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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. VOL 4 THE GLEANER PUBLISHED WEEKLY B* E. S. PAKKM : • 11 V . ■ . -1 Brkbaat, W> C. Hafti of SubicripJion. I'oMaye Paid : One Yeaf : iLSO , Blx Months . .. . r.rfn Three Moatkn. 50 Every person sending us a club of ten übscribers with the cash, entitles hiiuseif to one copy free, for the length of time for which the clab ia made ap. Paper* seat to liflereut oltlcec. N~o Departure from the Cash System K.tuft ot nilrerliaiMg Transient advertisements payable In ad vance ; yearly advertlscmeta quarterly in idvanee jl m. jt m. jSjm. J Bin. V 12 m. 1 qua re " «),« «00 i fclO 00 2 > | 3 00: 4/501 6 00' 10 00 I I|> 00 \ Transient.advertisement $1 par square for he first, and fifty ceuts for each subsc au«nt insertion. j'IHD PAPER IS OW TJUS WI'AH L* 1 *• -V '•••*-« '• ' john mmaEßhAm GREENSBORO, N." C., Practical watch ANI - J JEWELLER DEALER IK FINE WATCHER JEWELRY, Sterling Silver, and Plated- Ware, VINE i* and everything elae in my line. t3" Snccltdattention given.to the repaying offc'iuo Watches and Regulators. T nfffir von every possible gnarautce that «Ltfv«r Xa may bS of me shall be genu w, a 8 represented, and yoa shall ine and Just as rtpres L h .' gdv^won thc wholesale'cost, Uoodt ordered shall be fur nished as low as if purclin®«d in person at my "jiiater I kavo uiad.o ia tly Uauuiomest manner, 1 * .■■' / u „i, rkihio, Hair .Icwelrjr. Dlhio»iiil ofFiuc Jcvrclry, Oold and Silver Wh'cJi Ca»f», - ct«,» «lc. My machinery and other appliances for makiivthe differeut parte or Watches, is verhays the nVott extensive in thC State, cou- 1 can guarantee that any part of a watch or clt»cii can be replaced with the ut '"siT 1 guarantee that my work will com pare favorably in efficiency and finish with auy in tli« tol |i( C nAMBERLAIN, Watch Mttkerand Jeweler, Greensboro, N , The Dead I deal in American and Italian Barbie lEonaraeats and Head stones I woWft Wform thc public that I am pre pared to do work as Cheap as any yard in the State,, AND GUARANTEE PERFECT r-/*/BATISF ACTION. jc . Fartres living at a distance \tfll save money fijr set dine to me for PRICE. LIST aid DRAWINGS. To persons making up a einbW six or mure, I offer the Most liberal induce ments, •ad on application will forward designs, Ac,, or vlait them in pei son. m Any kind of marketable produce taken in exchange for work. B. C. ROBERTSON, GKEENSRORO, N. 0. THIS 9IBBCHANTMTEBT. The day was yet young, when a traveler left the train at tbe little sta tion at Norton, and leaving directions about h!s baggage with the station master sauntered leisurely up the dusty road, lie had engaged Sum mer lodgings by letter, and was seek ing his destination. 'Go straight ahead till you come to it. This was the station master's direc tion, so straight ahead Lucien Gay lord proceeded, till he paused to look I at a tableau vivant, framed in flower.- it.g vines. A girl seated upon a shady porch, shelling poas. Her broad hat was pushed back, leaving a lace pure ly oval, delicate feat tried, creamy of complexion, with brown eyes and golden hair simply back in waving bands,to fall in clustering curls around the sleuder t(float. Most unlike r»s« tic beauty was the highbred face, the slender wjiite hands, the self-posess ed pose; but yet the dress was a quiet brown calico, with white aprou, utith ruffle and caff*. t While Lucien Gaylcrd looked at her, she raised her beautiful eyes and saw him; |J -• ** lie raised his hat, asking: '(Jan you direct me to Mi«s Strong's?' 'lt is herd,.' was (ho answer. - And opening tlie.gale. Luoien en;_ tered, menially concluding that tlio silvery sweet voice was as deliciousiv, re lined as the face. 'I am Lucicin Gaylord,' ho said, by way of introduction. '.My Aunt Maria's new lodger.— You had bgtfer rest on th 6 porch bos fore I call her. It is a tiresome, sun-. ■ ivy walk fi-otn the station.' Perfectly easy, with just sufficient cordiality in tiio tone for welcome, -Luoien accepted the invitation,watch* ing the dainty fingers shelling peas, with a touch,, that. was light yet firm. Mi-s Strong appeared presently, and took her new lodger to his room, asking her neice to carry her pan to the kitchen. 'For wo will give you an early dins ner after yo#r lofig walk,' she said, hospitabl\'is«uitfling about to bring cold water'and fresh towels. 