VOL 5 " THE GLEANER PUBLISHED WEEKLY BT K. S. PARKER tirohav, N, C, Rale* of {Subscription, PosUiye Paid : One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 Tiireo Months 50 Every person sending ns a clnb of ten sub scriber's with tho cash, entitles himself to one f-tpy free, for the lenjjh of time for which the club is made up. Papers sent to different offices y No Departure from the Cash System It tiles of Advertising Transient advertisements payable in advance: yearly advertisements quarterly in advance. r m. [3 m. |8 nl. | 0 ui. j 12 m. 1 quare $2 00 $8 00 $4 00:$ ft 00,$10 00 2 '! 3 OOi 460 6 00' 10 001 15 00 Transient advertisements $1 per square far he first, and fifty cents for each subse queut insertion. ADVERTISEMENTS. Prices reduced Perfected Farmers Frieud Plows made in Petersburg Va. One Horse No. 5 Prlco $4.00 Two Horse No. 7 " 6.00 '.Two Horse No. 7>£ " 6.50 Two Horse No. 8 7.00 For sale at Graham by - ;:r SCOTT & DOT* NEU. " Yarbroiigh House RALEIGH, N.C. U, W, BtiACKNAI.JL, Proprietor, * Hates reduced to suit the times. 45 Years Before the Public. THE GENUINE DR. C. McLANE'S CELEBRATED LIVER PILLS, FOR THE CURE OF Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint, DYSPErSIA AND SICK HBADACHB. Symptoms of a Diseased Liver. PAIN in the right side, under the edge of the ribs, increases on pres sure; sometimes the pain is in the left side; the patient is rarely able to lie on the leftside ;• sometimes the pain is felt under the shoulder blade, and it frequently 'extends to the top of the shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken for rheumatism in the arm. The stomach is affected with loss of appe tite and sickness;'the bowels in gen eral are costive, sometimes alternative with lax; the head is troubled with pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy sensation in the back parti There is generally a considerable loss of mem ory, with a painful sen sation of having "left undone some thing which ought to have been done. A slight, dry cough is sometimes an attendant The patient complains of weariness and debility; he is easily 6tartled, his feet are cold or burning, and he complains of a prickly sensa tion of the skin; his spirits are low; and although he is satisfied that exer cise would be beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely summon up fortitude enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts every remedy. Several of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases have occurred where few of them ex isted, yet examination of the body, after death, has shown the LIVER to have been extensively deranged. . AGUE AND FEVER. DR. C. MCLANE'S LIVER PILLS, IN 'CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when taken with Quinine, are productive of the most happy results. No better cathartic can be used, preparatory to, or after taking Quinine. We would advise all who are afflicted with«this disease to give them a FAIR TRIAL. For all bilious derangements, and as a simple purgative, they are unequaled. BE WAKE OF IKITATIOSS. The genuine are never sugar coated. Every box has a red wax seal on the lid, with the impression Da. MCLANE'S LIVKK PILLS. The genuine MCLANE'S LIVER PILLS bear the signatures of C. MELANE and FLEMING EROS, on the wrappers. Insist upon having the genuine Da. C. MCLANE'S LIVER PILLS, prepared by Flem ing Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market being full of imitations of the name jtfcLdne, . ,elled differently but same pronunciation, i THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GBBTf CABNKOIB'S SONG. / ■ "Ten uiinutea to ten—if I hurry I shall catch the ten-fifteen train, and may man age to be back to dinner at two, mam* ma." So saying, Gerty Carnegie, with deft fingers, rolls up a piece of manuscript music, and then runs up stairs to equip herself lor the expedition to town. | Qerty is in deep msnrning. Only five i months ago she lost her brave, noble, sailor father, a captain of an oceau steam er, that was lost with all souls on board among the icebergs. lie has left his widow and an only child wholly unprovided lor, and they have to depend upon their own exertions for the means of subsistence. So Gerty, who is a brave girl as well as a pretty one, has thrown herself with her whole youthful energy into the task of teaching music, and the other day had even attempted a con position; it a Song set to Tennyson's "Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea," a very ambi tious undertaking; but whatois there too high for the ambitiou of youth? Tuis precious work of art, neatly copied, she is now on thq pofht of taking up