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Advertisements not specified as to time, published on til ordered out, aad charged accordingly. advertisements 4m from flat tns— One Inch to constitnta a square. AL> V tiIii'ISKMENTS. J.T.(Tullei^ Retailek a*b Jobber of i '\, rit* t, r-'s ' t.? Pry-Goods, Clothing, NOTIONS. B Ult T'S HAND-MADE I .- * • T I . • si'T. ■ . / Boots & Gaiters HATS A \I» C\PB, V.tl.Hßt, TRUNKS, WHITB OOODS, AC.. .V . South Cor. Eayetteville St., and Exchange Place RALEIGH, N. C. QCOTT & DONNELL, Graham, N. C. t , , ■ ' * f\Cf . • w! '» - If 1 ■ DEALERS IN ■■■•', i'. *--•» v ii. ' Dry -Goods, ».'• Groceries, •o* Hardware, I.MtO.V, MTERL, WAI.T, MOI,AS*K Ollitf, I>VE.STUFFS. DBl'«8, .UEDICINKB, I.VItD, UACON. AC.. AC. Terms Cash or Barter. ,feb 10-2 m p R HARDEN $ BROTHER, Graham, JVVrG' f . are receiving tlicir FALL STOCK of . tcA ' Dry- Goods Groceries, II.tRDtVARR, Vrujs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuff Clothing; Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes. It übber*. Tobacco. Cignrft, 3ec«M, Ten*, KEKOSENE OIL, CROCKERY, Earthen ware, Glassware, Coffees, Spice Grain, Flour, Fanning Implements. .. fob 16-ly New Drug Store. DR. J. S. MURPHY Rjspectfully notifies the puNic.- that he has opuned a complete and well tilled DRUG &TROE at Company Shops, where anything kept in a wel) ordered Drug Store may he found. The physicians of the county and the public generally, are invited to patronize this new enterprise. An experienced druggist—a regu lar graduate in pharmacy, Is In charge, so that phyMjrus and the public may rest assured fhat and orders will be cor- filled. Prtkos as reasonable as can be afforded. feb'l6-2m O KbBEJi T S O X , DEALS* or Grave Stones MONUMENTS 1 ," GREENSBORO N. C. Pumps! Pomps!! THOMAS S." °ROBERTSOX, Company Shop*, M. C., p manufacturing and selling the best and CHKAPKST Pin PN pver offered to the people of this State. Th«c water cooid wi»h. are sold as cheap m any one who proposes to buy could ask - r i nji delivered anywhere on (boil notice Each pump warranted. The manufacturer refers to every prnnp of hb In Use. Not one qas ever failed. feb 38-1 y NOI'ItRSFATAI. KKKOR Imparting liilm-aliug \riT« la llin Wile—The WidoW Hilary «, HrifYr. Mr. Sopers' wife had been sick for some time, but although extremely re duced iu body and iniud, tliere js enough of the true woman remaining iu her yet, which let) liar last - Monday, in a faint ask her. husband, who had entprod the room witji a fu neral 'last of features, what "was the news. "Well," answerer) Mr. Soper, sitting mitfdsify down on the extreme edge of a chair, and balancing his hat on his fijigers by the brim, "there ain't nothin' to speak ot 'n p'ticler. Spose you gf Miss Cole's detftti; she was taken the same time as you was:" "I should think. James," said Mrs. Soper, with a feeble emphasis, "that it von couldn't a hud somethin' more cheerful to say to yoijr poor sick >yife you'd hold your tongue." "Cert'nly Baid Mr. Soper, meekly, "only newais so sauce. Lemine see r " he continued, looking thoughtfully into the crqwH-of-hishat, as if he had Reser ved a fund of gossip therein, "you heerd 'bout Mat by Carter's breakin her | lea?" lc O * A snappish nod of (bedhead from the invalid signified io Mr. Soper that te : was on dangerous ground, but atter a moment's reflection his face brightened j visibly as he said: "Yon ortcr b'en to town lueet'n Mon day. The town voted to liave a new hearse, an' I never was so glad of any thing in myTife." ".James Edward Soper, whispered his wife, with a painful intensity, "be you a nat'ral born fool, orjbe you look in' forrard to gettin rid of me?" As the latter view had neycr presen ted itself to Mr. Soper in the light of his wife's inquiry, he looked very much subdued, and scratched his head witii an air of subdued abstraction, as Mrs. Soper said agaiiij with a tearful voice* ...» .. "OJi. you c'n go. If you cant spare a few moments to sct with me, an' jest giv mc some little intei'cstin' news 1 don't wanf 5 ; 6u to stay agin your in clination." She continued with a sigh ot a tnarfyr. Mr. Soper Ifastilytexprpsscd his wil lingness to remain and desire to please, so after a brict interval ot thought he continued reflectively: . '• Well, lemme think. I was avox.to the widder Stacy's lifs' iilte to gee If 1 couldn't make a trade for a Jersey hei fer, an' I tell vou, Myra/' said Mr. So. per, enthusiastically, "if she fni-n't a hausum critter, I never see one." An ominous light appeared in Mrs. Soper's sunken eyes, and if her husband had been ooserving closely he would have seen a restless motion of her hands, imlicativb of a desire to maka a personal