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THE AI,AMA.\VK GLEANER. VOL. 4 THE GLEANER PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY E. S. PARKER Crahiim, N. C, JtUUeioJ Subscription. Postaye raid t One Year "^'s2 Bix Months '> Three Months 50 Every person sending ns a club of ten sub scribers with the cash," entitles himself to one copy free, for theJmgh of time for which the club Is made up, sent to different offices jVo Departure from the Cash System _: r r J » Rates of Advertising 'Transient advertisements payable in advance! j yearly advertisements quarterly in advance. j |1 m. |2 m. 3m. 6m. 12 m. 1 q'uare *2 00|«s3 00 00 $6 00 $lO 00 8 ♦! j 3 001 450000t000 15 00 Transient advertisements $1 per sqnnre or he first, and fifty cents for each subse quent insertion. . .in • ■ "•" - "*V I THIK PAPER IS OK RIUI WTRA GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL. GRAHAM, N. C. REV. D A. LONG, A. M. REv. W- W. STALKY, A. M. REV. W. B. LONG. A. M. MISS JINM IE ALBRIGHT. » Opens August 26th 1878, and closes the last Friday in May, 1879 Board ®8 to $lO and Tuition $3 to $4.50 mouth. *_• . Knitting Cotton & Zephyr Wool, at SCOTT & DONNELL'S. W liming ton Sun Under the above name , A Daily Democratic l*«rt-»paper of twenty-eight wide columns will be issued in the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, on or about Thursday Morning October IClh ISTS. The SUN will be published by the SUN ASSOCIA TION, from the Printing House of Messrs. Jack- BOD Bell. It will be printed in first-class style, on good paper, with new type, and will be the handsomest daily journal ever published In this State. The SUN will be edited by Mr. Cicero W. Harris. The City Editorship and the Business Management will bo In competent hands, and a Correspondent and Representa tive will travel throughout the State. Probably no paper has ever started In the South with fairer prospects than those of the SUN. Certainly no North Carolina paper has entered the field under more auspicious cir cumstances. The SUN has SUFFICIENT CAPITAL for all its purposes, and it will use its money frcelv In furnishing the people of North Caroli na with the latest and most reliable information on all subjects of current interest. Above all things it will be a NEWSPAPER. And yst no important leature of the SUN'S daily issues wilt be intelligent criticisms of the World's doings. Nortl Carolina matters- Industrial, commercial, cducationt.l, social and litcrarary—will receive particular attention. The SUN will be a NORTH CAROLINA NEWSPAPER. ' - SUBSCRIPTION. Tho WILMINGTON SON will be furnished to subscribers at the followihg reasonable and Uniform rates: For one week 15 Cents For three months $175 " •• month 65 " " six " 350 " twelve " 700 At these rates the SUN will be mailed to any address in this country, or left by carrier In the city. ADVERTISING. Oue square, (ten lines) one time, #1 00; two times, $1 50; one week, $3 50; one month. $9 00; three moutLs. S3O 00; si* months, $35 00. Contracts for other space, and time made at proportionately low rates. CORRESPONDENCE. Interesting correspondence solicited. Address, THE SUN. Wilmington N. C. , —— —7 Yarbrough House RALEIGH, N.C. C. W, BLACKNAIiL, Proprietor. Kates reduced to suit the times. now TUB CAPTAIN !)I)RRI!NDKR> 'ltub tho liorse down, ami dou't feed him 'till he is perfectly cool.' The words were Addressed to tho hos tler ot a hotel at Brighton by a handsome middle aged gentleman, dressed In tho height'of fashion, as lie alighted troin an elegant black horse and tossed the reins to an attendant. 'And now.' said the horseman, address* Ing the waiter, 'show me into a private parlor.' A well dressed man, who rides tt band some nag, is always sure of a welcome at a public honse all tho world over. Our friend soon tonnd himself iu a neat ! parlor, with flowers and vases on the mantelpiece, and the blinds (for it was a summer afternoon) carefully closed, while the open windows permitted the free current of air to circulate through the apartment. The waiter remai.ied standing near by the door. 