to one of the music publishers of the metropolis—she is living with her moth in the suburbs—and her heart beat* liifch as she gives herself up to the archi* tecture of airy edifices, furnished with fame, success and prosperity. She hurries to the station, and jumps into an empty/Looking necond-claa*. car riage, takes her seat with her back to thd locomotive. There's no one with her in the car riage so Gerty begins to sing her song, partly out of the fulness df her glad young heart, partly with the purpose of exercising her voice a little, for she hopes to be permitted to sing it to 'the music publisher; she has a clear and sympathet ic mezzo-soprano voice, and, pleased with her own performance repeats hdr song over and over again. Suddenly she is startled by a cough, and, oh, horror 1 as she quickly turn* round, sl.e beholds in the far corner of the adjoining compartment a man. Dreadful! Has she been giviug an un solicted concert to this abou niable s anger, who dares to sit there, and, with admiring impertinence, takes off his hat to her? She feels inclined to cry with shame and mortification. Luckily the train slackens speed at this moment, aud in her hurry to get rid of the man, Gertie is even willing, to risk her life in an attempt at jumping out while the train is still in motion, but the refractory door saves her, for, wrestle as she may, it refuses to open. "Thank Heaven 1" she ejaculates, as she rapidly presses through tbo crowd of passengers, aud hastens towaids an omnibus she descries at the entrance to the station. As Gerty nears her destination, she finds, to her dismay, that her roll of music, which she had fancied safe in her ' muff, had vanishid. Tears rise to her eyes, and she desires the conductor to stop, for she mußt go back to the station apd see—an mal chance—if she has lost it on the way from the platforu. to the omnibus. Of course she finds nothing—not a trace of the precious document, and, with dismay, she remembers that she has corns milted the imprudence to throw the rough copy into the fire. Poor Gerty! She asks one or two pors ters whether they have found anything, but they only reply with a stare of in difference and a half contemptuous "No miss," and pass on, so there remains nothing for her but to return home. "Oh, mamma, L am the unluckiest girl in this hateful world!" and she sobs forth her pitiful tale. •* Well, my poor, dear child, don't cry about it," her mother says, soothingly; of course it is very provoking, but after ali, it only entails a second copying, and that I will do for you if you'have not the heart for it. Where's your rough copy?" "Burned, mamma." "But, Gerty, how silly. How Could you destroy it so thoughtlessly?" , i "Oh, don't scold, mamma. Never I mind, it'a gone —and —I'll—l'll never [ —write —another," poor Gerty sobs, in great woe. i "N on sense, you'll rente oiber every ndto GRAHAM, N C-, WEDNESDAY JUNE 11 1879 of it, and just wiite it out again, that's all." "Never, mamma. It is a bad ouien; it tells me that lam not ta succeed as u composer, so them 1 * au end to that dream. Aud now let us have some din ner, and then I must go up to the terrao, and give my lessons at Mr. Harmon's." And Gertie dries her team, aud tries to put on a cheerful facv, and to do jus*- tice to the frugal repast that is presently sec before her. In the afternoon she departs rather heavy-hearted, and with lagging steps, ou her daily duty of teaching. At tlje Harmons she finds her two pupils, the twius, Wiiiuy and Ethel, in a state gj[ glowing excitement. "Oh, Miss Carnegie, papa has consent ed to our giving such a jolly party on the fifteenth, our birthday, you kuow. There's to be a dinner patty first for tbe fogies, and then we are to have music and tiuging, and to -wind —up —with a dance. And you must come. It ifould be so kind if you would but just sing a song or two, aud Wiuny and I are to sing our duet, and then you must stay and join in the dancing with the rest of us- -do!" "I don't dance at present, you know, Ethel, but I will come with pleasure, and help you all I can to amuse your guests, and I'll play for the danciug, then you need not trouble to enguge anyone. The fifteenth, you Bay? That's to-mbr row week. Very well—it will suit me perfectly," - » And Jjhtn the lessons are given, and Gerty returns hooue in the dark, drizzly January evening, forgetting all about the j>arty, and thinking of nothing but lier lost song. f The week goes by, and on the eve of tho party Mrs. Carntgie asks— "By the bye, Gerty, what are you go ing to sing to-morrow evening at the Harmon*?" "Oh, I don't kow, Mamma. Anything that comes into my head at