attack upon some one or something, but he saw nothing and con tinued ; '•She's just fibout the right sue, an' her skin as white us snow. She's got the pooticst logs," pontinued the unre flecting Mr. Soper, with a descriptive motion of the hand; "an' when you come to talk about shape—why, Ma" ria," said Mr. Soper, rising froin his chair in his warmth, "'she'll measure two foot across the breasj." The scream which came froifl the af flicted invalid at this juncture was of such piercing shrillncssjthat Mr. Soper placed his finger's in his ears, mother in law in the uext room, appeared on the scene in the twiukling of an eye. "Oh, you awful brute," she cxclaiiq ed. as she bathed her daughters brow -villi hair oil io mistake for camphor, whi\e the wretched man feebly endeav ored to explain that*he was only telling Mrs. Softer about a Jersey heifer that he was going to buy. "There, ma/' said Mrs. Soper with a gasp, "1 am better now." " You haiMbetter leave the room" said the matron, with a word of significant wrath in her eye, and the unfortunate Soper departed, muttering, as he slam med the outside door behind him, that he'd be master }n his own house some day; bat he hadn't been yet, for Mrs. Soper has recovered and her mother has taken up a permanent residence wjth them, To this day tiny don't speak to the widow Sfacy, and Mr Soper's reiterated explanation has always been re ceived in dignifiid and incredulous si lence. Billy Emerson, the negro minstrel wakes $25,000 a rear. Ralph Waldo Emerson, the philosopher, makes S9OO - latter has frequently deplored the fact that he couldn't get his head to his a tambourine right in the middle. GRAHAM, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1875, EARitII.TK INTRKKNT.I, Mhrcp lluabftutlry in i>c«r||ia. Of those who have tested crosses iu Georgia, 98 per cent, report the cross of the Merino and native the most prof itable."" The average annual profit on capital ((vested ju sheep raising] is 61 per cent. The average annual cost per head of keeping shtrep is only fifty four cents• The average cost of raising a pound ot wool is only sls cents, whilst the av erage market price of tyiiwashcjl. yool is thirty-three a ftd a half cents. An average pf seventy-four lambs are raised for ovej-y hundred ewes, not withstanding the ravages of d«gs. Ninety p«»r cent, of the correspond ent report doys the principle and gen erally the only obstacle to sheep hus bandry, and many that the business is abandoned from the want of protection. There were in Georgia, in 1870, 93,135 sheep less tLia.ii in 18G0;and in jQO 142 sheep less than iu 1870. Or, ifi'fit teen years instead ot an increase as then; should have been, of 100 ber cent,, a« decrease to show of 33 per cent. Why a branch of industry paying an annual profit of 63 per cent on capi tal invested is languishing, and in many cases entirely abandoned, is shown from the fact of there being in tlio £tatc 99,-Ho dogs, and that between April Ist, 1874 and April Ist, 1875, tlicy destroyed 28,625 sheep, worth $73,852, or niue per cent, ot the value of all the sheep in the State. Correspondents report that 100 sheep regularly to)dedgw?ll fertilize, «o as to double the crops, eight acres a year. .If the erea was planted in cotton, which the sheep now in the State will fertil ize, (25,5(4 acres) the increase on that erea would be 12,772 bales, worth at SSO net per bale, $638,600. If. says t|ie commissioner, there were two uiiljjon sheep in Georgia, as there would be if properly protected the pro duction at the same rate from the effects of their manure* would be worth $ t,OOO - fj year. If the legislature, a it* next session as is hoped and beleiveJ, will adopt such measures as will remove the pres ent obstacles to tl|o enterprise, thou sands ot the farmers of Georgia will immediately cuibark in sheep-rais ing, and millions ot ncros of land mow idle, and an expense to their owners, will be rendered profitably for sheep walks and gradually improved in fer. tility; and a way will be opened for a tide of immigration into the State of thousands ot the best, most quiet, peace able. industrious and protitabje labor ers, who nearly double their number aunually, demand no wages, do not steal or commit other crimes, labor as siduously through the year, feed and clothe themselves aud their masters, make no strikes, utter ))Q complaints, and never 'fdie ju debt to man.', Sach laborer is the nheep, the best and cheap est in the workb Is it not remarkable —and the ques tion is as pertinent in Maryland and Virginia as it is in Georgia—that such laborers cannot lie down to rest at night in a civilized community without risking their lives at the bauds (mouths rather) ot idle and lawless uoiglibor the dogs who spend the day in idleness or sleep, aud the night iu murder and theft? We shall refer, soon again, to this lit tle hand-book of Dr. Janes and giro some further extracts. Its material is cnefully prepared, and the launguage used effective and convincing, ■■SWING roit CA»WI, At a Methodisht ministerial confer ence in New York, on Monday, the Rev. I >r. Terry said the churches of that city are oyerburdeued with debt, and that they canno( yet money except by clap trap extortions, such as fairs and festivals. One church, he added,, has introduced " kissing festival*," and an* other offers a new cliromo to every con vert, The Rev. Dr. Wm. P. Corbit said tb&f the Methodist Episcopal Chqrch in New York city had not been in so dP|>U>rable a condition for the past twenty-five years. He attributed the successs of Moody and Sankoy to their power in uniting good men and good women in common. A stockman near Austin, Texas, is raising camel*, and has just sold five young ones for $450 each. He expects io begin the breeding ot ostriches, ele phants and Shetland ponies snortly. Gov. Gaston's platform was: " Re conciliation between alt sections of the coiiiitryVhard'mmtey • parity in the administration of affairs, and retrench ment and Mltftin in aH departments in ho Government." No wonder he was defeated. ■V* ASTOfIINHED BHIKKMAN tje hadn't seen him, butsemebodv liad told him (hat there .was a lady wjth a dog aboard the train, 'A ha | he tpugt |»i» removed. Palace car no place for dogt>; iai|ias ort to know better'n to brin; na?ty sore-pypd jjo«»d|e# jnto sleepin' coach, -. lift anotlier twist at the brake, slammed the door behind him, cocked his hat over his loit eye, and waddled doufn the aisle, halting iu front of the mistctfis ot th) dog. 'Madame, that dog'll havo t# come out o'liere. car's the place for dogs.' •But, sir, he does not disturb any one iu hero; he lies very quiet under the seat. You will let hint stay, won't you?' i 'Can't do it, mam; he'll havo to come out; them's my orders. 110 dogs aboard the '.sleepers; here, you J)tt|p brute here.' A low growl from under the seat was tlic puLy response. The _ opened his eyes; the voice was pitel.jd in rather a low key, a little, too deep a bass for a small fK> ra " '- jt bo removed—perquisites fifty cents on every dog brought to the baggage par, half and half for brakemau and baggage smasher. 'Come out of that, yon cur.' He reached under the seat, graspf d his dogsljip by his off ear, and he came put. In fact you never saw a dog come put so lively, and he must have grown some in coming, for instead of being an insig. niflcaut little poodle, a great black New foundland, as big as a cow, was brought to light. Things looked inter esting. The dog caught brakomanby the part that in the lowl race generally gets over the fence last. There was astruggle; a brakemau was seen to pertorm sundry antics over the top of th i car seats ; then there was a wiping of floors by brakemau assisted by dog. Ladies screamed, men flourished umbrellas and traveling sa:ks. Only one unfecl. ing urchin, the peanut boy hallooed. Tige!' and quickly disapear ed. Some one in the coufusion pullod the bell rope. The ongiue whistled down brakes, and the "onducter and all hands rushed t»» the' rescue A switchman pried open the dog's teeth, a pqor man's plastpr was placed where it would do the most good, and the bra. kemau, anjl the dog, were taken to the baggage car. A NIIRKWU KI.EdTIOI! DODGR, J ac'vson, Mis»„ corr&tpondonco of the Cin. cinnati Commercial. I witnessed many strange scenes at the polls and round about the crowd. This sort of thing was repeated often by inen wh» were supplied with money tor the purpose. A man would select his darkey and operate on liiin in this wise; 44 Uncle, have you voted?" 44 No sah." » 44 Going to vote?" Vas, sir," 44 How?" 44 The 'publican, sah." 44 Can't I pursuadc you to vote tie democratin ticket?'' 44 No, salt; not a bit." 44 I'll bet two dollars you are afraid to step up there and vote the domocrutic ticket?' "Me 'fraid! No, sah; dis nigger ain't 'fraid; he ain't one of the skeery sort; he ain't I^' Well, I'll het yon two dollars you are afraid to do it." 4 - Put t}p yqtjr i^oney; I'll t#|{e dat bet, sab. I'i|» po Jtfceery nigger." The money |a hanripd to a third party. Tl)e negro is given tlm democratic tick or, and ig accompanied to the polls by a white 11140 who sees {.hat it is voted. The negro and is pi id the 4 wager' lie ban won. A nice way tbat to bny vote* and at the same time evade the penalty of the law. r. " The perpetual tug and excitement of business, as it is done In this country f