'Any orders, sir?' , 'No—yes, stay—who came in that handsome phaeton 1 saw standing in the yard?' 'A lady, eir.' 'Ah I' •A young widow.' 'Bali ! Go long and shut door afier you!' mattered the traveler, fectily. 'A young widow,' he soliloquized; 'I am certainly very fortunate to have at tained this ago-of forty without any "mitre attachment. " I'ecmiiarty fiSdcpen denf looking, I think I ui list ad> mit that—l should make what those bit* sy bodies, matchmakers, call a grand catch. But, thank my stars, I have hap pily preserved my content and indepen dcnce so far, and I'm not likely to suc cumb nov& No! no! Jack Champion was burn to live and die a bachelor. And now for the newspaper.' lu the meantime another horseman had come to the hotel, his horse reeking-with sweat, and literally unable to place one foot before tho other. The same hostler now made his appear anee. __ ; '' , - . 'Pat,' said tho fashionably attired young man 'put my mare in the stables and do tho bost you can for her. 'Och. Mr. Traverse, and she's kilt en tirely.' 'l'm afraid so.' 'An what made ye crowd her so?' 'No matter, is my sister here?' 'Yes, sir; show the gentleman iuto the ladies' parlor.' 'Ah, Bell,' said tho young man. 'you are here?' ♦Yes,' replied a beautiful young wo man, rising to meet him, 'but what's the matter with you?' 'Nothing, Bell; nothing.' •Something is certainly the matter. You look flushed and excited.' 'That's not all.' . 'Oh, tell mo what has happened?' 'I must be brief, lor I am pursued., •Pursued?' •Yes. You kuow that fellow who in sulted you in the'coach,' said the young man. 'Well. I have been on his track tor more than a week. I met him to day, in the street, and gave him a horse whipping. I used him very roughly, I'm afraid. Ho instantly got a warrant againg me, and not wisning to be drag, gcd into court until 1 was ready, I mount ed my horse and gave the officers the silp. Perhaps I had better waited and | braved it ont; but having taken this step lam bound to baffle them. To morrow I will surrender myself. Now, Bell, if your pony will take me to your uucte's in five minutes, I'm your man.' 'Poor Charley couldn't doit,'answeied 3cll. •Then I'll make other Arrangements. By and by* I'll meet you at the* villa.' | From the drawing room the young ] man rushed to the stable. 'Pat.' said lie,'give me a horse—a good one.' 'Sorra the horse we've got In the stable except the black, and he belongs to a gentleman (hat came just before ye. Och, but lie's a good one, your 'auner—2.6o to a cint. 11*11 borrow? said Traverse, jumping ou bis back. 'Tell Bell to drive the gen tleman to the villa, and he shall have the horse again.' —■— 'But yer 'auner!'remonstrated the hos. tier. Inyain. Traverse put spurs to the horee and was ott like a thunderbolt. 'Oh. wirra, n irra, what'Ji become o; me? I'm ruined intirely?' SuvWly after Miss Llllie rang lor bei phaeton and aUke same time Mr. Cham pion, the old bachelor rang for bis horse The pony jbffitou came round totlieiron door, and the same time the youuj Widow stepped lightly iuto the ph® ton. , GRAHAM, N. C-, 'All right,' she said to Pat, with a smile, nodding and taking the reins. 'Give him his head.' ♦Och, it's all wrong.' said Pat, keep- Ifg a tight, hold on the reins. » I 'Your carriage can take two inside.' 'Very well, but I came ulone.' •You've got to take a passenger.' 'What do you mean?' 'Oh, wirra-—your brother lias been stealing a horse.' •Stealing I' ♦Yes; this gentleman'?, 'und be said yon were to take him to the villa, to get his horse back agaiu.' ■ 'Very singular,'said the widow; 'but William was always eccentric.' At this crisis Mr. Champion appeared. 'My liorse ready?' 'Jump in, sir.' •I didn't come in a carriage.' tin wid ye,' shouted the hostler. 