tho time. It does not signify in the least. The people —the old ones, I mean—will have eaten so much dinner that they'll be content to dozu to any ditty, aud the young ones will wish it over as quickly as possible so a 8 to commeuce tue dancing. My sinking will uierwly be a stopage aud the choice of therefore, immaterial." "What a lovely girl!" Tom Went worth remarks to his cousin, Ethel Har. inon, next evening, as Gerty makes l.er appearance in the drawing room. "Who is she? I fancy 1 have seen her face be* fore." "Yes, she does look lovely to-night. That black gatizn daess sets off her biil liant complexion," Ethel rejoins. "She is Miss Carnegie, our music mistress, and I'll introduce you to her presently. But you must come and sing first. You can spoon afterwards. Cjuie. I'll play your acsompaniments, if you like. What will you sing—"Tom Bowling." "No, I've sung that at every party t'lese last three years. I'll sing a new song, and play my own accompaniment by heart, thank you all the same, Ettj." And Mr. Weutworth seats himself at the piano. What is that? "Flow down, cold, rivulet to the sea." Gerty listens with straining earx. Is she dreaming? Her own song? How dare anyone But as she stands and listen*, her heart beating fast, the tears come welling up to her eyes, aud she hastily steps behind a window curtain to hide her emotion. Mr. W sntworth has a good tenor voice, and sings simply and unaffectedly, and with intelligent interpretation, and some how Gerty is more deeply affected by her own song than she has ever been before. The song ceases, and Gerty still stands listening. Shn hears tbe comments and plaudits on the song and singer, and her heart exults. She steps from her hiding-place pres ently, and is immediately accosted by Ethel Harmon with a request to tako tbe now vacant seat at the piano. "B.it first let me introduce my cousin. Mr. Went worth, Miss Cornegie. Has he not a splendid voice, and did he not sing that lovely song splendidly?" "Would you object to telling me from whom you obtained that song, "Mr. VVent%orlh?" Gerty asked. "Xiut at all. It was iu the oddest way. I found it iu front a railway car at a way station, piobably dropped there by a young lady who had been singing it about half a dozen times in tbe carriage, fancying herself alone, I imagine, aud—" He comes to a full stop, aud a look of amazed recognition comes into liis face at he uotiqed Gerty'a confusion. "By Jovf! you are the; young Ldy. I've been wanting to find you ever siiiOH. I tried to trace you at the time, but you hau vanished, and I have been advertis* ing for yon th'u whole of last wet k. llow is it you never read Che advertisement?'' "I never see the |»a|ierß. lam so glad it is found, for I Wauted to take it to the publishers." "Then it is your own composition. I had no idea of it. I thought it was simply something you were practicing for your siuging lessons. Gertie blushes crimsou at the recoN, lection of that absurd vocal journey iu the' cars* Thou the petition (or a song from her being repeated, she complies, and she singi und looks her very bust, aud Tom Went worth guzes and listens iu rapt ad*> miration. Later on iu tho evening, he persuades her to walk through a quad ri 110 with him, and presently says— •'l'll tell you what, Miss Carnegie. Let me take yoar song to (he publishers. I am personally acquainted with Mr. W can stand ou its merit, yet these pub* lislicrs artf peculiar," and perhaps I may b« able to manage it, bettor for you than von could for yourself." - accepts tho offer.' The song is published. Geriy know till many mouths Infer that it has been ft Tom's expense* and tlie business necessi tates so many interviews between" the two young people that nobody is yery much surprised when, in tho merry mouth of June Gerty (Jamegla is fumed into Mrs. Thomas Weutworth. INU liB'I'TKKM, GUESSING, DETECTIVE AND OTHER WORK AT THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE. [From the Washington Star.] Tlio Dead Letter Offico is not accurate defined by its name, To be sura deceased letters of the common tort undergo cremaliou there, and tl»e more important and illustrious dead are honored like great among the ancient Egyptian*, by embalming; but for all that the office in is not so distinctively a sepulchre tor i he ashes or oilier remains of dead loiters, us it hospital where sick, deformed and maimed letters are doctored, cured, and sent oil their way rejoicing, to fulfill the ends for which the) were created. There is a fascination about the Dead Letter Office. Nearly every one will acknowledge a certain excitement in reading and building romances upon the