
'I liave been tohl that my voice is very
fine,' persisted Anne, much nettled at the
critical and incredulous manner of her
aunt.
•Of course you have a fine voice,' said
Mrs. Crowley soothingly; 'but not nearly
due enough tor a public singer. Besides
you would be obliged to study for years
to perttct it.
Anne's face grew hot. and angry tears
gathered in her eyes.
'You had better learn to dress well,
the first thing you do, Anne.' continued
Mrs. Crowlv, seeing the girl's agitation;
•1 want yon to look very nicely at my
party to-night. Fred Fitch is comiii".'
•I am glad of that,' Answered Anne,
with chaining frankness. 'I thi.tk Mr.
Filch is really the only gentleman whom
I ever at'tnircd.*
His dark eyes could look nnnterable
love, ami the touch of his White hand
was mesmeric, ami every accent of his
voice was as thrilling as a euros. Miss
Anne De Velin loudly believed that she
had found favor in his ?igh». and she de
termined to sacrnfice ambition for love,
as the most heroic thing she could do,
considering how persistently blind her
friends seemed to be to her genius.
Slie had known Mr. Fitch some months
I when Mrs. Crowley gave another paity
to which he was invited.
'Dear Fred will certainly propose to*.
niSht,' she thought, as she made her toi
let tor the event.
The dress she chose for the evening
was the most expensive she had ever
worn, aud wonid have beeu a charming
affair if worn by one ot an opposite style
lof beauty. Miss De Velin was bighly
j pleased with her appearance as she went
j down to the parlor and ensconsed her
i self snnglv in a curtained niche where
| she could watch the guests nnseen nulil
j 31 r. Fred Fitch should arrive,
j Presently he came, ami leaning on his
arm was a lovely woman. They slopped
! by the window where Anne was sitting,
'so close that slic could have touched the
i dazzling jewels the lady wore,
j 'I wonder where Mrs. Crowley's little
1 rustic is to night?' observed |Mr. Fitch.
| Have you met her, Maud? No? Well,
; s eis a curiosity. You ought really to
I see her and hear her talk. It is better
j than a comedy. She thinks herself a
I genius, you know —fancies she sings
i like au angel aud paints like a prodit
1 gv.'
| 'ls she really talented Fred?, inquired
' the lady with polite indifference.
•Talented?, be laughed, she is one of
tlie most ordinary girls I ever met in my
life, but her style and self conceit are
stunning'
•I suppose you found her tiresome,
did you not? 9 observed the lady earless
ly.
Unpleasantly so,' he returned, more
eerionsly. But of course one has to
treat her nicely, althoagb no doubt she
mistake* one's courtesies for the partial
attentions of a most infatuated admirer.
Really, Maude, I have fancied at tinea
that she believed I loved her.'
I hope yon have not trifled with her,
Fred? said the lady.
I assure you I have not, answered be,
very gallantly. I coulu not do that, es*>
pecialy as lam promised to your fair
self, sweet sia belle Maud.
They noted away presently, and then
poor Anna slipped unobserved oat of the
grand parlors.
She sobbed a little when she at length
reached her own room, fieriest illusion
was gone, bat had !eft her much wiser
and mach less hart than night be sup
posed. She was only eighteen, be it re
membered ; and, after a)l, her fancies had
not been more extravagant thin those of
manv others who. unfortuatuly, tor lack
of this sort of salutary lesson, have re
mained tools to the end ot their lives.
And she was. quire certainly, not too
mnch ot an idiot to know bow foolish
she had been, nor to feel a worn inly, re
sentful desire to confuse the elegant and
vain M. Fred Fitch wi>h s>mo pretty
and seemingly ingenious snllv of strnt
eyicjrit. ©lie thought of manly, noble
J>e Sanders, and smiled contentedly as a
bright plan suddenly took shu|>e an)
form MI her gi.hly . egotistical brain, so
rmlelv stang to defensive action. Slie
sprang to her feet, ami hurriedly- flnng
aside the golden timed silk, the crimson
cari nations, and the set of rubies borow
ed from her indulgent Aunt Crowley
all of which ttnerv had become to her. in
her abruptly awakened sense of taste '
ami discernment, correctly and odiously [
unbecoming and incongruous Then j
still smiling wih a strange ami new Icel
injr ot satisfaction, she put on a plain
pretty, dress of white ca-hmere, arrang
ed an exquisite affair of soft black lace
about her neck and shoulders, fattened a
pale pink rose in her dark fi>ie hair, and 1
so wcul again dawn to the elegant par
lors.