'Take a seat beside me, if you please, sir,' said the widow, with her mostiasci* ii..ting smile. Mr. Champion approached th« step to inquire the meaning, when the hostler seized him with a vigorous hand and thrust liiui into the phsetou, while tho pony, started by the movement, dashed of! at a run. Poor Captain Champion 1 Here was a situation! A conflrm.-d old bachelor, bodily abducted by a fascinating young widow. The captain had to lend his ass eistance to the young lady in managing tho pony, who was shortly reduced to his usual slow and quiet gate; for his as sistance Mrs. Leslie told hiin that .lu a tew minutes ho should be in possession of his horse,, which tiad been borrowed by a gentleman. This was all the expla nation she vouchsafed. She required in turn to be made acquainted with the name of her companion after giving her own. Iu a few minutes the captain began to bo somewhat at ease—ln lact ho began to like his posltian. He had never sat so near a pretty woman iu his life. He begun to ask himself whether if the proximity was 60 pleasant for a few moments, a constant companionship might not prove ngreeable. While her attention was engaged on her pony, he had an opportunity to survey her fea tures. Her large, dark and luminous eyes seemed to be literally swimming in their liquid luster. Her cheeks were as soft and blooming as the sunny side of peach. Her profile was strictly Grecian, and her parted lips Bliowed a a row of pearly teeth white as siuw. The most delicate tapered fingers, ens cased iu French kid, closed upon tho reins, and the varnished tip of a dainty boot indicated a foot that Cinderella might have envied. 'Do you live far from here, madam?' said the captain. 'Not very far. The pony can mend hie pace it you are in a hurry.' 'Not for the world. Tho pace seems to be a fast one.'" Tho widow turned thoso bewitching eyes of hers upon the old bachelor and smiled. A red-faced old gentleman in a dress ing gown received them at the door, 'My friend, Captain Champion,' said the lady to the old gentlemau. 'Walk iu—warm day,' replied the latter. 'Very,' safd the captain. And indeed his looks seemed to cors roboraie his statement, for he was as red as a peony. The captain and tho old gentlemau were soon chatiing together familiarly, and the former felt bimsclt completely at home. After an hour was spent in this man ner his host excused himself, and then tho bachelor wat> left alone. A dreamy reverie was interrupted by theßoundof voices in the hall. The i captain easily recognized tho widow's J and a glance through the half-open door showed him that her companion was a handsomo young gentleman. 'There, dear Bell,' said the voung man. 'don't scold me any more. 1 will not do so agaiu. Giye mo a kiss.' A hearty smack followed. It was a veiitable, genuine kiss—tho captain saw and beard it. A pang shot through his heart. •• 'The only woman I could ever love,' said be t* himself, 'and she is engaged.' The widow tripped into the room. It the was pleasing in her carriage dress i she was perfectly bewftching in her drawing-room attire, f 'My dear sir,' said she, 'your "herso is .at yoqr service nowJ - ' . Champion arose. 'But,' she added, 'it you will stay and ■ take diunner with us my ancle will be ' delighted and I shall be very highly pleased/ 'Then we cannot hope to detain you, *ir, but you must allow too to preßeut TUESDAY NOVEMBER 12 1878 you to my brot her. The liaudsome young man made his nppcarancc. and shook bauds with the bachelor. •That's the horse thief, captain,' said tho young widow, laughing. The voting man apologized and ex plained tho circumstances which impelled hiin to take the liberty. 'l'm sorry,' he added, 'that we cannot improve the acquintance tlitis casually made*by ci joying your company at dins ncr. I am so"iy you are otherwise engaged.' "VVliy, as to that," said the captdin, drawing off-his gloves, "your offer is too tempting, and I feci compelled to accept it." So liis horse was remanded to the stable, and lie stopped to dinner. After dinner they had music, for Mrs. Leslie played charmingly. Then ho was per-, suaded to stay to tea, and in the evening secured a ten minutes tete a tele with the widow, in the summer house overgrown with Maderia viaes, and inhabited by a spider and six ear earwigs. It was 10 o'clock when he mounted his horse to return to Boston, but it was bright moonlight, ho wis quite rouianti* cally inclined. The next morning ho repeated his visit, aud the next, and the next. Iu short the episode of the borrowed horse produced a declaration and an accept.