letters ot strangers. Nearly every one takes an interest in working out ingenius methods of solving puzzles, whether they be rebuses, enigmas or letter-addrcsses unintelligible to the uiiiuiated. Nearly every one can under* l stand the attractions ot a detective work, which bunts down some cureless letter writer to do him a favor. And ever/ ono can appreciate the pleasure of officially dpeuiug somebody-else's pack* age, perhaps to find a gold watch, or a diamond ring, or a skull, or a rattle* snake; and of learning from letters the dearest secrets ot others even though lhay are never to bo divulged. More titan THREE MILLIONS LETTERS A TEAR are now received at the Demi Letter Office. They are drawn trout all classes of muil soiuuiuidcaiious and furnish an epitome of the correspondence of the country. The first step in their treat* ineut is to examine them 111 order to discover whether they have received the proper and prescribed consideration and if not, and the postman;or is dis» c «vered he is handed over to tho lender metrics of the "blowing-up clerk," who then state facts to him. A vigorous iec* ture in which the bureau expresses its amazement and surprise at the unpardon able ignorance, etc.,etc., is the most severe punishment inflicted, it is only recently that an effort has been made to establish the death penalty in aggravated cases. A fey days ago a clerk in the city had occasion to handle a parcel addressed to the Smithsonian Institution. It was sent tiirough a post-office in Texas and a laoei on the outside informed the public that it contained l*o live scorpions, a live centipede and a Mexican spur. The clerk was somewhat flurried, it is alleged, at the thought that lie held "poisonous varmints" in his hands. His agitation was not decreased when iie received from a hole in the box what lie imagined to be a sting, it wai discovered that he had only cut himself upon a projecting rowel of the Mexicau spur. Nevertheless he thirsts for the blood of that Texan postmaster. DISCOV EIMKG VALUABLES, At the opening table the contents of such letters as need to be opened are to be discovered, lu former times the champion letter-opener was he who turned in the most money as tho result of his labors aud much ingenuity was exeicised in the selection of letters likely to prove valuable. One of the numerous improvements in the svstem introduced by the present chief, Mr. E. t» -i - . J. Dallas makes (he number of letters opened, whether containing money or ti.il, the lest of efficiency. T But the influences of the oll custom still make the eyes ui some of tlie clerks glUtcu when the opening of a letter brings to light a crisp hill of a large denomination. Special eflorts are of course made to rolurn or iorwttrd letter* containing Valuables. Over ninety pei cent. oi such letters are diaposed of. Some letters containing small amounts sent under fictitious names tor improper purposes, and some cominnuiea'ioiui,sent to Tottery deal?!**, alier tailing of delivery either through order ot the post master,general. as In the latter case, or for other reasons, are refused by ibe senders, who disclaim hiiv knowledge ot them. Thus the coimntiuicaiiou Is lett suspended after tho fashion ot Mahoinot's coffin between writer and addressed. About S7OO iu greenbacks and SI,OOO in government bonds are the largest amount that have been lakon from letters in reoont years. Twelve thousand dolluis is the lurgest amount that lias ever been found iu a single letter. A dratyl unclaimed and consequently bogus found in one letter, was for $2,900,000.60. it is noticed that sine* the fractional currency has bevn retired, postages! amps to aoout the same amount have appeared fTi letters received. Tbis MtsDlUbioeut blessing the prudent postimsters whp invested in their whole stock ou band just before tbo change by which the number of stamps told ceaged to be the basis of their compensation. DKAI> LETTER CONUNDRUMS. The "guossiug" de«ks at the dead letter office aro oi interest. Long practice nasi made tho clerks experts at their work. At one desk addresses are translated, misdirections detected, and writer saved front the natural consequeace* of careless ness. The editorial capacity of reducing to English letters words twisted into au inky labyrinth or words run into a; horizontal line the power of putting one's se't in the writer's pluoe, au acquaintance with the usual mistakes oi misdirection, and a minute knowhrago of lacalUies and directories are liana—gry for success in (fris wor*: TJitfoffice jufe ntfbiimr s£h3er to te'i the correct address by the sound of the misspelled nauies; nor docs it need