'Auntie, please do introduce me to
that beantittil young lady whom Mr.
Fitch is entertaining,' she solicited,
ping to the side ot her relative at a mo
ment timely chosen.
•Certainly, my dear child,' complied
Mrs. Crowley, at the same time tavor
her niece with a glance of sincere hut
surprised admiration. *Really, Anne,'
she whimpered, you ate looking remark
ably well this evening. What fairy
lielped you to dresswi'b such exquisite
simplicity?'
The compliment was very gratifying to
Anue. but she had no time to respond,
for Mr. Fred Fitch and bis stylish be
trothed were very near. And that gal
lant young gentleman was somehow very
attentive to Anne during the eveuing
that followed. He thought her very
pretty and graceful in ber simple dress,
ami lie began vaguelr to wonder it she
were really quite as much of a country
simpleton as lie had supposed her to be
albei her new mood, that wars cbarming»
ly naive and shyly coquettish, puzzled
am 1 piq'ied him.
'I protest. Mr. Fitch,' said Anne, with
an arch and saucy smile, when his soft
flittery became somewhat protusc, I
must not listen to such nonsense.
I iWhy must you not? ho asked ten
derlv.
'Because.' she returned demuiely, the
I dear fellow who is to be my husband
would certainly object 5f be knew it.
'Alt indeed,' observed Mr. Fred Fitcb,
dropping tbo little brown baud; aud
A line smiled aud meutaly blessed the
i woman wit that had helped ber to non>
p'tishim who had ridiculed ber.
She went home the next day, quite
| convinced that she preferred the rustic
life she had once thought so prosy and
I inferior. Joe Sanders, the sensible,aud
! faithful, met her a' the station.
'Has my little girl come back to be my
i wile,' he asKCfl, lovingly, reading {aright
the expression ol ber tired and wistful
eyes.
A tine's answer must have pleased bim
mightily, for lie kissed her llteit and
there, regardless of the gapping crowd.
Jler father was delighted.
'1 Knowed how it w.mld be,'he declare
ed ; 'cause the gal was bright aud hand
some- the rest cl yer made her b'lieve
she could beat all creation at the big
things them can do as was born to 'eiu.
Manv i» the gal as would inake a right
smart aud happified wife as has been
poked into cititied wavs for nqthin' but
misery. Itnt 1 tell ye rale genius is allers
satisfied with the life lite good Lord per
vides. Kias me. my little gal, and God
bless ye.'
ArLIITMSCIRI. WII.L (CIKD,
(Tornejs Progress.)
Seen? in a theatre. Seated in the or
chestra a lailjr and gentleman; the form
er much enamored of the latter, in fact
desirjtM of winning him. The lady,
however, has flirting tendencies, and in*
dulges them with a handsome party in
the circle. The escort is not unobservant
of this lit*le play, snd finally asks
smilingly, "Do you know that gentleman
with whom you are flirting?"
An embarrassed negative is the re
ply.
"Thsn excuse me a moment."
The escort immediately crosses the
theatre, puts a similar question to the
other conspirator, "Sir, are yon acquaint
ed with the lady at whom you have been
smiling this last half hour?"
"No!"
"Would yoa like to be?" pleasantly.
Very much sorprised, "Certainly."
A moment later the escort introduces
the not altogether comfortable pair.
Tuen the mild expression leave* the
insulted gentleman's face, and he says
sternly.
"Nov, sir, yon may accompany this
lady home!"
With a bo* be takes bis leave, and
the woman who never bean
his voice again.
A San Francisco man named Howland
baa invented a machine that will tell
to within a small amount the quantity
of gold a perron has about bim. *Vhen
thia machine collides with an editor it is
so hard worked that the pemparation
rolls off ita fisce in big drop*, and it falls
exhausted in two hour*. The inventor
should build one of forty hone power j
for tbe special use of newspaper men. j
ANOTHER fillE IT HVVR.ITirB TBI
IMPIi.
[Philadelphia Times.]
The jianufacture of ice was ptoperly
considered a great inventive triumph,
but a discovery has recently been- made
which leaves this far in the shade.