'You sent your trunk? I will have it sent up as soon as it comes.' •May,' she told her lieice.,'ho is a gentleman, every inch of him, and handsome as a picture.' ■1 like his manner,' May an swered,washing her peas at the siuk 'Shall I make a custard aunty ?' •If you will, dear. Oh, dear, to ihhik of Cynthia taking this day of ; all others to act so. For Cynthia, the only servant, had been detected in the act of passing spoons from tho kitchen window to a villianous looking tramp, and the pair had been handed over to the village constable. None appearing to replace the thiev ish Cynthia, May was often foqnd in the kitchen, not very efficient but, willing, and succeeding, in many cu linary triumphs, simply by obeying orders. 'l'll make a good cook of you yet,' her aunt often told her, and she laugh ed merrily at her words. But Lucicn Gaylord, enjoying a brief Summer holiday, often wished heartily that he might be permitted to live upon bread and and milk, it by so doing he could keep May out of the kitchen. Whenever she was iree she found bini waiting for her, and ritey sat in the porch, or walked in shady lanes, chatting pleasantly, gradually going beyond surface talk, mutually inter tercacd and pleased to And so much sympathy of thought and feeling that time sped on too swiftly when they were together. He told lier of Ills boyhood with a wealthy father, who dißd suddenly, leaving nothing of a once handsome fortune, ot his mother who sank soon after undel* the pressure ©f sorrow and poverty', ot his own positiou as a clerk in a wholesale house, upon a small salary. Not until they were fast friends «]id be tell hor this, and a Utile later he told her of a new dream, a* new hope, albve, tieath only eonld dc strpy. ' Will you let me lake back to ray drudgery the hope that if I can cou juer fortune, you will come to- share it ?' he asked. 'Will yon be my wife, loye, iu that future which I hope to* gather abgut mo at least comforts for a home?' lie had wooed her in a straightfor ward, manly fashion, and she was not G&AHA.M, N. C-, TUESDAY APRIL 2 1878 surprised. She put her baud iu his, promising all he usked. He went buck to his desk In the autumn, but only a week Intel- was offered a better positiou iu the count ing house of the merchant, John Bur net te. • 'lt is so strango' ho wrote to M.iy, 'Mr Buriiclte hiinselt seems so inters estcd in uie, though 1 am an ent,re stianger to hint, lie watches me and promotes nie rapidly, seemingly pleased with all I do. Darling, it coutinues, our home will bo se cure. It aid contii:no. Nearly two years had passed, when one morning Mr. Burnette called Lu oien into his private office, closing the door after him. lam about to maice a strango dis closure to you,' lie said gravely, 'and you must weigh well what I 6ay to you. Up to to this tiirc you have known mo only as a business man, to-day I speak to you as friend to friend, lam ft riofr man, but I hayo few friends, tucien Gaylord. Shall I comit you as one?' 'You honor me,' ho faltored, over whelmed with surprise. * 'I am a father,' Mr. .Burnetto said, •and my only child is a daughter, whose luturo has been to mo a subject of deep prayerful anxibty. I have " "feared that when-I- die, -the -w.ealtb I leave would rnako her the wife of ' some plausible fortune hunter. 1 have feared that my business would fall to ruin in incompetent hands. Often I have hoped to meet at some lime an honorable, upright man, to whom I could teach tao secret of my success. I have prayed that when 1 die, 1 might leave my child under the protecting can of a husband, who had not sought her for her wealth, a man ot pure heart and firm princi ple, Lucien Gaylord, I havo found tlio man I sought. To-day you will dine with mc,and be introduced to Miss Burnetto.' I ' l? ' / Tlio cry broke from LucienVllpa in such nttcramazeinent, that he thought lie must dream, or that his employer | was insane. 'Youi' was the quiet answer. 'But it is all impossible,' Lucicn said, slowly regaining his sclf-poss session. 'lmpossible? Why so, if I am willing?' •You will think mo ungrateful, prcsumptnou*,*but I cannot accedo to your noble generous plan. Faith ( fill service, true friendship, I can give j. you gladly but you must seek another heir, another soucin-law. I am 'not I free.' 'You refuse my daughter?* 'I have given my love and won a . heart that I could never betray.' 'May I ask where?' 'My promised wile is no heiress, , but a simple country maiden, lovely ( and gentle. I will not weary you sir with a lover's praise but you will ' let me say that I have woikcd tor two years with the hope of winning some position that will enable me to offer a homo to my wife. If you will put me iu such a situation, jou will win my warmest gratitude, but I must not think again of tho daz zling offer you made mo.' 