THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
VOL.
THE GLEANER.
PUBLISIIBD WEEKLY
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Advertisements.
J- A.- LONG.
Attoriiey & COilnsell'dr dt tidw.
YxtiCbi'VlLlE, N. G\ *
GB All AM & GRAHAM^
Associate Cownsel\
A- F» BASOKT
Attorney at Law,
(iitAitAM H; •: "
bCOTT &
ISRAftAM, N-.
liiiy Attti sell -%
t'bhSk IfhAtbN
I.AKII. AH» A fill kINDS OF I
t; otJ Nfee Y .*» it Ob tic e i
Jeb. lft-2ul
q.KoMe \Vi L.OjfG) M; ii~ |
k»lt¥Bi L'iAlf and iilUGfeoll
Graham) N"-. c.,
. 'fertckrf'hl? {sVb'fSftsipnal services to the pub
lic. Olticc, and residence at the " Graham
High Scnool buildings where he may be found,
night or day, reader to atteud all calls, Unless
professionally engagOT.
feb 9-ly . : - Tf
P. R. HARDEN,
tfi'aharn, Cii
i>EALEK lit
■ . , , j . K»
Groceries,
' MARDWAH^t
brug*, Medicine*, Paints', (kit, lsi&-Stuff
Clothing; Ha&, B*&, Shoes,
Tebacce, Ci|ais, 8f«4», Tea*,
KEROSENE OlLj CtfOCKEBY,
iSarthen ware, (Mass&dfeiUojfees, &pi ce
Grain, Flour, Impleinenfs.
feb lft-lj
JJOUBTON & CAUSEY,
WHOLKLAI.B AIID BITAL
SBOCBBB,
QREEK&BOJRO, A t,
1 Have now in store, and are daily receiving, a
Targe stock of GROCERIES, which they wJB
sell to village and Country Merchants on better
tprms ti-au they pap Jhim cljiewbere—which will
enable them to tell at * better per cent, than
purchasing North. ' . . •
We eive our attention cxclusi vely to* Grocer
ies. Orders solicited, which shall have nrompt
attenUon. api^-Sm
PERSONS
paving claims' against the Conner ot Ala
tnance are .requested to present them tp the
Register of Deeds before Ufc first Monday in
By' order of the Board of Com'mlMtpoera
Y. G. McLEANTcierkT
febMit
King Alfonso
is giving the Carlists a lively time, and"
B. TATE & CO.,
the.'old stand of Murray A Tate, in Graluim,
giving all who try to undersell them a lively
tfme. Alfonso and Tate A Co.,are both bound
to succeed. Tate A Co. will buy at the highest
prices all yon have to sell, and at the lowest
oniHINAI. PiRBtRV.
. Written for the Gleaner.
TUB SPARROW'S KEST,
Hi. W. 11. _
A little sparrow its ne«t
To rear its yo nj! iad tender kiri 1,
Tbe place of that seeiued the best,
Was near a house and hard to find ;
Around the hoiig&tthat sparrow stayed,
And did the toea and twigs combine
TUI nest waajWadc and eggs.wei* laid
Within a Jioney-suckie vine.
Three anxious weeks soon passed away;
Enosisju to change tliose tiny eggs,
And fill the nest in which they lay
With birds that had both wiugs an'}
Now,; all this time, two eyes had watched,
From early thorn to'eve's decline,
Tr?ee -when little birdies hatched
In (hat sweet honey-suckle vine.
Young birdies came, and fas't gVi'iVv,
'And only dieamel of pleasant timel
That they Bhould > have ere yet they He*,
And left their lion ! e among 'th'c \-iricfe ;
Dear pets they were to one Vvh'6 caVc"^,
With a devotion quite subilrtSi,
The birds for whom she lia'i 'fjifop&lra a
That very honey-'Sil'cki'c Vina.
What cozy little tViWgB 'they w'cHc,
Their bed so s6ft, tlieir ncs't s6 fine \
Thos3 lUtfe things we're Vlftre
With natight do bttt tiM dllVe.