Tliis is nothing less than a system of
refrigeration which the use of
no ice at nil. The system has beeu put
into practical operation at Boston, and
is already a great success. Ammonia is
the chemical agent de|>ended upon, and
by its use the air in a large six
story granite building is kept nearlv
down to the freezing point event
in dog days. The building was fits I
rendered impeverioua aa possible to
outside atmospheric changes, and then
intricate maihinery was introduced by
mtaus of which the heat and gases are
drawn off, condensed and purified aud
retained to do the work of refrigerating.
Thf process goes on all the while and
the air is constantly changing, but the
machine is so nicely arranged that the
temperature is kept at the uniform point
of about forty degrees. A curious
feature of the performance is that the
absorption of the heat, gases and moisture
constantly accumulates a great qnantity
of snow in the machine room every day,
'and the novsl spectacle is presented of
men shoveling up snow from the floor
of a building outside of whicb the
thermometer stands among the nineties
and spreading it out on the roof to melt
in the midsummer sun. The building is
kept nearly full ot perishable provisions,
a hundred tbousaand packages of butter,
three hundred barrels of beef and thirty
five hundred doZ3n of eggs being among
the present stock on hand, and the pro
duce and coniinisamn bouses which
patronize it rejtort their goods are kept
better than in vaults filled with i'e.
ludeeed the expenntt nt has proved so
successful that it is expected mammoth
refrigerators of this sort will soon be
troduced in all the large cities, and there
seems to be no reason why the system
cannot be applied to ocean ateam-ships
in whicb ea«e a.eats and other perishable
merchandise could be transported across
the Atlantic more successfully than
heretofore. There ought also to be a
hint in this discovery for the application
of a system of artificially cooling dwelling
houses in the hot weather. There is a
chance here for some ipventor
BIC«B1N6 BIVH IV Al't'lDlNT,
The Pittsburg Telegraph tells this
story which it says is reliable: "Daring
an excursion from this citj to Niagara
Falls, snd while at ClevelunJ, sn incident
occurred which will never be forgotten
by those who heard of it. The Kenuard
Hous* at that city was crowded with
guests, when an eccentric and witty
Jru?gut ofJSmithfi'-ld street ap|>eared
late at night at the hotel office and de>
manded a bed. The clerk replied that
there were only two vacan; beds in the
bouse n-i wl er in wrsqtk r.ed a Pittsburg
morning oew>|«ajer man, who were
with the excursion. "To tell tbe truth,
tbey are both pretty drunk, so you may
take your choice as 10 which room you
will sleep in." Tbe druggist said that
on general principles he would take his
cbances with the evening journalist, as
they excelled the morning men in more
ways than one, and he would doubtless
be quiet all night. Ue went to bed
and was soon sound asleep. The
journalist, however, awakened about 1J
o'clock, and, thinking it a long time
between drinks, dressed himself, un
concioudy,in tbe druggist's clothes snd
sailed out to make a night of it. Ever
and anon he muttered as he treated all
present, "Funniest thing lever heard of.
When 1 went to bed last night, I only
nad twenty five cents to my name, snd
now I've got over a hundred dollar*
(showing a corpulent roll of bills) snd
I'm bound to spend every cent of it be
fore morning." He did.
LITTLE JMN.IV iNtCB«TBS,
[San Francieco Argonaut.]
Goto* bats, and Uncle Ned he Mid:
"Johnny, one day there wax a gote in
the field, and it took after Biidad,
which yon better x plain to ynre baited
readers is the new dog. Biidad he raa
toward a hi fence for to git over, bat the
gote it cot him and trotted him crail on
the tall, and he whirled over and over,
and lit on the other aide ot the fence
but dident kno it cos he waa bewildered
and scrambled back over the fence agin,
lifely as he cade, and the gote it let him
have it a other 'ia>e and wocked away.
Biidad he was astonish dog, an j abase
his bed, Bach as to say, *1 cerer Fee so
many battigotes, one in evry inld!' "
At a legal investigation of a liquor
seizure the judge asked an nuwi Hog
witness: * What was in the barrel that
yoa had?* The reply was: 'Well, yoar
honor, it was marked 'whiskey* on one
end ot the barrel and 'Pat Daily' on the
other end. so that I can't say whether it
was wbtskejntr Pat Dnfly waa in the
barrel, being a* I am on my oath.'
When aa honeat hen is layiag the
foundation for a fanaly and the
work, some abaard rooster is ready to
do the crowing.
NO, 24
Gleanings.