'You refuse to be my son-in-law —my heir?' 'I reftise any offer that makes me a traltoi to a pure heart that trusts me.' •I makes it harder for me to gjve you up, but if I must, at least accept an invitation to dinner and my friendship.' 'Gladly, gratefully,' replied Lu cien Gaylord. 'At six o'clock then, I shall expect yon.' Was he awake? « Lucieu Gaylord asked himself the question more than once as ho pore I over bis ledgers, addod long columns etfigurc3 and wrote business let ters. Uad Jolm Burnetto really made him*tbe magnificent proposals aLll lingering in his ears? Were ttoey both insane?.. _ His head was still whirling as lie dressed himself aud walked toward the splendid mansimi tbe rich merchout called bis borne. lie was still musing of this when Mr. Burnette himaelt crossed the room. 'Have yon thought better of your refusal?' he askei}. 'I can only repeat it sir. My heart iny love arc no longer at my dis posal.' There was a rustle of silk upon the rich carpet, a Udy advanced dressed iu U shimmering lustr JUS silk, with jcwells in her hair and upon her wrists. ATady with Soft §rown eves and golden curls, who was iutrodu ed as— .-■ .• - ♦Aly daughlci' Mable, Mr. Gav>- lard.' But who was surely. May. his own May, niece of M.iria Strong wno took Summer'lodgers in a small country village. Mr. Burnetto had disappeared when Lucien moved his wandering eyes upon May's face and only the lady, of his true love remained. 'You will forgive me, Lueien,' she said, drawing him to a scat bcxido her upon a sofa if you think I baye deceived you when I tcil you how it all happened.' - 'My father only spoke tho truth this morning when he told you my future was the only anxiety of his life. I cannot tell you of his wor shipping lov'i for me.' •Whfcn l leturucd from Norton t told him of your love lor mc—my promise to you. Knowing you loved I ine for myself alono with no know*, j ledge of my positiou and fortune. I I begged him to send for you at once and te 11 you the truth. 'But next to his child my father laves tlie luuduesi ho. has built, up up by h{« own energy and tulcnt. He wished, to be snre thai it will int be ruined in the hands ot liis son-in-law, and I consented to his test ot your capacity.' •it is no small compliment Lucicn, for him to 101 lme no is thoroughly satisfied, willing to trust the future of both his child aud his business to yon.' •But May are you not Mrs. Strongs niece?' . a 'lam. She is niy mothers sister. Every Summer I spend some weeks in Norton. Still I have never per formed aiiy menial woik llierc, except during your visit, wlien there was no servant. My aunt has never , left her home and I tako no finery to Norton, soo sho docs not realize how differeut my life is here from my life with her.' 'And you. who must see so many suitors, were willing to give mo tho treasure of your love?' 'Ah, Luoien, 1 ove is a tyrant.— He took ns both under his" rule in tlioso Summer days at Norton, when i I was writing to papa of Aunt Maria's lodget, and he was hoping aud , fearing for me. But come now to ■ to tho library, and toll him you havo reconsidered his offer, and will marry that unknown lady 6o pestively re fused only this morning.' There arqtwo rosy children in thc grand nursery, already the fiftli aniversary of May's wedding day hiu t passed, but there has been no regrcl . yet in thc happy home at the result [ ot 'The Merchant's Test.' | N. Y. Tribune: Who says that this is an ungrateful world? Three weeks ago, an old gontlemau living in Paris, was so ill that he sont for a lawyer to make a will, and for several friends to whom he wished to say good-bye before dying. One of these was a young fellow who occupied an attic on thc sixth floor of the same house. After the will had bcon signed, every one went to thc old man's bedtide to say a word of comfort to him. When the lodger from the. attic drew near, the dying man took both hands say" ing: 'Do you remember wlieu last we met? It was on tne first night of 'fhx nauh' I was not well then, but I rose from my bed to go and see it once more. lam now paying for iny inr prudence. I had no scat, only a stool at the side. You had a very good one, sir.' 'Given to me by a friend, who could not use it himself,' answered ihe voting s:.an, as if to apologize. '1 know,' said the old man. 