Their ncs't was known to tfmy. tvrA,
AnA b(Ah 'werie Wirt cull it "mine,"
And oft' they thbrtgWt : 6f \\ b'at they tcnexV",
Was in l&elf lioftey4rickfe Vine.
They ne'ef had (VrcA'riic'd 6i danger nigh-,
Or thought their bliss could have an end ;
Because their nest they thought sci high-,
Tlhat W'es, rt)tild/n\it aslcen(i;
But sad t6 tell, one lonely Wight,-
Wheii ill had gdn'e to bed at nine,
A crttel cat beheld tb'it sight
Up in the honey-luckfe vine.
So, quick 4s taught; MioSe cruel paws
Had touch'6d that nest SO S'd'ft and fine,
And caiigiit the Wthln feht^s',
th'eiii frOni their home and vine—
The dawned, ttutSa'i the sight
iEr'e the sun feegaii to shine
•TO drive the Of tjic
OAt frtftA (hat honey-suckle vine.
'Tis thus the bliss we have in view,
Is Oftert but a fancy dream
That wastes, to usy in sArrow's i\,ew f
To lis bji .life's polling stream ;
Then Kt nie padse a moment nOW,
SAy, I'athor, say that 1 am thine,
If I, this night be made to bow
Bjncuth God's honey-suckle vine.
COST OP VVNCKMINTinta ('NITB
mtal'.E*.
in commuting hpoil lliis feilbjcct,
the Count »'# (jfehtieVn&ti 6ays: Taking
the returns of thS National Agricultural
Department aft Oiir guide, we find some
curious itferfrs with lcgard to fences and
their cost. From these returns It would
seem that the cost of our iences is about
the same as thJ amoifnt Of our interest
be&i-ing natlomi.l detft: that for each one
hurfdred dollars invented iu live stock;
we invest another Hundred in lences,
either to keep lii' or out. Tlfe estima
ted annual cost of repairs, with interest
npdn capital invested in the fences; is
estimated at $100,000,000. Iu Pennsyl
vania, the returns indicate that each
hundred acres of enclosed laud has an
average of 855 rods ot fence, at a cOst
0£51.20 per rod, or $1,146. This, it
must bo rcmetriberfed,' is only on an av
erage,' and that fri many jWtfons of the
State the amount is mnch greater. The
cost per rod varies from 72 cents i:i
Fieri la to $2,20 in lihode Island. The
oitOu it to each 100 acres varies from
400 rods iu Miuuesotu, Nevada and
Louisiana, to 1,000 iu lihode Island.
In Pennsylvania it would seem that of
the fences 67 percent, were " Virginia"
worm fence, 17 post and rail, 12 of
board, and 4 percent, of " other kinds."
Iu the same States 24 per cent, of the
openings are closed by gates, and 7#
jk>r c3nt by bars, and the average cost'
of the former is The returns
state: "The average proportion of bais
in tne whole country is aboui 53 fter
cent.," Of gaps 43, leaving 7 per cent,
of openings of slip fapi) or other modes
of entrances." The report very truly
I4y, Vf fth regard to the sum total of the
cost offences:' " Experiment has prov
ed that at least half this expense is un
necessary." The report furnishes ma
terial for the careful consideration of
formers.'
» A Ron A OF PATBIOTIUJI.',
Tbe Tribune says:
Tte act aa if we fancied that an infec
tlb'us'aroma ot patriotism exhaled from
tbe ib'atl-ba&a, or tbe true school ot
Statesdiankhip sitfvived only among tbe
Ibud voiced politicians who sit with
their feet on th£ Steve arid spit tobacco
all day in a' sand*box belonging to the
United Btates. More than half the rep
resentatives in Congress are chosen from
this base class,' and the Senate itself
seems to have been sinking by degrees
to the same vulgar level. If a member
of the Cabinet appears honest and vig
orous, we point at him aa a prodigy. It
is thought much to say of any public
official that be will not steal.