one. At the deslc ot the clerk Who examines letters tlpil bare been sent out from the dead letter office unsuccessfully guessing powers 3t a different kind are required. He reads tbo returned letters through carefully and seeks tor a clao which will enable him to find tie sender. A person must write very guardedly indeed to prevent the dropping of any hint which will enable tlie amateur de» tective with his discovery- cicular to trace the letter to hiin. Que astonished individual who recieved information from tho office of a letter containing ' money which he hud misdirected Was at such a loss lo compreheud how his whereabouts had been discovered that be wrote to the clerk telling him to keep the money ami send him iu its stead au account of the method by which this had bccu accomplished. As his request could not be complied with, fee is, perhaps, still in a state wonder. WHT LETTERS GO ASTRAY. It is curious to examine into the differ ent causes which brim? letters to the ofi fioo. Au astonishing number oinit the address en t ■ rely s and it is found that these contain proportionately more valu able enclosures than any other class of letters. Most of them are trailed by bn« sines* men. who, in the hurry, forget to uddress them. The writer, wbo pain fully verifies each letter of the address b> a corresponding movement of the tongue, doesn't send much money through the malls. Others are unstamped and held for postage. This }s found to be especial ly the case where letters boar a printed address or whcie they contain money or ders. If tlie stationers would agree the 30,000 letters a month held tor postage might go forward with certainty, through the universal use of government stamped envelopes. But tho stationers do not agree. The bnlk of letters that come to the office aro ot course those that are uns claimed, through the death or temoyalof tho person addressed. Stress will belaid iu the new postal regulations upon the. specific cause of the non-delivery of lets tors. Jt has ofien happened that the news ot the death of a correspondent is thus brought to tho kuowledge ot friends iu another locality. i "WASHED STAMPS." Very, few letters, comparatively, come to the office bccau-e they bear washed postage stamps. There are many differ ent ways in which good stamps may ap- , pear to have been used, and post masters arc not apt to pass hur»h judgment upon their patrons. Perhaps from 60 to 75 letters a mouth, which come to tlie offico for other cause*, are found to bear rer used stamps. The tact that chemicals have been used to touiovo the cancellation mark is mare easily detscted after some time ha* elipscd. There are uo data ou which to base the extruvagenl estimates th it have been made of the loss lo the government by the second use of postage stamps. HOW GOVERNMENT LOSES. The loss is doubtless considerable, but it is believed that the lack is not so great as that which resulted IVoin the failure of postmasters to collect or return un-pres paid postage. There has been uo way iu which to bold postmasters accountable lor these amounts. Tlie country post-, master who keeps a store feels a delica cy about duuiiitiga customer for a few cents unpaid postage when lie is not com pelled to pay the amount himself. Uo may lose trade and cause the persou dunned to sigii a petition to make a rival storq keeper i*wtmaster. Where the postage due has be'ii collected, there is uo certainty that the money has been forwarded. The amounts relumed un der this head are in the ab surdly small, when it i* remembered that letters aro &eut systematically ami in . NO. 15 large numbers without sufficient pos tage A CASE OR DEFICIENT BTAMPB. A single instance nittv bo giver. A mati in this oily largely interested in mail contract* Rent numerous circular'to postmasters through the west to obtain information Which would aid liim in bid ding fur the romvs ptiß»iug thn.ugh their respective sections. The envelop* con taining thtf circulars were sealeo, and re quired Irom six to fifteen cent* poslauo each. The sender placed n three siamn upon each enyel6|>e. reasoning doubtless that (be postmaster tYoin whom the un paid postage would be due, would nev er charge l.imselt with a »«ebt for which he had received no equivalent, which waa put upon him by the trick uf another and which the government would never call upon him to pay. Tltere are numer ous other methods of getting ahead of the guverumeift in a similar way. The new special design stamp which will soon become familiar to the public by general use and through the stuuip col lecting (tend will, however, go fur to wards remedying the evil. SUPRKE3SIOM or