'I also know that, seeing me without a com* fortable seat, so soon as tho act was finished, you compelled me to take vour stall, while yon took my stool. You thereby allowed mo toi>peiid tho la»t pleasant oveniug of my lite. You alone, out of ail that crowd, pitied my white hair.' Wlieu the young lodgcr returucd on the following day, the old man was dead. He had left a parting message for his young friend, with a souvenir ot their" latt meeting at the opera, in tbe form of a eheck . iQi-$20,000., ADVICE rOR H CKNTH, [Prom the Concord Patriot. A young man in Dover, N. H., saw an advertisemcht in a Nojv York paper which read thus: "Any one sending us twenty-five cents will receive iu return something which will be pi immenco value to ldin„' He sent and received in reply this '•Don't be such a tool as to sond your money to us again, but keep it iu vour pocket." NOTDBR AND sto.\, 'May I see my boy, sirf Sho was thin aud wan, her clothes were poor, but neat, and the trouble in iie? eyes shotted that liqr heart was very heavy. ' 'You can,' said .(be officer . kind* ly. * She wen* into the corridor aud sat where the shadow covered her lace. Tho tired head went agaiustitho wall, and tho oyos were closed. But be tween tho lashes a drop or two forc ed their wey, as if a misery was thero that could break the bonds of pride or (ho courage of patient suficriug. The turnkey brought him iu, aud tor a moment he stood before hor without speaking. He was tall and lair, with blue cyos, and in age was full sixteen yoais. At first there wae a defiant look in his eye 3, but when he saw that picture oi wounded love ami loving suffering before him, his lip quivered, and it required all his strength to hold himself in con. j trol. 'Mother!'. Tho word was spoken low, and as she heard it she started as though called back from a dream that watt full of rest aud comfort. She looked up, and iu a moment more arm* were about his neck, and his head lay on that heart which had beat so true for him through years of his wayward folly. . r j f-iii : Three years before he bed leit her, and in all she had not seen him; aud now, alter fifty milos # of hurried travel, she met bim iu Jhc liauds of tho law—a thief on his owu confession. The few spectators wont oat and | left them there alouc. she with her sorrow, and he, it is With a» repentance that will bear fruit of joy and comfort to her iu the years t® come., « f RTRV««I.I»Q AOAIPW* DEATU. V- Recently, Mrs. Amie Oakley, of New York, after t a family difficulty, to®k an ounce of laudanum. It was some time before the fact was known bv her relatives, a»d then the trivial canse of the attempted suicide was dropped, and all bent themselves to her life. Dr. Kent was scut for. When a person has taken laudanhm. of course tbe groat desire is to go«to sleep. If the patient cau be kept awake (ill tho effetXß ot tho uarcotio pass away, thero is tin further danger. But sleep is tho,sleep ot death. Invain the woman begged, implored,prayed, entreated them to let her lie down in rest; but they kept her awake with forced walking, shaking, switching her with twigs, and other light pun ishment, and at tho same time gave the proper antidotes, chiefly tho active principlo of belladonna, to coutoract the effect of the uarcotic. In spito of , all this sho continued to sink, until at eleven o'clock her pulse had run down to four or five beats a minute, and it 1 seemed impossible to keep her from i the fatal slocp. Doctor Kent soi.l for , Drs. Meyers and Hurd, to come, aud bring their galvanic batteries, which they did, and all three doctors com menced at the woman, keeping her system stimulated and preventing Iter from going to sleep by strong contin uous circuits of galvanism that would havo made a normal person almost crazy. The minute a battery was re; moved tbe woman appeared to sink, so they kept them going at full strength, one being loaded up with fresh chemicals whi'e tho other was being used, aud this was kept up un remittingly uutil about three o'clock the next morning, when the effects ot the drugs began to wear *ll, and tbe pulse showed signs of strengthening. By four o'clock she hail entirely recovered and was »ut of fiirilter danger, so that tire exhausted doctors could 4ake their leave and seek rest for themselves. They never more emphatically aud literally kept a per son from dyfug in their lives. It was a literal tussel with death lor eight or nine hours, but with a fiuai victo for tho M. D's. aud tkeir little electric machines. . HKEVIfr. None valued this important quality, in man or woman more highly than Doctor. Abornethy. A woman having burnt her hand called at his house. Showing him her hand jiho sa'd, 'A burn:' 'A poultice.' quietly returned tho learned doctor. '1 he next day the woman returned aud said, ''Better." "Continue tbe poultice." 