GRAHAM, N. C., TUESDAY,, JULY 13, 181%
EXPENSES OF qor*piAG A tOT
VBN'TIO^)
One of tho arguments lisaeA to 'liiiy
the people against the CouVcutf6rt is tW,
expense that will be fc6 fctteVid
it. The Radical fcatfevs trkSfo a very
comfortable rrfoitefctioVi v>V 'tVre Irtish
times of 1868, kii\ tWe irApjiinity Yirttft
which they plnUg&i "tKeit nrVris ilitO tMc
public crib. my fcVippos'e tlrAt
thin rs will W6 fc&alir, tiot fflcd&Vifzing
the diffcreWce tfi'e jVUtyicw'etjn
the mattetfM O'f tlft Vjii vetttio'n Ot CB"-
and that Which \vill fevrttt tfcAt or '7if
the otf6 ttdVrtpbse'd Of tWeii Yvho lmd UOlh
ing btt't their Owtt 5 nt^-cste, ( to
tht WtWet Of m& WH6 Are ieally afctViA"
tcxi by the toriceni fo* thfe AVet
taVeoTtWe Bt&W}WeW2>rtdt ]
the CotoVetitioto as n mitfb Of Wealth*
men WiiteVil to Starve Without Compiefr
sattoVi if WecfeWwi-y", it'kv theft* 'sett-suc
rifitfe-, *thfe fa\V Of the SVnt'e fehiAli
bo i improved'.
TWs Coii'vfefitiqiV 161 Wet '6ii tile
14th 'Jky Of iAnti •adjoUiiVed on
the 17th Of March; The tody Voted its
meUibete pei* Afert\-. The JSelr di
em aWoii'nted to SB(MK>6 : , f tite public
prifiting COFtf 3.75t>, AM tiVere Wafe piid I
by Order Of the IdOttVentiOn for contin
gencies sll-,#G7*, a total ol sibly 383.
» This LMnVtrtiioil tyajt 'called ti> tVaine
a c'Ohstitiitioii. It Went s'ntii wdl-'fc pitre
ly legislative. On tlie se'cOiWl day of the
session a resOiUtioh WAS iUtWdhfced de
claring that afe tll£ CoitVtifitiott \vnS
called for thte 'of frainiWgn 'con
stitution RtepUliliteA.U ill form; h'O pi*opo
sition purely legislAtiVc fehail lie enter
tained; A fiioliOri to lay on th'e tAble
was lOst-, and thfe irte&oliitidn wafc i-fefei'-
ed fo a teOmiUUtfcfe With WholU, it s'eeuis
to ilAVfc jit All IKt Cotavfeu
tion did gO into tojgislAtidU, and that
accounts Uot only tbl- it& Unfitness as a
fuiidamteUtal law, but for its great cost.
ThWe Is U6t %iV&Hy of conditions be
tween the hvO Conventions. The ma
terial is difeniht arid the work is differ
ent; NO One can institute a compari
son bOtWetiii the heterogeneous mnss
tliAt assembled in the Capitol in 1868,
absolutely regardless of all but self and
of party; and the candidates for the
coming Convention; m'oii pure in char
acter," bh'lightened in views, honest in
purpose, who have felt, themselves the
evils of a bad government, and who
are determined to jtjlieve the people
from the burdens oHhti same.
The Republican party is ahvAyfc ready
to draw inferences of costliness from
itsotfn extravagant expenditures. Tru
ly it litis furnished an example to be
shunned, and #hicti will never have a
follower except on its own return to
powef. That is a danger which threat
ens, aim against which the people should
be walrned. The example ot the gen
eral government and of those States
whel-e Republican rule prevails shows
that that party is no liioi e honest than
it was. Let us take three points of
comparison in orir Own
Legislature of that oi and
that of 1870-I,' the first under Gov.
Worth's administration, the second
under Radical rule,' and the third when
the Democrats again übtajned the con
trol of tlie State.