* ance, and though years have passed away, tho captain has had no' cause to regret his ride with the widow iu the pony phmon. A IVEW CALtfNbAB. Thirty days hath September, if we the almanac remember. Then comes Octo ber, brown and sere, the month wo chills and fevers fear.—Erralic Enrique, And then Novomoer, month ot rains, when one is full of aches and pains-Meriden Recorder. You are all wrong, although it'tis true November inakcth the nose quite blue. December comes, with frosts aud snows, and give us chilblains on our toes.—Bradford Breeze. Aud January with it thaw—no cash oil hand from which to draw. —Detroit Free Press. Then February with bracing air, so cold that wicked sinners swear, and even Christians tear their hair. And then uold March with piercing winds that whistle 'roudd a fellow's shins, Now fickle April takes its place aud glndens everybody's lace. But soon the gods ot wind and rain conspire to raise the very Cain, aud when the thirtieth day is gone We gladly welcome May-day morn. Go ou, gentleman I—Boston Pofet. Then comes the welcome days of June, when lovers sigh beneath the moon And af ter theso tho warm July, when old Sol blazes in the sky, Aud after these the warm aud sultry August follows fast; September comes agaiu at last. Bogin I once more. PETBOLKrn AS FUEfi. The recent invention by which petro leum is used as a fuel will work a great revolution in iron, steel aud gas manu factut'ing. The time iu which iron can be melted is reduced from two hours to ten minutes. Furnaces will no longer ncedto be cooled every day to replace the firebrick, but will run for three months. A heat of 4.000 degrees can be kept up as long as desired. The effect of the invention will be felt not only in manufacturing industries, but also iu the oil trade and iu the development of the oil lauds. This trade has long been dt* pressed. The inventor of the process and his associates now propose to take all the surplus petroleum that is produced. The invention ot a mftyu? by w hicli tho'world can profit by,a new and superior fuel, is oue of the great achievements of the cen« tury. It is probable that the uses to which the new tncl may bo put will be tound to be much inore numerous than those for which it is readily perceived to be adapted. If the sphere of its useful ness does not widen with experiment, it will differ iu its history from similar in ventions. » HIGUTSIDB mV CitV LIFE, Rev. De Witt Talmage delivered the second of his sories ot . sermons ou the •Night Side of City Life' at the Brook lyn Tabernacle, Sunday morning last, iu the presence ot six thousand persons, These sermons are based on Dr. Tul mage's recent observations in a visit through the New York dance houses, gambling places anil other haunts of vine. The preacher declared that ho noticed that theso hauuts of vice were 'supported by men ot means, by men who camo down from the avenues of New York and across from the finest mansions of Brooklyn.' He said he could call, and might do so, t lie names of prominent mou from all parties who patronized thein. 'Call the roll,' he eaid, '-in houses ot iniquity, and the answer will be stock brokers irom Wall street, importers from Broadway, lawyers and merchants from all about.' '1 lift,' said My. Talniage, 'owe-halt or the burdeu oT malediction from the head ot unoffending Woman and hurl it on the blasted pato of offends ing man.' ' Thanksgiving approaches, and the wise turkey will at ouce commence tak-. ing anti-fat.