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THE ALLIANCE GLEANER. VOL. 1. THE GLEANER. PUBLISHED WIKXLT IT ?ABKZB ft JOHNSON, Graham. N. O RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION, Postage Paldi On* T«a* OS Six Month*.. : , 1 (t Clabs! Clubs!! Wm • eopUaUoo.f.O.l y*ar SIO » - I - " " " S moatha SIS *lO - " - " I jaar ISQS • 10 " - - • S awalha SOS •».••• • 1 year SSOS • S month* 1100 No i*pmtur*fr*m tk* task tytitm. ftATEI OP ADmtlllK* Transient «jT*rtl*—i»at* parabla la »S»aa«% laif Mrartl**—ni* aaart*rly la adranoa. f too. Saw. Ibm tao. IS***. 1 Hoar* SS36 SIOO $4 60 »T » SUM a - sso a «o TSS USO ISSS S " 140 T3O 100 16 ao nos « " SSO SOO IS SO 1100 ST 00 s • Tao uso isss ssto sua Uaohuui 10 ao IS 30 IS 00 TOO 4100 % " IS 60 1100 87 00 46 00 TSOS r « is oo si so tt») noo lasss TraniHant advorttaamant* SI par *4oar* Sir tha Slat, •ad 10 a*nta Sir aach *ab**qo*at tn**rtioa. Advert l**m*nt* not *p*cl&*d a* to tlma, paMlahaS an til ordered oat, aad charged aceordinfij. AU adTarti**m*nt* aoo*ld*r*d daa from Stat ina*a» Kaa. One Inch t* ooartitat* a •qaara. —— ADVERTISEMENTS. J*. P. GULLEY, RETAILEK AMD JOBBKB or Dry-Goods. C othing NOTION*. BURTB HAND-MADE Boots & Gaiters DAT* AND CVPS, r.IMSRR, TKDNKa.WniTB GOODS, AC., *e. South Cor. EayetteviUe St., and Exchange Place RALEIGH. N. C. yCOTT & DONNELL, Graham, 2f. C. DEALERS IN Dry-Goods, Groceries, Hardware, INBOIT, STB EI«. NAbT.HOLAMI 0i1.9. DTB.STUPF*. DRC«I, MEDICINES, LAID) BACON, AC.. AC. Terms Cash or Barter. fcb 16-2 m New Drug Store. DR. J. 8. MURPHY Respectfully notifies th« public that be has opened a complete and well filled DRUG STROE at company Shops, where anything kept In a well ordered Drag Store may be 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 physicians and the publio may rest assured that all presciptions and orders will be cor rectly and carefully Oiled. Prices as reasonable as can be afforded. - feb 16-2 m g C ROBERTSON, DEALER nr Grave Stones . ' 4 AMD MONUMENTS, '' : . - * GREENBBORO 5. C. Pumps! Pumps.!! —: or— THOMAS 8. ROBERTSON, Company Shopa, N. C., is manufacturing and selling the best and CHEAPEST rvnra rrer offered to the people of thta State. These pump* Mrs M durable m wooden pomps can be L#4«. Tbsyerssssj ss any on* wanting prater coqld vUh- "Asy sre »014 ss sheep M. Jtny one who propoaoa to buy eonld ask- V i tttt dulivered any whore on short notion Each uqp warranted. The manufacturer refer# Lq ««y pan»p of bis In use. Hot one Las ever fatyftd. * fob ».lT J3 B HARDEN yfc BROTHER, Graham, If, 0„ pit receiving their FALL STOCK )t Goods Groceries, ÜBDVAH, Drug*, Medicine*, Faint*. Oil*, Clothing; Hats, Cap*, Boots, Shoes, pokton. Tofcawo. Cigan, SUM, Teas, KEROSENE OJL, CROCKERY, parthenxcarc, Glauware, Coffee*, Spice Groin, POBTBT. I.AHD.PMK The possession of more can be properly cultivated and occupied is the easily begetting sin of the majority of farmers. Thousands and tens of thousands sacrifice all present comfort, and overwork brain a.d muscle iu the acqisition of more laud; spending al] their lives "land-poor" from the access of the'r landed possessions. This class is well illustrated iu the following, which we Hod without credit in one of our exchanges:— Landmark. . HUSBAND. I've had another offer, wife, —a twenty acrt» more. , Of high And dry prairie land, as leva! as a floor. I thought I'd wait and seo you first, as lawyer Brady said, To tell how>things will tura out best, a woman is ahead. And when this is paid lor; and wehave ' got the deed, I'll say lam satisfied—its all the laud we need; i And next we'll see about the yard, aud fix the house up somo, And manage in the course of time to have a bettor home. WIFE. There is no use of talking, Charles; you buy that twenty more, And we'll go scraping all our lives, aud always be laud-poor. For thirty years we've tugged and sav ed, denying half our needs, While all we have to show lor it is tax leceiptsand deeds. I'd sell tha land, if it were mine, and have a beUer home, With broad, light rooms to front the street, and take life as it comes. If we could lire as others do, and have what others do, We'd live enough sight pleasanter, and have a plenty, too. Whila others have amusements, and luxury and books, Just think how stingy we have lived, and how this old place looks. That other farm you bought of Wells, that took so many years Of clearing up and fencing in, has cost me many tears. Yes, Charles, I've trulv thought ot It a hundred times 6r more, Aud wondered if it really paid to al ways be land-poor; That had we built a cozy house, and took pleasure as it come, Our children, ouce so dear to