frequently, overtaxes and breakes down the mind; not so indch by the intellect' uai tabor as by the excitement attending it. Now, the study of th« language*, sciences, etc., and the putting forth *f the mental energies }n (he form qf writ ten thoughts for the world, afford just that kind of mental effort which is most favorable to Jong and vjgoroqs life, Accordingly literary and sejentitje men are, as a class, long lived. If our females would give up their dissipations, re* nounce their novels, and their indo lence, put away both their ingiferioiu rust and their vain glorious excitements i together, and rise higher on the scale of j intellectual, thinking, spiritual being; they might seeure to themselves and thsir children a more healthy, prolong- j ed existence, than most ot them enjoy.' | WHAT ■VAPPKWKB TO A MEAN VBUOWqKA TKNNKriMKK BAiL. BOA I» TRAIN, [Km.xville (Tenn.) Press, Nov. 6 ] { f»I'll give ton dollars to have tliut : train stopped." exclaimed Major j Carpenter yesterday to Mr. J. B. Hox | sic, master ot transportation of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail oad. Tjje eiisiw;irc|-boiind train" Ij!}d pulled out of tlie depot, and £was rattling through the yard, the bull ring ing inerily. Major Carpenter stood within'the depot, and Mr, iloxsio was watching the fast-receding train. The request was sufficient for Mr. Iloxs'e to act upon, although ignorant of the rea son, and a frieght engine near by shriek" ed shrilly at the engineer of tlig passen ger train, and the alarm wos taken up by other engines in the yard while the train was motioned down by evey em ployee of the company Jq the vicinity* and in thirty seconds it hud come to a stop, to the wonderment of the passen ger# and the curosity of the engineer. 1t happened in this wise: Just be fore tho train started a man standing on the stop of quo ot the oars had ealli cd to him a little girl with a basket ot apples on her ariq npd purchased a j dime's worth of the Iruit. lie placed [ the apples in his pocket and just alien the train moved off. Taking a ten-cent note from his vest-pocket, he held it in his hand as 'he train moved on, thp lit tle girl following imploringly along, and finally ho rptprued the money to his pocket anv. insido the car. P Tho little girl burst into tears. Just then Major Carpenter passed through the depot on his way to dinner. An asked tho her tears, and she told him. "I'll give ten dollars to have, that train stopped," shouted the Mttjor, who, though a small man physically has a heart as big as all out of doors The train was stopped and backed in to the depot, and with the Major,s pro tection the lillle girl identified the fel low. who was made to give her the dime, and then to listen to mi opinion about hiiqscif expressed in very vigor ous English by the thoroughly-aroused MajdV. Officers Mncden a.id Cain were called, aud the follq\y ww U»ken off the train, mulched tot lie calaboose, and' kept there until evening. Then he was made to solemnly promise that be wouldn't eat another apple for twelve mouths, and released, taking the even ing freight train fqr his houjp. near Strawberry Plains. NOW TO I'KO.NOTK FBAOB AN A VAKIL * - "«??? S* - *i ' _____ "* *** ** '* *- 1. Remember that vonr will is likely to be crossed, evcrv day; so prepare for *'• * 2. Remember everybody in the home ha.* au evil nature as well as yourself, and, therefore, you arc not to expect too much, 3. Remember to learn the different temper and disposition of each individ ual. 4. Remember to look on each mem ber of of the family as one for whom you should have a care. . 5. Remember when any good hap pens to any one to rejoice at it. C. Remember when inclined to give ad angry aiuwer, to overcome evil with g>od. 7. Remember ft from sickness, pain orfnftrarity- TOO feH irritable, to keep a strict watch over vonrself. 8. Itcinembcf fo observe when others are suffering, and drop a word of kind ness »nd sympathy sqited them. 9. Remember to watch the op|>ortu. nities ot pleasing, and to put little an. noyiinccs ont of the way. 10. Re ember to take a cheerful view Of everything; even if the weather, is and encourage hope. 11. Reiqember to speak kfiidly to the servants —to praise tbcin for little things when you can. ' 12. Remember in all little pleasures may occur, to pat yourself last. 13. Remember to try for the soft an swer that turneth away wrath. 