— Philadelphia Chronicle Herald. - . , x •-I AM DVINO. BfltfT DYING." [Exchange.] The letter of onr Louisville corres pondent, written on board the steamer General Lyttle, will be found of more than ordinary interest. The name of tliia steamer recall* one of the most chl valio and pleasing incidents of the late war. It was in one of the battles of the vVest—which of thom out memory does not supply—tfiut General Robert H. Lyttle, a member of the Cincinnati press, who had risen nftt ouly from printer to editor, but from private to general was killed far iu advance of his command, while gallantly lending au assai.lt .ipon our lines. His horse bore his corpse into our lines, aud steed and bis dead rider were both captured. So soon as it was known that the author of - that rare poem, as familiar and as great*, ly admired South as North, "I am Dy ing, Egypt, Dying," lay dead in the i camp, offieeia and men orowded around to tuke a last look at the face of the poet soldier who had achieved so great a i literary triumph. There was no rpjoic ing over death of this fallen enemy, but ' was in truth something oh each soldiers cheek that for (he moment wash- ' ed away the stains ol powder. Tenderly they took liim up, and whon the battle was over an escort of honor, appointed from among (he leading Confederate' officers, bore liiiu back to his own camp under a flag of truce on a rudely con structed funeral bier, with his martial cloak around him. In life he had touch ed the chord of human sympathy which makes all tho word kin—and in death its harmonions virbations silenced all resentmoSt and thrilled the hearts alike of friends aud foes with a nobler passion than hatred or vengeance. The following are the verses alluded to above, of which Gcnl. Lyttle is the author: ANTHONV WITH CLEOPATRA, "I am dying Egypt, dying."—Shakspeare. I am dying Egypt, dying— , Ebbs the crimson lite tide fast, And the dark Plutonian shadows Gather on the evening blast. Let thine arm, oh! Queen support me, Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear, Listen to the great heart secrets Thou, and thou alone must hear. Though my scattered veteran legions Bear their eagles high no more, And my wrecked and shattered galleys Strew dark Actlum's fatal shore. Though no glittering guards surround me, Prompt to do their masters will, I must perish Uke a Roman— Die the great Triumvir still. Let not C&aar's servile minions Mock tho lion thus laid low. 'Twas no foemans hand that slew bim, 'Twas his own that struck the blow. Here, then, pillow on thy bosom Ere his star fades quite away, Him, who drunk with thy caresses, Madly flung a world away! Should the base plebian rabbla Dare assail my fame at Rome, Where, the noble spouse, Octavia, Weeps within her widowed home- Seek her—say the gods hare told ine, Altars, tngels, circling wings, That her blood with mine commingl«d, Yet shall mount the throne of kings. And for thee, fair-eyed Egyptian, Glorious sorceres of the Nile, J Light the path of stygian horrbrs With the aplendor of thy smile; Give tho Cesar crowns aud arches, Let his brow the laurels twine, I cbuld scorn the Senate's triumph, Triumphing in love like thine. I am dying. Egypt, dyingl Hark! the insulting foeman'S cry, They arc eoming— quick! Mr falchion! Let me front them ere I die. Ah! uo more amid the battle Shall my heart exulting swell, Isis and Osiris guard thee—*• Cleopatra! Rome! farewell! A girl will sit with a fellow all night ou the stairs at a ball, with no clothes on above her wuiat worth speaking of, but would faint away dead if the same fellow were to meet her on the stairs, muffled from head to foot in three night gowns. Curiow, isn't it? - Sir Gamett Wolst-ly is only foi ty five. It was he who visited the Confederate army during the war aud formed the opinion that Lee was the greatest military genius since Napoleon, and that he was greater than tho German generals of Utia generation. In China they behead a physician who loses a patient. If thia euatom could be introduced in the Uuited States a larger number of young men who are now hang ing around medical colleges would iiu mediately turn their attention to agri culture or some uther useful and harm-" ess pursuit.