us, had. never left our home. I grieve to think of wasted weeks, and years and months and days, White for it we never yet have had one single word" of praise. Men call as rich, bat we are poor; would we not freely give The land with all its fixtures, for a bet ter way to live? Don't think I'm blaming von, Charles; you're not a whit to blame— I've pitied you these many years to see you tired and lame. Its just the way we started out, our plans too far ahead; We,ve worn the cretm of life away to leave too much when dead. Tis putting off enjoyment long after we enjoy; And after all .too much wealth seems useless as a toy; Although we've lenrned— alas! too late —what all mnßt learn at last— Our brightest prospects is buried in the past. That life is short and fall of care, the end is always nigh; Wo seldom half begin to live before we're doomed to die. Were Ito start my life again, I'd mark each separate day, And never let a single one pass unen joyed away. If there were thing to envy, iM have them now and then, And have a home that waa a borne, and not a cage or pen. I'd sell xome l«tnd,if it were mine, and lit up well the mt, — I've alwav* thought, and think ao ret, i small farm* well worked are best. Tbejr are net waiting for the Keelr motor in Pari*. An sngiueer of Mans M. A mode Roil**, has patented a self propelling carriage which goes sirapW by steam. He weentiv drove from Madns to Paris, a distance of two hun dred and fbrty rofle*, in eighteen boors, his carriage weighing four tons, anrt carrying twelve men. He whixxed through Paris in dayliglitattractinjr the attentiou of evrybody except the horses who seemed to regad the can iage with no snspieion wbaierer. Indeed, the horses probaiy wondered in their hearts why such a machine bad not been in rented before. M. Bollee guides his ear ring* ae be would a horse - sitting in front, The boiler is then placed at the baek, and there are four cylinders | placed two-br-two between the A»nr wheels. The Parisians, who go crazy over every new sensation, expect to see their streets tall of steam carriages soun of all sorts, and we hope that their expectations will be realized. The horse has done his duty long and faith fully, and and be is entitled t-i sit down and take a rest Sat a while.— Chicrgo T*m*, GRAHAM, N. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1876. IlirriaLß MBANKSS. Saaatar I.ogau nad IT. «. Marshall CnMptrll (takcMß'a tafcvrr-la-law 11 lack ai all lag a ScUler't Daagfctrr. Wc published last week the Sun' t story ol the Logan— Honore (Fred Grant's father-in-law)— Gram steal of the Colorado silver miie. This weak, with ;i might oli- n«f»i in tfae dramili persona;, wa give tLe history of a still olacker piece of official aooundrvlism. United States Marshall Campbell figures in the place of Honor* and Grant. The victim this time is the peniless daughter of Gon. Sweet, who la remembered as the commander of old Camp Douglass. The story is thus related by the Sun's Chicago correspondent: Some eight years ago a man named Dave lilakly, who had at one time been Secretary of Stat* of Minnesota, came to Chicago and obtained contaol of tbe Evening Pott. Logan and Campbell advanced him money, taking his, indi vidual note without security, and all the time Blaklev was going from bad to worse, nntil it was discovered that be had hypothecated all tbe Post stock, and was some $190,000 in debt besides. In the mean time, Gen. B. J. Sweet, who bad neld the offlc* of Pension Asrent iu this city for several years, was appointed to a more responsible office at Washington. Thereupon Logan and Campbell had Blakley appointed Pen sion Agent. Geu. Sweet died shortly alter his arrival at Washington, and left his daughter, who had acted as bla clerk in transacting the business of Pension Agent, almost peniless. Miss Sweet continued to discharge the duties of the office after Bkkley's appointment, and received therefor only* su.all salary, while he mad* ontof the place about $6,000 per annum. He finally got into such bad repute tbat he was removed, and Miss Sweet was, very much to b*r surprise, appoiuted his successor. Blakley told her he had been instru mental in having her appointed, that ho secured for ber the infiuenoe of Senator Logan and Marshall Campbell, Geo. Babcock's lather-ln-law, and tbat he did so by assuring them tbat she would allow one-half of the emoluments *f tbe office to go towards psying certain of his notes which wer* held by Logan and Campbell. The poor girl, grateful for what she, in her inexperience, be lieved to be a disinterested piece ot friendship, readily agreed to these terms, and up to thretf months