It doesn't du to 1.-ofc Mpiint-evwl at a
man with a bimol inlQpca*, unless joa
prefer to look like a parens plastar.
Allred: yonr poem mast lav" OTCT, it
having some minor defects. For instance
does'nt rhyme with morgue.
Shaking of Sara Bernhardt'* child nm
Simon Curaemn declares that he can
prove an alibi.
Abont 9,000,000 tons of coal are
annually co:i*uu.ed in the city of Lon
don.
Too much of a good thing, as the
kitten said when it fell into the milk
pail.
Why is it the merchandise?
be doesn't advert-"*yes.— Yemker* Stain
man.
More than eighteen thousand persons
live by rag picking in Fans and fc its
suburbs.
China merchants never have to inrit*
se* captains to diue, as theyslways come
in after tea. j'
Many a young man who aowa his wild
oats trusts to the grasshopper of forget
ful ne« to destroy the crop.— SteubmmU e
lleralJ.
Nothing surprises a young man mom
than the shape of his head as he sees it
it for the first time after bis hair has.
been cropped close.
Two naked cherubs, over the portali
of a new co»r. house at Rockford, Ili. to
so offended the moral sense of the d'y
they were chiseledjff.
When Patrick was tohl that the price
of bread had fallen, he exclaimed: - That
is the first time I iver rejoiced at the talk
of my beat friend."
Father (to sleepy bov); Come James,
yoa ought to be op with the lark on.'
socb a beaotita morning.' Mailer-of
fset boy: 1 All rfeht; but bow'iu 1 to
get op there?
One of the latest western notions ia
thi substitution of beta for pigeons ia
in shooting matches. Would it not *be
still more beneficial to substitute,
potato bugs.
A physician at Saless, Ind., wan ad>,
dieted to opiam eating sad hia neighbors
tried to cure him by tying him to a
tree, whipping hint severely, and making
him take a vow of reCtnutioD,
The girla base ball club is making a
lively tour of New {Copland. The
spectators tease (hem uua.ercifull}faooMr
timea trip them up aa they run, and
even seize and kiaa them.
'Marriage with s tinge of ' lomance' is,
what Ibev call it in Kan*aa wbeu the.
old man rides alter I lie coapie sod shoots,
the bat ofi (he bridegroom's bead with a
bullet from au tfuy carbine.— Free
Pre as. >.
The Rockland Courier has named iu
candidate for lbßo. He moat be a man
who can design a railroad time labia,
that a common traveler may understand
without wrenching bis intellect entirety
out of running order.
Yanderbilt control* so aggregate,
length ot 3,630 mile of railroad, com*
prising 6,103 milea of track. On tbeee
are emplojed 27,706 men, who
in round number*, $1,178,000 a month
or $14,146,000 a jtar.
The young ladj who doesn't seres**,
abeu s candle bug oawis down her hack
ia the who, later in life can apeak a baby
till it thinks the day of judgment has
arrive*); then go sailing to the parlor,
and receive her friends with sn easy
grace that is as soothing ss a dose of
morphine.
It is ssid that among the
spending the summer at Nahant,
wholesalers never associate with retsih,
era, and tbia unwritten law is carried
far that a certain retail merchant and
family are no welcomed into the circle
in which his son, a wholesaler,
notwithstanding the father furnishes the
money with which the son carries on,
business.
A* they nt upon the step on Sunday
evening he claimed a right to a kia for.
trerj shooting star. She at 6rat da->
marred, as hccaae a modest .naiden, bat
finally yielded. She waa even ao aeooao
dating at to call his attention to th*
flying mrteors that w re shoot to eeeapr
bis obset ration, *nd then got to 'calling*
him oa lightning bugs, and at last got.
him down to steady work oa the light o£
a lantern that a an waa swinging
a depot in the distance wen trains vera,
switching.
In Washington, P. C., a iwmpetancn
reformer of promiaenoe makes the yellow
fever «eoorge a basis for a tempenaeo
argument. He finds that the total deatha
from yellow fever tn the United St.- tee,
for the peat ten years is only 21,000,14,-
000 of whom died bat year. Ia thesamo
t i me,accord lag to a careful and probably
raaaoasble coatpuUtion, 650,000 tarn
have died from iuteapeiiuice, or it the
propoaes to qaanatiae M»iA *ki»key as
a mora destructive dqgg|»yer than