— Home HetUirul. NO. 36 Gleanings Gen. Ben finder nay* lie has bnt one thing to beg pardob for on hit* ilralLsbtd —thu'j helping to elect TI»vo>! Rev. Joslali ll«Mihhnw, Haiti to be thd original ''Uncle Tom," recently visited a Detroit theatre and for the first timo witnessed the performance of "Uncle To iii'b Cubiu. "Geo. Sl.crman says the stories about the supposed iinbappineMi in his family uro lies. fiut Shemmii is such a liar th.it nobody can credit anything ho says. •'* 1 - ' The latd Mr. Vaiiderbilt's lawyer will swear to the old mau's calling him a scoundrel, a fraud, a vulture, just before he died, tiius establishing the old gentle u.au's sanity, Inviting President McMahon to retire on tho score that "every one has had enough of him,' has cost the Pays SIOO, and the imprisonment of those couuected with it. Prof. Peters has got his work in on another new plauet.- When the pro fessor discovers a planet he simply marks it and turns It loose. year ho will discover it again,— NAJD. Pica yune. "Who'll be the last man on earth?" ia the sodden inquiry by a Boston paper. (Veil, if no one else will accept—if our country calls—if—but you probably eee the drift.— Fret Press. Napoleon scemß to have had In ion stinctive dread o( the literati. Besides his persecution of Madame de Stael and others, he attributed the whole of the Revolution to Rousseau, and pronounc ed him a very bad man. It frequently happen* that United States troops can't overtake the Indians, but, on the other hand, if the United Stateß troops get a fair start the Indians can't overtake them either. There is so much destitution in New York that men have- become desperate, and don't care what they do to make a living. There are no less than five can* didates for mayor, all of them men whu have heretofore been regarded as highly respectable. , . ADVERTISEMENTS. NEWGOODS, X°-oS P. R. HARDEN, jnst received a new and wall selected stock ox Ladies dress goods such as black and white AlpacCas, Suitings, Linnens, Piquet, Calicos, bleached and browu Sheetings, Scarfs, Handkerchiefs, Skirt Ele vates, cambric and haftlhurr Edgings and In- Mrtlngs, Shawls and Cloaks, dress Button*, ball Fringe, liunen Collars, GloVes and a full line erf Hosiery. Also ready made clothing and mem wear, consisting of cloths, all wool caslmers. Salem and Kentucky Jeans, line dress shirts and wool undershirts and drawers, Collars and Cufl*. Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, Ladies Zel S ler morocco and cloth Gaiters. Aline assortment of Hardware aid Cutlery, sole, harness and upper Leather, Boot Harness, Sadies, Bridles, Halters, Hame-Strings, Collars, bugiry Whips Cuba and New Orleans Molasses, Bacon, Lard r Flour, com meal. Salt, Coffee and Sugar. Rice Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils and Btuffs, Candies, Cakes, canned Oysters, Pine Apples, Strawberries, Bardines, chewing and smoking Tobacco, Cigars, a fud line of Laun dry »nd Toilet Soaps, Eitracts and Perfumery, Jayncs and Ayers Patent Medicines, Bochees German Syrup and Greens August Flower. Planters Pride Plow and Plow Castings. Crockery, Glass and Earthornware. ■.» Indeed any article usually kept in a first general metchandise. All of whlcL WUI be sold exceedingly cheap for cash or country produce. Wo will make it to your Interest to call aud Examine our stock bofore purchasing Octo. iMHh, 1878. 6 J. T. CROCKER, ATTOHNBV AND COUNBEI.LSB AT I.AW. I Aslieboro, 2T. C. t ' SCOTT A CALDWELL, .OueBHSBOBO,' A ssociate Counsel. Practices in the courts of Kaldolpb and , aud adjoining counties. (9* Special attention given to Uie colleo ion of claims. i „,i W^lt^ Load ' R e» d y Mixed Pe'ats, jtoaow oiT, at &COTT * box. Tou can find the best stock and chaanMt J goods at SCOTT 4 DONNELLY ~ ■ Plow Points, Mould Boards, Land Sidw * I low Bolts, at SCOTT & DONNKLL' LsSeH^ 1001 * * '■ wt»
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