1 11 w. I CM) It BOY, Don't be asliaine|, my lad, If you have a patch on your elbc w. It is no mark of disgrace. It speaks well for your industrious mother. For our part \?e would rather see a dozen patches 011 yqnp jacket than hear one profane or ynlgaf word escape your lips. No good boy will shun you because you cannot dress as well as your companions, and ifabad boy sometime* laughs at yoorap pearance say nothing, my lad, but afk on. We know many a rich and good tnau who was once you. Indeed, moat of those who are ranked as benefactors j of their rare were born among the poor, and many of them have been compelled to struggle with poverty ail their life. Do not blush tor vour poverty, but i rather for the fahe pride which tempts ' you to be ashamed ot it. NO. 42, HOW A VOl"¥« MAN'* n»NEf own*, A young mmi in this town whom wo have known tiom early childhood, told u* H few tlnys *j!*» I hat he had taken pains to keep quite a correct account of his unnecessary excuse* from the 4th of July, 1875. Th* first item that pea red oil the list was cigars. During the year he Mid he had not smoked less than eight cigars each day, which amounted to 2,920, and that the cost of the same was eight rents on an average, which amounted to $288.60 and that the length of the same, if laid out*in straight line, wonlu reach about 7,200 feet, and that the *m>ke in exhausting the weed wonld fill several storehouses; further, that the liquor drank would amount to 91 gallons in one /Gar — enough to drown a street commissiouei» or a member of the common council. The amount of tobacco used would fill a common beef barrel, and sicken the I entire township. The amoriit of un necessary expenditures would have fed twenty-five families for a year.—JTx. A #K*rrikt« fHmrr. —*- We have beard of a very distressing accident occni ing in Jackson county, West Virginia. It was a ''house-rais ing". As is customary on such occar •ious, chickens had been killed hy chopping off their heads. Two little sons ot the owner of the house to be niikced saw the chickens thus guillotined and during the day concluded to repert "the operation. It was just at a time when the men where lifting a heavy log into its place. The father, who waa holding the end orthe log, easting his eye toward the little fellows, one of whqm had the axe raised to sever the neek of his bfothpr, let go of the log to wre the boy, and it fell, killing six men, two instantly, the others Hving only a few hours. The axe fell before the father could rpach the scene, severing the neck of his son. Thus were seven persons hurled into eternity in a cwinlf ling.—Middleport (0.) News. J. \YU.KBS B^OTB. —Jtut before fir ing the fatal shot lliat proved the death of Mr. Lincoln, and afterward* resulted in his own tragic end, Booth addressed the following familiar lines from Spen cer's Fairy Queen to his lady love: "Te.l ine not chaste one I aui unkind It from £hy sweet embrace To war and arms I fly. True, a npw n}J#tfc«« now ( seek, TI)o fjn t foe in the field, And with a stronger faith embrace A swofd, a horse, a shield. • •••(•• • I could not love thee near so much Loved I not honor more" It is said this lady is still siagle and in mourning, and en pleasant after uootis can be seen closely veiled prom enading Pennsylvania avenue.— change. An old lady residing iu Ohio lost the companion with whom she had jugged for many years. She neglected to mark the spot of her burial by even a stone. Not long after coming into possession of a*smal) legacy, § sjster of the deceas ed tyjjd to bpr: if I suppose you will new put np stones fur Daniel?' llor answer was a settler. "If the Lord wants anything of Daniel at the resin T recliou, I guess be can find biin without a guide-board. - ' A Vicksburg iqerchant, having been annoyed for many evenings by negroes i 'laCug around his store, poured a quan tity of nitric acid on their accustomed "roost", tho other evening and stood back to await results. The loafer WHO .first arrived sat calmly down, but soon moved unpasjjy, and rose np and wen| away in a hurry. The second didn't sit so long, afid the third one passed down tho street say: "I kin stau most ftnythlng, but when it comes to carpet tacks | have to riz' on 'em.'' TOMATO WIMK.—The following diret* tious for making this wine weqlip from the Coneord Sun whose editor has jues been presented with a bottle by 8, E, Allen Esq., of Greensboiro. Take ripe, fresh Tomatoes, very tine, strain through a fine Scire, sweet, eu with good sugar to suit taite, set 1$ away in an earthen vessel, nearly full cover tight with the exception of small bole for to work oft through during fermentation. When 1 is done fermenting it will be pure and clear; then bottle and cork tight. A little salt improves its flavor. Age in- • proves U. Tho mm who the stole watch, and got the #l5O. in Wilmlng T ton was nabbed, the money taken from him and be bound over to Court, nameE. Thomas was given.

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