slue* continued to pay over one-balf of th« proceeds of tbe office to Logan and Campbell, to be credited on tbe Blakley notes. ▲ friend of Miss Sweet, accidentally hearing of what was going on, went to her and told her what he bad heard and asked her If it was true. She replied that it was. He assured her that it was simply a blackmailing operation, and told her she ongbt to refnse to pay an other dollar. She said that it she did she wonld bo removed forthwith, and then she wonld be Indeed rained. Tlie gentleman, who is a friend of Gen. Grant, toM her that be did not believe he Prealdent wonld suffer her to be removed if be knew all the facts, and be certainly wonld net dart to do it if they were made publß Thus encouraged, Miss Sweet went to Logan and Campbell, and told thorn that she woold not pay another dollar on Blaktoy** notes. They told her that it sbe did not continue to do as SM bad heretofore done, they woold have her removed forthwith without hesitation. Bhe defied them to do their went and started for Washington Immediately, and on her arrival there called upon the President and stated tbe whole case to him. It must be said to bis bo>ior that he assured Miss Bweet that so long a> be waa President and she managed tbe eflee aa she bad heretofore, sbe sbenkl not be disturbed, and directed her to return and pay BO attention to be threats of anv blackmailers." ▲. T. Stewart pays about $120,000 in taxea en bis real estate in New York eitv. His wholesale store la assessed at $1,150,000,, and lazed $32,200; his retail stere, assessed at $860,000, pays $23,800, and he pars $16,800 tax on his boose on Fifth arenue, which la asssssed at $600,000. His Millions In Eggs. Three ear. loads of sitk-worm eggs from Hong Kong, Tallied at $6,000,000 bare arrived in New York from San Fraudaeo. and and are being shipped to Europe by steamer. The eggs are all in perfect order, and have ever v prospect of safely reaching their distlnation. ~ The movement la pasalng along the line. The Philadelphia council has n quired bv what authority the reading it the Bible has been discontinoed in some of the public schools ?—Ctfnc»»atf, Mnqmrw TUB ■•VNB.BOILDMfti Prof. J. R. (7age of Washington city an eminent geologist and mineralogist who has recently been engaged in ma king extrusive exploration* regarding the works st the ancient mound-build era, reports the discovery of a very re markable wall in Claiborne county, eighteen miles east of Port Gibson, Miss The following particulars are condensed train the professor's statement in the Washington Republican: It appears that blocks of the stone have been taken by the formers for building purposes for many years, and it has formed a yenerfl quarry for furnishing largo blocks of stone. But the farmers have never, it seoMs been aware of the anti quarian importance of this wall, which is claimed to be coeval or anterior to that of Hadrian's fkmons wail In Eng land. Prof. Gage employed laborers and and uncovered a portion of the wall SOI feet in Width and 176 |teet in length; but iu ramotfng the scil here and therfe he traced it 600 feet. Tbe workmen uncovered tbe wall to tbe depth of six feet, but lower than this the excava tions were not contiuned. Large forest trees ot pine and oak, several hundred years old, ara growing on top of the va]L The blocks are lime-stone and belong to the tertiary formation. Thev were hewn oat of this formation and are- three feet in length, twenty inches in width and twenty-two Inches in thickness. One of these blocks has been shipped to Philadelphia for tbe Centennial, Tbe wall from which it was taken forms two sides of a rectan gle, on» port running east and west and tbe other north and south. The excavations were made near tbe angle. Three miles due south from this point another portion of the wall reappears on tbe banks of Bayou Pierce, owing to the washing out of the creek, making it a large exposure, and it is therefore judged that this is a continuation of the ancient wall. Tbe wall was built ou tbe side of a ridge overlooking a swamp which, in ancient times, was evidently tbe bed ot a lake, awd the inference is that tbe wall was erected by the ancient occupants as a barrier against an enemy, or possibly as an ancient levee or dyke erect ed Ibr tbe protection of tbe inhabitants against the encroachments of the lake or the waters of tbe Mississippi. From other evidences of tbe wide extent of this wall, as described by Prof. Gage, it Appears that it included a large area of land, covering probably 400 square miles, and extending to the Missies, jppi river. Tbe locality where the wall exist* is in the neighborhood of