'in a week sh« made her last call, and her speech was lengths •eucd to three monosyllables—"Well: yijaje fee {"'"Not hi tig," answered the pleased physiciau; "you are thc most sousiblc woman I ever saw." The Paris liothscbild?, who are all bankors, arc said to work as hard as if they were Just beginning their fortune. Tbey obsefvo their ofltce hours as punctually as ther poorest clerk. There is a popular belief that they hope to exculo the dream of re-building the temple of Jerusalem,— N. T, Tribune. N0,5 £TiXsauin^s. A grass widow forty«flve years old, is attending acliool m Lumpkin. Geoigß Eliot is said to have made £40,000 by Daniel Deionda. A Milwaukee girls ear will weal? out four pairs of brass ear-rings iu a year. Since Ills marriage, King Alfonso iias steadily refused to attend bull fiyhts. „ . M. De Lesseps is seventy years of age, and the father of -thriving twins. Sir Peter Coats, tl»o spool thread map, is threading his way through the bouth. Mrs. A. T. Stewart owns the largest single diamond in the land) value $35,000 Did you eve* sen a woman 'playing whist when the didn't hold "tho -worst hand I ever did set^" Josh Billings says: 'The wofsfc tyranc in this world W a woman who is superior to iier husband and leta everybody know it,' A Maine man, aged S3, offered a young lady sixty years his junioi' SIO,OOO cash down to marry him« She took the money and the man* A woman will face a frowning world and cling to the man she loves, through the mostTbitter adversities, but thin she does not believe in wearing a hat that is not exactly the "style.'* A haudftomelytdresgod woman at a resent performance of "Hamlet" given by Edwin in the Brook lyn Academy, tuinea to her cotnpan* ion in the midst of the first act, and asked« audibly, "WhicK is Shakes* peare?" A petition containing 60,000 sig natures has been transmitted to Par' liament from Ireland, asking that th. liquor saloon* Le closed on Sunday in .luit country, showing that public opinion is right, on the temperance question. By the laws of Florida no man who has lost an arm or a leg, no matter how or where, or from wliat cause, can be taxed for any business ho may enter into, always excepting the liquor business, A pasionate temper renders a man unfit for advice, deprives hiui of his reason, robs him of all that is great and noble in his nature, makes him unfit fjr conversation, destroys friendship, changes justice into cruel ty, and turns all ordei into confusion« Mrs Thompson, the lady who created such comment recently in England, by having her horse shod with gold, and who Scattered gold > coins among the children at Barce land, Spain, has been placed in a Lunatic Asylum. A woman that was determined to please herself in marrying, was warn' ed that her intended, although a I {food kind of a fellow, was Tather ; singular* 'Wei, then,' she replied, ■ 'if he is very much unlike other men, he is much more likely to make a good husband.' PuHoemau (stopping ahaclk driver)' —"Look here, now; don't you know • there's sn ordinance requiring every carriage to have a lantern at night?" sir, what nade have I for a lantern at all, at alt? Can you not sea for yui-self, sir, that me horse is bloinJ?" A statesman said yesterday to a constituent to whom he was showing Congress, "I assure you that there , are but three great intellects in tlx* whole body." "And who are they?" said the constituent. '-I am oue," replied tho modest groat man, "and I forget tho names of the other two."—• Wa»h. Capital. After the election of Mr. Wilber- force for Hull, his sister promised tho compliment of a new dress for the wife of every freeman who had voted for her brother. At this she was saluted with the ery, "Miss Wilber force forever {" but she smilingly observed, "Thank yon, gentlemen, but I really cannot agree with you ; f do not wish to be Miss Wilberforce forever," Mrs* Jeflorson Davis ia? tfescifibedT as being at {rresent a very stout, very intelligent and very ami£ble«looking woman, liar face is round, sbo liaa a largo and expressive tnouth and black hair steaked with gray. Site is kind'hearted, and is said by a corw respondent of the Time# of "Chicago to be much liked in Memphis, peeially by youn» people. Mr, .Davis is very tain an I looka very old
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