Iu 1866-7, the total expenses of the
General Assembly for id I pufposes were
1 118,39-2.77.
for the same \?e #227,882,56. ' The cofel
of public printing u ndet, the first was
$,832,57; tJntfelr the fatter they were
$28.055. * These were the expenses of
oils session ot the Radical Legislature,
for one session only. They had an ex
tra session in the summer of 18C8, which
cost nearly SIOO,OOO.
And the third, point of comparison
with (he yeart of the administhtliou ot
the goverilmtsnt by Uie Radicals, end
ing Sept. 80} 1870, ahtl tjie two yeafs
under Democratic rule endlug Sepf. 30,
1872. I 1 luring tbe first period tbe total
expenses were $081,153.80. Oi the sec
ond, $487,719.82—a saving for two
years of $493483.50.
Wilt the people tor a moment think
of the return of such day* of license and
extravagance as were to happily
brought to a close by the Democratic
victory of 1375? But they will restore
them if they permit the Radicals to de
lude tbem fiito defeat of the Conven
tion.
TFould yon start your son across the
Atlantic in a vessel provided with wafer
which he could not digest? Certainly
not. Nor should von start him in life
with bis head filled with knowledge he
has no use tor. Carry a boy over Greek
and and yet not teach him the
name of the street lie Jives ou, or to
write a dece«t business letter! And yt-t
how often it is. done? How few, of all
the young men who graduate at college,
can write lour pages of English so as to
be read, every word spelt correctly and
properly punctuated? — Danville Timet
. iUii siiTEi iiiit'Sie.
'strive jk iwrti, pro'prirlorii, Ho)ioii»-
V rou* Kp>iu|n, W. I'.
s hotel ha 4 been bniit and arranged
tlte coVnftyrt aiid coUVenfen'cc
Sftininer boirdcrS. OU an-lval, 'each
\vill \>o asked fio'ty hp AkJefe the
situation-, aWd il he the todtel oVight
to haVo betii piaded tiptVrt WVe knoll, r»r
farihei- 'do\Vii to\Vahl th'e Village, the
ioeAtiOii ot the Will he iiiunodi
tttclv fcHai^pnL i CortieV front rooms,
Uji iViViy oho flight i'oV 'tjVpry guest,
llaths-, gaV, Watcl'cToWt, hot and cold
VVAte\-, laundry, telegraph, restaurant,
ttrc-aiarm, bAr'-r6Mi\lasly paper, coupe,
sewing nVicliin'b-, jgra'iid piano, a clergy
man, and all otftVr niotrorn conveuien-
WS In feVeiy Meals evory inin
iite if desired, and cons'equ* ntly no sec
oWd table, fcliglish, French and Gcr
i'nail
I) I
guest to make up stich a bill Ot fare as
he mAy tPesire, without regard to the
bill affair afterward in the office. Waf
teV'B 'of every nationality and de
sired'. Every waiter ft!iiilshcu \Vith a
librettd-, buttdn-hole bouqUc t, Ibii-ilress
suits, ball tablets, and liis hair parted
in the middle. Every Will have
the best seat in tho diVim'£-lmll and the
waiter in the hotifftv. .
Aliy gilest not geding his bi-eakfast
red-hot, or 'experiencing a delay of six
teen seconds Mfci* giving tyis order for
dinner, \vlil please,ttifeiition the fact at
the ofllo«v, 4hd the cook and the waiters
will bte biewii from the mouths of can.
ilohj In front ot the hotel) at.once. Chil
dren il'e with delight,
and are requested to bring hoop-sticks
and hawkeys to bang the carved rose
wood furniture esjiecialiy {»it>vid«d fo>'
that purpose^.inid peg-tojw tb spin on
the velvet and thteV Wlii lie ai-
I lowed to bung on the piano at aVI hours
of the day, veil in the halls, slide down
the banisters, fall down the stairs, car
ry away desert enough for a small fam
ily in their pockets after dinner, and
make themselves as disagreeable as the
fondest mother can desire.