the Natchei Indians, who were found in a state of considerable oivili. zation wbeu first visited by the French, and these remains, it is conjectured by Prof, Gage, had some connection with the occupation by the warllk c ancestors or thifrinterenting and fkutoos tribe. snaiAivtsvMinaa. —— They have s>me queer girls over In Colorado. One of them, who resides in tbe Cache la itondro Valley, had been receiving tbe attention of a young man for abont a year, but, becoming impatient at his failure to bring matters to a crisis, she received to aseertaln his intentions. When be next called she took htm gently by ttoeoar, lead him to aeeat, and said: •'Nobby, you've bin fooHn' 'round this claim far mighty near a year, an' bev never yit shot off yor mouth on tbe marryin' bis. I've oottoned toyer on the square clean through, an' bev stoed off every ether galoot that has tried to* chip in; aa' now I want yer to come down tn business or leave the ranebe. Ef yer on the marry an* want a pard tbet'll stick rite to ye till ye pees in yer cheeks an' tbe good Lord ealto ye ever tbe raage, Jist squeal and we'll hitch; but ef that ala't yer game, draw out an' give sense other teller a show ef his pile. New slag yer longer skip eat, He sang. The irrepressible Sergeant Bates having returned from his tour through England. Soot laud, Africa and New Jersey, eelled at The Timet ofllce yeas terday* lie has undertaken, with the sopppert of a aomber ot ex-soldier's la the Weat. to establish a camp near the Centennial grounds next summer where poor crippled soldier's of either army may find a soldier's fere and a soldier's welcome. To raise loads for this cemmendibie purpose Sergent Bates la aboot starting oa a lecturing ' tour, which will extend through the Soothern States. He will spsek at 1 Clout—ton the 17.—f. Tim*. A ('UAPTIk OK EißliY KB,'. rroKT, HISTORT. —Capt. Jack Jewett, llobin Mosby and Bon. Bradsbaw wer* travel ing from Virginia to Kentuck) on horseback. Capt. Jew*tt was a large, fine-looking man, and a lair specimen of tfae kind of men that gave character t* the period that embraces the early history of kentucky. As the three rode alongtheirattentio.il *u attracted by by angry words from a cabin on the roadside. Words were sewpeeded by bloWs, and Capt. Jewett said; 44 Lets's ride np and see what this fight lb about.'' They galloped up to the cabin, where was a man and his better half having a " iet-to," and she wasgeltiugthe better half of it. 44 Hold my horse," said Jtwetf, 44 and I will teach the a esson he will never forget/' At one blow ot his flit the man lay prostrate on tbe floor. The good wife looked at her husband a moment and then at Jew ctt, and then, reaching back she caught up a long-handled frying- pan, and let drive at Jewett's head, two-thirds of the bottom went out, and the rim went over his head and afeund his neck. AH effcrts failing to get the remant of the frying-pan from around Jewett's neck, he had to wearit about five miles, and then a file in tbe hands of a blachsmith. released bim. We will not stop to point the moral.— Danville {Ky.) Ad. vertite r. Tbe year 1874 has been a fruitful on, in casualties aud disasters. In Aprile Oshkosh. Wis., suffored a Joss of 12,000,000 by fire. In May occurred tbe most disaiastrous snip wreck of tbe jear,—that tbe steamer Schiller off, the Scilly Islands, by which 850 lives were sacrificed. In the same month the ex tensive forest fires in Pennsvania in volved in a loss of #8,000,000 and tbe tornadoee in the South 800 lives. Jane wae marked by tcrible disaster. A a earthquake in New Grenada swallowed up 16,000 persons, and tbe disastrou B floods in the Sooth ot France defrayed noariy 8,000 lives and $75,000,000 cf prrperfy. These floods were fblowed by very disastrous floods in Switzerland, Silesi" Uindostan England and again in France by which several hundred lires and vast amounts of property were des troyed. In the same month Russia was rieited by a long succession of incen Uary fires, kindled by disooutented serfs, which destt oyed eighteen towns and vlleages. In August cholera broke onl in Byria, and swept away 30,000 people in Asia Minor, and an epidemic of measles carried off nearly 18,000 Fiji slanders. It la within bounds to aays thai nearly 110,000 livoa have been losl by tbe great canities of tbe year. —Chicago Tribune Tills i« what the Pittsburg Presby terian thinks about it: "If the Repub lican pariy, uuder the leadership of Grant. or any other man, proposes to enter a campaign on the platform of of Urln£ Christian churches out of existence, and heathenizing ear pub lic schools* it will be bnrled under an avalanche