VICIOUS MAIL MATTER. Another causo which brines or did bring mat tor (o the Dead Letter Office is the •uinaMahility ot obscene and scurril ous matter. It is note worthy in tlth* BUII-' nectiou that no obscene book and only a few obscone pictures have' coine to the 4>ffice within three years; before that lime the mail# were flooded with them. This result is ascribed to the labor* of Special Agent Comstock, as the repre sentative of the Society tor tlio Suppres sion ot Vies. Mr. Coisfttoch, in tho work which has, rat her strangely, mane him unpopular, seeins to have behaved w.lh ! treat discretion ami to have kept care ully within t£e statutes. The post office authorities say (bat ho has never in a single instance violated tlie sanctity of sealed matter iu the mails. He has fre quently been arrested, but never cwn* victed; and, as the records ot the Itaui Letter Office show, bis labor* have been effective. : BmLEaifAKEa AND OTHER "DESTRtCrrVE . No one who has attended a sale of nits claimed packages at the dead letter effi e needs to oe totd that the articles re civ et! are as varied iu character as the let ters- Everything under the sou that can be brought within the weight limitsneins to find its way into the mails. The strangest articles are tho ones most likes k to come to (bis offieo as uumailable. Destructive matter cauuot be forwarded. A vigorous rattlesnake, well shaken be fore being take a, is considered among , postal cferks as higljr dent l UC live mai ler. Bottled specimens of some that have been mailed alivo are on exhibition at Ibe office. The sharp teeth of a mow ing machine, lately mailed, ranked high as uflinaitable matter in the minds ot tho clerks required to haudle them. The package, however, 10 widen strongest objection has been made contained M complicated instalment of tr rture, with sharp projwrfibg points, designed to be fastened to a cow's nose to prevent her from drawing her own milk. ~ . A BEPOSTTORT OF SECRETS. As specimens of ail kinds yf oorrens pondence roach (ho dead letter office, the new clerks sometimes read things tb»c cool (heir blood in tho warine.it weather, or make them hot withexeftement though the thermometer 1b at zero, i mended or committed murder, burglary, and oihor crimes of Violence; treasou, conspiracies to defi and the government; political •«- crets, domestic secrets, informal ion ot every variety of Wrong doing, when they become the themes of letters, make thril ling reading for a dead letter clerk. But if this office is not (lie grave yard of let ters. it is the grave raid of secrets. They are buried iliere. No use cau be madeot information thus obtained. Letters aro personal mutters between the writer and tie addreetod and the office is supposed to know the contents of (hose received oulv so far as will ensure tho forwarding or the return of tliein. It is only by a strict observance ot the rfanctity of sealed scat ter, that a government can retain (lie confidence of tue people as a safe medi um of oommuiiicatfon. Not everv mat.. (er I bat writers would wish not be known is criminal, and the same rule ot secrecy must apply to all* PROPOSED MULTIPLICATION OF DEAD J.EI - OFFICES. Tli« necessity of (reatiug information obtaiued iu (lie office as if it had never bceu acquired, furnishes a reason tor cou fering tho power to obtain such knowl [ edge upon tho lowest possible persons, and up;>n those who would have the least temptation and opportuuity to make u-e ot the secrets of others. It thus consti tutes a strong argument against tho proposition now before tho House to es tablish branch dead letter offices in thn principal cities. A man would prefer ihst his correspondence should be exposed to strangers in Washington rather than that it should be read by Itis neighbors in (lie local postoffice. This pluu of branch of fice*, wlieh was tied once, as far as San i'rftncisco is concerned, and abandoned, is objectiouable ou o(her grounds. It is uimcesaary. Persons who duaire a rapid returnot tailing eoroespoiidence put their name ami address ou (he «n\elup«>, or use tho special request envelope. L ap pears troin au examination made a din er two ago, that moro than half of iho lettore received at the Hew York office, gave information on (ho envelope which ensure* their prompt return unopened to tho sender. This multiplication of dead letter offices complicates the system, con tuses one iu the search for misdirected letter*.aud involves an iuorcased expen diture. For roughness ol (he skin: Mix two parts of brandy with oiio part ot rose water aud waith the face night and morn-

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