Washing allowed in rooms, and la
dies giving an order to "put mo on a
llat iron," will be put on one at any
hour of the day or night. A discreet,
waiter, who belongs to the Masonr,
Odd Fellows, and Knights of Pythias,
ami who was never known even to tell
the time of day, has been employed to
carry milk punches and hot toddies to
ladies' rooms in the evening. ,
Every lady will he considered the
belle of th(J house, and rOwboys Will
answer tbe belle promptly. Bhoqld
afiy row boy fail to appear tit a guest's
door with a pitcher of ice-whtfer, more
towels, it gin cock-tail, and pen, ink
and paper, before the guest's baud lias
left the bell-knoli, will bo branded
"Front" on the forehead and imprison
ed for life.
The office clerk has been carefully
selected to please everybody, and can
lead in play drew poker, match
worsted at the village store shako lor
drinks at any hour, day or night, play
billiards,' a good waltzer, and can dance
the German,- make a fourth at euchre,
amuse children,-repeat the Bcecher tri*
al from memory, is a good judge of
horses, as a railway and steailiboat ref
erence is far superior te Applctoifa or
any body else's guide, will flirt with
any young lady, and not mind being
cut dead when "pa comes down;" don't
mind being damned any more than a
Connecticut river; can room forty people
iu the best room in the house when the
hotel is full, attend to the annunciator,
and answer questions iu Greek, He
brew, Choctaw, Irish, or any other po
lite language at the same inoufent with
out turning a hair.
Dogs allowed in any room in tlie
honse, including the w(h)ine room.
Gentlemen can drink, smoke swear,
chew," gamble, stare at new arrivals,
and indulge iit an j Other innocen'
amusement common to watering-pla
ced, in any part of the hotel. The land
lord will always be happy to. lif#r that
some other hotel is "the best house iii
toe country." Special attention given
to parties who can give information as
to how these things are done ia Yewrup.
The proprietor will take it as,A person
al affront if any leaving should
fail to dispnte Ills bill, tell him that he
b a swindler, his house a barn, his ta
ble wretched, his wines vile, and that
he, the an est. was never imposed upon
iu his fife, will never stop there agaito,
and means to warn his friends.
"Waiter, is this a spring chicked?
Most remarkable fowl I ever attempted
an assauil upon.? . -
« Yes,'sir, nice spring chickeu; noth
ing else at this establishment. Dton't
| you see, sir, it springs every time you
1 try to put a knife into it?" Customer
! realizes the sad fact; after half an hour's
i futile exercise of tnc knife and lb lie,
calls for a plate of hash.
Th k n a 01 c; ai .jp ift VUft ft a Ins''
In tlietr ViTcciVt ftrftVrcs's Vfrc fedicnl
loaders 'ijipteai'ed to 'cVWiVi't 'i'fei%
servative credulity as 'til) 'h hi to tlifin in
their dq'i.lgrts, tVic
claim itiat 110 Convention is lieedea and
that no cjiangcs ,bc nutde irt ( , the
existing Constitution for
years They pretend to \),c(]gT! their
party to an iu.medialc adjournment in
the event it succeeds in cnri-yiiig tlie
election'. The following frOih the Char-
Observer shows ho\V 'sincere they
are in inAking such f ,
One A'. A. t'inipWll, late of East
Tennessee, who-, tts Wo stated a few
days ago - , lmd been 'appointed Hie Rad
ical aiiti-CortVtntibn Demos!bcnes of
the West, eomiiljenced tb'e campaign at
Itutherfot'dtrijft last week'. Ibis px-
Tf priitor hae more vakn*,. tliftn
(H.scl'etioi), And has, if we may use the
expifes'siOli, "let the citt out ot the bag."