hotter and heavier than erer rolled into the Alpine valleys." Bishop Havea will please make a note of that. Senator McDonald, of Indiana, says Speaker Kerr to decidedly in fovor of Gov. Hendricks for tbe Precidoncy, and to not a candidate for the first or eeooad place on tfie Presidential ticket. Tbe Senator thinks that Gov. Hendreks will undoubtedly receive tbe Democratic nomination. He to aleo sore that the Boenmption aot will be repealed, and anouneee that the Speaker favors such action. ▲ little baby cam# to a family in this plaoe a abort time ago, and a little ju venile brother, aeren or eight years of age, waa brought in to see the " new comer." He greeted the babe with apparent pleasure and delight, patting and chiding it playfully. Then, after some moment's study, he inquired : " Say, how wee God when you left ?" " If," said a New England preacher, suddenly pausing in his sermon, the youth who baa just thrown that egg in at the window will wait till services is over, he will learn what a Christian minister can do for the salvation of his soul." "Theodore Parker spoke wisely when he said that he measured his sermon, not by the dial at the other end of the hall, bat by the dial on the counten ances of his hearera. NO. 49. MAXIMS f«B A TSDNG MAW. Never be idle. If your hands can not be usefully employed attend to the cultivation of yo*r mind. Always speak the truth. Keep good company o* none. Make few promises, live up to your engagement*, Keep your secrets if yon have any. When yon speak to a person look him in the face. Good company and good conversa tion are the very sinew* of virtu* Good character is above (all {.things else. Never listen to> 4 looee or idle conver sation. Your cbaractft- cannot be essentially injured except in your own acts. If any one speaks evil of you'let your life be so virtuous that none will be lieve him. Drink no intoxicating liquors. Ever live, misfortunes excepted, with* in your income. When you retire to bed think* over what you have done during the day. Never speak lightly of religion. o - Make no haste to be rich if you would prosper. Small and steady gains give compe tency with tranquility of mind. Never play at any kind of game. £ Avoid temptation through fear that yon may not withstand it. Never run in debt unlea»{you seen way to get out again. Never borrow if you can possibly avoid it. Be just before you are gefterous. Keep yourself innocent if yon would be happy. Save when you are young, to spend whan you are old. Never think that whieh you do for religion is time or money misspent. Read some portions of the Bible every day.— Counttla for Life. The melon trade of Richmond eounty Georgia, reached last summer the enor mous aggregate of 2ft6,4r>o melons. Hie Central Railroad carried away 00,850, over one third of which were grown on the plantation of Pollard k Co. Ten thousand melons were carried northward by the express companies. The London Builder recommend# people who transplant to mark the north side of each tree with chalk be fore it *u taken up, and replace it in itk natural position. A larger propor tion will then live, an in ignoring this law of natnm transplanted trees gener ally perish. A French fashion jonraal says: "The Princess de M. is about to retire from society for a little.while, and is buying Ti inserting®, muslins and so on, which she is making up into garment*» too large for a doll and too small for herself. A huge rock, which appears to be formed almost entirely of serpents ilk various positions, but making a solid mass, has been found on the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and will be sent east for exhibition. Mr. Moody> new church in Chicago* which was expected to be ready for ded» ication during the holidays, is still un finished. It will be soma time yet before it can be ojiened. Beecher received twelve bandied cells on New Year's day. The callers were members of Plymouth Church - Monlton end Til ton did not convey to bim the " eompliraents of thesason." f "Goout, young man;" she's here l n said a Pennsylvania preacher last Sunday, in the midst of his sermon to a youth whom he saw standing hesL {atingly in the door way. Colonel Forney writes that " English women think nothing of walking twenty miles a day." So do Amerioan women think nothing of it. Courier-Journal. Seeing that it's oentennial year, why don't you make your husband swear off for 100 years? It's just as easy as tor one year. Vanderbilt University at Nashville, now has 200 students in its medical department, 150 in the literary, 30 in the theological, and 30 in the law.
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