He Mys-, in substance, thai 1 little legiac
MWti by good and laytul vten in IJqh
reiit'ion assembled is n'ecessai'y. What
does tliin nicifii ?, Why, it simply means
this: If the : R&diculs* should, by the
apathy 01 the white people of North
Carolina, elect a majority of delegates to
the Convention, they "will at mice pro
ceed to legisj(}t? themselves into an in
terminable i'efcse oi" power bv vedUlil«t
ing the State, and by every other
species ot partisan legislation. They
will bo buoyed up by theii victory and
repeal the law changing the tune tor
holding North Carolina,
and tins State Will again have to bear
the brunt of the Presidential campaign.
tlpc-n this tlie tfbsei-ver queries: "Are
" the-white people of North Caro ilia
" again going to place themselves at
•' the mercy ot tills party lias
" brought milch trouble Upon the
If State ami the country? Are we go
f ing to quarrel among otirselves over
" immaterial airti extraneous issues,
" when this great dangel-starefc Us lit
" the face? Are the white people ot J
North Carolina prepared to give life
" and hope to tlie National Radical
" party that has oppressed and piun
" dered them for teu years under the
, | "
"name of reconslruction; they
" going to spurn tlie assistance of our
" Northern friends, who have strug
" gled so manfuliy lit our. behalf, by
affording aid and comfort to the par
ty that put the negro into our hotels
" and places of are only
•' awaiting au opportunity to place
" them in our cUurches, schools and
•' homes? If the white people of North
" Caroling are, prepared to do this it is
' time th'ey wu. o uwdkcniug out of their
" political torjior." Jy
The issue is vs. Kadi'
caiism. Cdnsorvatitin give the j
Sta«e a home-made guar
nnleciiig the rights of/all. liadicalism
would perpetuate th«/prescut nuisance.
Shall we lie upon backs wjiile the
eiieniy takes our strong hold?— Slur.
MiMtiOokaiTiccßivKD nm.
He did not look like a joker, says M.
Quad. One tt' sit and study his face
woilld have si Jd that Ins soul was lost
in nvjlanchol/—that he didn't cip'C two
(%ntß whether the suu set at noon or
staid tip until 7 otlock, Jle euterpd
the ladies' sitting-room at tho Central
Depot,' talked up to a woman whose
husband bad left the room about teu
minutes previously, and calmly inquir
ed: / , v
. '• Madam your husUAnd went oUt to
see the rlycr, didn't ho?"
" Yes—why?" she asked, turning
pale in an instAiit.
" Ue was a tall man wasn't he?"
" lie was," she replied, rising up and
turning still paler.
•' Jlad red hair?"
" Jle had—oh f what has happen
ed?"
" Weighed about one hundred and
eighty pouuds?"
" Yes—yes—where is he— where is
my husband?" she exclaimed.
'* Couldn't swim, could he?',
" He's drowned—my husband 1s
drowned I"
•« Had a silver watch chain?" contin
ued the stranger.
" Where is iny' husband—where is
tho body?" she gasi»cd., . „ .
•'Do not get excited, madam. Did
your husband have 011 a gray suit?" _
" Yes—oh! my Thomas! my Thom
as!"
" And stoga boots?"
"Let me see him—let me sec him!" she
cried. . . ,
"Come this way, madam, bot do not
get excited. There, is that your husband
across the street at that peanut stand?".
Why, yes that's him; that'c my hu£-
baud!" she exclaimed joyfully 1
thought you said' he was drowued."
"No' madam. I did not. I saw. him
baying peauuts, audi believed it my
duty to say to you that peanuts arc not
healthy at this season of tho year!" lie
slid softly ont, anil 6be stood there and
chewed her paras >1 and stared after
him as if he were a menagerie on
wheels.
NO.
Mils' UfTWRITTKI* fIIDB OF
» ÜBEAT ..HBN,
H'■■. „I w: 5, , ■ , ' I
; )Ve aIWAJ'J? think of great incn as id
the act of performing deeds which give
them renown, or eise repose,
grand, silent, and maje&tJc. And yet
is. hardly fair, because the most gra :
cious and, magnificent of human beings
liave to oother themselves with the lit
tle things of life which engage the at
tention oi us smaller people. No doubt
Mbsqs 6flai-}ed and got angry when he
had a severe cold hjs head, and if a
fly hi*, his leg while ho was iu tl»e Des,
ert, why should we suppose lie did not
jump and use 'violent .language aud rub
the sore place? And Cajsar—lsn't it
tolerable certain he used to become furi
oiik, when he went up stairs to get his
slippers in the dark and found that Cal r
Jihurnia had shovet} them under the bed
so Unit he had. to sweep around them
wild!) VvUn a broom-handle! And when
Solomon cracked las crazy bone,' it is
unreasonable to suppose that he ran
around the room, and felt as it he want
ed to cry? Imagino George Washings
ton sitting on the edge of the bod and
putting on a clean shirt, and growling
at Mftrtiia because the buttons were
off; or St. Augustine with an aprou
around hU neck having hie hair cut; or
or Joau of Arc holding iier fVont hair in
her mouth,. wpmen do, whilo she fix
ed up her back hair, Napoleon jumping
ortt of bed iu a frenzy to t;hasq a,,iuus
quito around the room with a pillow:
or Martin Luther in a night-shirt trying
to put the baby to sleep at two o'clock
in tho morning; or Alexander the Great
with the hiccoughs, or Thomas Jeffer
son getting suddenly over a fence ttj
avoid a.dog: or the Duke of. Wellington
with the mumps; oi* Dauftit
abusing his wife because she hadn't
tucked the covers at Ihc loot of the bed,
• I* A , '
or Denjumin Frankliu p&rin; his corns
with a razor; or Jonathan Edward*) al
the dinner table, wanting to sneeze
just as lie got his mouth full of
hot beef; or Noah standing at his win; '
dow at night throwing bricks at a cat*
I The Radicals say they will adjourn.
I the Convention immediately on assem
bling. In the ia*)gti%e of Col. Kenan
iu his speech before the Convention last
Saturday—God grant they may adjourn
if tbey should have a majority. But
what honest white man would Trust a
party that has already deceived and
swindled North Caroliua as the Radicals
have done. ,
It will require a majority to adjourn
the Convention, and what will a few
votes in favor of adjournment attyouut
to unless there should be a riiajority ?
Besides, this electioneering trick about,
adjournment is a bait to catch votes and
is founded on duplicity, aud is iu defi
ance of law. The Ethiopau will change
his skin or tho lcopold bis spots beforo
Radical office-holders aud neg**o dele,
gates would adjourn a Convention that
would give them j>otVer to
per diem and place Ndrth Carolina irro-,
vocably under Radical rule. We hope
man in Wilson county will be
gulled by such a thin aud unreasonable
device as that. They have deceived you
before, trust themnot. North Carolina
has been injured enough already by
their frauds and swindles. Bixtekk Mil
lions or Deist A*t> Ktf vajjue received,
IS Stow JIANUIM3 OVER NORTH CAROLI
NA. Let that be a warning to all honest
white men and tax-payart. — Wilton
Advance ,
A iIOAiSTKR OOTEI.
The Palace Ilofel, now neariug com
pletion, iu Sau Francisco, is the largest
liotel structure iu tLe world. It covers
96,250 square feet of grouud, aud is
seven stories high.; 24,661,000 bricks
were used in its walls, B,boO tons of
cast aud wrought iron, aud 4,661,523,
feet of lumber and timber. It contains
1,000 windows, 877 ofwhlch ate .bay
windows; 926 rooms, none of less size
than 16x16 feet, and 888 bath rooms, li
contains over three miles oi hallz ; there
are five passenger elevators aud seven
grand stairways; there are 4,640d00r5,
9,000 gas burners and thirty-two miles of
gas and water pipp. It requires 50,000,
yardsor tweuty-eiglit miles of carpet. It
can accommodate 1,200 guests, besides
360 servants and employees. And, bcotof
all, theicis not a dark or witfdowless
room iu the house. It has Ijeen decided
to run a length of heavy plate glass,
sixteen inches high, along the top oi the
balusters and balustrades, as a precau
tion against accidents by children slid
ing down or climbiugthe balustrades.
This pf&te glass will reflect the gas iets,
and at night tho interior courts will
present a dazzling scene.
Don't Btaud still aud point the wray y
to heaven. Spiritual guide-boards Mve
but few siuuers.